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WINDOWS Rajnath okays Modi-Hasina meet boosts Plot to remove 4-fold hike in funds to kin of leaders groomed war casualties ties, 7 agreements inked AGE CORRESPONDENT by Rahul: Ashok , OCT. 5 Both leaders discuss NRC and Rohingya refugee crisis The government has Days after open rebellion, former state increased the amount of AGE CORRESPONDENT BILATERAL PACTS unit chief Ashok Tanwar quits Congress monetary assistance to NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 SIGNED next of kin of those who New Delhi/Karnal, Oct. 5: die in battle from casual- Prime ’s use of In a blow to Congress ty from `2 lakh to `8 lakh. Minister Sheikh Hasina, Chattogram and ahead of the Defence minister Rajnath on an official visit to India, 1 Assembly polls, its former Singh gave his approval brought up her country’s Mongla ports for state unit chief Ashok to enhance the monetary concerns over the contro- Indian trade. This will Tanwar resigned from the assistance to next of kin versial National Register give Indian hinterland party’s primary member- (NoK) of battle casualty. Rohit Sharma raises his bat of Citizens (NRC) issue as access to North-east- ship on Saturday, alleging The amount will be grant- after scoring his 2nd ton of the well as discussed the ern states. that there is a conspiracy ed under the Army Battle 1st Test match against S. Rohingya refugee crisis to eliminate leaders Congress is Casualties Welfare Fund Africa in Visakhapatnam on MoU on withdrawal of with Prime Minister groomed by Rahul (ABCWF). Saturday. He became the sec- 1.82 cusec of water going through during Gandhi. Currently a financial ond Indian after Sunil Gavaskar 2 from Bangladesh’s an existential crisis, talks in New Delhi on Mr Tanwar announced assistance of `2 lakh is to score two centuries in a not because of its Saturday. Feni river by India for his resignation on given to battle casualties Test. He also hit 10 sixes in the At the meeting, which drinking water supply, and posted a four-page res- political opponents in case of death and also match, another Test record. tool place in an “atmos- scheme for Sabroom ignation letter addressed but because of seri- to those sustaining 60 per — AFP ■ Report on Page 14 phere of great cordiality town, Tripura, India to Congress president ous internal contra- cent and above disability and warmth”, with the two Implementation of . dictions…l besides to several other Grenade targets countries signed seven government of India's The former Haryana — Ashok Tanwar categories. pacts and decided to boost Line of Credit Congress chief said the This is in addition to defence cooperation to reasons for his resigna- Rajnath okays 4-fold hike Anantnag DC 3 extended to KHATTAR: TANWAR tackle the menace of ter- Bangladesh tion were well known to in funds to kin of war rorism. The two leaders all Congressmen and he WON’T GET BJP ENTRY casualties liberalised MoU between office, 14 injured also launched three pro- took the decision after family pension, financial Srinagar: Terrorists carried jects through video link University of long deliberations with Haryana chief minis- assistance from Army out a grenade attack on that include import of bulk and party workers and his ter Manohar Lal Group Insurance, Army Saturday outside the LPG gas from Bangladesh, University of Dhaka supporters. Khattar on Saturday Welfare Fund and ex-gra- deputy commissioner’s something that will reduce Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his 4 MoU on providing “I, after several months ruled out any possibil- tia amount. office in Anantnag township the prices of LPG gas sup- Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina prior to a meet- Coastal Surveillance of consideration, tender ity of inducting Mr The ABCWF has been of south Kashmir, leaving at ply to India’s north-east- ing at Hyderabad House in New Delh on Saturday. — PTI System my resignation from the Tanwar into the BJP set up under Department least 14 people injured, even ern states. primary membership of of Ex-Servicemen fold as restrictions imposed in Indian government emerges.” since March 24, 1971 or BANGABANDHU the Congress party, which Welfare (ESW), ministry the Valley in view of Friday sources on Saturday said, The controversy over before. Out of 3.3 crore I nurtured with my sweat Only those who of defence, after a large congregations were lifted. It “On the NRC, the matter NRC in Assam continues applicants, over 19 lakh Both lead- and blood. My fight is not have a “clean past” number of people offered was the second grenade did come up. It was point- even as Bangladesh has people were excluded from ers pleaded personal but against the and “carry no bag- to provide monetary attack since August 5. ed out that it was an ongo- consistently said that it the final NRC published for greater system which is destroy- gage” will be assistance to the families Full report on Page 4 ing process and taking would not accept any recently. cooperation ing the grand old party,” of battle casualties fol- place under court direc- alleged illegal immigrants The two neighbours Mr Tanwar said in his let- allowed to join lowing an incident in tion. We will have to await from Assam in the wake of inked seven pacts, includ- to commemo- ter. “Congress is going the BJP, said February 2016 at HC refuses to stay the full outcome of this the completion of the NRC ing an MoU on rate through an existential cri- Mr Khattar Siachen, wherein 10 sol- whole process. They process. Bangladesh main- “Establishment of Coastal Bangabandhu Sheikh sis, not because of its polit- diers were buried in an felling of trees asked us what is happen- tains that any alleged ille- Surveillance Radar Mujibur Rahman’s ical opponents but Gandhi and had been state avalanche. The ABCWF : The Bombay high ing in the process and gal immigrants in India System in Bangladesh”, birth centenary in because of serious inter- unit chief since 2014, has was instituted in July court on Saturday refused what is going to happen are not Bangladeshis. The and “conclusion of 2020 as well as 50 nal contradictions,” he been miffed with the 2017 and was implement- to stay ongoing felling of because we have to see NRC had been prepared to Standard Operating years of Bangladesh’s said. Congress after the party ed retrospectively with trees at Mumbai’s promi- where this process leads… reportedly identify Indian Procedures for the use of War of Liberation Mr Tanwar, who was last month replaced him effect from April 2016. nent green lung, Aarey we’ll see how the situation citizens living in Assam ■ Turn to Page 4 considered close to Rahul ■ Turn to Page 4 ■ Turn to Page 4 Colony, to make way for a proposed metro car shed. When the activists protest- ed over the issue, the police PC taken to arrested 29 of them. NC leaders allowed to Full report on Page 4 AIIMS after 6 jumbos die trying meet Farooq, Omar complaining of to save each other Srinagar, Oct. 5: Two tionaries and district stomach ache Bangkok: Six wild elephants months after National ‘Don’t cross LoC presidents of the New Delhi, Oct. 5: drowned after slipping off a Conference president Jammu Province two Former Union waterfall in northeast Farooq Abdullah and to help Kashmiris’ days ago, soon after finance minis- Thailand, authorities said on his son Omar were restrictions on the ter Saturday, with two others placed under preven- Islamabad: movement of Jammu- Chidambaram, saved after they became tive detention, the Prime Minister based National who is lodged stranded while apparently Jammu and Kashmir Imran Khan on Conference leaders at Tihar Jail PC trying to rescue one of those administration has Saturday said that were lifted. since August that fell into the current. allowed an NC delega- anyone who crosses Farooq and Omar 21 in connection with Full report on Page 12 tion from Jammu to the Line of Control Abdullah were placed the INX Media corrup- meet the two former (LoC) from Pakistan- under detention on the tion case, was reportedly COUNTERPOINT chief ministers on occupied Kashmir night of August 4, a taken to the All India Sunday. (PoK) to provide day before the centre Institute of Medical “The delegation led humanitarian aid or moved to strip Jammu Sciences (AIIMS) after by provincial presi- support to the people and Kashmir of its spe- he complained of stom- dent Devender Singh of Indian side of the cial status. While 81- ach pain on Saturday. Rana and comprising Jammu and year-old Farooq The senior Congress former party legisla- Kashmir will play Abdullah is under leader underwent a med- tors will fly from into the hands house arrest at his ical check-up at the hos- Jammu tomorrow of the Indian Srinagar residence pital, reports ANI. He morning,” National narrative. after being booked was brought back to Conference spokesper- PAGE 8 under the Public prison in the evening. son Madan Mantoo Safety Act, Omar has According to a report, said. Mr Rana had of NC leaders, all of been detained at a usually the inmates of sought permission them former legisla- state guest house. Tihar are referred to from Governor Satya tors, will go to The government has Deen Dayal Upadhyay Pal Malik in this Srinagar on Sunday. also detained most of Hospital if they suffer regard. Mr Mantoo said the the political leader- from any ailments. Mr Rana, after get- decision to meet the ship of Kashmir, However, according to a ting confirmation of Abdullahs was taken including Peoples’ court order, Mr the permission, said a at an emergent meet- Democratic Party Chidambaram should be 15-member delegation ing of senior func- ■ Turn to Page 4 referred to AIIMS, RML hospital or Safdarjung Hospital in case he com- WEATHER plains of any medical problems. O Max: 34 C Earlier, senior advo- O Thai judge acquits murder Min: 22 C cate Kapil Sibal, appear- RH: 45% ing for Mr Rainfall: 10% Chidambaram, had told suspects, then shoots self the Delhi court that the Forecast: Mostly sunny 74-year-old Congress Bangkok, Oct. 5: A leader was suffering Thai judge shot him- Kanakorn Pianchana was deliv- from multiple ailments, ASTROGUIDE self in the chest in ering the verdict on 5 Muslim including dyslipidemia front of a packed court suspects in a murder case on and irritable bowel dis- Vikari: Dakshinayana after acquitting sever- Friday. He acquitted the group, ease. Mr Sibal said there Tithi: Ashwayuja Shudda al murder suspects delivered a courtroom plea for a was a noticeable loss in Ashtami till 10.56 am and decrying the king- cleaner justice system, before Mr Chidambaram’s Star: Poorvashada till 3.06 dom’s judicial system pulling out a handgun and shoot- weight and his health in an impassioned ing himself in the chest. was deteriorating in jail. pm speech broadcast on Meanwhile, Mr Varjyam: 11.53 pm to 1.38 Facebook Live. Chidambaram on am (Monday) Critics say Kanakorn group, delivered a nSaturday also took to Thailand’s courts Pianchana, a judge at courtroom plea for a Twitter to take a swipe Durmuhurtam: 4.23 pm to often work in favour of Yala court in the heart cleaner justice system, at Prime Minister 5.10 pm the rich and powerful, of the insurgency-bat- before pulling out a Narendra Modi over his Rahukalam: 44.30 pm to 6 while delivering swift tered Thai south, was handgun and shooting “Einstein challenge” to pm and harsh sentences delivering the verdict himself in the chest. students, asking when on ordinary people for for five Muslim sus- “You need clear and would the country's uni- SUNSET TODAY 6.01 PM minor offences. pects in a gun murder credible evidence to versities become havens SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.17 AM But it is virtually case on Friday after- punish someone. So if of freedom of thought MOONRISE TOMORROW 2.29 AM unheard of for judges noon. you’re not sure, don’t and expression. MOONSET TODAY 11.26 PM to criticise the system. He acquitted the ■ Turn to Page 4 — Agencies PAGE Special 2 THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Lal clans finding it hard to stay relevant TANVEER THAKUR

nce synonymous with the state, the three Lals of Haryana and even their families ruled the state for decades. Now with the Ochanged political reality, the families of the Lals of Haryana, namely Devi Lal, Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal, are fighting a battle to stay rele- vant in the state politics. Bansi Lal had been known to be a tough adminis- trator from 1968-99. Subsequently, Chaudhary Devi Lal who formed the INLD emerged as a farmer leader of north India and later became the deputy prime minister. He was a rustic, awe-inspiring leader with a formidable presence. Haryana Bhajan Lal was a master strategist and was the PERIPHERAL biggest non-Jat leader of The clans of the the state. The trio of Lals once-powerful Lals ruled for decades, however are now a pale shad- their families are now fighting to stay relevant. ow of their past as A file photo of grand alliance partners marching towards Raj Bhawan in Patna. — PTI Three-time chief minis- the three families ter Bansi Lal ruled for 13 find it hard to save years. Former deputy their bastions from prime minister Devi Lal’s the onslaught by the two terms as CM lasted saffron party four and a half years. Two-term CM Bhajan Lal made headlines in 1980 when he as CM of the Janata Rift in five-party grand Party government walked over to the Congress along with his cabinet. He ruled the state for 11 years. The three clans of the once-powerful Lals are now a pale shadow of their past. Things have come to such a pass that the three families find it hard to save their bastions from the onslaught by the ruling BJP. The family of Bansi Lal has been reduced to the margins of the state politics. Bansi Lal’s son, alliance gives edge to NDA Surender Singh, died in a helicopter crash in 2005, weeks after becoming a minister in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government. His wife and Tosham NAYEAR AZAD THE RIFT IN THE ALLIANCE MLA Kiran Choudhry is the flag-bearer of the fami- The RJD had PATNA TURMOIL IN GRAND ALLIANCE ly legacy. She has been struggling for recognition as SURFACED AFTER RJD inheritor of Bansi Lal’s legacy. Her daughter, ■ HAM insiders have claimed cobbled up an y-elections in one par- ■ RJD’s decision to Choudhry, suffered the second consecutive defeat in liamentary seat and contest four of the five that the party is in touch with ANNOUNCED the elections by more than 4 lakh votes. alliance with five Assembly seats Assembly seats in by- like-minded secular forces, CANDIDATES FOR The Bhajan Lal’s family is also finding it difficult have heated up the elections has created including RLSP and VIP and may to remain relevant in the state politics. The younger four political political atmosphere a flutter in the grand contest the election in alliance NATHNAGAR, BELHAR, son Kuldeep Bishnoi has tried hard to stay relevant in . Turmoil in alliance particularly in with them. Though the Congress SIMRI BAKHTIYARPUR, in the state politics. He had formed Haryana Janhit Bthe five-party grand alliance con- and the RLSP have not said much Congress, had an alliance with the BJP and then parties with tinued despite efforts by a section HAM and Congress. joined back the Congress. His son Bhavya Bisnoi HAM leaders in Patna about the recent development, DARAUNDHA AND LEFT in the RJD to resolve the thorny Mukesh Sahani of the VIP chief made his electoral debut from Hisar parliamentary strong EBC, issue of seat allocation. blamed Tejashwi THE KISHANGANJ seat (which was once considered their family bas- Political experts are of the view Yadav for trying to recently said that his party tion), but forfeited his security deposit as a Congress OBC, and that the current scenario in the break the alliance would extend support to the ASSEMBLY AND candidate. Kuldeep Bihsnoi has faced IT raids grand alliance may give an edge to ahead of polls on the HAM and the Congress during SAMASTIPUR PARLIAMEN- recently. The enforcement directorate is investigat- minority voter the three-party NDA being led by instructions of BJP. the by-elections. ing suspected foreign exchange management Act . TARY SEATS FOR CONG. (FEMA) violations. Kuldeep Bisnoi has called these base during the Sources said that RJD’s decision It seems that RJD doesn’t need an alliance. The situation raids politically motivated in an election year. to contest four of the five Assembly has compelled us to support HAM and other anti – NDA after the main Opposition party The family of Devi Lal was most influential in Lok Sabha polls. seats in Bihar by-elections has cre- forces during the by-elections. RJD had announced candidates Haryana politics for the longest period amongst the ated a flutter in the grand alliance, for Nathnagar, Belhar, Simri three Lals. However, after a split in the Chautala Former Union particularly in ’s — MUKESH SAHANI Bakhtiyarpur and Daraundha and family, the INLD got a fatal blow. HAM and Congress. HAM leaders left the Kishanganj Assembly and Om Parkash Chautala’s ambitious grandson, in Patna blamed Tejashwi Yadav Samastipur parliamentary seats Dushyant, a former MP and son of Ajay Chautala, minister and for trying to break the alliance He gave the statement after HAM is also trying to persuade Upendra for the alliance partner Congress. floated the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), the INLD ahead of polls on the instructions leaders in Patna met and urged Kushwaha and the Congress top Reacting sharply, the RJD refused imploded. Both parties are fighting to claim who RLSP chief of BJP. HAM insiders also claimed him to create a political alliance in leaders to get into an alliance with to withdraw candidates from the will be the rightful inheritor of Devi Lal’s legacy. the party is in touch with other Bihar without RJD’s support. his party and contest the coming four Assembly seats. According to However, during the parliamentary elections, the Upendra like-minded secular forces, includ- The RJD had cobbled up an by-elections as well the Bihar RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay INLD and JJP both got a drubbing. The INLD is ing RLSP and VIP and alliance with four political Assembly elections which are Tiwary, “Party will not withdraw finding it hard to stay relevant in the state politics Kushwaha had may contest the election parties with strong EBC, scheduled in November 2020. candidates as all the four have been as it was till last elections by remaining as the main in alliance with them. Bihar OBC, and minority voter “The grand alliance had won the our traditional seats. Besides, the Opposition party. walked out of the Though the Congress base during the Lok Sabha Araria and Jehanabad seat during RJD is also largest among all our and the RLSP have not said much polls. Former Union minister and the previous by-election thanks to grand alliance partners so instead NDA in about the development, Mukesh RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha Jitan Ram Manjhi. Our party has of trying to create a fissure, they Sahani of the VIP recently said had walked out of the NDA in already decided to continue its should sit and work out a strategy December last that his party would extend sup- December last year over seat-shar- support to the Congress and VIP to weaken the NDA in Bihar.” port to the HAM and the Congress ing differences with BJP national and those who want to take their The five Assembly seats going to year over during the by-elections. president . own decisions are free to do so. polls on October 21 fell vacant after “It seems that the RJD doesn’t Mr Sahani was also among those There is no pressure from us,” the leaders who represented them seat-sharing need an alliance with secular par- who had joined the grand alliance HAM spokesperson Danish were elected to the Lok Sabha. ties. The situation has compelled ahead of Lok Sabha polls last year Rizwan told this newspaper. When asked about his reaction on us to take a decision to support after he failed to convince the BJP Jitan Ram Manjhi who is consid- RJD’s decision to contest four differences with HAM and other anti – NDA forces leadership for a fair amount of ered a strong Mahadalit leader in Assembly seats, Congress state during the by-elections,” VIP chief seats. Bihar is the only MLA from his president Madan Mohan Jha said, Amit Shah. Mukesh Sahani said. Sources said Jitan Ram Manjhi party. According to sources, his “Everyone is trying to enforce their entry into the grand alliance was own opinion on alliance partners scripted by Tejashwi Yadav who which is not good. The Congress JITAN RAM MANJHI, CONSIDERED A STRONG MAHADALIT LEADER, IS THE ONLY has been trying to expand the cannot say anything about the MLA FROM HAM PARTY. HIS ENTRY INTO THE GRAND ALLIANCE WAS SCRIPTED BY alliance and also strengthen RJD’s grand alliance at the moment as we base in Bihar. are yet to receive instructions from Former Cong M.P. Avtar Singh Bhadana pays TEJASHWI YADAV WHO HAS BEEN TRYING TO EXPAND THE ALLIANCE. The rift in the alliance surfaced our central leaders on the issue.” tribute to Choudhary Devi Lal in New Delhi. Primitive tribals build bridges, Not only for horns, rhinos are also killed for nails

MANOJ ANAND GUWAHATI Rhino nails are in demand irrigation system in Abujhmad in the grey market. A forest RABINDRA NATH tribals, who hardly have ildlife experts are officials involved in the CHOUDHURY even primary education”, surprised by the investigation said that CHHATTISGARH A.K. Dewta, a local civil fact that rhinos are poachers in their confession engineer said. poached not only revealed that the nails are primitive tribe living “Local tribals have built for their horns but used as a substitute to make in remote areas of bridges using ‘Desi’ technol- Walso for nails. This came to light up for the scarcity of horns. AAbujhmad, a 3905 sq ogy in Abujhmad area”; recently when a team of forest km forest region extending Narayanpur district collec- and police officials got hold of a Indicating that some Naga from Bastar in Chhattisgarh tor P.S. Elma told this news- gang of poachers in the Baghmari rebel groups are involved in to Gadchhiroli in paper on Thursday. area of central Assam’s smuggling of animal, Maharashtra, have built The Abujhmarias have also Biswanath district and recovered wildlife activists said that robust bridges over hilly built dykes made of stone 12 rhino nails and a horn. poachers have been using streams and rivers and irri- and mud to divert streams It was for the first time that the gation ‘canals’ using indige- originated from hills to their police and forest officials have the sophisticated weapons nous technology. agriculture fields located as stumbled upon the fact that One-horned rhinoceroses seen at an elevated area in Kaziranga. like AK-47 rifles The “Desi” (indigenous) far as five km for irrigation poachers are not only chopping technology applied to build purpose. The water channel the horns but also the nails of rhi- ferent areas of the district. He said, sell off the nails,” said the forest smugglers have found a new route the bridges has proved very can rival even modern irri- nos after killing them. “We have recovered 12 nails and a ranger who stressed the need for through Arunachal Pradesh. reliable since none of them tribe of Abujhmaria. gation system. Investigation has revealed that horn from their possession. It is further investigation into it. Indicating that some Naga rebel have suffered any wear and The bridge is made of bam- It required engineering rhino nails are in demand in the suspected to be of the rhino killed Pointing out that the team of groups are involved in smuggling tear despite being estab- boo, huge wooden logs and skill to determine the point grey market. A forest officials at Lokhora Chapori under forest officials and police of animal parts from northeast- lished decades ago, leaving stones. at the slope of the hill where involved in the investigation said the Biswanath wildlife had intelligence that ern states, wildlife activists said experts in awe and Heaps of stones tight- the stop dam is needed for that poachers in their confession division in April.” Assam poachers were looking for that poachers have been using the amazement. ly bound by slices of diverting the water of the revealed, “The nails are used as a “We have sent the buyer and negotiating the sophisticated weapons like AK-47 A 200 meter- C’garh bamboos serve as pil- stream to villages on the substitute to make up for the seized items for forensic test. Of price of nails, sources in the for- rifles, suspected to have been sup- long makeshift lars of the bridge foothill, Mr Dewta said. scarcity of horns. Rhino horns the five poachers arrested, one est department said that poachers plied by armed rebel groups. bridge set up over a wild whereas huge wooden logs The traditional engineer- are used in traditional Chinese Budhindra Kaman of Bortamuli were exploring the route of Sources said that they were try- stream in the village of are laid over the ‘pillars’ in ing skill of local tribals has medicines.” village in the district was directly Arunachal Pradesh to send horns ing to sell off the nails first Dhurbeda in Abujhmad such a way that the bridge come to light when the The forest ranger of Biswanth involved in the rhino poaching and nails to Myanmar. because unlike the horn, the body under Orcha block in becomes as compact as a administration has started wildlife division, Pranjal Baruah, case in the first week of April. He Asserting that poachers are parts are something new among Narayanpur district bore concrete bridge. reaching the areas for the said that five poachers who were also collected the nails and horn. smuggling horns through the local smugglers. Three out of testimony to the engineering “The bridge showcases first time after independ- running a racket of supplying Each leg of a rhino has three Arunachal Pradesh, sources said the five poachers arrested were skills of the local primitive engineering skill of the local ence. wildlife parts in the district were nails. The other poachers were that Dimapur in Nagaland was the involved in supplying wildlife arrested on September 17 from dif- involved in arranging buyers to hub of such activities but of late parts. Clean sweep

BJP to sweep Haryana, PAGE Maharashtra Assembly polls, says Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Nation 3 THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Cong reveals star campainers ■ CM, HM discuss key issues MP eases Mumbai, Oct. 5: Congress Other prominent cam- rules on president Sonia Gandhi paigners are former Chidambarak takes People against and former Prime Maharashtra chief minis- resort bars Minister Manmohan ters Sushilkumar Shinde, swipe at PM Modi There is no Singh are among the 40 Prithviraj Chavan and New Delhi: Senior Cong- “star” campaigners of the Ashok Chavan. Chief min- ress leader P. Chidamba- CAB, near forests trust between party for the October 21 isters of Rajasthan, ram on Saturday took a Congress leaders assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and swipe at Narendra Modi RABINDRA NATH Maharashtra, the first Pradesh. Chhattisgarh, namely over his ‘Einstein chal- CHOUDHURY and workers major political contest Listing of Mrs Gandhi as , Kamal lenge’ to students, asking CM tells Shah , OCT 5 — Manohar Lal Kattar, after the Lok Sabha outing a star campaigner under- Nath, and when would the coun- held earlier this year. lines the importance the also figure in the list. , Oct. 5: Mizoram should not be legislated The Madhya Pradesh Haryana CM try’s universities become Among other top leaders Congress, which has lost Rajasthan deputy CM havens of freedom of chief minister in Parliament. government Saturday of the party who are state after states, is assign- Sachin Pilot, Jyotiraditya thought and expression. Saturday If the Bill is passed in unveiled its new excise expected to hit the hus- ing to the Maharashtra Scindia, Shatrughan Mr Chidambaram, who is told visiting Union Home Parliament then Mizoram policy boosting tourism IN tings are former party elections. Once a strong- Sinha will also campaign. lodged in Tihar Jail since Minister Amit Shah that and other north eastern and hospitality in the BRIEF president hold of the Congress, Former Mumbai Congress his arrest by the CBI, has the people of the state are states which are opposed state by easing condi- and his sister Priyanka Maharashtra has slipped presidents Milind Deora asked his family to put against the proposed to the contentious bill tions on issuing bar Gandhi Vadra, the party out of its grip since the and Sanjay Nirupam are out a tweet on his behalf. amendment to the should be exempted from licences to hotels and Doctors strike after general secretary in Uttar emergence of the BJP. not listed. —PTI Citizenship Act, 1955, an its ambit, the memoran- resorts that have come official statement said. dum by the Mizoram up in the vicinity of colleague molested The Citizenship NGO Coordination national parks and Bhopal: Junior doctors at Amendment Bill, 2019 Committee said. forests. state-run Hamadia Hospital We must not could open a “floodgate of The committee had ear- The state cabinet in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh illegal immigrants” in lier decided to organise a which met here under struck work on Saturday politicise Bihar Mizoram, an official protest rally against the the chairmanship of demanding arrest of a man statement said. proposed Citizenship chief minister Kamal who molested and robbed Mr Zoramthanga met Amendment Bill but Nath decided to issue one of their colleagues. An flood situation, Shah, who is also the BJP changed its decision and bar licences to hotels unidentified person entered national president, at the met Shah to discuss its and resorts set up near the hostel room of a doctor says BJP MP Raj Bhavan here and the demands. forests, provided they through the window and NAYEAR AZAD two leaders discussed sev- Mr Shah had said on have a minimum of five molested, threatened and PATNA, OCT. 5 eral other issues. This October 1 that the rooms. robbed her, MP Junior was Shah’s first visit to Citizenship Amendment Earlier, hotels and Doctors Association presi- Amid the blame-game Mizoram after assuming Bill would be passed in resorts set up near dent Dr Sachet Saxena told over the poor handling office. Parliament which will national parks and PTI. “If the police does not of the flood situation in An umbrella organisa- grant citizenship to forests were granted bar catch the culprit in 24 hours, Bihar, senior BJP leader tion of major civil society Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, licences only if they had we are going to launch a and Patliputra MP Ram bodies and student associ- Jains, Parsis and a minimum of ten protest across the state,” he Kripal Yadav Saturday ations of Mizoram met Christians from rooms. said. Saxena said the girls’ urged leaders not to Mr Shah at the Raj Afghanistan, Bangladesh Briefing reporters hostel of Gandhi Medical politicise the issue. Bhavan here on Saturday and Pakistan after seven after the cabinet meet- College attached to Hamadia He also asked political and submitted a memo- years of stay in the coun- ing, state law minister Hospital did not have CCTVs. parties, especially those randum demanding that try even if they do not P.C. Sharma said that — PTI from the ruling alliance, Shiv Sena President with OBC community leaders during a meet- the Citizenship possess proper docu- the decision to ease con- to sit together and draw ing in Mumbai, Saturday. — ASIAN AGE Amendment Bill, 2019 ments. — PTI ditions on the opening of up a strategy to provide bars in hotels and 3 killed in road relief to the people who resorts coming up near were stranded in the forests would give a fillip mishap in UP affected areas for the to the tourism and hos- Hardoi (UP): Three men were past one week. pitality industry in the killed after the motorcycle His statement comes a BJP delegation to undertake South Korea tour state of Madhya they were travelling on was day after Union minister Pradesh. hit by a tractor-trolley in Giriraj Singh and a few NITIN MAHAJAN somewhat turbulent rela- Korea, Hae Chan Lee, and ment representatives and systems of other countries The state cabinet also Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi dis- other BJP leaders criti- NEW DELHI, OCT 5 tions between North and also tour the National leaders of the DPK, as well and vice-versa. This news- decided to do away with trict, police said on Saturday. cised the state govern- South Korea, not unlike Assembly of Korea. A visit as engage in interactions paper first reported on the policy of mandatory The accident occurred on ment for its failure in As the Bharatiya Janata Pakistan and India. to the Dora observatory, with intellectuals and the August 19 that the BJP had licence fee of `5 lakh for Lucknow-Hardoi road near dealing with the crisis. Party (BJP) tries to chan- Sources said that the which provides views Indian diaspora. planned visits of its lead- the opening of bars in Hardaspur under Kotwali Talking to reporters in nel international opinion visit, scheduled to begin across the demilitarised The visit is part of a plan ers to several countries to these hotels and resorts, Kachauna police station lim- Patna, Mr Yadav said, in favour of India in the October 13, is significant zone between North and of outreach towards for- reach out to them with an and imposed a variable its on Friday night, SP Alok “We should not politi- wake of the abrogation of as over the past few years, South Korea, has also been eign nations and comes Indian perspective. bar licence fee structure Priyadarshi said. He said cise the issue. All of us Article 370, a high-level South Korea has emerged planned. close on the heels of simi- These delegation-level with a minimum fee of Sripal (32), Gokaran (40) are concerned and try- delegation is set to visit a strategic partner of Sources said that the lar delegation-level visits visits are very important `1.5 lakh. and Lalit (45) were returning ing to find a solution to South Korea. India, much to the annoy- BJP delegation is visiting to the United States and for the party as they allow The Opposition BJP home when the tractor-trol- deal with the situation.” During the visit, the del- ance of the Chinese South Korea on the invita- China. The tours are con- development of skills and however slammed the ley rammed into their motor- Patna has been facing egation, led by party gen- administration. The dele- tion of the ruling ducted as part of an perspective among leaders Kamal Nath government cycle. The bodies have been the worst waterlogging eral secretary P. gation is expected to meet Democratic Party of exchange programme to and create people-to-peo- for promoting sale of sent for post-mortem, the crisis since September Murlidhar Rao, will carry the leader of the Korea. The delegation is enable Indian leaders ple channels between liquor in the name of police said. — PTI 27. out a detailed study of the Democratic Party of scheduled to meet govern- understand the political nations. helping tourism. Educated India

New education policy will PAGE lay foundation of strong India, says minister Naqvi Nation 4 THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI 38 booked & 60 detained for Aarey tree cutting protests Wonder why Mumbai Metro is treating Mumbaikars like Entire colony cordoned off by police, Section 144 imposed criminals Mumbai, Oct. 5: Police Mumbai Metro Rail stop the authorities from imposed Section 144 of the Aarey colony not a Corporation Ltd for “slyly chopping down the trees. — Aaditya Thackeray, Criminal Procedure Code and swiftly” cutting down The activists claimed Shiv Sena leader in Aarey Colony and sur- forest: Javadekar an ecosystem, which, he that almost 200 trees have rounding areas on Lucknow: Amid strong said, is “shameful and dis- been cut so far. Saturday, banning unlaw- opposition from green gusting”. Following the protest, ful assembly, following activists, Union environ- He said the Metro offi- the entire Aarey Colony IN BRIEF strong protests by ment minister Prakash cials should be posted in was cordoned off by activists against the Javadekar on Saturday PoK to destroy terror Mumbai police Saturday. felling of trees in the cited a Bombay high camps, instead of trees. The police started dispers- Tiger kills man green zone for a Metro car court order to defend The MMRCL started ing the crowd and forcibly shed, an official said. the Mumbai Metro hacking trees from Friday removed the protesters, an in search of cattle Corporation’s move to Volunteers of an NGO distribute relief material among flood-affected people at Bazar While 38 protesters were night, hours after the official said. Chandrapur: A 60-year-old fell trees in Aarey Smriti locality of Patna on Saturday. — PTI booked under various sec- Bombay high court dis- “Section 144 of the CrPC, man was killed in a tiger tions of the IPC since Colony, saying it was missed four petitions filed banning unlawful assem- attack in Chichpalli forest Friday night, at least 60 “not a forest”. by NGOs and activists bly, was imposed in Aarey range in Maharashtra’s others were detained, the “Basically the high court challenging the decision Colony, Goregaon check Chandrapur district, an offi- PMC bank police said. Shiv Sena has decided and has to allow felling of trees in post and surrounding cial said. Santosh Vittal Grenade attack leader Priyanka ruled that it is not a for- the prime green lung of areas on Saturday,” a Gurnule, resident of scam: Ex-MD Chaturvedi, who took part est,” the minister had the city. Mumbai police spokesper- Kavadpeth village, noticed in the protest, was also said. — PTI As the felling of trees son said. Mr Thackeray, some of his cattle missing sent to police taken into custody. began, hundreds of envi- who is contesting October and ventured into a dense near DC office in Opposition parties have failed to save the ronmental activists gath- 21 Assembly election from forest patch late Friday slammed the ruling Sena- trees. Sena leader Aaditya ered in Aarey Colony and Worli, extended his sup- evening looking for them and custody till 17 BJP alliance, stating they Thackeray criticised the protested. They tried to port to protesters. — PTI was killed by a tiger, said Mumbai: Former man- Chandrapur divisional forest aging director of Punjab Kashmir, 14 hurt officer AL Sonkusre. “We and Maharashtra Bihar shelter noticed tiger pug marks near Cooperative Bank, Joy Srinagar, Oct. 5: ◗ The grenade the spot where Gurnule was Thomas, arrested in con- Terrorists carried out a missed the intend- Harsimrat likens Pak’s killed. Immediate cash relief nection with the alleged grenade attack on case: CBI may of `30,000 was given to his `4,355 crore scam at the Saturday outside the ed target and kin,” he informed. Last bank, was on Saturday deputy commissioner’s exploded on the Sunday, a cattle grazer iden- remanded in police cus- office in Anantnag town- roadside, causing order action tified as Tuslidas Pakewar Kartarpur fee to ‘jaziya’ tody till October 17. ship of south Kashmir, splinter injuries to was killed by a tiger in Shivni His lawyer Rakesh leaving at least 14 people Dera Baba Nanak tures of the state. against cops forest range, some 80 kilo- Singh argued that injured, even as restric- 14 persons (Gurdaspur), Oct. 5: The Union minister also metres from here. — PTI Thomas was just an tions imposed in the security patrol outside Union minister urged the Centre to name AGE CORRESPONDENT employee of the bank Valley in view of Friday heavily guarded DC office Harsimrat Kaur Badal on the integrated check post NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 and was being made a congregations were lifted. complex in Anantnag , 55 Saturday condemned as ‘Sat Kartar ICP’. Cannon museum scapegoat. Economic Normal life in Kashmir km from here, around 11 Islamabad’s insistence to “`500 crore integrated The CBI, probing the Offences Wing of remained affected follow- am, official said. charge a service fee of $20 check post would be ready Muzaffarpur shelter to open in mid-Oct. Mumbai police, which ing the Centre’s August 5 He said the grenade from pilgrims to the by October 31,” said Ms home sexual abuse case, : A museum with arrested Thomas on move to abrogate Article missed the intended tar- Kartarpur Sahib Badal here.She visited the is likely to recommend Harsimrat Kaur 52 cannons set up in Devgiri Friday, produced him 370, that provided special get and exploded on the Gurdwara and compared upcoming ICP facility departmental action Fort in Maharashtra’s before additional chief status to Jammu and roadside, causing splinter it with jaziya. about it by reporters and along with Shiromani against at least four dis- Aurangabad district will metropolitan magistrate Kashmir, as markets and injuries to 14 persons, The charge is con- said the external affairs Akali Dal president and trict police officials for open for the public in mid- S.G.Shaikh. other business establish- including a traffic police- demnable and akin to the ministry has taken up the her husband Sukhbir the alleged negligence October after work on an Police said they needed ments remained closed man and a local journal- imposition of jaziya, said issue with the Pakistan Singh Badal and reviewed and dereliction of duty. approach path is completed his custody to interro- while most of the public ist. Injured were admitted the Union minister, who government. the work. Besides seeking According to sources next week, an Archaeological gate him as he was part transport was off the to a hospital and 13 of was here on a visit to the Jaziya or Jizya implies a to name Sultanpur Lodhi- CBI investigations Survey of India official said of conspiracy, adding roads across the Valley, them were discharged upcoming integrated per capita yearly taxation ICP Road as Sri Guru revealed that certain dis- on Saturday. These cannons, that the bank provided officials said. after treatment. One per- check post facility, which historically levied in the Nanak Dev Ji Marg, the trict level police officials ranging between 3-20 feet, various credit facilities Terrorists carried out a son was still in hospital is to be ready by October form of financial charge Union food processing failed to perform their were lying in bastions and to the bankrupt Housing second grenade attack in but he was stated to be out 31. on permanent non- minister also urged the duties properly while parts of the fort overrun by Development and the Valley since the abro- of danger. The blast Ms Badal condemned Muslim subjects of a state Union government to probing the case. “It’s a thicket and were brought Infrastructure group gation of J&K’s special sparked panic among peo- Islamabad’s insistence to governed by Islamic law name the check post as fact that district police together over a period of firms. — PTI status. They targeted a ple in the town. — PTI charge the fee when asked to fund public expendi- ‘Sat Kartar ICP’. — PTI botched up the probe, three months by the ASI to following which the set up the “cannon muse- investigation was hand- um”, he said. However, heavy ed over to the CBI”, rains and lack of a proper Name of IAF officer killed by sources said adding that approach meant it could not Arunachal exercise routine, says Army the central probe agency be opened for public since Yasin on War Memorial soon will soon recommend June, he added — PTI AGE CORRESPONDENTS ◗ On military exer- of transgressions across erally in the high altitude departmental action PAWAN BALI said sources. Kashmiri NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 the LAC by the Chinese as a matter of routine. against them. NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 separatist leader Malik, cises in AP, the People’s Liberation Army Troops carry out acclima- “The girls were drugged Gujarat extends who heads the banned With dates for the second Army said forma- (PLA) have come down, tisation process to train and raped in their sleep. Rectifying an oversight, Jammu and Kashmir informal summit between tions undertake sources said. for high attitude regular- The girls were tied to Indian Air Force (IAF) Liberation Front had Chinese President Xi acclimatisation dur- On the ongoing military ly”. India had traditional- chairs and sexually deadline for fines will add the name of allegedly on 25 January Jinping and Prime exercises in Arunachal ly always adopted a defen- abused. The girls were Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Squadron Leader Ravi 1990 led a group of mili- Minister Narendra Modi ing months preced- Pradesh, the Army sive approach against made to dance to vulgar government extended the Khanna who was killed tants in Kashmir who yet to be officially ing winters and post sources said “formations China following the deba- songs. The girls were rou- deadline to impose enhanced in 1990 by separatist shot squadron leader announced amid mount- the winters undertake familiarisation cle in the 1962 war but a tinely beaten, sometimes penalties for helmet and PUC Yasin Malik, on the Khanna and three oth- ing speculation, the and acclimatisation dur- few years ago, it was with sticks. Some of the violations from October 15 to National War Memorial. ers, besides injuring sev- Indian Army sources on deliberations between the ing the months preceding decided that a mountain girls were murdered. October 31, a senior official “Of the four IAF per- eral other IAF person- Saturday termed the ongo- two leaders are expected winters and post the win- strike corps (the 17 Corps) And, all their cries for said on Saturday. Principal sonnel killed on that nel. ing military exercises in to be held at ters,” adding that “similar be formed that would for help fell on deaf ears. secretary (ports and trans- day, the name of three National War Arunachal Pradesh as Mahabalipuram near training exercise for all the first time give the The CBI has already port)Sunaina Tomar told was already on the Memorial, which was “routine” and “part of the on October 11-12, formations of Eastern country a potential offen- mentioned this in its reporters that the time limit National War Memorial. inaugurated by Prime acclimatisation process even as the ministry of Command have been sive capability vis-à-vis earlier chargesheet filed for penalties for helmet, pol- The name of Squadron Minister Narendra Modi for the high-altitude”. As external affairs remained undertaken.” The Army China. The timing of the in the case”, sources lution-under-control and Leader Ravi Khanna got in February 2019, hon- reported earlier by this tight-lipped over the mat- sources added, “As the 17 exercise has now irked said. high security registration left out due to an over- ours Indian soldiers newspaper, the Chinese ter. Meanwhile, following Corps is a new raising, not China. These are some of the violations was extended till sight and now his name who fell while defending side is upset by the Indian the first informal Summit yet fully formed, its troops India too is upset with horrifying details that October 31 due to festival will be added on the the country after military exercises which at Wuhan in China conduct familiarisation China following Beijing’s had been revealed by the season underway. — PTI National War Memorial,” Independence. are being held ahead of between the two leaders and orientation drills in open backing of Pakistan CBI in its earlier the proposed summit. The held last year, the number depth areas which are gen- on the Kashmir issue. chargesheet in the case . Thai judge Modi, Hasina sign 7 pacts Ashok Tanwar quits Pregnant lady dies as ■ Continued from Page 1 lowed in distribution of ■ Continued from Page 1 ■ Continued from Page 1 humanitarian assistance that started with the with Kumari Selja, while tickets. punish them,” the judge said Chattogram and Mongla to support the govern- Great War of Liberation his bete noire Bhupender In his resignation letter, ambulance out of fuel addressing the court and ports” that will make ment of Bangladesh’s of Bangladesh... They Singh Hooda was appoint- Mr Tanwar alleged that broadcasting his words on his movement of goods from humanitarian efforts to paid solemn tribute to the ed chairperson of the hardworking AKSHAYA KUMAR After getting to know phone on Facebook live. the Indian hinterland to shelter the Rohingyas in martyrs of the Liberation election management Congressmen, who rise SAHOO that the 108 ambulance “I’m not saying that the five North-eastern states temporary camps in Cox’s War, the Muktijoddhas, committee. from the grassroots and BHUBANESWAR, OCT. 5 they called for would be defendants didn’t commit the much easier. Bazar.” In the last one the Indian soldiers who Mr Tanwar had said belong to non-political delayed, Chittaranjan crimes, they might have done A joint statement issued year India has till now fought in the War and the that the Congress in and humble family back- A pregnant woman died shifted his wife on so... But the judicial process by the two countries said, spent about Rs 120 crore citizens of Bangladesh, Haryana had turned into grounds, are not valued on Saturday while she another medical ambu- needs to be transparent and “Both leaders emphasised on humanitarian aid to for their great sacrifices “Hooda Congress” as in the party anymore. was on her way to the lance available at the credible... punishing wrong the need for greater coop- Bangladesh. in the Liberation War of those who worked against “Money, blackmail and hospital after the ambu- hospital. people makes them scape- eration to commemorate This instalment of aid 1971... Both leaders vowed the party’s interests dur- pressure tactics seem to lance she was being car- Unfortunately, the goats,” he said. the two important comprises tents, relief to uphold these shared ing the last five years had work at the end. Now the ried in, ran out of fuel ambulance ran out of The Facebook feed then cut, anniversary years — and rescue material as values, in line with the been given prominence. Congress is the anti-the- midway. fuel midway and since but witnesses said Kanakorn Bangabandhu Sheikh well as 1,000 sewing dream of the Father of Earlier this week, alleg- sis of democracy, plagued According to sources, there were no refuelling recited a legal oath in front of Mujibur Rahman’s birth machines for skill devel- the Nation of Bangladesh, ing corruption in distri- by feudal attitudes and one Chittaranjan stations nearby, the the former Thai king’s por- centenary in 2020 as well opment of forcibly dis- Bangabandhu Sheikh bution of tickets for the medieval conspiracies,” Munda on Friday night pregnant woman and trait, before shooting himself as 50 years of placed women from Mujibur Rahman.” October 21 Haryana he said. admitted his wife to her family members had in the chest. Bangladesh’s War of Myanmar. The pacts inked between assembly polls, Mr “Congress visibly has Bangiriposhi hospital to wait for help for at “He is being treated by the Liberation; and the estab- India has also build 250 the two countries include Tanwar and his support- drifted away from its after she complained of least an hour. Later, doctors and is out of danger,” lishment of India- houses in Rakhine state of one for “withdrawal of ers protested outside basic principles and ide- labour pain. But as her even though a 108 ambu- Suriyan Hongvilai, the Bangladesh bilateral Myanmar that cost $4.5 1.82 cusec of water from party president Sonia ology,” he added. health condition lance did pick them up spokesman of the Office of the diplomatic ties in year million. Feni River by India for Gandhi’s 10, Janpath resi- Mr Tanwar alleged that became critical, the doc- and the woman was Judiciary, told AFP on 2021.” Sheikh Hasina “con- drinking water supply dence here. there has been a conspira- tors at the hospital admitted to Baripada Saturday. “He shot himself This is significant given veyed the gratitude” of scheme for Sabroom town, He had then resigned cy to eliminate young advised her family hospital, the doctors because of ‘personal stress’. that India is keen to her government for the Tripura, India and anoth- from all election commit- leaders like him who members to shift her to declared her brought- But the cause behind the stress strengthen the historical humanitarian assistance er for cooperation tees of the party. were brought in and Baripada hospital. dead. is not clear and will be investi- legacy of Sheikh Mujibur provided by India since between between the The Congress has groomed by former gated,” he said. Rahman (Sheikh Hasina’s September 2017 to help University of Hyderabad denied his charges and Congress chief Rahul No Thai judge has ever father) whose leadership meet the needs of the dis- and University of Dhaka. said due process was fol- Gandhi. — PTI breached protocol by making led to the creation of placed persons from On strengthening similar statements on the Bangladesh in 1971 after Myanmar. defence cooperation, the wider justice system, he added. Indian military interven- Welcoming Sheikh joint statement said, NC to meet Farooq A lawyer working with the tion. Pakistan’s influence Hasina, PM Modi said, “Both Prime Ministers Rajnath okays four... ■ Continued from Page 1 National Conference lead- suspects said Judge Kanakorn in Bangladesh has consid- “India prioritises its part- welcomed the initiatives chief ers were lifted. had ruled the prosecutor’s evi- erably waned under the nership with Bangladesh. for development of closer ■ Continued from Page 1 assistance, the already and Jammu and Kashmir Although Jammu-based dence was insufficient to con- government of Sheikh We are proud that India- Maritime Security The fund was created existing monetary grant People’s Conference leaders have been vict. “Right now the five are Hasina and this is some- Bangladesh relationship Partnership, and appreci- under the Charitable includes ex-gratia (cen- chairman Sajjad Lone, to released after the still being detained and are thing that New Delhi is a great example of ated the finalisation of an Endowments Act, 1890. tral) for various ranks prevent a possible back- announcement of the waiting to see if the state pros- hopes will continue. cooperation between two MoU on Establishment of A Bank Account was ranging from `25 lakh to lash to its move to nullify local body polls, a similar ecutor appeals their acquittal,” On the Rohingya issue, friendly neighbours.” Coastal Surveillance also opened in the South `45 lakh and Army Group Article 370. action in the Kashmir Abdulloh Hayee-abu, of the the joint statement said, A joint statement issued Radar System in Block Branch of Insurance ranging from Mr Mantoo said the Valley may not come Muslim Attorney Centre in “Prime Minister Modi by the two sides said, “The Bangladesh. Both leaders Syndicate Bank for public `40 lakh to `75 lakh. decision to meet the soon. Yala said. Over 7,000 people appreciated Bangladesh’s two Prime Ministers held also agreed to expedite to deposit money. Earlier, when he was the Abdullahs was taken at The adviser to the died in 15 years of conflict in generosity in sheltering detailed discussions in an work towards drawing This fund is in addition Union home minister, an emergent meeting of Jammu and Kashmir gov- the Malay-Muslim majority and providing humanitar- atmosphere of great cor- upon a $500mn Defence to the various existing Rajnath Singh had senior functionaries and ernor, Farooq Khan, on southern region. Thousands of ian assistance to forcibly diality and warmth… Line of Credit extended schemes for the welfare of launched “Bharat ke Veer district presidents of the Thursday said that suspects were jailed for acts displaced persons from Both Prime Ministers by India to Bangladesh, NoK and children of bat- fund” to assist families of Jammu Province two Kashmiri leaders will be linked to insurgency, many the Rakhine State of agreed to... ensure that for which implementation tle casualties in form of paramilitary personnel days ago, soon after released “one by one after under emergency laws imposed Myanmar. India will sup- this irreversible partner- arrangements have been additional ex gratia. killed or injured in restrictions on the move- analysis of every individ- on restive region. — AFP ply a fifth tranche of ship enhances the legacy finalised in April 2019.” In addition to the above action. ment of Jammu-based ual”. — PTI Voice of the people FEATURES PAGE The High Court judgment a direction for governments OPINION o across the world. It should be implemented in letter REVIEWS 5 ANALYSIS INTERVIEWS 360 and spirit — SULTANUDDIN KHAN, Paigah scion STORY BEHIND THE NEWS THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Law to the rescue of heritage The Telangana High Court may have brought welcome relief to heritage activists, but the state government's decision to demolish the Errum Manzil Palace raises many questions

The Errum Manzil Palace before it was acquired by the state government in 1951. Picture courtesy Dr Mir Asghar Husain

burden of showing that the Kurra substantial questions of law VOX POPULI Jithendra arising from the decision of Babu the High Court make it a fit eritage is for The issues A landmark case for final determination the people. The by the highest court of the Hgovernment land. This is indeed a diffi- owns half or more of cult proposition in view of the iconic buildings before us rrum Manzil has been the closely reasoned judg- that ornament the a landmark for well judgment ment and the flagrant viola- city. I would want it MIR QUADIR ALI ated could pay for its preserva- Eover a century but it tions of the law by the state to conserve these tion. This is easier said than has taken a landmark 111- noticed by the High Court. magnificent public spaces for the hile most of us agree done. page judgment of the High Conservation Committee. Therefore, preservation of A decision to appeal would people, rather than hurrying to tear that regulating altera- Firstly, there are not that Court of Telangana to save Proposals for demolition heritage has been incorpo- also send a clear message of them down. We are fortunate that Wtions or demolition of many buildings that are a vi- it from extinction. had to be notified, objec- rated to be part of 'life' the view of the government we have a tangible past in these built and natural heritage or able proposition. Even where On June 18, 2019, the tions invited from the public enshrined in Article 21 of with regard to its constitu- buildings, apart from our memories. preventing encroachments or possibilities exist, the govern- Telangana state Cabinet and it was only after consid- the Constitution of India.” tional obligations relating to If we do not preserve them, destruction of notified her- ment has not been able to find took a decision to construct eration of the objections, The right of an individual to the preservation of heritage Hyderabad will be just another soul- itage precincts is imperative, willing partners. The Hill Fort a new Assembly Complex to could the permission for preserve his or her heritage and adherence to the laws less city. but is it by any means adequ- Palace built by Sir Nizamat Ju- be built after demolishing demolition of a listed her- has thus been elevated to the that the government itself — Indira Devi Dhanrajgir, ate to address the consequent ng in the 1920s which was the the Errum Manzil Palace. itage building be given. status of a fundamental has brought into force. Distinguished citizen issues that are thrown up? residence of Prince Moazzam On June 27, 2019, Chief Regulation 13 was abrupt- right guaranteed by the Another option for the gov- There are a number of thor- Jah from the 1930s was leased Minister K. Chandrasekhar ly deleted ‘from its incep- Constitution, and no person ernment would be to follow t is the duty of ny questions and no easy out as a hotel after Police Rao performed the Bhoomi tion’ by the TS government can be deprived of such the procedure that is pre- governments to answers. Action. The hotel downed its Puja for laying the founda- by G.O. No. 183 dated right except by the due scribed by law to modify or Iprotect the valu- Land is scarce is every city shutters in 1997 and there have tion stone for the proposed December 12, 2015. Thus, the process of law. demolish heritage build- able heritage of our across India, and this scarcity been no takers since. Assembly Complex. regulation and protection of Furthermore, the High ings. This involves making a cities. These are irre- is increasing. India’s cities, Governments over the years Errum Manzil is a 150-year all the 151 heritage build- Court declared that since detailed proposal, inviting placeable invaluable, with their burgeoning popula- have attempted to preserve pr- old palace and was listed as ings listed under Regulation India is a signatory to the objections from the public evidences of our cul- tion, are bursting at the seams, otected monuments. Philanth- 'Heritage Building' pur- 13 were summarily done World Heritage Convention and taking a fair and consid- tural identity, and so to speak. ropic funding has been obta- suant to Regulation 13 of the away with. Hyderabad, once of 1972, a duty is cast upon ered view in light of the also irrespective of religions or There are competing uses for ined for iconic buildings such Bhagyanagar Zoning the model for heritage pro- the State to “protect and objections. There may be race. The Constitution also places a every inch of space available; as the Residency, Qutb Shahi Regulations, 1981 issued tection, earned the dubious conserve the cultural her- other options too to effec- duty and responsibility on the citi- it’s nobody’s case that iconic Tombs and the memorial com- under the AP Urban Areas distinction of being the first itage of the country” and tively get over the High zens, both to protect monuments buildings should be torn down plex of Mah Laqa Bai. The (Development) Act, 1975 in the country to repeal its “integrate the protection of Court judgment and allow and the environments assets. indiscriminately to make way results of the ongoing restora- which was adopted by the Heritage Regulations, heritage into comprehen- the state a free hand to — P. Anuradha Reddy, for development, but it’s also tion of Moazzam Jahi Market State of Telangana after its paving the way for the dem- sive planning programs”. demolish heritage build- co-convener, Intach Telangana true that available space needs from government budgets are formation. Regulation 13 olition of Errum Manzil as It is ironic that a govern- ings. to be utilised efficiently. visible. But such funding is was a comprehensive set of well as any other heritage ment that came into power On the other hand, it he judgment The argument goes that old not available to all buildings. procedures designed to pre- building. after having done so much would be open to the state reminds me of buildings that have sub-opti- A significant number of bu- serve and conserve heritage Eight writ petitions were for the people of Telangana government to embrace the Tthe wise and mal space utilisation, difficul- ildings are in private hands. buildings and was brought filed in the public interest in state, and holding out the High Court judgment and just verdict of the ties in upgradation to incorpo- The obvious question is how into force in 1995. the High Court of promise that the people of the principles laid down in Panchayat in rate modern facilities have to they will find the resources to Hyderabad was the second Telangana assailing the the state can rejoice in the it. Doing so would be to the Premchand's famous give way to the demands of bear the burden of preservati- city after Bombay (as it then Cabinet decision to demol- new-found recognition of credit of the government short story of the modernity. This is true of old on. The usual answer is again was) to have promulgated ish the Errum Manzil. A their identity and culture, and earn it the gratitude of same name. The structures in almost every city that they will have to exploit these regulations and they division bench of the High should so casually erase the people who believe that her- court has done an admirable job. It across the world. opportunities to generate rev- served as a model for the Court set aside the Cabinet protection of their heritage. itage is not just for the pres- is now up to the people and the Another controversy that is enues from the heritage build- rest of the country. decision on September 16, ent generation to do what rulers to preserve the city's precious raging is around the Osmania ing itself. The usual examples The listing prohibited the 2019. What next? they wish with it, but a heritage for future generations. General Hospital. There is no are of Chowmohalla Palace, demolition of a heritage responsibility to preserve it — Oudesh Rani Bawa, question that it was a splen- the Purani Haveli and Falak- building without the appro- Heritage is a News reports suggest that for future generations. Historian, heritage activist didly built hospital, but numa Palace. The truth is that val of the Vice-Chairman, fundamental right the state government is con- advances in medical science these opportunities do not HUDA (now the Metropol- sidering an appeal to the — (Kurra Jithendra Babu he landmark and hospital facilities pose the exist for a majority of private- itan Commissioner, HMDA While setting aside the Supreme Court to set aside is the Managing Trustee of judgment will question whether it can be ly-owned heritage buildings. after the coming into force Cabinet decision, the High the judgment of the High Deccan Archaeological and Thopefully put repurposed to take advantage Another issue is more funda- of the Hyderabad Metropo- Court has held that the Court. This is easier said Cultural Research an end to the threat of these developments. mental. Even if private own- litan Development “identity of an individual is than done, as an appeal is Institute, one of the looming over the About half of the listed heri- ers have some funds for main- Authority Act) and the moulded by his/her culture, not a matter of right. The petitioners in prime examples of tage buildings are owned by tenance, the heritage building advice of the Heritage history and heritage. state government has the the case) built heritage that the government. Some of them could be their only asset. are the pride of are in use and others are prac- Demolishing such buildings Hyderabad. I hope the ruling is tically abandoned. If these and developing the prime real The government should not appeal in the Supr- The state government should not appeal against accepted in the spirit that con- buildings are to be satisfacto- estate is the most attractive eme Court against the High Court ruling. The High the High Court judgment in the Errum Manzil case, cerned citizens expect it to be and rily maintained, the costs are proposition for such owners. Court has clearly rejected the government deci- it would be a waste of money. The state govern- steps are taken to restore all listed substantial. Citizens will ulti- Should they be denied the ben- sions. The TS government has lost sight of its pri- ment’s responsibility is to protect and preserve buildings, protect rock formations mately have to pay for this. efits of their inheritance? orities; the people want their basic needs fulfilled, our heritage, be it buildings or natural formations. and integrity of notified precincts Would they be willing to do? Admittedly, these questions not razing of our heritage to build grand structures The state government should accept the judgment ensured. Heritage activists point to are posed in terms of stark bin- for only those in power. with all humility. The existing Assembly building is enough — Sajjad Shahid the possibility of leasing out aries. The actual problem, and KCR is behaving like a king but he is not ruler material. for all our needs. Heritage activist such buildings for adaptive re- its solution, will always be more — MALLU BHATTI VIKRAMARKA, Congress MLA — N. RAMCHANDER RAO, BJP MLC use so that the revenues gener- nuanced – and more complex. Standing evidence of a priceless cultural legacy eration and my brothers, sis- Muharram was marked by the General and Chest Hospital Court is an exemplary one that Unesco is at the vanguard of ters and I were the wide-eyed all the rites and rituals that IT IS INDEED IRONIC and the Vikarabad Cottage bec- will go down in the annals of sensitising urban planners and Mir Asghar recipients of these tales. accompany it, with a huge nal THAT GOVERNMENT ame a Youth Hostel. Iram Man- heritage preservation and government to meet the chal- Husain This was a very special time saheb of solid sandal-wood AND CIVIL SOCIETY ARE zil was sold to the Hyderabad could well become a case study lenges of reconciling social and of the year at Iram Manzil. One paste rounding off the rituals ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES State in 1951 and has housed internationally. Perhaps more economic pulls and pushes of my father’s most enduring on the 10th day. Id-ul-Fitr and ON THE ISSUE OF HER- government departments importantly, it can provide a with heritage preservation. memories was the celebration Bakrid were of course very since. Ironically, it is the gov- much needed impetus to There are other resources such of Dasara. The estate in which important days. Interestingly, ITAGE AS EVIDENCED BY ernment, which is both owner reimagine what is required to as the facilities offered under ram Manzil — and there is a Iram Manzil was located was a Bathukamma was celebrated THE FRACAS OVER IRAM of Iram Manzil and the custodi- bring the focus back on her- Unesco’s Heritage Convention reason why I use this large one, with its own dairy. with the girls of the zenana MANZIL. an of built heritage of the state, itage and its value to rapidly as well the technical support Ispelling — was built by my Cattle were washed and bru- floating flowers and sweets on which decided to demolish it. expanding urban economies. from specialised organisations great-grandfather Nawab Mir shed; their horns were painted clay dishes on the stream that The history of Iram Manzil is It is indeed strange that gov- including the International Sarfaraz Husain, Safdar Jung, and decked with flowers, ver- flowed into the artificial lake also intertwined with that of ernment and civil society are Centre for the Study of the Pr- Mushir-ud-Dowla, Fakhr-ul- million and turmeric before that supplied Iram Manzil with What was at stake was the dis- the Nizam’s era and it would on the opposite sides on the eservation of Cultural Prope- Mulk in the late 19th century. dawn on that auspicious day. At water. appearance of tangible evi- have been a shame to discard a issue of heritage as evidenced rty (ICCROM) and the Intern- ‘iram’, meaning paradise in the appointed hour they were To many of the present gener- dence of the multi-cultural, standing monument to those by the fracas over Iram Manzil. ational Council on Monuments Persian, was the traditional paraded in a procession, pre- ation, unacquainted with the plural society unique to tumultuous times. International experience and Sites (ICOMOS). A team way it was transliterated into ceded by dancers and singers traditions of Hyderabad, it Hyderabad. My years at Unesco I was aware that Hyderabad shows that this need not be the was recently in Hyderabad and English and it is tradition that belting out traditional ballads. would appear odd that Hindu had made me particularly was a pioneer in recognizing case. In France, for example, Warangal in connection with is now uppermost on my mind In the meanwhile, the bustling and Christian festivals were aware of the good that can the value of integrating her- laws have been enacted for clos- the evaluation of the suitabili- in this festive season. kitchens had bubbling caul- celebrated on such a scale in a come out of preserving such itage preservation with its er coordination between urban ty of the magnificent Ramappa Nawab Fakhr-ul-Mulk (1860- drons readying the feast that Muslim household. But that memories and monuments. urban planning. I knew that the development and heritage Temple for recognition as a 1934) built several palaces, but would follow. The most pleas- was the tradition at Iram Creatively fostered, these can Heritage Regulations had been preservation and these are now World Heritage Site. Iram Manzil was the one in ing cattle earned a handsome Manzil and indeed in many be a powerful influence in shap- formulated and brought into ingrained in the management The government of Telang- which he lived in for the reward for its minder. Gaiety other households of the nobili- ing the values of present and force as early as in 1995, but practices of municipalities and ana state may want to explore longest time. It was home to my and goodwill permeated the air. ty in Hyderabad. future generations. learnt to my dismay that they city authorities. This is gener- collaborating with Unesco to father, Mir Moazzam Husain, It was not just Dasara but Though I had no personal Nawab Fakhr-ul-Mulk had a had been repealed. ally the case all over Europe, strengthen its own efforts in the Nawab’s grandson during other festivals too that were cel- stake in the property, I was strong conviction that if the Nevertheless, encouraged by where public authorities are this direction. his formative years. My father ebrated with enthusiasm. deeply distressed when I heard family properties had to be dis- the views of our very compe- trying to accommodate the The time to save the heritage grew up steeped in household was another special day the news that Iram Manzil was posed of, it ought to be for pub- tent lawyers, Rajkumari Indira growing public demand for of our past for the future is lore and the stories that his when Iram Manzil was lit up slated to be demolished. So was lic use. As it happened, his not- Devi Dhanrajgir and I decided more effective coordination n o w. grandfather told him of his life like a fairyland palace with Rajkumari Indira Devi Dhan- able palaces fulfilled such a pu- to petition the High Court of between urban heritage conser- and times. As it happens in diyas and candles. Christmas rajgir, the gracious doyenne of rpose. Asad Bagh is now Nizam Telangana to save Iram Manzil vation strategies and the over- (Dr Mir Asghar Husain is the most households, the stories was impatiently awaited for the Hyderabadi culture and a fami- College, Iram Numah at Errag- from demolition. all goals of sustainable devel- former Director for Education, were passed on to the next gen- choir and the presents. ly friend of long standing. adda became the Government The decision of the High opment. 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Courts must quash FIR Subhani order, grill magistrate t is indeed shocking that the chief judicial magistrate of Muzaffarpur in Bihar should allow a petition to institute a case for sedition, among other sections of the IPC, against 49 leading figures from the world of the arts Iand scholarship. In the eyes of the petitioner, these prominent personalities ought to be pro- ceeded against merely because they wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in late July this year to express their horror at the incidents of mob lynching against members of the and Muslim communities. They had urged him to take steps to expeditiously end this frenzy of crimes that has overtaken the country since the first Modi government took office in 2014. The petitioner before the CJM may be a crank. It is said he frequently goes to court against celebrities as a means of self-advertisement. On the other hand, he may be an ideologically or politically motivated individual. His sta- tus should not detain us. What should concern us is the evident non-applica- tion of mind by the CJM. Sedition is a serious crime against the country. India is not yet a one-man or LETTERS one-party dictatorship. Politically, highly objectionable developments have occurred in the country in recent years that have a majoritarian and commu- PRODUCTION IS KEY nal colour. Even so, we are not a banana Be alive to tyranny republic. Indeed, Mr Modi is able to draw It will be in the fitness attention to India and to himself, especially The economy has turned of things if the Patna when he travels abroad, because India is the consumption-neutral. The world's most populous and diverse — and for high court immediate- that reason extremely complex — democracy. drift in global and domes- ly quashes the CJM’s In light of these well-known facts, how dare dressed as democracy tic economic scenario order to the police to the magistrate in question confuse the PM, neither feeds an urge for file FIRs against the who is merely the head of government at the Nothing else can need to be asked because well-known and present juncture, with the country and the it is the judiciary to investment nor for sav- State? explain the coordi- which citizens go for pro- ings for lack of incen- respected persons on tection when the state It will be in the fitness of things if the Patna nated targeting of tives.The lower income the ground of sedition high court immediately quashes the CJM’s Pavan K. Varma Ashok Lavasa. His appears to be losing a and on other equally order to the police to file FIRs against the well- wife, his son and sense of democratic segment is losing its pur- phoney counts known and respected persons on the ground restraint. of sedition and on other equally phoney his sister received The media is rightly chasing power, the mid- counts. The magistrate should also be hauled Chanakya’s View notices from the considered the fourth pil- dle one is kept away from up and made to answer some tough questions by the higher judiciary. income tax depart- lar of a democratic white goods by uncer- Among those who expressed their concern are Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mani ment, in what was nation. It is the watchdog Ratnam, Aparna Sen, Anurag Kashyap and the historian Ram Chandra Guha, he Constitution bother about what the that governments fear, tainties regarding the a Gandhi scholar. None of them has any known party affiliation, and even if is just a docu- Opposition had to say. obviously a pre- for its dharma is to pur- future and the upper stra- they did it would not vitiate the logic of their argument. As citizens they are ment, a volumi- The proposed law was planned fusillade. sue the truth notwith- perfectly within their right to appeal to the highest member of the country's nous compila- neither sent to a select standing the whitewash tum is looking for a wind- political executive to set right a very serious wrong. Lynching is straightfor- tion of inani- committee of Parliament the Election Commission governments often pre- fall far beyond corporate ward murder. Tmate paper unless its nor were many of the sought to exonerate sent. But there has to be tax cuts. Spending does spirit is alive and constructive amend- Prime Minister something terribly vibrant. The mechanical ments moved by the Narendra Modi and Amit wrong with large sec- not create wealth, pro- enumeration of right and Opposition taken into Shah for electoral tions of the media today duction does. Any debt- Courting tragedy, denying Aarey duties, and the allocation account. The BJP had the offences during the last for people to be actually of work, means little if numbers, and hence the election. turning nostalgic about fueled consumer stimula- n the battle to save Aarey Colony, this round has gone to the Mumbai governments forget the right to pass the law in The judiciary is the last Doordarshan which had tion will make matters Metro Rail Corporation. The Bombay high court on Friday cleared the larger message in the the manner it wanted. resort for justice in a a monopoly on telecast- worse for the economy. Ibuilding of its depot on the 33-hectare jungle which, along with the maze of legal jargon. A The executive, consist- democracy, and it has, by ing some decades ago. Sanjay Gandhi National Park, forms the green lung of Mumbai city. This, system of checks and bal- ing mostly of the bureau- and large, lived up to this The absence of robust R. Narayanan despite proximity to solutions — in the form of unlitigated land in ances, which is so essen- cracy mandated to imple- expectation. But, some interrogation, of corro- Navi Mumbai Kanjurmarg. tial to any polity, must ment the government’s recent decisions by the sive enquiry, of question- Despite the havoc wreaked by the flooded Mithi months prior, a division work in actual practice if legislative and gover- judiciary are cause of ing, of exploring a point VANISHING CONG bench, led by Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog, dismissed a petition filed we are to call ourselves a nance agenda, has concern. On October 1, of view other than that by an environmentalist seeking it to be declared a floodplain. It also dis- true democracy. always been the weakest the Supreme Court (SC) espoused by the govern- IT’S UNFORTUNATE that barely a missed a non-profit’s plea to declare it a forest on the basis of the apex Otherwise, the shell pre- element in the democrat- refused to order a stay on ment, is the depressing fortnight before the Assembly court’s 1996 landmark T.N. Godavarman judgment — not on merits but on vails, while the sub- ic chain. Bureaucrats are the August 5 decision to truth about most of the elections in Maharashtra, differ- procedural grounds. The petitioners will now have to “swim or sink stance proves elusive. like litmus paper. They abrogate the special sta- media today. On the con- ences within the Mumbai Congress before the Supreme Court with respect to the Special Leave Petition filed These thoughts come to take on the colour of the tus of Jammu & Kashmir trary, the sycophantic unit are out in the open yet again by them and proceedings before the National Green Tribunal”. me as I review the many ruling establishment. (J&K). To do so is the endorsement of anything with its former chief Sanjay With wildfires raging and El Nino and La Nina expanding in intensity aspects of our democrat- Hence, we are seeing sit- court's prerogative. the government says Nirupam declaring he wouldn’t be year by year, climate change is upon us. Aside from being a signatory to ic fabric. We have the uations where so-called However, should the SC seems to have become campaigning. He is unhappy with the 2019 Paris agreement to fight back, India is identified as one of the legislature, the executive independent institutions have adjourned the next the norm. A media that the party for not accepting his eight major countries in the world with large climate mitigation potential. and the judiciary, and in the larger executive, hearing to November 14, has lost its objectivity, recommendation for a ticket. The Deforestation accounts for 4.3-5.5 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equiva- the manner in which such as the Central well after two Union that refuses to speak party’s biggest problem is faction- lents a year. Reforestation, on the other hand, presents an opportunity to each of them works, Bureau of Investigation Territories are created truth to power, and has alism. Most senior leaders in reverse the change. The situation simply cannot “be resolved with just either weakens or (CBI), the income tax, on October 31? Could not apparently decided to Mumbai Congress do not see eye to ‘business as usual’ and some technical solutions”, as a young, autistic girl strengthens democracy. and the Enforcement the SC have seen the collectively capitulate to eye. They are unwilling to work in pigtails recently said. The legislature is today Directorate, appear to urgency behind the sheaf the powers that be, is together even when the party is In the light of this knowledge and reality, should not the court, overbur- heavily dominated by have become the hand- of petitions seeking a nothing short of a facing its worst-ever crisis. If the dened as it is with case pendency, have taken a stand? Instead, it imposed the BJP. The party has a maidens of the govern- judicial verdict on the tragedy for a nation that crisis in its city unit is not addressed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Shiv Sena corporator Yashwant Jadhav, who had brute majority in the Lok ment. Nothing else — to reading down of Article prides itself on by the party, the Congress will slowly filed a plea against the approval granted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Sabha, which it has won give just one example — 370? Many people also being the world’s largest vanish from Mumbai, the city where Corporation’s Tree Authority to chop trees. Significantly, despite the through democratic elec- can explain the inexplic- expected the judiciary to democracy. it was founded in December 1885. usual 15-day buffer post-approval, authorities began tree felling soon after tions, and a “managed” able coordinated target- be far more proactive We are still a democra- Arihanth the verdict. What is the purpose of this act, if not to browbeat civil society majority in the Rajya ing of Ashok Lavasa, a with regard to the deten- cy, and a proud one at Secunderabad into acceptance and present the courts with a fait accompli? Sabha, which it has man- sitting Election tion of citizens. Personal that. But democracy The jury is out on this count. aged to secure through Commissioner. His wife, liberty must indeed be itself requires periodic OUT IN THE OPEN the absence of a united his son and his sister balanced with considera- introspection about its Opposition, and adroit received notices from the tions of national securi- credentials. There are CHIEF OF AIR STAFF, Air Chief floor management. What income tax department, ty, as the SC said, but are many trends today that Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh THE ASIAN AGE this essentially means is in what was obviously a gag orders on those who are a cause of concern. If Bhadauria’s admission that an that any proposed bill, in pre-planned fusillade. meet with leaders like these trends are not Indian Air Force missile shot down whatever form, can theo- Perhaps there is suffi- Farooq Abdullah really nipped in the bud, we its Mi-17 helicopter in Kashmir has retically become law cient reason for the necessary? could, incrementally, stumped the nation. The chopper T. VENKATRAM REDDY have a terribly undemoc- Editor in Chief simply because the rul- notices. Or, perhaps they Two months ago a chief was allegedly mistaken for an ing party has the num- have something to do judicial magistrate in ratic polity within a so- unmanned enemy aircraft and bers. What goes missing with the fact that Mr Bihar passed an order called democratic state. brought down when it was Printer & Publisher: T. 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Four ministers in Narendra which were to be led by Sonia, due to looks or colour of hair. WAQYANAWIS rashtra and Haryana seems a Modi’s council of ministers Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi, foregone conclusion in onia and Rahul may continue to respectively. However, the he honeytrap scandal in Tfavour of the ruling BJP- enjoy best relations as mother have opted for a hair Maharashtra unit of the party cited Madhya Pradesh has badly hit Sunday Diary NDA but the coming Assembly polls Sand son but in organisational transplant. It has given them Assembly polls as a reason for its Tsome BJP politicians. Chief in Delhi are giving the BJP leader- matters, Sonia is ushering in big a youthful, business-like inability to host Rahul. Disgruntled minister Kamal Nath can barely hide ship some anxious moments. The changes much to the chagrin of look. But politically, it is not party insiders allege that Congress his glee over the state police's internal feedback Amit Shah and “Team Rahul”. The AICC has a new leaders in Wardha were not keen on recovery of 92 high quality video clips J.P. Nadda have received indicates social media chief — Rohan Gupta — to work. BJP insiders insist Rahul, fearing for the young prince’s allegedly showing a number of returning in office who edged out aspirants Nikhil Alva that the informal cut-off penchant for courting controversies politicians, former ministers and with ease in February 2020 polls. The and Pawan Khera. Mr Gupta owes his mark of 75 years would not or saying things that would not help some bureaucrats in various stages of BJP leadership is also struggling to allegiance to AICC treasurer Ahmad change due to looks or the party in an election-bound state. undress and compromising positions put up a credible face against Mr Patel. Actress Divya Spandana, who In the end, nobody missed Rahul. in the company of three ladies Kejriwal. Union minister was heading the Congress social hair colour. wearing earrings and smiles. Some of Harshvardhan is reportedly reluc- media team, has reportedly turned a t may be a coincidence that four these clips have been doing brisk tant to be pitched as chief ministeri- tad apolitical, taking a keen interest he Congress managed to put up ministers in Narendra Modi’s rounds of WhatsApp groups bringing al nominee while eager souls like in the social circuits of London and a decent show to mark the Icouncil of ministers have opted for humiliation to those who were Manoj Tiwari and Vijay Goel have Lisbon. Buzz from 24 Akbar Road, T150th birth anniversary of a hair transplant. It has given them a contemplating a -like not found favours with the Shah- New Delhi, that houses the party Mahatma Gandhi, holding pad- youthful, business-like look. But toppling. Nadda combine. Some in the BJP headquarters — next to fall is yatras in various towns. Initially, politically, it is not to work. BJP thank God that the BJP leadership is NSUI chief Ruchi Gupta, a three big yatras were planned for insiders insist that the informal cut- The writer is a keen observer of the not toying with the idea of a Kiran Rahul favourite. New Delhi, Lucknow and Wardha off mark of 75 years would not change goings-on in backrooms of power Word SPY

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SUNDAY INTERVIEW Dilip Cherian Dilli Ka ‘BJP wants to finish Opposition parties Babu IPS-CAPF TUSSLE ON by inducement, coercion, prosecution’ MHA ADVISER’S EXIT The upcoming Maharashtra parties by gross misuse of Chief minister suggest to the state govern- t’s not the heaven-born Assembly election is looking political authorities. Huge Devendra Fadnavis is ment and the Central govern- alone who feel their turf is like an uphill task for the money is being spent to ment for the revival of the Ibeing trodden upon in the Congress. However, former destroy Opposition leaders or very fond of saying economy? Modi sarkar. The IPS officers Maharashtra chief minister woo the strong leaders into Saam, Daam, Dand, too are losing their “superior” PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN tells their fold. Bhed... Finish the Maharashtra is the engine of sheen. The Asian Age that all is not I think the people have seen Opposition any growth for the Indian econo- The recent unexplained lost for the party. He says this game. The electoral bene- my. Mumbai is the key for the removal of adviser to the that BJP governments have fit they expect to derive from which way i.e. either revival of the Indian economy. ministry of home affairs, failed to fulfil the promises the defections will not materi- by inducement, Although the government has R.K. Mishra, within made in 2014 and his party alise. reward, coercion, claimed that Maharashtra rec- days of receiving an extension, will fight on the “real issues” threat of inquiries eives maximum FDI, there is seems to be part of this such as unemployment, There is also factionalism in no evidence of that on the situation. farmers’ suicides and the the state Congress unit, and prosecution. ground. My repeated attempts The ministry’s order economic crisis. which is proving detrimental to get exact employment data curtailing his service may to the party’s electoral the threat of a war-like situa- generated out of new invest- have something to do with the Why are so many people leav- prospects. How do you plan to tion in the Gulf; there is a ment after the Devendra Fad- long, ongoing tussle between ing the Congress and the address this problem? trade war between America navis government came to po- the IPS officers and the Central NCP? and China going on. There is wer have not got proper rep- Armed Police Forces (CAPF) We had been in power for also a long-term threat of new lies. Therefore, we continue to cadre over better pay for the It is a part of the BJP’s strat- too long and the factions were technologies, which is going search in the dark on whether latter. egy to finish the Opposition created due to conflicts of to take jobs away. And all this investment actually happened Mr Mishra was an officer of parties. Chief minister interest in local body and is happening while our econo- and which new factories the Central Secretariat Devendra Fadnavis is very cooperative body elections. In my has still not recovered would be constructed in the Service (CSS) and was a joint fond of saying Saam, Daam, local elections, nobody looks from the shock of demonetisa- hinterlands of Maharashtra. secretary in the ministry Dand, Bhed... Finish the at political affiliations. tion and the faulty implemen- before his retirement and Opposition any which way Strange alliances are formed tation of the GST. Based on What would you suggest they subsequent re-appointment as i.e. either by inducement, in these elections that lead to the figures released partially do for the recovery of the adviser. He was handling reward, coercion, threat of tensions. by the government and economy? the division in the inquiries and prosecution. I Budget documents, it is clear ministry that looks after the have never seen such a gross Mr Shah has asked the BJP that tax revenues are falling. One of the things is that the affairs of the paramilitary misuse of power and money. cadre to inform people in In order to make up for the government must bring down forces. But I think only some leaders Maharashtra about the deci- shortfall in revenues, the the GST rates on the automo- According to sources, CAPF and their kin have joined the sion to abrogate Article 370. Reserve Bank is being raided. bile sector and the real estate officers had been accusing him BJP. But their followers and Do you think that Article 370 An unprecedented `71,000 sector. In fact the GST rate of allegedly favouring the IPS voters still believe in will be an issue in the crores worth of bank frauds should not be over 18 per cent officers in service-related Congress’ ideology of inclu- Maharashtra election, as the were detected last year. They as we were strongly arguing matters. sivity. BJP wants to make it an merged 10 banks into four at the time of implementation His removal is being seen as a They will vote accordingly issue? banks, but the underlying of the GST. Also, the filing of sign that the ministry is now in the forthcoming Assembly problem of mismanagement the GST needs to be simpli- sympathetic to the CAPF cadre election. The Prime Minister, the of public sector banks fied. Each trader having to officers’ cause. Union home minister as well remains. Will the govern- file 37 returns every year is As a further fillip to the CAPF Amit Shah and Narendra as the chief minister are mak- ment release the names of unacceptable. cadre officers, the department Modi have been speaking of ing this an issue in the ongo- these fraudsters who have of personnel and training has Congress-mukt Bharat for the ing campaign. They are just Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan defrauded the public exche- Sharad Pawar was trying to directed the home ministry to last five years. Will simply running away from quer to the tune of `71,000 bring Raj Thackeray’s MNS grant better pay benefits Maharashtra be the first step issues of bread and butter of crores only last year. Since into the UPA fold in to the CAPF, in accordance of their “Congress-mukt the common people. They are will bring them to the real on the current status of the the Narendra Modi govern- Maharashtra. Can Congress with the enhanced status given Bharat” idea? not willing tackle the ques- issues. Indian economy? ment came to power, the agree to it in order to defeat to them by the Supreme tions of unemployment, lack amount of bank frauds has the BJP? Court. This will put the They did speak about of development in industry, You have been expressing We have the lowest quarter- increased sevenfold. The gov- officers of CAPF on par with Congress-mukt Bharat. But the drought and farmers’ sui- concerns over the state of the ly growth figures in the last ernment has lost control over I think that there were two their counterparts in the IAS, even RSS chief Mohan cides. None of the critical economy. As the figures of six years. The unemployment the economy and they are views about bringing Raj IPS and other A category Bhagwat took objection to it. issues including corruption the first quarter have been rate is the highest in 45 years. clueless as to how to fix it. Thackeray’s party into the services. They don’t use the phrase at the highest levels of the released for the current fiscal All parameters — invest- alliance. But now the final The home ministry has anymore. But they do want to government have been dis- year, there is much talk about ment, exports, capital forma- How would the current state decision has been taken. I reportedly issued an order to make it one-party rule; they cussed. They are only dis- the grim situation of the tion — all those figures are of the economy impact don’t think that it is right director-generals (DGs) want to finish the Opposition cussing emotional issues. We economy. What is your view extremely dismal. There is Maharashtra? What will you time to comment on it. of the forces and asked them to not only form internal committees for grant of non- functional selection grade (NFSG) to CAPF officers but to also frame new recruitment rules. Mr Mishra’s removal War, as we have known it, is no more notwithstanding, the ongoing rivalry between the IPS and the CAPF officers is far from against fighter planes are also 100 Germany developed very powerful marines while also focussing on cap- media today to create a war inside over. Watch this space for years old, and it is why these mechanised armour divisions that turing governments through spread- another nation, by encouraging it to updates. machines have not been used in helped it rout France and almost ing socialism. Nato’s tanks are today fight itself. Turning one part of the Aakar combat much and by themselves conquer Russia. useless and America rightly accuses population against another by have not won a war. The United But even tanks became useless Europe’s nations of not contributing spreading hatred. No tanks or planes Patel States has fought its recent wars over time. I was a guest at the head- enough to pay for Nato because or missiles are needed: nations can SUCCESSION BUZZ with guided missiles because quarters of the North Atlantic nobody really sees the Russian be defeated and made much weaker manned aircraft are dangerous (to Treaty Organisation in Brussels a threat in the same light any longer. quite easily. A few years ago, we AT MEA the pilot) and ineffective. However, couple of decades ago. This organi- We are a few weeks away from the spent `59,000 crores on acquiring 36 it is difficult to get old men (and gen- sation was formed in 1949 to unite year 2020. It is as useless to arm Rafales and we do not know if we hough foreign secretary erals and admirals and such people western Europe against the threat yourself with tanks and fighters will ever use them. The chances are Vijay Gokhale still has story in the morning are all old men) to change their way coming from the Soviet Union. The today as was buying more horses in that we never will. The wars of the Tfive months to go before papers caught my eye. It of thinking and so governments and USSR had gone by then but Nato still 1920. The election of Donald Trump present time between nations are not the end of his tenure, babu was about the Indian Air nations throw a lot of money behind existed as a military alliance where shows this. Russia did not want going to be fought at the border corridors are already abuzz Force wanting another thinking that is old fashioned and each nation participating must con- Hillary Clinton to be elected and between large, organised formations with talk about his possible 200 fighter planes and quite useless. tribute its own soldiers and money. thought it was better if Trump won. of soldiers. They are being fought successor. Adebating which particular one it This is not new and it has always Nato spent a lot of money on tanks This is according to CIA and FBI inside the population and the forces Usually, this would be a should get. We already have or have been the way of warriors. The man because the strategic threat to investigations. Russia launched a are marshalled not by generals but routine, with the senior-most paid for various squadrons of who developed many of the success- Europe apparently was a Russian war to achieve its objectives. This hackers and bloggers who can do diplomat getting the top Russian-made Sukhois and MiGs, ful German tactics in World War II armour thrust through Poland. In war was launched through social their work anonymously from any post. French-made Mirages and Rafales. was a soldier named Heinz the last part of World War II, Russia media, where it used fake news and part of the world. But of late there has been no These aircraft have not seen much Guderian. He wrote that he tried defeated Hitler’s armies in gigantic spread propaganda to influence We think that national security is a predictable pattern or combat. They were last used 50 hard to introduce tanks into the armoured battles in which thou- American voters. Vladimir Putin very serious business and we should convention when governments years ago in a war that we launched Army but his generals were not con- sands of tanks participated. achieved his objective and was able trust the generals to do the right choose a foreign secretary, a in the east. After that they have been vinced. They wanted to stay with And so western Europe spent bil- to impose his will on America. thing for all of us, but as Guderian case in point being current mostly on the ground except for a their formations which had horses lions on developing defences against How much did Russia spend? `1.13 knew, this is not always wise. Union foreign minister couple of minor occasions. and did not understand or trust this tanks. However, warfare had rapid- crore. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, The fighter plane is 100-year-old new technology that Guderian was ly progressed and the Soviet offen- A nation can today bring another Aakar Patel is a writer, who was India’s envoy to the technology, having been first used trying to promote. Ultimately, the sive and defensive strategies had to its knees by cutting off its columnist and executive director of US when Prime Minister in World War I in 1914. Defences senior soldiers lost out and turned to nuclear missiles and sub- Internet. A nation can use social Amnesty International (India) Narendra Modi ejected the then foreign secretary Sujatha Singh and brought him in. At present, the punters are am Madhav, national gen- aharashtra chief minister Chandrakant Patil, state BJP pres- leagues — Nirmala Sitharaman betting on Syed Akbaruddin, eral secretary of the Devendra Fadnavis suf- ident and revenue minister in the and Smriti Irani — who were on India’s permanent , Mfered a major setback on Devendra Fadnavis government. the panel of party spokespersons representative at the United Rhas, for long been associat- the eve of the Assembly polls when Incidentally, Mr Patil is known to along with her in the run-up to the Nations, replacing Mr ed with the organisation of Prime the Supreme Court ordered that he be close to BJP president Amit 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Gokhale. Minister Narendra Modi’s mega- would have to face trial for failing Shah. If that happens, it would events with the Indian community to give details about two pending uring his recent stay in New mean that he would have Anita Katyal on his trips abroad. But the high- criminal cases in his 2014 election he Congress has, for long, York, well-known actor stepped over several batches of profile BJP functionary, once affidavit. The development has held the patent on syco- DAnupam Kher was invited to IFS officers, including Ruchi Political Gup-Shup described as the Prime Minister’s predictably set tongues wagging in Tphancy. But the BJP is fast a reception at the art gallery DAG Ghanashyam, currently our ambassador-at-large, was not at the the BJP. Everyone was taken by catching up. It has now become vir- to talk about his autobiography, high commissioner in London, forefront of the Howdy, Modi event surprise when the Supreme Court tually mandatory for every BJP Lessons Life Taught Me, who is also the senior-most and held in Houston on Mr Modi’s prioritised this case, given that it minister, MP, and leader to refer to Unknowingly. He shared the dais has a natural claim to the recent visit to the United States. is overburdened with far more Prime Minister Narendra Modi with artiste Madhvi Parekh, actor post. Instead, it is the low-profile Vijay important matters like the peti- and his achievements every time Manisha Koirala and India’s con- The other name in the Chauthaiwale, head of the BJP’s tions on the abrogation of Article they speak at a public forum, irre- sul general Sandeep Chakravorty. succession tussle is that of foreign affairs cell, who planned 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the spective of the occasion, which The reception was held on the eve Harshvardhan Shringla, the and coordinated the entire event. Ayodhya land dispute case. It is could even be the launch of a book of a three-day literature festival current ambassador to the US. Disquiet brews Mr Madhav and Mr Chauthaiwale also being whispered in the BJP which has nothing to do with the which was organised by the team Mr Akbaruddin is junior to are a study in contrast. While Mr that the case against Mr Fadnavis party or politics. True to form, the which holds the annual Jaipur both. Madhav is media-friendly and has had been pursued by his detractors BJP’s Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi Literature Festival. According to The foreign secretary’s become a well-recognised name in the party who are clearly not Lekhi found a way of referring to reports from New York, the festi- selection is done by the Prime in the BJP as and face, Mr Chauthaiwale is happy with the young chief minis- Mr Modi when she was recently val bosses were nudged by the Minister, often in consultation understated and virtually shies ter’s rising popularity graph. Then invited as the chief guest for the Indian Consulate in New York to with the ministry of external away from giving interviews to the there is also a growing feeling that release of well-known nutritionist organise an event for Kher where affairs. the star of press. Mr Fadnavis has the potential to Ishi Khosla’s new book, Eating he could discuss his book. The But since Mr Modi has often Little is known about Mr emerge as Prime Minister Right at Work. While speaking unusual interest shown by the done “out-of-the-box” thinking Chauthaiwale, who hails from Narendra Modi’s successor. He is about her battle with the bulge, Ms New York-based Indian diplomats in babu appointments, it Nagpur and belongs to an old RSS young, has a clean image, and hails Lekhi mentioned how she decided in this instance is understandable remains to be seen Fadnavis rises family. He was handpicked by Mr from Nagpur, which has helped to go on a diet after her children as Kher’s actor-wife is a BJP Lok whether this time the Modi when he was Gujarat chief him gain the confidence of the lectured her constantly about the Sabha member while the actor is a government goes by minister and Mr Chauthaiwale BJP’s ideological mentor, the RSS. benefits of healthy eating. “Look at self-confessed BJP fan. In fact, the “convention” or chooses to was working with a firm in And most importantly, he happens your Prime Minister, see how he is function for Kher’s formal book spring a surprise. Ahmedabad. He subsequently to be a brahmin, the right caste as so fit and alert... how hard he launch in August was held at the joined the BJP and was an impor- far as the RSS is concerned. This works,” Ms Lekhi quoted her sons, Indian Consulate. It obviously tant member of the party’s war has obviously not been well- thus ensuring that she had ticked pays to be an insider in the ruling Love them, hate them room in the 2014 Lok Saha election. received by other state BJP leaders the right box. It is no coincidence dispensation. ignore them at national peril, He is currently involved in pro- who also nurse chief ministerial that Ms Lekhi has been eyeing a is the babu guarantee and moting Mr Modi’s foreign policy ambitions. Among those men- Cabinet berth, especially since she Anita Katyal is a Dilip’s belief. Share initiatives. tioned in this connection include was beaten to it by her party col- Delhi-based journalist significant babu escapades [email protected] Major breakdown PAGE Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack earlier in the week during a World 8 campaign event, his campaign says THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Mask up, unite and fight Dems subpeona

I strongly condemn WH over Trump all acts of violence from all sides in Hong Probe on Trump’s impeachment intensifies Washington, Oct. 5: Kong Democratic lawmakers on Saturday demanded that — Michelle Bachelet the White House turn over UN human rights chief documents related to alle- gations that President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine for political IN BRIEF favours, as the explosive impeachment investiga- tion against the US leader 9 killed in Russia intensified. The Congressional com- strikes on Idlib mittees leading the probe Beirut: Nine jihadists were cranked up the heat on the killed on Saturday in Russian White House as evidence airstrikes on Syria’s north- mounted that Trump illic- President Donald Trump introduces Kearyn Bolin of western province of Idlib, a itly used his office to Texas State University at the Young Black Leadership monitoring group said. enlist Ukraine President Summit 2019 in Washington on Friday. — AP “Russian strikes this morning Volodymyr Zelensky’s targeted the Hurras al-Deen help to damage 2020 Mick Mulvaney, the com- gators, supported group and Ansar al-Tahwid in Democratic rival Joe mittees demanded that he Democratic accusations eastern Idlib, killing nine Biden, in exchange for turn over the requested that Trump had illegally jihadists,” said the Britain- military aid. files by October 18. sought foreign help for his based Syrian Observatory “The White House has The subpoena followed a reelection effort. And the for Human Rights, adding Masked protesters hold hands to form a human chain to protest against a ban on masks in Hong Kong on Saturday. refused to engage with — demand earlier on Friday Wall Street Journal eight others were wounded. All subway and train services were suspended, lines formed at the cash machines of shuttered banks, and shops or even respond to — mul- for documents from Vice- reported that, in an inter- were closed as the police sent text messages urging the public to avoid protests over the weekend. — AP tiple requests for docu- President Mike Pence. view, Republican senator ments,” the Democratic The investigators point- Ron Johnson said he had Iraq protests death chairmen of the House ed to Pence’s knowledge of learned that a quid pro oversight, intelligence Trump’s calls to Zelensky quo had been proposed to toll nears 100 and foreign affairs com- and his own meeting on Zelensky’s government by Baghdad: The death toll NO INSURANCE mittees said. September 1 with the Trump’s emissaries, tying from mass protests in “After nearly a month of Ukraine leader, as well as military aid to a Ukraine Baghdad and cities across Imran warns over aid stonewalling, it appears discussions he may have corruption investigation southern Iraq rose to nearly WILL LEAD TO NO clear that the President had with Trump and US into Biden. 100 on Saturday as the has chosen the path of diplomats about Ukraine Trump pushed back unrest entered its fifth day, ENTRY INTO U.S. defiance, obstruction, and and obtaining political hard, saying there was no parliament’s human rights cover-up. dirt on Biden. quid pro quo and, in an to people of Kashmir Washington, Oct. 5: The “His actions have left us A series of text mes- effort to recast the entire commission said. Nearly 4,000 people have also been SHAFQAT ALI ing with the Kashmiri US will block the entry with no choice but to issue sages between US diplo- saga, insisted it was his injured since the protests ISLAMABAD, OCT. 5 people in their struggle of immigrants without this subpoena.” mats dealing with responsibility to investi- against unemployment, poor for freedom. health insurance or the In their letter to acting Ukraine, made public by gate “corruption.” public services and wide- Pakistan Prime Minister Addressing the first ses- ability to pay for medical White House chief of staff the congressional investi- — AFP spread corruption erupted in Imran Khan on Saturday sion of National Zakariya bills, President Donald the capital on Tuesday, the said that anyone who Conference in Multan, he Trump revealed on commission said. It was not crosses the Line of said curfew had been Friday. immediately clear whether Control (LoC) from imposed in Kashmir for Consular officers will ‘Iran hackers the latest deaths were from Pakistan Administered the last 62 days. He said only be allowed to issue ‘No entry to those who Friday’s huge protests or Kashmir (PAK) to provide sick and injured visas to prospective target US fresh demonstrations on humanitarian aid or sup- Kashmiris were deprived immigrants who can Saturday. The authorities port to the people of of medical treatment and prove they “will not can’t afford healthcare’ presidential have imposed a virtual Indian side of the Jammu other facilities. impose a substantial ■ He has pushed blackout of the internet and & Kashmir will play into The foreign minister burden” on the US Washington: US will confirmation of protest casu- the hands of the Indian said negotiations for the health care system, block the entry of immi- wide-ranging immi- campaign’ alties in the provinces has narrative. I understand the settlement of Afghanistan according to a proclama- grants without health gration law reforms, Washington, Oct. 5: A trickled in slowly. The premier took to anguish of the issue were in progress. tion authored by Trump. insurance or the ability to while tasking author- hacking group that Twitter and wrote, “I Kashmiris in AJK He maintained that “Lawful immigrants pay for medical bills, ities with carrying appears to be linked to understand the anguish of Afghan people have suf- are about three times President Donald Trump the Iranian government China sends high seeing their fellow out mass deporta- the Kashmiris in AJK see- Kashmiris in Kashmir fered bloodshed for a long more likely than United revealed on Friday. attempted to break into definition satellite ing their fellow Kashmiris period which should end States citizens to lack Consular officers will tions of people in the US President Donald in Kashmir under an under an inhumane n o w. health insurance,” only be allowed to issue US, illegally. Trump’s re-election Beijing: China has success- inhumane curfew for over curfew for over 2 He thanked Punjab Chief Trump said in the visas to prospective campaign but were fully launched a high defini- 2 months. But any one months (sic). Minister for giving proclamation. immigrants, who can The measure will go unsuccessful, sources tion microwave remote sens- crossing the LoC from approval of expansion of “Immigrants who prove they “will not into effect on November 3. familiar with the opera- ing satellite capable of pro- AJK to provide humani- IMRAN KHAN shrines of Hazrat enter this country impose a substantial bur- Mr Trump made crack- tion said on Saturday. viding photographs with a tarian aid or support for Pakistan Prime Bahauddin Zakariya should not further sad- den” on the US health ing down on immigra- Microsoft Corp said earli- resolution of less than a Kashmiri struggle will Multani, Hazrat Shah dle our healthcare sys- care system, according to tion, a key part of his er on Saturday in a blog metre, official media report- play into the hands of the Minister Ruknuddin Alam tem, and subsequently a proclamation authored 2016 presidential cam- post that it saw “signifi- ed. The satellite was Indian narrative (sic).” an excuse to increase vio- Soharwardy and Hazrat American taxpayers, by Mr Trump. paign platform. cant” cyber activity by launched from the Taiyuan He added: “A narrative lent oppression of BB Pak Daman projects. with higher costs.” The “Lawful immigrants He has pushed wide- the group which also tar- Satellite Launch Centre in that tries to divert from Kashmiris in IOJK & He said that foundation measure will go into are about three times ranging immigration geted current and former north China’s Shanxi the indigenous attack across LoC (sic).” stone of Nishter-2 hospi- effect on November 3. more likely than United law reforms, while task- US government officials, Province in the early hours Kashmiris’ struggle Meanwhile on Saturday, tal project has been laid Trump made cracking States citizens to lack ing authorities with car- journalists covering glob- of Saturday. The satellite, against brutal Indian Pakistan foreign minister, which will help in provid- down on immigration a health insurance,” Mr rying out mass deporta- al politics and prominent Gaofen-10, was launched Occupation by trying to Shah Mehmood Qureshi, ing latest treatment facili- key part of his 2016 pres- Trump said in the procla- tions of people in the Iranians living outside aboard a Long March-4C label it as “Islamic terror- said Prime Minister ties to the people of idential campaign plat- mation. US, illegally. Last week, Iran. Trump’s official rocket and entered the ism” being driven by Imran Khan and the Southern Punjab and form. — AFP “Immigrants who Washington also campaign website is the planned orbit successfully, Pakistan. It will give India entire nation was stand- Baluchistan. enter this country announced plans to dra- only major contenders’ state-run Xinhua news should not further sad- matically lower its ceil- sites that is linked to agency reported. It was the dle our healthcare sys- ing on a decades-old Microsoft’s cloud email 314th flight mission of the tem, and subsequently refugee resettlement service, according to mail Long March carrier rocket American taxpayers, program by 40 percent. exchanger records. series. As part of the coun- 4 homeless men killed in New York with higher costs.” — AFP — Reuters try’s high-definition Earth observation project, the New York: A homeless less addicts and alco- microwave remote sensing man wielding a long metal holics. During the day, the satellite is capable of pro- pipe rampaged through increasingly gentrified WOMAN GETS viding photographs with a New York City on early neighborhood is bustling North Korea, US resolution of less than a Saturday, attacking other with small businesses and metre, the report said. homeless people who were street vendors offering SENTENCE FOR Gaofen-10 will be used in sleeping, killing four and discount goods, its side- land survey, urban planning, leaving a fifth in critical walks packed with pedes- KILLING SON to resume N-talks road network design, as well condition, the police said. trians. Late at night, when as disaster relief. It can also Chief of Manhattan the shops close, it turns Wichita, Oct. 5: A Helsinki, Oct. 5: US secre- serve key national strategies south detectives Michael into a quiet, desolate Kansas woman has been tary of state Mike such as the multi-billion dol- Baldassano said at a neighborhood that was the sentenced to 19 years Pompeo said on Saturday lar Belt and Road Initiative. Saturday news conference setting for Saturday’s and five months in teams from North Korea that the men were attacks. prison in the death of and the United States attacked at random in the New York police department officers investigate the The victims were her 2-year-old son after have arrived in the NZ BISHOP city’s Chinatown neigh- scene of an attack in Manhattan's Chinatown neigh- attacked in three different he refused to eat a hot Swedish capital to bourhood with the object borhood on Saturday. — AP locations near the inter- dog. resume discussions on that authorities recov- section of The Bowery Elizabeth Woolheater of Pyongyang’s nuclear pro- QUITS OVER ered. lowing the attacks. the suspect was wearing a and East Broadway. One Wichita was sentenced gram. Police responded to a 911 The chief said he also is black jacket and black died of blunt trauma to on Friday for the May Pompeo, who is in call just before 2 am, as homeless. “The motive pants that helped the the head. A second man 2018 death of Anthony Greece for the last leg of a SEXUAL ABUSE one assault was in appears to be right now, police find him quickly was attacked nearby but Bunn. European tour, said it’s Wellington: A New Zealand progress. A 24-year-old just random attacks; it just a few streets away. survived. He was hospital- The Wichita Eagle too early to know if the Catholic bishop has suspect was in custody but doesn’t seem any of them Two of the men were ized in critical condition. reports that the 24-year- weekend talks will yield Mike Pompeo resigned after a young has yet to be charged, the (the victims) was targeted killed on The Bowery, Police planned to question old Woolheater pleaded any progress that could woman accused him of detective said. The police by race, age — anything of which cuts through the him as soon as possible. guilty in August to sec- eventually involve anoth- two teams,” Pompeo engaging in “unacceptable recovered a metal pipe that nature,” Mr heart of Chinatown and The other three victims, ond-degree murder and er meeting between said. behaviour of a sexual that was still in the sus- Baldassano said. has for decades been attacked a block away, also two counts of child President Donald Trump He added that nature”, the Church said. It pect’s hands, when he was Two witnesses told known as New York’s skid died of head trauma. abuse. The boy died two and Kim Jong Un. Washington hoped the said Bishop Charles arrested after fleeing fol- responding officers that row, inhabited by home- — AFP days after he was beaten “We hope that the North meeting in Sweden would Drennan, who oversaw the unconscious. — AP Koreans came with spirit lead to “a set of dialogues North Island diocese of and willingness to move that could take place in Palmerston North, tendered forward to implement the coming weeks and his resignation after an what President Trump months that will really independent investigation WITTY | RESPONSES Changes bio over Trump’s mockery after UN session too and Chairman Kim deliver on the commit- into his conduct. “The agreed to back in ments that were made in young woman has requested Singapore last year,” said Singapore.” that details of the complaint Pompeo in Athens. Swedish foreign minis- remain private,” the metro- Talks are being held at ter Ann Linde confirmed politan archbishop of New Greta mocks Putin with Twitter bio the Villa Elfvik Strand on Twitter the presence of Zealand, Cardinal John Dew, conference facility in delegations. Sweden was said in a statement released Moscow, Oct. 5: Swedish sioned speech at the her to use his own words Lidingo, an island in the the first Western country late on Friday. Sex abuse climate campaigner Greta United Nations climate against him. Stockholm archipelago to open an embassy in scandals around the globe Thunberg has responded summit in September, After her speech at the located northeast of the Pyongyang in 1975 and is have shaken the Roman with wry humour on which went viral with her UN, Trump mocked her capital, Swedish news a major contributor of Catholic Church and the Twitter to patronising repeated question: “How tone on Twitter, saying she agency TT said. humanitarian aid to Pope has promised “zero comments made about her dare you?” “seems like a very happy It added that North North Korea. Because the tolerance.” “It can be con- by Russian President “I’m sure Greta is a kind young girl looking for- Korea’s chief negotiator, US does not have official firmed that Pope Francis Vladimir Putin. girl and very sincere,” ward to a bright and won- Kim Myong Gil, arrived diplomatic relations with has accepted the resigna- The 16-year-old changed Putin said of the cam- derful future.” on Thursday while US North Korea, Sweden has tion,” Dew said. “In the eyes her Twitter biography to paigner who sailed across Thunberg later changed special representative for often acted as a bridge of the Catholic Church, say “A kind but poorly the Atlantic instead of fly- her Twitter biography to North Korea Stephen between Washington and Bishop Drennan’s behaviour informed teenager” after ing to speak at the UN. read: “A very happy young Biegun came on Friday. Pyongyang. was completely unaccept- Putin described her in However, “no one worthy for young people to do all they can not to lead girl looking forward to a “We’re mindful that this The discussions take able, and it fully supports these terms at a Moscow explained” to Thunberg, raise environmental teenagers and children bright and wonderful will be the first time we place following an under- the young woman for com- forum this week. who has 2.7 million follow- issues, but raised the pos- into any extreme situa- future” have had a chance to have water-launched North ing forward.”Dew said the On Wednesday, Putin ers on Twitter, that “the sibility that someone was tions.” Thunberg has been a discussion in quite Korean missile on complainant had been said: “I don’t share the modern world is develop- manipulating Thunberg US President Donald tipped as a possible win- some time and that there Wednesday, which fell informed of Drennan’s resig- general enthusiasm” for ing quickly,” he lamented. “in their own interests”. Trump also attempted to ner of this year’s Nobel remains a lot of work that inside Japan’s exclusive nation. — Agencies Greta Thunberg’s impas- Putin said it was praise- He warned “adults must crush Thunberg, only for Peace Prize. — AFP will have to be done by the economic zone. — AP Cardio risk Low birth weight linked PAGE with cardiovascular risk 9 in children Science+Health THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI ■ IN BRIEF Parenting by lying places children at a greater risk of developing problems Save yourself Parent’s lies make kids liars, selfish from silent Washington, Oct. 5: Lies about lies in relation to spoken to children might their activities and help in controlling them Dishonest adults actions; prosocial lies (or lies intended to benefit for short term but contin- killer ASAP ue to affect them even Fibbing to children Psychologists who others); and exaggera- when they grow up. is a quick-fix parent- surveyed 379 tions about events. ypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure, A new study published ing tactic to elicit Singapore adults said Lastly, participants filled more commonly and casually known as BP in the Journal of short-term compli- honesty is the best in two questionnaires that Hamong the people around us, is one of the Eating nuts Experimental Child ance policy measured their self- fastest growing lifestyle disease in India and the Psychology has found that It could prove detri- Kids are more likely reported psychosocial world and one of the leading causes of other car- these lies are associated mental over the years to develop into dis- maladjustment and ten- diovascular diseases. might help limit with detrimental effects dency to behave selfishly Recent researches noted that there has been a when the child becomes as it cultivates a dis- honest adults if their and impulsively. steep 25.3% increase in the prevalence of hyper- weight gain an adult. They are more honest personality parents lie to them The analysis found that tension in India and these numbers are outnum- London: Despite their high likely to lie when they parenting by lying could bering themselves every year. Not only this, but calorie counts, daily doses grew up along with other place children at a greater the age statistics have also of nuts might help people problems they face. ing psychological and assistant professor Setoh For the study, risk of developing prob- lowered down alarmingly keep off excess weight, Researchers asked 379 social challenges. Peipei from Nanyang researchers incorporated lems that the society to 20 years, which means especially when nuts are Singaporean young adults Adjustment difficulties Technological University, 379 Singaporean young frowns upon, such as chances of suffering from substituted for less healthy whether their parents lied include disruptiveness, Singapore's School of adults to complete four intrusive behaviours. high BP and hence cardiac foods, a recent study sug- to them when they were conduct problems, the Social Sciences. online questionnaires. Asst Prof Setoh said, "It issues at a younger age are gests. Researchers followed children, how much they experience of guilt and “When parents tell chil- The first asked partici- is possible that a lie to distressingly high. 126,190 healthy middle-aged lie to their parents now, shame, as well as selfish dren that ‘honesty is the pants to recall if their par- assert the parents' power, An uncontrolled HTN can adults for 20 to 24 years. At and how well they adjust and manipulative charac- best policy’, but display ents told them lies related such as saying 'If you result in the following life the start, participants were to adulthood challenges. ter. dishonesty by lying, such to eating; leaving and/or don't behave, we will threatening conditions: Sakshi Pushkarna typically at a healthy weight Adults who reported “Parenting by lying can behaviour can send con- staying; children's misbe- throw you into the ocean Heart attack, heart failure, or slightly overweight. By being lied to more as chil- seem to save time espe- flicting messages to their haviour; and spending to feed the fish', maybe cardiac arrest, kidney fail- HTN ILLS the end of the study, about dren were more likely to cially when the real rea- children. Parents' dishon- money. more related to children's ure/damage, stroke, hyper- ◗ An uncontrolled 17% of participants had report lying to their par- sons behind why parents esty may eventually erode The second asked partic- adjustment difficulties as tensive retinopathy in the become obese. People who ents in their adulthood. want children to do some- trust and promote dishon- ipants to indicate how fre- adults, compared to lies eye, which can further lead HTN can result in increased their total nut They also said they faced thing is complicated to esty in children,” the quently as adults they lied that target children's com- to blindness, aneurysms the following life consumption by a half-serv- greater difficulty in meet- explain,” said lead author author explained. to their parents. It asked pliance. — ANI You can protect yourself threatening con- ing a day (14 grams, or with the following ways: ditions: Heart about half an ounce) were QUIT SMOKING: Nicotine in attack, heart fail- 3% less likely to become the cigarette is responsible ure, cardiac obese, researchers report in for narrowing your blood arrest, kidney The BMJ. Boosting daily Aluminium battery Researchers record video of vessels, hardens their walls failure/damage, walnut consumption by a and promotes blood clot- similar amount was associat- ting; all this causing stroke, hyperten- ed with a 15% lower obesity that may store increased heart rate and sive retinopathy risk, while adding tree nuts virus assembly for first time high BP and a very high in the eye, like cashews and almonds risk of heart attack and aneurysms was tied to an 11% lower Washington, Oct. 5: In a tering microscopy, in stroke. obesity risk. Increasing nuts solar, wind energy first, researchers have Capsid structure which the light scattered LIMIT ALCOHOL INTAKE: Binging on alcohol has in the diet may help main- captured images of the by an object created a been linked to obesity and many heart diseases. tain a healthy body weight Washington, Oct. 5: formation of individual ◗ The researchers dark spot in a larger field GET YOUR PLATTER MORE COLOURFUL: A balanced in several ways, said senior Researchers have devel- viruses, providing a of light. diet rich in fiber content reduces cholesterol levels study author Deirdre Tobias oped a new concept for an detailed view of the mentioned that until The technique, the and promotes good heart health. of Brigham and Women's aluminium battery, which mechanism with which now, scientists had not study noted, does not DANCE-DANCE BABY: Dancing not only makes you Hospital and Harvard will give it twice the ener- particles self-assemble been able to observe show the virus’ structure, feel happy, it also gives your heart a rush!! Dancing Medical School in Boston. gy density as compared to into the parasite — an how proteins formed but reveals its size and or any other form of aerobics, say Zumba or “Their high healthy-fat and previous versions, and advance that may help us how that changed with cycling or swimming etc are a very good means of fiber content are more filling with least environmental find new treatment the capsid structure in time. working out your heart to keep it healthy. for longer compared with impact. approaches for viral dis- real time since the par- When the researchers, MOVE AT YOUR WORKPLACE: With hectic work processed carbs and other The idea has the poten- eases. asites and their com- attached viral RNA deadlines, people often remain glued to their sys- more easily digested foods,” tial for large-scale appli- ◗ The concept for The study, published in strands to a medium, and tems. However, you may still choose to leave your Tobias said by email. cations, including storage the journal PNAS, looked ponents were very flowed proteins over the seat for water every hour for 2 minutes or opt for “This may also benefit the of solar and wind energy. such a battery has at the formation of single- small, and their inter- surface, they could see stairs instead of escalators or lifts. Also, try to overall quality of the diet by Researchers from the potential for stranded RNA viruses — actions were weak dark spots appear and take a short stroll post lunch at office, and park making less room for less- Chalmers University of large-scale applica- the most abundant type of grow steadily until they your car a little away just to push yourself to walk. healthy snack foods,” Tobias Technology, Sweden, and tions, including virus on the planet that is were the size of full- EXERCISE REGULARLY: Exercising not only protects added. “So, even though the National Institute of responsible for diseases researchers, the proteins grown viruses. you from getting pinned by diseases but have nuts are considered calorie- Chemistry, Slovenia, are storage of solar and like the West Nile fever, arranged themselves into As the researchers potential benefits to help you manage your heart- dense, their intake likely dis- behind the idea. wind energy gastroenteritis, hand, hexagons and pentagons recorded the intensities of related issues. places other calories in the Using aluminium bat- foot, and mouth disease, to form a soccer-ball-like the growing spots, they Exercising under the supervision of a physio not diet to improve long-term tery technology could “The material costs and polio, and the common enveloping structure could determine how only does prevent you from overloading your heart weight.” To get the most offer several advantages, environmental impacts cold. around the RNA, called a many proteins were unknowingly but also underloading it, and it also benefit from eating more including a high theoreti- that we envisage from our The researchers, includ- capsid. attaching to each RNA helps you attain a good heart health by gradually nuts, people should avoid cal energy density, and new concept are much ing those from Harvard The researchers men- strand over time. building you through heart specific strength and nuts coated with salt and the fact that there already lower than what we see University in the US, tioned that until now, sci- “One thing we noticed endurance programs. A medical professional sugar, Tobias advised. exists an established today, making them feasi- studied an RNA virus entists had not been able immediately is that the works holistically to help you achieve your health During the study, partici- industry for its manufac- ble for large-scale usages, that infected the bacteri- to observe how proteins intensity of all the spots goals and educating you regarding prevention and pants gained an average of turing and recycling. such as solar cell parks, um E. Coli. formed the capsid struc- started low and then shot self-management of your health issues (if any). 0.32 kg. But each half-serv- Compared with today’s or storage of wind energy, The virus was about 30 ture in real time since the up to the intensity of a Get a regular health check-up especially if you ing of nuts added to a diet lithium-ion batteries, the for example,” said Patrik nanometres in diameter parasites and their com- full virus,” said Vinothan have a family history, and stay regular with med- was associated with less researchers’ new concept Johansson, professor at (thousands of times ponents were very small, Manoharan, co-author of ications for the same. weight gain. — Reuters could result in markedly the Department of smaller than the width of and their interactions the study from Harvard DRINK PLENTY OF WATER: It flushes out the toxins lower production costs, Physics at Chalmers. a single human hair), and were very weak. University. and keeps your vessels happy. reported the study pub- “Additionally, our new had one piece of RNA To unravel this mystery, Vinothan Manoharan lished in the journal, battery concept has twice with about 180 identical the researchers used a added that the shooting The writer is musculoskeletal therapist, Energy Storage the energy density,” proteins, the study noted. viewing technique known up happened at different AktivHealth Materials. added Johansson. — ANI According to the as interferometric scat- times. — PTI Potential drug to prevent More women than men run marathons Washington, Oct. 5: The The Twin Cities percentage of marathon Marathon in Minneapolis- heart failure developed runners made up by St. Paul has seen the num- ‘Watching films women has risen dramati- ber of marathon runners Toronto, Oct. 5: ◗ The drug works late key functions such as cally, going from 20 per decline, as people have Researchers have devel- heart rate and blood pres- cent in 1986 to a little over developed interests in can age you oped a potential drug to based on our sure, the study noted. 50 per cent in 2018, making other fitness activities, treat heart attack and pre- body’s natural clock In the heart, the it the first year more including CrossFit, yoga, prematurely’ vent heart failure — for called the circadian researchers said, that the women than men ran and biking which no cure currently rhythm found in all clock mechanism controls marathons. The Twin Cities London: Watching films can exists. healthy blood flow as well At the same time, Marathon as seen enroll- age you prematurely The study, published in cells of the body as how the heart responds marathon runners have ment in its shorter dis- because the faces we pull the journal Nature and eliminate the need for to damage and undergoes never been older. tance races increase at the viewing thrillers or horrors Communications Biology, patients to take possibly repair. The average age of run- same time as full make wrinkles worse, study noted that heart attacks debilitating heart medica- “This research is really ners around the world has The average age of gen- Runners of all distances marathon participants claims· Experts believe faces triggered inflammatory tion for rest of their lives. exciting because it opens been steadily rising, from eral runners has also have gotten steadily older has declined. we pull at thrillers, horrors responses that cause a The researchers said the door to use circadian 35.2 in 1986 to 39.2 in 2018 steadily increased even over the years, and Today, marathon run- or comedies cause wrinkles· scar in the heart which that the drug works based medicine therapies to The average age of more, going from 35.2 in marathon runners are the ners appear less interest- Study found viewers con- eventually leads to incur- on our body's natural heal heart attacks after marathon runners has 1986 to 39.3 in 2018. oldest, with an average ed in optimising their torted their face 20 times in able heart failure. clock called the circadian they occur and to prevent risen from 38 in 1986 to 40 The average woman run- age of 40 times than they are the horror film· During a come- The potential drug rhythm found in all cells the subsequent develop- in 2018, according to the ner is 36, while the aver- “Twenty years ago, you experience. The US has dy film we smile 115 times developed by the of the body. ment of heart failure,” study, a collaboration age male runner is 40. ran a marathon,” Virginia the second highest per- that could contribute to skin researchers, including The body clock consists said Tami Martino, co- between Danish research These demographic Brophy Achman, one of centage of women run- ageing. Just when you those from the University of genes and proteins that author of the study from firm Run Repeat and the shifts have posed some the organisers of the Twin ners at 58 per cent, fol- thought it was safe to go of Guelph in Canada, interact in 24-hour day the University of Guelph. International Association challenges to marathon Cities Marathon in lowed by Canada, Ireland, back in the cinema, a study would prevent scarring, and night cycles to regu- — PTI of Athletics Federation. organisers. Minneapolis-St.Paul, said. and Australia. — Agencies warns that watching your favourite films could accel- erate the signs of ageing. Experts believe the faces we pull while watching thrillers Gene editing method having or horrors, as well as laugh- ing during comedies, could potential to alter micorobiome be contributing to wrinkles Water isn’t the best drink to stay hydrated! on our faces. A study of Toronto, Oct. 5: grammed to target specif- 2,000 people found viewers Researchers have devel- ic stretches of genetic contorted their face in fear oped a new method to use code, and to edit DNA at Washington, Oct. 5: Clinical Nutrition in Another factor is con- “This study tells us centrated sugars — fruit 20 times over the course of the gene editing tool, precise locations, helping When thirst strikes, 2016, skimmed milk is nected with the drink's much of what we already juice, cola — mightn't be a horror film, while a thriller CRISPR, to target specific researchers permanently which drink comes to most hydrating followed nutrient composition. knew: Electrolytes — as hydrating as their saw fans pull a shocked, bacteria and kill them — modify genes in living your mind? Water? The by oral rehydration solu- For example, milk was like sodium and potassi- lower-sugar cousins. tense or surprised face 50 an advance that may lead cells and organisms, and answer might be yes for tions, full-fat milk, found to be even more um — contribute to bet- They may spend more times. Experts believe the to new techniques for also to kill bacteria. most people but it isn't orange juice, cola, diet hydrating than water ter hydration, while calo- time in the stomach and faces we pull while watching treating bacterial infec- But until now, the the best drink for hydra- cola, cold tea, tea, sports because it contains the ries in beverages result empty more slowly, thrillers or horrors, as well tions, and for customising researchers said that tion, researchers have drink, still water, sugar lactose, some pro- in slower gastric empty- —ANI as laughing during come- the gut microbe composi- there wasn't a way to effi- found. sparkling water, lager, tein and some fat. ing and therefore dies, could be contributing tion of individuals. ciently kill specific bacte- Simple H20 isn’t the and coffee. Milk also has sodium, slower release of to wrinkles on our faces. The study, published in rial strains. most hydrating beverage The reason lies in how which behaves like a urination,” CNN Meanwhile, test subjects the journal Nature While the idea of using around, according to a our bodies respond to sponge and holds onto quoted Melissa laughed or smiled 115 times Communications, CRISPR to kill cells and study from Scotland's St. beverages, according to water in the body and Majumdar, a registered during a comedy film. increases the possibility organisms is not new, the Andrews University. study author Ronald results in less urine pro- dietitian, personal Dr Harry Singh, of beauty of using CRISPR technol- researchers noted that While both still and Maughan, a professor at duced. trainer and spokes- brand Foreo, which led the ogy to alter the makeup of the main hurdle was in sparkling water can St. Andrews' School of This idea can also be woman for the study, said shocked expres- the human microbiome — getting the gene editing quench thirst, it can be Medicine. put forth for oral rehy- Academy of sions and squinting ‘might the community of tool to target specific defeated by sweet, fat or One factor is the vol- dration solutions used in Nutrition and result in frown lines and microbes that live in and cells. protein-rich beverages in ume of a given drink: treating diarrhea. They Dietetics as say- crow's feet..., which when on us — in a way that “Other delivery systems keeping a person hydrat- The more you drink, the contain small amounts of ing. repeated over a five-year could be personalized for could only go to a few ed, researchers found. faster it is absorbed into sugar, along with sodium The catch period could again result in each individual. spots, where ours can go According to the study the bloodstream, where and potassium, promot- here is the fact 50% worse lines’. Laughing The researchers from anywhere,” said co- published in The it dilutes the body’s flu- ing water retention in that beverages worsened crow’s feet and the University of Western author Bogumil Karas of American Journal of ids and hydrates you. the body. with more con- folds near the mouth by 40 Ontario in Canada said the University of Western per cent. — Agencies that CRISPR could be pro- Ontario. — PTI Norwegian writer Vigdis Hjorth’s latest autobiographical novel, Wills and Testaments, has estranged her from her PAGE family while captivating readers. It has also ignited debate 10 over the ethics of ‘reality literature’. Books THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Sapiosexual love is A minister recounts his where Buddha and Yashodhara were at hen I first read Telugu Kushalrani writer WVolga’s novel Gulab Yashodhara, translated game of thrones by P.S.V. Prasad, I review thought it was beautiful. Yashwant Sinha’s severe ness in the character of Chandra with the Prime Minister as he Even charming in the Shekhar, the man who inducted generally did [sic]. Those present way it imagined the life troubles within the BJP Sinha into the Janata Party. received it in complete silence; of Yashodhara, the con- began after the 2009 There is also a significant hint everyone assuming that he was sort of Prince Siddhartha who we now know as Gautama Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay elections which he won regarding the infamous doing so with the approval of the Buddha. In this book, Siddhartha did not marry from Hazaribagh although Kandahar exchange personally Prime Minister. But today is Yashodhara merely to fulfill his duty as a prince of his the party plummeted led by Jaswant Singh in another day...” land, and then abandon her without a word to find the review December 1999. Sinha writes that Sinha also writes that his answers to the many questions he had about the world. to a performance worse after the Cabinet Committee on “problems with the Sangh Instead the two young people were drawn to each other’s than 1991. This was the Security decided to “exchange Parivar increased when I became intellect, and insisted on marrying. time when pressure hostages for a few terrorists” the finance minister. In fact, senior So you might find yourself smiling a sappy sort of smile, t 81, Yashwant Sinha political career: The beginning — mounted on L.K. Advani issue of Singh “going to Sangh functionaries would often because from one perspective, Yashodhara is a sapiosexu- has seen it all. He had when he sought voluntary retire- Kandahar with terrorists to per- approach me to help someone al love story; a kind of Mills & Boon for the mind in which a worm’s eye view of ment from the Indian to step aside... sonally hand them to the close to them”. On his part he the two people concerned, while admiring each other’s Indian bureaucracy Administrative Service and Taliban” was “not discussed in tried to assist if the “work was physical attributes, are really twin souls. They are equals for almost a quarter of joined the Janata Party; the first most people he rubbed shoulders the CCS; it was announced by doable but, more often than not, I and partners, encouraging aA century and both a ringsider’s “real” recognition when he was with. One could have expected Jaswant Singh himself as he had to disappoint them”. This each other to become more viewpoint as well as participant’s appointed finance minister (with him to shed bureaucratic reti- entered the meeting room along obviously had them gunning for observant, think deeper, perspective of the hurly-burly cabinet rank) by Chandra cence and be more revelatory, him. apply their minds to what world of politics. He was member Shekhar — V.P. Singh who had especially on the most con- Sinha’s severe troubles within goes on around them; they of both Houses of Parliament been the previous Prime tentious decisions during his BJP began after the 2009 elec- ask questions about their besides also serving for a short Minister offered him a MoS rank tenure as Union finance minister tions which he won from own lives and the lives they period in the 1990s as Bihar state which Sinha turned down; his — in 1990 as finance minister Hazaribagh although the party see playing out around Assembly member. Sinha held decision in 1993 to join the when the perilous balance of plummeted to a performance them, they actively seek crucial portfolios of finance and Bharatiya Janata Party barely payment crisis forced India to worse than 1991. This was the answers to those questions foreign affairs during very months after criticising the party pledge its gold reserves, a deci- time when pressure mounted on so that the world may important periods in Indian and for its role in the demolition of sion “I could have done without... L.K. Advani to step aside from change, and they often act global politics and inhabited the Babri Masjid; becoming but that would have been highly leadership, Nitin Gadkari in ways that upset and diverse political camps which at finance minister once again in irresponsible”. Sinha may have became party president and more anger their families and times made common cause and 1998 — an appointment which considered including what little importantly, the rise of Narendra the larger society because on other occasions were at one enabled him to present several “revelations”, made in his 2007 Modi. Sinha was done in by his they refuse to stick to tradi- another’s throat. Like most polit- budgets and join the hallowed book — Confessions of a “ambivalence” regarding the tion if they believe tradi- ical leaders in India, the last group of Indian finance minis- Swadeshi Reformer. But certain- then Gujarat chief minister's tion is bunk. In Volga’s ver- phase of his political voyage has ters to present five or more Union ly, not much has been missed emergence as prime ministerial sion of her life, been in the wilderness as the budgets; his tenure as foreign because in his previous book, candidate of the party, a fact that Yashodhara is no mere party where he spent a quarter of minister from July 2002 till 2004 Sinha provided only a sketchy sealed his fate. Their differences society-approved womb to YASHODHARA a century found him of little use when the BJP and himself were account of the process of how 20 dated back to 2003 when Sinha as nurture the future of her By Volga, translated and was left “no role in the party. defeated in elections; the advent tonnes of confiscated gold was foreign minister delayed, with husband’s family. Instead, from the Telugu by I had no connection with the peo- of Prime Minister Narendra mortgaged. valid reason, Mr Modi’s travel to she is as determined to P.S.V. Prasad ple in the government either”. Modi at the BJP’s helm and final- Like in the previous book, the United Kingdom. It’s often seek enlightenment as her It is in times like these that one ly Sinha's exit from the party in Sinha once again mentioned his said of Mr Modi that he neither husband is, and is perfectly Harper Perennial India, sees political veterans penning 2018 after having held the placard being the “second choice” RELENTLESS: AN forgives, not forgets. Sinha possi- willing in the spirit of non- `299 memoirs, fulfilling a vital need of “rebel leader” since 2016 when finance minister in 1998 or how bly learnt it the hard way. attachment to let him go for the hitherto unknown. he joined an unlikely citizens' he was asked in 1999 to be the AUTOBIOGRAPHY when he tells her right at the beginning of their relation- Insofar as Sinha, the political group to explore political dia- minister once again but this time The writer is a Delhi-based jour- ship that he will have to leave her at some time. leader, is concerned, the interest logue in Jammu and Kashmir. in a truncated finance ministry. By Yashwant Sinha nalist and author. His This concept of marriage being a true partnership of in him is chiefly due to the fol- This is not a tell-all autobiogra- But there are insights into a cer- Bloomsbury, `799 latest book is RSS: Icons Of The equals is so radical in India even now in 2019, leave alone lowing episodes or phases in his phy and Sinha has been kind to tain moral and political hollow- Indian Right. in the Buddha’s historical time period, that even the writer cannot justify it without resorting to some sort of narra- tive device. So when Yashodhara and Siddhartha refuse to meet the expectations of their caste- and tradition-con- trolled society, each set of parents assumes their child has gone mad. And given that they would rather not be con- demned by the wider society for having lunatic children, they agree to let them marry sans a single condition attached. I love Volga’s imagination. I loved the ideas of the world this power couple of Yashodhara and Siddhartha came up with. In Y&S’s world view, there should be no gender hier- archy, no caste pecking order, no indisputable attitudes and traditions and no war. Only love and service and a love of learning. All these ideas are enshrined in our Constitution — the same Constitution that is now being debased every single day. A few weeks after I finished this book, I came across a social media post announcing an anti-feminist yajna in Karnataka. The horror of the post drove me to re-read Yashodhara. The book no longer seemed charming. Instead, Volga’s words were painfully wistful.

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A dense pre-Partition history of NWFP that fails to hold attention han Abdul Wali Khan One has to co-relate ers. The Pathans, or Pakhtuns, Punjab in 1901. In this regard the referendum in NWFP in culated in February 1946 to a (1917-2006), the son of formed the majority. Raghvendra Singh's fascina- 1947. An uninitiated reader select few like Sir Strafford “Frontier Gandhi” aka several chapters to get The region was retained as a tion with NWFP seems curi- might feel like they are swim- Cripps and A.V. Alexander on KAbdul Gaffar Khan, the complete picture on part of undivided Punjab in ous. Singh hails from eastern ming in the Oxus, with no the subject of viability of Priyadarshi once famously stated that he an issue, say the 1849, when the British van- India, and is neither a profes- coast in sight, while reading Pakistan. This obviously had been a Pasthun for the last referendum in NWFP in quished the Sikh power. Its sional historian nor a diplo- this 500-page tome. included the question of the Dutta 6,000 years, Muslim for 1,300 extent was augmented as a mat. He leaves little clue in the What puts the NWFP at a dif- strategic depth of Pakistan. years, and Pakistani for 25 1947. An uninitiated result of the Treaty of book about what inspired him ferent footing from the rest of At the critical moment, Khan years. The interplay of these reader might feel like Gandamak (1880), when to attempt such a challenging Pakistan is that this frontier Abdul Gaffar Khan failed to factors — ethnic, religious and they are swimming in Afghanistan ceded the dis- subject as his first auctorial province, despite being 92 per- take the bull by the horns. He nationalist — in North West the Oxus, with no coast tricts of Loralai, Zhob, Pishin, venture. Singh, an IAS officer cent Muslim majority, had demanded the governor of Frontier Province at the tip- in sight, while reading Quetta and Nauhki to the (1983; West Bengal), retired as voted for the Congress in the NWFP be removed, overlooking ping point of India’s Partition British. The 2200-km arbitrary secretary (textiles), Govern- interim elections of 1946, his real competitors, the forms the crux of Raghvendra this 500-page tome. line demarcating Afghan and ment of India earlier this year. rather than for the Muslim Muslim League. Too late in the Singh’s maiden book India's British spheres of influence He was reappointed as CEO, League. The province could day, he raised the banner of Lost Frontier: The Story of reviewer had to depend upon was fixed in 1893 by British museums and cultural spaces. have become an “exclave” of independent Pakhutunistan, North-West Frontier Province Obhrai's work to know the civil servant Mortimer But it must be conceded that India just as East Bengal was based on the tenets of Islam of Pakistan (Rupa Public- formative history of NWFP. Durand. In 1901, Lord Curzon’s Singh has written the book as a for Pakistan. While the and democracy, which ultimate- ations) published recently. The NWFP, for good reasons, new “Frontier Policy” resulted person who knows all the ins Congress callously abandoned ly ended up helping Jinnah. The province, now reorgan- is seen as an appendage of in the carving of NWFP with and outs, and their interrelat- NWFP to its fate, Mohammed The book has several photo- ised under the name Khyber Afghanistan. The province its five settled districts viz. ed threads. Ali Jinnah deployed Iskander graphs, but not a good map, Pakhtunkhwa (2010), is not a was, in a sense, carved out by Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, But then again if anything Mirza (a former government which remains a flaw. One also part of Indian political dis- Maharaja Ranjit Singh 200 Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan goes against the book it is his employee, who later became felt the need for a chronology course for the last 70 years. years ago. In 1820 the Sikh under a chief commissioner; same prolificacy. He is an the President of Pakistan) in a of events, which could have Occasionally in news for ter- forces occupied the territory and five tribal areas viz. Swat, expert speaking to an audience furtive mission to upturn the acted as ready-reckoner for rorism, its history remains lit- around Peshawar and Bannu, Chitral, Khyber, Kurram, that has little background public mood in the region. readers. Overall, it is an inter- INDIA'S LOST FRONTIER: THE tle known to most Indians. The also Kohat and portions of North Waziristan and South information on the subject. His Singh also writes about the esting book. last authoritative book on the Dera Jat, and pushed Afghan Wazirstan directly under the text is dense and the footnotes British strategic plans for STORY OF THE NORTH-WEST subject by an Indian viz. the settlers out of that area into Government of India. make it denser. The narrative Central and West Asia that led The reviewer is an author FRONTIER PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN Evolution of North-West barren Afghan hills. The rem- Obhrai, a senior advocate is multi-track and often non- to the creation of Pakistan and independent researcher Frontier Province was written nant population of the region hailing from district Jhelum, lineal. One has to co-relate sev- inclusive of the NWFP. He based in New Delhi. by Raghavendra Singh by Rai Bahadur Diwan came under Sikh sway as had actually lived in NWFP eral chapters to get the com- cites a strategic paper that the The views expressed here Rupa, `995 Chandra Obhrai in 1938. The Khairguzars or revenue pay- since its segregation from plete picture on an issue, say India Office, London, had cir- are personal. Reaction over criticism Lucy In The Sky is not for PAGE everybody: Noah Hawley after 11 film opens to mixed reviews Newsmakers THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI 6 elephants die trying to save

I know no one’s each other at Thai waterfall going to believe this, The incident occurred after a baby elephant slipped over the waterfall but it’s true. I’m Thailand: Six elephants ◗ There have been sim- in Batwoman. fell to their death in ilar incidents previous- Thailand while trying to ly at the same water- — Rachel Maddow, save each other from a notorious waterfall. fall, locally known as Television host Officials said that the Hell’s Fall. incident occurred after a ◗ In 1992, eight ele- baby elephant slipped phants had died after over the waterfall in falling SHORT TAKES Southern Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park. ◗ Officials said that Life of Pi helped Two other elephants Friday’s incident Actress Julie Hagerty attends the A black gibbon released by Indonesian nature were saved during the occurred after a baby Marriage Story premiere in New conservation agency personnel in Sampoiniet Lee crack Gemini incident on Saturday at elephant slipped over York on Friday. — AP on Friday. — AFP the Haew Narok waterfall the waterfall Los Angeles: For Oscar-win- in the north-eastern ning filmmaker Ang Lee, it all province of Nakhon ◗ Two other elephants began with a tiger in “Life of Ratchasima, officials said. were spotted on a cliff Pi”. The tiger, created with Thailand’s Department The bodies of six elephants are seen at the base of edge nearby and have digital technology in the of National Parks, Haew Narok waterfall in Khao Yai National Park on been rescued, officials India-set movie helped the Wildlife and Plant Saturday. said him crack the formula for his Conservation (DNP) said upcoming film Gemini Man, officials were called to the Edwin Wiek, the founder nately,” he said. around 300 wild elephants about a man hunted by his scene on Saturday at 03:00 of Wildlife Friends The national resources currently live in the park, younger clone, both played local time when a group of Foundation Thailand, said and environment minis- which covers more than by Will Smith. “I did ‘Hulk’ elephants was blocking a the pair may have difficul- ter, Varawut Silpa-archa, 2,000 square km of forest and not too long ago, I road by the waterfall. ty surviving as elephants told Reuters: “It was an and grassland. experimented with the tiger Three hours later, the rely on their large herds accident. We have often It is home to various in ‘Life of Pi’. In my head, (I body of a three-year-old for protection and finding seen this happening.” wild animals, including thought) this is within reach. elephant was spotted near food. The incident could There have been similar bears, elephants and gib- But now this is with a human the base of Haew Narok, also take an emotional incidents previously at the bons, and is a popular des- face, so you are playing with and five others were dis- toll. Elephants have been same waterfall, also tination for tourists. fire. This is new and scary but covered nearby. known to display signs of known as Hell’s Fall. Park chief Tunya at the same time, it’s pretty Khanchit Srinoppawan, grief. A herd of eight elephants Netithammakul ordered exciting,” Lee. — PTI chief of the national park, “It’s like losing half your died after falling in 1992. the waterfall to be tem- told the BBC that the two family,” Mr Wiek said. Around 7,000 Asian ele- porarily closed to visitors remaining elephants were “There’s nothing you phants remain in following the incident. The Rock, Dany to being monitored. can do, it’s nature unfortu- Thailand, out of which — Agencies produce docuseries Los Angeles: Dwayne Prince Harry Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Bhumi wins ‘Face of Asia’ Garcia, Brian Gewirtz and Kevin Hill from Seven Bucks sues tabloids Productions along with The Nacelle Company are set to over ‘phone award at Busan film fest produce docuseries “Behind the Attraction” for Disney Busan: Actor Bhumi Plus. Disney Plus has ordered hacking’ Pednekar has been hon- 10 one-hour episodes, report- oured with the Face of Tannishtha bags ed Variety. The series takes London: Prince Harry Asia award the 24th viewers into the history of has launched legal Busan International Film Asia star award how popular Disney attrac- action against two Festival (BIFF). Busan: Tannishtha Karishma Kapoor with tions and destinations came British tabloid newspa- Bhumi’s upcoming film Chatterjee daughter Samiera and son into existence and changed per publishers, they con- “Dolly Kitty Aur Woh has received Kiaan Raj Kapoor at Taj over time. It will also focus on firmed Friday, over Chamakte Sitaare”, which Bhumi Pednekar the Asia Star Virginia Mahal in Agra on how fans continue to obsess alleged phone hacking features her alongside “I am humbled and very Award for her Saturday. — PTI over these attractions. — PTI — just days after he con- Konkona Sen, had its touched that my work has directorial Gardner demned the press for world premiere at BIFF on resonated with audiences debut “Roam attends Hulu's critical coverage of his Friday. The film is writ- and critics in Busan. It’s Rome Mein” at the 24th Huluween television wife. ten and directed by my first international win Busan International program lineup cele- Harry, 35, extended his Alankrita Shrivastava so I am very proud of it. I Film Festival. bration in New York An attendee campaign against the and produced by Shobha have aspired to act in The film was on Friday. dressed as tabloids with fresh and Ekta Kapoor. films that have something screened under ‘A —AP Maleficent poses action after suing anoth- The award was con- important to say and have Window on Asian during Comic Con in er newspaper for alleged ferred upon the actor by a worked sincerely to deliv- Cinema’ section of the New York on Friday. invasion of privacy. prominent film and fash- er convincing perform- festival. —PTI — AP Reports said that the ion magazine of Korea. ances. — PTI new claims concerned phone hacking allega- Placido Domingo to tions. “We can confirm that a NEWS NUGGETS AEROSMITH TO GET MUSICARES receive music prize claim has been issued by Justin Bieber defends the Duke of Sussex,” PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD Mexico City: Opera superstar News Group KING’S MAN, MY Placido Domingo will receive Newspapers, which pub- Los Angeles: Legendary Las Vegas residency. buying designer kittens Mexico’s Batuta prize in clas- lishes The Sun daily and LOVE LETTER TO rock band Aerosmith MusicCares also made sical music. organizers said on the now-defunct News of will be honoured with the announcement on Los Angeles: Justin Friday, a day after stating it the World, said in a MOVIES: VAUGHN the 2020 MusiCares its official website. Bieber has told the animal would be withheld over his statement. Los Angeles: Filmmaker Person of the Year The band will receive rights group Peta to “suck sexual harassment accusa- “We have no further Matthew Vaughn has award. The four-time the award on January 24 it” after it criticised him tions. Domingo was chosen in comment to make at the described his upcoming Grammy winning band two days before the 62nd RARE BATS IN for buying designer kit- May to receive the first edi- current time,” it added. directorial “The King’s shared the news with Grammy Awards. tens rather than re-hom- tion of the prize in Mexico A source at the Daily Man” as a their fans during their — PTI KENT FOUND ing cats from a shelter. City during a ceremony this Mirror newspaper’s pub- “love let- AFTER 115 YEARS According to the Saturday. However, organizers lishers Reach told AFP ter” to cine- Hollywood Reporter, the said on Thursday they had they were aware that ma he grew POTENTIAL DRUG TO PREVENT London: One of Britain’s singer spent $35,000 “poaching and animal bru- decided to put his award on proceedings had been up watch- and northern Europe’s (£28,000) on a pair of tality”. hold “until everything is clari- issued but they had not ing. HEART FAILURE DEVELOPED rarest and most elusive Savannah cats named He added, “Go focus on fied.” Changing course they yet received them. The film, Toronto: Researchers inflammatory responses mammals has been dis- Sushi and Tuna. The kit- real problems. You are decided Domingo would Britain’s domestic which fea- have developed a poten- that cause a scar in the covered living in the east tens are a cross between a tripping because I want a receive the award. — AFP Press Association (PA) tures Ralph Fiennes, tial drug to treat heart heart, which eventually of England for the first domesticated cat and a specific kind of cat? U news agency said a royal Gemma Arterton, attack and prevent heart leads to incurable heart time in 115 years. The medium-sized, large-eared weren’t tripping when I source confirmed the Djimon Honsou and failure — for which no failure. return to Kent of the wild African Serval cat. got my dog Oscar and he claims were “regarding Harris Dickinson, cure currently exists. The drug developed by greater horseshoe bat has Peta said the pop star is” wasn’t a rescue, every pet CARDI SNAPS ON the illegal interception among others, is a pre- The study, published in the researchers, includ- delighted conservation- fuelling the dangerous we get must be a rescue? of voicemail messages”. quel to Vaughn’s the journal Nature ing those from ists, who are now examin- demand for hybrid cats”. “I believe in adopting Sky News television car- “Kingman” series and Communications University of Guelph in ing whether climate In an Instagram post, rescues but also think TELEVISION SHOW ried the same confirma- will release worldwide Biology, noted that heart Canada, would prevent change is shifting the Justin, 25, argued that there are preferences and tion. in February 2020. — PTI attacks triggered scarring. — PTI species’ range. —Agencies Peta should concentrate that’s what breeders are OVER CLICKBAIT — AFP on tackling issues like for.” — Agencies Los Angeles: Rapper Cardi B. has blasted an entertainment show for twisting her inter- view for “clickbait”. Taking to Richard replies Instagram Live, Cardi went on Marvel movies not cinema, an expletive-filled rant Singer Sia reveals she suffers from to Delpy’s ‘pay against the outlet, Access but theme park: Scorsese Hollywood, after it posted a short clip Los Angeles: Legendary helm of various MCU inequality’ issue from its interview of filmmaker Martin projects, reacted to neurological disease, chronic pain L o s the rapper. The Scorsese is not a fan of Scorsese’s comments. A n g e l e s : headline read, Marvel Cinematic “I was outraged when Los Angeles: Singer Sia who said they had the syn- Society, ehlers-danlos syn- stretch further than nor- Filmmaker “Cardi B Admits Universe (MCU) as he people picketed ‘The Last has revealed that she is drome thanked her for dromes are a group of con- mal), skin hyperextensi- Richard Baby Kulture Calls feels the movies don’t Temptation of Christ’ suffering from neurologi- bringing more awareness nective tissue disorders bility (skin that can be Linklater Someone Else serve the purpose of cine- without having seen the cal disease ehlers-danlos to the disease. that can be inherited and stretched further than has respond- Richard ‘Mommy’ Because Cardi B. ma and are rather a film. I’m saddened that syndrome. Sia, 43, is known for are varied both in how normal), and tissue ed to actor Linklater She Works So Much: theme park adventure. he’s now judging my films The 43-year-old being secretive about her they affect the body and in fragility. Julie It ‘Feels Wack’.” Cardi Scorsese said he has in the same way,” Gunn Australian singer took it life, and regularly hides their genetic causes. They The rare disorder is Delpy’s recent statement, accused the outlet of seen some of the Marvel posted on Twitter. to Twitter to share her her face under wigs and are generally charac- affecting only 1 in 5,000 where she revealed that allegedly “chop up” her Studios projects and “That said, I will always health issues with her fol- headgear. terised by individuals worldwide. she was not paid at par words but the rapper went found them lacking on the love Scorsese, be grateful lowers. She has had a string of joint hyper- Sia has been open with co-star Ethan Hawke too far when she ranted, “emotional and psycho- for his contributions to “Hey, I’m suffering with solo hits and has written mobility about her issues for the first two films in “Don’t use my kid for f***ing logical experiences”. cinema, and can’t wait to chronic pain, a neurolog- other songs for (joints with drug and alco- the critically-acclaimed clickbait.” She also explained “I don’t see them. I tried, see ‘The Irishman’,” the ical disease, ehlers-dan- Rihanna, Beyonce, that hol addiction, but “Before” trilogy. the real answer she gave you know? But that’s not “Guardians of the Galaxy” los and I just wanted to Katy Perry and Adele. has previously not The filmmaker them on a question regarding cinema. Honestly, the director added. say to those of you suffer- According to the spoken about acknowledged that “gen- how her work has changed closest I can think of Whedon, who has ing from pain, whether UK's National Health Ehlers-Danlos syn- der pay inequality” is an things for her when it comes them, as well made as worked on “The physical or emotional, I Service there are 13 drome in the public. important issue plaguing to motherhood. “So I they are, with actors Avengers” and “Avengers: love you, keep going. Life types of EDS, a con- Last year she she the society but asserted explained to them. I gave doing the best they can Age of Ultron”, also took to is f***ing hard. Pain is dition that offered a similarly that his “Before” trilogy them like a 2-minute answer, under the circumstances, the microblogging site to demoralizing, and you’re affects connec- encouraging message should not be taken as an right?... And I said things is theme parks. express his displeasure not alone,” Sia tweeted. tive tissue to fans last year example of this. have changed because a lot “It isn’t the cinema of over the veteran filmmak- In a tweet, the singer- around the around this “First off, these films of people expect me to do so human beings trying to er’s remarks. songwriter said she had body. Some time on anoth- we’ve been so lucky to many things. Like, a lot of convey emotional, psy- “I first think of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome forms are er issue. even get made fall people expect me to be in chological experiences to @JamesGunn, how his (EDS), a rare condition mild while “Eight years squarely in the the studio. Then I film for another human being,” heart & guts are packed that can cause joint pain others can be sober today,” indie/low-budget/labour- ‘Rhythm + Flow’. I filmed for the director told Empire into GOTG. I revere and extreme fatigue. disabling. she tweeted in of-love category. The first Hustlers. I’m working on magazine. Marty, & I do see his point, As of Saturday after- According Singer Sia is known for being secretive about September 2018. “I two were budgeted at 2.7 f***ing Fashion Nova and I’m Filmmakers James but...,” he tweeted along- noon, more than 100,000 to The her life and regularly hides her face under love you, keep million, nobody was get- doing other business s**t that Gunn and Joss Whedon, side a link to Scorsese’s people had liked Sia’s Ehlers- wigs and headgear during performences. going. You can do it.” ting paid much at all,” he is about to come out. — PTI who have been at the interview. — PTI tweet and many people Danlos — Agencies said. — PTI

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GUIDE TO FORTUNE Tick the answer and check Over 5,000 ‘spas’ in city but them below. Who is the first Pope to 1address the US Congress? MCDs claim only 498: DCW ■ Pope Francis ■ Pope John Paul II Women’s panel had busted alleged sex-rackets in ‘massage parlours’ ■ Pope John Paul I AGE CORRESPONDENT the national capital and NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 The DCW had con- The panel instituted running prostitution rack- On which spacecraft did ducted inspection of an inquiry in the mat- ets, it said. 2Rakesh Sharma make his The Delhi Commission for spa centres across ter of illegal spas The DCW, thereafter, historic trip into space? Women (DCW) on sought the details of all Saturday said there are Delhi and busted flourishing in the the spas listed on the por- ■ Salyut 7 more than 5,000 spas oper- alleged sex rackets national capital and tal. ■ Soyuz T-11 ating in Delhi, whereas operating in these running prostitution In a letter to the commis- ■ Apollo 2 the three municipal bod- centres. It said it rackets, it said. The sion, the search engine ies claim there are only had been informed women’s panel, informed the panel that Who among the follow- 498 spas. that several adver- thereafter, sought more than 5,000 spa and The women’s panel had massage centres are listed 3ing was the first lady tisements of spa the details of all the judge of the Supreme issued a notice to a search in Delhi. engine seeking informa- and massage cen- spas listed on the While the company has Court of India? tion related to the regis- tres on a website. portal. informed the approximate tration of spa centres on number of spas operating Artists perform Ramleela at August Park on Red Fort ground in New Delhi on Friday. ■ Justice Sujata V. Manohar their portal. in the national capital, it — ASIAN AGE ■ Justice Ruma Pal In its reply, the portal spas. alleged sex rackets operat- has sought six weeks’ time ■ Justice M. Fathima Beevi said there are more than The South MCD has ing in these centres. to collate the data, the 5,000 spas operating in informed that 297 spas are It said it had been panel said. SHORT Delhi. operating in its zone, the informed that several The search engine also TAKES The panel said that the North MCD said 127 spas advertisements of spa and stated that they are 4 bike-borne men snatch three civic bodies — East are operating in its zone, massage centres are avail- checking their internal Delhi Municipal and the East MCD said 60 able on the website, which policies and taking neces- 2 arrested for Corporation, South Delhi spas are operating in its was subsequently issued a sary approvals for provid- Municipal Corporation, zone. notice. ing the data as it may gold chain from woman killing woman and North Delhi The DCW had conducted The panel instituted an include “sensitive per- Municipal Corporation — inspection of spa centres inquiry in the matter of sonal information,” the AGE CORRESPONDENT The official of instead of robbery or New Delhi: A 35-year-old claim there are only 498 across Delhi and busted illegal spas flourishing in panel said. NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 snatching,” she said. tutor and his brother-in-law Delhi Commission The CCTV footage of the were arrested for allegedly A 34-year-old official of for Protection of society of Ms Rathee was killing a 24-year-old woman Delhi Commission for Child Rights was not working properly. in Northeast Delhi’s Karawal Couple held Protection of Child robbed of her gold “The CCTV footage of my Nagar area because she was Rights (DCPCR) was chain when she society was not working pressurising him for marriage, robbed of her gold chain was returning properly. I received police said on Saturday. The in `92 lakh in Rohini’s Sector-13 area footage from a nearby accused have been identified when she was returning home after drop- society which I gave to the as Naushad Ali, a resident of cheating case, home after dropping her ping her son in police officer. A senior Shastri Park and Rajiq (28), a son in school, police said school, police said officer called and asked resident of Ghaziabad, they on Saturday. me to come to police sta- said. According to police, car seized The victim has been tion on Saturday where highly decomposed body of AGE CORRESPONDENT identified as Jyoti Rathee, The woman approached they again recorded my the woman was recovered on NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 a resident of Rohini police where an e-FIR version and filed an FIR,” September 29 from a drain Sector-13, they said. was filed under section of Ms Rathee claimed. near Sardar Patel School, With the arrest of a hus- The incident occurred theft. However, a disciplinary Karawal Nagar. The post- band-wife duo, the police on Friday at around 9.15 “After the incident, I action has been initiated mortem was conducted at has claimed to solve a AM. “When I reached reached Prashant Vihar against the concerned GTB Hospital and a case of high profile cheating near my society gate, four police station which is officer. murder was registered at case involving an men on two bikes came around one-and-half kilo- “We have added robbery Karawal Nagar police station, amount over `92 lakh. and hit me. Initially, I metre away from the section in the FIR and a they said. During investiga- The 35-year-old man could not understand but spot and reported the disciplinary action has tion, the deceased was identi- opened a bank account when they again hit me, I matter. been initiated against the fied as Shabnam (name forging his wife as the fell on the ground and “The police officer, who concerned police officer changed), a resident of proprietor of the compa- they fled from the spot was present in the station who asked the woman to Shastri Park. Through her call ny he was working for after snatching my at that time, filed an e- file e-FIR,” a senior police detail records, police and transferred the chain,” Ms Rathee said. FIR under theft sections officer said. detained Ali for questioning amount to that account. who admitted to his crime. The duo were identi- Ali killed Shabnam on fied as Amit Gaur (35) September 26 by hitting her and Renu Gaur (34), both Gambling on the head with a rod. Later, residents of Techie held for sending he put the body in a sack and Bhajanpura, Delh. Amit, racket busted, dumped it in the drain with an MBA degree holder, the help of Rajiq, police was working for past ten threatening email to CM added. years with a company. 22 arrested, Union minister for science and technology Harsh Vardhan launches ‘green crackers’ He embezzled `92 lakh AGE CORRESPONDENT at Anusandhan Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI in connivance with his NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 `7 lakh seized PCR unit nabs 3, wife, said DCP (Rohini) S.D. Mishra. The Delhi police have AGE CORRESPONDENT bikes recovered Amit had earned the arrested a 36-year-old NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 Govt launches campaign to confidence of the man- techi for allegedly send- New Delhi: The PCR unit of agement. All of a sud- ing offensive and threat- With the arrest of 22 per- Delhi police on Friday appre- den, in January this ening email to chief sons, the Delhi police hended a snatcher, a thief year Amit resigned minister Arvind has busted a gambling and a pick-pocketer and also make city free of potholes without properly hand- Kejriwal. racket running in a recovered two stolen two- ing over the accounts. The accused has been building in Model Town wheelers in separate inci- AGE CORRESPONDENT Fifty ruling AAP legis- information about the During probe, transfer identified as Manish area and recovered over dents. DCP (PCR) S.K. Sinha NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 lators, each accompanied current condition of the of about `92 lakh in the Saraswat, a resident of `7 lakh from their pos- said that Kuldeep (43) was by an engineer, will city’s roads. Fifty MLAs alleged account opened Ajmer district in session. nabbed on Friday in Anand The Delhi government on inspect 25-km of road will be part of this exer- by the accused persons Rajasthan. Police said Manish Saraswat According to the Vihar area for robbing a per- Saturday launched a mega stretch in their area. An cise,” he said. was confirmed. Further, that the accused, a bach- police, the racket was son at knife point and recov- exercise to free 1,260-km of app will be used to locate Meanwhile, BJP mocked it was revealed that the elor in engineering in case was registered. busted on October 4 in ered `2500 from him. Kapil roads, which is managed and record the potholes the chief minister when accused had purchased a information technology, During investigation, Old Gupta Colony, New Kumar, who had stolen by its public works depart- and other damages, MP (East Delhi) Gautam property at Bhajanpura was unemployed. the cyber cell of Delhi Delhi. An FIR has been mobile and cash from a per- ment (PWD), from pot- which will be repaired Gambhir tweeted that this and a car with the cheat- According to a senior police mounted a registered in this matter son, was nabbed in Nand holes. immediately, said the indicated the roads in ed amount and trans- police official, two technical surveillance under Delhi Public Nagri area. In another inci- Chief minister Arvind chief minister. Delhi under the PWD are ferred about `15 lakh in offensive and threaten- which led to the Gambling Act. dent, constable Sunil of PCR Kejriwal, in a series of On Tuesday, Mr Kejriwal not in good shape. the account of his co- ing emails were arrest of Manish from On receiving secret nabbed a pick-pocketer tweets, said it is for the announced to launch the “Please go slow. There accused Mukesh received on the official Ajmer. information on October named Rahul (22) from a first time that such a big city-wide exercise from are many potholes. We Vashist, who is abscond- email address of the Police have also seized 4, Model Town police bus. Further, during scale road inspection is October 5 to identify pot- know the realities of ing, the DCP said. chief minister. the laptop from which station formed a team patrolling, the staff recov- being done to free the holes on roads. Delhi. But to keep yourself The property docu- A complaint was the accused had sent the which conducted raid ered two abandoned two- PWD roads from potholes “It will be like physical happy, it’s a good ments and the car were received by the CM’s email, said a police offi- at the Old Gupta Colony wheelers which were later caused by rains and wear audit of PWD’s roads and thought,” Mr Gambhir seized. Further probe is office following which a cial. here at around 1:30 am. found stolen. and tear. we will have complete tweeted in Hindi. underway. During the raid, 22 bookies were arrested red-handed while gam- Wanted criminal bling with the playing AAP member who attacked cards, said DCP held in Ghaziabad AAP launches drive to connect with Purvanchalis (Northwest) Vijayanta Arya. Ghaziabad: A man, wanted in Kejri at roadshow joins BJP AGE CORRESPONDENT areas inhabited by the and vigour. “The organiser and the over 20 cases, was arrested NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 The goal of Aapan Purvanchali people. Continuing his attack on main accused, Ashreet here after an exchange of fire AGE CORRESPONDENT Kejriwal’s attacker Purvanchal is to To celebrate their BJP and Congress, he reit- Singh, was found previ- with police, an official said NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 belonged to his own party. AAP MP and in-charge for highlight the good biggest festival, Chhat erated that on the one ously involved in online on Saturday. Anmol, resident The AAP leadership, the upcoming Delhi work done by the Puja, the Kejriwal-led gov- hand Congress and BJP betting during the sec- of Mandola in Bhojpur area, In a major setback to the including Mr Kejriwal, Assembly elections Sanjay Kejriwal government ernment has increased the ruled states of ond One-day and his accomplice were ruling AAP in Delhi, its however, had blamed BJP Singh, in a press confer- for the people of number of ghats from 72 Maharashtra, Gujarat, International Cricket going on a motorcycle on JJ cell chief Sushil for the attack. After join- ence on Saturday, to 1,200 while concretising and Assam have inflicted match between India Friday night when they were Chauhan on Saturday ing BJP, Mr Chauhan said announced the launch of Purvanchal, AAP MP and lighting them as well. violence, snatched liveli- and Australia,” cops flagged down by a police joined BJP in the pres- that he was pained to quit Aapan Purvanchal — an Sanjay Singh said “Fulfilling the long hood, and humiliated the added. team for checking near Sai ence of party’s city unit AAP which he had joined initiative to connect with demand of the people of Purvanchal, the “Three sets of playing temple in Indirapuram. The president Manoj Tiwari. with the expectations to the people of Purvanchal. Purvanchali people, Delhi Kejriwal-led Delhi govern- cards and `7,23,500 in duo instead opened fire at Mr Chauhan had earlier work for the jhuggi-jhop- “This campaign will and accompanied by AAP government has declared ment, on the other hand, cash were seized during them and tried to speed hogged the limelight after di (JJ) cluster people. start on October 6 and end national spokesperson a holiday on Chhat Puja. has ensured them jobs, the raid. This racket was away, but in retaliatory firing his video went viral on “I am happy, however, on November 20.The goal Dilip Pandey, PAC member Giving recognition to provided better amenities found active a few days Anmol was injured. He was social media in connec- that my eyes opened in of this dialogue is to con- Durgesh Pathak, MLA Maithili language, we for conducting their busi- ago,” the police said. arrested and rushed to a hos- tion with an assault on time as I realised that nect with our voters and Sanjeev Jha, Purvanchal have introduced it in the ness, and improved their pital, but his accomplice AAP supremo and Delhi AAP and Arvind explain them the good region president Sanjay school curriculum, a feat standard of living. ◗ On receiving managed to flee. chief minister Arvind Kejriwal did nothing for work done by the Kejriwal Bhagat, and all the MLAs which even the Bihar gov- He further said that the secret information — PTI Kejriwal in a roadshow the slums and its resi- government for the people of the respective area. ernment has not been able AAP government will on October 4, during the Lok Sabha dents in five years. Now, I of Purvanchal,” he said. He said that the AAP to achieve,” he added. start similar dialogue ini- THE ANSWERS TO TODAY’S GUIDE TO FORTUNE polls in May. hope under the leader- He added that under this government in Delhi has He assured that the tiatives for SC/ST, busi- Model Town police

A video of Mr Chauhan ship of Prime Minister initiative, more than 300 laid new sewer lines in Delhi government will nessmen, minorities, and conducted raid at Justice M. Fathima Beevi Fathima M. Justice

■ along with other AAP Narendra Modi and Delhi meetings will be organ- around 500 colonies, con- again make lavish for people living in jhug-

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■ workers at a meeting was BJP president Manoj ised and he will personally structed roads, and spent arrangements for this gis and rural areas of Pope Francis Francis Pope ■ ■ Colony at around posted on the social Tiwari, I will be able to attend around 150 meet- more than `1,000 crore in year’s Chhat Puja and cel- Delhi catering to different media to claim that Mr serve them,” he said. ings. He will be supported development projects in ebrate it with full festivity segments of the society. 1:30 am Support staff PAGE Kolkata Knight Riders have added David Hussey (in pic) and Kyle Mills as the chief mentor and as Cricket 14 bowling coach respectively for the 2020 IPL season THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

1 Rohit Sharma became the first batsman to score two SCORE CARD Come on Sharma hundreds in his first Test as opener. India (1st innings): 502/7 decl. Jee! Time for some South Africa (1st innings): Dean Elgar c Pujara b Jadeja 160, Aiden Markram b Diwali bonus in Ashwin 5, Theunis de Bruyn c Saha b and Ranchi Ashwin 4, Dane Piedt b Jadeja 0, Temba Bavuma lbw b I Sharma 18, Faf du Plessis — Gautam Gambhir, former India c Pujara b Ashwin 55, Quinton de Kock b opener is excited after Rohit Ashwin 111, Senuran Muthusamy (not Sharma’s back-to-back Test tons 13 out) 33, Vernon Philander b Ashwin 0, Keshav Maharaj c Agarwal b Ashwin 9, Number of sixes Kagiso Rabada lbw b Ashwin 15. Extras hit by Rohit in this (b 12, lb 4, nb 5) 21. Total (all out in 131.2 SHORT TAKES Test is the most by overs) 431. FoW: 1-14, 2-31, 3-34, 4-63, 5-178, 6-342, any batsman in a 7-370, 8-376, 9-396. single game. Bowling: Ishant 16-2-54-1, Shami 18-4- 47-0, Ashwin 46.2-11-145-7, Jadeja 40-5- 124-2; Vihari 9-1-38-0, Rohit 2-1-7-0. India (2nd innings): Mayank Agarwal c du Plessis b Maharaj 7, Rohit Sharma st de Kock b Maharaj 127, Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Philander 81, Ravindra Jadeja b Rabada 40, Virat Kohli (not 1 out) 31, Ajinkya Rahane (not out) 27. Extras (b 8, lb 2) 10. Total (for four wick- Rohit became the ets in 67 overs) 323 decl. first Indian to be FoW: 1-21, 2-190, 3-239, 4-286. stumped in both Bowling: Philander 12-5-21-1, Maharaj 22- 0-129-2, Rabada 13-3-41-1, Piedt 17-3- innings. He had never 102-0, Muthusamy 3-0-20-0. been stumped in South Africa (2nd innings): Aiden FC before. Markram (batting) 3, Dean Elgar lbw b Hardik Pandya Jadeja 2, Theunis de Bruyn (batting) 5. Extras (lb 1) 1. Total (for one wicket in nine overs) 11. Hardik undergoes FoW: 1-4. surgery in London Bowling: Ashwin 5-2-7-0, Jadeja 4-2-3-1. New Delhi: India’s first choice Rohit Sharma en route to his century in the second all-rounder Hardik Pandya innings against South Africa. — MURALI KRISHNA underwent a successful surgery in London for an acute lower- back injury that may force him out of action for a longer peri- od. “Surgery done successfully. Extremely grateful to everyone for your wishes. Will be back in no time! Till then miss me,” Hardik posted a message with a picture on his Instagram account on Saturday. Hardik is expected to be out of action Rohit’s second coming for five months. The Baroda all- rounder is the second key member in the Indian after pre- ■ mier speedster Jasprit Bumrah, Sharma resurrects Test career with back-to-back hundreds against SA who has been ruled out of the ongoing Test series against Vishakhapatnam, Oct. 5: The day once again spinners. He stepped out Rohit too was fortunate South Africa due to stress frac- Rohit Sharma smashed belonged to Rohit, who to the spinners more when Senuran CENTURY IN EACH INNINGS OF TEST FOR INDIA ture in his lower back. another hundred and a played yet another sub- often than not and other Muthusamy caught him Hardik played the T20I series plethora of records as lime knock at a brisk pace times he kept them guess- at long-on but after the against South Africa before India set an improbable after the hosts bowled out ing. review showed that he Scores Batsman Opponents Venue Season being ruled out of the Test 395-run target for South South Africa for 431 Thinking Pujara will touched the boundary 116 & 145 Vijay Hazare Australia Adelaide 1947-48 series because of the injury. Africa in first Test which almost one hour into dance down the wicket rope while releasing the — PTI is headed for an exciting morning session, earning again, Piedt dropped one ball for a legitimate catch 124 & 220 Sunil Gavaskar West Indies Port of Spain 1970-71 final day. a 71-run lead. short and Pujara stayed on the second attempt. When Rohit used Revelling in his new Rohit also broke the back to pull it over deep Pujara, who hit 13 fours 111 & 137 Sunil Gavaskar Pakistan Karachi 1978-79 role, Rohit effortlessly record of most sixes in a mid-wicket for a rare six. and two sixes, survived a a cuss word walked his way into the game with 13 maximums, Before that, he collected close DRS call on the last 107 & 182* Sunil Gavaskar West Indies Kolkata 1978-79 record books as he scored surpassing Pakistan four boundaries off ball before the break. New Delhi: After Rohit Sharma 127 off 149 balls, following great Wasim Akram who Maharaj to push up the South Africa, resuming 190 & 103* Rahul Dravid New Zealand Hamilton 1998-99 had a momentary abusive out- his 176, to become the smashed 12 in a match scoring rate. the day at 385 for eight, burst over Cheteshwar Pujara first ever batsman in the against Zimbabwe in The luck was also on batted for 13.2 overs in the 110 & 135 Rahul Dravid Pakistan Kolkata 2004-05 during the ongoing test match history of Test cricket to 1996. Pujara’s side as Kagiso morning scoring valuable 115 & 141 Virat Kohli Australia Adelaide 2014-15 between India and South Africa, score two hundreds in his Rohit smashed six sixes Rabada found the outside 46 runs courtesy debutant England all-rounder Ben Stokes opening ‘debut’. in first innings and seven edge of his bat in the Muthusamy, who 127 & 100* Ajinkya Rahane South Africa Delhi 2014-15 on Saturday came out with a In a debatable decision, in the second, including a same over but on both remained unbeaten on 33 witty tweet drawing compar- India batted late into the hat-trick of sixes off spin- occasions the ball landed off 106, and Rabada, who 176 & 127 Rohit Sharma South Africa Vizag 2019-220 isons between Indian captain final session on day four ner Dane Piedt in the 56th between first slip and hit three welcome bound- Virat Kohli and Sharma. before declaring their sec- over when India were wicketkeeper before run- aries in his 15-run cameo. Stokes, who has in past as well, ond innings at 323 for four looking for quick runs. ning to the boundary. — PTI displayed his wit and humour in 67 overs, giving them- His 169-run stand for the during similar cuss-words usage selves 45 minutes on day second wicket with by the Indian captain, took to four and the whole of day Cheteswar Pujara (81 Rohit’s sublime form has twitter to pass out his comment five to bowl out South off 148) set the tone for over the usage of the north Africa. India’s second innings Indian curse word. “This time In the end only 30 min- before Ravindra Jadeja it’s Rohit, not Virat....if you utes of play was possible (40 off 32), Virat Kohli know you know,” Stokes tweet- due to bad light after (31 not out off 25) and long-term implications ed. Sharma used it, urging South Africa came out to Ajinkya Rahane (27 Pujara to take a run. The out- bat. not out off 17) laying for the first burst of Sharma invoked a At stumps, South Africa played their time as an opening flood of humorous responses were 11 for one with part. Pbatsman, Rohit on Twitter. Ravindra Jadeja trapping Considering the Sharma marked his ‘second — ANI first innings centurion scenario, Jadeja coming’ in Test cricket Ayaz Memon Dean Elgar in front of the had come out to with a hundred in each stumps. The visitors need bat ahead of innings in the first match Over The Top another 384 runs for vic- Kohli. of the series against South tory. With 175 for Africa. Any skepticism The pitch remains slow one at tea, India about his ability to excel in matches, and the fact that squandering quite a few WE’RE STILL but is offering turn with had extended their the five-day format stands he was touted as perhaps chances that had come his the odd ball rearing up lead to 246 runs, comprehensively quashed. the batsman with the most way, belying the talent he from the spots created. scoring runs 140 But while the tons and natural ability in the coun- possessed and the faith IN CONTEST: Ravichandran Ashwin, runs in the session runs are crucially impor- try, he hadn’t been able to selectors had shown in him who took seven wickets in in 34 overs. tant obviously, how Sharma assure himself of a regular so far, was actually flailing PHILANDER the first innings along While stylish put mind over matter, the place in the playing side for for survival though he had with Jadeja, hold the key right-hander played triumph of will, was per- almost six years. been assured a ‘decent run’ Visakhapatnam: South Africa’s on the final day. in his usual fashion haps the more meaningful Though he became a by the team management. most experienced pacer Vernon With the stodgy Elgar and kept the score- in the context of how his hugely prolific — and This was a make or break Philander on Saturday said his removed, the only other board ticking, Pujara Test career had shaped up arguably the world’s most situation for him. How well team are still “within a shot” of factor could be Quinton found the going till now and the possibili- dangerous — run-getter in he capitalised on this winning the first Test against de Kock, who has often tough in the initial ties it holds out for the white ball, his failure to opportunity has become India and backed his batsmen proved to be a thorn in part of his innings future from here. come good in Tests dragged part of cricket lore after to emulate their first innings India’s flesh. which he scored eight There are very few in the his cricketing equity down the two innings in effort on day five here. Considering their spirit- runs off the first 62 world that can match several notches. You can’t Vishakapatnam. Most of In response to India’s 502/7 ed effort with the bat in balls faced. Sharma’s ability with the be counted among the this had to do with mental declared, South Africa exceed- the first innings, South However, after the bat. He has the supreme gift greats in unqualified terms regimentation. ed expectations by scoring 431 Africa would be backing first drinks break of of timing, a glittering if your Test record is poor. In the past, Sharma had in their first innings. At stumps themselves to bat out the the session, he went Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja celebrate South Africa array of strokes and, like This was the backdrop been guilty of some unin- on day four, they were 11 for 90 odd overs on the final on the offensive espe- opener Dean Elgar’s dismissal. — MURALI KRISHNA all batsmen who play late, against which Sharma tended casualness in one, needing another 384 runs day. cially against the has the style and panache started this home season. approach. This is not for an improbably victory. that makes for attractive Shikhar Dhawan’s poor uncommon in players to “I still think we are in with a batsmanship. form last season opened up whom the game comes very shot. They played really well, Indeed, his effortless bat- the door for Mayank easily. But time runs out myself, KG (Rabada) all started ting and utter disdain for Agarwal as an opener. After swiftly even for the best, well. Taking 70 runs lead we Pujara defends timing of declaration bowlers, when set, has this year’s World Cup, KL and six years after his would have taken it as they shades of Viv Richards in Rahul’s inability to play big debut, Sharma was on the scored 500 runs. Hopefully we Visakhapatnam, Oct. 5: on a fifth day track. his pomp: minus, of course innings despite getting precipice, with a failed Test come ready tomorrow, bat well Senior batsman We did not want to bowl too many “Hopefully, on day five, the trademark swagger, starts had the team man- career as his legacy. and take it real close,” said Cheteshwar Pujara on overs because we wanted to keep the this pitch wouldn’t be power and sheer physicali- agement seeking another In just four days, he’s Philander, referring to the 71- Saturday said that Indian ball hard for start of day five. easy to bat on and there ty of the West Indian great. opener. been able to turn things run lead they conceded to team timed their second will be a little more assis- That’s where the compari- Sharma, already in the around remarkably. Apart India. Did India play it too safe innings declaration in — CHETESHWAR PUJARA tance for spinners. We son ceased where Test squad, got the nod. This from Sharma, Agarwal (he by declaring when they did? such a manner that they have already seen that cricket is concerned. was being discussed infor- hit a double), Elgar, de Kock “Depends on how you look at didn’t have to start with a Africa finished at 11 for soft, it gets slightly easier the pitch offers variable Sharma’s failure to click mally for a while over the also hit centuries, but his it. There is a bit there for the soft semi new-ball on the one in nine overs bowled to bat.” bounce, so the fast consistently despite his past year between the team was the most pleasing, with spinners but in saying that we fifth day of their first in second innings. “We picked up a crucial bowlers will also come resounding success in management and selectors. huge long-term implica- batted 130 overs in the first Test against South Asked if the timing of wicket (Dean Elgar). So into play. I think so there other formats (he made 5 As I understand, coach tions for Indian cricket. innings. So they had to make Africa. declaration was right, as a team, we are happy is enough rough for spin- centuries in this year’s Shastri and captain Kohli Whether India can force a sure of that they get enough India batted 67 overs in Pujara said, “It was. We with the way things went ners and the cracks will World Cup) made him not were keen that Sharma win on the final day runs on board first of all,” their second innings to did not want to bowl too today,” said Pujara, who open up bit more on day just a conundrum, but the should be put to the test (Sunday) remains to be Philander said. declare at 323 for 4, leav- many overs because we scored a crucial 81 and five,” India’s ever- despair of team manage- during the home season for seen. But Sharma success “No game is a safe game. It’s a ing South Africa with a wanted to keep the ball shared an 169-run stand dependable No 3 said. ment, selectors and his him to find his bearings in as opener, raises the bar of good wicket, the batters are in near-impossible chase of hard for start of day five. with twin centurion Pujara is expecting legion of fans. this position. the Indian team high even good form and hopefully we 395 with an hour on You don’t want to end up Rohit Sharma. Ravindra Jadeja to At 32, Sharma’s Test There’s always a big gap higher. In the race for the can get a good start tomorrow fourth day and full fifth bowling too many overs Pujara also felt that it exploit the roughs. career was on the verge of to bridge between getting World Test Championship, and set up for later on in the day for batting. South and once the ball gets won’t be easy for batting — PTI lapsing. In spite of two cen- opportunity and making a this has come as a massive day.” — PTI turies in his first two success of it. Sharma, and timely boon. Zaniolo recalled PAGE Roma youngster Nicolo Zaniolo has been recalled to Italy squad for the upcoming European Championship Sport 15 qualifiers against Greece and Liechtenstein THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI CRUISE CONTROL MOTOR | RACING I have never been ■ Djokovic thrashes Goffin to reach Japan Open final happier off the Tokyo, Oct. 5: World num- court, never been ber one Novak Djokovic happier on the on Saturday cruised into THIEM RALLIES the Japan Open final, court. thrashing David Goffin 6- TO REACH FINAL — Ashleigh Barty after saving 3, 6-4. France’s Fabio Quartararo of the Petronas Yamaha SRT match point in China Open semis In the final, Djokovic OF CHINA OPEN rides during a practice session at the MotoGP. — AP will face Australian quali- fier John Millman, who Beijing, Oct. 5: Top seed squeezed past American Dominic Thiem fought SHORT TAKES opponent Reilly Opelka 6- back from a set down to 3, 7-6 (7/4). reach the final of the Quartararo takes 2020 F1 testings The Serbian star domi- China Open on Saturday nated his semi-final, start- — and also book his down, races up ing strong by winning the place at the season-end- first three games, picking ing ATP Finals. pole in Thailand Paris: Pre-season testing for up an early break while The Austrian will play the 2020 Formula One cam- fending off fierce Stefanos Tsitsipas in Buriram (Thailand), Oct. 5: needs to best Dovizioso by paign will be reduced to six attempts by the Belgian to Sunday’s decider after Newcomer Fabio two points in Sunday’s race days instead of eight to com- fight back. beating Karen Quartararo snatched pole to seal his sixth premier pensate for an increase in races Djokovic again picked Khachanov 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), position on Saturday for class title and eighth over- from 21 to 22. Two test sessions up an early break in the 7-5. Tsitsipas beat Thailand’s MotoGP, but all championship. of three days each will be held second set, and survived Alexander Zverev 7-6 (8- reigning champion Marc But he has struggled at Barcelona from February 19- all the four break points 6), 6-4. Marquez of Repsol Honda throughout in Buriram, 21 and February 26-28, FIA said through the match. The 26-year-old Thiem, remained hot favourite to with a crash sending him Friday. The governing body, “I think we both served ranked fifth in the world, clinch his sixth premier to hospital on Friday and meanwhile, confirmed that extremely well and pre- beat former number one class title at the Chang another spill during quali- there will be 22 races next year cise, not too much chance Andy Murray on Friday International Circuit after fying. with the opening Australian for returners,” he said in a and is one victory away coming third in qualifying. Marquez later told Grand Prix on March 15 and the press conference. “Even from a 15th career title. The 20-year-old reporters he was still finale at Abu Dhabi on though it was a two-set But he already has rea- Frenchman sealed pole happy with the result and November 29. In between will win, the quality of tennis son to celebrate because with a 1min 29.719sec qual- that he was approaching be a maiden Vietnam Grand was quite high.” the triumph over ifying lap, just ahead of the race like any other Prix in Hanoi on April 5 and a Djokovic won points on Russia's Khachanov Spanish compatriots despite the championship Dutch race at Zandvoort on 87 percent of his success- sealed his spot in the Maverick Vinales and looming. May 3 although both are still to ful first serves and never prestigious Finals in Marquez. Discussing his physical be confirmed. — AFP committed a double fault London next month. Quartararo’s rookie sea- condition he said he had in the roughly 90-minute Naomi Osaka will face son has seen the Petronas woken up in pain but that contest. world number one Yamaha rider climb to sev- once he started his day Hong Kong not to Goffin fought bravely, Ashleigh Barty in enth in the rankings, fast there was “not any prob- but Djokovic kept up the Sunday’s final of the emerging as one of lem”. host Formula E pressure with deep shots China Open after power- Marquez’s biggest rivals. He said Friday that the and quick footwork to fend ing to a convincing win Marquez, 26, has a com- crash left him unable to Hong Kong: Strife-torn Hong off any threat. over title-holder Caroline fortable 98-point lead breath for several seconds. Kong has been dropped from “I trained with ninjas Wozniacki. against his closest rival The superstar won the first the 2019-20 Forumula E season before this tournament,” The Australian Open Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso, Grand Prix in Thailand as the city is battered by four Djokovic quipped, when Dominic Thiem of Austria reacts while competing against Karen Khachanov of Russia winner threw off some who finished seventh in last year in a thrilling last- months of violent pro-democra- asked about his apparent in their semi-final match in the China Open in Beijing on Saturday. — AP initial frustrations to qualifying. corner showdown with cy protests that show no sign omnipresence on the emphatically end The Honda rider only Dovizioso. — AFP of abating. Organisers released court, during a post-match Wozniacki's reign in next season’s calendar Friday interview in front of Beijing with a 6-4, 6-2 vic- with the semi-autonomous city cheering Japanese fans. tory in 84 minutes. noticeably absent for the first “This has been a wonder- World No. 1 committed to The 21-year-old time since 2016. There was no ful week for me on and off Japanese, who on Friday OTT TANAK TAKES LEAD mention of why Hong Kong had the court,” he said. ended Bianca been dropped. But the South “Hopefully I will be able to Andreescu’s run of 17 IN WALES RALLY GB China Morning Post said organ- crown this week with a Tokyo, worries about heat wins in a row, took time isers feared they could not risk trophy tomorrow.” to settle against London, Oct. 5: Ott Tanak took the Wales Rally GB lead putting on the event given the In the final, he will face Tokyo, Oct. 5: World num- schedule,” said Djokovic isers, who are rushing to Denmark’s Wozniacki. from team-mate Kris Meeke in the closing kilometres major protests now coursing the 80th-ranked Millman, ber one Novak Djokovic after winning his Japan devise mitigation meas- World number four of Friday’s second leg, overcoming a late technical through the city. “The recent who is making his first said Saturday he plans to Open semi-final against ures, including bringing Osaka showed flashes of scare in the Welsh gloom. social unrest put a big question career appearance in the arrive in Japan early after David Goffin. forward the start time for irritation as she let World Championship leader Tanak moved clear of his mark on the possibility of start- final of an ATP 500 event. Wimbledon next year to “There will be a lot of events and even mulling Wozniacki off the hook Toyota teammate in the darkness of the final ing the event in March,” Edward Millman predicted “a lot acclimatise himself to the matches, a lot of players: the use of artificial snow. at 3-3 in the first set. But Aberhirnant speed test to carry a 3.4sec advantage Yu, governor of the Automobile of baseline exchanges” extreme heat during the men, women, doubles, Still, many test events in the ninth game Osaka into Saturday’s marathon stages. Association, said. — AFP with “one of the greatest Tokyo Olympics. mixed doubles. All of that over the past summer had scored the all-important Meeke took the lead in Thursday’s curtain-raising test players” of all time. The Serbian star urged needs to be played with- to take place under condi- break of service with an but despite failing to win any of Friday’s nine gravel “It will be a physical bat- tennis authorities to find in... Less than 10 days or tions regarded as “danger- arrowing forehand. road special stages in north and mid-Wales, the US Boxing trainer tle. I will probably be the a way to organise matches so. ous” for exercise, accord- Osaka broke her oppo- Ulsterman fended off a string of challengers until the underdog, coming to minimise harm from “It’s quite a challenge for ing to the WBGT index nent at the start of the last stage. Bashir attacked through qualifying. I the heat, with many the organisation to come that measures heat and second set to underline He was also overhauled by world champion Sebastien know back home in experts warning that up with the right sched- humidity. her superiority. Ogier, Tanak's closest challenger in the battle for the Los Angeles: A prominent US Australia, we all like Tokyo summer tempera- ule, I guess, where you “Some matches have to Earlier on Saturday, 2019 world title. boxing trainer was in hospital underdogs,” he said. tures and high humidity avoid the biggest heat, but be played at 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 Australia’s Barty booked But the leading trio are blanketed by only 3.6sec. Friday night with head injuries “I hope to bring my best may physically impact how can you really do it? pm. And with heat, it is her place in the final by Estonia’s Tanak was fortunate to remain in contention after being viciously assaulted tennis, a physical brand of players, fans and volun- That’s the question.” going to be very, very saving match point in a after a problem with his auxiliary lights in the penul- at a weigh-in in Flint, Michigan. tennis, and really just give teers. Tokyo’s notorious sum- tough for players and for tough three-set triumph timate stage as dusk was turning to full darkness. James Ali Bashir was punched it all for one more match,” “I just hope that ITF will mer heat has become a fans for anybody in the over Kiki Bertens of the “It was quite stressful in there,” Tanak said. — AFP from behind and knocked he added. — AFP manage to find the right major headache for organ- stadium,” he said. — AFP Netherlands. — AFP unconscious during the weigh- in at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center, US media reported. The TMZ.Com website ITALIAN LEAGUE said Michigan police have a sus- pect in custody but they did Platini free to return but not provide any details. Bashir was seen arguing with an Inter tackle Juve for supremacy unidentified person earlier in the weigh-in. Bashir was at the Milan, Oct. 5: Antonio rivals well having It will be the 200th time Qatar WC probe goes on weigh-in with his Croatian Conte warned Inter Milan coached Juventus to the both clubs have met in the boxer Ivana Habazin who was were angry at their defeat first three of their cur- league with Inter’s last Lausanne, Oct. 5: Former ● Platini’s four-year from the head of the world scheduled to fight American to Barcelona and ready to rent run of eight titles, win coming three years Uefa president Michel game, with Blatter banned Claressa Shields in a female fight to maintain their before going on to coach ago in the San Siro. Platini is finally free to ban for ethics for eight years, later contest on Saturday. — AFP Serie A supremacy the Italian national team Last season Juventus return to football next week violations is set to reduced to six, for his part. against his former club followed by two seasons at won 1-0 at home with both when his four-year ban for end next week The payment, made in Juventus in this week- Chelsea. sides settling for a 1-1 ethics violations ends, 2011 when Blatter was seek- end's top-of-the-table Meanwhile, Juventus draw in the reverse fix- although he remains linked ● He remains linked ing re-election as president, clash at the San Siro. have been boosted ahead ture in April with to a corruption investiga- was related to work carried Inter, riding high with a of the ‘Derby d’Italia’ Cristiano Ronaldo scor- tion in his home country to a corruption out by Platini between 1999 MARSEILLE perfect run of six wins, after with a confident 3-0 ing his 600th career goal. relating to the 2022 World investigation relating and 2002. play at home to the win over European rivals Atalanta, in third place, Cup in Qatar. to 2022 WC in Qatar The pair were found defending champions, Bayer Leverkusen. head south to Lecce in The former France cap- guilty of “abusive execu- CONTINUE who are two points A win would allow Inter Italy’s heel, after losing tain and national coach tion” of their powers and a behind, on Sunday. Antonio Conte to move five points clear their first Champions went on to become one of succeed Sepp Blatter as conflict of interests. POOR FORM “We are hurting,” said of Maurizio Sarri’s sec- League home game the game’s most prominent FIFA president in 2016 but Platini, now 64, has been Conte after falling to a 2-1 anger at the result. All we ond-placed champions. against Shakhtar administrators when he fell spectacularly from battling to clear his name Amiens (France): Marseille are Champions League defeat can do now is lick our Inter’s Romelu Lukaku Donetsk. was elected president of grace a few months earlier. ever since, although his set to fall further back in the in the Camp Nou despite wounds and prepare for remains doubtful, howev- Behind in fourth, Serie European football’s govern- He was banned from foot- ban was reduced to four Ligue 1 title race after crashing Lautaro Martinez’s sec- Sunday’s match, but I saw er, after a minor thigh A runners-up Napoli face ing body in 2007. ball for receiving a two-mil- years from an initial six, 3-1 at Amiens on Friday and ond minute goal. courage and character.” injury ruled him out of a tricky trip north to A triple Ballon d’Or win- lion Swiss franc (1.8 million leaving him free to work in stretching their run without a “There is bitterness and Conte, 50, knows his the trip to Spain. Torino. — AFP ner, Platini was expected to euros, $2 million) payment football again. — AFP win to four matches. Haitam Aleesami’s early strike, Serhou Guirassy’s 41st-minute penalty and a stoppage time counter- GYMNASTICS WORLD C’SHIPS attack finished off by John Pranav, Rakshitta Mendoza condemned Andre Villas-Boas’s side to a fourth league defeat despite Dario Biles eyes more record performances Benedetto levelling for the lead challenge away side midway through the Stuttgart (Germany), Oct. 5: to compete like I train,” she with a shooting which left first half with a superb fifth USA gymnastics queen replied when asked how three people dead last goal of the season. The loss Mumbai, Oct. 5: yielded the top position Simone Biles is set to be the many golds she expects. December. comes after three straight Indians continued to after losing to undisputed star of the Yet she is the name to draws and drops Marseille hold sway in the Under- Suleymanli. world championships, watch in Tuesday’s team Great expectations down to sixth on 13 points, five 14 categories of the Rakshitta, on the enhancing her status as the final, the women’s all-round behind leaders Paris Saint- World Youth Chess other hand, crushed sport’s greatest athlete — final on Thursday and the Biles must put all that Germain and three from sec- Championship, with Varvara Poliakova of even if she does not feel it. apparatus finals on the aside in Stuttgart to seem- ond-placed Angers ahead of FIDE Master Pranav Belarus to jump into “I never really feel like I’m final weekend. ingly defy gravity as one of the pair’s top-of-the-table clash Anand and Woman sole lead in the U14 a big name,” she told Her overall tally of 20 the best gymnasts the world at the Parc des Princes on International Master Girls class with 4.5 reporters in Stuttgart. worlds medals ties Biles has even seen. Saturday afternoon. Amiens Rakshitta Ravi scoring points. “Everyone puts that on with Russia’s Svetlana She could also leave south- meanwhile jump up to 11th swift victories here on Top seeded WIM me, I don’t really put it on Khorkina for the most won west Germany with four place after their third win of the Saturday. Divya Deshmukh too myself.” by a woman. skills named after her. season. The hosts could have Pranav beat Poland’s downed compatriot The 10-day event, which Another four in Stuttgart She is to gymnastics what won by an even larger margin Sebastian Poltorak in Aanya Agrawal, put- started Friday with quali- would put her past the all- Usain Bolt is to athletics had Guirassy not crashed a the U14 Open category ting her title hunt back fiers, will be the 22-year- time record of 23 held by and Michael Phelps is to great chance against the bar to share the lead with on track. Divya has 3.5 old’s fifth worlds. Vitaly Scherbo, a men’s Simone Biles of the United States during the Gymnastics swimming, yet while she points after suffering gymnastics star in the shortly after the break. Juan IM Aydin Suleymanli She seems destined to add World Championships in Stuttgart. — AP admires the pair, she rejects Ferney Otero also wasted a of Azerbaijan and one loss and one draw to her record tally of 14 gold 1990s. the notion of being classed golden opportunity for the Aditya Sawant of India in five rounds. medals, but is quick to Biles is the clear favourite in the last two years. women’s Olympic team, GOAT — greatest of all time hosts when clean through and as Round 5 continued In the Under-18 Open, avoided putting pressure on to win all-around world In January 2018, she who was jailed for sexually — for her own protection. one-on-one with Steve late into the evening. Praggnanandhaa held herself. gold for the fifth time, admitted to being among abusing hundreds of girls “I feel like if I were to Mandanda, fluffing his finish Pranav has 4.5 points to on to the pole position “I never go into a competi- extending her own record, the victims of Larry and women. label myself as a superstar, with teammates ready to take a move past overnight with 4.5 points, beating tion trying to win — I just yet she has endured testing Nassar, the disgraced for- In August, her brother it would bring more expec- pass and slot into goal. — AFP leader LR Srihari who Arjun K. — Agencies go into a competition trying times away from the sport mer doctor of the US was arrested and charged tations on me.” — AFP Strategy PAGE Indian football team coach Igor Stimac wants his side to be on offensive for full 90 minutes in order to break down Bangladesh Sport 16 defence during their upcoming World Cup qualifier in Kolkata THE ASIAN AGE SUNDAY | 6 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

PREMIER | LEAGUE Brighton bury We have to keep Spurs, Reds win going. I have to say London, Oct. 5: James thank you for the Milner scored a stoppage- time winner as Liverpool RESULTS fans. I feel sorry for moved eight points clear at the top of the Premier Brighton 3 them, it is massive League with a thrilling 2-1 (Maupay 3, Connolly 32, effort to come and victory over Leicester, 65) while Mauricio Tottenham 0 support us. Pochettino’s problems — Mauricio Pochettino, mounted after Tottenham’s Burnley 1 Tottenham manager after their 3-0 loss at Brighton on (Hendrick 72) 0-3 defeat at Brighton in EPL Saturday. Everton 0 Liverpool won for the 17th consecutive league Norwich 1 SHORT TAKES game thanks to Milner’s (Drmic 87) dramatic contribution to a Aston Villa 5 thrilling clash at Anfield. (Wesley 14, 30, Grealish Nagal enters ATP Jurgen Klopp’s side 49, Hourihane 61, Douglas ruined Leicester manager Luiz 83) Challenger semis Brendan Rodgers’ first return to Liverpool since Watford 0 Campinas, Brazil: India’s Sumit USA’s Dalilah Muhammad (second being replaced by the Nagal sailed into the semifinals from left) en route to her German in 2015. Sheffield United 0 of the ATP Challenger women's 400m hurdles gold at the By extending their Campinas with a hard-fought Athletics World Championships in remarkable winning Liverpool 2 win over Argentina’s Francisco Doha on Friday. — AFP streak, Liverpool have (Mane 40, Milner 90+5- Cerundolo here. piled pressure on second pen) Nagal, placed at a career-best placed Manchester City Leicester 1 135 right now, knocked out 13th ahead of their home game (Maddison 80)Leicester 1 seed Cerundolo 7-6, 7-5 to against Wolves on Sunday. (Maddison 80) book his second last-four Liverpool took the lead in appearance in two weeks. the 40th minute when desperate performance, Nagal had received a bye in the Milner’s long ball was mis- while Hugo Lloris suffered first round and then in the sec- judged by Leicester defend- a serious arm injury after ond round his opponent Gastao er Jonny Evans and Sadio another howler. Elias of Portugal retired mid Mane clinically slotted in Tottenham keeper Lloris way in the first set. In the round his eighth goal of the sea- dropped the ball on the of 16, the Indian beat Brazilian son. Mane has scored goal line and hurt himself Orlando Luz 7-5, 6-3. MUHAMMAD SETS exactly 50 goals in 100 in the process in only the The sixth seed Indian will now Premier League games for third minute, allowing face Juan Pablo Ficovich of Liverpool. Neal Maupay to open the Argentina in the semifinals. James Maddison scoring. Earlier this week, Nagal won his snatched third-placed It only got worse after second title on the ATP Leicester’s equaliser in the that as Aaron Connolly’s Challenger Tour. He notched up 80th minute. double gave the impressive a straight-set win over But five minutes into Seagulls a deserved three Argentina’s Facundo Bognis to TRACK ON FIRE stoppage-time, Marc points. claim the Buenos Aires ATP Albrighton took the ball It ranked as one of the Challenger clay court event. Dalilah breaks own world record in 400m hurdles away from his own goal- worst performances of — PTI keeper Kasper Schmeichel Pochettino’s reign and, fol- Doha, Oct. 5: Dalilah would do everything I and then clipped Mane, lowing on from Tuesday’s Sandhu shares Muhammad of the can,” said Barshim. with Milner converting the 7-2 Champions League United States stormed to AVINASH QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPICS Barshim’s victory penalty after a VAR review. humiliation to Bayern a world record-breaking earned him an audience At the Amex Stadium, Munich, the dark clouds lead in Taipei victory in the 400 metres Doha, Oct. 5: India’s breach the Olympics Reigning Olympic with Qatar’s ruler, Tottenham’s crisis deep- are mounting over the Tamsui, Chinese Taipei: India’s hurdles as hosts Qatar Avinash Sable qualified qualifying standard of champion Conseslus Sheikh Tamim bin ened as they turned in a club. — AFP Ajeetesh Sandhu struck four celebrated a gold medal for Tokyo Olympics in 8:22.00. He also bettered Kipruto of Kenya Hamad Al-Thani. birdies and two bogeys for a for high jumper Mutaz men’s 3,000m steeple- his own national record defended his 2017 title “I can’t’ tell you what he third round score of 70, sharing Essa Barshim at the chase event by shatter- of 8:25.23 which he with a time of 8:01.35, said — it’s top secret,” the lead with with Philippino World Championships on ing his own national clocked on Tuesday dur- more than 20 seconds Barshim joked. Miguel Tabuena at the Friday. record for the second ing the first round faster than Avinash, Mercuries Taiwan Masters golf On a night of high time in three days heats. while Lamecha Girma GARDINER CHEERS tournament here on Saturday. drama played out before though he finished 13th But the difference in (8:01.36) of Ethiopia and BAHAMAS While Sandhu (70) battled it a rare packed house at in the final race of the class with the medal Soufiane Bakkali In the men’s 400m, mean- out with two-time Asian Tour the Khalifa Stadium, World Championships winners was evident as (8:03.76) of Morocco while, Steven Gardiner of winner Tabuena (68), another Muhammad broke the here on Friday. he finished far behind at took the silver and the Bahamas surged to Indian Viraj Madappa shot a world record for the sec- Avinash clocked 8 13th spot out of 15 who bronze respectively. an emotional victory seven-under 65, after 72-72 on ond time this year as she minute 21.37 seconds to completed the race. — PTI which he dedicated to his first two days, to be Tied- powered home to win in country as it attempts to fourth. Thailand’s Suradit 52.16 seconds. recover from the devasta- Yongcharoenchai returned with The 29-year-old tion of Hurricane a 68 and was third. Madappa Olympic champion took Dorian. shared fourth place with gold ahead of compatriot “I got a lot of messages Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman, Sydney McLaughlin, from people back home. who posted a 68. while Jamaica’s Rushell They told me to do my In Texas, Indian golfer Aditi Clayton took the bronze. best,” Gardiner said. Ashok mixed three birdies with “I just wanted the world “I wanted to give them a as many bogeys for an even par title so much but to break bit more than my best. I 71 to make the cut at tied-32nd the world record again is wanted to be a world position at the Ladies PGA fantastic,” Muhammad champion and here I am Tour’s Volunteers of America said after her victory, now.” Classic here. which improved her Gardiner blasted to vic- Cheyenne Knight (66-67), record of 52.20sec set in tory in a time of 43.48sec, Alena Sharp (68-65) and July. “I just decided to go winning ahead of Brittany Altomare (67-66) share for it from the start,” Colombia’s Anthony Jose the lead. — PTI Muhammad added. Avinash Sable Zambrano who took sil- “It hasn’t really sunk in ver in 44.15sec. yet but it feels good.” petition which saw him attempt. “For me, it was just a Fred Kerley of the The biggest roar of clinch victory with a Two Russian athletes dream, amazing. I was United States was forced ANIKA BEST Friday’s action was jump of 2.37m competing under the not 100 percent ready but to settle for bronze with reserved for Qatari high Barshim’s win came Authorised Neutral when I came and saw all 44.17sec, denying the jumper Barshim. after he had flirted with Athlete banner, Mikhail those people cheering for Americans a gold medal AMONG INDIANS The 28-year-old had the elimination at 2.33, Akimenko and Ilya me, even if I was dying, if which would have com- home fans on their feet before clearing the bar on Ivanyuk won silver and they take me in a wheel- pleted a 100m, 200m, 400m Brighton’s Aaron Connolly (left) scores against AT TIED NINTH after a roller coaster com- his third and final bronze. chair or ambulance, I and 800m sweep. — AFP Tottenham Hotspur in their English Premier League match in Brighton on Saturday. — AFP Gurugram: Teenager Anika Verma shot a stunning five- under 67 in the third round to be the best ranked Indian at TENNIS | NATIONALS tied ninth alongside compatriot Saweety in pre-quarters, Tvesa Malik in the Hero Women’s Indian Open golf tournament here on Saturday. The 15-year-old Anika, who had Niki, Sowjanya emerge champs six birdies, five of them on the Neeraj exits from Worlds front nine, against one bogey AGE CORRESPONDENT added a 67 to her first two NEW DELHI, OCT. 5 Ulan-Ude (Russia), Oct. 5: round scores of 76-72. Former silver-medallist While Tvesa followed her even Niki Poonacha and Saweety Boora (75kg) par 72-72 with a 71. The duo Sowjanya Bavisetti lived advanced to the pre-quar- are one-under par 215, seven up to their top billing as ters with a facile win but shots behind leader Christine the duo were crowned Neeraj Phogat (57kg) bowed Wolf. champions in the men’s out after a contentious loss “I left a few shots out there on and women’s singles on a mixed day for India at the course but I made the putts events respectively in the the World Women’s Boxing when I needed them. Overall, Fenesta Open National Championship here on I’m very happy with my first Tennis Championship Saturday. under-par round of the week here on Saturday. Boora, defeated and positive about tomorrow,” In the girls U-18 singles Mongolia’s Myagmarjargal Tvesa said. final, sixth seeded Munkhbat 5-0 in the open- Meanwhile, Wolf exorcised the Shrivalli Rashmikaa of ing round to set up a clash ghosts of the past with a birdie Telangana silenced No. 5 with second-seeded on the 18th in the third round seed Sandeepti Singh Rao Welshwoman Lauren Price. to take sole possession of the of Haryana 6-0, 6-4. However, Phogat gave it lead after 54 holes. She is now Earlier in August, she her all in the clash against eight-under and one shot clear had also won the MCC China’s Qiao Jieru but did- of Meghan MacLaren (69). Adidas National Clay n’t find favour with the Another shot behind at seven- Court Junior judges who ruled against Saweety Boora (right) in action against Myagmarjargal under 209 was Marianne Championship held in her in a 2-3 split decision. Munkhbat of Mongolia in their opening round bout of the Skarpnord (71), the highest- Chennai. Boora’s win was a con- World Women’s Boxing Championship on Saturday. ranked player from the LET In the Boys Under-18 vincing one in which she Order of Merit in this field. finals, Madhwin Kamath was showed herself to be leaving the Indian dejected. unsuccessful protests. The coaches are required to Vani Kapoor shot an even par made it a grand double. Fenesta Open National Championship winners Nikki Poonacha (left) and Sowjanya the better boxer with more Phogat was competing in Having won the doubles accurate punches. her debut world champi- raise a yellow card within a 72 to be tied-13th at one-over Bavesetti (right) pose with the tennis ace in New Delhi on Saturday. 217, following a steady round, title earlier this week, Earlier, Phogat was clear- onship. minute of the bout getting in the course of which she Madhwin turned on the The top seeded Niki said after the final match. chance to get the break in ly superior and kept her The Indian contingent over and follow it up by swapped two bogeys for as heat on court on Saturday showed flair and finesse Rising star Sowjanya each set and pressed the composure against an officially protested against paying $1000 within half an many birdies. Amandeep Drall against Udit Gogoi for a 6- and looked eager to capi- grabbed the big chance cruise control button for opponent, who hardly the decision as per the new hour to seek a review of could not build on her momen- 2, 7-6 (7/1) win. talise on the big chance which came her way. her maiden national title. showed any technique. norms introduced by the any decision. tum of Friday with a three-over Niki, who trains at the which came his way. Playing against four-time “I am so excited that I Flinging her arms aimless- International Boxing The technical committee 75 that dropped her into a tie Rohan Bopanna Tennis “I would like to thank Fenesta Open winner and won the Women’s ly, defending awkwardly Association to ensure bet- has the discretion to accept for 27th place at three-over Academy in Bengaluru, Aryan, it was really a seasoned pro Prerna Nationals. It’s been my and grunting relentlessly, ter judging. However, their or reject a protest but once 219. Astha Madan was next best played smart tennis with great match. I’ve known Bhambri, Sowjanya was dream since 2005 to win it Jieru even coped a warning appeal was turned down by it chooses to accept, a deci- at four-over 220 (73, 75, 72) great control to beat him for a really long time. not bogged down by her and finally it has come for excessive holding. the technical committee. sion is made only at the end with her first par round of the Aryan Goveas 6-2, 7-6 in It is a dream for me to win opponent’s reputation. true. I am so happy,” But in a stunning call, the According to the rules, of the day’s session. week. — Agencies the men’s singles final. this tournament,” Niki She waited for her Sowjanya said. judges gave her the nod, teams are entitled to two — PTI