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 bility of the IL&FS manage- six Government nominees, an      monastery, the biggest Leasing & Financial Services    3 ment and the company needs NCLT bench of judges MK monastery of the Kagyu sect Ltd (IL&FS), superseding its   -3 to be restored," the Finance Shrawat and Ravikumar   
 that he heads fearing him to be board with one led by India’s 0-   */-6 Ministry said. Duraisamy said that the sus- a Chinese agent. Earlier, he was richest banker Uday Kotak, -  * The Government, it said, pended directors of IL&FS not allowed to even visit and vowed to stop further loan  
 
 had approached the NCLT must henceforth cease to rep-   
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 "financial collapse". is a fit case to invoke Sections Ithe 17th Karmapa Ogyen sideline the Dalai Lama, the of a private company board.   "Continuance of the pre- 241 (2), 242 of the Companies Trinley Dorje (32), who has tallest leader in the Tibetan The Government in 2009 sent Board had become preju- Act and to declare that the fled to the US, is now negoti- Buddhism hierarchy, sources superseded the board of 5 
 
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  L   adverse impact on financial sta- The Government said in its the Rumtek monastery in from April 2017 onwards. directors, including Kotak         M bility and making capital mar- plea said that it had chosen to Sikkim. India has given polit- Although the Karmapa has Mahindra Bank MD Uday  )78    kets so adversely affected," the intervene as it impacted the ical asylum to the Dalai Lama hinted at least twice that he will Kotak, former SEBI chairman        Ministry said adding its prayer entire nation's economy. but the Karmapa was living on come back to India but he has GN Bajpai and ICICI Bank  84    before NCLT was to supersede The Government cited the a refugee card. The Karmapa is not returned despite repeated chairman GC Chaturvedi, to      /-8 the board of IL&FS and its sub- precedence of the 2009 reportedly acting at the behest assurances to the Indian offi- takeover the IL&FS board. stitution by the new Board of takeover of erstwhile Satyam of the Central Tibetan cials. He has not specified a This followed the Ministry Directors. Computers and urged the Administration (CTA) and his timeline and does not have any of Corporate Affairs moving fully committed to ensuring prayer to reconstitute the board capital markets, the banks and The Ministry said IL&FS bench to invoke the jurisdiction stand has irreversibly altered intention to return to India, NCLT against IL&FS and its that needed liquidity is of IL&FS, observing that the financial institutions in the Group, which has assets of of Sections 241(2) and 242 of over six decades long India’s Government sources said. subsidiaries, seeking a change arranged for the IL&FS from company's affairs were being credibility and financial sol- 1.15 lakh crore, is presently the Companies Act, 2013. Tibetan card to its disadvan- Continued on Page 4 of the board and management the financial system so that no conducted in a manner "prej- vency of the IL&FS Group is of facing tremendous debt pres- The sections provide for control of the company. more defaults take place and udicial" to the public interest. utmost importance for the sure and struggling to service the Union Government to Kotak was named as non- the infrastructure projects are The Finance Ministry in a financial stability of capital around 91,000 crore in debt approach the NCLT, and the executive chairman of the new implemented smoothly," the statement said the Government and financial markets. There is which is the outcome of its tribunal to pass orders to reg- board. The other directors Finance Ministry said in a found "serious corporate relat- an emergent need to immedi- "mismanaged borrowings in ulate the affairs of a company, approved by the NCLT are statement in New Delhi. ed deficiencies" in the IL&FS ately stop further financial the past". respectively, in a case where the retired IAS officers Malini "Restoration of confidence" holding company and its sub- defaults and also take measures Before the NCLT, the affairs of such company were Shankar and Vineet Nayyar, across markets and the finan- sidiaries and has ordered an to resolve defaulted dues to the Government said the IL&FS not in public interest. and veteran auditor cial system in IL&FS group "is SFIO (Serious Fraud claimants," it said. directors had failed to dis- Taking note of the Nandkishore. of utmost importance for the Investigation Office) probe into The company would charge their duties and that Government's arguments, the The move to take over financial stability of capital the alleged financial irregular- require a combination of mea- many mutual funds would col- bench held in its interim order IL&FS followed its recent and financial markets". ities in the NBFC. sures like asset sales, restruc- lapse if the company collapses. that the present case was a fit defaults roiling Indian markets. The NCLT allowed the "The restoration of confi- turing of some liabilities and a There were concerns that one to invoke the jurisdiction "The Government stands Union Government's interim dence of the money, debt and fresh infusion of funds by default by a large NBFC like of the above sections.  "*+            !"# $%% R (        

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      bly of five or more people, announced 25 lakh for the cops of Uttar Pradesh police we are snubbed by them.” While a 31-year-old private                holding of any public meeting, family and 5 lakh each for the with several of constables and They said: “Prashant was tutor was allegedly shot dead by use of amplifier, loudspeaker education of Tiwari's daugh- Sub Inspectors expressing sup- denied permission to present two unidentified assailants in a 20-year-old-girl and a local with whom he was in a rela- and similar instruments. his side of the story in the northwest Delhi’s Mahendra BJP leader’s security officer tionship. The deceased was The Delhi Traffic Police in episode and it is against the nat- Park over an alleged “illicit” were injured. Save the BSF known to a girl for more than its advisory asked commuters ural justice. Even those charged relationship on Monday morn- jawan who was arrested by 10 years. The angle of person- to avoid Ghaziabad, Hapur, in criminal cases have the right ing, another 34-year-old was police no arrests have been al enmity is not ruled out,” said Meerut, Muzafarnagar, to present his side in the case shot dead at Taimoor Nagar in made yet. the DCP. Roorkee, Haridwar to avoid in which he had been accused south-east Delhi by unidenti- According to Deputy According to sources, Meerut Expressway, which the during the investigation.” fied person on Sunday night. Commissioner of Police (DCP) Ankit was shot dead by two protesting farmers are likely to Earlier, Kalpana, 38, her In another incident in North-West district Aslam family members of a Muslim take. The order would be in two daughters and brother-in Ghaziabad, a BSF constable Khan, the victim (private student, with whom he was in force till October 8 and covers law Vishnu met the Yogi at his allegedly gunned down his tutor), identified as Ankit, was a ‘relationship’. Preet Vihar, Jagatpuri, official 5, Kalidas Marg resi- colleague in a fit of rage after shot dead around 8.30 am. In Taimoor Nagar inci- Shakarpur, Madhu Vihar, dence for over 25 minutes. a minor tiff with him at Braj “Ankit used to give private dent, residents protested Ghazipur, Mayur Vihar, Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma Vihar locality, a police official tuitions. During our initial against the murder of a 34- Mandawli, Pandav Nagar, went to the Tiwari residence said. investigation, Ankit’s family year-old man identified as Kalyanpuri and New Ashok and took the family to the CM's In another two separate has claimed that this might Rupesh. Nagar police station limits. !    "   # $          residence. incidents of shoot-out in Delhi have happened due to a woman Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 $     
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 pass or ticket, be punishable reached Railway Board also ities concerned to make efforts be a new rake and a dedicated train. The court, however, said windowpanes of the trains ny railway employee, and with imprisonment which may made it clear that the toilets in to ensure Naini-Doon Jan AC first class in the train. that the Railways can make within a period of one month 
   Anot just the Government extend to six months and with all the trains/coaches have to be Shatabdi Express runs daily and During the technical argu- extra efforts and do the from today,” said the court. Railway Police (GRP), Railway fine which may extend to Rs cleaned after every two hours. at a desired timings. ment between the judges and requested changes. “We also On the issue of cleanliness,  /010)2 Protection Force (RPF) or the 500,” said Justices Manoj Interestingly such direc- Miglani sought that the top rail officials, the rail author- permit both the DRMs to get the DRMs assured the court Travel Ticket Examiners (TTE), Kumar Tiwari and Rajiv tives came to the fore after a train leaves Kathgodam for ities expressed their concern clarification from the that various circulars issued by mbroiled in controversy for can throw out passengers who Sharma last week posting the petition was filed by one Pankaj Dehradun in the evening and that the movement of certain Chairman of the Railway Board the Railway Board from time to Ebetter part of his tenure, are either drunk or are creating matter for October 25, 2018. Miglani against the Indian leaves Dehradun for trains would be adversely in larger public interest,” the time are being followed in let- outgoing Chief Justice of India nuisance in the train. The Giving this directive to Railways seeking help of the Kathgodam in the early morn- affected, if the time-table is judges said. ter and spirit, as far as the (CJI) Dipak Misra held court Uttarakhand High Court has ensure cleanliness on trains and DRM Moradabad AK cleanliness inside the bogies for the last time on Monday authorised “any railway ser- railway station premises, the Singhal and DRM Izzatnagar and outside the bogies are and later asserted that Indian vant” to take the action. court has also asked the Dinesh Kumar Singh vowed in concerned. judiciary is the “most robust “If any person in any rail- Railways to ensure that train presence of the judges that the “We can take judicial institution” in the world and way carriage or upon any part compartments, bogies, coach- timings of the said train will be notice of the fact that, though young lawyers were assets hav- of a railway is in a state of intox- es and platforms as well as rail- looked into and AC bogies of sincere efforts are being made ing potential to develop the ication, or commits any nui- way stations are not dirtied ‘Ramnagar-Chandigarh Weekly by the Railway Administration, jurisprudence. sance or act of indecency or through spitting. And this they Superfast Intercity Express’ but still the bogies from inside “Our judiciary has been uses abusive or obscene lan- have to ensure within a period train would be replaced with- and outside are not cleaned reg- strongest judiciary in the world guage, or willfully or without of one month ending October in 72 hours of the orders passed ularly. The platforms are also having capability to handle excuse interferes with any last, the order said. on September 26. The DRM littered with garbage. The mind boggling number of amenity provided by the The court has asked the Izzatnagar also agreed to Railway Administration has cases,” Justice Misra, who will Railway Administration so as railway magistrates to impose upgrade AC Ist Class coach of not taken any steps to remove retire as the CJI on Tuesday, to affect the comfortable trav- a fine of not less than Rs 5,000 Ranikhet Express within a peri- the stray dogs from the plat- said while speaking at the el of any passenger, he can be in their random checking in od of one month time. forms. Begging on the plat- farewell function organised on removed from the coach by any case any person is found vio- “The Railway forms is also a serious issue,” the premises of the SC. railway servant and shall, in lating the said orders. The Administration is also direct- observed the court. Continued on Page 4   ()  ( *+ *,-.     
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Virbhadra-Rishikesh rail line will become Vikas Nigam Limited officials informed that transfer of required forest and state gov- chief has come just three days the observers. They add that the temple as before. “This is functional by 2019-20, the New Rishikesh- work is underway on construction of the ernment land for the project has been done after the BJP national head professed neutrality of Swami because the opposition leaders      Devprayag rail line will become function- Virbhadra-Rishikesh rail line, road under while the acquisition of 167 hectare land in Amit Shah came to Haridwar to Ramdev and his Patanjali fam- have realised that the majority   al by 2023-24 and the Devprayag- and over bridges, approach and entry the four districts is in the final stage. About inaugurate Acharyakulum run ily ahead of the high-stake gen- of the people in India revere Karnprayag stretch of the rail line will routes. Geo-technical investigation is also Rs 900 crore will be spent on the project in by Patanjali. The back to back eral election as contrasted to Lord Ram as the god of their  !  become functional by 2024-25. As part of underway along the entire stretch of the pro- 2018, Rs 1050 crore in 2019-20 and Rs 2200 visits of the two saffron stal- their full-throated support to the heart,” he said and added that the project, the Indian Railways will also ject. They also informed that a 327.11 kilo- crore in 2020. The CM said that all the sta- warts are seen to be part of the saffron camp during the 2014 the construction of the temple # ! !N construct a hospital at Srikot, a bridge and metre long rail line has been recommend- tions should be constructed considering the damage control exercise ahead election has left the BJP appa- is just a matter of time. stadium. Rawat directed the district mag- ed for facilitating rail connectivity to the tourist spots and mountain architecture style. of the 2019 general elections. ratchiks istrates of Pauri, Chamoli, Tehri and Char Dham shrines in Uttarakhand. The Disbursement of compensation should be However, Swami Ramdev made deeply wor- Rudraprayag to work in coordination with estimated cost for this would be about Rs expedited, he stressed. his annoyance clear with the ried. railways and Garhwal commissioner to 43,292 crore. The railway board has Additional chief secretary Om Prakash, NDA government at the Centre The RSS ensure swift disposal of all land and build- approved about Rs 120 crore in the current principal secretary Anand Wardhan, sec- while urging the religious fra- chief said that ing compensation cases related to the rail financial year for final location survey for retary Arvind Singh Hyanki, Garhwal com- ternity to make their own one who project.Expressing satisfaction at the pace this proposed rail connectivity. missioner Shailesh Bagauli, Rudraprayag dis- arrangements instead of works in the of work, Rawat said that the DMs should It should be mentioned here that the trict magistrate Mangesh Ghildiyal, other depending on the government interests of share their experiences to ensure timely Rishikesh-Karnprayag rail project is being district magistrates through video confer- for assistance. Observers say the country redressal of hurdles to be faced in this pro- monitored as a project of national impor- encing and chief project manager Himanshu that he meant the Prime must try to ject which is of national importance. Rail tance through the PRAGATI portal. The Badoni were also present in the meeting. Minister Narendra Modi with- continue out naming him. being in “Desh ka wazir aur ameer power. . + -/     sadhu ki upeksha kar raha hai “Maybe, the (Those heading the country country will and the affluent people are reap the fruits    # !    ignoring the saints). The sad- of the good hus thus should not expect initiatives Dehradun: With the Investors erate employ- * > much from them,” Swami taken now Summit about a week away, ment for 11,000 Ramdev said. He further said later, but such memorandums of under- people directly  02=/ that Patanjali had taken up ser- people who standing for production in the or indirectly. vice projects worth crores of are commit- aroma sector amounting to The distillation he state Congress workers rupees. “The rich offered us ted to serving 630 crore were signed in the and extraction Twould embark on com- assistance. But we chose to the country presence of chief minister of essential oils memorative walk across the depend on our own means. We must be Trivendra Singh Rawat here on will be done state to mark the 150th birth never accepted the offer,” he allowed to Monday. MoUs amounting to from aromatic anniversary of Mahatma said and added, “Those who remain in more than 61,000 crore have employment for locals in the produce. The firm will produce Gandhi on Tuesday. “The ideals are helming the government power. What been signed so far. mountainous regions, he added. perfume, flavour, incense and Mahatma Gandhi embodies might be strong, but the real is important Speaking on the occasion, A total of three MoUs in deodorant along with produc- are respected across the world. strength is resting with the is that good Rawat said that there are major the aroma sector were signed tion of different aromatic The world reveres him as a saints and the ascetics.” work must possibilities in the aroma sec- on the occasion. products. leader whose message to the The not- so- veiled dig at continue,” he tor. He said that the state has The first MoU was signed Sugandh Vyapar Sangh also humanity retains its relevance the Centre when coupled with said. been receiving a positive between the State government signed an MoU with state gov- even now,” said the state his warning that the skyrocket- Speaking response. The State govern- and and Essential Oils ernment with a proposal to Congress vice- president Surya ing of prices of essential com- of the Ram ment had recently introduced Association of India. The firm invest 50 crore. Under the MoU, Kant Dhasmana on Monday. modities might cost the Mandir issue, the aroma policy. This sector will invest 500 crore in the firm will produce fragrance, He further said that the lead- Narendra Modi-helmed gov- Bhagwat said has scope for generating Uttarakhand which will gen- flavour and perfumed oil. PNS ers and the activists of the party ernment dear at the upcoming that even the would embark on commemo- hustings is enough to be taken opposition rative walks in all the districts as a warning signal from the parties are not %
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The other fel-  “In my whole career as a dinated effort in the river front '4=5/048 monk recognised both by the prior permission from the MHA crowd. A policeman was low colleagues rushed the judge, I never dissociated development project. Along Chinese Government and the every time he or she intends to injured in the stone pelting and injured jawan to a local hospi- myself from the lady of equity,” with revival of the Rispana and /50*=50 Dalai Lama. travel abroad and needs to take is currently in hospital, they tal where he was declared From Page 1 Justice Misra said. Bindal rivers, it is also impor- 0884=5  4525 Acting smart, the visa while returning. added. brought dead. As the infor- “This is a shocking inci- “I am indebted to Bar at tant to focus on their beautifi- Karmapa, a recipient of a The US, which has also Deputy Commissioner of mation reached the police sta- dent and my condolences are every level and go from here cation, said the chief minister -05854/48 refugee card from India and an been liberal in providing assis- Police (Southeast) Chinmoy tion police rushed the crime with the bereaved family. An with satisfaction,” he added. Trivendra Singh Rawat. The accused in a money laundering tance to Tibetans in the past is Biswal said, Rupesh was injured spot and took the accused in SIT has been formed which He spoke after Chief Justice chief minister said this while =C0= /) 4 case, wants the Government of now embracing the Karmapa, in firing by two unknown men custody. has started investigation. of India-designate Justice chairing a meeting to review -040'=548 India to sideline the Dalai is providing him assistance who were passing by his house. A 20-year-old woman was Directives have been given to Ranjan Gogoi praised him say- the river front development Lama, top sources said. and security cover during his He succumbed to injuries later shot at allegedly by a man in the police to spare none in this ing that his greatest contribu- project here on Monday. 02=/O The CTA receives hefty stay there. at the hospital. northeast Delhi’s Harsh Vihar case,” Yogi later said in a state- tion has been to civil liberties The Chief Minister stressed annual grants (USD 40 million Interestingly, the US had However, locals alleged on Monday morning.”The ment. and cited his recent verdicts in on the importance of integrat- 0/55< annually) from the US State remained in denial mode by that Rupesh was shot at by two woman is currently hospi- The CM said the this regard. ed efforts so that beautification Department as well as Rs 800 not granting visas to an elect- men, suspected to be linked to talised. It is suspected that the Government will take care of Justice Gogoi, who will be of rivers can also become a part million from the Union Home ed leader from Western India drug peddlers. His family accused was in a relationship the family, including the chil- sworn-in as the CJI on of Dehradun’s identity. Ministry. The CTA has been with the potential to lead the claimed that he had opposed with her but they had broken dren and Vivek's elderly moth- Wednesday, said Justice Misra In this regard, the Rispana and Bindal rivers persisting with the Union country but is hosting the the sale of drugs in the area and up. We are looking for the er. was a remarkable judge. Mussoorie Dehradun respectively in the initial phase Home Ministry for last 10 Karmapa, wanted in India in a that is why he was attacked, accused and further investiga- Later talking to reporters, He said, “If we fail in Development Authority has been prepared. In the first years not to treat Karmapa as money laundering case. they added. tion is going on,” said a senior Kalpana said all her demands endeavour to hold true to our (MDDA), Irrigation stage of the project, Rs 140.39 a foreign agent. The CTA has consistently Residents alleged that ille- police official. had been met. “I wanted strict Constitutional ideals, we will Department and other depart- crore has been recommended The CTA led by President backed the Karmapa and coun- gal immigrants from In yet another incident of action against the guilty, a job, continue to kill, hate each ments concerned should study for construction of retaining Lobsang Sangay had been meet- tered suspicion within the Indian Bangladesh are residing in the shoot out a Personal Security accommodation, educational other,” and added that the the action plan in detail and wall, check dam and other ing Indian officials to make establishment of him being a for- nearby JJ cluster and are Officer (PSO) of a BJP leader expenses of my daughters and judges in the Supreme Court ensure necessary action. necessary structures along 2.5 them believe that the Karmapa eign agent. The Indian estab- involved in drug trafficking. in Shakarpur was injured on my mother-in-law. The Chief are all committed and they will Necessary advice and technical kilometre stretch of the Rispana is not a foreign agent and will lishment has been suspecting They alleged that illegal immi- Sunday evening. The BJP Minister agreed to all my remain committed. assistance should also be and 4.5 kilometre stretch of the return to India if provided trav- him to be Chinese agent, a rea- grants are also involved in leader Mohit, who is also son demands”, she said. “I am sat- “We live in times when sought from the Sabarmati Bindal river. About 2.7 kilo- el documents. Apparently, the son why he was denied travel petty crimes and are the ones of Pramod Nagar, president of isfied with the government what we should eat, wear have River Front Development metre long embankments have CTA successfully lobbied with documents earlier. involved in sale of drugs. Karkarduma Bar Association action. I had earlier said that stopped being little things of Corporation Limited. The chief already been constructed on The entire incident was along with his PSO, was in I have faith in our government our personal lives,” Justice minister further said that final both sides of the Rispana and captured in CCTV camera Angad Vihar area when and today it faith has been Gogoi said while addressing the decision should be taken soon Bindal rivers, informed the $"  

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Special Judge OP Saini asked CBI, why they hold besides making the coun- ensuring services for all.” of absconding jeweller Nirav Modi these assets and the action has been attached and they belong to submitted Chargesheet without obtaining the Sanction try open defecation free by next The new WHO guidelines and his family, including two come to fruition after three Nirav Modi, Purvi Modi and and directed CBI to provide it by next hearing year, the World Health set out four principal recom- apartments in New York’s iconic months of “close coordination” firms controlled by them. November 26. He also cautioned CBI that if failed to Organisation (WHO) on mendations including sanita- Central Park and another proper- between the Enforcement “During investigation it was provide the Sanction, the Court may take appropriate Monday initiated an almost tion interventions to ensure ty in UK, as part of the ongoing Directorate and its foreign coun- found that most of the money was action. similar move. It launched the entire communities have access action in the 13,400-crore PNB terparts. transferred to these accounts after In the July 19, submitted chargesheet, the CBI has first global guidelines on san- to toilets that safely contain credit fraud case. “The international coopera- FIRs were filed in this scam,” the charged former Finance Secretaries Ashok Jha and itation and health even as it excreta. “The full sanitation The agency said it has issued tion has bore fruit. This has result- agency said. Ashok Chawla in the illegal approval given to pitched for higher investments system should be undergo local as many as five provisional orders, ed in seizure and provisional A 19.5 crore worth flat in Malaysian firm Maxis to acquire the mobile phone and policy shifts to achieve the health risk assessments to pro- under the Prevention of Money attachment of jewellery, bank south Mumbai, owned by Purvi operator Aircel. Both these officers are now retired and goal of universal sanitation $        tect individuals and commu- Laundering Act (PMLA), for accounts and immovable proper- Modi, has also been attached as Ashok Chawla is now servings as NSE Chairman. Apart coverage by 2032.   1    $ nities from exposure to excre- attachment of assets in London, ties worth 637 crore in India as part of the proceedings. from these two officers, two serving IAS officers Kumar “By adopting WHO’s new ta — whether this be from New York, bank balances in well as four foreign jurisdictions. The central probe agency, a Sanjay Krishnan and Deepak Kumar Singh were also guidelines, countries can sig- Global health body here. unsafe toilets, leaking storage Singapore and other countries, a The agency also seized dia- senior official said, also got issued charged as accused by CBI. nificantly reduce the 829, 000 Taking note of India’s move or inadequate treatment,” it flat in Mumbai and diamond mond jewellery worth 22.69 an Interpol Red Corner notice “You (CBI) should not have filed the charge sheet. annual diarrhoeal deaths due of taking the “challenge of said. studded jewellery that was shipped crore after getting them to India (global arrest warrant) against It is only increasing the pendency of the court. A lot to unsafe water, sanitation and ending open defecation to the “Without proper access, to India from Singapore. from Hong Kong in 23 shipments Aditya Nanavati, an accused and of time of the court has been wasted due to this,” Special hygiene. For every US $1 highest level,” the WHO said millions of people the world Two immovable properties in besides bank balance of 44 crore, employee of a Nirav Modi firm in Judge O P Saini said. invested in sanitation, WHO that under the Prime Minister’s over are deprived of the digni- New York that were attached are kept in an account in Singapore, the same case, for involvement in “Granting of sanction is under active considera- estimates a nearly six-fold (Narendra Modi) leadership, ty, safety and convenience of a worth $29.99 million (216 Crores in the name of a British Virgin alleged money laundering. tion of the government,” said senior prosecutor Sonia return as measured by lower the SBM (Clean India decent toilet,” said Dr Soumya approximately) a owned by Nirav Island based company has also Nirav Modi has been abscond- Mathur said. The Sanction for Prosecution has to be health costs, increased pro- Programme) is coordinating Swaminathan, Deputy Modi and another property been attached. ing after the emergence of the PNB recommended by the Finance Ministry and approved ductivity and fewer premature action across many sectors to Director-General for attached in UK is worth 56.97 The beneficial owners of these scam earlier this year. by DoPT. deaths,” said a statement by the ensure basic sanitation rapid- Programmes, WHO.  Q   1 +      /*# 2 % !

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The Gram Sabhas According to the min- expects the companies to insurance agents for insuring gic and defence ties, Army Petersburg and General Staff “Modi’s India”, demonetisation written-off over seven times the will also inform the farmers on istry, as many as 1.20 crore reduce premium rates, espe- their crops or directly enrol on chief General Bipin Rawat is in Academy and Headquarters meant “lining up and deposit- recovery amount in the last how they can insure their crops farmers have benefited from cially as the general cut-off date the portal. Those farmers who Russia for a week-long visit of a motorised rifle division at ing money in banks” for the four years. under the Scheme. the crop insurance scheme for enrolment has been avail short term crop loans starting Monday to discuss Moscow, officials said here on poor, while it was a “means of Between April 2014 and After tweaking the guide- during the Kharif season last advanced by 15 days for both from formal financial institu- the entire range of bilateral Monday. converting their black money” April 2018, the country’s 21 lines of the PMFBY to reach year and the Rabi season in seasons. As per the revised tions at concessional rates of military ties with his Russian India and Russia have for crony capitalists. Rahul state-owned banks ended up out maximum number of 2016-17 as compared to 1.62 operational guidelines, the interest are automatically cov- counterparts. His visit comes robust strategic and defence who has been continuously writing off 3,16,500 crore of farmers ahead of the assembly crore in 2013-14. There is a farmers get 72 hours to inti- ered under the Scheme. at a time when Russian ties and Russia is one of the attacking Prime Minister loans even as they recovered polls in five states due this year decline of over 42 lakh farm- mate individual claims against To ensure that more non- President Vladimir Putin will biggest weapons suppliers to Narendra Modi in recent days, 44,900 crore written off on a and Lok Sabha polls in 2019, ers who could not be benefit- the existing 48 hours. loanee farmers are insured hold summit level talks with Indian armed forces including has also alleged that crony cumulative basis — or less the Ministry of Agriculture ted from crop insurance This can be done through under the scheme, apart from Prime Minister Narendra tanks, missiles, warships, air- capitalists got their 3.16 lakh than one-seventh the write-off has asked the Ministry of scheme under PMFBY. In any of the channels provided various awareness activities Modi later this week to review craft and related equipment. crore debt written off using amount, the report said. The Panchayati Raj and the Stats 2016-17, over 5.73 crore under the Scheme and direct- being scheduled, the insur- their relations. Moreover, the armies to two public money. Congress president has often and Union Territories to farmers have insured their ly on the portal of PMFBY. In ance companies are given a tar- During his official tour, countries regularly conduct “Modi’s India — For targeted the Government over include this as an agenda. The crop while 3.33 crore farmers case of any grievance, the farm- get of enrolling 10 per cent Rawat is scheduled to meet joint exercises here and in Common Man: Notebandi- writing-of bad debts of indus- Ministry has come out with in 2013-14. 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Semi- Monday to broaden the scope of exercises in counter-terrorism (El Nino conditions) did not have Ming in the management and operation medium and medium operational holdings bilateral partnership and step up and cooperate in the field of any adverse effect on the perfor- of agricultural lands, as per the agriculture (2-10 ha) in 2015-16 were 13.22 per cent, cooperation in key areas such as military education and medi- mance of monsoon rainfall. The census for 2015-16 released by the Ministry with 43.61 per cent of operated area. defence and counter-terrorism. cine, it said. four-month-long southwest mon- of Agriculture on Monday. The census, The large holdings (10 ha and above) The two sides signed 17 They agreed to strengthen soon season officially ended on the water reservoir levels stands at their westward movement across however, showed a 1.53 per cent decline in were merely 0.57 per cent of total number pacts in the sectors of defence, cooperation between the law September 29. The IMD had fore- around 5 per cent higher than 10- central India. During the season, total operated area at 157.14 million of holdings in 2015-16 and had a share of agriculture, science and tech- enforcement agencies and spe- cast a normal monsoon but the year mean storages and 17 per cent 10 Low Pressure Areas formed, hectare as compared to 2010-11 data. 9.04 per cent in the operated area as against nology and space, among oth- cial services of the two coun- rain fall deficiency is recorded 9.4 higher than the storages of corre- out of which one system intensi- The census found out that the per- 0.71 per cent and 10.59 per cent, respec- ers, which was termed “historic” tries, including under the per cent this year. This is a second sponding period during 2017. fied into a Cyclonic Storm, one centage share of female operational hold- tively for 2010-11 census. by the Uzbek President. framework of the Uzbekistan- year in a row when monsoon “ If northeast region had into a Deep Depression and 4 into ers has increased from 12.79 per cent in Out of 146 million operational hold- The two leaders also dis- India Joint Working Group on ended with below normal rainfall. received normal rainfall, the all- Depressions. 2010-11 to 13.87 per cent in 2015-16. In ings, the highest number of holders cussed regional security, includ- Counter-Terrorism. On the other hand, the IMD India rainfall would have been 96 According to IMD, the resul- terms of operated area, the share of women belonged to Uttar Pradesh (23.82 million) ing the situation in Afghanistan, Both sides have also called on Monday attributed that 24 per per cent of the Long Period tant acreage is largely manifested increased from 10.36 per cent to 11.57 per followed by Bihar (16.41 million), and asserted that dialogue was for early finalisation of the cent shortfall of rains over north- Average (LPA). However, over by the good soil moisture distri- cent. Maharashtra (14.71 million), Madhya the only way to bring peace in Comprehensive Convention on east India, have led to deficient northwest India, central India and bution across the country. The average size of operational hold- Pradesh (10 million), Karnataka (8.68 the war-torn country. International Terrorism. monsoon (9.4 per cent) this year, south Peninsula, seasonal rainfall Adequate soil moisture available ing declined to 1.08 hectares (ha) in 2015- million), Andhra Pradesh (8.52 million), “We have had very com- Uzbekistan will also set up ended on September 30. During distribution was satisfactory and over northern parts of India may 16 compared to 1.15 ha in 2010-11, as per Tamil Nadu (7.94 million), Rajasthan prehensive discussions. We a defence wing at its embassy the period 1901-2017, only four well distributed as predicted, with help the Rabi crops during 2018- the provisional data. (7.65 million) and West Bengal (7.24 mil- have taken a long-term view to here, the statement said. years — 1992, 2005, 2009 and only marginal rainfall deficiency of 19. The cumulative rainfall across The Agriculture Ministry said the lion). deepen the strategic partner- Noting the importance of a 2013, the rainfall deficiency over 2 per cent, 7 per cent and 2 per cent the country for the overall season first census was conducted with reference In total operated area, the highest con- ship between the two coun- safe and secure regional envi- north east India was more than 20 respectively,” the IMD said. between June 1 and September 30 year 1970-71. The census is conducted tribution was from Rajasthan (20.87 mil- tries,” a statement quoted ronment for development and per cent. Also, the northeast As per data, Manipur (-58 per was recorded at 804 millimetre every five years to collect data on structural lion ha), followed by Maharashtra (19.88 Modi as saying. On his part, prosperity, the two sides agreed region, known for large scale cent), Lakshadweep (-48 per cent), (mm) against the normal rains of aspects of operational holdings in the coun- million ha), Uttar Pradesh (17.45 million Mirziyoyev said the strategic to work closely in addressing floods, did not witness significant Meghalaya (-40 per cent) and 887.5 mm, the report suggests. try. So far, nine censuses have been done ha), Madhya Pradesh (15.67 million ha) partnership with India is “one of threats and challenges to nation- floods during the season. Arunachal Pradesh (-31 per cent) The overall rainfall was 84 mm and this is the 10th in series. and Karnataka (11.72 million ha). the most important priorities” al as well as regional security. According to IMD, due to day recorded the lowest rainfall till fewer than normal. The month of “The total number of operational Among states, the highest increase in of Uzbekistan. Modi said a stable, demo- to day variability of rainfall has led September 30. Every second state June ended with a rainfall defi- holdings in the country has increased from number of operational holdings was in Defence has been an impor- cratic, inclusive and prosper- to floods in several parts includ- experiencing deficient rainfall is ciency of 5 per cent, which 138 million in 2010-11 to 146 million in Madhya Pradesh (12.74 per cent) followed tant aspect in the India- ous Afghanistan was beneficial ing Kerala, Himachal Pradesh from the northeast. increased to 6 per cent in July. In 2015-16, an increase of 5.33 per cent,” the by Andhra Pradesh (11.85 per cent), Uzbekistan ties. In this regard, for everyone. “The two coun- and Uttrakhand. Despite defi- IMD officials said that the sea- August, the rainfall deficit statement said. 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TLeadership (JRL) com- tions” in Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla, Kulgam, Pulwama rifles, surfaced on social media Besides legislator Advocate prising Syed Ali Geelani, documented recently by the and Shopian districts," it said. sites along with a group of Ajaz Mir, around a dozen other Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and United Nations Commissioner The JRL said, “Jammu & Hizbul Mujahideen terrosists to PSOs deployed in MLA secu- Yasin Malik on Monday for Human Rights. Kashmir is not a territorial dis- announce his joining the ter- rity unit were also questioned released copies of a letter They said, “Lack of sus- pute between India and rosist group along with the by Police and NIA sleuths at they have addressed to UN tained attention by the inter- Pakistan. We would like to arms and ammunition. legislator's official residence chief Antonio Guterres ahead national community to this assert that it is primarily a The policemen have on Saturday (Sep 29). of his three-day visit to India. aspect of the disputed conflict question of the rights of the already taken into custody for The Police had also The separatists have urged and not calling India to peoples of the State of J&K and detailed investigation. Officials announced a cash reward of upon the UN Secretary account on this score, has only that resolution must be sought said they were suspended for two lakh rupees for capturing General to resolve the “dis- succeeded in emboldening its within the parameters of that their callous attitude towards deserted Special Police Officer pute” over Kashmir that armed forces, enjoying immu- definition as well. We urge you duties. Besides police, the (SPO) alongwith weapons. "remains on the agenda of the nity from law causing untold to take these points into con- sleuths of the National The PSO's act is being seen United Nations". misery for civilian Kashmiris sideration as you engage with !-   (9 + :  *  "     * 9    ;     <  Investigation Agency (NIA) as highly motivated and “India’s refusal to talk was who are forced to live with the Government of India.” 5"   6   ' and other investigating agen- unprecedented act in the past doing unimaginable harm not arbitrary arrest, imprisonment, On Sunday, Kashmir cies have also joined interro- nearly three decade history of only to Kashmir but to the torture and killings in their Centre for Social and  0  0   34)35 to the Centre will then be sent the country and assured ade- gation of the detained cops. terrorism in Kashmir region. entire South Asian region at a everyday lives.” Development Studies to Myanmar through diplo- quate central forces for the Security sources said their There have been several recent time during which intercon- “Indian forces continue to (KCSDS), a civil society group iometric technology will matic channels for action. Maoist-affected States. This cell phones have also been cases wherein SPOs and police nectedness culturally, eco- shower pellets and bullets headed by Prof Hameedah Bbe put to use to identify the The meeting was attended after the Bengal Government confiscated for investigation. personnel deserted Police force nomically and politically (often indiscriminately on the Nayeem invited UN Secretary- Rohingyas illegally staying in by Bengal Chief Minister raised the issue of a probable However, the case has not yet and decamped with service rifles termed globalization) is the unarmed civilian population. General to Kashmir and India, Union Home Minister, Mamata Banerjee, her withdrawl of central forces from been exclusively taken over by before joining the terrorist ranks. driving force in international According to estimates, more requested him to take up Rajnath Singh has said. Jharkhand counterpart the Maoist-hit Jangalmahal area. the NIA. Official statistics revealed relations,” the letter reads. than 16,000 people in Kashmir “Kashmir Issue with Indian The Minister, who was on Raghubar Das, Bihar Deputy According to sources the The SPO Adil Bashir who that 34 rifles and one pistol The leaders impressed have been seriously injured by authorities”. a two-day visit to Kolkata to Chief Minister Sushil Modi Centre had proposed to with- fled with seven rifles and a pis- have been looted, snatched or upon New Delhi to engage pellets while hundreds have KCSDS in a statement chair the 23rd Eastern Zonal and Odisha Finance Minister draw CRPF from Jangalmahal tol from the residence of a taken away by the terrorists with the separatist leadership been permanently blinded. 14 issued to media claimed that Council meeting, said the State Sashi Bhushan Behra. for election purpose in four Peoples Democratic Party besides SPOs and Policemen in Kashmir and with Pakistan percent of these victims are the group’s invite was respond- Governments had been asked There are about 40,000 States. The Bengal (PDP) legislator Aijaz Ahmad who deserted police force, in with whom India’s relations are below the age of 15," the letter ed by UN Secretary General’s to collect the biometrics of ille- Rohingya immigrants staying Government has registered a Mir’s Jawahir Nagar residence nine major incidents since also deteriorating by the day. reads. Office with a note of regret that gal immigrants so that the illegally in India. While a strong protest against the cen- in Srinagar stunned the secu- March 29, 2015. “We have a right to self-deter- “The campaign of sup- Antonio Gueterres won’t be data could be sent to the coun- majority of them stay in the tral move to withdraw central rity grid. Bashir has reported- The 24-year-old SPO mination. Delhi would like us pression through daily cordon able to accept the invitation try concerned. State of Jammu & Kashmir the forces from the State. ly joined Hizbul Mujahideen as Aadil Bashir Sheikh hails. to abdicate that responsibility and search operations owing to prior commitments “The State Governments Bengal BJP has repeatedly The Minister however his pictures while posing with from legislator's native before they talk. To cede to that (CASOs) has become a per- and pressing demands already have been asked to identify the accused the Trinamool assured central forces would be a gun along with other mem- Zainapora village. Mir is one demand would be to concede manent feature. During these scheduled during his visit. Rohingyas and collect their Congress Government of har- redeployed if there was a need, bers of the outfit including top of the youngest legislators in biometrics,” the Minister said at bouring the Rohingyas in sources said. The Home commander Zeenatul Islam J&K assembly and considered Home Affairs enhanced resignations through video ence of SPOs videos tendering the end of the meeting held at Bengal too. Minister also met Mamata have gone viral on social net- as loyalists of Mehbooba monthly honorarium for SPOs statements after three police resignations. One woman SPO Bengal State secretariat Singh also told in the meet- Banerjee for 20 minutes but working sites. A separate pic- Mufti. his father was killed by with different categories of personnel including one SPO from another south Kashmir Nabanna adding the data ing that Leftist ultras were one there was no comment on ture of the looted cache of arms terrorists in late 1990s. service period starting from were killed in south Kashmir's district Kulgam with 15 year reports thus sent by the States of the major security threats in what transpired. has also gone viral. The SPOs are low paid one year to 15 years with hon- Shopian district last week. service had also posted resig- Last Saturday, the Police and irregular recruits to State orarium ranging from 5,000 The police department nation video. Even one counter and NIA began in-depth inves- police primarly taskes to do to maximum 15,000 per denied it has received any for- insurgent SPO Uzair Billa from $ +) tigation into the arms loot case. menial jobs at police stations month depending upon the mal resignations from SPOs. Srinagar outskirts posted his 4

 
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Its were numerous, with an aim to Tcreated Hojai district in    ment of the Assam Government, more lions belonging to adding that from September 20 geography cannot be changed bring efficiency and streamline Assam following reports of   a total of 6,780 lakh of the SDP Dalkhania range of Gir to 30, 10 more lions succumbed but the problems the State face Chaudhary emphasized the their finance. some school students feeling in the current index was lost in Sanctuary situated in Amreli during treatment at the rescue can be considered for redressal,” need to monitor the imple- Stating that the ‘Terms of dizziness after administrat- #  !  2017-18 fiscal due to Assam district. With these fresh centre and all were inhabitants said Commission chairman N K mentation of the 15th FC rec- Reference of the 15th FC has ing of Measles Rubella vacci-   # # bandh,” said the Minister. deaths, since September 12, of Dalkhania range. Singh here on Monday. ommendations and said this followed the provisions con- nation on Monday.    He said that the State had 2018 the death toll has climbed Of the latest deaths of 10 Addressing a one day will be necessary for realising tained in Article 280 of the An Irate public attacked witnessed 13 Assam bandhs to 21. Of these deaths, major- lions, the experts found virus- national seminar “Addressing the goals set forth by the panel. Indian Constitution, he said the the school where the vacci-   and 16 other local bandhs this ity of the lions were residents es in four carcasses and in six the problems of Inter-State and The Speaker also put a question FC decision on divisible pool of nation was carried out and   year since beginning. of Dalkhania range. other lions they noticed pro- Inter-District Disparity of India” mark on the utility of the Niti resources will try to strike a bal- injured health workers who Patowary further said that According to official fig- tozoa spread from tick bites. organised by the Asian Ayog. ance between the provisions had carried out the vaccina- connection. the Assam Government has ures declared by the State These symptoms were limited Development Research Institute Jharkhand’s Parliamentary and the demands arising coun- tion programme. The Assam Government taken up the issue of bandh forest department from to Sarasia area of the Dalkhania (ADRI), Singh, who belongs to Affairs, Food and Supply trywide. Singh expressed con- The mob also attacked the has started administering seriously and accordingly pre- September 12 to 19 as many range. As part of precautionary Bihar and served as bureaucrat, Minister Saryu Rai said, “While cern at the expanding security personnel forcing the Measles Rubella vaccine under pared a draft bill titled ‘The as 11 Asiatic Lions were died measure, lions permanently said, “We will keep in mind the northeast always had a Concurrent List and talked security personnel to resort to a scheme. Assam Prohibition and in Dalkhania and Jashadhar residing in adjoining Semaradi Bihar’s problems and demands.” council working towards bring- about the need to revisit the firing of tear gas shells to dis- In some districts, the Prevention of Bandh Bill, 2017’. ranges of Gir forest due to area have been shifted to Bihar Assembly Speaker ing development to the seven provisions of the 7th Schedule. perse the mob. Government agencies has also He said that under considera- infighting and injuries due to Jamvala rescue centre. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary high- sisters, the eastern Indian States ADRI’s member-secretary “The mob had damaged roped in religious leaders of tion of the Assam Government. infighting, respiratory and Considering the serious- lighted the problems of the State remain bereft of any such focus. Shaibal Gupta said, “The prob- five police vehicles by pelting minority communities to cre- It may be mentioned here hepatic failures and other ness of the situation, the State and said recurring flood was a Despite having abundant nat- lem of inter-state and inter-dis- with stones. This forced us to ate awareness the upcoming that Assam bandh is one of the reasons. Forest Department has called major factor for its backwardness ural resources, many States in trict development disparity is resort to non-lethal means to Measles Rubella vaccination favoured mode of protest in “Subsequently, lions resid- on three experts of Indian and Bihar has nothing to do with eastern India severely lack the not academic alone. It is a seri- combat the mob which was campaign and dispelling Assam. Most of the organisa- ing in these two ranges were Veterinary Research Institute, this problem. He said the basic infrastructural facilities. The ous development challenge and over 2500,” said Hojai rumors that it does not con- tions in Assam who wants to brought at a rescue centre sit- Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), five duty of the panel was to help the 15th FC would be of great help reduction of this disparity Superintendent of Police, tain anything that causes agitate or demonstrate against uated in Jashadhar village for experts from Delhi Zoo and economically backward regions. to these States if it recom- demands responses from vari- Ankur Jain. impotency. the Government on any issue, screening their health. two experts from lion safari “We are geographically unfor- mended favourably for them.” ous sources such as Central and He said that the agitated In 2017 students in several resort to calling of Assam Different samples all these Etawah situated in Uttar tunate. But this situation also The FC chairman Singh State Governments, national mob also attacked the CRPD areas of Assam gave a miss to bandh and even bandh at dis- lions were taken separately Pradesh. Moreover, the State makes our State first claimant for said the issues that the 15th FC and international development personnel guarding the NRC Japanese Encephalitis (JE) trict and sub division levels to and sent them to National Government has also made special category status,” he said has been finding to be ‘very com- agencies, academicians, profes- seva Kendra nearby. vaccine following rumours air their grievances, causing Institute of Virology (NIL), arrangements to import spe- while raking up the demand for plex’ have actually been found sionals, civil society organisa- He said that police have about the vaccine that it could immense woes to the people Pune as well as veterinary col- cialised medicines and vac- special status to Bihar. exactly so by all the Finance tions, media and others.” detained five persons in this lead to infertility spread. besides affecting the economy. lege of Junagadh to understand cine from USA. :8
   


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       0   - of Pawar’s controversial com- ment, by thanking the NCP  6   n an attempt to put a lid on chief through a tweet and   7 2<0=- by it they decided to end their Ia major controversy over his taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi:  - lives as they realised that purported remarks defending “I thank Shri @PawarSpeaks n a bizarre incident two their love was destined to fail. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, a former Defence Minister he Shiv Sena on Monday Ilovelorn teenagers burnt Sunday being a holiday they in the Rafale deal, NCP chief and veteran MP, for placing Tattacked Prime Minister themselves to death after went around together, had a Sharad Pawar said on Monday national interests above party Narendra Modi, saying before learning that they had fallen drink at an isolated spot late that he had not given a clean politics and speaking the the 2014 polls he had made a for the same girl. in the evening. Later they chit to Modi as had been truth. Dear @RahulGandhi, number of promises but those The incident in typical poured the petrol they had reported by the media and you would be wiser by believ- who ask about it now are film style has left Jagatiyal brought with them on each rooted for a JPC probe into the ing your own ally and a leader dubbed as "anti-nationals". town in Telangana in shock other and set themselves on issues relating to the deal. of Pawar Saheb’s stature,” Shah Hoping that the Election and disbelief. Jagatiyal deputy fire”, said the DSP. Speaking at a NCP rally at tweeted. Commission's announcement superintendent of police Initially the police had Beed in Marathawada region in Pawar’s daughter and MP of checking unethical prac- Venkat Ramanna told the suspected that they had killed Marathwada, Pawar responded had sought to clarify matters tices in polls does not become media on Monday that the each other after altercation to the criticism against him by saying that her father had a "hollow promise" like the two class mates of 10th stan- but subsequent investigations over his controversial remarks, been misquoted. “The thing ones made by political parties, dard in St John’s School K revealed that it was a case of by saying that he had not which he (Pawar) is being it warned that if people's tol- Mahinder and Ravi Teja com- suicide pact. thrown his weight behind the quoted that he has given a erance level breaches, they mitted suicide by pouring “Both the teenagers were Prime Minister as had been clean chit to Narendra Modi will revolt. petrol and setting themselves in depression for sometime. quoted as saying in the media. is not true. Those who are A country where the top on fire. “They were inspired They failed to realize that the He, however, hastened to add saying so have eithr not heard lawmakers lie after taking the by a recent Telugu movie films were made for enter- that he would not make alle- or seen his interview or they oath of office, the poll reforms RX100”, he said sharing the tainment and not to copy it in gations against any one as "  +   
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 - deal,” Pawar said. is the same BJP – now in the should accept the Opposition’s Sabha scenario. saying that that the latter did “Till I have proof with me, Government – is refusing to demand for JPC probe”. A pleased BJP national not support the Prime Minister I do not make allegations answer questions from the It may be recalled that fol- president had made the most in any manner. :     

 )3/41 This will, in turn, provide cates not to seek fresh dates      & '   Q speedy justice to the masses,” unnecessarily for cases and iminng to clear backlog of Pathak told The Pioneer in plead cases efficiently without Acases and provide speedy Lucknow on Monday. any delay.     (   justice to the people, the State The Law Minister said “It has come to our notice 
    Government will appoint over that the Government was that sometimes Government  )3/41 .    600 judges in district courts by committed to providing advocates unnecessarily linger  !! )  the end of this fiscal. The speedy justice to the people cases by seeking fresh dates. We n an attempt to exert pressure   7 2<0=- bit and tried to take process of appointment will and therefore it had decided to are keeping an eye on those Ion the Narendra Modi and ;    care of him”, the start from November. set up 125 fast track courts and advocates who are known for Yogi Adityanath Governments <
 ! # uniformed policeman sit- kind hearted cop Law and Justice Minister 11 family courts. delaying cases,” he said. for early construction of Ram  7 ! ! Ating under a tree trying his said. He said he was Brijesh Pathak said that there “We will also have 13 com- When asked about the gov- temple in Ayodhya, Mahant     #  best to console a crying baby aware that the were around 2,500 posts of mercial adalats to deal with ernment decision to withdraw Ram Parhamans Das of Taspwi  !    whose mother was writing an mother from a poor judges in the State of which commercial cases. Besides, all criminal cases against political Chhavni temple along with examination inside the centre family was forced to 630 posts were lying vacant. district headquarters will have leaders, Pathak said the process his disciples sat on an indefinite   has won the hearts of millions bring her child to “The process to appoint civil permanent lok adalats. was on and over 2,500 cases fast in Ayodhya on Monday. as his photo was gone viral on the center as nobody junior judges will start from The Government is also had been withdrawn. Mahant Das announced had been sorted out and only social media. was at home to take November and we expect that going to appoint 35 new chief “We have received over before the media that he would a small section of the minori- The photo of head consta- care of the baby. the appointments will be judicial magistrates by March 25,000 applications but only not consume any food or water ties was opposing it. ble Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, “The mother is a made by March next year so next year. All new adalats and political cases are being with- till the announcement for a “I have sent information retweeted and liked by thou- post graduate but that the newly-appointed appointments have been drawn after careful scrutiny. temple was made. about my indefinite fast to sands, was first shared by the dis- she could not get a judges are sent for training,” cleared by the Cabinet and Beneficiaries in this process The saint also slammed President Ram Nath Kovind, trict superintendent of police, proper job and now he said. ground work is being done to are leaders from all parties. the Bharatiya Janata Party gov- Prime Minister Narendra Mahbubnagar Rama Rajeshwari. While discharging his duty he she has decided to become a “We want to complete the give a final shape to the mis- Even political cases against ernments for ignoring Ram Modi, Chief Minister Yogi According to the SP the saw a young girl trying to con- police constable”, Rehman said. appointment process by this sion,” Pathak said. Bahujan Samaj Party, temple and said that after Adityanath and other persons head constable, posted at the sole a four month old baby cry- Mujeeb-ur-Rahman is a fiscal only. UP Public Services The Minister said that Samajwadi Party and promising it, they were now concerned,” he said. Moosapet police station was on ing for his mother. loving father of two children. Commission has initiated the the Government had also Congress leaders have been backing out. Recently, the Supreme duty at Boys Junior College, “Earlier I had seen the While his daughter was in process. Once the appoint- directed Government advo- withdrawn,” Pathak said. Mahant Das said that now Court has decided to hear the Mahbubnagar where the exam- mother leaving the baby in the high school final year, his son ments are made, we will have Muslims too wanted the Ram vexed Ayodhya title suit on day- ination for selecting police care of the girl. When he con- was studying medicine enough bench strength to temple and hence all problems to-day basis from October 28. constables was being held. tinued to cry I decided to do my in China. clear the backlog of cases. (  (     ()  ( *+ *,-. COMMENT & ANALYSIS   ()  ( *+ *,-. 

www.dailypioneer.com 88;1<*8++195 Hedgewar: A native vision of nationhood /S     :             !**          G            /       Progressive law ical praetorian guard. The fortuitous availabil- changed unimaginably. The hitherto inviolable to the detriment of the RSS’ prestige. The situ- a famine in Bengal; the Mission later sent MS ity of Syama Prasad Mookerjee led to the for- Muslim personal law has been challenged by ation-based editing of Golwalkar’s speeches in Golwalkar to join Hedgewar after he founded mation of the Jan Sangh; his tragic death in Muslim women, who have got triple talaq (talaq- Print must be seen in this context. Given the RSS. Returning to Nagpur with his degree E S          R  S Srinagar consolidated the fledgling party’s *C0/=2)*/2O e-biddat) legally invalidated, and are now fight- Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s vituperative in 1917, Hedgewar decided to dedicate his life nationalist credentials, a legacy that transferred ing to ban polygamy, nikah halala and female attacks on the RSS, and his allusion that it did to the nation. He joined the Congress and as         *    to its remake, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). C5'0=5C0553 4/ genital mutilation. The state is standing by them; not participate in the freedom struggle, Bhagwat general secretary of the Nagpur Congress Unsurprisingly, Jawaharlal Nehru loathed 520= /2 the days of inhumane orthodoxy are over. presented a stalwart who opposed British colo- Sewa Dal, helped organise the Non Cooperation      
 
    
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   did not value his Western liberal worldview and )) 4/5255/45 Pradesh has asked madrassas to incorporate the shoulders with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, BS Moonje, tion and jailed for one year. Later, he became 8 sought inspiration from India’s native ethos, national school curriculum in their teaching Subhas Chandra Bose, and Savarkar brothers. secretary of the Congress in Central Provinces.      6  &8   O    015 which was by definition Hindu. Like Sardar '=5'50/520 programme. It is a matter of time before par- As a student in the sixth standard, he threw Deeply influenced by Moonje, Hedgewar 
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&  indu rashtra (nation) is not rajya understood that the RSS was not innately anti- the madrassa to emphasise in future. The inter- coronation day in the dustbin, saying slavery to from the Congress, which placed Hindutva as (state), though critics try to obfus- Muslim, but was astute enough to realise that -2*15'=0 0/50 nal dynamics of the Muslim community, the British empire was nothing to celebrate and the basis of nationhood. The RSS was found-        
         cate the issue. A state is a politi- painting it in such colours would give him the therefore, are destroying mental ghettos and dri- motivated children not to go to see the lights ed at a meeting in his home, where like-mind-  %     %      
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  isational, cultural, and psycholog- party in power for several decades. isation and Hindu India. tions. In the 10th grade, Hedgewar managed to which gradually evolved into the daily shakha. icalH entity, generally identified with an ancient RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat -=5 24)4/)  A return to the patronage offered to organise students of Neil City High School to The emphasis was on character building    3        or distinct geography linked to its people. addressed a complex range of political, social, Muslim orthodoxy by the Congress and other shout ‘Vande Mataram’ when the inspector vis- (vyakti nirman); the rest would follow.     
       & Hindus form the bedrock and mainstream of cultural, civilisational and psychological issues 8=40=)<2)244 secular parties is no longer possible. Hence, ited the classrooms. When investigations began Hedgewar and many RSS workers remained 1  *    '   E'  =   the Indian nation; a Hindu polity respects its that have crystallised with the ascent of the BJP /=--0 24)0= Muslim investment in such parties is no longer to identify the mastermind, he confessed to save in the Congress and participated in the free- minorities precisely because it is Hindu. This as India’s ruling and dominant political party in necessary. A Hindu India must seek to make this fellow students from trouble, and was rusticat- dom struggle under Gandhi’s leadership. In  0    F- $+"N3       is true of both Hindu rashtra and rajya. 2014. At a three-day conclave titled, “Future of 152-)*/*2= transition as painless as possible, especially as ed. He passed the metric exam from Pune as a 1932, he inspired the Jungle Satyagraha,            
Keshav Baliram Hedgewar founded the Bharat: An RSS Perspective”, Bhagwat sound- the challenge of Islamic terrorism increases and private student under the Lokmanya Tilak wherein 6,000 persons cut jungle grass in defi- 
   &/        Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1925 ed the bugle of an ideological war at a modern- 5)3- 44/>0 innocents have to be protected. Bhagwat’s Yojana. While there (1908), he threw a bomb ance of a Government ban, similar to the ban as an ideological alternative to the dominant day Kurukshetra, where none of his invited speech is a nudge in that direction. The deci- at a police post on Vijayadashami; he was arrest- on making salt. He was jailed for nine     &      Indian National Congress, to uphold the pri- opponents turned up. Round one to Bhagwat. -2 2/=-4 0 sion to put Hedgewar at the centre of his out- ed but released because he was a student. months. Long a shadowy figure at the edge of 
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  (+           Though Hedgewar and many swayamsevaks outreach, linking its timing to the parliamentary sevaks have grown up under the shadow of MS at Calcutta Medical College and meet leaders justice to a visionary with formidable organ- joined the freedom movement under the aegis election of 2019. Some have taken his assurances -=4520= Golwalkar (guruji), who led the RSS for 33 long of the Anushilan Samiti and organise the rev- isational skills.            %      of the Congress, mutual distrust due to the that Hindutva does not and cannot exclude years and established it in northern India. Some olutionaries of Bengal and Maharashtra. During (The writer is Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial           
   Partition and murder of Mahatma Gandhi per- Muslims as an exercise in ‘Congress-isation’. The speeches made in the troubled Partition years his six years in the province, he helped the Museum and Library; the views expressed are       
 
O  &    suaded the organisation of the need for a polit- issue is more complex. Some things have and thereafter have derailed the public discourse Ramakrishna Mission to provide relief during personal)                 &         )* +,58.7)* +,          &-              6    Congress leaders and workers will go all out to The campaign which the Congress is doing with half G      &5 1 2   4 E124F       hold agitations from State and district headquarters truth and baseless arguments is almost sabotaging to grassroots level against the Rafale deal. Indian Armed Forces’ operational readiness. Sustain the dialogical tradition        %              
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Gandhiji focussed primarily on action, and I am invited, I will attend, cohesion and religious amity, often things shall weigh heavily on our peo-    #              ( for allegedly not stopping his vehicle when flagged down therefore, my Hinduism seems to some to ethical instead of the metaphysical aspect and I am sure I would be a gainer. I recall how after Independence, caste ple and they would not get happiness.             S      be a conglomeration…It is a faith-based on of religion. According to him, “every for- am now a senior citizen but by learn- politics and politicisation of secular- He identified these four as —defects       P   S  Q by cops in the wee hours, has once again exposed the rot in the broadest possible toleration”. He defined mula of every religion has in this age of ing more wherever and whenever I ism was pursued by unscrupulous and intellectual advancement, the consensus that no politician should of elections, injustice, burden of our police system. While the Yogi Adiyanath Government Hinduism as a search after truth through reason to submit to the acid test of reason can is a part of growing up. politicians, who just could not think Ganga-Jamuni culture would never have rejected the invitation, they administration and treachery of the P*   !   8  9         ( has initiated punitive action, the incident shows the Uttar non-violent means. His faith in Hinduism and universal justice if it is to ask for uni- After spending three evenings lis- beyond somehow, or anyhow, win- have flourished in India. could have shown the courtesy and rich. His words have proved prophet-    Q # :          (           #      (( Pradesh constabulary does not have even basic training in did not hinder him from condemning sev- versal assent” (Young India, 1925). tening to the sarsanghchalak Mohan ning the next election. India had learnt much earlier courage to join and ask questions and ically accurate. eral Hindu customs and practices, such as Many great leaders around the world, Bhagwat, I was certainly a gainer in Those in their 20s around 1955 than other civilisations how to ‘live seek clarification. They missed the Gandhiji had warned in 1922 in    7   1;    the handling of arms — shooting at the tyres ought surely untouchability, child marriage and prohi- like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther my comprehension of India’s social, still recall how they were convinced together’ and respect diversities of 84=0C0=< chance. The nation would have ben- a letter that even if Swaraj comes now,   S       "  #   to have been the first response. bition of widow remarriage. King Jr, have read and practised Gandhiji’s cultural and political scenario. that caste and religion would cease to every conceivable variety. When the /0'0/0/5 efited if an intense interaction had four things shall weigh very heavily     0  O           In his formative years, the Mahatma teachings successfully in their struggle Bhagwat exuded self confidence and be a factor in the national polity and term ‘secular’ was incorporated in the taken place. It would have generated on our people and they would not get (            O read widely and took inspiration from against inequality and injustice. Unlike the appeared self-assured all along the also in the social structure within a Preamble of the Constitution of India 4- 0=C0=/ the possibility of enhancing the level happiness. He identified these four as:         (       ( diverse sources. It is well-known that the Western thought (grâce à Machiavelli) proceedings. He was in know of his couple of decades. The presence of Jai in 1976, its Hindi translation accept- of discourse in social, cultural and Defects of elections, injustice, burden                  Gita and the Bible influenced Gandhi pro- where ends are considered to justify the facts, sound on his philosophical Prakash Narayan, Ram Manohar ed was Panthnirpeksh and not 4->05C0 political life of the nation. of administration, and treachery of the      Breathing easy? foundly, but he also learned from Western means, in Gandhi’s view, ahimsa becomes moorings and was energetically eager Lohia, Acharya Kripalani, Vinoba Dharmnirpeksh. Proper and sincere If one refers to the great example rich. His words have proved prophet- writers, like John Ruskin, Leo Tolstoy and both the means as well as the end. At its to move with the changing times. Bhave and others was so reassuring. comprehension of the implications of /50='=050= of dialogical tradition represented by ically accurate. In 1925, he had iden- 5  0          P     S #          Henry David Thoreau. Gandhiji was influ- core, his thought espouses a democratic As a teacher, I found his ‘perfor- Politicians, who had during the first the difference between the two terms the Bhagavad Gita, Yudhisthir-Yaksh tified seven social sins which includ-       ! Q        enced by British writer Ruskin’s critique of activity as one didn’t need to renounce philosophy of action which involves a con- mance’ a classic example of how to two decades tasted power, had their could have paved the way for social 0)/048520 interaction, or the shastrarth between ed ‘politics without principles’ and         R ( S >             distancing morality and ethics from eco- his/her religion to incorporate the teach- sistent re-examining and introspection of influence people and win friends. It own ideas. The very essence of prac- and religious cohesion, but that was )4*) Adi Sankaracharya and Mandana ‘wealth without work’. At present,                     ( nomics and politics in his book Unto This ings of other great religions in his life. As one’s thought to ensure one’s pursuit of was a superb articulation — no ticed traditional secularism — equal never attempted. Misra, most of the self-proclaimed these two appear to be organically                         Last (1862). He later translated the book a law student in England, the Mahatma truth. Even the desired end does not carry unnecessary sentence, no jargon, respect for all religions — was swept Absence of transparency in pub- )5=04/* 5 secularists would look the other way. linked. Politics of confrontation >                 I   EIF
   into Gujarati as ‘Sarvodaya’ (well-being of read the Bible and the life of Jesus inspired the connotation of winning but of persua- every word and sentence appeared under the carpet, Left-wing secular- lic life and reluctance on the part of They may even not be familiar with retards the advancement of the nation.   (              (  all) in 1908. Russian writer Leo Tolstoy’s him immensely. MN Srinivas, in his arti- sion which involves as much a question- duly weighted and whetted. Politicians ists emerged as the dominant intellec- politicians to know more about their '4)5/ these examples, as most of the cultur- Hence, every possible opportunity       1;     #S       '   - E'-F I  J+  advocacy of non-violence in his theory of cle, ‘Gandhi’s Religion’, notes that the ing of the self as the other. of every shade and age, including the tual group that controlled institutions. opponents and their ideas and inten- ''0= 54-0 al context of India, its philosophical must be utilised to the hilt to bring       0             K
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           lishing the Phoenix Ashram (1904) in The Mahatma also appreciated the Hinduism to Satanism”. As we enter the have already done that. Many critics of the strongest pillars of the Indian the ‘secular’ Opposition. appearing to be consistent. In my every sphere — social, cultural, polit-                   South Africa where all the residents were Quran for its evolutionary view of religion. 150th year of the Gandhian era, let us not were also invited but they probably felt civilisation. They ignored prashna- They just forgot that the people search for truth, I have discarded ical — must learn to live together.       
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The turn around times measures to shore up liquidity son G N Bajpai, ICICI’s non- ing gas LPG rates This subsidy amount The authority noted that in this route is between 24-36 amid the Government pressing executive chairperson G C breached the 500-level varies from month to 4=584=/< TSPs may take appropriate hours. for a change of management at Chaturvedi, IAS officer Malini for the first time ever as month, depending on action to perform fresh KYC as When contacted, UIDAI the crisis-hit IL&FS. The 30- Shankar and senior bureaucrat oil at four-year high the changes in the aver- /4/4')/0 per the Department of Telecom CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey share BSE Sensex soared 299 from CAG Nand Kishore. pushed fuel prices to age international bench- (DoT) approved list of proof of said: “In order to ensure smooth points in see-saw trade to close Debt defaults by certain new all-time high mark LPG rate and for-  /010)2 identity, and proof of address discontinuation...There are cer- at 36,526.14, while the NSE group entities of diversified across the country. ahead of US sanctions against eign exchange rate. within six months from the tain requirements which are Nifty jumped 77.85 points to IL&FS have triggered fears of Petrol prices were hiked by Iran kicking in next month. When international rates he UIDAI on Monday date of such request to avoid there under the Aadhaar regu- reclaim the 11,000-mark. liquidity crisis in the financial 24 paise per litre and diesel by Brent crude oil climbed to move up, the Government pro- Tasked telecom companies de-activation of the mobile lations...So the companies are in Positive manufacturing PMI markets and the RBI has been 30 paise, according to price noti- $83.27, up from $71 five weeks vides a higher subsidy. But as per to submit within next 15 days number. the best position to know what data for September and healthy taking steps to improve the fication of state-owned oil firms. back, while the rupee lost ground tax rules, GST on LPG has to be a plan to stop using Aadhaar “All TSPs shall immediate- exactly is needed and they can auto sales numbers also reas- overall cash situation. The hike pushed petrol against the dollar by 5-6 per cent calculated at the market rate of for customer authentication, ly notify their customers the submit their plan by October sured investors, brokers said. The Reserve Bank Monday price in Delhi to an all-time during the same period, result- the fuel. The Government may days after the Supreme Court facility of delinking their 15. If any additional require- Yes Bank was the top gain- announced that it will inject high of 83.73 per litre and ing in expensive crude imports. choose to subsidize a part of the imposed curbs on the use of the Aadhaar number and the UID ments are to be done from the er in the Sensex pack, spurting 36,000 crore liquidity into diesel to 75.09. Since mid-August, the price but tax will have to be paid 12-digit unique ID number. token from their database and UIDAI side, we will tell them 9.86 per cent, after the mid- the system through purchase of In Mumbai, petrol now petrol price has risen by 6.59 at market rates. A circular to this effect has establish a system to accept and after receipt of their plan.” sized lender said it is fully government bonds in October costs 91.08 at Indian Oil Corp a litre and diesel by 6.37 - the This has led to increase in been issued by the Unique process such requests for TSPs may be liable for geared up to find a successor to meet the festival season (IOC) outlets, 91.15 at Bharat most in any six weeks after the price.The price of non-sub- Identification Authority of delinking,” UIDAI said adding contempt of court for any non- for its MD and CEO Rana demand for funds. Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) daily price revision was intro- sidised or market priced LPG in India (UIDAI) to telecom ser- that the “process of delinking” compliance, the UIDAI said in Kapoor, whose tenure was cur- The Sensex opened on a pumps and 91.15 at duced in mid-June last year. Delhi was hiked by 59.00 per vice providers (TSPs), includ- should form a part of the exit its instruction to telecom com- tailed by the RBI last month. strong note at 36,274.25 but Hindustan Petroleum Corp Also on Monday, domestic cylinder to 879 mainly due to ing Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, plan that has been sought. panies. Shares of IL&FS group com- soon declined due to concerns Ltd (HPCL) stations. cooking gas (LPG) rates were change in international price and Vodafone Idea and others. The Supreme Court, last Quoting from the Supreme panies surged up to 20 per cent surrounding the NBFC space Diesel in Mumbai costs hiked by 2.89 per 14.2-kg foreign exchange fluctuations. The UIDAI circular says: week, struck down Section 57 Court judgement, the UIDAI Monday after the Government and the commercial paper mar- 79.72 per litre at IOC outlets cylinder to 502.40 on account According to IOC, the sub- “...All TSPs are called upon to of the Aadhaar Act, which circular said it is understood moved the National Company ket. However, it recovered in and 79.79 at BPCL outlets. of higher GST applicable on sidy transfer in customers’ bank immediately take actions in allowed private companies to that neither can the telecom- Law Tribunal (NCLT) for afternoon trade to touch a high India is the third largest base price, according to oil account has been increased to order to comply with the judge- use the 12-digit biometric ID- munication service providers change of management at the of 36,616.64, before finally clos- importer of crude oil and rising companies. 376.60 per cylinder in October ment dated September 26, based eKYC. Following this, continue using Aadhaar num- crisis-hit firm. ing higher by 299.00 points, or international oil prices are inflat- This is the fifth straight as against 320.49 per cylinder 2018. In this regard, TSPs are private companies like telecom ber for the purpose of issuance The NCLT allowed the 0.83 per cent, at 36,526.14. ing domestic transport fuel costs monthly increase in subsidised in the previous month. Delhi hereby directed to submit by operators will not be able to use of new SIM cards nor for the Government’s plea to reconstitute The NSE Nifty gained in a strong demand environ- LPG rates. It was priced at has the cheapest fuel rates October 15, 2018, an action this instantaneous and inex- re-verification of existing SIM the board of Infrastructure 77.85 points, or 0.71 per cent, ment. Brent, the benchmark for 491.21 in May. among all metros and most plan/exit plan to the authority pensive Aadhaar eKYC route. cards under Telecom Leasing & Financial Services Ltd to finish at 11,008.30. Intra-day, more than half the world’s oil, All consumers have to buy state capitals because of lower for closure of use of Aadhaar This would mean that the Department’s circular dated (IL&FS) after market hours on it shuttled between 10,821.55 rose to the highest since cooking gas LPG at market taxes. Mumbai has the highest based authentication systems...” industry will have to revert to March 23, 2017. Monday. and 11,035.65. November 2014 on Monday price. The Government, how- sales tax or VAT. 1   '!! "   +  =        Q 
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American carmaker updated Aspire later this week cent in the year-ago month months of previous year, the million tonne (MT) in foreign cash management com- matter, the organization said. Ford saw domestic wholesale and Hyundai is launching the mainly due to rise in prices of ministry said. August 2018, according to the panies to distribute cash to “The RBI decision has -084=0454-0=O unit sales decline 500-odd units new Santro later in October. food items and petroleum It said the maximum World Steel Association banks and ATMs throughout resulted in the sudden death of 80 5C0 0 4/ to 8239 units although signif- However, two-wheeler products. upward pressure to the change (worldsteel). India can pose a major nation- more than 5000 medium and icant growth in exports saw manufacturers declared a major “The year-on-year inflation in current index came from The country had produced al and financial threat, the small enterprises (MSMEs) overall growth at 21 per cent. rise in sales for September 2018. based on CPI-IW remained miscellaneous and food groups 8.5 MT during the same month Central Association of Private servicing banks for the last 20  /010)2 Toyota Kirloskar Motor also Hero MotoCorp, the industry stagnant at 5.61 per cent for contributing (+) 0.25 and (+) last year, the global industry Security Industry( CAPSI), the years. Thousands of ex-ser- saw a slight decline in sales to leader said its sales 769,138 August, 2018 as compared to 0.07 percentage points, respec- body said in its latest report. apex organisation of India’s vicemen have lost their means ar sales for most leading 13078 units in September 2018. units, and claimed this was the the previous month and 2.52 tively to the total change. “Global crude steel pro- private security companies, has of livelihood and are now fac- Cmanufacturers displayed One major reason for the first time any Indian two-wheel- per cent during the corre- At commodity level, rice, duction was at 151.7 MT in cautioned. ing accurate financial crisis. little growth in September 2018 stagnant growth in September er manufacturer had crossed the sponding month of the previ- wheat, wheat atta, groundnut August 2018, a rise of 2.6 per The CAPSI has already writ- Indian companies running cash compared to sales in the same 2018 is likely because 2017 saw 750,000 unit monthly sales ous year,” a Labour Ministry oil, brinjal, cabbage, carrot, cent compared to August 2017, ten to the PMO, the National management business will not month last year. Maruti-Suzuki, an advanced start of the festive mark. Bajaj Auto also saw both statement said. parval, mango (ripe), sugar, it added. Security Advisor (NSA) and the be able to pay balance of EMIs the country’s leading manu- period, which started mid- domestic sales and exports shoot According to the state- cooking gas, petrol, ornaments, China’s steel production Finance Minister seeking their of loans taken to buy cash vans facturer saw a sales growth of September. Sales of all major up, beating investor expectations ment, the food inflation was (- glass, etc are responsible for the for August stood at 80.3 MT, an immediate intervention to analyse to run their operations. This just 0.7 percent to 151,512 products, particularly cars and and due to deregulation of ) 0.32 per cent in August as increase in index. increase of 2.7 per cent as the potential national risk creat- abrupt decision taken by RBI units. 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This is because robotics does not just help sur- diabetes, smoking, blood pressure, alcohol consump- Mother’s Lap IVF Centre, points out: “Women with healthy. “First of all, quit smoking & dle finger, and inner half of the ring finger. gical staff access certain parts of the body more easily, but they also tion, poor diet, deranged blood lipids, physical inac- PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome) have a risk tobacco intake. Go for a complete body  Leaning too much on your elbows may help in reducing error. The RAS also reduces the invasiveness, which tivity, obesity, stress, anxiety & depression. If either of of heart attack four to seven times higher than check up once a year that includes BP, worsen cubital tunnel syndrome. Here the comes with conventional surgical procedures, thereby ensuring faster an individual’s parent is suffering from a heart disease, women of the same age without PCOS. Women with blood sugar, BMI, cholesterol levels & ulnar nerve is compressed where it passes recovery due to smaller incisions and lesser blood loss. Other ben- it increases the risk of the individual by 15 to 20% and PCOS may have a higher rate of miscarriage because calculate fat in your overall body. Take through tissue near the elbow called the cubital efits include lower chances of postoperative infection, less pain, great in case both parents are affected, the risk increases by of elevated levels of luteinizing hormones, insulin or medication on time. It is important to tunnel. Symptoms include pain, numbness, or cosmetic results and better post-operative immune function. The 30 to 40 per cent. Thus, early screening is crucial for glucose.” exercise at least 45 minutes a day — tingling in the ring or little finger. cost benefit is therefore proportional. brisk walking, cycling or any other  Looking down at an electronic gadget for One of the key advantages of RAS is that the need for the doc- A6 Dr Anubha Singh, gynecologist from that posture that matters. away. The technology also reduces things like errors due to finger Atest) can only pick up Shantah IVF Centre, advises.  It can also irritate the occipital nerve tremors while significantly improving dexterity and ergonomics. artery blockages beyond 75%. tudies suggest a low level of cal- each contraction, calcium flows out A long & undisturbed sleep is where the spine connects to the base of the skull, The robotics arms and instruments can reach areas which are dif- People above 40 must under- Scium and Vitamin D in the blood of the channels to let the muscles to important. “To make up for the lack which can cause headaches ficult for humans to access due to the physical limitations of the go detailed tests such as cal- increase the risk of cardiac arrest. relax and lengthen again. As Vitamin of time in the day, people have start-  Treatments for hand or wrist conditions human arm, wrist and hands. Robotic arms have seven degrees of cium scoring by CT scan to Research suggests that dietary calci- D is an important prohor- ed to cut down on their sleep time. include taking a break from the offending activ- freedom, and provide the surgeon detect any abnormalities. um in the form of supplements but mone for intestinal calcium Giving up on sleep to chase ity; splinting; short-term use of over-the- 7     with 360 degree access while sit- Cardiopulmonary resuscita- not calcium-rich food might have a absorption for bone min- one’s ambitions is touted as a counter painkillers exercises to stretch the ten-    ting comfortably on the console. tion (CPR) chest compres- harmful impact on the heart. eralisation, its deficien- motivational boost but it is dons; and sometimes steroid injections. In the case of nerve and brain sion is done to revive the “Cardiac muscles require calci- cy also leads to the risk harmful for your heart.  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 microscopic areas using various the preferred option for heart Calcium flows in the muscle cells tension, heart failure & increases the risk of coronary  If you have hand deformity or pain, use levels of magnification. Another attack. In this, a balloon is through tiny channels and works as ischemic heart diseases,” artery disease,” Dr Rajeev voice commands, or use a fatter stylus to put less    ? benefit of RAS is that it allows the threaded into the affected a switch that allows each heart mus- Mohamad Yusuf N Shaikh, Rajput, senior consultant, cardi- stress on the thumb joint.     surgeon more time to perform blood vessel and inflated, cle fiber to slide past each other and founder, Kudrati Ayurveda ology, Indraprastha Apollo hospi-  To ease carpal tunnel pain, set up your    surgeries, as the doctor wouldn’t pushing the plaque blocking shorten to contract. At the end of Health Center, says. tals, New Delhi, advises. workstation so that your forearms are parallel have to physically twist and turn the artery to the sides of the to the floor, your wrists are straight and in line ! #  to reach the nooks and crannies vessel. A stent or wire mesh with your forearms, and your elbows are
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ahmat celebrates 150 years of worlds fill us with a sense of belong- Mahatma Gandhi’s birth with an ing. Gandhi belongs to everyone and Sextraordinary set of postcards in we must live by his ideals — these post- a box, created by India’s contemporary cards tell us this clearly. There is a fine artists which can be bought for 500. line between the real and the imagi- The commemoration unravels as a nary in history. You cannot extricate “secular cultural festival,” to celebrate one from the other, it is simultaneous, 150 years of Gandhi Jayanti. the process is continuous, in that way times collide, spaces collide and peo- <<9<* 0   ple stand out in memory. The postcards carry different artistes’ images of Gandhiji on one side 0     and his words on religious fundamen- Since 1989, the Delhi-based +: talism on the other. The postcards for Sahmat has offered a platform for the Gandhi Project 1994-95 are based artists, writers, poets, musicians, actors, on the Mahatma’s famous practice of and activists to create and present needed ecosystem for arts using inexpensive postcards to com- works of art that promote artistic free-   /5 and support, and a new gen- municate with a vast number of peo- dom and celebrate secular, egalitarian eration of artists and cultur- ple. Artistes led by Ghulam values. Postcards for Gandhi was one -0    al practitioners, not only in Mohammed Sheikh organised a lino- of Sahmat’s first projects to engage a the arts but design, architec- print workshop at the M S University, large group of artists around a single 
 ture, crafts, and fashion. Baroda. theme. The artists’ works were shown The MASH FICA New “The significance of postcards for in exhibitions in six cities, all opening  3  Media award further sup- Gandhi lay in artists engaging with the on October 2,1993, on Gandhi’s birth- ports the development of concepts and symbols that the day. Each presentation included one   -  path-breaking new media Mahatma used to marshal leadership original work by each of the partici- projects. I am excited and of the National Movement — the pating artists, making six different      look forward to the launch charkha and swadeshi, for instance. exhibitions. All the works were avail- that commemorates a new The evocative works made strong able for purchase at a uniform price of    ' beginning for me. “ artistic statements against the right- 1,000 each. The works were also “My earliest intuitive wing politics of the time,” says cura- printed as postcards.  8  vision for this edition of the tor Ram Rahman who, along with “These strategies of simultaneous Kochi-Muziris Biennale to Vivan Sundaram and Shamshad exhibition and low cost for artists’ explore the possibilities for a Husain, expanded on Sheikh’s idea and works, no matter the artist’s stature, rt collector and patron non-alienated life has invited 100 artists across India to make reflected Gandhi’s egalitarian ethos. AShalini Passi hosted a remained with me. The need six different postcard-sized works that One work from each artist was also joint event with the Kochi to listen, think and learn reflected their understanding of reproduced as a set of postcards and Biennale Foundation (KBF) with each other, particular- Gandhi’s political leadership, philos- in a book, Addressing Gandhi, which at her home in New Delhi. In ly voices from the margins— ophy and relevance to contemporary included commissioned texts by his- the company of artists, gal- of women, of the queer com- India. torians, social scientists, art historians lerists, foreign dignitaries, munity, the oppressed castes, and artists that presented new schol- and other avid supporters of   , arship on Gandhi’s life and work,” the arts, Passi launched her In the Sahmat series of postcards states curator Rahman. The present set new initiative — the Shalini for Gandhi, Atul Dodiya’s has a of 100 postcards, previously unpub- Passi Art Foundation. poignant and reflective presence. He lished, is being issued in 2018 in a box, The Foundation’s cura- presents the fragmented figure of plays with the feminine to juxtapose Sheikh’s Gandhi is another abstract to commemorate 150 years of Gandhi. tor, Dr Arshiya Lokhandwala Gandhi with satchel slung on his hip Gandhi in a novel way. Caur says, “ I mooring with a pair of slippers, spec- Animated by the urgent belief that (PhD, Cornell University) and his right hand holding the historic wanted to portray something different; tacles and a book all done in a muted art can propel change and that culture described the initiative as staff that became a symbol for the civil so I painted a rotund image of shade of greyish blue, which is firm- can reach across boundaries, Sahmat showing a commitment to movement. Kasturba holding a pink heart with ly entrenched in the figurative narra- has offered a platform for an expan- advocating a new aesthetic The figure of Gandhi has been Gandhi in it. While there are many tive tradition within Indian art. Sheikh sive group of artists and collaborators language within the Indian central to Atul’s work over the years paintings of Gandhi, Kasturba rarely concerns himself with the search for the assassination and you think of the to present powerful works of art that avant-garde, which collaps- who has used the Mahatma as a makes an appearance, I wrote her an indigenous art practice that reflects narrative that flows, of the life lived and defend freedom of expression and bat- es the hierarchical distinc- metaphoric symbol which questions name and split up the alphabets to cre- the diversity of human life and art. “In a feeling of belonging to a world of tle intolerance within India’s often divi- tions between art, architec- the notions of modernity and univer- ate an abstract tone,” says Caur whose art, painting came in the company of nether times. sive political landscape. ture, craft, design, and fash- salism. Atul establishes dialogues works reference Indian miniatures. poetry, overlapping and yet indepen- Nalini Malani’s image of Gandhi “Looking at the roots within our ion. between simultaneous moments in dent of each other. Images came from with the word “History” at the bottom classical and folk traditions, Sahmat With the objective of history and weaves into his imagery        many times, each flowing into the is full of memories and elegiac ele- has traced the evolution of our mod- broadening access to the the leitmotif of artistic modernity in Equally enticing is an image by other,” said Sheikh of his work and this gance. The postcards from these great ern consciousness through the nation- arts, the Foundation also Indian contemporary art. Bhupen Khakar — a linocut which is is what ensues. artists tell us that we can create visu- al movement and cultural intervention announced that it has estab- the stuff of history. Created in 1995 this Surendran Nair creates a thorny al memoirs from life and its incidents, by the Left, placing arts in the public lished an associated arts    is an impassioned Gandhi image with metaphor out of a single slipper with emerging simultaneously through jot- sphere — giving a platform for artists blog, MASH (My Art The second image worthy of his glasses and an abstract rendition nails, a pair of spectacles and a clock. tings, drawings and writings. The to evolve work with a political and Shalini), which features arti- N520-0//)0 scrutiny is Arpana Caur’s Gandhi. She of the charkha. Ghulam Mohammed The red gives us a direct reference to multiplicity and simultaneity of these social edge,” adds Rahman. cles on art, architecture, 1))0?')4=0 craft, design, and fashion; highlights emerging talent in 520/0054 elhi-based fashion design- these disciplines; and Der Shelly Jyoti has taken engages in behind-the- ) 50/52/3 Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings of scenes studio interviews with Swaraj to heart. Through her  ; artists of the moment. The /)0=/ art, which she expresses on Foundation will pioneer new textiles, she is perpetuating the initiatives and encourage 15202 lessons that are mostly lost in woven. Buy it with the idea of experimental new practices 4520= today’s urban chaos.   20))<><45   5 =3=      6 doing something for your coun- in the arts — including the She calls herself a researcher try alone,” she added. launch of a new award for '=5)=)< of Bapu’s ideologies and                  In one of her artworks, she New Media Art, in collabo- through her current exhibi- used 30 metres of hand-spun ration with FICA C40 8=4 tion, Revisiting Gandhi: The and hand-woven khadi mater- (Foundation for India Art of Shelly Jyoti (2009-18), she ial seeped with the residual Contemporary Art) — in 520=*/ O is exploring the will of the col- colours of ajrakh printing, and addition to its ongoing sup- lective, for which she uses the titled Residue, Reflections, port of contemporary art the whispers and signs of fish motif. Reproductions. “I placed lengths foundations and significant nature—with a spirit of free- It is an intro/retrospective of fabric under each sheet cultural events. dom and comradeship is that resurrects Bapu’s timeless before block printing the mate- As a patron of the Kochi vital. In both the exhibition philosophy of swaraj and swad- rial laid out on the studio tables. Biennale Foundation, Passi and the carefully designed harma in textile-based art- The marks on the sheets are the provided a platform for interactive spaces, I hope the works. The exhibition is outcome of the process of many prominent members of the incredible range of exhibit- inspired by the anti-imperialist prior works in progress, residue organisation, including ing artists and visitors will text Hind Swaraj written in from the left-over dyes. I hope trustees and the curator, to become active participants 1909. Jyoti examines elements to convey through this piece share their vision for the and co-producers of the of Gandhi’s critique of modern that the last decade of my life Biennale, which will open on Biennale as a shared knowl- civilisation, noting his empha- has been a period of intense December 12, along with the edge laboratory,” added sis on an evolved ethical and study on Gandhi as well as one Foundation's plans for aiding Dube. spiritual self for creating an of finding my own self, my own relief funds after the recent “After the floods that alternative perspective of a bet- dilemmas, introspections, self- disastrous floods in Kerala. devastated much of the state, ter world. transformation and of reading Curator for the fourth it has been deeply moving to “I am trying to draw the Vedic literature to connect to edition of the ‘People’s see the people of Kerala, but history and narrate the story of Gandhi and the endless ocean. Biennale’, artist Anita Dube also the country, come swaraj from the present per- I feel through this process I’m presented her approach to together and act. Sharing spective. If I needed to make a coming closer to comprehend- this large-scale project, as and making of art is an garment I would do it. In the ing and understanding my life well as an insight into the essential part of rebuilding exhibition, Khadi March, I and artistic journey,” she said. process of making such an and healing, and we hope made jackets and angrakhas as bulence in the water and togeth- series of films are good to keep conduct one’s life. “The religious duties towards the nation. The exhibition includes event materialise. Entitled Kochi Biennale Foundation installations to show that if the er, they make a collective his lessons alive for the audi- texts are an integral part of an “When we ask children what four new textile site-specific Possibilities for a Non- can aid in that effort in 30 crore urban population impact. When you walk into the ence. Her inspiration runs deep. Indian family. We all know they do on August 15 and installations, 30 new ajrakh Alienated Life, Dube's Kerala. This edition promis- sought even five metres of gallery, you feel that you have Right from 2009, she explored about self-control, self-duty and January 26, they say nothing, it’s artworks on khadi, multimedia Biennale asks how we can es to be the most socially and khadi, the demand it would cre- entered an aquarium. I made the importance of indigo, then respecting our elders. Gandhi a holiday. Gandhi had a quote spoken word poetry and short come together in times of politically significant yet. ate is unimaginable,” she said. ajrakh fishes on textiles for the Dandi march and khadi. reinforced what was the con- that instead of giving three film on making of swaraj and political difference and vio- We are so happy to share a “In this exhibition, it was that,” she said and added, “We Gandhi had said that the duct of life and got the masses paisas to weavers give them collectiveness. lence to find alternative ways glimpse of that project with important to show the idea of need to understand the idea of book Hind Swaraj is both — to understand. This led to moral three annas. It would give Revisiting Gandhi: The Art of living. you today, and convey the swadharma in our country and self-duty.” written by me and not written regeneration,” she said. swaraj to the spinners and of Shelly Jyoti (2009-18) will be Commenting on the potential for change that art the collective impact. 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## <"  /010)2 once the team was changed for the last news to any player. You need to have two Tests, it was Hanuma Vihari, who valid reasons to explain them about 0  - ropped without getting a game in played and impressed everyone with their exclusion though they may not    5 DEngland, Karun Nair's exclusion a gutsy half-century and handy off- agree with it," the former India stumper llrounder Mitchell Marsh made a   Pakistan's national selection commit- from the home Tests against West breaks. said. Astrong statement ahead of the tee on Monday recalled former opener Indies has baffled quite a few but It is widely believed that the Prasad explained that his col- Pakistan vs Australia Test series start- Mohammad Hafeez for the two-match Test chairman of selectors MSK Prasad on Indian team management were not league Devang Gandhi had spoken to ing this weekend by scoring a watchful series against Australia to reinforce its batting Monday said the player himself has happy with Karun's inclusion in the the burly middle-order batsman in 162 on day three of the tour match following a failed Asia Cup campaign. been explained the reasons. "I per- Test set-up. England when he was not being " /"             against Pakistan A. At stumps on The 37-year-old was not part of the origi- sonally spoke to Karun soon after the Nair, in a recent interview, went on picked in the playing XI. Monday at the ICC Academy in Dubai, nal 17-member squad announced last week, but selection of the Test Team against the record stating that neither the team "Having said that we are very clear Australia were 494/4, a lead of 216, with after Pakistan suffered losses at the hands of West Indies and also told the ways to management nor the selectors have and candid in our communication Test hopeful Travis Head batting on 90 arch-rival India and Bangladesh in the Asia Cup make a comeback. The selection com- communicated with him. process . My colleague Devang Gandhi "  off 200 balls on a flat surface. the squad reached out to Hafeez. mittee is very very clear with regard to However, Prasad said Karun was spoke to Karun Nair at length in From an overnight 53, Mitchell Pakistan failed to qualify for the final in the the communication process," Prasad clearly intimated as to why a certain England to keep him motivated and Marsh progressed to 162 and with his tournament, which India won after beating said on Monday. decision was taken. wait for his opportunities," Prasad said.     older brother Shaun (94) extended his Bangladesh by three wickets in Dubai on India's second ever triple centuri- "Communication has always been The chairman of selectors himself alliance to 207 until the senior Marsh Friday. on in Tests, Nair was picked in the orig- the strong point of this committee. It's has given the player a pep talk to keep was bowled by Iftikhar Ahmed. The Pakistan had previously nursed high hopes inal squad for the England series but really tough to inform any unpleasant his spirits up.   B   brothers defied Pakistan A for nearly five hours while batting two consecu- for Shan Masood in the ongoing tive sessions together, with Shaun four-day match for Pakistan 'A'  - Marsh clanged on the helmet by a against Australia in Dubai but he Wahab Riaz bouncer and the pair fell for just 14, forcing the selec- ith a new head coach in place, the Mumbai City nearly run out during a mid-pitch tors to include Hafeez. WFC will look to start the fifth season of the scramble in the morning. "The national selection com- Indian Super League (ISL) with a win when they take Mitchell Marsh and Head then mittee and the team management on Jamshedpur FC here on Tuesday. combined to add 106 for the fourth has decided to include Hafeez for The coveted ISL crown has eluded Mumbai for wicket, which was the last success the two Tests against Australia," the past four seasons. Pakistan A's attack managed on a chas- said the Pakistan Cricket Board The 'Islanders' - as they are fondly called -- had tening day. in a statement. a particularly disappointing time last season. Head, uncapped at Test level but a The first Test against the But with new coach Jorge Costa taking over their regular in Australia's ODI and T20I Australians starts in Dubai on reins, they will look forward to an improvised show teams, pushed his claims for a debut Sunday with the second outing and change of fortunes at the Mumbai Football Arena with a watchful innings. Fellow Test scheduled to begin on October in suburban Andheri. aspirant Marnus Labuschagne - gra- 16. Mumbai have made several changes to their squad ciously allowed to bat by Pakistan A Hafeez played the last of his and roped in Indian players like Souvik Chakrabarti, after being called in as replacement for 50 Tests against England in Raynier Fernandes and Subhashish Bose. the injured Matt Renshaw - was batting Birmingham in August 2016. Their notable foreign acquisitions include Paulo on 39, the stand with Head worth 77 in Last week he scored a dou- Machado (Portugal)and striker Rafael Bastos (Brazil). 25.2 overs. ble hundred in a domestic first- With Bose, Mumbai have strengthened their Iftikhar Ahmed, the 28-year-old class match, catching the eye of defence, which was a definite concern last season, and pace bowler who played one Test for selectors. also included Romanian Lucian Goian, Arnold Pakistan in 2016, has so far bowled 65 Revised Test squad: Sarfraz Issoko (Congo), Souvik Ghosh and Anwar Ali. overs in oppressive conditions for Ahmed (captain), Azhar Ali, With Senegal's Modou Sougou bringing his expe- returns of 2/149. The Pakistan A skip- Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, rience to the table, Mumbai now have a strong mid- per Asad Shafiq has bowled 33 overs of Mohammad Hafeez, Babar field. offspin. Azam, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, If Sougou and Bastos fire in unison, Jamshedpur's Usman Salahuddin,Yasir Shah, defence will come under severe threat.   Shadab Khan, Bilal Asif, The hosts also have the solid Amrinder Singh and Australia Ist Innings: 494/4 in 170 Mohammad Abbas, Hasan Ali, Kunal Sawant to call upon as goal stoppers. overs (M Marsh 162, S Marsh 94, Wahab Riaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mumbai will heave a sigh of relief as Jamshedpur's Head 90*) lead Pakistan A 278 by 216 Mir Hamza, Mohammad best bet, Australian World Cup striker Tim Cahill, and runs Rizwan. senior goal-keeper Subrata Paul will not feature in Tuesday's clash as they have been suspended. With these two stars missing from the visitors' ranks, Mumbai look to have the edge. 9    )K   Jamshedpur FC head coach Cesar Ferrando revealed the reasons for the suspension of the two players.  - good for the longest form of the "Two of our players have game. been banned — Subrata Paul tressing that day-night Test "Today's Test cricket is played in and Tim Cahill. Dhanachandra Smatches will increase viewer- front of empty stands and IPL in Singh is out injured and so has ship, former Test batsman Sanjay front of frenzied crowds of 50,000 not travelled with the team. Manjrekar Monday wondered why plus and millions watching on TV. "Paul has a three match ban India was reluctant to embrace this "It's about playing the IPL for the incident in the Super idea. (Indian Premier League) at all cost, Cup. Cahill has a three-match He said players are choosing T20 player injuries surface before and suspension for an incident which took place for leagues over Test cricket because of after the IPL. IPL offers you fame Millwall in the England Second Division and tomor- the money involved in the shortest and money and who will say no to row his ban ends," Ferrando told reporters at the pre- formal. this? match media conference. "The only way to get more peo- "Also Test cricket is just too The coach, however, said that he had a good ple to watch Test cricket, increase its damn hard, so it's no wonder that squad. viewership, popularity and thereby many are choosing T20 leagues "I have a good squad and working very hard and its quality is day-night Test match- over Test matches," elaborated not having three players around is no excuse," he es," said Manjrekar here. Manjrekar. added. "Why aren't we playing more He also cautioned that people And according to Costa, it was important to focus day-night Test matches, when its a "who are at the top" should not get on his players. no-brainer that it will draw more dictated by the views of the players. "It would be good if he (Tim Cahill) can play. I viewership," Manjrekar wondered "I believe that people at the top am not that kind of coach who looks at a player's while delivering the ninth Dilip should get their (players) views and absence. Sardesai Memorial lecture at the not get dictated by those," he said. "It is more important to work at my house - my Cricket Club of India. The former Mumbai captain house means my players - and look at what we can "An offer was recently rejected squarely blamed the batsmen's poor do in the game," Costa said. by India - because the players are technique for the team's 4-1 loss in Jamshedpur, who finished fifth on the points table vary of it, vary of the pink ball, the Tests in England. last season, also have a new head coach — Cesar dew factor etc. "Interestingly, it was the batting Ferrando who will also be aiming for a positive begin- "I always believed that condi- that let India down this time (in ning. tions aren't unfair if it is the same for England), the bowlers kept getting But with two of his best players out from the both the sides," the 53-year-old India back in the match and the Tuesday game, the others will have to display some- Manjrekar, who played 74 ODIs, batsmen kept letting those chances thing special, if they have to spring a surprise. said. slip. Also, Mumbai have not won against Jamshedpur, According to the former right- "It wasn't temperament that was having drawn and lost a game in their two meetings handed batsman, players are choos- letting these batsmen down. In last season. ing T20 leagues over Test cricket, South Africa and in England it was The hosts would strive hard to change the nar- which was understandable because purely a technical problem, specif- rative this time around. of the money involved but was not ically defensive technique," he noted.