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   be targeted by the Centre then           under federal structure it is a est Bengal Chief Minister serious matter.        WMamata Banerjee fight “If the CM of a big State as against the Centre has gal- WB is sitting on dharna, then are a mature democracy and “Spoke to Mamata didi and vanised the Opposition. Several it is a serious matter. Is this CBI professionalism should be expressed solidarity. “Modi- top Opposition leaders have vs Mamata Banerjee or maintained.” Shah duo’s action is complete- vowed to join Mamata’s protest Mamata Banerjee vs BJP? We’ll Congress president Rahul ly bizarre and anti-democracy,” in Kolkata to express solidari- find out soon. If CBI is being called up Mamata and extend- he tweeted. ty with the TMC supremo. misused, it’s a matter of digni- ed support to her, saying the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Support from Opposition ty of the nation, and prestige of entire Opposition is together Akhilesh termed the CBI’s leaders like Rahul Gandhi, the agency,” said Shiv Sena and it will defeat the fascist action undemocratic and Sharad Pawar, Akhilesh Yadav, spokesman Sanjay Raut. forces. He alleged the events in against the spirit of the , N The BJD, which has often West Bengal were part of an Constitution. “The BJP wants Chandrababu Naidu, Arvind sided with the Modi unrelenting attack on India’s to stay in power by hook or by Kejriwal poured in for Mamata, Government, too backed institutions by Prime Minister crook. They are so scared of who began her sit-in protest in Mamata over the alleged mis- Narendra Modi and the BJP. losing that the CBI is being Kolkata on Sunday night over use of the CBI by the Centre While Andhra Pradesh used as election agents. the CBI’s attempt to question and claimed that the federal Chief Minister N Chandrababu This is undemocratic and the city police chief in con- probe agency was being “used Naidu said it was a glaring against spirit of the nection with chit fund scams. as a political weapon” ahead of example of how “Modi-Shah Constitution. We demand due While the Shiv Sena, which the general elections. duo are destroying the institu- process be followed so that the is BJP’s partner at Centre and The BJD in a statement tions”, Delhi Chief Minister CBI is not used as a tool of polit- State Government, said if a said, “Institutional integrity of Arvind Kejriwal came out in ical interference,” he tweeted. State as big as West Bengal can the CBI has to be restored. We support of the TMC chief. Continued on Page 4               &   R                          "                  ( The apex court said it will team of CBI officers landed at    that it was “unprecedented” hear on Tuesday the CBI’s the Kolkata CP Kumar’s resi- ! "   that the CBI was stopped from  )%  *    applications which alleged that dence in an apparent bid to s the face-off between the lawfully doing its duty when it an extraordinary situation has interrogate him regarding his   ABJP and the TMC on the wanted to question the Kolkata     the current situation. arisen in which the top police role as the chief of the SIT issue of the CBI attempt to police chief regarding the chit Mamata said she had tol- officials of the West Bengal formed the State Government n a counter offensive of sorts question Kolkata Police fund scam on Sunday. He said day after the high-tension erated all that the CBI and Police are sitting on a dharna in 2013 to investigate the multi- Iagainst Sunday’s CBI action Commissioner Rajeev Kumar the CBI team wanted to ques- Adrama following the CBI’s through it the Centre did to her along with a political party in crore Saradha chit fund case. outside the residence of Kolkata in the chit-fund scam blew into tion Kumar as he is “not coop- attempt to quiz Kolkata Police party leaders by framing them Kolkata. In another develop- The CBI claimed that Police Commissioner Rajiv a full-scale political war, Union erating” in the case. Commissioner Rajiv Kumar’s in false cases and torturing ment, West Bengal Governor K despite repeated notices Kumar Kumar, the Kolkata Police on Home Minister Rajnath Singh Making a statement in the prompting Mamata Banerjee to them. But this time they have N Tripathi has submitted a did not appear before the CBI Monday issued summons to on Monday hit hard at the on the prevailing sit- embark on an indefinite dhar- targeted the head of an insti- report to Union Home for questioning, neither he had CBI Joint Director Pankaj TMC saying there may be con- uation in Kolkata, Rajnath na against the Centre’s alleged tution like the Kolkata police Minister Rajnath Singh on the submitted the vital evidence Srivastava for appearing as a stitutional breakdown in West described the action against the highhandedness, the Bengal chief, she said. situation that unfolded in the that he and his team seized witness in a case of fraud Bengal. He added the Central CBI probe team a threat to the Chief Minister on Monday “I will prefer giving up my city after a CBI team was from various Saradha offices. worth 45 lakh, sources said. Government is vested with federal system of the country. launched a multi-pronged life to making an insulting allegedly obstructed by police Following the incident While acknowledging the power to take steps to restore “There may be constitu- attack at the Centre. The Chief compromise with the situation,” from questioning Kolkata Mamata started a sit-in protest receipt of the notice, the CBI normalcy in any part of the tional breakdown in West Minister accused the BJP Mamata said from the dharna Police chief Rajeev Kumar in against the CBI action calling Joint Director said he would country. Bengal... under the Government of “subverting the platform from where she also the Saradha scam, Raj Bhavan it a Modi Government’s act of consider legal action only after The Home Minister Constitution, the Central Constitution,” and “condemn- addressed a farmers’ meet of sources said on Monday. vendetta. The sit-in will con- taking legal advice. Soon after accused the TMC of damaging Government has been vested ing anyone as anti-national her party on telephone. The content of the report tinue till February 8, the Chief getting the notice, Srivastava the Constitution by having with the power to maintain who dares question BJP.” In related development, was, however, not immediate- Minister said. left for Delhi by an stopped CBI officials from per- normalcy in any part of the The sit-in stage was turned the Supreme Court agreed to ly known. Mamata said, “If anyone evening flight. forming their lawful duties. country,” he said. into a makeshift office where give an urgent hearing to the The report was prepared by destroys the pillars of democ- Continued on Page 4 Rajnath told the Lok Sabha Continued on Page 4 Mamata held a Cabinet meet- CBI’s plea alleging destruction combining the report of the racy then democracy itself ing ahead of the State of electronic evidence related to Special Investigation Branch becomes threatened,” adding !# &#   # " *  ! "#  * !#  N    Budget. Launching a blistering the Saradha chit fund scam and the reports submitted to she had no other way but to &   ! *#%    &--- #O 4#!   %5 $#      #  !  * attack on the Modi case by Kolkata Police the Governor by the State Chief descend on the streets to save &- !# #   !#   !(  "#"  !#  Government for “destroying Commissioner Rajeev Kumar Secretary and the Home democracy reminding the &   # " # +#"  * ' +#"  *  "!##&    6) +#"-  democratic institutions,” and said it will come down Secretary late on Sunday night, “entire Opposition parties of *  ' +#"(     #  "#- O  &  !"#  7'"   Mamata said she would prefer heavily on him if police office the sources said. the country are with us.” &  # "  " #"   #   "  89   #  # &  #  # giving up her life to making “even remotely” tries to destroy A political firestorm start- Continued on Page 4   !#   !# #     "" #: #!!#   !#   immoral compromises with the evidence. ed on Sunday evening after a Related reports on P5    # #    $  #   "#   

!         !"#!     %     #      $      $                   Given the nature of job and !"# $!% % discipline, the officers, howev- #&   he day-to-day movement er, used to travel on their own &      '(   Tand functioning of Army and later claim allowances. officers to attend courses or The latest order has put a stop    % crucial meetings may be hit due to this also.   # !# #   to cash crunch for meeting Elaborating the concept of % )  # travel and accommodation Temporary Duty, sources said    !&  *   expenses. Nearly 4,000 crore an officer, for example, posted  #     & is spent every year on in a sensitive area, may be +#"- these purposes. asked to report about certain London/New Delhi: UK ed by Scotland Yard in April An order issued on security matters in person due     Home Secretary Sajid Javid on 2017 after the Indian authori- Monday by Principal Controller to security reasons to the top     Monday ordered the extradi- ties brought fraud and of Defence Accounts, Pune most commanders at a differ-   ) .# (  tion of Vijay Mallya to India, in money laundering charges said due to insufficient funds ent station or New Delhi. #  #   #O 0-1 a major blow to the embattled amounting to 9,000 crore available under Temporary sufficient funds under the rel- tions of the order, officials said withdraw in advance more Moreover, any stint up to six *      liquor baron. against the former Kingfisher Duty and Permanent Duty evant heads. However, facility here at any given time more than 60 to 70 per cent of the months is treated as Temporary #* ) !(   The 63-year-old business- Airlines boss. heads of Army officers, no for Leave Travel Concession than 1,000 officers move to and likely total expenses and later Duty and officers are paid # "&   2  man had lost a legal challenge The UK court had said it TA/DA advances and claims (LTC) will continue. fro on temporary duty. Earlier, submit the bills. That facility allowances accordingly. '  #   !# against his extradition in a was satisfied with the various can be processed till receipt of Explaining the implica- while proceeding they could was withdrawn sometime back. Continued on Page 4  '! " - !" British court in December. assurances provided by the Under the Extradition Indian Government, including Treaty procedures, the Chief a video of the jail cell, which Magistrate’s verdict was sent to had not only been recently $      %    the Home Secretary because redecorated but was also far only he is authorised to larger than the minimum order Mallya’s requirement threshold.       preference is to help him reach phant and the cavalcade of offi- extradition. Meanwhile, India wel- his original dwelling place and cials are on their way to Mallya is comed UK Government’s order n a moving tale of man-ani- a group of forest officials are Thadagam valley in on bail on an to extradite Mallya and said it Imal relationship, elephant into the job,” the Government Coimbatore district, the extradition awaits “early completion” of the Chinna Thambi has captured informed the court. domain of Chinna Thambi. warrant execut- legal process in the matter. the heart of Tamil Nadu peo- N Sadique Ali, a wildlife One of the forest officials told “We have taken note of ple even as politics and other conservationist in Ootty, said The Pioneer that a group of TV the decision of the UK issues have taken a back seat for that Chinna Thambi is the lat- crew with satellite news gath- Home Secretary to sign the time being. est example of human-animal ering vehicles were also keep- on the order for The Madras High Court conflict in the region. “The ing track of the ‘new star’ of Vijay Mallya’s extradi- on Monday heard a petition by elephant is a peace-loving ani- Tamil Nadu. tion to India,” a animal lover Arun Prasanna mal and there are no instances Meanwhile the walkathon top Government challenging the move by the of him attacking anybody in by Chinna Thambi continues source said. AIADMK Government to Thadgam. The truth is that with the routine stopovers. “While we wel- catch and train the wild tusker Chinna Thambi enjoys eating “Whenever he is thirsty, he come the UK as a Kumki saying that the carrot, sugarcane and banana stops at the nearby watering Government’s deci- Government’s act violates ani- which are in abundance here. holes, quenches his thirst, sion in the matter, mal’s rights. Kumki is a term All these crops are cultivated in takes rest and continues his we await the early used for an elephant specialised the encroached areas of the for- journey in search of the com- completion of in controlling errant elephants. est and we cannot blame the ele- fort zone,” said Ali. the legal However, the Tamil Nadu phants for eating them,” said Ali. The forest watchers and process for his Government told the court Even as the arguments and guards accompanying him extradition,” the that it is not for training counter-arguments were ensure that the pachyderm is source said. PTI Chinna as a Kumki. “Our first exchanged in the court, the ele- kept out of human habitation. !($#) "%#%) *+,-./  1/   +     ,  $$                has previously been involved in persons confessed that last two cases including a case of Tuesday at about 1:00 am, they he Delhi Police has arrest- rape along with trespassing had hired the Ram Govind's 2    Ted a 34-year-old man and a and physical violence in Didauli taxi from MG road, Gurugram     30-year-old woman for alleged- police station, Uttar Pradesh. to Khairati Nagar, Ghaziabad, ly strangling a cab driver to “On Tuesday last, a missing UP,” said the DCP.       accused used to visit India fre- death and then dismembering report was lodged by the The accused persons quently and identified crowd-       his body into pieces before dis- deceased Ram Govind's wife. allegedly told police that they he north district police has ed places for installing the : 5 '5 posing the body in a drain near They are residents of hatched a conspiracy. They Tbusted a gang of “cyber skimming machine and camera ollowing heated argument )5(7) ' :- Gaur City in Greater Noida. Shakarpur, Delhi. She said that took the taxi driver to their criminals” consisting of five for- in the ATM machines for cap- Fwith his girlfriend over 4')5(%7%5- The duo reportedly confessed her husband was missing since home and offered him a cup of eign nationals who were active turing the data of customers. phone, a 25-year-old man to the murder during police January 28, 2019. During tea mixed with sedative. When in the national Capital espe- “They transferred data of allegedly set himself ablaze by    )-' interrogation, however, police enquiry of missing report, it he lost consciousness, the duo cially in Malviya Nagar area of customers captured through pouring petrol on him on a 3%=; ''564'-' said that their motive is yet to came into notice that victim then throttled him the driver south Delhi and Sadar Bazar of skimming device into other moving auto-rickshaw, injuring 3% '54> 5?",@ 5) be ascertained. was abducted by some with a rope and left the body in north Delhi, targetting ATMs. plastic cards having magnetic two of his co-passengers, said Deputy Commissioner of unknown persons,” she said. their room. Recovered from their pos- strip and converted it into police on Monday. %5 6 556 Police (northwest) Vijayanta “A joint team of Netaji “They took the deceased's sessions were 102 cloned plas- ATM cards and wrote down The man, who has sus- ?+/@- '%' '( 5) Arya said they have obtained Subhash Place police station cab and disposed the vehicle at tic cards, 94,000 cash, two lap- PIN numbers over them. They tained grievous burn injuries in  455> 4'%4 five days police custody and Special Staff of Northwest Moradabad, UP and hid the tops, four mobile phones, one used to identify unmanned the incident that had taken remand of the accused per- district was constituted. During vehicle in front of a temple in skimming device and one cam- ATM booths in Delhi, cover place on Sunday night at Loni '%5')( sons to unearth the whole investigation, it was found that Mundha Pandey area in era from their possession. their faces, helmets, goggles Gol Chakkar in Delhi’s Jyoti (%=43A'  conspiracy. the last ride of his cab was Moradabad, UP. The following All foreign nationals were and withdrew money with Nagar, is battling for life. According to police, the booked from Madangir to day, they arranged for a from Romania, a European cloned plastic cards,” said the Eyewitnesses said people accused man was identified as Kapashera Border and there- straight razor and chopped country. Their gang consisted of DCP adding that further inves- watched as a man resembling taken to Guru Tegh Bahadur Farhat Ali (34), a school drop- after, the GPS device of cab the victim's body into parts, two women and three men who But, they were apprehended by tigation is going on”. a fireball was seen running Hospital for treatment.” out, working as a 'quack and his stopped working,” she said. wrapped them in three sepa- used to withdraw money from the team,” said the DCP. ollowing the development, around. Some even rushed to The DCP said, “Shivam associate identified as Seema On the basis of CCTV rate bundles and disposed it in unguarded and isolated ATMs “During interrogation the Fresidents have been told to save him and poured water had sustained severe burns, Sharma (30), a married woman footages and technical surveil- a drain near Gaur City in using cloned plastic cards. accused disclosed about their be on alert while going to an over him to douse the flames. while the injuries of the other who was living separately from lance, the accused persons Greater Noida,” the DCP said, The accused have been associates. On their instance Automated Teller Machine It has been found that the two others were minor in her husband in Ghaziabad. were arrested. “During sus- adding that they are further identified as Castache Irina other remaining three accused (ATM), as chances are that man had bought petrol from a nature. The auto driver had a Police revealed that Farhat Ali tained interrogation, accused investigating the matter. (27), Caragica Elisabeta (22), were also nabbed by the police your debit card can be cloned nearby petrol pump as his bike narrow escape as he aban- Lavtaru Ion (38), Dumitro team,” said the DCP. within seconds and fraudster had run out of fuel, said a doned his auto-rickshaw and Nicolae (36) and Nistor Llie Explaining their modus can easily access your account police official, adding that he fled from the spot.” (36) all residents of Romania operandi, the DCP said that the and do transactions. was returning with petrol in an “Shivam had sustained !  - R   . and used to visit India to steal auto-rickshaw when the argu- critical burn injuries and money by cloning debit cards.  ment with his girlfriend broke according to the doctors, more According to Nupur out over phone. than 80 per cent of his body  *;# #   "&  &   ! #-      Prasad, the Deputy The man has been identi- has been badly burnt while his Commissioner of Police  %""# " #  "&   !#  fied as Shivam, a resident of cousin Arjun had 20 per cent (DCP), North district, a trap #" *! ! Loni, Ghaziabad, while his co- and Bhagwan Singh 40 per       33%4)56(%(-5 et and exploited their vulner- was laid down outside the       *% #(   !  # #!! passengers, his cousin Arjun cent burn injuries,” said police ( '(7) '-( ability. I hope that Delhi Police IDBI bank ATM Machine in #  - (24) and one Bhagwan Singh official. fter the arrest of Sanjay 43)5 :4% ': ' thoroughly investigates the Sadar Bazaar after investigators (60), also sustained burn A police official said they ASachdev, the chairman of matter and strongest action is zeroed on the activities of these #    * %""#  ' " # !   injuries who were also inside were trying to ascertain the “Love Commandos”, an non- 5)3 '74%:3% ;' taken against Sachdev and his fraudsters. # #D   ! #    ' %- the auto-rickshaw. identity of the petrol pump governmental organisation ' 77456 (( 5)'%7 cronies,” DCW Chairperson “In this regard, police $"    "    "#  #  #  Deputy Commissioner of from where Shivam had pur- (NGO), Delhi Commission of  3)  5)' Swati Maliwal said. directed a bank manager of Police (DCP), North-east dis- chased a litre of petrol as the Women (DCW) has received a ''%3 (' 4'-%5 The couples allegedly told IDBI Bank to reinstall the skim-  trict, Atul Thakur, said, “A sale of petrol in this manner slew of written complaints and the commission that Sachdev ming device and camera device )  % ' %   !#     # - police control room (PCR) call has been prohibited by the multiple calls in a span of four seized their marriage certifi- in the same ATM machine. At      && !# # # &  '- was received regarding the inci- Government. Petrol being a days. The complaints included days, they received numerous cates, date of birth certificates, about 03:30 PM on Sunday,  #!  ! & ' ( % #  "# dent, following which officials highly incendiary fuel is not to a couple based in the United emails and calls from couples college degrees, Adhaar and police noticed that two women of Jyoti Nagar police station be sold in bottles. Suitable Kingdom who accused suffering at the hands of more. He made the women with masked face entered the  !#  ! & #  #  #" #!& $'$- rushed to Loni Gol Chakkar. action will be initiated against Sachdev of committing torture, Sachdeva and his associates perform all the household ATM machine and took the L$!# !##M    !# )   ! # - $    On reaching the spot, they the owner of the pump as it extortion, confinement, seizing Harsh and Sonu. The com- activities while asking for skimming device and camera   ' "  !  !# *      % found three people had sus- concerns public safety, the offi- their documents and more. plaints show that the pattern of money. device from the ATM machine.  ! #  ) - tained burns. All of them were cial added. According to the torture was similar-extortion, “The couples who were Commission, in the last few confinement, seizure of docu- able to pay more money on ments, forceful consumption of demand got their papers back liquor, mental torture through and were allowed to leave the use of abusive language and Shelter. The rest were con- " $    demand for money, they said. fined in the shelter and were “The Commission is abused,” DCW spokesperson    deeply shocked at the growing stated in their official release, instances of complaints against adding that they have for-       6 pm. the NGO Love Commando. warded the complaints to “He was on duty at Police The NGO owner Sachdev cap- Deputy Commissioner of ollowing depression, a 30- Control Room (PCR) van italised the popularity he Police (Central) Mandeep Fyear-old Delhi Police con- when he shot in his head. He gained through the television Randhawa. stable allegedly committed sui- was taken to Jag Pravesh show 'Satyamev Jayate' and cide by shooting himself with Chandra Hospital by other furthered his evil intentions. In his service pistol on Monday police personnel where doctors the name of helping young cou- evening in northeast Delhi's declared Suresh brought dead. ples, he ran an extortion rack- Dayalpur area while he was on A suicide note was also found duty. where he stated that he was suf- The deceased has been fering from depression after his identified as Suresh, a resident father's death,” said the DCP. of Babarpur and belongs to “He has been serving in Jaipur. According to Atul Delhi Police since 2010 and was Kumar Thakur, the Deputy currently posted in the Police Commissioner of Police Control Room (PCR) depart- (DCP), North east district, the ment,” said a senior police offi- incident took place at around cial. ,%           

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             results will be implemented Delhi Traffic Police, a total of across the national Capital. 6515 people were injured and n order to make the city Delhi Government will a total of 1690 people were       of his fundamental rights, by Iroads safe and secure for the conduct the study in collabo- killed in road crashes in 2018. any agency of the state is suf- pedestrians as well as for com- ration with the Save life Further, the 3 km stretch in the rial in the sensational ficient to justify any action of muters, the Delhi Transport Foundation which works on North East part of Delhi is TSunanda Pushkar murder the court to protect it within Department has planned to road safety, to adopt the Burari known for road rages with case is likely to commence on the ambit of its powers,” it said. conduct a survey to find out to Bhalswa stretch as a pilot four black spots, Burari Chowk, January 21 after a Delhi court “The prosecution as well black spots and well as dark project with plans to replicate Bhalswa Chowk, Jahangirpuri handed the case against the Delhi Police shall not share stretches to curb the accidents the model in other parts of the Bus Stand and Mukundpur Congress leader Shashi with any third person, the in Delhi. The survey will be city. With starting the pilot pro- Chowk, claiming 67 lives in Tharoor to Sessions court for charge sheet or any other doc- conducted to identify the acci- ject on this stretch, the trans- 2016 and 2017. further proceedings. The judge ument which are the part of the dent prone areas and to suggest port department aims to reduce “The Annual Action Plan noted that the case pertains to court. charge sheet till the next date remedial measures including road accidents by 30 percent by on Road Safety, which is abetment of suicide and it was “Since this court is only a of hearing,” it said. road engineering. 2020. mandatory under Delhi’s first “exclusively triable” by the committing court because the It may be recalled that Delhi witnessed 1,691 road “As we mark the 30th Road Road Safety Policy released in court. The offences which offence under section 306 IPC Tharoor was granted regular crash fatalities last year and the  #   $     %   #   Safety Week, we have also 2018, binds all Delhi attract punishment of 7 years or is exclusively triable by Sessions bail on July 7 last year after he Government is adopting a new    released the first ever Annual Government agencies more are triable by the Sessions court, it is clear that the pros- appeared before the court in approach to tackle this, Action Plan that provides a (Transport, Public Works court. ecution/ trial of the case will pursuance to the summons Transport Minister Kailash   blueprint to reduce road crash Department (PWD), Health Additional Chief take place in Sessions court and issued against him. Gahlot said on Monday. deaths in Delhi. and Education Departments) Metropolitan Magistrate not before this court,” the Tharoor, the Congress Lok “The zero fatality corridor           Delhi witnessed 1,691road and Delhi Traffic Police to (ACMM) Samar Vishal sent ACMM said. Sabha member from pilot projects is aimed at reduc-     #   crash fatalities last year and our year-round set of actions to the case to Additional Sessions The court also directed Thiruvanantpuran and a for- ing deaths to near zero levels on 6 + )2 @9 8@ 1G @9 Government is trying to reduce road fatalities in Delhi. Judge Arun Bhardwaj. The Delhi Police to preserve ‘vigi- mer Union Minister has been this particular stretch. After 2$ $ change that by adopting a new The plan outlines concrete Sessions court will now hear lance report’ in this case. It also charged under sections 498-A evaluating the impact of the '22 )2    0H 8B 81 0I approach to tackle this pan- commitments with timelines,” arguments on whether to frame directed the police and the (husband or his relative sub- initiative, we will replicate the demic. said an official. charges against Tharoor and prosecution not to share the jecting a woman to cruelty) and model in other parts of the city,”  $     0B 1I 1A 0H Through the Zero fatality The officials also added put him on trial. chargesheet and other docu- 306 of the Indian Penal Code Gahlot said. 2     08 B0 B1 08 corridor pilot projects our aim that the team will also conduct Since Tharoor, the hus- ments of the case with any third (IPC), but has not been arrest- The three-km stretch   +. !B. !B2 +B is to reduce the fatalities to near scientific crash investigation to band of Sunanda Pushkar is party keeping in view his “right ed in the case. Pushkar was between Burari Chowk and zero levels on this particular study the reasons leading to booked under Section 306 of privacy, right to reputation found dead in a suite of a lux- Bhalaswa Chowk, having four gation of high number of road causes of road accidents on the stretch. After evaluating the road injuries and deaths. Based (abetment of suicide) of the and right to receive free and fair ury hotel in the city on the black spots, witnessed 67 crashes on the stretch. Outer Ring Road stretch impact of the initiative, we on the causal factors identified, Indian Penal Code, which trial”. night of January 17, 2014. The deaths due to road accidents in Gahlot launched “Zero between Burari Chowk and will replicate the model in Delhi Government and Delhi attracts maximum punishment “Undisputedly, all these couple was staying in the hotel 2016 and 2017, said the Fatality Corridor” (ZFC) pro- Bhalswa Chowk, infamous for other parts of the city,” Gahlot Police to implement will take of 10 years, it can only be heard are the fundamental rights of a as the official bungalow of SaveLIFE Foundation, that will ject in the annual road safety accidents. The study will be said. counter measures to make the by a Sessions court, which is person... And apprehension of Tharoor was being renovated at undertake a scientific investi- policy to scientifically assess the conducted on pilot basis and its Also as per the data by corridor fatality-free. superior to the magisterial any person, regarding violation that time.      0 $) * "   , %      12 .  &  $      %% '                  )+ , -     elhi Congress president       ';( 56(:%'( DSheila Dikshit sat on dhar-       Government) go from the       na at Raj Ghat, along with her ECC. This is a project of aving launched ‘Happiness  %4% ' 5)5(65( party leaders and workers, over he Environment Pollution national importance,” Singh elhi recorded worst day in HCurriculum’ in its schools, % (7%43-5%(5 an incident of shooting at an TControl Authority (EPCA) told the Bench. Dterms of “dense fog” as the Delhi Government on %5%7(66'(./ effigy of Mahatma Gandhi on Monday said that money The counsel appearing for twenty-seven trains were Monday organised a work- 3%:; 5'%7(%4) before setting it ablaze on his from Environment Delhi Government said they delayed and flight operations shop on “Entrepreneurship death anniversary last Compensation Charge (ECC) have granted in-principle disrupted after thick fog Mindset” curriculum with ' 5) 5 Wednesday in Aligarh. could be used for funding the approval to the RRTS project engulfed the national Capital stakeholders and experts for Terming the Aligarh inci- Delhi Government’s first year but they have issue with regard on Monday morning. youths in Delhi. More than 80 compete with a job providing dent “hurtful”, wherein Akhil share in the Regional Rapid to funds. “In-principle, the According to Dr R social help groups and indi- economy. The roots of the Bharat Hindu Mahasabha Transit System (RRTS) corridor Delhi Government is agreed. Jenamani, the visibility was viduals participated in the con- problems need a fix & we activists shot an effigy of project between Delhi, So far as funding is concerned, 100 meters between 4 AM and sultation. believe it lies in school educa- Gandhi, Sheila said the entire Ghaziabad and Meerut. RRTS I will seek instructions. Give 10 AM and remained con- Deputy Chief Minister and tion, Sisodia said. country is enraged at the insult    #'            #  is a project of national impor- me one week time,” the lawyer stantly below 200 meters with Education Minister, Manish Elaborating on what the of Mahatma Gandhi under the   %##(      tance and it should not be told the Bench. CAT - III A/B ILS conditions Sisodia said, “I congratulate all entrepreneurship curriculum BJP-led Government at the delayed as it would escalate the The Bench has posted the at runways for flight operations, experts for the fact that we have intends to do, Sisodia said, Centre. Country in front of the world Modi Sarkar”, took part in the cost, EPCA said. matter for further hearing on however there were no cancel- converged here, moving “The idea is not to limit at She said that with the sup- with their deplorable action. protest. A video of the incident, Interestingly, the estimated February 11. lations and diversions record- beyond our own boundaries for imparting financial/market- port of the people of the coun- The Congress strongly con- which went viral on social project cost of the 82.15 km Of the 82.15 kilometre ed. Tracking the fog record, Dr a greater good, and I’m sure ing/communication/manage- try and the party workers, the demns the “shameful” inci- media, drew massive condem- corridor is 31,632 crore and long corridor, Delhi will have Jenamani said that on January today is going to be a big day ment skills in the students.” Congress will leave no stone dent and silent protests have nation. Former Delhi Congress since the Delhi Government a 13 kilometre section with sta- 17-18 , similar dense fog was for the job market, for the “The bigger idea is that we unturned to uproot the “com- been organised against it by the president Ajay Maken, AICC has said they do not have ade- tions at Sarai Kale Khan, New recorded. “All earlier major economy of the country.” want to impart the munal” BJP Government from party across the country, Sheila in-charge of Delhi P C Chacko, quate finances to meet the cost Ashok Nagar and Anand Vihar. dates of this season of dense fog Talking about the ‘why’ of ‘Entrepreneurial mindset’, the the Centre. said. working presidents Haroon of its share of 1,138 crore, During the hearing, the at IGIA are: 14 December, 25 it - it is an uplifting fact that our courage to think big and new. Hitting out at the BJP, she Scores of protesters, carry- Yusuf, Devendra Yadav and funds from the ECC could be amicus said that in pursuance December, 2 January, 4, 7 and nation boasts the biggest youth Although the fulcrum idea said that the killers of Gandhi ing placards reading “Bapu Ke Rajesh Lilothia were also pre- used for it, said the to the apex court’s direction, 18 January. force in the world, but it’s behind entrepreneurship cur- have once again defamed the Seene Pe Vaar, Chup Kyon Hai sent. Environment Pollution Control EPCA had convened a meeting On Monday, the minimum another worrying fact is that we riculum is help students strive Authority (EPCA). of concerned stakeholders on temperature settled at 8 degrees are a nation of the biggest to become job givers, instead of A Bench of Justices Arun January 25 to discuss the issues. Celsius, a notch below the sea- unemployed educated youth job seekers, but having said Mishra and Deepak Gupta was “Delhi Government had son’s average.”Twenty-seven force in the world. that, the entrepreneurial ‘mind-       $   told by advocate Aparajita objections on two issues. The trains were delayed with an Despite having the most set’ is important in all walks of       requested the Union think this demand Singh, assisting the court as first is about change of station average delay of around three laborious and intelligent youth life,” for a businessman as well Minister to exempt of the journalists is amicus curiae in the pollution from underground to elevated to four hours,” the railways force, not even one of the as for a officer. elhi Chief Minister Arvind journalist from paying very genuine and matter, that 1,106 crore was at Sarai Kale Khan and the said.The trains delayed includ- biggest 50 companies of the “The same mindset led DKejriwal on Monday toll tax all over the must be accepted. available in the ECC. other was about funds. ed the Malda-Delhi Farakka world is Indian. Mark Zuckerberg to build sought an exemption for jour- country. I think and “The first year cost of Delhi The elevated station at Express and Allahabad-New It can also be corroborat- Facebook, the same mindset nalists from paying toll tax Kejriwal said that thus request you to Government would be 265 Sarai Kale Khan helps them Delhi Duronto. The visibility at ed by the fact that most Indian led a led a govt officer, Verghese across the country. some journalists from please exempt jour- crore. EPCA do not want any (Delhi Government) also. The Safdarjung was recorded at youths today wish to get placed Kurien to lead the second In a letter to Union Haryana met me and nalists all delay in the project as it would only issue is funding. Delhi 200 metres at 5.30 am that in a multinational company. biggest dairy of India, AMUL, Minister for Road, Transport requested that they over the country be escalate the cost. In ECC, they Government says that Union of reduced to 100 metres at 8.30 This is the reason why those right from its inception,” the and National Highway Nitin should be exempted from pay- exempted from paying toll tax,” have around 1,100 crore. Let India should fund their share,” am, a meteorological (Met) economies are so big, a job Education Minister said fur- Gadkari, the Chief Minister ing toll tax in Haryana. “I he said. first year fund (of Delhi Singh told the court. department official said. seeker economy can never ther. &3           4)      Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and one in AIIMS round 1,011 cases of due to the viral disease,” a ASeasonal Influenza H1N1 source said. have been reported in Delhi A senior doctor at so far making the number to Safdarjung Hospital con- be the second highest in the firming the data said, “From country after Rajasthan, sug- 1st January to 31st January, gested the latest data released around three deaths have by National Centre for been reported at our hospi- Disease Control (NCDC) on tal.” Monday. In the month of January, According to senior offi- around 23 cases of H1N1 cial of Directorate General of influenza were reported by Health Services (DGHS), out the hospital, he said. of the total cases, 895 cases According to the senior belong to Delhi while the rest official DGHS, the deaths have been acquired from which are being reported by other States. the hospitals occur due to “Around 895 cases belong other factors and not just originally to Delhi while the because of swine flu only. others are from the other “It is not confirmed states. As far as deaths are weather the deaths are hap- concerned, no confirmed pening due to swine flu or death has come into our due to some other factors. knowledge,” she said. The patients who have died As per the data released might have some other dis- by NCDC, no death has been eases already and the influen- reported in Delhi so far, how- za worsened the condition,” ever, a total of 226 deaths she said. The virus itself is not have been reported in the capable of killing someone, country. she added. Notwithstanding the With this, Delhi has data, around 14 deaths have become second largest city to been reported in the National record seasonal influenza Capital so far including three H1N1 this year. Last year, in Safdarjung Hospital. only 205 cases of the disease “At least 14 deaths have were reported in the Capital. taken place in the national The highest number of Capital including three in cases this year has been Safdarjung Hospital, 10 in reported by Rajasthan. !($#) "%#%) *+,-./ !#$ /       % .%    *   / %0(

Patna: Chief Minister '' govern- He also dismissed the same to Congress president and on Monday said ment. Congress president's promise of prompted him to make this     $  Congress president Rahul "Here is a person who has ensuring a minimum income promise." Gandhi has squandered his been convicted in a corruption for the poor, saying "elections "But this has been a long- goodwill by allying with RJD case by a court of law. And peo- are round the corner, people standing demand. I have been chief Lalu Prasad, going oppo- ple have the temerity to say that will come out with all types of raising it since the days I was Palanpur: Three married passing by Devpura village Jamana Thakor were married, site to his stand when he tore he is being framed. Allying promises". an MP. Why did the Congress- women and a teenage girl, all under Vav taluka of said the police, adding all were an ordinance aimed at revers- with such people has only Miffed over Gandhi's alle- led UPA not do the needful very close friends, jumped into Banaskantha district, said the residents of Dethli village, locat- ing a Supreme Court order on the RJD chief. destroyed the goodwill earned gation that Kumar had deliv- when it was in power," Kumar, a canal to commit suicide on police. ed close to Devpura. disqualification of convicted The JD(U) chief, who had through gestures like tearing of ered empty promises to the himself a graduate of the Patna Monday in Gujarat, and while While three bodies were "Rescuers have fetched politicians. forged a short-lived alliance the ordinance," Kumar rued. people of Bihar like Modi did University, asked. three of them died, the fourth recovered late in the evening, three dead bodies till now from Kumar also took potshots with the RJD and the Congress, Berating the show of oppo- at the Centre, the chief minis- On the resolution passed at one is missing, said police. the fourth victim was missing, the canal. The (search) opera- at Gandhi for the promises he which came to be known as the sition unity at the rally which ter said the Congress chief the 'Dharma Sansad' in Kumbh One of the women was bat- said G K Jadeja, police sub- tion is still on," said Jadeja. made at his Patna rally on 'Mahagathbandhan' or grand was attended by Tejashwi and would have done well to take where seers have declared com- tling a heart ailment, while inspector, Vav taluka. A suicide note was recov- Sunday. alliance, for fighting the 2015 his associates-turned-adver- note of the high growth rate of mencement of Ram temple another was unhappy in her The four, all close friends, ered from the spot, he said. "Gandhi had famously torn Bihar assembly poll, has been saries Jitan Ram Manjhi and the state and the massive construction at Ayodhya from marriage, and so they decided were identified by the police as "As per the suicide note, and thrown away a copy of the squarely blaming Gandhi for Sharad Yadav, among others, improvement in agricultural February 21, Kumar said "our to end their lives, they said. Minakshi Thakor (23), Shilpa one of the women was having ordinance that intended to his volte face of 2017 when he Kumar said "it was I who had productivity. party's stand has always been The other two decided to Thakor (18), Jamana Thakor some heart-related ailment, reverse a Supreme Court order returned to the BJP-led NDA. coined the term About Gandhi's promise of clear". commit suicide as they appre- (20) and Haki Thakor (16). while another was unhappy on disqualification of convict- He has been alleging that Mahagathbandhan". granting central status to Patna "The dispute should be hended their lives will be diffi- However, it was not yet with her husband," said Jadeja. ed politicians. But later he Gandhi had failed to take a "Now it is just a gathband- University, Kumar said, "I resolved through a court order cult without their friends, the clear who among them was The other two decided to allied with the same type of stand on the corruption cases han. Mind you even he raised the demand before or through a consensus reached police added. missing. end their lives just out of fear people and yesterday he was against the then Deputy Chief (Gandhi) repeatedly used the Prime Minister Modi and it between the affected commu- All of them together Among these, Minakshi that life will be difficult without singing paeans (to Prasad)," Minister Tejashwi Yadav, which term gathbandhan only," the was not accepted. Somebody nities. There is no change in jumped into the Narmada canal Thakor, Shilpa Thakor and their friends, he added. PTI Kumar said, without naming was bringing a bad name to the JD(U) chief said. must have tipped off about the that," he said. PTI     # ) 6Q)  R3        ! " "#$   -&  .  !    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Himanta Biswa Sarma over his gated for his involvement in the Louis Berger case in the party's "Kauravas" will face a drubbing This is a war to save the "RSS and Modi haven't alleged involvement in the scam while he was in Congress manifesto during the 2014 Lok Morena (MP): A man arrest- after an Arms Act case was reg- by the Congress party led by country, to save the grown big enough to teach multi-crore Saradha chit fund but after he joined the BJP, it Sabha but "once he joined BJP, ed late on Sunday night istered, Ambah Sub Divisional Rahul Gandhi, veteran AICC Constitution, its morals and nationalism to the Indian scam. stopped," she said. the party became silent and allegedly committed suicide Officer of Police (SDOP) RKS leader A K Antony has said. values, constitutional institu- National Congress.... The Indian "The CBI is yet to take any Bordoloi claimed that trained their guns at West in the Dimni police station Rathore said. Inaugurating a Congress tions and other threats faced by National Congress doesn't need action against Sarma and inves- "Apart from Saradha, the BJP Bengal", Bordoloi said. lock-up in Madhya Pradesh's He said Tomar hanged march ahead of the Lok Sabha the country," Antony said. any lessons on nationalism from tigations against him have had earlier accused Sarma of "Himanta has a history of Morena district, an official himself with a shawl from a bar polls Sunday, Antony said the Speaking at the 'Janamaha the RSS and BJP," Antony said. stopped after he joined the being involved with the Louis changing allegiance to save his said. of the lock-up's window. "Lok Sabha election is a war to Yatra', led by state Congress There was a need to save BJP," Assam Pradesh Congress Berger scam. A number of skin. When TADA cases were Raghuraj Tomar (34) was Tomar's kin protested out- save the country." chief Mullappally India from the Modi spokesman and former Minister arrests were made in Goa in slapped against him, he left the arrested on Sunday night from side the police station on "The 2019 Lok Sabha elec- Ramachandran from Kasaragod Government as the country Pradyut Bordoloi told reporters connection with this scam but ULFA to join Congress and then Chinte Ke Pura area with Monday demanding that the tion will witness a second to Thiruvananthapuram, was facing the "worst" unem- here. no action has been taken in joined the BJP to save himself firearms and was lodged in the personnel responsible be Kurukshetra war in which the Antony lashed out at the RSS ployment scenario in the last 45 West Bengal Chief Minister Assam". from the Sarada and Louis Dimni police station lock-up charged with murder. PTI Kauravas led by Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Narendra years, he said. PTI Mamata Banerjee had alleged "It seems Himanta has been Berger cases", he added. PTI  $  #) %  + *  

   rent sewage generation in of completely from pollution Ghats as garbage and stench been flowing into the river projects for treatment of sew- < $ Varanasi is estimated at 300 caused by unhindered flow of were unbearable. The situation from these four cities and erage water coming from 53 MLD which is expected to dirty water into it. “Sustained has changed drastically now. needs to be controlled. drains in Prayagraj for six fficials of Uttar Pradesh Jal increase to 400 MLD in the efforts are going on around “The filth around river bank “Works on two projects (50 months in view of Kumbh. ONigam and ‘Namami year 2035. At present, the three Ganges and all ‘ghats’ have was a big deterrent for for- MLD in Varanasi and 82 MLD Further, 113 crore was sanc- Gange’ project are working operational STPs in the city been cleaned. Ongoing pro- eigners in particular. Ghats in Hardwar) are almost com- tioned for over 47,000 toilets at overtime to meet the deadline have 102 MLD treatment jects, coupled with continuous are well maintained now and plete while other projects that the Kumbh. of November of this year to capacities. With the commis- work, have effectively con- also, there has been a gradual are sanctioned include Naini, Three new STPs being complete the work of Sewerage sioning of three more STPs, the trolled the inflow of soiled rise in the tourist influx,” said Jhansi, Phaphamau, Unnao, commissioned at Naini, Jhansi Treatment Plants (STPs) that total sewage treatment capac- water and the river is much Vinod Mallah, another boat- Shuklaganj, Mathura, Kanpur, and Phaphamau in Prayagraj will completely stop the flow of ity will go up to 412 MLD, ade- cleaner now. man at Assi Ghats. Mirzapur, Gazipur and would treat 72 MLD of sewer polluted water from the quate to meet the demand till “Ever since Ghats were In order to maintain Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh; water before being discharged Varanasi drains into the holy 2035, said a senior official. spruced up, cleanliness drive cleanliness around all the Digha, Kankarbagh and into the Ganga. Ganga. Officials said though “Once this task is accom- was effectively implemented, Varanasi Ghats, the Union Bhagalpur in Bihar; Howrah, The Namami Gange pro- the deadline to complete the plished , it will mark a water- the number of tourists includ- Government has assigned the Bally and Tolly's Nalla ject consists of 261 projects 194 work on the remaining STP is shed moment in achieving the ing foreigners and people from task to a private concessionaire (Kolkata), Kamarhati and of which deal with construct- November, they expect it to be that will effectively control the Efforts are going on the war target of making the holy river other parts of country has for cleaning all the 84 Ghats in Baranagar in West Bengal” ing STPs, rural sanitation and fully operational by May, 2020 flow of sewer water into the footing to compete it well clean by 2020 under the gone up manifold. Varanasi for three years. said the official. bioremediation largely span- as work is nearing completion. river completely” said Rajat before the deadline set by the Namami Gange project Kishore, a boatman, whose Government is paying 5 crore Conscious of the fact that ning Uttar Pradesh, Nitin Gadkari, the Water Gupta, an engineer of UP Jal Nodal Ministry”, Gupta added. launched by Narendra Modi family has been involved since per year for the same and the crores of people flocking the Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Resources Minister is closely Nigam. “Assi Drain is the lone The upcoming Sewage Government”, said another ages, said, “Our daily earnings Centre intends to spend Kumbh at Prayagraj, the Union Bihar and Jharkhand, which are monitoring the progress and source left to be brought into treatment plant (STP) at official. have gone fourfold with the another 13 crore for cleaning Ministry of Ganga responsible for most of the pol- periodically reviews it. the ambit of STPs. We have Rammana, with capacity of 50 Residents of Varanasi are new coming up of new infra- of 94 Ghats of Kanpur, Rejuvenation under Nitin lution. Most of the 221 projects “By July this year, the sew- been able to control substantial MLD, will treat the polluted happy that ‘Maa Ganga’, their structures and river bank Prayagraj, Bithoor and Gadkari has put additional under the Namami Gange erage treatment capacity in flow of the contaminated sew- water coming from Assi River, lifeline is getting the much across Ghats getting a Mathura and Vrindavan that impetus on cleaning activities Mission worth 25,563 crore Varanasi will exceed 400 mil- erage water into the river but which is a major source of pol- needed infrastructural support makeover. There was a time are situated on the banks of at the ongoing Kumbh. The are at advanced stages of com- lion litres per day (MLD) and still it is flowing dirty water. lution in the Ganga. The cur- by the Prime Minister to rid it when tourists abhorred visiting Ganges. Sewerage water has government has sanctioned pletion.

Moreover, at least 50 per cent guesthouses facilities while on ture by the Modi Government, Congress leaders, including that the TMC does not !    555 of officers on Temporary Duty temporary duty or official vis-  555 BJP leader and Union Law MPs, were arrested but has “believe” in democracy, Union are attending professional its. Officers according to their Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad started a dharna to support a Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, From Page 1 ning conferences besides court courses of various durations, respective ranks are entitled to said it cannot be cited as a police officer. It seems the who was also a member of the Other functions under martial and court of inquiry officials added. stay in three star hotels and in From Page 1 shield to save the corrupt and police commissioner knows a group, told reporters. Temporary Duty include offi- proceedings. All these are This order comes months some cases five star hotels and “Whatever happened on asserted that the agency acted lot of secrets, Prasad said. Besides Sitharaman, the cers attending seminars, con- part of daily charter of the after the Army officers were the directive to refrain from Sunday, it indicates constitu- as per law. “These suspicious circum- other members of the delega- ferences, lectures, short term Army to function as well-oiled directed to avoid staying in doing so was issued to bring tional breakdown,” he said. Speaking to reporters, stances clearly indicate that tion included Union Ministers courses, liaison and joint plan- machinery, they said. hotel and instead avail of Army down expenses. Rajnath said the Supreme Prasad took a swipe at the unity the police commissioner knows Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and SS Court has ordered a probe among Opposition parties a lot and therefore needed to be Ahluwalia, and BJP leaders into the Saradha chit-fund against the CBI action, describ- saved by the Chief Minister,” Kailash Vijayvargiya,  555 to join her protest. scam and that there was money ing it as an “alliance of the cor- Prasad said. Bhupender Yadav, Anil Baluni       .)% 555 NCP president Sharad laundering and a political rupt”, and said its “soldiers” The BJP which is seeking and Mukul Roy. Pawar wrote on the micro- nexus also. He said lakhs of from Bihar to Uttar Pradesh, to make aggressive inroads She claimed the TMC is From Page 1 fraud case,” sources said. From Page 1 blogging site,” people have been affected in including Congress president into the TMC’s political turf in rattled by the BJP’s growth in According to CBI sources The incident took place in Rashtriya (RJD) #Assualtondemocracy - blatant the scam, where FIR been Rahul Gandhi, are facing probe the West Bengal on Monday West Bengal, which is why it is two sub-inspectors from tandem with a large posse of president Lalu Prasad said the misuse of CBI in #WestBengal lodged in 2014. in different cases of corruption. also moved the Election restricting the saffron party’s Bhawanipore Police Station central police force being Constitution and constitution- to intimidate the opposition and He hoped that the West Mamata has defied all Commission (EC) to “ensure programmes and even not carried a notice of appearance deployed both inside Nizam al institutions in the country settle political scores.” Former Bengal Government as well as norms to sit on a dharna in free and fair” Lok Sabha elec- allowing some rallies. to State CBI headquarters at Palace and inside the CGO were facing an “unprecedented Chief Ministers of Jammu & other State Governments will Kolkata, Rajnath said, adding tions in the State as it claimed The party had on Sunday Nizam Palace. “The notice is complex about 20 km away at crisis” and alleged that there Kashmir - National Conference provide conducive atmosphere that the police commissioner’s the TMC was not allowing its alleged that the Mamata for the Joint Director sum- Salt Lake with State police per- were “attempts to plunge the leader Omar Abdullah and PDP for law enforcement agencies to decision to join her protest was public rallies and political pro- Banerjee Government denied moning him as witness in a sonnel literally keeping these country into a civil war”. chief Mehbooba Mufti also carry out their duties. unprecedented and was in vio- grammes in the State . permission to Uttar Pradesh two central installations sur- RJD supremo’s younger son threw their weight behind Rejecting the Opposition lation of norms guiding police A high-level BJP delegation Chief Minister Yogi rounded from all sides. Tejashwi Yadav called on Banerjee, saying the use of charge that the CBI’s move to officers’ conduct. submitted a memorandum to Adityanath’s chopper to land in “The situation looks as if Mamata over phone and agency as a political tool has question Kumar amounted to He said Mamata kept quiet the Election Commission to the State and let him address the two State forces are staring announced to visit Kolkata soon crossed all limits. an attack on the federal struc- when many of her Trinamool highlight instances that show two scheduled rallies. at each other,” a Central Government official who works at the Nizam Palace    of a constitutional institution. And they allege we are the at the same time addressing a ◆ CHANGE OF NAME ◆ office said. If someone insults the police thieves?” farmers rally over telephone. Meanwhile, the State force and targets them without Attacking the Modi Mamata told the farmers I, Priyanka W/o Atul Gupta Government on Monday peti-    any reason then I will protest.” Government for victimising how the BJP Government had tioned the Calcutta High Court She said, “My anger is not the Opposition leaders if they usurped their rights and their R/o C-73, Sector-20, Noida against the CBI’s “arbitrary against CBI or any other police dared raise their voices sleep and how the tillers were (U.P.) have changed my action” defying the same   333 force but against these people Banerjee said “there is a con- committing suicide by the day. name to Priyanka Gupta for Court’s order which had earli- who are trying to destroy the spiracy going on to destroy the “They have taken away the er issued a stay on its action till From Page 1 federal democratic norms. democracy and gag opposition farmers’ sleep. It is for everyone all purposes. February 13. The matter was In a significant statement Sitting in Delhi they think that voice by condemning those to see how about 12,000 farm- PD(8389)A likely to be heard on Tuesday. Mamata reminded of the State’s they can arrest the State lead- who challenge them as anti- ers have committed suicide in powers saying, “If they (Delhi) ers because they are raising national and letting lose the country” she said adding have (Article) 356 (of the their voices then I will defi- central agencies against how after the humiliating Constitution) we have Section nitely protest.” them.” defeat in the recently held 144, No entry board and so on. On the chit fund cases, she The country had taken not Assembly elections the Modi It is not so easy, not so simple.” said, “A lot of lies are being ped- of the situation in Bengal and Government was giving fake Mamata’s reference of dled. We are not responsible. “we have been supported by all sops to them. Article “356” came almost in Chit funds came into exis- the leaders from all States,” said “They are cheating the tandem with reports that tence in 1980. Why did inves- Mamata, adding hers was not farmers by announcing some Bengal Governor KN Tripathi tigations start after 2011 and an individual but a collective schemes in Parliament,” where- had mailed a report on the sit- not from the 1980s? It was our battle which wanted to fight as her Government had under- uations. Sources said the Government which arrested with the help of one and all. taken better schemes than the Governor had not spoken high- Sudipta Sen, not the previous In a novel way of protest Centre. ly of the State’s law and order Government. We and conducting State func- Meanwhile, the BJP work- situation. constituted an SIT, we con- tions the Chief Minister ers descended on the streets Referring to the sit-in she stituted the Shyamal Sen presided over a police medal taking out rallies and blocking said “this dharna is not politi- Commission and returned Rs function honouring police per- rail traffic at various places cal. This is to save the honours 250-300 crore to the depositors. sonnel for their bravery while sources said. !($#) "%#%) *+,-./ % & 4#%51"!#%)-5"#65)75-81*)1-/ &       

   SC said during the interregnum evidence in connection with were arrested,” the SG said. Kolkata police commissioner it will be open for the SG or any the probe in the Saradha scam. When the bench said the was sent on October 18, 2017, he Supreme Court on other party to lay before the Mehta said not only were CBI officials are no longer to appear for questioning next TMonday agreed to give an court any material or evidence the sleuths arrested, but the res- under arrest, the SG replied that day but he cited law and urgent hearing to CBI’s plea to show that any West Bengal idence of Joint Director (East) FIRs are being registered by the order duties of the ensuing fes- alleging destruction of elec- authority or police official is Pankaj Shrivastav was sur- state police against the agency’s tive season. tronic evidence related to the planning or trying to destroy rounded by the state police and officials on a daily basis. The next notice was issued Saradha chit fund scam case by evidence related to the case. his family was kept hostage. Mehta told the court that on October 23, 2017, but again the Kolkata Police commis- Taking strong note of Even the CBI office at the the agency had filed two inter- he excused from the question- sioner Rajeev Kumar and said Mehta’s submission, the bench CGO complex in Kolkata was im applications. The first appli- ing. The CBI had sent third it will come down heavily on said “if the police commis- under siege, the law officer said. cation seeks a direction from the notice on December 8, 2018 him if the police office sioner is even remotely trying Following the SG’s sub- apex court that the Kolkata but Kumar responded saying “even remotely” tries to destroy to destroy evidence, we will missions, the bench enquired Police chief should immediate- the queries can be sent to him the evidence. come down so heavily on him from him as to what was the ly surrender and should not and he will reply. The apex court said it will that he will regret”. position on Monday morning tamper or destroy any evidence. hear on Tuesday CBI’s appli- All material or evidence to which he replied that senior The second application is cations which alleged that an and additional documents has CBI officials have been about the contempt of court extraordinary situation has to be placed before it by means released. The joint director committed by the police com- arisen in which the top police of affidavit, the court noted. through teleconference told missioner as there was an apex        ) )%%  1 officials of the West Bengal During the hearing, the SG media channels about his court order to carry out the   $      " Police are sitting on a dharna said an “extraordinary situa- house being laid under siege investigation into the case,   along with a political party in tion” which has happened on and the family being virtual Mehta said. norms. Trinamool Congress Khan, who won on a Trinamool Kolkata. Sunday in which CBI officials hostage, the SG said. Meanwhile, sources said est Bengal Chief Minister leader Saugata Roy said there Congress ticket and had recent- Solicitor General (SG) were arrested in Kolkata and The SG said there was a Kolkata police has not submit- WMamata Banerjee’s dhar- is a crisis in West Bengal and ly joined the BJP, also spoke. Tushar Mehta filed applications Joint Director, CBI and his need for immediate order as ted the call detail records of the na on the CBI-Kolkata Police that the Centre was “misusing” The witnessed on behalf of CBI before a family were kept hostage. It was the Kolkata Police commis- accused persons in the Saradha issue echoed in Parliament on the CBI to politically capture similar scenes with proceedings Bench comprising Chief Justice under this “extraordinary situ- sioner, who has come under scam case. The Kolkata police Monday leading to disruption the State. adjourned amid din by the Ranjan Gogoi and Justice ation” that the CBI moved the lens of the CBI, is likely to also did not furnish complete and adjournment of proceed- While alleging that the Trinamool Congress. As soon Sanjeev Khanna accusing these applications apprehend- destroy the electronic evidence details of the case that was ini- ings of both the Houses even as Centre was “constantly using as the House assembled for the Kolkata Police chief of destroy- ing destruction of electronic and material related to the tially probed by Rajeev Kumar. Home Minister Rajnath Singh the CBI to throttle the day, slogan shouting by TMC ing evidence related to the evidence, he said. Saradha scam. The CBI had written thrice termed the developments in Opposition,” Roy said the party members on the issue resulted case and indulging in con- Mehta further alleged that The Commissioner of seeking presence of Kumar, West Bengal as “unprecedented” is strongly protesting with all in adjournment of the House tempt of court. on Sunday night CBI officers Police, Kolkata had not who was member of the Special and asserting that the Centre forces at its command. BJD till 2 pm. The same situation The Bench, however, were taken into custody by the responded to the CBI’s repeat- Investigation Team of the has powers to take action. leader B Mahtab said the inci- prevailed when the House declined the SG’s plea to hear West Bengal Police when they ed summons to join the inves- Kolkata Police probing the chit Almost the entire dent smacks of impropriety and resumed in the afternoon. the two applications on Monday had gone to the Kolkata police tigation and “when our team fund scam, sources said.    ))  Opposition, including the also questions the integrity of Derek O’Brien (TMC) had in the post-lunch session. 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NCP leader Affairs Minister Narendra Saradha ponzi scam in Kolkata threat to personal safety in  &   bers, the Home Minister said it Supriya Sule said her party is Singh Tomar made a plea to and whether they violated the course of investigation into State police when they went to Tripathi and took stock of the ### !  was “unprecedented” that the condemning the CBI for agitating members to go back service conduct rules while the Saradha scam being con- grill the Kolkata police chief in “unprecedented” situation that #       CBI was stopped from lawful- allegedly using its muscle power to their seats, stating it was time preventing questioning of ducted under the directions of connection with the Saradha arose in Kolkata on Sunday, the      & ly doing its duty when it want- against a woman chief minister. for motion of thanks on the city police commissioner the Supreme Court.” scam case. official said. ) # &   # ed to question Kolkata Police Dharmendra Yadav (SP) President’s address. 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State and it is now “closely the ponzi scams, needs to be ## (  $+ #  Government to task over the the Trinamool Congress and take a call. The Speaker allowed the CBI probe and whether Another official said, monitoring the situation”. questioned regarding missing . # *& #& # * alleged misuse of central agen- the Centre were at fault, adding Trinamool Congress leader they violated the service con- according to reports received Home Minister Rajnath Singh documents and files but he has $  &   cies against political rivals, say- the CBI did not take action dur- Saugata Roy to speak about the duct rules in Sunday’s episode by the Home Ministry, the has already spoken to West not responded to notices to &O     ing it was against democratic ing the last four years. Saumitra incident in Kolkata. in Kolkata. CBI team was obstructed by Bengal Governor Keshari Nath appear before the agency. *  $    1 29:56  66 1/ #$$    $8  %+  % +  ,  %56#  % *  * * +     3   +*   9     The parties said there are “serious doubts about the cred-    ontending that free and fair ibility of EVMs and the purity    that the bill will violate the Celections have come under of the entire electoral process” basic tenets of the Constitution ongress president Rahul a “serious cloud” with EVMs a and sought the EC to mandate ongress president Rahul and the secular foundation of CGandhi complimented “major cause of concern”, 21 physical counter check of paper CGandhi on Monday assured citizenship in the country as it Union minister Nitin Gadkari Opposition parties, including trail and matching it with the three delegations of the civil provides for citizenship to all saying he is the only one in the Congress president Rahul electronic vote in at least 50 per society, students, farmers and Hindus who come from the BJP who has the guts prompt- Gandhi, on Monday asked the cent of all EVMs, if not all. activists from the Northeast neighbouring country. ing the Road Transport Election Commission (EC) to The auditing of over 50 per that his party will oppose the “The Congress president Minister to hit back at Rahul The Rafale scam and Anil audit at least 50 per cent of cent of EVMs with correspond- contentious Citizenship told us that the party will Gandhi saying he does not Ambani, farmers’ distress and Electronic Voting Machines ing VVPATs is being practiced (Amendment) Bill, claimed oppose the bill and will not need a certificate from the destruction of institutions,” (EVMs) with corresponding successfully in Venezuela by its leaders of the organisations. allow to destroy the language Gandhi scion on his courage. Rahul Gandhi tweeted and Voter Verifiable Paper National Electoral Council. It is The delegations of North and culture of the Northeast,” Gadkari alleged that the tagged with it the report on Audit Trail (VVPATs) in all a very easily implementable East Students’ Organisation said convenor of FACAA Congress chief is taking the Gadkari’s comments. constituencies during the Lok reform in India with hardly any (NESO), Forum Against Manjit Mahanta. help of reports “twisted” by the Gadkari had made the Sabha polls. 7##  'P $#   + "9:P    +   additional costs. Citizenship Act Amendment The third delegation, com- media to attack his remarks on Saturday while A memorandum to the EC  $ % ( *- +'  '     +-      The Opposition leaders Bill (FACAA), led by renowned prising 70 organisations of Government. addressing former workers of signed by representatives from (  * *%( %+   (   " submitted that after counting academician Hiren Gohain, Assam, met Rahul Gandhi and Taking a jibe on social the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi 21 Ppposition parties, cited from EVMs, if it is found that and 70 organisations of Assam, sought his intervention in media, Rahul sought Gadkari Parishad (ABVP), the BJP’s “suspicious activities” con- ject besides the overall admin- NK Premchandran (RSP), the difference of votes cast in including Krishak Mukti “scuttling” the NDA govern- to also comment on the issues student wing, in Nagpur. cerning the EVMs during the istrative and operational feasi- Badruddin Ajmal (AIUDF), favor of the winning candidate Sangram Samiti (KMSS), met ment’s “agenda” to impose the like that of Rafale deal, job cri- Gadkari took to Twitter to November-December bility on the ground, before Ashok Kumar Singh (JVM), and that cast in favour of sec- Gandhi and sought his coop- bill on the people of the sis, “farmers distress and reply to the Congress chief. Assembly polls to five States. firming up any response,” the Khurram Omer (IUML) and ond position securing candidate eration to stall the bill in the Northeast. destruction of institutions”. “Rahul Gandhi ji, I do not The leaders of various EC said in a statement. KG Kenye (NPF). is less than 5 per cent of votes Upper House, where the legis- Rahul Gandhi gave the Rahul Gandhi’s remarks came need a certificate from you on Opposition parties earlier met The delegation included “Instances of EVMs and cast, then in that constituency, lation is pending. assurance that he would do the following Gadkari’s reported my courage, but it is a matter in Parliament and discussed Ghulam Nabi Azad, strong rooms becoming vul- mandatory counting of paper “We have apprised the needful to ensure that the bill comments that “one who can- of surprise that even after their strategy on the issue. Mallikarjun Kharge, Ahmed nerable to attacks and manip- trail from WPAT should be car- Congress president about the does not get the approval of the not take care of home, cannot being the president of a nation- The EC has assured the Patel and Anand Sharma of the ulations were widely recorded ried out in each polling station people’s apprehension about Rajya Sabha, a member of the manage the country”. al party you have to take the political parties that issues Congress, Chandrababu Naidu and reported. Added to this of that constituency. the bill and how it can hurt the delegation said. The Congress president help of news twisted by the raised by them would be delib- (TDP), Sharad Yadav (L JD), were incidents where there “Attempts by the EC to lend indigenous people of the The bill provides for cited a report quoting Gadkari media to attack our govern- erated and examined. “While Majid Menon (NCP), Derek were power outages, failure of reassurance to India have, Northeast, its languages and according Indian citizenship to as saying that party workers ment,” Gadkari tweeted. considering the averments O’Brien (Trinamool Congress), CCTV cameras at the strong unfortunately, failed miserably. culture. He assured us that the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, should first fulfil their domes- The Congress chief’s com- made by the political parties, Ramgopal Yadav (SP), Satish rooms, detection of signals of The hackathon offered by EC Congress party will oppose Buddhists and Parsis from tic responsibilities as “those ments praising Gadkari came the commission shall also keep Chandra Misra (BSP), Omar wireless/mobile networks of a remained a nonstarter since no the bill in Rajya Sabha,” NESO Bangladesh, Pakistan and who cannot do that cannot in the wake of various other in view the pronouncements Abdullah (NC), Mohd Salim particular telecom operator in one was allowed to even come advisor Samujjal Kumar Afghanistan after seven years of manage the country”. “Gadkari Congress leaders lauding the made by the different Courts as and TK Rangarajan (CPI-M), the vicinity of polling centres near the machine. Admittedly, Bhattacharjya said. residence in India instead of 12 Ji, compliments. You are the Union minister for his recent well as the report expected Kanimozhi (DMK), Manoj Jha and strong rooms and so on even EC does not know what The delegation of FACAA, years, which is the norm cur- only one in the BJP with some statements they view as a swipe shortly from the Indian (RJD), Sanjay Singh (AAP), D and so forth,” they said in the is inside the machine,” the led by Gohain, also met Gandhi rently, even if they do not pos- guts. Please also comment on: at the BJP leadership. Statistical Institute on the sub- Raja (CPI), Danish Ali (JD-S), memorandum. memorandum said. separately where they told him sess any document. 7  '   $ $   #    the Ministry of Agriculture ership, the Ministry said it will mittee of Union ministers and said in a letter to the chief sec- use the existing land-ownership the Ministry of Development of o get the first installment of retaries of all States and Union system prevailing in the States North Eastern Region to imple- TRs 2,000 under the Prime Territories. Besides, the and Union Territories. “Any ment this scheme. Minister Kisan Samman Nidhi Agriculture Ministry has fixed changes to land records after The Centre also said if a (PM-KISAN), farmers will February 1, 2019, as the cut-off that would not be considered landholder farmer family had have to link their account with date for determining the own- for eligibility of the benefit for land parcels spread across dif- Aadhaar number to verify the ership of land under the the next five years,” it said. ferent villages or revenue identity of eligible farmers. scheme. “However, the scheme ben- records, then land would be “If Aadhaar number is not “For transfer of first install- efit will be allowed on transfer pooled for determining the there, then other alternate doc- ment of benefit for the period of ownership of cultivable benefit. “Accordingly, it is of uments namely driving licence, December 2018-March 2019, land on account of succes- utmost importance that the voters’ ID card, NREGA job Aadhaar number shall be col- there is no duplication of the the villages capturing details sion,” it said. land records are clear and card, or any other identification lected wherever available…”, eligible farmers. The State such as name, gender, whether In North-Eastern States, updated and the state govern- issued by Central/State Secretary (Agriculture) Sanjay Governments have been asked belonging to SC/ST, Aadhaar, where land ownership rights ments are requested to com- Governments or their author- Agarwal said in the letter, to prepare a database of bene- bank account number and are community based, the plete updating of land records ities will have to provided for directing the State ficiary of small and marginal mobile number of beneficiaries. Centre will develop an alter- for the purpose expeditiously,” availing the first installment,” Governments to ensure that landholder farmer families in To identify the land own- native mechanism by a com- the Centre said. !($#) "%#%) *+,-./ % '

( )   O% <+  !      $<*  +     !!#) $ #%'#        Chennai: AIADMK on Monday gave a veiled indication...Only asserted it would lead a coalition you have to understand,” he told Panaji: Goa Chief Minister resents Calangute Assembly of parties in Tamil Nadu for the reporters here. Manohar Parrikar, who is cur- constituency. coming Lok Sabha elections On why AIADMK began rently admitted at AIIMS in “He is still living and work- and said ‘anything can happen receiving applications from aspi- Delhi, is “very unwell” and is ing with God's blessings,” he in politics,’ apparently not ruling rants for all the 39 seats in the “living” with God's blessings, added. out a tie up with the BJP. State and the lone segment in Deputy Speaker of the State Parrikar heads a coalition This comes even as DMK neighbouring Puducherry Assembly Michael Lobo said on Government, which is support- and Congress have virtually Monday if it was set to stitch an Monday. ed by the Goa Forward Party agreed to continue their alliance alliance led by it, Jayakumar, Lobo told reporters that the (GFP), the Maharashtravadi for the coming general elections. who is also the Fisheries day Parrikar steps down as Gomantak Party (MGP), and Senior AIADMK leader D Minister said it was an usual Chief Minister, or “something three Independent MLAs. Jayakumar made it clear that his exercise. “You are mistaken, we happens to him”, Goa will Sources at the AIIMS party would be the senior part- will receive applications for all plunge into a political crisis. Saturday said Parrikar's condi- ner in a tie up, saying “we will the constituencies...But after the Parrikar, 63, who is suffer- tion was stable. lead the alliance.” seats are allocated to allies, all ing from a pancreatic ailment, Veteran BJP leader LK Deputy Chief Minister O those partymen who wanted was admitted to the All India Advani, Congress president Panneerselvam had on Sunday such seats will work for the offi- Institute of Medical Sciences Rahul Gandhi and Army Chief said that AIADMK was hold- cial candidates,” he said. (AIIMS) on January 31. He has General Bipin Rawat had met ing talks with regional, nation- The exercise of receiving been in and out of hospitals in the ailing Chief Minister in Goa al and friendly parties and the applications does not mean Delhi, New York, Mumbai and earlier to enquire about his permutation of the alliance that the AIADMK will be con- Goa since last year. health. would be made known after a testing all the 40 constituencies “The ailment he has got has Earlier in the day, on the clear picture emerged. in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, no cure. There will be no polit- occasion of the World Cancer Asked if his party would tie he clarified. While sources in ical crisis till Manohar Parrikar Day, Parrikar said in a message up with the BJP since Congress the AIADMK declined to com- is in chair. But the day he steps that the human mind can over- was already in the DMK camp, ment on ties with BJP since the down on his health ground or come any disease. Jayakumar recalled the party top leadership was seized of the something happens to him, Last week, Parrikar, with a coordinator Panneerselvam's matter, those in the saffron there will be a political crisis. He tube inserted through his nose, observations in this regard. party said a tie-up with is very unwell,” said Lobo, who had presented the State in the “Anything can happen in AIADMK was “pretty much in  % 4% # '   %-  +  %#)% %  %*  +     " is a senior BJP leader and rep- Goa Assembly. PTI politics...He (Panneerselvam) the making.” PTI !     ()* + "' 12   3 !  3     -$& "$% $     '2' what I should do next. As of Minimum Support Price today, I have no trust left in this (MSP) for agriculture produce, s his fast entered sixth day Government,” the social activist total loan waiver for farmers     ./01  !!$ $2 Aon Monday, social worker said. and monthly pension of at Anna Hazare charged that the Eight one-year-old Hazare least 5,000 to every farmer in Guwahati: The Assam from 1985 to August 2018. Jammu: As many as 191 local Outfits like the Hizbul BJP had “forgotten” him and began his indefinite fast on the country. Government on Monday gave This question was raised by youths joined various terror Mujahideen and the Lashker- his Lokpal agitation after January 30 to demand among Earlier on Monday, MNS two different figures in the State the ruling party MLA Binanda outfits in Jammu & Kashmir in e- Taiba find more recruits, he “using” him in 2013 to come to other things the immediate chief Raj Thackeray called on Assembly on the number of Kumar Saikia and was taken up 2018, 65 more than 2017, a said. power at the Centre in 2014. appointment of Lok Pal at the Hazare and made enquires foreigners detected in the State. for discussion during the senor Army official said on The official said out of the Talking to media persons I have no trust left in this Centre and Loksyutkas in var- about his health. “I felt good The issue was pointed out Question Hour. Monday. 191 recruits in 2018, 139 alone in his native village of Ralegan- Government. I had received a ious states. His other demands that Raj Thackeray met and by BJP MLA Numal Momin as In a separate query, which The new recruits mostly hailed from south Kashmir. Siddhi in Ahmednagar dis- message from the official chan- are: the implementation of of made enquiries about my Point of Order immediately was unstarred question num- hailed from the restive south The highest — 59 — was from trict of western Maharashtra, nels that a Union Minister and the Swaminathan health. But, I will not withdraw after the Question Hour and he ber 57, by Momin, Patowary Kashmir region, he added. Pulwama, he added. Hazare also contended that Chief Minister Devendra Commission’s report on farm- till my demands are met,” the urged the Speaker to take strict gave a different figure and said “As many as 191 Kashmiri In 2016, the official said, 88 the BJP-led Maharashtra Fadnavis would come and meet ers”, one-and-half times of Gandhian said. action against the “callous offi- 94,425 foreigners were detect- youths joined terrorism in Kashmiri youths had joined Government was making me today. But, I had sent a mes- cials”. Giving a reply for the ed from 1985 to August 2018. 2018,” the official told. terrorism. “false” claims about having a sage back asking them not to starred question number 36, In both the cases Patowary In 2017, 126 locals had Since 2016, there has been majority of his demands and come and said that if said they Parliamentary Affairs Minister was replying on behalf of joined terrorist ranks, he said. a constant rise in the number, that he had no trust left in the came there would be unneces- /9   :5;<% Chandra Mohan Patowary said Sonowal, who also holds the South Kashmir districts — he added. As many as 66 in Devendra Fadnavis dispensa- sary confusion in the minds of a total of 1,03,764 persons Home and Implementation of Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam 2015 and 53 in 2014. In 2010, tion in the State. people,” Hazare said. Ralegan Siddhi: Social activist “Anna now weighs 71.1 kg and were declared as foreigners Assam Accord departments. PTI and Anantnag — have become 54 youths had joined terrorism, “The State Government “I had asked the Anna Hazare has lost 4.25 kg has lost 4.25 kg weight since a breeding ground for terror- while in 2011 the number has not accepted any of my Government to take concrete in the last six days since his fast his fast began. His blood pres- ists with many youths joining came down to 23. It further demands. If I have accepted 90 decisions and inform me in over appointment of anti-cor- sure is also increasing due to their rank and file, the officer dipped to 21 in 2012 and 16 in percent of my demands, why writing. Only after I get writ- ruption watchdogs began, doc- fasting,” Dr Dhananjay Pote said. 2013, the official said. PTI would I be continuing my fast. ten assurance, I will consider tors said on Monday. told PTI Monday. PTI  #  ) ))     %#= (  $?  /- # '  0 4   +6>)   ## 0     Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief MLAs would fall for it even if Kumaraswamy's worries Jaipur: Rajasthan Health Minister HD Kumaraswamy offered 100 crore, he told have been mounting with the Minister Raghu Sharma on     on Monday ruled out any threat media in Koppal. shadow boxing within the Monday said the Government to his eight-month old Kumaraswamy, in reply to Congress raising questions will include the latest medicines Government, dismissing spec- a query, said he had no problem about his leadership and BJP used in cancer treatment in the Agartala: A Rohingya Muslim ulations that disgruntled and was relaxed. ratcheting up pressure with its list of free medicines so as to group of eight women and 17 Congress MLAs could pose “Some sections of media are alleged toppling bid that had provide them to cancer patients children, who were arrested trouble in the coming budget projecting instability, saying recently triggered a political in the State. after being stuck at the India- session of the Assembly by disgruntled legislators will not turmoil. Sharma made the Bangladesh border last month, staying away from it. attend the session... They (Cong He had recently threatened announcement while address- was on Monday released from The Chief Minister said he MLAs) are in regular touch with to quit if the Congress leaders ing a function here on the jail following deposit of bail was in regular touch with the me. I don't know whether they continued to take potshots at World Cancer Day at the SMS bonds by Rohingya Refugee freed. Meanwhile, Mohammad Congress MLAs. are in touch with the Congress. him. auditorium here. Community. Shakir, a member of Rohingya The JD(S)-Congress I spoke to them today also. They Asked about the “unhappy The Minister said changed Judicial Magistrate (First Refugee Community, who came Ministry would not only survive will come to the session... No coalition marriage”, lifestyle, stress and Class), SL Tripura on Monday from Delhi for depositing the before but also post the Lok problem,” he said. Kumaraswamy Monday said disturbed routine were some ordered for releasing them bail bonds, told reporters that he Sabha elections and complete its The JD(S) leader also said the Congress MLAs were happy of the reasons behind an from jail after the bail bonds of would talk to his community for full five-year term, he told that he would do “whatever with him. increase in instances of lifestyle 5,000 for each of them were gathering the money for bail reporters here. needs to be done” to ensure that “... All the Congress MLAs diseases. deposited. The Magistrate also bonds for the six men, who were His remarks come amid the Government completed its are most happy with me... the He said excessive use of granted bails for six Rohingya again taken to jail as bail bonds reports that disgruntled full term. way I am keeping them.. chemicals fertilisers and pesti- men, also of the same strand- could not be deposited. Congress lawmakers on the “Let there be deadlines or Unrealistic news is being spread cides in farming was resulting ed group, during the day on The BSF on January 22 BJP's radar for poaching as allurements (to poach MLAs (about instability). in diseases like cancer. condition that 30,000 is to be handed over the 31 Rohingya part of its bid to topple the rul- from the ruling coalition). I “The Government will sur- Sharma also highlighted deposited per person. Muslims, who were stranded ing coalition might keep away know how to remove the fuse,” vive before and after the Lok the Government's works and Advocate Prasenjit on the India-Bangladesh bor- from the session beginning he said, as he sought to punc- Sabha polls. My Government is efforts in the health sector. Debnath, who moved the bail der since January 18, to the February 6. ture the claims of BJP that his stable.It will complete the The principal of SMS petition for the Rohingyas men, Tripura police, after the para- Meanwhile, senior Government might not sur- remaining four years,” he said Medical College, Dr Sudhir said if the bail bonds are military force and its counter- Congress leader Siddaramaiah vive even to present the State dismissing the persistent talk Bhandari, and other doctors deposited on February 8, when part, the BGB, failed to reach accused BJP of offering 50 Budget. casting doubts about its were also present on the they would be produced in the a decision during talks on the crore to his party MLAs and He also claimed that there longevity. Noting that any occasion. PTI court again, they would be issue, officials said. PTI asserted that the saffron party were “many people” within the coalition would be beset with was living under the illusion of BJP itself to “safeguard” him in problems, he said, “how to coming to power. the event of any threat to his control all these.... I have to     None of the Congress Government. work it out.” PTI         6  Katihar: Days after an obscene tweet with a morphed picture of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was posted on the social media platform, police said on Monday that the accused has been arrested and sent to jail. Yogi Surajnath, a resident of this north Bihar town who describes himself as a 'bhakt' (devotee) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the social media, was arrested from his res- idence in Binodpur locality, Town police station SHO Ranjan Kumar said. While Surajnath is said to be an avid follower of the 'BJP's Mission 2019' on Twitter, BJP's district president Manoj Rai asserted this person has no asso- ciation with the party. 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)) +R    %  4    .  12    !  Kolkata: The West Bengal BJP TMC and the BJP became on Monday cancelled a public uglier on Sunday with the West rally of Uttar Pradesh Chief Bengal Government denying Minister Yogi Adityanath in permission to the Uttar Bankura scheduled for Tuesday Pradesh Chief Minister’s chop- )      claiming that the district per to land in the State and let administration was “dilly-dal- him address two scheduled lying” on giving permission for rallies in north Bengal. Jaipur: Religious leader the landing of his helicopter. Adityanath had to address Acharya Dharmendra on “We have decided to can- the rallies in Raigunj and Monday accused the Modi cel the Bankura rally of Yogi Bengal BJP president Dilip Balurghat via telephone. Government of not fulfilling Adityanath tomorrow as the Ghosh said. He lashed out at the “anti- the expectations of the Hindu district administration is dilly- Adityanath’s rally in people” Trinamool Congress community and asked the dallying on giving permission Purulia on Tuesday will take (TMC) Government in the Centre to clarify its stand on for the landing of his chopper. place as per schedule as of now, state, saying the days of Chief the Ram Temple issue by We didn’t want to take any risk Ghosh said. Minister Mamata Banerjee’s February 17. and so we cancelled it,” West The tussle between the rule were “numbered”. PTI (% # ) )        ) $%   " Acharya Dharmendra, the He said the BJP got a his- head of Panchkhand Peeth at toric mandate in 2014 Lok Virat Nagar near Jaipur, has Sabha elections and Hindus been associated with the Ram had expectations from the Temple movement and the Government. 7 5%  ' *  0 Vishwa Hindu Parishad. “Five years time is not short “Seers from various parts but it is a matter of priority. All of the country will take part in had expectations that Ram Thiruvananthapuram: Days many women in the age group matters related to the shrine’s body in Kerala, has sought an a meeting on February 17 in Temple will be constructed if after courting controversy over of 10-50 years had offered customs and traditions was explanation from him. which future course of action BJP is voted to power but Ram a list of 51 women who had prayers at the temple after the not entrusted with the temple’s The annual pilgrimage sea- will be decided if the bhakts and public feel betrayed. entered the Sabarimala temple, September 28 apex court ver- ‘tantri’ (head priest) alone. son witnessed widespread Government takes no deci- Still, there is a chance and no the Kerala Government on dict. According to the protests from frenzied devotees sion to bring ordinance for one will oppose if the Monday said only two women The CPI(M)-led State Devaswom Manual, if any vio- and right-wing groups over construction of the Ram Government brings ordinance,” of menstrual age had visited the Government had filed an affi- lation of traditional customs the LDF government’s decision Temple,” he told reporters here. he said. PTI shrine after a Supreme Court’s davit in the apex court on occurs, it is for the officials of to implement the Supreme judgement removed the bar on January 18, saying 51 young the Travancore Devaswom Court’s verdict, allowing their entry. women had entered the temple Board (TDB) to hold talks women of all ages to enter the In a written reply in the during the recently concluded with the head priest and take a hilltop shrine.  >2>15@@   State Assembly, the annual pilgrim season. final decision on atonement rit- During the season, over Government also said the visit However, controversy uals, he added. two dozen women devotees, of a Sri Lankan woman in early erupted later as some women Last month, the head some of whom were branded as January was yet to be con- Ayyappa shrine according to visit was earlier confirmed by who were named in the list priest, Kandaru Rajeevaru, had activists, unsuccessfully %   firmed. the report of the temple exec- sources in the Chief Minister’s were above 50 years of age. closed the sanctum sancto- attempted to trek the hill. Devaswom Minister utive officer. Office and police, visited the Names of at least two men had rum of the shrine to perform However, on January 2, Kadakampally Surendran, in He also said they were hill shrine. also crept into the list. a ‘purification’ ceremony after two women, Kanakadurga (44) response to an unstarred ques- awaiting confirmation on Surendran was replying to In response to another two women offered worship at and Bindhu (42), offered #%* ) tion, said two women had whether Sasikala, the 47-year- a question by opposition question, Surendran said the the temple. prayers at the shrine, breaking offered prayers at the Lord old Sri Lankan woman whose Congress legislators on how authority to take a decision on The TDB, the apex temple a centuries-old tradition. PTI

    '2' until becoming technologi- cally obsolete and thereafter it ir India’s first ever Flight was donated to Nehru Science ASimulator, which was once Centre, Mumbai as an artifact. 4 0')2=6(#% %)% technologically the most The purpose of the advanced flight crew training artifact is to create awareness Madurai: The Madras High substantial deduction from inal activity of the prisoners. fund cannot be said to be aid and precisely replicated about the significance of Court on Friday held Rule 481 the wages prescribed under The judges said the pro- unreasonable,” the court said. every function of the aircraft, simulations in the field of avi- of the Tamil Nadu Prison prison rules ran counter to the vision for deductionfrom pris- The State Government is ready for public viewing at ation among the public Rules unconstitutional as it direction laid down by the oners wages for the purpose of advocate submitted that Nehru Science Centre at Worli in general and students in stated 50 per cent of wages apex court. compensating the victims amenities provided to prison- in south-central Mumbai. particular. earned by prisoners shall be The Supreme Court had cannot be questioned since it ers came to 153 per day, Known as ‘Boeing 747- This precious artefact pro- deducted for their upkeep. also held that the govern- was made only pursuant to though 50 per cent of the 200’, the simulator was exten- vides a glimpse into the Partly allowing a PIL, a ment could not deduct any and in terms of the direction wages deducted for the sively used by the pilots, until remarkable technologies that division bench of the court’s substantial portion from the given by the Supreme Court. upkeep of the prisoners came due to technological obsoles- are associated with flight sim- Madurai bench, comprising wages of the prisoners.It could “We are of the view that to 100, 90 and 80 for cence, it paved the way for new ulations. After its restoration, Justices KK Sasidharan and only make onlyreasonable apportioning one fifth of the skilled, semi-skilled and flight simulators. the Boeing 747-200 Flight GR Swaminathan, said admit- deduction. prisoners’ wages for crediting unskilled prisoners respec- The simulator was Simulator was launched at the tedly the prisoners were not In the case of prisoners in to the victims’ compensation tively. PTI designed and manufactured by Nehru Science Centre here on paid the wages as prescribed Tamil Nadu, the work is the CAE, Canada (earlier Monday, by Regional in the Minimum Wages Act. extracted from them without known as the Canadian Executive Director, Western Therefore making sub- reasonable wages and making Aviation Electronic Industries Region, Airports Authority of stantial deduction from the substantial deduction from Limited) and acquired by Air India Mumbai Keshava wages prescribed violated the their wages is not reasonable. India in 1980. Sharma. constitution and hence unrea- “It amounted to begar The simulator has indige- On the occasion, a sonable, the bench said. (forced labour),” the judges nous six-degree motion sys- Memorandum of Agreement The judges, however, said said. tem operated by hydraulic worth 2 crore was signed for it was open to the However, the judges jacks, which enabled the whole development of Aviation Government to provide for a rejected the plea by KR Raja flight deck to move in the hor- Gallery — Hall of Aerospace, lesser and reasonable per- seeking a direction to declare izontal, vertical and lateral Nehru Science Centre, centage of deduction which as illegal a section under the axes while rolling, pitching Mumbai between Airports would be in accordance with rules providing for20 per cent and yawing. Authority of India and the law laid down by the of the wages to be credited in The flight simulator was in National Council of Science Supreme Court. the prison fund to be paid to service for about 21 years Museums. The judges said making a victims affected by the crim- =          

Mumbai: Dalit scholar and journalists at the Mumbai rights activist Anand Marathi Patrakar Sangh, Teltumbde, who was briefly Teltumbde termed his arrest as arrested by the Pune police last a “wildest post independence week in the Elgaar Parishad plot by the State against it’s own case, on Monday said the citizen”. He said the police had “Urban Maoist” was a bogey framed him in the case. that was being raised to “silence” Responding to a query on those who raise their voice urban Maoism, the Dalit schol- against policies of the ar said, “Maoism originated Government. from villages and there is noth- Teltumbde, who teaches at ing like an urban Maoist. It is the Goa Institute of deceptive nomenclature, which Management, was arrested by is a fabricated and false accusa- Pune police Saturday at the tion”. The word “urban Naxals” Mumbai airport, despite the was used by the Pune police Supreme Court having granted during their probe into the him time till February 11 to seek Elgaar Parishad conclave held anticipatory bail. A Pune ses- on December 31, 2017. sions court, which had on Police claimed that the Friday rejected Teltumbde’s inciting speeches made at that anticipatory bail application, event triggered caste clashes in on Saturday ordered his release, Koregaon-Bhima village in saying his arrest amounted to Pune district on January 1, contempt of the Supreme 2018 during an event to com- Court’s order. memorate the 200th anniver- During his interaction with sary of the battle between the Peshwas and the British forces. Teltumbde said the “urban Maoism” terminology is a “for- mula” to silence voices of those people who show courage to question the Government poli- cies and speak for safeguarding their democratic rights. He parried a question on the people responsible for his “false implication”. “I will not able to tell, but it is like looking at the sky. Whose name should I take, to whom I should blame, who runs the country,” he said. Teltumbde said, “This case was a frame-up by police. This is the wildest post-Independence plot by the state against its own citizen. This action is not against me or anybody else but against all Indian nationals. The action (to book me) was born out of vengeance”. 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His major focus was on educa-                   tion and healthcare, the prime concerns since                     2014. He launched the University of Ladakh, a long-standing demand recently granted      " ;   3 8   9       under President’s rule and laid the founda-            "     tions for two All India Institutes of Medical         <5       S  3   Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu and Srinagar. At Jammu, however, he acknowledged the             8      0  unresolved problems of Kashmiri Pandits P                   ( before massive crowds: “We haven’t forgot-               8    Q ten their persecution. I always feel their pain and I am committed to delivering justice.” He 8      9>$S       # %$    spoke about the importance of the now-     9   ;   ,         ( shelved Citizenship Bill and the rights of       5<4A              Hindus, who had to come to India to escape religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan                 +   and Bangladesh. This is a clear hint that Modi Sangh (RSS) and Dharam Sansad qualify it as a denominational 25(2)(b) and 26.  0  +(  8       -8.  9>$  intends to pursue this if returned to power of religious leaders have temple under Article 26 of the The trustees of Sri                       # in the coming elections. expressed concerns over sus- Constitution. Ayyappa, son of Venkataramana of Moolky Petta Given the Kashmir-centric bias imposed tained assaults on Hindu tradi- Shiva and Vishnu as Mohini, is temple were managing the tem- 8; S            9 0 $    on the region from 1947, Modi surely under- tions and sensitivities by vested Naishtika Brahmachari (eternal ple on behalf of the Gowda               :    stands that much can be achieved under interests. In Sabarimala, people celibate) and performs eternal Saraswath Brahmins. After the            #          President’s rule. Indeed, it is time to take the with no locus standi persuaded tapas (penance); hence women of Madras Temple Entry bull by the horns and begin by granting the Supreme Court that entry of reproductive age (10 to 50 years) Authorisation Act (Madras V of          , 9    46B4      Indian citizenship to refugees from West women of a prohibited age group do not disturb him. This age 1947) permitted Harijans entry   "    8            Pakistan from 1947 and end the sense of was imperative for gender justice, group spontaneously reacted to into Hindu public temples, the          9            ( betrayal which pervades the Hindu psyche equality or parity. Keen to deliv- the verdict with the trustees claimed the temple was in the region. Scrap the State flag, the issue er a ‘landmark judgement’, the #ReadytoWait movement. private and outside the Act. The                  for which Syama Prasad Mukherjee sacri- court invented Constitutional $ 'O$ This forced the RSS, the Government rejected this claim.                 ( ficed his life, and begin the debate on fill- morality and waded into libera- 2 N2 $ Prime Minister and the The Bench addressed the ques-                    ( ing the 24 Assembly seats reserved for the tion theology, a concept invoked  2$'$( Dharam Sansad to appreciate tion of whether the right of a  "                  Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir by Christian clergy of Latin that the threat to a unique prac- religious denomination to man- (POJK) regions with nominations from America, who stood with their 2 + tice in a remote corner of the age its affairs in matters of reli-                       ( among the POJK refugees. Part III of the people against American-backed, country is a threat to Dharma gion guaranteed under Article   +   (   P    Q      Constitution of India, pertaining to Vatican-endorsed dictatorships. $  $  itself because the myriad forms 26(b) is subject to and can be          9>$         Fundamental Rights, should be bestowed Sabarimala has been on the ' .  of worship comprise the unity controlled by a law protected by upon citizens of Jammu & Kashmir with- evangelical hit list for decades; the of Sanatana dharma. Claptrap Article 25(2)(b), throwing open          +   #   #    ( out further ado. inquiry into the fire and desecra-    + like unity in diversity is the a Hindu temple to all classes and                     3 Modi is surely aware that Kashmiri is an tion of the shrine in 1950 hint- + 2)( N2 .> cross of Abrahamic faiths with sections of Hindus. The judges         0    )        ancient classical language that could have been ed at missionary involvement. In their notion of singular divin- held that Article 25(2)(b) pro- the official language of the State but for Aligarh September 2006, a non-Hindu  $  ity. For Hindus, diversity tected the right to enter a tem-     9            )   Muslim University alumnus Sheikh actress, Jaimala, claimed to have '   reflects unity of creation. ple for worship but the right is                 /   8 Mohammad Abdullah imposing Urdu. entered the temple at the age of The Supreme Court’s major- not absolute and unlimited.      ,  9  9>$            Kashmiri in Sharda script should replace Urdu 27, which was revealed in a ') 2  ity verdict ignores Article 26 of Applied to Sabarimala, this in educational institutions; Jammu can have devaprasanam conducted by    @H the Constitution which bestows means that women of the                C 1    ( Dogri and Ladakh Bhoti. Hindi and English astrologer Unnikrishna Panicker, the fundamental right of freedom restricted age group do not             would continue as link languages with the rest who had old links with her. This .   to manage religious affairs. form a separate class or section of India. Though the subject of Article 370 incident was linked to the incrim- Activist PM Ravindran has noted and, hence, the restriction is not and 35-A is before the Supreme Court, the ination of Chief Thantri Kantaru $ 2  that if the court had to apply the violative of the law. As this ver- Prime Minister should promise that these will Mohanaru in a sex scandal fundamental right to equality to dict was questioned in the       be scrapped by presidential order and the State involving a Christian woman of the fundamental right of freedom Sabarimala petition, it should fully integrated with India, as desired by allegedly questionable morals. of religion, it should have invoked not have been overturned with- Maharaja Hari Singh, who was repeatedly We must see these incidents as a to Article 25(2)(b) which is spe- out reference to a seven-judge        3   rebuffed and humiliated by Jawaharlal Nehru. calculated assault on Hindu soci- cific to Hindu religious institu- Bench. Perhaps the review will It is for Modi to set the agenda; the BJP does ety, a continuum of the plot tions. In Sri Venkatramana take note of this crucial point.   =&      3    not owe anything to Sajjad Lone; he can take against the Kanchi Acharyas. Devaru and Others Vs State of (The writer is Senior Fellow,           a walk if he cannot accommodate national- Sabarimala’s unique rites and Mysore and Others (1958 SCR Nehru Memorial Museum and ist sentiments. customs, including restrictions 895), a five-judge Bench tackled Library; the views expressed are )  *  +       Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak on women of a certain age group, the conflict between Articles personal) ,  +   S -,+.  (     /   0 1    -/01.   /          @90A   *&   ) " %  !                J*( &# #        *! & !   #  ! +  *+ 2         * '   # (    "   *   ( M!#  &            ( ##!"  D  ! - O !#      (  * &  6  # #&" #!  "     #        *+         & ##- ! )# -          2  ""  "#-  $ !#- 7535'(4  475'(4    /    % 5'(%4 5)4(4 K#" $#" K  !"# %4:4 >%5()43(%4    (     K !# $#" K$! $                    *+                    ,+ $                          (          *+         #             *      of Goyal’s budget proposals. This      could well be the BJP’s master-  3      ,+    456 /   stroke as it gears up for battle      $    #         Sir — President Ram Nath royale.       # (7  ,  8      Kovind, while highlighting the  ##   #( L&  M JS Acharya various achievements of the 4.*#!# @5- )#" ' # ## '  Hyderabad 3           # (  +  National Democratic Alliance   *% #   % #   *              +      Government when he was  "*   #  # $             *+   "    addressing a joint sitting of J ( ' )#    &# # both the Houses of Parliament, !- (  )#" ' #   #(         hailed the efforts to build a ‘New # 6 )#(  #!% *%   Sir — This refers to the editori- 2                  India’ and touched upon issues "#  #" !&-   !  &#  al, “Keeping all happy” (February / %     8  1         like surgical strikes, the Rafale ! +    #   #  % 2). The NDA Government’s ‘inter- deal, Swachh Bharat, Triple !  &  #& #   !# "- im’ budget before the May 2019                    ( Talaq Bill and the Citizenship #  #   %  !  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These are the issues tive traits inasmuch, it accommo- *  :              crying for attention. dated farmers’ interest, intro-               *+      ( Mohd Faheem power. The dark decade of 2004-     over the disgruntled sections, par- duced pension scheme for the                       Mumbai 14 will return with vengeance. In ticularly the farmers, the salaried unorganised sector besides giving my view, while Modi is a states- class and pensioners. a huge relief to the middle class                /       man, who looks for India’s future Sir — This refers to the editorial, The ‘interim’ budget, which tax payers. Overall, it was a prag-

                    for decades ahead, his political “Keeping all happy” (February 2). the stand-by Finance Minister matic balanced Budget that tends  *+                /    opponents are mere politicians The Narendra Modi Government Piyush Goyal unveiled, is no dif- to boost revenues while making Sir —This refers to the article, who are unable to look beyond has broken over 70 years of parlia- ferent from the ones presented by things simpler for beneficiaries.             /    ( “Enough reasons why they hate the next election. The Indian elec- mentary convention and used the his predecessors, who too were KR Srinivasan                #    Modi”, (February 1) by Sanjoy K torate must vote wisely and favour ‘interim’ budget to sharpen its sick- weighed down by the need to Secunderabad     3   *+  /        Satpathy. It will indeed be a sad a stable Government. les to harvest votes for the gener- please all sections of the voters. day for India if Prime Minister SC Panda al election. Undoubtedly, it is a Therefore, there is no need to '%* ) 0               Modi does not come back to Bhubaneswar now-or-never situation to win quibble over the right or wrong ((4'(%;%54C6: &3%: !($#) "%#%) *+,-./ # # - 4&$25$4 % ) 76 76

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(     #      ( From ensuring that homosexuals                are treated as equals, as mandated by                  the Constitution, to the symbolic              grantT of equality to women to enter the                # Sabarimala temple — the Supreme Court took         0     huge steps towards making it certain that                ( citizens of India are treated with equality and                   dignity. ,                In stark contrast to these prolific develop- ments, marital rape continues to be sanctioned         /      by criminal laws of the country that too in fla-   /              grant violation of Constitutional and moral              6EF< principles. However, recently, a valiant effort    was made by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor ,      0       in the Lok Sabha wherein he introduced a pri-                 vate Bill titled, ‘Women’s Sexual, Reproductive                  and Menstrual Rights Bill, 2018,’ which among '  )             ,  other things, seeks to criminalise marital rape. Marital rape finds its mention and validation $ $ $              ( <   .                   under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), wherein exception 2 of the Section reads    @0 $        P  Q ,   as follows:                       “Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man . '      P   /         with his own wife, the wife not being under 15 Q')        Q   ( years of age, is not rape.” . +$               ( The inception of this exception under +   +     Section 375 of the IPC can be traced down to  .  to India, where it was suggested that unconstitutional as it takes away the can be achieved if the Government ,       (%   Sir Matthew Hale’s judgement in the 17th <  '-  $ India should “widen the definition of victim’s right to a dignified life. enacts a law (like the one being pro-            G    Century England which stated that the “hus- rape in its Penal Code to reflect the Moreover, it also stands in viola- posed by Tharoor) to delete the band cannot be alleged guilt-ridden of rape $ 2  realities of sexual abuse experienced tion of Article 21 as the doctrine of exemption from the IPC or if the                  + <       2    7$ +     committed by himself upon his lawful by women and to remove the excep- marital exemption infringes the right Supreme Court declares the exemp- wedded wife, for by their shared nuptial con- )$> $'  tion of marital rape from the defini- to good health of a victim. This is due tion to be unconstitutional.     466H     E sent and contract, the wife gives herself to the ..    tion of rape…” to the grave psychosomatic effect It can also be done away with if P1      7$ +       husband which she cannot withdraw.” While the $   The legality of marital rape isn’t that it has on the mind and body of purposive interpretation of the excep-  Q #           United Kingdom (UK) has made progressive   '   just a sanction to a moral crime but the victim. It impedes the cognitive tion of marital rape is adopted. A close     - .       ( changes to its laws to do away with this excep-  > .   also a fraud on the Constitution ability of a woman and causes a deep reading will make it clear that the              ( tion, India still stands stagnated with the 17th <  '-  because it violates both, the right to emotional stress in her. Thus, the mar- wordings do not include “forceful”             )   Century clause. It has failed to make marital ') $   equality of women as well as their ital rape exception does not stand the sexual intercourse while explaining /          8  4666 rape a criminal offence. +  < right to life and personal liberty. mandate of the right to life as guar- the exception. Like any other reading       8  + I   ( The need to criminalise marital rape as Article 14 of the Constitution ensures anteed in the Constitution. of a criminal provision, this exception expeditiously as possible arises from its wide-   > .  that everybody be treated equally by It is pertinent to note that in for- should also be taken at face value.    + %(  %   /       ( '                   spread practice. The National Family Health the law. Therefore, any classification eign jurisdictions, marital rape has Therefore, if read in this manner, Survey conducted in 2018 reported that more 2$$  ) that is made in an arbitrary or unrea- been criminalised with strict penal any forceful act by a man on his wife        than 80 per cent of the married women expe- '  sonable manner, is outside the action. Countries like the UK, Canada, can constitute the offence of rape as ,           1 rienced sexual violence at the hands of their $ $$   purview of the Constitution. South Africa and Australia have crim- the exception only allows for ‘sexual 0         0    spouses. A 2014 survey of around 10,000 men Further, Section 375 of the inalised marital rape. The European intercourse’ between spouses and not  +           : S ( reported that almost one-third of them had sex- Constitution essentially ensures safe- Commission of Human Rights in the ‘forceful/involuntary sexual inter-  9            #  ( ually assaulted their wives. ty and security of the women against landmark case of CR vs UK had con- course’. Marital rape as a concept  "              What’s more astonishing than these num- immoral sexual assaults and illustrates cluded that a rapist remains a rapist resides in the shelters of patriarchy 9             ( bers is the fact that due to its widespread and the responsibility of the state in guar- regardless of his relationship with the and sexism.     continuous existence, people of this country anteeing the same. However, the victim. In fact, certain jurists are now If society itself normalises the act ,              have normalised their behaviour towards mar- exception of marital rape creates a of the opinion that marital rape of men abusing or raping their wives,              $  ital rape and most women have, unfortunate- class difference between women on should be punished on a different then misogynistic minds are bound to       #        ( ly, accepted their fate. This can be seen in a the basis of their marital status. scale than alien rape. The reason breed, as from a very young age the report by the United Nations, which stated that Marital rape also stands in flagrant behind this is that women who are children will be exposed to such   # (  R0 S       69 per cent of the Indian women agree that violation of Article 21 of the raped by their husbands are less like- adverse realities.                occasional domestic violence is acceptable, Constitution that guarantees the right ly to reach out for aid and, therefore, The need of the hour is to create   :             5 including the times when they refuse to to life and personal liberty to every require as much aid as the law can a social structure wherein the least             > +   ( have sex. person. It is to be noted that the fun- offer them such that they meet the that could be offered to the citizens is           8  9  Despite this, attempts have not been made damental right to live with human dig- ends of justice. a life of respect and dignity. 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an interim Budget? tor has received a fat Budget sector banks in this Budget? Nishant: Quite frankly, I have allocation this time — more than 3 Ankit: I haven’t read it anywhere. never understood the difference lakh crores? Perhaps, some of the populist schemes between an interim and a final Budget. Nishant: The Government had no may have crowded out this important Going by what Prime Minister choice, I guess, given the rate at which agenda. Narendra Modi mentioned, interim our Indian Air Force (IAF) planes are Nishant: Did you say populist      Budget is more like a trailer, which crashing. Coincidently, the day the Budget? Far from it! The Budget is (   means much more is yet to come. Budget was presented, two of our senior hardly populist, if one were to believe     Ankit: Well, after this Budget, I am pilots got killed in an IAF Mirage crash. the Congress. '  "  wo childhood friends, now in totally confused too. I had always I guess, higher allocations will have Ankit: How come? Did the   (      their youth, met after a long thought that an annual Budget is the other benefits too such as sending clear Congress not say that it’s an election Ttime. They happened to meet on Government’s statement of intent for signals to our neighbours, boosting Budget? # & -  # the day when interim Finance the next fiscal year. But after listening ‘Make in India,’ and also keeping the Nishant: Well, the Congress pres-  #"! Minister Piyush Goyal gave his Budget to the Finance Minister’s Budget speech (grand alliance). Ankit: The mega pension scheme opposition parties busy snooping on ident Rahul Gandhi also made fun of " (    speech in Parliament. The Budget this time, it seems to be a vision Ankit: Mahagathbandhan? How? is tipped to be one of the largest pen- defence deals. the Government for offering a paltry  !*  # being the talk of the town, especially document, a performance report card, Why? sion programmes in the world. Ankit: When the Finance Minister amount of 17 per day to every small  "(    in the national capital where they had an election campaign document and Nishant: It’s the fear of mahagath- Actually, this Government believes in mentioned about “phone banking” in farmer. Doesn’t this mean that the BJP met, they couldn’t avoid discussing what not. bandhan that led to the announcement “big is beautiful” philosophy. Look at his speech, I thought he was implying Government was quite modest in its "   about it. This is how their conversa- Anyway, I believe the Government of these welfare programmes. In fact, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana about phone banking mobile applica- populist ambitions? # #"    tion unfolded: deserves to be complimented for the the Congress was all set to include a — meant to provide financial protec- tion to extend the reach of banking to Ankit: I read that the indisposed  -  #!& "#& Ankit: What do you think of two large welfare programmes — direct benefit transfer scheme in its elec- tion to over 10 crore poor households the rural and remote areas. But by minister in the US said that this  #&  ( *! the Budget? direct benefit transfers to small and tion manifesto. They had even started against the hospitalisation costs — that phone banking he actually meant the amount could be enhanced in future. Nishant: Well, I don’t know what marginal farmers and the Mega promising it to the farmers. But the is also tipped to be the world’s largest culture of calling banking officials to get Nishant: Now that’s the best part  " %  sense to make of it. I see some experts Pension Yojana for the unorganised (BJP) has pre- health insurance programme. I don’t dubious loans sanctioned. of an “interim Budget” — no finality  "% * # heaping praise while others being sector workers — that most people are empted this move of the grand old have to remind you of the ongoing Nishant: Yes, little wonder why the to anything! #" "- +#" overtly critical of it. If the opinion of talking about. party. Anyhow, the credit for the fund- Maha Kumbh. Indian banking system is in such a mess And so, their Budget bantering   #!  experts is so divergent, I am really Nishant: I am not sure if the cred- ing of these programmes actually goes Nishant: Yes, the Government under the burden of non-performing went on and on… # # #!&&&  at a loss. I wonder if it has always been it for these welfare programmes should to the tax-payers. Piyush Goyal him- believes in “tall is beautiful” assets (NPAs). By the way, did the (The writer is a development econ- like that! go to the Government. In my view, it self said so. The Government is just an philosophy too. Finance Minister make any announce- omist, formerly with the Bill & Melinda    &   - Ankit: Wasn’t this supposed to be should go to the mahagathbandhan intermediary. Isn’t it? Ankit: Heard that the defence sec- ment on the recapitalisation of public Gates Foundation and the World Bank)       ! ($#) "%#%) *+,-./ 1% !2

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TMonday three reports on the quantum It denied to share the dropped by 55 omen have been allowed of black money held by copies of these reports, saying paise to close at Wto work in underground Indians inside the country the disclosure would cause 71.80 to the US mines, and would be deployed and abroad, saying they were breach of privilege of dollar, the lowest in open cast mines during being examined by a Parliament and, therefore, the (4      ') 9:$A4 level since night hours also, as part of the Parliamentary panel and dis- information sought is exempt % )    B)%=C@  4 ))) December 17, Government’s efforts to create closing details will cause a from disclosure under Section 9 %A  : #)(  D*%  ahead of the more employment opportuni- breach of privilege of the 8 (1) (c) of the Right to E+5@6F Reserve Bank of ties for them. House. Information (RTI) Act. India’s policy The Labour Ministry has These reports were sub- The section bars infor- review meet. issued new rules permitting mitted to the Government mation, “the disclosure of This is the sec- women to work in opencast more than four years ago. which would cause a breach of ond straight ses- mines during 7 pm to 6 am. The UPA Government privilege of Parliament”. The sion of loss for the Earlier, employment of had commissioned in 2011 the reports were submitted to the domestic unit, women in underground, open- studies by the Delhi-based panel on July 21, 2017. during which it cast mines were restricted National Institute of Public There is, at present, no lost a total 72 paise. under Mines Act, 1952. Finance and Policy (NIPFP) official assessment on the Forex traders said foreign straight day to gain almost 6 Sensex Monday recovered from Last week, PTI reported and the National Council of quantum of black money in fund outflows and a stronger per cent in last one week. The the day’s low to end 113.31 that the Ministry has decided to Applied Economic Research India and abroad. dollar following blockbuster US resultant pressure on Indian points, or 0.31 per cent, high- allow women to work in under- (NCAER), and the National According to a study by employment and factory data rupee is visible as it is trading er at 36,582.74. The NSE Nifty ground mines and also to relax Institute of Financial US-based think-tank Global impacted the rupee sentiment. lower,” Sanctum Wealth also edged higher by 18.60 timings for opencast mines. Management (NIFM) in Financial Integrity (GFI), an  6= " 'B ) % *   ,"$%+ Moreover, investors were Management Chief Investment points, or 0.17 per cent, to close “The central Government Faridabad. estimated $770 billion in black $%%  2 F D*% +5@6FG  # % )   cautious ahead of the next Officer Sunil Sharma said. at 10,912.25. hereby exempts the women Replying to an RTI query, money entered India during    ')'B# )#      meeting of RBI’s Monetary Brent crude, the global oil Meanwhile, foreign funds employed in any mine above it said the study reports of the 2005-2014.   Policy Committee scheduled benchmark, was trading at sold shares worth 112.13 crore ground and in any mine below NIPFP, NCAER and NIFM Nearly $165 billion in illic- during February 5-7. $62.97 per barrel, higher by from the capital markets on a ground from the provisions of were received by the it money exited the country At the Interbank Foreign 0.16 per cent. net basis Friday, while domes- section 46 of the Mines Act, 1952,” Government on December 30, during the same period, the Exchange (forex) market, the Forex traders said con- tic institutional investors sold a labour Ministry statement said. 2013, July 18, 2014, and latest report by the global rupee opened lower at 71.57 cerns related to fiscal slippage shares worth 65.22 crore, pro- According to the statement, August 21, 2014, respectively. financial watchdog said. and fell further to touch the weighed on the sentiment. visional data showed. the owner of a mine may deploy “The reports and “The issue of black money day’s low of 71.82. “The fiscal deficit for the The Financial Benchmark women between 7 pm and 6 am Government’s response to it has attracted a lot of public The domestic unit pared current financial year is likely India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the in any mine above ground. have been forwarded to Lok and media attention in the some losses before ending at to be around 3.4 per cent of reference rate for the In the case of underground Sabha secretariat for placing recent past. So far, there are no 71.80 per dollar, down by 55 GDP, marginally higher than rupee/dollar at 71.6580 and for mines, women can be deployed them before the Standing reliable estimates of black paise against its previous close. the targeted 3.3 per cent,” said rupee/euro at 81.9997. The between 7 pm and 6 am in Committee on Finance,” the money generated and held On Friday, the rupee had VK Sharma, Head PCG & reference rate for rupee/British technical, supervisory and Ministry said. within and outside the coun- settled 17 paise lower at 71.25 Capital Markets Strategy, pound was fixed at 93.7067 and managerial work where con- The Lok Sabha secretari- try,” the Finance Ministry had against the US dollar. HDFC Securities. for rupee/100 Japanese yen at tinuous presence may not be at has informed that the same said while ordering the stud- “Brent crude rose for fifth The benchmark BSE 65.29. required. has been placed before the ies in 2011.  D% ' () %    %   % #) +/ -# %A    *  " ED*% +5@6FG D% '/     R  # )  % %#)$A+'     + $#R AB   -#1'#5@6=16F 6$ 5$& " 55 ' +B' +"#   #(  D"  66L     ,       CD  ++ ' 52 %"  @        the sale of iron ore has been M55GNN* 9&  %&$ 5" EB4:    registered at 8.70 MT. Recently, he National Mineral the NMDC Board had     >   TDevelopment Corporation approved the buyback of  > Nissan and French carmaker (NMDC) has registered an 10,20,40,815 equity shares of 1 oreign direct investment Renault which, together with he country’s merchandise impressive performance for each at 98 per share for an F(FDI) into India has he board of Japanese car Mitsubishi Motors, make up T(rpt merchandise) exports the third quarter in financial aggregate consideration not declined 11 per cent to $22.66 Tgiant Nissan is poised to the world’s top-selling auto in the current fiscal year are year 2018-19. The company’s exceeding 1,000 crore. billion during April- suggest a replacement for jailed manufacturing group. expected to surpass the earlier turnover for the Q3 in FY The company has already September period of the cur- former chairman Carlos Ghosn The Japanese firms jetti- peak of $314 billion in 2013-14, 2018-19 has been recorded at initiated the process of buy- rent fiscal, according to at a meeting in Tokyo on soned Ghosn almost imme- a senior official said on Monday. 3,649 crore, against 2,469 back. The Q3 results for 2018- Commerce and Industry Tuesday, according to local diately but Renault waited “This year, we are very con- crore, in 2017-18 (Q3), regis- 19 were approved by the Board Ministry data. media. much longer and the tycoon fident that we will go past our ear- tering a growth of 48 per cent. of Directors of the company The foreign fund inflows New Renault boss Jean- eventually resigned as chair- lier peak, our earlier peak of 2013- - ) % )  #* + "'D  -)  The Profit Before Tax (PBT) under the chairmanship of N during April-September 2017- Dominique Senard is expected man and CEO. Current 14. We will go past that peak quite M'    N  #   7#  MB has been recorded at 2,211 Baijendra Kumar. 18 stood at $25.35 billion. to replace Ghosn on the board Nissan boss Hiroto Saikawa comfortably this year,” Union 4N ' '  +  % +( D*% 5+5@6FG  crore against 1,377 crore in Congratulating the Key sectors that received but an extraordinary share- has described Senard’s Commerce Secretary Anup #  ))% )'    ++ 2017-18 (Q3), registering a employees and the Board maximum foreign investment holders’ meeting in April will appointment as a “new chap- Wadhawan told reporters here. "'D  -) L'    G7 )) +' %  + growth of 61 per cent. The Members of the company, during the first six months of be needed to sign off on the ter” in relations between the The earlier peak was 314 K)O'    P+'   $  #  +K)+O'    P+  )%*O'    P+ "'D) # # Profit After Tax (PAT) has Kumar stated, “NMDC could the fiscal include services appointment. two firms — an unlikely billion, he said. been recorded at 1,577 crore achieve these encouraging ($4.91 billion), computer soft- At this gathering in April, alliance that Ghosn created The achievement comes against 887 crore in 2017-18 results despite the challenges ware and hardware ($2.54 bil- shareholders also will be asked and held together. against the backdrop of a very (Q3) registering growth of 78 faced by the company at the lion), telecommunications to remove Ghosn and his right- In an interview with AFP challenging global environ-     per cent. Donimalai Sector in Karnataka ($2.17 billion), trading ($2.14 hand man Greg Kelly from the last week, Ghosn said Nissan’s ment, Wadhawan said.         NMDC’s production of and the evacuation challenge at billion), chemicals ($1.6 bil- board as they fight allegations probe into his alleged miscon- “The earlier peak was 314 iron ore for Q3 in 2018-19 is the Bailadila Sector in lion), and automobile industry of financial misconduct. duct was a “trap”, “plot” and a billion. We will be comfortably    9.54 Million Tonnes (MT) and Chhattisgarh.” ($1.59 billion). Both were sacked from the “story of betrayal”. beyond that. Mind you, that is in board after their arrest on It was a result of “opposi- a very, very challenging global elhi-IIFL Gold Loanhas November 19 but a special tion and anxiety on the project environment. It’s an environ- Dlaunched an exciting offer shareholders’ meeting is of bringing the companies ment where petroleum prices are — “Gold Loan Pe Free required to remove them offi- together,” said Ghosn, amid coming down and 15 per cent of Gold”for its customers in cially. rumours his arrest was a “coup” our exports are petroleum prod- Northern States of Rajasthan, Ghosn’s arrest and subse- designed to prevent a fully ucts. So, in spite of that, we are Delhi & NCR, Punjab, quent indictment on three fledged merger between Nissan going to achieve a new peak,” he Haryana, Uttar Pradesh & charges exposed rifts between and Renault. said. Uttrakhand.

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There may be other causes for soon become a top priority for country’s pub- Sudden weight loss: Most each of these, but it's important to lic health system. We must work on strength- people with cancer will lose weight see a doctor about them as soon as ening the infrastructure to support wide and at some point. When you lose possible, especially if there's no uniform access to oral healthcare. Other than weight for no known reason, it's other cause you can identify, the specialist practitioners, oral health is also intri- called an unexplained weight loss. problem lasts a long time, or it gets cately linked to a basic infrastructure. With less An unexplained weight loss of 4-5 worse over time. Some other com- than 25 per cent of primary health centres hav- kg or more may be the first sign of mon symptoms are change in bowel ing a dentist, I am of the view that the propo- cancer. This happens most often it harder for the body to fight infec- it may happen early in some cancers, habits, sores that do not heal, white sition of placing a dentist per 30,000 people #  with cancers of the pancreas, stom- tion. Less often, fever may be an early like leukemia. Some colon or stom- spots on the tongue, lump in breast is highly desirable to achieve the Government's ach, esophagus (swallowing tube), or sign of cancer, such as blood cancers ach cancers can cause blood loss or other parts of the body, medical care ambitions. lung. like leukemia or lymphoma. that's not obvious. This is another Indigestion or trouble in swallowing. What can be done to strengthen oral care? Fever: People with cancer will Extreme tiredness: Extreme way cancer can cause fatigue.    # +)+) Coming back to India after spending have fever at some time, especially tiredness that doesn't get better Pain may be an early symptom 7)  +4   A  three decades in US, I feel it is imperative to ! "' $2 if the cancer or its treatment affects even with rest. It may be an impor- with some cancers like bone cancer  # +-  4  ) '%# create a system where dental doctors are the immune system. This can make tant symptom as cancer grows. But or testicular cancer. A headache that '#) 4# +  encouraged to necessarily serve in rural areas. One of the biggest challenges for dentistry is t is not uncommon to hear complaints about increased joint the lack of quality infrastructure and adequate pains and stiffened muscles plaguing the lives of elder people training to dental graduates. Against a WHO Iespecially in winters. The main cause is due to the drop in atmos- )/ ( recommended dentist to population ratio of pheric pressure. When the pressure decreases, there is swelling in 1:7500, our ratio is 1:10271. We are working the tissues and tension between the joints, which causes pain. The Myth: All breast cancers can be detected on a alliative care in cancer patients involves not in this direction. Our state-of-art clinics fluid inside the joints which is responsible for lubrication and smooth mammogram. Ponly treating symptoms of disease and side based on best global standards will go a long movement also gets influenced, and can create friction and ten- Fact: No screening test is perfect, and mammog- effects of the treatment at the earliest but also way in raising the benchmark in dentistry in sion on movement. Moreover, any undue pressure on the stiffened raphy is no exception. Factors like age or breast to provide physical, social and spiritual care to India. The Government must also step up focus tissues might cause inflammation and internal swelling. density can influence the look of breast tissue on patient. It is usually given by a specialised med- on this vital need. Joint problems gradually start with a little niggle in the knee a mammogram, making cancers more or less dif- ical team which comprises of the oncology What's been your vision? which progresses over time, and starts to grow with occasional knee ficult to recognise. In general, screening mam- physician, oncology nurse, allied physicians and With an aim to transform the erstwhile locks. The pain is often associated with swelling in the knee that mograms are less effective in younger women other support staff along with the caregiver of fragmented dentistry industry and bring qual- occurs due to friction when the cartilage (polish) gets rubbed off. because they tend to have denser breasts. About the patients. ity care to people, we have invested $35 mil- The treatment may vary from just medication, removal of fluids 25 % of cancers in women ages 40 to 49 aren’t lion and plans to invest another $25 million from the joint, to knee replacement surgery— this solely depends picked up by mammogram, compared with about     to realise its dream of becoming the most pre- on the severity of the condition. 10% in women older than 50.  Understanding the diagnosis & the stage of ferred neighborhood clinic and bring world- Joint replacement surgery is a common treatment for severe Myth: Your chance of getting breast cancer the disease by the patient and his attendants. class dental and oral care to the doorsteps of bone and joint pains in elderly. Hip replacement and knee replace- decreases with age.  To know about the possible treatment  Adoption of the process of rehabilitation and citizens. ments are the most frequently performed of these surgeries and Fact: Women above 50 years of age are at more options. recovery after treatment. We have made remarkable progress in are most often done in the people between the ages of 55 and 80. risk of getting breast cancer. Over 80% of new  Awareness of the side effects of the treat-  To understand the stress of the caregiver and expanding our reach since its first clinic was There has long been a popular conceit that older age automatical- breast cancers diagnosed each year are in women ment. provide resolution to his issues. opened in 2011, and serving over a million and ly excludes people over 80 from joint replacement surgery due to age 50 or older.  Understanding of the expected changes in  Provision of a support system for the half patients. We are glad to have achieved a anaesthesia complications and fragile bones. Myth: Mammograms are unsafe and ineffective. lifestyle associated with the disease and patient and his family to cope for the loss milestone of 300 clinic which was launched at But age alone is not a contradiction, there are other eligibili- Fact: Screening mammograms are the interna- treatment. of a loved one. 19th Clove Dental Conclave in Delhi. This is ty aspects which a surgeon will focus on, such as, physical health, tional gold standard for detecting breast cancer  Arrangement of finances required for the  Integration of palliative care as integral part yet another milestone for us and a step forward associated health risks, or comorbidities. Severe osteoporosis may early. Mammograms can usually find lumps 2 or treatment and palliative care. of treatment of cancer patients. towards our commitment to bringing world- make it impossible to perform the surgery because the bones might 3 years before a woman or her health care provider  Keeping the medical and life insurance poli-    ' ' +)A47+   class oral care to people. be too brittle to support the new joint prosthetic in elderly age. While can feel them. cies of the cancer patient alive. 7)  +D4# '   +(  Does this mean more employment and mild to moderate osteoporosis might not be a problem, however Myth: Radiation exposure during a mammogram other opportunities? it depends on how a surgeon per- can cause cancer. What's best along with expanding its net- 1  #345!4 !# 4! forms the surgery. Fact: Mammograms require small doses of radi- work of clinic, the chain has also unleashed Implant surgeries are not ation. The risk of harm from this amount of radi- &)) new opportunities for young dentists. We are %   # ! !## 4 always necessary for arthritis or ation exposure is extremely low, and the bene- )) proud that with about 800 dentists, we are also 6%4 4 74 #83  knee and joint pains. But it may fits outweigh the risk involved. Furthermore, there country’s largest employers of dental graduates. 1 9!%4 7 be worth considering if your has never been a case of breast cancer caused from #&      !*  * We also have a vision on auxiliary employment knee is damaged by arthritis and radiation exposure during a mammogram. So, +*  @90G(   !"*#   # opportunities in this field. % # :!4 5 6; !! # the pain, disability or stiffness are there are no chances of getting cancer because of      00BI@A8-    @@BG19G  We can create adequate pool of dental aux- : 1 5!:9 4 74 # impacting your daily activities mammogram.  # !#& #" #  # -  !" iliaries, including oral hygienists and dental lab :  # severely. However, even with Myth: Pregnant woman can't get breast cancer. *#  #     IG8G@0- technicians to ensure all-round service. Besides 1 5%34:  such pain experts will always try Fact: This is not true. Breast cancer is actually the  "  "" # "&  "  being at the forefront of providing employment other measures before suggesting most common cancer in pregnant women.    P # ( !&( "( # opportunities for young dentists, we also aim  !##!!4! a knee replacement, including When women are pregnant or breastfeeding, their   &! - to contribute to the Make in India story in area drug treatments, physiotherapy breasts are naturally more tender and enlarged,  "  "" # "&  "  of oral health care products. Local manufac- and exercises. If symptoms are which may make it harder to find a lump or notice  # # ( #( #(  P # (  turers can create robust machinery and den- manageable and medication is any other changes. —    # # # - tal equipment. effective than surgery is not required. However, seeking expert opin- What about health-related Corporate ion is always advisable. Social Responsibilities activities? Similar to the above point, there are several myths regarding In a rare move aimed at taking quality den- joint replacement surgery which are stated below along with facts. ))  tal care to the unserved and underserved areas, Myth 1: Joint replacement surgery means a long hospital stay we have set up a multi-specialist charitable Fact: There have been big advancements in joint replacement LEUKEMIA: It is the most com- the immune system cells, lympho- CNS & SPINAL CORD ficulty in balancing and coordina- clinic in Delhi. surgery departments. Average hospital stay was up to ten days in mon type of cancer in children. It cytes. It is mainly of two types: TUMOURS: Brain tumours are tion. Inspired by ideals of former President Dr the hospital after joint replacement surgery earlier, but today the can be either ALL (Acute lympho- Hodgkins Lymphoma and Non more common than spinal tumours. RETINOBLASTOMA: This is a APJ Abdul Kalam who had inaugurated the average is three-four days. With improvements in technology and cytic leukemia) or AML (Acute Hodgkins Lymphoma. Most of the brain tumours occur in tumor of the eye. It is usually seen first Heritage Clinic of Clove Dental, we are patient care, hospital stays are significantly shorter than before and myeloid leukemia). Symptoms The common symptoms are the central part of the brain called the in early childhood between the age determined to make quality oral care accessi- even day care TKR (Total Knee Replacement) is being performed associated with leukemias are enlargement of lymph nodes, brainstem and posterior part called of 2 to 6 years and is characterised ble and affordable for all strata of society. This where the patient can come and go the same day of the replace- fatigue, weakness, bone and joint most commonly in the neck, cerebellum. These are associated by an unusual appearance of the eye. clinic shall serve as a Centre of Excellence and ment. However, there are certain limitations which concern the pain, pale skin, bleeding or bruis- armpit and groin, low grade fever, with frequent headaches, vomiting, The pupil of the eye appears to be will focus on communicating on the need and validity of eligible patients for a day care facility. ing, fever and weight loss. loss of appetite and weight, fatigue, nausea, visual symptoms like diplop- white or pink and not black. importance of dental care. Myth 2: You should wait as long as possible before having a LYMPHOMAS: It is a cancer of night sweats. ia or blurring, gait disturbances, dif-    ' '  ' %A ,7+   ) joint replaced Fact: Waiting too long can make things worse. If your pain is     (% so great that it's hindering your ability to walk, then you're not keep-  ing your muscles and your extremities strong. You are only hin- dering the recovery process. Waiting for their mobility and qual- The perfect smile needs to go esearchers have ity of life to decline, patients should get their knee or hip replace- ancer cells multiply very fast. For NUS Medical School, which has been pub- found “different ment soon. This will likely improve their outcomes. with healthy gums. this, they need a lot of energy. This lished in Science Signaling. 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The attack on Dubai’s one of its employees was killed in the country to spy on Iran. “If somebody is looking to elections. presidential office said. ly say what was discussed during P&O Ports comes as the United and three others injured in an In an interview with CBS do nuclear weapons or other “At this moment we can announce with Stephen Biegun explained to Chung Monday’s meeting, but said Chung Arab Emirates has rapidly “incident” on Monday at its television, Trump reaffirmed things, we’re going to know it total certainty that we have won the presiden- Eui-yong Washington’s stance toward told Biegun that South Korea hopes the expanded its port operations operations in Bosaso, 1,100 his determination to pull the before they do,” he said in the cy,” the 37-year-old Bukele told supporters. North Korea ahead of talks on setting planning talks between the US and and military presence in kilometres (690 miles) north- United States out of “endless interview aired on Sunday. A few minutes before his declaration, the up the summit, the presidential Blue North Korea will pave the way for a suc- Somalia and across East Africa. east of the capital city, wars” in Syria and Afghanistan His comments sparked a country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) House said in a statement. cessful summit. AP Al-Shabab said it targeted Mogadishu, on the Gulf of but said American troops new round of demands in awarded him 52.93 percent of the vote with the man in Somalia’s semi- Aden. would stay on in Iraq, partly “to Baghdad for US forces to leave almost 70 percent of ballots counted. be looking a little bit at Iran”. the country. Bukele’s primary opponents — Carlos Calleja of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), and Hugo Martinez of the leftist Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN) — recognized the win. 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'- not after a point.” journey is about how people strug- 2 >  '  Talking about the success of the gle in life through various things and film, Manikarnika..., she said that % 1? %%4@ # aspects and understanding about  : > the story of Rani Laxmibai was one 1 ; 5#3 794 ! what do they eventually find and 2 D  < that belonged to everyone. 7% !#8 # conquer and how do they actually “Whatever we are today is because achieve what they have. She said, “It’s ' '   $ $ of heroes like her who sacrificed 6 1 7 94%;! kind of an interaction with the self.” their lives. My sincere endeavour 1 1 7#8 5 ! However, the Queen actress still  $: was to create something for people. 7!4 doesn’t consider herself to be a mas- I didn’t charge a single penny to 7 ! % ter, she said, “I don’t think I can say direct. I felt absolutely devotional. 4%! that there’s something I can do I felt like I was serving the people absolutely to perfection. But there are of this nation.” 7!4#!6 # things I can do pretty well like act- he just couldn’t believe. He started She feels that everybody should  %48 ing or now I can say directing.” She claiming that it’s his film. Duly cred- stand with Manikarnika but indus- 7! # feels that she’s not a master but she ited. But the question is why a try is ganging up against the film. !!4%!4 “can do it.” media trial? Why couldn’t he have She said, “Industry people are being She said, “In film industry, they met me and raised his concerns? He absolutely obnoxious. They are not :4 1 say it’s comparatively easy to make a never responded to any of the invites saying anything and ignoring it. The 9! 3#!#7!4! !# film from the beginning but it’s very that we extended to him. If they real- racket is so strong that even a  74!  !% ! : difficult to revive a project. So that ly feel that Manikarnika is their film, small-time actor is secretly messag- # 3 % # 74%357 was a kind of risk I took when the they would have not gone out in pub- ing me to praise the film. They don’t 7!46 4# 7 : film was abandoned and during the lic, try and attack it on such an dare to write it on social media. That shoot everyone was telling me that important week. This is a proper sab- is how they have ganged up. There ! !4 ! !#87!B# ‘you’re ruined.’ Everyone’s putting the otage that people tried to do. will be films like Mental Hai Kya or  :!4! : : blame on me. I realised if that’s the Especially Sonu (Sood), he is bound Panga, for which I wouldn’t say that 4 !!:8 case what I can do? Let it be.” to not to talk about the film. When I have done them for the nation. But L  %%4 She further added, “I wanted to his contract was terminated, he was Manikarnika was special. We stood show the film to Krish Jagarlamudi no longer a part of the film. He did- with films like Queen, Dangal, that in December, but he never showed n’t hold any participation in it. made an impact on the society. It is '& #      up. In fact, he was so sure that the Hence, there are deep-rooted agen- a shame that their pettiness is com-   #   #  film is completely ruined. So how das. It’s shocking and alarming in ing out.” !&# $  could anyone revive it but when I did how many ways people can exploit  0  %    # *!        *"    *  &  *% -  67 :  )# & $ #   "( &  # $        $ >) % *!  !!"*&   "(  #  &  *  "#  !&  # #  L& *#& &## #   #   ust the mere mention of the ‘C’ word brings "   Jdread in the hearts of anyone who hears it,” said actress Sonali Bendre Behl, who recently under- !&#- !&# # - went a treatment for metastatic cancer, on the ocas- .#"   N   45D sion of World Cancer Day. She added, “We fear   N*  #D-M it so much that we’d rather not talk about it, which &    (  #! is why it’s important to have a day where we pull out the band aid and help us deal with this dis- #   #   ease. I was scared too, but soon realised that bury- &#  $(   ing my head in the sand was not the way to deal *  ##&  # !#  O    P with it.”  # - She took to Instagram to share her way of deal- $D *%  !  ing with the disease. !  ! $8/8-- %   3  According to the Sarfarosh actress, there is "*D IH *#   #- more to cancer “than being emotional or weak or       %       3   even being called a fighter or a survivor.” “It requires you !1 5%!#%66       58! HH! to study it, find out what works for you  !4 irected by Mike Mitchell, The and to be diligent $&#  $  DLEGO Movie 2: The Second about your treat- # # ! & Part is a sequel to The LEGO Movie ment. It requires *%  # #   based on popular children’s toys. days of strongly Actor Will Arnett talked about believing in oneself, +#""" ## @0 how it was “gratifying” to see the of knowing that $&- response when the film’s first part tomorrow will be  ##(   # "  was released. He said, “I saw the better than today. It $ >  *#" audience react so positively and is not a fight against 6 (   !  continue to watch it in other forms negative thoughts,” like streaming at home.” the release of the second part of the tor but Mike is so great, he is one she added.   # %  *& He thinks that one of the great franchise is round the corner. of those people who wants every- Filmmaker # # !# things about LEGO is that it’s a fran- He said, “I kind of feel like I body to be the best version of them- Tahira Kashyap  "    chise. “What’s worked so well is that really never left. It wasn’t that long selves,” he said. Khurrana, who is also battling cancer, urged peo- 2   it works on different levels. Parents after LEGO Movie, that LEGO Continuing that, “Mike under- ple not to be “afraid” of the disease.  * &  like it because a lot of jokes are built Batman came out. So, we went right stands that putting you in the best Tahira, wife of actor-singer Ayushmann in for them and kids like it for obvi- from LEGO movie to LEGO Batman position to deliver the funniest Khurrana, urged society to end the stigma asso-  2$ &- ous entertainment reasons. Also, as and now this. I have been working lines or create the funniest moment ciated with cancer.  #  a toy ‘LEGO’ has been such a sta- on these films from the past eight is going to be better for the film and She said, “I hope each one of us celebrates this  "( L$ ple as a toy, it is almost like a part years. It’s been crazy. It feels like a he is always looking to create that day in an embracing way. That we remove any stig- # @0 $& of the fabric of our culture. It’s not big part of my life and seeing all environment.” ma or taboo associated with it. That we spread CityLights actress Patralekhaa is lending her just because of the jokes that par- these people whom I work with at He believed that one of the awareness about it and that we have self-love no support to an NGO to raise funds for cancer ""  * ents like it, but also because they can various stages of production. It’s greatest things about this film is the matter what.” patients, and feels it is important to spread " !# #  relate to it as it takes them back to really a cool process. It is very rare “notion that we all should be able She also shared a photograph on social media awareness about the disease.  $!# -M when they were kids,” he said. to have a long-term relationship to play together and get along.” which showed the scar on her back of the surgery “Besides doing our bit for the cancer patients,  @H# Talking about his character, with the people you work with.” He added, “This is the theme she underwent for removal of her breast. I honestly feel we should also address the cause &# # & Arnett said, “The character is so Talking about the film’s direc- that comes out and was born out of Tahira was detected last year with DCIS (duc- as a serious issue,” Patralekhaa said. iconic and always bending the tor, Mike Mitchell, he said that when the first movie. Ofcourse, it is tal carcinoma in situ) in her right breast with high “Most of the stories that we get to hear or read  #&  # rules. We have continued that in the one does these animated films, about a son’s relation with his grade malignant cells. are incredibly heart-wrenching. I feel active par-  *!   D second part of the film. As he goes one is often in the booth with just father and we have continued that Explaining the idea behind the photograph of ticipation will really work wonders,” she added. !&  "   on this next journey, it seems like the director. “Most of the times he even in this part. It is about people her bare back, she said: “These scars are my badges The actress lent her support by planning a visit !- they keep feeding Batman real life is the one feeding you lines on the getting along, family members, of honour. It was tough but this picture was my to a Bandra-based NGO to meet and interact with L  ! # &&  experiences that everybody goes other characters as you don’t usu- especially siblings and their ability decision as I want to celebrate not the disease but cancer patients in an attempt to raise funds for through and see how he would deal ally meet the other actors. Director to get along. It’s a more universal the spirit with which I endured.” them. "  " # "%&  with it. He is so eliquate to deal with usually controls the tone and flow idea of ‘we are in this together and Sacred Games star Kubbra Sait is also pitch- According to a source, Patralekhaa “intends J%( # "&  "  " real life usual relationship-based sit- of a movie and they get to do it even we have to work and play together.’ ing in to spread awareness about the disease. to work closely with cancer patients and strive to #&  & #!& (M uations, whether it is a family rela- more in animation as they tell you This is such a great and positive “I feel public figures should come forward and spread awareness about the health risks, urging  #- tionship or a romantic one.” the lines the way they have imag- message that comes through, which associate with NGOs to spread and create more people to take care of their health and avoid things The actor feels as if he had ined them. It becomes back and people will take away with them- awareness about this dreaded disease among the that increase the risk of cancer.” never really left the film, now that forth doing a scene with the direc- selves too.” people, especially the youth,” Kubbra said. L"-('     02$ !($#) "%#%) *+,-./

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She Western iconographies is given a blanket of secu- and historical references rity in the form of a red    are found re-contextu- stole to preserve and alised and co-min- protect her innocence gling in a contem- and vulnerability, porary and flat- covering her tened visual with a veil is a space. mark of love   Gorlizki’s and compas- interest in uniting sion.” elements from Neeraj also Eastern and Western geographies makes a point of exploiting open eticulous, lean, tidy that the MAP booth showcased presents itself as much in the forms within to create just contours and eclectic — artist works by three artists in a single process of making the works as it of the female head with the flow- Jagdip Jagpal had curated space among which Bhatt does in the visual language of each ing form, as delineated by her face breathed an avant was one. piece. He begins each drawing by — he has, in effect, sculpted in garde stroke into the Bhatt, whose work is held in meticulously mapping out the com- nearly equal measure both the IndiaM Art Fair, making it a melange several public collections — both position in his New York studio. volume and actual mass of the of works that are essential but not abroad, such as in the Tate Modern The paper is then sent to the ate- youthful face, together with the bulging at the seams with hype and and The Museum of Modern Art lier of Riyaz Uddin in Jaipur, India, space in which it exists. hubris. Works of art from all over (MOMA), and in the National where sections of the paper are fas- South Asia and the world, includ- Gallery of Modern Art — has tidiously painted with a single-hair Best impact sculpture: Arun HG ing paintings, installations, sculp- been actively engaged with photog- brush in the Mughal miniature Gallery Espace tures and video work among oth- raphy since the mid-60s, and his style. Often one paper will travel A black elephant created out of ers, had come under one roof at the photographs constitute an impor- back and forth between Gorlizki’s repurposed wood and glue, fair. About 75 exhibitors from 24 tant chapter in the history of pho- New York studio and the Indian Arunkumar HG’s sculpture is about Indian and international cities cre- tography in India, demonstrating atelier for years during which both environmental and zoological con- ated a cornucopia of imagery, great artistic sensibility, creativity parties will add elements to the texts. It talks to us about habitat and materials and momentousness. and a unique understanding of tra- paper until the work is deemed the haunts of wildlife patterns and Some works stood out for vintage ditional cultures. complete the exploitation of animals and the value and ingenuous traits in tech- He began documenting the mapping of misery. nique and novelty. folk and tribal culture of rural India Best small sculpture: Neeraj “My present body of works explores in the summer of 1967. He travelled Goswami Sanchit Art the tacit relationship between the Best vintage photograph: Jyoti widely, visiting villages and tribal Girl with the Red Stole is Neeraj spread of consumerist culture and Bhatt, MAP regions, photographing folk arts Goswami’s foray into the world of the systematic decline of natural The best photograph at the fair was and craft traditions resources,” says Arunkumar, a vet- the interiors of a Rathwa tribal in their original eran curator, historian, multimedia house taken by Jyoti Bhatt in 1980. environment, along artist and sculptor. He has just been conferred upon with the people   $ “My collection of cast forms with the Padma Shri and who inhabited these ) + )    deliberately recalls the processes of one can look at his spaces. mass production yet my choice of works in the Much of his . $   materials (wood pulp, cement, Museum of Art work   $ .  aluminium, wood glue and paint) (MAP) and records vil- point to the environmental cost Painting Booth lage and indige-     implicit in their creation. My to savour the past nous art forms, 2$  > arrangement of animals evokes a of India’s vanish- the photographs nostalgic park that encapsulates ing traditions. synthesise human 6>    0AG9- long-lost values and the need to Bhatt was figures with static reclaim a workable relationship one of those who backgrounds that      with the natural world. The juxta- had been invited show painted, or  .  O$ position of the animals with the by India’s abstract guru drawn, images on guardian figures printed on wood J. Swaminathan at the Bharat walls or floors. < $ + suggests that recuperation and Bhavan in Bhopal to research the    $ conscious correction can only be living traditions of Madhya Best painting: Alexander found if we vigilantly guard Pradesh. It was to trace these con- Gorlizki, Anant Art against further intrusions,” he nections and cross-connections Mesmerising art that echoes the concludes. :% "'  " &"

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test the idea of an homogeneous nature,” says Agarwal. “In many ways the reductionist binary of man versus nature has taken over other cultural ways in which nature is or can be inhabited, and brings into question the current approach towards sustainabil- ity.” As an environmentalist with a conscience, Agarwal has been troubled by the many observations and cycles that he has studied over the past two decades. He insists that while scien- tists claim that the ecological future of the planet is in the hands of humans,    3  new realisations show that our Cartesian dualism with nature has been silently influencing resource  # " !" M!   # #" use. This is seen in migrations, con- flicts, landscapes, boundaries, social  #  !" # " relationships, culture, livelihood and technology choices. According to him t a time when the digital sphere has per- Paris), Patrizia Asproni (President, Marino Marini we need to question everything we vaded almost all spheres of life, and when Foundation, Florence), Deborah Swallow avi Agarwal, the archivist, water, and land, the terrain is now have taken for granted, so far. He has Anearly everything creative has been com- (Director, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London) activist and thinker unveiled his increasingly thought of as infertile, a keen interest in exploring these ques- modified, an upcoming symposium on “Creativity and Sergio Scapagnini (Italian filmmaker). Rimpressions of the desert at the leading to it being a ground for tions from the ground up, especially and Freedom” here, beginning today, will ask what The event will be presented in collaboration art fair. In the past, he has had an  #%4; #  4 nuclear testing, new industrial mining about a new imagination of relation- does creative freedom and artistic autonomy real- with the Indian Institute of Technology- intense relationship with water. Both %6 % 5% 5 and capital intensive irrigation canals. ships to natural ecology. ly mean? Kharagpur, Agha Khan Foundation and Raza are in keeping with his championship Meanwhile, the dried-up wells, ponds, Inspired by his memory of an A stellar line up of speakers including Foundation and will be held at the IIC. of urban ecological issues. !# 5 %  % loss of livelihood, and the slow disap- abandoned ancestral home in a desert thinkers, academics, filmmakers, artists and oth- “Artists, thinkers, academics, designers and Founder of an environmental 7! 344! # !%6 pearance of a rich culture is leading homeland, this mixed-media installa- ers from the creative world, will address the per- innovators need to regroup and work as incuba- NGO, Agarwal’s Platform, an installa- 34!D9% 7 # to another kind of human evacuation. tion urges viewers to reflect on urban tinent subject of creative freedom, especially in tors for fashioning and reimagining a world order tion with photographic works, text, Yet, what is considered bare or barren spaces and ecology. The best part in today’s polarised climate, during the two-day inter- of inclusiveness. It is time again for dialogue and videos and objects, became an ensem- 4 # #7 7 is in fact deeply inhabited and fertile the installation is that Agarwal veers national symposium. discussions, for debates and discourses to sow ble of deep gravitas and reflection, 4 !4#!#  %  in multiple ways.” away from propaganda. This is an aca- “Creativity And Freedom” is being present- seeds of a new knowledge for peace, stability and making us think of what man has 4! 193  #% The work is a part of an ongoing demic deeply thought-provoking pro- ed by Kolkata based CIMA gallery, Ashoka a new system of sustainability,” said Pande. done to nature and how we don’t seem investigation into the current state of ject that asks questions and probes University and the India International Centre “The two-day symposium is not just limited to stop and think. “The ongoing pro- 3 34  the nature, both as a crisis which tra- hidden embers. Ecology and photog- (IIC), with noted art historian Alka Pande as its to Fine Arts but spanning across Visual Arts, ject traverses and contrasts a person- % !# % %67% verses a political realm, but also a cul- raphy are life-long vectors for Agarwal. director. Cinema, Literature, Design and Popular Culture.” al memory of a desert homeland in a O 34!P # 7%357 tural contestation of how ‘nature’ is He balances the power of the aesthet- Some of the prominent speakers include Participating speakers will address concerns now abandoned ancestral home with thought of in the era of Anthropocene. ic and the political, the conceptual and Nicholas Coleridge (Chairman of Conde Nast in art history, fine arts practice, music, theatre, new exploitation of the ‘barren’ land- %6  7!!4 %6 “Nature has been impersonalised cultural. In Agarwal’s hands, demate- Britain and Chairman, Victoria And Albert design, literature and cultural studies, including scape,” says Agarwal. “Pointing  74% % ! ! into an abstract idea to be exploited, rialisation has an ecological reso- Museum, London), Gopal krishna Gandhi (civil popular culture, architecture, film and the increas- towards the loss of the local leading even as on the ground everyday nance and that is why this project servant and author), Sabyasachi Mukherjee (fash- ing concern with ‘wellness’, both physical and men- to the breakdown of ecological con- inhabitations of lived ecology weave stood head and shoulders above the ion designer), Catherine David (Deputy Director, tal. structs of identity, food systems, in and out of the human life and con- rest. Musee d’Art Moderne at The Centre Pompidou, L"-('

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  +       ? 5'@ part of our white-ball sides, but we've got to look at the big picture and ensure he  465 ;; $5   '%5 enior New Zealand opener Martin gets the injury right."     8@1 #! = # !# @90G0A SGuptill has been ruled out of the Guptill sustained injury prior to the 1HH #! 2$ *## @90G0A upcoming three-match T20 series final ODI against India and now will be resurgent Mitchell Starc took five against India after failing to recover from eyeing a return against Bangladesh in a wickets as Australia wrapped up 198 #!  + @90I a back injury. series starting next week. Aa confidence-boosting 2-0 series 190 #! ) "* 0AA8 Guptill will be replaced by all- The three-match T20 series against thrashing of Sri Lanka on Monday, with @G@ #! $   @90H0I rounder Jimmy Neesham, who also fea- India starts on February 6 at Wellington, the tourists skittled for 149 in the second tured in the final two ODIs against India followed by second match at Auckland's Test at Canberra. D  DD % in the recently concluded five-match Eden Park on February 8 and the final In front of a sparse crowd on day series. game at Hamilton on February 10. four, Sri Lanka resumed on 17 without speed and bounce of a fired-up Starc, bowling at "Unfortunately Martin hasn't recov- The New Zealand squad also loss, needing a daunting 516 to win and perhaps his best over the past year. ered in time for this Twenty20 series coach Gary Stead was quoted as saying includes rookie all-rounder Daryl ended 366 short. He poked at an away swinger and was caught which is very condensed with three by stuff.Co.Nz. Mitchell, who is the son of former All There was little resistance from the at slip for four by Marnus Labuschagne, capping games over five days," New Zealand "It's a shame as he's obviously a big Blacks coach John Mitchell. under-strength visitors who wilted under a miserable series in which he managed just 24 a pace onslaught led by spearhead Starc, runs in two Tests. who ended with 5-46 and took 10 wick- Niroshan Dickwella was next in, promoted ets in the game as he emphatically to number four was building a handy partner- bounced back from a lean spell. ship before Thirimanne was removed by Tim Paine set the big run chase after Cummins for 30. declaring Australia's second innings at Thirimanne tried to fend off a short ball from 196 for three, following their mammoth the paceman but it ricocheted off his bat and first innings 534 for five declared. Sri Cummins took an athletic diving catch. Lanka was bowled out for 215 in reply. Karunaratne did not heed the message. It went from bad to worse for Sri Lanka with Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru He failed to add to his overnight eight Dickwella bowled by Starc for 27 just before lunch Thirimanne had survived a tough six with Starc, bowling at close to 145 kph and Kusal Perera, cleared to play after taking a overs on Sunday ahead of stumps, and (90 mph), clipping his leg bail in only the hit on the helmet on Sunday, out for a golden duck they resumed with hopes high of putting third over of the day. next ball. up a fight. It was a big blow for Sri Lanka with They went to lunch at 87 for five with with Sri Lanka bowling coach Rumesh the experienced opener their best bats- Dhananjaya de Silva lasting just six balls after the Ratnayake had made clear the team want- man in the first innings before he was break before he offered a weak shot to Jhye ed to at least take the game into a fifth struck in the head by a Pat Cummins Richardson and sent an easy catch to Travis Head day to provide some momentum ahead bouncer. at mid-on. Young gun Kusal Mendis added a brisk of a Test tour to South Africa, starting in Captain Dinesh Chandimal also 42 before being caught at cover and the tail soon Durban later this month. But failed to deliver, struggling against the folded. It extended a dire run of Test results for trou- bled Sri Lanka, who were missing their three injured strike bowlers in Canberra. They have now lost a home series to England 3-0, then away to New Zealand 1-0 to go with their two defeats in Australia. Australia won the first Test in Brisbane by an innings and 40 runs and end their summer on a high after losing an intense home series against top-ranked India. !($#) "%#%) *+,-./ # %4 2'  6< 1 6      D)  #*%   )  # )%E1@

partner. It was Vinicius' clever reverse pass through the legs of Carlos Vigaray that led to Benzema's opener as Sergio Reguilon was set free down the left, his cross ensur- % *   *  /P.%  '$   ing the Frenchman could not miss. Alaves defended so deep at times that Madrid's defence was -  2&0 playing more as creative mid- fielders but the visitors were not without chances on the break. Tomas Pina took too long to shoot and Jony Rodriguez forced      a smart save from Thibaut Courtois. Madrid, though, ended any   > est test remaining for PSG in their bid hopes of a comeback with 10 to go through the league season minutes left as Asensio picked out oussa Dembele scored and won unbeaten, having won on just two of Vinicius at the back post. The Ma penalty as Lyon stunned Paris their previous 13 Ligue 1 visits to Lyon,   ' teenager controlled, picked his Saint-Germain 2-1 on Sunday to end losing seven. spot and put it there. Mariano's the runaway leaders' hopes of an The away side did not have to wait eal Madrid gained ground diving header in injury-time from unbeaten Ligue 1 campaign. long to strike, though, as Houssem on both Barcelona and Isco's cross added a final flourish. Angel Di Maria fired PSG into a Aouar carelessly gifted possession to RAtletico Madrid in La Liga Earlier, there had been anoth- seventh-minute lead, but Dembele Julian Draxler, who strode forward and as Karim Benzema and Vinicius er first for Atletico up front as equalised and Nabil Fekir scored the teed up Di Maria to slot in his 10th goal Junior each scored in a 3-0 win Alvaro Morata made his debut but winner from the spot three minutes of the season. over Alaves on Sunday. $   + +   *   %  / /  ) *   #-    *%  it ended in disappointment after a after half-time. Benzema, Vinicius and Gareth 1-0 loss to Real Betis. "I don't know if the defeat was     Bale started together for the first clubs, which is as much an indi- "We will fight for everything Benzema has been the revival's Atleti could have reduced the deserved. In the first half it was But Lyon, on a six-match unbeat- time and two thirds of the newly- cation of their own inconsistency until the end," Solari said. "Today ringleader since and his latest deficit to three points at the top but deserved, but after half-time, we still en run in the league themselves, dubbed 'BBV' delivered as Madrid as the sturdiness of Atleti and, par- there was a real hunger to cut the goal was his sixth in four games, Sergio Canales' second-half penal- dominated," said PSG forward Kylian quickly improved and twice wasted capitalised on Barca being held by ticularly, Barca. gap." his best streak since January 2016. ty means that Barcelona finish the Mbappe. clear-cut chances to level, as PSG Valencia and Atletico losing at Real Madrid could now overtake It may have been the 5-1 loss The only La Liga player to have weekend one point further ahead The reigning champions 'keeper Alphonse Areola denied Betis. Atletico if they win the city derby to Barca in October that proved scored more in all competitions than when they started it. remain 10 points clear of second- Bertrand Traore from point- Mariano Diaz, on as a substi- next weekend but the difference the final straw for Julen Lopetegui this season is Lionel Messi. "The match was clear," Atletico placed Lille at the top of the table blank range before Dembele tute, added a third late on. After behind Barcelona, whom they but Alaves' 1-0 victory at He did it starting alongside coach Diego Simeone said. "A despite the defeat, with two games nodded wide. 22 rounds, this is the first in face in the Copa del Rey on Mendizorrotza, their first over both Bale and Vinicius but it was few chances for both teams, they in hand, while Lyon strengthened Areola had to be alert again, which Madrid have been the only Wednesday, is still a considerable Real in 87 years, was perhaps the the latter, not the former, that looks took advantage of the penalty we their grip on third spot, three springing to his right to tip away winners from the established three eight points. team's rock bottom. to be Benzema's most dangerous gave them and that was enough." points further back. a vicious long-range drive from Nabil "We did what we had planned, Fekir, before producing a wonderful namely high pressing, quick transi- double stop from Traore and Memphis tions, and to cause them problems Depay. ' P*%% ) #  every time we had the ball," said Lyon However, just seconds after anoth- coach Bruno Genesio. "I don't think er excellent save to deny Fekir, Areola they're used to that in Ligue 1." was totally at fault for Lyon's 33rd-     lion euro ($19.3 million) move — a record All eyes will now turn to the minute equaliser. deal for the Welsh team. Champions League for PSG, with The 25-year-old misjudged Leo ritish investigators on Monday said that The plane, a Piper PA-46 Malibu, van- only a French Cup tie at third-tier Dubois' cross, allowing Dembele the Bthey had spotted a body in the wreckage ished from radar around 20 kilometres (12 Villefranche and a home game against simplest of tasks to head into the net. of a plane that disappeared in the Channel miles) north of Guernsey, with British pilot Bordeaux to come before the last-16, PSG almost snatched a half-time two weeks ago carrying Argentine footballer David Ibbotson the only other person first-leg clash with Manchester United lead against the run of play, but Lyon Emiliano Sala and his pilot. aboard. at Old Trafford on February 12. centre-back Jason Denayer made an Sala, 28, was flying from France to join Local police called off the search after a Man United boss Ole Gunnar incredible diving header to keep out his new club, Premier League side Cardiff few days, saying it was very unlikely anyone Solskjaer and his assistant Mike Phelan Draxler's close-range shot. City, when the light aircraft disappeared on would still be found alive. But Sala's family were both in attendance at the Lyon, who face Barcelona in the January 21 north of the island of Guernsey. launched a crowd-funding campaign for a Groupama Stadium on Sunday, just Champions League knockout stage, A wreck was found on the seabed on private search, which raised over 300,000 hours after their side's 1-0 Premier continued to dominate after the restart, Sunday and closer inspection by a remote- euros. League win at Leicester. and were awarded a spot-kick when ly operated vehicle (ROV) confirmed both They hired shipwreck hunter David The pair would have learned plen- Dembele was brought down by Thiago that it was the missing plane, and that a body Mearns, whose vessel used sonar equipment ty from watching Lyon regularly slice Silva, with Fekir doing the rest. was inside. "     * B--))"  ) 9--":      to identify the plane wreckage on Sunday through the PSG defence against That provoked PSG into life, and "Tragically, in video footage from the  % ) % #   )   (5N2  )  * # ,  ' + morning within a few hours of starting the seemingly little resistance, while Lopes made two brilliant saves from ROV, one occupant is visible amidst the   ##   ) ) 565@6F  search. Another vessel, hired by the AAIB, Mbappe shouldered the majority of the Mbappe in the space of just 20 seconds. wreckage," the British government's Air then used its remotely operated vehicle to attacking responsibility in the absence Mbappe was PSG's best hope of Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in a part of the fuselage with the aircraft reg- "I can't believe it. It's a bad dream," he survey the seabed. of the injured Neymar. salvaging their unbeaten record, but he a statement. istration. The depth indicated on the image told Cronica TV from his home in Progreso, "Based on analysis of ROV video footage, "I'm not worried about the saw Lopes divert away a low drive, "The AAIB is now considering the next was 67.7 metres (222 feet). Argentina, before the news about the body the AAIB investigators on board the vessel Champions League," insisted Mbappe. before former Celtic striker Dembele steps, in consultation with the families of the Sala's father Horacio earlier spoke of his was announced. concluded that the object is wreckage from "We must take it match by match and wasted a golden opportunity to wrap pilot and passenger, and the police." The shock that the plane had been found, after Sala was flying to Cardiff after transfer- the missing Piper Malibu aircraft," the wait for the Champions League." up the points as he was again foiled by AAIB also released a grainy image showing a private search organised by the family. ring from French team Nantes in a 17 mil- AAIB said Monday. On paper, this looked the tough- Areola.

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I do expect that we will With spinners extracting sig- All-rounder Prerak Mankad his side by cutting short Pujara's ## )!J*   -    #!% have a good performance in this @90I K N!## nificant turn and bounce exploit- was batting on 16 with Patel when stay at the wicket to just 11 balls "#  #"  *  #%      !#0H year's All-England," Gopichand $ 9;09 9;B ing the roughs, Sarwate (3/55) and second day's play ended. while Karnewar led their fight-back    !#08 & &#!  * *  &# &#  said.  .4N0B5 N!##4N0B5 off-spinner Akshay Wakhare On a day when star India play- with dogged batting down the bat-   "   088  (  # #!  "Going in Saina has just (2/42) blew away Saurashtra's top ers Pujara and Umesh Yadav were ting order.   )!J*    *&&    099  - 2# won the Indonesian open and half to seize the momentum. in action, it was Vidarbha's Sarwate The southpaw struck his sec- )#     #  ( " & I8    !# Sindhu has also done well. So, I think both of jinx." Srikanth endured a title-less season last Saurashtra were still trailing by and Karnewar (73*), who stood out ond first class half-century and # # #   " "&  10G  #" them can do well at the All England as well. year and Gopichand said he expects the Indian 154 runs as only Snell Patel offered with their splendid efforts. added 78 runs for the eighth wick- 01    !#D #"# &# #  Hopefully we will have some good perfor- to do well this year. "Srikanth has played well. resistance with his fighting knock Pujara scored just 1 while et with Wakhare (34 off 78 balls) "  -  mances from our players. It is almost 18 years He is somebody whom I expect will do well of unbeaten 87, which came off 160 Umesh bowled 13 wicket-less overs as Vidarbha added 112 runs in the now and I hope that this year we can break the in the year," he said. balls and had 14 boundaries. though he did intimidate the first session.