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      $ "    0          8!)+*0!8 political loyalty thrice in a 3P 4, Ashok Arora also snapped his    matter of days in 1967, barely       decades-old loyalty with his he word Aya Ram Gaya a year after Haryana was carved parent party and joined the   8!)+*0!8 would be taken against any- Sheoran and Ranbir Mahendra TRam (today in this party, out as a separate State on * %    )  Congress and was given ticket    body who tries to disrupt the of the Congress. tomorrow in another) was November 1, 1966. ,*  /   from Thanesar. o ensure smooth and polling process, he added. The JJP came into exis- coined for Haryana when elect- Five legislators of the       While former Congress Chandigarh: Despite tall Tpeaceful polling, Haryana tence last year after a split in ed representatives made a Indian National Lok Dal ,    MLA Sharda Rathore joined claims by political parties in the Police have so far seized 130 JJP FIELDS FORMER the INLD following a feud seamless entry from one party (INLD), four of whom      the BJP, former INLD Minister State, not many women figure unlicensed arms and 110 car- CONGRESS CONGRESS within the Chautala clan. to the other. switched sides by joining the late Jaswinder Singh Sandhu’s in the list of candidates of tridges since September 21 MLA’’’’S SON Even in the 209 polls, the JJP, were disqualified last     5   son Gagandeep Sandhu joined most political parties, includ- when the model code of con- The Jannayak Janta Party INLD RELEASES FINAL term remains relevant as politi- month as members of the   .    the Congress. Ex-INLD MLA ing the ruling BJP and the duct came into force. on Friday announced the LIST cians move seamlessly from Haryana Assembly under the  .
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Its ally Shiromani Akali has been the first choice for jailed leader Ajay Singh Zakir Hussain, all of whom Tek Chand Sharma, who Haryana Assembly, according started depositing their JJP has fielded former Dal (SAD) will contest four such politicians while the Chautala, Rajdeep Phogat, were rewarded with tickets to was the lone BSP member, to the lists released by the two firearms with the police before Congress legislator Anita seats while the remaining Congress and the Jannayak Pirthi Singh and Anoop fight the Assembly polls. also switched over to BJP. parties. the election. As per official fig- Yadav’s son Samrat has been would be fought by the INLD. Janta Party too has managed to Dhanak, all of whom joined the All these politicians were Former Minister and Congress The Indian National Lok ure, a total of 1,10,901 licensed fielded from Ateli segment. Dushyant parted ways attract a few. JJP while another legislator senior leaders of the party. leader Satpal Sangwan also Dal (INLD), which had earli- arms have been deposited in The party also announced with the INLD in December The term ‘Aaya Ram Gaya Naseem Ahmad first switched INLD’s Rohtak district joined the JJP. er said it will give 33 per cent different Police Stations till candidates for the Nalwa, 2018 after a bitter split in the Ram’ is said to have originated over to the Congress and later leader Satish Nandal also Four of the five indepen- tickets to women, has fielded 15 October 3. In addition, 11 Bhiwani, Tosham and party and the Chautala fami- when a legislator from came to the BJP fold. switched his loyalties to the BJP dent MLAs of the outgoing female candidates. Fledgling licensed arms have been can- Ferozepur Jhirka segments. ly. Dushyant’s father, Ajay Haryana, Gaya Lal, changed his All were disqualified under and has been fielded against assembly also shifted their loy- Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), a celled and one impounded for JJP, which is contesting the Singh Chautala, is the anti-defection law after former Chief Minister alties to the BJP while breakaway of the INLD, has violating the instructions of Assembly polls independently, the elder son of petitions were filed before the Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Independent MLA Jai Prakash, fielded seven women. Election Commission of India. has now announced candi- INLD President and  Speaker by INLD leaders Garhi Sampla-Kiloi con- a former MP from the Prominent among the Virk said on the security dates for all the 90 segments. former Chief Abhay Singh Chautala and stituency. Congress, returned to his ear- women candidates of the BJP front, the Union Ministry of Party leader Dushyant Minister Om POLL Balwan Singh. With INLD Lone MLA of the lier party. are international wrestler Home Affairs has provided Chautala is fighting the elec- Prakash Chautala. going through rough times Shiromani Akali Dal, Balkaur Those who joined the BJP Babita Phogat from Dadri; 120 companies of Central tions from the Uchana Kalan It will be a ever since its vertical split last ditched SAD to join the saffron had earlier maintained that Prem Lata, wife of former paramilitary forces to ensure segment and once again taking straight fight year following a feud in the outfit, barely days before the they joined “unconditionally” Union minister Birender Singh, full proof security arrange- on BJP’’s sitting MLA between the ruling Chautala clan, desertions have upcoming polls. Despite BJP and had said that they were from Uchana Kalan; minister ment before and after the Prem Lata, who had defeated Bharatiya Janata hit the party the most ahead of ally SAD raising strong objec- impressed with the develop- Kavita Jain from Sonipat; polling day. As part of the con- him in the previous Assembly Party (BJP) and the the October 21 assembly polls. tion to his joining, Balkaur ment work undertaken by the actress Sonali Phogat from fidence-building measures polls. Chautala had had main opposition Majority of the legislators Singh was rewarded with a Narendra Modi and M L Adampur; Latika Sharma from among voters, the Police and entered the fray despite being Congress for the of former Chief Minister Om ticket by the BJP from his Khattar governments. Those Kalka; and Seema Trikha from central forces started con- a sitting MP of INLD from Legislative Assembly Prakash Chautala led party Kalanwali reserved seat in Sirsa joining the Congress and other Badkhal. ducting flag march in sensitive Hisar. on October 21. In have switched over to the BJP, district. outfits had claimed that the From Punhana Assembly areas across the State. Dushyant’’s mother and the 2014 Haryana prominent among them being INLD’s Vice President and state government had failed on segment in Muslim-dominat- The security forces have Dabwali MLA Naina Chautala Assembly polls, the Parminder Dhull, Naseem its former state unit chief all fronts. ed Mewat district, the BJP has also stepped up vigil around has been shifted to the Badhra BJP won the elec- fielded Nauksham Chaudhary the polling stations identified constituency in Charkhi Dadri tions with 47 seats, while the (28), a postgraduate in history ‘critical’ and ‘vulnerable’. district, where she will take on INLD and the Congress got 19 from Miranda House, Delhi Prompt and effective action BJP incumbent Sukhwinder and 15 seats, respectively. 6 6 )56 $ &   7,     8 University. The BJP denied tickets to   8!)+*0!8 Thakur will also address meetings in star campaigner list. Haryana Congress’s a few sitting women MLAs, Haryana. star campaigner list is a mix of central and including Rohita Rewri from rime Minister Narendra Modi, Home state leaders. Panipat, Santosh Yadav from PMinister Amit Shah, Defence Minister SONIA, PRIYANKA, RAHUL AND Chief ministers of Congress ruled Ateli and Santosh Sarwan from Rajnath Singh and actor-politician Sunny MANMOHAN AMONGST CONG states are also on the list of party’s star Mullana. Deol, are amongst the 40 Star campaign- STAR CAMPAIGNERS campaigners. Punjab chief minister Capt The 10 women candidates ers of the BJP for the Assembly polls in Congress on Friday released the names Amarinder Singh, Rajasthan chief minis- fielded by the Congress are: Haryana. of star campaigners for the Assembly polls ter Ashok Gahlot, Madhya Pradesh chief senior party leader Kiran Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Piyush in Haryana on Friday. Apart from minister Kamal Nath, Chhatisgarh chief Chaudhary from Tosham, Goyal, Smriti Irani, Narendra Singh Tomar, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, minister Bhupesh Baghel, former chief Shakuntla Khatak from Thaawarchand Gehlot and Anurag Thakur former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda are Kalanaur, Geeta Bhukkal from will also visit the State ahead of the former president Rahul Gandhi, general going to campaign for the party. Newly Jhajjar, Renu Bala from October 21 polls for the 90 seats. Senior secretary Priyanka Gandhi will also cam- appointed Haryana Congress president Sadhaura, Shalley from party leaders Shahnawaz Hussain, Anil Jain paign in Haryana for 90 assembly seats. Kumari has also been included in star cam- Naraingarh, Nirmal from and B L Santosh will also travel to Former Haryana Congress chief Ashok paigner’s list. Yamunanagar, Vidya Rani from Haryana. Tanwar who had resigned from all election Senior Congress leaders- Ghulam Narwana, Venu Singla from BJP MPs and actors Hema Malini, committees of the party on Friday but Nabi Azad, Salman Khurshid, Pramod Ambala, Navjot Kashyap from Sunny Deol, and Manoj Tiwari, along with expressed his willingness continue to Tiwari , Sunil Jakhar , PL Punia, Pawan Indri and Bala Devi from MP and Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans, are work as an ordinary party worker has also Kumar, Ahmed Patel and Anand Sharma Uklana seat. scheduled to visit the state where the BJP been included in the list of star campaigner. are also among the star campaigners. To JJP leader Dushyant 88  &$ $     is seeking another term in office. Uttar Known for his witty one-liners, crick- woo the young crowd, Jyotirraditya Scindia Chautala has fielded his moth-         / Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath eter-turned-politican Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sachin Pilot have been included in star er Naina Chautala from Badhra 3         and Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram has not made it to the Haryana Congress’s campaigner’s list. seat. PNS   6   !"#$%& 3    2        2   4' 0 *
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He said nearly 50 signato- thing against the government is TFriday dismissed all peti- Do take a few seconds to read would be reduced by 2,61,968 Muzaffarpur/Wayanad: An ries to the letter were named as being put in jail and attacked. tions challenging the proposed what the Bombay HC had to say tonnes over ten years because of FIR has been lodged in Bihar's accused in his petition, which The media is crushed. felling of 2,646 trees in Aarey about this epic battle to Save reduced dependence on Muzaffarpur against nearly 50 accused them of having "tar- Everybody knows what is going Colony at Goregaon in north Aarey”. motarised transport,” the HC celebrities, including Aparna nished the image of the coun- on. This is not a secret," he said. Mumbai to make way for con- Alluding to environmental bench observed. Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan try and undermined the impres- An FIR was filed at Bihar's struction of a car shed for concerns raised by the petition- The green activists, of and Ramchandra Guha for sive performance of the prime Muzaffarpur on Thursday Metro phase-III, after address- ers, the Judges noted: “In con- which Bhathena is part, have alleged sedition after they wrote minister", besides "supporting against around 50 celebrities, ing the environmental con- nection with the issues of envi- been protesting vehemently an open letter to Prime Minister secessionist tendencies". including Ramachandra Guha, cerns raised by the petitioners. ronmental concerns, it has to be against the decision taken by the Narendra Modi voicing concern The letter was written by 49 Mani Ratnam, Adoor Holding that the decision- noted that the project proponent BMC’s tree authority on August over growing incidents of mob eminent personalities, also Gopalakrishnan and Aparna making process on tree felling has already planted 20,900 trees 29 to allow cutting of 2,185 trees lynching. including filmmakers Mani Sen, who had written an open adopted by the Tree Authority petitions which we have dis- talists) fail in the instant petition with GPS tagging on each plant and transplantation of 461 trees. Police said the FIR was Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap, letter to Prime Minister Modi, of the Brihanmumbai missed today, the Greens fail because they have lost touch in Sanjay Gandhi National Park While giving a go-ahead to lodged on Thursday under sev- Shyam Benegal, actor Soumitra raising their concern over the Municipal Corporation (BMC) even in these two petitions, but with the procedure to be fol- and the survival rate is 95%, the MMRCl to cut 2,185 trees eral sections of the Indian Penal Chatterjee and vocalist Shubha growing incidents of mob as “fair, transparent and based not on account of sailing their lowed as per law. The clock can- proved by the letter dated 27th and transplant 461 trees in Code, including those related to Mudgal in July this year. lynching in the country. on reason”, a HC division bench boats in the wrong channel, but not be put back. We do not September 2019 addressed by Aarey Colony for construction sedition, public nuisance, hurt- Rahul Gandhi, who was The case was lodged after a of Chief Justice Pradeep on merits”. make any comments thereon as the Chief Conservator Forest of car depot for Metro-3 corri- ing religious feelings and insult- away in his constituency chief judicial magistrate passed Nandrajog and Justice Bharati The HC bench imposed a the petitioner has to now swim and Director Sanjay Gandhi dor, the BMC’s Tree Authority ing with an intent to provoke Wayanad in Kerala, denounced an order on a petition filed Dangre noted: “The Carbon di- fine of 50,000 on Yashwant or sink before the Supreme National Park to the Chief had said that the MMRCL breach of peace. the FIR. against the celebrities before his oxide sequestration of 2,702 Jadhav, who had filed a petition Court,” the judges noted. Project Manager of MMRCL. would have to plant 13,110 trees Reacting sharply to the reg- He said it was not a secret court. trees for their entire lifetime cal- against the approval granted by “The issue is pending before This establishes that about 7 In its petition filed in the istration of the FIR against anymore that the country was The petition claimed that culated at 12,79,062 kg would be the civic body's tree authority. the Supreme Court and the times the number of trees to be high court, activist Bhathena had eminent film personalities, writ- moving towards an authoritar- the celebrities had allegedly compensated in 3,948 fully He is a member of the BMC’s National Green Tribunal. felled have been replaced by challenged the proposed felling ers and others, Congress leader ian state, adding that the prime "tarnished the image of the loaded trips of Metro Trains tree authority. Hence, we are dismissing the planting saplings of trees, which of 2,648 trees in Aarey Colony Rahul Gandhi alleged the coun- minister should tell the country country and undermined operating”. Terming all the petitioners petition on the principle of process commenced two years to make way for construction of try was moving towards becom- why had he "destroyed" the the impressive performance of The HC bench refused to "Davids" (environmentalists) commonality and not on mer- ago” a metro card there by saying that ing an "authoritarian state" economy and created "massive the Prime Minister", besides declare Aarey Colony a forest taking on the industrial its," a bench of Chief Justice “Further, the project is the decision taken by the BMC's where anybody who said any- joblessness". "supporting secessionist ten- and also declined to quash the "Goliaths", apparently suggest- Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice being financed substantially by Tree Authority, taken on August thing against Modi or his gov- "Everybody knows what is dencies". BMC tree authority's decision ing that they are fighting an Bharati Dangre said. Japan International Cooperative 29 this year, approving the felling ernment was put behind bars. going on in the country. It is not Hitting out at the Modi allowing felling of over 2,646 unequal battle, the court said: Activist Zoru Bhathena, Agency (“JICA”) and the project of trees to make way for a The case was lodged fol- a secret. In fact, the whole Government over the "massive trees in the green zone to make "Relationship with nature and who had challenged the deci- is registered with The United metro car shed was not in accor- lowing an order by Muzaffarpur world knows it. We are moving joblessness" and the dwindling way of a metro car shed. love for environment alone is sion to cut the trees, said: “I am Nations Framework for Climate dance with a previous order of Chief Judicial Magistrate Surya towards an authoritarian state. economy, Gandhi said the Dismissing the petitions true and all other relationships extremely saddened to get this Change (UNFCC). It is thus the high court. Kant Tiwari on a petition by It is pretty clear," the Wayanad "GDP growth was not visible" filed by green activist Zoru are unreal and temporary, is news. We will take this fight for- being monitored by Foreign Last month, several celebri- local advocate Sudhir Kumar MP, who has come to his con- anymore. Bhathena and Shiv Sena cor- their (environmentalists) belief. ward. It’s a sad day for Aarey Agencies on the environmental ties, including Amitabh Ojha, who claimed, among stituency to express solidarity The Centre could give a tax porator Yashwant Kamalakar Their hearts are a temple of today. We will approach the impact,” the judgement stated. Bachchan and Akshay Kumar, other things, that the letter sup- with the protests against the benefit of 1,25,000 crore to 15 Jadhav, the HC bench observed: devotion to flora and fauna". Supreme Court”. “The project report demon- had come out in support of the ported secessionist tendencies". night traffic ban on a highway people, but not to the poor, he “Thus, as in the two companion "The greens (environmen- Later in the evening, strates that the benefits and/or Mumbai Metro. "The CJM had passed the passing through the Bandipur alleged. PTI )   $   6 &$ $5    3,   

Kolkata: The economic slow- sponsors, this time, either had faced a similar situation," tures, but lack     2    $  down has dimmed the lights of declined to make a contribution club secretary Gautam of funds forced us to find Bengal's biggest festival this or paid less than what they do," Mukherjee said. an alternative in plaster of time, forcing Durga puja organ- Sudipto Kumar, an official of Organizers have made sev- paris," said isers to scale down celebrations Deshapriya Park community eral modifications this year, Ashok Deb, an official of a   -     due to shrinking sponsorship. Puja in south Kolkata, said. mostly cutting down on pro- Durga Puja committee in North Not just small-budget Corporate firms are not motional activities. 24 Parganas district.    Annadirai had said: “We in the pujas, big-ticket ones have also willing to spend on advertise- Kajal Sarkar, the president According to advertising 82))!* State Government are ready to 6 .    curtailed their budget by near- ments, he claimed. of Forum for Durgotsab, said agencies, weak consumer sen- accept the three-language for- ly 15 per cent to 30 per cent, "Every year, huge adver- sponsorship has fallen by 30-50 timent is also one of the reasons he DMK and other fringe mula if other States too follow it 7   $,  mostly compromising on mar- tisement hoardings and posters per cent. for lack of sponsorship. TTamil forces in Tamil Nadu up.” The journal had carried the quee decoration, according to greet revelers outside the puja "Donations, subscriptions "Most advertisers in India which swear by Tamil and are interview with Annadurai in its organisers. pandals, but this time, the and retail advertisements cover try to leverage the festive sea- known for their stiff opposition April 1967 and has since then, On an average, setting up a numbers have shrunk consid- about 30 per cent of the expens- son. In the current year, adver- to Hindi may have to do a formed one of the prized items theme-based marquee for the erably," he added. es, the rest is usually taken care tising spends across multiple rethinking on their aversion for of Kanaiyazhi. The interview fig- five-day fiesta, replete with Echoing similar sentiments, of by corporate funding," Sarkar sectors have taken a hit due to the national language of the ured in the collected issues of safety arrangements and basic Ekdalia Evergreen Club said said. The situation has gone weak consumer sentiment. country. Kanaiyazhi (1965-1970). amenities, costs anything several sponsors have gone worse for small-budget Durga "Nevertheless, the govern- It has been brought to light K Kasturirangan, the then between 12 lakh and 30 back on their promise, citing pujas committees, with some of ment is taking active measures that CN Annadurai, the founder editor of the journal who had crore in Bengal. the ailing economy. the organisers opting for a to tackle the scenario by pro- of the DMK and the first non- interviewed Annadurai, later "Owing to economic slow- "Some sponsors, who had marquee without any distinct viding relief in corporate tax Congress Chief Minister of the rose to the position of editor of down, we failed to achieve our signed a contract with us, have theme. rates," Anand Bhadkamkar, the State, was for the three-lan- Dinamani, a popular Tamil target of Rs 65 lakh. We are run- also backed out. In 2008-2009 "We had decided to adorn CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network guage policy prescribed by the newspaper. The then Chief Burdwan (WB): Ten persons ABVP. The right-wing stu- ning short of Rs 20 lakh. Most (during global recession), we our pandal with glass struc- India, stated. PTI then national leadership of India. Minister had said during the were arrested here on Friday for dents' outfit, on its part, said This revelation came immedi- interview that there were schools alleged assault on Debanjan Ballav's charges were "baseless ately after the DMK-owned in Chennai where Gujarati and Ballav — a Sanskrit college stu- and politically motivated". newspaper Murasholi published Marati were being taught. dent who was accused of heck- Supriyo was shown black an article stating that Annadurai “Hence, there is no bar in teach- ling Union Minister Babul flags and heckled by a section %         3  was never a supporter of the ing Hindi in similar lines in ade- Supriyo at Jadavpur University of students last month on three-language system. quate number of schools,” he on September 19. Jadavpur University Campus, $   , forms — continued to be stream leaders, including two But the revelation made by had said during the interview In his complaint, Ballav, where he had gone to address snapped in the valley since the former Chief Ministers — a Tamil scholar and commen- which was held at New Delhi who has been in the eye of a seminar organised by the ,  night of August 4, officials Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba tator T Ramakrishnan that where he had gone to attend the storm over the JU campus ABVP. said. Mufti, have been either Annadurai had endorsed the Chief Minister’s Conference. episode, claimed that he and his The next day the Union The functioning of schools detained or placed under house three-language formula has Despite Annadurai’s stance girlfriend were dragged out of minister tweeted a picture of      in Kashmir has remained arrest. shaken the DMK leadership on the three-language formula, a bus and assaulted by the the Sanskrit college student affected since August 5 — Another former Chief who propagates the slogan the Tamil Nadu Legislative activists of Akhil Bharatiya pulling him by his hair during Srinagar: Normal life remained when the Centre announced its Minister and sitting Lok Sabha Hindi is Hinduism. Since 2014, Assembly had passed a resolu- Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) the scuffle. affected in Kashmir for the 61st decision to abrogate Article 370 MP from Srinagar Farooq the DMK has been attacking the tion demanding the scrapping of near Burdwan on Wednesday. Ballav's mother had consecutive day on Friday as of the Constitution and to Abdullah has been arrested Centre of trying to impose the three-language formula in "Based on Ballav's com- appealed to Supriyo not to main markets were shut and bifurcate the state into two under the controversial Public Hindi over non-Hindi States in January 1968. Political com- plaint, we have arrested 10 harm his son's career and the public transport was off the Union territories. Safety act, a law enacted by his the country. mentators are of the view that persons. We are still investi- minister assured him of the roads, officials said. The officials said the state father and National Conference In an exclusive interview Annadurai was not keeping gating the matter," East same. Few shops in some areas of Government was trying its founder Sheikh Mohammad given to the popular Tamil lit- good health at that time and Midnapore Superintendent of The undergraduate stu- the city here were open from restrictions anywhere in the best to have normal function- Abdullah in 1978 when he erary journal Kanaiyazhi (Tamil might have lost his hold over the Police Bhaskar Mukherjee said. dent, however, refused to apol- 7:30 to 11:00 am, but downed valley, but security forces were ing in schools, but its efforts was the Chief Minister. for Ring) in its April 1967 issue, party apparatus. He, however, declined to ogise to Supriyo, claiming that their shutters afterwards, the deployed in strength in vul- failed again on Thursday as comment on whether those he had raised his hand in self officials said. nerable areas to maintain law most parents continued to keep arrested were members of the defence. PTI However, there were no and order, they said. children at home due to appre- They said auto-rickshaws hensions about their safety. and few inter-district cabs were Divisional Commissioner, seen plying here, but the other Kashmir, Baseer Khan had on modes of public transport were Monday directed all Deputy off the roads. Commissioners and concerned The movement of private officers to ensure that all gov- cars was lesser on Friday as ernment schools as well as compared to Thursday when private institutions up to the city had witnessed traffic Higher Secondary level of the jams at various places, they valley be open by Thursday and added. Colleges to open by or before Mobile services remained October 9. suspended in Kashmir except Most of the top level and in Handwara and Kupwara second rung separatist politi- areas in the north, while inter- cians have been taken into net services — across all plat- preventive custody while main-   !"#$%&  :

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It was 24.25 per cent samples of former Union min- he impersonation case con- fathers have been arrested for The police was told by the ing triple talaq, police said. Marathwada region continue to last year on same day. ister Chinmayanand and a law Tnected with the National resorting to fraudulent meth- Theni Medical College student A First Information Report face shortage, the data released by The small projects are in a student, who has accused him Eligibility-cum-Entrance ods to get admission to the and his father that a number was filed against Sheikh the irrigation department stated slightly better shape with a gross of raping her. Examination Test (NEET), the MBBS course. While hearing of students have “managed” Abdullah at the All Women on Friday. storage of 4473.44 mcm. This The SIT had on Thursday qualifying examination for the case on Friday, the Court admission to MBBS course Police Station here following a Dams, including Manjara storage is 40.89 per cent of total moved the application for tak- admission to under graduate case. opined that a scam of such with the help of proxy exam- complaint from his wife and Majalgaon in Beed, capacity, which was 26.92 per cent ing their voice samples as well and post graduate courses in The impersonation case magnitude could have nation- ination writers, some of them Rizwana, they said. Siddheshwar in Hingoli, Lower same day last year, the depart- as that of three youth, who have medical colleges across the broke out last month with the al ramification and hence hailing from Kerala. Following "A case has been registered Terna and Sina Kolegaon in ment's report stated. been charged with demanding country, has snowballed into a Dean of Government Medical sought comments from the the disclosures by the father- against a man under the Muslim Osmanabad, Lower Dudhna in Out of nine, six major pro- extortion from the BJP leader. major scam of all-India pro- College in Theni receiving an two Ministries which are in son duo, the Tamil Nadu Women (Protection of Rights Parbhani are still in dead storage jects are in dead storage, where- After hearing the respec- portion by Friday as the email stating that one of the charge of the NEET examina- police arrested four more on Marriage) Act based on a as rainfall has receded in the State. as two — Jayakwadi in tive counsels, Chief Judicial Madras High Court asked for under graduate students who tion. stuets and their fathers. The complaint from his wife," a There are nine major and 800 Aurangabad and Lower Manar in Magistrate Omvir Singh comments from the Union cracked the 2019 NEET exam- It may be noted that polit- Madras High Court said on senior district police official medium and small irrigation Nanded — are full. reserved his order and is like- Health Ministry and the Union ination had used fraudulent ical parties in Tamil Nadu bar- Friday that a case of this seri- told PTI, adding he has been projects in Marathwada. Yeldari of Hingoli has live ly to pronounce it on Saturday. Human Resources methods like using the services ring the BJP have been oppos- ousness would not have hap- booked for other offences According to the irrigation water storage, which stands at 7.84 The law student's counsel Development Ministry regard- of a proxy to write the exami- ing the NEET and has been pened without official collu- including harassment as well. department's latest report, major per cent (188.18 million cubic Anoop Trivedi said he and ing the issue. nation. The youth and his seeking status quo on the sion and remarked that it has Also, his relatives, including projects in the region are in a meter) of the project's total capac- others objected to the SIT While the Madras High father, a practicing medical process of admission to MBBS an all India ramification. The his father, mother and brother slightly better position with 56.47 ity. "Excess use of water for sug- application as voice samples, if Court sought comments from doctor were arrested by Tamil courses in the State. The man- local media has reported that have been booked for offences per cent storage, compared 30.49 arcane cultivation has always required, should have been the Centre, DMK chief MK Nadu Police on September 25. agement of the self financing the Police have asked the including harassment, local per cent last year. As of today, the been the primary cause for the sought within stipulated 15 Stalin demanded a CBI probe The Tamil Nadu Government medical colleges in the State too National Testing Agency, the police said. In her complaint, the major projects hold a total of shortage every year. However, this days time. "Now after passage into the whole affair which has since then had transferred the were resisting the introduction body entrusted with the woman said she allegedly had to 3828.65 million cubic metre time around, it is the scanty of one month, this application shook South India as nine per- case to the Crime Branch of NEET. conucting of the test to furnish endure harassment at her in- (mcm) water. However, the sce- rainfall that has kept most of the does not seems right," Trivedi sons have been taken into cus- Criminal Investigation Stalin, while speaking to details of Tamil Nadu stu- laws house and her husband nario with medium-sized projects projects dry," water expert added. PTI tody in connection with the Department of the State Police journalists at Chennai said that dents who cracked the NEET. "pronounced triple talaq." PTI seems bleak. Medium projects in Pradeep Purandare said. PTI #1 1     
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Legislative Assembly. for 10 days against the restric- ences over ticket distribution The meeting between Sanction of IIIT under tion on movement of vehicles he Congress on Friday and these two leaders are angry Modi and KCR lasted for about Enhancement of number PPP model at Karimnagar on a national highway that Tasked its former Mumbai over it, but asked them to work 50 minutes. of Judges in Telangana High Enhancement of reservations Muzaffarnagar: A woman was passes through a tiger reserve unit chief Sanjay Nirupam and with maturity and sagacity. KCR is learnt to have dis- Court from 24 to 42. for BCs in employment and allegedly burnt to death over in neighbouring Karnataka. former Haryana unit president Nirupam has launched a cussed the proposed Godavari- Establishment of Indian education (BC 37 per cent, SC dowry in Saidham Colony in Expressing solidarity with Ashok Tanwar to stop making revolt against the party leader- Krishna linkage by the Institute of Management (IIM) 15 per cent , ST 10 per cent) 33 the city, police said on Friday. the youths, Gandhi spoke to statements against the party ship saying that even after rec- Telangana and AP in Telangana. per cent Reservation for OBCs The incident happened on them and said he hoped the ahead of the Assembly elections ommending just one name for Governments and sought Sanction of Indian Institute and women in Parliament and Thursday evening in Civil issue would be resolved soon. in the two States and asked him the upcoming assembly polls, Centre’s financial assistance of Science Education and State Legislatures as per the Lines police station area here. He promised to make available Parliament. to act responsibly. the party chose not to take his for the project. Research (IISER). Sanction of resolution adopted by TS The victim Sugna was legal help to solve the issue. On Tuesday, the Centre Congress spokesperson advice and rejected it. Nirupam, In a memorandum sub- 23 Jawahar Navodaya Legislative Assembly. rushed to a hospital where she Gandhi, who reached the assured Kerala CM Vijayan Manish Tewari asked Nirupam however, did not specify the mitted to PM, the CM brought Vidyalayas (JNV) in new dis- Development of was declared brought dead, site of the protest at Freedom that a committee would be to stop fuelling conspiracy the- name of the contender he was to his notice about the severe tricts Pending railway projects Hyderabad — Nagpur & Station House Officer park here, said the youngsters formed to study the ban. ories, after he launched a vitri- pushing for. delay in implementing the in Telangana State: Warangal-Hyderabad Sameypal Atri said represent the cause of Thousands of farmers and stu- olic attack on the party leader- Congress also faces discon- bifurcation-related promises Requirement of funds for com- Industrial Corridors A case has been registered Wayanad, his Lok Sabha con- dents have taken out long ship for not granting tickets to tent in Haryana over ticket dis- made to Telangana in the AP pletion and expediting the PMGSY (Prime Minister against four people including stituency, and thanked them for marches against the ban. his supporters. tribution ahead as the former Reorganiation Act and in the work Gram Sadak Yojana) allotment her husband Arun Kumar who their "sacrifice". The Kerala government Tewari said that leaders, chiefs of the party's units in the release of funds. Financial assistance to of funds for upgrading 4,000 was absconding, the SHO said. "They represent the suffer- has suggested construction of who have held top positions in state on Thursday resigned from The issues raised by KCR Mission Kakatiya and Mission km for better connectivity in According to a complaint ing of the people here. All polit- an elevated stretch through the party, should realise that the election committees and include: Release of 450 crore, Bhagiratha as recommended by backward regions lodged by the victim's family, ical parties are united as far as the core area of the tiger their statements should not deciding to stay away from the which is the fifth instalment of NITI Aayog (5,000 crores Road works in Left wing the woman was burnt to death the night travel ban issue is reserve. help those who have brought campaign respectively. financial assistance for back- and 19,205 crore respective- extremism affected areas. by her in-laws who were concerned. There is no politi- However, Union the nation to this passe. Nirupam, who joined the ward districts in Telangana as ly) Setting up of Steel Plant at Centre should bear full cost harassing her over dowry since cal difference on this," he said. Environment Minister Prakash "Sanjay Nirupam would be Congress after he quit the Shiv per State Reorganisation Act, Bayyaram in Khammam dis- instead of 60:40 ratio between her marriage to Kumar one- The movement of vehicles Javadekar in a letter to Vijayan well advised to restrain himself. Sena in 2005, has also threat- 2014. trict as promised in State Centre and State. and-half-years ago. on a stretch of the national last month stated that the state's It would be appropriate if he ened to quit the party. He was Revival of Cement Reorganisation Act. highway in Kerala is banned recommendation had been dis- does not kite fly these conspir- removed as the chief of the Corporation of India in Release of funds for from 9 pm to 6 am to reduce cussed and it was suggested acy theories that are unimagi- Congress in Mumbai earlier Adilabad district with the help National Investment and disturbance to wildlife in the that a 'status quo' be main- native," Tewari said at AICC this year and replaced by rival of NHAI (National Highways Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) Bandipur Tiger Reserve. tained. briefing. Tewari said it is under- Milind Deora. Authority of India). at Zaheerabad, Medak District Gandhi recently met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in New Delhi and dis- cussed the hardships faced by people of Wayanad due to the ban of traffic. Demanding that the ban be lifted, the youths are sitting on a hunger strike. 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American community, he also orities in the international sys- (LEMOA) and in 2018, the developments do pave the way ty for all at the inauguration of thanked the American people tem. The same is reflected in Communications for a greater understanding the Gandhi Solar Park. In his for their “exceptional welcome India’s active public diplomacy Compatibility and Security and better institutional cooper- meeting with leaders from and hospitality” during his in the last few years, seeking Agreement (COMCASA). It ation. More importantly, the Pacific island nations, he visit to the US. increased global footprints with enabled India access to US developments in the Indo- underlined India’s commit- Beginning from the meet- an emphasis on the nation’s soft technology and utilisation of its Pacific have come with their ment to advance their develop- ing between former US power attributes and civilisa- existing platforms. Today, India own set of challenges that ment priorities. President Obama and Modi in tional strengths. This includes is a major defence partner of underline the necessity of The show of political 2014, to the first-ever trilater- emphasis on yoga, spiritualism, the US, and there has been a cooperation. The meeting of warmth and trust between . ,  # al engagement between India, peace and harmony. It also significant amount of increase foreign ministers from India, both the leaders shall lead to Japan and America in 2018, the involves capitalising on the in military hardware imports to the US, Japan and Australia something more tangible in leadership of both the countries strength of the Indian diaspo- the country. Moreover, after a expressed their commitment to terms of trade negotiations he USA loves India”, has reaffirmed the importance ra. The Indian-American com- gap of nearly eight years, the strengthen “rules-based order” and cooperation. This will tweeted American of strong Indo-US ties. There munity has been one of most Cope India exercise between in the Indo-Pacific. allow them to set more long- TPresident Donald Trump is a greater set of convergence successful in driving the Indian and American air forces At his speech at the United term objectives for commercial as he enthusiastically shared the between both the nations, rang- advanced technological revolu- was organised. Nations General Assembly, and trade engagements. Indian Prime Minister’s Offices’ ing from a “free and open” tion in the US. Nonetheless, bilateral rela- Modi highlighted the impor- As both India and the US message thanking and applaud- Indo-Pacific region to the fight Modi’s charismatic and tions still face limitations on the tance of global action to fight seek to consolidate on gains ing the energetic presence of against global terrorism. Over popular leadership appeal and trade front as market access has against terrorism; climate from this comfort in relation- the huge Indian diaspora at the years, the relationship its hyper-energetic diplomacy In the last few years, the International Solar Alliance in been a key issue of contention. change and healthcare chal- ship, it is necessary that both Houston, to mark the success- between these two mature have backed this process in Indian Government has sought 2016 and the initiation of the However, Modi pitched for US lenges. The visit in his own move beyond the framework of ful celebration of the Howdy democracies has evolved signif- recent years across the globe. to build on developing new 2+2 Dialogue between India investment support as India words has been an “extremely a “top-down approach” and Modi event. The strength and icantly, which is not subject to The Howdy Modi event was an linkages in Indo-US relation- and the US are some key devel- looks to build a $5 trillion productive one”, as he engaged seek to institutionalise this show of personal chemistry any kind of “transactional expression of the same desire ship. The Declaration of opments which define the economy. While Modi reas- with a wide and different set of “strategic alignment” at differ- between Prime Minister framework” and rather is wit- and objective. The soft power Friendship to elevate strategic nature of bilateral relations in sured Trump that he was learn- people from industry to diplo- ent levels to make it a more Narendra Modi and Trump at nessing a more robust “strate- credential of India is now dialogue to a strategic and recent years. Indo-US defence ing from the President the “art macy; civil society; business cogent and structural partner- Houston does mark a water- gic alignment.” backed by hard power choices commercial dialogue in ties have also seen an increased of the deal”, it remains to be communities and political lead- ship in the future. shed moment in Indo-US rela- India has sought to trans- in terms of strategic align- January 2015, the Joint level of engagement. In 2016, seen how both the leaders sur- ers. To mark the 150th birth (The writer holds a PhD tions. As Modi called for a form itself from being a “bal- ment and tactical diplomacy in Declaration against the two governments signed mount difficulties in bilateral anniversary of Mahatma in East Asian Studies from standing ovation for Trump ancing power” to a more “will- foreign policy-making under Combatting Terrorism in the Logistics Exchange trade negotiations. 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118.80 119.05 -3.35 GRASIM 680.00 681.05 650.30 654.35 DELTACORP 155.95 156.25 150.20 152.30 HEXAWARE 368.85 371.55 363.00 363.00 THOMASCOOK 139.30 142.50 138.35 138.35 MAHLOG 357.65 357.65 350.00 353.75 HDFCBANK 1236.65 1239.60 1185.30 1189.75 -33.80 BAJAJFINSV 8492.00 8517.00 8250.00 8271.75 NATIONALUM 44.65 45.05 42.90 43.30 SOBHA 454.00 454.00 431.80 447.70 CREDITACC 667.00 684.95 667.00 677.00 LUXIND 1200.00 1202.00 1171.50 1171.50 DABUR 432.55 436.45 425.00 425.00 BPCL 545.00 545.00 511.60 514.00 -17.60 UJJIVAN 313.60 327.90 305.20 309.10 AAVAS 1597.75 1693.15 1597.00 1619.75 KANSAINER 497.10 497.15 487.50 487.50 NETWORK18 21.25 21.25 19.75 19.95 IDBI 31.10 31.60 30.30 30.55 ICICIBANK 428.50 429.30 412.05 413.10 -14.20 TITAN 1300.00 1306.65 1241.05 1251.30 RAMCOCEM 721.60 735.00 712.40 719.00 GILLETTE 7084.35 7116.95 7020.65 7099.00 JMFINANCIL 74.45 75.35 72.25 72.55 DIVISLAB 1604.00 1657.60 1604.00 1624.60 KOTAKBANK 1630.00 1633.70 1557.30 1559.95 -55.80 EICHERMOT 18401.10 18506.60 17883.25 17907.00 PFIZER 3212.00 3218.10 3104.55 3142.00 EMAMILTD 315.00 316.10 307.50 307.55 TVTODAY 314.45 314.45 296.00 300.00 AUROPHARMA 585.00 585.00 566.10 567.15 TITAN 1303.00 1306.70 1240.10 1250.70 -44.80 ADANIPOWER 61.75 61.95 59.60 60.15 INDIANB 121.90 122.15 118.65 119.20 BLISSGVS 103.00 103.95 100.40 103.60 IOB 9.57 9.88 9.57 9.68 PETRONET 257.90 261.20 255.40 255.40 JSWSTEEL 222.30 223.90 212.45 213.00 -8.55 NTPC 117.70 120.45 116.45 117.45 REPCOHOME 304.15 309.90 296.45 305.55 PGHH 11773.80 11794.90 11460.40 11470.00 SHK 130.25 132.00 127.45 127.45 COALINDIA 187.50 189.30 182.20 185.75 POWERGRID 199.00 199.60 195.85 196.40 BAJAJHLDNG 3497.60 3629.30 3497.60 3581.90 MAHINDCIE 165.00 165.00 154.10 156.05 VMART 1930.00 1953.05 1922.00 1951.00 ULTRACEMCO 4173.20 4183.30 3967.00 3979.60 -167.20 CUMMINSIND 563.85 569.80 539.00 551.20 GRASIM 677.35 681.75 650.05 651.05 -28.60 PNB 59.50 59.90 57.70 57.95 PGHL 4490.00 4575.90 4435.00 4487.95 PARAGMILK 156.00 156.40 153.00 153.85 JYOTHYLAB 167.50 169.20 164.25 164.25 BANKINDIA 62.20 62.65 59.80 60.30 RELCAPITAL 22.40 23.65 21.80 22.55 VINATIORGA 2140.00 2180.00 2101.00 2117.50 NIACL 104.60 105.15 100.60 101.70 SHILPAMED 271.00 284.30 271.00 280.00 ZEEL 249.00 253.90 232.60 235.40 -16.15 RECLTD 125.15 127.50 123.05 124.70 STAR 313.05 316.80 308.50 309.70 IDFC 33.40 33.40 31.15 31.65 DCMSHRIRAM 408.80 408.80 388.00 388.00 GDL 102.60 102.85 99.10 99.15   BEML 963.90 983.00 936.05 941.35 WOCKPHARMA 253.40 253.80 240.00 245.60 GODREJIND 382.70 386.00 380.00 382.50 ADVENZYMES 151.30 158.30 148.00 148.05 MHRIL 215.00 215.00 212.45 214.40 MPHASIS 937.20 940.00 936.95 938.00 BERGEPAINT 430.00 436.05 423.60 425.05 AEGISLOG 185.45 187.00 173.10 173.25 JKLAKSHMI 297.00 305.00 295.00 297.00 BLUEDART 2406.95 2406.95 2314.00 2314.00 PHOENIXLTD 695.15 710.00 689.10 707.15 ADANIPORTS 405.75 408.85 393.30 394.65 FCONSUMER 25.25 25.70 24.75 25.00 NLCINDIA 55.95 56.00 54.10 54.40 MAGMA 52.00 52.00 48.75 50.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE SAIL 31.90 31.95 31.00 31.20 IBVENTURES 118.00 121.00 107.10 110.25 PIIND 1305.00 1305.00 1258.65 1270.90 CYIENT 466.40 469.00 457.65 457.70 NIFTY NEXT 50 27136.25 27180.50 26641.10 26681.60 -341.60 HDFCLIFE 594.00 594.00 582.10 584.50 SUNTECK 405.00 406.00 395.70 403.40 ALLCARGO 111.70 111.70 103.50 104.00 TIINDIA 388.80 388.80 375.80 383.40 NHPC 22.00 22.75 21.95 22.65 0.70 AUBANK 651.45 653.65 640.80 644.90 CEATLTD 967.50 972.00 946.00 946.00 MOTILALOFS 631.40 631.40 600.50 614.40 NBVENTURES 78.70 79.50 76.65 78.90 BAJAJHLDNG 3533.75 3630.70 3512.00 3588.00 62.75 JAGRAN 62.00 63.00 59.00 62.05 DEEPAKNI 297.75 302.40 290.25 298.10 JKTYRE 68.85 72.90 68.40 69.05 ERIS 424.00 445.00 417.00 427.30 OFSS 3099.00 3160.00 3035.30 3137.00 52.95 NAUKRI 2144.00 2325.50 2142.00 2255.00 GAIL 131.10 133.80 129.90 132.10 ITDC 258.00 261.70 240.20 241.80 MASFIN 705.00 705.40 697.85 700.60 GODREJCP 664.70 685.85 657.00 670.05 10.10 IDEA 5.23 5.31 5.01 5.04 MRF 61670.00 61909.65 60564.30 60716.05 GREAVESCOT 137.55 141.30 135.85 137.00 NILKAMAL 1196.85 1209.95 1196.85 1201.95 BANDHANBNK 480.00 490.00 480.00 485.25 6.75 NCC 54.00 54.25 51.00 51.30 MCX 965.95 966.00 930.00 934.80 KAJARIACER 563.40 570.75 559.00 559.70 TATAINVEST 805.00 815.00 802.00 803.00 GICRE 224.45 224.45 221.05 224.30 2.15 HDFCAMC 2730.00 2739.75 2660.60 2676.50 HCLTECH 1080.00 1080.90 1065.25 1078.45 KTKBANK 74.65 74.65 71.25 71.55 MAXINDIA 61.90 63.00 61.90 62.75 PEL 1599.00 1615.00 1552.25 1590.00 14.85 ULTRACEMCO 4177.00 4180.25 3967.80 3981.00 BALKRISIND 763.50 780.00 742.50 744.75 CANFINHOME 390.00 396.15 390.00 392.70 FLFL 419.65 421.10 406.65 412.10 DMART 1887.25 1918.00 1887.25 1892.05 6.85 L&TFH 83.00 83.80 80.00 80.60 BANDHANBNK 484.60 489.65 481.35 484.10 OFSS 3120.00 3160.25 3025.00 3124.90 UNITEDBNK 8.40 8.40 7.97 8.08 SIEMENS 1526.00 1556.45 1526.00 1530.70 5.05 NBCC 35.00 35.00 32.90 33.10 INDIACEM 78.60 80.40 78.60 79.20 RADICO 307.50 308.40 298.00 299.05 ZENSARTECH 210.10 211.70 209.00 209.35 ASHOKLEY 67.85 72.65 66.80 67.70 0.05 SUNPHARMA 392.00 394.00 384.30 385.90 UBL 1365.00 1365.00 1265.00 1265.00 JSWENERGY 61.45 62.10 58.60 58.90 GESHIP* 283.00 283.00 275.00 278.10 DIVISLAB 1636.00 1650.00 1619.05 1622.35 -6.00 CIPLA 421.80 431.05 416.65 418.35 VOLTAS 679.00 679.00 653.00 656.00 JINDALSAW 83.10 84.45 80.05 80.50 JSWHL 2710.05 2795.00 2710.05 2795.00 BIOCON 233.30 235.95 230.25 230.90 -1.30 ADANIENT 144.40 144.80 137.50 140.20 PVR 1840.00 1840.00 1764.30 1764.30 RCOM 0.68 0.74 0.68 0.73 SOMANYCERA 192.00 194.05 188.00 188.00 SBILIFE 831.00 844.80 822.05 825.90 -4.75 BEL 105.80 107.50 104.25 105.05 MANAPPURAM 136.00 136.00 131.95 132.45 SOUTHBANK 10.80 10.87 10.53 10.59 LINDEINDIA 512.85 519.25 511.95 513.10 SHREECEM 18375.70 18391.50 18004.55 18150.50 -109.10 HINDALCO 184.00 185.75 181.65 182.15 FORCEMOT 1077.05 1128.80 1077.05 1104.75 KEI 530.70 536.20 527.75 530.65 SIS 835.10 861.00 820.60 853.35 HINDZINC 209.75 211.45 207.00 208.15 -1.30 SUNTV 484.00 485.30 460.55 463.20 PAGEIND 21793.40 21876.95 20939.25 20987.00 SJVN 24.15 24.15 23.80 24.00 KPRMILL 546.00 549.05 544.15 546.10 BERGEPAINT 428.50 436.35 423.00 425.30 -2.75 IDFCFIRSTB 37.75 38.35 36.90 38.10 MARICO 384.65 384.65 376.80 377.85 TRENT 502.65 504.00 485.30 490.45 RATNAMANI 935.60 969.00 935.60 944.15 HINDPETRO 327.75 328.75 313.20 320.55 -2.40 IBREALEST 39.50 42.65 39.45 40.00 BOMDYEING 73.50 75.75 71.30 72.05 INDHOTEL 156.10 159.05 153.45 155.50 KNRCON 219.80 219.80 215.00 218.45 CADILAHC 232.10 235.95 230.80 232.10 -1.80 CONCOR 635.00 636.90 612.00 614.65 BALRAMCHIN 163.30 163.75 152.40 155.60 NAVINFLUOR 700.95 721.95 693.00 698.00 SCHAEFFLER 4232.50 4265.00 4144.00 4200.00 PFC 95.65 97.95 94.05 94.35 -0.75 SIEMENS 1532.25 1557.05 1530.10 1542.80 STRTECH 150.00 151.80 144.35 146.95 POLYCAB 699.00 699.00 665.15 665.75 VSTIND 3702.75 3709.50 3643.95 3658.00 PETRONET 258.30 261.40 255.45 255.60 -2.40 RELINFRA 27.00 27.65 25.45 26.10 OMAXE 192.25 192.25 186.95 190.25 GSPL 206.60 208.40 205.10 206.15 GRINDWELL 609.00 609.95 593.30 607.00 HDFCAMC 2706.00 2722.70 2657.00 2679.00 -27.10 CENTURYTEX 891.90 898.40 867.00 868.00 PTC 53.65 54.30 53.05 54.30 BAJAJELEC 392.00 394.00 383.80 388.95 GEPIL 781.95 781.95 765.00 765.00 MCDOWELL-N 627.00 634.35 614.05 614.10 -6.45 LTI 1509.10 1519.85 1500.10 1507.00 TATACHEM 585.00 585.00 575.00 577.00 AVANTI 353.00 366.05 350.00 354.90 IFBIND 635.20 678.20 635.20 641.25 INDIGO 1843.75 1843.75 1788.05 1805.00 -21.05 TATAELXSI 695.00 696.00 680.60 682.20 CHENNPETRO 183.80 183.80 167.00 168.30 INOXLEISUR 333.00 333.00 320.75 323.65 THYROCARE 500.00 502.00 491.10 492.00 DLF 151.40 153.20 145.60 148.00 -1.90 DRREDDY 2687.00 2687.00 2610.05 2610.05 SBILIFE 830.00 844.50 822.25 823.55 PNBHOUSING 578.00 584.00 571.60 573.00 LAURUSLABS 357.40 360.25 350.00 350.00 ICICIGI 1195.50 1202.80 1176.00 1176.00 -17.70 LICHSGFIN 383.75 385.80 370.60 372.75 GRUH 265.65 271.50 264.15 267.85 HSCL 79.30 79.30 75.00 75.15 TNPL 190.00 194.30 187.00 188.20 VTL 900.00 914.35 900.00 909.00 HDFCLIFE 593.25 594.70 582.05 583.95 -8.95 COLPAL 1491.50 1505.30 1441.70 1444.60 VENKYS 1519.00 1547.20 1488.25 1492.65 LALPATHLAB 1391.00 1391.00 1342.30 1356.50 FINOLEXIND 590.65 597.70 580.00 583.00 SOLARINDS 1097.20 1102.60 1080.05 1080.65 MARICO 384.60 385.10 376.80 378.20 -5.80 INDIGO 1831.50 1840.00 1788.85 1806.15 EXIDEIND 198.70 198.70 189.05 189.95 SHANKARA 309.30 309.40 290.40 295.00 SKFINDIA 2176.30 2176.30 2045.15 2046.10 INOXWIND 32.50 32.65 31.10 31.35 L&TFH 82.80 83.85 80.00 80.60 -1.40 UPL 598.00 604.90 580.95 580.95 SADBHAV 130.65 133.00 126.50 131.65 VGUARD 227.00 227.00 223.00 224.50 RALLIS 167.45 169.40 162.95 163.60 ORIENTELEC 165.00 165.00 161.70 162.75 SRTRANSFIN 1038.70 1043.80 1013.00 1013.50 -18.75 DISHTV 18.00 18.10 16.80 17.05 CADILAHC 232.50 235.85 230.95 231.65 ORIENTBANK 59.30 59.50 57.15 57.90 TIMETECHNO 58.80 58.80 55.50 55.70 AIAENG 1664.95 1698.95 1660.00 1680.10 PIDILITIND 1393.95 1398.30 1364.00 1367.10 -26.05 SRF 2739.00 2766.90 2658.30 2680.00 FORTIS 136.00 143.00 136.00 139.40 DEEPAKFERT 95.95 97.65 91.80 92.05 RELAXO 504.00 505.70 485.00 492.45 DHANUKA 313.00 320.95 305.00 312.00 IDEA 5.15 5.35 5.00 5.00 -0.10 ASIANPAINT 1752.00 1760.00 1717.55 1724.75 JUBILANT 495.40 508.50 477.25 480.00 HIMATSEIDE 141.00 145.65 137.30 140.70 GICHSGFIN 139.85 141.60 136.30 137.55 SUPRAJIT 175.95 177.20 174.00 177.20 DABUR 434.75 436.05 424.25 425.10 -8.55 BHEL 47.70 47.85 45.75 46.00 SHREECEM 18285.60 18285.60 18018.90 18170.50 GSFC 76.60 77.15 75.50 76.25 KRBL 219.50 224.95 217.05 217.05 TCNSBRANDS 741.65 741.65 713.60 715.00 NMDC 98.40 98.40 95.10 95.45 -1.95 HEG 981.00 989.90 950.00 953.60 GLENMARK 319.70 329.00 314.95 315.65 3MINDIA 19975.00 20065.60 19600.00 19682.60 SYMPHONY 1272.75 1305.00 1261.00 1282.00 STARCEMENT 88.10 93.50 88.10 90.50 PGHH 11740.00 11829.00 11464.65 11484.50 -244.65 M&MFIN 328.90 336.45 323.45 324.00 MRPL 53.00 53.40 51.20 51.25 RAIN 91.40 91.80 89.25 89.65 HATHWAY 19.70 20.25 19.30 19.55 CCL 235.90 237.85 233.00 233.00 MOTHERSUMI 99.90 101.10 97.00 97.25 -2.15 BIOCON 233.65 235.90 230.30 230.55 SPARC 124.80 125.60 121.55 122.65 JISLJALEQS 18.85 18.95 18.10 18.20 TATAMETALI 518.85 527.20 515.00 515.00 SFL 1309.00 1309.00 1261.00 1265.00 NIACL 104.60 105.45 100.25 101.60 -2.25 EDELWEISS 87.45 90.25 81.55 84.45 ABCAPITAL 79.15 80.30 77.25 78.50 TIMKEN 809.90 814.75 770.00 780.00 TAKE 102.45 104.55 100.20 101.65 IBULISL 111.20 111.20 111.20 111.20 AUROPHARMA 581.00 582.45 565.80 566.55 -13.10 JUBLFOOD 1325.05 1330.30 1278.75 1290.70 SCI 44.00 44.25 41.85 42.10 J&KBANK 32.50 32.50 31.60 32.20 EIHOTEL 174.80 175.30 170.05 172.25 JCHAC 1845.00 1900.00 1845.00 1865.00 LUPIN 702.00 708.50 684.10 685.20 -16.00 FRETAIL 383.60 383.90 379.40 382.00 GODREJPROP 1010.50 1028.65 978.50 1001.50 CROMPTON 240.20 247.00 240.20 243.60 THERMAX 1150.00 1170.00 1122.55 1122.55 GULFOILLUB 827.00 860.00 823.00 841.00 PNB 59.60 59.95 57.70 57.70 -1.35 ADANIGREEN 62.15 65.90 61.30 65.05 BOSCHLTD 13561.45 13666.85 13165.75 13165.75 CHAMBLFERT 150.90 152.50 147.35 150.45 SANOFI 5927.95 5927.95 5800.10 5800.10 SHOPERSTOP 424.70 429.75 415.80 415.80 CONCOR 633.00 638.80 611.25 614.00 -17.85 UNIONBANK 51.60 52.35 50.05 50.30 GMRINFRA 17.30 17.30 16.45 16.55 INTELLECT 190.70 192.00 183.05 183.35 GALAXYSURF 1477.35 1485.00 1462.00 1470.05 TEJASNET 81.70 83.45 81.45 82.25 ICICIPRULI 468.75 470.85 452.15 455.40 -13.35 BRITANNIA 2887.00 2929.60 2836.60 2844.05 CHOLAFIN 292.90 293.70 286.70 288.00 IFCI 7.34 7.34 6.89 6.90 COCHINSHIP 333.55 338.75 331.45 334.50 CHOLAHLDNG 480.00 480.00 470.05 472.70 BOSCHLTD 13565.00 13650.00 13165.00 13170.00 -393.70 BHARTIARTL 351.95 351.95 334.50 338.80 SWANENERGY 108.40 108.40 105.15 105.40 IPCALAB 900.05 907.30 892.00 892.90 SONATSOFTW 313.15 313.15 302.00 303.55 LAKSHVILAS 29.85 29.85 29.85 29.85 BANKBARODA 92.00 92.45 88.00 88.15 -2.75 PIDILITIND 1396.00 1396.00 1364.00 1369.00 NHPC 21.90 22.75 21.80 22.60 PRESTIGE 288.00 288.00 267.50 271.05 SUNDRMFAST 484.80 484.80 460.10 463.00 DBCORP 138.00 143.05 138.00 139.85 COLPAL 1496.95 1507.85 1442.10 1444.20 -45.55 SRTRANSFIN 1039.95 1040.65 1012.75 1014.60 MINDAIND 346.65 347.10 328.55 331.00 MOIL 137.50 138.75 133.70 135.00 BIRLACORPN 549.95 549.95 535.00 536.00 APARINDS 548.10 552.55 530.00 530.00 HAVELLS 702.00 708.90 675.35 680.05 -21.95 EQUITAS 102.75 106.85 98.80 99.65 DCBBANK 189.90 189.90 178.85 179.70 SUDARSCHEM 360.15 370.45 360.15 361.20 SCHNEIDER 73.40 75.35 73.00 74.10 GAYAPROJ 114.30 114.30 108.20 111.00 PAGEIND 21779.95 21949.95 20941.00 20950.00 -683.90 ACC 1563.00 1563.00 1483.30 1488.25 CUB 212.05 220.70 212.00 218.00 ASTRAZEN 2242.15 2253.25 2176.20 2191.35 CARBORUNIV 303.00 303.00 292.50 294.00 MAHSEAMLES 372.50 372.50 366.05 366.05 AMBUJACEM 197.50 198.20 188.85 190.00 -6.35 GRAPHITE 284.00 289.00 278.30 281.05 MINDTREE 727.00 729.20 708.90 712.90 ASTRAL 1160.00 1177.45 1150.25 1173.50 BLUESTARCO 794.95 804.00 785.30 797.80 TRITURBINE 99.65 101.70 99.05 99.50 ACC 1558.10 1559.30 1482.55 1486.00 -59.75 NMDC 99.20 99.20 95.30 95.50 JBCHEPHARM 361.90 372.10 355.80 366.80 MMTC 15.90 16.50 15.85 16.25 HAL 700.50 705.00 686.00 692.00 SHRIRAMCIT 1317.85 1334.30 1312.85 1334.30 UBL 1329.90 1341.40 1261.30 1261.30 -65.25 ICICIPRULI 469.20 470.05 451.70 454.10 AMARAJABAT 714.25 714.25 684.00 690.30 GUJGAS 170.00 177.50 162.20 174.40 GET&D 184.35 185.55 173.05 173.05 CERA 2645.15 2645.45 2605.00 2606.05 IBULHSGFIN 266.20 272.00 241.55 244.50 -21.65 TECHM 704.00 713.65 702.90 707.90 VIPIND 469.00 473.45 461.95 463.60 HUDCO 34.85 34.85 33.30 33.45 ITDCEM 46.50 48.20 44.80 45.95 CHALET 317.85 317.85 312.00 314.55   !"#$%&   -

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Punjabi and Gujarati. You can call They believe in a female filmmaker and a Purple Pebble my dream, so producer. So that is the world we want to cre- named because purple is the ate in our generation in the hope that may colour of royalty and I consid- be and hopefully, the work that we do is what er myself a queen (laughs). our grandchildren also follow without even And like a little pebble, like thinking about it. It really depends on us and a rolling stone, I go from one I am seeing such a massive change, not just place to the other, chasing in India but around the world. Of course, it newer horizons. It has a is a really long conversation and has to go very deep meaning but it’s deep. Education is a really big part of it and also a cute name. When thing new, not just films. Just because I am I think the government is taking necessary I started the production a star here doesn’t mean the world knows me. steps and initiatives when it comes to that. house with my mother, I think that it will also require parents to have who is also a director in But let’s face it, keeping it real is a diffi- that understanding of giving exposure to the the company, the idea of cult adjustment to make, right? girl child instead of devaluing her. They need it was to be able to tell It is difficult for people who don’t have to give her the ability to stand up on her feet a story that I wanted to humility, whose pride is bigger than them or and understand that for her, education tell but couldn’t always the end result. I am sorted that way. I start- matters a lot. This kind of thought process as an actor. And I ed from scratch and I didn’t have my career will dig a deeper road to a smarter India. And believe a lot in the kind of handed over to me. I made my career bit by I feel it will require us talking about it more cinema I want to make, bit. Since I had done it once, I did it again often. which is content-heavy. I this time. Of course, this was a tougher task chose to co-produce The because I did it in my 30s, when they say that Women in our country are also deeply Sky is Pink not because it a woman’s career in showbiz is over. I am very circumscribed by societal taboos. You is a Hindi film but it happy to be proving them wrong. I have an yourself have been at its receiving end in being a real human story. almost two-decade long career now. I think public life, as recently as when you chose The characters are not it’s all because I had humility and though it to marry. How do you fight them? superheroes, they are just was difficult at times and took a mental We are one of the oldest civilisations and everyday people, a regu- adjustment, I knew what I wanted to do. And cultures in the world, so traditional taboos lar couple, who have I wanted to do it well. I didn’t want to do side- have existed for thousands of years. But they thrived in extraordinary kick roles in Hollywood. Since I had been a will take as much time to be obliterated as circumstances and survived leading lady here, I wanted to take off from it will take us not to succumb to societal pres- them in such a positive and that point and start out in a lead role there. sure. I don’t succumb. amazing way. I feel in such a I have to give kudos to ABC that they could cynical world, people look for see me as the leading lady. In the process, I How do you handle trolls? inspiration and surprisingly, became the first Asian ever to helm their I really want young boys and girls to con- we forget that they exist show. It had never happened before. So that sider seriously what I say right now. These among us. 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Wednesday in the back to the Premier tions over whether Mauricio minute) give her side an early lead while +23822!)+-"")2 but produced a fine save to deny the Back-to-back draws Champions League, a sec- League with the Foxes Pochettino can turn the Gurjit (48th) converted a penalty cor- visitors. against mid-table teams ond victory in four days in February. tide in his sixth season in ner to give India a 2-0 lead before Great Britain’s defence meant that India man- It was only in the 48th minute of Eintracht Frankfurt and Werder would put Dortmund’s Since Rodgers charge after a dramatic Britain’s Elizabeth Neal (55th) and aged to find the breakthrough in the the match that India finally managed Bremen — having been ahead on Bundesliga campaign back on replaced Claude Puel, dip in form over the past Anna Toman (60th) scored twice in the eighth minute as forward Navjot slot- to extend their lead as Gurjit found the both occasions — left Dortmund track. Leicester have the eight months. last few minutes to earn themselves a ted past home team goalkeeper Sabbie back of the net from a penalty corner. eighth in the table. Goalkeeper Roman Burki third-best record in Spurs have now won draw. Heesh to hand her side a 1-0 lead. With less than six minutes to go They are just three points has said the team must ‘man the league behind just three of their opening India thus ended the tour with yet The first quarter belonged to India on the clock, Great Britain were behind leaders Bayern up’ and get ruthless in relentless Liverpool and 10 games to the season another draw against a relatively as they had a couple of more chances awarded another penalty corner, and Munich in a tightly-packed Freiburg, a notoriously hard defending champions and have lost 13 of their past stronger Great Britain side, performing to extend their lead, but could not con- this time it was Elizabeth who convert- top half, with five teams just a place to pick up three points. City. 28 matches stretching back exceptionally well during the five vert the penalty corners. ed from the spot to pull a goal back point behind the defending “We aren’t playing A 5-0 thrashing of to February. matches as they won one, drew three However, the second quarter saw a in the 55th minute. champions. like men. The killer Newcastle last weekend Pochettino called for and lost one. tussle between the two sides, which was It was a nervous last five minutes Bayern host mid-table instinct up front is saw Rodgers’s men open up unity after Tottenham’s After having lost for the first time dominated by Great Britain who earned for the Indian team, and after keep- Hoffenheim today hunt- missing,” he raved a two-point lead on the worst-ever home defeat in during the tour in their previous match, themselves as many as three penalty ing the hosts at bay on multiple occa- ing a fifth straight win, after Bermen draw. chasing pack in third and Europe, but to get the fans the Indian team started the match on corners before the half-time break. sions, the Indian defence was finally boosted by Tuesday’s stun- With Mats they have shown their abil- back onside they need a an attacking note, and pushed the hosts But Indian goalkeeper Savita made caught off guard in added time. ning 7-2 away romp at Hummels restored to the ity to test the traditional top quick response against a back into their own half, creating a host some impressive saves to deny the hosts. Great Britain were awarded a Tottenham Hotspur in the team after a back injury, six with a 1-1 draw at Brighton side that have of opportunities inside the opening 10 Both the teams had similar penalty corner, and Anna Toman Champions League. Dortmund’s defence Chelsea and 2-1 victory over not won since the opening minutes. chances in the third quarter, but it was converted the chance to earn her team Dortmund need a win at should be tighter at Tottenham already this day of the season. The constant pressure on Great India who dominated the posses- a 2-2 draw. third-placed Freiburg today to Freiburg.