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USUALSUSPECTS EC announces poll dates for 5 States SWAPAN DASGUPTA Chhattisgarh goes to election in two phases on Nov 12, Nov 20; MP, Mizoram on 2019 poll crucial for Cong Nov 28; polling in Rajasthan, Telangana on Dec 7; results to be out on Dec 11 PNS n NEW DELHI before India dumps its ilk adhya Pradesh, MChhattisgarh and t is entirely possible to be sympathetic to the argument Mizoram will go to polls in Iemanating from the Congress camp that the alliance talks November, while Rajasthan with the Bahujan Samaj Party in Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana in December. Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan broke down on account of The Election Commission (EC) Mayawati’s exaggerated demands for seats. From a purely on Saturday announced the psephological angle, the BSP seems to have insisted on polling dates for the five States, seats where its presence was nominal and where it had little the results of which will set the hope of winning. The Congress, or so the argument goes, tone for the 2019 Lok Sabha could therefore hardly be faulted for abandoning all hope for elections. a mahagathbandhan in these three States. While Naxal-affected That part of the story seems correct, although Congress Chhattisgarh will go to polls in president Rahul Gandhi is still optimistic that when it comes two phases on November 12 to the 2019 general election, Mayawati will be on board. It is (18 seats) and November 20 (72 difficult to ascertain at this stage whether or not Rahul’s seats), the Madhya Pradesh Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat flanked by Election Commissioners Sunil confidence is warranted. What is certain, however, is that the and Mizoram Assembly elec- Arora (L) and Ashok Lavasa (R) addresses a Press conference to announce the Congress has to appear optimistic if it is to translate its tions will be held on November dates for Assembly elections in five States, in Delhi on Saturday PTI internal self-confidence into a public belief that a Congress- 28. Polling in Rajasthan and led alliance is in with a chance. Telangana, whose Chief stituencies which will go to which is out to challenge the It is worth mapping the shifts in the Congress narrative Minister K Chandrsekhar Rao polls in the first phase and the BJP’s rule in the States even over the past few months. had dissolved the Assembly last remaining 72 constituencies while protecting its last bastion In the wake of the BJP’s defeat in five important month, will be held on will go to polls in the second in the North-East. Mizoram is parliamentary by-elections — two in Rajasthan and three in December 7. The counting of phase. Life of each and every the only remaining State in the Uttar Pradesh — the Congress went out of its way to show votes will be held across all the voter is precious for us, which North-East, which is not under that it was willing to be extra accommodative in the interests five States on December 11. is why we are being cautious,” the rule of BJP-led NDA. The of a grand alliance. This was particularly so after traditional With the EC’s announce- the CEC said. eight North-East States togeth- rivals Samajwadi Party and BSP stitched up alliances for the ment, the model code of con- These five Assembly elec- er have 25 Lok Sabha seats. by-elections and inflicted defeats on the BJP, defeats that duct has come into effect in tions would be crucial for the Mizoram’s 50-member were particularly humiliating for UP Chief Minister Mahant four States. The code of con- BJP as it gears up for the Lok House expires on December Adityanath. Responding to reservations voiced by the likes of duct is already in place in Sabha election next year and is 15, 2018, Chhattisgarh’s Mamata Banerjee, the Congress let it be known that it had no Telangana since the Assembly in power in three of these Assembly, comprising 90 mem- objection to the grand alliance approaching the general was dissolved. The election States — Rajasthan, Madhya bers, ends on January 5, 2019, election without an obvious captain. The important thing was will be held using the latest Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. the tenure of the Madhya to defeat the BJP and the rest would follow painlessly. Mark III EVM, VVPAT While the Congress is in power Pradesh 230-member House On the face of it that narrative has not been abandoned. machines in all the States. in Mizoram, Telangana Rashtra expires on January 7, 2019, and In his interaction at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit Announcing the poll dates, Samithi ruled Telangana before the 200-member Rajasthan last Friday, he repeated Chief Election Commissioner the Assembly was dissolved. House comes to an end on The outcome of 2014 was terrible that a Prime Minister would (CEC) OP Rawat said the elec- The BJP is trying for a January 20, 2019. news for a tribe that has always be chosen after the tions in Chhattisgarh would be fourth term in Madhya Pradesh On September 6, KCR had made hay while there are dark election. However, he held in two phases because and Chhattisgarh and to retain dissolved the Telangana House clouds over India. Modi deprived added that he was quite some areas in the State were power in Rajasthan. The three to avoid a possible clubbing of ready to assume charge if affected by Left-wing extrem- States also played a significant Assembly polls with the Lok them of their livelihood by securing needed. ism. “The Assembly con- role for the BJP in the 2014 Sabha elections. a majority. The 2019 election is BJP will have a record victory The Prime Minister is “putting pressure” The ruling TRS Part of this shift could stituencies going to polls in the general elections when it had CEC Rawat said the elec- on the basis of its hard work on the EC to delay its Press conference. He welcomed the their last before India moves to a be attributed to dispelling first phase of Assembly elec- won 62 out of the 65 Lok Sabha toral rolls for Telangana will be and development measures said the CEC's explanation is announcement of different trajectory altogether fears that Rahul is at the tions in Chhattisgarh are affect- seats in these three States. published on October 12. besides the performance of “preposterous” and wondered schedule for the end of the day a casual ed by Left-wing extremism The elections also hold Turn to Page 6 its Governments in the three States whether BJP is the “super EC” Legislative Assembly politician who can’t do violence. There are 18 con- significance for the Congress, Related reports on P5, P6 Ravi Shankar Prasad Randeep Singh Surjewala polls in Telangana without his occasional short breaks and a mandatory summer vacation, preferably to the First World. During both the terms of the UPA Government he didn’t accept any line responsibility, although that could be on account of the family convention of not ever working in a subordinate role. To be BJP gloats as SP does a Maya on Cong Sharad Pawar won’t Prime Minister or, at least, to be seen to be a credible claimant, Rahul has to display both awareness and gravitas. PNS n NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW SP CAN'T WAIT ANY At present his prime ministerial preparation is work in fight 2019 LS polls progress. He seems to swing between rash impetuosity and lose on the heels of the LONGER FOR TIE-UP passable scripted interventions. CBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) WITH CONG IN MP: Mumbai: NCP president At the same time, it is important to record that the announcing to go it alone Sharad Pawar will not contest Congress has not reconciled itself to keeping the leadership instead of forging an alliance AKHILESH the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, of the proposed mahagathbandhan open-ended. The party’s with the Congress in Madhya party leader Jitendra Ahwad well drafted resolution issued at Sevagram, Wardha, calling Pradesh and Rajasthan, the said here on Saturday. for a second freedom struggle to oust the Narendra Modi Samajwadi Party (SP) too on Putting to rest speculation Government is extremely revealing. According to the Saturday said it has “waited for running discussion among the that Pawar will contest from resolution, the Congress is the “only” party that “truly too long” for the grand old Opposition parties for striking Pune Lok Sabha seat, Ahwad embodies the ethos of Bharat that is fundamentally inclusive, party to respond and would a grand national alliance told reporters that Pawar had liberal, secular and assimilation of India’s pluralities and look at the non-Congress out- against the BJP-led-NDA could already made it clear in 2014 diversities.” fits in Madhya Pradesh, includ- only help inspire an “opti- that he will not contest the Lok The inclusion of “only” is quite deliberate and significant. ing the BSP, for a pre-poll seat mism” in the ranks of the BJP Sabha polls again. It suggests two things. First, that the Congress regards the sharing deal. in the run up to the 2019 Lok Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav addresses a Press conference at the “Pawar has told the party regional parties that are targeted to be included in the grand SP president and former Sabha polls. BJP insiders are party office in Lucknow on Saturday PTI not to consider his name as he NCP chief had opposed the alliance as expedient allies. The Congress, in effect, has UP Chief Minister Akhilesh happy at party’s prospects in will not be a candidate. In candidature of Parth Pawar, son equated them as (to use Lenin’s evocative phrase) “useful Yadav said his party will now MP after Akhilesh’s announce- Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh, and Mayawati, today’s meeting, Pawar said he of senior leader Ajit Pawar, for idiots.” Secondly, despite the huge drubbing in the 2014 consult the Gondwana ment. Assembly elections. The BSP could also upset the poll cal- is not in the (LS) race and the Mawal Lok Sabha seat. general election and the loss of many States in the Gantantra Party (GGP), with The SP’s distancing from has gone ahead with forging a culations of the Congress in the nobody should propose his “Preliminary discussions subsequent Assembly elections, not to mention its utter which it had an alliance, and the Congress comes just days seat-sharing pre-poll deal with State where just over one per name,” said the NCP MLA are on. The name will be inability to recover any ground in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, the BSP, for an alliance in MP. after Mayawati shut the door former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi cent vote had decided the out- from Mumbra-Kalwa, in finalised after discussions with Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the Congress hasn’t given The announcement of the on any BSP alliance with the in Chhattisgarh. The coming come of the last Assembly poll. neighbouring Thane district. party workers,” Ahwad said. up on nostalgia. The party still believes that it has a divine SP against the backdrop of a principal Opposition party for together of Jogi, the first CM of Turn to Page 6 Awhad also denied that the Turn to Page 6 right to be India’s dominant party. It has still not accepted the cruel realities of post-2014 politics — a reason why the likes of Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati and Sharad Pawar are miffed. As of today, there is a powerful section of the Old Establishment that sees the 2019 general election as a do-or- die battle for relevance. Apart from the professional Kovind: Apt that IISF happening in Lucknow middlemen rendered unemployed by Modi’s strict approach to an anti-corruption agenda, these include notables that PNS n LUCKNOW “Over the years, Lucknow research, located in Prague have lost their toehold in the decision-making process. For has become a centre for educa- (Czech Republic) and among them, it is important that Rahul is projected as a credible resident Ram Nath Kovind tion and research in medicine — those contributing to it were alternative and seen to be so by the electorate. The Old Pinaugurated the India especially at Sanjay Gandhi Indian scientists based in Establishment seems aware that going into battle with the International Science Festival, Post-graduate Institute of Mumbai,” he said. leadership issue undecided will allow Modi to run away with 2018 in Lucknow on Saturday. Medical Sciences — as well as in The President also listed the stability card. Moreover, if Rahul doesn’t accept his family This is the fourth in a series engineering and technology schemes like Swachh Bharat calling now, it will be too late. To these beleaguered left-outs, of events being organised by the and, most recently, informa- Abhiyan as a mission to remove the issue is not the future of the Idea of India but the reality of Ministry of Science and tion technology. All this makes the curse of open defecation and power: How to ensure the return of an all-too-familiar Technology, Ministry of Earth the city an excellent setting for make living conditions cleaner, Congress rule, headed by the personification of entitlement. Sciences and Vijnana Bharati. such a festival,” he said. hygienic and conducive to mod- The Congress is, of course, battling Modi vigorously. In his address, the President Kovind said that science ern waste disposal practices. However, at the same time it is also engaged in a crafty battle said that it was appropriate that had always been a part of Indian He also mentioned the Mission to show the regional parties their rightful places — as the IISF was taking place in culture. “Centuries ago, our Indradhanush, Ayushmaan subordinate partners of the Congress. Mayawati knows this Lucknow this year. “This is a city ancestors were uncovering the Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan felicitates President Ram Nath Kovind as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Bharat health insurance pro- and has used the Assembly election as a warning shot. with a long tradition of learning secrets of mathematics and the Adityanath looks on at the India International Science Festival (IISF) in Lucknow on Saturday gramme etc. Rahul is right that she hasn’t foreclosed her 2019 options and and of scientific research. Even concept of zero. They were The government has may be entirely willing to join a grand alliance — but on her before Independence, botanist applying lessons of science in a quantum jump,” the President nature and role in every field and pora to find ways of engaging announced Prime Minister’s terms. and fossil specialist Birbal Sahni fields as far apart as medicine opined. in all our flagship programmes their skills in Indian research research fellowship scheme to The approach of a general election is the time smaller did pioneering work here. His and metallurgy. From Green Kovind said that India could and developmental efforts have institutions,” Kovind said. promote development through parties flex their muscles. Mayawati is a relatively big player, research is symbolised by Birbal Revolution to our space pro- not make that jump without to be appreciated,” the President The President added that innovation with a budget of Rs given her undeniable ability to determine electoral outcomes Sahni Institute of Paleosciences,” gramme to the creation of a converting science into a mass said. “Such thinking shapes gov- between 2012 and 2017, 649 1,650 crore for seven years start- in UP. But even within the NDA there are the likes of Upendra Kovind said. thriving biotech and pharma- movement. “Jugaad, cut-paste ernment policies and lead to Indian scientists had returned ing 2018-19. “These are exciting Kushwaha, permanently scouting for opportunities to The President said that ceutical industry, science has dri- experiments and frugal innova- putting together of IISF as, if I from abroad to pursue research times for science in India as establish their relevance. prominent institutions such as ven our post-1947 modernisa- tion have their role. Even so, if could call it so, Kumbh Mela of opportunities at home. He said resources are now available. It is The outcome of 2014 was terrible news for a tribe that Central Drug Research Institute, tion. Today, in the first quarter we are to transform India into a science. Its sessions cover a in the previous five years, only for our talent pool to respond,” has always made hay while there are dark clouds over India. Central Institute of Medicinal of the 21st century, in the age of middle-income economy and an spectrum of science-related 243 scientists had returned. the President said. They have thrived on uncertainty and turbulence. Modi and Aromatic Plants, Indian robotics and precision manu- advanced industrial power, we themes. There is a conclave of “Of course, it is not impor- Governor Ram Naik, Chief deprived them of their livelihood by securing a majority and Institute of Sugarcane Research facture, of bioinformatics and need to upgrade the engines of science ministers of India and of tant where scientists are based. Minister Yogi Adityanath and providing India a commanding leadership. The 2019 election and Indian Institute of gene editing, of the Fourth knowledge creation. Science partner countries. There is a The nature of science is transna- Union Minister for Science and is their last before India moves to a different trajectory Toxicology Research were set up Industrial Revolution and arti- and technology are not a mere coming together of scientists and tional. A few weeks ago, I was at Technology Harshvardhan also altogether. in Lucknow. ficial intelligence, it is time for add-on – their cross-cutting technologists from Indian dias- Europe's leading centre for laser addressed the inaugural session. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2018 city 02

Dev at standstill in UP: Akhilesh KP Maurya bereaved Chief Secy reviews PNS n LUCKNOW he passed away at around 3:30 pm,” PNS n LUCKNOW Tripathi said. eputy Chief Minister Keshav Shyam Lal Maurya was a father to preparations for he Samajwadi Party DPrasad Maurya’s father Shyam three sons and three daughters, Tripathi attacked Chief Minister Lal Maurya (89) passed away in said and added, “Shyam Lal Mauryaji’s Krishi Kumbh TYogi Adityanath, saying Lucknow on Saturday. life had been full of struggle. He that the state could not expect The Deputy Chief Minister was on belonged to an ordinary family, but he efficient functioning from a his way to Allahabad for a programme instilled values in his children,” PNS n LUCKNOW priest-turned -politician. when he received information about the The body of Shyam Lal Maurya was “If we have to chase mon- death of his father and rushed back to taken to their native place Sirathu in hief Secretary Anup Chandra Pandey direct- keys then people will have to the state capital. In a tweet, the Deputy Kaushambi, where the last rites would Ced officials of Agriculture department to invite recite Hanuman Chalisa, and Chief Minister said: “An extremely sad be performed on Sunday. experts and international agro-scientists to pro- this Chief Minister is doing the moment in my life. Today, my father President Ram Nath Kovind who vide necessary information regarding farming at same as he is a priest,” com- Shyam Lal Maurya passed away at 3:30 arrived in Lucknow on Saturday, drove Krishi Kumbh-2018, scheduled in Lucknow mented SP president Akhilesh pm.” straight to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital from October 26 to 28. Yadav in Lucknow on Saturday. Bharatiya Janata Party state media and condoled the death of Shyam Lal Pandey was reviewing the preparations for the He said the Bharatiya coordinator Rakesh Tripathi said Shyam Maurya. Governor Ram Naik, Chief Krishi Kumbh, here on Saturday. Janata Party government in Lal Maurya had been hospitalised after Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP state chief The Chief Secretary directed officials to the UP had not done any work he complained of chest pain. “He was Mahendra Nath Pandey and other organise an exhibition of various departments so far and was only confusing admitted on Saturday at Ram Manohar party leaders and ministers also related to horticulture, co-operative and agri- people in the name of various Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences at expressed grief on the death of Shyam culture to make this international agriculture exhi- schemes and projects. 11:30 am following pain in the chest and Lal Maurya. bition and seminar a grand success. Addressing media persons He also directed the officials to make prop- in Lucknow on Saturday, er lodging arrangements for farmers participat- Akhilesh said the situation in ing in the seminar. UP had deteriorated with SP president Akhilesh Yadav with senior teachers honoured by the party in Lucknow on Saturday Pioneer UP govt aims at doubling farmers’ income Pandey also directed officials to convene an development works coming to interaction session between industrialists and a standstill. by the District Magistrate for has created unemployment and character. In Gorakhpur, when through modern farming techniques: Shahi farmers. “The BJP government is allowing irregularities in rev- added to the existing crisis,” the they learnt that they could not He also stressed on greater participation of only inaugurating works start- enue administration. SP chief claimed. win the students’ union poll, Mathura (PTI): Uttar Pradesh min- Shahi said animal husbandry was agro industries like agriculture, animal husbandry, ed by the previous SP govern- Akhilesh said that the Commenting on the vio- the elections were postponed ister Surya Pratap Shahi said on Saturday essential for increasing the income of Food Park etc., in the seminar. ment and is involved in large- number of suicides in UP lence at Allahabad University for a indefinite period,” that the Bharatiya Janata Party govern- farmers and improvement of breed of Principal secretaries Amit Mohan Prasad scale corruption and other police had also increased, indi- after the students’ union elec- Akhilesh charged. ment in the state aimed to double farm- cattle was going on war-footing. (Agriculture), Sudhir Garg (Horticulture) and irregularities,” the SP chief cating that all was not well in tions in which SP candidates Earlier, Akhilesh honoured ers’ income by introducing technology He said efforts were on to protect other senior officials of several departments were alleged. the present regime. won, Akhilesh said that the BJP some senior teachers of the and modern techniques of farming. crops of farmers through the present at the meeting. Speaking on the condition “The BJP said big things could not tolerate opposition state at a conference of senior Terming agriculture as the backbone Pradhanmantri Fasal Beema Yojna, and of the government depart- about Make in India. But come candidates winning the polls. teachers in Lucknow. A former of Uttar Pradesh’s economy, Shahi said 25 lakh farmers would be covered ments, Akhilesh alleged that Diwali, you will get everything “The BJP always claimed vice-chancellor of a private he expected at least one lakh farmers under it. the sub-divisional magistrate of of Chinese origin, except honesty and transparent elec- university in Chitrakoot, Dr B would participate in the Krishi Kumbh He said the state government had Mahoba committed suicide as sweets. By giving licence to tions. But what happened in Pandey, also joined the SP on to be held in Lucknow from October 26 waived loans of 86 lakh farmers and he pressure was exerted on him Chinese companies, the Centre AU has exposed their true the occasion. to 28. arrears of cane growers had been paid. DGP inspects ‘Snubbed’ Congress eyes OBCs, Dalits barrack under PREETAM SRIVASTAVA n the cell would come into exis- LUCKNOW tence in the next fortnight and they would hold seminars to construction ith both Bahujan Samaj discuss the problems faced by WParty and Samajwadi members of the community Party distancing themselves and chalk out remedial strate- PNS n LUCKNOW from the Congress for the gy. Saini was addressing a state- Assembly polls in five states, level Backward Cell meeting at irector General of Police OP Singh leaders of the grand old party the UP Congress headquarters Dinspected the construction work of multi- are preparing to go it alone in in Lucknow on Saturday. storeyed barrack at Reserve Police Lines in the 2019 parliamentary elec- Senior Backward leader of Lucknow on Saturday. tions. Congress, Ravi Bhushan Yadav, He also inspected the fortwall being set up After BSP chief Mayawati’s said that party president Rahul ahead of Smriti Diwas Parade on the Reserve recent snub, SP chief Akhilesh Gandhi had already assured to Police Lines campus. The fortwall is the place Yadav announced on Saturday give tickets to Backward lead- before which cops line up for parade. that it would not go with the ers as per their demographic The Director General of Police also met Congress in the poll-bound five ratio. the family members of armourer Govind Singh states. “After formation of and later instructed officials to resolve prob- The grand old party has Backward committees up to the lems of the family. gone back to its once tradi- block level, we will inform tional voters — Backwards and members of the community Dalits — and started holding that only Congress is their real programmes to woo them back well-wisher and not Samajwadi RLD march to to the party fold to revive its Party or any other political political chances. group. This will definitely draw woo farmers These programmes are the OBC voters back to the Congress Backward Cell national coordinator Anil Saini holding meeting at UPCC in Lucknow on Saturday Pioneer designed mainly to dent the SP party fold,” Yadav said. Lucknow (PNS): After the and BSP vote banks as the two Besides the SP, Congress morning, marched up to lies in which all outstanding and not for BSP or BJP. farmers’ agitation in New Delhi, regional parties have now has also started its drive to woo Ambedkar statues and held Dalit officers and other suc- Similarly, where BSP leaves Rashtriya Lok Dal leaders are turned their back to the Dalit voters by organising sev- meetings with community cessful members of the com- the seat for SP, Congress will hope to derive political mileage Congress, wrecking any eral programmes from October members. munity would be feted. look for a lion’s share of Dalit from the pent up anger and dis- attempt to stitch a grand 6 to 24 in Dalit dominated UP Congress president Raj According to sources, vote. illusionment of the farming alliance for the next parlia- areas of Uttar Pradesh. Under Babbar also asked workers and Congress has designed its cam- Besides, Congress has also community. mentary poll. the banner of Samvidhan leaders to give special empha- paign in such a way that in case planned to capitalise on the On Saturday, RLD national To woo the Backward vot- Bachao-Desh Bachao (Save sis on all reserved seats of the the BSP and the SP opt out of anger of upper caste voters as vice-president Jayant ers, national coordinator of Constitution-Save Nation), state and organise ‘Samvidhan the alliance for the next par- the BJP had amended the SC Chaudhary embarked on a Congress Backward Cell, Anil Congress leaders visited Dalit se Swabhiman’ meetings on liamentary election, in those and ST Act and is likely to march from Modinagar in Saini, announced in Lucknow hamlets, had food with them, October 10. Four days later, on seats where SP is not contest- introduce reservation in pro- Ghaziabad to Rajasthan to high- on Saturday that all regional stayed in the villages to under- October 14, party leaders will ing, maximum share of OBC motions for SC, ST government light the burning issues of farm- and district level committees of stand the problems and in the hold ‘Samvidhan Samman’ ral- votes are polled in its favour employees. ers. Though the RLD leaders termed the march as part of the party’s campaign for the Assembly elections in Rajasthan, sources said that the objective Arson, violence in AU after No question of was also to woo farmers. “RLD is a party which deals with issues of farmers, unem- students’ union poll results ployed youth, workers and other alliance with classes, including poor. But its PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD the SCS won two coveted posts, struggle is undoubtedly centred including that of the president around farmer-related issues. rson and violence was of Allahabad University In UP, the party has staged sev- Areported on Allahabad Students’ Union in the results BJP: Shivpal eral protests to highlight their University campus on Friday declared late Friday night. plight. We have been demand- night after the results of stu- Two seats were bagged by ing waiver of power dues, pay- dents’ union elections were the candidates of NSUI belong- Gorakhpur:Samajwadi he said: “I have offered him to ment of cane arrears and have announced in which ing to Congress. Secular Morcha leader Shivpal contest as a Samajwadi Secular opposed the hike in power tar- Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha, the Uday Prakash Yadav of Yadav on Saturday ruled out Morcha candidate from iff in recent past. When farmers students’ wing of Samajwadi SCS was elected president, forming an alliance with the Mainpuri... But even if he con- went to Delhi to air their angst, Party, retained the president’s while Akhilesh Yadav of NSUI BJP in Uttar Pradesh, saying tests from any other party, we the police cane-charged them on post. was elected vice-president. “we are secular people” and will support him.” Delhi-UP border. The same Colonelganj circle officer Uday emerged victorious there was no question of ally- He reiterated his previous day, the party organised a protest NOTICE Alok Mishra said four stu- by polling 3,698 votes and ing with the ruling party. stance that the SSM would in Lucknow,” said a RLD leader. dents, who were allegedly ille- defeating his nearest rival Yadav launched his front field candidates on all other He said that RLD leaders gally staying in hostel, had Atendra Singh of ABVP by a on August 29, after being side- seats. were disappointed after the This is to inform that the been arrested following a com- huge margin. lined in the Samajwadi Party by Asked whether he would farmers’ stir was called off Original Allotment Letter Of My plaint by students’ union pres- Akhilesh Yadav of NSUI his estranged nephew and SP ever return to the Samajwadi abruptly a day before the sched- Plot No. 3/229, Viraj Khand, ident Uday Prakash Yadav. received 2,157 votes and defeat- president Akhilesh Yadav. Party, Shivpal Yadav said, “We uled meeting of RLD leaders Gomti Nagar, Lucknow is Lost, Mishra said after the results ed his nearest rival Nitesh Shivpal has said his front have taken this step after a lot with Bharatiya Kisan Union any Use Of This Letter will be were announced, some stu- Singh Rajput by a margin of would contest on all 80 Lok of thinking. We always wanted (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait. illegal. Nargis R Lal D/o dents gathered at the Holland 315 votes. Sabha seats in UP in the next to remain united but we got “The statement of Rakesh V.Russell, 201-B, Gopala Hall Hostel and set Yadav’s Shivam Singh of ABVP general election. only disrespect. We made Tikait that he postponed the agi- Apartment, Ram Teereth Road room afire. was elected general secretary. “We are secular people and Samajwadi Secular Morcha tation and had not ended it gives Narhi, Lucknow. They also torched a room- He polled 2,823 votes and we have always been against the with the permission of Netaji a ray of hope. By launching the cooler and other things kept defeated his rival Rahul Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party. We are (Mulayam Singh Yadav). We march, RLD leaders will speak outside the room of former of SCS by 270 votes. secular samajwadis (socialists) have moved forward and we about farmer-related issues while NOTICE president Avnish Yadav. Satyam Singh ‘Sunny’ of and there is no question of join- won’t step back.” passing though west UP and However, the fire was soon SCS was elected joint secretary ing the BJP,” he told reporters. The Yadav family feud for gain people’s confidence as the Be it known to all that our doused by the police. while Aditya Singh of NSUI Shivpal was responding to the control of the SP first broke belt is agrarian,” the RLD leader Form-C No. 1285801 Dt. 26-8- An FIR was registered was elected cultural secretary. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav into public before the 2017 UP hoped. 2017 issued in favor of Global against 20 people, including Abhinay Dwivedi was Prasad Maurya’s statement that assembly election. RLD state president Masood Life Care Rohtak have been Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi elected as representative Art he could contest the election on Shivpal Yadav declined to Ahmad said that Jayant actually lost-Proprietor Vinod Parishad presidential candi- faculty, Vivek Kumar of BJP ticket if he wished to. comment on the possibility of Chaudhary had taken up the Agrahari, Swastic Sales date Atendra Singh, on the Commerce faculty and To a question on extending an alliance between the responsibility of organising the Corporation, Om Plaza Near complaint of Uday Prakash Gyanesh Kumar and Prakash support to his elder brother BSP and the SP, saying it was march from Modinagar to Tedhi Pulia Kursi Road, Yadav, Mishra said. Shukla of Law and Science Mulayam Singh Yadav in up to Mayawati and Akhilesh Rajasthan to highlight farmers’ Lucknow. Giving a jolt to the ABVP, faculties respectively. Mainpuri in the 2019 election, Yadav. woes.

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FIR LODGED AGAINST AMAZON MD Lucknow (PNS): Jankipuram resident Aditya Agrawal lodged a case against Amazon MD at the police station on Cops’ protest puts top brass in tight spot Saturday. In his complaint, Agrawal stated that he had got a smartphone booked online with the company and the same PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW was to be delivered to him on June 15. “I got the delivery on THE POLICE ARE GRAPPLING HARD TO June 20 and when I opened the package, I found a charger CONTAIN THE VOICE OF DISSENT AMONG and an empty packet only. I complained to the police but my he murder of Apple case was not entertained. Left with no option, I moved the executive Vivek Tiwari COPS. TO TIDE OVER THE SITUATION, THE court which asked the police to lodge a case,” he said. Thas put the Lucknow police in a tight spot as reports POLICE ALSO WARNED THE COPS OF ACTION, of constables lobbying in INCLUDING DISMISSAL FROM SERVICE, IF favour of the accused consta- bles and sporting black rib- FOUND INVOLVED IN SUCH PRACTICES bons on their arms keep pour- ing in with each passing day. This is also hindering the had any foolproof plan to judged the situation, the prob- ongoing probe into the mur- overcome the situation. lem spiralled out of their der case. Following this, the Sources said the mishandling hands. Meanwhile, the inves- police are grappling hard to of the Vivek Tiwari case made tigation into the Vivek Tiwari contain the voice of dissent constables come out in sup- murder case has taken a back- among cops. To tide over the port of the accused constables. seat following the protest by situation, the police also On the day of the incident, cops. Investigation officer of warned the cops of action, accused constable Prashant Vivek Tiwari murder case including dismissal from ser- Chaudhary had reached the Vikas Pandey said the police vice, if found involved in such Gomti Nagar police station had sent uniform and pistol of practices. and had made a ‘touching’ the accused constable and the On Friday, some consta- appeal to his colleagues while bullet which was recovered bles posted at Gudamba, Naka terming himself a ‘victim’ of from deceased’s body. He said and Aliganj were suspended goofed-up situation. His wife the investigation into the case for sporting black ribbons on also had made an appeal to was going on and there was their arms in support of cops while pleading the case nothing concrete that he could accused constable Prashant on similar lines. The cops of share. He said the SIT was Chaudhary. However, that Brijesh Tomar, posted an sporting a black ribbon on orders suspending Tomar. 2011 batch and later came out heading the probe into the failed to put a check as anoth- objectionable comment on the Saturday. Taking a strict note, However, officials remained in support of the accused con- case and he would work er constable, identified as social media and his photo the SSP, Lucknow, issued tightlipped when asked if they stables. As the police mis- accordingly. Another cop suspended Row mars police transfers for social media post Triloki Singh, accused rage on the issue. On the other hand, the SSP was But the decision to transfer forced to remove Husainganj SHO PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW in Amethi was suspended for of killing a leopard, SHOs was lately mired into anoth- AP Shukla after BJP workers posting objectionable content. er controversy after leopard stormed the police station to protest ith top officers failing to Sources said that inspector given charge of encounter fame Ashiyana SHO attack on a corporator in the local- Widentify majority of the (Jamo police station) Gajendra Triloki Singh was given the charge ity on Friday. The workers alleged cops who sported black arm- Singh wrote on Facebook that Gomti Nagar of Gomti Nagar. In the leopard that the SHO did not reach the scene bands and got themselves Deputy CM Keshav Prasad killing case, the Forest department and did not initiate any action clicked before posting the same Maurya and Law Minister PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW had lodged a case against some against the attackers who injured the on social media on Friday, the Brijesh Pathak should replace policemen, including Singh, for BJP corporator. However, showering DGP office confirmed suspen- police security with private fter a lot of criticism from ignoring the preventive measures to grace, the SSP gave Shukla the sion of one more cop in Bareilly. guards. “Double standards Amedia and public over the capture the creature and shooting it charge of Aliganj police station after Lower rung UP police person- should be avoided,” he wrote. alleged ‘whimsical’ working of some down. Similarly, former Madiaon removing Aliganj SHO Ajay Yadav nel have been up in arms Reacting strongly to the of the SHOs, SSP, Lucknow, shift- SHO TP Singh, who was appointed who was sent to reserve police lines against the top brass over the post, Amethi SP Anurag Arya ed/removed five station house offi- reserve inspector I after his prede- for laxity. The SSP posted Deepak arrest of two constables, suspended the inspector and set cers on Friday. But the decision is cessor Mahendra Singh landed in Dubey as Husainganj SHO. Prashant Chaudhary and up an enquiry to be carried out again under scrutiny. controversy. Mahendra allegedly “The removal of SHOs on Sandeep Kumar Rana, for by Additional SP BC Dubey. Post the Apple executive Vivek had not entered details of leaves administrative ground is a common allegedly shooting Apple exec- Meanwhile, Lok Tiwari murder case, Gomti Nagar taken by cops in Hindi Order Book thing in police. But former SSPs usu- utive Vivek Tiwari in Gomti Gathbandhan Party (LGP) held SHO DP Tiwari was removed from (HOB) as per rules. Singh earlier was ally had avoided posting inspec- Nagar Extension on September the state government responsi- his post a week after the murder case. holding the charge of Madiaon tors/sub-inspectors who landed in 29. The official communiqué ble for the prevailing indisci- The incident had rocked not only the police station and was transferred any controversy or who failed to per- also denied any kind of harass- pline and massive corruption in state capital but created a national after he had landed in a controver- form despite being given several ment to suspended constable UP police. The LGP said ‘Black outrage. But the top cops chose to sy following the thrashing of an e- chances. By posting inspectors who Sarvesh Tewari in Etah and Day’ being observed by con- remain silent on the removal of the rickshaw driver. He was sent to were removed in past for failing to clarified that he submitted an stables in support of murder SHO who botched up the probe and reserve police lines and later was perform sound strange,” a source in application tendering his res- accused constables Prashant that led to the media and public out- given the charge of RI in the RPL. Police department said. ignation on personal grounds. Chaudhary and Sandeep The release issued by the Kumar Rana was the result of DGP office on Saturday cumulative lawlessness in the evening confirmed that con- department. “The issue cannot Gangrape: Police stable Neeraj Mathur, posted in be brushed aside as a stray inci- Bareilly, was suspended for dent and calls for an intro- uploading an objectionable spection,” the LGP said. video on social media. An LGP spokesperson said apathy at its worst However, there was no mention on Saturday that the lower of anything about several dozen rung cops had been facing PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Chhatha Meel locality of cops who were seen protesting large number of service prob- Madiaon. I immediately outside police stations in lems for a long time and had he family of a girl, who was informed the police but the Lucknow, in front of the SSP genuine grievances too, but Traped for more than a year cops asked me to deal with it on office in Faizabad, and other their support to killers of Vivek while being held hostage after my own. I went to the place and parts of the state. Tiwari was uncalled for and her abduction from brought her back,” her broth- Interestingly, even when unjustified. “The prevailing sit- Jankipuram, alleged on er said. He further alleged that photographs of the protesting uation is the result of politici- Saturday that the police were his sister told him about the constables wearing black arm- sation of the police force. Over covering up the crime and excesses she suffered at the bands were uploaded on social the years, successive govern- delaying justice to her. Police hands of her abductors. “My media sites, officials at the ments have only exploited the were pushed on the back foot neighbour Pravesh and his DGP office neither dismissed police for achieving their inter- after the family shared their maternal uncle Arvind had them as not from UP police nor ests. The situation has reached pains to newsmen and the abducted her on the fateful day did they initiate action against such an extent that constables story went viral. and they later took her to a the large number of protesters. are not prepared to face action As per the girl’s family, the house in Kotwa locality of Meanwhile, after three even for criminal misdeeds. girl was abducted on February Bakshi-Ka-Talab. Both the mis- inspectors in Lucknow were Instead of working as keepers 10 last year when she went to creants sexually assaulted her. removed for poor monitoring of law, they have turned ene- dump garbage in a box placed She was denied proper food of police station, where the mies of the people with massive outside her house in and was kept tied with a pillar protests took place, and sent to corruption all along, for which Jankipuram. Her brother said in the house so that she could Reserve Police Lines on Friday. politicians are equally respon- that he had lodged a complaint not flee the house,” he alleged. Inspector of Jamo police station sible,” the LGP spokesman said. with the police after his sister The girl’s brother explained that did not return on the fateful his sister was dumped by the day. “Like other cases of girls miscreants at Chhatha Meel Mystery shrouds going missing, the police treat- crossing on August 31. ed my case also as a case of When asked, Jankipuram man’s death, elopement and shelved the SHO Umakant Deepak said the investigation in the due course investigation into the case was body recovered of time. We kept doing rounds underway and the police were of the police station but in vain. raiding the houses of the from pond On August 31, 2018, I got a call accused. “The incident dated from my sister and she told me one year back. I came to know PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW that she was at a shop in of it recently,” he said.

ystery shrouded the Mdeath of an unidentified man whose City jeweller lands in body was recovered from a Nepal police custody pond in PGI police station area PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW know that he was in the cus- on Saturday tody of Nepal police. Soni was morning. ity-based jeweller Kishori an accused in a loot and mur- The police said that the CLal, who was allegedly der of his son-in-law Deepak deceased might have acci- ‘abducted’ and ‘looted’ by Nepal Hemkar and other member of dentally fell into the pond and police on September 28 from Hemkar family in Nepal. The died of drowning. A case was Madiaon, was sent to jail in murder occurred in 2006. registered and the body was Nepal on Saturday. Kishori’s son Vikas Soni later sent for autopsy. As per SSP Kalanidhi Naithani alleged that Nepal police reports, some residents of said he had a talk with police rounded up his father without Kate Bheet locality spotted the officers of Nepal and they told any warrant and permission body floating in the pond him that Kishori was chal- from officers of Indian territo- opposite a petrol filling sta- laned for murder and was sent ry. “I first got to know about tion and informed the police. to jail there. “We are still prob- this when, after his sudden dis- Sub-inspector Harishchandra ing if the cops of Nepal police appearance on September 28, of PGI police station reached abducted Kishori Lal on the we got a call from Nepal police the scene and started investi- fateful day. The police had next day that my father was in gation into the case. been asked to obtain CCTV’s their custody. Then we Later in the afternoon, a footages to find the route via approached the Madiaon police police spokesman said that which Kishori Lal was taken to station, where Aliganj CO told the body seemed to be 15-20 Nepal. The Nepal police had to me that my father was in the days old and was beyond showed Kishori Lal arrested custody of Nepal police,” said identification. “No injuries from UP-Nepal border,” he Vikas. He added he was told by were detected prima facie. said. Kishori Lal, who is a jew- the CO that Kishori was taken The man appeared to be a eller, was abducted on in the custody by cops of Sikh and was in the age September 28 from Madiaon in Nepalganj police in connection bracket of 50-55 years,” said the city when he was returning with a 12-year-old murder the spokesman. home. Later, his family came to case. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2018 city 04

Biotech dept 550 students extract DNA, conceptualises Lko-Kanpur set Guinness world record corridor Lucknow (PNS): Secretary of Biotechnology department Renu Swaroop said that they had conceptualised a Lucknow- Kanpur corridor for free flow of information to connect entre- preneurs, researchers and sci- entists. Talking to The Pioneer at IISF-2018, she said it will be soon converted into a propos- al. She said that the state gov- ernment had shown a keen interest in taking it forward. “ We put forth this concept in front of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Chief Secretary Visitors at the expo on Gomti Nagar ralway station premises on Saturday Anup Chandra Pandey and we have got very positive response,” she said. She added that the cor- ridor would help because Lucknow had all the institutes Scientists respond to queries of sciences and Kanpur had the engineering institutes which PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW would thus bring science and engineering together. he Mega Science, “We already have an incu- TTechnology and Industrial bator at IIT-Kanpur and at the Expo is going on at Railway Biotech Park in Lucknow, and ground Gomti Nagar. Scientists the state government has also from Central Institute for strengthened the incubator at Subtropical Horticulture Kanpur. Another advantage (CISH), Indian Institute of is that Kanpur is also a part of Sugarcane Research (IISR) and PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW DNA from banana by 550 stu- noon. It was supposed to last 90 shed-like area to isolate the the national network of incu- National Bureau of Fish dents in the age groups of 13- minutes, but the students com- DNA, carried out by first mash- bators which will also be of Genetic Resources (NBFGR) Guinness world record 17 years. The previous record pleted the experiment in an ing the banana and adding a great help to Lucknow,” she responded to queries on various to them, but they had pho- density guava planting,” direc- was created at GD was of 302 students at Seattle. hour and one minute,” he said. buffer solution which breaks added. On being asked which aspects of agriculture, horticul- tographs in their mobile phones. tor Shailendra Rajan said. AGoenka Public School Secretary, Biotechnology As many as 57 bananas the cell and to this is added institutes in Lucknow were ture and pisciculture. Cross-learning and sharing of NBFGR demonstrated and for the maximum number of department, Renu Swaroop, were used to make slices weigh- ethanol which causes the DNA likely to be included in the cor- “Many of the farmers were information regarding pro- displayed the farm produced, students doing an experiment while talking to The Pioneer, ing 10-12 gm. The event was cluster to emerge. ridor, she said any institute interested in knowing about the duction technology was one of live fish-seed (fingerlings) of simultaneously under the said that the aim was to gen- inaugurated by director of The students were excited that wanted to join, CSIR labs, latest varieties of sugarcane and the important outcomes of the Indian major carp Labeo rohi- ongoing India International erate excitement about science National Botanical Research to be a part of the world record. KGMU, sugarcane and pulse know-how about the organic exhibition,” a senior scientist ta, Catla catla, Cirrhinus mri- Science Festival (IISF-2018). among the students. A senior Institute (NBRI) SK Barik, who Kaustabh Singh said he yelled institutes in Kanpur. “It can be jaggery production. Farmers said. Many farmers from gal and Koi-carp. The seeds The Guinness Book represen- official from the Biotechnology said: “It is a great achievement. along with the other students later worked out into sectors and kitchen-garden lovers Maharashtra and Gujarat visit- were produced from riverine tative from the United department said entire proto- The record now belongs to when the record was set. Nitin such as health, agriculture etc. enquired about the varieties of ed the experimental farm of stock at NBFGR hatchery for Kingdom handed over the cer- col was taken care of before the India. We were present there to Yadav said the whole experi- We have funds and the state fruits and vegetables suited for CISH. “A group of farmers fish farmers. They were tificate to Vijnana Bharti and certificate was awarded. provide encouragement to the ence was enjoyable while government also has funds their gardens. Many farmers try from Karnataka reached CISH explained habitat, feeding Ministry of Science and “The experiment was car- students.” Rishabh Singh said it gave him which can be taken forward,” to get solution for the diseases to quenching their curiosity behavior, growth, physiology Technology for isolation of ried out from 9:30 am to 12 The students sat under a a great feeling. she added. and pests which are not known about various aspects of high- and commercial value. Deliberations held on science teaching scenario Students punished for PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW out excitement, it has no mean- box,” he opined. singing Vande Mataram ing. However, the worst thing In a separate session on he second day of the India is that dynamic students are ‘Opportunities and challenges TInternational Science Fest not made to think. However, of teaching secondary stu- in school: Probe ordered focused on teaching science. the ray of hope is that there are dents’, Dinesh Kumar from The National Teachers Science always 100-200 students who National Council of Ballia: The Ballia district chanted ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ Congress witnessed a galaxy of are thinkers,” he pointed out. Educational Research and administration has taken a after the assembly, was made to He told the teachers that Training said it was unfortu- serious note of a complaint that squat under the sun for hours,” there was an urgent need to nate that everybody wanted a students of an aided inter col- he added. “The students also m0iz0 ikoj Vªkalfe'ku dkjikjs 's ku fyfeVMs b&Z fufonk create a platform where things good teacher but nobody want- lege here are being punished for told the members of our team frfFk foLrkj lpw uk bl dk;kZy; could be done beyond the syl- ed to be a teacher. Kumar said singing “Vande Mataram” or that they were punished if they dh bZ&fufonk l[;ka 111 o 120 labus. “The students should be he was happy that they had chanting “Bharat Mata ki Jai” tried to sing Vande Mataram,” & fo-ik-e-iz-y-@2018&19a tk s fd fnukda 04- asked to read research papers received over 150 queries and ordered an inquiry into it. Jaiswal said, adding that he had 10-2018 dk s [kkyhs tkuh Fkh] vc fdUgha and senior students must be which he would take back for Members of social welfare already sent a copy of the com- vifjgk;Z dkj.kk as l s fnukda 16-10- asked to teach their juniors so a proper feedback. “For want- organisation Manas Mandir, plaint, along with the video 2018 dk s 16-00 ct s rd viykMs dh tk;xhas that they can develop a passion ing a good teacher, it is impor- who visited the GMAM Inter recordings of the statements of ,o a fnukda 17-10-2018 dk s Øe'k% 13-30 o for teaching,” he added. tant that a person takes the College on Bilthara Road on the students and teachers, to 13-00 ct s [kkyhs tk;xhAas bZ&VUMfjs xa fufonk Director of National responsibility. The scenario Friday found that the students Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister dh vU; fu;e o 'kr aZs ioZor~w jgxhAas v/kh{k.k Centre for Cell Sciences (Pune) has changed as regards the in the institution were being Yogi Adityanath. vfHk;Urk] fo|rq ikj"s k.k e.My&iFz ke] d{k Shekhar C Mande said there salaries of teachers,” he said. punished for singing “Vande When contacted, District l0a &111 l s 114] Hk&w ry] ikj"s k.k Hkou] foHkfw r teachers deliberating on the important, but it was very thousands of students who are was lack of integrity in sci- The Global Indian Science Mataram” or chanting “Bharat Magistrate Bhawani Singh [k.M&AA xkes rh uxj] y[kuÅ i=kda 2050 current scenario of science unfortunate that a large portion a part of affiliated colleges. ences. and Stakeholders Meet wit- Mata ki Jai” after the school Khangaraut said the matter fnukd%&a 06-10-2018 ^^jk"Vª fgr eas teaching in the country. of students remained neglect- Some of these students are “There is a need for nessed Sarvajann Dwivedi prayers and complained about was serious and that District fctyh cpk;**Aas Former professor of IIT- ed. “At the top level, we have extremely good, but they are physics students to know some from the Silicon Valley trace the same to the authorities. Inspector of School (DIOS) Kanpur HC Sinha threw light very good institutes, followed not being motivated enough to details about biology and vice- his journey from being a son of According to the manager of Narendra Dev Pandey was on the conditions as they exist. by good universities and col- take up science,” he elaborated. versa. There is also the need for a Sanskrit scholar to creating a the organisation, Shiv Kumar directed to look into it. “Stern m0iz0 ikoj Vªkalfe'ku He said science education was lege. At the bottom, we have “ If science is taught with- students to think out of the billion-dollar company. Jaiswal, not only the students, action will be taken against dkjikjs 's ku fyfeVMs b&Z fufonk but the teachers also com- those found responsible for frfFk foLrkj lwpuk bl dk;kZy; dh bZ&fufonk l[;ka plained about the same on it,” he added. Principal of the 104&fo-ik-e-iz-y-@2018&19a tk s fd fnukda camera. “Economics teacher college Majid Nasir, however, 05-10-2018 dks [kksyh tkuh Fkh] vc fdUgha Science literature and film fest gets underway Sanjay Pandey told us that claimed that the complaint vifjgk;Z dkj.kksa ls fnukad 16-10-2018 dks there was a ban on singing was a conspiracy to defame the 16-00 cts rd viyksM dh tk;saxh ,oa PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW the whole earth which is dear Vande Mataram and chanting institution. The video contain- fnukad 17-10-2018 dks Øe'k% 12-30 cts to us, and not just India.” Bharat Mata ki Jai in the school ing the statements of the stu- [kksyh tk;saxhA bZ&VsUMfjax fufonk dh vU; he International Science NK Sehgal, who is also and anyone doing so is pun- dents and teachers has also fu;e o 'kr aZs ioZor~w jgxhAas v/kh{k.k vfHk;Urk] TLiterature and Film credited with initiating the ished,” Jaiswal said on Saturday. been uploaded on social net- fo|qr ikj"s k.k e.My&izFke] d{k l0a &111 Festival got underway at biggest children’s science “Pandey told us that one working websites by the mem- l s 114] Hk&w ry] ikj"s k.k Hkou] foHkfw r Scientific Convention Centre activity in the country, student, who by mistake had bers of Manas Mandir. [k.M&AA xkes rh uxj] y[kuÅ i=kda 2049 in presence of doyens in sci- National Children’s Science fnukad%& 06-10-2018 ^^jk"Vª fgr esa fctyh ence communication. The Congress, said English had cpk;sa**A chief guest was chairman of become the language of sci- National Book Trust Baldeo ence.“If we want to popu- Bhai Sharma, who said: “The larise Hindi, primary materi- Former SP spokesperson definition of science has been al has to be produced in made too narrow — some- Hindi,” he said. thing that is between cause In a panel discussion on alleges attack by and effect. But science has ‘Contemporary science litera- much more to it than that, and ture’, Several science writers is actually a way of life. Our spoke on the status, goals and Bajrang Dal members traditions are scientific and promotion of science writing. one example is the practice of Experts from New Delhi, Aligarh: Former First they tried provoking us, applying dung on house walls. Aligarh, Varanasi, Bengaluru, Samajwadi Party spokesper- when that did not happen they Science has proved that it Bhopal and Korea discussed son Pankhuri Pathak claimed attacked. The attack on us was makes a house safe even from how science writing has pro- she and her team members pre-planned ... Total moboc- nuclear radiation. For us, it is gressed over a period of time. were attacked Saturday racy in the state,” Pathak allegedly by Bajrang Dal tweeted along with a video activists here when they tried and tagged the handles of the to meet families of two per- state police, chief minister SCHOOLSCAN sons killed in a “fake” and the DGP while daring encounter here. Mustaqeem them to arrest the alleged m0iz0 ikoj VªkUlfe'ku students showcased their brilliance by and Naushad, who carried a attackers. dkjikjs 's ku fyfeVMs vko';d rapidly answering the questions. 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We are returning to e as ,d vnn 132 d0oh0s fo|qr midUnzs IN FANCY DRESS COMPETITION vybZiqj@dTtkdiqjk dk fuekZ.k fd;k tkuk fessed to their involvement in Delhi and will decide our vko';d@izLrkfor gS ftld s fy; s m0iz0 Varnika, a young student of City the killing of two sadhus ear- future course of action in this ikoj VªkUlfe'ku dkjiksjs'ku fy0 dks Montessori School (Aliganj Campus II), lier in September, Naushad’s matter.” Pathak added, “Our fo/kkulHkk mRrjh ,oa okjk.klh 'kgj ds won the first prize in mother, Shaheen, refuted the only objective in meeting the utnhd fLFkr xzke dekSyh] nhukiqj] an inter-school charges, alleging that the families of those who were fancy dress compe- police picked up her son and killed in police encounter last ljk;ekguk]s dkVokW]s jktkiqj ,o a buds QUIZ CONTEST lehiorhZ {k=s e as yxHkx 5 ,dM + ,deq'r tition. The Search Mustaqeem from their house month was to ascertain on Hkwfe dh vko';drk gSA vr% mDr {ks= esa The Lucknow Public Collegiate Foundation and in Atrauli. Pathak told humanitarian grounds tehu nus s ¼foØ; dju½s grqs bPNqd conducted an inter-House miscella- Culture department reporters on her return from whether they facing any sort of Hkw&Lokeh izekf.kr Hkw&vfHkys[kksa ds lkFk neous quiz competition at both the jointly organised the Atrauli that at least three harassment.” Despite several vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] fo|qr iz"k.ks [k.M&izFke branches on Friday. The event wit- competition in members of her team were efforts no senior district police PICNIC FOR PROTECTION OF their curiosity about the wildlife and nessed enthusiastic preparation and which students from assaulted and injured by official was available for com- okjk.klh ds dk;kZy; esa ¼eks0 9415311043 ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE ij½ vfr'kh?kz lEidZ dju s dk d"V djAas animals by visiting the zoo. Managing participation. The participants were various schools of alleged Bajrang Dal activists ment. Meanwhile, a senior ¼vfuy dqekj½ vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk fo0i0zs St Joseph Inter College, Malihabad, director of the school Seema Agrawal from junior and senior grades. There Lucknow participat- who attacked them “in the office bearer of Vishwa Hindu [k.M&izFke m0iz0ik0 Vªk0dk0fy0 dSUV] organised a picnic on Saturday for the and Rajesh Agrawal encouraged the were two participants from each house ed. With her attrac- presence of the police” and Parishad (western UP) termed students at Lucknow zoo in order to students to save environment & wildlife, and they enthusiastically took part in tive dress and confidence, Varnika left also stoned their cars. the allegations levelled by okjk.klh la[;k&2195 fnukad 06-10-2018 educate them to protect environment and enhanced their knowledge and all rounds — objective questions with the judges impressed. She was given “Leader of the Bajrang Pathak as “completely false ^^jk"Vªfgr esa ÅtkZ cpk;saA and wildlife. The children quenched interest at the same time. options, rapidfire, and audio-visual. The away a certificate and gifts. Dal mob that attacked me. and baseless”. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2018 nation 05

ASSEMBLY POLLS IN FIVE STATES EC initiates measures PM PREESURE ON PRESSER TIMING? New initiatives by Election EC refuses to respond Commission of India in 5 against cyber-meddling upcoming Assembly polls PNS n NEW DELHI about electoral roll manage- to Cong’s allegations o Ceiling for Assembly expenditure in Madhya Pradesh, THE EC IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ment, result dissemination, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan at `28 lakh, while for gainst the backdrop of con- safety and security of EV- PNS n NEW DELHI Earlier, Surjewala minister Narendra Modi is ELECTORAL ROLL Mizoram, it is `20 lakh; Acerns of cyber-meddling in MANAGEMENT, RESULT VVPAT, growing dependence accused Prime Minister guilty of pressuring the EC to elections, the Election on digital technology and use he Election Commission Narendra Modi of delay its press conference as he o In order to maintain the secrecy of vote at the time of Commission (EC) has initiated DISSEMINATION, SAFETY of the internet for voter regis- (EC) on Saturday refused to was scheduled to address a AND SECURITY OF EV-VVPAT, T "putting pressure" on the poll and uniformity in use of voting compartments, the a slew of measures to ensure the tration," sources said. make any comment on the Election Commission rally. The EC was made to wait poll process is not affected in any GROWING DEPENDENCE ON "The Commission has remarks made by Congress for Modi's rally," Surjewala height of the Voting Compartments increased to way. The Commission has asked DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND come out with cyber security over the change of Press con- (EC) to delay its press told reporters in Kolkata. 30 inches; conference to announce all States and Union territories USE OF THE INTERNET FOR regulations for its officer's ference timing from 12.30 pm However, Surjewala was o Use of VVPAT at all polling stations; online behavior. Under the poll dates in five states not impressed with the CEC's to publish electoral rolls only in VOTER REGISTRATION, to 3 pm by the poll body to o e-payment gateway for goods and services; image Portable Document SOURCES SAID new rules, electoral roll infor- announce Assembly election as he was scheduled to reply. He also said that the EC Format (PDF) and CAPTCHA mation can be provided to dates. Referring to remarks address a rally had done a similar thing while o Candidates will have to submit an additional affidavit formats to ensure that no one taining alphabet, numeral and political parties and the public made by Congress spokesper- in Rajasthan announcing poll dates for pertaining to non dues certificate; can access the electoral data, special character) blocks read- only in a non-editable format son Randeep Singh Surjewala, Gujarat last year. o except in 'read-only' files. The ers from extracting and down- to curb the possibility of Chief Election Commissioner HC direction that Telangana "In Gujarat, BJP IT cell Candidates will have to give affidavit with contact poll watchdog has also appoint- loading the data. This also pro- manipulation," sources added. OP Rawat said that politicians rolls should be shown to it first tweeted the election dates even telephone number, email id and social media account of ed chief information security hibits use of personal devices Since June, EC has held sever- are political creatures, therefore, and , the decision on by-poll before ECI. ECI delinked Gujarat the candidate and details of source of income of the officer at the central level and a such as smart-phones and per- al workshops to help train offi- it is in their nature to see poli- dates in Karnataka, which elections from Himachal to cyber-security nodal officer in sonal email Intrusion Detection cers in cyber hygiene. tics in everything. He said that remains under the threat of enable PM Modi to make a slew candidate and spouse; every state even as it has decid- System (IDs) for communica- To ensure proper safety and the commission would not like poor weather condition of announcements. ECI again o Candidates with criminal antecedents put up by political ed to conduct a third-party tion of protected information. security, the EC has made it clear to comment on it. However, he Earlier, Surjewala accused deferred PC to enable PM Modi parties are required to make a declaration before the security audit of all poll-related Sources said that EC's web- that private security guards, civil started the presser with an Prime Minister Narendra Modi to do the same in Rajasthan. Is returning officer that he/she has informed the political applications and websites. site has been linked with secure defence or home guards should apology for the confusion over of "putting pressure" on the BJP the Super EC?," Surjewala Sources in the EC said that socket layer or SSL, which is a not be deployed to guard/pro- the timing of the presser. Election Commission (EC) to later said in a tweet. party concerned about his criminal antecedents. Further all the image PDF format (non standard security protocol in tection of EVM-VVPAT. He said that the commis- delay its Press conference to Interestingly, while criti- candidates with criminal cases are also required to publish editable of electoral rolls with order to keep an internet con- India was ranked among sion had to take into account announce poll dates in five cizing the poll panel, the information in this regard in newspapers and through only details and without pho- nection secure by encrypting any the top five countries to be certain last minute considera- States as he was scheduled to Congress leaders have forgot- tograph of electors) blocks the crucial information sent between affected by cybercrime, accord- tions, including last-minute address a rally in Rajasthan. ten that Rahul Gandhi rally was Television channels on three occasions during the search option in the electoral one's browser and the website. ing to a report by online secu- assessment of timeline for pub- "The EC's explanation for the also scheduled at Morena, MP campaign period; rolls, while CAPTCHA (con- "The EC is more concerned rity firm "Symantec Corp". lication of Telangana , Pending delay is preposterous. Prime at 1 pm on Saturday. o Voters' assistance booths will be set up by the poll panel in all constituencies; o EC's theme this year is 'Accessible Elections'. The panel has launched photo voter slips in Braille; Facebook to deploy task force to check hate speeches o Changes in nomination procedure and advertisements PTI n NEW DELHI for Public Policy EMEA "When we see elections ising it. The social media major not carry out hate speech He said that the company according to the Supreme Court order to check Richard Allan told reporters. coming up, obviously India is has developed its guidelines attack based on gender, eth- has policy against excessively criminalisation of politics; ocial networking platform The company has faced top of mind, biggest democra- based on feedback from local nicity, national origin, disabil- violent content and hate o SFacebook on Saturday said criticism for misuse of its plat- cy in the world, so we have a community experts. ity, religion etc. speech. EVM ballot paper will also display candidates photo it will encourage engagement form for manipulating views task force working on that - "We have a general policy Allan said that attacking a Facebook executive o Voter slip bearing the photo of the elector will be between people and political during elections, spreading security specialist, content spe- that applies all across the world. concept or saying someone that claimed that the company has distributed at least five days before the date of poll; leaders on its platform for ‘free hate speech etc. cialist. We trying to understand As we have looked issues in dif- he doesn't like a religion is not developed good capacity to o and fair election’ and deploy Facebook has come up what is possible form of abuse ferent country, one of the a hate speech. However, one can remove terrorist content, child New symbol for NOTA option. This new symbol will task force to check hate speech- with a policy around hate in India versus UK versus any things that came out was that not say that he hates followers abuse images and other images facilitate the voters in casting of their votes. es during polls. speech under which it removes other country," he said. there is a view that hate speech of that religion or concept. that cannot be legally shared o Usage of eco-friendly substances for preparing “We want our platform to content that intend to spread Assembly elections are due is directed against people in "Trust is very clear dis- through automation. support free and fair election hate speech and violence etc. in five states — Rajasthan, India, in particular, and Indians tinction between no liking a Facebook has plans to have election campaign/publicity material; and positive civic engagement. Allan said that the abuse dif- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, outside India also. They may concept, not liking an idea. around 20,000 people working o All- women managed polling stations' to be set up in We welcome people to engage fers from country to country but Telangana and Mizoram. direct hate speech against each Some people find that contro- across different aspect of build- one polling station for each Assembly Constituency; with their political leaders but principle is same, and Facebook Facebook blocks content other on the basis of ...Caste," versial. They feel attacking reli- ing the automation tools, secu- o e-Vigil app to complain for violation of model code we dont want people to abuse is accordingly fine tuning its pol- using automation as well as Allan said. gion is same as attacking the rity and content review to that,” Facebook Vice President icy to address the issue. through experts after scrutin- He said that one should same as followers," Allan said. check hate speech. of conduct ‘2019 will be contest between stable Govt & anarchic combination’ Bar pitches for lifting Don’t agree

PNS n NEW DELHI The total amount of lakh crore in 2014, he said. with reasoning debt given till 2007- Year after year, he said, the ban on lawyers' strike nion Finance Minister ` previous UPA Government UArun Jaitley on Saturday 08 was about 18 was asking banks to grow their that sexuality dismissed talks of a grand lakh crore by public lending by 31 per cent. but CJI not impressed Opposition saying if such an sector banks in the "So the undeserving and alliance is formed again then country and when unstable projects were all been New Delhi: Chief Justice of Echoing his views, Justice is part of free 2019 will be a contest between funded. That's when the bank India Ranjan Gogoi on Mishra said that the strikes of a Stable Government led by a the global loot started. So the Congress Saturday disagreed with a sug- the Bar can only be supported strong leader and an "anarchic slowdown began president must realise that this gestion by the apex bar body to in "exceptional cases when the speech, combination". Jaitely described this `18 lakh crore was the genesis of the problem," lift a 16-year-old ban on strikes democracy is in danger" or for 'Mahagathbandhans' as "tried, went up to `55 lakh he said. by lawyers, wondering why "saving the judicial system" tested and failed ideas " crore in 2014, The second crime that they there should be a strike at all. but otherwise "it has no right says Jaitley Anticipating BJP's win in committed was instead of accept- Justice Gogoi's response to go on strike". 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he said alliance, you must have a large strong leader versus a com- he said ing the problem of additional came after Bar Council of India "Can we afford jungle raj? this is not a time for India to nucleus and smaller groups pletely anarchic combination". capacity, banks were asked to roll Chairman Manan Kumar Can we shut the doors for com- New Delhi: Finance Minister test an anarchic kind of com- aligned around them. You can- Observing that history had President Rahul Gandhi's alle- over the debt when the borrow- Mishra raised the issue of lift- mon man in rule of law. How Arun Jaitley Saturday said he did bination when it is on the not have a nucleolus of a hand- provided India a great oppor- gation that the Narendra er started defaulting, he said. ing the ban at a BCI event to many person's liberty is affect- not agree with the portion of the growth path. ful of people and you cannot tunity, he said, India has been Modi- led Government is Citing an example of Vijay felicitate the new CJI. ed when you are not in court historic Supreme Court judg- "You tried it under have an alliance of political par- growing fast consistently responsible for mounting bad Mallya without taking his name, The CJI's view was also that day. How many persons ment decriminalising consen- Chandra Shekhar, it was part- ities whose interests are region- despite global slowdown and loans in the banking sector, Jaitley said "in one of the most shared by apex court's Justice are bereft of their rights that sual gay sex that called sexuali- ly tried under V P Singh, it was al," the Finance Minister said at other factors. Jaitley said, "I think some peo- controversial cases where person Arun Mishra, who reminded the day," said Justice Mishra. ty a part of free speech, as he felt tried under Charan Singh and the HT Leadership Summit here. "So, therefore, this is when ple need to grow up and has escaped to the UK, it was the lawyers that their absence in Demanding lifting of the it raises questions on restraining it was tried under IK Gujaral He further said "you can- we need coherence, gover- understand these issues. RBI which wrote to the SBI to court will affect people's liberty ban, the BCI Chairman said any form of homosexual or and Deve Gowda. It's an exper- not have an alliance with par- nance and policy. This is not Debate on these issues has to please give him (Mallya) a sec- and deny many of their rights. that “if the mouth of lawyers bisexual activity in a school iment where policy gets killed ties whose leaders are maver- time where you can go in for an be a grown-up debate." ond restructuring". Justice Gogoi, who was are shut it will destroy the hostel, prison or army fron- and the longevity of the ick or they want to be in anarchic kind of combination. The total amount of debt So you have managed the sworn in as the CJI on October very democratic setup of tier. Government is a few months." alliance to have criminal cases I think aspirational societies given till 2007-08 was about `18 system to such an extent that 3, said, "I don't think it is an the country". He also differed on a por- "So, these (mahagathband- to be closed. If you get togeth- never commit suicide. So, I am lakh crore by public sector the RBI telling State Bank of issue at all. Why go into the "The legal fraternity has a tion of the apex court ruling hans) are tried, tested and failed er this kind of a crowd then very clear what will happen in banks in the country and when India that someone should be legalities. Why should there be great faith on the CJI. We are on adultery, saying it may end ideas much that they sound 2019 will be a choice between 2019," he said. the global slowdown began this given a second restructuring, a strike? I am sure there wont sure that you will restore our up converting the Indian very fancy. In order to have a big a Stable Government with a Dismissing Congress `18 lakh crore went up to `55 he maintained. be any". freedom," he said. PTI family system into a Western family system. On the Supreme Court allowing women's entry into the Sabarimala shrine, he Commander Abhilash Tomy Patel writes to PM on rising Gir lions’ deaths said such a ruling cannot happen on select practices as PNS n NEW DELHI it may have many social con- sequences. brought back to India safely enior Congress leader and Guj Govt admits lions’ deaths Speaking at the HT SRajya Sabha MP Ahmed Leadership Summit, Jaitley PNS n NEW DELHI Patel on Saturday wrote to said the judgment decrimi- Prime Minister Narendra Modi not merely due to infighting nalising gay sex was fine but ommander Abhilash Tomy, drawing his attention towards "the problem comes when Cwho was injured and later increasing deaths of Asiatic ollowing the apex court's occurred in Dalkhania range writing these historical judge- rescued in a multi-nation effort lions in the Gir National Park in Fstricture, the Gujarat were due to CDV and babesio- ments, you get carried away last month in the Indian Ocean Gujarat. In his letter, the Rajya threat for the survival of the lions. Government on Saturday sis protozoa infections carried and want to be part of histo- and was under medical obser- Sabha MP alleged that the death The Government must show admitted that deaths of 23 by ticks often found in domes- ry and therefore you go a step vation at Ile Amsterdam, was of Gir lions is a "manifestation the will to end such illegal resorts Asiatic lions were not solely tic animals, confirmed the further". brought to Visakhapatnam of negligence" and "result of the irrespective of their ownership," due to infighting and territo- Pune Institute of Virology on He said he fairly agreed safely onboard Indian Navy State Government’s prolonged wrote Patel in the letter. rial war but some occurred the basis of the blood and with the reasoning given by ship Satpura on Saturday. He is mismanagement and poor over- Patel said eco-sensitive also due to serious infectious DNA samples of the deceased the court in the judgement now in navy hospital there for sight.” zones (ESZ) in Gujarat, extend- disease, canine distemper lions sent by the Gujarat for- that sexual activity is part of observation and medical assis- The Congress leader sug- ing only up to 0.5 km from pro- virus (CDV). The lion deaths est department. Article 21 of the Constitution tance as required. gested the Government to con- tected areas, as against 10 km that guarantees right Incidentally, Captain Alok He suffered a severe back injury besides diverting its ships sider the request of generating suggested by the Ministry of and treat them with the same "Being a fellow Gujarati, of life and that no discrimi- Ananda, the commanding offi- and dropped out of the race. Satpura and Jyoti to undertake a fund worth `1,000 crore for Environment, Forest and importance given to the Tigers'. you (Modi) are equally aware nation on the basis of sex cer of Satpura, lost his father The Australian Rescue Search and Rescue Operations, the conservation of the Gir Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Drawing attention to the that Gir's lions are an integral should be there, but added while the ship was on opera- Coordination Centre at navy officials said here. Lions for launching a national had "caused unwarranted inter- shortage of medicines and part of Gujarati asmita (pride). that he completely disagrees tional deployment and divert- Canberra coordinated the res- On September 24, French level program on the lines of ference in the ecosystem of trained veterinary doctors for Gir Forest, which was once with the reasoning that sex- ed for the search and rescue cue mission in conjunction Fishing Vessel (FV) Osiris Project Save the Tiger. lions". He called for a revision lions, Patel suggested the gov- projected as a success story of ual activity is part of free operation to evacuate Tomy. with many agencies including reached in vicinity of The Congress MP also sug- of the ESZ for Gir National ernment to consider "introduc- animal conservation, is now speech. He was participating in the Australian Defence 'Thuriya' and carried out a gested certain measures to save Park and expressed the need to ing training programmes for being seen as a glaring exam- "Because I think that's the Golden Globe Race Department and the successful rescue operation the existing populations of strike a "fine balance" between lion conservation and allocating ple of ecological neglect by the little excessive and conse- 2018(GGR) representing India Indian Navy. and later shifted Tomy to Ile lions. He said that there must promoting tourism and con- adequate budget for research State," he said. quences of that may not be on in the historic around the Indian Navy launched Amsterdam for shelter. be a fine balance between pro- serving wildlife. towards their conservation." At least 23 lions, all from a decriminalisation. Free world race without modern 'Operation Raksham' to rescue Satpura arrived off the Ile moting tourism and conserv- The Congress leader also "Treat Gujarat lions with the single area in Gir forest, have speech is entirely a different navigation aids. On September the injured officer by immedi- Amsterdam and evacuated ing wildlife. stressed on the need for same importance given to tigers. died over the past three weeks gambit, it can be restrained 21, his sailing vessel 'Thuriya' ately deploying the Long Range Tomy using the ship's heli- "There must be a fine balance removal of "illegal resorts" near The Central Government can due to various reasons, prime on the reasons of sovereign- was dismasted when the boat Maritime Reconnaissance copter on September 28. between promoting tourism and the sanctuary, "irrespective of consider creating a `1,000-crore among them is Canine ty, security, public order and was caught in a violent storm Aircraft P-8I in the area stag- He was thereafter provid- conserving wildlife. The expand- their ownership." In the letter, fund for conservation of Gir Distemper Virus and Protozoa so on and mind you there is in the South Indian Ocean, ing through Mauritius for pro- ed the requisite medical treat- ing dog menace and uncon- the Congress leader has lions and launch national-level infection. There are 523 lions tendency of creating new approximately 1,900 nautical viding close support and mon- ment onboard during the pas- trolled growth of resorts near the appealed to the Government to programmes on the lines of in Gujarat as per the last cen- fundamental rights everyday. miles West of Perth, Australia. itoring the rescue operations sage to Visakhapatnam. sanctuary has become a serious 'not neglect the lions of Gujarat Project Tiger," he said. sus in 2015. PTI LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2018 nation 06

The oil prices and the SABRIMALA PROTESTS MOUNT ‘Islamic terrorism threat to CPM, Cong want hypocrisy of the Opp progressive Bangla thinkers’ ANUP SHARMA n GUWAHATI survival. tributes news-features to India BY ARUN JAITLEY dialogue before Citing how a network of Today, has divulged that none of ise of Islamist extremism in Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, the Indian leaders visiting Dhaka he challenges thrown up by RBangladesh poses serious Bangladesh was busted in West and Bangladesh delegation meets Tthe increase in the inter- threats not only to the religious Bengal few years back, Samad in New Delhi had taken up the national price of crude oil can- SC verdict rollout minority communities in the urged the north-eastern States issue of illegal Bangladeshi infil- not be resolved by either the country but also to the secular- to remain alert about jihadi ele- trators in Assam (India) with tweets or television bytes of ists, intellectuals and other sects ments after the ongoing crack- their counterparts. some Opposition leaders. The Thiruvananthapuram: Both the should be implemented after within the Muslim community, down on Islamic militancy. He Speaking about the process of problem is serious. The oil ruling CPI(M) and Opposition discussions with everyone said prominent Bangladeshi revealed that thousands of National Register of Citizens producing nations have capped Congress on Saturday wanted a concerned. journalist Saleem Samad. Samad Bangladeshi youths had joined (NRC) updation in Assam, Samad their production, thus creating dialogue with the people con- "The consultation is for said this while speaking to a various militia groups in Syria, asserted that for the Bangladesh a demand-supply mismatch. cerned before implementing the implementing the verdict. The group of scribes at Guwahati Iraq, Chechnya, Indonesia, government believes that it is an The political crisis in Supreme Court verdict on entry Government is seeking the Press Club from Dhaka through Philippines, Afghanistan, internal affair of India only and Venezuela and Libya has of women of all ages into the support of persons concerned video conferencing. Pakistan etc. to fight alongside hence it has not made any official adversely impacted the pro- me categorically assure all that `2.5 relief to the consumer. We Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa to implement it, but not by An Ashoka Fellow and the jihadis there. statement over the development. duction in those countries. there is no going back on requested the States to give a Temple. force," Balakrishnan said. Hellman-Hammett Award Answering queries from He agreed that there is hardly any The US sanctions on Iran have deregulation of oil prices. Even similar relief. The Centre’s oil The parties' stand comes in The Left party has no con- recipient journalist, Samad also Guwahati scribes, the senior media attention in Bangladesh increased the uncertainty Rahul Gandhi, whose party tax revenues remain static. The the backdrop of mounting fusion over the issue, he said, said that an upsurge of fun- journalist reiterated that cur- press over the NRC updation towards Iran’s supplies to its had inflicted a double digit Centre charges a fixed amount. protest by devotees of Lord adding that the move by 'vest- damentalist forces in the rently there is no northeastern process and its outcome. buyers. The commercial inflation on India during the What the Centre gets as tax Ayyappa across the state. ed interests' to turn the faith- Muslim dominated country separatist leader in Bangladesh Strongly advocating peo- supply of shale gas, which was past five years of UPA-II, gave revenue, 42% of it is passed on Hundreds of devotees, ful against the Government may affect its neighbouring as the Sheikh Hasina govern- ple-to-people contact between intended to balance the high television bytes and released to the States. The States inde- mostly women, took part in the would be checked with the help Indian States in future. ment in Dhaka continues rig- Assam (India) and Bangladesh, crude oil cost, is running tweets advocating a price pendently charge their VAT. 'namajapa' (chanting the name of the believers themselves. Samad narrated how athe- orous crackdowns against the Samad lamented how Assam behind schedule. reduction. The NDA The average VAT rate in of Lord Ayyappa marches in The CPI(M) Secretariat had ist & secularist bloggers and outfits. Samad also made it had missed the bus despite The high cost of crude oil Government has an exemplary the country is about 29%. Kottayam and Malappuram Friday asked the Government to activists are increasingly clear that Prime Minister being so closely located, while has also impacted the curren- record of fiscal prudence. We Thus, the States were getting districts against the LDF hold discussions with those becoming the target of the Hasina would leave no stone other States like West Bengal cy situation. India’s macroeco- have maintained the gradual 29% ofthe lower cost price a Government's decision to concerned on the matter. Islamic extremists in unturned to wipe out militan- and Tripura were taking sever- nomic fundamentals with glide path since 2014 to bring few months ago. They now get implement the top court ver- Kerala Pradesh Congress Bangladesh, which has other- cy in the country. al steps to improve connectiv- regard to its fiscal deficit, infla- down fiscal deficit. We will 29% on the increased price. dict without going for a review. Committee (KPCC) president wise slowly (but steadily) A front runner for media ity with Bangladesh via railway tion, foreign exchange reserves continue to do so. No The States benefit from high- In a related development, Mullappally Ramachandran marched on the path of becom- rights, Samad painted a dismal and roadways. etc. are fairly stable. Tax col- Government can be insensitive er oil prices. The Centre’s col- minor violence marred the urged the Left Government to ing a country of one national- picture of press freedom in Emphasizing on direct air lections are encouraging. towards its people. In the last lection remains the same. Thus, protest march taken out by convene an all-party meet to ity (Bangladeshi), one language Bangladesh, as journalists are connectivity between Guwahati However, a high cost of crude four Budgets, the Modi the capacity of the States to give activists of Yuva Morcha, the discuss the present develop- (Bangla) and one religion frequently targeted by both and Dhaka, Samad opined that oil adversely impacts the Government, to the section of a `2.5 benefit is within their youth wing of BJP, to the house ment over the top court verdict. (Sunni Muslims). State and non-State actors. He trade & commerce along with Current Account Deficit. That, small and middle tax- paying capacity. Their extra tax col- of Travancore Devaswom He said his party would The outspoken journalist regretted that though 26 cultural ties would help in in turn, impacts the currency. population, has consistently lection, because of increase in Board (TDB) president A support the Government if it made an observation that due Bangladeshi journalists lost erasing many misconceptions Additionally, the hardening of given some direct tax relief oil prices, is much larger since Padmakumar at Aranumla in files a review petition against to overwhelming majority of their lives to assailants since prevailing on both sides. He the dollar has further impact- each year. The cumulative their taxes are ad valorem. Yet Pathanamthitta district, where the verdict, which lifted the Sunni Muslims in the country, 1991, majority cases remains also claimed that more students ed most global currencies. effect of these income-tax con- we have a situation where a police chased them away. restrictions imposed on the among whom considerable rise pending till date. and patients are expected to Both the above factors have cessions already given is number of non-BJP non-NDA According to Yuva Morcha, entry of women belonging to of extremism is observed, other In another significant move from here to there & vice an impact on the cost of fuel `97,000 crores each year. The States have refused to pass on about 10 people, including its the age group of 10-50 in the minority sects within the remark, Samad, who works as versa for better options and available to a citizen. reduction of GST rates in the any benefit to the consumer. state president Prakash Babu, hill shrine as part of its cen- Muslim community like the special Correspondent of The would enhance the tourism in The cost of crude increased first 13 months itself with What are the people supposed were injured in the melee. turies-old tradition. Ahmadiyya also face threats of Bangladesh Monitor and con- both country. in the month of April and May. regard to 334 commodities has to conclude? Are Rahul Gandhi Addressing devotees who Ramachandran also said Thereafter, it softened a bit given a `80,000 crore annual and his reluctant allies only gathered at Changanassery in that the Congress is with the and then increased to its high- relief to the consumer. Last committed to tweets and tele- Kottayam braving heavy rains, believers. Protests over the entry est level in the past four years. year, in the month of October, vision bytes when it comes to Sabarimala tantri (head priest), of women in Sabarimala has The cost of oil does not move when the oil prices were rising, give relief to the common Kandararu Rajeevaru said gained momentum after the LDF in a straight line. Depending on the Centre cut down its excise man? Depending on the ad val- everyone should stand togeth- Government made it clear that it the global factors, it increases duty by `2. We have requested orem rate of VAT in the States er to preserve the traditions, rit- would not go in for a review of the or decreases. A section of the the States to make a similar cut. and after collecting the VAT uals and faith of the Lord Supreme Court verdict. media excessively reports the Most of the BJP-NDA States and getting 42% of the Centre Ayyappa shrine. The opposition Congress increase when the prices rise did so. The others refused to do revenue, 60-70% of the total oil A section of Ayyappa devo- and BJP had come out against and blackout the reductions so. I had always maintained tax goes to the States. Must not tees staged a dharna Saturday the Government stand and when prices fall. Government that in extraordinary situa- the non-BJP States be candid in front of the TDB headquar- alleged that the Left Government critics rejoiced the political tion, the capacity of an with the people and tell them ters in Thiruvananthapuram, was trying to implement the consequences of the increase of economy to give relief will that both in 2017 and 2018 they which manages the hill shrine. court order in haste without tak- the crude prices. depend on it’s fiscal strength. In refused to give any relief to the Meanwhile, Devaswom ing into consideration the sen- This was evident from their view of the increase, particu- people even from their higher Minister Kadakampally timents of the believers. comments. When the price larly in the direct tax revenue, revenues. They sent out tweets Surendran said here that the The Congress also alleged was reduced yesterday, the crit- the Centre decided to give and gave television bytes but Government was ready to hold the BJP-RSS combine had ics did a volte face and argued between central excise and the when it came to performance, discussions with anybody on adopted double standards on that this is bad economics. Let absorptions by the OMCs, a they looked the other way. the matter. the issue and said if it was sin- Attacking the BJP and the cere in protecting the interests Congress-led UDF over the of believers, the NDA issue, he said the opposition Government at the Centre CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 parties were trying to create should come out with a legis- "misunderstanding" among lation to overcome the verdict. BJP GLOATS AS... witness a grand alliance includ- started Saturday morning. the faithful and "fishing in CMO sources here said The SP and the BSP have ing BSP and SP against the BJP- Party sources said Pawar troubled waters". members of the Pandalam royal accused the Congress of not led-NDA. Not discounting met party workers and leaders He also said that the family, the erstwhile rulers asso- showing “large-heartedness” such hope from the Congress from Aurangabad, Raigad, Government's stand was to move ciated with the Sabarimala tem- during the seat-sharing talks president, the BSP chief had put Pune, Baramati, Shirur, Mawal, ahead with mutual cooperation. ple,have sought permission to for Madhya Pradesh which the blame (for not reaching a Nashik, Dindori, Dhule, The ruling CPI(M) State sec- meet Chief Minister Pinarayi along with Rajasthan, seat-sharing with Congress in Jalgaon, Raver, Parbhani, Beed, retary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Vijayan, who is now in New Chhattisgarh, Telangana and MP) at the door-steps of State Kolhapur and Hatkanangle. told reporters in New Delhi Delhi, Monday to discuss the IAF personnel perform with their guns during the full dress rehearsal for the 86th Air Force Day Parade 2018 in New Delhi on Mizoram would go to polls in Congress leaders. Mayawati “He discussed probable that the apex court verdict issue. PTI Saturday PTI November and December, and Akhilesh, the two major candidates and assured that dates for which was announced regional satraps in UP, along meritorious party workers by the Election Commission on with Ajit Singh of ‘Rashtriya would be given a chance. When Saturday. “The Congress has Lok Dal’, are seen to be in con- party leader Ankush Kakade made us wait for too long. How sultations to forge an anti-BJP suggested that Pawar himself Normalcy returning to Sharda after 24 die, 15 injured as much longer must we wait?” SP Opposition alliance in the State contest from Pune, he (Pawar) president Akhilesh Yadav said. for the Lok Sabha poll to upset brushed off the suggestion say- “We will now consult the NDA’s record win of 73 LS seats ing he had already declared in overcrowded mini-bus Gondwana Gantantra party in 2014. The Congress is also 2014 that he would not contest India-Afghan students violent clash with which we had an alliance, expected to join the anti-BJP Lok Sabha polls again,” NCP which an Indian student from (October 5) and coming and also the BSP, for the com- bandwagon in UP where 80 LS sources said. After the meeting, Mid-term exams Kashmir also got roughed up on Monday (October 8) were effect- falls into J&K gorge ing Assembly elections in seats are up for grabs. when party leader Chhagan Thursday, emerged on social ed. “These exams will be held Madhya Pradesh,” Yadav told Notwithstanding this, Bhujbal was asked about the media, prompting police to lodge after October 9,” he said. reporters on the sidelines of a Mayawati is proving to be a demand for Pawar to contest from Oct 9, say a complaint on its own, even as He said in a statement that party event at Lucknow. “Time hard nut to crack as she wants the 2019 LS polls, he said that the district administration the varsity has taken all necessary is passing by and we cannot a major share of 80 LS seats and he wished the NCP chief university officials ordered a probe on “anti-social” steps to maintain peace in the wait any longer,” he asserted. bargaining hard with the SP, attained “a high post”. The STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI elements who entered the uni- campus and the culprits of the Reacting to Yadav’s remark, her one-time arch rival in the NCP plans to stake claim to versity and “triggered a minor violence are being identified the Congress said in New Delhi State. Jalna, Aurangabad, Dhule and ormalcy is “returning fast” in scuffle into a communal issue”. and disciplinary action would be that it had not been planning Hatkanangle LS seats, all four NSharda university, its admin- “In view of the recent unto- taken against them. an alliance with the SP in EC ANNOUNCES... of which had Congress candi- istration said on Saturday, as it ward incidents on Sharda “The enquiry committee is Madhya Pradesh in any case. He said the polls in dates in 2014 as per the alliance announced recommencement of University campus, the univer- working day and night to iden- But Congress spokesperson Telangana have been pushed to agreement between the two mid-term examinations from sity administration has been tify the culprits and to recom- Randeep Singh Surjewala December, so that the parties. The Hatkanangle LS October 9 which were post- closely monitoring the situa- mend strict disciplinary action added there had been a possi- Commission could place the seat is currently held by poned due to the violence on tion. It has been observed that against them. “The personal bility of an alliance with the voters' list before the High Swabhimani Shetkari campus involving Indian and normalcy in the campus is safety of all students has been BSP in Chhattisgarh and Court, where the Chief Sanghatana’s Raju Shetti. He Afghan students. returning fast. As such, the mid- ensured and entry of outsiders Madhya Pradesh. On Minister's decision has been quit the NDA and allied with The varsity, located in term examination that was post- has been completely restricted. PTI n BANIHAL/JAMMU Governor Satya Pal Malik and Wednesday, Mayawati said the challenged. “The case in High the Congress recently. Greater Noida’s Gautam Buddh poned, shall recommence from The number of security person- leaders of various political par- BSP will contest the Assembly Court is about the voters' list In another development, Nagar, witnessed violence Tuesday, October 9, 2018,” nel has been increased consid- wenty-four persons were ties expressed grief over the loss polls on its own or in alliance and it wants to see the list. So former Maharashtra NCP chief between groups of Indian and University Joint Registrar and erably and round-the-clock vigil Tkilled and 15 injured when an of lives in the accident. Malik with a regional party. the EC extended final publica- Sunil Tatkare told reporters that Afghan students on Monday spokesperson Ajit Kumar said. is being maintained,” Kumar overcrowded mini-bus fell into a announced an exgratia relief of She had said Sonia Gandhi tion to 12. That's why he was willing to step aside if and Thursday, leading to injuries Kumar said the examina- said. An advisory has also been 200-ft-deep gorge on Saturday `5 lakh each to the next of kin and Rahul Gandhi wanted an Telangana polls are at the far Bhaskar Jadhav, another former to some students and tension on tions were underway when the sent to all the students to coop- after its driver lost control over of the deceased and `50,000 alliance but some “selfish” end,” Rawat said. The Election state party chief, was keen to the campus. Multiple videos of incidents took place and because erate with the university author- the vehicle on Jammu-Srinagar each to the injured, the officials senior leaders in their party Commission had called off the contest from Raigad Lok Sabha scuffle between the two sides, in of the violence exams on Friday ities, he added. national highway in Ramban said. Local volunteers launched were out to foil any under- revision of rolls in Telangana to seat. Tatkare had unsuccessfully district, officials said. Among a rescue operation soon after standing. According to reports, make way for polls in the State contested the 2014 Lok Sabha the dead were four women and the accident and were shortly Congress State leaders analysed by the year-end. The polls from Raigad, near here, the driver. Ten critically injured joined by the quick reaction the electoral configuration of Commission is sticking to the against Shiv Sena leader Anant passengers were airlifted from the teams of police and Army, the the 30 seats sought by the BSP lists from January 1, 2018 and Geete. Geete is the the Heavy Oust BJP, don’t vote Cong: Kejri accident site to Army hospital at officials said. Deputy and anticipated that the BJP asking the voters to flag any Industries Minister in the STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI “When I talk to people they say Saturday he said he has written Udhampur and two others to Commissioner, Ramban, may benefit if the BSP were to new names or discrepancies. Narendra Modi government. Modi has ruined us, he intro- to the Chief Ministers of dif- Jammu, they said. Showkat Aijaz and Senior contest the said seats. Rawat said Lok Sabha “I will work for his (Jadhav) earing up for Lok Sabha elec- duced demonetisation, GST ferent States and will visit them The vehicle was on its way Superintendent of Police Anita Reacting to Mayawati’s bypolls in Shimoga, Bellary win. If Jadhav is interested, I am Gtions due next year, Aam and unleashed sealing. Our for a consensus against the to Ramban town from Banihal Sharma reached the site to statement, Akhilesh Yadav had and Mandya in Karnataka will willing to withdraw. I am not Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo business is ruined, but what is amendments. when the accident occurred at supervise the rescue operation then urged the Congress to be held on November 3. He interested in contesting Lok and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind the choice? We don’t want to “If proposed amendment to around 9.55 am. The driver and subsequently requisitioned show large-heartedness by tak- said that there are changes in Sabha polls. More than my can- Kejriwal gave a clarion call to oust vote for Rahul Gandhi”. the power Act is passed it will lost control over the “over- choppers to airlift the critically ing along other parties. “If nomination procedure and didature, I want to ensure vic- the BJP from power while simul- “The AAP is your party, run break common man’s back and crowded” vehicle which rolled injured persons. A total of six there is any delay, there is a pos- advertisements according to tory of a secular government. taneously urging people not to by you, working for you. BJP- power tariff in Delhi will down the deep gorge at Kela sorties were made by Army's sibility that other parties may Supreme Court order to check If Jadhav is interested, I am sup- vote for Congress saying every Congress run by corporate, become Rs 7.50 per unit for all Morh near Maroof, Deputy Chetah and Cheetak heli- declare their candidates. After criminalisation of politics. porting him,” Tatkare said. vote to Congress will help BJP. work for them. Don’t fall for RSS consumers in every category,” he Inspector General of Police copters, a private airliner and a this, there will be a levelling of The NCP has demanded a “The AAP is the only alternative murmur campaign in support said. Kejriwal has written letters (DIG), Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban state helicopter. “The critically allegations that they colluded SHARAD PAWAR... 50-50 seat-sharing formula for as every vote to Congress will of Congress”, he added. to CMs of non-BJP States that range, Rafiq-ul-Hassan, said. injured persons were airlifted to with the BJP,” he had said. The former Union the state’s 48 Lok Sabha seats in help BJP,” he said. This he said He targeted the PM on the includes Mamata Banerjee, N The officials said 15 persons Army hospital at Udhampur As against the possible Agriculture Minister is cur- its alliance talks with the while addressing a public gath- proposed reforms in the power Chandrababu Naidu, Pinarayi died on-the-spot, while seven and Government Medical ‘gathbandhan’ partners moving rently holding a two-day meet- Congress. The two parties had ering at Rohini. sector ahead of Lok Sabha polls Vijayan, H D Kumaraswamy, V others succumbed to injuries at College hospital Jammu for in different directions and ing with NCP leaders and entered into an alliance in He said people don’t want to due next year. He said the PM Narayansamy, Edapaddi K different hospitals including specialized treatment,” the DIG unable to share a single plat- functionaries at the party’s 2014 and the Congress con- vote for Rahul Gandhi. wants to end the power subsidy Palaniswami, Lal Thanhawla, one at Army hospital where he said and praised the rescuers for form, Congress president state unit office to discuss can- tested 27 seats while the NCP Trageting PM Modi for bring- and hike the electricity tariffs Amarinder Singh, K was admitted after being air- reaching the accident victims Rahul Gandhi has hoped that didates for the LS polls sched- put up candidates on 21 LS ing in reforms like “demoneti- “manifold”. While addressing a Chandrashekhar Rao, Naveen lifted from the accident site. “in the shortest possible time”, the Lok Sabha 2019 would uled for next year. The meeting seats. sation” and “GST” he said, public gathering at Rohini on Patnaik and Pawan Chamling. Jammu and Kashmir thus saving many lives. 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GLOBE Pompeo eyes progress 50 killed, 100 burnt Kavanaugh poised TROTTING SIX POLICE DIE IN BURKINA FASO BLAST for confirmation to Ouagadougou: Six police officers were killed in an ambush with an over Trump-Kim summit in oil tanker road improvised explosive device in the northern Burkina Faso town of AFP n TOKYO Supreme Court Solle near the border with Mali, security sources told AFP S Secretary of State Mike crash in DR Congo AFP n WASHINGTON Saturday. “A police convoy was UPompeo said he hoped to ambushed in Solle” late on Friday, accelerate a second summit AFP n KINSHASA rett Kavanaugh’s confirma- a security source said. between Kim Jong-un and Btion to the US Supreme Donald Trump as he kicked off bout 50 people died and Court appeared all but assured TURKEY ARRESTS 137 an Asian trip on Saturday that A100 were burnt on after two key lawmakers who IN ANTI-PKK RAIDS will feature a meeting with Saturday after an oil tanker col- had wavered on his controver- Ankara: Turkish authorities have North Korea’s leader. lided with a vehicle on an sial nomination signaled their arrested 137 people in a country- Pompeo arrived in Tokyo arterial highway in the west of support. wide operation over two days on the first leg of a tour that will DR Congo, the acting governor Senate Republican Susan aimed at the outlawed Kurdistan take him to Pyongyang for a of the region said. Collins on Friday affirmed in Workers’ Party (PKK), state news fourth time as the contours of “We have about 50 dead a closely-watched floor speech agency Anadolu said on Saturday. a possibly historic US-North and a 100 people have suffered that she will vote for the con- The PKK, designated as a terror Korea deal take shape. second degree burns,” said It took place near the city servative jurist nominated by group by Turkey and its Western Speaking on the plane on what he said was insufficient Pyongyang that the two allies Atou Matabuana, the interim of Kisantu, about 120 kilome- President Donald Trump, and allies, is regularly targeted in the way from the United States, progress towards implementing were “fully in sync.” governor of Kongo Central tres (100 miles) west of moments later Democrat Joe security forces raids. Pompeo said his aim was to the terms of the Singapore He said he would bring up region, according to the actu- Kinshasa. Manchin broke ranks to “develop sufficient trust” declaration. with Kim the issue of Japanese alite.Cd website. The UN’s Okapi radio said announce his own backing. TWO KILLED IN BOMB between the historic foes to But the unorthodox US citizens abducted by North The accident occurred on “the flames spread rapidly Their declarations of BLASTS IN KABUL inch towards peace. president has since declared Korea decades ago, which is a a highway linking the capital engulfing nearby houses.” brought the number of senators from serving on the court.” Kabul: At least two Afghan “Then we are also going to himself “in love” with the huge issue domestically in Kinshasa to the country’s sole Overloaded trucks carry- publicly supporting the 53- Immediately after the security forces were killed on set up the next summit,” said strongman in Pyongyang. Japan. Abe called for “coordi- port at Matadi on the Atlantic ing goods as well as oil tankers year-old judge — who has Collins speech Manchin Saturday in Taliban attacks in the Pompeo. However, he played Pompeo has repeatedly nation” on this issue and also Ocean. regularly ply this highway. faced accusations of sexual announced his support, calling capital Kabul, officials said. Basir down expectations for a major declined to be drawn publicly on North Korea’s nuclear threat. assault — to 51 in the 100- Kavanaugh a “qualified jurist” Mujahid, spokesman for Kabul’s breakthrough, saying: “I doubt on the shape of an eventual After Tokyo, Pompeo travels to member chamber. A final con- who “will not allow the parti- police chief, said that nine others, we will get it nailed but begin agreement. The United States Pyongyang and then on to firmation vote is expected san nature this process took to including six police officers and to develop options for both has called for a comprehensive South Korea, whose dovish Interpol asks China Saturday afternoon. follow him onto the court.” three civilians, were wounded location and timing for when accord and strict enforcement president Moon Jae-in has Kavanaugh’s nomination Manchin faces extraordi- in the bomb blasts. Mujahid said a Chairman Kim will meet with of sanctions on North Korea in served as a go-between for the was left teetering on the edge nary political pressure. He is up roadside bomb hit a military the president again.” the meantime. two sides. after university psychology for re-election in West Virginia, vehicle as police arrived to “Maybe we will get further Pompeo kicked off his trip South Korean Foreign for info on agency’s professor Christine Blasey Ford a state Trump won over- respond to an insurgent attack, than that.” with talks in Tokyo with Prime Minister Kang Kyung-wha has claimed in harrowing testimo- whelmingly in 2016. then a second blast took place In June, Trump met Kim in Minister Shinzo Abe and given a hint of what a grand ny last week that he tried to Earlier on Friday the in the same area causing Singapore in the first-ever Foreign Minister Taro Kono. bargain between the two coun- missing president rape her when they were high Senate voted 51-49 to end casualties. summit between the coun- Japan, which has seen tries could look like. AP n PARIS It says the agency “looks school students. debate on Kavanaugh’s nomi- tries. No sitting US president North Korean missiles fly over In an interview with the forward to an official response But Collins, a moderate, nation, setting up a final show- 7 DIE IN IRAN FLOODS has visited North Korea, which its territory and been threat- Washington Post, she said the nterpol has made a formal from China’s authorities to pro-choice lawmaker from down on Saturday. Tehran: Heavy rains in the according to human rights ened with annihilation, has North could agree to disman- Irequest to China for infor- address concerns over the pres- Maine, said Kavanaugh was The outcome had northern and northwestern parts groups remains one of the historically taken a hard line on tle Yongbyon, its signature mation about the agency’s ident’s well-being.” entitled to the “presumption of remained in doubt, however, of Iran over the past two days most repressive countries on Pyongyang and stressed the nuclear site. missing president, citing con- Meng’s wife says she hasn’t innocence” as the allegations after one Republican, Lisa claimed at least seven lives. Earth. Since the Singapore need to maintain pressure on In exchange, the United cerns for the well-being of the heard from him since he left against him lacked corrobo- Murkowski, defied her party The unprecedented floods in the summit, which yielded what the regime. More recently, States would declare a formal senior Chinese security official the French city of Lyon at the rating evidence. and voted against moving three provinces of Mazandaran, critics charge was only a vague however, Abe has said the only end to the 1950-53 Korean War who seemingly vanished on a end of September to go to While Collins acknowl- ahead. Trump nevertheless Gilan and Golestan destroyed commitment by Kim towards way to improve strained ties is — which concluded with an trip home. China. edged that Blasey Ford’s testi- cheered the result of the cloture roads, houses, bridges and denuclearisation of the Korean a face-to-face meeting with armistice rather than a full- The Lyon-based interna- France has launched its mony was sincere, painful and vote. caused heavy damage to the peninsula, the road towards former international pariah blown peace treaty — but tional police agency says on own investigation. French compelling, and that the “Very proud of the US infrastructures, according to Iran’s better ties has been bumpy. Kim. North Korea would stop short Saturday it used law-enforce- authorities say he boarded a accuser is a sexual assault sur- Senate for voting ‘YES’ to semi-official ISNA news agency. Trump scrapped a previ- Speaking ahead of his talks, of delivering an exhaustive list ment channels to submit its plane and arrived in China, but vivor, she added that “I do not advance the nomination of Cars were stuck in floods and ously planned trip by his top Pompeo said it was important of its nuclear facilities, she request about the status of the 64-year-old’s subsequent believe that these charges can Judge Brett Kavanaugh!” the electricity as well as gas flows in diplomat to Pyongyang after for him before travelling to said. Meng Hongwei. whereabouts are unknown. fairly prevent Judge Kavanaugh president said on Twitter. the rural areas were disrupted. Disease fears as more bodies Malaysia arrests Russia’s hackers long tied to military, secret services 8 suspected Moscow: During the Soviet era, Sergei Skripal; and an alleged 2016 presidential campaign, work in the military and space the country’s top computer sci- chemical attack by Moscow- together with Russia’s FSB secu- sector, he added. entists and programmers large- allied Syrian President Bashar al- rity service, the successor to the After the Soviet Union fell found in Indonesia disaster terrorists, 7 of ly worked for the secret services. Assad. The Baltic states were the KGB. The skills of Russian hack- apart in 1991, its armed forces That practice appears to first to accuse Moscow of ers today developed from a tra- were broken up and most of the AFP n PALU them foreigners have resumed under President mounting attacks to knock out dition of excellent computing top specialists turned to the Vladimir Putin, as Russia faces their sites back in 2007. and programming skills dating nascent banking sector in escuers picking through Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian accusations of waging a global Estonia said one such attack back to the Soviet era. Russia, either to work there or Rthe grim aftermath of police said on Saturday that campaign of cyber attacks. had put the country’s main “The whole structure of the to attack it. In this era saw the Indonesia’s quake-tsunami eight suspected terrorists, Dutch officials on Thursday emergency service phone num- economy was skewed towards first cyber attacks on banking issued a fresh public health including seven foreigners, accused four Russians from the ber out of action for over an the military sector,” said Oleg operations and the first men- warning on Saturday as more have been arrested for alleged- GRU military intelligence hour. Since then, accusations of Demidov, a consultant at the tions of Russian hackers. decaying corpses were ly spreading religious extrem- agency of attempting to hack cyber attacks have continued Moscow-based independent “Now Russian hackers are unearthed from beneath the ism that could threaten nation- into the global chemical against Moscow. think-tank PIR Center. excellently trained and equipped ruined city of Palu. al security and fan terrorism in weapons watchdog in The The Russian hacker group “All the achievements of and they still occupy one of the Officials said on Saturday the region. Hague. variously known as Fancy Bear, Soviet science including the top positions in banking crime,” the death toll had climbed to National police chief The agency has investigat- APT 28 and Sofacy has been first computers went to serve the said Demidov — even if the 1,649 with more than a thou- Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the ed both the fatal poisoning of linked to GRU and accused of military sector.” The most bril- Russian justice system has begun sand maybe still missing in the suspects are connected with an Russian former double-agent attacks on the US Democrats’ liant students were pushed to to crack down on them. AFP seaside city on Sulawesi island, Islamic religious school in after the region was hit by a An Indonesian trooper stands beside a toppled mosque as recovery efforts continue Yemen that promotes the Salafi powerful quake and a wall of at the earthquake-hit Balaroa neighborhood in Palu on Saturday AP Jihadi teachings, which permit water. the killings of non-Muslims as Britain Hopes of finding anyone effort, told AFP from Palu. where the sheer force of the well as Muslims who don’t fol- alive a full eight days since the “We have vaccinated our quake turned the earth tem- low their ways and denounce expresses disaster have all but faded, teams, but we need to be extra porarily to mush, soldiers wear- democracy as un-Islamic. though the search has not been cautious.” Security minister ing masks to ward off the He said the foreigners, concern over officially called off. There are Wiranto, who like many stench of death clambered over aged between 24 and 38, fears that vast numbers of Indonesians goes by one name, the giant mounds of mud, include five people from a Hong Kong decomposing bodies could still said eventually the worst-hit brick and cement. country in Europe, one from be buried beneath Petobo and areas would have to be declared The troops peeking under the Americas and one from the Balaroa — two areas virtually mass graves and left untouched. collapsed walls and peeling Middle East. Fuzi said the Sept speech rights wiped off the map. “We have to make a deci- back corrugated sheets did not 24 arrests came after police “Most of the bodies we sion as to when the search for have to look hard. received intelligence about AP n HONG KONG have found are not intact, and the dead will end. Then, we Sergeant Syafaruddin, from attempts by a Yemen-based that poses a danger for the res- later must decide when the area an army unit in Makassar terror group to set up a school ritain has expressed concern cuers. We have to be very care- will be designated a mass south of Palu, asked for a body in Southeast Asia to promote Bover freedom of speech in its ful to avoid contamination,” grave,” he told reporters late bag to be brought to a spot near the Salafi Jihadi ideology, which former colony Hong Kong after Yusuf Latif, a spokesman for Friday. At the massive Balaroa where the remnants of an is shared by groups including authorities refused to renew the Indonesia’s search and rescue government housing complex, Islamic school now stands. the Islamic State. AFP work visa of a senior editor of the Financial Times. A statement dated on Friday said Britain has asked for an Man charged Opposition explanation as to why Victor Khaleda admitted Mallet’s visa renewal application after toxic letters forms coalition was rejected. “Hong Kong’s high degree of sent to Trump, to specialised autonomy and its press freedoms ahead of are central to its way of life, and other leaders must be fully respected,” the state-run hospital Cameroon vote Foreign and Commonwealth AP n SALT LAKE CITY Office said in a statement post- PTI n DHAKA Yaound: Two Cameroonian ed on its website. Mallet is a vice- Navy veteran was charged Opposition parties agreed a president of Hong Kong’s Foreign Awith threatening to use a angladesh’s jailed former coalition to jointly contest this Correspondents’ Club, which biological toxin as a weapon by BPrime Minister and BNP weekend’s presidential polls, a recently drew criticism from the sending letters to President chief Khaleda Zia was on spokesman said, in an effort to authorities for hosting a talk by Donald Trump and other lead- Saturday admitted to a spe- dislodge six-term President the leader of a now-banned pro- ers containing ground castor cialised state-run hospital here Paul Biya. Hong Kong independence party. beans, the substance from for proper treatment following The announcement on Hong Kong was promised semi- which the poison ricin is a court order as her health dete- Friday confirms rumours of an autonomy for 50 years as part of derived. William Clyde Allen riorated. opposition manoeuver to try to its 1997 handover from British III, 39, told investigators he Zia, 73, is currently on defeat 85-year-old Biya at rule. wanted the letters to “send a trial for corruption charges in Sunday’s polls, but the new Rights groups have called the message,” though he did not a makeshift courtroom inside union will not include the visa rejection the latest sign of elaborate, FBI investigators a 19th-century British-built main opposition Social Beijing’s expanding restrictions said in documents filed in U.S. prison where she is the only Democratic Front’s hopeful on the semi-autonomous District Court of Utah. inmate and in failing health. The Bangladesh High Joshua Osih. Chinese territory. Authorities zeroed in on The former Prime Minister Court on Thursday had Akere Muna, leader of the The London-based Financial Allen after finding his return had recently complained to ordered the government to People’s Development Front Times said in a statement that it address on the envelopes, the court that she was losing shift Zia to BSMMU and (FDP) agreed to “withdraw was given no reason why Asia according to the complaint. feeling in her hand and in a leg. reconstitute a medical team for his candidacy... And to support editor Mallet’s application was The envelopes that tested “We have admitted her her treatment. Maurice Kamto,” leader of the rejected. “This is the first time we positive for ricin also had a note and took all steps to provide The court ruled that Zia Movement for the Rebirth of have encountered this situation that said “Jack and the Missile her the required treatment,” a could choose a physiotherapist, Cameroon (MRC), Muna’s in Hong Kong,” it said. Bean Stock Powder,” the doc- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib a gynaecologist and a techni- spokesman said in a state- In response to a query from uments said. Medical University (BSMMU) cian and a physician from out- ment. The Associated Press, Hong US Attorney for Utah John spokesman told PTI. side Bangabandhu Sheikh Kamto’s party alleged ear- Kong’s immigration department Huber declined to comment on Zia would be staying at a Mujib Medical University lier on Friday that a “massive said it would not comment on Allen’s mental state, but said the VIP cabin in the hospital while (BSMMU) for her treatment fraud” was underway to ensure individual cases but that it makes case is “no laughing matter,” an adjacent room has been allo- subject to the approval from the the sitting president wins a sev- visa decisions in accordance with Huber said. cated for her, he said. medical team. enth term. AFP the law. 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TELLYTALE BHARTI ENTERS BIGG BOSS HOUSE Comedy queen Bharti Singh will finally enter the ‘It is better to leave before Bigg Boss 12 house. Where the comedy queen is present, there is bound to be a lot of entertainment. She will be going as a surprise element into the house hoping to bring a doze of laughter for the contestants. your audience asks you to’ Taking the entertainment a notch higher will be the moment when Bharti will appear on stage as Salman Khan’s hidden wife in Lonavala who has SUMEET RAGHAVAN, last seen in SAB TV'S show Badi Door Se got nine kids, each resembling the nine seasons that Salman has hosted for Bigg Boss. Aaye Hain, has made his comeback on television after two years To find out more, tune in Bigg Boss 12 Weekend with India Ke Mast Kalandar. MUSBA HASHMI speaks with the Ka Vaar on Sunday at 9 pm on Colors! actor about his new show and how has his journey been VIKAS VERMA WILL BE SEEN IN PORUS The handsome and good looking actor Vikas Verma, who is better known for his stints in Bollywood, will nWhat is India Ke Mast Kalandar about? it. As an actor, I have to live with the characters soon be seen in Sony Entertainment Television’s The show has a unique concept. Here, the talent is to make that I play on-screen and gradually turn them NEW MYTHOLOGICAL SHOW magnum opus show Porus. The actor will be playing people laugh. People can show their madness and how atrangi into reel life characters. I am always worried about Known for his work with TV shows like the fiercely ambitious and powerful warrior Seleucus they are on this show. The motive is to entertain people and my writers because they are the real heroes on the Chandrashekhar and Prithvi Vallabh, Anirudh Nicator. Seleucus was one of the most trusted make them laugh. If the contestants can deliver this they move sets. They have to write around 22 episodes every Pathak, creator & producer of Dastaan-e- generals of Alexander. He was a ruthless warrior the next level. This is a platform for the common man to month with that same spark in the script. I always Mohabbat: Salim Anarkali, will venture into the known for his political conspiracies and strategic showcase their talent. I am the host and Geeta and Mika ask my writers how do they expect me to play a digital space with a huge mythological show. warfare in his conquests. Vikas who has played are our atrangi judges. It is obvious that there is no character. Then I follow their instructions. The “I’m bringing a huge show in mythological genre negative characters with flamboyance and charm is vulgarity or obscenity in the show because it is a entire process becomes easy for me. for Eros Now. You can say that it will be the ‘father excited to play this negative character which is a SAB TV show. It is a full family-based show and nWas there a moment when you of all mythological shows',” Pathak said. dramatic and authoritative character. it is fun to host it. thought of quitting a show? When asked if he prefer to make a mythological or “I was playing historical characters long back in the nComedy shows are trending. Will this show be No, I never felt the need to leave any historical movie, Pathak replied: “I would love to do year 2009 but this time I’m very much excited for this able to live up to the standards set by others? show. Most of the times, when my show that. It will be a dream come true. If I happen to character. Seleucus Nicator is a ruthless warrior who Our show doesn’t aim to compete with any other has gone off the air, I feel that it is for the make my first movie on mythology, it has to be on is ambitious, sharp, powerful and cruel as well. He is comedy show. Comedy is a difficult genre; it is not best since it means that the show has lost Mahadev only.” a very stubborn leader who wants to win India.His use everyone’s cup of tea. Even during the auditions if its spark. In such a scenario, it is better to It's not just this genre that he likes to work on. “I of political conspiracies and strategic warfare is the person was not atrangi enough we always boost shut down that show rather than drag it like to attempt each and every thing. What I do not mindblowing and I am really excited to play this part.” their confidence by saying ‘aap mayoos na hon, agli unnecessarily. It is always better to leave want to touch upon is the typical saas bahu drama. When asked what are his preparations for the character, Vikas shares, “I’m a mimicry baar try karein’. There are a lot of platforms for stand- before your audience asks you to do so. That is not my area of interest. I really want to artist and this time I’m going to play with my voice. I’m going to modify my dialogues ups but this show is a platform for the people to do nDefine acting. What is your approach to it? make a political thriller drama show. I want to make into a slow and husky voice, kind of similar to Amitabh Bachchanji in Sarkar Raj. In weird things and entertain the audiences. Our Acting is my passion and I always try to a show on police, army. I assure that we will other negative characters, I have to play myself but this time it is going to be different.” audience is already loving the show and that is what keep it as real as possible. I try to approach explore more fronts apart from history and For more information, tune into Porus every Monday to Friday, 8 PM on Sony we strive for. my characters with an aim to make them as mythology. We will do something which has value Entertainment Television. nHaving played so many comic roles, which one real as possible so that I am able to connect and meaning to the story,” he said. came close to you and why? with them on an emotional basis. A I have been in the industry for the last 35 years. character and a role are two different SAIF ALI KHAN – SARA ALI KHAN I’m fortunate that all my shows have successfully run things. I always try to merge them so that TO GRACE THE KOFFEE COUCH for a minimum of two years. Therefore, all the roles it looks more real on-screen. If an actor One of the coolest father-daughter duo – that I’ve played — be it Sahil Sarabhai in Sarabhai can give a valuable contribution for a Saif and Sara are all set to add to the glitz Vs Sarabhai, or Apoorva Shah in Sajan Re Jhooth project it is a big thing because you have and glamour of Koffee with Karan with Mat Bolo or Vasant in Badi Door Se Aaye Hain, to rise above the script to deliver the their appearance on Season 6! had left a mark in the heart’s of the audiences. right content. It is not always possible to We all know Saif as the actor and the People recognise me by the names of the have a perfect script. In this case, it husband! So, how is he as a father? A character that I have played. This is wonderful becomes a challenge for the actor to play little birdie tells us this relationship is all because shayad maine apne abhinay se unke the role with conviction that it reaches about role-reversals, but what do we zehen main ek chhaap chhodi hai. Some of my the audience in the right manner and know! fans call me Sahil, some Vasant. In that way, message. Get ready to sneak a peek into their each and every role is close to my heart. What nCan you share the best moment of your relationship as they share the innermost matters for me is which role has my audience journey? workings of their relationship and where loved and appreciated. Having said that, if My journey has been amazing and it is Sara headed to next, in Bollywood! I had to pick one, it will always be Sahil is full of fun moments. The most recent Season 6 of Koffee with Karan to Sarabhai. one is with Mika. Both of us love to sing MEGA ICON— KALAM premiere on Star World this October 21, and we have a band on the sets. A week before late President APJ Abdul Kalams 2018. So in between the shoot we 87th birth anniversary, which falls on October 15, It always sing and jam together. National Geographic will delve deep into the life is not always Other than acting we should history of the icon to decipher the story behind his PREMIERE OF ACCIDENT MAN possible to have a always try to make some time for success, with the ongoing Mega Icons series. In The &flix is all set to premiere Accident perfect script. It then ourselves and have fun. We the October 8 episode of the series, rare facets of Man— an action thriller directed by Jesse should never miss out on living Kalam's life will be played out. V Johnson starring Scott Adkins, Ashley becomes a challenge the beautiful moments that life It will narrate some significant events of India's Greene, Ray Stevenson, Michael Jai White for the actor to play the gives us. Missile Man's life and will give a scientific and Ray Park. Mike Fallon, the Accident role with conviction so nWho is your favourite breakdown of how these events turned him into a Man, is a stone cold killer whose that it reaches the comedian? giant the nation reveres. methodical hits baffle the police and audience in the right There are many on my list. Becoming a fighter pilot was his dearest dream. delight his clients. He is the best at what manner with the Charlie Chaplin and Mehmood are After graduating from MIT in 1958, he applied to he does. But when a loved one is dragged message my all time favourites. At present, fly fighter aircrafts for a young Indian Air Force. into the London underworld and murdered I’m a very big fan of Dilip Joshi, However, he did not get through. He was ranked by his own crew, Fallon is forced to rip who plays Tarak in Tarak Mehta ninth when only eight slots were available in the apart the life he knew in order to hold ka Ooltah Chashmah. I wouldn’t Indian Air Force. This was not the only failure that those accountable and avenge the one like to call them comedians. They he faced. person who actually meant something to nWhat challenges did you face while playing different roles? are fantastic actors who are good at comedy too. I am a fan of their To know more, tune in to Mega Icons series at him. I have never faced any challenge in getting into the skin of acting skills. National Geographic channel on October 8 at 9 Tune in to &flix on Sunday, October 7 at 9 my characters. I love acting and get paid for it as well. When nAre there any upcoming projects? pm. PM you do what you love you never feel difficulties in it, you enjoy At present, I’m focusing on India Ke Mast Kalandar. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2018 special 09

POLICE PATROL UNDER FIRE Lucknow Police is under fire for the shocking incident of a patrolling cop shooting down a late night commuter. PRABHA SHANKER reports that such cold blooded activities are nothing new to this corrupt and brazen force

n a pleasant Saturday morn- into shock. “Do cops have the licence to ing of September 29, morn- kill innocents without provocation?” the ing walkers were surprised to family questioned, adding that if Tiwari see cops milling on an oth- had indeed sped away, they could have erwise deserted stretch of passed on the information to next the GomatiO Nagar Extension. ‘Crime Scene police picket to stop the SUV ahead. Do Not Enter’ tape had cordoned off an “Due to our pursuance and the area of the road. They were told, a mur- alacrity shown by the media in covering der had taken place of a man driving an the incident, the cops had to step back and SUV near Saryu Apartments, one of the take action. Otherwise, they would have many residential high-rises that dot termed it as an encounter and somehow Lucknow’s skyline. proved that Tiwari had a criminal past,” It was much later through television he said. news that the residents came to know that To force the police to take action two trigger-happy constables had shot against the killer cops, the family puts out dead a senior manager with Apple, Vivek Tiwari's body in the open grounds of their Tiwari, who with his colleague Sana apartment building and were later joined Khan was returning from a late-night offi- by Lucknow University students to protest cial party organised on the occasion of the the gruesome incident and demand that launch of a new Apple product. the two cops be brought to the book. Tiwari was dropping Khan home Police inaction in the matter was and had called his wife that he would be exposed when the constable, along with home after dropping her home in Vinay his wife who is also a police person, Khand. reached the Gomati Nagar Police Station Around 1.30 am, when two patrolling in the evening to lodge a complaint. It was constables intercepted them near the only after the media reached the police sta- Maqdoompur police outpost, not know- tion that the accused constable was ing if the two were genuine policemen or detained. imposter criminals, Tiwari panicked and Even then, cops were more interest- tried to speed away. Constable Prashant ed in finding out why Tiwari and Khan Chaudhary fired a bullet as his colleague were together at that late hour, obvious- constable Sandeep Kumar allegedly incit- ly in a bid to give a spin to the case and ed him to open fire. justify the shooting. Clockwise: The damaged car in which Vivek Tiwari was shot at, Vivek Tiwari, constable Prashant Chaudhary who opened fire on Tiwari; Tiwari’s wife Kalpana with the family members mourn his death — AP The bullet fired from the service pis- Some reports suggest that the accused tol hit the windscreen of Tiwari’s vehicle were drunk and had picked up a fight with Chaudhary approached the vehicle, took ing out how the victim’s vehicle had a dent is the angle at which the bullet was fired and pierced through his chin. As he Tiwari. Constables on patrol in the area out his service pistol and put the muzzle on one of the doors,” he asserted. and the position Tiwari was sitting when slumped, the car went out of control and are known to harass couples passing by on the windscreen. Tiwari was shot when Top cops may deny all knowledge of the shot was fired. The bullet pierced hit the constables’ bike before crashing and often extort money from them. The POLICE INACTION IN THE he backed his vehicle and tried to drive the errant constables’ activities, but peo- through his chin and got lodged in the against the wall of the underpass. firing may have been the result of Tiwari away. In the process, the vehicle hit the ple tell you that the two had a devil-may- spinal cord. “If the shot was fired from the Realising their mistake, the constables refusing to pay. MATTER WAS EXPOSED underpass wall. She also says that some care attitude and this is not the first time service pistol on the windscreen there fled the crime scene leaving the victim in As the media got after the story, Khan WHEN THE CONSTABLE, policemen, who had reached the scene, that the accused cop has landed in a con- would have been friction after the colli- a pool of blood. Passing truckers helped was allegedly put under house arrest and forced Khan to sign a blank paper and left. troversy. In the past, he was pulled up for sion with the windscreen and thus its Khan take Tiwari to the Ram Manohar not allowed to meet anyone, least of all ALONG WITH HIS WIFE Later in the day, constable beating up a tempo driver. speed would have slowed. We are trying Lohia hospital where he was declared Tiwari’s wife and the media. Later, Khan WHO IS ALSO A Chaudhary’s wife Rakhi demanded that a Expressing grief over the incident, to find out the speed and force at which brought dead. told reporters that the cops had tried to case be lodged against Khan and Tiwari DGP OP Singh said no amount of apol- it hit the victim’s chin,” a source said. The cops, in a damage control mode, stop the car and sensing danger and to POLICEPERSON, REACHED for trying to run over her husband. She, ogy would suffice for the loss of a precious Constable Chaudhary and Khan will be said it was unclear whether Tiwari had avoid an altercation with the constables, THE GOMATI NAGAR however, was not allowed an audience life or heal and wounds of the devastat- questioned for further details. died due of the bullet or subsequently ‘Vivek Sir’ had tried to speed away. That’s with the SSP and left the police station ed family. “My heart goes out for the lit- “Their statement is important. Khan when the car hit the wall. Some even when the constable opened fire hitting POLICE STATION TO after staging a dharna for a few hours. tle daughters, wife and family members has stated in her complaint that she heard claimed that Tiwari had tried to run over Tiwari. LODGE A COMPLAINT. IT “We observed tyre marks. The foren- of Tiwari,” he said, adding that such a gunshot and later found Tiwari in a pool the two cops when he was asked to stop. A source said that the cops initially sic team which helped in the collection of deviant criminal behaviour was repre- of blood. We will ask her how far the con- Only later it surfaced that constable tried to pass the incident off as a road acci- WAS ONLY AFTER THE evidence has been asked to find out the hensible and deserved the strictest pun- stable was standing when the victim was Chaudhary had fired at the car, hitting the dent. It was only after Kalpana, who had reason behind the same. We are also try- ishment. attacked. Also, Chaudhary, who is insist- windscreen and after that Tiwari. The reached the crime scene, raised a hue and MEDIA REACHED THE ing to stitch up the sequence of events “We are determined to punish and ing that he opened fire in self-defence, will autopsy report said Tiwari had died due cry about the bullet hole in the windscreen POLICE STATION THAT THE leading to the shooting,” prime investi- wean out such rogues in uniform. We are be asked how far he was standing from the to excessive bleeding from the gunshot that the police admitted to the firing. gator IG Sujit Pandey told the media. striving for a 360-degree reform of the UP victim’s vehicle when he opened fire,” the wound. In an FIR filed by Kalpana against ACCUSED CONSTABLE He ducked the question on whether Police. It is my request to all of you to not source said. The incident sent shockwaves through constables Chaudhary and Kumar, states WAS DETAINED the preliminary findings were against the consider this aberration as a reflection of “We will prefer a scientific analysis of Lucknow and pushed the victim’s house- that her husband and his colleague were constable. “The bike had a dent on the what we truly stand for. I solicit your for- the sequence which culminated in the hold into doom. Tiwari’s daughters returning home around 1.30 am on right side. The team is trying to find out giveness, best wishes and co-operation in unfortunate incident. The evidence col- Divyanshi and Priyanshi were incon- Saturday when the two constables riding if the dent was caused after it was hit by the journey of reformation ahead,” he said. lected by the SIT team will help us reach solable and their mother Kalpana went a bike moved towards the SUV. Constable the victim’s vehicle. The team is also find- What is puzzling the ballistic experts a logical end in the case,” Pandey said. COLD, CALLOUS & IRRETRIEVABLE

PRABHA SHANKER n LUCKNOW case in Ashiyana. They had targeted a accused of confronting the SSP, after his absconding. Lucknow cops outside Tiwari’s bullion dealer from Kanpur who was AP termination order. The case is under way. The list of crimes by the Police in pple executive Vivek Tiwari’s coming to Lucknow for business. One of home in Lucknow — In 2017, Saadatganj trader the State Capital is never-ending. In shooting by the Uttar Pradesh the cops is said to be serving a mafia- Shrawan Sahu was killed even though 2013, a man died in police custody at APolice on the night of September turned politician in East UP. he pleaded his case with the then SSP the Hasanganj Police Station. The then 29, 2018, is the latest incident in the On May 12, 2013, then Lucknow Manzil Sani seeking protection from SSP claimed that the man had long list of police malpractices and SSP J Ravindra Gaud had dissolved the police. Shrawan was pursuing the committed suicide as he feared a police excesses. Lucknow Police Crime Branch which had murder case of his son Akash, who was action in a case against him. There are Not long back, the police were raided the workshop of a businessman killed by Aquil of Old Lucknow. Aquil instances in which the then SO, Aliganj, accused of hiring shooters to force a dealing in the manufacturing of gutkha had a good rapport with a cop and was accused of expressing ‘love’ to a woman cop into submission. There have in Gudamba, demanding `10 lakh as some sleuths of the Crime Branch. He woman constable at the police station. A been several instances of cops framing extortion money. orchestrated Shrawan’s arrest by the former reserve inspector was also innocents, being involved in supari In 2013, the murder of teenager Maj Para-Police to stop the latter from accused on the same count in the past. killings, looting traders, extorting gold in Indira Nagar under the Ghazipur pursuing the case. Aquil accused In 2017, an eunuch murder case suspect from bullion dealers, thrashing hotel Police Station shook the State capital Shrawan of hiring shooters for his Kamruddin of PGI, died in the police owners for denying freebies and other after it surfaced that the then inspector murder. Shrawan was interrogated by custody after being beaten mercilessly. counts that include expressing ‘love’ to a Sanjay Rai was instrumental in the then circle officer Anita Singh. Later, Then SSP Deepak Kumar shunted woman constable inside the police crime. Rai allegedly had developed a when the media highlighted the issue, out the then Ashiyana SHO after a month station. Pressure from the media and fancy for a woman cop who happened to the cops let him off. Within a month, of the controversy. A sub-inspector and social organisations notwithstanding, old be Maj’s relative. To force the cop into Shrawan was peppered with bullets in some policemen were named in the habits die hard and the cops never seem submission, Rai allegedly hired shooters his shop. As many as 14 cops were case. On November 2017, Kumar to learn a lesson. using his links in the underworld to punished. Services of constable ordered the suspension of three On September 19, 2006, five execute the crime. Following the Dheerendra Yadav of Para-Police Station constables for beating up a hotel owner policemen were terminated from service revelation, Rai’s services were and constable Anil Singh of the Crime who dared to deny freebies to them. The for executing the infamous gold loot terminated by Gaud. Rai was also Branch were terminated. Both are now suspension was later rescinded. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2018 sport 10 WINDIES SCHOOLED AS INDIA GO 1-0 Kohli & boys sweep West Indies in three days to register biggest win in red-ball cricket PTI n RAJKOT ndia recorded their biggest Test win Prithvi showed he as they humiliated West Indies by an Iinnings and 272 runs in the first match here on Saturday, wrapping up one of the most ludicrous mismatches of is different quality recent times without breaking a sweat. India dominated the game, amass- ing 649 for nine in their first innings before bowling out the West Indies player: Kohli twice on day three, to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. PTI n RAJKOT They were bundled out for 181 in 48 overs before lunch and were expectedly rithvi Shaw is a "different quality" player and that's forced to follow-on. They did not fare any Pwhy the youngster was rushed into the Test team, better in the second innings, crumbling gushed an elated India captain Virat Kohli after the to 196 all out in 50.5 overs in the final Mumbai teenager was adjudged Man-of-the-match session. for his century on Test debut against the West Indies. Previously, the innings and 262-run Shaw became the youngest Indian batsman, fourth win over Afghanistan in June this year overall, to score a hundred on Test debut. He began was India's best in terms of innings vic- his Test journey with a 134-run knock, opening the tory. innings for India, who thrashed the West Indies by While Ravichandran Ashwin (4/37) an innings and 272 runs in the series-opener. was the pick of the bowlers in the morn- "Delighted for Prithvi and Jaddu. Playing his first ing, Kuldeep Yadav (5/57) was all over game, seeing him dominate - the guy (Shaw) showed the opposition batsmen in the second he is different quality. That's why he's been pushed innings on way to a maiden five-wicket to the Test team. It is exciting to see from the cap- haul in Tests. tain's perspective," Kohli said at the post-match pre- The feat makes Yadav the first play- sentation. er to have a five-wicket haul in all three "Jaddu as well - he has got important runs for us formats of the game. Indian cricketers leave the field after their victory over West Indies in the first Test match in Rajkot; (right) Kuldeep Yadav celebrates after dismissing Sunil Ambris PTI before and we wanted him to get three figures. We The second and final Test will be believe he can turn matches for us," Kohli added. played in Hyderabad from October 12- INDIA'S BIGGEST WINS IN TESTS MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD ON DEBUT FOR INDIA Saurashtra all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja also had 16. The West Indies will have to lift them- KULDEEP YADAV a memorable game as he scored his maiden Test ton. selves to put up a better performance Margin Opponent Venue Season Performance Player Opponent Venue Season Kohli also credited the pace duo of Mohammad after being thoroughly outplayed in BECOMES THE FIRST An innings & 272 runs West Indies Rajkot 2018-19 102 Pravin Amre SA Durban 1992-93 Shami and Umesh Yadav for putting the opposition Rajkot. The absence of captain Jason 6 & 5-164 RP Singh Pak Faisalabad 2005-06 under pressure. Holder and pacer Kemar Roach also INDIAN TO TAKE FIVE- An innings & 262 runs Afghanistan Bengaluru 2018 "If you see the first innings, the way Umesh and added to their woes. WICKET HAUL IN ALL An innings & 239 runs Bangladesh Dhaka 2006-07 0 & 9-128 R Ashwin WI Delhi 2011-12 Shami ran into bowl. Few wickets with the new ball For India, the game will be best An innings & 239 runs Sri Lanka Nagpur 2016-17 187 Shikhar Dhawan Aus Mohali 2012-13 and you can put the opposition under pressure. Shami remembered for the emergence of Prithvi THREE FORMAT OF 177 Rohit Sharma WI Kolkata 2013-14 took wickets on a pitch that was offering nothing." Shaw, who announced his arrival in inter- An innings & 219 runs Australia Kolkata 1997-98 Asked about the impressive overate, Kohli said 134 Prithvi Shaw WI Rajkot 2018-19 national cricket with a classy hundred on THE GAME Faisel Features more than the players it the umpires, who are respon- debut, becoming the youngest from the Faisel Features sible. country to do so in Tests. Virat Kohli and the morning and in the afternoon it was Ravindra Jadeja were the other centuri- Kuldeep's turn to dominate. The oppo- wicket of the day. and Paul had little difficulty in picking mistimed a pull to be caught at mid- ons. sition batsmen, who needed to bat for The West Indies, resuming their first the chinaman, who bowled the first over wicket. By tea on Saturday, it became clear time, seemed to be in a hurry to finish innings at 94 for six, lasted only an hour the day. Paul went on the offensive Ashwin then removed Chase with a that the game will be done and dusted the game. Punishing a loose ball is fine and 10 minutes, mainly due to efforts of straightaway, sweeping Kuldeep for two beauty, a flighted ball that turned in inside three days with the West Indies but they went for far too many strokes Roston Chase (53) and Keemo Paul (47) crisp boundaries. viciously to create a big gap between bat batsmen cutting a sorry picture at 185 for and paid the price for their recklessness. who ended up sharing a 73-run stand. Paul was the aggressor in the part- and pad before crashing into the stumps, eight. In the morning session, Ashwin Ashwin ran through the tail on a pitch nership but Chase also came up with a leaving the West Indies at 159 for eight. Opener Kieran Powell was the only produced a brilliant spell as India offering plenty of turn, ending with four few attractive shots. Number 10 and 11 were easy meat for West Indian batsmen to make a signifi- enforced the follow-on. for 37 in 11 overs as the West Indies were Paul was comfortable against Aswhin who sent them back with the cant contribution in the second essay, an At lunch, the West Indies were 33 for all out in 48 overs. Kuldeep but had issues dealing with the away turning ball. entertaining 83 off 93 balls with eight one in nine overs in their second India started with the spin-pace short ball. Umesh Yadav set the West India expectedly enforced the fol- boundaries and four sixes. innings with Ashwin removing skipper combination of Kuldeep and Indian up nicely before getting rid of him low-on with less than an hour to go for Ashwin was their main tormentor in Kraigg Brathwaite (10) for his fourth Mohammad Shami. Surprisingly, Chase with a perfectly placed bouncer as he lunch. SINGLES DIBABA TO TAKE PART IN DELHI HALF MARATHON ‘Need to trust defence and not just attack’ New Delhi: Three-time Olympic Gold medallist distance runner Tirunesh Dibaba will be one of the star Prithvi Shaw plays a shot during his maiden Test innings PTI attractions at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon scheduled to be held on October 21. The Ethiopian legend, who is the PTI n RAJKOT nerves, it's Test cricket so it is never "It was a bit to do with the umpires pushing us current 5000m world record holder, has won five world easy but we need to take a page out as well. With the new rule of not drinking water. The titles on the track as well as four world cross country he West Indies batsmen were of their book and take that into our guys struggled a bit because of that, it was difficult championships victories. Dibaba will also have Tguilty of playing too much attack- batting. Trust in defence and obvi- for guys to bat 45 minutes without water. I'm sure compatriot Ababel Yeshaneh to give her company. This ing shots in the first Test against India ously when you attack, go 100 percent they'll look at those rules and adjust it for conditions." will be the second time Dibaba will race in India. She ran and going forward stand-in captain as well," Brathwaite said referring to Asked about the difference in conditions between a 5000m in Hyderabad back in 2003. An impressive Kraigg Brathwaite said they would his inexperienced unit. Rajkot and England, where India lost the test series addition to the men's elite field for this year's race is have to find the right balance between Brathwaite said that his team pre- 1-4 last month, Kohli said the two cannot be com- Dibaba's compatriot and fellow Ethiopian Hagos caution and aggression. pared well for the India tour though pared. Gebrhiwet. Gebrhiwet boasts of two World "Going forward what we need to it got only a two-day warm-up game "That was a bigger challenge. We understand that Championships 5000m medals and a Rio 2016 Olympic do is along with the attacking shots, before the opening Test. with the ability we have, we will dominate in these Games 5000m Bronze medal. trust in defence. I think that's the key," What also hurt the visitors was conditions. We were very clinical," Kohli said. said Brathwaite after India beat West the absence of captain Jason Holder, Shaw said it was a good start to his Test career Indies by an innings and 272-run in who pulled out last minute due to an and his strategy was to play like any first class domes- VISHWAKARMA, MAHAK WIN FENESTA TITLE New Delhi: the series opener. ankle injury, and lead pacer Kemar tic mach. An energetic Siddharth Vishwakarma "Obviously when the field goes Roach, who will be back for the sec- "It was a great win. Scoring myself and getting the overwhelmed title-favourite and top seed Arjun Kadhe back, it's a matter of still staying pos- ond Test. He had missed the series team to a win on my debut, couldn't have imagined with his thunderous returns to emerge new national itive in defence also and putting away opener due to the death of his grand- it so I feel good. Whenever you play international tennis champion while Mahak Jain outplayed Natsaha the bad balls, stroking the ball along mother. cricket, there is always a challenge. I was looking to Palha to defend the women's singles crown at Fenesta the ground for singles. I just don't "Kemar will back but not 100 per- play my natural game, the way I play in First Class Nationals here on Saturday. Left-handed Vishwakarma's think we didn't trust our defence as Shannon Gabriel, right, is stumped out by Rishabh Pant during the third day of the 1st Test AP cent sure (about Jason). In a couple cricket, and play the ball on the merit." impressive run culminated with a 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3 win much as we should have," he said. of days we will come to know," he West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite said lack over Kadhe, who is ranked 358 against a humble 1221st It was an embarrassing loss for batsmen had little clue while facing he was 100 percent into what he was said. He remains positive going into of partnerships cost them the match. ranking of the new champion. The women's singles the West Indies who were bowled out the Indian spinners. doing. Kohli obviously came in, took the Hyderabad Test starting October "India played well and showed us how to bat, espe- final, though, turned out to be lopsided as the 17-year- twice on day three. "I think what they can look at is his time and flourished," he said. 12. cially. As a batting unit we didn't get any partnerships old Mahak hardly broke a sweat in outclassing Palha. Brathwaite said debutant Prithvi how India batted. We saw the guys "I think if we can learn from "It's just for us to bounce back. put together and that cost us. I think the batters we The class XI student at Daily College in Indore eased to Shaw's knock was an example of how getting in and backing themselves. them, that will put us in good stead Obviously it's not the start we want- have are fully capable of doing the job. We need two a 6-1 6-2 win over the Goan girl. Meanwhile, to build an innings. The West Indies Obviously, Shaw was quite attacking, going forward. Obviously a few ed, but we can bounce back." or three big partnerships to set it up." Maharashtra's Siddhant Banthia won the Under-18 boys singles title with a 7-6 (0), 6-2 over Calvin Golmei from Chandigarh. Telngana's Humera Shaik took the U-18 girls title with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Rashmikaa S Karn Veer hits 1st double Bamadipaty. Yasir targets 20 scalps, series win SUAREZ TO MISS URUGUAY FRIENDLIES ton in Vijay Hazare Montevideo: Uruguay striker Luis Suarez will miss his AFP n DUBAI going to try to improve on that." n country's next friendly matches against South Korea PTI NADIA While, Australian captain and Japan on October 12 and 16 respectively, as he is atch-winning Pakistan Tim Paine hopes his team will expecting the birth of his third child, the Uruguayan ttarakahand opener Karn Veer Mspinner Yasir Shah has sent move on from the ball-tamper- Football Association (AUF) has said. The AUF said on UKaushal entered the record a warning to Australia's batsmen ing row and start a new era. Friday that if Suarez's wife Sofia Balbi gives birth before books by scoring the first double that he is targeting 20 wickets "I think what happened was the games, "the player will be available". National coach century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, and a win in the two-match Test unfortunate but we have to move Oscar Tabarez will allow Suarez, 31, to avoid selection smashing 202 off 135 balls, to star series starting in Dubai on on. We are fortunate enough to after a decision was made "based on the same criteria in a 199-run rout of Sikkim in a Sunday. be getting back together after Plate group match here on The 32-year-old has been what happened," Paine said on applied to earlier cases with other footballers," said the Saturday. Pakistan's main spin weapon Saturday. AUF. Tabarez will also be without injured defender Jose The in-form Kaushal, who since making his Test debut Both teams will also shake Gimenez and midfielder Carlos Sanchez. However, has now three 100-plus scores from against Australia at the same hands ahead of the Dubai Test, fellow Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani, will be available seven matches, eclipsed Ajinkya venue four years ago. with Aaron Finch, Travis Head for both matches. Captain Diego Godin and goalkeeper Rahane's 187 for Mumbai against Karan Veer celebrates after scoring 200 He and left-armer Zulfiqar and Marnus Labuschagne all set Fernando Muslera are also available, while left-sided Maharashtra in Pune in 2007-08. Babar took 26 wickets between to make their Test debuts for defender Marcelo Saracchi is selected for the first time. In List A cricket, which 18 fours and nine sixes in a strike them to rout Australia 2-0. Australia. includes ODIs, the 200-mark has rate of 149.63 on the way to his Yasir again holds the key for Pakistan players trains during the practice session ahead of 1st Test against Australia PCB "It's a great opportunity for INDIA RECALL 13 U-23 PLAYERS FOR CAMP been breached six times by Indian third 100-plus score — the most in Pakistan in the two-match series, some new players, new coach, New Delhi: Thirteen Under-23 players, who were part batsmen — Rohit Sharma (thrice), the tournament so far. with the second in Abu Dhabi England two years ago before he Pakistan vs Australia but still the Australian Test team of the Indian squad in the SAFF Cup last month, were on Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan Chasing the huge target, from October 16. took 25 in a 2-1 win in the West Live from 11:30am IST hasn't changed. It's a little bit of Saturday summoned by Indian football team coach and Sachin Tendulkar one each. Sikkim's outing with the bat too "I have a target of 20 wick- Indies in 2017 —Pakistan's first SONY SIX NETWORK a new era, but we are hopeful Stephen Constantine for the camp here as part of the But this is for the first time it has turned out to be one of misery as ets," Yasir said. "I know how series win in the Caribbean. that the guys who were involved preparation for the friendly against China. India are happened in the country's domes- they lost four wickets for 42 inside important it will be to take Yasir said Australia will miss will be missed by Australia. will be back in the next six or slated to play China on October 13 at the Suzhou tic circuit. 12 overs before half centuries by wickets so that remains my tar- the guile of banned duo Steven "But we can't take any team eight months," said Paine of the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. The 29-member squad Kaushal also shattered the Lee Yong Lepcha and Padam get and for the team to win the Smith and David Warner, who lightly. They have a few good banned trio. will assemble in the capital for the two-day camp before record for the highest opening Limboo took them to 167 for six series which is very important." are each banned for a year for players and a few of them I have Australia face a trial by spin they leave for China on October 10. This is the first time stand in List A cricket in India in 50 overs. Yasir has grown in stature their part in a ball-tampering played with in the Big Bash as has so often been the case on the senior national team is travelling to China to play in when he along with his opening The victory also kept afloat and wickets with each series. He row in South Africa earlier this (Australia's Twenty20 league) their tours to Asia. an International match. The two sides last met in the partner, Vineet Saxena (100 runs Uttarakhand's hopes of qualifying took 24 wickets in three Tests in year. so I know their strong and weak In the space of six years, they Nehru Cup in Kochi back in 1997. In order to prepare for of 133 balls), put on 296 runs to lay for the next round as they moved a series win over Sri Lanka a year "No doubt, Smith and points. have lost 12 of their 15 Tests the forthcoming AFC Asian Cup, India are slated to play the foundation for Uttarakhand's up to the second spot with 24 later. Warner are two world-class play- "You can't say they are weak, —recording only two wins with a few friendlies in the coming months and the coach 366 for two in 50 overs. points from seven matches. His 10 wickets at Lord's and ers and Australia will miss them," maybe inexperienced. They're one draw — on tours of India feels "this are the kind of games we need." Agencies Kaushal, who debuted against One team from the plate group five at The Oval formed the basis said Yasir. "(They) know the art always a strong side. That series (twice), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh Bihar in this tournament, smashed make the quarters. of Pakistan's 1-1 series draw in of staying at the wicket so that (in 2014) was my first and so I'm and the United Arab Emirates. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2018 sport 11 Reds host City in top-of-table clash Liverpool to face Pep’s men in Premier League tie at Anfield; Chelsea visit Southampton

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illions of pounds of investment from Manchester City's Abu Dhabi own- Spurs see off 10-men Cardiff Bers over the past decade has reaped three Premier League titles and transformed AFP n LONDON that positive start and gave a Cardiff side the blue half of Manchester from "noisy still looking for their first win back in the neighbours" into the dominant side in the ottenham Hotspur bounced back top flight plenty of encouragement. city. Tfrom a bruising Champions League Lloris was badly at fault for Barca's However, the Premier League cham- defeat to Barcelona by beating Cardiff 1- opening goal on Wednesday as he rushed pions travel to Liverpool on Sunday hop- 0 at Wembley on Saturday to close to with- from his line and was caught in no man's ing to finally achieve something that has so in a point of Premier League leaders land as Philippe Coutinho stroked home. far been beyond City's cash-rich era -- a win Manchester City and Liverpool. And that seemed to be playing on the at Anfield. Outclassed by the brilliance of Lionel France captain's mind as he didn't come City were last victorious at Anfield in Messi in midweek, Spurs were grateful for to collect a through ball and had to be 2003 and have lost 12 of their last 17 vis- Cardiff's lack of firepower to ensure a bailed out by Alderweireld's brave clear- its. The most recent of those saw City's lacklustre performance after Eric Dier's ance after Murphy flicked the ball goal- Champions League dreams ended for early opener went unpunished. wards. another year in the cauldron of a European Toby Alderweireld cleared off the line Spurs should still have put the game night on Merseyside with a 3-0 quarter-final from Josh Murphy and Hugo Lloris was to bed before half-time as Lucas Moura first leg defeat. forced into a fine save from Sean turned Son Heung-min's low cross wide A coach not accustomed to losing, City Liverpool vs Man City Morrison as Spurs failed to add to their from point-blank range before the South boss Pep Guardiola has been defeated on Live from 9:30pm IST advantage despite Joe Ralls's red card half Korean blazed over when clean through all three of his visits to Anfield and in Jurgen STAR an hour from time. on goal. Klopp faces one of the few managers who Man City Mauricio Pochettino will no doubt Harry Kane had bounced back to can boast a winning record against the Manchester City players trains during the practice session now welcome a two-week break to get a form with four goals in his last three Catalan. worked under Klopp for four years at United already nine points adrift and number of injured stars back fit as games, but the England captain was kept Just seven games into the Premier Borussia Dortmund. "But as a player there Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea the hosts were again missing Dele largely quiet. League season, no knockout blow can be is not much more that you can achieve than also playing catch-up, Liverpool Alli, Christian Eriksen, Jan Cardiff goalkeeper Neil Etheridge landed this weekend. playing these type of games, because when know beating City is the key to end- Vertonghen and Mousa Dembele. produced a good save to parry Kane's But with both sides only separated by you play them or when the atmosphere is ing that long wait. By contrast to their domestic header early in the second half before City's superior goal difference at the top of like that, you know it's a big thing." "Obviously we won the last three form, Dier was one of three changes Lucas's follow-up effort was brilliantly the table having dropped just two points While City are seeking to consolidate games against City. After none of from a second straight Champions cleared off the line by Morrison. each so far this season, the clash will go a themselves as the dominant force in English these games you go into the dressing League defeat that leaves The visitors' task was made even long way to telling if Liverpool are football by becoming the first side in a room and think, 'Now we've got it, Pochettino's men staring down the harder just before the hour mark when capable of knocking Guardiola's decade to retain the title, Klopp's task is to now we know how to beat Manchester City'," barrel of an early European exit. Ralls was shown a straight red card for a men off their perch. end Liverpool's near three-decade wait to insisted Klopp. "There is no real way, no one And he made an almost instant cynical lunge on Lucas. win the league. When Kenny Dalglish led thing that you have to do." impact with his first goal since April 2017, Yet, Cardiff could still have levelled ‘TOUGHEST AWAY GAME' the Reds to an 18th league title in 1989-90, So often outgunned by City's oil wealth slamming home an easy finish from close when Morrison's header was turned "It's very tough, probably the Liverpool were streets ahead as England's and United's commercial power in recent range on eight minutes after Davinson onto the post by Lloris and Alderweireld toughest away game of the season most successful club. years, Liverpool were the biggest spenders Sanchez's blocked header fell kindly into was again on hand to hack clear the dan- in the Premier League," admitted The intervening years have seen in this summer's transfer market in a dec- his path. Spurs, though, failed to build on ger. City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, who Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker Liverpool Manchester United storm ahead. But with laration of intent to win the title. HAMILTON GRABS 80TH POLE AS VETTEL FLOUNDERS

AFP n SUZUKA intermediate tyres instead of super-softs backfired spec- Verstappen, who qualified third, declared the title race tacularly as the rain they expected held off just long over. orld champion Lewis Hamilton roared to pole enough for Hamilton to set a fastest lap of one minute, Asked if he would look to have a say in the battle Wposition for the Japanese Grand Prix as Ferrari 27.760 seconds — three-tenths quicker than team-mate for the Formula One crown, Verstappen smiled: "Is it rival Sebastian Vettel slumped to eighth after a horror Valtteri Bottas. even a battle anymore, I don't know!" Ferrari's Kimi showing in Saturday's qualifying. Vettel skidded off twice in his desperation to set a Raikkonen qualified alongside the Dutchman on the Lewis, who leads Vettel by 50 points with five races time and his starting position will be his lowest of a sea- second row. left this season, led a Mercedes front-row lockout and son which began so brightly but looks like ending in Romain Grosjean steered his Haas to fifth ahead will start as the hot favourite to tighten his stranglehold bitter disappointment. of Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly, who secured sixth on the Formula One championship in Sunday's race at "This is not the position we deserve to be in," insist- and seventh on the grid for Toro Rosso at the home of Suzuka. ed the German, who had barely left the garage before the team's engine suppliers Honda. The Briton's record-extending 80th career pole informing Ferrari of their mistake over team radio. The Force Indias of Ocon and Sergio Perez quali- never looked in doubt after his rampant form in com- "I think we have better pace than ninth so I'm not fied above and below Vettel to complete the top 10, pleting a clean sweep of free practice earlier in the day. too worried," added Vettel, who was later bumped up before Ocon's penalty dropped him to 11th, behind "I can't believe I have 80 poles," said Hamilton, who to eighth after Esteban Ocon incurred a three-place Charles Leclerc's Sauber. has won five of the last six races. penalty for failing to slow sufficiently for red flags dur- Hamilton controversially took his eighth chequered "Never in a million years did I think I'd get 80. When ing practice. flag of the season at Sochi last weekend after Mercedes it comes to being under pressure and making the ordered Bottas to give up the lead. Indian Oil team with the trophy. Indian Oil defeated SAI, Lucknow 1-0 to win the 38th All-India KD Singh ‘Babu’ Men’s right decisions, that's why we are the best team in the ‘BATTLE OVER’ But he has dominated in Suzuka and a fifth victo- Invitational Hockey Tournament at Md Shahid Stadium on Saturday. Meanwhile, CAG beat Air India 5-2 to take the third place. world." As Vettel's thin hopes of pipping Hamilton to a fifth ry in Japan would put him on course to clinch the title Director (sports) RP Singh gave away the prizes Ferrari's decision to begin the top-10 shootout on world championship faded still further, Red Bull's Max with races to spare. India beat Malaysia 2-1 in Johor Cup

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he Indian junior men's hockey Tteam started their campaign at the eighth Sultan of Johor Cup with a hard fought 2-1 win over hosts Malaysia here on Saturday. Harmanjit Singh (12th minute) and Shilanand Lakra (46th) were the goal scorers for India while Muhammad Zaidi (47th) pulled a goal back for Malaysia. It was intense encounter as both the teams vied for possession in the middle of the park, but nei- ther could stitch together a string of passes. It was only after the 10th minute that India found an opening through a long-ball from deep inside their circle but the opportunity went wasted as Malaysian goal- keeper Adrian Albert made a great save. But the Indians drew first blood soon as Harmanjit Singh deflected a pass from inside the circle to put it past Albert. The second quarter belonged to Malaysia as the home team troubled the Indian defence on several occa- sions by creating opportunities. However, some resolute defend- ing by the Indian defence made sure that the hosts could not find an equaliser before the half-time whis- tle. India started the third quarter on the front foot and tried to stamp their authority on the match by cre- ating several chances. But the Malaysian defence stuck to their task. The visitors finally managed to convert their one-goal advantage into two when Lakra found himself in space inside the circle and finished calmly to make it 2-0 in favour of India in the 46th minute. But Malaysia pulled one back in the next minute through Zaidi who scored past Indian goalkeeper Pankaj Rajak. With just 13 minutes remaining on the clock, Malaysia stepped up their efforts and created a few opportunities, but could not find an opening as India defended well. India will now face New Zealand in their second match on Sunday. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2018 backpack 12 ‘JALEBI COMES WITH REALISM’

n Tell us about your role in ingly, I had to disconnect from And that is why everyone should again. Jalebi? everyone for two-and-a-half watch this film. It is not about n How was your experience I play Ayesha who is today’s months and stayed in the room. good people or bad people but working with Varun? girl. She is aspiring and wants to This helped me to introspect and If a girl is too two different people. This film is He is very nice actor and will be on top of her career. She also internalise this role deeper. It is successful and very relevant to today’s time and surprise everyone in this film. It wants have a beautiful love life high on emotion and to get this many people will be able to relate doesn’t look like it is his first film. and proposes to the man she likes right, director Pushpdeep wants to work to it. If a girl is too successful and It looked as if he is born to do this without thinking what people Bhardhwaj, who is also a theatre after marriage, it wants to work after marriage, it is only. We all worked like a big fam- will say. She is impulsive and actor, and Mahesh Bhatt helped still a big problem in marriage. ily and shared laughter, stress and takes the leap of faith in every- me a lot. is a big problem. Women are going through the anxiety in order to pull this off thing. But it is not a happy end- n How was the experience work- Women are going struggle of trying to balance well. ing for them and troubles arise ing with Mahesh Bhatt? both. And there is a middle way nWould you prefer to do intense that brings a new twist to the It was amazing. One thing he through the to have a perfect relationship roles or comic? story. They both fall apart only told me is that I don’t want a bril- struggle of trying and a successful career. The best I am a very greedy actor and to bump into each other after liant shot but an honest one. That example of that is Anushka would love to do both. I feel com- seven years in a train. takes away the pressure of what you to balance work Sharma. It depends on you as an edy films are the toughest things What happens later is think of yourself as an actor and and home in individual and we do prioritises to do. What Govinda and Johnny something to watch person. That is why I find this film everything. Lever can do, is phenomenal and out for. very real because I delve deep into order to have a n Can you share anecdotes from very difficult to reach that Talktime n What was the the character to play honestly. It is perfect the making of the film? benchmark. RHEA CHAKRABORTY biggest challenge? the most challenging film I have There is a scene where I am n Are you a method actor or a She debuted with YRF’s Mere Dad Ki Maruti and To make a tran- done so far and is very close to my relationship and eating a lot of jalebis. The direc- spontaneous one? went on to do Sonali Cable, Half Girlfriend and sition from being a heart. tor decided to take different shots I try everything that works for n a successful Bank Chor. But for free spirited girl to One thing that you have taken of it and I end up eating 44 jalebis the film. I am a last-minute actor VJ-turned-actor Rhea, her upcoming film Jalebi one who is frustrat- back from this film? career within 35 minutes. By the time who can jump into acting at the has been the most challenging. She talks to ed and lonely. I am Love is not what I thought it everything got over, I felt so dis- need of the hour. If spontaneity Sangeeta Yadav about it very joyful and was. It is much bigger and real. guised from it that I didn’t want- comes at that time, great. chirpy person in real This film gives a different defin- ed to look at the jalebi for two- Otherwise, I pray to God and get life and to play convinc- ition of love in this newage world. three days, forget about eat it into the shot.

Season 2 of a ‘Next, ghazal web-series, The Trip, which was launched last fusion for me’ week is adventurous, DEV NEGI, who has given hit crazy and fun with numbers like Chalti Hai Kay Nau Se Barah, has lent his voice to Rang Taari Shweta Tripathi, Mallika in Love Yatri. The singer speaks with Dua, Sapna and Amyra SHALINI SAKSENA about his Dastur at the helm. journey among other things nWhat is the best part of your latest song Rang Taari SANGEETA YADAV in Love Yatra? chats them up The song is energetic and peppy. Even the dance by the lead is so energetic. nHow did your journey in the industry begin? I am from Uttarakhand and went to Jalandhar for my graduation in music. In 2010 I moved the Mumbai. I got my first break for a movie in Ankur Arora Murder Case only three years later. A few years I got Badrinath Ki Dulhania. After that it is a steady flow of work. nWhat about struggle? The only way that I managed to survive in Mumbai was by working for TV serial tracks. This money went to take of basic needs. The problem back then was that I would get one project and then get work only after six-eight TRIP months. Even when I started getting work, the problem was that I was not getting a hit that would make people notice me. Even today, the struggle continues. But it is a bit different. I don’t have to worry where the money will come from, Now, the struggle is to make my songs better and how to reach out to everyone. nWhat did the years of struggle teach you? I didn’t know how the studios worked. I didn’t know oes an all girls trip22 how the industry moved. I would meet composers who with your besties not would discourage me. Some were good who told me to Dsound like fun? It does. More so, continue my hard work. That made me stick to my path. when things are unplanned. Season 2 nWould it have been better if you knew someone with- of The Trip is all this and much more. in the industry? The web-series takes you on a roller be very different from my real self. The Amyra Dastur and Shweta Tripathi Yes, but then there would have been expectations. A coaster ride. It is about four crazy way Ananya thinks and does things, it contact in the industry makes it possible to meet the right friends who end up going for a spur of is different from what I am and think kind of people. For a newcomer, a couple of years are spent the moment trip to Puducherry. in real life. I like taking up such roles DJ of our trip who carried her speak- in the hills and a pickup truck. When in just trying to get in touch with the right person. If you Taking the story forward from the because as an artist, you explore more ers everywhere and played the music you drive a car which has cameras know someone within, this time period gets reduced. This first season which revolved around the as you live different characters. I don’t whenever we needed.” attached to it, we have to be all the more doesn’t mean that a Godfather ensures that you don’t have four childhood friends who go on a want to live my real life on-screen as SEASON 2 KICKS OFF For Dastur, playing Ira was fun and careful to take care of the camera as well to work hard. Everyone who wants to be part of the enter- road trip in Thailand to celebrate a well.” a great learning experience. “Ira is a as drive safely,” Tripathi tells you. tainment world has to prove his worth. bachelorette party, Season 2 is kicks off Mallika Dua will continue to play ONE-AND-A-HALF YEAR quirky independent woman. The trip The girls even went for professional nHow did it feel when your first song was a hit? one-and-a-half year later. Masaan fame Nazia and Sapna Pabbi as Sanjana, Lisa reflects the great bond of friendship training to shoot for an underwater When I told that the song was a hit I finally under- Shweta Tripathi, who is now married Haydon will be missing this season. To LATER THAT TAKES THE shared between Nazia, Ananya, Sanjana scene. “It was a breathtaking experi- stood that miracles do happen. I give Badrinath Ki Dulhania in the show, says: “Sudden trips are fun add more spice to it, Amyra Dastur has VIEWERS ON MANY and Ira. Each character goes on a jour- ence. We were trained to dive under- full credit for this. Azeem (Dayani) is the music supervi- and adventurous. In Season 2 as well, joined the girl gang as Ira. ney of self-discovery and finds a moti- water. Now we have a certificate to sor who works with Dharma Production I we end up going on a trip from Talking about the experience work- ADVENTURES, vation in life during this trip, bringing prove it. Where we were shooting for had worked on many projects with him. nowhere. My character, Ananya, is now ing with co-stars, Tripathi says: “We them closer than ever before,” Dastur this, the water was freezing. If it was left He had promised me that one day he will married. She leaves everything to be a had a blast in Season 1 and all of them THROUGH THE LEADS, tells you. up to me, I would have got out in five give me a hit and it finally happened. homemaker and her career takes a back are adorable. Lisa is not there in THAT BRINGS A LOT OF The trip unfolds many adventures minutes. But it was work-related. We nYou need to know beforehand who seat. It gives a different perspective of Season 2 and we miss her a lot. But as well that brings a lot of twists and stayed under water for 45 minutes. you are singing for. Why? today’s woman who gives priority to Amyra joined in and she is crazy and TWISTS AND TURNS turns. “We are all the time running When I came out, I was almost frozen. It helps me to get into a zone. If I marriage over everything. The char- a lot of fun. With Mallika and Amyra, away from something throughout the That was the toughest days of shoot for know who I am singing for and know a acters that I like to do, I like them to you can never get bored. Sanjana is the trip. I get to drive 1940s Ambassador us,” Dastur recounts. bit about the story of the movie and the song situation, it helps me to imbibe that into my voice. It gives that bit of energy to the song. For example, when I was singing for Varun Dhawan in The karigar and his art Badri... the fact that he was from a small town and is a bit of a Romeo gave me the clue to modulate my voice in that In a live demonstration in the Capital, meenakari experts show SHALINI SAKSENA how they painstakingly fill manner. Earlier playback singers would also do this different enamel colours in a gold bangle to bring out the best craftsmanship when the same singer would playback for Shammi Kapoor he word meenakari is derived tomers with jewellery that matches their watery paint like solution. With an or Dev Anand. The singer from Meena, or Minoo — the fem- unique sensibilities and have curated col- extremely thick brush, he then tries to take on the charac- Tinine form in Persian — which lections accordingly. The karigar work- applied this in the required areas. ter of the actor to make a means heaven. The art form came to shop was our way to narrate our com- There are various colours. Yellow is difference. India with the Mughals. Evidence has it mitment to design through an immer- obtained by using chromate of nYou sing in Punjabi, that the work was done to adorn the sive experience. We wanted to build an potash, violet is obtained through Marathi and Bengali. palace walls before it finds its way into event that will help our customers are carbonate of manganese, green Since I studied in jewellery and since then there has been able to experience first hand the hard through copper oxide, blue through Jalandhar I know Punjabi. But for no turning back. The designs just got work and precision that goes into every cobalt oxide, brown through red Marathi and Bengali songs I just more and more intricate and the art form ornament that they adorn. The response oxide, and black through manganese, learn the word and go out and sing just got better and better with artists fill- we received from them has been phe- iron, and cobalt. it. ing in more than one colour in the jew- nomenal and we are looking forward to If more than one colour has to be nDo you inspiration from some- ellery. creating more such interventions.” applied, the fill will be as per the hard- thing when you are singing? It is this craftsmanship that was The whole process of a gold bangle ness, with the hardest first. But It is not necessary that I need recently showcased in the Capital to show starts by ensuring the purity of the metal before each fill, a blowtorch is it but if I am able to do so, it is great commitment towards differentiated itself. One is told that the first step is to used to fuse the powder since it adds energy to the song. design, superior quality and exquisite remove all nickel traces to prevent skin enamel together. The blow- nDo you have a dream song? designs that was inspired by the age old poisoning. Then the metal is moulded torch itself has a temperature I would love to sing a purely chudiwallah concept. The idea was to into strips and cut into the desired size. regulator. This is what gives romantic song. recreate the look and feel of the tradi- Various tools are used to crave the the meena its final colour. nWhat next for you? And why a tional haat where everyone would come design; sometimes this is done by hand For example, the pink ghazal? together and enjoy the old world charm. and sometimes they use tools to enamel gives a deep red I am working on an inde- Sandeep Kulhalli, senior VP, Retail embossed it by using a metal stylus. From hue. pendent song— ghazal. It is and Marketing, Tanishq tells you that here on, the designing becomes intricate. Once all the colours a fusion where I have taken they have always been very conscious of Before the meena is applied, the are in, the bangle is elements of pure ghazal their design philosophy. “It has been our meenakar grinds the enamel stone into given its final polish and and mixed it with the modern tune so that even the constant endeavour to offer our cus- powder and mixes with a glue to get a Karigar filling in the enamel; the blowtorch to give the final colour to the meena finds its way in the stores. youth can find a connect with it. 
     

 
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My aim is to treat every film of mine as my debut film, so that it has a sense of being uncontaminated.” Kaushal should have ‘arrived’ with his powerful perfor- mance in Masaan in 2015. While the movie enjoyed its own share of acclaim, Kaushal’s craft has been truly appreciated only this year as he has shown that he can find a die-hard Pakistani patriot, a reckless DJ, and the sexually inexperienced, gullible and homely boy (Paras in Lust Stories) within him. With such different characters brought to the screen with an effortless believability, one can’t help but wonder, what must Vicky Kaushal be like in real life? How many layers must his own personality have for him to be able to portray so many kinds of hero so easily? By his own admission, the actor is closest to his characters in Masaan and Manmarziyaan, and aspires to, some day, become like his character in Raazi. “I believe every character is present inside you, but if I really have to pick and choose one that is closest to my own personality, then I would say that actually I can’t pick one, there’s two. And it’s weird that they are both so diversely opposite to each other. But I really can relate to both of them. hu. Jaise hi ek compliment milta hai, water tion because I One is Deepak from Masaan and the other one is Vicky bankar pighal jaata hu! (When I step out, I can’t rote-learn. Sandhu from Manmarziyaan. And what I kept saying during am all cool and confident. But the moment So, I took up engi- the promotions (of Manmarziyaan) also — everybody has a I get a compliment, I melt!) My very close neering. And I had no Clark Kent and a Superman inside, right? Everybody has an girl pals from my engineering days keep problem; I was having a alter ego. So, what I am in reality when you meet me and talk telling me that I need to learn how to take good time. It was in post- to me and how I am to people in general is Deepak from compliments from girls. And I am like: graduation, when you go to Masaan, who is the Clark Kent. But there is a Vicky Sandhu ‘What do I do if I start blushing?’ So that’s companies to get a job that I inside, who is the Superman side of Deepak. So, both shades something that I’m trying to learn. I still realised that I wouldn’t be happy are there and I could relate very much to both of them. Being don’t feel that I am good looking. I still even if I was the CEO. And that gave a Punjabi, who’s always thrived on Punjabi music and cul- remember when I decided that engineer- me clarity on what I don’t want to do in ture... I speak Punjabi at home with my family... 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ughal emperor Abu’l-Fath Moderation in religious outlook was to God and longed to have communion Jalal-ud-din Muhammad something that he internalised quite early with that which is infinite. Chroniclers Akbar, better known as in his life. Born to Emperor Humayun and believe that he sometimes spent whole Akbar, used to be often Hamida Banu Begum on November 23, nights repeating the name of Allah. On remembered for his state 1542, under the hospitable roof of a Rajput many mornings, he would sit by himself policyM as it promoted secularism and was Chief, Akbar is believed to have inherited in prayer on a large flat stone in an old aimed at ‘Sulh-i-Kul’ or universal peace and tolerance from his mother. Later on, his building near Fatehpur Sikri. amity. Unfortunately, today he is a maligned tutor Abdul Latif instilled a liberal outlook At the same time, Akbar was a wise historical personage in some parts of in him. Akbar’s contact with Sufis like statesman and a practical politician. He did Pakistan. Akbar had extended his domain Shaikh Abu al-Fazal ibn Mubarak and his not allow any religious interference in the over a large territory and created what was sons further influenced him and helped matters of the State. He knew the art to often called the world’s mightiest empire at shape his liberal religious ideas. It led him subdue, if not to extinguish a murmur of that time. Yet, some of the historians and to declare his much acclaimed policy of dissent. He ruthlessly curbed actual revolt authors of text books in Pakistan either do ‘Sulh-i-Kul,’ which was in keeping with the on account of his secular approach and not mention his name or tarnish his image best traditions of our country. Akbar was issued several royal firmans. He even by accusing him instead of Aurangzeb for truly a free thinker. He took pains to assumed the role of Supreme Pontiff. He the downfall of the Mughal Empire. The acquire basic knowledge of Jainism and was was a staunch secularist and no amount reason advanced for this is that the latter moved by its cult of compassion. He came of opposition from ignorant persons could had vehemently criticised Akbar’s incorpo- under the spell of Jesuit teachers and was wean him from his chosen path. There is, ration of non-Muslims in a Muslim State. publicly reverential towards Jesus Christ however, no evidence that Muslims were He has been criticised for bringing Hindus and Virgin Mary. He was equally fascinat- persecuted in his rule. Akbar became a and Muslims together in his empire. The ed by the Parsi form of worship. symbol of tolerance and enlightenment. He policies pursued by him contradict the two- The motivation for a close contact with has been described by our first Prime nation theory which eventually led to the various religions stemmed from his desire Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and as Partition of the sub-continent and the for- for all communities to live in peace and ami- the ‘father of Indian nationalism’. mation of Pakistan. Akbar, then, is seen as cably practice different faiths. Although he The seeds of secularism sown by him someone whose ideas threatened to put the was not highly educated, Akbar thought that and others in the long course of our his- Mughal Empire in ‘danger’ and later even religious harmony was the only way for tory have sprouted after a lapse of centuries made the demand for a separate nation achieving this cherished goal. Therefore, he in our Constitution. In his recently pub- based on religion seem baseless. made concerted efforts in this direction. His lished book, Of Saffron Flags and Skullcaps: Though Muslims were still the domi- famous Ibadat Khana (at Fatehpur Sikri), Hindutva, Muslim Identity and the Idea of nant group, the Mughal Empire under him a house to hold religious discourses of all India, Zia-us-Salam, reproduces excerpts had ceased to be solely Muslim-run. It’s faiths was a notable step in this regard. Thus, from reports published in old English daily argued that this emperor ended up weak- Akbar himself became the torch bearer for newspapers that detail how Akbar gave ening Islam to the extent where its domi- the fundamental unity of various faiths India a stable administration for close to nance in the affairs of the State could not which differed only on the surface. 50 years through a mix of military prowess be restored. Akbar is also held ‘guilty’ for But it would be wrong to brand and acumen. A contemporary of Akbar the tolerance that he exhibited towards Akbar as either a religious philosopher or and a Jesuit, Father Monserrate, opined Hindus. He, in particular, favoured Rajputs. a theologian. Neither was he a ruler with that by tolerating all faiths, Akbar practi- Rajputs, in turn, gained prominence dur- jumbled religious perception nor a zealot cally dismissed the ‘extreme forms’ of all ing his rule. Had Man Singh I and Bhagwan wishing to produce something sensation- religions. He was a hero that nobody could Das not joined Akbar, they might have gone al with the aim of leaving his mark in his- hate. Yet, religious fundamentalists contin- unnoticed in history. One negative effect of tory. He was simply a practical politician. ue to make efforts to project Akbar as a Akbar’s Rajput policy was that he could no Out of his 50 top men, only 18, including diminutive ruler so that all his accomplish- longer depend on the support of his nobles Birbal, had accepted ‘Din-i Ilahi’. Man ments can be questioned. who, too, had lost confidence in him. Singh was notable among those who Early in 2017, an attempt was made to Akbar’s introduction of a religious phi- refused to accept it. rename Akbar’s Fort in Ajmer. In May, losophy known as Din-i Ilahi (religion of It was not his way to force his will in 2016, efforts were made to rename Akbar God) was an ill fated attempt aimed at religious matters. But he spared no efforts Road in New Delhi or to rewrite history combining the salient features of Islam to win his subjects over. Not only did he and text books in Rajasthan in order to with Hinduism. For doing so, Akbar is abolish unjust laws, do away with discrim- establish that Akbar was not the winner of accused of having tried to distort Islam as inatory taxes and stop slaughter of animals, the Battle of Haldighati. Interestingly, some of its followers believe that Islam is he also took bold steps like making a pub- Akbar is said to have stayed away from that not supposed to absorb contradictory ten- lic appearance while wearing a tilak (com- battle, leaving the responsibility to Rajputs dencies and beliefs from other religions. mon in Hindus) on his forehead. He such as Man Singh. Attempts have been Perhaps Akbar, who indubitably laid a indulged in Sun worship and observed a made to undermine Akbar’s contribution strong foundation of secularism during his fast on Shivratri. He also took a vow to towards nation building and to project him eventful regime, happens to be a square peg refrain from hunting. Nobody can say with as the ‘New age Aurangzeb’. in a round hole in the context of the real- certainty whether Akbar adopted such The bottom line is that fighting over ities in Pakistan today. Nevertheless, it is practices in keeping with the craft of State the facts can’t possibly lead to anything quite uncharitable to ignore the magnifi- governance or to earn popularity. It is, profound. But following the ideal of Din- cent role played by Akbar to consolidate the however, often said that his heart was not i Ilahi might. India, Pakistan, and in fact Mughal Empire through sustained efforts touched by any religion and that no one all of today’s world would do well to fol- to secure the goodwill and co-operation of knew his religion per se. There is no deny- low the glorious example of mutual respect a vast segment of a multi-racial society. ing the fact that he was intensely devoted and tolerance set by Akbar.   

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Jab koi mujhe Titu Ki Sweety; and then Stree and Sikh sentiments — Kaushal says tu bolta tha to mujhe bhi gussa Sanju did well alongside that while audience’s sentiments aata tha... mujhse chhota hai aur Padmaavat. So, you look at the are paramount, the only thing mujhe tu bolkar baat kar raha hai. range of films. Because the con- that hit him was, “Yeh kab se hone (In Banaras, people use pronouns tent was good, they crossed the lag gaya ki ab mandiron mein kya like hum and aap, which carry 100-crore mark. There was a sochna hai woh bhi insaan ab tay more respect. So when I came time when we wanted to watch karenge. (Since when have people back to Mumbai, tu, which is aspirational stories; show us sto- started deciding what other peo- more casual, started sounding dis- ries that we don’t see in real life, ple are or are not allowed to think respectful to me). I had to tell show us the world that we always about inside a place of worship). myself, ‘Three months ago, you think in our head that ‘I wish I That’s humans trying to be pro- were also that, so chill.’ lived in a world like this’. They tectors of God. But ultimately, it’s “Raman Raghav was emotion- wanted the ideal world. The love the producer’s call. Because as ally and mentally exhausting. It’s stories were aspirational. The actors, we do our jobs and go in a really dark space. After 21 vengeance stories were aspira- home. But later, if something goes days of mostly non-stop shoots, I tional. Today, it’s either The wrong and distributors call to say used to be all grungy and claus- Avengers, where it’s a different that certain groups might force trophobic and morose; something world altogether. But if it’s the theatres to shut down, the or the other was going wrong. So, human stories, they have to be producer has to deal with it.” I didn’t take a day to indulge in relatable. They are not aspira- When one speaks with that character. Like today, we tional heroes; they are heroes in Kaushal, the person, he is a mix of wrap up the shoot, next day I am their own context. I am an actor the ideal young man who knows out of it. Because you just don’t and it is my responsibility to he is going to be a big shot, but want to be that character. You are entertain people. So, I just want also the art of not allowing success waiting for the movie to end to explore any and every genre go to his head. He believes in because then you will be done that my heart connects with. And putting his heart into his work with that character.” I just want to jump into it, not because he wakes up each day to The phase of cinema, that thinking about the genre or the prove something — more to him- mainstream Indian movies are sensibility. I want to do anything self than to others. The moment currently in, is the biggest reason and everything. Because even the focus of the conversation drifts that his work has been acknowl- repeated film after film, we would the forefront. Earlier, people films. Because of this, a Neeraj Cannes, we won two awards. with commercial films right now, from his own self to his work, he edged, Kaushal feels. “I feel love them for it. We will say we would talk about formulas to suc- Ghaywan could make a film like Then we got a release over here, if the content is not there, people assumes an almost enviable and extremely lucky that I could get will clap for you, we will whistle cessful films. Today, ‘formula’ is Masaan, which could star new which everyone appreciated a won’t accept it. It has to have con- endearing sense of maturity that into this phase of cinema because for you because it’s a side of yours an extinct term. Today, content is faces apart from Richa Chadda lot. In fact, it had come out with tent no matter if it is a star-driven shows in his portrayal of the char- I feel, cinema has always kept that we love to see. Today is the the king. You just come out with and Sanjay Mishraji. It starred Baahubali that year. Bajrangi film or a small budget film.” acters he has taken up. And when changing depending on the evolu- time when the audience is saying good content that you feel people completely new faces and it could Bhaijaan was also going strong, It’s probably good that digital he speaks about a general, cultur- tion of the audience and what is that we need to be surprised, we will get connected with, no matter see the light of the day... because but still it kind of made its own platforms are all the rage at this ally relevant issue, he exhibits the going on in society. So, our audi- need to be shocked. Otherwise, who the face of the content is and we, to be very honest, were never path and audience, who came time. Lead of the first Netflix kind of balance in his opinion that ence right now is evolving in a we are not coming to the theatres who the people are. If it’s worth sure if this film was going to be and watched it. Original from India — Love Per very few people manage to find in beautiful way. Around 15 to 20 if you are saying the same things appreciation, people will appreci- released while we were making it. “Later, even on digital plat- Square Foot — he says, “With their 30s. Going by even just the years ago, we were an audience again and again — no matter who ate it. They will go to the theatres, It was just a film that we were forms, people kept watching it Netflix, the beauty is that you are many promises he has made which demanded the stars to keep the star is. So, that is giving a lot there will be mouth publicity and very happy to be shooting because and we still get messages about going live to 150 countries at the through his performances and showing us the things that we of power to new writers, new con- they will make sure that theatres we knew that the script is noble. Masaan. So, definitely, I feel like I same time. And it’s there, it stays demeanour this year, he is defi- liked to see from them. Even if it’s cepts, new thoughts to come to of full people are watching the And after that, we went to lucked out. Today, a Masaan or — there’s no hurry or a limited nitely an actor worth the wait. 
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All the prized possessions. built across the sea by the formida- Valley civilisation, the glory of India. history or the dunces who often buildings.. “private possessions” of late Nizam It is not as if such artefacts, ble vanars for Lord Sri Rama to walk thought and actions, both by the You had a West Pakistan and an write it (more so, in modern times). Significantly, the sequel to this are in fact State property and belong antiques and magnificent items of across to Sri Lanka and free his con- governed and their rulers, is evident. East Pakistan amputating the main- When the Mughal empire dec- tragic saga is the historical fact that to the people of India. Not to any splendour are seen only in Indian sort, Sita Devi, or the temples in As modern history evolved and land map. And, we had the fiasco of imated and the last emperor was he dispatched his industry minister ghost of history nor to any living lit- museums or palaces converted into Hampi of the most venerable ruler raiders plundered the hospitable Article 370, which continues to incarcerated in Burma (Myanmar ) to deposit a few boxes of dia- igants. Universal laws apply. The hotels or in the still intact old Sri Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara land and stole the loot to house haunt all India even after seventy by his progeny, and their local monds, emeralds and rubies at open declarations surrender broad- houses of “zamindar-landlords” and empire when precious stones like these treasures in veritable institu- two years of Independence. commander in the Deccan region London in the Lloyd’s Bank but the cast by the last Nizam was a legal heirs of hundreds of erstwhile emeralds, rubies and diamonds tions (including the “palace of a But then, we had “Operation became a “sovereign” since the “big trusted lieutenant did so but in his will surpassing any mischievous dynasties who ruled the length and were sold in heaps on waysides! western queen) and as Bharatvarsh Polo” which was brilliantly dealt boss” was dead and gone, the “find- personal name and fled to newly interpretations or devious claims of breadth of the sub-continent. Such was the state of prosperi- got partitioned into many countries with and most deftly by Sardar er became the keeper”. Continuing carved West Pakistan to become the accidental leaders and ignorant A world traveller would bear ty in those eras in this very land of and then eventually, a Republic of Vallabhai Patel to prevent a Central generations continued to chant the first Prime Minister. masses. witness to such ornate mastery the devout and the faithful people. India was created with many States, Pakistan which was the ominous hymn of “sarkar” being the owner Such is the hoary past of the so- The entire collection ought to be across Austria, Hungary, Germany, Languages were different. Cultures these many together reflect the design of the last Nizam of and possessor. called private possessions of the late shifted to the National Museum at Turkey, Iran, France, Russia, Greece, were separate. Yet, they all were ethos of the great India civilisation. Hyderabad — a traitor by deeds Even weirder as well as worse Nizam of Hyderabad. And, it cer- the National Capital of Delhi. These Italy, China and many other parts of weaved by a common bond of Yes, we are a civilisation. A cul- who was tamed both by love and by was the unholy way of the wayward tainly is not amusing to read of a lit- can be monetised by the the world wherever monarchy was “Hindutva” and Hinduism a.k.a ture where the majority merged military action! last Nizam of Hyderabad who would tle learned politician of Telangana Government of India to help wipe the order of society. spiritual lifestyle in a bare transla- itself to offer an umbrella of pro- However, recent developments “usurp” the estate of any Nobleman State grandly announcing his inten- out external debt that has mounted Yet, however, and most inter- tion of the term into the English lan- tection as well as compassion to the which appear inane such as the who died leaving behind a minor: tion to glorify the Nizam era, via over the last few years of crude oil estingly, India has a most unique guage. minorities in society and where summary division of a composite the widows would be included in his such relics of India! wars. history as well as collection of his- The over-riding word of com- those who leave the majority to be Andhra Pradesh State to carve the Harem and the prized possessions It is not an unknown fact that If a tiny isle land in the Gulf torical material evidence of the mon bonding was however clubbed with the minority are treat- Telangana State are reasons for would be owned by the “Sarkar”, a certain MP of the region has direct region which does not drill a drop wealth of the kingdoms which “Dharma” to which there is no ed with equal respect as fellow alarm. meant to be returned to the minor contact with a certain MP of mod- of oil can enjoy such glory of reigned, over centuries of prosper- known direct equivalent in the citizens. There is more than meets the in attainment of age of majority but ern day Pakistan, whose father was worldwide patronage by dint of its ity, plenty and advanced societal beautiful English language. All of this is a necessary study eye. Without much ado, let it be conveniently forgotten! Thus were kingpin of a genocide committed economic and fiscal policies, why mores. A small indicator to the might to the theories of “unity in diversi- understood that emeralds, rubies or these collections enlarged. against majority Hindus by minor- not India? History is created not by Of discipline, taste and harmo- of Indian supremacy — essentially ty” and “all for one & one for all”. diamonds do not grow on trees nor Not many know how he also got ity Sunni ruler, last Nizam of geo-political factors but by moral nious co-existence, to the students due to a most exalted state of “good The corollary though is the “blot on can be procreated by any man or a certain Barrister-Nobleman killed Hyderabad. As well as avowed dec- fibre of the people who rule the of modern history fed on pseudo governance” sine qua non to “good the face of a fair moon”. woman — be he of mogul descent because Ghalib Jung Bahadur was laration repeatedly by that foreign- times. History is no mute witness. texts and unauthentic secondary governance” has always been patro- Most would agree that a crop of or a legal heir of any foreigner or owning a greater collection of dia- er of “retaking Hyderabad” to When muted, History screams loud prose books on the subject, it may nising the arts in myriad forms. Be wrong politicians have rendered an desi politician. Such is the case of the monds than all of his put together. avenge her departed father’s defeat and clear. Is anyone listening? seem unbelievable to visualise the it literature, sculpture, dance, poet- almost irreparable damage to the fabled “private collections” of the And, often lent his government by Sardar Patel, who had quietly air- “sasya shyamala” or abundance of ry, dance-drama or even weaving polity of such a great ancient and late Nizam of Hyderabad. loans too...In fact, the gentleman lifted the razaakar-boss and dropped (The writer is eminent jurist, resources, both material and spiri- cloth or engineering skills reflected still thriving civilisation on Earth. How in the first place did he was so aghast at having been told to him in Karachi sparing his life! poet, author)

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Decades of defence under- or almost a decade or two after the Independence, the Congress remained the We won’t let ourselves be pushed foreign policies and became the key pil- treated unfairly. The German Foreign funding, especially on command and con- Fdominant ruling party, both in States and at the Centre. The pains they took in around time and again; we will act.” lar of its security. NATO, in this context, Minister’s appeal to “build a sovereign and trol and surveillance, due to their over- the freedom movement and their dedication and earnestness to create a modern — Angela Merkel, Chancellor of emerged as a vital instrument of trans- strong Europe” that will form a “coun- reliance on the American security umbrel- India that is both inclusive and advanced paid dividends for them. Or at least the Germany Atlantic mutual dependence. terweight when the US crosses the line” la has undermined a credible European reward was results of their political manoeuvring. But the script rarely goes as planned. More significantly, NATO ensures a aptly reflects these sentiments. conventional and nuclear deterrence. Driven partly by their lethargy and partly by the nature of Indian economy and These recent impassioned statements strategic balance within Europe. The US, This has resulted in a European Any perceived weakness puts the conti- polity, the development that was promised never came, at least not as fast and in by the respective EU leaders reflect the as a hegemon leading the organisation, clamour for forging a “new alliance of nent in the crosshairs of Russian strate- the way that many had imagined. increasing European disillusionment suppresses the inherent tendency of trade-friendly nations” – likely a reference gic calculus. A few years later, the Left came in limelight, often understood as the legions towards the US policies shaping the European nation states to enter into a to the non-Western world initiatives. NATO is, in effect, a force multiplier that voice the concern of common people. For almost a decade, they remained the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation security competition and engage in a bal- In this context, some Europeans view without which the Europeans vulnera- only credible Opposition in some States. A decade later, regional parties mushroomed (NATO) — an alliance that has been the ance of power calculus with each other. better economic ties with China as a hedge bilities are deeply exposed. The German in the politically active Hindi belt. By the time, Emergency kicked in, economy was mainstay of European security for half a Europe’s consensus on American leader- against disruptive American policies. Foreign Minister’s admission that the in doldrums and corruption was at its height. In these troubled times emerged two century. ship of the Western world vis-à-vis that Notably, a break in the trans-Atlantic unity “organisation is indispensable for our stalwarts who would change the political landscapes of decades to come. The vision The fraying of this trans-Atlantic by a European state reflects this reality. is evident in the EU seeking to circum- security” highlights EU’s existing securi- and ideology of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan with roots in stu- partnership, amid unprecedented From European perspective, the fur- vent the US sanctions by setting up non- ty dilemma. dents’ movement in Bihar gave birth to a new generation of socialists — the very American criticism of its European allies ther the hegemon is from their shores, the American monetary channels in order to Moreover, on the global strategic ones who would go on to change the complexion of the political landscape. disproportionate “burden sharing”, is a more stable is the existing equilibrium. keep alive the Iranian nuclear deal. Its suc- horizon, in its search for strategic partners, Our party, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) is a byproduct of this movement. symptom of the emerging US trend of cess could challenge the status of the US the US continues to be Europe’s best bet, For more than a decade, we have been staunch proponents of social inclusion based looking at global relationship primarily Strategic drift dollar as the world’s principal reserve cur- given their inherent overlapping values politics and have been at the forefront of fight against the chauvinistic dogmas of through an economic prism. Nevertheless, a strategic dissonance in rency, thereby seriously undermining and interests, and the comfort derived Manuvad. US President Donald Trump has gone the trans-Atlantic relationship has been Pax-Americana. from being historical partners. Lack of The history of the rise of regional parties is the reason why they are not going on record to call the European Union (EU) festering for years. Taking European sup- effective alternatives — structured dif- to die out soon. The circumstances that created them in the first place are still there, a “trade foe” which has been “unfairly tak- port for granted for pushing the US Method behind the madness? ferences with China and the limited accentuated in some cases. The national parties have become so big that it is almost ing advantage of America”. With politics regional agenda in Iraq and the clandes- Given the salience of this mutually global heft of other countries — limits impossible for a common man to reach the top leaders. This, over time, creates a and security being intertwined, these tine American surveillance of EU leaders beneficial relationship, the ongoing fric- Europe’s strategic choices. Meanwhile, trust deficit that ultimately ends with the chosen representatives becoming mere developments have cast a shadow on the have, in the past, shook the foundations tion is likely more nuanced than what instruments of financial independence, pawn of the party politics. value based trans-Atlantic security rela- of a trust based partnership. Even so, given meets the eye. Notably, none of the such as making Euro the global reserve With time, they become less and less aware of the issues facing the people in tionship. their mutual dependence, Europe and the Trans-Atlantic partners have called for a currency, which would mark true strate- their constituency. Regional parties, on the other hand are more connected to the Meanwhile, European push-back, in US have consistently found the sweet spot complete break from NATO. In this con- gic independence are likely to have a long “root”. For regional parties, people are their main source of power. It is no-brain- the form of the Permanent Structured in their strategic outlook. text, President Trump’s insistence on gestation period. er to deduct that to serve locals, you will have to be local. No outsider can under- Cooperation (PESCO) that envisions However, the tone and tenor of Europe paying more for collective defence Consequently, the prediction of an stand your concerns better than the ones from within you and regional parties score Europe taking charge of its own defence, President Trump in questioning the very could be the US bargaining chip to gain end of the Trans-Atlantic partnership heavily here. highlights a fundamental recalibration of credibility of NATO has sowed seeds of concessions on reducing the American appears unlikely. As with its other glob- The other reason is more personal. It is about the urge to preserve your cul- the continent’s security mind-set. doubt among the Europeans about trade deficit. al relationships, the ongoing friction has ture and language against the majoritarian impulses of big national parties of the Their emphasis on greater strategic American commitment and NATO’s reli- Similarly, a stronger and more inde- the imprimatur of President Trump’s dis- Lutyens’ Delhi. If we look at the history of modern day nation states, the Europe, autonomy, rooted in the fear of being ability. The growing fissures in their pendent Europe allows the Europeans to ruptive America First policies. The US for instance, we find that it is the language (and their unique culture and ethnici- forced to fend for themselves strikes at the shared strategic calculus, evident in their build a balanced relationship with the US. institutional mechanisms, though, appear ty) that has largely shaped their shape, size and ideology. Much like them, our States very root of the post Second World War diverging positions on multiple issues, Their “Europe First” rhetoric can compel to bet on the strategic relevance of this are also the product of intense debate on linguistics. Western strategic consciousness. particularly where the European countries the US to take European interests more partnership, as evident by Defence Of late, some leaders have begun to show a tendency of placing one language As Europe and the US head towards are vital stakeholders, have further mud- seriously. As part of this posturing, the Secretary Jim Mattis’s recent reassurance or practice over the other. The call to adopt Hindi as your prime language (read unchartered territory, pertinent ques- died the waters. French President’s recent positive outreach to Europe of America’s “iron clad com- national language), for instance, such demand has raised eyebrows in many States, tions arise: What is the salience of NATO These involve climate change, trade to Russia can be an attempt to tap the mitment” to NATO. and rightly so. in the Trans-Atlantic partnership? What and tariff, migration, Iranian nuclear institutional Russophobia in the US and While the expectations of a future For people who have known, say, Bengali or Tamil or Telugu their entire life, it are the key emerging differences between deal, American actions in Jerusalem, and to convey the message that Europe too has return to normal remain high due to their is almost cruel for us to ask them to choose a language that we are comfortable with. the US and its European allies? And what threat from Russia. President Trump’s sup- options in its strategic calculus. Not to mutual dependence, Europe now is more It perhaps comes as no surprise when we see leaders from parties like AIADMK, DMK are the core challenges that European port for European political parties that mention, a strong EU also raises the con- aware of its strategic gaps and the follies and others enjoying relatively more popularity than their national counterparts. countries face in their quest for greater endorse an-anti-EU rhetoric, meanwhile, tinent’s global strategic profile. of outsourcing its security. Strategic When our forefathers drafted our Constitution they made it very clear that India strategic autonomy? strikes at the core of the EU integration manoeuvring in the form of strengthen- will have a federal nature of Government and rightly so. Being the seventh largest model. Rhetoric vs reality of European ing the European pillar of NATO, there- country in the world with home to almost 1,600 languages, India is marked by diver- NATO’s enduring relevance These developments, therefore, lay strategic autonomy fore, appears to be the blueprint for the sity. In a culturally and politically diverse country, it’s only fair that it reflects in The American and European strate- bare the inherent contradictions between However, in their quest for taking future. our politics too. And the presence of large number of regional parties is a testa- gic consciousness has been shaped by a America First and the EU multilateralism greater control of their foreign and secu- ment to that. distinct modus operandi since the end of prisms. Having unflinchingly supported rity policies, the Europeans are con- (The writer is a Research Analyst at the the Second World War. In return for the US global leadership role, a growing fronted by multiple structural and func- Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, (The writer is National General Secretary & Spokesperson, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party) rebuilding Europe (Marshall Plan) and perception of the US trying to undermine tional roadblocks. These include lack of New Delhi) 
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Marathis; there have been several Now the question is what are the instances of attack on North Indians in respectable seats and when will an Mumbai by the workers of Raj Thackeray. announcement be made? Interestingly, The Congress is of the view that if the there are many reports surrounding the party goes with the MNS, its core vote number of ‘respectable’ seats. The BJP bank will be disappointed. But the NCP sources say the party can’t give more says that the MNS is necessary to unite than 12 seats to the JDU. If the RLSP all anti-BJP forces. The NCP knows that leaves the NDA, its two seats could be the Congress will not accept the MNS in divided among the BJP and JDU. That the alliance, but Sharad Pawar is doing means in a very favourable situation, this to build pressure on Rahul Gandhi. the JDU will get maximum 13 seats. On the other hand, Swabhimani However, many BJP leaders are say- Shetkari Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti ing that the seat proposal is merely a — the new partner of the Congress — strategy to keep the JDU occupied. The wants an alliance with Bharip Bahujan BJP doesn’t want any alliance break-up in Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar. Bihar as it might have a detrimental He wants the Congress and NCP to effect on the Assembly Elections in five show their magnanimity and include States. That is why it is being said that in smaller parties in the alliance after giv- the recent meeting, Amit Shah told ing them respectable seats. This must be Nitish that he was busy with the elections noted that Raju Shetti is an MP, and the of five States, and the seat-sharing for- last time round, he had fought along mula would be decided after that. with the BJP. The Congress might just If the BJP fares well in five States, it give in to his demand and include might take its support back from the Ambedkar in the alliance. JDU in Bihar, and impose President’s rule. At that time, neither the Congress $/&4&P0 +#+2 nor the RJD will save the JDU. That is Lalu Prasad doesn’t want to leave more memorial for all PMs to be made at any this and the committee of ministers is entral Minister and NDA partner why Nitish is trying to make his move than three seats for the three parties, other place, but not at the Nehru pondering over the proposal. First of CUpendra Kushwaha is still in the before the BJP strikes, but without suc- while they need at least five. Memorial. But it seems that the all, the seats of Telangana and Andhra NDA, waiting for the JDU to be ousted cess. The Congress and RJD are not Sharad Yadav is well aware of the Government is adamant on changing Pradesh might be increased. Jharkhand from the alliance so that he can continue ready to agree to his terms and condi- hold of the Left parties amongst the the form of the Nehru Memorial. is also demanding the same for long, with old equations and formula. He tions. Nitish is said to be gearing up for backward and Dalit vote banks. That is The new controversy is over funds of but right now it seems that its chances thinks Nitish Kumar might leave the a third front too, but that path is also why there is a buzz that he, along with the memorial. The director wants to are grim. This must be noted that at the NDA again. One of his close associates riddled with many hurdles. his own party and the Left parties, might remove the funds from there, and the time of bifurcation, there was a propos- says the BJP has signalled to him that the /      form a third front. Interestingly, people Congress is opposing the move. 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Wrong. Alcohol sleep, may in fact be the morn- cadian rhythm again. According to the study, artist and activist Tania Bruguera. central London, after the local activist betes and Alzheimer’s. may help you fall asleep faster ing. “Exercising in the morn- As diurnal animals, men who consumed too much Bruguera is the latest artist to be asked Natalie Bell. She was chosen, the The good news is there — but it won’t help you sleep ing daylight helps you sleep,” humans evolved to be awake fat late at night slept less effi- to fill the vast Turbine Hall space as gallery said, “for her positive contribu- are several lifestyle changes longer or better. says Sofie Laage-Christiansen. when the sun’s out and to ciently, spending less time in part of the annual Hyundai tion to the lives of others in SE1”. Most you can make in order to According to a paper “It helps kickstart the brain in switch off at night. But nowa- REM. Women also experi- Commission. 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