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It’s avery sad moment... Republic TVEditor-in-Chief Arnab Goswamiafter his arrest, at AlibauginRaigad on Wednesday. NarendraVaskar We will win this, and as far as Iamconcerned we already have... We'll be going to the US Supreme Court...” Police barge into —DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT Goswami’s home,

“Outrageous... naked arrest him in case effort to take away democratic rights of American citizens... closed last year we have legal teams standing by... they will prevail Sent to judicial custody in abetment —JOE BIDEN to suicide case;bail hearing today DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE

Anote left behind on thepodium by US President Donald Trumpreads “Won Texas”after he reacted to early results,inthe East SAGARRAJPUT& THE EDITORIAL PAGE Room of the WhiteHouseinWashington on Wednesday. Reuters MOHAMEDTHAVER MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 REPUBLICOFPOLICE StormingofTVanchor’s THE RAIGAD POLICE housebypolicethreatensall WednesdayarrestedRepublic media,sanervoicesinstate Bideninches aheadbut Trumpdigs BUSINESSASUSUAL Inside aPennsylvania TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab governmentmuststandup Goswami (47) and twoothers in PAGE 8 heelsinonnarrowerpathto2nd term BY UNNY connectionwith an abetment to bar, watching the suicide case registeredagainst them in May2018. EXPRESS NETWORK states that couldpropelhim to An Alibaug courtsent all

ED battle —and waiting MARKLANDLER& the critical threshold of 270elec- three to 14 days judicial custody BJP’S UNION MICHAELCOOPER Thelarger toralvotes. lateWednesdayevening after NEWYORK,NOVEMBER4 PLAIN E Trump’spath to winning a ident-hopeful had spentthe first hearing them and the Raigad MINISTERS, CMs ● message EX second term appeared narrower, half of the daywavingatfans and Policefor over six hours. Besides SLAM ARREST AS VOTE-COUNTINGcontinued and dependedonhis ability to speaking to his hometown con- abailplea in the Alibaug court, in an election with record-break- THE VOTES arestilltobe carry moreofthe undecided RACE FOR nections —roughly 15 Scranton Goswami has alsomoved the SENA,NCP, CONG ing turnout where mostballots counted andthe juryis states, including severalbattle- THE WHITE locals sawthe evening turn to BombayHighCourtseeking to CRITICISE ‘SELECTIVE were castbeforeElectionDay still out on the presi- groundGreat Lakes states that HOUSE night at Morganz Pub &Eatery quash the FIR and criminal pro- OUTRAGE’ BY BJP but manycould notbecounted dency.But thereare two he wonin2016whereBiden was as theysat in front of four televi- ceedings againsthim in the abet- PAGE 7 until afterward, the US presi- clear messages —the re- showing signs of strength. EXPRESS sion screens that gave them lit- ment to suicide case. dency continuedtohanginthe jection of Trumpthat With millions of votes yetto tle information about who their The HC is likelytotakeupthe balancelateWednesdaymorn- many expected hasn't be counted across sevenkey EXPLAINED INTHEU.S. next president would be. plea on Thursday. Goswami, FerozShaikh (42) ing, with the hopes of former happened;and, the states —thereisareason that With lawyers on both sides On Wednesdaymorning, a and Niteish Sarda (25) areown- Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. United States remains a news organizations and other EXPERT EXPLAINS of the political aisle on standby, team from Raigad crime branch ers of companies that had al- and President Donald Trump nation deeplydivided, usuallyimpatient actors were LOOKINGBACKAND KARISHMAMEHROTRA on Tuesday, millions of accompaniedbyAPI Sachin Vaze legedly notcleareddues of resting in ahandful of keystates. mostnot moving from CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SCRANTON(PENNSYLVANIA), Americans voted in schools, po- from Mumbai police —which is Rs 5.38 crorefor work carriedout By lateWednesdaymorning, positions when Trump AHEAD:POLLS, NOVEMBER4 lice stations and churches. Here separatelyinvestigatinganalleged by Concorde Designs, an interior Biden’s prospects had bright- entered theWhite House COURTS,TRANSITION in Pennsylvania, election officials TRP scam with Goswami as one design firm. In his suicide note, enedabit amid signs that he in 2016. FULL COVERAGE PAGE 11 AROUND THE corner from Joe begantoopenupthe 2.5 million of the accused—stormedinto AnvayNaik, Managing Director, held narrowleads in several PAGE 12 Biden’s home —wherethe pres- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Goswami’s Worliresidenceto Concorde Designs, held the three take himto theAlibaugpolicesta- responsible forhis death and tionwheretheFIRwasregistered. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 J&K: Polls for AN EXPRESS INVESTIGATION PART FIVE Chanda Kochhar case: newly created dist councils Scholarship scam spreads to Bihar, ‘5 trunks’ of documents from Nov 28 ropes in school from Punjab too in ED chargesheet BIKERSSHOOTAT ARUNSHARMA did nothaveahostel. WOMANINCAR, JAMMU,NOVEMBER4 THE “Thereare 150studentsin KHUSHBOONARAYAN SCHOLARSHIP the school but onlyseven from GURGAONPOLICE &SADAFMODAK THE FIRST-EVER elections to the minority communities. Ihave SAYBIDTOLOOT MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 newlyconceived District SCAM neververified anyscholarship Development Councils (DDCs) in application. Someone had called THREE MEN on a THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate the Union TerritoryofJammu lastyear,asking me to fill the motorcycle allegedly shot (ED) filedachargesheet, along and Kashmir will be held over ABHISHEKANGAD forms forastudent scholarship. at a26-year-oldwoman with “fivetrunks” of supporting TANGLE OF eight phases beginning GAYA,SAHARSA(BIHAR), Idid notagree. We have been while she waswith a documents,before aspecial court TRANSACTIONS November 28. The setting-up of NOVEMBER4 cheated," Kumar said. friend in his car (above) in Mumbai on Tuesdayinthe case ICICIBank-Videocon-DeepakKochhar 14 territorial constituencies or About 20 km away,atBinda in Gurgaon’s Sector 65 on of alleged moneylaundering DDCs in eachdistrict wasfacili- THE SCHOLARSHIP scam, in villageinBarachatti Block, The Tuesdaynight. againstthe former managing di- tatedbyanamendment to the whichmoneymeantfor poor Indian Express trackeddowntwo Police suspect the men rector and chief executive officer Electronics Ltd (VIEL), Videocon Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati minority studentsissiphoned of these beneficiaries, listedin intendedtolootthe duo of ICICI Bank,Chanda Kochhar, Industries Ltd and Supreme RajAct, 1989, by the Central gov- off, is notlimited to Jharkhand, recordsasClass 7students who andattackedthem her husbandDeepak Kochhar, Energy Pvt Ltd, have been named ernment on October 17. but has crossedstate borders. receivedRs5,700 eachfor 2019- when theyrefused to roll and Videocon Group chief inthechargesheetor“prosecution Themembersof theDDCswill Investigatingentries, district Manu Indian Public School in Gaya's BankeBazaarhas 128 20. One of them is Mohammad down theirwindows. Venugopal Dhoot, among others. complaint”. beelecteddirectlybyvotersinthe by district, on the National hostel beneficiaries. But it does nothaveahostel. Abhishek Angad Arshad Ansari, 20, an apprentice Theysaid the woman is “It is informedthat the The ED's case againstthe UnionTerritory. AlongwithDDCs, Scholarship Portal (NSP) and barber at alocal salon. The other critical. Theysaid the chargesheetispending for Kochhar family pertains to the al- bypolls forthe vacant seatsinex- matchingthem with beneficiary is his neighbour Shaiyma “preliminaryprobe scrutiny of five trunksoforiginal legedillegal sanctioning of loans istingurbanandlocalbodieshave bank accountsinthe Public the scam in Jharkhand, records But TheIndian Express visited Parveen,16, who is aClass10 stu- suggests it is acase of documents. The intimation (of it of Rs 1,875crore by ICICI Bank, alsobeenscheduled.Electionsfor Finance Management System showthatManu Indian Public the school to find apartially dent in alocal government school. loot, but it could be being filed) is takenonrecord," during the tenureofChanda DDCs and urbanlocal bodies will (PFMS), The Indian Express has School in Gaya's BankeBazaar painted two-storey structureina “I neverstudied in Manu enmity as well”. the courtsaid. The casehas been Kochhar,toVideocon Group. be held on party basis. found severalcases of the pre- Blockhas as many as 134benefi- deserted field—itwas locked. Indian PublicSchool, and Idon't adjourned to November 11. According to theED, it found In the firstset of elections to Matric scholarship being illegally ciaries, including 128who stay About 2kmaway, school owner knowwho this scholarship is for. SourcestoldTheIndianExpress that loans were refinancedand be held in J&K since the erst- diverted by middlemen in Bihar in ahosteltherebybeing eligible RajivKumar scrolledthrough the Icleared Class 10 from agovern- FULL REPORT that at leasteight other entities, newloans adding up to Rs 1,730 while statewas splitintotwo as well. forthe highestscholarship slab listofbeneficiaries and said all ment school twoyearsago.Igot PAGE 3 including Nu PowerRenewables croreweresanctionedto CONTINUEDONPAGE2 In aremarkable parallel with of Rs 10,700 per year. were “fake”, and that the school CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ltd,VideoconInternational CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Te jashwi challenge: Voters look Nitishhopeshis ‘silent’ EBC, for‘Kejriwal-type’clean slate women voters areanswer

tive with aclean slate. versusEveryone—Modi At rallies,the JD(U) leader groups, with acombinedmem- VANDITAMISHRA Tejashwi, the candi- plusNitishplusYogiplus SANTOSHSINGH talksabout the incentivesbyhis bership of one crore. SASARAM,MUZAFFARPUR, datewithapast, will Fadnavisplusanarray of PATNA,NOVEMBER4 government to girl students, in- Rukmini Devi of Kochas in DARBHANGA,NOVEMBER4 need to overcome the Centralministers and cludingthe much-laudedbicycle Rohtas says they areloyal NDA hesitationsof thisvoterto BJP star campaigners. AS THE Mahagathbandhan takes scheme, the Rs 55,000grant and voters. "The UjjwalaYojana of ONE OF the RJD’s manyModi- talk to him, and listento “Whatever the re- heart from the crowds flocking to other benefitstill graduation, and NarendraModihas made our stylecampaign posters carries a him, outside of the RJD’s DECISION sult, he has madethe RJD leaderTejashwiYadav'sral- the 50% reservationtowomen at liveseasier, Nitish has also done pictureofTejashwi Yadavand this Muslim-Yadavbase. 2020 BJP sweat,” says an RJD lies, ChiefMinisterNitish Kumar the panchayat leveland the35% alot forus. My daughter got abi- appeal: “Mujhse kahiye…main From Sasaram in the BIHAR strategist in Lalu’s resi- is banking on his"silentvoters" quotafor them in government cycle in school." sunoonga, main karoonga (Talkto south to Darbhangain denceinPatna, where —women andEBCs. The Nitish jobs. "The fertility rate amonged- At theBanka Assemblyseg- me… Iwill listen, Iwill act)”. the north, thereare visi- MORE the picturesque veran- government has assiduously ucatedgirls has come down over ment, anganwadi worker Munni But travel in Bihar and it blesignsof consolidation REPORTS dah in whichLalu pre- courtedboth, and believe that the pastfew years," Nitish Kumari, however, says manyof seems the voterwho is looking in the RJD’s coreM-Y PAGE 5 ferred to holdinformal though notasvocal or visible as pointedout at arecent rally. them have notvotedfor theNDA forchange is searching foran base. Among Yadavs, and imperious courtlies Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar (top) and RJD leader the others and hence notregis- The 15 yearsofNitish govern- this time as theyare angryover “Arvind Kejriwal-type” option, a manypointto thearrestingimage forlorn, abland office complex Tejashwi Yadavduring thelastleg of the campaign. PTI tering in the various pollanaly- ment also sawthe settingupof their meagre salaries. Tejashwi's “teesri vikalp”—a(third) alterna- of this contest: Alone Tejashwi CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ses,theycontinue to standbyit. over 10 lakh women self-help CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Nitish the person’s domicile status. scoredat least50per cent in their reportinApril 2019 classifying it “Yes outsidersordinarilyre- classexams.Applicationsneedto as 'A summary'. An 'A summary' promise of an increase in hono- siding in Jammu and Kashmir for be verifiedfirstbydesignated reportisfiledwhen thereisnot rarium has been abig draw,split- the past six months areeligibleto nodalheads in schools who are enough evidence againstanac- tingsomeof thevotesdown caste voteprovided theyget them- America Counts On... registeredwith districtwelfare cusedfor the police to submit a lines. Munni Kumar callsNitish selvesregisteredasvotersbefore officers. Theyare checkedbythe chargesheet against him/her. The paying themonly25%extraafter the lastdateofnotification issued waiting to declarevictors— ThesourceofBiden’sre- expressedhopes that his early near draw in electoral votes, districtand statenodal officers casecan, however, be takenup promising ahikeof50% over Rs forthe concernedphase,” said Bidenwas clinging to narrow siliencelies in the natureofthe Pennsylvania leadcould with- eachshy of the 270neededto before being sent to the Union againwithpermission from a 4,500per month as a"betrayal". Chief Electoral Officer Hridesh leads in Arizona, Nevada, votes still to be counted.Many stand an influx of mail-in bal- capturethe presidency. MinistryofMinority Affairs, courtpermission if further evi- Jaya Devi,asocial activistat Kumar at apress briefing on Michigan and Wisconsin. aremail-inballots,whichfavor lots forBiden. Then,ifTrump Trumpprematurelyde- whichverifies and uploadsthem dence is found. the Jamalpur Assemblysegment Wednesday. The Election If he is able to hold all those him because the Democratic were able to retake the lead in clared victoryand said he on the NSP before disbursal In Maythisyear,Maharashtra of Munger,says,"Therehas been Commission has no provision of states, the formervice presi- Partyspent months promoting Arizonaorflip Nevada, which would petition the Supreme through Direct Benefit Transfer Home MinisterAnil Deshmukh adefinitedentin the womenvote identifying voters on the basis of dent could win the election the messageofsubmitting hasgone Democratic in recent Courttodemandahalt to the (DBT). had tweetedthat the probewas base of Nitish. My villageSaradhi domicile, he said. even without Pennsylvania, votes in advance,while Trump elections, he would have apath counting.Biden urgedhis sup- When contacted,Jitendra handedovertothe stateCID since has about 350women voters. Of Earlier,announcingthe elec- whichhas long been viewedas encouraged his voters to turn to asecond term. porters --and by implication, Kumar,Minority WelfareOfficer, Naik's familymembers had al- them, 200would have normally tion schedule -DDCs, Urban and amust-have battleground out on ElectionDay. And Trumphas threatened Trump–toshowpatience and Gaya,said: "Lastyear,52,000ap- leged the case wascloseddue to gone to Nitish. While SC and EBC RuralLocalBodies-State Election state. In some states, like to use the courts to trytoinval- allowthe process to play out. plications had come and we political pressure. Sources, how- women arestillwith Nitish, there Commissioner KKSharma and “Wefeelgood about where Michigan and Pennsylvania, idateballots receivedafter The president’sstatement, weeded out severalfakeones. ever,said handing over the case is notasmuchexcitement among Chief Electoral Officer Hridesh we are,”Biden told rattledsup- manyofthe uncounted votes November 3, whichwould up- deliveredinthe WhiteHouse, Only6,000were clearedfrom my to CID wasnot tenable since it them forhim as wasduring the Kumar saidseparatenotifications porters early Wednesday arefrompopulousurban and end the votecount. amounted to areckless attack side. If some cases have escaped amountedto ‘reinvestigating the 2010 and 2015 Assembly polls." forthefirstphaseof electionsand morning. “I’m heretotell you suburban areas likeWayne It is impossible to knowun- on the democratic process dur- scrutiny, it is alarming.” same case’. The twopollingphases are by-elections will be issued on tonight we believe we’reon County,home of Detroit, or tilallthevotesarecountedifthe ing atime of deepanxiety and In Saharsa, Shamshad Khan, Hence it wasdecidedthat believedtohaveseen adip in November 5, followedby tracktowin this election. I’m AlleghenyCounty,home of arithmetic worksfor Biden. division in the country. Biden, the District WelfareOfficer in Raigad police,whichhadinvesti- women's voting percentage November 7, 11,13, 16,19, 21 and optimistic about this outcome.” Pittsburgh. These areas also Biden’sposition looked lessse- speaking from aflag-draped 2019 when the verification gatedthe firstcomplaint,should compared to the lastAssembly November 21. Even before theWisconsin tend to vote heavilyfor cureinNorth Carolina,where stageinWilmington, Del., ap- process wasconductedat the lo- onlyinvestigatefurther the case. polls, but this could also bedueto Similarly,the pollingfor the race wascalledfor either can- Democrats. Trumpseemedontrack. pealedfor calm and triedtore- cal level, declinedtocomment In their remand report Covid fears. The period between firstphase will be held on didate,the Trumpcampaign Even in Pennsylvania, ForBiden to be clinging to a assuresupporters. saying that he has retired from Wednesday, the Raigad police the 2005 and 2015 Assembly November 28, followedby said thatwould requestare- whereTrumphad run up a cliff edge is, by itself, areversalof “It’s notmyplace or Donald service. said theyhad made an applica- polls had seen women voters' December 1, 4,7, 10,13, 16 and19. count. Under Wisconsin law, a daunting lead of roughly10 fortune. On the eveofthe elec- Trump’s place to declarewho Under the scheme, launched tion forreopening the case on participationincrease from While counting of votes for recount can be requestedifthe percentagepointsasof tion,pollsters predictedthat he has wonthis election,” Biden by theUPA Government in 2008, October 15 under CrPCSection 42.51% to over 60%. panchs and sarpanchs will be on margin between the toptwo Wednesdaymorning, Biden would easilyrecapturethe said, to achorus of honking car studentsfromClass1to5receive 173(8) as “newevidence”had The EBCs, comprising amas- the same day, that forDDCs and candidates is less than 1per- had aplausible shot of catch- “blue wall” of northern indus- horns at adrive-in rally. “That’s Rs 1,000per year,and studentsof come up. sive 25% chunk,are aconglomer- urban body by-elections will be cent. Whoeverrequests the re- ing up. Pennsylvania’s secre- trialstatesthat HillaryClinton the decision of the American Class 6to10receive Rs 5,700 a In astatement,Republic TV ateofover100 castesand sub- held on December 22. count is required to payfor it tary of statesaidtherewere losttoTrumpin2016and pick people.” year if theyare dayscholars or Rs described thearrestasa“partof castes. One of the NDA's allies, unlessthe margin is lessthan morethan 1.4millionmail-in offtraditional Republican Trump, however, derided 10,700if they areinahostel. alargervindictive exercise who joinedatthe lastminute, Tejashwi one-quarterofone percent. ballots still to be counted,and strongholds likeTexas and the vote-counting as “a major During amonth-longinvesti- againstanindependent journal- Mukesh Sahani's Vikassheel behind it the newhub of activity. Bill Stepien, Trump’s cam- those votes areexpected to Arizona. Only Arizona fell into fraudonour nation. We want gation in Jharkhand, The Indian istand an independentnews or- Insaan Partycommands signifi- In Muslimlocalities,youhear paign manager,said in astate- heavilyfavor Biden. his column,and his lead there the lawtobeusedinaproper Express tracked15schools in six ganisation.”“Goswami'sarrest in cantsupport amongtheMallahs, Nitish described,bitterly,as ment that “the President is But Trumpwas showing is notbulletproof. manner,” he said. “We’ll be go- districtstofind thatmiddlemen amockedupsuicide case is an at- particularly in the Kosi region. “Paltu Ram”, the leader who well withinthe threshold to re- signs of strength with leads in Afteralongelection night ing to the U.S. Supreme Court. with the help of banking corre- tempttoregurgitateaclosedcase Says atop BJP leader:"The switchedbacktotheModi-BJP. In questarecountand we will states including NorthCarolina rifewith dramatic twists, We want all voting to stop.” spondents, and in severalcases in amotivated,malice-ridden EBCs aremoreorless committed Mohalla Bagh Bhai Khan, which immediatelydoso.” and Georgia, and his campaign Trumpand Biden battledtoa THENEWYORKTIMES school staff, stole IDs and pass- and vindictive attempt to punish to the NDA... Theyare notcom- had become asitefor ananti-CAA wordstoaccess the NSP and Republic Media Networkfor fortablewiththe dominanceof dharnain Sasaramearly thisyear, dupe gullible students, and cre- speaking truth to power,”itsaid. OBC Yadavs... Even if thereisa Sadar Alam says,morewistfully Inside aPennsylvaniabar, watching and waiting atefakebeneficiaries,to pocket a The remand reportmen- morethan 25% shiftamong them than bitterly,“Inki udaanthi,ab chunk of the scholarship money. tioned the police were awaiting towardsthe Mahagathbandhan, Modi jiki jholimein(Nitish hascut early mail ballotenvelopesto- sarcastically, “It’s over!Wegot Trump. To herleftand right are though,” says Tom, who voted The Centrehad allotted Rs 61 forensic analysis of the 2.11 lakh we willstill manage. If the slide is shorthis ownflight, landedinthe day, withtheir predicted tally Vermont! Shut it down!”. The Trumpsupporters, one of foraDemocrat once —Obama croretoJharkhand forthe schol- files found on Naik's computer; more, we areintrouble." Modi fold)”. to come outonlybyFriday. table of five men, who work at whichisher husband Tom. in 2008. “JustlikeTrump, I arship in 2019-20. And the find- his mobile phone toohad been The NDAbelieves that in the But if the RJD is again avivid Barring the sporadic events nearbycolleges, areall Biden “The same people who did- liked him because he wasdif- ings of the investigation, pub- sent to FSL sincetheycould not second phase of voting, held presence in itsM-Y base, the de- of online misinformation, supporters, some with close n’t knowwho Trumpwas four ferent. He felt likeanoutsider.” lishedbyThe Indian Express in a access itscontent. It mentioned Tuesday,thealliancedidwell and sirefor changeinthe non-Yadav technical difficulties, and local ties to his family. Moststate re- years agovotedhim in,” says Backatthe Biden table, The seriesof reports over thelastfour thepolicewouldalso be check- would have an equallyimpres- and non-Muslim voter,must skirmishes,the onlyeventful sultsonTuesday night, like Billy Bordentown. The 42-year- Indian Express askedthe group days,promptedthe Jharkhand ing work orders between the ac- sive tallyinthe final round due to contend withsomething more news of the nightfor thoseat Vermont, were predictable old financial manager at howoptimistic they felt. “I feel government and the Centreto cusedcompanies and the de- the supportofEBCs. powerful —voter fear of an ear- the local bar is that their state outcomes, leavingthemwith General Motors says hiswifeis optimistic that the sun will announce probes. ceased. Thepolice saidtheyhave AJD(U) leader admitssome lier RJD regime. would probablybeaspivotal little to chew on. also switching from Trumpto come up tomorrow.”Saidan- On Wednesday, RajivArun issuednotices to nearly 28 per- worry. "The party leaving the It is notenough herethat this week as all the channels “I neverpaid attention to Biden. “I getit. Idon’t agreewith other:“Ifeel optimistic that I Ekka, Principal Secretaryto sons to jointheinvestigationwith NDAand joining the Grand Tejashwi is strikinganew pose. had told them. politicsuntil four yearsago.I the wayhetalksand treatspeo- have to go to work tomorrow.” Jharkhand Chief Minister 17 witnesses having already ap- Alliance in the 2015 Assembly That forthe firsttime, theRJD is “I keep asking Tom(her voted him (Trump) in because ple and all that. But financially, All of them leftMorganz Hemant Soren, wrotealetterto peared. polls erodedits votebase among making aserious effort to recast husband),why do all these can- Iwanted this countryto the countryisbetteroff than it Pub &Eateryatmidnight with the state's Secretary, Welfare The newevidence,according upper caste Rajputs. Later,when itself —tobecome the “A to Z”, didateskeep coming here?It’s change,” Scott says,overthe wasfour years ago. Obviously, no moreorless optimismthan Department, to prepareall files to the remand report, wasarep- Nitishleftthe GrandAllianceand notjust“M-Y” party by distribut- such asmall town. Whydowe noise of the men behind her.“I leave COVID outofit. That was that. Muchlikethe rest of related to the scam forthe Anti- resentation made by Naik's wife joinedthe NDAback, the EBCs ing ticketstomanymorecaste matter so much?” KristenScott said, ‘let’s messthings up.’ Now outofhis hands.” America, theywenttobed on Corruption Bureau(ACB), which AkshataonOctober 12 to the were angry. Thereisalsoanger groups. Or that itsslogans prom- says,listing astringofpolitical all Iwant is to turn on the TV “If theyjusttookTwitter timetoget to work the next will take charge of the investiga- Superintendent of Police, Raigad. over the prohibition law, under ise acaste-neutral “economic jus- heavyweightswho hadvisited and hear sanity.” away from him, it would be morning, surrendering to the tion. Thislists 35 pointswhy theinves- whichmostofthe people ar- tice.” Or that Tejashwi has Scrantonthiselection season. She had voted forBarack fine,”headds. fact that the next daywould Meanwhile,the BJP, which tigation should resume. Most rested were EBCs and SCs." pledged to sign in “10lakh jobs” Behind her,aman screams Obama twice before voting “His Twitter is kinda funny, bring no final answers. wasinpowerinJharkhand till pointsrelatetothe Investigating Both the JD(U) and RJD have with the firstflourish of pen as December lastyear,claimedthat Officer Suresh Varade notfollow- fieldednearly equal number of chief minister. itsstate government had con- ing basic procedures afterreach- EBC candidates -- 25 and 24,re- Among the uppercastes, vivid leader who endeduppresiding district, Ashok Paswan says: pahunchne wala hai”. bours alsofilled the forms,but ducted “various checksin differ- ing the scene of crime and con- spectively.The VIP has three EBC spectres of “jungle raj” still over Yadavunruliness. “Dalit jitayatha Lalu ji ko (It was Lastbut notleast,Candidate theyhavenot receivedany ent parts”ofthe stateafter the tinuing to investigatethe matter candidates in the 11 seatsitis abound —PMModi invokes “Jungleraj”may be an upper the Dalit who poweredthe Lalu Tejashwi mustpersuadeanother money,"MohammadAnsari said. then Chief Secretaryreceiveda even afterbeingtransferredto contesting from. them in his speeches and so does caste label, but in the EBC and victory),but he wasoppressed. voter who does notwantany di- He claimedthat he did notpay letter from the Union Ministry the trafficdepartment from Senior JD(U) leader Udaykant NitishKumar. They playonmem- Mahadalit bastis and tolas, talk of Howcan we forget?IfTejashwi alling backtothe past. anymoneytothe middleman. of Minority Affairs warning of Alibaug police. Choudhary, former chairman of ories and stories of the kidnap- “zyaadti(excesses)”,“dhaandhli wins, theYadavswill say, this is “Jhijhak tootahai (I am hesi- Parveen showedher ID card “repeated attemptstosubvert” Talking to reporters earlier in the Bihar EBC Commission, as- ping industry, thefleeingofpro- (rigging)” and “gundai (hooligan- my government…Our homes, tant no more), 50 per cent from IndiraKanya Ucha the NSP. the day, Anvay's wife Akshataand serts,"What Ihavegatheredfrom fessionalsfromBihar,the ism)” of an earliertime hasn’t yet our land, nothing will be safe…” arakashan mila hai (women have Vidyalaya,agovernment school “The beneficiaryschoolswere daughter Adnyasaid, “Their ar- fieldvisitsandinputsisthat there reluctance to step out afterdark fadedaway. Among the Yadavs,thereisa got 50 per centreservationinjobs nearby.“IreceivedRs5,700 this reducedfrom41,000to3,100last rest is thefirststepinthe fight to is notmucherosion of our EBC or to come backhome from the “Aatank ka rajhojaatahai (it dismissal of these spectres. In andinpanchayats)”, says Sushma year.Ateachercameto ourschool year.The Raghubar Das govern- bring to bookthoseresponsible votes, though wherever other stationafter arriving on anight becomesareign of fear), Yadavki Ara’s Sakkadi village, Santosh Kumari in villageNarauli, in and took down ournames. Thatis ment acted swiftly. The Soren forthe death of twomembers of parties have fieldedEBC candi- train. zabardasti (Yadavright of way)”, Kumar Rai, ashopkeeper, says: Muzaffarpur. howIgot the money,”she said. government is playing politics their family.”Theyallegedthe po- dates, some maydriftaway... But it is the persisting fears of says Lakshmi Sahani, afarmer “Justasalot has been invested in Sushma’s husband, aschool PMFS records showthat a and has done nothing curb cor- lice were nottaking their com- Nitish Kumar has giventhem 20% areturn to “Laluraj”atthe lower who belongs to theMallah(EBC) paintingRahulGandhias ‘pappu’, teacher,isdeterminedtovote thirdbeneficiaryinthe village, ruption,” BJP spokesperson Pratul plaints seriouslyand they were reservation in panchayatand lo- end of the caste spectrum —a group, in Salaha village,district thereisaninvestment in defam- againstNitish this time. That’snot Manuar Ansari, receivedRs Shahdeo said. hence dissuadedfrompursuing cal bodies, 21%injudiciaryand Nitish bastion that seems more Muzaffarpur.“FIR hogahinahin, ing Lalu…Does the Opposition goingto changeher vote, shesays. 10,700this year.Speaking on his the case. opened100-bed hostels forEBC breachable in this election than youcould notevenregistera alone do wrong, whyisthere And laughs: “Nitish ji ghar todne behalf, his father Imteyaz Ansari Goswami In asignednote ahead of sui- studentsin33of38Bihar dis- the upper castes—that mayturn crime. Abhi kam se kam kanoon neverany raid on anyone who ka kaam kar rahe hain”. said: “The middleman took half that of his mother Kumud Naik. cide, Naik had written, “Weare tricts." out to be Tejashwi’s main stum- ka rajhai (at leastnow thereis supportsthe BJP?” Tejashwi is of the amount. My son worksas Kumud, adirector on theboard committing suicide due to fol- bling block. rule of law)”. Sahani is willing to young, he says,and has time to Chanda Kochhar atailor and passedClass 10 afew of Concorde Designs, wasalso lowing –our (concorde designs J&K polls Here, amongthe non-Yadav consider the possibility that the makeand undo mistakes. VideoconIndustriesLimited(VIL) yearsago.”Therecordsdonot list found dead at the Alibaug bunga- pvt ltd) we both directors Mr OBCs, EBCs and Mahadalits, Lalu son is different from the father. And in Muzaffarpur,RJDstate and itsgroup companies,and the school's name. lowthe samedayasher son's sui- AnvayMNaik and Kumar M UTs, anybody ordinarilyresiding is atwo-facedfigure—the mes- But,he says,theYadavs next door spokesperson, Iqbal Mohammad that theseloans became non- In Saharsadistrict, scholar- cide on May5. Naik moneyisstuck&following in the UnionTerritoryofJ&K for siah who gave them a“voice”, haven't changed.“They will feel Sami asks: “Howmanytimeswill performing assets (NPA) forICICI ship records showabeneficiary In astatement, Republic TV owners of respected companies the pastsix months will be eligi- taughtthem to speakandto vote emboldened”, he says. theysay ‘jungle raj’? People have Bank in June 2017. from St Mathews SSSinPurhiran. said, “At7.45am, RepublicMedia arenot paying our legitimate ble to vote,evenirrespectiveof forthemselves, but also the In villageJamunapur in Patna already punishedusfor that, it is Deepak Kochhar,who wasar- But thereisacatch--Purhiran is Network’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab dues. 1) Mr Arnab Goswami – aspent card”. In the RJD war rested by the ED in September in Punjab's Hoshiarpur.The Goswami’s house wasencircled, ARGoutlier of Republic TV not room in Patna, the hope is: “Agar 2019 in connectionwiththecase, beneficaryisidentifiedasAtul his home wasbargedinto, cam- paid 83 lacs forBombayDyeing pyaar nahin tohnafratbhi nahi is currentlyinjudicial custody. Singha, who has been shown as eras forcefullyturnedoff,hewas studioproject 2) FerozSheikh – karte(theymay notlovehim,but On March 31,2018, The Indian aMuslim and the son of physicallyassaultedand dragged Icastx/skimedia notpaid our they don'thateTejashwi)”. Express had firstreportedhow in “Rahman”. out of his home in apolice van.” 400Lacs in Laxmi, 3rdand 4th Brand Tejashwi mustover- December 2008, Dhootset up William Tell, owner of St The statement quotedArnab as floor Idea Squareproject in come fear of another kind in the NuPowerRenewables Pvt Ltd Mathews SSS in Purhiran, told saying, “Theyhit me. Theyphys- Andheri.3) Mr Niteish Sarda – poorest Dalitand EBCclusters. (NRPL)withDeepak Kochharand The Indian Express over phone icallyassaulted me.” owner of smartworks – Here, manywho have been twoofChandaKochhar’s rela- that the school has no branch Following acomplaint later Majarpatta&banner project (55 touchedbysubsidies and govern- tives, and then gave aRs64-crore outside Punjab. “I can't under- by the Raigad Police,the NM Joshi lakhs pending). Kindlycollect ment schemes,barely, but forthe loan to this companythrough a stand howPurhiran figures in MargPolice Station in Mumbai moneyfromthem&hold them firsttime, fear that theymay be- fullyownedentity before he Saharsa. Also, thereisnostudent also registeredanFIR against responsible forour death &pay come invisible again. transferredthe latter’s ownership namedAtulSingha in ourschool. Goswami, his wifeand son, and to creditors.” “Nitish has already reached to atrustheadedbyDeepak We did notfill anyscholarship twostaff members forobstruct- In videos of thearrest thatap- us, Tejashwi will take time to Kochhar forjustRs9lakh. form for2019or2020. This is ing apublic servant in discharg- pearedonsocial media, Goswami reacheverywhere”, says Vinesh clearly abig scam," Tell said. ing his duty.The Raigad Police has allegedbeingmanhandledby Manjhi in village Narauli Dih in Scam spreads The scholarships aremeant said the police. Denying this, the po- Muzaffarpur.Thereisadiffer- the moneythis year afterthe forminority studentsfromfam- The Raigad police had regis- lice on their partalleged the ar- ence, says Vipin Kumar,between form wasfilledbyalocal person ilies with an annual income of teredanFIRsoonafterthesuicide rest warrant wastorn by “Jo pahuncha hua hai aurjo on my behalf. Some of my neigh- less than Rs 1lakh and who in May2018, butfiledaclosure Goswami's familymembers.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER5,2020 THE CITY 3 GURGAON:26-year-WOMANoldWAS INwomanACAR WITH FRIcritEND, SAYicalPOLICEafterthreemen onbikeshootather,policesaybidtoloot

Manchanda said Sharma and Manchanda’s side allegedly An FIRhas been registeredat SAKSHIDAYAL he, colleagues at amultina- movedtothe front of the car and the Sector 65 police stationin GURGAON,NOVEMBER4 tional companyinGurgaon, shotatthe windshield, but Gurgaon under Sections 307(at- had gone out fordinneraround missed tempttomurder) and 34 (com- THREE MEN on amotorcycle al- 8pmonTuesday, afterwhich Though the bulletdid nothit mon intention) of the Indian legedly shotata26-year-old theywentfor adrive in hiscar Manchanda, Sharma triedto Penal Code as well as relevant woman while she waswitha towardsSector 65, wherehe drive away,said the complaint. sections of the Arms Act. friend in his carinGurgaon’s had booked aflat. It waswhen she did this that the “Our preliminaryinvestiga- Sector 65 on Tuesdaynight. Aftershowing the flat to man standing on her side shotat tion suggests this is acase of loot, Police suspect the men in- Sharma, the twowereheading her through the window, with but it could be of enmity as well. 32-yr-old accountant stabbed tendedtolootthe duoand at- towardsSector 40, with Sharma the bullethitting her in the head. The woman has sustainedagun- tacked them when theyre- drivingthe car,when, around 50 Manchanda said the three shotinjurytoher head...she is to death in robbery bid fusedtoroll down their metres before Golf Course then fledontheir bike. critical and on the ventilator as windows. Theysaid the Extension Road, theyspotted “Afterthat, Iimmediately of now. Thematterisbeing in- NewDelhi:A32-year-oldmanwas withoverRs2lakh thatSharma woman, whosefamily is from three men on abike, wearing went from my seat to the driver’s vestigated,” said Subhash Boken, allegedly stabbed to death in a had collectedfromtwo firms to Chhattisgarh, is critical and on masks, approaching them from seat from inside the car itself, PROofGurgaon Police. robberybid at West Delhi’sMoti give to theirtruckdrivers,have not ventilator support. the wrong side of the carriage- and drovetowards Medanta ACP(Crime) PreetPal NagarTuesdaynight. Police said been identifiedyet,saidpolice. Police said Pooja Sharma and way. Seeingthem, Pooja slowed Police said theywereheading towardsSector 40 when they Hospital...while sitting on her Sangwansaid, “Weare going the victim, Jitender Sharma, Deepak Purohit, DCP (West) her friendSagar Manchanda (30) down, Manchanda said in his were attackedaround 11.15pmonTuesday. Express legs,”hestated. through footagecaptured by worked as an accountant for said, “Sharma wastaken to a were heading towardsher home complaint. Police officials said CCTVcameras and aretryingto transportfirmsand wasstabbed nearbyhospital but wasde- in Sector 40 when theywereat- “Two men got offthe bike Manchanda resortedtodriving identify the accused. Our teams intheback.Theaccused,whofled clared dead on arrival.” ENS tacked around 11.15pmon and came towardsour car,with them took out pistols and sig- When Sharma and in this manner forfear of areworkingonthecase Tuesday. one of them going to Pooja’s side nalledtoustoroll down thewin- Manchanda did notfollowtheir aggravatingher injuries if he and we hope to make In his complaint, and the other to my side. Both of dows,” he said. directions,the manstanding on shiftedher. some arrestssoon.”

Raped by shopkeeper, teenagergives INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (University under Section-3 of UGC Act 1956) (formerly UDCT/ UICT,Mumbai) (Elite Status &Centre of Excellence –Govt. of Maharashtra) Matunga, Mumbai –400019, birthonterrace, tries to abandon baby Tel: 022-3361-1111/2222,Fax: 022-3361-1020Website: www.ictmumbai.edu.in • MUMBAI • IOC BHUBANESWAR • MARATHWADAJALNA NOTICE been rapedmonths agoand shifted to achildcarecentre. Applications are invited for admission to Integrated M.Tech. EXPRESSNEWS Police said the had givenbirth to the child on The accused, who lives (5 years) in Chemical Engineering (Major) (after HSSC or Equivalent SERVICE her terrace on Saturday. near the girl’s house, wasar- accused, a60-yr-old Degree), M.Tech. (2 Years Degree) in (Pharmaceutical Chemistry and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 The girltold police she rested afterpolice conducted man, has been wasrapedbyashopkeeper araid at his shop. He allegedly Technology,Polymer Engineering and Technology,Petrochemical A16-YEAR-OLD girl, allegedly arrested.The girl’s inside her house. As the ac- rapedthe girlwhile her Engineering and Food Engineering and Technology) for ICT -Marathwada Jalna Campus and ICT -IOC- Bhubaneswar Campus. For more rapedbya60-year-oldman familywas notaware cusedhad threatenedher to mother wasatwork. who livesinher neighbour- nottell anyone, she hid the Policesaid the girl lives details visit www.ictmumbai.edu.in REGISTRAR hood,gavebirth to aboy on she waspregnant or pregnancy. with her mother,adomestic Saturdayand triedtoaban- had been raped On Saturday morning, the help, and her father doesn’t don the infant near aneigh- girlgavebirth on theterrace stay with them.She doesn’t bourhood shop. The girl’s before the incident and decided to abandon the go to school and helps her familywas notaware she was came to light baby. She coveredthe boy mother with household pregnant or had been raped with apolybag and used a chores. before the incident came to rope to lowerhim down to According to police, in the light, police said. receivedacall on Saturday the ground. lastthree-fourmonths, the DCP (North) Anto evening that ababyboy, “As the babystarted cry- girl’s mother suspected Alphonse said, “A case under wrappedinacloth, wasfound ing, the girlwentdown, something waswrong but sections of rape and the outside ashopinNorth Delhi. picked him up andcovered her daughter would sayshe POCSO Actwas registered On scanning CCTVfootage him, and leftthe house.When wassimplynot feeling well. againstthe shopkeeper on the from the area, it wasfound she thought she wasfar from Policesaid the girl would be complaint of the girl. He has that the babywas withami- her home, she put the baby providedcounselling. been arrested.” Police said the nor girl. near ashop and left,” said the Police said theywillspeak accused is marriedand owns Police tracedthe girl’s ad- senior officer.The babysus- to the girland hermother and adepartmental store. dress and went to meether,to tainedafew minor injuries also scan old CCTVfootage to According to police, they find thatshe hadallegedly and is stable now, and will be verify the allegations. Legal Services month November 2020: Virtual Celebrating 20 Years of SILF “CII-Celebrating 125 years of Service to the Nation”

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New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Total Vacant THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER5,2020 TOTALCASES HOSPITALBEDS 15,804 8,731 4,09,938 VENTILATORS 1,245 390 es

Dailycases Recoveries Deaths Tests as Nov3 6,725 3,610 48 59,540 ec

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6,842 CASES, 51 DEATHS ON WEDNESDAY Granting man bail in riots case, court WillmoveSCtoreserve80% pointstopolice ‘vindictiveness’

on May21, “he didnot utter a ANANDMOHANJ single word againstthe applicant ICU bedsinpvthospitals:CM NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 quacriminal conspiracy” and “now, all of asudden, he blewthe GRANTINGBAIL to United trumpetofcriminal conspiracy” panic. We will take whatever increasedsuddenly,whereas they AgainstHatefounder Khalid Saifi againstSaifiinthe present case. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE steps areneeded,” he said. were decreasing in manyparts of in aNortheastDelhi riots case, a “This prima facie does notap- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 At present,thereare 1,245 the country, Jain said that people Delhi court observed that he was peal to the senses,” the court CovidICUbedswithventilatorsin notwearing masksisareason, chargesheetedwithout anyap- said. DELHIGOVERNMENT willap- Delhi. Of these, 390 arevacant. along with high testing numbers plication of mind by police, Senior Advocate Rebecca proachthe Supreme Courttoseek Thereare 1,935Covid ICU beds and meticulous contact tracing. whichgoes to theextent of vin- John,who appeared on behalf of ago-ahead to reserve80% ICU withoutventilators,ofwhich529 “Weare doing alarge number dictiveness. Saifi, hadarguedthathe“has bedsinprivate hospitals for arevacant.Mostofthesebedsare of testsandarealso doing veryag- Additional Sessions Judge been ropedinthe matter merely Covid-19patients. Thedecisionto availableingovernmenthospitals. gressive contact tracing. This Vinod YadavWednesday on the basis of his owndisclo- reservethesebedswas firsttaken Delhi HealthMinister could bewhydailycases arehigh. granted bail to Saifionfurnish- sure statement and disclosure in September,when cases had Satyendar Jain said this wasbe- About otherplaces,Icannotcom- ing apersonal bondofRs20,000. statement of co-accusedTahir risen suddenly, whichwas stayed cause of tworeasons. “One,many ment,” he said. However, he will notbereleased Khalid’s CDR location wasnowherenearthe scene of crime, Hussain”. by the Delhi High Court. Jain: Treatment free at govt peoplewho come from outside Thegovernment, meanwhile, from Tihar Jail since he is in judi- the court observed. Archive The court notedthatitwas On Wednesday, 6,842 cases hospitals, anyone can go Delhi have heardthe namesofa has startedtargetedtesting in cialcustody in connection witha amatter of recordthat Saifiwas were recordedinthe city,the fewprivate hospitals wherethey markets andcrowdedareas. The UAPA case being investigated by notphysicallypresentatthe highesttodateand the second want admission.Second, this suggestion wasmade in ameet- the Special Cell. “The sole evidence of this so- plicant in this case on the basis crime scene, wasnot visible in timein as manydays thatthe case patientswould suffer if these time around,people from the ing with the union home secre- Saifiwas accusedofbeing a calledconspiracy is astatement of suchinsignificant material is anyCCTVfootage or viral count has been over 6,000.Active manybedsare reserved for middle and uppermiddle class tary on Monday,wheretheyalso partofacriminalconspiracy for of PW (prosecution witness)... total non-application of mind by videos, and even his CDR loca- cases —37,369 on Wednesday— Covid patients. aretesting positive.“Earlier, suggestedtargetedtesting in the Delhi riots in the present whereinhestatedon27.09.2020 the police whichgoes to the ex- tion has notbeen found at the arealso at their highestmark. Kejriwal also said the new Covid wasspreading in con- restaurantsandsalons.“Targeted case. He wasarrestedbyDelhi that he wasstanding outside a tent of vindictiveness.” scene of crime. It also said the “The Delhi government had surgecould be called the “third gested areas. Nowitismostlyin testing has startedinmarket Police CrimeBranchonthe state- building in… Shaheen Bagh, The courtsaid this witness argument thatSaifiwas in increasedthe numberofICU wave”of thepandemicin the city. upper middle class areas. They places and other densely ment of constable Sangram wherehehad droppedprincipal merelytalksabout the meeting touchwithKhalid and Hussain bedsinthe city but, unfortu- The previous peaks, government canaffordtogotoprivate hospi- crowdedareas. This includesan Singh, who waschased by amob accusedTahirHussain and, but does nottalkabout the sub- overmobile phone and their nately, theDelhi High Court officials said, were seen in June tals and manyalsohaveinsur- increase in RT-PCR testing too,” on February24inChandbagh thereafter, he sawapplicant and ject matter. CDR locationonJanuary8was stayedour decision. We aremov- and September.“Delhi has wit- ance policies theycan use. The Jain said. Pulia area. He hid inside apark- Umar Khalid going intothe same The courtalso found it rele- foundatShaheen Bagh is ing the SupremeCourt to urge it nessedajumpinthe number of treatmentprotocol, however, is The National Centrefor ing lot, but the mob brokeopen building. Ifail to understand vant that police made this per- “hardlyofany consequence”as to vacatethe stay,” ChiefMinister Covid-19cases.Ithink we can call the same. In government hospi- Disease Control, in areportmade the shutters, assaulted everyone from the aforesaid statement son awitness in the UAPA case– it “does notinany waygoonto Arvind Kejriwalsaid. it athirdwave. We have been tals, treatment is free, and any- public lastmonth, said that the inside and setfiretomultiple ve- howalofty claim of conspiracy whichalso deals with criminal establish criminal conspiracy Themovewas opposedby monitoring the situation contin- oneinneedcan go,” Jain said. city could see up to 15,000 cases hicles. can be inferred. In my humble conspiracy –but in his statement alleged againstthe applicant in hospitals, who said that other uouslyand thereisnoneedto Askedwhycases in Delhi had per dayinwinters. The court, in itsorder said, opinion, chargesheeting the ap- under Section 161CrPC recorded thematter”. BRIEFLY No favouritism in Businessman, wife found Pusa tech asuccess, 200jhuggis guttedinfire picking consultant murdered in Gr Noida flat other states should Ghaziabad:Over200 jhuggis caught fire in follow suit: Kejriwal Ghaziabad's Bhopuraarea for Central Vista Victims hit on head,police saynosigns of forced entry Tuesdaynight. According to officials, the fire broke November 4, sharply reducing out after10pmand15 fire project, SC told AMILBHATNAGAR EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE from 40% recordedon tenders had been rushed NOIDA, NOVEMBER4 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 November 1. The shareentirely to dousethe fire.The fire depends on the direction of fighting operation went statutoryrequirement that the A60-YEAR-OLD businessman CHIEF MINISTER Arvind Kejriwal winds blowing over the capital. on till early Wednesday EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE project can be carriedout onlyin and his55-year-oldwifewere Wednesday said the Delhi gov- “Nogovernment canmake morning, police said. No NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 pursuance of alaw.Theyhave foundmurdered in their ernment’s experiment to con- anyexcuse. Ihavespokentosev- casualties were reported, onlyoffered an alternative Greater Noida residenceon vert crop residue intomanure eral farmers in Punjab and policesaid.“Weare ascer- THE CENTRE Wednesdaytoldthe method which, even if better, Wednesday morning. using abio-decomposerhas Haryana, and Iknowtheydonot taining the cause of the Supreme Courtthattherewas no cannotbeaground to scrapthe According to police, Vinay been successful. The bio-decom- want to burn stubbleanymore. fire... Alot of garbage col- arbitrariness or favouritism in the project, he said. Gupta andhis wife Neha were poser, developedbythe Indian We would present this alterna- lection takesplace in the selection of aconsultant forthe Mehtasaidthataccordingto attackedwithaheavy objectat AgricultureResearch Institute tive before the Supreme Court area,” said apolice officer. proposedCentral Vistaredevel- thepetitioners, thereshouldhave their flat in West’s Cherry (IARI),was sprayedonabout 800 owing to itseffectiveness. opment project comprising a been some referendum of sorts County housing society. The hectares of field as partofapilot Farmers and scientistsofPUSA newParliamentand central sec- on whether anew Parliament body wasfound by their son, initiative lastmonth. Instituteare very satisfiedwith DelhiPolice retariat building. building is needed. However, the who reachedthe flat afterhis Earlier in the day, theCMvis- the outputofthe solution,” the chiefmeets Solicitor General Tushar participative democracyunder parentsdidn'trespond to calls ited Narela’s Hiranki village, CM added. MehtatoldabenchofJustices A theIndianConstitution is differ- in the morning. farmlands around whichwere Kejriwal also said he has con- youngsters MKhanwilkar,Dinesh entand is representative partici- “Severalpoliceteams also pickedfor thepilot. “Wehad veyed theefficacy of the bio-de- Maheshwari and SanjivKhanna, pation that is envisaged,hesaid. reachedthe spot. Primafacie, Police at Cherry County’s B2 sprayed the solution on farm- composingprocess to Union whogotjobs whichishearing petitionschal- In arepresentative democ- we have ruledout robberyas Tower, wherethe incident lands across Delhi around Environment MinisterPrakash lenging theproject,thattherewas racy,the government functions the house wasnot ransacked took place; (left) Vinay October 13.Bynow,the entire Javadekar:“He saidDelhimay underscheme no elementof personalsubjectiv- through the council of ministers andthe almirahs were intact. Gupta and his wifeNeha. stubble has been converted into experiment with it first, and ity in the selection and that wide whichisanswerable to the It is possiblethe killer was Gajendra Yadav manure and the fields areready basedonthe efficacy of the alter- NewDelhi:Commissioner choice wasgiven to bidders. Parliament, whichinturnisac- known to thevictims. The cou- forsowingagain. Delhi, along native,the Centrewill consider of Delhi Police SN He pointed out that the peti- countable to the people, he said. pleownedagrocery shop in with the PUSAInstitute, has implementingitinother states.” Shrivastavamet and felic- tioners before thecourtwere The decision forthe redevel- the market next to thesociety of abrass showpiece to hit the givenacheap and effective alter- Environment MinisterGopal itated 104youngsters, public interestlitigantsand not opment projectwas takenbya and had recentlyshifted here. victims on their heads. As there native to stubble burning,” Rai, who accompaniedthe CM, who were apprehended anycontestingconsultant who competent authorityand there We have formedteams to in- were no signs of forced entry, Kejriwal told reporters. blamedthe Centrefor failing to as juveniles and have claims theywould have qualified arenoallegations of colourable vestigatethe case,” said Luv police believe the accused may The Delhi government tackle the matter:“If the Delhi nowsecured ajob under if theyhad moretime. exercise of powerand the deci- Kumar,ADCP, Gautam Buddh have been known to the vic- fundedthe spraying, whichcost government can implement the Sankalp Scheme of The benchqueried whythe sionisnot atrocious, he con- Nagar. tims. Rs 20 lakh.Kejriwal said neigh- suchamethod, then Punjab, Delhi Police, at Maharaja bidparticipantswererequiredto tended. The victims livedonthe Acanine squad wasalso bouring Punjab and Haryana Haryana and UP could have also Surajmal Institutein have pastexperienceinIndia,and Opposingthe petitioners ninth floor in B2 Towerofthe crime took place afterthe son brought to the flat forfurther in- should also use the spray “with- donethe same. Butdue to the Janakpuri. Police said the addedthis limited it to only placing reliance on some for- housingsociety,whichissitu- left. We aretryingtoscanCCTV vestigation. out anyexcuse”. Centre’s irresponsible behaviour, youth were living in “vul- Indian consultants. Mehtareplied eign judgmentstobolster their ated at the exterior entrance. footagefor suspiciousmove- Vinayhailedfrom According to SAFAR, the none of thestatestook up this nerable areas and were that the stipulation wasfor the case, Mehtasaid thereisare- Apartfromthe main en- ments,” said Munish Chauhan, Saharanpur and usedtobeaCA shareofbiomass burning in the initiative,which is whyDelhi’s unemployed. Police offi- benefit of the project and pointed cent trendtoinvoke trancegate, thereisasmaller SHO, Bisrakh. by profession before he volume of PM 2.5 was5%on citizens aresuffering today.” cers selected afew candi- out thatjoint ventures were not Constitutional morality and due gate attachedtothe market Around 9amthe next day, branchedintobusiness. datesand trainedthem to allowedassuchventuresoften processclause from the USAin whichserves as another point Kush calledhis parents. When The victims had shiftedto getjobs. lead to arbitration claims. everymatter.The Indian of entry. theydidn’t respond, he called Cherry County twomonths ago Mehtasubmitted that there Constitution does notenvisage Policeare scanning CCTV an employeeattheir storeto from Parthala as theywanted to wasnoabdication of duty in the dueprocess, he said. footagefromthe towerand the checkonthem. be closer to theshopfor Riotsaccused selectionofaconsultant,and that Justice Khanwilkarre- parking lot. Since Kush stays15-20min- smoother functioning, said po- getsbail everystakeholderparticipatedin markedthat due process is part Astaircase andtwo service utes away,healsoreachedthe liceand their family. the process and gave their sug- of rule of lawand that theallega- lifts arethe onlyways to reach house. The shop wasmulti-depart- NewDelhi: ADelhi court gestions. He said the argument tion is thatthe governmentis the flat. “Around 11 am, Kush found mental and soldgroceries, util- Wednesdaygranted bail that the government could have following rule by lawand not The couple aresurvivedby the door open and his parents ity items and even jewellery, to aman in acase of burn- adoptedabetterprocess cannot rule of law. To this,Mehtasaid twosons, Kush Gupta,who lives lying in pools of blood in the saidthe family. ing of aprivate school beasufficient ground to scrap the rule of lawinthe Indian context nearby, and Luv Gupta who kitchenand the drawing room. Kush,who is in his late20s, duringthe Februaryriots project. The benchsaid the ques- would mean adherence to the worksinthe US. He calledthe police.Itcame as manages the grocerydepart- in north eastDelhi, saying tion of appointment of consult- country’s Constitution and law. According to police, Kush an unimaginable shocktous... mentofthe business and stays his identification by wit- ant shouldnotarise unlessthede- “Their argument of due process visitedhis parentsonTuesday. Theyweresosimple, theydid withhis wife andtwo-year-old nesses andelectronic ev- sign is very atrocious. is an extension of substantive “He lefttheir house at around nothaveany rivalries,” said daughter in Parthala. According idence againsthim were The senior lawofficercon- due process of USA. We need 11.45 pm, afterwhichitappears Bharat Gupta,Vinay'srelative. to neighbours, he would visit doubtful. ENS tendedthatthepetitionerhasnot notdeviatefromour the couple were planning to Police said the suspect ap- his parentsevery dayoronal- CM Kejriwal at Narela’s Hiranki village Wednesday. Amit Mehra pointedoutany Constitutional or Constitution,” he said. have dinner.Prima facie, the pears to have usedaheavy part ternatedays. Constable run overbyBMW car as group ‘Can’t deprive peopleofsalaries’: Govt celebrating on road flees, gym owner held told to release funds to 4DUcolleges

to leave,theystartedarguingwith BMW hit another person sleep- leges that have notreceivedtheir undertakensince June following EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE them,” said an officer. ing at astall near the Masjid. On SOFIAHSAN duesforatleastfour-five months. complaints thattheyweredivert- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 The policemen then calledthe checking the car,policefound NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 Thecourtdirectedthestateto ing funds intoseparate accounts Emergency Response Vehicle beer bottles inside. release funds to Aditi for“impermissiblepurposes”. ADELHI Police constable wasal- (ERV) to detain the men but they Duringinvestigation, police OBSERVINGTHATthe Delhi gov- Mahavidyalaya Women’s College, The government also submitted legedly run over by aBMW car drovetowards Madanpur Khadar. found the car is registeredinthe ernment wasdepriving people of ShaheedSukhdevCollegeof that the colleges have funds in while trying to stop agroup cele- Thepolicemen chasedthecarand name of aman namedAmit their salaries when amajor festi- Business Studies, Bhagini theiraccounts,andthe specialau- brating abirthdayonthe road signalledthem to stopbut the lat- Bhadana. “Amit gave the cartohis valisround thecorner, the Delhi NiveditaCollegeand Dr Bhim Rao dit has been completedfor two near an ATMinSoutheastDelhi’s terallegedly drovetowards them. cousin Bidhuri, who livesin HighCourt Wednesday directed Ambedkar Collegefor the first colleges and the audit forthe re- SaritaVihar from fleeing. DCP (Southeast) RPMeena Madanpur Khadar,afew days the statetoreleasefundstofour twoquarters of thefinancialyear mainingcolleges will concludeby Police said the incident took said, “Constable Ankur saved ago. We also found amobile colleges of Delhi University on or Courthas giventime till Nov commencing April 2020 equiva- Thursday. place around Tuesdaymidnight. Constable Jitender himself but the accusedran over phonebelonging to Bidhuri,who before November 9and asked 9torelease thefunds. Archive lenttothe amount releasedfor However, thecourtpulledup Constable Jitender,who sustained constable Jitender,crushing his wascelebrating hisbirthdaywith the colleges to paytheir teaching the corresponding periodlast the stateand asked whythis was severe injuries to his legs, is cur- legs, andfledfromthe spot. Other his friends.Weare investigating and non-teaching staff at once year and afteradjusting the onlyrealised during the pan- rentlyundergoing treatment at a JitenderandCtAnkurwere onpa- policemen in the ERVchased the matter and will arrest the thereafter. salaries of the lecturers,” ob- amount already releasedtothem. demic andnot before,despiteun- hospital. Police have arrested the trolling duty on their bikearound them. The BMW car rammedinto other accusedsoon,” said the DCP. “All of them (colleges) are served the division benchof The Delhi government had dertaking an annual‘ordinaryau- errant driver, Kuldeep Bidhuri 12.05 am when theysaw afew ajuice shop near Umer Masjid, af- Acase has been registered blaming yousquarelyand fairly Justices Hima Kohli and earliertoldthecourtthatthe state dit’ of their accounts. We see no (28), who runs agym in menstandingoutsideanATMand terwhich the accusedleftthe car againstthe accusedunder sec- forretainingthe money. Do you Subramonium Prasad while releasesfunds to colleges on “rev- reason whythe stateshould not Madanpur Khadar. cutting acake. “Theywereloud. and escaped.” tions of attempt to murder and thinkwe willletanybody dipinto hearing aplea filedbysome enue deficit basis”and aspecial be calledupon to release the Accordingto police,constables Whentheconstablesaskedthem Policesaidwhileescaping, the road trafficaccident. the students’ welfarefund to pay teachers of the DU-affiliated col- audit of three colleges wasbeing funds, observed the court.

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ADDRESSINGarallyinBaisi,inSeemanchal, RJD leader TejashwiYadavattackedthe Modi government over laws to “harass” people. In aveiledreference to theCitizenship (Amendment) Act, the Mahagathbandhan’s ● POLL SPEAK CM candidatesaid, the Centre “has harassed youbybringingindifferent laws... Istood with INTERVIEWS,RALLIES, youatthat time. Let’s notget divided now.” Rahul Gandhi at arally in Araria, PROFILES Nitish Kumar arrivesfor the rallyinAraria on Wednesday. He addressedanother in Kishanganj. Dipankar Ghose CongressleaderRahulGandhi,whoalsoad- Wednesday. ANI dressedarally inSeemanchal(inAraria),apart from Bihariganj in Madhepurafromwhere In regionwith 24 seatsand largeMuslimnumbers, JD(U) leader says hisgovt Sharad Yadav’s daughter is contesting, said 2015 as partofthe Mahagathbandhan. “He Modi and CM Nitish Kumar were the same. stabbedyou...Pehlepeeche,phirpetmein...Pehli has strivedfor brotherhood,tellspeople to think‘carefully’ aboutworkdone “Some talk about Modiji,some about Nitishji. baar churanahin maarahain.Do, teen baar HASHTAG POLITICS Thetruthistheyare one...BecauseNitishjihelps maarahai (Firsthestabbed youinthe back, keeps fighting, (so that) thereisnoneedto the margins, we made special policies for NarendraModiandModimakesNitishCM.So then in the stomach...It’snot thefirsttime).” DIPANKARGHOSE work.Wekeep working,thatisour goal. them. Please see what respect women were thereshould notbeany misunderstanding....” Rahul said Modi’s “character” showedin ●ONLYNDACANGIVESECURITY, ARARIA,NOVEMBER4 When everyone livesinpeace, love and givenbefore. Thereweresofew public rep- AGrand Alliancegovernmentwould be a the fact that he had announcedanationwide EMPLOYMENT:PMMODI brotherhood, onlythenwillsociety go for- resentatives. When we got an opportunity, governmentforall,Rahulsaid.“Itwillbeagov- lockdownwithoutanynotice,orathoughtfor PM @narendramodi tweeted,hegot "a lot ADDRESSINGrallies Wednesdayinthe ward,people will go forward, development we gave them 50% reservation in panchay- ernment of the poor,farmers, everycaste and the poor, farmers and workers. “Modiji used of love" from "first rally in Sasaramtolast Seemanchal region in the state’s northeast, will happen.” ati rajinstitutions and municipal corpora- everyreligionand everydistrict.”Inthe 2019 to saythe battle againstcoronawouldbewon in Saharsa”. "Vocal forlocal”Biharis prefer whichhas asizeable minority community, At arally in Araria, Nitish said onlyhis tions. Three times electionshavehappened Lok Sabha polls,the only seat thatthe in 22 days... But nowadays he is silent... Modi’s “sushashankirajneeti(politicsofgood Chief MinisterNitish Kumar reachedout to government had thought of teachers in and look at the highnumber of women Mahagathbandhan wonwas in Seemanchal. character wasondisplay during the lock- governance)”, "youth and women see hope Muslims, addressing fears over the madrasas. “Earlier,did teachers in madrasas (participating)... In the sameway,for Both the Congress and allyRJD have so far down... He did noteventhink foraminute in NDA”,which he said canalone give Citizenship (Amendment) Actand remind- getanything?Sanskritteachers and madrasa ScheduledCastes, ScheduledTribes and triedtokeepthe election about local issues, about the migrant workers from Bihar....” security,jobs, and opportunities foryouth ing the crowds that his government hadin- teachers had gone to ExtremelyBackwardClasses,wegavereser- leaving Modi alone and onlyattacking Nitish. WithBaisioneof theregionsinBiharfrom self-employment. creasedsalariesfor teachers in madrasas. Patna... it wasnot our vations. And in EBCs, everyone is included, In his speech, Rahul said Electronic Voting wherealarge proportionof unskilledworkers 16.2K LIKES, 2.2K RETWEETS IN 3HRS With the region seeing widespread government then... Did from everyreligion.” Machines (EVMs) were no morethan‘Modi move outseekingwork acrossthecountry, RJD protests againstthe CAA, Nitish said at theyget anything?... The Nitish addedthat Voting Machines (MVMs)’, adding that this leaders alsotold the Baisicrowd repeatedly Kishanganj that his government had worked salaries that aregiven to Kishanganj whenhefirstcame to wouldn’t makeadifference as the people of thatNitish“hadblockedthemfromreturning to “spread love,peaceand brotherhood”, and governmentschoolteach- Araria power, childrenfrom Biharhaddecidedto ousttheBJP-JD(U)gover- home during the lockdown”. “nobodyhad the strength to send anyone out ers, that is what we give to BIHAR marginalisedcommu- nment.“ItisnotEVM,itisMVM,whichmeans Sittingnearthestage,MantuKumarYadav of the country”. teachers in madrasas.” Purnea nities would noteven ModiVotingMachine...Butthistimetheyouth said he will vote forTejashwibecause he is a Attackingthose“spreading rumourson With Asaduddin PATNA attend school. “We areangryinBihar.SobeitEVM or MVM,the fellow Yadav, plusthatheistalkingaboutjobs. Katihar the CAAand NRC(National Registerof Owaisi’s AIMIM ex- ■ SEEMANCHAL found that these were ei- Grand Alliance is going to win.” “Hehaspromised10 lakhjobs.Weare surehe Citizens)”,the JD(U)leader said,“Whokeeps pected to makegains ther from the Mahadalit or mi- He added, "MVMorModiji ka media, Iam will give at least 5lakh.” spreading misinformation, keeps talking in the region, Nitish nority communities... We notscaredof them.Truthistruth,justiceisjus- ForMohammad Naushad, 50, another rubbish? Who will sendanyone out of the urgedthe crowdtothink worked to getthem to school and tice.Iamfightingawarof ideologyagainstthis thing matters.No political party worksfor the Farmer-consumer double whammy, Modi responsible: Rahul Gandhi country?Nobody hasthe strength to do that “carefully” about “howmuchwork” his gov- created tola sevaks, markaz sevaks,weput man... Howevermuchhatredtheytry to poor, hesaid,buttheleasttheycandoismain- to our people. Sab Hindustan ke hain, sab ernment had done. “Earlier howmany 30,000 people to work…Now thereisno- spread, Ialwaystry to spreadlove." tain social harmony.“Like his father Lalu Posting an image of women of Sheikhpura Bharat ke hain. Kaun isko bahar karega (All be- madrasas were recognised? Howmany body leftout, close to nothing.” AttackingbothNitish and Modioverjobs, Prasad, Tejashwi will keep that social bond.” sorting onions, @RahulGandhi tweeted: long to Hindustan, all belong to Bharat. Who moremadrasas did we recognise?” Attacking the RJD over itsgovernment’s Rahul said, “Wherever Nitishji is addressing CallingtheplansforanNRCdivisive,hesaidhe “While,the farmergot doubly hit—to buy will throw anyone out)?” Nitish alsofocusedinhis speechesonhis recordonlaw and order,the CM said,“Did meetings, youngsters ask him where areour hoped Tejashwi will “save us from it”. expensive seeds and produce at lowprices, Nitish saidhis government had always government’s work formarginalisedcom- anyone dare go outearlier? Nowyou can see jobs.And Nitishji threatens them...It’s alright, Arriving late, Tejashwi made abarelyfour- inflation has hit the consumer.Only the “workedfor an environment of love,broth- munitiesaswell as women, considered his the peace in society.Therewas so much he will notget the votes.” minutespeech, alsocautioning peopleagai- Modi government is responsible!” erhood, compassion”. “Wetriedtounite loyalconstituency. crime, so manyriots,somanykidnappings. Rahul talked aboutNitish’s “betrayal” in nst“voting foroutsiders” —areference to the 15.2K LIKES, 3.8K RETWEETS IN 3HRS everyone. Some people want thatsociety In Araria, he said, “Thosethat were on We controlledall this.” switching sides to theNDA afterwinning in AIMIM, contesting in 20 seats.

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CROREPATI RACE SHARE PRICE Candidates1,195 Assetvalue CandidateCandidate% BIJENDRAPRASAD Rs 5crand more797 YADAV Crorepati candidates 361(30%) Rs 2-5 cr 14012 JanataDal (United), Rs 50 lakh-2 cr 33027 Supaul Rs 10-50 lakh368 31 AVERAGE ASSETSOFCANDIDATES TOTALASSETS Rs 1.47 cr Less than Rs 10 lakh278 23

`2.24 CRORE (with spouse) TAKINGSTOCK **64% rise since 2015 (Rs 1.36 crore) PartyTotal CrorepatiCrorepati Averageassets candidates candidates candidates (in %) percandidate(in Rs cr) MOVABLE ASSETS BJP 34 31 91 3.86 `1.3 CRORE JD(U)3730813.31 Assets 2015 2020 RJD 44 35 80 4.79 Cashinhand96,000 2.39lakh LJP 42 31 74 3.14 Bankbalance 47.98lakh 1.2crore INC2517682.57 Stocks&bonds NIL NIL BSP 19 10 53 3.36 Otherinvestment NIL NIL *79 (21%) Independentcandidates have declared assets worthmorethan Rs 1crore Jewellery 1.91lakh 3.66lakh PREMIER LEAGUE Vehicle 3.72lakh 3.72lakh CandidatePartyConstituency (district) Totalassets* OtherNIL NIL BKSingh RLSP Warisnagar 85+ Total 54.57lakh 1.3crore (Samastipur) IMMOVABLEASSETS Om Prakash RJD Motihari 45+ `93.96 LAKH Chaudhary (Purvi Champaran) Assets 2015 2020 SIX DAYSOFSEPARATION Shankar Independent Darbhanga32+ Kumar Jha Agriland 40lakh 47lakh Astrong room holding EVMs in Patna, afterthe second phase of the Assemblyelections.Resultsare due on Nov10. PTI *inRscrore Source: Association forDemocratic Reforms Non-agriland NIL NIL Commercial NIL NIL Residential 42lakh 46.96lakh OtherNIL NIL KEY PLAYERS Total 82lakh 93.96lakh LIABILITIES NIL BSP man for all seasons, and electionsinthree states CRIMINALCASES No pending criminal cases backanybody,including the BJP,inthe dent. In June2019, she made him the na- tendedtomakeGautamleave Rajasthan,a ASADREHMAN Legislative Council polls to keep the tional coordinator of the party along with her statewhose charge he held forthe BSP at the LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER4 Samajwadi Partyout —later,she said the BSP nephewAkash Anand. “Beforebeing made time. Announcing his candidature forthe could nevergowith the BJP. nationalcoordinator,hewas thecoordina- RajyaSabha polls —with an effective FORAman who figures in three of the most- As forBihar,BSP leadersargue that the torfor Jhansi and Chitrakootzones. Before strength of 15 MLAs, the BSP had no credible watchedelections across three states, not choice of Gautam, who has nevercontested 2015,heheld posts forthe party at the dis- chance of ensuring awin without the sup- COVID-19UPDATE muchisknown about Ramji Gautam —just an election, restsonhis organisational trict level,” said the senior leader. portofanother party —Mayawatiunderlined CASES IN 24 HRS*: likehow BSP supremo Mayawati likes her strengths. “His main skill is that he has agood ABSP leader in Lakhimpur Kheri said that the nominationwas forGautam’s“hard party leaders to be,known butnot seen grip over the workings of the party,” said a Gautam hadrisen throughthe ranksafter work and honesty”. 541 or heard. senior BSP leader,adding that he is also one joining the party in 1998.“He wasanactive Said aBSP leader, “Gautamhas seen some The 41-year-oldDalit leader who is the of the party’s main “strategists”. leader in the student circle in the district big leaps in the party and the RajyaSabha DEATHS: 5 Bihar Assemblyelections and Madhya Belonging to Lakhimpur Kheri district and usedtoraiseissues related to nomination is probablythe biggestone.” TOTAL CASES: 2,19,505 Pradesh bypolls in-charge forthe BSP has just in north Uttar Pradesh, Gautam, who the ScheduledCaste community,” said In the Bihar Assemblyelections, the BSP entered the RajyaSabha from Uttar Pradesh. studiedchemical engineering fol- the leader. is contesting in aGrand Democratic Secular TOTAL DEATHS: 1,113 Moreprecisely, despitethe BSP having an lowedbyanMBA and runsa In 2019,Gautamhad found him- Front alliance of six parties, ledbythe RLSP ACTIVE CASES: 6,560 effectivestrengthofonly15inthe Uttar business, firstcame to the self at the centreofallegations of and including the AIMIM. Mayawati has Pradesh Assembly, Gautam wonunopposed, limelight in 2018 when selling tickets forthe party. addressedtwo rallies so farasthe polls move *BiharHealthDepartment(asof7pmonNov4) with the BJP supporting him. Soon after, Mayawati made him the Mayawati, however, had dubbed to theSeemanchal area considered the Mayawati declared that her party would BSP national vice-presi- Suvajit Dey it a“Congress conspiracy”, in- AIMIM’s stronghold.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER5,2020 6 GOVT &POLITICS BJP reaches out to Matuas, tribals; Keralarevokes Mamatashowersthemwithsops DELHI CONFIDENTIAL generalconsent West Bengalhas 294Assembly followingday, where hewillhave SANTANUCHOWDHURY seats. lunchatthe house of BJP worker &ATRIMITRA On Wednesday, duringa Bibhishan Hansda in tribal-dom- KOLKATA,NOVEMBER2 meeting with folk artistesand inated Chaturdihi village. SC/STrepresentatives,shehanded PartyMPSaumitraKhan,who forCBIprobes ADAY ahead of Union Home over the land deeds to the visited Hansda's house to moni- MinisterAmit Shah's two-day refugees, saying, “Norefugee torthe preparations, said, "Amit visit to West Bengal -- during colonyinBengalisillegal. Many Shahji'svisitwillsendaclearmes- whichheisscheduledtovisit a have come from other countries sagetothepeopleof Jangalmahal SHAJUPHILIP PINARAYIAIDE tribal familyinBankuradistrict likeBangladesh, yettheyare citi- thatBJP is with tribal people." THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, and aBangladeshi refugee family @BJP4Bengal zens of this country. Matua and On Friday, Shahwill offer NOVEMBER4 SUMMONEDBYED from the Matua community in Shah arrivesinKolkata. other minority communities had prayersataMatuatempleinNew Thiruvananthapuram: The ED, Kolkata--Chief MinisterMamata thiscomplaintthattheywerenot Towninthesuburbsof Kolkata,af- THE CPI (M)-LED government in whichisprobing the money Banerjeereachedoutto thesevery recognisedbut nowwehaveful- terwhichhewillhavelunchatthe Kerala Wednesdaydecidedto laundering aspect of the gold twocommunitieswithastringof has been reassuring the commu- filledour promise -- 25,000 pat- house of aparty worker who be- withdraw thegeneral consent smuggling case, Wednesday incentivesand financial aid. nity of theCentre'scommitment tasare ready and we will give longs to theMatuacommunity. giventothe CBI to probecasesin summonedKerala Chief Min- ALGEBRA MODEL OnWednesday, thestate gov- to grantthemcitizenshipthrough away 1.25 lakh pattas in all.” The TMC and the BJP accused the stateand investigations will isterPinarayiVijayan’s addi- ernment granted landrightsto the Citizenship Amendment Act. Reaching out to tribals, she eachother of one-upmanship. nowbehandedoveronlywith tional private secretaryCM LAST WEEK, Union minister Nitin Gadkari had calledout bu- 25,000 refugee families and said BJP sources said Shah's pro- said, “Our government has de- StateBJP vice-president Raju special permission of the state. Raveendran. ACPI (M) nomi- reaucratsfor their slowpace of decision-making. On 1.25 lakh families would eventu- grammeswere aimedatwinning cided that no one can take away Banerjee said, "Now when the Thegeneralconsenthadbeen nee, Raveendran enjoys con- Wednesday, he urgedAutomotive Research Association of allystand to benefit. the trust of the Matuas and trib- the property of tribals. The Centreismaking effortstostand giventothe CBI as per anotifica- siderable sway in theCMO. India (ARAI) chairman NVMarathe to take decisionsfaston Mamataalso allottedRs10 als,whose support is crucialto Government of India asksfor 50- by the SC and ST communities, tion under Section 6ofthe Delhi “Wewill mostlikelysub- adoption newtechnologies. In afriendlytone, Gadkari said croretothe Matua Development winningthe2021Assemblypolls 70-year-old documents, but we MamataBanerjeehas jumpedin SpecialPolice Establishment Act, mit areportinthe court in thattakingyearstotakedecision is “notgood”.The represen- Boardand Rs 5crore to the in West Bengal. have decidedthat if youare ST or to steal the limelight. What was 1946. Kerala has becomethe fifth KochiThursdaywhich will tativesofARAI were seensmiling.Gadkari,likethe Prime Namashudra Development During the 2019 Lok Sabha SC by birth, then youwillauto- the stategovernment doing all statetowithdraw generalconsent justify our action,’’anED Ministerhas done many timesinthe past,quotedthe algebra Board. polls,theBJPhadledin33of68SC matically getthecertificatewithin these years?" afterMaharashtra, AndhraPra- source said. The summons to example and said that when A2+B2cometogether, theresult- The Matuas, refugees from Assemblyseats, of which26are twoweeks.” TMC leader and minister desh, West Bengal and Chhattis- Raveendran, aclose confi- ant 2AB is neededfor India when all stakeholders come to- Bangladesh who belong to the Matua-dominated.The Amongotherbenefits,shean- Firhad Hakim said: “Our govern- garh —all five arenon-BJPstates. danteofVijayan, comes soon gether. ScheduledCaste,haveconsider- Trinamool ledin34SCAssembly nouncedmedical assistance un- mentalways thinksandworksfor Lastweek,theCPI(M)andCPI, afterthe arrest of theCM’s ex- able clout in over 40 Assembly seats, thus makingthe contest dertheSwasthya Sathischemefor all backwardsections. In aBJP- leading constituentsinthe LDF, principal secretaryand the segments. The community had evenlypoised. Similarly,the BJP SCs and STs. ruledstate,aDalitgirlisrapedand had urgedthe stategovernment son of party statesecretary backed the BJP in the 2019 Lok ledin13of16ScheduledTribe(ST) Amit Shah is scheduledtoar- murdered.AmitShahnowwants to considerwithdrawingthegen- Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. ENS ABSENT IN PROTEST Sabhapolls,andnow, aheadofthe AssemblyseatsinBengal while rive in KolkatalateWednesday to go to thehomes of Dalitsand eral consentgiven to theCBI. 2021electionsto thestate,theBJP the Trinamool ledinonlythree. eveningandleave forBankurathe tribals to getrid of the curse.” What is said to have provoked CBI took over the probebased THE CONGRESS has three RajyaSabha MPs from Punjab, and the government is the CBI’s deci- onacomplaintfromCongressleg- all three senior leaders—Ambika Soni, Partap Singh Bajwaand sionto probeintotheallegedFCRA islator AnilAkkaraatwhose con- ShamsherSingh Dullo—were missingatChief Minister violationsinanapartmentproject stituencyVadakkancherytheapa- Amarinder Singh’s symbolic dharna at Jantar Mantar on Economy —partofthe state's LifeMission rtment complexisbeingbuilt, Wednesday. WhileBajwa andDhullohaveopenlyspoken out project —constructed with the days afterthe stateVigilance and againstSingh in the past, Soni is said to notshareagoodrap- recovering fundingof EmiratesRedCrescent. Anti-Corruption Bureaubegan a portwiththe Punjab CM. It is said that the MPs were informed The project had run intoallega- preliminaryprobe. about the dharna through aterse WhatsApp messagebythe tions of corruption afterSwapna Kerala LawMinisterAKBalan CM's office. One MP said theywerenot told about the dharna faster than Suresh, akey accusedinthe gold statedthat by initiating aprobe plans earlier and the invitation on WhatsApp wasperfunc- smuggling case, reportedlytold intothe LifeMission project, the tory,and more likeanafterthought to showthateveryone expected, centralagenciesthatshepocketed CBIhadsteppedintoanareawhe- wasinvited. Rs4.25croreaskickbacksfromthe re it does nothavejurisdiction. Rs 20-croreproject. BJP Kerala president KSuren- says Centre The gold smuggling case has dran said, “CBI wasbannedinKe- POLITICAL GURU seen all central agencies troop to ralabecauseCPI(M)fearedthatthe Kerala with the LifeMission scan- CBIprobeintothegoldsmuggling BARRINGTHE last fewyears, veteransocialistleaderSharad EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE dal emergingasanoffshoot to the case andLifeMission project wo- Yadavhad fought the Congress all his life. Thus, his daughter NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 smuggling case. The arrest of M uldreachdoorstepsof CM Pinarayi Subhashini's decision to join the Congress, and the party’s de- Sivasankar,ex-principalsecretary Vijayan.Thebootyfromsmuggling cision to field her as acandidateinBihar,was surprising.On THE GOVERNMENTonWedne- to theChief Minister, inthesmug- wassharedwithhisone-timecon- Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi threw asurprise by calling Yadav sdaysaid the economyiscoming glingcaseby EDhasbeenasetback fidanteSivasankar.CPI(M) state his guru while addressing arallyfor Subhashini. Rahul said backontrack sooner than ex- fortherulingcoalition.Besides,the secretary and his son arefacing he and Yadavweretogether at afunction in AndhraPradesh Punjab CM Amarinder Singh at Jantar Mantar in NewDelhi on Wednesday. GajendraYadav pected.Speaking to the media af- ED has also arrested CPI (M) state graveallegations.Don’t think that afew years ago, and afterthe event theytravelled in the same termeetings of the Cabinetand secretaryKodiyeri Balakrishnan’s CBI would packupfromKerala. vehicle forabout twohours.Inthose twohours,Rahulsaid, the Cabinet CommitteeonEcon- son Bineesh over adrug-related CPI(M)should realise that the Yadavtaughthim alot about Indian politics –perhapsnoone omic Affairs, UnionMinisterfor moneylaundering case. Centreisnot ruledbyCongress.” had taughthim that muchaboutIndian politicsbeforethat, he Amarinder protests ‘step-motherly’ Information and Broadcasting added. So in away,hesaid, Yadavishis guru and his daugh- PrakashJavadekar said the terlikehis sister, whose protection is his responsibility. Cabinetdiscus- ABETMENTTOSUICIDE CASE treatment, govtsays did no injustice sedthattheec- onomyiscom- postedinNorth India is “not a stateisobstructing movement ingontrackata Karnataka HC quashes DATAPROTECTIONBILL EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE good thing”. He also said Punjab of essential supplies notjustin faster speed NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 governmentneeds to talk to the Punjab but also to other states, thanexpected. order for trial against Support data localisation, Jio farmersand ensurethat the rail- including thearmed forces in Javadekar WITH PUNJABChief Minister waytracks–wheretheyare Ladakh and Kashmir. AnilSharma cited the Platforms tells House panel Amarinder Singh on Wednesday protesting –are vacated. Singh said that since trains Prakash Rs 1.05 lakh ex-minister, senior cops sitting on asymbolic dharna at The immediate provocation arenot running, Punjab has run Javadekar . croreGST col- NewDelhi: The jointparliamen- stakeinJio Platforms. Jantar Mantar herewithhis min- forthe dharna wasdenial of an out of coal stock. “Whatever lection in the offence under section 306 tary committee on the Personal Deposingbeforethe panel isters, Congress MLAs and MPs audience to Singh and the legis- moneywehaveleft, we arebuy- October —10 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE r/w 34 of IPC. In the absence of DataProtection Bill on earlier,techgiant Googlehad ar- from the state, againstwhathe lators by President RamNath ing (power) from thenational per cent higherthanGST col- BENGALURU,NOVEMBER4 anymaterial to makeout the in- Wednesdayheardthe views of guedthat India should avoid calls is the Centre's “step-moth- Kovind. Singh clarifiedthat he grid,” he said. “Since March,we lected in October lastyear.The gredientsofthe above offence, Reliance Industries’ digital busi- datalocalisation requirements. erly”treatment towardsPunjab, did notwant to meetKovind have notgot GSTdues.... This powerdemand, he said, has in- THE KARNATAKA High Courton therewas absolutely no reason ness unit and itstelecom venture The representativesofe-com- the Union governmentsaidthat over the farm amendment Bills step-motherly treatment meted creasedby12percent.Hepointed Wednesdayquashed asession or justification forthe Special on the privacy of dataofits sub- mercegiantAmazontoo hadex- maintaining lawand ordertoen- passedbyPunjabAssemblyre- out to us...our funds being outthat demand forpowerfrom court’s order to conduct trial in Courttoreject the well founded scribers and users. pressedreservations over local- suresmoothtrainsservicesin centlytonegatethe Centre's stopped...this is wrong.” theagriculturesectorwaslessthis an abetment to suicide case reportfiled by CBI and to take It is learnt that the represen- isation of dataand cross-border Punjab is the state's responsibil- farm laws,but to highlight other Javadekar later told the me- yearbecauseof goodrainfall. Also, againstaformer ministerand cognizance of the alleged of- tativesofJio Platforms Ltd and restrictions on flowofdata. ity. problems facedbythe state. dia that train services are he said, Railways’demand for twosenior police officers. fence and issue summons to the Reliance JioInfocomm told the It is learnt that theReliance Rejecting Singh’s charges, He said the Centrehas not blockedat32placesinPunjab. powerwas less becauseservices On August28, the sessions petitioners,” asingle-judge panel, headedbyBJP MP representativeswereasked Union I&B MinisterPrakash paid Punjab itsGST dues since “This is due to the Punjab gov- arenot fully operational anddue courtordered atrial againstfor- benchofthe high courtruledon Meenakshi Lekhi, that the com- whether thereisany data-shar- Javadekarsaid, “The Centre has March andhas nowstopped ernment’s inaction,” he said. to agitations at some places. mer minister KJGeorgeand po- Wednesday. panysupports localisationof ing mechanism between the donenoinjustice.” funds to thestate under the Rural Javadekar said: “They(State) “Despitethesetwofacts,12 per lice officers AMPrasad and “Since the material on record data. companyand itsinvestors Javadekar said that since Development Fund (RDF). can have adialogue with the cent increase in power(demand) Pranab Mohanty in the case per- does notprima-faciedisclose The executivestold the panel Facebook and Google and its winter has begun, any“troubles” Besides, he said, the Centre’s “re- farmers and solve the matter. But indicatesacomplete returntonor- taining to the suicide of police of- commissionofthe offence by that the companies do not users. The representatives in sending deliveries to soldiers fusal” to allowtrains to plyinthe theyhavenot done that.” malcy in... major sectors,” he said. ficer DSP MKGanapathyin2016. the petitioners, the action initi- sharedatawiththirdparties like repliedinthe negative and ar- The sessions courtrejected aCBI ated againstthe petitioners/ac- Facebook.InApril, Facebook had guedthat the both tech firms are closurereportinwhich the cusedNos.1to3being whollyil- RAILWAYS CLAIMS RS 1,200-CR LOSS purchasednearly 10 per cent itsfinancialinvestors. ENS Haryana farmers to agency said itsprobe did notre- legal,perverse andamounting to Punjab farmers to vacate station premises block highways today veal anyrole of the three persons abuse of process of courtde- in the suicide. serves to be quashed,” Justice JD(U) MLC campaigns for daughter have crossedRs1,200crore. ation has been givenonlyfor go- Hisar: Farmers in Haryana have DSP Ganapathy’s familyhad John Michael Cunhasaidinhis RAAKHI JAGGA FarmersonWednesdaystated ods trains. We will notallow pas- announcedthat theywillblock accused the former statehome 81-pageorder in appealsfiled who has LJP ticket,suspended &KANCHANVASDEV theywillnotsuccumbto pressure senger trains,” farmer leader national highways in the state minister and the police officers againstthe sessions courtorder. CHANDIGARH,LUDHIANA, from the Centreand endthe pro- JagmohanSinghsaidafterameet- from 12 noon to 4pmon of abetment to suicide on theba- “Thefindings andthe obser- Patna: The JD(U) Wednesday has been suspended from the NOVEMBER4 test completely.Refusing to con- ingof allthefarmerorganisations Thursdayinprotest againstthe sis of an interviewgiven to alo- vations made by thelearned suspendedalegislator for cam- party’s membershipwithim- cede to the appeal of the Punjab at Kisan BhawaninChandigarh. newfarm laws. cal TVchannelbythe DSP before Special Judgeinthe impugned paigning forhis daughter who is mediateeffect andasked to FARMERORGANISATIONSagitat- CabinetMinisters’ committeeto Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan, According to the police, Hisar, he diedbysuicide at ahotel in order areperversetothe coreas contesting pollsonanLJP ticket. showcause within 10 days. ingagainsttheCentre’sfarmlaws allowpassengertrainsto operate, general secretaryoffarmers’ out- Rohtak and Ambala arelikelythe Madikeri town. no prudent person could arrive LJP has walked out of the The statement said Singh had onWednesdayagreedtoleave the farmerleaderssaidtheywillallow fitBKU(Ugrahan),said,“'Railways to be the epicentres of the agita- “The evidence collected by at the conclusion basedonthe NDAalliance in Bihar afterits been canvassingfor his daugh- railway station premises where onlygoodstrainsto operate inthe isprojectingawrongpicture.Our tion. the investigating agency,evenif material on recordthat the peti- chief Chirag Paswan heapedcrit- terwho is the LJP candidatefrom protests arecurrently on. This state.“Wehaveagreedtoleave the union is sitting at tracks at two Farmer unions have also an- acceptedinits entirety, does not tioners/accusedNos.1to3were icism on CM Nitish Kumar. Gaighat, even though JD(U) had came as the Railways on Wedn- platforms. But we will notliftour places.But, these tracks areused nouncedthat theywillblockthe disclose mens reaorinstigation instrumentalindriving the de- According to aJD(U) state- fieldedMaheshwar Prasad esdaysaiditsestimatedlossesdue dharnas. We will agitateatadis- onlybythermal plants.The main highways at six places in or conspiracy by thepetitioners ceasedtocommit suicide,” the ment, MLCDineshKumar Singh Yadavfromthe very seat. PTI to the rail roko protestinPunjab tancefromthestations.Therelax- lines areopen.” Fatehabad district. ENS making out the ingredientsof high courtstatedinits order. DMA moots raisingretirement age, cut in pension in forces Assam considers NIA probe NDC to up intake into Mizoram custodydeath over next 2years But the Department of no changeissuggestedinthat. thatpensionentitlementsfor But sources in the services KRISHNKAUSHIK MilitaryAffairs (DMA),headed Service chiefsretireatthe age pre-matureretirementofper- suggestedthat asudden move clashesbetweenresidentsofbor- NewDelhi: Asstrategictraining NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 by Gen Rawatasits secretary, of 62, or afterserving three years sonnel should be half of the en- likethis is likelytobechallenged ABHISHEKSAHA der villages over territorial dis- instituteNational Defence mentionedinaletteronOctober in office, whicheverisearlier. titledpension after20to25 in court, as it can impact alarge GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER4 putes dating to colonial times. College completes60years, it APROPOSALtoincrease retire- 29 that it is proposing the new The agefor retirement of years of service, 60 per cent of number of serving personnel, es- “Till the Centresettles the has decidedtoincrease the in- ment ageacross all ranksbelow structureand sought a Junior CommissionedOfficers entitledpensionafter 26 to 30 peciallythose closetoretire- ASSAM MINISTER Parimal boundaries, it is my humbleap- take of both foreign and Indian Lieutenant General levelinthe Government Sanction Letter and their equivalent ranksin years of service. ment. SuklabaidyaWednesdaysaid the peal to Mizoram residentsthat participantsoverthe next two armedforces is in advanced (GSL) by November 10. Navy and Air Force, across all It proposedthat personnel Aconcernamong some offi- stateisconsideringrecommend- theyshould remain in their side years. stages and could getgovernment The letter mentionedthat as streams, will be 57 years, it is who have done 31 to 35 years of cers is thatthe move can freeze ing an NIA investigation intothe of the constitutional boundary. The NDC has 100partici- sanction soon. The proposalalso per the newproposal, retire- suggested. service should get75per cent of promotion boards fortwo to recent death of aresident in Peace has to be maintainedat pants—75 arefromIndia, and 25 suggests anew mechanism to ment ageofofficers across serv- Another proposal under con- entitled pension, and thosewho three years, as retirement ageof Mizoramcustody—an incident the border,” Suklabaidyatold The can come from 21 foreign coun- cut prematurepension of serv- ices at the Colonel rank will be sideration is revision of pension have completed35yearsor senior officers will be extended, that has spiked tensions be- Indian Express. tries, whichincludes Nepal, Sri ice personnel. increasedfrompresent 54 years entitlements. At present,officers moreinservice will getfullpen- and no vacancies would be cre- tween the twoneighbours amid On Monday, aresident of Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar Sourcesinthe defenceestab- to 57 years, forBrigadier-levelof- who have completed20yearsof sion. ated.Onthe proposal to cut pen- asimmering border row. He also Assam’s Cachar district, Intazul etc. lishment indicated thereisre- ficers it will be raisedto58years service, and personnel belowof- The pension scheme, the let- sion, one viewisthatsince other said residentsofMizoram Laskar,diedinthe custody of But over the next twoyears, sistance amongsome sections of (from 56), and forMajor ficer rank with 15 yearsofserv- tersaid,has been reviewed for organisations give full pensions, should notcross over intowhat Mizoram authorities who claim 20 moreseatswill be added, the forces to the proposal, and General-levelofficers it will be ice, get50per cent of theirlast these reasons. it can cause loss of morale is Assam’s territoryuntil the he is adrug peddler.According along with nations suchas that Chief of Defence Staff(CDS), 59 years (from 58). drawnemolumentsasentitled It mentions therewill be no among personnel. Centresettles the dispute. to officials in Assam, Laskar was Tajikistan, Uzbekistanand General Bipin Rawat, has been Lieutenant General-levelof- pension. changeinpension entitlements FULLREPORTON Suklabaidyaisthe legislator “abducted”fromthe border by Philippines,said Defence made awareofit. ficers retireatthe ageof60, and The DMA letter has proposed of battle casualties. www.indianexpress.com fromDholai,anareathathasseen miscreants. SecretaryAjayKumar. ENS

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BRIEFLY ARNAB GOSWA MI ARRESTED Govt forms panel to Ministers,BJP leadersslamarrest look into TRP system EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Arnab-founded NBF writes to PM for NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 Sena, NCP, Cong At the IntegratedTest splagency formedia ‘misconduct’ Range, Chandipur,off DRAWINGPARALLELSwith the hit out at BJPover theOdisha coast. PTI Emergency,Union Ministers and againstnews TV channels, jour- seniorBJPleadersonWednesday KRISHNKAUSHIK nalists andmediaownersforper- slammedthe Congressand itsal- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 forming theirduty”. ODISHA liesinMaharashtraoverthearrest ‘selective outrage’ Seeking PM Narendra Modi’s Indiatests of Republic TV editor Arnab ON Aday the Centre announceda “urgent intervention”, NBF asked Goswami in an abetment to sui- he does...is he judge or jury?” She four-member committee, to be the government to “putinplace a enhanced cidecase. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE said“theBJPshouldbethelast”to headedbyPrasarBharati CEO nationallevelneutralagencywitha UnionHome MinisterAmit NEWDELHI,PUNE,MUMBAI, talk about freedom of press. Shashi Shekhar Vempati, to look structuredandreasonablestandard Pinakasystem Shahtweeted,“Congressanditsal- NOVEMBER4 The ShivSena toodismissed intothe Television Rating Points operatingplan,todealwithserious Bhubaneswar: An en- lies have shameddemocracyonce the BJP's allegations of politics of (TRP)systemandrecommendany complaints againstjournalists and hancedversion of the again.Blatantmisuseofstatepower HOURS AFTERArnab Goswami’s revengeandmuzzlingof thepress changes requiredto makeitmore media organisations”. The letter PinakaMk-1missiledevel- against RepublicTV&Arnab Ganesh Shirsekar arrest in Maharashtrainconnec- freedom. “BJP leaders areshout- robustand transparent, the News stated that a“national-levelinde- opedbyDefenceResearch Goswamiisanattackonindividual BJPyouth wing workers protestnear Mantralaya in Mumbai. tion withanabetment to suicide ingtodayaboutGoswami’sarrest Broadcasters Federation(NBF) pendentbody, on the lines of Bar and Development freedom and the 4thpillar of case,the constituentsofthe Shiv as if he is aBJP worker.The inves- wrotetothePrimeMinister, seek- CouncilofIndia,MedicalCouncilof Organisationwassuccess- democracy. It reminds us of the Sena-NCP-Congressgovernment tigation in the suicide case has inga“national-levelindependent India, InstituteofChartered fullyflight-testedfromthe Emergency.Thisattackonfreepress ticallyinsupportoffascism.” in Maharashtrahit out at the BJP started...Wheredoesthequestion body”to “dealwithmisconductby Accountants, to deal withmiscon- Integrated Test Rangein mustbeand WILLBEOPPOSED.” External Affairs MinisterS Ensureheis forits“selective outrage”overthe of freedomof pressorEmergency professional journalists”. ductbyprofessionaljournalists,will Chandipur offthe Odisha BJP president JPNadda Jaishankar said thedecision had treated fairly: incident and dismissedallega- comein,”Senaspokespersonand The NBF is an industry body actasadeterrent againstabuse of coastonWednesday. warnedthe Congress that India “shades of Emergency”. Lawand tionsofpolitics of vendetta. stateParliamentaryAffairs founded lastyear by Republic TV powerbyany agency to stifle free- DRDOofficialssaidtheen- will“punishSonia-RahulGandhi”. JusticeMinisterRaviShankarPrasad EditorsGuild Congress spokesperson MinisterAnil Parabasked while editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami. domofpress,forprotectionofjour- hancedversion wastaken “Indiadidn’tforgiveIndiraGandhi termeditas“seriouslyreprehensi- SupriyaShrinatereferredtothe terming Goswami as the “BJP’s Incidentally, RepublicTVis nalistsandexecutivesofnews me- upto achievelongerrange forthe Emergency.India never ble, unwarranted andworrisome”. NewDelhi: In astatement, arrest of freelance journalist parrot”.“Itneedsto beseenif BJP’s among media organisations be- dia organisations...” performancecomparedto forgaveRajiv Gandhi forhis as- UP Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, the Editors Guild of India Prashant Kanojia and the FIR lifeisstuckinthe parrot.” ingprobedinacaseofalleged'TRP Meanwhile, on the issue of the earlier design with sault on press freedom. And now, TripuraCMBiplab Kumar Deb, said it “calls upon the againstScroll Executive Editor NCPstate spokesperson scam'.MumbaiPolice'scaseisthat TRPs,anI&BMinistryorderissued lesserlength. ENS India will again punish Sonia- Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar Chief Ministerof Supriya Sharmaoverareportpub- UmeshPatilsaid,“Sincethehome someTVchannelswere allegedly on Wednesdaystatedthat there RahulGandhifortheirbrazenand and Assam CM Sarbananda Maharashtra to ensure lishedfromVaranasi’sDomarivil- ministry portfolio wasthen with paying to gettheir TRPs boosted. is a“needtohaveafresh look on intimidatinguseof statepowerto Sonowalechoedthe remarks. thatGoswami is treated lage--bothbytheUPPolice.“Iam DevendraFadnavis, he should be Theletter,writtenby NBFsec- the (existing)guidelines...”To getequal with journalists.” Former MaharashtraCM fairly andstate poweris actuallyveryshockedwiththese- made aco-accused in the case... retary-generalRJaiKrishnaandti- strengthenproceduresfora“cred- HARYANA InformationandBroadcasting DevendraFadnavis tweetedin notusedagainstcritical lective outrageofthe BJP,ofsec- police officialswho triedtopres- tled“Requestforurgentinterven- ible and transparent rating sys- Copsprobe MinisterPrakash Javadekar and Marathi: “AfterShivSena, which reporting by themedia”. tionsofgovernment ... Whywere surethe Naik family should also tion to uphold the freedom of the tem, aCommittee is herebycon- his cabinetcolleagueSmritiIrani stood by the Emergency,and TheNews Broadcasters they selectively silentwhen sedi- be made co-accused.” press”, is also markedtoUnion stitutedto studydifferentaspects spuriousliquor alsotargetedthe Congress. Congress, the party whichim- Association said though tionchargeswereslappedagainst Home Ministerand NCP Home Minister Amit Shah,I&B of thetelevision rating system in “Thisisnotthewaytotreatthe posedit,joinedhandsinthestate, the mediaisnot abovethe journalists.” leader Anil Deshmukh said, MinisterPrakash Javadekar,Law India”, the order stated. linkto20deaths Press.Thisremindsusof theemer- the tendency(to impose law, due process needs to Without namingGoswami, “Nobodyisabove the lawand MinisterRaviShankarPrasad, BesidesVempati,thecommit- gency days when the press was Emergency) has surfaced...” befollowed.Itcondemned Shrinatesaid“whathedoesinthe Maharashtra Police will take ap- PrincipalSecretaryto PMPramod teecomprises Shalabh, professor Chandigarh:Asmanyas20 treated likethis,” Javadekar said. TheMumbaiunitof ABVP,stu- “themanner” in which garbof journalismisthework of a propriateaction as per law.”He KumarMishra,andtheHomeand of statistics,IITKanpur; Rajkumar “unusual deaths” have Iranitweeted,“Thoseinthefree dentwing of the RSS, staged a Goswami wasarrested. BJP frontal. To accuse people, to said the case wasreopenedafter I&B secretaries. Upadhyay,executive director of been reportedfrom press who don’t stand up todayin protestagainstthe Maharashtra ENS hurlabuses,to makeany sortofal- the interiordesigner's wifeap- It sought the government's the Centrefor Development of Sonipatoverthe pastfour supportof Arnab,youarenow tac- government and police. legations,to usethatlanguagethat proachedacourt. “immediate intervention regard- Telematics -DOT;and Prof Pulak days with many suspect- ingundue pressureand unrea- Ghosh of IIM Bangalore. ing spurious liquor as a sonableinterferenceby stategov- FULLREPORTON cause.The deaths have ernmentsandpolicedepartments www.indianexpress.com takenplaceinfourcolonies Cop probing TRP fraud For Naik’s family, arrests‘first housingpoorandmiddle- classfamilies.Police came case accompanied TRP case: Hansa moves to knowabout these stepinthe battlefor justice’ deathsthrough media re- ports on Tuesdayasno- police teams for arrest HC against Crime Branch body had complainedto MOHAMEDTHAVER theauthorities.SonipatSP him when theywalked intohis MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 situationbetweenMumbaiPolice Jashandeep Singh EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE house. “Pradip Patil, Sachin Vaze MAYURAJANWALKAR and certain sections from media Randhawasaid the police MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 and severalother policemensur- FORTHE daughter and wifeof MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 forthe lastfew months...” areinvestigating the roundedme, theyheld me by the AnvayNaik,who diedbysuicide The petition stated: matter. ENS THE RAIGAD police team that ar- scruff of my neckandpushedme. in May2018attheir Alibaug bun- HANSARESEARCHGroupPrivate “Harassment causedtothe peti- rivedatRepublic TV editor-in- Ihavebeen assaulted,” he said galowalong withhis mother,the Limited,thefieldresearch service tioners by respondent no. 1 MAHARASHTRA chiefArnab Goswami'sMumbai outside aAlibaug court. arrest of threepersons whom he provideronwhosecomplaintthe (Inspector Sachin Vaze) is only residence on Wednesdaymorn- Vaze has had achequered ca- hadnamedinthesuicidenote,in- PTI firstarrestwas madeinthe ‘TRP withaviewtoextractastatement, RTIactivist ing wasaccompanied, as is the reer in theMumbai Police. As an cluding Republic TV editor-in- AnvayNaik’s wifeand daughter addressthe media in Mumbai. scam’, has movedthe Bombay albeit false, that the…purported bookedfor practicewithoutstationteams,by “encounter specialist”, he was chiefArnab Goswami, “is the first High Courtalleging thatMumbai Hansa reportshown on Republic alocal police team from the NM known as one of the fewcrack- step in the battlefor justice”that Police's Crime Branchofficers TV since October10isnot that of ‘raping’ cousin Joshi Margpolice station. But the shotsintheforce.Alongwiththree hasbeen ongoing fortwo years. Sarda of Smartworks.All three SureshVaradeintheAlibaugtraf- probingthecasearepressuringits petitioner no.1but afakeone.” teamswere alsoaccompaniedby constables, he is facing trialon AdnyaNaik, Anvay'sdaughter, were arrested on Wednesday. ficpolicestation. “He spoketous employees to “retract” areport, The petitioners stated that Mumbai: An FIRhas been aMumbaiPoliceCrimeBranchof- chargesofmurderanddestruction said, “Goswami has been doing Adnyaand hermother nicelyandaskedusto signastate- based on whichRepublic TV had theytoldCrimeBranchofficersre- registeredagainstacity- ficer,who is investigating the TRP of evidence in the 2003 Khwaja showsaboutthesuicideofSushant Akshatasaid theyhavedone ment that said we we wanted to claimeditwas notamong chan- peatedly that theycould notcon- basedRTI activist foral- caseagainst theRepublic Media Yunuscustodialdeathcase.While SinghRajputandaggressivelyseek- everythingfromstartinga takethecomplaintback.We were nels namedinthe case. firmordenythereportsincethey legedly rapinghis minor Network. Vaze wassuspendedin2004, he ing arrestseventhough no suicide YouTubechannel,writing to the shocked. When we triedtaking a In the plea filedonTuesday, were notaware whatthe ‘Hansa cousin, apolice official Assistant Inspector Sachin had quit the forcein2007but his note wasleftbehind.Inthe case of Prime Minister' Office to ap- photograph of the statement, he the four petitioners -Hansa Report’ cited by RepublicTVwas. said on Wednesday. The Vaze, who accompaniedthe po- resignation wasnot accepted. my father and grandmother,they proaching Goswami himself, in pushedusand tore it,”she said. Research,its director Narsimhan The petitionnames Vaze, accused is absconding, he lice teams, wasreinstatedbythe Duringthe16 yearshewasun- leftbehind asuicide note specifi- order to getjustice. “Right from Adepartmental inquiryhas KSwamy,CEO PraveenNijhara Mumbai Police Commissioner said. Accordingtothe of- Mumbai Police onlyinJune, 16 der suspension, he had joinedthe callynaming Goswami and two the dayofthe suicide, therehas been ordered againstVarade, and deputy GM Nitin Deokar – Parambir Singh, Assistant CP and ficial, the 17-year-old vic- yearsafterhissuspensionfollow- ShivSena.Afterhisreinstament,he othersbut no actionwas taken been pressureonustonot getan currentlypostedasthe seniorin- contended that since October 12, chief investigatingofficer tim hadlodgedapolice ingthe custodial death of Khwaja wasinitiallypostedtothe Local againstthemfornearlytwoyears.” FIRlodged.Thepolicethentoldus spector at Virarpolice station, for severalemployees of the com- Shashank Sandbhor, the complaint alleging the Yunus. Hisreinstatementcame Armsbranch but within aday,was In asuicide note leftbehind that powerful people were in- “wilfullyomittingfacts” during panyhavebeenrepeatedly called Maharashtragovernmentandthe RTIactivist(30) rapedher due to ashortageofhands amid shiftedtothe high-profile Crime by Anvay, he had said that he and volvedand we should notget an investigation.Whencontacted, to Crime Branchoffice andpres- CBI as respondents. in the house wherethey rising Covid cases among police Branch.Hewasinvolvedininvesti- his mother were taking the ex- FIR registered.Whenweinsisted, Vardesaid,“Idonot want to suredto makea“falsestatement” Hansa has urgedthe courtto both resided.Acomplaint personnel. Vaze wasamong the gatingthefakesocialmediafollow- treme step on accountofpay- anFIRwasregistered,”Adnyasaid. comment. Iwill face the inquiry.” disowning the reporttelecast on transfer the probetoCBI or an- waslodged afterthe girl manypolicepersonnelreinstated ers' scam, in whichrapper mentsdue to them from three Also an interior designer, Adnyasaidtheworstpartwas Republic TV on October 10 -re- otherstate agency. told her mother about the in this manner. Badshah'sstatementwasrecorded. persons—Goswami of Republic Adnyaalleged that around theywerenot even awareofthe ferred to as the “Hansa report”. Thepetitionislikelytobeheard alleged incident. PTI Goswami namedVaze as one Vaze wasunavailable for TV,Feroz ShaikhofJanuarylastyear,she and her Raigad police filing aclosurere- Theyclaimed that theyare later thisweek. FULLREPORTON of the policemen who assaulted comment. IcastX/Skimedia and Niteish mother metinvestigating officer portinthe case. caughtincrossfireina“battle-like www.indianexpress.com PEAK YET TO COME: HEALTHDEPT BJP leader recites 12 killedaschemical 27% of Karnatakapopulation Hanuman Chalisa in mosque, cops factory blast leadsto had CovidbySep: serosurvey say done with Gujaratgodown collapse cleric’s consent EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BENGALURU,NOVEMBER4 AMITSHARMA AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER4 CASES: RECOVERED:76,56,478 MEERUT,NOVEMBER4 AN ESTIMATED 1.93 croreof 247 TWELVE PERSONS, including Karnataka’s six-crorepopulation DAYSSINCE 83,13,876 DEATHS:1,23,611 ABJP leader in Baghpat recited five women, diedand nine oth- PANDEMIC were infectedbyCovid-19asof BEGAN TESTS: 11,29,98,959 | DOUBLING RATE: 126.61** Gayatrimantraand Hanuman ers were injured in amajor blast September this year,but the Chalisainamosquereportedly af- that rippedthrough achemical spread of the disease is yettohit terseeking permission from the boiler factoryonPirana-Piplaj itspeak in manydistricts, the local cleric. Manupal Bansal, who road in Ahmedabad on stateHealth Department said isamemberof theBJP’sdistrictex- Wednesday,leading to the col- Wednesdaywhile announcing ecutive committee,live-streamed lapse of an adjacent textile Rescue effortsunderwayat the resultsofaserological sur- the event on his Facebook page godown whereseveral workers the siteinAhmedabad. vey. Mondayafternoon. were trapped in the debris. Nirmal Harindran “The overall adjustedpreva- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING Police said that no FIR was According to police and fire lence of Covid-19was 27.3 per TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** registeredasitwas donewith personnel, the blast occurredat cent [combining “mutual consent”. 11.22 am at Shahil Enterprises Texo Fabsaid 30 workers were Immunoglobulin GorIgG anti- ■ Maharashtra 16,92,693 4,909 0.33% 217.75 On Tuesday, four persons chemical boiler factory, engaged present inside the godown at the bodiesdataand active infection ■ Karnataka 8,32,396 2,756 0.40% 181.45 were detainedfor allegedly read- in theproduction of chemicals, time of the blast. numbers] as per the survey con- ing Hanuman Chalisa at a located at 'Revabhai Nanu Kaka' “Multipleblasts occurred at ■ Andhra 8,30,731 2,849 0.33% 218.57 ducted between September 3 Mathuraeidgah.According to po- estate,500 metres from the the chemical boiler factoryafter and 16,” stateHealthMinisterK ■ Tamil Nadu 7,31,942 2,435 0.35% 203.74 lice, the accused—Saurabh Pirana dumping site, on Piplaj whichthe garmentsgodown col- Sudhakar said in Bengaluru ■ Kerala 4,44,268 6,862 1.64% 44 Lambardar,Kanha, Raghav, and road. In the impact, the chemi- lapsed. Morethan 60 fire person- while releasing the findings of Krishna Thakur —did so in re- cal factorywas reducedtorub- nel rushed to the spotwith24fire the survey commissioned by the *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth sponsetotheOctober 29 incident ble, while the godown of Kanika tenders...Therescueoperationwas stategovernment. CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT in whichagroup of activists be- Texo Fabadjacent to it collapsed. challengingbecausetherewasfire The serosurvey in Karnataka longing to an NGO–Khudai ACCTVfootage releasedby and buildingcollapse... we hadto wascarriedout across all 30 dis- 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY Khidmatgar -- had offerednamaz the Ahmedabad police shows douse the fire to bring down the trictsinthe stateusing antibody 1.50 7.57 46,253 at Mathura’s Nand Baba temple. workers,includingwomen,pack- smokeand then remove the de- tests(IgG)aswell asrapidantigen NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: Police had booked three of them ing garmentsatKanika Texo Fab bris. The rescuedpersonswere and RT-PCR testsonasample size 1.49 7.36 53,357 and arrestedone on the charge of godown when at 11.22 am ablast takentoLGHospital,while12bod- of 15,624, the ministersaid. Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs “promoting enmity betweenreli- occurs and the CCTVgoesblank. ies have been retrieved... Cause of Health MinisterSudhakar positivecases(in %); numbertested recovering; more gions” by offering namaz. According to officials involved in thefire isnotyet known...forensic said: “Wehavetocontinuein- indicator of progress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days “God has built everything rescueoperationsthatlastedtill8 teams have visitedthe spot," said in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak tense testing to bring down and can be worshippedany- pm,manyworkers died afterthe MF Dastoor,chief fire officer,Fire DataasonNovember3,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers prevalence and to keep eyeon includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive where,” said Ali Hasan, the debris fell on them, while others SafetyDepartment, Ahmedabad the spread of the disease.” mosque’s cleric. diedofburns. Owners of Kanika Municipal Corporation.

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA To remain leader of ‘free world’, it mustdemonstrate BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL commitment to values of itsown Constitution

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allmedia, saner voices in stategovernment muststand up AT THE TIME of writing this column, the fi- mostofthe 20th century,the US wasnot to demonstratecommitment to the values nal and official result of the race to the White justagreat powerbut also alandofoppor- of itsown Constitution.The decline in US HE ARRESTOFtelevision anchor and editor-in-chief of Republic Television House is notyet known. The race, it seems, tunity.The worldtolerated the downside influence has been faster on account of its ArnabGoswamifor allegedabetment to suicideinacase of allegedly unpaid is headedfor aphoto finish.The numbers of America’s internal divisions because it inabilitytodothis during the Trumpyears. billsbearsallthehallmarksof theMaharashtra policeforcegoingoutof itsway maybeclose but the consequences would liked theupside of the opportunities that If Trumpmanagestowin, he would retain to target thechannelinwhatappearsto beaproxybattlebetweentheBJPand be wideapart —for the people of the United itspowerand prosperityoffered.However, an office diminishedbyhis presence, forhe States and people living in plural democra- afterfouryears of Trumpism, theinterna- would be heading an even moredividedna- Tthe Shiv Sena-ledMahavikas Aghadi government. Goswami has been ar- cies threatenedbymajoritarianism. tional community,sotospeak, increas- tion.The Biden-Harris team, withits mes- restedinacaseinwhichtheMaharashtrapolicehadfiledaclosurereportlastyearcitinglack Scholars and analysts in the US, on both ingly wonders whyitshould toleratethe sageofpluralism and liberalism, offers the of evidence,whenthe BJP wasstillinpower. Sincethen,whatseems to have changedis this: sides of the political divide, have definedthis leadership of acountry whoseheadof US the opportunity to regain that moral From baiting the stategovernment on the migrant crisis, to alleging acommunal angle in election as afight to reclaimthe “soul of statehimselfquestions the values the na- stature, enabling the US to regain influence the lynching of three men in Palghar district, to accusing the Mumbai police commissioner America”. The supporters of President tion espoused. globallyand enhanceprosperity at home. and the Maharashtra chief ministerofcollusion in an alleged cover-up of the SushantSingh Donald Trumpdefine that “soul”asbeing To be sure, Trumpism has emergedata ATrumpvictorythis week would be sim- Rajput suicide case, Goswami has leftnoopportunity to target theUddhavThackeray gov- whiteand Christian. The enthusiasts of time when US powerand influenceare be- ilar to NarendraModi’sin2019. The second Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris, nowin- ing challenged.Trumpismis, in fact, are- victorywas sweeterthan the first, but its ernmentand, in theprocess, kept littledaylight between himself and the BJP.While there cluding manyRepublicans, believe their sponse to that fact. However, the manner in consequenceshavebeen morebitter.India couldbedisagreementwithGoswami’sjournalismandhispenchantforbecomingthewatch- Constitution’s corevaluesofaliberaland whichTrumphas sought to revitalise is amoredividednation todaythanitwas dogonbehalf of theestablishmentandthepowerful,theMaharashtrapoliceneedsto explain pluralsociety arebeing eroded by America has harmedhis attempt to re-as- before the elections of 2019:Astronger gov- severalthings:What newevidence did it find in the 2018 suicidecase that warranted Trumpism. Notsince the Vietnam warhas sertUSleadership of the “free world”. If ernmentpresiding overanation moredi- Goswami’s immediate arrest?Why this made-for-camera show of intimidation when a the US been so divided. manycountries around the world, includ- vided. That is what would happen if Trump meresummonswould have servedthe purpose? The build-up, including the case against Apartfromthe sheer vulgarity of ing India, areseekingthe US out, it is only were to return to office. Trump’s persona and politics, the racism, because China under Xi Jinping’s leadership AnarrowBiden victorycould produce a RepublicTVforanallegedTRPscam,theFIRsnamingseveralinRepublic’snewsroom,allre- bigotry andwhitesupremacistideology of is leaving them with no option. If the West weaker government, presiding over anation inforce the suspicionthatthe police is marching to thetune of political vendetta. his political supportbase has notmerelydi- pushedRussia and Iran intoChina’s arms, as dividedorevenmore. However, the Biden The alacrity with whichseveral members of the Union Cabinet—fromthe Home videdAmerica and erodedits democratic China has pushedmuchofAsia intothe US’s. presidencyoffers theUSanopportunityto Ministerdown—havecomeout in supportofGoswami, invoking the Emergency and credentialsathome, but has deeply This is notwhatgeopolitical analysts meant regain moral statureglobally.AsChina’s eco- raising spectres of besieged mediafreedomsand “fascism”,onlyconfirmshow thepo- woundedthe global stature of the United by “G-2” and “Chimerica” —analliance be- nomic, technological and militarycapabili- litical battle lineshavebeen drawninthis case.Their outrageisselective.Itdoes notex- States. This at atime when the worldneeds tween the Big Twotomanagethe whole ties and powerrise, and as it marches for- to once againreaffirm itscommitment to world—but it is an inversion of the G-2 idea ward challenging US power, theUScannot tend to journalists being pickedupand slappedwith draconian laws of sedition or UAPA pluralism and the ideals of liberal democ- in whichlesser powers areforcedtochoose hope to retain global leadership without re- in otherstates, especiallyBJP-ruledgovernments.Evenso, it is hearteningtosee this stel- racy,challenged as theyare by the rise of au- between twobullies. covering itsmoral stature. lar turnout in defence of ademocraticideal. thoritarian and totalitarian ideologiesand In the FirstCold War, the choice offered While Trumphas understood the nature Theentireepisodereflectspoorly ontheShivSena-ledrulingcoalitioninMaharashtra.In leaders of various hues across the world. by theWestwas between the values of lib- of the China challengeand has deployed times whenspaces fordissent areshrinking and freedom of speech needssafeguarding, the WhetherTrumpwins or loses, If Trump manages to win he erty,equality and fraternity, on theone hand, some effective policy instrumentstodeal government of an important Opposition-ruledstate had the opportunity to projectitselfas Trumpism has come to stay.Itwillremain would retain an office and those of authoritarianism and totalitar- with it, he has failedtoenthuse theworld less thin-skinned andvindictive. Instead, as this paper has reported, the Maharashtrapolice an active forceinUSpolitics. American diminished by his presence, ianism, on the other.Inthe emergent Second to embrace US leadershipinthe manner it democracy has had to deal with racial and Cold War, Trumpism offers no suchideolog- did during the Second WorldWar.The hasregistered severalFIRs againstsocial media trolls afterthe Rajput suicide, also arresting class dividestimeand again in itshistory. forhewould be heading an ical covertonaked self-interest. Trump’s worldthen embraced theUSasacountry four persons in these cases. All this canonlyadd to the polarisationofthe public space, and However, anation or society being divided even more divided nation. platform of “AmericaFirst” has been defined that helpeddefeat fascism in the name of furthershrinkthemiddleground,whereindependentjournalismthrives.Thisshouldworry along lines of prejudice is one thing, forit TheBiden-Harris team, with purelyinterms of economic opportunity at freedom and equality.Countries that turn notjustjournalists, but allcitizens who have stakes in amedia thatinforms without taking to be definedbyitquiteanother. ABiden- its message of pluralism and home and technological leadership globally. to theUStoday, likeIndia, seekinghelp to sides, holdsthe powerful to account, speaksfor the weak and thosewithout avoice. Harris victoryordefeat has come to But US powerwas notall aboutdollars and checkahegemonic China do so out of com- mean morethan justanelectoral outcome. liberalism, offersthe US the IT.The moral appeal of democracy wasan pulsion, notchoice. Trump’s transactional- Itsconsequences wouldbelong-term opportunitytoregain that essential element of itsglobal leadership. ism abroad and racism at home have and global. moral stature,enabling the Trumpism has devaluedthat. robbed the US of ahigher moral purpose in America has hadcontroversial presi- US to regain influence Whoeverwins the election finally,the itsglobal role. JUSTLIKECORN dentswho have done as muchharm to task forAmerican political leadershipis Americanconstitutional values as Trump. globally and enhance clear.For theUStoremain on topasthe self- The writer is former media advisor to However, thereisadifference. Through prosperityathome. proclaimedleader of the “free world”, it has Prime Minister of India Bihar desperatelyneeds jobs and incomes. Agriculturecan create plenty,bothonand offfarms

IHAR’SAGRICULTURALPOTENTIAL has neverbeen in doubt. Itsfertile al- luvial soils and abundant waterresourcesfromthe Gangaand tributary rivers —Sone, Gandak,Burhi Gandak/Bagmati, Kosi and Mahananda — have always made it the perfect destination forIndia’ssecond Green CONTEST AND ATEST BRevolution. The statehasn’t quitedeliveredonthe promise,though glimpses of what it can do can be seen, forinstance, in maize. Bihar todayproduces nearly afourthofthe country’s maize, with itsaverage yieldsovertwice the nationalaverage. Absence of acharismatic Dalit leader opens up space in poll-bound Bihar Manyfarmers, especially in the Kosi-Seemanchal belt, harvest50quintals or moreper acre, whichiscomparable to that in the US Midwestcornheartland. Bihar’s corn revolution has been entirelyaprivate sector-ledone. The credit foritgoes Badri Narayan mainlytomultinational seedcompanies whichintroducedthe cultivation of single-cross maize hybrids. They, along withlarge trading firms and feed millers, recognisedthe po- tential of planting these during the rabi winter-spring season, when the mild tempera- DALIT POLITICS IN Bihar is looking fora“mas- waytogo. Chirag Paswan has also staked supporttothe NDA, asection of Dalitvoters tures with clear skies, absence of flooding and lowpest/disease infestation were con- terkey”toopen the door of democracy.Ina claim to his father’s political legacy.Hehas maybedrawn to the RJD and some may ducive forhigh yields. Moreover, this crop could be harvestedduringApril-June, when villageinsouth Bihar,anelderly Dalitposed gainedacertain amount of acceptability choose the CPI (ML). It is interesting to ob- aquestion with this striking metaphor. among the Dusadh, one of the major Dalit servethat in spiteofvarious effortsbyJD(U) therewas no corn available from the rest of IndiaorevenSouth America. Bihar’s farmers “Darwaje ki chaabi na jaane kisne gahre castesinBihar,but he still has to mobilise the leader Nitish Kumar,inasection of Mahadalit took to rabi maize in abig wayfromthe early-2000s. But it isn’t justcorn. Thestate’s other taalaab me phenk di, ab hum dhoondhe kaise? supportofover20Dalit castesinBihar.With communitiesand especiallyamong Dalit agriculturesuccess stories, be it litchiormakhana (fox nut), have also been largely private (Wedon’tknowwho has thrownthe key to Dalit leaders vyingfor the supportoftheir women, Prime MinisterNarendraModien- enterprise-scripted. And all this has done without anyminimum supportprice-based the door intoadeeppond. Now, howdowe community, who arealso weighing and joys much admiration. Policies suchas procurement or functional APMC(agricultural produce market committee)mandisthat find it?)” If we lookfor the answer to his Theunified Dalit vote may judging them as potential leaders, this elec- Ujjwala Yojana and Jan Dhan Yojana, in farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh take forgranted. question in the teachings of Dalit renaissance be amyth. They maymove tion might be acrucial transitory phasein whichRs500 reachedtheir bank accounts, gurus and leaders suchasKabir,Ambedkar, the state’s Dalit politics. makethem believe that Modi is working to The government, the one taking over afterthe current Assemblyelections, can do Kanshi Ram, we find that theyall advise that horizontally towards The memories of Dalit suffering and the provide them adignifiedlifeand alleviate muchmore. Bihar’s rural roads (sadak)havecertainlyimprovedinthe lasttwo decades. gurus, gyani and leaders mayhelp the com- political parties whichcan struggles againstsuchsuffering areone of their terrible hardship. Suchexistential re- But this is notsowith bijli and paani (electricityand water). These maybeavailable for munity and lead it out of darkness. provide them space and the important constituents of the everyday quirementsofdignity mayleadthem to var- homes,but notinfarms. Without three-phasepower supply, farmers use diesel pumps In this election,DalitsofBihar,who con- representation. In spite of ideologyofDalitsinBihar.Addedtoitisthe ious political groups. No doubt, Dalit votes forirrigation, which is expensiveand also leads to poorharnessing of the state’s rich stitutearound 16 percent of itspopulation, desirefor abetterand moredignified pres- will become fragmented but, in this process, JitanRam Manjhi’ssupport groundwater aquifers. The next government should focus on affordable electricity not arewithout atowering leader likeRam Vilas ent and future. Both will shapehow they theymay also tryand find newoptions for Paswan. The lackofacharismatic leader may express their electoral choice in this assem- theirempowerment. justfor LED bulbsand fans, but also to powertube-wells,milking machines and bulk to the NDA, asection of be ahandicap formarginal communities in Dalit votersmay be drawnto blyelection. The needfor adignifiedsur- The Bihar assemblyelection mayhave coolers. Farmers also needmarkets;dismantling the monopoly APMC mandis does not their fight to attain social dignity and acquire vivalisthe main ideological elementof various implications forthe long-term Dalit meanshuttingthem down. Bihardesperatelyneeds jobsand incomes;agriculturecan cre- shareinthe democratic power, but some- the RJD and some may their democratic desires and maytake politics in the state.Itindicates atransition ateplenty of these,bothonand offthe farms. times it mayworkasablessing, whichmay choose the CPI(ML). It is them beyond their caste bias, at leastat whichmay yield anew leader. It mayalso help them to democratise their ownpolitics. interesting to observe that in somemoments.Subaltern communities bring ashift in the nature of Dalit politics, Apoliticsdependentonaleader sometimes spite of various efforts by mayalso getallured by various immediate from vertical and pyramidical to horizon- becomes vertical and pyramidical. In itsab- gains and benefitsoffered by politicians tal. It mayalsobethat Dalit voters in Bihar sence, ideology (vani or shabad)may show JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, and political parties, but this is acompul- go on to refuse thenotionofone charis- WHERE’STHE CHEMISTRY? them the way. in asection of Mahadalit sion of their existence. matic leader.This election mayprovide Paswan wascertainlyatowering Dalit communities and especially The unifiedDalit votemay be amythin them multiple political options to carve out TwoAI-poweredbotsare trying to strikeuparomance. The leader,who emergedinpost-1970s Bihar.In among Dalit women, Prime thiselection in Bihar.Theymay move hori- adignifiedfuture. this election, Jitan RamManjhi of the zontallyinthe absence of tall leaders towards futureishere, and it is disturbing Hindustani Awam Morcha(HAM) is making Minister NarendraModi political parties whichcan provide them The writer is director,GBPant Social Science an attempt to fill that space, but he has along enjoys muchadmiration. space and representation. In spiteofManjhi’s Institute, Allahabad UKI HAS BEEN on one of the longestfirstdates ever.Since October 24, she has been chatting 24/7 with achap that lookslikeamusclyversion of MarkZuckerberg, sports acap whichsays “MakeFacebook great K again”, says he likesHitler and “haskilledpeople”. Kuki’s dateis Blenderbot, an AI-poweredchatbotbuilt by Facebook,asisKuki (the creation of an individual out of the UK). Their trystispartofacompetition to see which NOVEMBER 5, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO botcan pass offmoreeasilyasahuman. The experiment/contestismeant to see if bots can simulatethe mosthuman of inter- OIL INDIA JOINS STRIKE JANATA’S CONCERN Iran’s “full recognition” of Iraq’s rights. In actions—aromanticencounter.But,aswithmanyareal date,ithas been boring, horrify- EVEN AS Amajority of the employees of the THE JANATA PARTYhas expressedconcern an address to Iraq radio, Hussein calledhis ing(Blenderbot, aftercasuallyadmitting to murder,asked if Kuki has killedpeople too) statesecretariat in Dispur abstainedfrom over the rapid deterioration of the econ- peace offer“humanistic”. But he also andseemingly interminable. Giventhat ever-greater numbers of people have been turn- work forasecond dayaspartoftheir non- omy, leading to a20per cent rise in prices warned that his military, if ordered to cooperation programme, bringing the civil in the 10 months since Prime Minister pressaheadinthe Persian Gulf, “has asuit- ing to AI-poweredonline companions in recent years, the prospectofadigital being har- administration to anear halt, 1,200Oil India IndiraGandhitook office. In itsresolution able plan to do so”. bouring alovefor Hitlerwhile havingthe same hobbiesyou do opens up acan of worms employees working in different unitsofthe on the economic situation, the national ex- about the natureofloveand human societyinthe tech agethat challenges the limitsofsci- Gauhati refineryjoinedONGCworkers in a ecutive of the party said that this govern- US VOTES ence fiction, letalone ethics. “cease work”movement,seriouslythreat- ment, whichwas voted to powerwiththe EARLYVOTER TURNOUT in the 49th US Maybethe machines have already takenoverand no one reallygot windofit. The bot ening supplies of kerosene, petrol and other slogan “votefor agovernment that works” presidential election wasreported to be Vera worksinHRand caninterviewasmanyas1,500candidates per day, including forIkea petroleum products. While the civil ser- has in reality been preoccupiedwith polit- very heavy and this wasseen as agood vantsare agitating to press their11-point ical manoeuvres. omen forPresident JimmyCarter,who is Russia. IBM’s botassistant (Watson) worksfor some of the largest companies in the world. demands and to mournthe death of their lockedinaclose fight with Republican can- And producersof pornographiccontent have longbeenmovingintomoreinteractive,AIand colleague in policefiringlastweek, theoil SADDAM’S OFFER didateRonald Reagan. Democratic voters robotic products. On the flip side, human beings arebecoming moreandmorecyborg-like, employeesare opposing the effortsofthe IRAQIPRESIDENTSADDAM Hussein of- outnumber Republican sympathisers and outsourcing memory, reason and even emotion to machines. And if Kuki’s terrible dateis government to take crude oil from Assam feredtowithdraw troops from captured aheavy turnout is usuallysaid to benefit anything to go by,machines can be pretty horrible people too. with the help of the Army. Iranian lands“tomorrow”inexchange for Democratic nominees.

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city,but the 2012 rape took place in Delhi, the country’s capital. She wasfroma Bhumihar (upper caste)family, with an ed- ucational background in physiotherapy. The entiremiddle-classyouth shook up the UPAgovernment afterthatincident. VijayGokhale She wasrushedtoSingaporefor treatment by the state,yet she died. The Nirbhaya Act Kancha Ilaiah waspassedand the rapists were hanged, THE 2020 AMERICAN presidential election Shepherd though afteralongtime. The statefought has notyet yielded awinner. It is awatershed her case without muchhassle. moment in America’s political life. It has seen Thesethree cases illustratethat the the largest voter turnout in acentury. Both THE RAPE and the subsequent death of a Indian statestill operates on the fundamen- candidates areoverthe ageof70. The cam- 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras has talprinciple of varna dharma.ADalit paign has been markedbybitternessand ac- created apolitical and ideological strug- woman’s body and sexuality areofno rimony. Theelectoral process has been viti- gleinIndia.Congress leaders Rahul worth. ADalit woman is treated as Dalit by ated by allegations of mail-voter fraud. The Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadrahave the state, even afterrape and murder. images of commercial establishments made it apoliticalissue. Both the After70years of amodern, secular and boardedupinanticipationofviolence in the Supreme Court and Allahabad HighCourt democratic constitutionalgovernment, national capital aremorereminiscent of the have also takenthe matter seriously. the character of the responses by theYogi ThirdWorld than of the world’s leading na- However, thegovernmentsinUttar Adityanathgovernment,the tion. Whoeverwins this race,one thing is Pradesh and at the Centrehaveshown Chandrashekhar Raogovernment andthe clear.Going forward, America will notbede- their caste bias. Howdoes the caste back- Delhi governmentpaint apicture of finedbythe Democratsorbythe ground of awomenwho gets rapedand brazen caste-culturaldifferences. The ju- Republicans.Itwillbedefinedbythe Trump murdered by men from differentcaste diciary, policeand the medicalsystems, Americans.IfPresident Donald Trumpwins backgrounds, decide the response of the too, seem to followthe stateinthis regard. re-election, it will put to rest the presump- state? Theanswer to this question reveals Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and Yogi tion that his election in 2016 wasanaberra- muchabout the natureofthe Indian state. Adityanath arecoreleaders of the larger tion or amomentarylapseonpartofthe The Hathras victim is notonlyaDalit “family” of the RSS and BJP.The PM did not American populace. If Trumploses, can the but also from averypoorbackground. makeany policy statement afterthe series newPresident-elect afford to forget or ignore The alleged rapists areKshatriya(Rajput of rapes in the country. CM Adityanath that nearly half of all Americans who cast or Thakur) villageyouth. Since Yogi seems to have commandedthe statetoop- their ballotthistime round endorsedTrump Adityanath also belongs to the same erateonvarna dharmic lines. Where does with their eyes wide open? Either way, caste,and has muchpowerconcentrated the nation go from here? America will wake up to anew agetomor- in hishands,the statemachinery was Forthe last95years (it wasfounded roworthe dayafter. quicklygalvanisedtodefend the accused. in 1925),the RSS hasbeen propagating Whowins in Washington will be impor- The entireeffortofthe statemachinery that all castesare partofthe largerHindu tant. The worldstillhas needfor American from toptobottomwas to appease Yogi fold (whichmeans all castesand cultures leadership. It remains the world’s largest net and his community.The machinery areofthe same family). But if we exam- provider of global public goods. It is the playedaproactive role to coverupthe ine the literatureand activities of the RSS lynchpinofthe globalmultilateral system. crime and wash away the evidence.The forthe last95years, their focus on the The worldpresumedthat the abdicationof police,civil administration and medical protection of women, even whattheycall leadershipand the withdrawal of America system triedtoshowthat theDalit Hindu women (all castes), finds much from the global system under President woman’s rape wasnorape, her murder less priority thancow protection. They Trumpwas apassing phase. If Joe Biden wasnomurder. have notproducedany literaturetotell wins, it is possible that America will re-en- Burningthe victim’scorpse at 2.30 am people howtheywould abolish caste and gage with dignity and restoremutual re- without informing her parentsorcommu- untouchability. spect in itsrelationswithalliesand partners, nity leaders is to wipe out the evidence of Mohan Bhagwat, the sarsanghchalak beginning with the trans-Atlantic alliance. rape and murder.Burning the bodywould of the RSS, who makes important policy The newadministration maybegin to look burn the evidence forever. The so-called statementsthat the BJP’s central and state likeitwas earlier, with properly staffedde- Hindu tradition of burning the dead body governmentsmustfollow,has notmade partmentsofState and Defence, and coor- wasusedtowipe out anyfuturerisk to the asingle statement on the Hathras inci- dination of policy through establishedpres- CRSasikumar stateand the accused in this case. dent and did nottell the countryhow the idential processes. However, these are Look at the other case in Telangana. Sangh organisations will makeDalits optics. Beyond the optics, the Trump wish to spend anymoretaxpayer dollarson cated and rivalrous. Whether it is Trumpor The woman, who wasallegedly raped equal partners and howtheir liveswill be Americans, who arethe newpolitical base, foreign wars andtheywanttheir boys and Biden, the Obama-eranuclear deal with and murdered,was aReddy (landed equallysafe. will still shape American policy irrespective girlstocomehome. Theyfeel that multilat- Iran cannotberestored. Whether it is Shudracaste)and aveterinary doctor Howdoes the RSS want to changethis of who the president is. eral organisations areuncaring of America’s TrumporBiden, American troops will soon with astrongbase in the local commu- culture? Bhagwat said he wantsanhonest “America First” is heretostay. The needs and onlywantAmerican money, be gone from Afghanistan. Whether it is nity.The community respondedand andopen debate on thereservation sys- American people believe that theireduca- whiletheyact againstAmerican interests. TrumporBiden, therewillbelesswilling- movedthe stateapparatus to punish the tem, whichhas improved thelives of tion, employment and retirement have Theythink America’sallies arenot carrying ness to consider emerging economies as de- alleged rapists with great alacrity.The thousands of Dalit families, with aview been impacted by the immigration, out- theirweight and areunfairly living off Whether or not America serving beneficiaries of concessional ReddysofTelangana have significant to negating the reservation policy.Hehas sourcingand liberal trade policies of past American contributions. Theywant their withdrawsfrom the world, arrangements. ABiden presidency might power—the stateisheadedbyaVelama nevermade astatement that thereshould administrations. TrumpAmerica does not allies and partners to take greater responsi- American leadership, as we also mean amorecritical look at the record leader,KChandrasekhar Rao. The police be an open and frank debateonthe abo- want more migrants, legal or otherwise,in bility forpeaceand security. Biden’s sup- of notjustauthoritarian states butalso (the system wasnot involvedhereasthe lition of caste and untouchabilityand the United States.Itwill notsupportthe porters hope that he can reverse the abdica- knowit, might be over. democracies on issues likelabour,environ- alleged rapists burnt the dead body man-woman equality. outsourcing of jobs at the costoftheirown. tion of American global leadership and Americawill become more mentand non-proliferation. themselves) immediatelyafter the gang India is being watchedbythe world It wantsafair deal on trade that does notal- renewalliances,but as president he may transactional and less President Trumphas been good forIndia rape and murder took an unbelievable on theculturalfront as well. If cultural lowcheaper imports to put small American find it difficult to go againstthe Trump generous. Common in terms of foreign policy,less so in terms step. What did theydo? Theyjustkilled nationalism is the RSS/BJP’s main businesses out of business. Even aBiden ad- Americans on issues likeChina, Iran and cli- of economic policy.Ifheisre-elected,India the accusedinaso-called“encounter”, agenda, howdoes the nationget outof ministration cannotreturn America backto matechange, without endangering the values likedemocracy or canexpect more robustcooperationinfor- exactlyatthe same placewherethe ac- the rape cultureand howwill the RSS the days of open bordersand free trade. It Democratic Party’slong-terminterests.And shared approaches like eign policy and security areas but Delhi cusedkilledher and burnt her body. bring abouthuman equalityisacritical might terminatethe travel ban,but it can- if Trumpisre-electedasthe president, it multipolaritymay be of should equallybeprepared forthe Trump The thirdmajor gang rape wasthe cultural question. notreverse the immigration policy.Itmight will only be because of his corevoterbase administration to ratchetuppressureon Delhi December 2012 case. The Hathras relax some categories of work-visas,but it and it will strengthenhis resolve to go down lesser importance in tradeand to tighten rulesonimmigration. case took place in asmall UP villageand The writer is apolitical theorist, social cannotreturn to thetime whenoutsourcing the path he begantochartduring his first America’sscheme of With Biden, Indiaand the US might return the otherrape happened in Hyderabad activistand author wasthe preferredoption forAmerican com- term in office. things. Whether it is Trump to amorebalancedre-engagementontrade panies.Itmight re-engagewiththe World Whether or notAmerica withdraws or Biden, the Sino-US and immigration, but should be prepared Trade Organisation but it cannottear down from the world, American leadership, as we foramoreaccommodative policyonboth the trade barriers that Trumphas erected knowit, mightbeover. Americawill be- relationship will remain Pakistanand China than Trump’s. Whoever in the name of MakeinAmerica. Biden’s come moretransactional and less generous. complicated and rivalrous. is the next occupant of the WhiteHouse, LETTER TO THE EDITOR owntrade agenda looksalot likeTrump’s, Common values likedemocracyorshared Whether it is Trump or the wayAmericans voted on November 3, if youleave out the tacticsthat aresoof- approaches likemultipolaritymay be of Biden, the Obama-era 2020 will shapeAmerican policy and poli- fendingtoothers. lesser importance in America’s scheme of ticsfor yearstocome. BJP DIVIDES In foreign policy as well, the Trump things. Whether it is TrumporBiden, the nuclear deal with Iran Americanswill callthe shots. Theydonot Sino-US relationshipwillremain compli- cannot be restored. The writer is aformer foreign secretary THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Lawof IDEAS prejudice’ (IE, November 4). The pro- posedlawsagainst“love jihad” arean ONLINE attackonindividual liberty and aim to createareligious divideinasecular ONLYINTHE EXPRESS country. Theenshrinement of toxic prejudice in lawbythe BJP-ledstate ● LOOKBEYOND Full Marx to Pope Francis governmentsgoes againstmanyenact- PUNJABANDHARYANA: ments, whichincidentallyhaveade- ARINDAMGUPTA quateclauses forcoercive conversion. Hiscritique of capital, advocacy of justice endears him to communists The over-reach by the states makesa ● FOUNDATIONOF mockery of the freedom of adult “sis- SPUTNIKV: BinoyViswam ters and daughters”. RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur AMIRULLAHKHAN

IWONDERWHETHER the Catholic Church ise cannot solve theproblem of newtypes of says that therecan be no justification forwar. It is suicidaltohope thatnew lifewill THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Lawof www.indianexpress.com is matureenough to appreciatethe words violence and inequality createdby neoliberal This is also significant in thatthe pontiffre- sprout in theshade of the old powerstruc- prejudice’ (IE, November 4). The UP and of itssupreme pontiff.But it maynot be reforms. The newencyclical, publishedin the jectsthe conceptofajustifiable warlong held tures.The newage demands newthoughts Haryana CMs’ feigning concern forthe easy forthe community of the faithful to Vatican magazine, L’Osservatore Romano,and by theChurch.The military-industrial com- andideas. The futureofideologies and reli- conversion of Hindugirls to Islam is a main opposition party’s leader and reject them. brought out afterthe COVID-19 lockdown has plex that rakesupcontentiousissues to feed giousteachingsdependsupon theirre- cleverploytodistract from morepress- prominentfreedom fighter, Vallabhbhai This writer is notaChristian, but amate- already influencedthe thinking processes the arms trade, fuel animosity andstoke war sponse to thesechallenges. It is to this plat- ing issues in their states —widespread Patel, to promoteits vested interests. rialistwho does notbelieve either in godor and mindsets of many.Jesus’semphasison will neveragree with suchaposition. The form that Pope Francis enters,addressing unemployment, the surging pandemic Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur in anyreligion.But Idorespect the genuinely the humiliated andafflictedfindsavoice in Trumpadministration and the right-wing us all as brothersand sisters. Whatmakes and burgeoning poverty. Raking up ir- faithful in all religions. Pope Francis attracts the stand takenbythe Pope. Republicans oppose him. him different is his infiniteand uncondi- relevant issues which do notcut ice EXPAND QUAD communists likemeinmanyways.Heisa In Laudato si, in 2015,hedescribed the Behind the Pope’s composureisthe con- tional love.That is why, though notabe- with the common man is foolhardy. spiritual teacher who has shown himself to economic injustice imposedbyglobalisation. victionthatthe function of faith is to love, liever, Ifeel likeloving him. Political parties and leaders have been THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘Outside the be adeptatrewriting the old chemistrybe- It made amicroscopic minority richer while notbruise. In 2019,when he entered into As itshead, the pontiffdoesnot hesitate givenamandatefor governance and Quad’ (IE, November 3). Indiaisanar- tween communism and religious beliefs. the great majority of the poor were drivento discussionswith Sunni-Muslim leadersat to question the attitude heldbythe Church notdividing the society fornarrowpo- dentsupporterofthe freedom of navi- The worldhas been observing the the margins of mainstream social life. This, Al Azhar in Egypt,hedescribed it as atryst formanyacentury.Weassume that he is litical ends and invading the personal gation and overflight and unimpeded wordsand deedsofPope Francis since he says thepontiff, is great injustice. He did not of human brotherhood. He has approached guidedbythe desiretodirect the Church space of individuals. lawful commerce in internationalwa- occupiedthe HolySee of the Catholic Faith hesitate to saythatthe resources of the earth the problems of migrantswiththe same and the faithful along the pulses of the Deepak Singhal, Noida terways. The Quadarrangementsup- in 2013.His concern foranequitable and belonged to the entirehumanity and that the sentiment. To the forces of extreme nation- changing world. Of course,hehas facedcrit- ports theideaofafree and open Indo- justsociety is palpable. Whatever maybe richhavenospecial ownership or authority alism and hatred,hehas made clear the icism —and will continuetodoso. His po- NEHRU’SRELEVA NCE Pacific, whichisverymuchintune with the outlook and philosophyofthose who over them. Pope Francis has talked about the Church’s attitude —one that is adeparture sition on homosexuality has notfound total India’s stand on high seas. The orienta- desireabetterworld,heopens up possibil- injustice metedout by “capital”tothe vul- from thetimes when the Church cooper- endorsement from his flock. But the humil- THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Nehru is the tion of the Quad shouldn’t be narrowed ities of consensus. nerable sectionsofsociety.The extreme ated with these forces. iation heapedonthe LGBT community answer’(IE, November 4). The writer’s down to contain asingle assertive In his encyclical, Fratelli tutti,releasedre- right-wing in America has brandedhim a Afterthe pandemic, humankind will at- needs to be called out. Messagesofuniver- assertion that even todayJawaharlal powerinthe Indo-Pacific. The regional centlyatthe Vatican, the pontiffunequivo- “Communistatthe Vatican”. The Pope re- tempttorebuildthe world. Even then, some sal brotherhood cannothelp to correct past Nehru’s lofty ideals and philosophy are character of this arrangement necessi- cally declared that all the magical theories of spondedbystating that he wasnot a people areverylikelytothink thatthe path mistakes. These messages needtobein- an answer to the unprincipled politics tatesare-imagination in order to cham- market capitalism have failed—includingits Communist, but if theyspokethe right shownbycapitalism is the onlyway.But it’s formedbyasense of justice—and therein practisedbythe BJP leadership carries pion the cause of open and securesea mesmerising promiseofthe “trickle down”. things, he would affirm them. apath wheredisasterstalksatevery corner lies the importance of Pope Francis. weight. The saffron party has no qualms linesofcommunications. In his Apostolic Exhortation in 2013, The Joyof What always resonates in the pontiff’s —itwould be wrong to notsee theforces of about piggybacking on the legacy of the SudipKumar Dey, Kolkata theGospel,the Pope described this theoryas messageishis constant concern about the capitalismbehind climatechange,global The writer is secretary,National Councilof amyth. He said thatthe trickle-down prom- futureofthe world. 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RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE Looking back and ahead: polls, courts, transition

As countingproceeds slowlyinkey battlegrounds,the Election is on razor’s edge.Whathappensifthe race ends up being adjudicated by the US Supreme Court? And howmight thetransition unfold if Joe Biden ultimatelywins? 4POINTS Manyhours afterthe lastpolls andaccepttheresultsonNovember 3orsoon closedinthe US, thereisno thereafter, he could nevertheless wreak sig- certainty over the next occupant of EXPERT nificant damageduring the period between the Oval Office. But Election Day OVER THE YEARS:CONTESTS,CHALLENGES the election and theinauguration of Joe Biden did offerseveral significant EXPLAINS —endangering the incomingadministration, insights andpunctured afew HOWTHEYHAVESWUNG at best,and actively sabotaging it, at worst.” popular assumptions. Amitabh Mattoo BATTLEGROUND 2008 2012 2016 2020 In 1933,the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution movedthe transition from the HIGH TURNOUT, From The Indian Express panel STATE(OBAMA) (OBAMA) (TRUMP) earlier date of March4toJanuary20. The 1 NO LANDSLIDE of specialists, exclusive insight Michigan DDR? Presidential Transition Actof1963laysdown Florida DDRR adetailed procedure, whichshould normally Over 101millionAmericans hadvoted PART4 Pennsylvania DDR? facilitateasmoothtransitionofpower. But even before November3,according to theseare notnormaltimes, andTrumpof- the nonpartisan US Elections Project. Wisconsin DDR? Opinionsurveyshad predicted aclear tenestablishes, andplays by,his ownrules. The overall turnout is projected to be victoryfor Biden, butthe result still hangs NorthCarolina DRR? Consider this: President Trumpwillremain over 160million, or 67%ofeligible vot- in balance. Whydid theyget it wrong? Georgia RRR? the commander-in-chief of the US armed ers. High turnoutsare conventionally Whileforecastingsurveys have become forces and will retain control of US nuclear seen(including in India)torepresent OhioDDR R moresophisticated,using cutting-edgemod- weapons until January20, at the very least. popular anger and adesirefor change. ellingtechniques, they seem to have failedto Arizona RRR?BACKTO2016? Duringthis period, giventhe size and scale The American political scientistIan accuratelypredictUSPresidentialelectionout- Source (2008-16): US Federal Election Commission; 2020 results based on calls by theAP, NYT, Thefront page of The Indian of American power, the US and the rest of the Bremmer tweetedonNovember2: comes,particularly in terms of the number of prominenttelevisionnetworksuntil 11 pm IST on Nov4 D=Democrat, R=Republican Express edition dated November worldwill live with great uncertainty —and “Cardinal rule of elections: People don’t seatsintheElectoralCollege.At best,theypro- stateand non-state actors, including in turnout in recordnumbers to support 10, 2016. TheresultofElection videageneral senseofthe trend, whichdoes- India’s neighbourhood, maybetempted to incumbents.” But as it turnedout, the n’t justrequirestatistical modellingbut often POPULARVOTEVELECTORALCOLLEGE 2020 might not be knownuntil act adventurously. battle wasgrim and equal, and until alsogood political instincts and intuition. Candidates who win the popular vote do not necessarily win the later this week,orevenlonger after. Historically,ofcourse, transitions have of- Wednesdaynight (in India), both Whether it is Bihar or the United States,you Electoral College (and thus the Presidency) tenmeant breaksincommunication, espe- Trumpand Bidenseemedcapable of needtobeableto sensethehawa by talkingto SUPREMECOURTIN ciallybetween adversarial Democratic and pullingoffvictories,althoughithadbe- voters —beitatthe neighbourhooddeliorat PRESIDENTIALELECTION Republican regimes.One exampleoftengiven guntoappear that Bidenhad the edge. ChaurasiaPanHouse.IntheseCovidtimes,this, 2000 2004 is of the 1961 BayofPigs fiasco —the CIA-led of course, is easiersaid thandone! POPULAR VOTE (% OF TOTAL) POPULAR VOTE (% OF TOTAL) attempt to overthrow Fidel CastroinCuba — OVERPERFORMING Take themostpopularandwellthoughtof that could have been avoidediftherehadbeen 2 PRESIDENT American pollster, Nate Silverof GORE (D) KERRY(D) better communication between the FiveThirtyEight. Silver, astatistician by train- Eisenhowerand (incoming) Kennedy admin- IrrespectiveofwhetherTrumpgets an- ing,gainedfamebydevelopingPECOTA(Player 48.38 48.27 istrations. Again, thereisevidencetosuggest other four years, he has performedfar Empirical Comparisonand Optimisation Test President JimmyCarter’s team did notinform betterthanwhatthepollswere project- Algorithm) to comparethe performance of BUSH (R) BUSH (R) RonaldReagan of Israel’s decisiontostrike the ing.Fromhis firstmonth in office, baseballplayers.Hesubsequentlymadesome Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq in 1981. Trump’s approval rating had consis- stunningly accuratepredictions in stateand 47.87 50.73 Asuperb Brookings Institution study by tentlyremainedinthe low40s; from nationalelectionsbefore2016, where he, like 1876 James Steinburgand Kurt Campbell has pro- March 2017 onward hisdisapprovalrat- manyothers,flounderedby predictingaHillary ELECTORAL COLLEGE (OUT OF 538) ELECTORAL COLLEGE (OUT OF 538) videdaseriesof examplesof howdifficulttran- ingneverfellbelow50%;Bidenkeptup Clintonvictory. RUTHERFORD B HAYES (R) sitions can be,including Bill Clinton’s“strug- asteady 8-10percentage point lead in This time, FiveThirtyEight said it had im- GORE(D) 266 KERRY(D) 251 gletomanagethe Somaliadeployment”, and national pollsfor months ahead of the proveditsmodel through athree-step process V SAMUEL TILDEN (D) the EP-3 crisesthat “occurredatthe outsetof election.Thecontestwasbilledastight —byfirstcollecting, analysing, and adjusting BUSH(R) 271 BUSH(R) 286 Congress setupabipartisan Federal George WBush’sfirsttermwhenanAmerican in Florida,Ohio, Iowa,Texas;infact, polls; then complementing polls with “fun- Electoral Commission comprising planemayhaveintrudedintoChineseairspace Trumpwon easily. It seems likelythe damentals” such as demographic and eco- House Representatives, Senators, and collidedwith aChinese fighter plane”. Republicans would also keep the nomic data; and finally, “accounting forun- 2012 2016 and Supreme CourtJustices. Twenty Even as manyAmericans arelooking fora Senate, and credit mustgotoTrump. Electoral Collegevotes were certainty,and simulating the election POPULAR VOTE (% OF TOTAL) POPULAR VOTE (% OF TOTAL) New Deal whichcould add anew sociallyand thousands of times”.But see whathappened! disputed,and the Commission gave economicallymoreinclusive chapterin UNDERPERFORMING all to Hayes, who wonthe election SilvergaveTrumpa10 per cent chance of OBAMA (D) CLINTON (D) American history—likethe one witnessedaf- 3 CHALLENGER winning. Theywere“roughlythe same odds by the thinnest possiblemargin, tertheGreatDepression undertheleadership that it’s raining in downtownLos Angeles”, he 51.06 48.18 185-184,and becamethe 19th of President FranklinDRoosevelt —a“hostile” Evenif JoeBidenendshishalf-century- said. “And it does rain there. (DowntownL.A. President (1877-1881) and unpredictable Trump, were he to lose, oldpoliticalcareerby achievinghislife- has about 36 rainydays per year,orabout a1- ROMNEY (R) TRUMP (R) could be even moredangerous forAmerica long dream, he would notmarch tri- in-10shotofarainyday.)” Butthose were and the world, at leastinthe shortterm. umphantlythrough thedoor as might clearly notthe odds that we were confronted 47.20 46.09 2000 have been expected from aman chal- with —and whileyoumay notbeable to sub- GEORGE W BUSH (R) What happens if the Supreme Courtis lenginganunpopularincumbentinthe stituteLAwith Cherrapunji,the chances of ELECTORAL COLLEGE (OUT OF 538) ELECTORAL COLLEGE (OUT OF 538) involvedtosettle an electoral dispute middle of apandemic that has killed Trumpwinning seem to beclearly more than V AL GORE (D) about delayedvotes or postalballots,as over 232,000 Americans. That he has 10 per cent. OBAMA(D) 332 CLINTON(D) 227 Supreme Courthalted the vote Trumphas threatened? failedtoconvince many morepeople Silverwasn’t alone; allsurveysseen as in- recount in Florida, whicheffectively In 57 presidential elections, the Supreme to joinhis fight forthe imagined“soul” dependentand nonpartisan gotthe results ROMNEY(R) 206 TRUMP(R) 304 allowedGeorge WBush to win the Courthas been directlyinvolvedinonlythe of America underlineshow deeplydi- very badlywrong.The only ones that seemed election and becomethe 43rd 2000contestbetween George WBushand Al videdthecountryis.Histaskof “healing to have predicted Trumpwould do well were Source: US Federal ElectionCommission COMPILEDBYPOOJAARORA President Gore. Bush ledGorebyanarrowmargin in the nation” is monumental, and the the Rasmussen Reports and Trafalgar Group, Florida when the votes were firstcounted. less-than-emphaticvictorywillnot bothof whichhaveadistinctlyRepublicanbias. Finally theSupremeCourtruledthatusing“dif- makeiteasyto gettheactivistleftinhis Ibegan conducting polls on India’s foreign ing question. Take an example from my own ocratic system, but it can episodicallydemon- ferentvote-countstandardswithinFloridavi- partytofallinline behind him. policy and nuclearweapons about 25 years surveys: strate the dangerous consequences for olatedthe14thAmendment’sEqualProtection ago(India and theBomb: Public Opinionand On nuclear weapons and India, in 1995, if THEEXPERT democracy itself. Clause and that avote-recount couldn’t be PEOPLE, MEDIA,AND Nuclear Options, DavidCortright andAmitabh youasked respondents,“Do youknowthat completedbyaDecember 12 deadline”. 4 THE GULF Mattoo (eds),University of NotreDamePress, atomic weapons destroyed Hiroshima and PROFESSOR AMITABH MATTOO is Some saythe result could be delayedby Other than this, thereisthe solitaryin- 1996). And the fundamental limitations of all Nagasaki,includinglarge sections of thecivil- one of India’s leading specialists on days or even weeks. Howwill thisaffect stance of Supreme Courtjustices sitting on a The Americanmedia is notthe“enemy surveys still remain the same. ianpopulation? Wouldyoustill want India to foreign policy.HeisaProfessorat the current administration —and the commission along with Congresspersons in of the people” as Trumphas said re- Firstisthe mysteryofthe untruthful re- acquirenuclear weapons?”, onlyathirdofre- JNU’sSchool of International Studies transition, were Biden to ultimatelywin? 1876 to decide on the contestbetween peatedly,but the outcome of the elec- spondent —euphemisticallycalledthe “shy” spondentsanswered in the affirmative.But if and HonoraryProfessor at the Muchwill,ofcourse,depend onhowsoon RutherfordBHayes andSamuelTilden. tion doespointto averysignificantdif- voter.Weknowthis happens even in family youframedthe question differently—“Do you Faculty of Arts,University of the election is conceded, or it becomes clear With the confirmation of AmyConey ference between the waymedia has situations—likesome teenagers who never knowIndia faces threatsfromnuclear China Melbourne. He has spentseveral who has the supportof270 or moremembers Barrett, the Supreme Courthas aclear major- portrayed thePresident —corrupt, ly- admit to smoking. Social norms and the fear and nuclearPakistan? Shouldn’t India acquire semesters as Visiting Professor at of the ElectoralCollege. If Trumpeventually ityofconservative judges. Until the death of ing, amoral, racist, misogynistic —and of inviting social disapproval oftendeter peo- nuclear weapons under these circum- the UniversityofNotre Dame at emergesasthe victor,the transition to asec- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, therewerefour voters’ perception of him. Despitehis ple from publiclyidentifyingwithcertain in- stances?” —nearly 75 per cent said India South Bend, Indiana. ondterm shouldformallybeseamless, but the liberal justices and four conservative justices, seemingracism, the Presidenthas dividuals andcauses. The classicexample should go nuclear. triumphalism and volatile personality of the with Chief Justice John Robertsamoderately gained among Blackvoters,and his from India is wherefew Brahmins would In theUnited States,manypollsters have incumbent could provoke some civil unrest. conservative justice who agreedwith the lib- toughpolicieson immigration,includ- publiclyadmit to believing in the hierarchy become muchmorenuancedtoensure that Whilesuchsampling errorsareusuallytaken If the election continues to remain in dis- eral blocofjustices in certain decisions.This ingcruel measures, do notappear to of thecaste system. Thereisabeliefthata an obvious bias is notreflectedin the wording care of,Democratsmay participateinpolling puteorifBidenwins,the transition periodwill hasnow changed.While this does notneces- have diminished hisstandingamong significantnumberofTrumpvoters, given of thequestion.Butmostpollstersnowaggre- surveys,but maystill notbemobilised be fraught with consequences. sarilyimply that the court will “takesides”, Latinos. It would appear that thereare the Manichean responses that the President gate pollsconductedby otheragencies,whose strongly enough by Biden and Kamala Harris The scholar Rebecca Lissner wroteinThe Trump’s claims of electoral fraudmay indeed sectionsofthepopulationeven beyond triggers, do notwanttotellpollsters they quality and integritycan be questionable. to vote.This “apathy” has oftenbeen seen (by Atlantic:“[A]brazenrefusalbythe presidentto receive asympathetic hearing. Trump’sWhiteworkingclassbasethat would voteRepublican. Finally, of course, is the sample of the sur- theorists of democracy likeRobertDahl) as a leave officeis surely anightmare scenario.But (RESEARCHASSISTANCE: disagree with the mainstream media’s Secondisofthe conundrumofthe lead- vey, which maybedifferent fromthe turnout. stronger indicator of the resilienceof the dem- even if PresidentDonald Trumpweretolose POOJAARORA) opinion of him.

THE STATES STILL IN PLAY In aclose US Presidential race,the battle has boiled down to ahandful of stateswherethe results arestill to be called. As of 11:30 pm ISTonWednesday, Biden wasleading by 227 Electoral College votes to Trump’s213, both short of the 270required forvictory. Although he wastrailing in the large state of Pennsylvania,whichcounts for20Electoral College votes, most analysts have said Biden could still win the election if he wonboth Michigan and Wisconsin, wherehewas ahead.

GEORGIA MICHIGAN PENNSYLVA NIA WISCONSIN ELECTORALCOLLEGEVOTES:16 ELECTORALCOLLEGEVOTES:16 ELECTORALCOLLEGEVOTES:20 ELECTORALCOLLEGEVOTES:10 VOTESREPORTED:93% VOTESREPORTED:94% VOTESREPORTED:80% VOTESREPORTED:98% LEAD:TRUMP+1.8 POINTS(85,835VOTES) LEAD:BIDEN+0.9POINTS(48,176VOTES) LEAD:TRUMP+8POINTS(466,625VOTES) LEAD:BIDEN+0.6POINTS(20,533VOTES) ESTIMATEDVOTESREMAINING:360,000 ESTIMATEDVOTESREMAINING:340,000 ESTIMATEDVOTESREMAINING:1.4MILLION ESTIMATEDVOTESREMAINING:33,000

Georgia has long been aRepublican Fornearly 25 years, Michigan had been Pennsylvania, amostlyWhitestate,had The traditionallyDemocratic state stronghold, with no Democrat having consistentlyvoting foraDemocratic been voting blue since 1988. The streak turnedred in 2016,whenTrump carrieditinaPresidential election Presidentialcandidate. Then in 2016, endedin2016when Donald Trump became the firstRepublican to winitin since1992,when Bill Clinton had won. Donald Trumpwon the state by the wonthe state. Pennsylvania is once morethan three decades. He defeated In 2016,Donald Trumpwon the state smallestmargin in anystate in that again balancedbetween staunch HillaryClinton by less than 30,000 by five percentagepoints. This time, it has becomeanunlikely year’s election—10,704 votes. In virtuallyall polls leading up Republican loyalty in itsrural centre, and aresurgent votes. So far, Biden has maintainedasteady lead. battleground state. to Election Dayin2020, however, Joe Biden has led. Democratic Party in urbanand suburban areas. All estimates as reported by The NewYork Times,updated at 11:30 pm IST

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Workers playcards during theirfreetime in the Old City of Dems neededtoflip at least3 Senate Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. AP file seats, but topRepublicans re-elected Saudis to remove NICHOLASFANDOS, CARLHULSE& CATIEEDMONDSON key restrictionson NOVEMBER4

DEMOCRATSWEREontrackearly Wednesdaytomaintain afirm migrantlabourers grip on the House, but their path to seizingtheSenatemajorityfrom Republicans wasrapidlynarrow- SenateMajority Leader Mitch AYABATRAWY The reforms will allow ingasthetwopartiescontinuedto McConnell, aRepublican, DUBAI,NOVEMBER4 foreign workers the fight forcontrol of the levers of declaredvictoryinLouisville, powerinCongresswiththefateof Kentucky,onTuesday. Reuters SAUDIARABIAonWednesdayan- right to changejobs, the presidency still uncertain. nouncedreformsthatwillabolish leave and re-enter the Partial results suggestedthat some key restrictions tying mil- countryand securefinal House Democratswererunning ‘Samosacaucus’ lionsoflow-paid and vulnerable stronginmanyofthecompetitive winsre-election migrantworkersto theiremploy- exit visas without the districtstheyswept upin2018,but ers in conditions that have been consent of employers theywerestruggling to makefur- Washington:Inanimpressive rifewith abuse and exploitation. ther inroads intothe Republican- show, allthe four Indian- The MinistryofHuman leaning suburbs, wheretheyhad American Democratic law- ResourceandSocialDevelopment similar changes to itslabor laws. expected asurge poweredbydis- makers —Ami Bera, Pramila saidthereformswillallowforeign Begumdescribed the three content with President Donald Jayapal, Ro Khanna and Raja workers the right to changejobs changes to the Saudi lawas“sig- Trump.Instead,asvotescontinued Krishnamoorthi—havebeen by transferringtheir sponsorship nificant steps that could improve to be counted,Republicanswere re-elected to theUSHouse of from one employertoanother, migrantworkers’conditions,”but newlyoptimistic they could claw Representatives. The so- LONG HOURSFOR ELECTION WORKERS: (Clockwise from thetop)Election workers process ballots in Milwaukee; challengers, who leaveand re-enter the country cautioneditdoesnotappearto be backseats, particularly in ruralar- called‘Samosa caucus’, a observevotecounting to make sureitisfair, registerthemselves in Detroit; mail-in ballots at aPennsylvania counting centre. NYT, AP andsecurefinalexitvisaswithout afullabolitionof thekafalasystem. eas and traditionallyconservative termedcoinedby the consent of their employer, “Migrantworkersstillneedan strongholds. Krishnamoorthifortheinfor- whichhad longbeen required. employertosponsor them to The Senate outcomerested mal groupingofIndian- OTHERHIGHLIGHTS Deputy MinisterAbdullah come to the countryand employ- on ahandful of states where American lawmakers, might As results trickle in, ariveted bin Nasser Abuthnain said the ersmay stillhave controlovertheir Democratsstill hopedtotopple expand by at leastone more newso-called“Labour Relation residency status,” said Begum, incumbent Republicans, but asphysicianDrHiralTipirneni UBERWINSATTHE Initiative”isslated to come into whoseworkfocuses on migrant their pickupopportunities were wasleadingagainst world waits to see what’s next BALLOTINCALIFORNIA effect in March 2021, affecting rights, domestic workers and dwindlingfastonanunusually RepublicanincumbentDavid potentiallyaround athird of women’srightsintheMiddleEast. large battleground that SchweikertinArizonawhen DRIVERSAND otherworkers Saudi Arabia’s total population, Under Saudi Arabia’s restric- stretchedfromMaine to Alaska. lastreportscamein. PTI DAMIENCAVE forso-calledgig economy or approximately10million for- tive kafala system, workers had Republicans scored crucial NOVEMBER4 companies in California will eign workers in the kingdom. little powertoescape abusebe- wins in Iowa,Alabama and notbecome theiremployees. Human RightsWatch re- cause their employers controlled Montana, and were running merAuburnfootballcoach,easily IN AUSTRALIA and Indonesia, People at a Californiavoters carriedUber searcher Rothna Begumsaidthe their exit from the countryand stronger than expectedinNorth wonbackdeep-redAlabamafrom crowds gathered around TVsin bar in Tokyo and Lyft to victory, approving information providedthus far their ability to changejobs. Carolina and Maine. Senator Doug Jones. restaurantsandcafes,tryingto get watchTrump Proposition 22, aballotmeas- shows Saudi authorities arere- Begum recentlywrote about Democratsneededanet gain That leftbothsides closely aglimpseof Americanstatesturn- speak on urethat allows gigeconomy moving some elementsofthe howmanyemployers exploited of three or four seatstotake watching Maine,NorthCarolina ingredorblue.InIran,thehashtag Wednesday. AP companies to treat drivers as “kafala” sponsorship system in this control by taking workers’ Senatecontrol —depending on andGeorgia,wherepartialreturns #Elections_Americawastrending independent contractors. place across multiple Gulf Arab passports,forcing them to work whetherformerVicePresidentJoe showedexceedingly tight races on Twitter,while in Japan, Fuji Uber and Lyft designedthe states that ties foreign workers’ excessive hours and denying Biden, the Democratic nominee, betweenRepublicanincumbents Television spent agood portion of coverage mostoften reserved for seekingto redefinerelationswith measuretoexemptthem- legal status to theiremployer. them wages. This has ledtohun- wonthepresidency,whichwould andtheirDemocraticchallengers. Wednesdaymorningcoveringthe elections closer to home. American allies in Europe and selvesfromalawthatwould Qatar,whichispreparingto dredsofthousandsofworkers allowhis vice president, Kamala Earlier,Republicanshad electionwithgraphicsthatmixed “It’skindof liketheWorldCup Asia, working to blunt the rise of have forced them to employ hostthe next FIFA WorldCup in fleeing their employers and be- Harris, to cast tiebreaking votes. breathedasighofrelief when old-schoolcardboardcutoutswith finals,”saidMochFaisalKarim,an Chinaandcozyingupto autocrats and paybenefitstodrivers. 2022, has recentlyintroduced coming undocumented. AP TheyflippedseatsinColorado, Sen. John Cornyn wasdeclared video-game-likeavatars. international relations professor in NorthKorea and Russia. where JohnHickenlooper,thefor- the winner in Texas, and again All over the world, as results at Binus University in Indonesia. Aftersurpriseupon surprise mer Democratic governor,easily when Sen. LindseyGraham, a trickledinacross the American The intense worldwide inter- during his firstterm,muchofthe defeated Senator CoryGardner, closeallyofTrump’s, wonre- electoral map,itmade forcon- estreflectsthe still-considerable worldisdesperatetoknowifthe Ethiopia nears war as andinArizona,whereMarkKelly, election in South Carolina. In founding, fascinating must- powerofAmericaandtheunpre- Trumpera will continue, or if the aformer astronaut, beat Senator Kentucky,Sen. MitchMcConnell, watchdrama. The stakes are dictabilitythathasshapedthelast United States will shiftbackto- Martha McSally. the Republican majority leader, global, and so wasthe audience, four years. President Trumphas ward the moretraditional course PM orders military ButTommyTuberville,thefor- secured aseventh term. NYT gluedtothe sort of blanket news been aglobaldisrupterinchief, thatJoe Biden has promised. NYT KANYEGIVESUPON WHITEHOUSEBID into defiant region Asian American vote shows shift away from Dems RAPPER KANYE West on Tuesdayvoted forhimself as ELIASMESERET voted Democrat in the presiden- one percentagepoint amongst the next US President aftera ADDISABABA,NOVEMBER4 tial election at 67.2 per cent in Asians, while Wisconsin sawa long-shotcampaign. Lateon 2020, down morethan eight bumpofsevenpercentagepoints. Tuesdayevening, the singer ETHIOPIA’S NOBEL Peace Prize- points from75.4per cent in 2016. Theseshifts arethelargest that appearedto concedehis2020 winningprime ministeron RACE FOR Republican shares have shifted thefirmfoundforany racialgroup. bid had ended but suggested Wednesdayordered the military from 16.1 percent to 21.3 per cent. Hispanicsdippedfivepercentage his questwas notover. He to confrontthe country’s Tigray THE WHITE TargetSmart, whichpart- pointsfor theDemocrats.White, postedapictureofhimselfin regional government afterheac- HOUSE nered with NBC News in 2016, non-college-educatedvotersand frontofanelectoral mapsay- cuseditofcarrying out adeadly Prime MinisterAbiyAhmed uses voter files,early votesre- AfricanAmericansdippedbyone. ing“WELP KANYE 2024.” attackonamilitarybase, declar- portedbystate officials, and con- Overall, the shareofAsian ing “the lastred line has been EXPRESSIN sumer datatomodel voting pat- American voters increasedby MELANIA’SHOMELAND crossed” aftermonthsofalleged Sudan, and the prospect of THEUS terns.Early votes include any one per cent to reachthree per CONGRATULATESTRUMP incitement. spreading instability sent achill mail-in or in-person ballots that cent of the electorate. The statement by Prime down the spines of observers. were completedbeforeTuesday. Democrat Kamala Harris is the firstAsian American to be Brad Baldia, the co-chair of SLOVENIAN PRIME Minister MinisterAbiy Ahmed’soffice, Signalling the gravityofthe The shift is even starkerinthe partofamajor-party presidential ticket. Reuters Asian American Pacific Islanders Janez Jansa congratulated and the reportedovernight at- threat, the US in the midst of its KARISHMAMEHROTRA battleground states. Therethe forBiden, said:“In 2016,diversity DonaldTrumponwhathede- tack by the well-armedTigray electiondramaathomequicklyis- SCRANTON,NOVEMBER4 numbers have dippedbyalmost andinclusionwasanafterthought scribed in atweet as aclear People’s Liberation Front, imme- suedastatement urging “an im- 16 percent forthe Democrats Asian Americans were voting for In TargetSmart’s data, some andwe paidforit.Newthingshave victoryinthe US presidential diatelyraised concerns that one mediatede-escalation of the cur- ASIAN AMERICANS’ early votes from68.8percentto 52.9percent. Biden and 30 per cent for Trump. southernstatesshowheavyshifts. happened. Our community has election,becomingthefirstEU of Africa’s mostpopulousand rent situation in Tigray and a have some of the largest depar- Republicans gained12per cent In October,the Carnegie Georgia’s Asian Americans are wokenup.”Jay Kansara, from leaderto doso.“It’sprettyclear powerful countries could plunge measuredresponseby bothsides.” tures away from the Democratic herefrom18.7 to 30.7.However, Foundation, Johns Hopkins, and nowsplit40to 40forbothparties, Hindu Voices forTrump, said: that American peoplehave backintowar.That would send Addressing the nationonTV, Partyofany racial categoryinthe officialpartyregistrationnumbers the University of Pennsylvania whereas in 2016 it was62to20 “(Asian Americans) arevoting as elected@realDonaldTrump ashockwavethrough one of the Abiyannounced“severalmar- 2020 election, according to mod- haven't changed significantly. found that Indian Americans per cent forthe Democrats. Texas suchinrecordnumbers for for#4moreyears,” wrote the world’s mostturbulentregions, tyrs” in the attackinMekele, the els by aDemocratic election The numbers arecomparable specifically,not all Asian sawan18percentagepointdipfor PresidentTrump...TheDemocratic leaderof thecountry, whichis the HornofAfrica. Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region’s capital, analysis firm. to otherpre-pollsurveys reported Americans, were voting forBiden the Democrats. Tipping point Partyisnolongerthe party of JFK, thehomelandof USFirstLady neighbours include Somalia and and Dansha town. AP The analysis by TargetSmart by TheIndianExpress.AAPIDatain andTrumpat72and 22 per cent Pennsylvania, however, sawa adear friend to India and sworn Melania Trump. modelledthatAsianAmericans Septemberfoundthat54percent respectively. slight bumpfor the Democratsof enemyofCommunism.” Myanmar Army chief accuses govt of US formally exits Paris pact aiming to curb climate change ‘unacceptable mistakes’

countries to settheir ownvolun- FRANKJORDANS Impacthingesonelectionresult tary targetsfor reducing green- REUTERS BERLIN,NOVEMBER4 house gases suchascarbon diox- YANGON,NOVEMBER4 ide.Theonlybindingrequirement THE UNITED States on THE IMPACTofthe US’ increase would have a is that nationshavetoaccurately MYANMAR’SARMY chief said on Wednesdayformallyleftthe Paris exit from the Paris pact catastrophic effect on reportontheir efforts. Tuesdaythe civilian government Agreement, aglobal pact forged dependsupon which large partsofthe world. The US is the world’s second wasmaking“unacceptable mis- five years agotoavert thethreat waythe US presidential Climateactivistssay biggestemitter afterChina of takes” in the run-up to apivotal of catastrophic climatechange. election sways. This is that this goal will notbe heat-trapping gases suchascar- general election on Sunday, the General Min Aung Hlaing The move,longthreatened because Joe Bidenhas vowed achievedunless the US —one bon dioxide and itscontribution second democratic votesince the by US President DonaldTrump to take the US backintothe of the biggestcarbonemitters to cutting emissions is seen as endofstrict militaryrule. and triggered by his administra- agreement and followits pro- in the world—complieswith important. In recent weeks, Issuingthesecondwarningin cusedthe electioncommission tion ayear ago, further isolates visions if elected president. the provisions of theParis pact. China, Japan and South Korea asmanydays aboutpotentialbias of “widespread violation of the the United States in the world The 2015 agreement is aimed If Trump, who rejectsthe sci- have joined theEuropeanUnion in the vote, commander-in-chief laws and procedures of the pre- but has no immediateimpact on Global warmingisalready causing ice in the polar regions to at keeping the increase in ence behindclimatechange, is and severalothercountries in MinAungHlaingtoldalocalnews voting process”. international effortstocurb melt, whichisexpected to causesea levels to rise and possibly global temperatures to below re-elected,theysay the goalsof setting national deadlines to stop outletthatthe militarywas the Myanmar leaderAung San global warming. submerge parts of the worldthatare close to sealevel. Reuters 2°C. Scientistssay anybigger the pact maynot be achieved. pumping moregreenhouse “guardian”of thecountryandwas SuuKyi, whoseNational League Some 189countries remain gases intothe atmosphere. watchingpreparations closely. forDemocracy is widelyex- committed to the 2015 Paris ac- Democratic presidential can- The rare interviewinthe pected to win Sunday’s vote,ina cord, whichaims to keep the in- grees Celsius, ideallynomore countries have signed, but not beyond 2°C could have adevas- stoking tropical storms and didate Joe Biden has said he Popular News Journal followed Facebook postlateonTuesday crease in averagetemperatures than 1.5°C, compared to pre-in- ratifiedthe pact. tating impact on large parts of worsening droughtsand floods. favours signing the US backupto similar commentsinamilitary calledfor calm andurged voters worldwide “well below” 2de- dustrial levels. Afurther six Scientists saythat anyrise the world, raising sea levels, The Paris accordrequires the Parisaccord. AP statement on Mondaythatac- nottobeintimidated.

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International market data till 0020 IST SBI Q2 net HEARING CONCLUDED IN FEBRUARY, MARCH Dow shrugsoff tight US election, rises profit rises 51.88% on RPL,NSEco-location 600 pts but gridlock worriescap surge improved REUTERS cases: WaitforSAT NEWYORK/LONDON,NOV4 asset quality MAJOR US stockindices opened 0.1per cent to 2.5 per cent higher ENSECONOMICBUREAU on Wednesday, notthe relief MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 rallysome had expected,but also verdictcontinues notaterrifying plunge. An early AIDED BY lowerprovisions,im- votecount pointed to acloserace provement in assetquality and forthe WhiteHouse, although better netinterestmargins, State shna againstthe Sebi order,got investors remainedworried Bankof India(SBI)onWednesday SANDEEPSINGH& ‘BEARINGON concludedonMarch 5, SAThas about the prospectofacon- reporteda51.88 per cent risein GEORGEMATHEW STOCKMARKETS’ notpassed itsfinalorder.InMay tested result. netprofitatRs4,574 croreinthe NEWDELHI/MUMBAI,NOV4 2019,comingdownheavilyonthe At 01:49p.m.EST,the Dow September quarterof2020-21as NationalStock Exchange(NSE)for Jones Industrial Averagewas up ■ Legal experts raised againstRs3,011 croreinthesame EVEN AS the Securities Appellate alleged lapses in high-frequency 629.25 points, or 2.29 per cent, at concerns over the fact periodofthe previous fiscal. Tribunal (SAT)has been hearing tradingoffered through itsco-lo- 28,109.28, the S&P 500was up that these keycases However, the state-owned cases and passing orders postre- cation facility, Sebidirectedthe 107.69 points, or 3.20 per cent, at will have abearing on bankhascautionedthattotalslip- laxation in the lockdown, the tri- bourse to disgorgearoundRs 3,476.85, and the Nasdaq stockmarketsand their pages and restructuring book bunal has reservedits order in 624.89 croreand barreditfrom Compositewas up 430.83points, orders have been could rise to Rs 60,000 crore(2.5 somekey cases—includingthose accessingthemarket forfundsfor or 3.86 per cent, at 11,591.40. Ascreen displaying US election projections in Times Square, NewYorkCity. Reuters reservedforalong time per cent of advances) by endof relating to Reliance Industries the next six months. Materials and financials were the FY21. Gross non-performing as- (RIL)andtheNSEco-locationcase The markets regulator also onlyS&P indexesinthe red. sets (NPAs)stood at 5.28 per cent —for over eight months now. appealedagainsttheSebiorderin asked twoofNSE’s former CEOs Treasuryyieldsslipped2percent. Congress to fight the coronavirus ageislikelytobesmaller and take Brent crude futures rose 3.70 of advances(Rs1,25,863crore),as Legal experts who spoketo SATandthefinalhearinggot con- —RaviNarainand Chitra Bankers, traders and financial pandemic and pass aquickeco- longerwithno“bluewave”victory percenttosettleat$41.18 abarrelas compared to 7.19 percent(Rs TheIndianExpressraisedconcerns cludedinFebruary2020, SAThas Ramkrishna —todisgorge25per analysts on Wednesday said Wall nomic stimulus package. fortheDemocrats.“We’regoingto of 01:35p.m. EST. US WTIfutures 161,636 crore) in the year-ago over the fact that some keycases notpassedits order andreserved cent of their respective salaries Street wasworried the ultimate “ManyonWallStreetseemore be in aperiodofgridlock,”said settled3.85 per cent up at $39.11. quarter. SBI reportednet NPAs of whichwillhaveabearing on the it formorethan eight months . drawnduringacertain period. presidential winnercould strug- stimulus as necessaryfor eco- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobellaureatein Goldpricesgainedontheprospect 1.59 per cent of total assets,as stockmarketsandminorityshare- The RPL case hasbeen hang- Theyhavealsobeenprohibited gle to work withadivided nomic recovery,but suchapack- Economic Sciences. of contestedvoting results. compared to 2.79 percentinthe holdersandwhoseordersarebe- ing fire forthe last 13 years. RIL from “associating with alisted samequarterofthepreviousyear. ing awaited have been reserved hadsold4.1percentof itsstake in companyoramarket infrastruc- Whileoverallassetqualityim- by theSAT foralong time now. RPL.However, to preventaplunge tureinstitution or anyother mar- proved,bad loans in the agricul- SATdid notreplytoanemail sent in the RPL shareprice, the equity ketintermediaryfor aperiod of Uncertainty triggers Sensex volatility turesector rose to Rs 31,234 crore on Monday by The Indian Express. wasapparentlysoldfirstinthefu- five years”,Sebisaidinits order. (14.8 percent) in the September In the case of alleged fraudul- tures market andlater in the spot Afterthe raging Covid pan- quarterof2020-21fromRs27,577 enttradingintheF&Ospaceinthe market.The crux of the Sebi no- demicforcedtheCentre to enforce Sensex crore(13.62 per cent) ayear ago. securities of Reliance Petroleum tice is the companywas aware anationwidelockdowninMarch- ENSECONOMICBUREAU Intra-day, November 4 EMERGINGMARKETFOREXINTRUMPERA SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara (RPL)—where theSecurities and therewould be asaleofshares in end, SATdid notcomeout with MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 40,800 said collection efficiency in do- ExchangeBoardofIndia (Sebi) the spotmarketand hence, its anyjudgement or order during 40,616.14 Change since08/11/2016 40,171.71 1.4% mestic loan book (excludingthe had passed itsorder in March salesinthe futures market before April. Whileitpassedthree judg- DOMESTIC STOCKmarkets on 40,650 Chinese yuan 4.0% agriculturesegment)asattheend 2017 and directed RIL to disgorge that amountedtoinsider trading. mentsinMay,workstartedslowly Wednesdaystagedaroller- Indian rupee -11.2% of Q2 of FY21was at 97 percent. Rs 447crore along with interest Even in the NSE co-location andseveralorderswere passedby coasterride as the uncertainty 40,500 -4.3% -18.8% Kharasaid the bankhas re- and barredRIL and 12 of itspro- case,whilethefinalhearinginthe SATduringOctober.Currently,the over the US Presidential election South African rand -13.9% 40,350 ■ Since 2016 ceiveddebt recast requests of Rs motergroupentitiesfromdealing caserelatingto appealsfiledbythe tribunal has aPresidingOfficer ledtovolatilemovementinkey Russian rouble -19.5% 6,495 crore. in equity derivatives —while RIL NSE,RaviNarain,ChitraRamakri- and twomembers. indices. The benchmarkSensex, -22.0% US election 40,200 -44.8% whichroseover600pointsfrom Brazilian real -30.0% ■ Year-to-date the day’s lowlevel,managed to 40,050 Source: Refinitiv Datastream BRIEFLY CDSCO APPROVAL FOR TESTING OF COVID-19 VACCINE CANDIDATE close with again of 355pointsat 40,616.14and the Nifty Index 39,900 EMSTOCKSSINCELASTELECTION Bio Egets nod for human trials surged95pointsto11,908.50. Open Close Chhattisgarh The close contestinthe US MSCI Emerging markets countryindices (in %) Controller General of India Dr VG election spiked volatility in the on toes and post-noon, we sawa minegoesto China 65.8 PRABHARAGHAVAN Somani to Biological E(Bio E) on global marketafter Tuesday’s sharp cut afterafall in Dow JindalPowerarm NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 October 29, said asenior govern- strong rally, said Vinod Nair,head Futures.” However, the Nifty re- India 18.6 mentofficialcloseto thedevelop- of research at GeojitFinancial coveredinlastcoupleofhours. Russia 0 NewDelhi: On the thirdday BIOLOGICAL Ehas receivedthe ment on conditionofanonymity. Services.While the benchmark Benchmark indices were sup- South Africa -21.7 of thecommercialcoalmin- apexdrugregulator’s approval to Bio Eisexpected to enrol startedthe dayonapositive note, portedbyITand pharma sectoral Brazil -27.2 ing auctions, JindalSteel & conductearly- to mid-stagehu- around 400volunteersfor both taking cues from the US markets, rallydue to strengthening of the Note: Datatill 30/10/2020; source: Refinitiv Datastream viaReuters PowerLtd—anarmof Jindal mantrialsforitsCovid-19vaccine phasesof thetrial,whichwilltake uncertainty over presidential dollar.Expectation of another set PowerLtd—emergedasthe candidatedeveloped in collabo- placein4-5sitesindifferentparts election outcome triggered of domestic stimulus also helped highestbidderforinChhatti- ration withHouston’s Baylor Around 400volunteers will of the countrytostart with, said volatile swingsin between asthe to raise investor’s confidence. sgarh’sGarePalmaIV/1coal CollegeofMedicine, TheIndian be enrolledfor both phases an official privy to thematter. votecounting continued. The ru- “A lackofclarityonthe out- TAMIL NADU TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LTD. block, offering 25 per cent Express has learnt. of the trial. File Queries sent to Bio Eabout pee weakenedtoits lowest level come of the US presidential elec- revenue sharefor the mine The nod of the Central Drugs howmanyparticipants it would of 74.76againstthe US dollar tionhascreatedalot of uncertain- NOTICE INVITING TENDERS(E-TENDERINGPROCESS) withgeologicalcoalreserves StandardControlOrganization recruitinthefirstphaseandwhen since lateAugustonWednesday. ties. Global equity and currency Sl. No Tender Inviting Authority Specification No. Total of 84 milliontonnes and a (CDSCO) follows recommenda- icaltrialsof thevaccinecandidate it expectsthe firstset of vaccina- Ruchit Jain, senior analyst, market have reactedaccording to 1 CE/C/Transmission T-36 1 peakcapacity of six million tions of an expert paneltoallow early lastweek. Aletterauthoris- tions to begin remainedunan- Angel Broking, said, “Volatility in it,”saidNishBhatt,Founder&CEO, Fordetails of works/Procurement/Due date of submission/opening,viewing tonnes per annum, agov- thecompanytoproceedwithclin- ingthe trials wasissuedbyDrug sweredby presstimeWednesday. global markets kept the traders Millwood Kane International. and downloading of e-tenders, please visit websites: www.tantransco.gov.in, ernment release said. For www.tenders.tn.gov.in ,https://tntenders.gov.in/nicgep/app mines in MadhyaPradesh, DIPR/4116/Tender/2020 Boulder Stone MartPrivate Ltd bagged the Gotitoria ‘Economy likely to reach pre-Covid levels U. P. Power Corporation Ltd. R- (East)and Gotitoria (West) APDRP Part-A 5th Floor Shakti Bhawan Extn. Lucknow-226001 mines,whileJMSMiningPvt OFFICE OF CHIEF ENGINEER/METERING Phone: 0522-2288801E-mail- C-3, SHAKTI VIHAR, PSPCL, PATIALA, PUNJAB 147001 Ltd. placedthe highestbid by fiscal-end, 2nd wave may be headwind’ [email protected] CIN : Tel. No. 0175-2218871, FaxNo. 0175-2200284, forUrtan Northcoal block. e-mail: [email protected] U322010P1999SGC024928 NIT E- It listedthe constructionsector as one CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813; Website: www.pspcl.in ENSECONOMICBUREAU ‘Servicessectorgrows Tender Notice RFP No. Registration Number: 33813, website: www.pspcl.in GlandPharma of the crucial growth drivers of the 08/UPPCL/RAPDRP-A/Audio e-tendering page:https://eproc.punjab.gov.in NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 forfirst timesince Feb’ Indian economy, having thecapacityto Bridge/2020 Dated 02.11.2020 E-tenders NOTICE INVITING TENDER plansto single-handedlypushupgrowth. “With are invited in two parts(Part-I Technical Tender Specification No. MQP-165/2020-21/PR INDIA IS expected to recoveratafast pace Mumbai: India’s services sector grew acontribution of 15 per cent to GDP and Bid and Part-II Price Bid) for “Selection ShortDescription Procurement of 1No. 03 Position Fully acquireassets to reachpre-Covid levels by theend of the forthe firsttimesince Februaryin ashare of 12 per centinthe nation’s of Agency for the service of Audio Automatic Meter Test BenchofAccuracy financial year,conditional to incidence of October,after therelaxation of Covid working population, it triggers amulti- Bridge to the UPPCL”.Bid document Class 0.01, Nine No. 10 Position and TwoNo. 10-Position (including Power Quality Meters) NewDelhi:Soon-to-belisted asecondwavetriggeredby fatiguewithso- restrictions enabled them to secure plier effect on nearly 250 industries con- (RFP) is available online on FullyAutomaticMeter Test Benches of GlandPharma said it plans cial distancing, the Finance Ministrysaid newworkand liftbusinessactivity,a nected through backwardand forward https://etender.up.nic.in as per AccuracyClass 0.02 and One No. ICT System along with 5year AMC. to acquire assets within the on Wednesday. survey said. linkages,” it said. Forrising inflation, the particulars indicated below.Any changes Startdate of downloading of ten- 06.11.2020 at 11.00 Hrs. countryaswellasinnations Upturn in manufacturingpurchasing At 54.1inOctober,upfrom49.8in MinistrysaidCovid-relatedsupplydisrup- in the Bid Schedule, corrigendum etc. der docs./bid submission likeItaly and China to boost managers’ index, services PMI, higher toll September,the seasonally adjusted tions,includinglabourshortagesandhigh shall also be notified via same website. Pre-Bid Meeting 18.11.2020 at 11.00 Hrs. self-relianceinformulations collections, healthykharif output,power IHS Markit India Services Business transportationcosts,couldcontinueto im- Prospective bidders are therefore Last date of Bid submission 08.12.2020 till 11.00 Hrs made using fermentation- consumption, rail freight, auto sales, vehi- Activity Indexpostedabove the 50 pose cost-push pressures, but these risks requested to regularly check the website basedingredients—raw cle registrations,e-way bills, GSTcollec- no-changemark. ENS aregetting mitigated by progressive eas- for any updates.SNo.,1,Particulars e- Bid opening (Part-I &II) 15.12.2020 at 11.30 Hrs materialsthatIndiarelieson tions point to mendingofsupplychains ing of lockdowns and removalofrestric- Tendering Notice no. Details: Intending officer and Contact No. SE/HMC, PSPCL, Patiala, M-96461-18774 China to source. ENS and pickupineconomic activity, tions on inter-state movements. 08/UPPCL/RAPDRA-A/Audio Bridge/2020, SNo. 2, Particulars e-Bid Detailed NIT and set of specification/ tender documents can only be Departmentof EconomicAffairsunderthe distancing.The continuous improvement The reportshowedthat coreinflation, downloaded from website https://eproc.punjab.gov.in Tender ID is FinanceMinistrysaidinitsmonthlyreview inforwardlookingRBIindicesof consump- whichisthe non-food and non-fuelcom- Portal (website), Details: 2020_POWER_55578_1 CILe-auction: https://etender.up.nic.in SNo. 3, forOctober.Concerns,however, remainon tion and business sentiment forthe next ponent,shotupsharply inApril-June,with Note: Corrigendum, if any, after the publication of this tender enquiry Salesnearly thebankcreditandinflationside.Therehas year augurs hopeofastrong economic re- urban coreretailinflationrising morethan Particulars Name of Work, Details: shall only be uploaded on site and will not be published in anynewspa- been marginal uptickincredit growth in bound,” the ministrysaid. rural and overall coreinflation rate.Since Providing Services of Audio Bridge for per. conferencing with public representatives Sd/- early October but banksstill remain risk The Ministrysaid highway toll count then, urbancoreretail inflation has soft- tripleinOctober in rural areas of UP SNo. 4, Particulars C-342/2020 SE/HMC averse,theministrysaid.Also,thereispres- and collections have also surpassed their ened,whileruralcoreinflationrate hascon- 99675/PB PSPCL, Patiala e-Tender Cost, Details: Rs. 2000/- NewDelhi:CoalIndiaLtd'se- sureonpricesof keyvegetablesliketoma- pre-Covid levels (average of Januaryand tinuedtorise. With GDP growth expected =+GST(@18%) (Non-Refundable) SNo. auction sales nearly tripled toes,onionsandpotatoes,butitisexpected February),withaveragedailyelectronictoll tobehigher,thecountry’sfiscalspaceisset 5, Particulars Earnest money deposit to 16.8milliontonnes(MTs) to ebb in October-Decemberwithkharif collection and number of transactionsin to widen to accommodate other priorities (EMD), Details: Rs. 30000/- (Rs. Thirty in October.The quantity of arrivals, the Ministrysaid. October at Rs 68.9 croreand 39.5 lakh, re- of the government, it said.Gross taxrev- Thousand Only) (Refundable) SNo. 6, coal booked underCIL's e- “Giventhe trends,Indiastandspoised spectively,ascomparedtopre-Coviddaily enues,however, have registeredacontrac- Particulars Document downloading/sale auctionsstood at 5.8 MT in to recoveratafastpace and reachpre- averages of Rs 55.4 croreand 32.6 lakh, tion of 21.6 per cent due to thenegative date starts, Details: 02.11.2020 SNo. 7, thecorrespondingmonthof Covid levels by theend of theyear —bar- withimprovementseeninallstatesexcept growthinalldirecttaxesandmajorindirect Particulars e-Bid submission start date, the previous fiscal. PTI ring the incidence of asecond wavethat Punjab and DelhiNCR, owing to farmer taxes, exceptfor excise duties. Details: 03.11.2020 SNo. 8, Particulars maybetriggeredby thefatiguewithsocial protestinducedhighway blockages. Fullreportonwww.indianexpress.com Document sale end date/time, Details: 23.11.2020 SNo. 9, Particulars e-Bid submissionend date, Details: 23.11.2020, 01:00 PM SNo. 10, What led to Ant Group IPO suspension? Particulars Opening date of e-bid part-I, Details: 24.11.2020, 01:00 PM SNo. 11, mentseasily. Thethird-partydigitalpay- irkedtop leadersofthe Communist Particulars Opening date of e-bid part-II, AASHISHARYAN ment app, namedAlipay, however, sur- regime, who expressedconcerns about Details: To be notified later. Note: Cost of NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 passed allexpectations and gainedmil- howbankshavetiedupwith micro- Bid Document &Earnest Money Deposit lions of users in averyshort lenderssuchasAlipay.Thesus- (EMD) shall be in favor of Accounts THE SCHEDULED initial public offering time.Inorderto capitaliseonthe pension, seen as ameasureto Officer,Central Payment Cell. U.P. (IPO) of Ant Group has been delayedfor various offerings of Alipay,Ma rein in Ma, wasdoneafter a Power Corporation Ltd. Shakti Bhawan now. Itsplans of listing on the Shanghai spun offthe app and brought it meeting between regulators Extension. Lucknow-226001 payable at andHong Kong’s stockexchanges were underacompanycalled Ant and Ant Group executives. Lucknow. Further details are available at s://etender.up.nic.in thwartedbyauthorities. Thecompany Financial. The companywas website: http UPPCL reserves the right to reject any or had hopedtoraiseupto$37 billion from laterre-christenedasAntGroup. What happens nowtothe all proposals or cancel the bid without the market,inanIPO that would have IPOplans of Ant Group? assigning any reason thereof. Sd/- been the world’s largest,beating the last Ant Group founder Jack Ma. File Whydid the regulators in Shanghai Oneofthechangesinitsworkingprac- Superintending Engineer R-APDRP Part- year’s$29.4 billion listing of Aramco. and Hong Kong suspend the IPO? tices,asperreports,thatthecompanywill A, UPPCL,5th Floor, Shakti Bhawan InOctober,MacriticisedChina’sstate have to makewill have to be about the Extension, Lucknow-226001 Phone No. What is the Ant Group? tailplatformAlibaba,startedtobuildout machinery’s financial regulations“out- companybeing moretransparent on its 0522-2288801 Àfa.:291-ªf.Àf./´ffI fd»f./2020 In 2004,JackMa’sAlibabaGroup, asuperfast paymentsplatform,whichit dated”whichwerestifling innovationin disclosureand other requirements. dQ³ffaI -03.11.2020 whichownedChina’s largest online re- saidwouldenableitsuserstomakepay- thesector.Thecommentsare saidto have Full reportonwww.indianexpress.com

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New Delhi -110008,have Village &Po, VelloreTaluk, loni-gzb up-201102, changed R.K.Bachchan (Advocate) changed my name aftermy VelloreDistrict,TamilNadu- my name to kunwarafzal 850 Lawyers' Chambers, Dwarka Court Complex, Sector-10, marriage to Sumita Meena. 632312, have changed my name choudhary. 0040553755-2 Dwarka, New Delhi-110075. and shall hereafter be Known Mobile: 9868431579 0040553774-3 I, As Suresh Mani. 0070719553-1 Aarti Rani D/oKulwant Singh I,Shweta Purohit,W/o Animesh R/oPlot No-111P Netaji Nagar PUBLIC NOTICE I, Sonu Saini D/oNarinder Singh Purohit D/o-Umesh Chandra Rampally XRoad Nagaram It is for general information Nautyal R/o-102/33,Silver W/o Raj Kumar R/oHouse NO- Keesara K.vRangareddy that I, Jitender Pal Rajput Oaks-Apartment DLF Phase- 132, Sector-22 C, Mandi Telangana-500083. have S/o Late Sh. Ranjit Singh 1,Gurgaon(Haryana) - Gobindgarh, Mandi changed my name and shall R/o 46/7A, Gali No. 16, Nai 122002,have changed my name Gobindgarh, Fatehgarh Sahib, hereafterbeKnown As Sanjana Basti, AnandParbat, to Shweta Nautyal. Punjab-147301. have changed Singh. 0070719558-1 Central Delhi, Delhi-110005 my name and shall hereafter declare that name of my 0040553769-4 I Meena w/oShri Davinder be Known As Sonia. wifehas been wrongly Kumar R/ORZ-CD-75 Primery I,Shiv Narain,S/o Kedar written as Bimla Devi in my 0070719564-1 School Road Mahavir Enclave Nath,R/o-Flat.No.1602,MGF-The Pension Record. The actual New Delhi- 110045have Villas Tower-A, Sector- I, SHINEY MASSEY,D/o ALWIN name of my wife is Bimla changed My name from Meena 25,Sikanderpur Ghosi(68) MASSEYADD-155, RAJNAGAR, Rajput, which may be to Meena Kumari for all future Gurgaon(Haryana)-122002, SAFDARJUNG-HOSPITAL STAFF amended accordingly. purposes. 0040553692-1 have changed my name to Shiv QUARTERS,SAFDARJUNG- ENCLAVE, NEW DELHI-110029, Narain Gupta. 0040553769-3 I,Suman Rani,W/o Ravinder PUBLIC NOTICE changed my nametoSHEENA Singh,R/o-502-A,Govindpuri, The General Public is hereby informedthat I,Sachin Kumar Gupta,S/o-Ram CHANDEL. 0040553803-1 Aali,South-Delhi,Delhi- my clients Sh.Dharampal S/o Sh.Chunni Lal Dass Gupta,R/o-H.No.C- and his wife Smt. Leela Devi both R/o F- 44,Street.No.15,near Tyagi I, Ravinder Solanki S/oSh. 110019,declarethat name of 147,Gali No.10, Good Luck Public School, Dairy,East Nathu Narender Solanki R/oWZ-709, mine has been wrongly-written Bhagwati Garden Extn.,Uttam Nagar,New Badiyal, Palam Village, New as Suman in the school-record Delhi, have severed all relations with their Colony,Shahdara,Delhi- son Surjeet Kumar,daughter-in-law Smt. Delhi-110045 declarethat 110093,confirmthat in my of my minor son Ranjeet Singh Jeevan Jyoti alongwith grand son Gourav Daughters School record,my Ravinder Solanki and Ravinder aged 14-years.The actual- Kumar.Myclients have disowned and debarred all of them from their movable and name and my,Daughters name is one and the same person.My name of mineisSuman correct name is Ravinder Rani,which maybeamended immovable properties.Any body dealing with wrongly mentioned-as debarred persons shall do so at his/her/their VanshikaD/o Sachin Goyal Solanki and going forwardfor accordingly. risks and responsibilities and my clients will instead-ofVanshikaGoyal D/o all legal purposes Iwill be 0040553774-6 notberesponsibleforthesame. SachinKumar Gupta. In,future using my name as Ravinder Sd/- PRAVEEN RASTOGI, ADVOCATE GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH Solanki. 0040553733-1 RZ-97,Khushi Ram Park, Uttam Nagar,N.Delhi-59 we shall be known-as Vanshika LOST & FOUND DEPARTMENTOFHORTICULTURE Goyal,D/o Sachin Kumar I, Raminder Kaur W/ODavinder HIMACHALPRADESHSUBTROPICAL HORTICULTURE, Gupta,for all,purposes. PalSingh R/OE-26, 1st floor, I,Rishabh batra,S/o ARUN IRRIGATION &VALUE ADDITION PROJECT 0040553774-7 Amar ColonyLagpat Nagar- iv, Project Management Unit, HPSHIVA, Navbahar,Shimla-171002 New Delhi -24have changed BATRA,R/O-F-72 Indraprastha Request forExpressionofInterest forConsultancy Services of I,Rita Kumari Ranjan,W/o Rajeev my name to Raminder Kaur apartments rohini sec-14 new Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Database Management RanjanD.O.B(05.04.1974) R/o- Anand for all purposes. delhi-110085 have lostmy 16/256/9,Sector- original- Specialist under Himachal Pradesh Subtropical Horticulture,Irrigation and Value Addition Project: Project Readiness Financing (HP SHIVA 16,VasundharaGhaziabad,U.P- 0040553781-1 marksheet/certificate class- PRF) Project. 201012 have changed my name I, Rajesh VijanS/o-MadanLal 10th year-2015 Rollno-8160438 to Rita Ranjan,futureinall Vijan R/o-TP-25, 2nd-Floor, AND 12th class Roll.NO- Date: 27-10-2020 purposes. 0040553765-5 Maurya-Enclave,Pitampura, 9153935,Year-2017, CBSE- Loan No.&Title : ADB Loan No.53189-001;Himachal Pradesh Delhi-110034,have changed my DELHI. 0040553803-4 Subtropical Horticulture,Irrigation &ValueAddition I,Ramesh/Ramesh Mandar S/o- Project Readiness Financing (HPSHIVAPRF) Nepal Singh R/o-61,Village- name to Rajesh Kumar Vijan. It is notified for the- Package No.&title: CS02-PMU consultants Maujpur,Delhi-110053 have 0040553803-5 information that my Original- changed my name to Ramesh Deadline for 09th November,2020 I, Prince Pushpavally Sreedhar Qualifying Examination- Kumar. 0040553774-2 Submission of EOI: alias Prince PSreedharS/o K. Certificate of Main-Secondary Estimated budget (INR) Rs. 1,23,73,200.00 I,Raj Kumar S/O-Radhey Mohan SreedharanR/o Sivasakthi Examination-of Year-2019 and Gupta R/O-B-3/1,1st- Sadanam, lverkala Roll-No.8195837 issued-by 1. The Government of India (GOI) has received financing from the Asian Floor,Rana Pratap-BaghDelhi- Naduvil,lverkala East PO, CBSE has been actually lost. Development Bank (ADB) toward the cost of Himachal Pradesh 110007,have changed my name Puthur Via, Kollam, Kerala- RaghvendraPratap Singh Subtropical Horticulture,Irrigation &Value Addition Project– Project to Raj Kumar Gupta. 691507, have changed my name Tomar. H.No.179-180, Pocket-6, Readiness Financing (HPSHIVA-PRF). Part of this financing will be and shall hereafter be known Sector-22, Rohini, Delhi-110086 used forpayments under the Contract named above. 0040553765-1 2. The consultant shall be selected and engaged in accordance with the as Prince Karoor Manaladivila. 0040553787-1 I,No-1494715W Hav-Prakash Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank 0070719560-1 and its Borrowers (Consulting Guidelines) or the ADB Procurement I,kusum Dhankar,W/o Singh,S/oLate.Ratan Policy 2017 (“Policy”) and the Procurement Regulations forADB Singh,R/O,-H.No.-49,Ramveer I, NarendraSingh S/oShJaipal Sh.Suresh,have Lost my Sale Borrowers 2017 (“Procurement Regulations”). Nagar,P.O- Singh R/oHouse No-117, IInd Deeds of Property.No.81- 3. Please notethat onlyon-line submissionofEOI in ADB’sConsultant Aurangabad,Teh+Dist- Floor,SuryaNagar, Phase-II, 82,First-Floor,Pocket-2,Sector- Management System (CMS) https://cms.adb.org{Selection No.164345} Mathura,U.P.,inform that in my Sector91, Faridabad-121013, 24,registered Via R.NO-15377 is allowed. All off-line andmanual submissionofEOI is not permissible. service-recordmyson name have changedboth son’sname Book-1,Vol-3795 Pages1to8 Project Director (HPSHIVA) wrongly-written as Vikash Yash Bansaland Harsh Bansal executed by Arti Dahiyaand Himachal Pradesh, Shimla-2 4112/HP Bharangar instead of Vikash to Yash Baisla andHarsh Baisla Sale Deed Registered Via Bharanger. 0040553755-6 for all purposes. R.NO-15378 Book-1 Vol- 3795 I,Mool ChandGupta,S/o 0040553722-1 Pages 9to16executed by PUBLIC NOTICE Banwari Lal Aggarwal,R/o-C- Lavlita Aggarwal both My client Sh. SatpalPahuja S/o I, Nancy Khanna W/OSiddhant Documents-Registered Gobind Ram and Suman Lata 155,MansaroverGarden Delhi- DograR/O B- 1009, Pancheel Pahuja W/o Satpal Pahuja R/o 23/7 15,have changedmyname to on.07/08/2010.Finder B, Tilak Nagar,New Delhi-110018, Appts,Sec -10,Plot no- 09, have severed their all relation and Please,Contact-KUSUM Mool Chand Aggarwalboth are DwarkaNew Delhi-75 have disowned their son Lalit Mohan same person. 0040553769-2 9466664148. 0040553774-8 Pahuja alongwith his wife Renu change my name to Nancy Pahuja and their son Parth Pahuja I,Md. Imtyaj Ahmed,S/oAbdul Siddhant Dografor all I Ravinder Kumar Gupta S/o from their all Moveable-immoveable properties due to their bad behaviour Latif, Residentof,L-2,595,Gali purposes. 0040553783-1 Shri Babu Ram Gupta R/o143, and misconduct. Anybody deals with BheraEnclave,PaschimVihar, them shall be doing at his/her own No-20, Near-Sani-Bazar, I, Nancy D/oJaswant Singh W/o New Delhi-110087 have lost my risk &responsibilities. Sangam-Vihar,Delhi-110062, Tejinder Singh R/oT-581/2, Sd/- MOHIT BHARDWAJ (ADVOCATE) have changed my name to Baljeet Nagar, Patel Nagar, originalAllotment Letter Imtyaj Ahmed, permanently. Dated09.08.1985ofplot no. B- Office. 18 Radhey shyam park, Delhi-110008. have changedmy gali no. 1, parwana road, near 0040553755-3 name and shall hereafterbe 430, Sushant Lok-1, Gurugram, preet vihar,DELHI- 110051 Known As SukhdeepKaur. Haryana. Finder maycontact I,Jagdish Kumar Grover,S/o- at above address. Parma Nand 0070719556-1 0040553800-1 Grover,H.No.472,Near-23 I, priyaw/o gajender Sharma Market,Sector-23,Gurugram I,SUMIT add.g134 gazipur village.delhi- PALS/o-Rajpal PUBLIC NOTICE (Haryana)-122017,have 110092, changed my nameto R/o.H.no-124 milekpur gaon changed my name to Jagdish priyasharma. 0040553755-1 kingway camp dr.mukhrjee- Public in Respect of GF-07 Lal Grover. 0040553769-1 nagarDelhi-09,havelost my Admeasuring 153.84 Sq Mtrs I, Nadeem Ahmad S/oKalva R/o I,Hitesh Mandar,S/o Ramesh original-certificate class-10th I.E. 1656 Sq Mtrs. in Block B Saidpur,Husainpur, of Time Tower,Sushant Lok R/o-61, Village-Maujpur, Delhi- year-2013 Rollno-8687943 Ghaziabad,have changed my Phase I, Gurugram Haryana 110053,have changed my name CBSE-DELHI. 0040553755-8 name to Nadim Ahamad for all TO WHOM SO EVER IT MAY to Hitesh. 0040553774-1 futurepurposes. I,MUKESH Kumar,S/o CONCERN I,Farhan Ahmed Shaikh 0040553755-4 B.G.goswami,R/oh.no-374 Under the instruction on behalf of S/o.Zeshan R/o.718/18.,raza Ishwar-colonyBawana,Delhi- our client (name withheld for chowk,Zakir Nagar,Jamia- I, Md Munauwar SabaS/o Md 39,have lost my original- reasons of confidentiality), the Nagar,Okhla,New Delhi-25,has Shamsher Alam R/oOfficers certificate class-10th year- general public is made aware changed my minor daughter Colony, Buddhu chak,NearNew 2008 Rollno-6133291 through this public notice that our Aqsa Nasir Ali Khan name to Masjid City,Katihar, Pin-854105 CBSE*DELHI. 0040553755-7 client is interested to purchase Aqsa Farhan,for all purposes. Bihar. have changed my name the property comprised in GF-07 and shall hereafter be Known I, Sanjeev S/oLate Shri Brijpal Admeasuring 153.84 Sq Mtrs 0040553765-6 As Mohammad Munauwar R/oA-687, Khasra No. F-46/2, I.E. 1656 sq mtrs. in block bof I,DEEPAK SHARAN TULI S/O Saba. 0070719555-1 Bhola Nagar, Kotla Time Tower,Sushant Lok Mubarakpur, New Delhi – Phase-I, Gurugram Haryana is HARSARAN DASTULI R/O I, Kursharan Kaur, w/oHarpreet 110003 have lost above PUBLICNOTICE owned and possessed by M/s 265,CA APARTMENTS,PASCHIM Singh,R/o PlotNo.8, Block-B, Public at large is hereby informed propertydocuments:GPA.FIR that my clientsSh. Sarwan Kumar S/o Apollo Properties &Estates Pvt. VIHAR,DELHI-110063.CHANGED Devender Properties, Kanhiya Sh. Narayan Dass and Smt. Mohini Devi lodged in Police Station, Delhi W/o Sh. Sarwan Kumar both R/o F-552, Ltd. having its office at 202 MY NAME TO DEEPAK TULLY. Nagar, Teacher Vihar, Nilothi, Madipur Colony,New Delhi-110063 have vide LR No. 1344548/2019 debarred/disowned their son Ravi Mohan Place LSC, CBlock 0040553765-3 Delhi-110041, have changedmy Kumar and daughter-in-lawSmt.Kiran dated02.08.2019.My father Bala W/o Sh.Ravi Kumarfrom all their Saraswati Vihar New Delhi name to GURSHARAN KAUR moveableand immoveable properties 110034. It has been represented I,Anuj Kumar Maurya S/ORam Late Shri Brijpal wasthe legal due to their, misbehaviour,quarrelsome 0040553739-1 natureand strocities/cruelties by the owner that the original Bisarjan, R/OJ2B 34/4 Sangam owner of the property.He committed upon my clients. My clients GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA have also severed all their relations with buyers agreement, payment Vihar New Delhi-62. Ideclare I, KALIMUDDIN, S/OVALIUR passed away on 13 July 2019. them.Ifany one dealswiththem, he/ receipts, possession receipts, no that my father name has she/they will be doing so at his/her/their REHMAN, R/OC-107, MEER Founderinform at 9210316022.. own risk and consequences and my dues certificate issued by the written R.BMaurya in my all clientsshall not be responsible in any THE DEPUTY COMMR. OF POLICE, VIHAR,MADANPUR,DABAS, 0040553793-1 manner and shall have no liability and developer M/s Ansal properties document. My father corrected responsibilities in any manner in future DELHI-110081,HAVE CHANGED for the acts/deeds/thingsoftheir &Infrastructure Ltd. has been name is Ram Bisarjan for all MY NAME TO KARIMUDDIN,FOR abovenamed son and daughter-in-law. PORTZONE, MUMBAI lost and an FIR/Diary No. Jankidas Bansal(Advocate) futureReferences. Ch.No.371 &372, Western Wing, 1836147/ 2018 dated 27.07. ALL PURPOSES. 0040553803-2 TisHazari Courts, Delhi-110054 0050171076-1 2018 has also been registered / I, JASWINDER KAUR,D/O LATE e-Tender Notice PUBLIC NOTICE reported by the owner.Any I GeetaRani D/oRaghuber Dayal WAZIR SINGH-W/OASHOK person having interest in the TULI-R/O-6/11.WEST-PATEL It is to inform to the general public that my THE Deputy Commissioner of Police, Port Zone, Mumbai on Sharma, R/oLotus-3, 206, client Sh. Pawan Kumar Bansal S/O Late above property may raise their Gulmohar Garden, Raj NAGAR,NEW DELHI- Sh. Rameshwar Das Bansal, R/O R-71-A behalf of the Governor of Maharashtra invites TwoEnvelope System E- Vani Vihar,Uttam Nagar, New Delhi objections to undersigned with in NagarExtension, Ghaziabad- 110008,HAVE CHANGED MY 110059 has served all his relation with his 15 days, failing which it would be NAME TO POOJA TULI,FOR ALL son Sh. Akshit Bansal, his daughter-in-law Tender for hiring of Trawlers for the period of 6months to patrolling in 201017, have changed myname Smt. Sweety Bansal W/O Sh. Akshit presumed that none other than to Geeta. 0040553789-1 PURPOSES 0040553803-3 Bansal and his grandson master Tejas the proximity of Mumbai Coastal Area. Tenderer can download the Bansal S/O Sh. Akshit Bansal R/O R-71-A the above named owner has any 2nd Floor,Vani Vihar,Uttam Nagar,New right, title or interest in the above I,ASLAM S/OSHOKEEN I, Deepak Kumar S/oChhotey Lal Delhi-110059 and disowned them from his tender form and specification from the web portal MOHAMMED R/OB-246,MIG R/oHNo-C-2/261, Yamuna all movable and immovable properties. My said property and further that no aforesaid client will not be responsible for http://mahatenders.gov.in other person has any original FLATS,PHASE-4,ASHOK Vihar,North East Delhi-110053. any act of his aforesaid son Sh. Akshit Bansal, his daughter-in-law Smt. Sweety documents of the property and VIHAR,DELHI-110052.HAVE have changed the name of my Bansal and his grandson master Tejas 1 Tender Form Fee Rs. 15,000/- (Fifteen Thousand Only) rights of our client as bonafide CHANGED MY NAME TO ASLAM minor son Lakshya Prashar Bansal in future, if any person dealing with Sh. Akshit Bansal, Smt. Sweety Bansal purchaser shall be protected is MOHAMMAD. 0040553774-4 aged about 14 Years and he and Tejas Bansal will do at his own risk. From Date 27.10.2020 To 10.11.2020 shall hereafter be known as Sd/- Gaurav Munjal (Advocate) all respect Enr.No.:D/1788/2019 2 Document Download PARMANAND YADAV I,ASHOK KUMAR S/OLAXMI Lakshya. 0070719551-1 at 06.00 p.m. CHOUDHARYR/O-13,THIRD- Advocate FLOOR,BLOCK-BK-2,SHALIMAR I, Anurag Maurya S/oRam PUBLIC NOTICE Last Date and Time for the I-63 South City Part 1, Lagan Maurya R/o401/2, Gali This is to inform to the public at large, 3 Date :10.11.2020 at 06.00 p.m. Gurugram Haryana BAGH,DELHI-110088.CHANGED that our client ShriSukhnandan Submission of Tender MY NAME TO ASHOK No. 16A, Jai Vihar, Phase 3A, Sharma is the owner of Property at 9818057575 Harphool Vihar,Baprola, New Village Bhanakpur,Tehsil Ballabgarh, [email protected] CHOUDHARY. 0040553774-5 Distt. Faridabad, Haryana-121001 (all Last Date and Time for the Date :12.11.2020 at 11.30 a.m. (if Delhi –110043 want to inform movableand immovable Property) and 4 I,ANURAG SINGH S/O that my father’s nameis he has Disowned and Disinherited his Opening of Tenders posssible). MAHAVEER SINGH R/O son namely Mr.Kuldeep Sharma for wrongly mentioned in my 10 th his misconduct and alleged threat to Rs. 1,50,000/- (One Lakh Fifteen 1532/7A,BABA and12 th school certificates as his life. 5 Earnest Money Deposit COLONY,GALINO.7,BURARI,DEL This is further clarified that Mr.Kuldeep Thousand only). R. L. Mauryainstead of Ram Sharma will not participateinhis HI-110084.CHANGEDMY NAME Lagan Maurya.Both arethe funeral rites in the event of his demise TO ANURAGSINGH CHAUHAN. and also shall not inherit any of his 6 Security Deposit (3%) Minimum 3%. same person. Properties, whatsoever. 0040553765-7 Sd/- SACHIN KAUSHIK 0040553737-1 Advocate Sd/- Office at M-52A, Basement, I,ABHISHEK S/O-RANJEET SINGH I, Anuj Bansal S/oSubhash Malviya Nagar,New Delhi-110017 (Ganesh Shinde) ADD- RZK-82,PURAN-NAGAR BansalR/o H.No-C-2/61, PALAM COLONY SOUTH Yamuna-Vihar, Bhajan Pura, PUBLIC NOTICE Deputy Commissioner of Police, WEST,DELHI-110045, changed Delhi-110053, have Changed my Be it known to all concerned that my DGIPR/2020-2021/C1108 PortZone, Mumbai my nametoABHISHEK THAPA, name to AANUJJ SBANSAL for client Sh. Omprakash Tomar,S/o Late Sh. Fakir Chand, R/o H. No. F-249, Gali permanently. all purposes. 0040553715-1 no.4 Ganga Vihar,Delhi-94, by this notice, disown and debarred from all his UTTAR HARYANA BIJLI VITRAN NIGAM 0040553765-4 I, Anil Kumar S/oRam Rattan movable and immovable properties and CORRIGENDUM NOTICE-II NOITCE R/oPlot No-D-75 Kh No-9/2 has severed all civic relations with his I,AARTI KUMARI W/O son Sandeep Tomar and his wife Smt. PREMSHANKAR PREM Gauri Kunj Society Shyam Seema due to theirunlawfulacts, SR. LETTER/MEMO.No. NAME OF DEPT./ OLD NATURE OF WEBSITE OF THE NODAL OFFICER/ misconduct, disobedience and No. &DATE BOARD/CORP./ REFERENCE/NIT/ CORRIGENDUM DEPT./BOARD CONTACT R/O.PLOTNO.16,KHASRANO.64, Vihar Ph-1 D-Block Najafgarh misbehavior attitude. Any person AUTH TENDER NO. CORP./AUTH DETAILS/EMAIL NEW-COLONY SANOTH GHOGA Near Goyla Bus Stand, New dealing with them shall be doing so at Delhi-110043. have changed my his/her own risk and my clientsshall not MOAD,NARELA,DELHI- Ch-16/XEN/Projects/ 35/Projects/SCADA/ Date extended www.uhbvn.org.in 9317554907 name and shall hereafterbe be responsible for the same. 1. Chief Technology 110040.CHANGED MY NAMETO Sd/- NAVED AZAM (Advocate) SCADA/NIT-35 Officer 2020 [email protected] Known As Aryan Sharma. Ch. No. K-131, TisHazari Courts, dated 26.10.2020 ARTI DEVI. Delhi-110054 0070719561-1 M. 9968363291 0040553765-2 83597/HRY

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,NOVEMBER5,2020 VELOCITYWIN OPENER Ve locity(129/5) toppled defending champions Supernovas (126/8) by five wickets in the opening matchofthe Wo men's T20 Challenge. Opener Chamari Atapattu top-scored forSupernovas with a44-runknock. Ekta 16 Bisht (3/22) scalped three batswomen, while Leigh Kasperek (2/23) and SPORT JahanaraAlam(2/27) took twowickets apiece forVelocity.Sushma Verma (34) and Sune Luus (37 not out) were main contributorsinthe chase.

PLAYOFFS MI’s prizecatch Rohit’sform, Stroke-maker Quinton de Kock is as good at fishing as he is in dispatching bowlers to the boundary DC’s middle

De Kock,though,was stocky.“He wasa order aworry SANDIPG hooker in school rugby, so he had to be NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 stocky,but once he startedtaking cricketse- riously, andespeciallywicket-keeping, he QUALIFIER 1 QUINTON DE Kock likes agoodcatch.Not startedanintense fitnessroutine. He would Mumbai IndiansvsDelhi Capitals onlybehind the stumps, snaffling flying justkeep runninground and round the Venue: DubaiInternational Stadium leather projectiles effortlessly, but also be- school ground until he wasdead to drop. He LiveonHotstar/ Star Sports network: 7.30 pm side quaint lakes, withagraphite fishing rod quit rugbybecause he feared getting in- in hand. jured,” Marxremembers. Eightyearsintointernational cricket,he’s Not just cricket and rugby, de Kock played MumbaiIndians and DelhiCapitals notnew to frantic calendars. Lastyear,he squash and baseball too. Baseball forpassion will face-offinQualifier1.For Delhi,a playedcricketfor 11 months.But in the only and squash forfitness.Hewas so good at the win on Thursdaywould give them a recess he could afford,deKockand fishing latter that he wasonce the junior number maiden appearance in the IPL final. buddy Dale Steynback-packedtoTsimane, three. It enhancedhis hand-eye coordina- Mumbai, on the other hand, will be afishinghaunt 250-oddkilometres from tion too. Picturesome of his cross-batted looking to makeittothe summit clash Bolivia’s capital La Pazand tucked in the strokes—those aremorelikecross-court on the sixth occasion. Hereare some Bolivian National Park,wherethe Amazon forehands. Forbaseball, he trainedoutside of the keytalkingpointsahead of this jungle meets the Andes Mountains. All in awareenough to refuse Test captaincy,be- the school, at the Randburg Mets Club. high-octane clash. search of theelusive Golden Dorado, afish cause he didn’t needthat extrastress. Abru- One of his friends and teammates was so sparkling in yellowthatitseems carved tallyhonestcricketer who doesn’t forget to GiftNgoepe, the firstSouth African to playin Rohit’s form, fitness out of gold. live his life. MajorLeague Baseball.His narrative is heart- The confusion surrounding Mumbai Localmyth says that the fish accidentally warming—son of adomestic help, he used Indians captain’s hamstring injury has snuck out of the lake thatflowedthrough the The school prodigy to live in the basement of the club and learn been one of the biggesttalkingpoints mythical gold city of El Dorado. Itsstories De Kock’s movementshaveahunter’s baseball, mostlyawhitesport in the coun- over the lastweek.Infact, afew hours have intoxicated anglers as muchasthe city firmness than adancer’s grace. He waitsfor try, justbywatching thesenior players. De afterBCCI president Sourav Ganguly of gold has enamoured treasurehunters. the ball muchbeforethe bowler has marked Kock toonurtured baseball ambitions, but cautionedRohit againstfocusing on Spotting, letalone, hooking the fish is diffi- his run-up. The eyes arecalm and shiny.The by the time he startedgetting offers from the theshort term at the expenseofhis cult. It’s notoriouslyaggressive, powerful and sinews arestill. Then as thebowler ap- US,hehad struckanunshakeable bond with career,hewalked out fortoss in the slippery. Tendaysthe twocricketers spent proaches him, the backfootmakes agentle cricket. seemingly inconsequential league en- patientlyfor the prizedcatch. nudgesideways.The front foot follows;the Thereare some baseball traits in his counter againstthe Sunrisers Thosedays,DeKocksays,werebeautiful. arms recoil, likeahunterreadying to press cricket. Butit’s notthe obvious ones, says Hyderabad. Afterthat match, he In the documentary Fishing and Living, Steyn the trigger.Then he produces acrackling Marx. “For me, it’s throwing from thedeep would go on to dispel concernsover chimedin: “Quinny waslikeakid in acandy Quinton de Kock has setthe tempofor Mumbai Indians at thetop of the order, gunshotofastroke. thatbaseballhelpedhim develop. That’s one his fitness, when he said: “My ham- store.” He apprises his fishing styletoo: “He’s making 443runsin14innings this season. BCCI/IPL It’s notgrace that’s the soul of his batting hellofathrow,quick, flat andaccurate. The string is absolutely fine.”Fitnessaside, got stease: stylewith ease.Hemakes it look but precision and perfection. ’keeper needn’t move an inchtopickit. That Rohit has had arather subdued IPL, likehehas been doing this all his life;” It’s this quality of strokesthatcaught the justshows howgoodanathleteheis,”hesays. havingscoredjusttwo fifties from “Fishing,” De Kock says in ashortvideo press conference twomonths ago. Likewith cricket and fishing, he attention of his Physical Education teacher Formostothers, though,it’s his staple nine games. On his return against made by hisbat sponsors GM, “is my life.” Fishing is so muchapartofhis lifethat keeps on learning too, tuning to Eugene Marxatthe King EdwardVII School pick-up shotovermidwicket. He justjudges SRH, he managed to scorejustfour But to wriggletimetopursuehis “life” his social mediaaccountsare full of fishing in Johannesburg. “Therewas afluency about the length, leans forwardand transfers his runs. Mumbai will be hoping their has been difficult. videos, oftendeKockposingwithamack- his favouritechef Guy Fieri’s his strokesthat wasmissing from kids of his bodyweight intothe shot. “I thinkhewas captain roars backintoform. Afterall, he’s South Africa’s white-ball erel, atrout or barbel. When notfishing, he’s series, Diners, Drive-ins and age. Even at 14-15, he had everystrokeinthe born withit. Iamnot exaggerating, he had Delhi needs an enforcer skipper,anindispensable cog forhis IPL fran- bow-huntinginthe bushes. In the video ti- book,” Marxtells TheIndian Express. this shot when Ifirstsaw him. We didn’t chise, Mumbai Indians, the trophy-wielding tledSetshabaSafaris, he’s seenpiercing adart Divesinsparetime and taking Rightfromthe sighting of de Kock,he touchit,” says Marx. Delhilacks aqualityenforcer, asea- machinefor whomhehas top-scored this through the lungs of anyala, of the antelope IsiZulu (Bantu language) lessons knewhis ward wasdestinedtoplayinterna- When he burstonthe domestic scene at soned batsmaninthe middleorder, seasonwith 443runs in 14 innings, striking family. Later,he’s seen barbecuing his catch. to better comprehend his tional cricket. “I wassoconfident that Iused 17,deKockseamlesslygot accustomedtothe who canswitchgearsseamlesslyand at arateof135 and inevitablysetting the He might be quitemodestwhenspeaking of to tell him backthen,‘Iwould paymoneyto greener wickets of theWanderers and take theattacktothe opposition. tempofor their innings. Besides, rather qui- his cricketing skills, but less so when the topic country’s complexculture. watchjustthree cricketers —Herschelle SuperSport Park.Itwas at this agethathede- Mumbai areblessedonthat front, etly,hehas notmade his side feel the pinch drifts to cooking. “I’m the best cookinthe Gibbs, Sachin Tendulkar and you.’ He would cidedtoforsakeacademics. Alot of people with the likes of Kieron Pollardand of Rohit Sharma’s relatively indifferent sea- team,” he once told magazine NewFrame.In Thus, in an eraofcricketers getting in- be in splits,” he recollects. at his school persuadedhim to stay backand Hardik Pandya. Bulk of the problems son. Soon afterthe IPL, the international allseriousness. creasinglyobsessedwith their game, de Kock Marx’s preferences have changed —be- complete his studies. Buthehad made his stem from the manner in which grind will restart. Likewith cricket andfishing,hekeepson offers arefreshingdifference.Someone who causeGibbs and Tendulkar have retired.So mind up. “He always held his ideals firm, and Rishabh Pant has performedinthis Whether their search wasasfutile as the learning too, tuning to his favouritechef Guy still sets time apart forhis “life”.Someone he just watches ViratKohli anddeKock. he made it big,” says Marx. He then turns the tournament. The wicket-keeper bats- El Dorado questisunknown,but de Kock Fieri’s series, Diners,Drive-insand Divesin whoretains aslice of rural South Africa. A On aserious note,hesays:“Ihaveseen tellyon. Farawayfromnorthern man has hit onlythree sixesinthe learnedvaluable lifelessons during his South sparetime and takingIsiZulu (Bantu lan- simplecountry-boyunstained by urban pre- manykids from the school become crick- Johannesburg, in Sharjah, de Kock had just death overs this season, compared to American sojourn. “It’s moreabout being out guage) lessons to better comprehend his tence and vaultingambition, who wasfrank eters. We have produced thesecond-largest smackedaboundaryinanIPL game against Pollard’s 20 and Pandya’s 14.Marcus there, in places that youdon’toften see. You country’s complexculture. Nowthathe’s a enough to admit that he didn’t touchacricket number of cricketers forthe country, and I Sunrisers Hyderabad. With ahunter’s firm- Stoinis, who has been ropedinas actually don’t fish thatmuchand spendalot captain, it would help him work closelywith bat during the lockdown, because he wanted would readilysay that he’s the finestamong ness than adancer’s grace. And making his Delhi’s enforcer,beganthe tourna- of time reflecting,” he said during avirtual the blackplayers in the team. some time with the family. Whowas self- them.” childhood coachburstwithjoy. ment with abang, scoring 162runs in the firstsix games at astrike-rateof 175. But in the subsequent seven BRIEFLY games, hisstrike-ratehas dipped to Thought Iwouldn’t get to play asinglegame: Gaikwad 119, whichillustrates the abject lack Jotahat-trickin of firepowerintheir batting. Boult vs Shaw FOMO (fear of missing out) kickedin. Dhoni would give apep-talk thatunshackled bigwinforReds; VISHALMENON Gaikwad stoppedwatchingthe IPL games Ruturaj’s mind. “Westill have three matches Trent Boulthas been one of the chief NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER4 during this period as it wasaconstant re- to go.Let’s forget about the resultsand enjoy architectsofMumbai’s stupendous City,Realwintoo minder of what he wasmissing out.Hecon- ourselves. Let’splayfor this jersey and our run in this season. The left-arm pacer Bergamo: DiogoJotacontinuedhis fine RUTURAJGAIKWADtakes apause before ut- tinuedtoinhabit the dramatic worldofthe fans,” Ruturaj recalls Dhoni’s words. has been arevelation,picking up 12 scoring streak with ahat trickas tering, “I thought Iwould have to sit out of drug cartelbut exhaustion and fear returned He scored 65 notout againstBangalore, out of his 20 scalps in the Powerplay. Liverpool thrashedAtalanta5-0 in the this IPL.” The dream had threatenedtoend as he tested positiveagain. 72 againstKolkataand 62 notout in thefinal Boult’s proclivity to take early wick- Champions League. The 23-year-old in swab testsand pills. “Totestpositivefor league game againstPunjab. Thesethree etshas easedthe pressureonJasprit strengthenedhis case foraregular spot Covid-19 and getlockedupinahotelroom 22-dayquarantine match-winningknocksrepletewithcrisp Bumrah and emboldenedthe team in the starting lineup alongside for22dayswas quitedifficult.Itwas my It would eventually take 22 days in quar- strokeswould give the worldaglimpse of his management to unleash the star MohamedSalah and Sadio Mane in- dream to playfor theChennai Super Kings.” antine and twonegative testsfor Ruturaj to talent. The performances wouldn'thavesur- pacer in the middleovers and at the stead of the misfiring RobertoFirmino. Justasthe 14-dayquarantine ended, more getbacktotraining. Twodays afterjoining prisedthose who have followedhis career. death. It’s notthat Boult has been get- Jota,who signedfromWolverhampton bad news eruptedatafeverish pace. Another the team, Ambati Rayudu gets injuredand Lastyear,hefinishedwith440 runsinsix ting prodigiousmovement with the in September forareportedfee of 41 positiveCovid test,another week of isolation Dhoniwould ask the youngstertoplug the Ranji Trophygames forMaharashtra.Inthe newball. Morethanthat,hehas clev- million pounds ($52 million), took his and fear.“That’s whenIgot worried. Ithought hole in the middle order.“Iwas reallyexcited 2019 Syed MushtaqTrophy, he scored 456 erly usedthe anglesand employed tallytosixgoalsinhislast four matches Iwould notget to playevenasingle game,” Gaikwad made 0, 5, 0inhis firstthree to getthe call-up. But Iwas still tentative and runs, to finish as the second highestrun- fullish lengths and the occasional andhas seventhis season comparedto he tells TheIndian Express. games forCSK butcamegood later not100%physicallyand mentally,” Ruturaj scorer in that tournament. The perform- shortball to devastating effect.Ina Firmino'ssolitarygoal this campaign. Gaikwad is nowinPune, afterhis life- with65n.o., 72 and 62 n.o. BCCI/IPL says.Afirst-ballduckondebutwas followed ancesearned him call-upstoIndiaAtours sense, Thursday’sgamewillboil It is an incredible starttohis Liverpool turninglast10daysinUAE. From sequestered by 5againstDelhi. These twin failures didn’t and he waspickedfor 2018 ACCEmerging down to howDelhi’s openers, partic- career,especiallyforaplayerwho was- in ahoteltomaking an inauspicious IPL de- dent his confidence, he says as he wasjust Teams Asia Cup. In the following year,he ularly Prithvi Shawplays Boult. The n't even aregular first-choice playerat but (afirst-ball duckagainstRajasthan see if theyget to thenextlevel”. happytobeout in the middle. scored an unbeaten 187againstSri Lanka A Kiwipacerhas hadthe youngster’s Wolves. Real Madrid neededsome Royals) and to thedreamyfinish withthree It wasafarcry from the feverish days, Afteraspate of losses, CSK team manage- in Colombo. And then IPL happened. number in both the league games. help from itsyoungBrazilian substi- back-to-backplayer-of-matchawards, it’s holedupinthe hotelroom. Binge-watching ment decidedtopropupRuturajasanopener In the hereand now, he is in midstofan- tutes to getits Champions League cam- been arollercoasterride forthe 23-year old. on Netflix initially helped. “I have losttrack of with FafduPlessis. Forsomeone who is an other mandatory14-day quarantine in India. Dewfactor paign backontrack.Rodrygoscoredin Sunil Gavaskar calledhis batting a“delight the number of shows Ihavewatched on opener in first-class cricket, this role suited “By now, Iamusedtobeing in isolation,” Giventhe abrasive nature of the pitch the 80th minuteafter an assist by to watch”; KumarSangakkararaved about Netflix. Narcos is my favourite. Ithink Imight him more. Frustratingly, though, this tweak he says.Looking back, he quips: “IPL has and the dew, theteam that wins the Vinucius Junior to give Madrid a3-2 his uncluttered mind, “So simple, beautiful have watcheditatleast 3times,”hesays.Two didn’t yield instant results. Ruturaj would sur- made me abetterperson. Ihaverealised that toss might prefer to chase on this win over Inter Milanafter relinquish- batting”; Shane Watson calledhim a“young days intoisolation, during aZoom call with vive only 5deliveries,beforegetting pinned in life, one should nottakeanything for ground. Dubai has notbeenahappy ing atwo-goal lead in the firsthalf. superstarinmaking, so composed” and Faf his team-mates, MS Dhoni told him, “face it on the front leg by TrentBoult’sinswinger for granted.Ihavenow learnt to enjoythe game huntingground forMumbai Indians, Ferran Torres scored forthe third du Plessis purred, “looks likeayoungKohli, with asmile, it willbeoverin14days”. Phone aduck. CSKwould go down to Mumbaiby moreand remain in the present, because winning justone of their three games. straight Champions League game to set doesn’the? He stands up to pressure. That’s calls with familyand friends increased. 10 wickets,aresult that endedtheir playoff with so muchhappening in theworld, you However, that lone win has come City on itsway to a3-0 win over the quality youlook forinyoungplayers to Gloomdriftedintothe room,though. hopes. During the team meeting the next day, neverknowwhat the futureholds.” againstDelhi. VISHALMENON Olympiakos on Tuesday. AGENCIES FIRlodgedin KheloIndiafraud CLOSE SHAVE NewDelhi: The Sports Authority of India has lodged an FIR and de- Mukund relives night of anxiety in terror-hit Vienna mandedanimmediateprobe after severalathletesacross the country happening nearby.” midnight, to tackle theCoronavirus pan- listand current US Open champion Dominic were dupedofmoneythrough afalse SHAHIDJUDGE The 23-year-old has been basedinVienna demic. This is the fifthreportedterroristat- Thiem’s coachNicolasMassu wasinthe advertisement fornextyear's Khelo MUMBAI,NOVEMBER4 since July2018and livesclose to the city cen- tack in Europe after–Dresden (in Germany), squarewhen the attacks took place. He India Games.The Khelo India Games tre, whereheavilyarmed gunmen attacked and three citiesinFrance, Paris, Conflans- tweetedupdates during the firefight. arescheduledtobeheldinPanchkula THE SILENT monotony of Monday night was six locations in city square. Four people were Sainte-Honorineand Nice –overthe lasttwo “Hello people. Iaminthe center of Vienna next year."The Sports Authority of broken by the wailing of police sirens. Indian killedand 22 wounded, while one suspect months. Vienna is reeling underthe shock, very close to theattackand theyhaveusin- India has receivedseveral complaints tennis playerSasikumar Mukund was wasshotdead. he said. side arestaurantwaiting until we see when from grassroots-levelathletesfrom preparingdinner at hisapartment in Vienna, The squareisthe heartand soul of the “Nothing likethis has happenedherebe- we can leave here…thankyou foryour mes- across the countrythatanadvertise- Austria, when abattalion of police vehicles city’s social life. And it’s aplace Mukund fre- fore.Vienna is known as being achilled-out sages,” read atranslation of his firstmessage. ment has been postedonsocial me- and ambulances speddownhis street to- quentsaswell. “TheSchwedenplatz is the hub, averycalm place in Europe,” Mukund The Chileanlaterpenned:“Helloeveryone dia platforms inviting applications to wardsthe City Centre–Schwedenplatz – mostcommon place anybodycan be in,” he adds. “So when something likethis happens, …Iamalready in the hotelcalm and well af- participateinthe Khelo IndiaGames barelytwo kilometres away from his house. explains. “That’s whereall the big brands are, people areobviouslyveryshaken up. And teraVerybig scare. We were lockedupinthe scheduledinPanchkulainHaryana in It struckthe WorldNo294 and India’s the big shops,the cafes, restaurants… then therehas been news that one terrorist restaurant for8hours as aprecaution. Thank 2021,"the governing body said in a fourth highestranked singles player as pe- Everything is there, so everybody is there. (suspect) still hasn’t been caught and is alive youagain foryour messages of concern.” statement."Inthe advertisement ath- culiar,but he didn’t makeany sense of it then. “NormallyIgothere everyweekend too. and at large somewhereinthe city.Sothere The Austrian government announced leteshavebeen asked to deposit Rs All wasrevealedwhenhis phonerang afew Iwas thinking aboutgoing thereonMonday is definitelyanelementoffear.” three days of mourning, andlocals were 6,000 forenrolling in the Khelo India minutes laterthough. “Mycoach(Martin night as well, but Ijustfelt abit lazy to step Theattacktookplace just aday afterthe asked to stay indoors on Tuesday. That was campand have been assured that they Spoettl) calledmeand said ‘lockall the doors out. And then this happened.” Tennis playerSasikumar Mukund,the ATP500 Vienna Open concluded. And the same order Mukund got from his coach can participateinKhelo India Games and windowsand just stay at home. Don’t The area wasparticularly crowdedonthe worldNo.294, hasstayednear thecity Mukund wasn’t the onlyindividual from the as well. Practice however, whichtakes place aftertrials." PTI leave at all till Itell you,’” Mukund recalls. night as the Austrian government had sched- centre in Vienna since July2018. File tennis worldtohavebeen close to the con- at the academya10 minute walk from “Then he told me therewas aterroristattack uledanother lockdown that wastostart at flict. The 2004 Athens Olympics gold-medal- Mukund’s place, resumedonWednesday.

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