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Trump backs away from further Ukrainian plane crash in Iran kills confl ict after Iran hits U.S. troops all 176 on board; no hint of foul play Attack was in retaliation for the American killing of its top General in Iraq Victims are mostly Iranians, Canadians; Ukraine warns against speculation
Reuters Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON/DUBAI Will end U.S. Tehran U.S. President Donald Trump A Ukrainian airliner crashed said on Wednesday that Ira presence in shortly after takeoff from nian missile strikes on bases Tehran on Wednesday killing in Iraq had not harmed any West Asia: Iran all 176 on board, mainly Ira U.S. troops stationed there nians and Canadians. and damage was minimal, an “America’s corrupt Search and rescue teams outcome he said showed Teh presence must come to an were combing through the ran wanted to prevent an es end in this region,” Iran’s smoking wreckage of the calation into confl ict. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Boeing 737 fl ight from Tehran Iranian forces fi red missiles Ali Khamenei said in a live to Kiev but offi cials said there at military bases housing U.S. broadcast on state was no hope of fi nding troops in Iraq early on Wed television. “If America has anyone alive. nesday, saying it was in reta committed a crime... it The vast majority of the liation for the killing in a U.S. should know that it will passengers on the Ukraine In drone strike of powerful Ira receive a decisive response. ternational Airlines (UIA) nian commander Qassem So They cut off the hand of fl ight were nonUkrainians, leimani on January 3. our dear Soleimani. The including 82 Iranians and 63 “All of our soldiers are safe revenge for him is to cut off Canadians, offi cials said. and only minimal damage was America’s feet from this The crash occurred amid region,” President Hassan sustained at our military bas Striking back: An explosion at a military base housing U.S. high tensions in West Asia Fatal fl ight: Rescue personnel shifting the body of a plane crash victim from a farmland Rouhani said. Ī Page 14 * AP/PTI es,” Mr. Trump said. “Iran ap * and shortly after Tehran at Shahriar near Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday. troops in Iraq after Iran fi red missiles. IRAN PRESS/REUTERS DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD pears to be standing down, launched missiles at bases in which is a good thing for all Kerman on Monday after days Iraq housing U.S. troops. But UIA, the exSoviet coun personal items — including passengers were students parties concerned and a very work for a new deal, an issue earlier in the day addressed a of national mourning. there was no immediate indi try’s privately owned fl agship luggage, clothes, a Santa from Tehran’s Sharif Univer good thing for the world.” that has been at the heart of gathering of Iranians chanting Iranian state television said cation of foul play and Ukrai carrier, said fl ight PS752 took Claus doll and a boxing glove sity, the most prestigious in “The fact that we have this rising tensions between “Death to America”, said Iran had fi red 15 ballistic mis nian President Volodymyr off from the Tehran airport at — were scattered in the the country. great military and equipment, Washington and Tehran. Iran Iran’s attacks were a “slap on siles from its territory at U.S. Zelensky warned against 6.10 a.m. and disappeared debris. Iran’s civil aviation author however, does not mean we has rejected new talks. the face” of the U.S. and said targets in Iraq. “speculating” on the cause of from radars just two minutes ity said the airliner’s two have to use it. We do not want U.S. troops should leave the The Pentagon said alAsad the disaster. later. It slammed into a farm Students among victims black boxes had been found to use it,” the U.S. President ‘Big retreat from threats’ region. air base and another facility in land at Khalaj Abad in Shah The passengers included 10 but it would not hand them said in an address, fl anked by There was no immediate reac Iranian Foreign Minister Erbil, Iraq, were struck. Ira U.S. imposes fl ying ban riar county, about 45 km Swedes, four Afghans, three over to Boeing or U.S. author VicePresident Mike Pence, tion from Iranian offi cials to Mohammad Javad Zarif had nian television had said 80 The U.S. aviation authority northwest of the airport, Ira Germans and three Britons, ities. The airline said the Boe Defense Secretary Mark Esper Mr. Trump’s comments. The said the strikes “concluded” “American terrorists” had said it had banned U.S.regis nian state media said. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister ing 737 was built in 2016 and and Secretary of State Mike semioffi cial Fars news agency Tehran’s response to the kill been killed, without saying tered carriers from fl ying ov Footage released by the said. Eleven Ukrainians, in checked only two days before Pompeo and military offi cers. described the U.S. President’s ing of Soleimani, who was res how it obtained this er Iraq, Iran and the Gulf, and Iranian state media showed a cluding the nine crew, were the accident. It was Kiev He urged world powers to remarks as a “big retreat from ponsible for building up Iran’s information. airlines, including Lufthansa fi eld on fi re and the smoul on board. At least 25 were un based UIA’s fi rst fatal crash. quit a 2015 nuclear accord threats”. network of proxy armies FROM THE BRINK OF WAR and Air France, suspended dering wreck of the plane. der the age of 18. with Iran that Washington Iranian Supreme Leader across the Middle East. He Ī EDITORIAL fl ights through the Iraqi and Rescue workers carried body Iran’s semioffi cial news WON’T GIVE BLACK BOXES TO withdrew from in 2018 and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was buried in his hometown SEE ALSO Ī PAGES 12 & 14 Iranian airspace. bags, and the passengers’ agency ISNA said 13 of the U.S. OR BOEING: IRAN Ī PAGE 14 NEARBY Bihar shelter home girls Strike by unions evokes DU students march against JNU violence partial response in Delhi NEW DELHI Police have not yet identifi ed the masked perpetrators or made any arrests related to the attack alive: CBI to apex court The strike by industrial workers, bank employees and STAFF REPORTER ment showing no indication The Delhi police continued or make any arrests. A police Legal Correspondent names of these had myste students on Wednesday NEW DELHI of removing ViceChancellor to treat Sunday’s attack as a offi cial told The Hindu that a NEW DELHI riously disappeared from the against the antilabour Thousands of Delhi Universi M. Jagadesh Kumar from the “clash” between two student total of 11 complaints had Thirtyfi ve girls believed to balikagarh (girls’ home). policies of the government ty students took to the streets post as demanded by stu groups, prompting JNUSU to been received — seven “from have been murdered in the In March 2019, the agency and the CAA evoked a partial on Wednesday in support of dents. tweet, “For the last time, the Left” and three from Muzaff arpur shelter home told the court that 35 girls response in Delhi. JNU students and teachers, A government statement what happened on Sunday ABVP — but no fresh FIRs had sexual abuse case had been with identical or similar NEWS Ī PAGE 12 found to be alive, the CBI names had indeed lived in DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD who were brutally beaten by claimed that “about 3,300 night was no ‘clash’. It was a been registered. masked attackers on Sunday, students” had registered for brutal attack, an assault, an In her complaint, JNUSU told the Supreme Court on the shelter home at one and also demanded the scrap the upcoming winter semes act of terrorism on students president Aishe Ghosh, who Wednesday. point of time or the other. On ping of the CAANRCNPR re ter, which is less than half of and teachers assembled for a suff ered grievous head inju Allegations about the Wednesday, AttorneyGener gime. JNU’s total strength of 8,700 peace march. Such wording ries, stated that she had been ‘murders’ had fi rst surfaced al K.K. Venugopal, for the As demands for bringing students. The date by which only goes on to obfuscate attacked by a mob of 2030 last year in the statements of CBI, said the agency had the masked perpetrators to students can register has facts and distort the truth.” persons, who used fi lthy lan girls rescued from the shel tracked each and every one DU students during a justice continued, the stand been extended till January 12 Till Wednesday night, the Del guage about her. ter home run by kingpin Bra of the 35 girls. protest on Wednesday. off in JNU is expected to conti even as no exams have been hi police had not identifi ed jesh Thakur in Bihar. The CBI * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA nue with the Central govern held for the semester gone by. any of the masked attackers CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 had also found that the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Cabinet nod for FDI in coal mining Ordinance to ease rules approved Special Correspondent March 31, 2020. Seamless NEW DELHI transfer of clearances would The Union Cabinet on Wed also be facilitated, he said. nesday approved an ordi Petroleum and Natural Gas nance to amend two laws to and Steel Minister Dharmen ease mining rules, enabling dra Pradhan said the steel in foreign direct investment in dustry would get cheaper in coal mining. puts, leading to an increase in At a Cabinet meeting “competitiveness”. chaired by Prime Minister Na The Centre has also given rendra Modi, the ordinance to inprinciple approval for the amend the Mines and Miner strategic disinvestment of als (Development and Regula Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd by tion) Act, 1957, and Coal allowing its public sector sha Mines (Special Provisions) reholders to sell their stakes Act, 2015, was approved, Par in the company. The strategic liamentary Aff airs and Coal buyer will be identifi ed Minister Pralhad Joshi said at through a twostage auction a press conference. procedure. According to an Mr. Joshi said the “historic” offi cial statement, the deci decision would boost the ease sion was taken at a meeting of of doing business and in the Cabinet Committee on crease growth avenues for Economic Aff airs, held on coal mining. Coal India, he Wednesday. said, would be strengthened “It is also expected that the and the government was aim successful strategic buyer ing to achieve production of 1 may bring in new manage billion tonnes of coal by 2023 ment/technology/investment 2024. Mr. Joshi said “enduse for the growth of the compa restrictions” had been done ny and may use innovative away with, allowing “anyone methods for the development to participate in the auction of the business operations of of coal blocks”. The ordi the company, which may gen nance would strengthen the erate more employment op auction process of mines portunities,” it added. whose leases are expiring on CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Workers demand jobs, minimum wages ‘Salaries, bonuses not being Trade union strike evokes partial response in city; protest marches carried out in several industrial areas given to employees on time’ Shinjini Ghosh that were open, persuading Sidharth Ravi workers to joining their Hundreds in Sahibabad protest govt.’s antilabour policies New Delhi protest. The allIndia strike called by Those part of the protest, Special Correspondent trade unions over “anti such as Kapil Kumar (39), an Ghaziabad worker” policies of the Cen electrician, complained Hundreds of workers prot tral government on Wednes about unfair work condi ested under the banner of day evoked partial response tions such as fewer leaves be Centre of Indian Trade Un in industrial areas in Delhi cause of which he couldn't ions (CITU) in Sahibabad In where workers were seen spend any time with his fa dustrial Area here to protest participating in protest mily and unfair work tim against the “antilabour poli marches and picketing. ings. Others such as Suraj Ku cies” of the Centre and the In the Wazirpur Industrial mar, who works at a steel Uttar Pradesh government. area, scores of daily wage factory, said that minimum “The Yogi Adityanath go earners, construction work wage was not being imple vernment tried to terrorise Workers protest in Sahibabad Industrial Area on Wednesday. ers and others assembled at mented at many places. the workers by wielding Sec * ANUJ KUMAR the Shriram Chowk demand Those implementing mini tion 144, but by turning out ing better compensation and mum wages had increased in large numbers in incle workers were employed like In front of Indure Private provisions for labourers. work timings from eight ment weather in Ghaziabad “bondedlabourers with no Limited in Site IV, Sahiba Complaining of wides hours to 12 hours, he alleged. and Noida, the workers have fi re exit”. “Is this how ‘sabka bad, the workers com pread unemployment, 53 In full force: People participating in a march during the all-India strike called by trade unions, Pankaj Kumar (34), who shown they are united saath, sabka vikas’ would be plained about nonpayment yearold Shrikant Singh, a in New Delhi on Wednesday. * R V MOORTHY worked as a technician at an against the antilabour polic achieved?” he said. of salary for three months transport worker with a fa NTPC thermal power plant es of the BJP,” said Anurag While demanding an end and provident fund not be mily of fi ve to support, said: who opposes them is antina day. What will happen to selves like this? It is not our which has now been shut, Saxena, general secretary of to contractorisation in per ing deposited. “The produc “At one point I was a manag tional and any Muslim who them then?” fault. I want to appeal to the complained about lack of CITU’s DelhiNCR unit. manent work, and payment tion is going on in full swing, er at a factory here but now raises their voice is a terro “Looks like labourers are government to consider this employment opportunities. He said the government of same wage and benefi ts but when we ask for salaries, due to industries shutting up rist. Instead of saying all this simply left to die... some in aspect and help us.” “Most people who were let was prorich as it had cut for contract and regular safety gear and medical fa shop, I have to work as a dai why can’t they concentrate sewers, some in raging fi re go from that plant were corporate tax, but wages workers, Mr. Saxena added cilities, we are told that the ly wage earner and my in on generating jobs?” incidents and others due to Human chain formed above the age of 30. Where and bonus of poor workers that the amended Citizen company has suff ered a lot come ranges between ₹ 300 While opposing the pro hunger and deprivation,” Mr. At Okhla industrial area, are we supposed to get jobs were not being given on ship Act and the National Re during demonetisation and and ₹ 350 on a given day. posed labour code, Rajiv Ku Pandit added. members of Centre of Indian now? No one will hire us,” he time. “There has been no gister of Citizens were ways that is why they cannot pay Why can’t the government mar Pandit, who was also at Demanding suffi cient Trade Unions (CITU) assem said. Workers at the plant change in the profi ts of the to drive “a wedge between wages on time,” said Pra ensure that minimum wages the protest, said, “One of the compensation from the go bled near Tehkand at 8 a.m. had been unfairly employed Ambanis and Adanis but the workers along religious deep Kumar, president of a are paid to labourers?” clauses is that daily wage la vernment for days when and formed a human chain. as contract workers. We real poor are suff ering due to lines... but it will not work”. workers’ union. “By creating a divide bet bourers will get paid on poor air quality results in While several factories in the ised it was an issue when we high infl ation... the new la “The JNU incident [on Ja “There are 90 permanent ween communities, the hourly basis under the new construction bans, 32year area continued to operate, were let go," he said. bour code is going to make nuary 5, when masked at and 200 casual workers. It Centre is simply trying to dis law. How is that even possi old Pramod Kumar, a resi some remained locked, with Trade union members al their lives more miserable,” tackers beat up students on seems the company wants tract us and hide its own ble? If a labourer works for dent of Bihar, said: “Even workers joining the protest. so marched to Shaheed Park he added. campus] is a way to divert at the job of permanent nature faults. The same public who three hours and returns to last year construction work The protesters marched at ITO to press for their de Citing the recent fi re inci tention from real issues and to be done by casual labour. brought them to power is the chowk around noon, was banned for many days through the industrial area mands. Rain in the capital af dent in Delhi’s Sadar Bazaar the BJP will get a resounding The impending Labour now being asked to prove there is no way that he will due to air pollution. How are to Harkesh Nagar, sloganeer fected the turnout in the where dozens of workers response from the grass Code will further embolden their citizenship. Any Hindu get any other work for that we supposed to sustain our ing outside various factories strike, the workers said. died, Mr. Saxena said the roots,” he said them,” he said. Gurugram-Bawal auto hub comes to a halt as workers join protest Around two dozen companies remain shut; employees of banks, post offi ces, civic bodies also take out protest marches
Special Correspondent AllIndia Trade Union ions Haryana vicepresident support of their demands, GURUGRAM Congress Gurugram general Satvir Singh said the huge including minimum wages, Around two dozen compa secretary Anil Pawar told turnout, despite the rain, abolition of the contract sys nies, including Honda Mo The Hindu that workers’ un was a manifestation of the tem, no layoff s in the name torcycle and Scooter India ions in around two dozen au workers’ anger against the of economic slowdown and (HMSI) Private Limited, in tomotive companies took policies of the government. rollback of Citizenship the GurugramBawal auto part in the strike. (Amendment) Act and Na motive belt remained shut “The workers gathered at Slogans against govt. tional Population Register. on Wednesday in response a vacant plot in the Indus Later in the day, the workers Maruti Udhyog Kamgaar to the nationwide bandh call trial Model Township, Mane of Bellsonica Auto Compo Union generalsecretary Kul by various trade unions sar, around noon and were nent India Private Limited deep Janghu accused the Na against the “antiworker” addressed by the trade un and the union leaders of Ma rendra Modi government of policies of the Centre. ion leaders. Around 3,500 Workers stage a protest in Manesar on Wednesday. ruti Suzuki India Limited working for only a couple of Leaders of several trade workers gathered in protest * ASHOK KUMAR took out a protest march corporate houses and priva unions and government em against the antiworker poli from Rajiv Chowk till mini tising public sector under ployees from banks, post of cies of the present regime,” Clutch Industry in IMT, Ma Haryana Forest Department, secretariat, raising slogans takings. “Those who oppose fi ces, municipal corpora claimed Mr. Pawar. nesar remained shut. post offi ce and leaders from against the government. the policies of the Modi go tions, forest department and Besides HMSI, Munjal Scores of workers from diff erent trade unions took Bellsonica Auto Component vernment are labelled anti industrial training institutes Showa Limited, Napino Auto public sector banks, Harya out a protest march from India Employees Union vice nationals. The workers need took out in protest marches and Electronics Limited, Sa na Urban Development Kamla Nehru Park to Rao president Ajit Singh said that to understand the policies of and held demonstrations noh India Private Limited, Authority, Municipal Corpo Mahabir Singh Chowk near a memorandum was submit the government and protest across the city in support of Hema Engineering Indus ration of Gurugram, Dakshin bus stand around noon. ted to the President through against them,” exhorted Mr. their demands. tries Limited and M.K. Auto Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Centre of Indian Trade Un the district administration in Janghu.
Reregister scholar in PhD, court tells JNU She alleged harassment by professors
Staff Reporter harassment, before the ICC New Delhi of JNU. The Delhi High Court has di After an enquiry that last rected Jawaharlal Nehru Un ed nearly eight months, on iversity ( JNU) to reregister August 2, 2018, the ICC sub in a PhD programme a re mitted its report which re search scholar who had commended that her re made sexual harassment al quest for registration be legations against two considered. professors. The ICC had in August Justice Pratibha M. Singh 2018 recommended that the also directed the university scholar’s request for regis to provide her with hostel tration in the PhD pro facilities in the winter ses gramme be considered by sion commencing on Janu the varsity and should not ary, 2020. be rejected merely on The judge said the man ground of delay. ner in which the reregistra The ICC also recommend tion request of the scholar ed that one of the professors was being examined was should be censured for “unsatisfactory” despite the creating uncertainty by not Internal Complaints Com giving a No Objection Certif mittee’s (ICC) recommenda icate to the complainant as tions being in her favour. well as directing her to de “Her continuation in the register against her will. It PhD. programme shall be as recommended censuring per the rules governing the the other professor for fail said programme,” the High ing to place the application Court added. of the complainant for On January 9, 2018, the changing the supervisor be research scholar had fi led a fore the faculty meeting that complaint alleging sexual was a “lapse” on his part.
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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 CITY 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Police unable to explain ‘University campuses have I can identify one of my why they could not attackers: Aishe Ghosh catch a single attacker been turned into battlefi elds’ She fi les attempt to murder complaint Delhi University students take out a march in solidarity with JNU SAURABH TRIVEDI Mob outnumbered us, says policeman NEW DELHI Shinjini Ghosh Kanika Dasauni, a student JNU Students’ Union (JNU STAFF REPORTER Elisha Vermani of Miranda House, said she SU) president Aishe Ghosh NEW DELHI New Delhi joined the protest to ensure fi led an attempt to murder The Delhi Police has been Thousands of Delhi Universi equality and safeguard the complaint at the Vasant unable to give a cogent ex ty (DU) students took to the Constitution. Kunj North police station on planation as to why over 100 streets on Wednesday in soli Utkarsh Bharadwaj, a stu Tuesday, a police offi cer of its personnel were unable darity with Jawaharlal Nehru dent of Amedkar University, said on Wednesday. to nab any of the masked University (JNU) students said: “This fascist govern In her complaint, Ms goons who attacked stu and faculty who were at ment has turned our cam Ghosh said she could identi Aishe Ghosh dents and teachers on the tacked by a mob that had puses into battlefi elds by giv fy one of her attackers if she JNU campus on January 5 barged into the university ing a free reign to the BJP sees him again, and narrat said, adding that one of her and were able to escape. campus on January 5. affi liated Akhil Bharatiya Vi ed her January 5 ordeal. assailants was not wearing a A senior police offi cer de Braving incessant drizzle, dyarthi Parishad and the pol “At 6.30 p.m. we were at mask and she could “identi ployed at JNU on the day of the students raised slogans Delhi University students during a march in North Campus ice to curb any dissent.” Sabarmati Tpoint when we fy him if I seen him.” the incident said, “The at against the Citizenship on Wednesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Students of several colleg saw a number of students She added that the inten tackers outnumbered us (Amendment) Act, National es, including St. Stephens who were at the peaceful as tion of the group was “defi and our eff ort was to end Register of Citizens (NRC), dent of Jesus and Mary Col dents are being attacked, the College, Delhi School of Eco sembly panic and run to nitely to murder me and the violence.” A still from a video capturing National Population Register lege ( JMC) said, “I decided to police is fi ring on unarmed nomics and JMC, conducted wards Tapti hostel... we saw other persons associated However, the police are the masked attackers who (NPR), and the New Educa join the march to raise my citizens and we all know protests within their cam a mob pelting large stones with me.., The people sur unable to explain why they beat up JNU teachers and tion Policy (NEP), while de voice against the atrocities what is happening in Uttar puses earlier in the day. and bricks at the teachers rounding me also hurled were not able to catch a sin students on January 5. manding that universities that the current government Pradesh. As citizens of this The march culminated in and students with the clear abuses and sexual exple gle attacker. should be safe places for is unleashing on people. country we can’t just keep side the Arts Faculty with intention of killing and in tives at me and physically On Wednesday, the Delhi statements of around 20 se expression. Right from CAA to the recent watching all this unfold.” several speakers, including juring them... the masked molested me... I was sure I police said they have re curity guards and also ap Students and faculty from violence in JNU... it has be fi lm maker Rahul Roy, lawyer mob charged at the peaceful would be beaten to death”. ceived a total of 11 com proached the vendors out various colleges affi liated to come too much now and ‘Protecting Constitution’ Gautam Bhatia and others gathering with axes, sledge plaints from students and side the campus to record DU assembled at the Arts Fa cannot be tolerated any Students shouted “ Sarfa- addressing the gathering. hammer and iron rods,” she No arrests yet teachers in connection with their statement,” a police of culty and took out a protest more.” roshi ki Tamanna” and “In- Students of St Stephen’s said in the complaint. The Crime Branch SIT, the JNU violence. fi cer said. march in North Campus. Anagha Pavitran, a stu quilab Zindabad” while car College also boycotted class “A mob of 2030 persons which is probing the inci Seven complaints are Several of the students dent of Indraprastha College rying placards like “Ready to es on Wednesday. They also dragged me behind a car dent, is yet to make any ar from Leftaffi liated groups ‘Violence resurged’ were taking part in a protest for Women, said: “The politi die but not ready to accept assembled in the college and surrounded me... des rests. Investigators said they and three from BJPaffi liated A police personnel who was for the fi rst time. Rishika cal scenario in this country is CAA” and “Stop crushing the lawns and read out the pite my pleading they at are still in the process of ABVP. One is from JNU pro inside the campus and res Rampal, a secondyear stu worsening by the day. Stu antifee hike movement”. Preamble. tacked me with rods,” she identifying the attackers. fessor Sucharita Sen. ponded to the call of vio “All the complaints have lence made from Periyar been forwarded to the Hostel said that they had Crime Branch SIT for furth dispersed the crowd at the er probe. The two FIRs of hostel and the situation was We don’t hope to get justice, says teacher fi rst attacked by armed mob vandalism at CIS room have updated to the senior offi c also been forwarded to the er. But they were unaware Assistant professor Amit Thorat recounts night of horror and how his heavy winter coat likely saved his life Crime Branch,” said a senior that the mob had started police offi cer. gathering and the attack Kallol Bhattacherjee the evening, the gathering rally and raised an alarm that because at that point I out the phone and deleted JNUSU president Aishe was about to take place. NEW DELHI decided to walk carrying pla a large mob was waiting for thought these were not stu the photograph. But by then Ghosh suff ered serious inuj Over 50 videos “We thought the fi ght had The undulating Aravalli cards and posters for dia them at the hostel gate. dents of the campus and they began to hit me on the ries during the violence. The offi cer added that more ended, but when we again range which host the Jawa logue towards the Periyar they had come inside to do shoulder, hands and back of Four days later, Dr. Thorat than 50 mobile videos of got calls of violence at 7 harlal Nehru University Hostel, which falls near the Lights out something dangerous,” he my head,” said Dr. Thorat. recorded his experience violence have been submit p.m., we rushed towards Sa (JNU) is perfect for biking. main entrance of the cam To check the situation, Dr. said. The masked intruders with the Crime Branch of ted by students and teach barmati Tpoint were we In the afternoon of Janu pus. As the meeting turned Thorat took his bike near the had not noticed Dr. Thorat In pain Delhi Police on Wednesday ers to the SIT. saw a mob of around 200 ary 5, Amit Thorat, Assistant into a small rally, they were hostel. The lights had gone till that point. Sensing an op Thankfully, the blows were but he does not think that “The videos will be sent people attacking a group of Professor of the Centre for told that a group of outsiders off inside the campus and portune moment, he took softened by his heavy winter the police will fi nd the cul to forensic to clear the mask students and teachers. We the Study of Regional Deve had entered the campus and what he saw in the twilight out his phone from his win jacket and woolen cap, but a prits or fi nd the real plotters faces that will help in identi immediately updated the lopent, took his red bike to a were now standing near the glow froze him. “There were ter jacket to click a photo. blow to his right shoulder of the assault on the campus. fi cation,” said the offi cer. situation to senior offi cers meeting where a part of the gate of Periyar Hostel. around 50 to 60 boys swing In the dark, the fl ash of has kept Dr. Thorat in pain He said that both the pol Security guards and lo and reinforcement was de JNU teachers community Sucheta Talukdar, a stu ing big sticks and rods in the the phone drew the attention since the incident. ice and the university securi cals admitted that they have manded. But by the time and students, led by the JNU dent of Centre for Historical air and sitting on the road. of the armed gang. A part of the armed group ty apparatus had been com witnessed outsiders armed more police personnel Students’ Union, sat to dis Studies, and her friends who They had faces covered with “Within seconds they sur had by then broken off and plicit in ensuring the with sticks and baseball bats reached the location, the cuss the future of antifee were passing by the hostel handkerchiefs,” he said, re rounded me and demanded was brutally assaulting execution of the invasion of entering JNU campus. mob had dispersed,” said hike agitation. when a hail of bricks hit collecting the eerie sight. to know how many photo teachers and students near the campus by armed gang “We have recorded the the policeman. As the meeting rolled into them. They ran towards the “It was like a horror movie graphs I had clicked. I took the Sabarmati Hostel. members. JNU alumni in Bollywood revisit glory days ‘University authorities Campus is peaceful, says JNU VC complicit in violence’ Special Correspondent the last date for registration for winter They believe their alma mater will survive the onslaught of reactionary forces NEW DELHI semester 2020 without fi ne has been Special Correspondent Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU) extended to January 12. Namrata Joshi dents, faculty and profes NEW DELHI ViceChancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar University authorities were advised Mumbai sors. The atmosphere that is The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ on Wednesday met with Ministry of by the Ministry to make all eff orts for Screenwriter and lyricist Ra inculcated over there. The Association on Wednesday said that the Human Resource Development restoration of normal functioning of vinder Randhawa spent throbbing politics. Every ViceChancellor’s “command to students (MHRD) offi cials for the fi rst time since the university at the earliest. 19962000 in Narmada and evening and night at Ganga and faculty to forget and to accept adminis the oncampus violence on January 5, Tapti hostels in New Delhi’s dhaba, there would be some trative terror as normal is an insult to inju to apprise them of the situation. ‘No suggestion to shut JNU’ Jawaharlal Nehru University debate going on… There ry”. The association said that the initial si Mr. Kumar attended the meeting Mr. Kumar also clarifi ed that the un ( JNU) doing undergradua would be people giving lence and later comments by the VC along with RectorII Satish Chandra iversity has not made any suggestions tion in Korean and postgrad talks… I was surrounded by reinforced its view that the mob violence of Garkoti. They told the MHRD Secre to temporarily shut JNU and that ef uation in linguistics before politics. Our dining table January 5 could not have been possible with tary that the situation on campus was forts were on to facilitate a conducive moving to pursue a course in conversations used to be out the active connivance of the JNU peaceful. He also told the offi cials that environment for students. mass communication at Ja Prabhat Raghunandan Ravinder Randhawa about politics, what’s hap administration. mia Millia Islamia. pening in the world and the For someone hailing from country.” ‘Eliminate evidence’ the small town of Chittaran For Randhawa, the “saun “No impartial inquiry is possible if it is con jan on the West Bengal tering in and out” of the ducted by the JNU administration or Delhi Jharkhand border, JNU goons on Sunday evening, Police, as their roles have to be under scruti shaped his mind profoundly, without being held accoun ny. No fair enquiry is possible as long as Mr. providing access and expo table, has been shocking. “It Kumar is the VC... he must be dismissed,” sure to the whole wide could be any one of our the JNUTA said. world. “As a teenager, it was homes tomorrow,” he says. The teachers said there is a “distinct pos a spectacular sight to fi nd “It was an organised attack sibility” that an administration interested in people having chai at one or and is not acceptable,” says shielding the culprits would eliminate im two in the night, discussing Raghunandan. “Just the portant evidence like CCTV footage and oth politics, arts and culture, sight of seeing goons enter er records of entry and exit into the campus. women walking around safe Swara Bhaskar Kabir Khan ing a university like JNU and “The JNU VC has not a single syllable to ly… Till date, I have main at will vandalising and beat waste for the faculty who were seriously in tained that there can be no glish. The culture shock was dias within one,” she says. It ing up people is heartbreak jured by the masked assailants nor did he other space for women in diffi cult to absorb as well. brought a diverse set of fel ing,” says Khan. seem perturbed by the fact that the assai the country that is safer than Once very active as a kid in low students from across the lants chased families of residents and forci the JNU campus,” he says. theatre back home, he went country into her social cir ‘Violence with impunity’ bly entered their homes, and criminally inti into a shell. “Things changed cle. “It made me more em Bhaskar remembers the Ak midated and terrorised their families,” the ‘Vibrant campus’ gradually when I went to pathetic. It was a liberating hil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Par association said, adding that no medical, Then there has been the de JNU. I got the space to in campus that changed my ishad not being a strong pre psychiatric, legal or academic assistance has mocratic nature of the vi dulge in my passion and life,” she says of her alma sence in student politics in been off ered to students. brant campus; equal oppor joined Bahroop Arts group… mater that turned home. her postgraduation years. The JNUTA has given a call for a citizens’ tunity for all, no matter what It helped me realise my Bhaskar did her postgradua “No one took them seriously. march against mob violence and in defence class, caste, region, religion, dream of becoming an actor, tion in sociology and now Now it’s toxic, vicious, em of public education on Thursday. gender you belonged to. took me onwards to the FTII her mother, Ira Bhaskar, is boldened, perpetrating vio “The teachers too were not [Film and Television Insti professor, cinema studies, lence with impunity,” she feudal in their relationship tute of India].” For him, JNU and dean at the School of says. Randhawa admits that with the students,” says has not just been about Marx Arts and Aesthetics. JNU has been the target of Randhawa. The recent vio and Lenin or a certain kind Filmmaker Kabir Khan the reactionary forces for a lence unleashed in JNU has of politics. “JNU is humanist, feels privileged to have expe long while now. “They have been making the alumni, it stands for the downtrod rienced the best of three been trying to discredit the some of them, like him, den,” says Raghunandan. “If worlds in Delhi. He did his students, teachers and stu working in the Hindi fi lm in you are antiJNU, then you graduation from Delhi Un dent leaders,” he says. For dustry in Mumbai, revisit are antipoor, antidisenfran iversity and postgraduation Bhaskar, the targeted vilifi ca and relive those glory days. chised,” adds Randhawa. from Jamia. His father, Rash tion of JNU is also a larger at Actor Prabhat Raghunan For actor Swara Bhaskar — eeduddin Khan, was one of tempt to hit out at the pro dan has a similar experience who admits to coming from the founding professors of gressive Leftist academia. to narrate, about how the a sheltered, privileged, ur JNU. He was the professor of “They have been the greatest campus helped a small town ban background — JNU was political science in the challenge to BJP/RSS from boy like him embrace the again about getting exposed Centre for Political Studies in gaining any moral legitimacy world. He too, like Randha to the world, but from the the School of Social Scienc and credibility,” she says. wa, studied Korean litera other side of the economic es. So JNU was home for Khan feels that there is no ture from 20012005, and and cultural divide. As a Del Khan from 1982 to 1991, the university like JNU and is ve lived in Tapti and Jhelum hibred girl, the fact that pe space where he grew up, in ry confi dent that whatever hostels. When he moved ople could be forced to study all ways possible. “It was a may come, the institution from Mainpuri in Uttar Pra under the sky in schools fascinating experience. will survive. He says, “They desh to Delhi for schooling, lacking proper building and When you are there, you have taken on the wrong he found it hard to cope with infrastructure, was a reality probably don’t realise it, but guys. Nothing can bring the change in the medium of that shook her. “JNU helped when I look back, I think it is them down. Nothing can education, from Hindi to En me know about the many In unique — the quality of stu destroy JNU. ” CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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IN BRIEF Illegal colonies: CM questioning registry AAP, BJP spar ‘Compare education over works deeds for his political gain, says BJP done and models of AAP, BJP’ Gupta accuses Kejriwal of misleading people of Delhi subsidies Special Correspondent done by the registrar “un Gupta said. New Delhi der his own government” “We assure the 40 lakh Staff Reporter DU teachers burn effi gy BJP closed schools while AAP built new ones, says Sisodia The Bharatiya Janata Party for his “political gain”. residents of unauthorised New Delhi of ViceChancellor Staff Reporter NEW DELHI and the children are forced (BJP) on Wednesday dismis “After getting the owner colonies that the campaign The BJP and AAP traded New Delhi Several teachers of DU, under to attend classes in pathetic sed questions being raised ship rights, the people are of the BJP government to charges on Wednesday ov the banner of DUTA, The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) conditions,” he said. by the Aam Aadmi Party now getting off ers of loan confer ownership rights is er providing subsidies to gathered at the North on Wednesday challenged The senior AAP leader al (AAP) on the registry of from various banks... even progressing fast. Now this people, with the BJP claim Campus to burn an effigy of the BJP to compare work so said that in Delhi, 109 conveyance deed for con the private banks are ready will not stop till every hou ing that they would do V-C Yogesh Tyagi on done by the latter in the fi eld primary schools run by the ferring ownership rights on to give loans. We warn Ar sehold gets the registered “fi ve times” the work the Wednesday in protest against of education in BJPruled BJPruled municipal corpo the people of unauthorised vind Kejriwal and the lead documents,” he said AAP government has done his “inaction” on various municipal corporation rations have been shut down colonies in the Capital. ers of his party to not com further. for people. demands of the union. schools in Delhi and other in the last nine years. Leader of Opposition in mit the sin of misleading According to Mr. Gupta, Teachers have been on strike States with the work done by “Under the AAP govern the Delhi Assembly, Vijen lakhs of people of the un about one lakh people had CM’s tweet for nearly a month now. Their the Delhi governmentrun ment, 20,000 classrooms der Gupta, alleged that authorised colonies. Other registered themselves on “Five times subsidy than primary demand has been schools. have been constructed, of Chief Minister Arvind Kejri wise people will teach them the DDA’s website because us? Meaning? Instead of permanent absorption of “If you like their [BJP’s] which 8,000 have already wal was raising questions a lesson in the upcoming they had “full faith in the 200 units, will give 1000 around 4,000 ad hoc model of education, then Manish Sisodia * been handed over and on registry of deeds being Assembly election,” Mr. BJP government”. units electricity for free? teachers. vote for them. I want to ask 12,000 are under construc Instead of 20 thousand li the BJP what their model of rationrun schools has de tion. The AAP government ters, 1 lakh liters of water Over 64,000 banners, education is,” said Deputy clined by 1.3 lakh during the has invested signifi cantly in will be given for free? You hoardings removed Chief Minister Manish Siso same period. infrastructure, ensuring Think tank releases report on health care are making fun of the peo NEW DELHI dia, while addressing a press “The Haryana govern green boards in all class ple with such promises. The SDMC removed up to conference. “AAP’s educa ment shut down 208 govern rooms and installing 7.5 lakh ‘AAP govt. added only 394 beds to city hospitals in fi ve years’ Before Delhi elections, im 64,940 posters, banners and tion model built schools and ment schools between 2015 modular desks in class plement it in at least one of hoardings on Wednesday increased enrolment, but and 2018 and in the same pe rooms apart from world Special Correspondent The report, titled ‘Delhi: been one of the main the BJP ruled states [sic],” following implementation of BJP’s education model shut riod, the Rajasthan govern class sports facilities in New Delhi A city on ventilator — A fact planks of the AAP govern AAP national convenor Ar the model code of conduct (MCC). Under the provisions down schools and lost stu ment closed 4,000 schools. schools. The AAP govern BJPlinked think tank Public fi nding report on Delhi’s ment’s publicity. In this vind Kejriwal said in a of the MCC, all publicity dents,” the Education Minis The state of the erstwhile ment has also built a total of Policy Research Centre Health’ was released by BJP background, it is pertinent tweet. material related to political ter said. BJPAkaliruled Punjab is no 25 new school buildings, 30 (PPRC) on Wednesday said Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sa that the government is held Responding to it, BJP matters and elections are He said that in Delhi go better, with 217 government are under construction, six that the Delhi government hasrabuddhe, New Delhi accountable for the steps Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari, being removed. In the last vernmentrun schools, the schools having shut in the Schools of Excellence and added only 394 beds to city MP Meenakshi Lekhi, South that it claims to have taken said, “ The BJP will do at two days, the SDMC said, number of students has in last three years. In U.P., fi ve Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas hospitals in the last fi ve Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri for bettering healthcare in least fi ve times the amount 17,088 hoardings were creased by 6,000 in the last more than 40% of a total of Vidyalayas are thriving and years and no primary and PPRC Director Sumeet Delhi governmentrun hos of work Kejriwal claims to removed in Najafgarh Zone, four years, whereas the en 1,13,500 primary schools do transforming the lives of the health centres or dispensar Bhasin. pitals,” the PPRC said in a have done for the people of 10,165 in Central Zone, 14,618 rolment in municipal corpo not have electricity supply children of Delhi,” he added. ies were created. “Healthcare in Delhi has statement. Delhi.” in West Zone and the most (23,069) in the South Zone. HC seeks reply from Delhi Delhi’s air quality ‘poor’, DELHI TODAY Rain lashes Capital, traffi c likely to improve today Talk: “EWaste Management in India govt. on SRB meetings congestions in several areas – Challenges and Opportunities” presentations by Akanksha Manish, a 11th grade student and Dr. Paromita Meets not being held every quarter: plea Marginal deterioration likely tomorrow Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Minimum temperature settled at 9.3°C; humidity was 100% SRM Institute of Science and Tech Staff Reporter 2018, the SRB meetings have Staff Reporter nology, Tamil Nadu, followed by a New Delhi New Delhi discussion at Conference Room – I, to be held every quarter. Mr. Press Trust of India India International Centre (IIC), 6:30 The Delhi High Court on Sahni argued that the High New Delhi Despite rainfall, the air p.m. Wednesday sought response Court on October 21 last year Rain lashed parts of the Del quality of the city re Tribute: Remembering Akbar, a from the city government on had directed that SRB meet hiNCR on Wednesday morn mained in the ‘poor’ cate prayer meeting to pay homage to Akbar Padamsee, a pioneer in mod a plea claiming that meetings ings be held in accordance ing, bringing the mercury gory on Wednesday and is ern Indian paintings, at Seminar of the Sentence Review with the prison rules. down and causing traffi c likely to improve to ‘satis Rooms I, II & III, Kamaladevi Com plex, India International Centre (IIC), Board (SRB) are not being He said that since the Oc snarls at multiple intersec factory’ level on Thursday, 6 p.m. held every quarter despite tober order, not a single tions. said governmentrun mon Exhibition: A group art show by judicial orders to do so. meeting has been held yet “The minimum tempera itoring agency System of Kushala Vora, Sangita Maity and Justice A.K. Chawla asked and it amounts to “wilful dis ture was recorded at 9.3 de Air Quality and Weather Shruti Mahajan at Shrine Empire Gal lery, D 395, Defence Colony, 11 a.m. the Delhi government’s obedience” of judicial orders grees Celsius, three notches Forecasting and Research Delhi and NCR at 9 p.m., 6 p.m. Home Department, the SRB and sought contempt of above normal,” an Met offi (SAFAR). stated the Central Pollu Exhibition: “Truth”, a solo show of and the prison authority court action against the offi cial said. The maximum tem “Marginal deterioration tion Control Board (CPCB). oil paintings by Shafali R. Anand at here to submit status report cials concerned, including perature recorded in the in air quality to the ‘poor’ However, the level was All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), 1, Rafi Marg, 11 a.m. 7 on the petition, which has AAP MLA Satyendar Kumar evening stood at 14.5 degrees Rickshaw pullers caught in a sudden spell of rain near category on Friday is ex more than four times the p.m. sought contempt action Jain, the chairman of the Celsius. Humidity level on Daryaganj in New Delhi on Wednesday. * R.V. MOORTHY pected,” SAFAR said. safe limit of 25 ug/m3, as Exhibition: “Sands of Time”, a solo against them for alleged non SRB. Wednesday was recorded at set by the World Health art show by Rashmi Khurana at Art compliance of High Court’s Mr. Sahni also claimed 100%, the weather depart The rainfall recorded at The weatherman has fore PM2.5 level Organization. Konsult, 3, Ground Floor, Hauz Khas Village, 10:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. direction to hold the board’s that the SRB chairperson has ment said. Lodhi Road and Aya Nagar cast partly cloudy sky with On Wednesday, the aver The city’s AQI on Wed meetings as per the Delhi the power to hold meetings The Safdarjung observato observatories were 10 mm moderate fog on Thursday age level of PM2.5 — deadly nesday was 266, worse Screening: Habitat Film Appreci ation Forum will screen Dreams, a Prison Rules. more frequently than just ev ry received 6 mm rainfall, and 5.6 mm respectively. morning with the maximum respirable particles, which than Tuesday’s 254, ac Japanese fi lm, directed by Akira Kur Advocate Amit Sahni, also ery quarter, but that Mr. Jain Palam observatory recorded According to railway offi and minimum temperatures is a chief pollutant — was cording to the 4 p.m. bulle osawa at Gulmohar Hall, India Hab itat Centre (IHC), 7 p.m. a social activist, has claimed was not doing so. The High 5.3 mm while the the Ridge cials, 16 trains were running hovering around 16 degrees 109.9 ug/m3, more than tin of the CPCB that is the (Mail your listings for this column in his plea that according to Court has posted the case for area received 6.8 mm rain late in the Northern Railways and 9 degrees Celsius res the safe limit of 60ug/m3, average of the past 24 at [email protected]) the Delhi Prison Rules of further hearing on May 5. fall. division due to bad weather. pectively. as per Indian standards in hours.
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‘We feared for our lives and safety as the mob forced its Staff Reporter way up the stairs and threatened to break down the door’ New Delhi A Delhi court on Wednes Surya Rajappan, 27, is a lawyer with the torn and taken away. A group broke apart day asked Tihar jail authori Delhi High Court. Her parents live in Del from the mob and forced its way up the ties to provide medical hi but she was staying with a friend in a stairs and threatened to break down the treatment to Bhim Army rented fl at in Lajpat Nagar. On January 5, door if we did not let them in. We feared for chief Chandrashekhar the two women was threatened and our lives and safety and locked ourselves in Azad, arrested in connec abused by a 150strong mob and evicted to our home, while they kept violently tion with the violence dur from the fl at for peacefully protesting banging at our door and shouting until the ing antiCitizenship Amend against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act police intervened. ment Act protest in Delhi. and the National Register of Citizens dur The common entrance which led to the Chief Metropolitan Magis ing Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s ral stairway of our house was locked and bolt trate Arul Verma passed the ly in the area. Excerpts from Ms. Rajap ed by our landlord (who was a part of the directions in an interim or pan’s Facebook post on the incident: angry mob) and we were trapped in the der and posted the case for The Central government, after weeks of house. Terrifi ed, we called our friends to hearing on Thursday. ignoring the peaceful protests against the come help us. When they arrived at the During the Wednesday CAA, announced that it would be launching scene, the angry mob pushed them around hearing, the jail authorities a campaign in support of the Act. On Janu and refused to let them enter the house. For sought time to submit ary 5, Union Home Minister Amit Shah em threefour hours, we were trapped inside Azad’s medical report in barked on a proCAA rally with a doorto the house with an angry mob outside. In the response to his application door campaign in Lajpat Nagar in the heart meanwhile, our landlord (who was visibly seeking treatment at the of south Delhi. livid) informed us that we had been evicted AllIndia Institute of Medi We are — or rather, were — residents of from our residence. cal Sciences. the same locality. When we became aware After a long period of time and multiple Mr. Azad has claimed of the proCAA rally led by Mr. Shah, we ex interventions by the police and our friends, that he was suff ering from ercised our constitutional and democratic my father was allowed to enter the premises polucythemia, a disorder of right to peacefully protest against the same. along with a police offi cer. The police re blood thickness, and “re To register our peaceful protest against corded our complaint against the criminal quires continuous checkup the CAA and the NRC, my fl atmate and I dis behaviour of the unruly mob. After seven from the doctors con played a homemade, handcrafted banner hours, the door of the stairway was fi nally cerned from AIIMS, who from our apartment balcony, just as the ral unlocked and we were allowed to leave the are supervising his treat ly led by Mr. Shah was passing through our premises under police protection. ment for a long time.”
lane. The banner contained the slogans — Over the course of the last 48 hours, we A candlelight protest against the amended Citizenship Act at Jama Masjid on Wednesday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA If the treatment was not Shame (in large capital letters), CAA have feared for our lives and safety; our cha CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC provided urgently to Mr. (crossed out), NRC (crossed out), Jai Hind, racter and upbringing have also been ques Azad, it might lead to car Azaadi and #NotInMyName. I also raised tioned. We have also been accused of crav diac arrest, his application certain slogans verbally to express my dis ing media attention – only for exercising our stated. The Bhim Army approval of the CAA and the NRC, such as constitutional right to dissent peacefully. Daryaganj protest: hearing on bail pleas today chief was sent to judicial “we reject CAA”, “we reject NRC”. As a part of the legal system, I beseech custody on December 21 by Upon noticing our protest, the members the judiciary to take stock of the unprece Special Correspondent the police had submitted the court that none of them was extended till January a Delhi court. His outfi t had of the rally started getting agitated, and pro dented situation that India is facing, and to NEW DELHI medicolegal certifi cates were involved in any van 18. Subsequently, the hear organised a march from Ja ceeded to verbally harass and intimidate us safeguard the constitutional rights of citi A city court has postponed (MLCs) of several accused dalism and that they did ing on their bail applica ma Masjid to Jantar Mantar by shouting out threats and derogatory/mis zens. The intent of our founding fathers till Thursday the hearing on persons and the CCTV foot not have any political affi tions was transferred to against the CAA on Decem ogynistic remarks. A mob of around 150 pe while drafting the Constitution was to pro bail pleas of 15 people who age. As all necessary papers liation. She said the police another Tis Hazari court as ber 20, despite not having ople collected on the street below our tect the liberty of individuals against the were arrested by Delhi Pol were yet to be furnished, had picked them up from the case has now been ta police permission. apartment. They were evidently enraged abuse of power by the state. The Supreme ice for alleged violence dur the hearing was adjourned diff erent places. The prose ken over by the Crime The protesters were and threatened by the simple act of two Court has played an important role over the ing the protest against the till 2 p.m. on Thursday. cution opposed the bail Branch. stopped by the police and girls protesting peacefully. The protest ban years to protect the Constitution and must amended Citizenship Act in Earlier, lawyer Rebecca pleas. A magisterial court had paramilitary personnel ner that we had hung from our balcony was continue to do so, now more than ever. Daryaganj last month. John, who represented the On Monday, judicial cus turned down the bail pleas near the Delhi Gate, follow On the court’s direction, accused, submitted before tody of the accused people on December 23. ing which it turned violent. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Timings DELHI Gangrape THURSDAY, JAN. 09 ‘BJP will pay a heavy price CID still part of Haryana RISE 07:16 SET 17:42 victim ends RISE 16:20 SET 05:39 Home Ministry, says Vij life in U.P. FRIDAY, JAN. 10 RISE 07:16 SET 17:42 for its stubbornness on CAA’ RISE 17:18 SET 06:39 ‘CM can take only with Cabinet nod’ Press trust of india Barabanki (U.P.) SATURDAY, JAN. 11 RISE 07:16 SET 17:43 Govt. that refuses to heed voice of its people is bound to collapse: Amarinder SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A 21yearold law student, RISE 18:21 SET 07:38 CHANDIGARH who was allegedly gang SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Despite the what he was talking about, Haryana Home Minister Anil raped about four months Chandigarh <> nationwide public nor had he bothered to study Vij on Wednesday asserted ago, has been found dead A day after former Madhya outrage, the govt. the Act”, which has trig that the Criminal Investiga at her house in a village Pradesh Chief Minister Shiv at the Centre is gered massive public prot tion Department was still here, with her mother raj Singh Chouhan stated ests across the country. part of the Home Ministry claiming that she was un refusing to that the Centre would imple These protests, he said, were and if the Chief Minister der pressure from the two ment the Citizenship acknowledge the not “the brainchild of the wanted to change it, it had to accused. (Amendment) Act (CAA) at unconstitutionality Congress’ or any other par be passed by the Cabinet. Home Minister Anil Vij She alleged that Shivpal any cost, Punjab Chief Minis of the legislation ty”, as Mr. Chouhan was Mr. Vij was talking to jour tan and Shivkumar, of ter Amarinder Singh said on Amarinder Singh claiming, but the result of a nalists in Ambala after the “Chief Minister is su Semrava village under Wednesday that the Bharati Punjab Chief Minister spontaneous outrage among Haryana government web preme, if he wishes, he can Kothi police station area, ya Janata Party would have Indians cutting across reli sites suggested that the take back CID from me. But had raped the victim four to “pay a heavy price for concerned, there was no “Despite the nationwide gious and party lines. State’s CID was being han as per law it can’t be done months ago. such stubbornness”. way it would allow the bra public outrage over the con dled by Chief Minister Mano without passing it in the Ca Since Shivkumar is a lo “An elected government zenly divisive Act to be im troversial CAA, the BJPled ‘No personal stake’ har Lal Khattar. binet and later in the State cal heavyweight, the pol that refuses to heed the plemented in Punjab. “You NDA (National Democratic “Does Mr. Chouhan really Asserting that the CID was Assembly. So far, no meeting ice initially did not lodge voice of its people or res cannot force us to do so,” he Alliance) government at the believe that the lakhs of peo still with him, Mr. Vij said: “If has been held in this mat an FIR but later it was re pond to their anger is bound said, even as he reiterated Centre was refusing to ack ple, including youth and stu the Chief Minister wishes, he ter,” Mr. Vij said. gistered on the orders of a 0 to lose their confi dence and that neither he nor the Con nowledge the unconstitu dents, who had come out on can take the CID from the Amid the “tug of war” court, the mother of the DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to collapse,” said the Punjab gress was against grant of ci tionality of the legislation,” the streets to brave bullets Home Minister. But that can between the two leaders, victim claimed, adding verify and make appropriate enquiries to satisfy themselves about the veracity of CM, adding that the BJP’s tizenship to persecuted mi said the Punjab Chief Minis and lathis, were Congress not happen without a Cabi Mr. Vij had recently not only that no arrest has been an advertisement before responding to any published in this newspaper. THG stance on the issue smacked norities in other countries, ter, hitting out at Mr. Chou supporters?” said Capt. net meeting. And, therefore expressed his displeasure made. PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch of a “dangerously fascist ap such as Sikhs in Pakistan, han for his “shockingly in Amarinder. “Can’t he or the CID is still with me.” over the transfers of nine IPS Suicide prevention hel- for the authenticity of any advertisement or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s proach that would lead to but they were completely considerate remarks” on the other BJP leaders hear the “Governments are not offi cers, but has also pointed pline: Sanjivini, Society for products and/or services. In no event can the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir their [the BJP’s] eventual opposed to the discrimina issue. voice of these protesters, run by websites. They are fi ngers over the functioning Mental Health, Telephone: ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ company be held responsible/liable in downfall”. tion in the CAA against cer In a statement, Capt. majority of whom have no run by the rule of law,” he of the State’s intelligence 011-4076 9002, Monday- any manner whatsoever for any claims and/or damages for advertisements in Capt. Amarinder said that tain religious communities, Amarinder said Mr. Chou personal stake in the mat added. agency. Saturday, 10 a.m. -7.30 this newspaper. as far as his government was including Muslims. han had “absolutely no idea ter?” he added. p.m. Kidnapped child found dead in CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Bar association Lotus lake condemns Jaipur after mother’s murder JNU violence
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT His kidnappers had earlier demanded a ransom of ₹ 30 lakh CHANDIGARH The Executive Committee Special Correspondent message to her husband, Ro ice would be on fi nding out of the Punjab and Haryana JAIPUR hit Tiwari, from Shweta's the motive for the double High Court Bar Association A twoyearold child, who mobile phone with the de murder. on Wednesday con was kidnapped after the hei mand for ransom. The couple and their son demned the violence nous murder of his mother When Mr. Tiwari, current had shifted from New Delhi against the students of the at her residential apartment ly posted as fuel incharge at to Jaipur oneandahalf Jawaharlal Nehru Universi in Pratap Nagar, was found Sanganer International Air years ago and were staying ty by an armed mob which dead at the rear side of Un port here, called back, he in Unique Tower’s fl at on entered the campus on Ja ique Tower fl ats here on was asked to come with the rent. Shweta's body, lying in nuary 5. Wednesday. money to Gandhi Nagar lo a pool of blood, was fi rst not His kidnappers had ear cality. No valuables were iced by the maid who came Resolution passed lier demanded a ransom of found missing from the to the fl at on Tuesday even The association through a ₹ 30 lakh from his father, apartment. Mr. Tiwari was ing and found the entrance resolution, passed on Wed who is a manager with the not at home when the crime door open. nesday, strongly con Indian Oil Corporation. was committed and he ar demned the violence and rived after the cops in ‘Friendly entry’ attack on the students in Grave injuries formed him of the murder. A police team later found the university campus. The unidentifi ed assailants Based on the assessment two cups of tea and snacks “Further the Executive had killed Shweta, 30, by of the crime scene, the pol on the dining table and no Committee of the High slitting her throat with a ice suspect the involvement signs of struggle between Court Bar Association, knife and taken away her of someone close to the fa the assailants and the Chandigarh, condemn the son, Shriyam, on Tuesday. mily. Deputy Commissioner victim. inaction by the Delhi pol Her grave head injuries indi of Police (Jaipur East) Rahul The crime has sent shock ice and called upon the cated that she might also Jain said the line of investiga waves in the capital city, authorities to act and en have been hit on the head tion had changed after the where such brutal murders sure that the Rule of Law with a pestle. recovery of Shriyam's body take place very rarely in Lotus fl owers in bloom at the Gulawat Lake, about 40 km from Indore, on Wednesday. * PTI prevails,” read the The murderers sent a text and the emphasis of the pol posh residential localities. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC resolution. Class X dropout held AAP to gherao Punjab CM’s Tension in M.P.’s Shajapur after hostage, raped in M.P. residence over power tariff hike stone pelting at proCAA rally She befriended accused through FB ‘Rates hiked even though the State produces its own power’ Situation under control, no case fi led so far: police Press trust of india to Guna to live with him. Kota (Rajasthan) After she travelled to Gu SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT er as to why consumers in er companies. Press trust of india shutters of their outlets for Additional police force A Class X dropout was alleg na, she was initially treated CHANDIGARH the State were forced to pay He alleged that the Con Shajapur some time. was deployed in the area, Mr. edly held hostage, raped well by family members of The Aam Aadmi Party has a higher tariff as compared gress government had suc Tension prevailed in Shaja Shajapur Superintendent Shrivastava said, adding that and harassed for two the youth but later they announced that it would to other States even though cumbed to pressure from pur town of Madhya Pradesh of Police Pankaj Shrivastava the situation was now under months by her Facebook started harassing and tor “gherao” Punjab Chief Mi Punjab produced its own the powerful power mafi a. on Wednesday after some said some unidentifi ed mis control. friend in Madhya Pradesh’s turing her. nister Amarinder Singh's re electricity. The ruling Congress had unidentifi ed persons hurled creants pelted stones when “No case has been regis Guna district, police said on After some time, the girl sidence on January 10 to failed to honour its poll pro stones at a rally organised in the rally reached the Qureshi tered in this connection so Wednesday. According to was held hostage in a room protest against the recent Expensive pacts mise of cancelling the agree support of the Citizenship Mohalla area. far, but appropriate legal ac the police, the accused is al and repeatedly raped by the hike in electricity charges. Mr. Mann in a statement said ments with private thermal (Amendment) Act (CAA) here tion would be initiated so a minor. youth. She told CWC that AAP is the main Opposi that had the ruling govern plants after forming the go on Wednesday. Police protection against the miscreants after The 17yearold girl from the youth’s family mem tion party in the State ment been a little sympath vernment, he said The incident occurred “The police personnel walk the incident is investigated,” Kota in Rajasthan managed bers, including his mother Assembly. etic, it would had scrapped Mr. Mann said the party during the proCAA rally ta ing along the rally imme he said. to call her parents somehow and sister used to beat and AAP Punjab chief and the expensive power pur would lay siege to the Chief ken out by the Rashtriya diately brought the situation Meanwhile, RRM chief Na on Saturday last week and harass her and forced her to Member of Parliament Bhag chase agreements inked by Minister’s offi cial residence Raksha Manch (RRM) in the under control. The rally later rayan Prasad Pandey sought narrated her plight follow do household chores. want Mann said that the the previous SADBJP go in Chandigarh to press for afternoon, following which reached its destination under action against the stone ing which the Kota police Chief Minister should answ vernment with private pow reduction in tariff . shopkeepers downed the police protection,” he said. pelters. rescued the girl from Guna ‘Severe injuries’ and produced her before a The minor girl had severe Child Welfare Committee injury marks on her body. (CWC) on Tuesday night, Her mobile phone was also 3 labourers they said. taken away from her, she Heavy snowfall, rain bring life to standstill in Himachal The CWC has ordered the told the CWC. killed in girl to be sent to a woman’s “The minor girl somehow Tourists stranded at many places in the State, water pipes freeze, electricity supply aff ected shelter home, its chairper managed to take her mobile Jaipur fi re son Kaniz Fatima said. phone a few days back and Press trust of india some areas of the State. nistrative centre Keylong (8 The victim told the CWC texted her ordeal to her Shimla Forty roads were blocked cm), the department said. Press trust of india that she had befriended father, who instantly lodged Normal life was thrown out of in Nahan’s Sangrah, Shillai, Kharapather witnessed 60 Jaipur Deepak Aheer a few months a report with the Udhyog gear in Himachal Pradesh as Sarahan and Rajgarh sub cm snowfall, Khadrala (33 Three labourers were back on Facebook and had Nagar police station here. the State received heavy divisions. cm), Gondola (18.5 cm), The killed and as many injured been interacting with him “A police team led by ASI snowfall and showers on Chief Minister Jai Ram Tha og (12 cm) and Pooh (5 cm) in a fi re which broke out in on a regular basis. Khemchand was sent to Gu Wednesday, aff ecting road kur has directed Deputy during the period. an underconstruction In November last year, na to rescue the minor girl,” connectivity, electricity and Commissioners to ensure all As many as 425 machines building at Anita Colony the youth asked her to come Ms. Fatima said. water supply. essential services are res have been pressed into ser here following which an Hundreds of tourists were tored in the areas aff ected vice to clear snow from the FIR was registered against stranded in Shimla, Kufri, due to snowfall at the roads in the State, an offi cial the building owner and Narkanda, Manali and Dal earliest. from the Public Works De contractor, police said housie as offi cials said 879 According to the Meteoro partment said. Wednesday. roads in the State were logical Department, Shimla blocked due to heavy received 47.2 cm of snowfall Taxis fi ned ‘Died of suff ocation’
snowfall. A snowcovered road in Shimla on Wednesday. ** PTI between 5.30 p.m. on Tues A joint team of assistant RTO All three died of suff oca The Shimla police have day and 5.30 a.m. on and police issued challans to tion whereas the other rescued 43 tourists who were nations of Shimla and Manali Power supply has been dis Wednesday. 14 taxis and collected fi ne of three were undergoing stranded at diff erent places in owing to intermittent rupted in the snowbound Dalhousie in Chamba dis ₹ 13,800 for overcharging treatment and their condi the district and rushed 20 pe snowfall. areas and several villages trict and Kufri in Shimla dis tourists in Patlikuhal of Kullu tion is stated to be stable, ople to hospitals, Shimal SP The high and middle hills have been rendered without trict received 35 cm of snow district, Kullu SP Gaurav they said. Omapati Jamwal said. of Himachal Pradesh wit electricity. fall each, followed by Manali Singh said. The weather of All of them got trapped Earlier in the day, authori nessed heavy snowfall, while The heavy snowfall has re in Kullu district (27 cm), Kal fi ce has forecast more snow when the building doors, ties had advised people not to lower hills received showers sulted in freezing of residen pa in Kinnaur district (31.6 fall and rains on January 9, 11 wooden works and false travel to popular tourist desti throughout the day. tial water supply pipes in cm) and LahaulSpiti’s admi and 14. ceiling caught fi re.
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Life aff ected in Bandh hits normal life in Bengal Odisha too
Situation turned violent with protesters attacking buses, clashing with police Special Correspondent BHUBANESWAR Special Correspondent take strong action wherever re Normal life was aff ected Kolkata quired. I still appeal to them to across Odisha when 10 cen Normal life was aff ected in West go for democratic protests,” she tral trade unions observed Bengal on Wednesday as the 24 said. “What is happening is not a nationwide strike on hour allIndia strike called by protest, it is dadagiri (hooligan Wednesday. trade unions aff ected rail and ism). I condemn it… I support Several political parties, road transport services in the the issues, but there are other including the Left and the State. ways like peaceful agitation. We Congress, extended open In certain places, including will not allow anyone to forcibly support to the strike. The Kolkata, the situation turned enforce bandhs in Bengal. We Biju Janata Dal did not sup violent with the Congress and have not allowed it now, and we port the strike. No unto the Left activists attacking bus will not allow it [in the future],” ward incident was report es and clashing with the police. she said. ed from any part of the Kolkata’s wholesale market, Burra Bazar, was deserted during the CPI(M) Polit Bureau member State during the day. Crude bombs found strike called by trade unions on Wednesday. * RAJEEV BHATT Md. Salim and State Congress Holding placards and Suburban railway services were president Somen Mitra both banners against the also aff ected due to the strike as borty was taken into custody by The only exception was the maintained that the bandh was Centre’s “antilabour poli protesters obstructed tracks the police. In Sujapur in Malda State government employees a huge success. Both alleged cies”, hundreds of enfor and covered railway overhead district, bandh supporters who attended offi ce in large that it was after Ms. Banerjee’s cers of the strike belonging wires with banana leaves. At Ba clashed with the police. Some numbers as the government directive that the police swung to diff erent trade unions rasat in North 24 Parganas, videos showed that police re had issued notifi cation stating into action and destroyed pu and political parties three crude bombs were re sorted to baton charge. The Left that an absence would result blic property in Sujapur. blocked rail tracks and trieved from under the railway and the Congress leadership al not only in loss of pay but also “The Trinamool police in highways. The strike sup tracks and attempts were made leged that the police attacked break in the service. Malda behaved exactly like Yogi porters were taken into to shut down the ticket counter private vehicles and destroyed Adityanath’s police in Uttar Pra custody at many places. of metro railway at Dum Dum. private property in Sujapur. ‘It is hooliganism’ desh. Inspired by U.P. police Commuters and tourists The situation turned volatile Banking services were also Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and instigated by the Chief Mi had a diffi cult time as priv at Jadavpur area of Kolkata aff ected. At most places, ATM said that those trying to enforce nister, the police destroyed ate buses remained off the when Communist Party of India kiosks were either closed or the the bandh are looking for private property at Sujapur,” roads and trains were halt (Marxist) MLA Sujan Chakra machines had run out of cash. “cheap publicity”. “Police will Mr. Salim claimed. ed at various stations. Will fi ght in SC against citizenship for refugees: Arunachal CM
Press Trust of India Itanagar The Arunachal Pradesh go vernment will fi ght a legal battle in the Supreme Court “with all preparation” so that the 73,000odd Chak ma and Hajong refugees liv ing in the State do not get citizenship with the help of the amended Citizenship Act, the Assembly was in formed on Wednesday. Chakma and Hajong re fugees came from erstwhile East Pakistan, now Bangla desh, fi ve decades ago. The Supreme Court had directed the Centre in 2015 that they are accorded In dian citizenship. Several organisations in the State have been oppos ing the idea of granting citi zenship to them saying it would change its demography. The State government had fi led a review petition on October 26, 2015, against the apex court’s judgment but it was reject ed, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said during the Question Hour. Responding to a query from Congress MLAs Na bam Tuki and Wanglin Lo wangdong, he also said the State government then fi led a Special Leave Petition on September 14, 2016, which was admitted by the Su preme Court and the hear ing is awaited. Mr. Khandu said, follow ing another SC verdict of 1996, the State government has been providing basic amenities to the refugees living in Changlang, Nam sai and Papumpare dis tricts. Asked by Mr. Lo wangdong about the possibility of the refugees moving the SC claiming themselves as the natives of the State, Mr. Khandu said the government will fi ght the case “with all preparation”.
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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 WEST 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE State recommends castebased Census Task force of experts to help Assembly passes unanimous resolution seeking separate column for OBCs in population count State reduce debt burden Alok Deshpande recommendations and com Mumbai mittees in successive govern In fi rst meet, Ajit Pawar spells out focus areas for growth In an unprecedented move, ments … The census should of which a number of ruling have a separate column for Sharad Vyas getary estimates for 201920 party ministers were also un OBCs,” Mr. Bhujbal said. Mumbai are ₹ 4,71,642 crore, claims a aware, Speaker Nana Patole Parliamentary Aff airs Mi The State government will report tabled before the Fi moved a suo motu resolution nister Anil Parab said only set up a task force of experts nance Minister. in the Assembly on Wednes the business fi nalised by the from the fi nancial and bank The report further said day, recommending that the BAC for the day should be ta ing sectors to fi nd a way out another ₹ 2 lakh crore re Centre add a separate co ken up in the House. Mr. Pa of its ballooning debt. main off books as recorded lumn for OBCs in the Census. tole said taking up the issue Deputy Chief Minister extra budgetary borrowing. The Assembly passed the re next month would be too and Minister for Finance and “The State has no other op solution unanimously. late and read out the resolu Planning Ajit Pawar has is tion but to explore new sec A oneday session of the tion, which was passed by sued directives to set up a fi tors for growth. The task legislature was held to ratify the Assembly unanimously. nancial action task force of force will immediately sug the Constitution (126th Speaking to The Hindu af private experts, which gests measures to reduce the Amendment) Bill, 2019, to ter the House was adjourned, would submit a report for debt,” said an offi cial. extend the Scheduled Caste Mr. Patole said, “The de the road ahead, keeping in Ajit Pawar The State government has and Scheduled Tribe reser mand has been pending for mind the ₹ 4.72 lakh crore already given guarantees on vation in Assembly by 10 years. As Speaker, it is my debt burden on the State. perts on board,” said a se loans of ₹ 25,134.86 crore ta years. The amendment, too, All in a day’s work: CM Uddhav Thackeray (Centre) with Ajit Pawar, Speaker Nana Patole and responsibility to extend jus In his fi rst review meet of nior offi cial of the fi nance ken to complete major in was passed unanimously. others after a special Assembly session at Vidhan Bhavan on Wednesday. * PRASHANT NAKWE tice not only to MLAs, but to the department, the Finance department. frastructure projects. These After the agenda of the the people as well. I hope Minister said the State will Overall, the State’s debt include the Mumbai Trans day was over, Mr. Patole pre tions representing the OBC such a decision, it will be bet taken up. OBC leader and Mi that the Central government have to accelerate growth in burned in 201112 was Harbour Link, MumbaiNag sented the resolution and community had met him de ter if it is fi rst presented in nister Chhagan Bhujbal said will take note of the resolu four key areas: tourism, ₹ 2,25,976 crore, which in pur Expressway and Metro said, “The new Census will manding such enumeration. the business advisory com it is of extreme importance tion as well as those passed port, education and servic creased to ₹ 2,94,261 crore 4. The State also incurs sub be taken up in 2021. There is Deputy Chief Minister Ajit mittee (BAC),” he said. that the actual OBC popula by other States.” He said he es, offi cials said. “The Depu by 201415. It further in sidies of ₹ 22,136 crore on va need to get data on the OBC Pawar said the issue could be Leader of Opposition De tion is counted. “We are still had checked precedence, ty Chief Minister has asked creased to ₹ 4,02,421 crore in rious schemes. population so that they can taken up in the Budget ses vendra Fadnavis said the Op following the number of and there were examples of a us to prepare a note on the 201718. The revised esti All of these have to be ra be given benefi ts of develop sion next month. “While a position would support the OBCs calculated by the Brit Speaker moving a resolution task force, which will have mates of 201819 are at tionalised going into the fu ment.” He said many delega Speaker can always take resolution whenever it was ish in 1931. There have been suo motu. many global and Indian ex ₹ 4,14,411 crore and the bud ture, the minister said. Strike aff ects Jolt for BJP in Vidarbha as bank services in Gujarat, party loses Nagpur ZP polls Maharashtra Party wins in Dhule, draws even with Congress in Nandurbar Press Trust of India Mumbai/Ahmedabad Shoumojit Banerjee Banking services were hit Pune across Maharashtra and While it registered an em partially aff ected in Gujarat phatic win in the Dhule zilla on Wednesday as em parishad election, the Bha ployees joined the daylong ratiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ef nationwide strike called by forts in its stronghold of Vi 10 major trade unions darbha largely came a against the Centre’s “anti cropper as the party lost the people” policies. crucial Nagpur zilla parish Nearly 40,000 bank em ad. The party drew even ployees, including 10,000 with the Congress in the offi cers, joined the strike in Nandurbar ZP. Maharashtra. The RBI’s Results of the polls to six workmen staff , including zilla parishads — Washim, from the central offi ce in Akola, Palghar, Dhule, Nag CongressNCP supporters celebrating the alliance’s victory in
Mumbai, also went on pur and Nandurbar — were front of the ZP offi ce in Nagpur on Wednesday. * S. SUDARSHAN strike, a union leader said. declared on Wednesday. Be Port and airport servic sides Dhule, the BJP failed to region considered to be the three. ‘Errant’ offi cials: HC pulls up State for inaction es, however, remained make any gains in the other party’s bastion. Sources said an MVA for normal. fi ve ZPs. “The BJP had been in mula is most likely to come Funds for ST and Central governments offi cers and staff members. saying she is unable to get in “Bank employees while In the 58seat Nagpur ZP, power for seven years in the into play here in the coming meant for the benefi t of As per the HC’s directions, formation from the police? If endorsing the demands the BJP could manage to se Nagpur ZP. During this pe days, as the Sena has welfare allegedly Scheduled Tribes do not Manisha Verma, principal se the police were not forth put forth by the central cure only 15 seats, with the riod, it had not carried out emerged ‘kingmaker’. siphoned off reach them and that huge cretary of Tribal Develop coming with the informa trade unions are focusing Congress snaring 31 seats any development work in The Sena dealt a big blow sums of money have been ment Department, fi led an tion, then what stopped the on recruitment, early wage and the Nationalist Congress the rural areas,” said State to Tribal Aff airs Minister and Sonam Saigal misappropriated. affi davit that reads, “No offi principal secretary from settlement, pension upda Party (NCP) 10. Home Minister and NCP seventime Nandurbar MLA Mumbai The PILs say the provision cial of [the department] has raising the issue with the tion, and old pension leader Anil Deshmukh, K.C. Padavi of the Congress. The Bombay High Court on of 9% is yet to be made in the been arrested and placed un State Home Department? scheme to newly joined Loss in Gadkari’s village whose son Salil won the Met Mr. Padavi’s wife, Hemlata, Wednesday pulled up the yearly budget for theTribal der police custody for more The State government is employees,” the All India Humiliatingly, the BJP lost panjra panchayat samiti was beaten by the Sena’s Ga Maharashtra government for Development Department than 48 hours and hence, the shielding and protecting the Banks Employees’ Associa the ZP seat in Dhapewada, seat. nesh Paradke. not taking action against 123 and the State is yet to esta question of suspending any prima facie guilty offi cials. tion (AIBOA) said. Public the village of Union Minister Likewise, former NCP mi The BJP eff ortlessly won offi cers who allegedly misap blish 24 project offi ces in tri offi cial of [the department] Political parties at the helm sector banks, old genera Nitin Gadkari. Likewise, a nister Ramesh Bang’s son, the 56seat Dhule ZP as the propriated funds allotted for bal areas to implement the does not arise.” The 14page of aff airs are changing but tion private banks and a Congress candidate defeat Dinesh, won the Hingna collective leadership of the welfare of the State’s schemes. affi davit also said, “None of they will still protect their few foreign banks joined ed the BJP nominee in the panchayat samiti seat. Dhule MP Dr. Subhash Scheduled Tribes. On April 15, 2014, the HC the offi cials who were offi fraternity. They help each the Wednesday strike in Koradi Circle ZP seat in Bhamre and Jaykumar Rawal A Division Bench of Justic had appointed retired Justice ciating the posts where irreg other because today’s princi Maharashtra, it said. former Nagpur guardian mi Top brass absent paid off . “The BJP has es S.C. Dharmadhikari and M.G. Gaikwad to conduct an ularities have taken place are pal secretary will be tomor In Gujarat, Dhiraj Desai, nister and senior BJP leader According to observers, the helped bring a number of ir R.I. Chagla was hearing four inquiry into corruption in currently working in the row’s exprincipal secretary general secretary of Bank Chandrashekhar Bawan reason for the BJP’s defeat in rigation projects to the rural public interest litigations the department. same posts (sic).” and may need help from the of Baroda Employees Un kule’s hometown. Nagpur is that besides form areas, and the public has re (PILs) fi led in 2012, one of On January 31, 2017, he The court, however, said, current one.” ion, said, “Banking servic While not quite the Maha er chief minister Devendra cognised the party’s eff orts,” them by Bahiram Motiram, fi led a report that said crimi “All this is just eyewash. The court has directed es were partially hit as em Vikas Aghadi (MVA) formula, Fadnavis, none of the top Dr. Bhamre said. an adivasi from Nashik. nal prosecution and depart Does the principal secretary Ms. Verma to be present in ployees associated with the Congress fought the Nag party brass, including Mr. Mr. Rawal said the MVA The PILs allege that va mental inquiries should be seriously want us to accept court on January 17 to ex AIBOA joined the strike.” pur ZP in alliance with the Bawankule, were seen cam was an “opportunistic al rious schemes by the State initiated against 123 errant such an affi davit where she is plain her affi davit. Some nationalised banks NCP and the Peasants and paigning hard enough. liance” and not the people’s were either shut or are on Workers’ Party, which won a In Nandurbar, Mr. Fadna true mandate. ly partially functional, he single seat. The Shiv Sena, vis’s campaign paid off with “The people of Maharash said. The strike had no im which contested on its own, the BJP bagging 23 seats in tra have comprehensively pact on the operations of could only manage a single the 56seat ZP. There was no rejected this unnatural al the State Bank of India, In seat as well. MVA coalition in Nandurbar liance, and this sentiment dian Overseas Bank and The ZP results indicated as the Congress, NCP and Se has been refl ected in the re Bank of Baroda in the that the BJP had yet to rally na fought separately. The sults in the Dhule ZP where, State, as most of their em from its setback in Vidarbha, Congress, too, managed to for the fi rst time, [the BJP] ployees are associated with where it lost 17 seats in the win 23 seats, while the Sena has secured more than 35 other unions, he said. Assembly polls despite the won seven and the NCP seats,” he said. Dalit woman gangraped, murdered in Gujarat
Special Correspondent AHMEDABAD A 19yearold Dalit woman was allegedly kid napped, gangraped and murdered, and her body was hung from a tree to make it look like a suicide in North Gujarat. Doctors at Ahmedabad civil hospital on Wednesday conducted postmortem. The police have lodged a case of kidnapping, gang rape and murder against four people. The woman had gone missing on Decem ber 31. Her family approached police on Ja nuary 3, but the local police refused to regis ter a case. Inspector N.L. Rabari allegedly told the family she was safe and had eloped with a boy of the same community. However, on January 5, her body was found hanging from a tree. The family re fused to accept the body, saying she had been murdered and had not committed sui cide. Thousands from the Dalit community protested outside the police station. On Tuesday, the police registered an FIR against Bimal Bharvad, Darshan Bharvad, Satish Bharvad and Jigar under the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Caste & Sche duled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. “We have lodged the FIR on the basis of a complaint given by the family,” said Gandhi nagar range IG Mayanksinh Chavda. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI THE HINDU 8 SOUTH THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Hyderabad police Nobel laureate Naidu, others taken into custody has brush with in Twitter row Former A.P. CM tried to garner support for agitation against three capital cities general strike Controversial response to tweet cited Staff Reporter Staff Reporter VIJAYAWADA Alappuzha Jagan to launch Amma Syed Mohammed tweets were widely shared. Former Chief Minister N. Nobel laureate Michael Le Vodi scheme today HYDERABAD In another tweet, the Chandrababu Naidu, MLC vitt and a fellow foreign tra VIJAYAWADA A.P. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan The Cyberabad police found Twitter user said that “each Nara Lokesh and MLAs K. veller visiting Kuttanad in Mohan Reddy will launch the themselves embroiled in a peaceful is a suspect”. Atchannaidu and Nimmala Kerala had a harrowing ex Jagananna Amma Vodi controversy after their Twit Hours later, MajliseItte Rama Naidu, CPI State secre perience on Wednesday af programme in Chittoor on ter handle responded to a hadul Muslimeen president tary K. Ramakrishna and ter the houseboat they Thursday. Under the scheme, tweet by a Twitter user who Asaduddin Owaisi criticised several activists of the Ama were travelling in was a financial assistance of claimed that there were sev the Cyberabad police’s ravati Parirakshana Samiti blocked by supporters of ₹ 15,000 will be given to eral “wannabe jihadis” tweet and demanded a clar (APS) were taken into custo the nationwide general nearly 43 lakh mothers or working for software com ifi cation. Apart from Mr, dy by the police at Benz Cir strike here. He was strand guardians who send their panies in the city. He sought Owaisi, several netizens cle here on Wednesday as ed in the boat for more children to school. Student to know whether the police from Hyderabad and other they tried to embark on a than two hours. enrolment has increased by had done a background parts of the country tweeted bus yatra to the districts to Prof. Levitt, an Ameri 30% after the announcement checks on such employees. their disapproval of the Cyb garner support for the agita canBritishIsraeli biophys of the scheme. In a series of tweets, the erabad police’s tweet. tion against the proposed de icist, was on a visit to Kera Twitter user, one Suresh Ko On their part, the Cybera velopment of three capital Obstacle course: TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, along with other leaders, being taken in a la as a guest of the Amit Shah to address rally chattil, used the word bad police issued a clarifi ca cities. bus after being detained by police in Vijayawada on Wednesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT government. Prof. Levitt in Hubballi on Jan. 18 “peacefuls”, to describe tion, claiming their tweet Trouble broke out when started cruising in a house BENGALURU Muslims, as he sought to was misconstrued. Mr. Naidu and others were police and protesters, and it Amidst the chaos, the not treat the State, particu boat from Kumarakom in As part of the Bharatiya know that given the U.S. “Our tweet has been mis prevented from staging a led to Mr. Naidu and his par keys of the police vehicle larly the capital region, as Kottayam on Tuesday and Janata Party’s nationwide outreach programme to Iran standoff , whether the construed. The intent is on march to Auto Nagar, where ty cadres and APS activists were apparently lost and the his fi efdom. reached R Block by even create awareness about police had done “risk as ly to suggest that we are al the buses were parked to squatting on the road. driver tried to start the en Mr. Naidu expressed re ing. When the houseboat Citizenship (Amendment) Act, sessment” of “wannabe ji ways alert and well branch out to districts on a Vehicular traffi c came to a gine with spare keys and fi gret that some farmers who set sail again at 10 a.m on Union Home Minister Amit hadis” working in American equipped to ensure security bus yatra for garnering sup standstill and the police nally succeeded. gave their lands for the capi Wednesday, strike suppor Shah will address a rally in software companies. and it does not mean to port for the agitation against made Mr. Naidu and others Mr. Naidu said Chief Mi tal had died, and the agony ters blocked it. The action Hubballi on January 18. Union The Cyberabad police agree with the suggestion. the proposed development board a vehicle, but it could nister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Red of thousands more was con angered trade union lead Ministers Pralhad Joshi and Twitter handle replied in We reiterate that we are of three capital cities. not move for sometime due dy had pushed the State into tinuing as the government ers, who had exempted the Anurag Singh Thakur will the affi rmative, thanked him committed to maintain Earlier, Mr. Naidu inaugu to the blockade. uncertainty by proposing to appeared determined to tourism sector from the address rallies in Kalaburagi, for alerting them, and said peace and order in society rated the APS offi ce at the Tension prevailed as the shift the capital out of Ama shift the capital. shutdown. Tourism Minis Yadgir, Raichur, Belagavi, and that there are “specialised without prejudice towards busy junction. protesters refused to yield ravati on partisan grounds. Later, the police shifted ter Kadakampally Suren Chikkodi prior to Mr. Shah’s wings” which work on gath any person and communi Heated arguments and a and accused the police of He demanded that the Mr. Naidu to his residence dran ordered a probe into rally, sources said. ering intelligence. Both ty,” it said. scuffl e ensued between the highhandedness. Chief Minister rethink and along with other protesters. the incident. Maradu: HC seeks response on Millennium Towers may house Secretariat, CMO plea for market value assessment Staff scouting for A couple of teams com and other departments,” he prising top bureaucrats have said. accommodation already made several visits to Asked about the details on Special Correspondent the authorities had no clear premises of Golden Kayalo in Visakhapatnam the Towers and other major the ground, Visakhapatnam KOCHI plan as regards compensa ram, Uttkarsh Mehta, partn buildings for the Secretariat district Collector V. Vinay The Kerala High Court on tion to be given to residents, er of Edifi ce Engineering, Appaji Reddem and other key infrastructure. Chand said there was a dis Wednesday sought the res in case their houses were and Joe Brinkman of Jet De Visakhapatnam It is learnt that a few de cussion about the Millenni ponse of the State govern damaged due to the implo molition, South Africa, said The writing is on the wall. partments have been asked um Towers and the possibili ment and the District Collec sion of the fl ats. the building would come Ahead of the highpower to make arrangements in the ty of conducting the tor on a plea by those living down in two seconds and committee’s evaluation on likelihood of an announce Republic Day parade here. near the Maradu apartments ‘There won’t be impact’ H2O Holy Faith in four se the decentralised capital, Vi ment in this regard in a week “But nothing has been for seeking a directive to assess The demolition of H2O Holy conds. Jain Coral Cove sakhapatnam is abuzz with or two. malised yet,” he said. the present market value of Faith and Golden Kayaloram would take 5.6 seconds to be action on the ground. “We have heard from The Towers is a massive houses and other structures apartments has been de razed. The Millennium Towers in New home: An aerial view of the Millennium Towers located at those who are privy to infor structure located on one of within a 200 m radius of the signed in such a way that the The alluvial soil in the the IT SEZ is touted to be the IT Park, near Rushikonda, in Visakhapatnam. * K.R. DEEPAK mation that there can be a the four hills near Madhura fl ats. structures will come down area has come as a blessing building to house the Secre shift and that we need to be wada on the outskirts of Vi In the petition, Harichan safely without much impact for the demolition process tariat and the CMO, sources commodation in the port ci probable location and the ready to start working from sakhapatnam. It was dra Sai K.R. and others said on nearby structures and as it would not transmit vi in the Secretariat and the ty. Millennium Towers is under there,” said an employee. planned to be an IT hub. they were anxious and con the waterbody, according to brations caused when the CMO in Amaravati say as the A a source told The Hindu active consideration. This in “Similar is the case with Some of the global IT majors cerned about their houses. demolition experts. structure hits the fl oor, they Secretariat employees are on condition of anonymity, formation is certain but the employees of the Gener have already started func According to the petitioners, Briefi ng the media on the added. scouting for residential ac “Vizag seems to be the most none will confi rm it.” al Administration, Finance tioning in the IT SEZ.
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N.J. Nair thinking on its response. V. Raghavendra the government to sanction THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Union Home Depart VIJAYAWADA a fi shing harbour that would Ahead of the Supreme Court ment had directed the State Twenty fi shermen from provide them livelihood commencing further hear to initiate steps to imple Andhra Pradesh who were close by and pointed out ing on the Sabarimala wo ment the top court’s deci released from a prison in Pa that up to 15,000 fi shermen men’s entry issue, the Tra sion, but once the State took kistan two days ago met go as far as Gujarat during vancore Devaswom Board the lead, the Left Democrat Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mo the fi shing season every (TDB) is reported to be veer ic Front (LDF) government han Reddy here on year. ing round to a stance that came under pressure. Wednesday. lays emphasis on ensuring a “The TDB has a legal obli They expressed their Bhavanapadu seaport smooth and peaceful gation to abide by the Su gratitude and happiness Mr. Reddy said eff orts were pilgrimage. preme Court decision, wha that the Chief Minister took under way for the construc The Board, scheduled to tever it may be. We will personal interest in getting tion of the longpending sea meet in the next two days, accept it in letter and spirit. them liberated. port at Bhavanapadu in Sri will weigh all options, in Along with that, the Board Mr. Reddy disbursed a fi kakulam and jetties to help cluding its legal obligation has to consider other factors nancial assistance of ₹ 5 lakh fi shermen in eking out a liv to implement the top court’s such as conduct of a smooth each to the 20 fi shermen be ing there. decision, while also giving and peaceful pilgrimage in longing to Srikakulam and The Chief Minister in importance to conserving the coming years and con Vizianagaram districts. structed the offi cials to se ritualistic tradition. servation of rituals and tra cure the release of eight fi sh The protests that erupted ditions. All these would fi 22 apprehended ermen from the State who after the September 28, gure in our priorities before Pakistan security agencies are lodged in a jail in Bangla 2018 Supreme Court verdict arriving at a conclusion,” apprehended 22 fi shermen desh and two from East Go according permission for TDB president N. Vasu told (15 belonging to Srikakulam, davari who are still in Pakis women of all age groups to The Hindu. fi ve from Vizianagaram and tan’s custody. have darshan at the temple The Board was now fo two from East Godavari) in Minister for Fisheries Mo and the disruption of pil cused on further improving November 2018 for entering pidevi Venkataramana and grimage are the main fac pilgrim amenities to cater to Prisoners harvesting sugarcane, ahead of the Pongal festival, at the Central jail in Tiruchi on Wednesday. * M. MOORTHY their territorial waters. Bapatla MP Nandigam Su tors guiding the Board’s more arrivals, he said. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC The fi shermen requested resh were also present. Allergy ad irks doctors, health activists Yediyurappa may overhaul Cabinet Complaint lodged with Kerala police chief, Advertising Standards Council of India Maintaining caste and regional balance has turned out to be a complex task
A.S. Jayanth president, TravancoreCo committee will discuss the to diagnose and treat diseas K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj vind Limbavali, and S. Anga to the Cabinet, there will be Kozhikode chin Medical Council issue at its meeting sche es in the State, as highlighted Bengaluru ra are reportedly leading the six Ministers from the dis Doctors and health activists (TCMC), told The Hindu on duled for January last week,” by the Kerala High Court and Karnataka Chief Minister race, party sources said. trict. Out of the six, four will have found fault with what Wednesday that the govern he added. the Supreme Court through B.S. Yediyurappa is report be Lingayats, with Mr. Jarki they term a “misleading ad ment should put in place a their orders issued on Janu edly toying with the idea of Belagavi factor holi and Mr. Patil being vertisement” on allergy tests mechanism to curb such ad Without medical advice ary 8, 2003, and April 13, not just expanding his Cabi However, maintaining caste nonLingayats. that appeared in major Ma vertisements. When the U. Nandakumar, chairman, 2018, respectively. net but also overhauling it, and regional balance in the “The Chief Minister is try layalam newspapers recent TCMC conducted an inquiry CAPSULE, and M.P. Anil Ku The advertisement did by dropping some Ministers Cabinet has turned complex, ing to convince one of them ly. As a similar one had into the advertisement that mar, its convener, said in not give details of the institu and inducting a few fresh with fears that too many to accept the post of head of found its way onto their appeared last year, it was their complaint that the ad tion that had placed it, and faces in an eff ort to maintain from the Belagavi region and a prominent corporation to front pages a couple of found that the doctors men vertisements had urged peo the name of the lab men caste and regional balance. Lingayat community may ensure regional balance in months ago, medical profes tioned had not registered ple to get themselves tested tioned was not legible. The He is expected to go to end up dominating the Cabi the Cabinet,” a close asso sionals are seeking action themselves with the council. for allergy symptoms at de chain of laboratories that Delhi next week to hold net. Belagavi already has two ciate of the Chief Minister against those who placed the So, action could not be in signated labs, off ering a fl at collected the blood samples meetings with the party high B.S. Yediyurappa Ministers — Deputy Chief Mi said. advertisement. itiated. The latest advertise 50% discount. It defi ned was called Medistreams command to get the expan nister Laxman Savadi and Presently, the Cabinet is Functionaries of the Cam ment did not have any doc what allergy was, listed the Diagnostics, a Chennai sion and reshuffl e cleared. Two are expected to be kept the lone woman Minister dominated by Lingayats with paign Against Pseudo tors’ names, Dr. Pradeep symptoms, and explained its based fi rm, but there were Of the maximum strength vacant for N. Nagaraju (MTB) Shashikala Jolle, both Lin eight Ministers, including Science Using Law and Eth Kumar said. health impacts. The adver no details such as a website, of 34, the Cabinet presently and R. Shankar, who may be gayats. Sources said they the Chief Minister himself. ics (CAPSULE), a forum un A.V. Jayakrishnan, who is tisement asked people, even phone number, or email ID. has 18, including the Chief made MLCs in June and Mi were unlikely to be dropped. Added to this, there are two der the Kerala Sasthra Sahi part of the ethics committee if they did not have allergic Also, Medistreams did not Minister, leaving 16 berths nisters later. Three defectors who have from the community among tya Parishad, on Tuesday of the Indian Medical Asso reactions, to get a blood test conduct lab tests on its own, empty. That would leave three won from the district — Ra the rebels — B.C. Patil and lodged a complaint with the ciation (IMA) Kerala chapter, done without the advice of a but was sending the samples Of these, 11 will go to form more berths, for which there mesh Jarkiholi, Shrimanth Mr. Kumathalli. “Mr. Yediyu State police chief and the Ad said complaints had been medical practitioner. elsewhere. er Congress and Janata Dal is intense lobbying. Patil, and Mahesh Kumathal rappa is keen on dropping at vertising Standards Council lodged with the police and The complaint said that The advertisement did (Secular) MLAs who defect Among several leaders li, besides Mr. Katti, have least two Lingayat Ministers, of India. the Health Department on only registered medical not say what type of tests ed to the Bharatiya Janata lobbying for these berths, se been lobbying hard to be in if not three, to accommodate V.G. Pradeep Kumar, vice the previous occasion. “The practitioners were allowed were being performed. Party and won the bypolls. nior leaders Umesh Katti, Ar ducted. If all of them make it new faces,” sources said. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Re-grassing is Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday mandatory after Navy rescues dhow with Indian crew mining, rules SC NEW DELHI A Navy ship, INS Sumedha, deployed on anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden, Govt. told to fi le report in three weeks rescued a Sri Lankan-flagged Krishnadas Rajagopal dhow, Al-Hamid, with 13 NEW DELHI Indian crew members that The Supreme Court on Wed was stranded and was drifting towards the Somalian nesday ordered that mining coast. The dhow was then lease holders should be held towed to safety, the Navy responsible for regrassing stated. mined areas, so that biodiver sity gets a second chance in DMK MP Kanimozhi these scarred landscapes. meets JNU students A Bench led by Chief Justice CHENNAI of India S.A. Bobde ordered The cost of re-grassing the Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) DMK MP K. Kanimozhi met the government to include re area would be borne entirely Forecast for Thursday: Thunderstorm accompanied with hail & with a section of students of grassing of mined areas as a by the licence holder. lightning likely at isolated places over Chhattisgarh, Arunachal the Jawaharlal Nehru mandatory condition in every Pradesh and Assam, Meghalaya, Odisha. Dense fog likely in isol- University, including JNUSU mining lease, environmental activities and restore the land ated pockets over Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, president Aishe Ghosh, who Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and north Rajasthan. were injured in the attack on clearance and mining plan to a condition which is fi t for across the country. growth of fodder, fl ora, fauna, city rain max min city rain max min the campus on Sunday. Ms. Agartala...... —....21.0....15.0 Kozhikode...... —....35.0....25.0 Kanimozhi questioned why Environmental issues etc.” the Supreme Court held Ahmedabad...... —....28.0....13.0 Kurnool ...... —....31.0....20.0 the police did not act for caused by mining include ero in a fourpage order. Aizawl...... —....00.0....00.0 Lucknow...... 3.0....15.0....11.0 sion, formation of sinkholes, Allahabad...... —....16.0....11.0 Madurai...... —....34.0....22.0 nearly three hours when Bengaluru ...... —....28.0....19.0 Mangaluru ...... —....36.0....23.0 violence was unleashed. loss of biodiversity, and con ‘Ensure compliance’ Bhopal ...... —....00.0....00.0 Mumbai ...... —....32.0....21.0 tamination of soil, groundwa The government was ordered Bhubaneswar...... —....25.0....15.0 Mysuru ...... —....30.0....21.0 Centre tells youth to stay ter and surface water by to fi le an action taken report Chandigarh ...... 18.4....15.0....12.0 New Delhi ...... 6.0....15.0....13.0 away from e-cigarettes Chennai ...... —....30.0....22.0 Patna ...... —....20.0....10.0 chemicals from mining pro in three weeks. The Bench al Coimbatore ...... —....32.0....22.0 Port Blair...... —....31.0....25.0 NEW DELHI cesses, and the eff ects persist so directed the government to Dehradun...... 19.2....11.0....10.0 Puducherry ...... —....31.0....21.0 Citing the U.S.’s 2018 for years, the court was told. devise methods to ensure Gangtok...... 3.3....10.0...... 5.0 Pune...... —....28.0....17.0 National Youth Tobacco Goa...... —....33.0....23.0 Raipur ...... —....26.0....17.0 compliance by mining lease Survey, which recorded a high Guwahati ...... —...... —...... — Ranchi...... —....23.0....12.0 ‘Impose condition’ holders. The cost of regrass Hubballi...... —....31.0....19.0 Shillong...... —...... —...... — increase in the use of “We see no reason why the ing the mined area and whe Hyderabad ...... —....27.0....19.0 Shimla...... 27.2...... 5.0.... -1.0 e-cigarettes among children, Imphal ...... —...... —...... — Srinagar...... —...... —...... — the Centre has asked youth to area which has been mined rever damage was caused, Jaipur ...... —....22.0...... 9.0 Thiruvananthapuram...... 8.2....32.0....24.0 should not be restored so that would be entirely borne by Kochi ...... —....33.0....26.0 Tiruchi...... 2.0....32.0....22.0 “stay away” from the product. Kohima ...... —...... —...... — Vijayawada ...... —....29.0....20.0 “What government and grass and other vegetation, in the licence holder. Kolkata ...... —....23.0....15.0 Visakhapatnam ...... —....27.0....20.0 cluding trees, can grow in the The mandatory regrassing experts are worried about is (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) the highly addictive nature of mining area for the benefi ts of would be in addition to the Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday nicotine,” said a Health animals. We are of the view other conditions imposed on CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Ministry official. that this can be achieved by the licence holder in the mine Ahmedabad..... 42 .23 .33 ..130 .118 ....* directing the Union of India to closure plan, to restore biodi Bengaluru ...... 11 .59 .35 ....44 ...71 ....* In observation made at ‘We are against Chennai ...... 65 .28 .36 ..117 .....— ....* 4.00 p.m., Muzaffarpur, impose a condition in the versity. Bihar recorded an overall NEET to this day’ Delhi ...... 11 .20 103 ..346 .221 ....* air quality index (AQI) Hyderabad ...... 2 .49 .18 ..100 ...85 ....* score of 425 indicating a CHENNAI mining lease and a similar “An area which is mined re condition in the environmen sults in complete elimination Kolkata...... 24 .91 .20 ..300 .303 ....* severe level of pollution. In Tamil Nadu Health Minister C. * contrast, Amritsar, Punjab Lucknow...... 12 238 .42 ..334 .....— .... recorded a healthy AQI Vijayabaskar said in the State tal clearance and the mining of grass, which in turn denies Mumbai ...... 5 .50 .31 ..185 .140 ....* score of 36. Assembly on Wednesday that plan to the eff ect that the min fodder to the herbivores. The Pune...... 82 .33 .79 ..105 .194 ....* Visakhapatnam 10 .33 .41 ....90 ...94 ....* the AIADMK government was ing lease holders shall, after only solution can be regrass still strong in its stand against ceasing mining operations, ing of such mined areas. It is Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) implementing the National undertake regrassing the not in dispute that regrassing SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air Eligibility cum Entrance Test mining area and any other technology is available in this particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues (NEET) for medical area which may have been country,” Chief Justice Bobde and monuments. admissions in Tamil Nadu. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by disturbed due to their mining said. reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. CRPF DIG th PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, HC questions CBI on ‘2019 was 7 warmest year since 1901’ nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature throws hot death in people with heart or lung disease probe in Asthana case water at jawan IMD hints at global warming raising average temperatures CBI Director Rakesh Asthana. Jacob Koshy served over India was during ( JuneSeptember), said the Plea in SC on minority Justice Vibhu Bakhru Press Trust of India NEW DELHI 2016, 0.71C above the mean. IMD report titled ‘Climate asked to be questioned the agency for New Delhi Though the rise in average While 2018 was the 6th war Summary’. present in court if repeatedly seeking exten A CRPF offi cer, Deputy In temperatures over India in mest in India with 0.41C “There is no declining institutions’ appointments sion of time to complete the spectorGeneral D.K. Tri 2019 was the lowest since above the mean, 2017 was trend. The only pattern is agency fails to probe. pathi, allegedly threw hot 2016, according to a report 0.55C warmer. that global warming is rais legal correspondent by a Bench of Justices Arun complete The CBI had asked the water on the face of consta from the India Meteorologi According to the World ing average temperatures NEW DELHI Mishra and U.U. Lalit in S.K. court for extension of time ble Amol Kharat, after the cal Department (IMD, the Meteorological Organisa globally, as well as in India,” Chief Justice of India S.A. Mohd Raffi que versus Ma investigation last month. former got enraged at hav year that went by was the tion, the rise in global mean said M. Mohapatra, Director Bobde on Wednesday naging Committee, Contai Staff Reporter The FIR was registered ing burnt his mouth upon 7th warmest, since record surface temperature during General, IMD. agreed to examine next Rehmania High Madrasah New Delhi on October 15, 2018 against drinking the water served keeping commenced in 2019 ( January to October) 2019 was also character week a plea to stay a January and Others, gave the State The Delhi High Court on Mr. Asthana and others on by Mr. Kharat. The force 1901. was +1.10C. ised by high rainfall, which 6 judgment by the Supreme an absolute right to impose Wednesday asked the CBI a complaint by Satish Babu has ordered an inquiry into During the year, the an was 9% over what is normal Court , which declared that regulations on minority es Director to be present be Sana, alleging extortion the incident, offi cials said nual mean surface air tem Main contributors for a year. This was due to the State is well within its tablished and administered fore the court on February and harrassment in con on Wednesday. perature was +0.36C above The main contributors to the the monsoon rains ( June rights to regulate the ap institutions in the appoint 10, if the agency fails to nection with investigation The incident took place average (defi ned as the warming this year were tem September) being 10% over pointment of teachers to mi ment of teachers, saying the complete investigation into of a case related to meat ex on Tuesday at the CRPF re mean temperature from peratures in the premon its normal, and the north norityrun institutions in step was necessary to the bribery case involving porter Moin Akhtar cruit training centre in Bi 19802010). soon (MarchMay) and mon east monsoon rains being the “national interest”. achieve excellence in educa its former special director Qureshi. har’s Rajgir district. The highest warming ob soon seasons 9% over its normal. 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DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE A multilateral alternative, by Asia The contours of the new order, with India and China as key players, should not be seen through a western prism ment Bank, challenging the global backing from national banks, are of the rise of China; China, like In governance paradigm. In 2015, contributing to internationalisa dia, is not part of any collective se emerging India established the In tion of the Renminbi, enhancing curity system. Both the U.S. and From the brink of war ternational Solar Alliance, laying China’s role in global economic go China have regular highlevel dis U.S. President Trump did well to shrug out a distinct global sustainable vernance. cussions on strategic issues with development framework, and As the world leader in digital India, recognising its demograph off Iran’s retaliatory strike Mukul Sanwal seeking a triumvirate. transactions China is developing ic, technological and resource po he latest spell of confl ict between the U.S. and The United States has recog block chainbased fi nancial infras tential to be part of a future global Iran turned full circle on Wednesday when Teh nised the ‘Asian Century’ bypass tructure in BRI countries and ex triumvirate. fter a gap of 200 years, ing multilateralism; its direct deal ploring an international block What are the implications of ran launched ballistic missile attacks at American T Asian economies are again ings with China and India and the chain currency for digital settle this state of fl ux? Asia formed two troops in two military bases in Iraq in retaliation for the Alarger than the rest of the IndoPacifi c construct are exam GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO ments without relying on the thirds of world GDP, and colonial assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. In its fi rst world’s combined. As India and ples. The way the U.S. defi ned hu have aff ected India’s interests, im dollar, thus reducing U.S. leverage. ism, not stagnation, led to a de direct attack on U.S. forces, Iran targeted Erbil, the cap China resolve their border dis man rights solely in political and pacting longterm relations and With the speed and scale of cline of the Asian giants. Their re ital of the Iraqi Kurdistan in the north, and AlAsad in pute, Asia is providing the multi procedural terms, withdrew from forcing a tacit choice between the such change, rising Asia remains emergence is not part of a global the west, which is some 400 km away from the Iranian lateral alternative to a world divid climate change after shifting the two systems. wary of China and is eager, as is transformation of “westerniza border. The attacks were both an act of retaliation and a ed by values, and no longer by burden onto developing countries China, which had never been China, that India joins the Region tion”. The border problem, too, is ideology. and the forced inclusion of intel fully colonised and is keen to get al Comprehensive Economic Part a remnant of colonialism and not show of its capability. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in The phrase ‘Asian Century’ is lectual property rights into the rich quick , has a head start over nership, poised to become the the result of aggression. voked Article 51 of the UN Charter, which allows mem said to have arisen in the 1988 trade regime illustrate the colonial India in laying out a new multilat world’s largest trading bloc be Clearly, the U.S., China and In berstates to take military actions in self defence if they meeting between Chinese leader origins of current multilateralism eralism based on “common inter cause of the huge Indian market. dia will retain their civilisational come under attack. He said Iran has taken and conclud Deng Xiaoping and former Indian now being questioned by even its ests” as diff erent from agreed With the U.S. military ‘pivot to models into the future. In Asia, dif ed “proportionate measures in selfdefence”, which Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, re proponents and not just by Asia. goals of a negotiated treaty. The Asia’, China is keen to resolve the ferences will centre on overlap can be interpreted that Iran is now ready for deescala establishing relations after the In BRI bilateral agreements optimise, border dispute with India to avoid ping priorities — security (the tion. The man who is primarily responsible for the cur diaChina border confl ict in 1962. New frameworks not maximise, fi nancial returns constraints. The recent IndiaChi U.S.’s eff orts to maintain hegemo It responds to the reemergence of The decisive shift responds both to with countries having an eff ective na Summit on boundary issues re ny), economic (China’s emphasis rent explosive situation is U.S. President Donald the two countries, leveraging size the Asian growth engine and to veto by remaining outside. Coun solved to work out a “framework on connectivity, markets and Trump. His decision to kill Soleimani, a top Iranian mil and technological competence to Asian technology. Global competi tries support the BRI — it covers on a roadmap to a fi nal solution on growth) and equitable sustainable itary leader who commanded the elite Qods Force for shape a new order that refl ects tion is moving away from country the territories of 72 countries and border issues”; India has rejected development (Indialed frame over two decades, in the Iraqi capital, was practically their civilisational values which specifi c actions to fragmented 70% of the world population — as a American opposition to Huawei work of digital infrastructure de an act of war, forcing the Islamic regime to respond. Ho are distinct from those of the West. competition, transformed by glo networkbased evolving process taking part in 5G trials. The Indian signed as a public good). By 2030, wever, despite the wide range of rhetoric issued by Ira The travails of the West, for exam bal value chains accounting for even with marketbased interest government has allowed all appli there is every possibility of a nian military leaders and hardline politicians, what ple, stagnating incomes of the threequarters of the growth in rates because of benefi ts of con cants, including Huawei Technolo triumvirate middle class and also climate global trade over the 20year pe nectivity and integration into Eu gies Co. Ltd, to participate. Asia, and Africa, former colo Tehran actually did was to launch a calculated, limited change, confi rm that the global di riod: 19932013. There is no provi rasian markets. Half of future BRI nies with conditions closer to In strike. It is as much an act of revenge as an opportunity vision is now based on values, as sion in global trade rules for com funding is expected from multina New values dia than to China, are waiting for for deescalation. has been the case throughout civil panyspecifi c concerns where the tional corporations and multilater The contours of the new order latecomer India, a civilisational The Pentagon’s assessments suggested there were no isation. Even notions of a balance global digital economy rather than al banks, adding to their stake in should not be seen through a west state like China, to lay out its vision American casualties and only minimal damage in the of power are a western construct, countries are determinants of solving diffi culties. ern prism. In 2018, China was the of a digital, cooperative, sustaina attacks. Mr. Trump, in his response later on Wednes as the Asian giants have by and wealth and power. Imposing U.S. largest supplier of goods to the ble multilateral strategic frame day, has signalled that he was backing away from furth large lived in peace across the ag determined national security stan Potential of BRI U.S.; it has also been India’s major work to complement the frame er confl icts with Iran. If the U.S. had responded with air es. dards on the world has led to only The BRI provides a strategic fra trading partner. E very big state works of the other two powers. China, in 2013, after attaining a handful of countries agreeing to mework for new global institution has bilateral relations with all Early concrete moves for their si strikes or missile attacks inside Iran, it could have trig 15% of global wealth, announced ban Huawei 5G technology, has an building as its scope is as wide as three, and they take part in limited multaneous rise are in the global gered further attacks from Iran, setting off a cycle of the multilateral Belt and Road In gered Europe over sanctions on multilateral treaties. For example, sectoral cooperation on a regional interest. violence and aggression. A direct shooting match bet itiative (BRI) and in 2014, launched companies building a gas pipeline stateowned enterprises in infras basis. Even faraway NATO has re ween the U.S. and Iran would have been disastrous for the Asian Infrastructure Invest from Russia; sanctions on Iran tructure sectors in the BRI, with cently discussed the implications Mukul Sanwal is a former UN diplomat the whole of West Asia. Iran may be a weaker power compared to America’s conventional military might, but it is a formidable rival. It not only has ballistic mis Betrayals from outside and within siles and a wide range of rockets but also a host of mil itias under its command across the region. It could have Muslims around the world are being pushed to the wall but they must avoid the Islamist trap made an invasion and air strikes on its territories ex tremely costly for the U.S. and its allies. It could also nation. I grew up believing with am I suddenly a Muslim, and not a been so intolerant of diverging have disrupted global oil supply by attacking the Gulf my secular Hindu friends that I human being who wants a some Muslims within their own lands waterways. By any assessment, a direct war would have was an Indian fi rst and last. ‘Mus what fair, democratic and secular that Muslims across the world fail lim’ was not a tag I wanted. Recent world order? If someone like me to support each other and anyone been catastrophic. Mr. Trump did well to step back and legislative acts, supported by some feels that he is being pushed, both else who needs support. The kill not push the Gulf region into a disastrous cycle of vio of my ‘secular’ Hindu friends, nationally and internationally, into ing of Gen. Soleimani — mourned lence and destruction. The international community Tabish Khair have revealed to me that either being fi rst and foremost a ‘Mus by many, celebrated by some in should now push for a diplomatic settlement of the cri they had been lying to me, or they lim,’ then what is it that practising Iraq — was an illustration of this. sis and fi nd ways to revive the nuclear deal which could had been lying to themselves. Ob Muslims must be feeling? I shud As is the fact that the oilrich, cul bring longterm peace to the Gulf. And Iran should seize he fi ght against the Islamic viously, ‘Muslim’ is the tag that ma der to think of it. turally similar states of West Asia this opportunity for deescalation. State (IS) was won with the ny in India want to attach to peo And I shudder to think of what need to be policed into ‘peace’ by help of three major forces on ple like me. I seem to have no mischief Islamists, Shia or Sunni, the U.S. and other western
T GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO the ground, for the Western coali choice in the matter, despite the will hatch from this feeling among powers. tion on its own would not have fact that I remain what I was: In otherwise so lawabiding free ordinary Muslims. It will be so ea Reality check managed to do much with remote dian, secular, irreligious. ‘West’? sy for the younger generations to Narrow identity Misplaced optimism needs to cede ground controlled bombs. These were the Is the matter diff erent in the Instead, what is being discussed fall into the Islamist trap. It will be At the core of the crisis in the so to tangible policy interventions Kurds, the Shia militia and ordin wider world? I am not sure. Let us is the ‘near war’ between Iran and so easy for them to resist people called Muslim world is not the U.S. ary Muslims (Sunni and Shia) who take the murder of Gen. Soleima the U.S.: as if Iran, at least 100 like me, who have been saying or any other external factor. It is he government’s advance estimates for economic spoke up against the kind of Islam ni. Unlike Osama bin Laden and times weaker in military power endlessly and continue to do so: the narrowness of Muslims them output and growth for the fi scal year ending in espoused by the IS and its suppor Abu Bakr alBaghdadi, Gen. Solei than the U.S., can dare to wage a be a human being fi rst, be an In selves. It is the narrowness of their TMarch may raise eyebrows, but only for the ters, choking the movement of ea mani was a highranking offi cial of war. Iran, it is obvious to anyone dian or American or French citi understanding of themselves. By wrong reasons. The National Statistical Offi ce (NSO) has sy recruits. Towards the end of a sovereign nation. He was by no who pays attention, is fi ghting zen fi rst, keep your religion to failing to allow other Muslims to estimated that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will ex 2019, Donald Trump’s America be means a lovely human being, but with its back to the wall. Its econo yourself. This has been contrary to believe or not to believe in their pand by 5% in the 12month period, in line with the Re trayed the Kurds and abandoned then Mr. Trump himself is not a my is crippled. It is surrounded by what Islamists mostly preach: for own ways, they do not just divide them. In early 2020, with the ‘tar lovely human being. Very few high U.S. forces. them, being Muslim is the distinc themselves up — persecuting the serve Bank of India’s sharp downward revision last geted killing’ of Qassem Soleimani, offi cials of autocratic nations are After all, Gen. Soleimani was tive identity, and almost the only atheists, Ahmedis, Bohras, Shias, month in its fullyear growth forecast — from 6.1% pro Trump’s America betrayed the se lovely human beings. That is not visiting Iraq, not Mexico or Cana one. Sunnis etc. — they also cut them jected earlier, to 5%. The NSO’s estimate is a full 2 per cond partner: the very Shia forces the issue, as it appears to be in ma da. Western commentators talk of Let me end this essay of despair selves off from other communi centage points lower than the 7% fi gure that the Eco with which the West had collabo ny w estern articles, which focus asymmetrical warfare being with a word of advice, and aimed ties. If you cannot allow fellow nomic Survey had projected on the eve of the newly rated in both Afghanistan and Iraq on Gen. Soleimani’s reported vil waged by Iran, when it appears to only at Muslims, religious or not. Muslims to diff er openly, how will elected government’s annual Budget in July, refl ecting to fi ght alQaeda and the IS . So, lainy. The issue is this: a country me that the main ‘asymmetrical’ For why shouldn’t I address only you accept Hindus or Sikhs who the continued sharp slide in momentum. However, dis what is it that the third force, or decided to openly murder a high warfare being waged today is by Muslims, when so many are will do not believe like you do? This is dinary Muslims — whether reli offi cial of another country with the U.S. — with its economic sanc ing to address me only as Muslim? at the heart of the problem. Reli concertingly, even the latest growth assumption ap gious, like so many, or irreligious, which it was not formally at war. tions against every real or per This is what I say: resist the Isla gious Muslims need to expand pears grounded more on optimism than on real hard like me — should expect in the This runs contrary to all interna ceived threat, from China to Iran. mists. Yes. I say it still: resist the their understanding of Islam in or data. Given that the pace of growth slumped to a six future? tional laws. It also sets a precedent Why are supposedly indepen fundamentalists. For they are at der to embrace — and be em andahalf year low of 4.5% in the second quarter, thus by which any country can now de dent ‘western’ commentators — I the root of your problems. It is be braced by — the world. dragging the fi rst half’s expansion to 4.8%, the statistics The ‘Muslim’ tag cide to murder, if it can, the offi cial am talking of The Guardian, not cause Islamists insist so narrowly offi ce’s projection for the full year assumes that the eco Let’s face it: Muslims like me in In of any other country. Why isn’t even Fox News — unable to analyse on their own versions of Islam and Tabish Khair is an Indian novelist and nomy will expand by a healthier 5.2% pace in the Oc dia can no longer avoid that desig this issue being taken up in the these aspects? If I point it out, why because fundamentalists have academic who teaches in Denmark toberMarch sixmonth period. It is this premise that is hard to square with all the macroeconomic data avail LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. able so far, as well as the assumed estimates for the key To read more letters expenditure components that together total up to the Campus notes centres of learning being seem to taking sides.The had a quote from Kancha the claim comes just days online, scan the QR code overall GDP. Take for instance the very cornerstone of The Jawaharlal Nehru muddied by politics and media in India, without Illia’s book, Why I Am Not A after a masked mob wreaked demand in the economy, private consumption expendi University Vice violence. India, a democracy, doubt, needs course Hindu. The poster was torn havoc on university campus Pathan calls time on his ture, the NSO’s projection assumes that consumers Chancellor’s socalled does not require Tiananmen correction, and has to be off by the socalled in the capital and on the international career”, would go out and spend an additional ₹ 4.77 lakh crore, words of solace appear to Squarelike protests or objective and impartial. If we protectors of Indian culture. same day a Central Ministry, January 5). be more in the nature of student unrest which may do not address these issues Somehow, after this, we were the Statistics Ministry, The prince of the swing ball or almost 12% more, in the second half, than what they rubbing salt into the wound have found an outlet in urgently, India may face not ready to go ahead with lowered the current year’s mesmerised with his had spent in the preceding six months. Not only do (Inside pages, “Bury the several nondemocratic more tumultuous times in such revolutionary ideas, GDP growth. That gives us a splendid performance, be it most highfrequency indicators, including automobile past and return to the countries. Much of the strife the future which will impact and ‘WE’ withered away with fair idea of what things could bowling, batting and fi elding. sales, belie this assumption, even the RBI’s consumer varsity, JNU VC tells seems to be politically everyone. its very fi rst poster. I often be like when the manifesto One can never forget the confi dence survey points to a decline in nonessential students”, January 8). He motivated or has political T.V. Lakshminarayanan, wonder why the poster was promises are fulfi lled 100%. 2006 test match played in consumption compared to a year ago. appears to be remorseless backing. Political leaders Bengaluru torn off instead of all of us S.K. Narayanan, Karachi against arch rival The NSO’s estimates also paint a picture of a distinct and shows complete may benefi t from all this, but confronting the ideas Thiruvananthapuram Pakistan when he fl attened ■ uptick in the fi nal six months of the current fi scal in a insensitivity after the not the student or the It was chilling to see and expressed in the poster the strong Pakistani batting attacks by marauders and teacher. Socioeconomic read about the violence on democratically. Bidding adieu lineup. The way he came up key sector. Manufacturing, which contracted 0.2% in goons. He speaks nothing factors may cause confl icts in the JNU campus with many Our secular democracy has Cricket fans in India and in life, fi ghting the odds, is gross value added terms in the fi rst half, is now posited about going after the the minds of students to getting beaten black and blue gradually failed to inculcate a across the world will miss something fl edgling to turn around and post a 2% expansion for the full 12 culprits, bringing them to fester and have to be and running hither and culture of tolerance and after the chocolate boy of cricket, cricketers can emulate. months. This projected revival in the crucial job gener book and punishing those addressed with resoluteness. thither to save their lives. It is Jawaharlal Nehru, it is not Irfan Pathan, who has called M. Pradyu, ating sector again appears premised more on wishful responsible for laxity in All political leaders must join also saddening to note the ready to accommodate it a day (‘Sport’ page, “Irfan Thalikavu, Kannur, Kerala thinking given that industrial output data from October security. His words almost hands to resolve this police remaining mute. I dissent. The right’s rise and corrections & clarifications: showed the sector having shrunk by 2.1% from a year amount to this: ‘Some of peacefully and by unity, i.e., would earnestly request the intolerance are only because you deserved it, now if these leaders have national Prime Minister to make a of the inherent weakness of A headline in the ‘In Brief’ column (Sport, Jan. 8, 2020) earlier. With private investment activity still becalmed commit yourself to interests uppermost in their statement. The fi rst Prime the socalled secular parties, incorrectly referred to Bucks’ win over Spurs while it was actually Spurs who won. — fullyear growth in Gross Fixed Capital Formation is behaving properly and let mind. In the process, the Minister of India, Jawaharlal including the Left, which estimated at just about 1% compared with 10% in the The photo caption in the report “Indian bowlers on fi re ...” us together put it behind us democratic system in our Nehru, would have been have used secularism to (early editions, Jan. 8, 2020) wrongly identifi ed Nitin Saini as the last fi scal — and a signifi cant shortfall in revenue re and move on with the country will be stunned and petrifi ed by the garner minority votes. person who castled Danushka Gunathilaka. It was actually ceipts leaving the government little room to bump up future.’ strengthened. ugly scenes. Sukumaran C.V., Navdeep Saini. The error was corrected in the city editions. its own spending within the constraints of the budgeted M.A. Siraj, One gets a feeling that Mani Natraajan, Palakkad, Kerala A Sports page story titled “Tamil Nadu picks up three points” Bengaluru Chennai ( Jan. 7, 2020) had a second deck heading that said: Uttar Pradesh fi scal defi cit target, it may be time for radical solutions. political leaders in India are seeking cover as proponents On track, and how falls fi ve runs short of visitor’s fi rst innings total of 154. The fi rst And with the clouds of confl ict darkening over the cru innings total was actually 180. ■ It is appalling that there is of the Gandhian philosophy ■ I was a JNU student at the The Home Minister has cial energy supplying West Asian region, India’s econo growing mass violence in our but, instead, are seen to be beginning of this claimed that “nearly 90% of It is the policy of The Hindu to correct signifi cant errors as soon as possible. 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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The Indian Constitution’s unitary tilt It is high time the National The CentreState confl ict over CAA in some places may lead to a fresh debate on the federal question Defence University takes off
ism. If we wanted to be together, the argument went, we could only have Educational reform is long overdue in the Indian military so much federalism. ed with creatively modifi ed academic and in Electoral federalism tellectual skills at every level.” Some of these But over seven decades, there have refl ections should strike a chord in India Aradhya Sethiya been changes in ground realities. Ov among those within the national security es er the last couple of years alone, we tablishment who feel that educational re have seen repeated examples of huge form is long overdue in the Indian military. The recent political developments vote swings between national and A rjun Subramaniam The process must begin at the top. One of around the Citizenship (Amend State elections, separated by only a the major responsibilities of the armed forc ment) Act (CAA) and the National Re few months, in the same constituen es’ leadership is to crystal gaze into the fu gister of Citizens (NRC) have revealed cies. And that too against a dominant Back in 2018, strategic analyst B.A. Friedman ture and suggest military capabilities and some of the most signifi cant crevices national party with unprecedented highlighted the track changes needed for the structures that would keep pace with the ra of Indian federalism. Soon after the organisational capabilities. These U.S. military. Among those are two interre pid changes in warfare, geopolitics and tech protests erupted, several State go have off ered convincing evidence lated pointers for the Indian military that nology, and arm the man behind the ma vernments occupied by Opposition that Indian voters are not only merit serious attention. The fi rst is that Gen chine with the necessary skills and parties or partners of the Bharatiya nuanced in their voting choices, but erals, Admirals and Air Marshals must move intellectual armour required to stay ahead of Janata Party (BJP) declared that they The Constitution of India being signed by Members of the Constituent can also reconcile their seemingly away from their comfort zone of “being in competitors and adversaries. This is an im would not implement the law. Furth Assembly in January 1950. In the face of a brute majority, our constitutional contradictory votes in national and charge” on the battlefi eld, and smoothly perative if India wants to move up the stra er, in a somewhat unprecedented structure reveals its tendencies to concentrate power. * THE HINDU State elections. In other words, fed make the transition to being “combat ena tegic value chain, from being a regional pow move, the Legislative Assembly of eralism is not a mere legal division of blers and policy advisers”. While there is er to a leading power. Of the several Kerala went to the extent of passing a the High Court could bar the State governance. Any further interfe powers; the democracy and voters, certainly a need for classical generalship attributes that a military leader in India must resolution, stating that the law “con government from campaigning rence by the Opposition, particularly too, are becoming federal. This pop while orchestrating large forces in conven possess, it is not so much the operational or tradicts the basic values and princi against a parliamentary law. in such polarised times, would risk ular embrace of electoral federalism tional battle scenarios, the more immediate technological domain that demands special ples of the Constitution”. Indeed, the Therefore, neither the refusal to inviting the labels of antinational may be one of the most signifi cant challenges rest in the subconventional and attention, but the intellectual dimension. resolution is only symbolic, and has implement nor the offi cial protests “seditious cabals”. The brute domi achievements of Indian democracy. limited war domains. It is these domains that The legendary strategic aff airs thinker K. no legal ramifi cations. And, though registered by State governments car nance of the ruling persuasion has Hence, thanks to electoral federal demand high levels of profi ciency and auto Subrahmanyam, during a conversation with the passage of any such resolution is ry much legal force. However, we will dwarfed any semblance of Opposi ism, the “losers” of national politics nomous leadership qualities at the unit, bat me in 2006, had said: “[W]e need to put our not constitutionally barred, it may be missing the forest for the trees if tion politics at the Centre. This is ma can still win State elections and form talion, squadron and brigade levels, with the house in order. While creation of worldclass not be in tune with the federal we fail to see the premise that has led nifested through the absence of the legitimately elected governments. senior leadership playing primarily a facili infrastructure is important, unless we have scheme under the Constitution. to such proactiveness on the part of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha The State governments are thus fi ll tating role. If this is an outcome that India’s the right faculty, and idea/content develop Similarly, Article 256 of the Consti some State governments — the emer for six years in a row (a consequence ing the Opposition defi cit at the military needs to strive for, the path must be ers, the NDU [National Defence University] tution obligates the State govern gence of a dominant party at the of an archaic and arguably unlawful Centre. With this shift of Opposition shaped by a new kind of education. stands no chance of matching up to similar ment to ensure implementation of Centre. Political analysts have of practice requiring a party to secure politics from New Delhi to State cap Mr. Friedman suggested that “the mili institutions on the global arena. I only hope the laws made by Parliament. If the fered various nuanced takes on what at least 10% of total seats to occupy itals, the politics of Opposition is like tary’s existing educational institutions that the same turf wars that plague interser State government fails to do so, the the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party the position of Leader of Opposi ly to become the politics over feder should remove training from their curricu vice synergy do not hamper the putting to Government of India is empowered (BJP)’s dominance means for electo tion), the denial of an Opposition alism. Is the whole greater than the lum”. This, he argued will “free up time for gether of the core group that is entrusted to give “such directions to a State as ral politics. The impact of a single vote in the appointments to various sum of its parts, as the Central go academic study in subjects such as interna with building the institution.” His views need may appear... to be necessary”. The party dominance on the functioning anticorruption bodies, etc. Further, vernment would want us to believe? tional relations, strategic theory, geopolitics to be revisited now and a renewed momen refusal to enforce the law even after of our constitutional structure, ho with the Opposition failing to show Or are the parts going to determine and confl ict analysis and resolution”. Senior tum given to the NDU. the Centre issues directions would wever, receives little attention. For any signs of resilience, national polit the future of the whole, as State go leaders, he suggested, need to retrain them The pace at which the building blocks of empower the President to impose instance, Parliament, the avowed ics seems to be operating in the ab vernments are likely to argue? selves to move away from rigid chains of the NDU have been erected is much like In President’s Rule in those States un “temple of democracy”, has been re sence of any credible political check. The confl ict that the CAA has trig command, and learn to “respectfully dis dia’s growth rate in the 1970s. Though con der Articles 356 and 365. The Su duced to a site for procedural formal Arguably, such capture is not un gered might become a template for agree, balance multiple viewpoints and opi ceived earlier, it gained momentum in the af preme Court of India has also con ities. At least the Lok Sabha appears precedented. Time and again, our future contestations over the federal nions, and present complex arguments” to termath of the Kargil confl ict and was given fi rmed this reading of the law in S.R. to be an extension of the executive, experiences with singleparty domi question. While the politics seems to diverse audiences. form over a decade later when it was inaugu Bommai v. Union of India — arguably rather than a mechanism for its nance have shown that in the face of be ripe for advancing federalism, the rated in 2013 with a stonelaying ceremony the most signifi cant case on Indian accountability. comfortable majorities, our constitu law is likely to constrain such a deve Demands on senior leadership in Binola, near Delhi. There are some who federalism. tional structure reveals its tenden lopment. We should not be surprised Here, I want to revisit some points on Profes believe that the envisaged fourpronged Power of brute Central majority cies to concentrate power. The con if the Constitution, a product of its sional Military Education (PME) that I had ex structure of the NDU with security studies, Anti-CAA ads in West Bengal This truncation of the role of Parlia centration of power, dormant in the time, falls behind the demands of de pressed through two articles written for The technology, leadership and management Another controversy arose in West ment in the face of singleparty do times of coalition governments, is mocratic politics. The protesters are Hindu in 2012. I had argued: “If we are pre and distance learning is far too ambitious. Bengal, where the State government minance is further facilitated by the not merely a bug introduced by the fi ghting for upholding the founding pared to accept that we are entering a period Others argue that it is important to think big put antiCAA advertisements on its poor understanding of the role of a BJP, but is embedded into the very commitments of the Constitution. of momentous change in which the war of if India is to emerge as a leading power. The websites. In an interim order, the parliamentary Opposition in Indian structure of the Constitution. A ‘Cen Ironically, the very Constitution that networks and ideas is overtaking the esta bottom line is that the desired outcomes and Calcutta High Court directed the politics. Once the competition for pe trist bias’ of the Indian Constitution could ensure the fulfi llment of the blished state, we need to take a close look at the quality of human resources must dictate State government to remove those ople’s vote is over, it goes, the losers further augments the powers of the protesters’ demands is empowered what propels this warfare... If chaos is the the trajectory of how the NDU comes up. It advertisements. The question — should step aside, respect the demo brute national majority. In the back to hamper federal politics . Perhaps signature of modern warfare, it must be must be the prime mover of intellectual cap whether State governments are em cratic mandate, and let the govern drop of a bloody partition and there also lies a cautionary note countered with more unpredictability and ital in a reformed Indian military. powered to use public funds to cam ment do its job. The Opposition may threats of “fi ssiparous tendencies”, it against constitutional idolatry. chaos, something that is alien to structured paign against a law made by Parlia question the government like ordin was probably justifi ed for the foun militaries the world over. Traditional mili A rjun Subramaniam is a retired Air Vice Marshal of ment — is open for fi nal ary citizens, or prepare for the next ders of the Indian republic to be hes A radhya Sethia is an M. Phil candidate at the tary skills, systematic problem solving and the Indian Air Force and a former faculty member at determination. In its fi nal judgment, election, but should not meddle in itant in instituting a stronger federal University of Oxford structured thinking have to be supplement the National Defence College The age of agitations CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC F ROM THE ARCHIVES The youthled protests across the world provide a FIFTY YEARS AGO JANUARY 9, 1970 refreshing throwback to the 1968 movements Cabinet to abolish privy purses
Mathew Idiculla down the Internet; imposing Section The talks which the Union Home Minister, Last year saw mass agitations across 144 across cities; denying permis Mr. Y.B. Chavan, held with the representa continents, causing 2019 to be re sion; detaining protesters; and ruth tives of the Concord of Princes on the ques ferred to as “the year of the street lessly using police power. Action by tion of abolition of Privy purses and privileg protester”. There were protests on is the Delhi police against students in es failed to produce a mutual agreement. Mr. sues ranging from political freedom, Jamia Millia Islamia and inaction by Chavan told the princes that the Union Cabi to economic inequality and corrup the same personnel when it came to net had come to the fi rm conclusion that tion, in Hong Kong, Chile, Catalonia, protecting students at the Jawaharlal steps should be taken to abolish the privy West Asia and other parts of the Nehru University; and the dispropor purses. He also made it clear to them that it world. Most of these agitations conti tionate use of force in Uttar Pradesh was Government’s intention to amend the nue this year in some form. particularly raise alarming questions. Constitution to enable implementation of The triggers for the protests va The ongoing agitations bring to this proposal. The princes questioned the ried. In Hong Kong, they grew out of memory the protests of 2011, a year basis of the decision and reminded the opposition to an Extradition Bill that that saw the Arab Spring, the Occupy Home Minister that Privy purses were go would have allowed the city’s resi Movement and India’s anticorrup verned by certain solemn agreements and dents to be prosecuted in mainland tion agitation. However, a more apt pledges given to them by the Union Govern China. After getting the Bill with parallel would be the movements of ment. Mr. Chavan explained to them that the drawn, the protesters began seeking 1968. What characterised those, es various agreements entered into with the an inquiry into police violence and pecially in Paris, was the solidarity former Rulers were rather political in nature broader democratic reforms. In between the students and the work CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC and therefore it would be prudent not to Chile, the protests that were initially ing class. The French philosopher DATA POINT take too legalistic a view of them. The Princ against a hike in Santiago’s metro Henri Lefebvre’s The Right to the City es’ representatives referred to the assuranc fares grew into a wider campaign (Le Droit à la ville) had just come out es given by Sardar Patel and more recently against inequality. The protests in and it provided a clarion call to chal the views expressed by Mr. Morarji Desai in Barcelona were trig lenge the structures of regard to the sanctity of the agreements . gered by the conviction capitalism and articulate The Home Minister, however, told them that of Catalan activists for se an alternative “contract reference to the historical aspect would dition. Lebanon, Egypt of citizenship” whereby serve no practical purpose. The facts were and Iraq also saw mass all inhabitants (not just wellknown and it was the desire of the peo protests on issues related formal “citizens”) collec ple at large that in a Socialistic society there to corruption and overall tively reappropriate ur was no place for special privileges. mistrust in government. ban space. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO While the causes driv The current protests JANUARY 9, 1920 ing these protests are dif have mostly not yet ta Moderates and Civil Rights. ferent, there are some ken such a radical form. commonalities in their character, However, there have been strategic The “Tribune” writes : While the Congress composition and methods. The agita alliances, with Catalonia adopting demands a declaration of Indian rights as an tions are mostly leaderless, just like the “#BeWater” methods used in essential safeguard against the recurrence of those in India against the Citizenship Hong Kong. Inspired by Bruce Lee’s a tragedy like that of April as well as against (Amendment) Act and the National quote “Be water, my friend”, protes the enactment of repressive legislation af Register of Citizens; they are not dri ters there employed a fl uid agitation fecting personal liberty or calculated to ven by Opposition parties; and they al tactic. If the Indian state becomes hamper political progress the Moderates’ operate through decentralised net more repressive, the agitators in In Conference suggests among other things, works. Also, they have been mostly dia may consider this approach. that “the introduction, exercise and dura nonviolent and used novel agitation Further, while the protests in tion of Martial Law should be subject to the al techniques. They are also charac Hong Kong and Chile have resulted in same constitutional limitations as in En terised by the important role played their governments rolling back their gland,” and that “a safeguard in the nature of by the youth, especially students. proposed measures, it is unclear habeas corpus should be available in all what the Indian government will de parts of British India”. Regarding the latter The state responds with force cide. However, irrespective of their suggestion we do not think there is any diff e The state’s response to these protests future, the CAANRC protests have rence of opinion between the Congress and has ranged from acceptance of cer enabled the youth to articulate a new Moderates’ Conference, while as regards the tain demands to brutal violence. form of resistance, build crossgroup fi rst, what the Congress would probably say Ironically, while India is the only solidarities and puncture the myth of is that the use of the phrase “the same con longstanding constitutional democ an invincible monolithic regime. stitutional limitations as in England” is a racy among these countries, it has ar piece of selfdeception for the simple reason guably been the most brutal in re that the constitution in the one case not be pressing this entirely democratic Mathew Idiculla is a lawyer and researcher ing the same thing as in the other, even “the form of expression. The Indian state based in Bengaluru and a consultant with the same constitutional limitations” might mean has used various strategies: shutting Centre for Law and Policy Research two diff erent things in the two cases.
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F ROM PAGE ONE 5% GDP fi gure Strike by unions evokes a mixed response puff ery, says Cabinet gives nod for Bandhlike situation in several States such as Kerala and Tripura; life not aff ected in others Chidambaram FDI in coal mining Special Correspondent In Madhya Pradesh, bank Special correspondent NEW DELHI ing and postal services were NEW DELHI NINL is a joint venture com ment – Odisha Mining Cor Industrial workers, bank em hit. Income tax offi cials also Former Union Finance Mi pany, with the main promo poration (20.47%) and In ployees and students went struck work, along with an nister P. Chidambaram on ter being stateowned Min dustrial Promotion and on a strike on Wednesday in ganwadi and cement factory Wednesday said the pro erals and Metals Trading Investment Corporation parts of the country against workers, and insurance com jected growth rate of 5% for Corporation (MMTC), (12%) — apart from Central what they termed the antila pany employees. 201920 was “exaggerated which holds 49.78% of its government PSUs, National bour policies of the govern The strike evoked mixed and puff ery”, and added stock. Mineral Development Cor ment and the Citizenship response in Punjab, while in that the advanced esti Apart from MMTC, the poration (10.1%), Bharat (Amendment) Act. neighboring Haryana, par mates of national income other companies which will Heavy Electricals Ltd Ten central trade unions tial impact was seen . Mem told “a story of neglect and offl oad their stock are two (0.68%) and MECON had issued a call for a “Bha bers of the AllIndia Kisan mismanagement”. PSUs of the Odisha govern (0.68%). rat bandh” demanding that Sangharsh Coordination “The projected annual the government halt the Committee protested to growth of 5% is exaggerat merger of public sector draw the government’s at ed and puff ery. The growth banks, disinvestment of pub tention to the widespread in the fi rst half was 4.75%. Bihar shelter home girls ic sector undertakings and agrarian distress. It is diffi cult to believe that the codifi cation of 44 labour The bandh call had partial growth in the second half laws. The unions demanded impact in Bihar. will be 5.25%,” he tweeted. alive, CBI informs SC that the CAA be rolled back. Former Congress presi Mr. Chidambaram held Tapan Sen, general secre dent Rahul Gandhi support that the key employment Suspicions had been raised been completed. The fi nal tary of the Centre of Indian Rising in protest: Anganwadi volunteers shouting slogans in Patna on Wednesday during the ed the strike, saying the Mo generating sectors such as that Thakur and his accom report in 13 regular cases Trade Unions, said there was nationwide strike called by trade unions. * RANJEET KUMAR di government's “antipeople agriculture, mining, manu plices had killed the girls. In has been forwarded to the a bandh in Kerala, Tripura, and antilabour” policies facturing and construction the meantime, one of the ac competent court. In four Assam, Bihar, Punjab, Od workers, bank employees some factories in the indus Life was hit in Kerala, with have created catastrophic would grow not more than cused, Guddu Patel, had led cases preliminary inquiries isha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and drivers’ union, students trial areas of Okhla and Wa the public transport services unemployment. 3.2%. “The boast of the go the agency to a “particular have been completed and and Goa. At a protest march from the Ambedkar Universi zirpur, where protest march off the roads and banking “The ModiShah Govern vernment that millions of spot in a burial ground” no evidence proving com in the ITO area here, Amar ty, Delhi and other institutes es and picketing took place, services cut. The 24 hour ment's anti people, anti la jobs are being created is a where human bones were mission of criminal off ence jeet Kaur, general secretary joined the march. struck work. strike was total in the state. bour policies have created big lie,” he said. “Business unearthed. could be gathered and of the All India Trade Union In West Bengal, incidents Roads wore a deserted look catastrophic unemployment persons are loath to invest On Wednesday Mr. Venu hence no fi rst information Congress, said the Narendra Partial in Delhi of violence and arson were as Kerala State Transport and are weakening our PSUs in India ... The Gross Fixed gopal said the bones did not report (FIR) was registered Modi government was trying However, the impact of the reported, with buses, a pol Corporation and private bus to justify their sale to Modi's Capital Formation at cur belong to a child. on this count,” the CBI said to help employers “in the strike was partial in Delhi, ice vehicle and government es, autorickshaws and taxis crony capitalist friends," he rent prices 201920 will be In its latest status report, in the status report. name of ease of doing busi with post offi ces, banks and property being vandalised did not ply. A few private said in a tweet. 28.1%, one of the lowest in the Central Bureau of Inves “The CBI reports/self ness” by bringing out four la transport services running by those trying to enforce vehicles were seen on the (With inputs from recent years and a sharp tigation (CBI) told the Su contained note have been bour codes. With industrial smoothly. But workers in the strike. roads. bureaus and PTI) fall from the peak”. preme Court that investiga forwarded to the Bihar Chief tion into 17 cases, including Secretary for taking action the Muzaff arpur one, had against erring government been completed and reports servants in all cases. Investi fi led for taking action gation of all the 17 shelter Modi meets CEOs for feedback Revised norms for against the erring govern home cases including the ment servants including dis Muzaff arpur one has been trict Magistrates. completed and fi nal report PM seeks opinions on how to tackle sectorspecifi c and macroeconomic issues dataled probes “Investigation/inquiry of has been fi led in the compe all 17 shelter home cases has tent court,” the CBI said. Nistula Hebbar which took place in Delhi, NEW DELHI went on for more than two Ministry move to streamline process Amid consistently dismal hours and the Prime Minis DU students march news on the economic front, ter repeatedly told the group Vijaita Singh of cyberoff ences and those Prime Minister Narendra that he wanted “honest feed New Delhi involving digital evidence. Modi has been engaged in a back” on their respective The Union Home Ministry The Ministry said the G8 against JNU violence series of meetings with busi sectors. has said that before seeking countries’ 24/7 Network ness leaders, entrepreneurs information about a per was one such channel that Ms. Ghosh said that she was to the ABVP. and tech czars since the last Low growth son’s email account hosted could be used to place re hit on the head multiple The JNUSU president said week of December on how to With the Gross Domestic on servers in foreign coun quest for preserving data in times with iron rods. “I fell she came out of the ambu address sectorspecifi c and Product growth projected at tries, investigating agencies real time. to the ground and my head lance to plead with the peo macroeconomic issues. a very low 5% for 201920 will have to establish that it “Accessing the Internet started bleeding, and some ple to allow the vehicle to According to top sources Boosting the economy: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with and other indicators also is linked to a crime. The Mi through an Internet Service of them kicked me and hit exit, but was abused by in the Prime Minister’s Offi ce industry leaders in New Delhi on Monday. * PTI pointing towards a slow nistry said it was not enough Provider (ISP) creates im me with the rod on my hand ABVP activist Onkar Srivas (PMO), the idea for such a se down, the Budget is being to show that the accused portant records and other and…head, chest and back.” tava, who also justifi ed the ries of interactions (eight till Mukesh Ambani, Anand Ma nies, medium and small anticipated with an equal had an email account as information such as custom Ms. Ghosh said the ambu attack on her. now and seven more to fol hindra, L.M. Naik and Anil scale enterprises and renew measure of hope and trepi “the account must have so er records, connection in lance carrying her and oth “With great anguish and low) came after Mr. Modi ad Agarwal were in one meet able energy, 12 representa dation. While the Finance mething to do with the formation and stored data. er students was not allowed pain, I have to write that dressed the centenary meet ing. Startup entrepreneurs tives from the banking and fi Ministry has taken several crime being investigated” This is very important evi to exit from the main there were police personnel of the industry body ASSO will attend another. nance sector and 12 measures including a signifi and it was “the lowest legal dence to prove the guilt in (north) gate, which was to standing at the main gate CHAM on December 20. offi cebearers of the South cant cut in the corporate tax, standard required of all in tention of the accused. tally blocked. but they remained mute “During his speech, the Sectoral meet Gujarat Chamber of Com a programme of disinvest vestigative processes”. Since this type of evidence Ritu Raj, SHO Vasant Kunj spectators…eventually we Prime Minister asked for “Meetings have so far been merce and Industry, Surat, ment and a huge fund for in The Ministry issued re can disappear quickly, it is North police station, along were forced to…take the honest feedback from indus held with 12 chief executive who discussed issues on frastructure, the Prime Mi vised guidelines to stream of paramount importance with 3040 police personnel longer route to go through try on the economy, and the offi cers (CEOs) from the tex both textiles and diamond nister has clearly identifi ed line the process of seeking to get the data preserved ex were present at the gate the east gate of JNU to reach meetings have followed after tile and apparel sector, 13 sectors,” the source said. the economic climate as legal assistance from foreign peditiously through appro along with a number of AIIMS,” Ms. Ghosh’s com that,” a source said. from retail, fastmoving con A member of one of these challenging and is asking for countries in criminal mat priate channels. The re goons and persons affi liated plaint to the police added. India Inc leaders such as sumer goods (FMCG) compa groups said the interaction, all hands on deck. ters, issuing directives on quest may be sent to the drafting and processing let service provider or to the ters rogatory, mutual legal CBI — the contact point in assistance requests and ser respect of G8 24/7 Net Nod for pact ₹ 5,559 crore to set up vice of summons, notices work,” the Ministry said. Amid Iran tension, India asks and other judicial docu The G8 network allows with Gates ments. law enforcement agencies to northeast gas grid Most intermediaries and make urgent preservation travellers to avoid going to Iraq foundation social media platforms such requests of the digital data Press Trust of India Aizwal, Agartala, Shillong, as Facebook, WhatsApp, before it perishes. Tehran asks Delhi to mediate to deescalate situation Special Correspondent New Delhi Silchar, Gangtok, and Nu Google, Yahoo!, Twitter and The Ministry said all data, New Delhi In only the second instance maligarh. The pipeline will YouTube have their servers including personal, must be Special Correspondent ing situation in Iraq, Indian airbase and at a U.S. base in The Cabinet has given its of the government directly enable the supply of piped outside India. obtained and processed fair NEW DELHI nationals are advised to Erbil in retaliation for the as approval on the Memoran funding a gas pipeline, the cooking gas to households The Centre introduced ly and lawfully. India on Wednesday urged avoid all nonessential travel sassination of General Qas dum of Cooperation (MoC) Cabinet Committee on Eco and CNG to automobiles, the Personal Data Protec “The requested country its nationals to avoid travell to Iraq until further notifi ca sem Soleimani in Baghdad between the Department nomic Aff airs (CCEA) on besides fuel to industry. tion Bill, 2019 in the Lok has to be informed about ing to Iraq in view of the es tion. Our Embassy in Bagh on January 3. India also of Health and Family Wel Wednesday approved a However, in the absence Sabha last month that seeks the time period for which calating tension and warlike dad and Consulate in Erbil alerted Indian airline opera fare and the Bill & Melinda ₹ 5,559 crore viability gap of anchor customers, the to provide for protection of the data is required. Such situation in West Asia. will continue to function tors and urged them to avoid Gates Foundation (BMGF) funding for the proposed ₹ 9,265 crore pipeline is not personal data of individuals period shall be consented In a statement, the Minis normally to provide all ser the Iranian and Iraqi air on cooperation in the fi eld northeast gas grid, Petro economically viable. The and establishes a Data Pro by the requested country. try of External Aff airs (MEA) vices to Indians residing in space. “We are in touch with of health, signed in Novem loeum Minister Dharmen CCEA headed by Prime Mi tection Authority for it. The transferred data shall said the Indian missions in Iraq,” stated the travel advi our airlines and have ad ber 2019 during the visit by dra Pradhan said. nister Narendra Modi ap be kept for no longer than Iraq will function normally sory issued by the MEA. vised them to take all pre Bill Gates, cochair and The 1,656km NorthEast proved “a viability gap fund ‘Data preservation’ the period required for the to help Indians as the Am The Ministry urged In cautions and do the neces trustee of BMGF, here. Natural Gas Pipeline Grid ing of 60% of the project In the guidelines issued to purpose for which it has bassador of Iran here as dians in Iraq to remain vigi sary rerouting to avoid the A programme action will connect Guwahati in As cost,” Mr. Pradhan said. the States and other agen been received and shall be sured deescalation and lant over the evolving situa aff ected airspace,” a senior committee will be set up to sam to major cities in the re The pipeline grid is to be cies, the Ministry stressed returned to the requested urged for mediation by In tion especially after Iran civil aviation offi cial told The go into the details and gion such as Itanagar, Dima implemented by the Indrad “data preservation” as it was country or deleted at the dia. “In view of the prevail fi red missiles at the Al Asad Hindu. oversee implementation. pur, Kohima, Imphal, hanush Gas Grid. the key to the investigation end of the period specifi ed.” Navy deploys Team of 17 envoys to visit Kashmir SC to examine Dalit Gunawardena warship in Christians’ quota plea to meet Gulf region Ambassadors of European countries reject invite, seek freedom to meet people Jaishankar Notice to govt. on a writ petition Press Trust of India S uhasini Haidar diplomatic sources said. The In particular, the EU coun Meera Srinivasan New Delhi Peerzada Ashiq government has decided to tries reportedly expressed a Krishnadas Rajagopal submitted that “change in COLOMBO NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR The Navy has deployed organise a separate visit for desire to meet the three NEW DELHI religion does not change so Sri Lanka’s Minister of Fo warships in the Gulf region The government will take a EU envoys at a later date. former Chief Ministers of The Supreme Court on Wed cial exclusion. Caste hierar reign Relations Dinesh Gu to ensure security of In delegation of foreign envoys Meanwhile, others like Jammu and Kashmir — Fa nesday agreed to examine a chy continues to hold fort nawardena will hold bilat dia’s seaborne trade and and senior diplomats for a Australia, Afghanistan and rooq Abdullah, who is an plea that Dalit Christians or within Christianity even eral discussions in New eff ectively respond to any twoday visit to Jammu and Gulf countries declined the MP, Omar Abdullah and Christians of Scheduled though the religion forbids Delhi on Thursday, includ emergent situation in the Kashmir on Thursday. The invite because of other com Mehbooba Mufti, all of Castes origin should enjoy it.” ing with his Indian coun wake of fast escalating ten offi cial trip marks the fi rst mitments. While many Am whom have been in deten the same quota benefi ts re “Allow and extend the SC terpart Minister of External sion between the U.S. and time diplomats have been gi bassadors are still on winter tion for fi ve months now. served for Scheduled status to Christians of SC ori Aff airs S. Jaishankar. He Iran, offi cials said. ven access to the former vacations and have not re The visit is being criticised Castes. gin for availing special privi was scheduled to arrive in Iran launched missile State since the dilution of Ar turned to Delhi, some are by the Opposition, as the go A Bench led by Chief Jus lege in education, getting Delhi late on Wednesday. strikes against two Ameri ticle 370 in August 2019. dealing with the fallout of vernment has restricted tra tice of India Sharad A. scholarships, employment According to the Minis can military bases in Iraq Offi cials confi rmed to The <> Indian MPs should U.S.Iran tensions in the re vel for Indian politicians Bobde issued notice to the opportunity, welfare mea try of External Aff airs, the on Wednesday in retalia Hindu that arrangements have the fi rst right gion, diplomats said. thus far. government on a writ peti sures, affi rmative actions, visiting Foreign Minister tion to the killing of its top have been made for the dele to visit Srinagar and “It is the Indian parlia tion fi led by the National right to contest in the re will meet Mr. Jaishankar in commander General Qas gation of some 17 envoys — speak to people Centre’s denial mentarians who should have Council of Dalit Christians served constituencies from the morning, after a meet sem Soleimani by the U.S. diplomats from the U.S., When asked, government the fi rst right to visit Srinagar (NCDC) that reservation for panchayat, legislative As ing with the Foreign Secre Gaurav Gogoi The Navy said warships Norway, four countries each C ongress MP sources denied any sugges and speak to people there government jobs and admis semblies up to the Parlia tary. and aircraft were deployed from South America and tion that EU envoys had and reassure them,” said sions in educational institu ment and for availing the le Minister Gunawardena’s to establish presence, pro Africa, and others from ion countries who were in pulled out due to restrictions Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, tions should be made “reli gal remedy/ protection visit marks a highlevel fol vide a sense of reassurance Asian countries, including vited, however, decided not in the programme, saying calling the envoy tour an “at gion neutral”. under Scheduled Castes and lowup to President Gota to the Indian merchant Bangladesh and the to accept the off er, asking for the government was unable tempt to whitewash” conti Appearing for NCDC, ad Scheduled Tribes (Preven baya Rajapaksa’s New Del men and respond to any Maldives. more freedom to travel and to accommodate all 28 coun nuing restrictions in the vocates Franklin Caesar tion) of Atrocities Act, 1989 hi visit. India announced a emergent crises. Envoys of European Un meet people “unescorted”, tries on this trip. Valley. Thomas and S. Gowthaman amended in 2018,” it said. $450 million line of credit.
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PM not to CJI urges government to attend ‘Khelo Anyone is free to go anywhere: Javadekar India’ opening provide exclusive CISF Information and Broadcasting Minister responds to actor Deepika Padukone’s visit to JNU Special Correspondent team to secure courts GUWAHATI Special Correspondent next semester started in JNU. her movie? What do they Prime Minister Narendra NEW DELHI All students were registering want this country to be,” ‘It will thwart sudden spurts of violence’ Modi will not attend the in A day after actor Deepika Pa when some unions decided Congress spokesperson Pa augural function of the 3rd dukone attended a protest at they would not allow this. wan Khera said, when asked Legal Correspondent decisions in this regard. Khelo India to be held on Jawaharlal Nehru University They locked the server and about the strong reaction NEW DELHI The threejudge Bench, Guwahati from January 10 ( JNU), Information and did not let anyone use it. We from sections of the BJP on Chief Justice of India (CJI) also comprising Justices to 22. Broadcasting Minister Pra should not forget this impor the actor’s visit. Sharad A. Bobde revealed B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant, The decision, conveyed kash Javadekar said on Wed tant issue.” in open court on Wednes issued notice to the Bar to the Assam government nesday that there was “no The Minister said he had ‘Small heart’ day that he has asked the Council of India (BCI) to on Wednesday, followed objection” to her visit. faith that the police would “If someone is showing con government to provide a respond in two weeks. threats by the All Assam He sought to distance the get to the bottom of the mat cern to the protesting youth, “separate and dedicated The development came Students’ Union (AASU) BJP and the government ter. you raise questions on him/ cadre” of the Central Indus while it was hearing a writ and other organisations ag from calls by some party’s “Whoever committed the her,” he said, alleging the trial Security Force (CISF) petition fi led by Pradyu itating against the Citizen members to boycott Ms. Pa violence will be found. The ruling BJP claims it is the for security cover to court man Bisht in 2015 to im ship (Amendment) Act dukone’s fi lm Chhapaak, masked people will be un world’s largest party but it complexes across the coun prove security in courts (CAA) to protest against his which is due for release on masked,” he said. has a “small heart”. try. The CJI said such a and tribunals by installing participation and boycott Friday. “If there is unrest across force would thwart sudden closedcircuit television the event. Congress charge universities, we expect the spurts of violence like the cameras. In March 2017, the “We had approached ‘No objection’ Reacting to calls to boycott Prime Minister to go there, one recently seen at the Tis top court had directed that the Prime Minister to in “This is a democratic coun Ms. Padukone’s fi lm, the we expect the Home Minis Hazari court complex bet CCTV cameras be installed augurate the Khelo India try, any common person, Congress alleged the BJP saw ter, the senior leader of the ween lawyers and the in courts and important lo games. We were hoping he why only an artiste, anyone “bad intent” everywhere. BJP to go and listen to the police. cations of court complexes would come but there was can go anywhere and give “The ruling party has re youth of this country, whi The court took into con in at least two districts in no confi rmation about his their opinion. There is no Actor Deepika Padukone visited JNU on Tuesday to express duced itself to indulging in chever campus we are talk sideration a suggestion every State and Union Ter schedule. His offi ce said his objection to it,” the Minister solidarity with the injured students. petty social media polls, fak ing about,” he said in refe made by amicus curiae and ritory. The monitor of these trip would not material said at a briefi ng after the Ca ing videos. Should she [Dee rence to protests by youth senior advocate Siddharth cameras should be placed ise,” State BJP spokesper binet meeting. had not read such reports. what happened in the un pika Padukone] go to Nag and students on various Luthra that the lawyer com in the chamber of the dis son Dewan Dhrubajyoti Asked about the calls to Mr. Javadekar said there iversity last week. “Last pur, the Sangh campuses. munity should also be ta trict and session judge Moral said. boycott her fi lm, he said he was a need to remember week, registration for the headquarters, to promote (With PTI inputs) ken on board while taking concerned. CWC to discuss unrest SC to hear govt. plea on CAA Lawyer thrashed to death in Lucknow Several writ petitions against the law are pending in HCs over JNU attack, CAA Press Trust of India nection with the incident, legal correspondent mutually confl icting views The petitioners in the Su Lucknow said District Magistrate Abh New Delhi on the legality of the CAA, preme Court cut across pol A lawyer, Shekhar Tripathi, ishek Prakash. Congress slams fi ling of FIR against student leader The Supreme Court agreed leading to confusion. itical party lines and come was allegedly thrashed to Previous enmity seemed to hear on January 10 a plea Mr. Mehta said the Su from all walks of life. They death with sticks by fi ve to be the reason behind the Special Correspondent “Be it the 45year record made by the government to preme Court should make include parliamentarians men in Lucknow’s Krishna murder, the police said. New Delhi high unemployment, price transfer the pending writ pe an authoritative pronounce such as Jairam Ramesh, Ma Nagar area on Tuesday. Superintendent of Police The Congress Working Com rise, unkept promises or ar titions challenging the Citi ment on the law. Though in hua Moitra and Asaduddin Following the incident, (East) Suresh Chandra Ra mittee, the highest decision rogant attitude of the go zenship (Amendment) Act itially Chief Justice Bobde Owaisi and parties such as the victim’s colleagues wat said the accused had making body of the party, vernment, the result can be (CAA) in various High Courts orally remarked that it the Asom Gana Parishad, brought the body of the de called Tripathi from his will meet on Saturday to dis seen,” he said. to the apex court. would be advantageous to the Dravida Munnetra Kaz ceased to the District Col house on Tuesday night and cuss the student protests fol Making an urgent men have the High Courts’ con hagam, Kamal Haasan’s lectorate, demanding jus taken him away. lowing the violence in Jawa Factfi nding visit tion before a Bench led by clusions, the Bench said it Makkal Needhi Maiam and tice, police said on He was found dead some harlal Nehru University and A fourmember factfi nding Chief Justice of India (CJI) felt the High Courts should Kerala’s Indian Union Mus Wednesday. distance away, said Mr. the nationwide agitation Congress MP Sushmita Dev team of the party visited Sharad A. Bobde, Solicitor not be entertaining cases on lim League and an associa One of the fi ve accused, Rawat. against the amended Citi visiting teachers at JNU on JNU. The team comprising General Tushar Mehta said the CAA when the apex tion of lawyers from Assam. Vinayak Thakur, has been Police teams had been zenship Act. Wednesday. All India Mahila Congress the situation eventually court was seized of it. There A threejudge Bench led arrested, the police said. constituted to nab the other Party leaders, including chief Sushmita Dev; Hibi raised a probability that the were over 60 writ petitions by the CJI has scheduled a The Krishna Nagar SHO has accused within 24 hours, general secretary Priyanka JNU Students Union presi Eden, MP; former NSUI pre High Courts might deliver in the top court on the CAA. hearing on January 22. also been suspended in con said Mr. Prakash. Gandhi Vadra and former dent Aishe Ghosh, who was sident of JNU unit Syed Nass president Rahul Gandhi, attacked by a masked mob er Hussain; and former NSUI have been meeting the fami on Sunday night. president and expresident lies of protesters who were “The FIR in the JNU case of Delhi University Students killed or injured during the has been registered against Union Amrita Dhawan inte agitations. the victim and not the per racted with students over Ms. Vadra will visit Vara petrator of the crime. This is nine hours. They visited the nasi on Friday to meet the the new normal,” Congress rooms ransacked at Sabar students of Banaras Hindu spokesperson Pawan Khera mati Hostel and met JNU University and other civil so told presspersons. He al Teachers Association ciety members who were ar leged that there was unrest representatives. rested for opposing the Act. and anger in the country “We will be coming up The party on Wednesday and that every section of so with a factual report in a day slammed the government ciety felt disturbed and or two,” Mr. Eden told The for fi ling an FIR against the apprehensive. Hindu.
Dasgupta gheraoed at Visva-Bharati
Special Correspondent Kolkata Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, who on Wednes day was scheduled to give a lecture at VisvaBharati Un iversity on the issue of Citi zenship (Amendment) Act, faced protests by students. The gherao ended at about 10.30 p.m., after stu dents called off their prot est. “How does it feel to have a mob attack a peace ful meeting on CAA and in timidation [by] students? This is what is happening to a meeting I am address ing at Visva Bharati now. Locked into room now with mob outside,” Mr. Dasgupta tweeted while inside. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE We will end U.S. presence in West Asia: Iran What’s next in U.S.Iran confl ict? Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the strikes launched by Tehran are a ‘slap in the face’ of America Despite Trump’s message of deescalation, risks remain
Agence France-Presse Stanly Johny Tehran Five days after Major Gener Iran’s Supreme Leader Aya al Qassem Soleimani, the tollah Ali Khamenei said on Qods Force chief, was killed Wednesday the ballistic mis in a U.S. air strike outside siles strikes Iran launched at Baghdad airport, Iran on U.S. troops in Iraq earlier in Wednesday launched ballis the day was a “slap in the tic missile attacks at Ameri face” of America. can troops in two military “An important incident bases in Iraq. has happened. The question President Donald Trump of revenge is another issue,” has said that there were no Iraqi students staging a protest against the U.S. and Iranian Mr. Khamenei said in a American casualties in the interventions in Basra on Wednesday. * REUTERS speech. “Military actions in attacks on the Erbil and al this form are not suffi cient Asad bases and the damage from the bases that house to be standing down, and for that issue. What is impor caused was minimal. Howev American soldiers, indicat urged European countries tant is that America’s cor er, the strike is still a pivotal ing that U.S. troops in Iraq as well as Russia and China rupt presence must come to moment in the U.S.Iran ten could be targeted. Iran has to break away from the nu an end in this region.” sions as this is the fi rst time launched a calculated, limit clear deal and negotiate a Iran launched over a do Iran is launching a direct at ed strike that doesn’t cause new one. He has also threa zen missiles at alAsad and tack at the U.S. troops and much damage to the Ameri tened to slap Iran with more Erbil military bases in Iraq owning it up. cans but yet makes good on sanctions. that house U.S. troops in re Practically, these are acts its pledge for revenge. It was But despite his message of taliation for the killing of top of war. First, the U.S. took an escalating step, but not deescalation, the risks of Iranian General Qassem So out an Iranian military lead yet an allout war. further confl icts still remain. leimani by the U.S. er in a third country and The Supreme Leader Ayatol President Hassan Rouhani now Iran has struck U.S. NEWS ANALYSIS lah Ali Khamenei has hinted also said that Iran would not troops. Javad Zariff , the Ira that more actions will follow “retreat in the face of Ameri nian Foreign Minister, said, By hitting the U.S. base in to force the U.S. to retreat ca”. “If America has commit “Iran took and concluded Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi from West Asia (read Iraq ted a crime... it should know proportionate measures in Kurdistan, Iran may also be and Syria). that it will receive a decisive selfdefence under Article 51 sending a message to Wash The Revolutionary response... If they are wise, of [the] UN Charter targeting ington. Erbil houses not just Guard’s commander Hos they won’t take any other ac base from which [the] co American soldiers but also a sein Salami threatened on tion at this juncture.” wardly armed attack against large American consulate. Wednesday before a mourn “They cut off the hand of our citizens and senior offi The U.S. has deep ties with ing crowd in Kerman, Solai our dear Soleimani. The re cials were launched.” the Iraqi Kurdistan and it mani’s hometown, that Iran venge for him is to cut off The Article allows states would like to keep some U.S. would set ablaze “the place America’s feet from this re to take action in selfdefence troops in the autonomous the U.S. loves”, in a refe gion,” Mr. Rouhani added. when they are under attack. region even if its forces are rence to Israel. The attack emboldened Mr. Zariff has added that forced to pull back from the Iran could target U.S. Iran’s allies in Iraq, who Iran doesn’t seek “escalation rest of Iraq. It’s to be noted troops inside Iraq through ramped up threats to avenge or war, but will defend our that most Kurdish lawmak its proxies such as the Badr top Iraqi paramilitary com self against any aggression”. ers had boycotted Sunday’s Brigade and Kataib Hezbol mander Abu Mahdi alMu Iraqi Parliament session, in lah, like it did before the kill handis, who was killed with Iraq President Will hit back if No U.S. troop 80 killed, says Limited attack which lawmakers passed a ing of Soleimani. That could Soleimani. The Iranian response was resolution to expel Ameri drag the U.S. into a deeper Paramilitary chief Qais al slams strikes attacked: Israel pullout: Kuwait State media expected. The call for re can troops from the country. confl ict. Also, the Shia mili Khazali, who has been black Agence France-Presse Reuters Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse venge was reverberating For the U.S., some troops in tias in the region operate listed as a “terrorist” by the Baghdad JERUSALEM Kuwait City Tehran throughout the funeral pro Iraq are necessary to retain with relative autonomy. In U.S., said Iraq was preparing Iraq’s President Barham Prime Minister Benjamin Kuwait on Wednesday Iranian State television cessions of Soleimani. A its presence in Syria. So furiated by the loss of their its response for Muhandis’s Saleh on Wednesday Netanyahu said on denied reports that the claimed that on mosque in the Shia holy city Iran’s message could be that, commander, they could act death. “That response will condemned Iran’s missile Wednesday that Israel U.S. had decided to Wednesday missile strikes of Qom in Iran had unfurled ‘you’re not safe in Erbil’. without authorisation from be no less than the size of the strikes on Iraqi bases, would hit back hard withdraw its troops from on bases in Iraq killed 80 a red fl ag indicating that war Tehran against U.S. troops in Iranian response. That’s a where U.S. and foreign against anyone who the Gulf state, saying the Americans, in a report was coming. Kataib Hezbol Possible scenarios Iraq, which could trigger a promise,” he threatened. troops are based, calling it attacked his country. Twitter account of its citing what it called an lah, a unit in the Popular Mo President Trump has alrea harsher response from the The brazenness of the a violation of State Mr. Netanyahu also offi cial news agency had informed Revolutionary bilisation Forces (PMF), the dy indicated that he’s back U.S. against Iran, dragging strike was highly unusual for sovereignty. Mr. Saleh said praised U.S. President been hacked. The agency Guards source. Iran umbrella organisation of Ira ing away from further con both countries into war. Iran, which has tended to he feared “dangerous Donald Trump for the had earlier tweeted about reportedly launched 22 qi Shia militias that Soleima fl icts with Iran. In a televised All these suggest that disguise attacks through its developments” in the killing of Iranian General U.S. plan to withdraw from missiles overnight at the ni helped build, had asked speech from the White West Asia remains on the use of proxy Shia forces. region. Qassem Soleimani. the Arifjan base. Iraqi bases. Iraqi forces to stay away House, he said Iran appears brink. Won’t give black boxes to U.S.: Iran ‘FB helped 10,000 camels to be killed ELSEWHERE put Trump in in droughthit Australia It’s not yet clear which country the fl ight recorders will go to for the investigation White House’ Stress on scarce food, water resources Agence France-Presse ter takeoff from Tehran on Agence France-Presse Tehran Wednesday, Iran said it had Las Vegas Agence France-Presse driest year on record in Sydney 2019, with the severe Iran’s aviation authority said recovered the Boeing 737’s A senior Facebook execu Pedro Sanchez sworn in Snipers took to helicopters drought causing some it would not hand over to two black boxes. tive on Tuesday said the as Spain Prime Minister in Australia on Wednesday towns to run out of water Americans the recovered Mr. Abedzadeh said that world’s biggest social net MADRID black boxes of a Boeing 737 based on global aviation work unintentionally to begin a mass cull of up to and fuelling deadly bush Pedro Sanchez was sworn in that crashed on Wednesday, rules, it was the right of the helped put Donald Trump 10,000 camels as drought fi res that have devastated as Prime minister on killing all 176 passengers and country where air crashes in the White House but drives big herds of the feral the country's southeast. Wednesday, becoming head crew. occur to carry out the inves warned against dramatic animals to search for water The fi veday cull in the of Spain's first coalition “We will not give the black tigation. “This accident will rule changes. closer to remote towns, en Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yan government since the return boxes to the manufacturer be investigated by Iran’s The Trump campaign dangering indigenous kunytjatjara (APY) Lands — of democracy in the 1970s. (Boeing) and the Ameri aviation organisation but the did use Facebook to rally communities. home to about 2,300 indige He took the oath before King cans,” Iran Civil Aviation Or Ukrainians can also be pre Workers carrying items retrieved from the site in Shahedshahr, support for his presidential Local offi cials in South nous people in the north Felipe VI. AFP ganisation head Ali Abedza sent during the incident’s in where a UIA plane crashed on Wednesday. * AP run, and the social net Australia state said “ex west of South Australia — is 4 killed in car bombing deh said, quoted by Mehr vestigation,” he added. work should be mindful of tremely large” herds have the fi rst in the State, local near Somalia Parliament news agency. Under the rules of the In However, according to crash investigations, said it that without making moves been encroaching on rural media reported. “These (ca MOGADISHU that stifl e free political dis communities — threatening mel) groups are putting “It’s not yet clear which ternational Civil Aviation Or aviation experts, the coun has not received any request At least four people were scarce food and drinking pressure on the Aboriginal country the black box will go ganization, of which Iran, tries that are capable of ana from Iran. course, Andrew Bosworth killed, including a senior water, damaging infrastruc communities and the pasto to for the investigation,” he Ukraine and the U.S. are all lysing black boxes are few — The airline said the Boe said in a post on his perso government official, and 10 added. members, air crash investi notably Britain, France, Ger ing 737 had been built in nal Facebook page, trig ture, and creating a danger ral operations as the camels wounded when a car bomb Following the crash of Uk gations are led by the coun many and the U.S. France’s 2016 and checked only two gered by The New York ous hazard for drivers. search for water,” the APY exploded close to a raine International Airlines try where the accident Accident Investigation Bu days before the accident. It Times publishing an inter It comes after Australia Lands executive committee checkpoint near Somalia's (UIA) fl ight PS752 shortly af occurred. reau, which handles air was UIA’s fi rst fatal crash. nal memo he wrote. experienced its hottest and said in a statement. Parliament in Mogadishu. AFP
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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12828 (set by Arden) SUDOKU FAITH Log on to crossword.thehindu.com for more puzzles 12 Broadcaster in the town once 3 Set out — old boat banned (9) (5) Magnetic personality 4 Scripts are ugly, remake in the 13 Doctor must inject drug, theatre (7,7) Though Andal adopts the stance of a Gopi in Brindavan who Penny's all swollen up (9) seeks Krishna, her penchant for the Lord’s other avatars is equally evident in the Tiruppavai hymns. When she delves 6 Assemble for a service (5) 14 Instrument brings harmony into Rama avatar, she is captivated by His impeccable nature with gulf money (7,5) and pleasing qualities of Saulabhya and Saushilya, and she 7 Under average, means spoilt 18 Bragging about Democrats chooses to call Him “Manathukkiniyan,” in the verse “Ka cheese (8) with money — it comes from naithilam.” In fact, Valmiki devotes many verses extolling people (12) Rama’s exceptional gunas in the Ayodhya Kanda. 8 Treated one, made to remove This unique and meaningful name highlights Rama’s 21 Pain as a real gun shot goes ringworm (8) magnetic personality and appeal that goes straight to one’s over his heart (9) mind and heart eff ortlessly, pointed out Kalyanapuram Sri 9 Miami to Granada, at sea it’s Aravamudhachariar in a discourse. Even as one utters this 23 Get set — are his men very dangerous (5,9) particular name one can savour the many facets of His en essentially strange? (5) dearing nature. But Andal uses this term immediately after 24 Animal said to have come here 15 Private pours General a drink she has described how out of anger He had killed Ravana. on horseback (3,4) (6,3) This is also drawn from Valmiki who describes the scene when Rama and Ravana are engaged in a direct confronta 25 Statesman takes minutes to 16 Coins are tossed in such a tion. Hanuman carries Rama on his shoulders while Ravana refuse dehumanisation (7) situation (8) is on a chariot. A fi erce battle then ensues. Ravana strikes Solution to puzzle 12827 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku fl aming arrows resembling the tongues of destructive fi re at 26 Only lift the skeleton (6) the time of universal dissolution. Hanuman bears the brunt ■ ACROSS 17 Edifi ce — the importance of of these arrows and shields Rama. But when Rama sees the 27 Number — in perhaps great retaining Greek character (8) 1 Caught on bait, it’s slight (8) terribly wounded face of Hanuman, He is seized with anger. detail at last (8) He tears to pieces the chariots of Ravana. He then attacks Ra 5 Almost identical vessel like a 19 Protection on our hand (6) vana’s chest and the bow slips from the rakshasa’s hand. ■ DOWN skiff (6) Then Rama aims another arrow at the crown of Ravana and 20 Every one calm in the middle 10 One legged, odd support for a 1 Drink’s good, one’s lost removes it. Seeing Ravana in this state without chariot, dia of spring (6) subject (7) opportunity... (6) dem and bow, Rama then allows him to get back and come refreshed to fi ght another battle with Him. Incidentally Ra 11 A couple of farm animals like 9 2 ...head refuses drink after 22 Colosseum partly put up — ma is also known as Jitakroda, one who has conquered an for example (7) midnight (6) end of an era (5) ger.
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Hindalco ...... 207.40...... -1.45 data from the Association of Among debtoriented with a maturity of one day, Equityoriented funds in equities. carmaker said it had pro For vans — Eeco and Om Hind Unilever ...... 1929.35...... 8.65 Mutual Funds in India schemes, liquid funds, with saw outfl ows of over ₹ 8,800 continued to attract invest Amfi chief executive N.S. duced over 1.07 lakh units in ni — production dipped by a ICICI Bank ...... 525.95...... 3.05 (Amfi ). investments in cash assets crore. However, banking and ments, tracking the surge in Venkatesh said, “Retail in December 2018. The pro little over 62% to 6,182 units IndusInd Bank ...... 1458.60...... -3.05
Bharti Infratel ...... 236.30...... -1.95 Mutual fund houses wit such as treasury bills, certifi PSU funds, which have a domestic markets in Decem vestors continue to repose duction of compact seg compared with December Infosys ...... 718.20...... -9.70 nessed an overall outfl ow of cates of deposit and com high allocation to highest rat ber. Such funds saw a net in trust in mutual funds as re ment cars, including the 2018. Production of its light Indian OilCorp...... 121.85...... -2.70 ₹ 61,810 crore last month as mercial paper for shorter ho ed bonds, received funds to fusion of ₹ 4,432 crore last fl ected by continued fl ows new WagonR, Celerio, Ignis, commercial vehicle Super ITC ...... 234.20...... -1.15 compared to an infl ow of rizon, witnessed a pull out of the tune of ₹ 4,770 crore. month. In comparison, net through SIPs, despite chal Swift, Baleno and Dzire, was Carry, on the other hand, in JSW Steel...... 262.50...... -2.75
Kotak Bank ...... 1654.85...... -16.00 ₹ 54,419 crore in November. over ₹ 71,000 crore, the high “Fixed income categories, fl ow of ₹ 933 crore was seen lenging domestic economic up nearly 41% to 62,448 un creased 81% to 987 units in L&T...... 1291.55...... -28.95 Fund managers attributed est among the fi xedincome especially those having mod in November and ₹ 6,015 scenario and global trade is its. Likewise, the company December 2019 from the M&M ...... 524.65...... -2.00 the drop in the asset base to segment last month. ifi ed duration or average ma crore in October. sues and confl icts.” produced 19,825 units un yearago month. Maruti Suzuki ...... 7035.20...... -38.40
Nestle India Ltd...... 14391.25. .... 100.50
NTPC ...... 119.95...... -0.60
ONGC ...... 123.45...... -2.30
PowerGrid Corp ...... 190.55...... -1.15 Reliance Ind ...... 1513.15...... -11.45 SBI to extend completion State Bank ...... 319.80...... 1.40 Telcos seek open court hearing on AGR
Sun Pharma ...... 440.10...... -6.30
Tata Motors ...... 182.55...... -2.15 Tata Steel ...... 475.25...... -0.85 guarantee for home projects Urge rethink on SC verdict upholding recovery of ₹ 1.47 lakh crore in past dues TCS ...... 2255.25...... 49.40 Tech Mahindra ...... 769.80...... -7.30 Legal Correspondent to fulfi l their obligations to Titan ...... 1143.30...... -16.65 Off ers new loan product that provides for refund for delay NEW DELHI the government and raised UltraTech Cement...... 4318.95...... 76.85
UPL...... 600.85...... 5.80 Telecom companies, includ frivolous objections. Vedanta ...... 157.35...... 1.35 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The scheme will focus on will build confi dence among ing Bharti Airtel and Voda The Supreme Court dis Wipro ...... 254.80...... -0.40 Mumbai the aff ordable housing seg homebuyers by securing fone Idea, on Wednesday missed the telecom service YES Bank...... 46.05...... 1.00
Zee Entertainment ...... 264.45...... -3.30 State Bank of India, the ment with home price of up their hardearned money urged an open court hearing providers’ objection to the country’s largest lender, has to ₹ 2.50 crore in seven In and at the same time will of their petitions seeking a government’s formulation of announced a new product dian cities initially, and will boost the real estate sector review of a Supreme Court AGR. EXCHANGE RATES which provides completion be extended to 10 cities, Raj that is under stress,” Mr. Ku judgment upholding the re The judgment had said Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit guarantee for particular resi nish Kumar chairman, SBI, mar said. covery of past dues amount that the gross revenue would except yen at 4 p.m. on January 08 CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL dential projects. said at a press conference. He said the scheme would ing to ₹ 1.47 lakh crore from be inclusive of installation
US Dollar...... 71.49...... 71.81 The lender will refund the “Under this product, all give home buyers the confi them. The recovery by the charges, late fees, sale pro Euro ...... 79.55...... 79.92 amount to the home buyer reputed builders fulfi lling dence to buy properties. government was based on ceeds of handsets (or any British Pound...... 93.77...... 94.20 which was paid to the deve the prescribed criteria by “The velocity of sales is ex adjusted gross revenue other terminal equipment Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 65.76...... 66.05 Telecom fi rms had failed to fulfi l obligations and raised Chinese Yuan ...... 10.30...... 10.34 loper if occupancy certifi the bank can avail loan bet pected to double,” he said. (AGR) of about ₹ 92,000 frivolous objections, the SC had observed earlier. * REUTERS etc.), revenue on account of Swiss Franc ...... 73.57...... 73.90 cate for the project is not re ween ₹ 50 crore and ₹ 400 SBI and Sunteck Realty Li crore. interest, dividend, valuead Singapore Dollar ...... 52.94...... 53.17 ceived within a particular crore,” he said. mited (SRL) have entered in The plea seeking an open com service providers, a Centre’s liberalised mode of ded services, supplementary Canadian Dollar...... 54.95...... 55.20
Malaysian Ringitt ...... 17.43...... 17.51 timeframe. The timeframe for the to a Memorandum of Under court hearing was men Bench led by Justice Mishra payment by revenue sharing services, access or intercon
Source:Indian Bank The scheme — Residential completion of the project standing (MoU) for the tioned before a bench head had upheld the Department regime. “The sector has be nection charges, roaming Builder Finance with Buyer will be as per the date speci purpose. SBI aims to enter ed by Justice Arun Mishra, of Telecom’s (DoT) move to nefi ted immensely under the charges, revenue from per Guarantee (RBBG) — is ap fi ed by the respective State such an agreement with oth who said he would take a de recover AGR of about scheme as apparent from the missible sharing of infras BULLION RATES CHENNAI plicable to home loans from government’s Real Estate er developers also. cision after talking to Chief ₹ 92,000 crore from them. gross revenue trend from tructure and any other mis January 08 rates in rupees with pre- SBI for certain projects that Regulatory Authority SBI’s home loan growth Justice S.A. Bobde. The Bench had found that 2004 to 2015,” Justice Mishra cellaneous revenue, without vious rates in parentheses will be identifi ed by the (RERA). during the nine months of On October 24 last year, the telecom sector had long had written, adding that the any setoff for related item of Retail Silver (1g) ...... 52.1...... (51.2)
22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 3897...... (3863) bank. “We believe that RBBG the fi nancial year was 17%. dealing a huge blow to tele reaped the fruits of the service providers had failed expense, etc. Patel is IBM’s Auto slowdown hits Carlos Ghosn hits out at Nissan and Japan MD for India, Parries questions on escape; Tokyo prosecutor says exNissan boss’ allegations are unacceptable South Asia BMW Group India Reuters name. He declined to say tained a balance between Carmaker’s sales drop 13% in 2019 BEIRUT how he fl ed, noting there the French carmaker’s push Special Correspondent Carlos Ghosn, speaking pu were confl icting stories for a union and the Japanese Bengaluru Special Correspondent blicly for the fi rst since his about his departure. company’s desire to remain IBM has appointed Sandip MUMBAI dramatic escape from Japa “You are going to die in Ja autonomous. Patel as MD India and German luxury carmaker nese justice, told reporters in pan or you are going to have Mr. Ghosn named Masaka South Asia (ISA) BMW Group India has re Beirut he had been treated to get out,” he said, describ zu Toyoda, an independent operations. ported a threeyear low in “brutally” by Tokyo prosecu ing his feelings. “I felt like the director at Nissan and a spe Mr. Patel would be res deliveries, of 9,641 units tors and was the victim of a hostage of a country I served cial adviser to the Japanese ponsible for all strategic (9,000 BMW cars and 641 conspiracy to oust him from for 17 years,” he told repor Cabinet; Nissan’s exauditor and operational matters re Mini cars) in calendar year the helm of automaker ters crowded into Lebanon’s Hidetoshi Imazu; and the car lated to IBM’s sales, mar 2019 against 11,105 units Nissan. seaside Beirut press company’s former executive keting, services and deliv (10,405 BMW cars and 700 Wearing a blue suit and syndicate. vicepresident Hitoshi Kawa ery operations in the Mini cars) delivered in 2018, red tie and speaking defi ant Others waited outside in guchi as the main architects region, including Bangla down by over 13%. In 2017, ly, the onetime titan of the heavy rain, including some of his downfall. desh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. the company had delivered Rudratej Singh car industry told a packed Japanese media who had Mr. Imazu, Mr. Kawaguchi Additionally, he would 9,800 units of BMW and news conference on Wednes been excluded from the and offi cials at Nissan could play a critical role in ena Mini. During the year, BMW day he would not have faced briefi ng. Carlos Ghosn gestures as he addresses a large crowd of not immediately be reached bling India’s capabilities “[The year] 2019 was not Motorrad India, which a fair trial in Japan and journalists on his reasons for dodging trial in Japan. * AFP for comment. across IBM’s global mis an easy year for the Indian makes bikes, maintained would have been tied up in Charges baseless “First, if he (Mr. Ghosn) sions, global centres of ex automobile industry but the momentum with sales of appeals there for fi ve years. “The charges against me are rence marks the latest twist his onesided criticism of the has anything to say, he cellence, research and in BMW Group India stood its 2,403 units, the fi rm said. The 65yearold fl ed Japan baseless,” Mr. Ghosn added, in a 14month saga that has Japanese criminal justice sys should do that openly in novation labs, said a ground in this fi erce envi BMW India saw signifi last month where he was repeating his allegation that shaken the global auto indus tem is totally unacceptable,” court before he leaves Japan company statement. ronment with a slew of su cant contribution of over awaiting trial on charges of Nissan and Japanese authori try, jeopardised the Renault the Tokyo prosecutor’s offi ce illegally. A conspiracy story Earlier, Mr. Patel was perior performing new pro 50% coming from the local underreporting earnings, ties colluded to oust him fol Nissan alliance of which Mr. said after Mr. Ghosn spoke. without any evidence based in Boston where he ducts,” Rudratej Singh, lyproduced Sports Activity breach of trust and misap lowing a downturn in Nis Ghosn was the mastermind Mr. Ghosn said he had no sounds like a joke,” one per was IBM’s global general president and CEO, BMW Vehicles (SAV) range, in propriation of company san’s fortunes and in revenge and increased scrutiny of Ja intention of merging Renault son referred to by Mr. Ghosn manager for the insurance Group India, said in a state cluding BMW X5, BMW X3 funds, all of which he denies. for French government inter pan’s judicial system. with Nissan as some in Japan told Reuters. Mr. Ghosn de industry and was responsi ment. and BMW X1. A strong con Mr. Ghosn said he had es ference in the carmaker’s al “Defendant Mr. Ghosn’s feared, but wanted to put the clined to name Japanese go ble for IBM’s business “Though the industry is tribution came from the caped to his childhood home liance with Renault. allegations completely ig fi rms under a holding com vernment offi cials he said across all brands in this still facing diffi cult times, we BMW 5 series and BMW 3 se of Lebanon to clear his Mr. Ghosn’s news confe nore his own conduct and pany that would have main took part in the alleged plot. market segment. are well prepared for 2020.” ries, it added. Rising oil prices may hit Budget math U.S.-Iran spat to impact IT sector: HFS India currently imports more than 85% of its crude oil requirements Onshore talent shortage could off er advantage to Indian IT fi rms Piyush Pandey ments. “Higher crude oil Mini Tejaswi supply chain and complex MUMBAI prices will be bad for our Bengaluru data strategy are bestplaced The prices of crude oil con current account defi cit and it The U.S.’ latest attack on Iran and I see all the big six India stituting the Indian basket will further tighten our fi scal could have ‘huge’ ramifi ca heritage providers getting has been increasing since situation. Further, divest tions on the global economy major opportunities to bid October and is likely to ex ment of oil PSUs will become and therefore, business and on new deals but also facing ceed $70 a barrel this month diffi cult due to higher crude growth expectations of the major challenges in scaling on escalating U.S.Iran oil prices,” said Mr. Bansal. tech industry may have to be up the talent to deliver,’’ ad tensions. tempered, said Phil Fersht, ded Mr. Fersht. Rising oil prices had alrea Earnings impact chief tech analyst & CEO of Onshore talent shortage, dy led to an increase in the Rising crude oil prices could U.K.based HFS Research. however, would continue to prices of petrol and diesel by impact corporate earnings of All kinds of geopolitical off er tailwind advantage to about 54 paise a litre and 83 several sectors, including au events would have a huge Indian service providers in paise a litre respectively Spillover eff ect: Rising oil prices had led to an increase in the to and oil marketing compa impact on the global busi Indian tech providers can continue to grow above the global 2020, provided they are able since January 1, 2020. The prices of petrol and diesel since January 1. * K. MURALI KUMAR nies, according to analysts. ness landscape and in turn, average if they effi ciently explore vantage points. * REUTERS to manage upskilling and at Indian basket of crude oil However, Sanjiv Bhasin, it would aff ect IT budgets of trition better and place was pegged at $59.70 per but softened to $67.50 a bar between U.S. and Iran. I director, IIFL Securities, be enterprises, he pointed out. ments, Prashant Shukla, di political impact on the eco themselves competitively, barrel in October 2019, rising rel after Iran said that it did think Iran will play a proxy lieves that the market had al “The fallout from this lat rector at U.S.based Everest nomy in an election year observed Mr. Shukla. to $62.54 per barrel in No not want to further escalate war with the U.S. in the com ready priced in crude oil est attack on Iran and its im Group, said the U.S.Iran ten would further dictate tech “Indian tech providers vember and to $65.52 in De the tensions. ing months,” Mr. Abhishek prices for the above sectors. plications, on multiple geog sion was yet to unfold in spending levels. can continue to grow above cember. It is currently hover “I think based on the de Bansal, CMD, Abans Group “Oil has been extremely raphies and businesses, terms of impact, but it has the global average if they effi ing around $70 per barrel. mandsupply scenario, of Companies told The Hin- overbought and it’s the best could have huge ramifi ca ‘surely brought in negative Best placed sectors ciently explore their vantage The price of benchmark crude oil prices should be du. According to Mr. Bansal, time to sell crude oil as it tions on the global economy sentiment’ to the tech sector “The U.K. and Europe is all points such as access to ta Brent oil went up to $71.75 around $65 a barrel but we higher crude oil prices is neared $72 a barrel. I think in general, and the tech sec at the beginning of 2020. about postBrexit com lent, longterm client rela per barrel after Iran retaliat have to add a risk premium ‘bad news’ for the Indian crude will go down by the tor is not isolated,” Mr. As per Mr. Fersht, the U.S. pliance and support. Tech tionships and focus on digi ed against the U.S. by attack of $5 a barrel for few months economy that imports over end of this month,” Mr. Bha Fersht warned. market was already worried fi rms... those that are talrelated investments,’’ he ing the latter’s bases in Iraq, due to geopolitical tensions 85% of its crude oil require sin said. Echoing similar senti over the Brexit impact; the steeped in banking, logistics, added.
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Put together Nigel Richards, the current world champion (below), scenes from earlier tournaments
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A head of an international tournament Alphabet soup A graduate from XLRI, starting tomorrow, why there’s more to Shankar Prasad has What is the Scrabble than language and vocabulary worked in management roles with companies such as Airtel, Tata Could you tell us about the format Communications and of the tournament? RedBus. An avid scrabble ● The tournament is divided into four player himself, Prasad from A to D based on the player’s rank says, “I moved away from ings. Each contestant plays 34 games in the corporate world to the A, B and C divisions over four days. become an entrepreneur Players in D division will play 15 in 2013. Once my games over two days. The win business stabilised, I had ners in each division would be sociation (WESPA) rates players globally. countries Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and time in 2016 to take part the ones who have the most Besides that, there are various country or a few other countries conduct events. in the international wins and have the best spread. ganisations that rank players nationally. scrabble tournament in (Spread being the diff erence in The Indian one is the Scrabble Associa Bengaluru and I was hooked! I got active in scores of a player and his oppo tion of India (SAI). Incidentally, national Would it help if India were to the club and organised nent in each game). The divi level chess players such as Manisha Mo declare Scrabble as a sport rather numerous oneday sions are not based on age or hite and Ishika S play and are very good at than a game? tournaments. I was gender but capability. Hence it Scrabble. ● It would be good if India declares Scrab elected the President of is possible that a 10yearold ble a sport. It would help generate inter KSSA in 2018. The KSSA will play a 50yearold and beat him How many rated Scrabble players est among people and sponsors for the is affi liated with the comfortably. do we have in India? game and be covered by media as a sport. Scrabble Association of is huge. Most Scrabble players spend con ● India has about 300 rated players. Ho India (SAI) and the World Ranjani Govind siderable time studying words. Besides You always stress that Scrabble is wever, only the ratings of players who are How did the Bangalore Scrabble English Scrabble Players the thrill of competing, there is a bond beyond language and vocabulary... active members are published on the Association grow into the Karnataka Association (WESPA). The The Mu Sigma International Scrabble that brings players together from across ● Scrabble is not just about vocabulary, website of Scrabble Association of India. State Scrabble Association? KSSA organises one Tournament 2020, by the Karnataka State States and countries. obviously if you know more words you ● Bangalore Scrabble Club was started in Global and one National Scrabble Association is on from January 9 have an advantage. There is more to How many Scrabble tournaments 1998 as an informal space for friends and event each year. to 12 in Bengaluru. Ahead of the tourna How many countries are Scrabble than just that. It is analytical in are held in India and how many family to get together and play. We had ment, Shankar Prasad, President of Kar participating in the tournament? terms of deciding what word to play or abroad? regular one day tournaments and in 2005 nataka State Scrabble Association, talks of ● This will be the 16th International what letters to leave behind. You have to ● Karnataka is the only state that organis started the international tournament with how Scrabble goes beyond casual gaming Scrabble Tournament in Bengaluru. So strategise to see where on the board you es an international tournament in India. help from Capgemini who were the spon by sharpening one’s strategy, memory far participants from 12 countries includ have to play to prevent the opponent Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, and Delhi sors for 15 years. There were 20 to 25 and concentration skills. Excerpts ing New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, from scoring and optimising your points. hold national tournaments every year. members in Karnataka till 2017. The Ban Thailand, Sri Lanka, England, Qatar, Sau One has to observe the letters used and Gujarat is starting a tournament this year. galore Club expanded its scope to include What is the biggest rush for a di Arabia, Nigeria, Singapore, Canada and the ones available in the bag and the op Scrabble is played in more than 121 coun all of Karnataka and become the KSSA. Scrabble player? India have registered. Nigel Richards from ponent’s rack. Scrabble is recommended tries and in 29 languages. According to We have nearly 100 members now with ● The excitement of fi nding the right New Zealand, the current world cham to keep dementia at bay. the latest WESPA calendar, besides India, players from Belgaum and Bellary too. word and outscoring your opponent. The pion and Sherwin Rodrigues who is In USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, Malta, Malay better ranked your opponents, the bigger dia’s number one player will also be Is there an organisation that rates sia, Kenya, Canada, Israel, Romania, Ger T o participate in the tournament or join KSSA, is the pleasure of outwitting them. The there. Players from age seven to 96 would Scrabble players? many have international tournaments al write to [email protected] or call 9739890000 rush of spotting and playing a great word be participating in the tournament. ● The World English Speaking Players As ready listed for 2020. Besides these
Abhishek Gulshan IN OUR BACKYARD breeding. Their nesting season lasts from April to June, which is quite The talents of the Shikra ( Accipiter an interesting time to observe their POP-UP badius) have long been known. behaviour from a distance. Great courage, coupled with intel Their nest looks like a loosely lect as a hunter, making it one of BRAINS AND BRAVERY built cup of twigs and sticks, untidy, the easiest to train and tame (this is much like that of crows. They aren’t Classic meets edgy illegal now), made the Shikra the T he Shikra was a hunter’s best friend, and could be both trained and exactly homely birds. However, most common bird used in the art tamed before it became illegal to do so they do take precautions by build of falconry across the country in ing their nests usually in trees, well preindependence times. Falconry screened by leaves in order to re is the keeping and training of birds duce any kind of outside distur of prey, especially the falcon, and bance. In cities, they can be aggres hunting with them, a practice still sive, defending their nest from prevalent in Pakistan and a few Gulf crows and other creatures (even countries. humans). Both males and females The bird’s brilliance had several incubate the eggs (they believe in eminent colonial British ornitholo equality) but males are the primary gists express awe at its capability to foodbearers. hunt and adapt. The Shikra is one It was the Shikra’s attempt to of the commonest hawks in India. hunt in my garden, that made me Its name has been derived from Ur notice the bird properly for the fi rst du, and the Hindi word, shikari, time. For over a month, a Shikra meaning hunter. It justifi es its name Living upto their would perch on a tree near my with majesty . As the apex predator name The female house, eyeing squirrels in the Reebok by Pyer Moss is a line that fuses in the urban avian world of Delhi, (left) and the male neighbourhood. The exceptional Reebok's traditional aesthetic with fashion watching the Shikra hunt makes a Shikra * ABHISHEK GULSHAN patience, discipline and skill dis label Pyer Moss's contemporary styles. Their lasting impression. played every single day completely limited edition Collection 3, featuring unisex, The size of the small, stout hawk with pale dull yellow eyes. Their type of habitat, preferring areas like the Greater Coucal, Spotted won me over. Though I don’t re men's and women's apparel and shoes, is (at 3036 cm), is no indicator of its tails are ashy brown with dark with plenty of large trees. To hunt, Owlet and even bats. member it preying on the squirrels themed Sankofa, for "go back and get it". Also skill and ability. The adult males are bands, and they have a black mesial it either takes a low, stealthy fl ight The Shikra most often can be ob successfully, it did manage to fl y being offered is their Experiment 4, the Fury ashybluegrey above with fi ne stripe running down from the along the treeline, pouncing on an served fl ying from one tree to away with rodents, insects, a skink Trail sneaker. brownishorange, barring on un white chin across their throat. unwary bird or animal. Sometimes, another, with rapidly fl apping (a kind of lizard), and my heart. A t Olive Bar & Kitchen, One Style Mile, Mehrauli, derparts, with deep orangered Their wings are rounded and they it soars high in circles and dives wings, followed by short glides, and January 10-12th, 12 noon to 10:30 p.m. eyes. The females are comparative have a long tail. down at the sight of prey. disappearing into the foliage. T he writer is the founder of NINOX - Owl ly larger and more brown , with Shikras frequent open jungles, Its diet consists of lizards, frogs, It is rather a noisy hawk, and the About Nature, a nature-awareness their eye colour varying from deep and even urban gardens and ave grasshoppers and small birds and shrill call of notes titu-titu is a fami initiative. He is the Delhi-NCR reviewer for Ebird, a Cornell University initiative, yellow to orangeyellow. Juveniles nues. It avoids dense jungles and fl edglings, but it is sometimes bra liar sound prior to and during esta monitoring rare sightings of birds. He have more palebrown upperparts deserts but is found in every other zen enough to go for bigger birds blishment of pair bonds and when formerly led a programme of WWF India. Contact us at [email protected]
5 EVENTS WORTH YOUR WHILE
CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY GIG ART RETAIL Sangeet mahotsava Digital Reggae music Enamel Lifestyle Swami HaridasTansen Sangeet Nritya Photographer Amit Verma showcasing his solo District India is hosting Sara Lugo & Supa Mana My World of ArtSecond Edition, a solo show by Dastkar ‘s 12daylong annual Design Fair begins Mahotsava, a fourday annual music festival, exhibition of 25 photographs titled Light and live, in partnership with the German Embassy enamel artist Anindita Kishore is on display at today. The stalls at the event promise to be a begins today. The event will start with the Lines in the Middle Land, at India Habitat Centre. New Delhi tonight. Sara’s music is influenced by Vivanta by Taj, Dwarka. Curated by Priyanka confluence of new design practices and performances of Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt on the The photos were shot in a 10day monochrome artists like Lauryn Hill, India Arie and Erykah Banerjee, this enamel art consists of glass mixed traditional arts and crafts. A group of over 70 Mohan veena and Pt. Salil Bhatt on the Satvik journey through the Spiti Valley, located in Badu and she continues to stick to Reggae while with adhesives and colours from various oxides. craft and naturalproduct entrepreneurs will veena. This will be followed by a vocal recital by highaltitude in the Himalayas. Amit’s images in mixing new styles from different genres. Supa is Her artworks are based on environmental issues, exhibit their wares, ranging from lifestyle and Hindustani classical singer Parveen Sultana. this collection depicts this region’s wild beauty. a popular Reggae singer in France. spirituality, and the essential beauty of life. accessories to textiles and readymade garments. Venue: Modern School, Barakhamba Road Venue: Convention Centre Foyer, IHC Venue: Auro Kitchen & Bar, Sri Aurobindo Marg Venue: Vivanta by Taj, Dwarka, Sector21 Venue: Nature Bazaar Venue, Andheria Modh Time: 6:30 p.m. Time: 10 a.m. 8 p.m. Time: 8 p.m. onwards Time: 11 a.m. 7 p.m. Time: 11 a.m. 7 p.m.
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Blue ocean: check. Whale watching: check. Surf spots: This fl oats check. Mirissa, a little dot on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, has everything for a lazy beach vacation, including access to a my boat private airline. We hop on board
MEGHNA MAJUMDAR 6 am things can be. On a good day, you ETHICAL QUESTIONS a number of dolphins skip in and Before we know it, we are on our get to see as many as eight out of the rippling water, till A rrive way in a little tuktuk driven by a majestic blue whales — like I did. Aggressive whale watching eventually it is time to head back. At Colombo’s Bandaranaike surprisingly chirpy man. At the On a bad day, well, at least you get can impact the whales’ behaviour, and even make International Airport, a car awaits offi ce, we are greeted by other half your money back. 11 am them hesitate to come up to drive us to our seaside men, also far more active and By the time we reach land The morning still stretches out to the surface to breathe. destination. Now, depending on awake than we are. Mirissa is again, it is nearly 1 pm. We are before us, but it is too harshly the kind of traveller you are, there something of a hub for whale euphoric but exhausted. Having Whales’ eyes are to the sunny to stroll and shop. Or even are other ways of doing this. The watching, and all the action begins donated most of the contents of side of their heads, which to head to the beach. So we train route takes you along the early. The plus side of this is that my stomach to the ocean, I can means they do not have decide to try out something we coastline and is said to off er tourists have a number of options barely stay up, and long for some binocular vision and have have read a lot about: Sri Lanka’s stunning views, provided you to choose from; the minus side is dry clothes and a warm bed. I will to tilt their heads to see “authentic” Chinese cuisine. A reach early enough in the that the sheer, haphazard rush of be sleeping till lunch, and lunch ahead of them. sizeable Chinese immigrant morning to avoid the breakneck, large ferries every morning tends will be very, very late. Approaching them from the population has ensured that the Mumbai locallike crowds. And to stress the mammal out. front is akin to blindsiding cuisine is commonly available in don’t mind disembarking at The concerns are many, we are 2 pm Days in the sun (From top) Whale watchers spot a fi n; Mirissa’s them, and that too with a the country’s tourist town — we Weligama, about seven kilometres told by the family that runs Raja & Lunch, as it turns out, involves Coconut Tree Hill * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK sizeable vessel that has a walk into away, then taking a tuktuk the rest The Whales, a local business with popping down to one of the many loud, disturbing engine. The Blue Whale, and are of the way. The car we hired, tieups with conservation ‘roti huts’ down the lane, scarfi ng little bay, docked by a little hill at schools lining Weligama beach, cheerily informed that though Ethical vessels approach however, takes the smooth agencies. Ethical tour operators down a kothu parotta and a each end. All of them have tables fi shing poles and boats on they do not serve alcohol, BYOBs whales slowly and from the Southern Expressway that stays are those who start off by listing hearty, meatstuff ed parotta, and facing the water, and their catch Midigama beach, and a little jetty side, so that the creature are welcome. So we sit down with inland for the most part, passing the dos and don’ts — they inform going back to the hotel to catch up for the day displayed proudly up with livelihoodassuring, sturdy can see the vessel and also two beer cans and order seafood, fi elds, coff ee estates and little you about the minimum distance on more sleep. front. The idea is for us to choose fi shing vessels tied tight. be reassured that it has the noodles and rice. The fi rst two hamlets: twoandahalf hours of that they always maintain, and tell our fi sh, and choose our drink, and At the air base, a private airline right of way. come in massive tureens fi t to greenery that end at a little budget you that, between closing in to get 7 pm thus choose our restaurant. Since called Fair is waiting to fl y us up on serve a party of four to the full; hotel by the sea. a good look and staying way to Matara Road runs parallel to a we have a hankering for whisky, we its fourseater plane, to try and spot Chasing means approaching the latter in a little vessel scarcely glimpse just the fi n (maybe the tip stretch of Mirissa beach, and is choose the lone shack serving it whales from the sky. It is an hour a whale from behind (from larger than a dessert bowl. It looks Day 1 of a tail and a burst of water), they fl anked by hotels, backpacker that evening (besides showing off long aff air from end to end, the direction of its tail), clear, light and mild, but the will always choose the latter hostels, souvenir shops and some beautiful red snappers), and beginning with briefi ngs by a making it feel pursued. chillies are surprisingly palpable. 5 am option. restaurants. Little lanes and set up camp. marine biologist. After we are Corralling means 6 pm The day is dedicated to catching a After all that, they let you know unpaved shortcuts run through Day 2 assured that the plane would not be approaching whales (or glimpse of the world’s largest that the feeding waters are a good these like veins, connecting the disturbing whale behaviour in any dolphins) in a way that The evening is for shopping and mammal, in the ocean waters that twoanda half hours journey into road directly to the beach itself. We 8 am way, we take off : fi rst fl ying along they fi nd themselves gazing at waves. The fi rst is serve as its feeding ground, way choppy ocean waters. If you think are too lazy to explore, so we walk Our destination for today is the coast, gazing at beaches, palm between two vessels or happily done with within an hour off the coast of Sri Lanka. We you are fi t enough to avoid up to an open restaurant under Koggala air force base. At this hour, groves and coral reefs below. boats. — exchange rate being in our wake up at 5 am, for we have to seasickness, think again. coconut trees, walk right through, it is a little over halfanhour away. Eventually, we turn towards the Splitting a pod (group of favour and shops being not too report at the whale watchers’ Don’t get me wrong: the view of and emerge on the other side to Traffi c comprises mainly school open ocean, coordinating with whales) in two by veering many. After that, we head to our offi ce at Mirissa Harbour around 6 the receding coastline is beautiful, see plastic chairs steadied on sand, buses and our lone tuktuk, buzzing whale tracking ferries and keeping between them is also favoured spot of last night, whiling am. It is barely 15 minutes away, and the spray of ocean water on a facing the ocean. along merrily on a road that runs our eyes peeled for the telltale frowned upon. away our last few hours in the but hey, waking up takes time. leaping ferry is as exciting as few Restaurants like these line the along the seaside. We pass surf burst of water. Whales evade us, but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA company of stars, sand and sea.
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CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Pointers for India in quest of perfect blend Turbanator 2.0 Saini and Shardul had impressive outings; Rahul strengthened his case; Shreyas back in form SL IN INDIA do. Washington — picked ahead of Ravindra Jadeja — Ashwin Achal restricted the batsmen with Indore fl at and accurate deliveries in Navdeep Saini and a few oth his spell of one for 29. ers in the Indian team are locked in a race against time. Mixed bag With the ICC T20 World Cup All eyes were on Jasprit Bum set to commence in around rah, who was making his co nine months, every perfor meback from a backstress mance counts if they hope to fracture. Bumrah’s fi rst inter board the fl ight to Australia. national match in four Saini entered the T20I months produced a mixed squad to take on Sri Lanka bag. While he did spray it with big expectations. The around, the Gujarat speed fast bowler had to make the ster showcased pace and most of the chances aff orded movement. The Indian team by the absence of Mo management will be more hammed Shami (rested), than willing to give the leader Bhuvneshwar Kumar and of the pack enough time to Deepak Chahar (both ease his way back to peak injured). rhythm. Saini made it count in the K.L. Rahul retained his second T20I here on Tuesday edge over Shikhar Dhawan in with a thoroughly impressive the fi ght for the second open er’s spot. Rahul was attacking performance. He bowled at a That’s the way: Virat Kohli mimics Harbhajan Singh during and freefl owing in his 32ball terrifi c pace, and showed India’s practice session in Indore on Tuesday. * VIVEK BENDRE great control as well. 45, while Dhawan made a cir CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC cumspect 29ball 32. Wide repertoire Shreyas Iyer, batting at No. A pinpoint yorker went past 3, put aside his disappointing Danushka Gunathilaka be run in the West Indies series Kohli retains top spot fore he could even bring his with a brisk 34. A towering bat down. Saini proved that six off Wanindu Hasaranga Press Trust of India down one rung, with 791 his repertoire was not limit landed on the stadium roof, dubai points, while Rahane occu ed, using an equally quick evoking appreciation from India skipper Virat Kohli re pied the ninth spot after bouncer to prise out Bhanu partner Kohli. tained his top spot among slipping a couple of posi ka Rajapaksa. Potent force: Shardul Thakur underlined his strike power with three wickets in the penultimate over. * VIVEK BENDRE The fi nal T20I at Pune on batsmen while Cheteshwar tions with 759 points. On occasion, he befuddled Friday (Jan. 10) gives the Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane In bowling, India’s pace the batsmen with slower rat Kohli. “Navdeep was bril did. It’s great to see him get too, scalping three wickets in build on this showing. players another chance to slipped in the latest ICC Test spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, balls. His fi gures of two for 18 liant. He has come into the ting people out with yorkers the penultimate over. Spinner Washington Sun stake their claim for a perma rankings issued on returning from an injury was all the more creditable ODI circuit as well, and is and bouncers with pace. It’s His triple strike crippled dar was another bright spot nent spot. The road does not Wednesday. layoff , remained static at given that it came on a bat gaining more and more confi a really good sign for the Sri Lanka, which eventually for the home team. He was end there, however, as there With 928 points, Kohli is sixth with 794 points, while tingfriendly pitch. dence in T20 cricket. You can team,” said Kohli at the post fell well short of a par score. brought into the attack in the are fi ve T20Is in New Zealand way ahead of secondplaced spinner R. Ashwin (772 Saini, named the Manof see that he is letting himself match presentation. Shardul, who has been in and fi fth over, and immediately to come later this month. Australian Steve Smith (911), points) and seamer Mo theMatch, received the go. When he does that, he Saini’s partner Shardul out of the national side, will struck gold by taking out the Every match counts in the the ICC said in a statement. hammed Shami (771) were thumbsup from skipper Vi can clock the speed that he Thakur had a good outing hope to get a longer reign to dangerous Avishka Fernan bigger scheme of things. Pujara was placed sixth, ninth and 10th respectively.
Sandeep Patil critical of ICC’s proposal Anderson out Chaudhary only Indian in umpires’ list Press Trust of India South Africa from Jan. 17. Knights, Rashid Riaz Waqar, Anil with injury Dubai Chaudhary, 54, has offi ciat Chaudhary, Patrick Bongani Jele, Botham and Jayawardene, too, express their disapproval ed in 20 ODIs and 27 T20Is. Iknow Chabi, Nigel Duguid, Ra Anil Chaudhary is the lone vindra Wimalasiri, Masudur Rah Agence France-Presse Indian in the list of 19 match The offi cials: man, Asif Yaqoob, Leslie Reifer, FOUR-DAY TESTS london offi cials, including 16 um Umpires: Roland Black, Ahmad Adrian Holdstock. Match Refe England pace bowler pires, for the upcoming ICC Shah Pakteen, Sam Nogajski, rees: Graeme Labrooy, Shaid Shayan Acharya James Anderson will miss U19 World Cup starting in Ibne Shahid, Ian Gould, Wayne Wadvalla, Phil Whitticase. Mumbai the fi nal two Tests in The cricketing fraternity ap South Africa after pears to be divided on four suff ering a rib injury day Tests. While a section of during the dramatic Hero MotoSports does well former players have given victory in Cape Town. the new proposal a thumbs According to an ECB up, most of them are against statement, Anderson, 37, Goncalves shines, Buhler continues to climb in rankings the idea. sustained the problem on Former India cricketer the fi nal day of the second DAKAR RALLY Sandeep Patil, too, isn’t in fa Sandeep Patil. Ian Botham. Mahela Jayawardene. Test and scans on vour of the proposal. Talking Wednesday confi rmed he K. Keerthivasan on the sidelines of the Harris away,” Patil said. “It all depends on how change in the Test format. won’t be back in action AL ULA Shield fi nal at the Brabourne “A cricketer is put to test you are looking at it. Excite The proposal has not gone until after the current It was a day for Hero MotoS Stadium on Wednesday, Patil on the fi rst day and also on ment is there in every sea down well with the greats of tour. ports Team Rally to rejoice at went to the extent of calling the last day, when the wicket son. How you look at it is im the game, with Kohli, Sachin England’s top Test the Dakar Rally, but it knows the fourday Test a is turning. It doesn’t work for portant,” Patil said. Tendulkar and Ricky Pont wickettaker, who had much more remains to be “nonsense”. India, but for all the teams. Agencies add: ing, among others, opposing returned to the side done. “I belong to the old school It’s up to the ICC to take a call ICC Cricket Committee the idea. following a lengthy layoff Shrugging off the setback and I believe that in fi veday on this,” Patil, a former member Mahela Jayawar Meanwhile, legendary all due to a calf injury last on Tuesday, Hero's riders cricket, the fi rst day belongs chairman of the national se dene on Wednesday said rounder Ian Botham has year, picked up fi ve rode with tact, nous and de to the mediumpacers. Test lection committee, said. Tests should remain a fi ve urged the ICC to leave Test wickets in the fi rst innings termination to record their team’s best performance yet cricket itself is a test of cha At a time when Test crick day aff air. cricket “alone” after En at Cape Town and two in Tricky terrain: Paulo Goncalves negotiated the diffi cult stages racter for a cricketer. et is struggling to attract gland’s thrilling win against the second before pulling overall on Wednesday. Jayawardene, a former with aplomb. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT “It’s a test for every indivi spectators, won’t the new captain of Sri Lanka, said he South Africa in the fi nal hour up injured. All of them got their act to dual and you are taking that move work well? is personally against any of the fi fth day. gether in Stage 4. Paulo Gon al places from his overnight I made one mistake which calves and Sebastian Buhler position of 110th to jump to cost me a little but, overall, ended the day at fourth and 63rd in the overall rankings. my hand is feeling much bet 21st positions respectively, Buhler, too, impressed ter and I have regained Nadal steers Spain into last eight Federer Slam record — while India’s C.S. Santosh with his composure and con strength in my hand.” improved to 44th from 50th. sistency as he tackled anoth The Stage 4 of the rally er tricky stage. He continues moved from Neom towards Another win for Djokovic as Serbia also advances Nadal downplays interest Class act his climb in the overall rank the next bivouac of Al Ula, ATP CUP Nadal had to twice fi ght v Russia; Jan. 10: Serbia v Cana Goncalves was a class act on ings for the fourth straight covering 672km including back from a break down da, Belgium v Spain. the day. The Portuguese was day to break into the top 20. the special stage of 453 km. against the Japanese World The results: In Sydney: Group undeterred in his eagerness Goncalves said his aim The results (provisional): Stage 4 placings: Hero MotoS Reuters No. 72 in the opening set be E: Poland bt Austria 21 [Kacp to take the stage early on, in was to start cautiously and ports: 4. Paulo Goncalves (Por PERTH er Zuk bt Dennis Novak 57, 76 push later and it yielded divi fore winning the tiebreaker. stead of riding at the back of tugal) 4hr:27.02s; 21. Sebastian (3), 63; Hubert Hurkacz bt Do dends. “I started well but in World No. 1 Rafael Nadal won The Spaniard broke his op minic Thiem 36, 64, 76(5); the pack. Being in the top 12 Buhler (Germany) 4:39.59; 44. the beginning there was a lot a battle of attrition against ponent’s serve to go up 54 in Hurkacz & Lubasz Kubot lost to in the previous stage, Gon C.S. Santosh (Ind) 5:26.13. Over fellow lefthander Yoshihito the second before holding Oliver Marach & Jurgen Meltzer calves exercised his right to of dust and I decided to stay all: Hero MotoSports: 20. Buh Nishioka of Japan 76(4), 64 serve for victory. 67(3), 63, 119]. choose his starting position behind the riders in front of ler; 41. Santosh; 63. Goncalves. to seal Spain’s spot in the fi Argentina bt Croatia 30 [Gui and started the stage in the me to avoid any risks.” (The writer is in Saudi nal eight of the inaugural Argentina makes it do Pella bt Marin Cilic 76(1), 26th position. Santosh said his hand was Arabia on the invitation of ATP Cup on Wednesday. In a winnertakesall tie bet 63; Diego Schwartzman bt He has clawed back sever feeling much better. “I think Hero MotoCorp) Meanwhile his longtime ween Argentina and Croatia, Borna Coric 62, 62; Maximo rival, World No. 2 Novak Djo Guido Pella defeated Marin Gonzalez & Andre Molteni bt Ivan Dodig & Nikola Mektic 36, kovic, had an easier outing in Cilic 76(1), 63 before Diego 63, (102)]. Brisbane, strolling past Schwartzman swept aside In Brisbane: Group A: Serbia bt A World Cup for Arab world: Al-Khater Chile’s Cristian Garin 63, 63 the challenge from Borna Chile 21 [Dusan Lajovic bt Ni Ayon Sengupta to stay undefeated in the Coric to win 62, 62 and en colas Jarry 62, 76(3); Novak The focus: While everyone is talking Grand Slams, Nadal’s “Qatar does not mix polit new year and to ensure Ser sure the Latin Americans Djokovic bt Cristian Garin 63, fi rst priority is to lead Spain to the ATP Cup title. * AFP ics with sports and we believe bia will travel to Sydney for stay in Sydney. 63; Viktor Troicki & Nikola he successful hosting of many citizens from (other Agence France-Presse the knockouts having won all Quarterfi nal matchups: Jan. Cacic lost to Nicolas Jarry & vourite to add to his 12 Tthe 2019 FIFA Club World West Asian) countries will be three of its ties. 9: Britain v Australia, Argentina Alejandro Tabilo 63, 76(2)]. Perth French Open titles. Cup, where Liverpool added part of this World Cup.” South Africa bt France 21 World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the world crown to its Euro The Indian diaspora, al [Lloyd Harris lost to Gilles Si sisted on Wednesday he Historical implications pean title, has given ample most 25% of Qatar’s popula mon 26, 62, 62; Kevin An isn’t focused on matching But the Spaniard down evidence of Qatar’s readiness tion, has also been heavily in derson bt Benoit Paire 26, 76 Roger Federer’s record played the potential histori to host West Asia’s fi rst World volved with the preparation (1), 76(5); Raven Klaasen & Glam Slam haul at the Aus cal implications after steer Cup in 2022. for the World Cup. Ruan Roelofse bt Nicolas Ma ing Spain into the ATP Cup hut & Edouard RogerVasselin tralian Open this month. “We were very happy with “We have a huge Indian AlKhater. * GETTY IMAGES 63, 64]. The 33yearold last year quarterfi nals. “I honestly the Club World Cup. It gave community here in Qatar, In Perth: Group B: Spain bt Ja won the French and US don’t think much (about Fe us an opportunity to test our they played an active role in pan 30 [Roberto Bautista Agut Open titles to move within derer’s record),” Nadal said. operational readiness, to test see the positives from the building the society, the fa v Go Soeda 62, 64; Rafael Na one of his Swiss rival’s re “My only goal is to keep some of the facilities like the preparations that have been bric of the society. dal bt Yoshihito Nishioka 76 cord tally of 20. playing good tennis, keep Khalifa International Stadi going on over the years to get “Large number of mem (4), 64; Nadal & Pablo Carreno Federer has sat on top of enjoying this sport and be um, which will host matches us ready for the World Cup.” bers of the local Organising Busta bt Ben Mclachlan & Soe the alltime list since 2009 ing happy. And if that hap till the quarterfi nals,” Nasser Calling it the World Cup for Committee are from India, da 76(5), 46, (106)]. when he passed Pete Sam pens and I stay healthy then AlKhater, CEO of FIFA World the Arab world, AlKhater many people on the specta Georgia bt Uruguay 21 [Alek pras’ benchmark of 14 after the goal is to keep produc Cup Qatar 2022, told Sport- said: “When South Africa tor services side are from In sandre Metreveli bt Franco winning at Wimbledon. ing chances in the events star. hosted the World Cup in dia. A lot of our volunteers Roncadelli 62, 61; Nikoloz Ba that I’m going to play.” silashvili bt Pablo Cuevas 64, A Nadal triumph in Mel “Working together in a 2010, it was a victory for the are from India,” AlKhater 16, 64; Aleksandre Bakshi & bourne could set the stage Nadal’s immediate focus large event helps you to bring whole continent of Africa. said. Alexsandre Metreveli lost to for him to set a new land is leading Spain’s title the teams together, you can We’ve always said that this “The bond between India Smooth sailing: Novak Djokovic proved unstoppable on the Pablo Cuevas & Ariel Behar 62, mark at Roland Garros, charge at the inaugural ATP see some of the challenges World Cup is a World Cup for and Qatar will refl ect strongly fi nal day of league matches. * REUTERS 62]. where he will start hot fa Cup. that come up. And you also the Arab world. in the tournament.” CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Sports Reporter CHENNAI The fi fth edition of the Pre mier Badminton League (PBL) will start on January 20 with P.V. Sindhu’s team Hyderabad Hunters taking on Chennai Superstarz in Chennai. The 2020 edition will have 24 ties to be played in 21 days in four diff erent ci ties. The tournament will re for those rated below 1899 R.B. Ramesh (2003), K. Sasi news for those seeking va turn to Chennai after two Indian hope: Twice National champion Murali Karthikeyan will and 1499, respectively, has a kiran (2005), Abhijeet Gupta rious norms. years. look to give a good account of himself. * FILE PHOTO prizefund of ₹ 36 lakh each. (2008 and 2014) and Surya In another welcome After the fi rst leg in Chen Shekhar Ganguly (2009) — move, the tournament rules nai, the league will move to CHESS three categories, off ers a Amanatov leads fi eld have won the title here. It re stipulate that players cannot Lucknow on Jan. 25, fol prizemoney of ₹ 1.11 crore — Like last year, 2017 cham mains to be seen whether agree for a draw before lowed by Hyderabad, with RAKESH RAO an increase of ₹ 10 lakh from pion Tajikistan’s Farrukh the fi veyear titledrought of black’s 30th move. NEW DELHI Bengaluru being the host for last year. Amanatov heads the elite Indian contenders ends this So far, the entries in the the semifi nals and the fi nals The country’s richest prize The magnitude and the fi eld. Presence of 25 players, time. two lower categories are less on Feb. 9. money chess tournament is stature of the event could be with rating of over 2500, re Going by the form of the than last year’s tally owing to back with bigger prizemo gauged from the fact that the fl ects the strength of the leading Indians in the fray, it intense cold wave conditions Marquee clash ney on off er. two preceding International fi eld. looks diffi cult. On Tuesday, and the sporadic antiCAA The tournament will have its The 18th edition of the Opens — in Bhopal and Mum Among the Indian title Abhijeet fi nished seventh af protests in the Capital. marquee clash in the third Locking horns: The contest between Sindhu of Hunters and Delhi International Open bai — off ered prizefunds of contenders, twice National ter being the top seed of the In Category ‘A’, as com leg when Hunters lock horns former India Open champion Beiwen Zhang of Warriors on Grandmasters chess tourna ₹ 14.14 lakh and ₹ 17 lakh res champion Murali Karthi Mumbai International Open. pared to last year’s fi gures of with Tai Tzu Ying’s Bengalu January 26 at Lucknow will be keenly watched. ment has attracted more pectively. The one to follow keyan and former champion Karthikeyan, too, is looking 322, the fi gure has touched ru Raptors on Jan. 31. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Grandmasters than before in Chennai from January 18 Abhijeet Gupta, seeded to regain his form. 347. In ‘B’, which also starts and promises a thrilling fare off ers ₹ 15 lakh. three and fi ve, can be ex on Thursday, the fi gure “I had a great time playing over 10 rounds, beginning at A record 38 GMs will be pected to give the large pre Good news stands at 722. For ‘C’, sche in PBL last time. The format the Indira Gandhi Stadium seen in action in Category ‘A’ sence of overseas GMs a With the rules of accelerated duled to begin on January of the league is very exciting, here on Thursday. that alone off ers ₹ 39 lakh. tough fi ght. pairings for the fi rst two 13th, 1008 entries have alrea and that is why I like to play The event, divided into Categories ‘B’ and ‘C’, meant In fact, only four Indians — rounds in force, it is good dy been received. in the league. I am very ex cited to join Bengaluru Rap tors for Season 5. “I hope a lot of fans will Aizawl holds come to the stadiums to Prannoy stuns Tsuneyama; Saina, Sindhu advance watch the matches and my Churchill fans around the world will MALAYSIA MASTERS 2117 victory. Prannoy, ho downed Praneeth 2111, 2115 nutes to down Belgium’s follow it on TV and online. I Press Trust of India wever, runs into World No. 1 while Chinese Taipei’s Chou Lianne Tan 2115, 2117 in look forward to playing Aizawl Press Trust of India and top seed Japanese Kento Tien Chen put it across Sri their fi rst meeting against against all teams, especially Isak Vanlalruatfela sal Kuala Lumpur Momota, who has been in kanth 2117, 215 in only 30 each other. against Sindhu.” Tai Tzu vaged a 22 draw for host India’s H.S. Prannoy stunned redhot form, in the second minutes. The results (fi rst round): Men: said. Aizawl FC against Churchill World No. 10 Kanta Tsuneya round on Thursday. Momota Sindhu, seeded sixth, H.S. Prannoy bt Kanta Tsuneya- The league will see fi ve Brothers here on Wednes ma while P.V. Sindhu and Sai defeated another Indian, P. took just 35 minutes to beat ma 21-9, 21-17; Kento Momota Olympic medallists and 15 day. Aizawl is now fi fth on na Nehwal also sailed into Kashyap 2117, 2116 in a 43 Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Rus bt P. Kashyap 21-17, 21-16; Ras- mus Gemke bt B. Sai Praneeth World champions in action. the points table with nine the second round of the Ma minute fi rstround match. sia 2115, 2113 in women’s 21-11, 21-15; Chou Tien Chen bt points from seven games laysia Masters badminton However, B. Sai Praneeth singles fi rst round. She will Big ticket match K. Srikanth 21-17, 21-5. while Churchill tops the here on Wednesday. and the seasoned K. Sri face Aya Ohori of Japan in Women: P.V. Sindhu bt Evgeni- Another marquee clash will charts with 10. Prannoy, ranked 26th, kanth bowed out of the the second round on ya Kosetskaya 21-15, 21-13; Sai- be the one between Sindhu In Imphal, Tiddim Road took 34 minutes to send Tsu men’s singles event. Den Thursday. na Nehwal bt Lianne Tan 21-15, and former India Open Athletic Union (TRAU) FC neyama packing with a 219, mark’s Rasmus Gemke Saina needed just 36 mi 21-17. champion Beiwen Zhang registered a comeback 21 when the Hunters and victory over city rival Nero Awadhe Warriors clash on ca FC. Jan. 26 at Lucknow. The results: At Aizawl: Aizawl The seven teams FC 2 (Abdoulaye Kanoute 44, —Awadhe Warriors, Bengalu Isak Vanlalruatfela 80) drew with Churchill Brothers 2 ru Raptors, Mumbai Rock (Robert Primus 64, Vinil Pooj- ets, Hyderabad Hunters, ary 78). Chennai Superstarz, North At Imphal: TRAU FC 2 (Nao- Eastern Warriors and Pune 7 cha Singh 41, Krishnananda Aces — will compete for a Singh 64) bt Neroca FC 1 prize purse of ₹ 6 crore. (Boubacar Diarra 9).
Bopanna Koolhof duo in semifi nals
INDIANS ABROAD
SPORTS BUREAU DOHA Rohan Bopanna and Wes ley Koolhof of the Nether lands sailed past Frances Tiafoe and Stan Wawrinka 63, 64 in the quarterfi nals of the $1,465,260 ATP Tour event on Wednesday. The results: $1,465,260 ATP, Doha, Qatar: Doubles (quarterfi nals): Wesley Koolhof (Ned) & Ro- han Bopanna bt Frances Tia- foe (US) & Stan Wawrinka (Sui) 6-3, 6-4; Prequarterfi nals: Jeremy Chardy & Fabrice Martin (Fra) bt Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Divij Sharan 7-6(4), 6-2. $15,000 ITF men, Antalya, Turkey: Singles (fi rst round): Marlon Vankan (Ger) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-4, 7-5; Dragos Nicolae Madaras (Swe) bt Aryan Goveas 6-3, 6-0. $25,000 ITF women, Bendi go, Australia: Singles (fi rst round): Ankita Raina bt Marti- na Di Giuseppe (Ita) 6-1, 7-5. FC Goa back on top
Press Trust of India Margao FC Goa celebrated its 100th match of the Indian Super League in style as it beat NorthEast United 20 to re claim the top spot in the points table here on Wednesday. FC Goa’s seventh win of the season helped it to the top with 24 points from 12 matches. NorthEast is eighth with 11 points from 10 matches. The result: FC Goa 2 (Mislav Komorski 68-og, Ferran Coro- minas 82-pen) bt NEUFC 0.
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TV PICKS NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), Spicejet experience for Rashid and Rauf claim hattricks 8.30 a.m. ANI Senior women’s T20: Star Bash League (BBL). At Melbourne, Haris Adelaide Sports 1 (SD & HD), 10.45 Rashid dismissed Jack Rauf of Melbourne Stars a.m. Afghanistan and Adelaide Edwards, James Vince and took a hattrick during his Big Bash League: Sony Six Khelo India athletes Strikers allrounder Rashid Jack Edwards off successive team’s match against Syd (SD & HD), 1.40 p.m. Khan on Wednesday script balls to achieve the feat. ney Thunders on ILeague: D’Sport, 5 p.m. & 7 ed his fi fth hattrick in the BBL’s offi cial handle Wednesday. p.m. SAI has joined hands with the airline to benefi t over 1000 participants ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), shortest format of the tweeted the video of Rash Rauf bowled the fi nal ov 7.30 p.m. Special Correspondent game. id’s hattrick and captioned er of the innings and throt NEW DELHI He achieved the feat in the post as — “He’s done it! tled Sydney Thunders’ bat IN BRIEF A batch of young athletes, the ongoing match against A hattrick for Rashid Khan! ting lineup by taking a fl ying the dedicated Spicejet Sydney Sixers in the Big What a moment #BBL09”. hattrick. airlines, for the Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati, were given a warm sendoff by the Union Sports Minis ter, Kiren Rijiju, and the Ma SerenaWozniacki pair dazzles naging Director of Spicejet, ASSOCIATED PRESS ed topseeded Johanna Lars tournament before retire Ajay Singh, sixtime World AUCKLAND son of Sweden and Caroline ment, but for an exhibition Sharapova handed Champion and Olympian Serena Williams and Caro Dolehide of the United against Serena in Copenha Aussie Open wildcard Mary Kom at the Indira line Wozniacki prolonged States 62, 61 after beating gen in May. MELBOURNE Gandhi International airport their onetimeonly doubles Nao Hibino and Makoto Ni Fivetime Grand Slam winner here on Wednesday. partnership on Wednesday nomiya of Japan in their For that reason, the Auck Maria Sharapova was on Spicejet is the offi cial tra when they reached the sem opening match. land tournament off ers the Wednesday handed an vel partner for the Khelo In ifi nals of the ASB Classic. The pair will not play to only chance for fans to sa Australian Open wildcard as dia Games to be staged in Playing together for the gether at the Australian vour the sight of two former she attempts to resurrect her Guwahati from January 10 to fi rst time in their careers, Se Open, which will be Woz world singles No. 1s playing career after an injuryplagued 22. Sports Authority of India Here you go! SAI directorgeneral Sandip Pradhan, boxing legend Mary Kom, Sports Minister 2019. AFP rena and Wozniacki defeat niacki’s fi nal Grand Slam as a partnership. (SAI) has joined hands with Kiren Rijiju and Spicejet chairman Ajay Singh with the ceremonial boarding card of a Lakers rout Knicks to Spicejet to help more than Khelo India athlete. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT keep winning run going 1000 athletes experience the LOS ANGELES joy of fl ying to the competi letes,” said the Sports Minis Singh, Chairman and Manag experience is being provided 10 Indian ball kids for Oz Open The Los Angeles Lakers tion in Assam. ter, Kiren Rijiju. ing Director of Spicejet. to these budding stars,” said stretched its winning streak The airlines will operate Olympic medallist, boxer Mary Kom. Special Correspondent gram, will be in Australia for Kia are privileged to provide to six games with a rout eight dedicated fl ights in the Moment of pride Mary Kom interacted with To ensure a smooth and NEW DELHI 17 days. them with this opportunity 11787 of the New York Knicks DelhiGuwahati and Kolkata “This is a moment of pride the athletes before their de hasslefree journey for the Ten young Indian tennis Hundreds of tennis en to live their dreams,” said on Tuesday but was given a Guwahati sectors on January and honour for Spicejet that parture for Guwahati. athletes, the airline off ers players, selected to offi ciate thusiasts from across the Kia Motors vicepresident scare as Anthony Davis 14 and 15. we could bring this exclusive “In my early days, I would fl exibility of baggage allo as ball kids at the Australian country attended the trials. Manohar Bhat at a function hobbled off with a back “I hope this unique part fl ying experience for these struggle to buy even a pair of wance, cancellation or re injury. Open, were all set to fl y to Experts from Australian for announcing the selected nership will further streng young sportstars as the Khe gloves. It is heartening to see placement of lastminute The results: Detroit 115 bt Melbourne on Wednesday Open assessed the kids on kids. then our commitment to lo India Games provides a that Indian sports has come passengers, apart from pro Cleveland 113, Portland 101 bt as part of the initiative by the their agility and communi The selected ball kids: B.M.V. wards giving the best platform to build a robust a long way. It is encouraging vision of meals for the con Aditya, Atharva Hitendra, Atrijo Toronto 99, Oklahoma City offi cial sponsor Kia Motors. cation skills. The trials were possible facilities to our ath sporting nation,” said Ajay to see that an amazing fl ying venience of the participants. Sengupta, Divyanshu Pandey, 111 bt Brooklyn 103 (ot), The 10 kids in the 13 to 15 conducted in ten cities. Memphis 119 bt Minnesota “It is great to see so many Harshit Pandita, Rijul Bhatia, age group, from Delhi, Chan Sanskruti Vadakattu, Sargam 112, Sacramento 114 bt enthusiasts believing in their digarh, Hyderabad, Ahme Singla, Sharvin Kaustubh and Phoenix 103, LA Lakers 117 bt passion for the sport. We at Windies ease dabad, Kolkata and Guru Yashvardhan Gaur. New York 87. AFP AICF turns to Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya to victory The retired chief justice to probe Bengal chess mess Press Trust of India Bridgetown Y.B. Sarangi Sharma further said, “The The release alleged that Opening batsman Evin Le KOLKATA AICF has now fi led an FIR in Chauhan behaved badly and wis fell agonisingly short of The All India Chess Federa the case as per the decision tried to discuss matters oth a century as his undefeated tion (AICF) has appointed taken in the GB meeting and er than Bengal chess. The 99 helped West Indies Iniyan fi nishes second in former Calcutta High Court has also requested SAI to do president “did not allow any cruise to a fi vewicket win German chess tourney chief justice (retd.) Jyotir a forensic check by a Govt. other discussion than BCA over Ireland in the fi rst CHENNAI moy Bhattacharya to look in agency on the alleged utilisa and charges on Atanu Lahi OneDay International at India’s P Iniyan scored seven to the Bengal Chess Associa tion certifi cate. ri,” it claimed. Kensington Oval on points to finish second in the tion (BCA) issues. “Barua had accused Lahi It said Lahiri accused Tuesday. Stauffer Open chess In a press release issued ri of engaging in corruption Chauhan and Barua of de tournament held in Germany The scores: Ireland 180 in on Wednesday, AICF joint and diverting state fund for faming him and “has fi led a 46.1 overs (Alzarri Joseph 4/ recently. In a field of over secretary Naresh Sharma chess promotion to his (La criminal case against both of 32) lost to West Indies 184/5 200 players from about 15 said the body took the deci hiri’s) company Global them.” in 33.2 overs (Evin Lewis 99 countries, the Tamil Nadu sion “acting upon the deci Chess (Foundation). Barua n.o.). Off to Australia: The ball kids along with Kia offi cials. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT player registered six wins, sions taken at the General had also accused Lahiri of Documentary evidence two draws and suffered a loss Body meeting in Bhopal on banning several top players Chauhan said there was vi to finish with seven points. PTI December 28.” for criticising his handling of deo recording of the pro Rain plays spoilsport “It may be recalled that the chess aff airs.” ceedings and “documentary yet again Grandmaster Dibyendu Ba Lahiri has rejected all the evidence of the majority CHANDIGARH rua had fi led a complaint allegations made by Barua. supporting the matters on For the third day running, rain against Bengal secretary Ata Following the December the agenda.” washed out play in the ITF nu Lahiri and later Sports 28 meeting, AICF treasurer Chauhan questioned why grade3 junior tennis Authority of India had found Kishor Bandekar had issued the president did not sign tournament at the CLTA that the utilisation certifi cate a press release claiming that the press release and asked Complex on Wednesday. The furnished by Bengal chess president P.R.V. Raja direct the treasurer, instead of a first round of singles and for the National subjunior ed him to do so. joint secretary, to do it. doubles matches in the boys’ chess championship 2018 In an earlier statement, and girls’ sections have been was forged. False stories Sharma had rejected the rescheduled by referee Leena Nageshkar and will start on “The AICF general body In the release, dated Decem claims made by Bandekar, Thursday morning. had taken a strong note of ber 30, Bandekar had said saying all matters on the especially the second fi nd AICF secretary “Bharat agenda were discussed New Delhi to host ITTF ing and a motion for a tho Singh (Chauhan) is feeding smoothly in the presence of EC meeting on Jan 10, 11 rough probe in the matter false stories to the media president Raja and Union NEW DELHI was passed,” said the without taking views of the Sports Ministry observer Sa The national capital will host release. president.” tyajit Sankrit. the Executive Committee meeting of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) here on Friday and Saturday. The previous EC Confi dent BFC takes on JFC meeting of the ITTF was held in New Delhi way back in 1987 The visitor will be keen to recover from recent poor show when Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) played host to the World Championships here. The meeting, to be chaired by ITTF president Thomas Weikert, will discuss the development of table tennis in India, among other issues, a TTFI release said. PTI
Boult, Latham doubtful for India series
Press Trust of India AUCKLAND Business as usual: Though it is expected to be an easy outing, Bengaluru FC will not take Jamshedpur FC lightly. * FILE PHOTO New Zealand pace spear head Trent Boult and wick ISL nuel Onwu and Udanta er but midfi elder Noe Acosta etkeeperbatsman Tom Singh have failed to contri has returned from injury. Latham are doubtful star Special Correspondent bute. The arrival of the “We are creating chances, ters for the home series club’s new off ensive signing, Bengaluru but without Sergio Castel we against India after the duo Deshorn Brown, has been are not able to fi nish them,” suff ered fractures in the re It took an inspired Sunil delayed by visa issues; so said Jamshedpur coach An centlyconcluded Test se Chhetri brace to drag Benga much will depend on Chhe tonio Iriondo. “Obviously, ries against Australia. luru FC past FC Goa last tri again. his absence is a blow for us. week. It was a result that “It's true that Sunil is our Boult was ruled out of Hopefully, he will be able to gave BFC vital breathing topscorer, but we are creat the fi nal Test between New play from the next match.” room; defeat would have left ing chances for everyone,” Zealand and Australia after the side fi ve points adrift of said goalkeeping coach Ja BFC, though, will not take fracturing his right hand Goa and concerned over its vier Pinillos. “We are not Jamshedpur lightly. “They and coach Gary Stead said playoff chances. worried because we are sure have been in the topfour al the pacer was “touchand It is thus a relieved and even the others will score.” most all season,” said Pinil go to be available” for the confi dent BFC that will take Jamshedpur began the los. “We can’t be overconfi Twenty20 series against the fi eld on Thursday, for a season with a bang, winning dent. We had a real tough India. meeting with Jamshedpur three of its fi rst fi ve matches, 00 draw when we played The 27yearold Latham FC. but its form has since tailed them earlier this season.” broke his right little fi nger off . Injuries to key attackers Cuadrat will watch this while claiming the catch of Reliance on Chhetri Sergio Castel and Piti have game from the gallery as he Marnus Labuschagne on Chhetri has now scored se clearly hurt the side; Jam serves a onematch suspen day four of the fi nal Test ven of BFC’s 13 goals this sea shedpur has failed to win sion; the BFC coach will against Australia in Sydney, son and it must worry Carles any of its last fi ve games. The hope for an anxietyfree ruling him out for days. Cuadrat that the likes of Ma two players are yet to recov evening. CM YK