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Cases like Government over the CBI mess sage is very clear that whoever said the removal of the CBI those involving , he Government may have    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 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 ’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  1  (  .%  % 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 (  %  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 ( 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 , visory body. Singhvi also alleged Central Government which is CBI’s credibility stands com- RK Asthana, Verma moved  7 8* L 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 %M 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  .% :  tweeted. remove Verma. Former Law statement. Prime Minister.” also the decision to appoint an (7 interim chief in his place. L     Not only the CBI chief O $   was sent on leave, but officers  (  .#8#;* #%      entrusted by him to probe cor-  5 3#54(    ruption cases against Asthana 2%O     also were transferred and fresh team constituted to probe  <%8.82 %  LM% #=8.8 R         charges against Asthana.    Amid the allegations and (>00? % #538* 4 counter-allegations by Verma  "5$56 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   # termed the situation in the CBI corruption by senior func- inance Minister Arun Jailtey recommendations of Central going on leave. An SIT, not  "5$56 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 4 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- 7% @A    %%  $   thing to the contrary. %  %8     7   He said the Centre and the  B61&         8 CVC’s move was “patently ille- 8.8&8.8 :    %&(% %     7 gal” and such interference     %  %   %  “erodes” the independence and  &C    %%8* D% &   %  autonomy of the premier inves- %   D   %D %  8* tigating institution.         &   *  0  Continued on Page 4  0                     "5$56 and manufacturer for the pro-  ject, they said.    1#) ndia and Israel have signed a The IAI will transfer tech-  O Ideal worth over 777 million nology for marine version of        dollars (8,000 crore) for Barak- Barak LRSAM Air and Missile     "5$56 The ED chargesheeted 8 long range surface-to-air mis- Defense (AMD) systems. The "# Chidambaram’s son Karti on siles (LRSAM) for the frontline IAI is Israel’s largest aerospce $% &  he Enforcement June 13 and attached 55 crore warships of Indian Navy. and defence company. It devel- TDirectorate is expected to worth properties of Karti and The seven missile systems to ops, manufactures and supplies P  file chargesheet against former his firms in Delhi, Ooty, be fitted on seven warships will defence systems, including   Finance Minister P London and Spain. The CBI be jointly manufactured by the anti-missile, aerial systems and !"#$'#  Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis had chargesheeted both father Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) intelligence and cybersecurity ()  case on Thursday. and son on July 19. and public sector undertaking systems. *  According to sources, the In August, the ED had Bharat Electronics Limited The Israeli companies   term of ED chief Karnal Singh, sought two more months from (BEL) through a transfer of Chief Executive Officer (CEO)  L M&  who is to retire on Friday, may the Supreme Court for the technology pact. The Defence and president Nimrod Sheffer not be extended by the completion of the chargesheet Research and Development said, “IAI’s with    &  '  Government despite positive and also requested the trial Organisation (DRDO) is also India dates many years back   () )))   recommendation by the Government might give court to grant permission for part of this venture. and has culminated in joint sys- *+#,-./'  %% Finance Ministry for a six- charge to some officers in the interrogation of Karti and The Indian Navy already advanced features like seeker Garden Reach Shipbuilders tem development and produc- .) $ month extension. organisations. Chidambaram. has various versions of Barak technology, Government and Engineers (GRSE), tion. India is a major market for  %  The new ED chief has to be Meanwhile, the The father and son man- missiles fitted on its warships, sources said here adding the Kolkatta and Mazagaon Docks IAI and we plan to protect and #   selected through the CVC Government is expected to aged to get interim protection including aircraft carrier INS deal was inked on Wednesday. Limited (MDL), Mumbai for reinforce our positioning in   Empowered Committee, and appoint GC Murmu, Special from the trial court against Vikramaditya. The latest mis- The Indian public sector fitting these missiles after the India, also in view of increas- /0000 12 since no such process has been Secretary, Revenue, as the next their custodial interrogation. sile to be fitted is the next gen- giant has already signed two ships are built. Moreover, the ing competition.”  31 4& initiated it is expected that the ED chief. Continued on Page 4 eration of Barak missiles with contracts respectively with BEL will be the lead integrator Continued on Page 4  " &'  ()*            !+(,'-./*##  ''   "5$56 However, north-westerly permissible limit of PM2.5, winds from Punjab and the major pollutant, is 60 units Mumbai: The 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. Following Index (AQI) of 328 marking it days, aggravating pollution ed with AQI of 448 or severe at Wednesday as global crude this, Brent crude prices plunged red and “very poor” category. in Delhi. 5 pm. Among other areas with oil prices eased and domestic to below $76 level before rec- The particulate matters “Delhi may see north-west- severe air quality were Dwarka equity markets staged a overing to $76.03 per barrel. (PM) remained three to five erly winds in the next two days. sub-city, Rohini, Bawana, smart rebound. Falling crude oil prices times above the safe limits (60 Currently, the humidity is low. Anand Vihar, Jahangirpuri, Reversing a four-session eased concerns over forex out- and 100 micro cubic per gram) Lower morning temperatures Narela, Nehru Nagar, Sonia slide, the BSE Sensex on flows amd supported selling of with air-quality severe or mixed with pollutants from Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Wazirpur, Wednesday recaptured the the US currency by exporters. severe-plus in about 13 out of haze are resulting in spike in Mathur Raod and Noida 34,000-mark by jumping 187 The greenback’s weakness 48 regions across the National the pollution levels,” said Sector-125. points amid easing crude oil against some currencies over- Capital Region (NCR). Mahesh Palawat, director, pri- The System of Air Quality prices and a recovery in . seas also helped the recovery in According to weather ana- vate weather forecaster Skymet. and Weather Forecasting and Forex dealers said soften- the domestic currency. The lysts, low wind over Delhi On Wednesday, the average Research (SAFAR) issued advi- ing crude oil prices supported domestic unit however pared saved the national Capital from PM2.5 in Delhi was 176 units sory to avoid strenuous out- the rupee’s upward movement. some gains and settled the day ill-effects of stubble burning in across 36 regions and 172 units door physical activity early On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia up by 41 paise at 73.16/$. the neighbouring States. across 48 regions of NCR. The morning and after sunset.          " #   $% pledged to meet any supply Detailed report on P10

    ()  ( *+, *-./ :1  #!  "&#   '(    ''   "5$56 an apple businessman and trad- ed for help and urged his wife October 13 around 11 am. mission revealed. ed between and Delhi. to take action,” DCW Delhi immediately coordinat- No FIR was registered, said elhi Commission for He brought apples from spokesperson stated in the offi- ed with 181WHL Jammu and the commission, adding that ##     DWomen (DCW) on Kashmir and supplied in bulk cial release. Kashmir and urged for imme- the survivor gave his statement Wednesday revealed that they at Azadpur Mandi. His wife On reaching the police diate action. in Srinagar SDM office and was helped rescue a 50-year-old said he was abducted 3 days station in Delhi the Police personnel’s in taken to Srinagar court. At pre-   "1 (  Delhi businessman kidnapped back from Srinagar’s Barqat woman alleged that Delhi Srinagar and Shopian district sent he is in Delhi trying to and tortured in Kashmir for Hotel and was kept in Police said it was not in their were alerted and the matter was recover from the tragic inci- oida Police on Wednesday three days. He was reportedly Pulwama,” DCW spokesperson jurisdiction. They suggested briefed to them. Around 5 pm dent. Nclaimed to have arrested rescued within six hours of his stated. the woman to get her com- in the evening the man was DCW Chief Swati Maliwal two private security guards wife’s first call to DCW’s “The man somehow man- plaint registered in Kashmir. recovered by J&K police. said “we receive cases from all working at the Amity Women Helpline (181). aged to inform his wife on She told the helpline that she The accused and the busi- over India and we try our best University for allegedly selling “A woman informed the October 12 that the people who went to the SDM and senior nessman were brought to to help each and every woman cannabis to students and oth- Helpline that her husband was have kidnapped him will kill officers of Delhi Police. Zainapora police station in in distress irrespective of our ers. The accused are identified kidnapped in Kashmir. He was him by October 14. He plead- “A call was received on Shopian District,” the com- jurisdiction.” as Naveen Mishra and Santosh Singh, both local residents and in their 30s. According to Station    House Officer (SHO) of Knowledge Park police sta- tion Arvind Pathak, the !" #$%#"#&! accused were held late on pus and they were not on duty M    !"  Tuesday night outside the at the time,” a university !  $    !  7(L (*( Sector 125 campus. “Mishra spokesperson. &!'  '" !& " was held with 1.25 kg cannabis, She said the university will ! !"! !! !" he Ghaziabad police has while Singh was carrying 1.2 kg ask the private security agency Tarrested a criminal having cannabis when they were to have “more stringent guide- (  '"'   a bounty of 50,000 on his head arrested at 11.45 pm on lines” for its employees and ' !  )*!& " during night patrolling and Tuesday,” said SHO. guards. ! ! ! !"  "! ! vehicle checking on road in Pathak said the police were “The university from time   '" !! !' Kavi Nagar area of the city after getting complaints about the to time counsels the students '"   ! !N a brief encounter. The accused the accused surrendered and illegal sale of drugs from the about the menace of drugs. We has been identified as Ashok was eventually arrested. area under the Knowledge Park have a proper counselling cen- where they were procuring the alias Tau a resident of Kanpur The Senior Superintendent police station limits. tre and keep educating students cannabis were being gathered who is absconding in a case of of Police (SSP) Ghaziabad “We have arrested six drug about the harms of drug abuse. and the duo has no previous robbery. Vaibhav Krishna said during traffickers from our area in the Amity has zero tolerance pol- criminal record. Police recovered country sustained interrogation the recent times,” the SHO added. icy towards drugs, alcohol and The arrest comes amid a made pistol of .315 bore, 2 live accused allegedly confessed Meanwhile, the Amity smoking,” the spokesperson crackdown by the Gautam and one used cartridge from his that in 2004, he committed a University said the arrested said. Buddh Nagar police on drug possession. The arrest was robbery in Sahibabad area in guards were employees of a pri- The accused guards have trafficking in the district. made near the central school which he looted a gun from the vate security agency hired by been booked under the In a three-day anti-drug located in CGO complex area security guard. In 2005, the the varsity and it has a zero-tol- Narcotic Drugs and operation which began on on Wednesday when police- police had recovered the gun erance policy towards drugs. Psychotropic Substances October 22, the police have men on patrol signaled him to but the accused remained “Amity has outsourced its (NDPS) Act, 1985, and were arrested 29 alleged drug stop during routine checking of absconding. security work to a private produced in the court in the traffickers and seized over 30 vehicles in area. However, when The accused is allegedly agency and the guards arrest- afternoon, according to the kg of cannabis worth in asked to verify his credential found to be involved in the ed were employed by it and not police. of from their pos- the accused open fired on the cases of robbery committed in $   ' ( )$ (* (  +  ( &     ,  Amity University. The guards SHO Pathak said other session, according to Noida patrol party who also fired Greater Noida, Noida and in   * (+  #  -.* (((   /' 0   ( 1   were arrested outside the cam- details in the case like from police officials. retaliatory shots. Subsequently, Ghaziabad said the SSP. * (( %     %% ) R $ %   +  $ %%  %%()"*+,#     7 %    , - '.R <% %((%#" %%#     ''   ed section comprises of 8% ()%%!  "5$56 15 elevated stations. The   stations are Trilokpuri  ''   "5$56  ''   "5$56  he Commissioner Sanjay Lake, East Vinod New Delhi: The Central Tfor Metro Rail Nagar- Mayur Vihar- II, ater supply would be D Goenka University is all Industrial Security Force has Safety, SK Pathak, on Mandawali- West Vinod Waffected in some parts of Gset to host the second edi- nabbed a passenger holding Wednesday gave nod to Nagar, I.P. Extension, the national Capital on tion of its International Indian passport from Indira Shiv Vihar to Trilokpuri Anand Vihar ISBT, Thursday and Friday due to Students’ Film and Gandhi International (IGI) air- Sanjay Lake section of Karkardooma, some maintenance and devel- Photography competition port for allegedly trying to Delhi Metro Pink Line Karkardooma Court, opment work at Nanakpura ‘Fotographia 2018’ Actor smuggle foreign currency. The paving way for its open- Krishna Nagar, East Gurudwara and Keshopur Director ViveckVaswani to be CISF have seized foreign cur- ing soon. Azad Nagar, Welcome, waste water treatment plant. the Chief Guest. The event will differentiates a professional rency worth Rs 12. 87 hid- According to Delhi Jaffrabad, Maujpur- The areas where water will be held on October 26 at G D from an amateur today is not den in accused inner wears. Metro spokesperson, the sec- ed after the fulfillment of these Babarpur, Gokulpuri, Johri not be available or available at Goenka Public School, Vasant so much the equipment as the According to CISF official, tion has got green signal, how- requirements,” said the Enclave and Shiv Vihar. low pressure are Budela, Kunj, New Delhi. creative mind behind a photo- the accused identified as ever, the exact day of opening spokesperson. The main highlight of this Janakpuri (D-Block), Sagarpur, The overall theme of the graph.” Harpreet Singh who was sup- is yet to be decided. The decision has been section is that it will include Delhi Cantt, R K Puram, festival is “Beautiful Lives: “It is a creative attempt to posed to travel to Dubai when “The approval is subject to taken after the commissioner three interchange stations. Katwaria Sarai, Ber Sarai , Green Human Dignity, Human influence and sensitise young on being suspicious was stopped the fulfillment of certain more on October 20 inspected the While Anand Vihar and Park, Safderjang Enclave, Hauz Rights” which has received minds to understand critical by security personnel at stipulations and formalities. section which is approximate- Karkardooma will facilitate Khas, Munirka Village, DDA over 300 photographs from issues related to sustainable Terminal-3. “The security per- The exact date of the opening ly 18 kilometers long. interchange with the Blue Line, flats, Kishan Ganj, Masjid Moth school students along with development goals and human sonnel noticed presence of some of the section will be intimat- This 18 kilometers elevat- the Welcome station will facil- Village, Mahrauli, IIT, JNU, over a hundred film entries in rights and the kind of positive item concealed under the clothes itate interchange with Red AIIMS, Safdarjang Hospital and different categories of films transformations it can bring in of a passenger and he was taken Line. adjoining areas. like long films, short films, doc- our society”, says Professor to a separate place for pat-down After opening of this Delhi Jal Board has advised umentaries and public service (Dr.) Ritu S. Sood, Dean, search. During pat-down search, section, Pink Line with resident to store adequate quan- advertisements across the globe School of Communication high volume of foreign curren- total length of more than 58 tity of water in advance to including USA, UAE, The shortlisted films will cy in different denominations kilometers will become the avoid inconvenience. Water Bangladesh, Germany, Hungry be screened and the finalist concealed in his inner wear longest line in Delhi Metro tankers will be available on the and . photographs be exhibited on clothes was recovered,” said the network which will break following telephone numbers Sitanshu Kar, Principal the day of the event in the pres- CISF official. the existing record of Blue 1916, 1800117118, 23527679, Director General, PIB and ence of chief guests and panel “We have seized Swiss Line. The Blue line is 23538495, 23634469 (Central Hojatollah Abedi, Deputy of eminent jury. Renowned Francs- 4000, Euros- 11100 and approximately 50 kilome- Control Room), 26100644, Cultural Counsellor of Iran actor, director and producer, Dirhams- 3155 foreign curren- ters long. Apart from that, 26193218 (R K Puram), Culture House will also grace ViveckVaswani, who is cy which value around Rs.12. 87 once the section becomes 29234746, 29234747 (Greater the occasion. In the words of associated with various film lakhs. The accused along-with operational, the total length Kailash), 26137216 (Vasant Kar, “Quantum jump in digital festivals and is committed the recovered foreign currency of Delhi Metro network Kunj), 28525659, 28524334 (D- technology has led to greater towards promoting cinema was handed over to Customs will become approximately Block Janakpuri), 9650291494, democratization in still and amongst youth, will be the Officials for further legal action,” 314 kilometers long. 9650291252 (nodal officer). motion photography. What chief guest this year. said the CISF official. SR     / 0 )          12 2   ''   "5$56 hree men have been arrested for alleged  ''   "5$56 L$5(.5 Tnegligence in connection with the death of a 32-year-old man who was sent for repair and n a shocking incident, a five- :57 #5:5(8(#5 rehabilitation at a Delhi Jal Board sewerage tank. Iyear-old girl was allegedly DJB had revealed that had awarded the con- raped by her uncle in national "16 85#( 1" tract of repairing and rehabilitation to a private Capital’s Haiderpur Ambedkar #(6 (:*(7 company KK Spun India and had provided the Nagar near Shalimar Bagh on team with the required equipments. Tuesday. The accused was also G"5:#58 1"?A? “The project manager Ashwini Kumar Jha, arrested by police on same 1< " ("5"(6 Site Supervisor Subodh and safety officer day, police said on Wednesday. Subham Notiyal have been arrested in this The accused is identified as 8153 84(" regard,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Arjun (36), who lives in the 18#1(8M (Northwest) Aslam Khan stated. same locality where victim The 32-year-old Dooman Ray died on stays. According to a senior Sunday after he drowned in the sewerage tank. police official, on Tuesday act,” the senior police official Police will be questioning senior officers of the evening a Police Control Room added. company that was awarded the contract for (PCR) call was received regard- Earlier on Tuesday a minor maintenance of the sewer by the Delhi Jal ing the rape incident following was molested in the National Board, said a senior officer. which a team rushed to the Capital by a 39-year-old Suresh, According to the official, Ray was accom- spot. a van driver of a private school panied by two men who were supposed to pull “During initial investiga- in Rohini’s Shahabad Dairy him out when he opened a valve and water tion it was revealed that Arjun area. came gushing out but they could not do so in had raped his five year-old The accused driver was time, which lead to Ray’s death. niece following which the arrested after the victim nar- Dooman Ray was equipped with good accused was arrested the same rated her ordeal to her moth- quality safety-gears and oxygen cylinder. day,” said the senior police er who the lodged a complaint The cause of his death is reported to be official. with the police. The child liv- miss-handling of valve during repair and “We have registered a case ing in Rohini used the van to rehabilitation of sewer and not ‘Manual in police station Shalimar Bagh travel to and fro from her Scavenging’, an official from Delhi Jab Board under section 363 of Indian house in Sector 25 to a nearby stated earlier. Penal Code (IPC) and POCSO private school.

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Karnal is tivation of paddy, with reason- As per the report there are Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Government’s authority to send order said. “What are the rea- fresh 189 incidents of stubble are encouraging farmers to rice bowl for India, here, able MSP on maze, farmers will 435 villages Karnal who grow as an yet another opportunity to the CBI director on leave and sons for sending CBI director burning have been reported by opt vegetable and Maze culti- industrialists have set start cultivating maze,” the offi- paddy on about 1.65 lakh target the Prime-Minister wondered if the move was relat- on leave? Under which law did Haryana Agriculture vation..we have done a their rice mills, but what they cer added further. hectares of land which is largest Narendra Modi, Delhi Chief ed with the Rafale deal. The the Modi govt get the author- Department and Central research. Maze is the local are doing on the name of Meanwhile, the policy draft in the State. Minister Arvind Kejriwal Government on Wednesday ity to initiate action against the Pollution Control Board food here and cultivation of Social Corporate has also marked Karnal as — Farmers resort to burning retweeted Modi’s 2013 post in had sent CBI Director Alok chief of an investigating agency (CPCB). While the Maze will help in combating air Responsibility, are they proving ”Dark Zone”. “Despite being of paddy straw in order to pre- which he had slammed the Verma and Special Director appointed as per the Lokpal Government has imposed fine pollution factors,” said Aditya machines to small farmers to situated on Yamuna belt zone, pare their field for sowing of then UPA Government for Rakesh Asthana on leave as the Act? What is Modi govt trying of 62500 to 12500 on the Dabas , Deputy Director , avoid burning husk”. the district is facing ground the next crop during Kharif allegedly undermining the intel- two warring officers were to hide?” he said in one of his farmers, in 99 cases FIR has Haryana Agriculture Some farmers have taken water depletion. season particularly the Paddy ligence system of the country. involved in a feud. tweets. also been lodged. Last year Department , Karnal range. the initiative; they are opting Paddy cultivation requires husk.   $$%   4      G 7% %      ''   "5$56    (+%5678)/ hief Minister and Delhi Jal  ''   "5$56 CBoard’s (DJB) chairman Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday * hailing from the regions n an incident, an octogenar- inaugurated the work of a "5$56 of eastern Uttar- Iian, who went out for morn- sewer line in Gopalpur village Pradesh, Bihar and ing walk, on Wednesday died under Coronation Pillar yeing Delhi’s Uttarakhand respective- after a speeding car driver hit WWTP catchment area. It will Eseven parliamen- ly. him in North east’s New be a 250 to 400 mm diameter tary seats ahead of On the other hand Usmanpur area. The accused sewer line which will benefit the 2019 Lok Sabha the ‘minority’ and ‘SC- car driver was arrested by around 5,600 people. elections, the Aam ST’ wing will help the police on the same day. “At present the sewer lines Aadmi Party (AAP) party in reaching out to According to a senior do not exist in these unautho- has constituted seven the Muslim and the police official, the accused rised colonies due to which the wings in three days Dalit community. identified as Anil Kumar is a sanitation facilities in these including, Scheduled “Like all other resident in same locality where colonies are not proper. The Caste-Scheduled wings the SC-ST and the the 80 year-old man, sewage/waste water is being Tribe (SC-ST) wing, minority wings will have Chandrapal used to live. “After discharged in River Yamuna minority wing, youth wing, health is likely to pay dividends the teams at State level, Lok- hitting Chandrapal in early in through various drains and senior citizen wing, Purvanchal in the LS polls. Sabha seat level, district level , the morning, the accused dri- nullahs causing pollution in the wing, Uttarakhand wing and While the wings like ‘youth’ Vidhan-Sabha level , Ward ver had fled from the spot. The waterbody,” a senior official South-Indian wing. wing and ‘senior citizen’ wing level, polling station and even passerby however noted down said. These wings are perceived are to rope in the support of booth level,” said Gopal Rai, the registration number of the According to the official, as “special purpose vehicle” of youth and the elders, wings like Delhi convener of AAP while car and gave it to police that the project will benefit around structed which help in abet- this project is Rs 2.3 crore and Pushkar, MLA, Timarpur AAP established for winning ‘Purvanchal’ and the announcing the launch of SC- helped in our investigation to 5,600 people. Along with ment of pollution in Yamuna is expected to complete in 11 Constituency, Anil Kumar the party’s vote-bank. The party ‘Uttarakhand’ wing are its pur- ST and minority wing on identify the accused,” said the the project, necessary River, the official added. months. The CM was accom- Singh, CEO, DJB and other had to face a crushing defeat at suit to woo the large vote bank Wednesday. senior police official. manholes will also be con- The approximate cost of panied by Pankaj senior officials. the hand of its arch rival Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on all the seven Lok-Sabha seats last time as the BJP swept the polls riding on the popular “Modi” wave. These new wings are meant to increase the party’s out- reach among the various com- munities and sections of soci- ety so as to garner their sup- port. Though Delhi is consid- ered a strong-hold of the AAP with the party ruling the State but its LS performance was not up to mark. Ever since the party lead- ers, including its top brass have rued, saying the develop- ment of Delhi would have been without any “hurdle” had they won all the LS seats in Delhi. Political pundits said the AAP is trying to secure its vote bank by forming various wings fearing that it might split in case the traditional players like BJP and Congress are up with the caste or community card just ahead of the elections due next year. According to experts, the good work done by AAP dis- pensation in Delhi particular- ly in the field of education and   . .% 2 % 

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a 33-year- old bus driver in connection with an accident in Vivek Vihar two days ago in which two Delhi Transport Corporation died and three were injured. On Monday the bus had lost control and rammed into four buses, two auto-rickshaws, and two motor bikes. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Shahdara, Meghna Yadav, the accused is identified as Nooruddin, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. “He was arrested around 12.30 pm in Khoda village near the Delhi-UP border. The inci- dent took place on Monday when a speeding private bus dri- ven by the accused hit a school bus stationed at a red light, which, due to the impact, col- lided with a UP Roadways bus. The Roadways bus then hit a cluster bus,” said the DCP. “A motorcycle, two auto- rickshaws had got trapped in between vehicles as a result of ac- cident. Two people Satish Kumar (50), Rupender Kumar (38) who were on the motorcycle lost their lives, whereas Poonam (50), Narendra (42) and Vinod (47) were injured”, he said. SR    ()  ( *+, *-./ '!5 ::=    !  $    /%;/% 34 $    #   &   $ %  5+   

   (.(.37G4  8  O 7  8!  ' Alirajpur, Ratlam, Jhabua, Dhar, Khargone, Burhanpur,    (6(  (C  2  3   !& '7 nil Ambani-led shipbuilder ! ! '2   99 Khandwa, Dewas and Barwani Reliance Naval and # 3(C#4 districts as these places have  "5$56  ' !  ! ' A !( ' !' !) Engineering (RNEL)    ?0 sizeable tribal population.  !L '   7 !!8! : ! Wednesday launched a 3,000-  #  "We have already showed s many as 28 States and  "!:2!&   : tonne training ship for the !! !"7  ( ) our strength by holding Kisan Union Territories (UTs) (C# ;0 A 2 ' :2  : Indian Coast Guard (ICG), 7 !!! : ! Panchayat in Kukshi of Dhar have so far notified the Real  &  '" '" $$  which will be delivered in May district on October 2. Over Estate (Regulation and 8% '& ! !'   L !' ' 7 !" ! next year. %2%   one lakh tribal youths took Development) Act, 2016 in The 105-metre long train- 2 '7 !!( part in it," Dr Alawa , who is the country.  3 !!  ' 7 ing vessel, the largest ship ever ' !' !P " a former assistant professor of According to the Housing ! '"  ! built for the ICG, at the cost of  "5$56 !'   ! "! AIIMS Delhi, said. and Urban Affairs Ministry, 20 " !  '" '" 220 crore, is named 'ICGS The Congress had earlier States and UTs have estab-  !   ! Varuna', and was launched at ailing to forge a pre-poll Prime Minister Atal Bihari made an "effort" to stitch an lished real estate appellate tri- the shipyard of RNEL at the Falliance with the Vajpayee, Karuna Shukla, to alliance with the BSP and bunals under the legislation, of while 14 are "interim" author- Pipavav Port in Amreli district &,/3*  3   9      ' '     Samajwadi Party (SP) and take on Chief Minister Raman the SP but failed. MP which, seven are "regular" tri- ity. of Gujarat. :  )(  & ,  %  /  the Bahujan Samaj Party Singh from the Rajnandgaon Congress chief Kamal Nath bunals while there are 13 Six northeastern States — On the occasion, RNEL #   %. (BSP) in , the seat. The candidates for had even met BSP supremo "interim" real estate appellate Arunchal Pradesh, Meghalaya, chief executive officer Debashis Congress is now holding talks remaining 72 seats that will go Mayawati over the pre-poll tribunals. Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland Bir told the gathering that the speed of 20 knots," said Bir. "Reliance Naval has the with Jai Adivasi Yuva Shakti to polls in the second phase alliance in July in New Delhi. The act, which provides and Sikkim — have not noti- ship would be delivered to the He said RNEL at present largest shipbuilding facility in (JAYS), which has a strong- are yet to be declared. Later on, Congress lead- proper protection to home- fied the Act - are yet to notify ICG in May 2019. is constructing 20 ships of India. The shipyard has an hold in about 30 seats with a The Congress has been ers sought to assert that the buyers, was enacted by the RERA and its rules due to "The vessel will join the three different categories for installed throughput of 140,000 sizeable tribal population. out of power both in MP and party was in fact not Parliament and States were land and other issues. Indian Coast Guard fleet in the defence services of tonne of steel, equivalent to an Sources, however, said Chhattisgarh for last 15 years. interested in any alliance in given powers to notify their The ministry will send a May 2019 after extensive tests the country. annual revenue of a minimum JAYS has sought 40 seats from "Our focus is 28 seats in the forthcoming Assembly respective rules and appoint special team to these States on and trials," he said. "These projects include five 4,000 crore," he said. the Congress as part of the Malwa-Nimar region of west- polls. regulatory authorities. October 26 to resolve issues Bir said that the 105-metre naval offshore patrol vessels "The shipyard presently pre-poll alliance in the State, ern MP that has 66 Assembly The grand old party met "As of now, 28 States and pertaining to the implementa- long vessel is having the capac- and 14 fast patrol vessels, apart has a meagre order book of which has 230 Assembly con- constituencies. Of these 28 with the same fate when SP UTs have notified RERA in the tion of the real estate act. ity to accommodate 242 from the training ship launched 4,000 crore, which does not stituencies. seats, 22 are reserved for trib- chief Akhilesh Yadav too country. As many as 22 States However, West Bengal has personnel. today. Of this, six vessels are justify the huge capital invest- The party, which was eye- als. Out of these 22 seats, the announced it would go alone. have fully-functional web portals notified its own real estate "The training ship has a expected to be delivered in ment in building this most ing for an alliance with the Congress currently has MLAs Both the former CMs of Uttar under the legislation," ministry law — the Housing and primary role to impart sea 2019," the CEO added. modern shipyard," added Bir. BSP in Chhattisgarh too, is in five Assembly constituen- Pradesh then indicated at the spokesperson Rajeev Jain said. Industrial Regulation Act, 2017 training to cadets as well giv- Expressing concern about Rajendra Singh, director going alone in the State. For cies," said a senior "arrogance" and "stubborn He said that 27 States and (HIRA) instead of RERA. The ing them exposure to the lives company's low orderbook, Bir general of the Indian Coast the first phase polls for 18 party leader. attitude" of the Congress for UTs have established the Real ministry has asked the state of coast guard officers. The ves- urged the defence forces to Guard, also expressed confi- seats, it has declared candi- JAYS convener Dr Hirala the failure of alliance. Madhya Estate Regulatory Authority government to repeal it as sel is powered by twin diesel "support" the firm by giving dence that the training ship will dates, including former BJP Alawa said the party will Pradesh is going to polls on and out of these there are 13 there cannot be two legislations engines and can move at a more orders. be delivered in May 2019. MP and niece of former demand candidates in November 28. "regular" regulatory authority on the same subject. & ( '    &?  0!  ##   7   >% 

5< '  ( ((=  adding that the arrangements 8 5<5658 1" flow of huge caches of cash. '     <  were in place to ensure free Telangana and Andhra and fair elections in the State. 81 ## 1"5:(6#1 Pradesh are notorious for the > ,    "5$56  ly 50-100 per cent varying   M  During the three day visit :585 .5581 6( "5 large scale cash transactions with every State," it said. Rawat and his team held a (7( "##1 5 5 ( during the polls and already  ' ? C5:(*( ancer burden in India has Nearly 60 per cent patients meeting with the representa- 1:7(" L( 1"# "86G "7 this time the police have   Cmore than doubled over the with breast cancers are diag- tives of all the political parties "5$#(5:#(". seized 12 crores from dif- Hyderabad court, which last 26 years, the highest increase nosed in advanced stages. and received representations ferent districts including Aheard the petition of the amongst all therapy areas, with Breast cancer burden is not  ' ? C5:(*( from them. The CEC also met 8(""56#($5:5 Adilabad, Medak, Khammam, Central Crime Station (CCS) for breast cancer being the most only limited to disease burden the police officials including all $1:) "7 "(* (#5 Nalgonda and Hyderabad. the police custody of controver- common among Indian women, and mortality, but also leads to hief Election the district superintendents of (""5:("*6(("6C 73 lakh were seized on sial Heera Group chairperson according to a recent report. economic loss for the nation. CCommissioner OP Rawat police and district collectors #G1: "71"5(:C Tuesday alone. Nowhera Shaikh as well as a bail The Breast Cancer India, lost nearly $6.7 said that all the necessary and reviewed the law and order (7( "#515: The single biggest seizure petition filed by her on Landscape in India, a white the most common cancer among Billion in 2012 due to cancer, steps were being taken to situation. “We are satisfied was reported from Adilabad Wednesday, severely repri- paper by the Confederation of Indian women, both in terms of amounting to 0.36 per cent of ensure transparent polling in with the working of the police where the static surveillance manded for not following the Indian Industry (CII), which incidence as well as mortality, the total GDP. Telangana slated for and election officials”, he said. appropriate action”, he added. team of the police recovered correct procedure in registering aims to provide insights regard- with proportional prevalence in Indian breast cancer December 7. Confirming that he The officials were under- 10 crore from a car coming FIR against her. Metropolitan ing status and challenges in younger age-groups being high- patients are younger females Rounding up three-day received complaints of errors taking a campaign to create from Maharashtra. Sessions Judge found fault with breast cancer care will be er than the global average. Age with a median age of diagnosis visit along with a team of offi- in the voters list, Rawat said awareness among the voters It was believed to be part police for its shoddy investiga- released Thursday by Minister of standardised rate is approxi- being 46.2 years and nearly 48 cials to Telangana on that the measures were being about the Electronic Voting of some hawala transaction. tion and booking a case under State for Health Anupriya Patel. mately 25.8 per one lakh women per cent being diagnosed in pre- Wednesday Rawat told the taken to correct the lists. Machine sand the Voter Other smaller amount run- Telangana Deposits of As per the ICMR data, and is expected to rise to 35 per menopausal age, which implies media that every thing was in Chief Election Commissioner Verifiable Paper Trail ning into lakh was also seized Financial Establishment Act India had 14 lakh cancer one lakh women in 2026," the a more aggressive disease and place for the elections and also received the complained (VVPAT) to ensure that they from other places in the dis- and Prize Chits and Money patients in 2016 and this num- report stated. negative effect on the overall special attention would be against some media are able to exercise the fran- trict, as those carrying the Circulation Scheme against a ber is expected to increase. The However, this number, the prognosis and disease burden. paid to prevent the flow of organisations including news- chise in a correct way. cash were unable to give sat- public limited company. government has laid down four report stated, could be an under- As per the discussion with liquor and money during the papers and TV channels that CEC’s direction to the isfactory explanation. Hyderabad police had priority cancers -- breast cancer, estimate as at present only 15 per oncologists, almost 50 per elections. were working in a biased officials to crackdown against 30 lakh each were seized arrested Nowhera Shaikh last cervical cancer, oral cancer and cent of the population is covered cent of breast cancer patients “We heard the views of all manner and blatantly sup- the liquor and money in two different cases in week on the complaints of lung cancer which together by cancer registries. first visit the doctor when the political parties in the porting one party against has come at a time when fears Khammam and Nalgonda some of the depositors of her constitute 41 per cent of cancer "As per interviews with they are in stage 3, and 15-20 state during our visit and the other. of use of money power by districts. One of the seizures company alleging the company burden, the report mentioned. key stakeholders, there could pc of patients visit when they had detailed discussions with “We are looking into the political parties to influence was again from a car with had cheated them. "Breast cancer is currently be an under-reporting of near- are in stage 4. the officials”, Rawat said complaints and will take the voters were fueled by the Maharashtra registration. The CCS which is investi- gating the case had sought ten day police custody of Nowhera Shaikh who is the managing       6    > '     director of Heera Group of companies. Significantly the judge asked      ( '  the police to show the prima ,  2) 7   facie case and the basic grounds of filing a case against her. On the From Page 1 integrator of indigenously  ' ? C5:(*( terminal, slightly away from allegations that Heera group of “For its part, IAI manage- developed Akash missile sys- From Page 1 Singh are made he would with- draw from all the corruption the main terminal building. companies had failed in paying ment continually refreshes its tem and has proven its capa- The SC had granted ED draw all his petitions related to cases I have filed,” he tweeted. new but temporary inter- Officials said that the dividends to its investors, the business strategy while pre- bilities in the field of turnkey time till December 12 for com- corruption cases. Swamy’s tweet came on a Anational terminal has Interim International judge wanted to see the proof of serving the core capability and missile systems. pletion of the probe and filing “The players in the CBI day the Government sent the become operational at the Departure Terminal was the company not paying divi- growth engines, of which the The company is ready for of chargesheet against massacre are about to suspend top two Central Bureau of Shamshabad International being used in view of the dends for the last one year. Barak 8 is an example, Sheffer programmes like quick Chidambaram.. ED’s Rajeshwar so that he can- Investigation (CBI) officers on Airport in Hyderabad with 15 expansion work at the main Pointing out that the company added. response surface to air missile Meanwhile in the after- not file the chargesheet against leave to defuse the crisis trig- flights taking off on the terminal building to be com- was registered under the As regards BEL, its officials (QRSAM) for the army, medi- noon petitioner and BJP leader the PC. If so I will have no rea- gered in the agency by their first day. pleted in next two to three Registrar of Companies Act said it is highest ever single um range surface to air missile Subramanian Swamy said if any son to fight the corrupt since feud, with both the director and The new building spread years. The new building has judge asked the police why the value order bagged by it. The (MRSAM) for IAF and Barak attempts to suspend the ED’s my govt is hell bent on pro- the special director accusing over 1,00,000 square feet has 30 to 40 check in counters and case was registered against it company already is the main for the navy. Investigating Officer Rajeshwar tecting them. I shall then with- each other of corruption. come up adjacent to the Haj 20 immigration counters. under some other act. .%#Q"#1 !"222 + &*&

From page 1 erative with the Commission, Sana alleging that he paid a CBI officials to take charge of The CVC, on receipt of a non-compliant with the bribe through middlemen to all the crucial files as sought by complaint on August 24, 2018 requirements / directions of get clean chit in the case the CVC and to ensure no   &'    containing various allegations the commission and has cre- probed by the CBI. material is tampered with in against the senior func- ated willful obstructions in The new team to probe any manner. From Page 1 top boss of the CBI in a coup that recommendation, the Prime tionaries (Verma) of the CBI the functioning of the com- Asthana will have An SC Bench comprising The petition also said that as saw the CBI headquarters in the Minister headed Appointments has served three separate mission”, which is a Superintendent of Police Satish Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi the apex court has repeatedly Capital being cordoned off by the Committee of Cabinet (ACC) notices (under Section 11 of Constitutional body. Dagar and his senior DIG and Justices S K Kaul and K M stated that the CBI ought to be police before the man chosen as will issue orders. It is important the CVC Act, 2003) on The Government said it Tarun Gauba, who will report Joseph considered the sub- insulated from the Government, the new CBI head, M Nageswar to note that after the apex court’s September 11, 2018 upon the exercised its powers under the to Joint Director V Murugesan, mission of Verma that his plea the present actions give serious Rao, drove in and took charge. judgment, CBI and ED Directors Director, CBI, to produce Delhi Special Police a CBI order said. against the Centre’s decision to credence to the requirement After the Supreme Court’s enjoy two-year fixed tenure, as files and documents before Establishment Act and took A CBI spokesman later send him on leave required that the agency be given inde- landmark judgment in the the court said that this fixed the commission on the decision against Verma said the SIT will carry out an urgent hearing. pendence from the DoPT. Hawala Case in late 90s and tenure was given to ensure inde- September 14, 2018. and Asthana “in the interest of impartial and fair enquiry Verma also challenged the For its part, the CVC cited subsequent CVC Act, the SP pendence to CBI and ED chiefs. “Various opportunities equality, fair play and princi- expeditiously in order to decision to appoint Joint the extra-ordinary and unprece- and above level officers in the After passage of the Lokpal have been given to produce ples of natural justice.” restore the credibility of the Director M Nageshwar Rao as dented circumstances to “exer- CBI and the ED are to be Act in 2013, CBI Director is such records and after sever- In a post-midnight deci- agency. “The probe should head of the probe agency. cise” its powers under Section 8 selected by the CVC headed selected by the three comber al adjournments, though the sion on Wednesday, the not only be impartial but also The CBI spokesperson of the CVC Act, 2003 of super- Empowered Committee. committee headed by Prime CBI assured the commission Appointments Committee of look to be impartial by all con- further said, “The stress in intendence over the functioning This committee chaired by Minister, Leader of Opposition on September 24, 2018, to the Cabinet headed by Prime cerned,” CBI spokesperson the CBI now is to work unit- of DPSE (CBI), in so far as it the CVC and two Vigilance and Chief Justice of India. The furnish the records within Minister Narendra Modi Abhishek Dayal said. edly as a team. The probe relates to the investigation of Commissioners and Home and service records of the short- three weeks. Despite repeat- approved that during the Deputy SP AK Bassi, who should not only be fair but offences alleged to have been DoPT Secretary will select, listed candidates will be first ed assurances and reminders, period of the interim mea- was earlier probing the case also give an impression of committed under Prevention of decide on the transfer, promo- scrutinised by Chief Justice, the Director, CBI, failed to sure, M Nageshwar Rao, IPS against Asthana, was dis- fairness to all concerned. The Corruption Act, 1988. tion, appointment and suspen- who present his observations to furnish the records/files officer of 1986-batch of patched to Port Blair in “pub- reconstituted team (against It cited it to pass orders sion of all the officers. In the case the other two members - Prime before the commission. The Odisha cadre, presently work- lic interest” with immediate Asthana) will ensure fair, divesting Verma and Rakesh of ED recruitments, Revenue Minister and Leader of CVC has observed that the ing as Joint Director, CBI, will effect. impartial and expeditious Asthana, Special Director, CBI Secretary will be also part of this Opposition and majority opin- CBI Director has not been look after the duties and func- Bassi’s reporting officer probe in the matter.” of the functions, power, duty and Empowered Committee, after ion will prevail. cooperating in making avail- tions of CBI Director with Additional SP SS Gurm has The CBI spokesperson supervisory role in respect of the apex court’s landmark judg- After the removal of Alok able records/files sought by immediate effect. been transferred to Jabalpur, also denied reports that cases already registered and/or ments. CBI and ED chiefs are Verma and Rakesh Asthana in the commission relating to The acting CBI chief on while supervisory officer and searches were conducted at required to be registered and/or part of this Committee and the midnight, in the early morn- serious allegations,” the Wednesday constituted a fresh DIG MK Sinha has been the offices of Verma and being inquired/enquired/inves- proposal have to mooted by ing, newly appointed incharge Government further said. team to probe an FIR against moved to , the order Asthana last night or their tigated under the provisions of them as per the CVC Act. Director Nageswara Rao issued The CVC has also Asthana, registered by the said. offices were sealed. He said Prevention of Corruption Act, In case of Joint Director or transfer of 13 officers. This could observed that the CBI agency on October 15 on the After taking charge as the CBI functioned normally 1988, until further orders. IG level officers and above, after be violation as Empowered Director has been “non-coop- basis of a statement of a Sathish interim chief, Rao directed during the day. Verma was replaced as the the Empowered Committee’s Committee was not convened.    ()  ( *+, *-./ ' '?  * *  9 '.R 9   9     

 "5$56 based in the National Capital  5 7 Territory of Delhi (NCTD). # ?;#G  *1   he Union Cabinet on Benches of Adjudicating  %   TWednesday approved set- Authority may sit in Kolkata,      ting up of Appellate Tribunal Mumbai and , and the  *( (  and Adjudicating Authority necessary notification in this )   8   "5$56 for speedy disposal of cases regard will be issued after con-     related to benami transactions. sultation with the Chairperson  8% mid the pestering feud Earlier this month, the of the proposed Adjudicating %%( (  Abetween sacked CBI Government had notified Authority. Director Alok Verma and his Sessions courts in 34 States and “The approval will result in  !'   ' ' !7!  deputy Rakesh Asthana during Union Territories, which will effective and better adminis- ' ' "! ' the last few months, it has now act as special courts for trial of tration of cases referred to the 7  ' !:  ! emerged that Verma challenged offences under the benami Adjudicating Authority and '!  '   !7 ! the authority of the Central transaction law. speedy disposal of appeals filed '!  7 !  ! : Vigilance Commission (CVC) Benami transaction refers against the order of the   ! ! '  '&7  ! and went ahead to book Asthana transactions made in a ficti- Adjudicating Authority before  !  '  ! (! 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.  %8*  8.8 1 /@ 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 (  . < :: ( 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  *  8.8O.  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 < : %   N  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. ## 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  *8* (  . 8.8O CVC’s directive, Verma decid-   (    ed to file an FIR based on a %   %   complaint from accused in the  % #%    *  &  4@559 Moin Qureshi case, Satish Sana on the same day.  .% /O      Besides, the CBI Director % %%        (    Alok Verma also defied the              ( CVC’s directive to submit the files of the cases in which Asthana had alleged bribery on office and took charge of the CBI. In an unanimous decision, ! 1>1!#   "5$56 State entities, cooperatives, individuals and the part of his boss who also position around 11.30 pm as the CVC recommended divest- 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  "5$56     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-  8 #%  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  /0A?AO0(#( 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 (#(   on Wednesday approved a 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 2,000 per *C  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  #  *C  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  ( #%( 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   B) The Cabinet Committee of principal. warded the complaint to the Satarkata Bhavan, the head- Director to Joint Director Rao supervisory visit charges for ASHA ) "  "  on Economic Affairs, chaired 7 Listing out the benefits, CVC that initiated an enquiry quarters of the CVC held a cru- as “interim measure” for con- Facilitators from 250 to 300 per visit  $* :  by Prime Minister Narendra   the Government said this fund into the allegations. cial meeting to decide the fate duct of impartial enquiries from October onwards. G  Modi, gave its approval for cre-   % would help in creation of fish- Sources also said, Verma of two feuding officers of the against the two officers. With the proposed increase, (#(  ation of special Fisheries and  eries infrastructure facilities had put as many as 17 jour- accredited social health activists Aquaculture Infrastructure    both in marine and inland 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 6,000 against 5,000 per mance of 10 to 25 ASHAs. She is a “The approval entails an boost fish production and help unauthorisedly and had also 8    $ month for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. critical link of the support structure estimated fund size of 7,522   achieve target of 15 million sent a team of about six officials The move will benefit 41,405 network, the official statement stated. crore, comprising 5,266.40  tonne by 2020 set under the to arrest Asthana but could not ASHA facilitators. Substantial progress has been crore to be raised by the Nodal    blue revolution. The succeed as he was not available    $  “I am heartily thankful to Hon. PM made by States in setting up support Loaning Entities (NLEs), %  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  % sustainable growth of 8-9 per  in the High Court for quashing #CabinetDecision on enhancing super- as states have increasingly become contribution and 939.48 crore /@   cent, so that fish production of the FIR against him. The CBI visory visit charges of ASHA cognisant of the correlation between budgetary support from the >0>0  reaches to the level of about 20 had arrested Deputy SP &(  (     Facilitators. This will enthuse & moti- strong support structures and an Government of India,” an offi- million tonnes by 2022-23. Devendra Kumar a day before. vate them as Government implements effective ASHA programme, it said. cial statement said.   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 , 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, , 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 2,25,000/(fixed) plus NPA for charge of duties and functions manner and submit periodic ing and technical particulars. orarium for nearly 27,00,000 angan- 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). ,    9  3(% "%# 4;   1*    &&       ,    331,G8   ) # $%% $%#"!"#%%$" *   ( 3* (4  %   (   (3 (4% %58    "5$56 ! 1 #:=:= “Self4Society” will enable IT start-ups in the social sector, 835884 &  "5$56 professionals and organisations the Prime Minister wished the rime Minister Narendra to bring together their efforts young social entrepreneurs   &     gainst the backdrop of the PModi on Wednesday said towards social causes, and ser- well. Speaking on the impor-   AMeToo movement, the India’s youngsters are leverag- vice to society, on one platform. tance of conserving water, the 331,#  Government has set up a Group ing the power of technology It is also expected to generate Prime Minister said that in   of Ministers (GoM), headed by wonderfully and they are using wider participation of interest- order to learn about water "  Union Home Minister Rajnath it not only for themselves but ed people who are motivated to conservation, people should %   Singh, to strengthen the legal also for the welfare of others work for the benefit of society. visit Porbandar in Gujarat, and *%(#& 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 & & O harassment at workplace. tronic manufacturing profes- Minister were Anand volunteering efforts, a lot can New Delhi: No Bharat Stage- manufacturers might make.   P *  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- 331,8) 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,    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     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  %   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     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 2% % 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 L#"1( "M M   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 %  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 %  & 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  = '  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 '  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 331,    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  2  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. G:   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)  % 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 %%  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-     The GoM will examine lation for preventing and pro- had announced the country try must show the will, respon- 53 54% the existing legal and institu- tecting women against sexual would skip the BS-V norms sibility and urgency in this G782 tional frameworks for dealing harassment in the workplace altogether and adopt BS-VI regard,” the court said in its  % & 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      It will recommend action harassment. cannot be any compromise on permitted to be sold in India   0    required for effective imple- The Ministry of Women the health of citizens and this after March 31, 2020. 331,  5 mentation of the existing pro- and Child Development has has to take precedence over the The top court termed as #*  (2 visions, as well as for strength- also launched an electronic “greed” of few automobile man- “very vague” a sub-rule insert-   ening the existing legal and complaints box that enables ufacturers who unfortunately, ed in the Central Motor Vehicle     institutional frameworks for women, irrespective of their want to stretch the timeline to Rules, 1989 by the Government % 2 addressing issues related to work status, to raise their voice make a “little more money”. as per which grace period of %  sexual harassment at work- against sexual harassment at Noting that India has the three and six months respec- /A00& place, the statement said. workplace. “dubious distinction” of having tively were given for sale of BS-   &    The GoM will, within three Once a complaint is sub- 15 out of the 20 most polluted VI compliant vehicles manu- '  P months of its constitution, mitted to the ‘SHe-Box’, it is cities in the world, a bench factured before April 1, 2020. headed by Justice Madan B As per the sub-rule, time 331,# ( examine the existing provisions directly sent to the authority %(         %   for the safety of women, includ- concerned having jurisdiction to . (   Lokur said the effect of pollu- till June 30, 2020 was given to  $ ing those mentioned above, take action into the matter. A %   / B/  tion on the environment and automobile manufacturers to   >07  C and recommend further mea- mechanism will be put in place  M  >(N% health was so huge that it can- sell their BS-IV compliant four- #>0/= sures required to strengthen and to regularly monitor the action ;$" #   %. not be compensated in the wheelers manufactured till < O& make them more effective. taken on the complaints, it said. marginal extra profits that March 31, 2020. PTI    ()  ( *+, *-./ ' '9

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Athe Central Bureau of Some of the manufacturers Investigation came in for of fireworks told this paper that  ("( 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 5 :3*4(C#(:5 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- "G *5:5*58(G#55 Mamata Banerjee. meet the mandatory require- allies, continue saying there Similarly RLSP chief ibility saying the present 5165(:5$(  "7<1:( When asked as to what he ments set by the apex court. “It had been no talks on seat Upendra Kushwaha, who is Government in Delhi 8("85$ 8$ 6681 5 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 ">0/I$5"5C$ 66 on (Wednesday’s) Laxmi Puja, You cannot change the product RCP Singh on Wednesday pleasure over the “neglect” of BJP Bureau of Investigation. *5:1$"1G1< he said “I had prayed during  &  "( 6"(G< :5$1:)# or the manufacturing tech- asserted that the talks on seat his party in the NDA and his “CBI has now become so 1$5: ( ((( the Durga Puja and now also 85""( (:5("5##5" (6 niques overnight,” said the sharing have finalised. “The allergy towards Nitish, too called BBI (BJP Bureau of :585"6C#(  "((:C I pray before the Mother "7:5 5""11"6C owner of a fireworks manu- formal announcement will be remain silent. There have Investigation) — very unfor- 55 "7(6657 "75 Goddess that our Chief early 1,100 fireworks man- G: "7<5# .(6#*G( facturing unit at Sivakasi. made by senior NDA leaders been speculations that tunate!” Mamata tweeted "(:5":( 1 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- to topmost post of the coun- N 5 51<5(11&  71.5:" 5"(1"5 employing eight lakh people # ("(1:C<1:85:( " 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 "1 "75P85 the people but the people of 81 G"  5#1*G:# 56 .5: "7(66(6)# and five lakh indirect employ- < :58:(8)5:#$5"5 during which firecrackers amid the denials from Pashupati was trying to make a deal Director Rakesh Asthana — the entire country gets the ees) face uncertain future and could be burst. For Deepavali, Kumar Paras and Bhagwan with RJD leadership for were unceremoniously ("<(6#515# benefit of her good troubled times as a follow-up to 5(:5#1G6#(:5 fireworks could be burst only Singh Kushwaha, State presi- alliance with maha gath- removed from their posts governance.” Tuesday’s Supreme Court ver- ()5"1G15*G: (6 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 7:1G"<1:5 : 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 < "(61G:"5C 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- , 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. '==   '   ' . (     #7  &   $''7  cerning women, pointed out the Chinmayee coming out in the 85""(  double standard prevailing open with startling disclosures '<  # !  3 ! among men. “In our emerging that , Tamil film mala Paul, heartthrob of     economy and ever expanding industry’s leading lyricist who 5:? Asouth Indian film industry,  ! ' ! ' '& female work force, this behav- had been honoured with too joined the MeToo cam- !':  ' !" iour is rampantly occurring , had sexually  85""(  paign on Wednesday by accus- everywhere, in all trades and harassed her. The poet denied ing movie maker Susi Ganesan   !" (! industries. These men treat the allegations while his col- 100 crore indeginously- of sexual misconduct. Ganesan  '" " 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- their colleagues they don’t miss charges against him. engineless train will be unveiled sures by Leena Manimekalai, a '&!' 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, 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  (   O  & " P '9  (   '.( ,   would be inducted into pas- for Thiruttupayale2 was sub- active approach to all issues con- since last month with singer of the disclosures. #   %. senger service. The train, capable of touch- ing speeds of 160 kmph, will : ) ,    * replace the Shatabdi Express.   )$ 369 "With 16 coaches the train  #6 #!#  7   will have the same passenger )  carrying capacity. There are ;   now separate power cars. But !   it is about 15-20 per cent *" < 9/ ,  ('  energy efficient and leaves    less of a carbon footprint,"   ("(  Mani said.  ("(6( 3)5:(6(4 UDF and LDF taking turns to Ahmedabad: Independent Officials said the trainset rule the State — it takes position /   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 Wednesday demanded inclu- developed in about 18 months AMinister Pinarayi Vijayan UDF's, which has maintained   (  Parrikar, whose extended   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 absence from office due to ill  :G.("("(G:(  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  P 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. 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 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   ("(.G:3"4 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.    ()  ( *+, *-./ ' 'B ' !:#  @   # $(    0 #: "(7(: of 5 lacs to the next of kin   ( of each deceased civilian. 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 terrorists during a gunfight in class work at Kashmir Nowgam pocket of Srinagar University was also sus-  #: "(7(: 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. that gunfight erupted in engaged in stone pelting South was already boiling but 1! " ! Wanbal area of Nowgam in the police till the area is complete- against the security forces. The now even Srinagar is witnessing ! ! ' ! outskirts of Srinagar city in the ly sanitised and cleared of all security forces used tear gas massive gunfights, crackdowns. 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-  77! '&" !  of security forces. “During a The advisory was issued in the injuries to many protestors. tion in Kashmir,” Abdullah told search operation, terrorists- the backdrop of killing of seven The Joint Resistance a gathering of party workers. ''3&! ' ' !: fired upon the search party,  ((   (     '  '      / #   $% civilians last Sunday at Laroo Leadership (JRL), a grouping He said that restoration of "!! !' which was retaliated leading to village in south Kashmir’s of prominent separatist lead- internal autonomy affords a "!7  '" $ an encounter. In the ensuing toral research in a Delhi based 5#6( " 6 ("#(.5 Mujahideen ranks. An Kulgam district. The civilians ers called for shutdown pragmatic way out. “It is high encounter, two terrorists were University before joining the *55" 5" < 5(##(*L(: Assistant Professor in the soci- died in a mysterious explosion against Sabzar’s killing on time for the Government of 7  ' (   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 ( (#1< ("(# < 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 71: &#1< $(# 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 :51:56CG:#G "7 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 181:(6:5#5(:8 "( 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 56 *(#5G" .5:# C 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. *5<1:51 " "75 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 6 (":(")#6(#C5(: 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. 1234.* 5 *## " >&?  %3   ((      )      #%  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 pleted within 90 days, the peri- (UAPA) were added to the  >;  posed memorial site for a foun- a compensation of 5 lakh to the M  "/ Investigating Officer has nav- police on June 6, in connection od can be extended up to 180 case latter.  " dation laying ceremony. The site family of the deceased boy. He  % igated the application for with the Elgaar Parishad and days,” ACP Pawar had said. Defending the fresh arrests is on a rocky outcrop located in also ordered an inquiry into the extension of period by further subsequent Bhima-Koregaon The section 43-D of the of five activists with alleged   the Arabian Sea 3.5 km from the circumstances leading to the %  90 days, which is not con- caste riots. Unlawful Activities Maoist links on August 28, Marine Drive in south Mumbai. incident. templated under the proviso Subsequently on June 8, the (Prevention) Act, 1967 which Pune’s Deputy Commissioner % The ill-fated boat was car- Mete, who was hosting the to section 43-D of the Act. It investigators had claimed that deals with modified application of Police (Crime) Shirish  *  rying media persons and ceremony at the memorial site,    G *( is to be remembered that the they had recovered from the tap of certain provisions of the Sardeshpande had said on activists of the Shiv Sangram said that nearly 200 persons Investigating Officer is always top of Wilson an allegedly Code, provides for “if it is not August 29 that the evidence    party to the proposed memori- including media persons, n a setback to the Pune interested in the success or the incriminating letter, which possible to complete the inves- gathered by the investigators  %% al construction site. Maharashtra Government officials and polit- Ipolice, the Bombay High conviction in the case. uncovered an alleged plot by the tigation within the said period had shown that a conspiracy Chief Secretary D K Jain, a few ical activists had departed in five 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 2#   bureaucrats, Shiv Smarak Samiti boats from the Gateway of India 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   President Vinayak Mete were jetty for the memorial function. 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 among the occupants of the four "I have visited that site 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 other boats that accompanying over a dozen times, but such a against five persons with upholding the law,” Justice police arrested five more tigation and the specific rea- law” and that the Elgaar    G *( the mishap-hit boat. thing has never happened. The alleged Maoist links who were Bhatkar noted. activists Varavara Rao, Vernon sons for the detention of the Parishad had been organised in Identifying the drowned authorities had taken all safe- 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 ne person was killed and persons as 20-year-old political ty precautions and the boats connection with the January 1, the case Hitendra Vishnu Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam od of ninety days, extend the pursue this conspiracy. Otwo others injured, while activist Siddhesh Pawar, a were not overloaded," Mete 2018 Bhima-Koregaon riots. Thakur vs. State of Navlakha for their association said period up to one hundred Sardeshpande had also two dozen others were rescued spokesperson of the disaster said on his return to the jetty However, upon a plea by Maharashtra (supra) case, the with the Elgaar Parishad held and eighty days”. referred to the arrests made on after a speed boat heading control cell of Brihanmumbai after the mishap. 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 towards the proposed mid-sea Municipal Corporation (BMC) Earlier, the Indian Navy, 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 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj said that a couple of hours after Indian Coast Guard, Marine 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 Memorial construction site the mishap, Pawar’s body was Police and other agencies had 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 capsized off the Mumbai coast recovered from the capsized launched a major operation bench of Justice Mridula lic prosecutor. ….” Court ordered that the five another five on August 28 — Gandhi-type” assassination of on Wednesday. boat by Navy divers and fire with three helicopters, a hov- Bhatkar stayed till November 1 On September 2, a Special arrested activists be placed were part of their investigations Prime Minister Narendra Modi The Maharashtra brigade personnel. ercraft and boats to search for 2018 the implementation of her Unlawful Activities under house arrest till into the FIR registered on It may be recalled that on Government-owned speed Two others Vikrant Ambre Pawar, whose body was fished order quashing the Pune spe- (Prevention) Act (UAPA) court September 6. January 8 at the Pune’s Vishram January 1, one Rahul boat carrying 25 persons sank (50) and Ashok Lodha (53), out late in the evening 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 at around 4.15 pm after hit an who were injured in the A second boat which was in 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 underwater rock near pro- mishap, were rushed to St the vicinity managed to reach 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- posed memorial construction George Hospital, where they site within minutes of the 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 located off the Prongs were treated and allowed to go mishap, helped rescue all the While quashing the Pune who were arrested in June this case, the investigation of the Kala Manch (KKM) and miscreants attacked Dalits cel- Lighthouse, leading to the rup- later in the night. people who were on board the 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 turing of its hull. Mourning the death of ill-fated boat. The damaged 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 The boat that capsized was Pawar in the mishap, boat was towed away by a 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 among the five speedy which Maharashtra Chief Minister Marine Police vessel to Girgaum 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- were heading towards the pro- Devendra Fadnavis announced Chowpatty in south Mumbai. the Unlawful Activities riots. Police (ACP) Shivaji Pawar 153(A), 505 (1)(b), 117 and 34 trict of western Maharashtra. (Prevention) Act, 1967 which Five Maoist-linked activists had told the court. of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Following the incident, mandates the Public Prosecutor Human Rights activists Rona “Under the Unlawful had made out a conspiracy case Maharashtra had witnessed to submit a report justifying the Wilson Jacob, Surendra Activities (Prevention) Act, in March 2018 and relevant large-scale Dalit protests which 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. $R /   (  (  //+%    #  6G8)"1$ for NOTA in the 2019 Lok Gujarat Chief Minister Sabha elections. Narendra Modi, has already 1@  week after RSS chief "From time to time, the announced to float his new AMohan Bhagwat called for BJP's UP unit keeps getting political party. His supporters  6G8)"1$ "appropriate and requisite law" guidance from its national created disturbances in to pave the way for construc- president. UP is a key State and Ayodhya earlier this week. day after an FIR was tion of a Ram temple in electorally important," BJP On Tuesday, addressing a Alodged against Samajwadi Ayodhya, BJP president Amit spokesperson Chandra Mohan rally at Rajnandgaon in the Party leader Mohammad Azam Shah held marathon meetings said while refusing to divulge poll-bound Chhattisgarh, UP Khan for making derogatory with the state functionaries of further details. Chief Minister Yogi remarks against Dr BR Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Sources say the issues that Adityanath had said that the Ambedkar, the SP leader hit Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath dominated the marathon meet- Congress always opposed the back at the Bharatiya Janata and State Bharatiya Janata Party Besides the Chief Minister, ing on Wednesday included the construction of a Ram temple Party, saying that he had leaders and Ministers in RSS senior functionaries Ram temple, challenge posed in Ayodhya because it become an “ item girl” for the on Wednesday. Krishna Gopal, Datrayee by the former Vishwa Hindu believed in "dividing the ruling party. The RSS chief, in his cus- Hasbole, RSS State chief Parishad leader Pravin Togadia, country" and never wanted "I am the item girl of the tomary address on Shivprakash, BJP state president preparations of the BJP organ- the issue to be resolved. BJP. They contested the 2017 Vijayadashmi on October 18 Mahendra Nath Pandey and isation and the government for "People have their own UP assembly election making had said: "The construction of general secretary (organisa- the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, emotions and sentiments on me a poll issue and I suspect Ram temple is necessary from tion) Sunil Bansal and Deputy performance of the Yogi Ram Janmabhoomi (birthplace that they will contest the 2019 the self-esteem point of view. Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Adityanath government and of Lord Ram in Ayodhya). I have Lok Sabha election around my It will also pave the way for an Maurya and Dinesh Sharma its Ministers, possible chal- always maintained that public personality. The situation is so atmosphere of goodwill and also attended the meeting. lenge to be posed by the pro- sentiments on the issue should bad that I do not know how oneness in the country." In view of the strict secre- posed alliance of Samajwadi be respected. The fight for many cases have been lodged The meetings in Lucknow cy maintained by the BJP, the Party and Bahujan Samaj Party Ayodhya is not from today but against me and in which police hold significance as Amit Shah outcome of the meeting was and the reshuffle in the Yogi the mammoth 'Hindu Samaj' station of the 75 districts of the is visiting Uttar Pradesh not known but it will be visi- Adityanath Cabinet. has been fighting for the cause State. I come to know only after despite being busy with elec- ble in the strategy that the party The office-bearers of all for around 450 years," he said. either the summon or bailable tions in five States. The senior- adopts in the days to come. RSS affiliates participated in the Yogi said the site at and non-bailable warrants are most leaders of the party are The senior RSS leaders, meeting presided over by Amit Ayodhya where Ram Lalla was issued by courts," Azam Khan tight-lipped about the deliber- sources said, expressed their Shah. All-region secretary of present was the birthplace of said in Budaun on Wednesday. ations and describe it as a co- displeasure over the perfor- the RSS was also invited to the Lord Ram and no one should Dr Lalji Nirmal, a BJP ordination meeting between mance of the ministers of the meeting. The RSS has divided have any doubt about it. leader and chairman of the BJP and the RSS. Yogi Adityanath Cabinet. UP into seven 'prants' (zones) Earlier in the day, Shah Ambedkar Mahasabha had The meeting in Lucknow The RSS functionaries for organisational purpose. was given a warm reception at lodged an FIR against Azam was summoned a day after for- specifically pointed out the BJP state president the CCS airport at Amausi by Khan here on Tuesday, alleging mer president of Vishwa Hindu inability of the UP government Mahendra Nath Pandey and Yogi Adityanath and his that the SP leader and former Parishad, Pravin Togadia, to address the aspirations of the party's secretary (organisation) Cabinet colleagues on the BJP Minister had used derogatory announced to float a new polit- common man, particularly the Sunil Bansal also held closed- president's arrival in the state words against Dr Ambedkar ical outfit with the slogan 'Abki unemployed youths, and asked door meetings with Amit Shah. capital on Wednesday. From while inaugurating the Haj Bar Hindu Sarkar' that could the BJP leaders to make efforts Togadia, a native of Gujarat the airport, Shah drove to the House at Ghaziabad in 2016. impact the BJP poll prospects. so that the people do not vote and once a confidant of then venue of the meeting. (  COMMENT & ANALYSIS (      ()  ( *+, *-./    ()  ( *+, *-./ 

    10687>15; Back to the future in China? In faith we trust #     RC :  S     )                      D  E #           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            falling from the building at his residence. # "85P  " "78( 5 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 was under investigation for bribery has killed him- ed that Xi Jinping had launched a sweeping anti- isation (headquartered in Lyon, France). At the # %8    &( 2 Morning Post: “Hong Kong officials and politicians 11$5: ">0/> self, a development that cast a shadow over corruption campaign: “At least 13,000 military offi- time of Mengs’ arrest, Public Security Minister 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-  %   1.5:/006(75"5:(6  86(G5 Xiaosong.” He had been ‘suffering from depres- corruption and dissent.” punished over the past five years.” Apparently, al agreement, convened a midnight meeting in  %   %  16 sion’, said the official statement issued by the Hong 1<< 85:#(.5 General Zhang Yang, formerly in-charge of Fang and Zhang were linked to former disgraced Beijing to express ‘unanimous support’ for the % &#    Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO). the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) General Central Military Commission vice-chairmen, Guo probe against Meng and pledged, as usual, It was last year only that the 59-year-old cadre :51:56C*55" Political Department, was found dead in his home Boxiong and Xu Caihou. But were not all the ‘absolute political loyalty’ to President Xi Jinping. %    n September 13, 1971, a Chinese had taken up the post in Macau. A Press release in Beijing. He hanged himself. Xinhua said Chinese generals linked to the CMC? There is Meng’s insistence “on doing things in his own   &   Trident 1E airliner crashed in Inner from Beijing affirmed that “leaders of the Central <1:8 *6C:5 :5 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 %(%%% #    Mongolia; everyone on board was Government have entrusted comrades from the 1:6(85G"5: 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- 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- Marshal Lin Biao, China’s Defence lences to Zheng’s family”. Zheng’s death came just ".5# 7( 1"& # 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  M   & MinisterO and Vice-Chairman of the Central a few days before the opening of the 55km-long the ruling Communist Party appeared uncertain oned on corruption charges…All told, since Xi from the Communist Party. Meng was suspect- (    (%%     Military Commission (CMC). Lin, a great soldier Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, to be inaugu- 6(:752#8(65 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 LM%   Q and Mao Zedong’s heir apparent, was also one of rated by Chinese President Xi Jinping. no explanation for the five-day delay in disclos- eral officers have reportedly been forcibly retired ‘gravely jeopardised’ the Party and the police; the the architects of the dreaded Great Proletarian Interestingly, Zheng belonged to the Fujian G:11 "71$5.5: ing the news.” General Zhang was called “a trai- or placed under investigation.” same night, Interpol received Meng’s ‘resignation’ 2   /0@02 Cultural Revolution. The official narrative says that gang of officials, who worked in Xi’s favourite tor and coward for taking his own life.” The article added: “This large-scale uproot- as president. Is it not strange that before vetting &:    %$ 2 Lin was fleeing to the Soviet Union after a failed Province: “I spent my beautiful youth in Fujian #(6#16 )56C1*5 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 fuel. Observers, however, believe Lin was fleeing started to work there in 1985…I experienced the : .5" "(:*C country’s laws, Zhang Yang’s action was abom- cers that have been summarily fired and impris- antecedents? Nobody can take the sudden accu-   &*    an impending purge in the military; some lead- process of Fujian’s reform and opening up, mov- 8 "5#5 "5:"(6 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        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. L   M3  4 &   Was the crash an accident? A year later, when US ing with each passing day,” once wrote Xi. 16  8# 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- 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’ %% % 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 (%%      &     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? # %8 O%%   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- 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) %  &" 2    %&   % *   O    % ?0 Has Alok Verma been sacked for his These allegations are baseless. Government’s  %  & keenness to probe the layers of corruption in decision to remove Verma and Rakesh Asthana LLP: An alternative mode A     #   O%LM   Rafale scam? Let Prime Minister answer. is based on the CVC’s recommendations. %2 &1     —Congress chief spokesperson —Union Finance Minister  2%   RANDEEP SURJEWALA ARUN JAITLEY Growth of the cooperative movement demands of its members a special discipline and readiness for fairplay. The public    =%/0% % & % %       sector has often proved inefficient and the private sector has not delivered an economy of scale at par with US corporations  &<  2 thus out as exploitation of the #              working classes or the proletariat.       % %  %    Fortunately for the latter, Karl Marx      9  descended on the scene as a prophet        )1( % &% 2   6: Idiots on both sides of class exploitation. He depicted 0       661$  ( 2 : :(/8   &    2 n September 30, 2018, Vladimir Ulyanov or Lenin lent            ,  )    %  %    & when Prime Minister the pen of Marx a long sword. He #  - %#.                gets in Western Europe within a few min- Narendra Modi visited used the volumes of Marx as bricks                 (       # / utes of launch. Anand, he not only to build the State of the Soviet                   %   %  The border between North Atlantic praised the achieve- Union. In the process, his eloquent Treaty Organisation (Nato) and Soviet Oments of Amul, but also called its message to the world was that the                      % & forces was then about 500 km closer to cooperative system a third alterna- poor man, the working man also +         /       7$C""5 Western capitals than it is now, and there tive — a third option of enterprise mattered, not merely the gentry               $ )  ) S ?@* %% ".""%# were huge tank-heavy armies stacked up over and above the private and the whose pockets jingled with wealth. /  "    #      -0.      B06 on either side of the so-called Iron Curtain. public sectors. He was fully justified The well-off in the Western world                     ( 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-        1234            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 0      /   #       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 ,              0    banning ‘intermediate-range’ nuclear ground invasion, could theoretically have redoubtable successes. To an extent, remained staunchly capitalist but the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai is set to be    #               Tmissiles was 31 years ago, and I real- succeeded (although only a fool would have has also been shown became considerate as well as gen-           +         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. 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                     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 %# #     %#S R6    /S      (         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- you don’t want a negotiation to succeed, has and their American equivalents, the erative examples. farism while others like Italy and     7 1238             can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. 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 9                +    personally that US President Donald deployed some land-based cruise missiles first demands of its members a spe- whose ideological label came to be                     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  "         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 #   7 :               ( Saving the Aravallis 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                %#    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              -:0. O   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- :1: 51:#  of a proprietor. He may employ hence, possibly the current mountains #              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 #G # " ("#*5#& highly paid executives but he is sel- of non-performing assets (NPA). I            (        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 dom prepared to be the first amongst doubt if such large loans would have    O        -        .                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 <1:5 " (" equals. He much prefers the image of been advanced to the same compa- ,    :0          0     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.   0      #            # %8 O%L M  2 on both sides. concern mainly to the experts, many of corporations. In Asia, the virus of Lenin’s for example, faith in #C855 leagues as the subjects. This Indian There is another facet of the -,#$.          6 ,#$     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 corpo- Indian psyche that is worth noting.         0     <2=2<    %% ( O %&< 6 56 (* 6 C  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 rate growth on the American scale. A loan taken by an individual from        >=<=> 6%       ?   %# % ?//>= %%% 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 (:"5:# 3664 Even if an entrepreneur manages an individual, with or without secu-                    @0&% %  (  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 to make his company to grow as large rity, is generally repaid; of all the                 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. $ 8 #(6:5(C as, say, Procter & Gamble, he would under-the-table transactions that    #        %#        (   2% %  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 still insist on remaining the monarch, one has socially heard about, there    2 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 ".17G5 #(" unlike Mr Proctor or Mr Gamble who is hardly ever a mention of short pay-     @ %         %#S 7 1234                               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 ("#$5:$ 1"5 time and are heard no more. being given. Yet the same people do              % &  2 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 +                    (  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 :1. #1'("( ited liability partnership (LLP), which with regard to money borrowed from                        O% &  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 5##5" (6 #5 is already in vogue, is an answer with a faceless State-owned organisation   "      #    %      % 2  2 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              #      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 "55<1:*(")# need for banks and financial institu- been signed and how many times.      %#             %   ;= &* M 2 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 ("< "("8 (6 tions to be prepared to lend money If LLPs are financed as suggest-  )   $ )  :        (( "  '$  K$( 2 (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 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              & 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 "# G 1"#1*5 insist on marketable collateral secu- medium to big-medium enterpris-                     (  % @A@  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. :5(:5165" rities. The senior partner would then es should come up. Whether any of               !     (  % % 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               0         6           ( >00&6  /II0 2 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- 1"5C166 recognition as the first owner. His corporate or not is at present only a 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     +             #       % &5 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 <:556C should succeed to the top in due alternative. Wherever cooperative                9  % O%  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, +                    2 (  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.             ,     Chinese targets that Russia cannot hit with diate-range BALLISTIC missiles, the once- (The writer is an independent 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                       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) :                ( :   &%                       #    22  & **155 1:                 A    %  (               ( % &   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-  0                ( %      When there is an explicit provi- this time, the Supreme Court gave a ##     !     make fresh purchases in future as per ing charges of serious graft.            #  (      /  ( 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-             +     ( ( &(     “Avoidable tragedy” (October 22). ie Section 147 (which prohibits tres- in Delhi and NCR come . Its       LG%    %         %2 so that the people may continue with tigative body is under the thumb of           (     6        &$    The Dussehra disaster at Amritsar that passing and misuse by any person in verdict last year had hurt the feelings  M 31  >;4& $  %     % the tradition of cracker bursting on politicians for self-interests. Charges                         %2 has left 60 people dead has only wit- respect of railway property, making it of a majority of people since it # %8 % 2  & %& O Diwali. against the Central Bureau of       & <          % %  #               9  ( nessed a frantic effort to pin respon- an offence with imprisonment), why imposed a complete ban on the sale Madhu Agrawal Investigation are indeed very serious.                   &   %     sibility on agencies and individuals. It is the law not being enforced by the of crackers. The verdict this year also (  % % 2 % &% %  2  Delhi The allegations can hugely impact the     is clear that there are many danger authorities? There must be an aware- imposes similar restrictions on cele-  2  &# %  K credibility of the nation. It is, there- *              (           +          B  C"     &# %8   zones associated with one of the ness campaign on this provision using brations made for Christmas day and  % &#  %  % %      #  2   fore, essential that the body become largest railway networks in the world. the media. New Year eve. %          Sir — This refers to the editorial, “War independent.   ,   #              (     2 A number of commissions and Hemant Kumar Practically speaking, this year’s   2     &         within” (October 23). 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1 5# 8 eased concerns over forex out- The BSE Sensex   G *( (intra-day) against the US dol- ull service carrier flows amd supported selling of Wednesday recaptured the lar in the forex market. FVistara, which is "# G 1"(6 the US currency by exporters. 34,000-mark by gaining 187 eversing a four-session After opening on a strong preparing to fly over- ".5#1:#3 #4 The greenback’s weakness points or 0.55 per cent higher Rslide, the BSE Sensex on footing, the Sensex quickly seas, has received against some currencies over- at 34,033.96. The broader NSE Wednesday recaptured the reclaimed the 34,000-mark to 2,000 crore from (5G:8(#5# seas also helped the recovery in Nifty too recovered by 77.95 34,000-mark by jumping 187 scale the session’s high of Tata Sons and the domestic currency. points, or 0.77 per cent, at points amid easing crude oil 34,300.97 in early hours of Singapore Airlines, $1:("51< “The Indian rupee traded 10.224.75. prices and a recovery in the trade, largely supported by eas- according to a regu- higher by 41 paise at 73.16 per Domestic institutional rupee. ing crude prices and recovery latory filing. //A&;/8:1:5 dollar versus a previous close of investors (DIIs) made pur- The broader Nifty also in the rupee amid positive The airline, 73.57 on the back falling crude chases worth a net of 116.41 managed to end above the Asian cues. majority-owned by oil prices and on dollar selling crore, while foreign institu- 10,200-level. However, a sudden sell-off Tatas, commenced   G *( by banks and exporters,” said tional investors (FIIs) sold Bear operators, who had by investors dragged the bench- operations more than Sunil Sharma, Chief shares to the tune of Rs 340.35 been creating short-positions in mark into the negative zone. It three years ago and he rupee strengthened by Investment Officer, Sanctum crore Tuesday, provisional data the past several sessions, were hit a low of 33,726.07 points currently has a fleet of T41 paise to close at more Wealth Management. showed. seen covering up positions before finally concluding 22 planes. than three-week high of 73.16 At the Interbank Foreign The Financial Benchmark ahead of October month expiry 186.73 points, or 0.55 per cent On October 12, against the US currency on Exchange (Forex), the rupee India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the in the derivatives segment higher at 34,033.96. the board of Vistara Wednesday as global crude oil opened higher at 73.18, and reference rate for the Thursday, brokers said. The gauge had lost 1,315 approved allotment of prices eased and domestic equi- soon gained further ground to rupee/dollar at 73.2645 and for Gains in banking and points in the past four sessions 200 crore equity ty markets staged a smart jump 48 paise to touch a high rupee/euro at 83.9934. The financial services stocks pushed on weak domestic as well as shares of 10 a piece to Tata sion. Vistara is looking to fly to rebound. of 73.09 on increased selling of reference rate for rupee/British the markets higher. However, global factors. Sons Pvt Ltd and Singapore Tata Sons holds 51 per international destinations Forex dealers said soften- the American currency by pound was fixed at 95.0529 and losses in IT and pharma coun- The broader NSE Nifty Airlines, a filing with the cent stake and the remaining 49 and is awaiting final ing crude oil prices supported exporters and banks. for rupee/100 Japanese yen ters capped the upside too recovered by 77.95 points, Corporate Affairs Ministry per cent is owned by Singapore approvals. the rupee’s upward movement. The domestic unit howev- was 65.13. Bharti Airtel was the or 0.77 per cent, at 10.224.75. showed. Airlines in Vistara. The airline posted a loss On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia er pared some gains and settled Bond markets were also biggest gainer in the Sensex Intra-day, it shuttled between The allotment of these The fund infusion comes at after taxation of 431.09 crore pledged to meet any supply the day up by 41 paise at 73.16 firm Wednesday on easing fuel pack, surging 10.79 per cent, 10,290.65 and 10,126.70 shares amounts to a fund a time when the airline has for the year ended March 31, shortfalls and replace any against the US dollar, a level not prices. The yield of most trad- after the company said six Domestic institutional fusion of 2,000 crore. embarked on ambitious expan- 2018, according to a filing looming shortages due to seen since October 1. ed 10-year 7.17 per cent global investors, including investors (DIIs) made pur- As per the filing, the board sion plans, including buying 19 made by Tata Sons to the min- Iranian sanctions, which will On Tuesday, the local cur- Government security softened Warburg Pincus, Temasek, chases worth a net of 116.41 approved issuance of little over Airbus, Boeing planes worth istry. start on November 4. Following rency had ended almost flat at by 2 basis points to 7.87. The Singtel and SoftBank, have crore, while foreign institu- 101.99 crore shares to Tata $3.1 billion. While making the Vistara started commercial this, Brent crude prices plunged 73.57 against the US currency. yield of 7.59 per cent agreed to invest $1.25 billion in tional investors (FIIs) sold Sons and 98 crore shares to announcement about aircraft operations on January 9, 2015. to below $76 level before recov- Moreover, bullish trend in Government security maturing Airtel Africa. shares to the tune of 340.35 Singapore Airlines. purchases in July, Vistara had It operates around 120 flights ering to $76.03 per barrel. the equity market also boost- in 2026 softened by over 1 basis Meanwhile, the rupee crore on Tuesday, provisional Vistara did not offer any also announced leasing 37 new every day and flies to 22 desti- Falling crude oil prices ed the local unit. point to 7.94. strengthened 42 paise to 73.15 data showed. comments about the fund infu- A320 neo family planes. nations. ;%!%9#(#"): 828     $ / (  &! !( P'" #$) 8<"..""%#     '  ' (%$"$%# "# . O '   P "!  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Ccountry’s leading beverage and five million euros ($11.5 statement said. 4 phone to install a new ver- launch Oman Crude Oil con- Oman Crude Oil Futures process services to Indians. The whole process comes with companies, has collaborated and $5.7 million), respectively, “The two companies have sion of Google’s Android oper- tract on its newly launched Contract will be settled on EB 5 Immigrant Investor Visa a processing fee of $50,000. with Vodafone Idea Business for the so-called “planned induced consumers to install ating system intended for the commodity derivatives seg- Dubai Mercantile Exchange Program is one of five “NRIA is a vertically inte- Services, the enterprise arm of obsolescence” of their smart- software updates that are not more recent Note 7, the ment. BSE had marked its (DMX). employment-based (EB) pref- grated investment manage- Vodafone Idea Limited, the phones. adequately supported by their ACGM said. entry into the commodity The Indian exchange erence programs in the United ment firm with a proven track largest telecommunications The ruling is believed to be devices, without adequately But that was “without derivatives segment with gold recently entered into an agree- States, with the aim of encour- record, extensive experience service provider in India and the first against the manufac- informing them, nor providing informing them of the serious and silver contracts on October ment with DMX, a premier aging foreign investment and and a history of exceptional eBest IoT, to introduce state-of- turers following accusations them an effective way to recov- malfunctions that the new 1, 2018. energy-focused commodities economic growth in rural areas performance. With this part- the-art Connected Coolers worldwide that they encourage er the full functionality of their firmware could cause due to “BSE believes in systemat- exchange in the Middle East, or areas of high unemployment nership, we are happy to help across the country. The IoT operating system updates for devices,” the AGCM said. greater stress of device’s hardware ic development of market for the growth and systemat- in the US. in opening the doors to the enabled fleet of Connected older phones which slow them Operating system updates and asking a high repair cost for through product innovation, ic development of commodi- As part of the partnership, land of opportunity for Indians Coolers will enable Coca-Cola down, thereby encouraging the “caused serious malfunctions out-of-warranty repairs con- awareness and research with a ty derivatives markets in the Indians looking at immigrating looking at building something to understand consumer purchase of new phones. and significantly reduced their nected to such malfunctions”. view to provide a wider prod- Crude Oil Complex. can get a green card through while getting the returns they behaviour and use the insights investment of $500,000. 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The aim of the forum is ICA India showcased the helped by increase in revenue to empower every member of latest innovations and appli- from operations and other the copper industry big and cations of copper at the income. The company had small, to voice their opinion “Innovation Booth” to give a posted a net profit of 164 crore and bring forth ideas and glimpse of the future of the in the corresponding July- innovations that will take the industry to the delegates. The September quarter of 2017-18. Country to the next frontier. innovation booth showcased Its income increased by 39 The event also saw the recog- interventions made by ICA per cent to 2,148 crore during nition for Industry leaders India across its various pro- the second quarter of 2018-19, with Copper Excellence grams such as Electrical as against 1,540 crore in the Awards, celebrating forward Safety, Distribution same period of the preceding thinking, initiative and drive. Transformer, Power Cable and fiscal, Mahindra Finance said Over the last four edi- Motors. in a regulatory filing.    ()  ( *+, *-./ '!CC C8##   $7 9    @ *   *E:  >  ! &D?D   >?@31 9 :'F '+&+        "5$56 0 ?  '  (7B IT services major Wipro on Wednesday   "5$56 such as Complan, Glucon D, evant to health conscious con-   "5$56 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  ?   8B 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  '& ? '    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 0 ='  :6(& 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      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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Representatives for the Rouhani said on Wednesday. der of journalist Jamal knowledge of his fate, Riyadh Khashoggi as a “heinous crime”, proactively detonated two “sus- Officials “proactively det- Clintons referred press “I don't think that any coun- Khashoggi, government last week claimed the insisting the kingdom was picious packages” addressed onated” the device, and deter- inquiries to the Secret Service, try would dare to do such a thing spokesman Benjamin Griveaux Washington Post contributor cooperating with Turkish to former President Barack mined that it contained explo- and a spokeswoman for Obama without US backing,” Rouhani said Wednesday, adding that had died in a “fist fight” before authorities and “justice will Obama and 2016 Democratic sive powder and “had the com- did not immediately respond to said in remarks to cabinet broad- imposed exile in the United Paris would first have to veri- later admitting he was mur- prevail”. presidential nominee Hillary ponents of a bomb,” it said. a request for comment. cast on state television. States, was murdered inside the fy Riyadh's involvement. dered. Clinton earlier this week, the The package intended for Earlier this week, a suspi- Rouhani said that before Saudi consulate in Istanbul on “In the event that Saudi Saudi leaders have denied agency said Wednesday. Obama was intercepted in cious package targeting bil- Khashoggi's murder “it would October 2 as he organised the Arabia's responsibility is any involvement in the 59-year- Neither Obama nor Washington, DC, on lionaire investor and major have been unthinkable that in paperwork for his marriage to proven, we will then draw the old's murder, which they say Clinton received the packages Wednesday morning, and the Democratic donor George this day and age we would wit- his Turkish fiancee. consequences and take punitive was carried out by rogue ele- or were at risk of receiving one intended for Clinton was Soros was discovered and ren- ness such an organised felony. The case has triggered an measures... Not only on ments. them, the Secret Service said. addressed to her in Westchester dered safe. Authorities are “It is extremely significant international outcry against weapons,” Griveaux said after Britain, France and The packages were dis- County, New York, on Tuesday. investigating whether there are that an institution planned Saudi Arabia. US President a cabinet meeting. Germany have demanded that covered during “routine mail The FBI said the package any connections between the such a heinous murder. Donald Trump on Tuesday Griveaux, however, empha- Riyadh clarify how Khashoggi screening procedures as intended for Clinton was found three packages, CNN reported. “The tribal group that is rul- ridiculed Riyadh's response as sised that “as long as it is not died and said its account must potential explosive devices in the vicinity of her residence A senior White House offi- ing that nation (Saudi Arabia) “one of the worst cover-ups” in perfectly proven, and has not be backed by “credible” facts. and were appropriately han- in Chappaqua, New York, but cials told NBC News that has a security margin. That history. been corroborated by our intel- Saudi Arabia was the sec- dled as such,” the agency said offered no additional com- President Donald Trump had security margin is that it relies The Sunni kingdom and ligence services, we will hold ond-biggest purchaser of French in a statement. ment, citing the ongoing inves- been briefed on the situation. on US backing. It is this super- Shiite Iran are fierce rivals off on any decisions.” weapons between 2008 and “The crime was very “Both packages were inter- tigation. The official said the White power that is backing them.” which have long been engaged His remarks came after 2017, after India, signing deals painful to all Saudis. And it is cepted prior to being delivered The Clintons have lived in House is taking the situation Khashoggi, a government in a struggle for influence in the President Emmanuel Macron's for some 12 billion euros (USD painful, heinous to every to their intended location. The Chappaqua, about 48 km north “extremely seriously” critic who was living in self- Middle East. office said he would refrain 13.8 billion) in French arms. human being in the world,” Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in his first comments %    &       N     .(    since the murder of the jour- &   '   % nalist. &  *    ###46     “Those behind this crime #?2% G(5 D will be held accountable... In   #6( (*(     the end justice will prevail,” said Tokyo: A Japanese freelance public television.   G*( ' #("*G6 Turkish police “were denied during an address to the Future journalist who was freed after “Now I am in Turkey. Now Lahore High Court bench authorisation by Saudi offi-  *()G3(L5:*( ("4 Investment Initiative Forum more than three years of captiv- I am in safe condition. Thank you Ahearing treason case ndian expatriates in the UAE audi authorities denied per- cials to search the well in the in Riyadh. ity in Syria said Wednesday he is very much.” NHK said the video against former military dicta- Iare at an increased risk of Smission to Turkish police to consulate garden”. S President Donald Saudi leaders have denied safe in neighbouring Turkey. was shot inside the immigration tor Pervez Musharraf on developing heart diseases search a well in the garden of Turkey is conducting its UTrump's national security involvement in Khashoggi's Japanese Foreign Minister center and was released by the Wednesday was once again almost a decade earlier than the kingdom's consulate in own investigation into the adviser says the administration murder inside Saudi Arabia's Taro Kono said Japanese local government in Turkey's dissolved after the retirement of their Western counterparts, a Istanbul as part of a probe into killing but it remains unclear hasn't yet made up its mind on Istanbul consulate on October Embassy officials met with the Hatay province. Turkey's Foreign Chief Justice Yawar Ali, media study has found. the murder of journalist Jamal where the body of Khashoggi is. further sanctions against Russia 2, pushing responsibility down journalist, Jumpei Yasuda, at an Ministry said “Every effort is report said. The study by Aster Khashoggi, state media report- Erdogan has not pointed tied to the poisoning of an ex- the chain of command. immigration center in southern being made to ensure that the Justice Ali was heading the Hospitals Dubai found out ed Wednesday. the finger of blame at Riyadh Russian spy. But the kingdom is under Turkey near the border with journalist is returned to his coun- three-member bench that also people from South East Asian Turkish police this month but analysts say Ankara is using The US imposed the latest mounting international pres- Syria. try,” but would not provide infor- included Justice Mazhar Akbar countries including India, searched the consulate twice, the drip-by-drip information Russian sanctions earlier this sure over the killing amid US “We are extremely pleased mation on the handover. and Justice Tahira Safdar. , Bangladesh, Sri and the residence of the Saudi leaked to Turkish media outlets year in reaction to the poison- accusations of a monumental that we have confirmed the safe- News of Yasuda's release General (retd) Musharraf, Lanka and the Philippines are consul general, to gather evi- as a tool of pressure against the ing of Sergei Skripal and his cover-up by the kingdom. ty of Mr Jumpei Yasuda,” Kono came late Tuesday from Qatar, 75, who has been living in most at risk for developing dence into what President Saudi leadership. daughter in Britain. Prince Mohammed, wide- told reporters. Yasuda was kid- which helped in obtaining his Dubai since March 2016, is fac- heart diseases in the prime Recep Tayyip Erdogan said After 17 days of vehement John Bolton said ly known as MBS, said Saudi napped in 2015 by al-Qaida's freedom along with Turkey and ing the treason case for sus- years of their life. was a “savage murder” of denials, Saudi Arabia asserted Wednesday the administration Arabia was working with the branch in Syria, known at the other countries in the region, pending the Constitution in In fact, the heart disease Khashoggi. Saturday that the journalist is “still considering what we Turkish authorities to investi- time as the Nusra Front, after Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary 2007, a punishable offence for strikes them almost a decade The Washington Post con- was killed in a “brawl and fist may be obligated to do” under gate the case. contact with him was lost in June Yoshihide Suga said. Asked if any which he was indicted in 2014. earlier than their Western tributor and Riyadh critic was fight” inside a Saudi consulate the statute that entails further “Many are trying to exploit that year. A war monitoring ransom was paid, Suga said, A conviction for high trea- counterpart, researchers said. killed inside the Saudi con- in Istanbul -- without revealing sanctions if Russia does not the Khashoggi affair to drive a group said he was most recently “There is no fact that ransom son carries the death penalty or The study was conducted sulate on October 2, which he the whereabouts of his body. prove its innocence in the poi- wedge between Saudi Arabia held by a Syrian commander money was paid.” life imprisonment. on patients from diverse back- had visited to obtain docu- Turkish media have report- soning of the former Russian and Turkey,” he said. with the Turkistan Islamic Party, Yasuda's wife, a singer who The former army chief left grounds with coronary artery ments for his marriage to a ed that the authorities here agent. “But they will not succeed which mostly comprises Chinese goes by the name Myu, was on a for Dubai for medical treat- disease (CAD), who had Turkish woman. have audio tapes in which Bolton was speaking in as long as there is a king jihadis in Syria. live talk show on Japanese tele- ment and has not returned undergone interventional pro- Basing its report on the Khashoggi's alleged killers tor- Azerbaijan's capital after named Salman and a crown “My name is Jumpei Yasuda, vision and shed tears when she since, citing security and health cedures at Aster Hospital in the security sources, the Anadolu tured him by cutting his fingers spending two days in talks in prince named Mohammed bin Japanese journalist. I have been heard Kono confirm that her reasons. last three months. news agency reported that off before his decapitation. Moscow. Salman.” held in Syria for 40 months,” husband was safe. “First I want to Yasuda said, somewhat halting- tell him welcome back, and then ly, in English in videotaped com- praise him for enduring,” she said. ments broadcast by Japan's NHK “I'm so glad he survived.”AP '&  " ! "7 E2!* '! 

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Not just milenni-  2%& Ilike playing Nida Rahim in the al women, but also those who are 50 and above. Earlier,    noire Ghoul, the one of the many the idea of a 50-year-old women traveling would evoke    Netflix series which inspired a flood 7 5    the image of a pilgrim but older women are challeng- of memes of her carpet bombing the ing themselves with trekking, parasailing, river raft-  2 online platform, she doesn’t remem- ing and are seeking adventures all on their own.   ber much of it. That’s not surprising < % :( )((5 Surveys reveal that a new generation of post-lib- SM  since Apte has been all over our eralisation women are redefining life after they /0< ( mobiles and also movie screens. #( #((: realise that they have enough time to explore the world    /00I 2 Despite that the possibility of not now that their kids have grown up. They feel that hit- 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  %   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  2 “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  & 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.  !D ' 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 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- !!!:'  ' 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 ( * &   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-  33+30.,3+-$$ 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 3;3+.$   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 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, &  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-   8 D 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   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   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. 8  %  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- 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- )  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  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  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. which is a favourite haunt of her co- years.” more interesting to show in a longer Another report by the Singapore Tourism Board  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-   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,  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-  2 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 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.   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  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. 5   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-    2 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 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 8"" 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 % 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 *# D 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    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, 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   (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    (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.    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 %=%  ( r they just want to fly.  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he Department of Empowerment of Person Twith Disabilities (DEPwD), under the Ministry of (9    Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, organised a national workshop titled— ‘Physical and Mental Disabilities  2    in the Light of Global Best Practices in Care, Rehabilitation and Research’ on October 23 at :(."55($(% .37   48512 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- # ( G% Hosted by the National Institute of Persons with Disabilities cific, approach-specific holistic- (  G  % for Empowerment of Persons (RPWD) Act and help to services and Community Based with Multiple Disabilities (NIEP- establish uniformity in the Rehabilitation (CBR) models.     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 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 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 India Private Limited, to work togeth- ecosystem in India for several decades, Pawha leading that office from and students from the country repre- er on developing new 5G use cases, bringing voice and data services to mil- its very inception and oversee- sent the largest international cohort at knowledge sharing on 5G technology lions of customers in the country. As ing its growth and develop- this Australian university. One of concepts, industry and innovation networks evolve towards 5G, we have ment. She has been instru- the key strategic project spear- trends including 3GPP standardisation the products and solutions as well as the mental in establishing inno- headed by Pawha is the progress. The partnership will help expertise to help operators evolve vative strategic partnerships Deakin India Research BSNL to utilise Ericsson’s 5G Center of seamlessly from 4G to 5G.” for the University which Initiative (DIRI), which was Excellence, established at IIT Delhi, to BSNL is working closely with have successfully united established to strengthen work on evaluating benefits of 5G OEMs and technology partners to the Australian higher edu- research activities and part- technology in areas like rural connec- showcase strong 5G ecosystem to cation with the Indian nerships in India with a tivity, connected healthcare, industri- enable innovation for new use cases, popular culture. This view to bridging the gap al automation, public safety, video sur- and business models. 5G will enable includes unique scholar- between academia and veillance, energy and agriculture tremendous opportunities in sectors ship programs with industry. Through DIRI, amongst others. like manufacturing, energy and utilities media houses and multi- Deakin has established more Anupam Shrivastava, the CMD of followed by public safety and health sec- faceted partnerships with than 100 projects involving BSNL said, “5G and IoT will enable new tors. Some of the 5G use cases that over 100 PhD students and opportunities and create new ecosys- could be implemented using the unique teams. more than 50 industry, acade- tems and through this association with features of 5G technology include On receiving the mic, and government partners award, Pawha said, “This in India. This includes the $15- Ericsson, we intend to take the lead in industrial control and automation, award recognises Deakin’s million TERI-Deakin Nano- 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- Biotechnology research facil- 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 ity in India, often cited as a 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- standout example of India- needs of our customers in the future. Nunzio Mirtillo, head of market cases and scenarios for application of others. munities we serve. It is Australia collaboration. $))% ( -

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  "5$56  runs and I did not want to bowl $"(# "# to his strengths. I wanted him to jinkya Rahane's struggles in work on his singles," Gowtham Alimited overs cricket con- said.   G *(  earlier set by Smriti. tinued as India B comfortably (35), Mithali's knock ensured that beat India C by 30 runs to enter Suryakumar Yadav (39) and iding on 's the hosts piled up a massive 184 the Deodhar Trophy final on Vijay Shankar (35) got the starts Rrecord-setting, for 5 in their alloted 20 Wednesday. but played indiscreet shots as the unbeaten hundred, overs. It was Hanuma Vihari's India C team's chase never India A defeated And later the fighting half-century under pres- gained momentum. their Australian Indian bowlers sure that propped India B to 231 Earlier, courtesy Vihari's counterparts by 28 restricted the visitors for 9 in 50 overs. second successive half century runs to take a win- to 156 for 9, ensuring Their spinners, Krishnappa (76 off 94 balls), India B scored ning 2-0 lead in the the team's win. Gowtham (3/40 in 10 overs) and 231 for 9 in 50 overs after being three-match T20 Smriti (1), Manoj Tiwary (3/44 in 8 overs) reduced to 90 for 5. Vihari hit six series on Wednesday. Jemimah Rodrigues did the bulk of the damage to boundaries as other players Veteran Mithali, (5), D Hemalatha (2) restrict India C to 201 all out in struggled. who opened the and Anuja Patil (0) fell 48.2 overs. It was a 60-run stand innings along with cheaply, but that did However, what stuck out between Vihari and Ankush Smriti Mandhana, not deter Mithali, who 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 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- as he managed only 32 off 61 the later batsmen. respectability. ed the Aussie bowlers taining innings. balls. Finally, it was Gowtham Vihari anchored the innings in her whirlwind 105-run Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur 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 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 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 overs) kept the Indian Test vice- catch at covers. Shahbaz Nadeem (19) added 36 ed batswoman recorded the The Aussies were never in 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 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.    ()  ( *+, *-./   C9 # $ $I075555356I;70 "!%# %  "' P 7     .  '  " .  " ( J    %  ' (: # mid a packed schedule Arsenal take a 10-match win- ' ("85#5: 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     '    '   ((       5   %   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,        )  Mourinho's side in Turin next.  &P    ( but Memphis Depay appeared to have already set to make "Juventus is a different level of qual- '    '   /  P      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    '   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. &    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 &     %  "'  $       F  Clasico against Barcelona, but the result of coming off the bench in the second ing mistakes." capital-city derby and never lost. &        0               @* Mumbai: 8D   @OL# T/>@0006  1%  D       8  G/I5  /=20   (: # 8     1  >O&  >;22  L    "5$56      D  2 %       OI &     /=20 op Indian shuttlers and #    %G#(DI;2 #.  he Indian men's football team will  :   TKidambi Srikanth advanced to the second # D  IA1  $(& Tsquare off against Jordan in a %(<8G2/I$D round of the French Open with straight-game          ?> %   /I friendly match on November 17 in 8%%N   wins but it was curtains for Sameer Verma at  >>%   Amman, which will be the first such $& the $ 750,000 BWF event here on Wednesday.   2  &  encounter between the two sides. which kicks-off in UAE on January 5. #   : % % Saina, who finished runner-up in the  3@>@;O@=I M         1  >O  >=    "All India Football Federation "The AFC Asian Cup is knocking Denmark Open last week, outclassed Japan's I0 4  I20  1 >I& confirms an international friendly for at the door and as part of our prepa- Saena Kawakami 21-11, 21-11 in the women's the Indian senior national team ration it's pertinent that the national %  2 singles, while defending champion Srikanth beat %     0&  &  & against Jordan. The match will be team prepares in the best possible Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent 21-19, 21- played in Amman on November 17, fashion by playing against stronger  & 13 in the men's singles match in the opening London: #% (  2018," the AIFF said in a press release. teams. % round of the World Tour Super 750 event.   8         >0>?   The match will be played at the "Jordan are a very tough side who  2017 Singapore Open Champion B Sai 6   $&>O22 #% King Abdullah II International went down to World Cup runners-up  Praneeth also crossed the opening hurdle, beat-  8 (  >0/A % Stadium. Croatia 1-2 in their last match. It will    ing Brazil's Ygor Coelho 21-13, 21-17 to set up 6 >0/A2/O <(8 %  Jordan, who went down 1-2 to be an acid test for us," Das said.  a clash with Asian Games Gold medallist & U    %%       % World Cup runners-up Croatia in National Coach Stephen >@ Jonatan Christie of Indonesia. /     "(    %   U their last friendly earlier this month, Constantine also felt that the match  &( Sameer, who had reached the quarterfinals  D &U D   are currently ranked 110th, while will be a "big test" for the team. 3I>@4 last week, went down fighting 21-16, 17-21, 15- 13, 21-15 in 35 minutes. They duo  &U( I>%% India are placed 97th. "This is going to be a really good 3>O4 21 to Christie in a little over an hour match. will cross swords with Chinese pair   /@    8      The two teams have never met in game for several reasons. Firstly, & Men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B of He Jiting and Tan Qiang next. <&%  % 5 *  an International Friendly ever, though Jordan is a quality team as we saw    %5 Sumeeth Reddy defeated Korean duo of Min However, Satwiksairaj and #  & the India U-16 national team did play them in their 1-2 loss to Croatia the < ?0 Hyuk Kang and Kim Won Ho 21-18, 21-17. Ashwini Ponnappa couldn't get Jordan twice earlier this year. The other day.  &%    Women's doubles pair of Meghana across the husband-wife combination of Chris       *  0  Indian colts coached by Bibiano "We have to understand the level    Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram also entered Adcock and Gabrielle Adcock from , Budapest: #  #        Fernandes won both their encounters. we are going to face in UAE and to be  & 3;O4 the second round after defeating Belgium's Lise going down narrowly 22-24, 21-18, 19-21 in M   :   The November friendly, which able to deal with it, we have to face 3@A4 Jaques and Flore Vandenhoucke 21-12, 21-12. mixed doubles     comes after India's gutsy goalless tests like this. The game against  % : % 2 Men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Top seeded Chinese mixed doubles pair of *   % 2   $  8%%  draw against China, will further set the China was a big test, and Jordan will %&: 3@I4 Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also had a good Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong ended the  %  & $     pace for the national team's prepara- be another one as well," Constantine # 7  3OO4 outing as they outwitted German combination campaign of Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg  &    :          tion for the AFC Asian Cup next year said. of Jones Ralfy Jansen and Josche Zurwonne 21- with a 21-5, 21-10 win.   *    ?2O  >0/O G2>?   %   D $  8 %      (7%%A@ &:          %      # O1 $(   1  5 %&# * D# 7 I2=   %   %  ' # "7(1:5 ' *(#56   & against Osaka in the sec- his opponent managed to ond set but triumphed square the match with a break C 0 <0&       ormer US Open cham- the hard way in a pulsat- oger Federer had to fight in game 10. Fpion Sloane Stephens ing 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 victory in Rhard to hold off Serbia's The top seed went up an Chittagong: 1%  )  I0*  overcame gallant Kiki two hours and 30 minutes. Filip Krajinovic on Tuesday, early break in the third and  L          2 Bertens in another The German edging to a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win to broke Krajinovic in an 11-   28 marathon match at the appeared to be hampered reach the second round of the minute game for a 5-2 lead, $&   %6  WTA Finals, a result by a back injury in the Swiss Indoors. only to fail to serve out the  =?    /;=     %   which breathes life into third set but dug deep and The eight-time champion match at the first time of ask- *  >@02?L   Japanese sensation Naomi gained the crucial break in flirted with his earliest exit in ing. >;A2OL (8 # &* Osaka's teetering the seventh game. Basel since his 1998 debut as a  1     But he clinched victory on   %2  O@  L      Singapore campaign. "I will try to recover as teenager, but came his second match point to take  />   1   * &    The American strug- soon as possible," Kerber out on top in a nervy ended the possi- his career record at the tour- # D% >= & gled mid-match but told reporters. "It was just deciding set. bility of a rematch nament to 67-9 as he bids to fought back from an early  (      (   '#.$    one, two points which "I was up 6-2, 3- between Federer reach a 12th successive final at        ? break in the third set to decided the match. I'm 1, it could have ended and his US Open St. Jakobshalle. Isle of Man : . (      prevail 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 6-3 can still qualify the third set just happy that I won the very quickly," Federer said. conqueror John Millman by Seventh seed Daniil   % ##  in two hours and 20 min- for the semi- and it didn't battle." "But I made life more difficult. beating the Australian 7-6 Medvedev, a semi-finalist last 2          utes. finals although go my way Osaka seemed to I didn't have the best serving (7/3), 6-2. week in Moscow, saw off     $& <    It was the result crowd winless Osaka immediately struggle at times with a stats, maybe that caught up to Krajinovic appeared to be German Maximilian Marterer %(  7 %  6 favourite Osaka needed will need to rely on results but I just kept battling," left hamstring injury. me. But these are different on the way to a straight-sets 6-3, 7-5. 6N . &  after she fell to number to get through. she said after the match. "It doesn't feel good... balls, more altitude than in loss in his first meeting with the Russian Medvedev stands %    %         one seed Angelique World number six It was the sixth con- it's nothing that concern- Shanghai, it's about getting 20-time Grand Slam winner at a career-high ranking of  (%% Kerber in a three-set clas- Stephens has moved into secutive match to go the ing, I think," she said. used to it. before the momentum began to 20th, with three titles this    ##  sic to put her on the brink pole position after her distance at the unpre- "This match was sort of a "And first rounds are turn. season and will next face  87&$ (  7 %  of elimination. second straight victory. dictable WTA Finals. continuation of my last always tricky, it's never a given Up a set and a break, the Andreas Seppi after the Italian 6N  % &  Like White Group, all "I just tried my very Earlier, Kerber had a match in a way... that I that you are going to win." Swiss lost serve in the sixth defeated Japan's Taro Daniel players from Red Group best from the first point in chance to serve it out didn't serve well." Earlier, Jan-Lennard Struff game of the second set before 6-0, 6-4.