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cussed about the need to bring bitter and confrontational rela- ing concern over “assault” on all non-BJP political parties tions between the Congress and the CBI and the RBI.  !  together. The Andhra Pradesh the TDP, Rahul said, “If we collectively work to Chief Minister also held talks “We have a past. We have both save democracy, we can defi- with former JD(U) leader agreed that we are not going to nitely save the institutions.  34- 54&*/  R    Sharad Yadav. talk about our past and talk Chandrababu (Naidu) will talk Meanwhile, SP chief about our future”. to other State political leaders he CBI on Thursday justi-       Akhilesh Yadav landed Naidu, whose entry on the in this regard,” the NCP chief Tfied before the High in the national Capital for national scene as a facilitators told reporters. Court the alleged bribery FIR      alliance discussion. to bring together all the major Alleging that the situation against its Special Director This is Naidu’s second visit non-BJP parties has created a in the country seems to be Rakesh Asthana and claimed     to Delhi in less than a week. He sensation and buzz in “deteriorating” day by day as that “several incriminating doc- has already held preliminary national politics, said that very there is “assault” on institutions uments have been unearthed”      discussions with Delhi soon the leaders of all the like the CBI and the RBI, he during the ongoing probe Chief Minister Arvind non-BJP parties were going to said there is a need to work for against him. Kejriwal, BSP chief Mayawati, meet to chalk out the future the common cause of “saving During hearing of a plea by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata course of action. the country and democracy”. Asthana and his deputy Banerjee, Karnataka Chief “We have to save this A common minimum pro- Devender Kumar Kumar for Minister HD Kumaraswamy nation and save democracy. gramme will be drafted once quashing of the FIR against and the DMK leader. That is our mission. I discussed the non-BJP parties come on them before the HC, the CBI After the meeting, Rahul with Rahulji. In principle we board to discuss the matter, said, “This court categorically told the media that the focal agreed,” he said refusing Pawar said. held that when an FIR is chal- point is defeating the BJP. to go into the troubled past of Voicing concern over the lenged by way of a writ petition, “We have agreed that prin- the relations between the two “difficult” times the country is more particularly, in ciple idea here is to defeat the parties. going through, Abdullah said, Prevention of Corruption BJP and to defend democracy Backing Naidu’s effort to “Today, democracy is in dan- Cases, allegations in the FIR are and the institutions of this unite the Opposition, NCP ger and people are in danger. to be seen whether they dis- country,” Rahul said standing supremo Sharad Pawar said That is why we all met and close the cognisable offence or side by side with Naidu. “All non-BJP parties will come out decided to work out a common not and the roving enquiry at other ideas will be discussed with a common minimum pro- minimum programme to save this stage is impermissible.”  !*+,&"(.!/ later,” he said deflecting a ques- gramme to take on the democracy, institutions and “It is submitted that the FIR ,++0.'/0"+*+2"/ *     '*        .  .'    !  tion of who would be the face Government, while express- the nation.” and the complaint clearly dis- +0&.!3/0'&..!       /* . 0 /  / of proposed Opposition closes the cognisable offences +&,+.&.*+(&/ alliance in the next elections.         0         and accordingly the CBI has "+,/""+."+*(0,+.&  34- 54&*/ Naidu’s meeting with From 1990 onward, Naidu “It is very clear that cor-  56$    %            registered the FIR and pro- +(/0 040.!/3/&0+& Rahul came after the TDP and never contested any election ruption is taking place.   7        O   ceeded with the investigation,” &+(/"+&."*."0+ ndhra Pradesh Chief the Congress joined hands for with the Congress, be it State or Institutions that can investigate  3     $    (  3    the agency further contended.  !.+((." AMinister and TDP chief the upcoming Telangana Lok Sabha polls. are being attacked... A proper         6      The agency told the High 0'/67".&0/(/ Chandrababu Naidu on Assembly elections. The Earlier in the day, Naidu enquiry on what all happened, Court that there cannot be a ("/,."+*.!.0 Thursday discarded his party’s Thursday development not met NCP chief Sharad Pawar where the money went and     $ '   0     roving enquiry now as the "+."+&..&200+ age-old anti-Congress stance only marks the beginning of a and National Conference pres- who did corruption... That is 59:   ; probe was at the nascent stage 3/0,("+*&*"+&. and called on Congress presi- new chapter in the TDP- ident Farooq Abdullah here. what I am pushing very aggres- 4    " -         " and several incriminating doc- &.!+ dent Rahul Gandhji as well sev- Congress relationship, but it Naidu also met senior Congress sively. Nation wants to know ;    %        uments and role of other per- eral Opposition leaders in a bid could also pave the way for leader Ghulam Nabi Azad at this,” the Congress president   sons was under investigation. not take any coercive steps to script a pre-poll Opposition uniting the Opposition parties the Indira Gandhi International said. “It is submitted that the against him. alliance to take on the BJP. ahead of the next year’s poll. Airport here and briefly dis- When asked about the past /          $      investigation is at nascent stage. “The interim order to con- 7   "     "  %    0  Being at this threshold, it may tinue till the next date of hear-    " 7        not be in the interest of the ing, that is, November 14,” '      investigation to disclose various said Justice Najmi Waziri ((    5 (         9/% 5  % /   aspects or revelations or before whom the CBI opposed      ": '         %   " unearthed events,” the CBI said. Asthana’s plea seeking quash-     (#   +   $ 3             Meanwhile, the High ing of the FIR, stating      N$   O  5 9: Court extended till November that there was incriminating         (   ) *  ( # )     14 its order directing the CBI material against the special     /     0    %      to maintain status quo on pro- director in the case, the inves-   (-*/  O      " $ 93 :  0      ceedings against Asthana, tigation of which was at the           R           implying that the agency will nascent stage.      ive people were killed and  !  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     34- 54&*/ non-conforming areas.      The official said the Delhi    & '   day after the Supreme State Industrial and ACourt-appointed Infrastructure Development Environment Pollution Control Corporation (DSIIDC) has %   # $    34- 54&*/ Authority (EPCA) urged provided a list of such pollut- Delhiites to use public trans- ing units running in residential  34- 54&*/ he Competition port for the first 10 days of areas. There are over 10,000 TCommission of (CCI) November in the wake of such units operating from such n an attempt to gauge the is looking at algorithms used by alarming air quality in the city, the North Delhi Municipal areas and action was taken after Ipolitical mood close to the airlines to determine fares, as Corporation (NMC) has a list of these units was pro- Lok Sabha poll, BJP’s nomi- part of a detailed probe into  $$/   0     stepped up efforts to address vided by the DSIIDC, he said. nated member to the Rajya alleged fixing of air ticket       the menace. The civic agency The EPCA has also written Sabha Rakesh Sinha on prices, according to its chief %      “Unless and until the issue sealed 297 factories and ware- to neighbouring States of Wednesday said he may move Sudhir Mital.         is examined and looked into in houses dealing in products Haryana and Punjab to shut a private member’s bill in the Currently, the fair trade 0  detail, we cannot say much at such as plastic, rubber and down brick kilns in the NCR Rajya Sabha demanding the regulator is investigating alle-  #        this stage,” Mital told PTI chemicals in Mundka, from November 1 to 10. It said construction of a Ram Temple gations of similar pricing as         in an interview. Kamruddin Nagar, Nilothi, the industrial area of Mundka in Ayodhya. stand for and against the Bill well as simultaneous increase in       There have been instances Swarn Park, Tikari Kalan and will remain closed from Bringing in a private mem- and thereby on the construc- ticket prices by the airlines.  0   "  of spike in air ticket prices dur- Ghevra on Thursday. In the last November 1 to 10 so that all the ber Bill in the Upper House by tion of the temple in the dis- The cases pertain to steep     ing festivals and natural calami- one week, the NMC sealed 516 debris such as plastic, rubber Sinha, an RSS ideologue, is seen puted site. fluctuations in airfares during         ties. Earlier this year, some factories running illegally and and other waste is removed by as tactical move because if the Close to the Lok Sabha the Jat agitation in Haryana and       *  members in the Rajya Sabha polluting the air by emitting the North Corporation. Bill were to be introduced in polls, the issue may help the floods in Chennai, among    $%    sought a cap on airfares poisonous gases and violating The civic body in order to the Lok Sabha (where NDA has BJP build tempo for the Lok other instances, in the last few %      and the Government has been various others laid-down contain pollution also consti- a clear majority) the onus Sabha campaign in years. maintaining that fares are norms, said an official, adding tuted 43 teams under clean air would be on the BJP to pass it. Uttar Pradesh where the polit- Mital, chairperson of the airlines. Airlines have often deregulated. that 219 other factories and campaign for night patrolling By introducing it in the ical debate on the Ram temple CCI, said it is currently look- stated that similarity in airfares The CCI chief said the warehouses were sealed in in all of its six zones for check- Rajya Sabha, where the ruling has already been revived even ing into couple of cases of as well as increase in prices is cases being looked at involve Shahabad Daulatpur, ing incidents of air pollution NDA is yet not in command- as the Supreme Court alleged price fixing by airlines. an outcome of demand based allegations of similar pricing by Prahaladpur and Puthkhurd caused by garbage/leaves burn- ing position, the BJP would also to decide hearing on it, “We are trying to work out dynamic pricing by the soft- airlines during the Jat agitation for running their operation in ing or construction activity. force Opposition to take a early next year. the pricing pattern followed by wares used by them. and floods in Chennai.   (  )* +, +-./   '  $     )&   +  Q,    # #     ! - R    O      *    P " # Tehsil. The raid exposed an  *+/5-+ $    illicit liquor operation being  undertaken at the location. hile affirming that the Ram The joint team seized 52 crates Wtemple would be built at of spurious liquor, holograms the place in Ayodhya where  *&5-3/ of nine country liquor brands, Lord Rama was born, the Union a large number of bottle caps Minister of State for tourism and cting on a tip off, the and equipment and contents culture (independent charge) Aexcise department raided for manufacturing liquor. Mahesh Sharma hinted that the a home being used to operate The department inspector Government might acquire the people must come forward to people,” Sharma said, adding an illicit liquor plant in further informed that the land for the construction if the help the pollution level lessen,” that he would be happier if the Kaladhungi. The officials value of the seized illegal other means fail. he said. temple is built through judicial seized 52 crates of illegal liquor liquor is estimated to be about He visited the head of Quizzed over the long-fes- verdict or the inter-faith con- from the location. 1,81,000. No persons was Bhumaniketan Teerth Swami tering Ram temple tangle still sensus. The excise department apprehended from the build- Achyutanand Saraswati while in hanging fire despite a BJP- Notably, a day after the inspector Sonu Singh informed ing during the raid, added Haridwar on Thursday. While helmed Government ruling the Supreme Court deferred the that a joint team comprising Singh. seeking blessing from the saint, Centre for close to five years, hearing of the emotive title suit officials of the excise depart- The excise department has   ,        &  *!     the Minister said that the mem- the Minister said that the peo- till January next, the ment and divisional enforce- lodged a case against unknown bers of the religious fraternity ple should rest assured that the State BJP in- ment team raided a home late persons under the Excise Act. &  and Rudraprayag districts from ety and nation than we receive should come forward to bring long-awaited Ram Mandir charge Shyam Jaju had said in on Wednesday night at The case is now being inves- the Raj Bhawan here on from them. Along with the about the moral changes in the would come up at the site Haridwar that things could not Chakluva in Kaladhungi tigated, added the official.   Thursday. Government, the social service society. where it should come up. be left to hang in the balance for    Appreciating the various bodies and non governmental The Minister expressed “It might come up through an indefinite period of time. $  social welfare works under- organisations will also have to concern over the alarming level judicial verdict or through “The Hindus across the land taken by Sewa International play an important role in help- of air pollution confronting the inter-faith consensus. In case have been waiting for the tem- '  $    organisation in Chamoli and ing the deprived section, poor National Capital Region (NCR). such means fail, there are other ple to come up. It is not that the     Rudraprayag districts, the and ailing. Every person should “The Centre is mulling some options,” he said while hinting temple would come up only Governor said that facilitating fulfill the responsibility of measures to bring things under at promulgation of ordinance to after the judicial verdict is medical treatment facilities in undertaking social service with control,” he said. However, he pave way for the construction. given on the tangle.  54*+53 the remote areas of a selfless attitude,” she added. said at the same time that the “The Uttar Pradesh The people want it to come Uttarakhand is a commendable Industrialist S Farooq, Alka Government cannot be expect- Government should explore up and their sentiments should ttarakhand Governor Baby work. One can achieve great Tai, DN Chandola and mem- ed to solve such problems all by such options in deference to the be respected,” he had said. He URani Maurya flagged off heights through selfless works, bers of Sewa International itself. “Pollution is a problem collective sentiment on the had expressed hope that the two medical treatment vehicles she opined. The Governor said, along with invited guests were which the people are suffering matter. It is not a matter of law long wait of the people would ‘Sewa Arogyam’ facilitated by “We should make a commit- also among those present on from collectively. This is why the but one of faith of countless end soon. Sewa International for Chamoli ment to give more to the soci- the occasion.

Jageshwar. A complete prohi- 7   &    123 O**5 /   ! * bition should be enforced on axing of tress in this three kilo-   ! !  metre area. The Almora  *  <*    =7  &  District Magistrate has been &>   & P      made responsible for cleanli- ness of the river and main- maintaining the original form taining the beauty of 3  ,  of the Jageshwar shrine. The Jageshwar. division bench gave the State According to the case  $  * Government one year to secure details, the residents of ,   #  smaller temples and space Jageshwar and nearby villages  *  4 around the main shrine. had written a letter to the High Further, no type of construc- Court chief justice requesting tion should be undertaken that illegal construction and  3/3/& along the Artola-Jageshwar axing of Deodar trees be motor road in violation of the stopped along the Jageshwar- he High Court of UP Roadside Land Control Artola road. TUttarakhand has directed Act. The acting chief justice the State Government to strict- The Kotwali Patwari has Rajiv Sharma took cognisance ly implement the Solid Waste been directed to ensure that of this appeal and the division Management Rules 2016 and sewerage from hotels and bench comprising him and not to allow dumping of restaurants is not drained in justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari garbage on rivers, riverbanks the river for which the SDM, took up the matter in the and forest land. Tehsildar and Patwari will be form of a public interest liti- Further, directing the responsible. gation. The petition was heard Uttarkashi municipality to stop he Uttarakhand High The Government has also by the division bench of act- dumping the city’s garbage in  3/3/& TCourt has directed the State been directed to frame bylaws ing chief justice Rajiv Sharma the Tekla mountain stream, the Government to take a final for construction in a three and justice Sharad Kumar court directed the District decision within eight weeks on kilometre area around Sharma on Thursday. Magistrate to probe within 15 days and take action against  *+/5-+ one’s thoughts and every tech- university V K Singh said while those dumping garbage there. nological application is invent- talking to The Pioneer that the :?   ' ! *@ 0   According to the case n array of ideas pinned in ed for good purpose, he said, best posters would be sent to details, taking cognisance of a Athe form of colourful adding that the purity of the the Union Ministry of     sional state capital. Taking a vacate the government resi- The division bench head- report published in a newspa- posters skilfully crafted and purpose of every art which is Information Technology to  *  stern stance on this, the High dences alloted to them in ed by the acting chief justice per on August 31 regarding designed by hundreds of stu- to reduce distance and bring help it make the social media Court has directed the chief Dehradun even after being Rajiv Sharma directed the Uttarkashi municipality dump- dents across the 17 States of the closeness must be maintained. policy. $$ 5 secretary to get these govern- transferred include the chief secretary to take neces- ing the city’s garbage in the country, including one from It must never be misused, he 4   ment residences vacated in Bagehswar district magistrate sary action and also impose tributary of the Ganga, the divi- Oman, were displayed at the cautioned while citing exam- ) *#  # two months and to charge Ranjana Rajguru, Tehri DM fine on these officials and sion bench of acting chief jus- gallery of Faculty of ples from social media. them officials and employees Sonika, Pithoragarh DM C employees. tice Rajiv Sharma and justice Management Studies, Gurukul Harsh Tiwari, the manag-  #   3/3/& at market rate for the period Ravishankar, Chamoli DM The matter came to light Sharad Kumar Sharma issued Kangri University on ing director of Cotec healthcare     + they occupied the quarters Swati Bhadauriya, additional following a petition filed in the these directions. Wednesday. The best three company, said that the social &     ineteen Government offi- post-transfer. Action should secretary Vinod Rawat and high court in which it was stat- selected, each from schools media was an effective medium Ncials including six IAS also be taken as per the rules Haridwar chief development ed that transferred officers and colleges category and the to promote one’s ideas if used      officers transferred from against the official concerned officer Vinit Tomar among and employees not vacating the university category, were given judiciously. ,   Dehradun have not yet vacat- during whose tenure these other officers and employees official quarters in Dehradun cash prizes. The theme of the Dean, faculty of education ed the official quarters allo- quarters were allotted. of various government depart- was causing inconvenience to poster competition was of the university Pankaj Madan $ #    cated to them in the provi- The officers who did not ments. other government personnel. ‘Managing your Social Media’. said that social media has     Inaugurating the exhibi- become such a powerful tool tion, the vice-chancellor of that its management is crucial.   .M Gurukul Kangri University “Even the facebook owner has # , Vinod Kumar said the first commented that he would see    7 '/  &' impression of social media to it that the social media does comes in the epic Mahabharata not influence the 2019 elections    wherein King Dhritrashtra asks in India. We know that the      7   / 89:; Sanjay to narrate him what is impact of the social media happening in the battlefield of was vast in elections of Russia        Kurukshetra through his dis- and US which are strong   tant vision which must have economies of the world, having been like some remote con- turnovers more than GDPs of #    trolled medium of the present certain countries.” 01  times. Dean of the Faculty of 2 . Social media gives shape to Management Studies of the

 54*+53 event. Inter House Athletic Sengtukong Enling (Ashoka Meet during the five days wit- House) was declared the Best he 19th Annual Inter nessed participation of the stu- Athlete (Boy) for the year THouse Athletic Meet of the dents from the four houses in 2018-2019. Asian School, Dehradun which different track and field events. Tashi Malik and Nungshi commenced on October 27 Ashoka House won the covet- Malik while giving away the concluded on Thursday. Tashi ed championship trophy while trophies to the winners Malik and Nungshi Malik, the Arjun House came second and advised the students to con- first siblings and twins to climb Ranjit House, a distant third. tinue to work hard and enjoy the Seven Summits and com- Khushi Bajaj (Ashoka and make sports a part of plete Three Poles Challenge, House) was declared the Best their life. It would help them were present during the closing Athlete (Girl) and stay disciplined, they said.                                                                                                                                                !        "                                            #            $ % S                      '                "       (          

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*3444       5 6#  %  7  7   of Patanjali on November 3, the session. The second session on Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan  + 7 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister November 4 will be held on (RUSA) adviser, professor ,   Yogi Adityanath will be present higher education and Indian MSM Rawat. ,4 at the conclusion of the event knowledge tradition. It will be Vice-chancellors of vari- on the following day. chaired by Acharya Balkrishna ous universities will express   The Union Minister of and co-chaired by Uttarakhand their views in this session. The Human Resource Sanskrit University vice chan- CM further informed that high-  54*+53 Development, Prakash cellor PK Dikshit and Kumaon er Education Ministers of 18    Javadekar will be the chief University vice chancellor DK States, nine Ministers of ver since Umesh Sharma, the influential owner of a news chan- bout 5,000 persons includ- speaker in one of the five tech- Nauriyal. Swami Ramdev will Uttarakhand, higher education Enel was sensationally arrested by Uttarakhand police on com- Aing Ministers, academi- nical sessions to be held as part be the main speaker in this ses- secretaries from seven states, plaint of one his trusted lieutenants, anxiety can be seen writ large cians and students will attend of the event. The first techni- sion. 131 vice chancellors of various on the faces of many politicians and bureaucrats in Dehradun. the two-day Gyan Kumbh to be cal session on governmental The third session will be universities, 150 college prin- With rapidly unfolding events and rumours that some sting CDs inaugurated in Haridwar on efforts for quality in higher held on the subject of drafting cipals and teachers from involving who’s who of Uttarakhand are waiting in the wings to November 3 by President Ram education will be presided over and implementation of policies /&      !  0&      Uttarakhand, 417 college stu- be released in the public domain, flying thick and fast, the dis- Nath Kovind. The deliberations by the Chief Minister and co- in high education . The Union dents of the host State, 3485 comfiture of these fellows is understandable. It is an open secret in this historic initiative will be chaired by the State Higher Minister of State for Human chairman, professor DP Singh, share their views in this session. teachers and students of private that Umesh Sharma with his right connections, ostentation and of national importance, said Education Minister Dhan Resource Development, Satya co-chaired by Sri Dev Suman The fifth and final technical ses- self financed colleges and 200 audacity to take on opponents had impressed politicians of all Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Singh Rawat and Dev Sanskriti Pal Singh will chair this session Uttarakhand University vice sion on challenges in higher other invited educationalists hues along with top babus and many of them were closely asso- Rawat. Vishwavidyalaya chancellor in which higher education sec- chancellor US Rawat and Doon education and skill develop- and other guests among others ciated with him. Ayush Gaur, the pawn turned nemesis of Umesh Addressing the media at a Pranav Pandya. Union HRD retaries of various States will university vice chancellor pro- ment will be chaired by former will be participating in the Sharma has claimed that his boss has spared none and had stung hotel here on Thursday, the minister Prakash Javadekar also express their views. The fessor Chandra Shekhar vice chancellor of Garhwal two-day Gyan Kumbh. everyone who was in his proximity is causing sleepless nights Chief Minister said that while will be the main speaker in this fourth session on innovative Nautiyal. University SP Singh, co-chaired Minister of State for Higher to many in Dehradun. president of India, Ram Nath session. Higher Education research and improvement in Directors of central insti- by Uttarakhand Residential Education, Dhan Singh Rawat Kovind, will inaugurate the Ministers of various States will quality will be chaired by tutions and educationalists University vice chancellor pro- was also present in the Press    Gyan Kumb at the University also express their views in this University Grants Commission from various institutions will fessor HS Dhami and Rashtriya conference. aucity of funds is clearly taking its toll on the campaign of Pthe Mayoral candidate belonging to the principal opposition party in Dehradun. Out of power, the mandarins of the party .  ,      /0 had hoped that fielding an affluent leader belonging to the com- munity of traders would overcome the handicap of dearth of funds but as the electioneering is reaching a feverish pitch, the astute 4 '  * fly high. More surprising is the ensconced in Haldwani in Kotdwar where his wife <   leader who had seen many elections in his chequered career, is Observers say that the con- same indifference being shown Kumaon where her son Sumit Hemlata Negi is locked in the showing reluctance to loosen strings of his purse. The grapevine 8  spicuous absence of the veter- by the former State party chief Hridayesh is in the mayoral mayoral contest against Neetu    has it that this leader was not interested to contest the elections $    ans yet from the campaign Kishore Upadhyaya. fray. Rawat, wife of Lansdowne      but when the ticket was literally foisted on him he relented but  *2 train of the ULB poll can be Earlier, his younger broth- She is busy to have her son MLA Dilip Rawat. not before placing riders that Mayoral candidature should not ascribed to the State unit being er Sachin Upadhyaya having elected from her home turf. Those close to Pritam  $  affect his claim on the assembly constituency he represented thrice   ridden with factional schism. filed his nomination as an The contest there is tough Singh say that the State party #   and some party leaders would manage funds for him by using 7 “Keeping its eyes on the high- independent candidate for the with BJP’s Jogendra Rautela chief is quite capable of lead- $ ,# their personal influence, but now at the time of crunch most of stake 2019 general election, the mayoral election created flut- going out the whole hog to let ing the campaign alone. those who promised financial help have vanished into thin air. $  Congress high command has ter in the State party circles. the post get into the saffron “However the veterans would    tried to bring about a sem- Later, he was mollified kitty. Given the toughness of hit the campaign trail soon $      54*+53 blance of unity in the State unit. into withdrawing from the the contest, it would be diffi- after the Diwali,” one of them randiose plans of a hyper active Minister in TSR Government But it is not discernible on the contest. But Upadhyaya-away cult for Hridayesh to step out said. . Gby organising a mega event associated with education in the ith the State Congress ground in the run-up to the from the poll campaign-seems of the confines of Haldwani as The State party vice-pres- M4   holy city of Haridwar and raise his stature in the Government Wveterans shying away ULB poll,” the observer says. to be still sulking,” says anoth- a debacle would mean a severe ident Surya Kant Dhasmana and party in the process have hit a roadblock. Throwing a span- from the campaign trail of the It is clear that the State er political commentator. setback to her plan to promote said that all is well in the     ner into the Minister’s wishes, the State Election Commission, urban local body (ULB) elec- party stalwart and the former However, what is more her son as her political heir,” Congress here. “We are fight-    citing model code of conduct enforced in view of ensuing elec- tion, the State Congress presi- Chief Minister Harish Rawat disconcerting for the Pritam said a Congress insider. ing the ULB polls unitedly and $   tions of Urban Local Bodies has clearly said that the pictures of dent Pritam Singh has plunged and those loyal to him are yet Singh faction is the absence of In a nearly same case, the former Chief Minister CM and the Minister should not be used in the promotional mate- headlong into the heat and dust to show up much during the the redoubtable Indira another senior State Congress Harish Rawat and others  #    rial of the event. A perturbed Minister is now left with no option of the electoral battle, fighting campaign. “They are keeping a Hridayesh from Dehradun and leader and former Minister would campaign for the party ) *N# but to go ahead with the event which he conceptualised at a time nearly a solitary battle to keep low profile for reasons well other towns where the polls are Surendra Singh Negi is finding candidates after Diwali is over,” when the municipal elections were entwined in legal battles and the flag of the grand old party known. due. “She is choosing to remain it difficult to move out of he said.   there were no chances of them being held in mid November. ,<      *  *  &        ** !!      ! !   !  ' 9:,  &)         $#   5$  roads across the state. He asked    54*+53  54*+53 the chief engineer PWD to repair the ‘Black Spots’. He fur- he first meeting of the hief secretary Utpal Kumar ther said that the works going  54*+53 TCongress election steering CSingh sought details about on under the working agencies committee for the upcoming the causes of five major road of National Highways, NHI he Municipal Corporation of accidents which happened in and BRO should also inspect- Thas expelled more than 40 Dehradun (MCD) election was the state so far this year and the ed and reviewed frequently. of its members for six years for held at the State Congress steps taken by the transport The chief secretary also contesting against the official office on Thursday. and police departments to stop called for effective steps on pri- party candidates in the urban It is learnt that the 100 recurrence of them while ority to check roads accidents local body elections and for wards of the city have been reviewing the recommenda- in Nainital, Udham singh anti-party activities. The BJP divided into 20 zones- each for tions given by the road safety Nagar, Haridwar and Dehradun state general secretary Naresh five wards- and the members committee formed by the districts from where majority of Bansal informed that as per the of the steering committee have Supreme Court at a meeting the road accidents have been party state president Ajay been handed over the task of held at the secretariat on reported. Bhatt’s orders, those expelled monitoring the election cam- Thursday. He instructed PWD, He also instructed the offi- from the party include rebels paign. The important meeting police and transport depart- cers concerned to hold regular contesting the local body polls was presided over by the ments to work together to stop meetings of the district level in municipal corporations of chairman of the steering com- road accidents. road safety committees headed Dehradun and Kotdwar in mittee Hira Singh Bisht who is He also sought information by district magistrates. addition to 15 municipal coun- also a former Minister. He said about the steps already taken on CS stressed on regular cam- cils and eight Nagar that every member of the com- the road safety action plan paign against the causes of Panchayats. mittee should be given the    *  A! !  %/  * ,       !0  / B/ ,  !  framed by the Supreme Court. road accidents like riding sans Those expelled in charge of monitoring five  C9  *    89:             He also sought information helmet, talking on mobile, reck- Dehradun include Manit wards. The members would about the progress of the repair less driving, drunk driving and Walia, Premlata Bisht, inform the party head office of the 130 ‘Black Spots’ of the over- loading. Trilochan, Rishi Thapa, Vinod about the problem the candi- ,/   1+-2 (  Dhyani, Varsha Badoni, Navnit dates face. Kala, Sanjay Bahuguna, Vinod In the meeting, some O    Haridwar, the venue of the declared on schedule. The Bhandari added that thanks to &     !  state government should Negi, Sushma Kukreti, members raised the issue of the  ##  event to be inaugurated by the mark-sheets issued by the cen- the follies of Kumaon declare public holidays on the Abhishek Pant, Kavindra misuse of the government President Ram Nath Kovindon tral university are also full of University, Sri Dev Suman  ! days of these festivals held Semwal, Gajendra Negi, Ajay machinery by the BJP candi-    November 3. errors, he alleged. “The University and Uttarakhand around Diwali. In a letter Sharma, Amit Verma, Anup dates and suggested that com-   # P The state NSUI president Government is turning a blind Technical University (UTU),  % addressed to the chief minis- Saxena, Kuldeep Kapur and plaint should be lodged in the Mohan Bhandari said on eye to these problems faced by the students are facing a num- ter Trivendra Singh Rawat, the Anurag Gupta while those state election commission Thursday that while the state the students,” he said. Citing the ber of problems with the aca- president of the association expelled in Kotdwar include regarding these violations.  54*+53 government is staging the Gyan mass exodus of the over 900 demic year of many being ,0% Deepak Joshi said that the Vibha Chauhan, Shashi The meeting was attended Kumbh farce by inviting VVIPs students from NIT campus, wasted. notification of general admin- Nainwal, Sudha Sati and by the Congress’s mayoral can- ubbing the State and educationalists it is the demanding a permanent cam- “We will not sit idle when istration department dated Dhirendra Chauhan. didate Dinesh Agarwal, DGovernment-sponsored least concerned about the pus, he said that this is a very the state government is out to 54*+53 December 15, 2017 regarding Pramod Kumar Singh, R P ‘Gyam Kumbh’ slated in plight of the students here who unfortunate development for enact a farce in the name of declaring Goverdhan Puja Raturi, Neenu Sehgal, Haridwar a farce, National remain deprived of higher edu- the State. education. We will stage dhar- he association of and Bhai Dooj as restricted Narendrajeet Singh Bindra, Students Union of India cation due to limited seats in The NSUI leader also na outside the venue of the TUttarakhand Secretariat holidays should be withdrawn the mahanagar president Lal (NSUI)-the Congress’s student the colleges based in the state. alleged that the universities of Gyan Kumbh to draw the Services Employees has and the government should Chand Sharma, mahanagar affiliate- has decided to stage He said that things are so grim the state are not in a position attention of the state govern- demanded the state govern- declare public holidays on the women wing president protest against the much-hyped at the solitary central universi- to implement Choice Based ment to the grim scenario pre- ment to take back its decision days these festivals are cele- Kamlesh Raman, Tahir Ali upcoming event. The Congress ty of the state that neither the Credit System (CBCS) due to vailing in the higher education of declaring Goverdhan Puja brated on the line of what the and state NSUI president student activists threatened to examinations are conducted which the students are staring realm of the State,” the state and Bhai Dooj as restricted Uttar Pradesh government has Mohan Bhandari. gherao Patanjali University on time nor the results are at an uncertain future. NSUI chief said. holidays. They said that the done. ,&         

<       said that the district has adequate stocks of medicines and the ELISA 0>>)   kits. The health department has set "?1  up isolation wards for the patients of the disease. He further said that all the medical practitioners have  54*+53 been directed to report the sus- pected cases of the disease to the he people of the provisional district health department so that Tstate capital continue to reel the ELISA test- the confirmatory under the onslaught of dengue test for the disease- is conducted. with six new cases of the vector- The CMO added that there is borne disease being reported by no need to panic with the new the district health authorities on cases pouring in daily but advised Thursday. With them, the dengue the people to ensure that breeding count in Dehradun so far this sea- grounds inside and in the vicini- son has gone up to 188. In ty of their houses are destroyed. Uttarakhand, 579 people so far He said that people should have been afflicted by dengue this wear full- sleeved clothes dur- season. ing the day time to reduce The chief medical officer exposure for the mosquito (CMO) Dehradun, Dr S K Gupta bite.   (  )* +, +-./  9

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 $*35/(+* O<   ollowing severe levels of air $   Fpollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR)   that has left people gasping, ,   Delhi Chief Minister Arvind    Kejriwal on Thursday accused the Punjab Government of $  failing to control stubble burn- #  @ , " ing that has deteriorated the air   $$ quality after October 25. “The national capital has      witnessed abnormal increase in  ,,,  pollution level after October 25     and this happens every year due to stubble burning during  .< harvesting season. This is due    + , to Punjab Government’s failure   P to stop cases of stubble burn- #    $ ing,” said Kejriwal, AAP con- vener while talking to the # ,, mediapersons here. , P Kejriwal, while showing satellite images of stubble burn- ing in Punjab and Haryana to pen, he has to answer?,” he justify his claims said that the said. 3/3/& about its achievements. Telling ranging from dance and drama incidents of stubble burning are On his meeting with the pupils about the impor- to poetry recitation focusing on more in Punjab this year than Haryana Chief Minister he Longview Public School tance of student life, he also skills, social message and patri- in Haryana. ! !  !0     - %  *    * /  Manohar Lal Khattar on the There commemorated its gave them tips for success in otism among other aspects. “The images show maxi- /& !/  issue of stubble burning last two-day long annual function. the future. He appreciated the The school chairman HB mum number of cases of stub- year, Kejriwal said that The head of operations at the education being provided in Tripathi, director Sunita ble burning in Bathinda, Manohar Lal had assured him Atal Innovation Mission, NITI the school along with focus on Tripathi, patron Kamal Tripathi Amritsar and other districts in (PPCB) for their claims regard- Quality Index (AQI) was below will have to work responsibly to control cases of stubble Aayog, Unnat Pandit was the other activities. The school and the guardians of the stu- Punjab while in Haryana, this ing decline in stubble-burning 200 but it has suddenly touched and collectively to address the burning this year and the satel- chief guest on the occasion. principal Bhuwan Chandra dents along with educational- is limited to north Haryana in cases this Kharif season, the over 400 now. The AQI issue. lite images showed that such Addressing the gathering on Tripathi welcomed the gather- ists from different institutions the areas around Ambala dis- Delhi Chief Minister said that remained below 200 the entire Blaming the Centre for the cases have indeed declined in the occasion, he spoke about ing and read out the progress were also present on the occa- trict only,” he said amid the satellite images show that stub- year in the national capital but severe air pollution in Delhi, the state this time. the Atal Innovation Mission report of the school. The stu- sion. political blame game over the ble burning is mostly happen- witness sharp increase during Kejriwal said that Union Notably, large number of and informed the students dents gave varied performances rising air pollution in the ing in Punjab. the harvesting season, he said. Minister Harsh Vardhan had farmers in Punjab and Haryana national capital. The quality of air in the We cannot blame the pol- assured him a few months ago continue to defy the ban on “The satellite image indi- national capital deteriorates lution due to vehicles and that both Punjab and Haryana stubble burning, claiming that cates stubble burning in sever- every year after October 25, industries in Delhi for the cur- would get financial assistance they are “compelled” to do so ! , R    al parts of Punjab and there once the farmers begin burn- rent situation. to buy machines for managing in the absence of any financial cannot be a more scientific ing paddy stubble, he alleged This is due to stubble burn- stubble. support from the government proof than this,” he said while Continuing his tirade ing only, he added. “The Union Minister had for farm waste management. lashing out at the Punjab against the neighboring gov- Noting that not only assured me that there is no According to a recent ! !  "  Government for not providing ernment, he said that every Delhites but residents of the need to worry as each village in report by the Centre-run its farmers enough assistance to year this happens between national capital region includ- Punjab and Haryana will be System of Air Quality stop cases of stubble burning October 25 and November 20 ing Gurugram, Noida, given grant to purchase four to Forecasting and Research this year. and pollution levels go up Ghaziabad and surrounding five machines for management (SAFAR), Punjab and Haryana Criticizing the Punjab sharply in the national capital places are also suffering due to of stubble. contributed to 32 per cent of Government and Punjab due to stubble burning. the poor air quality, the AAP But nothing has hap- Delhi’s overall pollution on Pollution Control Board Before October 25, the Air convener said that everyone pened… Why it did not hap- last Saturday. !!. - #34$   -

 $*35/(+* assembly elections with a mes- Thursday alleged that every hospital services, better infra- Continuing his tirade sage of building a “New section of the society in the structure and power,” Kejriwal against the BJP led Haryana yeing 2019 Lok Sabha and Haryana”, Kejriwal had visited state is unhappy with the said. The Delhi Chief Minister Government, the Delhi CM EAssembly polls in Haryana, the state for several times in the Congress, the Indian National further alleged that under the Said that farmers are unhappy Delhi Chief Minister and AAP past three months to reach out Lok Dal (INLD) and the ruling erstwhile INLD Government, as they are not getting com- convenor Arvind Kejriwal on to the general public. He has Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). the state's law and order went pensation for their damaged Thursday went on to chal- addressed public meetings, These parties have ruled for a toss while Congress crops and remunerative prices lenge his Haryana counterpart held roadshows and visited the state for over 50 years now. regime was no better and for their crops, youths are dis- Manohar Lal Khattar over the schools of Haryana. While the Congress, INLD indulged in land grabbing and appointed and schools, hospi- work done by their respective The party has planned to and the BJP regimes had failed corruption. tals are in dilapidated condi- State Governments in the last contest on all 10 Lok Sabha to perform in Haryana, his Both INLD and Congress tion. four years. seats from Haryana and also, AAP government had brought are witnessing infighting today Notably, the AAP has “When I visited Haryana on all 90 assembly seats, elec- revolutionary changes in the and have nothing to offer to the planned to quote the ‘Delhi recently, I witnessed poor infra- tion for which are due later national capital, Kejriwal people of Haryana, he said. Model’ and list the achieve- structure of schools, hospitals, next year claimed. Slamming Manohar Lal ments of the Kejriwal led Delhi roads and even electricity facil- Eyeing a win in the 52 years have passed since for calling Mohalla Clinics as Government to woo the voters ity. In Delhi, we have worked Haryana Assembly polls next the formation of Haryana but Halla clinics, Kejriwal chal- in Haryana. for improving schools, hospi- year, Kejriwal is hard selling his still the expectations of people lenged him to visit any five clin- After tasting defeat at the tals and other facilites,” he said AAP led Delhi Government’s of the state remain unfulfilled, ics in the national capital. hustings in the previous Lok while talking to the mediaper- achievements in the field of he added. Accusing the politi- If he accepts my challenge, Sabha polls from Haryana, the sons here. education and health sectors to cal parties to play a politics of I will also accompany him to AAP had not contested the Promising to emulate the the voters of Haryana. caste, the AAP convener said visit Haryana's dispensaries on October 2014 assembly elec- 3/3/& bishop Prem Prakash Habil, also connecting them with var- ‘Mohalla Clinic model’ of Delhi With Haryana’s proximity that they talk about Jats, November 12. I will also be tions in the state. Church of North India, Agra ious creative activities. The in Haryana if the AAP is voted to AAP ruled Delhi and the Baniyas, Pandits …. All these writing a letter to the Chief In the previous parlia- he All Saints’ College here diocese and school principal girls participated enthusiasti- to power in the next assembly state being Kejriwal’s home parties have been dividing the Minister in this regard, he mentary polls held in 2014, Theld its annual athletics Kiran Jeremiah along the cally in various athletic events election, Kejriwal said, “People state, the AAP leaders feel that state on caste lines by either added. AAP had lost on all 10 Lok meet to mark its 149thfounda- games and vice captain held on the occasion. Former should decide whether to shun the party can benefit from var- wooing Jats or non Jats, he On the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Sabhaseats in Haryana and tion day on Thursday. Scoring inaugurated the athletics meet. MP KC Singh Baba, Saint the party that sought votes in ious factors including a politi- alleged. “Till now, the INLD canal issue, Kejriwal said his most of its candidates had fin- 146 points, the Milman house Expressing his views as the Joseph College principal Peter the name of temple and cal vacuum in Haryana at pre- and Congress were seeking party will abide by what the ished at fourth or fifth position. came first followed by chief guest on the occasion, the Emanuel, educationalists from mosques and to support the sent. Speaking here on the votes from Jats and BJP from Supreme Court decides as he At present, the search is on Robinson house with 130 bishop appreciated the work various institutions along with one which worked for building state’s foundation day, being non Jats. Not even a single slammed the BJP and the for party’s candidates for Lok points and Dorothy house with being done at All Saints’ the parents of the students schools and hospitals.” celebrated as ‘Haryana Diwas’, party had sought votes for Congress of failing to resolve Sabha polls 2019, likely to be 127 points. College to provide quality edu- were also among those present Preparing for the Haryana the AAP convener on providing good education and the contentious issue. held in May-April. Earlier, the chief guest, cation to the girl students while on the occasion.     )   7  

  $*35/(+* ith the crucial Lok Sabha ing in others, the Congress dents in the neighbouring election in the ensuing 2019 It has been learnt that the Singh Bajwa is also under against drugs, targeting its Wpolls just a few months high command has started states of Delhi, Haryana, Lok Sabha polls. “After his announcement for the new consideration. Gurdaspur’s leader Bikram Singh Majithia, away, Punjab Congress is all the process of searching the Himachal Pradesh along with election as MP from Punjab Pradesh Congress former MP, Bajwa has served along with other scams in set to witness a change of new state presidents in five . Gurdaspur, Jakhar has been Committee (PPCC) president as PPCC president for about Parkash Singh Badal govern- guard soon. states, including Punjab. Punjab Congress presi- juggling between two roles — would be made by November two years from 2013 to 2015, ment. Aimed at giving a fresh Besides Punjab, the party dent Sunil Jakhar, who is also that of the state party chief and only. It may also be possible before his unceremonious But, on the other hand, start to the party in some of may also appoint new Pradesh Member of Parliament from an MP — which has, at least that the party may appoint a removal by the party high Capt Amarinder would ensure the states while ending infight- Congress Committee presi- Gurdaspur, is set to seek re- to some extent, affected the working president. command under pressure that Bajwa would not get back party in Punjab,” a senior For the coveted post, name from Capt Amarinder camp the state presidentship as many Congress leader requesting of party’s senior Dalit leader after the party’s poor show in party leaders are already upset anonymity told The Pioneer, and MLA Raj Kumar Verka is 2014 parliamentary polls. with their own Government while confirming that he may doing the rounds. Despite What may work in favour of on scores of issues. soon be replaced. However, at being the Chief Minister Capt Bajwa is his previous perfor- Capt Amarinder, who is the same time, the leader Amarinder Singh staunch loy- mance as state party chief. expected to return from his maintained that Jakhar has alist, Verka failed to make it to Bajwa led the party from the trip from Turkey on Friday, been effective in his role as the State Cabinet, which may front to take on the then SAD- may seek an appointment to state unit president, and has eventually go in his favour for BJP government by horns by meet the party chief Rahul worked as a bridge between elevation as the party’s state initiating a strong agitation Gandhi t the party and the govern- unit chief. ment. The leader submitted Verka, MLA from that for parliamentary polls, Amritsar (West) constituency, scheduled for the next year, a has gone vocal after the Chief full-time active state presi- Minister failed to give enough dent is what the party need to representation to the dalit lead from the front, and if leaders in his council of min- Jakhar wanted to re-contest isters. He was among the first from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha leaders from Punjab to raise seat, he would not be able to the issue of no or under rep- devote much time to the resentation of scheduled or organisational affairs in the backward class in the State state. Notably, the Congress Cabinet with the Congress is leaving no stone unturned to national president Rahul return to power, and the new Gandhi, who had then assured party presidents would be him of “suitably accommo- tasked with immediate revival dating” him. of the organisation position in Besides Verka, the name of these states ahead of 2019 Capt Amarinder’s bête noire polls. and Rajya Sabha MP Partap   (  )* +, +-./  "

)    "5)6"  0, 274@'< $#   #7   )      34- 54&*/ During simultaneous elec-   !"    $  tions, two separate sets of       - head of the Lok Sabha EVMs are required, one for the    / 9-/:      + (#        6 Apolls next year, the Election parliamentary constituency Commission (EC) has received and the other for legislative       around 22.3 lakh ballot units assembly constituency.        34- 54&*/ and 16.3 lakh control units of In case of an error with the          the latest version of electronic VVPAT, the machine is    " gainst the backdrop of voting machines, M-3. replaced with a reserve. But in  )   ) $ AChina flexing its muscle in It is estimated that as many case a ballot unit or control unit South China Sea leading to ten- as 22.3 lakh ballot units, 16.3 malfunctions, the entire set of     sion with other nations locat- lakh control units and nearly ballot unit, control unit and   !"$    ed on its rim, Army Chief 17.3 lakh VVPATs or paper VVPAT is replaced. +  (      /        'A  4G'      ' 3 '    General Bipin Rawat on trail machines will be used for          Till date, EVMs have been Thursday said the disputed the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.   @@"A 0   used in 113 Assembly elections        +O %   ?"D sovereignty of maritime terri- The number of machines % ?E"A 0      N'AO6 4G'  L 6M and three Lok Sabha elections 0      / tories is threatening interna- includes the buffer stock for    ?F"A 0             since 2000. Amid demands by        tional waters. training as well as replace- GG    0   some opposition parties to go    $ (  +                     Making this point here, he ments. These machines would 3 'A 4G'  6   back to ballot papers, the         " also said India has no extra-ter-          be deployed at the nearly 10.6  @B?H & 0    Commission has maintained ritorial ambitions, but its aim       / 6        lakh polling stations across that use of EVMs has ended the > 6? is to ensure a conducive exter-     %      / 6%  / India in the next parliamentary Another feature of this new M3 maximum of 64 candidates, days of booth capturing and the     7 +     /O       / nal and internal security envi- elections. The new M3 type EVM is self-diagnosis. That is, including NOTA. There is pro- delays and errors in counting of   !"    $             6   ronment for unhindered eco- EVM will be used in the com- it can automatically detect any vision for 16 candidates in a ballot papers.  5  ?D     / 6 nomic progress and socio- ing assembly polls in five States. fault with the software or sys- balloting unit. If the total num- At a recent all-party meet-          political development.  +         / 6%   *  The Bharat Electronics Ltd tem and will show it in the dis- ber of candidates exceeds 16, ing, several parties had ques-         Speaking at a seminar on $    / *       and the Electronics play. According to officials, more balloting units can be tioned the reliability of voting 3  +   $ 93+$:" ‘Evolving Geo-Politics of the         $O      Corporation of India Ltd were the Control Unit and Ballot attached up to a maximum of machines, alleging that they Indo-Pacific Region- $ %           mandated to deliver these Unit can communicate with 64 candidates by connecting could be tampered with.    Challenges and Prospects,’          machines to the poll panel by each other. If someone plants four balloting units. Seventeen opposition parties     Rawat said contested sover- September 30 “and now the a Ballot Unit or Control Unit However, in case of M3 have come together to make a   !" $  eignty of maritime territories has been completed,” from outside, the digital sig- EVMs, which came after 2013, fresh demand that voters in the         pose a major challenge in East Commissioner to India paper, Australia placed India in the official said. The new ‘M3’- nature will not match and the a maximum of 384 candidates 2019 Lok Sabha elections exer- $  O    Asia and the South China Sea Harinder Sidhu, said the front rank for internation- type EVM is “tamper-detect” system would stop functioning. including NOTA can be cise their franchise by stamp- $  0  and these disputed maritime in her address if invited, al partnership. While India has and will stop functioning if The M2 or mark 2 type catered to by connecting 24 ing the ballot paper, not press-      " boundaries are threatening Australia is willing to join the always been an important part- anyone tries to tinker with it. EVMs (2006-10) can cater to a balloting units. ing the button on EVMs. international waters. Malabar Exercise. ner for Australia, she said the Stressing that stability in “It makes sense for strategic partnership between the Indo-Pacific region is Australia to exercise with the two nations is stronger essential for economic progress, whom we work closely in than it has ever been. (  #   #     he also said within the Indo- Indian and Pacific Oceans,” Highlighting Australia’s Pacific, the Indian Ocean Sidhu said. strategic location in the Indo- Region remains India’s prima- Malabar is a trilateral exer- Pacific, Sidhu said Australia   34- 54&*/ wave, cold wave, frost and hail decline marginally (2.5 per PoCRA) with a budget outlay ry area of interest adding India cise between India, the US should also be considered in the storm. cent) in 2020 scenario and by of Rs 4,500 crore being imple- is committed to uphold and and Japan, and Australia is keen top ranks of India’s partnerships o address the impact of cli- Officials said the ICAR about 8 per cent in 2050. mented in 5,000 villages in the strengthen the rules-based on joining the naval drill. She and called for India and Tmate change and variabil- has conducted climate change Addressing the Inter- drought prone villages of order in Indo-Pacific. He also said with shared interest, its Australia to agree on a Mutual ity on crops, horticulture, live- impact analysis on crop yields Session Meeting of Vidharbha and Marathwada said “we have no extra-territo- strategic location in the Indo- Logistics Support Agreement stock, and fisheries, the Indian through various centres in dif- Consultative Committee of the regions of . Several rial ambitions and we have no Pacific, Australia should also be between the two militaries. Council of Agricultural ferent parts of the country Ministry of Agriculture & other State Governments also desire to transplant our ide- considered in the top ranks of On Quad, a group com- Research (ICAR) has taken up using crop simulation models only marginally (<2.5 per cent). Farmers’ Welfare, Singh said its initiated similar projects of cli- ologies on others.” India’s partnerships. prising India, Australia, the US a flagship programme National (INFO-CROP and HAD CM3) Climate change is projected to aim is to develop adaptation mate resilient agriculture Humanitarian And Referring to the maritime and Japan formed to promote Innovations on Climate for 2020, 2050 and 2080. The reduce timely-sown irrigated and mitigation practices to (Karnataka, Odisha and Disaster Relief (HADR) oper- disputes in the Indo-Pacific, shared interests in the Indo- Resilient Agriculture (NICRA). results indicate variability in wheat production by about 6 minimise the losses and to Telangana). ations, Search and Rescue Sidhu said Australia has been Pacific, the envoy said she is According to Union temperature and rainfall pat- per cent in 2020. In case of late enhance resilience of Indian According to economic (SAR) missions, protection of concerned by the pace and often asked whether it is Agriculture and Farmers’ tern with significant impacts on sown wheat, however, the pro- agriculture. survey of India 2018, the vital Sea Lanes of scale of China’s activities in the achieving its objective. Welfare Minister Radha Mohan crop yields. These studies pro- jected reductions are to the The Minister also said sev- change in agricultural produc- Communication, and robust South China Sea, including “In my view, it is doing Singh, the programme is being jected reduction in yields of extent of 18, 23 and 25 per cent eral States have shown interest tivity patterns as a result of cli- defence of India’s island terri- the use of disputed beaches and exactly what it was intended to taken up in 151 climatically- irrigated rice by about 4 per in 2020, 2050 and 2080 respec- in replicating the climate mate change could reduce tories are major aspects on artificial structures for military do. The purpose of vulnerable districts across the cent in 2020, 7 per cent in 2050 tively. Yields of irrigated kharif resilient village models. For annual agricultural incomes which the Army is investing in purpose. any dialogue is to build under- country by taking one repre- and 10 per cent in 2080. maize may decrease by about example, the Government of by between 15 per cent and 18 capability development Batting for a greater mili- standing and deepen shared sentative village in each district. Rainfed rice yields are like- 18 per cent in 2020 and 2050 Maharashtra through World per cent on average, and towards tri-services efforts, tary cooperation with India, interest. The Quad is intended The predominant climatic vul- ly to be reduced by 6 per cent and about 23 per cent in 2080 Bank funding formulated a between 20 per cent and 25 per Rawat said. she said for the first time, in its to do no more and no less than nerabilities addressed are in 2020, but in 2050 and 2080 due to climate change. 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  7 - 8.  34- 54&*/ he Union Home Ministry  34- 54&*/ omy,” Patra said at a Press Ton Thursday approved a conference. Safe City project for Lucknow iting the latest World Bank The BJP said this jump in at a total cost of Rs.194.44 crore Creport pushing up India’s the ease of doing business under the Nirbhaya Fund ranking in ‘Ease of Doing rankings has become possible Scheme. The project would be Business’ to 77th position, the because of the Modi implemented as a Centrally BJP on Thursday maintained Government’s clear policies Sponsored Scheme with Centre that this heralds the arrival of and hard work. and State sharing the funding “achchhe din” in the country’s Taking on the Congress, in 60:40 ratio. economy. Patra said the party’s tenure was Under this project, India has jumped 65 posi- marked by “ease of doing cor- Lucknow will have integrated tions from 142 in 2014 to 77 ruption” while the country is control room, special unit for now, BJP spokesperson Sambit witnessing an era of ease of women protection and pink Patra said, adding the country doing business under Modi’s out posts to tackle atrocities has travelled from the “fragile leadership. against women, special desks five” emerging markets to a “It is ease of doing business for women in each police sta- “fabulous few” in a short span verses ease of corruption,” he tions in the city. of time. said, adding that India’s ease of “This approval is a part of The World Bank’s ‘Ease of doing business ranking plum- MHA’s plans to implement Safe Development, Ministry of Rajnath Singh, will be imple- Doing Business’ report was meted under Congress’ ‘econ- City projects in eight selected Urban Development, mented by Uttar Pradesh released on Wednesday. omist’ Prime Minister cities, namely, Mumbai, Delhi, Ministry of Electronic and Police, assisted by the “We thank Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Information Technology, Municipal bodies and city Narendra Modi for the reform, On one side were the poli- Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and respective Municipal & Police transport authorities. The Safe perform, transform agenda cies of the Modi Government Lucknow under Nirbhaya Fund Commissioners of the cities City project for Lucknow also that he has brought into the that were all about clarity and with the purpose of strength- and civil society organisations,” envisages gender sensitisation policy of India...Through this on the other was a confused ening safety and security of the Home Ministry said in a awareness campaigns and jump in ease of doing and defused Congress presi- women in public places. The statement. capacity building in collabora- business rankings, dent Rahul, he said. projects are being implemented The Safe City proposal for tion with community and civil ‘achchhe din’ (good days) have “This is clarity verses con- in consultation with Ministry of Lucknow, the Lok Sabha con- society organisations, the  <   <   %*     * !!      O*       !    arrived in the country’s econ- fusion,” Patra said. Women and Child stituency of Home Minister Home Ministry said. & !    P. 0 /  /  #   # R ,* *    0 P 

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        1  +         5   Q     6 )      ' ;" 8+   Mumbai: The Shiv Sena said  (35*/3(+ O2    on Thursday that the BJP is !    his brother an MP DK Suresh and alleged   + now courting it as the that the candidate was bought by them. espite recent attacks on Devendra Fadnavis-led "R  He said in Shivamogga “ Shivakumar Dmigrant workers in the   $  Maharashtra Government has and brother (D K Suresh) have brought different parts of the State fol- $   entered a "dangerous" fifth (him) back, by giving money. I got the lowing alleged rape of a toddler year.   ) 43(&+ information just now. God bless them." by a Bihari origin labourer in   The Uddhav Thackeray-led The BJP recently had poached North Gujarat, Chief Minister   P party, which is a partner in the n a jolt to the saffron party, L Chandrashekhar, son of a senior Congress Vijay Rupani on Thursday Gujarat Government is slated , #  BJP-led alliance in the State and IChandrashekhar, the BJP candidate leader C M Lingappa, and the Congress claimed that industrial peace to hold its flagship event of Centre, also asked Fadnavis to contesting the by-election to the had decided to support the candidate of was prevailing in Gujarat and trade and investment — $ P explain in which areas, as per Ramanagara Assembly constituency on its ruling coalition partner, JD(S). Within still it was an ideal place for Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit his claim, the State has reached Thursday announced his decision to quit days after joining the BJP, he was migrants. (VGGS) in January 2019 to number one position. the fray against Anita Kumaraswamy, announced as the party's candidate. The Speaking at the Federation attract investment in the state. appointed two fast track judges An editorial in Sena wife of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. BJP workers who campaigned for him of Indian Chambers of Rupani wants to ensure that in order to quickly dispose case mouthpiece "Saamana" quoted The election will be held on Saturday and ed Ramanagara due to internal squabble protested against his decision. Ramangara Commerce and Industry due to scattered incidences of related to rape on infant as well Fadnavis's recent statement the sudden decision of Chandrashekhar between the leaders within the party." is famous for production of silk and has (FICCI) national executive attacks on migrants, the image as attacks on innocent migrant that a Sena-BJP alliance in the who had joined the party a month ago With this, Anita Kumaraswamy will world’s biggest cocoon market. The town meet at Ahmadabad, the Chief of Gujarat as business friendly labourers. More than 60 cases next year's Lok Sabha and State now announced his support to Anita have a smooth passage to the power of cor- is also known as Sholay nagara after the Minster said that there was state wouldn’t be tarnish. of attacks on migrant workers elections was necessary for Kumaraswamy of the JD(S)-Congress ridor in the Saturday’s bypoll as there is no film Sholay was shot there. zero-level unrest coupled with On September 28, 2018 a have been registered with the preventing division of nominee. contest against her. By-election to The bypolls are a litmus test for the business friendly environment 14-month-old girl was alleged- Gujarat police in different parts Hindutva votes. At a Press conference in Bengaluru, Ramanagara was necessitated as it fell coalition partners JD(S) and the Congress. in the State. Insisting FICCI ly raped by a labourer belong- of the States. "(Senior BJP leader and Chandrashekhar blamed the BJP leaders vacant after Kumaraswamy gave up the The snap of Ramanagara candidate is very business delegates to organise ing to Bihar. Following the Entire episode became Minister) Chandrakant Patil for his decision and their non cooperation. seat preferring Chennapatna, the other seat well managed and orchestrated ploy by DK conventions and conferences of incident, provoked locals political blame game as ruling and (State BJP chief) Raosaheb He said, “He has decided to come back to he had won in the May Assembly polls. By- Shivakumar and his brother DK Suresh. At their business establishments attacked on Hindi-speaking BJP blamed on Congress MLA Danve's new-found love for the his mother party Congress and also extend polls for three Lok Sabha constituencies Shivamogga bypoll for the Lok Sabha, near ‘Statue of Unity’, Rupani labourers working in facto- Alpesh Thakor for provoking Sena stems from the fact that the his support to Anita Kumaraswamy.” “BJP — Shivamogga, Ballari and Mandya and Yeddyurappa’s son BY Raghavendra is said that industries were thriv- ries. The attacks spread fear on locals against migrant labour- fifth year is dangerous for the leaders had abandoned me and did not two assembly constituencies, Ramanagara fighting a crucial battle against combined ing in Gujarat due to positive migrants workers and thou- ers and on the other side Fadnavis Government," it said. come to campaign for me”, he added. and Jamkhandi, will take place on candidate Madhu Bangarappa of the atmosphere and the State sands of them fled to their Congress leaders claimed that It further asked if the BJP He said "After welcoming me to the November 3. The counting of votes would JD(S). At Ballari the mining dust has Government’s business friend- respective States well ahead of the State Government failed to was so worried about division BJP by giving party flag, Yeddyurappa be on November 6. clouded again and BJP’s J Shantha sister of ly policies. Diwali holidays. control the situation and as of Hindutva votes, why did it (State BJP chief) or any other leaders did BJP State chief BS Yeddyurappa direct- J Sruramulu is fighting Ugrappa of the con- It is worth mentioning that Taking the incidences seri- result of it thousands of migrant break up the alliance before the not join me for campaigning. They neglect- ly blamed Minister DK Shivakumar and gress supported by the JD(S). ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, ously Gujarat Government also workers forced to flee the State. 2014 Assembly elections. PTI     < ! , %!'$ ( ')"')* + ,' !"#  $ %&      -,,'"' ' ') ) 

2 ' =    ''/ The incident took place at the scene immediately after-    7&  only bring black days,” Banerjee Government proposing the 2.30 pm. While one of the noon. Two of the fire brigade said adding all the days ruled by purchase the Kolkata house of    7&  25.88 per cent votes — 21.66 ive persons — comprising three cleaners killed in the personnel went into the well to ll days will continue to pass the BJP were in fact black days. singer Bhupen Hazarika while per cent more from what the Fthree cleaners and two fire mishap was identified as rescue the three cleaners. These Aas black days if the BJP Raising the NRC issue in the Trinamool dismissing the JP president Amit Shah party got in 2009. CPI(M)’s brigade personnel — drowned Rahul Gosawi, the two other two fire brigade personnel were continued to rule India by fan- Assam, where about 40 lakh proposal as a cheap method of Bmay contest from North Rupa Bagchi came third with on Thursday afternoon, after workers had not been identi- sucked into the thick sludge. ning communal and sectarian people — of which majority doing regional politics. Kolkata, considered a safe seat about 2 lakh votes polling they were trapped in accumu- fied till evening. The police Later in the evening, a tension in the country, Mamata were Bengalis — had allegedly “Where were they for these in the next year’s Lok Sabha 20.50 per cent — 19.55 per cent lated sludge in a temple well at identified the two firemen team of divers with safety belts, Banerjee has said while react- been thrown out of the National many years. Today they are ask- elections, sources in the Bengal less than what the party got in Kalyan in the neighbouring drowned in the incident as ropes, oxygen cylinders and ing to Prime Minister Narendra Register for Citizens, Banerjee ing for the house of Bhupen unit of the party said. 2009. Congress’ Somen Mitra Thane district. Anant Shelar and Pramod masks, went into the well and Modi’s unveiling of Sardar said Patel used to tell all the Hazarika because they look at Replying to a pointed ques- polled 130,783 lakh votes — Three persons, who had Waghchore. took out the bodies from the Vallabhbhai Patel’s statue in leaders to treat the people of all him as an Assamese. They are tion Bengal BJP president Dilip about 13.68 per cent of the total gone to clean the sticky sludge The incident unfolded at well. Gujarat as the Statue of Unity. community, class, caste and ignoring the fact that Hazarika Ghosh said that the State party votes polled. inside the well located on the around 1.30 pm, when one per- Thane’s Deputy Police Contrasting Patel’s ideolo- languages equally “but here was a great singer who sang for unit will be more than willing “The deficit of last time will Bhimashankar temple located son went inside a well to clean Police Commissioner (Zone-3) gy with the one preached by the the Govt of Assam is driving the unity of the country, unity to host Shah as a candidate. “If be easily covered this time at Netivali area in the eastern it up and got trapped in the Sanjay Shinde said that the five saffron outfit Banerjee told an away the Bengalis and the of Bengal and Assamese cul- he contests from here he will round if a heavyweight candi- part of Kalyan, were stuck sticky sludge. Before long, two persons might have been killed audience at Alipurduar that Gujarat Govt is driving away tures. A majority of his songs make it a sure sit to win,” date like Amitji who has all- inside the well first. The two other cleaners climbed down after either consuming unlike Patel, the BJP practiced the Biharis from those States.” were in Bengali,” State Minister adding “we will be privileged if India acceptance contests from fire brigade personnel who into the well, only to be trapped chemical-laden water or con- communal and sectarian poli- She said on the birthday of Partho Chatterjee said. Amitji contests from North here,” Ghosh said. had gone to rescue the three in the sludge. suming poisonous smell inside tics which would only bring Sardar Patel, “we hope the peo- The Assam Government Kolkata.” “My question is if Modiji trapped persons also drowned. The fire brigade arrived on the well. black days and not Achchhe ple of the country to remain unit- has proposed to purchase the The BJP had given an can contest and win from Din or good days as promised ed,” adding the BJP’s dirty tricks house of Hazarika at Tollygunge impressive performance in Varanasi then why can’t he con- by the Prime Minister. to divide the people of Bengal to Golf Club Road in order to con- 2014 from North Kolkata a test from Puri? And by same “Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel garner votes will never be suc- vert it into a museum. The BJP strong saffron bastion and fin- argument why can’t Amitji  7      never believed in politics of cessful. “We will thwart their reacted to Chatterjee’s statement ished second behind the ruling contest from North Kolkata,” caste and religion. He never attempts to divide the people of with senior leader Rahul Sinha Trinamool Congress candidate the State BJP leader said. divided people. He was always Bengal for political reasons and saying the “the TMC Sudip Bandopadhyay. “Amitji’s presence in North for national unity which was we ask you to remain alert about Government has done nothing While the TMC candidate Kolkata will definitely turn the /.A*   !    proved by his action. But the their political designs,” she said. to preserve the memories of got 343,687 votes polling about focus on this constituency and BJP is trying to divide the Meanwhile, the Trinamool Hazarika. The house is in a dilap- 36 percent votes — 17 per cent along with it will come a flood country on the basis of caste Congress and the BJP locked idated condition. And they are less than what his party got in of development. Hence we will   HR&CE Department to recov- well— being by launching feed- and religion. This can never horns in an unrelated devel- not letting the Assam 2009 — BJP’s Rahul Sinha got want him to contest from here,” $*433/ er more than 50,000 acres of ing centres, Veda Patasalas bring Achchhe Din and will opment with the Assam Government to preserve it.” 247, 461 votes polling about said another State leader. temple land from illegal occu- (schools to teach Vedas, he Madras High Court on pants. The HR&CE department Upanishats and religious sci- TTuesday set the agenda for was yet to submit the details to ence) including educational retrieving prime property lands the land to the court per the ver- institutions and hospitals. But worth thousands of crores of dict. what has happened is that the rupees belonging to temples Justice Subramanian also atheist Dravidian leaders squan- administered by the Hindu asked the HR&CE Department dered the temple lands to suit Religious and Charitable bosses to furnish the details of their convenience,” said Ramesh. Endowment (HR&CE) immovable properties owned by He pointed out how the Department of the Tamil Nadu more than 36,000 temples then Chief Minister M Government. across the State which are Karunanidhi (since deceased) Justice S M Subramaniam administered by the depart- illegally took away 295 acres of while disposing of a petition ment. prime land belonging to filed by a devotee in this con- The Department has been Thiruvarur Lord Siva temple for nection also expressed his dis- asked to collate all details regard- construction of the Central pleasure and disappointment ing the land owned by the tem- University in his constituency. over the functioning of the ple which have been usurped by “Not a rupee was given as com- HR&CE Department, the cal- encroachers over the years and pensation for this land till I lousness of which led to massive upload the same in the website issued a legal notice to the encroachment of the temple of the department. Government. Though the Tmil lands situated in prime locations T R Ramesh, president, Nadu Government was forced to in the State. The case is being Temple Worshipers Society, an give compensation, it was total- termed by devotees as the Great organisation working for restor- ly inadequate,” said Ramesh. Temple Land Robbery. ing and regaining the landed The HR&CE officials are in “With all humility, this court properties belonging to the tem- the eye of a storm following the with pain has to observe that the ples in Tamil Nadu, said the arrest of some senior officials in HR&CE Department remained court order was just the tip of a connection with the theft of idols as a silent spectator for such large multi-billion rupees scam from the temples administered scale illegalities and corrupt involving politicians, bureaucrats by the department. “More than activities. No one can believe and middle men. 7,000 antique and ancient idols that the higher officials of the ‘Leaders of all political par- have been missing from the tem- department are unaware of such ties which have been ruling ples and the HRCE officials are illegalities and corrupt activities,” Tamil Nadu are involved in the silent about the same,” said said the justice in his order. robbery. The temple lands are Rama Gopalan, leader, Hindu Justice R Mahadevan of the instruments to generate funds to Front, an umbrella organisations same court had issued an order sustain the Hindu community in of various Hindutwa outfits in $*             !-& * /   on Fenruary 12, 2018 asking the the State by ensuring their Tamil Nadu. 8E /     

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  ! *   !   Kolkata: The kin of Subhas Kumar Bose, who is also a " :   # # Chandra Bose on Thursday vice-president of the Bharatiya demanded a statue of the Janata Party's (BJP) West Lucknow: The Allahabad new Bharatiya Janata Party leader at India Gate in the Bengal unit, told PTI that the    ''/ years at sea, covering the entire globe 27 High Court on Thursday took over. national Capital and declara- statue near India Gate was a times. Since her inception she had a total quashed the selection of over The Lucknow bench of tion of his birthday on January demand of several Indian he decommissioned aircraft carrier of 80,715 hours of boiler running. She 12,000 teachers by the Uttar the court directed the Central 23 as "Liberation Day". National Army (INA) and T“Viraat” will finally be converted into played a major role in the Operation Pradesh Government through Bureau of Investigation to The demand comes a day Army veterans. a majestic maritime museum and it will Jupiter in 1989 in Sri Lankan Peace an exam advertised in 2016 complete the probe within after Prime Minister Narendra The Prime Minister had, be berthed at the Konkan coast in Keeping operation, after which she was and directed the CBI to inves- six months and submit a Modi unveiled a 182-metre-tall on October 21, hoisted the Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district. affiliated with Garhwal Riffles and Scouts tigate another recruitment progress report to it on statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai national flag at the Red Fort Announcing this after a weekly of the Indian Army in 1990. exercise begun earlier this November 26. Patel, considered to be the and unveiled a plaque to mark Cabinet meeting here, Maharashtra Chief Her major participation was seen dur- year to fill 68,500 posts. The State's Advocate tallest in the world, in Gujarat. the 75th anniversary of the Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the ing Op Parakram in 2001-2002 where While the 12,460 assistant General Raghvendra Singh The imposing monument proclamation of the Azad Hind ‘Viraat” maritime museum project would India and Pakistan were engaged in a teachers were selected during had earlier said the UP — the Statue of Unity — is Government by Subhas be implemented at a cost of Rs 852 crore stand off post terrorist attack on the the term of the Akhilesh Government was not ready for built near the Sardar Sarovar Chandra Bose. on a “public-private partnership” model. Parliament. The ship was instrumental in Yadav Government, the sec- a CBI inquiry, compelling the dam in Gujarat's Narmada This was the first time the “We intend to locate the Viraat the Viraat maritime museum project. honing the art of flying operations from ond order asking the CBI to court to pass the order on its district. Prime Minister hoisted the Museum on a concrete foundation built The British-made INS Viraat has a carrier deck in the Navy, which also step in is a major embarrass- own. "NDA Government under national flag at the ramparts of in the sea 7 nautical miles off the Nivati been docked in the Mumbai harbour ever resulted in seamless induction of INS ment for the Yogi Adityanath Issuing directions on a the leadership of @naren- the historic Red Fort for the Rocks off the Malvan coast in Sindhudurg since it was decommissioned on March 6, Vikramaditya and its integration with the Government. bunch of writ petitions, Justice dramodi ji kept its commit- second time in a year. district,” the chief minister said. 2017. fleet. Allegations of corruption Irshad Ali directed that the ment by unveiling Traditionally, the prime min- Nivati Rocks is in the vicinity of Nivati Viraat, an aircraft carrier, was com- The ship participated in various inter- have already stalled the filling officers who were part of the #SardarVallabhaiPatel's statue ister unfurls the tricolour at the Fort which Maratha warrior Chhatrapati missioned into the Indian Navy on May national joint exercises like Exercise of 68,500 posts in primary 2018 selection process would on 31Oct 2018 & celebrating Red Fort on Independence Shivaji in the seventeenth century imme- 12. 1987. The ship held the Guinness Malabar (USA), exercise Varuna (French), schools through the Assistant cooperate in the investiga- the day as #UnityDay. Demand Day. diately after the nearby Sindhudurg fort Books of record for being the longest serv- Naseem-Al-Bahar (Oman Navy). She Teachers Recruitment tion and make available all the rising to unveil a statue of the Modi had also announced was built. The fort was used to look over ing warship of the world. The ship which was also an integral element of all the Examination, 2018. necessary documents required #LiberatorofIndia-on 23 Jan'19 a national award in the name the Karli creek and the Vengurla port. was the centre piece of the Navy, housed annual theater level exercise (TROPEX). The exercise, which began by the CBI. at #IndiaGate Delhi & declare of Subhas Chandra Bose, to be Fadnavis said that the Maharashtra the fighters Sea Harriers of INAS 300 pop- The last operational deployment of Viraat with an advertisement on The petitioners had made the day as #LiberationDay given every year to those police government would appoint a high-level ularly called “White Tigers”, Anti was for participation in International Fleet January 23, 2018, was meant serious allegations related to (sic)," Netaji's grandnephew personnel who do excellent committee under the chairmanship of the Submarine aircraft Sea king Mk 42B, Sea Review (IFR 2016) off Vishakhapatnam in to be the first major recruit- this year's exam, including Chandra Kumar Bose said in work in rescue-and-relief State chief secretary to decide on the pri- King Mk 42 C known as “Harpoons” and February 2016. ment by the state's basic edu- the charge that answer books a tweet. operations during any kind of vate industrialists as investors for the pro- the SAR helicopter Chetak as an integral ‘Mother’, as she was referred to in the cation department after the were switched. PTI When contacted, Chandra disaster. PTI ject and also to decide on the terms and flight. Western Navy, had been commanded by conditions for floating tenders for the pur- The ingenious Air Light Helicopter 22 Captains since 1987. She has been the pose. `Dhruv’ and the Russian twin rotor Flag Ship of the Navy since her inception. Apart housing a maritime museum, Kamov-31 also operated onboard the ship. Around 40 Flag officers including &  2      

Aurangabad (Maha): A day for drought relief? We demand Fund (NDRF) to tackle after the BJP-led Maharashtra 5,000 crore central assistance drought in 2015, when 20 dis- Government declared drought for relief measures in tricts in Marathwada and in 26 districts, the Opposition Maharashtra," he said while Vidarbha were classified uner Congress on Thursday addressing reporters. that category. demanded a Central assistance Chavan said the ongoing "The State Government of 5000 crore while accusing "Jan Sangharsh" yatra of his had spent 16,000 crore on the ruling dispensation of fis- party in the Marathwada region drought relief measures then. cal mismanagement. has been receiving huge Given the Government's mis- Addressing a press confer- response from the people. management of financial ence here, State unit Congress He claimed that AICC gen- resources in the past four years, president Ashok Chavan eral secretary in charge of mobilising funds to tackle the accused the BJP-led Maharashtra Mallikarjun current drought seems diffi- Government of not making any Kharge rang a symbolic "last cult," Chavan alleged. fiscal provisions to fight drought. bell" to mark the end of the He alleged that only private The State Government on Devendra Fadnavis-led contractors from the BJP and Wednesday declared drought Government in Maharashtra. the Shiv Sena have benefitted in 151 talukas in 26 of total 36 "As this Government only from the Jalyukt Shivar scheme districts in the State. believed in making false of the State Government. As per a Government promises and issuing grand He alleged the Chief order, 112 talukas are facing advertisements, they have no Minister was wasting public severe drought and 39 talukas chance of returning to power money on issuing advertise- a moderate drought. next year," he said. ments of his Government. "The BJP Government has Chavan demanded the On the World Bank report declared drought, but has made Government spell out specific on improvement in India's no budgetary allocations. measures for drought relief. position in the 'Ease of Doing Maharashtra is reeling under a The Central Government Business Index', Chavan said debt of almost 5 lakh crore. had released 3,050 crore from Maharashtra's rankings have How will the Government pay the National Disaster Response fallen. 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He said this in so many          #         words when he offered his view that, “To ?:                 my mind, the life of a lamb is no less pre- //,    )   S         cious than that of a human being.” Against the reality of rapid depletion of wildlife     across the world we are also reminded of 1               ( Gandhiji’s witty response to a question on                    ( what he thought of wildlife: “Wildlife is decreasing in the jungles, but it is increas-                    ing in the towns.” #                  There are societies which are large   //,                  consumers of meat, but quite paradoxical- ly a few of them show interest in preserv-  R         S      ing wildlife. Factory farming, which char- ;@A?  9:;B         =       acterises the global meat industry today,    >  $  !S          ( distances the consumer from the birth and              /       life of the animal which is consumed. Sir Paul McCartney, a strict vegetarian him-                     self, said, “If slaughter houses had glass  ?:      #            ( walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.”              #   This paradox was in evidence in the mid- 1970s when beef prices went up and some humanity’s footprint on the that nature provides us with a and risks of climate change      R ( S =+    *  >    people in the US started consuming horse earth’s increasingly fragile wealth of ecosystem services, but we may be the last gener-           <@    # //,  ( meat in certain locations. This led to wide- ecosystems. ‘The Living Planet but the market values these as ation to be able to solve the               ( spread protests and expression of revul- Report’ (LPR), a comprehen- zero, and there is no system by problem. Similarly, as the LPR sion, with bumper stickers appearing in sive and rigorous compilation which price of these services 2018 states: “We are the first                     ( some places saying, “horses should be in of the state of the earth’s nat- can be included in the costs of generation that has a clear pic-                    C the stable, not on the table”. ural resources and ecosys- goods and services produced ture of the value of nature and             0 2  The motivation for protection of tems, is produced every two by the human society. our impact on it. We may be wildlife in such societies arises out of an years, and the WWF has just As a visionary economist the last that can take action to            //,   D P/ appreciation of the cosmetic appeal of brought out its 2018 edition, said several decades ago: reverse this trend. From now          Q some endangered species like tiger, chee- which provides chilling details *4 “Nature has no checkout coun- until 2020 will be a decisive 7              tah, polar bear and panda. Parents often of the damaging effects on the ters.” Hence, we treat the glob- moment in history.” say that they would not want their grand- irreplaceable bounty of nature #35'43& al commons as a free good, The so-called “great accel-                     children to see these animals only in pic- as a consequence of what we leading to their precarious eration” has brought the        O 7   %    S    tures; hence, any efforts at conservation of call economic development. #&- /3 7+ condition today. Yet, as the human society unprecedented    1                   the species is driven by aesthetic appeal The LPR 2018 estimates 4+3 7# LPR 2018 estimates, on a glob- benefits in the areas of overall and the entertainment value of wildlife. and concludes that “on aver- al basis, nature provides ser- rise in our health, wealth,             /        For much too long even in India age, we’ve seen an astonishing (+7-* 35 vices worth around $125 tril- food and security, but the                    killing a tiger or leopard was seen almost 60 per cent decline in the size 54G4&7'43 lion a year, and more than that, benefits are very unequal                    like the red badge of courage. How many of populations of mammals, &/4 /3 *4 #$ nature ensures the supply of across society. And these ben-             portraits have we seen of visitors of birds, fish, reptiles, and fresh air, clean water, food, efits have come at a huge cost importance from Britain being treated to amphibians in just over 40 * 3+4 energy, medicines, and much in terms of the disappearance             2       ( a tiger shikar with the ultimate picture of years”. What is particularly more, all of which we devalued of the wealth of biodiversity            0  the dead animal, and the ‘brave’ shooter alarming is the trend that we +7G/54  heavily. and nature. And, yet as the standing with a gun in his hand and his are seeing in the direction of Overall, populations of LPR states, nature under- "                foot on the head of the slain tiger? over-exploitation of species -/*  -4&* mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, pinned by biodiversity pro-   )        7     Today, despite strong legislation and across the globe. The President 7# 4$7;4' and amphibians have, on aver- vides a wealth of services   G global agreements, the threat to wildlife, and CEO of WWF Carter S age, declined by 60 per cent which are the building blocks whose numbers have reached precarious Roberts states, “Natural sys- 4+G/$4%  between 1970 and 2014, the of modern society. But biodi- levels, comes from poaching and the tems essential to our survival *4 '+ 4 most recent year with available versity is being destroyed general encroachment of human activities — forests, oceans, and rivers — data. The Earth is estimated to rapidly. Hence, the protection on the habitat of species in the wild. In remain in decline. Wildlife G&4 *44 have lost about half of its shal- of wildlife may have a certain   such a situation when a hungry carnivore around the world continue to  M4+7 low water corals in the past 30 romanticism behind the mea- cannot find adequate food, it ventures to dwindle. It reminds us that we years; and a fifth of the gre efforts that we see around seek easy game in human habitation. In so need to change the course. It’s Amazon has disappeared in us, but unless we develop a <  +      , many cases the affected community attacks time to balance our consump- just 50 years. reverence and value for nature    ' =?    G the predator to protect its livestock. tion with the needs of nature, There is a very small win- and biodiversity, these efforts Today, the threat to animals and and to protect the only planet dow of opportunity for us to would remain futile and inef- species in the wild has reached an unprece- that is our home.” act and prevent irreversible fective.         dented level. The World Wide Fund The fundamental flaw in disaster. In the case of climate (The writer is former chair- *  +       ( (WWF) has done remarkable work in our pattern of growth and change, we are the first gener- man, Intergovernmental Panel ) assessing the frightening expansion of development lies in the fact ation to understand the science on Climate Change, 2002-15)     %        !       ,         (            @  7 ) 32<           !       /  O     /    %      1  /O       0   9    O     0 "    N /O          #            :  /         0 0     6                 6  1  %        6   %  -    !       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The recent two-                      way the turmoil in the Kashmir       %     +/  day summit between Indian )                Valley has been handled to the  (     " 7       Prime Minister Narendra Modi "   *             " ( deteriorating relationship with %  (     0     +/% and Japanese Prime Minister our neighbour Pakistan, which     %  % " Shinzo Abe in Tokyo is indica-          (       ( has led to frequent border attacks  (    0       tive of stronger and fruitful ties     "          ( and the loss of lives of many of         +/O  "   6 between the two countries.       2            our soldiers, to the snub from US       +/O      -    %   (   Enhanced economic coopera- President Donald Trump, the (  O              +/        " -  tion between India and Japan    %            decline is unprecedented. The           +/ 5        $/    would help foster and expand   %              developments in Sri Lanka also (   G    (     (  O     0   "   6 India’s economic growth. *  +                 3 point to the failure of intelligence        +/O 6 6  0% 6     (  O   +/O  0 There were a number of gathering and our diplomacy.         " *  3        " /        agreements signed between both        0 %     ! On Sri Lanka, India must tread 0 # $  1     6        " countries. Most important of % +          !    ( cautiously. %              0"+( them was the bilateral currency     -          (  ( Tharcius S Fernando      0      "   swap agreement worth $75 dol- Chennai lar. This deal will make it pos-        )  #       sible for India and Japan to pay    %       +          everyone’s mind as why an enor- tion of a statue. reminder about Sardar Patel’s for imports and exports in cur-  !              mous sum of money was However, the imposing the courage to thwart conspiracy to rencies of the two countries pumped into the building of this 182-metre statue is the world’s disintegrate India. rather than the American dollar.                 Sir — This refers to the article, statue. tallest, even dwarfing the Statue Historically speaking, on Besides this, Japan also extend-         24$ R   S       “Sardar Patel: A man for all It should not be forgotten of Liberty in the United States. integration, Sardar Vallabhbhai ed loan worth 316 billion yen to     /              crises” (October 31) by Suresh that there are still a lot of issues Full credit goes to Prime Patel used force to annex prince- India for seven infrastructure Prabhu. While welcoming the that remain unaddressed and Minister Modi as it is believed ly States, including Hyderabad projects in India.                 ( good motive behind building unattended. The curse of pover- that he conceptualisded the and Junagadh; rulers of these Devendra Khurana    )  ,  S        ) the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai ty, too, is still raging the coun- monument when he was the States did not wish to merge with Bhopal         (       Patel, which was inaugurated by try. It is, therefore, questionable Chief Minister of Gujarat. the Indian Union. &    =                our Prime Minister in Gujarat, id such a huge amount of money Undoubtedly, the world’s TK Nandanan ../&.03"0+/A*" 8,0 apprehensions are still of must be spent on the construc- tallest monument will serve as a Chennai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raj Kishore Verma, popularly known by his pen name, Manipadma, is indisputably one *      +  0 S       of the most productive novelists of Maithili              3    language. He is a prolific writer in the true  2   4 $  =24$>     $  0 sense of the term and has published more       0 +  *   "  Bthan a dozen of novels based on a variety of issues      #           ranging from folktales to slavery, from beggary to   )        /S ( spying and so on. The prestigious Maithili magazine,      0          Mithila-Mihir, which is indeed responsible for the     (+   )      ( making of many successful creative writers in   (  (( (    Maithili, published some parts of his first, incom- +    +  0        plete novel, Analpatha. It was, perhaps, never com- pletely written as nobody has any clue or access to 9::J           ( the entire novel. '3/5'O      (    4$ 0   +   Four years later, a historical novel titled, $73/43  (  0$            *  Vidyapati, was published. Vidyapati is the fountain 43((4'43 H                 head of Maithili literature even though Manipadma -/* *4 /54 3 3 . )            ( wrote as many as 11 texts in Sanskrit before he turned 35 /4               S    to Maithili language for his poetic endeavours. And * 354+&/34                Manipadma presents different dimensions of *4 +/'$;               Vidyapati’s personality in an extremely persuasive to resist the temptation of the glamour and succinctly expressed in this enormously along with a miraculous cat. This novel manner with a backdrop of the Oinwar dynasty, (/G43 7 *4 charm of Chanaina. Despite his indul- exciting piece of literary work. represents those imaginative tendencies   ,         (    3/73& * %      *  +     ?::: which he served particularly during the reign of king gence and susceptibility, he decisively His Lavahari Kushhari, Rai Ranpal which constitute the cosmos of children’s Shiva Singh. The novel traces the trajectory of the /34+4 / defeats his rivals representing evil and and Dulara Dayal revolve around those literature. It basically fulfills the creative

       B:::: genesis and the growth of the great poet and also +/$&+&; finally succeeds in attaining a kind of ulti- folktales which reflect the existence of responsibilities of a sensitive author who #    #          9:::  brings to the fore some of the trials and tribulations +/4-7+*; mate peace and happiness with the assis- highly moving ancient Indian cultural net- thinks that the availability of quality lit-      I) K:::        )L faced by the queen, Lakhima Devi. Vidyapati /3 G/4- 7# *4 tance of his beautiful and unbelievably works. The first engages with the Sitaram erature for children is indispensable for  AJ::     L) *    9::   appears to be the first complete, notable novel which #$ */ & helpful wife. katha from the point of view of their chil- the formation of healthy regional or        L)  L)) /        gave Manipadma distinctive visibility in the domain &/*45 Naika Banjara, which brought the dren. Sita is seen as a valiant warrior from national ethos.  9;         ;<          of literature. 37G4&% Sahitya Academy Award for Manipadma Mithila, who does not fall apart even when Manipadma’s consistent engagement          #     During the period of 1967 and 1968, his novel,  % following the year of its publication, abandoned by her husband while she is with the ideas and issues that underline       S        Ardhanarishwar, was serialised in Mithila-Mihir. It explores a Buddhist folktale in a creative pregnant. She takes care of herself and rais- the primacy given to the national inter- came out in a book form much later in 1981. The 34P/G7$&&; way. Its exploration in the novel ends up es her two sons like a strong and self-suf- est is particularly praiseworthy in view of                # +7'74 0   I   .  $ 4 .  idea of Ardhanarishwar is invoked in this novel to highlighting the utmost importance of not ficient single parent. The novel tells us an the fact that his last published novel, suggest that all human beings, regardless of their gen- 3/73& 3/; just knowledge, insight and wisdom, but interesting story of Ram being defeated Nagabhumi, unequivocally promotes  I  .  0    .   der, have both masculine and feminine character- 35 *4 also economic health and military prowess by his own sons. Clearly, it has been writ- national unity and its territorial integri-                istics embedded in their disposition. The novel is 3/73O for the development of a nation. Weaving ten with a perspective to put Ram in place ty in the face of seemingly insurmount-  +      specifically important for its effective articulation of 4++/7+/& together different stories of Kanakmanjari, before Sita disappears, in fact motivates able insurgency which erupted in ! *     +  0  +   those ideas which were gathered from philosophi- /34(+/; /3 sea-trader Ratansen and the Buddhist herself to merge with the all encompass- Nagaland. He considers the violent rebel- 9::B             *  cal traditions prevalent in the ancient Indian social *4 #$4 7# *4 monk, Devapadma, with a view to fore- ing mother Earth. lion as an act of treason, highlights the role          ) 9::?(:A +  networks for the assertion of the fact that the com- /3+(43$; ground the significance of Banjara nar- The second, Rai Ranpal gives us a of foreign vested interests in aggravating       *        ;;( mon folks share a deep solidarity and have tremen- -*/$* 4+45 ratives, Manipadma provides an effective detailed account of the historical deeds of the turmoil and turbulence and finally          *   #    dous respect for the country. Trying to establish a /3 3(&35 framework of defining human relation- the central protagonist who happens to be exhorts us all to show our unequivocal sol- *   +  =9::?(9::A>         harmonious confluence amongst Saiva, Shakta and ships which value the fulfillment of the last king of the Pal dynasty. The hero- idarity with the idea of India in order to *  $   )   0  %   Buddhist philosophies, he does, in fact, make enor- national interest more than individual ic way Ranpal faces the challenges, which foil the attempts of the destabilising  ) # M          +  mous contribution to the reawakening of our accomplishments. It is very much evident circumstances have thrown his way, forces hell-bent for the disintegration of nationalist mindset. in the text that Buddhist way of looking draws lessons for us that we should con- the nation in one pretext or the other.           *  ( With a certain degree of poise and poignance, at human life and the growth of a nation front difficulties of our lives and never ever Borrowing a phrase from the histo-          * * .   ( Manipadma played a significant role in shaping and is as fruitful and inseparable as any other try to run away from the sorry state of rian, Partha Chatterrjee, who has dis-                ( even strengthening our national consciousness in mainstream philosophical traditions. affairs surrounding the world we live in. cussed a great deal about of the idea of        # N I .  ( almost all of his novels, such as Raja Salhesh, Lorik From their primary preoccupation A group of folk dancers, who are known nation and nationalism, I wish to state that     (      "   ( Vijay, Kobragarl, Naika Banjara, Lavahari Kushahari, with the cultural narratives of supposed- as Pamariyas, prefer to sing the touching Manipadma talks about the nation and its        Rai Rampal, Phutpath, Bharatika Bilari, Dulara Dayal ly lower and backward castes, these three tales of Ranpal, specifically to celebrate the fragments in the above-mentioned nov-   +               ( and Nagbhumi, sometimes quite explicitly and at novels very categorically demolish the false birth of a child in Mithila region of the els in a pretty complex and nuanced man-                 ( other times implicitly. Raja Salhesh is centered around accusation put forward by either ignorant nation. The third, Dulara Dayal deals with ner. His artistic preoccupation with the         #    +  the cultural narratives of a lower caste in Mithila. or arrogant minds who prefer to associ- the devotion of the hero towards the river, reinforcement of the national conscious-               # 24$ Salhesh is an extraordinary Dalit character capable ate Maithili literature exclusively with Kamla. His undying admiration for the ness, citing numerous examples from folk- of performing certain spectacularly heroic activities upper castes and the representations of goddess indicates the relevance of the river tales alongside those from contemporary             $  0 and, thus, defeating the nefarious designs of their socio-political and cultural accounts. for the well-being of the region and in turn realities entirely demolishes the claim that    0           * Chuharmalla, who has been portrayed as an arche- Manipadma also experimented with the nation. He is believed to possess the the sense of the nation began to develop            +  0  typal villain in this novel. the genre of detective fiction when he kind of divine skills that enable him to in our country with the colonial interven- # M %  S       2  Similarly, Lorik-Vijay draws uopn the folklore chose to write Kobragarl in which an dance in inimitable ways with an appar- tion. Exploding the myth of the genesis M  M43             associated with the Ahir community of our coun- extremely brave, young lady does not ent objective to bring good fortune to the of our nation in colonial encounter,                   ( try. Equipped with a remarkably strong body and an mind at all to put her own life at stake for people of that region. Manipadma establishes himself as a   # 24$        !    ,  immensely sound mind, Lorik emerges as a popu- the sake of the nation. She willingly choos- Most of the distinguished Maithili nationalist writer who effortlessly drew  !  D P)        )  lar leader. He exhibits an indefatigable will and es to perform the task of spying and goes writers have not cared to write literature upon the cultural reservoir so easily avail-             Q )     ( indomitable spirit which drive him to indulge in all on to expose the Chinese conspiracy for children. But Manipadma proves to be able in ancient Indian social networks.                  kinds of romance and adventure. His indulgence against the new emergent nation state. An different. He wrote Bharatika Bilari which (The writer is Assistant professor of makes him to lose sight of the love and affection of ardent desire to even sacrifice one’s own is a an extremely entertaining story of an English at Rajdhani College, Delhi             ! his wife, Manjari. And he finds himself quiet unable life at the alter of nationalist cause is so adventurous journey of a very funny child University) 0         B@'27                                    

ly controversial officer as the Interim especially on the eve of elections, for In the forthcoming elections, the Director. Interestingly, the Central obvious reasons. need to appoint a ‘suitable’ replace- Vigilance Commissioner, KV Jaitley’s suggestion of the fiasco ment for the outgoing Director is a Chowdhary, who was entrusted with within the CBI being the result of an dire necessity in order to contain the the supervision of the CBI by the ego-driven vulgar public slugfest fallout of the Rafale controversy. This Supreme Court, also found himself between the Director Alok Verma, and is inextricably linked to its actions and woefully exposed in the spotlight with his deputy Rakesh Asthana, does not the reason why Verma finds himself 1  274 little to commend his actions in this cut much ice. While a clash of egos may fighting a lonely, uphill battle against affair. This is clearly borne out by the well have been the immediate provo- the might of the Government. he ongoing multi-starrer soap directions of the apex court, despite cation, there appears to be much more Whatever may be the outcome of the opera concerning the goings on stating that its “entrustment of super- at stake than what meets the eye. From present imbroglio, Verma has shown   Twithin the Central Bureau of vision of the on-going enquiry by the documents that have appeared in the us the true face of a deeply flawed     Investigation (CBI) is getting ever CVC to a former judge of this court is media, Verma appears to have been organisation. more curious. The organisation seems a one-time exception, which has been well justified in opening a probe It is fairly clear that we cannot leave /    0 to be imploding and skeletons are tum- felt necessary by this Court in the pecu- been eviscerated over the past four criminal justice system, of which the against Asthana. Clearly, given the its revival to politicians if it is to live up         bling out of the closet like confetti. liar facts of this case and should not be years by this Government, the visible CBI is an important edifice, to accom- emphasis Prime Minister Narendra to its motto ‘Industry, Impartiality and Perplexingly, for the Government, understood to be casting any reflection dysfunction within the CBI should not plish their own nefarious designs. Modi publicly places on fighting cor- Integrity’. It is time for the civil society        those who were expected to quietly dis- on any authority of the Government of come as much of a surprise. What, of Why else would the CBI have been ruption, the Government should have and all stakeholders to step up and force ?H2D   appear into the woodwork have sud- India”. These words are reminiscent of course, is a pleasant change is that referred to as a “caged parrot” a few unequivocally supported the Director’s the political-bureaucratic establish-   6  denly found the courage to speak up that famous “But Brutus is an hon- unlike the complete absence of any seri- years ago? action, even more so because Asthana ment to truly transform the CBI into     " and demand to be heard. ourable man” speech by Mark Anthony ous objection, except from veterans, One can rest assured that as long was from the Gujarat Cadre and had the pre-eminent investigative agency Not unexpectedly, the first casual- at Julius Caesar’s funeral, whom Brutus against all manner of indignities being as we continue to elect those facing seri- previously worked under Modi. That within the country that we can all be     %  6 ty of all this was Union Finance helped kill. Chowdhary would do well heaped on the military, there has been ous criminal charges, like rape and the Government did not do so and proud of. If we are unwilling to do so,   0     Minister Arun Jaitley’s talk of “main- to recall where that speech got poor vociferous opposition to what is aptly murder, to Parliament, just and equi- instead acted with haste to derail the we should be prepared for the worst.   %   taining institutional integrity”. Not Brutus! being referred to as a “midnight coup” table governance will remain a ongoing investigation by de facto (The writer is a military veteran, a      that his explanation was particularly For those who have closely fol- at the CBI. pipedream. Given the CBI’s sinister replacing the Director, and transferring Consultant with the Observer Research          credible in the first place as the lowed the manner in which the Armed This is understandable given that influence, it is no wonder then that the Investigating Officer to the Foundation and Visiting Senior Fellow Government had already shot itself in Forces, arguably the last functional politicians, whatever their ideology, are every Government of the day looks to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, puts a with The Peninsula Foundation,   " the foot by appointing a predominant- institution within the country, have always looking for ways to subvert the appoint a suitably malleable Director, question mark on its motives. Chennai)        (  )* +, +-./ 0

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On the economy front, the of a global economic slow- cut listing time for an IPO to Currently, retail investors   '  4  % +   ! 6    Easing of concerns over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) down. three days from six at present. either invest in an IPO through  ( "  /"    / + ' 4  rift between the government collections for October crossed Brent crude, the interna- The new mechanism will bank ASBA or through broker   ?H2B %          and the Reserve Bank of India Rs 1-lakh crore mark, while tional benchmark, was trading increase the efficiency of the ASBA, where the broker does      / +" (RBI) also supported the India leapfrogged 23 places to 0.95 per cent lower at USD existing system and curtail the the bidding and hands over the rupee's recovery, forex dealers the 77th rank in World Bank's 74.33 per barrel. need for manual intervention. application form to the     >      said. latest Ease of Doing Business Meanwhile, foreign funds UPI is an instant payment investors bank.  5  !  / 6@B?2      3$ At the Interbank Foreign rankings. pulled out Rs 193.65 crore system developed by the Considering the time &    4    Exchange (Forex) market, the Manufacturing PMI also from the capital markets on a National Payments required for making necessary &2 $  ( "  0 % domestic unit opened higher at strengthened in October as net basis Wednesday, while Corporation of India (NPCI). changes to the systems and to 6.?A+ $ 5  97 : 3$  73.88, then gained further firms scaled up production domestic institutional investors It allows instant transfer of ensure complete and smooth  @ ,        % ground and settled for the day and employment amid strong bought shares worth Rs money between any two per- transition to UPI payment /% $ 4  7  3 at 73.45, registering a jump of rise in new business order 1,124.92 crore, provisional data son's bank accounts using a mechanism, the regulator said A"*A>1    %(7/  3 5  A? 50 paise. flows. showed. payment address which that the new mechanism and 7 % @B?2" On Wednesday, the rupee "Rupee reacted positively The BSE Sensex erased all uniquely identifies a person's consequent reduction in time- 50,237 units October last year, had plunged 27 paise to close with a sharp appreciation of 50 gains in a highly volatile session bank account. lines will be introduced in a SMPIL said in a statement.   ))  $ ) at a nearly three-week low of paise against the dollar. Today's Thursday and finally settled As a part of the continuing phased manner. "A strong performance 4   O  G  10.08 points, or 0.03 per cent, efforts to further streamline the "From January 1, 2019, the during the festive season is crit-  &  -"  lower at 34,431.97. The NSE process, Sebi has decided, in UPI mechanism for retail ical to our hope of fulfilling our     G            Nifty, after shuttling between consultation with the stake investors through intermedi- sales target of 7.5 million sales           10,441.90 and 10,341.90, ended holders to introduce the use of aries will be made effective in this financial year," SMIPL A?  7   @  3    6.15 points, or 0.06 per cent UPI as a payment mechanism along with the existing process Managing Director Satoshi      ?B.BB '  D.BB '" R /%    0     down at 10,380.45. with Application Supported by and existing timeline of T+6 Uchida said.  $ ( % $ " +    The Financial Benchmark Block Amount (ASBA) for days. The same will continue, The company enjoyed its   3  /   $  Mumbai: The BSE Sensex ticipants began booking prof- India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the applications in public issues by for a period of 3 months or highest-ever retail sales during    1          $     erased all gains in a highly its and finally settled 10.08 reference rate for the retail investors through inter- floating of 5 main board pub- the month and is geared up to    " *             volatile session Thursday to points, or 0.03 per cent, lower rupee/dollar at 73.8295 and for mediaries. lic issues, whichever is later," it end this season on a high, he            %  end 10 points lower as losses in at 34,431.97. rupee/euro at 83.7261. "The proposed process added. added. PTI     " shares of software exporters The gauge had climbed and pharmaceutical companies 550.92 points Wednesday.   G 97H     offset gains in capital goods, Similarly, the NSE Nifty D@&7E<'<&7<   5 /     5  (  banking and auto counters, after shuttling between  / 6     9/:  amid unabated 10,441.90 and 10,341.90,  " + % 5(    foreign fund out- ended 6.15 points, or 0.06        5   #  *P"  flows. per cent down at +      ' 5   AB    #    The bench- 10,380.45.        *  mark indices Market commenced     3 " swung between the session on a strong Singapore/: executives, and a lack of trans- Sundar Pichai has told staff he Google spokesperson confirmed gains and losses, footing on easing con- Hundreds of employees at parency over the cases. supports their right to protest. to PTI that 150 employees par-    #  ) P $ $ with Sensex gyrat- cerns around the rift Google offices around the world, The employees are demand- "Yesterday, we let Googlers ticipated in the walkout in India. /7$  + *1  9+*P:%        ing over 376 between the government including in India, Thursday ing several key changes in how know that we are aware of the The employees were from      G points both ways on alternate and RBI. However, emergence staged an unprecedented series sexual misconduct allegations activities planned for Thursday Hyderabad, Gurgaon and    ?QA  bouts of buying and selling. of profit-booking at every rise of walkouts in protest at the are dealt with at the Internet and that employees will have the Mumbai offices. Overall, Google " '"  0  % The 30-share index opened reversed early gains. company's treatment of women giant, including a call to end support they need if they wish has about 2,000 people across 4  5  9*%  ! higher at 34,650.63 points and Market was range bound and lenient treatment of top forced arbitration - a move to participate," the Indian- four offices in India (Hyderabad, 4  ::% +*P%   advanced to 34,679.93 points despite a fall in oil prices and executives accused of sexual which would make it possible for American top executive said. Gurgaon, Mumbai and 3   5    amid sustained buying by strengthening rupee as misconduct. victims to sue. Demonstrations at the com- Bangalore).  + 40  "  /7       domestic institutional investors investors remain focused on The demonstrations, Forced arbitration, a com- pany's offices around the world A Google spokesman in N/  '  /O" (DIIs), better-than-expected quarter earnings, analysts said. dubbed "Google Walkout," fol- mon contract clause for Silicon began at 11:10am in Tokyo and Singapore said he could not pro- corporate earnings and positive Selling was more pro- low an outcry over a New York Valley employees, demands any took place at the same time in vide details on how many peo-            B;<69 global cues. nounced in information tech- Times investigation that detailed disputes are dealt with internal- other time zones. ple took part in the walkouts at 7-4+(+/5      5  !  / 6 It, subsequently, slipped nology and pharmaceutical years of sexual harassment alle- ly rather than through other A photo from the Singapore those two offices, which each @B?2   4        " " 0% into the negative zone to hit a sector stocks amid recovery in gations, multimillion-dollar sev- methods such as the courts. hub showed at least 100 staff have more than 1,000 employ- 5  9#:       % /% $47% low of 34,303.38 points as par- the rupee. PTI erance packages for accused Google chief executive protesting. When contacted a ees. PTI 3//  % (    /       3 5" ,      ! )    

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   $ the 'Ease of Doing Business'. His this full year's performance is call seemed to be a tall promise  taken into consideration, it he World Bank each year, in since India had to move up 92 On the 'Starting of Business', would be logical to assume that Tthe month of October, positions. Amongst the top we have improved in four years we will move up significantly in announces its rankings on the nations, in each of the ten cate- by 21 points. In 'Construction these two categories. Similarly, on 'Ease of Doing Business' for the gories, the competition is Activity', four year improve- 'Enforcement of Contracts', the next year. The performance of extremely tough and many ment is a massive 132 points. Specific Relief Act has been each nation is taken into con- countries with specific changes The unified bylaws now involve amended to make the Act sideration with the 1st of May move ahead. Changes required an application for grant of con- enforceable, leaving damages as being the cut-off date. This is an a legislation, regulation, policy struction permit online. The only exception. Commercial independent research by the decisions and administrative permits are to be received online courts have been set up in dif- World Bank based on objective reforms. They involved techni- within a specified time. If they ferent districts of the country. criteria where grading are given cal innovations. Moving up 92 are not received within that The Arbitration Act has been under ten different heads as per positions is a daunting task. time, there is a deemed sanction. amended to provide for expedi- the criteria specified therein. Not many were optimistic. They For 'Getting Electricity', we have tious arbitrations and the least There is no place for generalities. regarded it as an unachievable improved a phenomenal 132 judicial intervention. The improvement has to be goal. positions. On registration of The other area where India specific. India has now moved The Government started properties, we are still at position has to make a special effort to to position No.77 in a list of 190 working on each of the criteria No.166. On ''Getting Credit', we further improve is in relation to nations. in 2014 itself. Announcement of are at position No.22. On 'starting a business'. Current year a change, a legislation or a poli- 'Protecting Minority Investors', our ranking of 137 has improved     cy is not enough unless the effect we are at position No.7 - our by 21 position in the last four India, during the ten years of of the same is felt on the ground. highest position in any catego- years. It is still not a satisfacto- the UPA, has witnessed high The World Bank doesn't regard ry. On 'Trading Across Borders', ry position. There are several level of corruption, policy paral- announcements as a worthy which involves customs, we have processes which are relevant ysis and abandonment of all improvement. There is always a improved significantly to posi- both at the level of the Central reforms. UPA-II, for its five year timeline between the reform tion No.80 from an all time high Government and the State tenure, witnessed a global rank- and the upgrade. of 146. After the enactment and Governments. Much improve- ing 134, 132, 132, 134 and final- Having inherited the legacy implementation of the GST and ment is required in these areas. ly 142. This was UPA's miser- of position No.142, we moved the Insolvency and Bankruptcy In each of these criteria, able track record. India was the up, in the first two years, and Code, we have improved in there has to be an emphasis on most difficult to do business retained position No.130. In the 'Payment of Taxes' by 37 posi- reducing the time period for any with. Investors were wary of third year, we have made a tions but are still at 121. In business activity, reducing the coming to India. On the con- major jump of 30 positions to 'Resolving Insolvency', we have cost involved and cutting down trary, there was a reverse flight reach position No.100 and in the improved 29 positions but are the number of procedures. This of capital from India by the fourth year, we have moved to still at 108. On 'Enforcement of by itself is not formidable task. investors. position No.77. This is a 65 point Contracts', we have improved 23 If we are able to keep the present improvement in the first four positions but are still at 163. pace of reforms in the above     years. We are still 27 positions The road for next year areas, the targets set by the The Prime Minister in 2014 away from the target. The On 'Payment of Taxes' and Prime Minister would start look- itself announced that the impossible now looks plausible. 'Resolving Insolvency', the GST ing a modest one. Only a Government's objective was to and the NCLT,mechanisms are focussed and a purpose orient- ensure that India should be     in place. Early results seem to be ed Government could have amongst the first fifty nations in quite encouraging and when achieved this.   (  )* +, +-./ 00 5   +O       0     34- 54&*/ by furnishing the requisite in December, 2014 on select MOBILE’ app on Android, day, in September it rose to 4.4 details. After successful regis- stations on Central Railway to iOS and Windows phones. lakh passengers and in October Railways’ UTS mobile app tration, the user is given a user- provide customers the conve- It was introduced on non- the number of passengers using - )   , for buying unreserved tickets ID and password, which the nience of booking of unre- suburban sections in 2015, ini- the app climbed to 4.75 lakh online is available nationwide person can use to log-in and served tickets without having to tially on Delhi-Palwal section per day. The revenue generat- from Thursday, the ministry book tickets. stand in queues. of Northern Railway and then ed currently from the app is   34- 54&*/ <   The government has set- said. The passenger has to be Gradually, unreserved extended to other non-subur- around 45 lakh per day. tled  17,490 crore to CGST Buying unreserved tickets within a five-kilometre range of mobile ticketing was extended ban sections of Northern, “The number of passengers ST collections in M 5 and  15,107 crore to SGST on all non-suburban sections the source station to be able to to all suburban sections in South Central, Southern, South availing tickets using the app is October crossed the 1     N from IGST as regular settle- across all zonal railways has buy a ticket through the UTS metropolitan cities of Chennai, Western, East Coast, South around two per cent of the total Glakh crore mark, after a ment. been made available from app. A passenger is allowed to Delhi, Kolkata and East Central and South Eastern tickets booked. So there is a gap of 5 months, on the back     Further,  30,000 crore November 1, which will obvi- book four tickets at a time. Secunderabad between 2015 Railways. huge scope of generating rev- of festive demand, anti-evasion     has been settled from the bal- ate the need for passengers to Via the app, a registered and 2017 along with the facil- While the app was enue through this,” said measures. ance IGST available with the wait in queues, it said in a state- user can also buy platform ity of paperless ticketing. launched four years ago, it is Member Traffic, Girish Pillai, The Finance Ministry 8  F99$ centre on provisional basis in ment. tickets and monthly passes. The facility to buy unre- this year that users warmed up told reporters. Thursday said 67.45 lakh busi-  G*C   the ratio of 50:50 between cen- The process of availing A pilot project for buying served tickets, including season to it. Railways sold 7,483 million nesses filed goods and services F$   G* tre and states. tickets involves downloading unreserved tickets through tickets and platform tickets, is In January 2018, 1.8 lakh unreserved tickets across its tax (GST) returns in October “The total revenue earned the application and registration mobile phone was commenced available through ‘UTSON- passengers used the app per network in 2017-2018. and deposited 1,00,710 crore ' +    by central government and the as taxes. F09$   G* state governments after regular “GST collections for and provisional settlement in >#A &   -( ( -7 October 2018 have crossed 1    the month of October, 2018, is '     lakh crore. The success of GST F06$   G  48,954 crore for CGST and is lower rates, lesser evasion, &    52,934 crore for the SGST, the higher compliance, only one statement added.    7     & (B;   tax and negligible interference F00$   G Deloitte India Partner MS by taxation authorities,” Mani said “it appears that GST Finance Minister Arun Jaitley collections have turned the   34- 54&*/ point mark. New orders   34- 54&*/ Emerging markets - Integrity in Prevention of Corruption tweeted. 94,016 crore in May, 95,610 tide and the increased collec- increased at a sharp rate during the spotlight 2018 report. (Amendment) Act 2018 The states which achieved crore in June, 96,483 crore in tions would be on account of he country’s manufacturing October and panellists attributed he perceived level of “In India, 40 per cent of the (penalises bribe givers as well “extra-ordinary growth” in total July, 93,960 crore in August the stabilisation of GST Tsector activity improved in this rise to successful advertising Tbribery and corruption in executives surveyed believed as commercial organisations, taxes collected include Kerala and  94,442 crore in processes and the anti-evasion October, as firms scaled up pro- efforts, strengthening underlying emerging markets, including that bribery and corrupt prac- including foreign companies), (44 per cent), Jharkhand (20 September. measures taken. The fact that duction and employment levels demand and competitive price- India, has continued to be tices occur widely in business. Companies Act 2017 and per cent), Rajasthan (14 per Of the 1 lakh crore total September heralds the festive amid strong rise in new business setting. The rise in new order double that of developed mar- 12 per cent said their compa- Insolvency and Bankruptcy cent), Uttarakhand (13 per gross GST revenue collected in season has also helped in order flows, a monthly survey flows was the fastest since June. kets, a new global study on nies have experienced a signif- Code (Amendment) Bill 2017, cent) and Maharashtra (11 per October, central GST is  improving collections”. said Thursday. The Nikkei India “A combination of domestic fraud, bribery and corruption icant fraud over the last two as well as increased penalties cent), an official statement 16,464 crore, state GST is  EY Tax Partner Abhishek Manufacturing Purchasing and foreign orders fuelled the trends claimed Thursday. years, while 20 per cent justi- for non-compliance. said. 22,826 crore, IGST is 53,419 Jain said that while a possible Managers’ Index strengthened upturn in overall activity, Over half of the executives fied cash payments to help a “However, fraud and cor- GST revenue had first crore (including 26,908 crore reason for an upsurge in from 52.2 in September to 53.1 although export orders displayed — 52 per cent — surveyed in business survive,” the report ruption are still a major obsta- crossed the landmark figure in collected on imports) and cess September could be fiscal 2017- in October as new orders and the slowest expansion since July, emerging markets said that said. The study noted that cle to growth. In the media, the April when the collections were is 8,000 crore. 18 closing adjustments, this production increased at the total new work rose at the “bribery and corruption con- there have been concerted more frequent reporting of  1,03,458 crore. Since then The October revenue col- trend could be expected to con- quickest rate in four months. sharpest pace since mid-year,” tinues to be rampant in busi- efforts in India to enhance larger cases of corruption pose collections have maintained lections reflect the purchase tinue with implementation of This is the 15th consecutive said Pollyanna De Lima, ness”, while 40 per cent of the corporate governance and a greater reputational risk for above 90,000 crore mark. and sales activities conducted anti-evasion measures like month that the manufacturing Principal Economist at IHS respondents in India believed transparency through regula- companies doing business in The collections stood at  in the month of September. TDS/TCS.” PMI remained above the 50- Markit and author of the report. so, according to the EY tory reform such as the the region,” it said.

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I believe ntensifying his pre-election tragedy to sow anger and divi- he had determined there was tion in the volume of petrole- reductions from Iran would be away with the birthright citi- that you can have a simple vote Ianti-immigration push, sion in the society, saying it     sufficient supply of petroleum um and petroleum products considered significant. Trump zenship — the process by in Congress or it’s even possible President Trump has said he spreads fake news which is the     and petroleum products for purchased from Iran by or said he will continue to moni- which babies born in the coun- — in my opinion, this is after may send 15,000 troops to the enemy of the people. "I"+*$  S countries to “significantly” through foreign financial insti- tor the situation. try to the non-US nationals meeting with some very talent- US southern border to keep a The President, who has   4  O reduce their purchase of crude tutions.” Secretary of State Mike automatically become citizens ed legal scholars — that you can slow-moving caravan of Latin been at loggerheads with sev-     oil from Iran, which is going Trump’s presidential deter- Pompeo on Wednesday said, — as this can be done with an do it through an executive American migrants from enter- eral mainstream media outlets $   %    face US sanctions from mination, not an executive on the Laura Ingraham Show, executive order, bringing his order,” said the US President. ing the including CNN, ABC News,   $     November 5. order but a kind of directive that on November 5, the US tough stance on immigration At the same time, Trump country, but The New York Times and The     In May, Trump had pulled issued by the White House to will put back in place sanctions ahead of the crucial mid-term said his first preference would rejected alle- Washington Post, has quite      out of the 2015 landmark the members of his admin- that will be very severe on the elections next Tuesday. be to make the changes gation that often described them as “fake  " nuclear deal, the Joint stration on some policy mat- leadership of Iran. He hoped In his latest hardline immi- through the Congress, which he was fear- media”. Comprehensive Plan of Action ters, comes less than 100 hours that this will convince them to gration rhetoric, the US would be a permanent thing. “I mongering Referring to his visit to the      (JCPOA) terming it as “disas- before the deadline set by him change their ways. President had on Tuesday would rather do it through on the issue. Pittsburg synagogue where 11 6;  trous”. Under the Obama-era for countries like India to bring Pompeo, on the another expressed his intention to take Congress because that’s per- Trump people were killed, Trump said: +0G"*/"H  ?@ deal, involving five permanent its purchase of oil to zero from show, said that Iran was the the path of executive order to manent. But I really believe we has vowed not to let the cara- “Yesterday’s visit to Pittsburgh   0   members of the United Nations Iran by November 4. world’s largest state sponsor of deny automatic citizenship to can do it through executive van of people from three Latin was about coming together as  0 *  0 Security Council and Germany, India has expressed its dif- terror. “They were squandering children born of non- order,” he said. American countries — El a nation to comfort and to heal.        Iran had agreed to stop its ficulties in doing so given the the people’s money, the Iranian American parents in the US, Trump said that the issue Salvador, Guatemala and After this day of unity and          nuclear programme in galloping energy needs of its 1.3 people’s money, on these silly saying the birthright citizenship would be ultimately decided by Honduras — enter the US. togetherness, I came home and        exchange of relief from eco- billion people. More than 80 malign activities. And our “has to end”. the Supreme Court. “We have about 5,800 sadly turned on the news and 3 %    nomic sanctions. per cent of India’s energy needs effort is to get them to change “Birthright citizenship is a “Just so you understand, a (troops deployed on the bor- watched as the far-left media      " Moments after coming out are imported. But at the same that behaviour”. very, very important subject. In person comes in — was never der). We’ll go up anywhere once again used tragedy to sow the deal Trump had signed time, India has taken steps to State Department Deputy my opinion, it’s much less in our country before — has a between 10,000 and 15,000 anger and division”.     fresh set of sanctions against reduce its oil purchase from Spokesperson Robert Paladino complex than people think. 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Wednesday expressed its con- gence official told reporters. campaign. saries,” US Sen Lamar 400,000 are affected by severe that North Korean leader Kim “This is an opportunity The plane carrying cern over ongoing election And, as such, identifying and The controversial video, Alexander told Chinese acute malnutrition,” said Geert Jong Un will “soon” visit Seoul that has come like a miracle. It’s Mohamed Nasheed from Sri interference campaign by for- preventing this interference is now pinned to the top of his Premier Li Keqiang on Cappelaere, regional director as part of a series of high-pro- something that we should Lanka landed in Maldives’ cap- eign actors, in particular a top priority for the federal social media feed, blames the Thursday, despite a spiralling of UNICEF. file diplomatic efforts aimed at never miss.” ital, Male, where he was wel- Russia, China and Iran. government, the official said. Democrats for “letting in” Luis trade war and other tensions “More than half” of the 14 ridding North Korea of its The prospects for a second comed by his party members In the November 6 mid- The US has said that it will Bracamontes - an undocu- that have pushed relations to million people at serious risk of nuclear weapons. summit between Kim and US and supporters. term elections, Americans take severe action against those mented immigrant from their lowest point in years. famine in the impoverished Moon said in a speech to President Donald Trump He planned to address his would elect 435 members of the trying to interfere with the polls. Mexico who killed two police The upbeat message at their country are children, Cappelaere parliament that a second North improved after Secretary of supporters later Thursday. House of Representatives and “If there is interference in officers in Sacramento in 2014. meeting in Beijing came amid told AFP late on Wednesday. Korea-US summit is also “near State Mike Pompeo made his Nasheed was sentenced to 35 of the 100 Senate seats in that, that fundamentally wrecks Bracamontes, who had pre- concerns that the US-China “Ending the war is not at hand” and that Chinese fourth visit to North Korea ear- 13 years in jail in 2015 after Congress. the natural process that we have viously been deported twice, trade dispute will drag on, enough,” he said, referring to a President Xi Jinping is expect- lier this month. being convicted of terrorism for The US has said that the established in this country, was sentenced to death for the hurting company profits and more than three year conflict ed to visit North Korea soon. But no breakthrough has ordering the arrest of a top foreign interference in the US and really undermines what we murders earlier this year. the overall US economy. that pits the government sup- Moon also said he expects followed. US officials have judge in 2012 while he was elections is a threat to America’s would be looking at. That has The video -- produced for Tensions have also arisen over ported by a Saudi-led military Kim to visit Russia soon and recently said a second Trump- president. democracy. to be met with swift and severe the Trump campaign -- and China’s claims to Taiwan and coalition against Huthi rebels. that Kim may meet with Kim summit will likely happen His trial was criticised The intelligence commu- action,” the official said. posted by President Trump the South China Sea, allegations “What we need is to stop the Japanese Prime Minister early next year. internationally for lack of due shows Bracamontes grinning in of Chinese theft of commercial war and (to create) a govern- Shinzo Abe. Some experts have raised process, along with those of court and threatening to “kill secrets and accusations of med- ment mechanism that puts at the Moon has previously said doubts over whether Kim’s many other political opponents more cops soon”. dling in American politics. centre the people and children. that Kim told him he would Seoul trip will occur by jailed by strongman President The ad recalls the notori- Coming a week ahead of “The war is exacerbating the visit Seoul within this year December. Yameen Abdul Gayoom’s ous “Willie Horton” campaign the US midterm elections, the situation that was already bad when the leaders met in Moon, a liberal who took administration. ad financed by supporters of visit by Alexander at the head before because of years of Pyongyang, North Korea’s cap- office last year, favours a nego- He was offered asylum in the George H.W. Bush cam- of a seven-member delegation underdevelopment” in the Arab ital, in September. tiated resolution to the Britain when he travelled there paign in the 1988 presidential of Republican senators and world’s poorest nation, South Korea’s presidential decades-long international for medical treatment on leave election. Horton was a con- congress members seemed all Cappelaere said. office said it had nothing to add standoff over North Korea’s from prison. victed murderer who commit- the more extraordinary. All He welcomed a call by the to Moon’s speech about Kim’s nuclear ambitions. Nasheed’s return follows ted rape while furloughed are strong supporters of US UN on Wednesday to relaunch trip. His comments were in line He has facilitated a series of Yameen’s defeat in the under a programme in President Donald Trump, who peace talks within a month. with previous statements, it said. high-level US-North Korea September 23 presidential elec- Massachusetts where has slapped tariffs on USD 250 He said efforts to come up They suggest that Moon is exchanges, including their first tion by Ibrahim Mohamed Democratic nominee Michael billion on Chinese products with a solution in the next 30 determined to push ahead with summit in Singapore in June. Solih, the candidate of Dukakis was governor. and threatened much more. days were “critical” to improving diplomacy to resolve the But Moon has faced grow- Nasheed’s Maldivian aid distribution and saving lives. nuclear issue. ing outside skepticism over Democratic Party. Cappelaere said that over “Now, based on firm trust whether his engagement poli- Since Yameen’s defeat, 6,000 children have either been among one another, South and cy will eventually settle the courts have freed or granted bail killed or sustained serious North Korea and the United nuclear standoff. to some of the jailed officials. injuries since 2015. AFP    $     P        0 0'0 &0    '        ' %    %      6         0   ' +  -0     ' +0"   Los Angeles: A synagogue in      California was defaced with        anti-Jew graffiti, police said on        Wednesday, in an attack that  3   ?E%   took place just days after 11   +0    people were gunned down at a     +O "  Pittsburg synagogue. Allen Berezovsky, presi- dent of the board at Beth Jacob synagogue in Irvine, south of Los Angeles, said staff discov- ered the vandalism in early morning. He told AFP the words “(expletive) Jews” and “Jews” were spray-painted on the white facade of the building. Berezovsky said security footage showed an individual wearing a hoodie, sunglasses and a surgical facemask jump- ing over the fence of the syna- gogue around 1:18 am and then leaving on a bicycle stolen at the premises. “The Irvine Police Department and our own secu- rity have done a full sweep of the entire facility and nothing was found other than the graf- fiti,” he said in a statement to his congregation. “We are continuing to do everything we can to make our campus more secure, and we will continue to promote the message that we are stronger than hate.” AFP   06   (  )* +, +-./

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Indian feminist and he new Honda layout, particularly the way information would lead to a practical storm in India, writer Urvashi Butalia gave the example CR-V is a brilliant vehi- is displayed is excellent, the overall fin- where incidents of sexual harassment were of actress Tanushree Dutta, who spoke Tcle, but like its stablemate the ish of the cabin is superb and it really best brushed under the carpet? But with about the person who harassed her after Honda Accord it does not make sense does feel plush. As I was driving the O * accusations still tumbling out and show- 10 long years. “When women finally come for the amount of money you are asked four-wheel drive diesel, you really can-     ing no signs of abating, names like Nana out and find the courage to speak up, she for. not tell that you are driving a huge car     Patekar, Sajid Khan, MJ Akbar, Rajat may not find work for a long time post When you see the new Honda CR- powered by a 1.6-litre engine thanks to Kapoor, Gursimran Khamba, Vikas Bhal, that, but this doesn’t mean that she is fin- V for the first time you really like the a wonderful nine-speed gearbox     Chetan Bhagat, Zain Khan Durrani, ished. She will rise again, this time with way that the fifth-generation of Honda’s because it delivers all the grunt you   .2 Chintan Ruparel making headlines and the destructive mode,” she said. Sports Utility Vehicle has turned out. need for city driving. And that passen-    taking up Twitter space, a discussion on For instance, if one remembers It really looks good, but then you look ger side lane camera makes you forget  #Metoo and the culture of impunity: Mahabharatha, the Pandavas were initial- through the last window of the car and that you are in a wide car. Sure, even  Conversation across generations was cer- ly not up for a battle due to massive blood- see something strange — a third row. the Honda Accord has that but in a car tainly called for. shed and destruction, after Draupadi’s A third row whose headrests are bare- as large as the CR-V and especially since $  However, how is revealing these assault in a court of a 100 people. But it ly far enough from the second one. And I had it for a longer period of time, I ,  .2 names on social media helping women get was Draupadi, who eventually did con- you keep puzzling over why it exists. think it was a great feature which  justice questioned author Ira Trivedi. She vince them to fight against those who This puzzles you so much that you should come down the value chain into * said that even if we do have a system and wronged her. She added that “This is also attempt to fit in there. You then realise smaller cars in future years.    law that makes such offences punishable, an example of how prevalent harassment that the third row is not designed for But then again, this specification of “The problem is in getting FIRs filed.” She has been since the ages.” a 5’11” 85-kg male and is more appro- the CR-V has an ex-showroom price of  * added, “In such a case, one thing about Moving on to examples about various priate for a much smaller human 38.3 lakh. Which is not chump change # social media is that it is helpful, but only men who have been outed, there was yet being, preferably before the growth given that the top-specification Toyota $     to some extent. For example, writer another issue that was touched upon — spurt which humans tend to have Fortuner and Ford Endeavour cost     Chetan Bhagat has 12.5 million followers gaslighting or the constant psychological between ages 11-12. within a few tens of thousands of the , , everywhere. Sohail Sen has eight million harassment that leads a person to ques- Here is the thing, to be fair, third CR-V. Both of them are bigger and followers. Combining the two would tion their own sanity and actions. rows are on the whole a pretty bad thing more powerful. And frankly, if you  , account for an approximate population of While Chintan Ruparel, director and in many vehicles. The Maruti Ertiga’s wanted a badge and four-wheel drive ,    Australia.” Many women are trolled for founder of Terribly Tiny Tales, was outed third row is tighter than the CR-V’s and performance, neither of these cars fit  .P giving out these names which sometimes in the movement, he was also accused of even though it is more comfortable in the bill, because there is the Mercedes- L & $ makes it seem that they are pushing their gaslighting several women and making a Ford Endeavour or Toyota Fortuner, Benz GLA220d 4MATIC, which I personal agendas by taking names to them question their own actions. While these are not places you would want to drove for two weeks and had a blast, defame people. social tsunami, the panel also discussed not defending the harasser, one needs to spend extended periods of time in. The because it does not pretend to be “The only point is that now women the movement’s local and international question as to who is to blame in such a CR-V’s third row reminded me a bit something it is not. Which you suspect     >  are rising to finally speak up against it,” alternatives and the culture of impunity case? The one who is letting it happen, about the third-row on the Skoda that the CR-V does pretend to be.     0  6 said actress and former national secretary that had led the earlier generations being unknowingly, or the one who does it Kodiaq. Frankly, I would rather take a Again, that costs more or less the same         6 of BJP, Vani Tripathi. She believed that it more tolerant of flirtation at workplace unknowingly? bus than sit in the third row of any non- and while it is smaller, at least you get " '        is absolutely “convenient” to rubbish than their successors. It also highlighted Vani answered, “Gaslighting is all purpose built vehicle, but if I really German badge value for your money. those who have the courage to come out the disagreements, pushing of personal about patriarchy, and asserting what has needed a third-row to transport a lot of Although and this is irritating more   against harassment as a “lynch mob. It’s agendas, and about whether the move- been long established as a notion. It is not children for example, I would pretty than anything else, the Mercedes does   K been decades since this voice didn’t get ment has gone too far in trying to discour- about who is doing what, it is about the much stick to a Toyota Innova. And this not have a touchscreen, but after a week 5 - attention. It is like a tsunami now, it will age sexual misconduct at the workplace entitlement of patriarchal roles that are so is the piece of advice I hand out to a lot or so you get used to the scroll-wheel. '  95-':" churn things and is here to stay.” and beyond. deeply engraved in the society that they of people, if a third-row is really that And that is a pity. The CR-V   6 Talking about harassment in the age Gokhale focussed on the point that it don’t even look like wrong to most men.” important to you in a vehicle, and you remains the original SUV in the Indian of social media, journalist and writer, is important to put a full stop, rather than They also highlighted that sexual are spending 25 lakh, just buy a market, when the first generation and   6 Namita Bhandare pointed out it has a backspace. She said giving an example, harassment at workplace is “not about Toyota Innova. second-generation CR-V’s were     made men more cautious. Men often alert “When a person is trying to come near desire, but about practicing power over So the third-row in the CR-V is a launched, you loved them for their per-     their friends and tell them to be on their you and gets too close after a certain point, a subordinate.” bit of gimmick and given the price of formance and combination of size and   K best behaviour around women friends you will step back. But that is a mistake Gokhale said, “#MeToo has been a the new Honda CR-V, it is more likely value. You can argue that the Creta’s "P  and colleagues and say, ‘Mat bol yaar, that we, as women, often make — step- watershed in how women perceive their than not that if you bought one of these, success today is because it is the same #MeToo hojayega varna. (Don’t say it ping back. What should rather be done boundaries and autonomy and reclaim you would already have a second and size as the original CR-V, a size that  5  G" buddy, otherwise you will be outed under is to just push them away. This will put a their dignity and equity at the workplace maybe a third car in your garage. You everyone loves. It is almost as if Honda L7      #MeToo.) She said, “It’s important to tell stop to it then and there. The same applies and in their personal lives. The is a con- see, in this and in most cars with a does not want to sell the CR-V. That is 5  them that this time they will be outed. Yes, to every woman at the workplace, don’t versation across generations. I would also third-row, they are pretty useless when a pity, because this is a nice car, but even '    0    #MeToo could happen to them as well. try to just step back by leaving the posi- like to voice my respect for the strength you go on longer drives because using if it were five lakhs cheaper it would        %M Think before you speak or act.” tion, fight for it then and there.” and conviction of this new generation of the third-row means you have little lug- make more sense. I really wish that While the talk of the evening was While talking about harassment at young women and their determination gage space, and they are as such only Honda did more than just the Amaze  ' " L'     about the changing scenario with the workplace, the panelists also came across and clarity in asserting their rights.” meant for the school run. Maybe you and City in the market.               %M  " he project for creation of a Tmemorial for police personnel  $  killed in the line of duty, hanging !    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When the stone finally river-like fluidity at the base of the    6 gle piece of granite rock. arrived at the memorial, It felt like sculpture with evocation of fire, a     All truly great thoughts are a miracle”. perfect antidote to the immutabil- conceived while walking, wrote Ravelling and unravelling the ity of the stone”. "M Nietzsche. Adwaita Gadanayak’s potential of the stone with a ham- The sculpture that can be seen 0 5 O visionary concept of what needed mer and chisel, acclaimed artist and from all around the surrounding  %  . to take shape at the memorial sculptor, Nivedita Mishra was area elicits powerful emotions, L-   seems certainly the result of pen- pitched against daunting odds. echoing the barrenness of absence.   " *  sive walks at the National Gallery “We had to finish what we were The radiating halo of a ball-like of Modern Art, an institution that doing within a month. The object nestling in the middle of the  " *   he heads. His ‘eureka moment’ immutability of the stone was vertical stretch evokes the immor-      came about a year ago, soon after intimidating. Would it take the geo- tal soul. Equally evocative is the sil-   " *  he was directed by the Ministry of 0 *   *   ! !   #  :8 metrical shape that Adwaita had houette of a soldier on the reverse     " * Culture to begin work on a sculp- conceptualised ? I and my team of side. Visitors find themselves 0    6 ture symbolising the ennobling tive setting of the memorial”. below the earth’s surface. Given the drew our attention to this stone was 40 artisans started dialoguing with moved to tears while facing it. ideal of the supreme sacrifice. The stone was procured from significance of the memorial, I its allusive, mysterious, dark tonal- the stone. The level of engagement “Most of the stone-work created       “Sculpting requires abstract and the Khammam district of knew that the medium had to be ity and a viscerality that was hard was amazing. We ate together, during pre-history has survived”,      spatial thinking”, remarks Telangana. In reply to what made stone. It was not easy finding the to define. At that point the stone lived together and dialogued with says Gadanayak. “This sculpture    " * Gadanayak. “I knew our sculp- him think of a stone sculpture, stone we needed. We looked at weighed 300 tons. Transporting it the stone together. And look what too will survive the ravages of time.      6 ture had to take the form of a Gadanayak says, “A stone knows it coloured granite at several places in without causing cracks and fissures happened. An inert object acquired What could be a better tribute to compelling and spiritually charged all. It is part of the most ancient western Orissa, Tamil Nadu and was a major challenge. It was a spiritual quality embracing the our unsung heroes.”  "M incantation capable of measuring phenomena in the universe, result Andhra before reaching loaded in a 120 feet lorry especial- panchtatvas or the five elements: (The author is a former civil ser- itself against the tranquil, medita- of the slow crystallization of magma Khammam. What immediately ly created for the purpose. At sky, air, water, fire and earth. We vant and an art columnist.)   9@CS69VI*•*ASD96` IPW@H7@S*!*! ' 14

               something else. We then live our The lack of awareness of who lives falsely identified with roles, we truly are, the lack of ability to masks and personalities that are distinguish between what I DO ow I used to hate Kali … and all Her not truly us. However, unlike the and who I AM, this ignorance is Hways! That was the ground of my six actor in a drama who remembers the darkness which leads to years' fight-that I would not accept Her. But I to remove his costume and make- suffering and misery in life. It is had to accept Her at last! Ramakrishna up at the end of the day, we have also this ignorance of the Self's Paramahamsa dedicated me to Her, and now become so internally united with true nature that leads us to act in I believe that She guides me in everything I our false self that we have begun ways for which we have to reap do, and does with me what She will. … Yet I to think it is who we are. We have the fruits of negative karma. fought so long! I loved him, you see, and that come to believe the mask is our Greed, lust, dishonesty, jealousy, was what held me. I saw his marvelous purity. true face, the script is our true life anger and arrogance are products … I felt his wonderful love. … His greatness and the costume is our true Self. of our blindness toward the true had not dawned on me then. All that came We get a degree and we say, "I AM light within and toward the true afterwards when I had given in. At that time a PhD, or I AM a doctor." We put nature of the Self. If I am already I thought him a brain-sick baby, always on make-up and expensive full and complete then there is seeing visions and the rest. I hated it. And clothes or we get cosmetic nothing to covet. surgery and we say "I AM beautiful." We earn a lot of money THE TRUE SELF'S CUP IS and we say, "I AM rich. I AM ALWAYS OVERFLOWING successful." We get married and have children and we say, "I AM a These days in the new-age wife and mother" or "I AM a "spiritual" circles there is talk husband and father." We make about "enlightened abundance," many friends and we say "I AM which typically refers to the popular. I AM well liked and concept of becoming so respected." However, these are enlightened that one can manifest merely things we DO, ways we piles of money! There are books, spend our time, choices we make, films, courses and workshops on personalities we don because it manifesting abundance as suits the culture in which we live. though if one is simply in touch They are not who we ARE. We enough with the Source, that are not our degrees, our beauty, Source will provide whatever one our bank accounts, our asks. However, what the lives and popularity or our relations. The teachings of the true saints and problem with this false rishis teach us is that the moment identification is that these roles one has even a taste of are all fleeting. They are based awakening, a taste of Divine merely on what we have done and Connection, a taste of being One achieved today. So, when they get with the Source, one immediately world today is too vast, its depth false identification, that illusion, shattered, as falsehood is experiences not a genie who will and breadth boundless and which shrouds our innate light inevitably shattered and as grant three wishes, but rather an unfathomable. Yet ignorance of from our view. As Swami anything of the flesh is inevitably immediate and overwhelming math, science, history or Chidanand Saraswati explains, limited, we lose not merely a title sense of completeness. Those technology may make life slightly "The sun is always shining or a job or money or beauty, but who are truly enlightened live inconvenient but it does not outside, but if your windows are we lose the very connection to with the experience that their cup shroud us in darkness. It does not covered with two inches of mud it our Self. We have wrapped our is overflowing. They are One with keep the presence of the Divine at will be dark in your home. The sense of Self so tightly around all of creation; thus there is no arm's length from our hearts. answer is not to go out in search these roles that when the curtain need to possess the wealth of the What is the ignorance which of the sun, to sign up for courses falls and the drama ends, we feel universe. It is already theirs. This is so dark that it must be dispelled or workshops on invoking the that our life is being torn out is why in the stories of our Bhagawati Saraswati in order for us to live peaceful, power of the sun, or even to from within us. If I AM beautiful, scriptures, whether it's Kunti fulfilling, meaningful and bemoan the darkness. The what happens when I age or my (mother of the Pandavas) or ighting oil lamps is one of the divinely-connected lives? It is the answer is simply to clean the skin breaks out or I have an Dhruv or Prahlad, when God Lmost common daily rituals in ignorance of the true nature of windows so that the naturally accident that scars my face? Then Himself stands in front of them Indian tradition. Whether in the Self. To me, one of the most occurring presence of light may who AM I? If I AM a mother or instructing them to ask for any then I, too, had to accept Her! temples, in homes, in offices or beautiful aspects of Hinduism is flow into your home." In the same wife then when my children grow boon, there is nothing they want. No, the thing that made me do it is a secret simply in small shrines on a shelf the belief that at the core of our way as the sun in Swamiji's up and don't need me or my They are complete merely due to that will die with me. I had great misfortunes in a dorm room, one will always being we are divine. In contrast to example, the inner divine light is husband divorces me or dies, His presence. When I first came at the time. … It was an opportunity. … She find a small brass or silver lamp other major world religions, always there, always shining, who AM I? If I AM rich and to Rishikesh, during one of my made a slave of me. Those were the very to be filled with oil and lit on a Hinduism teaches that at the always available. It is the core of successful, if I lose my money or early satsangs with Swamiji he words: 'a slave of you'. And Ramakrishna daily basis. However, my Guru, essence of our being there is pure our being. However, the retire from my profession, who held up a pen in front of me and Paramahamsa made me over to Her. … Swami Chidanand Saraswati divinity, there is light, there is "windows" of our consciousness AM I? We also say, "I AM angry. I said to me, "You are not this pen." Strange! He lived only two years after doing frequently implores people: perfection. It is merely ignorance, have become muddied by our AM sad. I AM frustrated. I AM I laughed. Of course I am not a that, and most of the time he was suffering. "Don't just light the lamps in your the false identification with the false-identifications, our depressed." Yet, our scriptures, pen, I thought. How obvious. He Not more than six months did he keep his temples, homes and offices. Also body and its urges, which leads us expectations, our grudges, our philosophy and gurus tell us we then said, "There will come a time own health and brightness. … remember to light the lamp in to "sin." Of course the karmic jealousies. Hence, that light is are none of these things. Our when I will tell you that you are The future, you say, will call Ramakrishna your own heart. That divine lamp consequences for our actions obscured from our view. brain may be experiencing not that body and you will laugh Paramahamsa an Incarnation of Kali? Yes, I will dispel the darkness of must be paid, even when we emotional patterns of chemical in the same way you just laughed think there's no doubt that She worked up the ignorance." realize that they were committed WHO AM I? and electric energy that correlates when I said you're not a pen. A body of Ramakrishna for Her own ends. The lamp in our hearts? due to the darkness of ignorance From the time of the war of to what the psychologists term time will come when it will be as You see, I cannot but believe that there is What divine light is he referring rather than the darkness of evil. Kurukshetra, when Bhagawan anger or depression. However, I, ridiculous to assume you are the somewhere a great Power that thinks of to? What darkness of ignorance is Krishna urged Arjuna to realize the true Self, is pure, perfect, body as it is ridiculous to assume Herself as feminine, and called Kali and there within us which should be THAT DIVINE LIGHT his true Self, to realize not only untouched and un-afflicted by you are a pen." Mother. … And I believe in Brahman too. … dispelled? WITHIN the universal dharma but his patterns of energy corresponding When we light an oil lamp or But is it not always like that? Is it not the personal dharma as a kshetriya, to emotional states. I am the one a simple candle in our temple or multitude of cells in the body that make up IGNORANCE OF THE When the saints and spiritual as the son of Pandu, as one whose who is aware, who is watching, in our rooms, let us pray for that the personality, the many brain-centres, not NATURE OF THE TRUE SELF masters of India exhort us to task was to restore dharma to who is witnessing, who is able to light within our own hearts that the one, that produce consciousness? … We are all ignorant about so remove the darkness, to light the adharma, saints and rishis and name the states of sadness and illumines the nature of our Self, Unity in complexity! Just so! And why should many things. One cannot lamp within, they are referring sages have enjoined us to depression, but not the one who showing us who we really are. it be different with Brahman? It is Brahman. possibly be an expert or even not to a transformation of recognize our true nature. When is afflicted by them. (The writer is the president of Divine It is the One. And yet-and yet-it is the gods properly informed about the inherent darkness into newly we are not aware of who we really Shakti Foundation, Rishikesh. She left too! majority of subjects in the world. created light, but rather to a are, we inevitably try-consciously IGNORANCE OF THE SELF America in 1996 and settled in Rishikesh. (From The Master as I Saw Him by Sister The information available in the shedding of that ignorance, that or unconsciously-to become LEADS TO MISERY Views expressed here are personal ). Nivedita)         

Kindergarten concept - Fredrich one's life for the good of others - uncertainty in unfamiliar the name 'Nivedita' - the 'offered orthodox families, where child Froebel, making a name for herself this was what, he said, the earth's conditions. one'. They also undertook a marriage was widespread and girls as a respected experimental best and bravest were born for. She Margaret arrived in India in journey for five months across hardly educated. She firmly educationist. Her success in this herself wrote later: "I had January 1898 and for next nine Northern and western parts of the believed that an ideal education for field as well as writing abilities on recognized the heroic fibre of the months got intensive training from country where ideas on religion, Indian girls should combine the themes of early childhood man and desired to make myself a the Swami who inspiringly opened history, geography, ethnology, traditional Indian values education and women's issues servant of his love for his own the magical maze of India before poured out of her Master's lips in epitomized by the 'family ideal' brought her in touch with the people. But it was his character to her. On March 25, Margaret was an inexhaustible stream, and the along with developing of a world- intellectual crème de la crème of which I had thus done obeisance." initiated into a life of spirituality manifestly powerful feeling that he view with history, geography, and London largely through the She signed up her whole life for a and service. Her life was offered to had for his country made way into science (which she considered as membership of the Sesame Club mission that had high degree of India by her Guru and was given the deepest chambers of Margaret's the 3Rs of Modern Education) Swami Nikhileshwarananda founded by Lady Ripon. heart. In India she knew she forming the core of the 'citizen Here she got to listen to had found her soul's home and ideal'. She envisaged the ideal many stalwarts like Thomas destiny. woman as one who could fit into his October 28 marks the 151st Huxley and G B Shaw. It was Nivedita noted that the any role circumstances demanded Tbirth anniversary of an through the Sesame Club in Swami's fascination was with of her and fulfill that perfectly. extraordinary woman who, though 1895 that she met the 32- all phases of India's history "Efficiency to all the circumstances born far away in an Irish-Scottish years- old Indian monk who and with all the diverse of life, this womanhood before family, had completely identified had by then made quite a elements which were inter- wifehood, and humanity before herself with India, loving and reputation on both sides of woven in its tapestry: womanhood, is something which serving the country in ways few the Atlantic for his In these talks of his, the the education of the girl must aim, have done. Sister Nivedita, as she exposition of Indian heroism of the Rajput, the in every age," she wrote. It was a came to be lovingly called, was philosophical and spiritual faith of the Sikh, the courage of wider identification with the born Margaret Noble, in 1867 in traditions. Swami the Mahratta, the devotion of community and nation at large, Dungannon, County Tyrone in Vivekananda not only the saints, and purity and founded on deep empathy with the Northern Ireland. Both her father impressed upon her mind steadfastness of noble women, countrymen, that Nivedita as well grandfather were Wesleyan some deepest universal ideas all lived again. Nor would he envisaged for the Indian woman Ministers while her maternal like the essential divinity and permit that the Mohammedan and youth of the future. The grandfather was a respected consequent oneness of the be passed over. Humayoon, foundation of the 'family ideal' and participant of the Irish national whole mankind, but gave her Sher Shah, Akbar, Shah Jehan, moving towards the larger ideal of movement. a call to action for serving each of these and a hundred 'nationality' is a constant refrain in Margaret's early life was spent suffering humanity. 'It had more found a day and a place Nivedita's writings and she in considerable deprivation. At ten never before fallen to my lot in his bead-roll of glistening fervently wished the countrymen she lost her father and studied in a to meet with a thinker who names. to develop this ideal. "The centre of charitable institution at Halifax in in one short hour had been After this initial phase of gravity must be for them outside North . When seventeen, able to express all that I had learning and exposure, the family. We must demand from she began working as a teacher to hitherto regarded as highest Nivedita settled to live and them sacrifices for India," she take care of her mother and and best' was how Nivedita work in the Bengali locality of wrote. younger siblings. She rose in the felt about the first time she Baghbazar in North Calcutta, (To be concluded) following ten years to start a school heard him. His message was a neighbourhood Europeans of her own in Wimbledon, based based on what she regarded hardly ventured into. In (The writer is a head, Ramakrishna Ashram on the ideas of Swiss educationist as the best and highest in November, she started a based in Rajkot who addressed the Johann Pestalozzi and his German human nature, and his call school at her place - 16 Parliament of World's Religions held in disciple - the father of the an invitation for sacrificing Bosepara Lane - for girls from Toronto.)

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The Serb won his last 16 tie with For Nadal it means delaying his argued furiously with the "So I think we'll always Damir Dzumhur after the Bosnian was long awaited comeback from injury umpire during her shock loss have her in the sport even forced to retire trailing 6-1, 2-1 at Bercy. which has kept him sidelined since the to Naomi Osaka in New York, through she's not playing." For second seed Djokovic it meant US Open. certainly had Margaret Court's Until Sloane Stephens won he extended his sequence of consecu- After Paris the ATP tour's eight top- all-time mark as a target. last year's US Open, the last tive winning sets to 30, passing his pre- ranked players congregate in London Williams, 37, returned American woman to lift a vious best mark of 29 from 2015. from November 11 for the season's from giving birth to her first major trophy, apart from the The four-time Paris champion Finals. child in September last year to Williams sisters, was Jennifer faces Marin Cilic in the last eight on The 32-year-old Nadal has enjoyed reach the Wimbledon and US Capriati in 2002. Friday. a successful year, clinching his 17th Open finals, but suffered upset But Keys said American Djokovic takes over as world num- Grand Slam title by winning an 11th losses in both to leave her stuck women's tennis was in "pretty ber one in the latest ATP rankings pub- French Open in June, after triumphs in on 23 major wins. good" shape. Sixth-ranked lished Monday from Rafael Nadal, who Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome. "I definitely think she can Stephens, the current withdrew injured from Paris on But it is Djokovic who will be top do it, and I definitely think it's American number one, was Wednesday. dog when the latest ATP rankings something that she thinks runner-up at last week's WTA Cilic, the fifth seed, secured his appear on Monday, irrespective of his about," Keys said at the WTA Finals. quarter-final ticket with a 7-6 (7/5), 6- fate in the French capital this week. Elite Trophy at "Sloane has obviously done 4 defeat of Grigor Dimitrov. Despite the blow the tournament Zhuhai in China. really well this Cilic fired 29 winners to advance organisers will be relieved to see Roger "I think she year, I think to the last eight in the French capital for Federer making his first appearance at wants it and I I'm one of the third straight year. the competition since 2015. think when the US The win improved the Croat's The Swiss great starts his quest for Serena puts her players prospects of making the ATP Finals in his 100th ATP title in the last 16 on mind to some- who's had a London starting on November 11. .0%       *    :C       !    Thursday after his Wednesday rival thing, it usual- pretty good season "I am very close to London, to Milos Raonic withdrew through an ly happens," this year," Keys said. securing my spot mathematically," said elbow injury. she added. "I think there's Cilic, who is part of the Croatia team World number three Federer will Keys, 23, a lot of really great facing France in the Davis Cup final at ,      ) /   face Italy's Fabio Fognini, ranked 14, started playing ten- American players the end of this month. who made the next round when nis after watching and I think the "In the next match against Novak  M**/ was unable to bring that form into Hungary's Marton Fucsovics with- Williams and her sis- younger ones have done it will be another big challenge. (It will her opening match at the Hengqin drew injured. ter Venus on televi- a really great job this be) great to play him again." ustralia's Ashleigh Barty beat an International Tennis Center. Elsewhere, German fourth seed sion and has often year." Cilic, who will guarantee making Aout-of-sorts French number one The world number 18, seeded Alexander Zverev, playing his 70th cited them as an Asked if anybody the cut for London if he downs Caroline Garcia to keep her semi- eighth, said she had some back match of the season, defeated Frances inspiration. on the current tour Djokovic, was ending reigning ATP final hopes alive at the WTA Elite pain coming into the tournament, Tiafoe of the United States 6-4, 6-4 "She came will ever match Finals champion Dimitrov's season. Trophy on Thursday. and felt her legs weren't moving the while defending champion Jack Sock back and she Williams's achieve- Dimitrov has been coached by a Ninth seed Barty broke Garcia way she wanted on court. put out Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-3. played three ments, Keys said: former coach of Djokovic, eight-time once in each set to win the round- "It was a very difficult match for South African seventh seed Kevin Grand Slams and "Everything's always pos- major winner Andre Agassi, in Paris robin tie 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 16 me today and I think she played great Anderson, the champion in Vienna at made two finals," the sible. this week. minutes in Zhuhai, southern China. but I wasn't feeling very good and the weekend, battled past Nikoloz world number 16 "But to do what she Djokovic and Cilic were later Barty, who lost to Aryna didn't have the rhythm I wanted. Basilashvili of Georgia 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 7- said. did, especially as she start- joined in the quarter-finals by Karen Sabalenka on Tuesday, now has to "It's a difficult start for me of 6 (7/3). "No one is ever ed at such a young age, and Khachanov who saved two match wait for the outcome of Garcia and really nice to finish on a positive note course, but I was happy to start on Anderson next faces Japan's 10th going to be Serena to keep continuing to be so points agaisnt John Isner on his way to Sabalenka's match to see if she will today." Thursday because I had some back seed Kei Nishikori, who he defeated in and I think she's good, I think it would be defeating the eight-seeded American 6- progress to the semi-finals on She said she was in a "win-win pain when I got back to France last the Austria final. Nishikori made the done a ton for the very difficult." 4, 6-7 (9/11), 7-6 (10/8). Saturday. situation", being able to "play with Monday so it was a very complicat- last-16 with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Adrian sport and has helped Keys beat top seed Daria The Russian will next play "It's out of my hands," Barty said freedom", but knowing that if she lost ed week for me. Mannarino of France. players like me a lot," Kasatkina in her opening Alexander Zverev after the German in her post-match press conference. she could still go home at the end of "Today I think Ash played a great Bulgarian ninth seed Grigor she added. match in Zhuhai, which fol- fourth seed beat Diego Schwartzman of "I just have to sit back and watch the season. match as well." The Elite Trophy fea- Dimitrov, who is working with US leg- She said it will be lows the round-robin format Argentina 6-4, 6-2. tomorrow. But I'm certainly pleased Garcia, 25, was crowned cham- tures 12 players ranked roughly end Andre Agassi in Paris, went a "big loss" when until Saturday's semi-finals. 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Premier League leaders    A6?     &    /6&  rewarded for their spirit when scrape past Cologne. Lampard, one of Chelsea's "I respect this club, I don't have Midway through the half, Manchester City play Fulham on    " /       ?@ * /6& % substitute Polter poked in an Bayer Leverkusen cruised greatest-ever players, felt his side to talk about this club. I'm proud lightning struck twice when Keogh Thursday. equaliser on the counter-attack to a 5-0 victory over Borussia deserved a draw on chances cre- of my players." failed to deal with another The quarter-final draw pits 4     6    0     just after the hour mark. Moenchengladbach, while ated but said he was a "lucky man" Buoyed by his side's win on Zappacosta delivery, haplessly Arsenal against Spurs, while    6 0        Maximilian Philipp Nagelsmann's Hoffenheim lost to be able to enjoy such an occa- penalties at Old Trafford against steering the ball into his own net. 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mbati Rayudu's batting at number four and young AKhaleel Ahmed's emergence as the third seamer were the two biggest gains from the ODI series against the West Indies, feel India skipper and head coach . "Two areas I can think of are for third seamer - Khaleel has been outstanding. God forbid anything hap- pens to Bhuvi or Bumrah, good to have Khaleel who can come in and take . Rayudu has also taken responsibility at No 4. Those two areas we were look- ing at (prior to the series). And those two have been addressed," Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony. Shastri on his part also seemed happy with the kind of pressure Rayudu absorbed, having made a comeback    514   in the Indian team. "I am pretty happy with Rayudu. It is never easy to make a comeback in the team after couple of years. Even though you have to express yourself, you hold back and '      75/  H 0  O  6   -  ?BQ that is understandable because couple of bad perfor- mances can lose you your place. He has handled the pres- sure really well and batted really well in the last match,"   */+G33*+' the sixth over when Rovman by Kedar Jadhav, running in from through the tour. the head coach said. Powell lofted one from Bumrah the deep when he tried to go ariel The 29-year-old Nurse picked Shastri seemed impressed with left-arm seamer ruthless India completed over the infield. against Khaleel Ahmed. He was the up a niggle in his shoulder in the Khaleel but wants him to add a few more clicks. a nine- demolition Samuels' resistance ended in top-scorer with 25. previous match in Mumbai and "The left-arm fast bowlers can be very handy. Aof the West Indies in the the 12th over when he fell to a soft The spinners took over and looked in discomfort, rendering Khaleel is raw, he doesn't have the experience but he fifth and final ODI here dismissal of Jadeja for 24, spoon- polished off the tail. him unavailable for the fifth and has the variations and has the aggression too. Once he Thursday for their sixth succes- ing a catch to skipper Virat Kohli. final ODI against India. adds to his speed, he will be more than effective." sive series win at home. As has often been the case in        "He (Nurse) is ruled out for Skipper Kohli too praised his bowlers for their clin- Left-arm spinner Ravindra the series, Holder showed patience Off-spinner Ashley Nurse the entire tour. I wish him well. ical show in the last two games. "Because of our clini- Jadeja took four wickets to help and skill to resist the rampant was on Thursday ruled out of the Hopefully, he can recover quick- cal performance, we were able to finish the game in a India bundle out the West Indies Indian bowlers but his dismissal upcoming three-match T20 series ly for the next tour," West Indies few hours. Credit to the bowling unit for pitching it in for 104 in just 31.5 overs. Pacers hastened the end. against India, weakening further skipper Jason Holder said. the right areas. Was surprised that West Indies chose Khaleel Ahmed and Jasprit The lanky Holder was taken a West Indies outfit that struggled to bat, we wanted to bowl first anyway." Bumrah chipped in with two wickets each. The home team took just 14.5 overs to reach the paltry tar- form, notching up a half-centu- Earlier, the West Indies were get, courtesy an unbeaten 99-run ry, in the process going past the in trouble right from the start stand between Rohit Sharma (62 1,000-run mark for the calendar after skipper Jason Holder chose off 54) and captain Virat Kohli year 2018 and also hitting his to bat. Pacer Bhuvneshwar (33 off 29), following another 200th six in ODIs. Kumar had Kieran Powell low score from Shikhar Dhawan. The India vice-captain had caught behind by M S Dhoni for It was a complete surrender a lucky escape when he was a duck off the fourth ball, giving from the West Indies, who let caught behind by Shai Hope off India their first wicket. themselves down after compet- Oshane Thomas' bowling on 18. Shai Hope, who has been ing hard in the first three ODIs. He made most of that reprieve one of the best West Indies bats- The previous game at Mumbai as he hit five boundaries and men on tour alongside Shimron too was dominated by the hosts struck four imperious sixes. Hetmyer, was castled by Bumrah before they romped to a 3-1 Kohli too was solid at the other off a beauty in the second over series win here. end and his innings comprised to leave the team at 2 for 2. India last lost a series at six fours. The experienced Marlon home in 2015, when they went Dhawan's soft dismissal Samuels, from whom a lot was down 2-3 against South Africa. would probably be one of the expected, led a brief revival, hit- The hosts wasted in no lows for India as he chopped on ting some crisp boundaries and time completing the 105-run a delivery from Thomas, who the only six of the innings. target after the bowlers laid the worked up good pace but was The Indian domination foundation of a massive victory. inconsistent with his line and could be gauged from the fact Rohit continued his fine length. that the first boundary came in $     *  '       ! =&  1   3G/ ''/ .'C  irat Kohli sauntering towards 's records Vthat once looked staggering and seemingly unsurpassable has amazed the icon, who Thursday called the Indian captain one of the greatest but said he "never believed" in comparisons. Recently Kohli surpassed Tendulkar to become the fastest player to score 10,000 runs. He is also inching towards Tendulkar's record for highest number of ODI hundreds (49), having notched his 38th ton in Pune in the third game against West Indies. "Coming to Virat's development as a player, I think he has developed immensely. And I always saw that spark in him. I always felt that he is going to be one of the leading players in the world, not just of this generation, but one of the leading players of all time," Tendulkar told reporters here. "And then it is again about opinions. But if one has to go into comparisons, then I don't want to get into that. There   &73573 were different bowlers who played ormer India wicketkeeper-bats- in 60s, 70s, 80s, and Fman Farokh Engineer has urged possibly in my time Pakistan's captain-turned-Prime and what they are Minister Imran Khan to use his playing today. So I political clout and restore bilateral wouldn't want to get Test between the arch- into that," he said. rivals. Tendulkar cate- Since the 2008 Mumbai terror gorically stressed that attacks, bilateral cricket ties between he did not believe in India and Pakistan have been comparisons. frozen amid political tensions and "I think first of they only play each other in multi- all, like how Virat has nation events such as the World said and I have been Cup. saying for 24 years that I have played. I have never believed in The last time the neighbours comparison. Each generation if you take from the time crick- met in a five-day international et was played from day one to now, the change has been con- was in Bangalore in 2007. stant. "Imran Khan, he is the prime Tendulkar also praised teenage prodigy Prithvi Shaw, minister now. Hopefully India and terming the right-handed batsman a fast-leaner. Pakistan will start a dialogue," "I think I can talk about Prithvi. He's progressed tremen- Engineer, a flamboyant player of the dously. I feel with the age he is only going to get better. So Prithvi 1960s and 70s said during the inau- is someone who will continue to perform well. Yes Australian gural Ranji Memorial Public trip is going to be a good exposure to him. And whatever I have Conversation in London this week. seen, he is fast-learner. So I see him ready for that.” "They should be playing against each other because N-          O it will do Pakistan cricket, their economy, a world of good. But you ) -        0  hear about border skirmishes and     5 -%     0 this and that. They've got to have       U    U   /   dialogue."    5  " Engineer said, "As a cricketer, U/ 0         9  :"    I would love India to play Pakistan       0             or vice versa. But it is a question of     -   %         convincing the political leaders."      %U  0   0   Former Pakistan batsman /O       " Mushtaq Mohammad, who was on 0         0      % the same panel, said, "We'd love  0 % U/       0     9 India to come to Pakistan, that  :"    9   -:   6 " would be a real boost. 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