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The facility of cycle the letter. $  "The school was estab- school in just 1,600 square has proved its anti-education According to the chair- World Cycling Alliance, DV Sharing in New Delhi area She said the 21-year-old lished in 1948, however, during metres when the school hosts stand. They want our country man, people who are willing to Manohar. will be available between 6 am survivor was sold by her father emergency, school structure eleventh and twelfth classes," to remain illiterate," he said. ride the cycles to commute will "In India, smart bike has its and 10 pm daily. to a 65-year-old private tutor station but each time the police for Rs 40,000 at the age of 12. snubbed her and ignored her Till the age of 17, she was raped pleas. in Chandpur (Bijnor). Later, "In light of this extreme        '(   & she was shifted to another horrendous incident, the place in Bijnor. 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Among the other attrac- escape, followed by an act of ensure urgent release of victim This year, eight Non- up for adoption, I might take tions, two mobile grooming extreme revengeful sexual compensation as the woman Government Organisations one home," said one of the vis- vans have also been set up by abuse as a form of punishment, does not hail from a financial- (NGOs) and pet care bands itors. different organisations offering Maliwal said. ly sound background. Further, from Canada and Thailand Another pet owner said, bathtubs and other luxuries to The accused even abused an inquiry should be conduct- have also marked their pres- "My beagle is very well-man- the pets. and burnt the woman's minor ed into the role of police in the ence. nered, it doesn't bite but ever Apart from that, counselors daughter with cigarettes. In matter and strictest action "Eight NGOs including since, we have entered the park from various organisations have her FIR, the survivor has should be taken against those Friendicoes and Federation of it started sniffing other dogs also come to advise people alleged that one of the accused found guilty," Indian Animal Protection and even engaged in a small who are willing to adopt foreign is a serial rapist and has killed she said in her letter to the Organisations (FIAPO) have and healthy fight. My dog is so breeds regarding which breed a 19-year-old woman when Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. come. Some of them have excited today." would suit them according to she tried to escape his brutali- Maliwal claimed that the brought several dogs with them According to the organis- their life style and size of the ty, Maliwal said. DCW receives complaints from for adoption as part of our ers, adding to the attractions, house. The woman underwent Uttar Pradesh every other day #AdoptDontShop campaign," this year, paramilitary dogs of Besides national, various unimaginable form of oppres- about atrocities against women said Akshay Gupta, Founder, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) are international pet care brands sion and torture for a decade. and girls. Pet Fed. The NGOs this time also participating to give from Thailand and Canada Eventually, she somehow man- "The Commission requests have brought several indie pups glimpses of their military train- have also come this year offer- aged to escape and sought you to bring about immediate and abandoned dogs with them ing on the last day of the event, ing products ranging from food police assistance, but they and effective change in the sys- that are open for adoption, he to adopt Indian breeds so we are are coming with Indie dogs has each foreign breed," said anoth- informed the organisers. to clothes. Besides dogs, a sep- refused to take her compliant. tem to ensure that such dread- added. also promoting the cause. For been kept free. We are charging er organiser. "On Sunday, the paramili- arate zone has also been desig- She submitted five written ful crimes are not repeated," she "People usually do not want this, the entry for people who around 250 on the entry of Amidst this, with various tary dogs of Sashastra Seema nated to cats. complaints at Chandpur police added.

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Saturday acquitted two prime attacked Singh, 49, in Lahore's ments of some 40 witnesses in removed was spotted by a The Heads of Missions appeals challenging a trial The convicts had chal- suspects in the murder case of Kot Lakhpat jail in 2013 result- the case and submitted its tourist group at Kaziranga boarded a special flight to court's judgement in the 1984 lenged their conviction and Indian national Sarabjit Singh ing in his death. report to the government National Park (KNP) in upper Prayagraj this morning to wit- anti-Sikh riots case in which sentencing by the trial court in in 2013 in the Kot Lakhpat jail In previous hearings, the which is yet to make its find- Assam on Saturday, a senior ness 'Kumbh Mela in the Congress leader Sajjan Kumar May 2013. here, citing "lack of evidence" judge had expressed his anger ings public. forest department official said. Making, Ministry of External was acquitted. The Central Bureau of against them. as the prosecution failed to The one-man commission The tourist group spotted Affairs spokesperson Raveesh A bench of Justices S Investigation (CBI) had also The Lahore Sessions Court bring forth prosecuting wit- had also issued notices to the carcass at the Bhulukajan Kumar said. Muralidhar and Vinod Goel filed an appeal, alleging they announced its verdict in the nesses to record their state- Singh's relatives through the forest camp area under the Massive preparations are had on October 29 concluded were engaged in "a planned case which was pending for ment. foreign ministry to record Bagori range in KNP, he said. underway for the Kumbh Mela hearing arguments on the communal riot" and "reli- more than five years. One witness in the previ- their statements and produce Following the recovery, the Chirakhowa anti-poaching which has been recognised by appeals filed by the CBI, riots gious cleansing". The agency According to a court offi- ous hearing told the court that any evidence they had regard- number of rhinos killed this camp area near the banks of the the UNESCO as an "intangible victims and the convicts, and and the victims have also cial, Lahore's additional district Singh was brought to the ing his death. year rose to six. Brahmaputra river. cultural heritage of humanity". reserved the judgement. appealed against the acquittal and sessions judge Services Hospital in a critical However, Singh's family According to Divisional On March 3, a female adult The Kumbh Mela is Former Congress council- of Kumar. Muhammad Moin Khokhar condition. did not record their state- Forest Officer (DFO) of KNP, rhino was killed outside the believed to be the largest reli- lor Balwan Khokhar, retired The high court had on acquitted the main suspects — "I wanted to record Singh's ments, the officials had said. Rohoni Ballav Saikia, the visi- KNP area at Lohore Chapori in gious gathering in the world naval officer Captain Bhagmal, March 29 last year issued Amir Tamba and Mudassar — statement but the doctors Tamba and Mudassar, in tors spotted the carcass of the the state's Majuli district. Its and is held every 12 years on Girdhari Lal and two others show cause notices to 11 after all witnesses turned hos- stopped him, terming his con- their statements to the com- pachyderm on the tourist route horn was also taken away by the banks of the 'Sangam'— the were held guilty in the case accused, including Khokhar tile. dition very serious," the official mission, had confessed to the to Bagori range, while they poachers. confluence of the holy rivers relating to the murder of five and Yadav, in five 1984 anti- "Not a single witness testi- quoted the witnesses. crime and said they killed were visiting the the World Another rhino was killed at Ganga, Yamuna and the myth- members of a family in Raj Sikh riots cases which were fied in the court against both Singh died before record- Singh as they wanted to avenge Heritage Site in a jeep safari. Polokata Tapu near Sitamari ical Saraswati — in Prayagraj. Nagar area of Delhi earlier closed. The matter is the suspects. The court acquit- ing his statement before the the killing of people in Lahore Gunshots were heard on under the jurisdiction of The Mela alternates Cantonment on November 1, being heard by another divi- ted them for lack of evidence doctors. and Faisalabad in bomb blasts Friday night but were thought Lahorijan forest camp on the between Nasik, Prayagraj, 1984 after the assassination of sion bench. against them," the official said. A one-man judicial com- allegedly carried out by the to be sounds of firecrackers midnight of February 11. Ujjain and Haridwar every then prime minister Indira The accused, who were He said both suspects mission of Justice Mazhar Ali Indian national. from a marriage nearby, Saikia The first case of rhino three years. The one celebrat- Gandhi. acquitted of the charges, were made their presence in the Akbar Naqvi of Lahore high Singh has been sentenced said. poaching happened at Daflang ed at the Sangam is the largest The trial court had acquit- asked as to why should the court court through a video link court had initially investigated to death for his alleged involve- Earlier on May 11, a bullet- camp area of KNP's Bagori and holiest of them. ted Sajjan Kumar in the case, not order reinvestigation and from the Kot Lakhpat Jail Singh's murder case before ment in a string of bombings riddled carcass of another adult Range on January 14, but the The Kumbh Mela will but awarded life term to retrial against them as they because of security concerns. the trial kicked off in the in 1990 in the Punjab province male rhino with its horn miss- poachers could not take away begin in Prayagraj on January Khokhar, Bhagmal and Lal, faced allegations of "horrifying Amir and Mudassar, two Sessions court. of Pakistan. 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    Together with the 3 militants The students of Kashmir from this morning’s encounter University held protests on that’s 10 dead. Reports of many the varsity campus against the From Page 1 report “is” placed before ‘has been’, and the sentence in injured at the encounter site. killings. Reports said students The court rejected the pleas Parliament, was referred to in the judgment (with regard to the   000 What a horrible day! 6 civilians marched inside the campus seeking lodging of an FIR and the judgment as “only a redact- PAC) read ‘the report of the killed and numerous more while chanting “pro-freedom the court-monitored probe ed portion of the report was CAG has been examined by the injured, many critically. Any and anti-India slogans” and alleging irregularities in the placed before the Parliament, Public Accounts Committee’,” way you look at it this was a offered funeral prayers in 58,000 crore deal, in which and was in public domain”, the the application said. badly executed encounter. absentia as well. both the countries have entered Centre said and sought neces- “The very fact that the pre- From Page 1 Authorities suspended the Protests around encounter sites Spontaneous protest was into an inter-governmental sary changes in the Supreme sent tense ‘is’ is used would The separatist political mobile internet service in are now the norm not the held at Nowhatta area in down- agreement (IGA). Court order. mean that the reference is to the amalgam Joint Resistance Srinagar and south Kashmir exception. Why are we unable town Srinagar. Reports said on Though the order came as In regard to the pricing procedure which will be fol- Leadership (JRL) comprising districts of Pulwama and to learn how to handle them learning about the Pulwama a relief to the Modi details being placed before the lowed as and when the CAG of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Shopian while the speed was better?” killings, the shopkeepers Government, which asserted CAG, PAC and Parliament, report is ready,” it said. Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, reduced to 2G in Budgam dis- PDP president Mehbooba downed their shutters and that its stand has been vindi- para 25 of the judgement read, The application said the called for a three-day shut- trict. Reports of mobile inter- Mufti while condemning the joined peaceful protest demon- cated, the Opposition remained “The pricing details have, how- statement that only a redacted down against the civilians and net disruption and reduction killings said that no probe stration against the Pulwama firm on its demand for a Joint ever, been shared with version of the report “is” placed militant killings beginning in its speed in other parts of could bring back the dead killings demanding end to cor- Parliamentary Committee (JPC) Comptroller and Auditor before Parliament, was referred Saturday with a call to march Kashmir, were received. The civilians. She also criticised the don and search operations probe into the deal. Nationalist General, and the report of the to in the judgment as “only a towards Army’s XV Corps in step was taken in view of Governor administration for (CASOs), killings and “unabat- Congress Party demanded that CAG has been examined by the redacted portion of the report Badami Bagh on Monday. protests and shutdown called “failing to secure civilian lives.” ed human rights abuses”. the Supreme Court “reopen” the Public Accounts Committee. was placed before the Mirwaiz tweeted, “Bullets by the separatists over civilian In her tweets Mehbooba Reports of clashes were Rafale fighter jet purchase case Only a redacted portion of the Parliament, and was in public and pellets rain! As Govt of and militant killings. Train said, “ How long are we going received from Sopore area of in light of the correction appli- report was placed before the domain”. India has decided to kill services across Kashmir were to shoulder the coffins of our north Kashmir’s Baramulla cation filed by the Centre. Parliament and is in public “That unfortunately, an ele- Kashmiri’s through its #Armed also suspended as precaution- youngsters? So many civil- district against the killings. Kharge accused the domain.” ment of misinterpretation of the Forces who control us, JRL and ary measure. ians killed today post A police statement issued Government of “misleading” The Centre said in the statement made in the note people will march towards The situation in Pulwama encounter in Pulwama. No this evening said, “A search the Supreme Court by present- application that these state- handed over on behalf of the Badami Bagh Army canton- and adjoining areas in south country can win a war by operation was launched joint- ing wrong facts about the CAG ments appeared to have been Centre in the sealed cover, ment (in Srinagar) on Monday Kashmir, was reported highly killing its own people. I strong- ly by the security forces based report on the Rafale deal and based on the note submitted by appeared to have crept in. This 17 Dec to ask GOI to kill all of tense while reports of massive ly condemn these killings , and on a credible input about the demanded that the government it in sealed cover. “In the said has also resulted in a contro- us at one time rather than clashes were received from once again appeal for efforts , presence of terrorists in should apologise for it. note, which was in the form of versy being raised in the public killing us daily.” these areas. to stop this blood bath. No Monghama of village Sirnoo in The Centre made it clear bullet points, the second bullet domain,” it said. Mirwaiz further tweeted, Former Chief Ministers probe enough to bring back District Pulwama today morn- that it did not say the CAG point said the Government has The Centre sought that the “From today (Saturday) Omar Abdullah and the dead innocent civilians. ing. During the search opera- report was examined by PAC or already shared the pricing words “the report of the CAG is onwards for three days mourn- Mehbooba Mufti condemned South Kashmir has been reel- tion, which was an open field a redacted portion was placed details with the CAG. The examined by the PAC. Only a ing and complete protest strike the killings of seven civilians in ing under fear for the last 6 with hideout made by the mil- before Parliament. It clarified report of the CAG is examined redacted version of the report is will be observed all across.” forces’ action. months. Is this what was itants, hiding militants fired that the note had said the by the PAC. Only a redacted placed before the Parliament The slain civilians were In a series of tweets, Omar expected from Gov rule? The indiscriminately leading to an Government “has already version of the report is placed and in public domain” be sub- identified as Shahbaz Ali, a res- Abdullah hit out at the admin has failed in securing encounter. Consequently Army shared” the price details with the before the Parliament and in stituted in place of “and the ident of Monghama village, Governor administration, say- civilian lives. Deepest condo- personnel got injured and one CAG, which was written in public domain,” it said. report of the CAG has been Suhail Ahmad of Bellow, ing it has failed to focus on the lences to the bereaved.” Army jawan succumbed to his past tense and “is factually cor- The application explained examined by the Public Liyaqat Ahmad from Parigam, security of the people. Pradesh Congress injury while others are being rect”. that what has been done is Accounts Committee. Only a Murtaza of Prichoo, Amir Omar Abdullah tweeted, Committee Vice president G N treated at a hospital.” However, where it was stat- described by words in the past redacted portion of the report Ahmad Palla of Ashminder, “The administration of Monga while expressing shock The statement added, ed by the Centre in the note that tense, that is the Government was placed before the Touseef Ahmad Mir of Governor Malik has one task and grief over repeated killings “While the operation was going the report of the CAG “is” “has already shared” the price Parliament and is in public Chersoo Pulwama. The 7th & one task only - to focus on of civilians in the Valley said, on, a crowd who came danger- examined by the PAC, was a details with the CAG. This is in domain.” slain Abid Hussain Lone of the security of the people of “It has become a norm now. ously close from different parts description of the procedure the past tense and is factually Senior lawyer and Rajya Kareemabad Pulwama with J&K & restore peace to a trou- Almost every day innocent to the encounter site got which is followed in the normal correct. “The second part of the Sabha member Kapil Sibal MBA from Indonesia, is bled valley. Sadly it appears civilians are being killed in injured. The injured were evac- course, but in the judgement ‘is’ sentence, in regard to the PAC, alleged that the court has not reported to have left behind that’s the only thing the admin- Kashmir which must be a uated to hospital where unfor- was replaced with the words ‘has is to the effect that ‘the report of gone into the pricing and tech- Indonesian wife and three istration is not doing. Publicity cause of concern for every tunately seven persons suc- been’, according to the applica- the CAG is examined by the nical aspects of the aircraft and month old baby. He had campaigns & full page ads right-thinking person in the cumbed to their injuries. Others tion. PAC’. However, in the judgment, it is only a JPC that can probe returned last year from don’t bring peace. Another country. The killings of civil- who were admitted in the hos- Similarly, the statement that the reference to the word ‘is’ has whether there was any irregu- Indonesia. blood soaked weekend in ians have the potential to alien- pital are stated to be stable.” only a redacted version of the been replaced with the words larity in the deal.    (  ) *+, -.*/  . /   "
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To pro- defence, space and civil nuclear ister also reiterated the resolve “Six EPRs account for a “It is also because India   9.'9*%1 Europe and Foreign Affairs leader and MLA Kulgam MY mote fraternity among all the energy sectors. of the two countries to jointly total capacity of almost 10 knows that in France it has a Jean-Yves Le Drian called on Tarigami said in a statement. citizens, assuring the dignity of External Affairs Minister fight against terrorism. GW, which is a significant partner that has never failed it rime Minister Narendra him. “The special status guar- the individual and the unity Sushma Swaraj and French “We both are also working contribution to India’s aim of and on which it can count in PModi Saturday welcomed The Prime Minister warm- anteed to the State of Jammu and integrity of the nation is minister of Europe and Foreign in strengthening our ties in producing 40 per cent of its the future. the strengthening of ties ly recalled the State visit of Kashmir under the our constitutional motto as Affairs Jean Yves Le Drian dis- space sector. We both are also electricity from non-fossil fuels This holds true on the between India and France in President Macron to India in Constitution of India which has declared in the preamble of our cussed ways to further leading fight against climate by 2030, in keeping with its strategic front, notably with the areas such as defence, space, March 2018, as well as their assumed the permanent feature Constitution,” he said. strengthen bilateral coopera- change,” she said. commitments made ahead of strengthening of our exchanges counter-terrorism, maritime recent interaction on the side- of the Constitution requires Tarigami said the relative tion. “Last year, our bilateral the Paris Climate Conference,” on the Indian Ocean, which security, and civil nuclear coop- lines of the G-20 Summit in protection as any alteration autonomy of States on federal “We had very fruitful talks. trade was worth 9.62 billion he said. today are fast developing and eration. Argentina, a statement from would be against the policy of principle was a pre-condition We closely looked at all the euro, if we both have to reach The Jaitapur project will our shared commitment to He also conveyed his con- the Prime Minister’s office said. federalism envisaged by the for preserving and developing aspects of our mutual ties. We the trade of 15 million euro by also contribute to Make in fighting terrorism, as we mark dolences to the families of the Le Drian briefed the Prime framers of the Constitution,” he unity and integrity of the are taking our cooperation for- 2022 we both will have to India as it involves transfers of 10 years since the deadly victims of the recent terrorist Minister on recent develop- said. nation. ward in the Indo-Pacific region, work towards further strength- production, technology, joint Mumbai attacks,” Le Drian said. attack in France’s Strasbourg ments in the bilateral relation- Jammu & Kashmir acced- “Federalism also presup- which will not only benefit ening our trade relations,” she research and training, Le Drian “This holds true on the and said that India stands with ship, and French perspective on ed to India in unique circum- poses acknowledgment of his- these two countries but also said. added. economic front: our companies the country in the fight against regional and global issues, it stances and it poses a unique torical realities and special other countries in the region,” There will also be an He said the discussion are investing and innovating in terrorism. said. problem which requires a nature and objective factors she told reporters. exchange of 10,000 students between the two leaders was India under the Make in India On Tuesday, a gunman The Prime Minister wel- unique solution, he said. with respect to deferent states Noting that the foundation between the two countries by “characterised as always by a programme. On the fronts of killed four people at the comed the strengthening of It was the only State and their population,” he said. of India and France relations is 2020, Swaraj said. great convergence of views and urban development and the Christmas market in the bilateral ties in all spheres, to declare its intention to have Article 370 grants special based on “mutual trust”, Swaraj Her French counterpart shared ambition”. digital economy, our compa- French city of Strasbourg including defence, space, its own Constitution drafted status to Jammu & Kashmir said the two countries are look- Le Drian said the two leaders “It is not by chance that nies are present and working to before being shot dead. counter-terrorism, maritime by its own constituent assem- while Article 35A empowers ing to strengthen their ties in reviewed the status of the France and India are celebrat- build the India – and France – Modi made these remarks security, and civil nuclear coop- bly as far back as March 5, the state legislature to define various sectors. 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Government at the Centre to “Our legal team will be sub- NGT order setting aside the clo- appropriate conditions for pro- down the Sterlite unit, are trying “Who laid the foun- makes triple talaq a punishable mitting a report on the Ayodhya sure of the Vedanta Ltd’s Sterlite tection of the environment in Palaniswami Government got to spread confusion dation of Ram rajya, who offence is approved by both dispute and a discussion will be Copper plant in Tuticorin on accordance with law within the Tamil Nadu Pollution over the Kumbh even were Hanuman, Shabari Houses of Parliament during the held on it. If the government pollution grounds in the wake of three weeks from Saturday. Control Board to issue the order when the Unesco had etc? The irony is that ongoing winter session. brings a bill in Parliament for the protests by locals. The State Government had for the shut the unit. termed it as one of the instead of reading the A meeting of the AIMPLB construction of Ram temple, we The Opposition parties hit on May 28 ordered the perma- “By his negligent action, rare heritages spreading epics and old literature, will be held here on Sunday. will challenge it in the Supreme out at the State Government, nent closure of the factory days Palaniswami has not only the message of brother- the youths today are “The main agenda of the Court,” he said. holding it responsible for the after violent protests by the brought embarrassment to him- hood and harmony. gathering history with meeting is likely to be the ordi- Jilani said the AIMPLB development with the DMK locals against the Sterlite led to self but has also brought shame “Some intellectuals the help of Google,” Yogi nance brought by the Central would also discuss Darul-Qaza alleging that the ‘negligent’ atti- death of 13 people in police fir- on the State officials known for say Kumbh is against said, while questioning government making triple talaq (Shariat courts) and Sabarimala tude of the Palaniswami min- ing. their administrative efficiency,” environment, Dalits, women Kumbhs so far and found the the fake information about a cognisable offence. If the ordi- issue in the meeting. istry resulted in the ‘embarrass- In a terse reaction to the he alleged. etc. but I want to ask how can feeling of brotherhood and religion and history spread on nance is passed by both the “Misinformation is being ment’. The Vedanta group said NGT verdict, Palaniswami told Senior AIADMK leader and it be so in a country which harmony there. basis of facts uploaded from Houses of Parliament, the AIM- spread about Darul-Qaza. It it would take all steps required reporters in Salem that “the Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar offers prayers to tulsi, bargad Yogi Adityanath made Google or seen in other social PLB is likely to approach the started in 1993 and there are to restart the unit as per the Tamil Nadu government will said the Government’s stand (banyan), peepal and never these remarks while inaugu- media sites. Supreme Court. A final decision more than 16 centres in UP. The guidelines of the tribunal and appeal against this order in the was that there was a permanent cuts them as they are revered rating a two-day Samrasta He also said the ‘katha on this issue will be taken in the Sabarimala verdict will also be that the company would con- Supreme Court”. closure of the copper plant. and contribute in maintaining Kumbh function which began vachak ki gaddi (seat of narra- meeting,” AIMPLB member discussed as it concerns religious tinue to adopt “best practices fol- Attacking the Government, “We have already taken a environment,” the Chief on the new campus of Awadh tors) always remained to ‘Vyas’ Zafaryab Jilani said here on freedom. The Shariat issues are lowed globally” in its operation. DMK President M K Stalin said decision that this plant should not Minister said, adding that such University in Faizabad on but they had forgotten that tra- Saturday. also related to it,” the senior The National Green it should not stop with merely be operated at any cost. That is baseless allegations were made Saturday. dition. “We are against triple talaq member of the AIMPLB said. Tribunal Saturday set aside the saying it would appeal and take our stand. As stated by the Chief even when Unesco had given Over 3,200 participants The Chief Minister also but the provision of three years’ Reacting to the proposed order of the state government to concrete action to permanently Minister, we will make an appeal Kumbh the status of a rare were present there. targeted Congress president punishment in the ordinance is meeting of the meeting, Uttar permanently close the Sterlite close the unit. against the NGT order”, he said. ‘dharohar’ (heritage) of the Yogi also hailed Narendra Rahul Gandhi over his recent unwarranted. There are a lot of Pradesh BJP spokesperson Copper plant, holding that it was The state cabinet should In Coimbatore, Municipal world. Modi and claimed that the love for Hindus and their gods. women who also want to leave Rakesh Tripathi said, The AIM- “non-sustainable” and “unjusti- take a policy decision to ensure Administration Minister SP “Many people in the coun- Prime Minister had worked He said that to take political their husband immediately and PLB is just a non-governmental fied”. the permanent closure after Velumani and Environment try had sacrificed their lives to hard to get the Kumbh recog- mileage from religion, Rahul this provision can easily be mis- organisation and has no right to Allowing an appeal by gathering evidence of environ- Minister KC Karuppannan said save Akshayvat even then we nised by the Unesco as a rare Gandhi had started revealing used,” he added. frame any law. There is only Sterlite, a bench headed by NGT mental threats and conducting there was no change in the stance are said to be against environ- heritage. his ‘gotra’ in public meetings Jilani said in the meeting to one Constitution in the country Chairperson A K Goel asked the scientific surveys to show con- of the State Government and the ment,” Yogi said, adding that he He said that no other epic and was even showing his be held in the state capital on that covers every citizen of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control tinued operation of the copper Chief Minister that Sterlite would had personally visited two could match Ramayana written ‘janeu’ (sacred thread). Sunday, the AIMPLB would country. Board (TNPCB) to pass a fresh unit would result in irreversible not be allowed to function again. >!
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Togadia, who has recently which is expected to give a and has a cascading impact on Minister Manohar Parrikar’s ill- positioned NDRF and State Pradesh Disaster Response and floated Antar-Rashtriya Hindu massive push to public infra- all sectors including employment ness. Disaster Response Force in five Fire Services have been kept on Parishad (AHP), Saturday took structure in the State. generation and socio-economic State Congress chief Girish districts Saturday as the deep reserve at Rajamahendravaram, part in a 20-km march from The budget was approved by development. “The budget Chodankar alleged that Sinha depression in the Bay of Bengal while another nine (of five Dehgam to Gandhinagar in sup- the State Administrative Council 2019-20 is structured around has failed to perform her was set to intensify into a members each) have been posi- port of the farmers. (SAC) headed by Governor three fundamental objectives of Constitutional duty. severe cyclonic storm and cross tioned in West Godavari district Several locals and farmers Satya Pal Malik at a specially building infrastructure, building He was addressing the the coast between Ongole and for road clearance, he said. participated in the protest which convened meeting here this institutions and building systems party’s ‘Jan Akrosh’ rally at Kakinada on Monday. “Additionally,four teams of was organised by the Rashtriya evening, state chief secretary B under the Government’s over- Vasco Saturday evening. The Met office said NDRF personnel have been Kissan Parishad (RKP), an AHP V R Subrahmanyam said. arching mission for delivering “The governor has failed to that coastal Andhra Pradesh sent to East Godavari district wing. Principal secretary finance development and mission on perform her Constitutional and north Tamil Nadu are and another kept on standby at While talking to reporters at Navin K Choudhary gave a good governance. obligations. We demand that likely to experience rainfall the 10th Battalion headquarters Gandhinagar after culmination detailed presentation to the SAC “The budget is aimed at dri- President dismiss her for her in the next two days with for ready movement,” of the march, Togadia said the on the revised estimates for ving the State’s economic growth dismal performance and inabil- the system making landfall Venkatesh said. BJP should stop considering the 2018-19, budget estimates for through multifarious initiatives ity to intervene when the state between Ongole and Kakinada East Godavari District farmers as a “vote-bank”. 2019-20 and other key features with thrust on substantive is going through a in the neighbouring state on Collector Kartikeya Misra “Government has betrayed of the budget. The SAC was developmental and welfare mea- Constitutional crisis due to Monday. declared a two-day holiday for and tortured the farmers to the informed that the focus of the sures. The investment in key the ailing Chief Minister,” he A report from Amaravati, all schools in eight coastal limits. Enough is enough. Far- budget 2019-20 is to give a big developmental and social said. quoting State Disaster mandals in view of the cyclone mers are being crushed under a push to tangible developmental sectors has been enhanced sub- Parrikar, suffering from a Management Authority threat. mountain of debt and are com- initiatives with 30,469 crore stantively to leave a visible pancreatic ailment, is recuper- Director Prasanna State Chief Secretary Anil mitting suicides due to wrong earmarked for building public impact on the ground,” the chief ating at his residence since Venkatesh,said teams of Chandra Punetha spoke to policies of the government. This and social infrastructure in secretary said. October 14. 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he year that will come to a close in character of the mother and uniqueness of the about two weeks has seen the release story in Badhaai Ho. In the Indian society, of a rather unique set of movies — older women, even the ones in their late 40s, Andhadun, Mulk, Badhaai Ho, Raazi, are often looked down upon if they pay atten- Stree, and Pad Man being some of tion to their looks or sex life. Even for her Tthem. Mulk, a movie about the post-Partition character in Badhaai Ho, her mother-in-law is prejudice against Muslims, and Badhaai Ho, a shown to be getting angry at the fact that movie about three generations of a family com- Gupta still wears bright lipstick and pays ing to terms with the idea of a woman in her attention to her appearance. The expectation late 40s having a sex life, getting pregnant, and from women in this particular age group is deciding to keep the baby, were two of the most that they will resign from desire and focus on recent ones. And what stood out in both films, being a good mother or mother-in-law. Gupta apart from good storylines and compelling por- has never conformed to that expectation. In trayals, was the performance of 62-year-old the 1980s, news reports regularly talked about Neena Gupta whom the camera, the audience, her relationship with West Indian cricketer, and even mainstream cinema and television Viv Richards, with whom she had a daughter missed dearly in the past few years. out of wedlock. While Gupta and Richards Best known for her work in the 1998 show parted ways, she and her daughter Masaba are Saans, her 2000 show Siski, and several com- actively a part of each other’s lives. In 2008, mercial as well as art films like Gandhi, Mandi, the actress married Vivek Mehra, a chartered and Khalnayak, Gupta had been somewhat accountant and partner with PwC India. missing from TV as well as movies since 2006. So, as far as meeting the expectations of Kamzor Kadi Kaun and Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin society is concerned, obviously it’s been diffi- were two of her last widely watched shows cult. Just like it was for her character in the around that time. And her response to why that movie. “But the blame lies with the women, happened is so unpretentious that one feels too,” she believes, “As they themselves start unnerved and is filled with awe at the same resigning to these expectations — be it their time. “I was not being offered many good roles. children’s or their elders’. They make a habit of I have been doing only one play — Mera Woh compromising — be it food, clothes, or lifestyle. Matlab Nahi Tha. It’s with Anupam Kher and You must ask for what you want and deserve. has been written and directed by Rakesh Bedi. My mother never conformed to such stereo- Of the play, I have done many shows in the past types. She was a self-reliant woman and did two years,” she says. The play shows Kher and what made sense to her. That’s what she taught Gupta as estranged lovers who meet when they me, so my way of life only came naturally to are older, reminisce and talk about what had me. And yes, I think that’s what I have tried to made them drift apart. Clearly, Gupta, who is teach my daughter, too.” The lesson seems to an alumna of NSD (National School of Drama) have been imparted well as Gupta’s daughter found the meat in theatre when cinema failed once reacted to Internet trolls by saying, “I’m a to provide it to her. But thankfully for the audi- proud Indo-Caribbean girl, who does not know ence, cinema, too, came around eventually. “Of how to shrink and crumble in the shame of course, I have changed a lot since the NSD something you and your society cannot handle. days,” the actress says. But what seems to have It’s just in my ‘illegitimate genes’.” remained constant is the willingness to fearless- The actress says that while her character in ly and unapologetically put oneself out there to Badhaai Ho was quite different from her per- find work, “good work”. sonally, it was a character full of strength in its A glimpse of her straightforward, digni- own right who might not shut down her tem- fied, and adorably hungry approach to work peramental mother-in-law but still knew right got a lot of hits on Instagram recently when from wrong. Her own pregnancy was quite dif- she put: “I live in Mumbai and working; am a ferent from her character’s in the movie, she Meetha Paan and is about the lives and women as — doting mothers or conniving good actor and looking for good parts to play,” says, as unlike the mother in Badhaai Ho, who desires of older people. While she has also mothers-in-law. Instead, they are realistic char- as her status. The status was appreciated by eventually has the whole family taking care of directed in the past, for now, she says, “I am acters that have depth and can both inspire and many including actor Priyanka Chopra who her, Gupta had to do it all alone. But she has happy doing the different kind of roles that reassure the audiences in equal measure. said it “inspired” her, and Gupta and Sir Vivian “absolutely no regrets” as it all turned out well are coming my way. So, no directing for now.” It’s only fitting then that at this time, our Richards’ daughter, Masaba, who said this kind for both her and her daughter. 1%91'1 "/19@ Gupta says that she thoroughly enjoyed society, too, has finally become a little more of uninhibitedness to ask for work has been As the mother of a famous fashion design- "*'9-."&9-9 working with Ayushmann Khurrana and receptive towards women who have #MeToo passed on to her “genetic(ally)” from her er, Gupta believes she tries to be involved but would “definitely want to” work with some of stories to share. “Irrespective of what happens mother. Masaba wrote, “Just the other day, I not controlling. “Masaba would often ask me "79*""9''". the other newer actors and even try her hand now or how long they took to talk, I think it’s a was telling someone... how I am never what kind of look I want and design clothes 6"17%9@@ at digital content as and when the right very big deal that they have spoken — so many afraid/shy to ask for work. It’s obviously genet- specifically for me,” she shares. And like any opportunity presents itself. of them and so confidently. It just could not ic. My mother put up this post on her mother and daughter, they have “our share 91""%91- Television, however, she says “is going have happened earlier.” While there have always Instagram today. I mean, my 62-year-old and more” of disagreements and fights. “There *"" "- 9P*179!%9 through a phase” where the kind of quality been women who have been able to shut down National Award-winning mother. She told me I are so many disagreements between us about shows that were being made once are not being predatory men then and there, it’s commend- must always work, no matter what. It keeps so many things,” she says. But like any mother 9P9/1"7-"& made anymore. “But I think it will pass. Just like able that all women can talk about it now, she you from getting old. She told me they don’t and daughter, they, too, soon get over it. %9&1 %%9@.1** our movies have changed, television will too.” As says. Talking about one of the cases that has write for women her age anymore. I don’t Masaba and Gupta have both praised and someone who stayed away from the camera come up — Alok Nath’s — Gupta says, “I have think anyone can replicate what she did for TV defended each other publicly on several occa- -9 157-"&'9 1-9 simply because of lack of good parts to play in not done many shows or movies with him. anymore; she complains that she can’t do PR, sions. 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It has a glorious past which this one too entailed brutal treat- which was built by Sultan Firoz does not deserve to be forgotten. ment of people and destruction of Shah Tughlaq to house his version According to the description of temples and other Hindu architec- of Delhi city called Ferozabad in the this land offered by Chinese travel- ture. Kalapahad, a muslim who was year 1354. Similarly, in Cuttack, er Xuanzang, it was a booming cen- earlier a Hindu Bramhin named Odisha, when you ask people about tre of Buddhism in the 6th centu- Kalachand Roy, came from Bengal the Barabati Fort, you will find that ry. It housed several stupas, monas- as the commander of Sultan to the general public, its importance teries and related learning schools. Sulainian Karanni and destroyed has been reduced to that of a From the 7th century onwards, several great archaeological edifices sports complex. Hindu kings overpowered the of Odisha. Konark Temple and The congested streets and poor- crown and dynasties like Kesari, Barabati Fort both were victims of ly maintained heritage buildings of Ganga and Chalukya brought a his zealotry as they suffered large- Cuttack city are enough to disillu- golden era of temple architecture scale vandalism. sion and disappoint anybody who here giving India some its best dis- The game changed again in comes here in the search a pristine play of cultural heritage. 1592 when Barabati was conquered setting or learn about Odisha’s his- Our mythology, too, contains by Mughals. Abu’l-Fazl ibn tory. It’s tragic that the city has references to this land. While one Mubarak, the court historian of become oblivious to the rich her- version says that this land was Akbar, mentions it in his book Ain- itage which practically stares them ruled by the third son of Bali, the i-Akbari written between 1594 to in the face. Only about 8 km from demon king, another version in the 1595. He says that the fort represent- the centre of the messy city, at the Mahabharata says that ed great architecture and it has a apex of a delta formed by the river Duryadhana was married to a palace with nine asianas. Asianas Mahanadi on the north and its dis- daughter of Angada, who was the is a Persian word which means tributary, the Kathajodi on the ruler king of this land. courtyard. It has often wrongly south, stands the medieval structure The political unification of Odisha been translated as a multi-storeyed of the Barabati Fort. This fort might was done between 1118 and 1134 palace. This was very clearly Mughals started to crumble and cre- Pandit Bhaskar Rao Holkar on May capturing Cuttack was the need of be in ruins today but it is an asset when king Chodagangadeb of Ganga explained by James Fergusson, the ated space for local governors who 12, 1743. The era of Bhaskar Holkar the hour. In 1803, Colonel Harcourt nonetheless as it speaks volumes dynasty defeated the last Somavamsi Scottish historian who came to became almost independent till the in Odisha was a saga of extreme landed at Ganjam and defeated the about a hidden aspect of our shared king Karnakeshari. It was the time India as a businessman but ended up time British East India Company 1O -51/% plunder and loot that in brutality Marathas. By October, Cuttack was history. It has seen the rise and fall when victorious king Chodagangadeb spending his time in exploring crushed them. The Eastern part of /6/% may cross many earlier invasions. also taken over after Battle of of various dynasties — Afghan, built several forts to protect his king- India’s lost history. He visited the fort India was also not an exception In 1765, the British East India Laswari. By December 17, 1803, Mughal, Maratha and later, even the dom and also shifted his capital from in 1837 and upon examining the where Murshid Quli Khan, the 09/"&9"0*121"6 Company gained the right of tax col- Barabati Fort was under a new ruler. British empire. Even the remains of Kalinganagar to Katak. Legend has it structure, he concluded that there governor of Bengal became an indi- "%9%9-159 lection in Bengal, Bihar and a part Within the next 30 years, the fall of the fort in this small archeological that he also built a fort near Cuttack was never a nine-storeyed palace rect ruler of Odisha. It was during of Odisha from the Mughal empire. Barabati started and from 1856-57 park offer invaluable insights into but whether that is Barabati or not is here. Instead, there were several his time that inside the fort, a .%1/% -9  The imperial power of London when Cuttack city was in expansion what Cuttack has been through. not clear in history. inter-connected courts in concentric mosque was built in 1719. The %9&1%97/9! never looked back after this as and railway tracks were under The remains suggest that the Madala Panji, a chronicle of the circles at different surface levels with mosque still stands there. Bengal, the richest province of installation in Odisha, random fortress was built of khondalite Puri Jagannath Temple, covers various deceasing floor size. Much before In the western part of India, the 0-017"- India, was under them. It then stone slabs were relocated from here. stone. The area has a citadel wall periods of history. It gives the strong Fergusson’s visit, two British traders Maratha kingdom was also getting &15%091-61 spread across today’s Bangladesh, It is said that most of the built with laterite blocks. Remains hint that another ruler named named Bruton and Cartwright vis- weaker because of internal conflict Bihar, Jharkhand, a part of Odisha bridges and roads of Cuttack city of a temple, too, have been found Anangabhima Deva III built a new ited this fort in 1633. They also between several groups of Pune, "'@ 061 and the Indian part of Western were made with the stone slabs of here. Upon excavation, 32 pillars capital near Barabati village. He named never talked about any multi- Baroda, Gwalior and Nagpur. 9 2"*6&9 Bengal. Cuttack and Ganjam were Barabati. Naturally, it did not take also built of laterite blocks were it Varanasi Katak. It was at this time storeyed palace. The Nagpur region was domi- still under Marathas. a long time for the structure to found standing in the area like sen- that the royal family shifted from In Abul Fazal’s description itself, nated by Raghuji Bhosale who tried 0"6"6- %-9' After Robert Clive, Warren start getting diminished to a mere tinels. The 102 acres of area that this Chauwdar and started living here. use of each section was detailed as to expand his area in the east and %1 "-@!1% Hastings tried to capture Cuttack plinth foundation. In a letter dated rectangular fort covers is still guard- Thus, the idea of establishing a fort at sections for elephants, artillery, in that process entered Odisha. but failed. In 1799, with the con- May 31, 1856, a strong request was ed with several stone gates, bastions Barabati village between the fertile land cooking, women, etc. They conquered Cuttack along with 99%9-1 9' quest of Mysore, the East India made to save this historical mon- and ramparts. of two rivers named Mahanadi and The Maratha connection with Barabati fort on April 19, 1742. Company further spread its tenta- ument. Over time, the ASI It’s believed that this fort was Kathajori was logical. Also, a recent Barabati is an important chapter in Though it was again recap- 7**"72-1"6 cles. Meanwhile, China was becom- (Archaeological Survey of India) quite small in size. It is just 2,150 discovery of a copper plate from this history. It is known that after the tured by Alivardi Khan of Bengal, '@ 19 ing a big exporter of tea to Europe. took it over. However, one needs a ft in length and hardly about 1,899 area suggests that a donation of land death of Aurangzeb in 1707, the Marathas regained it through Thus there was a need to expand ter- pair of special eyes and ears to ft in breadth. Another theory sug- was made by Anangabhima Deva III. entire central administration of the Raghuji Bhosale’s commander ritory for opium and indigo and understand its importance. F)&?5

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While visiting Baghdad’s PMF is a multi-confes- and considered as their first er with the Lebanese people posh Karrada neighbourhood sional resistance group domi- line of defence. But when the and the Palestinian cause.” The — home to all religious faiths, nated by Shia armed groups. It menace of ISIS has now come bonhomie between Lebanese including mosques, Shia was formed after the rise of to an end in Iraq, the big ques- Hezbollah and Iraqi Shia mourning centres Hussainiya, ISIS, which overran the large tion arises: What is the future groups further creates ripples churches and Jewish syna- swathes of territory in north of PMF in Iraq? The pro-Iran in Israel as well its patrons in gogue — I saw the residents rel- and some central parts, to Shia factions led by Hadi al- the West. ishing the nightlife that was eliminate the terror organisa- Amiri and Abdul Mahdi al- It is an open secret that unimaginable in 2014 when I tion from the land of oldest Muhandis within the PMF are some injured ISIS terrorists in had visited the country. After civilisation of Mesopotamia. not willing to demobilise its Syria had been treated in Israeli pulling through its ISIS-influ- Iraqi Army, which was armed units as they want role army’s field hospitals and were enced tumultuous phase dur- weakened after its disbanding in Iraqi politics. Last year in given medical aid. Any demo- ing which Karrada witnessed post-US occupation in 2003, August, major Shia armed fac- bilisation efforts can weaken multiple deadly bombings, was in no position to take on tions within the PMF — Badr the resistance against ISIS as shops and restaurants there the Wahhabi-Takfiri group. Organisation, Kata’ib long as the existential threats dare to do business well beyond The central authority in Hezbollah, Asaib Ahl al-Haq of are dormant, not completely midnight. And all the credits go Baghdad was thrown into dis- Qais al-Khazali, Harkat al- eliminated. Sensing the to al-Hashd al-Sha’abi or array and could not respond Hezbollah al-Nojaba of Akram transnational overtures of these Popular Mobilistaion Forces successfully to the new al-Ka’abi, Syed al-Shohada Islamist groups, the US (PMF). quandary. In the meanwhile, Brigade, Saraya al-Khorasani of Administration under However, the signs of crip- the clerical establishment in Ali al-Yasiri — formed a polit- President Donald Trump is pling sanctions and wars are holy city of Najaf and Iraq’s %      8!    " ? % &  :%&;           " H     <   .  ical front called al-Itilaf al- pressuring Iran to curb ties tangible. Since the exit of US highest moral authority Grand !            "   I $    9346  Fatah or Victory Alliance, to with the PMF factions with occupied forces, the econom- Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al- contest the May 2018 general renewed punitive sanctions by ic condition is still in the dol- Husseini al-Sistani intelligent- elections along with other trib- dishonouring the JCPOA drums. Unlike neighbouring ly tried to pull out the country they want. The Gulf regimes, umbrella group and sanctioned ership of Najaf or any political Nujaifi’s Nineveh Guard, pre- al and Sunni groups. As nuclear deal. oil-rich countries, petro-dollars from the brink of collapse and which have a history of clan- by an act of Parliament and a leader have always tried to viously known as Hashd al- expected, they won largest After cutting its teeth in have not given the city a facelift. issued a historic fatwa calling destine support of terror multi-layered commission prevent any kind of schism Watani, and other various chunk of the votes and played countering the ISIS crisis, the But certainly things are chang- upon all Iraqis, regardless of groups and pumping petro- which supervises its strategies between majority Shias and Sunni groups are integral to an important role in forming victorious PMF is posturing ing fast, and Iraq is catching up their religious or sectarian dollars in creating mess in the and actions. By virtue of their other minority communities in PMF. Fursan al-Jubur or the Central Government in itself to play an important role with other West Asian oil-rich identities, to join the security region dubbed it as sheer sec- majority in Iraq, Shia groups Iraq. On the contrary, the Arab Knights of Jubur, affiliated Baghdad under the Prime in Iraqi politics in post-ISIS countries in infrastructure and forces to repel the looming tarian and called it as a proxy form the majority of PMF, and Shias often called as “forgotten with prominent Sunni politi- Ministership of Adel Abdul scenario. An Iraqi student said, other developmental projects. threat of ISIS. of Iranian project of mythical adhere to the ideology of Muslims” despite having been cian and former Iraqi parlia- Mahdi in October this year. “They (PMF) have given their In his analysis, Fanar In response, people, espe- “Shia Crescent” accomplishing Political Islam as Iran does. marginalised in the larger Arab ment speaker Ahmed al-Juburi, In regional context, Iran life so we don’t have to shed our Haddad believes that most cially Shias, came out in hordes its regional ambitions. However, there is no denying world by the farce of Arab too is part of PMF. Similarly, sees it as main component of its blood on the streets of common handicap among out- to join new paramilitary forces However, Iranian support the fact that Shia individuals nationalism have integrated Lions of Babylon Brigades — a so-called “axis of resistance” to Baghdad. So how can we for- siders trying to understand considering it as “sacred along with Lebanese Hezbollah have committed extra-judicial maximum number of political Chaldean Christian group led strengthen its position espe- get them?” People’s sentiments Iraq is the difficulty of keeping defence”. in countering the hydra-head- killings but higher echelons of actors in its fold in the post- by Rayan al-Kildani and cially since the beginning of are with PMF and they don’t pace with Iraq’s fast-changing ed ISIS phenomenon is only PMF have reiterated that they Ba’thist dispensation. Assyrian Christians, Dwekh Syrian Civil War in 2011. The want PMF is disengaged in social and political landscapes. The myth of sectarianism based on security compulsions must be brought to justice As far as the sectarian and Nawsha also known as al- friendly Shia-dominated Iraq’s life in near future. Western and Arab impressions Some oil-rich Gulf monar- and not on ideological one. As under the law of land. The hul- religious composition of PMF Fedayoun and the Sinjar Government in Iraq would of Iraq have consistently not chical regimes and their far as the sectarian composition laboloo over “sectarianism” is is concerned, it includes cross- Resistance Units (SRU) — a not only be important part of (The writer is a Doctoral taken into account Iraqi reali- stooges have been spreading of Hashd al-Sha’abi is con- just a pretext to dislodge the sectarian participation. Yazidi militia, which came the “axis” but would also serve Fellow at Centre for West Asian ty, and worse many outsiders rumours to sully the anti-ISIS cerned, it is cross-sectarian credibility of PMF and Iranian Prominent Sunni politician after the breaking off the siege as an opportunity for Iran to Studies, School of International seem unaware of just how (PMF) force as rag tag militia and multi-ethnic armed for- support for anti-ISIS offen- and former governor of of mountainous Sinjar, is scotch the increasingly harsh Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru Iraqi politics influences trends, which runs amok anywhere mations working under an sive. The sensible clerical lead- Nineveh province Atheel al- prominent member of PMF. international sanctions and University, New Delhi) 
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This dramatic increase much a part of central Delhi. brought challenges, but it The urban sprawl now extends brought new opportunities too, beyond even the limits of the and nowhere more so than in ‘enclave of Delhi’ originally cre- Connaught Place. There was ini- ated in 1912, which has since tially an ad hoc crowding of the become the National Capital corridors, as refugee shop own- Territory of Delhi. ers, not finding other space, Connaught Place, too, was occupied verandahs and sold changing when I arrived in Delhi everything from cloth to dried in the mid-1980s. I saw the beau- fruits and stationery. This was tiful red-coloured Statesman not a long-term solution, howev- House pulled down, to be er, and they were soon moved out replaced by what, in retrospect, is to Baba Kharak Singh Marg and not a bad building at all! Jeevan Panchkuian Road. Stalls were Bharti, or LIC building, was even also set up along Janpath. more of a shock in its sharp Not all the incoming refugees departure from the classical archi- had to make do with roadside tecture of Connaught Place, stalls. There were some who had though it is undoubtedly an icon the resources to rent space and of modern architecture. These and open establishments in posh other dramatic high-rise buildings Connaught Place. Prakash were required for a modern busi- Krishna arrived in Delhi from ness district, but it could be Lahore with 60,000 worth of argued that they detract from the books, and set up a successful heritage character of New Delhi’s bookshop — Ramkrishna called the ‘Theatre ing Austro-Hungarian food. Supreme Court building was laid Sundar Nagar and Golf Links for grandest shopping centre. Bookshop — which survived into Communications Building’. This Restaurants were not only for in 1954, and that for the National private owners. The vast majority Ironically, as the growth of the 1990s. More far-flung com- had literally housed the commu- the gay party crowd. The cafes in Museum in 1955. The need to of those displaced by Partition the business district was evi- mercial spaces were also being nications services of the theatre particular became a hub for writ- house an exploding population were accommodated in colonies denced by the multiplying high- created. At the location where a of war in the Pacific. The empo- ers, poets, and artists, as was the was an early concern. New hous- that were spread beyond the ‘core rises, the shopping centre itself couple of provision stores to sup- ria moved to the Baba Kharak case with Alps, and then Indian ing began to be constructed fast, imperial area’ in the blocks of declined somewhat in the 1980s ply the barracks of Lodi Estate Singh buildings in the 1970s. Coffee House, both on Janpath. though some immigrants ended land that had been far-sightedly and 1990s. People were increas- during World War II had stood, a The restaurant business The early post-Independence up staying for years in what had acquired for ‘future development’. ingly shopping closer home, in new shopping centre was built — expanded after Independence, years also saw new developments initially been temporary refugee These were the colonies neighbourhood markets that were Khan Market. with increased demand due to in the fields of art and culture, and camps in places such as Purana mainly in west and south Delhi. evolving into bigger centres, such Government enterprise, too, the growing population. many of the new national cultural Qila. During the course of those With the rapid expansion of as South Extension Market and was now entering the retail busi- Kwality’s, which had begun with institutions had their beginnings years, housing was also required these new colonies, by 1953, the Khan Market. The restaurant ness, with a view to encouraging ice cream, evolved into a restau- in and around Connaught Place. for the growing numbers of new administrative districts of business survived better, though India’s traditional crafts. These rant serving Indian as well as Triveni started with one room here, Government employees. This was south and west Delhi had to be inevitably some of the older new institutions were set up in Western cuisine. The proprietors and Gandharva Mahavidyalaya because, in contrast to the limited created. Interestingly, these new restaurants were replaced by oth- various temporary structures cre- of Kwality’s built another popular was housed in a building near functions of the colonial state, developments in a way drew ers. Another cause for the malaise ated during World War II, which restaurant, Gaylord’s, with ele- Odeon Cinema. The Bharatiya the Government of newly inde- inspiration from the original gar- was a deteriorating physical con- had now been abandoned. The gant Art Deco interiors. The Natya Sangh and the Bharatiya pendent India sought a bigger den city plan of New Delhi; so dition, and some years of Metro Central Cottage Industries Nirula’s family was also expand- Kala Kendra were both located role, from making investments in instead of compact dense plans construction, which inevitably Emporium was set up in office ing, with the Chinese Room, in Shankar Market, but later ture, to meet the needs of the industry to taking measures for or high-rises, they tended to disrupted infrastructure. The buildings that had been built on Delhi’s first Chinese restaurant, land was allotted for the latter capital of a developing indepen- the welfare of citizens. favour low-rise development of renaming of Connaught Place as Janpath as offices for the US being inaugurated in 1950. Even in the Mandi House area. dent nation, was put in rapidly To provide housing, large bungalows on plots, with local Rajiv Chowk and Connaught army officials. Here it stayed till with the departure of the British Mandi House in time became a after Independence. A large plot areas of land lying vacant in the parks and tree-lined avenues. The Circus as Indira Chowk in 1995 1995, when it moved into the and American clientele, there cultural hub, with Triveni as of land, originally earmarked for eastern portion of the New Delhi first few multi-storey apartments seemed to underline and sum up grand six-storey building it occu- was no lack of Indians who were well as several other institutions a ‘fuel plantation’, was used for an site were filled in. Residential were built by the Government in the degradation of the heritage of pies today. The first set of state willing to be adventurous in the finding a home here. exhibition ground. This was later ‘colonies’ were built — Kaka Rama Krishna Puram in the this historic landmark. emporia were established in the matter of cuisine. In 1960, In other areas around called Pragati Maidan. Nagar, Bapa Nagar, Pandara Park 1970s, but for long were the only #     1960s, in a structure interestingly Nirula’s set up La Boheme, serv- Connaught Place, new infrastruc- The foundation stone for a for Government officials; and ones of their kind.    6  & '   &

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,H*   omedian Kevin Hart will host the next Academy Awards Cceremony in February 2019, the Ride Along actor said in an Instagram post. “I am so happy to say that the day has finally come for me to host the Oscars,” Hart wrote. The Academy Awards are the film industry’s highest honours. The announcement came hours after trade publication, The Hollywood Reporter, posted a story calling the Oscars host position “the least want- ed job in Hollywood”. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organises the Oscars and normally announces                the host, followed up with a tweet gious but also the most difficult in welcoming Hart “to the family”. Hart, show business as hosts have to navi- 39, who also starred in 2017 film gate the expectations of the A-list            Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, fol- audience in the theatre and millions lows talk show host Jimmy Kimmel tuning in on television, with a combi- who took on the gig in 2018 and 2017. nation of topical and insider jokes.    O     -"0019%"'59 “I am blown away simply because Hart, who is African American, is this has been a goal on my list for a one of just a handful of black Oscar arty season is upon us. And, the abdomen and serious chest sup- compression wear is “effective in long time,” Hart wrote on his hosts over the past 90 years, includ- as man lurches from one port. “We’re most popular among enhancing recovery from muscle dam- Instagram page. The job of hosting ing Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, festive knees-up to the next, men aged 30-55,” says Mirza, “espe- age,” and can, consequently, bolster the Oscars is one of the most presti- and Sammy Davis Jr. finding time to smuggle a cially those who have a wedding or hypertrophy, Harri Cizmic, from the breather between canapés let big occasion coming up”. University of Bath’s Department of Palone a quick lunchtime jog is impos- Perhaps you, dear reader, consider Sports Development, believes that the %  8 +   sible. Keeping in shape is a challenge. yourself above such foppery? Think research is inconclusive. “You’re For an increasing few, the solution is again. Specialist underwear store, Bang improving blood flow to certain areas,” faster than dieting, less testing than a & Strike, relay that it’s not just torsos Cizmic says, “but it’s going to have a personal trainer and promises instant being tamed, but that the scaffold hold- very marginal effect”. results. 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The  duties related to age, such as the right to running family joke,” Jen Anson told during the rescue. “Our crew used cial conifer to protect it from babies Walmart store in Kennett Square con- vote and the duty to attend school. If WHTM-TV. “We don’t go to specialist cutting equipment which and cats. 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The family aged to cut the tire and free placed baubles, bows and bells out “When customers quiet- age to reflect the way he feels. act accordingly,” the statement said. “But said the wallet still had all of its contents Qabid, the zoo vets gave him a of reach of curious, crawling kids ly pay off others’ layaway Emile Ratelband filed a suit in an amending his date of birth would cause intact, but was a bit the worse for wear. drug to counteract the seda- or your cats’ playful paws with items, we’re reminded Arnhem court asking to have his 20 years of records to vanish from the “It looked disgusting,” Abby Anson, 10, tive and bring him round this parasol tree,” the website how good people can be,” official age in Netherlands register of births, deaths, marriages and said of the wallet. “There was mold in it — and he was quickly back says. “If Santa’s been extra Walmart said in a state- Government records changed to registered partnerships.” Ratelband said and the leather was all dusty.” to his mischievous self,” generous, there’s plenty of ment provided to the 49. Ratelband said he feels his age he plans to appeal the ruling.  Hanlin said. The zoo room to stack pressies Philadelphia Inquirer. imposes unfair limits, such as  thanked the firefighters underneath rather than scat- “We’re honoured to be making it more difficult to + + "   I for their help. “Our tering them around it. It’s a small part of these obtain a new job or get a          +    " greater one horned also a great alternative to random acts of kind- mortgage. He said he feels   +  !  irefighters in Scotland responded to rhino Qabid loves to the traditional tree if ness.” Christine healthy and youthful. “I look Pennsylvania man said he received Fa zoo where they rescued a rhinocer- play with his tire, it’s you’re a tad tight for Jackson said her $141 at my biological age, and my Aan unexpected call from os that got his leg and neck stuck in a one of his favorite space,” the listing worth of toys and gifts biological age is 40, 42,” Hersheypark saying workers found the tire swing. The Scottish Fire and Rescue things to do,” said states. The tree costs were among the items Ratelband told Business Insider. wallet he lost on a roller coaster four Service said a crew was summoned to Darren McGarry, $42.47, while a sec- paid off by the Secret Santa. “I The court disagreed with years ago. Jon Anson said his wallet the Edinburgh Zoo on a report of a head of living ond version coated can’t breathe right now. I don’t Ratelband’s arguments, became a family joke after falling out of two-year-old greater one-horned rhino collections at the in artificial snow know if you can hear it or not explaining in a statement that his pocket on the Skyrush roller coaster named Qabid getting stuck in his enclo- Edinburgh Zoo. sells for $47.78. but I’m trying not to use my it found “no scope in legisla- at the theme park in Hershey. sure’s tire swing. Zookeepers said Qabid   
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, dollars, what would we do? may take centuries. Time is ticking spiritual goals, what would we have in we were chatting and informed him that some peo-      IWhere would we be in our every spare away every moment. With each each of these arenas? All three are ple from his constituency were waiting in the lounge      , moment? We would probably be out motion of the clock’s second hand, our important. Many people think that to see him. The MP though known for his literary    , , there in our backyard, digging life grows shorter and shorter. Every when they pursue spiritual goals, they leanings and poet-like humility rather curtly told his     !L. frantically until we found our pot of minute is precious. If we wish to have to give up everything else. That is aide, “Let those people wait”. The five years of his       gold. How could we concentrate on uncover the riches of the soul, we need what Sant Darshan Singh called tenure he owed to them, but the sixth year was a      anything else knowing that we were to make the best use of our time. “negative mysticism.” Spirituality can grace given to him by the leader of the house. The        living on top of a gold mine? Yet, this When we are in pursuit of be a path of what he termed “positive answer certainly had an element of haughtiness and    M situation is not far from what is something we really want, finding time mysticism.” This means that while surprised me, given the fact that the MP was known   -   ! actually happening to each of us. We is not difficult. When we are pursuing our spiritual goals, we still for his sweet tongue. And the first thought that came have a buried treasure within us committed to our goal, we find that we take care of the other two aspects of to my mind was that this pride may become a cause containing riches far more fulfilling stay focused on the task until it is our life, our, physical existence and our of his undoing. The results of the next parliamentary    than having millions of dollars. We completed. We can hardly tear intellectual life. We first need to elections did prove this, and with a bang. He lost    have a way to connect with our creator ourselves away from the work that is prioritise. We can live a balanced life and his party was wiped out from large parts of the waiting to be found within us, yet we going to take us to our cherished goal. and attend to our physical, mental, and country. Any conclusion? Well, yes. It only reaf-   
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