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,    $'  %%%    O From Page 1 them or not. How can we com- Athagarh: A workshop on ele-   5.'E)&F Indian Forest Act, 1927 against the two. Order of Merit in 2002. “I want to make an appeal, ment on his leadership for phant protection and conser- They were produced before magistrate He is a three-time winner at the pres-  not as a Law Minister but as a Congress? He tried his electoral vation was held here on ce golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrest- who denied them bail and remanded them tigious Indian Open. But his form had citizen. A lot of evidence is avail- mettle in recent polls and Wednesday by the Athagarh Aed on Wednesday on charges of in judicial custody for 14 days. been on the wane and the last time he won able and this is the best part. brought some victories to Forest Division in collaboration poaching in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve’s pro- Randhawa, ranked among the top 100 a title was back in 2009 -- the Thailand People come to me and ask me Congress, there’s no doubt about with the Save Elephants tected area in Uttar Pradesh and remand- of the Official World Golf Ranking several Open. Randhawa won seven titles on the !+++ when adultery case can be it,” said the BJP leader. Foundation Trust. ed in 14-day judicial custody by a court, times between 2004 and 2009, has a farm Professional Gold Tour of India (PGTI), heard in just six months, the Madhav further sought to DFO Sasmita Lenka while an officer said. house in Dudhwa-Katarniaghat forest making him a celebrated name in the From Page 1 court can resolve the Sabarimala qualify his praise for Rahul by chaired it, former PCCF and Randhawa (46) was hunting in the for- area and was said to be staying there for domestic circuit. KCR had met his Odisha issue in 6 months, urban Maoist not seeing him as prime minis- Director of Indira Gandhi est area near the Motipur range along with the past few days. Pandey said the luxury The Delhi-based golfer was married to counterpart Naveen Patnaik on case can be heard in two terial candidate from the National Forest Academy his associate Mahesh Virajdar and was in SUV vehicle with registration number HR- actress Chitrangada Singh for 13 years Sunday and West Bengal Chief months… our Ram Lalla dis- Opposition side. “If Rahul Vinod Kumar attended as chief possession of a loaded .22 bore rifle when 26 DN-4299 was also seized from the golfer before they divorced in 2014. They have Minister Mamata Banerjee on pute is pending for the last 70 Gandhi could’ve been option for guest. Others like ACF both of them were arrested, field director whose full name is Jyotinder Singh a son, Zorawar, from the marriage. Monday. In his first meeting years and in the SC, the appeal PM candidate because of recent Rajendra Kumar Das, of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Ramesh Pandey Randhawa. Virajdar has served the Indian The Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, with the Prime Minister after is pending for the last 10 years, victories, then there would’ve Honorary Wildlife Wardens alleged. Navy as a Captain, a post equivalent to which is about 200 km from state capital taking over as Chief Minister why there is no hearing?” he been no need for mahagath- Ashok Pattnaik and Bijaya Das A deer hide, equipment used for Colonel in the Indian Army and Group Lucknow, is a part of the Dudhwa Tiger for the second time last week, said. On another political ques- bandhan. Even today, no one, joined the dais. Expressing hunting, the telescope-mounted .22 bore Captain in the IAF. He was court mar- Reserve. KCR discussed a variety of tion, Madhav accepted that the except Stalin, is ready to confirm concern, Vinod Kumar attrib- rifle, 80 live cartridges and three empty tialled four years ago on charges of finan- It covers an area of 400.6 sq km in issues with Modi, including Congress president scored some name of the leader of maha- uted the rising man-elephant shells and some cash were seized from the cial irregularities. Randhawa, who turned Terai belt of Bahraich district. release of funds for 10 back- political victories but refused to gathbandhan. There are six tussle to destruction of fruit SUV in which the two were travelling, he professional in 1994, has been a well- In 1987, it was brought under the ward districts, setting up of a comment on the merit of his people in queue to become bearing plants in the jungle, said. The officer said Randhawa was known name in Indian golf. He won 16 purview of the ‘Project Tiger’. It provides separate high court for leadership. PM”, he went on to say to sug- drinking water sources for wild drunk. professional titles in all, eight of them on strategic connectivity between tiger habi- Telangana, Kendriya “Rahul Gandhi is leader of gest that Opposition is still in animals and cultivation near Police slapped serious charges under the Asian Tour. He also has a Japan Tour tats of Dudhwa and Kishanpur in India Vidyalayas in new district and Congress. It’s for them to decide disarray in so far as the choice the jungle by encroaching upon the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and the title to his credit and topped the Asian Tour and the Bardia National Park in Nepal. an IIIT in Karimnagar district. if his leadership is beneficial to of PM candidate is concerned. the forest land. PNS

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He said that within a From Page 1 Civil Engineering course at a mental in procuring batteries, Jaish-e-Mohammad chief      month, he would announce a The seized items include 25 private University in Noida. connectors, SIM cards on fake Maulana Masood Azhar had new political party which will kg of explosive materials like The third year engineering documents and mobilising on December 4 said that he was A &   contest on all parliamentary Potassium Nitrate, Ammonium student was instrumental in funds for buying bomb-making keeping a watch on the politi- A.$)")3 constituencies to fight on a Nitrate, Sulphur, Sugar mater- procuring electrical items, materials. cal developments related to platform of pro-Hindu cause ial paste, 12 pistols, 150 rounds alarm clocks and batteries in Saqib Iftekar, 26, of Ayodhya and will strike back ormer Vishwa Hindu and look to solve the nation's of live ammunition, one coun- furtherance of the terror con- Simbhaoli, Hapur, Uttar when needed. The busting of FParishad (VHP) leader long-standing problems. try-made rocket launcher, 112 spiracy. Zubair Malik, 20, of Pradesh was working as Imam the module could also be Pravin Togadia was in Replying to the question by alarm clocks, mobile phone cir- Jaffrabad, Delhi, is studying in in Jama Masjid, Baksar, Uttar linked to Al Qaeda affiliate Jharsuguda on Tuesday and he local mediapersons about his cuits, batteries, 51 pipes, remote third year student of BA at a Pradesh. He helped the mas- JeM. JeM is a franchise of Al addressed a gathering of more tie-up with Patidar leader control car triggering switch, university in Delhi. termind Suhail in procuring Qaeda and Al Qaeda in Indian than 1,500 supporters and Hardik Patel and Gujarat wireless digital doorbell for The fourth accused Rashid weapons. Mohammad Irshad subcontinent is operating activists from Bajrang Dal, Congress leader Arjun remote switch, steel containers, Zafar Raq alias Zafar, 23, is also of Mohalla Qazi Zada, Amroha directly. Ansar Ghazwatul Hind Marwari Mahila and Marwari Modwadia, Togadia said he electric wires, 91 mobile a resident of Jafrabad and he is is an auto-rickshaw driver and is also a franchise of Al Qaeda Yuva Manch. does not have any political phones, 134 SIM cards, three into garments business. The was helping Suhail in arrang- and its operations are limited to Togadia announced that link with them. He clarified laptops, knife, sword, ISIS- fourth accused Saeed alias ing a hide-out for keeping the Jammu & Kashmir. after leaving the VHP he has that he is open to engage with related literature besides the Sayeed, 28, is a resident of material for making IED’s and The busting of the module formed a new Hindutva outfit anyone from across the politi- cash. Saidapur Imma, Amroha and bombs. Mohammad Azam, 35, also hints at insufficiency of the called Antarrashtriya Hindu cal spectrum on the issues that The chief conspirator has a welding shop there. is a resident of Chauhan Bajar, measures taken by the UP Parishad (AHP). managed to make a party office Supreme Court judges. matter. He called upon Hindus Suhail, 29, was working as Other accused Raees Gashi Mendu, Delhi. He runs police and Delhi Police against Attacking Prime Minister worth over Rs 500 crore for Setting the agenda for to join hands together. When Mufti in a madrasa at Hakim Ahmad of Saidapur Imma, a medical shop in Seelampur, crime and criminals as the Narendra Modi's four and a themselves in Delhi while Lord 2019, Togadia said, “We want asked how he would fund the Mahtab Uddin Hashmi Road, Amroha is also an owner of Shahdara and helped the mas- inimical forces not only radi- half years in office, Togadia said Ram continues to be forced to a Government of the Hindus. party he was going to form, Amroha, UP. He was present- welding shop there. termind in arranging weapons. calized themselves but were on the Modi Government has live under a tent below the Our slogan for the 2019 general Togadia said that the party ly staying at Jaffrabad in the The two brothers Saeed Apart from these accused, an advanced level of planning failed on both Hindutva and open sky in his own homeland. election is ‘Ab ki baar Hinduon would be funded by his sup- national Capital and had tasked and Raees had procured huge some other suspects are being for the series of attacks in development front. Togadia alleged that PM ki sarkaar’. In case such a porters. National general sec- other team members to pro- quantity of explosive materi- examined and more arrests Delhi and North India, sources Hinting at the BJP for its Modi has betrayed Dharam Government is formed, it will retary of Rashtriya Bajrang cure arms, explosives and other al/gun powder (approximate- may be subsequently, Mittal in the security agencies said failure to build a Ram temple Sansads by taking their support construct the Ram temple at Dal Manoj Kumar Sahoo and accessories to prepare IED’s ly.25 kg) for preparing IED’s said. adding counter radicalisation in Ayodhya, Togadia said those for his election and then leav- Ayodhya and solve unemploy- working president of AHP and pipe-bombs. He had also and pipe bombs and were The arrested accused measures have also not been up people who came to power on ing the matter of Ram temple ment issues, plight of farmers, Arun Kumar Upadhyaya were given a demonstration on fab- instrumental in fabricating a would be produced before the to the mark. the name of Ram temple have in the hands of reluctant price rise issue and ensure all- present. '   
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The District Child welfare of the minor children,  5)5 2$*. 2,850 crore in Financial Year Later, a few discrepancies he National Human Rights Protection Unit (DCPU) had the petitioner said. 2017-18. were pointed out by the Union TCommission (NHRC) has issued closure notice to the shel- Women and Child he State Government is wor- The revenue generated from Government and those were sought an action-taken report ter home in 2015 for not com- Development Minister Prafulla Tried over inordinate delay in operation of mines of OMC is complied with by the OMC on (ATR) from the Chief Secretary plying with the guidelines of the Samal informed that the insti- grant of forest and environ- one of the potential sources for May 1, 2017. of Odisha over the illegal shel- Juvenile Justice Act and had tution was unregistered and mental and exploration clear- the State exchequer. However The compliance report to ter homes, within four weeks. even repatriated the inmates to running illegally. Tripathy con- ances for some of the major obtaining of forest and environ- the observations of Ministry of Acting on a petition filed by their respective districts. tended that if the Minister was mines of the Odisha Mining mental clearance from the Environment and Forests and Supreme Court lawyer and However, the shelter home con- aware of the developments,  &.3& Chief Minister. Corporation (OMC). Government of India has turned Climate Change (MoEFCC) has rights activist Radhakanta tinued its illegal operations then why he could not take Union working president The OMC is regularly apply- to be a Herculean Task as for also been forwarded by the Tripathy, the apex human rights right under the nose of the dis- action against the erring insti- he 21st foundation day of Dilip Kumar Behera, mem- ing for forest and environmen- years together it is pending with Regional Office of the MoEFCC, panel passed the order. trict administration. tution for years. Tthe Biju Janata Dal (BJD) bers Netrananda Samal and tal clearances for its iron ore and the Centre, pointed out a senior Bhubaneswar, to the Ministry For a couple of years, the Had the officials concerned According to Department was celebrated by the Eastern Mihir Kanta Sahoo, advocate chromite mines. But there is official. Due to such inordinate since September 20, 2017. The inmates of shelter home, the cared to carry out inspections of Women and Child India Oil Refinery Workers’ Debabrata Sahoo, journalist inordinate delay in receiving delays, productions from these OMC later submitted a time Good News India Dream at regular intervals, the abuse Development, there are 300 Union on Wednesday at its Prasanta Kumar Rout also such clearances from the Union mines are halted and harming bound action plan to the Centre, at Beltikiri in would not have taken place, recognised child care institu- Zero Point office premises. spoke on the occasion. Government. Take for example the interest of the State, admit MoEFCC for compliance to EC Dhenkanal district subjected its Tripathy said. tions in the State. Good News Union president Santosh Behera, advocate Sahoo, though the OMC has requested officials. Prolonged delay in conditions on November 3, inmates to sexual abuse, In Rayagada, the NGO was India Dream Centre has regis- Kumar Pattnaik presided over journalist Rout said how pop- the Union Government for envi- obtaining amendment of envi- 2017. harassment and rights violation. running a shelter home near tered child care shelter homes in the meeting. ular the BJD has become since ronmental clearances for its ronmental clearance pertaining After lapse of another year, The Dhenkanal police had no Siriguda area where 76 girls Mayurbhanj, Kalahandi, Pattnaik said that late all these years. South Kaliapani chromite mines to South Kaliapani mines is the OMC is yet to get EC for the clue about what was happening were lodged. It has been oper- Deogarh and Baleswar districts. Bijubabu is a rare outstanding Early in the morning, the since 2015; however, the Gold eroding its production target. major chromite mines, which is there despite the fact that it was ating for the last nine years. However, the authorities had political leader of India, after statues of Bijubabu at Rahama, Category State PSU is yet to The OMC submitted the the cause of worry for the State running without registration Rayagada has at least 80 shelter denied permission to the organ- whom a political party has Kujang and Paradip were gar- receive such clearance from the proposal on May 5, 2015 for Government. Similarly, for the since 2015. The illegal shelter homes or hostels and a major- isation for running the institute been named, and his son, the landed. Sweets and fruits were Government of India. amendment of EC due to change Stage II forest clearance of home which was operating in ity of them are running without in 2015. The main registration president of the party, has distributed to the patients of The OMC has been growing in tailing pond location within Kumitar and Tiringpahar iron blatant violation of the Juvenile complying the norms and of the centre is believed to be in been ruling Odisha since last the Kugang and Paradip steadily over these years and the mining lease area. The pro- ore mines, the OMC has applied Justice Act, Tripathy said in his parameters of JJ Act, RTE Act West Bengal. 19 long years as its popular Government hospitals. today it stands as the largest State posal was approved by the in time. % #& , "('&- %(./0.123   (5 16P 8/0 $ %3*/ !   !   P89$ Q%  
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  "   "  a statement. Himachal Grihini Suvidha Addressing a Press confer- National Means-Cum Merit South Asia, South-East Asia, @ &     The Prime Minister will Yojana, Mukhya Mantri ence, Javadekar said that Scholarship Scheme, Central Middle East and Africa to        reach Dharamshala at around Savavlamban Yojana and Government has thoroughly Sector Scheme of Scholarship come and experience the very ((# &  .      !  ! 11.30 am and address a public Mukhya Mantri Chikitsa Kosh. reviewed the system and from for College and University best of academic learning at the /
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%      New Delhi: The Centre has shall receive a certificate and a Minister Jai Ram Thakur, plaints and demands immedi- amount by 30th of each month. GATI), Scholarship for the next three academic years     !   instituted annual awards to cash prize of 5 lakh, it said. An Union Health Minister JP ately at their door-steps. He stated that a Special Differently abled Students at the about 100 partners insti-   !   recognise the excellent work application by an institution Nadda, BJP State in charge “Similarly, the decision of grant of 250 crore has also under AICTE and “ISHAN tutes which includes the IITs,    %*     done by individuals and insti- does not debar any individual Mangal Pandey and BJP State the state government to reduce been sanctioned to complete UDAY” Special Scholarship IIMs and other prestigious  !  !  
 tutions in the country in the from that institution to apply for president Satpal Singh reached age limit for getting old-age the backlog of scholarship Scheme for North Eastern academic and technical 9 ! % field of disaster management. the award in his individual Dharamshala on Wednesday pension beyond any income amount and all backlog has Region under UGC, JRF etc are institutes. Three eligible institutions and capacity. The statement said and took stock of the prepara- limit from 80 to 70 years has been cleared now. He further some of the noteworthy schol- “The programme includes O &     individuals will be given the there is a need to recognise the tions at the rally site. benefitted more than one lakh announced that nearly 2.44 arship schemes of HRD setting-up of a large portal, call   0 A&  !P ‘Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda efforts of individuals and organ- Thakur expressed his grat- people in the state,” Thakur lakh students get benefit of var- Ministry, he said. centre, social media campaign, ((# 5A&0&) . <  Prabandhan Puraskaar’ every isations who have been working itude towards the people of the said. ious scholarships which are The Union Minister also branding, event management *      ! year with cash rewards ranging assiduously to alleviate the state for their cooperation in an He said he has covered 63 run by MHRD, AICTE and informed that Study in India and setting up of a facilitation    A!  $
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New Delhi: With the search The ship, carrying seven coast, but there was no trace of operation launched by the crew members, belonged to any ship at that location,” the Coast Guard to trace the miss- one Nityanand Kotian. The official said. ing trawler ‘Suvarna Tribhuja’ last contact established with the He said there were chances off Karnataka and Goa waters ship was on December 16, the of engine failure of the trawler yielding little success, the mar- official said. The Coast Guard and in such cases, they take itime agency is now looking at had launched an operation to time to reach the coast. uninhabited areas along the trace the fishing trawler on “We are now looking at coasts of these two States, a December 22 with its multiple uninhabited areas along the senior official said. ships and aircraft. Karnataka and Goa coasts. We The Coast Guard has also “We have not been able to are also in touch with the approached the Maharashtra trace the ship despite the search Maharashtra fisheries depart- Government to check whether and rescue efforts over the last ment to check whether the the ship had ventured in its few days. The ship owner had trawler had ventured into their waters. given a location off the Goa area,” the official added. PTI % #& , "('&- %(./0.123   (9       #% I     K 3  &     % I    I /8*(/(') /     &   &      /      23   "#$R  & &   *+    %  256     !         #' & #   !    , /012      
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Pakistan on March 2, 1963; Pakistan ille- gally ceded 5,180 square kilometre of the .4$    %           Indian territory in Pakistan-occupied            -S    ( Jammu & Kashmir to China.       +  ;         “We have repeatedly and consistent- ly called upon Pakistan to immediately ;   .   -       !  .  vacate all areas under its illegal occupa- the State of Jammu & Kashmir. or owing to the immensely therefore, follows that when Jammu & Kashmir land to - %         , %      tion, most recently on November 30, For China, it’s a question complicated demography and any of the “illegal occupied Pakistanis”, thereby legitimis-        3    .4$        2018,” the Minister informed the of geo-politics, geo-econom- distribution thereof across land of Jammu & Kashmir” is ing their illegal act. What an Parliament. Yet, the picture appears grim ics and geo-strategy for its South Asia. reclaimed by India, as was irony! In one stroke, legal        (  R   S   R(( as “Pakistan continues to be in illegal and super power status-aspiration. India has been badly cor- done by the valiant soldiers of India became illegal! And S               %   forcible occupation of a part of Jammu & It constitutes an hydra-head- nered for its own past inabil- the Indian Army (under the grossly, illegal China-Pakistan            $        Kashmir”, she asserted. What then does ed future game-plan: Control, ity to reclaim (and even retain) able military leadership of occupation of the Indian land this mean to India? It’s simple, yet adverse, rather than visible physical its own land from ‘illegal Zorawar Chand Bakshi and continued, unchallenged,  "   !         ,   to say the least. occupation, of key land-locked occupation’ of Pakistan and Ranjit Singh Dayal) in Haji unharmed and unaffected,                    That the “illegal occupation of approx- territories, where the ‘great China. Unlike China, India Peer Pass in the 1965 India- thereby transforming             -  imately 78,000 square kilometre of the game’ was played by the has shown a peculiar propen- Pakistan war, was it not a case Islamabad-Beijing duo’s per-   @      -      3  -   ( Indian territory” by Pakistan does not fig- empires of Russia and Britain. sity to cede its own territory to of supreme folly to return fidy and illegal act into an ure in Delhi-Islamabad bilateral any It’s also the terrain which was foreign country, thereby dilut- India’s own territory in the indisputably ‘legal act’!           -        ( more. Swaraj’s clarification to the dreamily aspired by Han ing its own professed stand at diplomatic table of Tashkent in Seen in this background,    A+(;             Parliament on Pakistan, however, did not rulers from far off Hwang Ho the diplomatic table; tamely January 1966 by the galaxy of the bona fide statement in   #    ,          ( mention that with the “so-called valley and who saw recurring capitulating even when there Indian stars themselves? Parliament by the Foreign ‘Boundary Agreement’ signed between aggression by numerous hos- simply did not exist any ‘cause All the more, as it hap- Minister needs to be supple-         (           China and Pakistan on March 2, 1963”, tile sultans, badshahs and of action’ to do so. pened within 35 months of the mented with/by a sustained        (       -         and with the ceding of “5,180 square kilo- principalities across the corri- It may sound bizarre, China-Pakistan illegal occupa- teaching of the Constitution of  ?            +  metre of the Indian territory in Pakistan- dor connecting Istanbul with unpleasant and harsh, but tion of Indian territory of India to the members of occupied Jammu & Kashmir”, China the great alluvial soil of South recalling past reality of India’s Jammu & Kashmir? Had India Indian legislature who act as       ,              automatically emerged as a stake holder Asia. The terrain of Jammu & conspicuous failure on not surrendered so tamely at executive and guardians of law      with the very physical presence of its Kashmir also connects the Jammu & Kashmir may be of Tashkent, the China-Pakistan while protecting the territory               /01<   troops and civilians. This amounts to mighty and lofty landmass of some consolation and form a axis would have been under and sovereignty of India. Chinese occupation of the Indian territo- Euro-Asia around the Pamir lesson for the future. It should conspicuous pressure pertain- Article 1 (1) of the                       ry. It’s the presence of foreign China as and the Karakorum with not be repeated, else things ing to their illegal actions. Constitution is explicit and cat-        ? )        ‘third party’ deep inside Jammu & declining demography and can go worse than what it was Hence, this one single act egorical: “India, that is Bharat,    B              ( Kashmir. It’s a live ‘dragon in the room’. promising mineralogy with in the past. damaged India till no end. shall be a Union of States” and In other words, China has been ‘exist- easy access to warm water Thus, when the Minister Suddenly, India’s avowed legal Article 1 (2) stipulates “The                  ( ing’, though illegally, deep inside the ports of the Indian Ocean of External Affairs was refer- position on Jammu & States and the territories there-      ,S  (         ( Indian territory since more than 55 years. (which the Romanovs and ring to “illegal occupation of Kashmir appeared fragile and of shall be..” “(c) such other ter-                   And there is no way that China is going Czars of Russia always dreamt Jammu & Kashmir,” her words illegal when our country sur- ritories as may be acquired.” to withdraw voluntarily, or show some of, and yet always failed to pertained to the whole terri- rendered its own territory to The point is loud and clear.      .        ,   .4$ diplomatic niceties like Jawaharlal Nehru turn it into reality). tory thereof which legally Pakistan, thereby giving the India can ‘acquire territories’.         -        consistently did throughout the 1950s Plain speaking, therefore, acceded to India on October world an impression as if Haji India cannot surrender terri-               towards China, or give up illegal occupa- there doesn’t seem to be an 26, 1947, following the same Peer Pass was Pakistan’s bona tory, least of all, its own terri- tion of the Indian territory and retreat easy way out (especially in the procedure and documenta- fide possession and that India tory. That is the crux, and the     -       .        from there in the foreseeable future. 21st century), to either alter tion as done by 548 other had illegally usurped it during ruling class of India has to fol-          $  ,   , /01< Especially, since (now) China’s Belt & the possession of physical princely States vis-à-vis New the course of the war in 1965. low the Constitution thereof, Road Initiative (BRI) and the China geography of Jammu & Delhi (with 16 acceding to Hence, New Delhi was in letter and in spirit. Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are Kashmir by the menacing tri- Pakistan). morally, logically and diplo- (The writer is an alumnus, deeply entrenched within, and pass through flanking China-Pakistani axis, Logically and legally, it, matically bound to “return the National Defence College) )   3  * 0/$

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Nick 0&.6&2. 3 untary retirement or death.     -C        C     The proposed NCA was supposed to be an Robinson in his report, ‘Interpreting the It has been reported that in India, one judge                   adjudicating body that would deal with all Constitution: Supreme Court Constitution ) 02483$&2 $ 6 handles over 1,800 cases. This not only results            types of matters, except those relating to the Benches since Independence’ showed that 67A)$ '25) 4$6 in the improper and untimely dispensation of @  -           C  Constitution or public importance, which appeals to the Supreme Court are made by lit- justice, but also staggers the speed of develop- would ordinarily fall under the domain of the igants belonging to nearby areas. This issue can $ ""2.$ 2$&22367 ment of the Constitutional jurisprudence in the   - "          D000  10000 Supreme Court. The NCA will, thus, act as an be readily resolved by the setting up of four country. 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Later, the 95th, 125th (PIL) in State of Uttaranchal vs Balwant Singh plagued our judicial system for centuries.       ; #          and the 229th report of the Law Commission Chaufal, the practice of filing frivolous PILs (Raghav Pandey is an Assistant Professor of                #   also dealt with the issue of NCA but to no avail. is far from over yet. For the working of the Law at Maharashtra National Law University,                      Interestingly, the Supreme Court, too, has had NCA in the most efficient form, strict adher- Mumbai and Neelabh Bist is a Fourth Year stu-                its fair share of comments about the NCA. ence to various guidelines will have to be dent of Law at Maharashtra National Law In the case of Bihar Legal Support Society ensured, otherwise the body would act just as University, Mumbai) *&  *    231/< +                                                  

The question whether the They found that around 40 per cent Swachh Bharat. Our policy-makers around the project and get the pop- expelled from other countries, have Government got it right or not was of the people, who had toilets in should have given it a proper ulation to actually use the built toi- raised their ugly heads once again. fuelled by a recent World Bank their house, did not use them. thought before making efforts to lets. For change to happen, there has Local water bodies and top-soil report that concluded that mere Many even associated toilets with build toilets. Desired change in to be initiation of sufficient deter- are the largest sufferers of open building of toilets won’t stop Indians gandagi (dirt). behaviour related to toilet use rents against open defecation — be defecation while the local popula-      from defecating in the open as long Further, people’s beliefs were should have been the first step. it in the form of penalties or other tion only experiences the resultant 3" 1/18 as their attitude towards latrines do closely linked to their perception of Eliminating open defecation measures of the similar kind. health problems. This aspect needs     not change. what others believed. This means has been a herculean task for India. Countries such as China, too, to be brought to the notice of the he National Democratic The research was conducted by that social norms have a big say on Since 1970, many programmes have were grappled with the same prob- local villagers in order to increase .  *#  O Alliance (NDA) Government’s Varun Gauri, Tasmia Rahman and individual attitudes and that more been initiated but all failed to bring lem during the early 1990s but the general awareness. ! 
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Banerjee’s twisty Government. “Look at the rising Western Ghats took the State admitted to hospitals in Banerjee on Wednesday reference of the Congress ruled numbers of farmers’ suicides by storm on Wednesday Kannur. The event saw expressed reservations about States could give rise to specu- during this regime. About evening. unprecedented participation the blanket waiver of farm lations on whether she was 12,000 farmers have committed The 795-km stretch of women, especially house- loans by “some States” (read keen to ally with the tri-colour suicide during this regime, she between Mangalore in wives hitherto confined to their Congress ruled states). party in immediate future, said reminding how the farmers Karnataka and Kanyakumari, homes. Geetha Rajagopal, In tandem with lambasting experts said drawing reference in Nasik and elsewhere were the land’s end in southern Anitha Prakash and hundreds the BJP for claiming credit to how the Chief Minister con- being forced to destroy their gar- Tamil Nadu saw millions of of housewives like them joined about farmer insurance schemes gratulated her Telangana coun- lic and onions on the highways. devotees which included men, the Jyothi much to the joy of the Trinamool Congress chief terpart K Chandrashekhar Rao Reacting to her attack women and children holding the organisers. also questioned the efficacy of personally at his “marvelous senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha lighted lamps and chanting Ayyappa Temple at “some States who are blindly victory” in the recently con- said “the BJP does not want to Swamy Saranam and Ayyappa Chennai’s Mahalingapuram waiving farmers’ loans.” cluded Assembly elections but react to statements made by a Saranam with a prayer to the saw hundreds of devotees with Banerjee said during an desisting from doing so in the Chief Minister who is worth- Lord to make the authorities lighted lamps joining the Jyothi. administrative meeting that she case of Congress. less and has lead Bengal to the see reason and resist from “This is our silent message to was collecting information The Chief Minister also path of anarchy.” their move to allow women in mer vice-chancellor of Sree through the massive crowd to to Sabarimala turned out to be the authorities who are out to regarding the benefit the farm- attacked the BJP for trying to State Congress president the 10-50 age group inside the Sankara Sanskrit University get a position in the Jyothi in an ocean of humanity, each tamper with age old traditions ers were getting from loan waiv- “claim entire credit” about the Somen Mitra on the other hand temple. and national award winning front of the Adi Sankara Tower person holding tray with light- in Sabarimala. If they ignore er schemes. “There are some farmer insurance schemes. wondered, “How does a ques- The Ayyappa Dharma actress Menaka Suresh. at Kaladi said the event was a ed chirath made of mud. this Jyothi, the repercussions (governments) who are waiving “They (BJP) are telling the peo- tion of alliance arise between the Samiti which organised the “It was an enlightening tremendous success. “This is Interestingly, many Christians may be very severe,” said Anita farmers’ loans and I am gather- ple that the Central Government Congress and the Trinamool Jyothi sprang a surprise by experience. I feel this Jyothi will the first time I am seeing an were seen taking part in the Pillai, a Chennai housewife. ing papers to find out whether is giving farmers’ insurance Congress at a time when our ensuring the participation of lead Kerala to a world of light apolitical rally like this in rally at Perumbavoor. While the Ayyappa Jyothi con- farmers are actually benefited or whereas the truth is that the workers are being attacked and some of the most venerated and peace,” said Senkumar, an Kerala and I hope the message Mazhuvencherry Jaison, a cluded peacefully, Kerala is in not,” Banerjee said without refer- Centre is only contributing 20 tortured everyday by the cultural leaders of Kerala in this apolitical person who had will reach the authorities in the Christian businessman said he for another spectacle y the ring to the Congress directly. percent of the money. The rest Trinamool Congress and its unique event. Those who took earned appreciation from all right perspective,” said and most other Christians CPI-M sponsored Women She said, “none other than is being given by the State. They police State. The Congress is tak- part in the Jyothi led by Swamy over the State for his 35 years Bharathan. were with the devotees in their Wall to be organised on the Trinamool Congress gov- are trying to mislead the people ing care of itself in Bengal,” Chidanandapuri included T P of service as a police officer. The 45 km stretch between agitation to preserve the tradi- January 1, 2019 which has ernment has given better ser- by telling lies. I am telling this in adding he did not expect good Senkumar, MGA Raman, for- Govind Bharathan, senior Angamally in the National tions of Sabarimala. been described as the begin- vices to the farmers. Here in public and dare them to slap words from the TMC chief as mer directors general of police, lawyer of Kerala High Court Highway and Muvattupuzha in Elsewhere in the State, ning of a renaissance in the Bengal we have seen how the defamation charges against me,” she was “bound to feel frustrat- Prof KS Radhakrishnan, for- who had to fight his way the Main Cetral Road leading there were reports from State. entire flock of the farming Banerjee said. ed by the Congress’ success.” "!   C(         & 

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But what stood out in the 40 Lok Sabha seats (39 from Kerala account for more than of residents to face plethora of he news about the bishops the assembly election was the Tamil Nadu and the lone seat 1 crore of Christians in the hardships. Most people chose Tand vicars of all Churches wash out suffered by the from Puducherry). country," said the paper to stay indoors as the cold wave in Tamil Nadu declaring their AIADMK in the southern dis- In the eventuality of the authored by JK Bajaj, MD triggered several ailments support to the DMK in the trict of Kanyakumari where Lefts too join the DMK- Srinivas and AP Joshi, all mostly targeting children and upcoming Lok Sabha election Christians constitute 46.9 per Congress bandwagon, demography experts. old age people. has jolted the ruling AIADMK cent of the population. Radhakrishnan and the BJP are What stands out in the The cold wave is more as well as the BJP. The DMK-Congress in for trouble, said a senior BJP study is the observation made intense in Ladakh region where Though the Church or the alliance swept the leader in Tamil Nadu. But the by the authors that despite lowest temperature in Leh dis- Bishops Council of Tamil Nadu Kanyakumari district by win- DMK-Congress alliance alone their not so big presence in the trict touched minus 17 degrees have not made any formal dec- ning all the six assembly con- could derail the chances of State, Christian population is Tuesday night, meteorological laration about the support to stituencies with comfortable Radhakrishnan making it to distributed in the State in such department officials said. the DMK, the deal was struck margins. All the candidates Lok Sabha in the 2019 election a way that they wield big influ- The normal life is affected water for domestic use. where Kupwara district head- to the charm of the place. The during the Christmas gala held who got elected from the dis- A scientific paper pub- ence. The three districts of in most parts of Kashmir due The summer capital quarters recorded 6.4 degrees tourists are awaiting snowfall at Tiruchirappalli last Saturday trict belonged to Christian lished by Centre for Policy Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli and to the intense cold wave that Srinagar recorded coldest night Celsius. on eve of New Year to make which was attended by party community. These six con- Studies, a Chennai based inde- Dindigul have a total Christian has hampered water and elec- in 11 years on Monday with Gulmarg, the famed ski their trip memorable, a hotelier chief MK Stalin and heads of all stituencies constitute the pendent think-tank specialising population of 5.5 lakh .While tricity supply. Despite heavy temperature slipping to minus resort in north Kashmir’s from Gulmarg said on phone. Churches and “Ministries” in Kanyakumari Lok Sabha con- in demographic studies and Tiruchirappalli has 9 per cent load shedding, the power sup- 6.8 degrees Celsius. Parts of Baramulla district has wit- The cold wave began in the the State. stituency which is presently which was accessed by The Christian population, Dindigul ply schedule has gone awry as famed Dal Lake were frozen nessed a trickle of tourists on Valley last week coinciding It may be noted that the represented by Pon Pioneer points out that and Thanjavur closely follow most residents complain that especially in the interiors. The eve of Christmas and New with the onset of Chillai-Kalan Bishops Council of Tamil Nadu Radhakrishnan of the BJP who Christians constitute 6.12 per with 7.9 and 5.6 per cent they have not received charge famous resort of Pahalgam in Year. The officials said that - the 40-day period of harsh had declared their support to is also the minister of state for cent of the total population of respectively. No political par- for long hours. south Kashmir recorded 7.9 Gulmarg recorded tempera- winter. It begins on December the DMK-led alliance in the finance and surface transport. 7.22 crore in Tamil Nadu. ties in Tamil Nadu can hope to The cold wave has frozen degrees Celsius below freezing ture of minus 9.4 degrees 21 and lasts till the end of 2016 assembly election. A Radhakrishnan won the 2014 "Tamil Nadu has a consid- win the election without enlist- water supply pipes in many point. Celsius. With a thin layer of January. The authorities have signed statement by Antony election because there was no erable Christian population. ing the support of the Christian areas leaving the residents to go The cold wave has equally snow enveloping the famous closed all educational institu- Pappusamy, Archbishop of alliance between the DMK, Of the total 2.78 crore community in the State. for alternate means to fetch hit the north Kashmir regions resort, the cold wave has added tions for winter vacations.    O$ ) )P     "    !    Gondia (Maharashtra): Two   $5.04 phase of the annual festivities. earnings are expected to touch young men drowned The shrine will re-open on that of last year, he said. Wednesday in Khairbandha mid high security, the cer- December 30 for the The temple had witnessed dam near here in east Aemonial procession carrying ‘Makaravillaku’ festival, which heavy rush in the past few days Maharashtra, police said. the sacred ‘Thanka Anki’ (gold- falls on Januaury 14. after a lull in footfalls, follow- The incident occurred en attire), to be worn by Lord Meanwhile, during this ing the restrictions imposed around 1 pm after Krishnakumar Ayyappa, the presiding deity of mandala puja season, 32 lakh due to protests by devotees. Arre (18) and Dharmendra the Sabarimala temple,reached pilgrims have so far trekked to The Ayyappa temple had Lilhare (21), along with their here Wednesday evening. the hill shrine, A Padmakumar, witnessed frenzied protests by friend, entered the water for The procession, which had president, Travancore devotees against the state gov- bathing though they didn’t know set off four days ago from the Devaswom Board (TDB), which ernment’s decision to imple- how to swim, they said. Sree Parthasarthy temple at manages the temple, said. ment the Supreme Court’s According to police, Arre Aranmula, reached the Lord During this pilgrim season, September 28 verdict, opening and Lilhare got trapped in the Ayyappa temple by around there has been a dip in the rev- its doors to women of all ages water current and drowned. 6.30 PM, temple sources said. enues compared to the previ- to offer prayers. However, their friend sur- Lord Ayyappa would adorn ous years, he said. 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If the CBFC does not taken 50 years to understand (Karnataka-Maharashtra) bor- issued on November 28. long time and the minister used ment during a brief interaction Sumitra Mahajan on should remain aware and facil- take immediate decision (in for what Balasaheb. For der dispute) that he will not be When contacted, Gohain to visit her home, a senior offi- with the media in state Wednesday termed lawyers as itate the government in imple- clearing the film), it is better if instance, Madhya Pradesh’s allowed to enter Maharashtra, told PTI, “I have heard that the cial of the Nagaon Police Congress headquarters in priests in the temple of law and menting new laws enacted to it would be better if the imme- new chief minister Kamal Nath agitations to force cinema own- court has issued a summons, Station had said. Jammu on Tuesday. highlighted their role in the forward justice to the last per- diate decision in Babri matter”. is now talking about preference ers in Mumbai to screen but I have not received it yet. The minister’s officer on Flanked by minority lead- freedom struggle. son of the society. Expected to be used by the to local people – a thing that Marathi films, his explanation The case is totally false and I special duty Sanjiv Goswami ers of the Congress party, Saeed “The lawyers’ community She also appealed to the Shiv Sena as a vehicle for its Balasaheb crusaded 50 years for saying “Jai Hind, Jai am a victim of political rival- had then claimed that Gohain Khan, also announced that the played a vital role in the free- lawyers’ association to come campaign in the run-up to the ago”. Maharashtra” ( For me, nation ry,” he said. had filed some complaints of congress party will also release dom struggle. What a priest forward not just in improving the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Of the three cuts suggest- comes first, then my state), The complaint alleged that blackmailing against the all those prisoners currently does in the temple, the advo- system, but also with suggestions “Thackeray” features actors ed by CBFC, two are remarks court room scenes where he the incident took place seven to woman and her family. kept behind bars due to ter- cates do the same in the tem- on how India’s judicial system Nawazuddin Siddiqui and “ Utao Lungi bajao Pungi” and insists that Lord Ram was born rorism, to restore peace in the ple of law,” asserted Mahajan could be strengthened further. Amrita Rao in the lead roles as “Endu Gundu walle” that late in Ayodhya and rebuts a lawyer region. while addressing the conclud- Speaking at the function, Bal Thackeray and his wife Thackeray had made in refer- questioning as how sure he was Addressing a press confer- ing ceremony of the three-day West Bengal Governor Keshari Meenatai respectively. ence to south Indian migrants that Lord Ram was born in ence in Jammu Haji Sagheer convention of Akhil Bharatiya Nath Tripathi said that the Executive Editor of the settled in then Bombay in late Ayodhya by saying “ Nahi tho Saeed Khan said, BJP leaders Adhivakta Sangh in Lucknow Adhivakta Parishad was an Sena mouth-piece “Saamana” sixties which witnessed attacks Ramlalla Pakistan me Paida that have carried out these on Wednesday. example of showing the way to and Sena spokesperson Sanjay by the Shiv Sainks against the Hue the kya?”, his saying killings, how ever big the leader Attacking the #Metoo cam- the society and facilitating jus- Raut has only written the script migrants from south India. whether he is right or wrong is, a new law will be formed paign, Mahajan said that advo- tice to all. He added that advo- and screen play, but he has also The third reference relates to will be decided by the people and the BJP leaders will be sent cates should feel their respon- cates should not indulge in any produced the film. Well-known the Babri Masjid. of the country and how he han- to the gallows. Referring to the sibility towards the society and agitation or protest so that the Marathi filmmaker Abhijit The two trailers – Marathi dles media questions about recent incidents of violence instead highlight #Ytoo. High Court has to take cogni- Panse has directed the film. and Hindi – have different set the Sena’s role in the commu- which rocked Bulandshehr in “Advocates at present are sance and ban their unwanted There is confusion about of dialogues. The Marathi trail- nal riots in Mumbai in the Uttar Pradesh,Congress leader eyeing high packages by getting stir and declare it unlawful. the exact date of the release of er talks about the lack of jobs post-Babri Masjid demolition claimed if 'terrorists' of Bajrang engaged in the corporate world Tripathi highlighted the the film. While the makers for local because of south period. Dal,'terrorists of RSS, 'terrorists' instead of practising in courts and importance of Public Interest have said the film will release of BJP can be compensated facilitating justice to the common Litigation claiming that it had on January 25, 2019, Uddhav then why compensation cannot man. Lawyers have to maintain become a powerful tool to extend said that the film would hit the be given to innocent people integrity and they should feel justice or check unlawful activi- screen across the country on killed during terrorism in their responsibility in building up ties of Government or even January 23, 2019 – the birth Kashmir valley.He said high standard in the society,” the expose corrupt practices. anniversary of late Thackeray. Congress party will also imple- Lok Sabha Speakers said. However, he cautioned that peo- Responding to the cuts ment Minority Commission Claiming that even her ple should keep in mind that such suggested by the CBFC, Raut in the State, if voted to power. husband and she were advo- tools should be not misused.PTI said: “When we talk of late

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Trump from the International Whaling June 30. than 250 people and business- ernise North Korean railways North and South Korean Wednesday brings the first argued that Democrats oppose Commission and will resume Leaving the IWC means es to a blacklist first announced and roads and connect them officials signed a wooden rail- full business day after several a wall only because he is for commercial whaling next year, Japanese whalers will be able to at the start of November. with the South, but without road tie, unveiled a new sign- Government departments and one. in a move expected to spark resume hunting in Japanese According to a decree by progress in nuclear negotia- board and observed a ceremo- agencies closed up over the The stalemate over how international criticism. coastal waters of minke and Prime Minister Dmitri tions, trains won't be crossing nial connecting of northern and weekend due to a budgetary much to spend and how to The announcement had other whales currently pro- Medvedev, 245 individuals and the border anytime soon. southern tracks at Kaesong's stalemate between President spend it caused the partial been widely expected and tected by the IWC. But Japan seven companies, mostly in the The ceremony at the North Panmun Station, according to Donald Trump and Congress. Government shutdown that comes after Japan failed in a bid will not be able to continue the energy and defence sectors, Korean border town of Kaesong South Korea's Unification And there is no end in sight. began Saturday following a earlier this year to convince the so-called scientific research were sanctioned by Moscow. came weeks after the Koreas Ministry. So far, the public and fed- lapse in funding for depart- IWC to allow it to resume com- hunts in the Antarctic that it Relations between Moscow conducted a joint survey on the Officials from China and eral workers have largely been like to call it," Trump said, ments and agencies that make mercial whaling. has been exceptionally allowed and Kiev have deteriorated northern railway sections they Russia were also invited to wit- spared inconvenience and referring to Democrats who up about 25 per cent of the "We have decided to with- as an IWC member under the since a pro-Western hope to someday link with the ness the symbolic start of an hardship because Government staunchly oppose walling off Government. draw from the International Antarctic Treaty. Government came to power South. It's one of several peace ambitious project Seoul hopes is closed on weekends and the border. Some 800,000 Government Whaling Commission in order The withdrawal means after the 2014 revolt against a gestures agreed between North will one day link South Korea federal employees were excused "I'll call it whatever they workers are affected. Many are to resume commercial whaling Japan joins Iceland and Norway pro-Russian leader, Moscow's Korean leader Kim Jong Un and with the Trans-China and Trans- from work on Christmas Eve want, but it's all the same on the job but must wait until in July next year," top in openly defying the IWC's annexation of the Crimea and liberal South Korean President Siberian railways. AFP and Christmas, a federal holi- thing," he told reporters after after the shutdown to be paid Government spokesman ban on commercial whale the outbreak of war in eastern Moon Jae-in as they push day. The shutdown began at participating in a holiday video again. Yoshihide Suga told reporters. hunting. Ukraine. ahead with engagement amid midnight last Friday. conference with representa- Trump claimed that many "Commercial whaling... Japan has hunted whales A total of 567 individuals a stalemate in larger nuclear Trump said on Tuesday tives from all five branches of of these workers "have said to Will be limited to Japan's ter- for centuries, and the meat was and 75 Ukranian companies negotiations between that the closed parts of the the military stationed in me and communicated, 'stay ritorial waters and exclusive a key source of protein in the now face Russian economic Washington and Pyongyang. Government will remain that Alaska, Bahrain, Guam and out until you get the funding economic zones. We will not immediate post-World War II sanctions, which put a freeze But beyond on-site way until Democrats agree to Qatar. for the wall.' These federal hunt in the Antarctic waters or years when the country was on any assets they have in reviews and ceremonies, the wall off the US-Mexico border Trump argued that drug workers want the wall. in the southern hemisphere," desperately poor. Russia. Koreas cannot move much to deter criminal elements. He flows and human trafficking The only one that doesn't Suga added. But consumption has On his Twitter account, further along without the said he's open to calling the can only be stopped by a wall. want the wall are the Tokyo has repeatedly declined significantly in recent Medvedev said the sanctions removal of US-led sanctions wall something else as long as "We can't do it without a Democrats." Trump didn't say threatened to pull out of the decades, with much of the were "to defend the interests of against the North. he ends up with an actual wall. barrier. We can't do it without how he's hearing from federal body, and has been regularly population saying they rarely or the Russian Government, busi- A South Korean train car- Asked when the a wall," he said. "The only way workers, excluding those he criticised for catching hun- never eat whale meat. nesses and people." rying about 100 people — Government would reopen fully, you're going to do it is to have appointed to their jobs or who dreds of whales a year for "sci- Whale hunting has become Tensions between the two including Government offi- Trump said he couldn't say. a physical barrier, meaning a work with him in the White entific research" despite being a rare thorny subject in Japan's neighbours have worsened cials, lawmakers and aging rel- "I can't tell you when the wall. And if you don't have that House. But many rank-and-file a signatory to a moratorium on otherwise largely amiable for- since November when Russia's atives separated by the 1950- Government's going to be then we're just not opening" the workers have gone to social hunting the animals. eign policy, with international coastguard captured three 53 Korean War — rolled into open. I can tell you it's not Government. media with stories of the finan- Suga said Japan would offi- opposition only serving to make Ukrainian naval vessels and the North Korean border town going to be open until we have Democrats oppose spend- cial hardship they expect to face cially inform the IWC of its conservatives dig in deeper in their crews off the Crimean of Kaesong, where they were a wall or fence, whatever they'd ing money on a wall, preferring because of the shutdown. AP decision by the end of the support of the tradition. AFP coast. 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The conditions, though, were com- Mbeen waiting for his Agarwal feels blessed pletely different from what Rahul and India debut for the past one that he made his debut at the Vijay had countered in bowler-friend- year but when dream turned MCG and also crossed every ly Adelaide and Perth. into a reality, there was such step towards international The MCG pitch turned out to be a surge of emotions that the cricket with flying colours. docile, ideal for someone making his Karnataka batsman found it "I just want to say that Test debut as the Australian pacers had the hosts any more success in the final Kohli was yet to arrive at the crease with difficult to focus on the job whatever happened and to bend their back to get the session. However, Kohli survived a hos- 100-plus runs on the scoreboard. The at hand. whatever kept happening, I Kookaburra ball to rise sharply. tile Mitchell Starc over towards the end first instance was in Nottingham dur- "It was a tremendous feel very, very special. I am Make-shift opener Hanuma Vihari to stay unbeaten on 47. ing the second innings against England. feeling to get the India Test very lucky because I made did not make many runs, getting just Tim Paine grassed a caught behind To their credit Australia created cap. I had a lot of emotions my debut at MCG. Every 8 off 66 balls in his 40-run stand with chance when Kohli chased one from chances in the latter half of this sec- (running through mind) player has to go through Agarwal but they batted out 18.5 overs, Starc in that over. ond session. In the 52nd over off when I got the cap. I will scoring runs in Ranji Trophy India's longest opening stand in terms Kohli and Pujara, who is batting on Mitchell Marsh, a delivery looped up cherish it for the rest of my and doing what he has to do. of balls faced in Test cricket across 68, have stitched together a 92-run towards gully off Pujara but fell just life. The first thought was "I did that and I am very Australia, New Zealand, England and stand for the third wicket. short of a diving Usman Khawaja. 295 (his India cap number)," happy about that. And I South Africa since December 2010. The Indian captain had walked out Then, three overs later, Agarwal Agarwal said after his learnt a lot as well. When Virender Sehwag and Gautam to bat to a mixture of cheers and boos, edged Cummins through the vacant impressive 76 at the iconic you play Ranji Trophy for Gambhir had batted out 29.3 overs but soon impressed the capacity crowd third slip. The pacer picked himself up Melbourne Cricket Ground. five years and play in all against the Proteas at Centurion in that at the MCG with his repertoire of though and three balls later he had But the occasion does parts of India, you learn a lot year. strokes. He sped off the blocks and at Agarwal as Australia got a boost get better at times, especial- from that. You face different The combination of Agarwal and one stage was scoring at strike-rate 70- going into tea. ly when someone scores situations, and it's always a Vihari was India's sixth opening pair- plus before Australia reined things in It showed in how Lyon came on mountain of runs and is kept great learning," he added. ing in 2018, and fifth in 11 overseas with some tight bowling. to bowl as early as the eighth over, only waiting for that elusive India When asked about a Tests this year. It soon reflected in India's overall the second time in his Test career that cap. flat pitch at the MCG, Agarwal missed out on scoring a run-rate as well which didn't cross he had done so. "It wasn't easy to get which showed some vari- hundred on Test debut but grabbed the 2.5/over all day. Vihari took 25 balls and 33 min- hold of those emotions and able bounce as the day pro- opportunity with both hands. His 76 At the other end, Pujara continued utes to score his first run as he batted focus there, but it needed to gressed, Agarwal replied,"I came off 161 balls with eight shots to in his usual manner and brought up his with patience. be done. I just stuck to my won't complain about the the fence and one over it. 21st Test half-century off 152 balls. He was hit on the helmet in the plans and just kept telling pitch. I thought it was good During his knock, he became only Australia tried their best to etch out 13th over off Cummins as Australia myself, "there is a plan that to bat on. It did do a bit the second Indian to make a 50-plus a breakthrough and in desperation also started bowling short and attacking the I have to go through and I early on and it was slow. score on debut on Australian soil after wasted a DRS review for lbw off batsmen more. The makeshift-open- am just going to stick to And as the day progressed Dattu Phadkar (51) at SCG in Nathan Lyon (0/59). er shrugged it off and went on to face that". Even though it was and when we batted after December, 1947.    "&  ,  !  "    ' ,    ! B<"  They took the second new ball in 66 balls, the second highest for an overwhelming, it was good lunch, it got a little quick- Overall, he became the seventh the 83rd over, and the big moment Indian opener in five innings this and I am happy with the way er." Indian batsman to score a half-centu- came in the 87th over when Tim Paine series. I started," Agarwal added. "Obviously, I didn't ry on Test debut. 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   it has so far conducted 38 WCPs. On the other hand, KISS is the ) 2.$ 8 from across the globe will come '  $ 4 #  For the third time, the World human face of KIIT. It is a home for . / ",+@ together. “I feel it will definitely give 3 %*   Congress of Poets is going to be 50,000 tribal students—27,500 a very good boost to poets and writ- ! 3  held in India. existing students, and 12,500 well- ers in the state of Odisha and in :,4  >*2 Dr Samata elaborated that in a placed alumni along with more India as well. The Odisha state gov-   !  preliminary meeting, it was tenta- than 10,000 students in its various ernment has extended its cooper-      !& #! 0  . <  #   '    tively decided to hold the forthcom- satellite centers. The institute pro- ation to make the 39th WCP a         ! %0  0      !   ing World Congress of Poets from vides quality education from grand success and we are seeking           '   October 2-6, 2019. The inaugural kindergarten to post-graduation in the support from the Ministry of    $ !         H! ceremony will be held on October a fully-free, fully-residential setting. Culture, Government of India as            % 2, which also coincides with the KISS holds the distinction of being well,” said Dr Samanta. '
 
  
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   opportunity for everyone to feel that He disagreed that theatre is in any one of the oldest and the most appre- films, there is no surety of it being a hit on acted in many movies down South. So how  !  % they are at the centre of the first row.” kind of crisis. “Youngsters in India right ciated entertainment art forms of India, box office, as he believes. Sood says, “I wish easy or difficult is it to mouth dialogues in     She also feels that drama is one of now are definitely turning towards should also be given a new stage and there was a formula to choose the right script a language that one is not familiar with? He      the most original forms of art. “I real- theatre as an outlet for their expression reach. That’s when we planned this con- which would say, ‘do this and you’ll succeed.’ answers, “You never actually get too com- 5#   ly like this culture of entertaining each and are benefitting from it. More and cept of ‘archiving’ and ‘televising’ pop- Most of the actors just follow their instinct.” fortable with the language. Moreover, you other by storytelling. There are stories more youngsters are experiencing the- ular plays,” said Pallavi Puri, chief com- He believes that going by the trends this have to take care that the expressions and A#  
 — mythical, political, social, stories atre right from their college time, post mercial officer, Tata Sky. year focus on the content has certainly the timing are right. I derived this formula  652  about our livelihood, society, romanti- college, into group theatre, into profes- So is televising theatre the next big increased. Sood says, “The change was long where I make the assistant director say the    &.  cism and poetry — and everything can sional theatre. Theatre is benefitting step on the small screen? “Television overdue. There was a phase when content- line before me,” says Sood who has done     be conveyed through a play. from it, the youth is benefiting from it. viewership is only growing stronger with driven work was not being noticed, which almost 65-70 films and believes he is a pro-    
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% ticular performance cannot reach every- atre is the way to go,” said Vashisht. home and across devices such as mobile, fresh storylines, new content and actors the sides. It helps you develop on an indi- where. That is the limitation of theatre She also felt it’s vital to increase the- tablet, laptop and desktops,” Puri extending their oeuvre further. The actor vidual level too. I’m glad I have stood at both as opposed to cinema, which can be atre’s social and cultural space in soci- explained. says, “It has challenged actors and film- the sides,” he says as he signs off. showcased, or a serial which can be tele- ety. “It reflects the rich cultural heritage L ( makers because people now have easy  3" (D C M Y K

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Neymar will return to the quoted as saying by Brazil's titles, a Champions League star pugilist Vikas Krishan (75kg) was left "Earlier it used to be more about Catalan club, less than 18 Uol news portal on Tuesday, title, three Spanish Cups, a out following his professional plunge. pumping up my boys but now I am going months after his world-record reports Xinhua news agency. Spanish Super Cup and the The 39-year-old Kuttappa, credited with to be directly responsible for their perfor- transfer to Paris Saint- "That's unquestionable. FIFA Club World Cup in a shaping some of the country's most suc- mance. So, I know the pressure is going to Germain (PSG). The more top qualify players four-year spell at Barcelona. cessful boxers such as Vijender Singh, M be huge but I hope I can deliver," he said. Neymar has scored 44 we have, the better [for He became the most Suranjoy Singh and Shiva Thapa among Kuttappa is just one of the two coach- goals in 49 matches for the Barcelona]. But only he expensive footballer in histo- others, took over from veteran coach S R es from the Services Sports Control Board French side but there has knows. I don't how if there are ry when he joined Paris Saint- Singh at the beginning of the camp which (SSCB), the reigning national champions, been speculation that the 26- negotiations and possibilities Germain for 222 million euros started December 10. Singh has now in the camp and the line-up is dominated year-old is unhappy and of him coming back. He is a in August 2017. retired. by coaches from the Railways Sports "It's such a huge responsibility but I am Nieva's idea. Promotion Board (RSPB). trying to do my best. I have a few plans and "He asked me if I was interested. I As for the boxers in the camp, Vikas, hopefully, I will be able to execute them," sought some time because I needed to think a Commonwealth Games Gold-medallist )'8/8)*/('88= Kuttappa, who was an assistant coach, he it over. I am not most senior is terms of age and Asian Games Bronze-winner this year, said. and that was playing on my mind. I told this is the most notable omission following his The Army man said his elevation was to Santiago and he told me I shouldn't be decision to sign up with American pro- High Performance Director Santiago bothered about it," the former National moter Bob Arum. '(%'.8+&'<)8    "$ $ G 7 !   832.53 he North Eastern Warriors (NEW)  &  &  Twill look to turn their fortunes around  !  when skipper Saina Nehwal takes the court for the first time in the 4th Vodafone Premier Badminton League   5)35 :-@&/4 (PBL) against Mumbai Rockets here on Thursday. ot willing to reveal their tactics,   /64/  With a close 2-3 win-loss record out NIndia and Oman will play behind of the five ties in their last fixture, the closed doors their final international ujarat Fortunuegiants saw off a spirited fight Warriors, led by India's first woman to friendly before the AFC Asian Cup, here Gfrom defending champions Patna Pirates to win an Olympic Bronze Saina Nehwal, on Thursday. secure a 37-29 win in an Inter-Zone Wildcard will be looking to unleash their firepow- A day prior to the match at the Pro-Kabaddi League fixture here on Wednesday. er when they take on the Mumbai Baniyas Stadium, India's head coach The loss meant the holders were on the brink Rockets, the second placed on the leader- Stephen Constantine stressed they of elimination, giving a lifeline to UP Yoddha, board with five points. "haven't come here expecting to play who will face Bengal Warriors Thursday to decide If she provides the start that NEW easy games". younger." the third team from Zone B. wants, it will be a great inspiration to the The match is part of Blue Tigers' Central midfielder Pronay Halder, Gujarat's defence proved to be the difference players following her. preparation for the forthcoming Asian who wasn't part of the squad in the first- as they prevailed over Patna's star-studded "It wasn't the start that we were Cup. Both the head coaches have decid- leg in Bengaluru complemented his attacking lineup featuring the season six's lead- expecting, but we drew satisfaction from ed on playing behind closed doors, the coach, saying "we are a much matured ing raider Pradip Narwal. the success of Rituparna when she beat result of which there won't be any tele- side now". Captain Sunil Kumar, with five tackle points, Kirsty Gilmore, a top 50 ranked player cast of the match and the crowd and "We have matured a lot since then. was Gujarat's mainstay in the defence as he got and Tian backing with a brilliant game. media will be missing from the stands. Our organisation on the field is much a fine support from Iran's Asian Games Gold We are confident of a fresh start as the swelling kitty — to do a thorough job in Warriors needs. India begin their campaign in the better compared to what we were in medallist Hadi Oshtorak. team has regrouped and we aim to have singles. But Mumbai Rockets do have a solid Asian Cup against Thailand on January 2015," he opined. Leading by a slender three-point margin with the first win tomorrow," a confident Saina NEW also has a good mix of doubles attack to counter the Warriors with the likes 6. India have been the first team to three minutes left on the clock, the duo effect- said. players in Kim Ha Na - she won her first of Le Yong Dae and Sameer Verma in dou- Commenting on the match against land in Abu Dhabi for the Asian Cup. ed a super tackle to pin down Narwal to give them "I had not played the last match, but title in India Open in 20112. The Silver bles and singles respectively will look for Oman, Constantine stated: "It's going to "The facilities have been superb and a decisive 32-28 point advantage. I am practising and moving well on the medal winner at the Incheon Games in their second win. be extremely hard. We have come here it has been going on according to the Narwal finished with 10 raid points but it was court, so will do whatever is best possi- 2014 is a tricky customer and possesses In addition, they have proved them- to play the big boys of Asia. We played plan so far. We have done our home- not enough with the Fortunegiants putting up a ble for the team's success," she added. the strokes and guile of a mixed doubles selves to be a tough team, having been the against the likes of Jordan, China. We work as well," Constantine insisted. fine show in defence with their captain leading Without a doubt, Saina will want pair to outdo the best in business. After runners-up in Season 1 and 2. The only dis- need to play these sort of games to pre- In the continental showpiece, India the way. Chinese Tian Houwei, the winner of having had a quiet year, she will look to advantage could be that they will be play- pare in the best possible fashion." are looking to improve on their show- Gujarat scored some crucial raids through China Masters Open who made his prove her worth. ing the Saina-led New Warriors for the first Oman are currently ranked 82 in ing from the last time they took part in Ajay Kumar (8) and Rohit Gulia (10) to extend debut last year against Delhi Dashers, to South Korean stalwart Yoo Yeon Seong time as they didn't meet them in Season 3. the FIFA rankings, while India are at 97. the tournament, in the 2011 edition, their lead by three points with less than 10 min- do his part as well as he did the other was a vital cog in the title-winning efforts The momentum is certainly with India last played Oman in the FIFA when they suffered three heavy defeats utes. night in Mumbai. His value addition of of Hyderabad Hunters last season. He brings Mumbai Rockets and Sameer Verma agrees World Cup Russia 2018 qualifiers twice, for a group stage-exit. Season six's leading raider Narwal spear- this veteran will definitely add to the fire- in not only the experience but also a big that they will look to keep it going till the with Oman winning on both occasions. India's 13-match unbeaten run headed Patna's attack as he made early inroads power in men singles. boost to Warriors' doubles lineup and the end of the season. "We were very unlucky to lose the under Constantine has given them to give the defending champions a 6-2 lead. Tanongsak Sansomboonsuk, the first PBL veteran will look to make his experi- "We had a good start and it will be crit- first leg in Bengaluru," Constantine hope of a better outing this time But the Fortunegiants, who are the most con- Thai shuttler to win a Superseries, has ence count along with Liao Min Chun, the ical that we get a good start here too against reflected. "That was our first group stage around, coming into the event not long sistent team of the season, ensured that they kept loads of experience and credentials — 2014 Games bronze winner. The Taiwanese, the North East. It will be important that we game in the qualifiers. But we are a after scaling their second-best ranking Patna's lead in check with Gulia leading their seven SEA Games medals and the 2010 a star attraction in the lineup, with his expe- continue the winning momentum," Verma much improved side now, and much in the FIFA chart. attack. Asian Games Bronze medal in his rience can provide the edge that NE said.

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