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But more impor- all Average Air Quality Index &  "  said at a conference to top Pakistan will be retained on the tant thing is you are not sure of (AQI) touching 301 micro "& police officers on Monday. ‘grey list’ as it has complied with victory. In spite of the superi- grams per cubic (μgm-3), the *  &&"&     Stressing on a comprehen- just one of the 40 recommen- ority in terms of resources and Graded Action Rapid & "  "  ! sive approach to counter ter- dations set by the global anti- technology, the Americans Programme (GRAP) will come     ' rorism, Doval said to squeeze money laundering watchdog at could not achieve their objec- into force on Tuesday to tack- terrorism curbing terror the time of its inclusion in the tives in Vietnam and the le air pollution in Delhi.       financing through meticulous list. If Pakistan continues with Soviets in Afghanistan. When the air quality turns   !""#    investigation is a must. The the ‘grey list’, it would be very “So increasingly, the “very poor”, GRAP measures   NSA quoted the examples of difficult for the country to get reliance on war is on the instru- include ban on diesel gen-sets & +',,& NIA crackdown against terror ( ! )! #P     financial aid from the IMF, the ment of covert actions. And in and entry of trucks into the &    "  funding in Jammu & Kashmir ) " $# World Bank and the European the instrument of covert Capital, increase in bus and &   !-  and action by the Financial Union, making its financial actions, terrorism is one of the metro services, and hike in   ' Action Task Force (FATF) to condition more precarious. manifestations of covert actions parking fees. choke such funds. If the investigating agencies that adversarial powers are When it turns “severe”, Pollution levels in Delhi $  $%&  “NIA has been able to could collect correct, sustain- using it. It is a low cost sus- GRAP recommends closure of reduced slightly on Monday, a      make tremendous contribu- able and quotable informa- tainable option and it bleeds the brick kilns, stone crushers day after air quality in several '(  .+&&   tion in its terror funding probe tion, which could be put before enemy much more than prob- and hot mix plants, and pre- parts of the city plunged to the ./% &  in Jammu & Kashmir. This  < ! "" "   the international forums effec- ably in the war, and that it can scribes sprinkling of water, fre- ‘very poor’, Kejriwal said.    "" action put the pressure at the  "   !   %$ tively that how Pakistan is sup- be done for a long period,” he quent mechanised cleaning of Considering NCR as con- "      right place in foreign agencies 5    3   &&" !3  porting and financing terror- said. roads and maximising power tributor to the rising pollutants  !   '  which were running this,” he " !    &       ism, it would expose the coun- As the world has become generation from natural gas. in and around Delhi, the EPCA  * &&  further said.   < >$ try, the NSA stressed. more complex and as strategic The measures to be fol- has asked neighbouring States   %"  Pakistan is under a lot of #  & ?   O   On Pakistan’s terror spon- and geopolitical relations lowed in “emergency” situation to put a ban on the use of diesel    "    pressure at the FATF meeting,    " 3  &  sorship, the NSA said terrorism become complex, a war is no include ban on civil construc- generator sets.  & &   currently under way in Paris, to    is a low-cost sustainable option longer an option and that is tion and introduction of the The Delhi Pollution   1 ' rein in terror groups operating which may damage the per- why the terrorism has increas- odd-even car rationing scheme. Control Committee (DPCC) is from its soil, he said in his 3   &  2 2 "! ceived enemies to a great ingly been used, he said. Delhi Chief Minister the nodal agency to implement      address at the meeting of the  3 !"& &"    extent. Doval also underscored Arvind Kejriwal has said the GRAP in Delhi region.      chiefs of the Anti Terrorism “A state is supporting a that terrorism in India and stricter measures under GRAP Center run pollution mon- )*'+,'-'. 2  Squads (ATS) held by the NIA action could have been so,” he The FATF is an inter-gov- criminal and some states have many other parts of the world will come into force in Delhi- itoring agency System of Air & !  "$  here. said. ernmental body established in mastered in this act. Pakistan is state-sponsored. NCR on Tuesday, as per Quality and Weather (  &   ! “One of the biggest pres- In the present context, no 1989 to combat money laun- has made terrorism as an “When I say it is state Environment Pollution Forecasting And Research     %  sures that are coming on country can afford to go for a dering, terror financing and instrument of State policy. That sponsored terrorism, they not Prevention and Control (SAFAR) has put the AQI     Pakistan today is because of the war as the financial and human other related threats to the has made it a very great chal- only provide training to the Authority direction (EPCA). ‘Dark Red’ (highly noxious).   " procedure of the FATF, I guess. costs are huge and no one is integrity of the international lenge (for Indian security agen- recruits, they provide weapons, “The odd-even scheme will Significantly, Dwarka Sector-  3  O 4 "  The FATF has put so much of sure about the victory, he fur- financial system. cies),” he said. they provide ideology, they fix come into force on November 18 recorded highest in Delhi-  !&  ' pressure on them that no other ther said. Pakistan was placed on Doval said war has become targets. 4 and will last till November 15. NCR with 315μgm-3.              # -3:  (4 #$- 49 Khattar. Sushmita Dev said oining the row erupted after 7#3 9#5*$564 Khattar’s remarks are a clear JHaryana Chief Minister reflection of his and the BJP’’s Manohar Lal Khattar made a aryana Chief Minister disrespectful attitude towards statement regarding Congress HManohar Lal Khattar’s use women. chief Sonia Gandhi, of an improvised timeworn “We in the Congress are Chhattisgarh Chief Minister cliché against Congress presi- committed to upholding the Bhupesh Baghel said on dent Sonia Gandhi has out- dignity in public life. But as a Monday that the BJP leader raged India’s oldest party. woman, I take offence to the had lost his mental balance. In his poll rally at disgraceful remark made and  7(4768#5*$564 “He (Khattar) has track Kharkhoda near Sonipat on demand an unconditional apol- record of making derogatory that goes to Sunday, Khattar took a dig at ogy,” she said. Dev accused ndian-American innovative statements, actually he has lost Assembly polls along with the Congress saying all they him of lowering public dis- IMIT economist Abhijit his mental balance because of Haryana on October 21. managed was picking someone course in an attempt to divert Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo      !    "! #!  impending defeat in ensuing Baghel who is known for from the Gandhi family again attention from real issues like and Harvard professor Michael $ %&  '"! '"  Assembly polls in Haryana,’’ his stinging rhetoric against the (after Rahul Gandhi resigned as joblessness and acute econom- Kremer jointly won the 2019 Baghel remarked at Nagpur BJP, asked whether the idea of party president). ic slowdown. Nobel Economics Prize on “Their research has helped the University of Calcutta, Press Club when scribes sought nationalism of saffron party is “Khoda pahad, niklee Selja asked the Chief Monday “for their experimen- economists better understand Jawaharlal Nehru his reaction over Khattar’s latest inspired by Hitler or Mussolini. chuhiya,” he said, using a pop- taking place. On one side there Minister to reflect. “In what tal approach to alleviating glob- how to fight poverty in India University and Harvard statement against Congress chief. He slammed the Central ular Hindi proverb that suggests is `Pappu’, and on the other light remarks such as these por- al poverty”. and the world,” Kovind said. University, where he received During an Assembly elec- Government for its economic big effort but little gain. Literally, ‘Mummy’,” he said. tray women of Haryana and Banerjee and French- Prime Minister Modi said, his PhD in 1988. He is the Ford tion rally on Sunday, the policy which is ‘pro-corporate’. it means finding a mouse after Reacting to the mouse elsewhere. It is because of the American Duflo both work at “Congratulations to Abhijit Foundation International Haryana Chief Minister had “The country is witnessing digging a mountain. In itself the remarks of Khattar, Congress mindset of people like you the US-based Massachusetts Banerjee on being conferred Professor of Economics at targeted Sonia Gandhi over her a slowdown in every sector proverb was not at all offensive, demanded an immediate apol- that Haryana has come to be Institute of Technology (MIT) the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank the MIT. return as the Congress while economy was booming but Khattar went on to add, ogy. “The Chief Minister’s known as the crime capital, while Kremer is at Harvard Prize in Economic Sciences in In 2003, Banerjee founded President, almost comparing during Manmohan Singh-led “That too a dead one,” and this remarks are inappropriate, he which tops the country in University. Memory of Alfred Nobel.” the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty her with a dead rat while using UPA regime but I can tell you created a furore. stooped to the lowest level and crime. Crimes against women President Ram Nath Congratulating Banerjee, Action Lab (J-PAL), along the Hindi proverb "khoda in Chhattisgarh there is no The Chief Minister had it also shows the anti-women are on the rise,” she said. Kovind, Prime Minister Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Duflo and Sendhil pahad nikli chuhiya". fallout of slowdown primarily targeted both the Congress and character of the BJP,” the At another poll rally week Narendra Modi, Congress pres- said he had helped the party Mullainathan, and he remains Baghel who is credited to because the Congress the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) Congress tweeted. ago, Khattar had accused the ident Sonia Gandhi and a host conceptualise its “Nyay” one of its directors. end the 15-year-long BJP Government has focussed on at the meeting. “You know the On Monday, Mahila Congress of sympathising with of other leaders congratulated scheme to help remonetise the In Kolkata, his mother regime in mineral-rich State rural economy and also kind of ‘tamasha’ these family- Congress chief Sushmita Dev terrorists and said Sonia Banerjee on winning the cov- economy. Nirmala Banerjee said it was a late last year, is on a campaign well taken care of farmers,’’ based parties are doing. Now, and Haryana Congress presi- Gandhi “sheds tears for eted prize. Banerjee was educated at proud moment for her. trail in neighbouring Baghel said. within the family too, fights are dent Kumari Selja slammed militants”.            6:(#7*  ; : actual beneficiaries of the he Uttar Pradesh &   #5*$564 thorisedly staying at the Pant package. TGovernment on Monday Marg bungalow since 2014. ive days after the Union “The State Government suspended the Maharajganj n their love and fascination The said bungalow was allotted FCabinet gave its approval had recommended the reha- District Magistrate and five Ifor bungalows or flats in when he was Minister in the for including the names of bilitation package for 26,319 other officials for fudging fig- Lutyens’ Delhi, then Atal Bihari Vajpayee 5,300 displaced families in the displaced families. In response, ures and “negligence” at a Parliamentarians have resorted Government and he has some- Rehabilitation Package the Centre approved the pack- State-run cattle shelter. to ingenious ways to occupy the how managed to retain it till approved by the Cabinet on age and financial assistance of Announcing the suspen- Government accommodations. date. Interestingly, Shahnawaz November 30, 2016, for dis- 5.5 lakh,” Custodian, Evacuee sion — a rare move against an One such ploy has been to had lost the Lok Sabha polls in placed families of Pak Property and Ex-Officio, IAS officer — at a hurriedly get the bungalow or flat booked the former MPs and their 2014 and was denied poll tick- Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Provincial Rehabilitation called press conference, Chief in the name of guests on one or guests are staying are located in et in 2019. Chhamb under the PM’s Officer Mushtaq Hussain Secretary RK Tiwari said there the other pretext. The guest the posh locality of Lutyens’ Development Package, confu- Malik told The Pioneer, were “continuous complaints then either overstays the peri- Delhi. As per norms, accom- sion prevails over the number He said claims of only &  (" $# of negligence” in the upkeep of od permitted or the MP keeps modation for guests of MPs is of real beneficiaries. around 500 displaces families, stray cows in Madhvaliya cow the premises under control provided in VP House and According to the records, who were registered outside shelter in Nichlaul tehsil of even after the guest leaves. Western Court hostel for a only around 500 families who the State and later returned and Maharajganj district. “Nearly 45 members of short duration. The accom- New Delhi: The Centre is like- were registered outside the settled down in the State, are Srinagar: It was no less than Eid for some, time to reconnect “The Government consti- Parliament (MPs) have been modation can be allotted in ly to allow veteran BJP leaders State and later returned and registered in his office. with family and friends for others and back to much needed tuted a committee under the found to have squatters in the North and South Avenues and and former MPs LK Advani, settled down in J&K, are reg- “I had recommended their business for many as post-paid mobile phone services were chairmanship of Additional garb of guests. A list of such Meena Bagh under very excep- Murli Manohar Joshi and istered with the office of cases to the office of Divisional restored after 72 days in Kashmir on Monday. Commissioner, Gorakhpur MPs has been prepared,” said tional circumstances. Jaswant Singh to stay in their Provincial Rehabilitation Commissioner (DC), Jammu Cellphones rang out across the Valley for the first time since Division. The committee sources. The list includes past There have been other glar- official bungalows on security Officer (PRO), Jammu. so that a final decision can be August 5, when the Centre revoked J&K’s special status and bifur- found several anomalies in and present MPs of all major ing cases of “squatter” being grounds. Singh may be allowed In the absence of any offi- taken,” he said, adding, even cated it into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and the number of cattle during political parties. former MPs. Take the case of to retain on health grounds. cial communication, even the the DC had recommended Ladakh — much to the delight of residents longing to reach out probe,” the UP Chief Secretary Majority of the former MP Shahnawaz PNS senior officers are not in a their cases and forwarded the to their loved ones outside the Valley and inside too. PNS said. Government bungalows where Hussain, who has been unau- position to clarify the status of file to the Civil Secretariat.   !"# $  

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Most of Ministry beginning December robust FASTag solution archi- plazas is done either manually "strong voice" in the         the ISIS-linked persons were 1. States signed an MoU for an tecture which already sup- or through other tags. This international community and   2< arrested from Tamil Nadu, integrated FASTag with e-way ports approx. 6 million tags leads to inconvenience for the Damascus looks forward to &&       where 33 radicals were nabbed, bill system and also a NHAI with approximately daily 10 road users. joining hands with it for fur-  -  followed by 19 from Uttar prepaid wallet system to enable lakh transactions. Another FASTag is acceptable across ther cooperation.    & &   Pradesh, 17 from Kerala and 14 commuters for a hassle free ride MoU was also signed between over 490 National Highways The envoy also said, ' from Telangana, the NIA said on tolled roads and express- IHMCL and GST Network toll plazas and selected 39+ "Turkey supports terror and all on Monday. "others" category. Terrorism Squads (ATS), Modi ways throughout the country. (GSTN) for integrating E- State highways toll plazas. More countries who support Turkey,   / The NIA has registered a "In three of these ISIS cases said the JMB has spread its Road Transport and Way Bill system with FASTag. than 6 Million FASTag were support terror". He said this in     total of 287 cases till September from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, activities in States like Highways Minister Nitin "The move assumes special issued till last month, with response to a question on   & ( this year and a bulk of it is relat- the accused have admitted that Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gadkari said the integrated significance due to the fact that overall cumulative ETC col- Pakistan extending support     ed to terrorism. The number of they were radicalised by Karnataka and Kerala in the tolling system will provide from 1st of December this lection of over 12,850 Crore to Turkey's military offensive & "  terror related probe under NIA Colombo suicide bomber guise of Bangladeshi immi- seamless movement for road year, toll collections on all since inception. The total in Syria.  ( &  probe is 110. Zahran Hashim's videos. grants. users and check revenues leak- National Highways will cumulative number of suc- Pakistan has offered "    Of the 177 remaining cases, The NIA had swung into "The NIA has shared with age at toll plazas. Minister of mandatorily be done through cessful ETC transactions car- backing to Turkey in its       the agency has registered 50 action only after the Colomobo states concerned a list of 125 State for Road Transport and FASTag only.," said Gadkari ried out is over 5540.67 lakhs offensive against Kurdish G &  G' cases for probing insurgency in bombings that took a toll of suspected activists who have Highways Gen. (Retd.) V.K inaugurating a conference on as in September 2019. forces in Syria.  &"   the Northeast, 48 instances of over 250 persons including 12 close links with the JMB lead- Singh and transport ministers 'One Nation One Tag - FASTag' IHMCL and NHAI have Turkey last week launched  &&&   Fake Indian Currency Notes Indians in a serial suicide ership," he said. and senior officials from sev- in the national Capital to roll developed the ‘My FASTag an offensive in northern Syria " '  );3 (FICN), 28 for investigating bombings incident. NIA Inspector General eral states were also in atten- out the process for having a mobile App’ to provide a sin- targeting the Kurdish-led     Naxal-related incidents, 15 for The Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Alok Mittal said from 2014 to dance. unified electronic system across gle one-stop solution to FASTag Syrian Democratic Forces. :& ! &  Khalistani terrorism, one case Bangladesh (JMB) was trying 2018, the JMB has set up 20-22 The Ministry is encourag- the country. customers. The App helps India had said it was  !   &' involves human trafficking to spread its tentacles across hideouts in Bengaluru and ing States to come onboard The Minister said that the linking of bank neutral FASTag "deeply concerned" over the besides 35 in miscellaneous cat- India and a list of 125 suspects tried to spread its bases in FASTag, so that seamless move- FASTag is being positioned as to bank account of customer's "unilateral military offensive" /     egory. have been shared with different South India. ment of transport can be the 'Aadhaar' for a vehicle and choice. by Turkey in northeastern      Terror-related cases under states, National Investigation "The JMB even conducted assured across the nation. For in future efforts are being car- An NHAI Prepaid Wallet Syria and asserted that the    " NIA probe, 32 instances are Agency (NIA) Chief, YC Modi a trial of rocket launchers in the this, Scheme Guidelines for ried out to enable usage of was also launched giving cus- action can undermine   "I J! from Jammu and Kashmir, 22 said. Krishnagiri hills along the Inclusion of State/ City Toll FASTag for making various tomers the choice of not link- stability in the region as well 53 (  &! are connected to the ISIS ter- Modi was addressing a Karnataka border," Mittal Plaza under NETC programme vehicle related payments apart ing their FASTag to their bank as the fight against $" !    ror group 50 have been put in meeting of chiefs of the Anti added. (FASTag) was circulated to all from toll payments, such as fuel accounts. terrorism. PTI 5  ! !  ' $"  ?" "  "! "    & "   &  +,-.#++/0+  &"   "      &&     !  6"!$&6"!)"  /+   / $  !( ! 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Alexander's first State visit to visit and Kochi. militancy in Punjab. passengers of other categories, igant . headed by BJP's Rajya Sabha the CBI about child porn con- As many as 234 members India, following his ascension The ties between India and "The government of India but it would be need-based. Members also asked about member Bhupender Yadav. vict Sasche Treppke, who was were there in the "child pornog- to the throne in 2013. the Netherlands have been on has accepted the request of the Currently, no discount on fares the number of cases in which the Sources quoted a member ask- sentenced to five years in raphy group" comprising 66 In their talks, the Prime an upswing in the last few government of Punjab for grant is offered for any category of government is the litigant and ing the secretary Legal Affairs prison in that country for Indian numbers, 56 Pakistani, Minister and the royal couple years.India and the Netherlands of special remission and release passengers on the Delhi sought detailed response from that if it is true that the involvement in sexual abuse of 29 from the US and the remain- broadly reviewed the overall have a bilateral trade turnover of of five Punjab Police personnel Metro."We are ready with tech- the Department of Legal Affairs Government is the major litigant, children and distributing child ing from 37 other countries. bilateral ties and touched upon $12.87 billion in 2018-19. The undergoing sentence in nology-based solution to pro- in the form of a questionnaire to then why not alternate methods pornography. The agency had sent a ref- possible areas of deepening Netherlands is the fifth largest different jails in Punjab for vide relief to students and senior be sent to the of resolving disputes involving The PE revealed that he was erence to these countries cooperation between the two investor in India with a offences committed during citizens travelling on metro department. Government is the Government to dent huge part of 29 WhatsApp groups through Interpol and some of nations, officials said. cumulative investment of $23 bil- militancy period in Punjab," a trains. The Central Government reportedly the largest litigant in pendency of case were being where child porn was being them have been sharing infor- Earlier in the day, the King lion for the period 2000 to Home Ministry official will implement it appropriate- the courts. taken. shared. These groups have mation related to the users. and the Queen were accorded 2017. PTI said. PTI ly," Puri said. PTI %  "  (, -!& ()  & &&  '  . ! ) // *  New Delhi: The Border  &  #5*$564 Security Force (BSF), that  #5*$564 select the members of the NMC Those selected include guards important Indian bor- and within a short span of two Professor Rajendra Pandey, VC he Bihar Government sub- ders with Pakistan and he Union Health Ministry months, we have framed the of the West Bengal University of Tmitted before the Delhi Bangladesh, has protested non- Ton Monday finalised the rules, notified those and also Health Sciences, Himanshu A High Court early this month inclusion of its marching con- much-awaited names of 25 carried out the process of selec- Pandya, VC of the Gujarat that the process for payment of tingent in the Republic Day members of the National tion of the part-time members. University, Professor Mahesh Jitendra Gupta, the 2013-batch parade to be held at the Rajpath Medical Commission (NMC) To ensure probity and integri- Verma, VC of the Guru Gobind IAS officer of Bihar cadre, is in January next year, official that will replace the Medical ty of the highest order, a com- Singh Indraprastha University underway and in consideration sources said on Monday. Council of India (MCI), pact body is being selected in Delhi, Rajababu Panwar, VC at PMCH and will be paid to An official order issued by through a draw of lots from the through a transparent mecha- of the Rajasthan University of Gupta before the next hearing, the Union home ministry early nominations sent by the State nism and representation of the Health Sciences and Raj which is November 11, 2019. this month has been accessed Governments, Union territories states and state councils in rota- Bahadur, VC of the Baba Farid The Appointments by PTI and it said that only the and State medical councils. tion. This will facilitate faster University of Health Sciences in Committee of Cabinet is yet to marching and band contin- Once the NMC comes into decision making also," he added. Punjab's Faridkot among others. decide about his posting gents of the Central Reserve being, the MCI will automati- He said the inclusion of Following the same proce- despite the Delhi High Court's Police Force, Central Industrial guarding force, the contingent Central Armed Police Forces cally get dissolved and the members from a diverse back- dure, nine representatives from August 4 deadline. Security Force, Indo-Tibetan was not included. (CAPFs), both CISF and CRPF nearly 63-year-old Indian ground for balanced policy the SMCs of Uttar Pradesh, Gupta had to go to multi- Border Police and Delhi Police The Republic Day parade is were kept out of the January 26 Medical Council Act will stand prescriptions was also being Sikkim, Kerala, Karnataka, ple hospitalisation, including at will be part of the Republic Day an esteemed event and troops event while the contingents of abolished. ensured. Uttarakhand, Arunachal AIIMS. The Supreme Court, parade-2020 to be held on and officers of various uni- ITBP, Sashastra Seema Bal The exercise of selecting The four boards to be set up Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra Delhi High Court and CAT January 26. formed forces take pride in (SSB) and BSF participated in New Delhi: The Border the 25 members took place in the under the NMC Act are the and Manipur were selected. have simultaneously exonerat- The BSF has been asked to showcasing their ceremonial the parade. Security Force (BSF) has sought presence mediapersons, who Under-Graduate Medical In the third segment of the ed the officer of all charges only send its camel contingent best at the event that showcas- These squads, dressed in a modern "anti-drone system" participated in the entire process, Education Board (UGMEB), draw of lots, four members framed against him and direct- and camel-mounted band es the defence, security, devel- their best official and ceremo- that could detect and destroy a which was video-graphed. the Post-Graduate Medical from Tripura, Jammu & ed the Nitish Kumar team. opment and cultural prowess of nial regalia, march down the lone or swarm of suspicious "Today, 25 part-time mem- Education Board (PGMEB), Kashmir, Nagaland and Government to pay the entire "The BSF has taken up the the country. citadel of power at Raisina aerial platforms in the opera- bers, including 10 vice-chan- the Medical Assessment and Madhya Pradesh, who will backlog salary and foot the issue with the home ministry. The about 2.5 lakh per- Hills in central Delhi to the tions area, in the wake of cellors (VCs) from different Rating Board and the Ethics and serve as part-time members for medical bill expenses. It is being considered," a senior sonnel strong BSF is tasked to 17th century-built monument recent spurt of UAVs being states, nine representatives Medical Registration Board. the autonomous boards, were Fearing his postings in home ministry official said on guard India's terror and infil- Red Fort as per tradition. spotted across the India- from the State Medical During the lottery, 10 VCs selected. Bihar, Gupta plead to judicia- the condition of anonymity. tration prone border with The Government, in April Pakistan international border. Councils (SMCs) and four from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Ajay Kumar Khanna from ry, Centre and the State Official sources in the force Pakistan, the crime-sensitive 2017, had told Parliament that A full drone detection system members for the four Gujarat, Delhi, Himachal the Uttarakhand Medical requesting a care transfer. said the BSF marching contin- frontier with Bangladesh and is this random exclusion of the will have radars, radio fre- autonomous boards, were Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Council was selected for the The Delhi High Court had gent was not given a slot in the also deployed to render a num- CAPF contingents was quency receivers, jammers and selected," Union Health Rajasthan, Dadra and Nagar Search Committee from rebuked the Nitish Kumar parade that was held this year ber of tasks in the internal secu- being done due to "time con- system controllers to neutralise Minister Harsh Vardhan said. Haveli, Punjab and Haryana amongst the nine part-time Government for ''humiliating, in January and despite repre- rity domain of the country. straints" during the annual all Unmanned Aerial Vehicles "We had nine months to were selected. members of the NMC. harassing” Gupta. sentation made by the border Last year, amongst the parade. PTI (UAVs). PTI chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | TUESDAY | OCTOBER 15, 2019 Baghel urges Gadkari to Jheeram Valley massacre: expedite pending NH works BJP’s Kanwar claims Lakhma STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR year of the announcement. Chief Minister also Chief Minister said that as requested that the construc- had nexus with Naxals hief Minister Bhupesh Tatibandh is one of the busiest tion of Raipur-Dhamtari n CBaghel has written a letter squares of the city and junc- four-lane should also be STAFF REPORTER to Union Road Transport and tion has not been constructed started soon. Besides, he also KORBA Highway Minister Nitin as per the parameters, number mentioned how construction Gadkari requesting speedy heeram Valley massacre in of road accidents on this route agency has left the widening which almost all the top completion of pending is continuously increasing. He and upgrading work of NH-43 J construction works of various leaders of the state Congress requested to start the Patthalgaon-Kunkuri Road were killed continued to be a National Highways in construction of flyover as soon incomplete. For last two years, Chhattisgarh. political hot potato six years as possible so as to ensure people have been facing prob- after the gruesome incident. Baghel mentioned about smooth traffic movement. lems as Patthalgaon-Kansabel A few leaders from both the need to accelerate the Baghel also mentioned in road has been dug out in the BJP and the Congress are construction work of flyover in the letter that road widening between creating problems in accusing each other of being Tatibandh Chowk, widening of work of National Highway 30, traffic movement. hand in glove with Maoist to Raipur-Dhamtari Road, Raipur-Dhamtari Road, has Chief Minister also men- carry out the attack and widening work of Bilaspur- been stopped from May 2018 tioned in the letter about demanding narco-test on Ambikapur, Champa-Korba- the letter to Union Minister During his Chhattisgarh and the construction agency delayed construction works at the opponent to unearth the Katghora Road, and Kunkuri that NH-53 is situated in tour on September 10 last year, has left the construction works NH-149, NH-111, etc which truth. Road of Patthalgaon. He said Tatibandh Chowk of Raipur the Union Minister had unfinished at several places, have been causing major incon- Close on the heels of that incomplete construction city, which is the junction of announced construction of which is creating problems in venience to public, requesting Excise and Industries Raipur-Durg, Raipur-Simga, flyover worth `100 crore, but of these roads is creating traffic movement. speedy completion of the road Minister Kawasi Lakhma to the demand of Lakhma incident. Kanwar also Tatibandh-Amanaka and the construction work could problems in public transport. It is an important road that construction/repairing/upgradi demanding that a narco-test for his narco-test, leveled sought to know from Tatibandh-Bhanpuri roads. not be started even after one Chief Minister stated in connects Raipur-Jagdalpur. ng works. should be done on former serious allegations on Lakhma as to why the chief minister Raman Singh Lakhma stating that he had Naxals stopped firing when and erstwhile home nexus with the Naxals. he shouted “I am Lakhma”. minister Nankiram Kanwar, While talking to media, Congress leaders had nexus Guv to inaugurate Kanwar has accepted the he also raised question over with Naxals and Lakhma Woman Maoist injured demand. unscathed release of was prominent among them, Kanwar, while reacting Lakhma by Naxals after the Kanwar alleged. National science, math, in encounter, arrested environment exhibition STAFF REPORTER n in the encounter and were near Sudiyal on Sunday STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR educational tour on October 20. RAJNANDGAON undergoing treatment in evening. We have admitted C’garh to export Kosa Education department officials nearby villages," he said. her in Rajnandgaon overnor Anusuiya Uikey will woman Naxal, who "Acting on a tip-off, we district hospital. She can intimated that two domes have been Awas injured during an Ginaugurate the 46th Jawaharlal made for the event. One dome will arrested Kamla, who had provide details about Nehru National Science, encounter with security sustained two bullet have the lectures, inaugural and Maoist activities along the Mathematics and Environment forces on Saturday, was injuries in the October 12 Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra concluding functions while the Exhibition for Children on October arrested in Rajnandgaon encounter, from a village border," the SP added. silk sarees to Sri Lanka 15 at B.T.I. Campus, Shankar Nagar, other dome will exhibit the district a day later, police STAFF REPORTER n experiences, techniques Raipur. Chief Minister Bhupesh scientific models of the school said here on Monday. and ideas on trade and Baghel will preside over the event. children. The theme of the event is The held ultra was Janmilitia member held with RAIPUR business related to The exhibition will be open for ‘Scientific Solutions for Challenges identified as Kamla alias hhattisgarh’s Kosa handloom products. viewing from 11.00 AM to 5.00 PM in Life’. The sub themes are Mate (20), a native of detonators, other items Jagargunda area in Sukma CSilk will soon be They also agreed to from October 15 to 20. agriculture and organic farming, DANTEWADA: A suspected Maoist Janmilitia district and was carrying a available at markets in cleanliness and health, resource member, who was carrying detonators, gelatin rods, explore and conduct National Council of reward of Rs 1 lakh on her Sri Lanka. A memo- management, waste management, wire and other items, was arrested during an anti-Naxal trade and business Educational Research and Training head, Superintendent of randum of intent activities and facilitate in collaboration with School educa- transport and communication and operation carried out by security forces in Dantewada, (MoI) was signed by mathematical modelling. Police Rajnandgaon (SP) each other. The MoI was tion department, Government of Kamlochan Kashyap said. police said on Monday. “The man was arrested by a the two countries with Chhattisgarh students will joint team of DRG and Katekalyan police during a signed for a period of Chhattisgarh and SECRT, "She was injured in a an aim to facilitate two years. Chhattisgarh are jointly organising exhibit 22 models and the total gun-battle with security search operation on road towards Chikpalpara school,” trade and business models on display will be 147. a local police officer said. Sri Lankas the event. forces on October 12 when among each other. Department of Co- Cultural event will be organised Additional to it, in exhibition, the a Naxal camp was The man identified as Sukhram Madkami, a The MoI was state government flagship pro- resident of Chikpal village in neighboring Sukma operative Development, from October 15 to 19 from 5.30 to destroyed on the hills of signed between the Assistant 7.00 PM. Daily workshops will be gramme ‘Narva, Gharuva, Ghurva district, tried to run away after seeing the police force. Sudiyal and Bukmarka Chhattisgarh State Commissioner Nilanga organised from October 16 to 18 by aur Baari’ (NGGB) model, multi- However, forces caught him and recovered three Handloom villages in Rajnandgaon. D Somapala said scientists from 9.00 to 10.30 AM. media text books and others will We had information that electric detonators, three gelatin rods, wire and other Development women in Sri Lanka The participants will be taken for an also be displayed in separate stalls. some Naxals were injured items of daily use, police claimed. Marketing Co-opera- tive Federation, have been showing their BILASA Chhattisgarh keen interest in Kosa Emporium and Sri silk sarees of Lankas Department of Chhattisgarh. Co-operative High quality kosa S M Choudhary is SECL’s Electoral awareness silk with intricate Development on October 13, the con- designs have attracted cluding day of India the buyers from Sri new director (finance) International Co- Lanka. Chhattisgarh’s rally held under SVEEP operative Trade Fair tussar silk, gheecha silk, STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR being held at Pragati linen, raw silk, Aari silk, n Maidan, New Delhi. matka silk etc have been M Choudhary has taken STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR votes. The target is also to achieve cent-percent polling. In the pact, the drawing the attention of Scharge as the director nder Systematic Voters’ two countries women from Sri Lanka (finance) in South Eastern On Monday, at Tokapal UEducation and tehsil area in villages of expressed their inten- because of its unique- Coalfields Limited (SECL). Electoral Participation Karanji, Raikot and Matkot, in tion to share their ness, he said. Prior to his new appointment, (SVEEP) programme Choudhary was the director awareness drives were village of Bade Kadma of (finance) in Western organised in Chitrakot state Darbha Tehsil, villages of Coalfields Limited since assembly constituency Neganaar, Erikpal, Bade March 3, 2016. Dharaur, Chapparbhanpuri of TRAI to hold day-long seminar today He is a qualified chartered where the by-poll is being scheduled on October 21. Lohandiguda teshil and accountant, cost and manage- Janpad Panchayat office RAIPUR: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is organizing a seminar on ment accountant and company the Coal India Limited (CIL). Mine Closure Plan. He was Office of Chief Electoral Lohandiguda, different rallies “Digital India- A Platform for Economic Progress and Changing Social Life in Rural secretary with over three decades “His work has been recog- also conferred with Best CFO Officer, Chhattisgarh and were organised by villagers. Areas” at Hotel Celebration, Jail Road, Raipur on Tuesday from 09.30 am to 5.00 pm. of experience in coal industry. nized at various levels and he was Award in PSU Category by the District Electoral Officer The objective is to provide a platform for deliberation, discussion and exchange of He began his career with conferred with various awards,” a Institute of Chartered office are conducting the They carried the placards and banners urging the views on key issues such as digital infrastructure and its uses in agriculture and financial Central Coalfields Ltd, Ranchi SECL press release said. Accountants of India in its programmes. sector, deployment of future technology 5G, IOT, OTT and e-governance programme and since then has worked at villagers to cast their vote It said Choudhary is a 11th ICAI Awards, 2017 on The objective is to implementation in rural areas. different levels. Amongst vari- encourage and motivate the without fear and allurements. recipient of Special January 19, 2018 in Mumbai. The seminar will be attended by eminent experts in the field from IIT, IIM, central and ous responsibilities during his Achievement Award by CIL Choudhary was welcome villagers to cast their vote and The villagers also career, he has also served as for formalities of Unique by the CMD and all functional be part of the largest democra- administered pledge to cast state governments, PSUs, financial institutions, private sectors and various consumer general manager (finance) at Financial Scheme related to directors in SECL. cy by recording their valuable their vote without fail. groups/individuals associated with digital India project. Congress will suffer Cong steps up campaign for Chitrakot STAFF REPORTER n Kashyap for the by-poll which is defeat, claims Usendi scheduled on October 21. JAGDALPUR Notable, after 15 years of STAFF REPORTER n sensitive areas of uling Congress has geared unbroken BJP rule, the Congress Bastanara and Kilepal, JAGDALPUR up its poll campaign for riding on anti-incumbency suc- said BJP will register R Chitrakot by-polls and is well ceeded to clinch 68 seats in the ith barely a week victory in Chitrakot with ahead in it as compared to its state in 2018 assembly elections. left for the blessings of the people. W main rival BJP. Of these, out of 12 seats in tribal Chiktrakot by-poll, the The party will give a key political parties, the The party is making all heartland, the party won 11. suitable reply to the possible efforts to retain this ruling Congress and the The lone seat, Dantewada, Congress which had not seat which was vacated by its main opposition BJP, where BJP candidate succeeded fulfilled the promises sitting MLA Deepak Baij after to register victory, was also won have commenced pitched made to the people, he being elected as Member of by Congress in recently held electioneering in the claimed. Parliament (MP). by-polls and is now eying on tribal areas. assembly seat held by late Leader of Opposition PCC Chief Mohan Markam making the Bastar BJP free by The by-poll to be Bhima Mandavi in the Dharamlal Kaushik at and Member of Parliament, retaining its own fort, Chitrakot. held on October 21 is recently held by-poll, BJP Tokapal conducted bike Bastar, Deepak Baij have now Official sources informed necessitated after the has pushed its workers rally and addressed the taken up the charge of poll Chief Minister who is at present sitting MLA Deepak Baij and leaders to make up public meeting. There he campaign and are undertaking busy campaigning in got elected to Lok Sabha the loss at Chitrakot. said the Congress govern- whirlwind tour in the poll Maharashtra will continue his from Bastar constituency. BJP state president ment within 9 months has bound Chitrakot constituency canvassing for Congress After the BJP failed to Vikram Usendi imposed loan of `14,000 as Chief Minister Bhupesh campaigning for assembly polls Congress candidate Rajman candidate here who is locked in candidate here and will also retain Dantewada campaigning in Naxal crore on the people. Baghel is engaged in in neighbouring Maharashtra. Benjam is the Congress direct fight with BJP’s Lachuram hold a road show.   !"# $  , V

 /: clicked the Kamal button and was asking help from abroad decision and asking for help  / gave me the pwower to take against Article 370 and chal- while going to foreign coun- these decisions for you." lenged the party to revoke the tries. rime Minister Narendra decision. "If Article 370 is so dear to PModi on Monday chal-     /  "Congress is going abroad you, you go among the people lenged the Congress party over ASSEMBLY     to ask for help against Article and tell them that you will Article 370 and asked whether Modi slammed the 370. I challenge Congress to reverse the Center’s decision," the party would bring it back POLL Article 370 and said that India Congress and said corruption bring Article 370 in their man- he said. if they come back to power. was taking bold decisions now. had sunk the grand old party. ifesto," PM Modi said. "Will The Prime Minister said In an election rally in "India is taking decisions which He criticised the party for you bring back Article 370 if government recruitment in Ballabhgarh, Modi said that could not be imagined before. politicising Rafale deal during you come to power?" PM Modi Haryana used to mean bribery. when he comes to Haryana, he India is taking bold decisions the Lok Sabha elections. "What said. He also accused Congress "The kind of tricks used for jobs feels as if he has come home. today." was the hype Rahul Gandhi of opposing all decisions of the has ended up with many lead- He said that development in the He said, "Jammu and created during the Lok Sabha Modi government just for the ers in jail. This situation has State was his priority. "Haryana Kashmir and Ladakh are on the elections regarding the Rafale sake of it and said, "Congress changed now. The develop- has taught me a lot and so people has always been my pri- Modi said the state has months have passed. I am way to development and trust. plane. These people tried their is shedding crocodile tears." ment is being done with hon- whenever I come here, I feel ority. Haryana has got a strong helped him grow. Talking about working towards fulfilling all All Indians wanted Kashmir to best to cancel the aircraft agree- Modi said "only a few peo- esty and integrity and the con- that I have come to my house," captain and a strong team. the decisions taken by his my promises." be integrated." He gave the ment. But despite all the efforts ple" are offended by the deci- nectivity has improved. Be it Modi said. Opposition is disintegrating." newly formed government, Talking about India's stand credit for abrogation of Article of these people, the first Rafale sion to revoke Article 370 in Palwal, Ballabgarh, Faridabad, The prime minister also He said, "Haryana is the land of Modi said, "You have given me internationally, he said, "World 370 to the people of India and aircraft has been handed over Jammu and Kashmir. These modern facilities of traffic and said, "Development in Haryana the brave. The state has given five years. But I have been tak- leaders are standing with India said, "It is not because of Modi, to India," he said. people, he said, are now raising connectivity are being made," and change in the lives of the many sports heroes." ing steps and not even five today." Modi also mentioned but the people of India. You He also said that Congress questions on the government’s he said. 53  (4 #$- 48#:4 Slamming the BJP government leading to a boom in the economy. I am not here to make false promis- in the Mewat area and falls under the over the economic slowdown, the "The economy is in shambles and es. This is Kaam Ki Baat. The Gurgaon parliamentary constituency. ormer Congress President and senior Congress leader hit out at the Modi is talking about the moon," he Congress party is everyone’s party and With the promise of loan waiver to Fparty's star campaigner Rahul ruling party for doing nothing to tack- said. we believe in uniting people. "And the farmers and job reservations to Gandhi on Monday mocked Prime le rising unemployment and farmers'' Raising the issues of unemploy- BJP is doing what the British were women, the Congress, in its manifesto Minister Narendra Modi''s pep talk distress. Speaking in Muslim-domi- ment and farmers’ distress, Rahul doing in India dividing people," for the state polls, promised 33 per ''Mann Ki Baat'' by saying he will do nated Marora in Nuh district, he asked the BJP why Maruti shut its fac- Gandhi said in his about 20-minute- cent job quota for women in the gov- ''Kaam Ki Baat''. charged Prime Minister Narendra tory and why Tata closed its units here, long speech. ernment sector, cash incentives to Addressing his first political rally Modi with only working for the cor- warning that in six months, the econ- For people of Mewat, one of the educated jobless youth apart from ahead of the Haryana Assembly elec- porates, not the common man. omy will reach in such a position that most backward regions in Haryana, farm loan waiver within 24 hours of tions in Nuh, he said, "We will fight Gandhi said that the Prime youth will stand up against Modi. he promised a railway line from coming to power. corruption, two crore youths will get Minister has been putting money into The Congress leader said, "Modi Gurugram to Alwar, a university as Besides this, the party promised jobs, farmers will get remunerative the pockets of few selected business ji keeps making false claims. So does well as speedy completion of the to bring in a strong legislation to check Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), accusing country and its people and make them prices," Rahul said, adding, "I am not groups, and "gave Rs 5.5 lakh crore to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Mewat Canal and Kotla irrigation pro- the menace of mob lynchings, to dras- them of dividing the country and its fight each other. Wherever they go, here to make false promises. This is his selected 15-20 corporates". To reju- ji. They do ‘Mann Ki baat’. I thought ject. "These are four main issues you tically cut electricity bills and to people on the basis of caste, religion they make people fight on the basis Kaam Ki Baat. The Congress party is venate the economy, the government I will do Kaam Ki Baat. And whatever have, the list is with me. I give you my counter pollution caused by stubble and region like the British, and said of caste, religion, region," he said. everyone’s party and we believe in should put money back into the I say today from this stage, it would word, if we come to power, these will burning by providing machines to the Congress united people. "The "The economy is destroyed. You uniting people. And the BJP is doing common man's pocket, he said, prais- be done, go and ask Congress-ruled be done. I don''t make false promis- remove it from the roots. Congress is the party for everyone and ask the small and medium traders and what the British India was doing - ing the party-led UPA government''s states in Rajasthan and Madhya es." Gandhi also targeted BJP and its our job is to unite people, while the they will say that they have been divide". flagship MNREGA programme for Pradesh. Whatever we say, we do it. 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Kurds in northeastern Syria President Donald Trump made threw its lot with Washington troops from northern Syria — gramme for the coming year,  "   had few other options to stop it clear he wanted to end the US and unilaterally declared almost the entire ground force with leaving the EU top of the       the rapid advance of Turkish military presence. self-rule. AFP in the war-torn country — agenda.    " -' troops and their Syrian proxies. amid an intensifying Turkish "My government's priority Turkey wants to create a assault on Kurdish forces. has always been to secure the /    roughly 30-kilometre (20-mile)   7  Trump's decision last week United Kingdom's departure +2! 3 ##   2! +( ! ( /  8 buffer zone along its border to to pull out of the area — clear- from the European Union on   & 5"  '+' 3 && K& keep Kurdish forces at bay and Luxembourg: EU member Instead, the Ministers ing the way for the Turkish October 31," she said in a & !    also to send back some of the states united on Monday to agreed that EU member coun- incursion — has been attacked speech to robed peers from a possible this month," Irish Johnson's spokesman in K    " 3.6 million Syrian refugees it condemn Turkey's offensive in tries should pay close regard to at home as a betrayal of gilded throne in the upper Deputy Prime Minister Simon London, who said on Monday:  !<  hosts. Syria but stopped short of their existing common policy America's Kurdish allies, that House of Lords. Coveney said as he arrived for "The talks are constructive but  " &" The United States and its imposing an arms embargo, on arms exports, which risks triggering a resurgence of "My government intends to talks with EU foreign ministers there is a lot of work still to do."     " partners, who spent years fight- while opening the way to sanc- includes a provision that they IS. "Europe had a chance to get work towards a new partner- in Luxembourg. More than three years after "    ' ing alongside the Kurds against tions over Ankara's contro- should not be approved where their ISIS prisoners, but didn't ship with the European Union, "It may even be possible the 2016 referendum vote to the Islamic State group in Syria versial drilling off Cyprus. there they may "contribute to want the cost. 'Let the USA pay,' based on free trade and friend- this week but we're not there leave the EU, divorce talks  /    before deserting them, have "The EU condemns regional instability". they said..." Trump tweeted, ly cooperation." yet." Michel Barnier, the bloc's remain stuck on how to avoid     condemned the Turkish inva- Turkey's military action which Separately, the ministers using an alternate acronym for But this depends on the chief Brexit negotiator, briefed customs checks between British '-( "  sion, but their threats of sanc- seriously undermines the sta- gave the go-ahead to creating the Islamic State group. outcome of closed-door dis- EU ambassadors late Sunday Northern Ireland and Ireland.   &   tions have failed to stop it. bility and the security of the the legal framework for sanc- "Kurds may be releasing cussions in Brussels, where after a weekend of talks After British MPs rejected         Washington says that it is whole region," the bloc said in tions over Turkey's explorato- some to get us involved. Easily officials are racing to reach a between officials described as a previous plan, Johnson put  ! &  planning to pull out 1,000 a joint statement at a meeting ry drilling for oil and gas off the recaptured by Turkey or deal on Britain's exit terms "intense" and "constructive". forward fresh proposals earli-   "'4  troops — almost the entire of Foreign Ministers in coast of Cyprus. European Nations from where before a summit of EU leaders After weeks of gloom, the er this month -- but they have # !    ground force — from Syria's Luxembourg. "In light of Turkey's con- many came, but they should starting on Thursday. last few days have given a been met with a cool response  & 5 north, in a move welcomed The bloc noted the deci- tinued illegal drilling activities move quickly." Kurdish author- If he cannot get a deal by glimmer of hope that an agree- in Brussels. (  !    Monday by Turkish President sion made by some members in the eastern Mediterranean, ities said Sunday that 800 IS Saturday, Johnson will fall foul ment can be reached but there Johnson took over from his   "    Recep Tayyip Erdogan as "a — including France and the Council reaffirms its family members being held in of a British law demanding he has so far been no decisive predecessor Theresa May in  "  positive approach." The chaos Germany — to halt weapons full solidarity with Cyprus," a camp at Ain Issa in northern ask the EU to delay Brexit for breakthrough. July vowing no more delays, &   7'.,' in the areas targeted in the six- exports to Turkey but did not the EU Council said in a Syria had fled due to Turkish a third time rather than risk a Barnier warned on Sunday after she postponed Brexit         day-old Turkish assault has impose an EU-wide embargo. statement. AFP bombing. AFP potentially disastrous "no deal" that "a lot of work remains to twice in a failed attempt to get       departure. be done". her own divorce deal through     "A deal is possible and it's This message echoed by the British parliament. AFP  ' 2 ((%% ;      & Hong Kong: Hong Kong police say a homemade remote-controlled explosive Madrid: Spain's Supreme Court prison; former Cabinet mem- device intended to "kill or to on Monday convicted 12 former bers Joaquim Forn and Josep harm" police officers was det- QY Catalan politicians and activists Rull 10 and a half years each; and onated during violent protests for their roles in a secession bid grassroots pro-independence Moscow: Russia on Monday denied a US news- across the territory on Sunday. in 2017, a ruling likely to inflame activists Jordi Sánchez and Jordi paper report that its warplanes bombed four hos- No casualties were report- independence supporters in the Cuixart nine years. pitals in rebel-held territory in Syria over a peri- ed. But Chin-chiu Suryanto, Hong Kong: Hong Kong is slid- wealthy northeastern region. Junqueras and three other od of 12 hours this year. an officer with the police ing towards becoming a police The court sentenced ex- former Cabinet members — The Russian Defence Ministry rubbished the force's bomb-disposal unit, state, US senator Josh Hawley Catalan regional Vice President Raül Romeva, Jordi Turull and claim in a report by The New York Times, say- told a news conference warned on Monday, as tens of Oriol Junqueras to 13 years for Dolors Bassa, who were sen- ing "the alleged 'evidence' provided by the NYT Monday that the device was thousands filled the strife-torn sedition and misuse of public tenced to 12 years — were also is not worth even the paper it was printed on". concocted with a "highly city's streets waving American funds following one of Spain's convicted for misuse of public The May strikes — which the newspaper tied effective" explosive. flags and calling on Washington most important trials since funds. Three other former mem- to Moscow through Russian radio recordings, Speaking through a trans- to punish China over sliding democracy was restored after the bers of the Catalan Cabinet — plane spotter logs and accounts by witnesses — lator, he said there was "a loud freedoms. The international death of dictator Gen. Francisco Santiago Vila, Meritxell Borràs are part of a larger pattern of medical facilities tar- thud" from the detonation finance hub was battered by Franco in 1975. y Carles Mundó — were fined geted by forces supporting Syrian President Sunday night on a usually another weekend of unrest as Eight received lengthy for disobedience. Grassroots Bashar al-Assad in the country's devastating civil busy thoroughfare in hardcore pro-democracy pro- prison terms in Catalonia's pro-secession groups have said war. Kowloon. testers and police fought run- attempt to break away from that if any of the defendants were Nabad al Hayat Surgical Hospital — which He said the use of an ning battles with officers warn- Spain following an illegal inde- found guilty they would organ- staff had fled three days earlier in anticipation of explosive device marked an ing the violence had now pendence referendum, while ise protests and "peaceful civil the facility being bombed — was one of those escalation in violence seen reached "life-threatening lev- three received lesser sentences. disobedience." struck during the 12-hour period beginning on during the anti-government els". Protests pushing for greater Although prosecutors had Spanish authorities May 5, according to the Times' investigation. protests, which are in their democratic freedoms and police requested convictions for the deployed hundreds of extra A Russian ground controller gave the exact fifth month. He likened the accountability have raged for the more severe crime of rebellion, police to the region in anticipa- coordinates of the hospital to the pilot, who report- use of such a device to "ter- last 19 weeks and there is little which under Spanish law implies tion of the ruling. The court's ed having it in sight a few minutes later, the news- rorist events" seen elsewhere end in sight as Beijing and local the use of violence to subvert the decision was another milestone paper said. in the world. AP leaders refuse concessions. AFP constitutional order, judges con- in the long struggle for sepa- The controller gave the go-ahead for the strike victed nine of sedition, implying ratists who want Catalonia to at the same time that a spotter who was tasked with that they promoted public dis- break away from Spain and cre- warning civilians about impending strikes logged order to subvert the law. ate a new European state. Spain a Russian jet in the area. The pilot then reported Regional Parliament insists it won't allow it. The releasing bombs, and local journalists filming the Speaker Carme Forcadell was Spanish constitution says the hospital recorded three bombs going through its given 11 and a half years in country is "indivisible." AP roof and exploding. AFP   !"# $ #  /      ' 8 & N $3  " ' 8 &8

= < ;           " " "! ""4     $)        &'        ' '       "         ,  '$) $   $ )  )  1 ,& )  !'     9  '+1 -9+.    :;; &  P$ ' ) Q$    ,%+ & &' $ )   ' '  #$6 0 ) '& 7  & *$             ) 1      n Tripura, the Molsom tribesmen cel-     #<    0 '    ebrate the Sangkrak puja during $  $ )   '+   ' maagh (January-February). Sangkrak # )  )    +2 =>$ is their kula devata (clan deity) and goats, chicken and pigs (sometimes '     >?;     $ )  buffaloes)I are sacrificed by the priest. At least    ))   =?'   0 '# 14 animals are sacrificed as chaudha deva-  ,    ( &  )  1)& ) ta (14 gods) puja is part of the ritual. More animals are offered if the community wish- 1)  'S)  ( $    '  es, after which the meat is cooked and dis-  )    )'    )  $  tributed as prasad (sacred offering).      )  $    The sacrifice of life — for sharing one’s good fortune (harvest) with the divine — is  O        ) ) 1  conducted with utmost sobriety and piety )   -!.  1-21.  1 1 in temples or open altars. There is nothing  $    voyeuristic about it: Life is returned to its source for renewal. The hoary traditions of +S   $ ' $*$  India’s diverse communities are sanctified by   ,  #  '  )    $ ' tradition and sometimes mentioned in )   $ $ )  )  $$ sacred texts. The Yajur Veda mentions ani- mal sacrifice, which is today mostly linked )  ' 1  $  ) $(  with Shakta (Devi) traditions, widely preva- =AA;   3 )        lent in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and )  $'  )   $      )  Odisha, where Durga puja during Navratri is accompanied by animal sacrifice to com-    -,*.       &&   &   memorate the slaying of the asura, Mahisha, '     )1  * (   who took the form of a buffalo. essence of economic, commer- amendment and to varying inter- Indian courts are increasing- -*(.S    )         Hindu dharma is not a canonical faith like cial, political or secular charac- pretations by courts at various ly wading into theology to the the Abrahamic creeds. It is not codified as the ter and, hence, the action of the times, the Tripura High Court detriment of the Hindu dharma. ( S   ) ' )  $- ' immutable word of a particular god as con- State in offering such an animal declared, “Constitutional values In the Shirur Mutt case (1954), ?B8+% $   0 ' .     $ veyed through a messenger. The tradition is for sacrifice is neither permissi- are to be embraced and not to be the Supreme Court enunciated a      )   &   )  sacred in itself; changes are sanctified as ble under the Indian Constitution 45(7::5$ superseded by personal beliefs.” doctrine of essential religious          '   desired by age. The existence of a text does nor any statute.” This means that non-canonical practice and ruled that the “essen- not prevent change; absence of one does not The court asserted that the )6 #5) #7# traditions of non-monotheistic tial part of a religion” should be  $    '  )' ) :?;;)    negate hoary beliefs and practices. “right of offering an animal for  (2(5*4# faiths are subordinate to judicial- ascertained with reference to  '  $ ) ,         Flawed equivalence led the Tripura sacrifice is not an integral and #@5365# ly determined “constitutional the doctrines of that religion itself.          '    High Court to ban sacrifice of animals in essential part of the religion, pro- values” that are not mentioned or But now courts are deciding the State-run temples on the eve of Durga ash- tected under Article 25(1) of the 3:  #$ defined in any law. “essential” in an interventionist C;;;D;;;)    E )  '   tami. The shocked State Government is con- Constitution.” Declaring that the The court issued a blanket manner.            '   )  sidering an appeal before the Supreme “State has no religion other than 7$55$45 ban on sacrifice within any Five centuries of sacrifice in  ' $    #  $    & Court, while a scion of the erstwhile royal constitutionalism and the expres- $( temple in Tripura and ordered Tripura temples makes the ritu- family said the court cannot overrule sion ‘person’ under Article 25 has the district magistrate/collector al “settled usage and custom.” The   8 ' ,   ,    -,, .    promises made at Accession (September 9, to be in reference to natural per-  - 58 and superintendent of police of fact that the State Government )     ))  )  E  '0$  1947) whereby the State Government would son”, as in the case of the Supreme (7665(7 #$ all districts to ensure compliance shouldered this responsibility in     )  ))  & )    continue sponsorship (including sacrifice of Court’s verdict in Sabarimala, it by installing CCTV cameras in 1947 means the deity(s) should animals) of several traditional tribal pujas in ruled that the “withdrawal of :35#5#$5# the temples and placing the have been treated as a juristic   )     $ )  14 temples, including Mata Tripureswari such practice would not tanta- video recording before the court entity(s) with the right to its spe-    $(  '-.*$  ' $ temple and Durga Bari. mount to any change, fundamen- 72376(572 66 every month. It is questionable cial puja-paddhati. Indeed, the "     $   $   )'  Responding to a writ petition(C)(PIL) tal in character of the religion.” $(7 if the Constitution permits diversity of Hindu tradition enti- No.2/2018 by Subhas Bhattacharjee (who is Pointing out that human courts to undertake such track- tles all deities with distinct ritu- $  $  $     1) unlikely to use the Tripura precedent to force sacrifice was stopped (by King 5#:5 ing. The Tripura judgement als to be treated as denominations   )        #  $)  the issue in West Bengal), the Tripura High Gobinda Manikya, 1660-1667, (736 #(5)@ approvingly cites the Supreme under Article 26 of the    &  ) '& )   ) ' Court on September 27, 2019, declared bali 1671-78), the court ruled that the # 66#-((A Court’s verdict on Sabarimala Constitution.       )  )         (sacrifice) a “social evil” and “against the 500-year-old tradition of sacrific- (2018) that trampled the reli- Finally, the most distressing Constitutional mandate and spirit.” ing animals in Tripureswari Devi ( 5 #45 gious sensitivities of devotees in part of the judgement was the +S       & $    ) ' At a time when more and more State Temple, either by the State or by pursuit of a reformist agenda of comment that sacrifice cannot be +       )  & !   Governments are taking over the manage- an individual, is not an essential 5365' giving equality to women of a permitted as Tripureswari tem- ment of cash-rich Hindu temples and divert- part of the religion and is not pro- L:57# )652 particular age group, who did ple is being promoted as an E           )  ) 1' ing monies offered by devotees to their deities tected under Article 25(1) and not want this “liberation.” “international tourist destina-       $         to non-religious purposes, the court ruled that held it to be against the princi- 45(7#:7# The issue of locus standi is tion” for people of all beliefs and (      )     the State can regulate or restrict any econom- ple/doctrine of morality and 35(7: relevant. The Tripura bench faiths. Henceforth, the imagined )      )   )   ic, financial, political or secular activity asso- health, and also against the pro- hailed the petitioner as a retired tastes of tourists will dictate the ciated with a religious practice. The visions of the Prevention of 7:#$5 5 judicial officer but there is noth- worship of the Devi. Is this an     $   ) ) '  Government may participate in religious Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960. It :(4 (#- ing on record to show that he was essential part of secularism and   ) '  activities, “which are secular in nature”, called the practice violative of a believer. Yet, he has ensured constitutionalism? (whatever that means) but the “act of the State Article 21 of the Constitution of codification of “essential” reli- (The writer is Senior Fellow, of offering one goat every day, for a sacrifice India. gious practices in Hindu temples Nehru Memorial Museum and in the Mata Tripureswari temple and other Though constitutional pro- and tampered with the very Library; the views expressed are temples on certain occasions, lacks the visions are subject to legislative nature of the faith. personal) > ?     1 (              &      6O  3           "   '4    &        &  2 2 ?  "     &  &"    I  J "!     !  "   &  &" &        &  !" 3 !"&   #$   %&&         ' ?   ' 6 4 ' &"   ' # '   (  )+,=**'.= ;0)= .>)?'0 '0)+';(=0.*)=    $ )  # $ K -  K&  K * K %$ * '    '+ &)   )   ,   , &+- ,,+.  S &   )$ ' $)  &             1   0  $  )  $   lynched some members of the *$ ) ) ' $)         black community.   ' (  )      Bhagwat’s take on the econ-      " &S ',    ' Sir — Rashtriya Swayamsevak  "  " "! -  omy is also disquieting. There is   &       " # * ' $ '+ &  '  'S Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Singh no denying that the vision of a Bhagwat recently said that “lynch-   &   '    "  ? nation in which one majority reli-  + &       )'   ing” is a foreign concept and it is "  L "? &'M)     gion reigns supreme lives on. $  '  0$       & ' for this reason that it is irrelevant - &   B  " Bhagwat would like all citizens to      1$ '  + for our purposes. However, real-     &     "  live in denial of the gross viola- ity — good or bad — cannot be   " !"    & tions of the rights of minority '  ) $  '   )  ' !*$  ignored simply because of its for-    " & "'   " communities that occur daily. 2    * 'S    3  + & eign origin. We cannot overlook        &    &? Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee )   (  #   &) ' the fact that instances of mob vio-   "  && Faridabad lence, many of which happen to      & "       '       + &     those belonging to minority com- - O LM  !    ! &      # ) ,  ,  -,.&$  munities, have increased mani-     ' * 'S))  ,,+) $   &   fold. The Aryans were of foreign   &&  &&    "   '6 !  ? origin, too, but can we ignore    &     &    ?     5327 &   ? Sir — The Right to Information  '      &  ,0 )   their assimilation into Indian   "  & ! & "!       5 & O 3  2 (RTI) Act, 2005, is, perhaps, one  $ )       P  society for that reason?     "" "    &  7"    "  of the best legislations the coun-  Q ' ,)   '    * 'S On the other hand, lynching  - O    ')" &      && &"&  ? try has. It empowers the citizens is a shame wherever it happens      <   ?              to take a critical look into the       %  $+)  '' across the world. In his play  !    &    ??  32   '#  !&"   workings of the Government. As  + &60! #  S7'#  !  Romeo and Juliet, William     '   !    & " "!& && against Union Home Minister # 8  ( &  $  1 $) Shakespeare wrote, “What’s in a      &  &          "' )   Amit Shah’s claim that there has name? That which we call a rose/  "           -   &  <' been a reduction in RTI queries    $    &   By any other word would smell as    !      &     &? ';( +)+ because the Government has                )    '   sweet...” Indeed, rose will smell as      " ! "   turned “transparent”, reality is that *$ 0    '      *$  sweet even if it is called golap in the filing of RTIs in itself is risky. Bengali or gulab in Hindi.    There is a need to revisit the pro-     $ $  ) ' $) Following this we can also say, the brutal reality of the crime in struct is up for discussion but per- visions of the RTI Act. ) +    )  )$ ')   “What’s in a name? That which India. He is not bothered by the haps Bhagwat and the RSS need Rashmi      !  $)$ ' $ we call lynching/ By any other Sir — Rashtriya Swayamsevak crime itself; he seems to only be to be reminded that the last pub- Via email        $&$   )  word would carry equal shame.” Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Singh concerned with how it is “defam- lic “lynching” in the West took Sujit De Bhagwat’s claims on “lynchings” ing” Hindu society. Whether or place decades ago, when a White ( !   6 $( ))   '     Kolkata stand out for their clear denial of not lynching is a Western con- supremacist group brutally 00=*0)>)+=@,?'!;)?   !"# $ "  2     )' / ++        7  /         & / 7      //+   5 %B          5             B        LC    L.  "  L    L   /      L+   &      /      ""  "  7) (        ) *        ( $     * ' F ,  & *$   $1)   $    )    )        ,  &  $   1)                  ( $ ' S      )   '         $S &   $  &+   E '           $          E     *# $ !$#$ 7 ) % (1-*#(.      +1+     -++. E   -9:.  ' -8. fter more than a year since the April 2018 :;=A:;  & '    E   -9=. Wuhan summit between India and China,   Athe leadership from both countries met ( 1     )   again for the second informal summit at the his- toric town Mamallapuram in the southern State   & '  9:(  $ ' & ' of Tamil Nadu. As both the nations consistently   $ ' 9>          endorse the geo-civilisational framework of their   $ $    ) &(  ) bilateral relations, the coastal city formed the right    )  '       ) setting for the meeting between Prime Minister     -.  Narendra Modi and the Chinese President Xi +)         Jinping, given its historical significance for both the neighbours. The place boasts strong trade and  '    !       45 #    O '' $    commerce links going way back to the second cen- tury BC between the Pallava kingdom and impe- )5275 )   $   +1)  )6 5 6  :;=: (       rial China. In fact, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai had also visited the place for a short tour during 56 7#  ') O   $  ' his trip to India in 1956. In the post-colonial era, 47*75 # Council resolution condemning the China. This forms the biggest strategic & $ $    the narrative for India-China relations has been 753:$5# “heinous and cowardly terror attacks” asset in bilateral relations. The decision (  $           built around the expression of Asian-African sol- *465 against India, even though initially, its to set up a new high-level economic and *$   ' + $' & )' idarity at Bandung (1955), Indo-China rap- 5#-45##- lone opposition in the 15-member trade dialogue mechanism between ,-+ ,.    )  )   prochement and pragmatism (1989), shared (4 ##5672 Council to any mention of terrorism both will help address India’s concerns       &  $   ' vision for the 21st century (2008) and the objec- resulted in a delay of nearly one week in on trade deficit and to promote better tive of the Asian dream (2015). The Wuhan (7:#( 7# the issuance of the statement. At the RIC market access to Chinese markets. Quite ( )        ' #$ )(  S   + ,  1  '  Summit, which took place last year post the Summit, China endorsed the proposal notably, both the nations also agreed to )% 3 Doklam standoff, was an attempt to restore the (77$# 7# for a “closer policy coordination to erad- deepen the fight against terror financing     )  $     0$    7#  #-572   ''     )       equilibrium in bilateral relations. It underlined the icate the breeding grounds of terrorism.” and reiterated their resolve to deepen role of “strategic guidance” to the two militaries :5'  On the issue of listing Masood Azhar as exchanges at all levels, including  ' & 8 ,)- 8,.)  from the leadership to maintain peace and tran- 5!*45#45 global terrorist under UNSC resolution legislatures, cultural and youth organi-   '   )   '  quility at the border between the neighbours. #5# 7# 6 1267, China finally shifted its position sations.   In the post-Wuhan timeline, both Modi and : 7# after 10 years, a key breakthrough in Global politics remains at the 8  '       Xi have maintained close high-level exchanges with *#5#- bilateral relations, much to the satisfac- crossroads, with rising protectionism and '+        each other, having met at different multilateral plat- $;:5#! tion of the domestic constituency in unilateralism affecting stability. To this,  )   F& )   )  forms and through various meetings. At the glob- India. Despite remaining apart on tac- add the rise of Asia and other regional al level, both India and China are members of mul- 45: tical and strategic issues, these develop- disruptions, which have come with )   )  )) '    1  ' 456$ &$  #     $ )) tilateral forums like BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, ments do suggest a positive side of bilat- their own set of challenges for both. #$  #$(4# 2 (5 China and South Africa), Shanghai Cooperation -#2( #(5! eral relations. These uncertainties at the internation- +)  8,   & + 373566#- 6 (4 665#-5      $     1    Organisation, G20 and Russia-India-China In the context of bilateral relations, al and regional level do pose a common Summit (RIC) sharing common interests in pro- )74# 7#7 Xi’s recent visit to India holds importance concern to both China and India. Thus,    (     S   (   !   &" moting globalisation and opposing trade protec- 67727 for many reasons. First, it underscores it is imperative to boost the idea of “devel-   &&         $ tionism. In the bilateral context, the sixth Strategic :: 6 the centrality of the leadership discourse opmental partnership” between both and (  $ )        Economic Dialogue (SED) 2019 reached a “new  )6@ #$ and its importance in bilateral relations to strive for greater consultation on all  !     $       consensus” on cooperation in policy coordination, (7735 7## under the present regime. In countries matters of common interest, right from & &&     (      infrastructure, energy conservation and environ- )6 5 6 as vast as India and China, the leaders the economy to security.   " ')   1)          mental protection, high technology, energy and 56 7# derive their strength from their domes- The summit was an important  &         )   S '  medicine between both. Moreover, at the ninth tic constituencies, which also propels opportunity to deepen dialogue and to Financial Dialogue (2019), both the countries them to keep assuring each other in promote mutual understanding. The      '   &)    '  '     !   8,)  $  & ) aimed to strengthen the framework for macro-eco- order to avoid any crisis in the region. main task before bilateral relations is how 8 '         S  nomic cooperation and investment. These devel- Second, the developments in South to remain more prudent while strength- &  " opments reflect a desire from both sides towards Asia and China’s inroads in the Indian ening channels of communication and   $' % $ &+-% +.       "  greater alignment in their development strategies periphery, including the China Pakistan coordination on a range of issues. At a &"   ' *$      '$  for the future. Economic Corridor (CPEC), remain a time, when the international situation is )  & +S& ' On defence cooperation, both the countries source of concern for New Delhi. This witnessing re-adjustments, the summit  & (     0$      resumed their Annual Defence Joint Military kind of summit allows for better under- held significance, propelling both nations        &) $    '  Exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’, 2018, in the city of standing of each other’s intentions in a to look for mutual stability and cooper-   O  & ! $   ' Chengdu, China and will hold it again in positive and open manner from the high- ation in bilateral relations. As was aptly   &  "   *    $$ 9>    December this year in Umroi, Meghalaya. est leadership, while also making a way put by Modi at the summit, the “Wuhan     &"  ' '     '    Moreover, two Indian ships visited the Chinese forward to a more agreeable framework spirit had given a new momentum and port of Qingdao in April this year to mark the cel- for a peaceful geo-political space in the trust to our ties. A new era of cooper-   &  & )  +  )       )   F   ?&    & )':;;B <#*$    1   ebration of the 70th anniversary of the People’s region. This also sets a better direction ation will begin today through the Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in China. for bilateral relations in the future. And Chennai Connect.”       & '( ' "  ' After the Pulwama terror attacks in Jammu third, the summit holds significance for (The writer is a PhD in East Asian I P ! J  (   %     )  & Kashmir, China had backed the UN Security economic relations between India and Studies and teaches at Delhi University.)       )   &(  +*$   '  8 !   '     )   )    # < & -#<.(   $     )   8,   &'  +    3    &&(  S    1)   ) '&                            &&        )3                               ))   )  )    ( *$  ) ' $  world was looking to India for and political unwillingness to economies even today. Joseph tion — reviving demand, One of the reasons is that con-  )      )#) its ability to sustain and attract address issues such as climate Stiglitz, noted American increasing expenditure and cre- sumer confidence is at an all- =G0$  & $  &)   1 ' foreign investments and the change and terrorism could Economist in his book Freefall: ating jobs. time low. As per the RBI’s latest   )  S   '1  radical reforms it initiated in the potentially trigger a full-blown America, Free Markets, and the Reviving the weakening Consumer Confidence Survey,  $  )  past. Globally, economies, both economic crisis. Caroline Sinking of the World Economy demand for goods and services people’s feelings around employ- (   )    :;;B1)   in developed and developing Anstey, Senior Adviser, points out that “during the Great is one of the foremost steps to ment, income and discretionary  8  % $#') $ ' $& countries, are grappling with a Sustainable Markets, World Depression of the 1930s, the eco- boost growth and provide an spending are at a six-year low.    (     similar crisis where growth rates Economic Forum, in a recent nomics profession, especially immediate relief to a sagging Therefore, the challenge at hand $ % have seen a major slowdown and article, titled “We need an eco- in America, was having a hard economy. A fillip to private is to restore consumer confi-    '3S$   this is expected to continue. nomic model that works for peo- time. 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3     &     ; : works since August 5 when Valley saying safety of now they can speak to each Home Minister Amit Shah Kashmiris was more important other. Now, there are no issues. eaceful precincts across announced the Government’s than mobile services which the Very soon, we will restore  @7$4@ PKashmir valley Monday decision to nullify Article 370 terrorists use for internet services,” he remarked. reverberated with buzzing to strip Jammu & Kashmir of their activities and mobilisation. The Governor said that rohibitory orders under sec- sounds of different ‘ringtones’ its special status, and also “People used to make noise the situation in Kashmir was Ption 144 have been after a gap of 71 long days, bifurcated the state into two that there is no telephone. We normal and there had been no clamped in Ayodhya as the bringing back smiles on the Union Territories. stopped telephone services violence in the last more than Supreme Court’s revised dead- faces of common people, Since morning, every one because terrorists were using two months. line for wrapping up the pro- including businessmen, stu- was seen hooked on to their them for their activities, mobil- He said in the last two ceedings in the sensitive Ram dents and tour operators. mobile phones and struggling isation and indoctrination,” months, “not a single bullet” Janmbhoomi—Babri Masjid Large number of people, to get connected as the author- Malik said at a police function was fired in the Valley and no land dispute case approaches. 12.10.2019 has been issued to staying away from Kashmir, ities had announced that the here. protests had taken placed as he The prohibitory orders will cover a couple of points which especially those who had failed services would be restored &  '(" $# “For us, the life of a credited the security forces for continue till December 10, were not there in the earlier to get connected with their around 12.00 p.m. Initially the Kashmiri was important and their strict vigil. officials said. order.” loved ones in the absence of network was slow but as the tion of mobile calling facility. are also expected to resume not telephone. People were liv- “The Prime Minister Posting the order on his The administration has land line facilities, finally heard day progressed people started Security forces are also their studies with a positive ing without telephones earlier (Narendra Modi) had con- official Twitter account, District also demanded a large number their parents speak, children talking to each other freely and expecting to intensify their frame of mind to make up for also,” he added. gratulated me for this. I said Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha of security forces to maintain ‘giggle’ after a long gap. exchanged greetings. counter terrorist operations the loss of two months of class Asserting that mobile that I am not worthy of the said,”The order has been issued law and order and communal Many local residents in Despite shutdown, most across Kashmir valley on room studies. Health care phone services were restored praise and you should thank considering safety and securi- harmony. Srinagar cheerfully claimed, “It of the streets, wore a festive receipt of real time information providers also heaved a sigh of now, he said people can go the Kashmiri people and the ty of Ayodhya and those visit- Jha told PTI that the order was like Eid is round the corner”. look across different parts of from different ‘sources’. relief as they were facing lot of about their normal lives and police forces for taking steps to ing here as Govt’s paramount also restricts drones, Rough estimates suggested Srinagar and other district Since August 5, total hardships in the absence of claimed that tourists had begun ensure that law and order is concerns.” unmanned aerial vehicle for around 40 lakh post paid sub- headquarters following restora- incidents of militant related communication facilities in arriving in the Valley. maintained,” Malik said. He added,”I must add that filming and shooting inside scribers across Kashmir valley tion of mobile calling facilities. violence had come down providing best facilities to their He also ensured that inter- He termed the J&K Police already there is another order Ayodhya. The sale and pur- were connected to the outside Tour operators in Kashmir drastically. patients. net services will soon be as one of the best police force in force since 31.08.2019 cov- chase of crackers will not be world. valley are looking forward to Students, staying away In Kathua, Governor Satya restored. in the country and promised to ering aspects of unlawful allowed on the occasion of Mobile calling facility was fresh arrival of tourists in the from their classes and gearing Pal Malik defended the com- “Young boys and girls were increase the compensation assemblies and undesirable Diwali without permission of suspended across all the net- coming days following restora- up for their competitive exams, munication blockade in the having difficulties earlier but amount offered to them. activities. The order dated the magistrate. 9 '0!    8/+ 5 /  0/+    :I:3J Vishwakarma and his daughter Nidhi (10) also died in the explosion, the / +  0    /  t least 13 people died and 15 were police said. Ainjured in an explosion caused by Four passers-by — Imtiyaz (25),  76  old person arrested of gambling 3 + +/5+/ a leakage in a cooking gas cylinder at Zeehsan (15) and Yasir (13) and died in police custody. a house here on Monday, officials said. Shivam — also died in the blast, they he police started investigating the Police said at least three men in The house in Walidpur area col- said. The injured are undergoing treat- Tchit fund angle in Jiaganj triple- khaki were injured in the attack. lapsed while two adjoining ones were ment at district hospitals in Mau and murder case with investigators pick- Incidentally it is the same district extensively damaged due to the impact gas cylinder, Inspector General (Law adjoining Azamgarh, they added. ing up a number of people who had where angry mob of drug alleged of the explosion which occurred and Order) Praveen Kumar said in Immediately after getting news invested money with Bondhu Paul an peddlers burnt down the Kaliachak around 7 am, police said. Lucknow. about the blast, Chief Minister Yogi alleged RSS worker and a cheater who Police Station. The loud bang shook the neigh- Due to the intensity of the blast, Adityanath directed the Mau district along with his wife Beauty and eight- “Drastic action is being taken. 15 bourhood, prompting people to rush the roof of the house collapsed. Two magistrate and SP to rush all help to year-old son was brutally stabbed to people have been arrested and the out of their homes in panic. adjacent houses were also badly dam- the injured, Additional Chief Secretary death on the Vijay Dushmi Day. hunt is on for the other miscreants,” The blast took place at the house aged, he said, citing the initial report (Home) Awanish Awasthi said. “We have come to know that the Alok Rajori, District Superintendent of Chhotu Vishwakarma, who died by Mau superintendent of police (SP) Adityanath also expressed his con- victim was involved in chit of Police, later said adding eight peo- around ten years ago. His widow and Anurag Arya. Four family members of dolences to the family of the deceased, fund businesses and had taken ple including one Ainul Khan, were five daughters were staying in the Kanhaiya Vishwakarma, whose house he said. Speaking to reporters outside money from various people with arrested on Sunday night from gam- house, the police said. stood next to Chhotu’s, also died in the Mau district hospital, cabinet assurances of hefty returns. We are bling dens in the area. Ainul Khan Chhotu’s three daughters —Mona the blast, the police said. minister Anil Rajbhar said, “It is a sad trying to see whether these people who was unwell and was taken to a (20), Mamta (18) and Sanjana (15) — They said it was not immediately incident. A house has been completely have any hand in killing him or not,” Primary Health Centre located near died while the remaining family mem- known how the deceased — Reena, destroyed. The State Government is a senior officer said. the Milki Police Station died subse-  3 # Agriculture University, Sabour bers are missing, they said. Sarita, Sonam and Simpi — were with the aggrieved family. Every pos- Meanwhile in separate develop- quently of heart attack. Later an angry (Bhagalpur). Prima facie, the blast was triggered related to Kanhaiya. sible medical help will be given to the ment angry mob set a police station mob torched the police station and hief Minister Nitish Kumar The State Government is by a possible leakage in the cooking Another neighbour Surendra injured.” afire in Malda district after a 50-year- beat up the policemen. Con Monday expressed providing every possible help to concern over the rising trend of the farmers in the State, he said farmers in Bihar setting agri- adding power is supplied to    cultural residue on fire and them at a rate of 75 paise per $   #5  " )!  warned the cultivators burning unit. In addition, the State is stubble in fields will be giving 60 as subsidy on every  " ! deprived of the facilities pro- litre of diesel. (!7! vided by the State Government. Earlier, the practise of stub- " 5   6 ( 6  #  Underscoring the adverse ble burning was prevalent in impact of stubble burning on Delhi and Punjab causing bad / / 76  he used to be a topper and was way the environment, he instruct- impact on Delhi’s environ- ahead. 3  %%#OP ed agriculture department offi- ment, he said while adding that ven as Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee He was equally adept in English, cials to launch a campaign to the custom has now gained Ebecame the second Indian econ- Mathematics and History.” He is  76   76  end the practise. prevalence in some parts of the omist to win the prestigious Nobel agood cook as well, his friends said. “Farmers burning stubble State. Prize the City of Joy and particularly Incidentally “he got 232 out of ndian-American Abhijit engal Chief (crop residue) in their fields “Farmers need to be con- his alma maters South Point High 400 and I got 235 in Honours course IBanerjee, who on Monday won BMinister will be deprived of facilities vinced that stubble burning not School and Presidency College and some other students got much the 2019 Nobel for Economics, said Mamata Banerjee being given by the state gov- only has its adverse impact on erupted in joy with the Kolkata civil more than us. However in Part II he Indian economy is on a shaky on Monday heaped ernment,” Kumar said while productivity but also has its society congratulating the new soon.” got so much marks that he broke all ground. praise on former inuagurating a two-day inter- effect on Nobel Laureate for “taking the Chief Minister Mamata the records. This proves the deter- The data currently available do India captain Sourav national conference on “Crop environment...Farmers need to cause of the poor to Stokholm at a Banerjee said “Hearty congratula- mination in him.” not hold any assurance for the Ganguli for being Residue Management” here. be convinced that the proper time when inclusive development tions to Abhijeet Banerjee, alumnus Bangla writer Sirshendu country’s economic revival anytime tipped to be the president of Board of Control The event was organised use of stubble will increase has fallen prey to market forces.” of South Point School & Presidency Mukherjee said “once again we soon, he stated. for Cricket in India. jointly by the State’s agriculture their income too,” the CM While his soft spoken mother College Kolkata, for winning the have been able to prove that India “The condition of Indian econ- Banerjee said, “heartiest congratulations to department and Bihar said. Nirmala Bandopadhyay, herself an Nobel Prize in Economics. Another and Indians and more so the omy is on a shaky ground. After Sourav Ganguly for beingunanimously elected economist said, “More than being Bengali has done the nation proud. Bengalis can do it in international witnessing the present (growth) as the BCCI President. Wish you all the best my son Abhijeet belongs to the We are overjoyed.” arena.” data, just can’t be sure about it foryour term. You have made India and Bangla whole nation I have nothing to say Registrar of Presidency College Former Bengal Finance Minister (revival of economy in near proud. We were proud of yourtenure as CAB separately. The credit belongs to (now University) Debjyoti Konar and himself an alumnus of the his- future). President. Looking forward to a great new India.” said, “we are planning a grand toric Presidency University Dr “In the last five-six years, at innings.” She said “I came to know about welcome for him. It is the same Ashim Dasgupta said, “The subject least we could witness some growth, Bengal Minister Partho Chattopadhyay this only late in the afternoon Department of Economics that of Amitava Banerjee is almost akin but now that assurance is also said “we enjoy great cordialrelation ... I have seen when my younger son called me gave us a Nobel Laureate in to what we as Marxist say. His works gone,” Banerjee told a news chan- him closely as to how he learnt the art ofad- up.” In his reaction the Nobel Amartya Sen. Today his student has are a reflection of the fact that no nel from the US. ministration from his onetime mentor Laureate economist said, “I can’t bagged it. We are overjoyed.” development can achieve the target The 58-year-old economist, Jagmohan Dalmiya. I wish himall the best and believe that I will get the Prize so Abhijeet Pathak a close friend without targeting inequality.” who bagged the coveted prize joint- hope he will take Indian cricket to new early. I am happy. ... There are a of college days remembered Another writer remembered ly with his wife Esther Duflo and heights.” number of scholars who are yet to Banerjee as a “shy, meritorious boy how Banerjee had in a public func- another economist Michael Kremer Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh said “we get the recognition and so I fell from who always impressed the teachers tion in Kolkata asked his audience for his “experimental approach to have always known SouravGanguli as a great the sky to know about me getting with his skills. We used to know him to read his book which is “not alleviating global poverty”, captain. Now we will see his new inning as acap- the prize ahead of them. I hope their more as Jhima rather than Abhijeet. impregnable as people think eco- said he never thought he would get tain of the BCCI where he will start his new work too will be acknowledged Though I used to come second nomics to be. a Nobel so early in his career. Dadagiri.” Z[ #-%  " !&  @     (45##   #5*$564 n unprecedented increase in Athe number of visitors to the sea he Khadi and Village Industries shore town of Mahabalipuram TCommission (KVIC) has bagged an (Mamallapuram in Tamil) has been order worth 5.88 crore from the Gas the balance sheet of the summit level Authority of India Limited (GAIL), in informal talks between Prime the form of Khadi gift coupons for its Minister Narendra Modi and 23,504 employees. Chinese President Xi Jinping held GAIL agreed to gift Khadi coupons here on Friday and Saturday. of 2,500 to each of its 23,504 employ- The media build up to the event ees in all its units across the Nation. The and the discussions held by the lead- employees, however, would be able to ers of Asia’s two military powers and purchase Khadi and products of Village that too in front of the global media Industries worth 3,250 from the has increased the stature of this coupon of 2,500. The coupons could be ONGC, REC, IOC, MRPL, OIL, JK ancient town as well as Tamil Nadu, redeemed throughout the year at all Cement and BEE have been implemental according to Chief Minister Departmental Sales Outlets of KVIC. in making a compounding effect on the Edappadi Palaniswami. To give easy access to the employ- livelihood of Khadi artisans and have “The informal summit between ees of GAIL to redeem their coupons, been creating more jobs by adding leaders of India and China held at KVIC will organize 3 special exhibitions thousands of new artisans in KVIC’s Mahabalipuram has made Tamil also, at Pata, District Etawah, Vijaypur, kitty,” he said, adding, “These orders will Nadu a centre of attention among District Guna and Jhabua, in Madhya certainly create more employment and global powers. This has increased the Pradesh where the GAIL have their max- subsequently raise the income of the stature of the State,” said Palaniswami that the descision to establish a con- boost its main economy –tourism. imum employees. The MOU has been existing artisans. It would also pave way in a statement released on Monday. nect between Tamil Nadu and the “People in Tamil Nadu itself were not signed between KVIC and GAIL on 10th for KVIC for more convergence with dif- Sunday and Monday saw Fujian province of China was a aware of the significance of October 2019. KVIC will deliver the ferent Ministries and Public Sector unprecedented crowd making it to recognition for Tamil and Tamil Mahabalipuram and the patronage coupon this week. Units.” the sea shore town and watching Nadu’s rich cultural heritage. This is of the seaside resort was limited to KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar For the first time. The KVIC with amazement the sculptures the first official reaction from the business barons and industrialists Saxena said that such huge orders from launched gift coupon scheme in 2017 carved out during the Pallava and Tamil Nadu Government about the who have built farm houses and vil- government and PSUs not only increase and till date gift coupons of face value Chola periods of rule. establishment of Tamil Nadu-Fujian las along the sea shore town. the income of the artisans — pivotal in worth 89.29 Crores have been sold Mahabalipuram has been described link by the two heads of States. The Hereafter the town would see many the growth of Khadi sector, but also which is a record in itself and also an by archaeologists and historians as increase in number of tourists to tourists from India and abroad inspires new entrepreneurs to associate indication that the people have started Tamil Nadu’s ‘Gateway to China’. Mahabalipuram during the last two flocking to Mahabalipuram,” said T with Khadi with better job avenues. adopting Khadi in place of other inter- K Pandiarajan, Tamil Nadu days prove that the summit talks Ramakrishnan, author and colum- “Orders in recent past from GAIL, national brands. Minister for official language said have helped the heritage town to nist.   !"# $  7

'  %!9 ,8  ++  0 + /   ,/5 0//  :)   )+,=***>)D*?'+ Ravishankar Prasad says three ';;(*.0=? +*0= Hindi movies had become he Congress on Monday hit )E''*-+,+ blockbusters and hence there  3:#5  :)  Opposition in State Legislative Tout at the BJP for harping ;'?>',+?).+*0'.)E was no recession,” he said. Council, is banking on the on scrapping of Article 370 in E);(*+,)+,)=+'+; Singh said industrial out- ampaigning for the BJP he Parli Assembly seat in “poor performance” of his poll rallies, saying the ruling put, manufacturing growth rate Cfor the October 21 TBeed district, brought to cousin sister to usher in the party and Prime Minister and investment have seen a Maharashtra assembly elec- prominence on Maharashtra’s “change that’s imminent”. Narendra Modi were deflecting rescue of harried depositors of decline while unemployment tions, Uttar Pradesh Chief political map by BJP veteran While the BJP says people attention from issues scam-hit PMC Bank and also was at all-time high. Minister Yogi Adityanath on late Gopinath Munde, will of the segment, dominated by concerning common people took a jibe at Modi over his 56- In BJP-ruled Maharashtra, Monday hailed Prime Minister again see his daughter Pankaja Vanjari and Maratha commu- like economic slowdown, price inch chest remark. between 2014 and 2018-19, Narendra Modi for removing Munde and nephew nities, have experienced devel- rise and unemployment. “The Congress will speak 220 factories had shutdown. special status of Jammu and Dhananjay Munde lock horns opment, the NCP leader claims Top BJP leaders, including about Article 370 during the Thousands of industrial units Kashmir under Article 370, a for supremacy in the upcoming his cousin sister could not Modi and party president Amit Assembly elections in Jammu in Pune, an automobile hub, move he described as the State Assembly polls. ensure growth of Parli, despite Shah, have been repeatedly & Kashmir. were on verge of closure, the “final nail in the coffin of ter- BJP leader Pankaja Munde, holding four portfolios in the speaking about abrogation of “But, if the Prime Minister former Congress Minister said. rorism”. a minister in the Devendra state Cabinet and her party in provisions of Article 370 in really has a 56-inch chest, he But, Chief Minister Addressing a public rally in Fadnavis-led state Cabinet, controlling position at the Jammu and Kashmir in their should work to reduce the Devendra Fadnavis and Modi Lonavla in Pune district in sup- idea of “two Prime Ministers, like ‘Beti Bachav, Beti defeated her cousin and NCP Centre. rallies in poll-bound prices of petrol, diesel, onion have no answers to these prob- port of BJP candidate Sanjay two signs, and two Padhao’, leader by a margin of 25,000 “Not a single irrigation Maharashtra and Haryana. and tomato, and also hand lems, Singh said. Bhegde, Adityanath said that by Constitutions” under Article ‘Ujjwala Yojana’, and the votes in the 2014 polls from project was developed over Modi has challenged the over the money of lakhs of “PMC Bank directors have nullifying Article 370 Modi 370. law to criminalise triple talaq Parli, a rural pocket located past five years in the con- Congress to publicly state it will depositors of PMC Bank,” he BJP links and hence Fadnavis turned the idea of “One nation, “The idea of ‘one nation, to make his point. about 470 km from Mumbai. stituency,” Dhananjay Munde restore the controversial con- said. has not uttered a word about great nation” into reality. great nation’ became a reality He said his Maharashtra The BJP is aiming to retain said. stitutional provision, which The Congress spokesman the bank’s collapse. If the Modi “Kashmir, which is called thanks to Narendra Modiji counterpart Devendra the seat this time by highlight- He said work on the Parli- granted special status to Jammu accused the Prime Minister of Government can take 1.76 as paradise on the Earth, and (Union Home Minister) Fadnavis, who is seeking a ing the developmental works Beed-Nagar railway project & Kashmir, if voted to power. always being in campaign lakh crore from RBI (reserves) turned into hell under Article Amit Shah. With this decision, second term, has “transformed” carried in the area, including remains derailed, while road Addressing a press meet mode instead of focusing on using its majority, can’t it ask 370. Terrorists used to kill the final nail was put in the cof- the lives of people by imple- fast-tracking of the rail route projects have also hit road- here, AICC spokesman Jaiveer governance. the RBI to return money to innocent civilians and Indian fin of terrorism. The move has menting several welfare pro- network. blocks. Shergill said instead of asking Speaking at the press meet, PMC Bank depositors?” the soldiers,” he said, adding that sent the message that terrorism jects. The saffron party is confi- “There is not a single good the Congress whether it will AICC general secretary R P N Congress leader asked. the withdrawn provision was a has no place on the Indian soil,” “Gone are the days when dent that people from the seg- road approaching Parli,” he restore the now scrapped Singh said for the Government Singh said the BJP major impediment in develop- he said. thousands of farmers used to ment will vote for Pankaja alleged. Article 370, Modi should talk to find solutions to the eco- Governments at the Centre ment of Jammu & Kashmir. Adityanath also praised commit suicide. The Fadnavis Munde, who is the Minister for The opposition leader also about reducing the prices of nomic slowdown and growing and in Maharashtra have weak- The chief minister also Modi Government for working Government has not only rural development and women feels that Parli’s development petrol, diesel, onion and toma- unemployment, it has to first ened Mumbai’s position as the said that it was Syama Prasad for the cause of the empower- stopped suicides by launching and child welfare, and also was “fettered” as the local civic to whose rate has crossed 70 acknowledge these problems. economic capital by shifting the Mukherjee, the founder of the ment of women, which he said pro-farmer schemes, but also Beed’s guardian Minister. body and 65 per cent of the a kg in retail market. “Accept the problem before proposed International Finance BJP’s forerunner Jana Sangha, was previously restricted only generated employment oppor- However, Dhananjay gram panchayats were being Shergill said the prime you find solutions. Instead a Centre, conceived by the UPA who had staunchly opposed the to “slogans”. He listed schemes tunities for people,” he added. Munde, who is Leader of the led by the NCP. minister should come to the senior Minister like Government, to another State. %  : 7PO P& P!  ! );3-    !&    >3 % / :)  in native Khatked village at 8.30 the 34,022 crore loan waiver am. He was sporting a colour- scheme “Chhatrapati Shivaji  &   :)  ing away from discussing the aking an issue of a suicide ful T-shirt with the BJP symbol Maharaj Krishi Samman issues concerning the common Mby a distressed farmer ‘Lotus’ embossed on it along Yojana” which it announced on  '"! ormer Maharashtra Chief man in its campaigning. clad in BJP poll T-shirt ahead with the campaign slogan, June 4 2017. FMinister Prithviraj Chavan “People are now realising of Maharashtra Chief Minister “Punha Aanuya Aaple Sarkar” Seeking to blunt the criti-  4 #5 on Monday accused the ruling that Article 370 is being raked Devendra Fadnavis ‘public rally (Let’s Re-elect Our cism of the Opposition parties, BJP of “sidestepping” core up to sidestep the real issues. in Buldhana district of eastern Government). The T-shirts had Fadnavis had lashed out at Sr ttar Pradesh Deputy Chief issues like “economic down- The economy is a cause of con- Maharashta, the Opposition been distributed by the BJP to Pawar an election in Akot talu- UMinister Keshav Prasad turn” and instead raising cern now. Automotive and on Monday slammed Fadnavis activists ahead of the October ka of the epi-centre of farmer Maurya has said voting in rhetoric over abrogation of construction sectors in for lack of “insensitivity” and 21 Assembly elections. The suicide belt— Akola district in favour of the BJP will mean Article 370 in the run-up to the Maharashtra are severely affect- failure to visit the family mem- incident happened on a day Vidarbha region on Saturday. “dropping of a nuclear bomb on State Assembly elections. ed. Joblessness is on the high, bers of the deceased farmers. when Prime Minister Narendra “Farmer suicides are the Pakistan”. Chavan, who is in the fray but the Government is in a A day after 38-year old Modi and BJP president Amit tinued farmers’ suicides in the poor implementation of the sins of Sharad Pawar and his He said the upcoming from Karad South seat in Satara denial mode,” he added. Raju Talware was found hang- Shah were in state were a fallout of the “sins” farm loan waiver scheme Government in Maharashtra. It Maharashtra and Haryana district, dared the State Taking a veiled swipe at ing from a tree branch in his Maharashtra to address elec- committed by former Union announced by the BJP-led saf- started and increased during Assembly elections are crucial Government to name even a Union Ministers Nirmala native village in Buldhana dis- tion rallies. Agriculture Minister and NCP fron alliance Government in your regime,” Fadnavis had as these will be the first polls in single big ticket project con- Sitharaman and Ravi Shankar trict on Sunday morning near Dubbing the incident as president Sharad Pawar and his the state. said the country after the abrogation ceived and implemented by it Prasad for their statements, the venue of the Chief “extremely serious”, Shiv Sena policies. The available official sta- “Pawar is talking about of Article 370, which gave spe- in the last five years. Chavan said, “Instead of Minister’s rally venue, former farmers’ leader Kishore Tiwari At their election rallies, tistics, obtained by RTI activist farmer suicides in his rallies in cial status to Jammu and “Projects like the Navi addressing serious issues, the deputy chief minister and asked the various political par- the NCP and Congress leaders Jeetendra Ghadge, reveal that Vidarbha. I want to ask him, Kashmir. He was addressing a Mumbai international airport, government is blaming Ola senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar ties to cognisance of the agrar- have been slamming the the four years from 6268 in who was in power in public gathering in support of Eastern Freeway, memorials and Uber. They are referring said in Pune on Monday: “The ian crisis and consequent farm- Devendra Fadnavis 2015 to 11,995 in 2018. Maharashtra when farmers BJP candidate Narendra Mehta for Babasaheb Ambedkar and to the box office successes of farmers’ suicides are continu- ers’ distress in the State. “ This Government for its failure to Incidentally, in the first four started committing suicides,” from Mira Bhayander Assembly Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, films to state that all is ing unabated. Yesterday, a dis- kind of incidents turn focus on arrest the farmers’ suicides and months of 2019, as many as 808 Fadnavis had pointed out. segment in Maharashtra’s Coastal Road, Trans-Harbour well.” tressed farmer committed sui- the gravity of the agrarian cri- initiative concrete measures to farmers committed suicides in Fadnavis had charged that district on Sunday night. Link were all conceived by the Chavan also asked the cide the chief minister’s rally sis in the State. The resolve the agrarian distress in various parts of the state. The Pawar had stopped irrigation “By pressing the lotus but- erstwhile Congress-led gov- Government to “reveal links of venue. He was wearing B-T- Government should take con- the state. They have also been farmers’ suicides are continu- water supply to eastern ton (BJP’s poll symbol), not only ernment. The ‘bhumipujan’ for few industrialists with the shirt. Despite such an unfor- crete measures to prevent the targeting the ruling BJP for its ing unabated. Maharashtra and said the lat- Prime Minister Narendra the Metro 3 line was per- banking sector” which he tunate incidents having taken situation from going out of failure to implement the farmer The Opposition’s charge ter’s “corrupt policies” had Modi, Chief Minister Devendra formed by us. Our blamed for “irregularities in place near the CM’s rally venue, hand,” Tiwari said. loan waiver scheme. against the BJP-led saffron deprived the farmers of Fadnavis and Narendra Mehta Government had improved the some PSU banks and the he did not bother to visit the Ajit Pawar’s attack against The severity of the agrari- alliance Government in Vidarbha region of flow of will be benefitted, but it will east-west connectivity in Punjab and Maharashtra family of deceased farmer”. Fadnavis over farmer suicides an crisis in Maharashtra should Maharashtra is that the funds from the earlier DF gov- mean that a nuclear bomb will Mumbai,” he told a press con- Cooperative (PMC) bank”, The farmer’s body was comes on the heels of the chief be seen in the context of the Devendra Fadnavis dispensa- ernment in the state and UPA by itself get dropped on ference. resulting into depositors losing found hanging to a tree branch minister’s charge that the con- unabated farmers’ suicides and tion has badly implemented its government at the Centre Pakistan,” Maurya said. He alleged the BJP was shy- their money. (  1 '    $  ! 3 !&&  5  !  '!  3 # said.   “Despite waiting for an 3 day after a group of people hour for victims of water- Agheraoed Bihar Deputy logged Rajendra Nagar area &6  Chief Minister Sushil Kumar today, neither any delegation Modi’s residence in Rajendra came to meet him nor any  # -  Nagar area over problem of memorandum was submitted waterlogging, his close aide to him by the people,” Modi’s wo terrorists, including a said despite waiting for an during the protest. He waited private secretary Shailendra Tsuspected Pakistani nation- hour neither any delegation of on Monday to hear them. Kumar Ojha said in the release. al, shot dead the driver of a the protestors came to meet The statement said that On September 30, Modi Rajasthan truck and assaulted him on Monday nor any mem- the Government had been sen- and his family members were an orchard owner in Shopian orandum was submitted on sitive towards both the VIPs rescued by an SDRF team from district of Jammu and Kashmir their behalf. and the commoners during his flooded residence in on Monday, police said. Angry over problem of the disaster arising on account Rajendra Nagar. However, they The deceased has been waterlogging and accumulation of incessant rains for three returned later to the house. identified as Sharief Khan, they of trash, some people of consecutive days at the end of The State capital was said, adding that the terrorists Rajendra Nagar had on Sunday September. pounded by heavy rain late last carried out the attack in gheraoed Modi’s residence A total of 59,000 affected month leading to waterlog- Shirmal village in located in the same area. people of Rajendra Nagar were ging in areas such as Rajendra desperation as fruit trans- The BJP leader, however, rescued at that time, a release Nagar, Kankarbagh and portation has picked up in the was not present at the house issued by the Dy CM office Pataliputra colony. Valley.  4 #5 the plane, broke a coconut (as The incident came on a day per tradition). Om depicts post-paid cellular services efence Minister Rajnath never-ending Universe”. resumed in Kashmir after a 72- DSingh on Monday said “I acted as per my faith. day communication clamp- had India possessed Rafale Even other communities like down following abrogation of fighter jets earlier the IAF the Christian, Muslim, Sikh etc Article 370 provisions. would not have needed to worship with words like Amen, Police said “there was a enter Balakot in Pakistan to hit Omkar etc. Even when I was 3>2? resentment among the locals the terror camps. performing ‘shastra puja’, peo- over the Monday Addressing a poll rally for ple from communities like  &   !  % &! $# incidents”. BJP’s Mira Bhayander nominee Christians, Muslims, Sikhs,  4@$5 ) $ said it would rethink its support to TRS for the Narendra Mehta in Buddhists were present at the October 21 bypoll if Chief Minister K Maharashtra’s Thane district event,” he said. he CPI in Telangana on Monday withdrew Chandrasekhar Rao continued with his “oppres- neighbouring Mumbai, Singh At a ceremony in France on Tsupport to the ruling TRS for the October sive” stand against the striking transport cor- *: /+ 0 +/ defended performing ‘shastra Tuesday, Singh formally took 21 bypoll to Huzurnagar Assembly con- poration employees. puja’ while taking delivery of the delivery of the first of the stituency for ‘failing’ to address the issues of agi- The term “self-dismissal” of employees the first Rafale jet in France 36 long-awaited French-made tating State Government transport employees. used by Rao will boomerang on him and he will recently. aircraft acquired by the Indian CPI state secretary Chada Venkat Reddy, be self-dismissed, Venkat Reddy had said, 0   + / “Had we possessed Rafale Air Force. He also took a sor- while announcing this as the reason for with- adding he should immediately withdraw such fighter jets we would not have tie in the two-seater jet. drawal of support, said it would decide in a day remarks. required to enter Balakot and The Congress has accused or two on which party it would support in the On October 1, Venkat Reddy hadan-  ; 3: on Monday, 42 others are also Jodhpur and Jaisalmer have the launch a strike. We could have Singh of “drama” over per- bypolls. nounced CPIs support to TRS. He had stated being considered for the grant powers to provide Indian citi- struck at Balakot while sitting forming “shastra puja”. Nearly 48,000 employees of different unions that the party discussed the issue at its state exec- ourteen Pakistani migrants of citizenship. zenship to Pak migrants after in India,” he said. On his Rafale sortie, Singh of TSRTC, are on a state wide indefinite strike utive meeting and decided to support the Fliving in Rajasthan’s Jaipur A total of 108 Pakistani complete verification. Singh reiterated that the said he had asked the flight cap- since October 5 on a call given by theJoint TRS candidate “in the prevailing political sit- district for past several years migrants were given Indian cit- Pakistani migrants fighter planes were meant only tain to fly at supersonic speed. Action Committee employees’ unions to accede uation.” were on Monday given certifi- izenship in the last few years, he expressed their happiness rais- for self-defence and not for “Only I and the captain, to their demands. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee cates of Indian citizenship. said, adding Jaipur is a pioneer ing “Bharat Mata ki jai” slogan aggression. who was from Paris, were there These include merger of the RTC with the President N Uttam Kumar Reddy had earlier District Collector Jagroop district in providing Indian cit- and saying that getting Indian On a controversy sur- inside the plane. I wanted to government, pay revision, recruitment to vari- said the CPI should reconsider their support to Singh Yadav said apart from 14 izenship to Pak migrants through citizenship after “so many rounding the “shastra puja”, experience the supersonic ous posts, among others. TRS for the bypoll “in view of TRS government’s Pakistani migrants, who were online process. In Rajasthan, years is an old dream coming Singh said, “I wrote ‘Om’ on speed,” he said. On October 9, the CPI’s State unit had attempts to crush RTC employees”. given the citizenship certificates district collectors of Jaipur, true” for them. &  8   !"# $

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Besides, price rise in sistence of prices at higher falling prices of fuel and certain     " lier vegetables and pulses but pulses and meat and fish bas- levels beyond the ameliorating food articles, according to offi- &# - '4    still remained within the RBI’s kets for the reported month influence of the rains may cial data.   * 3(  comfort zone, government data was higher over August. alone would invite a policy shift The wholesale price index-  '.,,C %   $5:   5 showed on Monday. However, there was a by the RBI to neutrality. based inflation was 1.08 per 5"       & '4"  The Consumer Price decline in inflation in the fuel Principal Economist with cent in August this year and &+C   ""!  Index-based inflation stood at and light segment. ICRA Aditi Nayar said while 5.22 per cent in September          &     (  3.28 per cent in August and The Reserve Bank of India, food inflation did record a 2018. "  !)&&!3% !3"!  3.70 per cent in the September which has been slashing the key broad-based increase in The previous low was  "!3% 5!7& P!(& 2018. The previous high was interest rate (repo) since September 2019, the primary recorded in June 2016 when "!3!"!4    $   4.17 per cent in July 2018. January 2019, mainly driver of the uptick was veg- wholesale inflation was in neg- " ' However, the wholesale factors in CPI while arriving at etables, a fallout of the flood- ative at 0.1 per cent. inflation in September slipped its bi-monthly monetary ing in various states. Inflation print for food   F  45$" to an over three-year low of policy. As vegetable prices nor- articles, as a basket, remained 0.33 per cent. India Ratings and Research malise over the next two nearly flat at 7.47 per cent dur- The CPI data released by (Fitch Group) Principal months, particularly with the ing the month. Prices of pota- the National Statistical Office Economist Sunil Sinha said seasonal arrival of winter sup- to fell by a further 22.50 per (NSO) showed that the rate of the central bank will continue plies, food inflation may recede cent as against a decline of price rise in the food basket in with its accommodative policy below 4 per cent 21.28 per cent in August, the September 2019 was 5.11 per stance and may go for further by the end of this quarter, she Commerce and Industry cent as against 2.99 per cent in rate cut in the policy review of said. Ministry data showed. 3 & & C. & +?  ":?(  &  F  :)   :)   :)    47#-7#-  :)  of dud loans. The regulator also     5)2  CQ.,!  capped deposit withdrawals n a boost to the divestment he rupee declined by 21 enchmark indices Sensex sian investors on Monday 2O F/?  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Corporation (IRCTC) on US currency on Monday as sion on Monday as positive States, sending regional mar- "J&        !   ! increased withdrawal limits at “The financial position of Monday made a stellar debut investors rushed to safe haven sentiment reflected on domes- kets rallying, though observers  (  !-   %(! the crippled cooperative PMC the bank has been substantial- on the bourses, zooming 127 bets on fading hopes of an ini- tic bourses after a breakthrough were sceptical about the over-  '    .+C&&  1,  ' Bank to 40,000 from the pre- ly impaired due to fraud per- percent to close at 728.60 tial trade deal between the US in US-China trade talks. all significance of the agree- L A  %M  "?  ! sent 25,000 per petrated on it by certain per- over the issue price of 320. and China. After swinging 448 points ment.               3"% CQ.,'        accountholder. sons. As soon as the matter This is the first listing of a Weak Chinese trade data during the day, the 30-share Dealers took their lead         & The move follows the came to the notice of the government-owned entity this also weighed on the domestic Sensex ended 87.39 points, or from a strong performance on  &  ""    &      weekend assurance by finance Reserve Bank, action was taken fiscal and the IPO received 112 currency, analysts said. 0.23 per cent, higher at Wall Street after top-level nego- &' minister Nirmala Sitharaman in appointing an times oversubscription for an At the interbank foreign 38,214.47. It hit an intra-day tiators ended two days of talks to urge the Reserve Bank to administrator and ensuring issue of 645 crore-the second exchange market, the rupee high of 38,513.69 and a low of saying US tariffs due to take look into the woes of the that the bank’s available best in decades. opened higher at 70.83 and 38,066.13. effect this week would be put    /  7   /   depositors of the cooperative resources are protected and not The mini-ratna firm, a touched an intra-day high of Likewise, the NSE Nifty off and China would ramp up bank with urgency, after irate misused or diverted,” the subsidiary of the Railways, 70.74 against the American moved up 36.10 points, or 0.32 its purchases of US farm prod- depositors met her. RBI said. made a dream stock market currency. per cent, to 11,341.15. ucts. Punjab & Maharashtra In a press statement, the debut listing at 644, a jump of However, later the local Gains on the benchmark They also agreed on other Cooperative Bank, which is central bank also said the move 101.25 percent, rallied to unit pared initial gains and gauges were restricted by cau- issues including intellectual among the top 10 urban coop- to increase the withdrawal cap 743.80 to close at 728.60 the finally settled at 71.23 against tious participants awaiting property, financial services and erative banks, was placed under to 40,000 has been taken BSE. The stock did the US dollar, down 21 paise retail inflation data due after currencies. an RBI administrator on “after reviewing the bank’s liq- not below 625 during the over its previous close. On market hours. The news provided some September 23 for six months uidity position and its ability to trade. On the NSE, it skyrock- Friday, the domestic unit had Meanwhile, wholesale much-needed support to Asian due to massive under-reporting pay its depositors”. eted 95.62 percent to 626 in closed at 71.02 against the US inflation eased to more than markets, with Hong Kong up opening trade. dollar. three-year low of 0.33 per cent 0.8 per cent and Shanghai in September, official data jumping more than one percent showed. despite data showing On the Sensex chart, Tata Chinese imports and exports Motors was the top gainer ral- fell more than forecast in lying 5.32 per cent. September.

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Masters, Barcelona Spain Masters, Malaysia Open in April but have Chinese Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Valtteri Bottas, can wrap up a 3       &   Indian the last time they meet at the While Srikanth had beaten European Games and made it to the looked off-colour since then. Dong Ping. third consecutive drivers’ crown   & 3-& if he outscores his teammate by   A%4& 'A  14 points or more. IF8C.J  &? &   More likely is that the bat-   &  .,8F  1'.    tle will be concluded at the && 3% "  &     subsequent race at the Grand         FF' " ! Prix of the Americas in Austin, !  &&      3  twice won the Australian Texas.     .Q,+Q'. > Open and took the 2017 Bottas’ victory at Suzuka  ?  &":  " oger Federer announced Wimbledon title before los- and Hamilton’s third place      CR'  &! &  RMonday he will compete ing an epic final in the clinched a sixth consecutive        !  " at next year’s Tokyo Olympics grass-court Grand Slam to constructors’ championship for  R1 F+       in a bid to claim the men’s Novak Djokovic earlier this Mercedes and left the Finn as    3       singles Gold medal, the only year. the only driver who can catch .R'. 'G major prize he has yet to win. Serbia’s Djokovic, and Hamilton over the final four FOUAAD WINS GOLD AT OLY QUALIFIERS &  & “I’ve been debating with Federer’s eternal rival races of the campaign. my team for a few weeks now, Rafael Nadal, have both “I think for me it’s never Bengaluru:  K     -    &+?Q months actually, what I already said they will com- been a case of always wanting to    2  ""  & should do in the summer pete at Tokyo, the trio set- rush things,” Hamilton told   ((+E!7 &<"   time (of 2020) after ting the scene for a highly reporters adding that he expect- !    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ODI and complete a 3-0 series white- were on course for a comfortable win of the Grand Slam tourna- his intentions for Tokyo. the fight continues,” he added.      &       wash here on Monday. at 103 for five in the 30th over. ments, as well as the ATP  FE   "& & India were able to defend a mod- However, India fought back Tour Finals six times, but is < 7 & !M2    est 146 by bowling out South Africa through their spinners and even part still waiting to grab Olympic . ,       (   '2       for 140 in 48 overs. timers Harmanpreet and Rodrgues singles Gold.  "   CR'D    &   Spinners Ekta Bisht (3/32 in 10 did their bit. The 20-time Grand Slam London singles final in 2012 he was ham-     - K overs), Deepti Sharma (2/24 in 10) Rodrigues took the final wicket of champion did win a doubles mered 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 by an inspired Andy  ) "!      & and Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/22 in the game to spark celebrations. It was Gold alongside fellow Swiss Murray. C/'D' 10) were the architect of the win that also her first scalp in international Stan Wawrinka at Beijing in Federer did not compete at Rio 2016, reaffirmed India’s supremacy over cricket. 2008, but when he got to the where Murray won again, but has since GAUFF CLIMBS TO 71 IN WTA RANKINGS South Africa, who also lost the pre- Paris:  & " ( - ceding six-game T20 series.    &   K It seemed South Africa would get          *  " their first win of the series when they   +,&  1. bundled out India in 45.5 overs but H>   '-   6 another disappointing batting perfor-  $:)  ..Q     "     mance denied them the opportunity. fourth and ninth places respectively, are the &       "    India made a disastrous start other two Indian batsmen in the top 10. <"  " " after winning the toss, losing openers irat Kohli reached within one point of Ravichandran Ashwin also jumped three    '       CQ.1 Priya Punia and Jemimah Rodrgues Vtop-ranked Steve Smith in the Test bats- spots to number seven while Bumrah contin-   -   ; 7 &  in the second over. men rankings after the India skipper scored ued to remain third in the bowlers' rankings.        '     With the hosts reeling at 55 for an unbeaten 254 in the second Test against Among the all-rounders, Ravindra Jadeja       "  K  five, T20 skipper Harmanpreet Singh South Africa. is at number two behind West Indies skipper   CQ.D!  RDR  ' steadied the innings with a 76-ball 38 Opener Mayank Agarwal also rose in Jason Holder while Ashwin occupies the fifth   "  &   6 " with the other valuable contribution the rankings, breaking into the top 20. His place. 3      "   coming from Shikha Pandey (35 off innings of 108 in the second Test against Kohli, who had dropped below 900  &/Q'      40). South Africa helped him progress eight points after the first Test for the first time since & CQ   "  ) "   Most of the batters, including places to reach the 17th position. January 2018, reached 936, a point less than   & ' 73%#3( captain Mithali Raj (11 off 46), failed Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, at his career-best rating achieved in August 2018.   6#H the qualifying rounds before grabbing a lifeline as a lucky oco Gauff hailed Roger loser. ((  & CFederer for his words of wis- "For sure, I'm 100 percent dom as the 15-year-old US playing in Luxembourg," said prodigy on Sunday became the Gauff whose rise has been mete-  $:)  241. Once the super over also ended there is a clear winner. youngest champion on the oric — at the end of 2018, she in a tie with both teams making 15, “Following on from a recommen- WTA Tour since 2004. was 686 in the world. he International Cricket Council the winner was decided on account dation from the ICC Cricket Gauff defeated 2017 Roland "I'm excited, it will be my Ton Monday tweaked the super of superior boundary count. Committee, the Chief Executives’ Garros winner Jelena Ostapenko last event for the year. I'm play- over rule for all its major events fol- Following that nerve-wracking Committee agreed that use of the 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in the Linz final for ing doubles there also (with reg- lowing the uproar over the outcome final, the ICC faced the wrath of fans Super Over as a way to decide results her maiden title. ular partner Caty McNally). of the men’s World Cup final in July and former players over the contro- at ICC events will be retained. Both The teenager is managed by "This is the opportunity to when England were declared winners versial rule. the Cricket Committee and CEC Federer's Team8 and even shares see how I perform at back-to- against New Zealand on boundary Now it has finally made changes agreed it was an exciting and engag- an Italian pasta sponsor with the back tournaments." count. to the rule and in case a situation arise ing conclusion to the game and will 20-time major winner. Gauff's career timetable has New Zealand and England had where both teams are tied even after remain in place covering all games at On Sunday, she revealed suddenly shifted into overdrive, headed into the super over after scores the super over in a final or semifinal, both ODI and T20I World Cups,” the that a pep-talk by the Swiss with her breakthrough WTA in the World Cup final were tied at the super over will be repeated until ICC said after its board meeting here. superstar, after she suffered a trophy coming much more heartbreaking defeat in the first quickly than might have been round of the 2018 Australian expected. #%% &@&A Open junior event, has helped "My goal was the top 100  ?# her on a path which this year and to get into the main draw of  & &  saw her reach the last 16 at at least one Grand Slam," said O"(   P Wimbledon and US Open third the player, who has now earned  $:)   #5*$564 sions with Delhi Capitals formances speak for round. a main draw spot for January's but those discussions him,” Wadia said. "He did give me some Australian Open.  (45##  with the Indian team. He has been he ICC on Monday decided to ings XI Punjab co- never came to fruition. Under Ashwin’s advice at the Australian Open in "I've accomplished all of playing so well in all formats. Whatever Treadmit Zimbabwe and Nepal Kowner Ness Wadia The way he plays leadership, KXIP 2018 when I lost in the first those goals this year, now I need ormer Australia cricketer and he is doing right now is certainly work- as its members following the con- on Monday said the his cricket and his per- showed a lot of promise round (after being amongst the to work on improving my game. FChennai Super Kings all-rounder ing and the team is responding to his clusion of the Board meetings franchise decided not to in the first half of the favourites)," Gauff recalled. "I've gone through what Shane Watson on Monday said it is up leadership,” he added. here. trade Ravichandran past two seasons before "He told me not to focus too was supposed to be my timeline to the legendary Mahendra Singh Asked if India could dominate in Zimbabwe and Nepal were Ashwin with the Delhi losing momentum in the much on the pressure or the out- for the next two years. It's been Dhoni to take a call on his retirement the manner done by Australian sides suspended in July this year follow- Capitals following a second half. They fin- side drama. He gave me some crazy." though “he is still playing incredibly of the past led by Steve Waugh and ing government interference in the “rethink” by the Board. ished seventh in 2018 perspective. "I didn't expect to be on the well”. Ricky Ponting, he said “it is going to running of the Board. It has been learnt and sixth in 2019. "Now, I try to enjoy the ten- Tour in general right now," the “He has still got the skill. But it is be hard to replicate..But there is no rea- Zimbabwe will now be able to that the newly- KXIP nis and I barely think of that fist- 2018 French Open junior cham- down to him to decide. He still moves son why India can’t do it.” take up their place in the ICC appointed head reached the round loss two years later." pion said. incredibly well, runs hard between the “There is no doubt that India has Men's U-19 World Cup in January coach Anil Kumble was semifinals Gauff, meanwhile, con- Gauff, coached by her wickets and has beautiful hands. got the depth in all facets... Batting, and the ICC Super League later in also keen to retain in the inau- firmed she is "100 percent" father, said she expects to start Whatever he does, it will be the right bowling and fielding. The depth in 2020. Ashwin, who captained gural IPL edition ready to play at this week's gaining confidence as she gets thing because he knows what lies Indian cricket is incredibly strong. It Nepal has also been reinstat- the side in the previous before making the Luxembourg WTA event where more accustomed to the WTA ahead,” Watson told reporters. has got the luxury of having someone ed on a conditional basis follow- two editions. play-offs just once in she will enjoy a career-high circuit. "I'm new to the Tour and The burly Aussie all-rounder also like a Rohit Sharma opening the bat- ing their 2016 suspension for “The (KXIP) Board 2014 when they finished ranking inside the top 70. I've not faced a lot of the play- praised Virat Kohli’s captaincy and said ting and scoring lots of runs. The depth breach of the ICC regulations had a rethink and it runners-up. Now with She started the week in ers. I'm sure the more matches he has done a great job with the Indian in Indian cricket is incredible... I am which prohibit government inter- realised that Ashwin is Kumble on board, the Linz at 110 in the world and was I play the more confident I'll get, team. sure this team can win away from ference and require free and fair an integral part of the franchise is aiming to originally set for an early depar- along with the more experience “He (Kohli) has done a great job home as well.” elections. team. There were discus- end its title drought. ture from Austria after losing in I'll have."   !"# $ # 8

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ndian Super ILeague (ISL) will replace the I- League as the top- tier competition in the country after the stakeholders agreed to a propos- al of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), ending the long-drawn and con- tentious restructuring process. In a meeting at the AFC headquar- ters in Kuala Lumpur, the I-League and ISL clubs agreed on a roadmap present- ed by the AFC on domestic football struc- # &  (!% (5 !&  (! ,#, <%!B! &  $# ture reforms in India. As per the roadmap, the ISL will be  76   the top league in the country from this season itself while I-League will contin- uoyed by their gallant goal- ue as second tier league. less draw against Asian The ISL, which begins in Kochi on Bchampions Qatar, India October 20, will not have promotion and would be looking to register their relegation till 2023-24 by which time the first win in the FIFA World Cup League would have completed 10 seasons. qualifiers when they take on From the 2024-25 season onwards, Bangladesh in a group E second  76   performance-based promotion and rel- round match at the Saltlake)5"" egation will be implemented and there Stadium, here today. xpectations are always high will not be two parallel leagues. India put a gritty performance Efrom India’s record goalscor- The ISL champions would now be against an attacking Qatar, to er Sunil Chhetri but ahead of entitled to a play-off place in the AFC hold the reigning Asian champi- Bangladesh game, the skipper Champions League, the top-tier club ons to a goalless draw and earn said others players in the side are competition in Asia, while I-League their first point of the qualifiers very much capable of outperform- champions would compete in the second after suffering a heartbreaking   ing him. tier AFC Cup “as a special compensation loss in the opening match against Having sat out of Qatar game, to India”. Oman. Chhetri will return to take charge Another key recommendation by the With the city set to host the of the team but he played down AFC is to open a pathway for two I- senior national men’s team after a ) " 22 his presence in the side. League clubs’ entry into the ISL by the gap of nine years, the euphoria “It was never about me, it will end of the 2020-21 season, subject to the around the match has been *(<" )"  be never about me. It’s always licensing criteria being fulfilled. immense with a mad rush for tick- about India versus Bangladesh. There has been speculation for some ets as the Saltlake Stadium is set  / ! 0 / I’m just one of the 23 players. I time that Mohun Bagan and East Bengal to witness a packed house, giving definitely have been lucky to have may join the ISL but no agreement could the Igor Stimac-coached side a ( >5<=# L  " !O ""  " a little bit more experience and be reached as the two Kolkata giants perfect stage to grab three points     'O   that’s about it. There’s no depen- wanted a waiver of the 15 crore partic- and keep their World Cup hopes     dency on me from my team ipation fee. alive. support of his Bengaluru FC  'M mates. We are one and we are The AFC statement is not clear on the The absence of defender, teammates Udanta Singh and K)4 (4:#-)4: going to play like one,” Chhetri participation fee issue but AIFF General Sandesh Jhingan due to an ACL Ashique Kuruniyan, while I2  &J said on the eve of group E fixture. Secretary Kushal Das said the two clubs tear on his left knee is a big blow Mandar Rao Desai and Sahal L  &  "  The Jamie Day-coached will have to pay the fee. to the hosts. But the return of tal- Abdul Samad will be key in cre- " &" Bangladesh have made it clear that “Whichever two clubs (open for ismanic captain Sunil Chhetri ating chances.          India will start as favourites with inclusion in the ISL) will have to pay the after missing the last game will lift As for the back line, Stimac '     Chhetri being the main threat. participation fee. This is also according the team’s spirit. will be forced to rejig his central-  & " 'M “I hope four people mark to FIFA recommendation,” Das said. In his last appearance, Chhetri defence with Anas Edathodika me. So me and four from the (!%  &&  <%!B!   $# In addition to this, the AFC propos- scored his 72nd international likely to pair up with Adil Khan K; 5$ @ opposition are out and we are al said starting with the 2022-23 season, goal, the second most among in front of Sandhu. I)"   J playing 10 versus six. I will be very (Abdul) Sahal, Manvir or then it’s good because we have the winner of I-League will stand a active players, as India put up a Jhingan’s injury gives Anas happy then we will come to know Balwant.” better players who are in better chance to be promoted to the ISL with dominating first-half display only with a perfect opportunity to prove L O about someone like Udanta “I will try to be as best that I shape than me. You will see them no participation fee, subject to fulfilling to go down 1-2 after conceding himself again, especially after    )"  '  (Singh), Ashique (Kuruniyan), can be. But if they want to mark, tomorrow,” the 35-year-old said. sporting merit and the national club late goals in their World Cup qual- returning from retirement.    licensing criteria to be set out by the AIFF. ifier against Oman in Guwahati. India failed to keep up the "  %  '$O  “Everyone has to put the good of Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh intensity in the final minutes       Indian football at the forefront and take Sandhu took the charge in because of fitness concerns against    "  '6O " *"   ")O   >;  the best decisions to develop Indian club Chhetri’s absence and thwarted a Oman but Stimac addressed the   "   " &  football. The AFC will be very much barrage of attacks from Qatar, issue against Qatar. And it will be )"   'M  76  “I am going to tell my boys to involved to ensure the growth of the game making 11 saves in a heroic dis- interesting to see how the Blue K-7 ( go there and give their best. But yes to the next level with the pathway to a sin- play to snatch a point from the Tigers cope up with the challenge I  J angladesh captain Jamal Bhuyan India are favourites. I am going to gle league,” AFC General Secretary ‘Dato’ 2022 World Cup hosts. against Bangladesh, who have eight Bon Monday said his team is rel- break the India hearts tomorrow,” Windsor John said. While defence, tactical forma- under-23 players in their squad. ishing the challenge of producing an the Danish-born Bangladeshi cap- Former I-League champions Minerva tion and discipline were the high- Bangladesh head to the match certainly look to make an impact upset win against favourites India, tain said on the eve of the match. Punjab owner Ranjit Bajaj, who had ear- lights of their match against Qatar, after two consecutive defeats. They with their forward duo of Nabib something which will give a big Bhuyan, a defensive midfield- lier vociferously opposed the AIFF’s the focus against Bangladesh, who lost narrowly to Afghanistan and Newaz Ziban and Saad Uddin. boost to the sport in the cricket- er, said the contest will centre move to grant ISL the top league status, are ranked 83 places below India, in their last match before going On paper, India enjoy a com- crazy country. around the midfield. said he is happy that main concerns of the would be on the strikers. down 0-2 to Qatar. But the Jamie manding 15-2 head-to-head “If we win something will said. "This a big game because we I-League clubs have been addressed. Chhetri will remain the go-to Day-coached side has put up a record in 28 meetings but change in Bangladesh football. Bhuyan said his team is ready have a history between the two “Four clubs are being promoted (to man in the attacking zone, but the strong fight and created many Bangladesh have managed to stay India have big companies support- to break the hearts of home fans in countries and all the players from ISL) by four years and then promotion onus will also be on the likes of chances in the two games. unbeaten in their last two fixtures ing the sport but we lack in invest- their World Cup group qualifier. both camps are eager to play this and relegation (in ISL) will start. I con- Balwant Singh and Manvir Singh The Englishman may have (1-1 in SAFF Championships, ment. So it’s a great opportunity to “No pressure on us, the pressure is game. Whoever wins the midfield sider this as a victory even at the cost of to make an impact. conceded that India are firm 2013 and 2-2 in an International change that by showcasing what we on India as if they don’t win the fans battle has the better chance to win losing the AFC Champions League spot,” The skipper will also have the favourites but Bangladesh will friendly, 2014). have and attract big investments,” he will be after them,” he said. the match," said the 29-year-old. he said. @  ,)//  -=-=  45$ ) $   3  awan Sehrawat did the star turn as Pdefending champions Bengaluru oland and Russia secured their places at Bulls outwitted UP Yoddha 48-45 in the PEuro 2020 on Sunday with victories over first eliminator to qualify for the semi- North Macedonia and Cyprus respectively, finals of the Pro Kabaddi League season while Germany and the Netherlands boost- seven here on Monday. ed their hopes of reaching the finals. Star raider Pawan secured 20 raid Russia eased to a 5-0 thrashing of 10-man points as the Bulls fought their way back Cyprus, with Poland joining them, Belgium in front of a packed audience at the EKA and Italy in qualifying this week by seeing Arena to set up a semifinal clash with off North Macedonia 2-0. Dabang Delhi. Stanislav Cherchesov’s Russia, only had The UP side dominated the early to avoid defeat in Nicosia to follow Belgium minutes of a fiercely-contested first-half in qualifying from Group I. as Bengaluru struggled to get a strangle- ( ! 5& $# Valencia winger Denis Cheryshev fired hold. in a ninth-minute opener for the visitors, UP had the advantage of momen- to keep his team in the match and pick before Magomed Ozdoev made it two mid- tum, with 23 All-Out in their last 11 up a High 5. way through the first half. matches (the best record in the league), Bulls’ Sumit and UP’s Shrikant Striker Artem Dzyuba scored his third and inflicted an All-Out on the Bulls in impressed with their raids as the match goal in two games in the 79th minute, before the 8th minute to open up a 7-point lead. entered the final four minutes with UP Aleksandr Golovin and Cheryshev’s second Nitesh produced stellar tackle in the leading by 8 points. completed the rout late on. first move after the All-Out to send Pawan produced some important Russia will attempt to overtake Belgium, 7     <  &&   B! %!3!//B!  Pawan once again to the dugout but the raids to clinch an All-Out with four who beat Kazakhstan 2-0 earlier on Sunday, Bulls finally had success in the defence points remaining. Bengaluru had a one at the summit when they host the world’s head record with a nervy 2-1 win over Belarus Ilkay Gundogan, who along with Can with a successful tackle on Surender Gill point lead going into the final play of number one side on November 16. in Minsk. before kickoff ‘unliked’ a controversial with seven minutes remaining. the match but Surender made success- Poland went into their game against The Dutch lead third-placed Northern Instagram post by Turkey forward Cenk The tackle brought Pawan back on ful raid to level the points and push the North Macedonia knowing victory would Ireland by three points after beating Michael Tosun, scored twice, with Timo Werner also the mat and the High Flyer produced a point to extra time. punch their ticket for the Euros. O’Neill’s side 3-1 on Thursday. finding the net. stunning 3-point Super Raid to halt UP’s UP started the extra time on a high They were forced to be patient by the vis- Georginio Wijnaldum headed the away Joachim Loew’s side host Northern dominance in the match. with a two-point raid by Rishank itors, who could qualify through the team in front in the 32nd minute, Ireland in their final game, which could decide Nitesh did produce a Super Tackle Devadiga that also sent Pawan to the playoffs after winning their Nations shortly after Denis Laptev had spurned second place. on Pawan with four minutes left to half bench but Sumit’s raiding and a team League group if they fail to do so a golden chance to give Belarus a shock time but the Bulls, buoyed by Rohit’s tackle on UP’s Shrikant meant at the automatically. lead. WALES HOLD UP CROATIA presence on the mat, secured their first half time in extra time there was only But Przemyslaw Frankowski The Liverpool midfielder doubled Croatia were made to wait to qualify, as All-Out with a minute remaining for the one point separating the sides. prodded home less than 60 seconds the advantage before the break with a Gareth Bale’s strike in first-half injury time break. The half ended 20-17 with UP on Pawan produced a stunning after coming on as a substitute in the wonderful 25-yard strike into the top proved enough to grab a 1-1 draw for Wales top. 4-point raid to give the defend- 74th minute, before Akardiusz Milik corner, and although Stanislav Dragun in Cardiff. Bulls dominated the starting min- ing champions a three point made the points safe. gave Belarus hope early in the second Nikola Vlasic fired a low ninth-minute utes of the second half with Mahender lead but Monu Goyat imme- Poland remain three points clear of half, the Netherlands held on with relative shot in off the post to put Croatia on course Singh coming good in the defence. diately produced a 2-point Austria, who won 1-0 in Slovenia, at the top comfort. for qualification, before Bale’s fine goal With the defence scoring points the raid to make it a one point. of Group G, with North Macedonia and Victory in Belfast over the Northern Irish secured Wales a point in a bad-tempered affair. Bulls sniffer an All-Out and reduced the But Pawan clinched Slovenia five points further adrift. next month would secure the Oranje a first Last year’s World Cup runners-up Croatia UP side to two on the mat. an All-Out and that appearance at a major tournament since fin- will qualify if they avoid defeat against But in Nitesh, UP had, arguably, the was enough to see the DUTCH SEE OFF BELARUS ishing third at the 2014 World Cup. Slovakia in their final match on November 16, league’s best defender, and the captain defending champi- Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands Germany eased to a 3-0 victory in while Euro 2016 semi-finalists Wales could produced two Super Tackles (in the 10th ons through to the remained at the top of Group C Estonia despite seeing Emre Can sent off in join them with two closing wins, as long as and 11th minute of the half) on Pawan semi-finals. ahead of Germany on head-to- the 14th minute. Slovakia do not beat the Croatians.