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  4( 8 the Union Ministry of Home November 18,” sources said will encourage people to +  ,++ Affairs (MHA) on Monday. and added that these compa- remain calm and the same ith a few days left for the The CPMF personnel and nies would be deployed in 12 number of ‘digital volunteers’   4( 8 Research. Wpronouncement of officers would stay in the state most sensitive districts and will keep a vigil on social Shahi said that so far judgement by the Supreme till November 18. cities of UP. media. he Uttar Pradesh govern- notices had been issued to 586 Court on the Ram The Supreme Court is Apart from Varanasi and The administration has Tment claimed that the farmers and FIRs had been Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid expected to pronounce its Ayodhya, CPMF personnel also created several WhatsApp state made no contribution to lodged against 166 farmers. He title suit, security has been judgement in the Ram would be deployed in Kanpur, groups for volunteers to pass on air pollution in Delhi as there said that fines amounting to Rs beefed up across the state with Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Aligarh, Lucknow, Azamgarh information. was a sharp fall in incidents of 4.75 lakh were imposed on 185 the Centre rushing additional land dispute case before and other places to maintain On the other hand, stubble burning across the farmers and over Rs 1.30 lakh Central Para-Military Forces November 17 as Chief Justice law and order and ensure nor- Congress has asked its leaders state. was realised. (CPMF) as asked by the UP of India Ranjan Gogoi would malcy during and after the not to make any comment on Agriculture Minister Surya “Besides, a lekhpal was government, to maintain law demit office on that day. Ayodhya verdict. the Ayodhya judgement. Pratap Shahi said in Lucknow suspended for negligence in and order. Sources said that 15 com- A report from Ayodhya, In a meeting of UP on Wednesday that UP had discharge of duty while expla- Earlier, the leaves of all field panies of CPMF had been quoting District Magistrate Congress Advisory Committee, nothing to do with the increase nations were sought from seven officers were cancelled and immediately rushed to UP. Anuj Kumar Jha, said that party’s national general in air pollution in Delhi as other lekhpals,” the minister prohibitory order under They include three companies tight security was in place secretary Priyanka Gandhi there were negligible incidents said. Section 144 of the Criminal each of BSF, RAF, CISF, ITBP before the Ayodhya verdict. Vadra recently asked leaders of stubble burning in the Shahi said that for the Procedure Code was promul- and SSB. SSP Ashish Tiwari said not to make any statement National Capital Region (NCR) management of crop residue, a gated in all 75 districts of the Another 15 companies of they were ready to deal with after the court’s decision and in UP like Ghaziabad, Meerut monitoring cell headed by the state. CPMF would reach UP on any situation like terror wait for the party’s official and Noida. Chief Secretary had been set Political and religious lead- November 11. attack, communal riots, stand. Shahi said that following up. He said that similar cells ers have said that they would Besides, the Centre has public anger, threat to the dis- Meanwhile, UP Shia tough measures taken by the had been set up in each district accept whatever judgement the also granted 10 companies of puted site and every nitty-grit- Central Waqf Board directed all UP government, incidents of and the situation was being apex court delivers and have Rapid Action Force (RAF) to ty had been worked out to plug ‘mutawwalis’ (caretakers of stubble burning had come monitored closely. appealed to the people to main- the state till November 18. loopholes. Waqf properties) not to allow down by over 46 per cent in the The minister said that so tain calm after the judgement “A total of 40 companies, “A four-layered security use of any Waqf property to state. far over 40 lakh farmers had is pronounced. . including 16 companies of plan has been put in place to hold any programme, meeting He said that this was con- been imparted training by the Meanwhile, an additional RAF and six companies each of deal with any situation. Besides, or protest on the impending firmed by the recent report of Agriculture department in crop 40 companies of CPMF were CISF, ITBP, SSB and BSF, will 16,000 volunteers in 1,600 Supreme Court verdict in the Indian Council of Agricultural residue management. despatched to Uttar Pradesh by be deployed in UP till localities of the district have Ayodhya case. 0    ,
,         %)*5$)0 ! %   7  GURGAON: A man was arrested for sexually n FIR has been lodged against a local Shiv assaulting a pregnant woman here, a police offi- $ ASena leader, who also claims he is a news cer said on Wednesday. Ravinder (30), a resi- NOTICE channel reporter, for allegedly trying to rape a dent of Sohna, was arrested from his residence. woman here, police said on Wednesday. “He sexually assaulted his relative after he I, Army No. 4190874A, Hav,     A 23-year-old woman, a local resident, found her alone at her residence on Monday. The Dalip Singh Negi Unit 15 alleged that Shiv Sena district head Kuldeep victim on Tuesday gave a written complaint Kumaon C/o 56 APO declare   B)@@)/ )*)/ Pandit entered her house on Tuesday in absence against him at the Sohna police station,” that inadvertently in my service of her husband and tried to rape her, they said. Gurgaon police PRO Subhash Bokan said. records my wife's (Maya Negi) wo factories here have The accused fled the scene when the “Taking the matter seriously, a police team DOB mentioned as 15.03.1982 Tbeen fined a total of woman raised an alarm, police said. immediately raided Ravinder’s house and while her correct DOB is Rs 1.25 lakh for allegedly not On the basis of the woman’s complaint, an nabbed him. He has confessed to the crime,” he 08.12.1982. using anti-pollution equip- FIR was registered against Pandit, City Police added. ment, officials said on Station SHO said. Wednesday. The leader’s wife has rejected the allegations !  0  NOTICE The officials of the in a police complaint. She stated that her hus- BANDA: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly pollution department on band had gone to the house to verify a report raped by her uncle in a village in the district, This is to certify that Mrs. Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs that prostitution was going on there when he was police said on Wednesday. The 22-year-old lured Jayanthi Gurumani W/o Sh. 75,000 on Sarvottam Rolling attacked and his mobile, camera and cash were the girl to a secluded place on Monday and raped Rajagopalan has changed her Mills (P) Ltd and Rs 50,000 on looted. No arrests have so far been made and her. The accused was arrested after the girl’s fam- name as Maligamadam Amba Shakti Steels Limited, the matter is being probed, police said. ily approached police. Shankarnarayanan Jayanthi they said. W/os Rajagopalan Gurumani. These units were not Her address is 405 Surya found using anti-pollution Square Apartment Vikalp equipment during the checking 0%%3   

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The ATS sleuths phone numbers were saved in from second-hand car show- theft case in which eight high-end cars As per reports, homeguard said the accused had recruited their phone. Their interroga- room near Badshahnagar were stolen from a used car dealer’s yard Genda Lal Tiwari of Nagram Nepali and Indian agents who tion revealed that several crossing were not recovered in Mahanagar in the early hours of had left his house to report on were given commission of 5-10 Indian and foreign nationals within 48 hours. Tuesday. duty at Gossianganj police sta- per cent for sending money to were involved in the crime However, the police failed The cops could not explain how the tion around 2 pm on October their men operating in and the ATS teams are work- to arrest the prime accused and thieves knew which ignition key was for 4 and did not return home. His Pakistan, China, Ethiopia, ing to collect details of the his aide. a particular car. The sources said the family kept searching for him Russia, Tanzania and Nigeria entire terror funding network. Those arrested were iden- thieves did not steal an Audi which was and also filed a missing com- through bank account transfer. Meanwhile, another tified as Ramji Shukla of fitted with GPS system. plaint with the police the next The ATS sleuths said Peter accused in the case, Sadaqat of Hardoi and Deepak Chaurasia “The thieves rolled out that Audi and day. Around 6 pm, the gram Herman Assenga was a Bareilly, was presented in the of Unnao. Ramji is a driver then drove off on another Audi. This indi- pradhan of Pansara village in Tanzanian citizen and this was court of Chief Judicial while Deepak works at a car cated that they knew all details of the cars Gossianganj informed the being verified by the Tanzanian Magistrate of Lakhimpur bazaar in Lalbagh and was parked in the yard,” the sources said. police about a man’s body lying embassy while Chinweuba Kheri. The CJM sent Sadaqat jailed for lifting a SUV in the They said the police could not explain dead in a drain. Emeka Michael was a Nigerian. on six days’ police remand to past. how the thieves knew that the keys of the The deceased was later The team recovered evi- ATS . ASP (Trans-Gomti) Rajesh cars were kept in the office of the Car identified by his son-in-law Srivastava said an Audi, a Ford Bazaar. Ram Teerath as homeguard Endeavor, a BMW and an I20 “The thieves visited the Car Bazaar %"  #     '   Genda Lal Tiwari. were recovered from the two times to take away the cars and they In view of the injuries on KGMU parking in Chowk. took the Nishatganj-Daliganj bridge route to steal the cars several days before they noise of lock being broken,” the sources the body, the local residents He said the police teams which witnesses traffic even at night. struck. They also had a definite plan and said. suspect that the homeguard were looking for prime accused Besides, there is a police outpost under the each member had a set task. It seems ASP (Trans-Gomti) Rajesh Srivastava was killed and his body was Ranjeet aka Manglesh Nishatganj overbridge and a police team unlikely that the arrested duo did not said they were looking for prime accused dumped in the drain. Goswami of Shrawasti district was conducting checking there,” the know Monu,” the sources said. Ranjeet. Police, however, said and his aide Monu. sources pointed out. The sources disagreed with the police “Ranjeet masterminded the theft and Genda Lal was an alcoholic and “Ranjeet had served jail They said the miscreants arrested on contention that the miscreants used iron he would have all the details. We are he sustained injuries after he term for auto-lifting with Wednesday disclosed that they did not rods to break the locks of the car dealer’s searching the other stolen cars also,” he fell in the drain in an inebriat- Deepak,” he said. know Monu who assisting gang leader office. “There are other business establish- said, adding that the police were verify- ed state. The ASP (Trans-Gomti) Ranjeet at the time of theft. ments nearby where security guards are ing the details given by the two persons Meanwhile, a 40-year-old said Ramji Shukla and Deepak “The gang would have made the plan deployed and they must have heard the arrested on Wednesday. woman, identified as Saraswati Chaurasia were arrested on a Yadav, was found hanging from tip-off near KGMU on their gang had 4-5 members being noticed. While recceing made by the arrested car were sold. To avoid police the ceiling in her house in Wednesday afternoon. and they used to target used the target area, they used to thieves, the gang members checking they used to tamper Kakori on Wednesday. They confessed their crime Car Bazaar and selected a find the places where CCTV used to park the stolen cars at with the registration number of Saraswati was married to and disclosed that they stole the yard/showroom after recce. cameras were installed to avoid parking slots and later take it the stolen car. one Shiv Kumar Yadav of cars in two turns and parked In the past, the gang had being captured in the CCTV when the police investigation The miscreants confessed Kakori 16 years back and had four of the stolen vehicles stolen five cars in similar way. footage and used to take away slowed down. that they broke the office of the two children from him. Shiv inside the KGMU premises. The gang member used to the DVR with them. The stolen cars were then Car Bazaar and took the keys Kumar works with a courier Both told the police that strike at midnight to avoid As per the disclosures taken to Nepal where they of the vehicles. company.   1      "
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 ir pollution remained high Lucknow (PNS): The gov- M !    Ain the state capital on ernment and the agencies con- Wednesday and after a sunny cerned must act in accordance %   ! Tuesday, a thick haze enveloped with the National Clean Air * !   % the city again. Lucknow record- Programme (NCAP) to bring   ! % *! ed an Air Quality Index (AQI) down the air pollution level in of 339 which fell in the ‘very Lucknow, $  ! % poor’ category. This was stated by Ekta  $ & The haze continued till Shekhar from the Climate * *! ! late evening even as the Agenda, an organisation which denizens waited desperately has taken various environmen- + !    ! for the sun to come out. tal initiatives in Lucknow. ! , $  District Magistrate Launched by the Union -$  $ ( & Abhishek Prakash held a meet- Environment Ministry, the . */   ing to review the implementa- NCAP is a time-bound nation- tion of the comprehensive al level strategy to tackle %   *  action plan chalked out for increasing air pollution. The    !    reducing air pollution in NCAP is a mid-term, five-year   ! ! %  Lucknow. action plan with 2019 as the Prakash said the directives first year. The main aim of the   #$ !  issued by the National Green programme is 20-30 per cent #!$  #!  Tribunal were being followed. reduction of PM2.5 and PM10 %   *  He told the officials attending concentration by 2024 the meeting that construction Shekhar said the UP *!$!N works and construction mate- Pollution Control Board data rial, the primary source of clearly indicates that the entire plan itself says that such severe pollution, state is reeling under air pollu- air pollution will attract critical should be covered with tion. “At least one city of Uttar steps from the UPPCB and the green net and water must Pradesh remains on top of the list state government. These critical be sprinkled to contain the  R      of most polluted cities of the steps include ban on all public dust. country. Sometimes it is and private construction work, The District magistrate Lucknow (PNS): With the with cloth when moving out- out. According to Chief Varanasi, at others it is Kanpur stern action against waste burn- expressed disappointment at Air Quality Index (AQI) of the doors. Some schools have asked Medical Superintendent of or Hapur or Lucknow. The ing, limiting the number of the unorganised manner in state capital entering the severe their students to wear mask till Syama Prasad Mookerjee major concern of the Climate vehicles on road and above all, which work was being carried category, there has been a sud- the quality of air improves. Hospital, Dr Ashutosh Dubey. Agenda is not only the crisis of closing of all industrial units for out by the National Highways den rise in the number of The sale both ordinary respiratory cases have increased clean air, but also the absolute the day when air pollution is Authority of India for construc- patients visiting hospitals with and medical masks has gone by around 20 per cent and this absence of any mitigating mea- severe,” Shekhar said. tion of Kisan Path. respiratory problems. up. Black masks with filter are is a cause of concern. sures,” she said. On Tuesday, It may be mentioned here He stressed on sprinkling The doctors say that peo- much in demand. People are He said people going out- Kanpur was the most polluted that Climate Agenda had placed water on Lucknow-Kanpur ple should not panic and take also using towels, dupattas and side should follow safeguards to city of the country with an Air artificial lungs in the city last year road up to the toll plaza. The preventive measures by wear- plain handkerchief to cover avoid being affected by pollu- Quality Index (AQI) of 452. As to show how much the city’s air Transport department was ing masks or covering face their nostrils when moving tants in the air. of 11 am on Wednesday, was polluted. The white artificial asked to ensure that diesel-run Lucknow’s Aliganj area had an lung made from high efficiency commercial vehicles did not Electricity Supply not burnt at any place in the necessary. AQI of 412. Lalbagh, Talkatora particulate air (HEPA) filters that enter the city and heavy vehi- Administration) officials were city and to take action against The regional officer of UP and Gomti Nagar were also was placed outside Lucknow cles were diverted towards the directed to maintain uninter- the violators. Pollution Control Board severely polluted on Wednesday Nagar Nigam head office had bypass. rupted supply of electricity so He also asked the officials informed the district magis- with AQIs of 358, 339, and 312, turned black by absorbing pol- The SP (Traffic) was told to that generator sets were not run to see that charcoal and wood trate that all rolling and ply- respectively, as per the UPPCB lutants present in the check traffic snarls and ensure by people as they created pol- was not burnt in dhabas and wood mills were closed and data. “The action plan for air.According to Shekhar, UP saw that autos and tempos were lution. restaurants. extensive awareness campaign Lucknow district has already 2.60 lakh deaths due to air pol- parked 50 metres away from Prakash directed the The district magistrate said was being carried out along been already under the NCAP lution while the figure was more the main crossing. Lucknow Nagar Nigam offi- that along with enforcement, with Lucknow Metro and the and submitted to the Central than 12 lakh in India during The LESA (Lucknow cials to ensure that garbage was spreading awareness was also Railways. Pollution Control Board. The 2017.  0   !"#! $%&'()

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Bagga said 85 pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh     The deceased was identi- had left for Pakistan between October 2 and 11 the number of people who can visit Pakistan !!" #$!%%&&#& fied as Ranu Yadav and her and the last group of 46 pilgrims left on which is made by the Ministry of Home Affair. &&'()*(+ , # injured son as Akash Yadav of Wednesday. “These included four Sikhs from “The Uttar Pradesh Sikh Pratinidhi Board Chinhat. Lucknow and the maximum from Bijnore dis- sends the list of the names of those interested # -"#. -! /#  -   ! %  !        / .0 # )1&))&()*  Ranu’s husband Rama trict of the state. These pilgrims will go by road in the pilgrimage to the Ministry of Home For her unparalleled contribution in edu- Shanker runs a sweet shop in through the Amritsar Wagah border and will Affairs and they carry out the necessary veri- )2& 0+  . " +!#3" 4# cation, the Founder-Director of City Chinhat and the mother-son visit Nankana Sahib, Punja Sahib, fication of the people. The next jatha will now # )5&))&()*  )5& 0+ $" Montessori School Bharti Gandhi will be duo were returning after pur- Kartarpur and Lahore,” he said. go at the time of Baisakhi in April next year’ +!#3"6   #3". !! honoured with 'Life Time Achievement Award' chasing khoya from Charbagh Bagga said that there is fixed quota about he said. # 7 -#3"6.,"8/..9! :; at the House of Commons of the British market.  < //      Parliament on November 20. A prominent Around 5 pm, when they   8 #))) )))5 institution in the field of education namely reached the Golf Club crossing,   +,R        9  </999 $$/66 'Intelligent Mind Trust' is conferring this a speeding bus hit their scooty prestigious award upon Bharti Gandhi. from behind and Ranu came From Page 1 tic rise in price is short supply Currently, imported onions are 3 "3 $0>#()5# under its wheels. She died on Stating that prices fluctuate that was triggered by unseason- allowed in the country after the 2&))&()*?? < -#0+"0 !#@@ %       !% the spot while Akash escaped depending on supply-demand, al rainfall which damaged the commodity is fumigated with Over 285 Chief Justices, legal luminaries with injuries. Paswan said currently, there is crop in the main growing zones Methyl Bromide and certified by and distinguished dignitaries of 74 nations, who A conference was organised at HQ Central The police said that bus mismatch in this. There was a in Maharashtra. the exporting nation. Importers have come to City Montessori School to attend Command on Tuesday to discuss the impor- driver Ram Dayal was arrested delay in sowing of kharif onion Over 54 lakh hectares of are required to pay huge charges the 20th International Conference of Chief tant issues relating to 25 Cantonment Boards and the children were sent to because of late arrival of mon- crops are said to have been badly if found non-complied with Justices of the World, visited Agra to see the in Central Command Zone, including the their destination by another soon and later floods in many damaged in the rains. Some this provision. Taj Mahal on Wednesday. Annual Budget Estimates were reviewed. The bus. States damaged the crop, he said. farmers have already expressed The Centre has also decid- conference was chaired by General Officer Circle Officer of Paswan said much of the onions grave concern over the rains as ed to dispatch inter-ministerial  ! Commanding-in-Chief (Central Command) Hazratganj AK Mishra said from the buffer stock of 57,000 most of them are now selling old teams to Karnataka and Bank of India sponsored Star RSETI is con- Lieutenant General IS Ghuman. Chief of Staff, the brakes of the bus developed tonnes has been disposed off, stocks as new onions have been Rajasthan to take stock of sup- ducting a training program of beauty parlor Central Command, Principal Director Defence some snag and did not work while 25 per cent of it has been damaged. plies in the respective States and management from Saturday. The training Estates, Major General Operational Logistics, when the driver applied the rotten due to short shelf life of The Agriculture Ministry on encourage supplies to regions will be free of cost and the participants will be HQ Central Command, Directors of Defence brake. the commodity. Still, 1,525 Wednesday relaxed fumigation such as Delhi and adjoining provided complementary meal as well. Estates, Presidents and Chief Executive “The bus will be sent for tonnes is left in the Central norms for imported onions up areas. The Centre has banned Interested may contact on 9955370229 and Officers of all Cantonment Boards attended technical examination,” he buffer stock. to November 30 in a bid to their exports in September as 9140566868. the conference. said. Another reason of the dras- improve domestic supply. onion prices hit the sky.

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Tender Bids of this Tender by homebuyers who are forced to pay EMIs on loans taken for buy- millions of devotees. “On (Nov) 9th, let’s witness history being cre- can be purchased upto 14.11.2019 at 14:00 ing homes but have not yet got possession and continue to shell out ated as PM @narendramodi dedicates this corridor to the nation,” hrs. and complete tender will be accept- both loan installments and rent. he said. A Bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Deepak Gupta ed upto 15:00 Hrs of 14.11.2019 in the Meanwhile, real estate developers’ association CREDAI welcomed Home Ministry officials said Modi will inaugurate the Kartarpur ordered the three States to bear the operational cost of hiring of office of undersigned and the same will be the move saying, it will solve the long-pending problem of home- corridor on the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev’s 550th birth anniver- machines for handling of agricultural residue on behalf of margin- opened on 14.11.2019 at 16:00 Hrs. Other terms & conditions of this tender will remain buyers. “It’s a very welcome change from the initial announcement sary. He will also flag off the first ‘Jatha’ (delegation) of pilgrims from al and small farmers with land holding of 2.5 acre and 5 acre respec- unchanged. SUPERINTENDING ENGI- (of September 14). Now the only criteria for eligibility is net worth Dera Baba Nanak. “The policies of the Prime Minister have melted tively. NEER (TRANS.) AZAMGARH No. 1400 positive projects... the borders that stood in the way of faith and religion,” an official Rejecting Attorney General KK Venugopal’s suggestion to allow Date 5.11.2019 SAVE ELECTRICITY IN This will ensure that the fund is actually deployed to complete said. farmers burn stubble on a rotational basis region — or district-wise, THE INTEREST OF NATION incomplete projects which are even NPA or also in NCLT. the Bench asked Central Ministries of Agriculture and Environment “We are certain that a majority of stuck homebuyers will ben- %7$08330)5)*A08')> and Forests and Governments of Punjab, Haryana, UP and Delhi efit from the announcement of a 25,000 crore stress fund which is to chalk out a long-term strategy to deal with stubble burning keep- going to be increased in value if needed,” CREDAI Chairman Jaxay ), ($%)(,80 ing in view interests of marginal and small farmers. It sought a report Shah said. in three months. In case of Uttar Pradesh, the order is applicable to “Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will not rest till its only to western Uttar Pradesh. 4)>3/,48(80(8/0, Government is formed with its man as the Chief Minister. When “To punish farmers is not the ultimate solution. Provide them Mungantiwar talks about the good news that the people will get to with the basic facilities and amenities. Farmers are to be equipped; The Council also demanded the arrest, within seven days, of the hear anytime, it may be that he will come out with the good news not punished. Why the Government can’t collect and purchase stub- Delhi Police personnel involved in the scuffle. that Shiv Sena’s man will become the next Chief Minister,” Raut said. ble from farmers?” it said during the hearing that went on till 10 past Delhi Bar Associations’ members said litigants were not allowed Raut, who had earlier in the morning said that it was the respon- 6 in the evening. in the court complex due to security reasons. “There are no police sibility of the BJP to form the Government, said: “Being the single The top court pulled up chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and officials inside. Who will do the security check of the litigants. There largest party, the BJP should stake claim, form the Government and UP – who were earlier asked to appear in person before it — for fail- may be some criminals among them too,” said advocate Dhir Singh give a good Government to the State. As far as the BJP delegation ing to take steps to stop stubble burning. To Haryana Chief Secretary, Kasana, general secretary of the coordination committee of All District meeting the Governor is concerned, it is duty of all political parties the court said: “You are worse than Punjab”. The remark came as she Courts Bar Associations in Delhi. to meet the Governor. The people in Maharashtra will be happy if was telling the court of the steps taken by her state to check stubble “We are a big family here consisting of more than 10,000 mem- the BJP meets the Governor and submits to him its list of 145 MLAs burning. She told the court that stubble burning had come down in bers. There has been no assurance from anyone for the welfare of required for a simple majority of the State”. Haryana. The court also pulled up Uttar Pradesh for stubble burn- the injured lawyers and our security,” said Kasana, who was protest- The day began with Raut meeting NCP chief Sharad Pawar at ing in the western parts of the State. ing at the gate of Saket district court complex. the latter’s “Silver Oak” residence in south Mumbai. Raut met Pawar Earlier, advocate Charanpal Singh Bagri, representing Punjab Meanwhile, a Supreme Court lawyer has sent a legal notice on before the latter was to address a news conference, sparking specu- farmers, told the Bench that farmer needed to be supported by gov- Commissioner of Police Amulya Patnaik for “not taking action” lation on what must have transpired at the meeting. ernments as they were not in a position to handle stubble and were against the Delhi Police personnel who protested in front of the police Emerging from his meeting with Pawar, Raut said: “I had paid forced to burn it. headquarters at ITO. a courtesy call on Pawar. We discussed politics. Pawar is concerned The Bench transferred to top court two cases on the issue pend- “They protesting police addressed the media, creating fears in about the current situation in the State. He is of the firm stand that ing in Punjab and Haryana HC after Bagri and Punjab Chief Secretary the lawyers and in the civil society.The Delhi Police and their senior the Congress and NCP have been given a mandate by the people to agreed to it. Amicus Curiae Aparajita Singh told the Bench that even officers aired derogatory statement against advocates,” the legal notice sit in the Opposition”. yesterday there were more than 4,800 incidents of stubble burning sent by Varun Thakur and Associates read. Later, addressing a news conference, Pawar said: “There is not in Punjab. Further claiming that the demonstration was illegal, the lawyer much to talk about the current political situation in the State. The The court will now take up the matter on November 15 to con- said, “Such irresponsible activities of your police forces is the clear people have given us (Congress and NCP) to work as a strong sider further directions. violation of the Section 3 (1) (a) (b) (c) and 3 (2) of The Police Forces Opposition in the new Assembly. The people have given a mandate (Restriction of Rights) Act, 1966. The demonstration was live tele- to the BJP and the Shiv Sena to form a Government in the State”. cast by the national media whole day. Section (3) prohibits the police Queried if the stand of the Congress-NCP alliance - which has forces to participate in any demonstration, communicate with the indicated that it would support the Shiv Sena to form a Government press for their own demands, but we have seen whole days such ille- - would change its stand in future, Pawar said: “The mandate given gal activities at public places.” to us by the people is for sitting in the Opposition. Together, the Jaiveer Singh Chauhan, secretary of Delhi Bar Association of Tis strength of the NCP and Congress does not cross 100. We are nowhere Hazari court, said, “Litigants have been allowed inside premises. We near a majority,” Pawar said. are protesting peacefully. They have been allowed inside court rooms Asked as to why Raut met him, Pawar said: “Being Rajya Sabha too.” members, Raut and I regularly meet. He came to meet me to dis- One of the protesting lawyers said on the condition of anonymi- cuss things relating to forthcoming Winter Session of Parliament”. ty that they will not resume work till the time the policemen, who Asked about his meeting with AICC president Sonia Gandhi ear- had allegedly fired and lathi charged at advocates are not arrested. lier on the emerging political situation in the State and the late stand Two FIRs were registered against unidentified persons, who were of the two parties on the Government formation in the State, Pawar seen in a video hitting a uniformed policeman on a motorcycle with said: “We want the two parties (BJP and Shiv Sena) to form the his elbow and slapping him outside the Saket court. Government....I have been assessing the situation. The Congress is holding internal discussions on the issue. If need be, I will talk to $),0) $3''43,5)4,0) )*3 ') her (Sonia Gandhi) and go and meet her. Let’s see what happens in the next two to three days”.  )/0)/$/(8//'8/ In effect, the Congress-NCP alliance is keeping its options open in the issue of extending support to the Shiv Sena to form a “Our security agencies will be careful. Pakistan’s larger aim is Government in the State. to encourage separatism. Pakistan is yet to respond to India’s request Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister to allow visit of advance teams to see arrangements for high digni- Ashok Chavan said that people had not given mandate in favour of taries and convey requirements which they will require,” a source the BJP and that the people favoured a non-BJP Government in the said. State. The source said Pakistan has been asked to make adequate “The people have not given a mandate to the BJP. That being arrangements for high-level dignitaries. the case people do not want the BJP to come back to power in the The Kartarpur Corridor will connect the Dera Baba Nanak shrine State. “The alternative can come only after the Shiv Sena decides not in India’s Punjab with Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur, just four kilome- to go with the BJP. It all depends on what decision the Shiv Sena takes. tres from the International Border, located at Narowal district of The fact remains that people do not want a BJP Government in the Pakistan’s Punjab province. State,” Chavan said, when asked if the Congress-NCP alliance would History will be created when Prime Minister Narendra Modi extend support to the Shiv Sena. inaugurates the Kartarpur corridor on Saturday, and it reflects the In a related development, Congress’ Rajya Sabha member Hussain NDA Government’s commitment towards preserving the rich her- Dalwai - who had in a letter to AICC president Sonia Gandhi request- itage and universalising the teachings of Sri Guru Nanak Dev, said ed her to extend party’s support to the Shiv Sena to keep the BJP Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a series of tweets. out of power in the State - met Shiv Sena spokesperson at the office He, however, did not respond to the controversies surrounding of the Saamana newspaper. the pilgrimage. Talking to mediapersons after his meeting with Raut, Dalwai reit- In a series of tweets, Shah also said with the inauguration of the erated that if the proposal came from the Shiv Sena seeking its sup- corridor, connecting Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab with Darbar Sahib port, the Congress should extend its support to the Sena in form- Kartarpur in Pakistan, a long-cherished dream of millions of follow- ing a Government in the State. “There is a huge difference between ers of Sri Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, will be realised. the Shiv Sena and the BJP. The Sena has now become a party with “Kartarpur Sahib corridor is a historic achievement that gener- inclusive agenda. There is nothing wrong if the Congress extends ations of devotees will remember. It will find special mention in the its support to the Shiv Sena. When Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha annals of history. It reflects Modi Govt’s commitment towards pre- Patil contested the presidential elections, the Shiv Sena had extend- serving our rich heritage and universalising the teachings of Shri Guru ed support to them”.   !"#!$%&'()   7

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Singh emphasised milestone in military cooperation ‘luxuriant’ forest land, the possibil- The FAC had recommended ussia on Wednesday backed India that the special and privileged between the two countries. ity of setting up the controversial conducting multiple seasonal Rin its fight against terrorism and strategic partnership between the Both sides expressed 3097 megawatt (MW) Etalin hydro- replicate studies on biodiversity reaffirmed its support to tackle the two countries was further strength- satisfaction on the progress in electric project (HEP) in assessment by an internationally scourge by boosting India’s defence ened following the Vladivostok implementing ongoing contracts Arunanchal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley credible institute noting that the cur- capabilities and providing cutting Summit in September 2019. concluded in the recent past. Russia is being explored again. rent study (Environment Impact edge technology. This assurance came He highlighted the importance also agreed to Singh’s request to con- Despite bringing to its notice Assessment) is completely inade- during visiting Defence Minister of the Inter-Governmental stitute specific working groups for that the  25,296-crore HEP has quate in this regard. Rajnath Singh and Russian counter- Agreement on manufacturing of after-sales support of key defence been proposed in the region However, on October 17, 2019, part General Sergey Shoigu talks in spares, components and aggregates platforms. The ministers directed enriched with flora and fauna — the panel observed that the recom- Moscow. Singh is in Russia on a in India through joint ventures the respective teams to work close- about 680 bird species have been mendations of its last meeting three-day visit started on Tuesday. that would reduce cost, timelines of ly for early conclusion of the India- recorded which is about 56 per cent (February 2017) has not been com- Giving details of the talks supply and result in progressive Russia Inter-Governmental of total bird species of the country plied fully and the replies submitted between the two leaders held under indigenisation. This agreement is Agreement on Reciprocal Logistics — the Union Environment in compliance of all observations the aegis of the 19th India-Russia expected to provide a major boost Support. Ministry’s expert committee on were not satisfactory. “Moreover, Inter-Governmental Commission to the ‘Make in India’ initiative. As a special gesture, the Russian forest clearances (FAC) has now set FAC could not obtain viewpoints of on Military and Military Technical Responding to his invitation, Defence Minister requested Singh up a sub-committee to decide the representatives of user agency or Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC), the Russian Defence Minister for participation of an lndian mil- fate of the project. The FAC had held india (WII). only a few mammals and plant State Government, as no one was Defence Ministry officials said here assured robust Russian participation itary Contingent in Army Parade on clearance to the project twice in the Report of subcommittee shall be species in his report, the region is a present for consultation and Singh held in-depth discussions in DefExpo 2020, to be held in Uttar the occasion of 75th anniversary of past-in 2015 and then in 2017. exhaustive with appropriate rec- biodiversity hotspot. “This area has clarification of doubts,” it said. on a range of international issues of Pradesh capital Lucknow between the victory in the Second World As per the minutes of the meet- ommendation so that FAC could more biodiversity than any part of The sub-committee is com- common concern. Shoigu briefed February 5-8, 2020. War. Russian President Mr Vladimir ing of the FAC held in October 17, take appropriate decision,” said the the country, “ said the panel refer- prised of SD Bora and Dr Sanjay Raksha Mantri on Russian The Russian side affirmed its Putin has already extended an invi- 2019, the sub-committee will visit minutes of the meeting posted on ring to various reports that pointed Deshmukh, both FAC members, operations in Syria. readiness to operationalise the joint tation to Prime Minister Narendra the site and check if the total land the Ministry’s website. out that the entire region falls under, GV Gopi of Dehradun-based Wild The Russian side reiterated its venture lndo-Russia Rifles Private Modi to attend the celebrations. He requirement could be further Incidentally, the FAC in its 2017 IUCN management categories III, Life Institute of India (WII), repre- strong support to India in the field Limited for the manufacture of world also assured that an Indian contin- reduced. It would also “look into the meeting in February while putting IV, endemic bird area, global biodi- sentative of regional office, Shillong, of counter-terrorism and stated class Kalashnikov AK 203 rifles in gent would be participating in the concerns highlighted by regional on hold the clearance, had flagged versity hotspot, and key biodiversi- IG National Tiger Conservation that it accords priority to New India at the earliest. The factory was Parade. office in its report especially relat- the lack of studies on the project’s ty area indicating its importance at Authority (NTCA) of the regional Delhi’s security interests in the set up in Uttar Pradesh some months Singh will visit St Petersburg on ed to tree enumeration process and impact on the region’s biodiversity. the global scale. office (Guwahati) among others. region. The Russian Defence back and will manufacture these rifles Thursday on the final day of his visit the aspects highlighted in biodiver- The committee had noted that The committee had said that However, no time period has been Minister underlined Moscow’s com- for the army to begin with and then to Russia. His engagements include sity assessments study by the while the Chief Conservator of since independent studies, that used given to the panel to submit the mitment to extend all possible sup- para-military forces and the police. wreath laying at the Piskarevsky Dehardun-based Wildlife Institute of Forest of the region mentioned camera traps, recorded 12 tigers and report. port in enhancing India’s defence The total cost of the joint venture is Memorial Cemetery there. / "+ +
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& The Babri Masjid case is not argument based on facts and we with them during which it was fixed December 10 as the just a case of land dispute but a are confident that the decision stressed that irrespective of the next date of hearing in the       test case of the supremacy of the will be in our favour. But, we nature of the court ruling there case, according to an advocate    %  law, Jamiat chief Syed Arshad have said time and again, the should neither be ‘junooni representing Hooda.  0%    Madani said at a press confer- country is ours, the law is ours jashn’ (excessive celeberation) He said the two Congress ),8 O)   ence here on Wednesday. and the Supreme Court is ours. nor ‘haar ka hungama’ (brouha- leaders were present in the       “We believe SC will decide We have given evidence, what- ha over defeat). court. During the previous % ),  ,, on the basis of law and not on ever judgment is made, we will The meeting was held at the hearing on October 30, the ' &' :C2F9 faith,” Madani said. respect it,” he said. residence of Minority Affairs court had granted them inter- 5    #5  6  #  7      “Every justice-loving person “We want to urge all citizens Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi im bail till November 6. 6     ) 8  )@  9 %,' & wants the case should be adju- that they should respect the law and was attended by RSS lead- The Enforcement to May 10, 2012 in 2016 based on a CBI FIR, 0   dicated on the basis of hard facts and maintain peace in the coun- ers Krishna Gopal and Ramlal, Directorate had in August ceeds of the crime”. Vora, a and then until AJL complet- which had taken over the      and evidence not on the basis of try irrespective of whether the former Union minister 2019 filed its first charge sheet Rajya Sabha member, is a ed the construction in the year investigation into the case at     faith and belief ,” he said, adding verdict is in favour or against,” Shahnawaz Hussain, Jamiat indicting Vora and Hooda Congress general secretary. 2014,” the ED had said in a the request of the BJP gov- 
   that the Supreme Court also he said. Ulema-e-Hind general secretary for alleged irregularities in the Hooda has been Haryana statement earlier. ernment in Haryana. '    % made it amply clear that it is Referring to his meeting Mahmood Madani, Shia cleric allotment of land to AJL in chief minister for two terms The agency had charged The Central Bureau of ( only a title suit case. with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawwad Panchkula. between 2005 and 2014. that Hooda allotted the pot to Investigation has already filed , & “The debate in the court is in August, Madani said, the and filmmaker Muzaffar Ali. A prosecution complaint The money laundering AJL by “blatantly misusing his a charge sheet against Hooda was filed before a special case pertains to the alleged official position”. and others in this case. court for the cases under the irregularities in the re-allot- The former Haryana chief The plot was allotted to        : %        Prevention of Money ment of a plot, located in minister, it was alleged, “dis- AJL first in 1982. But the allot- Laundering Act (PMLA) in Panchkula, to AJL by the then honestly allotted the said plot ment was revoked by the       
   Panchkula near Chandigarh, Hooda government. afresh in the guise of re-allot- estate officer of the Haryana , " -  ) the federal probe agency had Under the provisions of ment to the AJL at original Urban Development ,(     #3 #  said earlier. the Prevention of Money laun- rates plus interest in violation Authority (HUDA) by an ,11 Q ++ "   The agency, in its first dering Act, the ED has already of necessary conditions and October 1992 order because charge sheet, named Vora, attached the plot with esti- policy of HUDA (Haryana AJL had failed to comply with    $14 2 Hooda and AJL charging that mated value of Rs 64.93 crore. Urban Development the conditions of the allot- .     . they were “directly involved in “Hooda favoured AJL by Authority) vide order dated ment letter, the ED had said.      3'345 the process and activity con- granting them three undue August 28, 2005.” The ED The agency had ques-   3'345 health condition of petitioners nected with the acquisition extensions for construction on filed a criminal complaint of tioned the two Congress lead- (, (Kumar) be examined by a n a jolt to the Jaypee Group, the and possession of the pro- the said plot from May 2008 money laundering in this case ers in the case. he Supreme Court on panel of doctors constituted by ISupreme Court on Wednesday TWednesday directed that the AIIMS director. Report the directed completion of corporate   3'345 former Congress leader Sajjan file in four weeks,” the insolvency resolution process Kumar, sentenced for life in a bench said. within 90 days for Jaypee /(&3  
2$( he Supreme Court on 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, be Senior advocate Vikas Infratech Ltd and said the revised TWednesday asked the examined by a panel of AIIMS Singh, appearing for Kumar, resolution plan will be invited Centre and nine states to file a doctors, after he sought urgent said he has been in jail for the only from NBCC and Suraksha   3'345 “This is the best VRS given equal to 35 days salary for each monetising their assets and giv- status report on filling up of listing of his bail plea on health past 11 months and has lost Realty. by the government and BSNL completed year of service and 25 ing VRS to employees so that vacancies in the central and grounds. around eight to 10 kg of weight. ithin days of government employees should see it in a pos- days salary for every year of ser- the combined entity turns prof- state information commissions Kumar was awarded life He said Kumar has been suf- Wapproving a relief package itive frame of mind,” Purwar vice left until superannuation. itable in two years. in compliance with its earlier imprisonment by the Delhi fering from various ailments for the ailing corporation, state- said. He said the corporation Mahanagar Telephone The Union Cabinet has orders. High Court on December 17 and has serious health issues. owned BSNL has rolled out a expects 70,000-80,000 employ- Nigam Ltd (MTNL) too has approved the plan to combine A bench of Justices SA last year. The Supreme Court To this, the bench said voluntary retirement scheme for ees to opt for the scheme, and rolled out a VRS for its employ- MTNL - which provides ser- Bobde, S Abdul Nazeer and has also asked for a report in losing weight does not mean its employees, and said it expects added that saving in wage bill is ees. The scheme, based on vices in Mumbai and New Krishna Murari asked the four weeks from the panel of that he is unhealthy but still “we The apex court said the pen- 70,000-80,000 personnel to opt expected to be about Rs 7,000 Gujarat Model of VRS, will be Delhi - with Bharat Sanchar Centre and the nine states to doctors constituted by the will order examination of his dency of any other application for it leading to savings of about crore with those numbers. open for employees till Nigam Ltd (BSNL) that services file the status report in four AIIMS director. health conditions by a panel of before the NCLT or NCLAT, Rs 7,000 crore in wage bill. According to `BSNL December 3, 2019. the rest of the nation. weeks. A bench headed by Justice doctors”. including any interim direction, BSNL Chairman and Voluntary Retirement Scheme In a notice issued by MTNL The rescue package “In the meantime, the S A Bobde said it will hear the Kumar resigned from the shall be no impediment for the Managing Director P K Purwar - 2019’ all regular and perma- to employees recently, it men- approved includes infusion of Rs Union of India and the states bail application of Kumar in Congress after he was convict- IRP to receive and process the told PTI that the scheme will be nent employees of BSNL includ- tioned that “all regular and per- 20,140 crore for purchase of 4G shall submit a status report the summer vacation next year. ed by the high court. revised resolution plan from the open between November 4 and ing those on deputation to manent employees of 50 years spectrum, Rs 3,674 crore for regarding filling up of the On August 5, a bench The case in which he was two bidders. December 3, and that instruc- other organisation or posted and above as on January 31, GST to be paid on spectrum vacancies in question and a headed by Justice Bobde had convicted and sentenced relates A bench of justices A M tions have already been given to outside BSNL on deputation 2020” are eligible to opt for the allocation, companies raising Rs compliance report with regard said it would hear Kumar’s bail to the killing of five Sikhs in Khanwilkar and Dinesh field units to inform employees basis, who attended the age of scheme. 15,000 crore in debt on the sov- to the directions given by this plea in May 2020 as it was not Delhi Cantonment’s Raj Nagar Maheshwari said it is passing about the VRS offering. 50 years or above are eligible to The government last month ereign guarantee and govern- court vide judgment dated an “ordinary case” and Part-I area of southwest Delhi directions in an “exceptional sit- In all, nearly one lakh BSNL seek voluntary retirement under had approved a plum Rs 69,000 ment funding Rs 17,160 crore February 15, 2019 be required detailed hearing on November 1-2 in 1984, and uation” to do complete justice to employees are eligible for the the scheme. crore revival package for BSNL VRS and another Rs 12,768 also filed,” the bench said in its before any order is passed. burning down of a gurdwara in home buyers, Jaypee group and VRS out of its total staff strength The amount of ex-gratia for and MTNL that includes merg- crore towards retirement liabil- order. “We are of the view that the Raj Nagar Part-II. banks concerned. of 1.50 lakh. any eligible employee will be ing the two loss-making firms, ity.   !"#!$%&'()   ;

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Wednesday. maintaining that these fires recently, said on condition of Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, activities ahead of the Supreme The city police’s social "There have been consistent were caused by 'electric short anonymity. PTI Varavara Rao and Sudhir Dhavle Court’s verdict in the Ram media monitoring cell andcyber efforts to enforce shutdown in had filed the bail applications, Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid cell will monitor activities on areas where shops are open or arguing that the police had not land dispute case, a police offi- Facebook, Twitter,WhatsApp, roadside vendors are plying :  #       produced any substantial evi- cial said. Instagram and other such plat- their trade. The anti-peace ele- dence against them. Prohibitory orders are forms, he said. ments are trying to keep peo- The prosecution opposed already in place and no cele- “Strict action will be taken ple indoors," a senior police $ (6"    the pleas, saying there was mate- bration or mourning with against those who postobjec- official said. rial to show links between the respect to the judgement will be tionable content, hurting sen- The official said two Jammu: Three persons were the matter revealed that these accused and Maoists. allowed in the city, which wit- timents of any community,”the grenade attacks in the city's busy arrested on Wednesday for individuals were involved in According to Pune Police, nessed communal riots after the with some prominent members verdict of the apex court, every official said. Goni Khan market and Kaka "threatening and intimidating" publishing and circulating inflammatory speeches deliv- demolition of the Babri Masjid of the Muslim community, person should accept it as a cit- Citizens have also been Sarai areas were an indication locals in South Kashmir's threat posters in Ladhoo area ered at the Elgar Parishad con- in December 1992, he said. including journalists and spir- izen of the country and not as urged not to believe in rumours that there were concerted efforts Awantipora using posters issued of Khrew Awantipora, 33 km clave held here on December 31, Chief Justice of India itual leaders, and appealed to any community member,” the- and alert the police if they come to keep the shutdown going. by proscribed terror outfits from Srinagar, he said. 2017 triggered caste violence at Ranjan Gogoi is expected to them to accept the apex court’s official said on Tuesday. across any such kind of talks, he One street vendor was Hizbul Mujahideen and An FIR under relevant sec- the Koregaon-Bhima war deliver the verdict in the case verdict. As part of the security said. “People should report any killed while 35 others were Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, officials said. tions of the law has been reg- memorial in the district the before his retirement on “Elaborate security measures, the police haveim- suspicious person oractivity injured in the grenade attack at "Three persons were istered against them, he said. next day (January 1, 2018). November 17. Mumbai Police arrangements are being made posed prohibitory orders from and help the police in keeping Goni Khan market on Monday arrested and incriminating The three have been taken The conclave had the back- Commissioner Sanjay Barve with extra precautions in sen- November 4 to 18, restrictin- the city safe andpeaceful,” he as the shops in the area were materials including threat to the police station and incrim- ing of Maoists, the police on Monday held a meeting sitive areas. As this will be the gany unlawful assembly of peo- added. open beyond the 12.00 pm posters were recovered from inating materials recovered claimed, while arresting several self-imposed deadline for clos- their possession," a senior from them taken into records Left-leaning activists and writers ing the markets. Six security police official said. for the purpose of investigation, in the case in June and August Q/=%( (  !  force personnel were injured in Initial investigation into the official said. PTI of 2018. PTI    )R 
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Displaced People's Forum cel the birth anniversary cele- The State Government told isations have been strongly ership, their ally and RPI(A) Shiv Sena alliance a combined relief camps in Tripura con- "Prohibitory orders under (MBDPF) had claimed on brations of Tipu Sultan, the con- the court that it had not banned opposing Tipu Sultan, calling chief Ramdas Athawale said seat strength of 161, way past tinued the road blockade for Section 144 CrPC was imposed Monday that six people includ- troversial 18th century ruler of private celebrations. the erstwhile Mysore king a on Wednesday, soon after the 145 majority mark in the the seventh day demanding at Anandabazar on November ing babies have died in relief the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom, Noting this, the court "religious bigot". Sharad Pawar asserted that his 288-member House. The peo- resumption of free ration to 4 night and that is still in force. camps since October 29 but declined to stay the order. directed the Government to Tipu Sultan was considered NCP will work as a “responsi- ple of Maharashtra have given them. Personnel of the CRPF, Tripura "because of starvation" after the A division bench, com- provide protection to such cel- an implacable enemy of the ble opposition”. the mandate to the BJP and the Leaders of three Bru organ- State Rifles and the state police Centre stopped the supply of prising Chief Justice Abhay ebrations and ensure peace. British East India Company. The BJP and the Shiv Sena Shiv Sena to form government isations in the Tripura relief were deployed there. But we are ration and cash dole to the Shreeniwas Oka and Justice S Soon after coming to He was killed in May 1799 are locked in a tussle over the in alliance, Athawale said, won- camps, however, said they have yet to use force (to lift the 35,000 odd refugees for R Krishna Kumar, issued the power in Karnataka, the BJP while defending his fort at chief minister’s post, resulting in dering how the Sena can form withdrawn the blockade on blockade)," North Tripura October. order while hearing a PIL chal- Government had in July Srirangapatna against the a stalemate in government for- government with 56 legisla- Tuesday afternoon but the peo- Superintendent of Police Tripura government, how- lenging the Government's deci- scrapped the celebration of British forces. mation in the state.Pawar’s tors.“If the Shiv Sena does not ple are adamant to continue Bhanupada Chakraborty said. ever, said four Bru inmates of sion to cancel the November 10 Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary. Tipu Sultan, however, is a remarks came this morning come with us then Fadnavis with the agitation and would No untoward incident was the relief camps have died so far Tipu Jayanti celebrations as a The party had been oppos- controversial figure in Kodagu after a meeting with senior should move forward and stake lift it after immediate issuance reported till now, he said. and medical teams have been State event. ing the annual event since it district as the Kodavas Sena leader Sanjay Raut, who claim to form government in of ration and cash-dole. An organisation of Bru sent there. It directed the Government was started by the (Coorgis), a martial race, has met the Nationalist the state,” he told reporters A team headed by Deputy refugees on October 29 threat- Senior Tripura government to reconsider its decision in two Siddaramaiah-led Congress believe thousands of their men Congress Party (NCP) chief here. Chief Minister Jishnu ened to launch the indefinite officials including Additional months. government in 2015. and women were seized and earlier too. “There is no option The NCP chief, after his Debverma would meet the dis- roadblock at Anandabazar, Chief Secretary Kumar Alok "It should not look like the Recently, a BJP MLA from held captive during his occu- left with the Shiv Sena now than meeting with Raut, asked the placed people on Thursday to known for a prominent market met the Bru leaders on Monday decision was taken arbitrarily," Kodagu had demanded pation and subjected to torture, to form government with the BJP and the Shiv Sena to form find out an amicable solution in that area where two relief and urged them to withdraw the bench observed, adding removal of a lesson on Tipu death and forcible conversion BJP under the leadership of government in Maharashtra. as road communication from camps are located. The block- the blockade. 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Wednesday attacked the BJP, ple by holding elections?," through drones and satellite. They also argued that Former president of nation in both sides of the inter- and Bhutan. Madhya Maharashtra, saying it should hold elections she said, adding that whatev- The demand was raised by farmers need to clear their Shetkari Sanghatna and con- national border. Union Health Joint Thane and Palghar districts in the newly carved union ter- er happened, happened in an leaders of 'Shetkari Sanghatna' fields for Rabi (winter crop) venor of the Samiti, Ram Neole, Specific action plans for 9 Secretary Rekha Shukla said will receive light to moderate ritory if it felt the decision taken "undemocratic way and in a and'Vidarbha Rajya Andolan sowing. said many activists were districts of India and 10 districts though India made a massive showers on Thursday due to the by it were democratic and the haste". Samiti' who staged demon- The leaders demanded that detained and released later in of Bhutan along the border have improvement in eliminating cyclonic storm hovering in the situation normal. "It was done after lending strations at the Nagpur district the affected farmers be paid a evening. PTI been developed at the meeting. malaria, more needs to be done Arabian sea, the India Soni was here to consult ear to misconceptions (created Addressing the meeting, to contribute towards elimi- Meteorological Department the state party leadership on the about Jammu & Kashmir)," National Vector Borne Disease nating it in Bhutan and other (IMD) said. nationwide agitation against she said. Control Programme (NVBD- bordering countries. "The severe cyclonic storm the "economic crisis" and said Asked whether she sup- )# @4@4  #     CP) Director Dr Neeraj In doing so, she empha- Maha is weakening but moving the demand for the restoration ported elections before the Dhingra provided an overview sized the importance of strong towards the coastal areas of of the statehood would be the restoration of the statehood, the of the progress towards malar- collaboration and people to Gujarat. Its impact will be in the bottom line for the protests in Congress leader said, "My will- ia elimination in India by 2030. people interaction at local level form of light to moderate show- the Jammu region. ingness does not matter." #A +7   Malaria cases in the coun- across the international borders ers in Madhya Maharashtra as In a reference to the abro- "We had a meeting of try have reduced from over one and with other sectors. well as Thane and Palghar dis- gation of the special status of senior party colleagues and Jammu: Prime Minister Chief Secretary B V R including the best practices in million in 2016 to around These include real time tricts, it said. Jammu and Kashmir, she activists this morning and we Narendra Modi on Wednesday Subrahmanyam also participat- grafted Walnut and High Density 4,19,000 in 2018, he said. sharing of information, joint "It will turn into a deep asked, "How many promises are meeting again later in the took stock of the the progress of ed in the video conference as the Apple Plantation in Kupwara dis- The country aims to planning, and innovative depression by Thursday morn- have been fulfilled after the afternoon. ambitious Udhampur-Baramulla prime minister reviewed nine trict of north Kashmir, the achieve zero indigenous case by approaches to deliver the inter- ing, which means lessening of its decisions was taken three What I have learnt is that rail link project and gave explic- projects related to 16 states and spokesman said. 2027, sustain it thereafter and ventions and synchronisation of severity, an IMD official said. months ago." people are very disturbed as it it instructions to expedite the the Union Territory of J&K. Calling it an act of "nation- secure malaria-free certification implementation of interven- Meanwhile, Thane and Soni, who was accompa- has happened for the first time work and complete it by next The Prime Minister al service", Modi emphasised by WHO in 2030, Dr Dhingra tions across the Indo-Bhutan Palghar district administrations nied by senior party leaders, in the history of our country year, an official spokesman said. reviewed the progress of infra- on the need to decide on time- said. border, Shukla added. PTI have stepped up preparedness to including the party's J-K pres- that a state was bifurcated into PM Modi fixed the 2020 structure connectivity projects, lines to bring the backward dis- deal with any eventuality in view ident G A Mir, said people were UTs," she said. Soni said she was deadline for the ambitious pro- including that of the Udhampur- tricts up to the national average. of the cyclonic storm. under detention and based on informed that people were "feel- ject connecting Srinagar to Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link He also stressed that young While the Palghar district her personal experience after ing humiliated" and "very con- Indian Railways network while (USBRL), and gave explicit officers must be deployed in aspi- 9  2  P  administration had already landing here on Tuesday, she cerned" about their future as the chairing his 31st interaction meet instructions on speedy comple- rational districts, the spokesman ordered closure of educational didn't see the Internet func- decisions with regard to J-K through PRAGATI with secre- tion of the project by next year, said. %  P   institutions between November tioning. were taken in an "undemocra- taries of various Union ministries the spokesman said. He said Prime Minister was 6 and 8, the collector of Thane "If the situation is normal, tic way without taking them and chief secretaries of various Reviewing the progress of also briefed about the progress in district directed officials on how long will you keep the into confidence". Soni said peo- states and Union territories, the Aspirational District Programme, National Agriculture Market   7)$/ Rajnath Singh its vice presi- Wednesday to take a call former chief ministers ple wanted that the statehood spokesman said. the prime minister was apprised platform which has helped in bet- dent. depending upon situation. PTI detained? If you have taken a be restored. PTI He said Jammu and Kashmir of 49 performance indicators ter price discovery. PTI ajasthan Chief Minister “It is condemnable and RAshok Gehlot on very unfortunate that the Wednesday condemned the government has dropped all Centre’s move to remove liberal voices and indepen- '     ##  # #  %#  / Congress leaders froma the dent scholars from reconsti- Nehru Memorial Museum tuted NMML Society. All   84)0) poison” that the BJP is spread- West Bengal is the host state of (Science & Technology) “If there is no representa- Minister Amit Shah recently and Library (NMML) Society, names, which believed in ing in the country.“The 5th the 5th edition of IISF but you minister of West Bengal with tion here, how do we expect- in New Delhi. saying the government will Nehru’s ideology, have been nion Minister Babul Edition of the IISF is happen- don’t have the minister coming Kolkata being the host city. them to go to Delhi and sit Asked whether the Centre not be able to do away with removed,” Gehlot said. “Govt USupriyo on Wednesday ing in West Bengal and the state in. What kind of ethics is this? Either it did not respond to with officials of our min- has any plan to counter air Nehru’s legacy by taking such wont’ be able to do away wd came down heavily on the ministers are absent here (in Politics is the biggest polluting theinvitation or refused it and istries to sort out problems? pollution in the eastern steps. Nehruji’s legacy by such petty West Bengal government for the session). I deeply condemn agent in Kolkata,” he said. so there is no representation They were not present when metropolis, he said, “We write The central government steps (sic),” the chief minis- not sending any representative it,” Supriyo, Union Minister of Supriyo was speaking after ofWest Bengal government,” the Compensatory a lot of letters to Kolkata but has reconstituted the ter tweeted. to the ongoing India State for Environment, Forest addressing a session on ‘States Supriyo said. Afforestation Fund most of them are unan- NMML Society removing Union ministers Amit International Science Festival and Climate Change, told PTI, Science and Technology Assam S&T minister Management and swered... stubble burning is Congressmen Mallikarjun Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, here, saying politics is the on the sidelines of a pro- Ministers Conclave’. “I hope Keshav Mahanta, Madhya PlanningAuthority (CAMPA) definitely not a problem in Kharge, Jairam Ramesh and Ramesh Pokhriyal, Prakash “biggest polluting agent” in gramme. better sense prevails and such Pradesh S&TMinister PC fund was given or any other Kolkata and to know what is Karan Singh as its members Javadekar, V Muraleedharan the state. He also alleged that The minister also said, examples are not set in front of Sharma, their counterparts in meeting. “The CM does not the specific problem in and inducting television jour- and Prahlad Singh Patel, state bureaucrats are “not Chief Minister Mamata the other states. As a Bengali, Odisha and Puducherry, go to PM’s meetings and sud- Kolkata, there should be a nalist Rajat Sharma and ICCR chairman Vinay allowed” to attend meetings, Bernerjee was not present in I feel ashamed. Ministers of Ashoka Chandra Panda and M denly shefeels that one day she continuous dialogue between adman Prasoon Joshi among Sahsrabudhhe, Prasar Bharti convened by the Centre. meetings, called by Prime many other states were on the Kandasamy respectively were can go and give flowers. It the state and the Centre. others. According to an order chairman A Surya Prakash, Countering Supriyo’s charge, a Minister Narendra Modi. “We dais while the West Bengal present at the “States Science does not solve the problems of “Does it happen? The bureau- issued on Tuesday, Prime secretaries of Expenditure, senior Trinamool Congress have a federal structure that minister was not there. and Technology Ministers the state,” Supriyo said. crats here are not given per- Minister Narendra Modi is Culture and Housing and leader said, the entire country needs to be respected. We have “I am sure that the invita- Conclave” session under Incidentally, Banerjee had mission to go and attend the president of the society Urban Affairs, are members knows the kind of “communal come here with a lot of hope. tion must have gone to the the IISF here. met PM Modi and Union meetings.” and Defence Minister of the NMML Society. 0
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Interestingly, the Leh district of                      Ladakh includes the districts of Gilgit,                  ! Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and Tribal Territory of 1947, in addition to the  S                (  " known areas of Leh and, of course, the ,5                     6  , Aksai Chin, illegally occupied by China 2   +             since the mid-1950s. For several reasons, it is important that (     6  #     0(       ! these maps have been updated. First part. The new maps will irri- professions that it has never Report of 1902 and the      (       $          there was often a discrepancy in the length tate China no end, as it virtu- involved itself in the dispute Settlement Report of 1908             "     !   of the Indo-China border on some Indian ally opens another sector along over Kashmir or its absurd mentioned 108 villages, includ-         1              websites. Was the length 4,056 or 3,488 the Indo-Chinese disputed claim that the boundary nego- ing Tanktse, Demchok, km? The first figure is the only valid one boundary. tiations have promoted friend- Chushul and Minsar... The                       as Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly the Gilgit A secret note prepared by 05348*()4 ship between the Chinese and Preliminary Report of Ladakh              8       agency) is legally a part of India. The Indo- the historical division of the Pakistani people and are in the Settlement of 1908 made clear                       ! China boundary starts at the trijunction Ministry of External Affairs @84489$ interests of Asia and world that these areas were part of of Afghanistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and mentioned that “any such peace, it is directly interfering Ladakh.”                   Xinjiang to reach the Karakoram Pass and agreement will be ab initio ille- ,584'%308 in Indo-Pakistan relations. By The Indian side submitted                    ! further runs through the Karakoram and gal and invalid and will not /3$)0/)03)44 doing this, China is seeking to a large quantity of such docu-            '      ! Karatagh passes and along the Kunlun in bind India in any respect.” exploit differences between ments. These records will show the north, and through Lanak La and The note observed that the 053)/(5A3, India and Pakistan on the that India exercised control            9*:     7  7 S across the western part of the Pangong preamble states that the parties $3/0)  *08 Kashmir question to further its over the various frontier areas     # ,    /.-;) +    ! ! Lake and then along the ridge parallel to have agreed to formally delim- 4)')5) '053 own expansionist policy.” and collected revenues from                      the Indus, before crossing the Indus it and demarcate the boundary Of course, since then, the border villages till south-east of Demchok. Hopefully the between Xinjiang and the con- *4*0)B)/)008 China has become Pakistan’s Independence.       (              wrong figures will now be rectified. tiguous areas of Pakistan, the Iron brother, but the motiva- These records should be             The fact that large parts of Ladakh are defence of which was under 43553/3) tions have remained the same. kept in Leh; it should also    6              S   today occupied by China explain Beijing’s the actual control of Karachi; $4)(3,584'%3 Today’s publication of proper include the history of the aggressive stance. Speaking of the creation Pakistan based its right on the maps should only be a first Gilgit Wazarat and other ter-                     of the two UTs, Geng Shuang, a fact that these areas were under '3'()03'08 step. ritories now shown under the                     spokesman of China’s Ministry of Foreign her “actual control.” However, 053/ The logical follow-up Ladakh district and how                ! Affairs told the media: “China deplores the Indian note explained: should be to repatriate all the Shaksgam Valley was illegally and firmly opposes this. This is unlawful “Under international law, the $/3,3/A)08 M0 archives pertaining to Ladakh offered to Communist China.  0                  and void and this is not effective in any right of entering into treaties and the Gilgit Wazarat, to This would greatly help the                       way and will not change the fact that the and agreements is an attribute ,(/()4),053 Leh, where a place should be project of the Ministry of                     area is under Chinese actual control.” He of sovereignty. Furthermore, a 5,08/>8@4)/*3 dedicated to their preservation; Defence to write the history of urged India to “earnestly respect Chinese sovereign cannot presume to it is crucial as the history of India’s borders, the project for           +          ! territorial sovereignty and uphold peace exercise sovereign functions in (5 ,8@053 large chunks of the border with which was recently    7  3               -<== and tranquility in the border areas.” respect of territory other than %8/'3/05 China lies in these records. announced: “The work will                            The Indian Ministry of External its own. Having regard to the (5 )43, During the negotiations cover various aspects of bor- +                  Affairs did not leave the unwarranted UN resolutions of January 17, of “the Officials of India and ders, including tracing its mak- attack unanswered: “We do not expect 1948, August 13, 1948 and 053,3/3(8/', China” in 1960, the Indian side ing; making and unmaking        0           other countries, including China, to com- January 5, 1949 (UNCIP noted: “A systematic settle- and shifting of borders; role of            0       ment on matters that are internal to Resolutions) it is clear that ment of revenue for the whole security forces; role of border-                     India, just as India refrains from comment- Pakistan cannot (and does of Ladakh up to the tradition- land people encompassing ing on the internal issues of other coun- not) claim to exercise sover- al alignment was made during their ethnicity, culture and            6         tries,” declared India’s Ministry for eignty in respect of Jammu and the time of Mehta Mangal socio-economic aspects of                  "   External Affairs spokesman. Referring to Kashmir.” who was Wazir or Governor their lives.”                       +  the Shaksgam Valley, he pointed out that Very few, even in India, between 1860 and 1865; and It is perhaps not too late to China “illegally” acquired Indian territo- realise the importance of this this settlement was revised put the history of India in its 0    $            ries from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir point. On March 5, 1963, during the period of his suc- proper perspective and undo through the 1963 China-Pakistan speaking about China during cessor Johnson (1870-1881) the blunders committed in Boundary Agreement. That infamous a Calling Attention Motion in and Radha Kishen Kaul the 1950s and 1960s. pact was signed by Pakistan’s Minister of the Lok Sabha, the Prime (1882). 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levels and if possible reversing almost 75 per cent of the 184 USA, with their share of high cause of the inequitable condi- climate change in the process is pledges made by various coun- historic emissions and being tions at the global climate change a serious matter that is now tries under the Paris Agreement developed nations, have finan- mitigation forum. As a part its pushing our environment into were insufficient to slow climate cial and other resources as accu- effort, the Indian leadership 33'08/3,08/3 an irrecoverable tailspin. change. mulated wealth at their dispos- must make a strong case of how Apart from man-made rea- The report classifies pledges, al and as a result are able to do the developed nations must @)058@$%4( sons for pollution, the fact that which commit to reducing 2030 much more to mitigate climate come forward in not only doing 6 282 humans are not taking serious emissions by over 40 per cent change on the same platform. more than the developing world ) )  and effective action is damaging compared to 1990 levels as This advantage the developing to slow down climate change,   elhi’s trial by pollution is the environment more and “Sufficient” and 20-40 per cent nations do not have. As a result, but must also assist the emerg- %$   akin to a trial by fire for strengthening the devastating reduction pledges as “Partially there is glaring disparity between ing nations on advisory and 
  9 Dall the citizens, especial- effects of climate change. Sufficient.” what the developing world can resources support wise and help     ly the elderly and children. The The glaring deficiencies in Pledges with mitigation tar- achieve against their pledges and fight the advance of climate days are exceedingly smoggy action arise when climate-relat- gets under 20 per cent or those cient” or better still more than Brazil, Canada, Japan, New what the developed world can change.    and sunlight is disappearing ed pledges are undertaken but with conditional commitments, “sufficient” is a cause for concern Zealand and North Korea were showcase as efforts taken under Climate summits have   & among various layers of harm- seldom executed in all serious- where the country is implement- because the state of the environ- deemed partially sufficient, their pledges. become annual high-visibility %$
 ful pollutants in the atmos- ness. This aspect of the fight ing at least 50 per cent of the ment in the face of rapid climate pledges made by eight other The international commu- events where discussions and  9  phere. against climate change has come pledged mitigation actions from change needs more than “suffi- countries were deemed partial- nity must recognise this imbal- debates are held and pledges are The state of the environ- out in a recent report titled the their own resources, were cient” efforts to make a positive ly insufficient. The rest of the ance and set out to find a formu- taken but thereafter it is business O   ment today in Delhi is the result Truth Behind the Climate deemed “Partially Insufficient.” difference. pledges, totalling 125 largely- la that empowers all to take as usual.        of our actions and inactions, Pledges, released on November Those with no targets for The only countries that developing countries with the equal measures and actions. This has to change and &0% both. While various anthro- 5 by the United States-based absolute emission reduction and could qualify for carrying out US being a notable exception, Climate justice also demands India can and must become the *
   pogenic actions are stoking the Universal Ecological Fund. those which rely on internation- their pledges in a sufficient were deemed insufficient. that historically rich emitters catalyst that brings about this   pollution levels in our lives, Fundación Ecológica Universal al financing more than 50 per manner were 35 in number. Out This shows the wide dispar- must shoulder a substantially awakening and change because inaction in taking concrete steps (FEU-US) is a partner of the cent of their mitigation actions of these 35 nations, 28 belonged ity in efforts and how seriously higher share of that burden to a pledge taken has to be kept,      to limit and stem the spiralling older Argentinian organisation were deemed “Insufficient.” to the European Union and these pledges are being taken reduce climate change. especially if it is taken for moth-   pollution levels is only worsen- with the same name. The report The fact that the report’s seven were other nations. and followed up. But there is a India, in its role as an er Earth. 
 & ing matters. The problem of disclosed that during the course research could not find a major- While the pledges of 12 different kind of disparity at emerging economic power, must (The writer is an environ- P     Q inaction in containing pollution of the research, it was found that ity of the pledges being “suffi- countries, including Australia, work here, too. The EU and the highlight and champion the mental journalist)    !"#!$%&'() *  6 (  )  (  (      / ,9  !
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6>? !  %      ,   3'345 8.68% (38,711.33 crore) of profit of 377 crore during July- gross advances by end of September, 2018-19. Total rev-   3'345 Ayukawa said, “Through this tate-owned Canara Bank on September 2019 from 10.56% enue from operations rose to   %)6 3'345 Joint Venture, MSTI, we aim to SWednesday reported a rise (45,233.22 crore) a year-ago. 4,396 crore for the second .    # aruti Suzuki and Toyota promote recycling and support of 14% in its consolidated net Net NPAs too came down to quarter as against 4,012 crore he BSE Sensex resumed MTsusho Group on in resource optimisation and profit at 405.49 crore for the 5.15% (22,090.04 crore) from in the year-ago period, Cipla its record-setting run on spillover effect on many indus- Broader BSE midcap index Wednesday announced a joint conservation while using envi- second quarter ended 6.54% (26,777.64 crore). Thus, said in a regulatory filing. TWednesday — rallying tries. rose 0.15%, while smallcap venture for vehicle dismantling ronment friendly systems and September amid fall in bad provisions for bad loans for the 222 points to its new lifetime Top gainers in the Sensex ended 0.36% lower. and recycling. processes”. loans and healthy income from quarter came down to 7     G2 high of 40,469.78 — as pack included ICICI Bank, Globally, bourses in Hong In the joint venture — Scrapping of older vehicles operations. The bank had post- 2,297.43 crore from 2,406.84 +F)F1H investors accumulated banking Infosys, HDFC, IndusInd Kong, Tokyo and Seoul settled Maruti Suzuki Toyotsu India in a scientific and environment ed a net profit of 356.55 crore crore on a consolidated basis. Battery manufacturer and financial stocks amid Bank, Tata Motors, Kotak higher, while Shanghai ended Pvt Ltd (MSTI) — Maruti friendly manner will help to during the corresponding July- On a standalone basis, it was Exide Industries on Wednesday hopes of more reform measures Bank, Axis Bank, L&T, Yes in the red. Suzuki India (MSI) will have 50 reduce pollution and also make September period of last fiscal down at 2,295.61 crore from reported a 15.57% increase in to boost growth. Bank and HUL, spurting up to Exchanges in Europe were per cent share, while Toyota the roads safer. A team of ended March 31, 2019. 2,403.06 crore a year-ago. consolidated net profit to After opening on a chop- 2.64%. trading on a mixed note in Tsusho Group companies — experts at MSTI will disman- Total income (consolidat- 247.18 crore in the September py note, the 30-share Sensex On the other hand, Bharti their respective early deals. Toyota Tsusho Corporation and tle the vehicles using interna- ed) in the second quarter of       G2 quarter. The company had touched an all-time intra-day Airtel, RIL, Bajaj Finance, Meanwhile, the Indian Toyota Tsusho India Pvt Ltd — tional technology and global 2019-20 rose to 15,509.36  66 posted a consolidated net prof- high of 40,606.91 in late-after- ONGC, HCL Tech, ITC and Sun rupee depreciated by 28 paise will hold the remaining stake. standards, he added. crore as against 13,437.83 Bajaj Electricals on it of 213.87 crore in the same noon trade. It finally ended Pharma slipped up to 3.31%. to 70.97 against the US dollar MSTI will set up its vehicle Toyota Tsusho crore in the same period of Wednesday reported a consol- quarter last fiscal, Exide indus- 221.55 points, or 0.55%, high- “Market clocked a new intra-day. dismantling and recycling unit Corporation CEO (Metal 2018-19, Canara Bank said in a idated net loss of 32.54 crore tries said in a regulatory filing. er at 40,469.78. high based on commitment Brent crude futures, the in Noida, Uttar Pradesh with- Division) Naoji Saito said TTC regulatory filing. Interest for the second quarter ended Revenue from operations dur- The previous closing high from the FM to speed up global oil benchmark, fell 0.81 in 2020-21 and will add more had started ELV recycling since income stood at 12,500.37 September 30. The company ing the period under review was 40,301.96, hit on reforms in the near future. per cent to USD 62.45 per such units across India, the 1970’s in Japan. crore, up from 11,015.93 crore. had posted a net profit of stood at 3,778.51 crore as November 4 (Monday). Realty and financials outper- barrel. companies said in a statement. “We believe that we will be The Consolidated 29.83 crore for July- compared to 3,632.95 crore in Similarly, the broader NSE formed in expectation of new It will be responsible to able to contribute to Indian Financial Statement (CFS) of September period of the pre- the corresponding quarter last Nifty briefly reclaimed the measures while metal stocks  63+ procure and dismantle end-of- society through our knowledge the group companies compris- vious fiscal. Total income for fiscal, a growth of 4%. 12,000 level, before finishing at gained owing to easing global Gold dropped 301 to life vehicles (ELVs). The and experience for ELV busi- es the result of eight sub- the second quarter stood at 11,966.05, showing a gain of trade war. 38,870 per 10 gram in the process will include complete ness. The first vehicle disman- sidiaries, four associates includ- 1,106.80 crore as compared       48.85 points, or 0.41%. “Better results from index national capital on Wednesday solid and liquid waste man- tling and recycling unit of ing two Regional Rural Banks with 1,605.77 crore in the pre- +26  G  Benchmark indices have heavyweights kept expectation due to subdued global trend, agement as per the Indian laws MSTI is just the initial step and (RRBs) and a joint venture, the vious year, Bajaj Electricals Drug maker Lupin on been on a rising spree on the high for earnings growth, influ- according to HDFC Securities. and globally approved quality we are eager to expand to pan- bank said. said in a regulatory filing. Wednesday reported a consol- back of strong earnings, hopes encing investors to stay in the Silver prices also witnessed and environment standards, India base with Maruti Suzuki,” On a standalone basis, idated net loss of 123.44 crore for another economic booster market,” said Vinod Nair, head correction, tumbling 906 to they added. he added. bank posted an increase of  G2 2FH for the second quarter ended from the government and pos- of research, Geojit Financial 46,509 per kg from 47,415 The Noida unit will have Suzuki and Toyota had 22% at 364.92 crore during Drug firm Cipla on September 30, impacted by pro- itive cues from global markets, Services. per kg in the previous trade. an initial capacity to dismantle earlier strengthened their the quarter, up from 299.54 Wednesday posted 25% visioning for one-time pay- experts said. Sectorally, BSE realty, On Tuesday, gold had around 2,000 vehicles per alliance with the partners pick- crore in the year-ago period. increase in consolidated net ment to settle a lawsuit in the US Speaking late on Tuesday, bankex, finance, metal, IT, closed at 39,171 per 10 gram. month. MSTI will source vehi- ing up stake in each other while Total income rose to 14,461.73 profit at 471 crore for the sec- and loss in divestment of Finance Minister Nirmala industrials and capital goods In the global market, gold cles from dealers as well as also agreeing to share produc- crore from 12,679.06 crore. ond quarter ended September injectables business in Japan. Sitharaman said the govern- indices rose up to 2.59%. prices were trading almost flat directly from customers. tion facility, vehicles and tech- The bank witnessed fall in 30, on the back of robust sales The Mumbai-based company ment was working on steps to On the other hand, con- at USD 1,486 an ounce, while Commenting on the devel- nologies for selling vehicles, its bad loans proportion with across domestic and interna- had posted a net profit of resolve the issues being faced sumer durables, telecom and silver was quoting flat at USD opment, MSI Managing both in India and other global the gross non-performing tional markets. The Mumbai- 288.45 crore in the July- by realty sector, which has a energy tumbled up to 5.30%. 17.54 per ounce. Director & CEO Kenichi markets. assets (NPAs) standing at based company had reported a September period of 2018-19.

 BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11911.50 12002.90 11850.25 11966.05 48.85 Script Open High Low LTP TATAGLOBAL 297.15 305.85 297.15 300.35 NOCIL 111.70 112.25 104.35 107.30 KEC 269.10 270.20 266.00 267.50 CIPLA 469.05 487.95 464.25 482.00 14.15 YESBANK 68.50 71.20 67.35 68.75 GRASIM 771.90 782.70 761.55 773.40 DBL 425.10 435.00 416.05 418.20 CORPBANK 17.50 18.90 17.20 18.50 ICICIBANK 467.15 483.90 464.75 480.00 11.65 BAJFINANCE 4255.25 4277.50 4175.80 4185.90 UNIONBANK 57.95 58.05 56.20 57.30 GNFC 203.00 208.00 199.35 203.90 OIL 166.55 171.85 166.55 169.65 INFY 695.80 721.50 692.00 712.50 16.4 TITAN 1160.00 1200.20 1150.00 1156.00 NMDC 111.75 114.90 110.55 113.50 M&MFIN 349.05 352.80 342.90 345.60 ALKEM 2059.00 2080.00 2041.45 2053.70 HDFC 2188.00 2228.00 2162.00 2221.00 39.7 IBULHSGFIN 228.00 238.35 216.00 219.25 MCX 1150.00 1155.00 1107.35 1117.35 RAMCOCEM 793.00 806.40 786.00 801.85 IDFC 35.55 35.55 33.70 33.95 INDUSINDBK 1321.25 1353.60 1310.00 1344.00 23.9 SIEMENS 1675.80 1707.85 1660.30 1684.05 NIITTECH 1557.25 1575.00 1548.70 1565.25 HAVELLS 687.00 693.70 675.40 688.90 MINDACORP 102.50 102.55 97.25 98.30 DRREDDY 2820.10 2880.00 2820.10 2860.45 44.75 INFY 697.60 721.50 691.70 712.30 HEG 1015.00 1044.00 1007.70 1013.00 CYIENT 401.05 403.30 380.00 387.55 ASTRAZEN 2589.20 2631.60 2506.00 2526.35 HINDALCO 199.00 203.65 197.65 201.40 2.8 RELIANCE 1445.70 1446.20 1428.70 1432.10 JSWENERGY 72.15 77.00 72.00 74.30 HEIDELBERG 199.00 204.70 198.10 201.70 KANSAINER 528.55 535.90 519.50 530.30 HDFCBANK 1242.45 1259.00 1228.05 1256.50 17 ULTRACEMCO 4162.00 4176.00 4117.05 4135.90 RAJESHEXPO 694.95 694.95 668.00 669.05 VIPIND 464.00 467.00 452.70 454.95 QUESS 508.85 515.25 507.25 509.95 BPCL 518.00 525.25 516.10 524.25 6.75 ZEEL 286.00 303.65 282.65 285.80 ONGC 146.35 147.95 143.90 144.80 EDELWEISS 96.80 100.55 95.00 100.55 MOIL 142.85 144.00 141.30 142.25 TATAMOTORS 172.00 176.35 170.50 174.20 2.2 HDFCBANK 1244.90 1259.00 1228.20 1257.00 ICICIPRULI 509.75 521.50 506.75 520.05 AMBUJACEM 201.30 203.50 198.75 202.05 KTKBANK 78.00 78.90 77.15 78.15 SBIN 319.20 319.20 314.00 317.55 WOCKPHARMA 295.40 312.10 295.40 300.25 STAR 399.00 404.35 391.80 393.40 CHAMBLFERT 163.80 165.50 159.65 163.80 KOTAKBANK 1556.45 1587.95 1541.00 1572.55 18.65 POWERGRID 195.45 196.50 194.75 195.10 BATAINDIA 1705.00 1727.00 1688.55 1710.10 PAGEIND 24010.95 24079.75 23750.00 23905.45 HSCL 73.80 74.85 73.40 73.55 AXISBANK 736.95 750.90 728.75 745.55 7.5 TATASTEEL 400.65 408.75 398.90 404.35 VENKYS 1730.85 1807.00 1726.00 1782.10 NATIONALUM 47.05 47.05 46.05 46.70 WELSPUNIND 55.50 58.15 55.50 57.10 EICHERMOT 21370.00 21750.00 21034.15 21500.30 213.15 JINDALSTEL 130.30 142.10 129.00 134.70 L&TFH 95.20 96.85 94.20 95.85 EQUITAS 98.85 100.00 98.05 99.15 IRCON 412.65 416.00 397.80 400.75 LT 1440.00 1466.95 1437.75 1452.65 12.85 SUNPHARMA 432.00 453.00 422.40 427.55 BANDHANBNK 587.05 594.00 569.90 582.40 LTTS 1504.55 1510.00 1446.10 1453.00 GSFC 79.00 80.35 78.00 78.25 JSWSTEEL 245.95 251.30 244.30 248.15 2.1 HDFC 2185.00 2228.10 2162.10 2220.30 COALINDIA 212.90 214.70 211.00 212.35 SOBHA 418.20 438.80 418.00 432.90 JYOTHYLAB 177.90 177.95 167.55 170.10 COALINDIA 211.40 214.85 211.15 212.50 1.35 CIPLA 470.90 487.75 464.55 480.50 IDBI 33.80 34.25 32.80 33.55 ADVENZYMES 186.05 186.05 175.50 176.80 AUBANK 674.00 679.95 658.65 663.60 GRASIM 770.00 782.60 761.00 772.80 4.2 ICICIBANK 468.25 483.90 464.70 480.60 MAXINDIA 79.00 79.35 75.35 75.50 GILLETTE 7789.95 7789.95 7595.00 7625.55 JINDALSAW 87.35 87.90 85.85 86.30 GDL 90.50 93.50 88.75 89.30 HINDUNILVR 2166.00 2184.00 2155.00 2184.00 11.85 HCLTECH 1158.00 1158.25 1141.55 1148.10 CHOLAFIN 318.00 318.30 293.00 299.75 CADILAHC 243.00 245.05 239.00 239.80 ORIENTELEC 197.60 197.60 186.50 187.15 THERMAX 1138.00 1138.00 1121.00 1128.65 HEROMOTOCO2660.00 2696.90 2641.00 2675.15 10.15 MARUTI 7399.00 7411.55 7296.55 7311.55 DMART 1975.00 1995.35 1963.30 1979.00 ABCAPITAL 85.45 85.55 83.25 83.50 GET&D 187.00 187.00 168.80 170.55 PNCINFRA 171.00 172.00 166.00 169.90 YESBANK 68.55 71.15 67.55 68.55 0.25 TATAMOTORS 172.10 176.40 170.50 174.35 RPOWER 4.19 4.46 3.92 4.43 AEGISLOG 166.95 170.70 165.00 165.20 EIDPARRY 170.00 172.00 168.40 169.50 COFFEEDAY 37.25 37.25 37.25 37.25 ADANIPORTS 390.00 394.40 388.50 391.00 1 AUROPHARMA 473.55 479.80 442.40 450.75 DELTACORP 195.00 204.00 192.80 202.10 CGPOWER 16.14 16.14 15.96 16.14 PRSMJOHNSN 76.45 76.45 71.50 72.30 EVEREADY 55.10 56.00 53.40 54.50 ASIANPAINT 1789.00 1815.00 1780.60 1798.10 4.25 TECHM 778.00 783.50 768.10 771.85 JUSTDIAL 571.95 574.45 562.00 564.30 INOXLEISUR 374.85 379.65 360.00 362.40 SHREECEM 19849.50 19850.00 19632.25 19803.75 GESHIP* 293.00 293.85 290.15 292.45 UPL 611.00 615.00 603.85 606.80 1.15 CANBK 207.70 214.55 202.30 210.85 DEEPAKNI 363.80 365.00 344.25 350.35 ITDC 356.60 374.15 350.40 359.85 PIIND 1394.35 1402.85 1384.00 1388.65 JMFINANCIL 82.00 83.70 81.00 81.60 BRITANNIA 3239.85 3257.85 3191.00 3232.00 0.25 AXISBANK 739.45 750.25 728.50 747.10 INTELLECT 149.90 158.95 142.40 154.65 TRIDENT 67.25 67.40 65.80 66.00 3MINDIA 22699.50 22699.50 22300.00 22543.30 SONATSOFTW 314.35 314.90 310.55 313.20 INFRATEL 222.00 223.95 216.20 222.15 0 PNB 64.55 65.05 63.35 64.20 MANAPPURAM 166.60 169.25 162.35 167.55 TORNTPHARM 1799.00 1824.55 1799.00 1814.50 ASHOKA 96.50 99.75 96.10 97.30 MAGMA 52.95 52.95 48.50 49.20 VEDL 157.00 161.15 156.70 157.45 -0.05 ACC 1516.30 1530.60 1502.00 1517.20 NBCC 37.70 38.90 37.25 38.40 CASTROLIND 150.25 154.90 150.20 153.75 MHRIL 246.00 252.45 237.05 238.25 HIMATSEIDE 146.65 153.25 146.65 150.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 3244.00 3271.50 3214.75 3244.20 -2.1 LT 1444.25 1466.95 1438.40 1452.85 BOSCHLTD 15650.00 15778.50 14909.00 15239.60 DALBHARAT 824.55 838.00 820.00 821.85 GODREJAGRO 500.00 500.00 488.95 491.95 BAYERCROP 3672.35 3674.40 3592.00 3624.55 NESTLEIND 14675.00 14821.00 14588.65 14638.00 -12.2 DLF 187.20 194.15 186.00 191.60 IDFCFIRSTB 43.25 43.25 42.05 42.50 SWANENERGY 104.00 104.10 102.55 102.75 COROMANDEL 460.80 471.75 458.90 469.45 INDOSTAR 203.00 203.00 196.10 198.35 NTPC 120.10 121.75 119.95 120.45 -0.15 RBLBANK 299.80 307.95 296.45 304.80 RADICO 328.00 332.55 308.00 313.30 AIAENG 1724.00 1831.70 1680.00 1688.25 MOTILALOFS 669.20 683.65 661.20 668.30 TATAINVEST 839.25 839.80 822.85 835.40 POWERGRID 195.40 196.50 194.70 195.10 -0.3 BANKBARODA 101.75 101.95 98.70 99.40 NESTLEIND 14680.00 14810.80 14595.00 14651.70 ABBOTINDIA 11762.00 11997.15 11450.00 11490.30 DEEPAKFERT 110.55 111.60 106.40 107.00 EIHOTEL 159.10 160.70 156.00 158.25 HDFCAMC 3009.95 3009.95 2924.60 2933.30 WELCORP 137.60 142.40 137.60 139.90 HINDZINC 208.35 209.10 206.00 208.05 IFCI 8.15 8.36 8.05 8.13 M&M 590.25 590.30 577.10 578.00 -2.15 NESCO 563.00 566.60 559.05 561.20 SRF 2950.05 3128.75 2940.00 3065.70 VOLTAS 693.60 693.60 670.25 672.75 RAIN 99.30 103.80 97.45 101.55 ASTRAL 1060.50 1071.60 1045.00 1050.00 ZYDUSWELL 1662.55 1676.20 1640.05 1669.55 TATASTEEL 402.00 408.90 398.70 402.45 -1.5 BHARTIARTL 384.05 385.00 370.60 371.55 AJANTPHARM 1025.00 1033.00 996.15 1008.50 LALPATHLAB 1466.00 1502.00 1460.00 1486.90 COCHINSHIP 406.50 407.50 398.95 399.90 GMDCLTD 64.00 64.40 62.70 63.00 ITC 262.95 263.80 260.00 261.75 -1.15 INDUSINDBK 1320.00 1353.00 1310.00 1342.25 MFSL 428.35 443.40 423.90 438.45 DCBBANK 182.90 185.30 181.80 184.75 MINDTREE 709.70 709.70 704.20 705.35 ORIENTCEM 81.25 84.00 81.15 81.90 TECHM 784.00 784.00 767.60 769.60 -3.65 LUPIN 760.10 786.75 740.70 772.15 RAYMOND 600.55 637.00 600.10 629.95 GICRE 281.00 290.20 278.00 285.85 REPCOHOME 299.90 301.50 295.00 296.10 GUJALKALI 463.55 467.25 454.60 456.40 TCS 2200.00 2210.80 2179.00 2190.80 -11.05 VEDL 156.50 161.15 156.50 158.20 BHARATFORG 466.00 468.05 453.95 464.50 RCF 52.60 53.85 52.10 53.20 ABFRL 208.60 208.75 203.50 204.30 CAPPL 389.00 396.00 389.00 391.80 ULTRACEMCO 4160.00 4176.90 4116.05 4126.10 -21.3 MOTHERSUMI 125.70 132.50 124.85 131.80 MGL 960.15 980.00 960.10 975.60 GREAVESCOT 135.30 135.30 130.30 130.45 FLFL 412.00 412.00 398.40 398.60 SBIN 318.95 318.95 314.00 317.50 -1.7 KOTAKBANK 1560.00 1587.55 1541.60 1571.45 JISLJALEQS 15.05 15.95 15.05 15.05 SUPREMEIND 1160.00 1160.00 1120.00 1139.90 TVTODAY 294.60 298.30 288.00 297.50 SUNPHARMA 432.40 452.90 422.10 427.50 -2.4 APOLLOHOSP 1434.90 1434.90 1401.75 1412.90 NAUKRI 2495.20 2571.00 2474.80 2523.15 MRPL 50.05 51.50 49.90 50.70 TAKE 114.00 114.20 111.15 112.00 ZEEL 285.15 303.90 282.75 283.80 -2.35 SBILIFE 970.00 980.00 942.00 969.05 GLAXO 1646.00 1646.00 1602.45 1613.80 INDHOTEL 151.50 152.00 149.70 151.10 SUPRAJIT 182.00 183.95 181.00 182.40 WIPRO 259.00 259.45 256.05 256.30 -2.2 ADANIENT 199.05 209.65 198.80 207.50 JUBILANT 543.70 545.00 532.00 535.20 SYNGENE 331.95 332.00 324.00 326.15 FINCABLES 383.05 383.15 374.40 377.55 HCLTECH 1160.00 1160.05 1141.20 1148.55 -10.15 HDFCLIFE 585.40 590.50 580.00 584.90 RVNL 24.05 24.05 23.80 23.90 NHPC 23.80 23.80 23.30 23.40 TNPL 196.90 196.90 188.70 189.95 GAIL 137.30 139.20 136.05 136.10 -1.3 SANOFI 6616.10 6641.55 6496.50 6503.50 ADANIGAS 147.20 149.20 146.80 147.70 SCHNEIDER 76.95 77.25 73.40 73.80 OFSS 3131.45 3145.00 3118.70 3135.00 BAJFINANCE 4260.00 4280.00 4176.65 4187.00 -40.8 TORNTPOWER 290.00 298.80 283.80 290.75 ITI 89.10 90.70 88.20 88.85 LAURUSLABS 373.90 378.60 368.30 370.85 RALLIS 170.15 171.30 167.60 168.05 RELIANCE 1442.70 1446.45 1428.50 1433.00 -14.3 ITC 263.55 263.80 259.95 261.25 BBTC 1193.30 1209.00 1180.20 1185.45 THOMASCOOK 129.00 129.30 123.50 125.55 FINEORG 1908.55 1944.65 1908.55 1919.30 IOC 137.35 138.15 135.30 135.65 -1.35 TATAMTRDVR 80.50 81.60 79.35 80.35 VGUARD 249.00 250.50 236.05 243.15 CENTRALBK 22.20 22.20 20.65 21.25 DCMSHRIRAM 365.00 366.20 360.40 363.55 MARUTI 7395.00 7415.00 7295.00 7310.00 -79 TCS 2201.60 2210.80 2178.95 2188.40 KEI 542.90 542.90 523.00 525.85 ATUL 4230.05 4250.45 4220.05 4222.80 ALLCARGO 105.55 108.45 104.70 106.00 BAJAJFINSV 8800.00 8875.00 8721.05 8735.30 -110.45 IDEA 4.13 4.13 3.83 3.86 PFIZER 4031.85 4084.00 4000.00 4013.25 GHCL 211.00 215.60 210.00 212.00 JBCHEPHARM 365.80 368.20 360.00 361.60 ONGC 146.35 148.00 143.85 144.50 -1.85 BHEL 56.10 57.10 55.45 55.55 GODFRYPHLP 1104.30 1129.65 1100.00 1118.70 BALMLAWRIE 199.50 201.90 196.30 197.40 NILKAMAL 1225.20 1252.90 1219.95 1227.05 BHARTIARTL 385.00 385.40 370.25 370.75 -13.2 GODREJCP 724.00 758.00 721.50 741.60 SUVEN 275.80 288.80 275.80 285.90 MINDAIND 360.95 367.20 359.55 365.90 SOLARINDS 1090.00 1090.00 1040.00 1054.25 ASIANPAINT 1784.55 1814.75 1781.65 1798.35 JKTYRE 74.00 76.55 71.70 72.35 BASF 1020.00 1027.00 1000.00 1006.20 TITAN 1165.00 1199.00 1150.00 1154.30 -129.5 PERSISTENT 590.00 602.40 588.00 600.80 BANKINDIA 70.90 70.90 68.70 69.90 FORCEMOT 1145.50 1145.50 1120.60 1124.85 PGHH 11878.80 11969.90 11673.60 11752.15 ENDURANCE 1107.00 1125.00 1106.00 1110.85   HINDUNILVR 2172.00 2183.75 2156.00 2179.90 SUZLON 2.87 2.94 2.81 2.83 PARAGMILK 138.05 139.45 136.55 137.70 INOXWIND 35.55 35.95 34.55 34.90 JSWSTEEL 246.90 251.35 244.50 248.15 IEX 147.10 150.00 139.00 144.20 NH 286.45 290.30 277.90 280.80 BLUEDART 2300.00 2318.40 2265.75 2291.30 VBL 703.00 782.95 703.00 755.55 CANFINHOME 416.95 420.00 410.10 411.10 ALBK 27.25 27.40 26.65 26.80 TEAMLEASE 2800.00 2875.20 2768.05 2846.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE BIOCON 256.95 262.00 255.10 260.75 TIMKEN 874.90 900.05 858.90 880.00 GICHSGFIN 163.40 167.60 161.75 162.55 DHFL 21.15 21.15 21.15 21.15 NIFTY NEXT 50 28449.60 28613.10 28292.60 28534.20 91.85 ASHOKLEY 74.90 77.45 74.45 76.80 NIACL 157.00 161.65 153.30 158.70 SCHAEFFLER 4220.05 4220.05 4151.00 4157.75 SYMPHONY 1266.90 1270.00 1250.00 1254.10 MOTHERSUMI 125.55 132.50 124.80 131.30 4.8 PCJEWELLER 32.50 36.30 31.85 34.95 PHILIPCARB 121.30 124.25 121.10 122.20 JSLHISAR 71.40 72.90 69.50 71.00 JCHAC 1990.00 2026.35 1970.60 1998.95 DLF 186.55 194.20 185.80 191.10 6.75 IOC 137.10 138.00 135.30 135.55 PRESTIGE 310.00 316.00 304.00 307.40 IOB 10.00 10.40 10.00 10.26 GEPIL 698.20 699.75 689.00 694.65 UBL 1215.20 1277.05 1194.20 1258.00 40.15 HINDALCO 199.00 203.60 197.70 201.50 RELAXO 568.00 575.75 565.20 570.65 TATAMETALI 611.95 611.95 595.50 606.15 ECLERX 441.85 441.85 426.00 437.15 GODREJCP 724.00 758.00 719.30 742.85 21.35 PEL 1709.00 1747.00 1691.75 1735.50 SUDARSCHEM 405.00 406.00 392.00 393.85 CRISIL 1495.15 1504.90 1490.00 1500.60 SREINFRA 9.42 9.42 9.42 9.42 GICRE 277.25 290.00 275.35 287.50 7.3 INDIGO 1470.05 1495.25 1451.80 1468.50 TRENT 556.00 556.00 535.50 539.75 VTL 915.00 916.00 882.80 889.00 RATNAMANI 945.35 968.00 925.00 928.80 ASHOKLEY 74.50 77.45 74.40 76.45 1.5 GMRINFRA 20.80 22.70 20.50 22.10 JUBLFOOD 1579.20 1579.20 1548.95 1557.35 OBEROIRLTY 505.10 514.75 499.90 505.15 HONAUT 28346.30 28423.00 28190.00 28255.05 IIFL 120.60 127.00 119.10 124.40 ICICIPRULI 510.50 521.70 507.05 519.05 9.15 ADANIPOWER 69.90 72.10 68.60 71.10 TATAELXSI 810.00 822.05 807.85 809.80 CUMMINSIND 547.95 553.50 542.50 551.10 ANDHRABANK 18.10 18.50 17.85 18.35 SOMANYCERA 182.00 183.35 178.20 179.30 MCDOWELL-N 626.55 642.45 623.50 639.55 10.75 BAJAJFINSV 8839.90 8874.95 8725.00 8771.75 AKZOINDIA 2245.00 2250.00 2198.60 2222.70 WHIRLPOOL 2150.50 2177.90 2122.50 2133.75 KALPATPOWR 444.20 444.95 438.00 438.30 NETWORK18 23.25 23.70 23.00 23.50 COLPAL 1523.10 1557.00 1508.15 1546.35 23.4 DABUR 487.00 488.15 474.15 476.30 HEXAWARE 339.00 344.00 338.65 341.75 LAXMIMACH 3502.10 3537.30 3451.05 3460.05 GPPL 90.00 90.00 86.30 88.40 MASFIN 700.00 722.00 696.00 717.40 BIOCON 256.20 262.25 255.10 260.00 3.75 SPARC 151.40 159.90 148.75 152.85 UJJIVAN 279.80 281.20 274.65 277.15 REDINGTON 120.00 120.20 111.50 113.60 JSL 36.30 36.35 35.45 35.75 CARBORUNIV 311.00 311.15 307.50 310.00 PETRONET 287.00 289.00 284.60 288.70 3.75 PFC 111.50 112.00 109.10 111.05 AMARAJABAT 658.00 668.00 653.00 661.20 VINATIORGA 2164.50 2164.50 2086.75 2091.85 TEJASNET 76.65 83.35 76.60 79.70 APLAPOLLO 1472.00 1484.85 1465.00 1468.15 NMDC 112.30 114.95 110.50 113.05 1.4 AVANTI 460.00 497.80 460.00 487.50 BOMDYEING 83.50 85.50 83.15 83.75 IBREALEST 66.75 66.75 65.75 66.75 KRBL 213.50 215.40 209.50 210.15 NBVENTURES 72.10 72.60 72.00 72.10 NIACL 157.00 161.85 153.10 157.75 1.9 JAICORPLTD 94.95 99.20 93.80 97.00 LAKSHVILAS 18.70 18.70 17.20 18.70 POLYCAB 863.55 873.60 847.00 852.55 JAGRAN 56.00 57.00 52.05 54.85 UNITEDBNK 9.43 9.43 9.10 9.18 PEL 1714.80 1748.15 1692.00 1730.00 15.2 HEROMOTOCO 2665.00 2697.20 2641.00 2677.10 RECLTD 136.95 139.00 134.50 137.85 RCOM 0.71 0.73 0.67 0.69 CUB 208.00 208.65 204.90 205.70 APARINDS 530.05 548.50 530.00 546.30 DIVISLAB 1651.00 1721.95 1641.70 1702.30 14.85 NCC 57.30 57.80 55.60 55.95 SPICEJET 116.95 116.95 114.50 114.95 GSPL 221.60 222.10 214.10 219.55 MAHLIFE 409.40 425.25 396.00 399.45 STARCEMENT 105.50 105.50 95.55 96.35 HINDPETRO 311.00 316.50 310.30 314.90 2.4 DRREDDY 2828.10 2880.00 2828.10 2862.15 MUTHOOTFIN 718.00 718.00 679.10 690.45 MAHSCOOTER 4704.00 4875.55 4664.45 4809.60 J&KBANK 32.45 32.45 31.50 31.70 GRINDWELL 594.75 597.60 590.45 594.15 HINDZINC 208.25 209.20 205.80 208.25 1.25 M&M 590.00 590.00 577.20 579.30 INDIACEM 86.50 87.70 83.75 84.90 INDIANB 129.10 129.75 127.00 128.30 JKLAKSHMI 308.60 310.45 303.55 306.15 HERITGFOOD 336.90 340.55 333.35 338.40 CONCOR 577.50 585.00 573.00 580.00 3.15 COLPAL 1537.85 1556.40 1508.85 1549.15 BAJAJCON 250.25 264.00 249.35 258.95 ITDCEM 57.50 60.00 57.50 57.50 BAJAJHLDNG 3717.55 3762.90 3705.10 3725.15 GULFOILLUB 870.00 870.00 853.00 855.80 LUPIN 757.75 787.60 740.20 759.00 4.05 EICHERMOT 21295.00 21743.25 21050.00 21629.25 MEGH 56.20 59.10 56.00 58.55 ADANITRANS 284.00 285.35 280.00 282.55 UFLEX 204.55 207.05 203.05 204.90 CHENNPETRO 155.15 156.65 155.15 155.75 L&TFH 95.30 96.90 94.15 95.90 0.5 BPCL 516.90 525.35 516.25 523.70 TVSMOTOR 458.00 463.90 455.00 460.80 IRB 75.50 75.70 73.10 73.75 FINOLEXIND 585.80 590.00 578.20 580.00 CERA 2608.15 2608.15 2545.00 2559.00 BAJAJHLDNG 3738.25 3760.00 3700.00 3740.00 11.95 MARICO 367.00 368.60 361.15 367.90 RELINFRA 42.70 42.75 41.20 42.75 ENGINERSIN 115.30 116.55 112.05 112.80 JKCEMENT 1139.25 1147.00 1128.00 1138.35 MAHLOG 374.00 377.00 367.55 374.45 MARICO 368.00 368.50 360.90 367.50 1.1 APOLLOTYRE 179.65 179.65 167.35 168.55 SCI 59.40 60.40 58.10 58.30 MAHINDCIE 152.80 153.95 149.55 150.40 WABAG 186.75 187.20 180.45 181.45 ASTERDM 121.00 144.35 121.00 139.30 SIEMENS 1680.00 1708.95 1660.10 1682.20 4.8 GRAPHITE 296.00 305.50 295.30 297.75 PIDILITIND 1394.00 1396.35 1369.00 1370.55 GRANULES 121.70 122.20 118.10 118.85 SHK 127.00 129.80 121.80 126.05 HATHWAY 21.55 21.70 21.25 21.30 SRTRANSFIN 1137.15 1152.65 1130.00 1142.50 3.3 DISHTV 14.45 15.10 13.95 14.08 ADANIPORTS 390.00 394.10 388.65 390.60 EMAMILTD 329.85 331.45 320.00 325.50 MPHASIS 914.00 920.00 909.05 912.45 SHRIRAMCIT 1335.00 1343.80 1322.05 1333.90 HAVELLS 687.10 693.90 675.25 689.00 1.95 GUJGAS 211.00 217.00 194.00 195.75 SUNTECK 437.60 450.50 410.00 442.90 NAVINFLUOR 868.90 869.85 841.30 847.90 FCONSUMER 26.45 27.10 26.05 26.15 FDC 180.00 183.10 175.60 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(UPR) has bolstered the cred- practical measures to protect ndia lashed out at Pakistan “represents a system that has Council has not paid attention women make up only 4.2 per errorism has emerged as Despite terrorism being ibility and effectiveness of the and promote economic, social Ifor raising the issue of been exporting terrorism and to such deceitful narratives in cent of military personnel in Tone of the worst forms of acknowledged as one of the Council. “We need to retain its and cultural rights and civil and women’s rights in Kashmir in regressive extremist ideolo- the past, and we are confident UN peacekeeping missions. violation of human rights yet foremost global challenges, any universality and further political rights in a compre- the UN Security Council, say- gies, and stifling women’s that the Council will contin- “We ought to encourage any meaningful collective meaningful collective respons- improve its efficiency by ratio- hensive and balanced manner. ing the country represents a voices for narrow political ue to do so, to ensure that its participation of all women response to address the men- es to address this menace con- nalising recommendations and He also highlighted that system that has been export- gains. This has devastated agenda is not used as a ploy units to achieve the set targets ace continues to remain elusive, tinues remain elusive,” Naidu by avoiding using it for impos- sky-rocketing prices of life sav- ing terrorism and “regressive” lives of generations of women for furthering territorial ambi- in this regard,” she said. India told the UN, stressing on said. ing specific thematic issues ing medicines, vaccines, and extremist ideologies and “sti- and their families, in our tions.” In her remarks to the Tripathi pointed out that cooperation among nations to “We will continue to seek that may not have acquired healthcare costs that push hun- fling” women’s voices for nar- region and beyond.” debate, Tripathi underscored a trend in which in order to deny safe havens to terrorists cooperation of all States to universal acceptance.” dreds of millions into impov- row political gains. Alluding to Islamabad’s that violence against women accommodate those who can- and extradite perpetrators of prevent any support from Naidu stressed that India erishment every year constitute India’s strong response habit of raking up the and girls perpetrated by ter- not fulfill the commitments of terror acts. reaching terrorist groups, to firmly believes human rights a barrier for realisation of all came after Pakistan’s outgoing Kashmir issue at various UN rorists remain rampant and providing all women units to Speaking at the General deny terrorists safe havens and issues cannot be approached in human rights. UN envoy Maleeha Lodhi forums and committees, subjugation of women in pub- peacekeeping missions, mixed Assembly session on ‘Report to extradite the perpetrators of isolation, ignoring the complex Voicing appreciation for commented on the situation Tripathi said the country lic and in private spheres con- units are being given prefer- of the Human Rights terrorist acts or supporters,” he and intricate relationship the significant contribution in Kashmir, revocation of habitually makes baseless alle- tinue across situations that are ence by diluting the policy Council’, India’s Deputy said. between human rights, devel- made by the Council in recog- Article 370 and women’s gations without any relevance on the agenda of the Council. frameworks. Permanent Representative to Naidu called on the UN opment, democracy and inter- nising access to medicines as a rights in the Valley during the to the agenda under consid- “It is important that the “If this continues, we pos- the UN, Ambassador K Member States to take all mea- national cooperation. fundamental component of debate on October 29. eration and this has “become Council strives to effectively sibly cannot achieve the set Nagaraj Naidu said India sures to address propaganda “We will also work towards realising the right to highest “A s e v e r y o n e t o d a y f o c u s - a staple for this delegation.” integrate women, peace and targets,” she said as she added appreciates the role of the advocating hatred or misuse of addressing constraints on attainable standard of health, es on collective action, one She referred to Lodhi’s security considerations into that India remains committed Council in advocating a bal- the Internet and other social national capacities to imple- Naidu said there is also need to delegation rhetorically regur- comments on Jammu and sanctions regimes, including to increasing the number of anced approach that consid- media for spreading violent ment human rights obliga- place the human rights dimen- gitates about women’s rights in Kashmir during the October by listing terrorist entities women peacekeepers and has ers the impact of terrorism on extremist ideologies fuelling tions; instances of politicisation sions of access to medicines my country,” First Secretary in 29 debate as well as during a involved in violence against deployed a Female the enjoyment of human terror, thereby gravely threat- of human rights; and; per- and vaccines at the center of India’s Permanent Mission to previous debate on the women in armed conflicts,” Engagement Team in UN rights while espousing inter- ening the human rights and ceived intrusiveness beyond global efforts to ensure the full the UN Paulomi Tripathi said ‘Situation in the Middle East, she said. Organisation Stabilisation national cooperation to com- human dignity of millions. mandated activities – as these realisation of the health-relat- Monday at a Security Council including the Palestinian Further, Tripathi high- Mission in the Democratic bat the menace of terrorism. He said the unique and remain areas of concern??,” he ed goals of the Sustainable open debate on Women, Peace question’. lighted the positive impacts of Republic of the Congo “Terrorism has emerged inclusive mechanism of said. Development Agenda. and Security. Asserting that India firm- greater participation of (MONUSCO) earlier this year. ;       N   % , 
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The rebels accuse the state Cand French President Congressional report has said, the charge, it said said in its latest report on ambush by suspected Muslim hospital, and one died this The conflict is charac- of railroading their distinct Emmanuel Macron declared asserting that Islamabad wants a “Pakistan may view a weak Afghanistan. militants in Thailand’s vio- morning”, said Pramote, adding terised by tit-for-tat attacks culture as well as carrying out on Wednesday that the Paris weak government in Kabul. and destabilised Afghanistan as The CRS said insurgent and lence-wracked south, an army that five others were injured. that usually target symbols of routine abuses which go climate pact is “irreversible”, In its latest report on preferable to a strong, unified terrorist groups have demon- spokesman said on Wednesday, The attackers took M-16 the Thai state and its security unpunished. after the United States formal- Afghanistan, the independent Afghan state (particularly one led strated considerable capabilities one of the bloodiest days in the rifles and shotguns from the forces but civilians from both The latest incident stoking ly withdrew from the accord and bipartisan Congressional by an ethnic Pashtun-dominat- in 2019, throwing into sharp relief 15-year insurgency. checkpoints, he said. “These Muslim and Buddhist com- outrage in the region was the this week. Research Service (CRS) identified ed government in Kabul; the daunting security challenges Thailand’s three southern- acts were by militants.” Nails munities often get caught in the death in August of Abdulloh Major powers expressed Pakistan as the most important Pakistan has a large and restive that the Afghan government most provinces have been in were also scattered on the crossfire. Esormusor, a Muslim man regret and concern after neighbour of Afghanistan. Pashtun minority),” the CRS and its US and international the grip of a conflict that has roads in an apparent effort to The violence has bled into who was detained by the mil- President Donald Trump went Pakistan, it said, has played said. However, instability in partners face. At the same time, killed more than 7,000 people, slow the security forces, the tourist destinations, like in itary and left in a coma after ahead with the pullout despite an active, and by many accounts, Afghanistan could rebound to prospects for a negotiated settle- as Malay-Muslim militants army said in a separate state- 2012 when a series of car being interrogated at a notori- mounting evidence of the real- a negative role in Afghan affairs Pakistan’s detriment; Pakistan ment, driven by direct US- fight for more autonomy from ment. bombs in Songkhla province’s ous Thai detention centre. ity and impact of climate for decades. has struggled with indigenous Taliban talks, are uncertain in the Thai state. A bomb squad was dis- Hat Yai killed 13 people. Suspects are routinely change. “Pakistan’s security services Islamist militants of its own, the light of the September 2019 can- Despite the high death toll, patched Wednesday morning The incidents have been taken for interrogation and Washington presented its maintain ties to Afghan insurgent report added. celation of those negotiations and the highly localised unrest gar- to investigate and detonate an fewer in recent years, but the held under emergency laws in withdrawal letter to the United groups, most notably the Afghanistan-Pakistan rela- the Taliban’s continued refusal to ners few international head- explosive device suspected to hits have become “more detention centres where rights Nations on Monday, the first Haqqani Network, a US-desig- tions are further complicated by talk to the Afghan government, lines. have been left by fleeing attack- intense”, said Don Pathan, an groups have documented tor- possible date under the accord nated Foreign Terrorist the presence of over a million it said. The region is heavily con- ers about three kilometres (1.9 expert on the so-called Deep ture. Days after Abdulloh’s negotiated by Trump’s prede- Organization (FTO) that has Afghan refugees in Pakistan, as The CRS warned that a trolled by the police and the miles) from one checkpoint. South. detention, four people were cessor Barack Obama, making become an official, semiau- well a long-running and ethni- potential collapse of the Afghan military, with residents and The southern army com- Tuesday’s attack marked killed in a late-night attack on the world’s largest economy the tonomous component of the cally tinged dispute over their military and/or the government rights groups accusing them of mander told reporters that the the largest coordinated effort a military outpost, fuelling sole outlier from the agree- Taliban,” CRS, which periodically shared 1,600-mile border. that commands it could have sig- heavy-handed tactics. attackers were targeting “weak “in a very long time”, he added. speculation of a retaliatory ment. prepares reports on issues of “Pakistan’s security estab- nificant implications for the Villagers trained and points”. It comes days after operation. In a joint statement importance for Congressmen lishment, fearful of a strategic United States, particularly given armed by security forces are “This is just to gain the Bangkok hosted the A week later, several small released after Xi and Macron for them to make informed deci- encirclement by India, apparently the nature of negotiated securi- also enlisted to monitor remote headlines and scare Thai peo- Association of Southeast Asian bombs exploded in Bangkok, held talks in Beijing, the two sions, said. continues to view the Afghan ty arrangements. villages, though they are rarely ple nationwide,” said Pornsak Nations (ASEAN) summit, injuring four people as the leaders reaffirmed “their firm Afghan leaders, along with Taliban as a relatively friendly and Regardless of how likely the targeted by the rebels. Poonsawasdi. which brought head of states city hosted a major summit support for the Paris accord US military commanders, reliable anti-India element in Taliban would be to gain full con- This changed late Tuesday Prime Minister Prayut from all over the world — attended by top diplomats, which they consider as an irre- attribute much of the insur- Afghanistan,” the CRS said. trol over all or even most of the when militants struck two Chan-O-Cha said the perpe- along with hundreds of foreign including US Secretary of State versible process and a compass gency’s power and longevity “India’s diplomatic and com- country, the breakdown of social checkpoints in Yala province trators must “be brought to jus- journalists. Mike Pompeo. for strong action on climate”. either directly or indirectly to mercial presence in Afghanistan order and the fracturing of the manned by civilian defence tice”, according to Defence “It (the attack) is a Thailand has linked the Without directly naming Pakistani support, the report — and US rhetorical support for country into fiefdoms controlled volunteers, opening fire on Ministry spokesman reminder that they are still bombs to southern insurgents the US, Macron said he said, adding that President it — exacerbates Pakistani fears by paramilitary commanders them as a group of villagers Kongcheep Tantravanich. here,” Pathan said. — though no group ever “deplores the choices made by Donald Trump has accused of encirclement. Indian interest and their respective militias may stopped to talk, southern army Rebels seeking autonomy Civilian defence volunteers claimed responsibility for the others” as he sat next to Xi fol- Pakistan of “housing the very ter- in Afghanistan stems largely be plausible, even probable, the spokesman Pramote Prom-in for the culturally distinct region rarely draw the rebels’ ire attacks. lowing the talks. rorists that we are fighting”. from India’s broader regional report added. '  #         6 

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Footage posted online met on Monday, according to ernment critics and opposition 21 July after he was filmed Wei warned that China’s mili- The stabbing came as the showed the man handing Ho state media. politicians. shaking hands with a group of hina’s defense minister tary would “resolutely take city’s unpopular leader Carrie the flowers and asking for a pic- “President Xi’s trust and Eight pro-democracy fig- men in the town of Yuen Long Cdefended his country’s pol- action” to defend Beijing’s Lam said her resolve to crack ture. He then pulled a knife support to me and the Hong ures have been attacked, who went on to beat protesters icy on the controversial issues claims over self-ruled Taiwan down on the protesters had from his bag before striking his Kong government has including protest organiser with sticks and poles, hospi- of Hong Kong and the north- and disputed South China Sea been bolstered by a recent victim in the chest. strengthened our resolve to Jimmy Sham who was hospi- talising 40 people. western territory of Xinjiang in waters. meeting with Chinese Police said three people stop the violence and curb the talised last month by men He has delivered multiple a telephone conversation with Wei did not direct the President Xi Jinping. were wounded in the incident, chaos,” she said on Wednesday wielding hammers. speeches supporting Hong his US counterpart. threat at the US but loaded his The international finance including the attacker, who as she met in Beijing with 3 6  On Sunday, a man with a Kong’s police force and echo- The official Xinhua News address with criticism of activ- hub has been convulsed by five was subdued by Ho’s aides as he Vice Premier Han Zheng. knife attacked democracy pro- ing Beijing’s condemnations Agency said Defense Minister ities by Washington, including months of huge and increas- shouted in Cantonese: “Junius China has run the city Protesters have issued a list testers including a local politi- of protesters, often using incen- Wei Fenghe also raised the support for Taiwan and leading ingly violent protests calling for Ho, you scum!” A police under a special “one country, of demands, including univer- cian who had part of his ear bit- diary language. issues of Taiwan and the South so-called freedom of navigation greater democratic freedoms source, who declined to be two systems” model, allowing sal suffrage and an investiga- ten off. But the violence is far Last month he accused a China Sea in the Tuesday con- operations in the strategic and police accountability. named, told AFP that Ho Hong Kong liberties not seen tion into abuses by police. from one-sided. prominent opposition law- versation with Defense waterways that China virtual- With Beijing and Lam received a stab wound to the on the mainland, since its han- Beijing has shown no will- Crowds of pro-democracy maker of “eating foreign Secretary Mark Esper. ly claims as its own. refusing to offer a political left side of his chest and the dover from the British in 1997. ingness to meet demonstrators’ protesters have routinely beat- sausage” because she is married While it’s usual for China Wei said the People’s solution to the protesters’ griev- attacker was arrested. But public anger has been demands and recently signalled en their ideological opponents, to a British journalist. to reassert its claim to sover- Liberation Army would not ances, violence has spiralled on Ho, 57, was conscious building for years over fears it plans to tighten its control usually in spontaneous mob After the Yuen Long attack, eignty over both those areas in “yield a single inch of the both sides of the ideological when he got into the ambu- that Beijing has begun eroding over Hong Kong following a violence during rallies, includ- Ho’s office was ransacked by talks with the U.S., the mention country’s sacred land.” China’s divide. lance. 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Although many investors will be individual states, which had, in some instances, 5 pointers for you to follow. eager to file their applications as soon as pos- been gerrymandering to allow EB-5 invest- Take note and prepare well. sible, it is still essential to conduct thorough ments to flow to wealthy areas with robust camera and not on your com- Keep your computer at the well and plays a major factor in notebook or a pen. Keep these due diligence. employment. As a result, it is important to   %   puter screen. right level, as if the interview- your selection just like any next to your writing hand, There is a particular sense of urgency in work with a Regional Center with a project  % Your notes should be at er is sitting just across you. standard interview. Ask a friend beside your computer. Similarly, India where retrogression delays were that would qualify under stricter TEA rules Not only will you require a the camera level to avoid look- "Remove all distractions to call you on Skype and take it is obvious that questions will announced last month. Anyone interested in so as to avoid facing the possibility of paying fast computer, you must have a ing away frequently from the from your background. A book- note of the following: come up from the resume that an EB-5 visa should prepare an application as $1.8 million. proper webcam and good head- interviewer. shelf or plain wall works fine.  The number of times you are you had submitted. Unlike tele- soon as possible to maximise the chances of The combination of retrogression and a phones. A computer with a You are allowed to look "Turn off sounds from all looking away from the camera. phonic interviews, you cannot locking in the current rate. fee hike is likely to cause a rush to file in India decent RAM is a must for your down on the screen at times but notifications on your comput- Really work on reducing this. constantly look away to your The exact length of the retrogression delay over the next few months. This means the Skype to function properly. you can really stand out from er or cell phone.  Your posture, whether you CV during the Skype call. remains unclear, but we suspect this to be queue is only likely to get longer. There is a This, combined with a fast others if you can maintain a "Manage the ambient light- are sitting upright or seeming Memorise the important points beyond four years, although pending legisla- possibility that the annual country quota might internet, will allow you to go constant eye-contact with the ing to avoid glare on your too restless. that you want to highlight or tion could bring some respite. Demand for EB- be doubled to 1,500 visas, which would serve through the interview without camera. It is advisable that you screen or on the camera lens.  If the friend can tell that you paste a sticky note on the space 5 has skyrocketed in India in a very short space to halve the waiting times. any buffer or interruption. keep your notes on the screen, These small steps here and are looking away to refer to your beside your webcam's lens. of time, and the country reached its annual For Indian investors who need to be in the Avoid using your laptop's right below the camera so that there to make the recruiter notes. Consider changing the And if you can't keep every- quota of 700 EB-5 visas in June, more than United States sooner, there are other options camera. Their resolution is usu- whenever you are looking down understand that you have real- position of the notes in such a thing on the tabletop, put them three months before the visa year ends. for living and working in the United States on ally not that high and you will for reference, it seems like you ly put in an effort for the sched- case. in the nearest drawer and The 80% increase in the price is less sig- a non-immigrant visa while on the EB-5 wait- want the interviewer to have a are looking at your recruiter's uled Skype interview can help  And, of course, if he/she can excuse yourself before accessing nificant than the industry had been expect- ing list for permanent residency. This includes clear view of you. Again, a sep- face. It is a smart tactic to avoid you go a long way. In mass see and hear you properly. Even them. Keep things profession- ing. 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L&M chain of thoughts for a moment. took over and said, “It is very difficult emotions are lacking, I don’t do it.” affected his career, the actor because I am While the actor was preoccupied for any hero, especially an Indian one, Kamal said the rationale for the looked clueless, paused for aware people ,L9 with his phone, the director apprised to lose his six packs. And he did that.” film came from his desire to give back a while and said, “I don’t think of me as a M us about the initial thoughts that led The actor nodded and said that he to and acknowledge the armed forces. know whether I should say very serious  
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 touched me deeply and gave birth to mass and tone his body. Though it was an awareness tool. It shows youngsters n’t take them up because I was experimen- the film’s concept. They often have to tough for the actor, he was keen on coming forward and taking up this not 100 per cent convinced by tation.”   9 return from their holidays before doing it as he fell in love with the cause. College kids and net savvy peo- them.” Richa’s  they are over on receiving just one call script. According to him, it was once ple are involved.” He also indicated that he previous   to serve the nation.” in a lifetime kind of story. So “I Sooraj, who debuted with Hero was put on trial by the media. release 
 The film revolves around the worked on myself. Losing fat is easy (2015), said that this role is 10 times He said, “Not even five per was the  extraordinary journey of a soldier but muscles, that is difficult,” added he. tougher. “In my first film, I played cent of what the media wrote critically which brings a nation together. As a It was the motivation from the myself. The role demanded that I about me is true. They have acclaimed Section
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9 dignity of soldiers among the common this role. “I had to eat, sleep and drink dialogues. But here I did not even feel and not my version of it. I never Akshaye Khanna. She will   citizenry. He talked about the chal- Shankar in me because Kamal want- for a second that I needed to feel like claimed I am innocent to gain peo- soon be seen in Ashwiny Iyer   lenges that soldiers face as they oper- ed me to feel like a soldier, not only a hero,” he said. ple’s sympathy.” Tiwari’s Panga, starring  ate in regions with no network or on screen but off-screen too,” said he. This being his second film, the He added, “Media can’t get me Kangana Ranaut. proper food supplies. They are not The film has a smorgasbord of actor has made a comeback as a lead justice, only the court can. So, I have She is currently working   &M aware of the happenings in and emotions. On one side it portrays the after four years. He said that he was been waiting for the court to take the on her several Bollywood 8 L0 around the world, or even what is soldier’s happiness on meeting his looking for projects, which offered decision. This is my career, my bread assignments, including the 
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Gianluca Rocchi sent off Ajax’s Daley utes. the interval, and it against Dortmund     RB Leipzig top Group G after goals by Diego Blind and dismissed Joel Veltman Adama Soumaoro’s own took a fine strike by as they raced into Lionel Messi almost scored one of Demme and Marcel Sabitzer gave the Germans a for a second caution for a handball goal was followed by a stun- Alex Oxlade- a 2-0 half-time his finest goals, hitting the woodwork at 2-0 win at Zenit Saint Petersburg. in the box seconds later. Jorginho ning Geoffrey Kondogbia Chamberlain to lead with Lautaro the end of an exhilarating run in the first Lyon are two points behind them in second fol- then converted the resulting penalty. strike and a Ferran Torres effort. win the game. Martinez and half. lowing a 3-1 defeat of Benfica. Teenager Reece James made it 4-4, and Lille are eliminated. “The plan was to win the game Matias Vecino Barcelona had not failed to score in Joachim Andersen and Bertrand Traore scored Chelsea thought they had gone in front and we did that, so job done,” scoring. a home Champions League group game for Lyon either side of a goal from Memphis Depay, when Azpilicueta fired in, but that goal was D E    admitted Klopp. Yet Borussia in seven years and this result followed who has now netted in all four Champions League disallowed for an Abraham handball. Liverpool won 4-1 in Genk two Liverpool are top of Group E, Dortmund fought a shock weekend defeat at Levante. games this season. Haris Seferovic scored for “I can’t explain the game. For all the weeks ago and looked on course for a point above Napoli, who could back in the second “We haven’t been convincing, either Benfica. &  $ #   4   2* A  # 0 9    3'345 Afghanistan and Oman later this India had lost to Oman 1-2 squad, to get a call in the senior to see Dheeraj closely as he have shortlisted these players. month. in the home-leg in Guwahati on team camp. belongs to those we should rely Some players who are not on the oung goalkeeper India will play against September 5. “Dheeraj is a player for the on in the future,” Stimac said. list also performed highly and   3'345 YMoirangthem Dheeraj Afghanistan at the neutral venue Dheeraj, whose perfor- future. We have always trusted He said it was “not an easy came very close to getting select- Singh got his maiden call-up of Dushanbe, the capital city of mance under the woodwork our youngsters and they have task” to shortlist the players ed,” Stimac said. lympic-bound Ravi into the national team after Tajikistan, on November 14 in during the 2017 FIFA U-17 also shown their prowess on the “given the healthy competition” “It’s not going to be an easy ODahiya wants to make head coach Igor Stimac includ- the first-leg match, while the World Cup in India earned him pitch. Our first choice goalkeep- in the team. “I trust them and task to select only a few players, the most of his debut at the ed him in the 26-member squad Blue Tigers take on Oman in accolades, is the third player ers are Gurpreet and Amrinder they know their responsibilities. given the healthy competition quadrennial event in Tokyo for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Muscat on November 19 for the after skipper Amarjit Singh and and we have seen Kamaljit and After watching the league we have in each position. This next year. His target? Nothing qualifying matches against second-leg tie. defender Anwar Ali from that Vishal too. Now we would like matches since they started, we is a good headache for us.” but a Gold! “Medal toh medal hi hota hai but chahna toh yehi hai ki Gold hi le aaye kyunki Gold hi ,!       8+.  ) bahut zyada zarurat hai desh ko” (a medal is a medal but my personal ambition is to bring   @B58 Sugiarto of Indonesia 15-21, 21-12, 21- home the Gold as it is what 10 in a 52-minute hard-fought opening   " " India needs the most),” Ravi here was no end to Indian shuttler round battle. The world No 11 Indian told Sports Authority of India TSaina Nehwal’s lackluster run of will take on fourth seed Anders in his trademark Hariyanvi form as the Olympic Bronze-medallist Antonsen of Denmark in the next round.   48 '8 Aubameyang, Hector (Bellerin), accent, with a child-like inno- crashed out of the China Open here on However, it was curtains for compa- (Alexandre) Lacazette and cence but a strong determina- Wednesday following a straight-game triot Sameer Verma as he lost 18-21, 18- rsenal manager Unai Emery (Mesut) Ozil — they are the tion. opening-round defeat to local favourite 21 against Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu Aconfirmed on Tuesday that four captains, and first is now Ravi secured a Bronze at *
&  '  Cai Yan Yan. in a opening round contest that lasted 45 Granit Xhaka has been stripped Aubameyang.” '    7  ( the World Wrestling The world No 9 Saina lost 9-21, 12- minutes. of the club captaincy after an “I needed to take one deci- Championships in Nur-Sultan, pretty well.” 21 in the women’s singles clash that last- The mixed doubles pairing of Pranav emotional outburst towards sion, and now it is closed,” Kazakhstan before clinching a Ravi, along with another ed just 24 minutes to make an early exit Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy also supporters. Emery added. quota place for the country in Olympic-bound wrestler from the $700,000 tournament. made a first-round exit. The duo went The Swiss international Xhaka, 27, blamed death the 57kg men’s freestyle Deepak Poonia, goes through However, in men’s singles, Saina's down 14-21, 14-21 to Wang Chi-Lin and swore and threw the captain’s threats to his family for his furi- wrestling category. He a rigorous training regime at husband and personal coach Parupalli Cheng Chi Ya of Chinese Taipei. armband to the floor after being ous response, saying he had achieved the milestone after a the Chhatrasal Stadium. They Kashyap registered a comfortable 7   #  ( To add to India’s woes, the men’s booed as he was substituted reached “boiling point”. 6-1 victory over former world wake up at 3:30 in the morn- straight-game victory over Thailand’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B against Crystal Palace 10 days “My feeling of not being champion Yuki Takahashi in ing and start their practice ses- Sitthikom Thammasin. Denmark in the second round. Sumeeth Reddy also crashed out in the ago. understood by fans, and repeat- the quarterfinals of the meet. sion from 4. The warm-up The Indian outsmarted his Thai World Championships Bronze first round, losing 21-23, 19-21 to Pierre-Emerick ed abusive comments at match- The 22-year-old, hailing regime includes several rounds opponent 21-14, 21-3 in 43 minutes. He medallist B Sai Praneeth also made it to Malaysian combination of Aaron Chia Aubameyang, who led Arsenal es and in social media over the from Sonipat’s Nahri village, of uthak-baithak (half will face seventh seed Victor Axelson of the second round beating Tommy and Soh Wooi Yik. for Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home last weeks and months have was also included in the Sports burpees), that can easily pin an to Wolves, will take over as cap- hurt me deeply,” he wrote on Authority of India’s Target average joe. tain. Instagram. Olympic Podium Scheme “I get free after training at Xhaka was not included in “People have said things like (TOPS) soon after. 8am and have some badaam 2#   % $  the squad for the Wolves match ‘We will break your legs’, ‘Kill “TOPS is going to benefit (nuts) and juice as well as or Wednesday’s visit to your wife’ and ‘Wish that your me a lot. We can go outside for fruits later. Then we rest for 2- Vitoria Guimaraes in the daughter gets cancer’. practice,” Ravi adds. “There 3 hours and start training    (5 Wenger, who speaks “something you miss, of Bayern down. Europa League. “That has stirred me up will be good physios and qual- again in the afternoon non- fluent German, coached course,” said the “Ralf is not available. We “I was speaking with and I reached boiling point ity sparring partners. And the stop from 4 till 7.30,” says Ravi, rsene Wenger has not ruled Arsenal from October Frenchman. don’t believe that what Ralf him this morning when I felt the rejection in training can be taken a notch who does make it a point to Ahimself out of the running 1996 until May 2018 and Meanwhile, Ralf Rangnick is all about is current- and also I decided the stadium.” higher.” get at least 8 hours of sleep a for the vacant head coach role admits he misses Rangnick, currently ly being sought by Bayern,” he's not one of Xhaka had only When asked to reveal his day. at Bayern Munich while Ralf some aspects of head of sport and Rangnick’s manager Marc the captains in been confirmed as training plans, he mentions, On a parting note, the 22- Rangnick, another potential coaching. development at Kosicke told German daily Bild. our group captain by Emery “For 20-odd days, I would like year-old pehlwan reveals the candidate, is reportedly not While Red Bull and “That why it doesn’t make and I decid- in September to train in some other places benchmark he has set for him- interested. Wenger has the previous sense to hold concrete talks.” ed that and I after the in India like Shilaroo self with humility. “I hope to Wenger, 70, gave an evasive enjoyed his sports direc- Rangnick joins Ajax coach told him this Spaniard took a (Himachal Pradesh) or even take part in 2-3 more answer when broadcaster beIn year away from tor at Erik ten Hag and Paris Saint- morning,” dressing room vote go abroad for 20-25 days. This Olympics, apart from 2020. Sports directly asked him about football, the sat- Bundesliga Germain boss Thomas Tuchel, Emery said. "He to decide on the skipper will complement my training Bas desh ke liye kuch accha working at Bayern, who need a isfaction of win- side RB Leipzig, who have both stated that they accepted my deci- after the departures of at the Chhatrasal Stadium (in karke aaye (I want to do some- new head coach after Niko ning matches and is reportedly the lat- will not leave their current jobs sion. Laurent Koscielny and Petr New Delhi) which is going on thing good for the country)!” Kovac was dismissed on Sunday. preparing players are est big name to turn this season. “We have now Cech.   !"#!$%&'() ! 6; 9     ( 

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heir frailties in the shortest format under the scanner, India would be Taiming to ensure that a plucky Bangladesh don’t run away with the momentum when the two sides clash in the second T20I, which is facing a cyclonic threat here today. India have not had the kind of suc-    (  )   cess in T20s as they have enjoyed in the  #       #     other two formats of late and that is evi- ( @4 7 *!   dent from the results this year. They have already lost a series at home this year — to Australia — before   "  drawing against South Africa who were otherwise hammered in Tests. In the absence of some senior play-   
   
 #  (@4 7 I(     2*  ers, including regular skipper Virat Kohli, the second game of the three- whether the team management   /)780 match series is an ideal platform for the gives another chance to Dube, fringe players to show what they are :;; /  or brings in Kerala wicket- ndia captain Rohit Sharma hinted at made of. keeper batsman Sanju Samson. Irejigging the pace combination for the sec- All this will depend on how much Also, if Karnataka batsman ond T20 while defending the batting line- of an impact Cyclone Maha, which is Manish Pandey makes the playing up, in which senior opener Shikhar Dhawan expected to make landfall in Gujarat on XI, one of them will have to make has been struggling for some time. match day, has on the weather in the city. way for him. “Our batting looks good. So I don’t think In fact, heavy rains, associated with The inexperienced Indian there’s any change we need to make in our lightening, lashed the city on Wednesday bowling attack is another area batting. But we’ll analyze the pitch, and based evening. The wicket at the Saurashtra of concern for the team management. on that we’ll see what we can do as a team,” Cricket Association Stadium is, howev- Pacer Khaleel Ahmed, who leaked 37 Rohit said during pre-match interaction. er, protected with covers.   Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma runs in his four overs and was ham- While he didn’t take names but there is A series loss to Bangladesh will only will become the first Indian player and mered for four consecutive boundaries a chance of Shardul Thakur coming in place pose more questions to the home team second in world cricket to complete 100 in the penultimate over in Delhi, could of Khaleel, whose pace at times is making as it looks to zero in on a settled squad T20 Internationals when he will take the be dropped and Shardul Thakur may get it easier for the opposition to negotiate at the for next year’s T20 World Cup. field in the second game against a look in. death overs. Rohit, who had a rare failure on Bangladesh today. Spinners Washington Sundar, “The (pace-bowling) combination that Sunday, would be keen to lead by exam- Shoaib Malik (111 games) from Yuzvendra Chahal and Krunal Pandya we played in the last game, it was based on ple. Pakistan is the only player to have played will not only have to contain the rival the pitch that was on offer in Delhi. We will Another batsman who will be under more than 100 T20I. batsmen but will also need to provide see the pitch again today and we will think pressure is K L Rahul, trying to cement Rohit is currently the top-scorer in breakthroughs. what we need to do in our bowling line-up,” his place in the T20 eleven after losing this format with 2452 runs with regu- On the other hand, Bangladesh, who the skipper said. his spot in the Test squad. lar skipper Virat Kohli second in the list registered their first T20 win against He is expecting Rajkot track to play bet- A lot was expected from India’s with an aggregate of 2450 runs. He has India in nine matches, will look to seal   / !+ ter than the one at Kotla. young brigade on Sunday but barring scored the runs at a strike-rate of a memorable series victory.  ) - :$;;- , “The pitch looks good. Rajkot has Shreyas Iyer, no one took the opposition 136.67 with four hundreds and 17 half- Rahim would look to play another always been a good track to bat on and it attack by the scruff of its neck. centuries. His opposite number crucial innings for the side in absence (+.$(%'$+(6&-+5'$ does offer some assistance to the bowlers The likes of Rishabh Pant, Krunal Mahmudullah Riyad is also on the cusp of senior pros Tamim Iqbal and Shakib. also. It will be a good pitch. I’m pretty sure Pandya and all-rounder Shivam Dube, of a national record. Bangladesh bowlers, particularly it will be better than what you saw in Delhi,” who did not have a great start to his If he happens to hit two more sixes, spinner Aminul Isam and pacer Shafiul he opined. career, will have to justify their selection he will be the first Bangladeshi batsman Islam, had a good outing at Kotla and While strategy is a confidential thing, a and deliver when the situation demands. to complete 50 sixes in this format. PTI will be aiming to build on that perfor- change in approach is something that the It would be interesting to see mance. stand -in skipper expects from his mates. “I cannot tell you strategy but what I can definitely tell you is that there will be changes on our top from the first ball,” in our approach. In the last match (in New P,   ( (! (  )  / ! "".Q he said. The captain thinks this Delhi), we played according to the pitch. We is Bangladesh’s best chance to win were playing as per the ways the pitch was   /)780 the recent (developments), they are a good side at a T20 series against India. reacting. whatever is going on in home and across the “Obviously, I think, it is a “But if the pitch here (at Rajkot) is good, angladesh captain Bangladesh cricket, a series world, so we have to great-great opportunity especially our approach will be different as well in both BMahmudullah on win will be a big boost for when you have already won the first bowling and batting (departments).” Wednesday said a T20 series Bangladesh cricket and also game in the series, so it’s a great He expects a collective performance win against hosts India will a big boost for the opportunity and I think boys are from his team. be a “big boost” for Bangladesh cricket team,” feeling energetic about it and hope- “The batsmen need to get the job done, Bangladesh cricket in the Mahmudullah said. fully we can put up a good show the bowlers need to come out and take those wake of recent setbacks, “And hopefully as I have tomorrow,” he added. crucial wickets. That will be the idea. We are including the ban on star mentioned, today we have He said winning against India not focusing on any individual depart- player Shakib-Al-Hasan. to play good cricket to beat in India would be a big achieve- ments. Because we lost as a team, not as indi- “If you concentrate on India because we know that ment. viduals,” Rohit said. (#&13-(      >H     Hanoi: 0 O      :9:     A      @@)     & 0 0 0   3'345 that a few other teams are also inter- talking to a few different teams and the best value comes for both          1C    ested in Ashwin, who captained (including Delhi) and as soon as Ashwin and ourselves. We want the   0  (        ings XI Punjab co-owner Ness the Punjab franchise for the we are clear, we will announce it,” best deal for everyone,” he added.      J   KWadia on Wednesday said the past two seasons but could Wadia said. Wadia had last month said that /(2E &  franchise and former skipper not take the side to the “We (Ashwin and the KXIP board had a re-think on  ;91& Ravichandran Ashwin have amica- play-offs. KXIP) have amicably come Ashwin and decided to retain the bly decided to part ways even “I know there is a to a conclusion that we should premier India spinner following the     though Delhi Capitals is still not a lot of speculation but part ways and now we are try- appointment of Anil Kumble as New Delhi:  ,  '      done deal. we are still talking. ing to get the best fit, best head coach.    '9  0 Stylish opener KL Rahul is Ashwin is a very solution for every- Now it has come quite clear that    %O         expected to lead the side after good, versatile one. We are talk- negotiations over Ashwin trade-off    &5    ,,  Ashwin’s departure. player. 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