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" currency notes seized in 2017 " <*<+ mid Internet restrictions in was estimated to be at 28.1 & ;?+ AJammu & Kashmir post- crore, clocking a significant & " )&>>&>:;@#=)*<: abrogation of Article 370, the 76.5 per cent increase from terror groups have found out a 2016, when 15.9 crore worth / 2 ,6! + A way to circumvent the curbs by of counterfeit currency was " @#= " using a mobile application seized by law enforcement ,L OL ML Bridgefy to facilitate commu- agencies, according to the lat- + " &M nication with their cadre. est data released by the /= The app is effective within National Crime Records a radius of 100 metres and can Bureau (NCRB) for 2017. 29,49,400 in 2015, according to vice of online registration of operate without WiFi or As per the data, almost the annual data which was FIR under certain category of Internet service. The app uses 14.98 crore, more than half of released last night after a delay offences like “vehicle theft” Bluetooth function to enhance the total value of money seized, of more than one year. and “other thefts”. the range of the message. was in the form of 2,000 Uttar Pradesh also the “As this may have increased Through the app, all kinds of notes, which were introduced most populous State, regis- the crime reporting under such data, including audios, videos + 500 inside the Indian territo- in November 2016 after Prime tered 3,10,084 cases during heads in these States, they and texts, can be transferred, 0 6 ry and targeted one of the for- Minister Narendra Modi the year and had the highest become statistically non-com- officials said. ward posts in which one JCO announced the demonetisa- share of 10.1 per cent in the parable with other States not The app was extensively Junior Commissioned succumbed to his injuries.” tion of 500 and 1,000 cur- country, it stated. The data having such online registration used by the anti-China pro- AOfficer (JCO) of the Before one of the forward rency notes. showed an upward trend for facility,” it added. testers in Hong Kong, making Indian Army attained mar- Indian posts was targeted, A total of 3,55,994 notes straight third year in UP, which Fourth on the list was it difficult for Beijing to contain tyrdom in a daring strike by mysterious blast took place in worth 28,10,19,294 were cases across the country in in terms of the value. More had recorded 2,82,171 cases in Kerala which registered the movement. According to the Border Action Team the same area, officials said. seized under Fake Indian 2017, 17.7 lakh fake notes in than 9 crore valued fake notes 2016 and 2,41,920 in 2015. 2,35,846 cases, while Delhi fol- reports, there has been an (BAT) of the Pakistan Army, However, Indian Army Currency Notes (FICN) during the denomination of 200 were seized from Gujarat, fol- Maharashtra, which lowed it closely with 2,32,066 increase of 4,000 per cent in comprising hardened terrorists authorities did not confirm the 2017. As per the NCRB data, in notes and 83,000 fake notes in lowed by Uttar Pradesh, West accounted for 9.4 per cent of cases, it stated. Bihar, which usage of the app in Hong Kong and elite commandos of reports till the time of filing 2017, cancelled 1,000 notes the denomination of 100 Bengal, Kerala and Andhra crime in the country, registered had 1,80,573 cases in 2017 in the last two months. Special Services Group (SSG), the report. Local police officers were printed as FICN, reflect- notes were seized. Pradesh. 2,88,879 FIRs in 2017 while it and 5.9 per cent share in While the mode of com- in Kalal area of Nowshera said they received independent ing in seizure of 6.57 crore Most of the old 1,000 The NCRB data of 2017, was 2,61,714 in 2016 and crimes, stood sixth on the list, munication through the app sector in Rajouri district in the reports claiming heavily such notes. and 500 fake notes were found released on Tuesday evening 2,75,414 in 2015, according to while West Bengal was seventh becomes a little circuitous due afternoon on Tuesday. armed terrorists, supported Similarly 5.14 core worth by the banks when people shows that biggest populated the NCRB. Madhya Pradesh with 1,63,999 cases and 5.4 per to the network range limitation, According to ground by regulars of the Pakistan of cancelled 500 notes were tried to exchange it through State Uttar Pradesh topped in registered 2,69,512 FIRs in cent share, the data stated. it has given a way out to terror reports, “Heavily armed BAT Army infiltrated into the seized from fake currency banks soon after demonetisa- the registration of FIRs. UP is 2017 and accounted for 8.8 per The NCRB, under the networks to spread messages team breached the LoC and Indian territory and targeted printers. In 2017, new 500 tion. The latest NCRB data followed by Maharashtra, cent overall cases. It had lodged Union Ministry of Home emanating from the handlers of entered approximately 400- one of the forward posts.” fake currency were printed for shows that the fake currency Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and 2,68,614 cases in 2015 and Affairs, is responsible for col- Pakistan Army-ISI combine. value of 44.39 lakh. The new operators are engaged in 2,000 Delhi. Overall, 30,62,579 cases 2,64,418 in 2016d. lecting and analysing crime The app has the potential cies that are already facing are operating with varying 200 and 100 notes were also note printing. were registered across the The NCRB said certain data as defined by the Indian to put a limitation on the sur- hassles in gathering technical degrees of restrictions in dif- printed by fake currency oper- Majority of the fake note country in 2017, up from States like UP and Delhi have Penal Code and special and veillance and monitoring intelligence (Techint) as the ferent districts of the State. ators. As per the registered cases were registered in Gujarat 29,75,711 in 2016 and provided citizen-friendly ser- local laws in the country. capacities of the security agen- telecom networks in the Valley Washington DC. This letter referred to the September 20, 2019, complaint, and to emails 3! '4# and voice recordings in support of the allegations. he Supreme Court on 3! '4# “These complaints are TTuesday granted bail to being dealt with in an objective former Finance Minister P hares of IT services firm manner. The undated whistle- Chidambaram in the INX SInfosys on Tuesday plum- blower complaint largely deals Media corruption case filed by meted nearly 17 per cent, wip- with allegations relating to the the CBI saying he is neither a ing 53,451 crore from its mar- CEO’s international travel to “flight risk” nor is there a pos- ket valuation, on concerns over the US and Mumbai,” Nilekani sibility of “his absconding from a whistleblower complaint pointed out. the trial”. which alleged that two top The audit committee began Chidambaram is currently executives of the company were Infosys on Tuesday said it consultation with independent under the custody of the prising justices AS Bopanna indulging in unethical practices is investigating claims by internal auditors EY, and has Enforcement Directorate (ED), and Hrishikesh Roy, set aside to increase short-term revenue anonymous whistleblowers retained law firm Shardul and he can’t walk free till he the Delhi High Court’s and profits. accusing CEO Salil Parekh of Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. gets bail in the ED case too. September 30 verdict denying P P The scrip tanked 16.21 per “unethical practices” to shore To conduct an independent Brushing aside the CBI him bail. ! P"#$ cent to close at 643.30 on the up profits through irregular investigation, Nilekani noted in contentions, a Bench headed by “The appellant is ordered %! BSE. During the day, it tumbled accounting, sending its shares his statement to the stock Justice R Banumathi said, “The to be released on bail if not 16.86 per cent to 638.30, the to their worst intra-day fall in exchanges. CBI has no direct evidence required in any other case, most since April 2013. over six years. Meanwhile, mounting against the appellant subject to the condition of his On the National Stock Infosys chairman and co- troubles for Infosys, US-based (Chidambaram) regarding the executing bail bonds for a sum Exchange (NSE), it plunged founder Nandan Nilekani Rosen Law Firm has said it is allegation of appellant directly of 1 lakh with two sureties of &' ( 16.65 per cent to close at 640. pledged a full probe, saying the preparing a class action lawsuit or indirectly influencing the like sum to the satisfaction of The sharp fall in the scrip complaint had been placed to recover losses suffered by witnesses.” the special judge, CBI-06, wiped out 53,450.92 crore before the audit committee on Infosys investors. The Bench said statement Patiala House Courts, New from the company’s market October 10 and before the In a statement, Rosen Law made by the CBI that Delhi,” the Bench said. ) valuation which now stands at non-executive members of the Firm said it is “investigating Chidambaram has influenced “The passport if already 2,76,300.08 crore. board the next day. potential securities claims on witnesses and there was likeli- not deposited, shall be deposit- L M It was the worst-hit among Nilekani, in his statement behalf of shareholders of hood of his further influencing ed with the special court and the frontline companies on on Tuesday, said the company Infosys Ltd resulting from alle- them cannot be the ground to the appellant shall not leave the both Sensex and Nifty. In terms was made aware of another let- gations that Infosys may have deny bail to him when there country without leave of the of traded volume, 117.70 lakh ter (dated October 3) that was issued materially misleading was “no such whisper” in six special court and subject to the shares of the company were purportedly written to the business information to the remand applications filed by order that may be passed by the ! traded on the BSE and over 9 Office of Whistleblower pro- investing public”. the agency before the trial special judge from time to ! crore shares on the NSE. tection programme, Related report on P10 court. The Bench, also com- time,” it said. "" #$ "& 5 3 ndian-origin Canadian " # $%&' IJagmeet Singh-led New & O ) P" Democratic Party (NDP), 3! '4# redesigned on the same lines. will be to remove these bottle- '" ()* which won 24 seats in the The city Government also necks first, for a smooth flow + +, general election, is likely to “The New Democratic elhi Chief Minister Arvind claimed the project was first of traffic and an organised - + +" emerge as the “kingmaker” Party is poised to play king- DKejriwal on Tuesday planned in 2015 and a creative lane system,” said Kejriwal. L M&/" where Prime Minister Justin maker in a minority parliament announced that Delhi’s nine team was set up, but the pro- The other roads whose Trudeau’s Liberal Party held after Jagmeet Singh spear- most congested roads will be ject was scrapped due objec- streetscaping will be done 01 onto power in a nail-biting poll, headed a turnaround on the widened, beautified and re- tions by the Lieutenant include Sewadham Road from 2, albeit as a weakened minority federal campaign trail that may designed on the lines of Governor. “After the creative Road No 63 to UP Border +" Government. have saved his leadership and European street model. team was disbanded in 2016, Delhi and Shivdaspuri Marg " "" In the just-concluded pulled his party from the brink The idea to unravel the and members resigned from and Patel Road (from Moti " L, M Canadian general election, the of irrelevance,” the Toronto 393.94-crore project is to pro- the PWD, then the Nagar T-Point to Pusa Road results of which were declared Star newspaper reported. vide Delhiites with green ambi- Government engaged private about) and the 2.3 kilometres + + on Tuesday, the Liberal Party With 24 seats in its kitty, ence and “zero” traffic hurdles consultants for re-designing Narwana Road Mother Dairy $ bagged 157 seats, the the NDP has lost nearly 50 per while travelling/driving on the and streetscaping of these nine to Punch Mahal Niwas. ,,& Opposition Conservative 121, cent of the seats it had won in roads across the national PWD roads,” said the official. “There is no proper plan- + + & Bloc Quebecois 32, NDP 24, 2015. The party, led by Thomas Capital, said officials. The stretches include Ring ning or mapping involved in ++ + Green Party 3 and one Mulcair, had won 44 seats, The Pioneer in December Road from Mayapuri to Moti * ) % , - ! * the construction of roads as of Independent. becoming the third-largest 2018 had reported about the Bagh Junction, Satguru Ram /-* ! now. They will be measured , Trudeau would now party in the House of Delhi Government’s initiative Singh (Road no. 36) Marg and planned spaces for vehi- & require at least 13 legislators Commons in 2015. to decongest Capital’s most from Mayapuri Chowk to SD AIIMS to Ashram Chowk, of the city. Wide roads in Delhi cles, non-motorised vehicles, !+ from his left-leaning rival par- Despite the drop in seats, congested roads. Public School, Britannia Ambedkar Nagar to Defence turn into a narrow lane after a footpaths, and side-lanes will " ties to reach the “magic num- Singh in a celebratory speech The Chief Minister said if Chowk to Outer Ring Road, Colony Flyover, Nigam Bodhi few miles, and then back into be made. Footpaths will be ++ / ber” of 170 to form a Liberal on Tuesday said his party will the pilot project of redesigning West Enclave, Pritampura; Ghat to Magazine Road a wide road after a few miles, widely mapped to an average / ++ Party-led minority now be “working hard” to these nine stretches is success- Road no 41 and 41-A from Crossing. which create a bottleneck situ- of 10 feet for the convenience ++ , Government in the 338-seat deliver on the “priorities that ful, then all other roads under Wazirpur Depot Crossing “There is heavy traffic con- ation and heavy traffic at some of the peddlers,” Kejriwal House of Commons. Canadians have”. PWD’s jurisdiction will be (NSP) to Rithala Metro Station, gestion on the bottleneck roads some locations. Our priority added. !"#!$%& 9 3 schools in the border area to journalists were to be con- N#!# = ! side has not joined us in the ! '4#J#2' ! safety. ducted to a guided tour. visit to the LoC neither have 1 2, In this backdrop of tension The visit was planned @5=/ 2 = @6''D they provided coordinates of ndia on Tuesday did not fall between the two countries, to show the alleged 'launch pads',” Faisal 34 56" Iinto Pakistan’s trap despite its Defence Minister Rajnath the international / ' 5@1#C#1 tweeted. provocation by firing at civil- Singh, while responding to community about India's @##1= 'D He said “claims by Indian New Delhi: In the run up to ees of UT of Jammu & Kashmir ian inhabitations in Poonch questions on Pakistan Railways claims of Army chief remain just that: the creation of Union and UT of Ladakh from and Rajouri even as Islamabad Minister Sheikh Rasheed destroying some terror launch 5 D C#' 'claims'.” Faisal is also accom- Territories on October 31, the October 31, it said. was facilitating a guided tour of Ahmed threat to use nuclear pads in punitive strikes on panying the diplomatic corps to Centre on Tuesday imple- The annual financial impli- envoys and mediapersons to weapons after terror camps Sunday in Tangdhar in North ! 2#12 1 #2 the LoC. The numbers and mented the 7th Pay cation of 7th CPC allowances some areas of Pakistan were destroyed in POK areas Kashmir. nationalities of the foreign Commission to the like children education Occupied Kashmir (POK) opposite Tangdhar on Sunday, Army chief General Bipin 4 /56=DO diplomats visiting the LoC was Government employees of allowance, hostel allowance, across the Line of Control said India has never been offen- Rawat said on Sunday six to ten not shared. Jammu & Kashmir, and transport allowance, LTC, fixed (LoC). Ironically, it was sive. “We have never invaded Pakistan Army personnel were said. However, Pakistan went three terror camps. Pakistan military on Ladakh. medical allowance, etc. In Islamabad itself which had anyone nor has India annexed killed and three terror camps back on its word on ceasefire Pakistan Foreign Office Sunday said India is welcome Union Home Minister respect of 4.5 lakh Government requested New Delhi to hold an inch of territory from any- destroyed in a retaliatory action violations and targeted civilian spokesman Mohammad Faisal to take any foreign diplomat or Amit Shah has approved the employees of existing State of fire in view of the envoys’ visit. one.” However, he added that by the Indian Army opposite hamlets leaving several school said diplomats from various media to the site of alleged ter- proposal of payment of all 7th Jammu & Kashmir will be The Indian Army showed Indian armed forces are fully the Tangdhar and Keran sectors children stranded. foreign mission in Islamabad ror camps to “prove” its claim CPC allowances to the around 4,800 crore. extreme restraint by not retal- capable of giving a befitting in Jammu & Kashmir. He also Officials said the action were visiting Jura and Shahkot on the ground. Director Government employees of Of the total 4,800 crore, iating forcefully and playing reply to any evil designs against said another terror camp was from across the border was sectors opposite Tangdhar General (DG) army's media Union Territory of Jammu & a modest 607 crore will be for into the hands of Pakistan that the country. severely damaged in the action obviously to incite India to where the terror camps were wing Major General Asif Kashmir and Union Territory children education allowance, wanted to portray India as the Giving details of the by the Indian forces and the retaliate and show New Delhi flattened by the Indian artillery Ghafoor said, “What good of Ladakh, which shall come 1,823 crore for hostel aggressor. sequence of events regarding retaliation had caused sub- in poor light. fire. Indian High Commission is into existence from October 31, allowance, 1,200 crore for At least, two civilians were latest ceasefire violations by stantial harm to the terror Meanwhile, Pakistan on It was in retaliation to which can't stand with its Army an official statement said. transport allowance, 1,000 injured in mortar shelling by Pakistan, officials said here, infrastructure across the LoC. Tuesday said Indian officials killing of two Indian soldiers Chief? Indian High The move will benefit 4.5 crore for leave travel conces- the Pakistan Army in Balakote Pakistan through established Nearly 22 diplomats did not join a handful of and a civilian on Sunday when Commission staff didn't have Lakh Government employees sion (LTC), area of Rajouri on Monday channels on Monday request- besides scores of journalists and foreign diplomats visiting the the Pakistan Army tried to the moral courage to accom- who are working in the exist- 108 crore for fixed medical morning. The local authorities ed India to refrain from firing social media professionals were sectors along the LOC, where push in militants by giving pany fellow diplomats in ing State of Jammu & Kashmir Allowance and 62 crore for also rushed children attending as diplomatic community and to be taken to the area, officials the Indian Army destroyed them covering fire. “The Indian Pakistan to the LOC,” he said. and will become the employ- other allowances. PNS " 3 " " 3 ) )*) ) ) + % 3 *) , )* ** 2 + / 3! '4# and this requires a detailed 3! '4# cials. Government employees N impact assessment of legislation under Group 'B' could either be , F& 4 3! '4# the grand old party requesting not to ice President M Venkaiah at the stages of both pre-legis- he Central Government gazetted or non-gazetted offi- + A be named said it has not been cancelled VNaidu on Tuesday advo- lation and post-legislation. An Thas increased the monetary cials. Most clerical posts and =0 A ith the exit polls predicting yet but postponed and will be taken up cated detailed Legislative account of pre-legislative limits for accepting gifts for all multi-tasking staff fall under + & Wanother poll debacle, tongues are after the festive season is over in Impact Assessment (LIA) impact assessment could be its employees, relaxing the Group 'C'. ," wagging within the Congress circles as northern India. “Priyankaji is already bringing out social, economic, environ- included either in the Bill or as an ceiling by more than three-fold, Officials said the ceiling L " " + to why the scheduled countrywide 10- working towards leading from the mental and institutional impacts of leg- Annexure to the Bill,” said the RS chair- officials said on Tuesday. limits were revised to bring MN FH I day mass protest this month against the front in Uttar Pradesh and the new islative proposals for informed law mak- man. All officials under Groups them on par with those for the Modi Government on economic issues schedules would be announced very ing in the country. Naidu, in his capaci- Referring to Legislative Impact 'A' and 'B' categories shall not three all India services — did not take off. soon,” said the spokesman. ty as Chairman of Rajya Sabha said that Assessment being undertaken by some accept any gift without the Indian Administrative Service, " # $ The party had officially announced However sources in the party said it would be useful to indicate such impact OECD countries to good effect, Naidu sanction of the Government if Indian Police Service and O ) P" a month ago to undertake a massive that a section of party leaders dis- assessment in the legislative proposals for said; “As the largest and vibrant democ- the value exceeds 5,000, they Indian Forest Service. '" 62! protest between October 15 and 25 at couraged the high command to go wider dissemination among all the stake- racy of the world, it is time that we do take said, citing recently amended Gifts include free transport, )* + + all levels which was to have the par- ahead with the planned protest con- holders. a serious look at such impact assessment rules. The limit to accept gifts boarding, lodging or other , - + ticipation of party chief Sonia Gandhi, veying that the time was not appro- Naidu elaborated on the need for such for ensuring more informed legislation. for these groups of employees pecuniary advantage when pro- +" L M&/" her predecessor Rahul Gandhi, former priate as the nationwide protest could impact assessment while referring to I am, hence, making this proposal for was 1,500 earlier. vided by any person other Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and divert the gains of total from Assembly legislative process in the country during wider discussion and consideration by all Similarly, Group 'C' than a near relative or person- 0 top party leaders. campaigns in Haryana and his address to 151 officials who have the stakeholders.” employees will be able to accept al friend having no official 1 AICC insiders pointed to the pos- Maharashtra. recently joined the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. During his interaction, Naidu sug- gifts up to 2,000 instead of dealings with the Government 2, +" sibility of the protest being 'sabotaged' Congress had announced to hold It is for the first time that Rajya Sabha gested that the new recruits should take 500 without taking servant. A casual meal, lift or by a section of leaders midway during the massive agitations across the coun- Chairman has interacted with new pride in the job as a source of motivation, Government approval. other social hospitality is not " "" the poll campaign for Assembly elec- try from October 15 to October 25 recruits on joining the Secretariat. Desh pursue extensive study of the socio- Government employees considered a gift, according to " L, MH+ tions in Haryana and Maharashtra. against the Government's policies that Deepak Verma, Rajya Sabha Secretary political processes of the country and the under Group 'A' are senior offi- existing rules. I Sources also said that Sonia and party have allegedly led to an “economic General, was present on the occasion. issues being addressed by Parliament from general secretary Priyanka Gandhi slowdown”. The decision was taken at Naidu said that inter-ministerial con- time to time, acquire deep knowledge of were kept off the campaign in both the a meeting chaired by Sonia Gandhi at sultations are held before the Cabinet con- the Constitution, understand Rules of States presuming the party's poor per- the AICC headquarters on September siders and approves legislative proposals Business of the House, be innovative and formance in both the States 12. The meeting was also attended by but the scope for undertaking and indi- creative to make work more rewarding, where the ruling BJP is slated to retain Manmohan Singh, AICC general sec- cating the impact of such proposals is lim- move out of silos and to be aligned with power. retaries and in-charges of various ited in the present context. “Informed leg- the larger vision and objectives of the When asked about what happened states and Congress Legislative Party islation will help in organisation and treat workplace as to the 10-day protest, a spokesman of leaders, among others. realising the stated objects of various laws home. 8 94 2/ +" : ," 3! '4# the systems established by the Pulse he Government Polio programme 3! '4# , ) !,)/ - < ! ! Twill soon achieve have benefitted other Lok Sabha counting and its management. Govt’s U-turn on farm loan ‘Rail-Yatri’ play leaves audience spellbound STAFF REPORTER n Mukherjee, who was also RAIPUR in charge of the direction, editing and casting n the occasion of of the play, said that the is ‘historical fraud’, says BJP OVijaya Sammelan key objective behind and Durgotsav in the n organising this play was STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR does not need farmers anymore Bengali Kalibari Samiti to showcase the journey as the votes are over. The premises various cultural done in the Indian eader of Opposition and BJP farmers are receiving notices leader Dharamlal Kaushik programmes were organ- Railways, how fellow L from banks for loans and the ised. passengers together said Chief Minister Bhupesh government is not concerned,” Baghel’s u-turn on farm loan The play ‘Rail-Yatri’ create a small family and he added. was much appreciated by for few hours the entire waiver is a “historical fraud.” Mentioning recent, ‘Tagada In the history of India no audience. The specialty journey becomes so rally’ at Rajnandgaon, Kaushik such thing was done to get votes in the entire play was that affectionate and friendly, as Congress did in the state, he said farmers across the state are a small part of the play that all the fellow said. angry due to government’s fail- was spoken in the Dhaka passengers become a Kaushik claimed that no ure to keep its promise. Boirishal Language of the part of the happy and short term loans of nationalised Government should make it East-Bengal region tough moments of each banks and other financial insti- clear as how many farmers which is in today’s other’s life. tutions or any other banks were derived benefit of loan waiver Bangladesh by He was also seen in waived off. The promise of pro- Kaushik said the Chief the BJP leader demanded. Manoranjan Ghorami the role of an eunuch, a viding two years bonus to the Minister is now saying that no He said in the name of farm and Mantu Bain. medicine seller, a farmers has also taken back-seat, loan waiver would be a challenge loan waiver the government A representative pick-pocketer and a he added. to the farmers. “The Congress took loans of crores of rupees. from bankers club, Jayant drunkard. !"#!$%& 9 # State Assembly polls in the year 4" + C "+ ")*? 9)); constituency, from where Abhimanyu’s constituency percentage, down from 83.71 remained almost similar in ment. / :)87 8<;; Cabinet Minister Anil Vij is Narnaund recorded poll per- during previous Assembly Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, from n the day of polling to the In 2014 State Assembly seeking re-election recorded centage of 78.13, which was polls. Tosham assembly seat, where two-time Chief Minister = , 89>9 9;;? O90-member elec- lowest ever voter turnout in its again lower than last year’s represented by senior and senior Congress leader Haryana State tions, >7<> :><7 history. The constituency reg- 83.18 per cent voter turnout. Congress leader Kiran Bhupinder Singh Hooda is Assembly, Chief POLL Karnal - >7:< ::>* istered 61.99 per cent voter Agriculture and Farmers’ Choudhry saw voter turnout seeking another term and pit- Minister Manohar assem- turnout while the percentage Welfare Minister OP Dhankar’s of 70 per cent as against 81.39 ted against his old rival Satish Lal may have bly seat of 63.84 in 2009, 63.2 per cent roared to power recording was 72.63 in 2014 assembly Badli constituency recorded percent in 2014. Kumar Nandal. showed great had in 2005, 59.69 per cent in absolute majority for the first polls. voter turnout of 69.70 per The Badhkal assembly The constituency recorded enthusiasm by rid- record- 2000, 68.01 per cent in 1996, time on its own in Haryana, In Ambala Cantt, the five- cent this time, down from seat, which recorded the low- voter turnout of 74 per cent as ing a bicycle to ed poll 63.07 per cent in 1991, 62.44 the state had witnessed high- time MLA and Haryana 70.87 percent in 2014 polls. est voter turnout i.e. 49.18 per compared to 73.81 per cent in reach the polling per- per cent in 1987, 69.70 per cent est voter turnout ever regis- Health Minister Anil Vij is pit- Similarly in Cabinet cent in the state had seen 2014. Nandal, who had con- station to exercise centage in 1982, 62.20, 70.36 percent in tered since its inception. ted against Congress’ Venu Minister Kavita Jain’s assembly 60.23 percent polling in 2014. tested the last Assembly poll as his franchise but of1972, 63.01 per cent in 1968 The voting percentage was Singla Aggarwal, Congress constituency –Sonipat, the vot- Likewise, Faridabad a candidate from the Indian the electors in his 67.84. and 76.29 per cent in 1967. 76.13 in 2014, 72.35 in 2009, rebel candidate and indepen- ing percentage was 64 as com- Assembly segment saw low National Lok Dal – joined the constituency- The state of Haryana, itself 71.96 in 2005, 69.01 in 2000, dent Chitra Sarwara among pared to 68.71 in 2014 assem- voter turnout of 49.63 as com- BJP in June this year and was Karnal-showed lit- recorded the lowest voter 70.54 in 1996 and 65.86 in others. bly election. pared to 59.93 poll percentage fielded as a candidate by the tle interest to come turnout of 68.31 per cent in last 1991 in assembly polls in In prestigious Rohtak In another high-profile in previous polls. saffron party. out of their homes three decades. 69.36 per cent Haryana. assembly segment, from where constituency- Panchkula, the According to the polls Hooda had defeated to cast their votes. While the Chief Minister male and 67.12 per cent female Interestingly, Karnal was the BJP Minister Manish voter turnout fell from 65.72 analysts, the low voter Nandal by 47,185 votes in Karnal was among the was busy making appeals to the voters exercised their right to not the only high-profile con- Grover is seeking re-election in 2014 to 60 per cent this turnout in high-profile con- 2014 and by 72,100 votes in assembly constituencies wit- voters across the state to turn vote in the assembly elections. stituency which witnessed low for a second consecutive term, time. The Congress candidate stituencies in Haryana could 2009. nessing the low voter turnout, up in record numbers on the A total of 1.83 crore voters voter turnout on the polling has also seen lowest poll per- and former Haryana Deputy be seen as the lack of enthusi- Notably, Chief Minister when Haryana went to State polling day, the voter turnout including 98.78 lakh males, day. Most of the assembly seg- centage of 59.94 in last two Chief Minister, Chander asm among voters to elect the Manohar Lal while making his Assembly polls on Monday. fell to dismal 52.29 in his own 85.12 lakh females and 252 ments represented by state decades. Mohan is pitted outgoing BJP outgoing heavyweight candi- poll debut from Karnal seat in Infact, the Karnal constituen- constituency-Karnal. transgenders were eligible to Cabinet Ministers have wit- The poll percentage was MLA Gian Chand Gupta in dates again. 2014 had recorded victory cy has witnessed the lowest In the past State Assembly vote in the polls. nessed low voter turnout this 65.85 in 2014, 62.17 in 2009, Panchkula. While the voter turnout margin of 63773 votes against ever poll percentage i.e. 52.29 elections, Karnal constituency In the year 2014, when the time as compared to last 64.74 in 2005 and 59.68 in Congress leader Randeep has declined in most of the an independent candidate Jai on Monday, since the first had witnessed poll percentage Bharatiya Janata Party had assembly elections. 2000 in the constituency. Singh Surjewala’s constituen- prominent Assembly seats in Parkash Gupta. !" 2, 89 + = $% " New Delhi: Congress President /4 !#1 =4 The period between October 15 and farm fires," he said. "We have identified the Sonia Gandhi has sought a report aryana Police has made a *4! November 15 is considered critical as max- erring farmers and the process of issuing on the controversy over the Hfoolproof three-tier securi- unjab has recorded a 25 per cent imum number of stubble burning incidents challans has been set in motion," Garg said. Rajasthan government allowing ty arrangement for the safety of Pincrease in stubble burning incidents take place in this span in Punjab and Another official on condition of those not elected in civic polls to Electronic Voting Machines as compared to 2018, which the State adjoining states, which is one of the main anonymity said that bypolls in some parts head civic bodies in the state. (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Government attributed to early harvesting reasons for alarming spike in pollution in of Punjab "prevented the government According to sources, Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) aryana Director General the officers and personnel of of paddy crop this year. Delhi-NCR. from issuing challans this year". Secretary Gandhi has asked the AICC in- machines brought to the desig- Hof Police, Manoj Yadava Haryana Police. The entire The number of farm fires in Haryana, Despite a ban on stubble burning in (Agriculture) K S Pannu said the number charge of the State Avinash Pande nated strong rooms after polling has appreciated all ranks of police force including all the however, has decreased by 10 per cent as Punjab and Haryana, farmers continue to of farm fires seems large because of early to submit a report on the row, for the State Assembly polls on State Police and other Central Commissioners of Police, compared to last year, despite the "mod- defy it amid lack of financial incentives. harvesting of paddy crop. after state Deputy Chief Minister October 21. Armed Police Forces who Range ADGPs/IGPs and dis- erate implementation of the ban on stub- State governments are providing 50 to 80 "This year, the harvesting began Sachin Pilot questioned the deci- Additional Director General have played a significant role trict Superintendent of Police ble burning due to elections", according to per cent subsidy to farmers and coopera- around a week earlier as compared to the sion of his own government. of Police (Law and Order), in peaceful conduct of Vidhan level officers had ensured officials. tive societies to buy modern farm equip- last year. That''s the reason the number of The sources said Pande Navdeep Singh Virk said that Sabha Election in the State. strict enforcement of the Till October 20, Punjab recorded ment for in-situ management of paddy farm fires looks big. I am sure the cumu- rushed back to Delhi this morn- elaborate security arrangements Yadava said that peaceful Model Code of Conduct by 2,482 cases of stubble burning against 1,980 straw, and running a massive awareness lative figure at the end of the harvesting ing after yesterday's polling in have been made for safe custody election has been possible hard work and proper plan- last year, an increase of around 25 per cent. campaign against stubble burning. period will be much smaller," he said. Maharashtra, where he was in- of the EVMs and VVPAT due to the efficiency, dili- ning for the past one month, A significant rise in stubble burning A Punjab government official, who did The Centre and the state government charge of the election control machines at designated strong gence and strict monitoring of he said. was recorded on October 19 and 20. While not wish to be named, said the high court''s have made serious interventions, provid- room, and is likely to submit a rooms where personnel of State 446 cases were reported on October 19, the September 19 order staying the recovery ed farm equipment and undertaken mas- report on the issue. Police and Paramilitary forces number on October 20 touched the 500 of fine from farmers found violating the sive awareness drives to prevent stubble Taking a stand that appeared guarding the rooms under round the clock vigil. established at 59 different locations with round- mark. ban on stubble burning has subdued the burning. If not this year, the problem will to go against the view of Chief We are strictly going by the Election the-clock vigil to ensure the safety of EVMs and Only 64 cases were recorded on effect of challans. "Not one challan has be completely resolved in the next two Minister Ashok Gehlot, Pilot Commission instructions regarding the safety VVPAT machines. October 18 when a western disturbance been issued this year." years, Pannu said. made it clear he was not con- of EVMs and VVPAT machines till the day of Virk further said that Haryana Police caused rainfall in parts of Punjab. However, Karunesh Garg, member Haryana Pollution Control Board sulted on the decision that was counting, he said. throughout the election season kept the infor- According to Punjab Pollution Control secretary of the Punjab Pollution Control Member Secretary S Narayanan said 102 notified on Wednesday. Giving details about the security mation flowing about security arrangements, Board data, Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Board, said the court had only stalled the challans have been issued against farmers Two other ministers in the measures, Virk said that in the first layer, per- police deployment and seizures. The idea was Patiala have recorded 450, 417 and 249 recovery of fine imposed in previous years for violating the ban on stubble burning, Congress-run state have sepa- sonnel of Central Armed Police Forces are to reassure the citizens of its presence and cre- cases, respectively. and that challans will be issued this time but the recovery of fine has been put on rately opposed the move that deployed near the strong rooms, Haryana ate a fear in the minds of those planning any dis- Haryana witnessed 2,048 farm fires as too. "The single bench referred the mat- hold following the high court order. "The allows people who are not elect- Armed Police personnel posted in second layer ruption, he said. compared to 2,283 last year. Karnal, ter to the court of chief justice who has cat- number of farm fires has gone down con- ed councillors to contest for and district police personnel are manning the The EVMs and VVPAT machines kept in Kaithal and Kurukshetra have reported egorically said that stubble burning is siderably, despite the harvesting season posts like mayors and chairper- outer layer. strong rooms across the state will be opened on 543, 503 and 422 incidents of stubble burn- banned. The government has also made it starting early and the official machinery sons of corporations and munic- He said that 90 strong rooms have been October 24 for counting. ing, respectively, till October 20. clear and issued strict directions to curb being busy in elections," he said. ipalities. PTI : 2,4 *':( R * 0 6 their lives. "The society leaders, reli- youths that they already have a par- gious preachers, Moulvis, Hurriyat adise in Kashmir. eaders of Hurriyat and main- and mainstream parties have used "I want to tell the people of Lstream parties in Jammu & their influence to get the children of Kashmir and the youth to under- 3! '4# Kashmir, religious preachers and ordinary Kashmiris killed. None of stand the truth. You have beautiful clerics have used their influence to them have lost their own child and place in the world to live.... obel laureate Abhijit get the children of ordinary nobody from their families joined "Give it in the hands of Delhi NBanerjee, who met Kashmiris killed while none of them terrorism," he said which has opened its treasure for 3! '4# Narendra Modi here on lost their own to terrorism, Governor Malik, who is known for his you. We are not going to take it (the Tuesday, said the Prime Satya Pal Malik said on Tuesday. candid remarks, said that after join- place) anywhere. Come forward JP ally JD(U) is set to contest the Delhi Minister joked about the media Alleging that "affluent and pow- ing as Governor, "I have and be part of the new Bassembly election on its own and Bihar trying to bring out "anti-Modi" erful" sections have crushed the not taken input from the intelligence phase and tread the path of progress Chief Minister and party president Nitish remarks from him. dreams of the youths in Kashmir and agencies. They are not and development," the governor Kumar will address a meeting of its workers in In a media interaction after destroyed their lives, he appealed to telling the truth to said. the national capital on Wednesday regarding the meeting at the Prime the people to understand the truth Delhi or us." The governor said 22,000 its poll preparedness. Minister's official residence, do," he told reporters when accomplishments. Wishing him and join the Centre's efforts to usher "I directly talked to 150 to 200 Kashmiri youths are outside the JD(U) general secretary Sanjay Jha, who is Banerjee refused to take ques- asked about the meeting taking the very best for his future peace and progress in the State. youths and tried to identify those in state for education and accused the in charge of the party's affairs in Delhi and a tions on the state of economy place against the backdrop of a endeavours." Their own children are study- colleges and universities who do not politicians of neglecting the needs of minister in the Bihar government, said it will and refrained from comment- debate over his comments on an Banerjee, an Indian-born ing abroad and are well settled. But stand up for the national anthem. I people of Jammu & Kashmir. contest the assembly polls, which are ing on policies of the economic slump. American professor at to the children of commoners, they talked to them and those in the age "Why do they have to go outside likely to be held early next year, with "full Government. After his meeting with Massachusetts Institute of show the "way to 'jannat' (paradise) group of 25 to 30 years, whose for education? It is because we have force". “I had a cordial and good Banerjee, Modi tweeted, Technology, won the Nobel get them killed. All this has been hap- dreams have been crushed, are mis- not been able to provide standard The meeting on Wednesday is likely to be meeting. Prime Minister Modi "Excellent meeting with Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic pening here", Malik said addressing led and are angry... education in the state over the last attended by over 3,000 workers drawn from started by cracking a joke on Laureate Abhijit Banerjee. His Sciences, commonly referred to the seventh convocation of Shri They do not want Hurriyat, us or many decades. If the money which all 70 assembly constituencies, he how media is trying to trap me passion towards human empow- as the Nobel Prize in Economics, Mata Vaishno Devi University in Delhi government or autonomy was pumped into Kashmir was used added. to say anti-Modi things. He's erment is clearly visible. jointly with wife Esther Duflo Katra town. because they were shown that the by politicians and bureaucrats in a Though the JD(U) is an ally of the BJP but been watching TV and he's We had a healthy and exten- and Michael Kremer of the US "Politicians, bureaucrats, afflu- way to paradise is by getting mar- proper manner, the roof of your its alliance with the saffron party has remained been watching you guys. And he sive interaction on various sub- for "experimental approach to ent and powerful have crushed the tyred," he said. homes would have been of gold," he confined to Bihar and it has been fighting polls knows what you are trying to jects. India is proud of his alleviating global poverty". dreams of the youths and destroyed The governor said he told such said. outside on its own. 2 % 9:!4

Amethi (UP): Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel on Tuesday stressed on the need for a survey to identify children suf- The governor also pointed fering from serious ailments out the need for a proper pub- and to provide them medical licity of the scheme and sug- ;< treatment under the Ayushman gested setting up hoardings Bharat Yojna. before hospitals selected for 4#=6C 4 6= "The Central Government's providing medical care under Ayushman Bharat Yojna is prov- the Central government's ormer Kannur MP AP ing to be a boon for the poor. scheme. She inspected the hos- FAbdullakutty, who recent- A survey need to be undertak- pital and also met the patients. ly joined the BJP, has been en to identify children suffering Patel and Irani also inspect- appointed as the State Vice from serious ailments so that ed the old age home at Gauriganj President of the saffron party's they can be provided treatment town near here and took inputs Kerala unit. under the scheme," said the about the facilities available The announcement was governor who visited Amethi there. Speaking to reporters on made by party state President along with local MP and the occasion, Union minister P S Sreedharan Pillai at a press Minister for Women and Child Irani said expressed her grati- conference here. Welfare Smriti Irani. tude towards the governor for "Abdullakutty has been Speaking at a function at the visiting her parliamentary con- appointed as the state vice Malik Mohammad Jaisi District stituency and providing guid- president of the party", Hospital here after distributing ance to the administration. "This he said. golden cards to beneficiaries of is our privilege that the gover- Pillai also dismissed the the Ayushman Bharat Yojna, nor visited Amethi. She did not various exit poll results by var- Patel said such schemes only visit the educational insti- ious media houses on the out- strengthen the society and coun- tutes, but also met the children, come of the bypolls to five try. "The scheme provides treat- mothers and inspected health assembly constituencies in ment up to `5 lakh a year and institutions, and gave directives Kerala held on Monday, pre- people need to use this facility," to the DM and SP,” said Irani. dicting that the BJP-NDA she said. PTI would not fare well. !"#!$%& ' (

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Television projections as of He reassured Quebec that liar,” “a phony and a fraud.” fighters is completed under a Sochi later on Tuesday as the “Some progress has cer- +# 2 am Tuesday (0600 GMT) his Liberal government, despite Going into the election US-brokered deal. end of the 120-hour deadline tainly been made,” Pompeo # declared the Liberals winners or an electoral setback in the Trudeau’s golden boy image had “If the promises given to approaches. said at the Heritage !!C , leading in 156 of the nation’s 338 French-speaking province, “will already been damaged by ethics our country by the United “We will have the oppor- Foundation in Washington electoral districts, versus 122 be there for you.” lapses in the handling of the States are not kept, we will con- tunity to discuss steps to end hours before the 1900 GMT ++ for his main rival Andrew Scheer He also spoke directly to a bribery prosecution of engi- tinue our operation from where (Kurdish fighters’) presence in deadline for formerly US- + and the Conservatives, after growing sense of Western neering giant SNC-Lavalin. His we left off with greater deter- regime-held areas,” the Turkish allied Kurdish fighters to " "A polling stations across six time Canada’s alienation within the popularity took a further hit with mination,” Erdogan told leader said. pull out. & zones closed. federation, telling those in the emergence during the cam- reporters before departing for Erdogan last week said he But he added: “It is a L+ As early as Tuesday, Trudeau Saskatchewan and Alberta paign of old photographs of talks with Russian counterpart was not bothered by the complicated story, to be M will have to form an alliance with provinces: “I’ve heard your frus- him in blackface makeup. Vladimir Putin. Damascus regime’s presence in sure. The success of the one or more smaller parties in tration.” At one rally, the prime min- Following a deal with US several regions along the outcome there is not yet $ P order to govern a fractured The 47-year-old former ister was forced to wear a bul- Vice President Mike Pence last Turkish border. fully determined.” AFP =/02&> nation. school teacher dominated letproof vest due to a security ! !,?,2 O AA The first test of his future Canadian politics over the four threat. + government will follow in the years of his first term, but faced “Trudeau has really lost his +" # coming weeks with a speech to a grilling during the 40-day poll halo. It’s pretty tarnished,” com- + & 2 & parliament outlining his legisla- campaign, which he described as mented Lois Welsh, 77, in == "" tive priorities and a confidence one of the “dirtiest and nastiest” Regina, disappointed over the )*<< vote. in Canadian history. Liberal win. >; London: A Bangladeshi-origin February. Bangladeshi dual citizenship woman who fled the UK as a Now aged 20, she is fight- through her parents, even OP9 2 ) schoolgirl in 2015 to join ing a legal battle to return to though the Bangladesh gov- Islamic State terror group in the UK and her appeal is ernment has since denied any 3 24#15 But we will WIN!,” Trump Syria, on Tuesday launched an being heard at the Special such rights. tweeted. ) Q*2 appeal against the govern- Immigration Appeals The lawyer representing S President Donald Trump Kristen Clarke, president of ment’s move to revoke her cit- Commission (SIAC) this week. her on behalf of her family, Uon Tuesday likened the the National Lawyers’ izenship and prevent her from High Court judge Elisabeth Tasnime Akunjee, said the impeachment investigation Committee for Civil Rights )*)) )*) returning to London. Laing is expected to consider arguments for Begum’s appeal against him to a “lynching,” a Under Law, said she was “sick- Shamima Begum left her whether depriving Begum of will centre around her being a racially charged word from ened to see Trump’s gross mis- -D#CH6-= # I Now, members of home in east London with two her UK citizenship rendered rape victim of her militant hus- the darkest days of America’s appropriation of this term Congress will hear directly other teenagers and travelled to her stateless. band. slavery legacy. today.” Clarke said that 4,743 illiam Taylor has from Taylor. strife-torn Syria when she was Under UK law, a person “She was married in an There was an immediate people were lynched in the Wemerged as an unlikely The former Army officer is 15. She has lived under the rule can legally have their citizen- ISIS ceremony within two backlash to Trump’s tweet in United States between 1882 central player in the events that scheduled to testify behind of the Islamic State group for ship revoked but they cannot weeks of reaching Syria to a 23- which he claimed that and 1968, of which 3,446 were are at the heart of the impeach- closed doors Tuesday in an three years, before being found be made stateless. The UK gov- year-old fighter. Her context is impeachment was unfair and African Americans. ment inquiry of President inquiry trying to determine if in a camp run by Kurdish ernment maintains that as a rape victim, or a statuto- stripping him of his legal rights. “Lynchings were crimes Donald Trump. Trump committed impeach- forces in northern Syria in Begum has access to ry rape victim,” he said. PTI “All Republicans must against humanity and an ugly The retired career civil ser- able offenses by pressing the remember what they are wit- part of our nation’s history of vant was tapped to run the US president of Ukraine into pur- nessing here — a lynching. racial violence,” she said. Embassy in Ukraine after the suing information that could 2, ,06#A@ administration abruptly oust- help his campaign as Trump = ed the ambassador. withheld military aid to the He was then drawn into a Eastern European country. QR + Trump administration effort to Taylor had been serving as Strasbourg (France): Jean-Claude Juncker on leverage US military aid for executive vice president at the Tuesday prepared to step down as European '5!5 Ukraine. U.S. Institute of Peace, a non- Commission chief with a message urging MEPs And then he apparently partisan think tank founded by to fight against “stupid and blinkered” national- group of British Sikhs has appealed to '5!5 the legislation and try to hold grew alarmed. Congress, when he was ism. AJamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) a snap election. “I think it’s crazy to with- appointed to run the embassy The Luxembourgish politician concludes his leader Fazal-ur Rahman to stop his proposed ritish Prime Minister Boris “The bill will have to be hold security assistance for in Kyiv after Ambassador time as one of the European Union’s (EU) most march and October 31 sit in at Islamabad. BJohnson warned MPs pulled... And we will have to go help with a political campaign,” Marie Yovanovitch was senior figures, making way for German conser- The group, as reported in the Pakistani Tuesday if they vote against the forward to a general election,” he wrote at one point in removed before the end of her vative Ursula von der Leyen who was voted in to media, said: “There is threat of disturbance timetable to push his EU Johnson told lawmakers in a excerpts of text messages term following a campaign replace him, Efe news reported. and disorder in Pakistan due to this march divorce deal through parlia- raucous debate hours ahead of released by impeachment against her led by Trump’s per- “Take care of Europe. And fight with all your and protest which forced around 200 British ment this week he will abandon the crunch vote. investigators in Congress. sonal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. force against stupid and blinkered nationalism. Sikhs to cancel their Pakistan visit”. He was chosen for the post Long-live Europe,” Juncker said, concluding Thousands of Sikhs from across the because he was among only a what is likely his final address to the European world would head to Pakistan to celebrate the handful of former officials with Parliament as Commission chief. 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, experience in Ukraine who The 64-year-old took a look back at the mile- the founder of Sikhism. Big programmes will would be perceived as neutral stones of his five-year mandate at the helm of the be organised at Nankana Sahib, the birthplace by local officials and wouldn’t EU’s executive arm as well as the disappointments of Guru Nanak, and other places. raise objections at the White along the way, including the failure to agree on The JUI-F has announced to start a House, according to a col- arrangements with Switzerland and the lack of march from October 27 to bring down the league. progress on Cyprus’ reunification. IANS Imran Khan government in Pakistan. The protesters will reach Islamabad on October 31 where they will hold a sit in. !"#!$%& + ,K+ M ! " K+ K ? @ <? $ $ # $ / $ $ - , A $ " & 1 / , & & ; " 7 $ 8 1 / ' , = ; 3"/ 9 0 S '>3"==$ , ' =>">=$ ; " (55 % / >? S ? "@ ' $ eturning to one’s roots in soldier- - $ A B ing is replete with nostalgia, inspi- )- ; " # ration and feeling 10 years younger. Revisiting the National Defence $ $ ' Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla, $ " $ Maharashtra,R after more than six decades was ' re-living one’s days when well-rounded heads ' '#$ / were being fitted on square shoulders. We were the pioneers, who in 1955, moved from "0 ' " the Joint Services Wing (JSW) in Clement @ $ "0 Town, Dehradun, to the emerging military # ' )- ; township of Khadakwasla near an iconic lake — the spectacular landscape overlooked by @ ; $$ - ' Shivaji’s impregnable Sinhagad Fort. In the $ $ ' $ C $ sixth and final term, Sinhagad became the 0 - touchstone for long-range patrolling, stami- na and survival. Sticking out of the earth was 0 " $' the majestic central cupola, the nerve centre $ " of the academy, flanked by the cadets’ mess 9 0; 'D E ; ; and the education block. Neat rows of road radiate from these commanding heights in ) ( , ' $ three directions — towards the Pashan Gate, ' ; ' ' ' the Central Vista and the Avenue to the Lake. lations, Maj Sandhu used multi- Rajendra Prasad, dining with the meaningful dialogue between "@ $ ' E ' B"A= In January 1955, trainloads of cadets were lingual invectives and had four cadets, flanked by Gen the political and military lead- relocated in their new home Khadakwasla, of us charge-sheeted. Habibullah and Gen Moti Sagar, ership has let the bureaucracy $ ' =>"BB$ A B'( S the pride of India. It was to become the cra- Punishment: While all of the both drinking port… the clas- usurp critical advisory space. ( B"3$ ' > "?B$ " dle of military leadership and excellence 11th course was allowed to pass sic shows Premier Chou en Lai Today, the Prime Minister can- /' & 1S where “jointness came naturally.” All the 1,000 out on December 1, 1956, we in a black Mao jacket in the not find the time to have a use- cadets would branch out after three years were detained for 14 days. The cadets’ mess during our passing ful conversation with his Service )- $ $ together for their choice of service: Army, driver of the bicycle was out parade. Chiefs. $ F ! " F$$ $ Navy or Air Force. Potential Army cadets Divisional Cadet Captain Jaswant 5! D&'#- As the chief guest, he pre- The Habibullah Museum, $ 2 ' were cross-trained. For example, I was sent Singh, who was complimented by D 2 =! D& sented me with the inter-com- meagre in space, contains rich on Indian Navy frigate Cauvery for a week the Commandant, Maj Gen pany Squash trophy, which is memories and souvenirs, includ- 0 ' $ P while a Navy volunteer went to an Army Inayat Habibullah, for “steering 4 = #25 ' captured in the film on 1962 ing a stunning ornamental Q - 1 "! establishment and similarly, the Air Force to a bicycle as expertly as a horse.” ' /-5@= 5= war, Hum Dono. This was the khukuri, presented by C in C ' a different sister service. After the sixth term, The cadets’ living room is ! era of Panchsheel and Hindi Royal Nepal Army, Gen & $ # " one would go to the Naval, Air Force and the same except that a limited Chini Bhai Bhai (India and Surendra Bahadur Sahib (must Army military academies for the final year wi-fi is now available. Like /5C =2 #5 China are brothers) full of ban- be Shah) in January 1966. The ' $ of training. Currently, cadets indicate their Jammu & Kashmir was put in a ter and bonhomie even as the once-splendid Bombay Stadium " choice of service after the fourth term. lockdown, cadets are forbidden 3 5 Chinese had started building the has alas gone to seed. So have the P Q- Last week in Khadakwasla, I witnessed the use of cellphones. The tech- #'# =D road through Aksai Chin, which Squash courts near it. The cadets change and what has not changed and is still nology of the bicycle is vintage former Prime Minister play individual sports like P Q 1"' - ' $ reminiscent of 1955. First, the change. All the though the satchels the cadets ' ! =2 !4 Jawaharlal Nehru divulged to squash, tennis and golf. The Golf $ $ way from Pune’s Southern Command Officers carry has improved. 5'##/ ' '# Parliament only in 1959. Course doubles as the military "F $ Mess, the 25-km stretch to Khadakwasla was From 12 squadrons, the There are fabulous pictures, training area and is named after then desolate, habitated with lush green academy now has 18 squadrons 4 2 / 5@ which must be the envy of mem- the legendary Russian language " # woods. What took one hour on a bicycle, took and a cadet strength of 2,000. orabilia collectors — Pandit teacher Jaouralov. $ two hours, given the concrete jungle that has “Item” has become “India” #1@6' Nehru and Gen Habibullah, Notwithstanding our fear of $ " crept towards NDA and much is in the pos- squadron, my “Fox” squadron to !# '516 both on horseback, surveying the Maj Sandhu — he would session of the Defence Research and “Foxtrot” and “Dog” to academy from a vantage point as famously counsel “do not trust F$$ $ Development Organisation (DRDO) — its “Delta.” The Ante Room has the 3 4 it was being built. It is clear from wife, rain and enemy” — he $ " , kingdom. Farmhouses, luxury resort hotels familiar aquarium but now a bil- 5'##/ ' ! other pictures of Nehru that the taught us the best field craft to be ; ' 0 and restaurants have encroached on the liards table, too. Khadakwasla project was his a cat burglar, poacher and marks- precincts of Khadakwasla. The Pashan Gate Barbara Bonny, the wife of #'# =D baby. Another picture is of Lt Gen man that saved our lives and $ $ $" ! is new with a massive security apparatus. our Squadron Commander, Maj ' ! =24#4 2 JN Chaudhury and Nehru those of the men under our com- ; ' $ The welcome landmark is the Gole LKM Bonny, used to teach us engaged in serious conversa- mand in all the skirmishes and $"@ $ $ Market — nothing has changed here. This the Foxtrot and on the week- ' 4 tion. Army Chief Gen KS wars. NDA is truly tri-service and market is etched in my memory because a ends, commandeered busloads 6= 6/= /D Thimayya and Nehru in a tete- a unique training institution, $ S$ $ ' week before we were to “pass out” and move of Pune lasses for live practice. e-tete. Thimayya and Nehru which sows the seeds of cama- $" "9 to the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Gen Habibullah and his wife 626=/=##/ ' were good friends, enjoyed raderie, military ethos, customs :(' $ ' $ $ our joyful celebration was rudely interrupt- Hamida put the cadets through !C#25=D2 / immense rapport despite profes- and traditions. That is how DCC ed by one “Major The Sandhu”, an infantry sessions of Indian cultural train- sional differences. Jaswant Singh became the P$ "Q! ' # officer who was uniformly dreaded by ing — music, drama, mushaira Today, like yesterday, there Defence Minister of India. ", ' cadets. It was past midnight. Four riding an and once even Bollywood. is total lack of rapport and (The writer is a retired $ $$ " ordnance-issued bicycle, strictly meant for There was no change in the conversation between top mil- Major General of the Indian one, was sacrilege, especially when Maj cadets’ mess. Rations and qual- itary leaders and the political Army and founder member of " Sandhu, who was returning in his car from ity of food match any reputable elite. The last Army Chief, who the Defence Planning Staff, Pune, nearly collided with the overloaded restaurant. Outside are pictures could chat up politicians, was currently the revamped bicycle. For breaking several military regu- of early times. Former President Gen Bipin Joshi. The absence of Integrated Defence Staff) , * # #A 3 " = ++ 62# "& F #, & 2 # #A F <;:)2 H0I & F " & = "" + " ,"- "= ! " # $ 7@ @"77; !A@ #.B7 !- ! !F!.!@-?H K 2 K@ K 3 K , D ! $ O & ' ( , ) *)+ , - " , ' nals” to buttress their case in the Q courts. There are many cases S/ ' ! - ! where undertrials have suc- *!-!+' " Sir — The story of the life and + & + + cumbed to physical and mental $ "/ ' $ # " struggles of Pranjal Patil, the + 0 torture from cops. Unable to country’s first visually challenged H0IA 4 & bear the torture, there are also , ' $ ) 0 woman IAS officer, reminds us + "" cases of people resorting to the *)0+ 1 $ ' that nothing is impossible if one /" & + +5++ 2 & extreme step of committing sui- ! " $ $ $ has the determination to perse- " )*<; cide. Sadly, even natural deaths vere against all odds. Patil has ',2 1 A in police custody are treated as )0" truly struggled far more than oth- "+ 2 1 A A custodial death. ! ers to achieve her goal of becom- ++& Deaths of these kind would " 2 ing an IAS officer. Losing vision 4 " + have, perhaps, occurred even if / 3 ! 4 ' at the age of six did not deter the + " such a person was not in custody. young girl from Ulhasnagar, " 2 0& In the case of undertrials, the 4 ! 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medieval times. The verdict is likely being developed ’90s. The razing of national party now, replacing the The BJP’s future agenda depends to be delivered before November 17, as a tourist attrac- the Babri Masjid grand old party, the Congress. on how it plays its Hindutva card. At by which time the present Chief tion with wider in 1992 was a The Ayodhya agenda has been a present, the party would primarily like Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will be roads, spruced up turning point in recurring theme, to which the Sangh to consolidate its base all over the 25 4#15 retiring. ghats and refur- the history of the Parivar and its affiliates, most impor- country. It has to expand in the The BJP leaders are upbeat and bished heritage BJP and its tantly the BJP, have returned to again North-East and the South and it is also 5! = 56 hoping for a favourable ruling. The temples. Hindutva politics. and again. The party has been consis- planning to expand in West Bengal, 578 . party is happy that their “Mandir The Ayodhya In fact Narendra tently talking about building the Ram Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. wahin banayenge (we will construct verdict would Modi, who was a temple and had included it in its poll Moreover, the economic agenda needs =HQ=I+ the temple on that spot)” slogan have legal, politi- senior Gujarat manifesto since 1996. priority as it is slipping beyond its con- + " yodhya is getting ready to face could at last become a reality, after a cal and religious leader at that time, However, after the demolition, trol. Creation of jobs and boosting the ++ the impact of the Supreme wait of nearly three decades. ramifications. had a role to play Advani had said that “the agitation is economy needs immediate attention. ACourt (SC) ruling on the Ram Local BJP leaders claim that over Though the apex in BJP stalwart LK not just for constructing a temple, but It is easier said than done when the janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit, 65 per cent of the stone craving work court’s order Advani’s Ram rath to propagate Hindutva’s foundation- global economy is also facing a slow- next month. The verdict is expected for the proposed temple has been might put a lid on yatra, which began al idea — cultural nationalism.” down. " to put a lid on the dispute between the completed and a lot of Karsevaks have the legal aspect, its impact on politics from Somnath in Gujarat to Ayodhya Other political parties, including The saffron party’s next agenda , ,, two communities on the right of own- volunteered to work for its construc- and communal harmony will be in 1990. However, the yatra did not the Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), is likely to be Pakistan Occupied " + ership of the site. tion. According to BJP MP Sakshi equally significant. culminate in Ayodhya as planned, as the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Kashmir (PoK). In fact, BJP chief Amit " # "" A violent mob of Karsevaks and Maharaj, if the verdict goes in favour It is likely that the two sides might Advani was arrested. the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have Shah and the Minister for External prominent politicians had pulled of the Hindus, Prime Minister accept the SC’s judgment. Muslim reli- The Babri Masjid demolition not been treading on the issue very cau- Affairs S Jaishankar have gone pub- " down the mosque adjacent to the Ram Narendra Modi could lay the founda- gious scholars and leaders have also only changed the political narrative of tiously. lic on reclaiming the PoK after the temple in Ayodhya on December 6, tion stone on December 6. said that parties on both sides of the the country but it also helped the BJP Seeing the phenomenal rise of the revocation of Article 370. But there is ,5 +& 1992, which has tested the communal Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief dispute should accept the verdict, establish itself in national politics. BJP, the Congress has also been try- enough time for this until the next fabric of the country since then. The Minister Yogi Adityanath has also said whatever it may be. Post the Babri Masjid demolition, ing to play soft-Hindutva politics in elections. Of course, one week is said " & Q= Hindus — represented by seven par- that he is hopeful of a favourable rul- It will be a big gain for the BJP, as the BJP acquired a national identity recent times, with party leaders like to be long time in politics and five ties — have argued in the apex court ing. He has already prepared the State the party’s political and electoral for- and stature. The party, which was Rahul Gandhi visiting temples before years are a very, very long time and $ that there was a temple dedicated to administration to face a post-verdict tunes in the past three decades owe known as a Bania–Brahmin party and elections. The SP, BSP, RJD and other there could be other issues, which may " the birthplace of Lord Ram before the scenario. The Faizabad District has their rise to it, as the BJP began its had a strong presence only in the parties relevant in the ’90s have lost come up. H I Babri Masjid was erected during been renamed as Ayodhya, which is campaign for the Ram temple in the Hindi belt, has expanded as a pan- their sheen now. (The writer is a senior journalist) !"#!$%& 0

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8 +# drive home the significance of stituency boycotted Monday’s CCC /4 # their demand to delisting them by-poll and hoisted black flags Siliguri: West Bengal Chief institutions) is coming from from the Scheduled Caste and atop their residences and all Minister Mamata Banerjee outside. The teachers in these he five per cent fall in the elevation as OBC. The Pioneer public places in the villages. The 163 4 # Empowerment Policy of on Tuesday said religious schools get a monthly salary of Tnumber of voters who cast had reported about the unique decision of the DKV commu- Assam' that specified that job fanatics have set up schools in 20,000 to brainwash the stu- their votes in the Nanguneri and rare demand raised by the nity to stay away from the he Assam Cabinet on candidates with two children the northern part of the State dents." by-election has cast a shadow leader of Puthiya Tamilagam polling would affect the TMonday decided that no only would be eligible for gov- to “brainwash” younger gen- Those threatening to on the confidence of both the Party, Dr K Krishnasamy that prospects of the AIADMK Government jobs will be given ernment employment and the erations. implement Citizenship leading contenders, Ruby the State and Centre because the Puthiya Tamilakam to persons having more than existing government staff were Without naming anyone, (Amendment) Bill and Manoharan (Congress) and V Governments for integrating is a constituent of the NDA in two children after January 1, to strictly follow the two chil- she said this was a part of an National Register of Citizens Narayanan (AIADMK). seven sub-sects as Devendra Tamil Nadu. 2021. dren family norm. attempt to spark communal (NRC) are conspiring to fuel According to Tamil Nadu Kula Vellalars and removing Dr Krishnasamy refused to The important decision "New Land Policy was violence in the region. trouble in the State, she Election Commission, them from the ambit of the pro- say anything about the poll was taken at a Cabinet meeting adopted. Three bighas of land Speaking at an adminis- stated. Nanguneri recorded 66.35 per visions of the Scheduled Caste. prospects of the AIADMK in held late Monday evening that will be given to landless indige- trative review meeting of "These are the people who cent polling on Monday while “It was an aberration of his- the backdrop of the DKV’s also adopted a New Land stated that those having more nous people. Landless people Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and are striking off names (from the constituency had seen 71.35 tory and that has to be correct- decision to boycott the poll. Policy, which will give three than two children will not be will be offered half a bigha to Jalpaiguri districts in citizenship list). They are per cent polling in the 2016 ed. We were not Scheduled Southern Tamil Nadu has a bighas of agricultural land to considered for Government construct their houses. These Uttarkanya (branch secretariat) pitting one section against assembly election. Caste people but a class of land considerable population of the landless indegenous people jobs with effect from January 1, cannot be sold for 15 years," the here, Banerjee said, "A radical another by threatening to bring Adding to the woes of the owning farming community Devendra Kula Vellalars and and half a bigha for construct- 2021 as per the small family CMO statement said. religious outfit has set up sev- NRC and Citizenship bill. This Congress (which is supported by which specialized in wet-land they are capable of tilting the ing a house. norm. The Cabinet meeting also eral schools in these three dis- is a part of an attempt to spark the Congress) and the AIADMK farming,” Dr Krishnasami has balance in many constituencies A communique from the In September 2017, the decided to increase the bus tricts of north Bengal to be able communal violence," the , thousands and thousands of told this newspaper.Voters in the region, said Krishna Chief Minister Sarbananda Assam Assembly had passed fares in the State by 25 per cent, to take control of our State. Chief Minister Devendra Kula Vellalars stayed belonging to the Devendra Kula Pillai, an activist of the Sonowal's public relations cell the 'Population and Women it added. "The money (to run such maintained. PTI away from the polling station to Vellar in Nanguneri con- AIADMK from Kanyakumari. ! "0F ! "! / -:!

%' ) '6/-53 tution where a complaint can in favour of an alliance. We ,-+" be registered for using the don't intend to stitch up 5 " rashing the BJP claim of term 'yogi', I would have been alliances," he said.The SP-BSP Darjeeling: The BJP MP of Tgood Governance in Uttar the first one to do so as he can- alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha Darjeeling Raju Bista was on Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Pradesh, Samajwadi Party pres- not provide justice to the peo- elections unravelled soon after Tuesday shown black flag and Minister Sushil Kumar Modi ident Akhilesh Yadav on ple." the results were declared. his car was attacked in West on Tuesday alleged that a false Tuesday said calling the State Citing an alleged fake On a possible patch-up Bengal's Kalimpong district by propaganda is being spread “Ramrajya” was unfair to Lord encounter in which a Jhansi with his feuding uncle Shivpal alleged activists of TMC and that reservation will be abol- Ram.“Ram ko dhoka hai” (It's man Pushpendra Yadav was Singh Yadav, who founded Binay Tamang faction of the ished by the BJP and emphat- cheating Ram),” Yadav said shot dead by police, Yadav Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party GJM. ically said the job quota cannot while accusing the Bharatiya said, “Anyone can be killed in (Lohia), Yadav denied any The GJM faction of be touched by anybody till Janata Party in the State of hav- this regime. There is no law and such move. "Nothing," he Tamang and the TMC have rate a primary school, hun- Narendra Modi Government is ing taken lessons from “Kalyugi order. The police are killing the ily members of slain Kamlesh replied. denied the charges as baseless dreds OF supporters of Binay in power. Government restored the orig- Ravan”, the demon king. innocent and the Government, Tiwari. What did they get? The Asked if his party is and politically motivated.A Tamang surrounded my car Addressing a State-level inal provisions (that no actic- Chief Minister Yogi instead of punishing them, is mother is not satisfied with the withdrawing its disqualification police contingent arrived at the and raised slogans against Ravidas conference here, he ipatory bail be granted to the Adityanath has claimed in the shielding criminals." probe. Hope the CM listens to petition against Shivpal Yadav spot and dispersed the mob. against me and the BJP said the BJP is in favour of accused) in the Act which was past that the State is moving Incidents of crime, partic- what she is saying," he said. from the state assembly, he said, The incident took place at Government. They waved reservation in promotion and diluted by the Supreme Court," towards the ideal of “Ramrajya”. ularly rape and murder, have About the SP preparations "We have given the petition. It's a time when West Bengal Chief black flags and banged on my against introducing creamy he said.Later, the apex court "They say there is Ramrajya increased, he alleged. to counter the BJP in the 2022 up to the assembly Speaker to Minister Mamata Banerjee is car. Then all of a sudden they layer provision for the SC and also held the amendment act in the State. Yeh Ram ko dhoka "The BJP is ruling by cre- Assembly polls, Yadav said, decide. We are not on a tour of north Bengal. She started pelting stones on it. ST categories. legally valid, he added. hai. It seems they have learnt ating terror. Those who raise "Our party is all geared up and withdrawing it." is scheduled to arrive in When I tried to pacify them The senior Bihar BJP Notably, the amendment from Ravan and that is why their voice against misdeeds are has emerged as the only hope The move to withdraw the Kalimpong after her adminis- they threw stones at my PSO," leader said Modi Government bill was passed by both the they are working as Kalyugi silenced. Corruption has of the people, who are realising petition had triggered specu- trative meeting in Siliguri. Bista told PTI over phone. has strengthened provisions of Houses of Parliament in August Ravan," Akhilesh Yadav said in increased manifold and there is their mistake of choosing the lation that the Shivpal Yadav According to sources, the A huge police contingent the Scheduled Castes and the 2018.The central Government an interview to PTI. no development work going on BJP.” may come back to the incident took place on Tuesday rushed to the spot and con- Scheduled Tribes (Prevention also increased 25 per cent com- He claimed Adityanath has the ground due to which all “We talk of development SP-fold. afternoon when Bista along trolled the situation. It started of Atrocities) Act, 1989 through pensation amount for dalits who failed on all fronts and devel- sections of society are aggriev- and our cadre will move ahead On Monday's bypolls for with his personal security offi- investigation into it. an amendment bill which was are victim of atrocities, he said. opment taken a backseat. ed," he said. with this agenda," he added. 11 assembly seats in UP, Yadav cer (PSO) and two other offi- Reacting to the allegations, passed by Parliament. "No one can even touch the "I can't call him Yogi as his He referred to the recent He ruled out an alliance predicted that the number of cials was on his way to Suraj, a senior GJM leader of "The Modi Government provisions of reservation till behaviour is against what Lord murder in Lucknow of the with the Congress, the Bahujan votes for the BJP will go down, Kalimpong. the Tamang faction, said none added 23 new sections in the Narendra Modi Krishna has preached in the leader of a little-known Samaj Party or any other group. “despite their having used all "When I arrived at Sinji of its activists were involved in Act through an amendment bill Government is there at the cen- Gita,” Yadav said. Hindtuva outfit. "(Assembly) elections are tricks and the blatant misuse of area of Kalimpong to inaugu- the incident. PTI passed by Parliament. The tre," he said. PTI “Had there been an insti- "The CM has met the fam- far but our party men are not official machinery". <&! > 2 +& A 4/, + /- D Jaipur: Two BSP leaders were / F garlanded with shoes, their faces blackened and paraded Shahjahanpur: A local court outside the party office on on Tuesday dismissed a peti- Allahabad: The Allahabad November 6 as next date of Tuesday by its workers who tion from BJP leader Swami High Court on Tuesday gave hearing. alleged corruption in ticket Chinmayanand, who is accused two weeks to the police and BJP The SIT had booked the allocation in the 2018 of rape by a law student, leader Chinmayanand's lawyer law student and three others on Rajasthan Assembly polls. demanding that the Gangster to file their objections to a bail a complaint made by The BSP workers also Act should be slapped on the plea by the law student who has Chinmayanand that they had made Ramji Gautam, the woman and three others for getting massages from her. accused the politician of rape. demanded 5 crore from him, national coordinator, sit on a trying to blackmail him. According to the petition, While the former Union while threatening the release of donkey and paraded him and Lucknow: A day after a Chief Judicial Magistrate Sachin Sengar, one the accused Minister has been booked objectionable videos. former state unit chief Sitaram Muslim body challenged the Omveer Singh dismissed the in the extortion case, had come under the Indian Penal Code's The videos mostly relate to outside the party office in Bani law criminalising instant triple petition saying it was not in his to meet Chinmayanand at his section 376C, a charge short of the massages Chinmayanand Park here. talaq in the Supreme Court, jurisdiction.He directed that it home on August 9.He allegedly rape, the woman and three oth- got from the woman, who "Our workers are upset Uttar Pradesh Minister Chetan should be moved before the rel- told Chinmayanand that he had ers face a separate case of try- claims she secretly filmed them with the leaders. The workers Chauhan on Tuesday said any evant court, Chinmayanand's all the evidence with him and a ing to blackmail him. as evidence of sexual abuse she were active on the ground for effort to save the malpractice, lawyer Pooja Singh told PTI. false case will be lodged if the for- A special investigation allegedly suffered. five years but parachute which became a "custom" Chinmayanand had also mer Minister did not pay up. (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh The woman studied at a candidates from the BJP and because of slackness of previ- sent a letter to the State police The petition claimed that police has been probing the college run by the BJP leader's Congress were given ticket in ous Governments, will prove chief demanding that the strin- Sanjay Sengar has been earlier parallel cases. ashram.Meanwhile, the SIT lieu of money. BSP workers and futile. gent Uttar Pradesh Gangsters booked in two cases, including Seeking bail for her, the also submitted in the high leaders are being ignored and "Several Muslim countries and Anti-social Activities one for attempt to murder, at Shahjahanpur woman's coun- court a status report in the case exploited," a BSP worker have put a ban on triple talaq. (Prevention) Act should be Shahjahanpur's Tilhar police sel argued that she is a victim against Chinmayanand. The present there said. It is difficult to understand why invoked against the woman station.The plea alleged that of sexual harassment and all court fixed November 28 as He said they held three the AIMPLB has knocked on and her three friends. cases have also been lodged allegations against her are fab- next date of hearing and asked demonstrations in the state the doors of the Supreme Court While the former Union against the student's father. It ricated. the SIT to submit a further but the leaders did not convey against the new law," he said. Minister has been booked levelled allegations against the However, counsel for the report by that day. their plight to BSP chief "This new law is in the under the Indian Penal Code's woman's mother as well. State Government and Swami The bench of Justices Mayawati. "Therefore, we had interest of Muslim women and section 376C, a charge short of Chinmayanand has been Chinmayanand opposed the bail Manoj Mishra and Pankaj to take this step," he said. any effort to challenge it in the rape, the woman and three booked under section 376C of plea, arguing that she is the main Bhatia directed that the SIT Following the incident, court will prove to be futile," others face a separate extortion the Indian Penal Code (IPC), accused in the extortion case and should also submit the Mayawati has dissolved the the Minister said. case. which is usually applied in there is sufficient evidence to forensic report by the next state committee of the BSP and The All India Muslim They were arrested last cases where a person abuses his prove it.They sought more time date if it has received it. lashed out at the Congress.In a Personal Law Board on month on the basis position to "induce or seduce" to file a counter affidavit. The forensic report is tweet in Hindi, she alleged Monday filed a plea in the apex Chinmayanand's complaint a woman under his charge to Justice Siddharth granted mainly required to match that the Congress first indulged court, challenging The Muslim that they tried to extort have "sexual intercourse not two weeks' time to the SIT and voices heard in the video clips in horse-trading and now it was Women (Protection of Rights 5 crore, threatening to upload amounting to the offence of Chinmayanand's counsel to with those involved in the getting BSP leaders attacked in on Marriage) Act, 2019, which online video clips showing him rape". PTI file their reply and fixed case. PTI Rajasthan. PTI makes talaq-e-biddat or any other similar form of talaq, having the effect of instanta- *) :*" neous and irrevocable divorce * 1 2 ! 13 pronounced by a Muslim husband, void and illegal. ) ) ! ! 4'5 ! Chauhan said because of the slackness of previous governments, a malpractice went ** ,6 Jaisalmer: The BSF is keeping on to become a custom. PTI a close eye on Pakistan’s actions Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir across the border and is capa- Governor Satya Pal Malik on ble of dealing with any situa- Tuesday said the position of a tion, a top official of the force Governor in the country is very said on Tuesday. weak as he does not have the Border Security Force right to hold a Press conference (BSF), Inspector General, or talk his heart out. Rajasthan Frontier, Amit He also reiterated his Lodha, who is on a two-day Statement that a section of visit to Jaisalmer, also said wealthy people in the country steps are being taken to further are like "rotten potatoes" strengthen the border guarding because they do not do chari- apprehensive for almost three force. ty or come forward to help days hoping that my words The BSF is alert and ready improve the education have not annoyed anyone in to deal with all situations on the eral made it clear that the BSF border, Lodha said. system. Delhi," Malik said, addressing India-Pakistan border in has information about all The BSF has launched a "Governor is a weak enti- the seventh convocation of the Rajasthan, he told actions. scheme 'ghar aangan' to main- ty. He does not have the right Mata Vaishno Devi University reporters. The force always tries to tain a better rapport with to hold a press conference or in Katra town of Reasi On spotting of drones near maintain better coordination villagers and positive results are talk his heart out. I remain district. PTI the border, the inspector gen- with people living near the being seen, he said. PTI !"#!$%& 7

!+, ,&C 2 "A F " # 6 # Thorat also requested the machine be allowed for count- election authorities “to make ing four times in a row at that pprehending “tampering” and declare the result sheet for moment”. N -'F Aof the Electronic Voting each round of counting and The MPCC chief went on <A Machines (EVMs) ahead of for that particular round. to reiterate the Opposition the counting of votes on “Only after result sheet for that parties’ demand for testing 50 Pune: Voters in a Maharashtra his vote, the same thing hap- Mumbai: Actor Deepika #BharatKiLaxmi," the PM October 24, the Opposition particular round is prepared, per cent of EVMs against village have claimed that an pened," said Sayaji Nikam, for- Padukone and shuttler PV wrote on Twitter. Congress in Maharashtra on duly signed by the returning VVPAT for physical EVM malfunction during Lok mer deputy Sarpanch of the Sindhu on Tuesday were Deepika and Sindhu regis- Tuesday demanded that “net- officer and provided to all the verification.The MPCC’s Sabha bypoll on Monday village. named the ambassadors for tered their support for the work jammers” be installed in parties, then the EVMs of demand for installation of “net- resulted in votes cast for any Nikam's claims were 'Bharat Ki Laxmi', an initiative campaign on the microblog- and around strong rooms all 288 Assembly constituencies next round should be opened work jammers and for “physi- candidate going into BJP's echoed by villagers Rohini by Prime Minister Narendra ging site. where the EVMs are stored and in the State. for counting. Prior to this, any cal verification of votes polled account, a claim denied by Pawar, Ananda Pawar, Pralhad Modi that aims at bringing "This Diwali, let us throw that “certain” VVPAT machines “The citizens of our coun- request for recount should be in EVMs through “certain” election officials. Jadhav and Dilip Wagh. commendable work done by light on & celebrate the con- be made available for physical try at large fear that the said considered round-wise,” he VVPAT machines should seen Kirti Nalawade, the return- NCP legislator Shahshikant women across the nation to tribution & accomplishments verification of votes polled EVMs can be tampered via var- said. in the context of an electoral ing officer for the Koregaon Shinde said he was witness to light ahead of the Diwali festi- of the women of our country! through EVMs. ious wireless networks like The MPCC chief said that rout of the Opposition Assembly segment in Western such a thing happening when he val. #BharatKiLaxmi," Deepika A day after the State mobile towers, Wi-Fi networks as per the guidelines of the Congress-NCP alliance pre- Maharashtra, where this village visited the polling booth at the The Prime Minister shared wrote as she shared the video. Assembly polls, Maharashtra etc. Hence we feel that the Election Commission, dicted by the exit polls which is located, said the EVM was Navlewadi village of Koregaon a video on the new campaign Sindhu said societies grow Pradesh Congress Committee installation of `network jam- “certain” VVPATs be made have suggested that the two replaced but it (replacement) tehsil in Satara district. underscoring the cause of when women are empowered (MPCC) president Balasaheb mers’ is highly necessary in and available for physical verifica- parties would win collectively had "nothing to do" with the Shinde said the Election women empowerment."India's and their accomplishments are Thorat— in a representation around strong rooms where tion. “We hereby request you to anywhere from the 41 to 90 claims. Commission should take a Nari Shakti epitomises talent given a place of pride. made to the Chief Electoral these EVMs are stored till grant our candidates liberty to seats in Monday’s state Villagers said votes cast in serious note of this incident and tenacity, determination "I support PM @naren- Officer (CEO), Maharashtra, counting. These jammers select the EVMs to be tested Assembly polls. favour of the NCP nominee and initiate steps to check its and dedication. Our ethos has dramodi ji #BharatKiLaxmi said that “a large section of our should be installed during the against the VVPAT slips out of The Congress and NCP, it Srinivas Patil were going into recurrence.He said when he always taught us to strive for movement. It celebrates extra- citizens apprehend that these counting process as well,” the total EVMs available,” he may be recalled, had won 42 the "account" of BJP candidate reached the polling station and women empowerment. ordinary achievements of EVMs can be tampered with” Thorat said, urging the CEO to said. and 41 seats ( out of the total Udayanraje Bhosale, a claim raised the issue with the elec- "Through this video, extraordinary women of India. and sought installation of “net- install network jammers in all In another request to the 288 Assembly seats in the state) district poll officials rejected. tion officials from the booth, @Pvsindhu1 and @deepika- This Diwali, let's celebrate work jammers” in and around 288 Assembly constituencies in CEO, Thorat said-“in any respectively in the 2014 State "When Deepak Raghunath they hurriedly changed the padukone excellently convey womanhood," she added in strong rooms storing EVMs in the State immediately. doubtful EVM case, the same Assembly polls. Pawar, a villager, went to cast EVM machine. PTI the message of celebrating the tweet. PTI 1 :* *: )1 > #" "# trative meetings in North D 2 0 -4 '# Bengal and South Bengal have * allegedly been spiked by the day after venting his griev- State Government, Raj Bhavan Aances against the sources say. 5#? Trinamool Congress and its Reacting to Dhankhar's Panaji: The woman who August asked the Goa court to senior Ministers for humiliat- comments TMC leader and lodged a sexual assault case complete the trial in the case, Mumbai: A Mumbai court on ing his chair, a furious Bengal State Minister R.N Ghosh said, against Tehelka magazine preferably within six months, Tuesday sent a close aide of Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar "Being a constitutional head he founder Tarun Tejpal was and refused Tejpal's plea to gangster Iqbal Mirchi, who on Tuesday once again cannot enjoy administrative cross-examined by the defence quash the First Information was an associate of global ter- slammed the State administra- power. It is for the Chief counsel for the second consec- Report (FIR) filed against him. rorist Dawood Ibrahim, to the tion for dereliction of duty. Minister to convene such utive day in a Goa court on Tejpal allegedly sexually Enforcement Directorate cus- The Governor who had a able. Am I subservient to the administrative meetings." Tuesday. assaulted the complainant tody till October 24. prescheduled programme to State Government? " the While TMC MPs like She appeared before the inside an elevator of a five-star Humayun Merchant was meet electedrepresentatives and Governor said, adding "the Pratima Mandal and MLAs court for the first time on hotel in Goa in 2013. arrested under the provisions of senior officials of South 24 cultured people of Bengal will like Sukumar Mahato said they Monday for the trial, which was He has denied the allega- the Prevention of Money Parganas district onTuesday find it difficult to digest." had not been invited to the being held in-camera. tions levelled against him. Laundering Act (PMLA) here and directed the District A visibly angry Dhankhar meeting by the Governor's District Judge Shama Joshi Tejpal was arrested on on Monday night, according to Collector accordingly, com- wondered whether "attending House wondering whether he in Mapusa town of North Goa November 30, 2013 by the the central probe agency. plainedthat none of the elect- a meeting called by a Governor at all had the power to do so, was hearing the case against crime branch after his He was produced before ed representatives and offi- is beneath the dignity of the senior minister Partha Tejpal lodged by his former col- anticipatory bail plea was PMLA judge P Rajvaidya, who cials were present at the venue District Magistrates and senior Chatterjee left it on the Chief league, who was cross-exam- rejected by the court. He has remand him to ED custody till so that he was compelled to Police Officers." Minister to counter the ined by the defence counsel on been out on bail since May October 24.Merchant is being abandon his programme. He asked, "before whom Governor's argument. Tuesday. 2014. PTI probed by ED in connection “When I enquired that they (DMs South and North 24 Reacting strongly to Tejpal was present during with illegal real-estate deals of why the elected representa- Parganas) are trying to prove Tuesday's development State the trial. Mirchi, who died in London in tives and othersenior officials their credibility," without nam- BJP President Dilip Ghosh Later, Tejpal's lawyer Rajiv 2013, and his family.The were not present I was told that ing Chief Minister Mamta said, "there is no administra- Gomes said the cross-exami- agency arrested two other peo- there was no prior permission Banerjee. tion, no democracy, no regard nation will continue on ple in this case earlier this from the State Government in The Governor's repeated for the constitution in Bengal." Wednesday also. month. PTI this regard. This is not accept- attempts to conduct adminis- A Supreme Court bench in

9? - F % $ @ +& % Kochi: The title of a Facebook post put up by Congress MP - 8&! Hibi Eden's wife, drawing an analogy between fate and rape, has created an uproar on the Surat: Surat resident Ashfaq social media. Hibi Eden repre- Shaikh, a prime suspect in the sents Ernakulam constituency. Kamlesh Tiwari murder case, "Fate is like rape, if you can't allegedly impersonated his col- resist it, then try to enjoy it," league by forging the latter's wrote Anna Lina Eden on top of Aadhaar card to join the Hindu two video clips posted on the site Samaj Party (HSP) of the slain to depict the plight of her daugh- leader. ter and husband Eden during Tiwari (45), who headed the floods following rains in HSP, was killed at his home in Kochi on Monday.While one Naka Hindola area in Lucknow video showed her daughter on October 18. He was earlier being evacuated from their associated with a faction of the waterlogged residence on Hindu Mahasabha. Monday, another clips showed Shaikh and another suspect her husband enjoying a sizzler Moinuddin who have been on somewhere. PTI run have emerged as the key accused in the murder.Shaikh allegedly replaced his colleague Rohit Solanki's photo on the latter's Aadhaar card with his own. He also changed the birth date on the Aadhaar card. Solanki told reporters that he had no idea about Shaikh's acts before his name cropped up in the murder."I used work as a medical representative for a pharma company and forged the Aadhaar card to assumed my identity". PTI 8 9 !"#!$%&

* QR & &2K /&1 5 , / H5/I + 3! '4# 2019, titled “Disturbing uneth- same measures are taken up in or voice recordings, we will )79+ + <)8 $ ical practices” and an undated the current quarter also to ensure that the generalised 2+ A, T services giant Infosys Ltd note with the title boost short term revenue and allegations are investigated to + + <*) +"0 A2+ Ion Tuesday said it is investi- “Whistleblower Complaint”. profits,” the letter addressed to the fullest extent. Additionally, + ,O <9+ 9&:*) gating claims by anonymous He said both had been the board of directors dated to ensure independence in 0 A2+ + ?&;8: A" whistleblowers accusing CEO placed before the audit com- September 20, read. these investigations, the CEO + <9+ <&?98 Salil Parekh of “unethical prac- mittee on October 10, 2019, The whistleblowers said and CFO have been recused $ & A +79+ tices” to shore up profits and before the non-executive they have emails and voice from this matter,” Nilekani >)? "H#I& through irregular accounting, members of the board the fol- recordings on these matters. added. "+& **8+ "+ )8)+ sending its shares to their worst lowing day. Infosys on Monday had He also noted that Infosys’ " $ 2+ )*<;5/O" A intra-day fall in over six years. “Post the board meeting of said the whistleblower com- statutory auditors, Deloitte, + " <)97+ " Chairman and co-founder October 11, 2019, the audit plaint has been placed before India, have been “completely 2+ 7*&)*<; <:)?+ Nandan Nilekani pledged a committee began consultation the audit committee as per the updated” on this matter post 2+ )*<> 9;?+ full probe, saying the complaint with the independent internal company’s practice, and that it the October 11 Board meeting. <**:+ "4 &+ had been placed before the auditors (Ernst & Young) on will be dealt with in accordance In 2017, Infosys had wit- <&*9* " $ " >7) + , audit committee on October 10 terms of reference for their with the company’s whistle- nessed a protracted stand-off A"+ , ++" and before the non-executive prima facie investigation. The blower policy. between its high profile <&7>> " $ &" & members of the board the next audit committee has now Nilekani, in his statement founders and the previous 2 day. retained the law firm of Shardul on Tuesday, said the company management over allegations of A September 20 letter, Amarchand Mangaldas & Co was made aware of another let- governance lapses and issues signed by “Ethical Employees”, (October 21, 2019) to conduct ter (dated October 3) that was relating to severance package had alleged that Parikh as well Infosys Ltd resulting from alle- just two years after Infosys an independent investigation,” purportedly written to the doled out to former executives, as Chief Financial Officer gations that Infosys may have endured an internal turmoil Nilekani noted in his statement. Office of Whistleblower pro- including ex-CFO Rajiv Bansal. Nilanjan Roy engaged in forced issued materially misleading that saw its then head Vishal The board, in consulta- tection programme, Following the tussle, the revenue recognition from large business information to the Sikka resigning from the com- tion with the audit committee, Washington DC. This letter then CEO Vishal Sikka quit fol- contracts not adhering to investing public”. pany. will take such steps as may be referred to the September 20, lowed by some board mem- >= accounting standards. “Rosen Law Firm is In a statement to stock appropriate based on the out- 2019, complaint, and to emails bers. Infosys co-founder Its American Depositary preparing a class action lawsuit exchanges, Nilekani said the come of the investigation, he and voice recordings in support Nandan Nilekani was then Receipts were trading nearly 2 to recover losses suffered by audit committee has begun added. The whistleblower com- of the allegations. brought in as Chairman to per cent down on the New York Infosys investors,” the state- consultation with independent plaint by a group that calls itself “These complaints are steer the company. Parekh Stock Exchange on Tuesday. ment added. internal auditors EY and has “ethical employees” had alleged being dealt with in an objective joined the company in January 6 # US-based Rosen Law Firm The letter — dated retained law firm Shardul CEO Salil Parekh and CFO manner. The undated whistle- last year as the CEO. has said it is preparing a class September 20 — addressed to Amarchand Mangaldas & Co Nilanjan Roy were indulging in blower complaint largely deals Infosys has also settled The rupee on Tuesday rose to action lawsuit to recover loss- the board claimed that recent to conduct an independent “unethical practices” to boost with allegations relating to the with Sebi the case of alleged a two-week high against the es suffered by Infosys investors. big deal wins carried negligible investigation. short-term revenue and profits. CEO’s international travel to disclosure lapses regarding a US dollar on hopes of partial In a statement, Rosen Law margins and that Roy directed He said one board member “We have high respect for the US and Mumbai,” Nilekani payment made to Bansal ear- trade deal between the US and Firm said it is “investigating certain people to make wrong had received two anonymous all of you and bring to your pointed out. lier this year. It paid Rs 34.34 China next month. potential securities claims on assumptions to show margins. complaints on September 30, notice the unethical practices of “Although we have not lakh to the market regulator to The domestic currency behalf of shareholders of The latest allegations came 2019 - one dated September 20, CEO in recent quarters. The been provided any of the emails settle the case. closed at 70.94 to the dollar, a gain of 20 paise or 0.28 per cent over the previous close on Friday. / # " Forex market was closed ? on Monday on account of assembly elections in H R Maharashtra. Analysts said growing " CI expectations of a partial trade trade growth. ; 3! '4# deal between the US and China “Trade talks between the 6 # next month bolstered the US and China have started to -6 ' '66= have traditionally enjoyed good disliked by some. obel laureate Abhijit 3 appetite for riskier assets like progress and the risk-on sen- and friendly ties and “We deeply “Sometimes, we have to NBanerjee on Tuesday Mumbai court on Tuesday emerging currencies. timent could further support defiant Malaysian Prime regret these comments since have strained relationships but flagged concerns about bank- 3! '4# Aextended the ED custody Also, Commerce Minister the rupee. Brexit related uncer- AMinister Mahathir they are not based on facts”. we want to be friendly with ing crisis in India and called for of HDIL promoters Rakesh Piyush Goyal said India and the tainty could continue as fresh Mohamad on Tuesday said he Acknowledging the people. Malaysia is a trading aggressive changes to deal with raders’ body CAIT on Wadhawan and his son Sarang US will hopefully come out updates on the same are likely stands by his remarks on strained diplomatic relations nation, we need markets and the situation. There is a need to TTuesday urged Prime Wadhawan, arrested in con- with the first set of agree- to come in today’s evening Kashmir, asserting that he between Malaysia and India so, we are nice to people. bring in important and aggres- Minister Narendra Modi not to nection with Rs 4,355 crore ments soon to address their session. Parliament Brexit Vote speaks his mind and does not over his remarks, Mahathir “But, also, we have to speak sive changes to deal with the concede any ground to Walmart Punjab and Maharashtra trade issues. is scheduled and we expect that retract and change, days after said that it is necessary to up for people. So, sometimes crisis, he said during interac- and other overseas e-commerce Cooperative (PMC) Bank Trade tensions have could keep the volatility high India expressed regret over his speak out on the issues, even what we say is liked by some tions with media here. players, saying such firms have scam, till October 24. weighed on emerging and for pound,” Gaurang Somaiyaa, statement. though such remarks could be and disliked by others,” he said. Banerjee said there is need no regard for the sanctity of The Enforcement developing currencies as Forex & Bullion Analyst, Raising the Kashmir issue to bring down stake of the gov- Indian laws and policies. Directorate (ED) produced investors are looking for safe Motilal Oswal Financial at the UN General Assembly ernment to below 50 per cent Confederation of All India Housing Development bets amid uncertainty over Services Private Ltd, said. last month, Mahathir alleged in banks so that the decisions Traders (CAIT) wrote to the Infrastructure Ltd’s (HDIL) that India has “invaded and = are taken without fear of Prime Minister after Walmart chairman and managing direc- occupied” Jammu and Kashmir Central Vigilance Commission CEO Doug McMillon raised tor Rakesh Wadhawan and his and asked New Delhi to work (CVC). The banking system issues concerning data privacy son before special Prevention of 1** with Pakistan to resolve the has been afflicted by the and regulatory stability for the Money Laundering Act court issue, drawing strong reaction scourge of high NPAs for near- e-commerce sector and urged judge P Rajvaidya, after their from the Ministry of External ly five years now, which has led Modi to reduce the number of remand ended on Tuesday. )) *) Affairs (MEA). 9 to networth erosion and dis- licences and permits for the It sought further custody of Speaking to reporters dur- L " 6 # “The palmolein being covery of scams in the sector, opening of new stores. the father-son duo to probe ing a press conference in imported from Nepal is of with the Punjab and Global retail giant them further in connection with ; * Parliament, he said “we felt that op vegetable oil trade body Indonesian and Malaysian ori- Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Walmart, which has invested the scam. The probing agency’s the people of Kashmir had Tcalled on Tuesday for the gin and soybean oil is of South (PMC) being the new addition. USD 16 billion in Flipkart, is counsel Kavita Patil said the 6 # day strike has been called by benefited from the resolution of government to close a South American origin, routed Earlier in August, Central facing challenges after the for- accused played a crucial role in two bank employees unions- the United Nations, and all we Asian regional free-trade pact through Nepal or Bangaldesh Vigilance Commission had eign direct investment rules for laundering huge amount of anking operations across All India Banks Employees are saying is that we should all loophole it said had been used ... for getting the duty exemp- constituted Advisory Board e-commerce marketplaces were money and were concealing BIndia were partially hit on Association (AIBEA) and Bank abide, not just India and to circumvent tax by re-routing tion for such imports,” it said for Banking Frauds (ABBF) changed by the government material from investigation. Tuesday as 4 lakh employees of Employees Federation of India Pakistan, but even the United palm oil and soyoil imports in a statement. headed by former Vigilance through a revised policy on The money trail of pro- public sector banks, a few old (BEFI). In August, the govern- States of America and other through Nepal and Bangladesh. India charges 50% tax on Commissioner T M Bhasin to FDI in online retail. ceeds received from the bank generation private and foreign ment announced a plan to countries”. The Solvent Extractors’ refined palm oil and 45% on examine bank fraud over 50 In the letter, CAIT and properties derived from banks went on a one-day strike merge 10 public sector lenders “We speak out our minds Association of India said some refined soyoil and another 10% crore and recommend action. Secretary General Praveen the same were yet to be ascer- to protest the government’s into four to create fewer and and we don’t retract and traders were sourcing palm oil surcharge on the duty. On August 30, Finance Khandelwal said: “These kind tained, the ED said. mega- merger plan and reduc- stronger global-sized banks. change,” the Malaysian Prime and soyoil from Nepal and Nepal imported 54,076 Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of rhetorics by global players The court extended the tion in interest rates on deposits It had announced four new Minister was quoted as saying Bangladesh under the South tonnes of palm oil from July to had said that the profitability of are nothing but a pressure tac- ED custody of the duo till by banks. sets of mergers of state-run by The Star newspaper. Asian Free Trade Agreement August and exported 35,706 public sector banks was tic to find a headway into the Thursday. The Wadhawans In Maharashtra, 40,000 banks — Punjab National Bank MEA spokesperson (SAFTA), even though both tonnes to India during the improving as the total gross large existing business poten- were arrested last month by bank employees from around taking over Oriental Bank of Raveesh Kumar earlier this rely on imports from other period, the trade body said, cit- non-performing assets of pub- tial of India’s Rs 45 lakh crore Mumbai Police’s Economic 10,000 branches of various Commerce and United Bank of month said India and Malaysia countries. ing import data as evidence. lic sector banks came down. retail market...” Offences Wing (EOW). banks were on strike. The one- India. !"#!$%& 99 HHIK 6>F 2 "" , = /4# L# formidable Indian team , + ticked all the boxes with Aease as it completed a 3-0 rout of an out-of-sorts South + &" + & Africa with an innings and 202 , runs victory in the third and final Test at Jharkhand State Cricket M Association stadium on Tuesday. With another 120 points in L the ongoing World Test E , B! %! Championship, India now sit L ++ pretty on top of the table with 240 points as the formalities + +# were completed within the first , ++ A two overs of the fourth day. " This was Virat Kohli’s 11th series win as captain and the first +" M clean sweep over the Proteas who L 9 , were no match for the hosts. This was India’s 11th successive series triumph on home soil. L = /4# The scoreline was not only an indicator of India’s absolute he intent has always been honest and that pre- dominance but also the decline + A+ Tcisely is the reason for the stupendous results in standard of South African "& "& that the Indian cricket team is currently deliver- cricket as the visitors couldn’t ing, skipper Virat Kohli said after a thumping 3- handle the might of India’s bat- " 0 whitewash. ting and the fiery pace attack led " “As long as we keep working with honest by Mohammed Shami (13 wick- M intent, those things will follow. We have wanted ets in the series). to be the best team in Test cricket, and as long as Debutant left-arm spinner L # we compete, things will work out well for us,” Kohli Shahbaz Nadeem (2/18 in 6 & % / %! said at the post-match presentation ceremony. overs) wrapped it up in the sec- The best part about the win was taking the ond over of the day as South INDIA’S BIGGEST WINS IN TESTS try to keep the ball in the right conditions out of equation, said Kohli. Africa were all out for 133 in !@;C BB7CC-, C !,7C areas and bowl the right length,” “Amazing. You guys have seen how we’re play- their second innings, 29 runs #"R):) 3 # =, )*<>A<; Shami said at the end of match. ing. Making things happen on pitches that don’t short of their dismal first innings #"R)8) " " )*<> It was one such series, where seem to offer too much, is something we’re very score of 162. South African batsmen looked proud of,” the skipper said. This was India’s sixth clean #"R)7; " ! , )**8A*: scared and scarred by the feroc- “Even when we travelled away from home, we sweep at home in a three-Test #"R)7; 2 ', "+ )*<:A<> ity of India’s pace attack. The pac- wanted to compete. Getting into the right kind of series and the side didn’t put a #"R)<; -, <;;:A;> ers did a lot of damage with the mindset is something these guys have worked real- foot wrong during the three- #"R)*) 2 = )*<;A)* new ball and reversed the old ly hard to get into... To be the best side in the world, match series, winning the first MOST WICKETS BY IND PACERS IN A 3-MATCH HOME SERIES ball. you have to be multi-dimensional,” skipper said. Test by 203 runs and the second Two hundreds and four “Spin was always our strength, batting was one by an innings and 137 runs. BB7CC- !,7C @, C, 3A-, fifties is all that the South African never a problem for us. Ishant (Sharma) was the If Rohit Sharma’s coming of " <;77A7? 7977 ;)8 7* batting line-up managed and only experienced bowler for us. We said we can age in his new role as an opener 2 ', )*<:A<> )79? :9> 7* South African skipper Faf du play an extra bowler, and as batsmen we said we’ll " )**9A*8 )9?9 :87 ): with 529 runs, turned out to be Plessis agreed that they were & * & <)) C get the job done. a masterstroke in home condi- 2 )*<;A)* <9)9 ?99 )8 completely outplayed on sporting “We’ve got runs in every Test match, our catch- tions, Mayank Agarwal also con- 2 <;;8A;: ))<7 8)9 )9 tracks unlike the ones in 2015 ing has been good too. (Goal) As I said, even with- solidated his place in the side MOST CONSECUTIVE TEST SERIES WINS AT HOME where the ball was turning 6 * out much experience, we travelled very well. We with a double century and a ton, square. believe we can win anywhere,” the skipper added. easing India’s long time opening ! @, @7. “They were ruthless and they A notable absentee for the a picture of him with a grinning His counterpart Faf du Plessis also agreed woes. # << @ )*<7 5 )*<; were better than us in every duration of the Test, former India Dhoni. that it was high quality pace bowling from India. “I was very happy to make <* <;;? )*** department — spin bowling, fast skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni In fact, when a scribe asked “I think it’s the skill of the bowlers. They have my debut in Australia and make <* 0 )**? )**> bowling, batting and even the finally showed up after India about Dhoni, a beaming skipper a skiddy nature and they hit the right spots and little contributions to the team. 3 # > <;:8 @ <;>8 fielding. They are a difficult wrapped up the Test series, posing Kohli said in jest: “He is here in the the stumps at all times. Those are the things we It’s hard work over a period of " : )**; )*<) team to overcome,” Du Plessis with Ravi Shastri among others. change room. Come and say hello talked about before we came here, but natural- many areas,” Agarwal said after 2 : <;;> )**< agreed. Ranchi’s most popular son to him.” ly the length in South Africa has to be a little the match. B% & 3BB %:/ & Pleased as punch, skipper was expected to turn up during the The BCCI also posted a pic- shorter, and that takes time to adjust,” Du Plessis However, what stood out Kohli couldn’t agree more with third Test, and he did, but only ture of Dhoni, wearing his all- said. during the series was how lethal his opposite number. after the formalities had been access accreditation card, in the The fight tapered off after the first Test in the Indian pace attack looked been as much as the spinners. in two Tests) and Ishant Sharma “You guys have seen how completed by Virat Kohli and his Indian dressing room. Visakhapatnam and du Plessis acknowledged that despite their premier pacer If Ravindra Jadeja (13 wick- (2 in 2 Tests) picked 26 wickets. we’re playing. Making things men here. In the picture posted by the his side wasn’t up to it. Jasprit Bumrah’s absence due to ets) and Ravichandran Ashwin “We are always ready to ful- happen on pitches that don’t “Great to see a true Indian leg- Indian board, Dhoni is seen in “That’s the frustrating part of the tour. There a stress fracture. (15 wickets) shared 28 among fill our responsibility. As a cap- seem to offer too much, is some- end in his den after a fantastic conversation with debutant left- were some really good signs, but it went the other Rarely has there been a series themselves, Mohammed Shami tain, Virat gives you confidence, thing we’re very proud of,” Kohli series win #Dhoni #TeamIndia arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem, way,” the Proteas skipper said when dissecting where the impact of pacers has (13 in 3 Tests), Umesh Yadav (11 lets you do what you want. We summed it up aptly. #INDvsSA,” Shastri tweeted with who took four wickets. PTI performance on the tour. “Every Test, we made more mistakes. But we have to give credit to the Indian team. They were ruthless and they were better than us in every = /4# exciting, I totally agree with department — spin bowling, fast bowling, bat- % / the fact that we need five Test ting and even the fielding. They are a difficult ndia captain Virat Kohli L centres at max. It can’t be team to overcome. Ifeels that time has come sporadic and spread over so “The mindset after 2015 was to prepare our- = /4# their strike-rate is something that makes for the BCCI to zero in on 2,++ C , & " many places where people selves for really spinning tracks, but it’s been the them stand apart from a lot of Indian fast five permanent Test centres " + turn up or they don’t,” the opposite. Really sporting tracks — fantastic for kipper Virat Kohli feels that no one bowlers over the years, said the skipper. for future home series, sim- skipper didn’t mince words. fast bowlers and even for batsmen. There’s a lot Sbut Rohit Sharma alone “deserves “If you look at these two guys, their ilar to the English and Bridge, Old Trafford, We have been discussing “So in my opinion, to learn for us,” he added. credit” for overcoming “anxiety and hes- strike-rate is probably the best in Indian Australian model when top Edgbaston, Southampton this for a long time now. And absolutely, we should have The visiting skipper said that this is a young itation” while performing commendably conditions in history. So it tells you that teams tour those countries. and Headingley are the in my opinion, we should five strong Test centres where team which wold learn to fight its way out of trou- in his new role as an opener, giving these guys hit the stumps and the pads In Australia, Melbourne, seven main Test centres for have five Test centres. the team coming to India ble in adverse conditions. bowlers enough time to take 20 South more. It’s a great sign of intent the Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and any marquee series Period,” the skipper made his knows that this is where “It’s important that we have some young guys, African wickets in the 3-0 sweep. bowlers are running with. The fitness Adelaide are the five desig- (Ashes/India). point, something that the we’re going to play and and they’ll experience this in 3-4 years ago. It was Rohit turned out to be a revelation levels have gone up,” Kohli said. nated Test centres whenev- Asked about the luke- new BCCI president Sourav nowhere else,” he said. important for us to take something back again. as opener with scores of 176 and 127 in er the big teams come call- warm response in Ranchi, Ganguly might now have to The BCCI follows the “We have to learn to compete the next time the first Test and 212 in the third Test. ‘WILL MEET & TALK ABOUT DHONI’ ing. the Indian skipper lapped up look into. rotation policy across for- again. This is the toughest tour on the circuit... The team management’s stand that he India captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday Similarly in England, the question. “Look if you want to mats but it has now more (India’s) 11 series wins in a row bears testament could be a game-changer in the longest said he hasn’t had any conversation with the Lord’s, Oval, Trent “That’s a great question. keep Test cricket alive and than 15 Test centres. to that.” format stood vindicated. Sourav Ganguly with regards to MS “Credit solely goes to the player for Dhoni’s international future and believes the way he overcame his anxiety and hes- that the BCCI’s President-elect will get 2 ,# " itation and performed in such a manner in touch with him when he needs to. O P that he was adjudged Man-of-the-Series After being nominated as the BCCI’s in the first series as an opener. It’s been President-elect, Ganguly had said that he outstanding for him,” Kohli was effusive would like to speak to the selectors as @ &4 = /4# in praise for his white-ball deputy. well as Dhoni to know what they had in “There is mind. = /4# umiliated by a ruthless always an antic- “I congratulated him (Ganguly). It’s HIndia, the South African ipation on how great that he has become BCCI n exultant India coach Ravi Shastri team will go back with “men- would you per- President. But he’s not spoken to me Aon Tuesday said Rohit Sharma has tal scars” as skipper Faf du form as an open- about that (MS) yet. He will get in touch shown himself to be of different class in Plessis rued a lack of vision er in Test cricket, with me when he has to. I am sure I will the newly-acquired role of a Test open- that impeded phasing out of as he has been the go and meet him when he tells me to,” er, acclimatising exceptionally well to the their great players. world’s best open- the Indian skipper challenges posed by the position. “A tour like this reveals er in ODI cricket said at the “Ajinkya Rahane was always there in that there’s a lot of mental scars for a long time. post-match the middle order, he only needed to that can happen and then Despite missing close press con- rediscover, which he did himself. Rohit obviously it’s difficult to come to two sessions ference. is different class. As an opener he need- out of that hole,” Du Plessis because of rain, his ed to have a different mindset, he accli- said after they conceded their pace in the batting gave matised. It was a difficult pitch to start heaviest defeat to India in the us so much of time to with but usne jhela," Shastri told official third Test. bowl them out twice,” the broadcaster Star Sports at the end of the “It’s just a relentless, ruth- skipper said. match. lessness the way they put big B! 2D 8 P %! The top-order had per- “He has it in him to be unfazed by totals on the board every time. formed brilliantly in the series, difficult conditions. What he has done The effect it has on you men- or four years and if someone ward, Du Plessis said they have something that the skipper in this series is tremendous,” he added. tally as a batting lineup, it takes had the vision of saying, in to find the right people to build finds deeply satisfying. Shastri lauded the mindset of the a lot of energy and it takes a lot three or four years’ time there the side. “Mayank (Agarwal) also has team, which he said, is never perturbed of toll and that’s why you will be a lot of inexperienced “It’s a rebuilding phase. done very well. Despite being new by the conditions it encounters whether could see towards the end our guys. A lot of 34, 35, 36 year You have to start identifying to opening, he performed consis- at home or abroad. batting was mentally weak. olds could possible retire. So characters that will drive the tently. Ajinkya (Rahane) also got a “Our philosophy has been bhaad You don’t want to be mental- what do you do to make sure team forward. You look for century at home after a long time mein gaya pitch (to hell with the pitch). ly weak.” you get yourself ready for personalities within a team (three years, 188 v NZ October We need to take 20 wickets and it does- Blaming Cricket South when that time comes? that you see in 3-4-5-6 years to 2016, Indore). n’t matter if it’s Mumbai, Auckland, & Africa, the visiting skipper “And possibly we are guilty come. And then the process “He also got a Test centu- Melbourne, anywhere. Once we have * ! ! %! further said the tour exposed of not planning or when these starts. It’s a tough place to start ry in West Indies after a long taken those 20 wickets, our batting, once the lack of planning as they did guys going at the same time. right at the beginning. time. Things are moving in the it gets going is like smooth-running “It’s a team effort. A captain who not think for future after greats And now you’ve got to replace “The process will probably right direction in the last two- Ferrari,” he quipped. leads from the front. You have opening like Hashim Amla and AB de not only one player but four or take a little bit longer. So for three months. So I said, it feels "When you have five bowlers who batsmen who got double hundreds. Villiers retired. five of your best players. me, our next journey now is very pleasing to see individuals can take 20 wickets, bas that’s what mat- Middle-order batsmen got hundreds. “It shows that our struc- Perhaps we could’ve been a lit- trying to make sure that we get performing collectively well.” ters," he added. Normally in India, you have two play- tures are not where they need tle bit smarter in our planning a lot stronger as a cricketing Umesh Yadav and Despite the individual brilliance ers who hog the limelight. Here we’ve to be. The gap between domes- phase, and the phasing out of team mentally. So if there’s Mohammed Shami took 24 of that shone through, Shastri said the tri- had six or seven payers. This is going tic cricket and International the great players,” he said. work that needs to be done in the 60 South African wickets and umph was, in the end, a team effort. well, enjoy,” he said. cricket. If you look back three Asked about the way for- that department, then so be it.” !"#!$%& 9

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