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in north-west India, including Pakistan to die there or give but to give citizenship,” remind- Congress Government) have the National Capital Region, them shelter and provide them ing how “after the been depriving the people of due to formation of two suc- citizenship!” Independence, Mahatma Bengal from implementing cessive western disturbances in Responding to the loud Gandhi ji and other big lead- the central schemes because     a short span. Weather experts applause, the PM said, “You ers of the time all believed that such schemes do not involve said the changes are going to seem to have understood this India should give citizenship to syndicates, middle men and bring chill in the air. very clearly, but the people persecuted religious minorities cut money.” $  !./!0 parties, including Trinamool According to IMD, %      who are playing politics do not of Pakistan.” Claiming that his Congress, Left and the Himachal Pradesh will see per hours. The second western    &  '  realise this. It is not that they do At a subsequent function Government had transferred est Bengal Chief Minister Congress, slammed Modi for another spell of snow in the disturbance is expected to    % not understand this but they are at Neta ji Indoor Stadium Rs 43,000 crore to the accounts WMamata Banerjee on dragging a “pious and pure reli- coming week and a yellow impact the region in quick purposely refusing to do so … organised by the Kolkata Port of the farmers directly under Sunday skipped Kolkata Port gious order” like Ramakrishna warning has been issued for low succession during January 15 to In Himachal Pradesh, 629 They are misleading the people Trust to celebrate its 150 years, schemes like PM Kisan Trust (KoPT) 150 years cele- Mission into politics by using hills on January 13 and an 17 and bring rainfall over the roads in the State, including about the real import of the the PM renamed the Kolkata Samman Nidhi, Modi said he brations, ostensibly to avoid its holy, apolitical precincts to orange alert for middle and high north-western plains, including five national highways and one Citizenship Amendment Act.” Port as Dr Shyma Prasad did not know whether such sharing dais with Prime make political statements. hills. Meanwhile, fresh snowfall parts of Uttar Pradesh, with State highway, are still blocked Reminding that the CAA Mukherjee Port. Attacking schemes would get Minister Narendra Modi hours CPI (M) politburo in Kashmir threw life out of gear peak intensity on January 16. and power supply has not been was not meant for taking away the Mamata Banerjee the nod of Bengal Chief after he launched a scathing Member Md Salim wondered in the Valley on Sunday and dis- Due to change in wind direc- completely restored in snow- attack on the critics of the CAA how instead of paying tributes rupted flight operations. Most tion from North westerly to bound areas. More snowfall has from Ramakrishna Mission, to Swami Vivekananda the PM parts of the Valley received South-westerly and cloudiness been predicted on January 13 Belur Math. could use Belur Math for polit- moderate to heavy snowfall on rise minimum temperature by and 14 then again on January   
 Minister of State for ical purposes. Sunday which continued during 4 degrees by January 17 more 15 and 16 due to western dis- Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya “Rama Krishna Mission the day. than 2-3 degrees above normal. turbances. had personally invited Mamata speaks about religious tolerance According to Dr Kuldeep Western disturbances are On Monday, heavy rainfall to attend the event of the 150th and they prefer seclusion from Srivastava, a senior scientist of basically extra-tropical storms and snowfall is likely to occur       anniversary of KoPT. politics. But here is a Prime the IMD, the first western dis- or low pressure systems which at few places in mid and high The Chief Minister on Minister who has not only turbance will bring scattered originate in the Mediterranean hills. Shimla would also receive Saturday had shared the broken that tradition but also rain or light rain in North West Sea and move towards snowfall on January 13,14, 16 "#R Mayawati, Mulayam Singh, dais with Modi at a used its platform to mislead the plain including NCR on Western Himalayan region to and 17 along with other places Chandrababu Naidu, Parkash Government function. people of the Monday. The wind speed is bring rain over India during in snowbound areas of the !    Singh Badal and Farooq The Bengal Opposition country.” expected to be around 20 km winter months. State. Abdullah, BJP leader and for- $! ! mer Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani. CRPF’s VIP Security division will now protect these %&'$   !        ' $  '1231/4 persons. Official said the Union n a major re-working of the Home Ministry wanted the "( &   Isecurity apparatus, Union NSG should concentrate on its Home Ministry has decided to original charter of handling $  677 encounter. Police spokesman ,- )   relieve National Security Guard specific tasks of counter-ter- said, “The killed terrorists have     - (NSG), the specialised force of rorist and anti-hijack opera- joint team of security forces been identified as Umer Fayaz black commandos, of the bur- tions. For decades, the NSG Aon Sunday neutralised Lone alias Hamad Khan resi- den of VIP security duties. The been several major decisions Security Cover was seen as a three terrorists of pro-Pakistan dent of Seer Tral, Faizan $  85 elite task force was raised in regarding security cover to prestige for many leaders and Hizbul Mujahideen terror out- Hamid resident of Mandoora late 1984 and was used in the VIPs and other persons. First controversies were raised when fit in Tral area of Awantipora. Tral and Adil Bashir Mir alias he Puri district adminis- security ring of many VIP for was the removal of security the leaders did not allow the The operation was Abu Dujana resident of Ttration was awarded at a the past two decades. At pre- cover of persons who were guards to go back to mandato- launched by the security forces Monghama Tral”. According to national-level workshop at New sent around 450 commandos enjoying protection for decades ry training to the force’s head after receiving a tip off about police records, Umer had a long Delhi on Saturday for success- are used for the protection of and then the controversial quarters. the presence of terrorists in the history of terror crime records ful management of plastic 13 VIPs having Z+ category decision of withdrawal of SPG The CRPF is currently area. Police spokesman said, since 2016 and was involved in wastes. holy town ensuring that the Public Relations Department to security. cover of Sonia Gandhi and handling the security of five ex- “As the security forces launched planning and executing sever- Chief guest Bollywood environment remains free from the Central Government earlier. According to highly placed family members. SPG protectees — former PM search operation in Gujar Basti al terror attacks in the area. actor Amir Khan presented the pollution. Notably, the administration officials, CRPF’s special divi- At present, NSG Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gulshanpora area of Tral, the He was part of groups award to Puri Municipality In the ODF (open defeca- has initiated a campaign head- sion handling VIP security Commandos are handling the Congress President Sonia hiding terrorists fired on the responsible for carrying out Additional Executive Officer tion-free) workshop, the write- ed by district Collector Balwant will take over the security security cover to Defence Gandhi and her children search party. The fire was retal- series of terror attacks and many Saroj Kumar Swain, who rep- ups prepared by the District Singh on how to keep the city cover of the VIPs protected by Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Priyanka and Rahul. The iated leading to an encounter.” other civilian atrocities besides resented the district adminis- Rural Development Agency cent per cent-free from plastic NSG Commandos. Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Central Industrial Security He said in the ensuing killing of policeman Haleem tration. Swain presented papers (DRDA) was honoured with a wastes. The administration has For the past six months, Adityanath, Assam Chief Force protects VIPs like NSA encounter 3 terrorists were Kohli of Gutroo Bangdar Tral on how the administration has citation. The award was present- engaged people of all walks of after Amit Shah became the Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Ajit Doval and RSS chief killed and the bodies were and killing of civilian Mehraj achieved success in managing ed to Puri basing on a recom- life in the awareness and sen- Home Minister, there have former Chief Ministers Mohan Bhagwat among others. retrieved from the site of Din Zarger of Tral. plastic wastes generated in the mendation made by the Odisha sitisation programmes.        
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Later on January 8, she nion Minister for Power ering how the State of followed by the Regulatory including a bank executive and called me and requested me to Uand New and Renewable Odisha had taken a lead Commission with pre- defined a woman college Lecturer, who take her to a hospital saying Energy Raj Kumar Singh has in the country in undertaking reform in distribution sector by target, incentives and penalty had lodged counter cases that she was undergoing severe lauded the role of Odisha for it power sector reform with the following a well designed clauses. Discussion was held on against each other two days headache,” the bank official being a leader in electricity enactment of the Odisha framework was going to the bid specific parameters ago. said. reform in the country and the Electricity Reform Act, 1995. address the concerns of all like baseline setting, regulato- While the banker, a DGM “While I was taking her to current phase of reform is an As a pioneer in the distri- stakeholders to create a win- ry certainty, gain retention, of a private bank, was arrested the hospital on my motorcycle, example all other States should bution sector reform from first win situation for all. capex commitment, on the charge of raping the col- her two associates intercepted follow. unbundling to first privatiza- While the consumer will Government support, perfor- lege Lecturer after inebriating the vehicle, thrashed me and While complimenting the tion, Odisha had led the way in benefit on account of certain- mance monitoring and free- her, the woman and her three forcibly dragged me to a house, Odisha Government, he the reform nearly a decade ty of tariff due to rapid AT and dom from past liabilities for the associates were apprehended where I was held captive for a desired that loss reduction and before the enactment of C loss reduction, improved private investor. for kidnapping, cheating and day. They took away money improvement in customer sat- Electricity Act, 2003. customer service, improved The meeting covered many robbery. and debit,credit cards from isfaction through professional From unbundling of OSEB quality of power, reliable 24x7 topics like new reform linked Notably, the banker and the my possession, and also management should be into OHPC and GRIDCO power supply, the employees distribution scheme, smart teacher had come to know demanded Rs 5 lakh,” he added. brought about through pri- (T&D) to corporatization of will benefit due to increased metering implementation each other on the dating plat- On the other hand, the vate sector involvement in all distribution segment and pri- focus on capacity building, models, multiple franchise form on January 2 and Lecturer accused the banker of $ 4'125 the Sundargarh parliamentary other States vatization of four DISCOMs in better growth opportunities models, power market design, exchanged mobile phone num- “harassing” her besides taking constituency as a Congress A two-day Review, the year 1999 was the first and assurance on terminal lia- rationalization of ISTS trans- bers on the very day. Later, both her photos and recording her ormer Sundargarh MP candidate in 1984. Planning & Monitoring (RPM) phase of privatization. bilities. mission charges, RoW and for- filed complaints against each videos without her “consent” FMaurice Kujur passed away An alumnus of Utkal and meeting was held by the After enactment of the Increased private sector est clearances etc. Various other with the while she was “unconscious”. “I at a private hospital here on Calcutta universities, Kujur Ministry of Power, Electricity Act 2003, Odisha investment will reduce the schemes like IPDS, DDUGJY, Chandrasekharpur police on had sought help of a person for Sunday, family sources said. He was also a Rajya Sabha mem- Government of India in New again is the front runner in dis- strain on Government bud- metering of feeders and distri- January 10. deleting the photos and videos was 85. ber from 1996 to 2002. He also Delhi during January 9-10. tribution sector reforms with getary resources giving the bution transformers, PAT, “After exchanging contact from his mobile phone,” she Born on November 2, 1935 served as the Chairperson of While the State of Uttar the first sale of a utility under flexibility to spend the schemes on solar and other numbers on Tinder on January said and refuted the abduction at Belmunda village in National Commission for Pradesh made a presentation section 20 of the Act. resources on much needed renewable energy were 2, we decided to meet next day. allegation levelled against her Sundargarh district, Kujur was Scheduled Tribes from 2008 to on smart meter roll out, Odisha Sethi stated that the current social sector. Higher efficiency reviewed by the Minister. She came to my room, we by him. elected to the Lok Sabha from 2011. 4  2O.%%      "   5   !"Q$
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Why is he not com- grants Indian citizenship to Government but their implementation “However, much they (Centre) may connection with the assault on an RSS worker They also condemned last municating? Even the non-Muslim minorities migrat- is solely in the hands of the State try, the Maharashtra Government will Varun for participating in a demonstration here $  /;54,8- Sunday’s violence on the JNU Britishers used to talk to ed to India from Afghanistan, Government, two days after the Centre not allow this law (CAA) to be imple- supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act, campus in Delhi, where Indians whom they ruled, but Pakistan and Bangladesh till notified the new citizenship law. mented in the state,” Raut said. police said on Sunday MU Vice Chancellor Tariq masked men ran riot and our PM is not talking to poor December 31, 2014, following Speaking at a protest rally organised The new Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi We have arrested two persons in this case. AMansoor has sought from attacked students. Leftist people,” he alleged. persecution over their faith. by ‘We the Citizens of India’ in Nagpur, (MVA) government comprises the Shiv We will shortly brief you about the arrest, a the State authorities extra secu- organisations had claimed Bollywood actor Sushasht Massive protests were Deshmukh said, “In Maharashtra, we Sena, the NCP and the Congress. police officer told PTI on condition of anonymi- rity for himself and his family RSS-affiliated ABVP’s role in Singh also spoke on the against the CAA, mainly by the have our Government and though the Home Minister Deshmukh further ty. before the university reopens the attack, a charge denied by occasion. “We are people of this student community, since its laws are made by the Central govern- said that leaders like NCP supremo He refused to divulge more information on January 13, citing threats the students’ body. country and such acts (CAA) passage by Parliament in ment, whether it will be implemented or Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Sonia about the accused. from “lumpen elements and Former Tata Institute of are tarnishing the image of our December last year. Opposition not is in the hands of State Government”. Gandhi had opposed divisive moves like A police team arrested the two from Tamil outsiders”, varsity sources said Social Science (TISS) general country,” he said. parties have been dubbing the The Centre had issued a gazette CAA, National Register of Citizens and Nadu. on Sunday. secretary Fahad Ahmed told At the gathering, people CAA an “anti-Muslim” legisla- notification announcing that the National Population Register in The BJP had organised a demonstration at The Aligarh Muslim PTI that they assembled under waved banners with slogans tion, a charge being debunked Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Parliament. the Town Hall on December 22, which the University (AMU) was closed the aegis of ‘Hum Bharat Ke like “I Am From Gujarat, My by the Government. The under which non-Muslim refugees from In a swipe at the BJP, Deshmukh Bengaluru south BJP MP Tejasvi Surya had early for winter vacations from Log’ in Millat Nagar area. Documents Burned in 2002”, Congress and other parties Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan said, “Some powers having majority in addressed. December 16, a day after stu- “Prime Minister Narendra “No CAA, Boycott NRC, Stop like the TMC have also will be given Indian citizenship, will Parliament are doing this work, the peo- Varun too attended the event and was on dents clashed with police dur- Modi should call 56 students Dividing India, Don’t Divide opposed the proposed National come into force from January 10. ple who were never seen during the free- the way home when he was attacked by four ing a protest against the con- from across the country to us”, “Save Constitution”, written Register of Citizens (NRC) The CAA was passed by Parliament dom struggle. Hindus and Muslims have people with a sharp-edged weapon and fled the tentious Citizenship debate on the CAA, NRC and on them. and the National Population on December 11. lived in brotherhood in India and have spot. Following the assault, Varun was admit- Amendment Act (CAA) on NPR,” Ahmed said in an appar- A large number of police Register (NPR). PTI Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin supported each other”. PTI ted to a hospital in a serious condition. PTI campus. The university was to reopen on January 6 but the vacation was extended owing to $  6M!3;83  +7 .%%    persisting tension over the changes in the citizenship law. It will reopen in phases starting Monday.   "+ 6 
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The towering buildings four illegal waterfront apartment tures in Maradu, eight months ment the court orders, had Earlier in the day, “Jain that took several months to complexes here was completed after the apex court ordered their managed to evict the owners of Coral Cove”, which is also 55 build and had housed 100s of on Sunday with the last two high demolition for violation of the the flat, who staged protests, say- meters high, was brought down families collapsed inwards into rises pulled down using con- Coastal Regulation Zone norms. ing they had invested their hard at around 11.03 am. a pile of rubble like a house of trolled implosion method. The Kerala Government earned money in buying the On Saturday, two com- cards in seconds, triggering In perhaps the first of its stuck to its time line of 138 days flats. 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The tures blasted in a controlled past weeks leaving them con- another over the last two days. people in the neighbourhood Government is responsible for manner. crete shells, became mounds of Ernakulam District were evacuated as a precau- this situation.” Areas in the 200 metre debris. Collector S Suhas and Kochi tionary measure. The drive was complet- radius of the buildings were Following the blasts, clouds Police Commissioner Vijay Section 144 of the Criminal ed at around 2.30 pm on kept out of bounds for people of dust billowed out around the Sakhare said the demolition Procedure Code (CrPC) was Sunday with the demolition of and all kinds of traffic during wreckage, enveloping nearby drive was successful and said imposed in the evacuation the 55-meter high “Golden their demolition. spectators. ?+ :%      0    72"   (    !$ !3!      77 Uddhav Thackeray... perspective, is Rane’s when farm loan waiver deci- The BJP has 105 MLAs, claim that 35 Sena sion will be implemented. ormer Chief Minister and while 35 Sena MLAs MLAs might switch When the Chief Minister went Chennai: Vice President M FBJP leader Narayan Rane on are unhappy,” Rane said, sides an indication that to Marathwada recently, people Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday Sunday made a sensational thus indicating these the BJP intends to there expected him to come out said respect for all religions was claim that as many as 35 out of “disgruntled” MLAs undertake Operation with a development package for inherent “in the Indian blood” 65 ruling Shiv Sena MLAs would switch sides and “Kamala” in the State? the region. He returned with- and asserted secularism does were “unhappy” with Sena help the BJP muster Rane, meanwhile, out announcing any package or not mean ‘insult’ or appease- president Uddhav Thackeray’s numbers to form a charged that Uddhav financial relief to the region. ment of one particular faith. leadership and indicated that Government in the had absolutely no idea That speaks for itself how For a long time, India has these disgruntled MLAs might State. on how to run a things are moving in the new sheltered persecuted persons switch over to his party leading Rane’s claim should Government. “Since he Government”. and given refuge to many, to change in Government in be seen in the light of theoret- three reasons. First, the figure does not know how to run a When his attention was Naidu said at an event here to the State. ical possibility that with the of disgruntled Sena MLAs sug- Government, people are not drawn to the recent meeting mark the centenary of Sri Talking to media persons addition of 35 MLAs, the BJP’s gested by Rane is unbelievably expecting anything from the between former chief minister Ramakrishna Vijayam, a Tamil on the sidelines of a function at strength will go up to 140, five high. Secondly, Rane is known MVA Government. It took him and senior BJP leader monthly of Sri Ramakrishna Thane, Rane — a long-time MLAs short of a simple major- for making tall claims which (Uddhav) five weeks to form a Devendra Fadnavis and MNS Math. bête noire of Uddhav — hint- ity of 145 in the 288-member have in the past fallen flat on government. From this, you chief Raj Thackeray and if Speaking on the occasion is the greatness, that is the Indian blood — sarvadharma ed at the possibility of the BJP Maharashtra Assembly which his face. Thirdly, the Sena lead- can gauge his ability or other- there was a possibility of a tie- coinciding with the birth beauty of this religion samabhavana — respect for all coming back to power in the is not difficult to muster. ership is in the process of wise to run a Government”. up between the two parties, anniversary of Swami (Hinduism),” he said. Swami religions (existed already),” state with the support of the Though there is some keeping its disgruntled MLAs Rane, who is currently a Rane evaded a direct reply Vivekananda, Naidu said peo- Vivekananda also said he Naidu said. support of the “disgruntled” resentment within the Shiv in good humour through Rajya Sabha MP, said that and said: “On this ( the issue of ple should forever remember belonged to a nation which has From time immemorial, Shiv Sena MLAs. Sena over the denial of minis- chairmanships of state-run cor- Uddhav had failed to imple- a possible alliance between the him and propogate his teach- sheltered the persecuted and people have come from outside “Thirty five of 65 Shiv terial berths, there are not porations. ment his promise of farm loan two parties), senior BJP lead- ings and preachings “which are the refugees of all nations of the and have been given shelter, he Sena MLAs are unhappy with many takers for Rane’s claim for Looking from a different waiver. “We do not know as to ers will speak”. eternal for the betterment of earth, Naidu said. said, adding different religions mankind.” “Now also we are ready to also came to India and were Hailing the guru as a “great accept those who are perse- respected “because we believe saint, teacher and social cuted though some people are every religion is important and     reformer,” he said Swami trying to make it controversial sarvadharma samabhavana is Vivekananda played a major and all,” he said in an apparent the essence of our civilisation.” role in introducing Hinduism reference to the Opposition to Without naming anyone, (%> (-> to the West. “He was a social the NDA Government’s con- he said some people had some reformer and was against reli- troversial Citizenship kind of an “allergy” towards the gious dogmas and believed in Amendment Act. word Hindu. the uplift of humanity irre- “That is our culture, our “There are some people in  />//  spective of caste or creed and heritage. This is what our fore- this country who have some emphasised that spiritualism is fathers have told us,” the Vice allergy towards this word called important for the survival of President added. Hindu. We can’t help them and $  8'6 formed a government in 2017 mankind,” Naidu said. The CAA envisages pro- they have got every right to with just 13 seats. “Swami Vivekananda viding Indian citizenship to have that view. But they are not oa Chief Minister Pramod Our strength rose from 13 stressed on the importance of persecuted minorities from right,” he said. GSawant on Sunday asked to 27 due to the blessing of late spirituality. India, in a way is Pakistan, Bangladesh and On the International Yoga BJP workers to prepare for Manohar Parrikar,” he the spiritual guru for the entire Afghanistan. Day, he said Prime Minister Assembly polls scheduled in 25 said. world. People look to India for Today there was more than Narendra Modi had made months time and set a target of “The future responsibility solace, guidance and spiritual- ever a need to bring down the efforts to take it to the UN fol- winning 30 seats in the 40- is of the workers. In the 2022 ism,” he added. walls that create differences lowing which it was now being member House. Assembly polls, around 25 Quoting from among the people and “we practiced in many He was addressing a party months away, we must aim to Vivekananda, he said the follow sarvadharma samabha- countries. convention after the announce- win 30 seats. For this, each per- Swamiji was proud that he vana,” or respect for all reli- In a possible reference to ment of Sadanand Tanavade’s son must work very hard,” he belonged to a religion “that has gions, he said. critics of the Prime Minister, he name as Goa BJP chief. said. taught the world both tolerance “It is there in our Indian said “yoga is for your body, not “Everyone has seen the He also asked them to start and universal acceptance.” blood. People now talk about because of Modi,” and urged ups and downs the party has preparing for Zilla Panchayat “...The only religion which secularism, constitution. one and all to do it for one’s 
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Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister nion Minister of State for more benefit to people, the and challenges of integrative med- their ‘obsession’ to settle down religious scholar and ...But today with the Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the previous UDefence Shripad Yesso Naik spokesperson said. icines. abroad, forgetting their culture philosopher Swami blessings of 6.5 crore people I BJP-led Government under him had functioned in met Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant He added that Naik and Murmu He said the Centre is taking all and religion and said they Vivekanandas birth anniver- am standing before you as a a transparent manner, but the Uddhav Governor Girish Chandra Murmu also talked about the developmen- steps to boost the Ayurveda system should stay back in India to sary here. The Chief Minister four-time Chief Minister. I Thackeray-led dispensation was free to order any here on Sunday and discussed a tal aspirations of the people of of medicines in the Union territo- serve the nation. said Indians settled abroad grew to such a stature because probe against it. wide range of issues related to the Jammu & Kashmir and various ry, which has a lot of “It is unfortunate that the should treat their visit back I followed the footsteps of His statement comes days after senior Congress prevailing security situation in the other issues relating to public wel- potential for growing medicinal youth today want to settle in home as a pilgrimage and have noble people, the Chief leader Prithviraj Chavan called the Fadnavis-led Union Territory, a Raj Bhavan fare. plants. foreign countries by getting faith in the religious beliefs. Minister said. Government as the “most corrupt” and said an spokesperson said. Earlier, soon after his arrival in “An integrated research will be caught in the false idea of He also appealed to the Stating that there was noth- investigation will be carried out in all cases. Naik, who also holds the port- Jammu on Saturday, the Minister done on Ayurveda in a scientific modernism and forgetting our youth to follow Swami ing impossible in a democracy, Talking to reporters at Akluj in Solapur folio of Ayurveda, Yoga and attended the one-day national sem- way to provide more benefits to culture and religion. Vivekanandas path of sacrifice, Yediyurappa asked students to district, Fadnavis said, “Don’t give threats, we are Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and inar organised by the Regional people,” Naik said, adding that a They should give up this service and nationalism. fulfill the dreams of their par- not scared. My government has been transparent. Homoeopathy (AYUSH), discussed Ayurveda Research Institute for research institute was sanctioned by obsession, stay here and serve Recalling the hard times he ents, get educated and run The present dispensation is free to order any probe. with Murmu about various reforms Urinary Disorders (RARIUD) on the AYUSH ministry for the the country, he said. went through during his school their families in a responsible The Government is free to do any inquiry it and initiatives of the government for Ayurveda and integrative Bhaderwah area of Doda The Chief Minister was days, Yediyurappa said he used manner. PTI wants.” PTI promotion of medicinal plants and medicines and its contemporary rel- district. !! <  " %       Q2    +R   4R Shirdi: State Assembly Speaker Nana Patole on Sunday said the Panaji: Congress workers from Forest and Climate Change Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi Government, formed by Shiv Sena, Goa on Sunday protested in Minister Prakash Javadekar was Congress and NCP, was like “Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh” and will com- Degaon, the site from where the delivering a speech at the plete its five year term with the support of 170 MLAs in the 288-mem- Mahadayi river originates, in International Film Festival of ber House. Speaking to reporters in Shirdi after visiting the Sai Baba neighbouring Karnataka’s Belgaum India’s inauguration temple here, Patole made light of reports of unhappiness among MLAs district. ceremony on November 20 last over non-inclusion in the State Government. Goa and Karnataka are year. “In a family, if there are four sons, some may be happy, some embroiled in a dispute over the Raut said the Congress group unhappy,” he said. sharing of Mahadayi river water had protested at Degaon to make Queried on the longevity of the Uddhav Thackeray Government and the two states have also people aware of the issue, and due to the presence of parties with opposing ideologies, Patole said, sparred over the latter going ahead claimed BJP Governments at the “This Government is like Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and will com- with the Kalsa Banduri Centre and Karnataka were acting plete its full five year term. We have the support of 170 MLAs.” drinking water project on the against the interests of Goa in the After Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expand- river. water dispute. ed his council by inducting 26 Cabinet and 10 ministers of state on Sunday’s protest was led by Raut claimed the group was December 30, supporters of several leaders who missed out had Congress’ Bicholim taluka chief stopped by Karnataka police while protested. Asked by the media on a reported statement of an RSS leader Meghashyam Raut. returning from the protest and that Maharashtra be divided into four separate States, Patole said there Raut had also protested on the allowed to go ahead later after has been a demand of this sort among a segment of people but the       '        '    @ ' <7   '          issue while Union Environment, questioning. PTI decision has to be taken by the Centre. PTI        !"#$#$ )  +; 8'*1!,, 8.!"   :   9038     :  : " "8#9" &&#$ 2)  /   $   038   ;   7! 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This made conditions in our country, which         "          ( Of course, contenders are many if one made more sense in order to fit were engineering and increased SUVs much, much lighter and, despite a penchant for speed- were to look at the “car of the 2010s” rather in more seats and covered lug- computerisation, not just during thus, cheaper. It also opened the breakers is far better than ever. At                   than the the “car that defined” the 2010s in gage space. Technically, SUVs the design process but also on doors to cheap and cheerful the same time, the revolution in                 ( India. But what is surprising, rather what have been on the road for over board. Changes started to small utility vehicles, which SUVs has led to many more      @       S      is not surprising, is that almost all vehicles a quarter of a century now. become visible in luxury SUVs given that they shared platforms diesel cars being sold. 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The Supreme Court (SC) and 041+01/$ it is the judiciary which is entrusted Government objected and instead of Since 2014, there have been contin-                    High Courts (HCs) were set up inter alia to act 2151 with the task of keeping every organ of reiterating his name, the Collegium uous attacks on Muslims, lynchings and   )               as guardians of the Constitution and protectors $53041 the state within the limits of the law. went with the decision. hate speeches. A former Union Minister #   %        /  7 of the fundamental rights of the people. 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Surely it is the duty     82 8945     3 I      was to give to the people a Constitution where- '/10 or abuse of power by the executive.” Assam, and Sri Indra Das vs State of of the judiciary to grant protection but       6-99    ,6    /   by a government was established, their second P+!/@ In the Shakti Vahini case, the court Assam cases) but it did not even con- it rarely does anything except utter D  ! %  /  $   * $    object, equally important, was to protect the peo- observed, “Once a fundamental right is sider the same. homilies. ple against the government. 51+.A15'3 inherent in a person, intolerant groups Abhijit Iyer Mitra should have There is frequent and arbitrary use H  #       .          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Bail not jail, is the normal Aseem Trivedi in Maharashtra,               .  years of the freedom struggle and had seen an /1501 Constitutional position, we may now rule, unless the accused is likely to Ambikesh Mahapatra of Jadavpur #              * ?   alien government trample upon human rights '35;40 ask whether the SC of late has been abscond or tamper with the evidence, University in West Bengal, folk singer      3 3  /     > D  which the country had fought hard to preserve. .$041 doing its solemn duty of protecting the or was accused of a heinous crime. Kovan in Tamil Nadu, and Kashmiri # ?        898: )      They believed, like Jefferson, that ‘an elective 81.8/1 rights of the people? The impression Abhijit had only made a satirical tweet, politicians like Farooq Abdullah and     %               despotism was not the government we fought for’. which has been created by its recent for which, too, he had promptly apol- others under detention, which make the   4,6,        4:1   A  And therefore while arming the government with verdicts, orders and actions/inactions ogised. Yet his bail application was right to liberty in Article 21, illusory. large powers to prevent anarchy from within and is that it has, with some exceptions, rejected, with a flippant and cruel Unfortunately, the apex court nowadays  641,   B          #   conquest from without, they took care to ensure largely surrendered before the political remark by former CJI Gogoi that the rarely interferes in this gross violation        22          that these powers were not abused to mutilate executive, instead of behaving like an best place for him was in jail. of this most precious of all rights, )               ( the liberties of the people.” independent organ of the state which Recently, masked hooligans beat up although in one of its very first deci-               ( In one of its early decisions, State of it was expected to be. students and teachers in Jawaharlal sions — in the Romesh Thapar vs State                # Madras vs VG Row, the SC held, “As regards the Consider the following instances: Nehru University, with the police of Madras case that the court delivered           -19     # %   fundamental rights the court has been assigned The SC Collegium recommended apparently complicit, and about 30 peo- in 1950 — only a few months after the                     the role of a sentinel in the qui vive.” This expres- Justice Kureshi of the Bombay HC to ple were admitted to AIIMS, Delhi with Constitution came into force, it had  (               sion (‘sentinel on the qui vive’) has been reiter- be appointed as Chief Justice (CJ) of the serious injuries. The SC should have suo held that in a democracy people had the  %            ( ated in several decisions of the court. For Madhya Pradesh HC. Instead of mak- motu issued notice to the authorities right to criticise the Government.          I     ( instance in the IR Coelho vs State of Tamil Nadu; ing the appointment, the Government concerned and taken the guilty to task, The most important case in India Navtej Singh Johar vs Union of India; Shakti sent the recommendation back to the but it did not. today is not the Ayodhya appeal but the                  ( Vahini vs Union of India; C Ravichandran Iyer Collegium. Thereafter, the Collegium The UP Police beat up the anti- trial of the SC itself. We are afraid the              #     vs Justice AM Bhattacharjee; Padma vs Hiralal should have reiterated its recommen- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) people’s faith is likely to go against the                 Motilal Desarda; Bachan Singh vs State of dation and then in view of the verdict protesters and even entered some court unless it quickly recovers and #               ( Punjab; Indra Sawhney vs Union of India and so in the judges case, the Government houses and beat up the inhabitants, resumes its role of guardian of the lib-               )     on. would have had to make the appoint- including old people. They allegedly erties and rights of the people.                As held in the Navtej Singh Johar case, once ment. But instead, the Collegium rec- destroyed and looted property. Again, (The writer is a former judge of the      G            violation of the fundamental rights of a citizen ommended his transfer as the CJ of the the SC took no notice, though this was Supreme Court of India. The article has    or a group of citizens is brought to the notice of much-smaller Tripura HC. widely reported in the media and been co-authored by Advocate Janhvi A        B the court, it cannot remain a mute spectator. As The SC Collegium had recom- videos went viral. Prakash. The views expressed are person- held in the Shakti Vahini case, when there is vio- mended the appointment of Gopal Within 72 hours of his reinstate- al) 6!    5 3'A E                

tions in India and Pakistan could also Muslim political, social and media Nazi Germany also sent agents managed to get a foothold in news- this circle would carry anti-Muslim, isations which did this. And, as be due to the residual impact of a outlets. The campaign in this regard to India disguised as technicians, papers funded and run by the Hindu anti-Jew and anti-British articles; D’Souza demonstrates, almost each clever propaganda campaign that the began from Bengal, where “commu- tourists, salesmen, musicians and nationalist organisation, the Hindu whereas the Muslim-owned Urdu one of them was shaped, influenced Nazis unleashed upon certain seg- nal” and “revolutionary” anti-British photographers. According to Mahasabha, they constantly papers, that received advertisements and at times, funded by Nazi propa- ments of India’s Hindu and Muslim sentiment was the strongest. To D’Souza, German businesses would informed the Mahasabha that Hitler and funds from German companies, ganda in India between 1933-1940. polities in the 1930s. This fact has Nazi Germany, the British were ene- frequently give advertisements to considered the Hindus of India as the would produce anti-Hindu, anti- D’Souza laments that the origin been largely forgotten by main- mies, even before the start of World Indian newspapers that were willing real custodians of the Indian nation, Jew and anti-British material. of Nazi propaganda still echoes in stream history. However, even a War II. to facilitate Nazi propaganda. while the Muslims and other non- According to the Home India, especially in the politics and brief recap of this can aid in better Nazi agents preyed on the fears Even though the main intention Hindu communities in the region Department’s files dated October 18, rhetoric of Hindu nationalists. In 7  /? understanding the ironic spectacle of of Bengal’s landed and business elite, of Nazi Germany was to ferment were “aliens” just like the Jews were 1939, the German wife of a Muslim Pakistan, these rudiments largely a “brown” Muslim or a Hindu fawn- telling them that their lands and busi- unrest in India against the British in Germany. professor at the famous Aligarh emerge during discourses involving ften one comes across a state- ing over a mass murderer, who nesses were under threat due to the colonialists, its plans in this context It is thus not surprising to note University received funds from her talk of Israel and the idea of nation- ment made by a Pakistani or would have thrown them in one of “socialist” bent of the Indian National never looked to unite the anti- similar sentiments in the works of the home country to publish a daily alism held by certain radical Right- Oan Indian politician, praising his many death camps at the drop of Congress (INC). Hitler’s notorious British Hindu and Muslim seg- period’s celebrated Hindu national- called Spirit of the Times through wing elements. the former German Nazi leader, a hat. biography, Mein Kampf, was then ments. Maybe the Germans had ists such as VD Savarkar and MS which she tried to prove that “Nazi The fascinating thing is, in Adolf Hitler, whose regime was In his essay for the May/June translated into various languages of noted the volatility of such a move. Golwalker. Both weren’t very secre- ideals approximate to the tenets of both cases, the language is almost the responsible for the systematic state- 2000 issue of the academic journal, India — including Hindi, Urdu and Hindus and Muslims had collaborat- tive about their admiration of Nazi Islam.” same as it was in the 1930s. The nar- sanctioned murder of millions of Social Scientist, Eugene D’Souza Bengali. These translations were ed with each other against the British Germany either. However, during In his detailed study of India’s rative, its tone and language are quite people considered to be of the “infe- writes that Nazi German propagan- distributed free of cost, especially during the Khilafat and Non-coop- their interactions with radical pre-Partition Muslim and Hindu similar. rior race.” So it is odd to hear praise da made its way into India when among the editors and staff of vari- eration movements; but both the Muslim groups, the Nazi agents middle-class milieu, German histo- According to Marcus, despite for him coming from folk who, too, mainstream Hindu and Muslim ous Hindi and Urdu newspapers. movements had eventually mutated completely flipped their message. rian Marcus Daechsel, in his book their enthusiasm for Nazi Germany would have been sent to the gas leadership in the region had become D’Souza writes that Nazi agents into becoming communal, giving the The agents glorified the “martial ten- The Politics of Self-Expression, writes and Hitler, most radical Hindu and chambers in Auschwitz along with disoriented after the gradual collapse then began to infiltrate various British the space to crush them. dencies” of the Muslims and claimed that middle-class political culture in Muslim ideologues never fully com- men, women and children of the so- of two major anti-British move- Muslim and Hindu social and cultur- Instead, and as noted in the files to be major supporters of their reli- inter-war India was haunted by prehended the Nazi ideology. That’s called “non-Aryan races.” The phe- ments in the 1920s: The Khilafat al organisations. The September 8, kept by the British colonial govern- gious and territorial interests, espe- fascistic resonances. Activists from why they largely sound contradicto- nomenon of some South Asians Movement and the Non-cooperation 1939 issue of the English daily The ment’s Home Department (file No. cially in the Middle East. various political camps believed in ry. And since the narrative, imagery romanticising Hitler could be the Movement. Times of India quoted Jewish and 8301, 1939), Nazi agents in India According to the Home Social-Darwinism, worshipped vio- and language in this context has not result of the region’s recent shift to the D’Souza writes this is when socialist refugees from Germany in applied a two-pronged strategy in Department’s files, Nazi Germany lence and war and focussed their changed much since the 1930s, the populist Right, along with various German business interests in the India as saying that Indian employ- which they approached radical funded various established and small political action on public spectacles same is the case today when a other regions of the world. But there region were first activated by Nazi ees working in German companies Hindu and Muslim leaderships with newspapers as long they continued and paramilitary organisations. Hindu or Muslim politician glorifies are many other possibilities. The ide- Germany to contact the more radi- were being used to spy on the entirely separate sets of rhetoric. to publish pro-Germany articles and Marcus identifies various Muslim Hitler. The results are always ironic. alisation of Hitler among some sec- cal elements within the Hindu and refugees. For example, when the agents propaganda. Hindi newspapers in and Hindu personalities and organ- (Courtesy: Dawn)    !"#$#$   '+

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Kumar said that being the 1.1 lakh crore of the 8,79,000 FY15, ten of the largest states 44,000 crore in FY19. contains 358 goods, a move ances, enamel and glass wares, "With a target of becoming The maritime economy fourth largest coast guard in the crore of total bad loans in the announced farm loan waivers In FY19, Rajasthan written off aimed at boosting the eco- garments, hand pumps, RCC a $5 trillion economy by 2024, constitutes nearly five per cent world, ICG has performed system, up from 48,800 crore worth 3,00,240 crore to alle- 18,000 crore, Madhya Pradesh nomic activities of small entre- pipes and poles, sanitary fit- we are looking at over $250 bil- of the world economy, he said. credibly in protecting the coun- or 8.6 per cent of the total viate the indebtedness of farm- (Rs 36,500 crore), and preneurs, an official spokesman tings, steel Almirahs, lion coming from the maritime With the depletion of land try's maritime zones and also NPAs of 5,6,6,620 crore in ers and the spate of suicides. If Chhattisgarh (6,100 crore) said on Sunday. Quoting the taps, transistor radios (up to 3 zone. resources, economic activities in preventing the plunder of its FY16, the report by SBI the numbers announced by and Maharashtra's 45,000- instructions circulated by the band), water tanks (up to "It is this $250 billion econ- are increasingly getting wealth in the oceans. Research said. the Centre under Manmohan 51,000 crore announced last finance department, he said the 15,000 litres), Jute furniture and omy that the ICG has the focussed on the oceans, Kumar The challenges and com- "Even though agriculture Singh regime in FY08 is count- month is the latest. Government has directed all woollen and silk carpe items, responsibility to protect and said. plexities of maritime security NPA was only 1.1 lakh crore ed, this goes up to around  4 But, it is entirely a different the administrative secretaries the spokesman said. safeguard," Kumar said after Describing the coast are no less than those of land or 12.4 per cent of the overall lakh crore. 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  N877 Nair, Head of Research at According to Nair, the $  77 time at which an airline can Vistara, which is 51 per arnings results for the quar- Geojit Financial Services. global risk has reduced in 2020   !./!0 arrive or depart at an airport. cent owned by the Tata Group Eter ended December along The coming week would with likely trade deal between ata-SIA joint venture airline "Two of our Boeing 737- and rest by Singapore Airlines, with inflation data, would drive witness quarterly results for the US and China, Brexit and in he Centre is promoting TVistara has started phasing 800NG aircraft are exiting fleet had placed orders for 50 air- the Indian equity markets in October-December period by anticipation of improvement in Twater tourism by under- out nine Boeing 737 planes, this month as their lease tenure craft, comprising both A320 the week ahead. several major corporates, which the world economy. taking riverfront development which it had leased after the ends. The remaining seven Neos and A321 Neos for Retail inflation data for will be a significant factor for Edelweiss Professional and setting a target of increas- grounding of Jet Airways, from have longer lease duration and domestic as well as short and December is scheduled to be the investors. Investor Research's Chief ing the number of cruise ships this month amid induction of most of them will exit fleet medium-haul international released on Monday and "Corporate results for Market Strategist Sahil Kapoor in the country to 1,000, Prime the latest batch of A320 neos in between 2022 and 2023," a operations with deliveries wholesale inflation would be Q3FY20 will be keenly watched observed that mid and small Minister Narendra Modi said the fleet. Vistara spokesperson said in between 2019-2023. out on Tuesday. The data gains out for. Some prominent com- cap segments have begun to on Sunday. The airline is returning response to a PTI query. The airline has already significance as off late there has panies coming out with results outperform the large caps sug- "Central Government is two of these nine leased B737 The spokesperson also said taken deliveries of some of the been major price rise impact- include Wipro, HCL gesting that market breadth is promoting cruise-based from January and the rest that by the time Vistara phas- A320 Neos from this order, ing common man's budget and Technologies, HDFC Bank etc," now favouring a larger uptrend. tourism. We have set a target to seven will be exited the fleet es out all these leased Boeing starting last November. also leading to a status quo on said Deepak Jasani of HDFC On the technical front, raise the number of cruise gramme. between 2022-23 as they are on planes, it would induct more Besides, the carrier has also repo rate by the Reserve Bank Securities. Jasani said that the for Nifty50 ships to 1,000 from the around "Tourism in West Bengal long term lease, a Vistara than 50 narrow-body and bought six Boeing 787-9 of India (RBI). Among the geopolitical fac- may reach fresh record levels it 150 in the country now," Modi will get a boost from the river- spokesperson told PTI. wide-body aircraft in its fleet Dreamliners for long-haul Retail inflation or the tors, the easing tensions between if breaches the immediate resis- said, inaugurating the sesqui- front development scheme. The government has tem- from Airbus and Boeing addi- international operations. Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the US and Iran and the signing tance of 12,311 points and centenary celebrations of the When comfortable facilities porarily reallocated as many tionally. Vistara will start inducting November surged to 5.54 per of the first phase of the US- crucial support is seen around Kolkata Port Trust at the Netaji are created over 32 acres land as many as 488 Jet Airways' After the Government put these wide-body planes in the cent from 4.62 per cent in China trade pact in the upcom- 12,213-12,118 points. Indoor stadium here. for viewing the Ganges, the slots to Air India, IndiGo, a rider that temporary alloca- fleet from next month. October on the back of a mas- ing week would be a major sup- On Friday, the Nifty50 on He said the Government toursts will benefit," he said, SpiceJet, Vistara, GoAir and tion of ex-Jet Airways slots The Delhi-based airline, sive rise in food prices. port for both global and domes- the National Stock Exchange was also creating the needed The Prime Minister also AirAsia India to fill the capac- was subject to aircraft induc- which completed five years of "Investors will closely tic investor sentiments. (NSE) touched an all-time high infrastructure for aquariums, said the benefits of expanding ity gap in the wake of the air- tion, Vistara leased nine Boeing operations on January 9, cur- watch CPI data, consensus is Jasani noted that the phase- of 12,311.20 points, before set- water parks, sea museums and cruise tourism will also go to line ceasing operations mid- 737-800 planes to reportedly rently operates over 200 daily showing inflation to spike fur- I of the US-China trade deal to tling at 12,256.80, higher by cruises in cities and clusters the people of Bengal and the April last year. secure as many as 110 addi- flights to 34 domestic and ther to 6.7 per cent in be signed on January 15 will 40.90 points or 0.33 per cent connected to ports as part of its island dwellers in the Bay of A slot is a specific date and tional slots of the 488 slots. international destinations. December due to oil prices and bring in some details about the from its previous close. riverfront development pro- Bengal.    !"#$#$   ''

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Newspapers called for res- 176 people aboard, in an abrupt which is close to the country’s forces said a Ukrainian airliner The Guards’ top comman- ignations and sackings over the about-turn after initially deny- conservatives, said the envoy had was shot down in error in an der, Major General Hossein handling of the air disaster. ing Western claims it was struck been “provoking radical acts” admission that sparked an angry Salami, briefed parliament Sazandegi, a moderate con- by a missile. among students. He was released demonstration. about the general’s killing, Iran’s servative publication, also apol- The firing came shortly a few hours later and would be His closed-session testimo- retaliation and the downing of ogised to its readers for having after Iran launched missiles at summoned again by Iranian ny comes after the temporary the airliner, semi-official news trusted official sources on the bases in Iraq housing American officials on Sunday, it said. arrest Saturday of Britain’s agency ISNA said. matter. forces. State television reported ambassador to Tehran, Rob At the end of the session, “Apologise, resign,” said the President Hassan Rouhani that students shouted “anti- Macaire, shortly after he left a speaker Ali Larijani asked the main headline of the reformist said a military probe into the regime” chants, while Fars vigil for the air disaster victims Majles’ security and foreign Etemad daily. tragedy had found “missiles reported that posters of that turned into a protest. policy commission to examine “Unforgivable,” said gov- fired due to human error” Soleimani had been torn down. On the day after the rally at the air disaster and how to pre- ernment newspaper Iran, which brought down the Boeing 737,      '       0     % The aerospace commander Tehran’s Amir Kabir University, vent such incidents from occur- published all the names of those calling it an “unforgivable mis- of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tensions appeared to be mount- ring again, ISNA said. who died in the air disaster on take.” nor an internet shutdown. The that Iran provide “full clarity” on on Wednesday. accepted full responsibility for ing again on the streets of the On Saturday, President the image of black plane tail. At a student protest to pay world is watching,” he added, the downing of the plane. The crash came hours after Wednesday’s accident. capital, with a heavy police Hassan Rouhani said a military Kayhan, a hardline daily, led tribute to the crash victims on apparently referring to an Ottawa says the dead included Tehran launched missiles at But Brigadier General presence notably around the probe into the tragedy had on the supreme leader’s “strict Saturday, Iranian authorities Iranian crackdown on street 57 Canadians. bases hosting American forces Amirali Hajizadeh said the mis- iconic Azadi Square south of the found “missiles fired due to orders” to follow up on the briefly detained Britain’s ambas- protests that broke out in Iran’s Supreme Leader in Iraq in response to the killing sile operator acted indepen- centre. human error” brought down the “painful incident of the plane sador, in what the British November. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also of top Iranian general Qasem dently, targeting the 737 after Riot police armed with Boeing 737. crash”. Government called a violation of “We are following your offered his condolences and Soleimani in a US drone strike. mistaking it for a “cruise missile”. water cannon and batons were The Guards’ aerospace As public anger grew, state international law. He was later protests closely, and are inspired ordered the armed forces to Fears grew of an all-out war The operator failed to obtain seen at Amir Kabir, Sharif and commander General Amirali television aired interviews with released. by your courage,” he said. address “shortcomings” so that between Iran and its arch-enemy approval from his superiors Tehran universities as well as Hajizadeh accepted full respon- people who it said “have not for- Trump told Iranians — in The new demonstrations such a disaster does not happen the United States, but those because of disruptions to a com- Enqelab Square. Around 50 sibility. gotten everything the Guards tweets in both English and Farsi follow an Iranian crackdown on again. concerns have subsided after munications system, he said. Basij militiamen brandishing In the evening, a memori- have done for the country”. — that he stands by them and street protests that broke out in Tehran’s acknowledgement Trump said Tehran appeared to “He had 10 seconds to paintball guns, potentially to al at Tehran’s Amir Kabir Britain’s ambassador to is monitoring the demonstra- November. Amnesty came after officials in Iran be standing down after targeting decide. He could have decided mark protesters to authorities, University in honour of those Tehran meanwhile took to tions. International has said it left denied for days Western claims the US bases. to strike or not to strike and were also seen near Amir Kabir. killed turned into a demon- Twitter to deny he had attend- “To the brave, long-suffer- more than 300 people dead. that the Ukraine International On Saturday evening, police under such circumstances, he The military acknowledged stration that, AFP correspon- ed the demonstration before ing people of Iran: I’ve stood Internet access was report- Airlines plane had been struck dispersed students who had took the wrong decision.” Saturday that the Ukraine dents said, was attended by being arrested. with you since the beginning of edly cut off in multiple Iranian by a missile in a catastrophic converged on Amir Kabir Iran had been under International Airlines plane was hundreds of students. “Can confirm I wasn’t tak- my Presidency, and my provinces ahead of memorials error. University in Tehran to pay mounting international pres- mistakenly shot down They shouted “death to ing part in any demonstra- Administration will continue planned a month after the The Kiev-bound jet tribute to the victims, after some sure to allow a “credible” inves- Wednesday, killing all 176 peo- liars” and demanded the resig- tions! Went to an event adver- to stand with you,” he tweeted. protests. slammed into a field shortly after among the hundreds gathered tigation after video emerged ple aboard, after denying for nation and prosecution of those tised as a vigil for victims of “There can not be another Canadian Prime Minister taking off from Tehran’s Imam shouted “destructive” slogans, appearing to show the moment days Western claims it was responsible for downing the #PS752 tragedy,” Macaire said, massacre of peaceful protesters, Justin Trudeau has demanded Khomeini International Airport Fars news agency said. the airliner was hit. AFP downed by a missile. plane and allegedly covering up adding he had been detained The majority of those on the accidental action. half an hour after leaving the the Boeing 737, which slammed Fars news agency said area. G  !    into a field shortly after take-off police “dispersed” them as they “Normal to want to pay )<8!  * from Tehran, were Iranians and left the university and blocked respects — some of victims were Canadians, and many were stu- streets, causing a traffic jam. British. I left after 5 mins, when Q    R   <) dents. US President Donald some started chanting,” he       World leaders welcomed Trump warned Iran against tweeted. Tehran: Qatar and Iran agree Iran’s admission, but Canada’s cracking down. The arrest triggered diplo- that de-escalation is the “only Washington: Defense Secretary asserting their rights, their aspi- 176 people on board, mostly Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “There can not be another matic protests, with London solution” to regional tensions, Mark Esper said Sunday the rations for a better government Iranians and Iranian-Canadians. and others have also called for massacre of peaceful protesters, calling it a violation of interna- Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Trump administration foresees — a different regime,” Esper told Esper said Iran’s paramili- a full and transparent investi- nor an internet shutdown. The tional law and EU foreign pol- Hamad Al-Thani said on no more Iranian military attacks CBS’ “Face the Nation.” tary Quds Force still presents gation. world is watching,” he tweeted. icy chief Josep Borrell added his Sunday after meeting Iran’s in retaliation for the US strike Iranians have expressed a threat across the Mideast, but The Kiev-bound plane was “We are following your voice to the chorus of condem- President Hassan Rouhani in that killed the Islamic Republic’s anger over the downing of the the specific attacks he said shot down at a time when Iran’s protests closely, and are inspired nation. Tehran. most powerful general. Ukrainian flight on Wednesday were being planned by the late armed forces were on a height- by your courage,” Trump said in “Very concerned about the “This visit comes at a crit- The Pentagon chief sug- and the misleading explana- Quds Force leader, Gen. ened state of alert after launch- a comment directed at protest- temporary detention of the UK ical time in the region, and we gested that Iran’s government is tions from senior officials in the Qassem Soleimani, have been ing a volley of missiles at US ers. Ambassador @HMATehran in agreed with the brothers and he told a news conference. under internal threat following immediate aftermath. “disrupted.” Esper also said the troops stationed in Iraqi military The latest demonstrations Iran. Full respect of the Vienna with His Excellency the presi- “Dialogue is the only solu- its downing of a Ukrainian Later the government took Trump administration’s offer to bases. follow a crackdown on street convention is a must. dent that the only solution to tion” to resolve the crises, he civilian airliner. the blame for the shootdown, negotiate a new nuclear deal Iran had vowed to exact violence that erupted across The EU calls for de-escala- these crises is de-escalation said at a time of heightened US- “You can see the Iranian saying it was a tragic accident. with Iran without precondition “severe revenge” for the January Iran over fuel price hikes in tion and space for diplomacy,” from everyone and dialogue,” Iranian tensions. AFP people are standing up and The plane crash killed all still stands. AP 3 US drone strike that killed November. Amnesty Borrell tweeted. AFP 8(     9 80/  7       4!          ;
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When climate activist Greta should be all of us jumping in especially those like Greta and the laudable but Add the limelight and things can Thunberg, who just turned 17, when we see something or hear Parkland survivors who are up the question get complicated for young people was named Time magazine’s 2019 something that might be com- against grown-ups with immense here is: What who either voluntarily or through person of the year, President pletely out of line with the values power and resources. are our defini- circumstances live very public Donald Trump took to Twitter to of this country,” West said. “We “Adults can support young tions of the lives. Those public lives often call her choice “ridiculous,” going don’t have the value as a country activists by helping them under- terms “growth,” “development” and “participa- come with heaping helpings of on to say, “Greta must work on of attacking young people who stand the range of possible reac- tion” used in the theme selected by the UN. This adult-size sniping. But are chil- her anger management problem, might be activists.” tions they might get and to help question is crucial because currently, the main dren and adolescents who find then go to a good old fashioned Jumping in is exactly what manage their expectations about emphasis is on economic, social, political and themselves under global micro- film with a friend! Chill Greta, former first lady Michelle Obama public political engagement,” she even physical aspects of these three “key words” scopes still entitled to age-appro- Chill!” To that, Thunberg did on Twitter after Trump’s said. neglecting it’s moral and spiritual sides. Our pol- priate protection from the harsh- responded by changing her “chill” tweet about Greta. “Don’t Daryl Van Tongeren, an asso- icy makers do not usually realise that a person ness of public discourse? And, Twitter profile to mock the pres- let anyone dim your light,” Obama ciate professor of psychology at cannot be happy and satisfied if their moral more importantly, can they han- ident’s words. She told The urged Greta. “Like the girls I’ve Hope College in Holland, growth and spiritual development are neglected. dle it? Intercept: “Honestly, I think it’s Winston-Salem, North Carolina. dren and we have a message. They met in Vietnam and all over the Michigan, specialises, in part, on Hence, a man may grow physically and financial- Children and teens, in this era funny.” “At the same time, public are bashing survivors of a school world, you have so much to offer questions of morality. “I think ly but he might not have enough spiritual and of blurred boundaries, have at Since Serena Williams was a political engagement can be very shooting. You can go ahead but us all. Ignore the doubters and sadly in our society they do moral knowledge. This, in turn, might force him their disposal mobile megaphones teen, when Malala Yousafzai won stressful and can put young peo- our message is going to be heard know that millions of people are sometimes forfeit their child- into substance abuse or other harmful ways to — for the first time in human his- the Nobel Peace Prize after being ple in a vulnerable position when loud and clear.” cheering you on.” hoods, but I don’t think that they relieve stress. It is, therefore, of utmost impor- tory — to reach the entire world. shot in the face, with the ascent they receive criticism or people Development psychologists Eilish, who grew popular in should have to,” he said. “I think tance that the moral and the spiritual growth That allows them to be heard, and of 18-year-old pop star Billie publicly disagree,” said Ballard, prefer to speak of stages when 2016 with her SoundCloud single as a society we view them as no form the base of all other kinds of growth and potentially taken seriously, by Eilish and in the aftermath of the whose research focuses on the describing life’s slide from child- Ocean Eyes, has long been sur- longer being children and some- development. hundreds of millions of people, all mass school shooting in Parkland, intersection of civic engagement hood into adolescence and on to rounded by family in her how we now have rights to kind A great leader, Mahatma Gandhi, believed in the way up to heads of state who Florida, that turned young sur- and adolescent health and well- young adulthood, such as the entourage, including her parents of put them in a different realm, transforming youth into a cadre of inspiring and include the president of the vivors into gun control activists, ness. onset of biological changes and and her older brother and collab- put them in a different category. competent role models and change agents with United States. But does it give the treatment of young people in Students from Marjory shifts in social roles. Some use orator, Finneas Baird O’Connell. It’s a moment for us to pause and the courage of conviction. This too will trigger those who hear them the right to the public eye has had its ups and Stoneman Douglas High School, more rigid measures, considering But fame has had its rough spots say, just because this is happen- the process of building a healthy nation. slap back? At what point does the downs. who began speaking out for gun childhood to extend through age nonetheless. “I forget sometimes ing, does that mean that it’s good Remember, a nation which allows its youth to imperative to treat children more “For anyone who shares pub- reform soon after the shooting 12, with adolescence roughly that they’re not literally my or it’s healthy or it’s right?” travel on the path of indiscipline, violence and gently collide with their decision lic opinions about civic and social there were already in a devastat- between 12 and 18 and young friends,” she told Variety of her Williams, who is now 38 disrespect, unwittingly permits itself to be a state to enter the marketplace of ideas issues, like Greta Thunberg and ing position when they faced adulthood the period between 18 fans. “It’s weird, like, that’s prob- and owns 23 Grand Slam singles of chaos. The youth are like a double-edged sword — and what happens when it the Parkland teens have done, it accusations that some were “cri- and 25. ably the biggest con in it all: that titles, knows some of the issues that can be used to destroy an enemy or spread does? can cut both ways. It can be sis actors” and the group was Richard West, an Emerson people I’ve never met think I’m well. “People have been talking terror in their own territory by sabre-rattling. In 2012, 16-year-old gymnast empowering for young people to under the manipulation of gun College communications profes- really close friends with them. about my body for a really long Hence, if they are instigated to wreck national Gabby Douglas became the first use their voices in such a public control advocates. The teens were sor who focuses on family, bully- And then they forget that I’m not, time,” she told The Fader in property, question their teachers and indulge in African American woman and way. Young people can also be unfazed. ing and identity, said that’s only and sometimes say stuff at meet- 2016. “Good things, great things, acts of arson and rampage at the slightest provo- woman of colour of any nation- especially effective in changing “There are people who are part of the story for young peo- and-greets or post things that are negative things. People are enti- cation, then, they would become an army who ality to win Olympic gold in the public conversations about going to be putting us down. It ple who prematurely find them- joking or sarcastic about how bad tled to have their opinions, but will pull down the structure of their nation with- individual all-around. The feat important issues. People listen to doesn’t matter. 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Before the World Cup, ing for their board exams in among the runs, while Rahul, too, is The 15-year-old Haryana we will be able to decide our best February, the 16-year-old having a great time with the bat. schoolgirl Shafali Verma will be XI,” Harmanpreet said. Siliguri girl will be bracing for “It’s a good dilemma to have. Rohit playing her first global meet follow- The skipper has had the expe- her maiden international crick- is an obvious choice of course. Both of ing some good performances at the rience of playing in the Women’s Big et tour with the Indian women’s them (Shikhar and Rahul) are playing international level in her first sea- Bash League and that will help her side and that too the marquee well. Shikhar has done well in one- day- son. plan better. ICC World T20. ers and Rahul is in great form. So we’ll Richa, 16, has been rewarded “I think that experience will The teenager picked up the deal with it when we have to,” Rathour for her exploits in the recent definitely help and we know how willow seeing her father said. women’s Challenger Trophy, scor- the wickets are over there and that Manabendra Ghosh, now a part- “There are still a couple of days to ing 36 off 26 balls in one of the definitely give us extra boost (over) time Bengal umpire, at a tender go. The management will sit down and (: "             games with four boundaries and a there,” said the skipper, who has age of four and a half years and make the choice,” he told reporters six. played for Sydney Thunders in after a good show in the ahead of the first ODI against Australia. “It’s (middle-order) not a weakness. “See, in the past one year, we WBBL. Challenger Trophy has made her Asked about the relevance of the Few innings back we scored 383. We’ve have taken five to six debutants. She also agreed that spinners way into the national team. series in a T20 World Cup year, Rathour been scoring runs, our batters have done Earlier, the same team used to play have been India’s strength in bowl- “I never thought that this said, “It’s a different format and crick- well. Shreyas (Iyer) is batting really well. but after the 2017 ODI World ing and it wouldn’t change much on will happen so fast. It’s hard to et is a game of confidence. So as a bat- (Rishabh) Pant has played a couple of Cup, a lot of new prospects have the bouncy Australian tracks. believe and the feeling hasn’t ter and bowler, especially when you are useful innings. So I don’t see an issue. emerged. We feel we have nurtured “We are looking for more spin- sunk in yet,” Richa said. playing against a team like Australia, “Top three are scoring heavily, so five or six new players, who are ners in our side and we have got “My first role model has who are one of the better teams in the that’s a good problem to have, but we playing now,” chairman of women’s that. Now the only thing is how we always been my dad from whom world, performances do make a differ- have enough options and don’t see any selection committee Hemlatha Kala are going to use their strengths. I learnt cricket. Then it was ence. It gives you a lot of confidence.” issues with that,” he added. told reporters at the press confer- They are very good and always give Sachin Tendulkar, who will “We’ll take it as any other series and Australia possess some of the best ence us breakthroughs. always remain my idol.” playing against one of the better sides pacers in the world, and have come with “Richa Ghosh is a new player “Our strength is spin and we But when it’s about her six- in the world, we are looking to do well a four-pronged attack, comprising and here the role of selectors have to stick to that and whenever hitting skill, it’s none other than as a team, looking to perform and win Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh increases.”            ( 0         we need them they will perform for MS Dhoni. if possible,” added the batting coach. Hazlewood and Kane Richardon. Source close to the women’s        >  6,>.       us,” Harmanpreet exuded confi- “I love the way he hits sixes Rahul can also keep wickets and the So what is the game plan against the team said that Richa has been dence. and try the same. Whoever coach was asked whether there was a pacers? picked since she can lend solidity “While shafali is the X factor at a 16-member squad for a tri-series World T20 Squad: Harmanpreet maybe the bowler, when you thought process to use Rahul as a Rathour replied, “All of our batters to India’s middle order. the top, Richa will provide the much in Australia prior to the T20 World Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, have the bat, you can do any- stumper. have played against them quite a lot. “Richa was the most impressive needed firepower in the middle Cup, with Nuzhat Parveen being Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodriguez, thing.” “We haven’t really started thinking They know these bowlers, their player during Challenger trophy. order. We had to give her the added as the 16th member. That Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Veda Known for her six-hitting on those lines yet. Rahul can keep, that’s strengths, the areas where they bowl — People questioned us when we chance now. Anyway in women’s tournament starts on January 31 Krishnamurthy, Richa Ghosh, Tania exploits, the 16-year-old from the skill that he has. So that will depend so the game plan will be according to picked 15 year old Shafali and she cricket there are not many players and also features England. Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Radha Siliguri is a complete package — if the team management feels at any that. repaid the faith and I am pretty cer- to choose from in comparison to Skipper Harmanpreet feels that Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Shikha someone who loves to open the stage we require that.” “It’s a good surface we are playing tain Richa will be on the same path,” the vast talent in men’s cricket.” playing the tri-series before the big Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati batting, bowls quick and also Rathour also asserted that he does on and nothing different basically. Just the source said. The selectors also announced event will be advantageous for the Reddy. keeps wickets. PTI not see any issue with the middle-order. take it as any other team.”   : 0-   Bumrah headlines We are underdogs in ODI series: Richardson   .%.  $  77 The 28-year-old pacer, don’t know how it’s going to BCCI Annual Awards who has played 22 ODIs, also pan out in terms of selection. $  '1231/4 sought on the development. ustralian speedster Kane said playing in India, where I’m comfortable being that Asked about the Conflict $  77 ARichardson says coach the grounds are smaller, is the next guy in. he BCCI is all set to appoint of Interest clause since he has Andrew McDonald “camped biggest challenge. “I have always spoken TWorld Cup winning former a contract with a TV channel ndia spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday out” at the Wankhede “It’s the biggest challenge about if injuries or form India players Madan Lal and as cricket expert, the former Iheadlined the BCCI Annual Awards func- Stadium on Saturday night to in white-ball cricket, coming happen being the next guy in. Gautam Gambhir as members India all-rounder said, “Let tion, grabbing the prestigious Polly Umrigar check on dew as his players over here and playing against So if I could take the field of the Cricket Advisory me first get my appointment award apart from annexing the Dilip Sardesai prepared to practice with India on the surfaces over with those guys it gives you Committee (CAC) which will letter and obviously there will honour for his exploits in international crick- wet balls. here. It’s a lot different than a lot of confidence that hope- pick selection committees for be terms of reference and et in the 2018-19 season. “Andrew McDonald Australia. The ground sizes fully when I come onto bowl the next four-year cycle start- guidelines.” Polly Umrigar award is presented to the camped out here last night to are a lot smaller than there are two or three down ing 2020. A source close to the crick- best male International cricketer and it carries try and see what time the Australia, (and) mis-hits can early,” he added. The third member of the eter confirmed that he was a citation, trophy and cheque for  15 lakh. dew came in. Who knows, often go for six. On a personal note, panel is likely to be Mumbai- approached by the BCCI for Dilip Sardesai award is conferred on both everyone is guessing. I think “It’s something we have Richardson, who was in and based woman international the role and he has accepted the the highest wicket-taker and highest run-get- everyone is prepared,” spoken a lot about. I think out of the playing XI during Sulakshana Naik, who has offer. ter in Test cricket. Bumrah took 34 wickets in Richardson said. everyone in the team has the last World Cup, says that played two Tests and 46 ODIs “Yes, they did ask Madan six matches with three five-wicket hauls. “We’re going to train played here before, so it’s he made his way back into for the country. for his consent and he had told Prolific Saurashtra batsman Chetshwar today with some wet balls so nothing new. Starting today the team by performing well. “Madan Lal and Gautam them it will be an honour to be Pujara was picked for the honour for scoring we can practice that. We’ll we will figure out a plan to “I think it was just Gambhir are all set to be the on CAC. It doesn’t matter if it’s 677 runs in 8 matches at an average of 52.07 just wait and see on game stop some of those guys. It through performance on CAC members,” a senior BCCI one meeting or half a meeting,” with three centuries and two half centuries. day. It’s nothing new, we will be a high-scoring contest field. You can improve away official said. said the source. While Bumrah netted the biggest prize in have dew back home as well.” I’m sure,” added the right- from the game all you want Hero of 1983 World Cup In all likelihood, the com- the men’s category, Poonam Yadav claimed the He said the Virat Kohli- arm medium pacer. but I think it was just about winning India team, Lal, by mittee will meet just once as top prize in women’s section and was award- led Indians were the Australia are touring performing. The Big Bash last virtue of being the senior- only two changes are required ed the best international cricketer. favourites at home, calling his India with a four-pronged year after doing well got me most member will head the in the senior selection panel. The award will be another feather in the team the underdogs for the ( "          '      * 1! % pace attack comprising Josh back in the fold and then committee while 2011 World The committee has to find leg-spinner’s cap who recently won Arjuna three-match ODI series, Hazlewood, Pat Cummins injuries happened. Cup hero Gambhir will assist replacements of outgoing chair- Award. beginning here tomorrow. to be so hard,” he said. favourite. We are the under- and Starc, apart from "And then try and be the him along with the third mem- man MSK Prasad (South) and Former India captains Krishnamachari “I think the home team “India in India is always dogs,” he said ahead of a Richardson. And the fast- next guy in. Always try and ber. Gagan Khoda (Central). Srikkanth and Anjum Chopra were present- is always favourite. I think on the biggest challenge and practice session. bowler says he is comfortable stay on top of my game and “I don’t know if it’s fair on Sarandeep Singh (North), ed the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement the back of last year, I think after what happened last year Last year, Australia had to be the “next guy in”. improve but I’m back in this my part to make a formal Devang Gandhi (East) and Award and the BCCI Lifetime Achievement Finchy (Aaron Finch) has they will be ready for it. made a spectacular come- “It would be nice to take team because I performed at comment or not as BCCI has Jatin Paranjpe (West) still have Award for women respectively. said no team has ever won Confidence is up but the back to record a 3-2 win in the field with all three of the level below,” the pacer not announced,” said Madan a year left in their respective A member of the 1983 World Cup-winning here back to back. It’s going home team is always ODI series in India. them or a couple of them. I added. Lal when his comments were four-year terms. team, Srikkanth took on the fearsome West Indies fast bowlers and scored an attacking 38, the top indi- vidual score in the low-scor-   '   &  RFC-$  -DD ing final at the Lord’s. Anjum is one of the finest batswomen and the first $  +./.7. Indian to play 100 $  +41'' 2017 to go past Vijay Merchant. Overnight 141 for five, ODIs. In a career asith Malinga said on Sunday With his 248 on Sunday, Odisha lost their remaining spanning 17 years, Lhe was ready to stand down kipper Aditya Tare struck 154 to Pujara also became only the third five wickets with the addition Anjum represent- as Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 skipper Slead a fine lower-order rally and player to record seven double of just 19 runs inside nine ed India in four after the team’s humiliating 2-0 put Mumbai in command by post- centuries in Ranji Trophy. He is overs at the Chaudhary 50-over World loss to India in their latest for- ing 488 in their first innings on the at joint second with Ajay Sharma Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Cups and two eign tour. second day of their Group B match two behind Paras Dogra, who Lahli. T20 World Cup Returning from the series, against Tamil Nadu. played most cricket for Himachal Haryana batted sensibly (played in one). the 36-year-old told reporters Tare, who resumed the days on Pradesh. in their second innings with Mayank that Sri Lanka was just not his individual score of 69, was Pujara also completed 6000 openers Shubham Rohilla (48) Agarwal, who good enough to make an impact involved in a 123-run stand for the runs in Ranji Trophy during the and Ankit Kumar (46) putting emerged as an impact in the 20 over game. eight wicket with Shashank Attarde course of his marathon knock. up a 101-run stand. Himanshu batsman starting with his He said Sri Lankan bowlers (58). He and senior batsman Rana also contributed at number debut series in Australia in weren’t able to restrict oppo- Tare hit 19 fours and 2 sixes Sheldon Jackson (161) rescued five before Pramod Chandila and 2018-19, received the best nents while the batsmen were during his 253-ball knock as Saurashtra with a massive 394- Patel saw through the day. international debut in incapable of putting up the 170 Mumbai added 204 runs from 59 run stand for the third wicket At the Barsapara Stadium in men’s category while tal- runs needed for a fighting overs on Sunday from overnight after they lost their two openers Guwahati, Assam replied strong- ented 15-year-old Shafali chance in a match. 284 for 6. for only 33 runs. ly with 209 for three after Verma grabbed the same in “We don’t have that,” In reply, Tamil Nadu were 66 Pujara resumed the second Chhattisgarh posted 318 in their the women’s category. Malinga said, adding that it was for no loss with experienced open- day on 162 and raised his double first innings, trailing the visitors Mumbai all-rounder unfair to expect a winning per- er Abhinav Mukund batting on 52. ton on Sunday before being even- by 109 runs with seven wickets Shivam Dube, who impressed formance from the team given The Tamil Nadu bowlers toiled tually dismissed for 248 off 390 intact. in the recently concluded T20 they were ranked just ninth in for five sessions before wrapping up deliveries with help of 24 fours series against Sri Lanka, was the world when returned to the the Mumbai innings with ace off- and a six. NAGALAND ON TOP presented the Lala Amarnath captaincy just over a year ago. spinner Ravichandran Ashwin In reply, Karnataka were 13 %  Wicketkeeper-batsman Award for the best all-rounder But he added that he was (3/121) and left-arm spinner R Sai for 1 in eight overs. Yogesh Takawale slammed an in the Ranji Trophy while Delhi’s “ready to accept” his responsi- Kishore (4/125) sending down 47 unbeaten 117 as Nagaland bats- Nitish Rana received the same for bility for the team’s perfor- and 46 overs respectively. HARYANA BOUNCE BACK men made merry against the doing well in the limited overs   %          mance. :    '      ' 6, The Mumbai lower-order con-   '*+,   Left-arm spinner Tinu Arunachal Pradesh to pile up a competition. “I am ready any time. I am '        tinued to make things difficult for Kundu grabbed five wickets as mammoth 543 for seven declared India’s middle-order batsm- ready to quit,” he said. the home side bowlers with Tushar century to help Saurashtra post a Haryana staged a remarkable in Plate group fixture. woman Deepti Sharma received Malinga led Sri Lanka to the Frictions were evident in the Deshpande (39) smashing Ashwin massive 581 for 7 declared in comeback to take an upper hand Takawale’s knock from 162 the Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy for T20 World Cup title in 2014 and Sri Lankan team under Malinga’s for three huge sixes while No 11 Group B match against in Elite Group C match against balls, laced with 14 fours, came best woman cricketer in senior remained in charge until early leadership, the Sunday Island Royston Dias too joined the fun, Karnataka. Odisha. after No 3 Shrikant Mundhe top- domestic circuit while Shafali was 2016. newspaper reported. hoisting B Aparajith for a big one Pujara, who on Saturday Haryana, who were bundled scored for the team with 166 on picked for honour in the junior cat- His return to the top job in “There seems to be deep over long-on. joined a select group of cricket- out for a paltry 90 after electing the opening day at the Nagaland egory. December 2018 was a surprise divisions in the side. As captain, ing greats by smashing his 50th to bat, bowled out Odisha for 160 Cricket Stadium. Virender Sharma was adjudged the as he had lost his spot in the he has also sidelined his prede- DOUBLE TON FOR PUJARA first-class century, is already the and then replied strongly in their Mundhe also claimed three best umpire in domestic cricket while Vidarbha team after recurring injuries cessors” including Thisara 3 Prolific India Test bats- Indian player with most first second essay by posting 218 for for 32 to leave Arunachal Pradesh Cricket Association were presented the best forced him to sit out several Perera and Angelo Mathews, the man Cheteshwar Pujara slammed class double centuries when he five, taking an overall lead of 148 reeling at 141 for four in 37 overs, performance award in domestic cricket for tournaments. paper said. 248, his 13th first-class double scored his 12th double ton in going into the penultimate day. trailing by 393 runs. wining the Ranji Trophy.