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! "$% !&                          &  12#1,3' ment. This is not to victimise to protect Muslim women  R anyone but to provide safety enacted after a Supreme Court he passed the and protection to Muslim order was not strong enough. TTriple Talaq Bill on women, he said, adding, “Hence, she said, there is a need     and ensure faster settlement of Thursday with the Congress, Muslim Personal Law Board for the Bill,” she said. claims and schemes. The the TMC, the Samajwadi Party, and clerics are also against AIMIM leader Asaduddin     Centre is examining the Rythu the RJD and the AIADMK triple talaq. Terming triple Owaisi questioned the inten- Bandhu Investment Support staging a walkout demanding talaq as a social evil, he said, the tion of the Government behind Scheme (FISS) of Telangana for the Bill be sent to “Joint Select time has come to abolish it. criminalising triple talaq while    farmers to tackle the agrarian Committee” for “thorough Defending the Bill, BJP it has supported decriminali- crisis and farmers’ unrest. debates” on the provisions of member Meenakshi Lekhi said, sation of homosexuality. “Why     A high-level meeting was criminal cases against deserter “I will like to ask those oppos- have you decriminalised held by Prime Minister Muslim husbands. ing the Bill that in which ‘suraa’ homosexuality and criminalis-  '" !   12#1,3' at his resi- Introducing the Bill abol- of the Quran is ‘talaq-e-biddat’ ing triple talaq? Because it dence on Wednesday on a ishing instant triple talaq, with mentioned? This is not “he vs would be used against us. fter electoral debacle in wide-ranging farm relief plan. additional provisions for bail she”, these are issues of human Sexual minority got choice in Athree major States — Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and patch up with spouses, rights violation,” she said. Section 377, then why not reli- , BJP chief , and Union Law Minister Ravi “Our constitution talks gious minorities,” Owaisi said. and — in the just- Agriculture Minister Radha Shankar Prasad appealed to about a uniform civil code “If your faith is your faith, concluded Assembly polls, the Mohan Singh too attended the political parties not to weigh and not a uniform religious then my faith should also be Narendra Modi Government is meeting. the historic Bill on scales of pol- code. Do we want to create a my faith. Your (Government) considering several measures to “The Modi Government itics but rather consider pro- society where men have the intentions are not clean... You support farmers in distress as will announce a new set of viding justice to hapless            sole right to divorce women can bring your own law, but we pressure mounts for a nation- measures for farmers before the Muslim women. whenever they want, a society will not forfeit our religion,” wide loan waiver scheme ahead end of the winter session (of “Don’t weigh the Bill on the Sumitra Mahajan allotted four where men can change wives Owaisi said. of the general election. Parliament) on January 5,” said scales of politics. The Bill is hours for the debate on the Bill, like clothes,” she asked. While replying, the Law These include a scheme to the sources. about humanity and justice,” he which literally witnessed the Union Minister Smriti Minister said that it was regret- direct income support to farm- Sources said the Central said, urging lawmakers of dif- arguments on political lines, Irani said if Parliament can table that Opposition parties ers for the purchase of inputs Government’s plan is to go ferent parties to speak in one with many Opposition parties enact laws to ban dowry and were creating hurdles in its pas- like seeds, fertilisers, pesti- beyond loan waivers. Under voice to support the legislation. raising concerns of “unneces- the practice of sati, it can also sage due to “vote bank politics”. cides, labour and other invest- the direct income support Amid a demand by sary jailing of Muslim men” for approve the Bill to ban instant Prasad pointed out that even ments in the field operations of scheme, farmers would be Opposition parties that the a private issue or tussle between triple talaq. Intervening in the after the Supreme Court judg- farmer’s choice for the crop sea- entitled to a periodic pay- Bill be sent to a select com- a husband and a wife, while BJP debate, she slammed the ment, as many as 477 cases of son across the country, to pay ment. The amount will be mittee for study, Prasad said the and Shiv Sena MPs vociferously Congress saying it missed triple talaq have been reported farmers the difference between paid on the monthly basis to Government has already taken argued on the plight of Muslim opportunities to bring a simi- since January 2017 and cited a the Minimum Support Price carry out farming activities. note of concerns expressed by women who face divorce via lar law when it was in power. case where a professor gave (MSP) for their crop and the Under the scheme, there is a members earlier and amended SMS and WhatsApp messages. She said there were suggestions talaq to his wife over market rate, doubling collater- possibility that an amount of the Bill accordingly. Prasad As soon as the House that dowry is a social issue WhatsApp. al-free loans under Kisan 2,000-2,500 per farmer per said the Bill has made the resumed at 2 pm after an between two parties. “Still The Muslim Women Credit Cards (KCCs) to 2 lakh month to be provided direct- offence compoundable, mean- adjournment to take up the     ! "    Parliament enacted a law (Protection of Rights on and changes in the Pradhan ly to their bank account. If ing that the case can be with- Muslim Women (Protection against it. It brought law against Marriage) Bill 2018 was passed Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna implemented, the scheme will drawn if the man and his of Rights on Marriage) Bill, Sushmita Deb said the Bill attacked the (the practice of) sati,” she said. by the Lower House with 245 (PMFBY) crop insurance benefit 10-12 crore farmers in estranged wife reach a com- Congress Leader in the Lok will jeopardise the Muslim Opposition for eyeing vote Referring to a verse of the votes in favour and 11 against. scheme to enhance coverage the country. promise, and that only the Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge families and sole aim of the Bill bank by ignoring the plight of Quran, she said the issue of The Bill will now go to the wife and her close relatives can demanded the Bill be referred will lead to sending men to jail. the Muslim women who face instant triple talaq was also Rajya Sabha for approval. file an FRI, ruling out the law’s to a joint select committee of Speaker Sumitra Mahajan hardships at the end of the day dealt by a “khalifa”. When The fresh Bill will super- misuse. both Houses for greater scruti- said a similar Bill was discussed due to instant triple talaq, Mohammad Salim of the CPM sede an earlier Bill passed in the Parliament had earlier ny. He said several provisions and passed by the Lok Sabha which is now banned in many wanted her to name the “khal- Lok Sabha and pending in the unanimously supported laws, of the Bill were “unconstitu- and therefore members can Islamic countries. Intervening ifa” she was referring to, Irani Rajya Sabha. The Bill to make including the one prescribing tional”. AIADMK leader P flag issues during the debate. in the debate on the Bill, Union said she can even take the the practice of instant triple death in rape cases, aimed at Venugopal, TMC’s Sudip She said all of a sudden a Minority Affairs Minister name of Hazrat Sahib but talaq among Muslims a penal giving justice to women, and Bandhopadhyay, AIMIM’s demand cannot be made to Naqvi said acts like murder are would want the Opposition offence was introduced in the the Triple Talaq Bill is also a Assaduddin Owaisi and send it to a committee. against the law but people still leader to chant “Hanuman Lok Sabha on December 17 to step towards justice for women, Supriya Sule (NCP) too made BJP’s Mukhtar Abbas commit such crime and hence Chalisa”. replace an Ordinance issued in the Law Minister said. Speaker similar demands. Congress MP Naqvi, Meenakshi Lekhi and there is provision for punish- She also said the 1986 law September. 

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Naidu urged all parties to condolences. %($@     to crack the civil services exam were “strategising” for stalling arrive at a consensus on taking Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra     ! claiming they were affected by the proceedings. action against “disruptors”, Mahajan on Thursday said abrupt changes in rules He said the Chair has “very adding some outfits were not that the country cannot forget !"     between 2011 and 2015. few options” when the parties supporting such measures for the martyrdom of the four the word go in the morning.    & Cutting across party lines, themselves direct their mem- “obvious reasons” and that the sons of the Sikh Guru Gobind Congress and AIADMK mem-    4' *  the members of Parliament bers to disrupt proceedings Chair cannot be selective in Singh and the House express- bers continued their sloga-    # + said it was harsh on the part of and any action against such taking action against those es its condolences. neering over various issues. 6 0    the Government to deny the “disruptors” can only be taken entering the Well of the House. While BS Mann (AAP) Mahajan said members    ) aspirants one more chance to with consensus. He noted that the Chair asked the House to pay tributes were speaking on a serious A    appear in the exam. Around The Rajya Sabha was had very few options when to the martyrs, ‘Sahibzade’, issue and the protesting parties      *    100 UPSC aspirants held a adjourned for the day without political parties directed their four Martyred Sons of Guru should observe silence and lis-       ! protest at Parliament Street in DMK leader TKS Elangovan and give these aspirants anoth- transacting any business after members to disrupt the House Gobind Singh — Ajit Singh , ten to them as the matter was        , seeking compensatory and Congress leader BK er chance,” Yechury said. ruckus in the House over issues as a matter of strategy. 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PS Chandumajra (Shimoni The country joins in paying A    -   Hindi and humanities back- were changed in the past too - to the minister concerned and ters and leaders of various par- He also said such repeated Akali Dal) urged members to tributes,” she said adding “The !8  A    ground as they felt that it in 1979 and in 1992 — and on the prime minister. ties before the commencement adjournments would adverse- stand for 2 minutes and pay country cannot forget the mar-      would affect those who were both the occasions, aspirants Arun S Nigavekar of the Upper House, Naidu said ly impact public perception tributes to the Guru’s sons. tyrdom and the House express-   *    not from English, Maths and affected by the changes were Committee set up by the he was forced to adjourn the about Parliament. 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If these young- guages and from humanities tions were also “strategising” price rise, farm sector concerns, senior BJP leader SS Ahluwalia of Mughals who were offered     / changes, said they have raised sters are denied the opportu- background has declined dur- for repeated adjournments for Cauvery water and Rafale deal. said the martyrdom should be the choice religious conversion    -  the issue several times and nity then you are having an elit- ing 2011-2014”, he said. The “more effect”. He appealed to all sec- respected. to escape death. Both of the  ) 00 +  *  written to the Government but ist bias and promoting region- CSAT paper was competitive in The Rajya Sabha saw dis- tions of the House to remove The Speaker sought mem- Guru’s sons, however, braced     the response has been “callous”. al imbalances. 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All Opposition he BJP on Thursday electoral scene with a section of being elected on an agenda of   &   & 3 State Congress over portfolio would make a good start on charge for the State Avinash parties feel this and we are Tdescribed as an “admis- BJP supporters accusing the making a new Pakistan.    +  *  allocation, and that the newly- this day.” Pande has already taken place. hopeful the ‘mahagathbandhan’ sion of self guilt” a Pakistani Congress members of criticis- “The statement should be          formed Cabinet will meet in In Uttar Pradesh and He also expressed hope will be formed soon and will be Minister’s claim that the ing Modi while on a visit to the seen as an admission of self          Jaipur on Friday which is also when the BJP that a ‘mahagathbandhan’ successful,” he said. Narendra Modi Government neighbouring country and guilt by the Pakistani estab-      *  the foundation day of the party. came to power, it took them (grand alliance) of Opposition Referring to Union can carry out another surgical plotting his defeat. lishment that terrorist camps     *  Gehlot justified the alloca- seven-nine days to announce parties would soon be formed Minister ’s recent strike for “political gains”. “2019 is very important for are obviously not only still        tion of portfolios, saying it Chief Ministers, he said. The to take on and defeat the BJP, remark that the BJP “leader- BJP spokesperson Nalin Pakistan. Indian Prime existing but active and there-     O  was a “well-thought out” exer- BJP Government, he alleged, which he claimed was working ship” should own up to “defeat Kohli’s sharp retort came fol- Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP fore puts an acceptance at their #+ "'"#+    cise and has been “welcomed” had “blocked” several big deci- to satisfy “public perception” and failures” also, days after his lowing Pakistan Railways has lost elections in five States end that India does have a right         by the people. The newly sions of the previous Congress and not doing any sincere and party lost polls in three states, Minister and Prime Minister in his country. To appease his to protect its borders and secu-  3  !   inducted Rajasthan Ministers Government and said his party concrete work. Gehlot said, “Maybe some Imran Khan’s close aide Sheikh far-right constituents before rity,” the BJP leader said.       were allocated portfolios, with would not emulate them. “Rahul Gandhiji has said more BJP leaders should speak Rashid’s comments at a press the next general election in Kohli, who is a national    +  *  Chief Minister Gehlot keeping “We won’t block any good that we will exert pressure on their hearts out in the party’s conference in Lahore that 2019, Modi can order surgical spokesperson of the BJP, has        nine departments, including decision of the outgoing Raje the Prime Minister to waive interest before the NDA Prime Minister Modi can order strikes in Pakistan. This is been given additional respon- 45     the key Finance and Home, Government. The good work farm loans as farmers were the Government goes out of such an attack for “political what I am seeing to happen,” sibility of being the party’s       with himself, in an exercise late of the Vasundharaji’s most harassed, besides the power,” he said. gains” ahead of the 2019 elec- Rashid said. Hitting back, Kohli election in-charge of Nagaland        on Wednesday night. Government, we will not block youth of the country, whose tions. said the Pakistani Government and .     ! )"(*+,"  *+ ,    () !   +  +      -''  *    +  * &  12#1,3'  $8  #6 (# )6 ( isation in India in general and #1(7 ( 16$ (  & Punjab in particular in their bid &  12#1,3'  (  Tshering will provide an oppor- &  12#1,3' Minister, in a representation he Union Home Ministry 8# 6 ( )8:$#; to revive militancy in the State.   )  tunity to the two sides to made to the Election Ton Thursday banned the The MAC input was fur- hutan Prime Minister Lotay review the progress in the elangana Chief Minister K Commission, informed “how Khalistan Liberation Force #7 968  16( 69 ther verified by the Research BTshering arrived here on   + multi-faceted partnership, and TChandrashekar Rao on voters in Telangana are getting (KLF) as a terrorist organisa-  !  #$1 6 and Analysis Wing, India’s Thursday on a three-day visit    discuss ways and means to Thursday met Chief Election confused with party symbols tion. The KLF aims to establish 86( #6( external Intelligence agency, during which he will hold talks expand the enduring ties of Commissioner Sunil Arora and especially truck and iron and an independent country with which not only confirmed the with his counterpart Narendra , - " friendship and cooperation, urged him not to allocate poll requested not to allow such the secession of Punjab role of the outfit in revival of Modi on a host of issues, the MEA had said. symbols that can be confused symbols in the 2019 Lok Sabha “through violent means”. Bureau and the National terrorism in India but also including the Himalayan  .  “Time-tested relationship. with his party TRS’ ‘car’ sym- polls”, a party leader said. The outfit has been banned Investigation Agency had sent underscored an input that a nation’s five-year development    (    Dr Lotay Tshering bol by voters in the upcoming In the recently concluded under the Unlawful Activities dossiers on the anti-national Canada-based Khalistani rad- plan. @PMBhutan received warm- Lok Sabha general elections. assembly elections, truck sym- (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) activities of the outfit. ical had already handed over 4 On his first visit to the (  #    ly by MoS Finance During a meeting here, bol was allotted to All India for the group’s alleged involve- While the NIA listed the crore to an ISI handler to country since taking charge last   )+ @BJPShivPShukla on arrival in Rao informed the CEC that the Foward Bloc party, while iron ment in killing of innocent cases involving community- deliver it to the conduits in month, Tshering was received Delhi for a 3-day State Visit at Telangana Rashtra Samithi symbol was given to an inde- people and police officers and specific targeted killings in India, sources said. by Minister of State for Finance the invitation of PM @naren- (TRS) had to suffer in some pendent. Rao also flagged con- several bombings on civilian Punjab by radicals affiliated Following this, a note was Shiv Pratap Shukla. The Ministry of External dramodi. #IndiaBhutan cele- constituencies in the recent cerns about deletion of names targets in India, according to a with KLF, the MAC report moved for banning the KLF. He will be given a cere- Affairs had earlier said the brate 50th anniversary of estab- Assembly polls because of the in the state voters’ list, the Government order. pointed out that UK and The decision to ban the monial reception on Friday two sides are likely to discuss lishment of diplomatic relations symbol confusion, party sources added. The Khalistan Liberation Canada-based Khalistani rad- outfit under the UAPA comes and will hold talks with Prime all aspects of bilateral rela- this year,” MEA Spokesperson sources said. The TRS chief also The Chief Minister is in Force and all its manifestations icals associated with the KLF in the backdrop of agencies Minister Modi the same day. tions, including high-level Raveesh Kumar tweeted after discussed about brightening Delhi for last three days. He have been declared outlawed and having links with Pakistan’s unearthing several KLF mod- Sources said a host of exchanges, people-to-people Bhutanese premier’s arrival. the colour of the party symbol paid a courtesy call on Prime under the UAPA, the order covert agency Inter-Services ules in recent months which issues, including Bhutan’s five- ties, and economic, develop- Tshering’s visit comes a for easy recognition by voters, Minister Narendra Modi yes- said. Intelligence, have committed has led to assessments that it is year development plan, is like- ment and hydropower cooper- month after Foreign Secretary they said. terday and discussed pending Earlier, the Multi-Agency “huge sum of money” to sup- attempting to revive militancy ly to be discussed during the ation. Vijay Gokhale’s official trip to The Telangana Chief projects. Centre of the Intelligence port the activities of the organ- in the State. visit. The upcoming visit of Bhutan. )      !  +   

Government. become ‘Monument Mitras’ On Thursday, Union through the innovative concept Tourism Minister KJ Alphons, of ‘Vision Bidding’, which will at an event here handed over a give them the opportunity to Memorandum of associate their CSR activities Understanding to M/s Resbird with a heritage site if the Vision Technologies for developing Bid is selected,” the official said. the mobile Audio-Video Guide The move to develop such App under the Centre’s ‘Adopt an app was felt to ease the visit a Heritage’ scheme launched in of the tourists to the hotspots June this year. as they will not have to spend During the function, the on guided tours which have Minister also handed over the been found quite expensive Letters of Intent to seven agen- with little time for the tourists * 3* 4 cies shortlisted to become to do exploring on their own. 23+)4 ‘Monument Mitras’. The app will give the the Archaeological Survey of (LoI) in five ceremonies to 37 An official from the - & 304 tourists the ability to take a tour India (ASI). shortlisted agencies for their Ministry said that these agen- at their own pace as they will It aims to involve public interest in 107 sites across &  12#1,3' Mahabodhi Temple (Bihar)- cies, if empanelled, will cover The sites also include the group of Monuments, Madhya not have to stick to be in and private sector companies, India. As on date, 10 MoUs will no longer have to depend sites like the Aalampur Temple, Champaner Pavagarh Pradesh; the Mahabalipuram groups, he said. corporate citizens or individu- have been executed with vari- oon tourists visiting five on the human guide to explore Telangana; Bhimbetka Rock Archaeological Park, Group of Monuments, Tamil The ‘Adopt a Heritage: als to make the country’s her- ous ‘Monument Mitras’ for Siconic sites — Amer Fort the historic hotspots. In fact, Shelters, Madhya Pradesh; Champaner, ; the Nadu and the Maharaja Apni Dharohar, Apni itage and tourism more sus- development, operation and (Rajasthan), Kaziranga they can just log in to an Buddhist Caves, Uparkot, European tomb, near Katargam Chhatrasal Museum Complex Pehchaan’ scheme is a collab- tainable through development. maintenance of tourist ameni- (), Colva Beach (), audio-video guide app that is Gujarat; and Rani ki Vav, Patan, Darwaja, Surat, Gujarat; Lothal, in Madhya Pradesh. orative effort between the min- The Ministry has previ- ties at heritage and tourist sites Kumarakom (Kerala) and being developed by the Gujarat. Bhal, Gujarat; the Khajuraho “These agencies would istries of Tourism, Culture and ously issued Letters of Intent across India.   (  ) *+, *-.+    / *     .     

  &  6"'76 promise 30, 2018. made by the The scheme is known as he Congress Congress 'Short-term Farmer Loan TGovernment in party in its Waiver Scheme-2018'. The Chhattisgarh on Thursday election man- scheme includes marginal started returning money of ifesto on farmers, small and big farm- farmers which was taken farm loan ers.It also includes SHGs and from them during sale of waiver. farmer groups, an official paddy which was linked to Notably, statement informed here on the loan repayment system theSaturday last . during the previous regime. Chhattisgarh The Government will pay We have fulfilled our government back loans via linking or cash promises made in the poll had issued between November 1 to 30, manifesto, Chief Minister notification 2018. Bhupesh Baghel said in a to the Co- The loan waiver is only for statement. operatives short term loans and not The Government has Department medium or long term loan, it started returning Rs 1248 regarding stated. crore to 3.57 lakh farmers by waiver of It would be the responsi- transferring money in their short-term bility of the banks to verify the bank accounts,officials loans of authenticity of farmer loan informed. farmers till waiver and also the farmers' The process is part of the November list, it stated. (            ',-

    '  '-'0    "  3 "4 ""  Q .   R   &  6"'76 are females while 964 are Third Gender. duplicate entry/deceased elector and per- This number would change with addition manently transferred electors would be   & hhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer of new electors, he said. deleted, the persons with disabilities  6"'76 CSubrat Sahoo on Thursday appealed to “Electors can add their names till (PWD) electors’ will be identified and the citizens and all the political parties to January 25, 2019. All the submitted those left out citizens will be added in the ports in life for ensure that new electors having attained claims and objections would be dis- electoral roll, the CEO said. Sany human the age of 18 years as on January 1, 2019 posed before February 22. The updating Sahoo explained in detail the whole being is necessary and those left out in last Assembly elec- of database of electoral roll and printing process of addition and deletion process, for keeping good tion have chance to register their names of supplementary electoral roll is sched- documents required for adding names as health and also for during the special summary revision of uled before February 18 and the final pub- electors and approaching both through mental growth. electoral rolls. lication of electoral roll is on February 22”, booth level and registering through online Wining and losing Addressing a press conference here, he said. for inclusion in electoral roll. is an integral part Sahoo said that with this process the first Sahoo pointed out as in assembly elec- On a query, he said, “Cases were found of sports, said Shiv step of Lok Sabha polls 2019 will com- tion, the political parties should appoint that the BLO had not submitted the Dahariya, State mence. a booth level agent so to ensure that elec- forms on time due to which many new Minister for The primary publication of the elec- tors can be systematically added in the electors name could be added in electoral Urban toral roll has been done on Wednesday. electoral roll, mainly those left out during roll during the summary revision during Administration There are a total of 1,85,80,610 electors out the assembly election. assembly election 2018. It is being counter and Development of which 93,10,772 are male and 92,68,874 Door to door survey will be done, checked.” on Thursday. He along with Kawasi Lakhma, 66 Minister for .  )       Commercial Tax (Excise) and   Industries had inaugurated the R! R/ " Government    Department   &  4',")76 history and constitutional Employees issues. The some of the books %(( Association enior Advocate of are Samvidhan Ka Sach, Cricket SChhattisgarh High Court , Samvidhan Ki Padtal, Gandhi   &  6"'76 Competition here. Kanak Tiwari has been and Panchayati Raj, Gandhi The matches appointed the new Advocate Ka Desh, Fir Se Hind Swaraj, n the selected 200 colleges of are being held between the playing members. The Minister duo assured for foreign tour, then only his General of the State. Bastar: Lal Kranti Banam Ithe State, ‘Red Ribbon Club’ Government Secretariat He hoped that under lead- that half the expense of the 10- family members can identify The State Government Green Hunt and Hind Swaraj will be constituted, officials Employees (Mahanadi ership of Chief Minister day cricket event will be borne but when a player goes to play issued an order in this regard Ka Sach. informed. Bhawan) and Indrawati Bhupesh Baghel, the State’s by the State government, for at national level then whole on Thursday. Notably, earlier the Through National Service Bhawan (HOD office) near development will be on fast which they will take the ini- world watches them.” Tiwari began his carrier as Advocate General Jugal Kishor Scheme (NSS), in all the dis- Gate Number 3 of Indrawati track. tiative. The first prize is Rs 7000 a Professor in English Gilda resigned from the post tricts, during the camps, stu- Bhawan, Atal Nagar and will be He added that the State Minister Kawasi Lakhma cash and second prize is Rs Literature. Later after doing right after Bhupesh Baghel dents should be provided infor- played for next 10 days. government will be always said, “Sports is a medium which 5000 cash. The other awards LLB from Pt Ravishankar assumed the office of Chief mation in detail regarding HIV, Dahariya said sports also working for betterment of the gives national and internation- are for Best Bowler, Man of Shukla University and securing Inspired with Gandhian Minister. Gilda, who hails from AIDS, its prevention and helps in developing brother- employees and al identity to the player. When the Match and Man of the gold medal in it, he joined the philosophy, Tiwari is also an Nagpur in Maharashtra, served importance of blood dona- hood and coordination among officers. a prominent personality goes Series. profession of Legal Counsellor. author of several books on the post since 2014. tion, said Dr R R Sahni, Project Director, Chhattisgarh State AIDS Control Committee and Director, Epidemic Control.      (  !) $ He was addressing a meet- ing-cum-workshop of NSS nodal officers of 27 districts of the state.   &  The celebra- Sahni pointed out that in state "", " "6 tions would around 13000 HIV infected comprise display patients are being provided free hief Secretary of tableux and of cost medicines through five CAjay Singh on presentation of Anti-retro viral Therapy Centres. Thursday chaired cultural perfor- The NSS Nodal officers a meeting to mances by were given detailed informa- review prepara- school children tion on HIV AIDS, malaria, tions being made of districts of dengue, swine-flu and other for Republic Day Bastar and communicable diseases. celebrations to be Surguja division Dr Sahni said, “Generally held on January 26 and the Central HIV affects persons in age this year. zone. group between 15 to 49 years The State-level Themore. All preventive measures celebrations will be Government should be taken so that the held at the Police buildings would blood of HIV patients does not Parade ground in be illuminated on enter into body of normal per- Raipur. January 26. son.                                                                                                                                                !        "                                            #            $ % S                      '                "       (          

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Prime Minister Narendra Ram Thakur-led BJP around 26, in connection with lence and the cow-slaughtering son Mohammad Faisal also India's relationship with Modi and Chinese President Xi Government in Himachal the killing of Inspector Subodh cases. said that the Kashmir issue China was severely hit by the Jinping have held bilateral Pradesh, Modi also claimed Kumar Singh during the vio- Three of them -- Nadeem, remained "on top of Pakistan's 73-day face-off between armies meetings three times and held that the previous Congress lence in Siyana area of Uttar Raees and Kaala -- were arrest- priority". of the two countries at the an informal summit in Wuhan government had similarly mis-        $  0 3!4 Pradesh's Bulandshahr district ed for their alleged involvement At the weekly media brief- strategically sensitive Doklam this year, which the sources led ex-soldiers on the imple-  - /+    ' ''  on December 3, takes the total in the cow-slaughtering case, ing here, Faisal said that the tri-juction in the Sikkim sector described as "unprecedented". mentation of their demand for $   0  &/   number of accused held in while two accused were nabbed Kartarpur corridor was the last year. They said the second infor- ‘one rank, one pension”.    this case to 29, police said. by the state special task force "high point of diplomacy for The sources said the polit- mal summit between leadership His criticism comes days "During interrogation, he (STF) for the subsequent vio- Pakistan's new Government, ical relationship between the of the two countries is likely to after Congress chief Rahul waiving farm loans before at the Centre implemented has confessed to his involve- lence after cow carcasses were along with Afghan (peace) two neighbours has just not be held in the second half of Gandhi said his party will not Assembly elections in Punjab 'one rank, one pension' scheme ment in the violence and also found in a field. The inspector developments." only been restored but height- 2019. let Modi rest till he writes off and , but claimed the in the real sense, he said. admitted that he had shot the and a youth had died during He said Prime Minister ened in the past one year. On partnerships with lead- farm loans across the country. party had failed to deliver. Apparently countering bullet which killed the inspec- the violence. Khan in a letter to his Indian At the same time, they said ing powers, the sources said The recently elected While farmers in Punjab Rahul Gandhi's jibe that the tor," said Atul Kumar The trio was not named in counterpart Narendra Modi in India was seriously concerned India's ties with the US pro- Congress Governments in got “nothing”, only 800 farmers “watchman” had himself Srivastava, additional superin- the initial FIR, which had September gave a detailed over China's Belt and Road ceeded on a positive track, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh were given token amounts in turned into a “thief”, Modi said, tendent of police (ASP), seven accused, including two roadmap to move forward Initiative and the way interna- while "significant trust" has and Rajasthan have announced Karnataka, he claimed. “Chowkidar choro ko chhorne Bulandhshahr city. minors, but their names but New Delhi failed to tional norms and standards in also been built with Russia. loan waiver schemes. Speaking in Hindi, Modi ko tayar nahi (The watchman "We are interrogating him emerged in the case during reciprocate. giving contracts under the pro- The sources said the China- The Prime Minister said said the Congress had "made a is not ready to let scamsters further to elicit other details probe. Faisal said that despite ject were being flouted. Pakistan Economic Corridor the Congress Government fool" of the people through its go).” Remembering former and expect other information An FIR against 27 named India's refusal to start a dia- The sources also said India (CPEC) is a direct challenge to waived loans worth only loan waiver promises. prime minister Atal Bihari to emerge during the probe. people and 50-60 unidentified logue, Pakistan went ahead expects China to walk the talk India's sovereignty and territo- 60,000 crore when it came to The Congress has chal- Vajpayee, Modi said Himachal Based on that information, we people was registered at the with the groundbreaking of the on the issue of giving market rial integrity and that it is for power in 2009 even though lenged such claims in the past, Pradesh was the leader's second will move ahead with the probe Siyana police station for the Kartarpur corridor. access to Indian products. dual use, including for military farmers' debts totalled 6 lakh insisting its Governments have home and industries were set up in the case," the ASP said. violence at the Chingrawathi Prime Minister Khan in "The positive development purposes. crore. implemented the loan-waiver in the hilly State at his initiative. A police official said Nat, a police post after cattle car- November laid the foundation is that relations with China have India has been strongly He said a report of the promises in the States and at He said development pro- resident of Chingrawathi vil- casses were found strewn out- stone for the corridor linking returned to the normal track," opposing the CPEC, which is Comptroller and Auditor the Centre. jects worth 26,000 crore were lage of Siyana, was held from side nearby Mahaw village. Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in said an authoritative source, part of the BRI, as it passes General had found that lakhs Modi said the previous under way in various sectors in Sikandrabad, near the highway One of the main suspects Pakistan's Kartarpur — the while summing up India's through Pakistan-occupied- of people who were not even Manmohan Singh-led . He that leads to Noida, around among the 27 named in the final resting place of Sikh faith's diplomatic engagement in 2018. Kashmir. On BRI, they said it farmers benefitted from the Congress Government had also described Himachal Pradesh as 2.30 pm. He works part time as FIR, local Bajrang Dal leader founder Guru Nanak Dev — to Calling Indo-Pacific as a should follow international then Congress Government's misled the nation by just allo- the land of brave soldiers who a driver in Delhi and nearby Yogesh Raj, is still at large, while Dera Baba Nanak shrine in major area of India's interest, norms, ensure transparency loan waiver scheme. cating a meagre budget for the were ever ready to make the areas and, at other times, he an Army jawan, Jitendra Malik, India's Gurdaspur district to the sources said the country was and most importantly, respect Modi said the Congress one rank, one pension scheme. supreme sacrifice at the border. works locally as a labourer, the has been arrested and remand- facilitate visa-free movement of keen to talk about it with China sovereignty and territorial had made similar promises of But his own Government PTI official told PTI. ed in custody. PTI Indian Sikh pilgrims. PTI and the issue was likely to fig- integrity of countries. PTI " 0+++ + * #     O/+ 7 89! *2Q* .&      . "#++**% * *. *  0*+  &  "6","+317 #' understand the ground real- $( ity of the Vamsadhara Water &  he Andhra Pradhesh Project on Tuesday, the #3"6")3"," TGovernment has con- Gajapati Congress unit held a ! structed a barrage on the Press meet here, where leader rime Minister Vamsadhara river for drink- Tirupathi Panigrahi criticised PNarendra Modi &  3" #' "63 ing water and irrigation, while the State Government for its on Thursday the Odisha Government has negligence to provide suffi- addressed the ‘Jan aryana Chief Minister, completely failed to tap the cient water to the farmers of Aabhar Rally’ at HManohar Lal on water resource for the Gajapati district where as the Police Ground, Thursday announced to install Gajapati farmers, Andhra Government has Dharamshalain 10 lakh smart meters in the who are in dire need of water taken advantage of the which the participa- state by Power Discoms. for irrigation, slammed Vamsadhara Water Project tion was impressive Under the first phase, such Congress here. and is providing water suc- with people coming meters would be started in In the wake of a visit of a cessfully to the hundreds of from all parts of the Karnal and Gurugram where- Central team to the district to acres of farm land. state. as the work of installing 10,000 Modi inaugurat- such meters has already start- ed exhibition put up ed in Panipat. on the occasion and Addressing a press con- envisaged keen inter- ference organised to give the est in it. He also details of the reforms and interacted with ben- achievements of the Power eficiaries of various Department during last four New Delhi: Some people on projects to clean the Yamuna welfare schemes of years, here, he said under the Thursday interrupted Delhi River. the state government and the government has proved to Integrated Power Chief Minister It was attended by Union released a Coffee Table Book   .. ( a boon for the common man Development Scheme of by imitating coughing action as Water Resources Minister brought out by the Information    2 !, for immediate redressal of their Government of India, a sum of he started speaking at an offi- Gadkari and Environment and Public Relations grievances. So far, 76 Jan Manch Rs.390.59 crore has been sanc- cial event here, prompting Minister Vardhan. Department on one year's "+) . have been organized in 65 tioned for improving power Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari Deputy Chief Minister achievements of the state gov- O , , Assembly constituencies in system of 47 towns of the state. and Harsh Vardhan to inter- Manish Sisodia, Minister of ernment. $  P ( %2 which 20062 grievances were Under the scheme, new 33 KV vene. State for Water Resources A documentary on   .  . settled. sub stations, 11 KV feeders, The action ridiculing Satyapal Singh, and BJP MPs achievements of the govern- He said that nature has distribution transformers and Kejriwal for the bouts of cough- from Delhi and workers were ment produced by the IPR    . ), blessed Himachal Pradesh with capacity of existing trans- ing he suffered till 2016, left the also present. Department was also screened    , immense tourism potential and formers would be augmented. AAP leader in an awkward Some people started mock- on the occasion.  . ( ,  . the government is committed Manohar Lal said with position at the Vigyan Bhawan ing Kejriwal by coughing as he Earlier, on his arrival, the for its optimum exploitation. the consistent efforts of the event as he asked for some began his speech. As the heck- Prime Minister was accorded -   ).  Nai Rahein, Nai Manzilein Haryana Government in the silence from the audience. ling became louder, Vardhan warm welcome by Chief  (  ( scheme has been launched to last four years to bring reforms The programme was joint- and Gadkari asked them to Minister , other . , develop unexplored places of in the power sector along with ly organised by the National stop. "Please keep quite. This is senior leaders and officers of the the state, he said, thanking the transparency in the system, all Mission for Clean Ganga and an official event," Gadkari said. state government. Thakur hon-    .   Prime Minister for getting the four power companies of the Delhi Jal Board to launch PTI oured the Prime Minister by     approved ADB project worth the State have not only presenting a shawl, Himachali    Rs. 1900 crore tourism devel- emerged from the losses but cap and memento. opment project for the State. have also earned profit for the In his address Chief senior citizens by lowering the Governor Acharya first time since the inception Minister Jai Ram Thakur said age limit for getting pension Devvrat, Union Health Minister of the State. ‘Swarnim Himachal from 80 to 70 years, benefitting J.P. Nadda, In-charge Himachal Besides this, Annual Drishtipatra’ of BJP has been over 1.30 lakh persons. In order BJP Affairs Mangal Pandey, Integrated Rankings of adopted as policy document by to have first hand information former Chief Minister and MP DISCOMs (issued by Ministry the government and from the about the developmental needs , former Chief of Power, Govt. of India) has day one, it ensured that bene- and aspiration of the people of Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, also recorded remarkable fits of development percolates the State, he has visited 63 State BJP President Satpal improvement. The ratings of down the person living at the assembly constituencies of the Singh Satti, Speaker State UHBVN which was 22nd lowest ebb. state out of total 68 during this Vidhan Sabha Rajiv Bindal, during Financial Year 2015-16 He said that very first deci- short period of one year. Cabinet ministers, MPs, MLAs has come to 10th during sion of the state government Thakur said that the Jan and top officials were present in Financial Year 2016-17. was aimed at welfare of the Manch programme started by the function. Similarly, the rating of DHBVN which was 24th dur- ing Financial Year 2015-16 has come to 13thduring Financial Year 2016-17. Efforts would be made to bring these to first three positions in the rating for the year 2018-19. Giving details, the chief minister said that the present State Government is the first such Government since incep- tion of Haryana which has reduced power tariff and FSA. He said that the power tariff has been reduced to almost half due to which there has been considerable reduction in electricity bills of domestic consumers. Now the domestic con- sumers with consumption up to 200 units would get power at the rate of Rs. 2.50 per unit. Earlier it was Rs. 4.50 per unit up to 150 units and Rs. 5.25 per unit for next 50 units. 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Mughal      P Q  4>   )    ( Emperor Aurangzeb, commonly known as             :4 #      alamgeer or conqueror of the world, was hum-                    ble enough before Allah to name his wife’s grave as Bibi Ka Maqbara. He did not have 2                    ( the gumption to even call it a mazhar or a dar-                    gah, for that matter.    #                Similarly, it is difficult to think of a masjid                       without a minaret or several of them. As it is well-known, the function of a minaret is to               ?    enable a muezzin to stand as high as possi-                   ( ble before he issues the azaan or the call for new to India and were general- Ganga, still standing. This invaders in 1389 AD stands out               2       worship. The higher he can stand, the greater ly busy establishing their rule at despite India’s independence, as a landmark. the distance his voice or baang would carry Agra. How could Mir Baqi get at the holiest of holy places of the Conquering militias or                       and more would be the worshippers, who the opportunity to visit Ayodhya; Hindus. He went on to say that armies in this 1992 inter-         :4 #         would attend the prayer. In the days where have the Ram temple demolished on his recent visit to Warsaw in Yugoslav conflict destroyed the                   there were no loudspeakers, the height of the and have the huge Babri structure Poland, he saw the cathedral in enemy’s religious symbols and minaret was most crucial. An outstanding constructed — all in a matter of 'O)#'--'7,8 that city as a Roman Catholic built their own to symbolically            ?         ( example of height is the masjid built by two years? In those days, five cen- edifice. When the Russians had mark the territory. For example,   S                  Aurangzeb on the banks of Ganga at Varanasi, turies ago, everything had to be 3' +8-" conquered Warsaw a century or the capital city of what is today                        which has two extremely tall minarets. done manually — breaking, 2'387 more ago, they had converted called the ‘Serb Republic’ of Taking a foreign example, the big mosque building and all. It must have the earlier Catholic cathedral Bosnia and Herzegovina, was                        at Istanbul was earlier a church of Hagia taken longer than two years. "' "6186 into a Russian orthodox church. ethnically cleansed of all its                 (  Sophia. There, the church was converted into Babar died in 1530 while )1?16",8- The poles could not tolerate this numerous historic and newer                     a masjid by raising four minarets as tall as the beseeching Allah, the merciful, to but were helpless. When they mosques, with the Serbs also pinnacle of the dome. In rural Anatolia and save the life of his ailing son 31!" regained independence towards expelling the local Muslims,                 ?  3++5 its wheat lands, most masjids have a single Humayun. the end of World War I, they ostensibly in retribution for cen- # 0            /   minaret. But a minaret was there neverthe- Taking all these circum- 87)" #' demolished the Russian church turies of Ottoman humiliation.  (    ( 4   (    ( less. Or else, the baang would not carry. stances, — the lack of minaret 19",1')31 and rebuilt their own. Not only that, the Orthodox When this writer visited Ayodhya, he had and the presence of the name This pattern of behaviour Serbs destroyed about 200                   heard a great deal about the Babri Masjid, as Babri among others — could it 47',4O was in evidence elsewhere too. Catholic churches in Krajina in            2        if it was some historic piece of architecture. be possible that Mir Baqi did not "76" P148 Several wars were fought during Croatia during their four year                This was early in 1991. The writer was sur- forget the King he was beholden 314" +)8- the 1990s after the collapse of the occupation of the town. This was       0               ( prised at the uncomely sight of this enormous to, and admiring of? He took his Socialist Federated Republic of Serb revenge on atrocities against rough-looking trinity of domes. More surpris- time to build this maqbarah, 31 " "" Yugoslavia, particularly the 1991- the orthodox Church by the                   ing was the total absence of anything like a probably larger than any in India, 1995 war in Croatia and Bosnia- Croat Nazi puppet state during                    ( minaret. This made him suspicious enough as a compact building in the lov- ?"6" ")' Herzegovina. This was the World War II. The Catholic to enquire one by one, from three passing ing memory of Zaheeruddin 23'33")28 biggest conflict in Europe since Croats had then murdered over           1               Muslim gentlemen, as to whether there was Mohammad Babar. In short, the World War II, causing mas- a 100 orthodox priests and three                        a mehrab or a mimbar inside, or a wuzooh for was the edifice Babri maqbarah 19611,O",, sive terror and brutality with bishops, massacred about 1,000         ;  "         a wash before the prayer. A few minutes ear- rather than a masjid? If so, why ' "61)!" # approximately 150,000 deaths Serbs in a town Glina and also 6                   ( lier, the writer was categorically informed by is the Sunni Personal Law Board and several million people razed its orthodox Church of the a skull cap-wearing gentleman that he could making so much song and dance 312")374,1 forcibly resettled. Although the nativity.              :4 #  )    not go inside, hence the queries. about the edifice and the land on 1 87 38 Serbs, Croats and Bosnian Similar is the tale of Córdoba                   Whoever the writer talked to, including which it stood? Up to a dozen of Muslims, who fought this war, in Spain. It was originally a      (             two shopkeepers, referred to it as the ‘Babri’ maqbarahs were demolished "13')2'-1O) were Europeans of Slavonic cathedral (Cathedral of Our Masjid. The writer had not earlier, or even under the British rule in order to ancestry, they had significant Lady of the Assumption) but was                    later, come across a mosque named after any lay out Delhi’s Golf Course. 6"?1") and irreconcilable differences in conquered by the invading        #             ( individual. His suspicion continued about Incidentally, Sir Arnold  religion. The Serbs are eastern- Moors and turned into a mosque         :4 #           the nature of the edifice in the absence of a Toynbee had visited Delhi and orthodox Christians, the Croats in 784 AD by Abd al-Rahman. minaret and the presence of the name Babri. Bombay in the 1950s to deliver " # 8",, ' were Roman Catholics, and the It was reconquered by 1236 AD                 On subsequent contemplation, the writer felt the Azad Memorial Lectures. " 1?1  Bosnian Muslims are Slavs by King Ferdinand III of Castile          P Q          that perhaps, the edifice was a maqbara of This was at the personal invita- Islamised after the Turkish con- during the Reconquista. The     P   Q         2   Mir Baqi, one of the military commanders tion of Jawaharlal Nehru. quest. The Serbs have always centre of the mosque was con- of Babar in the latter’s invasion of India. The During the course of his lectures, defended Christian Europe from verted into a Catholic cathedral.    :4 #             ( date of the building has been consistently Arnold expressed surprise at invaders, most notably the The kings who followed added                   "  2 given as 1528 AD. having seen the masjid with tall Ottoman Turks. The heroic further Christian features.              4      Babar won the First Battle of Panipat in minarets, as we mentioned Serbian defence in the Battle of (The writer is a well-known          $  S %  )     ( April 1526. He and his immediate men were above, on the banks of the Kosovo against the Ottoman columnist and an author)     @        :4 #    $ %" ( . '     2 '      )            *     * ' H       *      &  '        !0         1 2+!      !      #    '     !           !          ! *    !     !   ! 6 #  $ 6$ 6 8 8:( 8(# 67# 8#B7#16$   *+,+ --     K) 4  05  K   0  K)  + K 6     )             . S                           " "  !  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After the BJP’s loss in the underestimate any front. For, it tickets to deserving candidates the labourers but on those who party could as well be hinting at three Hindi heartland States, it is holds the potential to play a and capitalisation on Modi’s pop- make big money out of it. 4                a leadership switch in NDA, to abundantly clear that the Modi spoilsport in a close finish. ularity may not be able to change G David Milton                   ensure greater acceptability, wave has become a thing of the On the other hand, alliance the BJP’s fortunes. In all likeli- Maruthancode   )                  ( within and without. past. Further, the Modi-Shah parties have also been giving the hood, the party may fall short of "   1 R Narayanan magic, too, has become non-exis- BJP a rude jolt by breaking ties a simple majority. As things (((#; #6A9 08#                 Navi tent, even though there is no pro- one after the other. 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All these books have been written in my   $             mother tongue, Maithili, in order to foreground the idea of aesthetic along the lines as suggested by "       1          ancient Indian theoritician, Bharat Muni, in        Q /       ( Natyashastra and later by philosopher   A      %      Abhinavagupta in Abhinavbharati. This article will          make an attempt to contest the formulation of the ? S  R$@2#).S  $ #    )  creative representation of Ramkatha by distin- .              guished Ramayana studies scholar Paula Richman         # %  S    and also dispute the very idea of a nation, as it      (   *+**  1  appeared in the writings of another distinguished 9                /  scholar, a historian of subaltern persuasion, Partha                   Chatterjee. While doing so, this article will aim to establish the fact that dharma (religion) is central    1    (      to the conceptualisation of a nation as it exists out-                  side literature in the works of Mohandas           #   Karamachand Gandhi and Deen Dayal Upadhyay ical assumptions that almost completely lost sight the Ramayana are available in modern Indian lan- rajya, reappears again in the conceptualisation of                 ( respectively. of the importance of harmony and confluence. They guages, disseminating enormously interesting, Integral Humanism by nationalist thinker Deen        )       ( Aesthetic preoccupations have almost always seem to almost exclusively care for conflicts and and sometimes even contradictory narratives of Dayal Upadhyay. He unequivocally attached             held centrestage in our country. As a matter of fact, differences alone. Sitaram Katha, the importance of versions of the utmost importance to the notion of dharma for the )           )    they have charted an extremely impressive trajec- Paula Richman, who tremendously con- Maithili Ramayana appears to lie in the depiction making of a just and responsible nation. Centenary R4%%) 1   !  S    D       tory since the days of Bharat Muni, who wrote an tributed to the spread of Ramayana studies world- of an extremely sensitive but movingly powerful celebrations of Upadhyay and commemorating the ,+      4         enormously engaging, encyclopedic treatise on per- wide, showed a particular kind of perception about character of Sita. She always respected the sancti- 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi across the nation        4   #       forming arts, Natyashatra. His works had a great it that suggested similar kinds of preoccupations ty of human love and marital relationship but never make tremendous sense in the light of their reflec- deal of influence on the literary practices of our with which the aforementioned practitioners of con- lost an opportunity to question Ram and put him tions on the inextricably interlinked relationship         4   9     $ . country due to their highly influential Rasa theo- temporary literature remain occupied. All her major in place whenever it was required. By and large, between religion and nation.           ( ,++    ry that emphasised that pleasure is, of course, a works such as Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of these Ramayana versions emphasise a definite kind Ramayana editions in Maithili were written   (    @ S  E   desirable outcome of artistic performance, but it a Narrative Tradition in South Asia, Questioning of structural, thematic and aesthetic unity with the rather late. The plausible reason for the delay is   !1 $    $9#         should not be understood and interpreted as the Ramayanas: A South Asian Tradition and Sanskrit version of Valmiki and other regional ver- often said to be the enduring dominance of  (   4       )     primary purpose. The main objective actually is to Ramayana Stories in Modern South India: An sions from languages such as Assamese, Bengali and Radhakrishna Kavya since the time Vidyapati                 ( transport the audience to a higher realm; a tran- Anthology are in a significant way defined and deter- others, which so remarkably underline the existence began to write exhilarating songs about the eter-               scendental space where one can effortlessly under- mined by those political persuasions that seem to of a nationalist outlook and an identical sense of nal love of Radha and Krishna. But the upsurge #              go a certain kind of blissful experience about the highlight the North-South conflict. In her opinion, aesthetic experience. of the creative representations of Sitaram Katha          #       essence of one’s own being. A place where one can all four southern languages — Tamil, Telugu, Against a backdrop of debates on issues relat- by those modern poets cited above explains the          (  also reconcile with consciousness that enables one Kannada and Malayalam — do have re-tellings of ed with nationalism between Western scholars, like fact that indigenous cultural traditions enabled to make genuine reflections on the moral and spir- Ramkatha that vehemently challenge the narratives Ernest Gellner and Anthony Smith, as well as the litterateurs of the Mithila region for quite a # 4         itual dimensions of human life. of Valmiki’s Ramayana or Ramcharitmanas of immensely popular interventions made by Benedict long time to resist the impact of a colonial edu-              Later, the 10th century Kashmiri Shaivite lit- Tulsidas. In turn, they perhaps successfully supplant Anderson, Partha Chatterjee chose to discuss the cation system which did not feel reluctant to               ( erary commentator, Abhinavagupta, who wrote the cultural hegemony of North India. genesis and growth of Indian nationalist discourse undermine, rather erase the traces of our civili-  (  (   #         perhaps the finest commentary on Bharat Muni’s Revisiting the already mentioned Maithili during the colonial and post-colonial periods of our sational core embedded in the Ramayana story.     "        2 ( Natyashatra, went on to elucidate the Rasa theo- Ramayanas will enable us to tell a different story. history in his influential books such as The A veteran scholar, Avadhesh Kumar Singh, in              "( ry in terms of the idea of abhivyakti (expression) To begin with, they popularised Sitaram Kavya in Nationalist Thought in the Colonial World: A his book, Ramayana: Through the Ages, made a      ,++             as conceptualised by Anandavardhana in his Maithili as Vidyapati had done with Radhakrishna Derivative Discourse and The Nation and its highly pertinent point when he mentioned that the      2         Dhvanyaloka and the principles of pratyabhijna doc- Kavya among the Maithilis during the late 14th and Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories. What existence of Ramkatha in numerous Indian lan-           (   trine of Kashmir. For Abhinavagupta, an aesthet- early 15th centuries. These writers of Ramayana is very noteworthy in these discussions is that guages acted as the “bridge amongst various region-  2 E %          ic experience was like a spiritual awakening when were the quintessence for Maithili poets in the sense Chatterjee places the Gandhian thought outside the al, linguistic and cultural identities.” I entirely agree 2F   P@        an individual is enabled to transcend the limita- that they consolidated during the 19th and 20th scope and parameter of Indian nation and nation- with this perceptive observation and only wish to tions of one’s own self. It becomes possible for him centuries the cornerstone of what we call nowadays alism. Thus, he separates the concept of nation from add that the different versions of regional Ramayana #               by virtue of a certain kind of contemplation gen- ‘Maithili literary culture’. They are genuinely the idea of religion. His premise as well as percep- drawing upon Avikavi, Valmiki’s Adi Kavya, are               0 erating as it does the sense of pure bliss. Looking admired for their creatively satisfying attempts to tion does not seem to be valid and justifiable in view indeed the cultural expressions of our nationalist                 at the Rasa theory as the foundation of art and lit- showcase the cultural and linguistic distinctiveness of what Gandhi consistently said and successfully thought in diverse ways. Their availability in the              erature, he firmly focussed on the significance of of Mithila along with foregrounding the moving did with the help of religion for the re-awakening majority of modern Indian languages points to the    Q 0 !     .   )  $ harmony for the formulation of an aesthetic expres- character of Sita. of our national consciousness. cultural interconnectedness and, in turn, the per- 9   #   4   P)     sion. Alongside Vidyapati, Sita is often seen as the The production, reception and consumption vasive sense of nation in the pre-colonial India          (  )    Such harmony is conspicuous by its absence uniting force for the otherwise deeply divided of Sitaram Katha, particularly in the Maithili lit- much before the advent of colonial moment. In fact,                from the contemporary literary climate in which, Maithili community. Typically, the Maithili mind- erary canon, strengthen the Gandhian understand- these Ramayana versions embody the quintessence                 for examples, Dalit, feminist and post-colonial lit- set can opt for unpredictably different pulls and ing of dharma and its primacy in the growth story of our collective national consciousness which is   Q 1                ( eratures, have all largely focussed on conflicts along pressures of life. But all the conflicting Maithili traits of a nation. Such inseparable relationship between being so effectively reinforced by the kind of lin- the lines of caste, gender and political categories, and attributes prefer to come together in an unusu- religion and nation, which was so succinctly for- guistic plurality and cultural diversity we have in        (        called the East and the West. The aesthetic con- ally harmonious manner on the issue of Sita. mulated by Gandhi, who thought about the pos- our country.          sciousness for practitioners of these literatures In an arguably multilingual and multicultur- sibilities of an ideal and citizen-centric political order (The writer is Assistant professor of English at           appears to be primarily defined by certain ideolog- al country like India, where different versions of through the emergence of the metaphorical Ram Rajdhani College, Delhi)         # !' &                                          !     

contracts — forwards, futures, swaps So, it is not for those with limited 4,60,000. In this situation, the assume that the buyer buys 100 TCS retail investors, who dabble in F&O and options. The most common deriv- resources or low-risk appetite. Second, buyer’s entire initial investment (ie put options at a strike price of 1,750 trading, tend to lose a lot of money. ative that one can trade in is future and trading in derivatives needs expert 1,07,240) is lost. Additionally, on May 10. TCS share price is at 1,740. Hence, to dissuade retail investors options (F&O). Further, important knowledge. Trading expertise and he/she will need to pay 3,52,760 He/she paid a premium of 5,000 (at from trading in F&Os, the Securities underlying assets for these F&Os are experience are mandatory with high- (4,60,000 —1,07,240). 50 per put x 100 calls). The expiry date and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)  !    stocks, commodities, treasury bills risk tolerance. Third, as the movement Situation II: Derivatives trading of the contract is May 2018. On May made few changes in the F&O guide- and foreign exchange. All future con- of derivatives depends on the under- risk with stocks future: Now suppose 28, TCS shares close at 1,800. In this lines. It increased the lot size from 2  "    .!#$!  9 " tracts have cash settlement over NSE. lying assets, their progress is deter- the buyer purchased 100 TCS futures case, the put option will expire worth- lakh to 5 lakh. A bigger lot size sim- '         Any contract is always made mined by movements of the underly- at 1,740 on May 15 and the expiry date lessly. The buyer will lose the entire ply means that traders have to deposit n India, an investor who wants to between two persons but clearing cor- ing asset. Both are like a double-edged is May 28. He/she made an investment 5,000 paid as premium. a larger amount with the brokers. High 0    trade in derivatives, has several poration always takes the opposite posi- sword. Their movements can be quite of 1,74,000. He/she paid an initial It is a known fact that the stock net worth individuals may not feel the      Ioptions at hand. For stocks, one can tion against any order. Thus, there is volatile. They may also have huge margin of 17,400. On May 28, the market is extremely risky to begin with. heat of the higher lot size, but it will def-   Q  trade through the National Stock always an opposing party by default in upswings or downward spirals. A price per shares of TCS was 1,800. The The quantum of risk gets multiplied in initely prevent small retail investors     Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay each trade. Unlike forward contracts, trader should accept the fact that buyer would stand to gain (1,800 — F&O trading. Among the many reasons from participating in F&O trading.        Stock Exchange (BSE). On the other in future contract, money transfer takes he/she can lose profits. One can incur 1,740) x 100 or 6,000. that make the market risky is contrac- A study suggested that only two hand, commodity trading can be done place at the time of signing of the deal. loss even with the execution of deriv- Situation III: Derivatives trading tual trading. All F&O scripts come with per cent traders make money in .  *   * through Multi Commodity Exchange Similarly, while entering an option atives. Let us understand trading in risk with index options: Suppose the a time-frame. For example, if one enters intra-day and F&O trading. One has    A (MCX) and National Commodity and contract, the buyer pays the premium. derivatives with a few examples” buyer purchases 100 Nifty 50 call into a contract on June 1, for that to realise that unlike equity market, 6  A   Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX). With this payment, he/she gets the right Situation I: Derivatives trading options at a strike price of 10,7000 on month’s scrip, his/her contract will in the futures market, money does '    /! Currency trading can be done on NSE- to exercise his/her option to buy on the risk with future index: Suppose a May 10. Nifty 50 index was at 10,724. expire on the last Thursday of June. not get generated. Hence, if one is SX, MCX-SX. expiration date. On the other hand, the buyer purchased 100 Nifty 50 futures Suppose he/she paid a premium of Unlike equity, where one can hold the earning money, someone is losing it.        The term ‘derivative’ stands for seller of options receives the premium. at 10,724 on May 10. The expiry 10,000 (at 100 per call x 100 calls). position till the desired target is That’s why futures market is also  A   I  contract, whose price is derived from Due to this, he/she is obliged to date is May 28. Total investment The expiry date of the contract is May reached, in F&O, one is under the called a zero-sum market. After   0 or is dependent upon an underlying sell/buy the asset in the situation when amounted to 10,72,400. The buyer 28. On the expiry date, Nifty index clos- obligation to square off his/her position learning this, every trader should first   4  asset. It can be a financial asset, such the buyer exercises his/her right. paid an initial margin of 1,07,240. es at 10,678. The call expires worthless. on the stipulated time. figure out whether they are good     as currency, stock and market index, However, one must be cautious in On May 28, Nifty 50 index future The buyer would possess the entire However, due to its high-return enough to be in this narrow brack- an interest-bearing security or a phys- trading with derivatives as they are closed at 10,678. The buyer’s loss 10,000 paid as premium. potential, it attracts many retail et of two per cent successful traders. 0      ical commodity. Derivative trading in associated with several risks. First, would stand at (1,072,400 - Situation IV: Derivatives trading investors. But do they make money? (The writer is Assistant Professor,   ! our country comprises four basic derivative products require large funds. 1,067,800)*100 that will be equal to risk with stocks option: Let us not Unfortunately, the answer is no. Most Amity University)       !   (  ) *+, *-.+   :

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Mohammad was made n a bizarre incident, consid- remote border areas of the According to the orders Minority Affairs and Waqf Iered to be the handiwork of north east, the officials said. issued by the Cabinet The allocation of portfolios ture and archeology depart- Minister. some right wing forces, thou- "Assam Rifles is now in the Secretariat here, Deputy Chief was made after Gehlot and ments, while Shanti Dhariwal The portfolios, which are sands of people queued up +  ' process of occupying number Minister Sachin Pilot has been Pilot held meetings with was assigned urban develop- yet to be allocated, will remain before tens of post offices and of additional locations all given the charge of Public Congress president Rahul ment and housing, law and par- with the Chief Minister for banks to open “zero balance” “I have no idea but some about the reason behind sud- along the Indo-Myanmar Works, Rural Development, Gandhi in New Delhi on liamentary affairs departments. now. accounts after rumour did the people said that Modi den spurt in the number of Border," a Defence release Panchayati Raj, Science and Wednesday. Parsadi Lal was named Among the Ministers of rounds that come January, the Government will give us account seekers but nothing said. Technology and Statistics The decision had been industry Minister, and Master State, Govind Singh Dotasara Narendra Modi Government money. But how much I don’t extra-ordinary caught their The move is aimed at keep- Departments. pending due to reported dis- Bhanwar Lal Meghwal is in was given Education (inde- would be transferring cash in know,” said a person standing eyes.” ing a strict curb on illegal Apart from the Chief agreement between Gehlot and charge of social justice and pendent charge) as well as each such account. at the end of about 250 people Though the police had no trans-border activities like Minister and his deputy, 13 Pilot over allocation of key empowerment department. Tourism and Devsthan People braved biting cold outside a post office at queue about the mischief mon- smuggling of drugs, weapons Cabinet and 10 Ministers of portfolios such as home and Agriculture, animal hus- Departments. Mamta Bhupesh of sub-Himalayan North Coochbehar said. A woman gers, sources said that search- and contraband items, and State were allocated portfolios finance. bandry and fisheries depart- was given Women and Child Bengal and queued up before who had come all the way from es were on to find out such peo- also to check unauthorised by Governor late Besides finance and home, ments are with Lal Chand Development Department banks and post offices across Tufanganj said the Government ple. Incidentally Coochbehar is crossing of civilians in the bor- on Wednesday night on the the Chief Minister also kept the Kataria while medical and (independent charge) along Coochbehar, Dinhata and else- would give in excess of 5 lakh. a district bordering Assam der areas, it said. advice of Gehlot. charge of excise, planning, per- health, information and public with Minority Affairs and where to open accounts, In Kolkata PMG Gautam where the BJP has witnessed a The large stretch of the The 23 Ministers were sonnel, general administration relations departments are with Waqf. Arjun Singh Bamnia sources said adding most of Bhattaacharjee said he too had meteoric rise over the past border along the states of sworn in on Monday, a week and information technology Raghu Sharma. Pramod Bhaya was given Tribal Area them were confirmed that their information about people several years — particularly in , Nagaland, after Chief Minister Ashok department, among others. is the mines Minister. Development Department accounts would get fatter from queuing up before the post the urban regions — with the Manipur and is Gehlot and Deputy Chief BD Kalla has been given Vishvendra Singh got (independent charge) as well as January when the Centre offices “as such accounts can be effect that it is threatening the manned by the Assam Rifles, Minister Sachin Pilot took energy, public health engi- tourism and devsthan depart- Industry and Pubic Enterprises would start depositing cash in opened at any postal branches. ruling Trinamool Congress in known as the sentinels of the oath. neering, ground water, art, cul- ment, Harish Chaudhary was Departments. PTI them. Our local managers inquired terms of winnability chances. north east. PTI "  7 0   .     5   * Itanagar: The Uttar Pradesh overseas devotees from 92 Government has invited the countries will participate," he Bengaluru: Slain journalist- came out against any move to Investigation Team of the people of Arunachal Pradesh to said at a press conference here. activist Gauri Lankesh's sister handover the probe in the case Karnataka police had made a lot attend the Kumbh Mela, sched- The Minister said the State Kavitha Lankesh on Thursday to the CBI, saying the Special of progress, arresting 16 suspects. uled to be held at Prayagraj Government has set up 5,000 Kavitha said if the State from January 15 to March 4 camps, to accommodate the Government agreed to the CBI next year, officials said. devotees. probe, she would seek to UP's Minister of State "The objective of the event implead herself in the matter in (Independent) for Rural is to make efforts to familiarise the Supreme Court and oppose Development Mahendra Singh the world with the high quali- it. Her comments come in the on Thursday extended the invi- ty life, conduct and thoughts of backdrop of the apex court tation on behalf of Chief Indian culture through recently favouring CBI probe Minister . Kumbhs," the Minister said. into the murders of Gauri "Over 5,000 NRIs will visit Earlier in the day, the min- Lankesh, rationalist MM the Kumbh owing to the joint ister called on Arunachal Kalburgi and social activist efforts made by Prime Minister Pradesh Governor Brig (Retd) Govind Pansare if there was a Narendra Modi and Chief Dr BD Mishra at Raj Bhawan "common thread" in these inci- Minister Yogi Adityanath, and here and Chief Minister Pema dents which occurred over the "       '       * '' people from six lakh villages Khandu to invite them for the last five years. "'   across India along with the event. PTI "The SIT led by IG BK Singh and investigation officer MN Anucheth did a brilliant work by arresting the accused $             in the case. It filed two charge sheets also. When there is so much headway, it does not Shillong: Two teams of a pri- in rescuing the miners trapped uation including the road con- ed to be dead on the basis of the make anysense to hand over vate pump manufacturing in the 370-foot-deep illegal dition leading to the mine in a "foul odour" the force's divers the case to CBI," she told here. company, which has volun- mine. "We are deeply con- remote area in the district and had smelt when they had gone However, Kalburgi's son teered to provide equipment to cerned about the trapped min- accordingly report to their inside the mine. Sreevijaya said he was having drain out water from the rat- ers in Meghalaya and are ready office, which will then take a The NDRF battalion based faith in judiciary and whatev- hole coal mine in Meghalaya to help in whichever way pos- call on what equipment are in , which is carrying er it did will be in the best where 15 diggers have been sible. We are in touch with the required to launch a rescue out the rescue operation, said interest of his family. "We will trapped for nearly a fortnight, officials of the Government of operation. the statement of its Assistant go by whatever judiciary feels arrived at the site on Thursday. Meghalaya to offer our assis- The search-and-rescue Commandant Santosh Kumar good. At the end of the day we Rescuers from the Indian tance in this regard," Kirloskar operation was suspended on Singh on "foul smell" had been want justice in the case," he Air Force and Coal India are Brothers Ltd said in a statement either Guwahati or Shillong air- Saturday after water pumped "misinterpreted and he was said. On December 11, a bench expected to reach the mine in late Wednesday night. port Friday. out of the mine did not lead to misquoted as saying that foul of justices UU Lalit and Navin East Jaintia Hills district on Indian Air Force Sources in Coal India Ltd a drop in the water level. odour could indicate that the Sinha of the Supreme Court Friday. spokesperson Ratnakar Singh said Thursday officers and sur- On Thursday, the National miners were dead and the bod- had asked the CBI to inform it Superintendent of Police said the National Disaster veyers are on their way to the Disaster Response Force con- ies are beginning to decom- by January first week whether Sylvester Mongtynger said two Management Authority has site. tradicted media reports which pose." The NDRF explained the it would like to investigate the teams from Kirloskar Brothers requested the IAF to airlift A senior Government offi- quoted it as saying that the foul smell could be of the stag- three other cases also. PTI Ltd arrived on Thursday to help rescuers from Bhubaneswar to cial said they will assess the sit- trapped minors were suspect- nant water. PTI  *( * ) *

Chennai: Scores of functionar- Chief Minister when "having no ideology." ies from the DMK and TTV said they had he Recalling his association Dhinakaran's AMMK in Karur come to the right floated with the AIADMK since 1974, district on Thursday joined the place. the besides that of other senior lead- ruling AIADMK in the presence "Those in party ers, Palaniswami said that hard of its top leaders, Chief Minister the AMMK are early work and gratitude has brought K Palaniswami and his deputy O our brothers and this them to such heights. Panneerselvam. sisters. They year "Hard work and gratitude More than 3,000 members struggled and post will always earn respect," he of the DMK, AMMK, Congress, helped in the his fall- added. DMDK and MDMK from the growth of this organisation out with Palaniswami in 2017. Panneerselvam, who hit out district joined the AIADMK, a (AIADMK, earlier). Such people The AIADMK has made it at Dhinakaran, said the AMMK party release here said. were misled," he said in an clear that its doors are open to workers, by returning to the Panneerselvam is the apparent reference to anyone from the AMMK other AIADMK, were now "travelling AIADMK Coordinator, while Dhinakaran. than Dhinakaran and deposed in the right direction." Palaniswami is the Joint The AIADMK had earlier party leader VK Sasikala. He urged the party workers Coordinator. extended an invitation to Training his guns on former to strive for AIADMK's win in Welcoming the workers into AMMK workers to return to the AMMK leader V Senthil Balaji, the bypolls to 20 Assembly con- the AIADMK fold, especially 'parent organisation', saying they who joined the DMK recently, stituencies, as well as next year's those from the AMMK, the had been 'misled' by Dhinakaran Palaniswami charged him with Lok Sabha polls. PTI   (  ) *+, *-.+   <

)      &   1 6%78*  +  ,R 9  :   .  +9 . ! % !  41 ",767 after Cabinet expansion the Meanwhile ruling out any indulge in luring Congress-   ,   Chief Minister Kumaraswamy attempts by his party to desta- JD(S) legislators, we don’t Q. R   ven though political uncer- is not able to allocate the port- bilise the Congress-JD(S) require it also.” “No Congress Etainty persists in the fragile folios to the newly inducted coalition Government in or JD(S) MLA has contacted &  ,7+ 82 Later, she heard gun shots     coalition Government in ministers from the congress as Karnataka, State BJP president us, nor have we attempted it,” being fired on the first floor Karnataka after the Cabinet the conflict has reached the B S Yeddyurappa said his party he added. Yeddyurappa also n a sensational killing in where her elder daughter Unnao (UP): In a fresh twist to expansion with many disgrun- high command. would take “appropriate deci- alleged that due to internal IEtawah, two sisters were Sunita was asleep. When she a rape case allegedly involving tled Congress MLAs expressing “They (BJP) don’t want to sion” if there was political squabble within the ruling gunned down inside their rushed upstairs, she found BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, their anger openly. However in sit in the Opposition and work. instability. He distanced him- coalition about Cabinet expan- home in connection with a Sunita lying in a pool of blood. an FIR has been lodged on court an attempt to douse the fire, By using some wrong means, self from senior Bharatiya sion and portfolio allocation, property dispute early Both sisters were shot dead orders against the victim, her former Chief Minister and they want to form the (BJP) lawmaker development of the State was Thursday morning. by unknown person who mother and an uncle for pro- chairman of the coordination Government,” Siddaramaiah Umesh Katti’s claim that 15 getting hampered. Senior police officers escaped after killing them. ducing a forged age certificate to committee Siddaramaiah rub- said. He was reacting to senior disgruntled MLAs from the Another senior BJP leader rushed to the spot upon learn- The victims’ brother Sanjay prove she was a minor. bishes the claim of the (BJP) parties had fought the by-elec- ruling coalition were in touch KS Eshwarappa said, “Earlier ing about the incident and alleged that they had a property The court ordered regis- Opposition BJP that coalition lawmaker Umesh Katti’s claim tions together and the alliance with him and that the saffron there was fight among the launched a hunt to nab the sus- related dispute with their tration of a case against the Government in Karnataka will that 15 disgruntled MLAs from will remain intact for the 2019 party would form the new MLAs of Congress for the pects. uncle’s family. He suspected three on a complaint by the collapse due to internal rift. the ruling coalition were in Lok Sabha polls as well. Government in Karnataka by position of Minister. Now The bodies were sent for that his cousin living in the father of another rape accused Siddaramaiah has said at touch with him and that the “I don’t know what you are next week. “Neither me, nor though the position of minis- autopsy and a case was regis- same locality might have exe- Shubham, who is in jail, said SP Hubballi in north Karnataka saffron party would form the saying ... (JD(S) wanting to go our leaders have said we will ter is offered, there is issue of tered. As per reports, Lakshmi cuted the killing. Harish Kumar on Thursday. on Thursday that the Congress- new Government in Karnataka alone) is news for me,” the for- carry out operation lotus portfolio distribution. (18) and her elder sister Sunita SSP of Etawah, Ashok He said complainant JD(S) alliance was strong and by next week. Siddaramaiah mer Karnataka Chief Minister (BJP’s election symbol). Siddaramaiah has given the (35) of Panchawali hamlet of Kumar Tripathi, after visiting Harpal Singh had alleged that they would contest the 2019 said, “Nothing will happen, said, adding that the seat shar- Umesh Katti’s statement is not ministership to people who Friends Colony in Etawah were the spot said that the police had the victim, her uncle and moth- general elections together in the Government will not fall. ing formula was yet to be right,” the former Chief are in his good books. Senior sleeping in separate rooms in picked up two suspects from er had procured a forged age one platform. Government will complete its finalised. Minister said. leaders like Shyamanur their home on Wednesday night. the neighbourhood and were certificate to implicate his son He also ruled out any dif- term; there is no problem at all.” The JDs workers are per- “I want to say... let’s think Shivashankarappa have shown Around 3 am on Thursday, grilling them to extract the Shubham in the rape case, said ferences between him and Reacting to the views of turbed by the “big brother atti- about what to be done when his dissent and this shows the their mother heard gun shots truth. Kumar. Deputy Chief Minister G JD(S) leaders that the party tude” of the Congress party Congress-JD(S) Government internal rift in Congress. The and rushed out of her room Efforts were also being The police said the case Parameshwara over portfolio should contest the Lok Sabha and pressurising the leadership falls because of internal squab- coalition Government will fall and first went Lakshmi’s room made to round up the victim’s was registered at the Makhi allocation to newly inducted polls alone, the veteran to contest all 28 Lok Sabha seats ble,” he said. Yeddyurappa said by itself and BJP Government on the ground floor and found cousins, who were absconding. police station on court’s Ministers. However even days Congress leader said both the in 2019 general elections alone. in Vijayapura, “We will not will assume power in future.” her lying in a pool of blood. Investigations are on. December 17 order against the family members for various alleged offences of cheatring ;<!  and forgery. .    !'89 Complainant Singh had moved the court saying the   . school transfer certificate, pur- portedly made by Raebareli          school and produced as the age certificate, was forged to frame his son, police said. &  +8,+"" travelling from New Garia to some fire and there was smoke. Mumbai: At least 14 Nigerian The victim’s uncle is Dum Dum when seconds But our men immediately nationals were arrested for drug presently in jail in connection he riders of Kolkata metro before entering Maidan station swung into action dousing peddling and contraband worth with another case. Trailway had a providential we heard a huge sound and them and it might have taken 21 lakh and a pistol were Harpal Singh’s wife Shashi escape after smoke was detect- watched flame-like things out- some time for them to enter the seized from them, police said and son Shubham are accused ed inside an air-conditioned side. Then the entire AC coach tunnel because they were tak- on Thursday. in the rape case and have been coach of the Kolkata Metro. was filled with fume and we ing all precautions. But the Some of the had illegally in jail since April along with the At least 20 people were could not even breathe,” said a entire thing will be inquired entered India from Bangladesh, main accused, BJP legislator taken ill and 17 of them were passenger. into,” Metro Railway CPRO they said. Kuldeep Singh Sengar. admitted to Calcutta Medical Another passenger said that said. A raid was carried by the Sengar, a four-time MLA, College and SSKM Hospital the windows had literally to be The fire was doused by the Byculla police on the railway was charged by the CBI with with nerve and breathing prob- broken to get some relief and Metro staff using water from tracks of Chinchpokli in raping the girl at his residence in lems after they were rescued the rescuers only came after 30- fire hydrants. Central Mumbai in which they Makhi village on June 4 last year. from inside the coach that 45 minutes after the incident West Bengal Fire Service caught seven Nigerian nation- The girl was again abduct- stood still some 200 metres was noticed. “Frantic calls to the and Kolkata Police Disaster als with narcotics on December ed and raped by a separate away inside the tunnel. authorities yielded no answers,” Management group are attend- 15. group of accused, allegedly The incident happened at angry passengers said. ing, the Kolkata Metro subse- - " "  ' ':8 /)"  *  After interrogation, police including Harpal Singh’s son the Maidan Station. “We were “There could have been quently tweeted.    got information about more Shubhan Singh, his driver Nigerian nationals, who are Naresh Tiwari and one Brijesh into drug peddling and hiding Yadav between June 11 and       at Mira Road in neighbouring June 20, 2017.    ( 0 Thane district, said Dinesh But in his complaint, Kadam, senior inspector, Harpal Singh alleged that the  ' :(   Byculla police station. victim had an affair with a man Acting on the information, named Awadesh Tewari, with  '   a police team later arrested whom she had eloped in !  " &&   Governments were ‘intelligent’ seven other Nigerians who had September 2017, only to return   " "  74"' with effect from January 1, 31 "' enough not to allow Hindi in fired on cops, injuring four of sometime later. 2019. Government run schools and them, he said. The police recov- After her return, her fam- n a bonanza announced for In addition to bearing the rime Minister Narendra colleges in Tamil Nadu. This has ered drugs worth 21 lakh, a 32 ily had begun persuading his Iits 20.5 lakh serving and expenditure of arising out of PModi’s monthly radio pro- been done with the intention to bore pistol and 41,000 in cash son Shubham to marry her, retired employees in the run the pay hikes promised it, the gramme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ may be keep the North Indian political from the arrested Nigerians, alleged Harpal Singh in his up to the 2019 Lok Sabha State Government will incur a big hit in North India, but it parties at bay from the State,” Kadam said. PTI complaint. PTI polls, the BJP-led Maharashtra an additional expenditure of has not created any impact in said Narayanan Tiruppati , BJP’s Government said on 38,655 crore towards paying Tamil Nadu, according to senior Tamil Nadu spokesman. Thursday that it would imple- revised wage arrears for three BJP leaders in the State. The Video conference held ment the 7th pay commission years to its employees five The response to the Prime by Prime Minister Modi could pay-scale with retrospective equal yearly instalments from Minister’s video conferencing not make any impact among the effect from January 1, 2016 2019-20. with party activists people who attended to the and pay the arrears in five The (Karyakarthas) in Tamil Nadu same. “This was in contrast to equal yearly instalments dispensation made an too was the same. Though it got the period when the UPA beginning from 2019-2020. announcement to this effect wide publicity thanks to the Government was in power. The The decision will benefit after approving a report on the mass media, the truth is that UPA Government effectively 20.05 lakh serving and retired revision in the pay scales sub- more than 90 per cent of the made use of the Central employees. It will involve an mitted by a high-level com- audience have not followed what Government’s publicity arms additional financial burden mittee, headed former addi- the Prime Minister was telling. like the Press Information of 14,000 on the State exche- tional chief secretary K P “Language is a major issue Bureau, All India Radio and quer every year. The serving Bakshi, at the weekly State in Tamil Nadu. None of us Doordarshan,” said Uma and retired employees will Cabinet meeting here in the could understand Hindi. The Ananthan, a BJP livewire in begin to reap the benefits afternoon. DMK and AIADMK Chennai.   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Our petition is In an inter- tional reforms, Union crore through sale of its non- and in fact, the Competition against companies flouting pending in the National im order passed Minister Jayant Sinha said on core assets in various cities in Commission of India has also norms. Company Law Tribunal in March this Thursday. India and abroad. looked into complaints regard- “The Government has (NCLT) and the next date of year, Sebi had Various initiatives to turn- “Air India has also realised ing norms on providing a addressed a majority of issues hearing is in January. If the directed the around the national carrier, a rental income of 314 crore level playing field. raised by us through amend- NCLT does not listen to us we stock exchanges which is staying afloat on a approximately,” he said during The Government ments to FDI Policy will approach the Supreme to appoint a bailout package extended by the Question Hour. Wednesday took a host of announced yesterday. The Court,” Khandelwal said. forensic auditor the previous government, The minister also said steps and barred e-commerce cashback sale, discounts, exclu- He also urged the to verify any including monetisation of real that amount of revenue like- firms from selling products of sive sales, etc. Cannot take Government to introduce a misrepresentation of financials its fresh order dated December However, Sebi removed estate assets are progressing. ly to be generated from mon- the companies in which they place under the new norms. We comprehensive e-commerce and business of Inter Globe 27. the restrictions placed on the Sinha told the Lok Sabha etisation of land and proper- have equity stakes or man- welcome the Government’s policy at the earliest to address Finance Ltd (IGFL) and its sub- With regard to the wrong promoters and directors of that the Government has pre- ties depends on the bid agement control. decision and believe that it the disparities and anomalies in sidiaries as well as any misuse categorisations in the financials IGFL regarding sale of securi- pared a revival plan for Air process and subject to no- “To the extent that it bars should be implemented strict- the sector. of the books of accounts. of IGFL that have been high- ties of IGFL after finding "no India which focuses on build- objection certificates from the (e-commerce) platforms ly,” CAIT Secretary General The Commerce and Besides, the company's lighted in the interim order, prima facie evidence of misuse ing a competitive and prof- authorities concerned. from giving preference to any Praveen Khandelwal told Industry Ministry notifies for- promoters and directors were IGFL has admitted that the of funds". itable airline group. Air India is estimated to particular product,it definite- reporters here. eign direct investment (FDI) permitted only to buy the secu- same were errors. It has offered IGFL is among the firms A comprehensive finan- have a debt worth over ly reduces the ability of plat- He alleged that e-com- policies through press notes. rities of IGFL. However, the no explanation as to why such against whom Sebi initiated cial package, including transfer 55,000 crore. forms to play God between merce firms were openly flout- Press Note 3, which was shares held by them were not errors (as claimed) had crept in action on August 7, 2017 by of non-core debt and assets to In a written reply, Sinha one product and another. ing the Press Note Number 3 of released in 2016, enlists guide- allowed to be transferred for its financials. It also failed to ordering trading restrictions a Special Purpose Vehicle, said the Government remains That’s a good thing from the the FDI Policy. lines for FDI in the e-com- sale, as per the interim order. give any reason as to why the after it received a list of 331 implementation of a robust committed to the disinvest- consumer point of view, as “If the revised norms are merce sector. Following the interim said errors did not come to its suspected shell companies organisational and governance ment of Air India. well as from enabling market not enforced strictly, the out- Tightening norms for e- order, the company was given notice till the time Sebi high- from the government. Pursuant reforms by the board and dif- “In this regard, AISAM forces to operate”, come will be the same as that commerce firms having foreign opportunity to submit its expla- lighted the same, it added. to this, IGFL had moved the ferentiated business strategies has directed to separately Chandreshekhar said. of Press Note Number 3. investment, the government nations and it filed replies in Accordingly, the Securities Securities Appellate Tribunal for each of the core businesses decide the contours of the He also welcomed the Therefore, we are demanding Wednesday barred online mar- that regard. and Exchange Board of India (SAT) that stayed trading of Air India are part of the plan. mode of disposal of the sub- move to prevent e-commerce the formation of a Regulatory ketplaces like Flipkart and In respect of several trans- (Sebi) has confirmed "the restrictions imposed on the “Higher levels of opera- sidiaries — Air India firms from having their prod- Authority empowered to act Amazon from selling prod- actions, IGFL has provided directions issued against IGFL company. tional efficiency by strength- Engineering Services Ltd ucts sold on their platforms, against companies flouting ucts of companies where they insufficient explanation/justi- to the extent that forensic audit However, the regulator and ening management and imple- (AIESL), Air India Air which again is to ensure that norms to monitor the e-com- hold stakes and banned exclu- fication, which is not backed by directed vide interim order stock exchanges were asked to menting best business Transport Services Ltd (AIAT- differential is not created merce sector,” Khandelwal said. sive marketing arrangements independently verifiable doc- dated March 1, 2018 shall con- continue their probe and initi- processes,” are among the SL) and Airline Allied Services between their own products He reiterated CAIT’s that could influence product umentary evidence, Sebi said in tinue". ate appropriate proceedings. major elements of the plan, Ltd (AASL),” he noted. and those of others. demand for the scrapping of price. %  ;   !  -     $$ concerns over notices received committee to look into all tax-

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   *B1A &  1 76'8 the fast bowlers through- with Hasan Ali (two for 70) with the help of a diving out. are likely to make South Rabada at midwicket after a &  12#1,3' magnificent spell of fast bowl- But Imam was bowled Africa work hard to take a 1- mistimed pull shot. Aing from Duanne Olivier off an inside edge in the first 0 lead in the three-match The rest of the batting he unheralded Varun inspired a Pakistan collapse after over after tea and Masood series. crumbled, with Steyn having TChakravarthy's whopping 8.40 tea on the second day of the first quickly found himself effec- Imam and Fakhar Asad Shafiq caught behind crore deal at the IPL auctions has Test against South Africa at tively fighting a lone battle Zaman wiped out the deficit and Rabada ripping out the raised eyebrows but Kings XI Punjab co- SuperSport Park on Thursday, before he was ninth out after with a first-wicket stand of 44 next three batsmen cheaply. owner Preity Zinta termed the Tamil leaving South Africa needing 149 a fighting 120-ball innings and Masood joined Imam in Earlier, Temba Bavuma Nadu spinner a "long-term investment" to win. which included seven fours. a 57-run second-wicket and Quinton de Kock steered and a "back-up spinner" for skipper Pakistan slipped from 100 Kagiso Rabada and Dale partnership. South Africa to a first- Ravichandran Ashwin. for one at tea to 190 all out, at one Steyn supported Olivier with innings lead. Confirming that Ashwin will con- point losing five wickets for 25 in three and two wickets respec-  Bavuma made 53 and De tinue to lead the KXIP this season, Zinta 11 overs. tively. After a shaky start, the Kock hit 45 before South provided the rationale behind picking The last wicket fell shortly It was the second suc- left-handed Imam hurried to Africa were bowled out for Varun, who did well in the Tamil Nadu before the close of play which did cessive day on which 15 15 off 11 balls but all three of 223. Premier League (TNPL), for such a not leave enough time for South wickets fell. Although the his boundaries to that point Bavuma moved to an humongous amount. Africa to start their chase. pitch appeared to be playing were off the edge of his bat. assured half-century off 66 "Varun is an underexposed mystery Olivier took two wickets in slightly easier than on the He was still on 15 when balls but was then tied down bowler along with being a back-up spin- four balls immediately after the tea first day, Pakistan will seek to he was dropped low down by by some accurate bowling ner who will add value to the team. interval and went on take five for make early inroads on Friday Hashim Amla at first slip off before edging Afridi to wick- Kings XI Punjab has always wanted to 59 for match figures of 11 for 96 after restricting South Africa Dale Steyn. But he then bat- etkeeper and captain Sarfraz give chance to untested talent and ing the season," she said. following his six for 37 in the first to 223 all out in the first ted solidly in reaching fifty Ahmed for 53 off 87 balls Varun is a long term investment for us," Teenagers like Prabh Simran Singh innings. innings. off 71 balls with seven fours with nine fours. Zinta said. has landed a cool 1.5 crore contract Imam-ul-Haq (57) and Shan Mohammad Amir took and a hooked six off Olivier. De Kock made his runs "I feel that with guidance from even before playing a single Ranji Masood (65) gave Pakistan hope four for 62 and teenager After bowling Imam, off 53 balls with five fours coach Mike Hesson, he (Varun) will be Trophy match but Zinta believes that if of setting a difficult target for the  ( (  '2 A8: Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed Olivier claimed the wicket of before he was last man out, able to hone his capabilities and con- someone is talented, he should be hosts on a pitch which has helped  -   four for 64 and together the experienced Azhar Ali, driving Amir to cover. tribute to team's success," the Bollywood backed. actor said. "At the Kings XI Punjab, we have She was happy that Kings XI was always believed in providing opportu- able to pick players whom the manage- nity to domestic talent and Prabh -  ment thought could be the missing link Simran is the new star on the horizon.  (      from the last edition. The management team at KXIP does a "We opted a thought through strat- background research before bidding for egy for the 2019 VIVO Indian Premier any player," she reasoned.  - &  74"' Siddhesh Lad continues to remain League auctions. We wanted to pick up She also spoke about the local con- the skipper. players that could fill in the missing gaps nect which went a long way in bidding &  "47#3"4' ey pacers Shardul Thakur and Mumbai are currently in the 14th and create a remarkable team line-up. for Prabhsimran. KTushar Deshpande, who were out spot in the combined Groups A and B "I believe that we have a balanced "I personally feel that he is a local tressing on continuity, chief coach Stephen due to injuries, have made a comeback standings with 11 points in their kitty. side now with a lot of good options in boy from Punjab and a talent to watch SConstantine has announced a 23-member to the Mumbai squad for their Ranji Vidarbha are comfortably posi- our kitty in case of requirements dur- out for in future," she added. Indian football team, to be spearheaded by the Trophy tie against regaining champions tioned in the third spot with 21 points. seasoned , for the upcoming AFC Vidarbha. Mumbai need an outright win to stay Asian Cup. The four-day game will be played in contention for the quarter-final berth. The Asian Cup is scheduled to be held in from December 30 at the Vidarbha If they fail to win, the 41-time =R%34 ( (4>(?@ the UAE from January 5 to February 1. Cricket Association Stadium at Jamtha, Ranji champions will be virtually out of India play their first match against Thailand Nagpur. contention. on January 6, with matches against hosts UAE In October this year, Thakur had Squad: Siddhesh Lad (Captain), ( -$!'3!(='! and Bahrain slotted for January 10 and January sustained a groin injury on his Test debut action for a month. Shreyas Iyer, Aditya Tare, Shardul 14, respectively. against West Indies at Hyderabad after The Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel Thakur, Shivam Dube, Jay Bista, Vikrant " !  Bangladeshi cricket officials on Thursday "It was very bowling just 10 balls. has named the two pacers in the 15- Auti,Shubham Ranjane, Eknath Kerkar, lifted a ban on former Australian captain Steve important to Since then, the right-arm pacer is out member squad announced by the Karsh Kothari, Dhrumil Matkar, Tanush Smith playing in the forthcoming Twenty20 keep on the of action. Mumbai Cricket Association on its Kotian, Minad Manjrekar, Tushar Bangladesh Premier League, an official said. continuity. It'll Deshpande has also been out of website on Thursday. Deshpande, Royston Dias. The ruling means Smith, currently serving a be silly of me to one-year ban from international cricket over a ball- completely tampering scandal, is free to play for Comilla change the way Victorians in the next edition of the BPL starting we do things. $$" 4!, $ on January 5. Most of these He has signed for the side and is expected to boys are with join up with teammates in mid-January for the sec- us for some ond phase of the BPL as a replacement for time now," 4! ,4($($!$  , Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. Constantine The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had ini- said. &  "47#3"4' US Open champion and will tially blocked his participation after other franchises raised objections about Smith, "The other be looking to win a third who was not in the initial players' draft list for the tournament. five boys (from afael Nadal is "confident" major in a row at the "We could not give him permission earlier as other franchises had protested his the list of 28) will also stay with us until January Rhe will be 100 percent fit Australian Open next month. signing," BCB spokesman Jalal Yunus said on Thursday. 2. In case of an injury or anything else happens, when the Australian Open Djokovic ended a two- "Today four franchises emailed us separately saying that they have withdrawn these five boys will need to step up," he added. starts in less than three weeks' year Grand Slam title drought their objections for the greater interest of the tournament," he said. "We are looking forward to the massive time despite enduring yet at Wimbledon in July and has Yunus added that in return other franchises wanted at least one replacement tournament. We hope these 23 boys will do a another tough battle with lost just three matches since. player outside of the players' draft and the BCB had agreed to their demand. good job for us." injuries over the past few He admits that he lost his Australia's ex-vice captain David Warner will also play in the BPL — which con- The Blue Tigers were the first among 23 months. motivation during the difficult cludes on February 8, 2019 — having signed for the Sylhet Sixers as one of their visiting teams to arrive in on The Spanish world num- period that followed the 2016 two pre-draft signings. AFP December 20. A 28-member squad had trav- ber two had to pull the plug French Open, where he com- elled to Abu Dhabi and has been practicing in early on his 2018 season and pleted the career Grand Slam, an effort to acclimatize themselves to the con- has not played since a knee but has now found different ditions. problem forced him to retire ways to attain gratification     Meanwhile, national team's director during his US Open semi-final from the sport. Abhishek Yadav said the continental showpiece against Juan Martin del Potro "I feel I'm not prioritising is a "significant platform" for the side to enter in September. success on the tennis court for & 29    top 8 in Asia. He underwent surgery on the sake of the success only as "We are aiming for top-8 status in Asia for his ankle to remove an intra- I used to do that probably up men's and top-3 status in Asia for women's articular loose body in to five years ago," Djokovic &  12#1,3' Shirin Godara, representing national teams by 2026. All our programmes November and only resumed said. Haryana, won the 50m rifle 3 positions are designed to achieve this end, and the Asian training two weeks ago. "For me, tennis is more of he young Manu Bhaker was in top women's junior finals with 450.7. Zenab Cup will massively help in our quest," said Nadal will dip his toes a platform now for other Tform in the 10-metre air pistol Hussain (447.6) finished second while Yadav, a former India striker. back into competition at the things and for the values I event, winning both the women's and Ayushi Podder was third with 438.2. He added, "It is a very significant platform Mubadala World Tennis four Grand Slams in 2018, but tough feelings and pains in the want to share, and the mes- junior finals at the national selection tri- Former world number one Heena for players to gain recognition as a lot of peo- Championship exhibition in still added a record-extending body that normally you don't sages I want to share with the als, while Anjum Moudgil topped the 50- Sidhu, who equalled the women's 10m ple connected to continental or global football Abu Dhabi, where he faces 11th French Open crown to have. young generation. metre rifle 3 positions here on Thursday. air pistol qualification world record on watch the event closely for talents. either Kevin Anderson or his collection. "But I have experience in "Ultimately a tennis court Winner of Gold medals at the Wednesday, finished fourth in the "I feel more people out there need to realise Chung Hyeon in his opener on He says he remains moti- all of this and try to be ready for me is a place where I get Youth Olympics, ISSF World Cup and women's air pistol finals with 197.3. that this is our equivalent of the Euros or the Friday. vated to launch yet another for the everyday practices and challenged in every possible Commonwealth Games, Haryana's In the junior finals, the 16-year-old Copa America. This is a big deal. "I started two weeks ago comeback from injury, despite when (I) arrive (at) the match- way emotionally and my char- Bhaker shot a total of 242.1 in the Bhaker shot 244.5. Esha finished second and of course doing the things a career plagued by physical es I don't have to ask myself acter is kind of on the line. I women's 10-metre air pistol final to fin- with 24-4, while Yashsavi Joshi was third, >  step by step and I think I have problems. big things at the beginning, treat that as my own person- ish ahead of 13-year-old teen sensation having managed 215.3 at the Dr. Karni GOALKEEPERS: , time to be ready for "After the second part of just trying to be positive with al school of life. Esha Singh, who shot 240.4, and Singh Shooting Range. , Melbourne at my 100 percent," the year, have been tough last every improvement and that "Not many places can trig- Anuradha (219.3). The youth 10-metre air pistol finals DEFEDERS: , , Nadal told reporters in the year in terms of injuries but way normally you get the ger me in a positive or nega- Bhaker was second in the qualifi- was won by Saumya Dhyani, who shot , , Salam UAE capital on Thursday. that happens and that's part of right point." tive way as a tennis court cation with a score of 579. 241.4, while Vibhuti Bhatia (237.6) and Ranjan Singh, Subhashish Bose, "It's going to be good to my tennis career too," he does." In the women's 50-metre rifle 3 Yashsavi Joshi (215.3 ) finished second MIDFIELDERS: Udanta Singh, Jackiechand have some matches before but added. % ! '    Djokovic takes on either positions finals, Punjab's Moudgil shot and third respectively. Singh, , , I'm confident that I'm going to "Just try to stay calm, try Joining Nadal in Abu Karen Khachanov or Dominic a total of 460.6 to finish ahead of Tamil A few days ago, Bhaker claimed the , , , arrive to Melbourne with the to work the right way and Dhabi is the man who replaced Thiem in Abu Dhabi on Nadu's Gaayathri N (457.4) and veter- top positions in the women's 25-metre , right situation." when I'm back I know things him at the top of the rankings, Friday and officially kicks off an Tejaswini Sawant (445.7) of sports pistol in both the women's and FORWARDS: Sumeet Passi, Balwant Singh, The 32-year-old retired are not easy, I know at the Novak Djokovic. The Serb is his 2019 season at the Qatar Maharashtra. junior sections. Sunil Chhteri, . during matches at two of the beginning you always have the reigning Wimbledon and Open in Doha next week.   (  ) *+, *-.+   = A  R      >   "*++ +&7* 8+  *++*  +* + +*99:7

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India declared at 443/7 before Cheteshwar Pujara's 106 off in this little bubble where Rahane and Rohit Australia responded with 8/0 in 319 balls may end up being the scoring doesn't seem to faze took India to 346/4 at tea six overs. reason for their defeat. him at all. They have got other after Australia removed Pujara was the dominant fig- India scored at less than guys in their side who are both Pujara and Kohli in ure with his second century of the two-and-a-half runs an over stroke-makers but if those the space of four overs. series, a dogged but faultless 106 for most of the first two days guys don't come off, the scor- Post lunch, Kohli- off 319 balls, which ensured that of the Test, registering the ing rate is always going to be Pujara took their India consolidated the good start. slowest first-innings score of hovering around that two runs third-wicket partner- It was though his slowest hundred more than 300 in Australia for an over mark, which makes it ship to 170 runs in Test cricket yet. three decades. pretty hard to win Test match- before the game -)   ''   Kohli, who contributed a sig- Pujara consumed 319 es, especially on flat wickets turned. nificant 82 off 204 balls, made a deliveries for his 106-run like we might have here." The Indian skipper surprising declaration in the 170th knock as none of India's top The former Test captain took medication for some  ;* * +   over with Rohit Sharma at 63 not five batsmen scored at a strike Ricky Ponting said India's tac- back issue and then stepped out off 114 balls. Kohli's knock rate of more than 50. Even cap- tics was beyond comprehen- through the gears as he brought helped him to a personal mile- tain Virat Kohli, who paces his sion. out two pulls against Mitchell   < = stone as he surpassed Rahul innings decently, scored his 82 "Even (since Pujara's dis- Starc (1/68) in the 123rd over. He Dravid (1137) for most number off 204 balls with a strike rate missal), it just seems like they pressed on the accelerator a tad &  1,4876 1 O  " %  =P of runs in a calendar year in over- of 40.19 on a slow track. haven't got a lot of direction too much, and cut straight to Cheteshwar Pujara is not seas Tests. "If India go on and win the about what they're trying to third man, much to the bowler's heteshwar Pujara has been in known to score at a fast clip but Rohit's knock, included five game, it'll be a great innings achieve. It looks like they want delight. Cprime form in the current the slowness of the MCG track fours, while Pat Cummins was the (but) if they haven't got time to to bat long enough to only bat Four overs later, in the 126th Test series against Australia but was something that bogged down pick of the Australian bowlers, bowl Australia out twice, it once, but just yet they haven't over, Pujara got a delivery from there has been no conscious even India's dogged No 3 during taking 3/72 in a back-breaking could be what actually costs got enough runs to do that. Cummins that kept a tad low and effort to silence critics who have the first innings of the third Test. effort of 34 overs. them the game," Ponting told "Obviously they've talked knocked back his stumps as India panned him for his under- "We have to bat like the way At stumps, openers Aaron cricket.Com.Au. long and hard about what they were suddenly reduced to 299-4. whelming performance Down the wicket is behaving and what Finch and Marcus Harris were "I think it's always hard for want to do, it's just a bit baffling Rahane then took charge of Under in 2014. the situation is. On this pitch, unbeaten on 3 and 5 respective- India to push the run rate to us." proceedings and played a breezy "When I play international every batsman has to play a lot of ly. knock, not allowing the cricket, I don't need to silence balls to score runs. If it were a dif- It was a solid batting effort by Australian attack to get on top. anyone. I just need to keep scor- ferent wicket maybe I would the Indians, something that was ward square leg as the batsman In comparison, Rohit was ing runs and that is what I love have scored 140-150 after playing emphasised endlessly by Kohli in 683')3"6"O) played a wild sweep. A ball later, more sedate and took his time at to do. I don't want to get into all so many deliveries. But in Test his pre-match statements. What + 8+.F;=8--$$D Ajinkya Rahane (34) was lucky the crease, even as Tim Paine tar- such things. My job is to score cricket it is important to read both stood out for the visitors was the when on 32 as Travis Head was geted him with some banter. runs and I will keep scoring runs, situation and pitch when batting," patience they showed in the first 4",,)/' ,7#1# caught napping at short leg when In the morning session, whether it is home or away," said Pujara, who scored 106 off two sessions, which ultimately left -'?1-876)23',1 the ball sailed past him. Pujara scored his 17th hundred Pujara said after scoring his 319 balls in India's first innings them in an assured position at Rahane got unlucky shortly as India reached 277/2 at lunch. 17th Test hundred. total of 443/7 declared. close. "7' )2") afterwards though as one delivery Starting from overnight However he accepted Pujara admitted that the pitch Post tea, India was also helped 31'+8-31 from Lyon kept too low and he 215/2, India looked ready for that once a player starts win- is extremely difficult to bat on and by a comedy of fielding errors by was plumb lbw. another hard day's grind, with ning games for his country, the runs put on board are good Australia. The home side missed "7)6",'" Rishabh Pant (39) played an Kohli reaching his 20th Test half- even the critics can be kept enough to challenge Australia. three easy chances, all off Nathan uncharacteristic defensive innings, century, off 110 balls, in the very at bay. "It is a tough pitch to score on. Lyon (1/110), in what proved to 482,16)"+' and the only aerial stroke he first over of the day. "Sometimes you do get If we look at first two days num- be a frustrating 48 overs from ;J:%' "4"+& played was in the 159th over off The two batsmen scored criticised and you just have bers of runs scored are very less him. Lyon when Cummins spilled the quickly in the first hour and kept to accept it. But if you keep and in a way I would say that 200 First, in the 147th over, sub- 461"+' 1--86 chance at long on. He was on 15 the scorecard ticking over, before scoring runs and if India in a day is a tough task, so I think stitute fielder Peter Siddle put 8-;D8?16) then. Australia went back to their tac- keeps winning, ultimately we have enough runs on the down Rohit (on 15 then) at back- Australia took the third new tic of cutting runs. everybody is happy," Pujara said. board," said Pujara. 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The hosts were eight for With this 82 at the MCG on the Sunil Gavaskar had scored 918 runs Paine was caught on the no loss at stumps in response. second day of the third Test, Kohli in 1971 to make the top four in the stump microphone telling team- "     " ? P   "It's not your traditional now has 1138 runs to his name. list. Kohli has had a sensational year mate Aaron Finch that he would London: 1 3         Australian wicket where you Dravid held the record for scoring with the bat, scoring nearly 600 runs join Mumbai Indians IPL team if %&$    2       have three slips and a gully all 1137 runs in Tests away from home in five Tests in England besides mak- the stylish Indian hits a six at the  *         1    ,  day and you bang away, and in 2002. ing handsome contributions across MCG, during the post-tea session .1,/  &   %($@&%($C   ! the ball seams and carries Besides Kohli and Dravid, three formats in South Africa. of the third Test's second day.        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