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     !                        %'  visions under which the Bill will instead of 11 years earlier, it not be applicable in the Inner said. The Bill also proposes to nion Home Minister Amit Line Permit (ILP) regime areas give immunity to such refugees UShah on Monday will intro- and those tribal regions that are facing legal cases after being duce in the Lok Sabha the con- governed under the Sixth found illegal migrants. The troversial Citizenship Schedule of the Constitution. Bill also proposes to incorpo- (Amendment) Bill that seeks to “In Citizenship Act, in rate a sub-section (d) to grant Indian citizenship to non- Section 2 in sub-section (i), in Section 7, providing for can- Muslim refugees from Pakistan, clause (b) the following provi- cellation of Overseas Citizen of Bangladesh and Afghanistan so shall be inserted namely:- India (OCI) registration where escaping due to religious per- “provided that any person the OCI card-holder has vio- secution there. The Opposition belonging to Hindu, Sikh, lated any provision of the parties, like the CPI (M), have Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Citizenship Act or any other already declared that they will Christian community from law in force. move amendments to the Bill. Afghanistan, Bangladesh or However, the cancellation Addressing a Press confer- Pakistan, who entered into India order shall not be passed unless ence here, CPI(M) General               on or before the 31st day of the OCI card-holder has been Secretary Sitaram Yechury said                   !"# December 2014 and who has given a reasonable opportunity the party will move amend- been exempted by the Central to be heard. This amendment ments seeking deletion of all Government by or under clause was also proposed in the 2016. those clauses which specify reli- northeastern States with a large Bangladesh and Afghanistan, till (c) of sub-section (2) of section The Bill was an election promise gion as the basis of giving citi- section of people and organisa- December 31, 2014, facing reli- 3 of the passport (Entry into of the BJP in the 2014 and 2019 zenship. tions opposing the Bill, saying gious persecution there will not India) Act, 1920 or from the Lok Sabha polls. BJP leaders said this Bill was it will nullify the provisions of be treated as illegal immigrants application of the provisions of The BJP-led NDA their promise in the election the Assam Accord of 1985, but given Indian citizenship, the Foreigners Act 1946 or any Government had introduced manifesto and December 31, which fixed March 24, 1971, as according to the Citizenship rule or order made thereunder the Bill in its previous tenure 2014 is fixed as cutoff date for the cut-off date for deportation (Amendment) Bill (CAB), 2019. shall not be treated as illegal and got the Lok Sabha’s the refugees who escaped to of all illegal immigrants irre- To assuage feelings of trib- migrants for the purposes of this approval. But it did not intro- India facing religious persecu- spective of religion. als of the Northeast, where Act,” the Bill said. duce it in the , tion from neighboring countries Members of Hindu, Sikh, many feel that permanent set- Such refugees will be given apparently due to vehement like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and tlement of illegal immigrants will Indian citizenship after they protests in the Northeast. That Bangladesh. The Bill has trig- Christian communities, who disturb the region’s demography, have resided in India for five Bill lapsed following the disso- gered widespread protests in have come from Pakistan, the Government has made pro- years (six years in CAB 2016), lution of the last Lok Sabha.             

%) ! " A large number of local resi- Bachaao is meaningful. We secure and their FIRs are not of the victim, she said, “People dents and officials were present. stand with the aggrieved fami- being registered. The want that her death should not he last rites of the 23-year- Villagers from all walks of life ly in the hour of grief and will Government of Yogi go in vain, and she should get Told Unnao rape victim, paid their respects to the ensure that the accused get Adityanath must tender its res- justice.” Tandon also gave a who succumbed to her burn departed soul before the body stringent punishment.” ignation,” he said. Local financial assistance of  5 lakh injuries in Delhi’s Safdarjung was taken for the last rites. On the other hand, Congress leader and former to the aggrieved family. Hospital, were performed at Samajwadi Party leaders, Samajwadi Party MLC Sunil Unnao MP Annu Tandon in a Earlier in the day, family her native village here on UP Cabinet ministers Swami Singh Sajan expressed con- tweet on Sunday said, “We members of the rape victim Sunday amidst tight security Prasad Maurya and Kamal cern over the law and order sit- said our good byes to the agreed to perform her last rites arrangements. Rani Varun were also present. uation. daughter who has found eter- following a negotiation with She was laid to rest in the Maurya said, “The govern- “The law and order sce- nal peace and ensured eternal Divisional fields belonging to her family, ment is with the aggrieved fam- nario in the state has signifi- security...And the fight for jus- Commissioner Mukesh where the mausoleum (mazaar) ily.” Kamal Rani Varun, said, cantly deteriorated in the state. tice continues...” Speaking to Meshram and other senior of her grandparents is situated. “The slogan of Beti Padhao, Beti Today, girls are not feeling reporters outside the residence police officials.  # $  #%&'()%       " !        

%'  $"% & episode blaming each other for The erosion of trust and serious apprehension of breach Gupta said “This will cool the ugliness and no group is the outbreak of hostility of public tranquility, slapped them down when they will be     rust deficit between two ready to concede that it start- between the two groups this restraint order under sec- reaching the court of SDM on Tgroups — the Brahmins ed the violence first. The blame occurred on November 30 vot- tion 107 against 32 people dates fixed for hearing for and the OBCs — continues to is passed by one group on the ing day here when the drawn from both the groups. weeks together.”       !   mar amity in more than half a other most unashamedly. Congress candidate K N Confirming this SDPO SDPO further said the dozen villages under Chainpur Sources said the polling Tripathi in ‘self defence’ sadar Sandip Kumar Gupta counting of votes across the police station. day violence here has even whipped out his pistol in a said 32 people now face state is due on December 23 Sources said if the OBC’s divided the journalists’ frater- booth at Koseeyara under restraining order under section and before that administration citadel Narsinghpur Pathra is nity where a senior journalist Chainpur police station on 107. Gupta said these 32 com- is all out to create an atmos- still smarting its wounds over of a reputed tv channel has being denied entry into the prise of both the groups the phere of trust, good will and the filing of criminal case by petitioned the SP Palamu Ajay booth first and then allegedly Brahmins and the OBCs. mutual respect for each other. KN Tripathi against 12 named Linda raising fingers at some roughed up by a crowd of OBC There is neither any nepotism However sources said such accused and 100 other print media journalists who people there which smashed nor any opaqueness about a situation has been created unidentified, the Brahmins’ incidentally happen to be his two cars including one police move. It is very trans- here where for one’s defeat in forts Purabdiha - Kulowha are Brahmins. bullet proof. parent and neutral iterated the poll battle the November equally red like hot iron rod Officer in charge of To reign in overzealous Gupta. 30 incident will be cited as over another FIR drawn Chainpur police station Sunit people of both the sides SDPO declined to give prime reason. against Tripathi and three oth- Kumar has confirmed to have Chainpur police have by the exact figures of people from Tripathi and BJP candidate ers. received this petition of the tv permission of the sub divi- each of these two sides reiter- Alok Chourasia are the fore- The Pioneer made a tour channel journalist forwarded sional magistrate where ating “These 32 are from both most runner for Daltonganj of some villages of Chainpur to him by SP Palamu Linda but Chainpur police had prayed for the sides.” assembly seat and their sup- where it found people still OC Sunit Kumar declined to permission of SDM to invoke On being asked as to why porters now see tooth and recount the November 30 give any more elaboration. section 107 under CrPC citing this section 107 against 32 claw at each other said sources.        #   $       

%' & ' (!# an early riser. He met his con- fidantes to discuss polling fter days of hectic cam- trends and later visited an Apaigning, it was time for acquaintance, who is undergo- $ $  %     #&' (  " )   !   poll candidates to unwind ing treatment at Tata Main themselves on Sunday. Hospital. %' #  Jha said that the insurgents tar- five phases from November 30 Congress candidate Banna After polls, candidates geted a CoBRA battalion while to December 20. The State has Gupta milked his cow and did brainstormed on voting trends t least two security per- it was moving on a hilly terrain witnessed at least four LWE gardening at his residence in and party workers engaged in Asonnel on Sunday sus- in Tamar, hardly 50 kilometers incidents since the announce- Kadma, while independent can- calculation. tained injuries in an IED blast from State capital Ranchi. “It ment of elections here on didate Saryu Roy read news- “I have been following a triggered by CPI (Maoist) was not a high intensity explo- November 1. As per figures papers at his temporary home strict routine ever since I was rebels in Tamar — one of the sion. No major casualties have with the Ministry of Home at Vijaya Gardens in Baridih. declared the candidate. I used 20 Assembly constituencies been reported,” said Jha. Affairs (MHA), 19 of 24 dis- BJP’s Devendra Nath Singh to leave home early and used to that went to polls on Saturday Sunday’s attack comes close tricts in Jharkhand are LWE- spent time solving poll trends return late evening. Today I am in Jharkhand, police said. on the heels of an encounter affected. The presence of LWE with his close aides at his home enjoying the much-needed Soon after the incident, between security forces and insurgents in Jharkhand hin- in Sonari. break,” said Gupta. one of the injured security rebels of a Left Wing Extremist terland was one of the reasons “Bannaji loves to spend With few days left for the personnel was flown to New (LWE) group in Khunti con- for the Election Commission of time with cows. He had no time counting of votes, candidates %' #  Sisai Assembly constituency on block into four parts. Delhi for treatment, while the stituency, which shares its bor- India (ECI) to stretch the elec- to do this as campaigning kept and their supporters are fully 7 December. The polling was Mohammed Hyder Ali, direc- other was rushed to the ders with Tamar and was tion process here to a period of him busy. He felt very relaxed,” engrossed in the guesswork n the recommendation of postponed by general observ- tor of accounts administration Rajendra Institute of Medical among one of the Assembly almost a month. said one of Congressman and about their political fortunes Othe Chief Electoral er AB Ibrahim and District and self employment DRDA Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi, segments that went to polls on According to figures with former agriculture minister which remain sealed in the Officer, Jharkhand, the Election Officer cum Deputy Gumla to the Eastern Region said Ranchi Superintendent of Saturday. The rebels, police the State police, there are at Gupta's aides. EVMs inside strong rooms of Election Commission of India Commissioner Shashi Ranjan. of Sisai Block, Manish Kumar Police (Rural), Rishav Kumar said, attacked a poll party in least 17 splinter groups active BJP rebel candidate, Roy, Jamshedpur Co-operative (ECI) has given approval for In the light of the said assistant collector cum assis- Jha. “Both the injured men are Khunti while it was returning in Jharkhand apart from the who is contesting against CM College. re-polling at polling station directive, the District tant magistrate northern from CoBRA (Commando from polling station on CPI (Maoist). A majority of in Jamshedpur BJP district president number 36 Urdu Utkramit Magistrate, Zonal Magistrate region of Sisai Block, Arvind Battalion for Resolute Action). Saturday, but the security forces rebels running the splinter out- East, took time off to know Dinesh Kumar said that the Middle School Baghni on and other electoral officers Kumar district supply officer They are out of danger,” he foiled their attempt of sabo- fits are nothing more than what has come out in newspa- state is gripped with Modi Monday, from 7 am to 3 pm. have been deputed by district has been deputed as special added. taging the election process. hired guns and thugs who pers. mania and even exit polls pro- The Gumla district adminis- election officer-cum-deputy magistrate for southern zone Initially, rumours were rife No casualties were reported in have unleashed a reign of ter- "Saryuji rises early. He took jected that the BJP will sweep tration has made preparations commissioner Gumla to con- of Sisai Block and Sushma that the CPI (Maoist) rebels this incident. Insurgents also ror on innocent villagers, say a little rest today and also read the election. The party is for re-polling. duct fair and peaceful polling Neelam Soreng land reforms triggered the Improvised torched a bus being used for police. Many of these groups newspapers. Also spoke to us assured to win in Jharkhand Polling was disrupted fol- in polling station number 36 deputy collector Gumla for Explosive Device (IED) in a bid ferrying voters to polling sta- are involved in trafficking chil- about yesterday’s elections,” an too. “On the basis of the reports lowing the incident of violent at Urdu Middle School. western region of Sisai Block. to cause damage to a polling tions in Chaibasa on Saturday. dren, abducting businessmen aide said. received so far from the con- clashes and firing between In order to maintain a All have been instructed to party while it was returning Elections for the 81 for ransom, growing and smug- Singh, who was handed stituency, we are confident that police and villagers at polling fair, peaceful re-polling, spe- ensure the maintenance of from Tamar on Sunday after Assembly constituencies in gling opium and killing for over BJP ticket in place of Roy BJP candidates from station no. 36 Urdu Utkramit cial magistrates have been law and order in their area voting on Saturday. However, Jharkhand are being held in sport, police say. from Jamshedpur West, is also Jamshedpur will win.” Middle School Baghni under deputed dividing the Sisai before voting. -.)#  ,  ' /0

%' & ' (!# and abroad. This year, we cele- brated Alumni Summer Meets LRI- Xavier School of in different cities like Chennai, XManagement is all set to Kolkata, Hyderabad, Delhi, host ‘Annual Alumni Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru and Homecoming 2019’ on 14 and also in Dubai and Singapore. In 15 December. Over 250 college earlier years, alumni meets were alumni are expected to partic- also held in various cities in ipate in this year’s Homecoming. USA, Dubai and Toronto. In This year, the batches of 2008 we had created the XLRI 1979 and 1969 will join for their Endowment Fund (XEF) and 40th and 50th Homecoming today XEF USA is a registered year celebrations respectively. non-profit association”. Many alumni of Batch of 1971 carry forward their legacy. It is al XL family get-together that XLRI Alumni Association will also be coming for a proud moment for us to wel- strengthens our XL bond and has Alumni Chapters both in Homecoming year celebrations come them back to the campus fosters camaraderie amongst India and abroad. In India, the this year. and felicitate them for their us. It revives the family spirit. XLRI Alumni Chapters are in Fr. P. Christie SJ, Director, achievements.” Our alumni meet their old Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, XLRI - Xavier School of On the occasion, XLRI acquaintances, classmates and Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Management commented, “The would hold the ‘Distinguished teachers and reminisces mem- and Pune. XLRI also has Annual Homecoming is one of Alumnus Awards Ceremony’. orable experiences they have Alumni Chapters in Singapore the most prestigious and impor- This year, 10 select distinguished had at XLRI.” and Dubai. In U.S.A. it has tant events for XLRI. Our alum- alumni of the institution would Rana Sinha, President- chapters in San Jose (covering ni are the torch-bearers of the be felicitated in 6 categories. The XLRI Alumni Association com- Bay Area), Dallas (covering the XL-Culture and have taken the event is to be held on the mented, “XLRI can claim to State of Texas), Washington vision and mission of XLRI to evening of 14th December, 2019. have the most active network- DC, New Jersey, New York, the world. They are the true role Dr. Pranabesh Ray, ing of Alumni amongst Indian Boston (covering New models for our present and Chairperson - Alumni, XLRI - Business Schools. Every year the England), Chicago (covering  (  ) '   $!            *          ( +, future students and are the Xavier School of Management alumni chapters have their get- mid-west region), as well as in    !   ones who truly inspire them to said, “Homecoming is the annu- togethers in cities across India Toronto (Canada). %    &''    ( !

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Q*    cleared the Citizenship Paliwar, is contesting against    + (Amendment) Bill that seeks to JMM candidate and former +!  ,  grant citizenship to non-Muslim minister Hazi Hussain Ansari. ! ,-$R refugees from Pakistan, In Jharia the BJP has field- )    Bangladesh and Afghanistan if ed Ragini Singh, replacing her they faced religious persecution husband Sanjeev Singh who is %' #  there. A bill to amend the being tried in a local court in )*+ ,* Citizenship Act, 1955, is likely connection with the Neeraj #  nion Defence Minister to be introduced in the Singh murder case. She is in URajnath Singh on Sunday Parliament in current session. turn facing her sister-in-law harkhand Pradesh Congress raked up the National Register The former BJP national Purnima Singh of the Congress, JCommittee (JPCC) on of Citizens (NRC) in poll- president on the occasion also the widow of the slain former Sunday informed that Indian bound Jharkhand, setting a appreciated the work carried out Deputy Mayor Neeraj Singh, National Congress (INC) for- 2024 deadline for implementing by Raghubar Das government who was the cousin of Sanjeev mer National president, Rahul NRC across the country. in State. He said, “By 2022 Singh. Gandhi will visit the State on Addressing two rallies in State, everyone will get houses. They With cam- Monday to strengthen the the former BJP national presi- will have LPG connections for paigning in Jharia and party candidates’ foothold in dent said that ‘each and every’ cooking foods, toilets and health Madhupur on Sunday, the elec- the ongoing State Assembly infiltrator will be identified and insurance under Ayushman tion campaign in State is going elections and appeal to the expelled before the next gener- Bharat Yojana.” He further to gain momentum on Monday people to vote for the party al elections. said, “Raghubar Das has been as Prime Minister Narendra candidates. Singh on Sunday addressed working for state’s progress and Modi and Congress former Addressing a press meet at two rallies at Madhupur and development. Jharkhand has national president Rahul the party headquarter, JPCC Jharia respectively. From bagged the top position among Gandhi are to campaign for Spokesperson Alok Kumar Madhupur (Deoghar) Raj the seven developing states in party candidates. Prime Dubey informed that Gandhi Paliwar, Minister of Labour,   '   (  )%              *  $   Country.” Minister Modi will address elec- will come to Ranchi airport at Employment & Training is con-     (   +     !   In the two Assembly con- tion rallies in Barhi and Bokaro, 12:00 pm, then he will go to testing the election, while from stituencies where Singh cam- while Rahul Gandhi will address Barkagaon in Hazaribag by Jharia Ragini Singh, Singh Register of Citizens (NRC) aims India as they see a threat to their Temple in Ayodhya and abro- paigned, the BJP candidates election rallies at Booty More helicopter where he will Mansion’s daughter-in-law and at strengthening the country’s religious identity in neighboring gation of Article 370 from are in direct contest against (Ranchi) and Barkagaon address a public rally at 12: 30 $    $ wife of sitting Jharia MLA internal as well as external secu- countries.” Constitution which granted Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Assembly seat. This will be sec- pm in support of the party Sanjeev Singh is contesting elec- rity. The NRC will also safe- Singh also attacked special status to Jammu and (JMM) and Congress. In ond visit of Congress leader as candidates – Congress candi- "+%#  tion. guard the interest of Hindus, Opposition parties for making Kashmir have been pet issues of Madhupur BJP candidate and on December 2, he addressed a date from Barkagaon, Amba Addressing the rallies, Sikhs, Christian, Buddhist com- a road block in NRC claiming BJP since Jan Sangh era. Minister of Labour, rally in Simdega, one of the 20 Prasad, Congress candidate    Singh said, “The National munities who have entered that NRC, construction of Ram The Union Cabinet has Employment & Training Raj seats that voted on Saturday. from Ramgarh, Mamta Devi and from Hazaribagh State  ,"+$"$  Assembly constituency   $ # Congress candidate, RC $((    *7**   Mehta. Gandhi will appealed (" %  to people from one stage at Barkagaon to vote for the " %' #  party candidates and ensure their victory so that Congress  $!# - $  harkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Sunday could form its Government in "(  Jsaid that the candidates of Grand Alliance will Jharkhand with its allies bag 30 seats out of total 33 seats that went to polls Jharkhand Mukti Morcha —JPCC Spokesperson in the first and second phases and the Bharatiya (JMM) and former Chief (BJP) will be removed from the State. Minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad added. Addressing a press meet at the party head- Yadav led Rashtriya Janata Taking a jibe at BJP lead- quarter JMM General Secretary and Dal (RJD), said Dubey. ers like Rajnath Singh, Smriti Spokesperson, Supriyo Bhattacharya said that out “Gandhi will leave Irani and Rajiv Pratap Rudi of total five phases of polling, second phase of Barkagaon at 1 pm for Ranchi the JPCC Spokesperson said polling was over and the people of the State have BIT Mesra ground where he that these leaders are saying so given an indication that who will lead the will address a public rally to many things about Congress Government and what will be its configuration. campaign for the party can- Party but in fact the double “Out of these 33 seats where polling has been didates from Khijri, Rajesh engine Government has done completed, BJP will not be able to save deposit Kachap, Kanke Congress can- nothing for the State and the at many seats. Most of its Ministers in the State didate, Suresh Baitha and the Country. “BJP Government Government are going to lose. The BJP candi- party candidate from Hatia, has done nothing till 2019,   < + '    "   (   #               date from Vishrampur, Khunti, Jugsalai and Sisai Ajaynath Shahdeo. He will and now they are demanding   *  $       "  )    : (  !  all of them will bite the dust on December 23,” address the public rally at 1: 30 time till 2022 and 2024. But said Bhattacharya. pm at BIT Mesra Ground in people are not going to give Attacking former Deputy Chief Minister and $((       !  the State Capital. After another chance. The AJSU Party Chief, Sudesh Kumar Mahto for lev-         )    !   addressing the rally in Ranchi, Government of grand alliance /   01 eling allegation on JMM Supremo Shibu Soren Gandhi will return to Delhi at is ready to take charge and and JMM Executive president, Hemant Soren, Soren. Leveling allegation against such a big per- 3 pm,” said Dubey. after forming the Government the party General Secretary said that Mahto sonality will prove dangerous for him. JMM is Reacting to remark of first of all the party will should know that for whom he is leveling alle- cautioning Mahto to stop leveling allegation on Union Defence Minister demand for probe into all  % ! gations. “Mahto is asking what father-son duo JMM Supremo,” said Bhattacharya. Rajnath Singh on former scams like Momentum has done for the State. He said that we have not Hitting hard on AJSU Party, JMM said that Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Jharkhand, Blanket Scam and even opened schools. But I am saying that it was it is known by all that AJSU Party’s Minister in the JPCC Spokesperson said others,” said Dubey. Ranchi: BJP national spokesper- slogan given by the party Supremo that leave the State Government was demanding 10 per that Rajiv Gandhi had told He said that the candi- son and party Rajya Sabha wine and meat and increase knowledge (Handiya cent as commission money in Government ten- then that when he releases dates of Grand Alliance will member Sudhanshu Trivedi on Daru Choro Gyan Badhao). Mahto should ders. “Two times JMM defeated Mahto, this time 100 for development work, win 16 of total 20 seats where Sunday exuded confidence that know that there are a number of Primary Schools, also the party is sure to defeat Mahto from Silli only 20 reach the people. But polling was held on Saturday the party will attain majority in High Schools, Inter colleges and B Ed colleges State Assembly constituency. It is height of (BJP) in the second phase of State Assembly election. Trivedi talk- running on the name of JMM Supremo. The shamelessness. Mahto is leveling allegation in has given liberty to loot Assembly elections and pub- ing to media persons at party ground on which Mahto is doing politics it was frustration as he knows that he and his party will Government’s money and run lic support will gradually grow media centre said, “After two creation of Late Nirmal Mahto and Shibu bite the dust in this elections,” he added. away from the Country, he in days to come. phase of polling, the people have made up their mind to vote in favour of BJP candidates. As  per first two phases polling, we have come to know that there is '), - '.  ,  - )  large scale support in favour of $!       )%(!   " +   N/01 2 +1/ O 2 0 521  5  %0012 51 BJP and the people of state are )%(! @ +  5  % ! +  !   2 $ 51 5  2  705 00 05 0 happy with double engine gov-      (    )    : (  !  2/01 20 151512 0518  1 ernment at centre and state.” 51512 %$ :; < :; 51805  52050 The BJP leader claimed that Hemant Soren), have tasted come and where did it go? 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And hanging was there is a cry from different birthday to Shri Parkash Singh has touched. ndia’s blind cricket team bat first. The team made 209 executed inside the Brahmapur forums to send the rapists to gal- Badal ji, the patron of @Akali "Each day spent with him Idefeated Nepal in the three- runs in 20 overs. Indian team Jail. lows. However, as per official Dal and one of the most senior has been a lesson in humani- day Indo-Nepal blind cricket T- too became successful in mak- There was also provision of statistics, in heinous crime like & respected leader in our ty. His dedication, his service, 20 series.The three-day event ing these runs and the match gallows in Bolangir Jail. Ujjwal rape, percentage of conviction country (sic)," Shah tweeted. his will to carry everyone along was organised by Uttarakhand ended in a tie. To decide the Sai, brother of legendary fight- in Odisha is very low, i.e., about "Badal Sahab's struggle and is what makes him so special to Science and Education winner both teams played a er Veer Surendra Sai, was 18 per cent only. devotion towards the welfare of people whose life he has Research Centre (USERC). super over in which India gave hanged in Bolangir Jail. Now-a- As per the latest report on people is an inspiration for all. touched. Here's wishing my The chief guest for the event Nepal a target of 15 runs chas- days, only gallows are available the National Crime Record I pray for his long and healthy biggest role model good health was the chief minister's Officer ing the target. Nepal could in Brahmapur Jail and author- Bureau (NCRB), rate of con- life," he said. & lots of happiness for many on Special Duty (OSD) only manage seven runs, giving ities are also maintaining the viction in cases relating to crime Badal's son and SAD pres- more years to come," Harsimrat Dhirendra Panwar. He appre- India win the match and a same though there is no hang- against women in Odisha is only ident Sukhbir Singh Badal said Kaur Badal tweeted. ciated the efforts of USERC and help in every possible way. ous successful programs with three-zero sweep in the series. man available in the State. 7.4 per cent whereas it is 9.8 per that his father was not just his Parkash Singh Badal was the importance of such events The director of USERC new technologies for the wel- Hemraj from Nepal’s team was In view of rising graph of cent in cases of crime against hero, but a source of inspiration also greeted by his well-wish- for the differently abled per- Durgesh Pant, said that the fare and upliftment of differ- declared man of the match. He crime against girl child, the children and 9.3 percent in for countless Punjabis across ers at his native village Badal. sons. He assured to provide centre has been running vari- ently abled persons. Nepal won made 104 runs in 65 balls. Union Government has brought IPC related crimes. &'# (& (%  $)%& #(+7551 08#1 +2 " %) "" %' (!# Dhumaguda villages. This is the fourth arrest in the case. ritish Prime Minister Boris CRPF jawan was on Sunday Earlier, one Rama Chandra BJohnson has made a pledge Aarrested for his alleged Pradhan of Aliaputu village in to partner with Prime Minister involvement in the gangrape of Brahmagiri area of Puri district on his mission a minor girl in Puri town on was also arrested on December to build a new India, as he and December 2. The arrestee was 6 in connection with the inci- his girlfriend Carrie Symonds identified Bulu Barik. dent. visited a famous Hindu temple A special squad of police Besides, a dismissed here to woo Indian diaspora apprehended Barik from Constable Jeetendra Sethy and votes ahead of Thursday’s gen- Rayagada district. Rajesh Sethy were arrested over eral election. Police said Barik, a resident their alleged involvement in Dressed in a bright pink of Rendha in Puri’s Bramhagiri the offence. Case has been reg- silk sari, 31-year-old conserva- block, had absconded from his istered against the accused tionist Symonds made her first village after the crime and was under relevant Sections of IPC official campaign tour on hiding at a relative’s house in and POCSO Act. Saturday with 55-year-old Rayagada district. Notably, the girl was gan- Johnson at one of the UK’s most He was nabbed while tak- graped in a police quarter near famous temples Swaminarayan ing a bath in Nagabali river the Jhadeswari Club in Puri              $  A     1   )  Mandir in Neasden, north- between Chhekaguda and town.   : (  !  west London.  +($" ,.% - "  1 O"  Q$- 01)  ,  , '+  (%&$"' "$ - %   B   C ' ,'&  Penal Code. Later Delhi Police were dispatched for the spot,” “The entire third and  $  Commissioner Amulya Patnaik said Garg. “Nearly 150 fire per- fourth floor of the building was massive fire swept through transferred the case to the sonnel carried out the rescue engulfed with smoke. The con- Panaji: The supply as well as Aa four-storey building Crime Branch. operation and pulled out 63 tent of CO was more,” said &5' ,%  demand of narcotics is on the housing illegal manufacturing Doctors at Lok Nayak and people despite narrow lanes Singh. The hazardous gas has wane in Goa in view of the sus- units in a residential complex Lady Hardinge, Bara Hindu and smoke filled building. The no odour or colour, is general- tained police action, a senior at North Delhi’s Anaj Mandi at Rao, Sucheta Kriplani and injured were taken to Lok ly produced when fuels such as New Delhi: Against the back- If police takes judicial officer said on Sunday. 5 am on Sunday, leaving 43 RML Hospital, who attended Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP), gas, oil, coal and wood do not drop of the Hyderabad rape- process into its own hands, it Inspector General of Police people dead and many others the victims, said by the time Hindu Rao, Ram Manohar burn fully. Singh said his team murder incident and gunning can never be legitimate, Sodhi (IGP) Jaspal Singh said police injured. This was the second they were brought to the hos- Lohia (RML), Sucheta Kriplani found some windows at the down of the four accused in an said. have adopted a zero tolerance deadliest fire tragedy after the pital they had died owing to the and Lady Harding hospitals. building were sealed. “There Lucknow: Taking cognisance alleged encounter, former "The Constitution does policy towards drug trafficking. Uphaar Cinema incident that asphyxiation caused by carbon The injured were sent to hos- was a room, where most of the of the death of the Unnao rape Delhi High Court judge R S not consider it as justice done "The continuous police had claimed 59 innocent lives monoxide. pital in ambulance and auto- workers were sleeping, which victim, who succumbed to Sodhi said on Sunday it is the if an accused is shot dead action has drastically reduced on June 13, 1997. Firemen who rushed to rickshaws. Around 53 were had only a single space for ven- burn injuries at a Delhi hospi- duty of the police to protect the before getting a chance to the supply as well as demand of Almost all the people who the site after a call was relayed admitted to LNJP Hospital tilation. The maximum num- tal, the accused and there is no place prove innocence. This Talibani drug trafficking in Goa," the IGP died were migrant labourers to the Delhi Fire Service while 10 were admitted to ber of workers was shifted Government has suspended for 'Talibani justice' in the form of justice may be accept- said. He said the district police, hailing from Bihar and Uttar Control Room, had to fight Lady Harding Hospital. from the third floor. Due to the seven policemen for negli- country. able in any other country, but crime branch and the narcotic Pradesh and were sleeping their way through narrow lanes Around 43 labourers died, burning of the materials pre- gence of duty. In an interview with PTI, it has no place in India," he cell of Goa Police have made inside the factory situated some to rescue those trapped inside many others were injured sent in the building, CO was "Ajay Kumar Tripathi, SHO Sodhi said the four accused in said. numerous seizures and arrests. 500 meters from the Rani the building that was enveloped including two fire personnel,” formed, which explains the of Unnao's Bihar police station, the Hyderabad veterinarian If an accused dies in police Singh has mentioned about Jhansi Road. As the poisonous beneath the dark smoke. said Garg. reason for high CO content,” along with six other police rape and murder case were custody, some investigative the action against drug traffick- smoke started to envelope the Firemen carried many “The unit owner did not said Singh. personnel, has been suspend- sent to police custody and it agency has to check whether ing in a letter to Goa Forward second floor of the building unconscious labourers on their have the mandatory No- Monika Bharadwaj, the ed, for negligence during duty was the duty of the policemen the person was killed by the Party (GFP) MLA Vinod that had no fire safety clearance backs and rushed to the near- Objection Certificate (NOC) Deputy Commissioner of in connection with the death of to protect them. police or not, Sodhi said, Paliencar, who on Saturday and was packed with com- by Police Control Room vans, from the fire department and Police (DCP), North district, rape victim," Additional Chief Police did not think well adding that according to the claimed to have submitted a bustible material like card- ambulances and auto-rick- the congested area made rescue said a case under Section 304 Secretary (Home) Awanish before making up the story that guidelines of the Supreme 'secrete' report to Prime Minister boards, workers desperately shaws. Fire officials said the operation difficult. Firemen ((Punishment for culpable Awasthi told PTI. the accused had to be killed Court, an independent inquiry Narendra Modi on a drug searched for en exit gate and 43 narrow lanes made it difficult had to cut window grills to homicide not amounting to The development comes because they tried to flee. It is must be conducted in such "nexus" between politicians and people perished due to lethal for them to carry out rescue access the building. No fire murder) and 285 (negligent hours after the last rites of the difficult to believe that 15 cases. policemen. The Goa Police has carbon monoxide. operations. Preliminary exam- safety equipment was found conduct with respect to fire or 23-year-old Unnao rape victim policemen present at the spot On the 2017 NCRB data now requested the former min- Since there was no venti- ination revealed that the owner installed in this premise,” said combustible matter) of the were performed at her native could not catch the four showing low conviction rate in ister to share with them the copy lation ducts or windows, Rehan had sealed ventilators to Garg. After the DFS con- Indian Penal Code (IPC) has village here on Sunday amid accused, he claimed. rape cases, Sodhi said if around of his letter for investigation and labourers sleeping inside were prevent outsiders from know- trolled the fire, the National been registered at Sadar Bazaar tight security arrangements. "I am not convinced with 33 per cent accused were con- necessary action. "It would have trapped and could not escape ing what was going on inside. Disaster Response Force police station. “Police have She was laid to rest in the the police version of the events victed and 67 per cent acquit- been more appropriate if a copy and died due to asphyxia. “A preliminary probe sug- (NDRF) teams that entered arrested the building owner, fields belonging to her family, and there should be am inde- ted, it can also mean that most of your letter to the PM would Despite narrow lanes and gested that short-circuit trig- the building, too had to wade Rehan and his manager Furqan where the mausoleum pendent investigation into the of the person charged were have been shared in confidence smoke filled building, 63 peo- gered the blaze,” said Atul through the hazardous carbon in connection with the Anaj (mazaar) of her grandparents is encounter," Sodhi said. found not guilty. He said if the with senior police officials. I ple were rescued by fire per- Garg, the Chief Fire Officer of monoxide. Aditya Pratap Mandi fire incident. The case situated. He said it was never guilty person is set free due to would therefore request you to sonnel. Meanwhile, the build- Delhi Fire Service (DFS). “The Singh, the deputy commander, has been transferred to the A large number of local proved that the accused were laxity in the judicial system, we make available a copy of the let- ing owner Rehan and his man- call regarding the fire was NDRF said that they have Crime Branch and it will be residents and officials were guilty. The retired judge should strengthen the system. ter to us to enable us to identi- ager Furqan were arrested on received at around 5.15 am on found carbon monoxide (CO) investigating the incident,” said present. claimed that the police inves- Gunning down accused in fy such elements and initiate due the charges of culpable homi- Sunday following which 15 in the building following which Mandeep Singh Randhawa, Villagers from all walks of tigated the matter, tried the rape cases is not the solution, legal action against them," the cide not amounting to murder fire vehicles were rushed to the the NDRF team searched the the DCP and spokesperson of life paid their last respects. PTI accused and executed them. the retired judge added. PTI IGP stated. PTI under Section 304 of the Indian spot. Later 15 more fire tenders area manually. Delhi Police.  # $  #%&'()%  )

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UShah has directed the secure the Indo-China bound- Minister's directive, the para- a new study has dwelled in "We estimated that if the air He had backed the 59,000 Central Paramilitary Chiefs to ary besides Assam Rifles military forces are also in the details on how reductions in pollution level in India were crore deal for 36 Rafale jets to take "ruthless" action against engaged in securing the Indo- process of developing soft- bad air yielded fast and dra- less than the minimum causing be procured from France under smuggling and constitute anti- Myanmar border. ware for deployment of jawans matic impacts on health-out- health loss, the average life a Government to Government smuggling teams in the border The Home Minister has that would enable them to comes, as well as decreases in expectancy in 2017 would have deal during his tenure. Dhanoa guarding forces which have also asked the Paramilitary stay with their family for 100 all-cause morbidity. The study been higher by 1.7 years, with retired from service in also been advised to make Chiefs to ensure zero corrup- days each year. is published in the journal this increase exceeding 2 years September. effective use of CBI and tion and suggest measures to The paramilitary forces are Annals of the American ity, a 26 per cent reduction in in the north Indian States of Six Rafale trainer aircraft Customs to check such activi- achieve corruption-free pur- also working on coming up Thoracic Society. ischemic heart disease, a 32 per Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and will carry 'RB' series tail num- will be fighter jets and six will ties. chase in the Forces. with five suggestions on mea- The Indian Council of cent reduction in stroke, and a Haryana," the ICMR had bers which stand for Air Chief be trainers. The trainer jets will Shah has also directed the Shah has also directed the sures to be taken for the wel- Medical Research (ICMR) in its 38 per cent reduction in chron- warned. Marshal RKS Bhadauria, the be twin-seater and they will Forces’ Chief to identify per- border guarding forces like the fare of jawans in their respec- report in 2018 had pointed out ic obstructive pulmonary dis- Not just life expectancy, it also current Chief of Air Staff who have almost all the features of sonnel in their ranks involved BSF and SSB to liaise and tive ranks. that there were 6.7 lakh deaths ease (COPD). Interestingly, the talked about death rate attributable played a key role as lead nego- the fighter jets. Dhanoa strong- in smuggling and compromis- closely coordinate with local Shah has further empha- due to outdoor particulate mat- greatest benefits in that case to air pollution. Odisha, Jharkhand, tiator for the mega deal. ly maintained that the deal was ing border security and take police and the Intelligence sised on increased focus on ter air pollution and 4.8 lakh occurred among non-smokers. Chhattisgarh and Haryana record- The political controversy clean and that the force need- exemplary action against them. Bureau and find out gaps in the weapons training and physical deaths due to household air "We knew there were ben- ed highest number of deaths attrib- relating to purchase of 36 ed the jets to significantly Identification of corrupt border in order to plug loop- fitness for jawans after which pollution in 2017. efits from pollution control, but utable to air pollution. Rafale jets from French aero- enhance its combat capabilities. personnel should be under- holes. the Forces are in the process of The international study the magnitude and relatively Javadekar was responding to space major Dassault Aviation The Rafale jets will have taken in coordination with the He has also directed the updating the training manuals had reviewed interventions short time duration to accom- a question by Dr. Kakoli Ghosh, peaked during Dhanoa's tenure the most advanced weapons IB customs and State police at forces' DGs to undertake com- with perspective plans for the that have reduced air pollution plish them were impressive," said an MP from Barasat in West as chief of the air staff and he package comprising senior level and at least 15 prehensive mapping of the next few years, officials said. at its source. It looked for out- lead author Dean Schraufnagel Bengal who had asked whether had stoutly defended the deal. Meteor and Scalp missiles recalcitrant officials should be border and present status of the Shah's directives on curb- comes and time to achieve from the American Thoracic the Government had taken into "All the Rafale fighter jets which will provide the IAF sacked every three months, fencing on motorcycles/foot ing smuggling and corruption those outcomes in several set- Society in the US. cognisance the deteriorating air barring the trainer ones will deep strike capability and air sources said. patrolling and prepare a report in the border guarding forces tings, finding that the improve- "Our findings indicate quality and was referencing a carry 'BS' in the tail number. dominance in the region. The border guarding forces listing out problem areas, gaps, as also implement jawans' wel- ments in health were striking. almost immediate and sub- 2016 study which stated that if This is our way of thanking the Three Rafale jets have are Border Security Force (BSF) issues and possible solutions. fare came during his meeting Starting at week one of a stantial effects on health out- India met the WHO guidelines former IAF Chief for the role already been handed over to deployed on the frontiers with The Directors General have with the Chiefs of the para- ban on smoking in Ireland, for comes followed reduced expo- for air pollution, the life he played to get us the jets," a India and they are being used Pakistan and Bangladesh, further been asked to set up a military forces last month for example, there was a 13 per sure to air pollution. It's criti- expectancy of Indians would senior IAF official said. to train IAF pilots and techni- Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) reporting mechanism which a review of their functioning. cent drop in all-cause mortal- cal that Governments adopt increase by 4.3 years. Out of 36 Rafale jets, 30 cians in France.    !   2     !!  ,!       .  " ,  %)  of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Nehru Government had ndia is duty-bound to give passed a similar bill in 1950 for !    !  %'  law has broken down but the Icitizenship to persecuted expulsion of illegal immigrants PM is "mute" and has not said minorities from neighbouring mainly from erstwhile Pakistan $ B      BC" ongress president Sonia a word on it. countries as they are "victims" (Bangladesh) and had cate- CGandhi will not celebrate Congress' chief spokesper- of the decision to divide the gorically said that minorities of her birthday on Monday in the son Randeep Surjewala also country on religious lines, BJP East Pakistan wouldn't be cov- %)  "It is a shameless perfor- wake of rape incidents in var- tagged a video of Prime general secretary Ram Madhav ered under the bill," Madhav mance by a Government ious parts of the country and Minister Modi attacking the has said while defending the told PTI in an interview. he passage of the which as recently as last year, concerns over women's secu- then Congress Government Citizenship Amendment Bill. Asserting that India has TCitizenship (Amendment) refused to entertain any dis- rity. The party leaders includ- over rape incidents in Delhi. Non-Muslim refugees, always kept its doors open for Bill in Parliament will mark cussion on developing a ing Sonia also expressed their "Unnao, Etawah, Hyderabad, who have come from Pakistan, oppressed minorities, Madhav the definitive victory of National Asylum policy, condolences to the families of Assaults on women have Palwal-Faridabad, the horror Bangladesh and Afghanistan said," The persecuted minori- Mohammed Ali Jinnah's which I had proposed in a those killed in the fire at a fac- also been reported from other continues! Rape victims cry after facing religious persecu- ties of the neighbouring coun- thinking over that of Mahatma Private Members Bill and tory in the Walled City. parts of the country, sparking out for justice as soul of India tion, will not be treated as ille- tries, which are proposed to be Gandhi's, senior Congress shared personally with the Party sources said Sonia outrage among the people over hurts!" Surjewala said in a gal immigrants and will be given citizenship in the bill, are leader Shashi Tharoor said on then Home Minister, his who will turn 73 has decided the incidents. Citing the tweet. given Indian citizenship under victims of the historical deci- Sunday, asserting that the MoSes and his home secre- not to celebrate her birthday as increasing number of rape "Criminals roam free as the Bill which is set to be intro- sion to divide this country on exercise of granting citizenship ditions as other communi- tary," Tharoor said. she is saddened by rape inci- cases, Congress leader Rahul rule of law breaks down! But duced by Union Home religious lines. And India is on the basis of religion will ties. Suddenly, they are going dents and assaults on women in Gandhi said the international 'Modiji' is 'mute'...No remorse, Minister Amit Shah. duty-bound to give citizen- reduce India to a " In an interview to PTI, the extra mile in granting cit- various parts if the country. Her community was ridiculing the No outrage, Not a word. And Responding to criticism of ship rights to these minorities." version of Pakistan". Tharoor said even if the bill is izenship to refugees, whereas decision to not celebrate her country and India was now no one will question the PM? the Bill from political parties, Madhav, who is party's The former Union passed by both the Houses of in reality, they don't even birthday comes after the Unnao known as the 'rape capital' of Why? he asked in a tweet. Madhav said a similar legislation pointsman for Northeastern Minister also alleged that Parliament, he is confident want to take the basic steps as rape victim, who was set ablaze, the world. Party leaders of Delhi 'Immigrants (Expulsion from states, said the government and the BJP Government wants that no bench of the Supreme required under international died at a hospital in Delhi and The grand old party also Congress have also been Assam)' Act was enacted in 1950 Home Minister Shah held exten- to single out "one communi- Court will allow such a "bla- law to improve the determi- the recent incident of a young attacked Prime Minister instructed not to do celebra- by the then Congress govern- sive consultations with various ty" and refuses to grant its tant violation" of the funda- nation of refugee status or veterinarian being raped, killed Narendra Modi over rape inci- tions due to death of 43 people ment led by Jawaharlal Nehru. stakeholders from the region to members asylum from mental tenets of India's ensure decent treatment of and set ablaze in Hyderabad by dents in various parts of the in one of the worst fire acci- "Let me remind the critics address their apprehensions. oppression on the same con- Constitution to go unchecked. refugees, he alleged. four people. country, alleging that rule of dents in the city. &-&,   . 0 ,  DE%2(C %2( $7$/8 05 5 , ,/  !    &#  ! %'  he reservation for SCs and  , "!,  TSTs in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies will be extended for     !  another 10 years, but the nom- ination of the Anglo-Indian %'  in the feedback of the com- community in the legislature mon man. will end from January next rime Minister Narendra According to the state- year, according to a Bill listed PModi on Sunday stressed ment, PM recognised the pulls for introduction in the lower on the role of effective polic- and pressures confronting house on Monday. The reser- ! (  1 (    , (       ing in ensuring that women police officers in their day-to- vation for these categories in #     '   D#    ! 567/8 ##&) feel safe and secure. day discharge of duties. Lok Sabha and Assemblies was  !     !"# His remarks came against "However, he said whenever to expire on January 25, 2020. the backdrop of recent cases of they are in doubt they should According to Constitution %'  C(! major overhaul and recasting of crimes against women which remember the ideals and the (126th) Amendment Bill, the the Indian Penal Code and the has triggered a public outcry. spirit with which they reservation to SCs, STs and the nion Home Minister Amit Code of Criminal Procedure so Addressing a DGP/IGP appeared for the civil services Anglo-Indian community in UShah has asserted the that it will reflect the aspirations conference at Pune, the Prime exams and continue to work in Lok Sabha and State NDA Government's resolve to of a modern democracy and Minister also said officials national interest, keeping in Assemblies was granted for 70 amend the IPC and the CrPC provide for speedy justice. must at all times strive to mind the welfare of the weak- years when the Constitution to make them more conducive At the 54th conference of improve the image of the police est and poorest sections of came into being. for the country, amid the the Director Generals of Police force to inspire confidence society," the statement said. Through the bill, the reser- debate on delay in criminal jus- and Inspector Generals of among all sections of society Modi expressed his special vation for only the SC and ST tice delivery system, especial- Police, held in Pune, "The Home including women and children. interest for development of communities - and not the ly in heinous crimes like rape. Minister underscored the A statement issued by the northeastern states which is Anglo-Indian community - Shah's statement came days Government's resolve to initiate Prime Minister's Office said critical for Govt's Act East Policy will be extended till January 25, after the Ministry of Home changes in the IPC and CrPC to that PM Modi was of the view and urged DGPs of these States 2030. 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%')0) )'+'    9 9  6  :   5 E      "&(3 3$     +!      +   P     Panaji: Union Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad crime and then was gang-raped, the mother " Minister branch on Sunday arrested two persons of the victim said. Shripad Naik for the gang-rape of a 14-year-old girl “We want the Government to %) ) #  @!(A on Sunday in Vadodara, police said. ensure the case is heard in a fast-track expressed the The mother and sister of the vic- court and the accused are hanged to man in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district need for strict tim demanded that the two men, iden- death, so that it sets an example for oth-      Awas arrested on Sunday for allegedly rap- implementation tified as Kishan Mathasuriya (28) and ers,” she said. ing his minor daughter under the influence of of laws to pun- Jaso Solanki (21), be hanged to “The Gujarat Government shoul- alcohol, police said. ish rapists. death. drequest the High Court to fast-track %) ( $ The 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by When The two were held from Tarsali this case. The State should provide ded- the accused on Saturday night in a village under asked about locality of Vadodara where they lived, icated public prosecutors for the case,” nion Minister Ravi Shankar Kotwali Dehat police station, Circle Officer recent incidents Ahmedabad Special Commissioner of the victim’s sister said. UPrasad on Sunday said he Triyambak Nath Dubey said. in Unnao and Hyderabad, he said, “Cases are Police (Crime), Ajay Tomar said. Earlier in the day, Gujarat Chief would write to Chief Ministers and The girl’s mother filed a police complaint being reported from across the country. There “Mathasuriya is originally from Minister said the High Court Chief Justices of all the and the man was arrested in the morning, he is a need for strict implementation of existing Tarapur village in Anand, and Solanki Vadodara rape case, like those in States to complete investigation said. laws”. is from Jasdan in Rajkot. Ahmedabad Rajkot and Surat, would be heard by into cases of rape and those regis- According to the complaint, the accused He was speaking in Vasco in Goa on the side- crime branch worked in coordination fast-track courts to ensure tered under the POCSO Act in two returned to his house in an inebriated state and lines of a function. with the Vadodara city police to crack speedy punishment to the months. raped the girl, Dubey said. “Laws should be implemented strictly so as the case,” Tomar told reporters. perpetrators. Trial of such cases should also After hearing the girl’s cries, the family to instill fear in the minds of such criminals. The girl was raped on the night of “Gujarat police have worked hard be completed within six months, members and neighbours rushed to save her. There is a demand to give more tooth to laws and November 28 in Navlakhi Compound with intelligence to ensure all the the Union Law and justice Minister On seeing them, the man shouted that the girl the Central government is considering it,” the area on Rajmahal Road in Vadodara, accused in the three cases, in Rajkot, said. be handed over to him, Dubey said citing the Union Minister of State for Defence said. where she had gone along with her male Surat and Vadodara, are arrested. The “I am going to write letters to complaint. A 23-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh’s friend. state government will ensure the cases all the chief ministers urging them to of all the high courts to dispose of expe- The complainant alleged that her husband Unnao district was set afire by five men, includ- The accused thrashed the boy are heard in fast-track court, and the complete the investigation within two ditiously all cases relating to rape and had tried to rape the girl earlier but was ing two of her alleged rapists, on Thursday morn- accompanying the minor and then accused are given either life imprison- months in rape and POCSO cases,” POCSO pending in the Fast Track thrashed by his children. ing when she was going to Rae Bareli to attend dragged her to an isolated place with- ment or capital punishment,” Rupani Prasad told reporters. Courts,” he said. A case has been registered against the a court hearing. in the compound and took turns to rape told reporters. Incidents of rape and crimes against Prasad’s comment came in the back- accused under relevant sections of the Indian She succumbed to burn injuries on Friday her before escaping. As part of the probe, police had women are unfortunate and highly drop of nationwide outrage over the Penal Code and the Protection of Children night. The incident came days after the gang-rape “My daughterwas forced to walk issued two different sketches of the condemnable, Prasad said. alleged rape and murder cases at from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the offi- and murder of a young veterinary doctor in through thorny bushes because of accused and even announced a reward “I will also write to the chief justices Hyderabad and Unnao. cer said. Hyderabad that sparked national outrage. PTI which she received injuries on her legs, of  1 lakh for information. PTI 1  :  R #)G 802 1<) /12   ( &;; 0  !    21 0820 / 2    +    7         ; ;011 < Patna: A high incidence of child traffick- years.    ing has been reported from Bihar in the lat- Asked about the number of FIRs and 85202 2   est National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) charge-sheets being far less than the report- R2     Kolkata: City Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma on Report which puts the rate, at over one per ed cases, Additional Director General of Sunday urged people to dial 100 and reach out to police Bhavnagar: Three persons were arrest- %) '!F ++ #(!# day, among the highest in the country. Police (CID) Vinay Kumar said, “if a child Muzaffarnagar: A minor girl was found as soon as they find any woman in distress. ed in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district for According to the NCRB figures, the is trafficked from Bihar to any other state, to be pregnant in Uttar Pradesh’s He promised to keep the identities of the callers con- allegedly raping a minor girl repeatedly he police has found the body state ranked third Just behind Rajasthan and the case gets lodged in the latter. Police res- Muzaffarnagar district, five months after fidential, if they desired so. over a year, while the victim’s mother, Tof an eight-year-old girl stuffed West Bengal in 2017 when 362 boys and cue the child from the other state and bring she was allegedly raped by a youth in the “Did you see someone or something suspicious? who abetted the crime, is absconding, in a sack from a litchi orchard in 33 girls below 18 years of age were rescued him or her back”. same area, police said. Did you see any lady in distress? Did you see any per- said police on Sunday. Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, police from the clutches of traffickers. Moreover, he said the data collated in On Saturday, the 14-year-old went to son in problem? Plz #dial100 and inform us. We will The incident took place in Bhutiya said. The deceased’s grand father Out of these 395 children, 366 were put the NCRB report is based on inputs pro- hospital where she was confirmed to be keep your identity confidential if you desire village in Palitana taluka and an FIR suspected that the girl, who was into forced labour, the NCRB report says, vided by the police only once during the four months pregnant following which @KolkataPolice,” Sharma tweeted. was lodged on Saturday, an official said, missing since Friday night, might adding that Rajasthan topped the list in the compilation and that there was a need for her father lodged a complaint at Titawi Last week, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata adding that the victim was 12 years old. have been killed after being raped. country with 886 cases of child trafficking “a system to feed real-time data”. police station, they said. Banerjee had directed all police stations to register com- “The victim’s father filed a case “The police recovered an during the period followed by West Bengal “Work is on to implement online Police said a case was registered and plaints of violence against women without delay. alleging three men repeatedly raped his eight-year-old girl’s body stuffed in with 450. Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and the accused Chinu arrested under She asked the senior officers to penalise police per- daughter over a year and that his wife a sack on Saturday morning. The The report, released in October last, also Systems in the state, which would serve the Sections 376 (punishment for sonnel, who refused to file a complaint in such cases. had abetted the crime. The victim has deceased’s legs and throat were tied says that Bihar police registered 121 FIRs purpose”, he added. rape) and 506 (punishment for criminal On Friday, the Kolkata Police had arrested 74 peo- told us that her father used to be fed with a rope,” Ahiyapur police sta- in 2017 against traffickers but could not file Asked about measures taken to reha- intimidation) of IPC and relevant pro- ple from different parts of the city, during its drive something due to which he would pass tion SHO Vikas Rai said. The exact a single charge-sheet, thus resulting in zero bilitate a rescued child, the ADGP (CID), visions of the Protection of Children from against eve-teasers, trouble-mongers and unruly out, after which the accused would cause of her death will be known conviction in trafficking cases. who counts “poverty and illiteracy” as the Sexual Offences (POCSO) motorcycle riders. rape her,” he said. after post-mortem examination, The NCRB report called Crime in India two primary factors responsible for child Act. Sharma also rubbished a social media post which He identified the arrested three as the SHO said. presents annual statistics of various crimes trafficking, said “the State’s labour and social According to the complaint, it is claimed that the Kolkata Police was providing “free ride Shanti Dhandhukiya (46), Babubhai The matter is being investi- recorded in the country in a given year. The welfare departments have come out with a alleged that the girl was raped by the to women between 10pm-6am”. Sartanpara (43) and Chandresh gated from all possible angles, Rai report is released every year usually but this slew of schemes specifically for such juve- accused when she had gone to the fields “This is an incorrect message circulating in social Sartanpara (32). PTI said. time, it has been issued almost after two niles”. PTI five months ago. PTI media,” he tweeted. PTI '' #(#(     +   ?  5 20525 1 1   )5%00 '*&' &*%) *"* $ Darjeeling adding Government’s “intimidating 85%052G5    205052 “in most blocks of tactics” he said the police have he All India Majlis-e- the State, we have been stopping the AIMIM Panaji: The Goa unit of the Shiv Sena on Sunday ,! /# DHC/ 08 TIttehad-ul-Muslimeen 10,000-15,000 mem- from holding its programes. termed as “irresponsible” Chief Minister Pramod seems almost to have landed at bers.” “They have arrested our Malda Sawant’s statement in which he blamed the “laid- the backyard of Trinamool The steady rate district in-charge Matiur back” attitude of Goans for the current onion cri- %)(  &   202 Congress. of AIMIM’s expan- Rahaman flimsy ground for a sis. Apparently posing the sion in Bengal has social media post in which he Sawant had recently said that the ‘sushegad’ he Goa Government will revive farming Kolkata: With the price of biggest challenge for Chief even drawn Mamata criticised Banerjee (laid- back) attitude of Goans is to be blamed for Tculture and encourage cultivation of onions touching  150 per kilo- Minister Mamata Banerjee Banerjee to openly Government`s policies.” the rising onion prices in the State.’ onions in the State so that issues like rising gram in Kolkata, the West since she came to power in attack the party and Saying that his party would “Making irresponsible statements like people prices of the bulb do not affect the common Bengal Government on Sunday 2011 AIMIM chief Asaduddin its chief alleging how contest from all the seats in of Goa are sushegad, due to which the man, a state minister has said. announced it will sell the veg- Owaisi has decided to formal- “BJP has employed Bengal in the 2021 State polls onion prices are high, makes no Talking to reporters on etable at a subsidised rate from ly launch his outfit in Bengal. AIMIM has sought per- some agents from Hyderabad Hasan said the condition of the sense,” Shiv Sena’s Goa unit vice pres- Saturday, BJP MLA and Goa’s fair price shops in the city. State AIMIM chief mission from the Army which and imported them to Bengal Muslims has not improved not ident and spokesperson Rakhi Waste Management Minister Onions will be sold at  59 Zameerul Hasan has said that is the custodian of the historic to divide minority votes.” one bit in the past one decade Prabhudesai Naik said. Michael also said that the per kilogram from 935 fair his party would launch its Brigade ground. “They have She recently asked the of TMC rule though the whole She also questioned the silence of -led price shops in Kolkata from Bengal unit following a grand allowed other parties like the minority voters to “ignore the community strongly backed women BJP leaders in the state over Government will also work Monday, a Food and Supplies rally at Brigade Parade Ground TMC, BJP and Left to hold BJP’s agents from Hyderabad Mamata Banerjee. the onion price hike, and sought to towards reviving the “slowly Department official told sometime in the third week of their respective rallies. We because and consolidate your- Muslims are in majority in know if they were not affected by dwindling” agricultural econ- reporters here. January. expect them to allow us to hold self behind the Trinamool Murshidabad (about 70 per- it. omy of the state. “We will sell the vegetable “Our party has silently our own rally too. If they don’t Congress because they have not cent) and Malda (about 55 “The rising prices of onion is affecting every “Twenty five years back, Goa was total- at the subsidised rate after worked for the past several then we will go to the High come to win elections but percent) districts and they are household. But the BJP women leaders don’t seem ly self- sufficient as far as agriculture is con- procuring it at market price years to build on its organisa- Court.” divide votes.” almost nearing 50 percent in to be affected by it,” she said. cerned. Our parents and grandparents used from wholesalers,” he said. tional base in Bengal and now On whether his party Hasan on the other hand North Dinajpur and two 24 “What is shocking is that onions in Goa are to grow vegetables, especially onions. Goan Each family will get at most we are almost ready with a would be able to match the hit back wondering “why is she Parganas. Together these dis- more expensive as compared to other States. onions are famous across India,” he said. one kilogram of onion at a time grand launch plan,” Hasan said TMC’s might considering its (Banerjee) so nervous about tricts account for about 105 There should be some explanation for this. The “We want to encourage cultivation of on producing ration cards, he adding his party would launch massive support base among our presence in Bengal if we are seats. Pramod Sawant-led Government has failed to con- onions, so that the rising prices of the crop said. State Education Minister itself in the month of January the Muslim community that so insignificant. Why is her Alleging discrimination trol the prices,” she said. She asked why BJP’s women across the country will not affect Goans,” he Partha Chatterjee said, “We next year by holding a mega account for about 30 percent of Government bringing false against the Muslims, he said leaders like Kunda Chodankar, Sheetal Naik and said. Lobo said manure or non-chemical fer- are trying to do our bit. But, the rally at the Brigade Parade the State’s total voter strength charges against our members that after coming to power Sulakshana Sawant, who are always at the forefront tiliser can be provided from the Centre does not seem to be Ground, “where our national Hasan said that his party has and putting them behind the TMC had released 90 people to address the media during elections, were silent waste treatment plant in Goa for organic concerned about the spiralling president Asaduddin Owaisi proper units in all the 21 dis- bar?” serving life term but “not one on the issue. PTI farming. prices of onions.” PTI will be the main speaker.” tricts in place save Purulia and Alleging the TMC of them is a Muslim.” ? 1 P      

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%) (! Government had taken proactive ten. Our history was not steps in this regard recently. properly included in the 9 + +     ice President M He said, in order to create world- syllabus because we fol- Von Sunday said it was sad that no class universities, there was a need to lowed Macaulay’s educa- Indian university figured among the attract the best talent as teachers in tion system,” he lament- !    + 9   top 300 in this year’s Time World Indian universities. ed. University Ranking, and stressed on “To make teaching more attrac- Naidu said it was the need to improve quality of edu- tive, faculty should be encouraged to unfortunate that even Pune: Vice President M Venkaiah Rae Bareli to attend a court hear- roots and culture,” he said. cation in the country. undertake consultancy projects and after 70 plus years of Naidu on Sunday said bringing ing. He added that looking at such Addressing students at the 16th must be provided financial support Independence, remnants laws to curb atrocities against She succumbed to burn incidents from the prism of reli- convocation ceremony at Symbiosis for start-ups. At the same time, we of colonial systems con- women was not the only solution injuries on Friday night. gion and politics would ensure that International University here, Naidu have to ensure accountability and tinue. as “political will” and “adminis- The incident came days after the “cause is lost”. said there wasa need to strategise to performance of teachers,” said the “Time has come to trative skills” were required to the gang-rape and murder of a The vice president said such ensure Indian universities can rank vice president. give up this colonial end the social evil. young veterinary doctor in incidents were giving the country among the top 100 and then in the He said, in many foreign uni- mindset, colonial edu- Referring to recent incidents Hyderabad that sparked national a bad name, but cautioned against top 50 in the world. versities, performance of college fac- cation and go back to our in Unnao and Hyderabad, Naidu outrage. indulging in politics at the expense “We have to again make India a ulty is evaluated by their peers and ment, and lastly employment. ancient, Indian, traditional, rich, said, “In Indian culture, we treat a Addressing the 16th convoca- of the nation during such vishwa guru. And for that to happen, students. “But unfortunately we are taking curricular heritage and history of our woman as a mother, a tion of the Symbiosis International times. we have to improve the quality of “We should consider setting up the last one as the first one...Today education,” he said. sister. But what has happened in University here, the vice president “It is giving India a bad name. education in Indian universities. It is a similar mechanism for the perfor- values are going down in every field. Naidu asked students to be pre- recent days in certain parts is real- said bringing new laws was not the Some people are claiming India is sad to note no Indian university mance audit of professors. This may Be it politics, public life, adminis- pared for the Fourth Industrial ly shameful and a challenge for all solution. becoming capital of so and so. I do could find a place among the top 300 complement the existing system, tration, journalism, judiciary, there Revolution, adding there was need of us. We must vow to ensure this “We brought a Bill on not want to get into that... We universities in this year’s Time World generally based on the number of is a certain erosion that has taken for sustainable solutions to every day sort of discrimination, these atroc- Nirbhaya. What happened? Was should not denigrate our country University Ranking. We need to research papers or publications by the place... We must arrest it and must go challenges. ities are stopped the problem solved? I am not and we should not get into politics think about the factors responsible teachers. After the quality of educa- back to our values,” he said. “We need good policy support immediately.” against any bill or new law, but in such matters of atrocities,” he for this,” he said. tion, another issue of utmost impor- Naidu stressed on teaching “our and resource-management advice A 23-year-old woman from what I always feel is political will said. He said there was urgent need to tance is affordability of education,” he history” to children so that they draw from institutes such as this, for our Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district was and administrative skills to kill the Naidu said the need of the fill posts of teaching staff lying said. inspiration from it. science, technology and innovation set afire by five men, including two social evil are needed. Change in hour was for teachers to inculcate vacant in Central and State univer- Naidu said education is enlight- “Unfortunately, due to colonial to fructify and improve the quality of of her alleged rapists, on Thursday the mindset is the need of the hour right values among students and sities, and claimed the Union enment, empowerment, enhance- rule, our history is not properly writ- human lives,” he added. morning when she was going to and that we should go back to the show them the right path. PTI               9#      !  $ 0  Sabarimala: With the Lord TDB member Vijaykumar said. This year, the Government Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala The shrine had opened for has said it would decide on Lucknow: The All India Shia Board spokesperson witnessing a heavy flow of the mandala pooja on whether to provide police cover Personal Law Board (AISPLB) Maulana Yasoob Abbas, while devotees, the income of the November 16. for women between 10-50 on Sunday urged the Centre to referring to the Citizenship shrine has touched over  69 While the sale from ‘ara- years of age to offer worship at reconsider its plans on imple- (Amendment) Bill, said, crore in the first 20 days of the vana prasadam’ touched the temple on the basis of the menting the National Register “Provisions should be made so ongoing two-month-long pil-  28.26 crore, from ‘appam apex court’s directions on the of Citizens (NRC) across the that Shia Muslims who are grim season. prasadam’ it was  4.2 crore petitions filed by some women country. facing atrocities in Pakistan and Till December 6, the rev- during the period. activists. The board also passed a Afghanistan get Indian citi- enue touched  69.39 crore The ‘hundi’ collections Bhumata brigade leader resolution in this regard at its zenship like the non-Muslims.” which was about  27.55 crore stood at  23.58 crore. Trupti Desai had to return annual meeting here and said The AISPLB in the resolu- more than it was in the corre- The temple complex and from Kochi once again this year Shia Muslims, who are faithful tion also demanded that the sponding period of the 2018-19 many parts of the State had wit- without being able to go to citizens of the country, but have Centre should give reservations pilgrim season, the Travancore nessed unprecedented protests Sabarimala following protests been unable to purchase any to Shia Muslims during admis- Devaswom Board (TDB) that last year after the CPI(M)- led by devotees opposing the entry property or possess any record sion in educational institu- administers the affairs of the LDF Government decided to of women in the menstrual age pertaining to their education, tions and jobs, and also that shrine, said implement the September 28 group into the temple. should not face any problems they should get appropriate During the previous sea- apex court verdict allowing Police, citing security rea- because of the National representation in Central Haj son, the revenue during the women of all age groups to sons, also refused them pro- @              1     '     Register of Citizens. Committee. PTI period was  41.84 crore, a offer prayers at the hill shrine. tection. PTI   !"# &88; 5        "#      021 3    !     " 0   0 / $%&&   " %6  7 Jammu: The 270-km-long %) )% !#! polling, is crucial for BJP, which strength, following the Jammu-Srinagar national high- needs to win at least six seats disqualifications. Puducherry: Chief Justice of Madras High Court Justice way was closed for traffic on he future of the four- to remain in majority. The Assembly will still  '& Dr A P Sahi on Sunday said in spite of several diversities, Sunday to facilitate “necessary Tmonth-old BS Yedyurappa- Chief Minister BS have two vacant seats, where regional differences and social and political upheavals India repair work”, while one-way led BJP Government in Yediyurappa had won the bypolls were not due to pend- Indore: Twenty seven students student from Varanasi’s IIT (BHU), has proved to the world that its constitution has allowed traffic resumed on 434-km Karnataka will be clear on confidence motion on July 29 ing litigations in high court. across 10 Indian Institutes of IIT (Indian School of Mines) the people to remain united. Srinagar-Leh highway and Monday when the counting of after the effective strength of As of now, the BJP has 105 Technology (IITs) in the country Dhanbad and IIT Kanpur took the In his address at the celebration of 70th Law Day Mughal road after remaining votes in the crucial by-elections the 225—member assembly MLAs (including an indepen- have committed suicide in the last extreme step. (Constitution Day) organised by Puducherry Bar closed for several weeks due to to 15 Assembly constituencies (including the Speaker who has dent), the Congress 66 and the five years, reply to a Right to However, no reply was given Association, the Chief Justice said, “our Constitution is the heavy snowfall, officials said. is taken up. a casting vote) came down to JD(S) 34. Besides, there is one Information (RTI) query has to the query which sought to longest written Constitution and has the largest amend- Inspector General of The counting of votes 208 and the majority mark to BSP member, a nominated revealed. know the reasons behind the IIT ments.However it is a living entity Police, traffic, Alok Kumar polled in the December 5 polls, 105, equivalent of BJP’s current MLA and the Speaker. As per the data provided by students’ suicides. because it is life itself and encompasses every aspect of said vehicular movement on which saw a voter turnout of the Department of Higher When asked about the mea- human life.” the Jammu-Srinagar national 67.91 per cent, will begin at 8 Education working under the sures taken to prevent student sui- Justice Sahi, who also felicitated senior lawyers on the highway, the only all-weather am in 11 centres and all the *   "! Ministry of Human Resource and cides in the country’s premier occasion said, “the Constitution has seen its evolution, road linking Kashmir with the results were most likely to be Development (MHRD), IIT technical institutes, the reply said, application and fall outs during the last seventy years since rest of the country, was sus- out by the afternoon, election ,  "!! Madras tops the list with suicides “Systems are in place in IITs to it was framed.” pended for the day to allow officials said. by seven students during this enquire and take action in all com- Noting that the power of pen was greater, the Chief road maintenance agencies to The bypolls were held to fill Bengaluru: Ahead of the partys (BJP) victory in the period. plaints received from students in Justice said this power should however be used very care- carry out “necessary repair the vacancies caused by the dis- counting of votes for the polls and successful comple- In the reply to a query asked IIT campuses, which includes fully.”You have heard a lot about instant, instantaneous, work”. qualification of 17 rebel byelections at 15 Assembly tion of his tenure in the next by RTI activist Chandrashekhar Student Grievance Cell, quick justice and justice at door steps. But remember what- While convoys of security Congress and JD(S) MLAs, segments, leaders in three-and-a-half years. Gaur on December 2, the MHRD Disciplinary Action Committee, ever is legal that is only just,” he told the gathering of personnel were allowed to ply whose revolt led to collapse of Karnataka visited temples His party needs at least said that between 2014 and 2019, Counseling Centres, etc.” lawyers. on the highway from both the HD Kumaraswamy-led and Maths on Sunday seeking six seats in the Assembly. seven students from IIT Madras, Meanwhile, Anand Kumar, Justice Sahi said the founding fathers of the sides-- Srinagar and Jammu, coalition Government in July divine intervention. At the end of the rituals, five from IIT Kharagpur and three founder of “Super 30”, a Patna- Constitution took care of doctrine of separation of pow- civilian traffic was restricted. and paved the way for BJP to Chief Minister BS the priest tied a turban each from IIT Delhi and IIT based institute giving coaching to ers by placing judiciary at a level that was far beyond the The step was taken to come to power. Yediyurappa went to around his head.The 86-year- Hyderabad committed suicide. meritorious students from poor legislature and Executive and by placing judiciary at a level ensure that the highway which Twelve of the 15 seats were Dharmasthala and sought the old JD(S) patriarch and for- Two students each from IIT families to prepare for the IIT like a bastion that no one is able to penetrate. was damaged by recent land- held by the Congress and three blessings of Lord Manjunatha. mer prime minister H D Bombay, IIT Guwahati and IIT entrance examination, expressed Judge of the Madras High Court Justice R Sureshkumar slides in Ramban sector can be by JD(S). Amid chanting of hymns, Deve Gowda performed puja Roorkee also ended their lives dur- concern over the suicides by the (who is the portfolio Judge for Puducherry) and Principal repaired and to facilitate the pas- The outcome of the bypoll, Yediyurappa performed a spe- at Sai Baba temple at ing the period, it said. students belonging to the top District Judge of Puducherry P Dhanabal were among sage of security convoys. PTI which recorded 67.91 per cent cial puja in the temple for his Shirdi. PTI During this period, one each technical institutes. PTI those who spoke. PTI #  %    > P  OP           <  )&*) '!') issue of tree-felling in Mumbai 3   chief minister on November 26, +   Q R and elsewhere in the state. Amruta put an interesting n an unusual development, A news report based on    4"  tweet, saying: “Palat me aaun- Iformer Chief Minister and which Amruta had put out the  , 5 gi shakhon pe khushbuye lekar, Srinagar: Describing himself Subedar and was later made leader of the Opposition tweet alluded to a public inter- khija ki jad mein hoon, as an Army man “till grave”, Honorary Captain, ’s banker- est litigation filed in the  (! mausam jara badal ne de (I will Honorary Captain Mohammed told PTI. wife Amruta Fadnavis on Aurangabad bench of the   ! come back with fresh fra- Ilyas Ahmed even after his Running a condiment busi- Sunday took to the twitter to Bombay High Court had quot- ""M!! !N grance...let the season change retirement helps in training ness post-retirement, Ahmed, slam the ruling Shiv Sena for its ed a project report prepared by a bit)”. troops to face avalanches in the father of two daughters and a double-standards on the issue the Aurangabad Municipal  !!  “Thanks Mah for memo- higher reaches of the Kashmir son, was quick to pack his bags of tree-felling in Mumbai and Corporation (AMC) as saying ( ,!   rable 5yrs as your ????? !The valley. after the army post in Tangdhar Aurangabad. that “there is a need to cut at love showered by you will Hailing from the remote requested him to lead a rescue Not used to taking on her least 1,000 trees”, while the "     always make me nostalgic! I village of Tangdhar in north team to a forward post along husband’s political opponents AMC’s affidavit had said a ,  ,    tried to perform my role to best Kashmir, Ahmed retired from the Line of Control. directly, Amruta made a depar- “minimum number of trees” of my abilities-with desire only the Army’s Jammu and The team had to walk for ture as she took a pot shot at will be cut. The petitioner’s ,  #  to serve & make a Kashmir Light Infantry in 2016 five hours on a severely diffi- the Shiv Sena for the party-con- lawyer Sunny Khinwsara had " 4 positive diff (erence),” she after 31 years of service in the cult terrain and in extreme trolled Aurangabad Municipal invited tenders for cutting 330 tweeted. mountains. weather conditions to partici- Corporation’s move to hack trees. The high court is sched- Uddhav had said: “I believe in the construction of a car shed ard, rusty spotted cat and Later on December 1 three But the motto of his regi- pate in the rescue efforts. 1,000 trees to facilitate uled to hear the case on fulfilling promises I make... I for Metro phase-III. more”. days after Shiv Sena president ment — Balidanam Vir “Unfortunately, we could construction of a memorial December 16. have been thinking what to do Yuv Sena leader Aditya Excepting campaigning for Uddhav Thackeray, Amruta Lakshanam (sacrifice is a char- rescue only one person alive for late Bal Thackeray at It may be recalled that in a for Mumbai... You may Thackeray, who has long been her husband Devendra re-tweeted a tweet put out by acteristic of the brave) — while three other brave soldiers Aurangabad’s Priyadarshini first major decision taken after remember the Mumbai car opposing the tree felling at Fadnavis during the current her husband Fadnavis: etched on his mind even after had fallen to nature’s fury even Park. assuming the highest office in shed issue had generated con- Aarey Colony and was among and earlier elections and also “Demanded immediate assis- he hung up his boots. before we arrived,” said Ahmed, “Hypocrisy is a disease! Get the State, Maharashtra chief siderable heat during the elec- the first lot to raise a protest being on his side as the wife of tance of Rs 25,000 per hectare “An Army man is always who was conferred with well soon @ShivSena’ ! Tree minister Uddhav Thackeray tions.. As a first, I have stayed against Friday night’s tree the chief minister at various for the unseasonal rain affect- an Army man till the grave- ‘Chinar Corps Medallion’ by cutting— at ur convenience or had on November 29 stayed the the work on the metro car shed felling, had on the night of functions between 2014 and ed farmers in the State yard,” said 63-year-old Ahmed, Kashmir-based XV corps Lt allowing tree cutting only when work on the at Aarey colony. The car shed October 4 tweeted: “A project 2019, Amruta – who is the Axis Legislative Assembly today. whose services were utilised in Gen KJS Dhilon at a function you earn commission - unpar- construction of a car shed for work will not resume till we that should be executed with Bank’s Vice President- CM Uddhav Thackeray ji had the first week of this month by on Saturday. donable sins !! ,” Amruta tweet- Metro phase-III at Aarey take a full review of the pride, the Metro 3, Corporate Head of West India already demanded this assis- the Army when an avalanche Lt Gen Dhillon said the ed. Colony in south Mumbai, project”. @MumbaiMetro3 has to do it --had till recently by and large tance while touring in affected hit its camp in Tangdhar medal was given to him in Through her tweet, pending a total review of the The Shiv Sena had in the in the cover of the night, with kept herself out of politics areas. Now its time to fulfil that area. recognition of his exemplary Amruta made no bones about project. run-up to the October 21 State shame, slyness and heavy cop involving her husband. demand !”. “Duty towards the nation services, dedication and com- her displeasure over the hypo- Within a couple hours after Assembly had vehemently cover. The project supposed to However, after Devendra Amruta married Fadnavis and the army comes first,” mitment even after his retire- critical stand adopted by the assuming the office at opposed “illegal” tree felling at get Mumbai clean air, is hack- Fadnavis put in resignation in December 2005. They have Ahmed, who retired as Naib ment. PTI Shiv Sena over the contentious Mantralaya (State Secretariat), Aarey colony to pave way for ing down a forest with a leop- ending 80-hour stint as the a daughter named Divija.  # $  #%&'()% "  8     00/=08C105  J$(05  52 8=08C105 C ( (! 6( 3# # " =  !    > R      R     ! "  +    !,              $5 520508 2050B 5 2515072 /   (                            --  0212<2505O50521 1 08    2,,9   3:     girls’ rights to education and a     /    (    ( healthy life, yet clipping them             when it comes to their marital rights, subsuming them to the              will and exploitation of their hus-            bands.             4    As per the Constitution of India, every law which is passed             ( must be in conformity with the            (  &)*+ 19 9 principles and ideas as enshrined          #              ( in the Constitution. Any law which fails to meet its required    3+-                 hey are rape survivors, too. Perhaps standards can be considered

  /         %         ( the most neglected and trauma- ultra vires, struck down or be                 tised among women in our coun- declared unconstitutional.                *    try. Yet they do not draw eyeballs, Therefore, we need to acknowl- nor are they allowed to speak up. edge marital rape. Would India,  ;$  $            <     ThereT is no law to help them. Nobody rages which is positing itself as an     /  3:=,    (        over them simply because their horror and emergent power, want to be   $  ; /  %    %   / 3::= humiliation aren’t dramatic enough to get a bracketed with countries where whole nation to turn vigilantes overnight or marital rape is permitted by law,              *>$ %           simply because they have become too normal namely Ghana, Lesotho, Oman,       (          compared to the abnormal excesses of a Singapore and Sri Lanka, accord- 0  ; %               ( Nirbhaya or a Disha. They have the pain of ing to a study by Equality Now? an old wound, which becomes unbearable at What of our lawmakers,           32      times but then dulls out as one of life’s many whom we have empowered to                  humiliations that you learn to live with. Yet change our systems? They only .  (               ( they are brutalised daily in their own homes, take us back to putrid medieval- by the men they are supposed to trust the ism in the name of holding up                        most, their husbands. So there is no tri- Bharatiya sanskar. Consider the                 /  umphalism in rescuing them, simply because following remarks made across             /  %       they are in the custody of spousal security. the political spectrum. For for- Hence, they are best forgotten. mer Bihar Health Minister                    Marital rape, which can be as gruesome Mangal Pandey, “virgin” means        . S /        when it comes to bestial practices, if not more, the same as “unmarried” and  8 /#/         !  4  ( is hardly ever up for discussion. This despite “pure”, implying that married the Justice JS Verma Committee recommend- women do not qualify for discus-          0   ? $      ing that it be criminalised while reviewing sion. In April 2014, while oppos-             .         rights protocols post Nirbhaya. Yet it contin- ing death penalty to three men   (                 ues to be the darkest cloud over a woman’s convicted in a gangrape case, for- autonomy on her own body, her choice, her mer Samajwadi Party supremo     ?0          3, (  free will and her right to say no, simply Mulayam Singh Yadav had said,  4       S            ( because her consent is believed to have been “Boys will be boys, they commit            )           implied, nay signed off, in her marital status. they are governed by the old al relations are with the wife guilt, not in its denial. Besides, mistakes.” And that endorse-                     Worse, marital rape is the least reported of sex- patriarchal mindset of deciding instead of another woman? So Section 122 of the Indian ment continues when they ual violence against women in police files. what a woman needs, an impo- loyalty and infidelity have come Evidence Act prohibits disclosure become men. In 2013, Congress  S       .     (     ( According to some estimates, 99 per cent of sition of grants and doles from to be dependent on a man’s of communications during mar- general secretary Digvijaya Singh               . S    ( such cases are not reported. Some studies the male gaze rather than respect- right to the basest form of grat- riage in court unless one spouse crassly described Meenakshi               (  0   show that the average Indian woman is 17 ing the most basic of human ification like an on-demand ser- is being prosecuted for a crime Natarajan, party MP from times more likely to face sexual violence from rights, that of a woman’s mind. vice. Why should sexual incom- against the other. Mandsaur, as a “sau tunch maal” ;  $  8   9,(@,               ( her husband than from others. Even among And till this thinking changes, we patibility not be seen as a prob- Some degree of offensive or a desirable object. In 2013,    /                ( aware women, in high literacy States like Tamil will continue to be known to the lem? Because it is not, it is a and aggressive behaviour by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh       (           # %   Nadu and Karnataka, reporting of violence world as a “Rape Republic” than process of adjustment and can be husband has been normalised by (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat had is dismal. So consider the disfranchisement a “Republic of Women.” Till we solved. Do men realise that they society as a male habit that mar- said rapes were an urban crime                      ( of women when it comes to States that have revise the concept of marriage as may be raping their wives? No. ried women are expected to caused by Westernisation and do    ;    A        $  ;   a low female literacy, awareness and empow- one of equal partnership, prize it It does not amount to violence internalise. The justice system, not happen in rural India imbued 4  B$;4C             *  ( erment. In States such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh as a long-standing companion- against women. too, as a product of society, with traditional values. And in and Jharkhand, less than 0.5 per cent incidents ship and not just about legalised Such cultural conditioning is becomes wary of interfering in 2012 itself, Haryana’s former   /  0  6 4 B/064C # 2,3D   of violence against women were reported. sex, marital rape won’t even be so deeply embedded in our DNA what is unofficially considered a Chief Minister Om Prakash                      While unwilling sexual contact between considered a problem. that it has over the years result- private territory of a man-woman Chautala sanctified marriage as     $;4         S      %   a husband and a wife is recognised as a crim- The societal bias is so deep- ed in discriminatory laws, biased relationship. In unitising a mar- the best armoury of women’s inal offence in almost every country of the rooted that even the educated behaviour, skewed relationships riage, it overlooks an individual’s honour and justified a khap           >            world, India is one of the 36 nations that still elite is not immune to certain and a severely gendered view of rights, sovereignty and most panchayat’s advocacy of child              .        %   has not criminalised marital rape. Rape, as assumptions. And the prolonged marriage as an institution. Even importantly the woman’s invio- marriage, saying, “People used to       (         *        defined in Section 375 of the Indian Penal silence of women has come to be family members confine marital lability. It is also the easiest way marry their girls to save them Code, includes all forms of sexual assault, interpreted as their acceptance. rape to a simple relationship hur- of stifling her demands for eco- from Mughal atrocities.”                   involving non-consensual intercourse with Most men confronted with ques- dle between man and wife rather nomic rights in her marital We are still horribly gen-     (            a woman. However, Exception 2 to Section tions that they might be forcing than looking at it with the seri- home, particularly in the rural dered in our thinking and       $              ( 375 exempts unwilling sexual intercourse themselves on their wives usual- ousness it deserves. Despite con- scenario. depending on the evolutionary between a husband and a wife over 15 years ly come up with a predictable set sistent debates on criminalising Without any legal prop of scale in society, each stratum still  !     ; S             ( of age though in a recent judgment, the of replies or counter questions. marital rape, its critics deny the reassurance, abused women sim- sees women as negotiable tools of                     !  Supreme Court criminalised non-consensu- Doesn’t by virtue of agreeing to need for legislation saying a ply clam up for fear of being dis- fantasy, desire and even sadism.                     al sexual contact with a wife between 15 and marry, a woman give her perpet- woman’s concerns were well pro- believed, insulted, joked about or Men know they can legitimise all 18 years of age. This has opened the flood- ual consent to sexual relations? tected under Section 498 A and abused further. Violence, there- of them within the “sanctified”        . S           ( gates of appeals to challenge the entirety of Nobody asks if she wants it or not the Domestic Violence Act. Fact fore, becomes a tool of power construct called marriage. Yet it               Exception 2 as a whole. This is particularly on her terms. Why marry if she is both deal with an umbrella of play, of negotiating a woman’s is the most desanctified space for gaining traction as it undermines Article 14 is uncomfortable with the idea? abuse and not sexual violations place in society on a man’s terms. women, simply because in no of the Constitution, which guarantees equal Nobody understands that sex is per se. The Domestic Violence Assaulting her body becomes the other role is a woman presumed ("  rights to all citizens. just a sub-set of the entirety of Act provides for civil, not crim- easiest way to subjugate her self- to be so subservient. And for all empowerment initiatives by vows made by a man and inal redress. Counselling works worth. In fact, in a horribly lop- (The writer is Associate          ?; !   the Government, the fact of the matter is that woman. Isn’t it better that sexu- when there is an acceptance of sided template, we are pushing Editor, The Pioneer) #    @+         !   !    '  : 3        )    $0 1 20G 2 0 705 5 55 51L2 0 105L5/725 # $55505 = 08 51 20 25  5 2 0 00525<            )001221 022= 2050===0  !=$2 052 5172825 /      *      $2$5;2 25005002 2052052 ; 0 80 5= 022        +, $     72221=== 0251 51050810852= 2  082 8/0 2 5= 050 = 5=             2 67  3  -,,          ( ' 23243   3 5 3   *'  :+ 5 :2        #     K* K'02 K  2M 15 5 K )01    .   /       )       0  /          * * 3 3   3 33 9  :3     1         (     institutions — the education sys-                          tem, the polity and the judiciary. /           #    JS Acharya                    *  Sir — This refers to the editorial, 2  2010 <LO2010 0 22M Hyderabad “Let’s hold our horses” (December @8 NA=$ ;71/500    $           2,33      ( 7). 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Not just the        F PQ  P  Q appalling Nirbhaya incident in Delhi seven years ago when a bright physiotherapy intern was 0 "   P  Q       raped, beaten, tortured and then thrown out in             #    a naked and critically-injured condition from the      /                moving bus onto the streets of the national             )    Capital, leading to her death after a fortnight,         "         but countless others after that.                Remember, the rape of an eight-year-old girl            "   <   in Jammu’s Kathua district in January 2018? The  ' $$#        4       ( child was kept captive in an unconscious state "++ $<      4          in a temple for days as the brutes repeatedly $ $ $           raped her and finally snuffed her life out. !%%$ There are countless other cases of rape in "'  ?           ( Bareilly, Rampur, Greater Noida, Kandhamal,            #    *   ( # (M#- Mumbai, Birbhum, Chennai and Kolkata. It’s a D' !$<   P    Q           never-ending list, in State after State, day after      $         day, month after month, year after year and we                    as a nation just hang our heads in shame or shake +"#       #          them in disgust, horror and sympathy and at the $  go viral on the mainstream and social fessions” of the accused and some Public protests force politicians               most take out a candle march. ' $ ' $  - media. alleged “CCTV camera footage” the into a corner, thereby leading to fur-               ( As a matter of fact, statistics suggest we have ; % While statistics have their place, police have not produced a single piece ther politicisation of the issue and a   PQ           one rape every 15 minutes, which for the math- !($" what really makes matters worse for us of credible and concrete evidence to vociferous blame game, with little to      ematically-challenged adds up to 35,040 rapes D< E # ( here is our inability to put in place a link them to the crime. show for all the drama at the end of the a year, certainly 35,040 reasons for each of us - #< coherent and practical long-term pol- Thus the possibility that the four day. Fortunately for those in power,       (          ( to feel thoroughly ashamed and mortified. icy framework that is all-encompass- accused were picked up as scapegoats memories are short and public anger                ( #$ - D< E To be fair though, before either self-flagel- # " ing and will minimise, if not eliminate, to release the intense pressure on the transient and they can hope for the  0              lation crosses all limits and the majority of men such incidents. police cannot be wished away. As and return to status quo in short order.         PQ #        in the country come to be perceived as inveter- +"#  "+! Our response invariably is incre- when a case of this nature finally reach- Unfortunately, what the average cit-                  ate rapists, it would help to see the issue in a larg- $"+ mental, fragmented and emotional, es the courts, if it does, given the state izen is unable to understand is that the                ( er context. Statistics on the issue tend to be inac- $ "#"!% - with the public taking to the streets in of our judiciary there is an interminable broken criminal justice system adverse-             ( curate or unavailable, yet there are some com-  '  anger and frustration looking for wait for justice, sometimes with hor- ly impacts not just cases of rape but all      (        ( parative figures given out by the 2011 World '"#$ +  vengeance. We are unwilling, even for rendous consequences, best illustrated other criminal acts as well, putting in     Health Organisation (WHO) report (Violence a moment, to face the fact that we as by the recent Unnao case where the serious doubt our ability to exercise the #            against women — Intimate partner and sexual a society have failed our women and accused were granted bail while the rule of law, without which a democra- violence against women) or the self-proclaimed must take much of the blame because trial was in progress. cy can never sustain itself.                 independent agency, the World Population we do not teach our sons to respect Finally, if found guilty, which in Clearly, the system has been sub-                 / Review. women and not objectify them. itself is extremely doubtful given a verted by those very people who               /  ( While the WHO (as per data of 2010) and As author John Green puts it, pathetic conviction rate of around 40 would face its brunt and from whom,                   the World Population Review (2019) place inci- “The self-righteous scream judgments per cent, whether the sentence given we need protection. Moreover, to        /           dents of rape in India at 1.8 per 100,000 of the against others to hide the noise of skele- will be implemented in letter and believe that a system and processes that                   population based on police reports, a nation such tons dancing in their own closets.” spirit remains moot and cannot be are over 150 years old can dispense jus-              /   as the US, that has now issued a travel adviso- If one were to focus on systemic taken for granted. tice effectively in this day and age with-          ry for its citizens travelling through India, has issues, it is crystal clear that we have a For example, seven years on, the out any attempt to modernise is to live #               an incident rate of 27.3 per 100,000 of its pop- wholly disinterested and apathetic accused in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in a dream world.                ulation. police force, with extremely poor lead- are yet to face the noose, and these are Therefore, it is inevitable that      -,(+,          For that matter, South Africa leads with an ership, which is wholly incapable of the dregs of society. If to the collapse nothing will change unless public incident rate of 132.4 per 100,000 of the popu- conducting a professional, scientific of our criminal justice system, one were pressure forces a complete revamp of         #        lation. Undoubtedly, figures in India may be investigation that is timely or credible. to add elements of politics, our policing and judiciary so that fair                    more than a little skewed, because of unreport- This is best exemplified by the Government interference and plain investigations without interference are                ( ed cases or the unwillingness of the police to “encounter killings” of the four accused incompetence of the law enforcement feasible and courts are able to dispense           /        write them up, yet even if the incidents were ten in the recent Hyderabad rape case agencies, we have a very potent and justice quickly. That is the only way that #             .  ( times more than have been reported we would “while attempting to escape” after toxic brew in the making. we can deter such heinous crimes, but                still be better off than the US. “snatching the arms of the policemen.” How exactly will the system is such action feasible? Only time will               Incidentally, it is worth noting that most While this may get the police respond to the plethora of cases where tell. But in the meantime, time is run- /              other countries are no different than us and also force the much-needed praise from influential individuals are accused of ning out for the next victim, in the next                face the problem of under-reporting of cases of some members of the public and the such crimes is not difficult to guess as 15 minutes.             ( rape and molestation due to societal consider- political establishment, in point of fact we have enough examples of it in front (The writer, a military veteran, is a ations.Yet, despite whatever the facts may sig- it truly showcases their utter incompe- of us. Remember the likes of consultant with the Observer Research   E                 nify, we have already lost the perception battle tence to prevent, and when that fails, Chinmayanand, Asaram Bapu and the Foundation and a Senior Visiting Fellow                  worldwide due to our confused response on the to investigate such crimes. Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh with The Peninsula Foundation, B          C issue. More so, when incidents like that in Unnao The fact is that other than the “con- Insan? Chennai.) =  ,      >  1 <                    than 15 years. Last year in Washington and Pakistani expats demonstrating America. The results of this study indi- their home countries than by their middle classes (and diaspora) is being DC, during a session on the electoral support for the BJP and the PTI has cated that the political preferences of countries’ internal issues. Findings of shaped by the “State-temple-corporate behaviour of expat Americans, most been repeatedly observed but never immigrants change significantly both the studies also more than allude complex.” Rich Indians are heavily speakers were of the view that a major- fully studied. The answers may lie in because they adapt to the attitudes pre- to the fact that, outside the voting pat- investing in this by fusing Hindu ity of them tend to vote for the a study published in the May issue of vailing in the host country. terns of US and UK expats, immigrant nationalism with modern economics. Republican Party. No significant data the Oxford Academic Journal. Fidrmuc and Doyle found that voting can be fickle. Since most are This combination excites the Indian was shared to corroborate this but The study, conducted by two most Czech and Polish migrants liv- likely to vote for the Opposition, they diaspora and they identify it with some former US ambassadors attend- American political scientists, AC ing in Europe tended to vote for Right- can be quick to withdraw their sup- Modi. ""  # ing the session claimed that most Goldberg and Simon Lanz, concen- wing parties at home but interesting- port once the opposition comes to On the other hand, what excited "+$ ! )/334 &((9( Americans working in Asian and trated largely on European countries ly, those living in African and Middle- power and is slow to deliver. Both PTI the Pakistani diaspora about Khan was South American countries vote for the but they argue that the results can be Eastern countries preferred Left-lean- and BJP enjoyed overwhelming sup- the manner in which he tapped into )205O2 2< ine years ago, when I was head- Republican Party and that this has relevant for other countries too. ing parties. The economic and polit- port from Pakistani and Indian expats the Pakistani diaspora’s engagement  0!5  55 ing the media department of a been the trend since 1980. One of their conclusions was ical environment in Europe and Africa before both were voted into power. with contemporary identity politics by  022; 2 22 NBritish organisation, I observed The session concluded that expats that the voting preferences of immi- and the Middle East differ. So expats However, the support for the two rul- clubbing together displays of religios- how most British expats in Pakistan — at least American and British — grants are often contrary to those at in Europe, after experiencing the ing parties is now receding at home ity, anti-corruption tirades, populist 5 25=08! voted in the UK 2010 parliamentary were likely to vote for conservative par- home. This is because their social, advantages of developed economies, and there is restlessness within the pro- post-colonialist rhetoric and lofty 500555L2 2 elections. Even though most of the ties. This is interesting, because over political and economic contexts are are likely to understand “progress” in PTI and pro-BJP Pakistani and Indian allusions to Scandinavian social !2050 Karachi-based Britons were reluctant the last few years, there have been different. An issue in the country of their home country through the lens diasporas respectively. democracy — which is curiously 20 25050 to divulge which party they voted for, many reports published and columns origin will have a more abstract provided to them by their experience Indian Prime Minister Narendra explained by him as an Islamic con- 55$5 2 some eventually did tell. It turns out written about expat Pakistanis and impact on expats residing in a differ- in developed countries. Thus they tend Modi and Pakistani PM Imran Khan cept. nine out of the 12 had cast their votes Indians overwhelmingly exhibiting ent environment. The impact of the to support home parties promising now apply separate rhetoric for their Whereas identity politics can lead = $522 for the Conservative Party, two for the support for Centre-Right parties such same issue on those living in the home progress along these lines. supporters within and outside the to some awkward ethnic and sectar- 5 020  Liberal Democrats and just one voted as the PTI and the BJP. country is more tangible. This might But what about expats from devel- country. Outside their countries, to ian tensions in Pakistan, it works well 5252 2L for the Labour Party. Indian expats were given the be the reason behind the somewhat oped countries opting to vote for con- retain the diaspora’s support, they have on the Pakistani diaspora. Therefore, 00205<2 Two of them told me that since right to vote in their country’s elections different understanding of the issue servative parties? Studies suggest that to continue sounding like they did the gap between the understanding of the early 1980s, a majority of British in 2010 but those holding dual nation- among the two sets of voters. British and American expats voting for when they were in the Opposition, present-day Pakistani politics between 22 expats around the world have pre- alities still cannot. Pakistani expats A 2006 study, by the Dutch econ- the Conservative Party and whereas the same rhetoric is now fail- the expats and the locals has contin- 2052520 ferred to vote for the Conservative were given this right in October omist Jan Fidrmuc and econometrist Republican Party largely vote to retain ing to stand up to a plethora of eco- ued to grow. Some locals have lament- !5150 218 Party. British expats have the right to 2018, during the by-elections. Though Orla Doyle, came to the same conclu- their countries’ rarely-changing exter- nomic and political problems at home. ed that immigrants are still stuck in 05220 5< vote in their country’s parliamentary 7,461 expats registered online to vote, sion after studying the voting behav- nal policies rather than the more fluid Indian historian Meera Nanda 2014, or in PTI’s more glamorous 5  05= elections but this right lapses if they only 6,233 cast their votes. iour of Czech and Polish migrants in internal matters. They are more writes in The God Market that the dharna years. have lived outside the UK for more The phenomenon of most Indian Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin impacted by the foreign policies of changing world view of the Indian (Courtesy: Dawn) 0 2G    # $  #%&'()%  5

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Imports sides on billions of dollars of depressing demand for indus- of American goods were off imports stayed in place. trial raw materials and com- 2.8% at $11 billion, giving Another U.S. Increase is due on ponents from other Asian   @ 80120 2522< China a surplus with the Sunday on $160 billion of economies and oil, iron ore and  85<'505@'A< 851   United States of $24.6 billion. Chinese goods. That would other commodities from Brazil, 12 1 522228052 21520&& Exports to some other extend penalties to almost Australia and other suppliers. 2 20 01=$280 21520 countries including France everything Americans buy The Ministry of Finance 2 251120 20252258 rose, helping to offset the loss. from China. announced Friday that China 50525122=502212 10 China’s global exports were Chinese spokespeople have was waiving punitive import ( 1520&&2 20)#8<'1 28<$B5< off 1.1% from a year earlier at expressed hope for a settlement duties on US Soybeans and 5'22<( 522( /<+ 1/0 025 = $221.7 billion despite weaken- “as soon as possible,” but pork, keeping a promise  85<'821 0 102022201 ing worldwide demand. Trump spooked financial mar- announced in September. 85510B5805022 10510 Imports were up 0.3% at $183 kets last week by saying he A sticking point is Beijing’s 2022= billion, giving China a global might be willing to wait until insistence that Washington roll surplus of $38.7 billion. after the US presidential elec- back its most recent penalties '.&' 'O%-&&&*P Hopes for a settlement to tion late next year. Financial on Chinese goods as part of the the fight over Beijing’s tech- markets have repeatedly risen “Phase 1” deal. Beijing said last nology ambitions and trade on optimism about the talks Beijing steals or pressures com- time. $1.8 trillion, adding to signs month the US Side agreed, but surplus rose after President only to fall back when no panies to hand over technolo- For the first 11 months of Chinese domestic demand is Trump dismissed that. Donald Trump’s announce- progress is announced. gy. Economists warn tensions 2019, China’s total global cooling. A Chinese spokesman ment of a “Phase 1” agreement The “Phase 1” agreement could rise again next year and exports were off 0.3% at $2.3 China’s exporters have repeated Thursday that Beijing following talks in October. But doesn’t cover contentious issues the bulk of tariff hikes are like- trillion despite the tariff war. been hurt by the U.S. Tariff expects such a move in a there has been no sign of including U.S. Complaints that ly to stay in place for some Imports were down 4.5% at hikes but its overall economy “Phase 1” agreement.  $ )    +   # A 0&=>>$ ?  ,  )   @ (/12550 05O( 8  $  ," (%3 '&,  . ,' , '52 2 12050852 8 022 %)  '52 251 852= 852 2 010 525 %)  have domain expertise. It works fears of stagflation — a fall in prises to avoid concentration of  51  00 52(/1="51 052 less well for economic reforms, aggregate demand accompa- power, he also wanted decen- harti Telecom, a promoter 0' L(/1M250 521 + 082 ormer Reserve Bank of where there is less of a coher- nied by rising inflation — have tralisation of power by empow- Bof Bharti Airtel, has sought 0D8 < H<5 E, +!52<#2 )052< FIndia (RBI) Governor ent articulated agenda at the resurfaced. ering ministers and engaging government nod for the infu- H$ 55 52052<0 CF05C% 0 1O  2 022 Raghuram Rajan said India is top, and less domain knowl- He said construction, real states, beginning with amend- sion of 4,900 crore investment 05 =+0 02 50(/1<05 N== H in the midst of a “growth reces- edge of how the economy estate and infrastructure sectors ing the terms of reference of the from Singapore-based Singtel  08 P  205 12<8L(05#5M@(/5 sion” with signs of deep malaise works at the national rather are in “deep trouble” and so are 15th Finance Commission by and other foreign entities, a 2C 1 5705A20 521 + 08#1+0  in the Indian economy that is than state level,” Rajan wrote. lenders to it like the non-bank not curtailing states’ share of move that would make the ' 0050#7@;55A<0  522 being run through extreme Stating that previous gov- finance companies. The crisis tax revenue. country’s oldest private telecom 05 0 1255221 = centralisation of power in ernments may have been among shadow lenders and a Rajan said the Government operator a foreign entity. Prime Minister’s Office and untidy coalitions but they con- build-up of bad loans at banks should desist from cutting per- The fund infusion will ''&'*0)' powerless ministers. sistently took path of further have curbed lending in the sonal income tax rates for the enhance foreign stakeholding Penning down his recom- economic liberalisation, he economy. middle-class for now and in Bharti Telecom to over 50 mendations to help the ailing said, “extreme centralisation, Seeking asset quality should use its scarce fiscal per cent that will make it a for- Indian economy out of the coupled with the absence of review of the non-bank finance resources to support the rural eign-owned entity, an official ongoing slowdown in the India empowered ministers and the companies, he said corporate poor through schemes such as source aware of the develop- Today magazine, he called for lack of a coherent guiding and household debt is rising, the MGNREGA. ment told PTI. Sunil Bharti reforms to liberalise capital, vision, ensures that reform and there is deep distress in The repeated government Mittal and his family own land and labour markets, and efforts pick up steam only said. Rajan said the starting parts of the financial sector. allusions to a $5-trillion-econ- around 52 per cent stake in spur investment as well as when the PMO focuses on point to address the economic Unemployment, especially omy by 2024, which would Bharti Telecom, at present. growth. them, and lose impetus when slowdown will be for the Modi amongst youth, seems to be necessitate steady real growth Bharti Telecom holds He also urged India to join its attention switches to other government to acknowledge growing, as is the accompany- of at least 8-9 per cent per year around 41 per cent stake in free trade agreements judi- pressing issues”. the problem. ing risk of youth unrest. starting now, seem increasing- Bharti Airtel while foreign pro- ciously in order to boost com- “The Modi government “The starting point has to “Domestic businesses have not ly unrealistic, he added. moter entities hold 21.46 per petition and improve domestic came to power emphasising be to recognise the magnitude been investing either, and the “Furthermore, even if some cent stake in the telecom firm. efficiency. ‘minimum Government, max- of the problem, to not brand stagnation in investment is the of the problems are legacies, the Public shareholders have “To understand what has imum governance’. This slogan every internal or external crit- strongest sign that something government, after five-and-a- around 37 per cent stake in the gone wrong, we need to start is often misunderstood. What ic as politically-motivated, and is deeply wrong,” he said. half years in power, needs to company.   @ 5'0!252515 51 80 2 first with the centralised nature was meant was that govern- to stop believing that the prob- Rajan called for reforms in resolve them. A massive new “Bharti Telecom has 0 10850''02285 515"Q%20 = of the current government. ment would do things more lem is temporary and that sup- land acquisition, labour laws, reform thrust is needed, applied for infusion of 4,900 + 08 21(!1/8 < 0 @(Q'A51 08 8021 Not just decision-making but efficiently, not that people and pressing bad news and incon- stable tax and regulatory accompanied by a change in crore in the company which ' ='0881 ' <( 215< 80 25/1'0!= also ideas and plans emanate the private sector would be venient surveys will make it go regime, fast track bankruptcy how the administration gov- includes investments from $15 2 == =1)5'0881 < 82210 0 from a small set of personali- freed to do more. While the away,” he said. “India is in the resolution of developers in erns,” he said. Singtel and some other foreign 1 <' = 1'< 0 5 1< 80< ties around the Prime Minister Government continues the midst of a growth recession, default, proper pricing of elec- Rajan said the Modi investors. With this Bharti 5180 5 52 08 5152215= 2 and in the Prime Minister’s creditable drive to automation with significant distress in rural tricity, preserving competition Government has shown “sur- Telecom will become a foreign 2'5#5(!51 '52 0''525220 Office (PMO). — direct benefit transfer to areas.” in telecom sector and giving prising timidity” when it comes entity as majority stake will be 5''25 5151 8020 1O2 2"Q%2 “That works well for the recipients is an important India’s economic growth farmers access to inputs and to unfinished reforms on the held by overseas investors. 085 08%0=01 5 0 1 50! party’s political and social agen- achievement — the role of the slowed to a 6-year low of 4.5 finance. business environment, land DoT is expected to approve this DD)050 @ PA512818 /0=D$ 05 da, which is well laid out, and government in many spheres per cent in the July-September Calling for not selling acquisition, labour and the investment this month,” the 0 2=$2'0!0  11 515''20 where all these individuals has expanded, not shrunk,” he quarter. With inflation rising, already dominant family enter- role of the public sector. source said.  022510 25%02= )              (     $,'  ' "    $" 5,:1;0<  3$  + &'    C$ ) $  %)  The report also came out ) $ %)  with a list of top-30 fintech %)  “Entitlement for off-net he Unified Payments influencers, which includes calls in Jio’s ‘All in One Plans’ %)  ndia Inc’s foreign borrowings TInterface (UPI) system may Niti Aayog Advisor Anna Roy, elecom operator Reliance is more than 5 times of what an Igrew over two-fold to $3.41 not see many new players Ujjivan Small Finance Bank TJio has claimed that it is average customer uses as per eversing their buying trend, billion in October over the cor- entering the space as it has got CEO Nitin Chugh and offering five times more free industry data and consequent- Rforeign portfolio investors responding month a year ago, aggregated with few players, CreditMantri co-founder outgoing calls limit on other ly, an average Jio customer is (FPI) turned net sellers in according to data from the according to a report. Gowri Mukherjee. networks than an average cus- unlikely to have to ever pay for December with a net outflow of Reserve Bank of India. As a payment product, Advisor on industry and tomer requires and they are off net calls. We reiterate that 244 crore from the capital Indian companies had UPI will continue to scale with data management and analysis unlikely to pay for the calls. Jio plans offer up to 25 per cent markets amid subdued eco- raised $1.41 billion in borrow- more innovative use cases com- at the Niti Aayog, Roy also The Mukesh Ambani-led higher value than comparable nomic data. According to the ings from overseas markets in ing in and will remain default leads the Women in telecom operator added that its plans of other operators,” depositories data, foreign October 2018. Of the total payment gateway for the coun- Entrepreneurship Platform new plan are offering up to 25 Reliance Jio said in a statement. investors pulled out a net sum money borrowed by the try, said a report by The Digital (WEP) initiative, supporting per cent more value than that The company is offering of 1,668.8 crore from equities. domestic companies, $2.87 bil- Fifth. While UPI has enabled women entrepreneurs in India. of rivals. 1,000 minutes per month (28- FPIs, however, invested lion was through the automat- lion), HPCL-Mittal Energy raising $400 million, while innovation in the payment She is leading the Government Reaction from Reliance Jio day cycle) of free calling every 1,424.6 crore on a net basis in ic route of external commercial ($300 million), Wardha Solar Shriram Transport Finance space, it has resulted in larger of India’s initiatives on frontier came after Bharti Airtel and month across all plans. the debt segment, resulting in borrowing (ECB), $538 million (Maharashtra) ($251 million), borrowed $138 million in players taking complete control technologies such as BigData, Vodafone Idea removed cap on Both Bharti Airtel and a total net outflow of 244.2 came in through the approval Larsen and Toubro ($200 mil- October this year. of the market, it said. artificial intelligence and outgoing calls limit outside Vodafone Idea earlier capped crore in December so far. route of ECB, showed the data. lion), Deccan Fine Chemicals No money was raised With wallet business Blockchain. The report further their network with effect from outgoing calls to other net- FPIs had been net buyers In the ECB category, the ($140 million) and Aditya Birla through the rupee-denomi- depleting and UPI getting said the remittance business December 6, the day Jio rolled works at 1,000 minutes in plan for two months to November. major borrowers tapping the Finance ($75 million). nated bonds or the masala aggregated with few players, would continue to scale as the out mobile call and data plans with 28-days validity, 3,000 They invested 16,037.6 crore automatic route included Two companies tapped the bonds during the month, nor there may not be many new market has remained largely priced up to 40 per cent com- minutes in 84-day validity and in October and 22,871.8 crore Muthoot Finance ($400 mil- approval route with JSW Steel in the year-ago period. players entering this space. untapped as of now. pared to previous offerings. 12,000 in 365 days validity plan. in November on a net basis. “FPIs adopted a cautious approach while investing in (" $"@A ) Indian equities, on the back of 0     B   subdued economic indicators. It has not been a good year for %)  Budget-making process, is also and Public Asset Management Finance Minister Nirmala ,B>&>>>$ '"$>@ the Indian economy so far and vacant for almost three months. (DIPAM), Chakraborty was Sitharaman is considered to be the recently released GDP he Budget-making team of The post of Expenditure appointed Economic Affairs crucial as it will come in against %)  2 4 2 3 "### to 1,000 years to decompose, number which continued the Tthe Finance Ministry is Secretary fell vacant after the Secretary in July this year in a the backdrop of a slowdown in 22 8 3 :8  5 said the study released at the southward march for the sev- short of two key officials, appointment of G C Murmu as major bureaucratic reshuffle. the economy. mid a growing debate over   2"#BC:  world’s largest paper fair, enth quarter in a row falling to including a full-time expendi- the first lieutenant governor of The finance ministry kick- The Reserve Bank in its Aimpact of single use plas- PAPEREX organized by Hyve 4.5 per cent reaffirmed the ture secretary, while the prepa- the newly-created Union started the exercise to prepare monetary policy last week tics on environment, paper 2#8 35 2   India, a 100 per cent sub- slowdown in the Indian econ- ration for the second budget of Territory of Jammu and the annual budget for 2020-21 downgraded the growth fore- offers a sustainable option and 3 55  2  3  sidiary of Hyve Group Plc, omy,” said Himanshu Modi 2.0 Government has Kashmir. Murmu relinquished from October 14 with pre- cast for 2019-20 to 5 per cent can capture a fourth of the 2 8  323  London, last week. Srivastava, senior analyst man- shifted into top gear. the post of Expenditure Budget/RE (Revised Estimate) from the earlier projection of 80,000 crore single use plastics Paper, on the other hand, ager research, Morningstar The Budget for 2020-21 to Secretary on October 29 and meetings. The series of meet- 6.1 per cent. market by 2025, if its use is is eco-friendly green product Investment Adviser India. be presented on February 1 is subsequently, the additional ings with different depart- To beat the slowdown, the totally banned by the govern- growing. Packaging accounts and bio-degradable, it said, FPIs would continue to be keenly awaited for the expect- charge of the Department of ments and ministries conclud- Finance Minister has said ment, a new study said. for a third of India’s plastic con- adding it was a myth that the watchful of the domestic envi- ed second wave of structural Expenditure was given to ed last month. reforms to boost the economy India generated 26,000 sumption, and 70 per cent of paper industries cut trees for ronment and tread cautiously, reforms for pulling out the Atanu Chakraborty. The Budget Estimates for would continue and also hint- tonnes per day of plastic waste plastic packaging is turned production, and consumption he added. Echoing the views, economy from its over six-year Chakraborty, a 1985-batch 2020-21 are provisionally ed at tweaking personal income in 2017-18, of that only 60 per into waste in a short span. of water and energy is high. Harsh Jain, co-founder and low growth of 4.5 per cent. IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, finalised after the Expenditure tax rates in the upcoming cent was recycled and the rest While uncollected plastic Paper industry plants more COO Groww said, “Trump In addition to expenditure is Secretary Economic Affairs Secretary completes discus- Budget. The Government is ended up as litter on roads, in waste poses a huge threat to trees than harvested and pri- threatening to continue the secretary, the position of joint in the Finance Ministry. sions with other secretaries examining the direct tax code landfills or streams. Single use species on land and in water, mary raw material are 100 per US-China trade war well past secretary (Budget), one of the After over one year stint in and financial advisers. 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The last fortnight has seen against Beijing's rule. protests during which some emocracy protesters took As night fell the crowds a marked drop in violence and The CHRF, which advo- 6,000 people have been arrest- Dpart in the largest mass switched on their mobile phone vandalism after the landslide cates non-violence, has been ed and hundreds injured, rally through Hong Kong's torches, creating a glittering win by pro-democracy candi- the main umbrella group including police. streets in months on Sunday in carpet of lights that stretched dates. behind record-breaking rallies Online forums used to a forceful display of support far into the distance, their Police took the unusual earlier in the summer that saw organise the movement's more for the movement, with a chants bouncing off the tow- step of allowing the Civil huge crowds regularly march in radical wing have vowed to tar- leading activist warning the ering skyscrapers above. Human Rights Front (CHRF) searing heat. get Monday's morning com- city's pro-Beijing leaders they Many of the black-clad to hold Sunday's march -- the One march in June drew mute if there is no response had a "last chance" to end the attendees voiced anger and first time the group has been what organisers said was a from Lam. Years of huge, political crisis. frustration that chief executive granted permission since mid- million people, another soon peaceful democracy marches Organisers estimated some Carrie Lam and Beijing have August -- but they warned after drew double that. have made little headway, lead- 800,000 people snaked for ruled out any further conces- they would have zero tolerance Authorities have repeat- ing to increased radicalisation hours through the financial sions despite the landslide elec- for violence by radicals. edly banned major rallies in among some Hong Kong pro- hub's main island as the tion defeat. The movement's demands recent months citing the risk of testers and a greater willingness protests marked six months, a "No matter how we express include an independent inquiry violence from hardcore pro- to embrace violent tactics. vivid illustration of the hostil- our views, through peacefully into the police's handling of the testers. In a statement released ity that still seethes towards the marching, through civilised protests, an amnesty for those Large crowds have simply ahead of the march, Hong government after half a year of elections, the government arrested, and fully free elec- ignored the bans, sparking Kong's government said it had unrest. won't listen," said a 50-year-old tions. near-weekly tear gas and petrol "learned its lesson and will The city's police force, protester, who gave his sur- "Carrie Lam should listen bomb clashes that have upend- humbly listen to and accept which historically gives lower name Wong. "It only follows to the demands of Hong ed Hong Kong's reputation for criticism." But it announced no crowd turnout figures, told orders from the Chinese Kongers as soon as possible," stability and helped tip the city concrete measures or conces- local media 183,000 people Communist Party." "I don't !     , ?   F,           ,  CHRF's leader Jimmy Sham into recession. sions. attended at the peak, still one know how long the fight will ? B    +     5 +          told reporters after earlier Hours before the march Since the local elections the of their highest estimates in be," added another protester,         ! billing the march as Lam's was due to start, police dis- city's chief executive has months. who gave his first name as "last chance" to listen to the played weapons, including a remained steadfast in her The rally received rare Kelvin. "So far I can't see the tweeted a video of the huge Kong has been battered by dover from Britain. people. pistol and knives, they said had opposition to further conces- police permission and came end but we won't back down." crowds with the caption: increasingly violent demon- Millions have marched in The protests were initially been found during overnight sions and Beijing has stuck by two weeks after pro-establish- Cantonese popstar Denise "Here's your majority Carrie strations in the starkest chal- protests fuelled by years of sparked by a now-abandoned raids where eleven people were her even as she languishes ment parties got a drubbing in Ho, whose music is blacklisted Lam". lenge the city has presented to growing fears that authoritar- attempt to allow extraditions to arrested. with record low approval rat- local elections, shattering gov- on the Chinese mainland, Semi-autonomous Hong Beijing since its 1997 han- ian China is stamping out the the mainland but have since Monday marks the six- ings. 93  Q  "  $ 5   # B   Hollywood: US President evangelical Christian   C39% Donald Trump has aimed to Republicans -- a vital part of make inroads in the politically Trump's support base. important Jewish-American Despite the aggressive sup- Seoul: North Korea said on ried out several rocket launch- A senior US administration vote with a Florida speech port for Israel, coupled with Sunday it had carried out a es there that were condemned official said, "We have seen the where he declared himself intense pressure on the "very important test" at its by the US and others as dis- reports of a test, and are coor- the best friend Israel has Palestinians, the Trump admin- space launch centre, as guised long-range ballistic mis- dinating closely with allies and ever had. istration says it has a peace plan Pyongyang ramps up pressure sile tests. partners". At a conference in ready to unveil once an ongo- on Washington over stalled Satellite imagery taken on It comes as Pyongyang is Hollywood, Florida on ing Israeli leadership impasse is nuclear talks. December 5 showed a large ramping up pressure ahead of Saturday, the Republican real resolved. The announcement of container box at the site that its December 31 deadline for estate magnate said Jewish- Trump has put his son-in- Saturday's test at the Sohae was "a decent indicator of an the US to propose a new offer Americans had been wrong to law Jared Kushner, who is satellite launch site came just impending engine test", Jeffrey to kickstart stalled nuclear talks. vote for Democrats under his Jewish-American but had no hours after US President Lewis of the US-based Hours before North Korea predecessor Barack Obama. previous experience in gov- Donald Trump said he would Middlebury Institute of announced its latest test, Trump "So many of you voted for ernment before joining this be "surprised" by any hostile International Studies had said had emphasised his "very good people in the last administra- administration, in charge of the action from the North. ahead of Pyongyang's state- relationship" with North tion," he said. "Someday you'll peace plan. "A very important test took ment. Korean leader Kim. have to explain that to me "A lot of people say that place at the Sohae Satellite Rocket engines are easily "Well, we'll see about North because I don't think they liked can't be done," Trump told the Launching Ground on the repurposed for use in missiles Korea. I'd be surprised if North Israel too much." By contrast, crowd on Saturday. "They say afternoon of December 7, and the international commu- Korea acted hostiley," he said on Trump said, "the Jewish state that's the toughest of all deals 2019," a spokesman for North nity has called Pyongyang's Saturday afternoon in has never had a better friend in but if Jared Kushner can't do it, Korea's Academy of the space programme a fig leaf for Washington DC. the White House than your it can't be done." T a k i n g National Defence Science said. weapons tests. "(Kim) knows I have an president, Donald J. Trump." direct aim at one of his poten- The result of the latest test North Korea dismantled election coming up. I don't think He was speaking at a meet- tial Democratic opponents for will have an "important effect" the test stand at Sohae amid a he wants to interfere with that. ing of the Israeli-American !  '  "     "        #    1   the 2020 election, Trump told on changing the "strategic posi- rapid rapprochement in 2018 But we'll have to see." Following Council, a non-profit whose    ,     ! the audience that left-wing tion" of North Korea, the but reassembled it this year, his first summit with Kim in June funders include billionaire Senator Elizabeth Warren spokesman said in a statement Lewis said, adding, "Still, we had 2018, Trump said Kim had Jewish-American casino mag- Democratic. policy in the Middle East by In November, the Trump should not get their vote carried by the official KCNA not seen any activity at the test agreed to destroy "a major mis- nate Sheldon Adelson and his Trump, who is hoping to acceding to a string of Israeli administration again broke with because she would impose news agency. stand" until now. sile engine testing site" without wife Miriam -- both of them repeat his 2016 strategy next demands and all but slamming decades of international con- heavy taxes. The statement did not pro- "It is clear that this is one naming the facility. high-profile Trump supporters. year by winning reelection the door on Palestinians. sensus when it said that it "Let's take 100 per cent of vide further details on the test. more sign that North Korea is Kim then agreed to shutter Jews make up only a small through strategic accumula- This includes recognizing would no longer consider your wealth away," he said in a Sohae, on North Korea's conducting more missile-relat- the Sohae site during a summit portion of the electorate but in tion of electoral college votes in the disputed city of Jerusalem Israeli settlements on occu- reference to Warren. One prob- northwest coast, is ostensibly a ed activities as Kim Jong Un's last year with South Korean Florida they represent a crucial key states, has worked especially as Israel's capital and also rec- pied Palestinian lands in the lem, Trump told the gathering, facility designed for putting end-of-year deadline for sanc- President Moon Jae-in in piece of the swing state electoral hard to woo Jewish-Americans. ognizing Israeli sovereignty West Bank illegal. is that some American-Jews, satellites into orbit. tions relief approaches," he Pyongyang as part of trust- puzzle. Historically, American- Since taking office he has over the Golan Heights, a ter- The policies are also high- while being "great people, they But Pyongyang has car- said. building measures. AFP Jews have voted heavily upended decades of American ritory taken from Syria in 1967. ly popular with right-wing don't love Israel enough." AFP 1*   &  5 3      &   7 3 331   !  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National Party (SNP) leader funding would help working tion skyrocketing and hiking finalised, he said, without giving 08208< reports of injuries. targeted other militant groups Among the manifesto Nicola Sturgeon has warned age adults and pensioners with import prices. further details. 08 1008550/5 Late Saturday night, there. pledges being highlighted by that "the very future of care costs. The US sanctions imposed "We know that under the sit- = Palestinian militans in Gaza Last month, Israeli forces the main UK parties on Sunday Scotland" was at stake in the The Liberal Dems have in May last year in a bitter dis- uation of sanctions and pressure, launched three rockets at assassinated a senior Islamic were a Conservative promise to election. said their plans will "address pute centred on Iran's nuclear people are in hardship. We know  *,'- %*)) southern Israel. Jihad leader in the Gaza Strip, introduce an Australian-style She appealed to voters to the historic investment dis- programme include an embar- people's purchasing power has '*%%) - '' '' All three projectiles were sparking a two-day flare-up points-based immigration sys- back her party "to escape parities between our nations go on the crucial oil sector declined," said Rouhani. -22@ $0251200 intercepted by the Iron Dome which killed 36 Palestinians. tem to control unskilled migra- Brexit, protect the NHS and regions", the BBC report- whose sales Washington aims to "Our exports, our imports, the 8100 5 022 defence system, the army said, Islamic Jihad fired around tion; the Labour Party's plan to (National Health Services) and ed. reduce to zero in a campaign of transfer of money, our foreign !*2 000 0 amending an earlier statement 450 rockets at Israel, many of "head off the social care crisis" to put Scotland's future in Its regional rebalancing "maximum pressure". exchange encounter a lot of 220/ according to which two of the which were intercepted by the by offering free personal care Scotland's hands". programme for infrastructure Rouhani told parliament problems. "We all know that we 0822522505 < three rockets were shot down Iron Dome defence system. for older people and an addi- The ruling Conservatives outside London would boost that the budget, which includes encounter problems in exporting 81 0 10551= over southern Israel. Israel has fought tional 10 bilion pound of funds have also released some details railway electrification, increas- a 15 per cent public sector wage oil. Yet at the same time, we Medics had treated three three wars with Hamas and by 2023-4; and a regional rebal- about how their points-based ing the availability of charging hike, "is a budget of resistance endeavour to reduce the diffi- .'%'  people in the southern Israeli allied armed groups in Gaza ancing programme from the immigration system would points for electric vehicles and and perseverance against sanc- culty of people's livelihood." '0%0)*' town of Sderot who suffered since 2008. AFP Liberal Democrats, which work. improve broadband access. tions". AFP ) 3 2@ 55+0 5'52 '0881&1F  05 81 205 21 5!51251  -  O  +B+      - .     28 = Cape Canaveral: SpaceX made The capsule also has a *' F*) '%') an early holiday delivery to the large, round robot head with !4  #   G 0 ,-  '*-)' International Space Station on artificial intelligence and the   3E@!B2021 Sunday, dropping off super ability to sense astronauts' Mandalay (Myanmar): Thirty- maroon-robed monks assem- Dhammakaya foundation, 81 2252/ muscular "mighty mice," pest- emotions. Named Cimon, it's thousand monks assembled in bled in an area the size of a foot- attempts to bounce back from an 2520 21212 killing worms and a smart, an improved version of what the early morning chill in ball field. embezzlement scandal more 0508102 empathetic robot. flew up last year to be tested as Myanmar on Sunday for a spec- They meditated, prayed than two years ago. 8050 52 The station commander, an astronaut's helper. tacular alms-giving event, part- and collected alms in an event The Dhammakaya temple's 10850 1222 Italy's Luca Parmitano, used a NASA has tucked some ly organised by a controversial meant to tighten the relationship massive compound in northern 5!51251 large robot arm to grab onto Christmas presents in the ship- mega-temple under scrutiny of "monks and Buddhists Bangkok was under siege for two 2870  15 5 2= the Dragon three days after its ment for the station's six-per- across the border in Thailand. between (the) two countries" and weeks in early 2017 as thousands launch from Cape Canaveral. son crew, as well. With many barefoot, to "strengthen the monkhood" in of officers try to arrest the sect's &*' G ' -0 ' The two spacecraft soared It's SpaceX's 19th delivery Buddhist monks from Myanmar the region, according to a state- spiritual leader. )-) ',0  260 miles (420 kilometers) come on board," Parmitano the normal muscle mass — and to the orbiting outpost for and Thailand and senior reli- ment. "I hope we can continue Phra Dhammachayowho 05105<P@ A085 above the South Pacific at the told Mission Control. so are considered "mighty NASA over the past seven gious officials from a dozen to hold bigger events in the com- was accused of colluding in a 0 20 02  time of capture. The capsule holds 3 tons mice." years. countries collected alms next to ing years," said U Thu Nanda, a USD 33 million embezzlement 2550  2/015 "Whenever we welcome a (2,720 kilograms) of supplies, There also are 120,000 The astronauts have an airport in the central city of 24-year-old Burmese monk. scheme and was believed to be  08 122<5 51 new vehicle on board, we take including 40 mice for a muscle roundworms, or nematodes of another delivery coming Mandalay, that is also a heartland The event was the third and hiding somewhere on the tem- 0 22< 25 on board also a little bit of the and bone experiment. a beneficial variety that are part Monday — this one launched of the faith. largest of its kind since 2015 and ple's sprawling 1,000 acre 21= soul of everybody that con- Eight of them are geneti- of an agricultural study aimed by Russia from Kazakhstan on As the sun rose over the comes as one of the organisers, grounds, an area twice the size tributed to the project, so wel- cally engineered with twice at controlling pests. 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ribes India, a chain of 117 experience of working with differ- O9  ? ".   Tunique showrooms, estab- ent countries across the globe, lished by TRIFED has tied up Beri knows how to adapt to a   P with Ritu Beri Designs to promote 3&5) region’s culture and establish a Indian tribal crafts and culture connect with the locals. This par- 51  00011 0 across the country and the world. ticular skill set of hers coupled )'' ' 25L20/5 She will function as the chief with her fashion sensibilities will 025 )055  2 design consultant for the organ- ,)&>/2/ enable Tribes India to connect isation. better with people from across 128/501085 2 Speaking about this collabo- India and all over the world. Beri 02= ration, Pravir Krishna, MD, $# +51125 # $!)# 0 1 said, “There’s nobody who can 0 22108515L2 TRIFED said, “I welcome design-  5 20 080 251  08 match us. I am a proud Indian 100151   5 er Ritu Beri to the family of 1.5 and for the sake of Indian tribes,  DL2     2 lakh tribal artisans. Her associa- 5 0 20 51=)$ ' M M we have to make it a huge success tion will give wings to Tribes and make sure that everybody has 50  5102; India.” something tribal that they cher- 13:&;13 7  2  Beri combines Indian fabrics ish and promote further.” Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire,     with Western sensibilities in her Beri has already proposed a journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where designs. She will be guiding the wide range of initiatives to main- people often prove more wicked than beasts. Created by !    #   Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and starring Henry Cavill, the ' 50 22= TRIFED family of over 1,50,000 stream tribal art form, which tribal master craftsmen and include creating a tribal museum, show releases on December 20 on Netflix. 2 craftswomen with her creativity to promoting a wall art festival, 25150 2 develop world class handcrafted organising a round table with the 0 5 0 masterpieces to create a mini- Luxury League promoting tribal 13:, 5L2 2< India of tribal haute couture. She art as true luxury, organising , 3 was very upbeat about the collab- expositions promoting niche 0 2222 oration, “It’s a great day because aspects of tribal art, organising At a key 25L20; it’s the birth of our relationship. fashion shows worldwide, re- turning point for /502 I must say that Tribes India is real- model tribal products, tribal store the Catholic Church, Pope 5  251 ly the soul of the country because and packaging, introducing mar- arts and craft comes naturally to keting strategies, organising a Benedict XVI /5028 forms a surprising these tribals. A hundred thousand tribal parade, designing and con- friendship with the  0201$ talented minds all over the coun- ceptualising further cultural )51 2 future Pope try need to be nurtured and sup- events involving global participa- Francis. Inspired #0#0 205< ported to reach the global audi- tion (annual tribal art, food and by true events. 0 0 ence. We should know the value music festivals), launch an annu- Starring Anthony 20 0  of our traditional crafts. All of us We just need to package it right the country under her aegis. al tribal design competition, Hopkins, Jonathan together need to join hands and and we’ll be ready to present it to The partnership between one launch a tribes newsletter, declare Pryce and Juan 1 0 L22 make it a real movement so that the world.” of India’s leading designers and a tribes day and several other ini- 52  Minujín, it releases the world can see the great expres- Beri has a deep connect with the nation’s biggest promoter of tiatives. on December 20  $ sion of India. I am sure we can do Indian tribal arts, crafts and cul- tribal crafts and culture has the Also present on the occasion on Netflix. a lot of good stuff together ture and Tribes India will now potential of making Tribes India were parliamentarian Meenakshi because there is immense talent. find echo and resonance all over a household name. With her Lekhi and designer Ruma Devi.  , !+ 5  # $  #%&'()% DADS WITH A DIFFERENCE !     ( 0 2505/205O2 %-3% "%("- Dinesh’s mother and his maternal 551  252 grandmother live with us, they were  + there to guide us though the process,” /05228=$ 0 < she says.        Not one to be left behind, Dinesh O280 500 001 was there to back Shraddha whenev-     er she needed him. “My wife was in 025005 labour for several hours and I was there to lend her moral support. Even  2<22# &-"%     though I was not allowed inside the delivery room, she knew I was waiting )# ' *!' #  *!& &    right outside. It was a long night for both of us. I was very worried and any a time, it so happens that we plan something       stressed. I could feel that my wife was Mfor a certain date but due to some unforeseen going through great pain. Finally, she circumstances, we are unable to implement it. As a   delivered a baby girl in the wee hours result, we have to postpone the plan to some other of morning. The nurse came out and date. This kind of postponement is quite natural for tudies have shown that fathers handed over the baby to me. She was most of us and it is not due to lethargy, lack of zeal who spend quality time with their so small and I was afraid of holding her or lack of care on our part. No. It is the sea-change Schildren from day one not only but I was happy to see my newborn. in the situation that makes a forceful demand on us significantly boost the physical and It’s good that the nurse asked me to to alter and postpone our scheduled activity so much mental development of their little hold the baby. The feeling of holding that we are unable to withstand its forceful thrust and ones but themselves experience lower your newborn for the first time is irre- have to push it aside to make a headway. levels of stress in an otherwise placeable,” recalls Dinesh. There may, however, be other kinds of cases of demanding daily schedule. A father Shraddha exclusively breastfed the postponement that clearly reflect our wavering mind can easily develop a strong bond with baby for the first six months and there- and stand, our weak commitment, the frailty of our his kid, gets accustomed to their likes after she started the weaning process. conviction or the failure of our courage. This can be and dislikes, and becomes confident She fed the child with complementary considered a flaw in our nature. It’s because of a lack and capable caregiver. Dads have a foods consisting of mashed rice, dal of strength and spirit to put a plan into action under unique style of interacting and parent- and vegetables. By the time the girl trying circumstances and difficult situations when we ing and those who enjoy a good rela- turned one, she started having normal are besieged by surmountable troubles and tribula- tionship with them, as children, also food and the family made it a point to tions. If we can grow up to be secure and well-adjust- have their dinner together. overcome the ed youngsters, who are capable of han- Apart from giving her the right hardships, it dling life’s challenges. Meet two men nutrition, following the guidelines of would be wise to from Mumbai who are enjoying their early childhood development, essen- maintain a high fatherhood to the fullest. tially ‘eat, play, love,’ necessary for the level of courage Savita Ahire, 29, is a happy home- holistic development of an infant, the and to try our very maker and a mother. A resident of Gadges also started engaging with the best to take our Ram Nagar in Mumbai’s Vikhroli little one immediately after the birth. plans to their final Park Site area, she lives with her hus- thing Ganesh rues to this day. “Like the prattle, Ganesh was ecstatic and enjoyed every moment of it. The girls Initially, they indulged in prattle but as destination. band, Ganesh, 32, and their two little everyone else, I felt I didn’t have a role would enthusiastically respond to her are our whole world,” he says, fondly she grew up, the adults in the family Many people daughters. Savita and Ganesh support to play in her delivery. And that I cooing. talking about the pleasures of father- started communicating with the child develop a habit of each other in all situations and, most wouldn’t have anything to do. I thought Another important part of their hood. in complete sentences. Like a majori- not applying their importantly, Ganesh is a hands-on since my mother was there to take care bonding ritual was him playing an Like the Ahires, Dinesh Gadge and ty of parents, the Gadges may not have minds seriously to father who doesn’t shy away from tak- of her, I wasn’t needed,” he shares. active part in feeding the baby. When his wife, Shraddha, have become been conversant with the medical jar- problems. Such ing care of the girls. Traditional patri- However, by the time their second she turned six months old, the family trendsetters in their family as well as gon of sensory and motor develop- people easily get archal norms might have assigned daughter was going to be delivered, organised Ushtawan, a ritual to mark in their neighbourhood. Dinesh, a san- ment, nonetheless their native wisdom confused even strict gender roles, which also absolves Ganesh had not only developed the her first meal of solid food compris- itation worker at the Airport Colony guided them and they took appropri- when there is a the father from being involved in rais- sensitivity and the skills to tend to his ing cooked rice mixed with milk. at Santa Cruz, Mumbai, is truly a dad ate steps at the right time, following slight change in ing the children. The couple is chal- wife, particularly during post delivery While the event, which is largely seen with a difference for his three children. this pattern with each of their off- the situation or lenging the status quo and leading by phase, he was all set to care for the as a women-only event, Ganesh also And he has been there right from the springs. some difficulty. example, especially when it comes to infant as well. Although he was work- participated with fervour. Thereafter, start. When Shraddha was expecting These days, the doting father They always wait taking care of their children. ing on the day Savita had delivered, he took on the responsibility of feed- her first child, the Community Health spends a lot of time with his kids. And for others to take decisions or if they take it some time, During Savita’s first pregnancy, Ganesh was excited to take over once ing the child. At first, it was a fare of Volunteer (CHV) from their nearby consequently, not only do the kids share they do not stick to them. They are not able to main- Ganesh, who works in a private firm, the baby came home. He loved hold- thin porridge with rice and almonds government health centre used to a strong bond with him, their mobile tain a consistent level of enthusiasm and efficiency was an attentive husband. He would ing and cuddling the newborn and along with a few other complementary visit the house to share information on usage as well as television time is min- in their life. They laze around over matters they should make it a point to take his wife to the while he was not able to talk to his foods. Later, when she turned one, the pregnancy, nutrition, immunisation imal. “As a family, we are all involved be alert and active about. Some even think that god local dispensary for regular check-ups. bundle of joy initially, he developed his parents inducted regular foods into her and child care. “My mother lives in in rearing the children. It’s a collective or good luck would do it for them. And after a point, But when it was time for her to deliv- own ways of communicating with meals. “It has been special to be able Thane so it was not possible for her to responsibility,” signs off Gadge. they become so thick-skinned that they are indiffer- er, he was not around, which is some- her. In fact, when the child started with to raise a baby. I have loved and be with me all the time. But since L>    ent to all the criticism that they face. It doesn’t both- er them or twitch their conscience at all. This type of procrastination is like a criminal ttarakhand has been ranked forefront in implementing the dents. waste of one’s precious time and societal resources. Utenth in the ‘School education rule and Uttar However, the government It is, in fact, a sin against oneself as well as others as Education Quality Index’ report 3/;13?+/220 Pradesh is the most backward. needs to improve the policies. it prevents a person from achieving any high goal in by the NITI Aayog. This huge- All the states of the country are Most grants are given to govern- life. It is not some error or a personality trait but some- ly indicates a lack of quality edu- lagging behind Kerala in all ment schools as compared to thing which can cause many problems. However, if cation in government schools in /0B10551 5222870 025 matters, including teaching pat- the private ones. The budget one has a habit of postponing, one should better trans- the state. The situation is even tern, training of teachers and allocates a special amount for form it into its good kind. As then, it becomes more more worrisome in rural areas 1085005 = ##  % )  $ 00/22002 their appointment in classrooms. education. Despite this, parents of an advantage as one can use it to put off certain where school buildings are not 5! /5151222208 085 From my own experience, I turning to private schools is an bad indulgences or activities. For example, when a even suitable for holding class- have seen that not only the edu- indication of the poor education chain smoker feels the urge to light up a cigarette, s/he es in some areas and teachers’ cation of students in govern- system in government institu- should use this habit of postponing in a positive man- posts have been lying vacant. ment schools but also their tions. The government needs to ner and say to himself, “not now.” And then if the same Due to the disintegrated system health is being neglected. This improve the model of these thought comes up after some time, s/he should post- in government schools, parents year, while visiting a govern- schools. Delhi and Kerala are pone it again by saying to himself, “not now” or “not have started preferring private ment school in Nainital, I saw the two biggest examples from today” and keep this process on. schools despite their low income. toilets full of gutkha, cigarettes which every state should learn Psychologists have observed that if a person post- According to a survey by an and foul smells, which made it in this aspect. Kerala invested pones his anger even for an hour, the tempo of his NGO, 35 per cent of parents are difficult to even stand inside for 15 per cent of its total budget on anger comes down very fast. Similarly, by postpon- opting for private schools for a minute. At the same time, the education in 2019-20 and the ing the act of drinking alcohol again and again, one better education of their chil- auditorium of the school was Delhi government has invested could develop the power of self-control and is, final- dren. The percentage of students such that the roof could fall any- 25 per cent of its annual bud- ly, able to give up the bad habit. This kind of post- enrolled in private schools has time and take the form of a big get in education, which is the ponement, therefore, becomes salubrious. So if we increased from 20 per cent in accident. This situation is not highest among all states of want our moral growth or a spiritual development, 2006 to 33 per cent in 2018. only about one school in India. If we talk about the pass we should adopt the formula of postponing what is Between 2014 and 2018, 1.5 Nainital city. Over 90 per cent percentage of class XII stu- bad and doing what is good without any delays. For lakh students have migrated government schools in dents, Delhi government if we postpone what is good, it is likely that our enthu- from government schools to Uttarakhand are facing this sit- schools have increased this year siasm can be killed. It would, therefore, be fit and private schools in Uttarakhand. uation. The state falls in seismic by 3.5 per cent, reaching to proper to put our good thought into action at the ear- There are 39,000 students in zone four which increases the 94.24 per cent, which is a good liest. If it’s good, it should be NOW, and if it’s bad, it 1,689 primary schools in 13 risk of earthquakes in the area. number. should be LATER or NEVER. districts who are studying with In such a case, dilapidated Uttarakhand can bring stu- the help of only single teachers. buildings can lead to major dents back to the government There is a huge gap in the stu- cation capacity of students of pri- country’s largest state, has been cle in the development of the accidents. This needs serious schools by improving the infra- dent-teacher ratio in the state. vate schools versus government ranked the last. This report is country as it is the sector that attention from the local admin- structure and by filling the On the contrary, private schools is also increasing. As of based on the learning outcomes indicates the direction and con- istration. It is not that teachers vacant teaching positions. The schools hold an edge over the 2009, it has increased from 16 of school-going children. The dition of the entire generation. of government schools lack authorities should consider government schools for being far per cent to 29 per cent in 2013 report also shows that 11 of the Statistics suggest that a strong knowledge. They are appointed looking at the model used by more superior in terms of infra- and to 37 per cent in 2018. 20 major states in the country initiative is still needed for edu- on the basis of merit but in Kerala and Delhi who have structure. Which is why parents According to the report by have had a significant decline in cational reforms. There is a addition to school work, the worked on improving infra- are turning to private schools as the NITI Aayog, there are con- primary admission. While at the need to create a policy that can teachers are burdened with structure, libraries and intro- the emphasis is on speaking siderable disparities in the case secondary level, this decline has be implemented equally in all work like elections, census and duced Smart Classrooms. These English language at the prima- of school education across the been recorded in eight out of 20 states. Right of Children to Free other surveys. This often affects are the key points that every ry level as compared to govern- country where improvement is large states. There are also sig- and Compulsory Education their teaching work. In contrast, state government school should ment schools and parents think required on a large scale. In the nificant disparities in matters of (RTE) Act, 2009 is equally teachers in private schools only adopt for an overall improve- this will be helpful in providing report, Kerala has been ranked library and computer training. applicable in all the states of the have to teach and hence, they ment of education across the employment to their children in first on the basis of quality edu- Inequality in education country. Despite this, according put all their energy into the all- country. future. The difference in the edu- cation while Uttar Pradesh, the between states is a major obsta- to the report, Kerala is at the round development of the stu- L>    :    !!" -      P ! !"A L(&C(!D ! 

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hivam Dube justified his promotion in batting order Swith a smashing half-cen- tury but it was struggle for the other Indian batsmen as West Indies restricted the hosts to 170 for 7 in the second T20 International here on Sunday. Despite Dube's 54 off 30 balls, which had four huge sixes apart from three fours, India didn't get the required momentum during the death overs on a track where Caribbean seamers used a lot of back of length slower deliver- ies along with well disguised short balls. The last five overs in the    (  056 Indian innings produced only 38 runs and West Indies were ,- @ Trinidadian hitman Ceesay saw Robert Junior favour of Churchill. able to compensate for the 13 Willis Plaza stamped his class Primus finding the back of the A shattered Mohun Bagan wides and two no-balls that yet again as he struck a brace to net from a well-directed head- thereafter kept making mis- they bowled during the help Churchill Brother FC beat er. takes in the midfield, even as evening. <  #  B, <+ +      '  !"# Mohun Bagan 4-2 in an I- The Mariners' efforts, how- Churchill defence was caught Kesrick Williams after League match here on Sunday. ever, got the desired result when off guard by youngster super- being subjected to humilia- 3!  falling to Williams as he mist- Plaza (2nd, 38rth) and an individual effort from sub Shubha Ghosh in the dying tion from Virat Kohli, came imed a cut. Robert Primus (29th) did the Naorem inside the Churchill moments of the game. back well with figures of 2 for   KL Rahul who hit a classy damage in the first-half before Box helped the home side earn The young striker who 30 in four overs including the     half-century in the first match Radanfah Abu Bakr (76th) put a penalty in the 33rd minute. replaced Naorem converted a prized scalp of the Indian cap- in Hyderabad, cracked a superb the match beyond the reach of Spaniard Javier Gonzalez slot- pass from Colinas to earn some tain (19 of 17 balls). There was #  !!4 boundary, before he skied one Mohun Bagan. ted it calmly and the match respite for Mohun Bagan and no 'Notebook Celebrations' but  :? from Pierre to Shimron For the Mariners, Fran sprung to life immediately. much-needed confidence for just a quiet 'finger on lips' this Hetmyer to be dismissed for 11. Gonzalez (34th) converted from Churchill, who are known himself. time around. 4   Rohit Sharma (15) who the penalty spot and Subha for their attacking play, left no Mohun Bagan made a few The other bowler, who ", did not have a great outing in Ghosh (90th) found the target. chance to capitalise on their lead efforts to score but Salvador impressed was leg-spinner the series opener fell going for The first half began with the and made it 3-1 in the 38th Martinez squandered those Hayden Walsh (2/28 in 4   !! a lap shot off Jason Holder's visitors taking charge right from minute through a Plaza scream- opportunities. overs), who pitched the ball bowling and had his leg stump the start. Churchill's efforts er from outside the box which In the final minutes of the good areas and was also able to "!    pegged back. yielded immediate result as caught Mariners goalkeeper injury time, a stunning strike get some sharp turn on his leg    ! West Indies' ploy of bowl- they took the lead in the second Debjit napping. Debjit fumbled from Beitia was beautifully breaks. ing back of the length did minute itself when their talis- while gloving the ball and parried away by Churchill's Left-arm spinner Khary !! work as the deliveries were not manic Plaza made no mistake allowed it to roll into the goal. substitute goalkeeper James Pierry who gave away only 11 easily coming onto the bat in finding the back of the net, In the 76th minute, Israil Keithan. runs from his 2 overs in the '         6 "67   !"# international fifty in 27 balls (4 making it difficult for hitting connecting a cross from Gurung, who came off the With six points from two Powerplay, was surprisingly sixes, two fours). through the line. Only briefly, Gambian Dawda Ceesay. bench, floated a long ball from games, Churchill Brothers now not called on to bowl again. prowess which he finally dis- to the bowling of West Indies Skipper Kohli, who deci- it was Dube, who got a hang of Against the run of the play, the right flank and Abu Bakr sit on top of the I-League The highlight of the Indian played at the international captain Kieron Pollard, smash- mated the Windies attack in the Pollard's slower ones and the Red Machines doubled their leapt over his marker to score points table followed by innings was giant Mumbai all- level. ing three huge sixes in the ninth game on Friday, saw Dube go picked them up over deep lead in the 29th minute when a his first goal of this I-League Gokulam Kerala, separated by rounder Dube's big-hitting The southpaw took a liking over. He reached his maiden big, but couldn't get going, mid-wicket region. perfect corner from Dawda season and make it 4-1 in goal difference. PTI "       ) %    & E,,

%)  are expected to feature post doping ban, Shaw will be his 50th first-class %'   in a significant number will be vying for the hundred. est specialists of games during the first third opener’s slot in the For Delhi, where off- ll India Football Federation TCheteshwar Pujara two months. Test side or at least a field drama dominates A(AIFF) developmental side will be looking for some And sooner than place back in the India news space, the team sans Indian Arrows will be hoping serious game time while later, Jasprit Bumrah and ‘A’ squad for the “shad- Ishant Sharma, who is for better fortunes when they wayward talent Prithvi Hardik Pandya are ow tour” of New expected to play some of take on Aizawl FC at the Tilak Shaw will aim for expected to play a few Zealand in January. the later games, will be Maidan today in Goa. redemption in what games to test their fit- He will face stiff banking on their pace Both seem focused as they promises to be an event- ness before they are back competition from trio of Navdeep Saini, are yet to taste a victory going ful three months of Ranji in the national fold. Gujarat’s Priyank Pradeep Sangwan and into the 10 fixture of the 13th Trophy starting today. Their presence will Panchal, Bengal’s Pawan Suyal to unsettle a Hero I-League season. The The 41-year-old only lift the pro- Abhimanyu Kerala line-up which has young Arrows got their season Wasim Jaffer also gears file of the tour- Easwaran and the likes of Vishnu Vinod, underway against Gokulam up to roll back years nament as well his former India Sachin Baby and Jalaj Kerala and despite a resilient and make yet another as making it U-19 teammate Saxena. showing, fell short by a goal. impact in the tourna- competitive. Shubman Gill of Dhruv Shorey, Hiten Speaking ahead of the Rozario is very experienced. with tremendous fighting spir- ment. With Mayank Punjab, who Dalal and Nitish Rana match, Shanmugam Venkatesh, They will come out fighting after it. Neroca scored the first goal With them will be grabbing his spot in many consider to will be hoping to give Head Coach, Indian Arrows their result in the first two through a free-kick and my the hundreds of young the Indian team, he be as talented as the good account of them- reflected on his young side’s per- matches and we are working players missed some scoring talent, who will certain- would relish the chal- Mumbaikar if not more. selves against Sandeep formance against the current hard to get ready for the game.” chances. In the second half, we ly figure out their moti- lenge of facing Rahane, on his part, Warrier’s back-of-the- league leaders and said, “The Aizawl FC, on the other dominated the game in all vation and purpose dur- Ravichandran Ashwin, will like to make some length stuff and Basil game we played against hand, have just a point to show aspects and created many ing the marathon tour- expected to come up big hundreds and see if Thampi’s pace. Gokulam was good and we after their first two games, earn- chances but couldn’t find the tar- nament that will have a with a bagful of tricks he can sneak into the Last but not the least played really well — but in ing a draw at home against get.” record 38 teams includ- when Karnataka take on white ball squad in the is two-time defending patches. In some parts of the Mohun Bagan and losing to He also asserted the need to ing new entrant Tamil Nadu in a high- wake of some good red champions Vidarbha, who game, we were very good but Northeast rivals NEROCA FC remain calm and positive by Chandigarh. profile group B clash in ball performance even probably will depend on there are still a lot of things to in Imphal. adding, “My team comprises The national first- Dindigul. though it is highly Rajnish Gurbani’s seam- improve and work upon.” Stanley Rozario, Head young players who all are under class championship is Ashwin against improbable at the up stuff in the absence of Looking forward to their Coach, Aizawl FC remained 22 yrs. But they have improved BCCI’s most high-pro- Mayank and back in- moment. Umesh Yadav. But all eyes upcoming match, he further positive following their defeat in immensely and they will file domestic tourna- form Karun Nair will be For Pujara, it couldn’t will be on 41-year-old added, “Aizawl are a good side the Northeast derby and said, become a good asset for Aizawl ment and the months of the marquee duel in the have been a better place to Jaffer, who is only 853 runs and have quite a few quality “The match was played at a high FC and the country in the com- December and January % )   ! %    !"# first round games. play the first game as shy of 20,000 first-class players. Their coach Stanley tempo and both teams played ing days.” could be very eventful Australia. Mayank Agarwal Similarly, Rahane Saurashtra take on runs. Jaffer’s insatiable for India’s Test and ‘A’ With India playing (Karnataka) and Shaw will have their Himachal Pradesh at appetite for runs, Ashwin’s team regulars while two Tests against New Ravichandran Ashwin own check lists when Dharamsala in chilly con- knack of showing who’s P&  Q' ‘Men in Blue’ under Zealand, starting from (Tamil Nadu), Umesh Mumbai take on Baroda ditions where Rishi the boss, Shaw’s auda- Virat Kohli remain third-week of February, Yadav and Ishant in an away match. Dhawan and company are cious strokeplay are what engaged in their white- the likes of Pujara (for Sharma (both rested on Having made an expected to make the ball will make the months of ball battles against West Saurashtra), Ajinkya BCCI advice for their impressive return in the talk. A three-figure mark December, January and    A7  Indies, Sri Lanka and Rahane (Mumbai), respective first games) Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 will be a special one as it February special. -@ Son Heung-min admitted he considered passing before the Tottenham winger “put his %) * $ ' ! booster on” to score his astonishing goal of the season contender against Burnley. wimmers and wrestlers continued BEBF    Son’s stroke of genius was hailed as one of the Stheir complete domination in their best goals in Tottenham’s glittering history as he respective disciplines as India continued virtually ran the entire length of the pitch before its commanding performance on yet #          5    firing home in Saturday’s Premier League clash another medal-laden day to leave rival in north London. countries far behind in the South Asian Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho dubbed Games here on Sunday. the South Korea star “Son-aldo” in reference in The swimmers picked up a brilliant strike scored by Brazilian legend as many as 7 Gold, 2 Silver and Ronaldo for Barcelona against Compostela in 2 Bronze while the wrestlers 1996. clinched all the four yellow But Son said he was actually looking to pass metals on offer on Sunday to to Dele Alli before instead setting off on the help India add 38 medals (22 Gold, 10 counter-attacking gem that earned compar- Silver, 6 Bronze) on Day 7 of the region- isons with Lionel Messi and George Weah. al Games. “I saw Dele (Alli) running on the left side, India’s total medal count stood at 252 and many Burnley players,” Son said. (132 Gold, 79 Silver, 41 Bronze), leaving <   )        “I tried to pass first of all to Dele, because he behind hosts Nepal and Sri Lanka entered the finals on Sunday with reign- was open but then one of their players followed behind. Nepal has won 165 medals (45 ing Commonwealth Games champion him so he wasn’t open any more. Gold, 44 Silver, 76 Bronze) while Sri Vikas Krishan (men’s 69kg) and 2014 “Then I was just thinking ‘should I go?’, and Lanka have collected 197 medals (36 CWG Bronze medallist Pinki Rani I put my booster on. I took the right timing to Gold, 68 Silver, 93 Bronze). (women’s 51kg) leading the charge. the booster on. Handball players added one Gold While Sparsh (52kg), Varinder “Then in two or three seconds I was in front and one Silver by winning the women’s (60kg) and Narender (+91kg) were the of the goal and I was really surprised. This kind the running,” Son told Spurs TV. event while finishing runners-up in the other boxers to reach the summit clash of goal, especially at home, it makes me so proud “But I was still focused for the finish, I want- men’s final. from the men, all the three women — and happy. It’s amazing.” ed to finish with this action. Imagine doing so In fencing also, India picked up all charge. India have so far won Gold Sakshi won all her matches one sided Pinki Rani (51kg), Sonia Lather (57kg) Harry Kane fired a brace with Lucas Moura well and then you miss the goal, I’d have been so the three Gold on offer by finishing on medals in all the 12 categories. by pinning her opponents down while and Manju Bamboriya (64kg) — cruised and Moussa Sissoko both on target too, but it was upset. top of the podium in the team events of While Sakshi was unstoppable on Ravinder had to work hard to clinch his into the finals. The only setback for India Son’s stunning goal that hogged all the plaudits. “So I just tried to focus and finish well, and men’s epee, men’s sabre and women’s foil. her way to the top podium finish in the Gold against Pakistan’s M Bilal after eas- was the defeat of Sachin in 81kg. The humble 27-year-old, who has netted 10 I’m really happy to finish it. For me it’s difficult, In wrestling, Indians continued 62kg category, U-23 world champi- ily overcoming the challenges posed by With eight Indian boxers sealing times this season, conceded he feared wasting his but every single goal is special. their complete domination by clinching onships Silver medallist, Ravinder Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi wrestlers in their final places on Saturday, India will remarkable run as he set himself to face Burnley “I like to dribble, I like to score goals, so this four Gold medals with Olympic Bronze clinched the Gold in the men’s freestyle the earlier rounds. now have a total of 15 boxers aiming for keeper Nick Pope. kind of goal is really special. So I’m just grateful medallist Sakshi Malik leading the 61kg. In boxing, seven Indian boxers the Gold medal. “I was tired actually, really, really tired after for a special feeling like this.” AFP  # $  #%&'()% " 50 +)&3 &23);3;&0 (      &B      # (       !&6 !   - 

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