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  went viral, District Magistrate of UAdityanath said that ner. roti as mid-day meal in       Mirzapur, Anurag Patel, had India was the youngest coun- “This time, the transfers Mirzapur district, was booked "  said the allegations levelled in try in the world and Uttar will be done in a manner that for criminal conspiracy on   
P the video were found true and Pradesh was the youngest state teachers get posting near their Monday. The Mirzapur police that two people were suspend- and with the active participa- native villages. The transfer accused Pawan Jaiswal of being $    ed in this connection. “The tion of younth, UP was in the term has been reduced from five hand in glove with the repre-    issue was brought to our notice process of becomeingthe best to three years and women teach- sentative of a local gram prad- &
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   tions will be based on the SAkhilesh Yadav on Monday projects.” rape, murder, abduction and added that they were admitted to the district hospital, where one theme of Fit India’. claimed that he had already He added, “In the present loot in 2018 as compared with of them succumbed to his injuries. The deceased was identified The authorities, along with inaugurated the Signature regime, criminals are opting for 2017. The drop in dacoity is as Siyaram (33), a Dalit and resident of Sonbhadra.   2;)6071 She was apprised about the Bharatiya Janata Party workers, Building housing the police jail by cancelling their bail 42.63 per cent, in rape 7.63 per working of the police depart- will organise several health HQ. while during the previous gov- cent, murder 7.08 per cent, fter Uttar Pradesh Chief ment, about helpline numbers programmes in the constituen- The building was formally ernment, goondas were run- loot 22.1 per cent and abduc- AMinister Yogi Adityanath, such as 1090, 100 and other ser- cy, sources in the BJP state unit inaugurated by Chief Minister ning police stations.” tions 30.43 per cent.” Governor Anandiben Patel has vices. said here on Monday. Yogi Adityanath on Monday. Kumar added, “The Yogi Earlier, Akhilesh Yadav embarked on her own surprise The Governor asked the As per the tentative sched- Media advisor to the Chief Adityanath government dealt tweeted, “The foundation stone inspections that have rattled the students to remember phone ule, the Prime Minister will Minister, Mrityunjay Kumar, in with organised gangs of crim- of the most modern building of bureaucrats in the state. Her numbers of police officers in reach Varanasi on a two-day series of tweets, however, coun- inals and mafia with a heavy the police headquarters was laid predecessor Ram Naik was their area and spread awareness visit late in the afternoon on tered the claim of former chief hand and stern action was during our government which known for meeting people at in their locality. She also asked September 17. The next day, he minister Akhilesh Yadav, taken against gangsters, profes- is now being inaugurated. The the Raj Bhawan and holding the students to write essays on will interact with the people of terming his claims on present sional killers, dacoits and other idea behind constructing this annual press conference to give their visit to the police station Kashi and attend a couple of state of law and order in UP as criminals involved in serious building was the strengthening details of the activities and and send them to her. The programmes. `ridiculous’. crimes which has ended the of law and order in the state.” administrative works done by essays will judged and awarded Modi had celebrated his Terming the claim of spell of fear among the com- Akhilesh Yadav in a sarcas- the Governor during the year. first, second and third prizes. 68th birthday with school- Akhilesh Yadav as ridiculous, mon people.” tic tone added, “Let us hope Two days ago, Anandiben Patel also urged students to children of his constituency. Kumar said, “It’s a laughable Claiming significant drop this event will help in improv- Patel visited a school in talk to police personnel and dis- The Fit India programmes claim by a leader who during in crime rate during the Yogi ing law and order in the state Barabanki district and told the cuss their educational problems would commence in Varanasi his term in office made Uttar Adityanath rule as compared to which right now is under the girl students to be fearless and with them. She asked the police from September 13. They will Pradesh synonym with crime the previous Samajwadi Party spell of anarchy.” not depend on others for pro- officials to interact with the include free health camps, tests tection. She also inspected students with empathy. Assistant and blood donation. health services in the district Director (Information) Anjum On September 17, a mega and directed officials to work Naqvi said that the Governor’s blood donation camp will be 
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then visited an Anganwadi had been called to meet her at Upadhyaya Hastkala Sankul at    centre and an old-age home in the police station. Bara Lalpur. Chhaawni, the Balrampur gov- Patel said that she had made On the same day, the Prime      ernment hospital, and such visits during her tenure as Minister will spend some time Lucknow (PNS): Five Hazratganj police station in Madhya Pradesh Governor and with divyang children and later   2;)6071 Sehgal said that common members of a family who were Lucknow. the initiative had proved to be a meet intellectuals of his con- facility centres (CFCs) would searching their missing kin, At the Anganwadi centre, major success. stituency. ith the aim to make local be set up to undertake the died in a road mishap in she interacted with children UP officials, however, do On September 18, he will Wproducts popular under activities as proposed in the Moradabad. and directed teachers to incul- not seem to have taken very dedicate and lay foundation One District One Product DPR submitted by the consul- Senior Sub=Inspector in cate a habit of cleanliness in the kindly to the Governor’s surprise stones for several schemes. He (ODOP) scheme, the Uttar tant. Kundriki police station in students. At the Balrampur hos- visits. “As a Governor, she is not could also unveil a 63-foot Pradesh government has decid- These activities include Moradabad, Prempal Singh, pital, the Governor met the expected to play a proactive statue of Pandit Deen Dayal ed to conduct baseline survey workshop collective produc- revealed that Mehboob, driver beneficiaries of Ayushman politician. As it is, the Chief Upadhyaya at Kanha Upvan in of selected products of districts tion, processing centres, testing of a speeding car, suddenly lost Bharat health insurance scheme Minister and his ministers keep Chitauni Kot area besides inau- and diagnostic study of prod- lab, design studio, training control over the vehicle and it and inquired about the availabil- us engaged with such surprise gurating a museum on the uct eco-system. centre. rammed into a stationary trac- ity of medicines. She also distrib- inspections and now we have the Varanasi -Chandauli border in “Its execution will be The Principal Secretary tor late Saturday night. uted fruits to the patients. Governor doing the same. the name of the BJP ideologue. ensured through consultant by said that 10 CFCs were pro- He said that the vehicle was The Governor also visited Officials should be given some The Prime Minister will also lay dividing 75 districts of the posed to be set up in the cur- badly crushed by the impact of the Hazratganj police station, freedom to work before they are the foundation stone of the state into 16 cluster groups so rent financial year for which a the collision and on all five where she met some students of subjected to inspections,” said a city’s first multi-level parking at that monitoring can be done provision of Rs 2,500 had been members of a family were Sahay Singh Girls’ Inter College. senior IAS officer. the busy Godaulia crossing. easily,” Principal Secretary made. killed on the spot and only the (Micro Small and Medium Meanwhile, the Uttar driver, who was critically Enterprises) Navneet Sehgal Pradesh government has injured, could be rescued. He said here on Monday. released Rs 71.50 crore in the was taken to Community He said a detailed project current fiscal for 12 ongoing Health Centre from where the   7  report (DPR) would be pre- works related to widening and doctor referred him to medical pared through the consultant strengthening of main/other college hospital. on the basis of the inferences of district roads under the Singh said that the investi- 
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  the baseline survey of clusters NABARD fed RIDF Scheme. gation showed that and products and diagnostic A government order has Mohammed Rafi’s younger sis- study of eco system at district been issued in this regard by ter was mentally unfit and she Lucknow (PNS): Outgoing Governor of Rajasthan and for- level. This will help in main- Public Works Department. was missing since Saturday mer chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Kalyan Singh, is likely to rejoin taining homogeneity of the These works are being carried morning. To look for her, Rafi active politics and take fresh membership of the Bharatiya Janata products,” Sehgal said. out in Kaushambi, Barabanki, and five other members of his Party soon after his gubernatorial responsibilities are over. The Principal Secretary Hamirpur, Auraiya, family were going to their Kalyan Singh’s term as the Rajasthan Governor will end on (MSME) said that project man- Bulandshahr, Moradabad, brother-in-law’s native village September 4 after which he will return to UP the next day. Himachal agement consultant had been Rampur, Bijnor, Gorakhpur when they met with the Pradesh Governor Kalraj Mishra, also from UP, will replace Singh. selected for preparing the DPR. and Varanasi districts. accident. Sources in the BJP said here on Monday that Singh was expect- ed to take BJP membership in Lucknow later this week. “If Kalyan Singhji joins active politics it will be a big gain for the party. His popularity is still sky high,” the leader said A two-time chief min- .! #      67 # ister, Kalyan Singh (87) is a big Lodh leader in the state and his son is currently the BJP MP from Etah while his grandson Sandeep Singh is a minister in the Yogi Adityanath ministry. If Kalyan Singh Lucknow (PNS): Bharatiya Janata Party has announced by BJP working president JP Nadda rejoins politics, he will not be the first leader to do so after hold- announced its candidates for the bypolls to two on Monday night in Delhi. ing gubernatorial post. Earlier, retired Governor of UP, Ram Naik, Rajya Sabha and one Assembly seats in Uttar Nagar and Seth had resigned from the Rajya also took BJP membership in Mumbai last month. Pradesh. The BJP has renominated Surendra Sabha as Samajwadi Party members in August Meanwhile, he axe could fall on former the former chief min- Singh Nagar and Sanjay Seth for the two Rajya and later joined the BJP. ister of UP in the Ayodhya demolition case as now the CBI can Sabha bypolls while it has decided to field Yuvraj The Hamirpur seat fell vacant following dis- seek permission to start the case against him. As a Governor, Singh Singh for the Hamirpur Assembly by-election. qualification Ashok Singh Chandel after his con- had immunity in such cases. The names of the candidates were viction in a murder case.

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       (  2;)6071 he deity at this Ganesh TChaturthi pandal dons     (  2;)6071 ‘kesariya’ hues denoting sacri- fice and revolution. Mohita sub-inspector (ministerial    % & Shukla, who has sculpted the Astaff) of UP police, idol as a part of Siddhi Vinayak presently posted in Bhadohi, Sewa Samiti on Sitapur road, was found hanging in the flat +,-   R% said saffron clothes in which of a relative in Sahara Estate Lord Ganesha was dressed under Jankipuram police sta- denoted support to the abroga- tion area on Monday. His fam-  %)  tion of Article 370. ily alleged that he was However, she insisted that depressed following his trans-     (  2;)6071 on Sunday and sent to foren- there were no political conno- fer to Sitapur and ended his life sic lab. A police spokesman tations to the festival. “Kesariya under a bout of depression. iting the autopsy report of said Aneeta WhatsApped her has always been the colour of However, no suicide note was CSUDA director Umesh husband around 2.20 pm revolution and sacrifice even recovered from the scene. Pratap Singh’s wife Aneeta telling him that she was feel- though people have given it a As per reports, sub-inspec- Singh, the Chinhat police reit- ing sorry. Aneeta Singh (42) political colour,” she said. tor Dharmendra Kumar (35) of erated that she committed sui- had suffered firearm injuries at Mohita said they had Ghazipur district, along with cide. “The report did not hint her house in Vikalp Khand dressed up Lord Ganesha in a his wife Neetu, had been stay- at foul play. There was black- under Chinhat police station Marwari style with a saffron ing in the flat (1/67) of his ening around the entry wound area on Sunday afternoon. cloth carrying gota-patti work. wife’s sister in New Bahar of and particles of cartridge were The police had got the infor- “This gota-patti work, Sahara Estate for the last ten found stuck into the gunshot mation around 4.30 pm. which Lucknow is famous for, days. injuries. It suggested that the Her son Abhishek had was slipping into oblivion but Jankipuram SHO woman shot herself from the told the police that Aneeta did was back in vogue of late,” she Mohammed Ashraf said weapon which was recovered not want to live with them and said. Apart from being the Dharmendra’s family told the by the police during investiga- insisted on going to Haridwar. tallest idol in town, a unique police that he was transferred tion,” Chinhat SHO Sachin He said he and his father feature is that it is Marwari 
    .#  ! "   ! to PAC in Sitapur and was run- Kumar said. were resting in a room while Ganesha with a headgear. “At ning from pillar to post to get He said the findings of the Aneeta in another room on all the pandals in the city, the about the Arts College of colours of Ganesha’s clothes with an aarti on Monday modaks were made from his transfer cancelled. autopsy matched with the the second floor. Abhishek deity carries a crown but this Lucknow University too,” she every year. “Last year, we had morning. “The rush of devo- moong lentils cooked in ghee. According to the SHO, statement of Aneeta’s son and had told the police that the is the only one which wearing said. She pointed out that dressed Lord Ganesha tees will be witnessed He added that they had also set Dharmendra’s wife found the husband. “We have not incident had taken place a headgear simply because we majority of idols in pandals in yellow embroidery clothes,” primarily in the evening,” he up a market for women who door of his room bolted from received any complaint in this around 2.30 pm. Police were see him as the patriarch of across the city were sculpted she added. pointed out. can buy things of their choice. inside on Monday morning. regard as yet. It is purely a case yet to find out the reason why family who looks after all,” she outside and brought here. At Jhulelal Park, the He admitted that modaks, At homes too, devotees She repeatedly knocked the of suicide,” he said. He added Aneeta did not want to live said. She pointed out that the “We follow all the vedic rit- Ganesha idol has been dressed which form a major part of the kept Ganesha idols. Ankita door but there was no response that the bullet pierced through with her family. During inves- unique aspect of this idol was uals while installing the idol. in a blue saree, red dupatta and celebrations, were being pro- Shukla, a resident of from inside. In apprehension, Aneeta’s chest and got embed- tigation, the team had found that it was made of black clay, The vedic rituals are followed pink dhoti. Media spokesper- vided on discount to devotees Mahanagar, said with so many she called the police after ded into the sofa on which she blood stains on a sofa in the which is environmental- in terms of sending a proper son of the pandal Bharat at a shop set up inside the pan- celebrations underway in the which a team reached the was sitting. “She was under room and a photo of Goddess friendly. “The sculpture has invitation to Lord Ganesha Bhushan Gupta said the dal. “We want the devotees to city, she decided to celebrate place. When the cops broke depression and was undergo- Kali. The cops also recovered been made by former students and a vedi is set up for the saree carries the zari work of take these modaks back home Ganesh Chaturthi at her home. open the door, Dharmendra ing treatment,” he pointed out. a pistol from under the sofa of Arts College and the objec- deity,” she said. Lucknow. for their families well,” he said. She said she was also looking was found hanging from the The SHO said the hand- and a bullet shell lying a few tive is that people should know She said they changed the The celebrations began He pointed out that these forward to Durga Puja. ceiling with a bedsheet tied wash of her husband was taken steps away. around his neck. The police took Dharmendra off the “Our mother has not been the family was yet to give any noose and rushed him to a keeping well of late and complaint in this regard. The $        +,
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& posted in Gorakhpur, demand- ions in Mirzapur, Varanasi, brother’s house in Ashiyana ed a probe into the case alleg- Sonbhadra or Azamgarh. (sector L) on Monday after- ing apathy of senior officers. “Dharmendra wanted to meet noon. Dheeraj was unmarried     (  2;)6071 Rahul told mediapersons the ADG, PAC headquarters, and jobless. He was found ( % % that Dharmendra had report- in Mahanagar to plead his hanging from the ceiling with class I girl student died  O    ed to PAC headquarters in case but he was not allowed to a scarf tied around his neck. Awhile her cousin grievous- Mahanagar on August 2 and he meet him. He slipped into Police said they were investi- ly injured after being run over     A      (  2;)6071 ,   was transferred to 27 Battalion depression and ended his life,” gating the case and the body by a tractor-trolley in     PAC, Sitapur, on August 26. Rahul alleged. The police said had been sent for autopsy. Mohanlalganj on Monday entral Drug Research afternoon. The incident led to Lucknow (PNS): In a hit- the hospital, I found my CInstitute scientist Bidyut   -    stiff protest from locals who and-run case, a speeding sedan daughter unconscious. Doctors Purkait has received this year’s    .- blocked Sisendi road for two knocked down the daughter of referred her to the ICU of CSIR-Young Scientist Award .  %  /,R hours. Heavy police force was a journalist inside Butler Palace Shatabdi Hospital, KGMU.” (Biological Sciences). Purkait is *     rushed to the scene to bring Colony on Sunday evening. Tiwari said the errant dri- currently working in Molecular /   the situation under control. Critically injured, the girl was ver also threatened to run Parasitology and Immunology       &  Senior officers succeeded in admitted to KGMU and police over a cop deployed for a Division of CDRI. He has striking a dialogue with the registered a case in this con- minister’s security. “The car made significant contributions 0 - irate mob and the protest nection. As per reports, was spotted in a CCTV cam- in the field of Drug Resistance          2;)6071 are several institutes which offer AN Singh revived the dormant ended after the district admin- Priyanshi Tiwari (18) of 4/6 era footage,” he said. in Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) research in Astronomy and for Banaras Mathematical Society, istration officials announced Butler Palace Colony, was A police spokesman said a or Kala-azar caused by 
 he Mathematics and this, the knowledge of Physics is which became Bharata Ganita compensation for the kin of cycling inside the colony on case for reckless driving and Leishmania donovani. TAstronomy department of required. At the undergraduate Parishad in 1950. He also start- the victims and assured stern Sunday evening when hit by injuring the girl was lodged “He reported first time the Leishmaniasis (VL) and Lucknow University has been level, we offer only the basics of ed a section on research in action against the errant the speeding car. In a hurry to against the accused by the Amphotericin B clinical isolates Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) and attracting a number of students Astronomy,” the faculty member Hindu Mathematics. In 1943, the driver. speed off, the errant driver also Hazratganj police. “We are yet and decoded the mechanism of started characterising RNA for Astronomy course. A facul- said. In Mathematics, new cours- number of UG students doubled As per reports, Mansi (6) hit another cyclist. to track the car,” he said. Amphotericin B resistance in editing pathway, a unique post- ty member from the department es were introduced last year. “We and Statistics was introduced as of Ahmad Kheda, along with Her father Vivek Tiwari Hazratganj SHO RR Singh this clinical isolates of transcriptional modification said LU was one of the few uni- introduce new courses every an optional subject. In 1950, Dr her cousin Anuj (3), was play- said: “I was in office when my said the police had launched a Leishmania donovani. He process,” said Yadav. versities in the country offering three years,” he said. Singh, who was also the super- ing on road alongside the wife Neelam called to inform manhunt for the accused. “The demonstrated the synergistic Pukrait has 19 publications Astronomy at the undergradu- Considering the scope of the intendent of works as well as canal near her house around 3 me that Priyanshi had suffered registration number of the car involvement of membrane in major international jour- ate course. Other than Lucknow subject, he said it was the same dean, Faculty of Science, suc- pm on Monday. In the mean- injuries after being hit by a car. was not clear in the CCTV composition, ABC transporter nals proving the scientific sig- University, this course is offered as competitive examinations, ceeded in getting the present time, a tractor-trolley whizzed She further informed me that footage. We will check and thiol metabolic pathway in nificance of his work. This by Pune University and Osmania banking jobs and research. The building constructed. Dr Singh, past the scene and the duo was she had taken Priyanshi to another footage on Tuesday,” conferring AmB resistance,” award is given annually in the University (Hyderabad). “We department has introduced a together with Dr run over. They were rushed to Civil Hospital. When I reached he added. media incharge CDRI Sanjeev fields of Biological Sciences, have students coming from all new course in Cryptography. Sampurnanand, the then local CHC where Mansi was Yadav said. In connection with Chemical Sciences; Earth, across the country as very few The department came into Education Minister of Uttar declared brought dead while testers were not ready to hear for autopsy and a case was reg- this resistance mechanism, he Atmosphere, Ocean and universities are offering this existence in 1921, when the Pradesh, marked the introduc- Anuj was referred to KGMU them out. istered in this connection. has explored the functioning of Planetary Sciences; Engineering course,” he said. then Canning College was taken tion of Astronomy as a subject of Trauma Centre in the wake of In a bid to bring the situ- Meanwhile, a paan shop molecular-level histone Sciences; and Physical Sciences. The seats for the course over by newly-constituted study for BSc first time in India. his critical condition. ation under control, inspector owner, identified as Pankaj deacetrylase enzyme. This Each award consists of a citation have increased over the years and Lucknow University. Some of the Construction of As the news reached the GD Shukla called naib tehsil- Mishra (51) of Wazirganj, was work has been published in a (signed by the CSIR DG and currently, there are 28 seats at the visitors have been top mathe- Planetarium, the first-of-its-kind village, residents blocked the dar Mayaram Verma to the mowed down by a car at high-impact international jour- vice-president), a cash prize of undergraduate level. “Initially, we maticians of the century. Headed in India, to augment the teach- road near Amabalika College. spot. The officer assured ex Daroga Kheda crossing in nal. “His contribution, commit- Rs 50,000 and a plaque. had only 16 seats, which were by Prof JA Strang, the depart- ing of Astronomy, was complet- On information, a police team gratia for the deceased’s fam- Sarojini Nagar. Pankaj was ment and achievement in the Awardees are entitled to a spe- increased to 20 and then 28 over ment consolidated and stan- ed in 1949. One of the faculty reached the scene but the irate ily and financial assistance going to his native house in field of visceral Leishmaniasis cial honorarium of Rs 7,500 per the years,” he said. As for scope dardised the courses. After a members said the Centre of villagers forced them to beat a for Anuj’s treatment. They Unnao on his bike. He was (drug resistance) is praisewor- month till the age of 45 years. of this course, one can go for decade of its existence, the Hindu Mathematics was no retreat. Later, additional force also promised stern action rushed to Lokbandhu Hospital thy. In search for the new drug Research grant of Rs 25 lakh research in Astronomy after department also opened its doors longer there as those who taught led by senior officials reached against the errant driver. The where doctors declared him targets, Dr Purkait is current- over a period of five years is also doing Masters in Physics. “There for research. 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#'  & 5&26-:)$ ( ( '   trict, block mission managers   #  and assistant accountants from The Election Commission different districts of UP are par- % ' 0  of India launched a voter ver- ticipating in the programme. ification campaign across the Venkateshwarlu said there were     (  2;)6071 Sabha elections. “The party is organises camps at district, state on Monday. The cam- so many barriers and obstacles prompt to react on the issues zone and state level,” he said. paign will be run at all polling in implementation of rural ommunist Party of India to garner support from pub- Girish said the party had booths across the state. Chief development schemes, but it C(CPI) leader Girish said lic and it stages protest on also reviewed the reason Electoral Officer of UP, Ajay was necessary for rural human the they were not far behind issues related to the common behind its defeat in a recent- Kumar Shukla, while launching life to survive with healthy other political parties in terms man,” he added. ly-held meeting. “We fight the campaign, appealed to vot- livelihood towards lodging, of cadre support as the num- The CPI leader said that on issues. The procedure of ers to come forward for verifi- fooding and health. He ber of members continued to the party staged several allowing one to be a member cation of all members of a fam- appealed to newly selected per- increase. In reply to a question protests and dharnas in the of CPI is a bit different and ily. Shukla said divisional com- sonnel to coordinate, co-oper- if the CPI had a comparative- past to highlight people’s tougher than in other parties,” missioners, district magistrates ate and follow relevant rules ly weak cadre to take on the plight. “We were the first to he said. who are also district returning and regulations among all the BJP, he said: “Cadre building react on Umbha issue, mob Sources said the top lead- officers, district electoral offi- rural communities. is a continuous process that lynching and even abroga- ers were working hard to cers and booth level officers the party has in place. People tion of Article 370 in Jammu strengthen the cadre. “They had been directed to launch the    are given party’s membership & Kashmir,” he said. are taking to social media verification campaign at the 6   on the basis of a six-month Giving details about the and other platforms to reach booth level. He said the voters A delegation of Lucknow scrutiny of their credentials,” procedure which the CPI fol- out to people and to connect could verify their names in the Liquor Association (LLA), led he said. lows in making members, with the masses. The party has existing electoral rolls from by general secretary Kanhaiya Girish claimed that party’s Girish said the frontal wing of started preparations for the the voter helpline, national Lal Maurya and treasurer cadre remained intact despite the party connects itself to stu- protest across Uttar Pradesh voters service portal, common 33    # ;    6 <   Suresh Prakash Singh, met the fact that it lost seats which dents, youths and people of on September 11,” the sources service centre, voter registra- newly-appointed Excise it contested in the recent Lok intellectual class. “The party said. tion centres and toll-free be done by the booth level offi- officers concerned. National were also found engaged in Minister Ram Naresh helpline 1950. The voters can cers during the verification Campaign Committee for work under adverse condi- Agnihotri on Monday and verify their names in the elec- campaign which would end on eradication of bonded labour tions. He said he requested the apprised him of the problems toral rolls through documents September 30. contacted ‘Hamal Panchayat’, Uttar Pradesh government to that the liquor businessmen like Indian passport, driving a Pune-based organisation. A provide relief packages to the were facing. Maurya said the +
 licence, Aadhaar card, ration 1  1#   team reached Alegaon Paga victims under the Bonded delegation handed over a six- card, identity cards issued by  #' #  (Sheerpur tehsil) in Pune on Labour System(Abolition) Act, point memorandum to the the government and semi-gov- ActionAid claimed to have August 29 and started the res- 1976. minister. He said the associa-  
   ernment organisations, bank rescued 19 bonded labourers cue operation which ended the tion demanded criminal cases passbook, PAN card and some of Uttar Pradesh from Pune next day. The labourers were       not be lodged against the other documents. The CEO district of Maharashtra. A found to be in a pitiable situ- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya licencees, revocation of the said during the voter verifica- press conference was organ- ation,” he said. The rescue State Institute of Rural order on tri-monthly quota     
tion campaign, the booth level ised in this regard on Monday. team brought the victims to Development is organising a system for licence-holders, and officer would visit each house- Project coordinator of the Suroor tehsil. They informed five-day residential orienta- an end to police checking at QIT  '() a reward of 25000 on his hold for verification of the organisation Amrendra the rescue team and other tion training programme. The model shops. He said the head. entries in the electoral rolls. He Kumar said that on August 24, administration officers that training programme is being liquor shop-owners were fac- criminal carrying a said if during the voter verifi- they were informed by a work- they had been working there conducted by SIRD-UP. The ing a lot of problems due to Areward of 75,000 on his 1#     cation, anomalies were detect- er that labourers from for the past two months. They inaugural session was presided checking drives during which head, who had fled from #  ed, the voters could get it rec- Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, were forced to work for 18-20 over by L Venkateshwarlu, even customers were harassed. police custody while being The district police appre- tified by filing the online form Bijnor and Sitapur were forced hours each day and due to fear, director general of SIRD-UP, in He said the minister assured taken to court in Prayagraj hended three youths for their on the national voter service to work in a factory in Pune. everyone was forced to work the presence of senior faculty the delegation that the recently, was arrested by the involvement in the abduction portal. He said the verification “After investigating on our in an abusive and hostile envi- members and representatives of demands would be police following a brief of a BPharma student of Sam of the forms filed online would own, we mailed to the district ronment. Minor children UPSRLM. Newly-selected dis- considered. encounter in neighbouring Higginbottom University of district of Pratapgarh on Agricultural Technology and Sunday evening. Pratapgarh Science (SHUATS) Shubham $59,,.$50 SP (West) Dinesh Dwivedi Dwivedi. The abducted stu-  0
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)1 lage under the Lalganj police probe into the incident was on station, was lodged in the According to a report Naini Central Jail in connec- received here the abductors QDPI@@S I@XT T@SWD8@  '() lodged against the dumper tion with a case of murder. On were friends of the victim, driver at the police station August 26 he had escaped Shubham. They had alleged- t least 14 passengers were concerned. from police custody while ly abducted him for a ransom Ainjured when a bus in Meanwhile, the villagers being taken to court. On of 50 lakh. The rescued stu- which they were travelling tied a youth to tree in a village Friday, the police team hunt- dent later told the Naini police rammed into a dumper in the district and beat him up ing for him came close to nab- that abductor Abhishek had parked alongside the road. suspecting him to be a child bing him twice but he man- studied with him from class- The accident took place when lifter on Sunday. The youth, a aged to evade arrest by firing es IX to XII. After completing the bus was coming to the city native of Nepal, was spotted by on the policemen, the men in their class XII Shubham took from Shankargarh in the the residents of Charai-Ka-Pura khaki claimed. admission in BPharma course trans-Yamuna area here on Chacha Mau village under the The ASP said that the while Abhishek took admis- Monday afternoon. The con- Nawabganj police station on police team was hunting for sion in BTech course in the dition of the driver was stat- Sunday. Suspecting the youth him in Raghavapur jungles same university and stayed ed to be precarious. to be a child lifter, the villagers around 6 pm on Sunday together for a few months. Ghoorpur SHO began chasing him. As a result evening when they spotted During interrogation the Vrindavan Rai said that the he jumped into a lake to save Sunil coming from Babuganj arrested youths said that Roadways bus carrying pas- his life. However, after pulling area. Sensing trouble he Shubham used to spend sengers was coming to the city him youth out from there the opened fire at the police team money lavishly which not side from Shankargarh. On villagers tied him to a tree and which retaliated. As a result only made them feel jealous way to the city, the bus started beating him. Sunil sustained gunshot but also prompted them to '   73.4 talents through various inter-    6 rammed into in dumper On receiving formation injuries in both legs and was hatch a plan to abduct On the third day of 4-day esting contests. The partici- Shreya Tiwari, topper of St parked along the road as a police personnel arrived at the nabbed by the police A 315 Shubham for it. Abhishek International Festival of pants from India and abroad Joseph (Rajajipuram), cracked result of which 14 passengers spot, rescued the youth and bore countrymade weapon along with a common friend History and Civics, depicted the story of continu- the final round of prestigious were injured. However, the took him to the police station. and three live bullets were also Manish Tripathi, a resident of ‘Reflections-2019, organised ous development of human National Talent Search passengers sustained minor The youth later revealed his recovered from his possession. Koraon, abducted Shubham by City Montessori School civilisation from primitive to Examination-2019. Shreya has injuries in this mishap and name as Motilal, son of He was rushed to the Lalganj and took him to Chak (Mahanagar), the young histo- the present era. Earlier, the not only brought laurels to her were admitted to the primary Raghuraj, a resident of Laljum Community Health Centre Bahudura near ADA Colony rians from Sri Lanka, Nepal, third day commenced with alma mater but also to her health centre in Jasra for first in Nepal. According to (CHC) and administered first in Naini and locked him in a Bangladesh and various states talks purpose of today’s educa- family. Founder chairperson aid. The condition of the bus Nawabganj Station House aid after which he was admit- room there. Abhishek, of India spread the messages of tion. Addressing the students, of St Joseph Group of driver, Raghvendra, was Officer Ashutosh Tripathi the ted to the District Hospital, he Manish and Brijendra con- friendship and mutual under- CMS founder Jagdish Gandhi Institutions Pushplata reported to be critical and he parents of the youth were added. Prayagraj police had fessed that they had planned standing and also revealed the said efforts should be made to Agarwal congratulated Shreya had been admitted to a private being traced only after which announced a reward of to murder Shubham on receiv- new facets of history and civics. enable children get these con- and her mother Santwana hospital, the SHO said and anything could be ascertained 50,000 and Pratapgarh police ing the ransom money. The participants displayed their cepts both at home and school. Tiwari. added that an FIR had been about the said youth.   #' .  12  

   ))) said. and job creation were tamed. August 22 and was remanded to The fresh offer for consular In contrast, the exotic and Moreover, factories lowered input four-day CBI custody. The CBI   %  $2 %% access to Jadhav came in the midst crossbred cattle population is buying for the first time since May had registered an FIR on May 15, of spiralling tensions between the expected to increase from 39.73 2018. “Another worrying sign was 2017, alleging irregularities in the two countries after India withdrew million in 2012 to 51.47 million in the first drop in input buying in 15 Foreign Investment Promotion Jammu & Kashmir’s special status 2019. The provisional figure also months, which reflected a mixture Board (FIPB) clearance granted to and bifurcated it into two Union points to a continued rise in the of intentional reductions in stocks the INX Media group for receiv- territories. Pakistan has been try- country’s buffalo population from and shortages of available finance,” ing overseas funds of Rs 305 crore ing to raise the issue at various 108.70 million in 2012 to 110.17 Lima said. The survey noted that in 2007 during Chidambaram’s international fora, but India has million in 2019. Similarly, the competitive pressures and chal- tenure as the Finance Minister. maintained that it is an internal population of ‘milch’ animals is lenging market conditions restrict- Thereafter, the Enforcement matter. Pakistan claims its securi- expected to rise from 118 million ed the upturn. New orders from Directorate lodged a money ty forces arrested Jadhav from the in 2012 to 125 million in 2019. The overseas also increased at a slow- laundering case in this regard in restive Balochistan province on final figure of Livestock Census er rate in August, with growth the 2017. PTI March 3, 2016 after he reported- 2019 is expected to be completed weakest seen since April 2018. ly entered from Iran. within a month. The livestock cen-   &))) However, India maintains that sus is conducted across the coun-  P 1))) SpiceJet flights while this move will Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran try periodically since 1919-20. It have been a normal case. Mehta reduce passenger load at T-II by up where he had business interests covers all domesticated animals said it would be a serious traves- to 27 per cent which will enable after retiring from the Navy. and headcounts of those animals. ty of justice if the CBI is not given the airport operator the passenger Species of animals include buffa- time to reply to the bail plea and capacity of T-II.   ))) lo, yak, sheep, goat, pig, horse, demanded 10 days time. Sibal Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, CEO- In India, the population of pony, mule, donkey, camel, dog, said he wants to argue for bail. DIAL said, “The shifting of some donkeys’ is expected to down by rabbit and elephant and poultry While submissions were being domestic flights of IndiGo and all 10-15 percent as compared to birds. made by both the sides, the judge SpiceJet flights from T2 to T3 will 0.31 million as per livestock cen- said, “I do not know what order help in easing the pressure of fast  07# said. "The accused, a resident of sus 2012 in the country. “The   ))) has been passed by the Supreme growing passenger traffic to carry Bisahda village, got a bullet injury in dwindling population of donkeys “August saw an undesirable Court.” Singhvi said that accord- out the capacity enhancement n accused in the 2015 lynching of his leg and was soon held by the team. forced the Maharashtra’s animal combination of slowing econom- ing to them, the apex court has work of Terminal 2 effectively and ADadri's Mohammad Akhlaq was He was then taken to a hospital for husbandry department to issue an ic growth and greater cost infla- asked to decide the interim bail efficiently. We appreciate SpiceJet arrested following an exchange of fire treatment," the official said. An ille- alert to all district collectors and tionary pressures in the Indian plea today itself or extend the and IndiGo for their agreement to with police in Greater Noida early on gal firearm, along with ammunition, asked them to take preventive manufacturing industry,” police custody till September 5. shift their operations from Monday, officials said. Hari Om (30), was seized from him, police said, measures,” said officials of the Pollyanna de Lima, Principal The special court on August 30 Terminal-II to Terminal -III”. who was wanted in at least four cases adding that his motorcycle had been Department of Animal Husbandry Economist at IHS Markit said, had extended Chidambaram’s CBI “Distribution of bilingual pocket of robbery and dishonestly receiving impounded. and Dairying. As per provisional according to to news agency PTI. custody till today. Chidambaram, cards among the stakeholders and stolen property in Ghaziabad, was A fresh case under the Arms Act figure of 2019, the country’s total He added that most PMI indices 73, has been already subjected to educating passengers about the shot in the leg, said police. He, along and Section 307 (attempt to murder) of population of indigenous cattle is moved lower, including key health- custodial interrogation by the CBI development through MATVs (in with other accused, was out on bail in the Indian Penal Code has been regis- estimated at 139.82 million as check measures for new orders, for 11 days since his arrest on house television) at the terminals the Akhlaq lynching case. tered against him at the Jarcha police compared to 151.17 million in output and employment. India’s August 21, after the Delhi High and Airport Metro. In addition to Hari Om was held from near station. Hari Om is one of the 18 men 2012, a drop of 7.5 percent. “ The economic growth has slumped Court on August 20 dismissed his these, the two airlines would Samana Canal by a team from the accused of killing 52-year-old country’s total cattle population is for the fifth straight quarter to an anticipatory bail plea. His son deploy uniformed staff at the ter- Jarcha police station, which had got a Mohammad Akhlak at Bisahada village estimated 191.29 million as com- over six-year low of 5 per cent in Karti was also present in the minal gates round the clock to tip-off about a criminal's suspected in September 2015 over suspicion that pared to 190.9 million in 2012. The the three months ended June as court. Chidambaram, who was assist the passengers,” DIAL said. movement in the area around mid- he had stored beef in his house. number of male cattle in India is consumer demand and private Union Home Minister as also At present GoAir fully and night, the officials said. "When the All accused in the case are current- estimated to down to 46.61 million investment slowed amid deterio- Finance Minister during the UPA SpiceJet and IndiGo partially oper- police team reached the spot, Hari Om ly out on bail and some of them had as compared to 67.92 million in rating global environment. rule from 2004 to 2014, was arrest- ate their respective domestic flights started his motorcycle and tried to flee. even attended a pre-Lok Sabha election 2012 while females number is In August, sales expanded at ed by the CBI on August 21 from from TII, while Air India, Vistara When asked by police to stop for event addressed by Uttar Pradesh estimated to increase from 123 the slowest rate in 15 months, fol- his Jor Bagh residence. He was ear- and Air Asia India operate com- inquiry, he opened fire, inviting retal- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at million to 144 million,” officials lowing which production growth lier produced before the court on pletely out of T3. iatory action," a police spokesperson Bisahda village in March this year.    !"#$%&'(   3      
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The first ahead of schedule,” Boeing had (UNCCD). “There are science, Be it climate change, deser- including desertification due to ed Veer Chakra on the eve of four of 22 helicopters were earlier said. technology and international tification or bio-diversity unsustainable farm practices the Independence Day, foiled he retires this month end. front are replicated in the back. handed over by Boeing, the The aerospace major said experience that can be shared destruction, human action has and deforestation. Records an aerial raid by the Pakistani “This is my last sortie on a Minutes later, the jet took off manufacturer of the heli- the AH-64E has the latest tech- between the countries that can played a leading role in dis- show that 82 per cent of India’s jets when they intruded into fighter jet. Both of us have two into the clear blue September copters, to the IAF at the nology insertions, maintaining benefit all the nations, the turbing the balance of nature. degraded land lies in just nine India and tried to hit some mil- things in common - first, both sky above Pathankot at 11.30 Hindan airbase on July 27. By its standing as the world’s best Minister said. “If human actions have caused States/UT — Rajasthan, itary installations in Rajouri of us ejected and second, both am and did some manoeuvres. 2020, all the 22 helicopters will attack helicopter. “It is the only Around 196 countries and some damage, positive human Maharashtra, Gujarat, Jammu and Poonch. In the ensuing of us have fought Pakistanis. I The MiG-21, inducted into join service. available combat helicopter 96 environment ministers are actions will undo that and we & Kashmir, Karnataka, aerial battle, Varthaman man- fought in Kargil, he fought the IAF more than 40 years Besides this deal, the with a spectrum of capabilities taking part in the 12-day mega will make world a better place Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya aged to hit an F-16jet of the after Balakot. And third, I’ve back, saw action in the war Defence Ministry in 2017 for virtually any mission event. Prime Minister for the future generations. This Pradesh and Telangana. Pakistan Air Force before his flown with his father. It’s an with Pakistan in 1971 and in approved the procurement of requirement. For the AH-64 E, Narendra Modi will address the is the theme around which the Ibrahim Thiaw, executive MIG-21 Bison was targeted by honour for me to do my last Kargil in 1999, flying strike six Apache helicopters along this includes greater thrust convention on September 9. United Nations Convention to secretary of the Convention, air defence of the enemy. The sortie in the IAF, in a fighter missions and combat air with weapons systems from and lift, joint digital operabil- According to the UN, the Combat Desertification works,” drew attention to the warnings 36-year-old pilot ejected before aircraft, with his son,” the Air patrols. A MiG-21 piloted by Boeing at a cost of Rs 4,168 ity, improved survivability and cost associated with the loss of Javadekar explained. sounded by recent scientific the plane crashed and captured Chief Marshal said. Squadron Leader PK Bundela crore for the Army. cognitive decision aiding. land is only rising, with land “We expect some good assessments and the growing by the Pakistan Army. After a pre-flight check, took down a Pakistani Breguet This will be its first fleet of “It is uniquely suited to degradation costing humanity outcomes that will be notified public alarm at the frequency of As regards the latest Dhanoa climbed into the front Atlantique maritime patrol air- attack helicopters to be flown meet the commander’s needs, up to 1.3 billion dollars. in the Delhi Declaration that weather-related disasters such sortie, the Air Chief, who com- seat while Varthaman, who craft using a heat-seeking air- by the Army. including reconnaissance, secu- “We need not re-invent. will form the future course of as drought, forest fires, flash manded a squadron of frontline had shaved off his trademark to-air missile over the Rann of The attack helicopters pro- rity, peacekeeping operations, But we can share our good or action for the countries. We floods and soil loss, but urged ground attack fighters and hit gunslinger moustaches and Kutch in 1999, just after the vide aerial support to the and lethal attack — in both bad experiences, our success- expect that there is more pro- delegates to be mindful of the dug in defences during the instead sporting regular mous- Kargil conflict. The MIG-21s armoured units including tanks land and littoral environments es or failures and therefore we active co-operation,” he said. opportunities for change that Kargil war in 1999, flew his last tache, took the rear seat of the will start getting phased out and infantry in the battlefield — all without reconfigura- can leapfrog to a good start in The situation is serious in are opening up, and take action. sortie on Mig-21 on Monday as trainer jet, whose controls in the later this year or early next year. by destroying enemy tanks, tion,” it said. #  P# -$$ 

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The names being pushed Monday, the 29th day of his dence while his son Omar is the meetings went. come as a major relief to the He said the BJP may have in the local media (Vanathi house arrest, officials said, confined to Hari Niwas, a State “My grandmother and aunt BJP fans in the State who want to “reboot” itself to be accept- Sreenivasan, K T Raghavan, L adding that some detained polit- guesthouse-turned into a jail, were allowed to visit my moth- to see the party emerging as able to the Tamilians . “The Ganeshan and CP ical leaders were now being barely 500 metres away. er only I decided to speak to the an alternate force to the BJP’s central leadership does Radhakrishnan) has not allowed visits by their families. Mehbooba is in detention in media. What about the families Dravidian majors, the not know Tamil. The people enthused the party members Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir already continue to be free Safiya, whose father Farooq a hut at Chashmeshahi near the of those whose members have AIADMK and the DMK. in the State do not understand and supporters, It may also be Principal Secretary Rohit from all such restrictions and Abdullah is also under house Governor’s residence Raj Bhavan. been jailed in Agra? Who will Sounderarajan is the daughter Hindi. The Dravidians and noted that there has been a Kansal on Monday said that 90 in totality, we have 93 per cent arrest, met her brother for the On August 28, PDP chief give them answers? Do they not of Kumari ananthan, former Periarites have succeeded in demand from party’s senior per cent of the valley was free of Jammu, Kashmir and second time since August 5, Mehbooba’s mother and sister deserve to know?” she asked. TNCC president and a hard- portraying Hindi as an alien office bearers to remove P of daytime restrictions. Ladakh free of any prohibito- when Jammu & Kashmir’s spe- met her at Chashmeshahi where Since August 5, the core Narendra Modi baiter. language. There are no per- Muraleedharan as the party in Addressing a press con- ry orders today,” the principal cial status was revoked. Omar she has been in custody since the Government has shifted 140 Though much was sons with leadership qualities charge of the State. “Under his ference here, he said that on the secretary said. Abdullah’s aunt Suraya Mattoo early hours of August 5, when persons, including rights expected from Sounderarajan in the current bunch of BJP control, the BJP has weakened law and order front, out of 111 He said that over 26,000 has also met him, officials said. the Centre announced that activists, stone pelters and polit- when she was brought in as office bearers,” pointed out day by day which could be police stations in Kashmir, landlines are functional in the As a host of political lead- Jammu & Kashmir’s special sta- ical activists in various prisons the State unit chief in 2014, Satyamurthy. proved if one checks the per only 105 function or are terri- valley. ers continue to remain under tus was being abrogated and the in Uttar Pradesh. For a month senior party leaders are of the A senior leader of the cent of votes polled by the torial. Daytime restrictions “On the communications detention, Jammu & Kashmir’s state would be divided into two now, eight million people of her view that the fortunes of the party, who spoke to The party in the elections,” said have been fully lifted from 92 front, we have been briefing three former Chief Ministers union territories. state have been punished, Iltija BJP has taken a nosedive Pioneer in condition of the senior BJP leader. police stations, up from 81 last you from time to time. In our Farooq and Omar Abdullah Over the last week, the rel- told PTI over the phone. She during her tenure. anonymity said the only hope A senior leader like week, he said. latest decision, we decided to and Mehbooba Mufti as well as atives of some of these leaders refused to divulge her location. Sounderarajan was mauled as on today for the BJP is to Kattumannarkoil Kannan had “This makes 90 per cent of open 29 more exchanges, mak- others are now allowed brief vis- have been allowed to meet them The State has been cleaved in the two elections she con- rope in Rajinikanth as the written to Prime Minister the valley free of daytime restric- ing the number of functional its by their relatives in accor- twice for roughly 15 minutes, and there is an “unprecedented tested (the 2016 assembly State chief. “There are no Narendra Modi to thorough- tions of any kind,” Kansal said. exchanges to 76 out of a total dance with the jail manual, offi- officials said. and oppressive clampdown”, she election and the 2019 Lok reasons to doubt whether ly overhaul the State unit of “Jammu and Ladakh of 95,” Kansal added. PTI cials said. No details of the meetings said. PTI Sabha election) with the BJP Rajinikanth would become a the party. 5   
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Tsample tests of West Bengal Panchayat five-year term at the top should be a journalist for his report that police is no way to respond to leaders participated in a Ganesh "This strategy will backfire Minister Subrata Mukherjee and an IPS offi- aharashtra BJP president shared equally by the saffron allies rotis and salt were being served this,” it said. Puja on Monday held at a club of for BJP in the days to come. They cer in connection with the Narada tapes scan- MChandrakant Patil and his party if they come to power. to children at a school in The Guild urged the state which TMC leader Sabyasachi (BJP) does not have any leaders dal, sources in the central investigating colleague Sudhir Mungantiwar will Incidentally, in his rally in Mirzapur. government to withdraw these Dutta is the president on to lead the party so they are agency said. Mukherjee is among the ten lead- meet Shiv Sena leaders in the next 10 Solapur on Sunday, BJP chief Amit The Guild, in a statement, cases forthwith and ensure that Monday fuelling speculations of poaching on our party leaders ers and ministers of the ruling Trinamool days to work out modalities of seat- Shah had asked the gathering to give said it condemns the Uttar the journalist is not put to any his possible move to BJP in the and workers," senior TMC leader Congress who have been summoned by CBI sharing between the two parties for the the alliance a thumping victory and Pradesh Government’s action of further harm or harassment. near future. and minister Jyotipriyo Mullick for the voice sample tests for being allegedly upcoming Assembly polls. a second term as Chief Minister to filing an FIR under serious sec- It also expressed “grave Dutta, who presently has a said. seen accepting cash in the video of the Narada The two saffron parties, partners Devendra Fadnavis. tions of criminal law against concern” over recent incidents strained relationship with the Dutta said, "I had invited sting operation. in the ruling coalitions in The two parties had fought the journalist Pawan Jaiswal for of restrictions on the overseas party leadership and had relin- each and every resident of The voice sample test was conducted for Maharashtra and at the Centre, had 2014 Assembly polls separately, with his report that rotis and salt travel of journalists. quished his post as mayor of Bidhanagar. Dilip-da is a resident senior IPS officer SMH Mirza, who was the fought the April-May Lok Sabha polls the BJP winning 121 seats on its own. were being served to school The latest being the Bidhannagar Municipal of my area so I had invited him Burdwan district superintendent of police in alliance. In October 2014, Fadnavis took children as their lawfully guar- denial of travel permission Corporation in July this year, was too. Everybody is welcome to the when the sting operation was conducted by "Our plan is to have a seat-shar- over as the first BJP Chief Minister anteed mid-day meal in Siyur for Kashmiri journalist seen greeting Ghosh, BJP nation- Ganesh puja of my club. Now it Samuel Mathew of the Narada News portal ing formula for all the 288 Assembly of the state. The Uddhav Thackeray- primary school. Gowhar Geelani, who works al secretary Arvind Mennon and depends on who wants to attend in 2014. seats. We will meet (Sena leaders) in led Sena had joined the Fadnavis “It is a cruel and classic case for a German media organi- senior leader Mukul Roy. it and who does not". Mathew, posing as a businessman con- the next 10 days," Mungantiwar government a few months later. of shooting the messenger. It is sation. “The law does indeed "Everyday TMC leaders and Ghosh said he had come to ducted the sting operation in 2014 which told reporters on Monday. Subsequent local level elections precisely exposé such as these give the government such workers are joining BJP in vari- attend the puja at the invitation showed some persons resembling senior Mungantiwar, who is also the saw the BJP getting the better of the that show how valuable free and powers but only in the rarest ous parts of the state. Around by Dutta. Trinamool Congress leaders and the IPS offi- state finance minister, said he and Sena. fearless journalists are to a of rare cases and following eight TMC MLAs are in touch "Being a public representa- cer accepting money from the representatives Patil will lead the talks on seat- The two parties have seen sev- democratic society,” the Guild due procedure and disclosure. with me. We are in talks with tive, we have to attend lots of of a fictitious company in return for favours. sharing on behalf of the BJP. eral opposition MLAs joining them said. “It is shocking that instead There must be transparency them lets see when they can invitations. So when we get one The video created a furore when it was Among the sticking points in the run-up to the state polls like- of taking action to fix what is in these decisions,” the state- join," Ghosh said. we don't judge it on the basis of released just before the state assembly polls between the two parties is the post ly to be held in the next couple of wrong on the ground, the gov- ment said. PTI His comment drew sharp politics" PTI in 2016. of chief minister, said sources, months. "#  # "#   &   #!  7'#  
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Saturday elected to the top thousands of Muslims into rape victim in connection with truck at Gurbakshganj on July judicial work, has been reas- Taking a serious note of the post of the society, located in investing into the dubious firm Sections relating to criminal the road accident case, in which 28 and the resultant public out- signed cases from Monday, matter, the chief justice con- the iconic Town Hall building that promised substantial conspiracy, criminal breach of two of her aunts were killed and cry, Sengar was expelled from according to court sources. stituted a bench comprising 11 having a grand portico and a return to the investors. trust, cheating and dishonest- she and her lawyer were injured the BJP last month. The victim’s A notice to this effect was judges. flight of steps at Horniman Thousands of investors of ly inducing delivery of property critically. uncle has alleged the hand of issued by Registrar (List) of the “The bench finds this a Circle in south Mumbai. Bangalore-headquartered I- for the offence committed from The rape victim, who was people close to Sengar in the High Court on Sunday, after In his 20-page-order, painful task to perform, but, After her election, Monetary Advisory (IMA) January 1, 2016 June 9, 2019 in flown from the King George’s accident. The statement of her Justice Kumar and Chief Justice Justice Kumar had directed nonetheless, it deserves to be Balaporia, who is currently a owned by Mohammad Bangalore and other places in Medical University in Lucknow lawyer is yet to be recorded as AP Sahi returned from New the District Judge, Patna, to performed.... When we have to trustee of the Sir Jamsetjee Mansoor Khan were duped to Karnataka. to All India Institute of Medical he continues to be undergoing Delhi, where they had a meet- conduct an inquiry into the bail uphold the majesty of the insti- Jeejeebhoy Parsee Benevolent the tune of 5,000 crore. The The case was earlier regis- Sciences (AIIMS) here in a treatment in the Intensive Care ing with Chief Justice of India granted to former bureaucrat tution, an individual judge’s Institution, said the digitisation IMA portrayed itself as a group tered at Commercial Street critical condition, has shown Unit (ICU)in a critical condi- Ranjan Gogoi. KP Ramaiah, and directed the identity is inconsequential. of content has increased peo- of companies involved in Police Station in Bangalore. considerable progress. She has tion, they said. Controversy had erupted CBI to investigate alleged cor- “We are, therefore, left with ple’s access to the Asiatic Islamic banking. The case will seek to enquire now been moved to the ward, The lawyer was in the car over an August 28 order of ruption in the civil court here, no other option but to suspend Society, which would continue In its FIR, the CBI has and investigate into all types of officials said. with the victim when a speed- Justice Kumar, who had taken as claimed in a two-year-old the entire order dated 28th of to focus on conservation of old named I-Monetary Advisory illegal activities of I_Monetary After her condition ing truck approaching in the suo motu cognisance of the bail sting operation by a private August, 2019 with a further and rare books. The society was Pvt Ltd, MD of the firm Advisory and the entities relat- improved, the agency recorded wrong direction rammed into it granted by a vigilance court to news channel. direction that the file of the case set up in the early 1800s with Mohammad Mansoor Khan ed to it. The case probe also her statement last week, the offi- in Gurubakshganj in Rae Bareli, a retired IAS officer involved in Besides, Justice Kumar had shall not be placed before the an aim to promote useful and 28 others including group aims at identification and cials said. The victim, who hails about 60 kilometers from state a corruption case, a year after recounted a number of anec- learned single judge,” the 23- knowledge. Its library contains companies of the IMA. investigation of persons from Unnao, has alleged that capital Lucknow, leading to the an anticipatory bail plea of the dotes to suggest that the high- page order of the bench said, a vast collection of books, of The case has been regis- involved in the illegal activities Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep fatalities and injuries to the former bureaucrat had been er judiciary in the state had referring to the matter involv- which 15,000 are classified as tered under Indian Penal Code of IMA. Singh Sengar had raped her in occupants. dismissed by another court. been found wanting in the ing Justice Kumar. PTI rare and valuable. PTI .0,   /     :&% ) 

Leh: Chewang Dolma, who Emotions expressed by peo- region had been neglected by “And, being Ladakhis, we Ladakh after the UT status,” Buddhist scholar and politician ahead.” In other areas of house, which villagers use for retired as a matron from a gov- ple like Dolma is ostensibly a leaders of Jammu and Kashmir. had to face a lot of problem as, Jordan, who graduated in Bakula Rinpoche, after whom Buddhist-dominated Leh dis- household work. ernment hospital here, had dominant feeling in Leh district Many local residents feel the not only the long distance for August from the year-long the Leh airport is named. trict, too, people are largely “UT status would mean joined a crowd of jubilant peo- of Ladakh, evidenced in streets region will see growth and pros- travel, but we were expected to Naropa Fellowship, said. Asked about the future of happy about the UT status, with more infrastructure projects, ple in the streets of Leh on the and market places. perity now as Ladakh will take grease palms of many govern- “Ladakh’s ecology is very Ladakh post the UT status, some confused or muted in more pressure on ecology, over- day the Centre announced a In Leh’s main market, a charge of its destiny in its own ment staff to get our work fragile and infrastructure and Buddhist leader, his Eminence their response, but in Muslim- population in this fragile region. Union Territory status for beautiful pedestrianised space, hands. done,” she said. “I am very other projects are now expect- Drukpa Thuksey Rinpoche said: dominated Kargil district of I am worried,” she said. Ladakh. huge cloth banners have been The Centre had on August happy, we are separate entity ed to be brought in her,” he said. “People are excited, but, we Ladakh, a section of citizens The woman also pointed “People were dancing in displayed, bearing messages like: 5 scrapped Jammu and now.” However, not everyone is “I can’t tell how much jobs will don’t know what will happen have been protesting the deci- out that overtourism in pristine the streets, and rejoicing in “Thank you Prime Minister Kashmir’s special status by abro- swept by the wave of the initial be created for locals, and a bit after the UT status comes.” sion. Sonam Chuskit, 23, who is areas like the Pangong Lake has markets. Ladakhis had been Narendra Modi for making gating provisions of Article 370 euphoria and many Ladakhi concerned about the impact of “Our worry is about our cul- pursuing a master’s degree in already begun to damage the struggling for over 70 years to Ladakh a UT” and “Ladakh cel- of the Constitution and bifur- people — young and old, living new set-up on the existing ecol- ture, and our culture should not political science through a long- ecology as many tourists leave see this day,” Dolma said. “We ebrates its 1st Independence cated it into Union territories - in Leh town or villages in the ogy and our own local culture.” be destroyed because of the distance programme from plastic and other trash behind. were emotionally overwhelmed. Day”. - Jammu and Kashmir, and district — are feeling apprehen- Ladakh indeed has a very ramifications of this UT status,” Jammu, is sceptical about the “I hope that after UT status, I am very happy that now we will A prominent roundabout in Ladakh -- that will officially sive about the future that lies distinctive culture, and in Leh Rinpoche told PTI. decision to make Ladakh a my region gets good education- finally be a UT.” streets carries a banner put up come into effect on October 31. ahead. town, almost all buildings, hotels Hinting at urban issues aris- Union territory. al institutions and hospitals so Dolma, 68, a fourth-gener- by activists that reads: “Ladakh A resident of Chemday vil- Stanzin Jordan, 28, a Leh- and houses, display the unique ing due to increase in popula- A resident of Liktsay village, that we won’t have to seek high- ation Ladakhi, earlier worked at freed from Kashmir”. lage, who did not wish to be based entrepreneur said he was Ladakhi design in wood in their tion, he said: “Our Ladakh about 90-minute ride from Leh er education and healthcare the Sonam Nurboo Memorial A separate Union territory identified, said she studied at a not very excited by all the buzz facade. The demand for a UT should not become more dirty town and situated at an altitude elsewhere, but care should be (SNM) Hospital and now runs has been a long-standing university in Jammu, but had about the UT status. status has been a long-drawn or polluted after the UT status of above 11,000 ft, Chuskit taken to not harm the environ- Lyon Hotel at Changspa in demand of locals, many of who had to go to Srinagar for various “Actually, I feel very con- struggle, and one of the first now. We must preserve our points to the pristine mountains ment,” said Chuskit, who wants downtown Leh, a hub of tourists. have alleged that the Ladakh paperwork. fused, as to what will happen to Ladakhis to raise the issue was Himalayan region as we grow and river streams near her to become a teacher. PTI    !"#$%&'(   ; 5 
 
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6  6% .       %>77 the Maoist crisis in Jangal police reached the area. His commissioner had attacked Mahal. men were hurling bombs and him when he was holding a '&'  " Singh said he had brought throwing stones. The police “peaceful protest.” "  !   the entire thing to the notice of commissioner himself request Rejecting his claim 5   0-5   R Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla as Mr Singh not to throw bombs Gyanwant Singh said “the   9     “he is our custodian.” He said and stones but he would not lis- police are never trained to hit “I have complained to the ten,” ADG (L&O) said, adding on the head. The MP might ; 2&Q   =) #  # Honourable Speaker about he “might have been injured have been injured by a brick- Kolkata: A BJP legislator on point of order alleging 6726" how I was beaten up by the either from a fall or by the bat or a fall.” Monday was suspended for that BJP's West Bengal presi-   Q =&  CP.” brickbat that came from his He added over 150 crimi- the day and was removed dent Dilip Ghosh, MP Arjun he Bengal Police on The police, however, own party men.” nals had been arrested, 50 from the West Bengal Singh and MLA Biswajit Das TMonday accused BJP MP claimed that Singh was injured The senior cop said “the arms and 300 bombs recovered Assembly by marshals after were attacked on different Guwahati: Differences seem to described the NRC, which val- Arjun Singh of inciting vio- when he was caught between way the police were attacked from Jagatdal area adding the the legislator continued his occasions in the state. An have cropped up in the idates bona fide Indian citizens lence and hurling bombs at his own marauding supporters was indicative of plans police had lodged a suo motu protest despite the Speaker's annoyed Speaker directed the Congress' Assam unit over the of Assam, as a "milestone" and the police force during pelting brickbats and the secu- hatched quite in advance.” FIR against Singh and his order not to hamper the pro- MLA of Bagda to stop his NRC, with former Chief a "historic scientific document". Sunday’s bedlam at rity forces. Arjun Singh sustained a men. ceedings. protests saying it was dis- Minister Tarun Gogoi describ- "Although lots of names of Barrackpore that left many The Additional Director head injury during when the Meanwhile, more violence Just after the proceedings rupting the proceedings, but ing it a "waste paper" and a Lok Indian Citizens drops from people, including the saffron General of Police (Law and Trinamool Congress and BJP continued on Monday when began, Dulal Bor trooped to the BJP leader continued Sabha MP terming it a "historic final NRC, but it's a historic sci- member of the Lok Sabha Order) Gyanwant Singh on supports clashed at BJP workers descended on the the well of the House and shouting. scientific document". entific document prepared by injured. Monday further accused Shyamnagar on Sunday lead- streets to enforce a 12-hour started protesting against The Speaker then ordered The final National Register Government of Assam and The police accusation Singh and his son of har- ing the police to intervene. bandh protesting attack on alleged attacks on his party marshals to remove Bor out of of Citizens (NRC) was pub- Government of India under the came at a time when Singh bouring criminals and hurling This situation reached such a Singh who left Trinamool leaders in various parts of the the House and suspended him lished on Saturday and, accord- supervision of Hon'ble who was presently recuperat- bombs from rooftops at the pass that CP was seen firing Congress just before the Lok state. for the day. ing to it, out of the total 3.3 crore Supreme Court of India. No ing in a hospital brought police. in the air to disperse the Sabha elections to join the Speaker Biman Banerjee After the marshals carried applicants, 3.11 crore figured in doubt, it's milestone (sic)," charges of assault against He said 300 bombs were crowd. BJP. He won the elections asked him to go to his seat. him out, Bor sat on a demon- the list and names of over 19 Khaleque tweeted. Barrackpore Police recovered from near Mazdoor Subsequently Arjun Singh, defeating sitting TMC MP However, Bor remained in stration on the stairs of the lakh people were excluded. The former Chief Minister's Commissioner Manoj Verma, Bhavan where Singh’s son whose clothes were splattered Dinesh Trivedi. the well and sought to raise a Assembly building. PTI "I have been saying for son and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav long that the NRC would be a Gogoi said it was due to the waste paper. (Prime Minister "carelessness" of State authorities 2,
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'6 "But, instead of throwing "In Assam, BJP says that out the illegal immigrants, he excluded persons need not panic (Modi) could not prepare the because they can approach a tri- -  Q1'& NRC properly. We are with all bunal court. Question is why Indians who were excluded should a genuine Indian need to from the NRC," Gogoi said in go to court to prove his or her   01 #23 in its petition in the United Nations. For a tweet in Assamese. citizenship, when it's clearly due Digvijay Singh to level such a serious Congress MP from Barpeta, to the carelessness of the state itting out at Congress leader allegation against India’s ruling party is Abdul Khaleque, however, authorities," he tweeted. PTI HDigvijay Singh for alleging a link a very serious matter, the BJP spokesper- between the BJP and Pakistani spy son said and demanded that Sonia agency ISI, the saffron party on Monday Gandhi respond to it and apologise. dubbed his charge “shameful and con- “These Congress leaders do not ; & demnable” and sought an apology from know as to when they cross the limit and his party’s president Sonia Gandhi. begin targeting India in venting their Singh had claimed on Saturday that hate against Prime Minister Narendra  2 the BJP and Bajrang Dal, a hardline Modi,” he said. Patra cited a number of Hindutva organisation, took money comments made by opposition party’s from ISI and also alleged that non- leaders to attack it for its “anti-Hindu Muslims spied for the Pakistani agency philosophy”. He wondered how Singh .5 " 2 more than Muslims. At a press confer- knows about the religion of people work- ence, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra ing for ISI. To a question about the Kolkata: Trinamool Congress Banerjee, who is also the TMC accused the Congress of trying to Madhya Pradesh police arresting sever- leadership Monday decided to supremo, is likely to be present polarise the society on communal lines, al people for allegedly spying for Pakistan hold mass protests across West in it, a senior party leader and termed Singh one of the “navarat- when the saffron party was in power in Bengal from this week oppos- said. na” (nine gems) of the Congress who the state, Patra said the BJP is all for tak- ing NRC in neighbouring "During the meeting have played a key role in its massive ing against those working against India, Assam, party sources said. Banerjee expressed concern defeat in elections. but the issue should not be commu- The decision was taken at over the future of 19 lakh plus “What he has said is of concern, nalised or politicised. an emergency meeting at Chief people who have been left out shameful and condemnable. It is against About Singh’s claim that his remarks Minister Mamata Banerjee's of the final NRC list in Assam. the country and is divisive. It shows his were being distorted and that he had not residence Monday afternoon. She has asked party leaders to distorted mindset,” he said. In reality, alleged BJP’s link with ISI, the BJP leader It was decided that the reach out to the people and Congress leaders such as Rahul Gandhi, said the video of him making the com- mass protests would be held on explain to them about the sin- Mani Shankar Aiyar, Ghulam Nabi ments is available. He also accused the September 7-8 against the ister designs of BJP, such as the Azad, Sam Pitroda, Salman Khurshid, Congress of working towards delaying National Register of Citizens implementation of NRC if it      6 '  .   !   @      +"!+ Sushil Kumar Shinde and Adhir Ranjan the construction of Ram temple in and the divisive politics of BJP, ever comes to power in Chowdhury besides Singh, are the Ayodhya. the sources said. Bengal," a TMC leader said. “navaratna” of Pakistan and it would be With Pakistan agreeing to grant con- On September 12 a protest The updated final NRC, proud of them, Patra said. sular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav, Patra rally will be organized in the which validates bonafide  ! %"     What they say make headlines in said it is a “victory of justice” and shows city from Chiria More to Indian citizens of Assam, was Pakistan and is used by that country to that “Modi hai to mumkin hai”. Shyambazar in north Kolkata. out on Saturday. PTI attack India, he said referring to Gandhi’s Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy offi-   01 #23 “Had an extremely fruitful min- “excellent”. “India attaches the high- attack on the Centre over “violence” and cer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani isterial level dialogue with Japan’s est priority to our bilateral relation- “people dying” in Kashmir, remarks that military court on charges of espionage # 1 '  efence Minister Rajnath Singh Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya in ship with Japan. I conveyed to him were used by the neighbouring country and terrorism in April 2017. Don Monday held “fruitful” talks Tokyo. We discussed the full spec- the government of India’s commit- #'&1    with his Japanese counterpart trum of India-Japan defence coop- ment to further enhance the defence Takeshi Iwaya in Tokyo during eration,” he tweeted. He said both engagements between both the Kolkata: A suspected member seized several printed and hand- which both sides resolved to further sides will continue to work togeth- countries,” he tweeted. of the terror outfit Jamaat-ul- written documents and a mobile deepen bilateral defence and strate- er to further deepen the defence ties. He also said that regular inter- Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) phone from his possession. gic ties. Singh also met Japanese Singh is accompanied by a high-level actions between Prime Minister in India was arrested from here We have questioned him and got Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and delegation. Officials said the two Narendra Modi and Abe put the spe- on Monday by the STF of the more information about conveyed to him India’s commitment sides also deliberated on the overall cial strategic and global partnership Kolkata Police, a senior official the JMB and its members who to further enhance defence engage- situation in the Indo-Pacific region between India-Japan on a higher said. Acting on a tip-off, an STF are working for the outfit. A case ments with Japan, officials said. where China has been increasing its pedestal. “It has added a new strate- team arrested 22-year-old is being registered by the STF," The Defence Minister is on a military presence. India, Japan and gic depth to our defence coopera- Mohammed Abul Kashem alias the official said. During ques- five-day tour of Japan and South the US have been part of the annu- tion,” he said. Kashem from Canal East Road tioning, the suspected terrorist Korea. On Tuesday, he will leave for al Malabar maritime exercise which In South Korea, Singh will hold near the Gaznabi Bridge under said he was instructed by his Seoul from Tokyo. In the annual is aimed at achieving greater inter- a bilateral dialogue with Jeong Ultadanga police station area in bosses to meet other JMB oper- defence ministerial dialogue, Singh operability among the navies of the Kyeong-Doo, Minister of National north Kolkata, he said. Kashem atives in the city to decide on and Iwaya deliberated on the full three countries. On his meeting Defence. He will also call on South is a resident of Durmut village their strategies, according to spectrum of India-Japan defence with Abe, Singh said the meeting Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak- in Burdwan district. "We have the IPS officer. PTI cooperation. with the Japanese prime minister was Yon. &      %
 

  01 #23 escalate secessionist movement, support militancy and incite vio- he five-year ban imposed on lence in the country, a govern- TJamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and ment notification had said. The Kashmir, by the Centre for the outfit, which was formed in 1945 outfit’s active support to terror as a chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami and secessionist activities has Hind and separated in 1953 due been confirmed by a tribunal to differences over political ide- headed by a Delhi High Court ology with the parent body, was judge. The tribunal, presided over banned in 1990. That lapsed in by Justice Chander Shekhar, after 1995. The Jamaat-e-Islami was an going through innumerable evi- influential founder member of the dence and deposition by wit- undivided Hurriyat Conference nesses observed that the from its inception in 1993 till “inescapable conclusion” is that 2003, when the amalgam suffered the JeI, its office-bearers and a vertical split led by Syed Ali members have been actively Shah Geelani over alleged proxy indulging in unlawful activities. participation in 2002 Assembly “From the aforesaid discus- polls by some leaders of the sion, it is apparent that the activ- People’s Conference led by Sajad ities of the respondent association, Gani Lone. its office bearers and members The Jamaat withdrew from have been disruptive in character, (3) of Section 4 of the Act declar- fit Hizbul Mujahedeen, which bus killing 40 jawans in Pulwama. the Hurriyat and decided to focus which threaten the sovereignty ing ‘JeI’ to be an “Unlawful was constituted in the last quar- During the intervening night on its social work while main- and territorial integrity of India. Association”, the tribunal ter of 1989, and that both of them of February 22 and 23, the police taining its separatist stand on They have been acting in collu- observed.While submitting an are currently engaged in increas- had carried out a crackdown on Kashmir issue. The cadre-based sion with other similar organisa- affidavit before the tribunal, ing their influence through vari- Jamaat cadre and arrested 100 party has a powerful Majlis-e- tions in India as well as in other Inspector General of Jammu and ous means, including merger of across the Valley, including its Shoora (advisory council) which countries against their stated Kashmir Police Swayam Prakash smaller terrorist groups with it. chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz and takes decisions on important objectives in their constitution. Pani had stated that after the The senior police officer said advocate Zahid Ali (spokesper- issues through consensus. “The Central government had accession of Jammu and Kashmir the JeI (J-K) is “intrinsically son). While banning the Jamaat The second tier of the organ- sufficient credible material and with the Union of India, JeI (J-K) linked with United Jehad Council under the anti-terror law, the isation consists of Rukn-e-Jamaat grounds for taking action under began to follow instructions and (based in Pakistan) which is the Centre reasoned that the group (pillar of Jamaat), who in turn sub-Sections (1) & (3) of Section directions from JeI (Pakistan) umbrella organisation of all major was intending to escalate its sub- elect the Majlis-e-Shoora. 3 of the [Unlawful Activities and question the accession of the terrorist outfits”. 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Unlawful Activities (Prevention) destabilizing the government- group, one has to fulfil certain cri- is “sufficient cause” to confirm the Pani said the JeI (J-K) is Act on February 28, a fortnight established law. teria which can take more than a notification under sub-Section patronising banned terrorist out- after terrorists blew up a CRPF The group is also expected to decade at least.     !"#$%&'(    < 7 '1 7()   ! 5      4" #     ! 5    5 :- +&9 $$,0 6%     0-5 . 2       &')      2% '  %$%$2        6   "                  ! /      -0;  .6 0/           P  Q     S            -                      0     (9#        !        -                                                       6 0                           1  >?3>   >?  ;   8+9 8)4       @5 !                ,     (        n August 1, 2019, tonnes of melting water formed on an       ( !  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Studies (FEPS) and six European think- imperative. Nationally wildfires and permafrost thaw- palm oil is especially calami- Trump skipped the Biarritz   1 S        !      tanks are asking transnational corporations Determined Contributions ing and declines in crop yields, tous and over the past two session on climate and biodi- to make investment decisions factoring the must include nature-based thus making famines more decades has caused the death of versity (August 26), though                 '   1.5 degree Celsius window for global solutions as the most cost- widespread. Moreover, higher almost one lakh orangutans, the summit pledged $20 mil- (                  warming. In a policy paper on climate jus- effective way of mitigation and carbon dioxide levels in the while posing serious risks to lion to fight the Amazon wild-                   (  tice, prepared for the UN Climate Action adaptation. Governments must atmosphere will change plant elephants, rhinos and tigers. fires and find new ways to cut  1           ;     ' Summit in New York (September 23, guarantee the autonomy of chemistry and make food less These problems are likely carbon emissions. French 2019), they suggest that the UN include fair indigenous people and tradi- nutritious. to worsen as “climate change President Emmanuel Macron,                   " transition plans while preparing Nationally tional communities over their The IPCC report stresses exacerbates land degradation who put climate centre stage, (9#                     (   Determined Contributions (NDCs). Parties territories in order to better the need to curb meat con- through increases in rainfall called Amazon the “lungs” of                to the Paris Agreement should commit to value nature. sumption to reduce methane intensity, flooding, drought the planet and said similar these transition plans to help foster a new Chaired by Teresa Ribera, emissions; nearly 70 per cent of frequency and severity, heat help is being considered for    +5               global social-ecological contract, while Minister for Ecological methane comes from cattle, stress, wind, sea-level rise and African rainforests. With Brazil                    ! phasing out fossil fuels and moving towards Transition in Spain, the FEPS sheep and rice fields. This is wave action.” Warning that President Jair Bolsonaro, a cli-                A         a de-carbonised society. approached stakeholders from aggravated by deforestation mankind is close to the tipping mate sceptic, resenting charges The FEPS moots climate-proof glob- across the world, including and loss of peat lands, even as point for climate destabilisa- of encouraging deforestation as ,# , " S     6 0     )    al investment, finance and trade. To stim- policy experts, academics, polit- intensive agriculture increases tion, the IPCC insists that land many fires were purposely set           )6        C ulate systemic change for a planet — and ical, civil society and business soil erosion and loss of organ- will have to be managed more to clear the land, Chile B  (9#              people-centric approach to climate invest- representatives, to formulate ic material in soils. Hence, sustainably so that it releases President Sebastián Piñera ment — it suggests that Governments at all recommendations for rapid de- peat lands (critical for preserv- less carbon than at present. stepped in to mollify him. It             (       levels implement measures, including tax carbonisation and global eco- ing global biodiversity, provid- The United Kingdom’s took enormous international    D5>@        A     1  justice, committing to climate and social- nomic equality. Political leaders ing safe drinking water, min- Committee on Climate Change pressure before Bolsonaro sent                   friendly procurement standards, incentivis- and powerful corporations imising floods and sequester- moots a net-zero emissions two C-130 Hercules aircraft to ing sustainable modes of transport and must acknowledge the current ing carbon dioxide) must be target via 20 per cent reduction douse the Amazon fires, and if                   ! introducing an internationally agreed levy climate emergency. The target restored on a war footing. The in consumption of beef, lamb the rainforest is to be reforest-                      on airline fuels. Countries and businesses of 1.5 degree Celsius can no world must shift towards veg- and dairy to release more land ed, as the UN is likely to dis-      6         A S   PB should agree to carbon disclosure and facil- longer be deferred; the world etarian and vegan diets (coarse for forests and peat land cuss in 2020, it would need the itate direct support for small and medium must achieve net-zero emis- grains, pulses and vegetables, restoration. Afforestation of cooperation of Bolsonaro and S                    Q sized enterprises (MSMEs) to invest in sions by 2050 for which nuts and seeds). 30,000 hectares a year, increas- the local communities. green and social initiatives. Governments and transnation- Global temperatures can- ing woodland cover from 13 to (The writer is Senior Fellow, The paper suggests involving young al corporations must find the not be controlled unless the 17 per cent, would capture 22 Nehru Memorial Museum and + 
 
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These measures will ative share in global trade and share of                from eight per cent growth in the first quarter 6 "3 This problem was largely resolved ensure fresh liquidity into the system exports in the GDP. Both are so small       ,S           of 2018-19 to five per cent in the correspond- 719 "3" @ by Finance Minister Sitharaman as last and are likely to have a positive impact that any impact of the current trade                E , ! ing period in 2019-20. 92  "39 week she announced that banks would in the future. war is not likely to cause a slowdown           "     ! The second is to do with the recent set of  "6 0# now announce repo-based lending The second press conference by from eight to five per cent within four                    announcements and whether they will have an "38 9)":8 " products. This ensures seamless trans- the Finance Minister was focussed on quarters. The problem is domestic and                 impact on the revival of growth rates. Let us @8 @0/ mission of the monetary policy going big bank reforms. Yes, big bank the Government too recognises it as it           begin with the first question and we can discuss //9 ( 0 forward and, therefore, now is the right reforms because within 45 odd min- tries to correct it through a slew of in detail the impact of recent announcements time for the MPC to get its act togeth- utes, the minister had merged ten measures. "              on growth going forward. At the onset, I must :;";9 "K );" er and cut interest rates by at least a banks into four big banks with ade- My forecast for the first quarter    " !       state that in my view, recovery is likely from the 100-basis point. quate capital and expertise. The move growth rate was at 5-5.4 per cent and             S   third quarter of this FY. The reason why growth The fact that the economy was was long pending and it was backed up the growth came on the lower end of   "           slowed down from the second quarter of 2018- slowing down was no secret, and the with several governance reforms to the spectrum at five. This suggests that 35555    #         (  -S 19 is more to do with the RBI’s Monetary Policy Government has been doing all it can strengthen the public banking sector. there’s a far greater need for short- . (-/         $   '   S Committee (MPC) which determines the repo to revive growth. This is visible from As a matter of fact, in my view with term anti-cyclical measures to revive              ! rate. Economics 101 tells us that nominal vari- the fact that the Finance Minister has this merger, the Government has growth rates. Conventional macroeco-        #1( 7       ! ables don’t matter, yet many continue to look at had multiple stakeholder consulta- paved the road for further consolida- nomic tools of monetary and fiscal          !!   the repo rate often ignoring that it’s the real repo tions over the last couple of weeks and tion and possibly even privatisation or policy are the best levers to revive eco-                ! rate that matters. after these consultations, we’ve wit- at least disinvestment of some of nomic growth in the short run as we It is not surprising that the slowdown in nessed two massive policy announce- these banks in the future. undertake structural reforms to kick-                  ! economy coincided with a sharp increase in the ments. Therefore, there’s a lot that the start our growth.              real repo rates. The fact that inflation was The first set of announcements was Government is doing to strengthen the With another press conference    8          nowhere in sight and yet, we were slow to cut focused on financial sector reforms and economy. The announcements being due, as stated by the Finance Minister,           (      interest rates shows the extent of the MPC’s delu- a major highlight was the front-load- made take forward the process of one is optimistic that we may see some -    ;        ! sional understanding of how Indian, or for that ing of 70,000 crore for bank recapi- deep and structural reforms, thereby measures for short-term revival of our              matter any economy, functions in the macro talisation. This was important as there paving the way for a future improve- growth rates. But as far as the mone-                  sense. was an immediate need to infuse fresh ment in our growth rates. Indeed, some tary policy is concerned, we’ve gotten #               The repo rates were indeed cut and we’ve capital into the banking system to kick- of the reforms are likely to help us get it wrong for a major part of the last           ! seen a 110-basis point cut so far but the ques- start the process of lending. to a higher potential growth rate in the couple of years.         "          tion is if it is enough. The answer is it isn’t, The other positive announcement next couple of years. Hopefully the low growth figure because the real rates are still too high. It’s about was to do with the Micro, Small & However, in the long run we’re all should make the powers that be realise                 F   time we realise that interest rates don’t impact Medium Enterprises (MSME) Goods dead. 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Cardiac failures can usually be treat- the blood flow to the heart is any prior symptoms. It is before sleeping helps wash away the dirt, pollu- Dlion people and if the trend continues, the number of people ed with medicine, surgery or assist device blocked while a sudden car- electrical malfunction in the tants, and other impurities accumulated on the suffering from diabetes is expected to reach 629 million by 2045. (LVAD) if diagnosed on time. diac arrest is when the heart heart that results in irregular face during the day, and thus prevent the forma- Even with millions of people suffering from the disease, it is dis- Childhood is an age where humans are beats too fast or stops beat- heartbeat (arrhythmia). This tion of pimples. Regular use of a face wash with concerting to see a number of myths surrounding it. the most active. Cardiac ailments in kids can ing. To put it simply, a heart causes the heart to beat the benefits of neem can help reveal your best skin. It is surprising that a lot of people around the world still believe lead to a restricted life in early childhood. attack is a circulation prob- rapidly, mostly leading to Neem is well known to help fight pimples, scars, that sugar is a major cause behind Diabetes. While it may seem as Thus, its crucial to consult a doctor if your lem and a sudden cardiac cardiac arrest. This disrupts pigmentation, and ensures that the skin remains a logical conclusion, considering the fact that the disease is linked kid has the following symptoms. arrest is an electrical prob- the ability of the heart to According to Ayurveda, ama healthy. to high blood sugar levels, it is still an erroneous conclusion. Type  Swelling of abdomen, legs, and lem. pump blood to the is the main cause for heart diseases. Unclog pores: The best way to remove per- I Diabetes is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the pan- ankles: Swelling in the lower abdomen. What is a heart attack? lungs,brain, and other vital Ama is the toxic material that is sistent blackheads and whiteheads is to scrub the creas is attacked by the body’s immune system and it has nothing Shortness of breath while climbing A heart attack is also organs, causing the patient to produced by undigested food. face at regular intervals. Scrubbing helps remove to do with the intake of sugar. In case of the more prevalent type stairs: Trouble breathing while running, known as myocardial infarc- gasp or stop breathing. The Therefore, one must make sure that impurities and dead skin cells. Use scrubs infused II Diabetes, factors like family history, obesity, physical inactivity climbing stairs, exercising and doing any- tion (MI) which is the dam- person may lose conscious- one eats only the amount and type with the benefits of herbal ingredients such as and poor diet are the major risk factors. While sugar plays a role thing which causes increase workload on age to a part of the heart ness and becomes unrespon- of foods one can digest properly. neem and apricot granules. Apricot granules act in weight gain, it also leads to an increase in insulin resistance. This heart. muscle due to inadequate sive within seconds. Cardiac Avoid over-eating and eating as natural exfoliators and help in enhancing your increase can, thus, lead to type 2 diabetes. Quick tiredness and lack of stamina: blood flow to that particular arrests can be fatal if the frequently. Eat a light breakfast and natural skin tone by exfoliating dead cells. It gives While acknowledging the fact that sugar does not cause Bad immune system and lack of energy dur- area. Mostly, this happens patient does not receive dinner. Lunch should be the main us softer and healthier skin. Diabetes, it is important to note that the amount of sugar intake ing any activity which requires a lot of phys- due to a blockage in one of immediate attention and meal. Milk products, fried foods, Relax with packs: A face pack helps soothe can affect a person who is already suffering from Diabetes. Apart ical hard work. the arteries of the heart. A treatment. cold foods and acidic foods should the skin. Face packs help prevent pimples and from sugar intake, how your body metabolises sugar also plays a Frequent nausea & reduced appetite: heart attack occurs when Even though there is a be taken in small quantities. White removes impurities. It also helps rejuvenate the skin significant role. Strong family history of diabetes and being over- Viral infections, dizziness, and chest conges- oxygen-rich blood is being potential that a heart attack flour products, and foods that con- by removing impurities from the pores. Use a face weight tend to make a person more insulin resistant. As insulin tion. prevented from reaching a can cause a sudden cardiac tain chemical preservatives and pack with the benefits of Neem and Turmeric. resistance increases, blood sugar levels also go up. In these cases, Excessive sweating: Over sweating section of the heart by the arrest, most heart attacks additives should be avoided. Turmeric is known for its anti-inflammatory prop- eating more simple sugars can even while walking down the road cannot blocked artery. If the blocked generally do not lead to it. Animal products, especially red erties and helps in improving the complexion of     .    further boost your blood sugar be neglected. artery is not treatedimmedi- However, there is chance of meat, are not good as they take a the skin. It is a natural antiseptic that helps in sooth- levels. Sudden cardiac arrest is a medical ately, the part of the heart sudden cardiac arrest after a long time to be digested, and cre- ing dry skin and preventing pimples.     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Greens leader Richard Di Monday on the first day of would only could increase peo- to other asylum seekers who “I do understand the real Natale has rallied his support school to show their commit- ple-smuggling trade. think they could settle in feeling about this and the desire for the family, saying the gov- ment to the city’s fiery anti-gov- His comments came Australia via boats. for there to be an exception but ernment’s action to deport the ernment protest movement. amidst a mounting public and It would also send “wrong I know what the consequences family to the detention centre The nearly three months of political pressure on the gov- message to those who are look- are of allowing those excep- was a “senseless cruelty”. youth-dominated protests — ernment to let the Tamil cou- ing to sell tickets to vulnerable tions...They can return to Sri Hundreds of people par- calling for democracy and an ple, Priya and Nadesalingam, people looking to get on boats”, Lanka and they can make an ticipated in rallies across independent inquiry into and their two Australian-born he said. application to come to Australia on Sunday, urging the police conduct — will be test- toddlers to stay in the country. 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Maldives government, told into a party capable of forging to 34 percent this year. charismatic Grillo and his dia- formed and ready to move on NHK said it was the first ment in the region and ten- They are unfolding as a reporters in the capital Male alliances with the far-right and “In Italy, given the consti- tribes against Italy’s political from its purely protest logic. time police had stepped up sions between Beijing and Chinese survey ship remains late Sunday that the reporter now the left. tution and the electoral law “caste” that dominated the Besides forming political patrols near the disputed Southeast Asian nations over in waters claimed by popularly known as Rilwan Founded by comedian (which mixes proportional rep- M5S. alliances, Di Maio’s M5S islands. the South China Sea, parts of Vietnam, prompting the received death threats from Beppe Grillo and digital mar- resentation with first past the Dignity, hope, transparen- changed course on several poli- However, extra jets from which are claimed by Brunei, Pentagon last week to accuse the group operating under the keting specialist Gianroberto post), the only way to enter into cy were the watchwords on cies, notably on remaining in the Japan Coastguard were Malaysia, Vietnam and the Beijing of efforts to “violate name Bilad-al-Sham on Casaleggio, the anti-establish- power is to make compromis- Grillo’s extremely popular blog the eurozone. deployed in 2018 to patrol the Philippines. the rules-based internation- Facebook. ment M5S initially refused any es and that’s what M5S has and in his rally speeches. 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Rilwan’s disappearance ulist, anti-migrant League. able to play a role in the coun- “But once in government the European Union. Southeast Asian countries over statement from the US al shipping route. sparked international concern, A little over a year later, the try’s public life,” she told AFP. the movement was confronted The Movement is founded islands in the South China embassy in Bangkok. On a trip to Thailand with the UN and rights organ- M5S is now in talks with the The M5S is atypical in its with the reality of power and on the idea of participatory Sea. 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TTorture has made a “land- There was no immediate of the footage. department of Hope Town, a Kevin McAleenan, acting India and must push tions with India, emphasise Pakistan has been trying mark” ruling calling on Bosnia word on casualties in the low- After days of nerve-wrack- district of Abaco island, report- homeland security secretary, Islamabad for “real results” counterterrorism coopera- to raise the issue at various to compensate a victim of lying islands. ing uncertainty surrounding ed widespread destruction. said hurricane force winds on counterterrorism coop- tion, and push Pakistan for international fora, but India wartime rape and provide free Packing sustained winds of the storm’s path, the south- It read in part like this: could hit Florida, followed by eration, former US ambas- real results,” Roemer said in has maintained that it is an medical and psychological care, 185 miles per hour (295 kph), eastern US states of Florida, “Abaco inn lost villas G and H a prolonged rain event com- sador to India Tim Roemer a tweet on Saturday, tagging internal matter. according to the NGO Trial Dorian crashed onshore in the Georgia and South Carolina additional damage to inn as bined with a storm surge. has said, as he hit out at Khan’s The New York Times The former ambassador International. Abacos Islands, in the north- finally ordered coastal resi- well Hope Town harbour lodge “That’s going to be very dif- Pakistan Prime Minister opinion piece on Kashmir. who played a key role in The legal organisation west of the Bahamas, as the dents to evacuate in a mass collapsed. Dan Sullivan house ficult as the storm starts to Imran Khan for ratcheting up In the write-up, Khan deepening the US-India ties, helped file a complaint to the strongest storm ever to hit the exodus set to affect hundreds of top of hill by inn lost roof sea move northward,” he said on the Kashmir issue. says if the world does noth- also condoled the passing UN committee (CAT) after Caribbean chain. thousands of people. spray gone house called tip of ABC’s “This Week.” Roemer oversaw the sign- ing to stop the “Indian away of former Finance the victim won her case in a It was tied for the second The NHC said the storm Tahiti gone.” Trump has declared a fed- ing of the Counterterrorism assault” on Kashmir and its Minister Arun Jaitley. Bosnian court in 2015 but most powerful hurricane ever will be “dangerously close” to NHC director Ken eral state of emergency in Cooperation Initiative which people, the two nuclear- “Recent passing of my never received the 15,000-euro in the Atlantic basin, the US the Florida coast Monday night Graham said the Bahamas Florida, authorising US assis- broadened US-India coordi- armed states will get ever friend, Finance Minister of (USD 16,500) compensation National Weather Service said through Tuesday. would be under major hurri- tance to supplement state and nation in intelligence and closer to a direct military India Arun Jaitley. He was a because the rapist did not have — with footage on social media On Sunday night, the east- cane conditions for a punish- local efforts. security cooperation. confrontation. bridge builder, brilliant the funds to pay. showing major destruction ern part of Grand Bahama ing 30 hours or more — endur- In southern Florida’s He has helped strengthen “The world needs war- lawyer, and huge cricket fan. A statute of limitations from howling gusts of wind was experiencing the eye wall ing roaring winds and torren- Jensen Beach, a mobile home US cooperation with India in riors for peace and negotia- The people of India will miss then prevented her from filing and pounding seawater. of the storm. The NHC said the tial rainfall of 15 to 20 inches, park visited by AFP stood all technology transfers and sales tion. Hopefully, India takes a dedicated public servant,” a civil case asking the state to Parts of the Abacos were situation on that island was life- even 30 inches in places. but empty — its rickety in the defence and space the initiative for stability in he said. foot the bill. under water as forecasters threatening and would only In Washington, President dwellings boarded up with thin industries. Kashmir. China should be Roemer served as In an a preliminary deci- warned they faced a towering worsen overnight. Donald Trump met with his wood or metal sheets. Roemer said Prime neutral. America knows India American ambassador to sion posted on Trial’s website, 18 to 23 foot storm surge. “Do not leave your shelter emergency management chiefs Joe Lewis, a 61-year-old Minister Khan was hyping is its long term strategic part- India from 2009 to 2011 dur- the UN committee said Bosnia Winds were gusting over as the eye passes over, as winds and declared “this looks mon- navy veteran — who is diabet- the Kashmir situation and ner in democracy, values and ing Barack Obama’s presi- had “failed to fulfil its obliga- 220 mph with no sign of weak- will rapidly increase on the strous.” ic and disabled — was trying to blamed him for personally the valued diaspora,” Roemer dentship. tions... by failing to provide the ening as the storm barreled other side of the eye,” the NHC “We expect that much of prop up his air conditioner attacking his Indian counter- said. During his time in office, complainant with redress west over the island of Grand warned in its 0200 GMT the eastern seaboard will be with a wooden post as he pre- part Narendra Modi. His remarks came amidst ambassador Roemer helped including fair and adequate Bahama, the National update. ultimately impacted and some pared to flee the storm’s path. “Pakistan PM Imran fresh Indo-Pak tensions, move India from being compensation”. Hurricane Center in Miami Bahamas Prime Minister of it very, very severely,” he said. “When I come back, this Khan hypes the Kashmir sit- which spiked after India America’s 25th largest trading It said the government is said. Hubert Minnis broke down in Florida issued its first evac- place may not be here,” he told uation, personally attacks PM abrogated provisions of partner to 12th. now required to ensure Video posted on the web- tears as he addressed a news uation orders in parts of Palm AFP. “Mother Nature can “prompt, fair and adequate site of the Bahamian newspa- conference, calling it “probably Beach, home of Trump’s Mar- be hell. I’ve seen it.” compensation” to the victim, as per Tribune 242 showed water the most sad and worst day of a-Lago resort, and Martin “There’s only one thing well as immediate and free up to the roofs of wooden my life,” the Nassau Guardian Counties. that’s important. It’s not what &  
  “medical and psychological houses in what appeared to be reported. “We’re facing a hur- South Carolina Governor you own, it’s who you are, and care”. a coastal town. ricane... one that we’ve never Henry McMaster followed suit your life. It doesn’t matter if I’ve Bosnia is also required to Capsized boats floated in seen in the history of the Sunday ordering mandatory got a million dollar home, I “offer public official apologies”, muddy brown water dotted Bahamas,” he said. evacuations of the state’s coast leave it. My life’s more impor-  
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Kartarpur corridor for Sikh pil- after a brief exchange of fire, fired up to three anti-tank and Odessa. “The shooter has Athat allows users to con- Zao’s soaring popularity grims at Attari on Wednesday, but tensions remained high missiles from Lebanon at an been identified as a 36-year-old vincingly superimpose their comes amid growing concern according to a media report. along the Lebanese border Israeli battalion headquarters local man named Seth Aaron own likeness over characters in over deepfakes — which are The proposed corridor will Monday after a series of accu- near Avivim and at a vehicle Ator,” police said. movies or TV shows has rapid- altered by using artificial intel- connect Darbar Sahib in sations from the two enemies. Israel said was a military ambu- Ator opened fire around 3 ly become one of the country’s ligence to appear genuine. Kartarpur with Dera Baba Burnt fields could be seen lance. pm (local time) after he was most downloaded apps, but has Critics warn that the tech- Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur in the border area and a new Israel retaliated with pulled over by traffic officials. triggered a backlash over pri- nology can be used to create district and facilitate visa-free military checkpoint was set around 100 artillery shells tar- He shot at the trooper who vacy fears. bogus videos to manipulate movement of Indian Sikh pil- up outside the Israeli commu- geting the squad that fired the stopped him and began shoot- Released on Friday, the elections, defame someone, or grims, who will have to just nity of Avivim. missiles. ing people at random, local Zao app went viral as Chinese potentially spark unrest by obtain a permit to visit Schools were however Hezbollah issued a state- media quoted Chief Michael users pounced on the chance to spreading misinformation on a Kartarpur Sahib, which was open and residents were ment soon afterward saying it Gerke of the Odessa Police see themselves act out scenes massive scale. established in 1522 by Sikh returning to normal activity in had destroyed an Israeli mili- Department as saying. from well-known movies using “We understand the con- faith founder Guru Nanak Dev. Avivim, from where the tary vehicle and killed and The driver then began “deepfake” technology, which cerns about privacy. We’ve The September 4 meeting Lebanese town of Maroun al- wounded those inside. shooting at other people in sev- has already prompted con- received the feedback, and will would take place on the Indian Ras is clearly visible on a near- Israel’s military later refut- eral other locations. At one cerns elsewhere over potential fix the issues that we didn’t take side of the Wagah Border – by hill. ed the claim, saying no one was point, he abandoned his car shooting. He used an assault Steve LeSueur, the Odessa misuse. into consideration, which will Attari Border – where officials “The war can start in a injured, but Israeli media and stole a postal truck before rifle style weapon during the police spokesman, said that at Users provide a series of take some time,” a statement from the two countries are minute. I am worried it could reported that a ruse may have continuing his spree. 10-mile long shooting spree,” least one person remains in selfies in which they blink, released by Zao said. expected to finalise the draft happen,” Dudu Peretz, 35, said contributed to Hezbollah’s He was shot dead by police authorities said. “life-threatening” condition.” open their mouth and make Zao is owned by Momo agreement pertaining to open- as he was dropping his son off statement. at a cinema complex. Online court records US President Donald other expressions, which Inc., a Tinder-like Chinese dat- ing of the corridor, the Express at kindergarten. According to the reports, “As federal agents join the showed that Ator faced arrest Trump appreciated the law the app will then use to real- ing service that is listed on the Tribune reported. Sunday’s incident — which Israel’s military staged an evac- investigation into why this in 2001 for a misdemeanor enforcement responders for istically morph the person’s US Nasdaq. The meeting would take caused no casualties — fol- uation of two supposedly mass shooting happened, we offence that would not have handing the situation well. animated likeness onto The app has since changed place four days after the tech- lowed a week of rising tensions injured soldiers who were not have learned more about the prevented him from legally “Great job by Texas Law movies, TV shows or other its terms to make clear it would nical experts from India and that included what Hezbollah in fact wounded in order to gunman,” the authorities said. purchasing firearms in Texas, Enforcement and First content. not use headshots or videos Pakistan held talks on the described as an Israeli drone deescalate the situation. 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= MC2. Theory of relativ- ity. “When you sit with a Enice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s two hours. That’s relativity.” For most of us, that is what our knowledge of Albert Einstein, the German physicist is limited to. Things that make him unfathomable, unapproachable and also distant. But how many of us know that he was extremely forgetful (he misplaced his room keys on his wedding night), didn’t wear socks because “all they did was to create holes,” had trouble maintaining relationships or was way behind the speaking curve when he was nine or 10 or loved to play the violin par- ticularly Mozart. Things that made him human and identifi- &
 
  able with any of us. All this and more came to the fore during a play, Einstein, staged at the #          Delhi Theatre Festival by Motley. +,        Written, directed and acted by Naseeruddin Shah, who           practically owns the stage from the word go, the play gives a bet-     8; 3 39 ter understanding of the man that was Einstein. The consum- ver thought what a clown mate actor that he is, there is no Edoes when he is depressed? hint of Naseer slipping out dur- He fakes smiles, makes the ing the entire course of 75 audience burst out in laughter minutes of the play and we are He also makes you think. with him for stating that, scien- money for grabbing power have to the audience. He explains person) to look like, crammed even though deep down, he is drawn into the small world An avowed pacifist, he points tists were the most religious of become commonplace, concepts like time, relativity, with books and minus any unwilling to speak. There’s that the Noble Laureate inhab- out that the destruction that people as they were always Einstein’s disdain for politics gravity and others simply by frills. some agony that’s keeping its. would be caused during the studying the conformity in the comes across as refreshing. His breaking them down to every- At one point, he pulls out him from being happy. Well, The shock of white hair is third World War would ensure Universe created by God. One refusal to become the President day incidents. At one stage, a compass from the drawer just a day ago, I came across unmistakable as is the way the that the next war would be priceless nugget which comes of Israel as “It would come in the Einstein (I mean, Naseer, which give us an insight into one who hasn’t stopped crying scientist dressed. The accent, fought with stones. One could out of the interaction, “I was for- way of his work,” is something because he became the very the mind of young Einstein and since days and has plenty of with German intonations, is not help but step back from the getting you cannot have a good that politicians nowhere would embodiment of the physicist) the way he got hooked to sci- reasons for it. The one he bang on as it doesn’t slip even play and reflect on contempo- religion unless you can lay your look upto as a role model. called two people on the stage ence, “I wondered why the loved the most has left him once during the entire run of the rary times where sabre-rattling life down for it.” The resonance His contemporaries and to explain a concept with the needle pointed in only one and gone overseas. He is left play. One realises that rather in the neighbourhood and talk with a time where religion their politics too are put under help of a sheet and two balls. direction.” with nothing now. Also, the through a roller coaster ride of than the forbidding character, of a nuclear war which would seems to have become the the microscope. Einstein talks When two men started walking While watching the play, it fact that he’s getting older. emotions that made us fear thanks to being the towering have “consequences for the biggest reason why people dis- about the conversion of Fritz towards the stage, he wanted was hard for the audience to The play, Nothing Like growing old and the sense of figure in physics that he was, whole world,” has become agree and kill each other is chill- Haber, a German Jew who was that at least one should be of the remember that it was Naseer Lear, started with actor Vinay losing the loved ones. Einstein was human. He could everyday chatter. But then what ing. He is quick to argue that a chemist and considered the opposite sex as “female empow- that we were watching and not Pathak entering the stage just His acting conveyed each engage in self-deprecating is art, if not a reflection of life? none of the scientists were father of chemical warfare, to erment is important.” Einstein. And that, is certainly in time, dressed as a clown, emotion so realistically that it humour, call a spade one with- However, this was not the ready to die for the Milky Way, Christianity — which still did The set was simply the greatest compliment an with his big brown briefcase. felt like it was everything you out any qualms of what people only reference to contemporary so they couldn’t be called reli- not allow him to be accepted in designed and a perfect example actor can get. Only grouse, it He tried to keep it very inti- have already witnessed or would say and take a strong times that one could glean from gious. the Nazi fold completely. of what we would have imag- could have been trimmed by mate so he started interacting going to witness in your life. stand for things that he believed the play. When talking about a Moreover, in times where The language is conversa- ined the room of Einstein (or just about 10 minutes to make with the audience by repeat- Pathak, through the play, in. Bishop’s apparent displeasure horse-trading and exchange of tional, where Einstein is talking for that matter any scholarly it more engaging. ing the words, ‘it hasn’t start- conveyed about his various ed yet’, ‘you didn’t miss any- encounters with depression, thing’, ‘people are still coming the major one being parting nce in a blue moon you come in, it’s the capital you see’. The from his daughter, who meant Oacross a set of works that evokes audience couldn’t agree more the world to him. He also multiple perspectives. One of the "     2 with him and laughed their talked about how good his series of artworks at the Delhi hearts out, waiting eagerly for brother is in acting and how Contemporary Art Week at the Visual the lights to get dim and the he would have played a partic- Arts Gallery does something similar. play to kick off. Indeed, true. ular scene differently with It is Nature Morte’s solo exhibition of @   C@9                is deep harmony as well as joy in the It’s the capital and how on much intense passion. He Bhutanese artist Zimbiri that creates way she creates tigers of conviction earth the people could be on portrayed that he was a mere a symphony of preludes and noc-          ; 09 blending in space and atmosphere. time. The play was an adapta- fool presenting this play. If it turnes with her tiger series. As an endangered species, she draws tion of Shakespeare’s King would have been his brother, Heightened, self-evolved, moody and ed with full, moist lines and you can attention to what man has done to Lear by Rajat Kapoor, who the play would have been so dramatic, she creates a set of images see deeply expressionist notes in her nature. Globalisation is not exclusive delivered it with his own lit- much better. Between these that reflect the tiger in repose and in feline cats that even smile, roar, jump to modern society but is a long- tle twists and turns at the third tales, he also enacted the a somber mood. and dance in their framed boxes. standing tradition. She points, edition of the Delhi Theatre scenes from King Lear. The Her works start with the tradition- unconsciously, to the truth that a Festival. scenes were intensely interwo- ###1# al materials and techniques used in tiger is a cultural and intellectually King Lear is one of the ven with the tales from his life. Zimbiri’s works are gentle like the Bhutanese art: sa-tschen (earth paint) natural asset. The seven paintings most famous tragedies of And it is at that moment breeze that waft across the mountains. and rhay-shing (hand-woven can- embody diverse traits from different William Shakespeare. It was when one would have realised Her tigers speak of great passages in vas). These impart a ghostly presence Eastern cultures and tell us that tigers believed to have been written the relevance of Shakespeare time, a strong sense of physicality, a to the images that she paints, commu- are a valuable heritage of our biodi- between 1605-1606 and was even today. rhythmic sumptuous beauty of mane nicating a sense of fragility, as if these versity. They evoke the beauty, pos- based on a legend of the Leir Not only did Pathak man- and luxuriant stripes that echo the traditions themselves might soon sibilities of inclusion and diversity, of Britain, a pre-Roman Celtic age to capture the attention of integrity of nature’s perfection. disappear. Her art is a perfectly post- about which we selfish people some- king from mythology. It was a the audience for the whole It certainly makes you think of modern synthesis, which combines times forget. story full of betrayal, death duration of the show but his Dutch Master Vermeer’s enlivening the local with the global and the con- and one’s descent into mad- portrayal of different charac- accents of bright white. One thinks of temporary with the traditional. Born  1 P ness. Nothing Like Lear was ters impressed us the most. melding the surreal syntax with a min- in 1991, Zimbiri studied both Art and She recalls William Blake’s poem way across the borders but it With a slight change in his imalist mood that seeks to define the Economics at Wheaton College in the Tiger in which he leaves us in awe at was a tragedy nevertheless. voice, he was a different per- source and dignity of pose and poise. USA. the complexity of the creation and As the plot proceeded son altogether. There were If Head In The Clouds delivers a delib- The soft application of earth the sheer magnitude of God’s power. towards a Lear-like flashback, moments when he tried to erate message of ascension, the boxed paint and the hand woven canvas, The perspective in Blake’s poem Pathak’s exceptional one-and- recall some specific terms series is a feline lover’s delight. both become materials as well as the involves a sophisticated acknowledg- half-hour monologue recalled with the help of the audience. Zimbiri’s tigers seem to float amid har- media that result in a gentle, even sen- ment of what is unexplainable in the how he did not want his Although he explicitly asked monious and colourful relationships. suous looking, feline species. universe, presenting evil as the daughter to grow old quickly. us to not to help him instant- Her tigers move beyond aesthetic ele- prime example of something that It was when his daughter tried ly and gave us a tag of the gance as their yellow and black stripes # #   1  cannot be denied but will not with- to stand up while crawling “educated audience,” who and their smooth fur evoke the state Zimbiri renders her tigers with stand facile explanation either. The with the help of the table’s leg, knows everything. of being. compelling physiognomic accuracy (a open awe of the tiger brings us to the he amusingly pushed her To see King Lear through practice of assessing a person’s char- importance of faith in a benevolent down to stop her from being the eyes of a clown was to see #    acter or personality from their outer universe. on her own this early. And him as a man, as a father, as Zimbiri had a show of masks at appearance—especially the face). At Zimbiri’s tigers reveal the histor- said, ‘Why are you in a hurry an outcast and as a child. It Nature Morte. This suite of seven the same time, however, such works tiger, too, will one day become a the Himalayas, she depicts them from ical progression of cultural interac- to grow up? Keep crawling, was like to view a fool through studies only on the tiger are in distinct reveal the historical progression of species of the past. the blending of realism as well as tion and exchange; they function as my child! The world is bad for the eyes of a fool. Pathak contrast to the brightly coloured cultural interaction and exchange; She weaves eastern notions and imagination, as brave and fierce spir- evidence of the ways in which you to be out there.’ While it lived his entire life within the compositions of floral or arboreal they function as evidence of the ways traditions in her work but gives us a its, which makes portrayals of them indigenous cultures incorporate for- attracted some grins and gig- tempest of the theatre. The themes. The pale and seemingly sur- in which indigenous cultures incor- modernist moorings that is hallmark highly desirable. What is interesting eign elements, out of which arise new gles, it was also quite disheart- search for a contemporary real stripes on these monochrome porate foreign elements, out of which of her tiger paintings. The artist too is that her tigers tend to have dif- and innovative forms alongside ening to see him go through tale of a father and a daugh- tigers, done in straw yellow and raven arise new and innovative forms along- focusses on the meticulous expression ferent facial expressions and sugges- existing traditions. Above all the the pain of being separated ter was brought to life by the black, may at first appear to have been side existing traditions. Zimbiri says of the tiger’s black stripes. By contrast, tions of temperaments. treatment and technique, the ethe- from the loved ones at a cer- one man, who portrayed the brushed but close examination shows she decided on the tiger because it is the stripes in her paintings tend to be real and ephemeral elements tell us tain age. His daughter refused grain of Shakespeare’s fiction that a vast swathe of the animal’s hair endangered as well as considered more than just simple black ink lines.   #  that in art there are infinite ways of to let him in, even though he brilliantly. Although the play has been minutely painted into fine- precious in Bhutanese mythic histo- She renders them as more two-  '   seeing and creating. travelled across borders just to was an arduous journey of ly woven strokes. The stripes, legs, ry. Most of the animals in their dimensional giving them an alluring In her boxed series, you see the (Delhi Contemporary Art Week see her. Due to its on-point every emotion, its length paws and mouth have been indicat- mythic tales belong to the past and the flatness. Since tigers are indigenous to animal filling the entire frame. There runs till September 7.) representation, it took us played a bit negative role. A, 5   "     /  )9 +                  
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         A             There’s no denying the fact that years and 39.1 per cent women in 46 to mostly all social activities today are cen- 60 years who drink alcohol for emotion- tered around alcohol and it is seen as a *   al reasons. While 43.7 per cent women quick and easy social lubricant. And   F : in the age group of 18 to 30 years con- when everyone’s doing the same thing, sume alcohol out of habit or desire to do it doesn’t seem like a problem.  &  .  so, almost 41.7 per cent of them in the “Affluence, alcohol as a means of cop- age group of 31 to 45 years hold the glass ing with modern day stress and ‘pink-  1      because of an occupational requirement ing’ of the alcohol market, combined           N or because of social norm. Of course, as with sustained messaging in films and         with men, the bigger question is if they on television that alcohol is the best way O          too are drinking responsibly. for women to relax and reward them-      ! lready among the world’s highest selves, is all adding up to the rise,” feels consumers of alcohol, India’s love Singhal.     Afor it is growing rapidly especial- An obvious outcome of increased      ly among women. Higher disposable alcohol consumption is drinking and         incomes, changes in attitudes over alco- driving, which has also increased among        hol consumption and the proliferation women in the last five years. The survey  ! of an eating out culture have spurred the shows that more than 60 per cent demand for alcohol. Women are no women in the age group of 18 to 45 years L    longer dependent on having alcohol in admitted to driving drunk on one or    the company of men and are doing so more occasions. The trend was howev-    while heading out alone or in a group. er, less visible in 46 to 60 years, where       Thus expenditure on alcohol by women only 45.3 per cent women admitted to       has increased considerably, especially driving drunk and 21.4 per cent women among the working class and those in above 60 years. Nearly 37.8 per cent     belonging to higher income groups. women in the age group 18 to 30 years !    A public survey, launched by CADD believed that driving their own vehicle       on women drinking in Delhi NCR, was was much safer than opting for public    N   conducted for 90 days to understand the transport especially in Delhi. The rea-     impact and reasons for rising con- son for drunk driving for around 34.1 sumption of alcohol among women. to be common among women these ing affluence, aspirations, societal pres- year in 2005. per cent women, in the age group 31 to     Some of the questions in the survey days. Monthly expenditure on alcohol sures and exposure to a different lifestyle Another intriguing fact, the survey 45 years, was because they were near      focus on understanding the changing has increased considerably over the altogether is driving women to experi- reveals, is that wine and whisky are their homes post an outing. The report   ! " N A psycho social fabric of the society which last two decades. ment with alcohol.” showing considerable increase in terms shows that drinking in bars or pubs and      K highlights the reasons for women drink- According to road safety expert In Delhi, for instance, 40 per cent of of preference among women. Around in social functions appeared to be quite ing, how many drinks are consumed in and activist Prince Singhal, founder of men and 20 per cent of women (almost 51.7 per cent in the age group 18 to 30 common among women between 18 to         one session? Are women binge drinking? the community against drunken driving, 15 lakh women) are alcohol consumers years and 44.1 per cent women in the age 45 years, while doing at home was pre-  ! 0    +&& Changing preferences of different alco- “At 2.7 lakh crore India’s alcohol mar- as per a report by AIIMS. And accord- group preferred coloured drinks and ferred between 46 to 60 years.        holic drinks? Are they drinking and dri- ket is among the world’s fastest growing. ing to a study by WHO, between 2010 cocktails, while 39.1 per cent of them in “Higher pricing and taxation which   M   ving? Are women consuming more Globally 6 per cent of the alcohol and 2017, alcohol consumption in India the age group 46 to 60 years and 45.5 per were seen as a deterrent to alcohol pur-  ! alcohol than their male counterparts? growth is driven by India. Men and has increased by 38 per cent. It has cent women in the age group of above chase have no impact on this expendi- Out of the 5,000 women surveyed, women are drinking a lot more alcohol increased to about 5.7 litres per adult per 60 years preferred whisky and other hard ture and even more expensive brands are it reveals that binge drinking appeared as compared to the last decade. The ris- year in 2016 from 2.4 litres per adult per drinks. In fact, 31.2 per cent of women seeing a steady growth,” says Singhal.    !"#$%&'(   B3 +      /7  @
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ndia pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah said experience of  60/ "70 Ibowling with duke balls in English conditions has helped him to succeed in the ongoing Test tour of the West Indies. ndia inched closer towards another “I played a lot of cricket in England, we played a lot clean sweep after West Indies lost a of Test matches, we bowled with the duke ball. There is Icouple of wickets to be reduced to 145 a lot of movement with the duke ball, you get a lot of con- for 4 in pursuit of an improbable 468 in fidence in outswing, inswing, whatever you’re trying. So, the second and final Test here on that experience helped me out,” Bumrah told reporters after Monday. the third day’s play. West Indies require another 323 Asked about India’s strategy, Bumrah said the plan was runs with only six wickets, if a physical- to create pressure in the first innings. ly indisposed Darren Bravo comes out “You have to assess the wicket, what are the condi- to bat in the later stages. tions, what works here. Here the wicket has a lot more Ishant Sharma (2/28) got his second bounce. In such bouncy wickets you can become greedy wicket of the innings while Ravindra and bowl short but you shouldn’t do that. You should look Jadeja (1/33) removed the dangerous to bowl in good areas and create pressure and try and bowl Roston Chase but was unlucky not to  @    -   
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 " B champion and current series leader. “They are so much faster than us and Monza is all straights ... We will do our best,  " In men’s singles, ' 270#70 but it is going to be a tough job to match them.” Sourabh will look to con- Hamilton increased his lead in this year’s ormer champions tinue his momentum fol- ustralia coach Justin Langer is title race to 69 points ahead of re-signed FSaina Nehwal and lowing his triumph at the Akeeping his players waiting to Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who Sourabh Verma will look Hyderabad Open. The learn the team for the fourth came home third, and was quick to praise 21- to find their best form Madhya Pradesh shuttler Ashes Test against England. year-old Leclerc for his performance under when they begin their will open his campaign They seem certain to make at pressure. quest to regain the against Japan’s Kazumasa least one switch, with star batsman Leclerc, who started from pole and resist- women’s and men’s singles Sakai. Steve Smith available again after ed intense Hamilton pressure as he chased him crowns at the Chinese Among others, cur- suffering concussion following a in the closing laps, dedicated his win to his late Taipei BWF World Tour rently ranked 27th, bouncer from Jofra Archer in the friend Hubert. Super 300 beginning with Prannoy, who lost a lot of second game. “He did a great job,” said Hamilton. “Even qualifiers from today. time after being hit by a Pacemen Mitchell Starc and if we had different strategies, it would have been Top seed Saina stomach problem late last Peter Siddle will also hope to be hard to have beaten him. He deserved to win.” returns to the tourna-   < #   #   "          year, will meet local involved. Langer was giving few Leclerc, widely tipped as a future champi- ment for the first time favourite Wang Tzu Wei clues away as to Australia’s likely “The 12th man will be one of he left off in the Test series. on, performed with grace and humanity on and since winning the title ly after his victory over Saina will face Korea’s in the first round. selection at Monday’s press confer- the bowlers. We’re very clear what “I’ve just thrown to him for off the circuit during a stressful race weekend way back in 2008, while Chinese legend Lin Dan at An Se Young in the open- Third seed Sameer ence and said his players are still in the batting is.” about half an hour and he’s mov- that saw him move within 12 points of his reigning national champi- the recent World ing round and looks Verma, who had clinched the dark as well. Former Australia captain ing really well, so we’re all hopeful Ferrari team-mate and four-time world cham- on Sourabh had achieved Championship in Basel, favourite to lift the trophy three titles last year, will “The players don’t know yet. Smith has scored a combined total that he gets back into the zone, or pion Sebastian Vettel in the drivers’ standings. the glory here in 2016 and Switzerland. even though she is likely lock horns with Malaysia’s We’re going to tell them before din- of 378 runs in three innings in the hits the ball in the middle of the He has now out-qualified Vettel at six races will look to repeat his feat. World No 8 Saina to face stiff competition Daren Liew. ner tonight and then it will prob- series so far, at a remarkable aver- bat,” Langer said. in succession, leaving the German battling to On a comeback trail looked good at the World from Canada’s second Women’s doubles pair ably be public after that,” Langer age of 126. “He’s shown that throughout retain his status as Ferrari’s lead driver. since regaining fitness, Championships before a seed Michelle Li, USA’s of Aparna Balan and said. Smith was back on the field in the summer. He’s been batting well, On Sunday, Vettel was asked to pull over former top 10 player H S few controversial umpir- third seed Beiwen Zhang Prajakta Sawant too are in “We’re very clear on the 12, not last week’s tour match against so let’s hope he can continue that. and allow Leclerc to pass mid-race on his way Prannoy is another Indian ing decisions led to her and Korea's fourth seed the fray. They will take on so sure on the 11. Sorry I can’t give Derbyshire, scoring 23 in his only It’s important for our team and it’s to finishing fourth. It is now more than a year shuttler to look out for defeat to Denmark’s Mia Sung Ji Hyun among oth- sixth seeds Chow Mei you more but it’s probably better to visit to the crease, and Langer just nice knowing that he’s back in since his last win, ironically at Belgium in 2018. during the week, especial- Blichfeldt last week. ers. Kuan and Lee Meng Yean. tell the players before we tell you. hopes he can now pick up where the team.”