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   Modi said in Sumerpur in a ref- and Kumbhkaran,” he jeered, erence to his “chaiwala” roots. referring to Rahul Gandhi’s rime Minister Narendra Referring to the deporta- gaffe on Tuesday when he mis- PModi on Wednesday turned tion of Michel, he said, “The takenly referred to the Ashok      the deportation of Christian entire family is shivering. The Gehlot Government starting Michel, the alleged middle- ‘raazdar’ (one who hides the “Kumbhkaran” lift project man in the 3,600-crore secrets) will speak up and they instead of saying “Kumbharam” AgustaWestland chopper deal, don’t know whose name he will project.   ! as the final weapon on the last disclose… It was a matter of Modi said such a confused day of campagning against the thousands of crore so they are leadership cannot be good for Congress in the Rajasthan in a state of panic.” the party or the country.     Assembly polls, saying Michel Continuing his attack on “They do not have will now reveal the secrets of the Congress, Modi said in leader, policy and intention,” ours after he was deport- the political master he had Dausa the Congress is Modi said. Hed to New Delhi from served. a confused party with confused The Congress, he asserted, Dubai, Christian Michel, “I had mentioned the leadership. has lost the election and is now accused and middleman in VVIP helicopter case, I spoke “They don’t know the dif- contemplating who to hold   ,        the AgustaWestland VVIP about it, about the letter writ- ference between Kumbharam responsible for its defeat. ./  )   #  '  0  chopper deal scam, was on ten by Sonia Gandhi. After BJP Wednesday produced before a came to power, we looked for Delhi court which allowed his the files, we dug around. They   

 five-day custodial interroga- had hidden it away. But one      tion. The CBI had sought a 14- middleman finally was caught  
  day police remand. after years of digging,” Modi Michel will again be pro- said at an election rally in Pali.  

 duced in the court on Modi, who also addressed December 10. Michel was pro- ) '         *      " + ,-  '  (" rallies in Sumerpur in Pali dis-    duced before Special CBI Judge trict and in Dausa, alleged the Arvind Kumar, who allowed Gandhi family have been     struct a “mesh of deception to nivance, they are latching on to discussion between him and AgustaWestland eligible to mission on the procurement of enjoying privileges for four hoodwink” the people of India Christian Michel for commit- his advocate for five minutes. participate in the bidding VVIP helicopters by the generations. He claimed the ccusing Prime Minister in the chopper scam case. ting a smear campaign against Michel landed in the national process and ultimately bagged Ministry of Defence, India. Government’s “win” in the ANarendra Modi of being In his rally in Rajasthan on Opposition leaders. The truth Capital around 11 pm on it. The CBI submitted the The CBI also submitted apex court on Tuesday was the the “protector, benefactor and the last day of campaigning of Christian Michel is already Tuesday. He was then taken to accused has to be confronted that an amount of Euro 42.27 “victory of the honest”. promoter” of AgustaWestland before the State elections on out in the open,” he claimed. the CBI headquarters at the with a number of documents. million was paid by the On Tuesday, the Supreme and its parent company Friday, Modi referred to the Surjewala alleged the state- Lodhi Road here at 1.30 am. The counsel for CBI sub- Westland Group Companies to Court allowed the Income- Finmeccanica, the Congress extradition of Michel saying, ment made by Michel’s advo- In its remand application, mitted that investigation the firms of accused Christian Tax Department to reopen the on Wednesday demanded a “The Government has brought cate Rosemary Patrizi Dos the CBI submitted that the cus- revealed that Michel had Michel as kickbacks without tax assessment of Congress CBI probe into Modi’s role in the middleman involved in a Anjos after his detention in July todial interrogation of accused entered into as many as 12 con- undertaking any work against president Rahul Gandhi and “exonerating” the Italian campaign” against Opposition helicopter scam from Dubai. had “clearly brought out” that Christian Michel is required to tracts through two of his firms, the receipt of such amount. his mother Sonia Gandhi for defence and aerospace major leaders. He served politicians and will the Modi Government and its unearth the deep-rooted con- namely Global Trade The counsel for the 2011-12 in connection with the which was blacklisted by the AICC chief spokesperson now disclose secrets.” agencies were forcing him to spiracy and to identify his Commerce Ltd, London, and accused vehemently opposed National Herald case. then UPA Government. Randeep Surjewala alleged that “While the BJP and PM sign a false confessional state- accomplices, including the IAF Global Services FZE, Dubai, the remand application saying “Now I will see how you The party in a statement facing “imminent defeat” in Modi are seeking fake credit ment naming UPA chairperson officials, bureaucrats and with Finmeccanica, there is no need for police cus- escape... Look at the courage of said the BJP and the Prime State polls, Modi and the BJP without being subjected to Sonia Gandhi in return for politicians, who were instru- AgustaWestland, Westland tody and none of these docu- a ‘chaiwala’ who took those Minister are “latching” on to Government are seeking to investigation by the CBI for complete exoneration from any mental in changing the deci- Helicopters, UK among others ments has been produced in running country for four gen- Christian Miche for a “smear “weave a web of lies” and con- their own complicity and con- charge whatsoever in the case. sions, which made to legitimise the illicit com- any international court. erations to the court’s door,”          

     

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suspected cylinder blast killed a 32-year Aold technician and injured three others during an experiment in the aero-dynam- ics laboratory of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here on Wednesday, police said. Four technicians of a private start-up company were involved in some experiment at the laboratory when an explosion occurred suddenly around 2.20 pm, they said. Technician Manoj from Mysuru died on the spot while three others suffered injuries. The injured have been admitted to a private hospital where their condition is said to be stable, police said. Though the nature of explosion and its cause are yet to be established, it is sus- pected that the incident occurred due to a blast in a cylinder containing some gas, they said.      
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Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder down any of them,” said a senior offi- power, out of which, about 8.5 MW Sident Sukhbir Badal on selves to ensure cane farmers got jus- not court to resolve sugarcane farm- At the same time, the Singh Randhawa on Wednesday cial of the state Cooperation would be sold to the Punjab State Wednesday urged the Punjab tice, Sukhbir said that the government ers’ problems: SAD SAD on Government also announced imme- claimed to break the monopoly of Department. Power Corporation Limited. Government to book those officers should immediately release 417 Wednesday said that the Congress diate release of Rs 65 crores towards private sugarcane mills by enhancing The official maintained that the The Minister had already cau- who are deliberately delaying the crore due to farmers along with inter- leaders are resorting to “dummy the interest on loans taken by pri- the capacity of cooperative sugar state’s cooperative sugar mills, which tioned the general managers of all the payments of farmers of their pro- est. Sukhbir had also called an emer- fight” over release of pending arrears vate sugar mill owners to clear mills. are running in losses, would be ren- sugar mills as well as the officers to duce, especially the cane growers. gency meeting of the party’s core of sugarcane farmers. Reacting to the pending dues of farmers. “In the coming years, the capac- ovated and transformed and better stop the trend of making profits Sukhbir, speaking at a protest committee for Thursday to further threat of Punjab Congress Rajya The development came after the ity of cooperative mills will be performance would be derived from accrue to private sugar mills, while dharna organized by SAD’s intensify its ongoing agitation to force Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa to his Chief Minister met the owners of increased so that the state’s farmers them. calling for fixing the accountability Jalandhar district unit at Bhogpur, the Congress Government to increase own government to move the Punjab the state’s private sugar mills, includ- were not made to suffer and sell their “For that, we are either consid- of such officers “who desist from and urged the Government to take over SAP for sugarcane farmers to 350 and Haryana High Court if the ing Rajinder Singh Chadha, Kamal sugarcane to the cooperative sugar ering to modify the present machin- shirk their responsibility of deriving the private sugar mills to ensure per quintal, disbursal of their pend- farmers’ sugarcane arrears were not Oswal, Rana Inder Partap Singh, mills, instead of the private ones,” said ery of the cooperative sugar mills or results from the cooperative sugar timely cane crushing and payment ing dues of 417 crore and immedi- paid immediately, SAD senior vice- Jarnail Singh Wahid and Kunal the Minister. purchasing the new one,” said the mills on par with the private sugar to the cane grower farmers. ate start of crushing in all sugar mills president Mahesh Inder Singh Yadav, at his official residence in the Randhawa said that there are official. mills”. He alleged that Chief Minister in the State. With the farmers Grewal said that instead of issuing afternoon. nine cooperative sugar mills in Notably, a new modernised sugar Randhawa had also announced Capt Amarinder Singh had been announcing to end their protest late threats and going public, Bajwa Sugarcane growers have been Punjab and the work to increase their mill project has already been initiat- to personally visit all the cooperative ignoring the interest of the farmers in the evening, there was no infor- should have persuaded Punjab Chief holding dharna at several places capacity has already been started. “In ed at the state’s oldest cooperative sugar mills to hold brainstorming and even had not been giving time mation regarding cancellation or Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to across state, blocking roads, outside the times to come, the cooperative sugar mill at Bhogpur, which is sessions with its stakeholders and to the farmers to address their prob- postponement of the core group do needful or urged his party presi- different sugar mills, demanding sugar mills would crush more sug- expected to be completed by March farmers with regard to the reasons of lems causing unrest and resentment meeting till the filing of the report. dent Rahul Gandhi to direct the State payment of their dues. arcane as compared to the private 31 next. With the commencement the cooperative sugar mills showing among not only the cane growers but Sukbir, in an official statement, said Government to get to business and After the Chief Minister’s mills, and farmers will get the pay- of the project, the sugar mill will have losses and future remedial steps. the whole farming community. that never before had any govern- help beleaguered farmers. announcement, the message has been sent across and the farmer leader Jangveer Singh Chauhan, continued for long with Kapurthala the pending payment by January 15 present, directed the private sugar per quintal would be paid to them spokesperson. release accumulated interest, who has been leading the protest by Deputy Commissioner and Senior and secondly, the mill should start mills to immediately start the crush- by the private sugar mills. In line with the commitment amounting to nearly Rs 65 crore, sugarcane growers at Dasuya, Superintendent of Police on behalf taking new stock of sugarcane in 10 ing operations, which have already Capt Amarinder has also direct- made by the State Government in directly to the farmers to partly clear declared that they will be lifting the of the State Government, who have days. been delayed by over a fortnight. ed the Financial Commissioner 2015 to bear the interest on the loan dues of Rs 192 crore pending with dharna now as their demands have been camping in a house close to Capt Amarinder, after holding The Chief Minister said that the (Development) to ensure smooth of Rs 200 crore taken by the private the private mill owners. been met. dharna. detailed deliberations during which State Government would pay Rs 25 commencement of crushing, along sugar mills to clear the payment of The private mill owners assured Earlier, some protestors at However, hours later, the pro- Cabinet Minister Tript Rajinder per quintal on sugarcane to the with meticulous implementation farmers for 2015-16 crushing sea- the Chief Minister that the balance Phagwara refused to lift dharna testors announced removing of Singh Bajwa, Advocate General farmers directly out of the State of the settlement reached between son, the Chief Minister also amount due to the farmers for the demanding full pending payment of dharna with two assurances — the Atul Nanda, Chief Secretary Karan Assured Price (SAP) of Rs 310 per the owners of the sugar mills and the announced that the State crushing season 2017-18 would be Rs 400 crore. Talks of the farmers Wahid Sandhar Mill should make Avtar Singh, among others were also quintal, while the remaining Rs 285 State Government, said an official Government would immediately paid by them directly at the earliest. 1  2% 
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"#" eases in people and to find out 1,000 persons whereas in our our days before the launch of FDal leader and Hisar MP December 11. Ajay had announced to form a their relevant causes, screening country, there is one doctor Ftheir separate outfits, former Dushyant Chautala on INLD patriarch OP separate political outfit, which  ( % .#  * # of people would be carried out over 1,800 persons. INLD leader Ajay Chautala’s Wednesday said that he has Chautala had expelled three he said will contest both Lok    "  "  # across the state. Therefore, to meet the son and Indian National written to Lok Sabha Speaker family members from the Sabha and assembly polls in Also, free treatment facili- shortage of doctors in the state, Students’ Organisation (INSO) Sumitra Mahajan to inform party—first his grandsons Haryana next year.  "((  ty would be provided to the recruitment of 995 doctors chief Digvijay on Wednesday about his expulsion from the Hisar MP Dushyant and INSO Their political outfit is like- people, Vij said. have been done, he said. took a veiled dig at his uncle INLD. chief Digvijay, and then Ajay ly to be named “Jannayak Janta The Minister said that for Apart from this, it has Abhay Singh Chautala, saying “I have requested the Chautala for alleged “anti-party Party”. The word Jan Nayak has  2    was operating Volvo buses cancer treatment, third Cancer been made compulsory that holding public meetings in Speaker that my name should activities”. The breakaway fac- been taken from Ajay’s grand- from Jalandhar to the Indira Care Centre was being estab- doctors studying MBBS in Haryana will not help get SYL not be associated with the tion of INLD led by Ajay father former Deputy Prime n next two days, PUNBUS Gandhi International Airport lished in Ambala which would medical colleges of Haryana canal waters for the state. INLD as I have been expelled,” Chautala, elder son of former Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal Ibuses with the National for more than a decade. “But have best cancer treatment would have to serve within the Indian National Lok Dal, said Dushyant Chautala, while Chief Minister OP Chautala who was also addressed as Tourist Permit (NTP) would owing to some technical rea- facility. state. A notification in this Haryana's main opposition had talking to the mediapersons in will launch their new party on Jannayak Devi Lal. start plying the passengers sons around 15 days ago, the He said that cancer patients regard would soon be issued, on December 1 began a 'Jan from Jalandhar to the Indira state carrier buses operated by of the state would not face any he added. Adhikar Yatra' from Kurukshetra Gandhi International Airport PUNBUS were stopped by the on various issues including the Om Prakash Chautala. senior leader Abhay Chautala absence of river water, he added. at New Delhi at a nominal fare Delhi Administration citing a Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal. On 'Jan Adhikar Yatra' start- reiterated that all the legal hur- After the 'Jan Adhikar Yatra' of Rs 1,100 per head. ruling by the Supreme Court “Holding public meetings ed by the INLD under Abhay's dles have been removed in giv- started from Jyotisar at “Punjab Government is under which state carrier buses !   and rallies across the state will leadership, Digvijay said, “Leader ing Haryana its share of river Kurukshetra, Leader of fully committed to provide could operate only from the not help the state get SYL waters," of opposition (Abhay) is doing water through the SYL canal, but Opposition Abhay Singh hassle-free transport services to notified bus stands,” she said. said Digvijay while talking to the this, let him continue with it, that the BJP government at the Chautala gave a clarion call to the the people disembarking at Chanduhary said that the mediapersons in Karnal, where is his decision. But I believe that Centre and Haryana is finding people of Haryana to launch a the Indira Gandhi International matter was taken up with the  %  he met supporters ahead of the fight on SYL has to be new excuses to deprive the farm- decisive struggle on the SYL Airport, especially the NRI Delhi Government and they launch of separate outfit on fought either by pursuing the ers of the state of their legitimate issue. community. The buses of agreed to make a Volvo bus December 9 at Jind by the Ajay issue with the Centre or moving rights". In the past also, the INLD PUNBUS, carrying national stand at Dwarka opposite & '(  Chautala's camp. the Apex Court or by convinc- The SYL canal is vital to the had held several protests includ- permit, would start plying international airport. “It has been decided that ing the Punjab government (ask- existence and sustenance of ing ‘Haryana Bandh’, ‘Jail Bharo within two days the passengers “As the construction is once our party is formed, we will ing it to give Haryana's share). Haryana, and in its absence, the Andolan’, blocked the national from Jalandhar to the going to take a couple of  2    the chairman of the Haryana move the Supreme Court by Holding rallies in Haryana is not state is facing a highway near Ambala and four International Airport at a nom- months, the PUNBUS has Urban Development Authority becoming a party (on SYL issue) going to get us SYL waters," he catastrophic future since it was other highways in the state and inal fare of Rs 1,100 per head,” decided to run buses with the special CBI court in (HUDA), the then chairman of like people approach the court added. facing the threat of parched another protest at Haryana- said the state Transport national tourist permit so as to APanchkula has summoned the AJL, Vohra, and the com- on other issues," said Digvijay, Addressing a public meeting lands by also losing Punjab border to demand con- Minister Aruna Chaudhary. provide value for money ser- former Haryana Chief Minister pany under the Indian Penal the grandson of INLD supremo in Rewari on Wednesday, INLD groundwater in the struction of SYL canal. She said that the PUNBUS vices to the NRIs,” she said. Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Code (IPC) sections related to senior Congress leader Motilal criminal conspiracy and the Vohra in the Associated Journals provisions of the Prevention of / 0/11! 21!34 ) 2  Limited (AJL) land case. Corruption Act. In the %&% %  Both of them have been chargesheet, the CBI has alleged asked to appear before the CBI that the AJL was allotted a plot special court on January 3, 2019. of land in Panchkula in 1982, on )    * The development comes after which no construction took P %!, %-) / the CBI filed a chargesheet place till 1992. against Hooda and Vohra last The HUDA had subse- week in connection with the quently taken back the posses-  +,   " alleged irregularities in the re- sion of the plot. The same plot " #$%!
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Government’s decision to terminate in Karnal, to the exchequer. The CBI has laundering law the plot of land its journey from January 14, the next As per available information, the services of at least 365 bus drivers. the con- charged the then Haryana Chief in Panchkula that was allotted to year. three-tier AC train would have 800 After holding a meeting at Rohtak, stituency of Minister Hooda, who was also AJL. Union Railway Minister Piyush seats, covering five takhts in nine the Haryana Roadways Joint Action Chief Goyal, sharing the information to this nights, ten days trip. Committee announced to hold the 24 Minister regard with his cabinet colleague With Rs 15,750 tour price for hours hunger strike at all depots. Manohar and SAD MP from Bathinda each, the tour package would include The roadways unions also Lal. All Harsimrat Kaur Badal, said that the three vegetarian meals — breakfast, announced to carry out a campaign trade Centre has agreed to start Panj Takht lunch and dinner, nights stay, wash from December 7 to 12 in those vil- unions, Express from January 14 next to con- and change in hotels or Gurudwara, lages, where the service of night halt panchayats nect five sacred takhts of Sikh religion. transfers and sightseeing, tour escorts, of buses has been suspended by the and other employees organizations decisions are anti-employee.” To be run by the Railways cater- security on trains, travel insurance, state roadways. will be invited for this convention We demand withdrawal of deci- ing and tourism arm — Indian among other things. “The Transport Department had against the anti-employee policies of sion of doing away with the services Railways Catering and Tourism recently decided to discontinue night the present government, he said. of 365 drivers across the state, he Corporation (IRCTC), the special ROUTE halt of buses at rural areas. People liv- We will decide the next course of added. tourist train would start its journey The train will start its journey ing in rural areas have been hit by this action at this convention, he added. Notably, the roadways employees’ from Delhi while taking the passen- from Delhi’s Safdarjung railway sta- decision. We have decided to visit vil- Earlier, the roadways employees unions and Haryana Government gers to all the five takhts, including tion. Firstly, the train will go to lages affected due to the decision and had on Monday held protest for two have been at loggerheads since the past three in Punjab. Huzoor Sahib in Nanded, where the take a resolution from respective hours at all bus depots across Haryana. few months over various issues. The train would cover all the five passenger-devotees will stay for one gram panchayat against the govern- Criticizing the State Government, The roadways employees had also temporal seats — Sri Akal Takht Sahib day and one night. The next day train ment’s decision. Such visits will be held Punia said that the government had protested against the State at Amritsar-Punjab, Takht Sri will leave Patna Sahib, where the stay from December 7 t o12,” said Sarbat earlier decided to hire 700 private Government’s decision to hire 700 pri- Damdama Sahib at Bhatinda-Punjab, is for one day and one night. After Punia, general secretary, Haryana buses. Then it discontinued the over- vate buses in Haryana. Their longest Takht Keshgarh Sahib at Sri this, the train will leave for Punjab to Roadways Workers Union. time of employees and also night halt ever strike against the decision had Anandpur Sahib-Punjab, besides cover Anandpur Sahib, Akal Takht Punia said that a 24 hours hunger of buses at rural areas. Now, it has ter- came to an end on its 18th day on Takht Sri Hazur Sahib at Nanded- Sahib in Amritsar and then Damdama strike starting December 13 will also minated the services of 365 temporary November 2, after the Punjab and Maharashtra and Takht Sri Patna Sahib. be held at all depots across Haryana. drivers recruited in 2016. All these Haryana High Court’s intervention. # &#%(%$#) *"%+,-./0  " 5

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New Delhi: There has been a revision of the base year for cal- culating GDP for 5-6 times in the country since independence, said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday in the backdrop of the controversy surrounding the back-series data. "The logic here is that with the national and the global econ- omy expanding and growing, what would be the best global stan- dards to calculate GDP? So, in every 10-12 years, it is revised       of Police (South District ) said, and is brought about in accordance to the best global standards “The redevelopment sites of so that the ground reality of the economy gets reflected in the ifteen years ago when civic General Pool Residential GDP figures," Jaitley told CNN-News18 in an interview. Fauthorities in Delhi con- accommodation colonies in When it increased, the Congress welcomed the yardstick, structed the “designer flyover” Sarojini Nagar, Nauroji Nagar, when it decreased, they engaged in a political conflict, calling it at AIIMS little did they realise Netaji Nagar and a cruel joke, he said. that this critical junction on the Mohammadpur village are sit- He said Chief Election Commissioner was not the appropriate Ring Road and Aurobindo uated along the inner ring authority on black money transactions. Jaitley said the opposi- Marg will be in the grip of road and are well connected tion went overboard on the issue of CBI versus CBI and it did grinding traffic snarls once with major arterial roads ie; have a lack of understanding of the issue. again. Ring Road, Africa Avenue , "There were personal tensions between the two officials. Both Blame it on the lack of far- Aurobindo Marg, Brigadier of them have their own positions. The Supreme Court is ceas- sightedness of Delhi’s urban Hoshiyar Singh Marg, etc, in ing it. What has the government done? ... The government did planners, no traffic impact the vicinity of major medical not provoke a fight between the two of them. They contested the assessment was ever conduct- sites AIIMS and Safdarjung case and the matter is in the Supreme Court. Whatever the court ed before carrying out the hospital.” Interestingly, the decides will be final," he said. major redevelopment work at AIIMS flyover on Ring Road On Congress president Rahul Gandhi's charges that CBI East Kidwai Nagar. caters to all traffic coming Director Alok Verma was forced to go on leave because he was The Delhi Police said devel- from Ghaziabad, Noida going planning to investigate the Rafale deal, Jaitley said "When there opment of the entire township to International Gandhi is nothing, this is just Rahul in the area that includes seven Airport (IGIA). Moreover, traf- Gandhi's imagination. An colonies and the office complex fic comeing from Gurugram to imagination from which only will have “significant impact” Delhi merges on the AIIMS lies crop up. You don't inves- on traffic flow on the Ring flyover. As the flyover is already tigate without a shred of paper Road, Aurobindo Marg and loaded and acting as central with you." On the issue of Afria Avenue Road that cater to bridge to NCR, it will be over- pressure from RSS, VHP to a large vehicular population in burdened with vehicles from build Ram Mandir, he said South Delhi areas. the residential-cum-office "Because it is in the court, I Assistant Commissioner complex. don't want to say much." IANS  1223 *P 

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* concluded election," Congress ipality which had been requi- has ordered the transfer of T Congress Committee working Rashtra Samithi government Group, the Supreme had said. sitioned for election duty. 50- Annapurna, IPS, SP Vikarabad, president Reddy into preventive resorted to it "due to fear of Court on Wednesday New Delhi: Delhi is facing "severe "There has not been any Bus, 26-CUs and 42 VVPAT immediately and posted Sri custody citing law and order defeat." Telangana goes to polls ordered attachment and sale of the realty firm's five-star problems" due to unauthorised con- tampering whatsoever with in Khurai constituency were Avinash Mohanthy IPS (RR issues. on December 7. hotel, cinema hall, malls and factories across India, calling struction and encroachment which can it "a worst kind of cheater" and "a perfect liar" for not com- be gauged from the fact that the spe- plying with the court's direction. cial task force (STF) has already cleared The top court also ordered attachment of four swanky as much as 28 lakh square metre of corporate offices of Amrapali Group situated in Noida and such area, the Supreme Court said on  P    5P Greater Noida, and asked the Debt Recovery Tribunal Wednesday. (DRT), Delhi to auction them. A bench headed by Justice Madan New Delhi: The Supreme Court Asaram Bapu. scheme after discussing it with for comments. which will go a long way in elim- The top court gave a window to the firm's directors and B Lokur was informed that the STF, on Wednesday approved the During the hearing on all the States. The court had asked the inating secondary victimisa- their family members to return home-buyers' money, if they constituted in April following the apex Centre's draft witness protection November 19, Attorney General The draft witness protection Centre to finalise the scheme tion. have it, by December 10. It asked the firm to explain by court's order to oversee enforcement of scheme and asked all the States K K Venugopal had told the scheme, finalised in consultation after getting response from the The witnesses, being eyes next week the diversion of around 3,000 crore of home- laws on illegal construction and mon- to implement it till Parliament apex court that the draft scheme, with the National Legal Services States and Union Territories. and ears of justice, play an buyers money for other purposes. A bench of Justices Arun itor the removal of encroachments comes out with a legislation. which has now been finalised, Authority (NALSA) and Bureau The court had said that important role in bringing per- Mishra and U U Lalit issued notice to the Amrapali Group here, has also cleared about 3,202 sq mt A bench headed by Justice would be made into a law "in of Police Research and witness protection scheme can petrators of crime to justice, the CMD Anil Sharma and its directors, Chief Financial offi- of roads, streets and footpaths. A K Sikri said they have made due course", but till then the Development (BPRD), has three be implemented for at least sen- draft noted. "This scheme cer and statutory auditor Anil Mittal, asking them why a The bench, also comprising some changes in the scheme. court should direct the States to categories of witnesses based on sitive cases and the Ministry of attempts at ensuring that wit- criminal case for breach of trust should not be lodged against Justices Deepak Gupta and Hemant The issue of witness pro- start implementing it. the threat perception. Home Affairs could come out nesses receive appropriate and them. "You (Amrapali Group) are a worst kind of cheater Gupta, was told that so far the STF has tection scheme had cropped up The top court was also told In April this year, the Centre with a comprehensive plan. The adequate protection. This will go in the world. You have cheated the home buyers all along received around 7,000 complaints out earlier when the top court was by advocate Gaurav Agrawal, had informed the top court draft of the Witness Protection a long way in strengthening the and now you want to sell the facilities created for them. The of which about 3,400 complaints have hearing a public interest litiga- who is assisting the court as an that it had framed a draft witness Scheme, 2018 states that it is the criminal justice system in the facility area created for the home buyers is not a charity you been dealt with and efforts were being tion (PIL) seeking protection amicus curiae in the matter, that protection scheme and it was first attempt at the national-level country and will consequently have done to them," the bench said after it was told that made to recruit additional staff for the for witnesses in rape cases the Government has finalised circulated among the states and to holistically provide for the enhance national security sce- the real estate firm wants to sell a nursery school, an open task force so that they could do their involving self-styled preacher the draft witness protection Union Territories administration protection of the witnesses, nario," the draft said. 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5    New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Advocate Aishwarya Bhati, would submit it to the State "second chance" to preserve the    Government told the Supreme appearing for Uttar Pradesh, Government. Taj Mahal. Court on Wednesday they have said that besides this, remu- The Centre had also The top court, which has     paid 80 per cent money, 51.89 neration of about 6 lakh for informed the court that first been monitoring development lakh, to Delhi-based School of three experts who have worked draft of heritage plan for Taj in the Taj Trapezium Zone rmy Chief General Planning and Architecture with SPA in the exercise, has Mahal, which is to be submit- (TTZ) to protect the Taj, had ABipin Rawat on (SPA) which is entrusted with also been sanctioned. ted to the United Nations earlier slammed the Centre, Wednesday urged girl the task of preparing a vision On November 29, the apex Educational, Scientific and Uttar Pradesh Government students from Jammu document for protection of court had told the Uttar Pradesh Cultural Organisation and TTZ authority for their & Kashmir to study Taj Mahal. Government that the vision (UNESCO), was ready and it failure to restore the pristine hard and compete for The State Government told document should be made pub- would be finalised within eight glory of Taj Mahal. Army's 'Super 30' a bench of Justices Madan B lic once it is finalised as there is weeks. The TTZ is an area of coaching programme Lokur, Deepak Gupta and "nothing secret" about it. The top court had earlier about 10,400 sq km spread and build their career Hemant Gupta that the balance The SPA had told the court asked the authorities to take a over the districts of Agra, through good educa- amount as per the terms of ref- that process of preparing the larger perspective on issues of Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras tion. erence would be released short- document would be complet- pollution and green cover while and Etah in Uttar Pradesh Making this point ly to SPA which would soon ed within a "few days" and as preparing a vision document, and the Bharatpur district of here while interacting come out with the document. per terms of reference, they saying there would not get a Rajasthan. PTI with 18 girl students from various schools L%   in the Valley, he said 6   there is no other place  1  0" # 5    P*    %   $( $& like Kashmir when it  "'# ""(
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    that except states of Jharkhand Citing violation of the legal alleged. to our side and create trouble and said if you also want , "   (    ). ,-  '  (" and Jammu & Kashmir, all pact, the FHRAI has now put "An immediate solution to the progress and development in the Valley, take this mes- other states and union territo- MakeMyTrip and GoIbibo on issues that threaten our livelihood, sage from here, and tell the people there that guns are ries have finalised action plans notice and also threatened to hold investments and businesses is not good. Various militant outfits have been trying to for urban homeless for the win- a nationwide protest against OTA extremely necessary and call for an radicalise the youths in Kashmir valley by using differ-      :  ter season. When the bench, entities. active dialogue with the OTAs," ent means including online propaganda. also comprising Justices Deepak Terming as 'unethical' and added FHRAI Joint Secretary During the interaction, the Army Chief asked the stu- Gupta and Hemant Gupta, 'exploitative' business practices by Venkada Subbu. dents about their aspirations and while some said they asked Jharkhand's counsel about the OTAs, the FHRAI in a state- The FHRAI also called the wanted to become civil servants or police officers or doc-    , 6 - ;< it, the lawyer said he has ment issued here alleged, "The OTAs move to provide Bed & tors, only a single student said she wanted to be a teacher. received instructions only this biggest industry concern is that Breakfast (B&B), motels or accom- Rawat told them that the Army runs "Kashmir Super- morning and sought a days time after securing discounted rates modations even when they were 30" — a free, special coaching programme for students New Delhi: Prime Minister Pradesh. December 3 after several dead- to apprise the court about it. from a hotel, the OTAs further dis- unlicensed on their platforms as to prepare them for entrance examinations for admission Narendra Modi will inaugurate "The prime minister will lines for the completion of the "It appears that the state of count it on their online platforms "illegal", which disrupt the business to IITs and NITs. the Bogibeel Bridge — the inaugurate the bridge on project were missed in the Jharkhand has no plan for the without our consent. This damages of the organised hotels. He also said the Army is working with NGOs to have longest rail-road bridge in the December 25, which is also past 16 years. winter. This is extremely unfor- our reputation and distorts the "More than 40 per cent of the a similar programme for medical examination aspirants. country — on December 25, observed as the Good The bridge, which has tunate. We expect the state of market scenario." room inventory available on the "So, work hard, compete for 'Super 30' for engineering career, coinciding with the birth Governance Day by the gov- three-lane roads on top and two Jharkhand to prepare a plan FHRAI Vice President and OTAs is illegally operated. The so and for NEET exam too, once we have it in place," he said. anniversary of late prime min- ernment," the official told PTI. railway tracks below, is part of within next couple of days so Hotel and Restaurant Association called B&Bs are operating without The Army had earlier this year signed an MoU with ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a While the then prime min- infrastructure projects planned that urban homeless are spared of India, Western India, president valid licenses from local or State a state-run firm and the National Integrity Educational senior railway official said on ister, H D Deve Gowda, had to improve the logistics along the vagaries of winter season," GS Kohli pointed out that they authorities. Since these operators do Development Organisation (NIEDO) for medical aspi- Wednesday. laid the foundation stone for the border in Arunachal the bench said. The counsel (OTAs) have a clause in their not have to pay for licences and the rants, under which selected students will be provided with The 4.94-km Bogibeel the bridge in January 1997, the Pradesh. This includes the con- appearing for Jammu & agreement forbidding hotels from statutory fees, they are cheaper by free residential coaching for the National Eligibility-cum- Bridge is the country's longest work had started only in April struction of a trans-Arunachal Kashmir said as per 2011 cen- discounting their own rates but are default. This disrupts the spirit of a Entrance Test (NEET). rail-road bridge, connecting 2002, after Vajpayee laid the highway on the north bank of sus, the number of urban themselves free to do so, besides level playing field by pitting the fly The students, ranging from class 7-11 arrived here the south bank of the foundation stone for the pro- the Brahmaputra and new road homeless in the State was demanding exorbitant commis- by night operators against the organ- on Monday and have visited the Red Fort, Rajghat and Brahmaputra river in ject, along with the then railway and rail links over the mighty around 250 and provisions sions, hosting illegal and unli- ised sector and is also a huge loss to Connaught Place market in Delhi, and will see the Hazrat Dibrugarh district of Assam minister, Nitish Kumar. river and its major tributaries have been made to provide cenced Bed & Breakfast accom- the exchequer," S K Jaiswal, Vice Nizamuddin Dargah and take a Metro ride before head- with Silapathar in Dhemaji The first freight train such as the Dibang, Lohit, blankets and other facilities to modations. 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      per cent cap imposed by the together all the pending petitions Once the Maharashtra State Schedule of the Constitution,    Supreme Court on on the issue of Maratha reser- SEBC Act comes into force, the BJP-led Maharashtra n a relief to the Maharashtra reservations. vation and hear them collectively then the total reservations in the Government will have to   *    by the BJP has been happening for the past six IGovernment, the Bombay Among other things, the on the next date. State will go up to 68 per cent involve the BJP-led Narendra months. It’s only about making noise. Our High Court on Wednesday petition States that the Maratha With the high court agree- — next only to Tamil Nadu that Modi Government which of statement made by Union Minister Government is strong as a rock. This topic is refused to grant an interim community — the Kunbi- ing to a PIL challenging the has 69 per cent reservations. course will be more than will- APrakash Javadekar anticipating a political dead. We will continue to rule for the full term stay on its new legislation grant- Marathas — have already been Maratha Reservations Act, there Though Devendra Fadnavis ing to help the Devendra dhamaka in Karnataka has churned the saffron in office.” ing 16 per cent reservations in given a reservation under the is considerable apprehension in dispensation has not clarified as Fadnavis dispensation. But, the brigade which has been setting eye on poach- Another Congress leader and a Minister DK education and Government jobs Other Backward Classes (OBC) the minds of the ruling BJP, to how it would face the scruti- move will have to undergo due ing a few MLAs to destabilise the coalition Shivakumar a powerful vokkaliga leader said to the Maratha community. category and the additional Opposition parties and Maratha ny of the new law in the Constructional processes which Government of the JD(S) and the Congress in "BJP leaders are frustrated. Javadekar’s statement Two days after Advocate reservations will only create a community that the new reser- Supreme Court, it looks like the will take time – a thing the BJP- the State. Speculation is rife about luring some suggests that they are indulging in horse-trad- Gunaratna Sadavarte filed a class within a class, affecting vation might get entangled in Maharashtra Government will led Maharashtra Government MLAs through ‘operation Lotus’, a BJP strate- ing. We have given our word to CM Public Interest Litigation (PIL) those who do not belong to any the legal complications. take the route taken by the does not have on hand. gy to poach leaders to topple the Kumaraswamy that the coalition Government on behalf of his client Jayashree reserved category. Their apprehension stems Tamil Nadu Government under As a precautionary mea- Kumaraswamy Government. will complete its full term.” Former Karnataka Patil, a member of the Indian Opposing a stay on the from the fact that by enacting late chief minister Jayalalithaa, sure, the Maharashtra had on Javadekar had claimed that the “unholy chief minister and the convener of the Congress- Constitutionalist Council (ICI) new Maratha Reservation Act a law granting 16 per cent which achieved its objective of Monday filed a caveat in the alliance” between the JD(S) and Congress JD(S) coordination committee Siddaramaiah hit challenging the new Maratha sought by Sadavarte, State’s reservations to Marathas, the increasing reservations to 69 per Supreme Court seeking a hear- was set to fall soon. “We were the single- out at the BJP for its alleged attempts to dislodge Reservations Act, a HC bench of counsel VA Thorat told the Maharashtra Government has cent by passing the Tamil Nadu ing in the event of anyone chal- largest party in Karnataka, but fell short of the Government. Chief Justice Naresh Patil and court that the petitioner could exceeded the 50 per cent cap on Act of 1994 and adding the 1994 lenging the new Maharashtra forming the Government by just seven "These people are trying to come to power Justice MS Karnik briefly heard not seek a stay on the state leg- reservations imposed by the Act to the Ninth Schedule of the Reservation Act granting 16 per seats. The JD(S) and Congress are known for through unethical means from day one. the petitioner and the state gov- islation through a PIL. Supreme Court and in the Constitution. cent reservations to Marathas in opportunistic politics and can never give a Already they failed once. Now they (BJP) are ernment, before adjourning the In his argument, Thorat process followed the suit of the Article 31B of the education and jobs. stable Government in the State,” he said. trying again by investing money," he said.” petition for a detailed hearing on said that most of the pending Tamil Nadu Government. Constitution stipulates that the The move came three days Javadekar was the BJP Karnataka in charge Aren't they ashamed for trying to topple the December 10. petitions pending in the high Currently Maharashtra legislation in the Ninth after Maharashtra Governor C for the 2018 elections. Government? This Government will continue While refusing to order an court opposed the Maratha has 52 per cent reservations in Schedule cannot be challenged Vidyasagar Rao signed the Meanwhile a Cabinet Minister in despite their attempts," he added. interim stay on the new quota on the basis of the 2014 jobs and educational institu- in courts. However, in 2007, the Maratha reservation bill enact- Kumaraswamy Government Ramesh Jarkihole Ahead of cabinet expansion the demands Maratha Reservations Act, the Act that provided for reserva- tions. Of the total 52 per cent Supreme Court in IR Coelho v. ing the law. The bill had earli- a powerful leader from Belagavi did not attend for berth has led to visible rebellion within the HC agreed to grant a detailed tion to those belonging to reservations, SCs and ST com- State of Tamil Nadu ruled that er been passed unanimously by the cabinet meeting on Wednesday giving teeth century old party. But according to sources the hearing on all pending petitions socially backward communi- munities account for 13 and 7 even those laws which are both the Houses of Maharashtra to lot of speculations. party high command has asked Kumaraswamy on Maratha reservations on ties in the State. However, the per cent, respectively, while placed in the Ninth Schedule on November 29. Leader of Opposition in the Legislative and Siddaramaiah to douse the fire. December 10. 2014 Act now stood repealed OBCs have 19 per cent per are subject to judicial review if The caveat, filed by Council and BJP leader Kota Srinivas The PIL, filed by Sadavarte, and the state legislature had cent reservations, Together, the laws violate the basic struc- Advocate Nishant Poojary fanned rumours, claiming that says that the new Maratha recently ratified the new Special Backward Class and ture of the Constitution. Katneswarkar on behalf of the state cabinet minister Ramesh Jarkiholi Reservations – better known as Maratha Reservation Act to Nomadic Tribes account for 13 Interestingly enough, a petition Maharashtra Government in was likely to switch sides. "Ramesh Jarkiholi the Maharashtra State (of seats cover the issue of quota for the per cent. challenging the Tamil Nadu the apex court, reads thus: “No is mentally away from the current govern- for admission in educational community. "The new legisla- The Marathas, who have Reservation policy is expected order be passed in the matter ment. He has talked about his pain. Whoever institutions in the state and for tion takes care of all legal now been accorded 16 per cent to come up for hearing before without notice to the comes to the BJP, we will welcome them". appointments in the public ser- grievances that existed in the reservations in education and the Supreme Court in the Maharashtra Government. Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, vices and posts under the state) 2014 Act," Thorat told the Government jobs, account for near future. The caveator (Maharashtra also said the Kumaraswamy led coalition for Socially and Educationally HC bench. nearly 33 per cent of the total Even for getting its Government) was the autho- Government will fall on its own. He said Backward Classes (SEBC) Act, After hearing both sides, the 11.25 crore population of Maharashtra Reservation Act rised party who issued the "The Government would collapse because of 2018 — is in violation of the 50 HC bench decided to combine Maharashtra. 2018 included in the Ninth Maharashtra Act.” its internal rifts. We will have to wait and see if the upcoming Belagavi session is com- pleted”. Meanwhile Chief Minister HD  6 &, $    "(  Kumaraswamy who is running a fragile coalition rubbished the BJP’s predictions and said, “This &R  
  3 -  earthquake  $         the cause of development and will work for the socio-eco- soldier sustained injuries omer Jammu & Kashmir nomic emancipation of the Ain north Kashmir’s Uri FChief Minister Farooq underprivileged. sector after artillery troops Abdullah on Wednesday “I look forward to elections from Pakistan resorted to lauded Pakistan premier for the state assembly at an ear- small arm firing during a Imran Khan’s latest peace liest. Only a popular ceasefire violation on overtures and urged upon Government can mitigate the Wednesday. the Government of India to mounting woes of the people. Security sources said that respond positively to find out And it is the duty of people to the ceasefire violation was solutions to the long-pending elect honest people to the leg- reported from Kamalkote vil- issues between the two neigh- islature,” he said. lage along the Line of Control bouring countries. Abdullah said that secular (LoC) in Uri sector of north Abdullah who represents fabric of the country was under Kashmir’s Baramulla district, Srinagar in Lok Sabha while constant threat and polarisation around 100 kilometers addressing a gathering at of the population is done to from here. annual day function of Sher- meet political goals. Reports said that e-Kashmir Institute of “Many powers that are inim- Pakistani forces used Sniper Medical Sciences (SKIMS), ical to the secular character of rifle to target Indian Army said that Khan’s recent state- India are making bigoted jawan guarding the fence. ments have rekindled hope attempts to polarise the people on The jawan was injured in among the people of Kashmir religious lines to garner support. the incident and investigation that a day would dawn when This is dangerous for a country was launched to ascertain the they would be able to live in like India,” he said. facts about the attack. a free atmosphere. “People want answers for The Indian troops also “I foresee a time when my all those fanciful promises that repulsed the attack. There colleagues, friends and family were made by the BJP. People was no conformation on members move around with- cannot forget the ordeal that damaged caused on the other out security. It is perhaps for they had to undergo due to side of the LoC. that day, God has kept me demonetization. Small busi- Meanwhile, unknown going. I wish that day comes ness men and small enterprise gunmen shot at and injured a when the two neighboring holders too are at the receiving civilian Hilal Ahmad countries of India and Pakistan end due to the promulgation of at Gangarpora village in south live in camaraderie,” he said. GST,” he said. Kashmir’s Pulwama The SKIMS was founded Earlier, addressing a gath- district late on Wednesday. by his father Sheikh ering at the grave of his father Sources said that Ahmad Muhammad Abdullah and on his 113 birth anniversary, received a bullet in his leg and was named after him during Abdullah accused the was immediately shifted his lifetime. Governor administration in to nearby hospital for Abdullah asserted that Jammu & Kashmir for fid- treatment. only democratically elected dling with the autonomous His condition was stated Governments will advance institutions. to be stable. # &#%(%$#) *"%+,-./0 " " > ;'%&) ! ;2 # !&*/0& #!$$  :1 !$$  $!) ! 0& #!$$  &&3!'*.&' (  R 

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( History books tell us that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) entered Eastern          %            ,6 Tibet on October 7, 1950. 99/$       A            /    The news agency explained the earlier      =      % 4   ‘occupation’: “Thousands of stone artifacts recovered from a paleolithic site in the Tibet              ;+77      P# A Q Autonomous Region (TAR) in southwest   =          <     * % China indicate that humans might have con- # =       *         ( quered one of the highest and most ecolog- ically-challenging places on the globe.”           (     4    ( A total of 3,683 stone artifacts have been   P$Q      /        ( discovered from the 30,000-40,000-year-old     < S       site, including blades, flakes, chunks and tools, the last of which range from scrapers, /        (         67,B awls, choppers, notches and burins. Though   :C$            <       the environment then was much warmer and Peyang Tunggar region, and the China …and are part of the Silk formulated an Emergency #   <    ! %          more humid, Gao, a researcher from the civilisation had close ties with the Road, dear to Chinese Protective Repair Plan with Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and surrounding areas. Before President Xi Jinping. working priorities for the  =    !        P   Q     ( Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Buddhism was introduced to The website speaks of “an preservation.           4         S      Sciences (CAS), admitted that humans did Tibet in the seventh century, irreplaceable section of South Chinese ‘experts’ affirmed                      not settle down permanently on the plateau there was a period called Asian corridor on the Silk Road, that the Yatung Custom Relics =              : ! at that time. Shangshung culture according to Yatung Custom Relics has been “carries a lot of historical mem- Xinhua concluded: “Most agree that the historical recordings.” recognised as the witness of the ory. Preserving the relics has                     discovery enormously prolonged human his- Why is it important for Central Government’s [Beijing] significant practical and histor-                  D$ tory on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with indis- India? It appears that Beijing is 1  ,2  valid ruling over Tibet and ical significance to study bor-          (    4   >  putable archaeological evidence.” going to duplicate in Ngari what China's claim on sovereignty.” der culture, develop patrio- Another article in Science mentioned a it did in Nyingchi area and the 22 1 % ‘Valid’ ruling is a new term, tism, carry forward fine tradi-              =        location where the CAS team found pieces excavations give China a politi- at a time when nobody disputes tions, safeguard national unity,  :C$S         <   $        of stone artifacts, pottery shards as well as ani- cal legitimacy — it is the first the- 1  2  China’s occupation of Tibet any as well as develop local tourism  <                   mal bones. It was in a village in Nyingchi in oretical step, the road infrastruc- <   1  longer. The TAR ordered the and economy.” A good prepa- the TAR. What is interesting (and worrying) ture leading to the border and a ‘repairing-for-salvage work’ of ration to bring millions of 0         8 *  0     <  is that these researches come close to the dis- string of model villages are the  2   the relics and the TAR Cultural tourists (soon by train) to    = %      <         P ( puted Indian border. The same phenomenon next practical stages.   1 Relics Bureau set up a joint India’s border! But there is    %        0Q *  ! % is happening elsewhere on the Indo-Tibet Moreover, three new air- expert group and conducted a another angle omitted by border. For example, in Ngari Prefecture of ports will soon be constructed in 1 field research, “during which six Xinhua and its other associate      /(#        :    Western Tibet. China is probably trying to these frontier areas — Lhuntse buildings and roads linking the websites.             <       ( establish its political bonafide in the region. (in Lhoka prefecture, north of 1  buildings have been discovered.” India had a beautiful Trade   =            /     Last month, Xinhua reported: “Chinese Arunachal), Tingri (in Shigatse   1 1 The press release men- Agency in Yatung. The build- archaeologists have excavated more than 20 City, close to the Nepal border) tioned: “The whole relics were ing belonged to the         :          :C$  ( tombs thought to be around 2,000-year-old and Purang — which is located 1    filled with collapse piles, and a Government of India. It was    <               in southwest China’s TAR”. The conclusion at the tri-junction with Nepal 2 1 1  large number of porcelains, iron visited by the Prime Minister of %   = S       <      :C$  was: “ancient tombs provide clues to mys- and India on way to the Kailash-      and bronzes were unearthed, India in September 1958. It was      (        <      ( terious civilisation in Tibet.” Manasarowar yatra in Ngari too. Analysis on layout, scale and destroyed by the Chinese PLA The idea is to prove that Tibet has not prefecture. But that is not all. <   interior structure of these build- after the 1962 war. Did not the               !   always been Buddhist (which is true), sidelin- A few days ago, China Tibet ings has preliminarily shown Yatung Relics Committee look   *               ing the importance of the religious Buddhist News reported that the TAR’s  1 that they have been used as for the vestige of Indian pres- hierarchy, particularly the Dalai Lama. In early Preserving Institution of 2  D  working offices, dormitories for ence in Tibet? Their approach   <               *  / July, a project was launched by Sichuan Cultural Relics had completed workers and garrison, the then seems rather selective!  <       S          ( University — Huo Wei, head of the School of some archaeological work on   1 % 1  Temple of Guan Yu, customs The Yatung Relics Department          (         "   History and Culture of the university Relics of the Qing (Manchu) 4  + clearance place, as well as daily should be asked to excavate the announced that “more than 70 artifacts have Dynasty at Yatung in the goods trading center.” area and open it to pilgrims, been found in these tombs in Peyang Tunggar Chumbi Valley, near Sikkim, an   1 Did the Manchus ever passing through the Chumbi [Dungkar] ruins [near Tholing, the capital of area which witnessed the R ; occupy the Chumbi Valley? Valley on their way to the the former Guge Kingdom], including bronze Doklam incident last year. Nobody has heard of this Kailash Yatra. But perhaps the . 
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Accordingly, he chose to write in a language spoken by the ordinary peo-   6+        %#  I   ple and took his subject matter from the life and expe-        I /        riences of those common men and women whom            *     authors before him largely ignored.      "  His first collection of poems called Chitra, pub- /   %#           ( lished in 1949, has been read, understood and inter-          =    ( preted as a path-breaking work in Maithili literature. 1  1    *             It manifests a definite kind of rupture with the way   %    /          %      in which poetry was written by preceding poets, who  2   6+            employed ornate poetic diction and focussed on var-  21                  ious kinds of myths and conventions for their poet- 1  1 ly antithetical to the health and happiness as was that of Paro. Emotionless, aged hus- between a 60-year-old man and a young ic practices. Yatri preferred to chart a different tra- of trees and in turn to the sustenance of bands, who were actually agents of cru- girl, Visesari, who finally got married with "        D           ( jectory altogether. So, he parted ways from his pre-  1 %  our environment. Yatri was critical of the elty, tortured young brides. They knew a young boy with a progressive outlook,                decessors in no uncertain terms and went ahead to < 1 1  bandwagon of modernity that went hor- nothing about expressing love and affec- shows the pre-occupation of the novelist              %   refine and elevate colloquial idioms of the Mithila 2S    ribly wrong despite its vociferous claims tion, generated not only anger, bitterness, with making a significant statement           O      region by writing highly entertaining, engaging and % 1  1  to be a harbinger of progress and prosper- disappointment and frustration, but also about the indispensability of a concerted        E  socio-politically transformative kind of poetry.  % ity all around. downright hatred for them and hostility activism for the resolution of the problem #     "           Equipped with enormously useful literary tools and 1   However, in no way was he willing to for the very institution of marriage. Yatri of incompatibility in marriage. Besides, %               ( techniques, such as irony, wit, humour and sarcasm, 11 + either romanticise or glorify traditional appeared to ruthlessly expose the brutal- Yatri also tried to re-awaken the collec-     #      =   Yatri inaugurated what is usually termed as the rad-    rural structures. In fact, he was extreme- ities committed against young girls in an tive consciousness of the young genera-                  ( ical and modernist trend in Maithili literature. 2,12  ly critical of some of the prevailing sys- unequal relationship that mark such tion that can effectively protest against the             /   However, he never forgot to present a stringent cri- 1 % 1< tems of pre-modern set-up. Being a incompatible marriages. unjust practices of the older generation in tique of the ill-effects of the idea of modernity itself. keen observer of the existing realities and Moreover, the novel mentions the order to free young women from the              A poem, Param Satya, of this collection 4 % 1 0  a highly discerning mind to make sense mutual attraction, sacrosanct love and a shackles of an entirely suffocating system             unequivocally highlights the tenets of what are called   1  1 to their contemporary relevance, Yatri fine understanding between two cousins. of marriage.        # =      progressive thoughts. It is seen as an indicator of the    1 walked a tightrope, aiming to bring out Paro very categorically acknowledges His third and last novel in Maithili,                  ( fact that Yatri did not have inhibitions to exhibit his  1   2  the kind of changes required for a harmo- her wish that marriage between brothers Balchanma, was about a dynamic hero            #   indebtedness to Marxist ideas, which supposedly had   1 nious and peaceful co-existence between and sisters would be extremely wonder- who came from the socio-politically   <       (      "( tremendous influence on the formation of his cre- 1   1  nature and human beings. Yatri wrote as ful. Both Birju and Paro nurture beauti- backward caste. Yatri’s engagement with                     ative consciousness. Such influences, indeed com- 1 1 many as 12 novels of which three were ful wishes for each other but remain alert democratising Maithili literature was /               mitments to an ideological persuasion for certain written in Maithili. Drawing upon the tra- to the limitations and restrictions that the explicit and at its peak in this novel, which              kinds of socio-political transformation, are both dition of novel-writing by Harimohan Jha, social code of conduct imposes upon focussed on the enterprising character of         enabling and disabling for a wonderfully gifted and he decided to delve much deeper into the them. This novel rightly raised many eye- people from the periphery. It also empha- insightful author of his stature. These enabled him issue of incompatibility in marriage with brows. A number of readers and critics sised on the need for a mass movement >                to openly repudiate both in terms of language and all the subsequent catastrophic conse- disliked what they thought to be the theme along democratic socialist lines to sharp-                $    content stereotypical conventions perpetuated by the quences in the first two novels, such as of incest. This part caused such furore that en the sense of camaraderie among the                apparently privileged previous poets. It is also dis- Paro and Navaturia. The first one unfolds it was discussed much more for the con- poor and exploited for the sake of encour-               /  %# abling in the sense that ideologically-oriented poet- the entire story in the first-person narra- troversy it generated than for the social aging them to participate in the decisive,                ry tends to lose sight of the fact about literature, pri- tive by protagonist Birju, who narrates the problem it so successfully raised. democratic struggle for a just socio-polit-             marily meant to maintain an autonomous status and unimaginable sort of suffering and pathos Nonetheless, it was an innovative ical order devoid of poverty, exploitation         "         avoid overtly occupying political space, which of his cousin, Paro. Through his narration, attempt to deal with the issue of incom- and oppression of any kind. =                   inevitably turns out to be selective, rather exclusive he brought to fore the inexplicably inhu- patibility in marriage. With tremendous By and large, his oeuvre evidently              in its approach and reach. man practice of child marriage prevalent poise and poignance, Yatri unfolded the presented a serious kind of indictment       E  His second collection of poems namely, in the then Mithila region. Older men with reprehensible behaviour of utterly insen- of those regressive traditions and 8              Patrahina Nagna Gaachha, was published in 1967 riches and wherewithal used to get mar- sitive, irresponsible and indeed absolute- counter-productive modern tenden- and it brought the prestigious Sahitya Academy ried with young girls with consent and ly cruel men against their own wives, who cies which proved to be a disaster for the          * H # %#    ( Award for Yatri the following year. This collection complicity of their fathers who, because due to irresistible kinds of social pressures, downtrodden as was pretty much evi-  (         %    consists of 43 poems. They narrate the misery and of their abject poverty, could not resist the were compelled to make many compro- dent from his scathing critiques of not           ( misfortune, insult and humiliation, trial and tribu- temptation of monetary gains out of such mises to unsuccessfully save the failed just obscure socio-cultural practices but                 lation of the people from the periphery because of murky marital deals. marriages. also emergent modernity which ended      (       the aggressive and unbridled onslaught of the To ensure the successful completion His second novel, Navaturia, built up creating numerous problems for the          4        processes of industrial modernisation. It subtly indi- of those material transactions, a person upon the same theme of incompatibility masses. His creative endeavours were                0    cates the consistent decline and decadence of villages, called ghatak was always available. This so pervasive in the then marital relation- mainly governed by the democratic   %               migration of villagers to the urban centres, and dis- person would arrange meetings between ships of the region. He was keen on principles dealing as they do with the                  tasteful indulgence of city-dwellers that caused innu- the two parties belonging to the bride and demonstrating that young and energetic fundamental question of justice, aiming     =             merable problems to the disadvantaged. It indeed the bride groom respectively. And he minds need to come together to sensitise equality in human relations and the embodies the disturbing menace which the so-called made sure that marriage took place society, sometimes even resorting to establishment of an egalitarian society               idea of progress has generated in the name of indus- according to the set terms and conditions. tough measures if persuasive means fail in our country.    trial development. The very title of the poem reminds The unfortunate fact was that most of such to deliver that. The way youngsters come (The writer is Assistant professor of          us that the notion of industrial growth is inherent- marriages were destined to get doomed forward and prevent an ugly marriage English at Rajdhani College, Delhi) ! #   3     !1 *?                               

and long-term plans to shift to electric- Supreme Court had directed the ber of private vehicles to gaseous fuels Association of India. The prohibitive ventions fail to address this significant ity. But make no mistake, rolling out Union Government to ensure that as well. Again, focussing on CNG will approval cost, which is as high as 4 cause of pollution. Two-wheeler pol- electric vehicles (EVs) will take sever- only BS-VI vehicles are sold in the be another myopic act. Auto LPG is crore every three years, has been lution cannot be addressed by EVs in al decades. And Indian cities do not country from April 1, 2020. The another viable and quickly deployable extremely detrimental to the CNG and the long run. Much like four-wheelers, have the luxury of waiting for 50 years Government must set clear targets to option for private vehicles. LPG retro fitment industry. Type we need to start pushing two-wheelers to see EVs become a reality. We need achieve this goal, and look for ways In fact, auto LPG has several Approval Validity must be made per- towards cleaner fuels. Here again, auto     : breathable air now! The need is for an for faster implementation by offering advantages over CNG. Globally, auto petual in line with European norms as LPG makes for the most viable alter-  1 */ immediate policy intervention to phase incentives and tax breaks to manufac- LPG is the third most commonly used there is absolutely no logic for the same native with a Two Wheeler Conversion   (  out the most polluting vehicles while turers to upgrade their technology. It automotive fuel after petrol and diesel; vehicle to undergo the same cost pro- Kit available at an affordable price of  (#$  *!   $ ith Delhi’s air quality slipping bringing about a rapid shift to cleaner is claimed that implementing these and seven of the 10 largest car manu- hibitive tests every three years. about 5,000-5,500 along with a con- 7.   $/  again to the severe category, gaseous fuels, such as LPG and CNG. new norms will require an investment facturers produce LPG-powered cars. Focus on two-wheelers: venient side fitment of LPG tank. Wa series of desperate emer- BS-VI norms must be imple- of nearly $0.013 trillion for new Auto LPG occupies meagre space in car According to a recent report by the Reward clean commuters: One &(    gency measures, such as ban on con- mented immediately: Even among technology and upgradation of vehi- boots and can be transported in cylin- Indian Institute of Tropical of the most interesting examples is )
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Trump and his Chinese coun- upside risks to the inflation do opening up for commensu- eserve Bank Governor Urjit into the open in October. unchanged, while global mar- “Nifty performed in line terpart Xi Jinping had agreed to not materialise. rate policy actions by the     RPatel on Wednesday refused Relations between the Mint kets wobbled on renewed con- with the weak international a truce at the G20 meet. It also coaxed banks to lend MPC,” Patel said. comments on the friction with Road and North Block soured cerns over the US-China trade cues and shut the shop with Trump, however, muddied more in order to support the He said the MPC retained he Reserve Bank on the Government, including the since late October, after the dispute. losses... Nifty Midcap and the waters by suggesting the slowing economy. its stance at calibrated tighten- TWednesday lowered retail invocation of the never-before- finance ministry mandarins The BSE Sensex tumbled Small-cap indices fell even possibility of an extension of With all the six member of ing “so as to buy time to pause, inflation projection in the used Section 7 or the pro- started consultations under the 249.90 points, or 0.69 per cent, sharply by 1.5 per cent and 1.8 trade talks. the monetary policy commit- reflect and undertake future range of 2.7-3.2 per cent for posed economic capital frame- never-before-used Section 7 of to close at 35,884.41. Similarly, per cent respectively. “The negotiations with tee (MPC) voting for a hold on policy action with more robust the second half of the current work for the central bank. the RBI Act which empowers the broader NSE Nifty fell “Key US indices tumbled China have already started. rates, the RBI kept benchmark inflation signals”. fiscal, citing normal mon- Speaking at the customary government to direct the central 84.55 points, or 0.74 per cent, more than 3 per cent on Unless extended, they will end repurchase (repo) rate at 6.5 The RBI lowered inflation soon and moderate food post-policy presser rpt presser bank to undertake certain pol- to end at 10,784.95. Tuesday on the combined 90 days” from Saturday, Trump per cent. forecast for the second half of prices. after the fifth bi-monthly policy icy measures in public interest. All sectoral indices on the onslaught of inversion in bond tweeted. Having raised rates twice the fiscal year that ends in The broad-based weak- review, wherein the policy rates According to central bank BSE finished with losses, led by yields and fresh jitters on trade,” On a net basis, foreign this year, the central bank March 2019 to 2.7-3.2 per cent ening of food prices imparts were left unchanged, Patel parried sources, the Government had metal, pharma and rate-sensi- said VK Sharma, Head PCG portfolio investors (FPIs) sold retained its ‘calibrated tighten- from a range of 3.9-4.5 per cent. downward bias to the head- three questions on these issues. sent three letters to the RBI tive auto and banking stocks. and Capital Markets Group, shares worth 55.89 crore ing’ policy stance. The projection is below the line inflation trajectory going “I would avoid those ques- before October 10 with nearly The Reserve Bank of India HDFC Securities. Tuesday, while domestic insti- “Even as inflation projec- medium-term target of 4 per forward, the RBI said in its tions because we are here dis- a dozen demands, which were Wednesday left the repo rate Sun Pharma, under the tutional investors (DIIs) were tions have been revised down- cent. fifth bi-monthly monetary cussing the monetary policy replied to within a week. unchanged at 6.5 per cent regulatory lens for alleged cor- net sellers to the tune of wards significantly and some of Inflation in October eased policy announced here. resolution,” the Governor said. The Government primar- while maintaining the stance of porate governance lapses, was 521.38 crore, provisional data the risks pointed out in the last to a 13-month low of 3.31 per Meanwhile, the central Another questions seeking ily wants the RBI to help the ‘calibrated tightening’ of poli- the biggest loser in the Sensex available with BSE showed. resolution have been mitigated, cent. bank maintained status quo his views on deputy governor struggling non-bank lenders cy. pack, declining 6.59 per cent. Brent crude, the interna- especially of crude oil prices, It retained GDP growth in monetary policy Viral Acharya’s public postur- and MSMEs get some liquidi- In a bid to boost lending, Other laggards included tional benchmark, was trading several uncertainties still cloud forecast for the current fiscal announcement, leaving the ing on RBI autonomy and on ty support, liberalise the the RBI lowered the reserves Tata Steel, Vedanta, Tata 0.53 per cent lower at $61.75 the inflation outlook,” it said in year at 7.4 per cent. key interest rate unchanged at the economic capital manage- prompt corrective action lenders are compulsorily Motors, M&M, Coal India and per barrel. a statement. In a bid to boost lending 6.5 per cent. ment framework were also met framework on 11 of the state- required to hold in the form of ITC, falling up to 4.27 per cent. Elsewhere in Asia, Korea’s While the statement was by banks by freeing up In its previous policy with similar replies. run banks and undertake other government securities. Top gainers included HUL, Kospi fell 0.62 per cent, Japan’s silent on future outlook on resources, the RBI lowered review in October, the apex “Is this related to the MPC steps which will help push However, it failed to HDFC, HDFC Bank, Wipro, Nikkei dropped 0.53 per cent, interest rates, RBI Governor the reserves lenders are com- bank had projected the retail resolution? I don’t think so. We growth, while RBI has been enthuse the markets, which had Reliance Industries and Adani Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed Urjit Patel at the customary pulsorily required to hold in inflation to be around 3.9-4.5 are here to discuss the MPC maintaining a conservative opened weak and dropped fur- Ports, spurting up to 2.07 per 1.62 per cent and Shanghai post MPC meeting press con- the form of Government secu- per cent in the October- resolution and the macro- stance avoiding any bad prece- ther after RBI’s policy cent. Composite Index gained 0.61 ference held out hope of a rities. March period of 2018-19. economy,” said Patel, who was dents. announcement. Global investor sentiment per cent. %(#!$  !$#  & (&$   ,A"A * 
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They have given left unchanged, Patel parried  '  requires apart from restructur- for full fiscal. exports. companies (NBFCs). last month. the NBFCs and HFCs time and three questions on these issues. ing loans of up to 25 crore to Stating that acceleration However, on the positive “The RBI also stands ready Acharya said the RBI has the opportunity to make their “I would avoid those ques- under the never-before-used give a succor to the troubled in investment activity bodes side, the decline in crude oil to be the lender of last resort been watching developments own balance sheet adjustments tions because we are here dis- Section 7 of the RBI Act which MSMEs. well for the medium-term prices is expected to boost but that is provided conditions on this front since late-August on both assets and liabilities cussing the monetary policy empowers government to At the policy review on growth potential of the econ- India’s growth prospects by warrant that sort of an extreme and has also been in touch with side,” he said. resolution,” the Governor said. direct the central bank to Wednesday, the RBI said it was omy, the RBI called for improving corporate earnings measure. In our assessment, Sebi to understand the poten- In comments directed at Another question seeking undertake certain policy mea- committed to act as a lender of strengthening of macroeco- and raising private consumption there is no such necessity at the tial redemptions. analysts who have wondered his views on deputy governor sures in public interest. last resort to NBFCs but under- nomic fundamentals. through higher disposable present,” he said at the custom- It may be noted that the the efficacy of some of the Viral Acharya’s public postur- According to central bank lined that it does not feel the “The time is apposite to incomes, the central bank noted. ary press conference after the IL&FS crisis burst out in late moves, he explained these mea- ing on RBI autonomy and on sources, the government had necessity do so now. It also further strengthen domestic The price of Indian basket fifth bi-monthly policy review. August, and the worries quick- sures were chosen from the full the economic capital manage- sent three letters to the RBI formed a panel to look at the macroeconomic fundamentals. of crude oil fell below USD 60 Acharya said the “sound ly spread to other NBFCs and “set of available options” based ment framework were also met before October 10 with nearly issues plaguing NBFCs. The In this context, fiscal discipline to a barrel by end November, health” of the economy, where the possible asset liability mis- on an analysis of the reasons with similar replies. a dozen demands, which were panel will submit its report in is critical to create space for and from USD 85 to a barrel in the credit growth is comfort- matches that they may face, behind the funding stress for “Is this related to the MPC replied to within a week. June 2019. crowd in private investment early October. ably above the nominal GDP which had made investors NBFCs and HFCs. resolution? I don’t think so. We The government primarily The frictions came to light activity,” the RBI said in its fifth “There has been significant growth with a fair distribution cagey. Acharya said it was the are here to discuss the MPC wants the RBI to help the strug- through a public speech by bi-monthly monetary policy. acceleration in investment across sectors, make the RBI Giving details of the mea- recognition of asset quality resolution and the macroecon- gling non-bank lenders and deputy governor Viral Acharya, “Based on an overall assess- activity and high frequency confident that such support will sures undertaken, Acharya said issues in the banks, which led omy,” said Patel, who was fac- MSMEs get some liquidity sup- wherein he warned of investors’ ment, GDP growth for 2018-19 indicators suggest that it is not be required. banks could raise more against to a greater play by the NBFCs ing the press for the first time port, liberalise the prompt cor- wrath if the RBI’s autonomy is has been projected at 7.4 per likely to be sustained. Credit The RBI has also augment- the collateral of government in the financial system. since the issues came out into rective action framework on 11 compromised. cent (7.2-7.3 per cent in H2) as offtake from the banking sec- ed system-wide liquidity securities for onlending to Rating agency Crisil on the open in October. of the state-run banks and After reports of action in the October policy, and for tor has continued to strength- through various moves, he NBFCs and housing finance Wednesday said NBFCs’ asset Relations between the undertake other steps which under Section 7 came up, the H12019-20 (April-September) en even as global financial said. companies (HFCs) and the growth was expected to halve Mint Road and North Block will help push growth, while the government had tried to ease at 7.5 per cent, with risks conditions have tightened. FDI According to reports, the concentration limits have also to around 10 per cent in the soured since late October, after RBI has been maintaining a tensions by stating that autono- somewhat to the downside,” flows could also increase with government has been wanting been upped. second half of the current fis- the Finance Ministry man- conservative stance avoiding my is “essential” and an accept- RBI said. the improving prospects of the measures like a special liquid- “RBI has also taken mea- cal on difficulties in getting darins started consultations any bad precedents. ed governance requirement. India’s economic growth external sector,” the RBI said. ity window for the NBFCs, sures to facilitate asset and funding for the sector.

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-41.30 -3.62 CERA 2352.55 -6.85 -0.29 GLAXO 1377.10 -14.40 -1.03 JISLJALEQS 63.65 -1.80 -2.75 STRTECH 324.35 -11.35 -3.38 SBIN 282.45 283.20 277.05 280.20 -2.35 AKZOINDIA 1580.90 -9.10 -0.57 CGPOWER 39.10 -1.50 -3.69 GLENMARK 625.85 5.45 0.88 JKCEMENT 709.00 3.05 0.43 SUDARSCHEM 329.55 -8.30 -2.46 KOTAKBANK 1221.55 1228.40 1203.00 1213.65 -11.65 ALBK 45.75 -1.50 -3.17 CHAMBLFERT 151.00 -3.00 -1.95 GMDCLTD 85.90 -0.25 -0.29 JKIL 124.90 -4.95 -3.81 SUNCLAYLTD 3504.90 79.90 2.33 IOC 135.45 138.20 132.55 134.20 -1.45 ALKEM 1910.70 3.15 0.17 CHENNPETRO 270.55 -3.10 -1.13 GMRINFRA 15.60 -0.50 -3.11 JKLAKSHMI 272.85 -1.85 -0.67 SUNDRMFAST 520.45 -1.55 -0.30 BPCL 332.15 338.35 328.05 330.05 -3.65 ALLCARGO 106.35 -0.95 -0.89 CHOLAFIN 1281.75 -15.90 -1.23 GNFC 338.70 -5.30 -1.54 JKTYRE 95.15 -2.75 -2.81 SUNPHARMA 413.60 -29.20 -6.59 DRREDDY 2696.00 2713.95 2646.60 2673.05 -31.00 ZEEL 481.40 484.40 474.10 479.00 -6.15 GODFRYPHLP 894.55 -14.75 -1.62 JMFINANCIL 85.65 -0.90 -1.04 NETWORK18 39.05 -0.85 -2.13 SUNTECK 349.60 -0.05 -0.01 AXISBANK 620.90 623.95 613.40 614.90 -8.35 GODREJAGRO 512.75 2.20 0.43 JPASSOCIAT 6.61 -0.23 -3.36 NH 210.25 -4.75 -2.21 SUNTV 573.40 -17.75 -3.00 BAJFINANCE 2539.90 2539.90 2470.30 2508.00 -35.55 GODREJCP 752.20 -10.45 -1.37 JSL 36.05 -1.35 -3.61 NHPC 26.05 -0.30 -1.14 SUPPETRO 201.30 -8.40 -4.01 GAIL 354.70 356.40 347.25 348.85 -5.50 GODREJIND 541.75 -9.20 -1.67 JSLHISAR 89.50 -0.05 -0.06 NIACL 197.45 -0.35 -0.18 SUPRAJIT 207.10 -6.55 -3.07 LT 1412.00 1419.00 1389.15 1397.05 -22.85 GODREJPROP 693.65 -0.95 -0.14 JSWENERGY 68.85 0.05 0.07 NIITTECH 1112.40 -3.70 -0.33 SUPREMEIND 988.90 4.80 0.49 ULTRACEMCO 4020.30 4029.40 3954.15 3965.00 -65.65 GPPL 92.85 -1.80 -1.90 JSWSTEEL 304.40 -9.10 -2.90 NILKAMAL 1503.10 -28.90 -1.89 SUVEN 232.90 -3.55 -1.50 NTPC 142.95 144.90 139.20 140.70 -2.50 GRANULES 86.50 0.30 0.35 JUBILANT 819.05 0.10 0.01 NLCINDIA 80.10 -1.00 -1.23 SUZLON 5.27 -0.17 -3.13 ICICIBANK 355.30 356.35 350.45 351.25 -6.70 GRAPHITE 882.95 -34.25 -3.73 JUBLFOOD 1323.35 -8.95 -0.67 NMDC 92.00 -3.45 -3.61 SWANENERGY 103.05 1.65 1.63 YESBANK 173.50 178.45 172.20 173.10 -3.40 GRASIM 825.90 -20.05 -2.37 JUSTDIAL 490.55 -1.00 -0.20 NOCIL 164.50 -3.00 -1.79 SYMPHONY 1000.35 -34.70 -3.35 INDUSINDBK 1630.00 1630.00 1591.80 1603.25 -32.50 GREAVESCOT 122.55 -1.60 -1.29 JYOTHYLAB 187.35 -1.40 -0.74 NTPC 140.90 -2.15 -1.50 SYNDIBANK 33.75 -0.90 -2.60 ONGC 145.95 148.10 142.40 143.20 -2.95 GREENPLY 132.05 -2.15 -1.60 KAJARIACER 437.75 -1.40 -0.32 OBEROIRLTY 468.40 -9.85 -2.06 SYNGENE 546.20 -12.30 -2.20 POWERGRID 185.10 187.70 182.50 183.35 -3.90 GRINDWELL 491.40 -11.30 -2.25 KALPATPOWR 343.80 -11.85 -3.33 TAKE 133.55 -4.20 -3.05 BHARTIARTL 319.70 320.85 310.20 311.85 -6.70 OFSS 3567.05 10.00 0.28 ITC 281.00 281.80 274.20 275.90 -5.95 GRUH 299.20 -0.20 -0.07 KANSAINER 447.35 -1.00 -0.22 OIL 183.25 -3.40 -1.82 TATACHEM 666.70 -17.40 -2.54 GRASIM 843.20 843.20 816.25 827.40 -18.30 GSFC 103.70 -3.60 -3.36 KEC 273.85 -8.55 -3.03 OMAXE 208.65 -0.80 -0.38 TATACOFFEE 93.90 -1.05 -1.11 MARUTI 7696.70 7739.90 7520.00 7546.90 -174.75 GSKCONS 7645.45 145.10 1.93 KEI 379.70 6.15 1.65 ONGC 143.70 -2.50 -1.71 TATACOMM 518.50 -4.75 -0.91 EICHERMOT 23280.00 23280.00 22685.00 22860.00 -541.40 GSPL 185.40 0.20 0.11 KIOCL 148.65 -2.80 -1.85 ORIENTBANK 87.00 -3.75 -4.13 TATAELXSI 1042.60 5.55 0.54 BAJAJFINSV 6070.00 6070.00 5838.75 5917.00 -153.20 GUJALKALI 546.45 -5.25 -0.95 KNRCON 195.50 -2.25 -1.14 ORIENTCEM 78.30 -1.80 -2.25 TATAGLOBAL 211.50 1.90 0.91 COALINDIA 251.50 252.45 244.00 245.30 -6.95 GUJFLUORO 894.45 3.95 0.44 KOTAKBANK 1211.30 -14.05 -1.15 PAGEIND 25171.10 -777.35 -3.00 TATAINVEST 858.70 -5.10 -0.59 M&M 740.30 740.30 715.10 718.90 -21.40 GUJGAS 632.95 -3.30 -0.52 KPIT 209.80 0.15 0.07 PARAGMILK 247.60 1.40 0.57 TATAMETALI 619.95 -6.95 -1.11 JSWSTEEL 310.00 311.00 302.25 304.20 -9.10 GULFOILLUB 768.50 -3.20 -0.41 KPRMILL 581.40 -7.05 -1.20 PCJEWELLER 68.00 -2.95 -4.16 TATAMOTORS 169.20 -6.50 -3.70 CIPLA 546.00 548.90 525.30 530.00 -16.45 HAL 775.85 -8.25 -1.05 KRBL 306.50 -2.50 -0.81 PEL 2163.85 -32.00 -1.46 TATAMTRDVR 92.50 -3.70 -3.85 TATAMOTORS 173.00 173.00 168.60 170.05 -5.70 HATSUN 624.50 7.85 1.27 KSCL 516.35 -10.30 -1.96 PERSISTENT 605.15 -3.55 -0.58 TATAPOWER 80.40 -0.90 -1.11 VEDL 202.35 204.45 197.45 198.10 -8.10 HAVELLS 694.35 -5.20 -0.74 KTKBANK 101.80 -1.75 -1.69 PETRONET 210.00 -2.60 -1.22 TATASTEEL 515.30 -23.00 -4.27 IBULHSGFIN 795.00 799.95 769.00 772.00 -31.70 HCC 11.24 -0.22 -1.92 KWALITY 9.57 -0.50 -4.97 TCS 2006.10 -3.30 -0.16 TATASTEEL 533.00 533.00 515.00 516.50 -21.70 PFC 92.30 -5.20 -5.33 HCLTECH 1051.25 15.15 1.46 L&TFH 144.10 -1.70 -1.17 TEAMLEASE 2933.35 -83.60 -2.77 HINDALCO 229.05 230.40 220.30 221.25 -12.10 PFIZER 2760.10 -1.05 -0.04 SUNPHARMA 443.00 445.25 401.50 417.20 -25.70 HDFC 1973.20 34.00 1.75 LAKSHVILAS 87.95 -1.20 -1.35 PFS 16.35 -0.65 -3.82 TECHM 725.25 1.40 0.19 AMARAJABAT 709.45 -4.85 -0.68 CIPLA 529.15 -17.20 -3.15 HDFCBANK 2099.45 10.70 0.51 LALPATHLAB 963.55 20.40 2.16 PGHH 9605.00 -67.65 -0.70 TEJASNET 223.35 1.55 0.70   AMBUJACEM 216.45 -3.00 -1.37 COALINDIA 245.00 -7.20 -2.85 HDFCLIFE 395.30 -2.05 -0.52 LAOPALA 223.55 1.50 0.68 PHILIPCARB 209.50 -3.90 -1.83 TEXRAIL 52.85 -1.30 -2.40 ANDHRABANK 28.00 -0.15 -0.53 COCHINSHIP 376.20 0.65 0.17 HDIL 21.60 -0.05 -0.23 LAURUSLABS 377.05 -7.80 -2.03 PHOENIXLTD 609.80 -12.40 -1.99 THERMAX 1116.50 13.90 1.26 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE APARINDS 629.20 14.10 2.29 COFFEEDAY 263.20 -0.80 -0.30 HEG 4029.65 -57.55 -1.41 LAXMIMACH* 5768.05 -29.60 -0.51 PIDILITIND 1155.95 -3.95 -0.34 THOMASCOOK 224.50 -7.10 -3.07 NIFTY NEXT 50 27472.90 27490.50 27124.70 27215.25 -383.90 APLAPOLLO 1316.05 -8.65 -0.65 COLPAL 1227.75 -6.65 -0.54 HEIDELBERG 151.25 0.25 0.17 LICHSGFIN 433.75 -10.35 -2.33 PIIND 792.35 -12.20 -1.52 THYROCARE 552.80 -0.15 -0.03 DLF 172.95 178.00 171.65 177.40 3.60 APLLTD 617.95 2.90 0.47 CONCOR 673.20 -5.05 -0.74 HERITGFOOD 487.90 -9.20 -1.85 LINDEINDIA 666.65 -4.75 -0.71 PNB 68.85 -0.75 -1.08 TIFHL 515.80 -8.70 -1.66 CADILAHC 355.50 363.50 354.50 358.20 4.90 APOLLOHOSP 1232.30 -11.10 -0.89 COROMANDEL 416.35 6.85 1.67 HEROMOTOCO3055.10 -6.95 -0.23 LT 1395.65 -24.00 -1.69 PNBHOUSING 933.60 -1.90 -0.20 TIMETECHNO 102.85 1.30 1.28 DMART 1484.00 1508.90 1475.15 1504.95 19.25 APOLLOTYRE 228.00 -4.75 -2.04 CORPBANK 26.10 -0.20 -0.76 HEXAWARE 325.15 -5.80 -1.75 LTI 1546.55 -28.40 -1.80 PNCINFRA 136.50 -1.40 -1.02 TIMKEN 516.15 -4.10 -0.79 SBILIFE 565.00 575.00 565.00 574.00 4.15 ASAHIINDIA 256.20 -4.45 -1.71 CRISIL 1545.85 8.05 0.52 HFCL 18.20 -0.40 -2.15 LTTS 1575.20 18.75 1.20 TITAN 922.30 -3.35 -0.36 OFSS 3560.00 3605.00 3528.55 3578.55 15.95 POWERGRID 183.40 -3.60 -1.93 INDIGO 995.10 1012.00 985.50 1000.30 4.50 ASHOKA 125.30 -3.30 -2.57 CROMPTON 219.70 0.95 0.43 HIMATSEIDE 214.95 -5.00 -2.27 LUPIN 859.05 -29.00 -3.27 PRESTIGE 207.45 -4.75 -2.24 TNPL 251.15 0.85 0.34 ICICIGI 877.00 899.70 871.30 889.95 3.35 ASHOKLEY 103.65 -3.65 -3.40 CUB 176.10 3.55 2.06 HINDALCO 221.40 -11.90 -5.10 LUXIND 1461.45 -6.00 -0.41 PRSMJOHNSN 82.05 -1.05 -1.26 TORNTPHARM 1722.60 -17.85 -1.03 BIOCON 620.90 630.00 619.45 625.40 1.80 ASIANPAINT 1328.30 -1.05 -0.08 CUMMINSIND 783.00 -27.80 -3.43 HINDCOPPER 48.00 -0.75 -1.54 M&M 717.60 -24.70 -3.33 PTC 80.70 -2.30 -2.77 TORNTPOWER 260.60 -3.55 -1.34 DABUR 408.40 412.70 401.80 410.00 1.00 ASTERDM 148.00 -2.15 -1.43 CYIENT 608.25 -8.05 -1.31 HINDPETRO 226.50 -1.50 -0.66 M&MFIN 420.65 -20.10 -4.56 PVR 1481.20 -8.65 -0.58 TRENT 331.80 -1.30 -0.39 NIACL 198.00 199.65 196.90 198.00 0.05 ASTRAL 1054.05 9.10 0.87 DABUR 410.20 0.95 0.23 HINDUNILVR 1845.60 37.35 2.07 MAGMA 115.35 -0.45 -0.39 QUESS 677.75 -21.50 -3.07 TRIDENT 66.70 -2.00 -2.91 BRITANNIA 3090.00 3109.40 3065.05 3088.55 -4.55 ATUL 3461.10 -54.20 -1.54 DBCORP 172.85 -3.75 -2.12 HINDZINC 269.85 -3.40 -1.24 MAHABANK 12.96 -0.05 -0.38 RADICO 391.40 -5.05 -1.27 TRITURBINE 115.45 0.10 0.09 BANKBARODA 106.80 108.20 106.05 107.65 -0.20 AUBANK 611.80 4.45 0.73 DBL 445.80 -13.25 -2.89 HONAUT 23231.45 -165.55 -0.71 MAHINDCIE 249.65 -6.10 -2.39 TTKPRESTIG 7099.70 -47.35 -0.66 PGHH 9820.00 9820.00 9553.30 9700.00 -32.90 RAIN 129.95 -4.15 -3.09 PIDILITIND 1161.30 1178.00 1147.20 1156.50 -4.80 AUROPHARMA 796.75 -27.00 -3.28 DCBBANK 152.70 -6.30 -3.96 HSCL 131.30 -0.55 -0.42 MAHLIFE 388.30 -3.35 -0.86 RAJESHEXPO 570.60 -0.30 -0.05 TV18BRDCST 35.15 -0.95 -2.63 ICICIPRULI 319.00 322.30 316.25 318.00 -1.60 AVANTI 350.20 5.55 1.61 DCMSHRIRAM 346.45 -15.90 -4.39 HSIL 202.90 -0.95 -0.47 MANAPPURAM 82.75 -2.10 -2.47 RALLIS 167.80 -0.60 -0.36 TVSMOTOR 554.75 -0.25 -0.05 COLPAL 1232.40 1235.00 1207.05 1227.20 -6.50 AXISBANK 614.55 -8.10 -1.30 DEEPAKFERT 156.05 -2.90 -1.82 HUDCO 42.00 -0.70 -1.64 MANPASAND 87.95 -3.35 -3.67 RAMCOCEM 597.65 1.40 0.23 TVSSRICHAK 2439.50 -27.75 -1.12 HAVELLS 693.00 698.00 685.25 695.20 -4.10 BAJAJ-AUTO 2761.90 -2.80 -0.10 DEEPAKNI 243.40 -5.10 -2.05 IBREALEST 79.95 0.75 0.95 MARICO 355.70 -2.65 -0.74 RATNAMANI 878.90 4.00 0.46 TVTODAY 371.55 3.45 0.94 BOSCHLTD 18518.90 18860.00 18292.90 18403.00 -110.85 BAJAJCORP 350.05 -3.45 -0.98 DELTACORP 236.00 -0.55 -0.23 IBULHSGFIN 775.80 -26.35 -3.28 MARUTI 7559.55 -165.20 -2.14 RAYMOND 799.85 -12.20 -1.50 UBL 1206.55 -27.65 -2.24 ABB 1381.95 1382.15 1362.55 1372.00 -10.05 BAJAJELEC 473.15 -3.55 -0.74 DENABANK 15.70 0.05 0.32 IBVENTURES 389.20 8.20 2.15 MAXINDIA 64.30 -0.25 -0.39 RBLBANK 558.00 0.50 0.09 UCOBANK 18.20 -0.15 -0.82 HDFCLIFE 394.00 398.65 392.50 395.55 -3.15 BAJAJFINSV 5901.80 -164.50 -2.71 DHANUKA 430.20 -7.80 -1.78 ICICIBANK 351.10 -6.90 -1.93 MCX 718.85 -7.90 -1.09 RCF 60.10 -2.05 -3.30 UFLEX 283.30 -8.05 -2.76 MARICO 358.00 358.90 352.70 355.00 -3.30 BAJAJHLDNG 2959.30 -25.80 -0.86 DHFL 210.85 -12.25 -5.49 ICICIGI 889.70 -0.70 -0.08 MEGH 57.20 -1.65 -2.80 UJJIVAN 224.55 -7.00 -3.02 HINDZINC 271.50 273.50 267.35 270.60 -2.55 RCOM 16.31 -0.79 -4.62 NHPC 26.35 26.35 26.05 26.15 -0.25 BAJFINANCE 2495.35 -43.90 -1.73 DISHTV 35.10 -1.45 -3.97 ICICIPRULI 318.15 -0.60 -0.19 MFSL 432.70 -1.95 -0.45 RECLTD 105.10 -1.30 -1.22 ULTRACEMCO 3963.80 -66.50 -1.65 BEL 83.05 83.90 81.00 83.10 -0.80 BALKRISIND 935.00 -15.85 -1.67 DIVISLAB 1479.40 -13.00 -0.87 ICIL 60.35 -2.35 -3.75 MGL 867.65 12.35 1.44 REDINGTON 84.15 -3.30 -3.77 UNICHEMLAB 200.85 -2.15 -1.06 CONCOR 674.90 681.60 667.45 671.00 -6.55 BALMLAWRIE 182.15 -4.10 -2.20 DLF 176.55 2.85 1.64 IDBI 60.70 0.85 1.42 MHRIL 207.30 0.95 0.46 RELAXO 754.70 -6.25 -0.82 UNIONBANK 76.25 -2.70 -3.42 GICRE 277.05 279.95 275.00 275.50 -2.90 BALRAMCHIN 101.55 -3.25 -3.10 DMART 1497.90 12.60 0.85 IDEA 34.05 -1.15 -3.27 MINDACORP 133.10 -4.10 -2.99 RELCAPITAL 219.35 -13.75 -5.90 UPL 747.70 -4.55 -0.60 GODREJCP 751.00 757.95 744.00 754.00 -8.95 BANDHANBNK 477.95 -7.95 -1.64 DRREDDY 2670.40 -34.70 -1.28 IDFC 38.80 -2.30 -5.60 MINDAIND 331.05 0.20 0.06 RELIANCE 1154.85 3.30 0.29 VBL 776.75 -2.45 -0.31 SHREECEM 16513.20 16732.45 16252.60 16470.00 -209.95 BANKBARODA 107.50 -0.25 -0.23 ECLERX 1071.35 1.50 0.14 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wo-time champions TGermany outclassed last edition Silver medallist Netherlands 4-1 in their second Pool D match to inch closer towards book- ing a direct quarterfinal berth. Germany came back from a goal down and scored through Mathias Muller (30th minute), Lukas Windfeder (52nd), Marco Miltkau (54th) and Christopher Ruhr (58th) to regis- ter their second consecutive win in the pool. Netherlands, however, took the early lead through Valentin Verga in the 13th minute. By virtue of this win, Germany is atop Pool D with six points from two wins ahead of Netherlands, who are on three points. Germany had earlier defeated Pakistan 1-0 in their open- ing match, while Netherlands had mauled Malaysia 7-0. In the battle between world number 4 Netherlands and num- ber 6 Germany, the Dutch were the early aggressors but the Germans came to the party as the match progressed. Netherlands captain Billy Baker had the first real scoring opportunity in the eighth minute but his shot from a close range was brilliantly saved by German keeper Tobias Walter. But the Netherlands, who were the better team at least in the first quarter, were not to be denied the lead as Verga broke the deadlock in the 13th minute, tapping in Mirco Pruijser's reverse hit cross from close range. The Germans got their first penalty corner seconds before the end of first quarter but were unlucky as Mathias Muller's strike from a superb variation struck the post. Another Germany attempt, this time from Niklas Wellen's reverse hit was saved by Dutch goalkeeper Pirmin Blaak. Germany continued to press hard and at the stroke of first quarter secured back-to-back penalty corners, the second of which resulted in a beautiful goal by Muller from a superb, well- executed variation. The Germans continued to be aggressive after the change of ends but it was Netherlands who got four penalty corners in a span of two minutes but wasted all the opportunities. The missed opportunities cost Netherlands dear as Germany scored from their fourth penalty corner with Windfeder finding the back of Dutch goal with a low ground- ed flick. Two minutes later, Germany made the scoreling 3-1 in their favour when Miltkau deflected in a Niklas Wellen pass from the right flank. As if that was not enough for the Dutch, Germany struck again two minutes from the final hooter from a penalty stroke which was converted by Ruhr. # &#%(%$#) *"%+,-./0 " 3

in one innings at Cape Town. Cheteshwar Pujara only managed     100 runs in three Tests, while Murali Vijay (102 runs in three Tests) and KL *%%    $! Rahul (30 runs in two Tests) came a  ( !$! -- A BJ , 77 cropper.  #$! A. B7 7= 7 7A Opening issues continued to plague 1! E- B> -7 7 B> India in England as well. After only 26 runs in two Tests, Vijay was sent home. $& B... =J 7A 7- , E While Rahul did scored 299 runs in  #!$# 77 7 9 , = five Tests there, 149 of those came in the final innings of the series at the Oval. His previous nine innings on tour    <  yielded only 150 runs and 37 was his '7 % -'7 -+- highest score, again in the first innings #$!K 9.A,9 #& ! # B..=,.- at the same ground. Shikhar Dhawan, who is not part of the current Test squad, ( !$!K >9- ! #!$# 7E-9,-J scored 162 runs in four Tests. +% -'7 -+- In total, India used four different #$!K AJ !  $*! 7E-9,-J opening partnerships in eight Tests, "    &"   #      ( !$!K J= ! *(  7EJ.,J7 including the Johannesburg Test where- in Parthiv Patel opened with Vijay. '7 % -'
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