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SPEAKERS’ MEET: PRESIDENT TALKS OF OPPOSITION ROLE Judicialover-reachinsomeverdicts...organs ofstatemustrespecttheirlimits,saysV-P Naidu cites ban on Amaravati land deal FIR: fireworks, executive being On Andhra plea, SC THE CITY kept out of judge lifts HC media gag order AFTER THOUSANDS appointments Bhushan, RSubhash Reddy and OF STUDENTS EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MRShah ordered partstayofthe COMPLAIN OF EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 September 15 HighCourtorder ERRORS, SPPU TO AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER25 while hearing aplea by the RELEASE THE SUPREME CourtWednesday AndhraPradesh government CORRECTED CURBINGDIWALI fireworks, stayed the AndhraPradesh High whichhad challenged the order. RESULTS BY DEC 3 denying the executivearole in Courtorder restraining the me- It directed that the matter be the appointment of judgesand Vice President Naidu, Speaker Birla at the Statue of Unity dia from reporting the FIR regis- listedfor hearing again in the last CLASS XI ADMISSION monitoring investigationsare ju- museum in Kevadia, Gujarat. ANI teredbythe state police Anti- week of January2021. SCHEDULE FOR dicial pronouncementsgiving a Corruption Bureauinconnection On October 6, Chief Minister STATE RELEASED “distinct impression of over- lining that the legislature, exec- shrinedinthe Constitution in- withallegedirregularitiesinland YSJagan Mohan Reddy,inalet- PAGE 4 reach,” Vice President Venkaiah utive and the judiciary should re- stead of arrogating (to) dealings in Amaravati. tertoChief Justice of India SA Naidu said Wednesdayunder- spect “jurisdictional sanctity en- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 AbenchofJustices Ashok CONTINUEDONPAGE2

Days after he entered DDC polls, PDPyouth His hand with God

Cong leaders at Vadodaraairporttoreceive AhmedPatel’s chief heldinterror case SANDIPG DIEGO MARADONA I 1960-2020 body.Hewill be buried at his village Piraman. BhupendraRana NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25

DEEPTIMANTIWARY& Waheed THERE ARE legends, immortals BASHAARATMASOOD Parraheld in and G.O.A.Ts, the GreatestofAll Cong loses chief NEWDELHI,SRINAGAR, case naming Time. Then thereisDiego NOVEMBER25 former Maradona. The legendaryfoot- DySP,Hizb ballerdied, aged 60, aftersuffer- crisismanager, THREEDAYSafter he filedhis ingacardiacarrest onWednesday. nomination from Pulwama dis- To some, he wasthe most

trict in Kashmirfor theDistrict ED giftedfootballerever, whose feet Development Council (DDC) rendered thebeautiful game all Gandhis their pillar polls, the National Investigation Questions the morebeautiful. To some, he Agency (NIA)onWednesdayar- PLAIN E wasthe mostflawedofgeniuses, ● overtiming rested PDP youth wing leader EX flirting withdrugsand keeping in thebackroom WaheedurRehman Parrain friends from theunderworld. To connection with aterrorcase WAHEED PARRA’s arrest some others, he wasanoutright againstsuspendedJ&K police of- by theNIA in the case in- cheat, who flickedagoal withhis ficer Devinder Singh. volving senior police offi- hand, the creator of the mostvil- COOMIKAPOOR “Today, NIA arrested Waheed cer Devinder Singh, ac- ifiedyet the mostromanticised NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 ur Rehman Parra... in connection cusedofsupporting goal in WorldCup history. with Naveed Babu/Devinder Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, is Whatever the opinions and SONIA GANDHI described Singh case forsupporting Hizbul conspicuous forits tim- perspectives, Maradona was AhmedPatel as an “irreplace- Mujahideen in conspiracy with ing.The NIA called him magical,yet real. Magical with his able companion” but, surpris- the other accused persons,” an forquestioningaday af- feet and real in his life. The most ingly,Rahul, who wasoften not NIA statement said. terhefiledhis nomina- magicallyrealistic and realisti- on the same pageashim, Devinder Singh, then aDySP tion from Pulwama for callymagicaloffootballers. One Celebratingagoal in the famous ‘Hand of Gold’ match, featuring summedupthe loss of Ahmed withthe J&K Police, had been ar- the DDC polls. who livedbothlifeand football Argentina vs England in the 1986 WorldCup in Mexico. Reuters bhai – as he waswidelyknown AHMED PATEL rested on January11while trav- on his ownterms. He wasnopre- – more pithily.Rahul acknowl- 1949-2020 elling in acar with Naveed Babu, tender,never triedtoerase his edgedhim as “one of the pillars aknown Hizb-ul-Mujahideen the behestofPakistan. shanty-townupbringing past, could thrill. Youneedn’t beafoot- soccer ball. volvedinthe frame look foolish. of the Congress” – notexactlyan terrorist. The casewas trans- “We foundthat Parrawas in neverfeigned righteousness, ball tragic forthat. Dignofurther into archival With England yettorecover understatement from adynast ferred to the NIA whichalleged touchwith some of the keyac- neverdenied thedarkness of his Butinthis moment of depar- memorythan the non-hand of from the first‘Hand of God’ goal, whoassumes thatwithout the BUSINESSASUSUAL in itschargesheetthat Singh had cusedinthe case. We have evi- soul. Ahuman footballing god, to ture, it’shis footballing legacy God goal in the quarterfinal CONTINUEDONPAGE2 firstfamilythe party is ahollow BY UNNY been providing shelter to Hizb- dence to provethat he was take aliberty.You couldmakea that needs appreciation. Short againstEngland in the 1986 shell. ul-Mujahideen terrorists fora awareofthe conspiracy and may thrilling best-seller out of his life and sturdy,the build concealing WorldCup. The dream fusion of Indeed, Patel, 71,who passed longtime and had been aiding even have been actively involved as well as his football. Both could his agilityand dexterity,hewas rawpace, power, precisionand FULL COVERAGE away early Wednesdayfighting and abetting their activities at CONTINUEDONPAGE2 existwithout overlap, and both adarting virtuoso tethered to a trickery had made everyone in- PAGE 16 multipleorgan failurepost- Covid, wasthe go-toman when- ever the Congress facedtrouble. Whichmeant quiteoften. Amid Covid surge, Centre allows The day unnatural alliance in Whether it wasthe modali- ties of tying up with the Shiv Sena foragrand alliance in states to put night curfew, curbs Maharashtraends, BJP prepared to Maharashtraortamping down Sachin Pilot’s anger againstChief form alternative govt: Fadnavis MinisterAshok Gehlotin No sealing of Rajasthan or allying with Pranab borders;suggests Fadnavis wasinPune to at- Mukherjee to ensurethat Sonia EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tend aparty workers' rally, or- wasinstalledparty president in anorth Indian state. As Ramesh staggered office PUNE,NOVEMBER25 ganisedfor theBJP candidate 1997 despiteSitaram Kesri’s re- noted, notmanyinthe Congress contesting thePune graduates' fusal to step down gracefully, were capable of pulling offsuch timings to TERMINGTHE MahaVikas and teachers' constituency polls AhmedBhai wasonhand to sort feats, mixing powerwith per- Aghadi government of the Shiv forthe LegislativeCouncil. out the problem. suasion to good effect. contain numbers Sena, NCPand Congress in On Deputy Chief Minister Partycolleague Jairam AhmedBhai’s strength was Maharashtraan“unnatural al- and senior NCPleader Ajit Pawar Ramesh once described himas his lackofpersonal ambition or Testing of passengers arriving from Delhi-NCR, other states liance”, former chief minister criticising BJP leaders formak- a24X7politician who had more aprivate agenda, attributes DEEPTIMANTIWARY on at Bandrastation, Mumbai, Wednesday. Amit Chakravarty and opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis at an event in ing “absurd statements” about than once come to therescue of CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 Fadnavis on Wednesday said Pune. Rajesh Stephan the Pawarfamily, Fadnavis said, the Congress in the nickoftime. the BJP is capableofsetting up "I am awareofhis real pain but He recalledhow at well past IN VIEW of rising Covid cases by the MinistryofHome Affairs downs withthe Centre’s ap- an alternative stategovernment can't speak of it in public." midnight he put acall through to LINK BETWEEN CONG across the country, the Centreon (MHA) have allowedstatesto proval. whenever the existing “unnatu- tive government in the state," CONTINUEDONPAGE aChief Ministerwho wasbent PAST,PRESENT Tuesdayissuedfresh contain- enforce night curfews,put any “States and UTs, basedon ralalliance” in powercomes to Fadnavis told reporters at an on quitting the party next morn- ment guidelines, giving states number of “local restrictions”, their assessmentofthe situation, an end. event in Pune, when he was ing along withhis supporters. AVILLAGE RECALLS A some crucial elbowroom to put keep gatherings at social events mayimpose local restrictions "In history,nounnatural al- questionedabout some recent IN PUNE, FADNAVIS Afteragood 50 minutes of hu- LEADER ALWAYS restrictions on public movement to lessthan 100, punish people with aviewtocontain the spread liance has lastedinpower for statementsbysenior BJP lead- ATTACKS UDDHAV moring, cajoling, mollycoddling READY TO HELP and gatherings. fornot wearing masksand of Covid-19suchasnight curfew. long. The dayitends, ourparty ers, who have claimedthat their the veteranparty leader,he PAGE 11 The newguidelinesissued even issue orders forlocal lock- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 is preparedtoformanalterna- party will come to powersoon. GOVT PAGE 4 savedthe party’s government in

PAGE 1 ANCHOR Thedoctor who‘sawdeath and returned’,toserveatCovid ICU

the 26/11terrorattacks on spirit arethe corona warriors, or the team in Ludhiana of Class UddhavThackeray as Chief TABASSUM Mumbai with stories of strength women and men leading the 4workers and colleagues, and Guest, and featuring superstar BARNAGARWALA and apublic event showcasing waragainstCovid-19—risking another of techies in Hyderabad, Amitabh Bachchan, that will be MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 the spirit of the survivors. This all, so that otherscan be secure. who steppedintohelp; the telecastonNovember 29 at 8.30 year,withthe citymaskedand LikeDrParkar;likethe co- communitykitchen in pm on Star Plus as well as digital WHILE OTHERS his agehave sociallydistanced, the oneswho conut climber in Kochiwho Arunachal Pradesh to feed front- streaming service Hotstar. been sequestering themselvesat mostpowerfully epitomise that pooledinmoneyfor donation; line workers run by agroup of Acelebrity doctor usedto home sincethe coronavirus pan- women; and the women in treating Bollywood, politicians demic began, pulmonologistDr Delhi’s Nizamuddin making and officers, Parkar says there Jalil Parkar has been on the front- masksthat reflect the heritage of wasnoconfusion in his mind lines. The 62-year-old has been aplacewhichwas maligned in about what he had to do when postedinthe Covid ICU of the initial days of the pandemic. the pandemic struck, despitebe- Mumbai’sLilavati Hospital since Starting with Dr Parkar, The ing awareofthe risks. He and his March,but forabrief while Indian Express captures their wife,58, arebothdiabetic, while when he and his wifebothspent work andits spirit in this series. his father,95, liveswith them. time there, afterbeing infected This will be followedbyaspecial Taking due precautions, he with the virus. show, with Union Health Dr Jalil Parkar,Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai,has been treating got ontothe job, tending to pa- Everyyear since2016, The MinisterDrHarsh Vardhan as patientssince the pandemicbegan. Express tients, putting offhis more Indian Express hasbeen marking GuestofHonour,Chief Minister CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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FROMPAGEONE RT-PCR TESTS Day1: Covid surge worked for. Ironic that theyhave nothesitateholding apatient’s the gall to blame others. Waheed hand if theyneededit.” Flyers, rail However, State/UT has no connection whatsoever Over-reachseen in somecourt verdicts, Parkar estimates he has Governmentsshall notimpose with this man&is being falsely treated1,000hospitalisedCovid- anylocallockdown (state/dis- charged. All justtoblackmail & 19 patientsand another 500in passengers trict/ sub-division/ city level) out- intimidate PDP &other main- OPD by now. And,it’sstill not side the containment zones stream political parties in J&K.” organs of State mustrespect limits: Naidu easier. “Ihaveseen criticalpa- without priorconsultation with The 32-year-old is among tientsand Ifeel helpless. Thereis hassled the Central Government,” guide- Mufti’s closestadvisors and was themselvesasense of su- also RajyaSabha chairperson. Constitution,”Naidusaid,“They rightsandlibertiesof citizensby still notsolid treatment for lines issuedbythe MHA said. consideredthe PDP’smanager on premacy”. “Butoccasionally,concerns have ledtothe question as how theexecutive attimesistoovis- Covid-19 andsometimes thereis With the fresh setofguide- the ground. The Parras and the Addressing the two-day have been raisedtowhether these three organs of the state ible.At times,thelegislaturetoo nothing we can do to save them,” ABHAGORADIA& lines, the Centrehas nowgiven Muftis go backalong way, with 80th All India Presiding theyare entering the domains shouldrespectthejurisdictional has crossedthe line. The 39th he says. SANJANABHALERAO states thefreedom to put any Parra’s grandfather Abdul Officers’ Conference held at of the legislative andexecutive sanctityenshrinedinthe constitutional amendment MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 kind of restrictionthat theydeem Rehman Parraaclose aide of Kevadia in Gujarat, where wings.Therehavebeendebates Constitutioninsteadof arrogat- placingtheelectionof President Maradona fitaslongastheydonot hinder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. President RamNathKovind whether some issues should ing (to) themselvesasense of and Vice President and Prime physicallyand psychologically, SEVERALFLYERSandrailway pas- inter-state movement of goods Partyinsiders oftencredit the wasinattendance, Naidu said, have beenmore legitimatelyleft supremacy,” he said. Ministerbeyondthescopeof ju- Glenn Hoddle gave theball away sengers arriving in Maharashtra and public. It has, however, reit- PDP’s successinsouth Kashmir, “Our Constitution has demar- to the other organs of the gov- Reiterating that the dicial scrutinyin1975isone cheaplyinthe middle of the were lefthassledonthe firstday eratedthatstates cannotseal bor- especiallyPulwama district, to catedveryclear domains of ernment. Forexample, Diwali Constitution of Indiawas suchinstance,” he said. Argentina half. It wasbuntedup- of theimplementationof manda- ders. “Noseparatepermission/ Parra’s efforts. eachofthese three organs in fireworks,steps on registration “supreme”, he later said, Earlier, inaugurating the field to Maradona,who was tory RT-PCR testingfor thoseen- approval/ e-permit will be re- In 2016,during Parra’s stintas the lines of separation of pow- andmovementof vehiclesfrom “Judicialreview,declaredasone conference, President Kovind closertohis owngoal than his teringthestatefromGoa,Gujarat, quiredforsuchmovements,”the Secretaryofthe Jammu and ers, thoughnot in averyfor- the National Capital Region of the basic features of our touchedupon the need for centre-line. Spinning around, he Rajasthan and Delhi. Lackof guidelines have said. Kashmir SpecialCouncil, then malistic manner... Harmony through Delhi, banning the use Constitution, imposes certain “harmony” -- the themeofthe took offand tore pastthe frozen awareness about the recent The guidelines have reiter- Unionhome ministerRajnath lies in eachorgan doing itsjob of vehiclesof certainmakeafter restrictions on the legislature. conference -- saying that in a PeterBeardsleyand Peter Reid, guidelinesissuedbythestate gov- atedthe restrictions imposedand Singh had praisedhim for “uplift- withoutinterfering in the do- 10 or 15 years, monitoringpo- Lawmakers have theliberty of parliamentarydemocracy,the then slithered to the right. The ernmentand notenough time to relaxations giveninthe lastlock- ing sports”inKashmir. main of others... Unfortunately lice investigations, denying the defendingtheirterritoryevenby Opposition also has an impor- ball stuckhypnoticallytohis feet, test travellers caused massivein- down guidelines but giventhe Lastyear,when the Centre ab- therehas been severalin- executive anyrole in appoint- nullifyingjudicialdecisions,if so tant role along with the ruling as though entrancedbythe convenience. freedom to states to restrict pub- rogatedJ&K special status, Parra stances of crossing thebound- mentof judgesby institutingthe warranted.” party,and therefore, harmony, grandeur of the man. Even as flyers had the option lic gatherings. wasamong those arrested. aries.”“SinceIndependence,the collegium,whichissaidto bean Naidualsotoucheduponthe cooperation and meaningful He then teasedpastTerence to avail RT-PCR facility at the Severalstateshavealready WITHINPUTSFROM Supreme Courtand the High extraconstitutional body,” excesses of the executive and deliberationbetween the two Butcher,and then cut insideas Mumbaiairportattheirowncost, proposedtoput suchrestrictions, NAVEEDIQBAL Courtshave deliveredseveralfar Naidu said. legislature. “We arefamiliar is necessary. It is responsibility the strapping defender lunged passengers were notpreparedto with Delhi government even is- reachingverdictsinfurtherance Saying suchactions by the withthe excessesofthe execu- of the presiding officers to pro- cynically. Maradonapickedup wait at the airporttill the results suingorders to restrict gatherings Ahmed Patel of socio-economic objectives, judiciary “have resultedin tive in disregardoftheirac- vide congenial atmospherefor morepace and slippedpast were out. Meanwhile, 10 railway at weddings to less than 100. whichendeared himtoSonia besidesmakingcorrectionalin- avoidable blurring of the con- countabilityto thelegislatureon ahealthy debate in theHouse, Fenwick, before drawing goal- passengers testedpositive forthe States suchasMaharashtrahave who retainedhim as political sec- terventions,”saidNaidu, whois tours demarcated by the certain occasions... Violation of he said. keeper PeterShiltonoff his line. novelcoronavirus. alsostarted puttingrestrictions retary during her long tenure as Maradona roundedShilton on SionresidentRajendraGujral's on those coming from outside party president. He became the the right, holdingoff Butcher, sister, whoarrivedinthecityfrom the state, seeking negative RT- eyes and ears of his leader guid- Amaravati land deal FIR: SC lifts HC’s media gag order who had resilientlycome back, Delhi on an Air India flight that PCR test results. ing her through choppywaters as and placedthe ball intothe right- landed at 12.40 pm, wasable to The Centrehas also flagged anovice politician. He never Bobde,had alleged that 15.09.2020 to the extent of fol- Referringto detailsof theFIR, because of whichall this has hand side of the exposednet. leave theairportat5.30 pm. "I offices asspacesforspread of the joinedthe government, when SupremeCourtjudge Justice N lowingshall remain stayed – ‘It he asked whether an investiga- been happening”. A"golazo", screamedthe waitedformysisterforfive hours. coronavirus and asked states to Congress Prime Ministers PV VRamana,whoisnextinlineto isfurtherdirectedthatthenews tion wasnot calledfor. “Is there He said the Reddy govern- Spanish commentator.Ascream Inside, afightbroke out between stagger office timings. Narasimha Raoand Manmohan beCJI,hadbeen“influencingthe inregard to registrationof FIRor something whichneeds to be ment is using itssympathisers so loud that the commentator passengers and airport officials Forcontainment zones, the Singh were in the saddle but re- sittingsof the(AndhraPradesh) in the contextofthe said FIR investigated?This petition was to intimidatejudgesof theHigh emptiedtwo litres of waterat over mandatorytesting, after guidelines have issued detailed mainedthe eternal backroom High Courtincluding the roster shall notbemade public in any decidedat6.30 pm forthe sake Courtthroughsocialmedia.The one go,the storygoes. whichpassengers were allowed instructions. Alongwith strict manager. of fewHonourable Judges”. electronic,printorsocialmedia, of urgency,” he said. HC had ordered aCBI inquiry Thus, Maradonaadorned, de- to leave withoutreports.AirIndia perimeter control and allowing Atelephonecall from Ahmed Reddy’s letter,whichalso to foistthe office of aformer The benchsaid the matter intothe matter,Salve pointed finedand wonthe 1986 World didnotalertpassengersaboutthe essentialactivities within them, Bhai carriedmoreweightthan pointedfingersatsomeofthe AdvocateGeneralandalsowith needs consideration and it will out,addingthathewasappear- Cupwith his trickery,his sleight stategovernment's newrules. theCentrehas asked states to fo- that from anyMinister. He wasa judgesof theHC,allegedjudicial respect to theother alleged ac- issue notice. ingfor WhatsApp in the case. of hand, his breathtaking slalom Theyshould have gotpassengers cus on contact tracing and trace soft-spoken political operator impropriety on the partof cusedpersons’.” Explainingthereasonforthe On the allegations of irregu- runs and goals andhis determi- testedfromDelhibeforetheflight all contactsofaCovid positive who exudedold-world courtesy JusticeRamanaandraisedques- Hearing awrit petition by HighCourttakingupthematter larities in land dealings in nationtomakehis owndestiny. took off," he said. person within 72 hours. “In some and charm. Shunning the lime- tions on certain landtransac- the state’s former Advocate urgently, Senior Advocate Amaravati, the siteofthe new He wasnever the stuffofvir- Speakingof facilitiesattheair- states this is notbeing done with light,helistenedtoall sides but tions,allegedly involvingmem- General Dammalapati Srinivas Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for capitalof AndhraPradesh,Salve tual dreams, becausehewas so port,aspokespersonsaid,"CSMIA rigour.That is whythis matter nothing escapedhis eagle eye. bers of his family, in Amaravati andothers,theHighCourt,inan Srinivas, referred to the state said details of thenew capital human. Therewerepiles of other already had awell-established had to be emphasised,” ahome Since the party chief hardly before it wasdeclared thesite interim order on September 15, writing to the CBI againstthe were alreadyoutinnewspapers golazos—screamersfrom30 structureinplaceforRT-PCRtest- ministryofficialsaid. made herself available foraper- forthe newcapital of Andhra hadalsostayedtheinvestigation formerAdvocateGeneral and as early as June 2014. yardsout, back-heels from close ing. The airport cantestupto “Thereshall be intensive sonal audience, Congressmen Pradesh. of theFIR.Thisstay continuesto said thiswas done because the Despitethe details being range, daisy-cuttersand pile- 3,000 to 5,000 passengersatany house-to-house surveillance... usedhim as the sounding board On October 17,Justice remain in operation. formerlawofficerhadappeared public, the former Advocate drivers -- but nothing reached givenday,whichcanbeextended Testing shallbecarriedout as per to getthings done. No one in the Ramanasaid,“itisanimportant The Supreme Courtbench in 25 corruption cases against General wasbeing accusedof the romantic high notesofthe further." prescribed protocol. Listing of coterie surrounding Rahul quality forajudgetowithstand alsoaskedtheHighCourtnot to the presentChief Minister. using the information, letters WorldCup golazo. Test resultsatthe airportare contactsshall becarriedout in re- Gandhi todayhas suchattributes. all pressures and oddsand to decide the writ petition pend- “Ihad urgedthe HC to hear were being writtentothe The years between Italy1990 providedinapproximatelyeight spect of all persons found posi- Ahmedbhai’s death could not stand up bravelyagainstall ob- ing before it whilethe topcourt it immediatelyasittarnished Income Taxand CBI and re- and USA1994wereperhaps the hours by astate-approved part- tive,along with their tracking, have happened at aworse time stacles” and that a “vibrant and is hearing the matter. the reputation of alawyerwith leasedtothe media, he said. mostdifficult phase in his life. ner,with prices starting at Rs identification, quarantineandfol- forhis party.After the humiliat- independent judiciary... is re- Appearing forthe Andhra astanding of 30 years,” he said. Responding to this,Dhavan Aftera15-month suspension 1,400. Airportauthorities didnot lowupofcontactsfor 14 days (80 ing Bihar defeat, it is unlikelythat quired in thecurrent times”. Pradesh government,Senior “Myclientistargeted...Thiscase saidthestatedoesnot have any- from international football in commentontheimplementation per cent of contactstobetraced potential allies in the coming On November 2, Attorney AdvocateRajeevDhavansaid reeksofmalafide. This is worse thingagainstthe HighCourt. March 1991 fortesting positive of the newdirectiveson in 72 hours).Quickisolation of polls in West Bengaland Tamil General KKVenugopal noted thewritpetitionwasfiledbefore than Emergency... My reputa- He said he had usedthe ex- forcocaine,Maradona's soccer Wednesday. COVID-19 patientsshall be en- Nadu will be very accommodat- that the “timing” of Reddy’s let- theHighCourtassoonastheen- tion is being damaged.” pression‘regimerevenge’when career took adeep dive.The epi- Apassenger,who arrivedin sured in treatment facilities/ ing. tertothe CJI and the stategov- quirywas ordered, andwas de- Senior AdvocateHarish he appeared in abail matter for taph washastilywritten: The Mumbaiwith12 friendsfromGoa home (subjecttofulfilling the Twenty-three senior ernment’smove to makeitpub- cidedthe same day. Salve urgedthe benchtoallow the lateJJayalalithaa. Agreeing greatestwho could notbethe on Wednesday, saidtheygot pro- home isolation Congressleadersrecentlysigned lic in the wake of Justice The interim relief, he con- the HighCourttodecide the that ‘regime revenge’ does take greatest. visional letters from Goa guidelines).Clinical interventions, aletterdemandingintrospection, Ramana’sorderto expeditetrial tended,was grantedafter the matter and said the plea by the place, he asked whether it But Maradona wasfar from GovernmentMedicalCollegestat- as prescribed,shall be adminis- accountability and elections. in cases againstlegislators, petitionerclaimedthatthegov- stategovernment in the top means that agovernment can- finished. ForItaly 1990, he under- ing that theyhad no symptoms tered. Surveillancefor ILI/ SARI Ahmedbhai successfullynego- “could certainlybesaid to be ernmentwas runningthe state courtisa“voteofno-confidence notinvestigate anyoffence took an intense workout regime and theiroxygenlevelsweread- cases shall be carriedout in tiated withthe ginger group to suspect”. But Venugopal de- in utter disregardofthe againstthe HC and itsChief whichallegedlytook place un- and knockedoff 26 pounds in equate. He told The Indian health facilities or outreachmo- reachacompromise acceptable clinedconsent to initiate pro- Constitution.Dhavanwondered Justice”. deraprevious government. less than six months, returned Express,onconditionof bile unitsorthrough fever clinics to all.Many of the dissidentswere ceedingsagainstReddy for whetherrelief couldbegranted “Instead of requesting HC to Referring to thecontention fresh and strong. “Hadwewon anonymity, "We're from Surat, in bufferzones,” the guidelines his personal friends.Ahmedbhai criminal contempt of the in acriminal case on such vacateits interim order,they thattheCBIhadnotinitiatedany thatWorld Cup, Iwould have and were in Goawhen thesedi- have said. also had numerous contacts Supreme Court. grounds. camehere...Letthemgo back to process though the statewrote prized it more than the 1986 rectivescame out. Goa across the political divide. HearingtheAndhraPradesh “This (petition before the the HC. The HC shouldhear it to it, Dhavanasked “doesit Cup,” he said in his autobiogra- GovernmentMedicalCollegehad PDP youth chief The son of awealthyfarmer government’spetition High Court) is an entirely politi- first,” he said. mean investigation can be phy. only onestaff membertoconduct in it,” an NIA official said. from Bharuch, Gujarat, he started Wednesday, the benchissued cal writ petition againstthe Salve quotedDhavanspeak- stopped?... Howcan an investi- Then, midway through the tests, and the resultswould take The agency had earlier called politics as aYouth Congress notice and said: “Listinthe last Chief Minister.Itisnot basedon ingabout‘regimerevenge’once gationbestoppedatthethresh- 1994 WorldCup, Maradona was at least72hours. Sincewehad a him to Delhi forquestioning in leader and wonaParliamentary week of January2021. In the factsbut cites reliable sources and said “that’s exactlywhat is old?”. The FIR, he said, discloses sent home afterhetwice faileda flight to catchfor Mumbai, they the case. seat in 1977,when his partyre- meantime,directions issuedin whichtoo arenot revealed,” he happeninghere. This man ap- factsthat needtobeinvesti- dope test.Acareerthathad more gave us these letters." On Monday,beforeleavingfor ceivedadrubbing in mostof the impugnedorder dated said. peared against the present CM gated. peaks to scalethus endedona Somepassengerswhoarrived Delhi, Parratold The Indian north India.He wasaneight-time self-destructivenote. But he in the city pointedout thatthere Express, “Political engagement Parliamentarian, thrice from the nevershirked away from public wasconfusionoverthedateofim- has been initiatedand elections Lok Sabha. in providing information. Over appointed himparty treasurer. he checkedhis phone afterCovid Eventually, it wasamonthbefore —hecontinuedtocoach, and be plementation of the newguide- have been announced. Ihave But afterthe Congress lostits the years, Icame to see him as a During the pandemic,Ahmed duty,therewould be 60-70 the whole familysat down fora spotted with diamond earrings, lines."It wasnot clearifthe direc- been actively engaging on the hold in Gujarat, the BJP triedits friend firstthan apolitical con- bhai kept in touch, inquiring so- missedcalls. Among those Parkar lunch together,includingtheir and continuedtobeget hospi- tiveswouldcome intoforce from ground and assisting the party in best to whittle down his clout .So tact. licitouslyabout my health andof treatedweretwo younger broth- son who worksatthe Trident talisedwith alarming frequency. midnight of November 24 or 25. bringing suitable candidates for muchsothat in his 1980 Lok Idiscoveredthat he could be my husband. Unfortunately, it ers of actor Dilip Kumar who, he Hoteland had to live theredue to In ages to come, therecould Moreover, thosewhoalreadyhad theseelections.And today, Ihave Sabha campaign, BJP workers remarkablystraightforward and washehimself and his family regrets, succumbed to Covid-19. the Covidrestrictions. be legends, greatsand G.O.A.Ts. theirtickets bookedcouldn'thave been sent anotice, asking me to struckoff the name Babubhai, the forthcoming providedyou re- whichtestedpositive. Then, in June,firstheand then Parkar’s colleagues thought But therewill onlybeone Diego possiblybeen testedin their state come to Delhifor questioning... name by whichhethen called spected hisconfidence. In When Imessaged my con- his wifetestedpositive.They he would notexpose himself Maradona. of origin," apassenger said. The motivation forthis is politi- himself, and insertedAhmedon Parliament’sCentral Hall, jour- cern, he assured me he wasdo- were in ICU foraweek,nextto again. But, by July, Parkar was Forthosecomingthroughthe cal.” his election posters to give the nalists wouldcrowdaround him, ing well. Unassuming as ever,he eachother. “When Ihad the backatwork. He continues to Fadnavis railways,anadditional support “PDP’s @parawahid ap- campaign acommunal twist. since he had information – but up and his familycheckedintoalit- strength, Iwould draw the drape spend over three hours dailyat staffoffivetosix security guards plaudedbythen HM @rajnaths- In his lastRajya Sabha elec- to apoint, without betraying his tle-known hospital in Ghaziabad to see if she wasstillalive,” he the ICU,starting 9.30 am, and StateBJP chief Chandrakant were deployedatall railway sta- ingh forstrengtheningdemoc- tion from Gujarat, despiteAmit party and the Gandhis. run by afriend. It wasonlyashis says. then with patientsinthe OPD be- Patil had recentlystated that tionsto monitorpassengerscom- racy in J&K has been arrested on Shah pulling out all the stops, he To label himaChanakya,as health took aturn forthe worse The anxiety made even the fore returninghome. In theremusthavebeen some rea- ingfromthefourstates,maintain- baselesschargesbyNIA today. No made it by ahair’s breadth in a some have done, would beamis- thathewas shiftedtoasuper spe- doctor breakdownwhenevera September,when the numbers son behind Ajit Pawarjoining ing queuesand guidingthem for coincidence that he filedhis nail-biting finish. nomer.True,heworkedbehind cialty hospital in Gurgaon. colleaguecalled.His celebrity sta- were steep in Mumbai, Parkar hands with the BJP to form the testingasrequired,apartfromthe nomination forDDC on 20th Nov Ifirstmet Ahmedbhaiback in the scenes and had enviable con- His party colleaguesusedto tus and contactsdidn’t help would see over 80 Covid-19pa- stategovernment lastyear,de- railway police force, said BMC &received NIA summonsnext the early ’80s. RajivGandhi, as tactsinall walksoflife, including say, “Therehavebeen manyCPs when the drug Remdesivir,then tientsaday,downtoaround 20 spiteopposition from his uncle, deputy security officer Ajit dayitself,” former chief minister Prime Minister, had appointed the business world. Hisjob may (Congress Presidents) ,but only scarce, wasrecommendedfor now. “Ithought God gave me a NCPchief Sharad Pawar. Tawade. and PDP president Mehbooba him as one of his three have required him to settle dis- one AP.” Foraparty morebelea- him. Eventually, a53-year-old chance, so whynot?” he says. On apossible alliance with Raj HundredsarrivingfromDelhi- Mufti tweeted. Parliamentarysecretaries, along putes andarbitrate on conflicting guered than ever,its national stockbroker, whosefatherParkar One of his regretsisthat the Thackeray led-MNSasbothpar- NCR, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa “BJPmilksillegal scrappingof with Oscar Fernandes and Arun demands of powercentres, but footprintslippingaway, APleaves had treated forCovid in May, sixth-floor ICU, with itspictur- ties areplaying the role of oppo- were seen waitingfor Covid-19 Article 370inevery nook &cor- Singh. The media referred to he carriedout hisdifficult task behind morethan one pair of steppedintohelp. Parkar got two esque viewofBandraWorli Sea sition, Fadnavis said opposition screeningatDadar,Mumbai ner of the country. But when it them as Amar,Akbar and without ruthlessness or ill will. shoes —and eachone hardtofill. doses of Remdesivir,and felt he Link,bears the gloom castby parties normallyhavethe same Central, BandraTerminus and comes to Kashmiris questioning Anthony. Rahul Gandhi,when he first “sawdeathandreturnedfromit”. Covid-19, with familiarfaces agenda while taking on ruling otheroutstation railway stations. itsabrogation theyare lockedup Icomplainedtoamutual took over as party president, side- 26/11 Aftertheyweredischarged nowcovered by masks. Parkar parties, but the BJP will contest TheBMC screened9,779 pas- &punished. Everyone knows at friend, the lateMurli Deora, that linedAhmedbhai but later was from hospital, Parkarand his wife says sometimestheyhaveto elections independentlyinthe sengersacrosssixrailway stations whose behestDevinder Singh Ahmedbhaiwasnot at allhelpful beginningtorealise his worth. He high-profile clients. Oftenwhen had to spend timeinisolation. drop the guard. “EventuallyIdid state. in the city.

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period, while milk production Sodhi, managing director of the PARTHASARATHI dips duringthe summermonths. Gujarat Cooperative Milk BISWAS At thestartof thepandemic,dairy MarketingFederation—thecom- PUNE,NOVEMBER25 farmers witnessedarareprice panywhichmarkets dairyprod- waramongdairieswhowere con- uctsunder the brand name Amul DELAYED SUPPLYand increased cernedaboutthesupplyshortage. —also talked aboutasimilar demandof milkhasledmembers However, with the pent-up crunch. Amul’s dailymilk pro- of the dairyindustrytodiscuss a demandgrowingagaindueto the curementisstagnantat204 lakh possible escalation in itsprocure- unlockprocess, dairies areseeing litreper day. ment priceforfarmers in thedays the return of ademand similar to This supplycrunchhas ledto to come.The pent-up demand pre-Covid times. dairies expecting possible short- REMEMBERING THE BRAVE from hotels, restaurantsand can- RajivMItra, CEO of Prabhat ageinthe days to come. SMP, teens on one hand, and an almost Lactalis (partofglobal giant whichhad once become a At an event organisedbythe ‘Police MithraMandal’ at Bal GandharvaChowk in Pune on stagnant production on the other, Lactalis Group), attributed this to headacheforthesedairies,isnow Wednesday, people paid tributetothose who losttheir livesinthe 26/11Mumbai terror hasledtothesupply-demandmis- With demand growing again due to theunlockprocess, thereopeningof hotels,canteens, avaluable commodity.The na- attacks,onthe eveofits 12th anniversary. Arul Horizon match,whichdairyspokespersons dairies areseeing the return of ademandsimilarto restaurantsand teashops. “As tional SMP stockisaround 1.40 sayisexpectedto grow sharper in pre-Covid times. File people startedmoving about, lakh tonne, while the whitebut- theforeseeable future. roadside teashops also became terstock is around4,000t. Thebeginningof theCovid-19 operational. Theyalonemakeup According to Sodhi, it is only pandemic had ledtodairies wit- dairies experiencing asupplydip due to dairies slashing their pro- for15per cent of the institutional Amul whichhas astock of butter. Man who shot dead history nessingasudden dip in demand whichwould result in the short- curement prices. demand,” he said. SMP prices in the domestic mar- as hotels, restaurantsand other ageofSMP andwhitebutter.This Milkproductioninthe dairy However, this demand in- ket arearound Rs 180- Rs 220 per commercialoutletswere shutdue shortage —atatimewhichisnor- industryvacillates betweenthe crease has notbeen followedup kg,whichmakes it amuchmore sheeteratHubballi arrested to thelockdown. Dairies had mallyassociated withincreased flush period, whichusuallystarts withanincrease in supply. RS favourable market than exports. startedreducing theirprocure- milkproduction—isdueto farm- in September and continues till side acommercialcomplexon MohammadaliBepari(23),Tousif mentpricesevenascommodities ers cutting on feed andsupple- March,and the lean period,be- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE KarwarRoad in Hubballi. Sadiq Nippani (24), Atiyabkhan suchasskim milk powder (SMP) mentstotheiranimalsduringthe tween Apriland August. Animals MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 “While the Old Hubballi po- Tadkod (23) and Mohin Dadasab andwhitebutterstartedtopileup. pandemic.This wasdone mostly naturallylactateduring theflush lice had arrested five others in Patel(29), residentsofDharwad Excess milk is converted into THE MAHARASHTRA Anti- the case, Ankur Singh, who fired in Karnataka, and AmirTamatgar anhydrous SMP,whichiseither WORKS DEPARTMENT Terrorism Squad (ATS) on upon Irfan, wasabsconding,” (22) from Old Hubballi. tradedasacommodity or re-hy- Tuesdayarrestedthe man who said an ATSofficer. “He had come out of jail drated whenthe demandfor OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER, allegedly shotdead ahistory “We receivedinformationthat within 25 days but stayed in milk increases. By August, the EASTERN CIRCLE (R&B), BALASORE e-mail:- [email protected] sheeteratHubballi district in Singh is coming to Andherito touchwith them. One of the ac- countryhad seen theaccumula- B-458 Karnataka on August6. meetaperson.Ashewas on the cusedcalledSingh and said that tion of around 2lakh tonne of Government of Odisha “e” Procurement Notice The ATSsaid the accused, run, he wanted some moneyto he would be givengoodmoney SMP,whichhadledtodairiesde- Bid Identification No. SEEC-05/2020-21 Ankur Singh alias Golu, had been survive.Accordingly,welaidatrap to kill Irfan. Accordingly,Singh, mandinganexportsubsidyto re- No: 5626 /Dt: 13.11.2020 hiding at his relative's place at at the stationareaand brought who hails from Uttar Pradesh, duce their burden. Nature of Work :- Building Works UlweinNaviMumbai.Hewasar- him to our office forinquiry,”said went to Hubballi and shotdead The tables have turnedthree Number of works :- 09 (Nine) Nos rested afterhecame to Andheri InspectorDaya Naik.Duringinter- Irfan,” said an officer. months down the line, with Amount put to Tender :- Rs. 568.63 Lakh to Rs. 584.35 Lakh stationto take moneyfromanac- rogation, Singh confessedtothe quaintance. On Wednesday, he crime,headded. Class of Contractor :- “A” &“Special” Class washandedovertothe Old The ATSsaid that Singh was Date &Time of availability of bid :- Dt. 27.11.2020 at 10:00 AM document in the portal Hubballipolice, whichisprobing earlier arrested in 2016 in atheft Last Date /Time of receipt of bid :- Dt. 11.12.2020 up to 05:00 PM the murder case. case.Hewassubsequentlylodged in the portal The ATSsaid that Singh, in Arthur Road jail in Mumbai, Date of opening of bid :- Dt. 14.12.2020 at 11:00 AM along with five others,had shot wherehebecome friendswith Name &address of the Office :- Superintending Engineer, history sheeter Irfan alias Fruit the five otherarrestedaccusedin inviting bid Eastern Circle (R&B), Balasore Irfan whilehewas standing out- the murder case – Aftab The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only.Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal “http://tendersodisha.gov.in.” All future corrigendum will be available on ONLINE mode only. Sd/- S.K. Mohanty SALUTE THE SOLDIER Superintending Engineer Eastern Circle (R&B) Balasore MARTYRS OF CISF ON 26TH NOVEMBER OIPR- 34026/11/0006/2021

SI/Exe A.S. HC/GD CT/GD CT/GD MADHU KUMAR S.BASHEER SURJEET SINGH RAJESH SINGH ONGC NAZIRA ONGC NAZIRA ONGC NAZIRA ONGC NAZIRA 26-11-1998 26-11-1998 26-11-1998 26-11-1998 CISF proudly remembers the supreme sacrifice of these brave-hearts. On this day,they laid down their lives at the altar of duty while fightingwith the militants. Their courage and bravery would remain an abiding source of inspiration for the force. The force will remain eternally indebted to them for their noblest deeds.

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BJP RALLYFOR GRADUATES’ AND TEACHERS’ CONSTITUENCY POLLS BRIEFLY ‘Water InPune,FadnavisattacksUddhavgovt:‘Paltooram Vulnerability Index’tooltoaid slumslaunched sarkarmakesmanypromises,thenbacktracks’ atwebinar

man. Even small states have making promises but does noth- he wasthe Sangli ZillaParishad Pune: Piramal Sarvajal, an MANOJMORE comeupwithpackages forthe ingwhenthetimecomesto fulfill chief, the ZP had bagged several initiative of Piramal PUNE,NOVEMBER25 poor, but the government of a them.“ItfirstpromisedRs50,000 awards in different categories for Foundation to ensure mostprogressive statehas not per hectarefor crop loss to farm- itsoutstanding work,” he said. accessibility of safe drink- DESCRIBINGTHE Uddhav even extendeda‘single paisa’ ers,then it said it willgiveRs Fadnavis, who wasBihar poll ing water, launched Thackeray-ledMaha Vikas help to thepoor. Thestate gov- 25,000perhectare.Buttilldate,it in-charge forthe BJP,said in the the ‘Composite Water Aghadi as “paltooram sarkar”, ernmenttellspeople to lookaf- has failedtogiveevenone single Assemblyelections, peoplehad VulnerabilityIndex former chief ministerand oppo- tertheir ownfamilieswhile it is paisato thehaplessfarmers.Every voted forPrime Minister (CWVI)’ at awebinar sition leader DevendraFadnavis looking afterits ownfamily,” day, it makespromisesand then NarendraModi's credibility. hostedinassociation with on Wednesdayclaimed that the claimedthe senior BJP leader. fails to live up to them,” he said. “Everyone thought the anti-in- the Center forWater and stategovernment had made Bringing up the issue of in- Referring to thePunegradu- cumbency factor willhaveama- Sanitation(CWAS)andthe severalpromises in the lastone flated powerbills, Fadnavis said, ates’ constituency polls, Fadnavis jor role to play in Bihar.However, Centre forEnvironmental year,but notlived up to asingle “During corona time, even those said, “Exceptfor 2002,the Pune people in Bihar voted in the Planningand Technology one of them. who livedinatwo-room tene- graduates’ constituency has al- name of the Prime Ministerbe- (CEPT). The CWVI tool will “This Maha Vikas Aghadi ment were handedRs30,000 ways remainedaBJP bastion. In cause of his credibility.During be helpfulindefining and government is a paltooram monthlybills. Afterthe BJP 2002, BJP lostthe seat but corona time and even otherwise, identifyinghighlyvulner- sarkar as it has gone backonsev- held agitations, the government regaineditin2008when the PM has relentlesslyworked ablecommunitiesandspe- eral promises it made to the peo- promised to correct the bill and Chandrakant Patil wonthe seat. forthe people, earninghim high cificareasof thechallenges ple. In the lastone year of itsrule, give arebate. It became breaking Iamconfident we will retain the credibility among the masses. they encounter.Ithasbeen it made severalpromises but news.However, the government seat again in the 2020 polls be- NotonlyinBihar, but theparty designedtorank slums on failedtokeep anyofthem,” said went backonits word as the causeofthe kind of work party wonacross the countryinall by- variousparametersregard- Fadnavis at an event forparty Leader of Opposition DevendraFadnavis during an election eventfor thegraduates’ minister said the peoplewill leadersand workers have done polls,” he said. ing drinking watersuchas workers,organisedfor theBJP constituency, in Chinchwad on Wednesday. Rajesh Stephan have to paythe bills and there in the pastfew months.” MayorMai Dhore, BJP MLAs itsavailability,accessibility, candidatecontesting the Pune would be no reduction in them. Fadnavis said the BJP candi- Laxman Jagtap and Mahesh reliability,qualityandbur- graduates’ and teachers’ con- The ministersaid he will have to datefor theseat, Sangram Landge, senior party leader den of disease. stituency pollsfor theLegislative workingintheinterestofthepoor “Prime MinisterNarendra triedtoextend help to all sec- study the whole issue....I don’t Deshmukh, has agood connec- Harshavardhan Patil and local Council, at the Ramkrishna More during the Covid-19pandemic, Modi is a karmayogi. During the tions of the society.Onthe other understand what he wasdoing tion with the masses. “He is 47 leaders suchasNamdeo Dhake, Pune-based auditorium in Chinchwad. theMaharashtra governmenthad Covid-19challenge, he reached hand, the stategovernment all this while.” while the rivalcandidateis74 UmaKhapre, Amol Thorat, Amit Fadnavis said while Prime failedtoevenextend help of “one out to the common man, the onlyindulges in emptytalk and Fadnavis claimedthat the years old. Deshmukh has good Gorkhe, Raju Durge and Vijay coachappointed MinisterNarendraModihasbeen paisa” to the people. poor,farmers and women. He does nothing forthe common MVAgovernmentwas adeptat connect with youngsters. When Phugealso attended the event. directorof coachingatSCA Pashankar was After being stalled for over 2months, After thousands of students Pune: Dr Atul Gaikwad, a suffering from Pune-basedcertified Class XI admission schedule released level3highperformance depression, had complain of errors, SPPU to coachfromthe National Marathaquota,forjobsandcollege allotments, studentsneedtopro- CricketAcademy,BCCI, suicidal thoughts: EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE admissions.Sincethen,theadmis- ceedwithadmission and con- wasappointed as director Pune police PUNE,NOVEMBER25 sions forClass XI, or firstyear jun- firm seats. If not, studentshave release corrected results by Dec 3 of coaching forthe Sikkim ior college, have been pending. the choice to reject or cancel ad- CricketAssociation (SCA). THE PENDINGClass XI admis- According to the new missions by December 9. ing verifiedsince theyap- ing studentschoseone subject Dr Gaikwad, currently EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sion procedureinMaharashtra, timetable, at 10 am on November Allstudentswho areallotted ALIFIYAKHAN peared to have takenthe ex- in their exam forms but took senior faculty at the PUNE,NOVEMBER25 whichwas stayed over the 26,the vacancylistfor thesecond the firstcollege of theirprefer- PUNE,NOVEMBER25 ams, but were markedabsent another subject’s exam, so their Academy, has been given Maratha reservation issue, will round of regular merit admis- ence have to confirm the admis- or givenzeromarks. resultsare beingconsidered. the responsibility of the PUNE-BASED BUSINESSMAN finally beginfromNovember sions (including quotaseatssur- sions, or else theywill beblocked WITH SEVERAL studentsex- On Wednesday evening, a Some studentsusedone ID overall development of GautamPashankar,whohadgone 26, when the vacancy listfor rendered by junior colleges and forfurther regular rounds, and pecting errorcorrections on notification releasedbythe while filling the exam form, but cricketinSikkim, includ- missing from the city and was Round II of regular admissions SEBC seatsnow converted to will then be considered during their exam marksheets, the ad- SPPU administration stated wroteexams with another ing running and monitor- tracedinJaipur on Tuesday, “was willbedisplayed. Afteradelay general) will be displayed. New the special round only. ministration of Savitribai Phule that theyhaveanalysed the ID -thereare 534suchcases. It ing high-performance sufferingfromdepressionandhad of two-and-a-half months, the students, as well as those stu- Between 5pmand 8pmon Pune University (SPPU) has de- cases and discoveredcommon is an arduous task to matchall programmes formen and suicidalthoughtsbecauseof finan- stateEducation departmenthas dentswho got admission in December9,junior collegeswill clared that inquiryintoall issues suchasstudentsusing thedata, but we aredoing it,” women of all agegroups, cial issues”, Pune City Police said releasedthe timeline forthe ad- Round I, but didn’t take admis- upload the status of admitted complaintswill be completed twoemailstolog in,creating said Mahesh Kakade, director as well as educating and on Wednesday. However, he did- mission process, whichcan be sions, canapply. students on thewebsite. Theva- by December3and students confusion, and taking exams of of examinations and evalua- training local coaches and n’t take anyextreme steps after viewedathttps://11thadmis- Studentswho earlier selected cancylistfor thethirdregular ad- will be sent the corrected subjectsnot optedfor in the tions at SPPU. creating appropriate thinkingof howsuchastepwillaf- sion.org.in. SEBC will nowhavetoselect an- mission round, including quota marksheets. exam forms. The results of all In some cases, technical diffi- pathwaysfor young play- fect his family, saidpolice. Everyyear,ClassXIadmissions other category. All studentshave seatssurrenderedbyjuniorcol- Thousands of studentshad candidates who areeligible for culties had ledtostudents notbe- ers, among other things. Apress statement issued by areconducted through the time till 11.55 pmon December 1 leges, will be displayedat10am complainedofbeing marked revision will be releasedby ing able to complete theirpapers. He will also look afterthe InspectorSunilTakawalefromthe CentralisedAdmissionProcess to fill Part Iand Part II of forms. on December 10 . absent or gradedzerofor the December 3. “In manycases, we found Ranji trophy(senior men Crime Branchread, “Gautam (CAP) and this year,the Maratha Applicationsfor Management or Meanwhile,juniorcolleges exams theyhad attempted. The “Firstly, Ishould makeit that studentshad notselected and women) team at SCA. Pashankarwasbroughtto Puneon quotawas addedtothe existing Minority Quota can besubmitted have been instructedtoensure Indian Express hadreportedon clear that thereisnoquestion some subjects in exam forms, Wednesday. He wasquestioned quotas. Afterone round of admis- to the respective junior colleges. that in viewofthe Covid-19pan- November 20 that an analysis of re-exams. Justbecause the but gave examsofthose sub- about hisdisappearancefor 34 sions took place until September At 11 am on December 5, stu- demicsituation, admission fees of 18,000 marksheets at SPPU studentshavecomplained jectsattheir ownwill. It is dif- Punestart-up days.Prima facie it seems thathe 9,whenthevacancylistforthesec- dentswill be notifiedofjunior should becollectedonlythrough had revealed that10,000-odd doesn’t mean that everymark- ficult to consider all these cases. wasdepressed and having suici- ondroundwastobedeclared,the collegeallotment through the digital payment modes, likebank studentshad notlogged into sheetisbeing revised. HoweverbyDecember3,cases develops dal thoughtsdue to financial is- Supreme Court put astayon studentloginand SMS. The jun- transfers, and e-wallets approved the system or attemptedtheir However, genuine cases will get that aregenuine and eligible surgicalsmoke sues. And because of this, he left the Sociallyand Educationally ior collegelistwill also display by the Government of India or exams. However, the cases of at justice. Forexample, we found will getrevisedmarksheets,” Pune on October 21.Hewent to BackwardClasses (SEBC), or cut-offs.Iftheyare okaywith the ReserveBankofIndia. least8,000 studentswerebe- thatmorethan 200engineer- he said. evacuationdevice severalcitiesduringthistime,and ateam from Unit 1ofthe Crime Pune: City-basedAoneS BranchtrackedhimdownatHotel TO IMPROVE COVID-HIT REVENUE COLLECTION Seven arrested Lab has developedanin- Chandragupt Fort in Jaipur.” digenous cost-effective The release added, “While he PANDEMIC for ‘fishing surgicalsmokeevacuation wasmovingfromoneplaceto an- PMC to cancel property tax discount for those device knownas‘AoneS other,hestartedthinkingabouthis INNUMBERS illegally’ in Ujani Series 6’, whichcan be family members andhow it will usedinanoperation the- affectthemif hetooktheextreme failing to keep eco-friendly projects functional dam backwaters atretoeliminateinfectious step. It is becauseofthisthathe surgical smoke, whichis chosenottoendhislife.Theredoes Vikram Kumar. “Property own- The revenue from develop- cility,inaddition to paying of 16 Pune: Pune RuralPolicehavear- producedbythe thermal notseem to be anyother reason AJAYJADHAV ers claim the discount, but fail to ment chargeshas also been af- billsofeligible patientstaking Covid-19deaths rested sevenpersons foral- destructionof tissueof the behind his disappearance.” PUNE,NOVEMBER25 keep their projectsoperational. fected due to the slowdown in treatment in private hospitals reported in Pune on legedly fishing illegally in the patient by use of lasers or Pashankar's son Kapil told The The civic administration will the real estate sector. However, and the management of Covid Wednesday. backwaters of Ujani Dam. An of- electrosurgical devices in Indian Express, “We feel blessed IN Abid to improveits revenue startcancelling discountsfor the biggestcontribution is from carecentres, Kumar said. fence in this case has been lodged surgeries. Conceptualised having him backwithus. All the collection, whichhas takenahit suchproperties.” the Goods and Sales Tax(GST), Meanwhile, thecivic admin- at the Indapur policestation. by Atul Kaluskar,founder credit goes to theCrime Branch during the Covid-19pandemic, He added, “ThePMC has set whichiscollected by the Union istration will startdrafting the 8,328 Apoliceteam intercepteda of AoneS Labs, the device team, including DCP Bachchan the Pune Municipal Corporation arevenue collection target of Rs government, and later distrib- budget for2021-22 from Toll in the district so far. four-wheeler on Indapur-Akluj comes with multiple lev- Singh and Inspector Sunil (PMC) has decidedtocancel 2,300croreinthe current finan- uted to the civic bodies via the December 21 onwards. bypass road on Mondayafter- els of filtration againstUV Takawale. It is because of their ef- property taxdiscount provided cial year,but could collect just stategovernment. “It has been noticedthat the noon. Theyquestionedthe vehi- radiationandchemicalby- fortsthat my father is back...”. to those who claim it forimple- over Rs 900crore from regular The civic administration has budgetaryprovision made in 1,025 cle driver andothers nabbed pass. Providing safeenvi- MaharashtraHome Minister menting environment-friendly tax. The amnesty scheme in- ensurednonew civic projects the current fiscal to complete FreshCovid-19cases along with him.Theyfound that ronment to the surgeons, Anil Deshmukh tweeted, "The of- steps, but have failedtokeep creasedcollection of Rs 200 arelaunchedthis year,consider- civic work of the previousfinan- reportedon without seeking requisiteper- anaesthetistandothersur- ficers and personnelfromPune their projectsoperational. crorefromdefaulters.” ing the shortage of funds,and cialyear would be extended in Wednesday. mission from the government, gical teams, the device City Crime Branchhavetracked “The PMC provides adis- The revenue collected from has directed that onlynecessary the next year,and willalso im- the sevenmen were allegedly sterilisesand absorbs the down businessman Gautam count in property taxtothose regular property taxisjust40per civicworkshould continue. pact civic work proposedthis fi- fishinginbackwaters of Ujani smokeinthe OT thatcon- Pashankar.Punepoliceteam had implementing environment- cent of the target forthe year, The PMChas spent alarge nancialyear.Thus, departments 3,38,596 dam at various villages, and sell- tains various poisonous to trackhim down, traveling to friendlyprojectssuchasvermi- Kumar said, adding that the im- amount of funds on the contain- should suggestnew revenue The total positive cases ing the fish. Police seized48bags elementsand carcino- Kolhapur,Bangalore,Coimbatore, composting, solar energy and plementation of the civic budget ment of Covid-19inthe city.Rs sources, and also measuresto so farinthe district. with driedfish of different vari- genic, mutagenic, or Kolkata,DelhiandJaipur.Theiref- rainwaterharvesting,” said is going to be affected this finan- 200crore would be spent for reduce civicexpenditure,” eties,worth Rs 6.2 lakh, from toxic chemicals. fortsare reallycommendable." Municipal Commissioner cial year. treatmentatthe jumbo Covid fa- Kumar said. their possession. ENS

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goal is to teachself-defence to 2 class in her neighbourhood and makethem intotrainers like KarateChampionship. and statistics. Iremindedmy- out in hugenumbers, but also RUCHIKAGOSWAMY million women. Besides that, we wherenogirlswere enrolled. She me, who in turn taught martial Unfortunately, she later met self thatIam trainedinmartial had adrive to become trainers PUNE,AGRA,NOVEMBER25 areworking on hostels forvictims wasfascinated by the sportand arts to other girls in schools.” with an accident and had to quit artsand can teachself-defence. or volunteers, with an objective of domestic violence andadesig- soon developed apassion forit. Along with her fight against her dream of competing forthe Ihad also acquired public to makeachangeinthe world.” IN 2016,karatemedallistAparna natedsupport system,which will “WhenIsawthat boys were gain- societalnorms, Rajawatalso Asian Karatechampionship. speakingskills due to tour- Backhome in Agra,Mansi Rajawatfoundedthe Pink Belt includeprofessionalslikedoctors, ing strength at the martial arts fought personal battles. She said She decided to direct all her en- managing.” Chandra, abusinesswoman Mission, aprojectthat aims to lawyers, activistsand counsel- class, Iapproachedmymother. being agirlwho donnedashort ergy intoacademics and subse- It took time forRajawat to who runs ashoe factorycalled provide tools,techniques and lors,” said Rajawat. Afterassessing my passion,my haircut and participatedin sports quentlybecame atour manager leave her careerthatwas brim- Tara Innovations, is also associ- knowledge to strengthen “Iwas among those who mother agreed...” . wasnot areality that waswel- forinternational trips. ming with potential, but two ated with the Pink Belt Mission. women, help them fight violence neveracceptedbullying. While By the time she wasinClass comedather home. It wasonly It wasonlyin2012—when years later,the Pink Belt Mission Chandra employs unskilledand and respond to associated chal- boys in school did notgivemea IX, Rajawathad earnedher black whenshelearntto protectherself she wasinLondon —that she wasborn —the pink represent- unemployedwomen at her fac- lenges. With ateam of 2,000 hardtime, theydid so with other belt and pocketed severaltitles. thatRajawatconceptualisedthat heardabout thegang rape and ing women and the belt sym- tory,teaches them critical skills trainers,the project issaidto have girls and Istood up forthem. She beganteaching martial arts the same could be asolutionfor murder of a23-year-oldgirlin bolising power. “Theproject required forshoe-making, han- helpedover1.5 lakh women What frustrated me wasthat the to girls around her, as asport as everywoman. Delhiand her aspirations were soon gainedmomentum as dling machineryand managing across 12 states so far. girls neverspokeupfor them- well as forself-defence. “Iwas still AparnaRajawat (right) Rajawatwent on to win 13 na- reignited. “Ihad become entre- women were inspired by my assemblylines, so that theymay In Februarythisyear,the Pink selves. Inever understood why in school, but took the classes withMansiChandra. tional-leveltitles in karate(shito preneurial, but the 2012 inci- words. Therewerefivedimen- attain financialstability.Once, Belt Mission had setaGuinness and it remainedwith me fora early in themorningsand post ryu, oiki ryuand kickboxing), be- dent shook me to thecoreand I sions of strength that we shehad encountered injustice WorldRecordfor organising the long time,” addedRajawat. schoolhours.Mynextaim wasto came aNational Open Challenge took hold of myself. Iresearched neededtoworkon—mental, at her factoryand decidedto largest self-defencetraining class As achild,the sportswoman teachthe entirecity of Agra,so victimisedbymen.With theright Champion in karatetwiceand a crimes againstwomen in an ob- emotional, legal, digitaland help herwomenemployees with 7,401girls in Agra. “My next had chancedupon amartial arts that no woman is ever bulliedor permits, Idecidedtocoachgirls silvermedallistintheSouth Asian sessive manner,studiedthe law physical. Women notonlycame garner strength.

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IN RARECASE MUMBAI-BANGALORE HIGHWAY Tobaccogodown, Day-old baby with Multiple-vehicle collision liquor den busted multi-organdysfunction, in Moshiarea on bypass road at Katraj, 6 Pune:Pimpri -Chinchwad Police raidedagodown at Borhade Vasti cytokine storm due inMoshiareaof thecityandrecov- ered illegallystocked tobacco damaged; 2persons injured productsworthRs16.75lakhfrom Station masters protestatthe Divisional Railway manager's to Covid-19 survives the premises on Tuesdaynight. In office to seek insurance cover, on Wednesday. ArulHorizon aseparateincident,aliquordenal- postbirth, as he required resusci- next fewminutes, another take out the drivers who were legedly operating illegally—also EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tation measures. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE heavy vehicle rammedthe ve- trappedinside the damaged in Moshi area —was busted on PUNE,NOVEMBER25 Doctorssaidthebaby’sdistress PUNE,NOVEMBER25 hicle at the back, damaging vehicles,” said Inspector Wednesdayafternoon. progressively increasedandhere- morevehicles in the accident. Devidas Gheware of Sinhagad Inthefirstincident,copsrecov- ‘9outof10 IN Ararecase, aday-old baby quired intubation and wasbeing TWOPERSONSwereinjured in Rescue teams from Pune Road police station. ered ahugeamountoftobacco withmulti-organinvolvement supported by aventilator.AnX- amultiple-vehicle collision in- Fire Brigade and the Fire Inspector Gherware added, productsillegallystocked at the and cytokine storm due to Covid- Rayshowedapneumonia patch, volving five heavy vehicles and Brigade of Pune Metropolitan "This patchofroad is extremely godown. Atempo wasalso seized 19 wastreated by ateam of ex- andasthe motherwasCovidpos- acar on abypassroad of Region Development Authority accident-prone, especiallyin from the premises.Primaryac- Indianshaveone pertdoctors at Jehangir Hospital, itive,furtherinspection wasdone Mumbai-BangaloreHighwayat (PMRDA) rushedtothe spotto thenight,due to the downward cusedKartik Subhash Dalvi (22) and eventually dischargedafter and showedthe babyhad multi- Katraj in Pune in the early hours take thedrivers and other per- slope and inadequatelighting." wasarrestedand, along with two 20 days of hospitalisation. organdysfunctionwith an en- of Wednesday. Theincidentin- sons trappedinsidethe dam- The injured persons have other accused, booked under IPC Thebabyisnow two-and-a- largedliverandspleen,alongwith volvedtwo back-to-backcolli- aged vehicles. Fire brigadeoffi- been identifiedasDnyansagar sections328,269,270,272and188 ormorecontacts half months old, andhas recov- lowbloodsugarsuggestive of pan- sions of heavy vehicles on an cials said that theyhad to use Natrajan (39) and Gokaranlal and relevant sections of the eredwell due to theconcertedef- creatic involvement. accident-prone spotofthe by- metalcutters to pull the Ram(29),bothdrivers of heavy National DisasterManagement fortstaken by the team of Symptoms were due to pass road. trappedpeople out of the dam- vehicles. ActandtheEpidemicDiseasesAct. doctors, astatement issuedon transplacental (throughthe pla- The accident took place aged vehicles. Police have booked the In the second incident, the so- whohadCovid’ Wednesdaybyhospital authori- centa) transmission from the around 3amnear Swami "Afterthe initial collisionin- driverofthe container truck, cial security cell of Pimpri ties stated. mother,hospitalauthorities said. Narayan Temple in Katraj on a volving some vehicles and acar, identifiedasDSelvam. Chinchwad Police bustedanille- due to thefestivalseason even- Sagar Lad, neonatologistat Dr Anshu Sethi, neonatologistat downward slopingpatchonthe another heavyvehicle rammed Police officials said that the galliquor den operating near the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tually ledtothe entirefamilyget- Jehangir Hospital, said it’s very Jehangir,said the babyrequired Pune to Bengaluru corridor of intothe lastone of them. Two multiple-vehicle collisionled to riverbed in Saste Patil Nagarin PUNE,NOVEMBER25 ting infected.Insuchcases, while rarely that aneonatedevelops ahigh dose of IV methylpred- the bypassroad.Apolice offi- drivers have sustainedfractures atraffic snarlonthe patchof Moshi area on Wednesday. onlyone person addedtothe of- post-Covid multi organdysfunc- nisolone,whichisananti-in- cialsaid that when the driverof and twotothree morepersons the highway forawhile. The accused, Bhima Limba AT LEAST88percentIndiansnow ficial Covid case count, four to six tion. Only0.1 per cent babies de- flammatorymedicationusedto one of the vehicles suddenly have sustainedminor injuries. Normal trafficflowresumed Rajpute(40) and Arjun Limba have oneormorecontactsintheir individuals actuallyhad the in- velop cytokine storm (result of treat Covid Cytokine Storm. appliedbrakes, it ledtoaback- Atotal of six vehicles including afterthe rescue operation was Rajput (35), were arrested on the social networkwho have had fection and theycould have inflammatoryprocess in the Paediatric endocrine consultant to-backcollision of vehicles an SUV have been damaged in over and damaged vehicles spot. Police also recovered9,500 Covid-19. To understand the ex- spread it even further. body causeddue to severe SARS- Dr Vaman Khadilkarwas con- coming from behind on the the accident.Firebrigade res- were movedtothe side of lofchemicals worthRs5.5 lakh tent of spread, LocalCircles —a Tapariasaidthataftercompar- COV2), whichhas high mortal- sulted,and prescribed thebaby downward slope. Within the cue teams had to be calledinto the road. and 420 lofliquor. ENS communitysocialmediaplatform ing the latestresults of November ity ratesand can be fatal. medicines usedtotreat resistant whichenables citizens and small withasimilarsurveypublishedin Dr JyotiUnni, consultinggy- and persistent hypoglycaemia. businesses to escalateissues for September,ithas been seen that naecologist, said an emergency Afterseven days of medications policyandenforcementinterven- thereisa29 per cent rise in the caesarean section had to be per- and intensive support,the baby Maharashtra State Legislative Councilfor tions —conducted an online sur- number of citizens reporting five formedafter aCovid positive startedmaintain blood sugars vey from November 20 to 23, or moreindividuals in their social womancomplainedofdecreased and wasgraduallyweanedofthe Teachers&Graduates Constituencies whichreceivedmorethan 9,000 networkwho have had Covid-19. foetal movements. The babywas ventilator.Hewas discharged on responsesfromcitizensacross208 LocalCircles will sharethe find- shiftedtothe neonatalICU ward Day20. districtsofIndia. ings with rele- Election2020, Pune Inastatement,SachinTaparia, vant govern- founderof LocalCircles,statedthat ment Appeal to Voters the platform has observed an in- stakeholders so crease in citizen posts,suggesting that action thatCovid-19 casesarecontinuing whichwillre- Returning Officer,Teachers and Graduate Constituencies Election 2020, Pune to increase,but manypeople are duce Covid Division, appeals to Graduate and Teacher voters that theyshould vote freely on refrainingfromreporting their spread in the symptomsandgettingtested.“We coming weeks, 1st Dec. 2020 without being succumbed to anythreat, intimidation and temptation. conductedasurvey thataskedcit- or makere- izenshowCovid-19hadimpacted porting and their social network(family, ex- tracking of It is also intimated that astrict action will be taken under the appropriate tendedfamily, friends,colleagues, Covidmoreac- provision of Indian Penal Code on anyoffenders who are not eligible to vote for neighbours, business associates, curate, can be etc) in the lasteight months. taken. attempting bogus voting. 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Malayalam film CYCLONE NIVAR Jallikattu HomeSecytellsLS:Can’tgiveJ&K IMD warns of heavy rain is India’s entry over Tamil Nadu & to Oscars telecomfreezedetails,citessecurity Andhra Pradesh till Friday POOJAPILLAI winds and continuous ex- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 matter related to shutdown of to provide detailsonthe Internet theUnionHomeSecretaryhadis- Acharysaid, addingthat min- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tremelyheavy rainfall on LIZMATHEW Internet in J&K…isalso sub-ju- shutdown. When he wasasked suedsuchdirectionstwicein istriesdenyingdocumentsto par- PUNE,NOVEMBER25 Thursdayand Friday, mainly MALAYALAM FILM Jallikattu is NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 dice” in the Supreme Court. about the communication block- December 2019 in specific areas liamentstanding committees, over Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai, India’sofficial entrytothe Best Citing Rule 270ofRulesof adeinotherstates,theofficial,itis of Delhi forlimited periodsonly. where discussionsare confiden- SEVERE CYCLONE Nivar, which Tirupattur and Velloredistricts International FeatureFilm cate- CITING “THEsecurity scenario”, Procedure andConduct of learned, said lawand order is a It alsosaid the Ministry “does not tial, is rare. made landfall on Wednesday in Tamil Nadu, and gory of the 93rdAcademy the MinistryofHome Affairs has BusinessinLokSabha,hesaidthe statesubject. maintaindataofsuchsuspension The IT panel has witnesseda night, will continue to influence Rayalaseema, Chittor,Kurnool, Awards. The film beat out 26 informedLokSabhathatitwillnot “Governmentmaydeclineto pro- Inhisletter,Bhallapointedout ordersissuedby variousstate gov- tussle between the ruling and localweather and lead to heavy Prakasamand Kadapadistricts other films, includingThe beableto discloseinformationre- duce adocument on the ground thattheUnionHomeSecretaryor ernmentsincluding Jammuand Opposition parties over the rain on Thursday, theIndia of Andhra Pradesh. Disciple, Shakuntala Devi, lating to suspension of telecom that itsdisclosurewouldbeprej- the Secretaryincharge of the Kashmir.” agenda of telecom and Internet Meteorological Department Heavy rain has also been Chhapaak,Eeb AllayOoo!, and InternetservicesinJammu & udicialtothe safetyorinterestof Home Department can issue di- Former Lok Sabha Secretary services in J&K. BJP members of (IMD) has said. The landfall forecastoversouth-interior Serious Men, Bulbbul and Kashmir. the state”. rectionforsuspensionof telecom GeneralPDTAcharysaidrulesal- the panel have objected to adis- process can take up to several parts of Karnatakaand Gunjan Saxena. It waschosen for In aletterWednesdaytoLok The Standing Committee on services.“Ithasbeenverifiedfrom lowthe government to reject a cussion on the issue. hourstocomplete,during which Telangana on Thursdayand itsdepictionofthe “rawside of SabhaSecretaryGeneralSnehlata Information Technology,headed theLokSabhaSecretariatthatthe parliamentarypanel’sdemandfor The Lok Sabha Speaker has gale winds and heavy rainfall can Friday, as these regions will human beings, that we are Shrivastava,Union Home by CongressMPShashi Tharoor, Committee proposes to discuss documentsifthe matterislinked written to allpanel heads, asking be expectedoverregions that come under the influence of the worse than animals,” said Rahul SecretaryAjayBhalla said, “con- had sought the presenceofMHA mainly thesuspensionof telecom to nationalsecurity. them to avoid sub judice matters the cyclone will cross. cyclone whichwould, by then, Rawail, chairman of Film sidering the security scenario in representativesfor abriefing servicesinJ&K…TheMHAhasal- “Thegovernmentcantake the in committee meetings. Tharoor, Heavy rain has been lashing be over themainland. Federation of India jurywhich UT of Jammu &Kashmir, disclo- Wednesdayon‘Suspension of readystateditspositionontheis- pleathatsincethematterinvolves however, repliedtothe Speaker, Chennai since Monday. Between Severe Cyclone Nivaristhe selected the film. sureofinformationrelatingto sus- TelecomServices/Internetandits sue and issues related to the sub- thecountry’ssecurity,thegovern- saying theissue of Internet con- Monday and Wednesday(5.30 second cyclone in twoyearsto The film is aboutthe vio- pension of telecom services Impact’. ject before the Committee in its ment is notobliged to supplythe nection wasnolonger pending pm), thetotal rainfall recorded hit Tamil Nadu. In November lence and depravity that lurks would be prejudicial to the safety AlthoughAdditionalSecretary lastmeeting dated 16th October, documentsorpapersorsendoffi- before thecourtand that on in Chennai was291mm. On 2018,CycloneGajahad caused justbeneath the surface of or interestofthe state”. GovindMohan appeared before 2020 and has nothing further to cialsbeforethe committee to de- August16, the Centre allowed4G Wednesday, heavyrainfall was large-scale destruction in the everydaylife. He also pointed out that “the thepanel,sourcessaidhedeclined stateoraddinthisregard,”hesaid. pose. But thegovernment has to Internetaccess on trial basis in recordedbetween 8.30 am and state. In October,the Ministryhad satisfytheSpeakerthatthematter Ganderbal and Udhampurinthe 5.30 pm at various places in This year,till now, has been Securitisation Notice under S. 13(2) of SARFAESI Act, 2002. toldtheparliamentarypanelthat involves securityofthe country,” Union Territory. Tamil Nadu: Cuddalore(75mm), rain-deficient forTamil Nadu. It CITIBANK N. A., Having Office at 2nd Floor,37/3, Onyx Tower,Near Westin Hotel, North Koregaon Park, Main Road, Pune- 411001, Karaikal (56mm), Puducherry is onlythis week that the state acting throughAuthorized Officer, Mr.AnandAgaskar/Mr.ZuberAhmed, hereby serve subject notice as hereunder (62mm) and Nagapattinam hasbeen receiving continuous Citibank had advanced the Mortgage Loan facility on request and representation made by the following customers for an amount ¾Fbdð´FÂFI (40mm). and heavy rain during the ongo- more particularly mentioned hereunder and as per the terms of the agreement the property against which the loan were availed were The IMD has warnedofgale ing NortheastMonsoonseason. secured by way of equitable mortgage. Sr. Name of Borrower,Loan Amount Description of the Property Schedule NPADate & F&-peenerjefveefJeoe No. and Loan Account No. Amount O/s 1 1. Mrs. Kalpana Jodhwani, Jodhwani House, All the piece and parcel of the land bearing the Survey No. NPADate: keâeÙee&}ÙeeÛesveeJe- d¨F´FTc¯F ³F¦FS ´FdS¿FQ lee. efÛeheUtCe, efpe. jlveeefiejer BJP claims ‘Lalu tape’, Sr.No. 11/2/1, Kanwarram Park, Opp. Sukhwani 11/2/1, (part) total admeasuring 2100 Sq Ft. land out of 31-May-2020 City,Pimpri, Pune –411017.AlsoAt: Ghanshyam which 1300 Sq. Ft. i. e120.77 Sq. Mtrs of land consisting of Total ¾FFÀF³FF¨FZ d½F¾FZ¿F SXÀ°FF A³FbQF³FAa°F¦FÊ°F ½F ru ½FFd½FØF AF¹Fû¦FFAa°F¦FÊ°Fd¨F´FTc¯F ³F¦FSX ´FdSX¿FQ WXïe°FeÕX SXÀ°FZ OXFa¶FSXeIYSX¯F Textiles, Plot No:246, Shagun Chowk Pimpri, foundation of 10x 10 feet built with katcha bricks &Mud, amount of Pune 411017. 2. Mr.Prabhudas Jodhwani, being and lying at Pimpri Waghere within the jurisdiction of IYSX¯¹FF¨Fe IYF¸FZIYSX¯FZ¶FF¶F°F ¾FFÀF³F ¸FF³¹F°FF´FiF´°F d³Fd½FQF²FFSXIYFaIYOcX³FBÊ-d³Fd½FQF ÀFc¨F³FF IiY¸FFaIY rqtr ÀF³F sqsq-sr telling MLA to skip Sub-Registrar haveli-5, Pimpri, and within the limits of Rs. Jodhwani House, Sr.No. 11/2/1, Kanwarram 1,89,20,845.90/- dQ³FFaIY sx.rq.sqsq SXûªFe¨¹FF Q`d³FIY SX°³FFd¦FSXe MXFB¸ÀF, Q`d³FIY ÕXûIYÀFØFF, Q`.BadOX¹F³F E¢À´FiZÀF ¹FF ½FÈØF´FÂFFa¸F²¹FZ´FidÀFð Park, Opp. Sukhwani City,Pimpri, Pune – Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Taluka Haveli, District Pune, and bounded as follows: Bounded by standing due IYSX¯¹FF°FAFÕZXÕXe WXû°Fe. 411017. Also At: Ghanshyam Textiles, Plot :East: Mrs. I.H Nagdev and Mr.G.M.Nagdev's property , as on Speaker’s vote, cite Covid No:246, Shagun Chowk Pimpri, Pune 411017. 3. West: Mr.N.H Nagdev and Mr.A.M.Khatri's property,South: 29-Jul-2020. ● ÀFQSX BÊ-d³Fd½FQZ¸F²FeÕX ÀFd½FÀ°FSXAMXe ½F ¾F°FeÊʸF²FeÕX AMX IiY.rt¸F²FeÕX d³Fd½FQF²FFSXIY ¹FFa³Fe´FFÂF°FZÀFa¶Fad²F°F ÀFFQSX Thakkurr Jodhwanii, Jodhwani House, Sr.No. Mr.T.U.Jodhwani's property,North: Municipal Gutter, IYSXF½F¹FF¨¹FF IYF¦FQ´FÂFFa¨¹FF°F´Fd¾FÕXF°FeÕX IYF¸FF¨FZ A³Fb·F½FF¶FF¶F°F ¸FWXFSXFáÑX ¾FFÀF³FF¨FZ ÀFF½FʪFd³FIY¶FFa²FIYF¸F d½F·FF¦FFIYOXeÕX 11/2/1, Kanwarram Park, Opp. Sukhwani City, Alongwith all the easement rights and appurtenants thereto. ADAY afteraccusingLalu Pimpri, Pune –411017. Also At: Ghanshyam Location: Pimpri Waghere Southern Limits And Area Near dQ³FFaIY sx.z.sqry SXûªFe¨FZ ¾FFÀF³F d³F¯FʹFF¸F²FeÕX ¸FF¦FÊQ¾FÊIYÀFc¨F³FF ¶Fa²F³FIYFSXIY AÀF°FeÕX ¹FF¨Fe ÀF½FÊ d³Fd½FQF²FFSXIY ¹FFa³Fe Textiles, Plot No:246, Shagun Chowk Pimpri, Bank Of Pawana River SANTOSHSINGH& Prasad of trying to topple the Pune 411017. LoanAccount No.: 918235 ³FûÔQ§¹FF½Fe. °FSXe ¹FF´Fc½FeÊ ´FidÀFð IYSX¯¹FF°F AFÕZX»¹FF BÊ-d³Fd½FQZ¸F²FeÕX IYF¸FF¨FZ A³Fb·F½FF¶FF¶F°F¨Fe AMX SXï ÀF¸FªF¯¹FF°F ¹FF½Fe. ABHISHEKANGAD NDAgovernmentinthe state, LoanAmount: Rs. 2,00,00,000/- ● °FÀFZ¨FÀFQSX BÊ-d³Fd½FQZ¨FZ½FZTF´FÂFIYF¸F²¹FZ JFÕXeÕX´Fi¸FF¯FZ¶FQÕXIYSX¯¹FF°F AFÕZXÕXF AFWZX. PATNA,RANCHI,NOV25 former Bihar deputy chief min- 2 1. Maheshkumar Shriram Toshniwal, 1/2 Flat All that piece and parcel of premises bearing Flat No. 707 NPADate: BÊ- d³Fd½FQZ¨FZ ½FZTF´FÂFI isterSushil Kumar Modi re- No. 8, 3rd Floor,Kashi Apt, Near Panch Haud, on the Seventh Floor of the building known as “OM 30-Jun-2020 MEGHPARSHA” situated at Plot no.35+36+37, SNo. 573, Guruwar Peth, Pune 411002. Also At: Total d³Fd½FQF´FidIiY¹FZ¨Fe °FFSXeJ½F½FZT leased an audio purportedly Maheshkumar ShriramToshniwal, Archana Hissa No1 to 5A, Bibawewadi, TalHaveli, Dist. Pune 411037 featuringthe RJD chief, who is admeasuring 988 sq ft i.e 91.82 Sq Mtrs including Attached amount of Textiles, 681, Opp. Manish Market, Raviwar Peth, Rs. Pune 411002. Also At: Maheshkumar Shriram Terrace situated in Building BofOMMEGHSPARSHA” A. IiY. d³Fd½FQF ´FidIiY¹FZ¨FZÀ½FøY´F dQ³FFaIY ½FZT serving time on fodder charges hereinafter referred to as “THE SAID FLAT” and which 2,35,771.32/- in Ranchi, telling Pirpaiti Toshniwal, Flat No. 707,7th Floor,“Om having boundaries as under:Bounded by: East: Flat No r AFG³FÕXFB³F MZÔXOXSX ´FidÀFðe -.rr.sqsq ÀFIYFTerq½FF.´FFÀFc³F Meghasparsha, B-Building, H. No:1-5, Plot standing due 706, West: Basera Bldg, South: Flat No 712, North: Flat No as on (Bhagalpur) BJP MLALalan No:35+36 +37,S.No:573 Bibawewadi, Pune- 708 s AFG³FÕXFB³F d³Fd½FQF OXFDY³FÕXûOX IYSX¯¹FF¨FF ÀFb÷Y½FF°FIYFÕXF½F²Fe -.rr.sqsq ÀFIYFTe rq ½FF.´FFÀFc³F 411037. 2. Mrs Archana Mahesh Toshniwal, 28-Jul-2020. Paswan over thephone to ab- 1/2Flat No. 8, 3rd Floor,Kashi Apt, Near Panch t AFG³FÕXFB³F d³Fd½FQF ·FSX¯¹FF¨FF ÀFb÷Y½FF°F IYFÕXF½F²Fe -.rr.sqsq ÀFIYFTe rq ½FF.´FFÀFc³F sent himself from voting for Haud, Guruwar Peth, Pune 411002. Also At: Mrs the Speaker’s election held on Archana Mahesh Toshniwal, Flat No. 707, 7th u AFG³FÕXFB³F d³Fd½FQF ·FSX¯¹FF¨FF ÀF¸FF´°Fe IYFÕXF½F²Fe qx.rs.sqsq ÀFF¹Fa. v½FFªFZ´F¹FË°F Floor,“Om Meghasparsha, B-Building, H. No:1-5, Wednesday. As Paswan Plot No:35+36 +37,S.No:573 Bibawewadi, Pune- v AFG³FÕXFB³F d³Fd½FQF CX§FOX¯¹FF¨FF MZXd¢³FIYÕX (´FFMÊX) IYFÕXF½F²Fe qy.rs.sqsq ÀFF¹Fa. v.qq ½FFªF°FF claimedhereceivedthe call on 411037. LoanAccount No.: 903518 Tuesday, LoanAmount: Rs. 12,75,178/- ÀFd½FÀ°FSX BÊ-d³Fd½FQFÀFc¨F³FF ¾FFÀF³FF¨FZ www.mahatenders.gov.in/ ¹FFÀFaIZY°FÀ±FTF½FSX CX´FÕX¶²FAFWZX. d¨F´FTc¯F³F¦FSX´FdSX¿FQ IYF¹FFÊÕX¹F, the BJPand JD(U) de- 3 1. Mr.Rajesh Zutshi. Flat No. 703, 7th Floor,C Flat No. 703 on 7th floor in building called “C” in the cluster NPADate: manded aprobe into "the Lalu Bldg, Varun DSK, Vishwa Phase III, Dhayari, called “Varun” in the project called “DSK-VISHWA” PHASE 30-Apr-2020 dQ³FFaIY:sv.rr.sqsq Pune- 411041. Also At: WNS NTRANCE 4th –III admeasuring about 62.71 Sq Mtrs. (about 675 Sq. Ft.) of tape". builtup area equivalent to about 56.02 Sq. Mtrs. (about 603 Total ÀFWXe/- Floor,Wing A,B Tower I, Cybercity Magarpatta amount of BJPleaderVijay Kumar City,Hadapsar Pune 411028. 2. Sunny Zutshi, Sq. Ft.) of the carpet area inclusive of internal passage and balconies and Terrace adjacent to flat No. 703 on 7th floor in Rs. ½F`·F½F d½F²FF°FZ Sinha waselected the Flat No. 703, 7th Floor,CBldg, Varun DSK, 1,87,159.00/- Vishwa Phase III, Dhayari, Pune- 411041. building called “C” in the cluster called “Varun” in the project ¸Fb£¹FFd²FI FSe Assembly Speakeron called “DSK-VISHWA” PHASE –III admeasuring about 5.20 standing due LoanAccount No.: 912367 Wednesday, getting 126votes, Sq. Mtrs.( 56 Sq. Ft.) of builtup area equivalent to about 4.74 as on d¨F´FTc¯F³F¦FSX´FdSX¿FQ LoanAmount: Rs. 6,00,000/- Sq.Mtrs.(about51Sq.Ft.)ofcarpetarea. 28-Jul-2020. including Paswan’s and Independent MLASumit 4 1. Mr.Suresh Shankar Bamne, Sr.No. 37, SCHEDULE- I: All piece and parcel bearing Fat No. 301, BRUHATBENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE Bhujbal Wakhar,Bijli Nagar,Kale Padal, 2nd Floor in Building called 'Omkar Building', S. No. 19, H. NPADate: Oice of the ExecutiveEngineer (Ele), South Zone, Kumar’s. Mahagathbandhan Hadapsar,Pune- 411028. Also At: Flat No. 301, No.1A/1, OffPune Saswad Road, Gondhale Nagar, 30-Jun-2020 candidateAwadh Bihari Hadapsar,Pune 411028. Jayanagar 2nd Block, BBMP,Bengaluru 2nd Floor,Omkar Building, Sr.No. 19, H. No. Total Choudharygot 114votes. 1A/1. Off. Pune Saswad Road, Gondhale Nagar, amount of No.: BBMP/EE/ELE/S/TEND/16/2020-21 Date: 20.11.2020 Hadapsar,Pune 411028. Also At: S.No: 106, Rs. Three MLAs including one of Suryalok Nagari, Behind Gosavi Nagar, 2,82,100.96/- INVITATION FOR TENDER (IFT) the AIMIM remained absent Kuwaituwadi, Pune 411013. Also At: M/S Pune standing due (Two Cover System) (Through E-Procurement Portal only) Cantonment Board, Cantonment Board Hospital, during voting. as on TheExecutive Engineer (Elect), South Zone invites tenders in In the tape releasedby Golibar Maidan Camp, Pune 411001. 28-Jul-2020. 2. Mrs. Kalpana Bamne, Sr.No. 37, Bhujbal accordance with KTPP Rules 2000, from eligible contractors Modi,the man said to be Lalu Wakhar,Bijli Nagar,Kale Padal, Hadapsar,Pune- 411028. Also At: Flat No. 301, 2nd Floor,Omkar registered in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike /KPWD urgesPaswantomiss theses- Building, Sr.No. 19, H.No. 1A/1. Off. Pune on behalf of the Commissioner,BBMP,asdetailed in the table. sion citing Covid infection and Saswad Road, Gondhale Nagar,Hadapsar,Pune offers him aministerial berth 411028. Also At: S.No: 106, Suryalok Nagari, Approxi. Behind Gosavi Nagar,Kuwaituwadi, Pune Sl. Value of EMD should the Mahagathbandhan Name of the Work 411013. LoanAccount No.: 906287 No. Work (Rs. (in Rs.) getthe Speaker of itschoice LoanAmount: Rs. 5,05,750/- in Lakhs) and topple the NDAgovern- 5 1. Mr.Vikas Suvalal Desadla, Flat No. 8A &8B, Flat No. A-8a +A-8b, on Fifth Floor,admeasuring about NPADate: Upgradation of Park Lighting System ment. The MLAremains non- 5th Floor,Awing, Vrundavan Bldg, Opp. 86.50 sq. mtrs., carpet area and considering all aspects as 30-Apr-2020 committal. Rajmachikar Mill, CTS No. 421 &422, Shaniwar mentioned in this agreement is 107.62 sq. mtrs., built up i.e., Total in Bouleward D, E, F, Parks and 1158.0 sq.ft. built inclusive of area of balconies and of the 1 99.00 1,98,000/- Paswan said he had re- Peth, Pune 411030. Also At: 753 Sadshiv Peth, amount of Gopalakrishna Adiga Park Jayanagara Office No. 1, Pune- 411030 proportionate area, share in common passage, staircase, ceivedthe call via an aide of landing, lift, Architectural Projection etc., along with a Rs. 7th Block in Ward No. 166. 2. Mrs. Seena Vikas Desadla, Flat No. 8A/8B, 5th 43,01,583.75/- Lalu."Ikepttellinghim that I Floor,Awing, Vrundavan Bldg, Opp. Rajmachikar terrace adjacent to the said flat admeasuring about 170.0 Providing Ornamental Lighting System sq. ft. i.e., 15.79 sq. mtrs., and along with aTerrace on the standing due Mill, CTS No. 421 &422, Shaniwar Peth, Pune in 32nd Cross and 4th Cross, Jayanagar am bound by party rules," 411030. top floor of front sideA&Bwing Building i.e., above the said as on 2 55.00 1,10,000/- Paswan said. The office of the flat admeasuring about 3353 sq. fts i.e., 311.52 sq. mtrs., 27-Jul-2020. 7th Block and 27th Cross, Banashankari LoanAccount No.: 918706 along with an exclusive parking space on the ground floor as JharkhandIGP (Prisons) said LoanAmount: Rs. 43,00,000/- shown in the parking floor plan annexed herewith, 2nd Stage in Ward No. 166. admeasuring about 100.00 sq. fts i.e., 9.29 sq. mtrs., in the he hadrequestedthe Ranchi building named as “VRINDAVAN”, being constructed upon (1) Tender documents may be downloaded from the district administration to look the property /land bearing CTS No. (421 +422) B, lying and e-procurement portal from 27.11.2020. (2) Tenders must be intothe alleged violation of the situated at Shaniwar Peth, Pune 411030, Pune, totally submitted online through e-procurement portal on or before admeasuring about 360.38 sq. mtrs within the limits of Pune jail manual. municipal and within the Jurisdiction of District Registrar, 4:00 p.m. on 29.12.2020 and Technical Bid shall be opened As per the audio released Haveli, Dist- Pune Sub Registrar,Haveli No. 1, Dist- Pune on 31.12.2020 at 4:00 p.m. Further details may be obtained and which is bounded as follows: Bounded by: East: by Modi,aLalu aide first Municipal Road, West: 505/A, Shaniwar Peth, South: (421 + from the above oice during oice hours or website speakstoPaswan’s personal 422)A&423AShaniwar Peth.North: 423 B, Shaniwar Peth. https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in assistant, before thetwo lead- 6 1. Rajesh Manbir Singh -Applicant, 2. Kanchan AFlat No. 302, 3rd Floor,HBldg, Wing 1, known as "Blue Bell" NPADate: Sd/- Executive Engineer (Elec.), South Zone, BBMP ers areput in touch. The RJD as having an admeasuring Built-up area of 1140 Sq. fts Rajesh Singh -Co-Applicant, Also at: Current 31-Mar-2020 chief apparentlysays,"Achha Residence Address &Property Address: Flat No. (105.90 Sq. Mts.) constructed on piece and parcel of land Total 302, 3rd Floor,Blue Bell, HBldg, Wing I, Sukhwani situated within the registration Sub-Division Taluka, Haveli suno, hum log tumkoaagebhi No.5 (Pimpri) Division, Pune within the local Limits of Pune amount of Campus, Pimpri Waghere, Pune -411 018. Rs. badhayenge. Wahan kal jo 1. Rajesh Manbir Singh -Applicant, 2. Kanchan MunicipalCorporationatS.No.177HissaNo.187,S.No.188 Hiss No. 2, CTS No. 4858, 485/1, 4858/2, Plot No. A, land 40,08,319.00/- Speaker ka chunavhai, usmein Rajesh Singh -Co-Applicant, Also at: Office standing due address, NCS Computech Ltd.,101 Faith Center, bearing out of Sukhwani Campus, Pimpri, Waghere, Pune - hum logon ka saath do to hum 411018, within the Registration Sub District Taluka, Haveli as on New Airport Road, Sakkorenagar Viman Nagar, No. 09 District Pune and which land is bounded as follows: tumkomantribanayenge. Pune -411014. 15-Jul-2020. On or towards the East: By Society,Onortowards the West: Hum log kal uskogiradenge. LoanAccount No.: 914179 By Entrance &Passage. On or towards the South: By Blue LoanAmount: Rs. 46,35,000/- BellII,OnortowardstheNorth:ByAdjacentFlatNo.301. Samjhe na (Listen, we will pro- mote you. Help us in tomor- 7 1. M/s. Chintamanis JewelleryArcade Pvt. Ltd., Schedule: Loan Account No. 918684: All that piece and NPADate: row’s election forSpeaker, we 2. Mr.Chintamani Arun Kaigaonkar, 301/302, parcel of the Flat No.2 ,Adm. Approx. 1500Sq. Fts., i.e., 31-Jul-2020 3rd Floor,Suraj Vista building, Kashinath Dhuru 139.35 Sq. Mrs. on the First Floor,ofthe building known as will makeyou minister. We GopikaNiketan Co-Operatice Housing Society Ltd., Total amount of Marg, Kirti College Lane,Prabhadevi, Mumbai - Loan Account will topple theirgovernment. 400028, Maharastra. Also at: Mr.Chintamani constructed on the land bearing city survey No. 1204/2, Sub Arun kaigaonkar,501/502, Suraj Vista, Kashinath Plot No. 2, Corresponding final Plot No. 586, Owned by: No. 918684: Understood)?" Dhuru Marg, Near Kirti College, Dabar West, poona Hindu Middle Class Co-Operative Housing Society Rs. While Leader of Opposition Ltd., Sitauted at Shivajinagar,Bhamburda, in the registration 99,02,650.91/- Mumbai -400028, Maharastra. M/s. Chintamanis Tejashwi Yadavquestionedthe Jewellery Arcade Pvt. Ltd., Mr.Chintamani Sub-District, Taluka Haveli, District Pune, with in the limits of standing due Arun Kaigaonkar, Flat No. 2, 2nd Floor &Flat No. Pune Municipal Corpopration along with the membership of as on presence of ministers Ashok the said Gopika Niketan Co-Operative Housing Society. 3, 3rd Floor,Gopika Nikethan Chs Ltd., Shivaji Loan Account No. 918687: All that piece and parcel of the 20-Aug-2020. Kumar Choudharyand Nagar,Bhamburda, Pune -411005. flat No.3 ,Adm. Approx. 1400 Sq. Fts., built up area i.e., Loan Account Mukesh Sahani, who arenot LoanAccount No.: 918684 &918687 130.11Sq. Mrs. on the Second Floor,ofthe building known as No. 918687: LoanAmount: Rs. 1,00,00,000/- & Gopika Niketan Co-Operatice HousingSociety Ltd., Rs. members of either House, dur- Rs. 1,90,00,000/- constructed on the land bearing city survey No. 1204/2, 1,84,54,540.50/- ing the voting, he did notspeak Corresponding final Plot No. 568, Owned by: poona Hindu standing due on the allegations regarding Middle Class Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd., Sitauted at as on thetape. Shivajinagar,Bhamburda, Ghole Road, in the registration 20-Aug-2020. Sub-District, Taluka Haveli, District Pune, with in the limits of RJD spokesperson Pune Municipal Corpopration along with the membership of the said Gopika Niketan Co-Operative Housing Society. Mrityunjay Tiwari said, "Aswe Bounded by: East: By Marginal Open Space and beyond have said before,the entire that Kamla Arcade Building. West: By Marginal Open Space and beyond that Kamal Arcade Building. South:By Marginal NDAisafraidofour leader Lalu Open Space and beyond that City Survey No. 1204/3, North: Prasad... We arenot convinced By Portion of the building owned by Mr.Kaigaonkar. of the authenticityofthe au- As per the terms and conditions of the agreement, you the above mentioned Borrowers were required to keep the loan dio tape." account regularised by payment of the equated monthly installments as and when the same became due. However,the SeniorJD(U)leader Sanjay operation and the conduct of the accounts in respect of the abovementioned loan facility have become irregular and Kumar Jha said the tape was thus Citibank NAwas constrained to classify your account as NPAasper RBI procedure. evidence of the politics of the Now Bank calls upon you under the powers conferred in terms of Sec 13(2) of the SARFAESIAct, 2002 to repay the total amount outstanding/s within aperiod of 60 days from the date hereof together with interest thereon and other costs Mahagathbandhan. "Skeptics involved in the transactions. &arm-chairtheorists who On your failure, bank shall be constrained to take recourse of relevant of the provisions of the saidAct, against all or any one were desperatelyselling an al- ormoreofthesecuredassets,entirelyatyourriskastocostsandconsequencesthereof. ternativepolitics that the In terms of the provisions of S. 13 (13) of the said act, you are hereby prohibited from transferring, either by way of sale, Mahagathbandhanwould lease or otherwise (other than in the ordinary course of your business), any of the secured assets as referred to in this usherinshouldbow in shame notice without prior consent our client. today. The #LaluTape is ates- The Notice sent through RPAD were not served, hence the copy of the same is affixed to his house and published in the timonytoNDA’s firm belief paper. that The Godfather’s party Place: Pune For Citibank N.A., Authorised Officer would’veunleashedawaveof Date: 24-11-2020 Mr.Anand Agaskar/Mr.Zuber Ahmed, degeneration of Bihar," he said.

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ahead, sources said that the file civicbodyhassofargarneredjust SANDEEPASHAR has nowbeen senttothe Chief over Rs 300crore or so under the MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 Minister's Office (CMO)for afinal head.Besidesbringingdowncon- approval. Whilethe CMO has structioncosts,thegovernmentis BUILDERSINMaharashtraare set calledforapresentationontheis- hopingthattheone-timewindow to getaone-yearspecialpayment sue, sources said the state's fiscal will result in moresubmissions window where constructionpre- managers arenot in favour of ap- forproject approval, raising its miums and levies payable by plying the perkevenfor infra- ownrevenues. themwillbehalved.Government structureand development Sourcessaidthattheperkwill sourcessaidthatthestatefinance chargespayable by builders. beavailableforconstructionproj- departmenthas givenagoahead Aformal announcementre- ectsacross the state. Also, it has to aproposal forlowering of con- garding the lowering of the pre- beendecidedthattheconcession structionpremiumsandleviesby miumsforayearisexpectedafter will be extendedfor ongoing de- 50percenttillDecember31,2021. the lifting of the ongoing code of velopments,including those Industrycaptains have been conduct forthe December 1polls wherepartinstallmentsofthe demandingasector-specificstim- forfiveLegislative Council seats, premium have been paid. The ulus contending thatthe slow- said sources. government is settoimpose a down and the liquidity freeze, InMumbai, construction pre- riderthatthefacilityinsuchcases worsened by the lockdown, was miums and leviesaccount for will be applicableonlyfor those erodingwealth and causing job morethan 30 per cent of the total who sticktothe installment losses, besides delaying comple- project cost.The Deepak Parekh schedule. It,however, remains tion of construction projects. committeehad arguedthat the waryof caseswherebuilderswill Acting on the findings of a premium and charges, especially avail the sop but default on pay- committee ledbyHDFC in Mumbai, were significantly mentof further installments.The ChairmanDeepak Parekh, the higher as compared to other big sop, onceavailed, is proposedto stateurban development(UD) cities -afactorthat heightened be continuedtill the project's departmenthadearlierproposed costs andincreasedworkingcap- completion,aconditionthatsome thelowering of thechargesbyof- ital requirement in amarket government town planners, too, fering the special one-year win- wherelenders were risk averse have objectedto. dow. Whilethe ShivSena-con- and reluctant to fund developers. While theDeepak Parekh trolledBrihanmumbaiMunicipal Beforethelockdown,theBMC committeehadalsosuggestedthe Corporation (BMC) has already had estimated collections of defermentof premiumpayments backedthe idea, the UD had sub- around Rs 3,000 crorefromcon- tillthetimeof grantingof occupa- IN REMEMBRANCE mitted thefilefor the financede- struction premiumsand levies in tioncertificatetoprojects,thegov- partment's consent. 2020-21. But withconstruction ernment has shotitdown, said Preparations underway at National Security Guardpremises in Mumbai on Wednesday, the eveof12th anniversaryof26/11terrorattacks. PradipDas Following the latter's go activity almostatastandstill, the sources. HC allows Republic TV Woman molested by passenger in train Sarnaik seeks aweek’s timetoappear wasaman, Rahim Shaikh (32), saidthat Shaikhassured her that to challenge chargesheet EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE asleep on aseat. shewasnow safe.However, justas before ED, says ‘in quarantine’ MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 Secondsaftershehadboarded, thetrainwasaboutto departfrom another man – later identified the platform, he went to the door been hospitaliseddue to hyper- wasalso one of the firstpoliti- filed by Mumbai AWOMAN passenger wasmo- Santacruz Eastresident and calledDikshit backinside. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tension. Sources said both were cians in the statetoseek are-in- lestedbyafellowpassengerinside Omprakash Dikshit (32) – fol- In between Borivali and MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 expected to appear before the ED vestigation intothe AnvayNaik Police in fakeTRP case alocaltrainlateTuesdaymoments lowedher inside, held aknife to Kandivali stations, Shaikh mo- on Wednesday. suicidecase, forwhichGoswami afterhesaved her from an armed herthroatanddemandedthatshe lestedthe woman and took away ADAY afterthe ED conducted Sarnaik,athree-time Sena wassubsequentlyarrestedby Republic TV,sought leave to chain snatcher. hand overher gold necklaceand her necklaceand cellphone, the searches at the residences and MLAfromThane, had initiated a the Raigad Police. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE amend the plea with challenges The incident took place when cellphone, the police said. police said. Both men alighted offices of ShivSena MLAPratap breachofprivilegemotion As per norms, the ED issues MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 to the chargesheet. He sought a the woman wastravelling from Shaikh waswoken by the from the train at Kandivali. As the Sarnaik and his son Vihang, the againstRepublicTVeditor-in- three notices to theaccusedask- shortadjournment to hear the Bhayander to Kandivali. She woman's cries forhelp and came woman raisedanalarm,the po- MLAhas requestedthe ED fora chief Arnab Goswami forhis re- ing them to appear before them THE BOMBAY High Courton amendedpleaonFriday. climbedintothegeneralcompart- to her aid. The police said that he licemen on duty at the station week's time to appear before it. marks againstChief Minister forquestioning. The agency gets WednesdayallowedARG Outlier Senior advocateKapil Sibal, mentof aslowChurchgate-bound hitDikshitontheheadandchased managed to catch Dikshit. While Sarnaik has said he UddhavThackeray and other the right to arrest them on Media Pvt Ltd, whichruns representingthe stategovern- trainat11.44pmfromtheBorivali him out of the train. In her com- On Thursday, Shaikh wasar- wasinCovid-19quarantine, ministers of the Maha Vikas grounds of non-cooperation if RepublicTV,toamenditspetition ment,objectedto Ponda'ssubmis- station. The onlypassenger inside plaint to thepolice, the woman rested from Kandivali West. Vihang is withhis wife, who has Aghadi (MVA) government.He theyfail to appear before it. to challengethechargesheetfiled sionand said the petitioners by Mumbai Police in the fake TRP should placeonrecordthe case.Thecompanyhadfiledape- groundsonwhichthe MONEYLAUNDERINGCASE tition forquashing theFIR regis- chargesheetissoughttobechal- ‘Blue tide’ spotted at Juhu, Devgad beach in Ratnagiri teredbytheMumbaiPoliceinthe lenged so that the government ED shall not insist on case and summons issuedtoits cangetanopportunitytorespond. senior officials. Sibal said, "Everymatter of SANJANABHALERAO appearance till Dec 14, TheHighCourtalsocontinued Arnab Goswami cannotbefast- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 aninterimrelief throughwhichit trackedlikethis.Heisanordinary directed the Mumbai Police to litigantand notanextraordinary WAVES HITTING Maharashtra's HC on Anand Grover summon employees of Hansa citizen. Idon't understand what shoreline,including Juhu Beach, Research Group, complainant in thisprocedureis." have been ashimmering shade being summoned thecase,forinquiryonlytwo days The HC allowedtime to the of blue over the pastfew nights. aweekfora"reasonabletime"un- petitionerstoamend thepleatill The phenomenon called'blue said, "The virus is spreading rap- tilthenexthearing.Thecompany Fridayandserve acopytothestate tide', when luminescent marine EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE idly. Thepetitioner is around 80 had asked forthe probetobe governmentsothatitcanrespond life makes the sea appear adeep MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 yearsoldandhadtestedCovid-19 transferredtothe CBI. to it. The benchnoted, "Wehave shade of blue, wasobserved positive.Wehavetorespect hu- On November 5, adivision allowedthe petition to be across severalcoastalareas this IN AN interim relief to NGO manity,hisageandyour(ED)pro- benchofJustice SSShinde and amendedsubjecttothereplyand year. LawyersCollective anditsfounder, ceedingstoo.Keepinmindwhat- JusticeMSKarnik, whichishear- contentions of the stateon The spectacle occurs when senioradvocateAnandGrover,the ever news is coming(related to ingthecase,directedtheMumbai amendment. Petitioners can phytoplankton (microscopic Bombay High Courton the pandemic). We needtomind Policeto submitaprogressreport amendwithoutcausingprejudice marine plants), commonly WednesdaytoldtheEnforcement the present case, but in this situa- in the TRP scam case in asealed to the right of respondents knownasdinoflagellates, pro- Directorate(ED)nottoinsistonhis tioninourstateandrisingcasesin cover, whichittook on recordon (state)."Whilethelawyerssought duce lightthrough chemical re- appearance before theEDtill Delhi, authority(ED) can defer Wednesday. The courtalso al- forthematterto befixedforhear- actions in proteins, said re- December 14. summons and can postpone it." lowedthepetitionersto makethe ing next week,the benchsaid, "If searchers. Wavesdisturb these On Tuesday, maintaining that Lastyear,the CBI had regis- CBI aparty to thecase and issued we fixatime, then other litigants unicellularmicroorganismsand ‘Blue tide’ at Devgad beachinRatnagiri. Express ithasto respecthumanityandthe teredacaseagainstLawyers noticesto thecentralagencyto re- saywegivefixed timings onlyfor makes them release blue light, old ageofthe accusedkeeping in Collective,anNGO run by senior spond to theplea. certain matters." theyadded. mindtheCovid-19pandemic,the lawyers IndiraJaisingand Anand On Monday,the Mumbai SibalalsosoughtthatRepublic The sight wasobserved at The sight has been observed in ciallyaround beaches, could be ficult one to captureoncity courthad asked theEDlawyer, Grover,for alleged violations of PoliceCrimeBranchfileda1,400- TV should notstart a"parallel in- Juhu on Wednesdaynight, and manybeaches across the world, amajor reasonfor this phenom- beaches. One reason is light pol- AdditionalSolicitorGeneral(ASG) ForeignContribution(Regulation) pagechargesheetinthe case, vestigation" on itschannelabout at Devgad and Velas beaches in suchasMaldives, Vietnam, enon notbeingseen or reported lution on our beaches." AnilSingh,to take instructionson Act(FCRA). Thecase,whichalso namingsix channels,including thechargesheettillthenexthear- Ratnagiri. Across India'scoast, Indonesia, USA, andAustralia. as the glow is visible in the dark. Experts point out that high whether summons issuedto mentionedGroverasanaccused, thoseof RepublicMediaNetwork ing.Thecourt,however, askedthe the spectacle has been wit- Bioluminescencewas firstre- Shaunak Modi, director, temperature, high quantity of Grover to appear before the wasregisteredonacomplaint and News Nation, as allegedly stategovernment to submit an nessedfromNovemberto portedfromMumbai in CoastalConservation organic material, suchassewage agency on November 26, in con- fromtheMinistryofHomeAffairs, paying moneytoboost TRPs for application in that regard to en- Januaryand, in some instances, November 2016 when it was Foundation, captured the biolu- and effluentsand increasedtur- nectionwithamoneylaundering whichhad in 2016 cancelledthe around twoyears. able the channel to file the reply. even in March.Recently, the spotted fortwo weeks. minescence on Wednesday bulence/waveaction of thewa- case, canbedeferred. FCRA license of the NGOfor al- On Wednesday, senior coun- The court will hear the pleason 'blue tide' waswitnessedalong According to marine experts, night on Juhu Beach."It is are- ter, could be one of the reasons Adivision benchofJustice SS legedlyusingforeigncontribu- sel Aabad Ponda, representing December 2. Dakshina Kannada-Udupi coast. light pollution in Mumbai, espe- curring phenomenon, but adif- behindthe blue tide. ShindeandJusticeMSKarnikhad tions for"political purposes".

RS 5,000 MONTHLY AID No bank account or Aadhaar card, most sex workers in Mumbai won’t get financial aid

far. survive," she said. Social worker Salma Ansari who arepoor and out of work TABASSUM End of October,the govern- Both women, due to lackof has been trying to createbank but still unwilling to give per- BARNAGARWALA ment had issuedagovernment 17.95lakh documents, have notbeen reg- accountsfor sexworkers in vain. sonal details forany scheme. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 resolution (GR) directing that Rs TOTALCOVIDCASESIN isteredfor the monthlyfinancial Lastweek,she took twosex "Theyrefusedtogivebankac- 5,000and5-kgofdry ration will MAHARASHTRA aid. workers to aVile Parle-based count or Aadhaarcarddetails. A40-YEAR-OLD commercialsex be providedasamonthlyaid to Since one month, in the Bank of Baroda branch. "The Manysaid their information can worker,aresident of Kandivali, sexworkers following a Active Cases 84,464 crampedSantacruz office of bank asked foradeposit of Rs be misused. It is difficulttogain does nothaveabank accountor Supreme Courtdirective.While NewCases 6,159 anti-trafficking NGOAditi, 14 2,000 to openanaccount. The their trust," she added. an Aadhaar card, making her in- no identity proofisneededto TotalDeaths 46,748 volunteersare working beyond manager refusedtolower the Memon said that afew sex eligible forthe scheme under avail dryration, to receive Rs office hours to help sexworkers limit. The sexworkers did not workers whodid give their de- NewDeaths 65 whichMaharashtragovernment 5,000everymonth, sexworkers createbank accountsand gener- have that muchcash so we re- tails have been waiting fora will provide Rs 5,000as monthly musthavebankaccountsand Quarantined5.29 L ateAadhaar card numbers. The turned," Ansari said. month forrationand money. financialaid to sexworkers of Aadhaar cards. Tested 1.04 crore lockdown has hit sexworkers Dr Shrikala Acharya,addi- "The delayindepositing funds Mumbai from October tillthe "Mostsex workers areso badly and this aidmay be their tional project directoratMDACS, intotheir accountshas discour- Covid-19pandemic is over. poor theyhavenoidentification onlysource of income for said theycan writereferrallet- aged others." She is notalone. With the documentsorthe means to get 2,78,597 months to come. ters to national banks to open When contacted,Secretary statemaking bank account and one,"said the Kandivali resident, TOTALCOVID At theoffice, asex worker sits free accountsifasexworkerap- (Women and Child Aadhaar cardmandatorytoavail who has been borrowing money CASESINMUMBAI with alistof30othersfromVile proaches them with acomplaint. Development) Idzes Kundan the direct benefit transfer,ofthe from her neighbours to payrent. NewCases 1,144 Parle. "None of them have abank "Our team is supporting all said all districtshavebeen di- 14,000 estimated commercial With mostpublic and private account," she said. She had taken NGOs, but the processcan take rected to startdisbursingthe sexworkers in the city,the sector banks unwilling to open TotalDeaths 10,725 aloan of Rs 1lakh from alocal time," she added. moneyand ration. "Soon, ration Mumbai District Aids Control zerobalance accounts, many NewDeaths 17 merchant afterthe pandemic Another impediment is re- distribution will begin. We are Society(MDACS) -whichismak- also have no moneytoopen one. began. "The loan is on 20 per sistance in divulging personal trying to resolve various issues ing alistofbeneficiaries -has In Nehru Nagar, a37-year-old Volunteers busy preparing alistofsex workers to enlist cent interest. This is howsex details. Arshi Memon, who but sexworkers needtounder- managed to come up with only sexworkerhas no bank account. them as beneficiaries. Express cardthree years agobut is yetto workers aresurviving," she workswith sexworkers in stand that this GR is fortheir 5,600 names forregistration so She had appliedfor an Aadhaar getit. "Everyday is astruggleto added. Bandra, said she has metmany benefit," she added.

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA On ‘love jihad’, BJPpicks up batonfromvigilantegroups . BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL Police, judicial apparatus have aidedthis move

NEW OLD AMERICA Christophe Jaffrelot

Biden has ateam that harks backtoObama administration. “LOVE JIHAD” IS hitting the headlines again, Parivar(or affiliated)brigades stalk interfaith something already evident from the but this old wine appears todayinadifferent marriages in whichthe bride is aHindu. Citizenship Amendment Act(2019). This But he maynot find it easy to step over all of Trump’s legacy bottle, as the BJP is taking over from vigilante Thejudicialapparatushasalsocontributed process is bound to transform India officially groups. to thisvigilanteagenda, asis evident from the intoanethnic democracy,likeIsrael —where NANNOUNCINGHIS national security team lateTuesday, US president-elect Joe The notion of “love jihad” firstappearedin case concerning Hadiya, ayoung Hindu mixed marriages arepracticallyimpossible. Bidendeclaredthat “America is back”. That ringing affirmation is repudiation Gujarat in 2007,priortoresurfacing in 2009 woman of Kerala who had convertedto Islam But thisnew,law-basedversion of the of the defeated incumbentDonald Trump’s “America First” framework. in Kerala and in Karnataka under the auspices in 2015 andmarriedaMuslimman in 2016. Hindunationalistfight againstinter-religious Throughouthis campaign,Biden attackedTrumpfor abandoning America’s of Pramod Muthalik, aformerRSS member Herparentspetitionedthe court, claimingshe marriagesreflectsanother major change.The I whofoundedhis ownvigilantegroup, SriRam had been forciblymarriedand converted,de- firstideologues of Hindutvawerenot against global leadership,retreatingfromforeign militarycommitments,trashing US Sene, and who defineditasfollows: “In love ji- spiteher insistence that she had acted of her thesemarriages. On the contrary, VD Savarkar, security alliances, wrecking global institutions likethe WHO and WTO, closing America’s had, fanatic boys areencouraged to attract ownfreewill.The state’shigh courtsidedwith in Hindutva: Who is aHindu? considers that borders, walking out of agreementsonmitigating climatechange and containing Iran’s young Hindu girls outside ice cream parlours, the parents, invalidated the marriageinMay anon-Hindu would become partofthe na- nuclear weapons programme. Biden’s criticism has hugeresonance in the US establish- schools, colleges and theatres …This is an or- 2017 and placedHadiya under their guardian- tion if he or she “adopts our land as his or her ment that reacted with shockand anger to Trump’s challenge to all the major premises ganisedefforttodemoralise the Hindu com- ship, arguing that this “vulnerable girl” had countryand marries aHindu”. Suchmarriages of Americaninternationalism afterthe Second WorldWar.Now the appointment of many munity”. probablybeen thevictim of Islamistgroups. were good things forSavarkar and his follow- familiar figuresfromthe Obama Administration suggests areturntothe old order in This rhetoric came out in public in 2014.In Her husband appealed the decision in the ers, because theyinsistedthat the same blood September of that year,afew months after Supreme Court whichordered the National wasrunninginthe veinsofthe Hindus and Washington. Biden’s team comesasabig relief to America’s friends and partners who NarendraModi wasvoted intooffice, two InvestigationAgency to investigateapossible those who had convertedto another religion: have struggled to cope with the administrative disorder and policydisruptions unleashed weeklymagazines by theRSS, Organiser and Islamist conspiracy. The NIA saidthat sucha Race,akey word in Savarkar’slexicon,waspo- by Trump. China, too, will hope that an internationalistBiden might be moreopen fora Panchjanya,devotedtheir coverstories to “love Once on acase,warriors ploycould notberuledout, and that Hadiya’s tentiallyacementing force. Today, by contrast, resetinbilateral relations and eschewthe all-out confrontation initiated by Trump. jihad,” the latter showingthe photo of an Arab case wasnot an isolated one.Without wait- MuslimsareseenbyHindu nationalists as im- So is Trump’s “America First” an aberration that is about to be turnedintoanamus- wearing akeffiyehand darkglasses beneath against “love jihad” resort to ing forthe probe’s findings, the judges released possible to assimilate, as if theybelonged to a ing anecdote in US political evolution? Notsofast. Trumpwas merely channeling the whichread the title, “Pyar andha ya dhanda?” tactics ranging from her intoparental custody.But when theysaw different species. (Is love blind or is it abusiness?). the investigation results, theyruledinMarch This logicharksbacktothenotionofcaste deepening popular discontentagainst the ravagesofendless wars, and aglobalismthat disinformation to In reaction to “love jihad”, the Sangh intimidation to coercion. 2018 that her marriagewas valid. endogamythat BJPleaders supportpublicly wasseentodecimate American jobs andopen American society to amassive influxofim- Parivarlaunchedacounter-offensive to pre- If vigilantegroups, includingthe Bajrang —asevidentfrom Om Birla’s recent speechon migrants. That the contestfor the presidency wasaclose one in the American heartland vent young Hindu womenfrombeing wooed Parents of girls who choose Dal, have been the main instrumentsofthe the occasion of aBrahmin “Parichay suggests that the resistance to therestoration of globalism will notsimplydisappearwith by Muslim men. Theyformedspecial groups, to enter into alove marriage anti-“love jihad”campaign, the BJP has grad- Sammelan”. As Satish Poonia, the Rajasthan Trump’s defeat. Equallyimportant is the palpable disappointment of the progressives suchasthe Hindu Behen Beti Bachao Sangh- with aMuslim do not uallyusedittoo.The party consideredovertly BJP chief, said even morerecently, “In our cul- who backedBiden with great gusto.Theydisapproveofhis turn to the old ruling caste. arsh Samiti. Activists offeredtohelp parents hesitate,sometimes, to turn exploiting it ahead of by-elections in UP 2014. ture, marriage isn't justanindividual choice, it While India mustwaittosee howBiden governs in these hardtimes, Delhi has reasons wholamented their daughter’s marriagetoa The BJP’s stateunit includeditinits pro- also encompassesapproval of religion and so- Muslim and developedanetwork of inform- to Hindu vigilante groups to gramme before decidingagainst it.But the ciety”. Indeed, the fight against “love jihad” to bepleasedwiththeappointmentof AntonyBlinkenasthenewSecretaryofState andJake ers in police stations andcourtswherepar- bring their child back into party made it acampaign issue during the bearstestimonyofadevalorisation of individ- Sullivanasthe national security adviser.Blinkenand Sullivan held senior positionsinthe ents mightgotoreport amissing daughter, the fold. But organisations 2017 elections. And shortlyafter forming his ual freedom, in particular of women, who are Obama Administration andSouth Blockhas dealt with them on manyissues. The newchief file acomplaint forabduction, or to keep abre- cabinet, Yogi Adityanath established “anti- seen as incapable of deciding whom to marry of national intelligence, AvrilHaines, served in the StateDepartment and the WhiteHouse astofacase. This networkofinformers indi- in the Sangh Parivar orbit Romeo squads” to “protect” women —inpar- and as vulnerable to being seduced. before shewasappointedastheDeputyDirectorof theCentralIntelligenceAgencyby Obama. cates the degree of osmosis that exists be- have also sought to prevent ticular from Muslims. Anotherold syndrome, the idea of the John Kerry, who will translateBiden's intense commitment to addressing climatechangeis tween the stateapparatus and the Sangh interfaith marriages even Today, the BJP is going one step further in Hindus’ demographic decline, alsoneeds to Parivar. the states it rules by announcing newlaws. On be factored in: Inter-religious marriagesap- no stranger forIndia. He served as Obama’s SecretaryofState afteralong stint as US Senator when parents were not Once on acase, warriors against “love ji- November 18,NarottamMishra, BJP Madhya pear as partlyresponsible forthis declinein fromMassachusetts.SouthBlock wouldalsohopethatthenewdefencesecretarywouldbu- had”resorttotactics ranging from disinfor- opposed. Notonly have the Pradesh Home Minister said: “We aregoing the Hindu nationalist worldview, in spiteof ildontherapidexpansionofbilateralsecuritycooperationthathasstrongbipartisansupport mationto intimidation to coercion.Parentsof police sometimes annulled to table the Madhya Pradesh Dharm the fact thatthe majority community still rep- intheUSandanew enthusiasminNewDelhi.BidenislikelytobeastoughontradeasTrump girlswho choose to enter into alovemarriage marriages (in total disregard Swatantrey Bill, 2020,inthis winter session resents80per cent of society.But the “fear of and Delhi needs to find creative ways to resolve sharpening trade tensions with the US. with aMuslim do nothesitate, sometimes, to forthe lawwhen the bride in December againstlovejihad,whichmeans small numbers” (touse Arjun Appadurai’s turn to Hindu vigilantegroups to bring their awoman is forcedor luredbyapersonofother phrase) is all pervasive when cultivatedforpo- child backintothe fold. But organisations in and groom are both of age), religion formarriageand later she is tortured larisingsocieties.TheAhmadisof Pakistancan the Sangh Parivarorbit have also sought to but it has also let Sangh forconversion.” Nowthe UP cabinethas testify to this (ir)rationality. ROLL IT BACK prevent interfaith marriages even when par- Parivar (or affiliated) cleared adraft ordinancetocheck “unlawful entswerenot opposed. Notonlyhavethe po- brigades stalk interfaith religious conversions” linked to “interfaith The writer is senior research fellowatCERI- lice sometimes annulledmarriages (in total marriages”. Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, and professor of UP government’s ordinanceoninter-faith marriageisa disregardfor the lawwhen the bride and marriages in whichthe bride Suchalaw would illustratethe transition Indian politics and sociology at groom arebothofage), but it has also letSangh is aHindu. from adefactotoade jureHindu Rashtra, King’s India Institute trespass on fundamental freedoms

YCLEARINGANordinance that enables the statetopolice and punish in- ter-faithmarriages with “thesole intention of changing agirl’sreligion”, the Uttar Pradesh government has trespassedonaninalienable right guaran- Bteed by the ConstitutionofIndia —the freedom of an adult citizen to choose who she livesand partners with, and to followany faith of her choice. In do- ASTRIKE FOR THE CONSTITUTION ing so, it becomes the firstBJP-ruledstate to frame alaw againstwhat the party describes as “love jihad”. It sets adangerous precedent that other BJP-ruledstateslikeMadhya Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka look eager to follow. It is under threat from thevery institutions that areexpected to safeguardit Under the provisions of the proposedlaw,the statecan choose to investigatethe mo- tivesbehind awoman’s changeofreligion andhas the powertoannul an inter-faith mar- DRaja riageifitfinds that itssole “purpose” is her religious conversion. This flies in the face of a constitutional fact:Neither clan council nor khap panchayat, and certainlynot ademo- ON NOVEMBER 26,1949, the Constituent apexcourtwas discouraging petitions under whowentto reportthe incidentwasarrested cratic government, has the licence to vetpersonal choices as right or wrong. Allowing Assemblysubmittedthe draftConstitution. A Article 32 of the Constitution. That article de- andchargedwithseriousoffences.Hecontin- thepolice to examinesubjective “intentions” of men and women entering amarriage daybeforethe submission,BRAmbedkar, scribed by Ambedkar as the heartand soul of ues to languish in jail. veers intothought control —and sets the lawupfor rampant abuse. It also legitimises a head of the Drafting Committee, expressed the Constitution empowers aperson to di- The outrageous manner in whichthe rank communal fantasy —the alleged conspiracy by virile Muslim men to lure and con- concern about “what would happen to her rectlyapproachthe SC to seek remedy forthe Constitution and constitutional morality are vert gullible Hindu women. It continues the cynical politics that seekstomarshal Hindu [India’s] democratic Constitution?” Decades violation of fundamental rights. During the discardedbythe powers that be is creating unitybystoking the anxieties about the Muslim Other —and enshrines it in law. Under later, Ambedkar’s fears seem to be coming debateonArticle 32, Ambedkar had said: “If I fertileconditions forafascistdictatorship. If true.TheConstitutionis underthreat from the wasasked to name anyparticular Article in the executive,legislatureand judiciaryviolate fire forthe Hathras gang-rape, the Yogi Adityanath government has sought to deflect crit- very same institutions —the legislature, ex- this Constitution as the mostimportant —an the spiritofthe Constitution,then therewould icism by emphasisingmeasures takenfor the securityand “respect” of women—the ecutive and judiciary—thatare expected to Article withoutwhichthis Constitutionwould beutter lawlessness. It is,therefore, pertinent “love jihad”ordinanceisbeing peddledasanother suchmove. But that the law’s scrutiny safeguardit.The NarendraModigovernment be nullity—Icould notrefer to anyother thatthese three organs of the governmentset is speciallyfocussedonawoman’s changeoffaith reveals the patriarchal paranoia behind startedthe practice of celebrating November Article exceptthis one.It is theverysoulofthe worthy examples by upholding the it. The rhetoric of protection, indeed, disguises amanic fear of female sexuality that will 26 as Constitution Day. Butthe Sangh Parivar It is tragic that the Constitution andthe very heart of it”.Ifthe Constitutionandadheringto theprinciplesof notbecontainedbycaste and clanbarriers, whichisusedtopolice women'slives and has emergedasthe biggestthreat to constitu- institutions of governance Supreme Courtdiscourages people taking re- constitutional morality.Time has come to tional values. course to the “the heartand soul” of the bring in the Directive Principles of the choices, oftenbyviolence, as is evident in the history of “honour killings”. are flattening the The waylegislation that negatethe Constitution in acalculated Constitution, then whichinstitution would Constitution to empowerthe people and en- TheAllahabad High Courtrecently overturnedthe HC judgment that questioneda essence of the Constitution is introducedand ensureand empowerpeople to adhere to the surejustice —social, political and economic. “conversion justfor marriage”, whichwas cited by the UP CM to bringthis ordinance, as passed, while ignoring deliberation, proves manner andinflagrant Constitution and encouragethem to imbibe Againstthisbackdropofevents, thework- “bad in law”. It pointed out that in the eyes of lawaman and awoman arenot onlymem- the mala fide intent of the government. violation of equityand constitutional values? ers andpeasants—the urbanand ruralwork- bers of religions, but individuals with “free willand choice”.Byseeking to crampand con- Parliament is blatantlyunderminedand by- justice,whichare central to In the case of relief formigrant workers, ing people, in formal and informal sectors — strict the freedom of the individual, the Yogi Adityanath government imperils the larger passed. If Parliament becomes redundant, the majestyofthe rule of law. the SC had initiallyobserved that issues con- arestaging anation-wide strike. Trade unions freedoms of aconstitutional democracy.Itmustwithdraw the proposedlaw. democracy will bein peril. Thepassageofthe cerning migrant labourers fell within the do- and organisations of peasantsand rural poor anti-farmer farm bills and anti-worker labour It wasdemonstrated in the main of public policyand hence therewas areraising notonlyeconomic demands and codes is anexample of howundemocratically most unfortunate way,when hardlyany scope forjudicial intervention. By rights, but theyare on the streetsalso to save legislation is pushedthrough. none other than the Chief the time the SC took up the matter,millions the Constitution and democracy itself. While It is tragic that the institutions of gover- had sufferedunimaginable hardships. the countryobserves the Constitution Day, the A WORD IS NOTENOUGH nance areflattening the Constitution in acal- Justice of the Supreme Court In Hathras, ayoung Dalit woman was general strikeisdemonstrating the wayfor- culated manner and in flagrant violationof (SC) observed on two rapedand brutallyassaulted by peoplebe- ward.The workingpeople whofoughtfor the In times of Covid-19, it seems languageisas equity and justice, whichare central to the occasions that the apex court longing to high castes. Later,her dead body freedom of the country, arestanding up today majesty of the rule of law. It wasdemonstrated wasdiscouraging petitions wascremated despitethe plea of her family to save the Constitution and the Republic of flummoxedasthose who use it in the mostunfortunateway,when none nottodoso. The statemachineryallegedly India. other than the Chief Justice of the Supreme under Article 32 of the threatenedthe familyofthe victim, telling N2018, THE Oxforddictionarychose “toxic” —asin“toxic masculinity”, partic- Court(SC) observedontwo occasions that the Constitution. them nottospeak to the media. Ajournalist The writer is general secretary,CPI ularly relevant in the light of #MeToo —asits new “word of the year”. Lastyear, “climateemergency” made the cut. Since then, in the seemingly interminable time the earth is taking to traverse an elliptical path around the sun, apandemic Ihas struckand work,love, friendship, societies and economies have been funda- mentallyaltered.Somuchsothat even foradictionary,awordisnot enough. NOVEMBER 26, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO Earlier thisweek,the OxfordEnglish Dictionarydeclared that it hasnot chosen aword for2020 because this is “ayear whichcannotneatlybeaccommodatedin onesingle word”. PRICE RISE STABILISES country’s economy. theOpposition refusingtoend the protests. Instead, anumber of newadditions to the globalEnglish lexicon have found mention, in- THE OUTLOOK FORthe country’s economy Leaders of the Akali Dal (Longowal), CPM cluding “coronavirus”, “mail in”, “unmute”and,ofcourse, “lockdown”.With theflurryof is good, according to Union Finance POLICE ATROCITIES andCPI said that theywerereadytohold words, though, what the good people at the Oxforddictionary's office arereally saying is MinisterRVenkataraman. He basedthis THE LOKSABHA Speaker has called fora talkswith the government but thereshould optimistic assessment on projections of 10 reportfromthe government on the alleged notbeany preconditions. The strikebystu- this: 2020 has leftthem speechless. Everyyear,the word they choose indicates atrend, a per cent increase in food and power blinding of criminals in Bihar by thestate’s dents, however, seems to be petering out. newusagethat distills adebate. In COVID-19times, it would appear that language, the production next year,coal production of police.Police atrocities were thetopicof root of allidentity,isasflummoxedasthose who use it. Arewedigitalcreaturesnow,who 110-112million tonnesand the fact that adjournmentand call-in-attention motion BRITS AND KIWIS “unmute” ourselveswhile working from home forabrief spellofsocialcontact? Is democ- rising prices have played themselvesout. by Oppositionmembers,especially those NEWSMEN COVERINGPRINCE Charles’ visit racy andpolitics going to be an armchair affair,and voting challengedfor the newforms it The monthlyrateofincrease in prices from the CommunistParty of India to the Nehru Memorial Museum were has taken? And what of old wordswhichhaveacquirednew,devastatingovertones —the have stabilisedtoaround one per cent and (Marxist) and JanataParty.Several mem- rudelyejected by the assistant press secre- this is no small achievement in an inter- bers alsoreferredtothe attacks on jour- tary to the Queen, Brian Hutchings, who “migrant”has become infusedwith newmeaning in India, as millionsjourneyedonfoot. national inflationarysituation, he added. nalists in Rajasthan and Orissa. told them no “press wasallowednear the Thereis, however, asilverlining in this speaking silence. Scientific terms have entered The finance ministerwas replying to a Prince here”. When asked if theBritishdid everydaylanguagelikenever before,and across the board, newwords areemerging at six-hour discussion on risingprices in the PUNJAB STRIKE notwant the visit of the prince reported, an unprecedented pace. Perhaps in ayear that theworld stood still, people managed to Lok Sabha.Heusedthe occasion to offera THE THREE-DAY STRIKE againstthe recent Hutchings replied, “Iamnot British”. It was collectively expand their minds. mid-term appraisal of the stateofthe rise in bus faresinPunjab continueswith later found out that he is aNew Zealander.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER26,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY ‘‘Itisclear that ferventmovesare being made in theshadows to bring the Arabs 9 and Israel closertoeachother.’’ THE IDEAS PAGE — DAWN Along winter for economy Not by majority Public sector investments arelikelytoremaindepressedasstatescut back on spending, alone making recovery difficult In ademocracy,public morality and unelected institutions arenecessarychecks,not inimical to Centre 87.5 12.0 electedgovernment 70.0 9.0 tute” forthe British parliamentarysystem. 52.5 Gandhi’sviewwasthatintheBritishsystem, Dharmakirti Joshi 6.0 theparliamentworksonlyforpartisaninter- and Adhish Verma 35.0 est—andnot forthe national interest. “By 3.0 politicalindependenceIdonot meananim- 17.5 itationtothe British House of Commons, or THE PANDEMIC HAS delivereda“scissor cut” the Sovietrule of Russiaorthe Fascistrule of to the government’sfinances. On the one 0.0 0.0 Italyorthe Nazi rule of Germany. Theyhave hand, economic output, and thereforegov- FY05 FY07 FY09 FY11 FY13 FY15 FY17 FY19 Ram Madhav systemssuitedto theirgenius.We musthave ernmentrevenues, areshrinking,whileonthe ours suited to ours… Ihavedescribeditas other,the government has to spend moreto States RamRajya —sovereigntyof thepeoplebased safeguardlives and livelihoods. 40.0 16.0 THEPOPULARunderstandingaboutdemoc- onpuremoralauthority,”hewroteinHarijan The effect of this goes farbeyond awiden- racies is that theyare elected governments. in January 1937. ing of the deficit. It has far-reaching conse- 30.0 12.0 But democracies do notrun merelyonthe BRAmbedkar toodescribeddemocracy quencesfor both the Centre’s and states’ abil- basisof electedgovernments.In2,500years, inIndiaas“onlyatop-dressing”onanIndian ity to invest and liftthe economyout of the 20.0 8.0 democracies have developedsystems of ef- soil “whichisessentiallyundemocratic”. In currentphase.Italsomeansmoreborrowings. ficient checks andbalances —elected and his famous “Three Warnings” speech, Andasstateshave agoodpartoftheirrevenue unelectedinstitutions.Suchabalanceiscrit- Ambedkar warnedthat only constitutional 10.0 stream comingfromthe Centre, it changes 4.0 ical to their success. meansandinstitutionsshouldbeusedhere- their debt servicingability forthe worse. In recordedhistory,the Greekswerethe afterinstead of the meansusedduring the First, considerthe revenue side. Notsur- 0.0 0.0 firsttoexperiment with models of govern- freedom movement.Healso underscored prisingly,inthe firsthalf of the fiscal —April- FY05 FY07 FY09 FY11 FY13 FY15 FY17 FY19 ment.Thereweremonarchies, oligarchies the importance of socialdemocracy forthe September—theCentre’snetrevenue(taxand and democracies among theGreek city- successof politicaldemocracy.Bothwerere- non-tax) collection stood at Rs 5.5 lakhcrore ■■ Debt/GDP(%) ■■ Interestpayment/Revenuereceipts(%) states of the 5th CenturyBCE. Aristotle, the spondingto theexperiencesof theirtimes— or merely27.3per cent of thebudget forthe ■■ Interestpayment/GDP(%)-RHS ancientGreekphilosopher,wrote thatwhile Gandhi wasreferring to the tyrannyofthe fullfiscal year (compared to 41.6 per cent of ■■ RevenueReceipts/GDP(%)-RHS monarchieswere forthebenefitof themon- Britishrule and Ambedkar wasresponding budgetedtargetcollectedinthefirsthalf of the archsand oligarchies forthe benefit of men to the oppressive caste system. Neither was previous fiscal year). Seen another way, rev- Source: CEIC, RBI, MoSPI withmeans, democracies were forthe ben- againstdemocracy,butbothwere againstthe enuecollectionsinthefirsthalf of theyearwere efit of men without means. Plato, Aristotle’s idea of “majoritarianrule”. ForGandhi, down32.5percentyear-on-year,ascompared guru, wasnot fullyinagreement. The city- democracymeanttheweakgettingthesame to anaverage15percentgrowthoverthesame stateofSparta wasanoligarchywhilethatof chance as the strong. ForAmbedkar,itwas periodinthe previous five fiscals. Athenswasaraw democracy.Spartansruled about giving voice to the voiceless. Presently, fiscaldatafor thefirsthalfofthe over Athens forafewdecades.Whenthey Fordemocraciesto succeed,bothGandhi year(April-September) is availableonlyfor 11 left,theAtheniansheldacourttopunishthe andAmbedkarbelievedthattheparliamen- large or so callednon-special categorystates. supportersofthe Spartans. Twenty-one tarymajoritiesneedto berestrainedthrough As per our analysis,thesestates’ ownrevenue thousandAthenians,allmenfromprivileged constitutional ethics and public morality. is down 21.5 per cent year-on-year as com- backgrounds, assembledinastadium and Constitutionalethicsisaboutleadersrespect- pared to the previous five years’ average CRSasikumar votedtodeclarethe philosopher Socratesa ingconstitutionalorder,conventionsandin- growth of 10.4percent.Ifweadd the Centre’s the budgetedtarget of Rs 6.22 lakhcrore, while taxpoolfrom32per cent to 42 percent be- collaborator with the Spartans. He wassen- stitutions.TheAmericanshave awrittencon- transfer to thesestates, then the declinein rev- revenue expenditurewas down just9per ginning in 2015-16, courtesy of the 14th tencedtodeath,promptingPlatotodismiss stitution, the British don’t. Yet, both enue forthe latter reduces to 16.5 per cent. cent. On the other hand, the Centre’s actual FinanceCommission).Thisexplainsstates’fi- Atheniandemocracy as a “kleptocracy” —a developedhealthyconventions that safe- Ergo,the shortfall in states’ revenue seems less capital expenditurewas along budgetedlines. nancial vulnerability when theydonot receive stateofunrestrainedpolitical corruption. guard theirdemocracies.Thereisabeautiful steep thanthat in the Centre’s. Butit is impor- To beableto maintaintheirspendinginthe adequateand timelyfunds from the Centre. Democracyhastravelledalongwayfrom convention in America of the outgoing tant to note that the states’ revenue shortfall is face of suchasharp declineinrevenue, gov- The bottom line is thatwith the slowdown those times. It has witnessed theriseofdic- President leaving ahand-written letter for partlymitigated by central transfers. ernmentshavebeen forced to increase bor- in growth, and as aconsequence in govern- tators likeHitler and Mussolini, but also theincomingone,whichthenewincumbent What has been the impact of suchalarge rowings. So farthis year,boththe Centre’s as ment's revenues (for both, the Centreand manygreatdemocrats.Eventoday, Vladimir of the WhiteHouse would gettosee on the fall in revenue collections? Mostdirectly, the well as the states’market borrowing have in- states), debt servicing forstates, whichlooked Putin in Russiaand Joe Biden in America get firstday inoffice.“We arejusttemporaryoc- Centre’s total expenditurehas declined0.6 per creasedby50per centyear-on-year(bothun- comfortable, is settobecome burdensome. elected through democratic electionsvery cupantsofthis office. That makes us centyear-on-year during thefirsthalfofthe dertakeborrowingsinaddition to those from Combinedwith rising debt levels, this differentfromoneanother.The differenceis guardians of thosedemocratic institutions current financialyear.This is ledbyan11.6per the market). This means that debt levels are means that states areunlikelytopush up their that in the world’s successful democracies andtraditions—likeruleof law, separationof cent decline in capital expenditure, with rev- settorisesharply. At theendof 2019-20,over- capital expenditure. The ReserveBankof likethe US, UK and India, thereisafine bal- powers,equalprotectionandcivilliberties… enue expendituremildlyup1per cent. all general government debt stood at anine- India’s recent publication “StateFinances: A ance between the elected and non-elected Regardless of the pushand pullofdailypol- Forthe 11 states,total expenditureand yearhighof 76.7percentof GDP(50.4percent Study of Budgetsof2020-21” also found that institutionswithenough safeguards. itics, it’s up to us to leave thoseinstruments capital spending have contracted by 1.5per forthe Centreand 26.3 percent forthe states). capital spendingby statesturns out to bepro- Therewas much scepticism about the of our democracy at leastasstrong as we centand23.4 percentrespectively,whilerev- If we take astepbacktotakeacloser look cyclical, that is, it tends to be lowerduring a ideaofuniversal adult franchiseduringthe foundthem”,BarackObamawroteinhislet- enueexpenditures have grownby1.5 percent. at howthe debt and itsservicingindicators lowgrowth phase,and vice versa. Besides, the making of the Indian Constitution. But tertoDonald TrumpinJanuary2017. The Since the bulk of the revenue expenditureis have movedinrecent yearswefind that while If we take astep back to take spendingsensitivity to debt is higher at adebt Rajendra Prasad,the chairman of the electedmustprotectalltheunelectedinstru- committedin nature, itis difficult to prune this the Centre’s debt/GDP has trendeddown- acloser look at howthe debt ratio of greater than 25 per cent. ConstituentAssembly, whobecamethefirst mentsofdemocracy – judiciary, mediaand expenditure. Evenwithinthat,allocationsfor ward,the states’ debttoGDPratiohastrended Currently, 12 large states have adebt to President of India,assured the Assembly’s civicorganisations. pension and subsidiesare down 10 per cent up since 2015-16. But surprisingly,the ratio of and its servicing indicators GSDP (gross statedomestic product) ratio of membersabouttherawpoliticalwisdomof Gandhi’s greateremphasis wasonpub- and 20 per cent,respectively.Growth in over- interestpaymentstorevenuereceipts for have moved in recent years over 25 per cent, sevenofwhichhavearatio theaverageIndianasalsothestrengthof the lic morality.Heinsistedthat forIndia’s all revenueexpenditure is stillhigherforstates, states —one of the indicators of debt sustain- we find that while the greater than 30 per cent (Punjab has the high- other institutions to safeguardthe demo- democracy to succeed, the Congress should arguably, as theyare at the forefront of the ability whichgenerallymovesinsync withthe Centre’sdebt/GDP has estratio at 40 per cent). The situation is setto craticprocess.Sevendecadesof India’sdem- convertitself intoaloksevaksanghandwork fight againstthe pandemic.Moreimportantly, debt ratio —has continuedtotrend down. worsen and morestatesare expected to end ocraticexperiencebeartestimonytothepo- at the grassroots forsocial, economic and health beingastate subject (statesspend alit- That is, the twopaths have diverged. trended downward,the up having debt to GSDP ratio of 25 per cent. litical maturityofthe Indian people. moral independence of the people.True tle overtwoand ahalf times that by the Centre Thisisbecauseof continuouslyimproving states’ debt to GDP ratio has Consequently, overall investmentscould However, India has had itsown bruises Gandhians chose syndication at the grass- onmedicalandpublichealth),stateswill have revenue streamsfor thestates, while the in- trended up since 2015-16. But take asubstantial hit this fiscal year with the duringthisperiod.TheinfamousEmergency rootsratherthanelection to Parliament or to shoulder amajor partofthe health expen- terest outgoremainedonafixed path. States’ government’s and the private sector’s ability of IndiraGandhitaughtanimportantlesson legislative assemblies. ditureburden on account of the pandemic. revenue/GDP ratio rose from 13.3 per cent in surprisingly,the ratio of and willingness to invest impaired,despite that Parliament, the elected branch of India’s democracy,asenvisaged by the An important aside: While both the Centre 2015-16to14.5 per cent in 2019-20. interest payments to revenue the fall in interestrates (adjusting forinflation, democracy oftendescribed as the “temple makersofitsConstitution,thrivedessentially and states have cut capital expenditure, the Remember that states’ revenue comprises receipts forstates —one of real ratesare even lower). The private sector of democracy”, can becomeacircus and becauseofthe respect of the leadersfor eth- latter have cut it by moreastheyface aharder theirown revenue as well as transfers from the indicatorsofdebt will remain wary of investing as demand un- democraciescan be imperilledifthe rulers ical constitutionalism and moral activism of budget constraint. This is worrying as states the Centre(whichincludes both taxdevolu- certainty continues, and capacity utilisation succeedinjeopardising the otherpillars like the grassroots activists. Neither should see undertake morethan 60 per cent of the over- tion andgrants).If notfor the higher growthin sustainabilitywhich remainslow,atanaverage 58.6 per cent so far the judiciary andfreepress. the other as an enemy andtryto bringthem all general government capital expenditure. transfers from the Centre, this indicator of debt generally moves in sync with thisyear,way belowthe 71.9 percent seenlast Mahatma Gandhiwas notabig admirer down. In fact, over the past fewyears,toadhereto sustainability would have stagnated. the debt ratio —has year.Hence, it might awhile before thecylin- of the parliamentarysystem. He neverut- theirfiscal consolidationroadmaps,states The shareofcentral transfers in states’ rev- continued to trend down. der of public investment starts firing. teredaharshword against anybodybutused The writer is member,boardofgovernors, have curtailed capital spending. Forinstance, enue increasedfromaround 42 per cent in wordssuchas“sterilewoman” and “prosti- India Foundation in 2019-20, capital expenditurebystatesstood 2014-2015 to around 47 per cent in 2019-20 That is, the twopaths have Joshi is chief economistand Verma is senior at Rs 4.97lakh crore, down 20 per cent from (largelydue to arise in shareofthe divisible diverged. economistCRISIL Ltd LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Congress’s memory-keeper DANGEROUSMOVE THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Opencau- IDEAS tiously’ (IE, November 25). The dangers AhmedPatel had asense of party’s history,and futurechallenge posedtooverall financialstability by let- ONLINE ting industrialhouses have access to rel- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS SheelaBhatt atively inexpensivecapital in the form of householdsavingsthrough banks, how- ever legallyregulated,are fartoo greatto ● ONERATIONCARD,MANY FORAHMED Patel, May18, 2004,was an un- againsther would, to agreat extent, wane. and the trustdeficit within. the senior leadersofthe party to uniteintheir riskatthealtarof liberalisationof owner- LEFTBEHIND:SAMEET forgettable day. It wassofor his party,too. Afterall,heandafew senior Congressleaders In that historicmeetingat10, Janpath, in fight againstthe rising waveofHindutvaby ship norms. The IWG’s suggestion that PANDAANDVIPULKUMAR On May13, the BJP,under the leadership of hadhelpedmakepossible the striking meta- May2004, Patelwas told that Sonia Gandhi understandinganddecodingModi’s strengths contradictstheexpertadviceneedsto be Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had lostthe election. The morphosis of Sonia Gandhi from 1998 on- wouldn’t want the newgovernment to get and the BJP’s strategies. The Modi-ledBJP had rejected outrightbythe RBI’s decision ● CONSTITUTION,ALIVING countrywas surprisedbythe unexpectedvic- wards, when she became the Congress pres- weakenedatthe outsetbythe fierce opposi- been lucky to confront aCongress whichhas makers. DOCUMENT:RAMESH tory of the Congress-ledUPA. ident. tion to her “foreign origins”. been steadilyweakeningwithin since 2004. SSPaul, Nadia POKHRIYALNISHANK Ahmedbhai wasthrilledasthe results In viewofthe street protestsorganisedby Sonia wasgraceful and reticent in refus- Modi’s rise wasmade easier because of fis- pouredin.Onthe night of May13,hegave me the BJP, it hadbecome clear that thethen ingher party’s offer, but Rahul wasagitatedin sures within the Congress party. PLANAHEAD arareinterview,and spoke extensively on Congresspresident’spossible elevation to the his concern forhis mother’s security.Heand Thenarrowand spurious debateof“com- www.indianexpress.com Sonia Gandhi. Ahmedbhai wasadifficult highestpoliticalofficewould divide the coun- Patelhad abitter exchange, whichmay have munalversus secular” wasn’t what Patelrec- THISREFERSTOtheeditorial, 'Beforethe politician to interview, he would notopen up try. But Ahmedbhaiwas quintessentiallya sowedthe seeds of distrustbetween them, ommended to his party. “Eman shun vale (it firstshot’ (IE, November 25). Auniversal ONLYTOGETHER easily. We knew eachother since 1980 but I Gujarati who would find a jugaad forevery and costthe Congress heavily. It destabilised won’t lead to anyoutcome)”, he would say immunisation program that is expected could gethim to speak on Sonia Gandhi, on critical problem. thedecision-makingprocesswithinthe party when Iasked forhis views on some sensitive to covermorethanabillion people be- THIS REFERS TO thereport,‘Firstsignsof the record, onlyin2004. On the morning of May18, the Gandhi establishedunder Sonia Gandhi. The length- communal matter.The newmembers of longingtoall agegroupsinaspan of two thaw: CaptaininvitesSidhuoverforlunch Listening to him hold forthonSonia familymet to discuss the pros and cons of ening distance between Ahmedbhai,the Rahul’s team sawAhmed bhaiasamember to threeyears is tooambitious. The poli- today’ (IE, November 25).Punjab Chief Gandhi in the interviewIcould gather that the mostdifficult political decisionoftheir Congress’s institutionalmemory-keeper,and of an opposing camp. He facedthe allegation cymakers in India and elsewhereare MinisterAmarinderSingh and Navjot Ahmedbhai would, in the coming weekend, lives. Afterthe family’s private meeting, Rahul Gandhi,heirto itsFirstFamily, only grew of “keeping the party weak in Gujarat to help awareofthe practicalaspect of anypro- Singh Sidhu seemedtobeengaged in a musterall the supportwithin the party and Ahmedbhai and one moresenior Congress since. the rise of Modi”. posedvaccinationdrive that intends to warofattrition.Buttheyhesitatetocross from leaders of thenon-BJP parties,toease leader drovedownto10, Janpath and joined Despitebeing in poweratthe Centrefor a Till 2014,Ahmedbhaiwouldget hundreds give acentpercentcoverage to itsentire theRubiconbecauseof thefearthattheir the passagefor her to succeedVajpayee. them. decade,theCongress couldnotconsolidateor of calls and severalVIP visitors daily. After population againstthe deadlyvirus. political movesmay notfructify.There At that point, he seemedtometobedriven Thatfatefulmeetingchangedmany things expand itspresence in the states. Therewere Rahul became president, he washardlyen- Therehas to arationalprioritisationfor arealwaysrumoursgaloreaboutCaptain by hisstrong feelingsforthelateRajiv Gandhi, and itsreverberations eventuallybecame a no significantgrassroots activities to ensurea gagedinparty activity.Itwas only when he accessibilityinthe short run,but in the and Sidhu shifting their loyalties in the morethan anything else. He waskeen to en- contributing factor in the rise of Narendra strengthening of the different wings of the playedaswiftand decisive role to help stitch long run, initiatives, likeidentifying un- Congress and even jumping ship. Now surethat “Rajiv’s widowand the inheritor of Modi. That’s what Ahmedbhai believed—and party.For aparty in power, keeping the organ- the unlikelycoalition thatformedthe govern- affectedandaffectedbutcuredindividu- withNarendraModitakingnoprisoners the Gandhi family’slegacy” would become sharedwithmewhen Imet himjust72hours isationalactivitiesgoing isalsoimportant, and ment in Maharashtratokeepthe BJPout of als and placedthemundersome kind of whenitcomes to dealingwith his polit- prime minister. Of course, he wasacutely before Modi wonpowerinNew Delhi on May the absence of it will take atoll —that’s avital powerthatparty newcomers sawthe old watertightterritorialbubbles,needtobe icaladversaries,the opposition leaders awareofthe fierce and focusedopposition of 16,2014.Then,myquestionto himwas:Why lesson the BJPunder Modi’s leadership has Ahmedbhai in action again. devisedtoarrestthe spread of the musthaverealisedtheirpoliticalfortunes the BJP-RSS on the issueofSonia’s “foreign ori- did Congress become so weak afterbeingin learnt from the Congress rule of 2004-2014. infection. will be safeonlybystickingtogether. gins”. However, he thought that once she oc- powerfor 10 long years? Amongstmany Patelknewthe Modi phenomenon better The writer is asenior journalist and Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur cupiedthe seat of powerthe opposition things, he said it washit by ageneration gap than anyCongressman, but he could notget contributing editor to rediff.com

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER Lung fibrosis, Covid-19’s lasting signature

Severe scarring of the lungsmay occurinperhaps 5-10per cent of patients. But giventhe large numbers of theinfected,doctors have warnedofa‘tsunami’

ity of the almost60millionpeople who have Some three decades ago, lung fibrosis was predict whichCovid-19patientsare likelyto more. Anti-fibrotic drugs arebelievedtobe ANURADHAMASCARENHAS contracted thevirus around the worldhave lesscommon. It usuallyoccursinelderly peo- progress to fibrosis would be invaluable, the useful in patients with acuteseverity of in- PUNE,NOVEMBER25 had onlyamildormoderateinfection,about ple, wherethe lungs become stiffand the experts have said in the article. terstitial lung disease (ILD), Dr Udwadia said. 10%will develop severe Covid-19 pneumo- ability of oxygen to enter the blood circula- Dr Udwadia cited the caseofa45-year- Brig. (Dr) MSBarthwal, retired professor AS THE novelcoronavirus continues its nia, and 5% will develop AcuteRespiratory tion diminishes. If the Covid-19virus causes old non-smoker in intensive carewith severe and Head of Department of Pulmonary march across the globe—witness the cur- Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Giventhe overall lungfibrosisasasequelae to thecoronavirus Covid-19ARDS who progressed within28 Medicine at Pune’s Dr DYPatil Medical rent surgesinthe US and manyparts of numbers of those infected with SARS-CoV-2, disease pneumonia, large numbers of cases days to end stagefibrotic lung disease,de- College, Hospital andResearch Centre,said Europe and India —devastating pulmonary this still worksout to significant pulmonary maypotentiallyresultfromthe pandemic, spitereceiving remdesivir,tocilizumab, dex- thereare very fewstudies on whichanti-fi- fibrosis, the scarring or inflammation of the involvement in severalmillion individuals. Dr Sundeep Salvi, chestphysician and direc- amethasone, and even 500mgpulses of brotic drugscan lessen the progression of fi- tissue around the air sacs of the lungs, which Indiahas had morethan92lakh cases and torofthe Pulmo CareResearch and methylprednisolone. brosis. Apartfromthe drugs, thereshould be leadstofatigue andshortness of breath,is over 1.34 lakh deaths so far. “Weare routinely Education Foundation, said. Nine months intothe pandemic in India, focus on supportive management as well — being reported in vast numbers of survivors. seeing this dreadfulfibrosis,”DrUdwadia The full fallout of the Covid-19epidemic steroids arenow partofstandardcarein giving home oxygen therapy, chestphysio- An article publishedinLung India,the said. Even backinJuly, Dr Randeep Guleria, remains to be seen,but knowledgeofclosely mostseverelyill hospitalisedCovid-19pa- therapy(breathingexercises under supervi- peer-reviewedmedical journal of the Indian Director,AIIMS, and the country’s leading pul- related coronavirus outbreakslikeSevere tients—however, theusual doses that most sion) and good nutrition, Dr Barthwal said. ChestSocietybypulmonologists Dr Zarir F monologist, had said post-Covid recovery AcuteRespiratorySyndrome (SARS) and receive do notseem sufficient to prevent According to Dr Udwadia, sinceitispa- Udwadia, Dr Parvaiz AKoul, and Dr Luca clinics mustextensively follow up on patients Middle EastRespiratorySyndrome (MERS) some of the patientsfrombeing leftwith tientswith the mostsevereARDS that are Richeldi, has underlinedthe problem of post- to see the impact of the virus on other organs has ledexperts likeDrUdwadia to hypothe- Testing forCovid-19 at Mumbai’s Bandra residual lung shadows,DrUdwadia said. mostlikelytoend up with fibrosis, this might Covid-19interstitial lung disease (PC-ILD)— as well. “We have seenanumber of patients sise that while the majority of patientswill station on Wednesday. Amit Chakravarty be thegroup to consider foruse of anti-fi- anothername forpulmonaryfibrosis —asa who have severe pneumonia, wherelungs stabilise or improveovertime, some will What role can anti-fibrotic drugs playin brotic drugs. Suchpatientswill generallyre- condition that chestphysicians will have ad- gettotallyscarred.Although theycome out, progress to advancedlung fibrosis or PC-ILD. the prevention and treatment of post- quireprolongedventilation withhigh oxy- dress and manageincreasinglymorefre- some of them requireoxygenathomeafter The sheer scale of the pandemic suggests abnormalities? Covid fibrosis? genrequirements, and perhapsanti-fibrotics quently. (‘Post-COVID lungfibrosis: The recovery.Three months down, CT scans have that physicians arelikelytoencounter po- It is toosoon to determine that,accord- That again, remains unclear at present. along with steroids, he said. tsunami that will followthe earthquake’) shownlungs areinbad shape,” Dr Guleriahad tentiallyhundredsofthousands of individu- ingtothe Lung India review(Udwadia et.al). But thereisarationale fortheir potential use- To better understand the natural course told TheIndian Express in an interview. als with PC-ILD, Dr Udwadia said. Those with moderateorseveredisease, with fulness. of the disease, follow-up visitsare recom- Howcommon is lung fibrosis in Covid- persisting symptoms or with radiological ab- Covid and Idiopathic PulmonaryFibrosis mended, either remotely or in person,upto 19 patients? And howserious is the threat from lung Whichpatientsare at greatestrisk of normalities, would requirefurther investi- (IPF) have commondemographic factors — atotal duration of 36 months, basedonthe It’s quiteroutine. While the vast major- fibrosis? developing long-term pulmonary gation. An accurate biomarkerthatwould theyaffect males, the elderly and smokers degreeand extent of lung involvement.

CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD Mahatma’s iconicstatue,part of Parliament’s Being active could prevent 5mndeaths yearly: WHO identity, site of protest and veneration

UP TO 5million deaths sise that everyone, of all LIZMATHEW couldbeavoided each ages and abilities,can be NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 year if all adults, including physicallyactive andthat people living with chronic everytype of movement ONCE THE construction of the new conditionsordisability, counts. The guidelines Parliament House begins, the iconic statue devoteatleast150 to 300 come at atime when the of MahatmaGandhi,perhaps themostiden- minutes everyweek to PAPER novelcoronavirus pan- tifiable symbol of India’sParliamentafter the moderatetovigorous aer- demichas forced millions building itself, will be shifted to atemporary obicactivity,new guide- CLIP around the worldtostay location —tobekeptsafe, andtobeeventu- lines issuedbythe World at home, and curtailed allybrought backtothe premises. Health Organisation NEWGUIDELINES manyeverydayactivities. Parliament House officialstold The Indian (WHO) say. Statistics from the Express that thestatue would be placedat Forchildren and adolescents (5- WHO showone in four adults(27.5%) the main entrance of the newbuilding, once 17 years), the WHO has recom- and four out of five adolescents(81%) it wascomplete. mendedanaverage of 60 minutes of globallydonot meetthe 2010 WHO moderatetovigorous, mostlyaerobic, recommendations on physical activ- Awitness to history physical activity per dayall week long. ity.The direct healthcarecostisesti- If statues could recordthe goings-on be- Vigorous-intensity aerobic activities, mated at $54 billion;the lostproduc- fore them,this 16-footbronze statueofthe as well as those that strengthen mus- tivity is estimatedtocostanother $14 Fatherof theNationwouldbeamong themost cles and bones, should be incorpo- billion. Almostnoimprovements valuable repositoriesof India’scontemporary ratedatleast3days aweek. have been seen in physical activity history.The Mahatma, seated in lotusposi- The guidelinesonphysical activ- levels over the pastdecade. tion,hasbeenamutewitnessto bothintense, The Mahatma’s iconicstatue is one of Parliament’s mostrecognisable features. Renuka Puri/Express Archive ity and sedentarybehaviour empha- ANURADHAMASCARENHAS thought-provoking debates as well as cacoph- onies—uproarious protests and slogan shout- ing —inParliamentforclose to three decades. overnightsit-in protestatthe statue,spread- The statue in frontofwhichthousands of Thestatue wasthe creation of RamV INDIA ACTIVE CASES 444,746 And alarge numberoflawmakers have at one ing sheets on thesmall lawn in front. visitors to ParliamentHouse pose forpictures, Sutar,now 95, who has also designedthe time or the other over the years stood or squat- wasunveiledonOctober 2, 1993 by then Statue of Unity,the world’s talleststatue, of tedatthe statue in symbolic protest. Areminder of values PresidentShankarDayal Sharma. It wasdo- Sardar Patel, in Gujarat. When Sutar was 500,000 It wasinfront of this statue that Rahul MPs cutting across party linessay the nated by the Urban DevelopmentMinistry, asked to design astatue forIndia Gate, he had 465,478 Gandhiheld his firstprotest againstthe “fre- statue holdsenormous meaning forthem. accordingtothe RajyaSabha website. made asmall model of Mahatma Gandhi in quent disruption” of Parliament by BJP MPs. Senior BJP leader and RajyaSabha MP Some Parliament officials said the statue meditative pose, recalledAnil RamSutar, The firstpicturesofRahul as an active Lok VinaySahasrabuddhe said the statue repre- wasnot meant forthe spotwhere it wasulti- Sutar’s son. 444,746 Sabha member showedhim —with sentsthe sense of gratitude the country has matelyinstalled,ratheritwas meant to be “Therewas acompetition, and partici- Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is nowwiththe BJP, forthe contribution of MahatmaGandhi to placedunder the canopyatIndia Gatefrom pantswereasked to makeastatue 2.5 feet 450,000 to his right—and otheryoungMPs likeJitin the world, his values and simplicity. whereastatue of King George Vhad been re- high. Prime MinisterMorarji Desai came to Prasada, Kuldeep Bishnoi, Sachin Pilot, and Forthe CPI’s DRaja, who served as MP for movedinthe mid-1960s. But it endedupat examine the entries when theyweredis- AjayMaken, sittinginfront of theGandhi 12 years,the statue symbolisesloveand Parliament House afterseveral leaders and playedatthe Central Public Works statue holding signs that said “Please Hear compassion foreveryone, and non-violence Gandhiansopposedthe idea of placingthe Department (CPWD). He liked whatmyfa- LAST 10 DAYS Us” and “We Also Want To Speak”during the —amessagethat no MP should ever forget. Mahatma on apedestalvacated by the King ther made the best.Hewas so fascinated by Nov15Nov 24 2005 Budget session. Congress MP Hibi Eden,who entered of Britain. it that he took it home to keep looking at it 400,000 ThelateTDP MP NaramalliSivaprasad Parliament forthe firsttime in 2019,said the Aformer senior officialofParliament re- forafewdays, andthen returnedit,”Anil had photographers flocking to him everyday statue wasnever just adecorative piece. “It calledthat the latesocialist leader George RamSutar told The Indian Express. “Then Note: The Nov24figureinthisgraph is based on the government updateonNov 25 during the Budget session of 2018 whenhe means alot of values and principles we Fernandes raisedthe matter in Parliament. IndiraGandhibecame Prime Minister, and appeared before the statue in various get- should look up to.Wheneverthereisinjus- “He accused the(Congress) government of she toochecked all the statues and liked my ups —wearingasari, dressed as AdolfHitler, tice —againstthe people or when the leaving Gandhi in the middle of the road. So father's creation the most,” he said. INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES as aChristian priest, as LordKrishna, as a Opposition is deniedjustice —wegoinfront the government immediatelymade arrange- Everyone wasimpressedbythe “seren- 9,222,216 59,961,235 maulvi, as Narada, etc. of the statuewhichsymbolisestoleranceand mentstobring the statuetoParliament, and ity and the peaceful expression”onthe face During Parliament’s Monsoon session non-violence. It also reminds us of the ex- place it in front of GateNo. 1,”the official said. of the Mahatma, Anil RamSutar said. There Source:MinistryofHealthandFamily Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, this year,held amidstthe Covid pandemic, pectations that the common citizen of the Another official said therewas also aplan to aretwo copies of the statue, he said —one is Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov25 updatedat11pmonNov25 eight RajyaSabha MPs including Derek countryhas from us,” Eden said. install the statue near Nirman Bhavan. in Gujarat and the other is in Hyderabad. O’Brien of the Trinamool Congress and Rajiv “Thereisalsoasimilarstatue, 27 feet high, Satav of the Congress, staged perhapsthe first Plannedfor elsewhere The sculptorand his creation forthe Karnataka Vidhan Sabha,”hesaid. Muslimministers:numberslagfarbehindshareinpopulation tation of the community in the Council of 10 STATES WITH LARGEST MUSLIM POPULATIONS has aMuslim minister, with the highestrep- ZEESHANSHAIKH Ministers is only5.7 per cent —less than a MUSLIMMLAS BYPARTY resentation in West Bengal (7), followedby MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 thirdoftheir shareinthe states’population. States Muslim %share Muslim Ruling Maharashtra(4) and Kerala (2). Four of these 10 states, Assam, population of members party or The BJP says theabsence of Muslim min- LAST WEEK, a15-memberNDA Cabinet Karnataka,Gujarat and Bihar —all where (% shareof Muslims in Cabinet/ coalition 1 43 76 isters in itsgovernmentsisbecauseofthe took charge in Bihar,with the BJP as the the BJP is in power—donot have asingle population of in state Totalstrength in state SHIVSENA OTHERS CONG absence of supportfromthe community, largest party in the alliance —and without Muslim representative in government. Muslims in India) of Cabinet and their hesitancy to join the party. asingle Muslimrepresentative.This was The onlyBJP-ruledstate that has a 1 “Youneedreciprocity forany relation- Uttar Pradesh 3.85cr(22.35%) 19.26% 1of54BJP the firsttimeindecades that the Bihar gov- Muslim minister is Uttar Pradesh —where BJP ship to work.You can’t treataparty likea ernmentdid nothaveaMuslim minister. Mohsin Raza is the MoS in charge of West Bengal 2.46 cr (14.22%) 27.01% 7of48TMC pariah and then expectittosharepower This lack of representation of Muslims Minority Welfare. Bihar 1.75 cr (10.16%) 16.87% 0of14JDU-BJP 12 233 with you. Morethan the BJP,itisfor the in the government isn’t Justbeforethe 2014 Lok Maharashtra1.30 cr (7.54%) 11.54%4of 43 MVA AIUDF (Muslim) community to introspect on this limited to Bihar—ortojust Sabha elections, therewas TOTAL 32 issue. Once the community joins hands STORYIN Assam1.07cr(6.21%) 34.22% 0of18BJP TMC an NDAgovernment alone, only onestate,Gujarat, Kerala 0.89cr(5.16%) 26.56% 2of20LDF with the party,itwill be in abetterposition recordsscrutinisedbyThe amongstthese 10 states to bargain forpower,”said Jamal Siddiqui, NUMBERS Karnataka 0.79cr(4.58%) 12.92% 0of28BJP Indian Express show. whichdid nothavea 19 national president of the BJP Minority Cell. Rajasthan 0.62cr(3.60%) 9.07%1of 22 INC 17 LEFT In fact, in moststates, Muslim minister. Thenum- IUML Across India, the BJP has onlyone elected when it comes to Muslims in Cabinets,the berofMuslim ministers in these 10 states Gujarat 0.58cr(3.36%) 9.67%0of 23 BJP 14 18 Muslim MLA: Aminul Haque Laskar, who shareofthe community is waybelowtheir wasalso almost double at 34 pre-2014. Jharkhand 0.48cr(2.78%) 14.53% 1of11JMM AIMIM SP waselected from Sonai in Assam, and who shareinthe population. And if the BJP’s pol- Muslims as per the 2011 census make Totalpopulation 13.79cr(80.08%) 17.34% 16 of 281 wasrecentlyelected Deputy Speaker of the itics doesn’t open anyspaces, even states up 14.2 per cent of the country’s popula- of these states Assembly. wherethe Congress is in powerhaveshown tion; howevertheir representationasmin- Muslims. In Punjab andChhattisgarh, The onlyMuslim ministerinUttar little by wayofrepresentation. isters is only3.93 per cent. ■ States with high Muslimpopulationdonot include J&Kwhich wassplitintotwo Union Territories lastyear. where theMuslim populationissmaller, Pradesh, Mohsin Raza, is notanMLA —he Of the top10stateswhere80per cent In the three states out of the 10 where ■ There areatotal of 28 functionalLegislative Assembliesinthe country, of which 16 do nothaveMuslim rep- the Congress stategovernmentshaveone waselected to the Legislative Council by the resentation. Some of these areinthe Northeast, which have smallMuslim populations. of India’s Muslims reside, the total strength Congress is partofthe government — ■ Of thetotal 559 ministers in various stategovernments, only 22 belong to theminority community. Muslim eachout of 17 and13ministers re- BJP-ledstate government. of the Council of Ministers is 281, outof Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand — ■ Of the3,976 MLAs across thecountry,only 233 MLAs areMuslim, making up just 5.86per cent of thetotal. spectively. In Lok Sabha, too, theBJP has no Muslim whichonly16are Muslims. The represen- onlythree of the total 38 ministers are Almost everymajor non-BJP-ruled state representative.

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AHMED PATEL (1949-2020)

PATEL’SRISE Link between Congress’s past and

■ Elected to the Lok Sabha from Bharuchin present, party’stroubleshooter-in-chief 1977 forthe firsttime at the ageof28. Wonthe Congressasaninstitution.Hewas of their plan and had spoken to a seat again in 1980 and MANOJCG one of the fewCongress leaders fewofthem and asked them to 1984.Losttothe BJP in NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 who had precious cross-party shelve theidea. The leaders 1989. Wasthe last links—hecouldreachout with stopped collecting signatures af- Muslim to be elected to AHMEDPATEL,theCongressstal- equal ease to themercurial terPatel’sintervention,but sent MamataBanerjee at the BankurarallyonWednesday. Express Lok Sabha from Gujarat wart whodiedonWednesday, MamataBanerjee, the ideologi- the letter anyway. hadone“expressedbutunfulfilled callydrivenSitaram Yechury, or GivenPatel’s equation with ■ Elected to the Rajya wish” —tobring about agenuine Mayawati’schief lieutenantSatish Sonia, he wasoften seen as voic- Sabha in 1993 –first of dialogueandreconciliationwithin ChandraMishrawith amessage ing her opinion. “He wasalways SOUNDSBENGAL POLL BUGLE his five terms in the aparty caught in an internecine from Sonia. Forthe self-effacing, the firsttoknowthe Congress Upper House. Also war. Withtheleadershipissuefar media-shyCongressstalwart, all president’s mind. That wasthe served as AICC general fromsettled—andtheconstantly these leaders were justaphone sourceofhisauthority.Andhein- secretary from shrinkingelectoral base remain- call away. stinctively knewwhat shewould Willfightfrom September 1985 to ing aworry —the 71-year-old Patelwasafighter, andhiside- want,”former Union minister January1986and May backroomoperator,whoinmany ologicalclaritywasneverindoubt. Ashwani Kumar said. 1992 to October 1996 ways wasthe link between the AhmedPatel with Congress colleagues GhulamNabiAzad And the respect he commanded Aparty leader recalled, “He Congress’s pastand itspresent, and MeiraKumar.Hewas an eight-time MP. Express archive inthepartycameto lightwhenhe wouldcallleaderswhowere sulk- jail,ensureTMC ■ Wasmember of the wastheoneleadertheembattled facedthemostdifficultelectionof ing,andthatcallfromAhmedbhai CWCfromApril 1992 partyneededthe most. his life: his 2017 RajyaSabha re- made the difference, as everyone andparty treasurer Bracing forelections to ap- of atrustdeficit between Rahul of the party's leadership told The election bid from Gujarat. The knewhis authority in the party... from October 1996 to point anew party president, and him. Indian Express on Wednesday. high-voltageelection notjust Forinstance,manypeoplegive the July2000.Became Patel’s towering and influential Hisloyaltyto theGandhifam- Manyinthepartybelieve Patel brought out the tenacity in him credit forour (2017)Punjab wins:Mamata Sonia Gandhi’s political presence would likelyhaveen- ilywas neverquestioned, warts wasperhapstheonlypersonwho butalsounifiedtheCongress,with Assemblyelection victoryto secretary 2001 –apost suredalargely trouble-freetransi- and all. could have brought about atruce theentireleadershipthrowingits Amarinder Singh. But notmany Yadavhas been put behind bars he held until his death. tion even if the baton is to be “He wassincerelytrying to betweentheGandhisandtheun- weight behind him. knowthatwemanaged to pacify EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE but he ensured his party's good Wasamong the three passed from SoniaGandhi to arrangeadialoguebetween the happyleaders. Afterthe letter to Sonia from 27 of the34rebelsbecauseof Patel KOLKATA,NOVEMBER25 performance. The BJP's win (in parliamentary Rahul Gandhi once again. For, Congresspresident,RahulGandhi, The Congress leadership will the 23 senior Congress leaders, – alistwas sent to him, and he Bihar) wasthrough manipula- secretaries appointed Patelshared arapportwith the andustoresolve partyissues...He alsomisshiscoalition-buildingef- therewereinsinuationsthatPatel calledalmostevery one of IN Asign of howbitter the 2021 tion and notthrough popular by RajivGandhiwhen party'sveteransandcommanded wasclearthatthepartymuststay forts.Rahul'sfirstreactionto asen- wasthe brain behind the move. them...and 27 withdrew.” Assemblyelections in West mandate," she said. he became PM PTI therespectof itsyoungleadership, strongandremainunited,”oneof iorleaderonWednesdaywasthat The letter-writers denythis, but FULLREPORTON Bengal promise to be,Mamata She also accusedthe BJP of the latter despitethe perception the23writers of thelettercritical Patel’s demise is alosstothe theyconfirm Patelhad got wind www.indianexpress.com Banerjee kickedoff the offering moneytoTrinamool Trinamool Congress's campaign, Congress MLAs to switchsides. tearing into theBJP and calling "They arecalling Trinamool the party a"dustbin of lies" and workers and offeringmoney. Village recalls: He never expected the "biggestcurse to the nation". Theyare saying, we will give you Addressing arallyatBankura 2crore,cross over.Theyare —fromwhereBJP leader Amit telling an MLA, Iwill give you15 REMEMBERING AHMED PATEL anything for getting work done Shah launchedhis party'scam- lakhnow,15lakh later.Isthis a paign earlier this month — political party? Theyare adis- Banerjee said, "The BJP is nota grace," she said. An astuteParliamentarian, times. Iwill miss his KAMAALSAIYED political party but amithyerpuro Banerjee alsoaccusedthe Shri Patelcombinedthe wisdom, his intellect and his PIRAMANVILLAGE(BHARUCH), dustbin (a whole dustbin of lies). Communistsofjoininghands skills of astrategistand the unwavering commitment to NOVEMBER25 Wheneverelections arrive,they with the BJP to avoid arrests in charm of amass leader.His the Congress... bring up the issue of Narada the Sharada scam. "The Leftof amiability wonhim friends RAHUL GANDHI, AFIVE-MINUTEwalkfromhisan- (sting operation) and Saradha the pasthas become the new across party lines... CONGRESS LEADER cestral home, agrave has been (scam) to intimidateTrinamool BJP," she said. RAM NATH KOVIND, readiedinthewoodedgraveyard. leaders. But letmetell them very Dismissing talk of the BJP PRESIDENT With his warm and pleasing On Wednesday, an ambulance clearly,Iamnot afraidofthe BJP coming to powerinthe state, the manners he could reachout fromHMPFoundationinPiraman or itsagencies.Iftheyhavethe CM said, "A fewpeople areun- He wasanable across the entirepolitical leftfor Vadodaraairporttobring guts, theycan arrest me and put der the illusion thatthey(BJP) parliamentarian and always 1949-2020 spectrum.Abig loss to backthebodyof veteranCongress me behindbars. Iwill fight elec- will come to power, so some maintainedcordial Indianpolitics and leader AhmedPatel that arrived Rahul Gandhi outside Patel’s residenceinDelhi. Anil Sharma tions from jail and ensurethe people aretrying to take a relationswith leaders Constitutional values. by acharteredflight from Delhi. Trinamool's victory." chance. But Iwant to saythis across the political theretohelp,his generosity SITARAM YECHURY, Patelhad wished to be buried To makeher point, she re- clearly,thereisneither any spectrum... were rare qualitiesthat CPM GENERAL SECRETARY besidehisparents,Halimabibiand twowaterdistillationplants,setup CanadaandSouthAfrica,says for- ferred to the RJD'sgoodshowing chance nor 'by-chance' forthe MVENKAIAH NAIDU, distinguishedhim from MohammedbhaiPatel. withPatel'sefforts.Thereisnoopen merdeputysarpanchSalimPatel. in the recent Bihar Assembly BJPtocome to power. We will VICE PRESIDENT others. Ihavelostan He wasaCongressman who Classmates at the Gujarati- barrenplot—all houses have gar- “He (Patel) wasshy student;I elections despiteLalu Prasad be- again return to powerwith abig- irreplaceablecomrade, a regularly worked with medium section of Mission dens “so that people wouldnot wasnotorious. We sat togetherin ing in jail. "Even Lalu Prasad germandate." He spent years in public life, faithful colleague and a secular democratic forces... School in the villageofaround throw garbage”, avillager says, classroom,”Mullahsays. “Laterhe serving society.Known for friend. As apolitical activist he stood 3,000 people, Abbas Mullah,71, crediting Patelfor the plan. shiftedto anotherschoolin(adja- his sharp mind, his role in SONIA GANDHI, forpositive,progressive remembers Patelasa"shystu- Fordealingwithhealthemer- cent)AnkleshwartownandIquit strengthening the Congress CONGRESS PRESIDENT values. His absence will dent", who grew up to be aman gencies, Patelhad startedamed- studiesdueto financialproblems. Bengalnow asecond Partywould always be makeadifference... of the people – forthe village, ical OPD centrerun by atrust Thereasonwhyheislovedby mil- remembered... We have lostaleader who DRAJA, CPI GENERAL "their man in Delhi". He would namedHMPFoundation–named lionsof peopleisforhisserviceto- Kashmir:Dilip Ghosh NARENDRA MODI, dedicated his lifetothe SECRETARY meetMullahwheneverhevisited afterhismother.TheOPDcentreis wardsall sections;for helping PRIME MINISTER Congress... Ahmed-ji Piraman, chat with villagers late on the main street leading to his them resolve their issues. He epitomizedcourageand Saddenedand shocked.. He intothe night, and sortout their ancestral house. neverexpected anything from His faithfulness and loyalty in public life. He wasaquiet, affable person... issues,Mullah recalls. All houses areconcrete and anybody forwork(he) got done.” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE dedication,his commitment stood by the Congress... MAMATA BANERJEE, What sets Piramanapartisits the entirevillageiscovered by CongressleaderRahulGandhi KOLKATA,NOVEMBER25 to his duty,his always being through itsmostdifficult TMC PRESIDENT cement concreteinternal roads CCTVcamera.Mostofitsresidents is expectedtoattendthe burial andahelipadontheoutskirts.Ithas have settledinthe US, the UK, hereonThursday. BENGALBJP president Dilip Ghosh on Wednesdayclaimed that Bengal had turnedintoa “second Kashmir”, inviting a 200 food kits provided by sharp reaction from the PM cites Rae Bareli coach factory to point Trinamool Congress whichac- cusedhim of maligning the Rahulnot distributed in state’s image. to failure to utilise potentialingovernance “WestBengalhas turnedinto Dilip Ghoshaddresses arally asecond Kashmir.Every day, ter- in Suri in Birbhum. PTI Kerala, Cong to probe the onlyworkdone therewas of rorists arebeing arrested and il- localpeopleforcedopentheshut- MAULSHREESETH denting and painting of coaches.” legal bomb-making factories are SHAJUPHILIP ters of abuilding wherethe bags LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER25 The Prime Ministersaid being unearthed. The onlyfac- leave the state,” said TMC MP THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, of provisions had been dumped. coaches were broughtfrom tory that is flourishinghereisthe SaugataRoy. NOVEMBER25 CongressMalappuramdistrict TAKINGONthe Congress in an Kapoorthala, Punjab, and only bomb-making factory,”Ghosh Earlier in the day, stateBJP presidentVVPrakashsaidacom- obliquewaywhilespeakingabout “painting and denting”workwas said at a‘Cha-Chakra’ (chat over general secretarySayantan Basu NEARLY200foodkitsprovidedby mittee has been constituted to governance,orthelackofitbefore done at the unit in RaeBareli. acup of tea) event of the BJP in described Mamata Banerjee as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for look intothe incident and fixthe 2014,Prime MinisterNarendra That line of thinking, and the Birbhum district. “saree-clad Hitler”. At a‘Cha flood-hitfamiliesintheWayanad responsibility forthe lapse. ModionWednesdaycitedtheex- styleofwork, changed onlyafter The TMC accusedGhosh of Chakra’ event in Maldadistrict, constituencyherepresentsinLok “Actionwould be takenagainst ampleofRae Bareli Rail rail coach PM Modi speaksduring the centennialfoundation dayofthe 2014 – andthe result is forevery- maligning the state’simage. Basu said, “If anyone wantsto Sabha have been foundinfested thepartyleaderswhofailedtodis- factorytoexplaintoLucknow LucknowUniversity,via video conferencing, in Delhi. PTI one to see, he said. He said alarge “Whatcan Isay about this crazy fightagainstthe regime of the withwormsafterlocalpartylead- tribute the kitstothe flood-hit University studentsand teachers number of coaches aremanufac- statement?IfDilipGhosh feels saree-cladHitler,theyshould ers failed to distributethem dur- families during the crisis.’’ howafailuretoutilisetruepoten- tured at the RaeBareli unit today, that Bengal has turnedinto come and join us.All arewel- ing the calamity. PVAnwar,Left-backed tial in governance can leave even chairpersonof theUPAandthelo- ample of the result when true po- andthisfactorywouldsoonbethe Kashmir then he should leave come in our party.” The kitswerefoundaban- Independentlegislator of bigprojectsuseless.But,headded, calMP,RaeBarelirailcoachfactory tential is notutilised. It is notfar biggestrailcoachfactory in the the stateand stay in Kashmir. TMC secretary-general and doned at abuilding in Nilambur Nilambur constituency,alleged theycanyieldresultswhenoneis wasaproject close to her heart away from Lucknow – RaeBareli world.“Saamarthya kasahiistemal This kind of statement reminds state ministerPartha Chatterjee municipal town in Malappuram. that Congress leaders stashedthe able to utilise the true potential. Modi, who wasaddressing the rail coachfactory. Manyyears ago, kaise hota hai wohaapke bagal me of commentsmade by said Basu was“uneducated”. Theyhad been assignedtoa food kitstobedistributed among RaeBareliistheLokSabhacon- centennialFoundationDaycelebra- investment wasdone there, facili- meinhi hai(realuseof potential is Kangana Ranaut. She had said “Have youeverseenaneducated CongresscommitteeatNilambur peopleduringthelocalbodypolls. stituencyofCongressleaderSonia tions of LucknowUniversity ties were created,machinerywas justnext-door to you,” Modi said, that Mumbai has turnedinto person makingsuchcomments in 2019 when the region wit- Morerelief kitshave beenhoarded Gandhi, and theonly throughvideo-conferencing,didnot brought;bigannouncementswere adding that along with right use PakistanOccupiedKashmir.She againstawoman? People like nessedfloodsand landslides. by Congress leaders in other parts Parliamentaryseat the party won name either the Congress or Sonia. made that rail coachwould be of potential, “intention and wasasked to leave the city. these areadisgrace to society and The issue came to fore when of the constituency,hesaid. in UP in 2019 General Election. As Modisaid:“Iwanttociteanex- manufacturedthere.Butforyears, willpowerisequallyimportant”. Similarly,Iam asking Ghosh to Bengali culture,” said Chatterjee. Delhi riots chargesheet: ‘Conspiracy JAISHANKAR CONCLUDES 2-DAY VISIT not aborted, continues despite arrests’ India,Bahrain agree to boost cooperation Khalifabin Salman Al Khalifa. He Sunday. Thecourttook cog- ulated district of India where sense of fear and insecurity in EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE recalledthecontributionof thelate ANANDMOHANJ nizance of the chargesheeton day-to-daysurvivalrequires the minds of the minority com- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 Prime Ministerinstrengthening NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 Tuesday. Imam and Khalid's blood and sweat of the tiller and munity.Innocent people were India-Bahrainrelationsandforthe lawyers refusedtocomment on the bread winner”, while the killedasaresult of this cold- INDIA AND Bahrain on welfareofthe Indian community THE CONSPIRACY behindthe the allegations. leaders chose to “either remain blooded,brutal, grotesque and Wednesdayagreedtostrengthen inBahrain,theMinistryofExternal February Northeast Delhiriots Police have accusedKhalid of safelygluedtotheir television diabolical conspiracy,” the their ties in areas of defence and Affairs said in astatement. is “neither abortednor aban- planning to “breakupIndia in sets in thecomfortoftheir chargesheetread. maritimesecurity, spacetechnol- The ministerthanked the doned” and is continuing de- 2020”. “It is worthwhile to men- homes in upscale locations of Police stated that the “ac- ogy,trade and investment, infra- leadership of Bahrain forhosting spitearrestofaccusedpersons, tion herethatthe aforesaid crim- Delhi-NCR using their commu- cusedpersons’ conduct exhibits structure, IT,FinTech,health,hy- morethan 300,000Indiancom- said Delhi Policeintheir supple- inal conspiracy is continuing. It nication devicesasthe weapon total disregardfor human values drocarbonandrenewableenergy munity in Bahrain and fortaking mentarychargesheetfiledina has sufferedsetbacks with the of theenlightened”. and shows atotallydepraved, as External Affairs MinisterS “exceptional care”ofthe com- riots case. exposureand arrest of accused The chargesheet stated that brutal and scheming mind. The Jaishankarconcludedhistwo-day munity during the Covid-19 Policefiled the chargesheet persons but it is neither aborted theaccusedhad enteredintoa accusedpersons have commit- visit to the countryon External AffairsMinister SJaishankar with Bahrain PM Prince pandemic. before Additional Sessions Judge nor abandonedand shall be ac- “deep-rootedand sinistercon- tedacrime againsthumanity”. Wednesday. Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, at Manma in Bahrain. PTI “Bothsidesaffirmedtofurther Amitabh Rawatagainstformer counted forand further un- spiracytodoanillegal act with The chargesheetfurther said During the visit, Jaishankar strengthentheirCovid-relatedco- JNU student Umar Khalid,JNU earthedinthe continuinginves- the express objecttodisturb so- the intentwas to “create maxi- calledonPrinceSalman bin operation.Theyalso expressed student Sharjeel Imam and one tigation,” the chargesheet stated. cietal harmonybytheirterrorist mum communal strife” once the Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown MinisterShaikh Ali bin KhalifaAl During his calls on the leader- satisfactiononoperationalisation Faizan Khan under relevant sec- Police said the brunt of the acts”. “initial sparks were fedtothe Prince, Deputy Supreme Khalifa.Healsoheldtalkswithhis ship, he personallyconveyed, on of Air Bubble arrangement be- tions of Unlawful Activities conspiracy was “sufferedby “By sustainedand well-oiled media, creating frenzy by ase- Commander and Prime Minister counterpartDrAbdullatif bin behalf of India, sincerecondo- tween the twocountries,” the (Prevention) Act(UAPA)on those who reside in denselypop- campaign, theycreated an acute lect group of media houses”. of Bahrain and Deputy Prime RashidAlZayani. lences on thedemise of Prince statement said.

Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 12 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER26,2020 Ahead of farmers’ Farmers brave ENCROACHMENT OF STATE LAND: J&K Rajasthan govt gets HC march, police step water cannons, FreshlistnamesPDP notice after up patrol at borders cops take barricades on office,partyleader away woman EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 rented accommodation in Imtiyaz AhmedShah andVishal march to Delhi DEEPTIMANTIWARY Gandhi Nagar. Khanna arealso part of the list, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE AS THOUSANDS of farmers from &ARUNSHARMA The administration had ear- as arepoliticallyconnectedfam- NEW DELHI,NOVEMBER25 Haryana and Punjab gear up for NEWDELHI,JAMMU, lier mentionedformer PDP ilies of Rahim and Zahida the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on NOVEMBER25 leader Haseeb Drabu and three Naqshbandi. THE DELHI HighCourt November 26-27toprotest of hisrelativesasalleged bene- “This is fraud; thereisnoPDP Wednesdayissuedanotice againstthe Centre’s three farm ADAY afterthe J&K administra- ficiaries of Roshni Act, besides office,’’ Taksaid.“Thisspeaksvol- to the Rajasthan government laws,Delhi Police said theyhave tion alleged that Farooq and Congress treasurer KKAmla and umes about the intentionsofpeo- through itsResident deniedall requests from farm- Omar Abdullah had encroached four NC leaders.OnTuesday, it pleframingthe listtodefame par- Commissioner here,asitnoted ers’ organisations forthe same upon public land in Jammu, and had alleged that theresidence of ticular regional organizations.” withconcern itsstate police ac- and steppedupdeployment at Personnel deployedat listedoffices of the NC as Roshni Omar and Farooq Abdullah was Aijaz Khan refusedtocom- tion of taking away a26-year- borders. The Delhi Metroalso Dwarka’s Jharoda Kalan Actbeneficiaries, twonew lists built on encroachedforestland ment;Nasir Ali and Talib old woman from the national said no train will cross borders to border,Wednesday. Express released on Wednesdaymen- in Sunjwan, Jammu, acharge de- Choudharycould notbecon- capital on Tuesdayinacriminal enterNoida, Gurgaon or other tion the office of PDP in Jammu niedbythe party. tacted. case despiteshe being stated to NCRtowns till2pmonThursday. and itsleader TalibChaudhary Some of the prominent Sources close to Mahant be avictim of offences men- Trains from NCRtowns will also their march Wednesday morn- among alleged encroachers. names mentionedinthe listof Manjit Singh said the land in tionedinthe FIR registered notenter Delhi during that time ing. Police said theyhavede- The newlists also mention Jammu include retiredSSP Mirza question fell within the premises there. and run along stretcheswithin ployedpersonnel at main entry some police officers, former bu- Rasheed, retired IGPNisar Ali, of Mahant Bachiter Singh “Weare perplexed to note borders of those towns. pointsatthe bordersand pickets, reaucratsand journalists. Zehan Din,arelative of former CollegeofEngineering and that even though she wasnot “Due to kisan rallycall for and will conduct strictchecking According to aprobe by the Congress ministerAijaz Khan; Technology,spread over 100 the namedaccused,she has Delhi, on the requestofDelhi forthe next twodays before al- Police use watercannons on the Ambala-Delhi highway in UT administration, former J&K and businessman Haji Sultan Ali. kanals.The collegeisrun by a been takenintocustody by the Police and to avoid overcrowding lowing other people to enter. Kurukshetradistrictasfarmersmarch towardsthe national CM Mehbooba Mufti’s party of- Bansi lal, who runsthe 'Early philanthropic Trust–Mahant Rajasthan policestatedly in viewofongoing Covid pan- Asenior officer said, “We capital. Express fice allegedly sitsonencroached Times' newspaper and Mahant Manjit Singh Trust–and since againsther will. Herstatement demic, services will be regulated have also calledparamilitary land, measuring 3kanal,in ManjeetSingh, trusteeof the legallylegislated govern- could have been recordedbe- tomorrowfromresumption early forces and outside companies to Sunjwan, Jammu. “The land is Digiana Ashram in Jammu, have ment scheme of that time was fore thecompetent court in in the morning till 2pmthrough help prevent entryoffarmers.” Kurukshetradistrict, and the last suspected to have been en- also been mentionedasalleged available, the Trustgot this piece Delhi itself, instead of removing loops. After2pm, services will In EastDelhi, local police and SUKHBIRSIWACH one some 5kmawayfrom croachedwhen Mufti beneficiaries. of land transferredinits name. her from Delhi,” the division run on all lines from end to end,” paramilitaryforces will guard CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER25 Shahbad. Thewater cannons MohammadSayeedwas CM,” The listfromSrinagar men- Gupta said when he took the benchofJustice VipinSanghi DMRC saidinastatement.Italso major roads and other small bor- were deployed at the last twolo- an official said. tions 11 NRI businessmen and land in 1990 he wasnot aware and Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar said exit gatesof12stations ders. DCP (East) JasmeetSingh PUSHINGPASTwater cannons cations. PDP spokesperson Firdous the familyofformer IAS officer that it wasstate land.Hesaid he said in an order. around New Delhidistrict maybe said, “There’s heavy deployment and barricades, Haryana farmers HaryanaBhartiyaKisanUnion Takcalledthe allegationa``bla- Farooq AhmedShah among al- paid the “entireamount of Rs Directing the Rajasthan gov- shut at shortnotice on com- at Ghazipur border,DND and protesting the newfarm laws presidentGurnamSinghChaduni tant lie’’, and said the party has leged beneficiaries. Handloom 91.81lakh in 2008, and did not ernment to produceher munucation from police. Chilla.Wehaven’t sealedthe bor- marchedonWednesdaytowards said thousands of farmers were onlyone office in Jammu –a and clothing businessmen avail anyrebate”. through avideolink before the Delhi Police PRODrEish ders and areallowing other peo- theNationalCapitalfromAmbala partofthe agitation. “Neither the courtonThursday, thebench Singhal said police have appealed ple to go.Depending on the situ- as part of their ‘Delhi Chalo’ call farmershave indulgedinanyscuf- also asked it to ensurenoharm to the organisations on social me- ation, we willcreatetraffic scheduledfor Thursdayand fle todaynor theywill do so in fu- 6months after ouster,Mattu Farooq must be is causedtoher whileshe is de- dia to postpone the protestasit diversions forthe public.” Friday. ture. Our agitation will be peace- tainedincustody.Italso saidthe isn’t allowedunder the DDMA’s DCP (Southeast) RPMeena The police believe that the ful but we will keep moving booked for custody “prima facie, appears to guidelines restricting public said theyhavebeen provided farmers,whoare travellingintrac- towardsDelhi,” he said. back as Srinagar Mayor us, to be illegal” and asked the gatheringsinthe city duetothe with eightcompaniesof paramil- torsandothervehicles,willoptfor Haryana DGPManojYadava cheating: Thakur state to ensureher mobile is re- pandemic. He said, “Wecan’t al- itaryforces to assist local police at anight haul somewhereonthe said: “Till nowthe agitation is turnedtoher and that no harm lowthis march due to Covid-19. the borders. DCP(Outer North) nationalhighway before proceed- peaceful.Whateverforcehasbeen PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Mattu after Jammu: Union MinisterAnurag comes to her from her parents Protesters and policemen de- Gaurav Sharmasaid, “Localpolice ing towardsDelhi on Thursday usedthat’sby thefarmersagainst SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER25 hisvictory, Thakur Wednesday demanded or otherrelatives. ployedonthe road arebothat have been instructedtoguardthe morning again. thepolicemen.We hadtriedthem in Srinagar registration of acase againstfor- According to the petition, risk.However, we areanticipat- Singhu border.Tomorrow, six Unfazedbytheheavysecurity to stop at twoplacesonthe high- JUNAID AZIM Mattu returnedas on Sunday. merChief Ministerand National filedbyalawyer on behalf of ing protesters at the borders and companies of paramilitaryforces and arrestsofseveral leaders, the way. At bothplacestheyremoved the mayorofthe Srinagar PTI Conference president Dr Farooq the woman, Sheena will conduct intensive checking.” will join them.” farmers gathered at Mohda our concretebarricades with the Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Abdullahfor “cheating,forgery Choudhary, before the High Members from 500organisa- Gurgaon Police has also iden- Mandi of Ambaladistrict on help of their tractorsand other Wednesday, lessthan six and encroachment of public Court, she wastaken away by tions will march to the capital tifiedsevenpoints at the district’s Wednesdaymorning. The local means. We have notusedforce months afterhewas ousted polls. property’’. RajasthanPoliceonTuesday through five highways.Several borders, wheresupervisoryoffi- authoritiestriedtoconvincethem againsttheagitatingfarmers.They from the office through ano- “Mattu got 44 votes while “Nobody is above thelaw,’’he from Delhi while she washav- farmers have already reached cers and duty in chargeshave nottomarch to Delhi but the have reachedPipli and areproba- confidence motion. Imran got seven. Nineteen cor- said at arallyatAkhnoor while ing lunchinJamia Nagarwith Haryana bordersand will begin been posted. farmers insistedonmoving to- blymaking anight haul there.” A Mattu who does nothave porators abstainedfromvoting,” canvassing forcandidates forthe her friends. The courtwas told wardstheNationalCapitalaspart seniorpoliceofficersaid,“Wehave anyknown party affiliation cur- SMC Commissioner Gazanfar Ali DistrictDevelopment Council her father had earlier made a of their stir againstthe farm laws. sealedthe borders with Punjab rently, defeated Sheikh Imran, told PTI afterthe election. elections in Jammu and Kashmir complaint in Rajasthan, where ANTI- COALPROTESTSINGOA The farmers brokethrough and Delhibut that sealingwillbe aformerdeputy mayorwho Mattu, who waslastassoci- that begin on November 28. she works, allegingher kidnap- police barricades at three places tested on Thursdaymorning.” wasremovedfromoffice last atedwiththe People’sConference Heclaimedthat“beneficiaries ping and illegal confinement. ‘Coal handling at Mormugao on the Ambala-Delhi National Haryanaauthoritieshavealso year through ano-confidence ledbySajad Lone, wasremoved of Roshniscamwere formermin- She waspickedupinconnec- Highway—oneatAmbaladistrict, imposedprohibitoryorders in motion.Imran also did notrep- from the mayor’s postinJune in isters of Gupkar gang, Congress tion with that case, the court Port Trust to be halved’ one near Shahbad town in severalparts of the state. resent anyparty in the mayoral ano-confidence motion. and their relatives...” ENS wastold. BLAZE PUTOUT AFTER CLOSETO24HRS, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE IIPH-G survey: More AQIAROUND SITE DETERIORATES PANJIM,NOVEMBER25 Goa CM Pramod CASES: RECOVERED:86,42,771 secondary infections in AS ANTI-COALprotesters took Sawant 268 On fire: Delhi’s their agitationtothe Secretariat DAYSSINCE 92,22,216 DEATHS:1,34,699 PANDEMIC houses with Covid deaths on Wednesday, Goa Chief BEGAN TESTS: 1,34,841,307 | DOUBLING RATE: 147.38** MinisterPramod Sawant an- panies importing coal afterthey garbage mountain nounced that coal handling at failedtopay thetransport cess, Dr Dileep Mavlankar,the latest the Mormugao Port Trustwillbe whichruns intocrores. SOHINIGHOSH study remains to be peer-re- reducedby50per cent. Whiletilldatetheagitationhas AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER25 viewedand published. However, “Wecannotstopitall of a been on thestreetsandattherail- Shah said the findings have gov- sudden. Thereare families who waytracks, theanti-coal protest- EXPANDINGONaprior study ernment policy implications as aredependent on it, around ers on Wednesdayreachedthe conducted in rural Gandhinagar greater SARinhouseholds with 1,500families is one estimate.Of seatof executive attheSecretariat. that looked at secondary attack Covid deaths implies that “con- this, 4,500are pensionerswho Early morning,ahead of a rates(SAR) in households with tact tracing, testing, quarantine depend on revenuegeneratedby Cabinetmeeting chaired by KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING Covid infections,researchers at and close surveillance of death MormugaoPortTrust,” Sawant Sawant, villagers under the TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** the Indian InstituteofPublic cases mustbedone,” as is also said. “Coaltransportwill reduce Goyant Kolso Naka banner ■ Maharashtra 17,89,800 5,439 0.30% 239.01 Health (IIPH) in Gandhinagar mentionedinthe study paper eventually.The port is looking for handedalettertothe Chief ■ Kerala 5,71,873 5,420 1.00% 72.20 have nowsuggestedthat the SAR discussion. an alternatecargo andmaking Minister's Office. “Wehavetime is much higherinhouseholds The study has included28of effortstoensure it reduces itsde- and again placedbeforeyou and ■ Delhi 5,40,541 6,224 1.25% 57.70 withCovid deaths -- indicating the 49 Covid deaths in pendence on coal handling. All the government authorities nu- ■ West Bengal 4,63,463 3,545 0.80% 89.62 that mortality can be usedasa Gandhinagar in August, and these issues Iassureyou will be merous evidences proving with- ■ Haryana 2,22,292 2,329 1.20% 59.97 surrogate marker. found 27 secondaryinfections in discussedwith the Centre.” out an iota of doubt that coal The SARisdefinedasthe the28households -- indicating a Fire officials said cooling operations areontocontrol air TheBJPhasearlierannounced transportationthroughGoamust *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth probability that an infection oc- 25 per cent SAR. Of these 27 sec- pollution. Praveen Khanna thatthepartywillbetakingtheag- bestoppedalong with relatedin- curs among susceptible people ondarycases, twodiedlater. itation issue to Union Ministerof frastructureprojects; that Goa’s CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT within aspecific group. However, Shah said the death dex(AQI) at the twostationshas Statefor PortsMansukh rivers and coasts mustbemain- The researchers found 25 per rate in the lateststudycannotbe ABHINAVRAJPUT been very poor to severe since Mandviya,whoisexpectedto visit tainedunder the control and au- 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY cent of suchhouses surveyed to correlated to the one found in NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 Tuesday. As of 7pmon Goa soon. In the pastfew months, tonomyofthe localcommuni- 1.47 6.99 44,376 have secondaryinfections and secondaryinfections in the pre- Wednesday, both stations were theagitationagainstcoaltransport ties;and that solar power, andnot NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: concludedthat suchhomes vious study,considering the AFIRE brokeout at the Ghazipur in the severe range. Though both has gainedmomentum withvil- fossil fuels, is the wayforward. 1.46 6.84 37,816 neededtobeextravigilant as lowersample space. landfill siteTuesdaynight,burn- stations have recordedhigh pol- lagers protesting againstdouble However, none of these argu- deathindicated ahigher viral It wasanobservation in the ing foralmost24hours before lution levels earlier this month, tracking and road expansion, mentsorfactshavebeen refuted Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs load in the patient. earlier study -- that secondary firefighters could bring in under the fire would have increased positivecases (in %); numbertested recovering; more whichtheyfearistowardsexpan- or challengedby you,or anyofthe indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days Publishedasapreprint on transmission washigher in control. This comes even as the concentration of pollutantsin sion of coal transport. officials,though thesubject has in averting deaths the spreadofdisease may signal the peak November 21 and authored by households whereprimary capital's air quality worsenedto the area, said asenior official. Earlierthisweek,theGoagov- been araging controversy over assistant professor at IIPH-G, cases succumbed to the infec- severe on Wednesday. Commissioned in 1984,the ernmentalsosentnoticesto com- the past8months,” the letter said. DataasonNovember24,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers Komal Shah, public health stu- tion -- whichled to this study. Acall wasreceivedaround 10 landfillsitereacheditscapacityin includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive dent at NewYorkUniversity FULLREPORTON pm Tuesdayabout the fire.Delhi 2002. However, in the absence of Nupur Desaiand IIPH-G director, www.indianexpress.com Fire Service Chief Atul Gargsaid, anyalternateoption,garbagecon- Transgenderpersonsget “Firemen have been at the land- tinues to be dumpedhere. fill formorethan18hours. To Presently, an exercise to reduce Chhattisgarh junior control air pollution, eight ten- theheightof landfillwiththehelp portal for gender certificate Amid China standoff, Navy ders arestill at the spotdousing of tromell machines is being car- engineer’s death: the blaze and conducting acool- riedout at the site. (Protection of Rights) Rules, His familyalleges ing process.” Asenior official in EastMCD DIVYAA 2020 on September 29, 2020. “It inducts two surveillance drones According asenior fire official, said though the exactreason for NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 will enable atransgender person custodial torture apartofthe landfill wasgutted the fire is notknown, thereare to applyfor acertificateand Navalofficersaid,comparingthem timetheNavyhastakendroneson at night and the fire soonspread chances ragpickers in the area THE GOVERNMENT on identity cardfromanywherein KRISHNKAUSHIK to the use of the Navy’sP8I lease. The process to buy tensuch Raipur:Familymembersof ajun- to otherparts butthere wasno could have thrown acom- Wednesdaylaunchedaportal the country, withouthaving to NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 Poseidon aircraftinLadakh. droneshasbeenunderprocessfor iorengineerinthepowerdepart- damagetolifeorproperty.“Since bustible material likeabidi or a through whichtransgender per- visit anyoffice,” he said. The drones have been de- severalyearsnow,butisstillstuck ment—asuspectinamurdercase the fire andsmokecauseddam- cigarette.“The landfill is filled sons can applyfor gender iden- He said the government THENAVYhasforthefirsttimein- ployedatINS Rajali, or the in the initial stages. These sources —haveaccused police of custo- agetothe environmentand with plastic whichishighlycom- tity certificates online. hopesthe portalhelps people ducted twosurveillance drones Arakkonam NavalAir Base in saidthatapartfromNavy, boththe dial tortureaday afterhediedin health, acase has been registered bustible, andpresence of LaunchedbyUnion Minister from the community to come through alease agreement with TamilNadu, from whereitwill Armyand the Air Forcealso want Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district. againstunknown personstoin- methane in small quantities can’t forSocial Justice and forwardand getTransgender anAmericanfirm,usingtheemer- carry out surveillance operations tenofthesedroneseach.TheNavy Police have deniedthe charges. vestigatethe cause behind it,” beruledout as well. So anyignit- Empowerment, Thawar Chand Certificateand IdentityCards as gency powers granted by the in the Indian Ocean Region. The officer quotedabove said:“It’s According to Surajpur district said asenior police officer. ing material that comes intocon- Gehlot, the portalwill allow per their “self-perceivedidentity” Centretothe ArmedForces amid move comes at atime Indiaisin- beenpendingforquitesometime. police, Punam Singh Katlam,44, Since Tuesdaynight,air qual- tact with these can lead to afire. transgender persons to upload whichisanimportant provision the China standoff, sources said. volved in atense standoffwith Thereisnoconsensus between diedofcardiac arrest on Tuesday ity monitoring stationsofthe However, methane self ignites at an affidavit declaring their gen- of The Transgender Persons The UnmannedAerial China in eastern Ladakh, and all Navy and Air Force, and the cost morning. He wasadmittedat the Delhi PollutionControl averyhigh temperatureof60-70 der,whichthen becomes the ba- (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. Vehicles (UAV), unarmedver- three forces, including the Navy, factor wasbeing debated.” Latori primaryhealthcarecentre Committee close to landfill at degree Celsius. Firesdue to this sis fortheir identity certificates The ministry will also open sions of the SeaGuardian areonanalert. Asource said Joint Services afterbeing interrogatedathis PatparganjandAnandViharhave occurwhen the temperaturein- to be issuedbythe respective shelter homes fortransgender Predator drone, have been The officer said that forthe Qualitative Requirementswere work place on Monday, apolice recordedhigh concentrations of side the heap is veryhigh, which districtmagistrates. The portal people in eachstate,Gehlotsaid. leasedfor ayear from US-based year-longlease,“thecomplete op- being formulatedfor the drones’ official said. pollutants.At Patparganj,concen- is less likelyinwinters.” will also enablethem to register The firstsuchhome wase-inau- General Atomics Aeronautical. erations and operational control acquisition, but “itisnot at any Katlam's brother Deepak, trationof PM2.5andPM10 —fine TheincidentalsosawAAPand their grievances and help build gurated in Gujarat’s Vadodaraon Sources in theNavysaid the willremainwiththeNavy”andas- stagewherewecansayitwillhap- however, has demandedahigh- particles suspendedinthe air — BJP engaging in apolitical blame adatabase of the community, Wednesdayinthe presence of drones had arrivedinthe firsthalf serted that allthe dataand other pen anytime soon”. levelprobe,claimingthathewas peaked at 420 µg/m3 and 600 game, with AAPleaderDurgesh said Gehlot, during itse-launch. Ministersof StateforSocialJustice of themonth,andhave doneasor- informationbelongedto theforce. Till the time thegovernment beaten up in custody.“The injury µg/m3atmidnight before reduc- PathakaccusingBJPleadersofset- The ministeradded thatthe and Empowerment Krishan Pal tie eachalready.Theyare “meant The officer said the manufacturer approves buying the drones, markson my brother's body sug- ing, but still remainedabove the ting the landfill on fire to defame National Portal forTransgender Gurjar,Ramdas Athawale and forcarryingoutsurveillanceinthe “is thereasasupportingrole, to whichhas to getthe Defence gest thathewasbrutallyassaulted acceptable limits. the Arvind Kejriwalgovernment Persons has been developed Rattan Lal Kataria, besides Laxmi Indian Ocean Region and can be makesureitfunctions as it is Acquisition Committee’s nod, by thepolice. Igot to know from The 24-hour exposurelimit —acharge denied by theBJP. within twomonths of the noti- NarayanTripathi, Member, deployed on theChina border if meant to”. “leasingismoreeconomicandvi- locals that he wastaken into po- of PM2.5 is 60 µg/m3 and PM10 (inputs from Shivam Patel ficationofTransgenderPersons NationalCouncilforTransgenders. asked forand if needed,” asenior Sources said this is the first able option”, the officer said. lice custody,” he said. ENS is 100µg/m3. The air quality in- &Jignasa Sinha)

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Affidavit Sheetal Agro Traders I Aruna Devi Narayan Affidavit 3615/2020 dt. 308096977118 . no.-1474/20 Dated Today’sEx-Shop Gadave,Daughter of No. 19Nov2020 made at 0090278328-1 23/11/2020 0090278338-1 delivery for livesmall JC-5793,Sub,Narayan Latur. 0090278340-3 birds sizebetween1.3 to I have changed my name Gadave,Resident - I, JC-331588M SubMaj My old name is Kranti 1.5 rate at Pune Rs.124/- from Chetankumar Khatav, Have Changed Shaikh Amin Turab Mamidpalliwar changed per Kg.7776024132, Mahendra Kathed to My Name from Aruna resident of Vill- Fattepur as new name Kranti 7588532184.090274713-1 Chetan Mahendra DevitoAruna Devi Post-Nagarsoga Tq- Satyanarayan Kathedasper Aadhaar NarayanGadave. Mamidpalliwar as per Simra Trading rates for Ausa Dist-Latur State- cardno: 5574 1238 8147. Maharashtra Pin-413520 affi no P-523/2020 dated 100 eggs. Selling price Affidavit No. 2542. 0090278334-1 my wife namewas on 25/11/2020 Rs.460/- Contact 0090278344-1 I have changed my name wronglyrecorded as 0090278349-2 9922117736. Change of namefrom PopatMangilal Dhokato Shaik Nuratah in my 0090273863-1 Manuj to Manuj Gupta new namePopatlal service recordher Vencobb today’s ex- Mangilal Dhoka. affidavit 300/20 dated correct name is Nurjaha shop delivery rate at Aadhaar no. 24/11/20. 0090278331-1 Amin Shaikh Vide Pune Rs.80/- per kg. 427308890107 I, ArmyNo.15572205A Affidavit 3176/2020 dt. 28 Oct 2020 made at Latur. Contact (9522) 0090278336-1 RankNKName Mane 22872417, Pune (9520) 0090278340-2 I Smt.Sushila, Spouseof RamchandraTanaji 24269414. 0090272255-1 no.1167584N, Ex-Hav, declares my daughters I, JC-331588M SubMaj NECC suggested farm- Parsu Kadam, Resident- wrong name Bhumika Shaikh Amin Turab gate price for 100eggs Tarale, Have Changed Mane corrected to resident of Vill- Fattepur on 26.11.2020 in Pune My Name from Sushila BhumikaRamchandra Post-Nagarsoga Tq- without tray is Rs.470/- toSushilaParshram Manevide Affidavit No Ausa Dist-Latur State- (Four Hundredand Kadam. Affidavit No. 8344. 0090278340-6 Maharashtra Pin-413520 Seventy Rupees only) 21089. 0090278344-2 my daughtername was Phone:NECC24270724, I, Ex. ArmyNo. 1585222H, wrongly recorded as I JitandraPal Singh R/at Rank-NK, Name - Shaik Karishmainmy 26336377, Dealer: houseNo. D-201 Oxy DagadeSanjayMaruti service record, his 24332689, 24455130, Ultima Wagholi Pune Pin declares my Wife’s Old correct name is 24265787. 412207have changed my Karishma Amin Shaikh ''IMPORTANT'' 0090272256-1 name fromJitandraPal nameKhashi Bai VideAffidavit 3614/2020 SinghtoJitendra Pal changedtoKashibai Pune Broilers Traders’ dt. 19Nov2020 made at SITUATION VACANT Whilstcare is taken prior to Singhvideaffidavit no. SanjayDagadevide Association Rate On Latur. 0090278340-4 acceptance of advertising 79/2020 Dt. 24/11/2020 at Gazette No. P-2033930 Required Smart & 26.11.2020 ForLiveBig copy,itisnot possible to verify Pune. 0090278337-1 and her wrong DOB My old NameKu. Sarika Experienced Sales / Birds Rs.104/- Live its contents. The Indian 23/09/1979corrected to DhondibaShame to New Marketing Executives Express (P) Limited cannot be Tandoori Birds Rs.120/- I Ex Cpl Service No. 07/10/1980videGazette Name as Savita Narayan for DAIKIN /SAMSUNG held responsible for such Momin Poultry(Asif 248492 Rank Ex Cpl No.P-2033618. Suravase Vide Adhaar AirConditioning Co. Call contents, nor for any loss or Momin) 26336349. Name :Devidas CardNo. 64077793 0295 :020- 26331353 / damage incurredasaresult of 0090273461-3 Gangadhar Baliga 0090278340-5 Dated 25/11/2020 transactions with companies, Residing at Meenakshi 9423055429. 090278298-1 I, PriyankaMane Spouse 0090278349-4 Pimpri-Chinchwad Co-Op. Hsg. Soc., MSEB associationsorindividuals of ArmyNo.15572205A advertising in its newspapers Broilers Traders’ Road, Pimpri, Pune- My old Name Mohmemad RankNKName Mane BUSINESS OFFERS or Publications. We therefore Association “Rate On 411017. declares that in Wassaf Altaf Inamdar / RamchandraTanaji recommend that readers 26.11.2020 ForLiveBig my Army ServiceBook/ Inamdar Md Wasaf Altaf We areone of the leading declares my wrong make necessary inquiries Birds Rs.105/- Live RecordmySurname to New Name As ProcessingUnit Looking name PriyankaMane beforesending any monies or SmallBirds Rs.120/- Al- recorded as Balgi which Mohammed Wasaf Altaf for Investment /Loan to entering intoany agreements TaqdeerBroiler(Siraj is incorrect. My correct corrected to Priyanka Inamdar Vide Adhaar Import and Processing with advertisers or otherwise Shaikh)9822931357, Surname is Baligavide RamchandraManevide CardNo. 6241 2862 3262 of Almond &Cashew Nut acting on an advertisement in 9767869302 Aff. No. 1917-20 dated Affidavit No.1505. Dated 24/11/2020 Andra Pradesh.Contact : any manner whatsoever. 0090273225-1 19/11/2020. 090278326-1 0090278340-7 0090278349-3 9346917374. 050172152-1

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TOPOFTHE WORLD USsetsrecordof2mn viruscasesin2weeks Novcould see twiceasmanycases as anyother month in US

LAURENLEATHERBY Meghan, the Duchess NOVEMBER25 of Sussex FORTHE firsttime since the coronavirus outbreak hit the BRITAIN United States, thecountryhas Duchessof addedmorethan one million cases in eachofthe pasttwo con- Sussexsaysshe secutive weeks. Covid deaths, whichlag reportedcases by hadmiscarriage weeks, arealsoatalevel notseen inthesummer since the spring. Some epidemiologists proj- THE DUCHESS of Sussex ect that the number of deaths in hasrevealedthatshehada US president-elect Joe Biden stands with nominees forhis national security team at his transition headquarters in the coming weekscouldexceed At adrive throughCovid-19 testingsiteinElPaso,Texas. Reuters miscarriage inJuly,givinga Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday. Thenominees are: (from left)AntonyBlinken forsecretaryofstate;JakeSullivan for the spring peak,inspiteofim- personalaccount of the national security adviser;AlejandroMayorkasfor secretaryofHomelandSecurity; Avril Haines fordirector of national proved treatment. traumatic experience in intelligence; JohnKerry forspecial envoy forclimatechange; and ambassador to the United Nations-nominee Linda In the pastweek,the United Nearly 2,000 countiesacross hope of helping others. Thomas-Greenfield, who standsbehind vice president-elect KamalaHarris. Reuters States addedanaverageof Some epidemiologists theUnitedStates arenow record- Meghan described the 173,000 newdailycases. If this project that the number ing their worstmonth in miscarriageinanopinion growth patternholds,the total of deaths in the coming November —nearly five times as pieceinthe NewYork number of cases reportedfor the manyasinOctober.Themapsbe- Times.She wrote: “Iknew, Rejecting Trump’s foreign policy full month of November is likely weekscould exceedthe lowshowinwhichmonth coun- as Iclutchedmyfirstborn to hit 4.5million. That would be spring peak,inspiteof ties sawtheir biggestcaseloads. child, that Iwas losing my morethandouble the number of improved treatment The New York City metro second.” The former approach, Biden says ‘America is back’ anyprevious month. area sawmorenew cases in MeghanMarkle and hus- With severaldays still leftin Aprilthan anyother month. band Prince Harryhave an the month, about 3.3 million have tested positive forthe virus And manycounties along the 18-month-old son, Archie. people in the United States had since the outbreakbegan, avast Gulf Coast, as well as in Arizona The duchess, 39, said she TREVORHUNNICUTT ED Senate China’s Xi congratulates already tested positivefor the majority in the lasttwo months. and California, had morecases wassharing her storyto &HUMEYRAPAMUK coronavirus as of Nov. 23. But cases thereaswell as in in JulyorAugust thanin breakthesilencearoundan testawaits WILMINGTON,NOVEMBER25 PLAIN NorthDakotacontinues to other parts of theUpper November so far. all-too-common tragedy. E Biden on election victory ● nominees EX have thecountry’sworstout- Midwestand Mountain West But with morethan 40 states “Losing achild means car- US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden break when adjustedfor popu- that drovethe initial fall surge seeing sustainedincreases in rying an almostunbear- said on Tuesdaythe United BIDEN’S CABINET nominees KJMVARMA lation, aposition it has main- have leveledoff slightly, while cases,it’s likely even moreof able grief,experiencedby States will be “ready to lead” will need to pass aconfirma- BEIJING,NOVEMBER25 tainedsince early September. cases aregrowing on both coasts those counties will setarecord manybut talked about by againonthe global stage, turn- tion voteinthe Senatebefore Almost onein10North Dakotans and in the South and Southwest. this month. NYT few,”she wrote. AP ing the pageonRepublican theytakeoffice. With the CHINA’S PRESIDENT Xi Jinping PresidentDonald Trump’s Republicans holding aslight on Wednesdaycongratulated US “America First” policies as he majority in the chamber,the president-electJoe Biden on Pakistan Cabinet approves pledged to work together with confirmation processisun- winning the presidential elec- GERMANY the nation’s allies. likely to be smooth sailing. tion, expressing hope thatthe Carcrashesinto Introducing his foreign pol- While someofthe nominees twocountries would uphold the Chinese President Xi Jinping ordinance on chemical icyand national security team, had been confirmedfor roles spirit of non-confrontation and gateoutside the Democratic former vice in previous administrations advance healthyand stable de- castration for rapists: report president signalledheintended with bipartisan support, sec- velopment of bilateral ties, offi- sagecame as US President Donald Merkel’soffice aftertaking office on Jan. 20 to retary of statenominee cial media reported. Trump’s government authorised (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 ACAR with slogans steer the United States away Blinkenand secretaryof Xi sent amessagetoBiden to President-elect Biden to begin a SAJJADHUSSAIN would be finalisedinaweek to scrawledonits sides from the unilateralistnational- Homeland Security nominee congratulatehim on his election formal transition process. ISLAMABAD,NOVEMBER25 be promulgated,Information Dr Gaurav Sharma crashedintothe gate of ism pursuedbyTrump. Mayorkas have both faced as US president, becoming one However, Trumphas notyet con- MinisterShibli Farazsaid. German Chancellor Trumpoverfour years unset- major GOP opposition in the of the lastmajor worldleaders to ceded, and vowedtopersistwith TO COMBAT risingcases of sex- The proposedlawsalsopro- Angela Merkel’s office in tledmanyUSallies, in Europe past. This makes the runoff congratulatethe president-elect. effortstochangethe vote, which ual violence againstwomen and hibitsthe controversial “two-fin- Indian-origin Berlin on Wednesday and and elsewhere, with an antago- elections forGeorgia’sSenate Promoting healthy and sta- have so farprovedfruitless. children in Pakistan, the federal ger” test performedonrapesur- police said theywereun- nistic approachtowardthe NATO seatsevenmoreimportant. A ble development of China-USre- Chinainitiallyhesitatedto con- Cabinethas approved in princi- vivors. The WorldHealth MP in New sureofthedriver’smotive. alliance and trade relations, adouble win forDemocrats lations notonlyserves the fun- gratulateBiden afterRepublican ple twoordinances aimedat Organisation has already de- Dozensofpolice and afire abandonment of international in Georgiawould give them damental interests of thepeople incumbent President Trumpre- handing out exemplarypunish- clared the test as “unscientific, Zealand takes enginerushedtothescene agreementsand warm relation- majority in the Senate. in both countries, but also meets fusedtoconcede. However, on ment, including chemical castra- medicallyunnecessaryand un- afterthe vehicle, with ships withauthoritarian leaders. the common expectation of the November13,China’sforeignmin- tion and hanging, to rapists,ac- reliable”. Rightsgroups have also oath in Sanskrit “Stop Globalisation Biden said his team, which international community, Xi said istrycongratulated Biden and cording to amedia report. termedthe test agross violation Politics” written in white includes trustedaide Antony thatAmericaisback,readytolead in his message, according to Harris fortheir victory. ACabinetmeeting chaired by of the victim’s righttodignity. on one side and “You Blinken as his nominee forUS theworld,notretreatfromit,once state-run Xinhuanews agency. While Biden is unlikelyto Prime MinisterImran Khan in Human RightsMinister PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA damnedkillersof children secretary of state, would shed again sit at thehead of thetable, On the same day, Chinese drasticallychange Trumppoli- Islamabad on Tuesdayalso de- Shireen Mazari tweeted, MELBOURNE,NOVEMBER25 and old people”onthe what the president-elect de- ready to confront our adversaries Vice President Wang Qishan sent cies towardsChina, experts said cidedtochangethe definition of “CabinetCommittee on Disposal other,hit the gate.Police scribed as “old thinking and un- and notreject our allies, ready to amessagetoKamalaHarris to aBiden presidency maypavethe rape,DawnreportedWednesday. of Legislative Cases (CCLC) will DR GAURAVSharma, anewly- said theyhad takena54- changed habits”inits approach standupforourvalues,”Bidensaid congratulateher on her election wayfor the resumption of high- The Anti-Rape (Investigation nowfinalise(the ordinances) elected MP in NewZealand, on year-oldmanintocustody. to foreign relations. at the event in his hometown of as the next US vice president. levelcommunicationbetween and Trial) Ordinance 2020 and and it should become opera- Wednesdaytookoath in Sanskrit Policesaidtheywereeval- “It’sateamthatreflectsthefact Wilmington,Delaware. REUTERS The Chinese President’s mes- the countries. PTI PakistanPenalCode tional in next fewdays...” PTI in the country’s Parliament. uating whether the driver Sharma, 33,originally from had anypsychological is- Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur, sues. Neither the gate nor wasrecentlyelected as aLabour the car sufferedmuch African envoys head for Ethiopia Mysterious shiny monolith found PartyMPfromHamilton West in damage. REUTERS NewZealand. India’s High Commissioner SPAIN as thousands of war dead reported in remote part of desert in Utah to NewZealand and Samoa, Muktesh Pardeshi, said on 4deadasmigrant AMMA news agency, run by world,” said Lt. NickStreetofthe Twitter that Sharma took oath boatcapsizesoff REUTERS authorities in Amhararegion LINDSAYWHITEHURST Utah Highway Patrol, partofthe firstin“New Zealand’sindige- ADDISABABA/NAIROBI, who backAbiy, said that more SALTLAKECITY,NOVEMBER25 Department of Public Safety. nous Maori language,followed CanaryIslands NOVEMBER25 than 10,000 Tigrayan “junta Still, it’s clear that it took by India’s classical language— ABOAT with 35 migrants forces” had been “destroyed” DEEP IN the Mars-likelandscape some planning and work to con- Sanskrit, showing deep respect from theMaghreb region AFRICAN UNION envoys headed with morethan 15,000 small of Utah’s red-rockdesertlies a struct the 10-to12-footmono- forculturaltraditions of both whichwas heading to- to EthiopiaonWednesdayhours arms and heavy weapons seized mystery: Agleaming metal lith and embed it in the rock. India and NewZealand.” wardsthe CanaryIslands before agovernment ultimatum in battles from Dansha to Adwa. monolith in one of the mostre- Theexactlocationissoremote Sharma, who did his MBBS capsized on Tuesday, wastoexpirefor northern forces Therewas no immediatere- mote parts of the state. that officials arenot revealing it from Auckland and MBAfrom emergency services said. to surrender in athree-week war sponse from the TPLF,Tigray’s Thesmooth,tallstructurewas publicly,worriedthat people Washington, worksasageneral Four people were found that has shakenthe region and Tigray refugees wait foraid dominant political party which found during ahelicopter survey might getlostorstranded trying practitionerinNawton,Hamilton. dead,28were rescuedand killedthousands of Tigrayan at acampinSudan. Reuters is spearheading the fighting. It of bighorn sheep in southeastern The smooth, tall structure to find it and needtoberescued. He has previouslybeen involved somearestillmissing,they fighters according to onereport. toohas spoken of killing large Utah, officialssaid Monday. wasfound during a The monolith evokes theone in publichealth,policy, medicine said. Migrantarrivalsin Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed’s numbers of itsenemies duringa Acrew from the Utah helicoptersurvey of sheep that appears in the Stanley and consulting in NewZealand, CanaryIslandshave surged government has seta72-hour Largenumbershavediedand stream of oftencontradictory Department of PublicSafetyand in southeastern Utah. AP Kubrickmovie 2001:ASpace Spain, the US, Nepal, Vietnam, to 17,000 this year – ten deadline forthe Tigray People’s therehas been widespread de- claims by both sides. Division of WildlifeResources Odyssey.Becauseit’sonfederal Mongolia, Switzerland and India. times lastyear’s total – as Liberation Front (TPLF) to lay struction inaerial bombardments With phone and internet spotted the gleaming object publicland,it’sillegal to place art Replyingto aTwitteruserwho north Africansgrowdes- down arms or face an assault on and ground fightingsince the war connections to Tigray largely from the air Nov. 18 and landed together.But theydiscoveredno objectswithout authorisation. asked whyhedidn’t take oathin perateafter losing income their highlandcapital Mekelle, beganonNov.4.Some 42,000 down andaccess to the area to checkitout duringabreak clues about who might have BureauofLand Management Hindi, Sharma said it washardto fromtourism,asectorhard home to halfamillion people. refugees have fledoverthe bor- strictlycontrolled, Reuters could from their work.Theyfoundthe drivenitintothe ground among officials arelooking intohow keep everyone happysohede- hit by Covid-19. REUTERS The deadline wasdue to run der to Sudan andTPLF rockets notverify theAMMA reportor three-sidedstainless-steel object the undulating redrocks or why. long it’s been there, who created cidedonSanskrit as it pays hom- out on Wednesdayevening. have hit neighbouring Eritrea. other statementsfromall sides. is about as tall as twomen put “Thisthingisnotfromanother it and whether to remove it. AP agetoall theIndian languages.

NEW YORK NOW SEEMS INHOSPITABLE AND NOWHERE IN THEIR PLANS As their days in Washington dwindle, Ivanka and Jared look for new beginning

perhaps, or Florida, where It has been aturbulent social events, the familyand itsen- miliar with the discussions, talks clothingbrands,retargetedto her ELIZABETHWILLIAMSON President Donald Trumpisren- ride since then, captured best by tourageoften occupiedthe front falteredonthecouple’sreluctance newconservative fans, but two WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER25 ovatinghis Mar-a-Lagoestate. their experience with the Milton tworows, standing to greetad- to answerbasicquestions,includ- moresay that line would notsell. But NewYorknow seems in- Gottesman Jewish DaySchool of ministration well-wishers, said ing when their children were last Nobody rules out politics for TOWN OFFICIALSin Bedminster, hospitable and nowhereintheir the Nation’s Capital. In 2017,the one irritated parent. exposedtoDonaldTrump. Ivanka Trump, either as candi- NewJersey, have the plans fora plans. “In an odd way, theywill couple enrolledtheir elder two The tension came to ahead The familywithdrew from dateorkingmaker. possible Trumpfamilyfuture, or even have ahardertime than children in the private elemen- this fall, afterthe WhiteHouse the school on October 19 anden- Manhattan society is adiffer- at leastthe blueprints:amajor Trumphimself” in NewYork,said tary school. event to announce JudgeAmy rolledinanother Jewish elemen- ent story. Christopher Buckley, a addition to Ivanka Trumpand DonnyDeutsch,abrand manage- The small student body leans ConeyBarrett’snominationto the tary school in the Washington comicauthor who satirisedthe Jared Kushner’s “cottage” on the ment mogul in Manhattanand heavilytowardthe progenyof SupremeCourt, whichfeatured suburb of Rockville, Maryland. Trumpadministrationinthenovel grounds of the TrumpNational no-holds-barredcritic of Donald public servantsand diplomats fewmasks, no social distancing, a By the time the 2020 cam- Make Russia Great Again,said, Golf Club, four newpickleball Trumponcable TV. “He’s despi- deridedbyDonaldTrumpasthe rashof coronavirusinfectionsand paign wasinfull swing, all liberal “Washingtontendsto bemoretol- courts,arelocated heliport, and cable but largerthan life.” “Deep State”, and the Kushners’ thePresident’ssubsequenthospi- hopesthatIvankacarriedwithher erant of fellowswamp creatures, aspa and yoga complex. “Those twoare the hapless enrollment created the kind of Ivanka Trumpand Jared Kushner with their children. NYT talisation with Covid-19. With to Washington were long gone. who arecontinuallyinand outof As Manhattan awaitswordof minions who went along.” heated divide that has trailedthe parentsupinarms,schooladmin- Businesswise, Ivanka Trump favour.” That does notextend to the Trumpfamily’s return, the When Ivanka Trumpand Trumps over the pastfour years. istrators approachedthe family and Kushner will notlackfor op- “Manhattan,where‘in’ and ‘out’ firstdaughter and her husband Kushner movedtothe nation’s Some parentslobbiedtorefuse their grandfather. private-schoolworld,thatparents about the potential exposureof tions, giventhe Kushnerfamily lists aresacred tablets,” he added, appeartobemakingprepara- capital, theyhad convincedmany them admission; others urged Once in, Ivanka Trumpand with heavy security details keep students, the youngestofwhom money. Twopeoplewho know concluding,“Theremightbemore tions elsewhere: aGarden State thattheywould beamoderating tolerance forchildren notguilty Kushnertendedtoviolatetheun- disruption to aminimum, four had been attending in-person the couple said shemightbeable Grubhub thanLaGrenouille in refugebehind guardedgates, voice in the WhiteHouse. forwhat theysaw as thesins of spoken rule of the Washington parentssaid. At schoolwide classes. According to aperson fa- to resurrect her jewelleryand their dining future.” NYT

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST RESERVE BANK TO LIFT CURBS ON WITHDRAWAL OF DEPOSITS Rlys limping,swift growth LakshmiVilasBanktooperateas in non-metro flights; Patna DBSBankIndiafromtomorrow recovery fastest in October PRANAVMUKUL BUSIESTROUTES Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited with ing financialhealth of the LVB scheme, and itsshares or deben- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 ENSECONOMICBUREAU ED Nobailout DBS Bank India Limited.Onand would be penalised. “...twomore tures listedinany stockexchange RANK NOVEMBER 2020 NOVEMBER 2019 NEWDELHI/MUMBAI,NOV25 forequity from the appointed dateof decisionshave beentakenthatthe shall standdelisted without any PATNA, GUWAHATI, Varanasi, 1Mumbai-Delhi Mumbai-Delhi PLAIN E shareholders November 27,the entireamount boardwhichhas been removed, furtheractionfromthetransferor Srinagar —flightstoand out of 2Bengaluru-Delhi Bengaluru-Delhi ● LAKSHMIVILASBankLtdwillstart EX of thepaid-upsharecapitalandre- the liability will be fixed. Those bank,transferee bank or order non-metro and tier-1 citieshave 3Bengaluru-KolkataBengaluru-Mumbai normal operations as DBS Bank serves and surplus, including the who have made mistakes, will be from anyauthority,” thenotifica- been among the fastestgrowing 4Delhi-Patna Kolkata-Delhi IndiaLtdfromFriday, withthegov- THE FINAL amalgamation balancesinthesharesorsecurities punished.Therewillbeimprove- tion said. passenger trafficroutes since do- 5Delhi-Hyderabad Delhi-Hyderabad ernment on Wednesdayapprov- scheme announcedby premium account of Lakshmi ment in overall oversight also so The RBI had earlier placedin mestic civilaviation reopened up ing ascheme foramalgamation the RBI on Wednesday Vilas Bank Ltd, will be written off. asnottorepeatsuchbankdealsin public domain adraft scheme of on May25after twomonths of 6Bengaluru-Mumbai Delhi-Chennai proposedbythe ReserveBank of hasn’t offeredany bailout Itsshares or debentures listedin future.Thisisoneof thebigefforts amalgamation of LVBwith DBIL, lockdown-enforcedclosure. 7Delhi-Srinagar Mumbai-Hyderabad India (RBI)for thelender.The RBI forequity shareholders anystock exchangeshall stand of cleaning up the banking sys- whichisoperatinginIndia Thereare twocleartakeaways 8Delhi-Chennai Delhi-Pune said the moratorium imposedon whose shares have been delisted—effectively wiping out tem,” he said, as per aPTI report. throughwholly-ownedsubsidiary fromthedata.One,routessuchas 9Ahmedabad-DelhiBengaluru-Hyderabad Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd will be written off. As per the equity shareholders entirely. The terms of the amalgama- model. The RBI had appointed TN Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Srinagar,and 10 Delhi-Guwahati Mumbai-Chennai liftedonNovember27, resultingin scheme, shares or deben- “The20lakhdepositorsandRs tion of Lakshmi VilasBank (LVB) Manoharan, former non-execu- Delhi-Guwahati have replaced Source: OAG depositorsbeingableto withdraw tures of LVBlistedinany 20,000 croredepositsare now with DBS Bank have upsetstock tive chairman of CanaraBank,as routessuchasKolkata-Delhi,Mu- their funds without anylimits. stockexchangeshall fullysecured.Theyneednot investors. The bank had amarket administrator of LVB. mbai-Hyderabad,andBengaluru- “All the branches of the stand delisted. worry.Theyshouldnotrush,their capitalisation of nearly Rs 500 LVB’s networkisfocusedin Hyderabadinthetop10listofdo- forSrinagarand Varanasi were tourists andthosevisiting friends Lakshmi Vilas Bankwill function depositsare in the best hand,” croretill Tuesday. south India, with three-quarters mestic air routes by numbers of around 67 percent and 65 per and relatives, but remain pes- as branches of DBS Bank India UnionministerPrakashJavadekar In agazettenotification, the of itsbranches located in three seatsallocated by airlines this cent of the corresponding num- simistic on businesstravel. Travel with effect from this date. LVBrestricting cash withdrawal said whilebriefing about Cabinet MinistryofFinancesaid, “On and states —Tamil Nadu, Andhra month so far. Two, in terms of ac- bers for2019, respectively. agentshave pointedtotourismas Customers, including depositors at Rs 25,000 per depositor. decisions. DBIL,awholly-owned from the appointed date, theen- Pradesh and Karnataka. Financial tualdomesticpassengernumbers “Trafficatsmaller airportsis themain reasonfortheriseinde- of LVBwillbeabletooperatetheir However, thefinalschemean- subsidiary of Singapore-based tireamount of the paid-up share position of Chennai-based forOctober,Patna, Srinagar, and mainlydrivenbytheregionalcon- mandfortraveltoSrinagar.At1.57 accountsascustomers of DBS nouncedonWednesdayhasn’t DBS Bank Ltd,had atotal regula- capital and reserves and surplus, Lakshmi Vilas Bank,whichhas a Varanasi operated at over 60 per nectivity(UDAN)scheme.Also,in lakhseatsinNovember, theDelhi- Bank India with effect from offeredany bailout forequity tory capital of Rs 7,109crore as of includingthe balancesinthe networkof563 branches and de- cent that of October 2019. percentageterms, trafficwas at a Srinagar routewas the country’s November 27,” the RBI said. shareholders whose shares have June 2020 and it willbring in ad- shares or securitiespremium ac- positsofRs20,973 crore, has un- The main reason forsmaller lowbase (in smaller towns) and seventh busiest.Infact, deviating The government had earlier been written off. ditional capital of Rs 2,500crore countofthetransferorbank,shall dergoneasteadydeclinewiththe cities showing faster air traffic therefore, it waseasier to achieve from the general trend,seat allo- on November 17, on the advice TheUnionCabinet,atitsmeet- intothe mergedentity. stand writtenoff.” bank incurring continuous losses growth is the continuedcurtail- pre-Covid levels,” AmeyaJoshi of cation forDelhi-Srinagar has ac- of the RBI, imposeda30-day ing Wednesday, approved the The ministerfurther said that “The transferor bank shall over the lastthree years, eroding ment of railway operations in NetworkThoughtssaid.According tuallybeen higher than the1.27 moratoriumonthe crisis-ridden Scheme of Amalgamation of those responsible fordeteriorat- cease to existbyoperation of this itsnet worth. manyparts of thecountry, those to data from British aviationcon- lakh of November 2019. trackingthesectorsaid.Forplaces sultancyOAG,thenumberof seats “In the last2-3 months, likePatna and Srinagar,thereare allocatedto thetwobusiestroutes Jammu &Kashmir’s tourism sec- specificadditionalreasonssuchas in India —Delhi-Mumbai and retary Sarmad Hafeez and direc- Ahead of F&O expiry, COVID-19IMPACT $856.6 billion election-relatedtravelandthelib- Bengaluru-Delhi —this Novem- tor, tourism, Nisar Ahmad Wani Expected worth of the eral arrivalpolicyinthe region. berhavebeen almosthalfofthat got in touchwith alot of travel Sensex falls 695 pts as ‘$271-bn consumer spending to transactions that would The Delhi-Patna routehas inNovemberlastyear.TheBenga- agentsandmadesure thatthear- move to the digital seenhighercapacityallocationby luru-Mumbairoute,thethirdbus- rivalpolicyisveryliberal.Another mode by 2030 in India airlinesthansomeof thetraditio- iestlastyear,hasbeenreplacedby draw fortourists hasbeencultural shifttodigital mode by 2023’ naltrunkroutesthismonth.There Bengaluru-Kolkatathis year. programmes—theyhavefinished investorsbook profits were 1.79 lakh seatsflying betw- The reason forthe Mumbai one in Gulmargand areplanning About 66.6 billion transactions worth$270.7 billion are 420 billion eenthetwoairportsinNovember, routes falling out of the top10list another in Pahalgam,” Sanjay expected to shiftfromcash to cards and digital payments Global transactions, makingitthefourthbusiestroute is the restrictions imposedbythe Narula, MD of the Delhi-based ENSECONOMICBUREAU by 2023inIndia, areport by Accenturesaid worth $7 trillion, that in India currently. In comparison, stategovernment.Currently, only ApexTravels &Tours and former MUMBAI,NOVEMBER25 are expected to shift therewere1.69 lakh seatsbetw- 100arrivals and 100departures a vice-president of Travel Agents Shareof from cash to cards and een Delhi and Hyderabad, 1.61 dayare allowedatMumbai, the Association of India, said.”Along AFTER THE recent surge on the 75% surveyed digital payments by lakhonBengaluru-Mumbai, and country’s second busiestairport. with all this,air farestoKashmir backofforeignfundflows,domes- executiveswhosaidthe 2023 and increase to 1.03lakhonMumbai-Hyderabad. Thesenumbersaredoublethe50 have beenverycheap.Peoplestar- tic marketsonWednesday came pandemichasincreased $48 trillion by 2030 “Whilethedemandinthelast arrivals and 50 departures al- vedoftravelalso perceive Kash- underpressureasmarket partic- urgencyoftheirplansto fewmonthswasonaccountof the lowedafter operations resumed mir as aplace wherespread of ipants pressedfor profit-taking modernisepaymentsystems Bihar Assembly elections, move- post-lockdown, but still only a Covid is notextensive,” he added. ahead of derivative expiryamid consumerdynamicandimproving ment of labour has been highon fifthofthe airport’s capacity. Ascaseloadsincreaseandsev- weak global cues. The Sensex The Sensexclosedat43,828. BANKSFOCUSEDON thecustomerexperience this sector,” aseniorexecutive at Overall, the Centrehas re- eral states begin to issue fresh re- plummeted by 695 pointsto COMPLIANCEFORNOW: alow-cost airline said,adding, “A stricted the number of domestic strictions, however, airlines are 43,828.10andtheNSENiftyIndex Whilebanks’investmentsinnew REPORTDETAILS: partofthis demand would have flightsto70per cent of the pre- taking arelook at their strategy. fell 197pointsto12,858.40 witnessedanintra-dayhigh of CONVENIENCEAPRIORITY paymentssystemshavefocused Thereportisbasedonasurvey, usuallybeenabsorbedby therail- Covidlevel. The cap on capacity “Withincreasinghopeof vaccines Rising forthe fourth straight 73.88 and alow of 74.02. FORCONSUMERS: primarilyonmeetingcompliance conductedbetweenJulyand ways buttrainsarenot runningat was33per cent in Mayand has being available early in the new session, therupee appreciatedby As per Deepak Jasani, the Amidthepandemic,consumers deadlines,thewaytheywilldrive August,of120payments peak frequencyacross India yet.” beengraduallylifted;arelaxation year,thereshouldbearecoveryin 10 paisetocloseatnearly amonth Nifty50 openedupbut raninto arelikelyprioritiseconvenience valuemovingforwardisby executivesatbanksglobally Comparedwiththepre-Covid from 60 per cent to 70 percent demand, and thereisplenty of high of 73.91against the US dol- twoboutsofselling pressure. aboveallelse embracingthechanging Source: Accenture/PTI situation,Patnarecordedthebest wasannouncedonNovember12. available capacity ... Airlines and lar on Wednesdayaspositive de- Volumes on the NSE were in line numbers in October.Asper data However, the OAGdatashowthe airportshavetaken all possible velopment on the coronavirus with that of the previous session. from aviation analysis platform capacityallocated by airlines for steps to ensurethat travel is safe, vaccine front enthusedinvestor Among sectors, PSU bank index Why is it important: BanksinIndia have been making multi-year investments to modernise NetworkThoughts,domesticpas- November was62per cent of and as confidence builds so will sentiment.Atthe interbankforex endedinthe positive,while re- their payments systems, and going forward,they are expectedtostrengthen these sengertraffic in OctoberatPatna November 2019. demand,” Mayur Patel, head of market,thedomesticunitopened alty,banks, telco, pharma, IT and investments to scale up and improve the resilience of their digital payment operations airportwas almost 80 per cent of Airline industry professionals Japan and Asia Pacific at OAG at73.98againstthegreenbackand auto indices were main losers. thatmonthlastyear.Thenumbers expectanuptickindemandledby Aviation, said. 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Thursdayassome bank mayhavetoconduct additional walla, told TheIndian Express on test the full dose in be enough forthem (SII) to apply EmailedqueriesonNovember amid strike unions will be joining the testsforapprovalsto marketaver- Mondayitwould be asking the India, it can onlyseek forapprovalsfromtheIndiandrug 24 andrepeated phonecalls and nationwide strikecalled by ENSECONOMICBUREAU sion of ‘Covishield’ in India that Central Drugs StandardControl regulator,because itsguidelines messages to Drug Controller EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE central trade unions.Ten NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 couldbemoreeffective atprevent- Organisation(CDSCO)for“special nod to administerthe suggestthat avaccinehasto meet Generalof IndiaDrVG Somani,the BENGALURU,NOVEMBER25 central trade unions, except ing symptomatic Covid-19cases emergency marketing authorisa- vaccine as twofull doses an efficacy of around 30 to 50 per chief of CDSCO, on November 25 BharatiyaMazdoor Sangh, THE INSOLVENCY and Bankru- than it possiblymight be at pres- tion” forCovishield in 45 days. cent foraCovid-19vaccine to re- remainedunanswered by press AUTOMAKERTOYOTA Kirloskar will observe thegeneral ptcy BoardofIndia (IBBI) has ent, The Indian Express has learnt. GiventhatSIIonlysoughtper- nearly amonth apart, ceive approval,” Massachusetts- time Wednesday. “We see alot of Motorshasannouncedalock-out striketoprotest againstvar- proposedamendmentstotheex- This stems from preliminary mission to test the full dose-full according to an official basedvaccineexpertDrDavinder merit in this regimen andwewill atitsmanufacturingunitinKarna- ious policies of the Centre. isting lawsoastoallowcompa- findings this week that dose regimen in India, it can only Gill earlier told The Indian Express. nowstart discussions with regu- taka’sBidaditown,amiddifferen- niesto withdraw fromavoluntary AstraZeneca and University of seekpermissiontoadministerthe “Rightnow,alowerefficacy of latorsintoincorporatingthisdose ces betweenthe management liquidationprocessafterapproval Oxford’s AZD1222 —the vaccine vaccine as twofull doses nearly a At thesame time, the testing 60-70percentmaynot beabigis- combinationforfurtherclinicalin- and the union over disciplinary `6KcrforNIIF by creditors and the National on whichCovishield is based— monthapart,accordingto theoffi- forthisadditionaldosingregimen sue,because India doesn’t have a vestigation,” an AstraZeneca actionagainst afew employees DebtPlatform CompanyLaw Tribunal.Theinsol- had an efficacy of 90 per cent cialcited earlier. “What has been maynot have to be as drawnout Covid-19vaccineyet.But, ayear spokesperson told The Indian andaresultantsit-instrikebyem- vency regulator has sought pub- whenparticipantsweregivenhalf approved (for testing)isthe full astheycouldapplytoCDSCOtoin- fromnow, whenmultiplevaccines Express. “Our agreementwithSII ployees earlier this month. NewDelhi:Equityinfusionof lic commentsonthe proposal. adosefirst,followedbyafull-dose dose only... they(SII)havetoask clude thisasa“separatearm” in have beenapproved,thena15-20 is akey part of our effortstobring The factoryatBidadi, on the Rs 6,000 croreinNIIF Debt The proposedamendment boostershotamonthlater.Bycon- for(emergencyuseauthorisation) the ongoing trialsofCovishield in per cent difference in efficacy will AZD1222tolow-and middle-in- outskirtsof Bengaluruandspread Platformsponsoredby Nati- would requireacompanytore- trast, it had an efficacy of only62 forthefulldoseregimenonly,”the India,accordingto theofficial.This matter,” he added. come countries and beyond. The over 432 acres, employs around onalInvestmentandInfrast- ceive approvalfromcreditorsrep- per cent when giventoother par- official told The Indian Express on maymeanthatthenumberof par- SII declined to respond to licensing agreement with SII is to 6,500people and can produce up ructureFund wasapproved resenting two-thirdsofthe value ticipantsastwo fulldosesnearly a condition of anonymity. ticipants theywould have to re- queries emailedonNovember 24 supplyone billion doses forlow- to 3.10 lakh vehicles. This is the on Wednesdaybythe of outstanding debt to withdraw month apart. “If theywillaskfor(marketing) cruit forthis arm can be reduced about whether it would seek ap- and middle-income countries,” second time in afortnight that Union Cabinet. the voluntaryliquidation process InIndia,Covishieldisbeingad- permissionforhalf dose,theywill and the firm can do aphase 3trial provalto marketadosingregimen thecompany’sspokespersonsaid. work have been halted.The first incasethesaleof companyassets ministeredto around1,600partic- have to conducttrialsforhalf dose forthis regimen directly, theoffi- thatincludedadministeringhalf a Full report on suspension wasonNovember10 SMARTs has notbegun. ipantsastwo full doses 28 days as well,” the official said. cial said. dose of Covishield followedbya www.indianexpress.com afterthe union calledastrike. 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D IEGO MARADONA 1960-2020 Farewell, 10 of hearts

People’schampion and one of the greatest, who ledArgentinatothe famous WorldCup win in 1986, diesfollowing aheartattack

Argentina secured adramatic latevictory JERELONGMAN over Nigeria to advance to thesecond round NOVEMBER25 of the tournament. Speaking to an Argentine television channel in 2014,Maradona said, DIEGO MARADONA, the Argentine who be- “Do youknowthe playerIcould have been if came one of football’s greatestplayers with a Ihadn’t takendrugs?” roguishcunningandextravagantcontrolwhile He continued:“Iam53going on 78 be- pursuing apersonal liferifewith drug and al- cause my lifehasn’t been normal. I’velived cohol abuse and health problems,diedon 80 withthe lifeI’vegonethrough.” WednesdayinTigre,Argentina,inBuenosAires Suchwas the complexity of Maradona’s Province.Hewas60.Hisspokesman,Sebastián personal life, according to news accounts, Sanchi, said the causewas aheart attack. that he wasthe father of eight children, in- On the news of the death, Argentina’s cluding twodaughters with his wifeatthe Maradonaduring his playing days for government declared three days of national time, Claudia Villafañe —theylater divorced Napoli. AP mourning. In astatement,President Alberto —and three children fathered while he was Fernández said of Maradona: “You took us in Cuba undergoing treatment forhis cocaine to thetop of theworld. Youmade us im- addiction.(Complete information on his sur- menselyhappy. Youwerethe greatestofall.” vivors wasnot immediatelyavailable.) Sainthood and Maradona wasadmitted to aclinic in La DiegoArmando Maradona wasborn Plata, Argentina, on Nov. 2—three days af- October 30, 1960, in Lanus,Argentina, and fall from grace terhis 60th birthday—experiencing what raisedinthe Buenos Aires shantytownVilla his doctor,Leopoldo Luque, described as de- Fiorito, wherehetook up soccer on dusty pression,anemia and dehydration. The next streetswith an urchin’s resourcefulness. By of Napoli’s dayDr. Luque told reporters that Maradona age15, he had turnedprofessional. He later had asubduralhematoma —bleeding that starredwith the European club powers Argentine deity collectsintissues surroundingthe brain and Napoli and Barcelonaand, in 2010,coached can be causedbyaheadinjury—and would Argentina in the 2010 WorldCup, held in undergo surgery. SouthAfrica. SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY The hematoma wasmostlikelycaused In his autobiography, Maradona wrote KOLKATA,NOVEMBER25 by an accident that Maradona could notre- that he had become so skilledaplayerasa member,Dr. Luque said, according to youth that opposing coaches sometimes ac- NAPOLIBEATIFIEDDiegoMaradona.Intheend, AssociatedPress. cusedhim of being an adult midget. the‘sewerofItaly’,thatNapleswascalledinthe Wearing the No.10jersey of aplaymaker, At his feet,the ball seemedtoobeyhis 1980s, contaminatedhim to the core. Maradona ledArgentina to soccer’s world command likeapet.Heplayedwith akind of Maradona’stime at the club in southern Italy championshipin1986, scoring one of the brilliantcamouflage,seeming to be somno- wasfullof contradictions.Itwasinfact,thefoot- game’s mostcontroversial goals and one of lent forlong stretches before asserting him- ball genius’ lifeinmicrocosm. itsmostcelebrated in the span of four min- self at urgent momentswith amesmerizing utes during the quarterfinals against dribble, astounding pass or stabbingshot. The arrival England. In 2000,heand Pele of Brazil were In1984,MaradonamadethemovetoNapoli voted by FIFA,the football’s worldgoverning Fame and infamy fromBarcelonaforathenworldrecordfeeof £5 body,the sport’s twogreatestplayers. Yet The fame and infamythat attendedhis million. “I expectpeace.The peaceIdidn’t have while Pele’s legend grew intointernational career and his lifewereondisplay forthe in Barcelona,” Maradona saidinAsif Kapadia’s reverence, Maradona’s ability to surprise and worldonJune 22, 1986,when Argentina 2019 documentaryDiegoMaradona.Aturnout startle developedadarkeredgeashebecame facedEngland in aWorld Cup quarterfinal of 85,000welcomedhimatStadioSanPaoloon addicted to cocaine during his playing days matchheld at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. July5,1984. It waschaotic. Areporter was in the 1980s. Tension from the Falklands warbetween the thrownoutof thepresserforhistemeritytoask His thickmusculaturehavingbloated into twocountries, four years earlier,still lingered. about Camorra,the feared mafia. Napoli as a unhealthycorpulence, Maradona washos- He later had aperipatetic career coach- clubwas abackbencherin Italianfootball,with pitalizedinBuenos Aires in April 2004 with ing club teams in Argentina, the United Arab onlytwo Cupsintheirtrophycabinetuntil1984 what doctorsdescribed as aweakened heart Emirates and Mexico. In September,hewas and neveraScudetto(Serie Atitle). and acutebreathing problems. He then en- hired to coachthe Argentine club Gimnasia teredapsychiatric hospital thereand, that yEsgrimainLaPlata. On his 60th birthday, LifeinNaples September,leftfor further rehabilitation Maradona attendedhis team’s match “I asked forahouse, Igot aflat. Iasked fora treatment in Havana. His numeroushealth againstPatronato, but leftearly in what be- Ferrari, Igot aFiat,” Maradona said in the doc- issues alsoincludedgastric bypass surgery came a3-0 victory, prompting questions umentary. On the pitch, Napoli were arelega- to contain his weight and treatment foral- about his health. When he entered ahospi- tion-threatenedside in 1984.Likethe city,the cohol abuse. As aspectator at the 2018 World talonNovember 2, Dr.Luque said, Maradona football club, too, wasrated as second-classby Cup in Russia, Maradona appearedtocol- had been feeling sad, lackedanappetiteand DiegoMaradonacelebrates afterArgentina beat West Germany 3-2 in the 1986 WorldCup final. AP the Northerners –anassortment of richpeo- lapse and wastreated by paramedics as had trouble walking. NYT ple from Milan,Turin and other well-offcities in Italy. But thingsstarted to change. Juventus, thereigningEuropeanchampions,were beaten atSanPaoloduringMaradona’ssecondseason. Napoli were on therise,finishing third. Not just the goals: The swish, dribble &the touch Maradona wasatthe heartofthe upturn. First-everScudetto The BBC radio commentator's choice of deniedagoal,and were later dumpedout of On May10, 1987,history wasmade. It was MIHIRVASAVDA wordswhile describing the goal as it hap- the tournament while Argentina went on to Napoli’s first-everSerie Atitle. Theygot there NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER25 penedsummedupthe humiliation of English winthe match 2-0,before eventuallyreaching by securing 42 pointsfrom30matches –two players: “Maradona turns, likealittle eel... thefinal. pointswereawardedforawinbackthen.Serie IN HIS slaloming career,DiegoMaradona, who Comes insideButcher,leaveshim forthe Awastherichestleagueintheworldthen.Most passedawayonWednesdayopenedupbrutal dead. Outside Fenwick. Leaveshim fordead The dribblevsBrazil of thebigstarspliedtheirtradethere.The1986- defences with amereswish of his leftboot. It and putsthe ball away.And thatiswhy Maradona had aknee injury going intothe 87 seasonwasalsothegreatJuvemasterMichel will be atravestytolook back at the Argentine Maradona is the greatest playerinthe world. 1990 WorldCup, and Argentina were notthe Platini’s swansong. It became afootnote. legend's career simplythrough the goals he He buriedthe English defence.” same as theywerefouryears before.Still,they Maradonascored10 goals,providedcountless scored;Maradona and his myth go muchbe- reachedthe final, wheretheyfaced arch-rivals assists andalmost singlehandedlycarriedhis yond that. His career,infact, is acollection of Swish &assistvsWestGermany Brazil, who had wonall their games and con- teamto thetitle.“Thesocialredemptionof our magicallittlemomentsonbigstages,sometimes Maradona did notnecessarilyhavetobe cededjustonegoal.Thefinalwasthecomplete city,”Maradona’steammateCiroFerrara saidin with his wordsand reactions but oftentimes it near agoal to makeanimpact. He could do it oppositeofthe 1986 title match. It wasscruffy the documentary. Maradona became Naples’ wasthe 'leg of God' that did all the talking. fromthehalf-lineaswell,asWestGermany ex- and disjointed,asfinals of tenare.But it was patron saint. Ashrine wasbuilt. perienced. Franz Beckenbauerhad seenhow Maradona's genius that openedupthe game. ‘Burying’ the English defence MaradonahadembarrassedbothEnglandand Maradona pickedupthe ball in his ownhalf Other honours Theywereinsideamedicalroom,waitingto Belgium,enroutetothefinalof the1986World andembarkedonatrademark dribble.Hebeat Napoli would win their second leaguetitle submittheir urine sample, when Maradona Cup. So the West Germanycaptain instructed Maradona’s 10 seconds of genius againstEngland to scoreone of the greatest threeBrazilianplayersinhisslalomingrunand in1989-90.In1989,theyannexedtheUefaCup madethestartlingconfessionto TerryButcher, his players to go hardonthe Argentine –inhis goals in thehistory of the WorldCup. AP as the fourth onetriedtoclosehim down,it andtheItalianSuperCupayearlater.TheCopa thebeefyEnglandcentre-back.“Handorhead,” mind, thatwas the onlyway forhis side to win openedupspaceforMaradonato passtheball Italiawaswonin1987.Between1984and1991, Butcher asked Maradona, barelyhalf an hour the title, giventhat West Germanyhad huffed to Claudio Caniggia, who beat goalkeeper Maradona made 188appearancesfor Napoli afterthe1986WorldCupquarterfinal.“Hand,” and puffedtheir wayintothe final. sion,Maradonaplayedtheballinanopenspace scorewas 0-0when ashotbyaSovietstriker Claudio Taffarel to scoreagoal. Even ahalf-fit andbecame the club’s all-time leading goal- Maradonareplied.Tilltoday, Butchermaintains In one of the greatestWorld Cup finals of down the right with asimple swish of the left lookeddestinedtofindthe back of the net. But Maradona could take players out. scorer with 115goals, arecord that stood until hewillneverforgive Maradonaforthemostfa- all-time,Argentina and West Germanywere boot,toreleaseJorge Burruchaga,whohadthe out of nowhere, Maradona poppedupand, 2017.Inaninterviewwith MARCA,legendary mous cheating incident in sport. But he was tied2-2 with 10 minutes remaining. time and space to scorethe WorldCup-win- with his hands, he hit the ball away. The final touch: God vs Greeks AC Milan and Italydefender Franco Baresi had among the firsttoadmitMaradona's genius in Beckenbauer'sboys haddoneafinejobtokeep ning goal. IgorShalimov, whomadehisWorldCupde- Itisoneof Maradona'sfinestgoals–butalso thisto sayaboutMaradona:“...if Ihadto choose thegoalthatfollowed,whichleftnearly half the Maradona away from the danger zonesbyus- butinthatmatch,recalledtheincidentinacol- the leastspoken about because of what hap- the strongestopponent, I’d sayMaradona.” English side on their knees. ing amix of man-marking and manhandling The ‘other’ hand of God umn forThe Guardian: “The ball washeading penednext. AgainstGreece in the 1994 World First, Maradona pirouetted pastPeter skills. But it wasn't possible to keep Maradona In Maradona's adoptedcity, Naples, came intothegoal,thereferee(ErikFrederiksson)was Cup group stage match,onJune 21,1994, The big fall Beardsleyinthe Englishman's half. He then away from making an impact –atleast in that the lesser-known handball. six metres from the incident, and sawevery- Maradonafinishedanintricate,one-touchteam Throughoutthesummerof 1989,rumours easedpastatired PeterReid,skippedpast WorldCup. It looked averystraightforward Four years afterthe incident against thing clearly... Yes, youhavedifferent kinds of move by swiveling as he firedthe ball intothe were rifethatMaradonawouldleave Napolifor Butcher and then with abeautifullydelayed move whenMaradona turnedwith abounc- England,Maradonausedhishandsto guidethe handballwhenthereisnointentionbut in this topcornerof thegoalinthe4-0win.Morethan Marseilleforanotherundisclosedworld-record touch, took Terry Fenwickout of the equation. ing ball in the centrecircle. Thereweretwo ballonceagain.Thistime,againsttheUSSR.But instance, aman deliberately handledthe ball thegoal,itwasthecelebrationthatwentdown fee.InAugust,hefailedtoattendatrainingcamp He went around goalkeeper Peter Shilton and greenshirtsonhimquickly, anditwassafetoas- it wasnot to score agoal. Instead, it wastosave away from hisgoal. It wasn't justthat the ball inhistory–Maradonarantowardsthecamera, and alleged that the local mafia wasthreaten- Butcher's desperateslidingchallengewas in sume –going by the match's trend –that they his side from going down. hit his band: therewas amovement of the his eyes bulging and screaming in anger.Nine inghim.Accordingto Maradona,hehadagen- vainasMaradonascoredarguably thegreatest would snatch theball from him. Both, Argentinaand USSR,had lost their hand. He hit the ball.” days later, hefailedadrugstest.Hisfabledcareer tleman’s agreement withthe club authorities goal in football to setupArgentina'swin. But then, showcasing his unparalleledvi- opening match of the 1990 WorldCup. The Frederikssondidnotgiveafoul,USSRwere wasoverand he wassenthome in disgrace. that he would leave afterthe 1990 WorldCup. BRIEFS KLRahulhopestohold Noroomforabuse, WestIndiesplayers AustralianOpendelay DiegoCosta’sinjury Juve,Barcelonaadvance ontodual roles plentyforbanter:Langer clear3rdCOVIDtest ‘mostlikely’,saysminister miserydragson inChampionsLeague

KL RAHUL is enjoying his wicketkeeper-bats- AUSTRALIA'S HEAD coachJustin Langer on THEWESTINDIEScontingent,includinglimited THE AUSTRALIAN Openislikelytobede- ATLETICOMADRID forwardDiegoCosta JUVENTUS,BARCELONA,ChelseaandSevillaall man role in India’slimited-overs squad and Wednesdayasserted that therewould be no over skipper Kieron Pollard, who were in quar- layedbyaweek or twoasnegotiations be- has been diagnosedwith deepvein reachedthe knockout stageofthe Champions wantstohold on to the job with three World room forabuse when his team takesonIndia antine afterarriving in NewZealand,on tween organisers, the tennis tours and the thrombosis less than aweek afterreturn- League with twomatches to spare. Alvaro Cupsloominginthe next three years. Part-time in an upcoming series butheexpectsplenty Wednesday, clearedthethirdandfinalroundof Victoria governmentoverhealth measures ing from injury, continuing the Brazilian’s Moratascoredininjurytime to send Juventus stumperRahulkept wicketsduringIndia’sone- of banterbetween the twoevenly-matched COVID-19testand will nowleave forAuckland continue, the state’s sports minister said on bad luckwith injuries. With Luis Suarez throughwitha2-1winathomeoverHungarian dayseries in NewZealand in Februaryand sides.Langer, who had areputation of being to play the firstT20I on Friday."All members of Wednesday.Tennis Australia (TA) on still out due to COVID-19, Costa wasex- teamFerencv?ros,ensuringtheItalianchampi- reprisedtheroleforKingsXIPunjabinthisyear’s an aggressiveplayerhimself,said that in the theWestIndies team in isolation tested nega- Saturdaydismissedas“speculation”are- pectedtostart Wednesday’sChampions ons finishedatleastsecond in Group G. IPL. He will continuebehindthe stumps in the last coupleofyears, the Aussies have had lots tive forCOVID-19 on theirfinal testsattheir portthat the Grand Slam would be moved League clash at home to Lokomotiv Barcelonatopsthegroupandbookeditsspotin limited-oversseriesinAustraliabutdenieditwas of conversations about behaviours both on managedisolationfacility,"CricketWestIndies backfromits scheduledJan. 18-31spotin Moscowbut wasleftout of the squad on thelast16witha4-0winoverDynamoKyiv de- partofIndia’s bigger plans REUTERS and offthe field. REUTERS (CWI)said. AP the calendar. REUTERS the dayofthe game. REUTERS spitethe absence of Lionel Messi. AP

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