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SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 11 SPORT 15 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL BACK TO THE KHASHOGGI MURDER UNTHINKABLE JUVENTUS BEAT MANCHESTER BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR FUTURE IN CHINA? ‘WITHOUT US BACKING': ROUHANI UNITED 1-0 IN UCL CLASH CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 287 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable LUCKNOW, THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 AAMIR IS ALL PRAISE FOR } KATRINA KAIF} 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Verma won’t grin & bear it, drags Govt to SC Centre divests CBI chief and Asthana of power, dispatches them on forced leave to contain slugfest ‘in the interest of Opp cries Rafale, shoots down justification PNS n NEW DELHI Says PM removed CBI Director to stop She said the Centre’s “vin- dictive, casteist and communal equality, fair play’; SC to hear Alok Verma’s plea on Friday he Opposition parties on him from investigating fighter jet deal policies” have put not only the TWednesday unleashed a CBI, but also other agencies RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI sharp attack on the “The Prime Minister’s mes- Minister M Veerappa Moily under similar threat. Cases like Opening Government over the CBI mess sage is very clear that whoever said the removal of the CBI those involving Vijay Mallya, he Government may have can of with the Congress alleging that comes near Rafale (issue) will director was “illegal, unethical Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi Tsent the two top-ranking the CBI Director has been be removed, wiped out,” the and unconstitutional”. and the Rafale deal are blots on officers of the CBI on forced WORMS! divested of his power to pre- Congress chief charged. “The Congress leader Manish the BJP-led Government’s rule long leave to contain the empt a possible CBI investiga- country and the Constitution Tewari said according to the and they have not been probed internecine warfare within tion into the dubious Rafale are in danger,” he claimed. Lokpal Act and the Supreme properly, she said. However, she India’s premier investigating fighet jet deal, while West The Congress also alleged Court judgment in the Jain added, the BJP misuses official agency, but now it will have to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata the Modi Government and Hawala case, the CBI Director machinery to target anti-BJP battle it out with CBI Director Banerjee alleged the agency senior BJP leaders, scared over has a fixed tenure of two years. parties and institutions. Alok Verma in the Supreme has become the BJP’s the Rafale issue, have imple- BSP president Mayawati CPI’s national secretary D Court where more “skeletons” policing agency. mented the “Gujarat model” at blamed the Centre for the state Raja said there is also specula- could tumble out during hear- “The PM removed the CBI the Centre and in the CBI. of affairs in the CBI and said tion that the goings-on in the ing on Friday. Director to stop him from Senior lawyer and Congress other institutions are also fac- CBI have something to do with Not ready to go without a investigating Rafale. Mr 56 leader Abhishek Singhvi said ing similar problems because of the Rafale scam. He said, fight, hours within the - Officers entrusted by Alok Verma to probe corruption cases against broke the law when he the CVC has no power to inter- the wrong policies being pur- “What is happening in the Government issued the order Asthana have been transferred and fresh team constituted to probe bypassed CJI & LoP. Mr Modi, fere in removal, appointment or sued by the Government. CBI is like a coup that has to send him on long leave into charges against Asthana Rafale is a deadly aircraft with reappointment, and is a super- “More than the officials, it is the shocked the entire nation. The along with CBI Special Director a superb radar. You can run, visory body. Singhvi also alleged Central Government which is CBI’s credibility stands com- RK Asthana, Verma moved - Government termed the situation in the CBI as “extraordinary and but you can’t hide from it,” the Government violated the responsible for the problems in pletely destroyed. It is happen- the Supreme Court challenging unprecedented” Congress chief Rahul Gandhi CBI Act with its move to the CBI,” Mayawati said in a ing under the nose of the the unprecedented directive as - Defending the action against Verma and his Deputy Rakesh tweeted. remove Verma. Former Law statement. Prime Minister.” also the decision to appoint an Asthana, the Government said that the midnight order was interim chief in his place. necessary to maintain the “institutional integrity and credibility of Not only the CBI chief India’s investigation agency was sent on leave, but officers - Alok Verma has moved the SC citing Section 4B of the Delhi Special Jury is out on entrusted by him to probe cor- Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, saying it statutorily secures the Decision taken to maintain ruption cases against Asthana two-year period of the Director’s tenure also were transferred and fresh whether CVC team constituted to probe - For its part, the CVC cited the extra-ordinary and unprecedented charges against Asthana. circumstances to “exercise” its powers under Section 8 of the CVC CBI’s integrity, says Jaitley can send CBI Amid the allegations and Act, 2003 of superintendence over the functioning of DPSE (CBI) counter-allegations by Verma PNS n NEW DELHI Director Rakesh Asthana by the sure, both Alok Verma and and Asthana, the Government “The grave allegations of Government is based on the Rakesh Asthana will sit out by boss on leave termed the situation in the CBI corruption by senior func- inance Minister Arun Jailtey recommendations of Central going on leave. An SIT, not PNS n NEW DELHI as “extraordinary and unprece- tionaries of CBI one against Fon Wednesday dismissed as Vigilance Commission (CVC), functioning under either of dented,” and divested the duo another, which has been wide- “rubbish” allegations of maintaining that the step was these officers, will investigate the he Central Vigilance of the “functions, power, duty ly reported in media, has viti- Opposition parties, including absolutely essential to restore corruption charges against TCommission’s (CVC) rec- and supervisory role in respect ated the official ecosystem of the Congress, that CBI Director the agency’s institutional them. This is in accordance with ommendations to send CBI of cases already registered the organisation. The environ- Alok Verma was removed integrity and credibility. The highest standards of fairness,” Director Alok Verma on leave and/or required to be registered ment of factional feud has because he wanted to look CVC made its recommenda- the Finance Minister said. have led to a debate over and/or being enquired under reached its peak in the CBI into the Rafale fighter jet deal. tions on Tuesday evening, the “The Government passed whether the anti-corruption the provisions of Prevention of leading to a potential loss of Jaitley said Opposition’s Finance Minister said. the order as per the recom- ombudsman has the powers to Corruption Act, 1988, until fur- India’s investigation agency. which resulted in the divest- credibility and reputation of the charges indicate they had access Addressing a Press confer- mendations of the CVC. The do so, especially in the back- ther orders.” Wilful obstructions caused ment of powers of both the offi- premier investigating agency of to what was going in the mind ence, Jaitley said allegations CVC has all the material drop of the Supreme Court Defending the action by the CBI Director in the cers by the Government, the the Government. It also vitiat- of the officer concerned, an levelled by the top two CBI offi- that both officers have com- judgment stipulating a two-year against Verma and his Deputy functioning of the CVC, which Government said in a state- ed the working environment of apparent reference to Verma. cers against each other have cre- plained of,” Jaitley said. It is an fixed tenure for the CBI chief. Rakesh Asthana, the was looking into complaints of ment on Wednesday. the organisation which has “That itself demolishes the ated a bizarre and unfortunate extraordinary situation, Verma has petitioned the Government said that the mid- corruption against him, and a A Special Investigation deep and visible impact on the integrity of the person they are situation. “To maintain the and the accused cannot be apex court citing Section 4B of night order was necessary to “faction feud” with his deputy Team will look into the charges overall governance,” the trying to support,” he said. institutional integrity of the allowed to be in charge of the Delhi Special Police maintain the “institutional Rakesh Asthana has vitiated the and both officers will “sit out” Government said. Jaitley said the removal of CBI and in the interest of fair- investigation against them, the Establishment (DSPE) Act, say- integrity and credibility of environment in the agency during the probe period. Continued on Page 7 Alok Verma and Special ness, purely as an interim mea- Minister added. ing it statutorily secures the two- year period of the Director’s tenure notwithstanding any- The Government passed Mr 56 broke the law There are people who have Whatever has been done in the More than the thing to the contrary. the order as per the when he bypassed CJI run away from the country late night by the Government is officials, it is the He said the Centre and the recommendations of the & LOP. Mr Modi, after defaulting on crores constitutionally, morally and Central CVC’s move was “patently ille- CVC. The CVC has all Rafale is a deadly of rupees. A person facing politically wrong, illegal and Government which gal” and such interference the material that both aircraft with a superb charges of corruption was tantamount to interference in is responsible for “erodes” the independence and officers have radar. You can run, but appointed as CBI's special director. Then a the functioning of the the problems in autonomy of the premier inves- complained of you can't hide from It midnight coup is done to remove the agency's independent body the CBI tigating institution. ARUN JAITLEY RAHUL GANDHI director SITARAM YECHURY SHARAD YADAV MAYAWATI Continued on Page 7 CAPSULE 2 HIZBUL TERRORISTS ED may chargesheet PC State staff defer strike call KILLED IN KASHMIR Srinagar: Two Hizbul Old pension demand: Leaders meet CM, panel formed to find solution within two months Mujahideen terrorists, including a PhD researcher from Delhi’s in Aircel-Maxis case PNS n LUCKNOW government. employees' leaders, Chief committee will submit its Jamia Millia Islamia, were killed The decision to call off the Secretary Anup Chandra report within two months. in an encounter with security PNS n NEW DELHI The ED chargesheeted he proposed three-day strike was taken by leaders of Pandey announced the consti- After the meeting with the forces in Nowgam in Srinagar on Chidambaram’s son Karti on Tstrike by Uttar Pradesh agitating state employees and tution of an 8-member com- Chief Minister and the Chief Wednesday, police said. he Enforcement June 13 and attached `55 crore state employees and teachers teachers after a fruitful meet- mittee, headed by Additional Secretary, the employees’ leader TDirectorate is expected to worth properties of Karti and from October 25 to press for ing with Chief Minister Yogi Chief Secretary Mukul Singhal, held a meeting and announced I AM BJP’S ITEM GIRL, file chargesheet against former his firms in Delhi, Ooty, the restoration of old pension Adityanath on Wednesday to look into the matter. The that the strike call had been SAYS AZAM KHAN Finance Minister P London and Spain. The CBI scheme and the roll back of the morning. other members of the com- withdrawn. They said the talks Lucknow: Samajwadi Party Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis had chargesheeted both father new one has been called off. The Chief Minister called mittee include a representative with the Chief Minister were leader Azam Khan said the ruling case on Thursday. and son on July 19. The state employees’ lead- the meeting on Wednesday of the Pension Fund Regulatory fruitful. BJP invoked his name whenever According to sources, the In August, the ED had ers, however, maintained that morning after talks between Development Authority The 15 lakh state employees elections are near, treating him term of ED chief Karnal Singh, sought two more months from the strike had been deferred till officials and state employees (PFRDA), Additional Chief and teachers are demanding like an “item girl”. who is to retire on Friday, may the Supreme Court for the December 24 as the govern- leaders failed on Tuesday Secretary (Planning), rollback of the pension scheme not be extended by the completion of the chargesheet ment had set up a committee evening. Additional Chief Secretary in place for 13 years. The new KOHLI BECOMES FASTEST Government despite positive and also requested the trial to look into the matter and had Purani Pension Bahali (Finance), Principal Secretary pension scheme was imple- TO EARN 10,000 ODI RUNS recommendation by the Government might give court to grant permission for asked it to submit its report Manch convenor Harikishore (Law), director, Pension, and mented in UP on April 1, 2005. Visakhapatnam: India skipper Finance Ministry for a six- charge to some officers in the interrogation of Karti and within the next two months. Tiwari said on Wednesday that two representatives of the state The Central government had Virat Kohli on Wednesday month extension. organisations. Chidambaram. The state employees’ lead- the government had been given employees — Dinesh Chandra implemented it from January 1, surpassed batting maestro The new ED chief has to be Meanwhile, the The father and son man- ers said that if their demands two months’ time, till Sharma (president of UP 2004. The state employees had Sachin Tendulkar to become the selected through the CVC Government is expected to aged to get interim protection were not addressed by December 24, to take a decision Primary Teachers’ Association) organised a rally on October 8 fastest batsman to amass Empowered Committee, and appoint GC Murmu, Special from the trial court against December 24, they would pro- on their demand. and Hari Kishore Tewari (pres- in which close to two lakh 10,000 runs in One-day since no such process has been Secretary, Revenue, as the next their custodial interrogation. ceed on indefinite strike with- After the talks between ident of UP State Employees, employees and teachers had Internationals (ODI). initiated it is expected that the ED chief. Continued on Page 7 out serving notice on the state the Chief Minister and state Teachers' Joint Council). The participated. ` jumps 41p to 3-week high Wind set to raise pollution level in Delhi of 73.16/$, markets rally STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI However, north-westerly permissible limit of PM2.5, winds from Punjab and the major pollutant, is 60 units Mumbai: The rupee strength- shortfalls and replace any elhi’s air quality on Haryana, where farmers are as per national standards. ened by 41 paise to close at looming shortages due to DWednesday dropped fur- burning the paddy residue, Meanwhile, Mundaka in more than three-week high of Iranian sanctions, which will ther with average Air Quality will reach within two-three Outer Delhi was most pollut- 73.16 against the dollar on start on November 4. Index (AQI) of 328 marking it days, aggravating pollution ed with AQI of 448 or severe at Wednesday as global crude Following this, Brent crude red and “very poor” category. in Delhi. 5 pm. Among other areas with oil prices eased and domestic prices plunged to below $76 The particulate matters “Delhi may see north-west- severe air quality were Dwarka equity markets staged a level before recovering to (PM) remained three to five erly winds in the next two days. sub-city, Rohini, Bawana, smart rebound. $76.03 per barrel. times above the safe limits (60 Currently, the humidity is low. Anand Vihar, Jahangirpuri, Reversing a four-session Falling crude oil prices and 100 micro cubic per gram) Lower morning temperatures Narela, Nehru Nagar, Sonia slide, the BSE Sensex on eased concerns over forex out- with air-quality severe or mixed with pollutants from Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Wazirpur, Wednesday recaptured the flows amd supported selling of severe-plus in about 13 out of haze are resulting in spike in Mathur Raod and Noida 34,000-mark by jumping 187 the US currency by exporters. 48 regions across the National the pollution levels,” said Sector-125. points amid easing crude oil The greenback’s weakness Capital Region (NCR). Mahesh Palawat, director, pri- The System of Air Quality prices and a recovery in `. against some currencies over- According to weather ana- vate weather forecaster Skymet. and Weather Forecasting and Forex dealers said soften- seas also helped the recovery in lysts, low wind over Delhi On Wednesday, the average Research (SAFAR) issued advi- ing crude oil prices supported the domestic currency. The saved the national Capital from PM2.5 in Delhi was 176 units sory to avoid strenuous out- the rupee’s upward movement. domestic unit however pared ill-effects of stubble burning in across 36 regions and 172 units door physical activity early On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia some gains and settled the day the neighbouring States. across 48 regions of NCR. The morning and after sunset. Morning haze envelopes the skyline on the outskirts of New Delhi on Wednesday AP pledged to meet any supply up by 41 paise at 73.16/$. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 city 02

Shah holds marathon meetings I am BJP’s item girl, says Azam Khan Qutub Minar. Mushwarat, said there was PNS n LUCKNOW Appealing to the people to pressing need for Dalits, wait for the Supreme Court’s Muslims and OBCs to unite with state RSS, BJP leaders day after an FIR was verdict on Ram temple at and come on one political plat- Alodged against Samajwadi Ayodhya, Azam Khan said, form. He said the BJP claimed Party leader Mohammad Azam “Everyone knows about the that it had given LPG connec- PNS n LUCKNOW Khan for making derogatory conspiracy of the BJP and they tions to millions of poor peo- remarks against Dr BR can do anything for their polit- ple but the cooking gas cylin- week after RSS chief Ambedkar, the SP leader hit ical gains.” ders were now empty as peo- Mohan Bhagwat called back at the Bharatiya Janata Azam Khan, who attended ple did not have money to get Afor “appropriate and req- Party, saying that he had a meeting of Muslim them refilled. uisite law” to pave the way for become an “ item girl” for the construction of a Ram temple ruling party. in Ayodhya, BJP president “I am the item girl of the Dr Lalji Nirmal, a BJP Amit Shah held marathon BJP. They contested the 2017 leader and chairman of meetings with the state func- UP assembly election making Ambedkar Mahasabha had tionaries of Rashtriya me a poll issue and I suspect lodged an FIR against Azam Swayamsevak Sangh, Chief that they will contest the 2019 Khan here on Tuesday, alleging Minister Yogi Adityanath and Lok Sabha election around my that the SP leader and former state Bharatiya Janata Party personality. The situation is so minister had used derogatory leaders and ministers in bad that I do not know how words against Dr Ambedkar Lucknow on Wednesday. many cases have been lodged while inaugurating the Haj The RSS chief, in his cus- against me and in which police House at Ghaziabad in 2016. tomary address on station of the 75 districts of the Claiming that he had no Vijayadashmi on October 18 state. I come to know only after assets and had only one bank had said: “The construction of either the summon or bailable account, the SP leader said if Ram temple is necessary from and non-bailable warrants are anyone knew about his other the self-esteem point of view. It issued by courts,” Azam Khan assets or bank accounts, he was will also pave the way for an said in Budaun on Wednesday. ready to be hanged on the atmosphere of goodwill and oneness in the country.” The meetings in Lucknow hold significance as Amit Shah is visiting Uttar Pradesh despite QUICK TAKES being busy with elections in five states. The senior-most leaders ANTI-NATIONAL SLOGANS RAISED DURING DURGA of the party are tight-lipped Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath receiving BJP president Amit Shah at CCS airport at Amausi in Lucknow on Wednesday. Also IDOL IMMERSION; CASE REGISTERED about the deliberations and seen in the picture are Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pandey and UP Bahraich: Some unidentified persons have been booked for describe it as a co-ordination Cabinet minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi Pioneer allegedly shouting anti-national slogans during the immersion meeting between the BJP and of Durga idols here, police said on Wednesday. Additional super- the RSS. Yogi Adityanath Cabinet. lenge to be posed by the pro- always opposed the construc- intendent of police Ravindra Singh said that heated arguments The meeting in Lucknow The RSS functionaries posed alliance of Samajwadi tion of a Ram temple in erupted between people belonging to two communities during was summoned a day after for- specifically pointed out the Party and Bahujan Samaj Party Ayodhya because it believed in the immersion of Durga idols at Khaira Bazaar on Saturday. mer president of Vishwa Hindu inability of the UP government and the reshuffle in the Yogi “dividing the country” and “Subsequently, some anti-social elements shouted anti-nation- Parishad, Pravin Togadia, to address the aspirations of the Adityanath Cabinet. never wanted the issue to be al slogans. A video of the incident was shared on social media. announced to float a new polit- common man, particularly the The office-bearers of all resolved. A case has been registered against unidentified people under var- ical outfit with the slogan ‘Abki unemployed youths, and asked RSS affiliates participated in the “People have their own ious sections of the IPC and IT Act,” he said. Bar Hindu Sarkar’ that could the BJP leaders to make efforts meeting presided over by Amit emotions and sentiments on impact the BJP poll prospects. so that the people do not vote Shah. All-region secretary of Ram Janmabhoomi (birthplace LEOPARD CAUGHT IN TRAP DIES Besides the Chief Minister, for NOTA in the 2019 Lok the RSS was also invited to the of Lord Ram in Ayodhya). I have Baghpat: A leopard caught in a trap set up by villagers in Kakor RSS senior functionaries Sabha elections. meeting. The RSS has divided always maintained that public died following which the UP Forest department ordered a probe. Krishna Gopal, Datrayee “From time to time, the UP into seven ‘prants’ (zones) sentiments on the issue should The leopard was caught in the trap on Tuesday. Villagers alleged Hasbole, RSS state chief BJP’s UP unit keeps getting for organisational purpose. be respected. The fight for that the Forest department team did not reach the spot prompt- Shivprakash, BJP state presi- guidance from its national BJP state president Ayodhya is not from today but ly despite being informed of the big cat being caught in the trap. dent Mahendra Nath Pandey president. UP is a key state and Mahendra Nath Pandey and the mammoth ‘Hindu Samaj’ Even when they reached they were ill equipped to tranquilize the and general secretary (organi- electorally important,” BJP party’s secretary (organisation) has been fighting for the cause leopard, the villagers alleged. Divisional forest officer Anil Misra sation) Sunil Bansal and spokesperson Chandra Mohan Sunil Bansal also held closed- for around 450 years,” he said. said a forest team, which reached the spot found the local veteri- Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav said while refusing to divulge door meetings with Amit Shah. Yogi said the site at narian had tranquilized the leopard. The team found the leopard Prasad Maurya and Dinesh further details. Togadia, a native of Gujarat Ayodhya where Ram Lalla was unconscious and it was put in a cage. However, the animal did not Sharma also attended the meet- Sources say the issues that and once a confidant of then present was the birthplace of revive and died. The exact cause of the death will be known after ing. dominated the marathon meet- Gujarat Chief Minister Lord Ram and no one should postmortem, he said, adding that action would be taken against In view of the strict secre- ing on Wednesday included the Narendra Modi, has already have any doubt about it. those found guilty of harassing the wild cat as per the law. cy maintained by the BJP, the Ram temple, challenge posed announced to float his new Earlier in the day, Shah was outcome of the meeting was by the former Vishwa Hindu political party. His supporters given a warm reception at the CLASS 5 STUDENT DIES AFTER BEING HIT BY TANKER not known but it will be visi- Parishad leader Pravin Togadia, created disturbances in CCS airport at Amausi by Yogi Ghazipur: A class 5 student died after he was hit by a tanker- ble in the strategy that the party preparations of the BJP organ- Ayodhya earlier this week. Adityanath and his Cabinet col- trolley while returning home here, police said on Wednesday. adopts in the days to come. isation and the government for On Tuesday, addressing a leagues on the BJP president’s The incident occurred Tuesday. Sahil, 11, was hit by a tanker- The senior RSS leaders, the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, rally at Rajnandgaon in the arrival in the state capital on trolley while he was returning home from school, Station house sources said, expressed their performance of the Yogi poll-bound Chhattisgarh, UP Wednesday. From the airport, officer of Khanpur police station Balwan Singh said, adding he displeasure over the perfor- Adityanath government and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Shah drove to the venue of the died on the spot. The body was sent for post-mortem, while the mance of the ministers of the its ministers, possible chal- had said that the Congress meeting. tanker was seized. Two girls drown Dalit leader joins Congress in Ramganga PNS n LUCKNOW in so much fear as they were in the Narendra Modi headed ttar Pradesh Congress National Democratic Alliance PNS n LUCKNOW The locals hailing from UCommittee president Raj government at the Centre. Girdharpur village had gone to Babbar claimed to have He said the BJP misguided Two girls drowned while take a holy dip on the occasion received a shot in the arm with the Dalit community by claim- taking a holy dip in the river of Sharad Poornima when the former director of National ing to have strengthened the Ramganga on the occasion of four girls went towards the Commission for Scheduled SC, ST Act when the truth was Sharad Poornima in Bareilly deeper side. Castes Kanhaiya Lal joining the that no additional provision on Wednesday. In a separate incident. three party here on Wednesday. had been made by the Central According to police, labourers died when the boring “The coming into government in the old Act. Chhaya (14) and Priti (18) pipe of a handpump they were Congress fold of a large num- Kanhaiya Lal, a native of were swept away when they repairing came in contact with ber of people, including Dalit Allahabad (Prayagraj) who took a dip in the river in a high tension electricity wire leader Kanhaiya Lal, will help retired as Director, NCSC in Girdhapur village with two of in Jaunpur. the party to spread its base fur- January this year, is presently their friends. Circle officer of Mariyahu, ther in the state before the 2019 also holding the post of nation- Their friends Chainvati Ram Bhuwan Yadav, said the parliamentary election,” Babbar al president of Rashtriya Pasi and Chhatravati rushed to their incident took place on Tuesday said, while welcoming Lal into Samaj Sangh and is national rescue but could not save them. in Vishnupur village. the party here on Wednesday. president of Samarpan Fishermen later found the “Subhash Chandra Sahu Babbar, in the presence of Sansthan. He was also founder bodies of Chhaya and Priti. (65), Kuldeep Yadav (18) and PL Punia, who was Chairman of UPCC president Raj Babbar (left) and party leader PL Punia welcoming Dalit leader member of Rashtriya Some boys who were Amarnath Yadav (40) were National Commission for Kanhaiya Lal in the Congress in Lucknow on Wednesday Pioneer Pragatisheel Samaj Sangh. bathing rushed and pulled repairing a handpump. When Scheduled Castes (NCSC), and who worked for welfare of justice with the Dalits. He cited Besides Lal, folk singer Raju Chainvati and Chhatravati out the boring pipe of the hand- several other leaders, said that Dalits during his service period. several cases of atrocities on Saini, hailing from Faizabad, of the fast flowing river. Both pump was being taken out, it the Congress always worked for Speaking on the occasion, Dalits, including the slapping of also joined Congress with sev- the girls were admitted to came in contact with an over- the uplift of Dalits and down- Punia said the present National Security Act (NSA) on eral of his supporters. He also hospital. head high tension electricity trodden sections of society and Bharatiya Janata Party govern- Bheem Army chief sang several folk songs to cele- wire, and the three were elec- now it would start several pro- ment, both at the Centre as well Chandrashekhar aka Ravan. brate the occasion with the trocuted,” he said. grammes with the help of Lal, as in the state, had failed to do He said Dalits never lived Congress leaders and workers. Centre to blame for CBI mess: Mayawati PNS n LUCKNOW would be identified. revive the lost faith of the people in the “The manner in which the govern- CBI, the real culprits should be identi- ahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, ment shifted the Director General of the fied and punished. Bon Wednesday, blamed the Central CBI and other officers in the midnight Mayawati said it was not the CBI government for the rapid deterioration on Tuesday indicates that the govern- officers but the wrong policies of the in the Central Bureau of Investigation ment is directly interfering in the con- Centre based on caste and religion lines (CBI), saying the present controversy in troversy but it is good that the apex and to use the premiere investigation the country’s premier investigation court has intervened in the matter,” the agency to serve political interests that agency pointed towards large-scale BSP supremo said while reacting to the were responsible for the present mess intervention of the political masters in present controversy in the CBI as well in the premier agency. its day-to-day functioning. as shifting of the Director General and The BSP chief pointed out that “Large-scale misdoings are going on Special Director General of the CBI. issues like corruption in Rafale fighter in the CBI due to day-to-day interven- She said that though the govern- plane deal, and Vijay Mallya, Nirav tion of the Central government and ment had ordered the Central Vigilance Modi, Mehul Choksi and several such influencing of the ongoing investiga- Commissioner to look into the present cases had not been handed over to the tions to serve their political interest,” controversy, the intervention of the apex CBI, but the NDA government used the Mayawati said, while blaming the pre- She welcomed the move of the court would ensure that a fair probe premier agency to probe cases against sent National Democratic Alliance gov- Supreme Court to intervene in the mat- was made into the matter. leaders of opposition parties to initiate ernment at the Centre for the present ter and hoped that now the truth The former chief minister of UP legal action against the opponents to controversy in the CBI. would come out and the real culprits said that it was also important that to coerce them to dance to its tune.

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LAWYER’S DEATH Tutor commits CCTV footages Man posing as army theft at pupil’s show suicide house, held PNS n LUCKNOW officer booked Lucknow (PNS): A tutor was held for n the death of advocate PNS n LUCKNOW him from the Army and his committing theft at the house of his student IRamesh Pandey, CCTV batch number and present THE MISCREANT, in Madiaon on Wednesday. Police claimed footages showed that Pandey n MBA degree holder posting. The volley of questions IDENTIFIED AS to have recovered all the goods stolen (jew- was taking a round on the Aimpersonating himself as a made him to give in and he ellery worth Rs 4.5 lakh, a watch costing Rs floor while thinking some- Lieutenant Colonel of Indian started singing like a canary. He ARVIND MISHRA, 25,000 and Rs 1.68 lakh in cash). The mis- thing and he later climbed the Army and donning proper told police that he had unsuc- creant, identified as Sanjay Singh of Hardoi, window and later got down. uniform was nabbed by a cyber cessfully tried to crack the IS A NATIVE OF was giving tuition to the 13-year-old son of “When he was falling, he cell team of Lucknow police on Combined Defence Service BAHRAICH businessman Jai Singh of Maharshi Road in tried to get a hold on the edge Wednesday. He was challaned and attempted the same for Madiaon for some time. Sanjay saw the cash of a platform hung out at the for committing forgery and several times. As per his con- DISTRICT AND transaction that Jai Singh used to do. Sanjay base of the window probably misusing army uniform. fession, Arvind was so crazy for WAS STAYING IN also came to know about the expense that to save himself. But probably The miscreant, identified the Army uniform that he took Jai Singh was incurring for his son. Driven he could not hold it for a long as Arvind Mishra, is a native of to crime by wearing Lieutenant LUCKNOW FOR by avarice, Sanjay then planned to commit time and fell down,” SSP Bahraich district and was stay- Colonel’s uniform and began to THE LAST ONE theft at the house and he requested Jai Singh Kalanidhi Naithani said. ing in Lucknow for the last one roam to see its response. The to accommodate him in one of the rooms He said the CCTV year. He uploaded a fake initial response he got from the YEAR at his house as a tenant. He won the trust of footages were examined and Facebook profile in the name public, hotels, offices, toll plazas the family and got a duplicate keys of the nothing suspicious surfaced. of Rahul Mishra and posted his made him continue with the Jeevansaathi.com and befriend- rooms prepared with the help of a keysmith. “Pandey family had also photograph while donning the uniform and he made it like his ed several girls, some of whom On October 21, when Jai Singh, along with expressed satisfaction over army uniform. second skin. are still in his contact and his family, went out of Lucknow on a holi- the police investigation. It is After the cyber cell was Arvind trapped several believe him to be an army offi- day, Sanjay committed the theft and disap- a case of suicide,” the SSP tipped off by Military young/estranged/divorced cer. peared. His disappearance made the cops said. Intelligence (MI) unit about the women by sending them Circle officer Abhay suspicious and a team was put behind him. Pandey had fallen down fraudster, a team, led by friend’s request and later spent Mishra said Arvind was inter- “On Wednesday, an informer tipped off from the fourth floor of the Hazratganj CO Abhay Mishra, time with them, purchased rogated by Military Intelligence about his location on Sitapur road and we new High Court building on who is also the head of the costly items, all at their cost. He (MI) sleuths also after the nabbed him. We grilled him and he owned Tuesday afternoon in Vibhuti cyber cell of the Lucknow unit, made a space in the minds of news reached them. up his crime. Later, we recovered the stolen Khand police station area. worked on the case. his targets by projecting him- “The MI officials suspect- goods,” the police said. Devotees offering prayers on the occasion of Valmiki Jayanti at Parivartan Chowk in Lucknow on Wednesday The police had said on Subsequently, it surfaced that self to be an army officer. He ed him to be mole or a man Tuesday that Pandey was suf- the miscreant had trapped sev- successfully trapped a girl and working for some ultra outfits. fering from depression and eral women/girls in his trap later married her after convinc- However, the same did not sur- committed suicide. Later, the and had defrauded them of a ing her parents in 2003. After face during the interrogation,” Three students held for BBD incident autopsy report ascertained huge cash in the past. his fraud was exposed, the girl the CO said. that Pandey suffered head On Wednesday, the team, deserted him and his parents The SSP said Arvind was PNS n LUCKNOW while threatening shop owners not to give When Shashank slumped down, his injuries and multiple frac- led by Mishra, nabbed Arvind lodged a case with the police. accused of cheating people witness’s account of their daring act to the friends rushed him to Trauma Centre. tures. Police had sent the after he was spotted moving in He later trapped a Muslim girl and misusing army uniform. n the murderous assault on BTech IV police and later fled the scene unchal- However, the police remained absent dur- viscera for chemical analysis. a car near the church trisection from Jammu and Kashmir and “We need more time to inter- Iyear student Shashank Srinet at a tea stall lenged. ing the entire drama and even when Pandey had quit the post (close to SBI branch in later married her. However, rogate him. He will be present- outside the BBD College, the police arrest- In the attack, Shashank suffered Shashank was being transported to Trauma of CSC about two months Kaiserbagh) in Hazratganj this time also, his second wife, ed in the court and later will be ed three students on Wednesday. Those injuries in one of his legs and he is under- Centre. Hours after when the team reached back. He, along with his wife locality. The sleuths of cyber who works for an NGO there, taken on remand for further arrested were identified as Yashraj Singh going treatment at Trauma Centre of the place, it found that no one was present and two children was living cell stopped him and sought his distanced herself after she came interrogation,” he said. and Ankit Singh, both of Siddharthnagar, KGMU. there and the crime scene was deserted. in Vibhuti Khand police sta- introduction. to know about the fraud. Both The SSP praised the cyber and Surya Pratap Singh of Deoria district. Shashank of Cantonment police sta- The police team later reached Trauma tion area. His colleagues The miscreant started are at collision course. team, ASP, East, Sarvesh Earlier, police registered a case of murder- tion area of Gorakhpur is pursuing Centre. mourned his untimely death names-dropping, saying he had While defrauding inno- Mishra and CO, Hazratganj, ous assault and rioting against the accused. BTech IV from BBD. Around 6 pm on It surfaced that the warring groups and some of the advocates good rapport with the top cops cents, Arvind sank deep into Abhay Mishra for the crack- Police claimed that the group fought over Tuesday, he, along with his roommates, were on loggerheads for a long time and had flown into rage after the and would get them stripped the vortex of crime and he did down against the fraudster and establishing their dominance on the col- had gone to a tea stall opposite the college the police did not take any preventive mea- news broke out. On off from their ranks. But the not stop there. He posted his arrest of the imposter. “We will lege campus. when his rival group reached there. sures to stop them from fighting. “The Wednesday, his body was cops insisted for his driving photo and attached his profile continue to crack whip against The incident had exposed the poor law The attackers initially taunted at police negligence emboldened the muscle- cremated amid a sea of advo- license. The cops asked him to mentioning himself to be an fraudsters in the state capital,” and order state in Lucknow as the attack- Shashank and then opened fire aiming at flexing groups to go for a showdown,” the cates and legal luminaries. show the identity card issued to army officer at he said. ers remained for hours at the crime scene Shashank. sources said. ‘Tech has a negative Litterateurs, poets honoured at Hindi Sansthan fallout on literature’ PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n Ramgopal Sharma with Mahatma Lucknow (PNS): Litterateur LUCKNOW Gandhi Sahitya Samman, Dr Ramesh Chandra Shah, who was con- Dharamapal Saini with Deendayal ferred with the Bharat Bharti Samman ations are born when they are Upadhyay Samman, Shatrughan on Wednesday, believed that there had Nled by poetry and culture and Prasad with Avanti Bai Sahitya been a negative fallout of technology Indian civilisation was the first Samman. Sahitya Bhushan awards on Hindi literature because a real rap- civilisation which was led by the were given to Harimohan Malwiya, port, understanding and mutual dia- poets and hence we should be Ramesh Chandra Sharma, logue were missing between the proud of our culture and our cre- Satyadhar Shukla, Ram Sahai younger generation and the older ativity. These views were expressed Mishra, Chandrakishore Pandey, generation of writers. by Vidhan Sabha Speaker Hriday Devi Sahaya Pandey, Amaranth In a one on one with “The Narain Dixit in his presidential Sinha, Nandlal Mehta, Rambodh Pioneer”, he said that the technologi- address at the felicitation ceremo- Pandey, Ram Naresh Singh, cal revolution and so-called social ny organised at Hindi Sansthan on Sunderlal Kathuria, Chamanlal media appeared to be a good develop- Wednesday at the Yashpal Gupta, Mithilesh Dikshit, Dipti ment but overall the condition was not Sabhaghar where 52 poets and lit- Gupta, Pashunath Upadhaya , Om very reassuring because there had terateurs were felicitated. Prakash Singh, Anuj Pratap Singh, been a steady decline in the number of Addressing the large gathering, Chandra Kishore Singh, Dayanand real, intelligent and appreciative read- he said that he had often observed Pandey. Ravindra Nath Srivasatava ers which made a difference to litera- that English was given more impor- was felicitated with Lok Bhushan ture. Commenting on the current tance. He stressed that it was not Samman, Kshetrapal Gangwar with scene of Hindi literature, he said, that important to oppose English but it Kala Bhooshan award, Kailash Devi there are two ways of looking at the sit- was important to make Hindi so Singh with Vidya Bhooshan uation. simple that no words of English Samman. “When you look at the situation were used. “Our culture has been Ganesh Shankar Paliwal was prevailing at present, one feels that the invariably born from our poets. felicitated with Vigyan Bhooshan real rapport and complete mutual These poets of Hindi and it sister Samman and when he faced diffi- appreciation and assimilation are miss- languages may have written for their culty in coming to the stage, Hriday ing, you also feel that there is some- own selves but whatever they wrote Narain Dixit came down the podi- thing lacking and that there is not was adapted as role models and reli- um to felicitate the litterateur. enough of dialogue and understand- gion in our country. The poetry not Lucknow (PNS): Professor and Zindagi” on Anaemia which Mridul Kriti was awarded ing between the elder generation and only projects our culture but gives head of the department of Clinical bagged an award at National Prawasi Bhartiya Hindi Bhooshan the younger generation of writers. us values to walk ahead and I don’t Haematology at KGMU Dr AK Doctor’s book released Science Film Festival. For the last Samman, Anil Prabha Kumar Hindi There is a gap between the two. On the think there is an equivalent one can Tripathi’s second book in Hindi on 30 years, I have been organising free Vishesh Prasar Samman, Dr other hand, there is immense vitality find in the western world. The west- “Platelets: Myths and solutions” was ponent of blood and play a crucial advice and they do not have to pay health awareness and medical camp Sudhakar Singh Madhulimaye in the present generation which is ern world does not have a single released at Hindi Sansthan role in controlling bleeding. Their heed to the advice of those not in my village almost every month Sahitya Samman, Govind Vyas doing very good and significant work book which gives the essence of cul- Samman Samaroh on Wednesday. number may fall in case of viral associated with the medical profes- in the district of Ambedkar Nagar. Pandit Srinarayan Chaturvedi in fiction. Another point is that women ture,” he added. The KGMU doctor said that it fever or otherwise. People are gen- sion,” he said. I also write literary songs in Hindi, Sahitya Samman and Dr Vishnu writers are doing immense work and Prem Shankar Tripathi from was the appropriate time to release erally very fearful about the He added: “I have written 5 Urdu and English,” he said. He Giri Goswami Vidhi Bhooshan contributing equally and effectively to Badabazar Kumarsabha the book as there was a surge in decrease in count although books, including a text book of pointed out that it was necessary to Samman. the overall development of literature,” Pustakalaya, which received the fever cases during the present sea- decrease up to 30000 may not need Medicine, which is very popular all reach out to the general public with Shahnaz Khatoon, who scored he added. Rajshri Purshottam Das award, son. any intervention. I have written this over India. Besides I conceptualised the information placed in an easy, 100 out of 100 in Hindi in High Regarding his forthcoming work, said that they were running a “Platelets are important com- book so that people can get sound and produced a short film “Sawarti story-like manner. School, and Amit Kumar as well as he said that he was working on a novel. library in Kolkatta for the cause of Phoolan Gautam, who scored 96 “My 11th novel came out two years Hindi. “Former Prime Minister Kriti” was published there,” he On the occasion, Ramesh with Bharat Bharti Samman, Jai Samman, Ramdev Shukla with out of 100 in Inter in Hindi, were back and the new one is still in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s first “Kala added. Chandra Shah Bharat was conferred Prakash Kardam with Lohia Sahitya Hindi Gaurav Samman award, also felicitated on the occasion. embryonic state,” he said. Depressed youth Hotel mgmt students Mahotsav layout to be rural-based sucks LPG, dies meet professionals Lucknow (PNS): The entire layout of the Lucknow Mahotsav, which kicks off at the Smriti Upvan in November, PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW will bear a rural look this year. Regional tourist officer and PNS n LUCKNOW the pipe was found lying in secretary, Mahotsav Committee, RP Yadav said the Prabhakar’s mouth when the doors n order to provide a chance to meet the professionals of various Mahotsav Samiti was mulling on the same. He added that n a strange case of suicide, a BTech broke open. “Prabhakar had covered Idepartments of Hotel Management and understand the model of the the same was being done because 5000 farmers would be Ipassout, undergoing treatment at a his face with a polythene bag and then business and industrial visit-cum-workshop for new students, Amity visiting the Mahotsav every day and they would be city’s mental hospital, ended his life put one end of the gas cylinder pipe School of Hospitality organised a meet with a city hotel. apprised of the various welfare schemes of the government, reportedly by putting one of the ends in his mouth. He then turned on the The students were provided an opportunity to meet profession- including those of ODF so that they could work towards of the LPG cylinder’s pipe in his knob of the gas cylinder to inhale the als of various departments of the hotel during the same visit the making their village Open Defecation Free. He said that mouth, opening the knob of the reg- gas,” the IO said. He said the police latter made them aware of the recent practices, procedures, farmers were being brought from all parts of the state. ulator and inhaling the injurious gas. had sent the body for autopsy and technology and equipment being followed and utilised in the hotel “The rural layout is being prepared by architects and The cops probing the case were further investigations are on. Industry. the Mahotsav ground will be decorated accordingly,” he shocked at the method that the Mishra said that Prabahakar was A special session on “Professional etiquette and manners and added. The regional tourist officer said that a meeting would youth took to end his life. being treated by doctors at Noor maintaining personal grooming standards in the hospitality industry” be held on October 25 wherein event managers would give As per reports, Prabhakar Sinha Manzil. “Prabhakar developed was also held by general manager of the hotel Kumar Shobhan, and their presentation in front of the District Magistrate (23) of Eldeco Colony of sector 5 was depression in the recent past,” he said. learning and development manager Amit Negi, through the use of anec- regarding artistes who would perform in the festival. “This found lying unconscious in his room He said: victim’s father is a senior dotes, audio visual aids and interactions. Students were also briefed time we will be inviting well-known artistes because there on Wednesday morning when his bank official posted at a bank in about the different environment-friendly practices and another inno- is no space constraints at Ashiyana unlike the Awadh father reached there to wake him up. Hazratganj. vative practices and procedures. Shilpgram last year,” he said. “I found the doors locked from Mishra said Prabhakar had com- At another session on ‘Career opportunities for placements and He said that last year they had earned Rs 3 crore when inside and Prabhakar was unrespon- pleted BTech after which he sank industrial trainings’ in the hotel was made through a power- point pre- the Mahotsav was organised at Awadh Shilpgram. “Normally, sive to the calls made to him. I peeped deep in to depression. His parents sentation and was also adrresed by human resource manager of the we make an earning of Rs 4 crores and 4.5 crores but owing inside the window and found him consulted several doctors and later he hotel Rahul Singh. to the fact that the space at the Awadh Shilpgram was less lying on the floor. We broke open the was undergoing treatment by doctors Students were explained thoroughly about the various rounds which hence the earning was lesser,” he added. doors and found him lying dead,” vic- of Noor Manzil.” The IO added that they would be required to qualify for getting selected for different job He disclosed that forms for setting up of stalls and pavil- tim’s father SK Sinha said. neighbours of the victim also con- positions in the hotel industry worldwide. They were also briefed about ions were on sale. “Almost 50 per cent of the forms have been Investigation officer of the case firmed that Prabhakar was suffering the type of preparations to be made for getting qualified for various sold out. There are over 750 stalls which are there for artistes,” Sunil Kumar Mishra said one end of from depression. job positions available in hotels and resorts across the country. he said. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 city 04

Skater spreads awareness about child safety Justice Mathur 45,000 cops to be posted for ensuring PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW need of the hour to protect our children from the evils plaguing the society. ntrepreneur and international skater Rana Before meeting the minister, Uppalapati addressed safety of Kumbh pilgrims, says ADG EUppalapati, who is on a mission to skate for 6,000 students and the faculty of the Millennium School to to be acting CJ km within 90 days touching the points of the Golden sensitise them about the good touch and bad touch and PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD Quadrilateral of the country, was in the city to spread how to differentiate between the two. Also he stressed PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD awareness about child safety and raise funds for edu- on the importance of educating the girls and how it orty-five thousand police- cating 25,000 girls under the Titan Kanya campaign contributed to national growth. he Centre notified the appointment of Justice Fmen would be deployed for was in the city en route his journey. Later, during the day, Rana Uppalapati interacted TGovind Mathur as the acting Chief Justice of the the safety and security of the On Wednesday, he called upon Minister for with the young entrepreneurs of the city at an event Allahabad High Court following the retirement of pilgrims during the forthcom- Child Welfare Rita Bahuguna Joshi, along with hosted by the CII Yi, Lucknow Chapter. Yi, the young the Chief Justice DB Bhosale. Justice Mathur ini- ing Kumbh Mela in January office-bearers of the CII Yi, Lucknow Chapter, Gaurav wing of CII, is also doing its bit for creating awareness tially practised in the Rajasthan High Court. He also 2019, the Additional Director Lath (chairperson), Dhruv Seth (co-chairperson) and about sexual abuse amongst school-going children by worked as the Standing Counsel for University of General (ADG) of police, SN Smita Agarwal (national chairperson, Project organising workshops in schools of the city under its Rajasthan, Jaipur, Indian Oil Corporation, Water & Sabat, said. Of them 16,000 Masoom), to apprise her of the mission and seek her Project Masoom. Power Consultancy Services, New Delhi, National would be from the civil police support for it. On the occasion, Uppalapati said that the objec- Teachers’ Education. and the remaining from the The minister appreciated his initiative and said that tive of the drive was to create awareness about child He was transferred to the Allahabad High Court Provincial Armed child safety and education were challenges which the education and their harassment in all forms and to con- where he took oath on November 21 last year. A Constabulary (PAC), paramil- country was grappling with and creating awareness nect with the community of like-minded people to pro- full court reference was held in the Chief Justice’s itary forces, national security about the ‘good touch and bad touch’ had become the mote the cause further. courtroom to bid farewell to Chief Justice DB guards (NSGs), and anti-terror- Bhosale at 3.15 pm. All the sitting judges, senior and ist and bomb disposal squads. junior members of the Bar, senior judicial officers, The training of the policemen senior officers of the state government, wife of the deployed for Kumhh duty had Partho Ghosh in city for promoting film Chief Justice and his other family members were already commenced at the present in the courtroom on the occasion. In the Police Lines, Parade Ground, PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n Ke, ‘Do Pal Pyar Ke.’ Talking to The Full Court Reference, the acting Chief Justice here, he said. LUCKNOW Pioneer, he admitted that film- Govind Mathur threw light on the personality and Besides the Senior making was not an easy process and working style of his predecessor, Chief Justice DB Superintendent of Police (SSP), 10 teams of snipers. Hi-tech added. The under- water sur- ell-known Bollywood direc- that it was a passion for him which Bhosale. there would be 12 superinten- equipment would be installed veillance would be done with Wtor Partho Ghosh said on made him carry on with the work. He said a lot about the judgements delivered dents of police (SPs), 50 cir- in the city as well as in the the help of sonar cameras, Wednesday that he intended to “The main challenge in film-mak- by the outgoing Chief Justice during his two years cle officers (Cos), 66 inspec- Kumbh Mela area to monitor Sabat said. For regulating traf- shoot in various parts of the state ing today is of selling the films and three months’ tenure in all the branches of tors, 671 sub-inspectors (S- the movements of the pil- fic the government had sanc- of Uttar Pradesh because it was not which do not have a big star cast. law. Is), 631 head-constables, grims. The government had tioned `5 crore under the only a good experience but the gov- This film which I have made has President of the High Court Bar Association IK 6,975 constables, 6,500 home sanctioned `65 crore for the Integrated Traffic Management ernment also provided a subsidy for everything commercial which Chaturvedi, president of Advocates’ Association AD guards, 14 companies of PAC, purchase of equipment. High- System (ITMS), `1.50 crore for it. The director who has already includes music, romance and twist,” Saunders, Advocate General of UP Raghvendra five companies of PAC resolution close-circuit tele- three drone cameras, `1.90 shot two films in Lucknow was in he said. Singh, and Assistant Solicitor General of India Gyan deployed for flood relief, one vision (CCTV) cameras crore for five big and three the state capital for the promotion He said that one of the films, Prakash, also highlighted the personality of DB company of SDRF, 54 compa- would be installed in the city small cranes, `1.40 crore for of his film ‘Mausam Ikrar Ke’, which was shot in Lucknow, was Bhosale. nies of CAPF, two companies as well as in the Kumbh area 1,000 iron barriers, `1.50 crore which will hit the theatres on due for release. “It was a good expe- Outgoing Chief Justice DB Bhosale appreciat- of NDRF, two teams each of at a cost of `24 crore, the for 50 body worn cameras, `20 November 2. Mustafa’ and ‘Agnisakshi’ said that rience shooting for the film and I ed members of the Bench and Bar and said that ATS, STF and NSG, eight ADG said. Besides, drone lakh for 200 folding barriers Partho Ghosh has previously Bappi Lahiri had composed all the want to shoot in other parts of Uttar without their cooperation, he could not have deliv- teams of anti-mine opera- cameras would also keep an and `30 lakh for reflector rolls directed films like ‘Ghulam-e- songs of the film, ‘Mausam Ikrar Pradesh too,” he added. ered so many judgements. tions, 20 teams of BDDS and Argus eye on the pilgrims, he measuring 2,000 metres. Holding area on station premises to be opened for festive rush Lucknow(PNS): The Lucknow planning to launch Point of Sale to accommodate all. gers. The Railways will display pam- the Lucknow Division of NR would the issue will take care of itself,” he division of Northern Railways has (POS) facility in some of the promi- “Tents will be put up in the hold- phlets at different places in which equip all public reservation system said. The top official said he was con- decided to open holding area on the nent trains. ing area for men and women and for contact numbers of the control (PRS) and unreserved ticket system ducting surprise visits to Charbagh station premises at Charbagh Senior divisional commercial families. These tents will be manned room and other officers will be men- (UTS) counters with CCTV cam- railway station to nab clerks alleged- (Lucknow) and Varanasi till the manager (Sr DCM) Jagtosh Shukla by women constables of the Railway tioned,” he said. eras. “We get complaints from pas- ly charging additional cash from pas- festive rush ends. The facility will said that the passenger rush at rail- Protection Force (RPF) and Shukla added that male consta- sengers regarding malpractices or sengers. On overcharging by vendors come into exsitence from November way stations remained very high due Government Railway Police (GRP). bles from GRP and RPF would also misbehaviour by clerks manning the selling foodstuff at railway stations, 1 and will be available till the rush to festivals like Diwali and Chhath We will also set up a control room be deployed to ensure safety of pas- ticket counters. After the installation Shukla said they were carrying out is over. Besides, the Railways is also and the exiting space was inadequate to address the problems of passen- sengers. The senior DCM said that of CCTV cameras at these counters, a drive to end the menace. ‘Swachh Bharat' drive SCHOOLSCAN HINDI RECITATION COMPETITION An inter-house Hindi recitation floundering in UP competition was held in the premis- es of the Lucknow Public Collegiate PNS n LUCKNOW at both its branches. The judges and audience were enthralled by the selec- rime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship programme of tion of poems by the partyicipants and P'Swachh Bharat’, which was launched on October 2, their intonation and beauty of expres- 2014, is struggling in Uttar Pradesh as against the daily gen- sion. The young poets recited the eration of over 15,000 MT of solid waste, only 30 per cent is poems with great zeal and enthusiasm being processed and recycled while the rest is being and all the four houses, namely, despatched to landfill sites, rivers, nullahs, water bodies and Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire and Amber, agriculture land. left no stone unturned to ensure a win Same is the state of close to a dozen solid waste manage- for their respective house. The judges ment plants set up under Jawaharlal Lal Urban Renewal appreciated and lauded the perfor- Mission in big cities of the state during the Bahujan Samaj party mance of each participant. Principal regime (May 2007- March, 2012). and joint director Jawaid Alam Khan These solid waste management plants are either defunct thanked the judges, esteemed guests, or working far below their installed capacity to recycle garbage young poets and poetesses and their from cities of the state. mentors for putting up a great show. Swachh Bharat campaign aimed at eradication of open defecation by the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi CONVERGENCE-2018 on October 2, 2019, by constructing 90 million toilets in rural The 5th annual mega India at a projected cost of Rs 1.96 lakh crore. event of inter school compe- Urban Development Minister Suresh Khanna told medi- titions, organised by the DPS, apersons in Lucknow on Tuesday that all solid waste manage- Indira Nagar, proved to be a ment plants were functional and admitted that the Lucknow great crossroad for merging plant was working below capacity. He said that the national of potential budding minds average of recycling or processing of solid waste was 35 per with scientific, literary and cent while it was 30 per cent in UP. artistic panache. The event Khanna claimed that the sanitation programme in Uttar witnessed a tremendous par- Pradesh achieved spectacular success under the Yogi govern- ticipation from various ment as out of total 653 Urban Local Bodies (ULB), 630 were schools which braced up to declared as Open Defecation Free (ODF). He said that over win accolades for the acumen 7 lakh toilets were constructed after the Yogi government came brought forth on the wide to power in March 2017, over 1.41 lakh toilets were being con- platform. This year the theme structed and 22,900 community toilets were also built. Khanna of the event was ‘Science’. added that in 653 ULBs, there were total 12,007 municipal Principal Ghazala Afsar, wards and door-to-door collection of garbage was being done through her address, infused in over 7,000 wards. a new hope and zeal among He claimed that each ULB had been provided dustbins the participants and declared to prevent littering of garbage. the meet open. The dance "In the national sanitation survey in 2017, of the 434 drama, ‘Five elements,’ staged cities, as many as 50 cities from UP figured in the worst 100 by students of classes X and cities. But in 2018, this number came down to zero and four XII mesmerised the specta- UP cities were declared as most clean cities of India," he tors. There were a number of claimed. events under 15 different A study by Centre for Science and Environment, a pub- competition categories. The two-day high-spirited fest had activities ranging from science quiz lic interest research and advocacy outfit in New Delhi, said competition to photography. The ChampionshipTrophy was awarded to Scholars’ Home School, on Monday that if more toilets and septic tanks were built with- followed by runner-up trophy which was bagged by Allen House Khalasi Line School. The tro- out sewer systems, it would swamp the state. phy for the best organised and disciplined team was claimed by Delhi Public School, Jankipuram. While urban Uttar Pradesh has an 80 per cent The team of Tender Hearts School was conferred the trophy for the best presentation whereas coverage of toilets, inefficient sanitation systems ensures the team of GD Goenka School was the proud winner of the maximum participation trophy. that almost 87 per cent of the excreta generated by these Seth MR Jaipuria School received the title of ‘The Best Delegate, IMUN-2018. The mega event toilets are being dumped in water bodies or agricultural concluded with a vote of thanks proposed by head girl Sanjeevani Upadhyaya. Ghazala Afsar con- lands. gratulated the winners for their quality performance. AGDC organises debate on cashless economy PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW KKC, Modern Degree College, Integral University, National PG College, he debating club of Avadh Girls’ PG Karamat Hussain Muslim Girls' PG TCollege organised Aditya Kumar College, AP Sen Memorial Girls’ PG Chaturvedi Memorial annual intercol- College, Shri Ram Swaroop Memorial legiate debate competition on the topic University and Amity Business School ‘Is India ready for a cashless economy'? enthusiastically stood for and against The panel of judges comprised the topic and exhibited their talent in Najaf Rizvi, vice-president and region- the art of public speaking. al head, Private Wealth, and Bulbul Shyambhavi Pandey from Avadh Godiyal, former Additional Advocate Girls’ PG College bagged the first General. prize, the second prize was bagged by Among the dignitaries present both Shivani Pandey and Priya Pandey were the president, managing commit- from Modern Girls’ College and tee, Zarine Viccajee, principal Upma Navyug Kanya College respectively Chaturvedi, S Jafri, P Bhatia and other and the third by Divita Singh from guests. The staff and students of the col- department of English, University of lege were also present at the event along Lucknow. The best team award went to with faculty members of participating Shyambhavi Pandey and Nadia Ahmed colleges. from Avadh Girls’ PG College. Participants from 14 institutes The event ended successfully leav- such as DBA University of Lucknow, ing the audience and participants JNPG College, Mumtaz PG College, enriched. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 nation 05 Verma cocked snook at Cabinet OK’s tribunal on benami transactions PNS n NEW DELHI based in the National Capital u Earlier this month, the Government had notified Territory of Delhi (NCTD). Sessions courts in 34 States and Union he Union Cabinet on Benches of Adjudicating Territories, which will act as special courts for CVC, booked Asthana TWednesday approved set- Authority may sit in Kolkata, trial of offences under the benami transaction law ting up of Appellate Tribunal Mumbai and Chennai, and the u Benches of Adjudicating Authority may sit in and Adjudicating Authority necessary notification in this Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, and the necessary RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI for speedy disposal of cases regard will be issued after con- notification in this regard will be issued after related to benami transactions. sultation with the Chairperson consultation with the Chairperson of the mid the pestering feud Earlier this month, the of the proposed Adjudicating proposed Adjudicating Authority Abetween sacked CBI Government had notified Authority. Director Alok Verma and his Sessions courts in 34 States and “The approval will result in 1 Benami transaction refers deputy Rakesh Asthana during Union Territories, which will effective and better adminis- transactions made in a the last few months, it has now act as special courts for trial of tration of cases referred to the fictitious name, or the emerged that Verma challenged offences under the benami Adjudicating Authority and owner is not aware of the the authority of the Central transaction law. speedy disposal of appeals filed ownership of the property, Vigilance Commission (CVC) Benami transaction refers against the order of the or the person paying for the and went ahead to book Asthana transactions made in a ficti- Adjudicating Authority before property is not traceable despite express recommendation tious name, or the owner is not the Appellate Tribunal,” the against the move by the anti-cor- aware of the ownership of the release said. Benami Property Transactions passed by the Adjudicating 1, 2016. After coming into ruption watchdog. o Top CBI sources said the CVC had through a note dated October 15 property, or the person paying The appointment of the Act (PBPT) Act. Authority under the PBPT Act. effect, the existing Benami Top CBI sources said the advised Alok Verma not to file an FIR against Rakesh Asthana for the property is not trace- Adjudicating Authority, it Establishment of the pro- The rules and all the pro- Transactions (Prohibition) Act, CVC had through a note dated o But in utter defiance of the CVC’s directive, Verma decided to file an able. As per an official release, added, would provide first posed Appellate Tribunal visions of the Benami 1988, was renamed as the October 15 advised Verma not FIR based on a complaint from accused in the Moin Qureshi case, the Adjudicating Authority and stage review of administrative would provide an appellate Transactions (Prohibition) Act Prohibition of Benami Property to file an FIR against Asthana. Satish Sana on the same day Appellate Tribunal will be action under the Prohibition of mechanism for the order came into force on November Transactions Act, 1988. But in utter defiance of the o Besides, the CBI Director Alok Verma also defied the CVC’s directive CVC’s directive, Verma decid- to submit the files of the cases in which Asthana had alleged bribery ed to file an FIR based on a on the part of his boss who also meddled in the probes being complaint from accused in the supervised by the Special Director ` Moin Qureshi case, Satish Sana Govt okays increase in o Centre approves 7,522-cr on the same day. Verma had put as many as 17 journalists on surveillance and their Besides, the CBI Director phones were being tapped unauthorisedly and had also sent a team Alok Verma also defied the of about six officials to arrest Asthana but could not succeed as he supervisory visit charges CVC’s directive to submit the was not available at his residence fund for fisheries department files of the cases in which Asthana had alleged bribery on office and took charge of the CBI. In an unanimous decision, PNS n NEW DELHI State entities, cooperatives, individuals and the part of his boss who also position around 11.30 pm as the CVC recommended divest- for ASHA facilitators entrepreneurs etc, for taking up of the iden- meddled in the probes being rest of the CBI staff was clueless ing all the powers of Verma and PNS n NEW DELHI zy The benefits which were extended by the n a move to augment country’s fish pro- tified investment activities of fisheries supervised by the Special about the changes taking place Asthana and sent the recom- earlier Cabinet decision in September Iduction to 20 million tonnes by 2022- development. Director. Asthana had in a in the agency. Verma had left the mendation to the Government month after increasing routine included coverage of 10,63,670 ASHAs 23 and promote aqua culture, the Centre Under FIDF, loan lending will be complaint on August 24 to the building earlier around 7.30 around 8.30 pm. Aand recurring incentives from Rs and ASHA facilitators under the Pradhan on Wednesday approved a Rs 7,522-crore over a period of five years from 2018-19 Cabinet Secretary, alleged graft pm which is the normal routine. On the basis of the recom- 1,000 per month to Rs 2,000 per Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and fund for creating infrastructure facilities to 2022-23 and maximum repayment will and meddling by Verma in the During the day, Verma had vis- mendation, the Appointments month to benefit 10,22,265 ASHA Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana in the fisheries sector. This will generate be over a period of 12 years inclusive of cases handled by the former. ited his North Block office. Committee of the Cabinet workers, the Union Cabinet on zy All States except Andhra Pradesh, over 9.40 lakh employment opportunities. moratorium of two years on repayment The Cabinet Secretary had for- On Tuesday evening, at handed over the charge of CBI Wednesday greenlighted raise in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, The Cabinet Committee of principal. warded the complaint to the Satarkata Bhavan, the head- Director to Joint Director Rao supervisory visit charges for ASHA Kerala, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, on Economic Affairs, chaired The Government Listing out the benefits, CVC that initiated an enquiry quarters of the CVC held a cru- as “interim measure” for con- Facilitators from Rs 250 to Rs 300 per Telangana, West Bengal, Rajasthan and by Prime Minister Narendra said this fund the Government said this fund into the allegations. cial meeting to decide the fate duct of impartial enquiries visit from October onwards. the Union Territories have selected Modi, gave its approval for cre- would help in would help in creation of fish- Sources also said, Verma of two feuding officers of the against the two officers. With the proposed increase, ASHA facilitators ation of special Fisheries and creation of fisheries eries infrastructure facilities had put as many as 17 jour- accredited social health activists Aquaculture Infrastructure both in marine and inland infrastructure nalists on surveillance and (ASHA) facilitators will now receive mentors and monitors the perfor- Development Fund (FIDF). fisheries sectors, which would their phones were being tapped about Rs 6,000 against Rs 5,000 per mance of 10 to 25 ASHAs. She is a “The approval entails an facilities both in boost fish production and help unauthorisedly and had also Yashwant, Shourie, month for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. critical link of the support structure estimated fund size of Rs 7,522 marine and inland achieve target of 15 million sent a team of about six officials The move will benefit 41,405 ASHA network, the official statement stated. crore, comprising Rs 5,266.40 fisheries sectors, tonne by 2020 set under the to arrest Asthana but could not facilitators. Substantial progress has been crore to be raised by the Nodal which would boost blue revolution. The succeed as he was not available Bhushan move SC for “I am heartily thankful to Hon. PM made by States in setting up support Loaning Entities (NLEs), Rs fish production and Government aims to achieve a at his residence and was present Shri @narendramodi ji for structures during the last three years, 1,316.6 crore beneficiaries con- help achieve target of sustainable growth of 8-9 per in the High Court for quashing #CabinetDecision on enhancing super- as states have increasingly become tribution and Rs 939.48 crore cent, so that fish production 15 million tonne by of the FIR against him. The CBI visory visit charges of ASHA cognisant of the correlation between budgetary support from the reaches to the level of about 20 had arrested Deputy SP FIR in Rafale deal Facilitators. This will enthuse & moti- strong support structures and an Government of India,” an offi- 2020 set under the million tonnes by 2022-23. Devendra Kumar a day before. vate them as Government implements effective ASHA programme, it said. cial statement said. blue revolution This fund would also cre- The Government termed New Delhi: Former Union Alok Kumar Verma, who was #AyushmanBharat. Hon PM had also The ASHA facilitators are gener- National Bank for ate employment opportuni- the defiance of Verma as “extra- Ministers Yashwant Sinha and late Tuesday night directed by spoken to our Asha workers directly ally selected from amongst the ASHAs Agriculture and Rural Development ties to over 9.40 lakh fishers/fisher- ordinary and unprecedented” Arun Shourie and activist the Centre to proceed on leave through VC (sic),” Union Health themselves. (NABARD), National Cooperatives men/fisherfolk and other entrepreneurs to divest him of all his respon- lawyer Prashant Bhushan on in the wake of feud with his sec- Minister JP Nadda said on Twitter. All States except Andhra Pradesh, Development Corporation (NCDC) and in fishing and allied activities. It would sibility as the CBI boss. The Wednesday moved the ond-in-command in the agency The benefits which were extend- Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & all scheduled banks would be the NLEs, it help attract private investment in creation Government also divested Supreme Court seeking regis- Rakesh Asthana. ed by the earlier Cabinet decision in Kashmir, Kerala, Nagaland, Tamil added. FIDF would provide concessional and management of fisheries infrastruc- Asthana of his powers. tration of an FIR into the The petition by the trio September included coverage of Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal, finance to State Governments/UTs and ture facilities. The CBI headquarters was Rafale fighter jet deal between came two weeks after the apex 10,63,670 ASHAs and ASHA facilita- Rajasthan and the Union Territories abuzz with activity till late in India and France alleging court had on October 10 asked tors under the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan have selected ASHA facilitators, the the night on Tuesday. At about “criminal misconduct” by high the Centre to provide details of Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and statement added. 10 PM, teams of about 15-16 public functionaries. the decision making process in Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima In yet another major decision officers entered the compound They also sought a direc- the Rafale deal with France in Yojana, a Government statement said. related to the health sector, the in Innova and Ertiga vehicles. tion to the CBI to investigate a sealed cover by October 29. The incentives also included Cabinet also cleared a proposal to cre- A white sedan followed with M the offences mentioned in their It had clarified that it does increasing their routine and recurring ate one post of Director in the basic Nageswar Rao, who was given complaint in a “time-bound” not want information on pric- incentives as well as hiking the hon- pay of Rs 2,25,000/(fixed) plus NPA charge of duties and functions manner and submit periodic ing and technical particulars. orarium for nearly 27,00,000 angan- for new AIIMS at Rae Bareli (Uttar of CBI director. status reports to the apex court. The court’s order had come wadi workers and anganwadi helpers, Pradesh), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), In an unprecedented The complaint was filed on on two PILs filed by advocates it said. Bathinda (Punjab), Guwahati takeover of charge as Director October 4 with the CBI after ML Sharma and Vineet As part of the support mecha- (Assam), Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) of CBI, Rao went straight to his their meeting with CBI Director Dhanda. PTI nism, an ASHA facilitator usually and Deoghar (Jharkhand). INSHORT Govt sets up Rajnath-led PM: IT professionals SC: No Bharat ITA, TECC SIGN BILATERAL AGREEMENT New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on GoM to look into sexual Wednesday approved the signing Stage-IV vehicle of Bilateral Investment Agreement giving back to society (BIA) between India Taipei Association (ITA) in Taipei and harassment at workplace Taipei Economic and Cultural PNS n NEW DELHI “Self4Society” will enable IT start-ups in the social sector, from April 2020 Center (TECC) in India. PNS n NEW DELHI professionals and organisations the Prime Minister wished the rime Minister Narendra to bring together their efforts young social entrepreneurs MODI PEACE PRIZE PRIDE gainst the backdrop of the PModi on Wednesday said towards social causes, and ser- well. Speaking on the impor- TO ALL: SHAH AMeToo movement, the India’s youngsters are leverag- vice to society, on one platform. tance of conserving water, the New Delhi: The Seoul Peace Prize Government has set up a Group ing the power of technology It is also expected to generate Prime Minister said that in awarded to Prime Minister of Ministers (GoM), headed by wonderfully and they are using wider participation of interest- order to learn about water Narendra Modi is a matter of Union Home Minister Rajnath it not only for themselves but ed people who are motivated to conservation, people should immense pride for all Indians, Singh, to strengthen the legal also for the welfare of others work for the benefit of society. visit Porbandar in Gujarat, and BJP president Amit Shah said. and institutional frameworks to which is a wonderful sign. PM said among those who see the home of Mahatma deal with and prevent sexual Addressing IT and elec- interacted with the Prime Gandhi. He said that through CANKIDS LAUNCHES ‘SAY harassment at workplace. tronic manufacturing profes- Minister were Anand volunteering efforts, a lot can New Delhi: No Bharat Stage- manufacturers might make. NO TO PAIN’ DRIVE So far, several women have pub- The GoM has been consti- sionals and key industry lead- Mahindra, Sudha Murthy, and be done in the agriculture sec- IV vehicle would be sold or reg- “Therefore, if there is a con- New Delhi: CanKids, an licly named people who had tuted in view of the felt need for ers from across the country at a number of young profession- tor. Youngsters must venture istered in India from April 1, flict between health and wealth, organisation working in childhood allegedly harassed them at their broader consultation on this a town hall meet, the Prime als, from India’s top IT compa- out and work for the welfare of 2020, the Supreme Court ruled obviously, health will have to be cancer sector and Pallium India, a workplace. issue, from the point of view of Minister expressed hope that nies. IT professionals explained farmers, he added. on Wednesday, saying any given precedence,” said the trust for palliative care, has joined Former editor MJ Akbar developing appropriate rec- India will get its due place in their efforts towards social vol- Speaking on the occasion, extension of time in introduc- Bench, which also comprised hands to launch a civil society had to resign as Minister of ommendations and laying the world by surpassing all unteering, especially in skilling Minister for Electronic and IT ing the new emission norms Justices SA Nazeer and Deepak nation-wide pledge campaign State for External Affairs fol- down a comprehensive plan of challenges it is facing today. and cleanliness. In response to Ravi Shankar Prasad said the would adversely impact the Gupta. “We are dealing here with “Say NO to PAIN” seeking quality lowing allegations of sexual action and for ensuring its Modi said, people want to an observation, the Prime endeavour of IT professionals health of citizens as the pollu- a situation where children and palliative care services in harassment against him by for- time bound implementation, work for others and they want Minister asserted that the sym- must be to address the last man tion has reached an “alarming unborn children suffer from hospitals and in the community. mer colleagues. the statement said. to serve the society and bring bol of the Swachchh Bharat in the queue, the oppressed and and critical” level. pollution and issues of inter-gen- In a statement, the home The Government is com- a positive difference. The PM Mission is the spectacles of the marginalised. He said, it is Bharat stage (BS) emis- erational equity are involved,” the IIT-M UPSET FOR NOT ministry said the members of mitted to ensure the safety said on many occasions, what Bapu, the inspiration is Bapu the dream that the Prime sion norms are standards insti- Bench said and noted there was FIGURING IN IOE the GoM are Road Transport and dignity of women in the the “Sarkar” cannot do, and we are fulfilling Bapu’s Minister has for Self for Society tuted by the Government to more than sufficient time for New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Minister Nitin Gadkari, workforce, it said. “Sanskar” can do. vision. Every effort, however big and for Digital India. Prasad regulate output of air pollutants manufacturers to make BS-VI Technology-Madras has written to Defence Minister Nirmala The Sexual Harassment of Prime Minister launched or small, must be valued. Let us said, digital empowerment of from motor vehicles. The BS IV compliant vehicles. Union HRD Minister Prakash Sitharaman and Women and Women at Workplace the “Main Nahin Hum” Portal make cleanliness a part of our common man with technology norms have been enforced “They (manufacturers) Javadekar expressing Child Development Minister (Prevention, Prohibition and and App on the occasion. The value systems,” he added. is the main aim of Digital across the country since already have the technology to disappointment over not figuring Maneka Gandhi. Redressal) Act is the key legis- portal that works on the theme Noting that there are many India initiative. April 2017. In 2016, the Centre do so. The automobile indus- in the list of Institutes of The GoM will examine lation for preventing and pro- had announced the country try must show the will, respon- Eminence (IoE) despite a the existing legal and institu- tecting women against sexual would skip the BS-V norms sibility and urgency in this recommendation from the UGC- tional frameworks for dealing harassment in the workplace altogether and adopt BS-VI regard,” the court said in its mandated selection panel. with matters of sexual harass- and to ensure effective redres- norms by 2020. order while deciding if BS-­IV ment of women at workplace. sal of complaints of sexual The apex court said there compliant vehicles should be MESBAI THREATENS TO It will recommend action harassment. cannot be any compromise on permitted to be sold in India STALL WORK AT MOD required for effective imple- The Ministry of Women the health of citizens and this after March 31, 2020. New Delhi: The Military Engineer mentation of the existing pro- and Child Development has has to take precedence over the The top court termed as Services Builders Asso-ciation of visions, as well as for strength- also launched an electronic “greed” of few automobile man- “very vague” a sub-rule insert- India has threatened to stall the ening the existing legal and complaints box that enables ufacturers who unfortunately, ed in the Central Motor Vehicle construction work at the Ministry institutional frameworks for women, irrespective of their want to stretch the timeline to Rules, 1989 by the Government of Defence reportedly over non- addressing issues related to work status, to raise their voice make a “little more money”. as per which grace period of payment of dues worth Rs 1,600 sexual harassment at work- against sexual harassment at Noting that India has the three and six months respec- crore. place, the statement said. workplace. “dubious distinction” of having tively were given for sale of BS- AMITY ABROAD CELEBRATES The GoM will, within three Once a complaint is sub- 15 out of the 20 most polluted VI compliant vehicles manu- FOUNDER’S DAY months of its constitution, mitted to the ‘SHe-Box’, it is cities in the world, a bench factured before April 1, 2020. New Delhi: examine the existing provisions directly sent to the authority headed by Justice Madan B As per the sub-rule, time Students from Amity for the safety of women, includ- concerned having jurisdiction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts Lokur said the effect of pollu- till June 30, 2020 was given to group of institutions from India ing those mentioned above, take action into the matter. A with the IT electronic manufacturing tion on the environment and automobile manufacturers to and abroad on Wednesday and recommend further mea- mechanism will be put in place Professionals on Self4Society, at the health was so huge that it can- sell their BS-IV compliant four- celebrated the 20 Glorious Years sures required to strengthen and to regularly monitor the action launch of the “Main Nahin Hum” Portal not be compensated in the wheelers manufactured till of Sangathan 2018 to make them more effective. taken on the complaints, it said. & App in New Delhi on Wednesday PTI marginal extra profits that March 31, 2020. PTI commemorate Founder’s Day. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 nation 06

SC ORDER DAMPENS DIWALI SPIRIT JD(U) claims seat Mamata attacks Firework units may sharing finalised, BJP over CBI row o Questions agency’s other allies deny credibility down shutters in TN o Says Government in Encyclopaedia or the internet. Delhi turned CBI into Either way, the industry is all set to pull down the shutters as BBI or BJP Bureau of the court has asked the Petroleum and Explosive Safety Investigation Organisation (PESO) to cancel the licenses of all units that do SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA not meet the conditions spec- ified in the verdict,” said lleged politicalisation of Mariappan. Athe Central Bureau of Some of the manufacturers Investigation came in for of fireworks told this paper that PNS n PATNA tion from either Paswan or his severe criticism from Bengal it would take a couple of years son and parliamentary board Chief Minister Mamata for them to switch over to ven as State leaders of LJP chairman Chirag Paswan, who is Banerjee who on Wednesday THEIR (BJP) DAYS ARE praying for an “elevation” for products (firecrackers) that Eand RLSP, the two NDA seen as number two in the party. questioned the agency’s cred- NUMBERED BECAUSE THE Mamata Banerjee. meet the mandatory require- allies, continue saying there Similarly RLSP chief ibility saying the present PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR A When asked as to what he ments set by the apex court. “It had been no talks on seat Upendra Kushwaha, who is Government in Delhi CHANCE WHICH WILL COME prayed before Goddess Laxmi could be done only in phases. sharing senior JD(U) leader known for expressing his dis- had turned CBI into BBI or IN 2019 WHEN THEY WILL on (Wednesday’s) Laxmi Puja, You cannot change the product RCP Singh on Wednesday pleasure over the “neglect” of BJP Bureau of Investigation. BE THROWN OUT OF he said “I had prayed during KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n IN TAMIL NADU, FIREWORKS or the manufacturing tech- asserted that the talks on seat his party in the NDA and his “CBI has now become so POWER, MAMATA HAD the Durga Puja and now also CHENNAI ARE AN ESSENTIAL niques overnight,” said the sharing have finalised. “The allergy towards Nitish, too called BBI (BJP Bureau of RECENTLY SAID IN A PARTY I pray before the Mother owner of a fireworks manu- formal announcement will be remain silent. There have Investigation) — very unfor- Goddess that our Chief INGREDIENT NOT ONLY MEETING ALLEGING THE early 1,100 fireworks man- DURING FESTIVALS BUT AT facturing unit at Sivakasi. made by senior NDA leaders been speculations that tunate!” Mamata tweeted Minister be given an elevation ufacturing factories The general public too are very soon,” said the JD(U) Kushwaha might walk out of hours after two topmost offi- NARENDRA MODI to topmost post of the coun- N THE TIME OF DEATH TOO. IT GOVERNMENT HAD DONE employing eight lakh people IS MANDATORY FOR CERTAIN upset over the court verdict parliamentary board chief. NDA if ignored by BJP lead- cers of the Agency — Director try so that not only of Bengal (three lakh direct employees which has fixed the hours Singh’s announcement came ership amid reports that he Alok Verma and Special NOTHING EXCEPT the people but the people of and five lakh indirect employ- COMMUNITIES TO BURST during which firecrackers amid the denials from Pashupati was trying to make a deal Director Rakesh Asthana — DELIVERING TALL TALKS the entire country gets the ees) face uncertain future and FIRECRACKERS WHEN THE could be burst. For Deepavali, Kumar Paras and Bhagwan with RJD leadership for were unceremoniously AND FALSE HOPES benefit of her good troubled times as a follow-up to DEPARTED SOULS ARE fireworks could be burst only Singh Kushwaha, State presi- alliance with maha gath- removed from their posts governance.” Tuesday’s Supreme Court ver- TAKEN OUT TO THE BURIAL between 8 pm and 10 pm as dents of LJP and RLSP respec- bandhan. along with many other senior gations the BJP Government In an unrelated develop- dict banning the manufacture GROUND FOR THEIR the court verdict. “This is tively. The duo not only denied Its Bihar unit president officials. had never interfered with the ment Banerjee on Wednesday and sale of certain categories of FINAL JOURNEY ridiculous. The court cannot any talks on this issue in the Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha Mamata who has always functioning of the CBI. Had criticized the Railway admin- fireworks and also fixing the give directions to us when to NDA but also rejected the however, said that in no case been critical of the Narendra it been so then most of the istration for mishandling the hours at which the firecrackers facing a number of issues celebrate Deepavali and the reported formula under which RLSP would quit NDA. But he Modi Government for alleged- Trinamool Congress leaders affairs in the Railway Stations could be burst. including the threat posed by time of bursting crackers. In BJP and JD(U) would share 17 also asserted there had been no ly using the CBI and would have been jail,” which led to the stampede The apex court order Chinese firecrackers smug- Tamil Nadu, we celebrate and 16 seats respectively and formal talks on seat sharing and Enforcement Directorate State BJP president Dilip and death of two persons at restricting the hours at which gled into the country. The Deepavali in the early hours leave five seats for LJP and two all the reports were mere against Opposition outfits ear- Ghosh said drawing the Left Santragachi Railway Station the firecrackers could be burst smuggled firecrackers are and the fireworks are burst in for RLSP. rumours. lier said that the electorate Front to put a counter ques- in Howrah on Tuesday. during festivities have added to being openly sold all over the wee hours. How can we The top leaders of these JD(U)’s RCP Singh how- would give a befitting reply to tion as to whether the BJP was “There has been a lack of the woes of the general public Tamil Nadu and in the rest of burst the fireworks at 8 pm?” parties Ram Vilas Paswan and ever, said that seat sharing the saffron party for its using the Sharada and Narada coordination and misman- in Tamil Nadu. The State the country,” K Mariappan, asked K Asokan, who is par- Upendra Kushwaha are keep- reports were absolutely correct. arrogance. cases against the TMC selec- agement that led to the occupies a distinct position in secretary, Tamil Nadu ticular about Deepavali cele- ing silence but their State lead- “Everything is finalised. Seats “Their (BJP) days are tively and for political Tuesday’s mishaps. India as the fireworks capital Fireworks and Amorces brations. “These fireworks are ers are insisting that the report- have been distributed. Those numbered because the people purposes. Similar situation prevails in of the country as well as one Manufacturers’ Association burst for the happiness of the ed formula was unfounded denying it are not aware about are waiting for a chance which “Dilip Ghosh’s statement many Railway Stations which of the lead consumers of fire- (TANFAMA), told The Pioneer children and aged alike. It has and unacceptable. LJP’s Paras it,” he said. will come in 2019 when they itself proves that the CBI should be taken care of imme- crackers. In Tamil Nadu, fire- over telephone from Sivakasi been a long standing tradition who is also a Minister in Nitish Amid these contradictory will be thrown out of power,” is not acting properly. It is diately,” Banerjee said. works are an essential ingre- He said the Supreme Court that the firecrackers are burst Kumar cabinet said his party reports one thing has Mamata had recently said in using the Sharada and Narada Two persons were killed dient not only during festivals order making it mandatory to early morning,” he said. would not settle anything less emerged out that the NDA a party meeting alleging the handle during the elections and about 17 injured on but at the time of death too. It manufacture only green fire- Mariappan said that the than seven seats. The party in was scary of the attitude of Narendra Modi Government keeping BJP’s political gains in Tuesday’s stampede at is mandatory for certain com- works remains a mystery. fireworks manufacturers were 2014 had contested seven seats LJP and RLSP and it is sus- had done nothing except view otherwise they would Santragachi station a satellite munities to burst firecrackers “Since we came to know about willing to bring down the and won six and lost the sev- pected that the two parties delivering tall talks and have arrested many TMC Railway junction of Kolkata when the departed souls are the verdict, we have been strug- sound level to that specified by enth seat with a slender mar- might chose different path if false hopes. leaders by now,” said CPI(M)’s and Howrah when passen- taken out to the burial ground gling to find out what is this the court. “But it will take time gin. “Media reports of seat their central leaders were not The Bengal saffron leader- Sujan Chakrabarty. gers of 4-5 trains — including for their final journey. green fireworks. Till and the Court should come for- sharing are not true. As far as fully convinced. Even if there ship however rejected Mamata’s Meanwhile, senior an EMU entered the “We do not have any issues Wednesday evening, we could ward to help us from the I know there had been no talks has been a final decision on claims saying CBI had not Trinamool leader and MP platform at a time — jostled with the Supreme Court ver- not find out the definition for onslaught of the Chinese fire- and no decision as yet,” he said. seat sharing it was not being been influenced by the BJP. Sudip Bandopadhyay on for space on a foot over bridge dict. But the industry itself is green fireworks either from the works,” he said. However, there was no reac- announced due to this factor. “Despite their false alle- Wednesday said he had been leading to a stampede. `100 crore Kollywood being ravaged by MeToo campaign engineless Train KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n Paul known for cerning women, pointed out the Chinmayee coming out in the CHENNAI double standard prevailing open with startling disclosures 18 to be unveiled her pro-active among men. “In our emerging that Vairamuthu, Tamil film mala Paul, heartthrob of approach to all economy and ever expanding industry’s leading lyricist who on Oct 29 Asouth Indian film industry, issues concerning female work force, this behav- had been honoured with too joined the MeToo cam- iour is rampantly occurring Padma Bhushan, had sexually IANS n CHENNAI paign on Wednesday by accus- women, pointed everywhere, in all trades and harassed her. The poet denied ing movie maker Susi Ganesan out the double industries. These men treat the allegations while his col- `100 crore indeginously- of sexual misconduct. Ganesan standard their house wives and daughters leagues in the DMK, blamed Adeveloped high-tech, ener- was al;ready in the eye of a different, but when it comes to the BJP for making baseless gy-efficient, self-propelled or storm following the disclo- prevailing their colleagues they don’t miss charges against him. engineless train will be unveiled sures by Leena Manimekalai, a among men a chance to show an upper hand Besides Vairamuthu and later this month, a top official film maker, that the former had and take advantage,” said Paul. Ganesan, actors Thyagarajan of the Integral Coach Factory ‘misbehaved’ with her in 2005. jected to double meaning talks, Ganesan had denied all and Arjun Sarja too have been (ICF) has said. Paul, the prima donna of misrepresented offers and charges made by Manikmekalai named by female colleagues “We are planning to unveil Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu unchivalrous body contacts. and is reported to have initiat- under the MeToo campaign. A the train on Oct 29,” ICF films on a social media post on This pretty much made my ed legal proceedings against press meet addressed by General Manager S Mani said Wednesday accused Ganesan experience of shooting TP2 a her. The Kollywood (as Tamil Chinmayee and Manimekalai on Wednesday. of making unchivalrous bodi- mentally fatiguing one,” wrote film industry os known in last week at Chennai ended in He said the train will ly contacts during the shooting Paul in her Twitter posting as synch with Kodambakkam, a chaos as some of the senior undergo test runs in two/three of a film directed by him in she extended support to col- Chennai suburb where most of journalists questioned the vic- sectors for about two months which she was the lead lady. league Manimekalai. the film studios were centred) tims about the authenticity of and on satisfactory results, “Me too being the lead actress Paul known for her pro- has been in the MeToo news their allegations and the timing Buddhist monks take part in ‘Kathina Chivaar Daan’, a robe-offering ceremony, at Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya on would be inducted into pas- for Thiruttupayale2 was sub- active approach to all issues con- since last month with singer of the disclosures. Wednesday PTI senger service. The train, capable of touch- ing speeds of 160 kmph, will Goa CM Parrikar Mevani seeks replace the Shatabdi Express. ` "With 16 coaches the train Pandalam Royal family is expected to Kerala MLAs' 80-cr will have the same passenger scarcity-hit carrying capacity. There are rejoin office in now separate power cars. But status for his it is about 15-20 per cent November: BJP energy efficient and leaves hits back at Vijayan apartment rebuilding less of a carbon footprint," PTI n PANAJI constituency Mani said. IANS n PANDALAM (KERALA) UDF and LDF taking turns to Ahmedabad: Independent Officials said the trainset rule the State — it takes position Shops down shutters he BJP in Goa Wednesday MLA Jignesh Mevani on was conceived, designed and day after Kerala Chief contrary to the Congress-led Tsaid Chief Minister Manohar comes under fire Wednesday demanded inclu- developed in about 18 months AMinister Pinarayi Vijayan UDF's, which has maintained Parrikar, whose extended IANS n told the media here. sion of Vadgam taluka, a part time as against the industry slammed the Pandalam royal that it's the 'tantri' and the in Kanyakumari to absence from office due to ill THIRUVANANTHAPURAM According to estimates the of his constituency, in the list norm of about 3-4 years. family for claiming rights and Pandalam royal family whose health has sparked demands of floods that ravaged the State of ‘scarcity-hit’ areas. The trainset has aerody- powers over the Lord Ayyappa views matter about Sabarimala. protest top court’s temporary replacement, is like- s Kerala continues to seek has caused a destruction of over He would launch an agi- namically designed driver cab- shrine, the latter hit back on "The events that occurred at ly to resume duty next month. Afunds to rebuild the State `40,000 crore and the Pinarayi tation if the Government failed ins at both the ends for quick- Wednesday, saying the family has the temple since it opened on Sabarimala verdict The State unit Bhartiya in the aftermath of the worst Vijayan Government has given to include Vadgam in the list, er turnaround at destinations. carried out what it is entitled to. October 16 and closed on PTI n THANJAVUR(TN) Janata Party (BJP) president disaster it faced in a century, a a clarion call to all to contribute he said. According to an ICF offi- Vijayan has said the Monday appear to have gone Vinay Tendulkar, however, con- proposed `80 crore apartment one month's salary for rebuild- The Gujarat Government cial, every alternative coach is Sabarimala temple is the prop- according to a perfectly written everal shops in ceded the pace of administra- complex for State legislators, ing operations. has declared 51 talukas motorised to ensure even erty of the Travancore Devasom script by vested interests. What SKanyakumari, a town bor- tion in the coastal State has has come under fire. This apartment rebuilding (tehsils), comprising 3,291 vil- distribution of Motive Board (TDB) and that none happened at the temple town was dering Kerala, downed shutters "slowed down" in absence of The proposed plan is to proposal was mooted during lages, as scarcity-hit owing to Power and faster accelera- else has any rights over it. He said something avoidable. The tem- Wednesday in protest against the Chief Minister. demolish an old building in the the previous Oommen scanty rains, and announced tion/deceleration. on Tuesday that according to the ple turned into a conflict zone. the Supreme courtorder allow- Earlier in the day, Legislators Complex located Chandy Government, and the that relief measures would be The train sports an 1949 covenant, the Sabarimala We are deeply pained at the man- ing women of menstrual age to Maharashtrawadi Gomantak in the heart of the capital city Vijayan Government has taken implemented in these areas advanced regenerative braking temple ownership was handed ner in which Vijayan spoke with enter Sabarimala temple in that Party (MGP) president Dipak and build a multi-storeyed it forward. from December 1. system which saves power. over to the TDB after the royal absolute contempt," said Varma. state, police said. Dhavlikar demanded that housing complex in its place. Academic and former The list includes nine talukas Mani also said the fully family had serious financial cri- "We wish to make it very Local traders had given the Parrikar hand over his charge Senior Congress leader and chairman of the Kerala State of Banaskantha district but not airconditioned train offers bet- sis. But spokesperson for the clear: we are not at all interest- call for shut down, they said. to "any of the senior ministers" former Kerala Speaker Finance Commission BA Vadgam. "Why Vadgam was ter passenger comfort and family, Sreekumar Varma, told ed in the wealth of the temple The famous Sabarimala till he recovered from illness. V.M.Sudheeran said while there Prakash told the media when excluded from the list when nine safety as all the equipments are the media that the TDB has and maybe there will be some, temple, which opened for the He also said the people of Goa was no doubt that legislators the state was reeling for want of other talukas of Banaskantha dis- fixed under the carriage/coach only administrative control who have an eye on its wealth monthly pooja on October 17 were complaining about the should get facilities to improve funds it was not right for an trict were included?" Mevani so that more space is available over the temple. and we have to find out who they after the Apex court verdict, "collapse" of administration in their efficiency, the timing of elected Government to go ahead asked in a press release. on board. "The real owners of the are. We have not asked for a sin- had witnessed a stand-off over absence of Parrikar. going ahead with the multi with this project at this time. He accused the Government In the Executive Class, the temple are the devotees and the gle rupee from the TDB . Our the issue with angry devotees The MGP is one of the two crore project was "shocking". "In the larger interest of the of not following a manual on seats are rotatable to match the TDB has only administrative only concern and worry is that preventing at least a dozen regional constituents of the "At the State's worst ever state, especially when the drought, issued by the Centre, train's direction. control. The relation that the there should be no breach of tra- women in the "barred" age Manohar Parrikar-led coalition crisis, after the floods brought urgency is to rebuild the State which lays down criteria for Train 18 will have a mod- family has with the Sabarimala ditions," added Varma. group from entering the shrine. Government--the other being in untold miseries and suffer- in the aftermath of the floods, declaring an area as affected. ern look with continuous win- temple does not change every Leader of opposition the Goa Forward Party (GFP). ings, the entire efforts and the legislators can wait for The Government should dows on the exterior and its five years," said Varma, oblique- Ramesh Chennithala said in the against the Pandalam royal fam- Notably, GFP chief and funds should be diverted to some time," said Prakash. inform how many villages in seating capacity will be 1,128. ly criticising Vijayan's remarks. state capital on Wednesday that ily and 'tantri' does not suit the Cabinet Minister Vijai Sardesai rebuild our state, as thousands Following the media taking Vadgam taluka have rain- On the safety front, a Train Varma's statement was Vijayan had only complicated post that Vijayan holds. The cur- had last week said that the of people are suffering. it up, Kerala Assembly Speaker measuring instruments on Management System in the meant to emphasise that when- the situation by his outburst. rent impasse will end when CM's ailment was affecting his "I will not say this project P Sreeramakrishnan has asked the basis of whose readings a driver's cab will ensure precise ever the Left government comes "Vijayan has declared a war Vijayan sheds his arrogance," work and that of the State should be shelved, but it should the concerned authorities to go village is declared as drought- brake control and automated to power — with opposition on the devotees. His outburst said Chennithala. administration. not happen now," Sudheeran slow with the project. hit, he said. PTI control of the doors. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 nation 07 1 of 2 terrorists shot in Kashmir was scholar Autonomy only KHURSHEED WANI n SRINAGAR of `5 lacs to the next of kin of each deceased civilian. solution to Kashmir izbul Mujahideen outfit After the latest killings, Hreceived another jolt in the authorities ordered clo- Kashmir on Wednesday after sure of schools and colleges security forces shot dead two in Srinagar district. The problem, says Omar terrorists during a gunfight in class work at Kashmir Nowgam pocket of Srinagar University was also sus- PNS n SRINAGAR outskirts. The encounter took pended as a precautionary place a day after Home measure to prevent student ormer Jammu & Kashmir Minister Rajnath Singh protests against the killing FChief Minister and National reviewed security situation dur- of terrorists. Scores of Conference vice president ing his day-long visit to youth took to the streets Omar Abdullah on Wednesday Kashmir. The authorities closed and clashed with forces in said that granting autonomy is educational institutions in the Anantnag pockets resulting the only practical solution to capital city and snapped mobile in injuries to many protes- the decades-old problem of internet to prevent public tors. Protesters were Jammu & Kashmir. mobilisation against the reportedly shouting pro- “Every day we hear news killings. freedom and anti- about killings, encounters, crack- A police spokesman said Government slogans and downs, CASO’s across the state. He said the that gunfight erupted in engaged in stone pelting South was already boiling but Wanbal area of Nowgam in the police till the area is complete- against the security forces. The now even Srinagar is witnessing people in the outskirts of Srinagar city in the ly sanitised and cleared of all security forces used tear gas massive gunfights, crackdowns. State were wee hours when terrorists the explosives materials, if any,” shells and pellets to disperse the It seems that the Government opened fire on a search party police said. protesting people which led to has lost its writ over the situa- suffering due to of security forces. “During a The advisory was issued in the injuries to many protestors. tion in Kashmir,” Abdullah told non-governance, search operation, terrorists- the backdrop of killing of seven The Joint Resistance a gathering of party workers. fired upon the search party, Kashmiri men inspect a damaged house after a gunbattle between terrorists and security foces in Srinagar on Wednesday AP civilians last Sunday at Laroo Leadership (JRL), a grouping He said that restoration of development which was retaliated leading to village in south Kashmir’s of prominent separatist lead- internal autonomy affords a deficit and lack an encounter. In the ensuing toral research in a Delhi based THE SLAIN MILITANTS HAVE Mujahideen ranks. An Kulgam district. The civilians ers called for shutdown pragmatic way out. “It is high of accountability encounter, two terrorists were University before joining the BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SABZAR Assistant Professor in the soci- died in a mysterious explosion against Sabzar’s killing on time for the Government of killed,” the spokesman said. terrorist ranks last year. With ology department of Kashmir in front of a burnt house dur- Thursday. India to implement the resolu- He said standard operating his killing, the security forces AHMAD SOFI AND ASIF University, Dr Rafi Bhat was ing a fierce exchange of fire Senior separatist leader tion of autonomy. It is the mess and the security scenario procedure (SOP) was followed have killed most of the highly GOJRI. SOFI WAS also killed in Shopian district between terrorists and securi- Mirwaiz Umar Farooq only pragmatic solution to the has deteriorated. The youth of during the encounter and no qualified youngsters who REPORTEDLY PURSUING of south Kashmir earlier this ty forces. Three local terrorists blamed “obduracy and arro- age-old problem. J&K is a Kashmir are at the receiving end collateral damage took place. embarked on secessionist path DOCTORAL RESEARCH IN A year. Bhat was killed within 24 were killed in the encounter but gance of New Delhi” for the unique State and needs a spe- of all this. Every day innocent “Incriminating materials after the public uprising in DELHI BASED UNIVERSITY hours of his joining the terror- local civilians became casualty killing of educated young- cial dispensation in terms of civilians come in the line of fire. including arms and ammuni- Kashmir triggered by killing of ist ranks. when they entered the sters. In a statement he said regional autonomy to satisfy What happened in Kulgam tion were recovered from the Burhan Wani in July 2016. BEFORE JOINING THE Police issued advisory to encounter site abandoned by New Delhi does not want to the needs of the State,” he said. where seven civilians were killed site of the encounter,” he added. Earlier this month, Mannan MILITANT RANKS LAST YEAR the people against entering the security forces without resolve the Kashmir dispute He said the people in the is a grim reminder of how bad The slain terrorists have Wani, another doctoral into the encounter site due to sanitisation. but instead resorts to subju- State were suffering due to non- the situation is. What is adding been identified as Sabzar researcher in Geology was Mannan abandoned his dangers posed by uncleared Rajnath Singh described gation and repression, forcing governance, development deficit salt to the situation is the laid- Ahmad Sofi and Asif Gojri. Sofi killed in an encounter in north research in Aligarh Muslim explosive materials. “People the deaths as “unfortunate” our youth to a path of “armed and lack of accountability. “The back attitude of the Central was reportedly pursuing doc- Kashmir’s Handwara area. University to join the Hizbul are requested to cooperate with and announced ex-gratia relief resistance and martyrdom”. situation on the ground is a Government,” he said. BHIMA-KOREGAON RIOTS CASE ED may chargesheet HC quashes Pune court's order giving more time to file chargesheet PC in Aircel- o Stays implementation charge-sheet in the case. Shoma Sen and Mahesh Raut the investigation is not com- Activities Prevention Act “This shows that the were arrested by the Pune pleted within 90 days, the peri- (UAPA) were added to the Maxis case of quash order till Nov 1 Investigating Officer has nav- police on June 6, in connection od can be extended up to 180 case latter. igated the application for with the Elgaar Parishad and days,” ACP Pawar had said. Defending the fresh arrests From Page 1 to facilitate cops to move extension of period by further subsequent Bhima-Koregaon The section 43-D of the of five activists with alleged apex court 90 days, which is not con- caste riots. Unlawful Activities Maoist links on August 28, The SC templated under the proviso Subsequently on June 8, the (Prevention) Act, 1967 which Pune’s Deputy Commissioner had granted to section 43-D of the Act. It investigators had claimed that deals with modified application of Police (Crime) Shirish ED time till TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI is to be remembered that the they had recovered from the tap of certain provisions of the Sardeshpande had said on December Investigating Officer is always top of Wilson an allegedly Code, provides for “if it is not August 29 that the evidence 12 for com- n a setback to the Pune interested in the success or the incriminating letter, which possible to complete the inves- gathered by the investigators pletion of Ipolice, the Bombay High conviction in the case. uncovered an alleged plot by the tigation within the said period had shown that a conspiracy the probe Court on Wednesday quashed However, it is the duty of the Maoists to carry out “Rajiv of ninety days, the Court may had been hatched by the CPI and filing of a special court’s order granting Public Prosecutor to assist Gandhi-type” assassination of if it is satisfied with the report (Maoist) to form an all India chargesheet an extension of 90 days to the the Court in the process of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. of the Public Prosecutor indi- united front "to overthrow the against police to file a charge-sheet administration of justice by On August 28, the Pune cating the progress of the inves- government established by the Chidambaram.. against five persons with upholding the law,” Justice police arrested five more tigation and the specific rea- law” and that the Elgaar Meanwhile in the after- alleged Maoist links who were Bhatkar noted. activists Varavara Rao, Vernon sons for the detention of the Parishad had been organised in noon petitioner and BJP leader arrested in June this year in Quoting the judgment in Gonsalves and Arun Pereira, accused beyond the said peri- Pune on December 31, 2017 to Subramanian Swamy said if any connection with the January 1, the case Hitendra Vishnu Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam od of ninety days, extend the pursue this conspiracy. attempts to suspend the ED’s 2018 Bhima-Koregaon riots. Thakur vs. State of Navlakha for their association said period up to one hundred Sardeshpande had also Investigating Officer Rajeshwar However, upon a plea by Maharashtra (supra) case, the with the Elgaar Parishad held and eighty days”. referred to the arrests made on Singh are made he would with- the Prosecution that it wanted judge noted: “....The request of in Pune ahead of the January 1, The arrests of ten persons June 6 and claim made by the draw all his petitions related to to test legality of the the high an investigating officer for 2018 Bhima-Koregaon riots with alleged Maoist links made Pune police on June 8 that they corruption cases. court’s order in the Supreme extension of time is no substi- and their alleged links with the by the Pune police in two had uncovered a plot by the “The players in the CBI Court, a single-judge HC tute for the report of the pub- Maoists. However, the Supreme batches — five on June 6 and Maoists to carry out “Rajiv massacre are about to suspend bench of Justice Mridula lic prosecutor. ….” Court ordered that the five another five on August 28 — Gandhi-type” assassination of ED’s Rajeshwar so that he Bhatkar stayed till November 1 On September 2, a Special arrested activists be placed were part of their investigations Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot file the chargesheet 2018 the implementation of her Unlawful Activities under house arrest till into the FIR registered on It may be recalled that on against the PC. If so I will have order quashing the Pune spe- (Prevention) Act (UAPA) court September 6. January 8 at the Pune’s Vishram January 1, one Rahul no reason to fight the corrupt cial court’s order to facilitate the had granted an extension of 90 "The period of their judi- Baug Police Station in connec- Phatangale (28), a Dalit, was since my govt is hell bent on Maharashtra Government to days to the police to file a cial custody of 90 days is com- tion with the Elgar Parishad killed and another 40-odd protecting them. I shall then challenge the HC order in the charge-sheet against five per- ing to an end on September 3. organised on December 31, vehicles and some other prop- withdraw from all the cor- apex court. sons with alleged Maoist links With the fresh five arrests in the 2017 by the leftist outfit Kabir erty were damaged after some ruption cases I have filed,” he While quashing the Pune who were arrested in June this case, the investigation of the Kala Manch (KKM) and miscreants attacked Dalits cel- tweeted. Special court’s order, the high year in connection with the crime is in the progress and Republican Panthers Party ebrating the January 1, 1818 Swamy’s tweet came on a court took cognisance of the Elgaar Parishad held in Pune sought extension of 90 days for ahead of the January 1, 2018 victory of British troops over day the Government sent the fact that there was no compli- and the subsequent January 1, filing charge sheet,” Pune’s Bhima-Koregaon riots. The Peshwa Bajirao II's army at top two Central Bureau of ance of section 43-D of the of 2018 Bhima-Koregaon caste Assistant Commissioner of FIR, originally registered u/s Bhima-Koregaon in Pune dis- Investigation (CBI) officers on the Unlawful Activities riots. Police (ACP) Shivaji Pawar 153(A), 505 (1)(b), 117 and 34 trict of western Maharashtra. leave to defuse the crisis trig- (Prevention) Act, 1967 which Five Maoist-linked activists had told the court. of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Following the incident, gered in the agency by their mandates the Public Prosecutor Human Rights activists Rona “Under the Unlawful had made out a conspiracy case Maharashtra had witnessed feud, with both the director and to submit a report justifying the Wilson Jacob, Surendra Activities (Prevention) Act, in March 2018 and relevant large-scale Dalit protests which the special director accusing extension of time for filing the Gadling, Sudhir Dhawale, Prof which is invoked in the case, if sections of the Unlawful turned violent at some places. each other of corruption. Verma won’t grin & bear it From Page 1 decision against Verma and against Asthana, was dispatched Jury is out on whether CVC The CVC, on receipt of a Asthana “in the interest of equal- to Port Blair in “public interest” complaint on August 24, 2018 ity, fair play and principles of nat- with immediate effect. Bassi’s containing various allegations ural justice.” reporting officer Additional SP SS against the senior functionaries In a post-midnight decision Gurm has been transferred to can send CBI boss on leave (Verma) of the CBI has served on Wednesday, the Jabalpur, while supervisory offi- three separate notices (under Appointments Committee of the cer and DIG MK Sinha has been From Page 1 as the top boss of the CBI in tion, the Prime Minister Section 11 of the CVC Act, Cabinet headed by Prime moved to Nagpur, the order The petition also said a coup that saw the CBI headed Appointments 2003) on September 11, 2018 Minister Narendra Modi said. that as the apex court has headquarters in the Capital Committee of Cabinet upon the Director, CBI, to pro- approved that during the period After taking charge as inter- repeatedly stated that the being cordoned off by the (ACC) will issue orders. It is duce files and documents before of the interim measure, M im chief, Rao directed CBI offi- CBI ought to be insulated police before the man chosen important to note that after the commission on September Nageshwar Rao, IPS officer of cials to take charge of all the cru- from the Government, the as the new CBI head, M the apex court’s judgment, 14, 2018. “Various opportunities 1986-batch of Odisha cadre, cial files as sought by the CVC present actions give serious Nageswar Rao, drove in and CBI and ED Directors enjoy have been given to produce such presently working as Joint and to ensure no material is tam- credence to the requirement took charge. two-year fixed tenure, as the records and after several adjourn- Director, CBI, will look after the pered with in any manner. that the agency be given After the Supreme court said that this fixed ments, though the CBI assured duties and functions of CBI An SC Bench comprising independence from the Court’s landmark judgment tenure was given to ensure the commission on September Director with immediate effect. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and DoPT. in the Hawala Case in late independence to CBI and 24, 2018, to furnish the records The acting CBI chief on Justices S K Kaul and K M For its part, the CVC 90s and subsequent CVC ED chiefs. within three weeks. Despite Wednesday constituted a fresh Joseph considered the submission cited the extra-ordinary and Act, the SP and above level After passage of the repeated assurances and team to probe an FIR against of Verma that his plea against the unprecedented circum- officers in the CBI and the Lokpal Act in 2013, CBI reminders, the Director, CBI, Asthana, registered by the agency Centre’s decision to send him on stances to “exercise” its pow- ED are to be selected by the Director is selected by the failed to furnish the records/files on October 15 on the basis of a leave required urgent hearing. ers under Section 8 of the CVC headed Empowered three comber committee before the commission. The statement of a Sathish Sana alleg- Verma also challenged the CVC Act, 2003 of superin- Committee. This committee headed by Prime Minister, CVC has observed that the CBI ing that he paid a bribe through decision to appoint Joint Director tendence over the function- chaired by the CVC and two Leader of Opposition and Director has not been cooperat- middlemen to get clean chit in M Nageshwar Rao as head of the ing of DPSE (CBI), in so far Vigilance Commissioners Chief Justice of India. The ing in making available the case probed by the CBI. The probe agency. as it relates to the investiga- and Home and DoPT service records of the short- records/files sought by the com- new team to probe Asthana will The CBI spokesperson fur- tion of offences alleged to Secretary will select, decide listed candidates will be first mission relating to serious alle- have Superintendent of Police ther said, “The stress in the CBI have been committed under on the transfer, promotion, scrutinised by Chief Justice, gations,” the Government further Satish Dagar and his senior DIG now is to work unitedly as a team. Prevention of Corruption appointment and suspension who present his observa- said. Tarun Gauba, who will report to The probe should not only be fair Act, 1988. It cited it to pass of all the officers. In the case tions to the other two mem- The CVC has also observed Joint Director V Murugesan, a but also give an impression of orders divesting Verma and of ED recruitments, Revenue bers - Prime Minister and that the CBI Director has been CBI order said. fairness to all concerned. The Rakesh Asthana, Special Secretary will be also part of Leader of Opposition and “non-cooperative with the A CBI spokesman later said reconstituted team (against Director, CBI of the func- this Empowered Committee, majority opinion will prevail. Commission, non-compliant the SIT will carry out an impar- Asthana) will ensure fair, impar- tions, power, duty and super- after the apex court’s land- After the removal of with the requirements / direc- tial and fair enquiry expedi- tial and expeditious probe in the visory role in respect of cases mark judgments. CBI and Alok Verma and Rakesh tions of the commission and has tiously in order to restore the matter.” already registered and/or ED chiefs are part of this Asthana in the midnight, in created willful obstructions in the credibility of the agency. “The The CBI spokesperson also required to be registered Committee and proposal the early morning, newly functioning of the commission”, probe should not only be impar- denied reports that searches were and/or being have to mooted by them as appointed incharge Director which is a Constitutional body. tial but also look to be impartial conducted at the offices of Verma inquired/enquired/investi- per the CVC Act. Nageswara Rao issued trans- The Government said it by all concerned,” CBI spokesper- and Asthana last night or their gated under the provisions of In case of Joint Director fer of 13 officers. This could exercised its powers under the son Abhishek Dayal said. offices were sealed. He said the Prevention of Corruption or IG level officers and be violation as Empowered Delhi Special Police Deputy SP AK Bassi, who CBI functioned normally during Act, 1988, until further above, after the Empowered Committee was not con- Establishment Act and took the was earlier probing the case the day. orders. Verma was replaced Committee’s recommenda- vened. THE PIONEER THE PIONEER 8 LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 COMMENT & ANALYSIS LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 9

www.dailypioneer.com Back to the future in China? PAPER WITH PASSION In faith we trust The large number of ‘Lin Biao incidents’ taking place all over China smell of political vendetta and render the current regime weaker than it has ever been. Does Xi realise this? The courts must consider if they should give judgments October 21, the news that the head of the Chinese strange things seem to be happening again and Government rules banning extravagance and tak- he recently disembarked in Beijing. Let us Government’s liaison office in Macau died by again in China. In November 2017, The New York ing bribes. remember that it was a first time that China held that offend faith and are impossible to implement falling from the building at his residence. Times reported: “A senior Chinese general who In October 2017, The PLA Daily had report- such prestigious post in an international organ- According to the well-informed South China SINCE XI JINPING CAME was under investigation for bribery has killed him- ed that Xi Jinping had launched a sweeping anti- isation (headquartered in Lyon, France). At the Morning Post: “Hong Kong officials and politicians TO POWER IN 2012, self, a development that cast a shadow over corruption campaign: “At least 13,000 military offi- time of Mengs’ arrest, Public Security Minister he Supreme Court should ideally have been forewarned. After mak- expressed shock over the sudden passing of Zheng President Xi Jinping’s expanding crackdown on cers found to be involved in corruption have been Zhao Kezhi, presently in India to sign a bilater- ing two controversial pronouncements within a month, it was only CLAUDE Xiaosong.” He had been ‘suffering from depres- OVER 100 PLA GENERAL corruption and dissent.” punished over the past five years.” Apparently, al agreement, convened a midnight meeting in Tto be expected that its orders would either be lampooned by many sion’, said the official statement issued by the Hong General Zhang Yang, formerly in-charge of Fang and Zhang were linked to former disgraced Beijing to express ‘unanimous support’ for the ARPI Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO). OFFICERS HAVE the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) General Central Military Commission vice-chairmen, Guo probe against Meng and pledged, as usual, or defied with impunity. Since both the issues are related to matters of It was last year only that the 59-year-old cadre Political Department, was found dead in his home Boxiong and Xu Caihou. But were not all the ‘absolute political loyalty’ to President Xi Jinping. faith, the apex court may do well to reconsider how far it should go to n September 13, 1971, a Chinese had taken up the post in Macau. A Press release REPORTEDLY BEEN in Beijing. He hanged himself. Xinhua said Chinese generals linked to the CMC? There is Meng’s insistence “on doing things in his own intervene in such issues. Its verdict allowing the entry of women of all Trident 1E airliner crashed in Inner from Beijing affirmed that “leaders of the Central FORCIBLY RETIRED General Zhang was living at home “while being indeed something strange going on. War on the way means he has only himself to blame for being ages into the precincts of the Ayyappa Temple on Sabarimala Hill was Mongolia; everyone on board was Government have entrusted comrades from the questioned in connection with corruption Rocks, a US publication noted: “Fang and Zhang placed under investigation,” said a communiqué, killed. The special flight carried HKMAO to travel to Macau and send condo- OR PLACED UNDER charges”. The US newspaper added: “Suicides by join a growing list of senior PLA officers that have which forgot that as the head of an internation- predictably met with fierce resistance including from women of Kerala Marshal Lin Biao, China’s Defence lences to Zheng’s family”. Zheng’s death came just top officials are almost unheard-of in China, and been arrested, expelled from the Party, and impris- al organisation, he is not supposed to take orders who claimed they had no wish to desecrate” the abode of a celibate god. MinisterO and Vice-Chairman of the Central a few days before the opening of the 55km-long INVESTIGATION. THIS the ruling Communist Party appeared uncertain oned on corruption charges…All told, since Xi from the Communist Party. Meng was suspect- According to local belief, Ayyappa is a celibate deity and must not be Military Commission (CMC). Lin, a great soldier Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, to be inau- how to handle the death. State-run media gave Jinping came to power in 2012, over 100 PLA gen- ed of corruption and violation of laws which and Mao Zedong’s heir apparent, was also one of gurated by Chinese President Xi Jinping. LARGE-SCALE no explanation for the five-day delay in disclos- eral officers have reportedly been forcibly retired ‘gravely jeopardised’ the Party and the police; the “distracted” the presence or touch of women of masturbating age; hence the architects of the dreaded Great Proletarian Interestingly, Zheng belonged to the Fujian UPROOTING, HOWEVER, ing the news.” General Zhang was called “a trai- or placed under investigation.” same night, Interpol received Meng’s ‘resignation’ the age-old ban on women between the ages of 10 and 50 from enter- Cultural Revolution. The official narrative says that gang of officials, who worked in Xi’s favourite tor and coward for taking his own life.” The article added: “This large-scale uproot- as president. Is it not strange that before vetting ing the shrine. Rationalists, brought up on Westernised logic may con- Lin was fleeing to the Soviet Union after a failed Province: “I spent my beautiful youth in Fujian IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE The PLA Daily just said: “In committing sui- ing, however, is also likely to be driven in part by his name for the prestigious job in France, the lead- coup against Mao when his airplane ran out of Province. It lasted for 17 and a half years since I cide to avoid punishment from the party and the Chinese internal politics. Many of the senior offi- ership in China would have not checked Meng’s sider this laughable as idols constructed in stone, wood or metal would fuel. Observers, however, believe Lin was fleeing started to work there in 1985…I experienced the DRIVEN IN PART BY country’s laws, Zhang Yang’s action was abom- cers that have been summarily fired and impris- antecedents? Nobody can take the sudden accu- generally be regarded as inanimate. But many Hindu devotees attribute an impending purge in the military; some lead- process of Fujian’s reform and opening up, mov- CHINESE INTERNAL inable.” General Zhang was called ‘a two-faced’ oned are linked to Xi Jinping’s predecessors…As sation of corruption seriously, as it is not while human characteristics to idols once they are installed and a ritual called ers had gained too much power for Mao’s liking. ing forward with great momentum and chang- general. But that was not the end of Zhang’s ordeal. with Xi’s anti-corruption efforts against various posted in Lyon that Meng could have become rich. pran-pratishtha Was the crash an accident? A year later, when US ing with each passing day,” once wrote Xi. POLITICS Last week, it was announced that he had been civilian leaders, those targeted appear to be polit- All this smells of political vendetta more than any- “ ”(bestowing of life) is conducted. In a country where President Richard Nixon asked Zhou Enlai, the Soon after Xi Jinping came to power, Zheng posthumously stripped of his Communist Party ical rivals, although this is not to say they may not thing else. The large number of ‘Lin Biao incidents’ even trees are often worshipped as sacred, it is not surprising that the Chinese Premier, about what happened to Lin, was promoted secretary of Fujian Party’s provin- membership and military rank for corruption. His also be corrupt.” All these incidents (or accidents) taking place all-over China, render the regime Ayyappa idol evokes such strongly divine belief. In this background, the Zhou smiled and cryptically said: “Lin left on a cial committee. In the meantime, officials in colleague Fang Fenghui, a former chief of joint create, to say the least, a strange atmosphere in weaker that it has ever been. Does Xi realise this? trip to Moscow and disappeared en route.” Macau were unanimous, “it is unfortunate, one staff, still alive, received the same punishment for the Middle Kingdom. The oddest has been the (The writer is an expert on India-China rela- Supreme Court’s order opening the doors of the temple to both sexes This story came back to mind, when on should not speculate”. Let us not speculate, but seriously violating political discipline and Central arrest of Meng Hongwei, the Interpol chief, when tions and an author) irrespective of age, has fallen flat. No woman between the ages of con- tention was allowed to enter the shrine during the five days that its doors were opened this season. Judging by the vocal resistance to the apex POINTCOUNTERPOINT court’s order, it is unlikely that the next spell of 30 days when the gates Has Alok Verma been sacked for his These allegations are baseless. Government’s would open next month, will be any different. keenness to probe the layers of corruption in decision to remove Verma and Rakesh Asthana LLP: An alternative mode Untreated water is Similarly, the judiciary’s attempt to enforce “green” laws on Diwali Rafale scam? Let Prime Minister answer. is based on the CVC’s recommendations. festivities seems pre-destined to failure. Only the learned judges may know —Congress chief spokesperson —Union Finance Minister how law-enforcement officers can prevent the bursting of firecrackers RANDEEP SURJEWALA ARUN JAITLEY Growth of the cooperative movement demands of its members a special discipline and readiness for fairplay. The public sector has often proved inefficient and wasted water before 8 pm and after 10 pm as decreed by the apex court. The chances are that even police personnel entrusted to curtail Diwali festivities would the private sector has not delivered an economy of scale at par with US corporations join the revellers. Further, the idea of fixing the chemical content of fire- thus caught out as exploitation of the There are many methods to crackers to ensure they do not emit toxic fumes and decibel levels stay working classes or the proletariat. treat our most precious Fortunately for the latter, Karl Marx resource, water. What is within permissible parameters, may be a welcome stipulation, but would descended on the scene as a prophet be impossible to enforce. The deeply-held belief that when Lord Ram Idiots on both sides of class exploitation. He depicted lacking is the will to do so. KOTA SRIRAJ returned to Ayodhya after slaying demon-king Ravana, he was greeted human history as an epic of class con- Our rivers must be saved PRAFULL flict. Marxism, communism and by lamps lit by the town’s residents who also burst crackers to ward off Who needs treaties when the White House has a different tenant now? But the Russians are just as GORADIA socialism grew together as siblings of usshera and Ganesh Chaturthi saw the whole country revel in festivities evil spirits on a moonless night, is so ingrained that no order issued by much to blame for creating the intermediate-range nuclear missile provocation in the first place this conflict. and devotion. However, for the water bodies in India, this was the tough- a 21st Century court can shake it. Thus, it will be seen as an unwarranted n September 30, 2018, Vladimir Ulyanov or Lenin lent est time of the year. Despite several Supreme Court and National Green when Prime Minister the pen of Marx a long sword. He D interference in the domain of public faith and robustly rebuffed. The courts gets in Western Europe within a few min- Narendra Modi visited used the volumes of Marx as bricks Tribunal (NGT) orders pertaining to the prohibition of pollution of water bodies, must reconsider if orders that are certain to be rejected at the altar of utes of launch. Anand, he not only to build the State of the Soviet many rivers are yet to experience the much-needed succor and relief. The Yamuna faith and, in any case, are impossible to enforce, should be prescribed The border between North Atlantic praised the achieve- Union. In the process, his eloquent river in Delhi is one the many examples that continues to suffer from severe pol- Treaty Organisation (Nato) and Soviet Oments of Amul, but also called its message to the world was that the lution throughout the year, especially during the festive seasons. at all lest they bring the majesty of justice itself into disrepute. forces was then about 500 km closer to cooperative system a third alterna- poor man, the working man also In fact, the intensity of pollution in the Yamuna has increased manifold in the GWYNNE Western capitals than it is now, and there tive — a third option of enterprise mattered, not merely the gentry last four to five years, an analysis of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s Yamuna 50WORDEDIT No statue of limitations DYER were huge tank-heavy armies stacked up over and above the private and the whose pockets jingled with wealth. water quality data revealed. The dissolved oxygen (DO) levels, for instance, which on either side of the so-called Iron Curtain. public sectors. He was fully justified The well-off in the Western world is the amount of oxygen dissolved in water, is supposed to be at a minimum of The statue installation competition, as it were, among An ultra-fast Russian strike by nuclear- in saying so as Gujarat, especially in were so shaken by the Russian rev- four mg/litre, but 2015 onwards has witnessed the total absence of DO in any political parties just got keener. News that the statue tipped SS-20s on Nato army bases and air- milk, and Maharashtra with its olution that they reacted in two stretch of Yamuna downstream. This even during the month of September, which of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at he last time I wrote about the treaty fields, followed immediately by an all-out sugar cooperatives, have seen rather different ways. The US banning ‘intermediate-range’ nuclear ground invasion, could theoretically have redoubtable successes. To an extent, remained staunchly capitalist but being post monsoon, usually allows for better DO levels in water bodies. These the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai is set to be Tmissiles was 31 years ago, and I real- succeeded (although only a fool would have Karnataka has also been shown became considerate as well as gen- conditions are a pointer of what we are doing to our rivers. As rivers passing through replaced with a new, eight-feet tall idol of the leader ly thought I’d never have to visit that chanced it). some achievements in the cooper- erous towards its poorer classes. major cities in Indian rapidly turn into sewage drains, all hopes are now firmly attached made of bronze and weighing 800 kg has sparked tedious subject again. More fool me. In any case, the Russians and ative sector. Elsewhere in the coun- Some countries, especially the to yet another set of interventions from the NGT. The implementation of NGT’s speculation that other major parties in the State may John Bolton, the ideologically rigid and Americans negotiated instead, and ulti- try it is like searching in the dark- Scandinavian, of western Europe ‘Mailey se Nirmal Yamuna’ and laying of interceptor sewage lines along Delhi’s follow suit to celebrate the legacy of its leaders. If you bad-tempered man, whom you send when mately agreed to scrap all the Soviet SS-20s ness with a burning torch for coop- turned to social democracy or wel- three biggest drains, which is likely to be completed by January 2019, will hope- you don’t want a negotiation to succeed, has and their American equivalents, the erative examples. farism while others like Italy and can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. fully rescue the river from its current plight. Will this herald a new hope for other just been in Moscow to tell the Russians Pershing missiles. Since the US had also To run this avatar of enterprise Germany turned to class collaboration such polluted rivers in India, only time will tell, but in order to ensure swachhta personally that US President Donald deployed some land-based cruise missiles first demands of its members a spe- whose ideological label came to be of the rivers, treatment of polluted water is equally important to achieve desired Trump is going to tear up the Intermediate- in Europe (the Russians did not), the INF cial ongoing discipline and a readiness known as fascism. They replied to the results. Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Treaty also banned those. Almost 2,700 for fair play. Every social ethos is not revolutionary class struggle with class That’s what you would expect from the missiles were destroyed, and the whole gifted with these particular virtues. Yet collaboration. Incidentally, both Adolf equal but society makes them Nevertheless, the attitude of the have been lending freely, if not also The Delhi Jal Board had submitted a draft report on sewerage management Saving the Aravallis new US National Security Adviser and his issue went away for three decades. It isn’t an option to the current public and Hitler and Benito Mussolini deviat- unequal? Beginning with Plato and founder of the enterprise remains that recklessly, to limited companies, and and performance of sewage treatment plants to the NGT, which revealed that impulsive and ill-informed boss, but the really back now. private sectors is necessary. The for- ed from the path of governance to that The Republic, could all the ideolo- PROPRIETORSHIP of a proprietor. He may employ hence, possibly the current mountains at most places, the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) — the amount of dis- To prevent the degradation of the hill range, strict enforcement Russians in this case are just as much to There are no massive tank armies ready mer has often proved inefficient of war and conquest and the former gies as well as the wars be attempts highly paid executives but he is sel- of non-performing assets (NPA). I solved oxygen needed for micro-organisms to breakdown the organic waste in blame for creating the provocation in the to roll in Europe anymore, and the Cold while the latter sometimes does not also added mass murder to his quiver. to atone for the sins of society? Why SUITS INDIANS BEST. dom prepared to be the first amongst doubt if such large loans would have water — did not meet the standard (it should not exceed three mg/litre). Simply of laws and stakeholder activism is needed first place. It’s one of those distressingly fre- War is long over. The details of the return its debts nor has it delivered to A potentially sensible ideology was has there been no comparable scale FOR THE INDIAN equals. He much prefers the image of been advanced to the same compa- put, lower the BOD, the better it is for river life. On the other hand, the higher quent occasions when idiots are in charge Russian-American ‘military balance’ are of the economy on the scale of American vitiated to the extent of being evil. of fighting in Asia? Is it because of, the monarch and all the rest of his col- nies had they been LLPs. the DO, the better it is. This is where the role of sewage treatment plants (STPs) on both sides. concern mainly to the experts, many of corporations. In Asia, the virus of Lenin’s for example, the Hindu faith in leagues as the subjects. This Indian There is another facet of the he Supreme Court’s expression of “shock” vis-à-vis the gradual dis- PSYCHE, THE or wastewater treatment plants come in. Most STPs are either closed or work- The INF Treaty, signed by US President whom make their living by discovering To go back to the beginning of communism spread to China led by karma? Which in turn leads to the trait would prevent unlimited cor- Indian psyche that is worth noting. ing way below capacity. Out of a total of 607.06 million gallons per day of oper- appearance of many hills of the Aravalli range isn’t surprising. For, as Ronald Reagan and Soviet President some imbalance or discrepancy that will the industrial revolution, capitalism Mao Zedong. After some three Hindu desire, for, what Prof MS LIMITED LIABILITY porate growth on the American scale. A loan taken by an individual from ational capacity, only 476.74 MGD sewage is treated. Even the NGT had noted Tthe apex court noted, 31 of the 128 hills have disappeared within a span Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, bans land- US/NATO targets that cannot already be enable their (military) clients to demand gathered the reputation of being decades of experimentalism, Deng Srinivas has called, Sanskritisation Even if an entrepreneur manages an individual, with or without secu- based ballistic or cruise missiles with a reached by the sea-launched variety.) This more or newer weapons to counter the new exploitative of the workers. In the Xiaoping brought back China from whereby we seldom have violent class PARTNERSHIP (LLP), to make his company to grow as large rity, is generally repaid; of all the that there has been a marked failure of administration in handling the situation of just 50 years. The problems plaguing, rather destroying, the Aravallis range of between 500 and 5,500 km. What is plausible, but it is not rational. ‘threat’. years of the 18th and early 19th cen- the disease of class struggle to the clashes, not to speak of revolution. as, say, Procter & Gamble, he would under-the-table transactions that and repeated breakdowns in carrying out binding directions of orders. These obser- extend from illegal mining to deforestation and a near-complete depletion the Russians have actually done, it seems, Russia is perfectly capable of reaching The Russians have broken the rules by tury, many a factory in Europe health of all classes. Each caste strives for its elevation WHICH IS ALREADY still insist on remaining the monarch, one has socially heard about, there vations were made by the NGT bench headed by chairperson Adarsh Kumar of groundwater, not to mention the loss of an ecosystem that is most cru- is to take a perfectly legal sea-launched those Chinese targets with ballistic missiles, developing and testing the land-based SSC- appeared like a sweat shop. Neither By 1991, the Soviet Union died to a higher status in preference to IN VOGUE, IS AN unlike Mr Proctor or Mr Gamble who is hardly ever a mention of short pay- Goel while evaluating the implementation of NGT’s January 2015 order on a decen- tralised sewerage system, where sewage falling into all drains is tapped and treat- cial for the survival of not just mankind but also for wildlife, for whom these cruise missile, the Kalibr, which has a range both land- and submarine-launched, that 8 cruise missiles, but they haven’t actual- were working conditions congenial and scattered into 16 separate bring down the caste above. Each strutted across the stage in their life ments or even jhali or fake notes of up to 2,500 km, and put it on a mobile would get to their targets far faster than the ly deployed them in meaningful numbers. nor were the working hours much republics. With the death of the group of people desires to go up the ANSWER WITH ONE time and are heard no more. being given. Yet the same people do ed. hills, one of the oldest in the world, provide a safe habitat. It is also a mat- land-based launcher. new land-based version of the Kalibr They may never do so, because it would not less than 16 hours a day; the wages USSR, also soon saw the demise of ladder of classes rather then, say, the For this Indian psyche, the lim- not harbour the same conscience It is critical for the urban water bodies to be subjected to mandatory and thor- ter of grave concern that the loss of green cover in the Aravallis is one of The Kalibr is a quite useful weapon that cruise missile, called SSC-8 by NATO. give them any significant strategic advan- were minimal. The labourer suffered all communist Governments. Before working class uniting to bringing PROVISO: AND THAT ited liability partnership (LLP), which with regard to money borrowed from ough water treatment in order to prolong the life of water bodies and enable the the major contributing factors towards Delhi’s pollution. It is to the credit can deliver about 500 kg of conventional Being able to do the same thing, a tage. This was the logic that led former US all this because he owned no land long all champions of class struggle down or expel the richer business ESSENTIAL IS THE is already in vogue, is an answer with a faceless State-owned organisation river aquatic life to survive. To ensure this, the Government must pull out all stops explosives or a nuclear warhead on an third, slower way hardly justifies the President Barack Obama to protest to the and there was no employment for disappeared from the world stage. class. The faith in karma possibly one provison. And that essential is the no matter how many papers have towards making rivers cleaner and healthier. This in turn is possible by implementing of the top court that it has set in motion a damage-control exercise by order- enemy, although it would take at least three potential political cost of violating the INF Russians about the new weapon in 2014, him in his village. The capitalist exploiters of the peas- induces each person to self-actualise need for banks and financial institu- been signed and how many times. NEED FOR BANKS the NGT directions and orders and by also making sure that the Central Pollution hours to reach a target 2,500 km away. Treaty for Russia as a whole. It may nev- but not to abrogate the INF Treaty. What In agriculture, there was also ants and proletariat had long ceased himself/herself rather than unite with tions to be prepared to lend money If LLPs are financed as suggest- ing a complete ban on mining in the hill range within 48 hours. But the ques- Control Board actively monitors the day-to-day quality of the river and submits tion is: Will it make any difference? When it comes to the Aravallis, exist- (Cruise missiles travel at about the same ertheless appeal to the particular branch of would that gain, except to legalise what the exploitation of the serf by his landlord. to exploit after the advent of Vladimir his peers to topple any other group AND FINANCIAL to LLPs freely. To make sure that they ed above, one big benefit would speed as airliners.) the Russian armed forces that would con- idiots in the Russian military were doing? Even after serfs were liberated, they Lenin in 1917. Adolf Hitler had den- including conquering another coun- do not gather bad debts, they must accrue regardless. A large number of periodic report to the Government and the NGT. As India hurtles towards being ing laws have a long history of not being enforced by the authorities. In 2015, Russia made a show of firing trol that third way, for inter-service rival- Obama probably assumed that the did not have many options for more igrated fascism by his own policies try. Imperialism or colonialism has INSTITUTIONS TO BE insist on marketable collateral secu- medium to big-medium enterpris- a more developed economy, one of the casualties has been the deteriorating state According to data available in the public domain, more than 565 violations 18 Kalibrs (with conventional warheads) ries are as sharp and stupid in Russia as adults were still in charge in the Kremlin, remunerative employment. But for and actions; he thus killed an ideol- never been a Hindu inclination. PREPARED TO LEND rities. The senior partner would then es should come up. Whether any of of our environment. Rapid industrialisation has, unfortunately, hiked up the num- have been reported in the last two decades of which action is pending on at Syrian targets from ships in the Caspian they are in the United States. and that they were engaged in the same visitors or other observers, the facto- ogy which could have been a balm Proprietorship suits the Indian enjoy his de facto as well as de jure them could grow into a mammoth ber of pollutants in our surroundings. One of these pollutants is wastewater. Sea. From a Western point of view, the SSC- struggle to contain the random enthusi- ry was readily visible. The farms were on the wounds of class clashes. best. Traditionally, when the propri- MONEY TO LLPs recognition as the first owner. His corporate or not is at present only a Management of wastewater through wastewater treatment plants in India has over 200 of them. Laws that date back to the 1990s, which have been reit- Why would the Russians want to put 8, while illegal, does not pose any new asms of Russian military planners that all away in rural upcountry and, there- Over the last two millennia, etor could not cope by himself, either juniors would also know that they hope. This should be a popular third become an imperative of our cities today. The two main sources of water conta- erated by various courts time and again, are not being implemented. Even these missiles on land-based launchers, threat. The real reason the INF Treaty was US presidents must wage against their fore, not readily seen; often the farms Europe has seen more warmonger- monetarily or managerially, he took FREELY should succeed to the top in due alternative. Wherever cooperative mination are sewerage and industrial waste. With the Indian population and its the apex court’s intervention to monitor the compliance of its very own orders which violates the INF rules? The only needed three decades ago was that the Pentagon equivalents. But the White were away from one another. The fac- ing than any other continent; the two on partners. When a partnership course without any employee execu- societies, as in Anand, can come up, industrial landscape increasing at a phenomenal speed, wastewater volume is plausible explanation is that there are some Russians were then introducing interme- House has a different tenant now. tory, on the other hand, was a sitting world wars being so far the peak of could not cope, they went out to gath- tive remaining under the illusion of they should certainly be encouraged. also rising at an alarming rise. Shrinking of freshwater sources, like rivers, wells, has meant little to the violators who are hell-bent on ravaging the Aravalli Chinese targets that Russia cannot hit with diate-range BALLISTIC missiles, the once- (The writer is an independent duck for a trade union leader. all fighting. Could the root of this dis- er capital from the public through the a professional succession. (The writer is a well-known range as successive administrations in Haryana and to a lesser extent Delhi its sea-based cruise missiles. (There are no famous SS-20s, that could reach their tar- journalist) Capitalism of those early days was ease be the belief that God made men medium of a limited company. Today, banks and institutions columnist and an author) and groundwater, makes matter worse. Before pure drinking water becomes a premium commodity, the authorities and Rajasthan, look the other way. The top court had itself noted earlier must explore various means to ensure better treatment of wastewater. The bio- this year that the state itself has been working hand-in-glove with violators. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR logical treatment of water is fast gaining popularity across the world. Unlike physi- It will, therefore, be interesting to see how effectively the present order is co-chemical methods, biological treatment uses organisms to treat pollutants. Over implemented. POLITICAL SPAT all went in vain. in smoke” (October 24). It is good that try to finish their old stocks and will try from such evils are themselves fac- the years, scientists have developed various aerobic or anaerobic processes to The moot point is that laws alone may not be enough to rescue the When there is an explicit provi- this time, the Supreme Court gave a Celebrate Diwali but not at the expense of the environment make fresh purchases in future as per ing charges of serious graft. treat wastewater. This is cost-effective and efficient. Yet another successful method Sir — This refers to the editorial, sion in the Indian Railways Act, 1989 balanced verdict on cracker-bursting guidelines set by the Supreme Court It has been alleged that the inves- is the recycle and reuse method. In this method, wastewater is recycled using Aravallis from extinction. All stakeholders need to change their attitude and “Avoidable tragedy” (October 22). ie Section 147 (which prohibits tres- in Delhi and NCR come Diwali. Its his refers to the editorial, “Up in dict to keep the entire city clean from to divert our money earmarked for spend- so that the people may continue with tigative body is under the thumb of the membrane-based system. Membrane bioreactors use the simple science of smoke” (October 24). With the being polluted with excessive bursting of ing on crackers, to help those who are work towards environmental restoration. While the damage caused till date The Dussehra disaster at Amritsar that passing and misuse by any person in verdict last year had hurt the feelings the tradition of cracker bursting on politicians for self-interests. Charges ultrafiltration with a bioreactor to treat wastewater. This method combines physic has left 60 people dead has only wit- respect of railway property, making it of a majority of people since it TSupreme Court imposing ban on fire- crackers. needy and poor. Isn’t it more rewarding Diwali. against the Central Bureau of cannot be reversed, further damage can and should certainly be prevent- nessed a frantic effort to pin respon- an offence with imprisonment), why imposed a complete ban on the sale crackers, Diwali will surely lose its sheen. For revellers, it would come as a and rejuvenating than simply spending our Madhu Agrawal Investigation are indeed very serious. processes with biological methods. Water treated through this can be employed ed. The world can be a better place to live in when humans and and nature sibility on agencies and individuals. It is the law not being enforced by the of crackers. The verdict this year also As Delhi is a highly polluted city, imple- spanner in the works. People spend a lot hard-earned money for enjoyment that will Delhi The allegations can hugely impact the for various purposes, such as irrigation. coexist, with the additional benefit for the former if resident in Delhi that is clear that there are many danger authorities? There must be an aware- imposes similar restrictions on cele- mentation of drastic measures can con- of money on festivals. Such expenses on last a few fleeting moments? credibility of the nation. It is, there- However, the most cutting edge technology that is being employed nowa- ACT SWIFTLY days in developed nations that Indian will do well to look at is the Zero Liquid they may also literally breathe easier in this case. The Supreme Court should zones associated with one of the ness campaign on this provision using brations made for Christmas day and vert it to one of a less polluting one. Such unproductive purpose is really a waste So, let us fine-tune our heart to fit in fore, essential that the body become largest railway networks in the world. the media. New Year eve. reputation cannot be achieved not through too, though admittedly it is an occasion to the occasion and make it memorable Sir — This refers to the editorial, “War independent. Discharge System. This system removes all dissolved solids from the wastewater, call for an extensive audit of the violations and action taken against offend- A number of commissions and Hemant Kumar Practically speaking, this year’s an overnight exercise, but through con- of joyous celebration. for a lifetime by doing more than just within” (October 23). It is indeed Sweta giving us distilled water. Methods like reverse osmosis are used to purify water. ing parties whether private or government over the past two decades and committees had been constituted Ambala verdict should gradually pave the stant monitoring and implementation of The Supreme Court intervention in bursting crackers. shameful that at a time when the Via email Methods are many, but the will is needed to treat water before it becomes wast- since Independence to suggest ways way for green crackers, at least from practical steps. So this time, the apex the matter to keep the environment clean TK Nandanan country is faced with numerous bank- not limit itself to bans and demolitions. It is not really their job, but nobody BALANCED VERDICT Send your feedback to: ed water. The choice before us is very clear. and means to prevent such incidents next year, if not at present. This court was forced to pronounce the ver- and green may come as an opportunity Chennai ing and economic problems agencies (The writer is an environmental journalist) else apparently has the will to do so. and ensuring rail safety in India but Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Up because cracker dealers this year will that are supposed to guard the coun- [email protected] LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 money 10

Zydus Wellness to buy Six global investors Kotak Mahindra Bank Q2 net Heinz India for `4,595 cr to invest $1.25 bn rises 21% to `1,747 crore PTI n NEW DELHI WIPRO Q2 NET PROFIT DROPS 14% in Airtel Africa IT services major Wipro on Wednesday PTI n NEW DELHI such as Complan, Glucon D, evant to health conscious con- PTI n NEW DELHI turnaround of its business in rivate sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank posted a 13.8 per cent decline in consolidated Nycil and Sampriti Ghee, it sumers.” recent years. The Africa busi- Pon Wednesday reported a rise of 21.3 per cent net profit at `1,889 crore for the July-September n a major deal, Zydus added. It leverages the group her- ix global investors, including ness unit in the last few quar- in its consolidated net profit to `1,747.37 crore quarter of 2018-19 compared to the year-ago Wellness on Wednesday “The transaction is pro- itage, innovation track record, SWarburg Pincus, Temasek, ters mitigated the impact of in the second quarter ended September this fis- period. The net profit, attributable to share- Iannounced acquiring Heinz posed to be financed by a mix combined brand offerings and Singtel and SoftBank Group turbulent tariff war going on in cal. The bank had posted `1,440.68 crore net holders, in the year-ago period was at `2,191.8 India’s consumer wellness busi- of equity and debt. Select lead- capabilities to meet and exceed International, have agreed to India on consolidated financial profit in the July-September period of 2017-18. crore, according to a regulatory filing by Wipro. ness, that includes popular ing private equity firms have its consumers’ evolving health invest USD 1.25 billion through performance of Bharti Airtel. Total income of the bank rose to `10,829.08 Its revenue from operations, however, grew 8.3 brands Complan and Glucon D, committed to partnering the and wellness needs, he added. a primary equity issuance in “This primary equity crore in the second quarter, compared to per cent to `14,541 crore during the period in a transaction worth `4,595 transaction by way of equity sup- “This acquisition will be an Airtel Africa, the company issuance clearly underlines the `9,140.40 crore in same period of the preced- under review from `13,423.4 crore in the same crore. port. The transaction is expect- ideal addition to Zydus Wellness, said on Wednesday. confidence of leading global ing fiscal, the bank said in a regulatory filing. quarter last year. Wipro, which gets bulk of its Zydus Wellness jointly with ed to be EPS accretive,” the state- supporting our aspirations to The investment will be investors in Airtel Africa’s suc- Its gross non-performing assets (NPAs) fell to topline from IT services, said its board has Cadila Healthcare has signed ment said. grow in the consumer wellness used to reduce Airtel Africa’s cessful business strategy and its 1.91 per cent of the gross loans at the end of approved the appointment of Arundhati definitive pacts to acquire Heinz Heinz India’s business space by providing multiple existing debt of approximately potential to sustain growth September 30, 2018 as against 2.14 per cent a Bhattacharya as an additional director. India for `4,595 crore that includes large manufacturing choices to consumers,” Patel USD 5 billion and for growth and profitability,” Raghunath year ago. In absolute terms, the gross bad loans includes net working capital of facilities in Aligarh and Sitarganj said. When asked whether of its African operations, the Mandava, MD and CEO, stood at `4,302.17 crore by the end of second BAJAJ AUTO Q2 NET SURGES 5% `40 crore, cash of `15 crore and and teams devoted to opera- Zydus would also bid for anoth- Bharti Airtel unit listed in UK Africa, Bharti Airtel, said. quarter, 2018-19 compared to `4,065.41 crore Two-wheeler major Bajaj Auto on assumes no debt, the companies tions, research, sales, marketing er health drink Horlicks, which said. Airtel Africa subsequently in same period a year ago. Wednesday reported 5.27 per cent rise in con- said in separate regulatory fil- and support, it added. is believed to be on the shelves “...Six leading global intends an initial public offer- Likewise, net NPAs or bad loans also came solidated net profit to `1,257 crore for the sec- ings. Heinz India has a strong dis- from its promoter, Patel said: investors comprising Warburg ing and use the proceeds pri- down to 0.73 per cent of net advances (`1,617.66 ond quarter ended September 30, aided by Heinz India is a subsidiary tribution network of over 800 “No. We are not. For the time Pincus,Temasek, Singtel, marily for further reduction of crore) from 1.08 per cent (`2,036.13 crore). robust sales across domestic as well as interna- of the US-based Kraft Heinz. distributors, more than 20,000 and strategic rationale, this SoftBank Group International debt, the statement said. However, the provisions for bad loans and con- tional markets. The company had posted a net Cadila Healthcare holds major- wholesalers covering 29 states, brand (Complan) makes more and others have agreed to “The transaction will help tingencies were raised to `359.71 crore for the profit of `1,194 crore in the year-ago period, ity stake in Zydus Wellness. the statement said. sense for us.” invest USD 1.25 billion through us further deleverage our bal- quarter from `252.86 crore parked aside for Bajaj Auto said in a BSE filing. The transaction is expected Zydus Wellness chairman Heinz India recorded rev- a primary equity issuance in the ance sheet and boost our capac- same period previous fiscal, the bank said. Total revenue from operations stood at to close by March quarter of this Sharvil Patel said: “This devel- enues of about `1,150 crore for company at a post money equi- ity to upgrade networks, `7,987 crore for the second quarter as compared financial year, Zydus Wellness opment offers immense oppor- the brands, and EBIDTA of ty value of approximately USD expand coverage in different MAHINDRA FINANCE Q2 PROFIT SOARS to `6,566 crore in the same period previous fis- said in a statement. tunity to broaden our portfolio about `225 crore for the 12 4.4 billion,” Airtel Africa said in markets and achieve rapid TWO-FOLD TO `381 CRORE cal, Bajaj Auto said in a statement. The acquisition will include and invest in brands and prod- months period ended June 30, a statement. growth of Airtel Money across Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services During the period under review, the Pune- Heinz India’s popular brands ucts that we believe are most rel- 2018, it added. Airtel Africa has seen a our operations,” Mandava said (Mahindra Finance) on Wednesday reported based company sold a total of 13,39,444 units, more than two-fold jump in standalone net prof- up 25 per cent from 10,71,510 units in the July- it at `381 crore for the July-September quarter, September period of last financial year. Total New Delhi (PTI): Cyrus helped by increase in revenue from operations motorcycle sales were up 23 per cent to Mistry, the former chairman of Cyrus Mistry announces new venture and other income. The company had posted a 11,26,542 units in the second quarter, as against Tata Group, on Wednesday net profit of `164 crore in the corresponding 9,18,721 units in the same period last fiscal. The announced the formation of a July-September quarter of 2017-18. Its income company said its commercial vehicle sales rose private equity venture Mistry the Tata Group. early stage and growth capital to previously global leader, strate- man of Tata Sons — the hold- increased by 39 per cent to `2,148 crore during by 39 per cent to 2,12,902 units, while in the Ventures LLP. Mistry Ventures LLP will startups in India and globally,” gy practice, at the Boston ing company of salt-to-software the second quarter of 2018-19, as against domestic market it sold a total of 8,04,645 units Mistry, 50, made the “provide strategic insights and the company said in a statement. Consulting Group to lead the conglomerate — in 2012 but was `1,540 crore in the same period of the preced- during the second quarter, up 20 per cent. announcement on the second advice to businesses, incubate Mistry Ventures will bring in firm. ousted in a boardroom coup on ing fiscal, Mahindra Finance said in a regula- Motorcycle sales stood at 6,92,899 units in the anniversary of his ouster from new ventures and provide seed, Ashish Iyer, senior partner and Mistry took over as chair- October 24, 2016. tory filing. quarter, up 19 per cent from 5,83,997 units.

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UK revoking Khashoggi murder unthinkable visas of Saudi Trump calls Khashoggi murder suspects in without US backing: Rouhani ‘worst cover-up in history’ Tehran (AFP): Saudi journal- backing. It is this superpower Khashoggi ist Jamal Khashoggi’s “heinous that is backing them.” PTI n WASHINGTON murder” would have been Khashoggi, a government murder: PM places, and they’re all coming unthinkable “without US back- critic who was living in self- audi authorities staged the back as we speak, they’re head- ing,” Iranian President Hassan imposed exile in the United London (AFP): Britain will revoke S“worst cover-up ever” in ing back,” he said. The Trump Rouhani said on Wednesday. “I States, was murdered inside the the visas of Saudi Arabian suspects the killing of prominent jour- administration has sent CIA don’t think that any country Saudi consulate in Istanbul on involved in the murder of journal- nalist Jamal Khashoggi, Director Gina Haspel to Turkey would dare to do such a thing October 2 as he organised the ist Jamal Khashoggi, Prime Minister President Donald Trump has and she is expected to be back without US backing,” Rouhani paperwork for his marriage to Theresa May said on Wednesday. said as the US announced its soon in the US with details of said in remarks to cabinet his Turkish fiancee. The Home Secretary is taking first punitive action in the case the ongoing probe. broadcast on state television. The case has triggered an action against all suspects to prevent by revoking the visas of some “I’ll know, I think, every- Rouhani said that before international outcry against them entering the UK. If these indi- of the senior Saudi officials thing in a very short period of Khashoggi’s murder “it would Saudi Arabia. US President viduals currently have visas, those involved. time. It’s a bad situation. But have been unthinkable that in Donald Trump on Tuesday visas will be revoked today,” May Khashoggi, a columnist for certainly, president Erdogan this day and age we would wit- ridiculed Riyadh’s response as told a session of parliament. The Washington Post, disap- was not complimentary of what ness such an organised felony. “one of the worst cover-ups” in Britain’s actions follow a sim- peared after he entered the happened. That was a terrible “It is extremely significant history.The Sunni kingdom ilar move made on Tuesday by the Saudi consulate in Turkey on thing that happened,” Trump that an institution planned and Shiite Iran are fierce rivals United States. Khashoggi’s death in October 2 to collect a docu- said. Trump reiterated that he such a heinous murder.“The which have long been engaged the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on ment for his upcoming mar- does not want to scrap the USD tribal group that is ruling that security margin. That security in a struggle for influence in the October 2 has piled more pressure riage to a Turkish woman. 110 billion mega arms deal nation (Saudi Arabia) has a margin is that it relies on US Middle East. on May’s government to halt arms The Saudi government ini- with Saudi Arabia and the sales to Saudi Arabia, which has tially said he left the consulate total investment of USD450 bil- been waging a three-year bombing through the back door. that the US had “identified at Khashoggi, 60. Responding to lion from that country, but did campaign in Yemen. Asked Following a global outrage, least some” of the Saudi officials a question on the probe into the not rule out not taking any France vows ‘punitive measures’ if whether she will join German Riyadh on Friday in a state- involved in the killing of death of Khashoggi, Trump action against the Saudis. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s deci- ment acknowledged that Khashoggi and was revoking said, “I want to see the facts first. sion to suspend arms sales to Khashoggi was killed in a fist- their visas. “And where it should have Look, Saudi Arabia’s been a Riyadh role in writer’s murder ‘proven’ Riyadh, May insisted that Britain’s fight inside the consulate after “These penalties will not be stopped is at the deal stand- really great ally. defence export controls were an interrogation went wrong. the last word on this matter point, what they thought about They’ve been one of the Paris (AFP): France will take had died in a “fist fight” before “among the strictest in the world”. Trump offered his most from the United States. We will it. Because whoever thought of biggest investors, maybe the “punitive measures” if Saudi later admitting he was mur- She said the Saudi arms sales pol- stinging indictment yet of a continue to explore additional that idea, I think, is in big trou- biggest investor, in our coun- Arabia is “proven” to be dered. Saudi leaders have icy was “under review”, echoing Saudi effort to silence a dissi- measures to hold those ble. And they should be in big try. behind the murder of jour- denied any involvement in comments made by Foreign dent journalist, calling the accountable,” Pompeo said. trouble.” “They are doing hundreds nalist Jamal Khashoggi, gov- the 59-year-old’s murder, Secretary Jeremy Hunt in parlia- series of events that led to “We’re making very clear that Turkish President Recep of billions of dollar’s worth of ernment spokesman Benjamin which they say was carried out ment on Monday. May added that Khashoggi’s death “the worst the United States does not tol- Tayyip Erdogan has said the investments. And, you know, so Griveaux said Wednesday, by rogue elements. she will continue to pile diplomat- cover up ever.” “They (the erate this kind of ruthless “savage murder” of the jour- many jobs. So many jobs. adding that Paris would first Britain, France and ic pressure on Saudi leaders to com- Saudis) had a very bad original action to silence Mr Khashoggi, nalist was meticulously Thousands and thousands of have to verify Riyadh’s involve- Germany have demanded that plete a swift and transparent inves- concept. It was carried out a journalist, through violence.” planned, and demanded that all jobs,” he said. ment. Riyadh clarify how Khashoggi tigation, and would be speaking to poorly. And the cover-up was The US will continue to those linked to the killing face During his visit to Saudi “In the event that Saudi died and said its account must Saudi King Salman later one of the worst in the history seek all relevant facts, consult punishment. Arabia in May 2017, Trump Arabia’s responsibility is be backed by “credible” facts. Wednesday. “ of cover-ups. Very simple. Bad the Congress, and work with He, however, acknowl- signed an agreement with the proven, we will then draw the Saudi Arabia was the second- The foreign secretary and the deal. Should have never been other nations, to hold account- edged Turkey was still search- Saudis for them to purchase consequences and take puni- biggest purchaser of French foreign ministers and our ambas- thought of. Somebody really able those responsible for the ing for answers to key ques- USD 110 billion of US tive measures... not only on weapons between 2008 and sador have been making our posi- messed up. And they had the killing of Khashoggi, Pompeo tions, including who gave the weapons, although so far only weapons,” Griveaux said after 2017, after India, signing deals tion very clear to the Saudi worst cover-up ever,” Trump told reporters. order. Trump told reporters USD 43 billion of that has been a cabinet meeting. said he would refrain from for some 12 billion euros Arabians,” she said. “I myself expect told reporters in the Oval Given the information, that Erdogan was pretty tough detailed. Griveaux, however, “any hasty decision” on how to (USD 13.8 billion) in French to speak to King Salman later today.” Office Tuesday. currently, available with the on Saudi Arabia. “The ultimate number is emphasised that “as long as it respond to Khashoggi’s death arms. Germany, which has British media have reported that Khashoggi’s death has United States, the administra- “He was pretty around USD450 billion. I think is not perfectly proven, and has in the Saudi consulate in said it will not approve further Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, the man severely dented the interna- tion is taking appropriate rough on Saudi Arabia, I would that’s over a million jobs. A mil- not been corroborated by our Istanbul on October 2. arms exports to Riyadh until named by Turkish media as the tional reputation of Saudi actions, he said. The visa say. I haven’t gotten a full lion to over a million jobs. So intelligence services, we will After initially denying any the truth about the journalist’s leader of the operation against Crown Prince Mohammed bin revocation is the first punitive recap, as you know. I have peo- we do that, we’re just hurting hold off on any decisions.” His knowledge of his fate, Riyadh death is known, has urged Khashoggi, used to work at the Salman. Secretary of State action the US has taken against ple in Turkey and I have peo- ourselves. We’re just hurting remarks came after President last week claimed the other European nations to fol- Saudi embassy in London. Mike Pompeo said Tuesday Saudi Arabia since the death of ple in Saudi Arabia and other ourselves,” Trump said. Emmanuel Macron’s office Washington Post contributor low suit. ‘Pakistan must make sincere efforts Terrorists could be part of caravan: Trump to curb terrorism on Af border’ PTI n WASHINGTON cepted all sorts of people. They’ve intercepted good ones resident Donald Trump has and bad ones, they’ve inter- PTI n WASHINGTON Psaid even though there was cepted wonderful people from no proof, but terrorists could be the Middle East, and they’ve akistan will be held respon- among the thousands of intercepted bad ones, they’ve Psible if it did not make sin- Honduran migrants moving intercepted wonderful people cere efforts to curb terrorism toward the United States. His from South America and from and their safe harbour on its statement on Tuesday, came a other parts further south,” the western border with day after he claimed that peo- president said. Afghanistan, US Secretary of ple from the Middle East and The United States, he said, State Mike Pompeo has members of the MS-13 crimi- needs to have immigration warned. He made the com- nal gang were part of a caravan laws that are suitable for this ment as he welcomed the hold- of migrants from Latin time and that work. “The ones ing of long-delayed election in American countries, includ- that we have now are old and war-torn Afghanistan in which ing Honduras. they don’t work. They don’t around four million people “There’s no proof of any- work and they don’t come exercised their franchise. thing. But they (terrorists) Mike Pence has said he spoke into the US every day, Pence close to working,” Trump said. Talking to reporters on could very well be (inside the to the president of Honduras. said. He said if need be he would Tuesday at the State caravan),” Trump told reporters “He told me that the caravan “So it’s inconceivable that deploy the military to stop Department, Pompeo said this at the White House. that’s now making its way there would not be individuals people from entering the was the message he delivered He was responding to a through Mexico, headed for the from the Middle East as a part United States. to the Pakistani leadership question on if he has proof on southern border, was orga- of this growing caravan,” he “We can’t let this happen. when he travelled to Islamabad nothing to Washington but reconciliation in Afghanistan, He indicated that there his previous reported remarks nized by leftist organisations said, asserting that for Trump We cannot allow our country last month after Imran Khan “lies and deceit” and providing and to achieve that you can’t has been no change in the that terrorists were trying to and financed by Venezuela,” safety and security of the to be violated like this. And it’s became prime minister. “safe haven” to terrorists. have a safe harbour for the Trump administration’s policy enter the US by hiding in the Pence said while Trump alleged American people was first. very unfair. People are waiting “We had made (it) clear On September 5, Pompeo Taliban - for the Haqqani (ter- with regard to suspension of caravan. that the Democrats was part of Pence said the US needs to in line that went through a legal that the US policy with respect met Khan and pressed him “to ror network), and for others security aid to Pakistan unless The US president insisted this. close the loopholes that human system of immigration and to south-central Asia has not do more” to rein in the terror inside of Pakistan,” Pompeo it takes satisfactory measures to that he has very good infor- “It’s been organized by left- traffickers and other dangerous they’ve been going through it changed, that our expectation groups operating from the said. eliminate terrorists safe mation about it. ist groups. They’ve made their individuals use to entice vul- for many years,” he said. is that Pakistan will not provide Pakistani soil. The Pakistani government havens.Early this year, US “I have very good infor- way north. Once they crossed nerable families to make the “They have worked hard, safe harbour to terrorists on “We couldn’t make that knows “that’s our view and this President Donald Trump sus- mation. And if you look at into Guatemala, now crossed long and dangerous trek north. they’ve done everything they’re their western border,” he said message any more clear and (Trump) administration has pended USD 300 million in what’s happened with into Mexico. There’s some esti- Referring to his conversa- supposed to do and then peo- in response to a question. that Pakistan will be held already made significant efforts security aid to Pakistan. Honduras and statements mates north of 7,000 migrants. tion with the border patrol peo- ple just come running across The relations between account if they don’t see about to hold them accountable and India, too, had asked made about Honduras, and So, the group is growing,” the ple, Trump said over the course the border. It’s really unfair to Pakistan and the US nose- it... If they’re not sincere in that we hope that they’ll achieve the Pakistan to stop supporting even a phone call that our vice vice president said. of a number of years, “they’ve the millions of people that are dived this January after effort.“We don’t believe we goal that we have out for and glorifying terrorists and president had today, which I The United States inter- intercepted many people from waiting in line to come in President Donald Trump can get to the place that every- them,” said the Secretary of terror activities against India think he can maybe reveal,” venes and prevents 10 sus- the Middle East”. “They’ve legally into our country. It’s very accused Islamabad of giving one wants. Everyone wants State. and its other neighbours. Trump said. Vice President pected terrorists from coming intercepted ISIS, they’ve inter- unfair,” Trump said. Willa weakens to tropical City life makes humans less GLOBE TROTTING depression, still brings rain kind to strangers: Study Gigi Hadid returning to Victoria's Secret? New York: Gigi Hadid might be Kendall Jenner and Mazatlan (Mexico): Hurricane of 55 kph — down from its Washington: Living in big that required them to make picking up their angel wings again. There is specu- Willa weakened rapidly into a Category 5 peak of 250 kph over cities among strangers can decisions about investing lation that the supermodels will be returning to the tropical depression on the Pacific on Monday. Still, con- make people quickly ‘switch money and sharing the wind- Victoria's Secret runway after shoe designer Brian Wednesday after slamming into cern about the rains led off’ their tendency to be gen- falls with others in the room, Atwood posted a photo of Hadid walking in the 2016 a stretch of beach towns, fishing Durango state to say it was evac- erous and fair to others, espe- and eventually with a charity. show with the caption, "Less than 1 month away!!!! villages and farms along Mexico’s uating 200 people threatened by cially when such cooperative However, sitting at con- Let’s do this @gigihadid @victoriassecret Can’t wait Pacific coast as a Category 3 possible spills from the Santa behaviour would not directly soles with headphones, the to show you what we have done for the show!!!!" storm, though it continued to Elena dam. benefit them. Researchers from participants did not interact Atwood then posted a snap of Jenner on the 2015 dump torrential rains over west- Willa was centered about the University of Miami in the with each other. They made all runway with, "Can’t wait to see this beauty @kendall- central Mexico. 120 kilometers east-northeast of US suggest that although their decisions and collected all jenner strutting in my shoes for the @victoriassecret Damage assessments were Durango, Mexico, and heading humans learned long ago to their winnings anonymously fashion show... less than a month away!!!!"Although scanty before dawn due to dark- to the northeast at 41 kph. It was instinctively be generous and and privately. During the first the It girls' reps have yet to confirm on their partic- ness and poor communications, expected to dissipate later in the fair to others, they can quick- what goes around really does round, the study showed, par- ipation in the November show, we can't help but take but federal officials said power day, despite dumping heavy ly unlearn that cooperative come around,” said ticipants behaved predictably: this as fairly solid evidence. Hadid and Jenner were had been knocked out in some rains. behavior when encountering McCullough. Acting on habits shaped by absent at the show in 2017. The last time both beau- spots and there were early Willa came ashore about 80 strangers. However, the study shows their everyday experiences, ties strutted down the VS catwalk was in 2016 in Paris. reports of flimsy structures with kilometers southeast of The study, published in the that the “cognitive shortcut” we they split windfalls with tin roofs sustaining damage Mazatlan, a resort city that is journal Nature Human have built into our brains to be strangers fairly and shared Britney emotional as her hit song turns 20 from the 195 kph winds. Before home to high-rise hotels and Behaviour, supports the theo- generous or fair can be easily about half their earnings with hitting the mainland near Isla del about 500,000 people, including ry that our ingrained cooper- switched off if we learn there charity. Los Angeles: Britney Spears arrived on the pop music Bosque in the state of Sinaloa, many US and Canadian expa- ative spirit is a remnant of our will not be any payback, either However, on their return scene two decades ago with her breakout hit “... Baby Willa swept over an offshore triates. evolutionary past. “When we positive or negative. The visit about a month later, they one more time” and the singer is all the more grate- penal colony about 100 kilome- Although hotels, restaurants lived in small groups, we knew researchers demonstrated this weren’t as generous, sharing, on ful for the love.The 36-year-old singer, who debuted ters out in the Pacific. and stores were boarded over, every person in our social cir- point by exposing 200 volun- average, about 20 per cent less. with the chartbuster in 1998 and went on to become Authorities declined to com- people ventured onto Mazatlan’s cle and we never knew who we teers to a social environment “After acclimating to the situ- a teen pop idol, took to Twitter Tuesday to thank ment on precautions that were coastal boulevard to watch a might need to help us. Over devoid of any incentive or ation, they realised this was fans.“It’s hard to put into words what today means taken at the prison, citing secu- spectacular sunset as the hurri- time, we automatised the deci- punishment for how they treat- extraordinarily different from to me… 20 years ago, the world heard my music for rity concerns, but said the safe- cane obscured the sky to the sion to be kind out of self-inter- ed others, and tracking how the situations they find them- the very first time! So much has happened since ty of inmates was a priority. south. Alberto Hernandez, a est,” said William H B their behaviour changed over selves in everyday life,” then… but what I really want to say is thank you to The storm was rapidly los- hotel worker in the town of McAuliffe, a PhD candidate at time. The volunteers, who McAuliffe said. “So, when they my amazing fans who have been there for me since ing punch over northern Mexico Teacapan, close to where the University of Miami. came to the laboratory in small come back, they don’t act on day 1...“Your support over the years has meant the and was down to tropical storm made landfall, expressed “We have a natural karma groups on two separate occa- that cognitive shortcut because absolute world to me! Love you all!” Spears said. She depression status before dawn, confidence before it hit that the built into us because our minds sions about a month apart, they’ve learned that the same also shared the YouTube link to the song. with maximum sustained winds building would hold up. AP have evolved into thinking that were asked to play three games rules don’t apply,” he said.PTI LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 world 12

Israel to supply missile defence Bombs found at homes of Clintons, Obama PTI n WASHINGTON and were appropriately han- one intended for Clinton was did not immediately respond to dled as such,” the agency said addressed to her in Westchester a request for comment. he United States Secret in a statement. County, New York, on Tuesday. Earlier this week, a suspi- systems to India for $777 mn TService intercepted and “Both packages were inter- The FBI said the package cious package targeting bil- proactively detonated two “sus- cepted prior to being delivered intended for Clinton was found lionaire investor and major picious packages” addressed to their intended location. The in the vicinity of her residence Democratic donor George PTI n JERUSALEM cooperation between Israel to former President Barack protectees did not receive the in Chappaqua, New York, but Soros was discovered and ren- and India. “With this deal, the Obama and 2016 Democratic packages nor were they at risk offered no additional com- dered safe. Authorities are ndia has awarded an addi- sales of the Barak 8 over the presidential nominee Hillary of receiving them,” the state- ment, citing the ongoing inves- investigating whether there Itional USD 777 million deal past few years total over USD Clinton earlier this week, the ment said. tigation. are any connections between to a leading Israeli defence 6 billion. agency said Wednesday. Officials “proactively det- The Clintons have lived in the three packages, CNN firm for supplying Barak 8 LR- This is another evidence of Neither Obama nor onated” the device, and deter- Chappaqua, about 48 km north reported. SAM Air and Missile Defence the capabilities of this Clinton received the packages mined that it contained explo- of New York City, since former A senior White House offi- Systems to seven ships of the advanced weapon system, or were at risk of receiving sive powder and “had the com- President Clinton left office in cials told NBC News that Indian Navy, the company which serves as a central them, the Secret Service said. ponents of a bomb,” it said. 2001. President Donald Trump had announced Wednesday. growth engine for IAI,” Boaz The packages were dis- The package intended for Representatives for the been briefed on the situation. The Long-Range Surface- Levi, Executive Vice President covered during “routine mail Obama was intercepted in Clintons referred press The official said the White to-Air Missile (LR-SAM) sys- and General Manager of screening procedures as Washington, DC, on inquiries to the Secret Service, House is taking the situation tem is an operational Air and Systems, Missiles and Space potential explosive devices Wednesday morning, and the and a spokeswoman for Obama “extremely seriously” Missile Defence (AMD) sys- Group, said. tem used by Israel’s navy as Barak 8 is an operational well as by India’s navy, air and system that provides a full land forces. With the latest response to a range of threats, deal, the Israel Aerospace a state-of-the-art phased array on the huge transaction built to cooperate with other ‘Saudi help to give breathing space to Pak Industries (IAI) said that the multi-mission radar, two-way involving the sale of Barak 8 to systems, it provides customers sale of Barak 8 system — data link, and a flexible com- India,” Israel’s Defence with operational flexibility for jointly developed by India and mand and control system, Minister Avigdor Liberman maximum effectiveness on the Govt; improve negotiating position with IMF’ Israel — a sign of strong bilat- enabling users to simultane- said on twitter. The deal is battlefield, Levi said. Earlier in eral partnership in defence, ously engage multiple targets “proof that security is an August, Israel Navy’s Sa’ar-6 PTI n ISLAMABAD imports. Pakistan’s Finance Foreign Office. The cash injec- would not be enough to avoid has crossed USD 6 billion day and night and in all investment, and not expendi- corvettes had announced that audi Arabia’s USD 6 billion Minister Asad Umar recently tion will immediately relieve the IMF facility, the Dawn over the past few years. weather conditions. ture”, he said adding that the it will be using Barak 8 system Sassistance package of loans said the country may need pressure on the government newspaper reported. It is The system provides broad The missile system has IAI is a national asset, which to protect Israel’s exclusive and deferred payments to more than USD 12 billion to and improve its negotiating believed that improved foreign aerial and point defence been jointly developed by IAI, must be maintained and economic zone and strategic Pakistan will immediately plug its finances as the cur- position during the upcoming exchange reserves would against a wide range of threats India’s DRDO, Israel’s strengthened. facilities which are faced with relieve pressure on the cash- rent-account deficit widens programme loan talks with the strengthen Pakistan’s negoti- to the marine arena from the Administration for the Nimrod Sheffer, IAI’s CEO diversified threats in the strapped government and and foreign-currency reserves International Monetary Fund, ating position in talks with the air, sea or land. Development of Weapons and and President, said: “IAI’s marine arena. improve its negotiating posi- plummet. The Saudi assis- starting from November 7, IMF, it added. The situation The system integrates sev- Technological Infrastructure, partnership with India dates Israel won the largest tion during the tough bailout tance will immediately push the Express Tribune said. could further improve if China eral advanced systems as dig- Elta Systems, Rafael and some many years back and has cul- defence contract in its history negotiations with the IMF, the official foreign currency The cash assistance will also makes some commit- ital radar, command and con- other Indian defence compa- minated in joint system devel- from India last year to supply media reports said reserves back to double digit lower the requirements to ments to rescue its ‘all-weath- trol, launchers, interceptors nies. The new contract opment and production. India Indian Army and Navy with Wednesday. In the deal in addition to lessening the devalue the rupee, as the one- er friend’, it said, noting that with modern radio frequency announced by IAI was entered is a major market for IAI and missile defence systems, a deal announced Tuesday after stress on the external sector. off assistance will — for the Khan is scheduled to travel to seekers, data link and sys- with Indian state-owned com- we plan to protect and rein- worth USD 2 billion. This Prime Minister Imran Khan Saudi Arabia will place time being — improve the China on November 3 for his tem-wide connectivity. pany Bharat Electronics force our positioning in India, was followed by another USD called on Saudi King Salman USD 3 billion cash deposits macroeconomic projections, first visit. Saudi Arabia agreed Designed to defend Limited (BEL), which serves as also in view of increasing 630 million contract a few bin Abdulaziz, Riyadh said it with the State Bank of the report quoted some inde- to bail out Pakistan during the against a variety of short-to- the main contractor in the competition”. months later to supply Barak will give Pakistan USD 3 bil- Pakistan, in addition to pro- pendent economists as saying. second visit of the prime min- long-range airborne threats project. “We thank our partners in 8 surface to air missile system lion in foreign currency sup- viding a one-year deferred The Saudi package may pro- ister, as the agreement could including fixed-wing aircraft, “Congratulations to Israel India and BEL for their choice for four ships of the Indian port for a year and a further payment facility for the import vide breathing space to the not be reached during his helicopters, drones and pro- Aerospace Industries (IAI) of IAI in a project that best Navy in collaboration with loan worth up to USD 3 billion of oil, worth up to USD 3 bil- government for dealing with September visit to the king- jectiles, Barak-8 incorporates and the defence establishment reflects the close technological BEL. in deferred payments for oil lion, according to the Pakistan economic challenges, but dom, it said. 4 children hurt as gunmen Malaysian ex-PM faces new graft charges Meghan rushed through Fiji AP n KUALALUMPUR pleaded not guilty and Najib’s open fire at school in Pak alaysian’s anti-graft trial is to start next year. market filled with Magency said Wednesday The 1MDB fund, set up by PTI n KARACHI that ex-Prime Minister Najib Najib, is being investigated in royal-watchers Razak, along with two former the U.S. and several other t least four children were high-ranking officials, will face countries. U.S. investigators Suva (AP): The Duchess of Ainjured when unidentified new charges of criminal breach say Najib’s associates stole and Sussex was rushed through her gunmen opened fire at a school of trust. The agency said Najib laundered $4.5 billion from the visit to an indoor market in Fiji’s in Pakistan’s Quetta city in the and former treasury chief fund from 2009 to 2014, some capital Wednesday due to con- restive Balochistan province. Mohamad Irwan Serigar of which landed in Najib’s bank cerns about the large crowd that The gunmen on motorcycles Abdullah will be charged account. came to greet her in the relatively opened fire on the gate of together Thursday in “several Najib’s former deputy, confined space. Meghan chatted Danish Kadah School - a private cases of criminal breach of trust Abdul Zahid Hamidi, who is with one vendor and briefly school located in the city sub- involving the use of Malaysian now the opposition leader, has greeted others at Suva Market, urbs, the Dawn reported. government funds.” also been charged with multi- where throngs of people spilled Four students received ullet It didn’t give details but Malaysia’s new government has Najib will be in addition to 32 ple counts of corruption in a into surrounding streets. She injuries on their legs in the fir- media reports said the charges stepped up prosecution of earlier counts of corruption, separate graft investigation spent only about half of her allo- ing. The injured students — are linked to the multibillion- Najib and other former officials breach of trust and money involving millions of dollars. cated 15 minutes there as she was three boys and a girl - are aged dollar looting of the 1MDB over the 1MDB scandal and laundering linked to the 1MDB Najib has accused the gov- whisked through by security 9 to 12 years. state investment fund. other alleged graft cases since scandal that led to his coalition’s ernment of seeking political personnel in the enclosed and The injured children were said those involved in the attack in a report last year said that Separately, it said in a statement its stunning electoral victory in ouster. vengeance against his family, relatively dark market. taken to the Civil Hospital, and will be apprehended soon. In attacks by the Taliban and other that Hasanah Abdul Hami, the May that led to the country’s His wife, Rosmah Mansor, but Prime Minister Mahathir Meghan had visited Suva are now in stable condition. 2014, Taliban militants stormed militant groups disrupted the former chief of the foreign first change of power since was also separately charged Mohamad brushed off the Market to meet some of the Balochistan Home Minister Mir an army-run school in Peshawar, education of hundreds of thou- intelligence agency that is now independence from Britain in with multiple counts of money accusations, saying anyone female vendors who have been Saleem Ahmed Khosa con- killing 149 people, mostly chil- sands of children, particularly defunct, will also face similar 1957. laundering and tax evasion found guilty of misconduct involved in the U.N. Women’s demned the firing incident and dren. The Human Rights Watch girls, in Pakistan. charges in a separate case. The new charges against linked to 1MDB. They both will have to face the law. project “Markets for Change.” Vendors were selling watermel- ons, pineapples and other fruit at the market, as well as handicrafts and fans. A Kensington Palace One winning ticket in $1.5 bn US lotto jackpot spokeswoman told The AFP n WASHINGTON because no one had won Associated Press that her visit since July, when a group of was cut short due to crowd single winning ticket has office workers in California management issues. Abeen identified in a mas- shared a USD 543 million Meghan, who is four sive USD 1.5 billion Mega prize. The record 2016 months pregnant, and husband Millions US lottery jackpot, Powerball jackpot was split Prince Harry are on the 9th day the second largest on record, three ways by ticket holders of their 16-day tour of the South organisers said Wednesday. in California, Florida and Pacific. Harry was not scheduled The winning ticket was Tennessee. Each took home to visit the market, and was bought in South Carolina, but USD 528.8 million. instead unveiling a plaque at a the lucky winner has not yet In the latest Mega forest site home to species such been identified. Millions draw, there were 36 as the Fiji tree frog. Earlier on Mega Millions, which ini- second prizes worth USD 1 Wednesday, Meghan gave a tially announced a global million each. They will be speech at the University of the record USD 1.6 billion jack- paid out to ticket holders South Pacific where she talked pot, later revised the figure who got the first five numbers about the excitement of attend- down to USD 1.537 billion. right but not the Mega Ball. ing university and the impor- The new amount makes the bers drawn on Tuesday night waiting for finally arrived, Including the jackpot and tance of education for women prize the second largest, just were five, 28, 62, 65, 70 and and we couldn’t be more lesser prizes, there were 15.75 and girls in developing countries. shy of the USD 1.586 billion another five as the special excited,” said Gordon million tickets Tuesday night She said she was only able to jackpot for a rival Powerball “gold Mega Ball.” The massive Medenica, lead director of the that earned bettors at least the attend university thanks to schol- lottery in January 2016, jackpot had set off a lottery Mega Millions Group and face value of the ticket. arships, financial aid programs which was shared between frenzy across America, with director of Maryland Lottery Unlike in many other and paid work on campus, but three winning tickets. people lining up at conve- and Gaming. “This is truly a countries, US lottery win- that it was, without question, Regardless, it’s the largest nience stores, supermarkets historic occasion.” nings are taxable at the fed- worth the effort. On Tuesday, the single winning ticket ever and liquor stores to buy a $2 The winner can take $878 eral level, while some states couple attended a state dinner at and it dwarfed the previous ticket that gave them a rough- million in a lump sum cash also impose local taxes. The the Grand Pacific Hotel and Mega Millions record, set in ly one in 300 million chance payment or be paid out in jackpot now resets at USD 40 Harry said Fiji and Britain shared March 2012 at USD 656 mil- of winning. annuities over 30 years. million for the next drawing Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends a morning tea reception at the British High Commissioners residence in Suva, Fiji, on a love of rugby and a sense of lion. The six winning num- “The moment we’ve been The jackpot ballooned on Friday. Wednesday. AP humor.

But for most women in Nepal, change needs to come from the ed to the police, but only a tiny particularly those in conserv- top, but the government’s fraction ended up in court. Long road ahead for #MeToo in Nepal ative rural communities, response to Pant’s killing, the Sexual violence is making news AFP n KATHMANDU speaking out is not an option, botched investigation and the too. An acid attack on two sis- the #MeToo movement in through,” Bista said of the rip- says Mohna Ansari of the ensuing protests has invoked ters by a jilted suitor in late he rape and murder of a neighbouring India has gath- ple effect from India. In the last National Human Rights outrage and derision. September, and the gang rape Tteenager provoked ered pace, a year after the hash- two weeks, a handful of Commission. Parliament passed a ban and murder of a 10-year-old unprecedented protests in con- tag first went viral. women have gone public with She is supporting two rape on pornography saying it girl, dominated headlines for servative Nepal, but activists The public allegations by #MeToo stories in Nepal, victims who brought their would curb violence against days. But activists say the sen- say a #MeToo reckoning like Bollywood star Tanushree including two accusing the cases to court — a rare women, while the home min- sationalist coverage and gra- that unfolding in neighbouring Dutta against a fellow actor former mayor of Kathmandu, achievement in itself. But the ister blamed rape on capital- tuitous detail paints women as India remains a distant emboldened a wave of women Keshav Sthapit, of abusing his women have been driven from ism. He also described the weak victims with no agency prospect. Thousands poured in India to tell their own sto- power. their communities by gossip, a #RageAgainstRape protest — undermining their ability to onto the streets after 13-year- ries. A government minister, M “Nepal also has serial byproduct of speaking out movement as a conspiracy call out their abusers. old Nirmala Pant’s body was J Akbar, resigned this month predators who have been mis- about sexual violence. aimed at toppling Nepal’s com- “Once we address the cul- discovered in July angered by after at least 20 women accused using their powers and posi- “They are now both hiding munist-led government. There ture, then you have space for allegations the police were him of sexual harassment. A tions,” wrote Rashmila in a shelter. The stigma and have been small signs of #MeToo,” said Bista. Pant’s protecting the perpetrators. prominent Bollywood director Prajapati, who says she lost her victim blaming is still too progress: official figures show killers meanwhile remain at Two hashtags — was also sacked over similar job in Sthapit’s office 15 years strong in our society,” said 479 complaints of rape and large. #RageAgainstRape and allegations. ago after she rejected his sex- Ansari. Bista is concerned that attempted rape were made “I don’t have any hope of #JusticeForNirmala — have The shockwaves have not ual advances. “(It) is high time Nepal may not be ready for from July to September this justice, because the investiga- become the rallying cries for gone unnoticed in Nepal, to reveal them.” #MeToo, pointing out that so year — more than the total tions have come up with noth- protesters fed up with Nepal’s which shares strong cultural Sthapit has denied the alle- far only professional women in number of cases filed between ing despite public pressure,” woeful record of prosecuting ing debate. Those fighting for “I would love a society and religious ties with its influ- gations, describing them as “a Kathmandu have felt able to 2008 and 2009 — suggesting her father, Yagya Raj Pant, cases of violence against change say women still strug- where you can say #MeToo,” ential neighbour, as well as a rape of men’s rights” in an speak out.“And the reaction the protests have encouraged told AFP by phone. “But we women. But #MeToo has been gle to speak out against their said women’s rights activist 1,850-kilometre open border. recent interview with the has been very divided for and some to speak up. In 2016 to still continue our fight for jus- largely absent from the ongo- abusers in Nepal. Hima Bista. In recent weeks “You see a slight breeze come Kathmandu Post newspaper. against (them),” she added. A 2017, 1,131 rapes were report- tice.” usp 13 LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 Towards an inclusive society

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is leaving no stone unturned in creating an inclusive environment for all citizens, including those with disabilities

he Department of Empowerment of Person Twith Disabilities (DEPwD), under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Robust education ties Government of India, organised a national workshop titled— ‘Physical and Mental Disabilities in the Light of Global Best India-Australia Practices in Care, Rehabilitation and Research’ on October 23 at RAVNEET PAWHA, the Deputy Vice President (Global) and CEO- the Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, workshop was to help India’s practices of disability-specific, Chanakyapuri in New Delhi. commitment under the Rights discipline-specific, model-spe- South Asia, Deakin University, has spearheaded the growth of Hosted by the National Institute of Persons with Disabilities cific, approach-specific holistic- the Australian University in India and established it as prime for Empowerment of Persons (RPWD) Act and help to services and Community Based with Multiple Disabilities (NIEP- establish uniformity in the Rehabilitation (CBR) models. choice for higher education among Indian students MD), Chennai, the workshop services for persons with The reservoir of knowledge gen- was inaugurated by the Union disabilities. It also endeavoured erated during the discussions including Orthopaedic blood disorders like he pioneering work in India of Deakin’s indeed an honour to be felicitated on such Minister of Social Justice and to support the protocol could be used by all stakeholders Disability, Cerebral Palsy, Haemophilia, Thalassemia, TSouth Asia office has been recognised by a big platform. The award belongs to the Empowerment, Dr development in the service for improving the standards of Muscular Dystrophy, Sickle-Cell Disease; and multi- the India Australia Business and Community highly-committed Deakin India team in New Thaawarchand Gehlot, in the delivery and encourage service delivery with an aim to Dwarfism, Leprosy-cured per- ple disabilities. Awards (IABCA), which presented the Delhi. We endeavour to continue our mis- presence of eminent scholars of adaptation of global best improve the quality of life of son, acid-attack victims; visual The overwhelming award for ‘Business Leader Professional of sion with passion, persistence and people to the disability sector and digni- practices in the Indian context. persons with disabilities and impairment; hearing impair- response to the event could be the Year’ to Ravneet Pawha. The IABCA, people connect.” dedicated to celebrating the Australia-India The leadership role of Pawha in taries including Shankuntala D Various discussions at the their families. ment; speech and language dis- gauged from the high footfall by relationship while honouring entrepreneur- Australian higher education in India became Gamlin, secretary, DEPwD, Dr event concluded that the work- The workshop saw sessions ability, intellectual disabilities, over 300 participants from the ship and community leadership, awarded the particularly apparent in the aftermath of the Kamlesh Kumar Pandey, chief shop would prove instrumental conducted by experts invited specific learning disabilities; State and Central Government, honour to Pawha on October 12, during a 2008 financial crisis, which saw massive commissioner for persons with in assisting the implementation from premier rehabilitation Autism Spectrum Disorders; universities, national institu- ceremony in Brisbane, Australia which was drops in Indian student enrollment in disabilities and Dolly of best practices for all the 21 dis- institutions, hospitals, universi- mental illness and disabilities tions, eminent hospitals, non- attended by the Indian business and com- Australian universities. Recognising the Chakrabarty, joint secretary for abilities covered under the ties, and RCI recognised insti- caused due to chronic neuro- governmental organisations, munity leaders, prominent officials includ- scale of the challenge at hand, she made DEPwD. RPWD Act. It would also be tutions from across the country logical conditions like Multiple- scientists, and experts of repute ing the High Commissioner of India to adjustments to Deakin’s strategic focus in The objective of the important in fine tuning the in the field of disabilities, Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease; from the disability sector. Australia, Dr Ajay Gondane and Australia’s India, placing greater emphasis on partner- Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marise Payne. ship development while waiting for market The award recognises the key leadership forces to stabilise. These efforts led to a sea role of Pawha, who has overseen a large change in Deakin’s partnership engage- expansion of key industry partnerships, ment in India and resulted in threefold ben- developed the University's largest interna- efits of furthering the University’s aims as a BSNL builds roadmap for 5G and Internet of Things tional PhD program and a huge research institution; developing brand aware- growth in student numbers com- ness among key players in India, and set he Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 5G technology and how it will help ing from India. the stage for improved student recruit- T(BSNL) has signed a memorandum realise the Digital India vision. Ericsson In 1994 Deakin became the ment that leveraged the partnerships. of understanding (MoU) with Ericsson has been a key part of the telecom first Australian university to Deakin University has now open an office in India, with emerged as a market leader in India and India Private Limited, to work togeth- ecosystem in India for several decades, Pawha leading that office from students from the country represent the er on developing new 5G use cases, bringing voice and data services to mil- its very inception and oversee- largest international cohort at this knowledge sharing on 5G technology lions of customers in the country. As ing its growth and develop- Australian university. One of the concepts, industry and innovation networks evolve towards 5G, we have ment. She has been instru- key strategic project spearhead- trends including 3GPP standardisation the products and solutions as well as the mental in establishing inno- ed by Pawha is the Deakin progress. The partnership will help expertise to help operators evolve vative strategic partnerships India Research Initiative BSNL to utilise Ericsson’s 5G Center of seamlessly from 4G to 5G.” for the University which (DIRI), which was estab- Excellence, established at IIT Delhi, to BSNL is working closely with have successfully united lished to strengthen research work on evaluating benefits of 5G OEMs and technology partners to the Australian higher edu- activities and partnerships in technology in areas like rural connec- showcase strong 5G ecosystem to cation with the Indian India with a view to bridg- tivity, connected healthcare, industri- enable innovation for new use cases, popular culture. This ing the gap between acade- al automation, public safety, video sur- and business models. 5G will enable includes unique scholar- mia and industry. Through veillance, energy and agriculture tremendous opportunities in sectors ship programs with DIRI, Deakin has established amongst others. like manufacturing, energy and utilities media houses and multi- more than 100 projects Anupam Shrivastava, the CMD of followed by public safety and health sec- faceted partnerships with involving over 100 PhD stu- BSNL said, “5G and IoT will enable new tors. Some of the 5G use cases that Indian premier league dents and more than 50 indus- opportunities and create new ecosys- could be implemented using the unique teams. try, academic, and government tems and through this association with features of 5G technology include On receiving the partners in India. This includes award, Pawha said, “This the $15-million TERI-Deakin Ericsson, we intend to take the lead in industrial control and automation, award recognises Deakin’s Nano-Biotechnology research the development of these new technolo- 5G will also help create the backbone area, South East Asia, Oceania and autonomous driving, safety and traffic efforts in India towards edu- facility in India, often cited as gies. We will test, learn and develop use on which Digital India initiatives will India at Ericsson said, “We are proud efficiency services, hospital applications cation for jobs of the future a standout example of India- cases that will help us meet the diverse be delivered.” to partner with BSNL to work on use- and medical data management amongst and initiatives for the com- Australia collaboration. needs of our customers in the future. Nunzio Mirtillo, head of market cases and scenarios for application of others. munities we serve. It is Tech the way to CORPORATE BRIEFS

DOUBLETREE BY HILTON ITPO HOLDS ITS 41ST AGM increased production OPENS IN GOA - PANAJI The 41st Annual General Meeting of the India The global hospitality chain, Hilton, has Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), was expanded its footprint in India by chaired by L C Goyal, the chairman and managing launching the DoubleTree by Hilton in director of ITPO at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi Goa-Panaji. This launch marks Hilton’s on October 22. Despite the reduction in interest 18th property in India. A unit of income and the decline in exhibition space, due to Goldfinch Hotels (part of MRG Group) ITPO's ongoing mega project of redevelopment of and managed by Hilton, the 160-room Pragati Maidan into a state-of-the-art International hotel, reiterates Hilton's aim to double Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC), ITPO FIRST 3D GLASS-FREE MOBILE PHONE its presence in the country over the generated an income of `360 crore and a net VEECON ROK Corporation Private Limited has unveiled next few years. surplus of `135 crore during 2017-18. the ‘City Wide Wi-Fi Network’, to be established in 25 cities across India. In line with India's digitalisation efforts to provide internet accessibility to every citizen, this ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY IN THE network will offer internet access across large portions NORTH EAST he Internet of Things 2018, an also taken up research that is required and will be operated in association with the Bharat The Kala Nidhi Division of the Indira Gandhi TIndustry Academia Conclave, was for these industries. Further, the insti- Sanchar Nigam Limited. VEECON ROK Corporation also National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), in conducted at the Vellore Institute of tute also provides opportunities to peo- announced a new line of Veecon ROKiT mobile handsets, collaboration with the Anthropos India Technology on October 24. Organised ple in these industries to take up including India's first 3D glass-free mobile phone. Foundation (AIF), organised a launch by the School of Electronics research projects at the University.” workshop—‘Traditional Medicine Systems and Engineering—SENSE, the inaugural He further added that such indus- the Indigenous Healing Practices in North East event of the Conclave was held at the trial and academic tie-ups would pave India: Methodological Challenges,' at IGNCA. FREE MEDICAL HEALTH CHECKUP AT Kamaraj Auditorium and was inaugu- the way for devising means to increase The scope of the workshop was to deliberate MANSAROVAR rated by R K Shenoy, senior vice pres- industrial production and also to on the project taken up by the AIF and invite comments, suggestions and discuss challenges The Jaipur Metro in association with the Sparsh ident at Robert Bosch Engineering and establish new methods to devise low Hospital, Sanganer, conducted a free ‘Medical Business Solutions Private Limited. The cost means while at the same time in doing an ethnographic research in the selected three states of the North East which includes Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. Health Check-up Camp' at the Mansarovar Metro Conclave saw more than 300 academi- implement high-end technological Station. A team of doctors, under the leadership cians, industry representatives, experts, processes in industrial production. of Dr Rakesh Chaudhary, conducted various tests young research scholars and students Along with an increased output in the SUPPORT FOR THE DIFFERENTLY- on patients and advised prescription accordingly. mark their presence where eminent agricultural sector and growth of CISF AND ATA ASSESSMENT TEAM, USA ABLED ARTISTS speakers exchanged ideas about cloud industries, India would become a MEET TO COUNTER TERRORISM The Kriyangali Cultural and Rehabilitation Trust, computing, data analytics, security and developed nation. Viswanathan is of A seven member delegation of the Anti-terrorism organised a cultural programme—Susanskar block chain. the view that the industries should Assistance Programme (ATA), Department of State, 2018, at the National Museum Auditorium in Other dignitaries attending the approach educational institutions and USA, led by David J King, Program Coordinator (ATA support of the differently-abled artists. The event included Elizabeth Rufus, dean work along with them so that they Program), visited the CISF head quarters in New Delhi programme showcased the singing talent of five of SENSE, Anand A Samuel, the vice could solve the problems of their end to meet the senior officers of CISF, led by Ritu Arora, IG differently-abled artists and a Kathak dance (Tech and Prov). The teams discussed counter- performance by the disciplines of Vidushi chancellor of VIT and Anil Prakash, customers. terrorism practices, tactics, strategies and training. the general manager, training and Shenoy expressed that it was very Kalpana Sharma. The programme also recognised the outstanding contribution by seven senior development, Global Mobility, a important for industries to work artists from the field of culture. University relation of Robert Bosch. closely with educational institutions POWERGRID CONTINUES TO BE THE The founder and chancellor of VIT for increasing production and also ‘FASTEST GROWING ELECTRIC UTILITY POLICE COMMEMORATION DAY OBSERVED KVS BAGS FICCI INDIA SPORTS Dr G Viswanathan, informed that the for creating new innovations. “The IN ASIA' On the occasion of the Police Commemoration Day, on October AWARD-2018 Industry Academia Conclave was impact of these findings will signif- In the list of the fastest growing energy companies, 21, the Group Centre Greater Noida, paid homage to the CRPF Adding another feather in its cap, the Kendriya being held for the second year in a row. icantly improve the quality of life of published recently, as part of 2018 S&P Global Platts soldiers martyred in the Hot Springs during 1959. On this very Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has bagged the FICCI He said, “VIT has very good ties with people. There are many industries Top 250 Global Energy Company Ranking, POWERGRID day ten CRPF Jawans sacrificed their lives while fighting against India Sports Award 2018, for the category of the the industrial sector in the areas of that are struggling to devise new has retained its position as the ‘Fastest Growing Electric the Chinese troops on the Hot Springs in Ladakh region of ‘Best Company Promoting Sports (Public research and industrial production. means of production, and such Utility in Asia', for the fifth time in a row. Globally, the Jammu and Kashmir. The DIGP, GC CRPF, Greater Noida also Sector)'. The award ceremony is going to be held Towards this endeavour, VIT has tied- Conclaves would help in addressing company is positioned as the third fastest growing met with the families of the martyrs and listened to their during the TURF 2018 on October 25 at the up with over 1,000 industries and has these problems.” electric utility. problems and assured them to solve the same at the priority. Federation House in New Delhi. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 vivacity 14 BEYOND Prabhas puts out Saaho’s first look On his birthday, actor PRABHAS took to social media to release a TRADITION special video giving a sneak peek into his next big ticket film, Be inventive this festive season and explore beyond the usual Saaho. The video not only reveals his all new, uber- diyas and candles this Diwali. From beauty care products to cuff stylish look from the film links and lights, the options are aplenty. 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The moves sad truth is that sex- which showcases the fun, teas- but somehow, she manages to were extremely fast yet so ual predators are all ing chemistry between Aamir pull them off (laughs),” says fluid, and really challenging. It around us.’ and Katrina has wowed every- Aamir. is dance and comedy at the one for its outstanding chore- The song has been chore- same time which makes it —Jacqueline ography and her mind-blow- ographed by Prabhudheva, really interesting.” Fernandez ing dancing. Katrina plays who always sets a benchmark Composed by the duo Footloose the role of Suraiyya — the tal- in his innovative choreogra- Ajay-Atul and penned by ented dancer of Hindostan in phy. It has Aamir, dressed as Amitabh Bhattacharya, the As Dilwale Dulhaniya Le the film and she casts her spell a British captain, having the song is sung by Shreya women Jaayenge completed 23 years of on Firangi (Aamir) with her guts to woo Katrina in front of Ghoshal and Vishal Dadlani. running, actor SHAH RUKH KHAN looks. British officers. Katrina feels Directed by Vijay Krishna Aamir is all praise for that Suraiyya has been one of Acharya, the film also stars Surveys reveal how Indian tweeted: “A special journey that Katrina’s incredible dancing her toughest songs till date. Amitabh Bachchan and began 23 years ago, goes on even skills in the song. “I love the She says, “It’s a song which I Dangal fame, Fatima Sana women, especially 50-year-olds, today. Your love lyrics of the song. They are really love. There is a lot of Sheikh in pivotal roles. It is are stepping out of their homes to has kept Raj and really very representative of heart in it and personality. slated to release on November Simran's story both Firangi and Suraiyya’s Most importantly, for me, it’s 8, in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. travel alone. By TEAM VIVA alive on the big omen in India are travelling solo now more than screen for 1200 f you ask Radhika Apte what it was Wever before. And guess what? Not just milenni- weeks non-stop. Ilike playing Nida Rahim in the al women, but also those who are 50 and above. Earlier, Thank you for noire Ghoul, the one of the many the idea of a 50-year-old women traveling would evoke Netflix series which inspired a flood The Omnipresent the image of a pilgrim but older women are challeng- falling in love with of memes of her carpet bombing the ing themselves with trekking, parasailing, river raft- us so uncondition- online platform, she doesn’t remem- ing and are seeking adventures all on their own. ally for so many ber much of it. That’s not surprising From the digital platform to movies, RADHIKA APTE has had a Surveys reveal that a new generation of post-lib- years!” The film since Apte has been all over our eralisation women are redefining life after they had won 10 Filmfare Awards and mobiles and also movie screens. busy year, says SAIMI SATTAR realise that they have enough time to explore the world Despite that the possibility of not now that their kids have grown up. They feel that hit- also been running for 1,009 unin- working, which is a distant memory, hard to place my self there,” she says country. This will generate more ting 50 means they can kick off a second and active terrupted weeks at the Maratha can make her anxious. as she widens her already big eyes in publicity,” she says with a laugh. version of life. This is not just in terms of travelling Mandir, single-theatre cinema in “The fact that I have been work- wonder and adds, “It is tough. People Apte is happy that she is in a space to places. Some are using their experiences to become Mumbai. ing two-three years non-stop makes underestimate how hard it is. It is out and time where she is being offered social media influencers too, moneytising their you forget the times when you have of your comfort zone and anything many different types of roles. “It is a sojourns and making others envy their lives. cried because you did not have work. out of your comfort zone is very dif- good time to be a part of the indus- As per a survey, Indian women already make up That always happens when you go ficult.” try. I just don’t want to realise after 10 a significant portion of India’s domestic travel. back to an unpleasant situation. It is She hopes that the kind of roles years that this is a better time and I According to a report by the Ministry of Statistics and Carell joins like when you are in love, you forget that she wants to do keep on coming want it to happen right now and I Programme Implementation, more than half of all sin- Reese, Aniston what rejection is like. When it hap- to her. “It is up to people to offer me want to make it happen. I want to gle member overnight domestic trips made in India pens again, you remember what it felt different kinds of things to do. I am change this game where there are between 2014 and 2015 were by female travelers. A Actor STEVE CARELL will soon like. I worked hard for the last two not rushing into things. I am also equal amount of women characters as recent study states that the number of women travel- join Reese Witherspoon and years but now I am very nervous waiting for something nice to come powerful as men’s. I don’t want to feel ling alone in India and abroad is on the rise — 41 per Jennifer Aniston about what next. And there is a rea- that is really inspiring. You know that why are all these parts written for cent women traveled alone in 2014 as compared to 37 in a yet untitled son as this year I haven’t worked so when you lose sleep because you can’t men only,” she says, and again the feel- per cent in the previous year. Among those surveyed, morning show drama. The role much as I have been tying loose ends wait to start a project,” she says as ing of a million thoughts clamouring 47 per cent said they travel alone for a sense of free- will be Carell's first as a series and promoting the work that I have words tumble out quickly, clearly to come out is evident. dom, 39 per cent travel for the challenge, and the 28 regular since he already done. I am signing two pro- unable to keep pace with all the direc- But does she feel that the current per cent travel alone as their family or friends do not left The Office. jects but also waiting to see what is tions that her agile mind is running phase where content is really the king have the time or resource to travel with them. going to come up,” she says. Wearing in. Having worked so hard for the last is kicked off by the coming up of the Well, the growing connectivity and easy network- Carell will play a polka-dotted dress, she is curious two-three years, she is on a bit of a digital platforms? “You can make bril- ing have made families more carefree in terms of let- Mitch Kessler, a about everything around her. At one break. “Right now I am not rushing liant content in films. In digital there ting their daughters and mothers walk out of their morning show point Apte questions the server about into things. I am taking three-four is no censorship plus there is a lot of premises alone. According to a report by anchor who the exquisite quality of porcelain weeks to see various family members time as a series can be eight or six PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Indian women turned out used for serving tea in the five star and friends that I haven’t seen for two hours long. Mahabharata is probably to be among the most confident travellers in the world. is struggling which is a favourite haunt of her co- years.” more interesting to show in a longer Another report by the Singapore Tourism Board to maintain star, Saif Ali Khan, in Baazaar where The amount of work that she did series than to show in two hours. highlights the peculiarities among Indian women trav- relevance in a she stars next. in the past two years was the stuff the Short films on the other hand have ellers. It shows that they prefer to spend more on flights, changing For Apte, excitement and chal- memes are made of — and she invit- their own challenges. In today’s world food and accommodation to refrain from the last- media land- lenge is important while choosing a ed quite a few. She played Nida people want to have entertainment in minute booking hassles. They prefer travel agents for role. “It should make you feel, oh this Rahim in Ghoul, Kalindi in Lust their local journeys, in their local customised packages and love to travel to the locations scape. The is great. I don’t know how to do this Stories, Anjali Mathur in Sacred trains or rickshaw and that’s why dig- of iconic Bollywood movies. series is based but this is great,” she says. For her lan- Games, Sophie in Andhadhun and ital content becomes viral because As more Indians adopt the travel culture, the on an idea from guage, platform and length are not the next up she will be seen as Sonia in smart phones have come,” she says demographic is undergoing a constant change as well. Ellenberg and criteria that makes her choose. Not Baazaar. And she is happy with the highlighting the strength and weak- They are not just corporate or business travellers any- will draw back- surprisingly, she can be seen working way that Netflix, the digital platform, ness of each. more, but more of women travellers flying and holi- in a film, series or short films. Next responded to the memes when it She also feels that the sudden daying alone. Various airlines like Lufthansa reveal that ground material up she will be seen in Baazaar along- released a two-minute spoof video explosion in digital content, “is a there was a higher attendance of corporate passengers from CNN senior side Saif Ali Khan, Chitrangada Singh featuring the actress and filmmaker phase. Now it’s become popular. But around 20 years ago compared to today’s scenario that media correspondent and newcomer Rohan Mehra. “It is Vikramaditya Motwane. The clip, when 10 shows come up, let’s see if accommodates more of couples and women travelling Brian Stelter's Top of very different from anything that I seemingly a behind-the-scenes video another @radhikaofficial fan account”. they are of the same quality. in groups. British Airways have noticed a surge in solo the Morning, which have done before and also from who of an upcoming show titled Apte said that she really enjoyed Probably eventually it would match Indian women travellers rising to around 47 per cent I am so I am very excited. It is very Omnipresent, shows Apte playing the way that the platform handled the with the films. If it doesn’t it’s great while Oman Air now carries more holidaymakers, recounted the rivalry mainstream. Nikkhil, Monisha every role. The video ends with entire thing. “It was very smart and and amazing. But what I am saying honeymooners and corporate travellers from India to between Today and (Advani, the producers) and Gaurav Netflix rechristening itself ‘Radflix’. that proves that quality marketing is is that at the end of the day it is up Oman than the migrant labourers the airline ferried Good Morning (K Chawla, the director) are the best Netflix shared the video on Twitter better than quantity marketing. If you to the producers and directors to five to six years ago. America. people to explore this with. I liked the with the caption, “Whatever the role, just get the right idea and do that, you maintain quality,” she says as she With better incomes and a more solid sense of the story and the cast. All these dances Radhika apt hai.” The digital platform don’t need to do 20 interviews or signs off. self in older women, they know what they want and and songs, even when I watch it, it is also changed its Instagram bio to “Just ridiculous 80 interviews across the Photo: Pankaj Kumar they just want to fly. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 sport 15 Arsenal face JUVE TOO GOOD FOR UNITED Lisbon test Paulo Dybala’s strike in 1st half helps Old lady beat Red Devils in Theatre of Dreams; Real ease past Plazen AFP n PARIS mid a packed schedule Arsenal take a 10-match win- AFP n MANCHESTER Aning streak to Sporting Lisbon as their quest to win the Europa League continues Thursday, when city rivals ristiano Ronaldo marked his return Chelsea, possibly without the influential Eden Hazard, host to Old Trafford with a victory as BATE Borisov of Belarus. CJuventus beat Manchester United After sealing an impressive 10th straight victory at 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday, home to Leicester in the Premier League on Monday, Unai while under-pressure Real Madrid got Emery's outfit are the team to watch in Group E. Arsenal back to winning ways. and Sporting sit on six points apiece after two games, with Julen Lopetegui's days as Madrid Azerbaijan's Qarabag and fellow strugglers Vorskla of coach still look numbered despite seeing Ukraine still pointless. the reigning European champions beat Sporting are fifth in Portugal's top flight, four points Viktoria Plzen on a night in which both off the top with former Manchester United star Nani hav- Bayern Munich and Manchester City won ing scored three goals from seven league outings. on the road. If Arsenal needed more reason to believe in their It is just one win in seven matches chances of going all the way, they need not look far. As coach now for Jose Mourinho's United after they of Sevilla in 2013-2016, Emery led the Spaniards to three went down to defeat against an accom- consecutive Europa League titles. plished Juventus, who were worthy vic- "We are beginning to play with heart," Emery said after tors. Monday's come-from-behind 3-1 win, in which Mesut Ozil After facing uncomfortable questions scored and provided on the eve of the game over rape allega- an assist in a man-of- tions made against him in the United Real Madrid left back Marcelo celebrates with teammates after scoring his side 2nd goal againt Plazen AP the-match perfor- States, Ronaldo played his part on the field mance. for Juve back at the ground where he was half. "I think we played once idolised. After losing at home to Lyon in their some sexy football," He played a key role in the winner as Group F opener, City have now won said the 30-year-old it was his cross, aimed at Juan Cuadrado, back-to-back games on the road and the German. Sporting, who which ended up falling for Paulo Dybala result in the night's other match went won 2-1 away to Loures to tuck home in the 17th minute. their way. in the Portuguese Cup Ronaldo also forced a superb save Brazilian forward Joelinton's stop- with Nani and Bruno from David de Gea, while Paul Pogba page-time goal earned Hoffenheim a 3- Fernandes both on tar- struck the post for United, who drew 3 draw at home to Lyon, allowing City get, should be fresher another blank at home in Europe after a to lead the group from the French side. having played on 0-0 draw with Valencia three weeks ago. Andrej Kramaric netted twice for Saturday. Juventus have maximum points after Hoffenheim in between strikes from Arsenal played on three games in Group H, and host Bertrand Traore and Tanguy Ndombele, Monday and Emery, Aubameyang celebrates with Mustafi after Mourinho's side in Turin next. Manchester City’s defender Nicholas Otamendi but Memphis Depay appeared to have already set to make scoring his second goal against Leicester "Juventus is a different level of qual- battles for ball against Shaktar’s Moraes AP won it for Lyon before Joelinton inter- changes due to a ity, I have to be honest. A level of vened. packed schedule, is set to tinker further quality, stability, experience, know- did at least keep Real level with "In Europe, 0-3, we were outstand- after both Nacho Monreal and Sead how," Mourinho conceded. Roma atop Group G. ing," Guardiola told BT Sport. "If we are Kolasinac were ruled out. "I have no complaints with my "I am convinced I will be," able to win the next game Shakhtar will Having won both their opening boys. I have a positive feeling for said Lopetegui when asked if be out. After our defeat in Lyon we were Group L matches, 2013 champions their effort." he believed he would still be in under pressure. I'm very pleased with Chelsea can take a major step to the next The good news for United is charge against Barcelona. our performance." round with a home win on Thursday, that they remain second in the group after Roma eased to a 3-0 win over CSKA Meanwhile, Bayern Munich exploit- although they may have to do without Valencia were held to a 1-1 draw by Young Moscow, who had beaten Real in their last ed a brief lapse in AEK Athens' deter- Hazard. Boys in Switzerland. outing, with Edin Dzeko scoring a first- mined defense to score twice in two The Belgian playmaker says he was kicked so much Michy Batshuayi put the Spaniards half brace before Cengiz Under sealed the minutes for a 2-0 win in the Champions during Chelsea's 2-2 weekend draw with Manchester United ahead, but Guillaume Hoarau's second- points. League, easing pressure on the that he will miss the Stamford Bridge game against BATE half penalty gave Young Boys their first That game was overshadowed by Bundesliga champions and coach Niko with a bad back. point. reports that around 20 people had been Kovac. With Spanish centre-forward Alvaro Morata struggling injured — at least one seriously — when Shaking off a mistake-prone first on just three goals this season, Hazard's absence could rob LOPETEGUI STILL FRAGILE an escalator leading to a metro station in half, Javi Martinez and Robert Chelsea of their main attacking threat after a blistering Lopetegui's position in charge of Real central Rome collapsed. Italian media said Lewandowski struck in the 61st and seven-goal start to the Premier League campaign. remains fragile despite his side claiming Russian football fans caused the accident. 63rd minutes at the Olympic Stadium Yet Brazilian winger Willian remains upbeat about their a first win in six games by beating Viktoria for Bayern's second victory in Group E, chances, claiming the entire club has been given a lift by Plzen 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu. MAN CITY IRRESISTIBLE as AEK suffered its third defeat. the arrival of new coach Maurizio Sarri. Karim Benzema headed Madrid Pep Guardiola's Manchester City "We knew the goals would come. "The way we are playing this season, we can go all the ahead early on, and Marcelo later dou- had little trouble against Shakhtar We pressed, tired them out and it way," the in-form winger said of their Europa League cam- bled their lead before Patrik Hrosovsky Donetsk, winning 3-0 in Ukraine to worked," Bayern goalkeeper Manuel paign. As Marseille prepare to face Lazio, the French side scored for the Czech champions to set atone for a defeat there last season. Neuer said. will be hoping the past experience of coach Rudi Garcia up a nervy finale. David Silva and Aymeric Laporte "After their two goals, their morale pays dividends as they bid for their first win of the group Reports suggest Lopetegui may still scored before Bernardo Silva sealed the suffered and we went on to win. ... We're stage following a 2-2 draw at Apollon Limassol. He joined not survive in the job until Sunday's win with a brilliant goal within seconds in a better position but we're still mak- them from Roma, where he faced Lazio five times in the Cristiano Ronaldo hugs Paulo Dybala after the Argentine international scored against Man Utd AP Clasico against Barcelona, but the result of coming off the bench in the second ing mistakes." capital-city derby and never lost. SINGLES ZHENG LEADS ENTRIES AT WTA MUMBAI OPEN India to play Jordan in friendly Saina edges past Kawakami Mumbai: China's world number 57 Zheng Saisai heads the list of entries in the $ 125,000 second L and T Mumbai PTI n Open, a women's tennis tournament, commencing at the PARIS PTI n U19 Eves maul Pak 18-0 Cricket Cub of India on October 27. The 24-year-old Zheng NEW DELHI is followed by last year's runner-up and world number 79 CHONBURI: India mauled Pakistan 18-0 op Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic, USA's 94-ranked Sachia Vickery he Indian men's football team will with striker Renu scoring five goals in the TKidambi Srikanth advanced to the second square off against Jordan in a round of the French Open with straight-game and Serbia's number 96 Olga Danilovi in the WTA event. The T opening match of the AFC U-19 Women's friendly match on November 17 in Championship Qualifiers here on wins but it was curtains for Sameer Verma at main draw of the event will feature 32 players from 19 Amman, which will be the first such the $ 750,000 BWF event here on Wednesday. countries, wherein 22 players will get a direct entry and the Wednesday. encounter between the two sides. which kicks-off in UAE on January 5. Second half substitute Renu pumped in Saina, who finished runner-up in the remaining via the knock-outs and wild cards. The "All India Football Federation "The AFC Asian Cup is knocking five goals (52nd, 54th, 75th, 89th and Denmark Open last week, outclassed Japan's tournament qualifiers would be held on October 27 and 28, confirms an international friendly for at the door and as part of our prepa- 90th minute) after India led 9-0 at the Saena Kawakami 21-11, 21-11 in the women's while the main draw begins on October 29. the Indian senior national team ration it's pertinent that the national breather in a completely one-sided match singles, while defending champion Srikanth beat against Jordan. The match will be team prepares in the best possible Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent 21-19, 21- ALL EYES ON BILES AT WORLD GYMNASTICS against hapless played in Amman on November 17, fashion by playing against stronger Pakistan side. 13 in the men's singles match in the opening Doha: More than 500 gymnasts descend on Qatar this 2018," the AIFF said in a press release. teams. Manisha opened round of the World Tour Super 750 event. week for the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, The match will be played at the "Jordan are a very tough side who the scoring in 2017 Singapore Open Champion B Sai but most eyes will be on the sport's biggest star, the USA's King Abdullah II International went down to World Cup runners-up the second Praneeth also crossed the opening hurdle, beat- Simone Biles. The quadruple Olympic Gold medallist will Stadium. Croatia 1-2 in their last match. It will minute before ing Brazil's Ygor Coelho 21-13, 21-17 to set up make her return to frontline international competition after Jordan, who went down 1-2 to be an acid test for us," Das said. adding another a clash with Asian Games Gold medallist taking a year off following her triumphant showing in Rio World Cup runners-up Croatia in National Coach Stephen one in the 25th Jonatan Christie of Indonesia. Saina Nehwal in action during Denmark Open PTI/File Pic in 2016. Biles, 21, will become the first woman in history their last friendly earlier this month, Constantine also felt that the match minute. After Sameer, who had reached the quarterfinals to win four world all-around titles if she takes Gold in that are currently ranked 110th, while will be a "big test" for the team. that, Devneta (9th and 25th) and Daya last week, went down fighting 21-16, 17-21, 15- 13, 21-15 in 35 minutes. They duo discipline in Doha. Her main competition is likely to come India are placed 97th. "This is going to be a really good Devi (27th) added their names in the 21 to Christie in a little over an hour match. will cross swords with Chinese pair from teenage compatriot Morgan Hurd, the 2017 The two teams have never met in game for several reasons. Firstly, scoresheet. Men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B of He Jiting and Tan Qiang next. champion. Biles could also take Gold in the vault, floor an International Friendly ever, though Jordan is a quality team as we saw Meanwhile, Pakistan goalkeeper Eman Sumeeth Reddy defeated Korean duo of Min However, Satwiksairaj and exercise and beam competitions. the India U-16 national team did play them in their 1-2 loss to Croatia the Fayyaz scored an own goal in the 30th Hyuk Kang and Kim Won Ho 21-18, 21-17. Ashwini Ponnappa couldn't get Jordan twice earlier this year. The other day. minute. Papki Devi and Jabamani Tudu Women's doubles pair of Meghana across the husband-wife combination of Chris BENGALURU BULLS HOME GAMES MOVED TO PUNE Indian colts coached by Bibiano "We have to understand the level also scored a goal each in the added time Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram also entered Adcock and Gabrielle Adcock from England, Bengaluru: The home matches of Bengaluru Bulls in the Fernandes won both their encounters. we are going to face in UAE and to be of the first half. Manisha (47th) and Daya the second round after defeating Belgium's Lise going down narrowly 22-24, 21-18, 19-21 in ongoing sixth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) have The November friendly, which able to deal with it, we have to face Devi (56th) scored two more after the Jaques and Flore Vandenhoucke 21-12, 21-12. mixed doubles been shifted to the Balewadi Stadium in Pune, the organisers comes after India's gutsy goalless tests like this. The game against resumption before Renu produced a five- Men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Top seeded Chinese mixed doubles pair of Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd announced on Wednesday. The draw against China, will further set the China was a big test, and Jordan will star performance. Roja Devi (59th) and Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also had a good Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong ended the Soumyta Guguloth (77th) were the other Bengaluru Bulls home leg runs from November 23-29, and pace for the national team's prepara- be another one as well," Constantine outing as they outwitted German combination campaign of Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg scorers for India. PTI will play a pivotal role, as teams will be upping their game tion for the AFC Asian Cup next year said. of Jones Ralfy Jansen and Josche Zurwonne 21- with a 21-5, 21-10 win. and maintaining their rhythm for the last few legs of the season and vying to earn enough points to make it to the playoffs. Bengaluru Bulls will play their first home leg match against Bengal Warriors on November 23. Kerber upsets Osaka in WTA finals Federer digs deep to reach 2nd round ANAND BEATS SUNDAR, ABHIJEET TAMES LE QUANG AP n SINGAPORE AFP n BASEL Isle of Man : effect. his opponent managed to Viswanthan Anand came back into the A rejuvenated Osaka square the match with a break reckoning by defeating compatriot M Shyam Sundar in a tenacious Angelique made her move in the sec- oger Federer had to fight in game 10. one-sided affair in Isle of Man International chess AKerber overcame a ond set breaking Kerber Rhard to hold off Serbia's The top seed went up an tournament here on Wednesday. Former world junior second set stutter to outlast twice but she was unable to Filip Krajinovic on Tuesday, early break in the third and champion Abhijeet Gupta also tamed highly regarded Liem Naomi Osaka on consolidate on serve. edging to a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win to broke Krajinovic in an 11- Le Quang of Vietnam on a good day for the Indians. It was Wednesday, leaving the Kerber capitalised and reach the second round of the minute game for a 5-2 lead, expected after a couple of draws that things were only Japanese sensation's WTA unleashed a barrage of Swiss Indoors. only to fail to serve out the going to get better for Anand and he did not disappoint his Finals campaign hanging winners against a flat-foot- The eight-time champion match at the first time of ask- fans in carving out a clinical victory over Shyam Sundar, a by a thread. ed Osaka, who appeared flirted with his earliest exit in ing. fellow Chennai Grandmaster. While, Abhijeet Gupta crush Kerber had a chance to bothered by her left leg. Basel since his 1998 debut as a Roger Federer in action at Basel AP But he clinched victory on Le Quang, who has been in top fifty for a while. serve it out in the second Kerber served for the teenager, but came his second match point to take set but triumphed the hard match at 5-4 but Osaka out on top in a nervy ended the possi- his career record at the tour- SPECIAL GAMES way in a pulsating 6-4, 5- blasted a flurry of winners deciding set. bility of a rematch nament to 67-9 as he bids to LUCKNOW: Special Games got off to a start at KD Singh 7, 6-4 victory in 2 hours Naomi Osaka returns a shot while competing against Kerber in WTA finals AP to break back. "I was up 6-2, 3- between Federer reach a 12th successive final at ‘Babu’ Stadium on Wednesday with Minister Omprakash and 30 minutes at the She once again broke a 1, it could have ended and his US Open St. Jakobshalle. Rajbhar declaring the games open. Also present were Singapore Indoor Stadium. chance of quali- serve. flustered Kerber to take it very quickly," Federer said. conqueror John Millman by Seventh seed Daniil Dayashankar Singh, RP Singh, Anandeshwar Pandey and The Wimbledon fying for the Aninto a third set for the first "But I made life more difficult. beating the Australian 7-6 Medvedev, a semi-finalist last Gulab Chand. champion appeared to be semi-finals. aggressive time between the pair. I didn't have the best serving (7/3), 6-2. week in Moscow, saw off hampered by a back injury Kerber Osaka went Osaka had the stats, maybe that caught up to Krajinovic appeared to be German Maximilian Marterer HANDBALL in the third set but dug bounced back impressive- for her shots but couldn't momentum early in the me. But these are different on the way to a straight-sets 6-3, 7-5. LUCKNOW: Combined Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya and deep and gained the crucial ly after a shock defeat to find her irresistible range third set but played a loose balls, more altitude than in loss in his first meeting with the Russian Medvedev stands Arunchal Pradesh team defeated combined Jammu and break in the seventh game. Kiki Bertens. and a patient Kerber made seventh game to drop serve Shanghai, it's about getting 20-time Grand Slam winner at a career-high ranking of Kashmir and Tamil Nadu 31-23 to win a handball match After losing to Sloane With plenty at stake, her pay. and hand Kerber the defin- used to it. before the momentum began to 20th, with three titles this played under Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat scheme at KD Stephens on Monday, both players made a ner- The experienced ing break. It was Kerber's "And first rounds are turn. season and will next face Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium on Wednesday. Director (Sports) RP crowd favourite Osaka will vous start in an error-rid- Kerber had all the answers, fourth straight victory in always tricky, it's never a given Up a set and a break, the Andreas Seppi after the Italian Singh and coordinator UP Handball Association Pradeep need to rely on results in dled opening culminating utilising her forehand the match-up between the that you are going to win." Swiss lost serve in the sixth defeated Japan's Taro Daniel Rai gave away the prizes. Red Group to have a in three straight breaks of down the line to great past two Slam winners. Earlier, Jan-Lennard Struff game of the second set before 6-0, 6-4. LUCKNOW | THURSDAY | OCTOBER 25, 2018 sport 16 ‘Strikers wasting too many Thrilling contest ends in tie chances a big concern’ Hope, Hetmyer sizzle as Windies draw an epic comeback to overshadow Kohli’s record 100 after party PTI n MUSCAT ollowing the goalless draw against Malaysia MOST RUNS IN ODIs IN 2018 Fin the Asian Champions Trophy, a dejected Player Mat Inns Runs HS Ave SR 100/50 4/6s Indian men's hockey team chief coach Harendra Singh on Wednesday acknowledged that his Virat Kohli (INDIA) 11* 11 1046 160* 149.42 103.87 5/3 105/12 strikers wasted too many chances despite Jonny Bairstow (ENG) 22 22 1025 139 46.59 118.22 4/2 124/31 dominating most sessions of the match. Joe Root (ENG) 24 24 946 113* 59.12 83.93 3/5 65/6 "I am not happy at the way our strikers con- tinue to miss scoring opportunities," Harendra Jason Roy (ENG) 22 22 894 180 40.63 105.05 3/1 98/21 said after India were held to a goalless draw by BrendonTaylor (ZIM) 20* 20 823 138 41.15 86.35 2/3 75/19 Malaysia in their preliminary league encounter here late on Tuesday. The goalless draw on Tuesday night left persistent problems at the num- both defending champions India and Asian ber four slot by Kohli himself, Games Silver medallists Malaysia on 10 points made a fluent 73 off 80 deliver- from four outings. India, however, stayed atop ies. the standings on the basis of a superior goal dif- The 29-year-old Kohli, who ference. World Cup in India. hit 13 boundaries and four sixes, "The strikers need to work harder. Things Earlier on Tuesday Defending Champions bettered the iconic Sachin will not come on a platter every time," said India were held to a goalless draw by Malaysia Tendulkar's record by an incred- Harendra, dejected that India failed to convert but managed to maintain their pole position ible 54 innings, and then went half a dozen scoring opportunities in the points table in the Asian past 1000 runs in the calendar against Malaysia. Champions Trophy hockey tourna- year in only 11 innings, which is This was the first time India were ment. also the fastest. playing Malaysia since the 2018 Asian Both India and the Asian Games During their stay in the Games, where Malaysia scored an upset Silver medallists Malaysia now have middle, the two were involved in win to advance to the final. 10 points each from four outings in a partnership of 139 runs in 142 Harendra said modern hockey requires the preliminary round-robin league, with balls for the third wicket at the quick decision making by players. He said the India topping the standings on basis of a supe- Dr YSR ACA-VDCA Cricket strikers need to be quick in their decision mak- rior goal difference. Stadium, set amidst picturesque ing as rivals would always try to deny them time The Indian team were off to a nervy start hills. and space in the scoring zone. as they wasted several scoring opportunities While he acknowledged the "We have to do better inside the circle," he early in the match. fans' applause by raising his bat Yuzvendra Chahal, right, celebrates after dismissing Windies captain Jason Holder AP pointed out. They had a spate of chances early in the after reaching the 10k land- Harendra said Malaysia were expected to contest, only for Hardik Singh to fritter away mark, the crowd was on its feet Yadav and the chinaman, hav- most harsh on Yuzvendra crowd their defence and deny space for the a scoring opportunity. Harmanpreet Singh's again when Kohli creamed ing missed the series opener, Chahal, who leaked 18 runs in Indian strikers, but it was up to the Indian play- penalty corner flick was blocked by the Marlon Samuels to the cover delivered straightaway when he one of the middle overs. ers to create a passage through the packed Malaysian goalkeeper and Mandeep failed to boundary to bring up his cen- foxed Hemraj for a 24-ball 32. Shai Hope was the perfect defence. get a touch on long diagonal ball. It happened Shai Hope, left, and Shimron Hetmyer run between the wickets during the tury, his 37th in this format. The spinner then bowled sea- foil for the marauding Hetmyer, Malaysia coach Roelant Oltmans, who was twice in the first quarter. second one-day international match between India and West Indies AP A six down the ground off soned Marlon Samuels (13) to as the former kept rotating India's coach until last year, said the game pro- Malaysia created one opening on a counter- debutant left-arm pacer Obed leave the visitors in a spot of strikes while finding the fence ceeded as expected. attack, but mostly fell back to defend their goal PTI n VISAKHAPATNAM last ball, levelled the score McCoy brought up 1,000 runs bother at 78 for three in 12 on a fairly regular basis. "We did really well in how we defended, but against the Indian strikers. with Hope (123 not out) for him in the year. overs. However, Chahal had the I am slightly disappointed with what we did In the second half, the Indian strikers were un-machine Virat cutting Umesh Yadav for a He then deposited McCoy A 143-run partnership last laugh when Hetmyer top- when in possession of the ball," said Oltmans. not allowed space to enter the circle until the Kohli sprinted to boundary. over long-on for another maxi- ensued between Hetmyer and edged an innocuous short ball "We could have done a lot more. We could closing stages, when they forced two penalty Rfastest 10,000 ODI Besides Hope's ton, mum and in the next over, Shai Hope for the fourth wick- for a skier to Kohli at short have created opportunities for ourselves. That corners but could not produce a goal-bearing runs but West Indies stole a there was also Shimron smashed Roach for a six and two et as the duo took calculated cover. is something we need to improve," said shot. tie from India with Shai Hetmyer's 94-run blitzkrieg. fours to power his team past 300. risks. At that point, West Indies Oltmans, who took charge of the Malaysian This was a period when Malaysia were Hope's gutsy hundred in an Kuldeep Yadav showed Kieran Powell (18) and Taking off from where he needed 101 runs in 18 overs as team after the Asian Games that ended last down to 10 players as Tengku Tajuddin was exhilarating second one- his worth again with three Chanderpaul Hemraj started left in the first match, Hetmyer Rovman Powell joined Hope, month. shown the yellow card for a deliberate foul on dayer here on Wednesday. wickets. West Indies' response by hitting launched into the Indian spin- and the equation was brought For three Asian teams— India, Pakistan Indian Captain Manpreet Singh. India notched up 321 Opting to bat, Kohli a few quick boundaries, but ners and rattled them with a down to 63 in the last 10 with and Malaysia — this event provides the last Nilakanta Sharma missed the target by for six, while the West fired 157 off 129 balls, while Mohammed Shami had the flurry of sixes. He was destruc- skipper Holder among the five competitive games ahead of next month's inches in one of the combined Indian raids. Indies, needing 14 runs in Ambati Rayudu, who is seen former caught behind. tive in the region between long- batsmen remaining. But they the final over and five off the as the answer to the team's Kohli introduced Kuldeep off and deep midwicket and was could only tie the game. Ritu Malik in Bronze contention

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‘King' Kohli is fastest to 10,000 ODI runs oung Ritu Malik kept India Yin medal contention by PTI n VISAKHAPATNAM FASTEST TO 10,000 RUNS IN ODI reaching the Bronze play-off but there was no end to the irat Kohli on Wednesday Player Opposition Mat Inns woes of Sakshi Malik, who suf- Vbecame the fastest to score Virat Kohli (India) West Indies 213 20 fered a humiliating quarterfi- 10,000 runs in One-day Sachin Tendulkar (India) Australia 266 259 nal defeat and Ritu Phogat at Internationals, rewriting, fit- the World Championship here tingly enough, the iconic Sourav Ganguly (India) Sri Lanka 272 263 on Wednesday. Sachin Tendulkar's record and Ricky Ponting (Australia) South Africa 272 266 Ritu Malik, who had compounding the cricket Jacques Kallis (Sout Africa) Australia 286 272 defeated celebrated Geeta community's conundrum to Phogat in the trials, edged out find the right superlatives for VIRAT KOHLI'S SCORE IN VISAKHAPATNAM Bulgaria's Sofiya Hristova his phenomenal batting. Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Opposition Match Date Georgieva 9-8 in the repechage 'King' Kohli comfortably round despite lagging behind bettered the record set by the 118 121 11 1 97.52 Australia 20 Oct 2010 twice in an exciting bout. man who was to Indian crick- 117 123 14 0 95.12 West Indies 2 Dec 2011 She trailed 0-3 after the et for over two decades what 99 100 9 0 99.00 West Indies 24 Nov 2013 first period but a four-point the 29-year-old has been for 65 76 2 1 85.52 New Zealand 29 Oct 2016 throw in the second period and the past few years. a step out-point pushed her Tendulkar took 259 157* 129 13 4 121.70 West Indies 24 Oct 2018 ahead 5-3. Yukako Kawai, a two time weak field and failed to reach innings to get there, while However, the confident World Cup gold winner in the the medal round at the Jakarta Kohli has so far batted in 205 one like Kohli or Rohit Sharma in ODIs alone. He is current- Bulgarian reduced the deficit 62kg category. Asian Games. innings. Fortune, too, was on — break his records. ly the world's No.1 batsman in to one point soon. Ritu again Sakshi lost a point for In the 50kg category, Ritu Kohli's side as West Indies At a venue set amidst pic- both the Test and one-day found a four-point move to passivity but took the break Phogat, who replaced her skipper Jason Holder dropped turesque hills, Kohli reached formats. zoom to a 9-6 lead. Sofiya kept with a 2-1 lead after a take- injured cousin Vinesh Phogat, his Indian counterpart on 44. the mark when he played Kohli's journey has been Ritu Malik under pressure but down move. made a stupendous start by Seventeen summers ago, Ashley Nurse for a single in the awe-inspiring, from his first- the Indian grappler just about However, in the second winning the pre-quarterfinal Tendulkar had ventured into 37th over of the second ODI class debut, winning the U-19 managed to maintain her lead period, the Japanese inflicted against Thi Yuan Nguyen by what was then an unchartered against the West Indies. World Cup, captaining the to progress to the medal round. a humiliation on the Indian. technical superiority but lost territory, during a match Having an enviable record Indian team, to rewriting bat- Ritu Malik now has a task Yukako took three points with the quarterfinal by fall to Yui against Australia. On at the Dr YSR ACA-VDCA ting records at will. at hand as she is up against a leg-hold move and consoli- Susaki, the 2017 world cham- Wednesday, Kohli became the Cricket Stadium with scores of In the first match against 2017 U-23 world champion dated the lead with a take- pion in 48kg category. 13th batsman to reach the 118, 117, 99 and 65, Kohli the Caribbean side, Kohli and this year's World Cup down. She followed it up with Pinki (53kg) lost her quar- milestone with an unbeaten began his latest innings with a notched up his 36th ODI hun- Gold medal winner Ayana 'fitley', rolling Sakshi four terfinal to Poland's Katarzyna 157 off 129 balls, which was his boundary through the off- dred as he stroked his way to Gempei from Japan. times to log eight points. Krawczyk 2-7 while CWG 37th ODI hundred. side. a breezy 140, helping the home There was yet another dis- Sakshi had endured a below- Silver medallist Pooja Dhanda In the process, he also Entering the game 81 short team take a 1-0 lead in the five- appointment in store for par show at the lost 3-4 to China's Ningning became the fastest to 1,000 of 10,000, with this achieve- match series. Olympic medallist Sakshi, who Commonwealth Games, Rong at the same stage in the runs in a calendar year, taking ment the run machine added Besides Tendulkar and was outclassed 2-16 by Japan's where she won a Bronze in a 57kg. just 11 innings to get there. another feather to his illustri- Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Some years ago, Tendulkar, ous cap. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and after scoring his 100th inter- Kohli has been in sublime Rahul Dravid are the other national century, said he would form across formats this year Indian cricketers to cross love to see an Indian—some- and has scored over 900 runs 10000 runs in the format. TN picks Ashwin, Vijay, India B reach Deodhar final Mithali’s record ton Karthik in Ranji Trophy squad PTI n CHENNAI squad the selectors PTI n NEW DELHI runs and I did not want to bowl had picked,adding to his strengths. I wanted him to scripts Ind A win est spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, discarded the presence of Test jinkya Rahane's struggles in work on his singles," Gowtham TTest opener Murali Vijay and wicket-keeper- stars Ashwin, Vijay Alimited overs cricket con- said. PTI n MUMBAI earlier set by Smriti. batsman Dinesh Karthik were Wednesday named and Dinesh Karthik tinued as India B comfortably Shubman Gill (35), Mithali's knock ensured that in a strong Tamil Nadu team for the Ranji Trophy provides a lot of beat India C by 30 runs to enter Suryakumar Yadav (39) and iding on Mithali Raj's the hosts piled up a massive 184 cricket tournament, which begins on Nov1. experience. the Deodhar Trophy final on Vijay Shankar (35) got the starts Rrecord-setting, for 5 in their alloted 20 The team, led by Baba Indrajith, also includes "It is a good all- Wednesday. but played indiscreet shots as the unbeaten hundred, overs. talented, young all-rounder M S Washington round side and a It was Hanuma Vihari's India C team's chase never India A defeated And later the Sundar and Vijay Shankar. balanced one. I am fighting half-century under pres- gained momentum. their Australian Indian bowlers Medium-pacer S Abhishek Tanwar is the new confident we will sure that propped India B to 231 Earlier, courtesy Vihari's counterparts by 28 restricted the visitors face in the Ranji squad. do well. for 9 in 50 overs. second successive half century runs to take a win- to 156 for 9, ensuring The 27-year old had a good outing for Ashwin's pres- Their spinners, Krishnappa (76 off 94 balls), India B scored ning 2-0 lead in the the team's win. Madurai Panthers in the third edition of Tamil ence gives the team Gowtham (3/40 in 10 overs) and 231 for 9 in 50 overs after being three-match T20 Smriti (1), Nadu Premier League held recently. a boost and along Manoj Tiwary (3/44 in 8 overs) reduced to 90 for 5. Vihari hit six series on Wednesday. Jemimah Rodrigues The team will be missing the services of left- with Rahil Shah did the bulk of the damage to boundaries as other players Veteran Mithali, (5), D Hemalatha (2) arm paceman T Natarajan and right-arm medi- and Washington restrict India C to 201 all out in struggled. who opened the and Anuja Patil (0) fell um-pacer K Vignesh, who sustained injuries Sundar, gives the 48.2 overs. It was a 60-run stand innings along with cheaply, but that did recently. spin department a However, what stuck out between Vihari and Ankush Smriti Mandhana, not deter Mithali, who The fast bowling unit will consist of M strong look," he said. like a sore thumb with India C Rahane played a lot of dot balls Bains (25) that gave India B was the cynosure of struck 18 boundaries Mohammed, J Kousik, Tanwar and R Rohit. Tamil Nadu begins its campaign against team captain Rahane's struggles which increased pressure on team's score some semblance of eyes as she torment- and a six in her enter- Ashwin leads a spin attack that also includes Madhya Pradesh at Dindigul on November 1. as he managed only 32 off 61 the later batsmen. respectability. ed the Aussie bowlers taining innings. the experienced Rahil Shah and the young R Sai balls. Finally, it was Gowtham Vihari anchored the innings in her whirlwind 105-run Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur Kishore, apart from Washington Sundar. TEAM His struggles were com- who ended his miseries as as he was the ninth batsman out unbeaten knock which came off (57 off 33 balls) ably supported State selection panel chief S Sharath and cap- B Indrajith, M Kaushik Gandhi, Abhinav pounded as left-arm spinner Rahane could not check his with India B team stranded on just 61 balls. Mithali as the two stitched a tain Indrajith said it was a well-balanced team Mukund, M Vijay, Vijay Shankar, B Aparajith, Shahbaz Nadeem (0/29 in 10 drive with Tiwary taking the 195. Jaydev Unadkat (15) and On her way, the right-hand- stand of 85 and ensured which was capable of doing well. Dinesh Karthik, N Jagadeesan, M S Washington overs) kept the Indian Test vice- catch at covers. Shahbaz Nadeem (19) added 36 ed batswoman recorded the The Aussies were never in "It is a balanced team and we have all the bases Sundar, R Ashwin, R Sai Kishore, Rahil S Shah, captain under check. "Rahane loves using the runs for the final wicket and that highest score by an Indian the hunt in the chase as they lost covered. They will do well," Sharath told PTI. M Mohammed, J Kousik, R Rohit, S Abhishek On a slowish Kotla track, pace of the deliveries to score his proved crucial in the end. woman in T20 surpassing 102 wickets at regular intervals. Meanwhile, Indrajith said it was well-balanced Tanwar.