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UNFLINCHING FAITH RAJ FOLLOWS PUNJAB CAMPAIGN HEATS UP Sanya Malhotra recalls the day she started Raj govt introduces three Bills in the Assembly Prez Trump accuses Democratic presidential shooting for Anurag Basu’s ‘Ludo’ to negate the impact of the farm laws candidate Joe Biden of being a corrupt career politician without reading its script LEISURE | P2 enacted by the Centre TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10

VOLUME 10, ISSUE 210 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 | 2020 12 PAGES + SUNDAY POST | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL After Nov 15, schools to reopen for Classes IX-XII POST NEWS NETWORK The order said notwithstanding clo- TEMPLES & PLACES OF WORSHIP sure of academic institutions, the With regards to reopening of temples ‘No’ poll code violation No, dear. You can’t give statement which Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: After a period authorities are permitted to conduct and places of worship, the state gov- promotes enmity among people. You are an of eight months, the state government examinations (academic, competi- ernment has empowered the district actor and not a politician or a news anchor. is going to reopen schools for students tive and entrance tests), evalua- Collectors and local authorities to in free vax promise: EC of Classes IX to XII post November 15 tion and other adminis- issue such permits with appropriate re- in a graded manner. trative activities. strictions and safety protocols, based AGENCIES during elections. In the Unlock 6.0 guidelines approved Online/distance learn- on assessment of the Covid-19 situation. According to sources, the Sean Connery, the by Chief Secretary AK Tripathy for ing will continue to be Similarly, cinema halls, swimming New Delhi, Oct 31: The commission cited certain the month of November, the state gov- permitted and en- pools, entertainment complexes, the- BJP’s promise of providing guidelines for election man- first James Bond, ernment said, “School and Mass couraged, it said, atres, auditoriums, assembly halls and free coronavirus vaccine in ifestos contained in Part dies at 90 Education (S&ME) department will adding, that the de- similar places will continue to remain its manifesto for the Bihar VIII of the Model Code of take appropriate decision on the date partments concerned shut. On further assessment, appro- Assembly polls is not vio- Conduct to conclude that of reopening of schools for Classes IX- may permit teaching UNLOCK priate decisions will be taken November lation of the provisions of the free vaccine promise XII, in a graded manner, after November and non-teaching staff 16 on reopening these establishments, the model code, the Election was not violation of it. 15 in consultation with stakeholders and to be called to schools the order said. Commission has held. “The Directive Principles issue necessary guidelines and SOP.” for online classes. Open air theatres and similar places Responding to a complaint of State Policy enshrined in Saturday, the government first is- Meanwhile, Saturday, the state govt first may be allowed to operate, subject to by RTI activist Saket Gokhale, the Constitution enjoin upon issued an order for reopening of sued an order for reopening of all School and compliance of health protocols. the commission said it has the State to frame various all schools for Classes IX to XII schools for Classes IX to XII from Mass from Nov 16 The government has permitted gath- found no violation of the pro- welfare measures for the cit- November 16. Later, the order was re- Education ering of 200 persons for marriage-re- visions of the model code in izens and therefore there can vised saying that for Classes IX to XII, Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said Later, the order was revised lated ceremonies while maximum 50 the issue. “...no violation of be no objection to the prom- schools will be reopened after November the department secretary has been saying that for Classes IX to XII, persons are allowed at funerals, the any of the provisions of ise of such welfare in election schools will be reopened after AGENCIES 15 in a graded manner. asked to hold discussions with all order read. Earlier, gathering of 50 Model Code of Conduct has manifesto,” one of the pro- Nov 15 in a graded manner All other academic institutions across stakeholders regarding preparation persons for marriage and 20 for fu- been observed...,” the com- visions quoted by the EC said. Edinburgh, Oct 31: Legendary the state, however, would remain closed of SOP for reopening of schools in permitted to open only for research nerals was allowed. Large social, po- mission said. Trust of voters should be actor Sir Sean Connery has passed till November 30. Academic institu- the state. The exact date for partial scholars (PhD) and post graduate stu- litical, sports and religious congrega- Gokhale had claimed that sought only on those promises away at the age of 90. tions, including coaching centres, have reopening of the schools will be de- dents in Science and Technology tions are prohibited till November 30, the promise is discrimina- which are possible to be ful- The news of the Scottish star’s been closed since March in view of clared soon, he said. streams requiring laboratory work, except Election Commission of India- tory and a misuse of powers filled, the other provision demise was communicated by his the Covid-19 pandemic. Higher education institutions will be the order read. approved meetings for by-elections. by the Central government cited by the EC said. family, according to a report in bbc.com. No official reason has been shared for the death yet. Connery, who is widely recalled FESTIVE FERVOUR as the original James Bond on Hollywood screen, had an active Lingaraj to be revamped career as an actor spanning nearly five decades. He shot to global superstardom as Bond in 1962, with the first film of the 007 series, ‘Dr. No’, and then by Mahashivaratri 2021 went on to work in ‘From Russia with Love’ (1963), ‘Goldfinger’ POST NEWS NETWORK n 80 PC LAND ACQUISITION (1964), ‘Thunderball’ (1965), ‘You ALREADY COMPLETED Only Live Twice’ (1967), ‘Diamonds Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: To ensure Are Forever’ (1971) and ‘Never hassle-free darshan to devotees on n ACCESS TO THE TEMPLE WOULD Say Never Again’ (1983). Mahashivaratri next year, the state BE THROUGH E-VEHICLES American Film Institute has government targets to expedite the voted James Bond as portrayed Ekambra Kshetra Yojana (Lingaraj Northern gate of Lingaraj, it was by Connery as the third-greatest Temple Redevelopment) works. learnt. The open space will give hero in cinema history. Reviewing the project, 5T secre- 5T secretary VK Pandian (L) visits the the devotees a divine experience Although his avatar as the stylish tary VK Pandian visited the Lingaraj area in Bhubaneswar in the of being able to see the temple and superspy often defines Connery, he Lingaraj area here in the early early hours of Saturday Bindusagar together. carved a successful Hollywood career hours of Saturday. Works secre- Pandian reviewed the progress with roles in films such as ‘The tary, Bhubaneswar Municipal the land acquisition process by made on— construction of new Name Of The Rose’ (1986), ‘The Corporation (BMC) commissioner November-end. It was learnt after road from Lingaraj market to Untouchables’ (1987) and ‘Indiana and other officials were also pres- the review meet that 80 per cent Taleswar Chhak, connecting road Jones And The Last Crusade’ (1989), ent during the review meet. land acquisition has been already from new Lingaraj market to among many others. MORE P2 Mahashivaratri being the biggest completed. Pandian appreciated Bindusagar, development of east- festival of Lord Lingaraj, Pandian the officials for meeting the dead- ern plaza in front of the temple instructed officials to strictly follow lines despite the Covid situation. and northern plaza at northern SHORT TAKES the deadline for completion of many Land of Gopaltirtha and gate bus parking near Brajabandhu components of the overall plan for Shankranda mutts have already Kalyan Mandap, development of the benefit of lakhs of devotees been acquired and after acquisi- Badheibanka and also the drainage

Nirmala insisted visiting during that time. tion of remaining buildings and works. Widening of all access roads OP PHOTO ‘on my transfer’ Pandian directed the officials to land, devotees will have a clear should get final touch before expedite the work and complete view of Bindusagar from the Mahashivaratri, he stressed. On the occasion of Kumar Purnima, a girl browses through toys near Exhibition Ground road in Bhubaneswar, Saturday New Delhi: Former Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has claimed that ` Nirmala Sitharaman asked for Centre splurged 713.20cr and insisted on his transfer 2nd Covid wave, US polls to from the Ministry of Finance in June 2019 itself, within a month of taking over as the Union on ads in 2019-20: RTI reply Finance Minister. Garg wrote in Lockdown to return a blog: “Quite frankly, I did not weigh down on rupee in Belgium, England share a good and productive working relationship with the AGENCIES BRUSSELS/LONDON: The Belgian new Finance Minister...” P11 government has announced that a New Delhi, Oct 31: Fears of a national lockdown will be imposed Monday after the country was slower global recovery due to rising reported to have the highest Covid- Odisha logs 11 cases of Covid-19 infections in 19 infection rate in Europe. Under more fatalities Europe and the US will cast pres- the new lockdown, non-essential sure on the Indian rupee next week. shops and businesses offering per- Additionally, the rupee is ex- sonal services like hair salons will Bhubaneswar: Odisha Friday pected to get weaker on account of reported 1,547 new COVID-19 remain closed across Belgium until uncertainties prevailing on the the middle of December, the BBC cases, which took the tally in ` the coastal state to 2,88,646, back of upcoming US Presidential reported. UK Prime Minister Boris AGENCIES spent an amount of 713.20-crore on while 11 fresh fatalities pushed Election which will be held Johnson was considering putting advertisements in the electronic, the death toll to 1,308, a health November 3. England on a month-long lockdown Mumbai, Oct 31: The government print and outdoor media. department official said. The “The continuation of the pan- next week in the wake of a second of India spent a total of Rs713.20 This included advertisements state during the day registered demic in absence of a vaccine is cre- wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, crore on advertisements, with max- worth `317.05 crore released to the recovery of 1,800 patients ating havoc and is playing out in the “Adding to this mood is the un- months. according to official documents. imum share to the electronic media, electronic, `295.05 crore to the print taking the number of persons Forex market. The fear that eco- certainty of the US Presidential “Next week, US elections will The documents seen by the BBC during the financial year 2019-2020, and `101.10 crore to the outdoor cured of the pandemic to nomic conditions are going to get election outcome. So, next week take centre-stage. Democratic can- suggest that new ‘stay at home’ a RTI reply to an activist revealed, media. 2,73,838, which is 94.86 per cent worse before they get better, is keep- the chances of USDINR trading didate, Joe Biden is projected to order could be announced Monday, Saturday. To a specific query, Desai said the of the state’s total caseload. P4 ing the dollar strong against EM cur- above 74 are higher and expect the win the race comfortably based on but schools, colleges and universi- “This comes to roughly `1.95 BOR had no information on how rencies,” said Rahul Gupta, Head spot pair to trade within 73.50-74.50.” the current polls and leads. Also ties will be exempted. crore per day that was spent only much money was spent on releas- WEATHER of Research-Currency at Emkay The Indian rupee closed last week based on the current polls there is for advertisements in the last fis- ing advertisements in the foreign y Global Financial Services. at 74.11, its weakest level in two likelihood that the Democrats could the medium term, which could cal which also saw the Lok Sabha media. BHUB CTK

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FORTUNE FORECAST Sanya all praise for Anurag

Mumbai: Actress Sanya Malhotra process was very much new and ex- BOND...JAMES BOND has spoken about why working tremely refreshing for me, ARIES with filmmaker Anurag Basu to go on sets without script APART FROM AN Edinburgh: While iconic was my Dad’s James Bond, so was an unusual experience. or preparation. I was You will exhibit your James Bond actor Sean Dad supported Mr. Connery’s For the first time, Sanya re- so happy to see how worth in ample measure OSCAR FOR HIS ROLE today. You will probably Connery’s demise Saturday career his entire life, always tak- called, she was working Dada works, it is chalk out great plans and ideas at AS JIMMY MALONE IN left film fraternity and fans ing me to see any movie his fave without a script. fun and it is a col- work, and this will be very beneficial. across the globe in a state of actor was in. So Sean Connery’s Sanya is part of the en- laborative ex- But despite this, Ganesha says, if you THE UNTOUCHABLES, shock, Hollywood immediately passing also feels like I’m los- semble cast of Basu’s perience” don't get the deserved recognition, CONNERY WON started paying tribute to the sil- ing Dad again. RIP, Dr. Jones.” upcoming dark com- added the don't lose heart. ver screen legend. edy anthology Ludo. Dangal TWO BAFTA Bond producers Michael G. MILKMAN TO 007 “I was approached actress. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli Connery was born August by him almost two IANS TAURUS AWARDS AND wrote via Twitter that, “We 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, years back for this are devastated by the news of Scotland, to Joseph Connery, film and the character. This day you will be com- THREE GOLDEN pelled to be resigned to the passing of Sir Sean a factory worker and lorry He explained the gist your fate. Ganesha does GLOBES IN HIS Connery. He was and shall al- driver, and Euphemia of the story and when not see your own will power in operation CAREER ways be remembered as the McBain McLean, a cleaning I asked him about the today. Though you would be surrendering original James Bond whose woman. Connery took up script, he simply yourself to the whims of destiny, do not indelible entrance into cin- the job of a milkman, his laughed it out. He said, expect anything good to come out of it. ema history began when he first, as a teenager. ‘let’s go on set and decide’. announced those unforgettable We did a meeting before words — The name’s Bond… the shoot. Dada explained GEMINI James Bond” to me what is going to hap- Author Stephen King chimed pen to my character in It will not be hard for you to complete your tasks in, writing, “Sean Connery in the script, again in a succesfully and without his first starring role, gist,” Sanya recalled. any delays or obstacles in your path, only if as a washed-up boxer. At 16, he joined the Royal “The first day on set you first seek to fully understand and He was a fine actor Navy, and was discharged was so refreshing for acquire the learning required to eprform it. and by most ac- three years later on health me as an actor, it was The fruits of your labour will keep you happy and satisfied, says Ganesha. counts a good guy.” grounds. He returned to the something new for Cary Elwes cooperative society where he me. I had never ex- wrote, “RIP Sean took up his milkman job, and perienced this be- Connery… the did several other odd jobs before. This CANCER only Bond. From fore starting backstage work Dame Luck will patron- Scotland with at the King’s Theatre in 1951. ise you today. You will Love and a bro- He landed a small part as a gain from land, house or ken heart.” chorus boy a few years later. building trade. You will Elizabeth In 1957, Connery got his first get total support and co-operation from bosses and colleagues in the office. Hurley wrote, film role, in No Road Back. Ganesha indicates it as a very profitable “RIP the glorious The breakthrough role came day for you. Sean Connery.” five years later. As the first Paul Feig James Bond, a role that wrote, “Few Connery will forever be re- were cooler, few membered for. LEO more suave, few For his role as Jimmy You will be very emo- more effortless. Malone in Brian De Palma’s tional and sentimental He showed us The Untouchables, Connery today. Your ego pre- all how it won an Oscar as Best Mukesh’s ‘misogynist’ vents you from express- could be Supporting Actor. He also ing your true feelings at times. You need to keep this in mind when attempting to done. RIP won two Bafta awards and communicate with your beloved. It is a Sir Sean three Golden Globes in his good day for romance, and for those Connery.” career. comment irks netizens seeking love, says Ganesha. Kevin Connery was knighted Smith by the Queen at Holyrood Mumbai: Actor Mukesh Khanna is being wrote, “He Palace in 2000. IANS slammed by netizens for saying that the MeToo movement began after women VIRGO B-TOWN PAYS TRIBUTES started stepping out for work. Financial affairs will Talking about the movement in a video, face a major obstruc- which has gone viral on Twitter, Mukesh tion today. Ganesha A string of personalities from the Indian film fraternity took to social media Saturday afternoon advises you to allow says: “The job of a woman is to take care your mind to prevail over your heart. Take to pay tributes to legendary star Sir Sean Connery, who died at the age of 90 of the house. The problem of #MeToo extraordinary care of your precious per- began when women started working. sonal possessions, apart from your legal ABHISHEK BACHCHAN: We’ve lost another legend today. #RIP ALI ZAFAR: RIP Sir Sean Connery. The original 007. You Today, women talk about walking shoul- duties and new projects keeping in view Sean Connery. There will never be a better Bond than you. were the epitome of grace. der-to-shoulder with men.” their long-term effect on your mind. The comment made by the actor, best NIMRAT KAUR: Rest in peace Sir Sean Connery. They ADNAN SAMI: Sir Sean Connery, one of my childhood known for playing the desi superhero don’t make them like you anymore... #OGBond favourite actors has passed away. He was the best Shaktimaan on the small screen, has left LIBRA James Bond EVER!! May his soul rest in peace many netizens furious. such a disgusting misogynistic and pa- SUJOY GHOSH: How does one even thank sean connery “And that stupid shaktimaan added triarchal comment. Lost all respects for you.” Ganesha says that that for all the films? KUNAL KOHLI: Goodbye Mr. Bond. #RIPSeanConnery. value to the society eh? Wonder what kind “Such misogynist...Problem is your this is the right time to enhance your personali- My fav Bond’s in order. 1. Sean Connery. 2. Pierce of family he grew up in. Someone ask mentality. #MeToo #metooindia problem ty and prove your tal- RAHUL DHOLAKIA: James Bond. Sir #SeanConnery Rests Brosnan. 3. Roger Moore. 4. Daniel Craig. him why kids as young as 5-6 are raped arises bc people like you exist in our ents to the world. Today you will be able ! Goodbye 007 and thank you. then?” one wrote on Twitter. society. Certainly no respect,” wrote to buy new clothes too. It is essential Another wrote: “Never ever heard of another netizen. IANS that you pay attention to people close to you. Today is the day you will spend in your dream world. SUDOKU PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, SCORPIO CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers The day does not begin on 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. a very good note as you seem to be in a belligerent mood. Be calm and patient as your hot temper may spoil a good deal. Limit your conversations and discussions with colleagues and friends, advises Ganesha.

SAGITTARIUS It's time for you to sit back, relax and let your actions do the talking. After all, actions speak louder than words, they say. You will also wrap up with all the pending tasks CALVIN AND HOBBES today, says Ganesha.

CAPRICORN Confidence is the key to unlock the doors of suc- SOLUTIONS cess. Today, with your positive attitude you will mark your presence and come one step closer to success, says Ganesha. You're not a carefree person.

AQUARIUS You are a workaholic. With a lot of hard work you have achieved your BREVITY CROSSWORD targets. You are not somebody who will fail to differentiate between a pit stop and the final destina- tion. Your success will motivate you to plan

for bigger and longstanding goals.

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ing parade and make it hard for you to find CHECK FOR SOLUTIONS OF THE PUZZLES TOMORROW SUDOKU tangible solutions to problems. COVID-19 TRACKER P3 HOMAGE TO POET SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 1 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR INFECTED RECOVERED DEAD People offer floral tributes World 4,61,22,438 3,33,78,742 11,96,817 to Ganakabi Baishnab Pani on his birth anniversary at India 81,37,119 74,32,829 1,21,641 Khannagar park in downtown Odisha 2,90,116 2,75,749 1,320

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Odisha joins digital Assembly league MOON WORSHIP

POST NEWS NETWORK E-PROCEEDINGS Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: The Odisha Assembly has now joined the league ith the digitisation of the of a few Indian states which have WHouse, Odisha has become adopted e-Assembly system, an ini- among the three Indian states which tiative of the Union government have worked towards this to digitally transform the functioning of the state assemblies. acilities of wi-fi, computers, Facilities of wi-fi, computers, Flaptops, ipads and others have laptops, ipads and others have been been given to the Assembly staffers given to the Assembly staffers as well as well as to the legislators as to the legislators. All of them have also been imparted training on ll of them have also been use of digital technology in offi- Aimparted training on use of cial works. digital technology in official works With the digitisation of the House, Odisha has become among the three facilities like wi-fi, SWAN, LAN, and state for the same has been in like question list of Question Hour, Indian states which have worked to- videoconferencing. Every assem- the ratio of 60:40,” he added. Zero Hour, Business of the Day wards this. Himachal Pradesh and bly employee has been provided The Assembly has also created documents and all other papers Punjab have already adopted the with computer system and all leg- two different video conferencing related to reports of different com- practice. Assembly Speaker SN islators have been given funds to buy halls. “All the employees who were mittees and others. With the in- Patro told the media that the train- computer/laptop. All of them have working with pen and paper have clusion of the digital initiative, ing as well as infrastructure has already bought them.” now been trained to work digitally the functioning of all such man- been created for the employees and He also said that trainings for through computers and online sys- ual works are likely to get hassle the MLAs. the same have also started. “The tem,” Patro said. free and less involvement of print- He said, “The works which have Union government is happy with our As per earlier practice, the MLAs ing and papers and its cumber- Girls worship the moon on the occasion of Kumara Purnima at Jagannath Nagar near Rasulgarh in Bhubaneswar, been done in our Assembly include progress. Funding between Centre were provided with documents some distribution process. Saturday. (Inset) The Blue Moon in Bhubaneswar sky PICS: MANORANJAN MISHRA & BIKASH NAYAK AG finds `37cr unwanted Decision to Chances of Srimandir reopening slim resume classes spending on road projects POST NEWS NETWORK Most of the servitors Puri, Oct 31: The chances of re- suggested that the for IX-XII decried opening Srimandir for the devo- POST NEWS NETWORK tees in the month of November are temple should not be POST NEWS NETWORK said to be slim even though the reopened for people Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: The state government has authorised Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: The Accountant General (AG) of Odisha local administrations to take a call before Nagarjuna Confederation of Odisha Public has found an unwanted expenditure on easing restrictions on people’s Besha ritual Schools, in a letter to the School of Rs 37.19 crore in execution of four entry to shrines under the Unlock and Mass Education department, road projects by the Works de- 6.0 guidelines. the state government and urged Saturday, said that the decision partment. The contractors con- Due to wrong estimate It is learnt that Srimandir au- the Shree Jagannath Temple to reopen schools partially was cerned have also got undue bene- by engineers, the state thorities are reluctant to reopen Administration (SJTA) to reopen the taken in haste and that it involves fit of Rs 8 crore for the deviation the 12th century shrine before the shrine. risks. from norms. govt had to bear an Nagarjuna Besha of Lord Jagannath “Devotees have been deprived of The confederation cited order In a draft audit report, the AG additional expenditure which would be held November 27. visiting Srimandir for last seven No. 6145 dated 31-10-2020 issued said the Works department has A majority of Srimandir servi- months. Now, the SJTA should allow by the Special Relief Commissioner technically sanctioned Rs 266.35 of `37.19 crore tors had opposed the reopening of people to enter the temple in strict (SRC) which stated that schools will crore for widening and strength- the shrine for devotees in the Hindu adherence to Covid-19 guidelines,” be reopened from November 16, ening of four road projects to two- shoulder in the four projects-- month of Kartika. They had urged A shed erected at the North Gate of Srimandir for Mahaprasad sale during said Santosh Sahu, a devotee. Senior 2020 for Classes IX to XII in strict lane with paved shoulder in March Gopalpur-Chhattisgarh border the temple authorities to take a de- the holy month of Kartika Daitapati servitor Binayak adherence to Covid-19 guidelines. 2018. The works were awarded in road, Bisoi-Rairangapur stretch on cision on the issue after the per- Dasmahapatra, however, said that Confederation president BN between January and February State Highway-50, Godobandha- formance of Nagarjuna Besha rit- Krishan Kumar recently held dis- ing of the shrine would only ag- the SJTA should take a call on the Patnaik said, “We strongly feel 2019 against an amount of Rs 210.82 Kalanda road, Komtalpeta- ual, sources said. cussions with the servitors on issues gravate the situation. issue only after the completion of that any decision of resuming crore for completion between July Kalayansingpur road. Due to this Srimandir, the abode of Lord related to the reopening of the Moreover, Srimandir sub-com- Hindu month of Kartika. regular classes should be taken and August 2020. The works were wrong estimate by engineers, the Jagannath, has been shut for devo- shrine. Most of the servitors had sug- mittee on rituals and Chhatisha “The experts have warned that only after an elaborate discussion in progress with payment of Rs government had to bear an addi- tees since March 20 this year due to gested that the temple should not be Niyog, the apex body of servitors, Covid-19 infection would go north- with all the stakeholders like par- 25.74 crore as of March 2020, the au- tional expenditure of Rs 37.19 the Covid-19 pandemic. However, reopened for people before have recently decided that people ward in the winter. We should be ents and teachers associations, ditor said. crore, it said. all the routine as well as the special Nagarjuna Besha ritual. would not be allowed to witness more cautious to keep the virus at school management representa- During the audit, it was found Similarly, the over estimation rituals of the shrine are being per- It was then argued that at least Nagarjuna Besha of Lord bay. The SJTA should take a deci- tives, medical experts among oth- that the government has deviated of the government led to undue formed by the servitors without 500 Srimandir servitors and em- Jagannath. sion on the issue after the per- ers. We request you to kindly defer from the norms and allowed con- benefit of Rs 8.01 crore to the any interruption. ployees have been infected with Many devotees, meanwhile, wel- formance of Nagarjuna Besha rit- the decision of reopening the struction of two lanes with paved contractors. Srimandir chief administrator the novel coronavirus and reopen- comed the Unlock 6.0 guidelines of ual,” Dasmahapatra added. schools from November 16 onwards for students of Class IX, X, XI and XII till such a collective Ex-DM manipulating opinion is arrived.” The confederation said that the voters, says BJP Drug-and-loot gang Waiting for SOP to reopen step involves risks as students and teachers would be exposed to Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Tirtol the dangerous pandemic which bypoll, the state unit BJP Saturday is yet to subside. alleged that former Jagatsinghpur busted in Capital city Most of the parents of Class IX Collector Sangram Keshari schools, temples, says BMC to XII students are not in favour Mohapatra is trying to influence HIGHLIGHTS of resuming regular classes from voters to support the ruling BJD POST NEWS NETWORK careful and follow the guidelines,” November 16, 2020 as the students and demanded action against him. handagiri police Chaudhary said. as well as teachers will be exposed “Even though the BJP had Kfound the duo’s Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: Soon after With marriage season ahead, to the virus which is still very submitted a memorandum to the involvement in the state government issued guide- Chaudhary stated that only 100 to much virulent, said Patnaik. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) 12 around 16 cases of lines for Unlock 6.0 Saturday, 200 guests will be allowed during “Once again we request you to days ago against the ex-collector, loot in the city Bhubaneswar Municipal marriages and all should follow look into all the risks involved in the CEO is yet to take any action alone Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Covid-19 guidelines. Regarding re- reopening of the schools imme- against him,” said BJP leader Prem Chandra Chaudhary said opening of schools (Classes IX to XII) diately,” he added. Prithviraj Harichandan. uring that a decision to reopen temples and in the city, the BMC Commissioner Meanwhile, Odisha Parents The government has transferred Dinterrogation, other religious places in the Capital said that it will be decided after Federation (OPF) also objected Mohapatra from the post of the duo revealed city will be taken soon. School and Mass Education de- to the SRC’s move of reopening Collector to another department. that they used to As part of Unlock- 6.0, the state partment issues the SOP. schools saying that before Puja “Still, he continues to camp in befriend the government has authorised the Opinions of all religious “Any decision to reopen schools holidays the government had Tirtol and forces the voters to vote passengers local administration to take a call institutions and general under BMC will depend on the said that coronavirus pandemic for BJD,” said the BJP leader. travelling by trains on reopening the religious insti- Standard Operating Procedure will be high and effective in If no action is taken against the and buses tutions. Speaking to media, public will be taken (SOP) that will be issued by the winter but now the SRC has officer, the saffron party said, it Chaudhary said that opinions of before reopening state government. We will coordi- given a guideline which is con- THE COPS HAVE SEIZED HUGE CACHE OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES LOOTED would move the Election all religious institutions and gen- temples, mosques and nate with schools once the SOP is tradictory to the government’s Commission of India (ECI) and FROM THE PASSENGERS COMING FROM OUTSIDE INDIA eral public will be taken for re- issued that will mostly deal with the declaration. Department of Personnel & opening of temples, mosques and churches directions for the strict compli- The OPF demanded that the Training. POST NEWS NETWORK longings and dump them at iso- churches. ance of the Covid-19 norms issued new academic calendar should lated places in the city or the out- “Though the number of positive Covid-19 cases are being reported by Centre and state Health and consist of 180 working days from Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: skirts. They mainly target the pas- cases has dropped in the city in every day. Since the infection may Family Welfare department,” December and syllabus reduced Commissionerate Police Saturday sengers at railway stations and the last couple of days, over 100 rise in winter, everyone should be Chaudhary added. upto 30 per cent. Lady cop returns arrested two dreaded criminals bus stands at various cities across from Baramunda who used to loot the state. wallet, sets example their targets by sedating them. The looters also targeted sev- The accused were identified as eral passengers travelling by Bhubaneswar: Playing a Good Simanchal Subudhi, 33, of flight at Biju Patnaik Krushak Bazar yet to see light of the day Samaritan, a woman constable of Changuliapadar village in Ganjam International Airport (BPIA). Mahila police station here and Susant Rout, 32, of Bhagabat The cops have seized huge cache returned a wallet containing Rs Prasad village in Nayagarh. of foreign currencies looted from POST NEWS NETWORK Puri sub-collector first phase of the mega initiative has 20,000 cash to its owner Saturday. According to sources, the po- the passengers coming from out- already completed around seven She has won many hearts after lice laid a trap to arrest the accused side India, from the possession of Puri, Oct 31: Shreekshetra Krushak Bhabataran Sahu months ago, but the godowns are yet she returned the lost wallet, which following receipt of several com- the accused. This apart, the cops Bazar, a mega complex to house assured that the mega to start operations. had fallen on the road at Unit I plaints of loot using spiked food have seized Rs 1,08,620, four mo- wholesale godowns here, is yet to be When asked, sub-collector market here. According to a police and drinks at Baramunda bus bile phones, a Bajaj Pulsar mo- made operational even though three project would start Bhabataran Sahu assured that the source, the constable Bhanumati stand. A team of Khandagiri po- torcycle, gold chain, locket, fin- years have elapsed to the laying of operating soon mega project would start operat- Mallick found the wallet with lice in mufti raided the place and ger rings, eight trolley bags and foundation stone for the ambitious xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ing soon. cash, ATM card and identity cards, nabbed the accused duo from the five wrist watches. project. “At least 21 godown halls have al- which she later deposited at the bus terminal. Khandagiri police found the The Pilgrim City often witnesses ready been constructed with the Capital police station. After During interrogation, the duo duo’s involvement in around 16 heavy traffic snarls as goods vehi- first phase allocation. However, detailed scrutiny, police found revealed that they used to befriend cases of loot in the city alone. Police cles negotiate the narrow city roads work on its boundary wall and

that the wallet owner Amanprit the passengers travelling by trains have launched a manhunt to ar- to reach the wholesale godowns lo- basement is yet to begin. The

k y m c Singh is an official at 120 Battalion and buses. After winning the trust rest other members of the gang. cated across the nook and corners godowns will be made operational here. Capital police handed over of the gullible passengers, the mis- Police registered a case (479/20) of the city. Shreekshetra Krushak once the basement and boundary the wallet including all valuables creants sedate them by offering and presented them before court Bazar was conceptualised to curb The godown halls of the Krushak Bazar in Puri wall are built. These apart, 17 more to Singh. The wallet contained spiked food or drinks. Subsequently, Saturday. They were later sent to the traffic menace. godown halls will be built once we ATM card and identity cards apart they loot the stupefied victims’ judicial custody by the court that The then minister Maheswar stone for the project at Samanga City here November 4, 2017. receive the second phase alloca- from the cash. baggage, mobiles and other be- rejected their bail pleas. Mohanty had laid the foundation near Mangala Hata in the Pilgrim Sources said that work for the tion,” Sahu said. P4 SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 1 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

Odisha ranked 2nd last in PAI INFRA BOOST

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Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: Odisha has been ranked among the last three states in the Public Affairs Index on the basis of the state’s performance on equity, sustainable development and growth by a report on public affairs prepared by Bangalore-based think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC). The report titled ‘Public Affairs Index (PAI 2020)’ claims to be a data- driven framework that measures quality of governance and ranks a state on a Composite Index taking into account equity, growth and IN THE OVERALL RANKINGS The study has ranked Kerala as the best sustainability as the goals of gov- OF EQUITY, GROWTH AND governed state on the basis of the above- ernance. “Measuring governance is SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, mentioned three factors with 1.389 points ODISHA HAS BEEN RANKED a challenge. This issue becomes in- SECOND LAST WITH A SCORE It is interesting to note that all the four creasingly complex, especially in a OF -1.202 AMONG 18 BIG top states in PAI 2020 are all from diverse country like India where STATES OF INDIA southern India each state is socially, culturally, economically and politically different. PAC, thus, identified three broad has been ranked second last among tinuing with the trend established in pillars namely growth, equity and 18 big states of India. The state’s PAI 2019, the top four states in PAI 2020 sustainability that encapsulate gov- score is -1.202. Uttar Pradesh was are all from southern India. Haryana, ernance. From a development per- ranked last with -1.462. Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and Uttar spective, it is axiomatic that there The study has ranked Kerala as Pradesh, which like in PAI 2019, fea- must be synergies between all these the best governed state on the basis ture at the bottom of the rankings,” three pillars,” Public Affairs Centre of the above-mentioned three factors the study said. It added, said in a statement. with 1.389 points, while Tamil Nadu “Interestingly, most of the In the overall rankings of the was ranked second with 0.912 and Aspirational districts that have Nikunja Bihari Dhal, Principal Secretary of the Energy Department, inaugurating a 132/33KV electrical grid sub-station – the first of its kind in the state, at three themes of equity, growth and Andhra Pradesh third with 0.531. been identified by the NITI Aayog Brajabiharipur near CDA in Cuttack, Saturday. The project, under the Chief Minister’s State Capital Region Improvement of Power System (SCRIPS) scheme, sustainable development, Odisha “It is interesting to note that con- fall within this particular cluster. is a grid sub-station executed by OPTCL and will help supply uninterrupted power to the residents of Cuttack city OP PHOTO BROWN SUGAR Cuttack Vig Cell SP’s WORTH `1CR SEIZED `1.75cr sanctioned for Bagala service period extended Mercury dips in state Bhubaneswar: The state POST NEWS NETWORK 14 degrees Celsius at Koraput and government has extended the 15 degrees each at Daringibadi and service period of M Radhakrishnan, Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: Angul towns. The mercury will Dharmasala renovation an OPS officer and SP in-charge of Cuttack Vigilance Cell by another Temperature during the night has fall further in many places of the POST NEWS NETWORK year. Radhakrishnan was started dropping below the nor- state from November 5 or 6, predicts scheduled to retire from the mal level in some parts of the state. the MeT. Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: The state services October 31. The state However, there has been no cold It further said a new low pressure government has approved a sum of government has approved the wave-like situation at any place so area has formed over east-central POST NEWS NETWORK Rs 1.75 crore for the renovation of proposal sent by the Vigilance far, local Meteorological Centre Bay of Bengal off the coast of the Bagala Dharmasala in Puri Directorate regarding the said here Saturday. Myanmar. The associated cyclonic Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: The Special city, which has been in controversy extension of service period of At the same time, No change ob- circulation extends up to 4.5 km Task Force of the state Crime during the last few months. Radhakrishnan. The state General served in the maximum tempera- above the mean sea level. The sys- Branch seized brown sugar weigh- The state Works Department, in Administration (Vigilance) tures was observed across the state. tem is likely to move towards ing 1.17 kgs from a peddler near an official communication to the department has also approved his The day temperature remained Bangladesh coast during the next Baramunda bus stand in Chief Engineer (Buildings), has redeployment at his current above normal at south coastal and 48 hours. Similarly, a trough runs Bhubaneswar Friday night. asked the latter to undertake the re- posting for the next one year. north interior Odisha, while it has from the cyclonic circulation as- The value of the seized con- pair, retrofitting and renovation of Radhakrishnan, while speaking to been normal in the remaining parts sociated with the above-mentioned traband in grey market is esti- age-old building in the current fis- Orissa POST, expressed his of Odisha, it said. low pressure area to Bangladesh mated to be Rs 1,00,00,000. cal. The expenditure has been happiness over the decision and On the other hand, the mini- across northeast Bay of Bengal asserted that he will try to perform The peddler has been identi- planned under the Augmentation FILE PHOTO mum temperatures or night tem- and extends up to 1.5 km above the with utmost sincerity and honesty. fied as Sk Hasim Bux of of Basic Amenities & Development The expenditure peratures were below normal over mean sea level. Sheikhpalarea under Jaleswar of Heritage & Architecture (AB- has been planned In August, the state government south coastal Odisha and normal As there will be moisture in the police limits in Balasore district. DAHA) scheme for the Pilgrim City. had clarified that it was not plan- Police arrest youth over rest of Odisha. atmosphere, there might be light to He has been arrested. The latter has been asked to go under the ning to sell the land but wanted to The lowest minimum tempera- moderate rainfall in one or two Acting on a tipoff, the raid was ahead and invite tenders to com- Augmentation of renovate the site to boost facilities for ‘trafficking’ ture of 13.4 degrees Celsius was places in the coastal areas in next conducted at a place near mence the works and take other for the pilgrims. The renovation recorded at Sonepur, while it was two to three days, it added. Baramunda bus stand. It was when necessary actions accordingly. Basic Amenities & has been planned under the Bhubaneswar: Jajpur police he failed to produce any valid doc- “I am directed to request you to Development of Augmentation Basic Amenities & Saturday arrested a youth on uments in support of possessing the accord administrative approval for Development of Heritage & charges of trafficking girls to contraband, he was arrested. Thanks the work ‘repair, retrofitting and ren- Heritage & Architecture (ABADHA) Scheme of abroad. The accused identified as Sabir Ali is a resident of to the sustained drive against con- ovation of Bagala Dharmasala the government in Puri. ‘Rastriya Ekta Diwas’ Architecture Murshidabad in West Bengal. traband throughout 2020, the STF building at Puri for the year 2020- ABADHA envisions focused de- scheme for the Suspecting Ali’s activities, some has so far seized 22.168 kgs of brown 21 at an estimated cost of Rs 1.75 velopment of basic infrastructure social activists boarded the same sugar and detected 24 cases, in- crore…with stipulation that ade- Pilgrim City in Puri for augmentation of basic Kolkata-bound train he was observed in City cluding cases against the drug ped- quate fund provision should be en- amenities and development of the travelling by. The activists dlers. So far STF arrested as many sured for the above project in the heritage site. It aims to improving informed the RPF officials. RPF and POST NEWS NETWORK ised among the students to mark the as 44 drug peddlers. outcome budget of Works depart- Scheme,” the letter issued by the the infrastructure in areas close to Jajpur GRP police arrested Ali and occasion. The programme was ment for 2020-21 under the ABADHA Works department said. the Sri Jagannath temple in the city. rescued a girl. Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: The DAV smoothly conducted by the har- Public School, Kalinga Nagar, monious co-ordination of the staff Bhubaneswar, observed the Rastriya members of the observing the CLASSIFIED EktaDiwas on its premises to com- guidelines of Covid-19 pandemic. memorate the 145th birth an- Rshtriya Ekta Diwas was also ob- AFFIDAVITAFFIDAVIT 12 more nCoV fatalities, 1,470 fresh cases niversary of the country’s first served at IIT Bhubaneswar on its Deputy Prime Minister and freedom campus. On this occasion, a floral Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who is tribute was offered by the direc- Before the Executive PNN/AGENCY 24 hours, BMC said Saturday. fondly remembered as the ‘Iron tor R V Raja Kumar and the staff Magistrate, While 19 of them are quaran- Man of India’. members took pledge on this oc- Bhawanipatna, I, Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: Odisha’s tine cases, remaining 62 are local con- As a mark of respect to the great casion to preserve unity, integrity Tikimani Bag, W/o. Covid-19 caseload mounted to 2,90,116 tact ones. Meanwhile, 226 persons patriot, the principal and teach- and security of the nation. Speaking Dibakar Bag, D/o. after 1,470 persons tested positive who earlier tested positive for the ers offered floral tributes to Sardar on the occasion, Prof. RV Raja Daityari Naik, R/o. Anjali Saturday, while 12 more fatalities disease have recovered. Patel and took the National Unity Kumar emphasised the role played Nagar, Bhawanipatna, pushed the death toll to 1,320, a According to a notification is- Day pledge. At a meeting organ- by Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s in the health department official said. sued by the civic body, as of Saturday, ised on the occasion, the princi- national integration. Prof Kumar P.O./P.S.- Bhawanipatna Of the fresh infections detected 29,153 persons have tested positive pal of the school Bipin Kumar also reiterated that IIT Town, Dist.- Kalahandi do in all the 30 districts, 853 were re- for Covid-19 in Bhubaneswar out of Sahoo highlighted the great con- Bhubaneswar has always believed hereby declare that in my ported from different quarantine which 27,543 have recovered. While tribution and commendable efforts in creating a feeling of ‘One Nation’ educational certificates centres, while the remaining being there are 1,423 active cases, 166 per- of Sardar Patel in securing India’s and the best example of this was my name mentioned as local contact cases. sons succumbed to the disease. freedom from the British rule and the successful completion of “Ek Tikimani Dei, D/o. Khurda district registered the his decisive role in the unification Bharat, Shresht Bharat” pro- Daityari Naik, in ROR highest number of fresh cases (170), As many as 53 other Covid-19 pa- of the princely states to form a grammes which were completed followed by Cuttack (126) and tients have also died, but the de- strong Indian federation. Different as per the mandate from the Khata No. 91/559 Another 1,911 Covid-19 patients recover Sundergarh (112), the official said. partment attributed the cause of online competitions were organ- Ministry of Education (MoE). mentioned as Tikimani Taking to Twitter, the Health these fatalities to other diseases. Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health department Saturday said that 1,911 Dei, W/o. Dibakar Bag, in and Family Welfare Department Ganjam district alone has so far patients who had tested positive for Covid-19 have recovered and Aadhaar Card mentioned said: “Regret to inform the demise reported 230 deaths followed by are being discharged from hospitals and Covid Care Centres. Out of as Tikimani Bag, D/o. of 12 Covid positive patients while Khurda (229) and Cuttack (110). the 1,911 patients, 245 are from Khordha, 153 from Cuttack, 138 from Daitari Naik. That the under treatment in hospitals.” The state has thus far conducted Bolangir, 101 from Sundargarh, 96 from Mayurbhanj, 81 from With the 12 fatalities, the state’s over 45.55 lakh sample tests, in- Jagatsinghpur, 78 from Angul, 78 from Kalahandi, 76 from Nuapada, names Tikimani Dei, D/o. 74 from Balasore, 72 from Jajpur, 71 from Keonjhar, 63 from Bargarh, Daityari Naik, Tikimani Covid-19 toll mounted to 1,320, the cluding 47,750 Friday. The posi- official said, adding, three deaths tivity rate stands at 6.37, the offi- 52 from Kendrapara, 50 from Bhadrak, 50 from Puri, 50 from Dei, W/o. Dibakar Bag, each were reported from Khurda and cial added. Sambalpur, 46 from Dhenkanal, 45 from Nabarangpur, 42 from Tikimani Bag, D/o. Sundergarh districts and two from 81 new cases in Bhubaneswar Koraput, 36 from Jharsuguda, 33 from Nayagarh, 26 from Ganjam, 25 from Malkangiri, 24 from Kandhamal, 20 from Sonepur, 16 from Daitari Naik, Tikimani Keonjhar. As many as 81 new Covid-19 Rayagada, nine from Deogarh, eight from Gajapati, two from Boudh Bag, W/o. Dibakar Bag Four people also succumbed to the cases were detected under and 51 from State Pool. With this, total recoveries in the state now belongs to one and same virus in Jharsuguda, Ganjam, Puri Bhubaneswar Municipal stand at 2,75,749.

person. and Nuapada districts, he said. Corporation (BMC) limits in last

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Industrialization at Rahanja grounded Mega health screening of

k y m c INDUSTRIAL INFRA WORTH CRORES OF RUPEES DEVELOPED IN MID-EIGHTIES LIES UNUSED people in Ganjam from today

POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK FEARS OF 2ND WAVE INFECTION Bhadrak, Oct 31: The state government had made an attempt to Chhatrapur, Oct 31: Amid fears of Given the Health condition of push industrialization on the out- a second wave of Covid infection in possibility of this people in home skirts of Bhadrak between 1985 the country with onset of winter situation, the isolation and under and 1990. It attracted entrepreneurs chill, the Ganjam district will start district treatment at by allotting houses and plots at a mega health screening from administration has hospitals will be Rahanaja. IDCO had made all efforts November 1 with special focus on ordered making under scanner. use of previously Special attention to boost industriliasation there. Berhampur city. It is said that used systems for will be given to However, 31 years have passed MKCG Medical and Hospital is still prevention and patients with though, these efforts have apparently receiving a lot of Covid infection caution against the respiratory gone futile in the area. cases daily. deadly virus problems The government has envisioned If the second wave starts, many Bhadrak as the new industrial cor- people will be infected and those who ridor in the state. have recovered from the disease Mask checking points will be made functional at different parts of the city. According to reports, in mid- are likely to be re-infected with The Collector had directed taking up awareness drive to increase plasma eighties, IDCO had allotted land to winter chill gradually gripping donation. Sub-collectors will act as nodal officers in this exercise 21 industrialists to set up indus- ACCORDING TO It had generated a lot of hopes among locals for around Dhamara is gradually gath- some areas. trial units. The industrial estate REPORTS, IN scope of employment and ancillary business ering pace after the port was set It is said that there is a need for was planned on 20 acres and 700 MID-EIGHTIES, IDCO activities in the areas. However, lamented that, up, Rahanja industrial estate, set up extreme caution for the people of that testing of swab sample will An awareness drive will be in- decimal of land. IDCO had made a HAD ALLOTTED LAND TO not a single industry has become a reality till three decades ago, has been pushed Ganjam district. be intensified. tensified while mega health screen- provision of roads, water, electric- 21 INDUSTRIALISTS TO date. All that is found here now are either auto to the backburners. Given the possibility of this sit- Though the number of Covid ing will be launched from ity, houses, telephone and other fa- SET UP INDUSTRIAL garages or marble shops. The dream of “Had some industries been set up, uation, the district administration positive cases is decreasing, more November 1 with the help of teach- cilities. UNITS. THE INDUSTRIAL industrilaisation vanished over years. The place scores of people would be benefit- has ordered making use of previ- infected cases are reportedly com- ers, Anganwadi workers, and It had generated a lot of hopes ESTATE WAS PLANNED has lost its identity amid overgrown bushes and ting and development of the area ously used systems for prevention ing to the MKCG Medical College ASHAs. among locals for scope of employ- ON 20 ACRES AND 700 wild creepers all over would have been quite different,” and caution against the deadly and Hospital. Teams to be involved in this ex- ment and ancillary business ac- DECIMAL OF LAND. IDCO some conscious citizens said. virus. The Collector had directed the ercise will paste postcard-size stick- tivities in the areas. However, HAD MADE A A couple of days ago, Collector The issue will be reviewed and It was also alleged that some peo- health officials to draw up strate- ers on each house during the mega lamented that, not a single indus- PROVISION OF ROADS, ple have taken land worth crores of Vijay Amruta Kulange had directed gies to glean information about in- health screening drive. necessary steps will be taken try has become a reality till date. All WATER, ELECTRICITY, rupees from the government on sub-collectors and district level of- fected people coming the MKCG. ‘Panchasutri’ norms will be in that is found here now are either HOUSES, TELEPHONE GYANARANJAN DAS I BHADRAK COLLECTOR subsidized rates years ago, apart ficials to implement the systems. Berhampur city will be under focus force while each shop will be is- AND OTHER FACILITIES auto garages or marble shops. The from taking loans from banks in the The Collector observed that the on health screening while BeMC sued Covid safe certificates after nec- dream of industrilaisation van- name of industries, but nothing government was not mulling lock- Commissioner will pay heed to the essary examination. ished over years. in government records as indus- district administration has not re- has happened in reality at the place. down after the unlock, because problem. Mask checking points will be The place has lost its identity trial estate, has turned out to be a viewed which industrial units have When asked about the miserable lockdown will again adversely im- Health condition of people in made functional at different parts amid overgrown bushes and wild haven for criminals while the in- been functioning there. It has not condition of the industrial estate, pact the life and livelihood of peo- home isolation and under treat- of the city. The Collector had di- creepers all over. dustries department is doing very even looked into the causes leading Collector Gyanaranjan Das said ple. ment at hospitals will be under rected taking up awareness drive Landed properties worth crores little to give impetus to the long to the stalemate in industrialsa- the issue will be reviewed and nec- Caution and prevention is at- scanner. Special attention will be to increase plasma donation. Sub- of rupees given for industries are awaited industrialisation. tion at Rahanja. essary steps will be taken in this di- tached more importance amid fears given to patients with respiratory collectors will act as nodal officers lying unutlised. The place, tagged Locals lamented that even the Even though industrialisation rection. of re-infection. It was also decided problems. in this exercise.

SHORT TAKES STIR FOR JOBS A bridge for 50 Tusker tramples Miscreants attempt inaccessible villages farmer to death in Chitrakonda

Pallahara: In another incident of POST NEWS NETWORK man-elephant conflict, a tusker to loot Union Bank trampled a famer to death at a Chitrakonda, Oct 31: People of village here in Angul district Friday POST NEWS NETWORK The rogues had barged Gunthawada and over 50 villages night. The deceased has been in neighbouring panchayats under identified as Anadi Handiari, a into the bank premises Sambalpur, Oct 31: In a bizarre in- Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri resident of ShriRampur village. by cutting open an iron The incident has triggered tension cident Friday night, looters made a district have long been suffering in the locality with the villagers futile attempt on Kadaligada branch grill with the help of a from commuting woes in the ab- staging a roadblock on NH-149. of Union Bank of India under sence of a bridge across Aragi They demanded compensation to Rairakhol in Sambalpur district. gas cutter. They river. Taking note of their plight, the bereaved family and a The looters barged into the bank attempted to break open the government is going to set up government job to a family a bridge at a ghat, fulfilling the long member. According to sources, a locker and an iron awaited dream of the people. Anadi had gone out of his house chest in the bank Reports said, the foundation Friday night to his paddy field to stone for the project was laid check his crops. While going to his Wednesday, bringing cheers to the paddy field, he suddenly came “After getting a phone call, I reached people. Boats are the only means of face to face with a tusker. Before the bank Saturday morning. The communication in the region. It was he could react, the tusker caught iron chest was found intact and said that people face a lot of prob- him by its trunk, pinned him down only the safe vault of the bank has lems while being ferried across the on the ground and trampled him, been cut open. No cash has been river. They had long been demanding causing his death on the spot. As stolen by the miscreants,” the bank’s a bridge that will be realized soon. the news spread, it irked the premises by cutting open an iron chief manager, Nihar Kishan, ex- The foundation stone laying villagers who laid siege to NH-149, grill near the entrance with the pressed. ceremony was held in the pres- disrupting vehicular movement. On being informed, forest help of a gas cutter. They attempted On being informed, Rairakhol po- ence of Collector Minaskhi department officials and police to break open a locker and an iron lice reached the spot and launched Agrawal, Chitrakonda MLA reached the spot. The roadblock chest in the bank premises, a probe into the matter. Details are Purnachandra Baka. was withdrawn only after the Rairakhol police said. still awaited as the investigation is Gupteswar Constriction of forest department officials However, the looters failed to underway, the Rairakhol police ANMs after being retrenched from their contractual service stage protests at Sambalpur Covid Hospital Saturday. Semiliguda are has been awarded promised them that their demands take away cash from the iron chest. station sources said. They demand reinstatement and service regularisation OP PHOTO the contract for construction. The would be looked into. bridge will have nine pillars and be of 8.5 metres. The bridge will facilitate connectivity to over 50 vil- Dumper helper Admin urged to reopen lages and provide links to Sileru stoned to death 100 MT of iron ores seized in Jajpur in Andhra Pradesh.

Joda: A helper engaged in a POST NEWS NETWORK It may be noted her that after the in- Dhabaleswar shrine dumper was stoned to death at vestigation of the Shah Commission Dubuna under Bamebari police Jajpur, Oct 31: Mining officials seized in the multi-crore mining scam, mines POST NEWS NETWORK shrine on the occasion. The 2 more held in Angul limits in Keonjhar. The deceased 100 tonnes of illegally excavated iron mafia had allegedly concealed huge government should come up hooch tragedy was identified as Bipin Barik (22) ores at Neupur and Hardeipur under amounts of illegally extracted min- Athagarh, Oct 31: Due to re- with Covid-19 norms and allow belonging to Bonai in Sundargarh. Dharmashala police limits of Jajpur erals. At that time, a special squad strictions for Covid-19 pandemic, devotees into the temple. Angul: Purunakote police arrested He had been staying in the house Sunday. had seized 23, 100 tonnes of iron ores religious shrines are closed in However, the administra- two more persons including a of Suka Palei at Dubuna for about Later, the mining officials got to the state. The holy month of tion has made it clear that the woman for their alleged a year. His body was found in a at Haridashpur. know that over 1000 tonnes of iron Some mines mafia had dumped iron Kartik is going to start. The decision about reopening of involvement in the hooch tragedy field Sunday. He was stoned to that took the lives of four persons death as his body had deep ore were dumped near Kaeme hill, till ores at Kaema and Neulpur areas servitors of Dhabaleswar tem- the temple will be taken on the last reports came in. Friday night. ple in Athagarh area of Cuttack the basis of the Covid guide- at Pathargarh village under this wounds. A stone was found police limits in Angul district. The The huge dump of iron ore has The state mines department and district demanded reopening lines which will be issued for nearby. Locals informed police number of arrests increased to four about the body. Police started an pointed to the ongoing mining ille- the state government have resorted of the temple in view of the the month of November. . According to the excise Illegal iron ore dumped on roadside investigation into the matter and galities in the area. to various measures to check illegal holy Kartik month. “We talked to the Collector department, one of the arrested is came to know that Bipin was However, the mines department of- mining and transport of minerals. Special rituals are performed about the temple reopening Golapa Sahu. The identity of the working in the dumper of Suka ficials have no clues about where the officials of the mines department and Despite this, such illegal activities at Dhabaleswar shrine dur- as Panchuka falls next month. other person is yet to be revealed. Palei and was staying at his house. minerals were excavated and trans- Paradeep Port have been pushing illegal have been on the rise in the area, ex- ing the month of Kartika If the government changes its “A team of excise personnel raided Police also leant that Bipin had a ported here. iron ore transportation through forged posing indifference of the mining month. Gaja Bhoga is also of- guidelines, we can take a call. the house of prime accused Kalia past enmity with some people. It is suspected that unscrupulous challans. department, locals alleged. fered to the Lord. However, no decision has been and recovered spurious spirit. Two According to servitors, devo- taken on reopening of the tem- persons have been arrested in tees do fasting in this holy ples till date,” said Athagarh connection with the case including Body recovered month. It is one of the most sub-collector and endowment Golapa Sahu,” Excise important traditions. Thousands department chief Ajambar Superintendent Ramendra Narayan from roadside Tent house owners seek cover of devotees usually visit the Mohanty. Nayak informed. Harabhanga: Police Friday recovered the blood-soaked body POST NEWS NETWORK Even though of a youth lying by the roadside near Singanibida under Kesinga, Oct 31: Like many lockdown Purunakatak police limits in Boudh others, tent house owners restrictions have district. The police have identified here in Kalahandi district the deceased as Arjun Patra (35), a are in a severe financial cri- eased from June resident of Badikata village of sis due to the COVID-19 pan- onwards, restrictions Tileswar panchayat under demic. Even though lock- Harabhanga block. Local residents down restrictions have eased on gatherings and first spotted the body in the from June onwards, it has conducting of social morning and then they informed not benefitted the tent house the police. After a while, a team owners. events have not been from Purunakatak police station This is because of the re- withdrawn reached the spot, recovered the strictions on gatherings and body and sent it for post mortem. conducting of social events. Tent Owners’ Association having problems to deposit A case has been registered. The Hence the income of these advisor, Sushant Mohapatra. their EMIs. The tent owners addressed to Chief deceased’s family said he was working as a wielding mechanic tent house owners has not “If government pro- under the leadership of as- Minister Naveen Patnaik. with a crusher company. It is dropped. grammes are being allowed sociation president Rabi In the memorandum they

The mainstay of the tent with public address system, Narayan Mishra convened have requested the CM to

k y m suspected that he was murdered c over a love affair. According to owners’ is social functions. why not the social pro- a meeting at Kesinga RMC allow social programmes police, some miscreants had killed “Though small, medium grammes?” the dejected tent Thursday afternoon after with a gathering of 500 Arjun Thursday night and dumped and big businessmen are owners asked. handing over a memoran- people and to give a com- the body by the roadside. presently doing business, They alleged many tent dum to block development pensation of Rs 50,000 to However, police are yet to find any we are still sitting idle,” al- owners have taken loans officer Prafulla Kumar Odu. each of the severely-af- reason behind the murder. leged Kalahandi District from banks and now they are The memorandum was fected tent owners. P6 SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 1 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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urope’s progressive in- officers serving their communities. telligentsia have come to The United Kingdom’s Labour scorn political ‘centrism.’ Party, meanwhile, is currently in What back on track? E A misguided focus on the the process of reinventing itself as middle ground, critics argue, pre- a more centrist political force fol- he prime minister has given an extraordinary interview to the busi- cludes the formulation of political lowing its disastrous defeat in the ness newspaper the Economic Times. It is confident in outlook, alternatives, leading to the rise of December 2019 general election, T breezy in tone and out of place with our reality. extremist parties on the left and which forced far-left leader Jeremy He assumes he had done not only the right thing in managing Covid but right. Seen through this lens, the Corbyn to step down. done something other nations have not done. This, according to him, has saved corollaries of centrism are pop- Corbyn’s successor, Keir lives. He says: “I am no health expert but my assessment is based on num- ulism, polarisation, and ultimately Starmer, used Labour’s (virtual) bers. I think we should assess our coronavirus fight against the metric of growing distrust of democratic annual conference in September how many lives we are able to save.” principles. to announce a comprehensive He did not provide any numbers but he doesn’t need to because they are This analysis is not without break with Corbyn’s legacy. public. India has the second most infections in the world and currently the merit. Democracy requires candid Left-wing political parties keen on sharpening Starmer’s ‘new leadership’ entails third highest number of fatalities. The one nation India is comparable with and controversial conversations their ideological profile face a dilemma. redirecting Labour toward fam- in terms of population, China, controlled the epidemic in one stroke. Its peak about the best way forward. Closing ily values, with a focus on security came on one day, 12 February, and then the spread was contained in some way. the door to political alternatives Whereas party activists frequently demand and economic prudence. Our sister nations around us, Bangladesh and Pakistan, culturally and Michael Bröning by blindly embracing the status quo greater ideological clarity, voters are In his conference speech, geographically comparable, have fared more than twice as well as us both is a recipe for disaster. “Debate is Starmer declared to disgruntled in terms of infections per lakh population and deaths. On what grounds can never finished,” wrote the late increasingly favouring pragmatism over blue-collar voters that, “We love this we assume that the Modi government has done comparatively well? He DESPITE Polish-born sociologist Zygmunt purity. So, the most promising course of country as you do.” His reposi- seems to think we should compare ourselves to Brazil, Italy and the United Bauman. “It can’t be, lest democ- action for progressive leaders is probably to tioning thus includes a notion of States. But why? INCREASING racy be no longer democratic.” left-wing patriotism – anathema to He makes the claim that India, the second POLITICAL But this does not mean that left- combine a long-term ideological vision with his staunchly internationalist most infected nation in the world “is a world of-centre political parties should the reality of incremental change predecessor and a clear break with model of public participation without any co- POLARISATION turn their backs on pragmatism previous Labour parlance. ercive enforcement.” India actually had the worst IN MANY and moderation. In fact, evidence Starmer’s stated objective is to lockdown in the world, forced on it by the from some of the world’s current regain the confidence of work- Union government which invoked the Disaster COUNTRIES, electoral hotspots suggests they advocates humanitarian generosity ern times to have given birth while ing-class voters who abandoned Management Act. People were punished and should do the opposite. Despite but has not called for decrimi- in office, is known for her open and the party under Corbyn. So far, jailed by the State for going back home with- LARGE increasing political polarisation in nalising illegal border crossings. honest communication, and most the plan seems to be working. out work, food or shelter. People were run NUMBERS OF many countries, large numbers On climate change, while he cham- recently was a serious contender Although the UK’s next general over by trains because they walked on tracks of voters seem considerably more pions carbon-neutral housing and for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. election is not scheduled to be to avoid the police on the highways. This is what VOTERS SEEM comfortable with centrist posi- is calling for the US power sector But, in contrast to her global held until 2024, recent opinion coercive enforcement is. Perhaps the definition CONSIDERABLY tions than is often assumed. to be carbon-free by 2035, he has image, Ardern’s domestic suc- polls put Labour neck and neck is different in Gujarat. Left-wing political parties keen steered clear of fully embracing the cess has resulted from centrist with the ruling Conservative Party. That unprepared, arbitrary lockdown did not Aakar Patel MORE on sharpening their ideological Green New Deal favoured by his flexibility rather than transfor- The current momentum en- save lives — there is no relation between the COMFORTABLE profile therefore face a dilemma. party’s left wing. Likewise, Biden mative ambition. Heading a three- joyed by political progressives spread of infections and the weeks India spent India’s GDP growth Whereas party activists frequently is shying away from calls to ban party coalition in her first term, who are consciously addressing the in forced hibernation — but it did help skewer WITH CENTRIST demand greater ideological clar- fracking, defund the police, and in- Ardern was unable to implement political centre holds important les- the economy. The prime minister is confident was in sequential ity, voters are increasingly favour- troduce universal single-payer her most far-reaching policy pro- sons for struggling counterparts that August and September data shows that decline for two POSITIONS ing pragmatism over purity. So, health care. posals – in particular, solving elsewhere. the economy is ‘back on track.’ Back on track THAN IS OFTEN the most promising course of ac- Biden’s centrism is shared by his New Zealand’s housing crisis. Progressives certainly should to where? India’s GDP growth was in se- years before Covid tion for progressive leaders is running mate, Senator Kamala But she benefited from her ef- never be satisfied with the status quential decline for two years before Covid hit. hit. It has been ASSUMED probably to combine a long-term Harris of California, who has fective management of the COVID- quo. Offering political alterna- It has been falling every quarter for 10 quar- ideological vision with the reality faced criticism from within her 19 pandemic, and her compas- tives and a path toward a better fu- ters since January, 2018. Growth was 3 per falling every quarter of incremental change. own party for her allegedly weak sionate and determined response ture remains crucial – not least dur- cent before Covid. What are we getting back for 10 quarters Consider Joe Biden, the US progressive credentials. But Biden’s to the March 2019 Christchurch ing a pandemic. But with voters on track to? since January, 2018. Democratic Party’s presidential commanding lead over US massacre in which 51 Muslim increasingly exhausted by years Also, if he seems to think that we will be nominee. Although Biden’s agenda President Donald Trump in opin- worshippers were killed. of polarisation, progressive par- back to where we were in February soon, he Growth was 3 per clearly is more progressive than ion polls suggests that the In its recent election campaign, ties that are serious about gaining has the wrong advisors. One quarter of the cent before Covid. those of recent Democratic nomi- Democrats may have found a win- Ardern’s Labour Party focused and retaining power would be well GDP fell off between April and June. The nees, it appears significantly more ning formula. on moderate reform proposals advised to reconsider their oppo- best we can hope for in the July-September What are we getting centrist than those of two of his A similar story is unfolding in that appealed to centrist voters. sition to centrism. quarter is that it doesn’t decline further but back on track to? main challengers for the Democratic New Zealand, where Prime These included limited increases The writer is Director of it will. Even if it doesn’t, to recover the lost nomination, Senators Bernie Minister Jacinda Ardern won con- in the minimum wage and slightly the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung quarter of GDP will take two years. Meaning Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. vincingly in the country’s October higher taxes for the wealthy as in New York and serves on the that after two years, we may be back to where we were in February this year. Biden’s platform is notable not 17 general election. In progres- part of a responsible economic basic value commission of the That is not ‘back on track.’ only for what it endorses but also sive circles, Ardern is widely her- recovery, as well as law-and-order German Social Democratic He continues to speak of a $5 trillion economy. On one hand, this is a banal for what it does not. On immi- alded as a global icon. She is only policies such as increasing, not Party. thing. India’s economy, at whatever pace, will reach there at some point (as- gration, the former vice-president the second prime minister in mod- reducing, the number of police ©PROJECT SYNDICATE suming no magical strokes like Demonetisation or lockdown are forth- coming to slow it down). But to assume that it will happen in 2024, as Modi does, is to be unaware of what has happened in the last three years. He said in the interview: “Most people who are pessimistic remain in doubt. If you sit among them, you will hear only things of despair and despondency.” No, SPECTRUM UNIVERSITIES it is called being in touch with reality and being able to read numbers. It is hard to tell whether the prime minister is unable to confront the reality or so supremely confident in his abilities that he can convince the rest of us that the reality is different from our perception of it. If we pretend that China hasn’t occupied the lands our army was patrolling till February, then VCs should be chancellors of values they haven’t crossed the Line of Actual Control. If we compare ourselves to Brazil and Italy and not China and Pakistan, our Covid numbers will look he selection and appoint- times, the VC is put into pressure rience in that particular pay scale Odisha government through a excellent. If we make up meaningless phrases like this one from the inter- ment of vice-chancellors from various quarters including or grade pay, but otherwise is a Cabinet decision has divested the view: “Aatmanirbhar Bharat is not just about competition but also about com- T(VCs) at times attracted political. In such situations, he/she highly accomplished scholar. An av- power of universities for appoint- petence, it’s not about dominance but about dependability, it’s not about look- media attention for very many rea- has to ensure that not only the erage professor of an obscure sec- ment of senior faculty positions ing within but about looking out for the world” then that is a substitute for sons. The latest instance is the sus- procedure is followed, but also ond rate university may get se- is only suggestive of the lack of trying to right an economy that has been in the doldrums for thirty months. pension of the VC of Delhi merit prevails. lected while a scholar of eminence faith and trust in the impartial University. Ironically he was ap- As per the well-established norm or someone having requisite ad- and objective selection of candi- pointed by the same regime. In the prescribed by the University Grants ministrative experience may be dates. Now, the Odisha Public WISDOM CORNER educational edifice of the country, Commission, the VC being the ac- ignored. The search committee Service Commission is entrusted VCs, being the heads of universi- ademic and administrative head needs to have a creative under- with this responsibility. Similarly, ties, occupy a pivotal position. They of the institution is expected to be standing of the candidates’ claims the government should broaden To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. are called upon to perform a mul- a person possessing the highest of eligibility. the catchment area of the selec- ALDOUS HUXLEY No one has ever become poor by giving. Rup Narayan Das tiple of functions. level of competence, integrity, At a time when people from out- tion of VCs. ANNE FRANK In the first place, they are ex- morals, and institutional commit- side the civil services are hired for In the past, highly eminent schol- Never mistake motion for action. pected to be distinguished acade- ment. It further stipulates that a dis- senior positions like joint secre- ars like Pranakrushna Parija, Dr ERNEST HEMINGWAY SCHOLARSHIP micians and eminent scholars hav- tinguished academician with a taries to the Government of India Manmath Nath Das, Professor AND ACADEMIC ing contributed significantly to minimum of ten years of experi- on the scheme of lateral induction Mahendra Kumar Rout, to name a the body of knowledge. In the sec- ence as professor in a university, or to the civil service, a similar prac- few, have had enhanced the prestige WORDSWORTH ACCOMPLISHMENTS ond place they should possess ten years of experience in a re- tice should also be followed in the of the university which they served NEED NOT BE ample administrative experience puted research or academic ad- appointment of VCs of universities. with great distinction. There is no Upper crust to deal with men and material in ministrative experience with proof What is so sacrosanct about ten dearth of such candidates. What is MEASURED IN a judicious and prudent manner. of having demonstrated academic years of experience in a particular required is an open mind and shed- A VC’s role as administrator has leadership is eligible to apply for the scale of pay or grade pay if a can- ding the rigidity of criteria solely n trying to get to the root of this dismissive way to describe the upper TERMS OF SCALE OF many parts. As far as faculty and position. It is often experienced didate has not produced scholarly on the basis of pay scale or grade Iclasses, aristocracy or social elite, we have to start by clearing away the PAY OR GRADE PAY the teaching fraternity are con- that the ten years of experience is output commensurate with the pay. Scholarship and academic ac- obscuring undergrowth of supposition. Many sources say it’s from the US. cerned he/she is like primus inter mechanically determined in a cler- years of experience which reflects complishments need not be meas- That’s because the Oxford English Dictionary says it is and cites as its first pares or first among equals. The ical manner. What the authorities poorly on his/her academic achieve- ured in terms of scale of pay or two examples works by Thomas Chandler Haliburton of 1836 and 1843, with deans of various faculties and decide is the criteria of pay scale ments? This clerical criteria needs grade pay. a third from John Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms of 1848. However, professors are eminent people in and the grade pay. It is quite ridicu- to change. Haliburton wasn’t American but Canadian, from Nova Scotia. And as we shall their own right. Differences of lous that at times candidates who At a time when India or for that The writer, a retired joint see, the earliest example isn’t from North America, but Britain. More views on different issues are bound might have earned ten years of ex- matter Odisha is emerging as a secretary of Lok Sabha disinformation comes from that splendid body of people, the guides who to crop up from time to time and perience in that pay scale and grade knowledge society, the VCs are Secretariat, is currently a herd tourists around the ancient buildings of Britain. In the kitchens, they they need to be resolved amica- pay without any demonstrative poised to play a critical role in the senior fellow of the Indian explain the old method of baking bread in an oven. This was heated by bly. The VC is also responsible for scholarly attainment or achieve- educational edifice of the country Council of Social Science burning dry twigs in it. The ashes were then raked out and the bread dough recruitments of both faculty and ment may have edge over some and the state. The VCs are sup- Research at the Indian was put in to bake. The bottom of the resulting loaf was over-baked because staff for various positions. In the other candidate who might not posed to be of impeccable honesty Institute of Public it was sitting on the hot oven floor and ashes stuck to it. The upper crust was selection of these positions at have the requisite years of expe- and integrity. The fact that the Administration, New Delhi. properly baked, however, and was obviously more desirable. Tourist guides will explain that the upper crust was reserved for the master and mistress of the household and that the term upper crust was transferred to its Poor & pandemic India in stagflation trap consumers. The first part is probably true but the second isn’t. There’s no evidence for the term having evolved as a reference to better bits of bread Sir, The most devastating ill-effect of the pandemic has undoubtedly been on chil- Sir, In economics, stagflation is a situation in which both being reserved for the highest-ranking members of a household, apart from dren. Children of socio-economically well-off parents are in the loop to continue inflation and unemployment rates are high. This situ- a much-quoted oblique reference in John Russell’s Book of Nurture of 1460, etters their studies via schools or the internet. But the plight of non-school going chil- ation breaks the economic backbone of a country. which reads, in modern English: “Cut the upper crust [of the loaf] for your dren of poor parents has become hellish. During the peak of the pandemic, sev- Massive unemployment which India has been facing for sovereign”. There have been other senses of upper crust. The most common eral thousands of youngsters below the age of 18, mostly from north India, were a long time now has been doubled due to Covid-19, prices in the eighteenth century was of the upper surface of the earth and by TOL THE EDITOR reportedly pushed into child labour to secure two square meals for their families. of goods are sky-rocketing and crores of people are out analogy the crust that forms on the surface of partially melted and refrozen Readers of Orissa POST Toiling day in and day out, the children were, and some continue to be, employed of job. The real problem is there is no money in the hands snow or on the mud of a partially dried-out pond. are most welcome to contribute letters by different types of ‘owners’ who exploit their helplessness. Working for nearly of the people. Unless the government has made avail- (200 words), articles and sixteen to eighteen hours a day for pittance, the state of mind of these children able cash in people’s hands, this situation will persist. columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are is unimaginable. Poverty forces parents to push their wards to ‘earn’, but the role And in the long run, this will lead to social chaos which LOL requested to send their of unscrupulous sections in fostering child labour cannot be swept under the car- will be a headache for the ruling class. We have not ar- contact numbers and full pet. It is a crime to force children to work with tools when schools are their right- rived at this situation all of a sudden but in a process

South postal address/email ID. They may also ful place. Automobile workshops and garages, homes of the rich, eateries, that due to the wrong economic policies of the government.

k y m Half a year to live send in their valuable comments, opinion c and suggestions, preferably by email, are classified under non-industrial hazardous occupations, abound with chil- Yes Covid-19 is a factor but the government cannot hold Dakota. to: [email protected] dren below the age of 14.In the times of the pandemic, different sections under the pandemic solely responsible for the situation. Even woman hears from her doctor The woman child labour, bonded labour and human trafficking need to be invoked against em- in pre-Covid period our economy faced negative im- Athat she has only half a year to asks: will this cure my illness? The ployers. The cynical attitude that child labour cannot be eradicated, but only reg- pacts on GST and demonetisation. The government is live. The doctor advises her to doctor replies: No, but the half year B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, ulated, has to be done away with. advised to bring inflation under control. marry an economist and to live in will seem pretty long. Bhubaneswar-751010 Ganapathi Bhat, AKOLA Asit Mohanty, JAJPUR RAJASTHAN WEST P7 BENGAL

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k y m Raj brings Bills to counter Centre’s farm laws CPI(M), CONGRESS c THE MOVE COMES AFTER THE PUNJAB ASSEMBLY EARLIER THIS MONTH ADOPTED A RESOLUTION AGAINST THE JOIN HANDS FOR FARM LAWS AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED FOUR BILLS TO NEGATE THE CONTENTIOUS LEGISLATIONS

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 2021 BENGAL POLLS Jaipur, Oct 31: The Rajasthan gov- ‘Gehlot misleading farmers’ ernment Saturday introduced three Bills in the Assembly to negate the JAIPUR: Rajasthan BJP president to the development, Poonia said impact of the farm laws enacted Satish Poonia Saturday accused Gehlot is misleading farmers of by the Centre recently. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot of the state by convening the as- The move comes after the Punjab misleading farmers by opposing sembly session against the wel- Assembly earlier this month adopted the farm laws enacted by the fare laws of the Narendra Modi a resolution against the farm laws Centre recently. The state gov- government at the Centre. It is a and unanimously passed four bills ernment Saturday introduced reality that the state government to counter the Centre's contentious three bills in the assembly to cannot bring any law against any legislations. negate the impact of the farm legislation enacted by the Centre, Rajasthan's Parliamentary Affairs laws. The move comes after the he said. Poonia also constituted Minister Shanti Dhariwal intro- Punjab Assembly earlier this a panel for the election of mayors duced the Essential Commodities month adopted a resolution in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota. (Special Provisions and Rajasthan against the farm laws and unan- Leader of Opposition Gulabchand Amendment) Bill 2020, the Farmers imously passed four bills to Kataria, Deputy Leader Rajendra (Empowerment and Protection) counter the Centre's contentious Rathore, Union ministers Agreement on Price Assurance and legislations. The Congress lead- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Farm Services (Rajasthan own to counter the central legisla- and powers to the state government ership too earlier suggested that Ram Meghwal and Kailash PRESS TRUST OF INDIA CPI(M), the move to ally with the Amendment) Bill 2020 and the tions that had triggered farmers' to give directions. states where it is in power should Chaudhary have been included in Congress is being seen as a ‘tacti- Farmers Produce Trade and protests in several parts of the The bill proposes punishment of pass laws of their own to counter the election committee. The party New Delhi, Oct 31: The Central cal’ one to gain some lost ground Commerce (Promotion and country. imprisonment from three to seven the central legislations that had also constituted a state-level elec- Committee of the Communist Party in a state which the Left ruled for Facilitation and Rajasthan In the Farmers (Empowerment years with or without a fine of `five triggered farmers' protests in sev- tion steering committee for the of India (Marxist) has approved a an uninterrupted 34 years. The Amendment) Bill 2020. and Protection) Agreement on Price lakh if any person, company or eral parts of the country. Reacting panchayat elections next month. tie up with the Congress for the party is down to 26 seats in the He also introduced the Code of Assurance and Farm Services corporate house or any other as- upcoming Assembly election in state Assembly, which has a total Procedure (Rajasthan Amendment) (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, a pro- sociation or body of persons ha- West Bengal, CPI(M) general of 294 seats, after the 2016 elections. Bill 2020 on the first day of the vision states, "Provided further rasses farmers. sociated with it,” the statement of tive price for agricultural produce, secretary Sitaram The Left party, in a state- Assembly session. that no Farming Agreement for the “There has been extraordinary the bill said. fruits and vegetables. No check has Yechury said In ment, also hit out at A number of provisions to pro- sale or purchase of a crop shall be outrage amongst the farmers, farm “The Parliament has also intro- been provided against exploitation Saturday, adding West Bengal, the Centre over the tect the interests of farmers, in- valid unless the price paid for such labourers and all others engaged in duced a mechanism for production, of farmer,” it said. that alliances the CPI(M) and the handling of the cluding sale or purchase of a crop agricultural produce is equal to, incidental and ancillary agricul- trade and commerce in agricul- The Rajasthan government also with secular Left Front will have an coronavirus pan- under farming agreement on a price or greater than, the prevailing tural activities. Since the direct tural produce through this Central introduced three other bills on the parties in Tamil electoral understanding demic. It said equal or greater than minimum Minimum Support Prices, an- consequences of the Central Act Act, that is vulnerable to en- first day of the session -- the Nadu, Kerala with all secular parties, while the US, support price and imprisonment nounced by the Central Government would be to nullify the minimum croachment and manipulation by Rajasthan Epidemic Diseases and Assam will including the Congress, India and Brazil of three to seven years for harass- for that crop.” support price mechanism that has vested corporate interests through (Amendment) Bill-2020, the Code be forged. which seek to defeat the continued to re- ment of farmers, have been in- Apart from a few other amend- stood the test of time and intro- provisions such as contract farm- of Civil Procedure (Rajasthan The decision BJP and the TMC port the highest cluded in the bills. ments, three new sections have duce several other infirmities and ing minus a guarantee of mini- Amendment) Bill-2020 and the comes after the number of COVID- SITARAM YECHURY I CPI(M) The Congress leadership has sug- been added as special provisions distortions operating to the grave party held a vir- 19 cases and deaths, mum support price and leaving the Rajasthan University of Veterinary GENERAL SECRETARY gested that states where it is in for Rajasthan, providing for pun- detriment and prejudice of agri- farmer open to the vagaries of mar- and Animal Sciences (Amendment) tual meeting October both the rate power should pass laws of their ishment for harassment of farmers culture and the communities as- ket forces for getting a remunera- Bill-2020. 30 and 31. of growth in “In West Bengal, the CPI(M) positive cases as well as and the Left Front will have an the number of deaths in India were electoral understanding with all ‘alarming’. secular parties, including the The party also extended its com- Centre flays WB’s execution Gujjar agitation call: NSA Congress, which seek to defeat the plete solidarity and support to the BJP and the TMC,” Yechury said. farmers protest call November 26- The high-stakes West Bengal as- 27 and the call of the central trade of Jal Jeevan Mission sembly elections are likely to be unions for a nationwide general invoked in 8 Raj districts held in May 2021 and within the strike November 26. The Modi government initiative aims to provide INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE piped water to all rural households by 2024; of all Jaipur, Oct 31: The Rajasthan gov- states, Goa is the only one so far to provide piped ernment Saturday invoked the No change of BJP drinking water to all rural households National Security Act (NSA) in eight districts in the wake of the ag- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA itation call given by the Gujjar community leaders demanding the ful- guard in Bengal New Delhi, Oct 31: West Bengal filment of their pending demands. has shown ‘dismal performance’ in The state Home Department is- the implementation of the Jal sued directions to the district col- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Jeevan Mission by providing only lectors of Bharatpur, Dhaulpur, 2.2 lakh tap water connections to Dausa, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Kolkata, Oct 31: BJP national rural households against a target Tonk, Bundi and Jhalawar to use general secretary Kailash of 55.58 lakh in 2020-21, the Centre the powers to invoke the NSA say- Vijayvargiya Saturday said the has said. ing that the gathering called at party will fight the coming as- Expressing concern, the Jal Shakti Pilupura Sunday could turn vio- The state government is Bhusawar and Zen tehsils sembly polls in West Bengal with Ministry said 10 districts of the lent. October 17, Gujjar leaders gave Dilip Ghosh as its president and re- state are gripped by Japanese Friday, Gujjar Aarakshan on high alert ahead of an ultimatum to the state govern- futed media reports of his removal. Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Sangharsh Samiti convenor Kirori ment to accede to demands made by There were reports in a section Syndrome, affecting 42.96 lakh house- Bainsla shrugged off any discussion the November 1 protest, the community at a Mahapanchayat of the media that Ghosh might be holds, out of which only 2.34 lakh and said that the community agi- and has deployed in Bharatpur or they would stage removed from the party post be- households (5.4 per cent) have been state has 22 districts, 341 blocks, tation will start from November 1. an agitation from November 1. The fore the polls as the central lead- state unit witnessed a major or- provided with tap connections. 41,357 villages and 1.07 lakh habi- Internet services have already additional police Mahapanchayat had been called ership is not happy with the inner ganisational change recently. The in- The state has 1,566 arsenic and tations. been suspended in parts of east- forces in the region by Gujjar leader Kirori Singh squabbling in the state BJP. cumbent state general secretary (or- fluoride affected habitations which “Jal Shakti Ministry reviews ern Rajasthan ahead of the pro- Bainsla, where he was joined by “The reports are not only base- ganisation) Subrata Chattopadhyay are to be covered with piped water implementation of Jal Jeevan posed Gujjar protest November 1, other leaders from the community, less but also misleading and politically was removed and his deputy Amitava supply by December 2020, it added. Mission in West Bengal; state shows although a section of the commu- the entire district till 5 p.m. Saturday. including Himmat Singh, who had motivated. I want to categorically Chakraborty was elevated to the The Jal Shakti Ministry recently dismal performance and provides nity’s leaders left for Jaipur to hold The state government, in fact, broken off from Bainsla. say that West Bengal BJP will fight post Wednesday. The change shocked held a mid-term review meeting just 2.20 lakh tap water connec- talks with the government late is on high alert ahead of the However, late Friday, leaders the assembly election with Dilip many in BJP unit as Chattopadhyay, on planning and implementation tions against a target of 55.58 lakh Friday. November 1 protest, and has de- from the Himmat Singh faction left Ghosh as its state president. There who had held the post for several of JJM in West Bengal during so far in 2020-21,” the ministry said Internet services were suspended ployed additional Central and state Bayana in Bharatpur to hold talks is no question of replacing him,” years, was considered to be close to which state officials presented the in a statement. in parts of Bharatpur, Karauli, police forces in the region. Saturday, with the government. According Vijayvargiya told PTI. West Bengal Ghosh. The change had come just a progress of the programme before The Jal Jeevan Mission, a flag- Dausa as well as Jaipur. In the cap- security forces were sent to Gujjar- to Singh, a delegation of as many BJP general secretary Sayantan day after the BJP central leaders in the National Jal Jeevan Mission ship initiative of the Modi gov- ital city, internet was suspended dominated areas to take control of as 40 leaders left Bharatpur for Basu, known to be close to Ghosh, said, charge of the state stepped in to re- team. ernment, aims to provide piped for 24 hours in Kotputli, Paota, the law and order situation. Jaipur. “Dilipda was re-elected for three solve differences between its state West Bengal has decided to water to all rural households by Shahpura, Viratnagar and A total of 300 GRP and 100 RPF In Karauli, Bainsla addressed a years this January, after completing Yuva Morcha president Saumitra achieve the goal of providing tap 2024. Of all the states, Goa is the only Jamwaramgarh tehsils till 6 p.m. personnel have reached Bayana. press conference Friday and asked his first term. There is no question Khan and Ghosh, who had dissolved water connections to all 1.63 crore one so far to provide piped drink- Saturday. For Dausa, suspension Also, internet service has been sus- supporters to gather at Pilupura of his removal.” The speculation all the district committees of the rural households by 2024, it said. The ing water to all rural households. of internet services was ordered in pended in Bayana, Roopwas, Bair, in Bharatpur Sunday morning. gained momentum after the party’s youth wing last week. 200-km ‘Fit India’ walkathon in desert ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS

INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE The march is aimed at giving a push to the 'Fit India' movement Jaipur, Oct 31: In a first-ever en- and promote fitness among the deavour towards the 'Fit India' move- masses in general. ment, over 110 officials from al- The ITBP DG since the past cou- most all the Central Armed Police ple of years by personally leading Forces (CAPF) Saturday began a the speed marches from the front has foot march from Rajasthan’s inspired many citizens and force per- Jaisalmer to cover a distance of sonnel to remain fit and healthy. 200 km to promote the Narendra The ITBP is well known for long Modi-led Central government's 'Fit marches in the Himalayas and over India Movement'. a period of more than two years, its The Indo-Tibetan Border Police DG along with senior officials of the (ITBP) playing a key role in organ- force have undertaken dozens of ising the event with the active sup- long route and speed marches in the port of Central government's 'Fit Himalayas and on seaside areas of India' campaign under the Ministry the country. of Youth Affairs and Sports. The earlier routes include The three-day fitness awareness National Disaster Relief Force, Vidyut Jammwal was also a part of Lipulekh Pass, Sangla Valley of 103 march was launched at a time when Rapid Action Force, Assam Rifles the event. After the start at km, Auli Tapovan, Gangotri the National Unity Day (the birth and National Security Guard. Nathuwala village, the march took Tapovan, Bhuj, Konark-Puri, anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh the route through sand dunes Rajasthan and Punjab borders, Patel) was being celebrated across Police officials also participated in (desert) of Sakhirewala, Bhuttewala, Mission 100 km in Jodhpur-Bikaner India as a tribute to country's first the event under the leadership of Katoch to complete the 200 km dis- and Valley of flowers besides many

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of the day uote Plea in SC raises Kashi-Mathura issue Don’t play dirty politics In Ayodhya, construction The plea argued that Centre has barred the remedies against illegal encroachment on the places of worship of Ram temple over Pulwama attack, is on. After the end and pilgrimages and now Hindus, Jains, Budhists, Sikhs cannot approach High Court under Article 226 of pandemic, everyone will have INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE lenging the validity of the provisions ‘darshan’ of Lord of the 1991 Act. PM tells Opposition Ram New Delhi, Oct 31: A plea has The move has gained signifi- been filed in the Supreme Court cance, as there have been demands YOGI ADITYANATH | UP CHIEF MINISTER challenging the validity of a 1991 law to begin litigation on Kashi-Mathura, The truth of last year’s Pulwama terror attack, in which which created “arbitrary and ir- connected to temples of Lord Shiva 40 CRPF personnel were killed, has been accepted in I have full faith rational retrospective cut-off date and Lord Krishna in Uttar Pradesh. in people and of August 15, 1947”. It contends that A suit in Mathura court has been Pakistan Parliament: PM Modi voters of the as per the 90s law no suit or pro- already admitted. state, especially ceeding shall lie in court in respect Upadhyay argued that Centre nei- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA from these 28 seats. of disputes against encroachment ther can close the doors of courts of They are aware that done by fundamentalist, barbaric first instance, appellate courts, and Kevadiya (Guj), Oct 31: Prime the (BJP) invaders and law breakers. constitutional courts for aggrieved Minister Narendra Modi Saturday government, which came to power The plea filed by BJP leader and Hindus, Jains, Budhists and Sikhs. said the truth of last year’s Pulwama by trading people’s mandate, has advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay The plea contended Section 2,3,4 terror attack, in which 40 CRPF not been able to change anything in argued that Centre has barred the (of the law) not only offend right to personnel were killed, has been the last seven months remedies against illegal en- of years and peaceful public agi- to restore their places of worship pray practice prorogate religion accepted in Pakistan Parliament. KAMAL NATH | CONGRESS LEADER croachment on the places of wor- tation continues but while enacting and pilgrimage, including temples- (Article 25), right to manage main- His statement comes two days ship and pilgrimages and now the Act, Centre has excluded the endowments in spirit of Articles 25- tain administer places of worship- after Pakistan’s Science and Hindus Jains Budhists Sikhs can- birthplace of Lord Ram at Ayodhya 26 and illegal barbarian act of in- pilgrimage (Article 26), right to Technology Minister Fawad If tomorrow not file suit or approach High Court but not the birthplace of Lord vaders will continue in perpetuity,” conserve culture (Article 29) but Chaudhry admitted his country’s even God under Article 226. Krishna in Mathura, though both contended the plea. also contrary to state's duty to pro- role in the Pulwama attack dur- becomes CM, The plea argues that Hindus are are the incarnations of Lord Vishnu, In June, Lucknow-based Vishwa tect historic places (Article 49) and ing a debate in their National he can’t give govt fighting for restoration of birth- the creator. Bhadra Pujari Purohit Mahasangh preserve religious cultural heritage Assembly (Parliament). cess in Pulwama, is a success of jobs to all place of Lord Krishna for hundreds “Therefore, they won't be able filed a plea in the top court chal- (Article 51A). Modi also said that when the en- this nation under the leadership of PRAMOD SAWANT | GOA tire nation was mourning the brave Imran Khan. You and we are all part CHIEF MINISTER soldiers' death in Pulwama attack, of that success.” 90-year-old some people indulged in “dirty pol- The PM said he remained silent SOAKED IN DEVOTION itics” for their political gains. despite all the "accusations and SHORT TAKES Without mentioning China, the filthy words" used against him woman ‘gangraped’ Prime Minister said that Indian after the Pulwama terror attack. Woman killed as soldiers are giving a befitting reply “Politics done after Pulwama at- in Tripura to those eyeing to grab the country’s tack shows that people can cross any crane collapses land. limit for their political gains. I PRESS TRUST OF INDIA He was speaking at Kevadiya want to urge such political parties Mumbai: A woman was killed in Gujarat's Narmada district not to indulge in this kind of pol- and two others were injured Agartala, Oct 31: A 90-year-old when a part of a crane after paying tributes to Sardar itics as it affects the morale of our collapsed on them after it woman has been allegedly gang- Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue security forces,” he said. accidentally hit a Metro rail raped by two men in her house of Unity on his 145th birth an- “For your political gains, you pillar in suburban Andheri in Tripura, police said Saturday. niversary. should not play into the hands of here, police said. The The incident took place at “The country cannot forget the anti-national forces, knowingly or incident occurred in the early Barhaldi village in Kanchanpur unwarranted statements made unknowingly,” he added. hours near Gundavali bus subdivision of North Tripura dis- after the Pulwama attack. Dirty Against the backdrop of terror stop on Western Express trict October 24 but her relatives politics laced with selfishness and attacks in France and criticism Highway, an official said. lodged a police complaint October arrogance was at its peak when being faced by its President 29, a senior police officer said. the country was suffering from Emmanuel Macron over a cartoon The two men accused of raping immense pain,” Modi said. row, Modi said it was a matter of Online Rummy the woman are absconding and a “But the real face of such people concern for the entire world how manhunt has been launched to has been exposed after the truth was some people have come out in sup- claims life of man nab them, Superintendent of Police accepted in the Parliament of our port of terrorism. Bhanupada Chakraborty said. neighbouring country,” he said “In the present situation, all the Coimbatore: A 28-year old “One of the accused used to in his address on the occasion of nations, all the governments and bank employee in the city died by suicide reportedly upset call the woman ‘grandmother’, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. people of all the faiths must get over the financial loss incurred who was living alone in her house. During a debate in Pakistan's united against terrorism. Peace, by playing online rummy On the night of the incident, he and National Assembly Thursday, brotherhood and respect for each game, police said Saturday. another man broke into the house Chaudhry had said, “Humne other is the identity of humanity. Madankumar, a resident of and raped the elderly woman,” Hindustan ko ghus ke maara (We Terrorism and violence is not good Seeranaicke-npalayam was the officer said. Devotees take holy dips in Ganga river on the occasion of Sharad Purnima festival in Prayagraj, Saturday PTI PHOTO hit India in their home). Our suc- for anyone,” he said. found hanging in his house by the relatives early this morning. Preli-minary investigation revealed that the BIHAR ASSEMBLY POLLS Covid-19 caseload deceased had become an Con artists summon ‘Aladdin’, addict of the online game after goes past 81 lakh making money in the initial ` stage. However, he is said to Nitish, BJP differ on caste reservation sell his ‘lamp’ for 31 lakh PRESS TRUST OF INDIA have suffered losses in the In recent days and AGENCIES visits continued for over a month. game later and become an Gradually they started telling me New Delhi, Oct 31: With 48,648 alcohol addict. weeks, the signs are Meerut, Oct 31: Two men have about a baba (godman) whom they fresh Covid-19 infections, India's been arrested in western Uttar claimed also visited their home. caseload rose to 81,37,119 Saturday, piling up that the BJP is Pradesh’s Meerut after they al- They started brainwashing me while the number of recoveries Man held for rape distancing itself from legedly cheated a city doctor of and asked me to meet this baba,” crossed the 74-lakh mark, pushing 31 lakh by selling him “Aladdin's Dr Khan said in his complaint. the recovery rate to 91.34 per cent, bid on 4-year-old Nitish Kumar lamp” - the magical artefact from The doctor said he met the god- according to the Union Health Hamirpur (UP): A 30-year-old the popular Middle Eastern folk man “who seemed to perform Ministry data. man was arrested Saturday AGENCIES tale that brings forth a wish- such rituals”. The country’s Covid-19 death for allegedly attempting to granting genie when it is rubbed. “Eventually this toll climbed to 1,21,641 with 551 rape a four-year-old girl here, Valmiki Nagar, Oct 31: Here is yet The con artists group told me new fatalities, the data updated police said. According to another instance of Chief Minister such statements by pointing out (on conducting the census) is not in even managed to they would sell me at 8 am showed. A total of 74,32,829 Kotwali SHO Vikramjeet Nitish Kumar and his key ally in the that while his party supported our hands. We want reservation summon a “genie” a ‘chirag (lamp)’ for people have recuperated from Singh, the girl's father polls, the BJP, differing on impor- reservation it would not do any- be proportionate to population of from the lamp to convince `1.5 crore but I could only Covid-19 so far, taking the national alleged that Ramkaran, who tant policy points. thing unconstitutional. castes,” Nitish Kumar said. their victim, according to offer `31 lakh down payment. recovery rate to 91.34 per cent. runs a motorcycle repair Recently, as Kumar addressed The JD(U) chief was addressing However, Kumar did not clarify if the doctor who was cheated. They told me this lamp The case fatality rate has dropped shop, took his daughter to a the issue of population-based reser- voters in West Champaran district, he was referring to caste-based cen- Dr LA Khan filed a com- would bring wealth, health to 1.49 per cent. The number of secluded place and tried to vation for jobs and education op- where a by-poll for the Valmiki sus data. The Chief Minister has plaint with local police October and good fortune. They said this active COVID-19 cases remained rape her. As locals rushed to the spot on hearing her cries, portunities in the state, he said Nagar Lok Sabha seat is due repeatedly demanded such data be 25, describing in detail how he had is ‘Aladdin ka chirag’ (Aladdin's below 6 lakh for the second con- the accused, who was in an that while his government was in November 7. However he likely part of that gathered by the census. been swindled by the now-ar- lamp),” Dr Khan added. secutive day. inebriated condition, fled. favour of such an initiative it could also had one eye on the ongoing The Centre has postponed the rested men - Ikramuddin and "During one visit “Aladdin” There are 5,82,649 active cases only be implemented with fresh Bihar Assembly elections, the final first phase of Census 2021 - which Anees. According to the doctor, he actually made an appearance in of coronavirus infection in the census data. The statements by two phases of which will be held was scheduled from April 1 to first met them when he began front of me. I did not know who country, which comprise 7.16 per Kumar were seen as an attempt to November 3 and 7. September 30 - because of the Covid- treating a woman they described this person was at that time. I cent of the total caseload, the data PM launches mobilise votes from marginalised “... as far as the question of pop- 19 pandemic. A final decision on as their “ailing mother”. later realised (one of) the accused stated. India’s Covid-19 tally had seaplane service communities. ulation (-based reservation) is con- when it will take place has not been “I started visiting their home to was dressing up as ‘Aladdin’,” crossed the 20-lakh mark August However, Union Minister Ravi cerned, this can only be decided made but it is unlikely it will be held treat the supposed mother. The he said. 7, 30 lakh August 23 and 40 lakh Kevadiya (Guj): Prime Shankar Prasad sought to temper after the census and that decision this year. September 5. Minister Narendra Modi Saturday launched a seaplane service between the Statue of Unity near Kevadiya in Gujarat's Narmada district and Sabarmati Riverfront in Hackers attack 100 key people to collect intelligence: Microsoft Ahmedabad. Modi inaugu- rated the service by boarding the twin-engine plane from PHOSPHORUS, AN IRANIAN THREAT ACTOR, TARGETED POTENTIAL ATTENDEES OF THE UPCOMING MUNICH SECURITY pond-3 close to Sardar CONFERENCE AND THE THINK 20 (T20) SUMMIT IN SAUDI ARABIA Sarovar Dam near here. Before boarding the plane, Modi spent some time at the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE it has been held annually for nearly gence collection purposes. The at- ferences or events,” Microsoft said. water aerodrome. 60 years. tacks were successful in compro- The nation-state cyber attackers New Delhi, Oct 31: Microsoft has Likewise, T20 is a highly visible mising several victims, including routinely pursue think tanks, pol- detected and worked to stop a series event that shapes policy ideas for the former ambassadors and other sen- icy organisations and governmen- BSF nabs 5 of cyber-attacks from hackers mas- G20 nations and informs their crit- ior policy experts who help shape tal and non-governmental organi- querading as conference organisers ical discussions. global agendas and foreign poli- sations, seeking information that an Bangladeshis to target more than 100 high-profile “Based on current analysis, we cies in their respective countries,” attacker can use for their benefit. individuals, including former am- do not believe this activity is tied to he elaborated. “We will continue to use a com- Kolkata: Five Bangladeshis bassadors and other senior policy the US elections in any way,” said This activity was uncovered by bination of technology, operations, and 12 Indian nationals were experts, for intelligence collection Tom Burt, Corporate Vice-President, Microsoft's Threat Intelligence legal action and policy to disrupt and apprehended by Border Security Force personnel in purposes. Customer Security and Trust at Center, or MSTIC, which tracks the deter malicious activity, but noth-

separate incidents, for Phosphorus, an Iranian threat Microsoft. world's nation-state and cybercrime ing replaces vigilance from people y illegally crossing the Indo- actor, targeted potential attendees The attackers have been send- actors. who are likely targets of these op-

of the upcoming Munich Security ing possible attendees spoofed in- “We’ve already worked with con- erations,” Burt advised.

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of the day uote Nath moves SC The National YOGI’S WARNING ON ‘LOVE JIHAD’ Education Policy will contribute to a new PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tal there in his name, he said, adding system aligned with the academic work too will start against EC order aspirational goals of Jaunpur / Deoria (UP) Oct 31: there from the next session and the the 21st century Welcoming the Allahabad High Court people of the area will also get ex- Senior lawyer and Congress Rajya Sabha MP education while remaining rooted ruling that declared the conversion pert medical treatment. to India's value systems and ethos for the sole purpose of marriage as Claiming that the rule of mafia Vivek Tankha said that the former Chief Minister has null and void, Uttar Pradesh Chief and goonda elements has come to K KASTURIRANGAN | EMINENT SCIENTIST challenged the EC's decision on various grounds and an Minister Yogi Adityanath Saturday an end in the state, the chief min- said his government would deal with ister said the Samajwadi Party urgent hearing on his plea would be sought I solemnly “love jihad” with a firm hand. chief is today worried because he pledge that I If the people do not stop “playing dedicate had sympathy for such elements myself to preserve with honours of daughters and sis- but the government has launched the unity, integrity ters” by concealing their identi- a drive against them. and security of the ties, "the Ram Naam Satya jour- Attacking the Congress, SP and nation and also ney will start", said the Chief Bahujan Samaj Party, the chief min- strive hard to spread this message Minister in a stern warning. ister said their governments had among my fellow countrymen “The Allahabad High Court had worked on the basis of caste while the Friday said the conversion should BJP government is working for all sec- AMIT SHAH | UNION HOME MINISTER not be resorted to solely for the tions of the society with complete marriage and it should not be given sincerity, honesty and devotion. Despite validity,” said Adityanath, adding The Chief Minister said seeing the hurdles posed his government is also “taking a de- massive support to his party, the by Lt Governor cision to check love jihad sternly”. ways, the Ram Naam Satya journey ture, the Operation Shakti is un- Samajwadi Party, out of desperation, Kiran Bedi, this The chief minister made the re- will start,” said Adityanath. derway. “The court's verdict will be is conspiring to instigate riots in the government is marks while addressing a rally for "The posters of those involved in followed and the honour and dignity state where no such incident has implementing welfare schemes to the November 3 byelections for the love jihad will be put on all road of women will be ensured,” he de- taken place for the past three and half ameliorate the lot of the poor and Malhani assembly seat in Jaunpur crossings," he said. Referring to clared. In Deoria, he said, an at- years nor would it be allowed at the have-nots and that of Deoria. “We will bring the Mission Shakti programme of tempt was made to illegally grab the any cost. Asserting that the gov- an effective law. It is my warning to his government, the chief minister ashram of renowned saint Devraha ernment jobs are no longer up for V NARAYANASAMY | PONDICHERRY CM those who play with the honour said the programme is meant to Baba following which he was forced sale in Uttar Pradesh, the chief min- and dignity of sisters and daughters ensure the safety, security and ho- to shift to Vrindavan. ister said in three and half years dur- SHORT TAKES by hiding their real names and nour of women, but if anyone still This has prompted the BJP gov- ing his governance, over 3.50 lakh PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Ex-Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh, identities, if they do not mend their dares to indulge in any misadven- ernment to start building a hospi- youths have got government jobs. with immediate effect for the cur- New Delhi, Oct 31: Former rent Bye-elections of Legislative Blockade continues Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Assembly of Madhya Pradesh." Aizawl/Guwahati: As the TN GOVT EASES Kamal Nath has moved the It said no permission will be blockade on National Sushil Modi stokes controversy Supreme Court challenging an granted by authorities to Nath as Highway 306, the lifeline of order of the Election Commission a star campaigner. "However, if Mizoram, entered the fourth CORONA CURBS to revoke the Congress leader's any campaign is done by Kamal day Saturday, the Mizoram INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE "This is bizarre to know that a per- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA "star campaigner" status for vio- Nath from now onwards, the entire government ferried fuel and son at a responsible post is involved lations of the model code during expenditure related to travel, stay cooking gas from Patna, Oct 31: Bihar Deputy Chief in spreading coronavirus in public. Chennai, Oct 31: Easing curbs fur- campaign for the bypolls in 28 as- and visit will be completely borne neighbouring Manipur and Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has Sushil Modi doesn't care about com- ther, Tamil Nadu government sembly constituencies in the state. by the candidate in whose con- Tripura. The fresh deadlock landed in a controversy after it mon people. His irresponsible act Saturday allowed schools, colleges, Senior lawyer and Congress stituency he carries out cam- at its border with Assam has emerged he was involved in election is completely unacceptable. He him- cinemas, zoos and amusement Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha paigning," it said. been continuing since campaigning despite testing Covid self declared that he had tested parks to reopen from next month said that the former Chief Minister The EC said it has carefully con- Wednesday despite a series positive 9 days ago. Corona positive. NCP urges the by following Standard Operating has challenged the EC's decision on sidered the matter and has observed of top level meetings, Modi was involved in road show Election Commission to take cog- Procedures. various grounds and an urgent with "displeasure that Kamal Nath, officials said Saturday. In Guwahati, Assam Minister in Danapur in favour of the BJP can- nisance in this matter and initiate Suburban train services, as per hearing on his plea would be sought. despite being a leader of a political and senior Bharatiya Janata didate on Friday evening and he is immediate action against him," the Central government's deci- The plea has been filed through party, is repeatedly violating the pro- Party leader Himanta Biswa also campaigning in Peerpaiti, said Sudip Pandey, Bhojpuri super sion, are "allowed" to resume. advocate-on-record Varun Chopra visions of Model Code of Conduct and Sarma said Saturday that Bhagalpur, Bakhtiyarpur- Sushil Modi tested Covid star and NCP general secretary of Schools, all colleges, research and and the defects pointed out in it breaching the ethical and dignified solving the vexed inter-state Khusrupur and Fatuha in Patna Mumbai Mahanagar. other educational institutions, by the apex court registry have behaviour". The commission referred border disputes of Assam district on Saturday. positive October 22 and was "He is a Deputy CM of Bihar and and hostels would be allowed to been cured, said Tankha. The poll to his remarks against Madhya with other northeastern Sushil Modi tested Covid positive admitted in Patna AIIMS if he falls ill during campaign, he will open from November 16, Chief panel on Friday took note of al- Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh states is top of the agenda October 22 and was admitted in get best medical facilities. But what Minister K Palaniswami said in an leged breach of "ethical and dig- Chouhan. for the party. He said the Patna AIIMS. As per Covid norms Patna AIIMS. The doctors have about common people who may get official release. nified behaviour" and revoked the He had used the words "mafia" Central government would of health department any person asked him to undergo home quar- infected after coming in contact As regards schools, classes for "star campaigner" status of the and "milawat khor" against a po- take up the issue after the found infected should undergo iso- antine for 14 days. Why he is doing with him? Everyone knows the kind standards 9-12 alone shall be con- Congress leader. While the politi- litical rival at a recent campaign- Assam polls that are five to lation for 14 days. election campaign and spreading the of medical facilities available for ducted, he said. Using upto 50 per cal party pays for the expenditure ing event. Last week, the EC had six months away. RJD leader and state spokesper- virus to others? Who gives him free- common people," Pandey said. cent seats, cinema theatres, mul- of a star campaigner, the candi- asked Nath not to use words like son Chitranjan Gagan countered dom to roam in public and put oth- "During lockdown, the NDA gov- tiplexes, zoos and amusement date pays for the expenditure of "item" in campaigning. Sushil Kumar Modi and said: "Was ers' lives in danger?" Gagan said. ernment where he is holding Deputy parks shall resume functioning other campaigners. In the order, He had used the jibe to hit out at Jumbo electrocuted he really infected with coronavirus Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) CM's post had refused migrant labour- from November 10. SOP should the poll panel said, "...for repeated state minister and BJP candidate or he was admitted in hospital to went a step ahead and alleged that ers to enter into the territories of be followed, Palaniswami said violation of Model Code of Conduct Imarti Devi at a rally. The com- Jalpaiguri (WB): An elephant gain sympathy of voters? BJP lead- the BJP-led NDA government is Bihar. On that occasion, he along adding the relaxations are not ap- and for completely disregarding mission had announced the poll was electrocuted to death ers are one by one infected with responsible for "murder" of devo- with other NDA leaders were appre- plicable to containment zones. the advisory issued to him, the schedule on September 29 and the after coming in contact with coronavirus." tees of Durga and its leaders are hensive about Covid-19 virus spread- Swimming pools, beaches and Commission hereby revokes the MCC came into immediate effect. an electric fence in West "As he claims that he was having spreading coronavirus to "kill" coming in Bihar if they would allow them tourist places would continue to status of leader of political party Campaigning for the bypolls ends Bengal's Jalpaiguri district Saturday, a forest officer coronavirus and hospitalised in mon people. to enter inside," he alleged. be out of bounds for people. (Star Campaigner) of Kamal Nath, on November 1. said. Residents of Kherkata area spotted the carcass of the elephant in the morning MAHA COVID and informed the officials OUR DAY OUT concerned, he said. The 125 terrorists’ bodies elephant had come in contact DEATHS FALL with an electric fence INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE erected by a man to protect his house from wild animals, not handed over to kin Mumbai, Oct 31: Maharashtra the officer said. Covid-19 deaths fell again to sub-100 levels with a drop in the number INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ies to family members in order to of 'active cases' while recoveries re- stop pro-jihad gatherings. Man killed mained higher than fresh infec- Srinagar, Oct 31: Around 125 local "Burial procession of killed tions, indicating a flattening of the terrorists killed during the anti- local terrorists had become a re- Mumbai: A 22-year-old man curve, health officials said Saturday. terror operations were buried in cruiting ground for Pakistan-based was allegedly stabbed to Dropping below the 100-mark far-flung areas from their homes terror organisations," said an death after he intervened in a to May levels, the state witnessed this year so far in Jammu & Indian Army officer. scuffle between friends in the 74 deaths - compared with the peak Kashmir. A total of 171 terrorists The deaths of terrorists were eastern suburb of Chembur of 515 (September 15), and the state were killed in the hinterland in the often a public spectacle. Locals here, police said Saturday. fatalities shot up from 43,838 to valley till October 10 this year. grieve the loss saying that the The police arrested four 43,911 now. The state recorded 5,548 In April this year, the state ad- persons within a few hours of slain terrorists fought against the the incident that took place new cases - around one-third com- ministration had taken a decision state's armed forces. at Chembur camp on Friday pared with the peak single-day to carry out the burial of killed Further, the burial processions night, an official said. The tally of 24,886 (September 11), and local terrorists in areas far from used to attract huge local crowds victim identified as Akshay the state tally jumped from 16,72,858 their hometowns to help the se- and in every such procession, a Desai was on his way home to 16,78,406 cases till date. The state curity establishment in main- minimum of two to three youth with his brother Aditya and recovery rate increased from 89.85 taining law and order in the val- got deviated and joined the terror friend Vicky Shejul, when per cent to 89.99 per cent - while the ley. outfits. "It was a very challenging they came across four current mortality (death) rate The administration has also de- task for us to stop such recruit- persons fighting, he said. stood stable at 2.62 per cent. cided that they won't hand over bod- ments," said another officer. Birds swim in a pond in New Delhi, Saturday PTI PHOTO LJP a headache for NDA in Bihar polls Delhi witnesses coldest Oct in 58 yrs EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE LJP HAD ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL CONTEST THE BIHAR ASSEMBLY PRESS TRUST OF INDIA national capital had recorded a low of 12.3 degrees Celsius on POLLS INDEPENDENTLY, SEVERING TIES WITH ITS ONCE ALLY IN THE STATE, THE NDA New Delhi, Oct 31: The month of October 31, 1994, according to the October was the coldest in 58 years IMD data. The normal minimum INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE The Maharajganj constituency in Maharajganj are also turning out in the national capital, according temperature for this time of the Siwan is likely to witness the most to be quite interesting with Shah to India Meteorological year is 15-16 degrees Celsius, the Patna, Oct 31: The Lok Janshakti interesting contest as JD-U has slamming his opponents for wash- Department (IMD) data. IMD said. Kuldeep Srivastava, the Party (LJP) is turning out to be a fielded Hem Narayan Singh while ing hands and maintaining dis- The mean minimum tempera- head of the IMD's regional fore- headache for the ruling NDA, par- the LJP has fielded Deo Ranjan tance with the voters. Notably, Singh ture in October this year was 17.2 casting center, said the absence ticularly the Janata Dal (United), in Singh, who turned rebel after the washes his hands every time he degrees Celsius, the lowest since of cloud cover is a major reason the ongoing Bihar Assembly elec- BJP denied him the ticket, whereas shakes hands with the voters in 1962, when it was 16.9 degrees for such low minimum tempera- tions as it has fielded rebellion can- the Congress has given ticket to order to minimise the threat of Celsius, the IMD said. Normally, tures this time. didates against the JD-U in major- senior leader Vijay Shankar Dubey. coronavirus, while Congress can- Delhi records a mean minimum Clouds trap some of the outgo- ity of the constituencies. The situation is similar in all didate Dubey is campaigning from temperature of 19.1 degrees Celsius ing infrared radiation and radiate y Earlier this month, the LJP had the eight Assembly constituencies inside his SUV. in October. it back downward, warming the

announced that it will contest the in Siwan. Both Shah and Singh Taking a dig at both the candi- On Thursday, Delhi recorded a ground. Another reason is calm

k y m c Bihar Assembly polls independ- contested the 2015 Assembly elec- dates, Shah said one is continu- minimum temperature of 12.5 de- winds, which allow formation of ently, severing ties with its once tions on tickets of the JD-U and ously washing hands while the grees Celsius -- the lowest in the mist and fog, Srivastava said. Delhi ally in the state, the NDA. A lot of BJP, have joined the LJP and have the BJP, respectively. Shah had de- other is maintaining distance with month of October in 26 years. The had recorded its all-time low tem- candidates, who were denied tick- been given tickets. Such a situa- feated Singh by a margin of 20,000 the voters. This shows that both of last time Delhi recorded such a perature of 9.4 degrees Celsius ets following the seat sharing for- tion is likely to benefit the votes. them are avoiding the general pub- low temperature was in 1994. The on October 31, 1937, he said. mula between the JD-U and the Mahagathbandhan in the state. The poll campaigns in lic, he said. When urban IVANKA RAISES $13MN P10 communities are SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 1 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR engaged in policy and Ivanka Trump has raised $13 million for US decision making, and President Donald Trump’s re-election empowered with financial campaign ahead of the November 3 elections. resources, the results are According to a government aide, Ivanka more inclusive and durable appeared at fundraisers in Mountain View and Beverly Hills, California October 25 and ANTONIO GUTERRES | UNITED NATIONS

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k y m c of the day uote CLASSIC COLLECTION Philippines evacuates Turkey, Greek island 1 mn as strongest It's a lockdown typhoon draws near (national lockdown), but a quake: Toll reaches 27 REUTERS lockdown that allows factories to operate, that will ASSOCIATED PRESS The earthquake, which Manila, Oct 31: Officials have allow schools to open cautiously evacuated almost a million resi- Izmir (Turkey), Oct 31: Rescue the Istanbul-based dents in the southern part of the FRANK VANDENBROUCKE | HEALTH teams Saturday plowed through Philippines’ main island of Luzon MINISTER, BELGIUM Kandilli Institute said had concrete blocks and the debris of as a category 5 storm - the world’s eight collapsed buildings in search a magnitude of 6.9, was strongest this year - makes land- of survivors of a powerful earth- fall Sunday. With the centered in the Aegean arrival of quake that struck Turkey's Aegean Typhoon Goni, with 215 kph second wave coast and north of the Greek island northeast of Samos (133 miles) sustained winds and and continued wide of Samos, killing at least 27 people. gusts of up to 265 kph (164 mph), scale violation of the More than 800 others were injured. will bring violent winds and strong SOPs, the NCOC has The quake hit Friday afternoon, and urban planning minister, told rains, state weather and disaster decided to seek toppling buildings in Izmir, Turkey's reporters. officials said. citizens help for SOP compliance third largest city, and triggering a Some 5,000 rescue personnel It is among the strongest ty-

ASAD UMAR | CHAIRMAN, NCOC, PAKISTAN small tsunami in the district of were working on the ground, phoons to hit the Philippines since Seferihisar and on Samos. The Kurum said. Haiyan, which killed more than quake was followed by hundreds of At least 25 people were killed in 6,300 people in 2013. aftershocks.Early Saturday, on- Izmir, including an elderly woman “We are having a hard time We recognise lookers cheered as rescuers lifted who drowned, according to Turkey's with COVID-19, and then here the toll on teenager Inci Okan out of the rub- comes another disaster,” Senator Native Disaster and Emergency American and Christopher Go, the top aide of Indigenous communities from Sayed Sima, a 70-year-old Egyptian collector of vintage cars, stands next to a British Standard Flying Eight Tourer - 1948 auto- centuries of mobile in his store where he also has his own exhibition of old cars, in the Giza suburb of Abu Rawash, Egypt REUTERS PHOTO injustice, and we take seriously our role in supporting education and development in these communities FRANCE CHURCH ATTACK MARC ALLEN | CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, SENIOR VP OF STRATEGY AND CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT, BOEING Assailant’s family demands answers President Rodrigo Duterte, told a SHORT TAKES AGENCIES tion to the attack remains unclear. virtual news conference. Local ble of a devastated eight-floor apart- Management Presidency, or AFAD. A previously unknown Tunisian executives should ensure that the ment block in Izmir's Bayrakli dis- Two teenagers were killed on Sfax, Oct 31: A third suspect is in extremist group claimed respon- virus does not spread in evacua- Crowd joins trict. Her dog, Fistik, was also Samos after being struck by a col- French custody Saturday in con- sibility for the attack, and Tunisian tion centres, he said. rescued, Sozcu newspaper reported. lapsing wall. At least 19 people nection with an Islamic extremist and French authorities are inves- Officials have started pre-emp- LGBT march Friends and relatives waited outside were injured on the island, with two, knife attack that killed three peo- tigating whether the claim is le- tive evacuations, with Albay Taipei: A huge and festive the building for news of loved ones including a 14-year-old, being air- ple in a Nice church, as the family gitimate. province bringing 794,000 resi- crowd marched in Taiwan's still trapped inside, including em- lifted to Athens and seven hospi- of the suspected Tunisian assailant In Issaoui's hometown of Sfax, his dents to safety, Ricardo Jalad, ex- capital Saturday in an ployees of a dentist's surgery that talized on the island, health au- demanded to see video footage of family expressed shock and ap- ecutive director of the national annual LGBT Pride event. was located on the ground floor. thorities said. what happened. pealed for peace. But they also ex- disaster agency, told a news Turnout was down from last In another collapsed building, The small tsunami that hit the Investigators in France, Tunisia pressed bewilderment that this conference. year, but organizers said it rescuers made contact with a 38- Turkish coast also affected Samos, and Italy are trying to determine the young man who drank alcohol and still topped 100,000 on a year-old woman and her four chil- with seawater flooding streets in the motive of chief suspect Ibrahim month en route to France, is in showed no outward signs of radi- mostly sunny day in Taipei. dren — aged 3, 7 and 10-year old main harbour town of Vathi. Issaoui and whether he acted alone critical condition in a French hos- calism would flee to France and at- Many participants did not twins — and were working to clear Authorities warned people to stay and whether he premeditated pital after being wounded by po- tack a church. ISS marking 20 wear protective masks, but a corridor to bring them out, state- away from the coast and from po- Thursday's attack on the Notre lice as they arrested him. “We want the truth about how my others did, some in rainbow run Anadolu Agency reported. tentially damaged buildings. Dame Basilica. A 35-year-old man who had met son carried out this terrorist at- years of people colours. While many Pride Two other women, aged 53 and The earthquake, which the Authorities have labeled the at- with Issaoui in Nice was arrested tack. I want to see what the sur- events elsewhere moved tack, which took place amid grow- online this year because of 35, were brought out from the rub- Istanbul-based Kandilli Institute overnight, a judicial official said veillance cameras showed. I will living in orbit COVID-19, Taiwan has largely ble of another toppled two-story said had a magnitude of 6.9, was cen- ing tensions around cartoons pub- Saturday. A 47-year-old man who had not give up my son's rights outside kept the pandemic at bay. building earlier Saturday. tered in the Aegean northeast of lished by a French newspaper met with Issaoui the night before the country. I want my son, dead or PRESS TRUST OF INDIA In all, around 100 people have Samos. AFAD said it measured 6.6 mocking the Prophet Muhammad, the attack was already in custody, alive," his mother Gamra told The been rescued since the earthquake, and hit at a depth of some 16 kilo- an act of Islamist terrorism, Issaoui, bringing the number of detained Associated Press, her words often Cape Canaveral, Oct 31: The Murat Kurum, the environment meters (10 miles). who transited through Italy last suspects to three. Their connec- interrupted by tears. International Space Station (ISS) Ardern secures was a cramped, humid, puny three rooms when the first crew moved Greens’ support in. Twenty years and 241 visitors Wellington: New Zealand later, the complex has a lookout Prime Minister Jacinda Biden has betrayed Americans COVID-19 spreads faster tower, three toilets, six sleeping Ardern has secured the compartments and 12 rooms, de- backing of the Green Party pending on how you count. for her next term of Monday marks two decades of government. Ardern for last 47 years, accuses Trump within households: Study a steady stream of people living announced Saturday that her there. Labour Party entered a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA is only one way to preserve, protect AGENCIES household," said Carlos G. Astronauts from 19 countries cooperation agreement with and defend the American Way of Grijalva, study co-author and have floated through the space the Greens that gives the Washington, Oct 31: US President Life: you must show up and vote on Washington, Oct 31: associate professor of Health station hatches, including many smaller party two ministerial Donald Trump has accused his November 3,” he said. Transmission of the novel Policy at Vanderbilt University repeat visitors who arrived on posts outside cabinet in rival and Democratic presidential "On November 3, vote to defeat coronavirus within house- Medical Center in the US. shuttles for short-term construc- return for its support on candidate Joe Biden of being a cor- holds is high, occurs quickly, tion work, and several tourists matters of confidence and Biden and Save American Freedom," "Those infections occurred supply in parliament. Ardern rupt career politician who has done Trump said, alleging that his op- and can originate from both fast, whether the first sick who paid their own way. will announce her new nothing but betray the Americans ponent will continue his 47 years of children and adults, according household member was a child The first crew — American Bill cabinet on Monday, with for the last 47 years. cruelly betraying African- to a new study which assessed or an adult," Grijalva said. Shepherd and Russians Sergei ministers to be formally Trump is known to make un- he cares about is political power," Americans. 101 houses in the US. According to the research, at Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko — sworn in November 6. substantiated allegations against his Trump said. Biden called them super-preda- The preliminary findings least 75 per cent of the sec- blasted off from Kazakhstan on rival, often making untrue claims. A Democratic stronghold, Trump tors, ripped apart their communi- from the ongoing research, ondary household infections oc- Oct. 31, 2000. Two days later, they There is no evidence of Biden ever is seeking to wrest Minnesota for ties, and did everything in his power published in the journal curred within five days of the swung open the space station doors, being tainted by corruption. the Republicans for decades. He is to wipe out the Black middle class, Morbidity and Mortality first person in the household clasping their hands in unity. Iraq clears Addressing a rally in Rochster in currently trailing behind Biden said the president. Weekly Report, revealed that experiencing symptoms. Shepherd, a former Navy SEAL sit-in square Minnesota Friday, Trump, 74, said with five percentage points. Noting that Biden's plan will 51% of others living with some- It also found that less than who served as the station com- Biden has obsession for power. Making a strong case for his re- delay the COVID-19 vaccine, post- one who was positive for half of household members mander, likened it to living on a Baghdad: Iraqi security "Biden is a grimy, sleazy and cor- election, Trump told his supporters pone therapies, crash the economy, COVID-19 also became infected. experienced symptoms when ship at sea. forces Saturday cleared out rupt career politician who has done that giving him a decisive victory and shut down the entire country, "We observed that, after a they first tested positive, and The three spent most of their sit-in tents from the nothing but betrayed you for 47 on November 3 is the only way to Trump asserted that under his first household member be- many reported no symptoms time coaxing equipment to work; capital’s central square that long years. He will look you in the defend their dignity. plan, the administration will de- came sick, several infections throughout the seven-day daily balky systems made the place too has been the epicentre of eyes, and then turn right around and "There is only one way to defend liver a safe vaccine to the American were rapidly detected in the follow-up period. warm. Conditions were primitive, the anti-government protest stab you in the back. The only thing your family and your country. There People in just a few short weeks! compared with now. movement, a year after the eruption of demonstrations against corruption led to months of clashes with authorities across Iraq. More than 500 people were ‘IS finds biological warfare best weapon amid pandemic’ killed during the months- long protest movement, many of them WHAT MIGHT BE EVEN MORE TROUBLING, THE RESEARCH SHOWS, IS GRAVE CONCERNS THAT JIHADISTS WILL LEARN FROM THE HORRIFIC demonstrators shot by Iraqi security forces. WORLD IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND "INTENSIFY THEIR EFFORTS TO SWITCH FROM THE USE OF COMPLICATED DEVICES, BOMBS, AND SUICIDE ATTACKS TO BIOLOGICAL WARFARE, AND BIOTERRORISM

Armenia seeks INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE ing Muslims," the study authors naturally drawn to the immense the Islamic State Khorasan Province Russia’s help wrote. health and economic challenges carrying out a "devastating" attack New York, Oct 31: The Islamic "In May, ISIS spokesman Abu that the pandemic poses, we cannot in a funeral parlour in Afghanistan, Yerevan: Armenia's leader State and Al-Qaeda propagandists Hamza al-Qurashi made a speech ignore the potential storm of in- Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al Shabab or- urged Russia Saturday to instead of blaming Western or in which he compared the pan- tensified world terrorism that seems ganisation reporting 37 attacks in consider providing security Chinese powers for creating and demic to the biblical story of Moses to be gathering in its shadows," Somalia and Kenya, and in Mali, al assistance to end the spreading the virus as a bioweapon, cursing Pharaoh with the 10 plagues Kruglanski added. Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nasr al-Islam fighting over Nagorno- claim that the coronavirus is a sol- until he relented and let God's peo- The uncertainty and confusion kidnapping a high-profile opposi- Karabakh, the biggest dier of Allah sent to avenge the ple go," they noted. caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is tion leader. escalation in the decades- Muslim people's suffering brought What might be even more trou- being "widely exploited by terror "Terror organisations have used long conflict between his about by the US and its allies. bling, the research shows, is grave groups for spinning a plethora of the pandemic as a golden oppor- country and Azerbaijan. The new international study concerns that jihadists will learn Following more than a sinister schemes", which could lead tunity to tie their messaging to in- month of intense fighting in published in the journal Global from the horrific world impact of to a new tide of violence against peo- formation about the disease and which Azerbaijani troops Security: Health, Science and Policy, Covid-19 and "intensify their ef- ple and governments. intensify their propaganda for pur- forged into the separatist analysed terrorist activity and forts to switch from the use of com- The team of experts noted "far poses of recruitment and incite-

trends across the globe since the pan- plicated devices, bombs, and suicide from uniting humanity against a ment to violence," Kruglanski

k y m territory, Armenian c Prime Minister Nikol demic began. attacks to biological warfare, and entific journals about biological unleashing violence against the ob- common threat," the pandemic has stressed. Pashinian asked "In this narrative, the coron- bioterrorism". and chemical advancements. jects of their hate," said study lead enabled -- or at least not stopped -- "The awe of the pandemic Russia’s President Vladimir avirus is seen as a type of plague The study demonstrated evidence "For both the jihadists and the far author Arie Kruglanski from the a vast range of incidents. notwithstanding, extremist groups Putin to quickly discuss sent by God that will kill the ene- of doctoral-level scientists who had rights, the pandemic has offered University of Maryland in the US. These include: ISIS attacks in have not ceased sowing their own possible security aid to mies of Allah, sparing the believ- been recruited by ISIS to study sci- new opportunities and methods for "Though everyone's attention is seven countries in March alone; brand of horror," the authors wrote. his country. Buoyed by rising Cloud INDIA COULD CUT OIL P11 demand and to aid better SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 1 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR disaster recovery and regulatory IMPORT BILL FURTHER compliance, we made our second India's oil import bill may fall local cloud region available to further in the remaining period customers just a few months ago. Our of the current fiscal with Saudi cloud business is growing well and is Arabia looking at giving business on the right track discount in crude it sells to

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k y m Asian Buyers c of the day uote ICICI Bank Q2 profit Nafed floats bids for Nirmala wanted me out of zooms to record high We have gradually and as core income rises steadily Finance Ministry: Garg started opening our supply of 15K tonnes of screens on the basis of operational Garg, who took VRS soon after being moved from the finance ministry, readiness. We are said Sitharaman, unlike her predecessor Arun Jaitley, had “a very different yet to reach the usual operational benchmarks, largely due to the imported red onions personality and knowledge endowment” absence of fresh content, which is a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA key to the revival of the cinema AGENCIES exhibition sector Mumbai, Oct 31: ICICI Bank

SAURABH VARMA | CHIEF MARKETING New Delhi, Oct 31: Subhash Saturday reported over four-fold OFFICER, INOX Chandra Garg, the former finance jump in consolidated net profit at secretary who was shunted out of `4,882 crore for September quar- the finance ministry within three ter driven largely by core income We are weeks of Modi-2.0 government's growth and lesser provisions for continuously first budget last year, Saturday al- the pandemic-related impact. In the working to leged that new Finance Minister year-ago quarter, the profit stood strengthen our Nirmala Sitharaman got him trans- at `1,131 crore. online presence in ferred out. On a standalone basis, the second the Indian market Garg, who took voluntary re- largest private sector lender's profit and today’s tirement soon after being moved after tax jumped to `4,251 crore as announcement is another step in from the finance ministry - where against `655 crore in the year-ago this direction to connect and he handled the Department of period, which is the highest quar- communicate with our target Economic Affairs - to power min- terly growth in its history. audience PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The cooperative has istry, said Sitharaman, unlike her The core net interest income(NII) MOTOFUMI SHITARA | CHAIRMAN, YAMAHA predecessor Arun Jaitley, had "a moved up 16 per cent to `9,366 MOTOR (INDIA) New Delhi, Oct 31: Cooperative asked bidders to supply very different personality and crore despite a 0.10 per cent con- Nafed Saturday invited bids from 40 to 60 mm size of red knowledge endowment". traction in the net interest margin importers for supply of 15,000 Both Ministry of Finance and "Serious difference also devel- (NIM) to 3.57 per cent and credit After PM onions from any country Power and he applied for volun- Modi's clarion tonnes of red onions by November Sitharaman's office refused to com- oped on some key issues like eco- tary retirement within half an growth being nearly half that of call in May this 20 in order to boost the domestic of origin at `50 per kg by ment on the blog Garg wrote on nomic capital framework of RBI, a hour of receiving the order. deposit growth at 6 per cent. year to be availability and check price rise. November 20 the day he said he would have in nor- package for dealing with problems "Mrs Sitharaman asked for and Its president Sandeep Batra at- Atmanirbhar and to The cooperative has asked bid- mal course retired from the gov- of non-banks, resolution of non- insisted on my transfer from the tributed the high profit growth to focus on the ders to supply 40 to 60 mm size of ernment service but for the VRS. banks, partial credit guarantee Ministry of Finance in June 2019 NII, and credited the strategy of creation of a Made red onions from any country of Garg said he "did not share a good scheme, capitalization of non-banks itself, within one month of her tak- “risk calibrated growth” followed in India ecosystem, we felt that it’s origin at `50 per kg by November imported on its own some quanti- and productive working relation- like IIFCL and other financial ening over as FM," wrote Garg, who by the bank under new leader- highly important to let users 20. The bidding will close November ties but also distributed onions im- ship" with Sitharaman, who came tities and the like. exited the government after serv- ship over the last two years for discover noteworthy Indian apps 4 and received bids will be opened ported by state-run MMTC. to the finance ministry "with some "Very soon, not only had our per- ing the mandatory notice period delivering higher income. that are doing exceptional work to on the next day, it said. This year, it wants to get the sup- pre-conceived notions about me". sonal relationship soured, but the October 31, 2019. NIM was lower because of the keep India running The shipments are to be delivered plies from importers so that ship- "She did not seem to have confi- official working relationship also be- Praising her predecessor Jaitley excess liquidity in the system, as SHIVANK AGARWAL | CO-FOUNDER & CEO, at Jawaharlal Nehru Port and ments could arrive fast and im- dence in me. She was not quite came quite unproductive," he wrote. for his deep knowledge and un- the bank was not able to deploy the MITRON Kandla ports, it added. prove the domestic supply situation. comfortable working with me as Sitharaman wanted him out in derstanding of the economy, he higher deposits it got for loans, "We have floated tenders for sup- Even the size of onion Nafed has well," he said adding differences June 2019, ahead of the July 5 budget said his successor "Mrs. Nirmala the management said, making it ply of 15,000 tonnes of imported red specified for supply is what Indians over surplus RBI should give as presentation, he said but did not say Sitharaman, has a very different per- clear that it will now be more open SHORT TAKES onions. This will help increase the normally consume. Last year, big dividend to the government and why her request wasn't immedi- sonality, knowledge endowment, to lending across segments as the domestic supply situation," Nafed size onions were imported but there dealing with problems of non-banks ately accepted by the government. skill-set and approach for economic economic activity normalises, but Additional Managing Director SK were hardly any takers for that. had surfaced within months of her Garg was transferred out on July policy issues and also for the offi- follow the same strategy. BoB slashes Singh said. So far, Nafed has offloaded around takeover. 24, 2019, as Secretary, Ministry of cers working with her. lending rate The bids will be evaluated based 37,000 tonnes of onion from the on volumes, quality and early date buffer stock of nearly 1 lakh tonnes ED arrests man under Mumbai: State-run Bank of of shipment. Bidders have to sup- in select mandis and retail mar- Baroda (BoB) Saturday ply fresh, well dried and cured kets so that to check retail prices PMLA in `750 cr announced a 15 basis points onions, he added. which have skyrocketed to over Tanishq announces reduction in its repo-linked To ensure better participation in `80 per kg in some parts of the lending rate to 6.85% from bank loan fraud the tender, Singh said it has been country due to damage to the kharif 7% earlier, effective decided to keep the minimum bid crop in the wake of heavy rains in November 1. The lender’s exciting Diwali offers retail loans- home loan, quantity lower at 1,000 tonnes (in- the key growing states. mortgage loan, car loan, stead of 2,000 tonnes) which has to On October 30, Commerce and education loan and personal be supplied in multiple lots of 100 Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush loan are linked to its Baroda tonnes. Goyal had said that private traders Repo Linked Lending Rate Since the buffer stock of onion, have already imported 7,000 tonnes (BRLLR). Earlier ahead of the which Nafed manages on behalf of onion and another 25,000 tonnes festive season, the bank had of the government, is gradually are expected to arrive before Diwali. announced concessions in getting depleted, the cooperative has The government hopes that the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA interest rates on home loan been asked to augment domestic several measures taken recently and car loan. supplies with imported onions to including ban on export of onion New Delhi, Oct 31: The continue with ongoing market in- and stock limits on traders will Enforcement Directorate has ar- tervention. help ease pressure on prices dur- rested a person in connection with Mitron TV launches Last year, Nafed had not only ing the festival period. a money laundering case linked to an alleged `750 crore bank loan ‘Atmanirbhar Apps’ BIZ BUZZ fraud committed by misusing New Delhi: Indian short-video credit facilities, the central probe platform Mitron TV Saturday agency said Saturday. announced the launch of an PNB celebrates Vigilance Awareness Week Manyavar to open It said Sai Chandrasekhar was app discovery platform to Bhubaneswar: Punjab National Bank, Cuttack 4000 sqft store in city arrested under the Prevention of promote homegrown apps. Circle Office is celebrating Vigilance Money Laundering Act on Friday The platform-- 'Atmanirbhar Awareness week from October 27 to November Bhubaneswar: India’s largest POST NEWS NETWORK in spirit of togetherness from following which a local court here Apps' -- hosts a wide array of 2, 2020. A Quiz Competition has been organised celebration wear brand Manyavar around the country. The splendour sent him to seven days ED custody. apps from categories like e- among staff of the Cuttack Circle to create is all set to launch its flagship Bhubaneswar, Oct 31: India’s of this collection lies in the inte- The money laundering case governance, utility, general awareness. The winners were felicitated with prizes in the presence store in City. The brand has its largest and most preferred jew- gration of various regions across against Chandrasekhar pertains agriculture, gaming, of Circle Head Sibananda Bhanja and other senior officials of the circle. footprints across 200 cities with ellery brand Tanishq Saturday an- India featuring 15 different art to a probe initiated by the agency entertainment, lifestyle, e- over 600 stores in 4 countries. nounced exciting offers ahead of forms, bound together as one mas- against Virkaran Awasty, Vinod learning, among others, it Manyavar offers a distinctive Diwali. Customers can now avail terpiece in each piece of jewellery. Sirohi and KPMG India Pvt Ltd, said. "The vision is to Air India appoints new chiefs in three subsidiaries range of menswear which includes up to 25% off on making charges Tanishq’s exquisite festive col- it said in a statement. strengthen homegrown of gold jewellery and on diamond lection ‘Ekatvam’ is available at The PMLA case was filed against technology on a grand scale New Delhi: National carrier Air India has appointed new chiefs in some of jewellery value with offer being starting price of `40,000 and the them after studying an FIR reg- by making it easier for users its subsidiaries. Accordingly, Air India has appointed Aloke Singh as the available for a limited time period. collection will be available across istered by the economic offences to identify Indian apps for Chief Executive in its international low cost subsidiary Air India Express. The festive fervour with Tanishq’s all Tanishq stores in India and on wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police on their various needs," a Besides, Deepak Khullar has been appointed as the CEO of Hotel exclusive festive collection Tanishq’s e-commerce plat- the basis of a complaint received statement said. Corporation of India (HCI), another Air India ‘Ekatvam’ has allured customers. formhttp://www.tanishq.co.in. from Hassad Netherlands BV. subsidiary. HCI is best known for running the sherwanies, Indo-westerns, Kurta The collection is inspired by the VP Category, Marketing & Retail, Hassad Netherlands BV, a sub- Centaur Hotels. Furthermore, Harpreet A De jackets and Kurtas. From wedding theme of ‘Oneness’ and is a true con- Tanishq, Titan Company Limited sidiary of Hassad Food Company, Ather Energy opens Singh, Executive Director, Air India, will hold wear to festive and celebration the CEO's charge in the Alliance Air Aviation wear, the brand has a wide range fluence of India’s finest art forms, Arun Narayan said, “The new ex- was "induced" by Virkaran Awasty payment window Limited till further orders. She will be relieved of ensembles to choose from. intricately knitted into one mag- citing collection is a confluence of and Ritika Awasty, Directors of of the charge of the post of ED, Flight Safety. Consequently, Captain Their new flagship store is brought nificent collection that brings alive various art forms from around the Bush Foods Overseas Pvt Ltd, to Mumbai: Electric two-wheeler Nivedita Bhasin, GM, Flight Safety, will hold the charge of the post of ED, to Bhubaneswar in association the beauty of Oneness. country featuring the artistry of our part with funds amounting to USD startup Ather Energy opened Flight Safety, in addition to her own duties till further orders. Air India has with the ‘Kalamandir Family’ and is Ekatvam is an ode to the rich nation’s best karigars across craft 120 million (about `750 crore) by the full payment window for also renewed the contract of Captain Ashvini Sharma, the current CEO of located at Janpath, Ashok Nagar. artistry of some of the India’s best centres bringing alive the central misrepresenting the level of its 125-cc 450 Plus and 450X e- Air India Airport Services Limited (AIASL). The store is spread over 4000 sqft. Karigars who have come together thought of the beauty of oneness.” stocks/inventory, the ED alleged. scooters for the customers in Bangalore and Chennai from Saturday. Bookings for the rest of the cities will open before Diwali, the company said in a release. The EV ‘Rise of monopolies is giving India a better deal’ maker had recently announced an assured buyback scheme for the two INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE are the source of investment, in- tors take 85 per cent of the sec- stars once they get rich, according variants of its Ather 450 novation and wealth creation. tor's profits. to Mukherjea. model. Ather Energy has New Delhi, Oct 31: Monopolies The session was moderated by TV The reason they can do so is Pai pointed out that monopolies opened the full payment are the main agents of positive Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal that they have larger free cash were seen as a danger to the soci- window for 450 Plus change in Indian society, invest- Global Education, and was anchored flows and they reinvest two-thirds ety that distort markets by de- and 450X from October, the ment banker Saurabh Mukherjea by Rekha Sethi, Director General, of the profits into growth and stroying competition and often company said. said Saturday. Speaking at AIMA's AIMA. building barriers against compe- make obscene profits. He mentioned LeaderSpeak programme, Strengthening his case for tition. "The large swathes of Indian that IT companies were not mo- Mukherjea, who is the Founder monopolies, Mukherjea economy are controlled by 20-25 nopolies and yet they grew fast and Dynamatic inks pact and Chief Investment Officer of pointed out out that The families," he said. generated huge returns. Marcellus Investment Managers NBFCs, small cars, rise of He argued that price wars are Mukherjea argued that true mo- with CSIR-CSIO tried to break the general think- paints, adhesives, monopolies in India is not a route to a monopoly but hav- nopolists' strategy is to hold prices ing that monopolies may always biscuits, baby giving India a better deal. ing a secret insight into the market down to destroy their competitors. Bangalore: Bangalore- be harmful. milk powder, The disapproval of is. He said that the paint and the He said that most Indian monopo- headquartered Dynamatic monopolies is a result of the Technologies Ltd and Central "The rise of monopolies in India hair oil, cook- NBFC monopoly are actually data lies raise prices by 1-2 per cent every Scientific Instruments is giving India a better deal," he ing oil, socialist legacy but that would companies with superior market year, at a rate much lower than the

said arguing that disapproval of pharma APIs, change as India embraces intelligence, which allows them to rate of inflation, which drains their

k y m Organisation (CSIR-CSIO) c have signed a MoU for jointly monopolies is a result of the so- health diag- capitalism search, the top rate sector and their share will only create and control segments and competitors. designing, developing and cialist legacy but that would change nostics etc are SAURABH MUKHERJEA I FOUNDER AND 20 companies in increase in the future. corner the best customers. "By increasing prices slowly, mo- manufacturing futuristic as India embraces capitalism. among a whole CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, India generate 70 He said that in 1992-93, the top 20 The monopoly builders are al- nopolies suffocate the rivals," he solutions for the defence and He said that most of the sectors host of sectors that MARCELLUS INVESTMENT per cent of the companies accounted for only 15 per ways quiet, focused people who shy said. However, he added, such mo- aerospace, healthcare and of Indian industry are dominated have monopolies. MANAGERS profits of cent of the total profits. In fact, away from media and do not buy nopolies are great for the customers agriculture industry. by monopolies and the monopolists According to his re- the corpo- the top two companies in most sec- sports teams or associate with film who get a much better deal. P12 SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 1 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

y Royals take on KKR in must-win tie KXIP face CSK in do-or-die game

k k y y m m c PRESS TRUST OF INDIA talismanic England all-rounder Ben Smith can play according to the situ- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA to the clash after notching up back-to- c Stokes had made a breezy half century ation and opener Robin Uthappa can put back wins over RCB and Kolkata Knight Dubai, Oct 31: They have just given after picking up two wickets, in the team’s any attack to the sword on his day. No op- Abu Dhabi, Oct 31: Their play-off Riders. With skipper Rahul, the lead- their playoffs qualification hopes a lift and win over KXIP, Friday. position takes Jos Buttler lightly and chances hanging in balance, Kings XI ing run-scorer of the tournament, and Rajasthan Royals will look to sustain The 2019 World Cup final hero getting then there is Rahul Punjab (KXIP) will the flamboyant Chris Gayle coming the momentum against Kolkata Knight his mojo back, at such a crucial junc- Tewatia and young Riyan TODAY S leave no stone unturned good and the marauding Nicholas Pooran Riders (KKR) in another must-win IPL ture of the tournament, is great news for Parag down the order, beef- ’ as they take on to follow at No.4, KXIP will fancy game here Sunday. the Royals. And, needless to say, a bad one ing up RR’s batting. MATCHESES Chennai Super their chances at the Sheikh Zayed Besides a victory in their last league for KKR as the leading all-rounder can Jofra Archer has been Kings (CSK) in Stadium. game, the inaugural edition winners will singlehandedly influence the outcome the standout performer CSK KXIP a must-win It remains to be seen if also need other results to go their way if of a game. with the ball and he will AT 3:30 PM Indian Mayank Agarwal, who has they are to make the playoffs of the lu- Sanju Samson rediscovering his touch again shoulder RR’s re- Premier missed three games, returns to crative event, in its 13th edition now. must have also gladdened the hearts of sponsibility in bowling. RR KKR League (IPL) the side. KXIP’s bowling has The best-case scenario for RR would the RR team management. The wicket- While they have as AT 7:30 PM game here been instrumental in their re- be Kings XI Punjab losing their last keeper-batsman had started the tour- many points as RR and TELECAST: STAR SPORTS Sunday. cent wins. However, against the match and Sunrisers Hyderabad win- nament on an explo- KXIP, KKR’s road to the KXIP’s Royals they leaked runs and ning no more than one in their last sive note before playoffs looks the toughest, thanks chances of a top four finish were unable to pick wickets and two outings. In that case, RR will go going off the to their abysmal net run rate. Their took a serious hit after Rajasthan skipper Rahul will hope his through with 14 points, without net rails midway, only chance of qualification is if Royals handed them a seven-wicket loss, a superior net run rate -- than KXIP, then bowlers will be on top of their game run rate coming into play. only to come they beat Royals and finish on 14 snapping their impressive five match- KL Rahul and his men will not qualify. against a CSK side, which cruised to a 10- However, RR’s first task is to do back all guns points, with none of the other con- winning streak. However, if Sunrisers are beaten in wicket win in their previous meeting. what is within their control – win the blazing against tenders reaching that tally. That The defeat means KXIP’s fate is not any match, then KXIP, who are currently For CSK, 23-year-old Ruturaj Gaikwad match against KKR and then KXIP. seems improbable, the last two suc- solely in their hands as even a win against placed fourth with 12 points from 13 out- has shown a lot of spark, notching up hope for the best. Given the cessive losses badly hurting CSK will not ensure them a play-off spot. ings with a net run-rate of -0.133, will back-to-back fifties to set up the wins tight situation, the bigger their prospects. The Punjab outfit will need other results have a good chance of qualifying pro- against RCB and KKR. Ravindra Jadeja the margin of win, the bet- Nevertheless, the likes of to go their way. vided they win against CSK Sunday. has been in fantastic form, smashing ter it will be for the Steve Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, If Sunrisers Hyderabad (10 points from On the other hand, CSK, already out of boundaries and sixes towards the end of Smith-led side. captain Eoin Morgan in bat- 12 games) win both their remaining the reckoning for the first time ever, will the innings. The CSK bowling unit, boosted The Royals can certainly ting and Varun Chakravarthy, matches and the loser of the Delhi Capitals aim to end their dismal campaign on a pos- by the inclusion of New Zealand spin- look forward to their bat- Pat Cummins and Kamlesh (14) and Royal Challengers Bangalore itive note. ner Mitchell Santer, has done well in the ting at the Dubai Nagarkoti with ball would (14) game finishes higher on the points table The MS Dhoni-led team, languishing previous two outings and will look to International Stadium. Their like to give it their all. – either in terms of points or by virtue of at the bottom of the points table, head in keep the momentum going. SRH keep play-off hopes alive MI ENSURE TOP-2 FINISH POINT TABLE TEAM M W L N/R NRR PTS MI 13 9 4 0 1.296 18 nine out of 10 times and the pocket RCB 13 7 6 0 -0.145 dynamo Kishan played a splendid 14 knock to make the chase look like DC 13 7 6 0 -0.159 14 a walk in the park. SRH 13 6 7 0 0.555 12 Not for once did DC looked like KXIP 13 6 7 0 -0.133 12 being in control as they made the RR 13 6 7 0 -0.377 12 Dubai strip and the MI bowling at- KKR 13 6 7 0 -0.467 12 tack look doubly menacing with CSK 13 5 8 0 -0.532 10 some of the best batsmen abdicat- ing their responsibilities of playing ets at regular intervals after opting fearless cricket. to bowl. Young Devdutt Padikkal (5) Boult was brilliant upfront re- and skipper Virat Kohli (7) departed moving openers Shikhar Dhawan in quick succession, falling to (0) and Prithvi Shaw (10) in the Sandeep Sharma (2/20). powerplay which pegged the DC AB de Villiers made a run-a- back. Captain Shreyas Iyer (25) and ball 24 before perishing and then Rishabh Pant (21) then compounded Josh Philippe (32) again got a start their team’s worries as they failed but failed to capitalise. He was to regain the lost momentum. caught by Manish Pandey off Quinton de Kock effected an ‘MS Rashid Khan (1/24) in the next Dhoni-esque’ stumping off Rahul over as RCB slumped to 76 for four Chahar to see Iyer’s return to the in 11.4 overs. Jason Holder (2/27) hut after which came Bumrah’s and T Natarajan (1/11 in 4 overs) devastating two-over spell. also bowled well for SRH. A ball pitched on length was RCB were done in by some in- climbing up while moving a shade cisive bowling from SRH bowlers away which Marcus Stoinis edged upfront, resulting in lack of part- to the wicketkeeper. Pant’s misery nerships, which is the vital for ended when Bumrah came round any team to post a decent total on the wicket and fired one from wide Sandeep Sharma reacts after dismissing Devdutt Padikkal, Saturday the board. off the crease that came in with RCB’s struggle with the bat can the angle to trap him leg before. AGENCIES nership for the second wicket after be gauged from the fact that they He then tormented Harshal Patel, the early departure of skipper hit only nine boundaries and a six MATCH-WINNING EFFORTS: (Clockwise) Jasprit Bumrah rejoices after dismissing a DC batsman; Ishan Kishan sweeps who played and missed a few before Sharjah, Oct 31: Sunrisers David Warner. in their entire innings despite hav- during his innings; Trent Boult (R) is congratulated by his teammates after taking a wicket in Dubai, Saturday being adjudged leg-before. Hyderabad (SRH) moved to fourth Later, Jason Holder (26 n o, 10b, ing the likes of Padikkal, Kohli, If Delhi Capitals miss out on a position in the eight-team league 1x4, 3x6) gave the finishing touch De Villiers and Chris Morris up PRESS TRUST OF INDIA blows, Jasprit Bumrah (3/17) broke lost four on the bounce and with a play-off berth, Iyer-Pant duo will standing after sealing a comfort- with a cameo, including the winning their ranks. the backbone of the DC middle match left, are in danger of miss- have to accept their responsibility able five-wicket win over Royal six off Yuzvendra Chahal (2/19). Dubai, Oct 31: Mumbai Indians (MI) order, choking them to 110/9. The ing out on the play-offs with an as premier international players Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in With this win, SRH moved ahead of BRIEF SCORES ensured a top-two finish in the IPL defending champions coasted to ever deteriorating net-run-rate of in this DC line-up. their Indian Premier league (IPL) KKR, RR and KXIP, who all have 12 Royal Challengers Bangalore league table with a clinical nine- victory in 14.2 overs, taking their minus 0.159. BRIEF SCORES encounter here, Saturday. points each, having 12 points. It 120/7 (Josh Philippe 32, AB de wicket decimation of an already points tally to 18 and will have two While batting, DC consumed 62 Delhi Capitals 110/9 (Shreyas Chasing a paltry target of 121, was SRH’s better net run-rate put Villiers 24; Sandeep Sharma 2/20, battered Delhi Capitals (DC), who shots in the play-offs to get into the dot balls, which effectively meant Iyer 25, Rishabh Pant 21; Jasprit SRH notched up the win in the first them ahead of those three. Jason Holder 2/27) lost to Sunrisers wilted under relentless pressure final. Ishan Kishan (72 n o, 47b, 8x4, that more than half of their stip- Bumrah 3/17, Trent Boult 3/21) ball of the 15th over. Wriddhiman Earlier, SRH produced a brilliant Hyderabad 121/5 (Wriddhiman from Trent Boult (3/17) and Jasprit 3x6) was magnificent with the bat. ulated 20 overs had gone without lost to Mumbai Indians 111/1 Saha (39, 32b, 4x4, 1x6) and Manish bowling effort to restrict a batting- Saha 39, Jason Holder 26 n o, Manish Bumrah (3/21). DC, who had won seven out of scoring. (Ishan Kishan 72 n o; Anrich Nortje Pandey (26, 19b, 3x4, 1x6) were fan- heavy RCB to a modest 120/7. SRH Pandey 26; Yuzvendra Chahal 2/19) While Boult dealt telling opening their first nine games, have now A target of 111 can’t be defended 1/25) by 9 wickets. tastic throughout their 50-run part- strangled RCB by picking up wick- by 5 wickets. Benzema scores brace Amit Phangal, Sanjeet strike gold Walker helps Man City

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Sanjeet, a former India Open India had earlier secured three as Real thrash Huesca gold-medallist, too put up a clinical bronze medals through four-time down Sheffield United New Delhi, Oct 31: World silver- show to get past Frenchman Soheb Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (63kg), medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) and Bouafia in his summit clash and se- Sumit Sangwan (81kg) and Satish Sanjeet (91kg) struck gold in their cure a gold. Kumar (+91kg). All three of them first competition after a coron- In the 75kg category, Asian silver- lost in the semifinal stage. avirus-forced break, claiming the winner Ashish Kumar also claimed This was the first international top honours at the Alexis Vastine a gold after his opponent, American competition that Indian boxers fea- International Boxing Tournament Joseph Gerome Hiks, gave him a tured in since the Olympic qualifiers in Nantes, France. walkover due to injury. in Jordan in March. Amit, also an Asian Games cham- However, Asian silver-medallist In that event, nine Indians – five pion besides being Commonwealth Kavinder Singh Bisht (57kg) set- men and four women – qualified for Games silver-medallist, defeated tled for a silver medal after going the Tokyo Olympics, postponed to American Rene Abraham 3-0 with down to local favourite Samuel next year because of the COVID-19 a dominating performance, Friday. Kistohurry in a split 1-2 verdict. pandemic.

Karim Benzema (in white) strikes past Huesca goalie for a goal CR7 recovers from Djokovic stunned by 42nd-ranked Sonego Joao Cancelo (L) gives Kyle Walker a fist-bump after the latter’s goal virus, back for Juve Vienna: Novak Djokovic won just three games in a lackluster quarterfinal AGENCIES Junior during the Champions AGENCIES home to champions Liverpool. performance at the Erste Bank Open, losing 2-6, 1-6 to 42nd-ranked League draw with Borussia Turin: Cristiano Ronaldo has Lorenzo Sonego. It was only Djokovic’s third loss of the year, after being Ferran Torres’ glancing header Madrid, Oct 31: Karim Benzema Monchengladbach, and the striker recovered from the coronavirus disqualified for hitting a line judge with a ball at the US Open and losing Manchester, Oct 31: Kyle Walker’s from Joao Cancelo’s cross forced a fine struck twice, while Eden Hazard should have scored his side’s fourth after 19 days and three missed the French Open final to Rafa Nadal. “I came here with the intention to goal against his hometown club early stop from Ramsdale, who also scored his first Real Madrid goal for when teed up by substitute Vinicius matches for Juventus, the club try to earn more points and secure the No.1 in the end of the year. I have secured a 1-0 Premier League vic- saw Aymeric Laporte steer a close- more than a year as the La Liga in what would have capped an im- announced. Juventus said a done that, so I move on,” Djokovic said. Djokovic will not defend his title tory for Manchester City over strug- range effort just past his near post. champions eased to a 4-1 win over proved Madrid display. Benzema swab test provided a negative at the Paris Masters next week. Sonego will play Grigor Dimitrov or gling Sheffield United. Rodri’s ferocious 25-yard strike Huesca here, Saturday. eventually got his second in the result and Ronaldo “is no longer Daniel Evans for a place in Sunday’s final. Pep Guardiola, who had suffered was too hot to handle as the goal- Making his first league appear- 90th minute, nodding in from subjected to home isolation.” his worst five-game start to a sea- keeper parried it over the cross- ance of the season, the Belgium Rodrygo’s header across goal. Ronaldo first tested positive son after taking just eight points, bar in slick conditions amid heavy star opened the scoring in brilliant Benzema and Isco missed chances during the international break Gayle fined for flinging his bat against RR saw his team’s domestic frustra- rainfall in Sheffield. fashion before Benzema doubled the for a fourth before Ferreiro scored while with Portugal. He missed tions alleviated by Sheffield-born The Blades continued to rely on Juventus’ draws with Crotone Abu Dhabi: The swashbuckling Chris Gayle has been fined 10 per cent of lead at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano. a consolation, steering a finish past Walker’s 28th-minute strike at their last line of defence when and Hellas Verona in Serie A as his match fee for breaching the IPL’s code of conduct during Kings XI Federico Valverde scored the Thibaut Courtois from Rafa Mir's well as a loss to Barcelona in the Punjab’s (KXIP) match against Rajasthan Royals here. The IPL did not Bramall Lane. Ramsdale thwarted Torres after

third after some fine interplay be- cross, but Benzema had the final Champions League. The five- specify the exact incident for which he was penalised but it is City, buoyed by Tuesday’s 3-0 the Spaniard slid in to connect y tween Benzema and Hazard, who word when he turned in Rodrygo's time Ballon d’Or winner had understood the Jamaican was penalised for throwing his bat away in Champions League win in Marseille, with Raheem Sterling’s cross.

looked sharp throughout his hour header from point-blank range. were on top from the outset and Walker, a product of the Bramall

k k y y m m c been quarantined at his home in disgust after getting out for 99 Friday night. Gayle has admitted to the c on the pitch, before David Ferreiro’s An obstinate Huesca kept Madrid Turin. Ronaldo could return offence and accepted the sanction. Requiring a run to complete his only a fine display from Aaron Lane academy, forced the break- consolation. at bay for much of the first half, al- Sunday for Juve’s game at century, Gayle was cleaned up by a Jofra Archer yorker in the last over Ramsdale limited the damage. through with a low, skidding shot Much of the pre-game talk had though Sergio Ramos – making Spezia in Serie A, or Wednesday and reacting to his dismissal, he tried to hit his bat on the ground in The result leaves Chris Wilder’s that nestled in the keeper’s bottom- centred on Benzema and a record- his 500th appearance in La Liga – at Ferencvaros in the Champions frustration but the willow slipped from his hand and landed a few metres side still winless, while providing right corner. It was the ideal way for ing of him appearing to tell Ferland saw a header saved by Andres League in Budapest. across the pitch. a confidence boost for a City out- Walker to mark his 100th Premier Mendy not to pass to Vinicius Fernandez. fit whose next top-flight clash is at League appearance for City.

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