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SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From AVENUES 10 WORLD 13 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL CHILL IN THE PRE-BUDGET EXPECTATIONS & PAK SC UPHOLDS BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR VALLEY RECOMMENDATIONS ASIA’S ACQUITTAL CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 155 Issue 28 LUCKNOW, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable IND EVES BEAT NZ IN 2ND ODI, SEAL} SERIES } 16 SPORT www.dailypioneer.com Seeks approval Govt to SC: Want to to give back Yogi gifts UP world longest e-way 67.390 acres PNS n PRAYAGRAJ dding a new leaf to the his- non-disputed Atory of governance in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath return Ayodhya land land to owners Government held its Cabinet meeting in the Kumbh Mela PNS n NEW DELHI land required from out of the area on Tuesday and took sev- Ways and Means superfluous/excess land to eral decisions to beautify the n a significant move ahead of ensure that the successful party Sangam city and install statues Ithe Lok Sabha polls, the * Only 0.313 acre land on which the disputed structure stood before in the dispute pending regard- of saints related to Lord Ram, Centre on Tuesday moved the the demolition was disputed portion of the land, Centre tells SC ing the “disputed land” can besides constructing the world’s Supreme Court seeking mod- * The Govt had acquired 67.703 acre through a legislation in 1993 but have proper access to and longest Ganga Expressway ification of its 2003 order to the Supreme Court had ordered a status quo in 2003 enjoyment of rights in the dis- from Meerut to Prayagraj. allow it to return to original * Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas is the owner of 42 acres of the acquired puted land”. The Government also owners the 67.390 acres of non-disputed land. The organisation is a trust that was formed to The petition comes the approved the much-hyped “non-disputed” acquired land promote and oversee the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya day the Supreme Court was Bundelkhand Expressway around the disputed Ram supposed to begin the long- and the Gorakhpur Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid * Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, this writ petition is being seen as anticipated hearing on the Link Expressway to connect structure in Ayodhya. The the BJP-led Government’s move to reaffirm its commitment towards Ayodhya title dispute case, but with the Purvanchal 0.313 acres plot, on which dis- building a Ram temple in Ayodhya the court cancelled the hearing Expressway. The Cabinet meet- puted structure stood before it due to the unavailability of one ing started after around 30 was demolished by kar sevaks of the judges on the five-judge Ministers took a holy dip in the on December 6, 1992, was Constitution Bench. Ahead of Sangam and had darshan of the within the 2.77 acres plot. the Lok Sabha elections, this century-old Akshay Vat and The Government had writ petition is being seen as Saraswati Koop. acquired 67.703 acres, includ- the BJP-led Government’s Yogi, who himself briefed ing the 2.77 acres, through a move to reaffirm its commit- the media about the Cabinet legislation in 1993 but the ment towards building a Ram decisions, said it was decided to Supreme Court had ordered a temple in Ayodhya. approve the 600-kilometre status quo in 2003 on the The Centre’s petition Ganga Expressway connect- entire land in Ayodhya where comes at a time when the ing Meerut, Amroha, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath takes a holy dip in Ganga at Sangam during the ongoing Kumbh Mela in the 16th Century mosque newly formed Constitution Bulandshahr, Budaun, Prayagraj on Tuesday stood before it was demol- Bench is set to hear the title dis- Shahjahanpur, Kannauj, ished in 1992. The Babri Masjid pute. This Bench initially com- Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh Expressway running along the this expressway, 3,641 hectare and Ambedkarnagar and its stood on 0.313 acres of these 67 prised Chief Justice of India and Prayagraj. Ganga. The Expressway was land would be required and the total cost is expected to be acres, which constitutes the Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SA He said it would be a four- slated to connect Greater Noida total cost would be around `555 crore. The CM said a stat- disputed land. Bobde, NV Ramana, UU Lalit lane access control greenfield to Ballia, connecting major `14,716 crore. ue of Maharishi Balmiki, who The application filed by the and DY Chandrachud, and expressway which could be cities like Varanasi, Mirzapur, Starting from Etawah, the scripted Ramayana, would be BJP-led NDA Government on was scheduled to hear the mat- expanded to six lanes. The Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Rae Expressway will connect with constructed at his ashram near Tuesday claimed that only oversee the construction of a said. It sought modification of ter on January 10. However, Chief Minister said the pro- Bareli, Unnao, Kanpur, Agra-Lucknow Expressway and Chitrakoot on Prayagraj high- 0.313 acres land on which the Ram temple in Ayodhya. the apex court order of March Justice UU Lalit recused him- posed Ganga Expressway Kannauj, Hardoi, Farrukhabad, pass through Auraiya, Jalaun, way. The Government will also disputed structure stood before “The applicant (Centre) is 31, 2003, by which the Central self from the case. This was would be laid out on 6,556 Shahjahanpur, Budaun, Mahoba, Hamirpur and Banda set up a research institute and the demolition was disputed filing this application seeking Government was directed to after Senior Advocate Rajiv hectare land and would have Bulandshahr, etc. But, the to culminate at Chitrakoot. beautify the place. Similarly, the portion of the land. permission of this court to maintain the “status quo” with Dhavan, who represents the eight rail overbridges and 18 Allahabad High Court had The Cabinet also Government will install a The Ram Janmabhoomi permit the applicant to fulfil the regard to entire land, including Sunni Waqf Board, pointed flyovers costing around stayed its construction as there approved Gorakhpur Link statue of Lord Ram and Nishad Nyas (RJN) is the owner of as duty to revert/restore/hand the non-disputed acquired out that Justice Lalit had rep- `36,000 crore. was no environmental clear- Expressway to connect Raj Milan at Shringaverpur in much as 42 acres of the over the excess/superfluous plots. The Modi Government resented former UP CM Earlier in 2007, the then ance for the project at that time. with Lucknow-Ghazipur Prayagraj, besides constructing acquired non-disputed land. land acquired under the in its 33-page application said Kalyan Singh, in a contempt of Mayawati Government had The Cabinet also approved Purvanchal Expressway. The a park and beautifying The organisation is a trust that Acquisition of Certain Areas of modification would enable it to court case 24 years ago. launched a 1,047-km access the much-hyped 297 km-long 90-km-long link Expressway the area. was formed to promote and Ayodhya Act, 1993,” the plea determine “the exact extent of Continued on Page 7 controlled eight-lane Ganga Bundelkhand Expressway. For will pass through Azamgarh Continued on Page 7 Why only ‘babus’ Govt OK’s `7.2K cr calamity relief Another shifted CBI PNS n NEW DELHI `6,691 cr will be given as Central aid to 4 drought-hit head of 2019 Lok Sabha picked for CIC, Apolls, the Modi States — Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra, Karnataka SP accuses chief of Government has approved a package of `7,214.03 crore to which include `317.44 crore to six States and one Union Himachal Pradesh for floods 4 aides posts: SC ` acting out of malice Territory that were affected by and landslides, 191.73 crore to PTI n NEW DELHI crats. “Their (petitioners) natural disasters such as Uttar Pradesh for floods, and RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI “…I request you to search objection is that only civil ser- drought, floods, cloudburst, `13.09 crore to Puducherry for your heart and recall this fact he Supreme Court on vants are there. Ultimately, you landslides and cyclone during cyclone. oon after the controversy you bear, or think you bear, an TTuesday asked the Centre do not find even a single per- 2018-19. The decision was taken by Ssurrounding the transfer of animosity to be, not to an ail- as to why only retired or sitting son other than bureaucrats,” the Of the total, `6,691.77 crore a high-level committee chaired CBI SP Sudhanshu Dhar ing old woman. I request you bureaucrats were being short- Bench told the ASG. will be given as Central assis- by Union Home Minister Mishra, who registered the FIR on purely humanitarian listed by the search committee The SC also observed that tance to four droughts hit States Rajnath Singh and will cater to against former ICICI MD grounds in the hope that you for appointment as information the search committee com- — Maharashtra Gujarat, Andhra the needs of those States that Chanda Kochar, her husband can truly make a start to redeem commissioners. prises civil servants only. The Pradesh and Karnataka — for have faced floods, landslides, Deepak and Videocon Group your humanity. It is never late A Bench of Justices AK SC is hearing a plea filed by RTI Kharif season. The package was drought, cloudburst and MD VN Dhoot, another SP has in life to become a good man Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer was activists Anjali Bhardwaj, announced after high-level inter- cyclone. The drought package questioned his transfer by acting again. Trust me. Trust the bet- told by the Centre that Chief Commodore Lokesh Batra ministerial team visited drought will help the State Government CBI chief Nageswara Rao and ter part of your heart. No more, Information Commissioner (retired) and Amrita Johri, States to assess the damage. as well as farmers. also raised finger on the mass No less. The rest is up to you,” and four information com- who have claimed that over Maharashtra will get According to a new man- Rajasthan and Odisha (9 dis- land regions of Marathwada, transfers by the interim chief. the aggrieved SP further said. missioners have already been 23,500 appeals and complaints `4714.28 crore, Karnataka ual on drought management tricts each) — are facing Vidarbha and some western In a letter to Rao last week, Another reason cited by appointed while the process for are pending with the CIC as `949.49 crore, Andhra Pradesh issued by the Agriculture drought this year. As per India parts of the State. The severi- Superintendant of Police T Balaji is his complaint of mis- appointing other information posts of information commis- `900.40 crore, and Gujarat Ministry in December 2016, Meteorological Department ty of the drought is worst in Rajah Balaji has alleged vendet- conduct against Rao to then CBI commissioners was underway. sioners are lying vacant. `127.60 crore. Interestingly, the Centre provides funds to (IMD), 252 of the 681 districts Maharashtra with an area of ta as the reason behind his chief Alok Verma. “It is a known Additional Solicitor During the hearing, the Governments of Odisha, Bihar State Governments in case of across the country have faced 85.76 lakh hectares, which is 44 transfer to CBI Academy fact that I had complained about General (ASG) Pinky Anand, ASG told the court that process and West Bengal too have “severe” drought, not “mild”. deficient rainfall this year. per cent of the total affected Ghaziabad from the Anti- your misconduct to the then appearing for the Centre, said of appointing information declared drought during kharif Since the yardstick to measure Officials of Agriculture area, in the State. This will have Corruption Bureau at the Director CBI, vide letter dated that search committee has rec- commissioners was an ongoing 2018, but they have not sub- the severity of drought is Ministry said Maharashtra has a direct impact on over 82 lakh agency headquarters in the March 11, 2017, and subse- ommended 14 names for con- exercise and the Government is mitted any memorandum to the stricter, the new conditions sought of `7,962.63crore from farmers in Maharashtra. national Capital. quently, when you had served sideration to the selection com- following the selection criteria Centre. Even a large chunk of make it more difficult for the the Centre and a proposal to In Karnataka, the official “You know better than me me with a memo, your miscon- mittee for appointing infor- prescribed under the RTI Act. Uttar Pradesh received 40 per States to prove “severe” drought this effect had been submitted said as many as 37.12 lakh that you are not a man of any duct was set out in more explic- mation commissioners. Advocate Pranav Sachdeva, cent deficit monsoon but the and get relief from the Centre. to the Prime Minister Office. hectare of agricultural land honour. I am an eternal optimist it terms by me vide letter dated “In these 14 names, apart appearing for the petitioners, State has not declared drought. As per data, as many as As per the Maharashtra spread in 24 districts are affect- about humanitarianism. I derive May 2, 2017, and now you have from bureaucrats (retired or sit- said cases in State Information West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh 1.95 crore hectare in 97 districts Government documents, as ed from drought during the strength from these immortal abused your official position to ting) is there anybody else?,” the Commissions (SICs) are kept contribute more than one- of six States — Maharashtra, many as 151 tehsils of kharif season. It had lines from Shakespeare, ‘There service your personal sleepless Bench asked. pending for years and due to fourth of India’s rice production. (26 districts) Karnataka (24 dis- Maharashtra spread over 26 sought `2,434 crore as com- is some soul of goodness in malice and prejudice against To this, the ASG said one this cases filed in 2008 is being The Centre has also decid- tricts), Andhra Pradesh (9 dis- districts are drought hit. A pensation from the Centre to things evil, Would men observ- me at the expense of institutional of the 14 persons is a retired decided now in West Bengal. ed to release `522. 17 crore as tricts), Gujarat (11 districts), majority of the drought-affect- tackle drought. ingly distill it out’,” Balaji said in and public interests. judge while the rest are bureau- Continued on Page 7 package for natural disasters Jharkhand (18 districts) ed tehsils are located in the dry- Continued on Page 7 his letter to Rao. Continued on Page 7 CAPSULE
RAHUL’S INCOME PROMISE A JOKE, SAYS MAYAWATI Lucknow: BSP president George Fernandes no more Mayawati on Tuesday took a swipe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his promise of Veteran socialist leader — Defence Minister in the Vajpayee Govt — was suffering from Alzheimer’s and had recently contracted swine flu providing minimum income on coming to power and wondered PNS n NEW DELHI ed former Prime Minister Indira Despite being a staunch critic of ending a political career that had Emergency, when civil liberties were if it was another cruel joke like Gandhi in 1977. the RSS, Fernandes joined the BJP-led begun with him defeating veteran severely curtailed and Opposition the promises of “garibi hatao” or eteran socialist George Fernandes, The doctors declared Fernandes NDA Government under Prime Congress MP SK Patil from Bombay throttled, Fernandes was arrested in the “achchey din”. People can see Vwho was the Defence Minister in dead at his home already before he Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998 South in the 1967 Lok Sabha so-called Baroda Dynamite case. results of “garibi hatao” slogan the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government, could be moved to a private hospital. and 1999, in which he was appoint- Elections. He subsequently repre- Fernandes found refuge in Tamil of former Prime Minister Indira passed away on Tuesday following a “Fernandes was attended to at his ed the Defence Minister. It was also sented Muzzafarpur and Nalanda Nadu during the Emergency and Gandhi for themselves, the BSP prolonged illness. He was 88. home by a Max Healthcare team, during his tenure that India conducted constituencies in Bihar, and was also worked form a house there. Fernandes chief said. Fernandes was suffering from which found him unresponsive and nuclear tests at Pokhran in 1998. a Rajya Sabha member in 2009-2010. made good friends with late M Alzheimer’s disease, which had forced declared him dead on Tuesday at 06:42 He was also the Industries A wave of sorrow swept across Karunanidhi and after Karunanidhi JET GROUNDS 3 PLANES him out of the public eye for last many am,” the hospital said. Minister under the Janata Party Bihar, which Fernandes had virtual- opposed the emergency his DMK ON LEASE RENTAL DEFAULT years. He had recently contracted Fernandes, who was born to a Government which had defeated for- ly adopted as his second home and Government was dismissed on Mumbai: Crisis-ridden Jet swine flu. Fernandes died at his resi- Christian family in Mangalore, mer Prime Minster Indira Gandhi in political ‘karmabhoomi’, representing January 31, 1976. When Karunanidhi Airways was on Tuesday forced dence here. Karnataka, burst into national lime- 1977. Soon he was at loggerheads with its various constituencies in was arrested in 2001 during the to ground three of its Boeing He was India’s Defence Minister light when as a firebrand trade union- industrialists and demanded that Parliament for a period spanning over AIADMK regime, Fernandes, who 737 planes due to non-payment in the NDA Government headed by ist in Mumbai he organised a Railways Coca-Cola and IBM comply with for- four decades. Bihar Chief Minister was then the convener of the National of lease rentals, leading to Vajpayee when India fought the Kargil strike in 1974 that brought the coun- eign ownership regulations, which Nitish Kumar has declared a two-day Democratic Alliance, had visited the cancellation of around 20 war in 1999. It was during his try to a standstill. Ironically, he forced them to shut down their oper- State mourning. DMK patriarch at the Central Prison domestic flights. Shares of Jet tenure that India conducted nuclear became the Railways Minister in ations and quit India. Fernandes had played a critical role here and then Union Minister fell over two per cent in the tests at Pokhran in 1998. He was the 1989 under VP Singh’s National Front He faded away from public con- in the anti-Emergency movement of the Murasoli Maran at a hospital. afternoon trade on Tuesday, Industry Minister under the Janata coalition Government, comprising sciousness after unsuccessfully fight- Opposition parties that ousted Indira Continued on Page 7 sources said. 3 JUNE 1930 — 29 JAN 2019 Party Government which had defeat- mostly Left leaning parties. ing the 2009 Parliamentary elections, Gandhi in 1977. During the 1975-77 Related reports on P5 LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 city 02 CM hails Centre’s plea to apex Politically motivated move, say clerics PNS n LUCKNOW AIMPLB to oppose Centre’s plea ll-India Muslim Personal court on Ayodhya tangle ALaw Board (AIMPLB) has months ahead of the Lok Sabha ous at solving the dispute. Petitioner in the Ram decided to oppose the Centre’s polls. They claimed that the Whenever the matter is on the Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dis- petition on transferring 67 Bharatiya Janata Party-led edge of getting resolved, the pute case, Haji Mehboob, PNS n LUCKNOW said that legal procedure was acres of undisputed land Union government was not at government is derailing the opposed the Central govern- being followed as the hearing on around the disputed site at all serious about solving the issue. Also, the government ment’s move to seek Supreme ttar Pradesh Chief Kalyan Singh wanted Ram temple issue was set to start Ayodhya to Ram Janmabhoomi Ayodhya dispute, and instead it belongs to everyone. However, Court’s permission to return the Minister Yogi Adityanath soon in the Supreme Court. Trust. was entangling the issue further when the government starts 67-acre acquired land around Uon Tuesday welcomed Asked if temple construc- “The court has put a blan- with such petitions. becoming partisan, democrat- the disputed site in Ayodhya to the Centre’s move to seek temple on undisputed land tion could start before the polls ket ban on any construction In its application, the ic values are endangered. The the original owners. Supreme Court’s permission to as Swami Swaroopanand near the disputed site. Seeking Centre, while seeking apex Supreme Court should take Mehboob described the return 67-acre of acquired land Lucknow (PNS): The National Democratic Alliance gov- Saraswati had given a call to permission for releasing the 67- court’s permission to return the cognisance of the issue,” he said. move as political. “We know that around the disputed Ram ernment has filed a petition seeking transfer of 67-acre acquired proceed to Ayodhya soon after acre acquired land is against the undisputed 67-acre acquired Echoing similar sentiments, it is a big game. If this happens, Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site land around the disputed site in Ayodhya to Ram Janmabhoomi the Dharma Sansad in Kumbh, court’s ruling. The AIMPLB will land to the original owners, has Shia cleric Maulana Saif Abbas the entire country will burn. The to its original owners. Trust but it was former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Kalyan Singh said, “I can merely say oppose the petition and will not also sought modification of said, “I think, till the entire issue whole world knows about the “We welcome the initiative Singh, who had first made a demand for construction of a tem- that the government wants the allow the Centre to go against Supreme Court orders of 2003 is resolved, any kind of con- current position of the Bharatiya of the Union government. We ple on the undisputed land, in October 2010. Kalyan Singh was temple to be built at the earli- the court’s ruling,” said AIM- and 2011 by which a complete struction will not be in the Janata Party and hence the should get permission to start the Chief Minister of UP when the Babri mosque was demol- est as the issue is connected with PLB member and lawyer in status quo was imposed on the interest of anyone. The Supreme Narendra Modi government work on the undisputed land at ished on December 6, 1992. people.” Ayodhya case, Zafaryab Jilani, land acquired by then PV Court should not entertain the has taken this step. Had the gov- the earliest,” Yogi said, wel- Presently Governor of Rajasthan, Kalyan Singh had made Interestingly, Singh added in Lucknow on Tuesday. Narasimha Rao government in petition filed by the Centre. The ernment taken this step two coming the Central govern- this demand soon after the Allahabad High Court delivered that the government was of the AIMPLB member and 1993. move of the Narendra Modi years back, people would have ment’s initiative on Tuesday its judgement on the vexed Ayodhya dispute on September 30, same view as the people on the Imam of Aishbagh Eidgah, Sunni cleric Maulana government has proved that it accepted it,” Mehboob said. morning. 2010. Singh had then argued that there was no dispute on the issue. Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Sufiyan Nizami said, “The land intends to go to the polls over Another plaintiff of the Replying to media ques- 67-acre land acquired by the Centre in Ayodhya and hence it The Centre moved the Mahali, also opposed the move for which the Central govern- the temple issue rather than its Muslim side in the Ayodhya title tions, state government should be given for the construction of a grand temple of Lord Supreme Court on Tuesday saying, “It appears to be polit- ment has filed a writ is already commitment of ‘sabka saath suit, Iqbal Ansari, said he had no spokesperson Sidharth Nath Ram. The former Chief Minister had made this demand through seeking permission to return the ically motivated and taken covered by an apex court judge- sabka vikas. objection if the Supreme Court Singh said the Centre was work- a letter to then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. 67-acre acquired land around ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha ment that no worship or prayer
3 LABOURERS ELECTROCUTED Rupiadeeh police station on the Indo-Nepal bor- Bareilly: Three labourers were on Tuesday der on Monday, one Dharmendra Singh was electrocuted to death while erecting a pole of a misleading him to change his religion. Gautam private telecom company in Bareilly district. said he had met Singh at a local missionary hos- Police said Subhash (40), Udayveer (30) and pital where the former had gone for his wife’s NOTICE Anup (25) died in Baradari area of the district. treatment three months ago, Superintendent of Police have registered an FIR against the contrac- Police Gaurav Grover said. The complainant I "Poonam" spouse of L/NK tor, who was given task of installing the pole, as alleged that Singh used to continuously encour- Avinash Kumar Gupta resident proper measures were not taken. Officials said age him to visit churches and offered allurement of Vill+Post- Dharha Buzurg they were investigating the incident and the bod- to convert. Singh was arrested near the mission- (Tola-Baldiha), Teh-Hata, Distt. ies of the victims had been sent for autopsy. ary hospital on Monday. Kushinagar, Pin-274207 (U.P.). TWO KILLED AS TRACTOR HITS BIKE MAN’S BODY FOUND Have change my name from "Poonam" to "Punam Lata Gonda: Two persons were killed when their Muzaffarnagar: The body of a man, Gupta" vide affidavit date motorcycle was hit by a sugarcane-laden trac- believed to be about 30 years of age, was found 15-09-2018 before District tor-trolley in Ballipur village on Makanava- in Civil Lines area here, police said Tuesday. Court, Lucknow (U.P.). Mankapur road on Monday. Shantanu Singh and The unidentified body was found near the rail- his sister Garima Singh, both in their 20s, were way road on Monday and was sent for post- returning home after appearing in an examina- mortem. Efforts are on to ascertain the identi- uhykeh lpw uk tion, when they met with the accident. They were ty of the victim. rushed to the community health centre where 14-02-2019] 10%00 ct s ,0,e0lh0 the doctors pronounced them brought dead. The TWO DIE IN ROAD MISHAP lUVjs ,.M dkyt]s ¼eq[;ky;½] driver fled the spot leaving the tractor-trolley Ballia: Two persons were killed and eight behind. injured in a road accident near Inderpur Chatti y[kuÅ fu"iz;kT;s QuhZplZ] midj.k] village here. Police said on Monday evening, an fo|qr ;=a vU; lkefxz;k]a LØis vkfn] MAN ARRESTED FOR FORCING DALIT SUV hit a man standing at the road-side and flD;kfjVhs :0 20]000@&cSda Mªk¶V FAMILY TO CONVERT overturned in Gadwar police station area. ^^dekUMUV]s ,0,e0lh0 lUVjs ,.M Bahraich: A man has been arrested for Tarun Pandey (40), who was hit by the vehicle, dkyst] y[kuÅ** ukfer reportedly offering allurement to a Dalit fami- and Jainath Yadav (65) were killed. Yadav and ly to convert to Christianity, police said on the eight injured were travelling in the car when igpku@vk/kkj dkMZ vko';d Tuesday. According to a complaint filed by the accident occurred. The bodies were sent for @vkbZ-ih- flga ,.M lUl Ramesh Gautam of Ranipurva village under post-mortem.
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‘Metro ready for N-S corridor by Feb-end’ BEATING RETREAT CEREMONY PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW facelift which can be clear only as per the requirement. after the restoration of the Regarding the East-West Sreedharan, popularly road is carried out. Once this corridor, he said that the Eknown as ‘Metroman’, said is done we will be able to view changed DPR had to be on Tuesday that the LMRC an entirely new city,” he added. obtained from the DMRC officials were ready to start the The Metroman said that (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation services for the public on the entire project was execut- which will then be sent to the North-South corridor by the ed and implemented within a state government. “This DPR end of February if the state period of four years and five after approval from the state government gave them permis- months which was the fastest government will be sent to the sion and they got the nod record. “Even in NOIDA Central Government. We have from the Commissioner, Metro E Sreedharan addressing mediapersons in Lucknow on Tuesday as LMRC recently work was completed in tried to reduce the cost by Rail Safety, in the safety audit. managing director Kumar Keshav looks on Pioneer one stretch of Metro in a small reducing the land which has Addressing mediapersons period. However, this work been used for the construction at the LMRC office, ble because the cost of the pro- ed that it would run on profit. was done in an open area and of the project. Sreedharan said that the con- ject escalated by 6 per cent after Also there are no Metros which not in a congested part of the The new cost of the project struction work would be com- the introduction of the GST are running on profit across the city. In Lucknow it was carried which we have estimated is Rs pleted by February 15 but the which was introduced later world because the maximum out in the most congested part 4,538 crore for the East and Commissioner of Metro Rail but we were able to absorb this they try to get was the opera- of the city with so many restric- West corridors. There is also a The golden orb of the setting sun on Safety would be arriving only and its cost still did not cross tional cost,” he said. tions which is indeed a great lot of localised construction the banks of Gomti river with birds by February 20-22 for the safe- its estimated one,” he said. Sreedharan who had also achievement,” he added. On which was used in terms of flying in the backdrop provided a ty audit. “After the inspection The Metroman said that inspected all the stations on the being asked if there were any Rolling Stocks, telecommuni- perfect setting for the Beating Retreat it takes the CMRS barely 24 the fare structure would remain North-South corridor and was extension plans for the North- cations and signalling work ceremony. The ceremony which marks hours to hand over the certifi- the same on the balance corri- visiting the city after four-and- South corridor, he said that which is being carried out at the conclusion of Republic Day cate,” he said. dor as it was on the priority a-half months said that he was there were none as of now. the local level which reduces celebrations was held at Reserve Police He said that the cost of the corridor of the Lucknow Metro. wonderstuck in terms of the On plans of getting new the cost of a project to a large Lines ground on Tuesday. To start with, construction had been less “We are expecting that it standard of the work, fine fin- trains for the North-South cor- extent,” he said. Regarding the Pipe and Drums Band entered the than the estimated cost of Rs should be financially sustain- ish and the excellent facilities ridor, he said that they had other Metros, he said that for ground on the arrival of Governor Ram 6,880 crore which had been able when the entire North- which had been provided by received 20 trains as of now Varanasi, they had prepared a Naik. The programme was organised stated in the Detailed Project South corridor opens. The pri- the Lucknow Metro in the which would be used for the DPR and for Varanasi and jointly by the Army, PAC and district Report (DPR) when prepared ority corridor was a small sec- North-South Corridor. “The next 2-3 years after which Agra, the DPRs had been sent administration. The programme ended in 2013. “This is also apprecia- tion of it and no one expect- Metro has given the city a more trains would be acquired to the Centre. with the Governor doing the honours Pioneer Impostors extorting money Police close to cracking rly contractor’s murder case Thieves target jewellery shop, from truck drivers nabbed Lucknow (PNS): Police They said Yadav himself suspect that the murder of had a domineering personali- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW truck driver, identified as Vinay one pretext or the other,” the railway contractor Dilip Yadav ty. “We have got inputs that decamp with cash, valuables Yadav of Fatehpur, had com- SHO said. He added that Safdar was a case of contract killing Yadav had fallen apart from wo persons, including a plained about extortion of was also challaned under Arms and shooters were hired by the some of the top guns in the rail- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW hush up the case after which jewellery. The house owner Tmanagement graduate, were money. “We conducted investi- Act for possessing a revolver. prime conspirator. Yadav was way contract business in the local shop-owners assembled and his family were in on Tuesday arrested by a team gations and laid a trap after col- The cops were at a loss of shot at thrice on January 21 recent past. He may have been hieves made off with cash in large numbers and accused Allahabad for a wedding when of Sarojini Nagar police for lecting inputs about the words when asked why no night and he succumbed to eliminated by contract killers,” Tand ornaments worth the cops of doing damage the thieves struck. Alok Saxena extorting money from truck accused,” he said. The ASP said action was taken against the mis- injuries on January 25. He was sources in the Crime Branch of lakhs of rupees from a jew- control exercise. “On one of Ayush Vihar Colony had left drivers while posing as region- the team nabbed both the creants earlier if the police were attacked near the Alambagh Lucknow police said. They ellery store under Maal police hand, the police are not regis- the city for Allahabad on al transport officer. accused near the airport runway in the know of the extortion Metro station when he was said the police had rummaged station area on Monday night. tering the case to hide their January 22. “I returned home Those arrested were identi- where they had stopped trucks racket. Police department returning home. While the the history of those with Police delayed registration of failure and on the other, they on Monday and found the fied as Safdar Ali of Madiaon and were checking registration sources said that extortion had police remained tight-lipped whom Yadav was at logger- FIR, making the local shop- have failed to stop incidents of main gate’s lock broken. I and his aide Punit Rai of Shipra papers and other documents. been a common practice for far when asked about the headway, heads. “As of now, nothing owners fume and protest. theft. The night patrolling is a went inside and found articles Apartment in Gomti Nagar SHO Triloki Singh said the too long. “Several truckers and sources said Yadav had an suspicious has been detected As per reports, Milan Soni hollow promise by the lying strewn across the floor. Extension. Safdar is a native of gang had been active in the area businessmen have lodged com- enmity with those who rule the about those on police radar. of Maal runs the shop in Maal Lucknow police,” the enraged The miscreants made off with Hardoi while Punit hails from for a long time. “The miscreants plaints in this regard also but roost in railway contracts. Some more persons, including market. He told the police that shop-owners alleged. Pushed cash and ornaments worth Ghazipur. The police claimed used to stop their SUV in help hardly comes their way and “Yadav used to facilitate con- those in the business of railway he got a call from a fellow on the back foot, the police lakhs of rupees,” he said. In that the accused extorted money Transport Nagar where trucks such incidents go unnoticed,” the tracts to his protégés using his contracts, are under the lens,” shop-owner who informed registered a case in this con- another case, a luxury car from several truck drivers in the from different destinations reach sources said. They added those rapport with the railway offi- the sources said. Alambagh him about the incident. “I nection. A police spokesman parked inside a house in past. The police recovered a sum for loading or unloading goods. extorting money from truck cials. He had successfully man- SHO Santosh Awasthi said the reached the shop and found said a case of theft had been Jankipuram was stolen on of Rs 9,040, a walkie-talkie, one One of the two posed as RTO drivers had a good rapport with aged to keep his rival at bay in police were close to cracking the shutter jacked-up. All the registered and further investi- Monday night. The com- mobile phone, a licenced while the other his assistant who police at local level. “If some terms of grabbing the tenders the case. “We have got some gold and silver ornaments gations were underway. plainant, Bachraj Singh, said revolver, eight live cartridges, a would stop the trucks. They issue is highlighted, the police in the past, and had become a leads but it is too early to dis- were stolen. The thieves also Meanwhile, burglars broke the thieves struck when he and bullet shell and an SUV. would check papers and realise normally manage things,” the pain in the neck for some,” the close them. We hope to work took away the cash kept in safe into a house in Jankipuram his family members were fast ASP, East, AP Singh said a money from truck drivers on sources said. sources said. out the case soon,” he added. box,” he said. Police tried to and decamped with cash and asleep. ‘22 cities of UP should be Man held at gun-point included inside court premises under NCAP’ PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW amount of Rs 3.6 crore. “Ashraf managed to give PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW man accused his rivals of them the slip and later called Aholding him and his son at his uncle Wasim. He also new report by Greenpeace the gun-point outside the informed the police. The AIndia has stated that 22 chamber of an advocate in attackers also threatened to kill cities of Uttar Pradesh should Bahukhandi Court in me if I complained to the be included under the NCAP Wazirganj on Tuesday after- police,” he alleged. plan of the Government of noon and forcing him to sign Investigating office Nurul India. The report identifies on a stamp paper that he Huda said Raees and Chand 139 cities where air pollution owned Rs 3.6 crore to them. had a business related rivalry levels exceed national stan- He further alleged that the and Chand had accused Raees dards but were not included in attackers forcibly took a of not returning his money. “It the National Clean Air cheque of Rs 3.6 crore from his brother Idris and 8-10 was not established that Raees Programme (NCAP) which him. However, police said the men dressed in lawyers’ uni- was held hostage on the first was recently released by the claim was not established in form stopped him. They held floor of the court. In fact, he Ministry of Environment, preliminary investigations. me and my son at the gun- told Chand that he wanted to Forest and Climate Change Raees Ahmad of point and took us to the cham- settle the dispute and agreed to (MoEFCC). Building on the Wazirganj told the police that ber of an advocate on the pay the cash. Raees asked a most comprehensive data set he, along with his son Ashraf, ground floor where they youth associating him to bring ever published on air quality was returning from court after forced me to sign on a stamp the cheque book from his car. across the country, the report appearing in connection with paper,” he alleged. He said he The youth later called the titled ‘Airpocalypse III’ states an old case. “When we reached was forced to a sign a blank police control and police that even if we are optimistic the first floor, Chand Siddiqui, cheque and later filled an reached there,” he said. and assume that air pollution across India can be reduced by 30 per cent by 2024, 153 cities will be left with pollution lev- els exceeding the National Kumbh Mela theme book Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Airpocalypse III report analysed annual air quality fair to kick off on Feb 1 data for 22 cities of Uttar Pradesh out of which 10 cities are proposed “Smart Cities.” The number of non-attain- ment cities in Uttar Pradesh rises to 22 cities (2017 annu- al data) from 15 identified under the NCAP. The report projects that even if the NCAP target of 30 per cent air pol- lution reduction by 2024 was achieved none of the 22 cities in Uttar Pradesh will comply to the national air ambient air quality standard and will con- tinue to be in the non-attain- ment category. “We have often drawn Book fair organisers during a press conference in Lucknow on Tuesday Pioneer parallels from Delhi to describe criticality of air pol- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW have no mental peace. It has with the book fair, there would lution scenario in India, how- always been stated that if one be events highlighting the ever it’s interesting that even he Lucknow Book Fair will has faith, there is a hope of liv- importance of traffic aware- in 2024 when the expected 30 Tkick off in the state capital ing a peaceful life. We are also ness. Shiksha Mahotsav is aimed percent pollution reduction on February 1 and it will be trying to get the youth connect at transforming government target will be achieved cities themed on Kumbh Mela. to the programme,” he Singh primary schools in state. from Uttar Pradesh will still Convenor of the book fair pointed out. The major attrac- Mission leader of organisation be more polluted than Delhi. Manoj Singh, while addressing tions of the event are release of Anoop Gupta spoke about the Interestingly, Varanasi, the mediapersons on Tuesday, said books, presence of eminent participation of several gov- constituency of our Prime the 10-day event was organised writers, ‘Satrangi’ exhibition, ernment primary and upper pri- Minister and proposed smart jointly with Ankuram Shiksha ‘Satrangi’ performance platform mary schools from 11 districts city will be at least three times Mahotsav for the second time. and open mic session among — Agra, Aligarh, Basti, more polluted than the “We will have various others. Programmes of Shiksha Maharajganj, Etawah, Mathura, national ambient air quality books, programmes and quizzes Mahotsav are also scheduled Lakhimpur Kheri, Kannauj, standard,” said Sunil Dahiya, on Kumbh Mela. This is vital in during the fair. Co-convener Balrampur, Ayodhya and clean air campaigner, today’s life when people have Aakash Chandel said as Traffic Lucknow — in the ‘Satrangi’ Greenpeace India. become so materialistic but Security Week would coincide exhibition. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 city 04
Delhi-based contractor Togadia supports Swachhata Survekshan: Mayor Shiksha Mitras Lucknow (PNS): seeks people’s support U.P. POWER TRANS- duped of `7 lakh President of Antarrashtriya MISSION CORPORA- Hindu Parishad Pravin PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW TION LIMITED TIME Togadia has extended sup- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW EXTENSION NOTICE Due to some complaint to the police, did not get any contract port to Shiksha Mitras, who unavoidable circumstances opening alleged that he came in con- even though he made the have been sitting on dharna at ayor Sanyukta Bhatia on date of E-Tender No. 59/2018- Delhi-based contractor has tact with one Yogendra payment in July, 2018. “I Eco Garden for several MTuesday sought people’s 2019/ETC/VNS is extended upto Aaccused a city business- Kumar Singh through a decided to meet Singh at his months. Togadia met the support for taking Lucknow to 04-02-2019. Other terms & condi- man and two of his aides, friend during Lucknow visit office. On reaching the CM’s protesting Shiksha Mitras on the top slot position in tions shall remain unaltered. SUPER- including a woman, of duping in April last year. He said office, I was told that there Tuesday. Uma Devi, who is ‘Swachhata Survekshan 2019’. him of Rs 7 lakh in the name of Singh had introduced him- was nobody named leading the dharna, said she Addressing mediapersons, the INTENDING ENGINEER ELEC- facilitating a contract under self as an official working in Yogendra Kumar Singh apprised Togadia of their mayor said she was confident TRICITY TRANSMISSION CIRCLE Swachh Bharat Mission in the Chief Minister’s office working there,” Mathur told demand of implementing that if LMC and general pub- UPPTCL, D.L.W., BHIKHARIPUR, Vibhuti Khand on Tuesday. and claimed that he, along the police. Schedule 9 of the Constitution lic worked together, nothing VARANASI No. 83 Date 28.1.2019 Bikesh Singh Mathur, who with one Hemant Mishra, He said he contacted so that they could get their could stop Lucknow from Save Energy in the Interest of is a contractor in Delhi, in his was handling the Swachh Singh again and the latter posts which were cancelled in attaining the number one posi- Nation. Bharat Mission project of the agreed to return the money. 2017. She said Togadia tion in the cleanliness survey m0i0z ikoj Vkªla fe'ku dkjik- Central government. Singh gave him a cheque of promised to support them in this year. js 's ku fyfeVMs b&Z fufonk frfFk “I was interested in Rs 5 lakh but got the pay- their fight. She reiterated that “Only two days are left for Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia addressing mediapersons on Tuesday Pioneer securing a contract in Agra ment stopped. Later, the dharna would continue till citizens’ feedback, which is a foLrkj lpw uk vifjgk;Z dkj.kkas and Mathura, so Singh asked Hemant threatened me of the demand was fulfilled. part of the survey, and people,” she said. appealed to social organisa- l s bZ&fufonk l[;ka 186 &fo-ik-e-iz-y-a me to deposit Rs 7 lakh, dire consequences. “Hemant “There is no choice for us as Lucknow has already left The mayor appealed to tions, traders, students, teach- @2018&19 tk s fd fufonk [kqyu s dh frfFk which I paid through a bank said his partner Lalita works of now. However, if the gov- behind Indore, which was once people to download the ers, institutes, government and foLrkj fd; s tku s d s dkj.k mDr fufonk draft (Rs 5 lakh) and Rs 2 in UP police and she will ernment refuses to support us, on the number 1 position. 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There is no entry fee for fit of additional interest rate of 0.50% [k.M&AA] xkes rh uxj] y[kuÅA i=kda 186 participation. on deposit under the scheme. fnukda 29-01-2019 ^^jk"Vªfgr e as fctyh cpk;**Aas PARIKSHA PAR CHARCHA SAPLING PLANTED Basic Shiksha Adhikari Amarkant State president of International Singh said students benefitted a lot Veerangana Foundation Rituja Singh m0i0z ikoj Vkªla fe'ku dkjik- from the ‘Pariksha Par Charcha’ pro- Baghel planted a sapling in Vipul js 's ku fyfeVMs b&Z fufonk frfFk gramme of Prime Minister Narendra Khand on the occasion of Republic foLrkj lpw uk bl dk;kZy; dh Modi telecast in city schools. “The PM’s Day and vowed to keep planting tips on examinations were telecast saplings for environment protection bZ&fufonk l[;ka 233 &fo-ik-e-iz-y-@2018&19a through all kinds of media available, tk s fd fnukda 29-01-2019 dk s [kkyhs tkuh including laptops and mobiles,” he said, PROJECT JAGRITI Fkh] vc fdUgh a vifjgk;Z dkj.kk sa l s fnukda adding that they would reinforce what Nestlé India, in association with 04-02-2019 dk s 16-00 ct s rd viykMs dh Launch of Bank of Baroda’s new savings bank schemes the Prime Minister had said. MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child, completed three years of tk;xhas ,o a fnukda 05-02-2019 dks CIMAP VARIETIES BANK OF BARODA 14-00 ct s [kkyhs tk;xhAas bZ&VUMfjs xa fufonk with O. africanum. ‘CIM - Suvas’, yet their flagship initiative ‘Project Jagriti’. another species, is a novel and new dh vU; fu;e o 'kr aZs ioZor~w jgxhAas v/kh{k.k Central Institute of Medicinal Bank of Baroda has launched two The programme touches the lives of and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) on source of chavibetol. Essential oil new savings bank schemes namely 4.6 million people across the country. vfHk;Urk] fo|rq ikj"s k.k e.My&iFz ke] m0i0z Tuesday announced the release of new with new aroma like chavibetol with ‘Baroda Mahila Shakti Savings The project was initiated in 2016 with ikoj Vkª Ulfe'ku dkjW ikjs 's ku fy0 d{k l0a &111 varieties of aromatic plants, one of high essential oil are suitable for var- Account’ and ‘Baroda Senior Citizen the objective of accelerating the uptake l s 114] Hk&w ry] ikj"s k.k Hkou] foHkfw r [k.M&AA] which is named after former Prime ious innovative cosmetic products, Privilege Savings Account’. The of health services by improving con- xkes rh uxj] y[kuÅA i=kda 185 fnukda 29- Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. CIMAP perfumery industries. It is also used in schemes were launched by MD & tinuum of care on health, nutrition and 01-2019 ^^jk"Vªfgr e as fctyh cpk;**Aas director AK Tripathi said the new vari- chewing gum, mouthwash, mouth CEO PS Jayakumar, and executive hygiene practices amongst adoles- eties would be released at the time of freshener and aromatherapy and for director SL Jain. The bank also intro- cents, young couples and care givers. Kisan Mela on January 31. He point- therapeutic purposes. High essential duced ‘Baroda Samriddhi Deposit It aims to reach out to the most mar- ed out that the species ‘CIM – ATAL’, oil having high chavibetol content Scheme’, a fixed deposit product for ginalised people from the vulnerable a lemongrass containing Geraniol as would also be helpful to formulate 444 days offering interest rates of populations in the communities to U.P. Rajya Vidyut of Unit No.13th for major constituent, instead of Citral, value added industrial products. 7.15%. Senior citizens will get bene- support universal health coverage. Utpadan Nigam (2x200M.W.) unit 2- TENDER had been developed. “Geraniol is Ltd. Obra Tharmal NO. : T- 34/0&MMC- popularly used in soap, detergent and FILM FESTIVAL Power Station, V/BMD/BTPS/2018-19 3- cosmetic industries. Palmarosa is the Men Against Violence and Abuse OBRA-Sonebhadra, -231219 ESTD. COST OF WORK : Rs. major source of Geraniol. The (MAVA), based in Mumbai and Notice Inviting e-Bid Tender 10.05 Lac (Rs. Ten Lac Five Geraniol-rich Lemongrass variety is working for the past 26 years to stop No. T-16/0&MC-lII/EMD- Thousand Only) 4- Last Date able to produce more oil and herb gender-based violence against III/BTPS/2018-19 Online e-Bids and Time For Submission of yield compared to Palmarosa and women by engaging men and boys, are invited for the work of E-Bids (Technical and GRL-1,” Tripathi said. ‘CIM – Sukhna’ in collaboration with LU’s depart- "Annual cleaning of cable Financial) : 01.02.2019 Up to is a Linalool-rich basil variety. The ment of Social Work, is organising a gallery, racks, risers, trenches 17:00 Hrs. 5- E-procurement extracted essential oils from ocimum two-day film festival called etc of 5x200MW units 'B'TPS, website : are used as a flavouring for food in fra- ‘Samabhav’. The theme of the festi- Obra, Sonebhadra (U.P)." E- http://etender.up.nic.in 6- Last grances and in traditional medicines. val is ‘Gender, masculinity and diver- tender has been uploaded on Date and Time For An inter-specific hybrid, rich in sity’. The festival is open to all col- 17/01/2019 at 01:36 Hrs on UP Submission of Hardcopy of: Linalool suitable for South Indian cli- lege students, young filmmakers, Govt. e-tender portal Requisite Documents in the matic condition, is developed through film enthusiasts and representatives http://etender.up.nic.in. Office of Undersigned : breeding efforts from O. basilicum of social organisations across Three years of Project Jagriti Technical Bid (Part- I) will be 02.02.2019 Up to 17:00 Hrs. 7- opened on 16/02/2019 at 16:00 Date And Time of Opening of Hrs. Estimated Cost of work will E-Bids : PART-I 04.02.2019 At m0i0z ikoj Vªkla fe'ku dkjikjs 's ku 71st ANCIPS SCHOOLSCAN be approximately Rs. 22.16 16.00 Hrs. OR LATER 8- Place fy0] b0Z &VUs Mfjxa fufonk lpw uk Lacks only. The E.M.D and of Opening of E-Bids : Office vuqHkoh QeksZa@Bsdsnkjksa ls from tomorrow CMS TABLEAU Campus visited the site. Chief to mediapersons. He said that Tender cost for e-bid submission of Superintending Engineer fuEufyf[kr dk;Z grqs lhycUn fufonk; as nks Lucknow (PNS): Nearly 15,000 City PRO of CMS Hari Om Sharma the concept and teachings of is Rs. 46,500.00 and O&MMC-V.OTPS,OBRA 9- Hkkxk as e as fnukda 26-02-2019 dk s 17%00 cts The 71st Annual Montessori School students explained the tableau’s specifi- Mahatma Gandhi were needed Rs.1180.00 respectively. Total Address for Communication rd vkef=ra dh tkrh gSA ¼1½ b&Z fufonk Conference of Indian learnt lessons of unity and cations and teachings it contains even more now than before. Quantity of work, tender spec- : SUPERINTENDING ENGI- l[a ;k %&13@fo0ik0[k0@cg0@2018&19% Psychiatric Society equality by the school’s tableau ification and other terms & con- NEER O&MMC-V, BTPS, fo|qr ikj"k.ks [k.M] cgjkbp d s v/khu 132 (ANCIPS) is being that won the first prize at the dition is as per tender document OBRA, SONEBHADRA d0oh0s fo|qr midUnz]s i;kxiqj ij dcys VªUps organised under the Republic Day parade. After the available on the e-tender portal. U.P.231219 E-mail Address: dh lkQ&lQkbZ lEcU/kh dk;ZA /kjkgjs jkf'k :0 2000-00 fufonk Hkkx&1 [kqyu s dh aegis of Central Zonal R-Day parade, the tableau has It may please be noted that this [email protected] 10- Branch of Indian been kept at the Kanpur Road is online bid and shall be Bid Document Cost (Tender frfFk 27-02-2019 dk s 12%00 ct]s fufonk Hkkx&2 ¼izkbt ikVZ½ [kqyu s dh frfFk grqs Psychiatric Society, branch for children, parents, accepted online only on website Cost) : Rs. 1180.00 (Rupees department of Psychiatry teachers and public. On http://etender.up.nic.in. One Thousand One Hundred rnkuqlkjs colkbVs ij lfprw fd;k tk;xk]s fufonk izi= eY;w :0 236-00 ¼th0,l0Vh0 (KGMU) and Nur Tuesday, nearly 15,000 students Information related to extension Eighty Only) 11- Earnest Manzil Psychiatric of Gomti Nagar Campus I, in due dates and corrigendum Money : Rs. 20,500.00 lfgr½A fufonk izi= 'kqYd ,o a b0,e0Mh0 vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] fo|qr ikj"k.ks [k.M] Centre, at Indira Gandhi Rajajipuram Campus II, if any shall be uploaded only on (Rupees Twenty Thousand Pratishthan from Asharfabad Campus, Rajendra the above website. Bidders are Five Hundred Only) cgjkbp d s cSda [kkr s e as ¼cSda dk uke&itkca u'kuys cSd]a [kkrk l[;k&a 0072002101028030] January 31 to February 3. Nagar Campus III and RDSO advised to visit the website on SUPERINTENDING Chief Minister Yogi regular basis in order to keep ENGINEER O&MMC-V,BTPS, IFS Code- PUNB0007200) d s ek/;e l s tek djkbZ Adityanath will inaugu- themselves update. 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LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 nation 05 EPIC JOURNEY OF GEORGE FERNANDES ENDS NAVIN UPADHYAY n NEW DELHI floodgate of memory in him. was a Member of Parliament “None will harm you, if they An avid book lover, George leagues when he was removed ised India’s biggest railway crumpled kurta pajama and Among the many milestones, from South Bombay. know you love them,” he said. would receive a copy of every from any decision-making strikes and later became slippers, he would look no dif- ne afternoon in the sum- he recalled, I’d never forget a During around two hours The sentence that still rings in interesting book that was pub- position in the party. He would Railway Minister. A committed ferent from one of those hun- Omer of 2003, George transformative one when land- of his journey down the mem- my ear. lished in India from one of his often recall how he dreamt to socialist he became the Industry dreds of visitors who would Fernandes called me to see him ed in Mumbai (then Bombay) ory lane, George talked at I’d be visiting him resi- acquaintances. I visited him make JD(U) a mass move- Minister and was locked in a meet him every day to seek at the Defence Ministry office in late 1950s after leaving his length about his great escapade dence Krishna Menon Marg once at midnight to convey ment. When the crisis within bitter acrimony with Dhirubhai help and solace. in South block. The topic of the home for good and spent the during the Emergency, his frequently when UPA I was something urgent at the request the party peaked one day he Ambani. As Industry Minister A man who created an discussion was his escalating first night on a pavement. numerous adventure during power at the Centre. Even of one of his party colleagues. talked about his bond with SP he also forced Coca-Cola and international furore by his differences with Bihar Chief “Someone kicked me late at those “dark days”, and his asso- when the ruling alliance looked My pretext was that I’d left my chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and IBM to leave India in 1977. He famous remark that China was Minister Nitish Kumar. night and demanded me to pay ciates of those difficult periods. formidable and everything glasses at his place when I vis- said if forced to move out of his disliked the RSS and later India’s number one enemy, But the discussion somehow for occupying the pavement. It A photograph of seemed going smoothly for it, ited him during the day. Even own party he would always be embraced the BJP. The biggest Fernandes will be fondly meandered all way to his child- was the time I realised that Fernandes, with his shock of George never gave up hope that at that hour, I found him lost welcomed by “neta ji”. of all ironies was the fact while remembered by the hood and the remarkable jour- even the streets were not free unkempt hair, raising a mana- it could be brought down any in some tome of history. When One of India’s most fire- no one ever questioned his Army jawans as a Defence ney of his life. for the homelesss poor. That cled hand in defiance remains day. He would be forever in I conveyed him the missive, he brand union leaders who personal honesty, he had to Minister who truly cared for Fernandes was in an emo- incident changed my life for- one of the most enduring touch with leaders outside and immediately reacted and issued remained a socialist activist resign as Defence Minister due them-he visited Siachen more tional state due to the growing ever,” he had said. images of those times. within the UPA to engulf the necessary instruction to deny even in his several stints as to corruption charges against than 30 times. bickering in the Janata Dal (U) This was sometimes after He recalled how one night ruling alliance in crisis. “I’m party ticket to someone who Union Minister, George was a associates. and at one point tears brimmed he had left the seminary at when he was travelling from now old and still I don’t give up had supposedly met UPA rebel from youth and agitated A man who supported A fighter to the core, in his eyes when he started Mangalore where he was Ranchi to Patna by car, the hope. If others have the same chairpersons Sonia Gandhi for better facilities and food for every type if agitation and Ferandes will always remind us recalling how he had tried to undergoing training to become gun-wielding Maoists stopped spirit, this Government will fall during the day. That averted a students in the seminary. struggle, George was simplic- of the memorable quote from build the party which was now Catholic priest. his vehicle, but no sooner they under the weight of its cor- major crisis within the JD(U). Fernandes life was also a ity personified. His official res- Hemingway’s THE OLD MAN treating him as a pariah. He went on to become a identified him, they escorted ruption and bickering in George was pained the way bundle of contradiction and idence was open to everyone AND THE SEA — Man can be Somehow that opened the union leader in Mumbai and, him all the way to safety zone. weeks,” he would say. he was treated by his party col- irony. As union leader he organ- anytime. 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8 9 10 Fernandes refused to attend office for 3 days after being named Rly Minister! New Delhi: After being allo- cated the railways portfolio in 1989 in the VP Singh Government, George Fernandes refused to go to Rail Bhavan to attend office for three days. 1) November 18, 2001: The then Defence Minister George Fernandes takes a view through a heavy machine gun, seized from Reason: He had led the biggest the Pakistan Army in Kargil railway strike in Asia in 1974 2) In this undated file photo the then Defence Minister George Fernandes shares snacks with the Army personnel during a visit and headed railway unions and to Ganasok in the Batalik Sector, J&K now how could he be sitting 3&4) April, 2003: George Fernandes is seen during his maiden visit to China. Gerorge Fernandes is seen with his Chinese across them at the table. counterpart General Cao Gangchuan This anecdote was shared by his close aide Jaya Jaitly in 5) George Fernandes with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Jaswant Singh, LK Advani and Surjeet Singh Barnala her book “Life Among the Leaders remember Fernandes 6) November 18, 2001: George Fernandes interacts with the jawans at Gulab outpost during his visit to Siachen Scorpions”, published in 2017. 7) George Fernandes and Jaya Jaitly coming out after meeting President SD Sharma regarding Bihar elections Then after he joined office, the guard at the ministry’s 8) Former Defence Minister George Fernandes addressing a public meeting in 1998 entrance did not let him in and as intrepid, indefatigable fighter 9) December 30, 2004: The then JD(U) President George Fernandes briefs the media after visiting the Tsunami affected areas told him to get an entrance slip 10) George Fernandes at his office Pics: PTI/File photo made at the reception first. PNS n NEW DELHI will all miss him,” President always fought for justice. Jailed RJD supremo Lalu She also mentioned sever- Kovind said. He “took up the cause for Prasad tweeted, “Extremely al other interesting facts about ondolences poured in Describing Fernandes as a the poor and was a very effec- saddened to hear about Fernandes — his love for Harry CTuesday for former Union “fighter” for the working class, tive parliamentarian,” Advani the demise of socialist leader, When Fernandes became ‘Khushwant’, Potter books, he never owned Minister George Fernandes Vice President Naidu said he said in a statement. freedom fighter and former a comb, and devouring eco- from leaders of the political was “an upright politician, an Rajya Sabha Deputy Defence Minister Shri nomic surveys and carrying spectrum who credited the vet- able administrator, a great par- Chairman Harivansh, in his George Fernandes”. them wherever he went. eran socialist for strengthening liamentarian and above all was condolence message, said Bihar Deputy Chief recited Gita during Emergency On the VP Singh Ministry, the workers’ movement and a good human being”. Fernandes was an indefatigable Minister and BJP leader Jaitly wrote, “In late 1989, as the described him as a “fiery” leader. In a series of tweets, Modi fighter all his life for freedom Sushil Modi tweeted, “A great New Delhi: Sporting a turban on June 10, 1976 in Kolkata and at various stations,” Varanasi- National Front Government set Fernandes, 88, who served said, “George Sahab represent- of expression, thought, justice fighter and symbol of anti- and a beard, George Fernandes tried in the infamous Baroda born Narain had earlier said. itself up, the walls of power came as Defence Minister in Atal ed the best of India’s political and liberty for all. “His life and Congressism...As convenor of had assumed the guise of a Sikh Dynamite case, in which they “George had a charismat- up alongside. VP Singh, with his Bihari Vajpayee Government, leadership. Frank and fearless, works shall always remain a NDA played an important role man to evade arrest during were also charged with waging ic personality and during his typical caginess, kept even his died in the national Capital on forthright and farsighted, he forceful inspiration for the in Ataljis government. Nobody Emergency and recited the Gita war against the State to over- prison days, he would recite closest colleagues on tenter- Tuesday following a prolonged made a valuable contribution to people even after his demise,” can match George. RIP”. to inmates while being impris- throw the Government. Gita to inmates in the morning hooks, informing them that illness. Fernandes was suffering our country. He was among the Harivansh said. Former Chief Ministers of oned in Tihar Jail in that era, Mourning his death, Jaya and we all read books from the they would become Ministers from Alzheimer’s disease, which most effective voices for rights NCP chief Sharad Pawar Jammu & Kashmir Mehbooba according to a colleague of the Jaitly, a long-time associate of library at Tihar,” he said. only half an hour before they had forced him out of the pub- of the poor and marginalised.” paid tributes to his “friend”, Mufti and Omar Abdullah veteran socialist leader who Fernandes, also recalled the Fernandes and his col- were expected to be sworn in.” lic eye several years ago, and had “When we think of recalling Fernandes’ fiery ora- also paid tributes to Fernandes. was arrested along with him. “Sikh avatar” that he had leagues were transported in Everyone seemed to be recently contracted swine flu. Fernandes, we remember most tory and contribution as “Rest in peace George Tributes have been pouring assumed during the Emergency vans from Tihar Jail to Tees waiting anxiously for an Leaders cutting across notably the fiery trade union Union Minister and trade Fernandes Sahib. You were a in from all quarters, including era. Very few politicians like Hazari court, and Narain said, advance indication from Singh party lines also hailed leader who fought for justice, union leader. tireless crusader fighting for the those who had worked with him are now in today’s time, “200 policemen would escort but that did not happen. Fernandes as a fearless and the leader who could humble West Bengal Chief voiceless, the marginalised & him. “Police were on the look- she said. us during this transit.” “George Sahib nonchalantly upright politician who fought the mightiest of politicians at Minister Mamata Banerjee for those that needed someone out for us. We not only went After remaining in dis- Fernandes in handcuffs went upstairs for an afternoon for protecting democracy and the hustings,” he said. said Fernandes was a much in their corner. You called a into hiding, but continued to guise and operating out of raising his hand in defiance nap and had no time to change raised his voice for the rights of “A visionary railway min- admired trade union leader. spade a spade & did so operate. To escape arrest, hideouts, Fernandes, Narain became one of the most endur- into a fresh kurta when he was the poor and marginalised. ister and a great Defence Odisha Chief Minister unabashedly. You were always George had assumed the avatar and their other colleagues were ing images of the Emergency woken up and told to reach Fernandes “epitomised Minister who made India safe and BJD leader Naveen a friend & well wisher of the of a Sikh man, with a turban arrested from St Paul’s Church era. “Oh, that photograph was Rashtrapati Bhavan in 20 min- simple living and high think- and strong,” the PM said. Patnaik said it is a great loss for people of J&K. God speed,” and a beard, and had grown in Kolkata. taken in the court premises utes. His colleagues and I sat in ing”, President Ram Nath Former president Pranab the country, politically as well Omar tweeted. long hair. He used to call him- “At the St Paul’s Church, while George was being pro- the office downstairs in his tiny Kovind said who was joined by Mukherjee said he was pained as intellectually. “Today we mourn the loss self Khushwant Singh after the George had a typewriter, a duced there for the trial.” apartment at Hauz Khas, Vice-President M Venkaiah by the demise of his long time Union Minister Ram of a titan. He represented an era noted author,” Vijay Narain, in cyclostyle machine and he con- Emergency was in effect amazed at the lack of dignity in Naidu, Prime Minister friend in the Opposition and Vilas Paswan said Fernandes of leaders who were true states- late 70s, told PTI. tinued to write correspondences from June 25, 1975 until its the way this was done. Narendra Modi, and other colleague in Parliament. “held kept aloft the beacon of men and not just politicians,” Narain and others along which I would go and deliver at withdrawal in March 1977. Everyone felt ridiculous,” she leaders in condoling the demise Former PM Manmohan democracy in the darkest hour Mehbooba said. with Fernandes were arrested Railway Mail Service counters PTI wrote. PTI of Fernandes. Singh, in a letter to Fernandes’ of the Emergency”. Recalling Fernandes’ con- wife Leila Kabir Fernandes, Other CMs, including K tribution, Prime Minister said “in his death our country Palaniswami (Tamil Nadu) , N FERNANDES CHOSE BENGALURU-BASED Narendra Modi said he was a has lost a versatile personality Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Fernandes the dog lover: Used to simple, humble, frank and fear- who with his unparalleled effi- Pradesh), K Chandrasekhar BAKERY FOR CAKES TO FORCES less leader who never deviated ciency excelled as a mass leader Rao (Telangana), Amarinder from his political ideology and and gave paramount impor- Singh (Punjab) and Ashok keep toffees in his pocket for them Bengaluru: Plum cakes from citys famed Koshys Mechanised Bakery resisted the Emergency tooth tance to the well-being of the Gehlot (Rajasthan) also con- was George Fernandes Christmas goodies to jawans posted at for- and nail. down-trodden people of our doled the death of Fernandes. New Delhi: George Fernandes Tuesday said Fernandes was so brand union leader and for his ward areas, during his tenure as the Defence Minister. He used to “Distressed to learn of the country”. The CPI paid tributes to was a political stalwart and one fond of dogs he would carry fiery oratory skills, but inside his order cakes from us and send it to jawans posted at the border areas. passing of Shri George Congress President Rahul Fernandes, recalling his con- of the most firebrand union “treats in his pockets” for them. heart he also had feelings for pet For some years he did this, I dont exactly remember now for how Fernandes, who served India in Gandhi also condoled the tributions as a trade unionist. leaders in the country, but his “He loved pets, especially dogs and he loved them a lot. many years... We have sent, Koshys head Prem Koshy said. many capacities, including as demise of Fernandes. Condolences also poured heart melted in front of dogs, dogs and he had many of them In fact, every time he would fly He said, yes, but what I know is he followed this practice, dur- Defence Minister. He epito- Veteran BJP leader LK in from all quarters in Bihar, many of whom gave him com- who gave him company,” she in an airline, the staff would give ing his tenure as Defence Minister, it was plum cakes....” Recalling mised simple living and high Advani recalled his long asso- with Chief Minister Nitish pany even in times of his dete- said. However, they have all him chocolates and he would Fernandes visit to Koshys bakery and restaurant, Prem said, George thinking. And was a champion ciation with Fernandes and Kumar, a long-time associate riorating health. died, Jaitly said. keep them in his pockets for pet Sir, used to find this place peaceful and calm.” Fernandes used to of democracy, during the described him as a fearless of Fernandes, declaring a two- His close aide Jaya Jaitly “People know him as a fire- dogs,” Jaitly added. PTI like the smell of bakery, he said, adding there are quite a lot of mem- Emergency and beyond. We and forthright leader who day state mourning. ories about his visit. He used to enjoy from cakes to every thing. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 nation 06
Dynastic Govt cannot Goa Govt sets Ex-Guj CM Vaghela joins NCP up special court to hear illegal Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat Chief serve people: Shah Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela was on Tuesday inducted into the Nationalist mining cases Congress Party (NCP) here in the pres- ence of its chief Sharad Pawar and made Kanthi (WB): BJP president Gandhi last week. Panaji: The Goa Government the party’s national general secretary. Amit Shah mocked the Stating that the Congress has set up a special court for Pawar said NCP will use Vaghela’s appointment of Priyanka and the ruling Trinamool speedy trial in cases related to political experience and mass following Gandhi Vadra as a Congress Congress (TMC) in West illegal mining in the coastal State in Gujarat as well as for the party’s general secretary on Tuesday Bengal were both sides of the after receiving several police national development. and said a Government run by same coin as both parties were complaints in this connection. “When democracy is under threat in a dynasty could not serve the run by dynasties, the BJP chief The special court has been India under BJP rule, I have decided to people, but could only provide said like Rahul Gandhi was set up under a provision of the join the NCP to fight against BJP and a “majboor” (helpless) there to take over his party’s Mines and Minerals strengthen the hands of anti-BJP forces,” Government. reins from his mother Sonia (Development and Regulations) Vaghela said after joining Pawar’s party. The Congress had brought Gandhi, in West Bengal, Chief Act, according to a circular When queried whether he would the “third G” into the fray after Minister Mamata Banerjee had issued by the Directorate of fight the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls, the “two Gs — Sonia G and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee Mines and Geology here last Vaghela said it was for his party to decide. Rahul G” to indulge in more to take charge of the TMC after week. Additional District and Speaking on the occasion, Pawar corruption, he told a public her. Sessions Judge Edgar Fernandes said, “I have asked Vaghela to not only rally here in East Midnapore “Dynasties cannot serve has been appointed as judge of concentrate on Gujarat but also con- district of West Bengal. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National the country well. The dynasts the special court, mines and tribute towards national development of Referring to the 2G scam president Amit Shah addresses his say the country needs a maj- geology director Prasanna NCP. He will be national general secre- that dogged the Congress-led booth-level party workers conference at boor (helpless) Government, Acharya said in the circular. tary of the party. In Gujarat we want to UPA-2 regime, Shah said the Kulia in Niutao district on Tuesday PTI but the BJP says it needs a maj- The Special Investigation strengthen anti-BJP forces and by bring- Opposition party wanted to boot (strong) Government. Team (SIT) of Goa Police has ing in Vaghela, we have tried to do that.” Former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela being felicitated by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad indulge in more corruption amount of the scam? Only Narendra Modi and the been probing various cases of His entry into the NCP can lead to Pawar as he joins the party in Ahmedabad on Tuesday PTI now with the induction of the “The Congress has made a BJP can provide a mazboot illegal mining in the state. “third G — Priyanka G”. long-term plan of indulging in Government at the Centre,” he The SIT had last year a three-corner fight on a few Lok Sabha seats “I am here to tell you that corruption by joining the 2Gs said. quizzed Congress MLA and in Gujarat in case the Congress and the NCP during the 10 years of the and the third G,” he said. Asking the people whether former Chief Minister fail to reach an alliance against the ruling BJP, UPA rule under (then Prime Shah’s comments came in the country needed a “leader” Digambar Kamat for his alleged Department of Culture, Government of Uttar Pradesh political observers said. All 26 Lok Sabha Minister) Manmohan Singh, the backdrop of Priyanka or a “dealer”, Shah said only the involvement in a mining scam. 9th Floor, Jawahar Bhawan, Ashok Marg, Lucknow. seats in Gujarat are currently in the BJP’s there were only two Gs — Gandhi Vadra being appoint- saffron party could provide a The Justice MB Shah kitty. The NCP and Congress had fought Sonia Gandhi and Rahul ed the All India Congress Government headed by a Commission had earlier probed 2017 Assembly polls separately with the for- Gandhi. We had then wit- Committee (AICC) general leader and the Opposition the mining sector in Goa and its Short Term Tender Notice mer managing to win just one seat in the nessed the 2G scam of `12 lakh secretary for Uttar Pradesh wanted to throw up a report in 2012 had pegged the The Department of Culture. Govt. of UP while implementing the task of 182-member House. crore. Now, if the third G joins East by her brother and Government led by “dealers alleged irregularities at around statue, contruction/installution intends to construct the bronze statues of Swami The 78-year-old Kshatriya strongman the 2Gs, what will be the Congress president Rahul and brokers”. PTI `35,000 crore in the State. PTI Vivekananad, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpai, Shri Avaidyanath, Shri Digvijaynath and had left the Congress before the 2017 Shri Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna in the full size from 12.5 feet up to 25 feet Gujarat Assembly elections, after he and a and intends to install the above constructed statues at Lucknow, Gorakhpur few of his supporter MLAs voted against etc. The e-tender notice regarding this subject can be viewed at the e-pro- Ahmed Patel, the Congress candidate for the curement portal of the Government of Uttar Pradesh i.e. https://etender.up.nic.in/ Rajya Sabha, and backed BJP nominee TN staff strike continues and tender must be submitted online through e-procurement portal from 30 Balwantsinh Rajput. January, 2019 to 08February, 2019 up to 4.00 p.m. Bids will be opened in Vaghela, however, did not join the rul- the presence of the respective bidders on 09February, 2019 at 11.00 a.m. ing BJP and put up Independent candidates KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n than their counterparts in onwards in the Room No.903, 9th Floor, Jawahar Bhawan, Ashok Marg, in the State Assembly elections held in CHENNAI the private sector. “If the Hazratganj, Lucknow. December 2017, all of whom lost. Government is to meet their For details regarding the cost of the tender and EMD amount please visit The former Gujarat Chief Minister he indefinite agitation by demands, there won’t be any https://etender.up.nic.in/. recently toured various places, including Tthe Government employ- money left for public welfare,” The selected Firm/Agencie/Company shall be invited to present Power Delhi, declaring that he would work for the ees and teachers of Tamil said Jayakumar in a state- Point Presentation. defeat of the BJP-led Government at the Nadu, demanding pay hike ment. He said that the Tamil The tender document cost and the Earnest Money (EMD) are to be deposit- Centre. Vaghela started his career with the and reversion to the old style Nadu Government spends 71 ed in the Account No. 50100180278701 (lFSC HDFC0000296) of Bhartendu BJP, but in 1996 engineered a split in the saf- pension, entered the 8th day per cent of its revenue on Natya Academy, HDFC Bank, Branch, Faizabad Road, Lucknow, and UTR fron party after he was denied chief minis- on Tuesday with both the salaries and pension. “On an number should be communicated to the Department. tership a year earlier in favour of Keshubhai Government and the striking average he head master of a The Director, Directorate of Culture, U.P. reserves its right to cancel the Patel. Vaghela, in 1996, became the State’s employees standing adamant government school in the tender and in case of any malicious activity, the EMD amount shall be Chief Minister with outside support from the on their decision. State draws a monthly salary forfeited. Congress. The striking employees of `1,03, 320/- while his Director He also served as Union Textile Minister blatantly refused the plea by Representational image beginning salary itself is Culture Department, U.P. in the Manmohan Singh Government at the Madras High Court judge N `68,280/- per month. The UP- 137214 Date 29.1.2019 Jawahar Bhawan Centre as well as Gujarat Congress president Kirubakaran to call off the agi- starting salary of a supervi- foKkiu oclkbVs www.upgov.nic.in ij miyC/k gSA Lucknow. and leader of Opposition in the State tation, thus playing with the temporary staff to counter the scheme, payment of arrears, sory grade employee in the Assembly. PTI future of thousands of school agitation. and the redressal of anomalies Government service is students of the State. On “Teachers are not mere in the regularisation of service `44,280/- per month,” said Tuesday, employees of the State workmen. They are like Godly of some employees and in pay. Jayakumar. Centre’s step Secretariat, the nerve centre of figures. I studied in a “ Though we had submitted Though the opposition the State administration, joined Government school and the demands on February 10, DMK has declared its support the agitation called by the named my Class 1 teacher 2016, the Government has to th striking employees and very crucial: Joint Action Council of Tamil during my oath-taking cere- been dragging its feet and the teachers, party supremo Nadu Teachers Organisation- mony. Such is the stature of buying time,” said Anbarasu. M K Stalin has been careful Javadekar Government Employees teachers. How can they go on He said the union leaders and in using the words. While Organisation (JACTTO-GEO) strike? Will they accept if employees have nothing to do asking Chief Minister literally crippling the func- teachers of their children in with the disruption in the Edappadi Palaniswamy to PNS n NEW DELHI tioning of schools as well as private schools go on strike?” functioning of the schools. hold talks with the agitating Government offices in the asked Justice Kirubakaran “We have been forced to employees and teachers to elcoming Government’s State. while hearing a PIL challeng- strike now by the resolve the issue, the DMK Wmove asking Supreme Though the director of ing the legality of the strike by Government,” said the leader. leader assured them that he Court to restore undisputed School Education had issued the teachers and Government Interestingly, D would fulfil all their “just” land at Ayodhya to the original an ultimatum to the teachers to employees. Jayakumar, Minister for demands through talks once owners, the BJP on Tuesday report for duty by 9 am on M Anbarasu, leader of Personnel and Administrative his party comes to power. said that it was “very impor- Tuesday, the striking teachers the striking employees and Reforms, said in a statement “We will also cancel all the tant” decision towards chang- refused to budge and the teachers said that the ir char- that the teachers and employ- illegal actions taken by the ing the status quo of 1994 and Government has decided to go ter of demands include revo- ees of Tamiol Nadu AIADMK Government,” creating a better understanding ahead with recruitment of cation of the new pension Government draw mor salary Stalin said in a statement. of the Ayodhya issue. Senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said the BJP-led Government wants the con- Calcutta High Court refuses permission to struction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya following the legal process. “The Government’s application in the court is also terminate 26-week-old pregnancy a part of this legal process..’, he Kolkata: The Calcutta High appear that the petitioner’s life Passing the order, Justice old. The woman’s lawyers sub- said. Court on Tuesday refused per- will be in danger if her preg- Chakraborty observed that the mitted that there is a meagre Addressing a press confer- mission to a woman to termi- nancy is continued. rights of the foetus need to be chance of a healthy baby being ence here, he said Prime nate her 26-week-old preg- The medical board said test considered vis a vis the mental born. The couple already has a Minister Narendra Modi has nancy on the ground of possi- reports have suggested that the trauma the woman will suffer in child born in 2004. also said that people want ble abnormality since the foe- foetus is suffering from Down giving birth to a child with While the husband works in Rame temple and the tus has already developed most Syndrome, along with prob- abnormality. a private firm, the woman is a Government would take steps of its organs and that the moth- lems in the oesophagus, heart The woman had moved the housewife. after due legal process. er’s life is not at risk. and abdomen. high court on January 22 after The lawyers submitted that He said the BJP is confi- A medical board at the Down Syndrome is a genet- several tests indicated these the couple will be financially dent that the Supreme Court State-run SSKM Hospital has in ic disorder that involves birth abnormalities in the foetus and constrained given the cost of would accept the application a report to the court said the defects, intellectual disabilities doctors whom she consulted nurturing the baby if it is born and restore 42 acre of the 67 prognosis of the baby is likely to and characteristic facial fea- had advised termination of preg- with deformities. acre undisputed land to the be better if it is delivered near tures and it often involves heart nancy, her lawyers Kallol Basu Opposing the prayer, Ram Janambhoomi Nyas, the term, i.e., the full term of preg- defects, visual and hearing and Apalak Basu said. Additional Advocate General orginal owner of the land. nancy. impairments and other health According to the Abhratosh Majumdar submitted Javadekar said this would have Refusing permission to ter- problems. Termination of Pregnancy Act that it is not advisable to termi- no impact on the .03 acre dis- minate the pregnancy, Justice The severity of all these 1971, permission of high court nate the pregnancy at this stage puted land at Ayodhya where Tapabrata Chakraborty noted problems varies greatly among is required to abort a pregnan- since there is every possibility status quo would continue. that the report said it does not affected individuals. cy which is 20 weeks or more that the baby will survive. PTI Link House land lease cancelled over ‘violations’
PNS n NEW DELHI of daily newspaper known as total built up area will be used by the Lessee,” it said. “Patriot” and Link magazine. for press. Subsequently, the Accordingly, a show cause fter National Herald build- The printing and distribution Perpetual Lease in respect of notice was issued on April 4, Aing, the Ministry of of daily newspaper and maga- the above allotment was signed 2018 to UIPPL why eviction Housing and Urban Affairs zine was stopped in June, 1996 on 04.08.1962,” the HUA process should not be taken (HUA) has cancelled the land due to lock-out in the compa- Ministry’s note said. against them for violation of lease of “Link House” (also ny on account of recurring loss- “Further, inspections of the lease conditions. known as Patriot House) at es. the premises revealed a large Sources said that the reply Bahadur Shah Zafar (BSZ) According to HUA, UIPPL number of misuses as well as received from UIPPL has been Marg occupied by United India was allotted 0.50 acre plot at unauthorised construction on examined and it has been Periodicals Private Limited BSZ Marg (plot number 3) for leased land. Though the inspec- observed that the very purpose (UIPPL). the construction of a building tion reports mention usage of of allotment of land which Top sources in the HUA for bonafide purpose of press basement as store as well as was meant for functioning of said that Land and in 1959. currency chest of Central Bank press has been defeated as one Development Department of “At that time, Aruna Asaf of India, these reports do no of the important terms/condi- the HUA Ministry has issued Ali was the Director of the talk about existence of any tions of lease agreement viz. notice for cancellation of land allotted land and the Land and UIPPL and the premises working printing press. On utilisation of one/third portion lease after the occupant found Development Department has “Patriot House” was known as the basis of complaints received of the premises for the purpose violating land lease conditions. the right to take it back. “Link House”. In 1961, the regarding misuse of the leased of the Press has been found vio- The violations are identical in This is the second building allottee was allowed to use property, a three member com- lated. Further, the unauthorised most of the buildings on BSZ on the BSZ Marg which faces 2/3rd of total built up area for mittee inspected the premises construction which has been Marg. If the premises were not eviction notice by the HUA general office use, commercial on February 23, 2018 and noticed during the last inspec- used for printing press, it is Ministry after the Herald build- or otherwise. This was subject found that no portion of the tion, is also a violation of lease amount to the misuse of the ing. UIPPL was the publisher to condition that 1/3rd of the building is being used as a Press deed. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 nation 07
NE parties decide to oppose Citizenship Bill together Leave alliance issue to Guwahati: Ten political parties Party (NPP), the National said it was premature to discuss of the North-East, most of Democratic Progressive Party political issues and they would which are members of the BJP- (NDPP), the Hill State People’s “take a call if the situation aris- me: Uddhav tells Sena led North East Democratic Democratic Party (HSPDP), es. As of now, we have not come Alliance (NEDA), along with the People’s Democratic Front here to discuss politics but to they don’t feel confident of BJP about discussion on the saffron party’s key ally in (PDF), the Indigenous People’s address a very sentimental issue Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief winning again, they should alliance prospects. Bihar, the JD(U), on Tuesday Front of Tripura (IPFT) and the which concerns the people of Uddhav Thackeray has make way for others,” “Last year, BJP president unanimously decided to joint- Khnam. the region”. asked party MPs to focus on Pradhan said quoting Amit Shah visited Matoshree ly oppose the Citizenship The Janata Dal (United) He pointed out that NEDA their constituencies and Thackeray. to meet Uddhavji and decid- (Amendment) Bill. was represented at the meeting convenor and Assam Finance take up strongly farmers’ “The issue of alliance ed to keep in touch. However, At a meeting of the parties, by its North-East in-charge, Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma problems while leaving the with the BJP should be left to after that there has been no it was also decided that a dele- NSN Lotha. was aware of the meeting, issue of alliance with the BJP me,” he quoted the Sena pres- communication from the gation comprising representa- “The meeting was a natur- adding, “We are communicat- to him. ident as saying. BJP,” he added. tives of all the outfits would meet al process, considering the ing with all as the primary Shiv Sena’s commitment He said Thackeray asked The Sena had last year President Ram Nath Kovind Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and former Meghalaya Chief Minister opposition of the north-east responsibility of political parties is to the people of the State, the MPs to work on the announced to go solo in and Prime Minister Narendra Donkupar Roy attend the NE Region’s Political Parties Convention on Citizenship states to the Bill and it was not is towards the people and the Thackeray’s close aide ground and review the crop future elections. Modi to apprise them of their Amendment Bill in Guwahati on Tuesday PTI politically motivated,” Sangma region.” Harshal Pradhan said on insurance payments and The party had on opposition to the Bill that sought told reporters here after the Asked whether a new Tuesday quoting the party waiver of loans to farmers. Monday said it would always to provide Indian citizenship to Conrad K Sangma, on whose ated with the convening of the meeting. regional alliance was in the off- chief. Pradhan also said that be the “big brother” in an those Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, initiative the meeting was meeting. “Most political parties in ing in the north-east, Sangma Thackeray had met Sena Thackeray has not received alliance with the BJP in Jains, Parsees and Christians, called, and his Mizoram coun- The 10 political parties the region are protesting against said, “We will take a decision at MPs and MLAs at his resi- any communication from the Maharashtra. PTI who fled religious persecution in terpart Zoramthanga also that participated in the meet- the bill in their respective states an appropriate time.” dence ‘Matoshree’ in subur- Bangladesh, Pakistan and attended the meeting. ing from across the North-East and so, we decided to come He also refused to com- ban Bandra here on Monday. Afghanistan and entered India The Asom Gana Parishad were — the Mizo National together and discuss measures ment on whether the bill would “The Sena will fight this before December 31, 2014, after (AGP), which has pulled out of Front (MNF), the United to protect our people and the be a defining factor in the election with all its strength. six years of residence in the the Sarbananda Sonowal-led Democratic Party (UDP), the region,” he added. upcoming Lok Sabha polls, All the sitting MPs should country. BJP Government in Assam AGP, the Naga People’s Front On being asked about con- saying, “It is premature to com- focus on issues related to Meghalaya Chief Minister over the issue, was also associ- (NPF), the National People’s tinuing in the NEDA, Sangma ment on it.” PTI their constituencies and if Yogi gifts UP world Maha CM’s office now under ambit of Lokayukta TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI At a weekly meeting Lokayuktas Act, 2013, the State Upa-Lokayukta transparent. presided over by Chief Minister Cabinet decided to amend the Among other things, the longest e-way n a significant initiative taken Devendra Fadnavis, the State Maharashtra Lokayukta and approved proposal has recom- Iin the election year, the BJP- Cabinet decided approved the Upa-Lokayuktas Act 1971 so as mended the setting up of a From Page 1 The Cabinet also passed led saffron alliance proposal to amend the to strengthen the office of selection committee under the The Government also a condolence resolution on Government on Tuesday decid- Maharashtra Lokayukta and Lokayukta and empower the chairmanship of the Chief decided to beautify the sudden demise of former ed to bring the Chief Minister Upa-Lokayuktas Act 1971 after person holding the office to Minister. Bharadwaj Muni ashram in convener of National under the purview of incorporating some new pro- investigate the allegations of the Prayagraj. Recently, a statue Democratic Alliance and for- Lokayukta of Maharashtra and visions in the Union Chief Minister. of the Muni was unveiled by mer Union Minister George effect necessary changes in the Government’s Lokpal and The State Cabinet also President Ram Nath Kovind. Fernandes and observed a existing law to make the exist- Lokayuktas Act, 2013. decided to expand the purview In another decision, the two-minute silence before ing law broad-based and ensure Having vetted the propos- of the Maharashtra Lokayukta Cabinet gave its nod to the meeting started. transparency in the process of al brought before it after incor- and Upa-Lokayuktas Act 1971 AIIMS-like facilities for doc- Later addressing media appointment of Lokayukta and porating the new provisions in and make the process of tors and employees of State- persons, Yogi said that Upa-Lokayukta. the Centre’s Lokpal and appointment of Lokayukta and run Sanjay Gandhi Post- Kumbh Mela had proved that Graduate Institute of Medical change had taken place and Sciences (SGPGIMS) in the congregation had turned Govt to SC: Want to... Lucknow. The SGPGIMS out to be a unique event. “We employees had threatened to thank Prime Minister strike work over the dispari- Narendra Modi for his effort From Page 1 The Centre has said in its plea that it has no ty in their emoluments as and support to the state gov- Referring to the earlier order of March 31, objection in returning the land to its actual own- compared to AIIMS staffers. ernment for making this 2003, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said ers. Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex Besides, to make the Kumbh a grand success and the apex court instead of “confining the order of court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court functioning of Mandi Samiti popularising it globally due to status quo to the disputed land” had extended judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the more transparent, the which envoys of 70 countries the restraining order to adjacent acquired land 2.77-acre land be partitioned equally among three Government made a rule that participated in it,” Yogi said. also. The Centre also referred to the Supreme parties --- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi registered farmers would be However, politics had its Court’s verdict in the 1994 Ismail Faruqui case, Akhara, and Ram Lalla. made chairperson and vice- share in this event too, as saying the top court had observed that if the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi chairperson of mandi samitis. Cabinet minister and Centre wanted to return the acquired land to its Adityanath, who on Saturday had said that the The Government also Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj original owners then it may do so. matter should be handed over to the State decided to provide 3,791 reg- Party president Om Prakash “The Constitution Bench of this court has Government so that it can be resolved “within istered leprosy-affected peo- Rajbhar boycotted the meet- held that the superfluous area which is other than 24 hours”, welcomed the Centre’s move and said, ple in the State with houses ing. A critic of the Yogi gov- the disputed area of 0.313 acres shall be revert- “We welcome the move by the Centre. We have under PM Awas Yojana as ernment, Rajbhar has set a ed/ restored to its original owners,” the plea said. been saying that we should get permission to use was done for Musahar and deadline of February 24 to The plea has said the Ram Janmabhoomi the undisputed land.” Tharu communities. snap ties with the BJP. Nyas had sought return of excess land acquired Meanwhile, describing the Centre’s plea in in 1991 to original owners. “One party namely the Supreme Court to return excess land Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas whose land measuring acquired by it in Ayodhya to their original own- approximately 42 acres (which is a part of the ers as “insidious”, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Another shifted CBI SP accuses superfluous/excess land) was acquired, has Owaisi said the NDA Government was trying to moved an application relying on the constitution prevent fair adjudication of the dispute. “This chief of acting out of malice bench judgment of this court,” the plea said. insidious attempt by the Central Government “The applicant is seeking permission of this should not be ignored. They’re trying everything From Page 1 only Director-in-Charge not to court to discharge its duty as earmarked in the in their capacity to prevent a fair and indepen- The official post of the go on a spree of mass transfers judgment of the Constitution Bench by suitably dent adjudication of the Babri Masjid dispute,” Director cannot be used for any of various officers from the modifying/vacating the order dated 31.3.2003,” the All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen purpose other than the insti- level of Joint Directors to the plea said. (AIMIM) leader tweeted. tutional and public interests,” Additional Superintendants of Balaji said in his complaint. Police and resort to nay neces- This is the fourth timer sary transfer only on rational Govt OK’s `7.2K cr calamity relief within a period of two years grounds that merit such a that Balaji has been transferred course in public interest,” he From Page 1 sub division. Similarly, rain financial assistance from the with the last being issued on added. Similarly, with 13.61 lakh deficiency in Ananthapur, National Disaster Response August 1, 2018 in pursuance of Meanwhile, a CBI hectare spread in 9 districts were Chittoor, Cuddapah and Fund. Per the existing proce- his request to then CBI spokesperson said, “The rep- reported droughts in Andhra Kurnool in Rayalseema record- dure, the report/recommenda- Director Alok Verma vide a resentation dated 22.01.2019 as Pradesh. The State Government ed 33 percent, 41 per cent, 60 tions of the IMCT are placed handwritten request dated June reportedly submitted by Shri T had sought Rs 1,401 crore from per cent and 46 per cent respec- before the Sub-Committee of 16, 2018 for posting in any Rajah Balaji, SP, CBI about his the Centre while Gujarat had tively. the National Executive branch in New Delhi so as to transfer, as mentioned in media asked Rs 1,717.54 crore as 11 During 2018-19, State Committee (SC-NEC). enable his wife to be better reports, has not yet been districts are reported with Governments of Maharashtra, Therefore, the recommenda- placed to provide care to her received in the Office of drought situation this year dur- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, tions of the SC-NEC are con- mother who is a cancer patient Director/CBI. As and when it ing kharif season. Jharkhand, Gujarat and sidered by the High Level undergoing treatment at is received through proper In Gujarat, the rain defi- Rajasthan submitted memo- Committee and, accordingly, AIIMS. After being relieved on channel, appropriate action as ciency in Devbhoomi Dwarka randums in the wake of drought aid is provided to the States. The September 28, 2018 he was per rules will be taken. It may recorded 42 per cent; Jamnagar during kharif. Inter-Ministerial Odisha Government also posted in the ACB and he further be mentioned that Shri 29 per cent; Kachchh 62 per Central Teams (IMCTs) have declared drought during kharif joined on October 10, 2018. Rajah Balaji has been trans- cent; Morbi 51 per cent; been consisted to visit all these 2018, but it has not submitted “It was incumbent on and ferred to Ghaziabad, which is Porbandar 28 and Rajkot 30 per drought-affected States to assess any memorandum to the necessary in your capacity as part of the NCR only.” cent in Saurashtra and Kutch the damage and recommend Centre.
decades ago in Bengaluru as of 16 in 1946 after doing high he found hard to compromise joined the trade union movement Defence Minister he described schooling here but stayed there with. He though there was a lot where PD Mello became his Fernandes... Vietnamese people as a disci- only for two years. His parents of difference between words and mentor. The former Defence From Page 1 plined, committed and deter- sent him to the seminary so that practice in the institution of Minister was a polyglot who con- Fernandes alos expressed mined lot. He was India’s first he can become a Roman Catholic Church and that rectors got bet- versed in Tulu, Kannada and his great for Vietnam and stated Defence Minister to have visited priest, a wish that did not mate- ter food than seminarians. Konkani whenever he interacted that “If there is a rebirth, I would Vietnam. Fernandes studied in rialise. Free thinking and inde- According to a published with people from the Dakshina like to be born as a Vietnamese”. Bengaluru to escape from his pendent that he was from an account of his wife Leila Kabir Kannada region. However, in his Addressing the annual confer- father’s legal profession. Born in early age, Fernandes left the Fernandes on a website, he was political career, he never con- ence of Karnataka Planters Mangalore, Fernandes joined seminary after he felt there were excommunicated from the tested from the region. Fernandes Association about one and half the St Peter’s Seminary at the age blemishes in the Church which Church for his bold views. He was fluent in Hindi and English. Why only ‘babus’ picked for CIC...
From Page 1 only retired or sitting civil information commissioner and details of the steps taken by Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, He said that as per apex servants as information com- three State information com- them in filing up the existing Kerala, Odisha and Karnataka court’s December 13 last year missioners but names of per- missioner and they would vacancies. The apex court had — to apprise it about the time order, the Centre should have sons like activists, scientists, review the situation within six earlier asked the Centre and frame for filling up the posts. put on the website the names journalists, lawyers and others months and see whether they States to maintain transparen- The petitioners have said of members of search com- should also be considered for needed more State information cy in appointments of chief that several information com- mittee, candidates who have appointment. The ASG told commissioners. information commissioner and missions like in Gujarat and been shortlisted and criteria the court that government has Similarly, counsel appear- information commissioners Maharashtra were functioning which was followed for selec- complied with the require- ing for Andhra Pradesh said and upload details of search without the chief information tion but it was done only after ments during the process of they have three State informa- committees and applicants on commissioner, even though appointment of four informa- appointing chief information tion commissioners and the website. the RTI Act envisages a crucial tion commissioners. commissioner and information process to fill up the vacancy In July last year, the top role for this post on which the “This information should commissioners and the details was already underway. court had expressed concern administration and superin- have been made public during were uploaded on the website. The petitioners counsel over vacancies at the chief tendence of commission is the process of appointment She said 280 applicants informed the bench that 10 information commission and vested. The plea has claimed and not after the appointment had applied in the process State information commis- state information commissions that the Centre and state gov- was already being done,” and while some vacancies have sioners have recently retired in and had directed the Centre ernments have “attempted to Sachdeva said, adding, “trans- been filed up, the process for Uttar Pradesh and he has filed and seven states to file an affi- stifle” the functioning of the parency in the entire process is others was going on. The coun- a separate application in the davit giving a time schedule for RTI Act by failing to do their required”. sel appearing for West Bengal court in this regard. The Bench filling up the posts. statutory duty of ensuring the He said that the told the bench that they asked the States to file affidavits The court had asked seven appointments in a timely man- Government was appointing already have one state chief within two-three days giving States — Maharashtra, Andhra ner. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Basic politics Four decades after his grandmother stormed back on the Chill in the Valley power of ‘garibi hatao’, can Rahul Gandhi's UBI work? niversal Basic Income (UBI) is an idea that is being agonised over by The non-initiation of dialogue is an immense disservice to our security forces. The Upoliticians, economists and social scientists across the world. Recently, momentum of internal talks must be matched by reviving the same with Pakistan Finland began a small-scale pilot of exact- ly such a scheme. However, what Congress president Rahul Gandhi is sure to make his main plank ahead of the 2019 general election is just such an idea. But given India’s huge size, even a pilot of such a scheme in the country will exceed national programmes across the world. More importantly, will it do any ASHOK K MEHTA good? Well to start off, several million deeply poignant moment of the people in India are covered under various monthly income plans, old-age 70th Republic Day parade was the pensions and in some States monthly payments for unemployed youth. spellbinding citation of Lance In fact, a large proportion of people, who are unemployed and below the Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani for the poverty line and who still live in their town or village, are likely covered by award of the Ashok Chakra, the Ahighest ‘peacetime gallantry award’, which is some sort of benefit scheme or another. Most of them offer minuscule sums a terrible misnomer in war-ravaged Kashmir. of money, at best just a couple of thousand rupees every month. Subsuming A terrorist-turned-soldier, Wani is the first many such welfare plans into one national umbrella will cover some people Kashmiri to bag this medal for conspicuous valour. Having won two Sena Medals earli- currently outside. But some existing schemes are not available uniformly in er, he is the bravest son of the soil. An equal- States simply because they are, for lack of a better word, bankrupt. There is ly poignant moment was captured in the high- the added problem of a massive volume of transient people across India, mil- ly emotive picture of Wani’s Commanding Officer of Rashtriya Rifles battalion clutch- lions of urban poor and homeless without access to formal banking networks. ing his father, consoling him. Kashmiri sol- How on earth does any such scheme plan to cover those? Of course, there diers and terrorists gunning for each other is is that other vital question on just how a potential Rahul Gandhi-led Government not a new normal in the Valley. The stunning irony of this epic encounter is that very few, proposes to pay for this? India’s tax-paying classes are getting increasingly if any, Kashmiris are celebrating his martyr- restless and any further cess or charges on taxes may lead to a flight of tal- dom for fear of reprisals. Only a handful ent and capital that this country can barely afford. Possibly, one could argue attended his funeral in Kulgam; whereas when another Wani, Kashmir’s poster boy, Burhan that a single basic income directly delivered to accounts will actually be cheap- Wani, was killed in 2016 by the security forces, er than having multiple subsidy schemes for the rural and urban poor. crowds of sympathisers, fellow terrorists However, the problem is that members of Rahul Gandhi’s cohort have been and overground workers were among an unprecedented 30,000 (by one account) and nomic activity and unending its mission of ridding the Valley ing a political process with all making noises against the rich buoyed by an Oxfam report. That could be dis- 150,000 (by another estimate) mourners. Such political uncertainty marked of terrorists — bringing down the stakeholders, including the astrous for the country and will almost certainly lead to wealthy individuals pulling is the striking chasm in commemorating trau- one of the most tumultuous threat from the present 300 ter- Hurriyat. Non-initiation of dia- out their assets and acquiring global passports or residency which will devas- ma and tragedy in Kashmir. years in the recent history of rorists to zero and declaring the logue is immense disservice to Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Jammu & Kashmir”. Valley terrorist-free while simul- the security forces, who ultimate- tate India. Then there is that other irony. Almost 40 years after Indira Gandhi Malik was right. It is not the militants that have For the security forces, taneously regaining local support ly carry the can. The momentum promised ‘garibi hatao,’ there is still a huge number of Indians who are des- to be killed but militancy. Military comman- though, there was cause to cele- SECURITY to bring back normalcy. of internal dialogue has to be perately poor thanks to decades of failed policies, leaking subsidies and uncon- ders in the State have for long been agonised brate. With the elimination of FORCES DO Alienation and Islamist radical- backed up with reviving the over this dilemma — body count but also three remaining terrorists, isation are galloping ahead with- talks process with Pakistan. trolled population growth. We just need to look to our East to see what can be securing the support of the people. Baramulla became the first of 13 WHAT THEY ARE out any effective steps to arrest Ideally, the two have to operate achieved by proper planning. China has lifted half a billion people out of pover- Unfortunately, local support is diminishing, police districts in Kashmir to BEST AT: their momentum and rollback. A in tandem. Pakistan Army Chief, ty in the same timeframe. How? Not by indulging in things like an universal basic converting to public disrupting military become militant-free. The last PUTTING THE LID former BSF intelligence chief, SS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has income but industrial development and becoming the factory to the world. The operations to enable the terrorists escape. And time a district was declared ‘mil- Guleria, has said Salafism backed reportedly sent feelers for talks to when they are killed, it is the same civilians itant-free’ was Kulgam in 2008 ON VIOLENCE by Pakistan has sounded the Gen Rawat, who is ready to take very fact that we are discussing this issue today is appreciating 70 years of who publicly glorify their martyrdom. But no but that was short-lived. Srinagar death knell of Kashmiriyat, which a leap of faith. After the Central policy failures and they include those by Mr Gandhi’s grandmother. Kashmiri leader — no one — had a word of Corps Commander, Lt Gen Anil AND REDUCING is being eroded by a fanatic elections and elections in praise for soldier Wani’s bravery and sacrifice. Bhatt, who was awarded UYSM THE TERRORIST Islam, and Wahabi preachers Jammu & Kashmir, both strands When terrorist Wani was being on Republic Day, hailed the are systematically propagating the of the Kashmir dialogue can be described as a cat with nine lives, he was also Ramzan ceasefire, the holding of POPULATION TO Salafi ideology among village started sometime in mid-2019. Cub love being paired with the academic hotshot, local elections and the extending A MANAGEABLE youth on Fridays and encourag- The start of a peace process in UPSC topper Shah Faesal — two Kashmiris duration of an incident-free ing students to hate non- Afghanistan shows there is no Just numbers are not enough now, we need to on divergent paths to stardom. While Faesal Amarnath Yatra as outstanding LEVEL. IN OTHER Muslims. The Hurriyat, Jamaat- military solution. has abandoned the civil service for politics, achievements of 2018. Further, e-Islami, Ahl-i-Hadith and other Radha Kumar noted in her create stable homes for the growing tiger population for reasons he has principally attributed to accounting for 257 terrorists at an WORDS, similar organisations have spread book, Paradise at War: “For the ildlife lovers can take heart from two “the environment of siege in Kashmir”, he attrition rate of 1:8 (soldiers:ter- CREATING extremist ideologies in the Valley. sake of Kashmiris, we must hope has said a lot more: Like “the roots of con- rorist), capturing 54 terrorists and Guleria has recommended the that a peace agreement is arrived new findings over the last few days. flict are deeper than mere radicalisation”; killing 26 terrorist leaders are CONDITIONS re-opening of cinemas, bars and at, sooner than later. The state of WThe first is that India’s tiger popu- “Kashmir is not a development issue” (even highest military successes since CONDUCIVE TO liquor shops as well as staging conflict in which they’ve had to lation is set to double by 2022 from the cri- as the Governor was promising 40 new col- 2010. Army Chief Gen Bipin concerts, playing IPL matches live for the past 30 years with only leges and five medical colleges); “Hurriyat Rawat is pleased with the strong RESUMING A and restructuring the madrasa brief interregnums of peace is sis figure of around 1,400 in 2010. The sec- is a stakeholder and without its participation, counter-infiltration grid; though POLITICAL curriculum. It is time to target the intolerable…”. A young Kashmiri ond is of the Pench tigress, Collarwali Baghin, a peace process is unrealistic”…Faesal has 140 infiltrators got through while instigators/abettors of violence architect told Kumar recently: “Í who has had a record-breaking seven litters. been more blunt in admitting he quit his nearly 100 were killed. Rawat PROCESS and hatred. just want to be left alone in my Government job to protest the unabated asked: “Will Faesal ask misguid- WITH ALL The overall picture at the Kashmir.” Given the 70 years of Both have been the result of sustained and killings in Kashmir, subversion of the ed youth to give up the gun”? In beginning of 2019 is bleak and India-Pakistan conflict over focussed tiger conservation efforts in mis- Central Bureau of Investigation, Reserve tit-for-tat killings, the advantage STAKEHOLDERS, chilly as the weather in the Kashmir, that might be too much sion mode despite funding and infrastructur- Bank of India and National Investigation was claimed by Lt Gen Ranbir INCLUDING THE Valley. Every couple of years, say to ask. But that should not be, Agency; and marginalisation of Muslims. We Singh, Army Commander in in a decade, the clock moves a full Kumar concludes. al bottlenecks. India, which has around 70 will see if he becomes a topper in politics. Jammu & Kashmir and the men- HURRIYAT circle. Security forces do what (The writer is a retired per cent of the world’s tiger population in the Another Wani, journalist Khurshid tor of surgical strikes. Revenge for they are best at: Putting the lid on Major General of the Indian wild, can pat its back a bit, considering that Wani, who writes for The Pioneer, declared Pakistan taking out our soldiers violence and reducing the terror- Army and founder member of host countries in the neighbourhood like Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, 2018 annus horribilis. On Republic Day, he with sniper fire has been taken ist population to a manageable the Defence Planning Staff, cur- noted: “Transition of power four times, high- with interest, he said. level. In other words, creating rently the revamped Integrated Indonesia, Malaysia and even Vietnam, have not been able to revive and nur- est levels of violence in a decade, lowest eco- The military continues with conditions conducive to resum- Defence Staff) ture the big cat. The Pench tigress shows that she has a healthy fertility. Experts say seven litters in a lifespan of 12 years are rare and nothing short of a world record as a tigress normally has her first litter at the age of three and waits at S O U N D BITE least two years before the next one. Besides, her litter has a healthy number of Actors Navjot Singh Indian wrestling has now It's overwhelming that peo- Parents should stop cubs, four in this case. This also points to the tigress’ strength and agility in hunt- Sidhu, Aamir Khan and started doing things more ple are comparing me to using their children's ing and rearing her cubs and hand-holding them to adulthood. As Pench Tiger Naseeruddin Shah don’t professionally and you can Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer report card as their Reserve Field Director Subranjan Sen said, the tigress would need to hunt approx- deserve respect as they see more improvements in Singh. But I never saw com- own visiting cards at are traitors. every department. petition in any art form. social gatherings. imately a cheetal a week till the cubs are about three months old and one or even two cheetals a day later. That would test her endurance. If she manages RSS leader World champion Actor Prime Minister —Indresh Kumar —Vanesa Kaladzinskaya —Rajkummar Rao —Narendra Modi this feat, it would mean that the Indian tiger has not only survived but emerged stronger courtesy a high prey base and a secure habitat. This is already borne out by the fact that the Pench tigress is the latest among a growing number of tough tigress mothers known for their many litters and cubs, some of whom L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR become equally adept territorially. Of course, we need to remember that Pench, which has healthy prey animals as well as hideouts, is a safe enabler for tiger Real welfare society Strike balance between sadness and happiness Let matters end conservation. Some reserves like Sariska may not be as ideal for breeding. However, there is a flip side to the increase in tiger population, which exerts Sir — This refers to the report, here’s a saying that a picture is worth a thousand Sir — This refers to the article, pressure on their territoriality within existing habitats. In fact, 22 per cent of “Rahul pledges basic income words although sometimes, this is an understatement, “Unpleasant home truths” (January for the poor” (January 29). Tespecially with war photos. No one can forget the hor- 29) by A Surya Prakash. our big cats have already strayed out of their reserves and found themselves Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s ror of the nine-year-old Vietnamese napalm girl, Kim Phuc. Undoubtedly, the Congress used victims of man-animal conflict. Last year, half of the tiger deaths were outside guarantee of a minimum income Nor can anyone forget the sadness of the drowned three- the highest civilian honour as a reserves, caused by human intervention, either by way of poaching or poi- for the poor can be a game- year-old Syrian refugee boy, Alan Kurdi, being carried by political tool but the NDA changer if indeed it is executed a soldier. These photos have greater impact than ones Government has fared no better. soning. The next stage of the conservation story should now focus on habi- with the active participation of related to injury or death because of the realisation that To rest the debate on this, a com- tat protection, equalising tiger density and meeting challenges of translocat- the Government. The move, if they wouldn't have occurred if there were no wars. Thus, mittee should be formed that ing those who need a bigger area for survival. The National Tiger Control Authority implemented, is bound to they represent the worst of humanity. should be given the responsibility improve the quality of education However, a recent war photo of a balloon seller in be little joy. So why the balloons? For many, balloons are to discuss and shortlist the names (NTCA) is assiduously working on developing prey bases in other reserves to and the overall all healthcare Kabul will create a perplexing image. A quick internet a source of joy and happiness. But how can there be a of the nominees. Otherwise, the minimise tigers straying into buffer villages. Then there is the issue of frag- scenario and will bring down search will show many similar pictures. The photo shows market for joy in such a sad place? Perhaps these bal- current method will only lead to mented forest corridors. The tiger is a roamer and can cover long ranges for out-of-pocket expenditure. a man pushing a wheelbarrow full of equipment and hold- loons offer hope for a better time. The smiles that they the erosion of credibility. Besides, it will also give private ing a collection of a hundred balloons. If the picture was bring may be the first time a child has smiled and from Shivansh survival but natural transit corridors connecting forests are vanishing fast due players a run for their money. chopped to show just that, then it could be set anywhere there, people look for solutions. The joy of a child should Via email to human encroachment and development. Unused to being hemmed in from The Government can rescue in the world. But only when the rest of the picture is exam- be stronger than sadness of the people. But it's a hard all sides, the tiger is hitting out with desperate aggression when prodded by both the education and health ined, one can see bombed out buildings, farm animals, job to swing that balance. Stupendous victory sector from the grip of private a lot of people who look like they have lost so much and Dennis Fitzgerald human intervention. Though there are still viable tracts of pristine forests that hijackers. It is, perhaps, a better oddly no living plants. It is a sad sight. There seems to Melbourne can be turned into reserves by relocating animals from overpopulated stretch- option to guarantee minimum Sir — Novak Djokovic’s win at the es, fact is forests are a state subject and an inter-state agreement on shared income to the poor than provid- Unnecessary row tion and the Assembly elec- Narendra Modi and, therefore, to Australian Open has once again ing them with other forms of tions in Odisha are to be held think that the Padma Award has opened the debate as to who is the corridors needs to be ironed out and coordinated if translocation is to suc- concessions like loans waivers Sir — This refers to the report, simultaneously. It, therefore, anything to do with influencing greatest male tennis player of all ceed. To avoid tiger deaths on railway lines, bypasses, whether over or under and insurance schemes. “Writer Gita Mehta declines seems highly improper and even his brother, appears senseless. time. However, the trio of Roger passes, can be created around existing cross-sections. Finally, we need to make India is a welfare state. But Padma Shri citing election year” undignified for Gita Mehta to Patnaik rightly sidestepped his Federer, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic the idea of ‘welfare’ is held (January 27). It is a well-known have declined the award on the sister’s remarks saying that she has has undoubtedly crafted a golden buffer villagers stakeholders in conservation efforts, keeping them invested as hostage as a large chunk of edu- fact that the Padma Awards are basis of its timing being close to all the right to decline the award era in men’s tennis. park patrollers and monitors, generating a subsidiary tiger economy that ensures cational and health services is announced on the eve of the the elections. and at the same time congratulat- Shubham them revenue, incentivising forest produce and enhancing the tiger gene pool allowed to be propelled by prof- Republic Day every year. It was Mehta must be aware that her ed all those from his State who were Via email it motives of the market force. sheer coincidence that this year, brother, Naveen Patnaik, Chief honoured with the award. that can promote “sighting tourism.” Just numbers are not enough now, we Sujit De the awards were declared a few Minister of Odisha, is favourably M Ratan Send your feedback to: need to create stable and sustainable homes for new cubs. Kolkata months before the general elec- disposed towards Prime Minister Via email [email protected] LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN POINTCOUNTERPOINT Populist, political IF VOTED TO POWER, THE CONGRESS IS COMMITTED IS THIS PROMISE ALSO A FAKE ONE LIKE GARIBI TO A MINIMUM INCOME GUARANTEE FOR EVERY HATAO AND THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT'S Budget on anvil POOR PERSON. THIS IS OUR VISION & OUR PROMISE. PROMISES ON BLACK MONEY AND ACHCHE DIN? Major I-T cuts, incentive for oil companies and —CONGRESS CHIEF —BSP CHIEF easing up bank norms for cash transactions are RAHUL GANDHI MAYAWATI expected during the Interim Budget Citizens as stakeholders SHIVAJI SARKAR n February 1, the Modi Government will present its last Budget India is firm in its commitment to realise that technology is the way to empower before the general election. Technically, this will be an ‘inter- Oim’ Budget but practically, it will resemble a full Budget Session the citizen and transform Parliament and democracy for the future as several populist measures are on the cards. It will be another first for the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government after it departed from the colonial tradition of presenting the Union Budget on the last working day of February to the 1st of the month. As per prac- tice, in any election year, the ruling Government presents an inter- im Budget even if there are chances of it coming back to power. As per rule, a vote-on-account or approval for essential Government spending for four months is taken before the polls. Article 87 pro- vides two instances when the President specially addresses both Houses. One at the beginning of the first Session after each gen- eral election when the reconstituted Lower House meets for the first time and the other at the start of the first Session of each year. RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR This time, the Government has opted for the latter to not only exude confidence among the people but also give a pregnant polit- e all know that technology, ical message that it will come back to power. Unlike the practice especially the internet, is the in an election year, the Budget Session will not be a continuation major disruptive force that is of the Winter Session. A fresh Session was prorogued mid-January changing everything and turn- to help the Government re-promulgate some Ordinances, includ- ing every model, known and ing triple talaq. What’s the harm? Government advisors suggest- Wunknown, on its head. At a basic level, it is con- ed it to make the best use of the window and that’s about it. There necting the average citizen to information and data and empowering him/her in an unprece- exists no Constitutional bar on making announcements. Coming dented way — in both good and bad ways. This back to the President’s speech, it essentially highlights the puts all institutions under pressure to change Government’s priorities and provides a broad framework of its agen- and adapt — and more so Parliaments and par- da and direction. So, unfinished agenda could be completed to attract liamentary representatives. people. That is a tall order indeed. India is the world’s largest democracy at The Assembly elections to the three Hindi heartland States 70 years. It is vibrant democracy and is also brought to the fore growing discontent among the people. Core leading the charge on technology. So, it’s assessments within the parivar, too, gave warnings about the inevitable that we use technology to further Government’s performance. The Government will, therefore, use transform legislatures and make them more the opportunity to bring more expanded sections of tax proposals, effective, responsive, transparent and accountable. including a number of direct tax announcements. Industry bodies We must bypass the temptation to make like the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry this transformation a debate only about what (FICCI) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have already paved the latest cutting-edge technology is, but the way for the announcement of populist measures, particularly rather about focussing on the following out- on direct taxes. FICCI suggested revision of tax slabs for individual comes of: taxpayers with the top 30 per cent rate to be applied beyond `20 i) Increased efficiency, capacity and capa- lakh annual income. It also recommended a cut in corporate tax bility for MPs — in responding to citizens, leg- rate across the board to 25 per cent, irrespective of turnover. The islation and executive oversight, CII called for more benefits to the employees and retired citizens. ii) Increased participation of the It demanded that retired employees must be entitled to the tax ben- citizen and, iii) Increased trust, transparency, respon- efit on medical reimbursements as well as hospitalisation expen- siveness of Parliament as an institution. diture. Then there are the transporters, who have been raising To make Parliament an effective institution politics and more so for us because of our and YouTube, for example, can be a portal for demands to unclog the toll gates. They are more than prepared to to deliver good governance, we must focus on unique and large youth demographic. Getting citizens to give reports on actual conditions pay one-time charges for their vehicles. Not only do tolls cause con- the following: them to believe and trust politics and WE NEED TO CREATE and progress made, thus holding the executive gestion but also add to their travel time, thereby mounting their expens- 1) First, enabling representatives and cit- Parliament is important for our democracy. to account. es. Further, `1.13 lakh crore is being collected through `8 per litre izens — making the public representative an We have already created parliamentary A DEDICATED SOCIAL In the future, we should enable Parliament road cess on petrol and diesel. The Government and the National agent of technology and innovation rather than portals and search engines that have digitised MEDIA PORTFOLIO TO platform gatewaying and interfacing with the Highways Authority of India are exactly the ones who have been conforming to the conventional image of the the archives and current work of Parliament MyGov governance platform, which is the way extracting profits. public representative as a laggard in and parliamentarians — and make them eas- OPTIMISE CITIZEN technology is being embedded and transform- Since farmers and rural voters tilted the balance in the recent innovation. ily available. The future would be to include PARTICIPATION IN ing decades-old way of governance in India. That approach starts with every public rep- public e-consultation of legislations directly The present Government, led by Prime elections, the Agriculture Ministry and NITI Aayog have been dis- resentative being technology-enabled with through the Parliament portal and platform FOLLOWING UP ON Minister Narendra Modi, fully recognises the cussing the possibility of announcing a farmer income scheme on tools and training. Digitally enabling and thereby address the issue of representa- risks of technology to democracy and securi- the basis of their land holding. Also on the cards are ways to help Parliament is only fully effective if citizens are tion and participation. We must take these por- EXECUTIVE ty, risks that range from fake news impacting the farming class in their marketing endeavours. The middle class, also online. So, while India is one of the world’s tals and platforms out to the youth in a way COMMITMENTS AND democratic process to content that enables too, largely felt ignored in the last Budgets. They and the farming largest connected countries, it still has one of that they tune into politics and find Parliament security problems to the issue of personal lib- community are piqued by the continuous rise in oil prices. The sim- the largest unconnected citizenry. In the last an institution they can relate to. EVALUATING erty arising out of data privacy inadequacies. plest way to bring relief is by bringing products under GST. But the four years or so, we have rapidly grown to 4) The fourth is Parliament as an institu- These issues are being carefully worked on — Government may not tread this path. Instead, it may announce relief about 400 million internet-connected citizens, tion for oversight of the executive where par- PROGRESS. using a combination of legislation and creat- for petroleum companies for investment in exploration and market- and hopefully by 2022, which would be our liamentary questions (PQs) are being digitised WHATSAPP, ing capacities within regulators— including the ing activities. The proposal may look ‘rational’ as India needs more 75th Independence year, we will have close to and made available. In a country where legis- most important issue of citizen awareness in oil but it will benefit large private companies. On the banking front, a billion Indians connected to the internet and, latures — Centre and State — have to deliver INSTAGRAM AND mainstream politics and democracy. therefore, connected to their representative, important goals on poverty, security and other The Modi Government believes technol- there are demands to allow banks accept more cash for transfers government and legislature — seeking out social services — debates and oversights that YOUTUBE, FOR ogy is the way to empower the citizen and and ease of online transfer rules. At present, businesses and traders information, services and accountability. are based on data and facts are very important EXAMPLE, CAN BE A transform Parliament and democracy for the are finding it difficult to transfer cash earnings. Banks do not allow 2) So, flowing from that, transforming the to review the performance of the executive. future. It’s not a choice but an absolute need cash transfer through NEFT/RTGS as per Government orders. This connect between representative and con- While Budget documents and other financial PORTAL FOR CITIZENS to remain relevant. The Indian Parliament is has led to a thriving parallel business. The Government has also stituents and creating visibility and reporting data are already on online databases, we must firm in its commitment to realise this. All par- been told to encourage more cash transaction for ease of doing of a MP’s work in Parliament become the sec- also publish social security and spending pro- TO GIVE REPORTS ON liamentarians should support each other for business, simplify KYC rules and base it on the permanent account ond part of our strategy. Every member has a gramme data and performance online. ACTUAL CONDITIONS this transformation of our parliamentary number, which is linked to Aadhaar and do away with cumbersome portal with all his work updated, for his or her We must create a web-based Geographic institutions by digitally enabling them. procedures every now and then. The World Economic Forum has constituents to see and critique. This has a Information System (GIS), which provides up- AND PROGRESS We must ensure this transformation and said that India’s cyber transaction system is fraught with risk. This major impact on quality of debates and inter- to-date information about sites of important enabling process as not being restricted to the ventions and indeed in the interaction between projects funded and spearheaded by the exec- MADE, THUS Parliament alone, but to move this model, once led the businesses to stress on cash transactions and they say this constituent and the parliamentarian. utive. This enables MPs to sharpen their over- HOLDING THE successful, into the two other tiers of our would not lead to any “black” transaction. But cash is still being 3) The third goal is of Parliament as an sight roles. democracy — state legislatures and legislators used during polls. The purpose remains unresolved. It’s a tall list institution. The cynicism about politics and We need to create a dedicated social EXECUTIVE TO and city/ village councils and councillors — for the Government. But it is not likely to lose an opportunity to pan- Parliaments among the youth is a global prob- media portfolio to optimise citizen participa- ACCOUNT that is over 700,000 mini and micro legislatures der to the people’s wishes and reap benefits at the hustings. lem and indeed a big risk as future generations tion in following up on executive commitments with elected representatives. (The writer is a senior journalist) are increasingly tuning out of democracy and and evaluating progress. WhatsApp, Instagram (The writer is a Member of Parliament) Course correction on urban agenda FOREIGN EYE It is clear by now that the rural and urban people are not separate topographical categories. The social, economic and political linkages between both centres are vital to enrich the economy. The Government must pay heed Urban Affairs should move towards ministries/departments and schemes billion) has been sanctioned for tion for NULM showed a downward land States of Madhya Pradesh, higher budgetary allocation, consid- for the next two years, shows that release as against the `57,699 crore trend post 2014-2015 with the high- Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, it is ering its key role in implementing most of these targets are likely to fall (`576.99 billion) required for fulfill- est Budget cut in 2015-16. most likely that in the interim most flagship schemes of the NDA. short because of below par expendi- ing PMAY targets. In its report, the However, the Government took Budget to be presented on February The total outlay for the Ministry in ture estimates for this flagship scheme. Committee noted that “all is not well some ‘innovative’ steps, like planning 1, it will give priority to the rejuve- 2018-19 stood at only 1.71 per cent The 2018-19 budgeted estimate for with the implementation of the for the development of “model shel- nation of rural demand and increase of the total outlay of over `24.42 lakh urban housing expenditure stood at scheme and the progress of PMAY ters” for urban homeless in several their income. But a blinkered A CHANCE TO GET OUT ANURAG MAZUMDAR crore — a decrease in share from 1.88 `6,505 crore, a marginal increase from has been disappointing”. In its States, which were likely to provide approach may not do well to assuage per cent in 2017-18. The Committee `6,042 crore in 2017-18 revised esti- defence, however, the Government several facilities like RO water, play- rural distress. The Government must OF AFGHANISTAN hink of all problems that have noted that the Ministry’s average out- mates. The figure is projected to pointed out that it has set up a ground and television to occupants. address the systemic malaise and the As President Trump noted come to beset urban India such lay had nearly stagnated at 1.59 per increase slightly to `6,955 crore in National Urban Housing Fund But with a decline in budgetary allo- lack of budgetary allocation for the Tas lack of jobs, amenities and cent from 2014-15. This despite the 2019-20, as per the statement. (NUHF) worth over `60,000 crore in cation since 2015-16, the target of underprivileged in urban centres. in 2017 of Obama’s hasty demonetisation. It will only unravel Government’s increasing emphasis This poor allocation for urban February 2018. The body aims to setting up 1,331 shelters before 2019 It is almost clear by now that the Iraq withdrawal, “Our hard- a pattern of systematic apathy. This is on urban issues. housing assumes special importance facilitate the required funds over the seems unlikely to be achieved. rural and urban are not separate won gains slipped back into evidenced by the lack of budgetary Fading magic: One of the key pol- due to the burgeoning of slums in next three years (ie till 2022) and pro- Where the two meet: In the last topographical categories. The social, the hands of terrorist support, especially to the marginalised icy pitches of the NDA Government megacities and larger towns, not to for- vide for any shortfall that may arise. one year, the NDA Government has economic and political linkages in Indian cities. A curious disconnect was the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana get the uninhabitable living conditions The terms of the fund, where and been hit by twin salvos: On the one between both centres are vital to enemies.” That’s why has set between the NDA’s urban or the Housing for All scheme that in these informal settlements. Out of how it will generate money from and hand, farmers protests and strikes enrich the Indian economy. Poor Trump set aside his initial manifesto and its near and medium- promised to build close to 12 million the 5.49 million houses to be built in the reporting and monitoring mech- have brought the issue of long-term budgetary allocation for flagship instinct to leave Afganistan term spending for this lot. For a coali- houses by 2022. It aimed to rehabili- the last three years, only 15 per cent anism, are still unclear. agrarian distress to the doorsteps of urban schemes will exacerbate both quickly and opted to make tion, whose poll planks were focussed tate slum dwellers in situ by utilising have been completed, while the Progress of NULM: At a time the urban masses. On the other, the urban destitution and rural distress. another military effort, on spectacular urban themes, like the land as a resource, promoting and remaining are either in the planning when urban services, particularly for urban electorate seems to be retreat- Course correction on urban agenda Smart Cities and Bullet Trains, this building affordable housing through stage and/or under construction. vulnerable groups, are languishing, ing from its usual support for the BJP, will not only have spillover effects on based on “principled disconnect represents an anomaly. private-public partnerships and facil- It has already been acknowl- allocation to the Deendayal largely due the lack of jobs, demon- rural migration patterns and farmer realism.” Yet Americans However, this phenomenon is itating targeted subsidies for individ- edged by a Parliamentary Oversight Antyodaya Yojana — National Urban etisation and the hasty rollout of the incomes but holds the potential to re- have grown impatient with not new. The Standing Committee ual house construction. Committee on PMAY-U that out of Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) Goods and Services Tax (GST). think rural problems differently. this war. Whether the ` on Urban Development, in its report However, the Medium-term a total project cost of 2.04 lakh crore scheme was reduced by 11.17 per As the BJP Government is going (The writer is with the Centre for Taliban will follow through on Demands for Grants (2018-19), Expenditure Framework Statement, (`2.04 trillion) and total central cent at `310 crore in 2018-19 over all out to woo the farming and the Budget and Governance tabled in March 2018, had suggest- which provides insights on the Union share of `57,699 crore (`576.99 bil- `349 crore in 2017-18. A year-wise agrarian communities after sustain- Accountability, Delhi. Views expressed remains to be seen. ed that the Ministry of Housing and Government’s finances for different lion), as low as `26,162 crore (`261.2 analysis suggests that Budget alloca- ing heavy losses in the Hindi heart- here are personal) (New York Post editorial) LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 avenues 10
QUOTE OF THE DAY “A good head and good heart are On the eve of always a formidable combination. But when you add the Budget, to that a literate tongue or pen, experts from then you have something very special.” the education — Nelson Mandela field share expectations Windows with PIONEER 2019 AVENUES on EDU NATA how to he Council of Architecture (CoA) Testablished by the Government improve the of India will be conducting National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) sector for admissions in five- year BArch degree course in all recognised architectural institutions all over country. On the basis of NATA scores the actual WOMEN-FRIENDLY WORKPLACE to see an increase in female participation in the admissions shall be carried out by Services, ccording to the India Skills Report, 2018, the workforce. Outdated skill sets are yet another rea- the concerned competent Defence Services, economic participation of women in the son women are keeping out of the workforce. Thirty- authorities of the respective Transport Industry, Planning, Aworkforce has decreased from 32 per cent in four per cent of the women on our survey mentioned states/institutions. Arbitration and Valuation and 2016 to 23 per cent in 2018. Typically, the low-level reskilling as a necessity for their career restart, pro- The test makes an assessment of others. The number of Architects jobs opted by women are now being automated and gression and job role changes. We hope to see bud- drawing and observation skills, in the country is still not sufficient fewer women seem to be entering high-growth get 2019 focus on skills development programs for sense of proportion, aesthetic to cater to the needs of citizens in employment areas, as reported by WEF’s The women, a focus on reducing or eliminating hiring sensitivity, Mathematics and cities and villages. With the rapid Global Gender Gap Report, 2018. JobsForHer con- biases, family leave policies that include both par- critical thinking ability that have urbanization and technological ducted an online survey for women restarters and ents, diversity and inclusion initiatives, equal pay SUPPORT E-LEARNING been acquired over a long period advancement in the country, the 38 per cent of them cited childcare as one of the policies to close the gender pay gap, recruiting more The budgetary allocation of time and are related to the requirement of architects has biggest challenges to restarting their careers. senior women leaders and board members and com- for education in 2018 stood at specific field of study. NATA 2019 further increased. With the Indian Government’s 400 crore pro- pulsory anti-harassment training to ensure safer 3.5 per cent of the entire bud- is a great step towards producing posal this year to reimburse employers for seven of working environments for all women. get, with a special focus on digi- competent architects to serve the SPECIFICS OF ARCHITECT the 26 weeks of extended maternity leave, we hope —Neha Bagaria, Founder & CEO, JobsForHer tised classrooms, ICT-enabled society and to build the nation in An Architect is a creator and learning, and quality teacher coming decades. inventor who prepares his training programmes. There are about 480 institutions concepts on paper and transform However, the overall improve- presently imparting architectural them in to reality in construction of INVEST IN TEACHER TRAINING ment of the education sector education in India leading to buildings. Architecture course is he Government needs to identify more requires more prioritised atten- recognised qualifications. challenging and individual gets a Topportunities for better teacher training and tion and funding. lot of opportunities to showcase for R&D in higher educational institutes in The prerequisite for qual- FORMAT OF THE TEST his creativity and ingenuity while Budget 2019. More funds allocation for train- ity education becoming avail- The exam will comprise of two designing structures. ing the teachers is the need of the hour, espe- able to all is the free and easy parts— Part A which is multiple Architecture provides a very high cially with various professional skills as they play access to quality e-learning choice questions to be answered paying profession. Students a major role in shaping the students’ future. resources. This can be initiat- online of total 120 marks. And Part passed with good grades would be The budget must also look at ways to ed by the government through B which is paper based drawing of pursued by large firms looking for improve the basic infrastructure of schools, along technologies such as artificial total 80 marks. fresh talent and new ideas and with setting up of infrastructure for ICT to help intelligence, virtual and aug- paid very well. the students in receiving engaging and power- mented reality and cloud com- IMPORTANT DATES An Architect studies various fields MAKE IT TAX-FREE ful learning content. Also, there is a strong need puting. It is also important to The NATA 2019 will conducted including Art, History, Material of passing on the benefits of various student ensure that internet access pro- twice a year all over the country. Science, Physics, Engineering, wo key steps need to be made — schemes directly to them under DBT (Direct NEED FOR RESKILLING & UPSKILLING vided to rural areas is func- The first test will be held on April Economics, Sociology, Law, TEducation needs more funding by Benefit Transfer). This will plug leaks and will ndia’s vast young population is one of its biggest assets but tional so that students from 14 and the second test will be held Culture & Heritage, and others and the government, and it must be tax- result in more efficiency and effectiveness in the Ikeeping in line with the recent disruptions in the education those parts can use it for effec- on July 7, 2019 from 10 am to the number is increasing and most free. The budget reserved for educa- process. sector, there is a pressing need to skill our youth so that they tive self-learning. 1.15 pm. For more information, attractive and candidates of tion reforms has been constantly — Monica Malhotra Kandhari, MD, are equipped with the right skill-sets that complement the Training teachers on the email at [email protected] creative minds. declining over the last five years. MBD Group for the education sector. country’s growth story. Creating digital content, VFX, anima- latest pedagogies and or call at their helpline number +91 It is all about hands-on approach In fact, education has been one tion will continue to grow and thus more training and skilling Information and 8296744296. on assignments. As a student of of the least valued sectors, at 3.7 per to supplement jobs in this field shall grow. Communication Technology Architecture, you get to work on cent of the total budget. This num- Growing adoption of newage technologies such as artificial (ICT) is the need of the hour ARCHITECTURE CAREER real-life problems of designing ber is quite low when compared to intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality and data sci- as they are expected to employ Architecture is a very promising functional buildings and make your other developing countries that ence have set the stage for new jobs which might not be very innovative teaching methods profession. Architects not only contribution in the societal spend over seven per cent of the total common today. To leverage this opportunity in the near future, and make use of digital tools in chose the building industry as development, better human habitat budget on education, despite higher Government should prioritise re-skilling and up-skilling of not the classrooms. However, there their career but also venture into and built environment and creation literacy rates. just the existing workforce but also the students in India’s is a dearth of 11 lakh ade- other fields like Education, Civil of historic legacy. Currently, ed-tech is taxed at 18 schools and colleges. This would need sufficient funds, more quately qualified teachers in the per cent GST which limits afford- push from the government for vocational training and effective K–12 segments. Even though ability to high-income groups. execution at the ground level of the initiatives in order to max- the Government is trying to Education is not a luxury. In fact, imise the results. tackle the situation with ini- Spelling competition online learning is the only way to — Anil Pant, MD & CEO, Aptech Limited tiatives such as Teacher cater to individual needs at a fraction Professional Development of the cost. courses on the digital plat- This should be made tax-free to BOOST TO ED-TECH funds availability, private investment, form Diksha, this issue also lower after-school education costs for s expected, we will have 735 mil- easily accessible quality education, needs prioritising in the students. Alion internet users by 2021, so which will be bringing thousands of upcoming budget. We also The budget should be used to the Edtech sector has a more signifi- aspirant students from abroad to hope that the Government digitise schools at a mass level so that cant opportunity to penetrate mil- Indian institutes for education. Not provides the infrastructural every student can access quality lions of students both in urban and only this will contribute to our GDP support for a system of educa- education. rural areas seeking education. For but will also help us rank among the tion that is on a par with glob- PNS n NEW DELHI tions. It should also be used to up skill the next year, we are expecting education industry, we are expecting top study destinations and have al standards, and help Indian The National Champion of teachers and close the gap between growth in the Ed-tech sector in collaboration opportunities between institutes ranking top in the list of students face the challenges of ndia’s largest spelling compe- Classmate Spell Bee Season 11 the education system and current terms of reaching students through public and private sector institutions top 100. tomorrow. Itition for school students, will win a grand prize of `2 lakh, employer demands. distance learning and reducing the in India by introducing policies for —Rohit Sethi, Director, ESS Global Study — Beas Dev Ralhan, CEO, and Classmate Spell Bee is back apart from the opportunity to — Zishaan Hayath, CEO & co-founder, Toppr cost of education. In the overseas more expansion in infrastructure, Abroad Consultant. Founder, NextEducation India Pvt. Ltd with Season 11. The competition witness the prestigious Scripps provides a platform for the National Spelling Bee in 2019 country’s best spellers to identi- with a parent in Washington ver 6,000 former students of former student of VIT, Dr fy their strengths & achieve DC, USA in an all-expenses paid VIT, Vellore and their families Viswanathan said that he was very NEW COURSES recognition for their unique trip. The four semi-finalists will O Alumni meet ` got together at their alma mater meet happy with this honour. He said spelling skills. win a cash prize of 50,000 each. and discussed several issues. everyone had to pledge their com- PNS n NEW DELHI The competition will travel The grand prize for the winner Organised by the VIT Alumni mitment towards the welfare and to more than 1,000 schools and semi-finalists have been Association, one of the highlights was upliftment of India. He said that if he Coursera, a global online learning across 30 cities and will reach out specifically designed by the participation of TT Srinivasa quality higher education was impart- Tplatform, has launched their health vertical — to more than 6,50,000 students Classmate to help encourage and Raghavan, MD, Sundaram Finance, ed to all young women and men, offering 100 new courses, 30 new from standards five to nine. enable students to follow their who also handed over awards to the India would achieve the developed specialisations, and two public health-focused Students from around India can heart’s true calling. best functioning chapters of VIT nation status rapidly. master’s degrees from the world’s top also participate online at The initial phase of the Alumni Association, both within Further, former students of universities curated specifically to help address www.classmatespellbee.in. The competition will comprise of an India and abroad. Chennai and Vellore campuses of the acute shortage of skilled workers in the top 16 participants of the com- on-ground exercise where chil- Captain SM Kannan, welcomed VIT contributed `1.6 lakh to health industry. The new portfolio of content petition also get to showcase dren will be given spelling tests the gathering at the inaugural func- Universal Higher Education Trust which includes specialisations focused on their skills on national TV on in schools. Top scorers from the tion held at Anna Auditorium. Vice Dr G Viswanathan, founder and chancellor of VIT, Vellore, along with the talented alumni and this was received by Dr. biostatistics, population health management, The Discovery Channel, school level will battle it out in Presidents Sankar Viswanathan, Dr Viswanathan, who is also president nursing informatics, and social welfare policy is Discovery Kids and Discovery the gruelling city finale round Sekar Viswanathan and GV Selvam function and dedicated the newly Vellore Engineering College, the of the Trust. The Trust provides designed to develop or supplement knowledge Tamil. and the best performing stu- were among those who took part on designed website of VIT Alumni TVS Group had extended a financial financial assistance to several women for those already working in the healthcare space Specialised content was cre- dents will make it to the semi- the occasion. On behalf of the VIT Association. In his address, Dr assistance of `3 lakh which was a and men to help them pursue college or to provide a path to a career in healthcare. The ated for students through learn- finals. The top 10 students from Alumni Association, a financial Viswanathan said that through one very huge amount. education. Among others who were new specialisations will roll-out through 2019 ing modules, tests, interactive each city will then appear for an assistance of `2 lakh was extended to form or another, former students of Former students of VIT were present on the occasion included and will be available for a subscription range of blogs and contests. The focus this online test which will choose the 20 students belonging to poor fam- VIT were extending their contribu- excelling in various walks of life. Executive Director Dr. Sandhya $39 to $79 per month. The two health-focused year is to create a holistic educa- best 16 spellers. These students ilies. tion to the well being of the society Noting that Maheswari, IPS, who had Pentareddy, Vice Chancellor Dr. master’s degrees from Michigan and Imperial are tive experience for participants will then battle it out in the Dr G Viswanathan, founder and all over the world. He recalled that recently received the President’s Anand A.Samuel and Pro Vice accepting applications in January. For more using versatile mobile app & web grand finale to win the title of chancellor of VIT, presided over the when VIT was functioning earlier as medal for meritorious service, was a Chancellor Dr. S.Narayanan. information, visit coursera.org/browse/health based learning & practice solu- Classmate Spell Bee Champion.
PNS n NEW DELHI dynamics and technology trends have also pro- pelled 44% of learners to complete a course to Research & innovation earson India has released the findings of its Study on adult learning advance their professional qualification. Pfirst-ever Pearson Study of Adult Learners at Additionally, 38% of the learners pursue these high level delegation of UK understanding adult learner behaviour and inter- to do post graduate and 39 per cent are current- reflected in the choice of course format, with 22% courses to get equipped with knowledge and skills AResearch and Innovation est in non-degree programmes and certificates. ly pursuing BA degree courses. of learners selecting online courses with the video that will be beneficial in day-to-day life. India under the supervision of The survey was conducted across six countries — lecture format. Though the rise of e-learning has British High Commission Australia, India, Malaysia, the United Arab DEMAND OF BLENDED LEARNING helped encourage students to take on more OTHER TRENDS: recently visited the labs of Emirates, and the United Kingdom aged 18 – 65 While India is making a headway in digiti- responsibility for acquisition of knowledge, 32% nCost, time, and concerns about life balance the University School of years. The survey revealed that Indians were the sation of education, blended learning is gaining of learners across India still prefer teacher-led biggest barriers to adult learning. Interestingly, Biotechnology, Guru Gobind least price sensitive while choosing a course. pace with the Indian learners and professionals. learning followed by self-directed learning at 26%. Indian learners are less price conscious, yet more Singh Indraprastha University. The survey divulges that most of the Indian Though 32 per cent of adult learners prefer com- concerned about course credibility The CEO Sir Mark Walport; PS to the CEO Tim Wheler Jess Searle; learners are keen on short courses, of which 23 plete online courses, the demand for blended MOTIVATIONS TO CONTINUE EDUCATION nOnly 36% Indian learners, consider price as a director, International of this organisation Tim Wheeler; acting director per cent of learners prefer qualification awarded learning is growing substantially as 49% of adult The survey findings show that career improve- constraint, 47% of the learners prefer balancing Sukanya Kumar Sinha; manager of events of this organisation Shivani by a professional body. It highlights that 27 per learners prefer a “blended” option. ment and knowledge are two prevailing motiva- courses with other commitments Garkal and Rita Sharma, Head of Newton Fund, India were part of the cent of Indian learners are already pursuing short- During the survey, participants stressed tions for Indian learners to continue education. n27% of the Indian learners find difficulty in delegation. The delegate visited various labs of the biotechnology term courses while 28 per cent of Indian adult upon the importance of social, emotional, and 56% of Indians take courses to improve job/career choosing a credible course from the available department of the University and praised the status of these labs. learners plan to take-up single subject short term- experiential learning to succeed in the job mar- possibilities, closely followed by 55% Indians who options— Information Technology (45%) is the Expressing gratitude on this memorable moment, Prof N Raghuram, course with one-time fee. ket and highlighted that they should be includ- take courses as a gateway to gain knowledge. With most common area of study among Indian professor of biotechnology department of IP University revealed that the With reference to the adoption and demand ed in a hybrid/blended learning model. Changing the growth of technology and digitisation, jobs are learners followed by Management & Commerce department is working on another project on South Asia Nitrogen Hub for degrees, 46 per cent of Indian learners plan information consumption patterns are also also getting highly specialised. Evolving market (39%) and Society and Culture (37%). which will also attract the international research delegations. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 avenues 11 ‘Train-hire-deploy model is the future’ Tailoring programmes that address multiple issues, aligning to the current and future industry needs benefit employers & employees, says KESHAVA RAJU
recent research titled The Voice of the Employer on the Effects and AOpportunities of Professional Development pointed out that univer- sities and colleges must now work SPECIALSPECIAL towards giving students the very skills that are required for jobs and long term success in an industry rather than focusing only on generic aspects. Skills are more important than credentials. Even if students have the right degree but lack the right skills, then their degree is of little practical use. COMPETITIONCOMPETITION How does such training benefit colleges: A university or a college that responds to industry needs appropri- ately will not only attract, success dri- ven students to apply but will also Keshava Raju Differently-abled have to see skilling opportunities in streams which are in trend so that they can attract corporate companies who are CEO and Founder, IIHT looking for professionally trained fresh- bring themselves on top of competitions, says PRASHANT AGRAWAL er to join their workforce. The same programmes with respect to making research paper brings to our notice that the job aspirants employable and as a nternational Disability Day just Empowerment. Availability of resource will be required by the This course requires creativity 95% of corporations now financially result, billable from the first day at went by. It was celebrated with devices like digital classrooms, online retail giants. Most of such skills and passion for the web support training with their own spend- work. Ia motivational spirit. But the computers with screen reading WHILE THERE ARE skills can be learned online and development for the better job and ing that a whopping $172 billion. But The train-hire-deploy model is society still has problems in bring- software, Internet, scanners, low- MANY STREAMS can be practiced as a freelancer by own start-up. this spending is done via internal rapidly replacing the hire-train-deploy ing differently-abled into the vision aids, mobility devices and setting-up own start-ups. Data science course: The training programmes or third party model. It is also known as the talent- mainstream. Most of them face hearing devices in the institutes TO PURSUE FOR Online finance and account- marketsandmarkets.com data training partners. Universities and col- on-demand model. In this model, the obstruction like accessing educa- would enrich the educational ing course: Financial Accounting, shows that the advanced analytics leges have been missing out on this crit- candidates will be put through a rig- tion, college, and employment. experiences for such people. PEOPLE WITH Indirect Tax or GST, and Direct market will be worth $29.53 billion ical revenue system since employers feel orous training programme and be According to the 2011 Census, 45 Therefore, colleges are encour- DISABILITY, ONE Tax or Income Tax, TDS and by 2019 which require a 360- that their programmes are not indus- recruited at the end of it based on per- per cent differently-abled are une- aged to maintain such devices other services have brought in the degree overview of business ana- try relevant. The report also pointed out formance in assessment. The advantage ducated. Even if they do manage and provide the facility of moder- SHOULD CHOOSE new market opportunities through lytics and concepts like data explo- that just 16% of employers feel that of this model also includes preparation to study, doors to higher education ator for differently-abled students. A PATH WHICH the digital world. Commerce grad- ration, data visualisation, there is adequate availability of pro- with respect to specific job role, better are difficult to open. While there are many streams uate always feel left out as most of Regression analysis, and predictive grammes and universities that tailor to alignment to company culture and This is because people with available to pursue for making a OFFERS GROWTH them would look for post-gradu- analytics for having insights about the needs and just 9% of corporate importantly, an outcome-based train- physical disabilities or long-term better career for persons with dis- AND ation due to non-availability of the data science. This kind of companies are presently engaged in ing model.. This is why it makes all the illnesses that predominantly pose ability, one should choose the path opportunities. Technology has course helps in generating the partnerships. more sense for institutions to partner the challenge of accessibility, they on a smarter way. Let’s lookout OPPORTUNITIES made its way in this sector by career opportunities as well as the This presents a great opportunity with tech evangelists in order to make face mobility issues to reach class- some lucrative digital education enabling proper bookkeeping and entrepreneurial journey. for higher education institutions and cashable employees out of their pass- rooms or other locations for edu- options for differently abled. tax filing with beta technology. IoT and AI Skills: New tech- graduates. Most employers in the IT ing out students. cation. For those with sensory dis- Digital Marketing: The skills and expertise and opens Fintech companies are hiring mul- nology brings new challenges in industry believe that universities and Benefits to corporate: The com- abilities related to vision or hear- Internet has created a buzz and entries in multiple sectors. tiple talents to work to provide front of mentors. They continu- colleges should work closely with the panies get trained workforce that have ing impairment, it is a challenge to impact on marketing approach Mobile repairing: A Cisco semi-consulting and data man- ously guide students towards the industry so as to train as per their hands-on experience in the technolo- use common classroom tools and worldwide. Many businesses are Report estimates that smartphone agement of various online clients. approach, they should be adopting needs. With the rapid change in tech- gies that they work with, hire them study materials. Those with cog- digital today and even small shop users are expected to double by Web development: Small star- when faced problems at work. nologies, it is crucial to ensure that the right off the campus, fresh out of the nitive impairment require learning owners have started using virtual 2022 and may reach to 829 million tups and new entrepreneurial ven- Wealth management: Wealth training is contemporary and relevant. training, and such a work-force displays in a different manner. While these market with digital and social users. Refurbished smartphone tures are increasing in the devel- Management adviser and manag- But can educational institutions move productivity from day 1 at job that saves challenges are real and cumber- media presence. Students having market which is currently unor- oping economy where businesses er deals with wealth management, at the speed of the industry perpetu- companies huge resources. some, digital education and tech- a physical disability can see a lucra- ganised and driven by local brick require having the digital presence private banking, family offices, and ally? The bottom-line: Transitioning nology can bring a completely new tive career as a digital marketer and mortar retailers is also mak- for the more business benefits. financial advisory services as our Institutions will require close con- higher education to be more industry- experience. post 10+2. Digital and social ing its space online. Many com- This course involves scripting lan- economy are sharing the interest sultations with businesses prior to oriented and skill-based can be com- Special aids and appliances are media professional develops dig- panies are capturing the refur- guage and like HTML, CSS, and with the global market. That is launching specific training programmes plex. But tailoring programmes that essential for differently-abled, and ital tactics, generate potential leads bished smartphone market in JavaScript to build an attractive, why the financial sector is rising . Institutions will need to offer cours- address multiple issues, aligning to the such aids are provided under var- and bring the awareness of the India which is estimated to reach effective and responsive website. rapidly. es that are tailored to the real job world, current and future industry needs can ious welfare schemes made by the product/campaigns on social $12-15 billion by 2020. Following Also, an experienced person can The writer is President, Narayan Seva the easiest way being by partnering with make up a critical piece of this complex Ministry of Social Justice and media. This kind of courses brings this demand, the trained human work as a freelancer from home. Sansthan, Udaipur companies who offer specific skilling puzzle.
well learned person is a well earned nonverbal impression can be a great out the door very quickly. Asking questions also gives you the person. Students and professionals need beginning or quick ending to your interview. Take care to answer the questions: opportunity to find out if this is the right Ato learn the interview skills naturally for Dress for the job or company: It is MINDIT When interviewers ask for an example of a place for you. The best questions come from getting their dream jobs. Even the smartest important to know what to wear to an time when you did something, they are listening to what you're asked during the and most qualified job seekers need to interview and to be well-groomed. Whether heard what was said. Observe your professional meeting to talk business. This is asking behavioural interview questions, interview and asking for additional prepare for their job interview. Interview you wear a suit or something less formal interviewer, and match that style and pace. not about making a new friend. Your level of which are designed to elicit a sample of your information. skills are learned, and there are no second depends on the company culture and the Don't talk too much: Telling the familiarity should mimic the interviewer's past behavior. You know you can do the job; make sure chances to make a great first impression. position you are seeking. If possible, call to interviewer more than he needs to know demeanor. If you fail to relate a specific example, the interviewer believes you can, too. One Below are interview tips that will help find out about the company dress code could be a fatal mistake. When you have not It is important to bring energy and you not only don't answer the question, but way to do this is by preparing well-thought- you how to answer interview questions and before the interview. prepared ahead of time, you may ramble enthusiasm to the interview and to ask you also miss an opportunity to prove your out answers to questions they're most likely convince the hiring manager that you are the Listen: From the very beginning of the when answering interview questions, questions, but do not overstep your place as ability and talk about your skills. to ask. By following these easy tips you will one for the job. interview, your interviewer is giving you sometimes talking yourself right out of the a candidate looking for a job. Ask questions: When asked if they have always be prepared for face toughest Practice good nonverbal information, either directly or indirectly. If job. Prepare for the interview by reading Use appropriate language: You should any questions, most candidates answer, ‘no’. interview. Success in interview will come communication: It's indispensible to you are not hearing it, you are missing a through the job posting, matching your skills use professional language during the Wrong answer. Part of knowing how to naturally to you. demonstrate confidence: standing straight, major opportunity. with the position's requirements and relating interview without any second thoughts about interview is being ready to ask questions that The writer is Pallavi Prakash, Motivational Speaker making eye contact and connecting with a Good communication skills include only that information. it. Be aware of any inappropriate slang words demonstrate an interest in what goes on in and Founder-CEO of Knowledge firm handshake. That first listening and letting the person know you Don't be too familiar: The interview is a or references-these topics could send you the company. Seed Learning Centre
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Strides to exit QUARTERLY RESULTS Sensex, Nifty log 3rd straight HDFC Q3 net profit `2,114 cr Strides Pharma Science Q3 Housing finance company HDFC Ltd on Tuesday investment reported a net profit of `2,113.80 crore on the standalone profit at `296.43 cr basis for the third quarter ended December 2018. The Drug firm Strides Pharma Science on Tuesday loss on investor jitters company had posted a net profit of `5,300 crore in the reported a consolidated net profit of `296.43 crore for the in Arrow October-December quarter of the last financial year. The quarter ended on December 31, 2018. The company had PTI n MUMBAI However, towards the closing, `223.44 crore Monday, and profit numbers for the quarter ended December 31, 2018 posted a net profit of `88.11 crore for the corresponding market managed to recoup domestic institutional investors New Delhi (PTI): Drug firm Strides are not comparable with that of the quarter ended period of the previous fiscal, Strides Pharma Science said quity benchmarks Sensex some of the losses supported (DIIs) were net buyers to the Pharma Science on Tuesday said it had decid- December 31, 2017, HDFC Ltd said in a statement. In in a filing to BSE. Consolidated revenue from operations Eand Nifty logged their third by strengthening rupee and tune of `92.32 crore, provi- ed to exit its investment in Arrow the quarter ended December 31, 2017, the company had of the company stood at `794.50 crore for the quarter straight session of losses on short-covering ahead of F&O sional data available with BSE Pharmaceuticals for AUD 394 million (over sold shares in the initial public offer of HDFC Life under consideration against `748.79 crore for the same Tuesday as jittery investors expiry. Market is not com- showed. `2,000 crore). Insurance Company Limited for a consideration of `5,250 period a year ago. While the profit from the continuing braced for key events like US pletely out of the wood as The rupee, meanwhile, was The company’s step-down subsidiary crore. Total income rose to `10,569 crore during the operations was `24.61 crore for the third quarter this fis- Fed policy, Union Budget and volatility may extend in the trading flat against US dollar at Strides Pharma Global Pte Ltd has approved the December quarter against `8,824 crore in the year-ago cal, it was `47.34 crore for the same period year ago. The US-China trade talks. coming days due to interim 71.09. The crude benchmark sale of its entire Australian business to the period. As per National Housing Bank (NHB) norms, profit from discontinued operations for the quarter ended After gyrating over 350 budget and election-led uncer- Brent futures rose 1.05 per Arrow-Apotex merged entity, Strides Pharma the gross non-performing assets stood at 1.22 per cent December 31, 2018 stood at `271.82 crore. It was `40.77 points, the BSE Sensex ended tainty,” said Vinod Nair, head of cent to USD 60.44 per barrel. Science said in a filing to the BSE. “Strides will of the total assets (`4,731 crore) at the end of quarter. crore for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. 64.20 points lower at 35,592. research, Geojit Financial According to analysts, receive AUD 300 million as upfront payment at The capital adequacy ratio stood at 18.9 per cent, of which While, the NSE Nifty edged Services Ltd. global investor sentiment the closure of the transaction, while the balance Tier I capital was 17.2 per cent and Tier II capital was Escorts Q3 net profit up 52% lower by over 9 points to close Among the Sensex pack, turned jittery after the US AUD 94 million to be deferred through a secured 1.7 per cent, it said. As per the regulatory norms, the min- Farm equipment and engineering major Escorts on at 10,652. Yes Bank, L&T, HDFC, RIL, charged Chinese telecom giant instrument,” it added. imum requirement for the capital adequacy ratio and Tier Monday reported a 52.34 per cent increase in standalone The 30-share Sensex has HDFC Bank, PowerGrid and Huawei with a series of crimes In a separate filing, the company said its I capital is 12 per cent and 6 per cent respectively, it said. net profit at `140.11 crore for the third quarter ended lost over 600 points in the last Coal India were the biggest including stealing trade secrets, step-down subsidiary Strides Pharma Inc had During the nine months ended December 2018, the com- December 2018. The company had posted a net profit three sessions. losers — falling up to 2.43%. a move that can escalate hos- entered into an arrangement to acquire 100 per pany’s profit after tax before other comprehensive of `91.97 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. Meanwhile, global shares Other laggards were Kotak tilities between the world’s cent stake in US-based generics company income was `6,771 crore compared to `8,703 crore in Its total income rose to `1,679.47 crore, up 38.42 per cent, were positive with key Asian Bank, ONGC, Mahindra and biggest economic powers and Vensun Pharmaceuticals Inc. Founded in 2011, the corresponding period of the previous year. during the third quarter as against `1,213.23 crore in the bourses witnessing mixed trad- Mahindra, SBI, Tata Steel and complicate efforts to negotiate Vensun follows an asset-light partner-driven year-ago period. Tractor sales rose 36 per cent to 25,743 ing activities and Europe open- Infosys. an end to their bruising trade business model to develop products for the US HCL Tech Q3 net profit up 19% units during the third quarter of the current fiscal. ing higher. Among the top gainers war. generics markets, Strides Pharma Science said. Software services major HCL Technologies on On the global front, the were Sun Pharma, rallying However, the White House In another filing, the company said its board Tuesday posted a 19 per cent increase in consolidated Bajaj Finance posts highest focus will be on the US Federal 2.61%. It was followed by Bajaj on Monday denied that there of directors and its step-down subsidiary Strides net profit to `2,611 crore for the December 2018 quar- Reserve’s policy meeting on Finance, TCS, Asian Paints, was any link between the two. Pharma Global Pte Ltd, Singapore, had approved ter. The company had registered a net profit of `2,194 ever quarterly profit Thursday and developments ITC, HCL Tech — rising up to Elsewhere in Asia, Hong to convert their 50:50 JVs with Vivimed to 100 crore in the year-ago period, according to a company Bajaj Finance Ltd on Tuesday reported 54 per cent around the Brexit deal. 2.61%. Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 0.16 per cent ownership. “Consequently, Strides statement. Its revenue grew 22.6 per cent to `15,699 jump in consolidated net profit at `1,060 crore — the high- Back home, investors are During the day, the 30- per cent and Shanghai will acquire balance 50 per cent stake in crore, compared with `12,808 crore in the December est ever quarterly profit — for the third quarter ended keenly awaiting the upcoming share Sensex touched an intra- Composite Index shed 0.10%, Vivimed Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, India and its step 2017 quarter. In dollar terms, the net profit rose 7 per December, 2018. The company had posted a net profit interim Union Budget on day high of 35,734.14 and while Korea’s Kospi rebounded down subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte, cent to USD 364 million for the December 2018 quar- of `690 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. February 1 amid expectations dipped to a low of 35,375.51. It 0.28% and Japan’s Nikkei was Singapore, will acquire the balance 50 per cent ter, while revenue was higher 10.8 per cent to USD 2.2 The consolidated results of the company include the of some populist announce- finally settled with a loss of up 0.07%. In the eurozone, stake in Strides Vivimed Pte Ltd, Singapore to billion as compared to the year-ago period. The com- results of its wholly owned subsidiaries Bajaj Housing ments, which analysts believe 64.20 points, or 0.18%, at Frankfurt’s DAX was up 0.01%, own and operate the erstwhile joint venture com- pany has maintained its FY19 revenue guidance Finance Ltd and Bajaj Financial Securities Ltd, it said in may derail the government 35,592.50. While, the broader while Paris CAC 40 rose panies fully,” it added. between 9.5-11.5 per cent in constant currency basis. a release. Total income during the December quarter of from fiscal consolidation path. NSE Nifty settled 9.35 points, 0.42%in late morning deals. The company also said its step-down sub- HCL Technologies board has declared an interim div- 2018 was up by 48 per cent at `4,995 crore from `3,374 “Market opened on a neg- or 0.09%, down at 10,652.20. While, London’s FTSE jumped sidiary Strides Pharma Canada Inc has entered idend of `2 per share for FY19. The company added crore in the same quarter a year ago, it said. Company’s ative note due to uncertainties On a net basis, foreign 1.12%. On Wall Street, Dow into an arrangement to acquire 80 per cent stake 13,191 people (gross) during the quarter to take its total gross non-performing assets (NPAs) and net NPAs as of surrounding the global market portfolio investors (FPIs) pur- Jones Industrial Average ended in Pharmapar Inc for a consideration of CAD headcount to 1,32,328 at the end of the December 2018 December 31, 2018 stood at 1.55 per cent and 0.62 per and upcoming US Fed policy. chased shares worth a net of 0.84% lower on Monday. 4 million. quarter. cent respectively, Bajaj Finance said. PTI|New Delhi
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1053.90 1091.85 SHARDACROP 306.20 313.05 305.00 311.70 GAIL 331.00 331.10 319.65 324.00 -9.20 IBREALEST 76.90 77.40 68.80 73.65 KANSAINER 437.10 445.55 415.10 432.25 WHIRLPOOL 1465.05 1489.50 1447.70 1465.80 ALKEM 1861.70 1899.90 1842.30 1876.25 TVSSRICHAK 2350.00 2354.05 2265.00 2305.80 EICHERMOT 19999.00 20000.00 18800.00 18825.00 -1162.40 ULTRACEMCO 3358.00 3504.25 3358.00 3408.15 FEDERALBNK 84.25 86.95 84.25 86.45 VGUARD 200.25 203.25 195.15 199.80 NILKAMAL 1269.90 1269.90 1241.00 1248.10 IEX 159.25 159.80 158.00 158.10 JINDALSTEL 132.00 133.65 128.50 129.75 CENTURYTEX 814.00 824.00 787.55 795.80 GODREJIND 511.95 513.60 496.00 509.70 OBEROIRLTY 444.85 449.95 442.60 443.95 MAXINDIA 84.60 86.00 84.60 85.80 NIFTY NEXT 50 INDIACEM 79.00 84.20 78.15 83.55 BBTC 1187.45 1213.65 1169.80 1209.25 JSL 26.65 26.80 26.10 26.65 FLFL 413.55 442.20 409.90 419.80 AEGISLOG 190.70 192.40 186.65 189.25 BIOCON 648.25 654.30 644.00 649.40 TATAGLOBAL 208.85 210.30 202.90 205.80 RALLIS 163.00 164.60 161.50 162.70 SYNGENE 563.00 571.60 552.65 560.85 INOXLEISUR 247.50 251.70 238.65 249.05 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE INDHOTEL 136.85 137.50 132.35 133.95 GRASIM 721.00 744.00 721.00 732.60 SYNDIBANK 35.50 35.80 33.45 35.45 CARBORUNIV 354.00 355.25 349.55 352.85 ELGIEQUIP 236.70 243.95 236.70 239.05 NIFTY NEXT 50 26309.55 26491.20 26162.50 26398.80 26.70 TATAMOTORS 171.60 174.80 170.95 173.45 DEEPAKFERT 114.80 117.35 113.15 114.10 WABAG 290.00 302.50 290.00 294.30 BASF 1352.00 1376.15 1333.00 1346.00 CCL 269.10 272.00 266.85 270.50 BANKBARODA 109.50 115.05 108.85 114.90 5.75 RELINFRA 257.70 268.20 255.10 265.80 UJJIVAN 268.10 283.00 268.10 276.70 VOLTAS 532.25 546.00 529.00 541.75 SOBHA 481.65 482.85 467.05 470.20 SKFINDIA 1930.00 1930.00 1920.00 1926.25 HINDZINC 252.00 260.40 250.05 259.00 7.90 JUBLFOOD 1199.75 1220.50 1180.55 1195.70 ADANITRANS 207.80 217.00 205.35 214.50 SREINFRA 30.00 30.60 28.00 30.10 PIIND 846.30 869.10 846.00 851.15 HIMATSEIDE 205.40 211.00 205.00 206.25 BEL 79.95 82.40 79.60 82.15 2.45 CHENNPETRO 232.10 249.35 229.00 243.80 BLISSGVS 148.80 152.10 145.50 147.40 OMAXE 212.50 212.50 211.15 211.25 ZENSARTECH 222.10 224.85 220.90 221.60 RATNAMANI 880.10 895.00 873.00 886.45 SHREECEM 15030.00 15525.00 14855.00 15487.85 460.45 SRTRANSFIN 1059.60 1059.60 996.90 1028.10 BHARTIARTL 309.00 309.70 301.65 307.10 MEGH 52.00 52.50 51.70 51.95 CERA 2486.30 2567.65 2419.95 2508.55 STARCEMENT 92.00 93.30 90.10 91.00 PETRONET 218.60 226.00 218.05 224.95 5.95 WOCKPHARMA 444.95 456.85 437.15 449.65 EIHOTEL 179.10 182.95 176.70 180.60 J&KBANK 39.50 40.35 39.05 40.25 SCHNEIDER 88.00 89.40 87.70 88.50 MONSANTO 2550.00 2583.00 2549.10 2570.15 L&TFH 128.00 132.20 127.15 131.85 3.40 JSWENERGY 65.20 66.00 63.50 64.25 BHARATFORG 470.00 488.40 463.70 484.50 GMRINFRA 15.25 15.75 15.25 15.55 MERCK 3108.00 3128.00 3077.80 3114.60 JCHAC 1718.50 1779.00 1701.25 1751.65 ICICIGI 817.85 845.00 814.05 837.95 20.10 PNB 76.10 78.50 75.60 77.35 VIPIND 465.10 469.20 448.10 454.85 DIVISLAB 1465.20 1511.60 1462.55 1501.95 GREENPLY 128.30 131.50 128.20 130.20 GMDCLTD 85.00 86.55 84.70 85.85 SIEMENS 982.00 1016.45 982.00 1014.05 22.60 TATAPOWER 68.75 72.30 68.45 71.00 TITAN 957.95 970.20 945.00 966.50 HINDCOPPER 46.90 46.90 44.85 45.75 ANDHRABANK 26.00 26.60 25.70 26.00 SOLARINDS 992.60 1001.95 980.00 986.40 MCDOWELL-N 542.80 556.45 540.60 556.00 11.90 EICHERMOT 19950.00 19950.00 18811.05 18883.90 PARAGMILK 211.00 213.95 207.10 209.85 SUPREMEIND 991.95 1028.00 991.95 1011.10 SYMPHONY 1151.45 1178.75 1142.35 1169.25 ENDURANCE 1117.95 1136.10 1105.80 1129.00 NIACL 173.90 178.70 172.15 177.75 3.70 PHILIPCARB 158.80 160.85 152.15 155.90 COLPAL 1266.00 1277.05 1254.80 1262.40 GODFRYPHLP 917.00 938.00 904.75 931.50 ASHOKA 118.00 122.60 118.00 121.15 GSKCONS 7189.35 7275.00 7189.30 7266.50 LICHSGFIN 443.65 458.45 440.90 456.00 9.30 HINDUNILVR 1748.00 1759.75 1725.00 1751.50 BAJAJ-AUTO 2593.00 2595.45 2523.90 2566.90 APLLTD 584.25 601.00 584.25 597.45 SCHAEFFLER 5217.60 5398.00 5200.00 5269.55 PHOENIXLTD 603.00 603.00 595.05 597.65 INDIGO 1170.00 1198.90 1165.30 1194.00 22.70 LINDEINDIA 501.00 523.00 490.10 508.85 ICICIPRULI 287.30 295.30 287.30 293.10 CAPPL 349.90 350.95 304.75 322.10 LAKSHVILAS 69.00 70.00 67.65 68.75 SUPPETRO 204.90 204.90 182.20 185.75 ABB 1238.05 1264.00 1222.05 1255.00 19.85 HCLTECH 976.10 995.00 962.00 988.10 JINDALSAW 79.60 83.70 79.60 82.30 DEEPAKNI 212.15 213.00 207.00 208.45 WABCOINDIA 6300.00 6302.15 6112.30 6272.90 ECLERX 1044.50 1055.00 1035.10 1039.05 SBILIFE 600.10 617.95 595.70 608.80 9.55 NAUKRI 1670.00 1749.85 1657.45 1700.90 JSWSTEEL 270.00 273.00 265.30 270.65 PIDILITIND 1100.60 1119.00 1093.95 1107.65 NIACL 174.00 179.00 168.00 176.20 ASTRAZEN 1582.00 1609.10 1582.00 1595.75 ICICIPRULI 290.90 297.40 288.55 295.00 3.65 REPCOHOME 398.70 409.45 372.20 395.00 HDFCLIFE 365.00 366.25 358.00 361.05 FORTIS 135.15 135.85 135.00 135.45 SUPRAJIT 201.55 202.10 186.00 192.80 SOMANYCERA 332.00 339.50 321.00 337.10 AMBUJACEM 198.70 204.75 198.30 202.25 2.50 INFRATEL 286.25 299.50 284.20 296.65 LUPIN 866.00 874.75 855.45 862.95 PAGEIND 22554.55 22940.25 22388.55 22822.50 UFLEX 246.65 250.05 246.00 249.05 VMART 2343.70 2380.00 2343.70 2361.15 BHEL 63.20 65.35 63.20 64.50 0.75 SPARC 166.05 169.20 161.30 161.95 GODREJCP 760.00 771.45 738.20 757.30 PVR 1580.00 1613.70 1574.40 1608.00 APLAPOLLO 1078.85 1091.35 1078.85 1086.20 ABBOTINDIA 8129.05 8144.00 7977.65 8021.85 NMDC 91.20 92.45 90.70 92.25 1.05 L&TFH 127.55 132.30 127.15 130.90 HINDZINC 251.00 259.90 249.50 259.30 AMARAJABAT 737.45 757.00 735.75 749.70 JKLAKSHMI 298.10 301.00 296.00 297.15 DHANUKA 405.00 409.95 401.55 408.35 AUROPHARMA 750.00 771.90 744.05 763.05 7.45 JUSTDIAL 458.80 478.20 454.70 476.50 LTTS 1708.00 1719.45 1674.40 1689.80 HEXAWARE 318.40 323.70 316.05 321.85 PRESTIGE 207.80 209.40 199.05 203.35 ASTERDM 157.00 157.00 155.00 155.20 DLF 163.00 168.20 162.05 165.50 1.45 MINDTREE 880.00 907.00 865.80 902.10 APOLLOTYRE 207.50 208.45 200.10 203.90 JKTYRE 93.50 93.95 92.00 92.85 GILLETTE 6467.90 6514.70 6445.00 6468.80 SANOFI 6300.00 6387.80 6300.00 6349.85 DMART 1375.10 1390.05 1358.20 1384.00 11.25 MPHASIS 937.50 978.15 935.05 970.65 DRREDDY 2624.20 2682.75 2603.60 2661.60 IGL 274.00 274.35 268.00 271.30 CENTRALBK 31.00 31.40 30.55 31.30 BLUESTARCO 600.55 608.25 600.00 600.00 SAIL 45.90 46.80 45.55 46.50 0.35 NCC 78.80 82.25 78.00 81.40 CGPOWER 35.75 37.55 35.75 36.95 JYOTHYLAB 176.50 182.00 175.00 180.20 BIRLACORPN 495.00 495.30 485.00 488.60 LAOPALA 207.00 210.60 205.00 208.10 OFSS 3720.05 3752.60 3699.75 3752.60 25.45 INFIBEAM 39.20 40.05 38.60 39.05 UPL 758.55 767.80 747.00 760.65 CENTURYPLY 162.05 167.80 161.15 165.05 MAHLIFE 415.95 419.70 390.10 398.30 ITDC 276.95 283.05 276.95 278.40 CONCOR 642.00 649.00 628.50 646.00 3.05 PCJEWELLER 73.40 75.20 72.85 73.95 DABUR 427.35 427.35 418.20 424.25 NESTLEIND 11383.00 11450.00 11308.20 11407.10 GET&D 286.55 297.00 282.65 294.55 IFBIND 798.85 801.65 784.00 788.10 HAVELLS 698.00 704.20 688.55 702.00 3.30 SWANENERGY 98.75 99.70 97.65 97.85 MUTHOOTFIN 508.05 517.70 491.60 496.40 ENGINERSIN 113.50 115.80 112.70 114.95 ITDCEM 116.05 119.15 116.05 116.95 JAGRAN 101.30 104.30 100.60 103.95 NHPC 24.45 24.80 24.15 24.65 0.10 INDIANB 220.00 229.30 217.40 225.65 BALKRISIND 810.25 817.20 800.00 812.95 SUNTECK 333.25 333.25 327.65 329.10 FORBESCO 2000.00 2029.00 1945.00 1949.95 GEPIL 804.00 809.90 800.00 803.50 BPCL 348.00 353.25 340.50 344.95 JAICORPLTD 97.00 98.85 95.20 97.85 COLPAL 1265.00 1277.50 1254.05 1269.00 4.90 MCX 707.05 712.75 703.70 708.95 GLAXO 1381.80 1420.00 1379.60 1405.30 APARINDS 629.95 662.00 616.15 620.60 RBLBANK 563.70 563.70 542.10 551.55 KEI 348.15 358.00 340.00 345.55 LTI 1720.00 1733.30 1705.00 1715.15 MAHABANK 13.69 14.00 13.40 13.84 ACC 1357.20 1376.20 1347.50 1360.90 3.65 TIMKEN 533.00 539.00 528.20 537.35 SPICEJET 80.45 81.40 80.00 80.20 SAIL 46.00 46.75 45.60 46.20 ESSELPRO 102.00 110.00 102.00 108.00 NESCO 445.00 457.80 445.00 447.40 MARICO 363.65 367.75 358.00 366.00 0.85 SHRIRAMCIT 1732.45 1758.25 1709.00 1716.05 KSCL 586.50 588.25 566.45 573.15 MANPASAND 72.15 79.15 72.15 77.05 TORNTPHARM 1836.90 1890.00 1836.90 1875.65 HEIDELBERG 142.85 148.00 142.60 143.25 GICRE 243.20 245.95 241.55 244.50 0.30 ZYDUSWELL 1307.00 1307.00 1286.70 1291.75 UNIONBANK 78.30 81.35 77.90 80.40 RCF 59.55 61.85 59.55 61.15 DBL 330.00 332.00 326.15 328.45 SADBHAV 190.60 195.30 190.60 193.60 PIDILITIND 1100.65 1119.90 1091.25 1103.00 1.00 GULFOILLUB 840.00 880.40 840.00 869.95 JSLHISAR 78.90 82.40 76.50 79.25 TATAINVEST 806.05 834.05 806.05 818.05 GLENMARK 631.80 649.95 624.00 644.10 IOB 13.26 13.60 13.05 13.52 SUNTV 529.10 541.70 521.00 532.85 0.50 CRISIL 1633.00 1665.00 1633.00 1658.05 VEDL 191.50 193.80 189.45 192.85 IDBI 52.75 56.50 52.75 56.20 AUBANK 594.90 598.85 588.40 593.45 FINCABLES 424.20 424.25 415.00 419.45 IDEA 31.05 32.55 30.05 30.95 -0.10 BLUEDART 2966.00 3075.95 2940.00 3026.80 KOTAKBANK 1261.50 1273.00 1246.00 1250.95 HINDALCO 199.90 200.50 197.50 199.55 MRPL 67.30 68.60 67.25 68.05 LAURUSLABS 363.00 364.00 354.00 358.20 BIOCON 648.00 654.75 644.00 647.00 -2.05 GAYAPROJ 166.65 170.00 166.65 169.40 INDIGO 1172.00 1199.70 1163.80 1184.30 WELSPUNIND 58.60 59.25 56.50 58.70 GICHSGFIN 227.90 229.15 223.25 225.50 BDL 260.00 260.00 255.00 256.20 LUPIN 863.70 875.00 855.00 862.40 -2.85 SIS 758.20 770.00 754.85 765.90 ONGC 141.95 143.40 140.20 141.20 PNBHOUSING 904.00 927.70 884.00 920.00 TIMETECHNO 94.00 98.25 94.00 95.65 LAXMIMACH 5329.00 5354.35 5280.65 5302.85 PGHH 9940.00 9963.60 9850.00 9875.25 -33.55 HONAUT 21500.00 21531.00 21188.05 21233.50 IRB 146.95 150.10 145.25 148.60 CUMMINSIND 806.65 815.85 781.85 787.70 MINDAIND 285.00 288.50 277.55 284.10 BAYERCROP 4262.05 4365.00 4250.00 4340.60 ASHOKLEY 83.00 83.60 81.65 82.60 -0.40 TNPL 231.50 232.45 230.50 231.50 LICHSGFIN 444.70 459.45 440.00 453.35 MANAPPURAM 95.20 95.45 90.05 91.15 KTKBANK 116.50 118.85 115.05 117.90 HSIL 229.70 238.90 229.00 232.45 OIL 171.10 173.75 169.65 170.70 -1.00 ISGEC 4735.00 4847.90 4735.00 4782.65 COALINDIA 226.00 226.00 221.65 222.75 RPOWER 26.75 27.20 26.55 26.70 VBL 790.00 804.30 779.80 790.40 GRINDWELL 526.25 552.00 526.25 546.15 BOSCHLTD 18284.00 18284.25 17922.80 18135.70 -126.70 NH 195.00 195.00 186.35 189.75 ITI 99.50 102.60 96.00 100.05 TATAELXSI 876.55 890.75 872.00 885.95 COROMANDEL 436.05 446.00 435.25 442.90 BALMLAWRIE 185.35 188.00 185.00 185.20 BRITANNIA 3197.00 3197.00 3152.50 3178.40 -25.05 THYROCARE 540.10 544.00 540.10 543.05 M&MFIN 404.00 407.65 394.35 399.25 VENKYS 2113.90 2113.90 2002.35 2046.65 GODREJAGRO 490.05 493.65 484.00 485.40 GPPL 85.70 88.50 85.70 87.65 ABCAPITAL 83.40 83.55 81.60 83.20 -0.65 HATSUN 692.95 692.95 673.00 679.75 AVANTI 328.00 328.00 306.50 309.70 GRANULES 89.10 90.00 87.50 88.40 EIDPARRY 199.60 207.95 198.35 203.95 MAGMA 99.65 101.10 96.50 97.80 ASAHIINDIA 255.15 255.30 255.15 255.25 MRF 62830.00 62830.00 61500.00 62063.00 -496.95 DLF 163.55 168.00 161.90 164.95 FCONSUMER 39.75 40.65 38.90 39.20 EMAMILTD 406.00 406.80 396.00 403.15 SCI 40.55 41.05 40.30 40.70 3MINDIA 20218.75 20232.00 20045.00 20083.05 DABUR 425.00 426.15 417.60 423.15 -4.25 GAIL 331.25 331.25 320.00 324.60 TV18BRDCST 32.25 33.85 31.95 33.35 GSPL 177.10 177.80 175.00 176.50 ORIENTCEM 71.30 71.30 68.00 70.25 VTL 1051.10 1064.80 1045.00 1057.60 GODREJCP 755.00 772.50 735.00 750.00 -9.25 RAMCOCEM 566.00 591.50 553.55 575.05 NOCIL 139.70 146.70 138.80 143.75 TAKE 140.00 141.40 135.85 136.90 SHK 160.05 162.00 157.20 158.20 AKZOINDIA 1726.00 1737.50 1725.00 1730.20 PEL 2160.00 2210.00 2076.35 2140.00 -30.50 KEC 242.20 242.30 233.40 237.00 CROMPTON 223.75 223.75 211.05 214.25 NHPC 24.65 24.80 24.20 24.55 EVEREADY 209.25 212.10 207.65 211.30 SHILPAMED 379.75 382.45 376.15 380.80 HDFCLIFE 366.45 366.50 357.70 361.05 -6.25 IOC 138.00 139.40 136.70 137.50 SUVEN 186.00 194.00 184.45 192.75 SHOPERSTOP 525.25 529.65 506.20 509.60 GUJALKALI 482.45 484.00 479.00 481.10 TRITURBINE 106.20 106.90 105.05 106.00 BANDHANBNK 415.00 416.00 403.00 410.00 -7.70 GNFC 318.00 325.90 315.90 318.15 GSFC 94.10 95.95 93.20 94.30 DCAL 211.60 211.60 201.85 205.60 NLCINDIA 68.95 68.95 66.50 67.25 RELAXO 726.80 737.00 726.80 735.25 MOTHERSUMI 144.95 146.45 138.00 142.25 -3.05 HEROMOTOCO 2605.00 2650.00 2572.65 2632.15 AMBUJACEM 199.00 205.00 198.35 200.90 HUDCO 40.95 41.85 40.60 41.55 MHRIL 205.00 205.95 202.05 205.60 TIFHL 448.00 448.65 446.00 447.05 SRTRANSFIN 1055.00 1055.95 995.00 1025.00 -30.70 ABFRL 201.25 204.55 200.10 202.20 WESTLIFE 376.20 379.00 364.00 367.85 QUESS 651.80 655.00 637.50 641.10 THERMAX 1121.15 1121.15 1100.00 1109.80 SFL 1265.00 1290.00 1265.00 1290.00 CADILAHC 331.00 332.90 318.55 322.00 -12.35 LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 world 13 Pak SC upholds Asia’s acquittal US charges Huawei with stealing trade
PTI n ISLAMABAD secrets ahead of talks with China PTI n akistan’s Supreme Court on WASHINGTON PTuesday rejected a review petition against its decision to he US has charged Chinese acquit Christian woman Aasia Ttelecom giant Huawei with Bibi who was on death row for a series of crimes including eight years on charges of blas- stealing trade secrets, a move phemy, in a major setback to that can escalate hostilities hardline Islamists who had between the world’s biggest demanded her execution.Bibi, economic powers and compli- a 47-year-old mother of four, cate efforts to negotiate an end who is now in protective cus- to their bruising trade war.The tody, was convicted in 2010 charges were unveiled ahead of after being accused of insulting crucial trade talks between Islam in a row with her neigh- American and Chinese offi- bours. She always maintained cials on January 30 and 31. The her innocence, but spent most charges are likely to raise ten- of the past eight years in soli- sions between China and the tary confinement. The apex US. court’s decision in October last However, the White House to overturn her conviction Monday denied that there was sparked nationwide violent any link between the two. The protests and death threats from Saiful Malook, left, lawyer of Aasia Bibi shakes hands with Pakistani Christian leader Joseph Francis after the Supreme Court's Justice Department on Monday hardline Islamist groups. The decision in favor of Bibi who was facing blasphemy charges, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday. AP unsealed two cases against protests subsided when the Huawei that detail a slew of alle- government allowed the pro- gations. One indictment accus- testers to file a review petition testimonies of those involved in deployed in addition to the cation in blasphemy laws”. es Huawei of trying to steal trade In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, photo, staff members work at a mobile phone production line in Huawei factory in Shenzhen city, against Bibi’s acquittal. A three- the case were not judged cor- regular police to deal with any It also challenged the top secrets from T-Mobile (TMUS), south China's Guangdong province. China's government called on Washington on Tuesday to "stop the unreasonable crackdown" member bench, headed by rectly, the court will review unsavoury situation. court’s dismissal of the alleged and of promising bonuses to on Huawei following the tech giant's indictment in the U.S. on charges of stealing technology and violating sanctions on Iran. Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, them and if the matter needs to Bibi was arrested in 2009 “confession” that Bibi was employees who collected con- on Tuesday dismissed the be referred to a larger bench, for allegedly using derogatory forced to make by the people of fidential information on com- USA. In an effort to build their review petition filed by local the decision will be taken. words during a quarrel with her village and argued that the petitors. A second indictment CHINA DECRIES ‘POLITICAL MANIPULATIONS’ own robot to test phones, prayer leader Qari Muhammad “An FIR lodged five days Muslim women while working Supreme Court should have claims the company worked to BEHIND HUAWEI CASE IN UNITED STATES Huawei engineers allegedly vio- Salaam as the plea failed to after an incident is suspect,” on a farm in Nankana Sahib applied the Law of Evidence skirt US sanctions on Iran. lated confidentiality and non- point out any flaw in the ver- said Justice Khosa while refer- area of Punjab province. The differently in this case.Bibi’s China decried the “political Beijing (AFP): China on Tuesday crack down on specific Chinese disclosure agreements with T- dict of the court that acquitted ring to report lodged in the case was filed by Salaam on the lawyer, who fled to the manipulations” behind the US decried the “political manipula- companies in an attempt to Mobile by secretly taking pho- Bibi. case and which formed the complaint of the Muslim Netherlands after receiving case against Huawei. “For some tions” behind the US case against strangle the enterprises’ legitimate tos of “Tappy”, measuring it, and During the hearing, basis for Bibi’s prosecution. women. death threats for defending time, the US has used state Huawei as Washington indicted and legal operations,” China’s even stealing a piece of it so that Salaam’s lawyer said that the He said that testimonies She was convicted in 2010 her, returned home Sunday to power to discredit and crack the tech giant’s chief financial offi- foreign ministry said in a state- they could try to replicate it in matter of Bibi’s acquittal is a also differed in their account by the trial court and her death represent her in the case. down on specific Chinese com- cer and levelled sweeping charges ment. China, the indictment said. The matter concerning the Muslim regarding the size and the sentence was maintained by the Her case has been deeply panies in an attempt to strangle against the company. “There are strong political indictment alleges that Huawei clergy and religious scholars place of the crowd which had Lahore High Court in 2014. divisive in Pakistan where there the enterprises’ legitimate and “For some time, the US has motivations and political manip- was offering bonuses to employ- should also be called to present gathered following the blas- The apex court overturned her is strong support for the con- legal operations,” China’s foreign used state power to discredit and ulations behind the actions.” ees who succeeded in stealing their point of view. “How is this phemy accusation, the Express conviction last year, sparking troversial blasphemy laws. ministry said in a statement. confidential information from a matter of religion?” the chief Tribune reported. days of violent demonstrations “There are strong political Ottawa and Beijing. in August, China must hold its other companies. justice asked. “Has the verdict The lawyer countered that led by the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Bibi’s case gained promi- motivations and political The indictment also accus- citizens and Chinese companies Huawei “intentionally” con- not been given on merit?” late registration of an FIR does Pakistan (TLP) - a hardline nence when former governor of manipulations behind the es Huawei, its CFO, and other accountable for complying with spired to steal the intellectual “The verdict was given on not necessarily mean ill inten- Islamist party.Salmaan filed Pakistan’s Punjab province actions,” it said. employees of deceiving numer- the law,” he said. Another 10- property of an American com- the basis of testimonies; does tion. “Should we then hand an the review petition in the case Salman Taseer was killed in In its 13-count indictment, ous global financial institutions count indictment in Seattle, pany in an attempt to under- Islam say that one should be accused on the basis of such on November 1, 2018 at the 2011 for supporting her and the US Justice Department and the US government regard- charged Huawei Device Co mine the free and fair global punished even if they are found testimonies,” questioned the Lahore registry of the apex criticising the blasphemy laws. charged Huawei and its Chief ing the company’s business with theft of trade secrets, seven marketplace, said FBI Director not guilty?” he asked. chief justice. court, urging the Supreme A month after Taseer was Financial Officer (CFO) Meng activities in Iran. “Today we are counts of wire fraud, and one Christopher Wray. “Tell us where we failed to He dismissed the review Court to reconsider its deci- killed, Pakistan’s religious Wanzhou with financial fraud. announcing that we are bring- count of obstruction of justice. “To the detriment of take into account testimony or petition, saying the petitioner sion.In the petition, it was minorities minister Shahbaz Meng was arrested in Canada in ing criminal charges against American ingenuity, Huawei where we misread the testi- was not able to point out any argued that the apex court’s Bhatti, a Christian who spoke December, and the United telecommunications giant According to the indict- continually disregarded the laws monies,” Justice Khosa asked. mistake in the apex court ver- acquittal of Bibi did not meet out against the blasphemy law, States is looking to extradite her. Huawei and its associates for ment, in 2012 Huawei began a of the United States in the Justice Khosa, who was part of dict acquitting Bibi. Security the standards of jurisprudence was shot dead in Islamabad. Meng, the daughter of the com- nearly two dozen alleged concerted effort to steal infor- hopes of gaining an unfair eco- the five-member larger bench was tightened in Islamabad as well as Islamic provisions The blasphemy laws were pro- pany’s founder, is currently out crimes,” Acting Attorney mation about a phone-testing nomic advantage. As the vol- which acquitted Bibi on where the court is located. and the “normal principle of mulgated by former military on bail in Canada. Her case has General Matthew G Whitaker robot dubbed “Tappy” of ume of these charges prove, the Ocotber 31, further said that if Paramilitary Rangers were justice with reference to appli- dictator Ziaul Haq in 1980s. sparked a major crisis between said. “As I told Chinese officials Washington based T-Mobile FBI will not tolerate corrupt Chinese human US slaps sanctions on Venezuela’s In Kabul, US reports ‘agreements rights activist jailed for 5 yrs state-owned oil company in principle’ with Taliban Beijing (AFP): The founder of a PTI n WASHINGTON the United States and has AP n KABUL prominent Chinese civil and human he US has slapped sanc- demanded that all American egotiators for the United rights website was sentenced to five Ttions on Venezuela’s state- diplomats leave the country. US NStates and the Taliban years in prison on Tuesday for incit- owned oil company that would National Security Advisor John insurgents have reached “agree- ing state subversion, according to potentially cost the country USD Bolton at a joint news conference ments in principle” on key human rights organisations. Liu 11 billion in revenues, a move with Treasury Secretary Steven issues for a peace deal that Feiyue created and ran the Civil that seeks to force President Mnuchin said Maduro and his would end 17 years of war in Rights and Livelihood Watch web- Nicolas Maduro to give up allies could “no longer loot the Afghanistan, the top US envoy site, which covers a range of civil and power after the opposition leader assets of the Venezuelan peo- has said. The statement by US human rights issues, including Juan Guaido declared himself ple”.He called on the Venezuelan envoy Zalmay Khalilzad fol- protests, police abuses, and gov- interim president. The sanctions military and security forces to lowed six days of talks last week ernment corruption — sensitive on Monday prohibit most accept the peaceful democratic with the Taliban in Qatar, topics that are scrubbed from most American businesses from and constitutional transfer of where he urged the insurgents Chinese media sites. The Suizhou engaging in transactions with the power. Mnuchin said the US is to enter into direct negotiations Intermediate People’s Court in cen- oil company, Petroleos de National security adviser John Bolton speaks as Treasury holding accountable those with the government of Afghan tral Hubei province sentenced him Venezuela, SA, or PDVSA. Secretary Steven Mnuchin listens during a press briefing responsible for Venezuela’s trag- President Ashraf Ghani. troops in return for a cease-fire Stoltenberg said any discussion after he was found guilty of “incit- The Trump administration at the White House, Monday in Washington. ic decline. “We will continue to Ghani on Monday assured and Taliban talks with the about the withdrawal of NATO ing subversion of state power”, officials said the financial penal- use all of our diplomatic and Afghans that their rights will Afghan government. In his forces from Afghanistan would according to Human Rights Watch. ties are expected to block USD economic tools to support inter- not be compromised in the statement released by the US be premature. He said “The sentence... once again 7 billion in assets and result in most important source of rev- old leader of the National im President Guaido, the nation- name of peace with the Taliban, Embassy, Khalilzad said, “We Khalilzad had briefed NATO shows how the Chinese govern- USD 11 billion in export losses enue and foreign currency. Last Assembly, as his supporters took al assembly, and the Venezuelan who have been staging near- made progress on vital issues in allies on the talks weeks ago. ment abuses the judicial system to over the next year for Venezuela’s week, the Trump administration to the streets to demand new people’s efforts to restore their daily attacks against Afghan our discussions and agreed to “We are in Afghanistan to silence dissidents,” Patrick Poon, government, starving it from its recognised Guaido, the 35-year- elections. Maduro has cut ties to democracy,” he said. forces, causing scores of casu- agreements in principle on a create the conditions for a China researcher at Amnesty alties every week. Their offen- couple of very important peaceful negotiated solution,” International, told AFP. sive has not let up despite the issues.” Stoltenberg said. “We will not There are “serious flaws in the severe Afghan winter and the “There is a lot more work stay longer than necessary, but procedure of this case, without due Trump to deliver State of the Union Address on Feb 5 insurgents now hold sway over to be done before we can say we we will not leave before we have process in line with international nearly half of the country. have succeeded in our efforts a situation that enables us to standards”, he added. Liu’s sentence Washington (PTI): Donald the White House and the resolutions in Congress to allow ultimately decided to wait to Khalilzad said in an inter- but I believe for the first time leave or reduce the number of came one day after human rights Trump will deliver the State of Opposition Democrats on the for a State of the Union Address deliver it after the shutdown was view with The New York Times I can say that we have made sig- troops without jeopardizing lawyer Wang Quanzhang was the Union Address on February issue of the wall. and told the president that he over. The 35-day government that an agreement in principle nificant progress,” he said. the main goal of our presence handed a four-and-a-half-year sen- 5 after it was delayed due to a Trump is demanding needed to first allow the fed- shutdown – the longest in US was reached with the Taliban Acting Defense Secretary and that is to prevent tence on similar subversion government shutdown over the USD 5.7 billion to build eral government to fully re- history – ended Friday when on the framework of a peace Patrick Shanahan said he has Afghanistan from becoming a charges.Wang is one of more than US president’s demand for fund- his border wall while open. Pelosi cited securi- Trump and congressional lead- deal “which still has to be been briefed on the talks and safe haven for international 200 lawyers and activists who were ing for a wall along the border Democrats were hold- ty concerns because gov- ers struck a deal to reopen the fleshed out” that will see the described them as encouraging, terrorists once again.” swept up in a 2015 crackdown with Mexico. ing firm at USD 1.3 bil- ernment workers were not government through February insurgents commit to guaran- but he also told reporters that He added that he believes aimed at courtroom critics of The traditional annual lion for border security being paid during the shut- 15. Pelosi sent a letter to the pres- teeing that Afghan territory is the department has not been it’s too soon to speculate on Communist authorities. China’s speech by President Trump was measures. Speaker down. ident on Monday formally invit- not used as a “platform for directed to prepare for a full withdrawal because “what we first “cyber-dissident” and founder initially scheduled for January Nancy Pelosi Trump consid- ing him to deliver the speech international terrorist groups or withdrawal from Afghanistan. have to do now is to support of human rights website “64 but had to be postponed because refused to ered moving the before a joint session of individuals.” Speaking before a meeting the efforts to try to find a Tianwang”, Huang Qi, is also facing of the largest government shut- pass the address to anoth- Congress. Trump quickly He said the deal could at the Pentagon with Shanahan, peaceful solution. We strongly charges. down due to differences between necessary er location but accepted the invitation. lead to a full pullout of US NATO Secretary General Jens support those efforts.” GLOBE TROTTING Playing video games together Suman Kumari becomes Pak’s Jolie, Taylor collaborating on thriller can boost office productivity first Hindu woman judge PTI n WASHINGTON Islamabad/Karachi: Suman film Those Who Wish Me Dead’ in a geocaching competition Kumari has become the first Los Angeles: Oscar winner Angelina Jolie will be team- laying video games with called Findamine, an exercise Hindu woman to be appointed as ing up with writer-director Taylor Sheridan on his next Pcoworkers can boost team which gives players short, text- a civil judge in Muslim-majority “Those Who Wish Me Dead”. The film has been penned by work and performance at the based clues to find landmarks. Pakistan. Suman, who hails from Sheridan, who made his directorial debut with critically office, scientists say. Participants were incentivised Qambar-Shahdadkot in Sindh acclaimed thriller “Wind River” in 2017. He is also known Researchers from Brigham with cash rewards for winning province, will serve in her native for writing the screenplays of Oscar nominated “Hell Young University in the US the competition. Following district. She passed her LLB exam- or High Water” and Denis Villeneuve’s “Sicario”. found newly-formed work their first round of Findamine, ination from Hyderabad and did According to Variety, the new movie is set teams experienced a 20 per teams were randomly assigned her masters in law from Karachi’s against a wildfire in the Montana wilder- cent increase in productivity on to one of three conditions Szabist University. “I have entered ness. It follows a 14-year-old boy who subsequent tasks after playing “Companies are spending before being sent out to geo- the field of law because I know that witnesses a brutal murder. He is issued a video games together for just 45 thousands and thousands of cache again: team video gam- in the backward areas of Sindh challenging profession, but I am false identity and hidden in a wilderness minutes. dollars on team-building activ- ing, quiet homework time or a poor people need a lot of advice sure she will go places through hard skills program for troubled teens while the The study, published in ities, and I’m thinking, go buy “goal training” discussion on and assistance in legal matters,” she work and honesty,” the father said. killers are slaughtering anyone who gets in AIS Transactions on Human- an Xbox,” said Anderson.For improving their geocaching told PTI over telephone. Bodan is an eye specialist. their way in a methodical quest to reach Computer Interaction, adds to the study, researchers recruit- results. “My father and my family sup- Suman’s elder sister is a software him. The project will be produced by a growing body of literature ed 352 individuals and ran- Each of these conditions ported me a lot as in our commu- engineer and another sister is a BRON Studios and Film Rites. Production finding positive outcomes of domly organised them into 80 lasted 45 minutes and those in nity it is not easy for women to chartered accountant. Suman, who is expected to start in May, after Sheridan team video gaming. “To see teams, making sure no partic- the video gaming treatment enter such fields,” she said. Her is a fan of singers Lata Mangeshkar completes shooting the second season of that big of a jump — especial- ipants with pre-existing rela- chose to play either Rock Band father, Dr Pawan Kumar Bodan, and Atif Aslam, said it was impor- Kevin Costner-starrer series ly for the amount of time they tionships were on the same or Halo 4 — games selected wants his daughter to provide free tant for the Hindu community to “Yellowstone”.Jolie, is currently working on played — was a little shocking,” team. because they are both familiar legal assistance to the poor people realise that they needed to educate “Maleficent 2”, which is set to release in said Greg Anderson, an asso- For their initial experi- and require coordinated efforts specially from the Hindu com- their children and put them in 2020. ciate professor at BYU. mental task, each team played among players. munity. “Suman has opted for a responsible positions. vivacity {art} 14 LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 ETERNAL BEING
Curator RIPU DAMAN brings back the visionary literature of Albert Camus through art that instinctively depicts the human condition. By UMA NAIR
he India Art Fair 2019 will see bring to mind the predicament of Neeraj Bakshy who excel in the strata a brilliant curation by young ‘being.’ What Camus submits to us in of the signature of Being. Daman aptly designer and thinker Ripu The Outsider, perhaps one of the most quotes Jean Paul Sartre’s “Being and Daman at the Art Indus cogent introspections into the heart of Nothingness” to echo the ideation. booth. Daman extols the ver- the human-condition, exposing our “Being-in-itself” is never either possi- Tbal philosophy and intentions of the existence ‘cut off from a sense of God, ble or impossible. This is what con- ageless Albert Camus in a curation that in benign indifference of the Universe’ sciousness expresses in anthropomor- includes stellar artists like Himmat — a stark realisation of the absurdity phic terms by saying that being is Shah, Rameshwar Broota, Rajendra that is life. Sartre and Heidegger have superfluous, that consciousness Tiku, Norio Takaoka, Amitava Das, examined this predicament as a absolutely cannot derive being from Vasundhara Tewari Broota, Neeraj “transphenomenality of being” — a anything, either from another being, or Bakshy, Nidhi Khurana, Anish Tiku and nothingness “where things overflow all from a possibility, or from a necessary R Erdjnz. the relationships and designations law. Un-created, without reason for Says Daman, “The exhibition which we attach to them and ‘being’ in being, without any connection with engages in pristine visual dialogue general and existence in partic- another being, being-in-itself is de trop with the visionary literature of ular is de trop (superfluous)”; for eternity.” Albert Camus as it brings to view “being existent one cannot Of course, when you look at Tiku’s works that instinctively depict escape this original contin- work, you think of the associations and the human condition. The exhi- gency, this obscene super- aspirations that add meaning and bition draws great relevance fluity” — a “Being for-itself,” momentousness to the sensibility of cre- from Camus’s humanitarian with no outside purpose to ating. Dummy and the Paper Bird 1980, quest as he looked for genuine give it meaning or direction”; created out of ink and vegetable stain on realities behind the order of a thrown projection of paper, has about it an ecological conno- things, positing a world inte- “Being.” This is akin to tation as well as a traversing of the past grated with nature, seeking what Heidegger refers to as when you look at the year it was creat- balance within the web of Dasein (as in Being-there- ed in. Tiku, the sterling sculptor who has complicities extant to a in-the-world). Rameshwar created silent soliloquies in sculpture, civilised world. The exhibi- Broota and Rajendra is a refreshing read in terms of what he tion endeavors to cross- Tiku’s works have always can offer the viewer on a winter’s day. examine our contempo- contemplated the “Being” Study for the Grey Areas of a Public raneity in light of the in a sense of the contra- Hydrant is another work that catches viewpoints that Camus positive, as a sublime your gaze for its subtle signature of nar- left us within a lifetime weakening from uni- rative and soothing tranquility even as of beauty and servi- versal to particular, a the image brings across a corollary of tude.” perspective of the conversations that flash through the He goes further omniscient narrator: tides of time. into the work and of light or time, like Then there is Himmat Shah’s thoughts of Camus God-searching Untitled (Kali 2006) and Neeraj Bakshy’s and adds that it is humans. Smelling the Roses, two works that the writer-philoso- However it is make us stop and think of all things pher’s first images Himmat Shah, amorphous and articulate in art’s many that definitively Rajendra Tiku and realms. Dummy and the Paper Bird 1980 by Rajendra Tiku Untitled (Kali 2006) by Himmat Shah
eaving in elements of flora and of the human race were originally fauna is not a first for artist deer. Deer are sacred animals to many WShampa Sircar Das as she has tribes of the southwestern United States THE WORLD’S A STAGE had a felicity with these for many years. too; they are believed to have sacrificed But what still enchants is the manner themselves to feed the people, or are in which she brings in miniature tradi- considered caretakers of the earth. The Ishara International Puppet Festival is all set to tions to embellish her forests with ani- Deer songs and dances are common mal/bird and man/woman combina- throughout this region, with the deer return, bringing mystery and magic alive with 150 tions beside flowers and trees. frequently serving as a symbol of the companies participating from across the world Centering around Indian mythol- people. In the Huichol tribe of central ogy, folklore and an intrinsic love for the Mexico, deer are especially sacred and beauty of nature, her Antardhwani at are associated with traditional spiritu- Chawla Art Gallery brings three art- ality. works into fore — Mayura, Mriga and Indian poets of antiquity used the Vriksha. They stand apart in their deer to embody our desires, and the depiction of the beauty of mother hunting of the deer as a metaphor for Earth and the songs and narratives that yoga, with the bow and arrow represent- can unravel and keep it blooming. ing simultaneous balance and focus. This work recalls all these epithets and MAYURA is quite an epiphany. It is believed that Mayura or the peacock was created from one of the VRIKSHA feathers of Garuda (a bird in the Resplendent in red Sircar’s Vriksha is both a woman and a tree. If Hermann Ireland UK Hesse said trees are sanctuaries, we also know that trees are sacred in India and t would have been one of the most often associated with a god or a goddess. intriguing parts of somebody’s child- Some scholars believe that it is the tree Ihood — puppet shows. There was a time Forest tales that was worshipped first, maybe for its when puppets told stories, jokes, interact- medicinal or symbolic purpose. Trees ed with humans, made the kids laugh and are an integral part of a deity’s symbol- most importantly, seemed to be like a real ism. The mango tree, for example, is character. Artist SHAMPA SIRCAR DAS, through her associated with the love-god Kama, the To bring back the experience, from tulsi plant is dear to Vishnu, bilva is Brazil to Italy, Iceland to Tunisia — the series of artworks titled Antardhwani, recreates associated with Shiva worship, blades of Ishara International Puppet Theatre Festival dhurva grass are offered to Ganesha, once again travels the world to curate its mythical tales weaving in the elements of flora neem or margosa is sacred to the moth- line-up for this year’s edition. The festival er goddess, coconut and banana are celebrates its 17th anniversary with a Iran and fauna. By U NAIR associated with Lakshmi. The banyan diverse range of performances, communi- tree is associated with Yama, the god of cating across language barriers and defin- Hindu mythology and a carri- MRIGA death and the tree is often planted out- ing the social, cultural and emotional er of Lord Vishnu). It is Sircar’s Mriga with fer- side the village near crematoria. It is bonds that humanity shares. depicted as a mythical tile antlers from which a believed to be the abode of spirits. Besides many Indian puppet artists, bird which had killed veritable forest grows is Indians knew the banyan tree as the there will be performers from across four a snake. According another masterpiece. Vata-vriksha. When the British came to continents showcasing an array of talent to many Hindu The deer stands tall, India, they noticed that members of the from over 150 international puppet com- scriptures, it sym- strong and majestic trading community would sit under it panies. bolises the cycle as it looks at the and named it banyan, a derivative of From the traditional to modern forms of time. Sircar many predica- bania. Technically, ficus benghalensis, of puppetry, ranging from rod to string pup- creates Mayura as ments that whirl the banyan belongs to the fig family. pets, there will be a range of performances a beauteous crea- around it. Sircar Pipal is also a variant of fig, which with dance, theatre and music. The festival, ture, full of grace unconsciously her- became especially popular in Buddhist that has been curating puppet shows for and contoured alds man’s selfish- times because it was under this tree that over thirty years, aims to educate, enrich Afghanistan classicism, replete ness and the power Lord Buddha attained enlightenment. and transform communities through pup- with a deep adora- and uncanny grace of The tree also represents time as well petry. formances of new groups from Brazil to tion of the forest and its the animal in her paint- as space. The world is, according to Some participating countries are UK, Iceland along with various unconvention- habitat. Mythology says ing. In the Vedic texts, the Saraswati takes the form of a red deer Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythologies, Spain, Turkey, Brazil, Sweden, Norway, al acts. For instance, the one by Italy uses that peacocks once had dull tail deer becomes a metaphor of the called Rohit. Saraswati is the goddess of shaped like a disc that rests on the back Israel, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, soap bubbles as a medium for puppetry. feathers. In a battle between Ravana restless mind that is pinned to the sky learning, so learned men use deer skin of a turtle and is surrounded by oceans Iran, Afghanistan, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, There’s a lot in store and we are delighted and Lord Indra, the bird had spread by Rudra, the Vedic form of Shiva. as clothing and mats to sit upon. A gold- of milk and treacle.Vriksha then is about Germany, Switzerland, Australia and the to have the audience experience it,” says its feathers wide open to allow Indra Tamil story images of Shiva often show en deer plays an important role in the the beginning and the end, indicating USA. Dadi D Pudumjee, founder, the Ishara to hide behind them and thus wage a him holding a deer in his hand, thus epic Ramayana. the radial nature of Indian thought. The “It’s been over thirty years of Ishara pup- Puppet Theatre Trust. war. Indeed, it was able to save Indra, relieving the ‘mind-deer’ of anxiety. Deer are associated with fertility in seed that springs from the tree repre- pet theatre and the love for puppetry has (The festival begins from February 1 and in return for which the lord made the In Hindu mythology, the Aitareya many Native American cultures. In sents stillness and the elemental bindu grown in people. For us, 2019 is the year of will go on till February 9 at the Indian peacock’s feathers iridescent. Upanishad tells us that the goddess some Mexican tribes, the first parents from which all things emerge. celebration. One will witness that in the per- Habitat Centre.) WATCH OUT ribal Art Forms ohalla, the first Tpresents Eastern Msolo art I/Eye at the India Art exhibition by Kavita Fair 2019. Curated by Chopra Dikshit, is Minhazz Majumdar, it an exploration of showcases the concept of the sculptures by artist Indian Mohalla etween Sight and Insight: Glimpses of Lanu Pongen from (streets) and BBenode Behari Mukherjee, an art Nagaland and Siva showcases its exhibition curated by R. Siva Kumar, features Prasad Marar from essence in oils, more than 100 artworks from the artist’s Assam, photographs acrylic and mixed estate. It presents the Padma Vibhushan- on the Konyak tribe media, capturing he Gujral Foundation presents In the Absence of solo exhibition, titled Roaring Sea, by artist Satish winning artist Mukherjee through multiple by Anu Malhotra and the vibrant, TWriting, a solo exhibition by Astha Butail. The work is a AGupta, features 13 sculptures,10 collages, 15 large lenses, including glimpses of him through his textile arts of the colourful, noisy culmination of Butail’s year-long journey in researching paintings and about 125 drawings and calligraphic works own eyes, presented through a series of self- region by Ajungla rhythms of life. memory and living traditions that are passed on through with haikus, presenting a journey through varied portraits and landscapes. WHEN: Till February Imchen in her WHEN: February 5 teachings and oral poetry, with a focus on Zoroastrian WHEN: TIME: WHERE: landscapes and thought processes. Till February 22 WHERE: Vadehra Art Gallery, D-40 and 53, Embroidered to 8 10 am to 8 pm Open Palm Court, India Avesta, the Jewish Oral Torah and Indian Vedic philosophy. 3 TIME: 11 am to 8 pm WHERE: Visual Art Gallery, India Defence Colony. Dialogue series. Habitat Center, 94, Lodhi Road. WHEN: February 2 to 28 WHERE: 24, Jor Bagh. Habitat Centre. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 sport 15 ‘SAINA, SINDHU FAVOURITE TO WIN ALL ENGLAND’ Former coach Vimal believes the shuttler duo will have a great chance to end India's wait PTI ■ NEW DELHI "She has had her share of injuries. I was there with her at the Olympics, Trophies more important aina Nehwal is mentally the “INDONESIA WIN she was preparing well and sudden- toughest shuttler in the country WILL GIVE SAINA ly it came up. But subsequently, the than top 4 finish: Ole Sand the ability to overcome way she came back, have to give her injuries is the key to her longevity, A LOT OF credit. believes former coach Vimal Kumar. "Now it is a question of training AFP n MANCHESTER Saina, who had suffered a shin CONFIDENCE AND smart. She has a couple of years at the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE injury late last year, won the Indonesia CAN HELP HER IN top and with the Olympics coming up, le Gunnar Solskjaer says tro- Despite Solskjaer's hunger for Masters last Sunday after the with- she would want to do well... I don't Ophies are more important for silverware, the realities of modern drawal of Carolina Marin from the ALL ENGLAND want to go that far now but she can Manchester United than a top-four football mean the importance of summit clash due to a leg injury. CHAMPIONSHIP” immediately think of doing well at the finish as he targets success in two qualifying for the Champions Her former coach Vimal has also All England." cup competitions over the second League cannot be underestimated. backed the Indian ace to win the cov- recuperating from a wrist injury, Saina had aggravated her knee half of the season. "That's not the dream though, eted All England Championship in Vimal feels Indian duo of Saina and injury at the Rio Olympics and need- A run of eight successive vic- to be top four," he said. "We're Man March. P V Sindhu will have a great chance ed surgery and rigorous physiother- tories to start his caretaker reign at United, you should always aim to "She is definitely mentally the to end India's wait for an All England apy to return to the sport. the club has transformed a cam- win the league. We can't do that this toughest, even I will give her edge over title. The London Olympics Bronze paign that appeared to be heading year but we've just got to look for- the men's players, she is much tougher "It (Indonesia win) will give Saina medallist returned to win the Malaysia nowhere under his predecessor Jose ward to that again because we have than all of them," Vimal, who had a lot of confidence and can help her Masters in 2017, her last BWF title Mourinho. to get back to that. coached Saina from 2014 to 2017, said in All England Championship, she can before she ended the two year wait by United are still in the FA Cup "We've got the Champions on Tuesday. target that," he said. clinching the Indonesia Masters last and Champions League, while League, we've got FA Cup, we can't "She doesn't think too much "Carolina also might need 5-6 week. vastly improved league form now just say 'top four and that's it'. We've once she is on court, no matter if she months to recover if the injury is seri- "It is a creditable performance has the Reds looking at a potential got to look at 'can we win some- has some pain, she will go all out and ous, so the All England will be wide from. I saw a few matches, I don't best-case scenario of finishing thing this year?' and I go into every make it difficult for her opponents," open. Carolina and Tai Tzu Ying were know if she had the stamina to play third in the Premier League. single game as United manager said the former India coach, under favourites. So now Saina and Sindhu at a good pace like Tai Tzu Ying and Tottenham's Mauricio thinking we can win this game." whom Saina attained the World No will have big chance to win the title." Carolina Marin as she was carrying a Pochettino, still in the frame to Solskjaer is still looking for 1 ranking in 2015. Saina, who will turn 29 in March, bit of injury. become United's eventual long- Brazilian midfielder Fred, a 68 mil- With Marin suffering a torn is currently the oldest player in the top "I don't think she was in right term manager, has claimed a top- lion summer signing from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) — ten and Vimal said it is important for shape but because of mental tough- four finish and Champions League Shakhtar Donetsk by Mourinho, to the ligament that stabilizes the knee the Indian to train smart to stay at the ness she pulled through quite a few football is his club's primary target start justifying his price tag. Fred — and World No 1 Tai Tzu Ying also top of her game. matches," said Vimal. and not silverware. has started just two games under But Solskjaer, who won many Solskjaer, completing about an trophies at Old Trafford as a play- hour on both occasions, although er under Alex Ferguson, has other his manager said he could see India beat Spain 5-2 in third match aims. "I am not here to discuss what improvements. Pochettino says and what other "I don't think it's my challenge By virtue of this win, India third goal for India in the 32nd more steady in our performance managers say but we are about to incorporate players, it's about the PTI n MURCIA have managed to level the series at minute. Though Bonastre scored and we are improving match-by- winning trophies, of course we are," players being ready when they get 1-1. After having lost the tour her second goal of the match in the match. This is a process and we said Solskjaer. "And we can't win the chance and Fred's been work- he Indian women's hockey opener 2-3, India held Spain to a 35th minute to narrow down need to keep repeating such per- the league this year, we are still in ing really hard in training," he said. Tteam put up a spirited display 1-1 draw in the second game. India's lead to 3-2, the visitors kept formances to grow further," said the cup, we are going to try to win "He's a good lad, same with to stun World Cup bronze medal- But it was Spain, who scored their nose ahead with strikes at the India's chief coach Sjoerd Marijne. the FA Cup of course. I think every Pereira, he's working really hard, lists Spain 5-2 in its third match of the first goal in the seventh minute right time. "I am giving constant feedback manager wants to win every game you've got Scott McTominay. the tour here on Tuesday. through Berta Bonastre. Skipper Rani found the net in on individual performances and so I don't think that is the point he "And when they get the Young striker from Mizoram, A determined India, however, the 51st minute and then young behaviours. Overall, we are pro- was making. chance, because they will, we want Lalremsiami (17th, 58th minutes) made a quick recovery with strik- striker Lalremsiami scored her gressing well and beating a World "If you win trophies that's a fan- to see improvement. We know starred with a brace, while Neha er Lalremsiami's fine goal in the second goal of the day just two Cup medal winning side in its tastic day for everyone in the club, there's a very, very good player Goyal (21st), Navneet Kaur (32nd), 17th minute and then struck again minutes from full time to hand home ground is a big confidence it's just the best time of your life, there with Fred so hopefully he'll Rani Rampal (51st) maintained four minutes later through Neha to India a convincing 5-2 victory. boost for this young team," he that day when you win because you adjust to the English game because India's lead after the initial setback take a 2-1 lead. "I am pleased with the perfor- added. India will play their fourth never know when the next one is there's no doubt there's talent, in the first quarter. Navneet struck a splendid mance. We are working to be match against Spain on Thursday. going to come." absolutely no doubt."
AFP ■ LONDON Premier League match since the "Virg was a little bit ill but he Klopp expects no let-up from City in title race fixture away to Huddersfield year trained yesterday. He will train today iverpool manager Jurgen Klopp ago. The Dutch international is and then we will see," said Klopp. Lbelieves Manchester City will Liverpool, with Pep Guardiola's men approach?"," the German, looking to "I can only speak for myself, but Meanwhile Klopp was hopeful widely seen as the reason for the Liverpool have problems at provide relentless opposition in the in action away to Newcastle on guide Liverpool to their first domes- I don't sit in front of the TV and think Virgil Van Dijk would be fit to face major improvement in Liverpool's right-back, with James Milner serv- race for the Premier League title this Tuesday -- 24 hours before the Reds tic championship title since 1990, (damn) when they score or whatev- the Foxes. defence that has seen them concede ing a one-match suspension, while season. face Leicester at Anfield. added. er. The influential centre-back has a mere 13 league goals -- the lowest Trent Alexander-Arnold (knee) and Klopp's table-toppers lead sec- It is a pattern that will be repeat- - 'Do your own work' - "I really believe that you have to been ill since Liverpool returned from total in the division -- so far this sea- Joe Gomez (leg) are injured. ond-placed reigning champions City ed for the next two rounds of league "I said it a few times, I expect City do your own work, your own job if a training camp in Dubai last week. son. Klopp could field midfielder by four points heading into this matches but an unconcerned Klopp to win every game," he explained. "It you want to have something. But he was back on the pitch He has also been on the pitch for Fabinho, a right-back for Brazil, but week's matches. said Tuesday: "For me, no difference. makes sense that you think like this. "Don't be concentrated on other with the squad at Melwood, the all-but 35 minutes of league action the player only returned to training But this week, for the first time If we win the game, we are not inter- "I expect City to beat Newcastle, teams, it doesn't help. I expect to be Merseyside club's training ground, on this season, having exited with a rib on Tuesday following illness, with since December 15, City will play a ested in other results. but I will still watch it because we play one point up before the game tomor- Tuesday. injury against Southampton earlier youngster Rafael Camacho another league match before title rivals "How can we change the Newcastle as well. row, and that doesn't bother me." Van Dijk has not missed a in the campaign. alternative. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | JANUARY 30, 2019 sport 16
India face SA in ICC T20 WC opener
Australian players pose with the ICC World T20 trophy at Sydney Cricket Ground ICC
PTI ■ DUBAI New Zealand player plays a shot as Jhulan Goswami watches the ball during the second ODI between India and New Zealand women in Bay Oval ICC ormer champions India will squFre off against South Africa in Ftheir opening match of the men's T20 World Cup to be held in Australia next year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Tuesday. India's opening match will take place in Perth on October 24 while the tournament will get underway from October 18 with qual- ifying rounds in South Geelong, according to the fixtures. India, who lost in the semifinals to eventual winners West Indies in the previous edition in 2016, face a qualifying team in their next Super 12 match in Melbourne on October 29. India won the event's Smriti, Jhulan seal NZ series inaugural edition in 2007. The men's competition, from October 18 to November 15, will feature several qualifying matches before hosts Australia take on world's top-ranked Pakistan in the first match of the tournament- Goswami grabs three as Mandhana, spinners shine agian to help Eves go 2-0 up proper on October 24 under lights at the Sydney Cricket Ground. ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: "Whenever we host an event in Australia we know we can guarantee the one billion PTI ■ MOUNT MAUNGANUI a good wicket," Mandhana said in the sailable 2-0 lead in the three-match The spin trio of Ekta Bisht, cricket fans around the world a great show. post-match presentation. contest, which is part of the ICC Poonam Yadav and Deepti Sharma, "The world's best players. Outstanding venues. Noisy, passionate, pener Smriti Mandhana led The 22-year-old Mandhana has THE 22-YEAR-OLD Women's Championship series. The who had tormented New Zealand in knowledgeable fans. Exciting cricket. This is the perfect combination the chase for India with famil- been in excellent form in recent times visiting side beat New Zealand in the India's nine-wicket win in the first for a T20 World Cup and in 2020 we go one step further with two Oiar panache after a feisty bowl- and Tuesday's half century was her MANDHANA HAS first one-dayer by nine wickets at the ODI, took two wickets each to stifle T20 World Cups in one year." ing performance that steered the side eighth in the last 10 ODI innings. She same venue on January 24. The third the Kiwi innings yet again. Defending champions West Indies play their first Super 12 to a series-clinching eight-wicket hit 105 in the first match of the ongo- BEEN IN EXCELLENT and final match of the series is New Zealand captain Amy group stage match against New Zealand on October 25 in triumph over New Zealand Women ing series. FORM IN RECENT scheduled to be held in Hamilton on Satterthwaite top-scored with a 71 off Melbourne. in the second one-dayer onTuesday. On Tuesday, she took just 82 February 1. 87 balls before she became Yadav's Australia, Pakistan, the West Indies, New Zealand and two qual- Opting to field, India produced deliveries in her unbeaten knock of TIMES AND It was a fitting revenge for the first victim in the 34th over. But she ifiers make up Group 1 of the Super 12 stage. India, England, South an excellent effort to bowl out New 90. TUESDAY'S HALF Indian team, which had lost the home got little support from her other team- Africa and Afghanistan and two qualifiers make up the other group. Zealand for a paltry 161 in 44.2 overs Raj, on the other hand, faced 111 leg of the ICC Women's mates. The first semi-final will take place at the SCG on November before player of the match Mandhana deliveries in her sedate knock 63. But, CENTURY WAS HER Championship series 1-2 to New "Frustrated to be honest, not 11, with Adelaide Oval hosting the second semi-final the follow- (90 not out) and skipper Mithali Raj she was a perfect counterfoil to the EIGHTH IN THE Zealand during the last cycle that ran putting enough runs on the board. ing night. (63 not out) stitched a 151-run aggressive Mandhana. from 2014-2016. Just comes down to that really," she The final will be played at the MCG on November 15. unbroken third-wicket stand to guide Raj completed the run chase in LAST 10 ODI New Zealand are ranked second said after the match. The tournament will be held in eight Australian cities and 13 the team to an easy win. style with a six as India reached to 166 INNINGS. SHE HIT in the ICC Women's Championship New Zealand made a disastrous venues. The duo resurrected the Indian for 2 in 35.2 overs. table and are guaranteed a direct entry start with opener Suzie Bates being run chase from 15 for 2 after the early "I am happy with the way the 105 IN THE FIRST into the 50-over World Cup being the dismissed for a nought off the fourth EVES UP AGAINST AUS loss of opener Jemimah Rodrigues (0) team is shaping up. I have always MATCH OF THE hosts. ball. The Indian women's cricket team will open its campaign at next and Deepti Sharma (8). enjoyed batting in challenging con- Just like the first match, India The home side were 62 for 5 in year's Twenty20 Word Cup against defending champion Australia "It feels great but I think our ditions. It wasn't easy, it required ONGOING SERIES opted to field and shot New Zealand the 21st over and despite a spirited INDIA’s FIXTURES (Men) bowlers deserved the player of the patience here. Smriti is in good form out for a paltry 161 with senior pacer effort from Satterthwaite, they were match award more than me. I will and somebody had to give her sup- Jhulan Goswami grabbing 3 wickets all out for 161 in 44.2 overs, failing Date Opposition Venue give it away to our bowlers, they did port," Raj said. for 23 to lead the Indian bowling to bat through their full quota of overs 24 Oct South Africa Perth a great job to restrict New Zealand on India have now taken an unas- charge. for the second time in a row. 29 Oct A2 Melbourne 1 Nov England Melbourne 5 Nov B1 Adelaide SINGLES Semi-final will be played on 11th and 12th Nov in Sydney and SL ADD UNCAPPED PACER FOR 2ND TEST Adelaide resp. We will go for 3-0: Mithali While, final is at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 15th November 2020 Sydney: Uncapped right arm fast bowler Chamika Karunaratne has been picked by Sri Lanka to replace INDIA’s FIXTURES (Women) PTI ■ MOUNT MAUNGANUI Harmanpreet not getting to bat injured Lahiru Kumara in the Test squad as the visitors bid yet, Mithali said: "As and when Date Opposition Venue to level the series in Canberra. Australia thrashed Sri ndian captain Mithali Raj on the batters get the opportunity, 21 Feb Australia Sydney Lanka by an innings and 40 runs in the first Test in Tuesday said that they are we play according to the situa- Brisbane on Saturday. That was a major boost for the I 24 Feb Qualifier 1 Perth targeting a clean sweep and tion. Yes any batter would like 27 Feb New Zealand Melbourne Australian team, which recently lost a Test series to India there won't be any let up in the to get in there and score runs. for the first time on home soil. But Sri Lanka, who recently team's intensity after the series- "It gives a lot of confidence 29 Feb Sri Lanka Melbourne lost a series 3-0 against New Zealand, now face the clinching win in the second getting into the next game but Semi-final will be played on 5th March in Sydney. unenviable prospect of being swept again. In another women's ODI against New both the games were on the low While, final is at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 8th March 2020 injury blow, Sri Lanka Cricket said Dushmantha Chameera Zealand here. scoring side and whoever has — who injured his left ankle while bowling during the first India have dominated New got opportunity has got runs." on February 21 in Sydney. Test — had been ruled out of the second and final Test Zealand so far in the series and Mandhana starred in both The ICC Women's T20 World Cup will take place in Australia starting Friday. Both bowlers are now returning home, the won the second game by eight the games, scoring 105 and an from February 21 to March 8 next year and the sport's world gov- selectors said in a statement. runs. The third and final ODI unbeaten 90. erning body released the fixtures for the big event on Tuesday. will be played on Friday. Mithali scored an unbeaten The warm-up matches will take place from February 15 to 20 PSG SIGN PAREDES BEFORE UTD CLASH "We definitely want to make 63 off 111 balls as India chased in Adelaide and Brisbane, before the tournament takes place across Paris: Paris Saint-Germain have completed the signing of it 3-0. At the same time, we will down 162 in 35.2 overs. Sydney, Canberra, Perth and Melbourne. Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes on a four-and-a- try and give some of the young- doing well from word go and sums up India's rampaging run. Asked about her role in the After the clash against the home side, the Indian women will half-year deal, the French champions announced on sters an opportunity," said Smriti (Mandhana) has been "Batting has not been test- batting department, Mithali travel to Perth to take on a yet-to-be-decided qualifier on February Tuesday. The 25-year-old put pen to paper on a contract Mithali. amongst runs and so has been ed. In a way it is a good thing added: "As long as I am getting 24, followed by a clash against New Zealand on February 27 in until 2023 after completing a medical in Qatar. No transfer "Initially, a lot of people Jemimah (Rodrigues)." because whoever is getting the runs, I would be more than Melbourne. At the same venue, the Indians will wind up their fee was disclosed, although press reports have put the fee asked me if the spinners can The fact that star opportunity is making the most happy to play the supporting round-robin engagements with a match against Sri Lanka. at 47 million euros ($ 54m). "Leandro's arrival will keep turn the match around on these batswoman Harmanpreet Kaur of it," Mithali said. role or whatever the team's The semifinals are scheduled to be held on March 5 in Sydney wickets. The spinners have been is yet to get a hit in the middle On Twenty 20 skipper demands are." while the summit clash has been kept for March 8 in Melbourne. the momentum, both on the pitch and among our supporters, ahead of the major events coming up. Exciting times lie ahead," PSG's Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said in a club statement. The Ligue 1 leaders were looking Akram slams PCB for LOCAL EVENTS to strengthen in midfield ahead of their Champions ‘Anything can happen against Italy’ TANUSHREE ENTERS QUARTERS League last-16 tie against Manchester United, with Marco calling back Sarfaraz Tanushree Pandey of Uttar Pradesh upset thirdseed Verratti sidelined with an ankle injury and Adrien Rabiot Eshwari Matre 6-2, 6-2 to enter the quarter-finals of the frozen out after refusing to sign a new contract. Prajnesh looks to make most of good run in Davis Cup PTI ■ KARACHI 2nd Professional Tennis Academy All-India Ranking six months and I'm looking forward Tennis Tournament at Awadh School on Tuesday. In two CHELSEA TO FACE UTD IN FA CUP to using the momentum and trying ormer captain Wasim Akram on more major upsets, Shaikh sisters from Andhra Pradesh London: Defending champions Chelsea will host to do as well as possible here," he FTuesday slammed Pakistan defeated seeded players to book the quarter-final berths. Manchester United in the fifth round of the FA Cup, while said. Cricket Board's decision to call Mubshira Shaikh shocked fourth seed Mahrookh Kokni fourth-division side Newport County could meet "I'm just going to approach it back Sarfaraz Ahmed from South 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 while Mushrath Shaikh crushed second seed Manchester City. United defeated Arsenal in the fourth like every other match. I focus, pre- Africa after he was handed a four- Medhavi Singh 6-3, 6-2. In the men’s category, top seed round last week to record an eighth straight victory under pare for my match and then I try to match ban for breaching the ICC's Siddharth beat Ashwani Chakravarthy 6-2, 6-0 while UP’s caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but face another execute my game plan and don't Anti-Racism Code. Vasu Gupta saw off Maan Kesarwani’s challenge 6-0, 7-6(6) tough tie after Monday's draw paired them with Maurizio worry too much about the situation Wasim said Sarfaraz should have to book the quarters berth. or what's on the line and all of that." avoided making the comments that Sarri's Chelsea. Newport beat Premier League opponents UP’S WUSHU TEAM SHINE Leicester in round three and could book a clash with Pep Aiming to break into top-100, he did in the third One-day Guardiola's City if they upset Boro in next week's replay. Prajnesh said: "I am playing a few International in Durban but it was Uttar Pradesh’s wushu team bagged 12 medals, includ- Only seven top-flight sides remain in contention, with Challengers, first one in China and wrong to speculate about his future ing five gold, four silver and three bronze, to claim the sec- Crystal Palace handed a trip to Doncaster and Watford then there are two in Bangkok so I in the Pakistan team. "It was a ond spot in the 18th National Sub-Junior Wushu away to Portsmouth or QPR, while Wolves and Brighton will be playing those." wrong decision to call him back Championship. India have chosen grass keep- from South Africa when he could MEDAL WINNERS: (Gold) Yash Rana, Krish, Mani, Shiv face fourth-round replays. ing in mind of the Italians strong have played in the final T20 on Pratap Chauhan, Anusuiya, Saima, Rashi Solanki (Silver) HUDSON-ODOI GOING NOWHERE: SARRI advantage over clay or hard courts. February 6," said Akram. "What Abhay Sharma, Aditya Kumar, Saima, Rashi Solanki But the fact remains that grass is not Sarfaraz did was wrong but it is also (Bronze) Shaurya, Lavish Adhana, Drishti Solanki, Dev Murcia: Chelsea teenager Callum Hudson-Odoi will be a familiar surface for both the a fact that more than anyone else, Sharma, Shruti Sharma. staying put at Stamford Bridge during the January transfer PTI ■ KOLKATA sets and in best of three anything India and Italy sides. Pakistanis around the world hyped window, with Blues manager Maurizio Sarri saying on can happen. It's in two days and not The hosts checked in about a up his comments and created an NEELGIRI CRUSH ASSAM Tuesday "the club told me he's out of the market". The 18- ndia's number one singles play- three days so I don't really see too week prior to get acclimatised to the issue," said the fast bowling great. V Arun Kumar, RP Ravin and R Mandy Kumar scored year-old England youth international is out of contract in Ier Prajnesh Gunneswaran on much of a difference," Prajnesh told conditions and Ali said, "In terms The former skipper, who is also a goal each to help Hockey Neelgiri Ooty crush Assam 2020, with Hudson-Odoi reportedly keen to force through Tuesday said beating formidable reporters at the Calcutta South of having settled in and gotten more on the PCB's cricket committee, was Hockey 14-1 in the pool C match of KD Singh ‘Babu’ Sub- a move to German giants Bayern Munich before sides is a possibility in the new Davis Club. practice on grass, we would be a lot clear that Sarfaraz should remain the Junior Under-14 All-India Prizemoney Hockey Tournament Thursday's transfer deadline. But Sarri stressed again on Cup format as he looks forward to Prajnesh on Monday jumped more comfortable." national team's captain. at Mohd Shahid Stadium on Tuesday. In other matches, Tuesday that London club Chelsea wanted Hudson-Odoi cash in on his stupendous form in seven places in the world ranking "But we are playing against a "There is no need to change the Shahbad spanked Bihar 16-0 while Rajasthan beat Tamil to stay at Stamford Bridge. "On the pitch he's doing very the Qualifier match against Italy. to be on a career- high rank of 102 team that has three top 60 players captain before the World Cup. We Nadu Hockey 3-0. well," Sarri said. "I'm really very happy with him. I'm not Best of three set matches would as he attempts to build on a suc- in the world. So we are still very need a long term captain not a short very happy with the situation, but I know very well that be played inside two days as 24 cessful 2018 where he won two much the underdogs here. term one. Shoaib Malik is leading CRICKET FOR BLINDS every big team here in England has the same problem. teams will lock horns around the Challenger titles in four finals and "Our players need to go out the team now and is doing a fine job The 18th Shakuntala Mishra Memorial National "It's not easy to keep these young players. He is of course world on Friday and Saturday in also upset now world number 27 there and play their A game to have but even he has said he will retire Cricket Tournament for Blinds will be played at TS Mishra one of the best 18-year-old players in Europe, so it's very, their bid for the World Group Denis Shapovalov on grass at the a chance of upsetting a strong from ODIs after the World Cup," he College ground and AR Jaipuria ground from January 30 very difficult. "The club told me he's out of the market for Finals in Madrid in November. Stuttgart Open. team again, like Italy, so every said. Wasim said the only reason he to Feb 1. Justice Abdul Mateen will inaugurate the tour- sure and probably he will be out of the market in July." "Honestly, the change in format "I've had enough tournaments match is going to be very tough for is backing Sarfaraz was because he nament. Agencies would not really matter to me. It's and over the last couple of years and us, regardless of who's playing for is a fighter and had led the side with TEAMS: Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, a bit more physical if we play five I've had a very good run in the last them," he said. courage in all formats. Jharkhand, Bihar, Haryana, Odisha and Himachal Pradesh.