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+,- time for all Opposition parties to shed their differences and n an apparent rebuff to the move forward unitedly “to ICongress-led Bharat Bandh save” sovereignty and democ- $! +,- call over the rising fuel prices, racy in the country. The oil companies once again hiked Narendra Modi Government the prices of petrol and diesel has acted against the interests but this is a problem whose a “history-sheeter” on the issue amajwadi Party president on Monday even as the shut- of the country and has now +,- solution is not in our hands,” of price rise whenever it was in SAkhilesh Yadav criticised down met with mixed response “crossed the limits”, Singh said. he said. power and is now shedding the Modi Government on across the country. The bandh Hitting out at Modi, Sharad he BJP on Monday The Modi Government has crocodile tears. Monday for hiking turned violent in some parts of Pawar said that the BJP-led Tslammed the Opposition worked a lot to bring down Accusing the Opposition of the prices of petroleum prod- the country and normal life Central Government has “failed” parties for the Bharat Bandh inflation and has achieved suc- tying to create a “negative ucts on the day was affected in both the Hindi to deliver on its promises. RJD called over rising in fuel prices cess as well, said Prasad, adding atmosphere” in the country Opposition parties staged heartland and in south India. !"# leader and Rajya Sabha MP and said the inflationary trend that inflation was 10.4 per cent since Modi came to power in ‘Bharat Bandh’. Akhilesh Except Trinamool Congress, all Manoj Jha said that people are was temporary and caused by between 2009 and 14 of UPA May 2014, he wondered if said the Government major Opposition parties had Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, rising fuel prices and the Rafale suffering due to the unprece- global factors which were rule and is now 4.7 per cent. some “invisible hand” attitude shows its “insensi- backed the bandh. offering prayers at Rajghat and fighter jet deal, in which the dented hike in petrol and diesel beyond the control of the “The people were indiffer- gave “supari” (contract) tivity” towards common Normal life remained unaf- then leading protests that led to party has alleged a scam. Rahul prices. In Bihar, Maharashtra and Central Government. ent to the nationwide shut- to destroy the progress India people. fected in Delhi with offices, traffic congestion in the New said the country is being divid- Rajasthan, the bandh received Hitting out at the Congress down, because they under- has made. Akhilesh Yadav said, schools and colleges opening at Delhi area. Nationalist ed under Narendra Modi, and good response and saw sporadic and its allies, Union Minister stand the rise in fuel prices, “The Congress is a cruise “While the Opposition is their regular time and vehicles Congress Party’s Sharad Pawar hence a united Opposition will incidents of violence, it met Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged though temporary, is because of of corruption and whichever protesting, prices of petrol plying on the roads. The protest and Loktantrik Janata Dal’s defeat the BJP in the next elec- with mixed response in West that they resorted to violence factors beyond the control of party joins it will sink with it,” and diesel have been hiked remained largely “peaceful”. Sharad Yadav were also present. tions. “People believed in him Bengal and Tripura. Normal life during the Bandh due the Indian Government,” he said, adding this is the rea- again this morning. This In the national Capital the day Addressing a protest rally and helped form his was also affected in Assam and to lack of support from he said. son several Opposition parties reflects the Government’s began with Congress presi- at Ramlila Grounds, Rahul Government,” he said. Arunachal, and Odisha. The the masses. Union Minister Mukhtar have kept away from the audacity and arrogance and dent Rahul Gandhi and senior questioned the silence of Prime Former Prime Minister bandh had little impact in “We are standing with the Abbas Naqvi also criticised ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by the insensitivity towards the party leaders, including Sonia Minister Narendra Modi on Manmohan Singh said it was Congress-ruled Mizoram. people in their concern, the Congress saying it has been Congress. common man.” $%()# &**#&% %#&)"$"&*!% "&"#
al trains. Secretariat. purview of the bandh. Effect of the bandh was More than 50 Congress “The Central Government including Baramunda and largely felt in the capital city activists, including senior leader led by Narendra Modi is favour- Badambadi bus stands in the Bhubaneswar as Congress work- Bhakta Das, were detained by ing the corporate houses,” said he Bharat Bandh called by twin cities. ers blocked roads at Khandagiri the Commissionerate Police PCC president Niranjan Patnaik. Tthe Congress and Left par- Air travellers arriving at Square, Vani Vihar Chhak and while marching towards the The BJD said although it is ties protesting the skyrocketing the Biju Patnaik International Satsang Vihar Chhak, thereby State Assembly. Though the against the fuel price hike, it did fuel prices hit normal life across Airport were also stranded with paralysing movement of police made elaborate security not support the bandh. “We have the State on Monday. taxis and auto-rickshaws off vehicles on the National arrangements for the shutdown, been holding protests across the Vehicular communications the roads. People dependant on Highway across the city. there were no untoward inci- State to make the people aware came to a grinding halt in public transport for commuting Several senior Congress dents reported. about the price rise of the petro- major cities and towns of the had no other alternative but leaders also staged a sit-in at the The Biju Patnaik University leum products,” said BJD State as the Congress workers trudge on foot to their destina- Master Canteen Square near of Technology (BPUT) Vice spokesperson Sasmit Patra. resorted to road blockade and tions. Train services were also the Congress Bhawan. Chancellor cancelled exami- The BJP said there was no picketing at various junctions. affected due to the bandh as the Led by Pradesh Congress nations scheduled for the day reason for calling a nationwide Bus passengers suffered Congress leaders and workers Committee (PCC) president in view of the bandh. protest as hike in fuel prices is severe inconvenience as buses staged Rail Roko at Balangir, Niranjan Patnaik, hundreds of Emergency services, due to the rise in crude oil stayed off the roads due to the Bhubaneswar, Bhadrak, party workers later staged pick- including ambulance, move- prices in international market shutdown. Passengers Brahmapur, Sambalpur, Cuttack eting near the main gate of the ment of examinees, medicine and falling rupee value remained stranded at major and Jaleswar railway stations State Assembly and demon- shops and vehicles carrying against US dollar. bus stands across the State disrupting movement of sever- stration in front of the State milk were kept out of the Continued on Page 4 R !"#$"$%&'##% he State Assembly was on TMonday adjourned for a whole day till Tuesday as Congress and BJP ! "# agatsinghpur BJD leaders on Monday met members protested against the fuel JBJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen price hike and the horticulture Patnaik here and sought Paradip MLA and sapling scam, respectively. %& ' former Minister Damodar Rout’s expulsion At the outset, Congress mem- () from the party. bers rushed into the Well of the fter reviewing the flood sit- ! A group of leaders led by Jagatsinghpur House and shouted slogans against Auation in the State, Chief BJD district president Bishnu Das and both the Union Government and the Minister Naveen Patnaik on * Balikuda-Erasama MLA Prashant Muduli State Government while protesting Monday announced relief for met Patnaik at the Naveen Niwas and sub- skyrocketing of petrol, diesel and gas seven days for people of three mitted a memorandum to him demanding prices. BJP members tried to climb affected districts. vaccination of livestock during Rout’s removal because of anti-party activ- up to the Speaker’s podium demand- Reviewing the situation the period. ities by him. ing a probe into the alleged sapling with district Collectors of Patnaik also asked the Bishnu Das alleged that Rout has sup- and cooperative bank loan scams. Bhadrak, Kendrapada and Collectors to ensure supply of ported Bapu Parida, a close associate of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Jajpur through a videoconfer- drinking water to the affected arrested gangster Sayed Usman Ali alias Tito. was late by four minutes to reach the ence at the State Secretariat areas. He too directed them to Rout has been continuously making House. Amid protests and sloga- here, Patnaik announced dis- estimate the loss incurred due statements against the party chief, other party neering, Speaker Pradeep Kumar tribution of relief materials for to the floods and submit a leaders and Dalits. His statements are giv- Amat adjourned the House at 10.34 affected people for a week. report within a week. ing a bad name to the party in Jagatsinghpur am till 10.30 am on Tuesday. been successful,” Opposition Chief the Assembly. Question hour.” Accordingly, adults would Sources said around 7.5 district. So, he should be removed from the “Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati told However, BJD spokesperson Earlier, Congress activists led by get relief materials worth Rs 60 lakh people of 903 villages of BJD, said Das. had to give reply to questions reporters outside the House. Samir Dash refuted the charge and PCC president Niranjan Patnaik per day and children below 12 Bhadrak, Jajpur and Notably, the Chief Minister had on regarding Home Department dur- On the other hand, BJP MLA said the Speaker did his duty prop- had staged a dharna in front of the years old would receive relief Kendrapada districts have been December 22, 2017 removed Rout from his ing the Question Hour, but he Pradip Purohit alleged that due to a erly and didn’t delay the proceedings. Assembly. They were seen stopping worth Rs 45 per day. Besides, affected due to the floods. Cabinet over his several controversial arrived in the Assembly late by four secret understanding between the “It is not a big deal if the CM reached the vehicles of MLAs, Ministers and the State Government would Besides, 50,000 hectares of cul- remarks, including those against the minutes. This shows that the Bharat BJD and the Congress, the Chief a little later than 10:30 am. Government officers outside the bear the cost of treatment and tivated land have been damaged. Brahmin community. Bandh called by the Congress has Minister intentionally came late to The CM was present during the Assembly gate. ( ) (* ++, -.+/
P pioneer Q + + ! 33! interview of the week "" 4$-,$Q * , $!-,,-$- Q , R + n view of the Bharat Bandh, ,-. , $!$ -,$-- ! !#" Ithe East Coast Railway ' (ECoR) on Monday cancelled several trains in the State as the ! " " & Congress leaders and workers hief Minister Naveen "$0 & # &' staged Rail Roko at railway sta- CPatnaik on Monday more acceptable for the present time. I am very &# &''# $ ' tions of Balangir, Bhubaneswar, informed the State Assembly much hopeful that this judgement won’t affect !# &#& Bhadrak, Sambalpur, Cuttack that the investigation into the the present social and moral fabric of our soci- " !3 & & '$ and Jaleswar. Kunduli gangrape incident by ety. In fact, we would see a paradigm change CC president The cancelled trains the Crime Branch is still in in the nature and judgment of people towards PNiranjan Patnaik claimed &&3 &! are 58425/58426 progress. the ones affected. A more acceptable and pro- that the Bharat Bandh ! " &' & Kendujhargarh-Bhubaneswar- The Chief Minister gressive approach is what we expect to see from on Monday was total across &0"$ ! Kendujhargarh passenger, informed this in response to a the society which would further strengthen the the State as it was backed by &3! ## ' 58407 Bhadrak-Bhubaneswar question of BJP MLA social and moral fabric. the common people in large passenger, 58411/58412 Radharani Panda who wanted numbers. &/ 0$ & # ! Bhubaneswar-Brahmapur- to know if the CM knew that What would be your response to the sec- Patnaik told that the Bandh He told that the huge sup- The PCC chief further Bhubaneswar passenger, no culprit had been caught in tion of people who oppose it? call was given against stiff rises port to the bandh was proved claimed that there was not a 58535/58536 Cuttack- the case yet and the present sta- of petrol, diesel and LPG price by the fact that though the single untoward incident dur- Paradeep-Cuttack passenger, tus of the investigation. “When a woman has no answer, the sea is We should get it into our minds that we live which have affected the com- party limited the time till 3 pm, ing the bandh. 58436/58435 Cuttack-Bhadrak- She had also wanted to empty of water”, thus goes a German adage. in a democratic country which is not ruled by mon people by burning holes the vehicles remained off road For the first time, the PCC Cuttack passenger from both know how many grangrape Indeed, it is difficult to gauge the sorrows, suf- any particular section of the people based on in their pockets. throughout the day, long facilitated movement of ambu- the directions. cases filed in different police ferings , afflictions and agonies of women, espe- caste, colour, creed, religion, etc. We expect a In spite of repeated distance trains were controlled lances and the patients and dis- The ECoR had also can- stations and how many of gan- cially when they are subjected to untold miseries unanimous thought process or response to suggestion and demand to at various stations and 10 abled persons in emergency celled the 22819/22820 grape cases disposed of during and traumatic situations pushed by delinquent something impossible. I have my respect include petroleum products in pairs of trains were cancelled by need by opening a control Bhubaneswar-Visakhapatnam- the last two years. males, nay by brutes. Being a woman, she has a towards the people who are opposing this judge- GST and slash in VAT in the the East Coast Railway on room and helpline number at Bhubaneswar Intercity express, He informed that 93 and knack of studying her problems and is success- ment. They have their right to do that. The ones State by the Congress, the Monday. the Congress head office in 58424/58423 Cuttack-Bhadrak- 92 gangrape cases were regis- ful in eliciting information by getting necessary who are opposing with justifications are very BJP and BJD remained Similarly, all business Bhubaneswar. Cuttack passenger, tered in different police timely legal advice. She is committed to the much aligned with their culture and beliefs. I adamant and now, the lower establishments, educational He added that the 18303/18304 Sambalpur-Puri- station in 2016 and 2017, empowerment of women and for upholding her believe we should always be open to discussions middle class and middle class institutes and in most places, Congress workers and sup- Sambalpur Intercity express respectively. While a total of Constitutional rights. and have opinions on such issues, which is a sign people, house wives and youths banks were closed for the day. porters protested in a unique from both the directions, 58402 264 gangrape cases were dis- Namrata Chadha, a noted social activist, was of a healthy democracy. It depends on how we of the country are bearing the There was very poor atten- way by giving rose to the com- Paradeep-Cuttack passenger posed of during the last two a Member of the State Commission for Women perceive a thing. Whether our judgements are heavy burden of price hike, said dance in Government offices, muters and requesting them to and 58416 Puri-Cuttack years, culprits were punished in for two terms. Currently, she is working on confined to a particular thought process or we Patnaik. told Patnaik. support the bandh. Passenger. 22 cases. women empowerment in both the organised and are looking at the multiple thought processes unorganised sectors. She is set on a lofty goal for depends on person to person. This discussion welfare of working women in unorganised sec- should go on as it may lead to further improve- tors on a pan-India basis making them aware and ments in the system. ! " " +,, $+3$$!- educating them on their rights and ensuing legal support for them. She is also active as a catalytic Would you elaborate your plans regard- agent in transforming women officials in elite cir- ing emancipation of woman in unorganised cles including corporate houses by her discours- sector? % ,$ 3$ es on empowerment of women by interpreting and elucidating various legal A working woman’s life has mul- !"# 4((40 provisions. She conducts camp tiple aspects which are required to be "" ! ! $ courts, awareness trainings, live balanced by the woman herself. uring the observance of interactions with authorities Such aspects are family, work and Dthe Bharat Bandh, Cuttack like police, women’s commission, personal wellbeing. On a daily basis, Congress president helpline contacts, etc. Besides, she the balance needs to be maintained Mohammed Moquim enjoyed is associated with various amongst the three to lead a smooth espite Odisha Pradesh cricket with many party work- Government organisations life. Maintaining this balance often DCongress Committee ers on the deserted road at including the WCD is not possible and leads to taking a (OPCC) president Niranjan act by Congress workers at the Badambadi here. Department. She is also a judi- toll on the woman herself. Women Patnaik’s instructions to observe Works Department office in While movement of vehi- cial member of the juvenile working in the organised sector are a ‘peaceful’ bandh, several party Mayurbhanj was also reported. cles had come to a grinding halt court and spends her leisure aware of the laws as well as the work- workers resorted to violence in Likewise, party workers broke in the city owing to road block- hours by contributing to various ing of the society due to the exposure some parts of the State on the gate of Nabarangpur ade at various junctions includ- local newspapers. She is also and awareness. With the implemen- Monday. Reports said Congress Collectorate and locked it after ing Badambadi, Moquim along widely known for her Hindi tation of strict laws and guidelines for workers stormed into the office they found the office func- with Congress workers turned commentaries through national television dur- SHAW (Sexual Harassment at Workplace), these of Kakatpur Tehsil office in Puri tioning during the bandh. the road into a cricket pitch as ing the Car Festival at Puri. In an interview to women have a sense of safety and security. The district in the presence of the PCC chief Patnaik formed he took a bat and faced sever- The Pioneer, Chadha spoke to Sugyan main area of concern is the women working in Tehsildar and allegedly a three-member committee al deliveries on the street. Choudhury on a wide range of issues relating to the unorganised sector such a daily wage thrashed a staff besides dam- headed by senior party leader The party workers, who women and also opined on the LGBT issue in the labours, farming sector, mining, etc. aging the office gate. Chiranjib Biswal to probe into turned fielders, were seen wake of the Supreme Court’s recent judgement. Documentation and legal implications can be Party workers also barged the incidents. Action would be cheering for Moquim after his easily overlooked. Lack of awareness and right into the BDO office in Remuna taken against the Congress shots. “Badambadi Chhak was What’s your response to the apex court’s education, support with regards to safety and in Baleswar district and alleged- workers found guilty, Patnaik completely deserted today and cricket here. The Congress will match,” said an evidently happy judgement on LGBT and decriminalisation redressal is negligible. These women are prone ly ransacked properties. Similar said. we took the opportunity to play remain not out in this cricket Moquim. of Section 377 of IPC? to exploitations, sexual and mental, on a daily basis. My goal is to target these working We judge people as criminals for the acts women on a pan-India basis and provide them "5 they have committed and scale them on the with awareness and educate them on their rights "") * "<585 basis of punishments defined in the IPC for and legal support. I believe education is power, those acts. We live in a democratic country and but the success of it depends on how well we ! our Constitution gives us the assurance that apply this knowledge in their real life. Along ported it. every citizen has the right to follow their reli- with providing them with the requisite knowl- Government gion/ cultural principles and thought process- edge on how to take legal support, I also pre- . !# employees were es. I wholeheartedly welcome the Supreme pare them mentally to fight for themselves with seen supporting the Court’s judgement decriminalising provisions hands-on experience of using their legal rights bandh. Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,797 of Section 377. I believe this change should have with the authorities through conduct of camp PCC member persons have died due to light- been made a long time ago since these provi- courts, awareness trainings, live interactions s many as 17 prisoners will Sisir Kumar Parida, ning during the last three years sions dated back to the colonial era and were with the authorities like police, women’s com- Abe released from different working president and four months since 2014-15 made during a time when the intention for mission, special support cells, help groups, jails of the State under a special Swagatika Patnaik, till date across the State. inclusion of such provisions was directly linked helpline contacts. scheme on the Gandhi Jayanti Khordha Club pres- Revenue and Disaster to a certain section of the society only and did on October 2 this year. ident Padmalochan Management Minister not represent India as a whole. I believe that it What’s your suggestion to check the vio- Chief Minister Naveen Ray, senior Maheshwar Mohanty informed would have been better if these changes were lence on women being made viral on the social Patnaik informed this in the Congress leader this in the State Assembly in brought in by our elected representatives and media? State Assembly in responsive to Ranjit Mahapatra, response to a question of parliamentarians on their own and not by a pub- a question of Congress MLA Youth C ongress Congress MLA Tara Prasad lic petition to the court. We elected them to gov- Social media has become an essential part Naba Kishore Das on Monday. leader Plaban Bahinipati. Out of 1,797 persons ern the country and make laws for the wellbe- of our life. One of the major consequences of In the first phase, a State- Patnaik, Sarif died in lightning, 43 were from ing of citizens. It is unfortunate that these issues this is the exploitation of women. The contents level committee formed on the Mohammad, Koraput district, the Minister were ignored by the Government. of women are misused by people who get sadis- basis of Central guidelines has Pradosh said. tic pleasure by demeaning them. These things recommended for release of 17 0. + claimed the party’s district Harichandan, Jitendra The Minister stated that Will the judgement shake up the moral are not done by aliens rather, the people of our prisons staying in different unit. Champati, Barabasu Mohanty, the family of a person dying in and social fabric of Indian society? society who include everyone one of us. jails. Second phase process he Bharat Bandh on Shops, Government offices, Sibadiya Mohanty led picketing lightning was being given com- Whenever we receive any viral content, be it vio- would begin on Januay 1, 2019 TMonday called by the banking and educational insti- in the town and different block pensation of 1.5 lakh before Primarily, it is important to know that all lence on women, we instantly view it and cir- to release prisoners on the Congress was successful in tutions remained closed across offices. April 1, 2015 and the family of judgements affect our lives. Like the major judg- culate it to others without knowing its conse- Dandi Yatra on April 6, 2019, Khordha district under the the district. Common people, Police detained many a person dying in lightning is ment of “Vishakha and Others Vs. State of quences and impact on the victim. To curb such Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik leadership of PCC general sec- different associations of auto Congress workers during the being compensation of Rs 4 lakh Rajasthan” made a huge impact on the day-to- menace, we do have cyber and IT laws; and said. retary Janki Ballav Patnaik, rickshaw, taxi and traders sup- bandh. since April 1, 2015. PNS day lives of working women, similarly this police are now very active on taking action judgement on Section 377 would impact the against any such complaints. I believe the con- lives of a large number of people, both direct- trols are still not enough to curb this situation. ly and indirectly. As far as the moral and social Just catching someone and prosecuting won’t 5 $ -$!, &' fibre of the society in concerned, it is made of suffice. We need to have awareness and a vast number of cultures, customs, morals, develop a self-regulatory code that any such practices entwined with one another to form the incident should not be entertained and Indian culture; and we should take pride in its circulated further and should be reported to !( diversity. But we should not forget that change the authorities immediately. Unless we start -!-$$ is the law of nature; and with time the change doing this ourselves, we won’t be able to stop 4((40 &/! " 0! is essential. If we study the socio-cultural it from being viral. Further, we also need to gen- anthropology, we would know how the world der-sensitise our children, friends, family, col- & 05 remained as usual. Some morn- Attendance of staff in Puri col- n under-trial prisoner 1 &'! # has changed with time. With time the moral and leagues and whoever we deal with on a daily # ! #./ ing trains departed Puri station lectorate was very thin. A(UTP), who was undergo- ' 3& # ' social fabric too modifies, rather evolves to be basis. on time, but post 10 am, trains Left supporters blocked the ing treatment for dengue at the #0 !&3 ! " 1 - could not move as bandh sup- main road to Nuapada and SCB Medical College Hospital porters sat on the track of Puri block office of Krunsnaprasad here, died early on Monday ' &30 &' # he nation-wide bandh called railway station. with the help fishnets. Similarly, morning. With this death, the ! !! ' %&' (& ) Ton Monday by Congress Many shops and business block and tahsil offices in premier referral hospital here 0 4 # and opposition parties against establishments on both sides of Brahamgiri remained closed. registered its fourth dengue %% !# &# )%**+, - + persons arrested in 2016, the fuel price rise was partial in Puri. Badadanda remained shut. BJP leader Krusna Chandra death this year. !! # ' !! , )/$%0/ numbers rose to 824 and 195, While tourists and devotees District Judge of Puri Jegadev said the bandh was a The first dengue death the Rayagada jail after he was - ,+ + , / / respectively, in 2017. already staying in city’s Ambuja Mohan Das entered the total failure in Puri district. here had been reported in arrested in January. ' # ! Out of 824 Cyber crimes hotels visited the Jaganath court room unopposed. Others Taking strong exception to June. After a bout of fever in the - + 1 +/1 *$2 reported and 195 arrested in Temple and the sea beach like a judges also joined, but no trans- Congress and Left parties, Hospital sources said one jail, he had been admitted to the , / 3 /+ 2017, 188 were related viral normal day, flows of outside vis- action was made in the courts Jagadev charged that they only Rajendra Naik (35) of Rayagada hospital on videos/fraud images and 88 itors into the city were very thin due to absence of clients. The called bandh to hide own cor- Chadragiri in Rayagada district September 3; and from there, he s many as 391 Cyber cases a question of BJP MLA arrested in such cases. due to road blockades on Puri- Puri Bar Association office ruption and mal governance had been admitted here on was shifted to the Brahmapur Awere reported and 79 per- Radharanai Panda on Monday. The Chief Minister said a Bhubaneswar, Puri-Satpada and remained opened till 5 pm, but while in power already. He Saturday after he was referred hospital on September 5. In sons arrested during the last six According to the informa- total of 1099 rape cases Puri-Konark National the lawyers did not requested CM Naveen Patnaik by the MKCG Medical College Brahmapur, Rajendra was diag- months by June 30, 2018 in the tion submitted by the CM, the were disposed of in 2017 and Highways. attend works due to strike to set an example like Rajasthan Hospital in Brahmapur. nosed of suffering from dengue State. Chief Minister Naveen Cyber crimes are increasing in culprits were punished in 186 Few taxis were plying by High Court lawyers on the CM Basundhara Raje, by cutting He was facing trial in a and was referred to the Cuttack Patnaik informed this in the the State. While 314 Cyber cases, registering 16.92% pun- though movement of bikes lawyer-police strife in Cuttack. VAT to ease oil prices. murder case and was lodged in hospital. State Assembly in response to crimes were reported and 99 ishment rate.
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undreds of Congress he district of Mayurbhanj % " Hactivists blocked the Thad a near-total response to National Highway and State the Congress-called Highways in Jharsuguda led by Bharat Bandh to protest =,1 M ! 03 ' P#$ &' Party workers, at the outset, OPCC working president and against the excessive hike of 3 & stopped the movement of two MLA Naba Kishore Das, fol- fuel prices. s part of the all India bandh " ## 3 !0&3/ intercity express trains to Puri lowing a nationwide shutdown Throughout the district, Acall by Congress and sev- ! & # # ' and Raygada at 6.00 am. to protest against rising fuel vehicles were off the roads eral other opposition parties, #3 !& & However, looking at the incon- prices and inflation. and shops and other business Sambalpur and all other neigh- venience of the people, they left The protest paralysed life in establishments remained bouring districts were seen &! N it after a few hours. But trains large parts of the district as closed. Essential services were paralyzed from morning till 3 dent of Congress cum former moving in long routes were also most people preferred to not affected as they were pm on Monday. Unlike other MLA Aswini Guri. seen running late by four to six remain indoors, given an exempted from the purview of times, the bandh this time was Collector Samarth Verma hours. Vehicular traffic was almost-complete absence of the bandh. almost spontaneous since peo- who came to his office at 9 am brought to a standstill. Even public buses and autorickshaws. All the major towns of the ple from rich to poor feel the also faced the ire of the auto rickshaws which habitually Most Goverment offices district including Baripada, pinch of price hike in diesel and Congress people. The party run on the roads during the were closed. Private and most Rairangpur, Karanjia and Udala petrol. workers led by Guru and for- bandh days for a quick buck Government buses remained looked deserted from dawn to “Through today’s bandh, mer DCC president Rajkishore were not seen. “Today’s bandh off roads. Retail petrol and dusk. The bandh was by and people have given a message to Das barged into his office and was totally peaceful and no diesel outlets, all shops and Manmohan Singh’s litre. However, under Modi Clearly, the Modi Government large peaceful. Some other the ruling BJP that they are not requested him to close the arrest has been made any- commercial establishments Government left office, crude Government, crude oil is priced has been looting the common political parties like JMM, CPI satisfied with its governance at office for a day. Verma left his where in the district,” police remained shut. oil was priced at $106.85, and at $77.25 a litre, yet the price of man by extorting heavy taxes, and CPI(M) extended support the Centre,” said district presi- office within a few minutes. control room sources said. MLA Das said that when petrol was priced at Rs 71.41 a a litre of petrol is Rs 83 today. he told. to the bandh here. * * . * + %
,)- M )+/ held a railroko at the Balangir +1/ / )6/1+ Railway Station for a brief time he normal life was affected /1+ ,+-, / early in the morning. Tfollowing the Bharat Bandh / , “Today all the frontal observed by Congress on ,,+ + organisations of Congress at Monday here against rise in 3+?),+ 1/ Balangir have participated in fuel prices. Shops, business + /,+- ), +/ the bandh. People have sup- establishments and education- 3/) ported us wholeheartedly as a al institutions remained closed. mark of protest against rise in Buses were off the roads. Banks ,+- + 1 / +' prices of petrol and diesel. We and post offices were also , + / N demand fuel prices be brought closed. under GST purview and According to reports, president Dilip Behera, slashed,” said DCC president Congress activists led by DCC Samarendra Mishra and others Dilip Behera. ! P4 "0&'. A =1 out a bike rally across the town # too. SUCI chief Somonath () he Bharat Bandh against Behera led a demonstration at Tfuel prices hike by the Main Post Office. he Bharat Bandh called 1 ,0=+- the roads. Schools, colleges, Congress, CPI(M), SUCI and All schools, colleges, petrol Tby Congress and other shops, business establishments .1 district in support of the bandh. in Sonepur town. several other organisations here pumps, shops, business estab- parties on Monday against he Bharat Bandh on and private offices were also Vehicular movement came Among others, DCC pres- was successful on Monday. lishments and cinema halls the monstrous hike of fuel TMonday in closed. he Bharat Bandh called by to a grinding halt in all the six ident Shankar Dash, Sonepur The activists in the early were closed. However, no unto- prices was peaceful in Paralakhemundi town brought Congress leaders Tirupati Tthe Congress protesting blocks of the district as Congress Constituency Youth Congress morning held a Rail Roko at ward incident was reported. Athagarh. untold miseries for the com- Panigrahi and Paralakhemundi against the unprecedented rise leaders and workers resorted to president Sumit Pujhari, Town the Brahmapur railway sta- Force deployments were made Under the leadership of muters at the bus-stand here as MLA K Surya Rao, from the in fuel prices affected normal life road blockades at various Congress president Sudhir tion while they burnt tyres at in prime locations of the town. OPCC secretary Uma Ballav the activists of the Congress and Left parties, Janna Subash Rao, across Subarnapur district on important junctions and staged Panda, general secretary Barun various locations and held road Trinath Behera, Deepak Rath, the Congress workers Left parties held blockades and Bidyadhar Patra and Monday. bike rallies, shouting slogans Suna, PCC member Jitendra blockades. They gave slogans Patnaik, Pitabas Panda, Biswajit held picketing in a peaceful did not allow the vehicles to ply. Dandapani Rayat led the Vehicular movement was against the BJP-led NDA Pattnayak,Tripurari Satpathy, against the BJP-led NDA Patro from Congress, Basant manner at various locations in Consequently, buses, bandh. The bandh was badly affected as the Congress Government for the stiff fuel Subrat Satpathy, besides over Government at the Centre and Nanda, Kalu Panda from the town and gave anti- auto rickshaws, and other pas- also observed across Gajapati activists blocked the National price rises. Auto rickshaws and 100 activists, were present in the BJD Government and took CPI(M) were present. Government slogans. senger vehicles were off district. Highways at several places of the two wheelers were off the roads Sonepur. / +) 5 $! 4 4 5# 6! 57 8 49, +: 0 >)(-)1 + ! *= * 1 *! = ' $&! 1 ) ormal life was on Monday < *! '* 4 Ndisrupted in the 1+ M7 ,+- + ?+-? /1 = 4 <4 *< Jagatsinghpur headquarters 4 ! ' +/3 / ' town and adjoining blocks due he Bharat Bandh on /-/- +/ + to a 9- hour bandh by Congress TMonday called by the ' +/3 / + - ; 5!"!# ! 5 5;! ;;" to protest against oil prices hike. Congress was peaceful in + -/+ - In Jagatsinghpur town, the Nuapada district. 1 + ) , , , Congress workers led by DCC The strike was led by PCC ) , +- /- /1 president Natabar Barik and member Adhiraj Panigrahi at / - /' +/3 / Municipality Chairman Biplab Khariar town and at Nuapada, ))- ,,+ + Choudhury gathered at the bus DCC president Ghasiram /- P stand and held a dharana on Majhi led it. + 3/ , - ) N Cuttack- Machhagaon NH 55. Shops, Government offices, Shops, educational institu- banking and educational insti- give relief to the people. People tions, Government offices, banks tutions across the district of Nuapada district, including and insurance company offices remained completely closed. the business class and remained closed during the Plying of busses as well as all Government officials, have bandha hours. Vehicular traffic other public and private vehi- supported our bandh call. also was standstill the whole day. cles was also stopped. However, That’s why, it remained peace- The Congress workers vegetable markets were opened. ful,” opined Panigrahi. staged demonstrations carrying “Fuel prices are skyrocket- The support extended by placards and chanting slogans ing, but the BJP led NDA the people of the district to /: =!>> * against the Centre at different Government is not concerned. the bandh reveals their resent- = ? . @ blocks. Police sources said the Neither is the State ment against the Governments bandh passed off peacefully Government here, which is at the Centre and the State, he ' < // <*1 <1 without any untoward incident. reluctant to reduce its taxes to added. = ,( 1 ' 0 43! 0! # ,-,-$ $, !R & !0# 9# !! !" $ -$$6! ( % part of the Background #" & 0 !# Yadav(38), both Talent team. “Tom is an 33 & & /+ )1 + + $ & $$ ' native of Kansabel, dia girl Suravi Patnaik fea- absolute gentleman on ! " & 3 ' ,/+ + Chhatisgarh along Otured in the blockbuster set who is always inter- +-? ? ,/1 with seven others # ; " " + ) flick from the popular Mission ested to mingle with /+ were taking the Impossible series. Cuttack-born everyone and would >)(-)1 pangolin inside a Suravi is an IT consultant who help out people to carve he State Crime Branch, four wheeler, when has moved to New Zealand a the best out of them.” undreds of villagers from the doctor. TSpecial Task Force (STF) the forest officials few years ago. Suravi, along with the HChatara village here on Meanwhile, taking back has taken up a pangolin had conducted a The film’s shooting in New other extras, has Sunday resorted to a road the body to the village, his kin (Bajrakapta) recovery case raid and arrested Zealand captured a Kashmiri received a memoir coin blockade at Hospital Chhak on felt that he was alive and they from Sundargarh forest officials the duo. While village that forms part of the from Henry Cavill along Cuttack- Machhagaon NH 55 rushed back to the DHH but and started an investigation on searching inside thrilling climax of the final with a Thank You letter. demanding compensation to the doctor did not respond and Monday. vehicle, installment. The precise loca- The film that has kin of a deceased 4-year-old consequently, the child died, Significantly, Sundargarh to take up the case. forest officials found a tion of the Kashmiri setup was enced Cruise, doing the dra- currently grossed over $438 child and action against a doc- deceased’s mother alleged. forest officials had arrested Meanwhile, the recovered gunny bag which had been tied up on the hills of the Southern matic helicopter chase stunts million at the box office, returns tor for negligence in treat- Soon after the incident, two persons of Chhatisgarh on pangolin, which has been still with a rope. They spotted the Alps in a small area called through the beautiful New with the popular cast Tom ment. hundreds of villagers rushed to August 24, allegedly for illegally under possession of the pangolin inside the bag. Rees Valley. The shot that fea- Zealand landscape. Cruise, Henry Cavill and Simon Reports said that the child the hospital and resorted to a transporting and trading a Sundargarh forest division, will The rescued pangolin tures Suravi took place last “It was an unbelievable Pegg for its sixth installment after being rescued in a drown- road blockade keeping the pangolin. Another seven per- be handed over to weighs about 10. 750 kg. summer in June 2017 with 300 experience working with Tom with shooting locations span- ing case was admitted in the body on road. Later, the local sons, reportedly present on Nandankanan authorities on Herod and Radheshyam Kiwi Indians getting the oppor- Cruise for a good length of 12 ning across several countries, District Headquarters Hospital police and Magistrate reached the spot with the pangolin, had Tuesday. have been forwarded to the tunity to work alongside the days that the scene was being including Paris, UK, New here on Sunday morning but he the spot and brought the situ- fled. The Sundargarh forest They accused Herod SDJM Court, Sundargarh and stellar star cast and the experi- shot,” says Suravi who was Zealand and Norway. was declared brought dead by ation under control. officials had requested CB STF Khalko(30) and Radheshyam later, to jail. & &: ( ) (* ++, -.+/ 3 O P , " R . 0, % " " he Merryland International TPlay School conducted the +0, Kishan Morcha leader Er second assessment for the Debashisha Hota took Trinity College of London here echanic Bisu Maharana of Maharana to New Delhi and from August 30 to September MBhuban got about Rs 5 arranged a meeting with 5. Trinity College of London lakh from the Hindusthan Minister Petroleum, Skill adjudicator Richard Hansom Petroleum Corporation Development and conducted the assessment. Limited (HPCL) for developing Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Young candidates aged a technology of battery bike. Pradhan at his residence on between three and five years Maharana invented a bat- July 10. The very next day, appeared for the Young tery bike which runs 100 km Pradhan directed HPCL to Performers Certificate (YPC) after charged for 4 hours. provide Rs 5 lakh financial and older candidates from After knowing this, BJP assistance to Maharana. leading schools of Sundargarh appeared for the graded exam- ination in communication skills. As many as 130 candi- dates appeared for the assess- P#030' # !$ #P ADM Trilochan Majhi. Kerala floods. ments. Trinity College of $ ' '# 4 He was delivering a speech Dr Nakul Charan Samal London academic consultant on a seminar entitled "Reliance was felicitated by Majhi for his Sanat Adhikari thanked par- on media news affected due to contribution to social causes. ents, teachers and institution- > )+ social media" organized by Among others, Belpahar al heads for the support extend- Jharsuguda District Journalists’ Municipality Chairman ed to make the examination a ocial media which is spread- Association (JDJA) on Parsuram Sahoo, TRL Senior success. Sing fake news is Saturday. officer Dr Tarapada Das, senior Adhikari promised all his becoming the primary source The programme began journalist Gajendra Mohanty, support to inspire and help of receiving information of with a prayer ceremony for for- Santosh Mishra, Amzad train students to acquire this late and therefore, verification mer Prime Minister Atal Bihari Badshah, Subhash Pradhan, prestigious international certi- of its content has become Vajpayee, veteran journalist Sanjib Patjoshi and Anil fication. indispensable, said Jharsuguda Kuldip Nayar and victims of Agarwal attended. $( ( ./ 0 as the Shree Jagannath Temple The State Government Jyoti Shankar Mohapatra post- Administration (SJTA) Niti posted Rabindar Nath Mishra ed as Deputy Director of 4-+< dances and Odishi music. he State Government on Administrator. as Deputy Chairman of Recruitment. They include Sonali TMonday carried out a While Pradip Das was Cuttack Development Similarly, the State gov- ,-) > Mohapatra (Bhubaneswar) and major reshuffle in the Odisha posted as the Additional Authority (CDA). Biswa ernment appointed Narayan Subikash Mukherjee (Kolkata) Administrative Service (OAS) Secretary of Water Resources Mohan Ray was appointed as Murmu as Additional Collector .. + for Odishi dance, Swati Sinha cadre and transferred as many Department, Pramod Prusty Managing Director of the Small of Koraput. Tarinisen Nayak (New Delhi) for Kathakand as fifteen officers. was appointed as the Deputy Industries Department. was appointed General and Rohan Suresh Dahale A General Administration Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Similarly, Sukant Tripathy Manager of Odisha Forest (Mumbai) for Odishi music. Department notification said Municipal Corporation was appointed as Sambalpur Development Corporation he five-day 24th OMC A book namely “Dancing Biswajit Biswal was appointed (BMC). DRDA Project Director, while (OFDC). TGuru Kelucharan into Eternity”, an endearing Mohapatra Award Festival con- view of the multifaceted life and GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA cluded here on Sunday. work of Guru Kelucharan This year, the Nalco Guru Mohapatra, published by Srjan OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ) < Kelucharan Mohapatra Award director Ratikanta Mohapatra 735-O RURAL WORKS DIVISION, BHAWANIPATNA was conferred on Dr Sachi was inaugurated. e-Procurement Notice Das for his contribution to the Srjan opened the evening sented a special performance adaptation was by Jaydev Das. Bid identification No: EERWBPT/Online-03/2018-19 field of theatre and dramatics with Kirwani Madhurima, a ‘Maati’, derived from an inspir- Dancers Rajashri Praharaj, Ritu 1. Name of works : Construction of Building & Road works 0OH and on Lingaraj Behera for neo-classical Odishi dance pre- ing and popular poem by the Sengupta, Pragna Parimita Das, for 2018-19 as per Annexure-A Odishi dance on Sunday. sentation, scripted by Pt iconic Odia poet Radha Mohan Riyanka Chakrabarty, 2. Total No. of work : 1 No. Building & 5 Nos. Road works 3. Estimated Cost : As per ‘Annexure - A’ Additionally, the Nalco Guru Nityananda Misra to the orig- Gadanayak. The dance chore- Aishwariya Singhdev, Sipra 4. E.M.D : 1% of estimated cost. Keonjhar: A minor girl Kelucharan Mohapatra Yuva inal music composition of Dr ography was done by Ratikant Swain, Maya Krishnamurty, 5. Cost of Tender document : As per ‘Annexure - A’ drowned and her sister went Prativa Samman was present- Vyzarsu Balasubramaniam and Mohapatra. The music com- Preetisha Mohapatra 6. Class of Contractor : Please refer DTCN & Annexure-A missing while taking bath in the ed to four meritorious young the choreography of Ratikant position was made by and Reebdhita Barua present- 7. Other details : As per DTCN & www.tendersorissa.gov.in Baitarani river near Goudadiha artistes in the area of classical Mohapatra. They then pre- Laxmikant Palit and the script ed the show. Bid Availability of Tender Last date & time Date & Time Ghat in Anandapur of Keonjhar Procurement Officer Identification online for Bidding of seeking tender of opening of district on Monday. No. From To clarification tender The deceased was identified Executive Engineer, EERWBPT- 12.09.2018 27.09.18 25.09.2018 29.09.2018 as Jayashree Patra, a Class-V stu- Rural Works Division, from up to up to online-03/2018-19 at 11.00 A.M Bhawanipatna 10.00 A.M 5.00 P.M. 5.00 P.M dent, and the other girl was iden- , ' !4&3 ! #0# Other details can be seen in the bidding documents, which is available in website tified as Preetirani Patra, a Class- www.tendersorissa.gov.in VI student. Source said at Authority reserves the right to reject any or all the tenders without assigning any reason thereof. around 8.30 AM when the two 1 ,0=+- be a sorcerer and his witchcraft nearby field, didn’t return home autopsy to the MKCG Medical Sd/- along with their elder sister had behind death of a relative. by late night. However, after a College Hospital. Executive Engineer gone to the river to take bath, he Mohana police in The arrested was identified frantic search by his family “Marshal’s son had died of Rural Works Division, Preetirani and Jayashree slipped TGajapati district on as Marshal Parichha of neigh- members, he was found lying dog bite around six months 25070/11/0004/1819 Bhawanipatna and fell into deep water. Their Saturday arrested a man for bouring Tambaguda village. in a pool of blood with throat back. Since then he was sus- elder sister rushed to the house allegedly killing 40-year-old Sources said Pradhan, who slit in a nearby forest. pecting that my son had killed Ph. No.- 0674-2301787 and informed her family about Mikhail Pradhan of Bhalipanka had left home on Friday after- The police reached the his son with application of Fax No.- 0674-2300965 the incident. PNS village after suspecting him to noon to play Volleyball in spot and sent the body for witchcraft. E.Mail I.D.- [email protected] 731-O GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER RURAL WORKS DIVISION, BHUBANESWAR P8$ ,8$ ,-,$3-$$-,,3Q No:-Tender - Online - BBSR Divn. - 16 Date : 3.9.2018 e-Procurement NOTICE B-=.,+ mation easily accessible. 1. Name of the work : Construction / Special Repair of Building work Ankit Doshi elucidated the 2. Total No. of Projects : 2-Nos. individual project L4.==-D A# "9M importance of expressing your- 3. Class of contractor a) Estimated cost more than Rs. 40.00 lakh : “A” & “B” Class (of Odisha PWD) or relevant self. Tanvi Bhatt talked about & not exceeding to Rs. 1.50 Crore class of other licensing authorities. personal branding and how an b) Estimated cost more than Rs. 20.00 lakh : “B” & “C” Class (of Odisha PWD) or relevant individual can be both a medi- & not exceeding to Rs. 40.00 lakh class of other licensing authorities. he Media and PR Cell of um and the content. She also c) Estimated cost not exceeding to : “C” & “D” Class (of Odisha PWD) or relevant TXavier Institute of differentiated between a story- Rs. 20.00 lakh class of other licensing authorities. Management, Bhubaneswar teller and a story shaper, while 4. Estimate cost of Individual projects : Rs.30.00 lakh to 40.00 lakh (XIMB), IlluminatiX, held the urging the audience to be the 5. Time for completion : 9 (Nine) calendar months. 6. Other details fifth edition of annual media latter. Rahul Shrivastava, who conclave Communiqué on could not attend the event sent Availability of Tender On-line for bidding Date & Time of Procurement Officer Bid Identification “Changing paradigms of the a message to the students No. opening of tender From To media landscape in the digital through a video which encom- 12345 Executive Engineer, age” here on Sunday. passed social media becoming Tender Online - 18.9.2018 28.9.2018 29.9.2018 at Rural Works Division, India Today TV National a personal evangelizer of audi- BBSR Divn.- 16 at 11.00 A.M. up to 5.00 P.M 11.00 A.M. Bhubaneswar. Affairs Editor Rahul ence-centric marketing. He 7. Further details can be seen from the website www.tendersorissa.gov.in Shrivastava, The Hindu, also stated how digitalisation 8. Corrigendum if any / shall only be published in the above website. Sd/- Business Line, Chennai editor Chetna Vasishth enlight- ceived opinions and notions effectively and suggested that has enabled more social par- Executive Engineer, R Srinivasan, InsideIIM.com, ened on the three big game among people while, in this stories made should be well ticipation than before. 25066/11/0019/1819 Rural Works Divn. BBSR Kampus Konversations App changers in the future of sto- golden age of content creation, informed to make a difference On the occasions, an inter- creator Ankit Doshi, ChetChat rytelling- Technology, Data, all you need is an idea. and media houses should hone active question and answer founder Chetna Vasishth and and Democratisation of story- R Srinivasan shared his on their strengths for story dis- session was held and the sec- SHORT TENDER CALL NOTICE Tanvi Bhatt International telling. She also said tradition- reservations regarding inves- covery. He opined that tech- ond edition of Communiqué, Office of the D.G & I.G. of Police, Odisha, Cuttack founder and CEO Tanvi Bhatt al media played a significant tigative journalism and genuine nology has not changed the the yearly newsletter by 211-D attended as guests. role in embedding precon- data collection not being done process, but just made infor- IlluminatiX was released. 1. Sealed tenders are invited from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) or their Authorized Agent or from their Authorized dealers for purchase of the following Tentage items and Riot Control Materials for Odisha Police during the Current Financial Year, 2018-2019. 777 and diesel to provide relief to the Sl. Name of the item Approximate Quantity people,” said State BJP vice- ! +1 No. From Page 1 president Samir Mohanty. The 1 Necessary Tent 20 Nos. “The State Government State Government had earlier 2. Tent Extendable (2 Mtr. Unit) Shooting Pal Tent Category 15 Nos. should reduce VAT on petrol declared closure of schools and as to meet the target of con- Rural Development Secretary 3. G.S. Pal Tent PVC coated with all components and accessories 40 Nos. colleges as a precautionary mea- structing 61,000 km of road Amarjeet Sinha. 4. Shamiyana (30' x 30') 16 Nos. LOST sure to ensure the safety of the 8 covering over 19,000 habita- In this scenario, the target 5. G.S. Pal Tent Cover 100 Nos. students during the bandh. The tions in 2018-19. Incidentally, under PMGSY-I seems 6. Durry Cotton Size (12' x 12') 90 Nos. It is hereby to notify that I, Government employees were , 109:::8, the Centre had advanced the unachievable, admitted a senior 7. Tarpaulin( 14'x14') 90 Nos Smt. Mamata Sahoo, age 45 asked to reach office before 3:040; deadline from 2022 to 2019 for official from the Union Rural 8. Tarpaulin( 12'x12') 90 Nos years, wife of Sarat Chandra 9.30 am. completion of all the works of Development Ministry over- 9. Body Protector Set 300 Sets Sahu, At- Gitagram, P.O.- 6 4"5 +,- the rural road scheme Phase I. seeing the PMGSY. Sinha has PTC, Dist -Angul have lost 10. Poly Carbonate Shield 300 Nos. A closer look at the data written to all the defaulter my title deed No- 929/1062 elay in funding and award pertaining to the construction States, asking them to pull up 11. Poly Carbonate Lathi 1500 Nos. of my plot purchased by me 12. Anti Riot Gas Mask with Canister 40 Nos Dof works under the work in at least 18 States shows their socks. Take the case of in Gitagram locality of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak that progress under the Andhra Pradesh. The Southern 13. Pepper Spray 27 Nos Mouza- Turanga, while going in Scooty from bus stand to Yojana (PMGSY) Phase 1 has PMGSY is far from satisfacto- State has a target of completing 2. Name of items along with detail technical specifications, probable requirements against each slowed down road construction ry. While just seven months are connectivity of 120 habitations item may be seen from the Web site of the Govt. of Odisha i.e. www.odisha.gov.in. The quantity my residence keeping in a may vary during indent of the items depending upon budgetary allocation. plastic bag. I have lodged a in States like Bihar, Andhra left for the March 2019 dead- by March next year, but just 11 3. Date of issue of tender documents from dtd.12.9.2018 at 10.00 AM to dtd. 3.10.2018 up to FIR in Angul police station on Pradesh and Odisha, raising line, a huge quantum of work habitations (10.09%) have been 5.00 PM. 01.09.2018. If any kind concern over achieving the is yet to be awarded. connected so far. Similarly, 4. Last date for receipt of sealed tender on dtd. 4.10.2018 up to 5.00 PM. hearted person has got the target set for 2019. The quali- Many States have been far against the target of 500 km 5. Date for opening of sealed tenders / technical bids on dtd.5.10.2018 at 5.10.2018 AM at the title deed, It is requested to ty of work being undertaken is too slow in transferring the road length, the achievement is Office of the D.G. & I.G of Police, Odisha, Buxi Bazar, Cuttack. deposit at police station or also said to be not up to the funds to the State Rural Roads only 24 km. Sd/- contact me in mobile No. mark. Development Agency The slow pace of con- A.I.G. of Police (Provisioning), 7873067876. Upset over the situation, (SRRDA) for fast execution of struction by the State is much Odisha, Cuttack. Sd/- the Centre has directed the the job, the Centre noted at a below the national average and 12018/11/0030/1819 (Tender Calling Authority) Mamata Sahoo States to expedite the work so recent meeting chaired by is a cause for serious concern. ( ) (* ++, -.+/ & &;
+ + 9+=> < + )- !(R &, 07<*= + /( ! # 8 / 0,' " ! , +,- allocation. The current revenue depots besides some other such ! : - < to capital ratio is around 83:17 units to free up more soldiers 4 - 4 n an effort to make the Army which is unviable. While the for combat duties from the +,- sented by former Finance had orally asked the tax depart- ?4-4@ I"lean and mean" to fight a ideal ratio is 60:40, the target is existing static functions which Minister and senior lawyer P ment not to take any coercive modern-day war, Army Chief 65:35 which itself will be a great can be outsourced. n a big jolt to the Congress Chidambaram and Rahul step against Sonia, Rahul and 4 12-) General Bipin Rawat will achievement, officials said. Moreover, such steps were Ileadership, the Delhi High Gandhi was represented by Fernandes till pronouncement H I * review the ongoing studies to Apart from reducing the taken to reduce expenses and Court on Monday dismissed noted tax lawyer Arvind Datar. of its verdict. ! ' restructure the force with his strength to make the force improve teeth to tail ratio as the pleas of Sonia Gandhi, The Court has already rejected Appearing for the Income ( commanders here on Tuesday. leaner and better equipped, recommended by a committee Rahul Gandhi and Oscar the Congress leaders' demand Tax Department, Additional = ?=@< The four studies entail reduc- the Army is also mulling doing headed by Lt General (retired) Fernandes challenging the for restraining media houses Solicitor General Tushar Mehta 4-4< ing the 13-lakh strong Army by away with the rank of Brigadier D B Shekatkar. It was man- reopening of their tax assess- from publishing the news relat- had argued that the Congress at least 1,50,000 over the next and brigade headquarters as dated to suggest ways to ments for 2011-12. ed to Income Tax process in the leaders had alleged mala fide on !'= < few years and revamping the cers and review of terms and part of the officer cadre review. increase combat effectiveness The Income Tax National Herald cases. the part of the tax department 4 cadre to optimise the func- conditions of Junior This is expected to free up sig- of the Army and rebalancing Department had issued orders The Income Tax but had not made any aver- tioning at various levels. It will Commissioned Officers (JCO) nificant number of officers defence expenditure. The com- to re-assess their tax returns, Department had in December ments in this regard. Congress save 5,000 to 7,000 crore and Other Ranks (OR). who will be available for field mittee submitted its report in after finding that the Congress 2017, fined Young Indian 250 leaders accused Income Tax for (- ? (-@ annually in revenue expendi- The proposed reduction duties. Army headquarters too 2016 and the Cabinet leaders did not reveal their crore for suppressing the tax- "coercing" and acting on the ture. in strength, which will be in a is likely to see a major churn Committee on Security(CCS) directorship in the firm Young able income of 414 crore in complaints of the BJP leader The idea is to place the phased manner, is expected to with several departments doing approved some measures like Indian, which took over the 2011-2012. After this Income Subramanian Swamy. ! ' studies for a threadbare dis- save at least 5,000-7,000 crore overlapping functions merged closing down military farms National Herald newspaper Tax issued orders in March The Income Tax J( = cussion at the Army's annually and will add at least or off-loaded away from the last year. publishing firm Associated 2018 for re-assessing the Department also found that <= * Commanders Conference next 20% to the existing capital headquarters. Among other reforms Journals Limited (AJL). income of the leaders as they the Congress claim of giving "9?%@ month and finalise the modal- expenditure of the budget, they In fact, the Government approved by the CCS are Dismissing the petitions, the had suppressed the director- 90 crore to AJL was bogus (- ities and roll them out by said. has already approved rede- restructuring of base work- Bench comprising Justices S ship in Young Indian. and this claim was floated to ! November-December, officials The Army is facing an ployment and revamping of the shops, advance base work- Ravindra Bhat and AK Chawla The High Court had on acquire the assets of AJL, 4
/</+< <@ 9 ;" page in Patna who smashed #A windscreens of several vehicles > ! < including Government buses. 9 , Shops were forcibly closed and common people faced a lot of problems in reaching to their & , = destinations. Public transport system was fully paralysed. # ) (- Private educational institutions 1( remained closed. he Bharat Bandh called by All the senior leaders of Tthe Congress, Left and two-year old girl died dur- Congress and RJD hit the roads other parties against the Aing Bharat bandh on and claimed success to their increasing fuel prices drew Monday in Bihar’s Jehanabad bandh call with spontaneous near total response in BJP when her father failed to take her support. In Bhojpur, Gaya and ruled Assam and other states to hospital as bandh supporters Jehanabad the Left parties par- in the northeast. did not allow the auto to pass ticularly CPI(ML) took the In Assam capital town through. A youth was shot at a lead in ensuring shut down. Guwahati and in other places, critically wounded when the However, the death of a 2- Congress leaders and sup- protestors chased him and fired years old girl came as a blot on porters took to the streets at his residence in Muzaffarpur. the parties behind bandh but shouting slogans against the After a great persuasion $ ! O 8 they pleaded she did not die of spiraling price of fuel prices when the auto carrying sick girl ! !"# bandh. Leader of Opposition and against the failure of the and her father was allowed to Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said BJP led governments to keep proceed it was too late and the ers on zero mile under Ahiyapur 5 & # # &' the child died due to serious ill- its promises of bringing child breathed her last. police station. As he fled ! " 3 " !4 ' ness and she was suffering the change. Cradling the corpse of Gauri, towards his home nearby some / ! $ &' 3 &# from diarrhoea for some days. Some of the bandh sup- her father Pramod Manjhi of miscreants carrying weapons !#&3 0 ! # ! ## “Our workers were very disci- porters blocked the roads in Balabigha village said she was chased and fired several rounds. / !A &3! ## plined and they did not indulge many places by burning tyres 9 8 8 sick and on Monday her con- The injured was rushed to in hooliganism, claimed Bihar and putting up obstacles on 0 !"# dition deteriorated. “I crossed SKMCH hospital from where ##0 ! '$ ! RJD president Ram Chandra roads in different parts of the, a swollen rivulet and tried to he was referred to private hos- # & ! #4 Purbey. State Congress chief which have also led to stray near-normal attendance. that Mamata Banerjee is doing find out a vehicle but could not pital under critical condition. + ! # < Kaukab Quadri blamed BJP incidents in different parts. - Barring some stray inci- everything to strengthen his due to bandh. Somehow I got Violence, clashes and ram- &' & ' 4 ! ! and RSS workers of indulging There is also report of some dents the bandh passed peace- hands.” an auto but it was not allowed page marked the Bharat Bandh 0= ' in violence to give a bad name minor clashes between bandh ! ! < fully with some interruptions in Banerjee made such state- to move ahead by the bandh against rising fuel prices across to bandh supporters. supporters and opposing train and bus services in the ments in a Government func- supporters. Had there been no Bihar. The Congress was sup- way divisions in Bihar and The BJP leaders including groups in some places. (=4 morning. As the day pro- tion ahead of the next month’s bandh she could have reached ported by other opposition local as well as long distance Union Minister Ravi Shankar “The ruling BJP gressed things came back to Durga Puja. Warning the peo- Sadar Hospital and saved,” said parties like RJD, Left parties, trains were stopped at many Prasad and former Union Government is cheating the normal, police said. ple and the police against the a wailing Manjhi. HAM and Jana Adhikar Party stations with bandh supporters Minister Shahnawaz Hussain people across the country. ' ' 0.,0( Attacking the Chief “nefarious designs of a partic- In Muzaffarpur a youth (JAP) of Pappu Yadav. squatting on tracks. Some strongly condemned the death Whatever they are doing now Minister for using the ular party” (read the BJP) Swayam Prakash Choudhary Apart from vehicular traf- trains were also brick batted. of child and violence in Bihar is anti-people and contradic- andh cannot be the first Government agencies to foil which was trying to ignite was shot at after he had heated fic, movement of trains was The workers of JAP and asked who was responsi- tory to what they have Bweapon of resistance the bandh CPI(M) State secre- riots and trigger clashes exchange with bandh support- badly affected in almost all rail- indulged in violence and ram- ble for the death. promised before the last elec- against undemocratic forces tary Suryakanto Mishra said between various groups in tions. They have failed to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata “Mamata Banerjee cannot go Bengal, Banerjee said “Durga control the price of fuels Banerjee on Monday said, pro- against Narendra Modi because Puja is coming and so is which is spiraling the price viding the reason why she her life is in his hands. This is Muharram. We must remain rise of essential commodities,” resisted the general strike in her why she is suppressing the alert about a political ideolo- said AICC incharge of the State regardless of her support people’s wishes by trying to foil gy that has been newly import- northeast Harish Rawat. to the issues behind the Bharat the bandh.” ed in Bengal with a view to President of the Assam Bandh called by the Congress Banerjee however said she ignite clashes between groups Pradesh Congress Committee and backed by the Left Front. “fully endorse the issues for and reap political dividends.” (APCC) Ripun Bora, Harish Congratulating the people which the bandh was called but Complaining how in 2017 Rawat and several other of the State for foiling another on principle I am against call- how malicious campaigns were Congress leaders, who had attempt to bring economic ing bandhs as a first weapon.” made through the social media registered a massive protest in activities to a standstill she said, “Bandh cannot be the first around an administrative order front of Assam Secretariat at “I too condemn their weapon of resistance but a last earmarking two different slots Dispur, were detained by the (Narendra Modi Government) resort to fight the undemocra- for the immersion pro- police. They were however, policies for ruining the Indian tic forces,” she said even as the grammes, post Durga Puja and released later. economy. I have been contin- State Congress lambasted her Muharram, Banerjee said “they Apart from the move- uously fighting against the for circuitously backing the will try to create nuisance but ment of vehicular traffic, the misrule perpetrated by them. Modi Government. we will have to remain alert.” the movement of the trains But I think bandh is not the “In Delhi her party leader Banerjee on Monday have been affected to a great answer to their misrule,” she Sukhendu Shekhar Roy is join- granted 10,000 each for the extent due to the bandh. said. ing Sonia Gandhi’s dharna and State’s 28,000 Durga Puja com- Chief Public Relation Her statements came even in Kolkata her Government is mittees. “The State will have to Officer of the NF Railway, PJ as the 12-hour bandh came to attacking the Congress workers spend 28 crore from the Sharma said that at least nine a close evoking minor response calling the bandh. The people Community Development mail/ express and passenger with most educational institu- has seen through her Programme funds so that the trains had to be detained and tions, industrial establishments hypocrisy,” PCC president people can observe their festi- were delayed by 20 to 80 including the IT sectors and Adhir Chowdhury said adding vals in a better manner,” minutes due to picketers Government offices reporting “Narendra Modi will be happy she said. obstructing tracks at various stations in Lumding and Tinsukia division of NF Railway. “Seven other trains had to be cancelled, two trains short- terminated and four trains had to be diverted because of damage to tracks due to heavy rain last night in Alipurduar Division. Picketers had resort- ed to blockade of railway tracks at Silchar, between Kalkalighat and Baraigram, between Moranhat and Sibsagar Town, at Digboi, and between Nakachari and Mariani. However, these blockades were lifted later and train services resumed,” Sharma said. ! :
5# 7 55E ;+ + value added tax on the fuel in the ly supported the shut down call State Assembly when most of the of Congress party, its workers ndhra Pradesh Chief non BJP political parties were organised protest programs. AMinister N Chandrababu observing Bharat Bandh (coun- The new prices will come in Naidu on Monday announced try wide shut down) and protest- to effect from Tuesday morning. reduction of 2 per liter in ing against the steep hike in the 2 per liter reduction will put a O 8 prices of petrol and diesel. He fuel prices in the recent months. burden of 1,120 crore on the !"# announced the reduction in the While the TDP did not official- state exchequer, Naidu said. Andhra Pradesh has become the second State in the country after Rajasthan, a BJP ruled State. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Union Government should Central Government was Rajealso decrease the taxes to save doing propaganda that the announced on the people from the burden of prices were increasing because Wednesday burgeoning prices of diesel of the increase in the crude night reduc- and petrol. price in international market tion of 4 per “The increase in the prices and increase in the VAT by the cent VAT on of petrol and diesel has become State Government. Union fuel which will an unbearable burden for the Petroleum Minister result in reduc- people of all sections. It is Dharmendar Pradhan has said tion of prices painful that the Centre has not that reducing the petroleum by 2.5 per taken any measure to reduce prices was not possible. This is liter both of the prices which was causing far from truth and an attempt diesel and acute financial difficulties to to hoodwink people. I con- petrol. the people. demn it”, he said. Pointing In solidarity with the “The way the Centre and out that most countrywide protest Telugu the oil companies have of the taxes on Desam supporters also took increased the prices over the the fuel were active part in protest pro- last four years has caused going in the grams and expressed the nationwide anger among the kitty of the resentment of the people”, people. Extraordinary response Centre, Naidu Naidu said in a statement in to today’s Bharat Bandh is a said that the the State Assembly, proof of it”, he added. ( ) (* ++, -.+/ & &-
<=+ /+>/ " = " 9 , 5# 7 55E ;+ + party of Jaganmohan Reddy was also likely to enter the fray. 5# 7 55E ;+ + Judge pronounced the from Pune, guilty on Tuesday he Opposition parties in Congress and CPI reached punishment on Monday last while acquitted two others TTelangana have taken their the understanding at a meeting court in Hyderabad has evening after hearing the Farooq Sharfuddin Tarkash first step towards forming a L Ramanna had with the State Asentenced two convicts of arguments of prosecution and and Sadiq Israel Shaikh of Maha Gathbandhan or Grand CPI Secretary Chada Venkat twin blast case to death while the defence. The prosecution Maharashtra. Alliance against the ruling Reddy. “We have decided to have a third convict was sentenced had demanded capital punish- The first two accused were Telangana Rashtra Samiti in the an understanding to effectively to life imprisonment on ment in view of the gravity of convicted on many accounts forthcoming Assembly elec- counter the ruling TRS and put Monday. the crime. The blasts on August including planting bombs in tions. Telugu Desam party and an end to its autocratic and anti Second Additional 25, 2007 in Lumbini Park, two crowded public places. the Communist Party of India people rule. The state which was Metropolitan Sessions Judge T Open Air Theatre and Gokul Three other accused Riyaz have reached a broader under- achieved by crores of people is Srinivas Rao awarded capital Chat Bhandar eatery in crowd- Bhatkal, Iqbal Bhatkal and standing to fight the election now under a dictatorship”, punishment to accused one ed Kothi area had killed 44 Amir Raza Khan were together. This has come ahead Venkat Reddy told the media. Anique Shafeeq Sayeed and people and injured 68 others absconding. of state TDP President L TJS leaders were holding accused two Akbar Ismail while third bomb planted at Prosecution has charged Ramanna’s proposed meting discussions within the party Coudhary and ordered them to Dilsukhnagar failed to explode. the accused with hatching con- with the State Congress meet- on how to avoid split in the anti be hanged till death. Earlier on Defence lawyers said they spiracy and executing the blasts ing N Uttam Kumar Reddy to TRS votes. Though September 4 the court had will challenge the verdict in to avenge the bomb blast in his- explore the possibility of a tie Kodandaram was insisting from found them guilty of conspira- High Court. They argued before toric Mecca Masjid on May up. TDP was also in talks with time to time that his party will cy and planting bombs, murder the court that the accused were 17,2007 during Friday con- newly launched Telangana Jana contest the elections on its own, and many other offences. The innocent and the evidence gregation killing 8 and injuring Samit (TJS) of Kodandram, party sources said that in view court also imposed a fine of against them was only circum- dozens of others. Prosecution the convenor of the erstwhile of the present political situation 10000 each on the two convicts. stantial but the court on the claimed that the accused knew Telangana Joint Action the party was willing to join Earlier on Tuesday morn- basis of eye witnesses account that the blast in Mecca Masjid Committee under the banner of hands with other parties. In case ing the court also convicted !"#; < found them guilty. was carried out by Hindu which the movement for sepa- of party joining the Grand third accused Tarique Anjum The court had found A1 extremist groups and they car- rate State was spearheaded. Alliance it will seek 30 seats. on charges of provision shelter Delhi after the blasts in2007. imprisonment. 11 years after the terror attack in Anique Shafeeq Syed and ried out counter attacks to However despite the moves, However these develop- to the two other accused in The court sentenced him to life The verdict came more than the heart of Hyderabad. Akbar Ismail Choudhary, both take revenge. the State was likely to witness a ments can spell trouble for the multi corner contest as the BJP main opposition Congress party has said it will field its candiates as it was not in a position to leave /</+< <@ in all the constituencies. Jana too many seats for the other par- Sena party of film star Pawan ties. Many Congress leaders Kalyan and the Communist were worried that if party had to 1 Party of India – Marxist (CPIM) forego too many seats it will > '9 were planning to have their harm the long term interest of separate tie up. YSR Congress the party. ! ' ==- >(-4=+ ,. 4 * +-4 )+)> ( = he Bombay High Court on TMonday upheld the dis- 1.,-4.22-4 /-1, #50 * O ' ==- charge granted by a trial court )) ,<4.A of ex-Gujarat ATS chief DG 44+-( ! he “Bharat Bandh” called by Vanzara and five other police Tthe Congress against the ris- officers Gujarat and Rajasthan, 4.( .2 * ing fuel prices evoked a mixed in the case of encounter of sus- . ++--0< 0.4- response in Mumbai and other pected gangster Sohrabuddin - -20 -+ 8# 6;; 1969. He had demanded places across Maharashtra on Shaikh, his wife and aide, after 4- Dravida Nadu, a separate he dawn-to-dusk shut- Monday, as the protesters dis- holding the pleas challenging (- -+(,- = country for Tamils in India. Tdown observed by the rupted briefly public transport their discharge were "devoid of 1 >1(- harat Ratna, the country’s As member of the Rajya CPI(M)-led ruling LDF and !"# services and forced closure of merit". Btop civilian award, has Sabha, Annadurai delivered a Congress-headed Opposition shops and business establish- Dismissing revision appli- offence was committed by the become the new weapon for power packed speech on May UDF to protest fuel price rise system was paralysed with Commission for Women, and ments but normal life remained cations filed by Rubabuddin respondent/discharged accused the ruling AIADMK and the 1, 1962 demanding secession brought Kerala to a virtual buses of private operators and roughed up her in Kollam fol- by and large unaffected. Shaikh, brother of deceased no.1 in discharge of his official opposition DMK , the two from the Indian union to standstill on Monday. The the State-owned KSRTC, lowing which she was hospi- The day began with pro- Sohrabuddin Shaikh, and the duty and under the colour of main protagonists of Tamil form the Dravida Nadu. response to the hartal, autorikshaws and taxis keeping talised with injuries. testers belonging to various Central Bureau of Investigation office, even if it is assumed that Nadu politics But the Chinese aggres- observed in response to the off the roads. Not many private “A group of Congress work- Opposition parties, particu- challenging the discharge of the discharged accused acted in By Sunday evening, the sion forced him to put the Congress’s call for Bharat vehicles were seen on the roads ers attacked me as I was going larly the Congress and MNS, five police officers in the excess of his official duty, then State cabinet which met to demand for a separate nation Bandh, was total in the State in cities and major towns. to Pathanapuram. They broke staging “rail roko” at various alleged fake encounters, Justice also he is entitled to claim pro- invoke Article 161 of the in backburner. while isolated incidents of Incidents of stone-pelting the car’s windowpanes and suburban and metro railway AM Badar of the High Court tection of section 197 of the Constitution seeking remis- The Constitution of the stone-pelting and violence and other small-scale violence pulled on my hair. They attacked stations in the metropolis and granted relief to former IPS Code of Criminal Procedure,” sion from life sentence for the DMK specifically states that reported from some areas. were reported from several me physically and beat me in the the neighbouring Thane and officers Vanzara, Rajkumar the Judge noted. seven assassins of former creation of a separate Dravida Shops, commercial estab- places. UDF workers alleged- face. They also abused me by Palghar district. Pandian and NK Amin of the The Prosecution’s case was Prime Minister Rajeev Nadu is the agenda of the lishments and offices remained ly indulged in violence exten- calling me a traitor. They also Maharashtra Congress Gujarat police, Dinesh MN that in order to curb the nui- Gandhi, also disclosed that it party, according to K closed while Government sively in Kollam district. They attacked my driver,” Shahida president Ashok Chavan and and Dalpat Singh Rathod of the sance created by Sohrabuddin has recommended to the Thirunavakarassar, the party’s offices recorded skeletal atten- blocked the vehicle of Shahida said. The incident took place Mumbai party chief Sanjay Rajasthan Police. Shaikh, who was “a dreaded Centre to honour late Chief ideologue and chronicler. How dance. The public transport Kamal, member of the State during early hours of the hartal. Nirupam led the charge by Justice AM Badar also dis- criminal”, accused police offi- Minister CN Annadurai with can a person who spoke against staging a noisy protest outside charged Gujarat police officer cers from both Gujarat and Bharat Ratna. the integrity of India and led the Andheri station bus depot, Vipul Aggarwal, a co-accused Rajasthan had entered into a Annadurai was the the anti- Hindi riots could be later blocked the railway tracks in the encounter of criminal conspiracy to elimi- founder of the DMK and was honoured with Bharat Ratna is - " & and shouted anti-government Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife nate him which they did and in Chief Minister of the State of the question all Dravidian par- slogans. Kausar Bi and their aide furtherance of this conspiracy, Tamil Nadu from 1967 to ties refuse to answer. Following the protests, Tulsiram Prajapati. they killed Kausarbi and 100-odd Congress leaders and Justice Badar held that Tulsiram Prajapati. The Gujarat $,$ workers, including Chavan, there was not enough evidence Police had earlier claimed that Nirupam, Naseem Khan, against the accused police offi- Sohrabuddin had links with Manikrao Thakre, Baba cers to directly link them with Dawood Ibrahim and the ISI. +-(-(( Rajkot, Surat and Siddiqui and Suresh Shetty, the alleged fake encounters of The police officers, whom Mehsana. , were detained by the police. Sohrabuddin, Kausarbi and the High Court granted relief, =-+(< Interestingly State The police also detained Tulsiram Prajapati. He were among the 33 accused in -, Government schools 8 8 ), scores of protesters when they observed that prior sanction to the "fake" encounters of remained open in these staged a “raik roko” at Dadar prosecute a public servant Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Kausar Bi = 0(< cities. DS- Congress ruled Karnataka wit- railway station. under Section 197 of CrPC was in November 2005 and 1( .,1=1 Protesting Congress Jnesssed a good response to the ‘Bharath Stone throwing was report- required in the case and that Prajapati in December 2006. workers blocked roads in Bandh’ call given by various organisations ed in north-central and north- the accused police officers The alleged Sohrabuddin =-+.1 Chhota Udepur, Surat and supported by opposition parties to east Mumbai in the early part of enjoyed this protection under fake encounter case was trans- and Bharuch areas. In protest against rising prices of petrol, the day, with protesters vandal- law. ferred to Mumbai in September some places they burnt diesel and LPG. ising at least 15 Brihanmumbai “In the instant case, as 2012 at CBI’s request for fair old tyres and as result of With coalition partners Janata Dal (S) Municipal Corporation (BMC)- allegations made against the trial. In 2013, the Supreme )+-) it ST bus services were and Congress the State extending support run BEST buses across the discharged accused in charge Court had clubbed Tulsiram adversely affected in to the bandh, the entire State witnessed metropolis. sheets filed by the prosecuting Prajapati’s encounter killing harat Bandh given parts of Gujarat. a shutoff of business establishments, However, suburban trains agencies show that the alleged case with that of Sohrabuddin. Bby the Opposition Though there was public transport was totally suspended operated normally for most Congress party in wake no major untoward inci- and while essential services were exempt- part of the day. Auto-rick- of increasing prices of dent reported, more than ed from the bandh. shaws and taxis were on the petroleum products 300 Congress workers However, flood ravaged Kodagu roads. However, thousands of evoked mixed response were detained by the District was exempted from the Bandh as office-goers took advantage of in the Prime Minister police as part of precau- rehabilitation works are going on in war- the bandh and chose to stay Narendra Modi’s home- tionary measure. Among footing. The District Congress unit away from work. State Gujarat those detainees were exempted itself from participating in the While the shops, hotels on Monday. Gujarat Congress in- Bandh stating that it would affect the ongo- and business establishments In the biggest city of charge Rajiv Satav and ing works and people will suffer further. remained closed in most parts the State Ahmedabad Gujarat Pradesh Almost all business establishments of the metropolis, schools, educational institutes Congress Committee remained closed and public transport ser- colleges, banks and offices remained closed. president Amit Chavda. vices, including Karnataka Road functioned normally. However, petrol pumps They were detained from Transport Corporation bus service, taxis Essential services had been and majority markets in Lal Darwaja area of and auto-rickshaws remained off the spared from the bandh. In the commercial capital Ahmedabad. Leader of roads, while the State government had Mumbai, the MNS activists of the State remained Opposition in Gujarat announced holiday for schools and col- tried unsuccessfully to waylay open. However in some Assembly Paresh leges as a precautionary measure. to Chief Minister Devendra areas, Congress workers Dhanani was detained Air passengers were warned by their Fadnavis’s motorcade near forcefully closedown from his home-town in respective aircraft operators yesterday itself Siddhivinayak Temple in petrol pumps. Schools Amreli by the police about Bharat Bandh and possibility of non- north-central Mumbai, also remained closed in when he set availability of transport from the airport to where he had come for other major cities like on protest. reach their respective destinations. an event. ( ( ( ) (* ++, -.+/ COMMENT & ANALYSIS ( ) (* ++, -.+/
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Battle cry of Congress workers that had collected out- khoon se lenge were raised by the mobs. ing the Sikhs. But for the backing and help of dinate delay in calling in the army. side the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (>(-4 Rumours were circulated which had the effect influential and resourceful persons, killing of The Indian state was in a state of paraly- +;$ began targeting Sikhs found in the vicinity and of inciting people against the Sikhs and Sikhs so swiftly and in large numbers could sis after Indira Gandhi’s assassination and this this set the trend for a kind of savagery that /(- prompt them to take revenge; there was evi- not have happened; in many places the is explained by the shocking non-response of S ( G India had not witnessed since Partition. Their dence to show that at some places, mobs riotous mobs consisted of outsiders and the then President Giani Zail Singh to the pleas belligerence turned into slogans like Khoon ka 4.==--..2 indulging in violent attacks had come in Delhi bringing them from outside required an for protection from the Sikhs. The noted writer H < <> ; badla khoon se lenge (we will avenge blood -D- ;< -4 Transport Corporation buses with weapons and organised effort; there is evidence to show that Patwant Singh told the Commission that he was 1O + * ' )&>& with blood) in Teen Murti Bhavan where India inflammable materials like kerosene, petrol etc outsiders were shown the houses of the Sikhs; part of a delegation of eminent citizens which ( !< '2< - Gandhi’s body lay in state and this was no 1 .+( -.(< or were supplied such materials “soon after they when Sikhs collected at a Gurudwara to defend called on the President on the morning of empty threat. For the next three days, Congress were taken to the localities where the Sikhs themselves, the police persuaded them to November 1. They told him he had a moral and K A cadres roamed the national Capital and cities 2.+.40-) were to be attacked”; there was evidence to return to their homes on the assurance that Constitutional obligation to end the violence. K ongress president Rahul Gandhi’s in the north torching Sikh places of worship, show that “...persons who could organise they would be protected; thereafter the mobs The President said he “did not have the '( ' < ! A assertion that his party was not establishments and property and the victims /-+4.2( attacks were contacted and given instructions took over and the police looked the other way. power” to intervene. The delegation asked Zail involved in the barbarous assault had nowhere to go because police stations to kill Sikhs and loot their houses and shops; Affidavits filed before the Commission Singh if he was saying he had no power to stop on the Sikh community after Indira closed shop and a good part of the police force 4.=1,-4-(;.2( the attacks were made in a systematic manner show that local political leaders exploited the anachy and bloodshed? “The President !< ! Gandhi’s assassination in 1984 flies rendered overt and covert support to Congress 1.,-4-( -.( and without fear of the police, almost suggest- situation; the affidavits state that Congress lead- remained silent”. But the delegation persisted ! ! !) ' inC the face of truckloads of evidence that was hoodlums. ing that they were assured that they would not ers and workers were behind the riots; “no other and urged the President to speak forcefully to ( A placed before several commissions and com- Within hours of the announcement of the -+,- be harmed while committing those acts and person or organisation…in alleged to have the Prime Minister. Zail Singh said “I will do mittees of inquiry that probed the violence. death of India Gandhi, her son Rajiv Gandhi even thereafter”; male members of the Sikh taken part in those incidents”; the slogans raised so in three or four days time”! That was the - '- ! * >1 The testimonies of thousands of witnesses not was sworn in as Prime Minister and, techni- community were taken out of their houses, during the riots also indicate that some of the three or four days in which the mass murder 1= = only established instigation of frenzied mobs cally speaking, a new Government was in police had registered only 587 First beaten and burnt alive; and tyres were put persons who constituted the mobs were of Sikhs took place. # "8,*! by Congress politicians but also the unpardon- place, but there was no Government. The state Information Reports (FIRs) against the mob- round their necks and then set on fire by pour- Congress workers or sympathisers. Some There is sufficient evidence to indict the able paralysis of the administration and the had withered away. In all 2,732 Sikhs were sters and even of these, the police declared 241 ing kerosene or petrol on them. material was also put before the commission Congress on two counts — for unleashing bru- O A ' police forces in the national Capital and many killed in those riots — 2,146 in Delhi and 586 cases as “untraced” and another 253 cases This is just a brief summary of the graph- which indicated that Rajiv Gandhi, who had tality of the worst kind on members of a reli- 2 <>1 L ! A other cities in north India while the mobs were in some other towns in the northern region. ended in acquittals. Further, 11 FIRs were ic description of the cruelty perpetrated by become Prime Minister soon after his moth- gious minority and for the Government’s col- < A running amok. The Sikhs suffered loss of homes and proper- quashed and in another 11 cases, the accused Congress goons that the Commission took er’s assassination had told one of this officials laboration with the perpetrators of violence. The anti-Sikh pogrom began almost ty in an unprecedented scale. were discharged. The Commission was told note of. As regards those who instigated the that “the Sikhs should be taught a lesson”. The Rahul Gandhi is only rubbing salt on the A A'(& 4 immediately after the Government announced The Justice Nanavati Commission of that one case was pending investigation and murderous, frenzied mobs against the Sikhs, commission however did not pursue this wounds of the Sikhs by now claiming that his >1 A on the evening of October 31, 1984, that Indira Inquiry, which probed the riots, found shock- 42 cases were pending trial. the Commission made the following observa- because the evidence available was vague. party was not involved. He must read the ! H! ! Gandhi had succumbed to the bullets of her ing evidence of the complicity of the police in After weighing the evidence that came tions: Large number of affidavits indicate that However, the commission indicted the govern- Nanavati Commission reports and the affi- assassins. As news of her assassination spread, the riots in Delhi. Although the violence was before it, the Commission came to the follow- local Congress (I) leaders and workers had ment for the complicity of the police and davits filed before it. L < * < the Government just packed up. A huge mob spread all over the national Capital, the ing conclusions: Slogans like Khoon ka badla either incited or helped the mobs in attack- administration with the rioters and for the inor- (The writer is Chairman, Prasar Bharati) A! ! ! < A! & &$ 1O ' The Bharat Bandh was successful across Everyone has a right to protest but what is the country. At least now, the Government happening today? Several lives are being put < < should reduce prices and mend its ways. at risk. Congress must answer. Redefining modern education < ! * ' <! —Senior Congress leader —Union Minister . A ASHOK GEHLOT RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD On this day, as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s famous Chicago Speech, we must be N * O <N P)( A < ) ! true to the ideals propagated by him. His words, still relevant, hold the formula for revamping the education sector (" / '(>1! )( < ideas and beliefs. They are to be nur- // . tured during the early years and as - < The rise of the militant Barelvi they come to the tertiary level, they %&) '1 ! * O must be exposed to different shades # ) + ( of ideas so that they develop as think- ! N*O ' 4 ( ing individuals. * ( - < >1 * Swami Vivekananda believed $ &)& ) + , ) H O that education has a dual purpose R S . R S ) * — that of creating new knowledge Muslims’. In her book, Power Failure, Syeda he Indian education sector, through cutting-edge research and RS . '(! <<= O Abida Hussain writes that the JUP “used the as also the global industry, reaching the benefits of research / anti-Shia card” in Jhang during the 1970 elec- stands at crossroads. In a and knowledge for the creation of * A ! N O += tions. In 1974, the JUP became one of the three complex world, individu- a common person. Universities ) " 0 . main religious outfits to demand the ouster als, groups and nations are cannot afford to be Eiffel Towers. ! ! AA &)& & 1 . 1 . of the Ahmadiyya from the fold of Islam. tryingT to find solutions to material If we look at our ancient system, 1 < * * ' The Barelvi majority was eventually and political problems through edu- exactly the same was our system of # R S ( (>1 != O N O ! ver the years, a large percentage of overwhelmed by the political rise of Deobandi cation. In a world that has lost direc- education. Modern education cre- R( S R( S # analysis who penned on the issue of militancy during the Zia dictatorship. tion and when everyone wants to get ates individuals who become part A ! religious radicalisation in Pakistan, However, Ewing’s study demonstrates that the materially rich and affluent, of the system. This brings more O . ! < A have almost squarely concentrated on the pro- conservative Zia regime, too, remoulded the Governments and parents want edu- benefits to the rich and the affluent < A ' liferation of the more belligerent strands of the image of the Sufi saints. They were now cation to develop competencies that and miseries for the poor and the # Muslim Sunni Deobandi and of Wahibi sub- explained as being ‘Islamic scholars’ and can help them earn more money and downtrodden. ( sects. Even though both are minority sub-sects Pakistan. imams. But as the rise of state-backed get materially rich. Education has, in Education is essentially a process # ;>+ + ,,-$- $-,!$ in Pakistan, they began to enjoy strategic state In her book, Arguing Sainthood, Katherine Deobandi militancy in the 1980s eventually fact, led to the destruction of an indi- of learning to live in diversity. support from the 1980s onwards — especial- Pratt Ewing charted in detail how the state of led to the formation of various anti-state mil- vidual’s creativity and happiness ‘Tolerance’ is the key word. We need , ( # High price of fuel has rightly irked many. The ly when Pakistan became a frontline state in Pakistan (and various Governments) mould- itant groups, the Musharraf Government instead of being a ‘man making’ and to develop tolerance for different Opposition, especially the Congress, seized the opportu- the insurgency against the Soviet-backed ed and remoulded religious imagery related (1999-2008) revived the idea of using state- soul-searching process. Most individ- ideas, ideologies, cultures. But in R S # R( S R( S nity and called for a Bharat bandh blaming the Government in Afghanistan. The Sunni to Barelvi beliefs to fit whatever or however sponsored Sufism to colour his regime’s uals, who successfully pass through today’s times, we are witnessing 2 Barelvi sub-sect, that a majority of Pakistanis the state, at the time, was demonstrating as ‘modernist’ disposition. the system of education, become more and more intolerance on our Government for high price. While these could have to do , 3 ! S with global happenings beyond our control, States must belong to, did not have any historical tradi- the contents of Pakistan’s nationalist-existen- A National Sufi Council was formed and more self-centered and materialistic. campuses. When Pandit Madan tion related to armed jihad. Therefore, the state tialist narrative. Since the veneration of the then a Rumi Forum. Both generated acade- This is what our present system is Mohan Malviyaji was establishing the R4 5 S take the cue from Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh and of Pakistan, with help from the US and Saudi deceased as well as living saints is a central mic, promotional and cultural paraphernalia geared to impart. Institutions are Banaras Hindu University, he was ( ( reduce local taxes on petrol and diesel to provide relief. Arabia, forked out millions of dollars to pull plank in the Barelvi belief system, the state promoting Sufi philosophy, poetry and music. being assessed on the salary the grad- asked to reserve seats for the local beyond the apparent. Someone, who must have autonomy to decide on all that in the name of modernity. 6 " in radical Deobandi elements from the tried to monopolise the writing of the histo- This time, Sufi saints were explained as being uates get and not on how happy they people. He had defined the univer- has been to the university and got what to teach and how to teach. Education should not be a process of fringes and into the mainstream. Ever since ries of the saints. Ewing demonstrates how, men who promoted ‘true elements of Islam’: are in life. sity as a ‘viswa’ global institution and good education, should be able to see Unfortunately, agencies outside transplanting the recipients of their # ( 19th and early 20th centuries, both Deobandis on the suggestion of Javed Iqbal, the Ayub Peace, love and tolerance. Interestingly though, Around 125 years back, in 1893, said that as such there could be no below the surface. This would mean =- the university decide on what univer- own cultures but that is what has been ( / ( Purana Pakistan as well as Wahabis had histories of organis- Khan regime (1958-69) neutralised the pirs Phillipon writes that from within this narra- Swami Vivekananda, during his reservation for the local. Today, we not being caught up in the narrow sities should teach. It is greater mis- the process. We need to bring back our # 78( ( ing themselves during uprisings, enacted in (and also clerics) by bringing under state con- tive, “wittingly or unwittingly”, emerged an idea Chicago address to the World can’t find students in a university bigotry of mundane life. Swamiji, /-/0+ fortune, it must be said in the same own knowledge system into the main- R S / . / =the name of jihad. The Barelvis did not. trol the country’s Sufi shrines, mosques and which equated this version of Sufism with Parliament of Religions, had very coming from more than 50 or a 100 through an anecdote of a frog, had vein, that wherever autonomy was stream without keeping the modern ( The Barelvis emerged as a Sunni sub-sect madressahs. This was done by forming a Pakistan’s majority Sunni sub-sect, the Barelvi. clearly delineated the essence kilometers. Our universities have explained how a frog, who lived all ,-/+(( exercised, it has often been misused out of our syllabus. in the late 19th century. It was a reaction department called Auqaf. It is true that the religious Barelvi leader- Hinduism; and the essence of educa- become local instead of being glob- through his life in a well, could not +4(-. by our planners. One ideology has Conclusion: Successive ( against the theological onslaught of the Then, the history of various famous South ship was staunchly against extremist groups tion cannot be anything but what was al. This is the outcome of intolerance comprehend the vastness of the sea. been promoted over others. The pur- Governments in India, since ! 1* 1= - 0 A Deobandis against the traditions of the Asian Sufi saints was written by Auqaf in the of opposing Sunni sub-sects. But what was described by Swamiji as the essence on campuses for anything not local. Hinduism, with its long and deep phi- +,1 1.K pose and ideal of the great Indian Independence, have always . ( ( < majority of Muslims, who, during the 500-year light of how the Ayub regime was expressing overlooked was that they were equally opposed of Hinduism. The objective of any Students from other parts of the losophy and literature, teaches us to ((.24 (-) university has been derailed. We promised a new education policy " - Muslim rule in India, had merged various ele- itself. According to both Ewing and Phillipon, to the idea of Sufism being formulated by the system of education or a university country are often under the threat of assimilate different people from dif- need to reverse the process. We need based on Indian values and systems. * " L1* M A ments of Sufism with the rituals of pre-Islamic the literature produced by Auqaf during the state. This was first demonstrated by the JUP, cannot be different to what unequal treatment. ferent cultures and backgrounds. In 0. ,+) an education policy which rises But they have failed to come up with ) ( ' 1* ! < A creeds existing in India. The Barelvi were never Ayub era described saints to be enlightened and later, more belligerently, by outfits such as Vivekananda spoke of at the World This is neither the Hindu ideal spite of people from different faiths ( .)4((-) above narrow bigotry and aspires for a policy that can be called a truly 0 < an organised lot. For example, when in 1919, and forward-looking men as opposed to the the Sunni Tehreek. The radical Barelvi final- Parliament as the philosophy of life nor the ideal of a university which coming to India, it could not destroy each individual to attain moksha Indian policy or system of education. / # # ( the Deobandi clerics organised themselves clerics whose literature presents itself as ly discovered their crusading niche by becom- and Hinduism. Today, the world has Swamiji had talked about. We have the basic tenets of Hinduism. Hindus through the process of education — Every Indian, who has been con- < +) 4 into a large political party in India — the being reactionary. The saints were presented ing the self-claimed protectors of the Second started viewing education as an end conveniently forgotten about them. have given shelter to people driven Sa Vidya ya Vimuktaye. cerned about the content and ( ! ' Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Hind (JUIH) — the as ancient projections of Ayub’s ‘modernist’ Amendment and Ordinance (regarding the in itself; whereas the need is to see it In recent past, we find more and from their own land in India with- ++,-/ -) Education is a continuum: process of education, especially 9 ( ! * Barelvi figureheads (pirs) instead joined var- approach towards Islam. ouster of the Ahmadiyya from Islam), and the as a means to an end. more university campuses under out losing its own identity. Similarly, (2-(.2 Swamiji, in his address in Chicago, since Independence, which has been ious non-religious political outfits. The saints’ personalities went through 1986 clause of the blasphemy laws in the Education has to be a search for turmoil. Students are up against our institutions must become centres had mentioned that it is said that the a continuation of Macaulay’s vision " 2 -=2! 1 For example, instead of forming a party another rewrite during the ‘socialist’ ZA Pakistan constitution. truth and this journey cannot have teachers or students and teachers are of learning where people from all dif- 4+ Vedas neither have a beginning nor of Indian education and pro-elite, is R( = <! O #& of their own, they first joined the Union Party Bhutto regime (1971-77). Analysing the lit- Their distaste towards the state-backed a beginning or an end date. It has to up in arms against the vice-chancel- ferent parts of the country and world 0. ,+)2. an end. This needs to be understood amazed why we have not been able S ! < ! ! (in Punjab) and then, in 1945-46, Jinnah’s All- erature published by Auqaf during the Bhutto image of Sufism erupted more prominently in be a life-long process. Our universi- lor and administrative staff. For one must converge and learn to live in in context. He had also mentioned to propound our own system in spite '1* O A India Muslim League. However, a year after period, Ewing noted how the saints now the shape of the radical Tehreek-i-Labbaik. A ties do not impart skills to keep or the other reason, the teaching- peace. Unfortunately, our educa- ,,A .+ that there is one truth and the of the fact that we have more than : ( Pakistan’s creation in 1947, a group of Barelvi became populist men who opposed oppres- sympathiser of the outfit told Phillipon that searching for truth and values, which learning process is stalled or the uni- tional campuses have become most process to reach can be different. 5,000-year-old tradition of knowl- R S ) !< 4 M#! clerics formed the Jamiat-i-Ulema Pakistan. sive kings, feudal lords and ‘their agents’ (i.e. Sufism (formulated by Ayub, Bhutto and can convert individuals into soul- versity is closed. Incidents at the intolerant to different ideologies. = Truth cannot be many. The concept edge creation and preservation. The 414'- O = O < But according to Mujeeb Ahmad in his essay the orthodox mullahs). Phillipon suggests that Musharraf) was ‘Washington’s agenda’ and that searching individuals. Students come Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Ever since the British estab- +/,.1=( of university in India is the search for process needs no elaboration. Read # ( -H0H - < 0 A in State and Nation Building in Pakistan: this was done to bring the histories of the saints Sufism doesn’t dissuade people from violent to universities to earn a degree. The Delhi; Banaras Hindu University, lished universities in India, especial- truth — the ultimate one. Universities Swamiji and hear his speech at Beyond Islam and Security, the JUP hardly reg- in line with Bhutto’s idea of ‘Islamic Socialism’. struggle. This can be seen as the current strand better the quality of the degree ie, the Varanasi; Manipur University, ly after Independence, universities should be the agencies to search for Chicago and you will get the formu- ( <L istered on Pakistan’s political landscape till It was also during the 1970s that the JUP of Barelvi radicalism looking to transcend its better the reputation of the univer- Imphal; and others speak volume have not been seen as centres of learn- that ultimate truth. la for revamping Indian education. ! ' * 1970. Nevertheless, Alix Phillipon, in the same became a lot more political. Its leaders reject- old image of being apolitical, ‘peace-loving spir- sity, higher are the chances of getting about the management of higher ing and knowledge creation, but as Vedas talk of all different areas of (The writer is Professor of # R S - <! < ! < anthology, points that even though the ed the idea of Sufism that was formulated by itualists’. Should the Pakistan state start to a good salaried job. education in our country. centres for creating subjects to serve human knowledge, including sci- Education at Indira Gandhi National Barelvi majority was politically scattered, its the Ayub and Bhutto regimes. Ahmad writes worry? I’ll leave that for the state to answer. Universities as diversity in unity Education must expand its the masters. Ideals of the Indian edu- ence, but we do not find it anywhere Open University, New Delhi. Views are / *< * social influence was not lost on the state of that the JUP saw the saints as being ‘pure (Courtesy: The Dawn) centres: Individuals have different horizon: Education must help us see cation have been lost. Universities in our curriculum. We have rejected personal) # '( A A ) ! (.(+-(. ) ! # " 0 . R S 1 1 ( ' including the Congress, the Government at the helm. They claim 1 1* O <=> ! Communist Party of India (Marxist) R that it is their right to protest. Their 1 1 Sir — This refers to the editorial, Sir — The Bharath bandh called by as also other parties, must get their argument is that the Constitution Sir — This refers to the editorial, - ! “Three strikes...” (September 10). The Opposition parties over an increase in acts together in suggesting ways and < * P A ' guarantees the right to form associa- “Three strikes...” (September 10). 1 ! = < 2 = most striking feature of the 2+2 prices of petrol/diesel was unwanted. means to control the situation that - '= < tions and right to free speech and The 2+2 Dialogue between India and ' < 1* < Dialogue between India and the US The fact of the matter is that the occa- demands immediate attention. < <* # 8. ' '= < expression. That’s true. But it is also the US was a success. One hopes that 1 , 1 was that it brought women power to sion was used to show their strength Sravana Ramachandran ', > = A ' ( a fact that the right is not an absolute issues and irritants with regard to # H! < < ' the fore. The image of two women and unity. It is well-known that India Chennai A * O # "9 ! * ! A one. One must protest, but peaceful- India importing oil from Iran will in # "85 ! A= '1* O < Ministers, Sushma Swaraj and and other countries are witnessing a ! * . O !.*<! ly, without hampering daily busi- no way affect the landmark pact. The # ! <! !' Nirmala Sitharaman, being a part and steep rise in oil prices due to the ' 1 *= ! < ' ness. While launching bandhs, parties call to Pakistan to end terrorism too 9 R S parcel of crucial agreements concern- return of US sanctions on Iran, which A < !! force the people to obey their orders. must not be left unheard. S O! - < - * ' ' ! ing the country spoke volumes about has forced the latter to lower its Sir — It seems bandhs and hartals This is nothing but hooliganism. Shashi ' A A 4 < '( ' the capabilities of the two women in exports. Besides, fluctuations in the have become a part and parcel of our They infringe on the fundamental Via email ! 1= 4 handling high-profile jobs. global market too are responsible. daily lives. Political organisations * ') <!A #QA) ! A '/, rights of citizens. This must end. Kusum These are things beyond our con- lose no time to declare bandhs, immi- < L L * Jubel D’Cruz + ! <O1 1* ' Via email trol. In any case, the Opposition, nently to protest every action of the Mumbai + ,/ +F13 -3 ( ) (* ++, -.+/ " & ,
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' 75 ==- direct impact of rising crude oil price, widened current account ( )(.2 he rupee weakened fur- 65 776 ; # !:#55!"P tock markets tanked more deficit and strengthening dol- Tther to hit a fresh low of Sthan 1 per cent to close at lar on account of a strong US -4 -)-( 72.48 against the US currency, +,- three-week low levels on job data, rupee succumbed to falling 75 paise in late morning Monday following a global a new low and 10-year yield (,=0-) deals on Monday on rising ustained weakening of the rupee is “credit negative” for Indian slide in equities due to trade rose further,” Vinod Nair, Head 414-(;(.Q crude oil prices, strengthening Scompanies which generate revenue in rupees but rely on US war concerns which also of Research, Geojit Financial dollar and a widened current dollar debt to fund their operations, Moody’s Investors Service said dragged the rupee to a record Services Ltd said. =-,,-.(. account deficit. on Monday.The Indian rupee has depreciated 13 per cent so far low of 72.67 in day trade. US President Donald Trump Earlier the rupee resumed in 2018 and has touched a historic low of 72.32 to a dollar. The benchmark 30-share on Friday threatened to slap tar- ;# Q AQ" slightly lower at 72.18 against “Nevertheless, most rated India-based corporates have protec- BSE Sensex closed at a three- iffs on all Chinese imports, fan- last Friday’s closing level of tions in place — including natural hedges, some US dollar revenues week low of 37,922.17, down by ning fears of intensifying trade 71.73 a dollar at the Interbank and financial hedges — to limit the negative credit implications of 467.65 points or 1.22 per cent, war between the two major Foreign Exchange here. a potential further 10 per cent weakening of the rupee to the US which was its biggest single-day economies and their ripple +,- The domestic unit wit- dollar from Thursday’s (September 6) rate (of 72.11 a dollar),” fall since March 16 when it lost impact on emerging markets. nessed intense volatility and Moody’s VP and Senior credit officer Annalisa DiChiara said. 509.54 points. Beijing also warned of oody’s Investors Service traded between 72.07 and hit Of the 24 Moody’s-rated India-based corporates across the The 50-share NSE Nifty retaliation if the US goes ahead Mon Monday said robust regional demand, it said. mute the pressure on prof- all-time low of 72.48 during high-yield and investment grade categories, 12 generate most of also dropped below the 11,500- with any new measures. steel demand, especially from For India, the US-based itability, Moody’s said. morning deals. their revenue in US dollars or have contracts priced in US dol- level by plunging 151 points or Sentiment also took a blow the domestic construction, agency said that “with minimal India has set a target of India’s current account lars, providing a natural hedge, and thus limiting the effect a weak- 1.30 per cent — its biggest sin- after Moody’s Investors Service infrastructure and automotive new steel capacity expected to increasing its steel making deficit (CAD) widened to USD ening in the rupee could have on their cash flows, it said. These gle-day fall since February 6 — said sustained weakening of the sectors will keep end-product be commissioned until 2021 in capacity to 300 million tonne 15.8 billion in April-June in 24 corporates include those in the IT, oil and gas, chemicals, auto- to close at 11,438.10, the lowest rupee is “credit negative” for prices high, even as rising costs India, robust steel demand by 2030-31. value terms this year as against mobiles, commodities, steel, and real estate development sectors. closing since August 16. Intra- Indian companies which gen- for key inputs, coking coal especially from the construc- It further said India will be USD 15 billion in the same quar- “A sustained weakening of the rupee would be credit nega- day, it hit a low of 11,427.30. erate revenue in rupees but rely and iron ore pressure prof- tion, infrastructure and auto- the brightest spot over the next ter of 2017-18, mainly due to a tive for its rated Indian companies, particularly those that gen- Negative leads from glob- on US dollar debt to fund itability. motive sectors will keep end- 12-18 months, with the coun- higher trade deficit, according to erate revenue in rupees but rely on US dollar debt to fund their al markets as investors turned their operations. In its latest report, Moody’s product prices high, even as ris- try’s steel consumption rising at RBI data released on Friday. operations and have significant dollar-based costs, including cap- cautious amid fears of a possi- The Indian rupee has said the outlook for the Asian ing costs for key inputs, coking least 5.5-6 per cent every year, Domestic macro situation ital expenses,” Moody’s said. ble escalation in the US-China depreciated 13 per cent so far steel industry is stable, reflect- coal and iron ore, pressure tracking strong GDP growth of and dollar’s strength amid fear trade conflict hit the market in 2018 and touched a historic ing the consideration that the profitability.” 7.3-7.5 per cent. of currency crisis continued to of currencies in early Asian Meanwhile, the 30-share sentiment. low of 72.67 to a dollar profitability of rated producers Meanwhile, India’s steel Under the new steel poli- spook the rupee, a dealer said. trade on strong US August jobs BSE Sensex is trading lower by “Markets slid as fears of Monday before a rebound on will increase moderately over sector consolidation will drive cy, the country aims to increase Overseas, the US dollar data and fears of an escalation 238.01 points, or 0.62 per cent, escalating US-China trade war strong intervention of the the next 12 months against the improvement in the industry’s per capita steel consumption to edged higher against a basket in the China-US trade conflict. at 38,151.81 at 1055 hrs. dented the confidence. 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Deputy Dean, Wharton School, Competition, which has been industry body Memorandum of The think-tank at the NSE University of Pennsylvania, offered to high school stu- ASSOCHAM but Understanding (MoU) to and Wharton are in the process signed the MoU at The dents in India and other coun- expressed hope impart financial knowledge of designing developmental Wharton School of the tries in recent years. the tax burden would be so the weakening of rupee brought down to some extent. against the dollar has to be seen “It has been our stand that in that context. !! petrol and diesel should be With India being a large PRASAR BHARATI brought under the Goods and importer of crude oil, the cur- INDIA'S PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTER Services Tax (GST). However, rency depreciation does have > *= it may not be feasible at this an impact on the landed CIVIL CONSTRUCTON WING, ALL INDIA RADIO point of time”, ASSOCHAM prices, he said. Besides, the # "8 secretary general, Uday Kumar crude, in any case, has been +,- two-year high of 8.2 per cent in Varma, told. rising amidst a firm global the April-June quarter of cur- The major factor, at this sentiment. The Executive Engineer (E), Division-I, CCW, AIR, 8th Floor Soochna Bhawan, New ->-) ndia’s economic growth is rent fiscal on good show by point of time, for rising prices “We, in the ASSOCHAM, Delhi invites on behalf of President of India, online item rate single/two bids for following Iexpected to moderate in the manufacturing and farm sec- of petrol and diesel is the glob- are confident that the govern- work:- ack Ma, one of China’s rich- second half of this financial tors. al macro situation, impacting ment and the Reserve Bank of 1. NIT N0.59/2018-19/EE(E)-I/CCW-AIR/ Delhi. Name of Work: Non- Comprehensive main- Jest men, announced on year after a strong first quarter, On the monetary policy the entire pack of Emerging India (RBI) are seized of the tenance of Cinema Projection Sound System in Auditorium-I,II,III&IV at Sirifort Auditorium, Monday he would step down as owing to tighter financial con- front, the report said that the Markets, with India being no matter and are considering New Delhi, (i) Estimated cost Rs.589599/-, (ii) Earnest Money Rs.11792/- Period of Alibaba’s executive chairman ditions, high oil prices and Monetary Policy Committee exception, he said. various options including the next year as he unveiled an slowing global growth, says a (MPC) of the Reserve Bank is The US dollar, Varma said, option of bringing down the completion:-12 months, Last date & Time of submission of bid 3.00 P.M on 17/09/2018. unprecedented succession plan UBS report. expected to take a breather in has been appreciating against tax burden to some extent,” he 2. NIT NO. 60/2018-19/EE(E)-I/CCW-AIR/Delhi. Name of Work: Maintenance of CCTV on his 54th birthday, naming The global financial ser- the near-term amid rising glob- most currencies of the world, said. system and allied equipments at Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi, (i) Estimated cost the e-commerce giant’s CEO as vices major expects real GDP al uncertainties like trade wars Rs.567082/-, (ii) Earnest Money Rs.11342/- Period of completion: -12 months, Last his successor. growth to slow to 7-7.3 per cent and oil prices. date & Time of submission of bid 3.00 P.M on 17/09/18. Ma will remain Alibaba’s in the second half of this fiscal “In a scenario where trade /0#& ## !& ! 3. NIT NO. 61/2018-19/EE(E)-I/CCW-AIR/Delhi. Name of work: - RMO Early Fire Alarm executive chairman during the from 8.2 per cent in June 2018 wars drag global growth and year-long period to ensure a quarter. push commodity prices lower, 8 8 6; ! G 75! 5! " & Fire Fighting System at Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi. (SH : Repairing and servic- “smooth and successful” tran- “We believe headwinds, India might benefit as a disin- 4-2 ing of Air smoke ventilation and pump sets i/c Replacement of defective accessories) sition, and stay on as an including tighter financial con- flationary environment lowers L **M ! & (i) Estimated cost Rs. 815186/-,(ii) Earnest Money Rs.16304/- Period of completion: - Alibaba director until a share- ditions, high oil prices, slowing external stability risks. Rates 2 +2 20 Days, Last date & Time of submission of bid 3.00 P.M on 17/09/18. holder’ meeting in 2020, Hong global growth and a still muted will likely be kept on hold in <+ ' < R= 4. NIT NO. 62/2018-19/EE(E)-I/CCW-AIR/ Delhi. Name of Work: RMO EFA & Fire Fighting Kong-based South China private corporate capex recov- this case,” the report said. 4) + System at NBH, AIR, New Delhi during 2018-19. (SH: Round the clock operation and Morning Post, which is owned ery on legacy issues of high However, “in an alterna- by Alibaba, reported. debt and weakened balance tive scenario where India con- RH+ < general maintenance EFA & Fire Fighting system), (i) Estimated cost Rs.976776/-, (ii) Ma will hand over the keys sheets will weigh on India’s tinues to be affected by the ) Earnest Money Rs.19536/- Period of completion: -12 months, Last date & Time of sub- of his company to 46-year-old growth momentum,” UBS headwinds of rising oil prices, ' N4O< + ) mission of bid 3.00 P.M on 17/09/2018. 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" can be used to treat many ailments. “Plants root or tuber, but rather deriving chemical “It is safe to say that most plants, with owe their medicinal properties to their nat- extracts synthesised in plants,” Dr Surya their untold potential to enhance the quality " ) ural ability to synthesise numerous chemical Bhagwati, Ayuveda consultant, at Saifee of human life are god send and spices, which compounds, which protect them from herbi- Hospital, tells you. are a staple of Indian cuisine are no excep- arket research is stacked with reports vores, insects, and fungi. Contrary to popular In fact, 40 per cent of all medicines com- tion,” Dr Surya Bhagwati says. of consumers visibly moving from indulgent products to choices and Mexperiences that help them keep happy and healthy. Apart from breast milk for infants, there is no single food item that contains all the essen- lack pepper, also Another great use of tial nutrients that the body needs for one to stay Bknown as peppercorn this spice is that it helps healthy and happy. Hence, a good diet should is made from the dried hair growth. Take one tea- incorporate a variety of foods to meet the human fruit of a flowering spoon of black pepper body's needs as good nutrition builds better vine, native to powder, two tablespoons brains 2 South India. For of extra virgin coconut oil The ideal diet should contain sufficient centuries, it has and half a teaspoon of quantities from the macronutrient group con- been used to castor oil. Mix them and sisting of carbs, proteins and fats. While an aver- facilitate diges- massage into the scalp for ardamom is a spice with a strong taste and age woman requires 2,000 calories a day, the men tion and soothe a few minutes. Let it stay Ctherefore some may find it difficult to eat need 2,500 calories. One must eat just enough / upset stomachs. A for 10 minutes and sham- on its own. It can be used to halt a number of to maintain a healthy Body Mass Index. The quarter teaspoon of poo. Do this once in a digestive issues including bloating, gas, heart- requirements of each macro-group for the lso known as haldi, black pepper powder month. A Word of advise: burn, and loss of appetite. Boil a teaspoon of average Indian are given below: ndia can be regarded as the pioneer of surgery, with Ait is a member of the ginger mixed in buttermilk Go for a patch test because crushed cardamom seeds in a cup of water for Carbohydrates: These are the chief source Sushruta describing neurosurgery in his writings of 600 BC. family and the best use of haldi should be consumed in the pepper may cause 10-15 minutes and drink this. of energy for the body (amount of energy from IMore than 2,500 years later, neurosurgery has acquired great comes when it is used topically for cases of indigestion or some tingling. one gram of carbohydrates and proteins is four significance in India as it holds one-sixth of the global popula- a glowing skin. It can also be used heaviness in the stomach calories) easily converting to ATP and fuel mus- tion while also having one of the highest accidents rates, road to treat inflammation, infected to alleviate discom- cle function. Sedentary persons must take 40- fatalities accounting for 16.6% of all annual deaths — the sixth wounds, and ringworm. fort. 50% of their diet in the form of carbohydrates biggest cause of deaths in the country. Given its prevalence rate Mix a teaspoon of haldi in two while those performing regular exercise and ath- of 2,400 per lakh people, the burden of neurological ailments tablespoons of besan, a tablespoon letes may require 60-70%. Whole grains, low- hangs heavily in India. Particularly for cases requiring surgery, of atta and yogurt or milk in enough fat dairy and whole fruits, as opposed to juices, the advance of novel neurosurgery techniques is critical. Unlike quantity to make a thick paste. are the best sources of carbohydrates in food. the early 1980s, when facilities were not up to the mark for treat- Apply this uptan on the face for a Proteins: These are essential building ing infectious/trauma cases, the scenario has changed complete- glowing complexion. blocks of tissue structure and plasma mem- ly during the last three-odd decades. To treat ringworm, make a branes. They also perform key roles in metabol- paste of fresh turmeric and water. love is a spice derived from the dried flower ic, transport and hormone systems, maintain Best-in-Class Apply it in the affected area and let Cbuds of the clove tree. Its oil acts as a acid-base balance in the body and make up the Today, endoscopic neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, it dry. painkiller when applied topically for a toothache. enzymes that aid digestion. Sedentary individ- microsurgery, radiosurgery, endovascular neurosurgery, com- uals must take about 0.79 gm of protein per kg puter-assisted neurosurgery and complex, minimally-invasive of body weight. Professional bodybuilders may surgeries can all be performed in state-of-the-art neurosurgical require up to 2 gm per kg of body weight. In typ- units. Be it 3T MRI or 320 slice CT scans, biplane 3-D rotation- ical Indian diets, soy tofu or soy milk, beans, al DSA labs or video EEG monitoring units, these are all avail- lentils and peas, skinless poultry, fish, egg whites, able at modern hospitals in metro cities. The operating rooms inger is a plant umin is a spice derived almonds, walnuts, peanuts or cashew, pumpkins, have world-class intraopera- Gwhose roots are Cfrom the seeds of the sunflower or flax seeds are excellent sources. 0! #0!3 !#& tive MRI and monitoring, used as an additive cumin plant. A great Fats: These may be monosaturated, polyun- neuro-navigation, advanced in many cuisines. benefit of this seed is saturated and saturated. Saturated fats are more $ 0&''0 fluorescence microscopes and It is a natural rem- that it helps in weight likely to increase cholesterol levels and increase #4#A " ## endoscopy equipment, among edy for headaches. loss and fat reduc- the risk of atherosclerosis. Major sources of # & $ others. Make a paste from tion. While it is not essential fatty acids are edible oils such as canola, These latest techniques, an inch of ginger possible to eat large rice bran, olive or sunflower oils, nuts, seeds and $ #9&9 ## which include the molecular and apply this on the qualities of jeera a simple meat. Each gram of fat supplies the body with & ! #!0 0! A profiling of tumours, are all forehead. One can also way to consume is to boil about 9 calories. ' & #& available in India. As a result, add dry ginger powder to two teaspoons of jeera 200 ml Micronutrients: These perform various " 0 !930' 'C even for the most complex boiling water and inhale the water. Reduce it to half and essential functions in the body from the devel- procedures, patients no longer vapours for relief. drink this hot to results. opment of the nervous system (Vitamin B6, ! $ #0!3 ! need to travel abroad to get Vitamin B12, Folic acid) to maintaining water " & & # treated since the best sur- balance in cells (Potassium, Sodium). Zinc aids !! !# ! geons and facilities are avail- in healing wounds while Iron is a component able within national borders. of blood cells. These are required in trace "&"# ' Having said that, stan- amounts. Food sources for macro-nutrients con- dards in rural regions leave innamon is an affron is obtained from the flower of the arlic with its antiviral and antibacterial properties helps tain most micro-nutrients as well. However, much to be desired, although Caromatic spice Ssaffron crocus and is the world’s most Gin boosting immunity. If you feel that you are about experimenting with a variety of green leafy veg- almost 70% of the people obtained from the expensive spice by weight. It is considered to to get a cold add garlic to your diet by making tea. Though etables, red fruits, fortified foods, animal prod- reside there. Therefore, public and private stakeholders need to bark of certain kinds be a mild sedative as well and can be used by it does smell, prevention is always better than cure. Boil ucts or protein alternatives, fish and seeds will join hands in ensuring the same world-class tools and techniques of trees. It helps people who ha VR insomnia. Take a punch three cups of water and three crushed garlic cloves. Add ensure that you don’t miss out on any of these. are replicated in the rural zones, especially in public hospitals. decrease blood of the spice and add it to milk and boil for a half a teaspoon of honey and half a Water: Water keeps your skin hydrated, pre- sugar. A great few minutes. Drink this just before going to lemon juice with seeds and rind as vents constipation, dissolves minerals for use by Driving Better Outcomes way to con- bed for a good night sleep. it has Vitamin C and antiox- the body, transports nutrients and oxygen to Backed by global-standard neuro-diagnostic, neuro-radiol- sume dalchini idants. Strain this tea cells, lubricates joints and flushes out waste from ogy and neuro-intensive care facilities, the treatments available is to make tea. and drink the kidneys. The recommended intake for men in India match those of leading hospitals worldwide, achieving Take a small throughout is 3.7 liters a day and for women, 2.7 liters. It is the best outcomes in neurological disease management. Be it a stick of cinnamon, the day. best to take several meals and sips of water in wide range of neurological ailments like epilepsy, coma, stroke, add a glass of small servings for better digestion. Executing a brain tumours, nerve injuries, neuropathies, myopathies, mul- water, boil it for 10 balanced diet plan and an adequate amount of tiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Myasthenia Gravis and more, minutes and let it water, regular exercise, and good sleep will sure- all can be treated most efficiently in India — at one-fourth the steep for another 5. ly get the healthy body. cost of foreign institutions. Add lemon and drink " ! # 7 It needs to be acknowledged that neurosurgery is not all about this. * ##7*> $ individual skills. The emphasis has shifted to the availability of best-in-class infrastructure. The advances in computer-guided and robotic surgery mean the chances of errors by neurosurgeons ( are being minimised to a great degree. Together with artificial intelligence and machine learning, ccording to a neuronavigation is poised to wholly transform neurosurgery. As We all want to have a healthy he launch date for the ambitious to set up 1.5 lakh wellness centres with study by the and when neuronavigation is deployed for neurological proce- and glowing skin. Using health insurance scheme, the the hope of bringing health care closer AWorld Health dures, it will virtually eliminate manual errors, compress oper- readymade creams can be harsh TPradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya to the homes of the people. Organization, about 34% ating time and make minimal-access surgery with precision a Abhiyan (PMJAA), was announced As per a recent report, only 27% of of Indians — 24.7% male reality. on the skin. But a few simple recently by Prime Minister Narendra Indians have health insurance coverage. and 43.9% women — are not home remedies can leave your Modi. The PMJAA, touted as The Indian healthcare sector is active enough to stay healthy. Globally, the world’s largest healthcare largely underpenetrated with more than 1.4 billion adults are at risk of skin smooth and lovely, says scheme, aims to provide a Government expenditure con- diseases from not doing enough physical ROSHANI DEVI cover of 5 lakh per fami- stituting approximately 1.4% activity. The study also notes that there is : Also referred to as dried plum, they are not the ly annually, benefiting of the country’s GDP. The no improvement in global levels of phys- kind of dry fruit that one would want to eat. But once you anting a smooth and half teaspoon honey. Apply the more than 10 crore poor private sector expenditure ical activity since 2001. If the current know its benefits, a day will not go when this will not be part glowing complexion mixture on damp face and neck families. It will be constitutes 70% of the total trends continue, the 2025 global activity of your daily diet. Wis what most of us using circular motions. Leave it launched on September healthcare expenditure. Of target of a 10% relative reduction in insuf- Just one cup of prunes provides 87% of the recommended aspire for. We spend thou- on for 10 minutes. Wash with 25, 2018. this, about 62% is out of pocket ficient physical activity will not be met. daily intake of Vitamin K, more than 20% of most B sands of rupees on treatments cool water and pat dry. Medical expenditure and only 8% is covered through Lack of exercise can increase the risk Vitamins, 8% of calcium and 27% of potassium; it contains and or buying expensive face Moisturise as usual. Apply this remains one of the primary pre-financed instruments. of health conditions like cardiovascular beta-carotene as well. Each prune (approx 9.5 g) offers about creams. But a few simple tricks pack once a week for a glowing concerns for people in the country Every hospital or healthcare estab- diseases, Type 2 Diabetes and dementia 23 kcal and 0.7 g of fibre. can get you the same result at skin. which makes it imperative for further lishment must try to improve and max- This coupled with unhealthy eating pat- People who are deficient home. Here’s how: Use green tea: You need a focus on making healthcare affordable imise quality within the resources that terns and family history of diseases can in Vitamin A are prone to Use virgin coconut oil: tablespoon green tea leaves, a for one and all. Apart from PMJAA, the are available to them and with the best exacerbate the situation even further. night blindness, dry eyes, Warm the oil and cup of water, two tea- National Health Policy 2017 envisioned use of those resources. Poor quality ser- It has been shown in a study published macular degeneration and apply on the face spoons brown sugar ‘health and wellness centres’ as the vice indicates poor utilisation of earlier this year in the American journal cataracts. Eating and neck. and a teaspoon foundation of India’s health. The idea is resources. of Epidemiology that lack of exercise prunes are Massage for a cream. Boil the affects the human body right up to the cel- essential for few minutes in leaves in water. lular level. A few tips to follow: healthy vision. gentle circular When the water A diet rich in whole grain, fruits, They are motions. changes colour, (1+ H S= ( ! and vegetables is very good for the body. sold as a popular Leave it remove from 4 O K =! 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set of scarlet-painted trishuls set the river where he captures it at dawn against a wall made S C Sekhar when it is veiled with mist, at dusk $- Astop on the roadside and cap- when the crowd joins the ghats for ture a stunning still life. The way to pujas, morning prayers, or during Dev to Sikkim held many such unforget- Deepawali to glimpse the floating !-- table vistas and vignettes. Opening at diyas. the Shridharani Gallery today is an unforgettable odyssey of a photogra- >;((4 ; * pher who has spent the past four “There are cities so removed decades capturing myriad facets of from the fast-paced everyday world, 40 =-((, ! India. This suite of images is called that still so steeped in prayer,” says Faith, which gives the viewer a Sekhar. Walking the hilly pathways at < glimpse into the search for the spirit Mansarovar with Shankaracharya of when a photographer turns into a pil- Hampi became a lesson in learning of grim. the mosaic of life’s texts to understand rom the gurudwaras in north and flaming orange are not in my “I travelled as a pilgrim to Kailash the riverine rhythms and resonance. FIndia, where the allure of God palette. It is full of dark colours like and Mansarovar, visited the Maha “I experienced a sense of calm, is equated with gold, to the sacred green, brown and blue. I feel that Kumbh in 2013 and made trips to serenity and unexplained devotion,” feminine spirit of the Kalighat colours are responsible for evoking Varanasi in search of faith as an expe- explains Sekhar and adds, “Suddenly temple in Bengal and Kamakhya in an emotion in a person.” rience. Each experience gave me a everything around me fell into place. Assam in the east, the spartan grace Well, since this connoisseur richness of space and of time. Dawn In the spritual journey, the devotion of Shirdi Saibaba in the west as well and master of art has been paint- at Varanasi was different from dusk. and beliefs of people of multiple faiths as the opulent Tirupati Balaji in the ing since 1978, what does he have The light in the ancient city changes became a part of one canvas.” south, artist Sanjay Bhattacharya to say about the evolution of art? like a fabric that celebrates the colours The lunar landscape of burnished brings together a world of Indian He says, “If we look at the masters of the sky and the sun,” says Sekhar. red and white rock continues further shrines and pilgrimages in his of art, who had been there for a The show straddles the colours of faith west to the pre-Buddhist kingdom of paintings for the first time through very long time, then it is very dif- as it were, within the sacred spaces of Guge. Represented as a sheltered his series called Cosmic Auras. He ficult to say that art has evolved. sadhus, of worshippers, of the corri- world, mirroring the surrounding brings together all the four direc- They left a body of work which is dors of silence in a monastery and a tropical cosmos and its equatorial fir- tions of the compass, highlighting far better than ours. We are also series of stunning landscapes and still architecture of relics and the many “They immerse themselves in sent and the multiple rituals reflect- mament, Mansarovar mutates into a how Indian architecture is about painters but comparing ourselves lifes. facets of both the human visage and knee-deep water at the sangam or spot ed in the artistic process of medita- zone and a space of contemplation. exploring improbable beauty. with any old master will not be jus- “The Maha Kumbh Mela proved the human body. where the Ganges converges with the tive repetition. The rudraaksha added These images feel other-worldly. They But this is not the first time that tified. They have set the standards India is steeped in ancient traditions,” The portraits of the sadhus Yamuna and the mythical, under- to a calendar image adds a third capture scenic undulations of cold he has delved into the realm of reli- very high for us, so we need to work says Sekhar. “Hinduism is an ancient address temporal, spatial and social ground Saraswati river which, accord- dimension. desert landscapes where pastorals gion. He says, “I used to paint gods a lot to reach their level. For exam- religion, 5,000 years old. It was relationships of language, history and ing to ancient texts, embodies true Scents and smells abound as you present the perfect idyll. Even the like Ganesha and goddesses like ple, Rembrandt, the master painter, intriguing to see the modern and the the present. Their faces materialise in knowledge. It is a scene that is rigor- gaze at the pictures of little leaf con- image of a door in Sikkim can present Kali, Durga, even Shurpnakha. has set such grammar that we can- ancient collide, all becoming one response to contextual conditions or ous as well as fascinating. I was also tainers with petals and prasad for a harvest of intensities in which earth This time I painted shrines. These not reach it even after struggling humanity to dip into the Ganges. the premises of the given moment for fascinated by a five-year-old boy who aarti. It is almost as if the images bring tenors and terrain have soft and gen- are ancient temples and I realised our entire lives.” There were 70 to 100 million people the search for salvation. sat and gazed at me in silence,” says forth the aura of sandalwood, honey, tle evocations of both time and tide. that they are repositories of art, Art is a feeling, an emotion that in one place. And the sadhus were “At the Kumbh, the bathing is offi- Sekhar. milk, roses and fragrant jasmine. Faith for Sekhar is about endless- their architecture and the structure is supposed to be striking. However, both distinct and professional posers!” cially opened at dawn by naked These still life forms in Varanasi ly converting time, energy, thinking are so different, incredible and Bhattacharya has quite a different Hindu ascetics from the revered tell us that devotion and death are inti- and realisation. “When I click a pho- magnificent. This really attracted approach. He says, “Art needn’t be Naga warrior sect, founded as protec- Sekhar brings personal histories mately a part of ordinary life, sharing tograph, it is about freedom,” says me.” beautiful every time. Art could be The Maha Kumbh Mela of 2013 tors more than 800 years ago,” says to his stunning still life series. There a connection that is as old as history. Sekhar. “Not only am I free as a cre- His paintings also represent the shocking, painful or bring some becomes a chess board of characters Sekhar. The Nagas, with their long are two subtexts here — the first, a Improvisation and anthropology ator, the viewers are free as spectators symbols of Vishnu and Lord Rama. humour in you. It is like a universe spinning a tale of ritual ascetics and hair, flowing beards and ash-covered series of ritual-related studies and the intersect in the ambient luminosity of as well.” His Bengal work takes a close look where whatever feeling a human aesthetics, the ash-laden foreheads, bodies, wave swords, tridents and second the boats of Varanasi as well mysticism and the dilapidated city of at the goddess Kali. His art updates being carries within, art reflects decorated necks and embellished spears invoke the blessing of the as images of dawn at the Hooghly. Varanasi. Sekhar understands the The show runs at Shridharani the norms of egalitarianism in the everything. It is open to interpre- rudraakshas often alluding to the Ganges as they run into the water. They serve as a reflection of the pre- mysteries a little better by furrowing Gallery till September 20. depiction of gods, who to begin tations. That is why artists are so with are fashioned in India after expressive. There are some paint- human beings. “I travel a lot and ings, which make you happy but wood, fittings, polishes. The artist herself told wherever I go, I capture the image there are things which might sad- us how she had packed up several layers for their in my mind and shoot it on my den you or make you question cer- 2 protection. “We have used the best quality wood phone so that I could paint the tain things in life. You look at a and experimented with different chemicals so scenes. To see the places closely, I painting and it troubles you, it’s that we can make it water-resistant. That is why prefer travelling by car. I like to do killing you inside. In such a paint- it has taken three years to come up with some- very realistic painting. I paint ing, this is the motive of the painter =-) +O A thing this unique. There are 15-18 layers whatever I love,” says the artist, who to make you feel troubled.” depending upon the art piece, so that the art on initially painted a series on Kolkata. He adds, “Whatever mental <;- = the pieces doesn’t get ruined and can be passed He then shifted to Delhi and trav- condition a painter is carrying, it on.” elled to Rajasthan, which he found gets reflected on his/her canvas. For hy should something that we have to live However, it was hard for Manisha to “really interesting.” Thereafter, he example, I did a series on Wwith day in and day out be in boring decide upon her favourite piece and she said also did a series on Rajiv Gandhi’s Landscapes of Shanti Niketan. They brown colours? Why should our furniture be with a laugh, “It’s like asking about who is your life. He reveals, “From that partic- are happy paintings, which are functional and not creative? Why should art be favourite child when you love each one. There ular series, portraits also became about the beautiful things like restricted to only the walls? It was with these are few very impactful pieces but my favourite my subjects. I did a series on Satyajit lotuses, flowers, sunsets, sunrise, thoughts in mind that Manisha Gawade start- would have been the eight feet cloth peg one Ray using some of his compositions palm trees and ponds. However, the ed drawing various unconventional designs that and only piece which shares its name with the in my art. Then I did a tribute to current series is more about spiri- could be easily embedded into tables, chairs, exhibition title. It’s a long and beautiful sculp- my masters. I don’t stay constant tuality.” bars, wall units and cupboards. ture. It is all about keeping memories alive for- with my works, I like to keep shift- Bhattacharya believes that Keepsakes, a first-of-its-kind exhibition of ever.” ing.” “there is inspiration in everything art-furniture along with paintings, explores the Manisha shared how affordable and reason- His paintings are marked by that you come across.” From a vin- idea. It took Manisha three years of experimen- able the prices are, “They start around 2.10 colours that strike the eyes through tage car, a magnificent palace, tation and tireless work to conceptualise the lakh, go up to 4 lakh and for the art-furniture, their extravagance. However, these boats in a river, rain, snowflakes, a design and paint these pieces that are created prices start at 1.25 lakh going up to around 4.5 are also capable of making one man sleeping on the pavement, a to energise living spaces. lakh. No piece exceeds 4.5 lakh.” delve deep into the realms of life butterfly, anything could inspire And if you thought that the art-furniture The artist shared her journey to this exhi- and realise how colours can change you. He adds, “You have to look at was designed merely by putting a painting on bition, “My journey started 14 years ago when one’s perceptions. nature, the sky, everywhere. These top of an existing furniture, look again. For the I learnt to work on wood in Dubai with an artist Sanjay highlights how his things come to you naturally, you furniture was designed from scratch and then sion of art, experimented with various surfaces, name of the exhibition and said, “We want the from Southeast Asia. I have never been shy of colour palette is always varying. don’t call them.” the painting was made on it. These are heirloom methodology, finishes, art materials and their art pieces to be passed on from one generation trying various materials in my work and have “The idea to paint something pieces that anybody would love to own and pass application to ensure that the final product to the other. We have also insured the quality tried to experiment with many surfaces, includ- comes automatically to me. There’s Exhibition will be at the Visual on to the next generation. The show is exper- stands the test of time. so that they last.” ing glass, textile, paper, wood, metal, cloth, fibre no calculation in between. Arts Gallery, IHC, from September imental, modern and yet contemporary expres- Manisha had a definite idea behind the High-grade materials are used including glass among other things.” Normally colours like red, black 19 to 29.
allet, which originated in students. It is a good platform for bal- was also very excited and supportive. BRenaissance Italy, has gained the lerinas to showcase their talent. It She said, “It is such a great joy to see attention of students from across gives them a reality check about how children in this competition. How the India. The children’s Ballet competi- = % the world of ballet is growing around very young competitors shared their tion Mosaic of Dance is all set to them,” said the teachers of Patmoes talents here really make for exquis- return for its third edition between Academy, Pune. ite mosaic pieces that came out as a October 27 and 29. More than 180 O ! “It was overwhelming to see so beautiful whole which this competi- participants from 16 ballet dance many trained ballerinas performing tion showcased. We saw the finesse schools from across the country and ! beautifully. It’s a rare sight, especial- of their movements, the depth of their abroad will be competing at the event. ly in India, to watch so many ballet artistry, but more importantly, the dis- The event spans New Delhi and idea of promoting ballet in India, but judges, Pankaj Guglani, assistant the competition, that took place on performances under one roof. This cipline and dedication that have NCR, Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, with the purpose of bringing togeth- director of The Danceworx, Delhi, October 14 and 15, 2017, at Arya is a great initiative to uplift and bring been instilled in their craft.” Ahmedabad, Chennai and other er dancers from different schools all said: “Spreading dance in India is just Auditorium, New Delhi, and brought the ballet industry and we are happy The event is gaining popularity cities. Furthermore, participants over India, giving them a platform a beginning. These events encourage 70 participants from Delhi and NCR, to be part of this,” said the founders among professionals and schools, and from Russia, France, Germany will where they could showcase their tal- and challenge people to participate Mumbai and Pune who performed of Rhythmus Happyfeet, Mumbai. also within the prominent art and cul- also take part. ent, learn from others, gain new expo- and think out of the box.” The other in four categories: Classical Ballet, Indian Academy of Russian Ballet ture fraternity of India is showing This competition was a long sure and experience. No such ballet judge, Anna Voitsekhovich, who Modern Ballet, Character Dance said, “The academy and the students keen interest in the same. This year, cherished dream of its organiser, competitions has ever been organised resides in Moscow and had come spe- and Contemporary. The head of the are very grateful for the learning expe- the festival will be honored by the Galina Lyakhova, the director of in India, which makes it very unique cially for the event, agreed with him: jury was Gabor Sziraky, ballet mas- rience. Seldom do we see such a pos- presence of Dr Mahesh Sharma, the The School of Russian Classical and the first of its kind. The next aim “I am very happy with the way the ter and international choreographer itive attitude towards classical ballet Minister of State for Ministry of Ballet in New Delhi. Prior to open- is to take this competition to the inter- competition shaped up - it was a great from Hungary, a graduate of the in the country, and for your team to Culture and for Ministry of ing her own school, Galina was national level. first attempt. It was incredible to wit- Hungarian Dance Academy and a responsibly work towards this cause Environment, Forest and Climate teaching at Russian Cultural Centre The first edition of Mosaic of ness the work of the kids their cre- former Artistic director of the is a matter of respect. We hope to Change. for 15 years and it is her passion and Dance took place in October 2016 ativity, keenness, their hard efforts Madach Musical Dance and Music keep this association running and to “We do hope to see more and dedication that made her ballet and saw about 20 participants from and excitement.” School in Budapest.The festival was tremendous progress as compared to see many more participants in future.” more people to get to appreciate school famous across India for its three ballet schools of Delhi. Even After getting an inspiring received with great enthusiasm by the their previous performances. The esteemed guest of honour Mosaic of Dance as a testimony to high-quality ballet education. Mosaic though it was a small event, the first response, huge work was undertak- dancers as well as the audience. “The second edition was a great Czarina Villegas, a company ballet India’s diverse and great talent,” said of Dance was born not only with the attempt was successful, as one of our en to organise the second edition of Most of the participants showed experience for our academy and our dancer from Manila, Philippines, Lyakhova.
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Especially when Virat is ), shots even though the impact of his innings has always there, you just have to be there with been felt if one looked at the larger picture. bundle of nerves ahead of his him, rotate the strike and try to rikar Bharat hit a splendid "He is totally committed to England and he ATest debut, Hanuma Vihari build a partnership. Ston and his century stand deserved a sweet send-off," said Sunil Gavaskar, who said a phone call to Rahul Dravid Vihari also credited skipper with Kuldeep Yadav put India scored one century more than the former England cap- put his mind at ease and helped Virat Kohli for guiding him in his A in command over Australia tain. Cook's daughters were present and the applause him get the maiden fifty that res- Test debut. A in the second unofficial Test was generous as the Oval gave him a standing ovation. cued India from a difficult situation "...Having Virat at the other at Alur on Monday. But it never felt like an event taking place in an * 3 against England. made my job a little easier I guess. Bharat struck a brilliant amphitheatre like it happened with Sachin Tendulkar Vihari scored 56 and put on a His inputs helped me initially. He 106 off 186 balls with 12 at the Wankhede. vital 77-run partnership with gave me some cues so that I could boundaries and a six and The celebrations were as minimal as it they have 4 Ravindra Jadeja (86 not out) to help play it comfortably," he said. together with Kuldeep (52) been for his eighth, 17th or 23rd century. Happy and India post 292 in their first innings "I will give a lot of credit to him shared crucial 113 runs for the matter of fact. on Sunday. for helping me out initially. But eighth wicket to take India A to + After all, he had a job at hand. To frustrate the Indian + 9 "I called him the day before I once I settled down, the wicket was 505 all out in their first innings attack no end and kill the match as a contest. made my debut. He spoke to me for very good to bat on especially with in reply to Australia A's 346. and Deepak Chahar (6) with Rahul Dravid's team tasted it first in 2006, a couple of minutes and I thought the medium pacers it got a lot slow- At stumps on day three, the scoreboard reading 370 for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men suffered in 2011, 12 and it eased my nerves a little bit. He er yesterday," he added. Australia were 38 for two in seven. 14 and now it was the turn of Virat Kohli's band to meet BP is a legend of the game; and his Vihari said that he found out their second innings, still trail- But then Bharat and the same fate in 2018, albeit the last time. inputs especially in the batting 7 @ about his selection in the team a ing India A by 121 runs. Kuldeep managed to hold the Cook said that he had "nothing left in the tank" but +- department (helped me)," Vihari day before the final Test. Earlier resuming the day at fort and stitched a fine stand to what he didn't say was that there was a last ounce pre- spoke about the influence of the Vihari said that he was nervous "Obviously, I was very thrilled. 223 for three, India A lost help India A post a mammoth sent and it was meant for the 'Three Lions'. he Indian women's team former captain, who is currently while facing James Anderson and Because that was my dream, grow- captain Shreyas Iyer (42) first, total. There was no place for any over-riding emotions Twill tour Sri Lanka from the India A coach. Stuart Broad in his maiden innings. ing up playing cricket. I first cleaned up by Mitchell Marsh. Ashton Agar (3/87) and and he was as focussed against Ishant Sharma's angu- September 11 to 16 for the "He just told me that 'you have "Initially I felt the pressure to informed my family about it and Then Bharat walked into Tremain (3/41) picked up three lar deliveries on third evening as he was against rook- third round of the ICC Women's the skill set; you have the mind set be honest...But once I got myself in, they were very happy as well. the middle and built a 41-run wickets apiece for Australia A. ie Hanuma Vihari's off-breaks at the stroke of lunch Championship, cricket's gov- and the temperament, just go out it eased my nerves and it was an "It's just the start. I know I have partnership for fifth wicket Australia A began their Monday. erning body announced on there and enjoy yourself'...I would important partnership between to do a lot of things to cement my with Shubman Gill (50), who second innings on a disastrous In the end, he has given it his all and even ensured Monday. like to give him a lot of credit Jadeja and me," he said. place in the Indian team, which I was bowled by Chris Tremain note, losing Kurtis Patterson that Mick Jagger donates 20,000 pounds for charity as The bottom four sides in the because my journey with India A "They are world-class bowlers. definitely want to do. Getting a 50 before lunch. and Matt Renshaw early. he had promised if someone scored a century or took points table — Sri Lanka, India, was very important for me to They have 990-odd wickets on debut is just the start. Going for- In the second session, India Patterson (4) was picked by five wickets. Really, he had nothing left in the tank and West Indies and South Africa come here, his inputs made me a between them. Going out to bat, I ward, scoring a lot of runs for India A lost two more wickets Gowtham while Renshaw (19) as his one-time teammate Graeme Swann aptly put it —will look to make up ground better player." just wanted to be positive in my is my main goal." —Krishnappa Gowtham (20) fell to Shahbaz Nadeem. "Cookie is the oldest 33-year-old on the planet." on Australia, England, Pakistan and leaders New Zealand in the race to qualify for the ICC Women's World Cup 2021. O! 3 P The ICC Women's World " Cup 2017 finalists, India, are placed sixth with a tally of four +0 points after six matches, both +,- lenge and we are hopeful about wins coming in a 2-1 series win carving out a win. Those match- ndian football team head over South Africa, while Sri roud of his players for com- es will further help us in our Icoach Stephen Constantine Lanka are yet to earn a point Ppeting well against a superi- preparation for the season says the upcoming SAFF Cup after completing their engage- or French team, India's U-19 ahead," Floyd said. semifinal against arch-rivals ments against Pakistan and the football head coach Floyd Pinto In the match, goalkeeper Pakistan will be "just another West Indies. said his boys proved that they Prabhsukhan Gill denied the match". Sri Lanka will host India belonged on the same pitch as French colts a scoring opportu- India's back-to-back victo- from September 11 to 16 in a their elite opponents. nity in the eighth minute but the ries against Sri Lanka and series that is important for both The Indian U-19 team went opponents grabbed the lead in Maldives helped them book a teams. down 0-2 against the French U- the 18th minute. semi-final clash with Pakistan on For India, it is a chance to 19 side in the four-nation tour- India had a chance in the Wednesday. bounce back after their recent nament, which concluded on 34th minute to level proceedings "We are aware of the contest. defeat at the hands of defending Sunday. but Aniket Jadhav was unable to But that is nothing different. It's # + champions Australia at home. "I am happy with the team's # A get the ball past the French goal- just another match. We can't let While Sri Lanka will look to cap- performance in the tourna- keeper. the occasion get over us and Nepal's achievements and called his first international goal was italise on the opportunity to ment," Floyd said. imperative that we defend well. proud of my boys. Looking Goalkeeper Gill came up hopefully, we will beat them to them deserving entrants into the his "most delightful moment" as open their account in home con- "The boys stood firm and The two goals we conceded back, we were unable to take our with another acrobatic save in advance to the final," semifinals. a footballer. ditions while trying to forget restricted a far superior oppo- came from minor errors. We chances, especially those against the 44th minute as both teams Constantine said on Monday. "Nepal have played some "Scoring for the country is their 0-3 series loss to India in nent for most of the match. need to work on that aspect," he Slovenia. The only blip was the headed to the interval with The two sides last played an stupendous football and they always special. The first goal - it's the last edition of the tourna- Considering some of the French quipped. first half against Croatia where France enjoying a 1-0 lead. official match in September have deservingly reached the a different emotion. I was sniff- ment. players are playing in French The Indian team had earli- we conceded a lot of goals," Changing over, Aniket had 2013 in Kathmandu. India had semis. Hopefully, we get a win ing around but the goal was "We will definitely play to Ligue 1, our boys did a brilliant er lost by a late goal against Floyd said. another chance to level the pro- piped Pakistan by eking out a against Pakistan and face Nepal eluding me," he quipped. our calibre and potential to job. They proved that they Slovenia (0-1) and had gone The team will now depart ceedings in the 65th minute but solitary goal on that occasion. in the final," he maintained. "So finally, when I made it, help us gain maximum points belonged on the same pitch as down 0-5 to Croatia in its first for the Serbian shores where the his lob went inches over the Incidentally, Pakistan have Nepal will play Maldives in it was the most delightful from our series against Sri their elite opponents," he added. match. colts will clash against the hosts crossbar. qualified for the last-four of the other semi-final. moment for me as a footballer. Lanka. We look forward to A goal in each of the two "All three games were in back-to-back International France sealed the fate of the SAFF Cup after 13 years and Meanwhile, Manvir Singh, The win has been a result of our climb up the table and will halves helped France eke out a against high quality opponents, friendlies on September 13 and match in the 73rd minute, mak- they now lock horns with the who was declared the Most team game and now we're look- work together as a team," India 2-0 victory. preparing for the Euro U-19 17. ing it 2-0. India ended the tour- seven-time champions, India. Valuable Player for his perfor- ing forward to the semi-finals," captain Mithali Raj said. "In such matches, it is 2019 qualifiers. I am extremely "Serbia will be another chal- nament without a win. Constantine also lauded mance against Maldives, stated he added. ( ) (* ++, -.+/ # !,? 6 $ #$ $ #$ # 9
*! 1 Q@ " % < L # R " R 7 ;. 0 7 ;. 0 uan Martin del Potro believes ovak Djokovic clinched his third US JNovak Djokovic can end his Open title on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 career as the most successful N(7/4), 6-3 triumph over Juan Martin del Grand Slam title winner, sur- Potro, taking him level with Pete Sampras's mark passing Roger Federer's current of 14 Grand Slams. mark of 20. Djokovic, playing in his eighth final in New Djokovic clinched his third York and already the champion in 2011 and US Open title on Sunday with a 2015, is now just three Slams behind Rafael 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 triumph over Nadal and six back from the record 20 held by del Potro, taking him level with Roger Federer. Pete Sampras's mark of 14 Grand It was also the third time the 31-year-old Slams. Serb —who missed last year's tournament with The 31-year-old Serb is now an elbow injury which sent his career into a mini- just three behind Rafael Nadal crisis — completed the Wimbledon-US Open and six back from Federer. double. "Of course he can," said Del For world number three Del Potro, it was a Potro when asked if Djokovic heartbreaking experience coming in just his sec- can claim the record over ond Slam final, nine years after he was crowned Federer who is almost six US Open champion. years his senior. It was Djokovic's 15th win over the "He has 14 already. He Argentine and fifth in five at the Slams. Victory won two Grand Slams in also means that 50 of the last 55 majors have been one year. He's healthy. He win by the 'Big Four' of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic has a great team working and Andy Murray. with him. After taking just two points off Del Potro's "Hopefully him, Rafa, first three service games, Djokovic, in his Roger will still fight for Grand eighth final in New York and 23rd at the majors, Slams, because it is so nice to pounced to break for 5-3. watch them fighting for the 2 53 ! The key was his success with a lung-bust- history. >+ = ing 22-shot rally and he pocketed the set when "We just do what we can the 29-year-old del Potro netted a forehand. against them. But Novak has these legends," said the 29-year- It was only the second set dropped by the 2 53 $ ! P + C; <2 everything to make records in old. Argentine at the tournament. this sport." Del Potro was play- "I've been during all my For Djokovic, it was an illustration of him title, just three months after he had left Roland +1 4 &3& # strength to strength, adding a long-awaited ing in his first Grand Slam final career learning with Novak, growing into the championships as he took his Garros in despair after a shattering quarter-final 3 & & = !4 Cincinnati Masters title to his resume before since lifting the US Open title in Roger, Rafa, seeing them win- run of consecutive sets won to 14, stretching back exit. adding the US Open title to those he won in 2011 2009 at the age of 20, beating ning these events very often. It's to the second round against Tennys Sandgren. &' ! ' " & and 2015. Nadal and Federer back-to-back. amazing. Djokovic was soon 3-1 up in the second set O 5 7! ! ;J &,, &',; #& Djokovic faced neither of his greatest rivals He owns 10 wins over world "I don't feel sad that I could- before Del Potro carved out his first break point Novak Djokovic was thrilled to match Pete en route to the title in Flushing Meadows. number one players — the most n't win Grand Slams because of of the match to level at 3-3. Sampras with a 14th Grand Slam title at the US 10# ! "#$ &' Seeded to face Federer in the quarter-finals, by anyone who has never them. I am just one of the guys He had three more chances in the eighth, Open on Sunday, but he said it's Roger Federer ' &'#$ 4 he found himself instead across the net from reached the top ranking them- that have lucky to be in the same all saved by Djokovic in a marathon 20-minute and Rafael Nadal who have made him the play- ! " ! !' '$ John Millman after the unheralded Australian selves. era as them, and it's great." game which left even Hollywood superstar Meryl er he is. stunned the Swiss great. This year he defeated Del Potro went into Sunday's Streep clasping her head in astonishment. "Pete Sampras is one of the biggest legends 3 ! ' ! ! Nadal hobbled out of a semi-final match Federer in the Indian Wells final buoyed by seeing off The effort took its toll on a suddenly weary- ever to play the game," Djokovic said after earn- against Del Potro after two sets. Djokovic would Masters final while in 2016 he defending champion and world looking Del Potro as a 95-minute set was claimed ing a third US Open crown with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), behind Federer's record 20. have relished taking on either — or both, was a key figure as Argentina number one Nadal who was by Djokovic in the tiebreak. 6-3 victory over Juan Martin del Potro. It will also see him rise to number three in although he admits that early in his career that won a first Davis Cup. forced to quit their semi-final Del Potro was looking at having to become "He was my childhood idol. He was some- the world behind Nadal and Federer — the rank- wasn't always the case. Playing at a career high with injury. the first man since Pancho Gonales in 1949 to one I was looking up to. The first actual thing ings again reflecting the "Big Three" status they "Maybe 10 years ago I would say I'm not so three in the world, Del Potro But he had a 4-14 losing win the US title from two sets down. Djokovic I saw related to tennis on the TV was his first have shared for so long. happy to be part of this era with Nadal and insists he is happy to be playing record against Djokovic, includ- sprinted into a 3-1 lead in the third set before or second Wimbledon championship. That Djokovic had tumbled down the rankings, Federer," he said. in the era of Djokovic, Federer ing four at the Slams — two of a battling Del Potro clung on, hitting back for inspired me to start playing tennis. slowed last year by an elbow injury and a loss "Today I really am. I feel like these guys, rival- and Nadal. them at the US Open in 2007 and 3-3. "There is a lot of significance of me being of confidence that accompanied a 54-week title ries with these guys, matches with Federer and "Of course, it is a big chal- 2012. But off the back of a 24-shot rally, Djokovic now shoulder to shoulder in terms of Grand drought. Nadal, have made me the player I am, have lenge to take these kind of tour- "When you see a friend hold- broke again for 5-3 and he was within tantalis- Slam wins with him." The victory puts Djokovic Since bursting out of the slump with an shaped me into the player I am today." naments to them. But also I ing the trophy, it's good. I'm glad ing touching distance of his 14th Grand Slam three Slam wins away from Nadal's 17 and six unexpected Wimbledon title he has gone from "I owe it to them." think we are proud to be close to that Novak is the champion." !%(*# + , ( L 4 ! ;; 5 57 7 !;" london: + + / ( I , ! ;. 0 "We also think the issue of coaching < 2! needs to be addressed and should be = ' ( ##AA ( '6 ;+; he WTA is calling for equal treatment allowed across the sport," Simon said. "The H I#A" Tof all tennis players and coaching to be WTA supports coaching through its on- , ' ussie tennis great Margaret allowed across the sport in the aftermath of court coaching rule, but further review is 4 A ACourt has offered little sym- the US Open final. needed." ) ! ! pathy to Serena Williams after her Serena Williams was given three code * A controversial blow-up in the US violations by chair umpire Carlos Ramos in 5 8 O' 7;J " 4 ' Open final believing that being out- her 6-2, 6-4 loss to Naomi Osaka on US Open champion Naomi Osaka on K ! played by Naomi Osaka led to Saturday, and Williams and critics inside and Sunday tweeted that she was "grateful" for K Serena’s meltdown in on Saturday. outside of tennis argued that she wasn't the chance to take on childhood hero Serena Serena has been criticised by treated the same as some male players. Williams for her first Grand Slam title. ! L , 4 24-time major champion Margaret + The women's pro tour agreed. Osaka became the first Japanese play- < 4 +)' Court for her dramatic outburst at "The WTA believes that there should be er to win a Grand Slam with a 6-2, 6-4 vic- the umpire during her US Open treated more harshly than a man no difference in the standards of tolerance tory over Williams. 6;H 8 ' # " final loss to Naomi Osaka. would in the same situation, but provided to the emotions expressed by men "So there's been a lot going on but I just sinsheim: H In incredible scenes at Flushing Court, whose tally of Grand Slam vs women and is committed to working with want to say, I was grateful to have the oppor- ! < Meadows, Williams, aiming to singles titles is being chased by the sport to ensure that all players are treat- tunity to play on that stage on Saturday. ) equal Court's record of grand slam Williams had little sympathy for the ed the same. We do not believe that this was Thank you," tweeted the 20-year-old Osaka, A #A" 1 ' triumphs, received a series of code 36-year-old. done last night," CEO Steve Simon said in + B who is projected to rise to seventh in the ) ) violations en route to a 6-2, 6-4 "We always had to go by the a statement. * 2 = world rankings on Monday. !! <#&AA defeat to her 20-year-old opponent. rules," said Court, in quotes report- Men's champion Novak Djokovic said She posed with her trophy at Top of the A! * Williams initially felt hard done ed by The Australian. he thought Ramos should not have pushed or the other way depending on the situation. Rock Observation Deck at Rockefeller ! * by when handed a first-set warning "It's sad for the sport when a Williams so hard. It's hard to generalize things, really. I don't Center in New York. 4 > '-1 *<! for what chair official Carlos Ramos player tries to become bigger than "Just maybe changed - not maybe, but see it's necessary really to debate that." Osaka's victory was overshadowed by ,I A * ## believed to be on-court coaching. the rules. he did change the course of the match," The first violation given to Williams was three code violations meted out to Williams, , ! The home favourite was then "Because the young player out- Djokovic said. "Was, in my opinion, maybe for coaching, which isn't allowed during any which led to an emotional outburst from the != '( docked a point for racket abuse, played her in the first set, I think unnecessary. We all go through our emo- men's matches but is permitted on the 23-time Grand Slam champion in the sec- <> having been broken in the second pressure got her more than any- tions, especially when you're fighting for a women's tour except in Grand Slam tour- ond set and made for a chaotic end to the ) ' ( set, subsequently brandishing thing." Grand Slam trophy." naments. match. 9& < Ramos a "liar" and a "thief", com- After the match, Williams' But he disagreed with Simon that men Though Williams said she follows the Williams was hit with a $17,000 fine for ! L ) ' ments which the umpire deemed to 'class' was hailed by the USTA pres- and women are treated differently. rules and never receives coaching during a the violations, and debate raged as to be verbal abuse, warranting a game ident Katrina Adams, though plen- "I don't see things as Mr Simon does. I match, coach Patrick Mouratoglou acknowl- whether it was the actions of chair umpire 7 66; 5#65# ' penalty. ty in the tennis world were less really don't," Djokovic said. 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