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$ !./!0 Minister Mamata Banerjee or not. day after West Bengal Incidentally, the Chief AChief Minister Mamata Minister who met the Prime Banerjee urged Prime Minister Minister at the Governor’s Narendra Modi to scrap the House on Saturday and Citizenship Amendment Act, inspected a public function the PM on Sunday slammed together with him at the the critics of the CAA and took iconic Millennium Park by the a swipe at the TMC-led State Hooghly River on Sunday Government for not imple- skipped the Port Trust menting Central schemes say- programme. ing the State is doing so as these “I announce the renaming schemes do not help “syndi- of the Kolkata Port Trust as Dr cates” or involve “cut money”. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Delivering a speech at Port. He is a living legend who Belur Math, the headquarters was a leader for development of Ramakrishna Mission order, and fought on the forefront for on the occasion of Swami the idea of One Nation, One Vivekananda’s birth anniver- Constitution,” said the PM, sary, Modi said, “There are adding how “development of some people who are vehe- waterways has improved mently opposing the Kolkata Port Trust’s connec- Citizenship Amendment Act… tivity with industrial centres in (but) it is not that the BJP east India, making trade ! Government has brought the easier with our neighbouring " # ! Act overnight.” countries.” Reminding how the perse- $ '1231/4 cuted sections of the minority communities in Pakistan were he India Meteorological coming to India for shelter, he the citizenship of the people but Government for refusing to + TDepartment (IMD) on wondered if “the Government to provide them with one, he implement Central schemes Sunday predicted another spell should push these persecuted said, “I repeat again, like Ayushman Bharat, the of rain from Monday onwards and tortured people back to Citizenship Act is not to snatch, PM said, “They (Trinamool P -./ in north-west India, including Pakistan to die there or give but to give citizenship,” remind- Congress Government) have the National Capital Region, them shelter and provide them ing how “after the been depriving the people of due to formation of two suc- citizenship!” Independence, Mahatma Bengal from implementing cessive western disturbances in Responding to the loud Gandhi ji and other big lead- the central schemes because a short span. Weather experts applause, the PM said, “You ers of the time all believed that such schemes do not involve said the changes are going to seem to have understood this India should give citizenship to syndicates, middle men and bring chill in the air. very clearly, but the people persecuted religious minorities cut money.” $ !./!0 parties, including Trinamool According to IMD, % who are playing politics do not of Pakistan.” Claiming that his Congress, Left and the Himachal Pradesh will see per hours. The second western & ' realise this. It is not that they do At a subsequent function Government had transferred est Bengal Chief Minister Congress, slammed Modi for another spell of snow in the disturbance is expected to % not understand this but they are at Neta ji Indoor Stadium Rs 43,000 crore to the accounts WMamata Banerjee on dragging a “pious and pure reli- coming week and a yellow impact the region in quick purposely refusing to do so … organised by the Kolkata Port of the farmers directly under Sunday skipped Kolkata Port gious order” like Ramakrishna warning has been issued for low succession during January 15 to In Himachal Pradesh, 629 They are misleading the people Trust to celebrate its 150 years, schemes like PM Kisan Trust (KoPT) 150 years cele- Mission into politics by using hills on January 13 and an 17 and bring rainfall over the roads in the State, including about the real import of the the PM renamed the Kolkata Samman Nidhi, Modi said he brations, ostensibly to avoid its holy, apolitical precincts to orange alert for middle and high north-western plains, including five national highways and one Citizenship Amendment Act.” Port as Dr Shyma Prasad did not know whether such sharing dais with Prime make political statements. hills. Meanwhile, fresh snowfall parts of Uttar Pradesh, with State highway, are still blocked Reminding that the CAA Mukherjee Port. Attacking schemes would get Minister Narendra Modi hours CPI (M) politburo in Kashmir threw life out of gear peak intensity on January 16. and power supply has not been was not meant for taking away the Mamata Banerjee the nod of Bengal Chief after he launched a scathing Member Md Salim wondered in the Valley on Sunday and dis- Due to change in wind direc- completely restored in snow- attack on the critics of the CAA how instead of paying tributes rupted flight operations. Most tion from North westerly to bound areas. More snowfall has from Ramakrishna Mission, to Swami Vivekananda the PM parts of the Valley received South-westerly and cloudiness been predicted on January 13 Belur Math. could use Belur Math for polit- moderate to heavy snowfall on rise minimum temperature by and 14 then again on January Minister of State for ical purposes. Sunday which continued during 4 degrees by January 17 more 15 and 16 due to western dis- Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya “Rama Krishna Mission the day. than 2-3 degrees above normal. turbances. On Monday, heavy had personally invited Mamata speaks about religious tolerance According to Dr Kuldeep Western disturbances are rainfall and snowfall is likely to to attend the event of the 150th and they prefer seclusion from Srivastava, a senior scientist of basically extra-tropical storms occur at few places in mid and !"# $ " anniversary of KoPT. politics. But here is a Prime the IMD, the first western dis- or low pressure systems which high hills. Shimla would also The Chief Minister on Minister who has not only turbance will bring scattered originate in the Mediterranean receive snowfall on January Saturday had shared the broken that tradition but also rain or light rain in North West Sea and move towards 13,14, 16 and 17 along with "#R Mayawati, Mulayam Singh, dais with Modi at a used its platform to mislead the plain including NCR on Western Himalayan region to other places in snowbound Chandrababu Naidu, Parkash Government function. people of the country.” Monday. The wind speed is bring rain over India during areas of the State. ! Singh Badal and Farooq The Bengal Opposition Continued on Page 4 expected to be around 20 km winter months. Continued on Page 4 Abdullah, BJP leader and for- $! ! mer Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani. CRPF’s VIP Security division will now protect these $ '1231/4 !"! persons. Official said the Union n a major re-working of the Home Ministry wanted the $ 566 been identified as Umer Fayaz Isecurity apparatus, Union NSG should concentrate on its Lone alias Hamad Khan resi- Home Ministry has decided to original charter of handling joint team of security forces dent of Seer Tral, Faizan relieve National Security Guard specific tasks of counter-ter- Aon Sunday neutralised Hamid resident of Mandoora (NSG), the specialised force of rorist and anti-hijack opera- three terrorists of pro-Pakistan Tral and Adil Bashir Mir alias black commandos, of the bur- tions. For decades, the NSG Hizbul Mujahideen terror out- Abu Dujana resident of den of VIP security duties. The been several major decisions Security Cover was seen as a fit in Tral area of Awantipora. Monghama Tral”. elite task force was raised in regarding security cover to prestige for many leaders and The operation was According to police late 1984 and was used in the VIPs and other persons. First controversies were raised when launched by the security forces records, Umer had a long his- security ring of many VIP for was the removal of security the leaders did not allow the after receiving a tip off about tory of terror crime records the past two decades. At pre- cover of persons who were guards to go back to mandato- the presence of terrorists in the since 2016 and was involved in sent around 450 commandos enjoying protection for decades ry training to the force’s head area. Police spokesman said, planning and executing sever- are used for the protection of and then the controversial quarters. “As the security forces launched al terror attacks in the area. 13 VIPs having Z+ category decision of withdrawal of SPG The CRPF is currently search operation in Gujar Basti He was part of groups security. cover of Sonia Gandhi and handling the security of five ex- Gulshanpora area of Tral, the responsible for carrying out According to highly placed family members. SPG protectees — former PM hiding terrorists fired on the series of terror attacks and officials, CRPF’s special divi- At present, NSG Manmohan Singh and his wife, search party. The fire was retal- many other civilian atrocities sion handling VIP security Commandos are handling the Congress President Sonia iated leading to an encounter.” besides killing of policeman will take over the security security cover to Defence Gandhi and her children He said in the ensuing Haleem Kohli of Gutroo cover of the VIPs protected by Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Priyanka and Rahul. The encounter 3 terrorists were Bangdar Tral and killing of NSG Commandos. Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Central Industrial Security killed and the bodies were civilian Mehraj Din Zarger of For the past six months, Adityanath, Assam Chief Force protects VIPs like NSA retrieved from the site of Tral. Several terror crime cases after Amit Shah became the Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Ajit Doval and RSS chief % '( ' ) ) ( encounter. Police spokesman were registered against him. Home Minister, there have former Chief Ministers Mohan Bhagwat among others. * + ( said, “The killed terrorists have Continued on Page 4 %& !' !$ !
$ '1231/4 being forced to longer routes. and order prevail,” DCP South muters. The Delhi Police has For the daily officer goers, East Chinmoy Biswal said. time and again issued ! " iqued over the continued commuting to their respective The Delhi High Court on an advisory regarding closure " Psit-in on a key road between offices has become a nightmare Friday refused to entertain a or obstruction due to traffic in Noida and South Delhi by the as they are shelling out more petition seeking removal of the area. " people protesting Citizenship money and spending up to four police barricades in Delhi’s It may be noted that route Amendment Act (CAA) and times the usual time in com- Shaheen Bagh area contending number 13A, through Kalindi #$"%& the National Register of mutating between home and that it is causing traffic issues, Kunj road, between Noida and Citizens (NRC), people on work. The Delhi Police while also demanding protest- South East Delhi and further to Sunday protested in Sarita appealed to the people to main- ers to be shifted to some other Faridabad has been shut since Vihar, demanding removal of tain patience and assured that location. Scores of protesters December 15, the day when the barricades. a solution to their problems have been agitating in the area protest began at Shaheen Bagh, The protesters were miffed would be sought. against the Citizenship leading to massive traffic con- !"# ' since those protesting in “Traffic jams and disrup- (Amendment) Act and gestions during peak hours. Shaheen Bagh have occupied tion to public services get National Register of Citizens Noida traffic police have % & L M road no 13A between Mathura caused due to protest. We (NRC) for over a month now. advised commuters to opt for Road and Kalindi Kunj. requested the public not to do Barricades have been put Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Delhi Police had closed protests on the main road in place to keep the stir in con- flyway or the Chilla Regulator this road since then which has which they have agreed to. trol. The road the petitioner has route for travel between Delhi ' + ,'+- resulted in massive traffic snarls Our responsibility is to ensure alluded to is widely used by and Noida. ! " # ! and motorists and commuters peace is maintained and law office-goers and other com- Continued on Page 4 !"#"# & '(
Q R ) % 7 $$ 2 Chandigarh, we should con- and UT Administrator VP and 13 were demarcated ini- ator Le Corbusier’s original torical significance. "#! 4 ; 3 + 6 5 +4'3;:4 sider that the fact that a Singh Badnore had approved tially as a cultural zone in the plan was divided into a gird of The Administration is :0 sequence has been followed by the proposal last week, while a lower halves of Sector 10 and 30 sectors with Capitol ignoring the facts and senti- / ; handigarh, which is known the city planners to number the notification in this regard is yet 11 but later removed to avoid Complex as well as Civic ments of local people. The Cas one of the best experi- sectors in the city. Sector 12 is to be issued. confusion. However, later num- Centre as its focal points. And, original inhabitants are not + 6 ments in urban planning and on one corner while It is said that when Swiss- ber 12 was assigned to resi- phase II layout included Sector happy with the decision of 4 modern architecture in the Manimajra, which will be born French architect Le dential area at the edge of 31 to 47. renaming of Manimajra and twentieth century in India, renamed as Sector 13, is on Corbusier was designing Sector 11 but number 13 was Under Chandigarh Master few people who migrated here came into existence in 1966. another side of the city. This Chandigarh, he never includ- left out in absence of an appro- Plan 2031, the reference area from other places are in favor For more than a half century, would look wrong… ” ed Sector 13 in the layout of the priate area for its location,” the for planning constitutes 144 sq of this, he further says. Chandigarh, which is divided “Also, Manimajra holds city. While many believe that plan further says. km which includes 60 sectors The petition filed in the $ 8 $ into various sectors, has lived historical significance and deci- number 13 is considered Architect SD Sharma, who in the sectoral grid as well as Court states, “Manimajra is a without “Sector 13”. sions related to renaming of unlucky in France and this has worked with Le Corbusier the periphery areas outside it. small historical town situated in "9,#:"C4 + 6 6 / 6 " However, the number 13, any place here should be taken superstition led to the omission told The Pioneer, “The city Colonel Gursewak Singh, the foothill of the Shivalik 06 ; which is considered unlucky in only after taking into consid- of Sector 13 from Chandigarh planners decided against President Resident Welfare range, established 600 years ago 68+ + European culture, may soon be eration the facts related to the city, the official documents tell adding Sector 13 to Association, Modern Housing by its then ruler named Garib 6 + 0+ seen prominently on city’s planning,” she adds. a different story. Chandigarh as they followed Complex (MHC), Chandigarh Dass and Manimajra has wit- 6 + Chandigarh’s map with the UT Notably, the Resident The city development plan their European belief which says, “Last year, we had nessed many historical events. 0 Administration giving a go Welfare Associations in various states, “The sectors of the city holds the number 13 inauspi- demanded that MHC and its It also has a social and religious 68 + 6 + ahead to rename Manimajra as places of Chandigarh have are numbered commencing cious. However, in India, we adjoining areas should be importance as the ‘Sidh Peeth’ 0+ 6 “Sector 13”. been demanding renaming of from the northern most edge of celebrate festivals like Lohri and renamed as Sector 13, to intro- of Mansa Devi temple is situ- 68 The move has attracted their respective areas for a the city with the highest num- Baisakhi on the 13th of the duce Chandigarh’s missing sec- ated in the periphery of mixed reactions from the city long time. It was during last bers located at the southern respective months.” tor. But, the Administration Manimajra.” $ %$ ; residents with many opposing year when the Resident Welfare edge. There is no Sector 13 in “As far as the issue of decided to rename entire “Manimajra has a 500 to "9,#:" 8 D 1 + ,81+- it and expressing apprehensions Association Modern Housing Chandigarh, but the addition rechristening Manimjra as Manimajra as Sector 13.” 600 years old historical fort, " that rechristening of Complex, Chandigarh or subtraction of the number of Sector 13 is concerned, many “We welcome this decision Thakurdwara. Gurudwara !6 " Manimajra will harm its his- demanded that the Complex any two consecutive Sectors in inhabitants are opposed to the and are not opposed to the Khooni Sahib in Manimajra 6D 63 81+ torical importance. Not only and adjoining areas be grant- Phase I sectors vertically idea. While it would not be renaming of Manimajra and holds historical importance as this, the issue has also reached ed the status of Sector 13. amounts to 13 or its multiple wrong to overcome the stigma MHC,” he adds. Guru Gobind Singh had visit- 2 the local Court. Accordingly, the (e.g. Sec. 2 + Sec. 11 = 13, of number 13 and have Sector On the other hand, advo- ed the place. But, ignoring all Commenting on UT Administration had chalked Sec.11 + Sec. 15=26, etc.).” 13 in Chandigarh, the author- cate Ravinder Singh Bassi, who the said facts and also, ignor- !6 Administration’s decision, for- out a proposal to rename eight “Though it is generally ities should do it after taking has filed a petition in District ing the sentiments of local mer Chandigarh chief architect areas including Manimajra and believed that number 13 was suggestions from all sides,” he Court challenging the decision, people, Administration has Sumit Kaur says, “While Modern Housing Complex as left out due to superstition but says. says that the rechristening of decided to rename the place,” $ $ renaming any place in Sector 13. Punjab Governor records indicate that Sector 12 Interestingly, the city’s cre- Manimajra will harm its his- the petition adds. &"!# 8 D+ ,8+- 8 6 + "68 ; ! 8 8+ ! E%= &F 8 6 B 4 O C5: ,86 - >F%&"%G =HI >F%G"%IJ EHG %K A >F%I"%K 0 $ 46/ O!+ %EFF + ; .!!" !# 8 D 8 imachal Chief Minister Jai HRam Thakur on Sunday / # ! #0 ! 0 +; 6 5 L1 said that Swami Vivekananda + " * !# !# was responsible for revival of ! 0 $ 1 & . Hindu spiritualism and estab- $ lished Hinduism as a revered ! ! !" "9,#:" ; "+ religion on world stage, working 0!## ! 0! P 0 + tirelessly towards betterment of L2 the society, in servitude of the H= poor and needy. and his words became goals of $ :.8: of an event to lay the foundation 0 Thakur was speaking on self-improvement, especially for stone.Tewari, along with the 1 the occasion of Swami the youth of the country. ongress MP from Sri State Technical Education + + Vivekananda Jan Mahothsav The Chief Minister also dis- CAnandpur Sahib Manish Minister Charanjit Singh M8 ; 63 Samaroh held at Palampur in tributed awards to winners of Tewari on Sunday said that Channi, laid the foundation 0 Kangra district on the occasion State level award ceremony of improvement in education sec- stone of the construction work of birth anniversary of Swami declamation competition on the tor is the need of the hour and for the school building on % $ Vivekananda organised by occasion. As many as 104 stu- the Punjab Government has Sunday. "9,#:" 0 " Kayakalp Himalayan Research moil around the world, he added. absorbing much of the social, dents were honoured on the upgraded the Government Channi said that the newly- 8 + Institute for Yoga and The Chief Minister said that cultural and religious aspects of occasion. schools to the smart schools built building of the school, /+ 0 Naturopathy. Swami Vivekananda succeeded the people he came in contact He also gave away prizes to bringing them at par with the named after the martyr Nayab 5 %G >H KCHF " The Chief Minister said that in constructing a virtual bridge with. the winners of general knowl- private schools. Subedar Avtar Singh of Kargil " D 0 Swami Vivekananda was not between the culture of east and Swami witnessed the adver- edge competition which was Tewari said that the Punjab war, would benefit not only the " just a spiritual mind, but was also the west.He said that Swami sities of life that the common organised by ABVP, Government’s order to upgrade Dhangrali village, but also the 5 "+H = 5 "+& I "+ a prolific thinker, great orator interpreted the Hindu scrip- people faced, their ailments, and recently.Thakur also announced government schools for the children of many nearby villages. K %> and passionate patriot.He said tures, philosophy and the way of vowed to dedicate his life to bring 11 lakh towards Vivekananda development of education sector He said that continuous 7 that Swami carried on the free- life to the western people. relief to these suffering, he said. Trust from his discretionary is going on continuously.“ 18.40 work is going on by the Punjab thinking philosophy of his Guru, He made them realize that Thakur said that organising fund and also announced . 8.50 lakh has been released by the Government to raise the stan- < 4545 Ramakrishna Paramhansa and in spite of poverty and back- such an event to educate the lakh to Kayakalp Himalayan Chief Minister Capt Amarinder dard of education.“Punjab "9,#:" ' O converted into a new paradigm. wardness, India had a great con- younger generation about the Research Institute.Earlier, on his Singh for the construction of the Government is committed to the 013+ His message of universal tribution to make the world teachings and life of Swami arrival at Vivekananda Medical building of the Government all-round development of the H L013+ >F>FC0$ brotherhood and self-awakening culture, Thakur added.The Chief Vivekananda was really a com- Institute Campus at Palampur, Senior Secondary School in State and the Chief Minister has :M 4 0 0 %I %I remains more relevant today, Minister said that Swami mendable endeavour. the Chief Minister paid floral Dhangrali village under Sri assured to provide employment O especially in the current back- Vivekananda travelled the length He said that the teachings of tribute on statue of Swami Chamkaur Sahib assembly con- to every youth of the state,” he 013+ >F>F drop of widespread political tur- and breadth of the country, Swami were inspiration to many, Vivekananda. stituency,” he said on the sidelines said. 8 $ 8 ; $$ "9,#:" 01 + 6 + : O 2 $ ,+:2$13- Chandigarh: In a relief from degrees and 5.2 degrees Celsius, above normal below normal low at 5.2 within normal range at 6 Hisar settled at 21.5 degrees, + + %= :D 6 ; the ongoing cold wave condi- respectively. minimums at 7.4, 9.9, 9.2, degrees Celsius. degrees Celsius and 6.8 degrees Karnal 19.5 degrees, Narnaul +:2$13 tions, minimum temperatures Chandigarh, the common 10, 7.5 and 7.6 degrees Celsius, In neighboring Haryana's Celsius, respectively. 23 degrees and Ambala 17.8 6 + + 46++ on Sunday rose and hovered capital of the two states, record- respectively. Among others Ambala, Karnal and Sirsa, the The maximum tempera- degree Celsius. :2O close to or above normal range ed a low of 9.4 degrees Celsius, places, the minimum temper- minimum temperatures were ture recorded was 20.1 degree The local Met Department +:2$13 at several places in Punjab and which was four notches above atures at Halwara and Bathinda above normal at 8.1, 7.4 and 8.1 Celsius in Amritsar, 17.2 has forecast light to moderate " ++!+ 8 O Haryana. Narnaul in Haryana normal.Amritsar, Ludhiana, settled within normal limits at degrees Celsius, respectively. degrees in Ludhiana and 18.5 rainfall at isolated places in +4 and Gurdaspur in Punjab were Patiala, Adampur, Faridkot and 6.4 degrees Celsius each. The minimum temperature at degrees in Patiala. In Haryana, Punjab and Haryana on the coldest with a low of 3.5 Pathankot in Punjab registered However, Gurdaspur recorded Rohtak and Bhiwani settled the maximum temperature in January 13 and 14. PNS $ P ),"#9 + + O,++-! O 8 ;OEI % 8 / +4 ++,!+ - D ; 6 8 ; *! $ & +*" " % 2 0 ltimate purpose of any that when the embodied soul Krishna, the Supreme Lord. In Instead, he goes to Him ka 11.55 wherein it is stated that Uspiritual discipline is rises above these three modes this manner, one is freed from (Shlokas 12.8, 10.10 and 4.9). he who dedicates all his actions escape of beings from suffering. associated with the body, he the bondage of good and bad One should always focus to Krishna, the Supreme Lord, 4 Bhagavad Gita has analysed then becomes free from birth, results of actions. And by estab- his mind on Krishna, the who looks upon Him as his precisely as to why do the suf- death, old age and all kinds of lishing one’s mind on the way of Supreme Lord, pay obeisance supreme goal, who worships ferings arise and how can these pain ; and attains to the immor- renunciation, one becomes free to Him, be devoted to Him ; Him, who is free from attach- be alleviated. tality. and attains the Supreme Lord and worship Him. Thus ment ; and who is free from 8 O! In shloka 15.9, it is stated The one who is happy (Shlokas 9.27 and 9.28). absorbed in Him and having enmity to any of the creatures that while dwelling in the body, from within, whose content- Regarding the path of Him as one’s goal, one shall go - such a devotee certainly jivatman enjoys different ment is from within, who is bhakti, it has been stated that to Him (Shloka 9.34). attains Him. In other words, he objects of the senses using the illumined by the inner light, he who constantly remembers Whatever state of being, at is always spiritually free. five senses and also the mind. whose sins have been washed Krishna, the Supreme Lord, the end, one thinks while giv- In short, when one under- The three modes (gunas) away, whose doubts have been blissful state, which is beyond thinking of no one else - such ing up his body ; he attains that stands that the soul is different which are born of material cleared, whose mind is disci- any sorrow. a yogi who is ever united with state because he always remains from the body and the mind and nature, bind the imperishable plined, who works for the wel- In various other shlokas, it Him, can easily reach Him. absorbed in contemplation also realises that only the modes embodied soul to the body fare of all, who is free from has been explained as to how Having reached Him, such a thereof (Shloka 8.6). Therefore, of material nature, and not the (Shloka 14.5). anger and lust, who has sub- man, the subject, can gain great soul does not take birth it has been advised in shloka soul, are the doer ; he then per- When jivatman starts iden- dued his mind ; and who has freedom from enslavement of again in this impermanent 8.5 that at the time of death, forms his prescribed duty with- tifying himself with his body knowledge of the self - such a the objective world. Freedom world, full of miseries (Shlokas one should think of Krishna out any attachment and remains $ 46/ gitude of 76.2 degrees east and and the mind, he forgets his sage is sure to attain the from bondage of works can be 8.14 and 8.15). alone. In this manner, one devoted to the Supreme Lord. As depth of 5 kilometres in Kangra own eternal existence. The self absolute freedom (Shlokas 5.24 gained by performing one’s Those who fix their mind attains liberation. a result, he is freed from sorrows medium intensity earth- district. is lost in a false identification to 5.26). prescribed duty without attach- upon Krishna, let their buddhi Lust, anger and greed are of the phenomenal world. He Aquake measuring 3.4 mag- There was no report of loss with the non-self. He starts liv- Equanimity of mind is ment, by being content with dwell in Him ; certainly reside stated to be the three gates of obtains complete self-awareness nitude on the Richter Scale hit of life or damage to ing for the satisfaction of his considered to be essential for whatever comes one’s way, by in Him. To those devotees hell. He who is freed from these and, thus, becomes master of his Himachal Pradesh's Kangra property. own ego. He is, thus, bound by liberation of the soul. It has getting beyond dualities of who are ever united with Him gates of darkness attains to the life. district on Sunday Earlier on Sunday, an the three modes of material been stated in shloka 2.51 that pleasure and pain, by being free through devotion and who supreme destination (Shlokas When one obtains such wis- The earthquake hit Kangra earthquake of magnitude of 5.3 nature. Such bondage becomes the wise men possessing an from envy, by removing all the worship Him with love, He 16.21 and 16.22).Apart from dom, he arrives at a perfect har- district at 11.55 a.m., , India hit the Ladakh region at 10.54 the reason for his sufferings in equipoised mind free them- doubts through wisdom ; and grants such power of under- these, Gita has also stressed mony with his fellow beings. He Meteorological Department a.m. The epicentre of the quake the physical world. To gain selves from the bondage of by remaining the same in suc- standing by which they go to upon meditation and pranay- is full of compassion and (IMD) said. was Ladakh, bordering one’s spiritual freedom, one has repeated births by renouncing cess and failure. Him. He who knows in reality ma for liberation of the soul. love.That is what is called liber- The epicentre of the earth- Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul- to rise above these gunas. the fruits of their actions. In Whatever one does, it the divinity behind His birth All the teachings of Gita ation of the soul, a state of inex- quake was recorded at latitude Spiti district at a depth of It is stated in shloka 14.20 this manner, they attain that should be done as an offering to and works, is not born again. have been summarised in shlo- haustible bliss. of 32.3 degrees north and lon- 10 kilometres.
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Ament with Sukhbir Badal’s statement. declaring their intent to liber- Unable to cope with his 4 ; leadership within the They asked, “What is the ate the party from the family failure, Sukhbir had been Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), difference between the hered- and revive its lost glory, the resorting to attacking the 35 several Punjab Cabinet ity promoted by those mahants Ministers pointed out, citing it incumbent Congress Ministers on Sunday launched or udasis in British India and as just the latest example of the Government, using lies and a scathing attack on the party, the Badals, who are openly and mounting disillusionment fabrications to woo the people which had been clearly reduced brazenly nurturing a similar within the party against of Punjab, who had complete- $ +4'3;:4 to the Badals’ personal fiefdom. culture to ensure that the con- Sukhbir’s leadership and the ly rejected the divisive and ; 0 OEFF The Cabinet Ministers — trol of the SAD remains with lack of democracy prevailing in destructive SAD, and the lead- escribing Delhi Jal Board's the state Rural Development the family?” it. ership of the Badals, in favour DVice Chairman Dinesh $ +4'3;:4 the commutation of Rajoana’s the Union Minister about the and Panchayats Minister Tript Harsimrat’s increasing “If senior leaders of the of the positive, development- Mohaniya statement regarding death penalty was announced approaching 399th parkash Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Housing involvement in SAD’s and party are so unhappy with the oriented and progressive lead- Haryana supplying contami- ver a month after the as a goodwill gesture on the purb of Guru Teg Bahadur on and Urban Development Punjab’s affairs, even at the cost leadership and loss of ideolo- ership of Capt Amarinder nated water to New Delhi, as OUnion Home Minister pious occasion of 550th years April 12, 2020, saying that the Minister Sukhbinder Singh of her important work as a gy, one can only imagine how Singh, the Ministers false and baseless, Amit Arya, Amit Shah had declared in the of celebrations of parkash purb occasion symbolized the spir- Sarkaria, and Power and Union Minister, was a clear dissatisfied the ordinary work- added. media advisor to Haryana Lok Sabha that “no pardon has of Guru Nanak Dev. it of selfless sacrifice in defense Revenue Minister Gurpreet indication that the rank and file ers would be,” they quipped. “As far as Harsimrat is Chief Minister said that the been given” to Balwant Singh Shah’s statement, on of the defenseless against Singh Kangar reacted sharply of the party were not happy The Akali Dal, said the concerned, instead of jumping statement is just an attempt Rajoana, facing death sentence December 3, 201z8, had led to repression and tyranny. to Sukhbir’s wife and Union with Sukhbir’s leadership, said Ministers, had lost all credibil- into the SAD’s Punjab affairs, to malign the image of the State for assassinating Punjab’s then a controversy of sorts as the “Guru Teg Bahadur laid Minister Harsimrat Kaur the Ministers. ity under the unprincipled, she should spend her time and Government and to take polit- Chief Minister Beant Singh in reports of commutation of down his life in the fight against Badal’s “increasing interfer- “SAD is in a complete dis- unethical and corrupt leader- energy representing Punjab’s ical mileage in the wake of 1995, Shiromani Akali Dal’s Rajoana’s death sentence had religious bigotry, sectarian ence” in the affairs of the array, particularly in the post ship of the Badals, who had lost interests in the Central upcoming elections in New (SAD) high-level delegation been doing the rounds ever hatred and violence,” it said party’s state affairs, as evident Prakash Singh Badal era,” they all political integrity and had Government, of which she is a Delhi. on Sunday appealed to Shah to since the Centre had adding that Guru Sahib came from her presence at the meet- observed, pointing to the rebel- cut off the party complete from party,” said the Ministers. In an official statement intervene to commute his death announced to grant special to the defense of helpless ings of SAD’s core committee, lion by Dhindsa father-son the grassroots in order to pro- The Ministers stressed that issued here, Arya said that penalty. remission to eight Sikh pris- Kashmiri Pandits who were despite not being its member. duo, who had already been sus- mote their selfish personal it was time for the Badals to they should refrain from issu- The SAD delegation led by oners besides commuting death facing forcible religious con- “It is ironical that the very pended from the party. interests. step down from the SAD and ing such kind of its president Sukhbir Badal, sentence of “one Sikh prison- versions. Akalis, who had historically Only a day before, the The Ministers also termed hand over the party reins to statement. requested Shah to intervene er” on September 30 on the The delegation also urged fought to free the Gurdwaras Rajya Sabha MP Sukhdev Sukhbir’s senseless recent dia- those who remain committed He said that in past, in the and expedite the matter of occasion of Guru Nanak Dev’s the Home Minister for setting from the hereditary control of Singh Dhindsa and his MLA tribes against the Capt to the Akali ideology. “Else, the month of January 2018 and Rajoana’s clemency with the 550th birth anniversary. up a National Integration the mahants (the traditional son Parminder Singh Dhindsa Amarinder Singh government day will soon come when the 2019, similar allegations have competent authority to com- Soon after, the SAD had Memorial in New Delhi in the clergy that had become were suspended from the Akali as a frustrated bid to divert Akalis would be completely been made by the Board, how- mute the death penalty award- decided to meet Shah and also memory of the great Guru extremely powerful and ritual- Dal after the core committee attention from Akali Dal’s total wiped out from the face of ever the same were found to be ed to him and ensure his the Prime Minister Narendra besides requesting him to ized, in the early 20th century) meeting that was attended by collapse, and his own person- Punjab (and Indian) polity,” baseless by the Central release from prison at the ear- Modi to commute Rajoana’s announce a national holiday on are now being led by a similar Harsimrat also. al downfall in the face of the they warned. Pollution Control Board. liest. death sentence and urge that he this pious occasion. Taking up the issue of be released from prison imme- SAD chief Sukhbir Badal Rajoana with the Union diately. also took up the issue of denial Minister, the SAD delegation, Rajoana is currently under- of permission to the SGPC del- comprising the senior SAD going death sentence at Patiala egation to visit Nankana Sahib +6 N: A "A ' # leadership, presidents of SGPC, Central Jail, and the Shiromani to assess the ground situation DSGMC and heads of Takhat Gurudwara Parbandhak after the recent attack on Sri Hazoor Sahib and Takht Sri Committee (SGPC) has moved Gurdwara Janam Asthan as $ +4'3;:4 Bikram Singh Yadav, DGP we have to take this state forward. Patna Sahib, on Sunday a plea seeking commutation. well as targeting of members of aryana Chief Minister Manoj Yadav along with thou- The main objective of celebrat- informed that he had already Taking up several other the Sikh community. HManohar Lal on Sunday sands of youth ran together in ing National Youth Day is to undergone 24 years of impris- religious issues, the delegation He urged the Home flagged off 'Run for Youth-Youth the ‘Run for Youth’ marathon. make the youth aware of Swami onment without any parole. urged Shah to constitute a Minister to take up the issue for Nation' marathon from IOC The participants ran from IOC Vivekananda's ideas. Swami It said that a clemency national level celebrations’ with the Pakistan authorities Chowk in Rewari on the occa- Chowk to Daksha Prajapati Vivekananda is a source of inspi- petition, under Article 72 of the committee to commemorate and also ask the Pakistan sion of National Youth Day. Chowk. Both men and women ration for the youth and his Constitution, was filed by the the 400th birth anniversary of Government to take concrete At the state-level pro- of all age groups participated in words still serve to inspire the SGPC on March 25, 2012, ninth Sikh master Guru Teg steps to ensure the safety and gramme in Rewari, the Chief the race.The Chief Minister said youth.”Virendra Kumar from before the President which was Bahadur in a most befitting security of members of the Sikh Minister, Cabinet Minister Dr that the ‘Run for Youth’ pro- Uttar Pradesh was declared win- still pending. manner across the country. community as well as other Banwari Lal, MLA Laxman gramme has created history and ner in the men's category. Manjit The delegation added that The delegation apprised minorities in Pakistan. Singh Yadav, former Minister will set a benchmark for a bet- Singh who hails from ter society and the nation. Uttarakhand bagged the second Addressing the participants, position and Vishwajit from he said that today, more than Rewari got the third place. ) ) " 6! 7( 78 four lakh youth are participating Swami Vivekananda used to Swami Vivekananda are inspir- In the women's category, in the programme and running say, ‘Get up, wake up and run till ing and guiding for the younger Bharti, from Gokalgarh (Rewari) on the footsteps of reformer and the goal is achieved’. Today the generation even today, he added. came first, Sharmila from educationist, Swami youth have to run with the same Manohar Lal said, “With the Baldhan (Rewari) stood second Vivekananda and this race will resolve and also keep their resolve of 'Mera Haryana Mahan' and Sarita from Jakhala (Rewari) continue to achieve its goals. morale high. The words of and 'Haryana Ek-Haryanavi Ek', stood third.
2 the past few years. +4'3;:4 O & */1 $ & * " 1 # As of now, there are no . & !1 +* $ ! # exact figures of the population o know the presence of var- #01 # $ ! $! ! & ! !# of many bird species in the Tious species of avi-fauna in state. Haryana, State Forests and !# $ " & * $ He said, "After comple- Wildlife Department has decid- & * "# !" & &!* ! & 1& tion of the counting, more ed to organise Haryana Big effective measures would be Bird Count 2020 on January 12 & P taken to conserve wildlife in and January 19, VS Tanwar, State.” Principal Chief Conservator of the State. form, he said, adding the bird He further said that the of Forests and Chief Wildlife To complete this exercise, all watcher teams should be pro- bird count will be conducted Warden, Haryana said. the necessary arrangements have vided all the possible help in with the assistance of a team "The objective of the bird been made at Forest Rest Houses this exercise. representing wildlife institute, count is to know the exact particularly at Pinjore, Kaleshar, Tanwar said that all the forest department and avian number of various species of Ambala, Jind, Kurukshetra, divisional wildlife officers have experts belonging to various avi-fauna in the State as well as Panipat, Mahendergarh, Rewari been directed to remain in organisations in and around to find out the well-being of the and Palwal. contact with the team members the State. birds and the habitat in which Tanwar said that Haryana during this exercise. The teams for bird count they were living, he said, is a natural habitat of many bird If any kind of help required have already been divided and adding the counting would species and some data reveals from the territorial wings than one team member is expected focus on bird species. that the number of individuals the concerned DWLO will dis- to travel at least 20 kilometers The highest numbers of across species of birds has cuss with the concerned DFO, to count the birds during the migratory birds are used to be declined as well in many cases territorial, he said, adding, this exercise. at the wetland areas during this due to human activity, espe- exercise will be started at 7 am In the last year 2019, 50, season," he said. cially since the industrial rev- on January 12 and completed 000 wetland birds of 520 dif- Tanwar said, “The lots of olution, severely affecting by 5 pm. ferent species were counted by migratory birds reach at vari- genetic variation, biodiversity, If any district will not be the team members. ous wetlands areas in the State among other issues. able to complete this exercise The Wildlife officer further during winter season. The Chief Wildlife Warden on January 12 due to any rea- said that the district officers Study reveals that migrato- said that all the districts will be son than it will be done on have been advised to provide ry birds from China, Mongolia, covered under this exercise. January 19. drinking water and eatables Pakistan, Tibet, Siberia and Many other volunteer bird Another wildlife officer during this exercise to all the Iraq start thronging the wetland watchers show their interest to said that the distribution, num- participants in each district. in October-mid. participate in this exercise. bers and behaviour of birds are All the teams of each dis- The winged visitors return This exercise will be done in changing over the period of trict will share their list of birds to their native countries in two days. time because of various rea- noticed during this exercise at March with the onset of the For this, the district sons. the end of this event. spring season. This month is wildlife officers have been The population of the black Follow the instructions the best time for its counting directed to assist the participant partridge (kala teetar), Haryan accordingly and make this and recording. This is the first in this exercise with field func- state bird, sparrow among oth- event a successful event, he time that the department is tionaries along with the vol- ers has been decreasing over added. organising two days Haryana unteer bird watchers. Big Bird Count 2020 on Moreover, the officers have January 12 and 19 in the been asked to form separate State.” teams of each district accom- The Chief Wildlife Warden panied by an inspector, sub- said that team comprising three inspector with all the available to six members, headed by an equipments like binoculars and expert having knowledge of telescope among others. identifying bird species and the They need to ensure that methodology of their counting all the field functionaries must has been formed at each district be in their departmental uni- !"#"# ! ':
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$ 4:32: and assistance from the Central Government, the nation’s sec- he gas supply pipeline ond gas supply pipeline project Tinstalled in Uttarakhand was undertaken in the state to with the assistance of the provide gas supply to the locals. Government of India was inau- Kaushik further averred gurated by the State’s Housing that within a year, cooking gas and Urban Development min- will be supplied directly to ister Madan Kaushik in homes through pipe lines in Haridwar on the weekend. He about 70 per cent of the homes lit a cooking stove at a home in in the Haridwar area. Work on Ambedkarnagar locality of this project was being under- Jwalapur to inaugurate the gas taken for the past two years and supply pipeline. has now been completed. Speaking on the occasion, The minister inaugurated Kaushik said that this was an the scheme by opening the first effective step towards achieving connection to Pramod, a resi- the vision of all-round devel- dent of Ambedkarnagar in opment in the state. Stating Jwalapur. Kaushik also said that this ill bring about a pos- that before the elections, he had itive change in the lives of the promised to facilitate supply of people, he said that due to the gas in the homes which has efforts of the state government now been facilitated. ' 0+ ' 123 ' )
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"1!" farmers and monkeys making Kranti Dal joined the Shiv gathering, the At a gathering held here the life of people harder in the Sena at the party’s party’s state on Sunday, the UKS leader +.# !# region was also raised in the Swambhiman Sankalp head exhorted said that the Central + last board meeting of Sammelan here on Sunday. the Shiv Sainiks Government had declared Municipal Corporation of The Shiv Sena state head to selflessly work monkeys as vermin in +!1&! Dehradun (MCD). Gaurav Kumar presided over for redressal of Himachal Pradesh, allowing The Dehradun mayor the event which was also public griev- the culling of monkeys there. !"#& Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ had attended by senior party lead- ances. The peo- The same should be applied ! 1 responded by stating that a ers and office bearers from ple of the state in Uttarakhand for monkeys cattle shelter is nearly ready across the state. are disappointed and wild boars which damage $ +.# and the stray cattle will be Party leaders said that peo- with both the or destroy the crops and prop- & shifted there soon, recalled ple were disappointed with Congress and erty of farmers. the UKS leaders. both the BJP and Congress and the BJP. He Further, the UKS leaders The general secretary of were looking towards the Shiv appreciated the large gathering secretary Darshan Dobhal said hill. The Shiv Sena will work the local youth in the govern- demanded that farmers Himachal Pradesh Kisan Sena with hope. Speakers on the occasion, adding that that during the past 20 years towards taking the state ment and private enterprises in should be compensated as tic animals killed by the wild Sabha and its members were addressing the gathering, ques- this was a good sign for the the successive state govern- towards real development and the state. Various office bearers per the market value for the animals. The farmers should also present on the tioned the performance of the party. ments of the two national par- pressurise the state govern- of the party were also among damage to crops and domes- be provided with free insur- occasion. successive state governments of The party’s state general ties had taken the state down- ment to facilitate more jobs for those present on the occasion. ! " 6 ) 4 (("! Q R / # $ %%% are producing water half of From page 1 including arms and ammuni- their capacity. "Such develop- had a history of terror tion were recovered from the ments just before the elec- 0 + crime records and were also site of encounter. All these tions create doubt in anyone's involved in carrying out several materials have been taken into mind. The reason for this sus- $ '1231/4 terror attacks in the area. They case records for further inves- picion is that on one hand, the were also part of the group tigation and to probe their Union Minister Ram Vilas elhi Chief Minister involved in killing of civilian complicity in other terror Paswan of the BJP led central DArvind Kejriwal on Mehraj Din Zarger of Tral crimes. government accused the DJB Sunday said the Aam Aadmi near Bus Stand Tral and were Meanwhile, joint team of of supplying dirty water in Party (AAP) has changed the responsible for several other security forces also busted a ter- Delhi and on the other hand politics of the country to terror crimes. Terror crime rorist hideout in the orchards contaminated dirty water is some extent and based it upon cases were registered against of village Urpora,Shopian. being supplied from the BJP the work done by its both of them including FIR No. Police has recovered incrimi- ruled Haryana", he added. Government. 32/2019, FIR No. 83/2019 and nating material including Meanwhile, a senior DJB "People used to tell me, FIR No. 85/2019 at PS Tral. ammunition and other sub- official said that water supply 'Kejriwal ji, elections are not Incriminating material stances used by the terrorists. will not be available or avail- won on the basis of a govern- able at low pressure due to high ment's work, election politics ammonia level in water. The is different'. And we used to %- !' areas where supply will be say that we have come to affected on Monday are is change this. The politics of the !$ !... Hari Nagar, Shiv Chowk, New country has changed to an Ranjeet Nagar, New Moti extent," he said in a tweet. From Page 1 !1 3 ! " # ! Nagar area, Janakpuri, DG-3rd Kejriwal had said the A Noida resident said that she was tired of commuting to Block Vikaspuri, Karam Pura, upcoming Assembly elections Sarita Vihar. I started taking metro to avoid traffic jam but that F-Block-Vikaspuri, Sec-24 will be fought on the basis of too has not helped as she has to change rickshaw twice during $ Mohaniya said the BJP is Rohini, Shalimar Bagh, Meera the AAP government's work the journey, which costs her around Rs 100 on one side, she said. '1231/4 conspiring to defame AAP apartments, Paschim Vihar, and that his party will run a “I first have to take a rickshaw to Sector 34 metro station Government in Delhi just Brijwasan Village, Binda Pur, "positive" campaign. The AAP because the metro station closest to my home is not connected lleging BJP-ruled Haryana before the elections. "For the Sarai kale khan Village, national convener appealed to with the Delhi Metro. Then I reach Botanical Garden Metro Afor supplying contaminat- last three days, the water prob- Kilokari, Sidhharth Extension the people to put behind their Station and from there change to Magenta Line and reach Kalkaji ed water in Delhi just before lem has started again in Delhi, and adjoining areas. political preferences and vote Metro station and again take a rickshaw to Sarita Vihar,” she said. the upcoming election, Delhi he said, adding that the level of According to a statement by in favour of progress and Another Noida resident rued that he is spending two to three Jal Board (DJB) Vice Chairman ammonia steadily increased the DJB, the residents are development of Delhi. hours to travel to reach his destination. Normally it took half an Dinesh Mohaniya on Sunday from 1.2 parts per million advised to store sufficient quan- "The Aam Aadmi Party hour to reach my office but closure of the road has made it mis- said that water production has (ppm) on 8th January to 1.8 tity of water in advance as per would conduct "positive cam- erable for daily commuters like him. “The traffic has been divert- reduced substantially in the ppm on 9th and it further their requirement to avoid any paigning" and accept sugges- ed to DND and Chilla Regulator roads,” said a traffic police offi- city as water coming from increased to 2.7 ppm on the inconvenience. Water tankers tions from the opposition to cial. Haryana contains high amount January 10," he said. will be available at telephone add to their manifesto for the of ammonia in it. "BJP often accuses the DJB numbers 1916, 1800117118, next tenure. The party is pre- Terming the move a polit- of supplying dirty water in the 23527679, 23634469, (Central pared for the elections. The ical conspiracy, Mohaniya, city. I want to tell everyone that Control Room), 22816023, Delhi Assembly elections will + "Production has decreased by the water being supplied in 22814651 (Loni Road), be held based on the develop- 100 MGD, resulted in water Delhi comes from the BJP 28521123 (D Block Janakpuri), ment done by us. The people scarcity in most of the areas. ruled states. One of the major 22727812 (Mandawali), of Delhi have decided to vote P -./ 444 Water supplied in Delhi comes reasons behind the frequent 22374834, 22374237 (Jagriti), on the basis of the improve- From Page 1 used its platform to mislead the from many states in which complaints of dirty water in 27700789, 27700474 (Holambi ment in the infrastructure of anniversary programme as people of the country.” Haryana is the largest source. Delhi is the supply of contam- Kalan), 27304656 (Ashok government schools and hos- a playground for politics. This Congress leader of Lok Ever since elections commis- inated water with waste, Vihar), 22727812 (Mandawali pitals," he had said. is abominable,” Chatterjee said. Sabha Adhir Chowdhury said sion announced of elections in sewage, and filth from the Water emergency), 22374237, The chief minister's CPI (M) politburo “Swami Vivekananda believed the city, the amount of ammo- Panipat Industrial Area in 22374834 (Jagriti Water remarks came ahead of the Member Md Salim wondered in identifying God with human- nia in the water coming from Haryana", he added. Emergency), 22812683 Delhi Assembly elections, how instead of paying tributes ity. He said God resides in Haryana has increased a lot. The Vice Chairman said (Yamuna Vihar, 26473720 (Giri which will be held on to Swami Vivekananda the every human being. But here the This has affected water supply that due to high level of ammo- Nagar), 29819035 (Jal Sadan), February 8. The counting of Prime Minister could use Belur Prime Minister played a very in many parts of Delhi," he nia, two water plants situated 26137216 (Vasant Kunj), votes will take place on Math for political purposes. dirty game by dragging Belur added. at Chandrawal and Wazirabad 29234746 (Greater Kailash). February 11. “Rama Krishna Mission speaks Math in his political games. This about religious tolerance and is unacceptable. This will hit the they prefer seclusion from pol- Bengali sentiment too. We are itics. But here is a Prime not like what Modi ji and his ... Minister who has not only people think we are.” broken that tradition but also Meanwhile, the overnight protest that erupted soon after From Page 1 the Valley and Jammu and Kashmir recorded eight cm of 18-year-old Anuj Semwal died the Prime Minister landed in Ladakh regions experienced fresh snow, while Kupwara, on way to a hospital in Badkot Kolkata on Saturday afternoon or hazardous weather and heavy snowfall. Srinagar city also in the north, received 25 on Saturday after being res- continued till late in Sunday an orange alert signifies weath- recorded two cms of snow till cms. cued, SHO, Badkot, DS Kohli evening with people, mostly er that has the capacity to 8:30 am, while Pahalgam In Uttarakhand, a student said, adding the rest of the stu- students from Congress and impact significantly. tourist resort in south stranded in heavy snowfall in dents are safe. A group of the Left parties taking hold of According to IMD, the Kashmir’s Anantnag district Radighati in Uttarkashi district seven students of ITI Badkot the Kolkata streets blockading plains in Jammu & Kashmir recorded nine cms, he said. died while six others were res- had got stranded in snow in its roads and protesting against received light to moderate Gulmarg ski-resort in cued by police and State Radighati when they were on the CAA and Modi. snowfall, the higher reaches of Baramulla district of north Disaster Relief Force personnel. their way home. !"#"# ! ';
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For the Government will construct a 1,000 to 1,200 people is target- country, Congress president / action plan. The mammoth readied a blue print for its ambi- Parliament complex for exam- Central Secretariat to accom- ed to be constructed by August Sonia Gandhi has called a . project that involves setting of a tious plan to redevelop Central ple, the deadline is set at March modate offices of all ministries, 2022 when India will be cele- meeting of like-minded 36! :53 '+8 central secretariat complex, Vista — the nation’s power cor- 2022. As the Government plans the Cabinet Secretary said in brating its 75th Independence Opposition parties on Monday D8 / housing all Central Government ridor in Delhi — for which sev- to hold the monsoon session in the letter. Day. The common Central to frame a ‘joint action plan’ departments and Ministries, eral buildings such as Krishi 2022 — marking India’s 75th According to an estimate, Secretariat is likely to be built against the CAA and proposed and redeveloping the old Bhawan, Shastri Bhawan, Vigyan independence — in a new the Government is currently by 2024. National Register of Citizens Parliament building or setting Bhawan, Vice-President’s resi- Parliament complex. paying Rs 1,000 crore as rent In October last year, (NRC). West Bengal Chief 6 up a new structure is aimed to dence and Nirman Bhawan are The redevelopment plan of annually for its offices spread Gujarat-based architecture firm Minister Mamata Banerjee and be complete by March, 2024. likely to be razed. Central Vista is likely to include across the national Capital. HCP Designs won the consul- BSP chief Mayawati has decid- . In his letter to Secretaries, While the deadline for a triangular Parliament build- “The Cabinet Secretary has tancy bid for architectural and ed to skip the meeting. 6"; O Gauba has asked them to redevelopment of Central Vista ing next to the existing one, sought a list of requirement of engineering planning of the The Congress Working + appoint a nodal officer not — the three kilometre stretch common Central Secretariat ministries, their attached and Centre’’s ambitious project. Committee (CWC) on below the rank of joint secre- between India Gate and for ministries and the revamp- subordinate offices about the The firm, which will be Saturday had discussed the tary in their respective min- Rashtrapati Bhawan on Raisina ing of the 3-km-long Rajpath sanctioned and filled posts. He paid Rs 229.75 crore for con- party’s organisational and polit- between the workers of the Left General Secretary Priyanka istries to facilitate collection of Hill — has been set at from Rashtrapati Bhavan till has asked secretaries of min- sultancy services, will prepare ical response to the Modi and her Trinamool Congress Gandhi Vadra recently days all required information in November 2021. The India Gate. istries to submit such details by the master plan of the project, Government’s attempt to push during last week’s trade union over the deaths of infants at a this regard. Gauba also stated Parliament is expected to be Shifting the residences of January 15,” sources said. including designs, cost esti- CAA in the States, would delib- strike, Banerjee announced hospital in the Congress-ruled that such details will help the ready by March 2022. The third the Vice-President and the The Union Housing and mation, landscape and traffic erate with “friendly” that she would absent herself Rajasthan’s Kota. Union Housing and Urban phase of the grand project — Prime Minister close to the Urban Affairs Ministry has integration plans, and parking Opposition parties the cur- from the Opposition meeting. The BSP leader who has Affairs Ministry, which is a setting up a Central Secretariat Rashtrapati Bhavan is also planned to float tenders for facilities among others. rent political situation. While almost denouncing the split with SP post-Lok Sabha Congress spokesperson meet, the TMC chief said the polls said if the “woman gener- Jairam Ramesh said Monday’s meeting was her brain-child. al secretary of the Congress” 1 meeting “will further discuss “What happened yester- would not visit Kota to meet the 8" 9 #!! &) : * -5 " ,( ?& &9 1 &9: (@( $1 the emerging situation”. Leaders day in the State — it is no more mothers who lost their children, of around a dozen Opposition possible for me to attend the then her meetings with families $ '1231/4 2 6; Team is suspected to have decap- parties, including DMK, RJD, meeting anymore,” she had of victims in Uttar Pradesh will itated a porter, who was among NCP, Samajwadi Party and said, announcing her boycott of be considered for “political he Congress on Sunday 8 O P two civilians killed along the Line ' P Left parties are expected to the Delhi deliberations. interest and drama”. Tquestioned Prime Minister 8 of Control (LoC) in Poonch dis- attend meeting. “I was the first to launch an On Saturday, Congress Narendra Modi’s silence on trict on Friday, and taken away O '' P Though several Chief andolan (movement) against chief Sonia Gandhi described beheading of an India porter by 8 the head, officials had said. Ministers in the country have CAA, NRC,” she added. “What the citizenship law a “discrim- Pakistan’s BAT and asked his 6 46 This is the first time that New Delhi: BJP’s “largest polit- pronounced that they could not the Left and the Congress are inatory and divisive” law whose government when will it get any civilian has been behead- ical leadership training pro- allow implementation of the doing in the name of the CAA- “sinister” purpose was to divide ten heads for one as promised 0 ed by the BAT, which com- gramme” since 2015 has been CAA, the Opposition has not NRC is not a movement but people on religious lines. “The by the Prime Minister earlier. prises Pakistani army regulars detailed in a coffee-table book been able to consolidate its vandalism,” she said. CAA is a discriminatory and Congress chief spokesper- $$ $ 28 and terrorists, though similar which would be soon released unity despite the momentum Mamata who had earlier divisive law. The sinister pur- son Randeep Singh Surjewala incidents involving security by Prime Minister Narendra provided to it by the campus called for a wider Opposition pose of the law is clear to every tweeted, “Why is the Modi Minister and the Home nature of the Government in personnel have taken place in Modi. The Book maintains that unrest against it and backing it unity against the Modi- patriotic, tolerant and secular Government silent on Minister are silent. The media power? When will there will a the past, they said. more than 12.90 lakh party received by assorted sections of Government’s contentious CAA Indian: it is to divide the Indian Pakistan’s barbarism? Pakistani is also silent.” retort to Pakistan’s cowardly The body of Mohammad workers have been trained fol- the society, including has chosen to exclude herself. people on religious lines,” she forces have decapitated an “Are stories of martyrdom acts? When will we see ten Aslam (28) was badly mutilat- lowing years the Modi the film-world. Mayawati, too, had said at a meeting of the CWC Indian porter, and martyred of Indians at the hands of heads for one,” he asked. ed and his head was missing, a Government ascended to power Unsettled by the clashes attacked Sonia and Congress and sought its withdrawal. two soldiers. And the Prime Pakistan printed keeping the Pakistan’s Border Action senior police officer had said. in 2014 and BJP emerged as the “largest party” in the world with about 11 crore members. Training programme ! " #! $%#%& '&$& #'$')* +*,- * % &' assumed particular significance with the coming of Amit Shah as Party President who 2 '1231/4 the cost of Rs 100 crore. travel from Jamshedpur to launched a nation-wide train- Refusing to give go-ahead, #*)* , * "!+"):" #9 +&)* /'E/- " D* ( ?)(#9: *& :# :&;" ,1 *" B * Kolkata by train. In the past ing programme on the birth green panel of the Union the Expert Appraisal "*("#! 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More than 12.90 lakh party in Ghatshila subdivision, about man elephant conflict cases in Now, the EAC has asked workers have been trained 60km from the Steel City these areas. the AAI to submit revised pre- since then, the book says. “This Jamshedpur, the airport is The panel also noted that feasibility study including prop- programme is also the largest being built on an abandoned disturbance to the elephant er justification for proposed site political leadership training World War II airfield. The habitat by way of building an as a fair weather airport situat- programme undertaken any- airstrip was extensively used by airport on their habitat and also ed at 60 Km from Jamshedpur where in the world,” it said. BJP the armed forces during the by the sound of aeroplanes in city, details of Forest/Ecological general secretary P Muralidhar 1962 and 1971 wars, too. the area and traffic movements * ) ' ! ' % 7 Sensitive Areas/Wildlife Rao, who is in charge of the About 96.761 hectares will result in disturbance in the Sanctuary/Elephant Corridor training programme, chroni- (239.1 Acres) of reserve forest behavior of elephants resulting around the proposed site and cles that Shah had suggested its land will be required for the in increased human elephant posed to cater the Jamshedpur an airport at nearby location at Ranchi which is 120 km away nected to Calcutta, which has ground water study and geo- publication in 2018 so as to development of Dhalbhumgarh conflict. town which is 60 km far away Sonari is already existing. On and has a major airport. major airport facility. technical study in the pro- document the massive work airport project to be set up at “The proposed site is sup- from the city. Further, there is the other side of Jamshedpur is Jamshedpur is also well con- “It takes only 4 hours to posed site. that had taken place. PNS ' ) ! ) ! 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B D 1N of the demise of the Sultan of B D ?& *" :#&9 the fifth edition of the geo- week assumes significance as it written statement. allotment of land for building New Delhi looks forward to &,# * * , Oman, the home ministry political conference, ‘Raisina comes following the killing of The ministry said it has offices of different diplomatic working with him to announced on Sunday. and there will be no official Dialogue’, beginning here on Iranian Quds Force comman- received requests for land allot- missions, international organ- further strengthen the strategic Al Said (65), was sworn in as Oman Sultan Qaboos bin entertainment on that day,” a Tuesday. The three-day event, der Qassem Soleimani. ment in the new diplomatic isations, and embassies. partnership between the two the next sultan. Said Al Said passed away on home ministry spokesperson co-hosted by the Ministry of Union Ministers Smiriti enclave from different The parliamentary com- countries. He succeeds the late Sultan January 10 at the age of 79. said. The ministry has also sent External Affairs and the Irani, Hardeep Singh Puri and embassies, according to a mittee’s report said India’s glob- “I heartily congratulate Qaboos as ruler of Oman. “As a mark of respect to the a communication to all states Observer Research Foundation V Muraleedharan, as well as report by the parliamentary al influence has increased in the HM Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Qaboos had died last week. departed dignitary, the gov- and Union Territories in this (ORF), will also witness the members of Parliament Jayant committee. last decade and there is a need al Said on taking over as Sultan The Prime Minister noted ernment of India has decided regard. participation of many Deputy Sinha, Shashi Tharoor, Manish The Union council of min- for further enhancing its strate- of Oman. I am confident that that India has millennia old that there will be one day’s state Prime Minister Narendra Foreign Ministers, former Tewari and Swapan Dasgupta isters had on January 4, 2017 gic reach. The MEA told the under his leadership, Oman relations with Oman. “We look mourning on January 13 Modi on Saturday condoled the Prime Ministers, former will also speak in different ses- approved the transfer of 34.87 committee that India is setting will continue to progress and forward to working hand in throughout India. demise of Sultan Qaboos bin Presidents, National Security sions. More than 2,000 partic- hectares of land from Delhi up new missions in countries prosper and contribute to glob- hand with HM Sayyid Haitham “The national flag will be Said al Said of Oman, describ- Advisers, military chiefs and ipants, including over 600 del- Development Authority to where it does not have a resi- al peace,” Modi tweeted. to further strengthen our flown at half mast throughout ing him as a beacon of peace other high level policy-makers, egates and speakers, are taking Land and Development Office dent mission. Sultan Haitham bin Tariq strategic partnership,” he said. India on the day of mourning for the region. scholars and officials, a state- part in the conference. ment by the ORF said. Foreign Secretary Vijay Over 180 delegates from Gokhale, Chief of Defence 105 countries are taking part in Staff General Bipin Rawat and + Q R !" ! 6-' 78 +" this edition, themed ‘21@20: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Navigating the Alpha Century’, Karanbir Singh, besides US $ 80' former election strategist. for their efforts on this count,” reassure to all — Bihar mein (Delhi) — all bitterly opposed NRC. But the fact is that there the statement said. Deputy NSA Matthew The saffron party came out Kishor tweeted reacting to the CAA-NRC laagu nahin hoga to the saffron party. Kishor’s is no initiative by the central In all, the conference will Pottinger, Afghanistan NSA D(U)’s Prashant Kishor on with a statement criticising Congress Working Committee (CAA-NRC will not be imple- recent tirades against his party government on the issue. We see 116 speakers, it said. Hamdullah Mohib and JSunday thanked Congress “over intelligent and super (CWC) resolution. mented in Bihar)”. for supporting the Citizenship thank the PM, the HM for Besides, Externally Affairs Commander of US Indo- leaders Rahul Gandhi and knowledgeable people” for their The CWC has demanded Kishor had joined the (Amendment) Bill and his bringing such much-needed Minister S Jaishankar, the other Pacific Command, Admiral Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for propaganda on NRC and that the CAA be withdrawn and JD(U) in September 2018 as a vociferous opposition to NPR legislation of CAA. “We appre- Foreign Ministers participating Phil Davidson will speak “formal and unequivocal” rejec- asserted that the CAA was the process of NPR stopped full-time member and has been and NRC had raised the hack- ciate the support of our NDA in this year’s conference are at the event. tion of the NRC and reassured passed in Parliament with forthwith, accusing the BJP-led elevated to the post of nation- les of the BJP. allies including CM Nitish from Russia, Iran, Australia, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff of the people of Bihar, ruled by his JD(U)’s support and “it will be government at the Centre of al vice president of the party. The saffron party’s Bihar Kumar Ji in passing the Bill in Maldives, South Africa, Latvia, the Japan Self-Defence Forces, party, that CAA and NRC will implemented in all concerned using its brute majority to His relationship with the BJP unit spokesperson Nikhil Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Uzbekistan, Estonia, Denmark, General Koji Yamazaki, Vice not be implemented in the states, including Bihar”. impose a “divisive and dis- has remained uneasy since the Anand came out with a state- The CAA will be implemented Hungary, Rwanda and Chief of Australian Defence State. “I join my voice with all to criminatory” agenda. 2014 Lok Sabha polls after ment in response, dripping in all the concerned states Tanzania. Force, Vice Admiral David The BJP, an ally of the thank #Congress leadership for Forty two-year-old Kishor, which he has offered his pro- with sarcasm but without men- including Bihar and there is no Former Afghan President Johnston and Chief of Naval JD(U) headed by Chief their formal and unequivocal whose first claim to fame was fessional services to parties like tioning Kishor by name. question on this matter. Bihar Hamid Karzai and Prime Staff of UK, Admiral Tony Minister Nitish Kumar, got rejection of #CAA-NRC. Both the management of Narendra the Congress (in UP and “Some over intelligent and government has already noti- Ministers of Sweden, Republic Radakin will also speak at the rankled by the commendation @rahulgandhi & @priyanka- Modi’s election campaign in Punjab), Trinamool Congress super knowledgeable people fied start of the NPR in May of Korea, Canada, Denmark, conference. of the opposition party by the gandhi deserve special thanks 2014, said, “Also would like to (West Bengal) and the AAP are creating propaganda on 2020,” Anand said. !"#"# J $ ! '<
'4" ! &R * $ ( *( 4 Jaipur: The BJP on Sunday held a kite festival $ :0 The Citizenship Amendment JNU students, and seeking the here in support of Citizenship Amendment Act Act (CAA), which was notified on government’s assurance in where party leaders and workers flew kites with ormer Union Minister January 10, grants Indian Parliament that nationwide slogans in support of CAA written on FYashwant Sinha on Sunday citizenship to non- Muslim National Register of Citizens them. said enactment of the “unconsti- minorities migrated to India (NRC) exercise will not be carried Such kites were also distributed to people on tutional and unnecessary” new Afghanistan, Pakistan and out. the occasion. The festival was organised at citizenship Act was a ploy by the Bangladesh till December 31, “The biggest catch of the Act, Agrawal college and was participated by the Centre to “divert attention” of 2014, following their which is why this can’t be imple- party’s state president Satish Poonia, Jaipur MP people from its “failure” to prevent persecution over their faith. mented, despite being notified by Ramcharan Bohra, former BJP’s state unit pres- the economic slowdown. Massive protests were the Central Government, is that ident Ashok Parnami and others. Addressing a gathering dur- witnessed against the CAA, main- it talks about giving citizenship to In Sanganer area, a rally led by former Mayor ing the course of his “Gandhi ly by the student community, persons who have suffered reli- Ashok Lahoti was also organised in support of Shanti Yatra” here, the former BJP since its passage by Parliament in gious persecution or fear of reli- the CAA. leader quoted former chief eco- December last year. gious persecution,” Sinha told According to the amended law, members of nomic advisor Arvind Opposition parties has been reporters. Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian Subramanian saying that India dubbing the CAA an “anti- “..Where is the evidence of communities who have come from Pakistan, was facing a “great slowdown with Muslim” legislation, a charge religious persecution? It is in Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, its economy headed for intensive being debunked by the Pakistan, Bangladesh and 2014 and facing religious persecution there will care unit (ICU)”. Government. Afghanistan, but not in India. Will not be treated as illegal immigrants but given “All sections of the society are Sinha said, “The Act was India get proof of this from expedited citizenship in 5 years instead of 11. The disenchanted with the function- brought in because the neighbouring countries?” he law excludes Muslims. ing of the Government. Those in economic condition of the coun- asked. Those opposing the law contend that it dis- the government are great experts try is at present in a great danger”. “How will a child prove if criminates on the basis of religion and violates at diverting attention. The former Finance Minister their parents or grandparents the Constitution. They also allege that the CAA “So, this unconstitutional, was in Surat as part of his 3,000- who migrated here from neigh- along withe the NRC is intended to target the unnecessary Act is meant to km yatra, which began from bouring countries are dead? This Muslim community in India. divert the attention of the youth, Mumbai on January 9, for various Act cannot be truly implemented However, the central government has dis- farmers, women, so they get demands including repealing the because it is unconstitutional, missed the allegations, maintaining that the law involved in opposing this and do CAA; constituting judicial inquiry with an artificial cut-off date, is is intended to give citizenship to the persecuted not think about their daily diffi- into instances of “state-sponsored based on religion, and is imprac- people from the three neighbouring countries and culties,” Sinha said. violence” such as the attack on tical,” he added. 9 ' 3%% "3 * not to take away citizenship from anyone. PTI O% (P + P O 'P
$ !./!0 from other communities, many of CAA, the National Register of take part in a dharna when our male them in their youth, turned up in Citizens (NRC) and the National family members were already out rotests in the city against the droves at protests against the con- Population Register (NPR) in Park on the streets. Ours will be a peace- Pamended Citizenship Act has tentious law. Circus since January 7 on the lines ful protest.” broadened the outlook of many peo- “From bright young boys and of the Shaheen Bagh protest, main- Also present in the sit-in was ple who had stopped interacting girls to social activists, writers and ly led by Muslim women, in Moutusi Banerjee, a former with their friends from other com- artistes, many people have assem- Delhi. Calcutta University alumna who is munities over recent socio-political bled at a protest site in Park Circus Nirufa Khatoon, one of the pro- working with a production house. developments in the country. and are giving speeches from a testers, said, “I was born here. My “I had first participated in a One among them is Muzaffar makeshift podium. This is a spon- grandfather was born here. During rally from Sealdah to Esplanade Ali, a garments trader from taneous, apolitical movement partition, my predecessors had where thousands of people had Beniapukur area, who had felt hes- against CAA and NRC,” Ali told opted to stay back in India as it raised slogans against CAA, NRC itant to discuss with his friends from PTI on Sunday. is our motherland.” and NPR. Since then, I had been other communities about certain Ali said he had never partici- “But now, I am afraid that the planning to join the Park Circus “sensitive issues” and “felt pated in similar rallies with people BJP wants to take my right to live protest and finally, I am here,” she ostracised”. of other communities in the in my city. Are we not citizens of said. Ali, in his 40s, now participates past. this country?” she said, vowing not The women agitators have been in anti-CAA rallies and an indefi- “The outpour has made me to withdraw the stir till the Centre joined by Ali and other men of the nite demonstration by women in realise the love and bonding among takes concrete steps to revoke CAA, locality including Firoz Islam, a Park Circus area, being touted as people and I have started to open NRC and fruit-seller by profession. Kolkata’s ‘Shaheen Bagh’, against the up. My two school- going sons have NPR. “It has become my duty to be new citizenship law. told their friends from other com- Another woman participant, on the side of those who have left The businessman, who partic- munities that they will never part Sabina said, “After several discus- behind their work for a greater ipated in one such rally at Zakaria ways,” he said. sions, we had decided to begin the cause. I cannot stop my business as Street recently, said he discovered Around 30 women have been sit-in as the Muslim women, of all my earning depends on it. But, I can ' ' P + a new side of the city, as strangers staging a sit-in protest against generations, expressed eagerness to express my solidarity,” Islam said. # R R %!* 3 ' * O Mumbai: Thousands of ent jibe at Modi’s “56 inch personnel were present at the +, citizens on Sunday chest” remark, which the latter venue. P(%0 congregated in Mumbai’s had made ahead of the 2014 The Citizenship Nagpur: Maharashtra Home Minister Raut of Congress, who also took part in ((! suburban Jogeshwari to oppose Lok Sabha polls. Amendment Act (CAA), which Anil Deshmukh on Sunday said that the rally, said the State would not the new citizenship law, the “Why the PM is not talk- was notified on January 10, laws might be made by the Central implement the CAA. Bengaluru: Two persons have been arrested in 3 proposed NRC and NPR. ing to us? Why is he not com- grants Indian citizenship to Government but their implementation “However, much they (Centre) may connection with the assault on an RSS worker They also condemned last municating? Even the non-Muslim minorities migrat- is solely in the hands of the State try, the Maharashtra Government will Varun for participating in a demonstration here $ /;:4,8- Sunday’s violence on the JNU Britishers used to talk to ed to India from Afghanistan, Government, two days after the Centre not allow this law (CAA) to be imple- supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act, campus in Delhi, where Indians whom they ruled, but Pakistan and Bangladesh till notified the new citizenship law. mented in the state,” Raut said. police said on Sunday MU Vice Chancellor Tariq masked men ran riot and our PM is not talking to poor December 31, 2014, following Speaking at a protest rally organised The new Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi We have arrested two persons in this case. AMansoor has sought from attacked students. Leftist people,” he alleged. persecution over their faith. by ‘We the Citizens of India’ in Nagpur, (MVA) government comprises the Shiv We will shortly brief you about the arrest, a the State authorities extra secu- organisations had claimed Bollywood actor Sushasht Massive protests were Deshmukh said, “In Maharashtra, we Sena, the NCP and the Congress. police officer told PTI on condition of anonymi- rity for himself and his family RSS-affiliated ABVP’s role in Singh also spoke on the against the CAA, mainly by the have our Government and though the Home Minister Deshmukh further ty. before the university reopens the attack, a charge denied by occasion. “We are people of this student community, since its laws are made by the Central govern- said that leaders like NCP supremo He refused to divulge more information on January 13, citing threats the students’ body. country and such acts (CAA) passage by Parliament in ment, whether it will be implemented or Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Sonia about the accused. from “lumpen elements and Former Tata Institute of are tarnishing the image of our December last year. Opposition not is in the hands of State Government”. Gandhi had opposed divisive moves like A police team arrested the two from Tamil outsiders”, varsity sources said Social Science (TISS) general country,” he said. parties have been dubbing the The Centre had issued a gazette CAA, National Register of Citizens and Nadu. on Sunday. secretary Fahad Ahmed told At the gathering, people CAA an “anti-Muslim” legisla- notification announcing that the National Population Register in The BJP had organised a demonstration at The Aligarh Muslim PTI that they assembled under waved banners with slogans tion, a charge being debunked Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Parliament. the Town Hall on December 22, which the University (AMU) was closed the aegis of ‘Hum Bharat Ke like “I Am From Gujarat, My by the Government. The under which non-Muslim refugees from In a swipe at the BJP, Deshmukh Bengaluru south BJP MP Tejasvi Surya had early for winter vacations from Log’ in Millat Nagar area. Documents Burned in 2002”, Congress and other parties Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan said, “Some powers having majority in addressed. December 16, a day after stu- “Prime Minister Narendra “No CAA, Boycott NRC, Stop like the TMC have also will be given Indian citizenship, will Parliament are doing this work, the peo- Varun too attended the event and was on dents clashed with police dur- Modi should call 56 students Dividing India, Don’t Divide opposed the proposed National come into force from January 10. ple who were never seen during the free- the way home when he was attacked by four ing a protest against the con- from across the country to us”, “Save Constitution”, written Register of Citizens (NRC) The CAA was passed by Parliament dom struggle. Hindus and Muslims have people with a sharp-edged weapon and fled the tentious Citizenship debate on the CAA, NRC and on them. and the National Population on December 11. lived in brotherhood in India and have spot. Following the assault, Varun was admit- Amendment Act (CAA) on NPR,” Ahmed said in an appar- A large number of police Register (NPR). PTI Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin supported each other”. PTI ted to a hospital in a serious condition. PTI campus. The university was to reopen on January 6 but the vacation was extended owing to $ 5L!3;8 3 +6 3%% persisting tension over the changes in the citizenship law. It will reopen in phases starting Monday. "+ 5 The vice chancellor (VC) has written a letter to the state $ 566 Another senior BJP leader and former authorities, including the direc- Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta also tor general of police and the ammu & Kashmir People’s Forum on accused opposition parties of misleading 0 3P home secretary, asking for JSunday organised a public rally here in the students of the universities on the CAA extra security for himself and support of the Citizenship (Amendment) pointing out that there is a need for $ /+!'.2 his family in view of threats Act with speakers accusing the Opposition aggressive campaigning in the country to posed by “lumpen elements parties of misleading the public in the educate the people about the reality of the n awareness drive to clear confusion regarding and outsiders, including some country for their “political gains”. Act. Athe Citizenship (Amendment) Act has been rusticated students,” the sources Many senior leaders of the BJP Among others who joined thousands launched in the State on the instructions of Chief said. including two former Deputy Chief of participants include senior BJP leader Minister Yogi Adityanath, a spokesperson The letter, which was Ministers — Nirmal Singh and Kavinder and mayor of Jammu Municipal said. marked as ‘secret’, has Gupta — and former director general of Corporation (JMC) Chander Mohan The Chief Minister’s media advisor Shalabhmani somehow been leaked in the police SP Vaid also attended the pro-CAA Gupta, his deputy Purnima Sharma, for- Tripathi said the State Government has launched a media, they said. rally at Parade area in the city. mer ministers and legislators. drive in the State to remove all doubts among the Later, Mansoor said in a “We are all participating in this rally A sizable number of women also people regarding CAA. statement that he has no prob- as common citizens...Everyone here is sup- attended the public meeting, carrying As part of the drive, pamphlets carrying detailed lem if “students exercise their portive of the Centre’s action to grant cit- placards and chanting slogans in support information regarding CAA was being distributed democratic rights by holding izenship to the oppressed minorities flee- of the Act. among the people, the spokesperson said. peaceful protests” against any ing Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan,” “Some people and political parties are “It explains that the CAA will have no effect on legislation which is rankling senior BJP leader and former Deputy provoking and misleading public against the minorities of the country, specially Muslims and them. Chief Minister Nirmal Singh told the CAA for their political gains...The will not impact any Indian Hindu or Muslim,” he His concerns, the VC said, reporters. country was divided due to the wrong poli- added. were regarding those people He alleged that “anti-nationals” are cies of the Congress and it happened on the According to the amended law, members of who might mingle with the behind the violence in the country over the basis of religion,” president of the Jammu Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian students and give a violent Act. “Indian Muslims are pro-nationalist & Kashmir People’s Forum Ramesh communities who have come from Pakistan, turn to the peaceful like any other citizen of the country but Sabharwal said in his address. Bangladesh and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014 agitation. Pakistan, Congress and communists Senior BJP leader and president of and facing religious persecution there will not be “The threat perception launched a falsehood campaign to mislead Jammu High Court Bar Association treated as illegal immigrants but given Indian pertains to elements from out- the Muslims.” Abhinav Sharma, addressing the public citizenship. The law excludes Muslims. side the campus and does not “The CAA is not against taking away rally, said the CAA has been amended six Those opposing the law contend that it refer to the students. The VC the citizenship of any Indian citizen but is times in the past and every time minori- discriminates on the basis of religion and violates faces no danger from his stu- meant to give citizenship to the minorities ties have been given citizenship but nobody the Constitution. dents, whom he considers his who are oppressed and are facing Jihadi ter- ever protested. “Those who are opposing They also allege that the CAA along withe the sons and daughters,” AMU rorism in the three neighbouring Islamic the CAA are doing it under a political con- NRC is intended to target the Muslim community 1 3%%( 9 spokesperson Shafey Kidwai countries,” he said. spiracy,” he claimed. in India. ' told PTI. PTI !"#"# ! '= ) ! " ! "
$ !.+4 everything went as zone of 200 metre radius from % * + ( Kayaloram” building, the In a precise sequence, planned. 8 am to 4 pm on both days to 3 "' : smallest among the four explosives filled in the struc- ending a strong message to Explosives, weighing ensure there was no movement ( ' ' complexes, after an about tures were blasted in a Sviolators of environmental totally nearly 750 kgs, were in the area. ( + half-an-hour delay due to some controlled manner at the end of norms, the Supreme Court used in a controlled manner to The Government, which technical reasons, official the third warning siren. ordered demolition drive against bring down the lakeside struc- made it clear that it will imple- sources said. The towering buildings four illegal waterfront apartment tures in Maradu, eight months ment the court orders, had Earlier in the day, “Jain that took several months to complexes here was completed after the apex court ordered their managed to evict the owners of Coral Cove”, which is also 55 build and had housed 100s of on Sunday with the last two high demolition for violation of the the flat, who staged protests, say- meters high, was brought down families collapsed inwards into rises pulled down using con- Coastal Regulation Zone norms. ing they had invested their hard at around 11.03 am. a pile of rubble like a house of trolled implosion method. The Kerala Government earned money in buying the On Saturday, two com- cards in seconds, triggering In perhaps the first of its stuck to its time line of 138 days flats. The Supreme Court had plexes — H2O Holy Faith and mammoth ‘clouds’ of kind drive in the country given to the Supreme Court in ordered payment of 25 lakh as the twin towers of Alfa Serene dust. against illegal residential high September last year as the interim compensation. — abutting the backwaters Just in a few seconds, the risses, the four concrete meticulously planned On the eve of the were destroyed in the similar towering buildings, whose inte- colossuses housing nearly 350 operation was successfully car- demolitions, one of the owners implosion method in which rior walls had been removed in flats were reduced to piles of ried out in a precise manner had said: “It is injustice done by explosives filled in the struc- pre-demolition work over the rubble in seconds one after amid tight security and after a State against its citizens. The tures blasted in a controlled past weeks leaving them con- another over the last two days. people in the neighbourhood Government is responsible for manner. crete shells, became mounds of Ernakulam District were evacuated as a precau- this situation.” Areas in the 200 metre debris. Collector S Suhas and Kochi tionary measure. The drive was complet- radius of the buildings were Following the blasts, clouds Police Commissioner Vijay Section 144 of the Criminal ed at around 2.30 pm on kept out of bounds for people of dust billowed out around the Sakhare said the demolition Procedure Code (CrPC) was Sunday with the demolition of and all kinds of traffic during wreckage, enveloping nearby drive was successful and said imposed in the evacuation the 55-meter high “Golden their demolition. spectators. ;. <% ( 1=" * !$ ! 5! 66 Uddhav Thackeray... perspective, is Rane’s when farm loan waiver deci- The BJP has 105 MLAs, claim that 35 Sena sion will be implemented. ormer Chief Minister and while 35 Sena MLAs MLAs might switch When the Chief Minister went Chennai: Vice President M FBJP leader Narayan Rane on are unhappy,” Rane said, sides an indication that to Marathwada recently, people Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday Sunday made a sensational thus indicating these the BJP intends to there expected him to come out said respect for all religions was claim that as many as 35 out of “disgruntled” MLAs undertake Operation with a development package for inherent “in the Indian blood” 65 ruling Shiv Sena MLAs would switch sides and “Kamala” in the State? the region. He returned with- and asserted secularism does were “unhappy” with Sena help the BJP muster Rane, meanwhile, out announcing any package or not mean ‘insult’ or appease- president Uddhav Thackeray’s numbers to form a charged that Uddhav financial relief to the region. ment of one particular faith. leadership and indicated that Government in the had absolutely no idea That speaks for itself how For a long time, India has these disgruntled MLAs might State. on how to run a things are moving in the new sheltered persecuted persons switch over to his party leading Rane’s claim should Government. “Since he Government”. and given refuge to many, to change in Government in be seen in the light of theoret- three reasons. First, the figure does not know how to run a When his attention was Naidu said at an event here to the State. ical possibility that with the of disgruntled Sena MLAs sug- Government, people are not drawn to the recent meeting mark the centenary of Sri Talking to media persons addition of 35 MLAs, the BJP’s gested by Rane is unbelievably expecting anything from the between former chief minister Ramakrishna Vijayam, a Tamil on the sidelines of a function at strength will go up to 140, five high. Secondly, Rane is known MVA Government. It took him and senior BJP leader monthly of Sri Ramakrishna Thane, Rane — a long-time MLAs short of a simple major- for making tall claims which (Uddhav) five weeks to form a Devendra Fadnavis and MNS Math. bête noire of Uddhav — hint- ity of 145 in the 288-member have in the past fallen flat on government. From this, you chief Raj Thackeray and if Speaking on the occasion is the greatness, that is the Indian blood — sarvadharma ed at the possibility of the BJP Maharashtra Assembly which his face. Thirdly, the Sena lead- can gauge his ability or other- there was a possibility of a tie- coinciding with the birth beauty of this religion samabhavana — respect for all coming back to power in the is not difficult to muster. ership is in the process of wise to run a Government”. up between the two parties, anniversary of Swami (Hinduism),” he said. Swami religions (existed already),” state with the support of the Though there is some keeping its disgruntled MLAs Rane, who is currently a Rane evaded a direct reply Vivekananda, Naidu said peo- Vivekananda also said he Naidu said. support of the “disgruntled” resentment within the Shiv in good humour through Rajya Sabha MP, said that and said: “On this ( the issue of ple should forever remember belonged to a nation which has From time immemorial, Shiv Sena MLAs. Sena over the denial of minis- chairmanships of state-run cor- Uddhav had failed to imple- a possible alliance between the him and propogate his teach- sheltered the persecuted and people have come from outside “Thirty five of 65 Shiv terial berths, there are not porations. ment his promise of farm loan two parties), senior BJP lead- ings and preachings “which are the refugees of all nations of the and have been given shelter, he Sena MLAs are unhappy with many takers for Rane’s claim for Looking from a different waiver. “We do not know as to ers will speak”. eternal for the betterment of earth, Naidu said. said, adding different religions mankind.” “Now also we are ready to also came to India and were Hailing the guru as a “great accept those who are perse- respected “because we believe saint, teacher and social cuted though some people are every religion is important and reformer,” he said Swami trying to make it controversial sarvadharma samabhavana is Vivekananda played a major and all,” he said in an apparent the essence of our civilisation.” role in introducing Hinduism reference to the Opposition to Without naming anyone, * 78 *98 to the West. “He was a social the NDA Government’s con- he said some people had some reformer and was against reli- troversial Citizenship kind of an “allergy” towards the gious dogmas and believed in Amendment Act. word Hindu. the uplift of humanity irre- “That is our culture, our “There are some people in %8%% spective of caste or creed and heritage. This is what our fore- this country who have some emphasised that spiritualism is fathers have told us,” the Vice allergy towards this word called important for the survival of President added. Hindu. We can’t help them and $ 8'5 formed a government in 2017 mankind,” Naidu said. The CAA envisages pro- they have got every right to with just 13 seats. “Swami Vivekananda viding Indian citizenship to have that view. But they are not oa Chief Minister Pramod Our strength rose from 13 stressed on the importance of persecuted minorities from right,” he said. GSawant on Sunday asked to 27 due to the blessing of late spirituality. India, in a way is Pakistan, Bangladesh and On the International Yoga BJP workers to prepare for Manohar Parrikar,” he the spiritual guru for the entire Afghanistan. Day, he said Prime Minister Assembly polls scheduled in 25 said. world. People look to India for Today there was more than Narendra Modi had made months time and set a target of “The future responsibility solace, guidance and spiritual- ever a need to bring down the efforts to take it to the UN fol- winning 30 seats in the 40- is of the workers. In the 2022 ism,” he added. walls that create differences lowing which it was now being member House. Assembly polls, around 25 Quoting from among the people and “we practiced in many He was addressing a party months away, we must aim to Vivekananda, he said the follow sarvadharma samabha- countries. convention after the announce- win 30 seats. For this, each per- Swamiji was proud that he vana,” or respect for all reli- In a possible reference to ment of Sadanand Tanavade’s son must work very hard,” he belonged to a religion “that has gions, he said. critics of the Prime Minister, he name as Goa BJP chief. said. taught the world both tolerance “It is there in our Indian said “yoga is for your body, not “Everyone has seen the He also asked them to start and universal acceptance.” blood. People now talk about because of Modi,” and urged ups and downs the party has preparing for Zilla Panchayat “...The only religion which secularism, constitution. one and all to do it for one’s O* P " ' " ' faced in last several years. We elections to be held in March. says all religions are true. That Constitution came later, but the own good. PTI $ * $C' 4+ )* ! $ !+'6 : !
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief addressing school and college to sell vegetables and lemons to 58; $ 566 development of education and evance as well as a brain-storming Minister BS Yediyurappa on students at Kanteerava Stadium earn some money for his research in AYUSH to provide session on AYUSH and the scope Sunday urged youth to give up during the celebration of Hindu family. Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister nion Minister of State for more benefit to people, the and challenges of integrative med- their ‘obsession’ to settle down religious scholar and ...But today with the Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the previous UDefence Shripad Yesso Naik spokesperson said. icines. abroad, forgetting their culture philosopher Swami blessings of 6.5 crore people I BJP-led Government under him had functioned in met Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant He added that Naik and Murmu He said the Centre is taking all and religion and said they Vivekanandas birth anniver- am standing before you as a a transparent manner, but the Uddhav Governor Girish Chandra Murmu also talked about the developmen- steps to boost the Ayurveda system should stay back in India to sary here. The Chief Minister four-time Chief Minister. I Thackeray-led dispensation was free to order any here on Sunday and discussed a tal aspirations of the people of of medicines in the Union territo- serve the nation. said Indians settled abroad grew to such a stature because probe against it. wide range of issues related to the Jammu & Kashmir and various ry, which has a lot of “It is unfortunate that the should treat their visit back I followed the footsteps of His statement comes days after senior Congress prevailing security situation in the other issues relating to public wel- potential for growing medicinal youth today want to settle in home as a pilgrimage and have noble people, the Chief leader Prithviraj Chavan called the Fadnavis-led Union Territory, a Raj Bhavan fare. plants. foreign countries by getting faith in the religious beliefs. Minister said. Government as the “most corrupt” and said an spokesperson said. Earlier, soon after his arrival in “An integrated research will be caught in the false idea of He also appealed to the Stating that there was noth- investigation will be carried out in all cases. Naik, who also holds the port- Jammu on Saturday, the Minister done on Ayurveda in a scientific modernism and forgetting our youth to follow Swami ing impossible in a democracy, Talking to reporters at Akluj in Solapur folio of Ayurveda, Yoga and attended the one-day national sem- way to provide more benefits to culture and religion. Vivekanandas path of sacrifice, Yediyurappa asked students to district, Fadnavis said, “Don’t give threats, we are Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and inar organised by the Regional people,” Naik said, adding that a They should give up this service and nationalism. fulfill the dreams of their par- not scared. My government has been transparent. Homoeopathy (AYUSH), discussed Ayurveda Research Institute for research institute was sanctioned by obsession, stay here and serve Recalling the hard times he ents, get educated and run The present dispensation is free to order any probe. with Murmu about various reforms Urinary Disorders (RARIUD) on the AYUSH ministry for the the country, he said. went through during his school their families in a responsible The Government is free to do any inquiry it and initiatives of the government for Ayurveda and integrative Bhaderwah area of Doda The Chief Minister was days, Yediyurappa said he used manner. PTI wants.” PTI promotion of medicinal plants and medicines and its contemporary rel- district. !! + " 7 Q' ;R < R Shirdi: State Assembly Speaker Nana Patole on Sunday said the Panaji: Congress workers from Forest and Climate Change Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi Government, formed by Shiv Sena, Goa on Sunday protested in Minister Prakash Javadekar was Congress and NCP, was like “Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh” and will com- Degaon, the site from where the delivering a speech at the plete its five year term with the support of 170 MLAs in the 288-mem- Mahadayi river originates, in International Film Festival of ber House. Speaking to reporters in Shirdi after visiting the Sai Baba neighbouring Karnataka’s Belgaum India’s inauguration temple here, Patole made light of reports of unhappiness among MLAs district. ceremony on November 20 last over non-inclusion in the State Government. Goa and Karnataka are year. “In a family, if there are four sons, some may be happy, some embroiled in a dispute over the Raut said the Congress group unhappy,” he said. sharing of Mahadayi river water had protested at Degaon to make Queried on the longevity of the Uddhav Thackeray Government and the two states have also people aware of the issue, and due to the presence of parties with opposing ideologies, Patole said, sparred over the latter going ahead claimed BJP Governments at the “This Government is like Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and will com- with the Kalsa Banduri Centre and Karnataka were acting plete its full five year term. We have the support of 170 MLAs.” drinking water project on the against the interests of Goa in the After Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expand- river. water dispute. ed his council by inducting 26 Cabinet and 10 ministers of state on Sunday’s protest was led by Raut claimed the group was December 30, supporters of several leaders who missed out had Congress’ Bicholim taluka chief stopped by Karnataka police while protested. Asked by the media on a reported statement of an RSS leader Meghashyam Raut. returning from the protest and that Maharashtra be divided into four separate States, Patole said there Raut had also protested on the allowed to go ahead later after has been a demand of this sort among a segment of people but the ' ' 4 ' )1 ' issue while Union Environment, questioning. PTI decision has to be taken by the Centre. PTI !"#"# 0 '> 9 7038 9 9 ##) *&+ #&,- . $ $ 45= 2 )! * =< .R $ ** $ ) ( ' B S 3 4 P * A3 *B ( ( road users, both vehicular and " pedestrian. 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So, asking anyone, let alone someone bly a decade ago because the tor- " ! who must have driven at least a few hundred sional (that is twisting) forces different types of vehicles in the previous 10 that a vehicle has to endure " # years, his opinion as to which car he thinks when it goes off the road would ( stood out is even tougher. In any contest — have in effect broken any such . ; ( from fashion pageants and movie awards to car just a few years ago. car choices — a bias towards more recent If not literally broken, tak- S ( contenders cannot be ruled out. This is why ing a monocoque in severe off- ( a rash of Hollywood movies, starring top road trail conditions would ) actors and directed by top directors, are have flexed the metal so much !( + E $ A+E$B released towards the end of the year so that that it would have suffered they can be eligible for the “awards season.” from fatigue issues, similar to S ; But unlike movies or even fashion those that aircraft have to deal S pageants, choosing a car that defines the year with after tens of thousands of is not easy because factors like affordabili- flights. But guess what, the ty and market acceptance, too, come into upcoming new Land Rover #E ( play. The best of cars driven by this writer Defender, the last word in off- ( in 2019 were stupendous vehicles but cost roading according to some, the same as that of a small house. Ergo, the including the British Armed vehicle that won the “Indian Car of The Year” Forces, is a monocoque. " > award was the Hyundai Venue, a compact So the SUV, no matter which ) Sports Utility Vehicle that the judges, includ- particular vehicle you consider, ( ing myself, chose. It has made technologies itarian role in the 1980s and Alto became a sales success like is a way of manufacturing the was the “car of the decade” in such as dual-clutch gearboxes and tur- 1990s. The flatbed part of those no other and Hyundai’s Santro vehicle where the body is its India. But is that a good thing? bocharged small petrol engines affordable for cars became more and more and i10 both stole the show. own structural component, an Sure, we can argue about the road # $ S large parts of the car market. irrelevant. Covering that space What changed in the 2010s exoskeleton as such. This made conditions in our country, which " ( Of course, contenders are many if one made more sense in order to fit were engineering and increased SUVs much, much lighter and, despite a penchant for speed- were to look at the “car of the 2010s” rather in more seats and covered lug- computerisation, not just during thus, cheaper. It also opened the breakers is far better than ever. At than the the “car that defined” the 2010s in gage space. Technically, SUVs the design process but also on doors to cheap and cheerful the same time, the revolution in ( India. But what is surprising, rather what have been on the road for over board. Changes started to small utility vehicles, which SUVs has led to many more @ S is not surprising, is that almost all vehicles a quarter of a century now. become visible in luxury SUVs given that they shared platforms diesel cars being sold. As we now that one can consider in the list are SUVs Some might remember the Tata first. The first generation of with sedans, ensured that they know, diesel isn’t as clean as it was ( with possibly one or two exceptions. Think Sierra of yore, India’s first SUV, Porsche Cayenne and BMW were better at handling. hyped to be 10 years ago. While # ( about it. The car that defined the decade, which came onto the road in the X3/X5 were not lumbering To an extent, more com- it emits lesser amount of carbon ; ( ( according to this writer, was Hyundai Creta. mid-1990s. It wasn’t a sales beasts and not anywhere close to puters and Traction Control per kilometre, emissions of This, because in my opinion, the white success but it spawned the Tata handling like other cars from systems onboard cars nowa- nitrous and sulphur oxide as well ( F Creta is now ubiquitous across every major Safari, which enjoyed a degree those companies. Today, when days eliminated the perfor- as particulate matter is far high- # ( Indian city. But others on the social media of success for about two you take a modern Porsche mance degradation that usual- er than of petrol. Also, consider- rightly pointed that Renault Duster, Ford decades. Then there was Macan or a BMW X4 around a ly comes with an SUV. One will ing cars on the same platform ( + ( EcoSport and Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Mahindra Scorpio, which made race track to evaluate them, be able to understand this with the same engine and trans- too, are equal contenders. its foray in 2001. People still you will be flabbergasted at the through simple physics as mission — look at the Honda All of them are SUVs and in the past doubt if Mahindra redefined the way they perform. Sure, the SUVs sit higher and, thus, CR-V and Honda Civic— a G 3 * 10 years, each one of them has made sig- Indian utility vehicle market, Porsche Panamera sedan or the have a higher centre of gravity sedan is always more economi- . nificant impact on the Indian automotive particularly with Scorpio, both BMW 5-series are both better and are still slightly heavier. cal to operate and cheaper to buy market. Surely, I would also like to consid- from the design and engineer- around a track but that yawning Crucially, sharing the same than an SUV. ( er Maruti Suzuki’s second generation Swift ing aspect. gap between the performance of construction technique and, It is particularly ironic, Dzire on the list of top cars of the decade. But in the 2000s, SUVs a sedan and an SUV is barely a thus, platforms as that of hatch- therefore, that the first electric ( By powering the fleet of app-based taxi were an exception, not the rule. whisper now. backs and sedans, made SUVs cars with a reasonable amount aggregators, it has become a symbol of They were still expensive and And it is a direct result of a a lot cheaper and allowed the of range to be launched in India . C " ( changing mobility dynamics in the coun- heavy cars with lumbering fundamental change. SUVs shape to be fitted onto smaller are the Hyundai Kona and MG . try. But as far as personal mobility goes, the engines. No matter how good became lighter because of the platforms. The EcoSport, Brezza eZS, both, surprise surprise, . ( past decade was all about SUVs. an example of engineering way changes were incorporated. and Venue are all SUVs that slot SUVs. So while new construc- What is not surprising, however, is that Scorpio and Safari were, one Earlier, utility vehicles of any sort inside the four-metre length tion methods made the SUV D this is a global trend. Across the world, con- could never describe them as were built with the car body on criterion for a lower duty rate in cheaper and better and, thus, the P) Q S sumers have taken a shine to SUVs. So much “good cars” performance wise. the frame of the car. The frame India. Because they have become vehicle of choice in the 2010s, 7 so that even car-makers like Rolls-Royce, The early-build models suffered being the suspension, engine lighter, they can use the same the impact of these cars on our Bentley, Lamborghini and wait for it, even from handling issues, consider- and transmission is what took engines as other small cars. In psyche — maybe we like sitting ( Italian super car-maker Ferrari, are now ing the way the engine per- the structural load. While this addition, this change made at a height off the road, lording + manufacturing SUVs. This because the mar- formed and even workmanship made the SUVs very rugged, it SUVs cheaper to maintain, albeit over the others — has meant that ket has spoken — a trend that began with to a certain degree. The 2000s also made them difficult to less capable in the eyes of some. the SUV will most likely domi- large American pick-up trucks such as the was the time for small cars in manoeuver and killed handling. Similarly, this construction tech- nate the 2020s as well. Ford F150, which gradually became more India. The silver WagonR stood Modern SUVs from the nique also makes vehicles safer (The writer is Managing " luxurious moving away from its purely util- out even in cities like Delhi, the 2010s are monocoques, which in accidents, at least to other Editor, The Pioneer) R * = $ )
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This was the job of the judiciary, which 0:/.$ Ravichandran Iyer vs Justice AM case, and a former Solicitor-General of should have reinstated him but did not 7 ( was meant to be independent of the legislature Bhattacharjee, “Under the Constitution, India — as a judge of the SC. But the do so. or the executive. The Supreme Court (SC) and 041 +0 1/$ it is the judiciary which is entrusted Government objected and instead of Since 2014, there have been contin- High Courts (HCs) were set up inter alia to act 21:1 with the task of keeping every organ of reiterating his name, the Collegium uous attacks on Muslims, lynchings and ) as guardians of the Constitution and protectors $:3041 the state within the limits of the law. went with the decision. hate speeches. A former Union Minister # % / 7 of the fundamental rights of the people. Their 81.8/1O The judiciary must protect the citizen In the case of the Bhima Koregaon even garlanded some alleged lynchers. ! ! % ! / judges take an oath to uphold the Constitution. $04 against violation of his constitutional or accused and professor Saibaba, the SC Instead of taking strong action against 7 . 3 . / Thus, in the State of Maharashtra vs Bhaurao /!1/A legal rights and it must stand between should have quashed the prosecution the killers, often the family members of % H Punjabrao Gawande, the SC observed that 0.;.;' 0 the citizen and the state as a bulwark using the Brandenburg test (relied the victim are harassed, for instance E D * 3 3 / $ / while the first objective of the founding fathers 041+.:0 against executive excesses and misuse upon in Arup Bhuyan vs State of Ikhlaque’s family. Surely it is the duty 82 8945 3 I was to give to the people a Constitution where- '/1 0 or abuse of power by the executive.” Assam, and Sri Indra Das vs State of of the judiciary to grant protection but 6-99 ,6 / by a government was established, their second R+!/A In the Shakti Vahini case, the court Assam cases) but it did not even con- it rarely does anything except utter D ! % / $ * $ object, equally important, was to protect the peo- observed, “Once a fundamental right is sider the same. homilies. ple against the government. :1+.B1: '3 inherent in a person, intolerant groups Abhijit Iyer Mitra should have There is frequent and arbitrary use H # . The court observed: “The imperative neces- :1 61 0 cannot scuttle the right by leaning on clearly been granted bail in view of the of sedition and preventive detention ( # sity to protect the people’s rights is a lesson taught :./1.$ any kind of philosophy, or self-pro- decision of the celebrated Justice laws against those who criticise the ! ? . by all history and all human experience. Our ;:3' claimed elevation.” Krishna Iyer in the State of Rajasthan Government. For instance, cartoonist . ( Constitution-makers had lived through bitter .$041 This being the settled vs Balchand. Bail not jail, is the normal Aseem Trivedi in Maharashtra, . years of the freedom struggle and had seen an /1:01 Constitutional position, we may now rule, unless the accused is likely to Ambikesh Mahapatra of Jadavpur # * ? alien government trample upon human rights '3:;40 ask whether the SC of late has been abscond or tamper with the evidence, University in West Bengal, folk singer 3 3 / > D which the country had fought hard to preserve. .$041 doing its solemn duty of protecting the or was accused of a heinous crime. Kovan in Tamil Nadu, and Kashmiri # ? 898: ) They believed, like Jefferson, that ‘an elective 81.8/1 rights of the people? The impression Abhijit had only made a satirical tweet, politicians like Farooq Abdullah and % despotism was not the government we fought for’. which has been created by its recent for which, too, he had promptly apol- others under detention, which make the 4,6, 4:1 A And therefore while arming the government with verdicts, orders and actions/inactions ogised. Yet his bail application was right to liberty in Article 21, illusory. large powers to prevent anarchy from within and is that it has, with some exceptions, rejected, with a flippant and cruel Unfortunately, the apex court nowadays 641, B # conquest from without, they took care to ensure largely surrendered before the political remark by former CJI Gogoi that the rarely interferes in this gross violation 22 that these powers were not abused to mutilate executive, instead of behaving like an best place for him was in jail. of this most precious of all rights, ) ( the liberties of the people.” independent organ of the state which Recently, masked hooligans beat up although in one of its very first deci- ( In one of its early decisions, State of it was expected to be. students and teachers in Jawaharlal sions — in the Romesh Thapar vs State # Madras vs VG Row, the SC held, “As regards the Consider the following instances: Nehru University, with the police of Madras case that the court delivered -19 # % fundamental rights the court has been assigned The SC Collegium recommended apparently complicit, and about 30 peo- in 1950 — only a few months after the the role of a sentinel in the qui vive.” This expres- Justice Kureshi of the Bombay HC to ple were admitted to AIIMS, Delhi with Constitution came into force, it had ( sion (‘sentinel on the qui vive’) has been reiter- be appointed as Chief Justice (CJ) of the serious injuries. The SC should have suo held that in a democracy people had the % ( ated in several decisions of the court. For Madhya Pradesh HC. Instead of mak- motu issued notice to the authorities right to criticise the Government. I ( instance in the IR Coelho vs State of Tamil Nadu; ing the appointment, the Government concerned and taken the guilty to task, The most important case in India Navtej Singh Johar vs Union of India; Shakti sent the recommendation back to the but it did not. today is not the Ayodhya appeal but the ( Vahini vs Union of India; C Ravichandran Iyer Collegium. Thereafter, the Collegium The UP Police beat up the anti- trial of the SC itself. We are afraid the # vs Justice AM Bhattacharjee; Padma vs Hiralal should have reiterated its recommen- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) people’s faith is likely to go against the Motilal Desarda; Bachan Singh vs State of dation and then in view of the verdict protesters and even entered some court unless it quickly recovers and # ( Punjab; Indra Sawhney vs Union of India and so in the judges case, the Government houses and beat up the inhabitants, resumes its role of guardian of the lib- ) on. would have had to make the appoint- including old people. They allegedly erties and rights of the people. As held in the Navtej Singh Johar case, once ment. But instead, the Collegium rec- destroyed and looted property. Again, (The writer is a former judge of the G violation of the fundamental rights of a citizen ommended his transfer as the CJ of the the SC took no notice, though this was Supreme Court of India. The article has or a group of citizens is brought to the notice of much-smaller Tripura HC. widely reported in the media and been co-authored by Advocate Janhvi A B the court, it cannot remain a mute spectator. As The SC Collegium had recom- videos went viral. Prakash. The views expressed are person- held in the Shakti Vahini case, when there is vio- mended the appointment of Gopal Within 72 hours of his reinstate- al) >! ( 5?@ E
tions in India and Pakistan could also Muslim political, social and media Nazi Germany also sent agents managed to get a foothold in news- this circle would carry anti-Muslim, isations which did this. And, as be due to the residual impact of a outlets. The campaign in this regard to India disguised as technicians, papers funded and run by the Hindu anti-Jew and anti-British articles; D’Souza demonstrates, almost each clever propaganda campaign that the began from Bengal, where “commu- tourists, salesmen, musicians and nationalist organisation, the Hindu whereas the Muslim-owned Urdu one of them was shaped, influenced Nazis unleashed upon certain seg- nal” and “revolutionary” anti-British photographers. According to Mahasabha, they constantly papers, that received advertisements and at times, funded by Nazi propa- ments of India’s Hindu and Muslim sentiment was the strongest. To D’Souza, German businesses would informed the Mahasabha that Hitler and funds from German companies, ganda in India between 1933-1940. polities in the 1930s. This fact has Nazi Germany, the British were ene- frequently give advertisements to considered the Hindus of India as the would produce anti-Hindu, anti- D’Souza laments that the origin been largely forgotten by main- mies, even before the start of World Indian newspapers that were willing real custodians of the Indian nation, Jew and anti-British material. of Nazi propaganda still echoes in stream history. However, even a War II. to facilitate Nazi propaganda. while the Muslims and other non- According to the Home India, especially in the politics and brief recap of this can aid in better Nazi agents preyed on the fears Even though the main intention Hindu communities in the region Department’s files dated October 18, rhetoric of Hindu nationalists. In %&&# understanding the ironic spectacle of of Bengal’s landed and business elite, of Nazi Germany was to ferment were “aliens” just like the Jews were 1939, the German wife of a Muslim Pakistan, these rudiments largely a “brown” Muslim or a Hindu fawn- telling them that their lands and busi- unrest in India against the British in Germany. professor at the famous Aligarh emerge during discourses involving ften one comes across a state- ing over a mass murderer, who nesses were under threat due to the colonialists, its plans in this context It is thus not surprising to note University received funds from her talk of Israel and the idea of nation- ment made by a Pakistani or would have thrown them in one of “socialist” bent of the Indian National never looked to unite the anti- similar sentiments in the works of the home country to publish a daily alism held by certain radical Right- Oan Indian politician, praising his many death camps at the drop of Congress (INC). Hitler’s notorious British Hindu and Muslim seg- period’s celebrated Hindu national- called Spirit of the Times through wing elements. the former German Nazi leader, a hat. biography, Mein Kampf, was then ments. Maybe the Germans had ists such as VD Savarkar and MS which she tried to prove that “Nazi The fascinating thing is, in Adolf Hitler, whose regime was In his essay for the May/June translated into various languages of noted the volatility of such a move. Golwalker. Both weren’t very secre- ideals approximate to the tenets of both cases, the language is almost the responsible for the systematic state- 2000 issue of the academic journal, India — including Hindi, Urdu and Hindus and Muslims had collaborat- tive about their admiration of Nazi Islam.” same as it was in the 1930s. The nar- sanctioned murder of millions of Social Scientist, Eugene D’Souza Bengali. These translations were ed with each other against the British Germany either. However, during In his detailed study of India’s rative, its tone and language are quite people considered to be of the “infe- writes that Nazi German propagan- distributed free of cost, especially during the Khilafat and Non-coop- their interactions with radical pre-Partition Muslim and Hindu similar. rior race.” So it is odd to hear praise da made its way into India when among the editors and staff of vari- eration movements; but both the Muslim groups, the Nazi agents middle-class milieu, German histo- According to Marcus, despite for him coming from folk who, too, mainstream Hindu and Muslim ous Hindi and Urdu newspapers. movements had eventually mutated completely flipped their message. rian Marcus Daechsel, in his book their enthusiasm for Nazi Germany would have been sent to the gas leadership in the region had become D’Souza writes that Nazi agents into becoming communal, giving the The agents glorified the “martial ten- The Politics of Self-Expression, writes and Hitler, most radical Hindu and chambers in Auschwitz along with disoriented after the gradual collapse then began to infiltrate various British the space to crush them. dencies” of the Muslims and claimed that middle-class political culture in Muslim ideologues never fully com- men, women and children of the so- of two major anti-British move- Muslim and Hindu social and cultur- Instead, and as noted in the files to be major supporters of their reli- inter-war India was haunted by prehended the Nazi ideology. That’s called “non-Aryan races.” The phe- ments in the 1920s: The Khilafat al organisations. The September 8, kept by the British colonial govern- gious and territorial interests, espe- fascistic resonances. Activists from why they largely sound contradicto- nomenon of some South Asians Movement and the Non-cooperation 1939 issue of the English daily The ment’s Home Department (file No. cially in the Middle East. various political camps believed in ry. And since the narrative, imagery romanticising Hitler could be the Movement. Times of India quoted Jewish and 8301, 1939), Nazi agents in India According to the Home Social-Darwinism, worshipped vio- and language in this context has not result of the region’s recent shift to the D’Souza writes this is when socialist refugees from Germany in applied a two-pronged strategy in Department’s files, Nazi Germany lence and war and focussed their changed much since the 1930s, the populist Right, along with various German business interests in the India as saying that Indian employ- which they approached radical funded various established and small political action on public spectacles same is the case today when a other regions of the world. But there region were first activated by Nazi ees working in German companies Hindu and Muslim leaderships with newspapers as long they continued and paramilitary organisations. Hindu or Muslim politician glorifies are many other possibilities. The ide- Germany to contact the more radi- were being used to spy on the entirely separate sets of rhetoric. to publish pro-Germany articles and Marcus identifies various Muslim Hitler. The results are always ironic. alisation of Hitler among some sec- cal elements within the Hindu and refugees. For example, when the agents propaganda. Hindi newspapers in and Hindu personalities and organ- (Courtesy: Dawn) !"#"# + 7'
4 $ #* 6 : -:" !* + C68 $ !./!0 * 7! nion Minister ! UDharmendra Pradhan has said India is in talks with '1231/4 Mongolia and Russia for $ '1231/4 that announcement to this Initial estimates suggest importing coking coal to effect can be made in the that the combined entity ome relief for consumers as reduce dependence on few inance Minister Nirmala Budget 2020-21 that is sched- formed by merging the three Sfuel prices fell on Sunday countries for supplies of the FSitharaman may announce uled on February 1. insurers will be the largest after rise for three consecutive commodity. second-round capital infusion Infusion will not only non-life insurance company days. The price of petrol fell by The Minister said the for public sector general insur- improve their financial health in India, valued at 1.2-1.5 lakh 10-12 paise a litre while that of Centre is looking to import ance companies in the upcom- but facilitate merger crore. diesel by 6-7 paise per litre in all coking coal, a raw material for ing Budget to improve their announced in the Budget 2018- As on March 31, 2017, the major cities across the country. making steel, at a reasonable financial health. 19. three companies together had In Delhi, petrol costs fell after de-escalation of ten- price as the country has set a The Government infused In the Budget 2018-19 more than 200 insurance prod- 75.90 a litre, 81.49 a litre in sions between the US and Iran target to produce 300 million prising senior officials of Vostochny Port which is 2,500 crore in the three speech, then Finance Minister ucts with a total premium of Rs Mumbai, 78.48 a litre in in the Middle East. tonne of the metal by 2030- the Steel Ministry and State- known for handling the com- insurers - National Insurance, Arun Jaitley had announced 41,461 crore and a market Kolkata and 78.86 a litre in The retail prices of fuel are 31."India has been importing run Steel Authority of India modity. Oriental Insurance and United that the three companies would share of around 35 per cent. Chennai after the decrease in dependent on the global crude coal from Australia, which is (SAIL) went to Mongolia's cap- Pradhan, who holds the India Insurance - through be merged into a single insur- Their combined net worth price. prices and the rupee-US dollar good, but high-quality coking ital Ulaanbaatar for securing a portfolios of Steel Ministry first supplementary demands ance entity. was 9,243 crore, with total Similarly, diesel costs exchange rate as India imports coal is also available in deal with the east Asian coun- and Petroleum and Natural for grants for 2019-20 last However, the process of employee strength of around 69.11 a litre in Delhi, 72.47 a 80 per cent of its crude require- Mongolia. We are looking to try for importing of coking Gas, said, "We have also initi- month. merger could not be complet- 44,000 spread over 6,000 litre in Mumbai, 71.48 per ments. bring that coal at a reasonable coal. ated talks on behalf of the However, these companies ed due to various reasons, offices. litre in Kolkata and 73.04 a Domestic petrol and diesel price. The initial plan was to Indian Government with the would require additional including poor financial health In 2017, State-owned New litre in Chennai, according to prices are reviewed by oil mar- We are in talks with the bring the fuel through Chinese Russian authorities and signed 10,000-12,000 crore capital of these companies. According India Assurance Company and Indian Oil Corporation web- keting companies on a daily Mongolian Government," ports but it could not be mate- a memorandum of under- dose to meet the prescribed sol- to the sources, after the merg- General Insurance site. basis. Price revisions are Pradhan said at a programme rialised, sources said, adding standing for cooperation for vency margin, sources said. er, the combined entity will be Corporation of India were The decrease in prices implemented at the fuel sta- here on Saturday evening. that the Centre is trying to undertaking coking coal ven- The sources further said listed on the bourses. listed on the bourses. came after Brent crude prices tions with effect from 6 AM. In 2016, a delegation com- bring coal through Russia's tures." % ' ' " 0 $ '1231/4 norms is a positive step to procuring buses. purchasing green vehicles," the reduce emissions significantly "Robust public source noted. n middle of a prolonged but the initiative would lead to transportation will reduce the The automobile industry Islowdown, the automobile an 8-10 per cent increase in number of vehicles on the recorded its worst-ever sales industry has asked the vehicle cost, leading to road, thereby will reduce pol- decline in two decades in 2019, Government to take bold fiscal enhanced GST collections for lution and hence positively with an unprecedented slow- $ /.'3.' area of central London. measures to revive the sector government. impact climate change. This down hampering vehicle off- According to The Sunday that has reported its worst-ever "However, this extra cost would also lead to reviving take across segments. 63-year-old Indian-origin Times, he claims to have sales decline in two decades would lead to a fall in demand. demand for commercial vehi- According to data released Alawyer has filed a lawsuit been stopped by the store's during 2019, industry sources As a win-win situation, we are cles which is very much need- by the Society of Indian against the UK's biggest super- security guard who falsely said. requesting the government to ed in the current economic sce- Automobile Manufacturers market chain Tesco over his accused him of not paying In the upcoming Union consider reducing GST on BS- nario," the source said. (SIAM) last week, all vehicle alleged mistreatment which, he and then forcibly moved him Budget, the auto industry has VI vehicles to 18 per cent from Besides, the industry segments reported de-growth claimed, has dislodged his kid- back into the shop.Hanuman sought measures, such as the current 28 per cent from has asked increase in depreci- last year as low consumer sen- ney stones. claims the incident resulted in reduction in GST rates on April onwards," an industry ation rate on passenger vehicle timents, weak rural demand Lalu Hanuman has claimed his kidney stones being dis- vehicles and abolition of duty source said. and two-wheelers to 25 per and economic slowdown took 70,000 pounds (USD 91,451) in lodged. on import of lithium-ion bat- The decision-making also be established in the coun- take old vehicles off the roads cent to have depreciation toll on demand. damages after being falsely Tesco admitted that the tery cells, to encourage electric power for GST reduction lies try. and generate demand for new aligned to real useful life of the Overall wholesale of vehi- accused of "theft for walking chocolate had been paid for mobility. with the GST Council and not It would also help in vehicles. vehicle. cles during the year across cat- away with an unpaid bar of and explained the The industry, which has related to the Budget directly reducing cost of electric vehi- "Incentive in the form of Similarly, it has asked the egories, including passenger chocolate". confusion over an inadvertent been facing a downturn for but this is an important ele- cles and aid in accelerating 50 per cent tax rebate in GST, government to permanently vehicles, two-wheelers and He was on his way to a double-swipe of the barcode almost a year now, has also ment for demand revival, he adoption of green mobility in road tax and registration withdraw the proposed hike in commercial vehicles, saw a concert when he bought the by the lawyer, who had sought an incentive-based added. the country, another source charges is proposed," the source the vehicle registration fee as a decline of 13.77 per cent in 1.05 pounds (USD 1.37) bar of required some assistance while scrappage policy and an The auto industry is also said. noted. higher fee would further 2019 at 2,30,73,438 units as vegan chocolate and paid for it using the self-service checkout increase in re-registration scrapping duty on import of He added that a formal The industry has also impact the demand negatively. against 2,67,58,787 units in at the self-service till. till. charges of vehicles to discour- lithium-ion battery cells so incentive-based scrappage pol- sought adequate Budget allo- "Besides, we are 2018. This is the worst fall in Hanuman threw the A UK court hearing in the age use of old vehicles. that battery packs can be man- icy with monetary support cation for the Ministry of seeking income tax benefits on sales since the industry body receipt in the bin and made his case is scheduled to take place Sources said that the intro- ufactured locally and progres- from the government as well as Urban Development to support the interest part of vehicle loan started recording monthly and way out of the Tesco Express on July 21. duction of BS-VI emission sively cell manufacturing can manufacturers is required to state transport undertakings in to be provided to individuals yearly sales data in 1997. store in the Russell Square 4A; 7BC ' >?./ 8 0 ?/?@( ! # **
* 3 $ !./!0 Commissioning the two 9.- D8 ICG fast patrol vessels designed $ 566 ndia is looking at a $ 250 bil- and manufactured by the $ 66 exchequer/banks could be as the same year Telengana too Ilion maritime economy by Garden Reach Shipbuilders much as staggering 4.2 lakh did so involving 17,000 crore. he J&K administration has 2024, which the Indian Coast and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) arious states have cumula- crore and if the latest Rs 45,000- FY17 saw Tamil Nadu Tdirected its departments, Guard (ICG) has the responsi- here, Kumar said India is Vtively written off a whop- 51,000 crore of write-offs announcing write-offs of Rs public sector undertakings and bility to safeguard, Defence increasingly becoming self- ping 4.7 lakh crore of farm announced by Maharashtra 5,280 crore. aided institutions to procure the spokesman said. Secretary Ajay Kumar said reliant in the science of ship- loans in the past one decade, (second in three years) this it FY18 witnessed certain goods and services pro- Industrial, handloom or here on Sunday. building."Most of our ships which is 82 per cent of the could be at 4.7 lakh crore Maharashtra writing off duced and provided by micro, handicraft items included in India's exclusive econom- today are over 70 per cent industry-level bad loans, which is 82 per cent of the 34,020 crore; Uttar Pradesh small and medium enterprises the list are automobile head- ic zone in the seas along its indigenous and some of the lat- according to a report. industry level NPAs," the report (36,360 crore); Punjab ( (MSMEs). lights, buckets, shoes, coir 7,500-kilometre coastline com- est platforms are over 90 per In FY19, farm loan NPAs claimed. 10,000); and Karnataka ( The list of goods ear- items, diesel engines up to 15 prises over 2 million square ! %# + cent indigenous," he said. jumped to 12.4 per cent or at It can be noted that since 18,000 crore), and another marked by the Government HP, domestic electric appli- kilometres, he said. Kumar said that being the 1.1 lakh crore of the 8,79,000 FY15, ten of the largest states 44,000 crore in FY19. contains 358 goods, a move ances, enamel and glass wares, "With a target of becoming The maritime economy fourth largest coast guard in the crore of total bad loans in the announced farm loan waivers In FY19, Rajasthan written off aimed at boosting the eco- garments, hand pumps, RCC a $5 trillion economy by 2024, constitutes nearly five per cent world, ICG has performed system, up from 48,800 crore worth 3,00,240 crore to alle- 18,000 crore, Madhya Pradesh nomic activities of small entre- pipes and poles, sanitary fit- we are looking at over $250 bil- of the world economy, he said. credibly in protecting the coun- or 8.6 per cent of the total viate the indebtedness of farm- (Rs 36,500 crore), and preneurs, an official spokesman tings, steel Almirahs, lion coming from the maritime With the depletion of land try's maritime zones and also NPAs of 5,6,6,620 crore in ers and the spate of suicides. If Chhattisgarh (6,100 crore) said on Sunday. Quoting the taps, transistor radios (up to 3 zone. resources, economic activities in preventing the plunder of its FY16, the report by SBI the numbers announced by and Maharashtra's 45,000- instructions circulated by the band), water tanks (up to "It is this $250 billion econ- are increasingly getting wealth in the oceans. Research said. the Centre under Manmohan 51,000 crore announced last finance department, he said the 15,000 litres), Jute furniture and omy that the ICG has the focussed on the oceans, Kumar The challenges and com- "Even though agriculture Singh regime in FY08 is count- month is the latest. Government has directed all woollen and silk carpe items, responsibility to protect and said. plexities of maritime security NPA was only 1.1 lakh crore ed, this goes up to around 4 But, it is entirely a different the administrative secretaries the spokesman said. safeguard," Kumar said after Describing the coast are no less than those of land or 12.4 per cent of the overall lakh crore. Of this, over 2 matter that most of these write- and heads of departments to He said the step has been commissioning coast guard guard as the sentinels of the territories and air space, he NPAs in FY19, if we account- lakh crore have been made offs have been only in paper as strictly adhere to the guidelines. taken in line with the public ships 'ICGS Amrit Kaur' and country's seas, the Defence said.Kumar said that the hands ed for Rs 3.14 lakh crore worth since 2017. actual write-offs have not been It has also asked them to procurement policy notified 'ICGS Annie Besant' which secretary said it is reassuring of ICG have been further of farm loan waivers In FY15 Andhra more than 60 per cent, while direct all the line departments by the Ministry of Micro, Small will be deployed along the to witness the force's growing strengthened by providing legal announced in the last decade, announced to write off farm the lowest delivery has 10 per to comply with the instruction, and Medium Enterprises. eastern coast. strength. powers for visiting, boarding, agri NPAs/burden for the loans worth Rs 24,000 crore, in cent in Madhya Pradesh. < $! "!! ?3 + ' -7- # # " @ # '1231/4 vegetable prices," said Vinod deal from both sides. C866 Nair, Head of Research at According to Nair, the $ 66 time at which an airline can Vistara, which is 51 per arnings results for the quar- Geojit Financial Services. global risk has reduced in 2020 !./!0 arrive or depart at an airport. cent owned by the Tata Group Eter ended December along The coming week would with likely trade deal between ata-SIA joint venture airline "Two of our Boeing 737- and rest by Singapore Airlines, with inflation data, would drive witness quarterly results for the US and China, Brexit and in he Centre is promoting TVistara has started phasing 800NG aircraft are exiting fleet had placed orders for 50 air- the Indian equity markets in October-December period by anticipation of improvement in Twater tourism by under- out nine Boeing 737 planes, this month as their lease tenure craft, comprising both A320 the week ahead. several major corporates, which the world economy. taking riverfront development which it had leased after the ends. The remaining seven Neos and A321 Neos for Retail inflation data for will be a significant factor for Edelweiss Professional and setting a target of increas- grounding of Jet Airways, from have longer lease duration and domestic as well as short and December is scheduled to be the investors. Investor Research's Chief ing the number of cruise ships this month amid induction of most of them will exit fleet medium-haul international released on Monday and "Corporate results for Market Strategist Sahil Kapoor in the country to 1,000, Prime the latest batch of A320 neos in between 2022 and 2023," a operations with deliveries wholesale inflation would be Q3FY20 will be keenly watched observed that mid and small Minister Narendra Modi said the fleet. Vistara spokesperson said in between 2019-2023. out on Tuesday. The data gains out for. Some prominent com- cap segments have begun to on Sunday. The airline is returning response to a PTI query. The airline has already significance as off late there has panies coming out with results outperform the large caps sug- "Central Government is two of these nine leased B737 The spokesperson also said taken deliveries of some of the been major price rise impact- include Wipro, HCL gesting that market breadth is promoting cruise-based from January and the rest that by the time Vistara phas- A320 Neos from this order, ing common man's budget and Technologies, HDFC Bank etc," now favouring a larger uptrend. tourism. We have set a target to seven will be exited the fleet es out all these leased Boeing starting last November. also leading to a status quo on said Deepak Jasani of HDFC On the technical front, raise the number of cruise gramme. between 2022-23 as they are on planes, it would induct more Besides, the carrier has also repo rate by the Reserve Bank Securities. Jasani said that the for Nifty50 ships to 1,000 from the around "Tourism in West Bengal long term lease, a Vistara than 50 narrow-body and bought six Boeing 787-9 of India (RBI). Among the geopolitical fac- may reach fresh record levels it 150 in the country now," Modi will get a boost from the river- spokesperson told PTI. wide-body aircraft in its fleet Dreamliners for long-haul Retail inflation or the tors, the easing tensions between if breaches the immediate resis- said, inaugurating the sesqui- front development scheme. The government has tem- from Airbus and Boeing addi- international operations. Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the US and Iran and the signing tance of 12,311 points and centenary celebrations of the When comfortable facilities porarily reallocated as many tionally. Vistara will start inducting November surged to 5.54 per of the first phase of the US- crucial support is seen around Kolkata Port Trust at the Netaji are created over 32 acres land as many as 488 Jet Airways' After the Government put these wide-body planes in the cent from 4.62 per cent in China trade pact in the upcom- 12,213-12,118 points. Indoor stadium here. for viewing the Ganges, the slots to Air India, IndiGo, a rider that temporary alloca- fleet from next month. October on the back of a mas- ing week would be a major sup- On Friday, the Nifty50 on He said the Government toursts will benefit," he said, SpiceJet, Vistara, GoAir and tion of ex-Jet Airways slots The Delhi-based airline, sive rise in food prices. port for both global and domes- the National Stock Exchange was also creating the needed The Prime Minister also AirAsia India to fill the capac- was subject to aircraft induc- which completed five years of "Investors will closely tic investor sentiments. (NSE) touched an all-time high infrastructure for aquariums, said the benefits of expanding ity gap in the wake of the air- tion, Vistara leased nine Boeing operations on January 9, cur- watch CPI data, consensus is Jasani noted that the phase- of 12,311.20 points, before set- water parks, sea museums and cruise tourism will also go to line ceasing operations mid- 737-800 planes to reportedly rently operates over 200 daily showing inflation to spike fur- I of the US-China trade deal to tling at 12,256.80, higher by cruises in cities and clusters the people of Bengal and the April last year. secure as many as 110 addi- flights to 34 domestic and ther to 6.7 per cent in be signed on January 15 will 40.90 points or 0.33 per cent connected to ports as part of its island dwellers in the Bay of A slot is a specific date and tional slots of the 488 slots. international destinations. December due to oil prices and bring in some details about the from its previous close. riverfront development pro- Bengal. !"#"# $ "# 77
Scheme NAV 1Yr % ICICI Pru LT Wealth 11.69 14.83 Fund-Reg(G) Nippon India Vision Fund(G) 548.87 7.80 ICICI Pru Technology Fund(G) 58.95 3.44 Kotak World Gold Fund(G) 10.59 35.04 Enhancement Fund(G) SBI Equity Opp Fund-Sr I-Reg(G) 16.91 11.32 DSP Natural Res & New Energy 32.45 7.70 Principal Tax Savings Fund 209.32 3.38 Franklin India Feeder - Franklin 35.55 30.74 JM Value Fund(G) 34.17 14.81 Tata Value Fund-Sr-1-Reg(G) 10.54 11.31 Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Nifty Next 50 ETF 28.80 3.30 U.S. Opportunities Fund(G) Mirae Asset Nifty 50 ETF 124.22 14.81 Tata Value Fund-Sr-2-Reg(G) 10.22 11.18 ICICI Pru Value Fund-16(G) 11.32 7.60 UTI Nifty Next 50 Index 10.18 3.22 ICICI Pru US Bluechip Equity 32.56 30.55 Kotak Tax Saver Fund(G) 47.65 14.73 IDFC Large Cap Fund-Reg(G) 34.29 11.11 ICICI Pru Growth Fund-3(DP) 10.89 7.50 Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) PGIM India Euro Equity Fund(G) 14.65 14.72 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 11.41 11.10 L&T Tax Advt Fund-Reg(G) 56.29 7.44 L&T Emerging Opp 9.64 3.22 Nippon India US Equity 17.90 30.46 HDFC Nifty 50 ETF 1286.49 14.68 Fund-5-(G) Sundaram Diversified Equity(G) 103.62 7.39 Fund-I-Reg(D) Opp Fund(G) Axis Nifty ETF 1263.82 14.65 Invesco India Tax Plan(G) 53.99 10.98 ICICI Pru Multicap Fund(G) 302.62 7.38 Principal Personal Tax saver Fund 195.83 3.01 DSP World Gold Fund-Reg(G) 14.27 27.09 Tata Resources & Energy 15.19 14.53 SBI Equity Opp Fund-Sr IV-Reg(G)16.15 10.96 L&T Emerging Opp 10.43 7.33 ICICI Pru Nifty Next 50 Index 25.29 2.83 Franklin Asian Equity Fund(G) 25.23 26.68 Fund-Reg(G) UTI MEPUS 113.34 10.95 Fund-II-Reg(D) Fund(G) SBI Tax Advantage 28.46 26.30 UTI Nifty Index Fund-Reg(G) 80.46 14.50 ICICI Pru Bluechip Fund(G) 44.75 10.88 Mirae Asset Healthcare 11.16 7.31 IDBI Nifty Junior Index Fund(G) 21.52 2.72 Fund-III-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage Fund-III-Reg(G)14.24 14.48 DSP World Agriculture 17.31 10.88 Fund-Reg(G) UTI LT Adv Fund-III(G) 13.66 2.58 PGIM India Global Equity 21.17 26.09 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-IV(G) 10.62 14.38 Fund-Reg(G) Nippon India Large Cap Fund(G) 35.91 7.29 L&T Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 135.31 2.41 Opp Fund(G) IDFC Nifty ETF 126.67 14.35 UTI LT Equity Fund (Tax 93.17 10.87 ICICI Pru Nifty Low Vol 30 ETF 92.49 7.25 SBI Magnum Midcap Fund-Reg(G)72.68 2.41 Tata Banking & Financial 21.64 25.25 ICICI Pru Smallcap Fund(G) 26.56 14.33 Saving)-Reg(G) Franklin Build India Fund(G) 42.47 7.24 Sundaram Mid Cap Fund(G) 469.64 2.41 Services Fund-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage Fund-II-Reg(G) 14.71 14.32 PGIM India Large Cap 13.21 10.86 Sundaram LT Tax Adv Fund-Sr 14.16 7.20 Nippon India Multi Cap Fund(G) 98.69 2.35 Sundaram Fin Serv Opp Fund(G) 48.53 25.22 L&T Focused Equity Fund-Reg(G) 11.65 14.29 Fund-2-Reg(G) I-Reg(G) HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities 54.24 2.31 DSP US Flexible Equity 28.19 23.56 Aditya Birla SL Global Real 20.82 14.28 Franklin India Focused Equity 42.76 10.85 L&T Equity Fund-Reg(G) 84.63 7.14 Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) Estate Fund(G) Fund(G) Sundaram Emerging Small 11.01 7.11 UTI Healthcare Fund-Reg(G) 86.22 1.91 Principal Global Opportunities 32.33 23.52 HDFC Index Fund-NIFTY 50 111.94 14.22 Canara Rob Equity Tax Saver 68.71 10.79 Cap-Sr-VI-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Value Discovery 143.31 1.86 Fund(G) Plan(G) Fund-Reg(G) Nippon India Capital Builder 10.28 7.10 Fund(G) Sundaram Services Fund-Reg(G) 12.69 22.22 UTI Equity Fund-Reg(G) 153.87 14.17 Aditya Birla SL Equity Fund(G) 770.51 10.73 Fund-IV-A(G) Sundaram Value 10.88 1.77 Baroda Banking & Fin Serv 26.20 21.97 ICICI Pru Exports & Services 58.88 7.09 Fund-VIII-Reg(G) Fund(G) Fund(G) Sundaram Emerging Small 9.61 1.75 SBI Banking & Financial Services 20.12 21.68 SBI Magnum Global Fund-Reg(G)179.12 7.09 Cap-Sr-IV-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Invesco India Multicap Fund(G) 49.04 7.03 ICICI Pru Focused Equity 29.37 1.70 Edelweiss Emerging Markets 14.32 21.64 Franklin India Taxshield(G) 579.71 7.02 Fund(G) Opp Eq. Offshore Fund-Reg(G) HDFC Growth Opp Fund-Reg(G) 116.62 6.97 Templeton India Value Fund(G) 245.97 1.54 Invesco India Financial Services 64.16 21.63 L&T India Value Fund-Reg(G) 36.74 6.97 UTI Mid Cap Fund-Reg(G) 101.50 1.54 Fund(G) ICICI Pru Large & Mid Cap 335.32 6.95 Sundaram Emerging Small 9.29 1.52 Kotak US Equity Fund(G) 18.53 21.34 Fund(G) Cap-Sr-III-Reg(G) SBI Tax advantage Fund-II(G) 40.76 21.01 Franklin India Bluechip Fund(G) 476.79 6.92 ICICI Pru Midcap Fund(G) 95.60 1.44 Aditya Birla SL Intl. Equity 23.79 20.38 Nippon India Value Fund(G) 75.80 6.90 Nippon India Small Cap Fund(G) 40.01 1.37 Fund-A(G) Principal Dividend Yield Fund(G) 54.96 6.88 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 9.87 1.23 DSP Focus Fund-Reg(G) 26.00 20.17 Baroda ELSS 96(G) 45.15 6.71 Fund-4-Reg(G) Kotak Global Emerging Mkt 17.47 20.13 HDFC Equity Fund(G) 676.85 6.57 HDFC Capital Builder Value 287.63 1.22 Fund(G) Sundaram Value Fund-II-Reg(G) 16.51 6.50 Fund(G) Axis Bluechip Fund-Reg(G) 32.15 19.92 Nippon India Focused Equity 47.93 6.48 Baroda Mid-cap Fund(G) 8.91 1.14 BNP Paribas India Consumption 13.03 19.52 Fund(G) Nippon India Pharma Fund(G) 153.03 1.00 Fund-Reg(G) SBI PSU Fund-Reg(G) 10.36 6.46 Tata India Consumer Fund-Reg(G)17.52 0.96 ICICI Pru Global Stable Equity 17.08 19.44 UTI India Consumer Fund-Reg(G)27.23 6.45 L&T Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 15.70 0.83 Fund(FOF)(G) IDFC Core Equity Fund-Reg(G) 46.40 6.37 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 9.86 0.82 DSP Equity Fund-Reg(G) 43.32 19.12 Invesco India Midcap Fund(G) 50.77 6.32 Fund-2-(G) Axis Focused 25 Fund-Reg(G) 30.99 19.01 IDBI India Top 100 Equity Fund(G)26.03 14.17 ICICI Pru NV20 ETF 57.49 10.69 Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief 32.47 6.32 Nippon India Power & Infra 96.73 0.77 Axis Long Term Equity 49.60 18.88 Axis Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 39.81 14.13 DSP World Energy Fund-Reg(G) 13.78 10.60 '96(ELSS U/S 80C of IT ACT)(G) Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) BNP Paribas Focused 25 Equity 10.41 14.12 ICICI Pru S&P BSE 500 ETF 161.41 10.57 Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief '96(G) 32.47 6.32 UTI LT Adv Fund-IV(G) 10.45 0.61 JM Multicap Fund(G) 35.05 18.81 Fund-Reg(G) Invesco India Feeder - Invesco 11.21 10.55 Franklin India Opportunities 74.03 6.26 Sundaram Emerging Small 9.76 0.53 Motilal Oswal Focused 25 24.43 18.78 IDFC Nifty Fund-Reg(G) 25.42 14.10 Pan European Equity Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) Cap-Sr-V-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Kotak Standard Multicap Fund(G) 37.90 14.09 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 12.64 10.49 Edelweiss ETF - Nifty 287.05 6.23 SBI Consumption Opp Fund-Reg(G)116.280.48 Axis Multicap Fund-Reg(G) 12.79 18.65 ICICI Pru Nifty Index Fund(G) 118.82 14.09 Fund-2-Reg(G) 100 Quality 30 Sundaram Emerging Small 8.50 0.24 Invesco India Feeder - Invesco 14.14 18.57 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-I(G) 14.74 14.09 UTI Banking and Financial 103.53 10.48 Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 4(G) 9.65 6.22 Cap-Sr-II-Reg(G) Global Equity Income Fund(G) JM Core 11 Fund(G) 9.50 14.05 Services Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Emerging Small 10.84 6.20 Aditya Birla SL Infrastructure 30.58 0.20 Sundaram Multi Cap Fund-Sr 11.30 18.34 Tata Index Fund-Nifty Plan(G) 74.29 14.05 Kotak Small Cap Fund(G) 75.66 10.45 Cap-Sr-VII-Reg(G) Fund(G) II-Reg(G) Axis Capital Builder Fund-1-Reg(G)11.04 14.05 Tata Mid Cap Growth Fund(G) 144.25 10.20 Templeton India Equity 46.82 6.12 IDBI Midcap Fund(G) 10.55 0.09 BNP Paribas Large Cap Fund(G) 98.60 18.20 Tata India Tax Savings Fund-Reg(G)19.41 14.00 Canara Rob Emerg Equities 98.18 10.17 Income Fund(G) SBI Contra Fund-Reg(G) 105.12 0.08 SBI Focused Equity Fund-Reg(G) 154.20 18.05 Edelweiss Large Cap Fund(G) 37.99 13.88 Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-10(G) 11.88 6.07 Aditya Birla SL Mfg. Equity 13.10 -0.08 Axis Growth Opp Fund-Reg(G) 11.99 18.01 SBI Nifty Index Fund-Reg(G) 105.40 13.76 IDBI Equity Advantage 28.41 10.12 Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund-Reg(G) 27.32 6.04 Fund-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage Fund-IV-Reg(G)14.37 17.94 Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund-Reg(G)54.62 13.62 Fund-Reg(G) Franklin India Prima Fund(G) 976.01 6.03 UTI LT Adv Fund-V(G) 9.59 -0.13 Sundaram Multi Cap Fund-Sr 11.32 17.84 DSP A.C.E. Fund-Sr 2-Reg(G) 10.72 13.61 UTI Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 55.02 9.92 Nippon India India Opp 11.09 6.02 Aditya Birla SL Midcap Fund(G) 281.15 -0.21 I-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Index Fund-Reg(G)120.32 13.57 Invesco India Infrastructure 17.83 9.86 Fund-Sr-A(G) UTI MNC Fund-Reg(G) 197.09 -0.26 Nippon India Japan Equity 14.33 17.81 Nippon India Index Fund - Nifty 20.52 13.55 Fund(G) JM Large Cap Fund(G) 68.47 5.97 ICICI Pru Dividend Yield Equity 16.11 -0.3 Fund(G) Plan(G) Mirae Asset Great Consumer 37.58 9.85 Tata Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 56.23 5.91 Fund(G) DSP Top 100 Equity Fund-Reg(G) 227.79 17.43 IDBI Nifty Index Fund(G) 22.62 13.54 Fund-Reg(G) Tata Ethical Fund-Reg(G) 163.00 5.63 IDFC Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 14.44 -0.62 Aditya Birla SL Global Emerging 14.29 17.38 IDFC Equity Opportunity-6-Reg(G)10.93 13.50 Tata Digital India Fund-Reg(G) 15.36 9.80 DSP Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 55.75 5.63 Sundaram Value Fund-VII-Reg(G) 8.76 -0.62 Opp Fund(G) Principal Focused Multicap 69.61 13.46 Edelweiss Long Term Equity 48.82 9.78 Tata India Pharma & 9.31 5.63 SBI Healthcare Opp Fund-Reg(G) 120.36 -0.67 JM Tax Gain Fund(G) 18.65 17.33 Fund(G) Fund (Tax Savings)-Reg(G) Healthcare Fund-Reg(G) IDBI Small Cap Fund(G) 9.25 -1.49 Canara Rob Bluechip Equity 27.47 17.29 SBI LT Advantage Fund-VI-Reg(G)11.31 13.46 Edelweiss Tax Advantage 42.32 9.65 Aditya Birla SL MNC 784.64 5.55 SBI-ETF Sensex Next 50 322.73 -1.58 Fund-Reg(G) DSP A.C.E. Fund-Sr 1-Reg(G) 10.78 13.44 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Small Cap Fund(G) 78.56 -1.63 Axis Capital Builder 11.74 17.28 SBI LT Advantage Fund-V-Reg(G) 10.85 13.40 Sundaram TOP 100-Sr VI-Reg(G) 12.99 9.40 ICICI Pru Value Fund-13(D) 10.85 5.54 Sundaram Emerging Small 8.15 -1.65 Fund-4-Reg(G) DSP 3Y Close Ended Equity 16.17 13.38 Sundaram TOP 100-Sr VII-Reg(G)12.77 9.39 ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund(G) 51.28 5.49 Cap-Sr-I-Reg(G) Edelweiss ETF - Nifty Bank 3270.34 17.12 Fund-Reg(G) Baroda Multi Cap Fund(G) 101.33 9.32 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.66 5.44 IDFC Equity Opportunity-4-Reg(G)7.60 -1.81 IDBI Banking & Financial 11.50 17.11 SBI LT Advantage Fund-I-Reg(G) 14.18 13.35 PGIM India LT Equity 14.79 9.31 Fund-1-(G) HDFC Infrastructure Fund(G) 15.59 -2.16 Services Fund-Reg(G) SBI Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 16.14 13.35 Fund-Reg(G) HDFC Focused 30 Fund(G) 78.10 5.34 IDFC Sterling Value Fund-Reg(G) 48.60 -2.19 Mirae Asset Emerging 58.51 16.86 Aditya Birla SL Focused Equity 63.59 13.31 ICICI Pru Value Fund-14(G) 11.16 9.30 SBI Magnum TaxGain'93-Reg(G) 145.91 5.26 Franklin India Smaller Cos Fund(G)51.11 -2.63 Bluechip-Reg(G) Fund(G) SBI Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 54.47 9.30 IDFC Tax Advt(ELSS) 56.01 5.24 Nippon India Capital Builder 7.67 -3.38 SBI Magnum Comma Fund-Reg(G)38.98 16.62 DSP Equity Opportunities 236.80 13.30 IDBI Dividend Yield Fund-Reg(G) 10.96 9.27 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-IV-D(G) Aditya Birla SL Sensex ETF 389.19 16.53 Fund-Reg(G) Nippon India Banking Fund(G) 293.95 9.26 DSP Equal Nifty 50 Fund-Reg(G) 9.97 5.09 Sundaram Value Fund-IX-Reg(G) 8.86 -4.16 Edelweiss Eur Dynamic Equity 11.89 16.52 Franklin India Index Fund-NSE 96.92 13.27 IDFC Multi Cap Fund-Reg(G) 97.42 9.25 UTI Dividend Yield Fund-Reg(G) 66.09 5.08 Sundaram Select Micro 12.73 -4.23 Off-shr Fund-Reg(G) Nifty(G) Principal Emerging Bluechip 109.36 9.22 Tata Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 10.83 5.04 Cap-Series IX-Reg(G) SBI Magnum Equity ESG 114.71 16.48 Canara Rob Equity Diver 143.13 13.25 Fund(G) Sundaram Infra Advantage 32.33 5.00 Sundaram Value Fund-X-Reg(G) 8.81 -4.24 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Motilal Oswal Multicap 35 27.06 9.21 Fund(G) Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 12.80 -4.25 HDFC Sensex ETF 4377.21 16.43 Invesco India PSU Equity Fund(G)18.67 13.22 Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Dividend 163.86 4.97 VIII-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Small Cap 15.64 16.37 SBI Technology Opp Fund-Reg(G) 68.44 13.21 Aditya Birla SL Intl. Equity 19.37 9.19 Yield Fund(G) UTI LT Adv Fund-VII(G) 8.62 -4.34 Series-III-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-18(G) 12.26 13.20 Fund-B(G) PGIM India Midcap Opp 18.46 4.95 Sundaram LT Tax Adv 9.32 -4.43 Sundaram Select Small Cap 10.63 16.36 DSP World Mining Fund-Reg(G) 8.97 13.19 Edelweiss Multi-Cap Fund-Reg(G) 15.22 9.06 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Sr IV-Reg(G) Series-VI-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Growth Fund-1(DP) 12.06 13.13 ICICI Pru LT Equity Fund 395.38 9.00 IDBI Long Term Value 10.58 4.86 L&T Emerging Businesses 23.31 -4.79 Sundaram Select Small Cap 15.65 16.27 Axis Emerging Opp Fund-1-Reg(G)13.37 13.02 (Tax Saving)(G) Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Series-IV-Reg(G) Invesco India Growth Opp Fund(G)36.62 12.95 DSP Healthcare Fund-Reg(G) 11.12 8.96 Principal Nifty 100 Equal 72.79 4.82 Sundaram LT Tax Adv Fund-Sr 8.02 -4.88 BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund(G) 51.52 16.22 SBI BlueChip Fund-Reg(G) 41.90 12.86 BNP Paribas Mid Cap Fund(G) 33.72 8.82 Weight Fund(G) III-Reg(G) IDFC Sensex ETF 429.31 16.18 ICICI Pru Banking & Fin 70.11 12.79 L&T Business Cycle Fund-Reg(G) 15.99 8.77 Sundaram Rural and 42.83 4.80 Nippon India Capital Builder 7.37 -5.19 Mirae Asset Tax Saver 19.30 16.08 Serv Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL CEF-Global 24.87 8.77 Consumption Fund(G) Fund-IV-C(G) Fund-Reg(G) Canara Rob Consumer Trends 42.46 12.72 Agri-Reg(G) Principal Multi Cap 145.01 4.79 UTI Transportation & Logistics 94.46 -5.62 Sundaram Select Small Cap 10.88 16.01 Fund-Reg(G) Invesco India Smallcap 11.13 8.69 Growth Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) Series-V-Reg(G) Baroda Large Cap Fund(G) 15.46 12.68 Fund-Reg(G) Franklin India Equity Fund(G) 598.94 4.78 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 12.42 -6.02 DSP Tax Saver Fund-Reg(G) 52.04 15.99 Kotak India EQ Contra Fund(G) 55.82 12.58 Sundaram LT Tax Adv 15.44 8.66 Canara Rob Infrastructure 45.57 4.76 X-Reg(G) HDFC Index Fund-Sensex(G) 369.81 15.96 SBI Magnum Multicap 51.64 12.56 Fund-Sr II-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) UTI LT Adv Fund-VI(G) 8.24 -6.14 Motilal Oswal Long Term 18.98 15.92 Fund-Reg(G) IDBI Diversified Equity Fund(G) 22.37 8.64 IDFC Equity 10.25 4.70 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 7.97 -6.24 Equity Fund-Reg(G) Franklin India Technology Fund(G)168.5812.55 DSP India T.I.G.E.R Fund-Reg(G) 93.46 8.62 Opportunity-5-Reg(G) Fund-7-Reg(G) Sundaram Global Brand Fund(G) 18.32 15.87 Kotak Emerging Equity Fund(G) 41.47 12.42 Aditya Birla SL Frontline Equity 233.88 8.61 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.71 4.69 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 9.04 -6.25 Kotak Bluechip Fund(G) 254.64 15.78 PGIM India Diversified Equity 14.13 12.41 Fund(G) Fund-3-(G) XII-Reg(G) Tata Index Fund-Sensex Plan(G) 102.61 15.78 Fund-Reg(G) Nippon India Consumption 68.91 8.59 ICICI Pru Manufacture in India 10.54 4.67 Sundaram Select Micro 9.38 -6.39 DSP Global Allocation Fund-Reg(G)13.53 15.70 Tata Large Cap Fund(G) 231.87 12.28 Fund(G) Fund(G) Cap-Series XI-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Banking & 31.44 15.63 DSP Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 58.48 12.15 ICICI Pru Value Fund-17(G) 10.89 8.57 HDFC TaxSaver(G) 521.94 4.56 Sundaram Select Micro 8.32 -6.39 Financial Services Fund-Reg(G) Axis Emerging Opp Fund-2-Reg(G)12.83 12.05 Invesco India Contra Fund(G) 49.82 8.47 Franklin India Equity Advantage 80.63 4.51 Cap-Series XIV-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Sensex Index Fund(G) 12.93 15.45 Motilal Oswal Midcap 30 27.04 11.96 ICICI Pru Value Fund-8(D) 11.15 8.46 Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL Small Cap Fund(G)31.78 -6.69 BNP Paribas Long Term Equity 41.88 15.38 Fund-Reg(G) Kotak Infra & Eco Reform 20.55 8.45 HDFC Equity Opp Fund-Sr 10.54 4.20 HDFC Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 39.44 -7.42 Fund(G) UTI Focussed Equity Fund-V(G) 10.31 11.95 Fund(G) 2-1126D-May 2017(1)-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Pure Value Fund(G)47.41 -7.64 Aditya Birla SL India GenNext 92.43 15.29 Sundaram Large and Mid 37.14 11.95 IDBI Focused 30 Equity 10.28 8.44 UTI-Nifty Next 50 ETF 293.61 4.13 Sundaram Select Micro 7.62 -7.72 Fund(G) Cap Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru FMCG Fund(G) 248.55 4.08 Cap-Series XVI-Reg(G) Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 5(G) 10.54 15.29 ICICI Pru Growth Fund-2(DP) 12.87 11.91 IDFC Focused Equity Fund-Reg(G)38.57 8.34 Nippon India Tax Saver (ELSS) 56.64 4.02 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 8.10 -7.91 PGIM India Large Cap Fund(G) 180.15 15.23 Aditya Birla SL Digital India 55.62 11.89 Nippon India Quant Fund(G) 26.18 8.31 Fund(G) XV-Reg(G) Tata Large & Mid Cap Fund(G) 222.05 15.23 Fund(G) Sundaram Value Fund-III-Reg(G) 17.46 8.26 Sundaram Smart NIFTY 100 11.97 4.00 Sundaram LT Micro Cap 7.96 -8.42 Kotak Equity Opp Fund(G) 130.32 15.18 UTI Mastershare-Reg(G) 130.24 11.87 L&T Large and Midcap 49.02 8.25 Eq Weight Fund-Reg(G) Tax Adv Fund-Sr V-Reg(G) Nippon India Index Fund - 20.44 15.10 Aditya Birla SL Equity Advantage 430.70 11.75 Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Nifty Next 50 ETF 287.76 3.77 Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax 8.10 -8.50 Sensex Plan(G) Fund(G) Tata Equity P/E Fund(G) 139.71 8.19 Nippon India Capital Builder 8.14 3.66 Adv Fund-Sr IV-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Focus(G) 194.81 15.07 UTI Value Opp Fund-Reg(G) 65.28 11.75 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.54 8.10 Fund-IV-B(G) Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax 9.47 -8.89 Parag Parikh Long Term Equity 27.03 15.00 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-VI(G) 10.77 11.68 Fund-4-(G) UTI Core Equity Fund-Reg(G) 62.81 3.61 Adv Fund-Sr III-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-11(G) 13.14 11.54 ICICI Pru Value Fund-15(G) 11.21 8.10 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent 9.76 3.50 Sundaram Select Micro 7.19 -8.94 L&T India Large Cap 29.25 14.98 Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 7(G) 11.03 11.54 Nippon India Growth Fund(G) 1160.01 8.07 India Fund-5-Reg(G) Cap-Series XVII-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Invesco India Largecap Fund(G) 30.18 11.49 HDFC Top 100 Fund(G) 502.74 7.92 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent 11.97 3.46 Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax 7.45 -9.35 Tata Nifty ETF 124.19 14.86 Edelweiss Large & Mid Cap 33.35 11.45 SBI Large & Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 231.52 7.85 India Fund-3-Reg(G) Adv Fund-Sr VI-Reg(G) !"#"# " 7(
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Washington: US President British Foreign Secretary Donald Trump has said that the Dominic Raab said UK envoy !$*" United States was monitoring Rob Macaire had been detained. Iranian demonstrations closely, “The arrest of our ambas- warning against any new “mas- sador in Tehran without sacre” as protests broke out grounds or explanation is a fla- ! !1 * after Tehran admitted to shoot- grant violation of international ing down a passenger plane. law,” Raab said in a statement. Iran said earlier it uninten- The US called on Iran to apol- Tehran: Iran’s top Guards com- Qasem Soleimani, the head of International has said more tionally downed a Ukrainian jet- ogize. mander briefed parliament on the Revolutionary Guards’ for- than 300 were killed. liner outside Tehran, killing all Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, Sunday, a day after the armed eign operations arm. Newspapers called for res- 176 people aboard, in an abrupt which is close to the country’s forces said a Ukrainian airliner The Guards’ top comman- ignations and sackings over the about-turn after initially deny- conservatives, said the envoy had was shot down in error in an der, Major General Hossein handling of the air disaster. ing Western claims it was struck been “provoking radical acts” admission that sparked an angry Salami, briefed parliament Sazandegi, a moderate con- by a missile. among students. He was released demonstration. about the general’s killing, Iran’s servative publication, also apol- The firing came shortly a few hours later and would be His closed-session testimo- retaliation and the downing of ogised to its readers for having after Iran launched missiles at summoned again by Iranian ny comes after the temporary the airliner, semi-official news trusted official sources on the bases in Iraq housing American officials on Sunday, it said. arrest Saturday of Britain’s agency ISNA said. matter. forces. State television reported ambassador to Tehran, Rob At the end of the session, “Apologise, resign,” said the President Hassan Rouhani that students shouted “anti- Macaire, shortly after he left a speaker Ali Larijani asked the main headline of the reformist said a military probe into the regime” chants, while Fars vigil for the air disaster victims Majles’ security and foreign Etemad daily. tragedy had found “missiles reported that posters of that turned into a protest. policy commission to examine “Unforgivable,” said gov- fired due to human error” Soleimani had been torn down. On the day after the rally at the air disaster and how to pre- ernment newspaper Iran, which brought down the Boeing 737, ' ( % The aerospace commander Tehran’s Amir Kabir University, vent such incidents from occur- published all the names of those calling it an “unforgivable mis- of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tensions appeared to be mount- ring again, ISNA said. who died in the air disaster on take.” nor an internet shutdown. The that Iran provide “full clarity” on on Wednesday. accepted full responsibility for ing again on the streets of the On Saturday, President the image of black plane tail. At a student protest to pay world is watching,” he added, the downing of the plane. The crash came hours after Wednesday’s accident. capital, with a heavy police Hassan Rouhani said a military Kayhan, a hardline daily, led tribute to the crash victims on apparently referring to an Ottawa says the dead included Tehran launched missiles at But Brigadier General presence notably around the probe into the tragedy had on the supreme leader’s “strict Saturday, Iranian authorities Iranian crackdown on street 57 Canadians. bases hosting American forces Amirali Hajizadeh said the mis- iconic Azadi Square south of the found “missiles fired due to orders” to follow up on the briefly detained Britain’s ambas- protests that broke out in Iran’s Supreme Leader in Iraq in response to the killing sile operator acted indepen- centre. human error” brought down the “painful incident of the plane sador, in what the British November. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also of top Iranian general Qasem dently, targeting the 737 after Riot police armed with Boeing 737. crash”. Government called a violation of “We are following your offered his condolences and Soleimani in a US drone strike. mistaking it for a “cruise missile”. water cannon and batons were The Guards’ aerospace As public anger grew, state international law. He was later protests closely, and are inspired ordered the armed forces to Fears grew of an all-out war The operator failed to obtain seen at Amir Kabir, Sharif and commander General Amirali television aired interviews with released. by your courage,” he said. address “shortcomings” so that between Iran and its arch-enemy approval from his superiors Tehran universities as well as Hajizadeh accepted full respon- people who it said “have not for- Trump told Iranians — in The new demonstrations such a disaster does not happen the United States, but those because of disruptions to a com- Enqelab Square. Around 50 sibility. gotten everything the Guards tweets in both English and Farsi follow an Iranian crackdown on again. concerns have subsided after munications system, he said. Basij militiamen brandishing In the evening, a memori- have done for the country”. — that he stands by them and street protests that broke out in Tehran’s acknowledgement Trump said Tehran appeared to “He had 10 seconds to paintball guns, potentially to al at Tehran’s Amir Kabir Britain’s ambassador to is monitoring the demonstra- November. Amnesty came after officials in Iran be standing down after targeting decide. He could have decided mark protesters to authorities, University in honour of those Tehran meanwhile took to tions. International has said it left denied for days Western claims the US bases. to strike or not to strike and were also seen near Amir Kabir. killed turned into a demon- Twitter to deny he had attend- “To the brave, long-suffer- more than 300 people dead. that the Ukraine International On Saturday evening, police under such circumstances, he The military acknowledged stration that, AFP correspon- ed the demonstration before ing people of Iran: I’ve stood Internet access was report- Airlines plane had been struck dispersed students who had took the wrong decision.” Saturday that the Ukraine dents said, was attended by being arrested. with you since the beginning of edly cut off in multiple Iranian by a missile in a catastrophic converged on Amir Kabir Iran had been under International Airlines plane was hundreds of students. “Can confirm I wasn’t tak- my Presidency, and my provinces ahead of memorials error. University in Tehran to pay mounting international pres- mistakenly shot down They shouted “death to ing part in any demonstra- Administration will continue planned a month after the The Kiev-bound jet tribute to the victims, after some sure to allow a “credible” inves- Wednesday, killing all 176 peo- liars” and demanded the resig- tions! Went to an event adver- to stand with you,” he tweeted. protests. slammed into a field shortly after among the hundreds gathered tigation after video emerged ple aboard, after denying for nation and prosecution of those tised as a vigil for victims of “There can not be another Canadian Prime Minister taking off from Tehran’s Imam shouted “destructive” slogans, appearing to show the moment days Western claims it was responsible for downing the #PS752 tragedy,” Macaire said, massacre of peaceful protesters, Justin Trudeau has demanded Khomeini International Airport Fars news agency said. the airliner was hit. AFP downed by a missile. plane and allegedly covering up adding he had been detained The majority of those on the accidental action. half an hour after leaving the the Boeing 737, which slammed Fars news agency said area. E ! into a field shortly after take-off police “dispersed” them as they “Normal to want to pay 3+=! 0 from Tehran, were Iranians and left the university and blocked respects — some of victims were Canadians, and many were stu- streets, causing a traffic jam. British. I left after 5 mins, when Q R +3 dents. US President Donald some started chanting,” he World leaders welcomed Trump warned Iran against tweeted. Tehran: Qatar and Iran agree Iran’s admission, but Canada’s cracking down. The arrest triggered diplo- that de-escalation is the “only Washington: Defense Secretary asserting their rights, their aspi- 176 people on board, mostly Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “There can not be another matic protests, with London solution” to regional tensions, Mark Esper said Sunday the rations for a better government Iranians and Iranian-Canadians. and others have also called for massacre of peaceful protesters, calling it a violation of interna- Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Trump administration foresees — a different regime,” Esper told Esper said Iran’s paramili- a full and transparent investi- nor an internet shutdown. The tional law and EU foreign pol- Hamad Al-Thani said on no more Iranian military attacks CBS’ “Face the Nation.” tary Quds Force still presents gation. world is watching,” he tweeted. icy chief Josep Borrell added his Sunday after meeting Iran’s in retaliation for the US strike Iranians have expressed a threat across the Mideast, but The Kiev-bound plane was “We are following your voice to the chorus of condem- President Hassan Rouhani in that killed the Islamic Republic’s anger over the downing of the the specific attacks he said shot down at a time when Iran’s protests closely, and are inspired nation. Tehran. most powerful general. Ukrainian flight on Wednesday were being planned by the late armed forces were on a height- by your courage,” Trump said in “Very concerned about the “This visit comes at a crit- The Pentagon chief sug- and the misleading explana- Quds Force leader, Gen. ened state of alert after launch- a comment directed at protest- temporary detention of the UK ical time in the region, and we gested that Iran’s government is tions from senior officials in the Qassem Soleimani, have been ing a volley of missiles at US ers. Ambassador @HMATehran in agreed with the brothers and he told a news conference. under internal threat following immediate aftermath. “disrupted.” Esper also said the troops stationed in Iraqi military The latest demonstrations Iran. Full respect of the Vienna with His Excellency the presi- “Dialogue is the only solu- its downing of a Ukrainian Later the government took Trump administration’s offer to bases. follow a crackdown on street convention is a must. dent that the only solution to tion” to resolve the crises, he civilian airliner. the blame for the shootdown, negotiate a new nuclear deal Iran had vowed to exact violence that erupted across The EU calls for de-escala- these crises is de-escalation said at a time of heightened US- “You can see the Iranian saying it was a tragic accident. with Iran without precondition “severe revenge” for the January Iran over fuel price hikes in tion and space for diplomacy,” from everyone and dialogue,” Iranian tensions. AFP people are standing up and The plane crash killed all still stands. AP 3 US drone strike that killed November. Amnesty Borrell tweeted. AFP =* A 6 4! ; O " Beijing: China on Sunday “The Chinese side express- dark forces” were partly respon- +O slammed officials from the US es strong dissatisfaction and sible for the election results. + 8 and other countries for con- resolute opposition to this,” said Beijing, which has vowed to : gratulating Taiwan President foreign ministry spokesman one day take Taiwan -- by force + 1 0 Tsai Ing-wen after she was re- Geng Shuang. if necessary -- loathes Tsai elected with a landslide victory “We oppose any form of because she refuses to acknowl- L$ S 4 in a stunning rebuke of Beijing’s official exchange between edge the idea that Taiwan is part !SM campaign to isolate the self- Taiwan and countries that have of “one China”. ruled island. established diplomatic relations China doubled down on its O 0 Tsai, who had pitched her- with China,” he said in a state- “one-China principle” after Tsai’s 3 8 self as a defender of liberal ment. Chinese state media also victory, with Geng emphasising 8 O0" democratic values against an sought to downplay Tsai’s vic- Sunday that “regardless of what increasingly authoritarian tory and cast doubt on the happens in Taiwan, the basic 6 "; China, secured a record-break- legitimacy of her campaign by facts won’t change: there is only 4! " + ing win in Saturday’s presiden- accusing the Taiwanese leader of one China in the world and tial election. “dirty tactics” and cheating. Taiwan is part of China”. 0 US Secretary of State Mike Tsai and her Democratic “The Chinese Pompeo, as well as top diplo- Progressive Party (DPP) used Government’s position won’t + mats from Britain and Japan, “dirty tactics such as cheating, change,” he added in a issued statements congratulat- repression and intimidation to statement. Over the last four 4! ing Tsai and the island’s demo- get votes, fully exposing their years, Beijing has ramped +%KKG cratic elections. But Beijing, selfish, greedy and evil nature”, up economic, military and L M which views Taiwan as part of said official news agency diplomatic pressure on the D its territory, denounced their Xinhua in an op-ed Sunday. island, hoping it would scare actions as violating the one- Xinhua also accused Tsai of voters into supporting Tsai’s China principle. buying votes, and said “external opposition. AFP ' O '+ ' P ' '+ ' % +8 T5 7' ( 4 ' Manila: Philippine authorities warned Sunday a volcano near " the capital Manila could erupt imminently, hours after it sent %%,, "! a massive column of ash sky- Kathmandu: The Lower House Meanwhile, Opposition ward that grounded flights and Berlin: Thousands of people had of Nepal’s Parliament was on Nepali Congress has objected coated towns across the region to evacuate Sunday in the west- Sunday postponed for the third to Deputy Speaker in fine dust. ern Germany city of Dortmund time since December over the Tumbahamphe’s decision to Thousands of people living as experts prepared to defuse as election of a new Speaker. postpone the Parliament meet- near Taal volcano, a popular many as four bombs from World Deputy Parliament Speaker ing till Monday next week, tourist attraction set in the cen- War II. Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe January 20. tre of a picturesque lake, were Authorities already had announced the postponement Last month, the meeting evacuated from their homes as evacuated two hospitals of the House of Representatives was postponed twice as the rul- it spewed ash, rumbled with Saturday and opened schools for meeting until January 20. ing party could not decide its earthquakes and lightning residents who had to leave their The postponement, the The post of Parliament speaker candidate. exploded above its crest. homes. third since the winter session Speaker has remained vacant Nepali Congress A “hazardous explosive Some 14,000 people were commenced on December 20, since Krishna Bahadur Mahara spokesperson Bishwa Prakash eruption is possible within asked to leave the areas where follows the ruling Nepal stepped down from the post, Sharma, in a statement, said the hours to days”, the nation’s seis- the bombs are thought to be Communist Party’s (NCP) fail- following attempt to rape alle- ruling party was holding the mological agency warned, ' ( % buried. The city’s train station ure to decide on a speaker can- gation against him on October House hostage due to its inter- adding that the ash could pose was shut down and, starting at didate. 7 last year. nal dispute. a risk to aircraft. Taal, one of the country’s most view. worsens. “Ash has already noon Sunday, all trains would be A secretariat meeting of the The NCP wants to elect a Nepali Congress has urged Aviation officials ordered a active volcanoes located 65 kilo- The local disaster office reached Manila... It is dangerous rerouted. By noon Sunday, ruling party on Saturday had new candidate for the post of the ruling party to begin the suspension of flights in to and metres (40 miles) south of said it had evacuated over 2,000 to people if they inhale it,” he authorities hoped to begin with asked Deputy Speaker speaker and asked procedure to elect the new out of the capital’s Ninoy Manila. Taal’s last eruption was residents living on the volcanic told AFP. Earthquakes and vol- the defusing operations. Almost Tumbahamphe to resign. Tumbahamphe to resign. speaker at the earliest. Aquino International Airport, in 1977, he added. A kilometre- island, which lies inside a big- canic activity are not uncom- 75 years after the end of the war, But Tumbahamphe turned According to Nepal’s Former Parliament Speaker after the ash cloud was report- high column of ash was visible ger lake formed by previous vol- mon in the Philippines due to unexploded bombs are fre- down the party’s directive to Constitution, the Parliament Subhash Nembang and ruling ed to have reached 50,000 feet and several volcanic tremors canic activity. Solidum said offi- its position on the Pacific “Ring quently found in Germany. quit, saying she won’t step Speaker and Deputy Speaker NCP’s Standing Committee (15,000 metres). Government were felt within the vicinity of cials will also order the evacu- of Fire”, where tectonic plates Disposing of them sometimes down until the party makes her cannot be from the same party. member Agni Sapkota are the seismologists recorded magma the volcano, which is popular ation of people living on anoth- collide deep below the Earth’s entails large-scale evacuations as the candidate for Parliament Tumbahamphe has alleged probable candidates for the moving towards the crater of among tourists for its scenic er island nearby if the situation surface. AFP a precaution. AP Speaker. “male domination” by the party. speaker post. PTI !1 73 !"#"#
are comprehensively insured and come fitted with GPS devices. This enables us to track our cars at all times. They are fitted with a speed governor which tracks the speed at which the car is being dri- ven and alerts the driver in case he is overstepping the speed limit.” +0! +!. ! $ +#B ! It is quite obvious that these options are usually preferred by 2 millennials because of its ease, financial constraints and commit- O ment issues. Sanchit says, “With : social media playing a pivotal role in today’s world, our platform appeals primarily to millennials. They are aware of the latest trends.” Also, the youth always wants to be seen in new, trendy outfits and don’t like to repeat them, especially if they post a pic- PL " ture on the social media while wearing them — all thanks to celebs. Rentals, thus, save money, O time, storage and maintenance " headache. Same is the case with cars. Greg says that youngsters have shown a higher proclivity for such services. However, Sunil points out that car rental bookings are not restricted to consumers of a particular age group. “For O M instance, customers between 40 : and 50 years comprise the : strongest user base for our chauf- feur driven and luxury rental cat- egories. On the other hand, mil- stressed economy doesn’t lennial customers between 25 >FF= mean that you have to com- and 40 years go for our self drive 0 Apromise your lifestyle service.” choices. You can still wear design- Furlenco’s target audience, ! er clothes, swank up your home too, are millennials. Ajith says, and get a fancy car without buy- NO STRINGS ATTACHED “India has one of the largest pop- + ing them. Simply rent them. The ulation of youngsters and they are millennial way of life is all about now entering their prime spend- 2 putting your money in the right ing age. There has been econom- places, with no strings attached. Or 2 ic growth and we will further see so it seems going by a recent report the earnings and lifestyle aspira- O&!& .& &!# that says the global rental market ! 4 4:6 tions of this generation rise and !1 # is expected to reach $335 billion look forward to new experiments by 2025. Although the rental and convenient way to focus more and global lifestyles. Over 85 per & industry in India is highly frag- on experiences. “Collaborative cent of our subscribers belong to 1 $ mented, it comprises about 10 per consumption has enabled people the millennial category.” cent of the global figure. That’s to differentiate between what they M because it offers the convenience want and what they can afford. of living without the responsibil- This enables people to experiment Though renting is a good C & ity of maintaining or upgrading with fashion without having to option but in certain instances, # # # *!#" them. worry about the commitments to like beds and tables, renting the # # & # a particular garment,” says he. asset might cost more than the 8 M Moreover, with sustainability being actual price of the product in the ! " 1 $ ! $ The urban millennial work- the talk of the town, there’s never long run. A customer, Sonal + # *$ force switches between major been a better time or need to rent Singh, who has taken a bed on 0 #" ! & ! cities frequently, says Ajith Mohan clothes. This promotes the idea of rent feels that she should have Karimpana, founder and CEO of a conscious closet. bought it instead. “It has been a $! & & &!# Furlenco, a furniture renting Greg Moran, CEO and year since I have rented a bed for & # 1C )!1. brand. With every relocation to a founder of Zoomcar, car rental which I pay 1000 per month. & & & # !# ! new city, they need furniture and company, points out that India’s Now after paying 12,000, I feel appliances. “However, they would growing preference for rental I could have easily bought one.” $ + #1 0 !" incur a lot of expenditure if they options is a part of an overarching We need to understand that &!& .& " & buy new assets or even in transfer- paradigm shift towards easy con- modern consumers have very $ +C A &!" ! $ ring their furniture from one city sumption and on-demand acces- in the given constraints. He adds, attached to driving cars but are mindsets especially among the different preferences from their to another. This is besides the sibility instead of ownership. He “When we consider the hassle of averse to using their savings to young. They are open to rentals preceding generations, basically + # * damage done during the shifting says, “Previously, owning assets taking loans and EMI or the make a down payment for one or given that occasion wear has high they value fulfilling experiences 1 "P !. $!"CP process,” he says. The newly was a beacon of one’s social status, looming job insecurity of salaried salaries for EMIs. social obsolescence,” says he. over material possessions. The L5!* 5&! acquired furniture and appliances however, users today have professionals, renting seems to be Furniture renting has chal- very fundamentals that our soci- can also become a logistical issue shunned such notions. From prop- a pragmatic alternative.” Another 8 M lenges which are specific to it. For ety works around is now based on each time one shifts. Rental erty to office spaces, furniture and factor that we must consider is the For apparels, Sanchit says that instance, Ajith says, “Fundraising the concept of shared mobility or options not only free you from the more, the users today are more that we live in a world of rapid the biggest challenge in the Indian is tough in this sector since this collaborative consumption, mark- " financial burdens of mounting inclined to access such assets for advancements, with new models market is the psychological barri- business is asset heavy. Besides, ing the advent of the age of debts but also let you indulge in a little while and then switch to hitting the stores every few days. er of “renting” an outfit. People when we compare the industry to accessibility. Increasingly, the mega experiences without guilt. something else. The shift in con- Renting, thus, gives users the lib- usually don’t prefer clothes that China or the US, it is still in a economy is being shaped by the Sanchit Baweja, co-founder at sumer behaviour also stems from erty to sample different options have been worn by others even if nascent stage. There is a need to idea that we don’t really need to Stage3, apparel renting brand, the socio-political and economic instead of being stuck with one for they are drycleaned. This deep- infuse confidence in stakeholders, own things to be able to use them. believes that India is embracing forces at large.” long. seated perception against renting which is a bit tricky since the mar- Millennials swear by this as this “sharing economy” across sectors Greg agrees with Sanchit that Sunil Gupta, MD and CEO, might take a lot of work to be dis- ket is still evolving.” concept fits perfectly into how L6 with the emergence of platforms the current state of economy along Avis India attributes this rising pelled. While the vehicle market has they live their life — no frills D like Uber, Netflix and AirBnB. with rising aspirations are influ- shift towards the changing con- “We have opened stores that to deal with the concern around attached, being able to move New-age consumers are turning encing Indian consumers to rent sumer sentiments. They wish to allow customers to touch, feel and the safety of passengers. Sunil says, around freely, and not hoard towards shared services as a smart the best experiences possible with- enjoy the comfort and prestige rent. This is rapidly changing “To combat this, all our vehicles things everywhere they go. " " A)) As a late bloomer Otis D J " must master his newly discov- ered sexual urges in order to " progress with his girlfriend 0 ()( Ola while also dealing with his now strained relationship with Maeve. Meanwhile, Moordale M Secondary is in the throes of a % chlamydia outbreak, highlight- ing the need for better sex edu- ( P cation at the school and new ! + #!. kids come to town who will $ &+## ' challenge the status quo. The season 2 releases on January 17 B! on Netflix. hat music galas, especial- inside the venue. “The reason tion. Ronaldo, who flew to with the organisers and tried 'A " Tly electronic music dance can be an overdose, but two Goa from Delhi to attend the our best to provide 100 per (EDM) festivals are often out of the three men died festival, said. “I had a very cent security. Still, we regret associated with abundant outside the venue and not bad experience. Despite secu- the loss of three lives. The drug abuse is nothing new. In inside. Before entering the rity I saw people consuming cause of the deaths is not con- The family drama : recent times, if raves have venue, people consume var- illegal substances. Some of firmed yet,” Singh explained. gets downright grown more popular among ious things to get a kick them carried the drugs in Amid all the fuss, inter- monstrous as parents Fred and Deloris youth, so has the drug culture while watching the show. their undergarments or their national DJ Luciano, who among the attendees. About the third person, I socks.” was at the fest this year and hunt the supernatural, and The deaths of three don’t know if he consumed IGP Jaspal Singh of Goa who is himself a reformed twins Viv and Geoff tourists at the recent Sunburn drugs. We can’t say for sure Police insists that there’s drug victim, urged people to harbor their own " festival in Goa are widely because he was shifted to the always a massive police get rid of such addiction. strange secrets. being seen as the latest exam- hospital after the event was arrangement at such venues. “Drugs are impure. I know it’s Starring Tamara L ple of a direct link between over and he died the next “There was a huge police easy to say this but one must Taylor, JC MacKenzie EDM festivals and alleged use day,” Clive said, adding that force outside as well as inside realise the value of self-dis- and Aurora Burghart, of illegal substances. The “security arrangements at the the venue. Inside, there was cretion when it comes to the " season 1 releases on event has come under con- fest were really tight.” anti-narcotic cell with well use of drugs, rather than January 23 on Netflix. stant scrutiny after these Which is where, howev- trained dog squads. There blame it on the authorities. I deaths. Many have speculat- er, Clive’s next observation was Raman spectrometer, discovered something as pure ed that drug overdose was the stumps you. He did spot peo- which tests drugs in real as music can help me come reason, although the real ple having drugs inside the time. The device gives you an out of it much faster,” he said. cause of the deaths is still to venue despite stringent secu- indication whether the mate- Indian DJ Mr Bose be officially ascertained. rity checks. “When I was rial is a drug or not. There detests that EDM has become Nevertheless, the incident entering the venue, they thor- was zero availability of drugs synonymous with drugs. has raised questions, throw- oughly checked me. However, inside the venue because the “There’s a myth attached to ing light on the increasing use I discovered many people police controlled everything,” EDM. Some people think When gentle, law- of drugs by people at such big were smoking weed inside Singh claimed. However, he EDM is all about drugs but it abiding Grace confesses festivals. the venue. They might have acknowledged there are some actually depends on the per- to killing her new Clive (name changed), smuggled a few sticks inside drugs that can be concealed son. I don’t take drugs and I husband, her skeptical young lawyer sets out to N; who was at Sunburn this cigarette packets. However, I easily. “There are drugs that don’t expect that my audience year, says that even if one did not see anyone snorting can be taken to the venue eas- has to in order to listen to my uncover the truth. A # were to assume that the coke. The police were around ily. People can use currency music. We should value the film by Tyler Perry deaths happened due to with trained sniffer dogs,” he notes like blotting paper, and art of EDM,” Mr Bose, whose releases on January 17 on Netflix. M drugs consumed during the said. then it becomes a challenge original name is Shiladitya fest, it does not necessarily There were others who for us to trace them. This Bose, concluded. mean these were smuggled too corroborate Clive’s asser- time, we had a lot of meetings L % !1 % 7: !"#"#
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esearchers have found that plant life is growing and expanding Raround Mount Everest and across the Himalayan region as the area contin- ues to experience the consequences of global warming. According to the study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, research team from University of Exeter in UK, used satellite data to measure the extent of subnival vegetation — plants growing between the treeline and snow- line — in this vast area. % Little is known about these remote, hard-to-reach ecosystems, made up of short-stature plants (predominantly grasses and shrubs) and seasonal snow, A but the study revealed they cover between five and 15 times the area of permanent glaciers and snow. Using data from 1993 to 2018 from NASA’s Landsat satellites, researchers measured small but significant increas- es in subnival vegetation cover across four height brackets from 4,150-6,000 metres above sea level. “These large-scale :5A.; :46!6: studies using decades of satellite data are computationally intensive because the file '!'5 5 sizes are huge. We can now do this rel- atively easily on the cloud by using he youth, in the current social set-up, are Google Earth Engine, a new and pow- Tdeprived of opportunities of growth and par- erful tool freely available to anyone, any- ticipation in the affairs of the family, the state and where,” said study researcher Dominic society. Therefore, it is thought that they are dis- Fawcett, who coded the image process- appointed, disillusioned and restless. This is one ing. of main reasons why they indulge in violence and The Hindu Kush Himalayan region destructive activities. extends across all or part of eight coun- In 2009, the United Nations General tries, from Afghanistan in the West to in all four height brackets. Conditions at region due to global warming. understand ice loss in major mountain of the water cycle, which is vital because Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming the Myanmar in the East. More than 1.4 bil- the top of this height range have gener- Other research has suggested systems but subnival ecosystems cover a this region (known as ‘Asia’s water tow- year com- lion people depend on water from catch- ally been considered to be close to the Himalayan ecosystems are highly vulner- much larger area than permanent snow ers’) feeds the ten largest rivers in Asia. mencing ments emanating here. limit of where plants can grow. able to climate-induced vegetation shifts. and ice and we know very little about Researcher Anderson said “some August 12, According to the study, results var- Though the study doesn’t examine “A lot of research has been done on ice them and how they moderate water sup- really detailed fieldwork” and further val- 2010 as the ied at different heights and locations, with the causes of the change, the findings are melting in the Himalayan region, includ- ply,” Anderson added. idation of these findings is now required “International the strongest trend in increased vegeta- consistent with modelling that shows a ing a study that showed how the rate of According to the researchers, snow to understand how plants in this high- Year of Youth” tion cover in the bracket 5,000-5,500m. decline in “temperature-limited areas” ice loss doubled between 2000 and falls and melts here seasonally, and they altitude zone interact with soil and to draw the Around Mount Everest, the team (where temperatures are too low for 2016,” said researcher Karen Anderson. don’t know what impact changing sub- snow. attention of found a significant increase in vegetation plants to grow) across the Himalayan “It’s important to monitor and nival vegetation will have on this aspect L % society and the state towards the aspirations and problems of youth and 5 ! the need to provide them with better ( ! !*( ! ) held to a standard that we hold, make fun of you back — so it’s all facilities and for instance, a president or an love, and I really, really don’t want opportunities. !+ ambassador.” Finding that line it to change.” The spirit isn’t easy. “We all need to jump in. Ballard, too, sees a key role for behind this he point where childhood made history. And you’re It’s not just Greta’s family. It’s not supportive adults when public idea was Tends and adulthood begins focussing on my hair?” the Parkland kids’ families. It young people face detractors, undoubtedly isn’t as straightforward as it seems. When climate activist Greta should be all of us jumping in especially those like Greta and the laudable but Add the limelight and things can Thunberg, who just turned 17, when we see something or hear Parkland survivors who are up the question get complicated for young people was named Time magazine’s 2019 something that might be com- against grown-ups with immense here is: What who either voluntarily or through person of the year, President pletely out of line with the values power and resources. are our defini- circumstances live very public Donald Trump took to Twitter to of this country,” West said. “We “Adults can support young tions of the lives. Those public lives often call her choice “ridiculous,” going don’t have the value as a country activists by helping them under- terms “growth,” “development” and “participa- come with heaping helpings of on to say, “Greta must work on of attacking young people who stand the range of possible reac- tion” used in the theme selected by the UN. This adult-size sniping. But are chil- her anger management problem, might be activists.” tions they might get and to help question is crucial because currently, the main dren and adolescents who find then go to a good old fashioned Jumping in is exactly what manage their expectations about emphasis is on economic, social, political and themselves under global micro- film with a friend! Chill Greta, former first lady Michelle Obama public political engagement,” she even physical aspects of these three “key words” scopes still entitled to age-appro- Chill!” To that, Thunberg did on Twitter after Trump’s said. neglecting it’s moral and spiritual sides. Our pol- priate protection from the harsh- responded by changing her “chill” tweet about Greta. “Don’t Daryl Van Tongeren, an asso- icy makers do not usually realise that a person ness of public discourse? And, Twitter profile to mock the pres- let anyone dim your light,” Obama ciate professor of psychology at cannot be happy and satisfied if their moral more importantly, can they han- ident’s words. She told The urged Greta. “Like the girls I’ve Hope College in Holland, growth and spiritual development are neglected. dle it? Intercept: “Honestly, I think it’s Winston-Salem, North Carolina. dren and we have a message. They met in Vietnam and all over the Michigan, specialises, in part, on Hence, a man may grow physically and financial- Children and teens, in this era funny.” “At the same time, public are bashing survivors of a school world, you have so much to offer questions of morality. “I think ly but he might not have enough spiritual and of blurred boundaries, have at Since Serena Williams was a political engagement can be very shooting. You can go ahead but us all. Ignore the doubters and sadly in our society they do moral knowledge. This, in turn, might force him their disposal mobile megaphones teen, when Malala Yousafzai won stressful and can put young peo- our message is going to be heard know that millions of people are sometimes forfeit their child- into substance abuse or other harmful ways to — for the first time in human his- the Nobel Peace Prize after being ple in a vulnerable position when loud and clear.” cheering you on.” hoods, but I don’t think that they relieve stress. It is, therefore, of utmost impor- tory — to reach the entire world. shot in the face, with the ascent they receive criticism or people Development psychologists Eilish, who grew popular in should have to,” he said. “I think tance that the moral and the spiritual growth That allows them to be heard, and of 18-year-old pop star Billie publicly disagree,” said Ballard, prefer to speak of stages when 2016 with her SoundCloud single as a society we view them as no form the base of all other kinds of growth and potentially taken seriously, by Eilish and in the aftermath of the whose research focuses on the describing life’s slide from child- Ocean Eyes, has long been sur- longer being children and some- development. hundreds of millions of people, all mass school shooting in Parkland, intersection of civic engagement hood into adolescence and on to rounded by family in her how we now have rights to kind A great leader, Mahatma Gandhi, believed in the way up to heads of state who Florida, that turned young sur- and adolescent health and well- young adulthood, such as the entourage, including her parents of put them in a different realm, transforming youth into a cadre of inspiring and include the president of the vivors into gun control activists, ness. onset of biological changes and and her older brother and collab- put them in a different category. competent role models and change agents with United States. But does it give the treatment of young people in Students from Marjory shifts in social roles. Some use orator, Finneas Baird O’Connell. It’s a moment for us to pause and the courage of conviction. This too will trigger those who hear them the right to the public eye has had its ups and Stoneman Douglas High School, more rigid measures, considering But fame has had its rough spots say, just because this is happen- the process of building a healthy nation. slap back? At what point does the downs. who began speaking out for gun childhood to extend through age nonetheless. “I forget sometimes ing, does that mean that it’s good Remember, a nation which allows its youth to imperative to treat children more “For anyone who shares pub- reform soon after the shooting 12, with adolescence roughly that they’re not literally my or it’s healthy or it’s right?” travel on the path of indiscipline, violence and gently collide with their decision lic opinions about civic and social there were already in a devastat- between 12 and 18 and young friends,” she told Variety of her Williams, who is now 38 disrespect, unwittingly permits itself to be a state to enter the marketplace of ideas issues, like Greta Thunberg and ing position when they faced adulthood the period between 18 fans. “It’s weird, like, that’s prob- and owns 23 Grand Slam singles of chaos. The youth are like a double-edged sword — and what happens when it the Parkland teens have done, it accusations that some were “cri- and 25. ably the biggest con in it all: that titles, knows some of the issues that can be used to destroy an enemy or spread does? can cut both ways. It can be sis actors” and the group was Richard West, an Emerson people I’ve never met think I’m well. “People have been talking terror in their own territory by sabre-rattling. In 2012, 16-year-old gymnast empowering for young people to under the manipulation of gun College communications profes- really close friends with them. about my body for a really long Hence, if they are instigated to wreck national Gabby Douglas became the first use their voices in such a public control advocates. The teens were sor who focuses on family, bully- And then they forget that I’m not, time,” she told The Fader in property, question their teachers and indulge in African American woman and way. Young people can also be unfazed. ing and identity, said that’s only and sometimes say stuff at meet- 2016. “Good things, great things, acts of arson and rampage at the slightest provo- woman of colour of any nation- especially effective in changing “There are people who are part of the story for young peo- and-greets or post things that are negative things. People are enti- cation, then, they would become an army who ality to win Olympic gold in the public conversations about going to be putting us down. It ple who prematurely find them- joking or sarcastic about how bad tled to have their opinions, but will pull down the structure of their nation with- individual all-around. The feat important issues. People listen to doesn’t matter. Everything we’re selves in adult spaces. “These are I look in (a certain) photo, and I’m what matters most is how I feel out any remorse. was joyous but some on social young minds in a different way,” doing, it can’t be stopped,” Diego individuals who are emotionally like, wow, that’s so mean. But then about me, because that’s what’s Let us, therefore, be wiser to consider our media bemoaned that her hair said Dr Parissa Ballard, a devel- Pfeiffer, an 18-year-old senior at driven and passionately obsessed I remember that it’s just part of going to permeate the room I’m youth to be our strength and our prospective wasn’t perfect. The teen clapped opmental psychologist at Wake the time, told The Miami Herald with having a dialogue,” he said. being friends — you make fun of sitting in.” nation-builders, for, “they are not only the lead- back, “Are you kidding me? 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Pliskova’s The world number two blasted third Brisbane the top-ranked Spaniard off court title in four years 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) after world number and her 16th on 10 Roberto Bautista Agut caned the WTA tour Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic 7-5, 6-1 in the stamps her as other singles. one of the A fresh Djokovic returned to Sydney’s ' % 30 ' % 3 % favourites for the Ken Rosewall Arena for the deciding dou- year’s first Grand bles but Nadal opted not to, saying his Slam. energy levels were too low, with Feliciano ! ! ! # $ The former Lopez partnering Pablo Carreno Busta. world number But they proved no match for $ 4.:0 and won two of them. one is yet to win Djokovic and Viktor Troicki, who Sania is returning to the circuit after a Grand Slam bounced back from a break down in the ania Mirza and her partner Nadiia two years, having started a family with singles title, but first set to romp home 6-3, 6-4 and ensure SKichenok have been drawn to meet Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik. she reached the Serbia was the last country standing from Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Meanwhile, Sania has decided to semi-finals in + ' the 24 that began the season-opening Miyu Kato of Japan in their opening pair with compatriot Rohan Bopanna Melbourne last ' + % event. round at the Hobart International, the at the Australian Open as Rajeev Ram, year, falling in “I’ll remember this experience for the first tournament the Indian ace will with whom she had originally planned three sets to eventu- rest of my life. It’s one of the nicest compete in her comeback bid. to play at the first Grand Slam of the sea- al champion moments in my career,” said Djokovic, The unseeded Indo-Ukrainian son, has pulled out. Sania and Rohan Naomi Osaka. who close to tears after winning the dou- team may run into Spanish fourth seeds had last played in the 2016 Rio Pliskova beat bles. Georgina Garcia Perez and Sara Olympics. Osaka in a marathon three-hour semi-final on “I’ve been very fortunate to have an Sorribes Tormo in the quarterfinals. Bopanna began the season in Saturday night, and the way she backed up to defeat amazing career these last 15 years, but The Spanish players had reached splendid fashion winning the ATP Keys in another gruelling clash on Sunday shows she playing for the team, playing for my coun- three WTA tour finals in 2019 season Qatar Open with Wesley Koolhof. has form and fitness heading into the Australian Open. try with some of my best friends for a long She said while she still saw the Brisbane time, you can’t match that. It’s too special.” International primarily as part of her Melbourne The doubles drew the curtain on an with Djokovic saving five break points in I’m not happy with the loss, of course, but preparations, it was a good tournament to win. event that proved a big hit with players a crucial sixth game. the feeling in that second set is positive,” “Especially beating the last two players, Naomi and fans, dishing up competitive match- !# ' ' " ' % 3 % It went to a tiebreaker where a he said. and Madison,” she said. es driven by the passion of athletes rep- crunching backhand down the line from “Probably today was maybe a little bit “I think it always gives you some extra confidence resenting their home countries. win an eighth Australian Open crown this fortable win against Nadal in the the Serb gave him the break he needed too early in the season,” he added. and at least you know which level are you at, so I think Some US$15 million in prize money month, went into his clash with Nadal Australian Open final last year. to complete the victory. Djokovic owned a perfect 6-0 singles it was a great way to start the year. was at stake along with up to 750 singles leading their head-to-heads 28-26. He showed his intent immediately “Every time I play Rafa we get to play record at the tournament. Nadal won “But of course, Grand Slam or any other tourna- and 250 doubles ATP rankings points, But the statistics did not tell the full and broke Nadal in the opening game a lot of exciting points,” Djokovic said. four and lost two. ment it always starts on zero, so there’s nobody’s real- with new rules trialled including on-court story. with no let-up, as his driving ground- “We had some incredible exchanges.” Bautista Agut was a class above ly thinking that, ‘Oh, she won a tournament two weeks coaching and team zones in the corners The Serb had won nine of their past strokes and deft touches proved too Nadal said he was happy with the Lajovic, ranked 34, also earning the dis- ago’. of the court. 12 contests and been dominant over the much. way he fought back in the second set. tinction of going through the tournament “I can still feel well and confident and whatever, Djokovic, warming up for his bid to years on hard courts — including a com- Nadal lifted in an intense second, “I had my chances. 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Lazio extended their win- Australian bushfire relief fund and easily defeating Denmark’s Lautaro Martinez put Inter ning streak to a club record of described how the tragedy had affect- Viktor Axelsen 24-22, 21-11 ahead after four minutes in the ten games as they inflicted a F ' ' ed her deeply. on Sunday. San Siro only for Robin Gosens second consecutive defeat on “I’ve been playing in Australia for The victory in Malaysia to pull Atalanta level on 76 Serie A runners-up Napoli over 20 years and it’s been really hard lends credence to Momota’s minutes. thanks to a blunder from # for me to watch all the news and every- drive to win the Gold in July’s Atalanta striker goalkeeper David Ospina thing that has been happening in 9 ' % 6 Tokyo Olympics. Duvan Zapata got his with eight minutes to go. $ :+1/.' Australia with all the fire 6 1 % % The reigning world first start after a long Colombian interna- and... animals and people that sharpening up as she prepares to champion told reporters that injury layoff but Inter tional Ospina was caught rnesto Valverde will take Barcelona training have lost their homes,” she head to Melbourne. he eyes more success in were struggling without in possession inside his Etoday after Xavi told the club he would not be said. “It definitely feels good, it feels 2020. suspended Nicolo Barella own box allowing accepting the job of coach immediately. “I decided at the begin- like i was definitely improving as Momota currently the and injured duo Matias Vecino Immobile to tap in his 20th Xavi, who is currently in charge of Qatari team ning of the tournament... I’d the week went on and obviously I best player on the planet, and Alexis Sanchez. goal in 19 games to the delight Al-Sadd, held talks with Barca’s sporting director Eric donate all my prize money for needed to.” won a record 11 titles last Good work by in-form of the home crowd as the club Abidal and chief executive Oscar Grau on Friday and a great cause.” Williams, whose last tournament year. + ' Inter strike duo Martinez and marked their 120th anniver- Saturday. It is Williams’ first title since 2017 was the US Open in September, was “My condition was not % % Romelu Lukaku paved the way sary. But a source said that Grau and Abidal were — and her first as a mother — since looking for as much game time as pos- perfect coming into this for the first goal minutes into “What is missing for the returning to Barcelona on Sunday, after Xavi said he she won the Australian Open while sible in Auckland and an hour after tournament, but I was focused on this week and was able to the game. Scudetto? To be honest, we’re would not be giving his agreement straight away. pregnant. Her 73 WTA titles now winning the singles crown she was play calmly,” said the Japanese star, who pocketed $30,000. But Gosens volleyed in not missing much,” said coach Xavi could yet resume negotiations in the com- stretch across four decades, after she back on court partnering Wozniacki in “I do not think I am the strongest, but I am sharp and con- with quarter of an hour to go Simone Inzaghi. ing days or, more likely, in the summer once the sea- won her first in 1999. the doubles final. fident especially after winning the World Tour Finals last year. and Inter goalkeeper Samir “We keep conceding crazy son has finished. “It’s been a long time, I think you However, the pair were beaten 6- I know when to focus on attack and defence.” Handanovic saved a Luis goals,” said Napoli coach In the meantime, Valverde remains in charge and could see the relief on my face,” she 4, 6-4 by Americans Asia Muhammad Chen Yu Fei took home the women’s singles title when she Muriel penalty two minutes Gennaro Gattuso whose side the plan is that he will take training as usual today said, adding she could feel her game and Taylor Townsend. ousted Taiwanese top seed Tai Tzu-Ying 21-17, 21-10. AFP from time to hold onto a point. drop to tenth place. morning. Yet it remains to be seen how he responds, with the current Barca coach likely to have been unim- pressed by the club’s indiscreet pursuit of Xavi. FIGURATIVELY Abidal and Grau met Xavi on Friday in Qatar and : R$ / %FE then again on Saturday night following Al-Sadd’s Qatar HI Cup semi-final win over Al-Rayyan. D89 8/ ,2HH3=/F-J The suggestion on Saturday had been that Xavi would make a decision as early as Sunday but the club’s 7 P +P ) B ' ) ' HI" # iconic former midfielder wants more time. %F>" 6+ His situation is complicated by the fact he would $ /.'3.' league is so strong, because we Giovani, in the last 25-30 minutes ,>F%I-+,>FF=- like to lead Al-Sadd in the Qatar Cup final, which will face so many strong opponents. they could turn the game. I think / &% be played on January 17. oberto Firmino’s strike ensured “The moment when we have we deserve more.” 8/>F%K">F" It would also be a daunting task to join Barcelona RLiverpool made a record-breaking enough points that nobody can Mourinho sprang a huge sur- FD >% mid-season. The team are level on points in the league start for one of Europe’s top five catch us anymore, then we start prise with his team selection as 1 # with Real Madrid and face a tough last-16 tie in the leagues after beating Tottenham 1-0 on talking about it. Until then I Japhet Tanganga was handed his , H 9- Champions League next month against Napoli. Saturday, but ending a 30-year wait to couldn’t be less interested.” Premier League debut in defence. “It’s a difficult decision,” wrote El Pais on Sunday. win the title is the only history Jurgen Lo Celso’s miss left Jose Mourinho And responded to Kane’s absence by 0 >F “If he accepts, he is put under the wing of a weak lead- Klopp is interested in. on his knees in anguish and the hon- utilising Lucas Moura and Dele Alli in %8 %H ership, with elections due in 2021. But if he says no, Klopp’s men have earned 61 points eymoon period for the Tottenham attack as he sat back and hoped to 56 he may be criticised for refusing to return home.” from a possible 63 in 21 games to manager is already over after just two catch the European champions on the Xavi is also said to want to show respect to streak 16 points clear at the top and wins in their last eight games in all break. >F Valverde, who has overseen Barcelona winning two with a game in hand to spare over sec- competitions. However, it was largely one-way 1 + EE La Liga titles in his two seasons in charge. ond-placed Leicester. The Portuguese’s game plan to traffic before half-time as Liverpool 6 # But Champions League collapses against Roma There is now a 31-point gap cede possession to Liverpool before controlled the game and waited and Liverpool have not been forgotten and recent poor between the sides that contested last the break backfired, but he still patiently for Spurs’ fragile defence to 0/ OD " performances have prompted fears of a repeat. season’s Champions League final as believed his side deserved at least a break. “I respect Barcelona, I respect Valverde and I Spurs remain in eighth, nine points point for their onslaught in the final Tottenham have kept just one %D " # respect my club and I’m doing my job here,” Xavi said adrift of even the top four. quarter. clean sheet in 13 games since : on Saturday. However, the European champi- “Liverpool have worked with this Mourinho took charge and their luck >% %KHH"HE “I’m focussing on Al-Sadd. I cannot hide that it’s ons were made to sweat by the side coach for five years. The players are ran out eight minutes before half-time 56 D my dream to coach Barcelona, I said it many times.” they beat in Madrid last June as Son totally adapted physically to the foot- as Tanganga’s inexperience showed as %F 5) ! Asked about talks between Barca and Xavi, Al- Heung-min and Giovani Lo Celso ball he wants to play,” said Mourinho. he tried to intercept Mohamed Salah’s % ,>FX-K Sadd’s sports director Muhammad Ghulam Al- missed the target with the goal gap- “If we try to play the way we did pass into Firmino and the Brazilian %%E # Balushi told the Qatar-based BeIN broadcaster: “I will ing in the final 15 minutes. years... it was the best start, cool, but in the last 20 minutes from the start, fired into the far corner. :! not deny that. There are negotiations with Xavi and “The problem is you don’t get any- the only thing we are interested in is I think we would collapse because the Mourinho’s men showed more ,%GX %&- everyone is talking about them... but I can say that Xavi thing for best starts apart from num- what we can get in the summer. players are not used to this style. ambition in the second period and so far is at Al-Sadd. bers,” said Klopp. “If people say in 50 “That is not done yet because this “We knew that (Erik) Lamela, should have reaped some reward. #0 7< !"#"#
* =" * +78 ' $ ! $( 1 !2 $ 66 n Rohit Sharma, K L Rahul and $ 66 team. IShikhar Dhawan, India are spoilt for “Before the World Cup, this ' choice at the top of the order, and bat- engal’s rookie batswoman series is going to be a big one for us ting coach Vikram Rathour on Sunday Richa Ghosh was the only and we will look for our best com- called it a “good dilemma” to have. Bnew face in a 15-member bination and with that we will give Rohit had a phenomenal 2019, hav- Harmanpreet Kaur-led India squad chances to newcomer also. C : ing struck five centuries in the World for the ICC Women’s T20 World “As (Hemlata) ma’am men- Cup. Cup in Australia, starting February tioned, we have Richa, who did well Richa Ghosh is still Dhawan, who made a comeback in 21. in the Challenger Trophy and soaking it all in. When most the T20 side in the just-concluded three- The team, announced on domestic cricket, so we will stick to girls of her age will be prepar- match series against Sri Lanka, was also Sunday, has no other surprises. our best XI. Before the World Cup, ing for their board exams in among the runs, while Rahul, too, is The 15-year-old Haryana we will be able to decide our best February, the 16-year-old having a great time with the bat. schoolgirl Shafali Verma will be XI,” Harmanpreet said. Siliguri girl will be bracing for “It’s a good dilemma to have. Rohit playing her first global meet follow- The skipper has had the expe- her maiden international crick- is an obvious choice of course. Both of ing some good performances at the rience of playing in the Women’s Big et tour with the Indian women’s them (Shikhar and Rahul) are playing international level in her first sea- Bash League and that will help her side and that too the marquee well. Shikhar has done well in one- day- son. plan better. ICC World T20. ers and Rahul is in great form. So we’ll Richa, 16, has been rewarded “I think that experience will The teenager picked up the deal with it when we have to,” Rathour for her exploits in the recent definitely help and we know how willow seeing her father said. women’s Challenger Trophy, scor- the wickets are over there and that Manabendra Ghosh, now a part- “There are still a couple of days to ing 36 off 26 balls in one of the definitely give us extra boost (over) time Bengal umpire, at a tender go. The management will sit down and +< " games with four boundaries and a there,” said the skipper, who has age of four and a half years and make the choice,” he told reporters six. played for Sydney Thunders in after a good show in the ahead of the first ODI against Australia. “It’s (middle-order) not a weakness. “See, in the past one year, we WBBL. Challenger Trophy has made her Asked about the relevance of the Few innings back we scored 383. We’ve have taken five to six debutants. She also agreed that spinners way into the national team. series in a T20 World Cup year, Rathour been scoring runs, our batters have done Earlier, the same team used to play have been India’s strength in bowl- “I never thought that this said, “It’s a different format and crick- well. Shreyas (Iyer) is batting really well. but after the 2017 ODI World ing and it wouldn’t change much on will happen so fast. It’s hard to et is a game of confidence. So as a bat- (Rishabh) Pant has played a couple of Cup, a lot of new prospects have the bouncy Australian tracks. believe and the feeling hasn’t ter and bowler, especially when you are useful innings. So I don’t see an issue. emerged. We feel we have nurtured “We are looking for more spin- sunk in yet,” Richa said. playing against a team like Australia, “Top three are scoring heavily, so five or six new players, who are ners in our side and we have got “My first role model has who are one of the better teams in the that’s a good problem to have, but we playing now,” chairman of women’s that. Now the only thing is how we always been my dad from whom world, performances do make a differ- have enough options and don’t see any selection committee Hemlatha Kala are going to use their strengths. I learnt cricket. Then it was ence. It gives you a lot of confidence.” issues with that,” he added. told reporters at the press confer- They are very good and always give Sachin Tendulkar, who will “We’ll take it as any other series and Australia possess some of the best ence us breakthroughs. always remain my idol.” playing against one of the better sides pacers in the world, and have come with “Richa Ghosh is a new player “Our strength is spin and we But when it’s about her six- in the world, we are looking to do well a four-pronged attack, comprising and here the role of selectors have to stick to that and whenever hitting skill, it’s none other than as a team, looking to perform and win Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh increases.” + ( we need them they will perform for MS Dhoni. if possible,” added the batting coach. Hazlewood and Kane Richardon. Source close to the women’s 9 ?/93 us,” Harmanpreet exuded confi- “I love the way he hits sixes Rahul can also keep wickets and the So what is the game plan against the team said that Richa has been dence. and try the same. Whoever coach was asked whether there was a pacers? picked since she can lend solidity “While shafali is the X factor at a 16-member squad for a tri-series World T20 Squad: Harmanpreet maybe the bowler, when you thought process to use Rahul as a Rathour replied, “All of our batters to India’s middle order. the top, Richa will provide the much in Australia prior to the T20 World Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, have the bat, you can do any- stumper. have played against them quite a lot. “Richa was the most impressive needed firepower in the middle Cup, with Nuzhat Parveen being Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodriguez, thing.” “We haven’t really started thinking They know these bowlers, their player during Challenger trophy. order. We had to give her the added as the 16th member. That Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Veda Known for her six-hitting on those lines yet. Rahul can keep, that’s strengths, the areas where they bowl — People questioned us when we chance now. Anyway in women’s tournament starts on January 31 Krishnamurthy, Richa Ghosh, Tania exploits, the 16-year-old from the skill that he has. So that will depend so the game plan will be according to picked 15 year old Shafali and she cricket there are not many players and also features England. Bhatia, Poonam Yadav, Radha Siliguri is a complete package — if the team management feels at any that. repaid the faith and I am pretty cer- to choose from in comparison to Skipper Harmanpreet feels that Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Shikha someone who loves to open the stage we require that.” “It’s a good surface we are playing tain Richa will be on the same path,” the vast talent in men’s cricket.” playing the tri-series before the big Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati batting, bowls quick and also Rathour also asserted that he does on and nothing different basically. Just the source said. The selectors also announced event will be advantageous for the Reddy. keeps wickets. PTI not see any issue with the middle-order. take it as any other team.” < (* Bumrah headlines We are underdogs in ODI series: Richardson 3%3 $ 66 The 28-year-old pacer, don’t know how it’s going to BCCI Annual Awards who has played 22 ODIs, also pan out in terms of selection. $ '1231/4 sought on the development. ustralian speedster Kane said playing in India, where I’m comfortable being that Asked about the Conflict $ 66 ARichardson says coach the grounds are smaller, is the next guy in. he BCCI is all set to appoint of Interest clause since he has Andrew McDonald “camped biggest challenge. “I have always spoken TWorld Cup winning former a contract with a TV channel ndia spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday out” at the Wankhede “It’s the biggest challenge about if injuries or form India players Madan Lal and as cricket expert, the former Iheadlined the BCCI Annual Awards func- Stadium on Saturday night to in white-ball cricket, coming happen being the next guy in. Gautam Gambhir as members India all-rounder said, “Let tion, grabbing the prestigious Polly Umrigar check on dew as his players over here and playing against So if I could take the field of the Cricket Advisory me first get my appointment award apart from annexing the Dilip Sardesai prepared to practice with India on the surfaces over with those guys it gives you Committee (CAC) which will letter and obviously there will honour for his exploits in international crick- wet balls. here. It’s a lot different than a lot of confidence that hope- pick selection committees for be terms of reference and et in the 2018-19 season. “Andrew McDonald Australia. The ground sizes fully when I come onto bowl the next four-year cycle start- guidelines.” Polly Umrigar award is presented to the camped out here last night to are a lot smaller than there are two or three down ing 2020. A source close to the crick- best male International cricketer and it carries try and see what time the Australia, (and) mis-hits can early,” he added. The third member of the eter confirmed that he was a citation, trophy and cheque for 15 lakh. dew came in. Who knows, often go for six. On a personal note, panel is likely to be Mumbai- approached by the BCCI for Dilip Sardesai award is conferred on both everyone is guessing. I think “It’s something we have Richardson, who was in and based woman international the role and he has accepted the the highest wicket-taker and highest run-get- everyone is prepared,” spoken a lot about. I think out of the playing XI during Sulakshana Naik, who has offer. ter in Test cricket. Bumrah took 34 wickets in Richardson said. everyone in the team has the last World Cup, says that played two Tests and 46 ODIs “Yes, they did ask Madan six matches with three five-wicket hauls. “We’re going to train played here before, so it’s he made his way back into for the country. for his consent and he had told Prolific Saurashtra batsman Chetshwar today with some wet balls so nothing new. Starting today the team by performing well. “Madan Lal and Gautam them it will be an honour to be Pujara was picked for the honour for scoring we can practice that. We’ll we will figure out a plan to “I think it was just Gambhir are all set to be the on CAC. It doesn’t matter if it’s 677 runs in 8 matches at an average of 52.07 just wait and see on game stop some of those guys. It through performance on CAC members,” a senior BCCI one meeting or half a meeting,” with three centuries and two half centuries. day. It’s nothing new, we will be a high-scoring contest field. You can improve away official said. said the source. While Bumrah netted the biggest prize in have dew back home as well.” I’m sure,” added the right- from the game all you want Hero of 1983 World Cup In all likelihood, the com- the men’s category, Poonam Yadav claimed the He said the Virat Kohli- arm medium pacer. but I think it was just about winning India team, Lal, by mittee will meet just once as top prize in women’s section and was award- led Indians were the Australia are touring performing. The Big Bash last virtue of being the senior- only two changes are required ed the best international cricketer. favourites at home, calling his India with a four-pronged year after doing well got me most member will head the in the senior selection panel. The award will be another feather in the team the underdogs for the + " ' - 6! % pace attack comprising Josh back in the fold and then committee while 2011 World The committee has to find leg-spinner’s cap who recently won Arjuna three-match ODI series, Hazlewood, Pat Cummins injuries happened. Cup hero Gambhir will assist replacements of outgoing chair- Award. beginning here tomorrow. to be so hard,” he said. favourite. We are the under- and Starc, apart from "And then try and be the him along with the third mem- man MSK Prasad (South) and Former India captains Krishnamachari “I think the home team “India in India is always dogs,” he said ahead of a Richardson. And the fast- next guy in. Always try and ber. Gagan Khoda (Central). Srikkanth and Anjum Chopra were present- is always favourite. I think on the biggest challenge and practice session. bowler says he is comfortable stay on top of my game and “I don’t know if it’s fair on Sarandeep Singh (North), ed the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement the back of last year, I think after what happened last year Last year, Australia had to be the “next guy in”. improve but I’m back in this my part to make a formal Devang Gandhi (East) and Award and the BCCI Lifetime Achievement Finchy (Aaron Finch) has they will be ready for it. made a spectacular come- “It would be nice to take team because I performed at comment or not as BCCI has Jatin Paranjpe (West) still have Award for women respectively. said no team has ever won Confidence is up but the back to record a 3-2 win in the field with all three of the level below,” the pacer not announced,” said Madan a year left in their respective A member of the 1983 World Cup-winning here back to back. It’s going home team is always ODI series in India. them or a couple of them. I added. Lal when his comments were four-year terms. team, Srikkanth took on the fearsome West Indies fast bowlers and scored an attacking 38, the top indi- vidual score in the low-scor- ' & RDB9$ 9CC ing final at the Lord’s. Anjum is one of the finest batswomen and the first $ +./.6. Indian to play 100 $ +41'' 2017 to go past Vijay Merchant. Overnight 141 for five, ODIs. In a career asith Malinga said on Sunday With his 248 on Sunday, Odisha lost their remaining spanning 17 years, Lhe was ready to stand down kipper Aditya Tare struck 154 to Pujara also became only the third five wickets with the addition Anjum represent- as Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 skipper Slead a fine lower-order rally and player to record seven double of just 19 runs inside nine ed India in four after the team’s humiliating 2-0 put Mumbai in command by post- centuries in Ranji Trophy. He is overs at the Chaudhary 50-over World loss to India in their latest for- ing 488 in their first innings on the at joint second with Ajay Sharma Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium in Cups and two eign tour. second day of their Group B match two behind Paras Dogra, who Lahli. T20 World Cup Returning from the series, against Tamil Nadu. played most cricket for Himachal Haryana batted sensibly (played in one). the 36-year-old told reporters Tare, who resumed the days on Pradesh. in their second innings with Mayank that Sri Lanka was just not his individual score of 69, was Pujara also completed 6000 openers Shubham Rohilla (48) Agarwal, who good enough to make an impact involved in a 123-run stand for the runs in Ranji Trophy during the and Ankit Kumar (46) putting emerged as an impact in the 20 over game. eight wicket with Shashank Attarde course of his marathon knock. up a 101-run stand. Himanshu batsman starting with his He said Sri Lankan bowlers (58). He and senior batsman Rana also contributed at number debut series in Australia in weren’t able to restrict oppo- Tare hit 19 fours and 2 sixes Sheldon Jackson (161) rescued five before Pramod Chandila and 2018-19, received the best nents while the batsmen were during his 253-ball knock as Saurashtra with a massive 394- Patel saw through the day. international debut in incapable of putting up the 170 Mumbai added 204 runs from 59 run stand for the third wicket At the Barsapara Stadium in men’s category while tal- runs needed for a fighting overs on Sunday from overnight after they lost their two openers Guwahati, Assam replied strong- ented 15-year-old Shafali chance in a match. 284 for 6. for only 33 runs. ly with 209 for three after Verma grabbed the same in “We don’t have that,” In reply, Tamil Nadu were 66 Pujara resumed the second Chhattisgarh posted 318 in their the women’s category. Malinga said, adding that it was for no loss with experienced open- day on 162 and raised his double first innings, trailing the visitors Mumbai all-rounder unfair to expect a winning per- er Abhinav Mukund batting on 52. ton on Sunday before being even- by 109 runs with seven wickets Shivam Dube, who impressed formance from the team given The Tamil Nadu bowlers toiled tually dismissed for 248 off 390 intact. in the recently concluded T20 they were ranked just ninth in for five sessions before wrapping up deliveries with help of 24 fours series against Sri Lanka, was the world when returned to the the Mumbai innings with ace off- and a six. NAGALAND ON TOP presented the Lala Amarnath captaincy just over a year ago. spinner Ravichandran Ashwin In reply, Karnataka were 13 % Wicketkeeper-batsman Award for the best all-rounder But he added that he was (3/121) and left-arm spinner R Sai for 1 in eight overs. Yogesh Takawale slammed an in the Ranji Trophy while Delhi’s “ready to accept” his responsi- Kishore (4/125) sending down 47 unbeaten 117 as Nagaland bats- Nitish Rana received the same for bility for the team’s perfor- and 46 overs respectively. HARYANA BOUNCE BACK men made merry against the doing well in the limited overs % mance. < ' ' ?/ The Mumbai lower-order con- '-./ Left-arm spinner Tinu Arunachal Pradesh to pile up a competition. “I am ready any time. I am ' tinued to make things difficult for Kundu grabbed five wickets as mammoth 543 for seven declared India’s middle-order batsm- ready to quit,” he said. the home side bowlers with Tushar century to help Saurashtra post a Haryana staged a remarkable in Plate group fixture. woman Deepti Sharma received Malinga led Sri Lanka to the Frictions were evident in the Deshpande (39) smashing Ashwin massive 581 for 7 declared in comeback to take an upper hand Takawale’s knock from 162 the Jagmohan Dalmiya Trophy for T20 World Cup title in 2014 and Sri Lankan team under Malinga’s for three huge sixes while No 11 Group B match against in Elite Group C match against balls, laced with 14 fours, came best woman cricketer in senior remained in charge until early leadership, the Sunday Island Royston Dias too joined the fun, Karnataka. Odisha. after No 3 Shrikant Mundhe top- domestic circuit while Shafali was 2016. newspaper reported. hoisting B Aparajith for a big one Pujara, who on Saturday Haryana, who were bundled scored for the team with 166 on picked for honour in the junior cat- His return to the top job in “There seems to be deep over long-on. joined a select group of cricket- out for a paltry 90 after electing the opening day at the Nagaland egory. December 2018 was a surprise divisions in the side. As captain, ing greats by smashing his 50th to bat, bowled out Odisha for 160 Cricket Stadium. Virender Sharma was adjudged the as he had lost his spot in the he has also sidelined his prede- DOUBLE TON FOR PUJARA first-class century, is already the and then replied strongly in their Mundhe also claimed three best umpire in domestic cricket while Vidarbha team after recurring injuries cessors” including Thisara 2 Prolific India Test bats- Indian player with most first second essay by posting 218 for for 32 to leave Arunachal Pradesh Cricket Association were presented the best forced him to sit out several Perera and Angelo Mathews, the man Cheteshwar Pujara slammed class double centuries when he five, taking an overall lead of 148 reeling at 141 for four in 37 overs, performance award in domestic cricket for tournaments. paper said. 248, his 13th first-class double scored his 12th double ton in going into the penultimate day. trailing by 393 runs. wining the Ranji Trophy.