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Horse trading # " $  Assembly, saying he is attract- had started 20 days ago,” he ed to the “Gujarat model” of claimed, referring to PDP chief Government not the 0 1    #* !          Mehbooba. Westminster model. “As long as # !   $   $& Had she given any side the no one staked a claim to form opportunity to form %    a Government, the J&K challenged”. Raza Ansari has joined his He said the Congress, the Government, it would have Governor was happy to keep “Dissolution of Assembly party, People’s Conference. NC and the PDP had formu- created a bigger mess, he   0!*0+, Madhav responded, “Just Assembly under suspension. in this manner is unconstitu- Former Chief Minister and lated alliance to defend Article claimed. take it in your stride Omar The moment someone staked tional, immoral and unethical. National Conference vice- pres- 35A in January next year and “The value system of pol- JP general secretary Ram Abdullah. Not questioning a claim, he dissolved the A dangerous harbinger of ident Omar Abdullah mocked safeguard the special status of itics would have been destroyed BMadhav on Thursday your patriotism at all. But the Assembly,” Chidambaram said. things to come. Thank God the Raj Bhawan for not receiv- the State. as it is happening in other retracted his comments after sudden love between NC and “The Westminster model founding fathers were wise ing Mehbooba’s letter for stak- Rejecting claims that dis- States. I could not afford that,” National Conference (NC) PDP and the hurry to form of democracy is outdated. Like enough not to provide for ing claim to form a solution of the Assembly was Malik said. In his view, it leader Omar Abdullah chal- Government leads to many in all other matters, it is the President’s rule at the Centre? Government. done at the behest of the Centre would have been impossible for lenged him to prove his alle- suspicions and political com- Gujarat model that has Shudder to think what could “Strangely the fax machine or the BJP, the Governor said, parties with “opposing political gation that his party’s coming ments. Not to offend you.” appealed to the J&K Governor,” have happened when BJP loses was rendered defunct when “For the past 15 to 20 days, I ideologies” to form a stable together with Mehbooba Abdullah seemed far from Chidambaram added. 2019,” Tewari said at AICC PDP chief Mehbooba wanted have been getting reports of Government. Mufti’s Peoples Democratic being amused by the BJP Congress spokesman Press briefing. to fax a letter to stake claim for largescale horse trading. MLAs “An opportunist Party (PDP) was prompted by leader’s `sense of humour’. Manish Tewari said after the The sudden political devel- formation of a Government are being threatened and sev- Government would have been a missive from Pakistan. “No, misplaced attempts at PDP, the NC and the Congress opment is likely to trigger per- with our outside support and eral types of underhand deal- the outcome of this process. We Though Madhav withdrew humour won’t work. You have staked claim to form a mutations and combinations in outright support by the ings are going on.” never wanted instability in a the Pakistani sting in his com- proposed PDP-NC-Congress claimed my party has been act- Government, the Governor’s J&K. In the first such move, Congress, but barely a few It is rare for a Governor to sensitive State,” said Malik, ments, he insisted that the alliance Government was ing at the behest of Pakistan. I decision to dissolve the Sajjad Lone, who too had minutes later the Governor’s call a Press conference a day adding that the NC, the PDP two parties should prove their taken in Dubai. dare you to prove it! Place the Assembly without giving them staked claim to form a fax machine worked when he after dissolving the Assembly. and the Congress would have “genuine love”. PDP chief Mehbooba evidence of your allegation of a chance to form a Government Government with the help of sent an order on dissolution of “Mehbooba told me a week fought with each other. The war of words erupted Mufti had on Wednesday writ- NC boycott of ULB polls at Pak and prove majority “is murder BJP and rebel PDP MLAs, the Assembly,” Omar said at a before that her MLAs were a day after Governor Satya Pal ten to the Governor that she behest in public domain,” he of democracy and must be announced PDP rebel Imran Press conference. being threatened through the P8 Edit: Manhandling J&K Malik dissolved the Assembly, will stake claim to form tweeted. affectively blocking an new Government with the support Madhav then responded alliance attempting to form a of the Congress and the NC. It with a tweet which appeared to Government in the volatile was followed by another bid be aimed at defusing the ten-        and sensitive border State. from the two-member People’s sions. Abdullah’s riposte followed Conference which claimed the “Now that you deny any Madhav’s acidic comment on support of the BJP and 18 leg- external pressure I take back the twitter alleging that “fresh islators from other parties. my comment, but now that     instructions” were given to As Malik dissolved the you proved it was genuine      the two regional parties from Assembly, Madhav alleged that love between NC and PDP that across the border to come the NC and the PDP had boy- prompted a failed Government together and form a cotted local body polls in the formation attempt, you should      !"#$%   Government. State earlier because of instruc- fight next elections together. Madhav, the point man of tions from Pakistan. Mind you it’s political com-    the BJP in J&K, asked Abdullah took to Twitter ment and not personal,” he   +12! Abdullah to fight the next to hit out at the BJP leader and said, adding a laughing emoji. polls with the PDP if “genuine sought him to present evidence Addressing a Press con-     laiming himself as the love” between the two pro- to prove his charge. ference in Srinagar, the NC C“kingmaker”, Samajwadi moted a “failed Government” “You have RAW, NIA & IB leader repeated his demand for   Party founder Mulayam Singh formation attempt. at your command (CBI too is an apology from Madhav. Yadav on Thursday said no On Wednesday, BJP leader your parrot) so have the guts “You cannot undermine   0!*0+, party can form a Government and former Deputy Chief to place evidence in the pub- the sacrifices made by National at the Centre in 2019 without Minister from Jammu lic domain. Either prove this or Conference workers in pro- ndia will build and develop the support from the SP. Kavinder Gupta had also lev- be man enough to apologise. tecting the sovereignty of this Ia corridor from Dera Baba Addressing SP party work- eled similar charges and said Don’t practice shoot & scoot country. He must apologise,” Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur ers here on the occasion of his the decision to prop up the politics,” said the former CM. he said. district to the International 79th birthday, Mulayam Border to facilitate Sikh pil- claimed that he can turn the grims visiting Gurdwara tide in SP’s favour in 2019 gen- Darbar Sahib Kartarpur on eral elections. 2    the banks of the Ravi River in           “You should arrange my Pakistan, Home Minister  P       !"   #  $   $& meetings at divisional level +  *  Rajnath Singh said on and I will turn the tide in ,         Thursday. The decision was Kartarpur corridor project with anniversary in a grand way, said Samajwadi Party’s favour so -.! !   /            taken at a meeting of the Union all modern amenities and facil- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, that no one could form the $   $&     Cabinet chaired by Prime ities to be implemented with while briefing media about the Government at the Centre      Minister Narendra Modi to Central Government funding,” Cabinet decisions. without our support,” Yadav power at the Centre.       commemorate the 550th birth said the Home Minister in a He said the corridor is told party leaders while Mulayam said the SP’s ide-  3        O anniversary of Guru Nanak series of tweets. being built since Guru Nank addressing them at State SP ology was to empower the        Dev. Kartarpur Sahib, located Dev had spent 18 years of his headquarters in Lucknow. poor, farmers and youths !O!  " “In a landmark decision, just across the International life there and people throng the Asking party workers to besides giving more opportu-     # the Cabinet approves building Border, is the final resting border to pay their homage. start working for the 2019 Lok nity to women.   /*,$/) force, traffic police person- and development of Kartarpur place of Guru Nanak Dev and Jaitley said the corridor will be Sabha polls, the SP patron said “If women are with you, no nel, commandos and SWAT   corridor from Dera Baba one of the holiest shrines of built with facilities similar to that the party would return to one can stop us from forming fter a grenade explosion teams have also been   Nanak in Gurdaspur district to Sikhs. The Government has those of an international air- power in the State but workers a Government and making the Ainside Nirankari Bhavan deployed to keep an eye on      the International Border. decided to celebrate the port. should work for capturing party stronger,” he said. in Amritsar's Adliwal village the miscreants during the $      that killed three people and function, he said.       injured several others, ADGP (Law & Order) '      Haryana Police has made Mohammad Akil said (   elaborate security arrange- around 1000 police per-  # '     ()*  $ ments for the annual sonnel have been put in Nirankari Sant Samagam to place for security arrange- !  withdrawal of a direction to ciation with the colour that be held at Samalkha in dis- ments.  )*    '   procure 9 lakh pink papers they acknowledged the elec- trict Panipat from Apart from elaborate    + , for the December 7 Assembly toral harm that any confusion November 24 to 26. security and traffic man- -+,.,  , ' ( elections. would cause them,” said the An alert has also been agement, areas around the  -,, . However, EC officials clar- Congress. sounded in Haryana in view venue have also been prop-      # )*    ified as the polls are being con- “The EC must take imme- of the annual event. erly sensitised and ade- ducted only for the Telangana diate note of this issue and Haryana Director quate deployment of police +  ' Assembly, the voter slip will be withdraw the above mentioned General of Police, BS force would be ensured to white in colour and the ballot Impugned Memo by EC, Sandhu on Thursday said avoid any untoward inci- papers pasted on EVMs will be Telangana with immediate that foolproof security dent, he said. " 0!*0+, in pink as per the effect. arrangements have been Three people were Representatives of Peoples Act.” It would be against the made in view of the 71st killed and 20 were injured n the poll-bound Telangana, The objection to the pink slips spirit of conducting fair and annual Nirankari Sant when two masked bike- Ithe EC’s choice of pink came after the EC placed orders contesting parties,” the The party also pointed out free elections in Telangana if Samagam at Samalkha. borne men had forced their coloured ballot papers pasted for the printing of 90 lakh Congress said in the memo- that during the recently con- any part of the process seeks to Sandhu said that in view way into the prayer hall of on EVMs has got Opposition papers in pink for 90 lakh randum. cluded Greater Hyderabad favour, even inadvertently and of the expected heavy Nirankari Bhawan in Congress up in arms. The EVMs. These slips are pasted “The EC is tasked with the Municipal polls, the TRS had without malice, one party over turnout of followers, large Amritsar on Sunday and party on Thursday approached on the EVMs and have the conduct of free and fair elec- objected to the proposal of elec- the other. numbers of police personnel threw the grenade on the the Election Commission (EC) names of the contestants and tions under the Constitution. tronic voting machines having Furthermore, the with- from Police Academy crowd. seeking withdrawal of the pink their party symbols. We are certain that it will agree a pink button to designate the drawal of the Impugned Memo Madhuban, Gurugram, A day before, Punjab papers contending the colour is “Pink is the official colour as this is an important issue “NOTA” or “None of the would not materially alter the Faridabad, Hisar, Fatehabad, Chief Minister Amarinder associated with the ruling of the Telangana Rashtra that needs immediate redressal. Above” category vote, saying conduct of the elections, but it Sirsa, Jind, Rewari, Narnaul Singh had informed that Telangana Rashtra Samiti Samiti, it is synonymous with Party colours are of great sig- their voters would mistake the would go a long way in secur- and Palwal have been one of the two accused had (TRS) and voters might get the party. The usage of pink nificance for representation button “for the TRS and press ing protection against arbi- deployed to prevent any been arrested, claiming that influenced. coloured ballots without a and its ideologies, inter alia, the NOTA button inadver- trariness in administrative deci- untoward incident. ISI-backed Khalistan In its memorandum to the doubt will give the TRS an they also create a bias in the tently”. sion making,” the Congress Apart from senior police Liberation Force (KLF) was EC, the Congress pleaded for undue advantage over other minds of the voters,” it said. “So great is the TRS asso- said in the memorandum. officers, additional police behind the terror attack.   (  )* +,- +./0  

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"   ly have in mind for on the internet. the women of Dehradun *0)/*1 Uttarakhand? Anyone who wishes to about ways of managing Uttarakhand is not as educate himself or herself in money better? developed as Maharashtra or financial matters can easily do Yes. I will be focusing he gentle, soft-spoken and Gujarat. It has a lot of poten- so. Of course, a lot of patience also on the need to diversify Tmodest Nilesh Shah, the tial that has yet to be con- is needed! the ways of investment. Most managing director of Kotak verted into performance. What is your take on women invest in gold and this Mahindra Asset Management Economic opportunities demonetisation and GST? tendency must be checked Co Ltd, was in Doon valley on are not many here, thus I feel that the positive and changed. Thursday to participate in money management assumes effects of both these moves are Maximum returns must “She Talks” organised by a far greater importance. now becoming evident. It was be sought from one’s invest- FICCI Ladies Organisation. People should understand so important to bring savings ment. The retirement plans for It was his first visit to how to invest their money into the banking system. Only the older generation was Dehradun and he was rather wisely to get maximum a shock like that could have dependence on their children. happy to be here. As he returns. done it. However, in these times, arrived in the valley this How far have things Now almost thirty three proper financial investment is   *0)/*1 Dehradun and Almora, con- pared for providing develop- morning, he spoke exclusive- financial empowerment of changed from the tradition- crore people are using Paytm. needed to be able to be secure struction of child home for ment funds of the urban villages. ly to The Pioneer about the women? al ways of investment? I recall that many years ago, I after one retires. he state finance minister Divyang boys/girls in Haridwar He further said during the purpose of his visit and It is greatly needed as I We have always been a was in Nainital and ran out of The concept of security TPrakash Pant held a detailed and Udham Singh Nagar and meeting that a detailed propos- expressed his views on various belive that women have better country of great savers but not cash. has changed and is changing. discussion regarding the utili- construction of home for general al should be made for proper financial matters. mental ability to manage of great investors. Fixed This was a problem in Everyone needs to be taking sation of the share of 1 per cent boys/girls besides construction allocation of the budget for He said he would be deliv- money. deposits, buying property and those days. Today, you need good care of his or her money. for the welfare schemes for of juvenile home, resettlement infrastructure development in ering a talk at the session They must be in a position gold have been very popular not carry any cash at all. We Wise investments are the need women and 1 per cent for road and rehabilitation of children the rural and urban areas from focused upon financial to do that. Mostly, we see that as means of investment in our have moved on quite a bit. of the day. safety from the 2 per cent CESS and their management. the funds to be released by the empowerment for women their money matters are seen country. Our mindsets are changing. Underprivileged women being levied by the excise The finance minister State Finance Commission. here. With his twenty five-year to by their husbands or sons. However, now a begin- The number of taxpayers need to be focused on more department while chairing a instructed the urban develop- This was an imperative to long experience in the capital Once women begin play- ning has been made and the have increased from four crore and made aware of the need to meeting with the officials of the ment and panchayati raj secre- ensure that the development of markets and market-related ing an important role in man- trust factor in mutual funds to six crore. manage their funds, however finance, excise, women empow- tary to prepare a scheme on the the villages included in the investments, he was one of the aging their money, things will etc is becoming stronger. In That is quite an achieve- limited. erment, panchayati raj, urban basis of changed/revised infor- urban areas is not affected, most apt experts to address change for the better. the next ten years, a major ment. Earlier, people did not Financial wisdom can add development departments at mation of rural and urban areas. Pant said.Among those pre- this FICCI Flo event.The ses- Financial freedom can give us change will come about, want pay their taxes! GST has value to one’s life. We must the Secretariat on Thursday. He said that due to the sent at the meeting were the sion was being held in asso- the ability to pursue other I believe. Awareness is also increased efficiency in reach out to people from the It is learnt that he discussed inclusion of certain rural areas additional chief secretary ciation with Kotak Life and activities and excel at them. It steadily growing. More and business and movement of middle class and the power with the additional chief secre- in the urban areas, they would Ranveer Singh, secretary Balaji Investment and can change our way of life. more people need to be famil- goods from one state to anoth- middle class and speak to tary Women Welfare Radha not get the funds from the 14th Finance Amit Negi, in-charge Consultants.This is what the It is important that iarised with the formalised er. Everything takes time. But them in a language they can Raturi regarding the various Finance Commission for such secretary Planning Ranjit Sinha, financial expert had to share: women learn to be part of the financial system. a good beginning has been easily understand. They need proposed projects related to the gram panchayats. He said that in commissioner Industries Why do you think there formal investment sector. These days, there is so made. to be included in the formal women welfare, including con- such a situation, a comprehen- Saujanya and excise commis- is a need to focus on the What do you specifical- much information available Would you be talking to investment sector. struction of one home each in sive action plan should be pre- sioner V Shanmugam.   ! !!"# % &' &! # &   +     *1       *0)/*1 Scholar Badge Ceremony for The ceremony was held to applauded the efforts of the elhi Public School, the batch 2017-18 on felicitate the meritorious stu- students and said that being DDehradun, hosted the Thursday. dents who have excelled in the best is not as important as   *0)/*1 scholastics, the doing the best.Savita urged organisers of the students to accept both hri Mahant Indiresh the event said. success and failure in the SHospital, Dehradun and K While the same spirit. M C Cancer Institute, Meerut chief guest for She also stressed on the have made a joint initiative for the day was importance of cleanliness the treatment of the cancer Savita, director and conservation of forests patients. Under this initiative, FRI, vice- required for the longevity of the Cancer patients from chancellor, FRI the planet. Uttarakhand and nearby states University R C The students were would be benefitted, informed Nagpal, Usha awarded with proficiency the medical superintendent of Nagpal and I S certificates, green badges, Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, S Bisht were blue badges, blue tie and Dr Vinay Rai on Thursday. the special gold medals. Donning the He further said that the guests. mantle of glory, 172 stu- hospital caters to countless The prin- dents were awarded with number of patients from cipal, B K scholar badges. Saumil Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Singh in his Nagpal and Sumedha Gupta Himachal Pradesh and some welcome were awarded with the gold other states. “We have acted on address medals. the people’s request to start a facility for the Cancer patients,” will be treating the Cancer Radiotherapy and PET-SCAN. Indiresh Hospital would be he said. patients jointly,” he said. “We are happy to treated at K M C Cancer “The Cancer Research Providing more informa- announce that free ambulance Institute at discounted rates. Institute project of Shri Mahant tion of the imitative, he said service would be provided to Besides, the attendants of Indiresh Hospital is meant for that with the help of both the the patients from Shri Mahant the patients would be provid- the future. The management of institutions, the Cancer Indiresh Hospital to the ed accommodation at dis- Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital patients would be sent to Cancer patients. The patients counted rates to stay over and K M C Cancer Institute KMC Cancer institute for to be sent by Shri Mahant there,” Dr Rai added.       

  *0)/*1 facilities for the film industry Producer Guild of CEO as part of the film policy Mumbai Kulmeet Makkar and ttarakhand is fast becom- being implemented in the managing director of Indian Uing a major destination for state. Motion Picture Association, shooting of films thanks to the Since the implementation Mumbai Uday Singh also facilities the state government of the film policy-2015, per- addressed the workshop. is providing in the matter, said mission for shooting of about They heaped praise on the additional director 150 films, TVs serials and the film policy being imple- Information and additional documentary has been grant- mented by the state govern- chief executive officer of ed and they include movies ment and called upon other Uttarakhand Film and serials of the big banners states to emulate the lead. Development Board (UFDB) as well, he said. Chauhan Among others who Anil Chandola while address- appealed to the NFDC author- addressed the workshop were ing a workshop on the occasion ities that the offices of the gov- the director of the Indian of the Film Bazaar-2018 organ- ernment of India based in Motion Picture Association ised by the Union ministry of Uttarakhand should be issued Mumbai Lohita Sujit and head Information and Broadcasting instructions at the level of the of Film Facilitation Office undertaking National Film Development Council is being Centre to facilitate shooting at Vikramjit Roy. The workshop Development Corporation made more active in pur- these places as well. was conducted by Kavita (NFDC) in Goa. suance of the policy. The nat- Film and Television Saini. Notably, the workshop was ural and picturesque sites of organised to provide detailed the state are being identified information on the facilities for shooting, he said and being given for film shooting added that new shooting sites in Uttarakhand on Thursday. in the state are being explored Eminent film produc- and data in this regard is ers/directors of the country being collected. and abroad and representa- Chandola said that tives of 11 states participated Uttarakhand has been the first in the workshop. preference for film produc- Chandola gave a detailed ers/directors. Even before the presentation during the work- formation of the state, big shop on the Uttarakhand banner films had been shot in film policy as framed by the Harshil, Rishikesh, Haridwar state government to facilitate and Nainital, he informed shooting of films. during the workshop. He said that the permis- Answering the queries of sion is being given by the state the film producers/directors government to shoot films during the workshop, the under a single window system. deputy director The fee for shooting of films Information/nodal officer, has also been abolished, he Uttarkhand Film Development added. Council K S Chauhan said that He further said that arrangements have been made Uttarakhand Film to provide many attractive

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He further said national point of view. EVMs. Prime Minister Narendra mencement of work for City that after Haridwar, Udham As the Congress failed to The BJP achieved a Modi and BJP national pres- Gas Distribution (CGD), Singh Nagar and Dehradun, achieve a noteworthy victo- resounding win in these polls ident Amit Shah tweeting awarded under the ninth CGD work on laying the gas pipeline ry in these elections despite while the Congress fared on the party’s victory in the bidding round at Vigyan will also be started in Nainital the use of ballot papers, the poorly. local body elections in Bhawan in New Delhi on and other places. Rawat said questions raised by the This clearly shows that Uttarakhand has greatly Thursday. He also launched the that the PM had stressed on the Congress on the use of elec- the party or candidate win- enthused party workers. 10th CGD bidding round. In use of gas as fuel. tronic voting machine (EVM) ning the elections is the one The chief minister Dehradun, the Uttarakhand This fuel is less expensive have become baseless. supported by the public Trivendra Singh Rawat and chief minister Trivendra Singh and eco-friendly. This will def- The BJP state media in whether the polls be held BJP state president Ajay Bhatt Rawat laid the foundation for initely bring a change in the life charge Devendra Bhasin said through EVMs of ballot also tweeted in reply to thank the CGD work in Dehradun of people in Dehradun and that the victory of the BJP in papers. Modi and Shah. district. improve general life, he added. the local body elections will Addressing the gathering, now moving towards gas based nections were provided in the GAIL will complete work on The Union minister of State for help strengthen the atmos- "      8   the Prime Minister said that the economy, he said the Union last four years. He mentioned this project in one to one and Textiles, Ajay Tamta also phere in favour of the party in work for setting up CGD net- Government is paying atten- that gas networks in cities cre- a half year. Stating that this was expressed his views on the the states where Vidhan Sabha       "68     work has started in 129 dis- tion towards all dimensions of ate a new ecosystem, one that a new gift for the people in occasion. elections are to be held in the /(  O  tricts, under the 9th round of gas based economy. Explaining enables gas based industries, Dehradun, the chief minister MPs Ramesh Pokhriyal near future. CGD bidding. He added that the role of gas based economy generates employment to youth said that this development ‘Nishank’, Mala Rajya Laxmi At the same time, the   1     after the 10th round of bidding in moving towards clean ener- and provides ease of living to would prove beneficial to the Shah, MLAs Harbans Kapoor, local body election results       # of CGD, more than 400 dis- gy, Modi said that CGD net- citizens. environment in Doon valley. Umesh Sharma ‘Kau’, Indian will also put to rest the ques- tricts would be covered under work will play a major role in Meanwhile, the CM He said that while laying of the Institute of Petroleum director tions raised by the Congress    ()    "68 the CGD network, covering achieving clean energy solu- Trivendra Singh Rawat thanked gas pipeline will rid the people Anjan Ray and Sanjeev Kumar and other opposition parties    /: "    around seventy percent of the tions. the PM for bringing Dehradun of various types of inconve- from GAIL India among oth- regarding the use of EVM in population. The PM said that more district on the CGD network. nience, establishment of CNG ers were also present on the elections.       (  Stressing that the nation is than twelve crore LPG con- He expressed hope that stations will also boost the occasion. The Congress and other      $    14   4 4  !$%     *0)/*1      t is vital to maintain  $ Ibalance between devel- opmental works and    environmental conser- vation. A concrete action    plan in order to com- pensate for the damage caused to the environ-   /),*!/) ment by the execution of developmental works. day after the Congress The chief minister Awrested the mayoral seat Trivendra Singh Rawat from the BJP in the just- said this while speaking concluded Haridwar as the chief guest after Municipal Corporation inaugurating the Indian election, a major clash was Forest Service, averted on Thursday after Uttarakhand chapter annual to Dehradun from the on the occasion, the State the supporters of the two meet here on Thursday. Suryadhar, Song and Forest minister Harak Singh parties came face to face Speaking on the occasion, Maldhung dams. The con- Rawat stressed on the impor- during rallies taken out by the chief minister said that offi- struction of these dams will tance of public support for the them. cers need to deliberate upon also help save electricity conservation of jungles and the Police claimed that how to facilitate the desired bal- amounting to more than Rs environment. Uttarakhand is their timely intervention ance between welfare of the 100 crore per year. rich when it comes to jungles, had stopped things from public and that of environment There is also scheme to rivers and fauna. erupting into violence. and wildlife. He said that the facilitate gravity-based water Along with the forest Tension ran high as the promptly as the possibility mayor. Meanwhile, the newly added that they would seek to conservation of water is also supply to Udham Singh Nagar department, the public also two victory rallies-one of a confrontation was “However, we are not for elected Haridwar mayor Anita draw the attention of the state the need of the hour to ensure from the Pancheshwar dam has an important contribution led by the newly elected high. confrontation. We would seek Sharma said that her main government to these matters. conservation of the environ- project. in this. mayor Anita Sharma and The Congress leader cooperation from the chief focus would be better solid “We want the state government ment. The chief minister stressed The minister also stressed BJP councillor Rajeev and former councillor minister in the interest of the waste management and to to wake up to the problems Considering the future that the forest service officers on the importance of estab- Sharma- confronted each Ashok Sharma who is also city. We are resolved to make make the holy city clean. She plaguing the city,” Sharma said. requirements, focus will also will also have to undertake ini- lishing the desired balance other near Laltarao bridge the husband of the newly Haridwar a corruption- free further said that she would lead She also urged the people liv- have to be laid on the conser- tiatives aimed at increasing between development and on the day. elected mayor Anita and drug- free city. To meet a sit-in at Har Ki Paidi at 10 am ing in the city to join her in tak- vation of rainwater. Efforts will the forest cover along with the environmental concerns. The situation turned Sharma alleged that the the expectation of the people on Saturday against the waste ing up these problems with the also have to be undertaken to mitigation of human-wildlife The state’s principal chief tense when the two rallies saffron camp was fuming who have elected us to run the water being discharged into state government to force it out maintain the flow of natural conflict. conservator of forests, Jai Raj with activists from both as all its efforts to lure the corporation, we are ready to go Ganga. “Besides, the issues of of its slumber. “We would go sources of water. Protecting agriculture from along with other senior officers yelling slogans against each voters by unfair means had any extent. We need the sup- garbage found strewn around all-out to rise up to the confi- Rawat further said that wild animals is also a challenge of the forest department were other came nearly face to come a cropper in the face port of the state government the fabled ghats and the stray dence the people of the city efforts are underway to facili- facing the state, he added. also among those present on face. Police said that they of the people’s determina- and the chief minister, in par- dog menace would be taken up have reposed in us through the tate gravity-based water supply Addressing the gathering the occasion. had stepped into the scene tion to elect a Congress ticular,” he said. during the sit-in,” she said and mandate,” she added.   %     % 

  /(,81) Since the arrests were made vide dowry. Priyanka had first and assaulting her. She was    shortly after the local body submitted an application in made to undergo abortion couple of days after results elections, the Congress mem- the women helpline during twice, she alleged. Aof the urban local body  %  bers alleging that the action was November 2017 stating that she Due to these reasons she elections were declared, the taken under political pressure, had been married to Shashank went to live with her parents in Congress mayoral candidate in    sat outside the police station Singh in December 2011. May 2015. In November 2017, Kashipur, Mukta Singh and gate and staged a protest Her father had gifted a car a meet was reportedly held in her husband were arrested by &   demonstration. According to and other valuables to her in- her home which was attended the police in a dowry harass- the case details Priyanka Singh laws at that time. by her husband and in-laws. ment case. They were present- edly found guilty in a dowry had lodged a dowry harass- Things remained normal The accused reportedly ed in the court by the police in harassment case filed by their ment case against her hus- for sometime but later on her in- became angry due to the inabil- the evening from where they daughter in-law. As the news of band Shashank Singh, mother laws allegedly started harassing ity of the woman’s family to were sent to Haldwani jail. the Singh couple being arrest- in-law Mukta Singh, father in- her for dowry. They reported- meet their demands and told There was an upheaval in ed and taken to Kotwali law Ravindra Singh and two ly demanded Rs 50 lakh and a her to return only with the the local political scenario in reached the local Congress others on September 28, 2018. car. Due to her inability to ful- demanded dowry. After coun- Kashipur on Thursday when members, former MP KC The complainant has fill their demand, her husband seling in the women helpline, Congress mayoral candidate Singh ‘Baba’ and Congress city accused Mukta Singh and four Shashank, in-laws Mukta Singh the case was sent to the family Mukta Singh and her husband head Sandeep Sehgal along other members of her family of and Ravinder Singh, brother in court. Ravindra Singh were arrested with dozens of party members aborting her pregnancy twice law Anurag and his wife Deepali A case was then lodged in by the police on being report- also reached the police station. following her inability to pro- allegedly started misbehaving the Kotwali and the probe con- ducted by the investigation offi- cer found the husband guilty and others not guilty. Later, on the directions of the senior superintendent of police, the investigation officer was changed. Inspector Chanchal Sharma informed that in the probe conducted by the inves- tigation officer, Mukta Singh, her husband Ravinder Singh and their son Shashank were found to be guilty while the other accused were found to be not guilty. After the investiga- tion, arrest warrant was issued against Mukta Singh and her husband with the duo being arrested on Thursday. Meanwhile, Congress lead- ers alleged that the arrests were due to political pressure as the BJP had conspired to defeat the Congress mayoral candidate in the polls. Suspecting anomalies in counting of votes, the Congress was preparing to file a petition for recounting and on learning of this, the BJP leaders *   5 3 3       $   got her arrested, alleged the    6   Congress city chief.   (  )* +,- +./0  (    . 7 '' '  ' */ 

"  The December 16 polls be held on December 16. Government.” INLD, Chautala said that the declared as elected and fresh /*,$/)  !    P  would be a popularity test for The model code of con- “On the other hand, the INLD is in a strong position election shall be held,” said the Manohar Lal Khattar led duct in respect of these INLD which has split after the and would win the polls. Dalip Singh, state Election uling BJP and Opposition BJP Government, which has municipal elections has come expulsion of party chief OP Haryana Congress chief Commissioner. RCongress and Indian recently completed its four into force from November Chautala’s elder son Ajay Ashok Tanwar said that in No candidate shall be National Lok Dal—will test years term in Haryana. 22. Chautala and the faction-rid- five Municipal Corporations eligible to file his nomination political waters as they take on It would also be a key test The officer or official den Haryana Congress, also and two Municipal in the fresh election if he was each other in the crucial elec- for the main opposition connected with the election face a tough test to prove their Committees where the elec- contesting the previous ones tions to five municipal cor- party—Indian National Lok work would not be trans- mass base in civic polls,” they tions are going to be held, the where NOTA get highest porations on December 16 in Dal—which has split and the ferred till the completion of say. Congress will appoint votes, he said. the state. Congress, which is suffering election process, Singh said Following the announce- incharge to supervise it. A The State Election The municipal elections from the infighting. while talking to the media- ment of municipal polls, party meeting will be held Commissioner also said that would be a litmus test for the The political parties have persons here. Subhash Barala, Haryana BJP shortly to decide the line of 531 candidates of last elec- political parties to gauge the announced to contest the Political observers say, chief said that the BJP will be action of the Congress, he tion in 2013 have been dis- voters’ mood ahead of Lok municipal polls on their sym- “The civic polls to be held in contesting these elections on said. qualified for a period of five Sabha and assembly polls bol. December will set the tone its symbol. years as they failed to submit scheduled to be held next Making announcement of for the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- The party is prepared for NOTA TO BE FIC- details of election expendi- year in Haryana. civic body polls here, State tion. the polls. These polls will be TIONAL CANDIDATE IN ture within a period of 30 It would be for the first Election Commissioner, Dilip The polls is seen as a significant as it is being held POLLS days. time that direct election to the Singh on Thursday said that prestige issue for the ruling before parliamentary and “For the first time in the Responding to a query post of Mayor would be held general elections of seats of BJP, which is facing public assembly polls in Haryana, he country, NOTA (none of the related to the implementa- in five civic bodies namely Mayor and members of all anger over deteriorating law added. above) will be treated as a tion of model code of con- Rohtak, Yamunanagar, Karnal, wards of five Municipal and order situation Abhay Singh Chautala, ‘fictional electoral candidate’ duct, he said that the code of Panipat and Hisar in the state. Corporations including Hisar, among other issues. If the Leader of opposition in while declaring the results. conduct is effective within As many as 1401157 vot- Rohtak, Yamunanagar, ruling BJP manages a victo- Haryana Assembly and In case, all the contesting the limits of Municipal ers including 746126 males, Panipat and Karnal and of two ry, it would definitely be INLD’s senior leader said candidates individually Corporations and commit- 655021 females and 10 trans- Municipal committees includ- seen as a stamp of approval that the party is ready for the receive lesser vote than tees, where the polls would gender would exercise their ing Jakhal Mandi (Fatehabad) to the functioning of the polls and will contest on its NOTA, then none of the be held and not the entire   2)/81 gramme while DIPRO franchise in these elections. and Pundri (Kaithal) would Manohar Lal Khattar symbol. Reacting on split in contesting candidate will be district. Jagarnath Prasad Raiguru and he district administration Satyanarayan Pradhan coordi- Tpaid rich tributes to martyr nated the event. Laxman Nayak on his 119th A series of functions was + +'     ' 5 55 ( 4R  birth anniversary. District organised to highlight the con- Collector K Sudarshan tribution of Nayak during the Chakrabarthy, MLA Potaingi, freedom movement of India. Prafulla Kumar Pangi, besides Getting the call of Gandhi,   5  +% 44*   /*,$/) iprocate the Indian govern- The leaders also demand- other officials offered floral Nayak led a procession on ment’s great initiative and ed to set up an office of tributes to the tribal leader at August 21, 1942, demonstrat- he Akali Dal and AAP on respect the sentiments of the External Affairs ministry at his statue in his native village ing against British rule in front   0!*0+, October 19, 2018 at 6:55 pm noticed that the spot of the TThursday hailed the Sikh ‘Sangat’ all across the Amritsar to assist the pil- of Tentuligumma. of Mathili Police Station. occurred due to the negli- incident was not visible till the Centre’s move to build and world in this regard. grims visiting the religious The SDC Chairman, However, the brutal police egligence" of people led to gence of persons reportedly train was within 200 metres of develop the Kartarpur corri- Former CM also recalled places exclusively. Koraput, the Vice Chairman, officers open fired on the pro- Nlast month's Amritsar standing on and near railway the revellers due to the S- dor to provide easy passage his Pakistan visit in 1999, Meanwhile, Congress Boipariguda Block, the testers killing 40 and hundreds tragedy in which 60 people track witnessing Dussehra curve. to Sikh pilgrims visiting a when he accompanied the leader and Rajya Sabha MP Tentulligumma Sarpanch, the were injured.The British were mowed down by a train Mela at Dhobi Ghat," CCCRS The incident took place at historic gurudwara in late former Prime Minister Partap Singh Bajwa also wel- Sub Collector Jeypore, the PA administration implicated as they watched Dussehra cel- S K Pathak said in the report, a time when there was smoke Pakistan. Atal Bihari Vajpayee who comed the union cabinet’s ITDA, Jeypore , the DIPRO, Nayak in a case of murder. He ebrations while standing on a a copy of which is with PTI. in the air due to fire crackers Welcoming the Centre’s had acceded to SAD-BJP decision to develop the Koraput and the BDO, was hanged on March 29, 1943 railway track, the Chief He has further classified and burning of Ravana's effi- initiative, SAD patron and government’s request to start Kartarpur corridor. Boiparigua, attended the pro- in Brahmapur Jail. Commissioner of Railway the accident as "error in work- gy, the report said. former Chief Minister the process of fulfilling the Safety said in his provisional ing by public near railway It also stated that while the Parkash Singh Badal said, daily Sikh prayers at the his- report on Thursday, virtually line" and made a slew of rec- permissible speed on this sec- “This is indeed a befit- toric shrines all over the giving the railways a clean chit ommendations to avoid such tion was 100 kmph, the train ting tribute to the great Guru world. P    in the case. accidents in the future. was running at a speed of 82 Nanak Dev ji’s cosmic vision The late Prime Minister "Having carefully consid- The Commission of kmph when the loco pilot saw transcending all kinds of had taken up the issue with ered the factual material and Railway Safety, works under the crowd and applied brakes. barriers among human his counterpart in Pakistan circumstantial evidences so far the administrative control of In the trial, it was seen that the beings of different castes, then but there had been no & '%( available at my disposal, I the Ministry of Civil Aviation braking distance of the train creeds and countries. response from across the have provisionally come to the and deals with matters per- was 389 metres. India Thursday also border so far, he said. conclusion that the unfortu- taining to safety of rail travel According to the report, urged the Pakistan govern- “I hope that the Pakistan nate incident of running over and train operation and is 50 policemen were present at ment to build a corridor to government fully respects of 60 persons near Jaura- tasked with certain statutory the spot and despite them try- Kartarpur Sahib to facilitate and joins in the atmosphere Fatak near Amritsar railway functions to investigate rail- ing to move the crowd away easy movement of Indian of devotion and religious station of Ferozpur division of way accidents. from the tracks, the people did pilgrims to the shrine. fervour in this year of the Northern Railways on During its enquiry, Pathak not oblige. Akali Dal patriarch said 550th Parkash Utsav of the the NDA government’s for- great Guru and opens the mal request to Pakistan border for unrestricted and should decisively remove all hassle free pilgrimage to the hurdles in the path of fulfill- historic shrine at Kartarpur ing the long-cherished dream Sahib, he said. of every Sikh to pay obei- Badal also thanked the sance at the historic Centre for deciding to run a ‘Gurudham’. special train which will pass Badal thanked the Prime through all holy places linked Minister Narendra Modi, with Guru Nanak Dev, and to Home Minister Rajnath release commemorative coins Singh and the Finance and postage stamps on the Minister Arun Jaitley for sacred occasion of ‘Parkash honouring the sentiments Utsav’. and wishes of the Sikh mass- Hailing the Union gov- es all over the world. ernment’s move, opposition “This is their historic Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and unprecedented tribute to said it has fulfilled the wish the Sikh sentiments con- of Sikh ‘sangat’ (community) tained in our daily ‘Ardas’ residing around the globe. (prayer), seeking unrestrict- In a joint statement, the ed ‘Darshan Deedar and Seva Leader of Opposition in   *0)/*1 state government would table the Vidhan Sabha, ministers Sambhal’ (paying obeisance) Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Harpal supplementary budget for the of the state government were of all historic shrines from Singh Cheema and chief he third session of the next four months in this found fumbling in reply to which the Sikh community spokesperson MLA Baljinder TVidhan Sabha will be held Assembly session. On the questions raised in the was weaned away following Kaur, also appealed to the in Dehradun from December other hand, the main opposi- Assembly which was also the partition in 1947, said Centre to simplify visa 4. tion party Congress may try pointed out by the Speaker. Badal. requirements to visit other A notification to this to confront the state govern- For this session, the min- He also appealed to the religious places in Pakistan as effect signed by the governor ment on the issue of the isters will also have to prepare Pakistan government to rec- well. Baby Rani Maurya was issued national highway 74 scam. better in order to prevent on Thursday. It will be recalled that embarrassment to the state According to sources, the during the previous session of government.    !  7  2   /*,$/) distribution company autho- rized for the city would be eli- o ensure more transparency gible to participate in the e-ten- Tin the allotment of petrol dering. pump sites and Compressed This was informed in the Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped 116th meeting of Haryana Natural Gas (PNG) stations site Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran in the state, Haryana (HSVP) held under the chair- Government has decided to manship of Chief Minister make allotment of these sites Manohar Lal here on Thursday. through e-tendering. The Authority also Only, the oil marketing approved the budget estimates of companies and CNG and PNG over Rs 15,334 crore of HSVP for the year 2018-19. During the meeting, it was informed that these sites would be designated as “filling cum charging station” and could be used by the allottee for CNG, petrol or diesel pump or allied activities like battery charging station for future vehicles etc. The allottees could use the site for any or all of these purposes, said an official spokesman.   (  )* +,- +./0  *

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"(0 Currently, allied and healthcare issues in detail and provide rec- amongst the non-ex-officio & Climate Research-Modelling Information Service(INCOIS). On the making jute pack-  >HI   professionals remain unidenti- ommendations relating to spe- members. Observing Systems & Services In an official statement, the aging mandatory, the govern-      fied, unregulated and under- cific recognised categories. The bill will also have an (ACROSS)" during 2017-2020 Government said the scheme ment said that the CCEA     H utilised. The Cabinet has also Nadda stated that this leg- overriding effect on any other at an estimated cost of 1,450 9 *  #   will generate employment approved that 100 per cent of E00 approved the setting up of islation will bring all existing existing law for any of the crore. The Cabinet also    opportunities. "A sizable num- the food grains and 20 per cent        Medical College at Silvassa in allied and healthcare profes- covered professions. It also approved a proposal making 1!     ber of scientific and technical of the sugar shall be mandato- # the Union Territory (UT) of sionals on board within a few empowers the central and State jute packaging mandatory for $   $& staff alongwith requisite rily packed in diversified jute Dadra and Nagar Haveli. years from the date of estab- Governments to make rules. all food grains. administrative support, there- bags. Earlier, it was compulso- #77     Welcoming the move, lishment of the council. According to statement The scheme will provide services, climate services, by generating employment. To ry to pack 90 per cent of the #   6  Union Health Minister JP "This will pave the way for here, he nod for setting up the improved weather, climate and tourism, pilgrimage, power ensure last-mile connectivity of food grains and 20 per cent of ",  Nadda said that it will help bet- high quality multi-discipli- medical college at Silvassa, UT ocean forecast and services, generation, water management, the weather based services to the sugar in jute bags.      E  ter medical infrastructure and nary care in line with the Administration of Dadra and thereby ensuring transfer of Sports and adventure. the end -user, a large number "Initially, 10 per cent of the     enhance medical education vision of Ayushman Bharat," Nagar Haveli at a capital cost of commensurate benefits to the Briefing reporters after the of agencies like the Krishi indents of jute bags for pack-   K* opportunities to youth. he said. 189 crore will be incurred in various services like Public Cabinet meeting, Union Vigyana Kendras of Indian ing food grains would be   -K*.4   He said that the draft bill The central council will two years, 2018-19(114 crore) weather service, disaster man- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Council of Agricultural placed through reverse auction   #80  for the establishment of nation- comprise 47 members, of and 2019-20(75 crore) with agement, Agro-meteorological said the scheme will be imple- Research, universities and local on the GeM (Government e-       al and State-level councils for whom 14 shall be ex-officio yearly intake of 150 students. Services, Aviation services, mented by the Ministry of municipalities are roped in Marketplace) portal. This will      regulation and standardisation members representing diverse The project will be completed Environmental monitoring ser- Earth Sciences through its thus generating employment gradually usher in a regime of       of education and services pro- and related roles and functions by 2019-20. vices, Hydro-meteorological institutes namely India opportunities to many people," price discovery," it said.   4   #    #   # :*2#   ;    "  (         0!*0+, are fiercely opposed to estab- Sentinelese tribesmen to the the North Sentinel Island and      lishing any contact with for- outsiders, these people (seven reached there by midnight.        :    he Centre on Thursday eigners. persons arrested in the case) The next day, Chau moved to        Tdenied that the American "We even cannot carry out collaborated with John Chau shore using his kayak which he  "  0!*0+, al is now with the Finance structure, financial constraints         national allegedly killed by proper census in the island. We for this visit to North Sentinel got towed with the fishing Ministry. and shortage of doctors. Also,  L members of a protected tribe in can only make an assessment of Island without any permission boat. After dropping him the elatives of the deceased per- Dr Kumar said to begin not all States have adopted the  L#/   the Andamans was a mission- the number of people living in from the authorities," accord- fishermen fixed their timings Rsons whose organs are with the proposal has been Transplantation of Human 6 "+    ary even as it claimed his death the island through aerial sur- ing to a statement by the and place to meet each other donated to the needy may be made to ensure social support Organs and Tissues Act 2011.    was due to his enthusiasm in vey," a senior Home Ministry Director General of Andaman between the shoreline and their soon 'compensated' with med- to dependents of 1,500 organ Little wonder that the num-      adventure sports and not in any official said. and Nicobar Police Dependra high sea fishing area. ical/social support of up to 5 donor families for cadaver ber of organ donation has wit-    -K(+. evangelist mission. However, Access to North Sentinel Pathak. . "In the morning of lakh, if a proposal of the Health organ donation towards med- nessed a decline as compared to ,  # the American national John Island and its buffer zone is Pathak said Chau had November 17, they saw a dead Ministry sees the light of the day. ical treatment and or education last year, if one goes by the Allen Chau violated local laws strictly restricted under enlisted the help of local elec- person being buried at the The move, that 'compen- of dependents up to 5 lakh per National Organ and Tissue     to reach the highly-restricted Protection of Aboriginal Tribe tronics engineer Alexander shore which from the silhouette satory support' should be doled donor. "The figure 1,500 is ten- Transplant Organisation       island, officials said. (Regulation), 1956 and and a water sports service of the body, clothing and cir- out to any relative who has to tative. It might change depend- (NOTTO) data. In 2018, there (   Chau, 27, neither informed Regulations under Indian provider and hired five fisher- cumstances appeared to be the go through the medical trauma ing on the number of donation," have been 4,805 kidney trans-       police as is required under the Forest Act, 1927. Recent cir- men to evade the patrolling body of Chau," Pathak said in of donating the organ of the he expressed confidence. plants (deceased- 892 and liv-    ,  1 law nor did he take permission culars of the Union Home teams of police, Coast Guard his statement through a release family member, aims to boost However, while on the one ing 3913), 180 heart trans- +    from the forest department Ministry also restrict move- and Navy to approach the issued late on Wednesday night. deceased organ donation, hand, the Government is taking plants and 1,130 (deceased 459, ( :4  and the local administration ment of foreigners in these island. Subsequently, they which is dismally low in the several steps to promote organ living -671) liver transplants, E    before reaching the North areas. For this, the local fisher- returned to Port Blair and nar- country, said Dr Anil Kumar, donation in the society, on the 145 lung transplants, 13 pan-      Sentinel Island, where two fish- "Despite knowing fully well men were paid around 25,000 rated the incident to Alexander National Organ Transplant pro- other hand many of these creas transplants, five hand      ermen were also killed in 2006 about the illegality of the action by Chau. "They started on and handed him the 13 pages gramme officer in the Ministry organs are often not properly transplants and one small bowl '/ by the Sentinelese tribals who and the hostile attitude of the November 14 around 8 PM for of the journal written by Chau. of Health. He said the propos- utilised owing to poor infra- transplant so far. ( ?G>I# 0.-1.1-./ &&*1        ''  &      +  :4   0!*0+, institute will be granted secretary, Indira Gandhi Ministry had also approved the +    deemed university status," said National Centre for the Arts plan in 2016. The IIMC has M4   the Centre as to what action has Centre's counsel. "These per- he prestigious Indian a senior HRD Ministry official. (IGNCA) and other headed by expanded from two campus in been taken in the matter. sons are enjoying TV. God R(   TInstitute of Mass The institute, one of the M S Parmar, vice-chancellor, Delhi and Dhenkanal to six  1 It said a report by knows what all they are enjoy- Communication (IIMC) will prestigious journalism schools Kushabhau Thakre University campuses across the country — Additional Sessions Judge, who ing. soon get a Deemed University in the country which functions of Journalism — made the Jammu, Amravati, Kottayam *( :   carried out inspection in the jail They are sitting on sofas," New Delhi: The Supreme status as the HRD Ministry has under the Ministry of recommendation. and Aizawl being the new ones on September 4 following com- the bench observed. Additional Court said on Thursday it granted the Letter of Intent to Information and Broadcasting, Based on the committee's — over the last five years. plaints from inmates that the Solicitor General (ASG) Aman may cancel the bail granted to the institute. The deemed uni- offers postgraduate diploma recommendation and inspection During a review of higher New Delhi: Is there a parallel Chandra brothers and others Lekhi, appearing for the former Jharkhand Minister versity status will enable the courses in journalism, adver- team's feedback, the UGC has education institutes by the Niti system running in jails?," the were enjoying "luxurious Centre, said that action must be Yogendra Sao and his MLA institute to grant degrees tising and public relations. recommended that the Ministry Aayog in June, it was recom- Supreme Court asked on lifestyle", was already available. taken in such cases and such wife Nirmala Devi, accused in instead of diplomas. The UGC had last year formed should issue an LoI to the jour- mended that the IIMC be Thursday while referring to "Report of a judge says that instances have to be "tackled rioting cases in 2016, for University Grants Commission a four-member committee nalism school under the 'De merged with either Jawaharlal media reports that LED TV, sofa Unitech officials are enjoying seriously". When the ASG said violating conditions imposed (UGC) had in August recom- headed by B K Kuthiala, the Novo' category. 'De Novo' refers Nehru University's Centre for and other prohibited items were facilities in Tihar. Is there a par- the top court was dealing with by it. mended the HRD Ministry to vice-chancellor of Makhanlal to an institution which focuses Media Studies or Jamia Millia found in a Tihar jail cell where allel system running in jails? Do the issue related to speedy The top court asked the grant deemed university status Chaturvedi University in on teaching and research in Islamia's AJK Mass Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra they have special rights in jails? trial for undertrial prisoners, couple to argue on the next date to the IIMC. Bhopal, to analyse the propos- emerging areas of knowledge. Communication Research and his brother Ajay have been What have you done about the bench observed, "We are of hearing as to why the bail "An LoI has been issued to al by the IIMC. The panel was The idea to grant deemed Centre. However, the institute lodged. A Bench headed by it?," the bench, also comprising dealing with something which granted to them in riot cases the IIMC and certain anom- later disbanded and two com- university status to the IIMC is as well as the Information and Justice Madan B Lokur asked justice Deepak Gupta, asked the is shocking". PTI cannot be cancelled. PTI alies have been pointed out. mittees -- one headed by not a new one. The Broadcasting and the HRD Once they are removed, the Sachidanand Joshi, member Information and Broadcasting Ministries rejected the idea. 1 &/>  +!  7 ! #  P New Delhi: The Supreme Lawyer Yadunandan Court on Thursday sought the Bansal, appearing for Kansal,    < Centre's response on a petition said the Centre was unjustified seeking quota benefit in in not granting reservation in Government employment for employment to people with   = people with speech and lan- speech and language disabili- guage disability. ties and it amounted to dis- New Delhi: "Negligence" of people led to last 'Speech and language dis- crimination. month's Amritsar tragedy in which 60 people ability' refers to a permanent The petition, filed through were mowed down by a train as they watched disability arising out of condi- A bench of Chief Justice falling in the category of advocate Ashutosh Garg, said Dussehra celebrations while standing on a rail- tions such as laryngectomy or Ranjan Gogoi and justices K M 'speech and language disabili- not granting quota benefit to way track, the Chief Commissioner of Railway aphasia affecting one or more Joseph and M R Shah issued ty" are getting the benefit of such disabled people was "fla- Safety said in his provisional report on Thursday, components of speech and lan- notice to the Centre on the PIL reservation in education, the grant violation of their rights virtually giving the railways a clean chit in the guage due to organic or neu- filed by Reepal Kansal that said same is not given to them in under the Rights of Persons case. "Having carefully considered the factual rological causes. that though disabled persons public employment. with Disabilities Act, 2016". PTI material and circumstantial evidences so far available at my disposal, I have provisionally come to the conclusion that the unfortunate inci- dent of running over of 60 persons near Jaura- (      Fatak near Amritsar railway station of Ferozpur division of Northern Railways on October 19, 2018 at 6:55 pm occurred due to the negligence  "  0!*0+, Memorial Hospital, Mumbai and for research into its med- not attract pests and animals of persons reportedly standing on and near rail- and experts from Narcotics icinal use. "Cannabis-derived like monkeys, its bio-product way track witnessing Dussehra Mela at Dhobi hile India is taking its Control Bureau among others API (active pharmaceutical can be used for fuel purpose. $  1 *  (      *  * >      Ghat," CCCRS S K Pathak said in the report, a Wown time to allow the will be holding a brain storm- industry) alone has a $23 bil- Given its enormous benefits, it's 1  +      $   $& copy of which is with PTI. PTI cultivation of cannabis (mari- ing session here to deliberate lion export possibility from high time that the government juana) in the country, experts and establish an action plan to India. In future, India could be come out from the myth and including scientists have raised cash in on the potential future a large supplier to the world for doubts surrounding this plant. a chorus calling for legalising it opportunities of the cannabis. CBD-derived API," he added. We need to focus on the vari- ?     !+  !   as is being done by many The event "Cannabis R&D For its clinical trial, the ety with is less narcotic," Dr developed nations to reap the in India: A Scientific, Medical CSIR-IIIM is in touch with all Kumar said. benefits of the growing medi- & Legal Perspective" has been reputed cancer hospitals in the Jahan Peston Jamas,Co- Jaipur: Four friends died after Government at Centre has cre- Rituraj Meena (17) died "One of the boys who did cinal and industrial green herb organised by the Bombay country to test the drugs on ter- founder, BOHECO said: "The they allegedly jumped before a ated such a situation in the instantly after jumping before not jump said he was called by market. Hemp Company (BOHECO), minal patients. "We expect to cannabis plant is a victim of moving train in a suspected country," Congress spokesper- the train, Abhishek Meena (22) Satyanarayan Meena near the Currently, Uttarakhand is a first startup in India to study have results for regulatory misperception despite being suicide pact in Rajasthan's son Manish Tewari said on was injured and succumbed to railway tracks on Tuesday the only State in the country to the medical and industrial use approvals in a year or two before an integral part of Indian cul- Alwar district, police said on Thursday. injuries later in the evening. evening," the police official said. have legalised the cultivation of cannabis in partnership with we can release our research for ture. For thousands of years, it Thursday. He said the BJP had Rahul and Santosh, how- "They told him that they and production of hemp (a the CSIR and the CSIR -IIIM . commercial exploitation," said has been a trusted ingredient in Police officials said a pri- promised to provide 10 crore ever, did not take the extreme were going to commit suicide variety of marijuana) for Ram Vishwakarma, Vishwakarma. the treatment of various ail- mary probe revealed that they jobs in five years, but its gov- step, they said. because they were depressed industrial purposes. Director of the Jammu-based Sanjay Kumar, Director, ments. were depressed due to unem- ernment was able to create only "There is more than one and unemployment was the On Friday, scientists from IIIM, which has obtained com- CSIR-IHBT too said that the "Yet cannabis is mired in ployment but the exact reason 8.5 lakh jobs. version about the incident and main reason. However, the CSIR labs such as J&K based- mercial licence from the State herb serves as a major ambiguity when it comes to its for taking the extreme step was Two friends of the youths, we are probing the matter. matter is being probed to ascer- Institute of Integrative Government to grow cannabis painkiller for the patients suf- application in modern health- yet to be ascertained. Rahul and Santosh, told the Anything concrete can be said tain more details," the official Medicine (IIIM) and Institute at its research station, said that fering with cancer third stage. care. Till now, there has been The Congress slammed the police that the six of them were only after the investigation is added. of Himalayan Bio-resource they are already in talk with Apart from many medicinal limited debate in India on the BJP Government at the Centre near railways tracks Tuesday over," SP Alwar Rajendra Singh While, Manoj and Technology in Palampur (HP) NITI Aayog and the Drug and industrial benefits, the medicinal, legal and scientific over the incident in poll-bound evening when they decided to said. Satyanaran were graduates and besides senior doctors from Controller General of India's plants can also provide liveli- aspects of using cannabis- Rajasthan, saying it had not commit suicide. Another police official said were preparing for competitive premier health and research office for a suitable policy to hood to the farmers. "It is eco- derived products as medicine," created the promised jobs. While Manoj (24), the youths were depressed as exams, Rituraj was a BA first institutes like AIIMS, Tata legalise cannabis cultivation friendly, need less water, does he said. "The BJP and its Satyanarayan Meena (22) and they were unemployed. year student. PTI   (  )* +,- +./0  2 *       '( 4  !      1 "/, & O P4  them go scot-free.   8//  "      "     its registration with VV Giri To a question posed by           National Labour Institute andeep Tamgadge, the chief #  "    :1  advocate Wahab Khan, he first ever labour and            which would help the working Sinvestigating officer (CIO) Tamgadge said he personally Temployment study centre      class to know about the legal in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh 8 +8)+ 0 8+: ; +;0*<= recorded statements of Amit was opened here by Bihar       "   " N> aspects and its implementation. and Tulsiram Prajapati case, 8)*; *8;'==<?8*'? ++8@ 8+ Shah, marble dealer Vimal Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.  "          Nitish also referred to dry has alleged that BJP president Patni and the then Rajasthan Named after Dasrath      law in Bihar and said it has )? ? A : *< )0 ) ;+* *#" and then Gujarat’s Minister of Home Minister Gulabchand Manjhi, the celebrated moun-        "        helped poor and working class State for Home Amit Shah :?)+8* 8+*8A ? *8)*?'=* *='?' Kataria. “It is not true that these tain man of Gaya district, the          the most as the workers were in and three IPS police officers *  8+*? :'<'==<?)?* statements were not incrimi- institute will take care of         habit of consuming alcohol were the principal conspirators :?8<: <'8):? *'?)'=*= @8<'8*? nating,” he said. Khan then filed labourers from Bihar going to and spending a good part of of the fake encounter. an application to bring these other places, develop their skill their income on boozing. Now Reacting to Tamgade statements on record. and also impart them legal though there is no big industry labourers were registered but they were spending that money claim, Congress president appropriate for the BJP to have SJ Sharma , Tamgade said that Tamgadge defended the aspects and educate about legal in Bihar the GDP rate of the the CM said this figure was not on positive aspects of their life. Rahul Gandhi took a such a man as its president,” he was calling them conspirators case chargesheet in which implications of the labour laws. State was 10 per cent,” he said. correct and the labour class Deputy CM Sushil Modi swipe at the BJP chief saying it Rahul tweeted. with evidence. “It is not true that killing of Sohrabuddin’s close Nitish said Bihar had been The Bihari workers not should be motivated to get said for the construction was “appropriate” for the BJP Shah along with the then I am calling these four people aide, Tulsiram Prajapati has a big centre of sending out only go to other States but other registered and they should be labourers State has launched 13 to have such a man as its Anti-Terrorism Squad chief conspirators without any evi- been described as a criminal- labour class to different cities to countries too. Nitish said a informed about the schemes schemes which included a president. DG Vanzara, SP Rajkumar dence,” Tamgadge said. political-nexus. He said, “ there eke out a livelihood but now the good number of Biharis are aimed at their welfare. With compensation of Rs 4 lakh to “The Gita says you can Pandian, and the then SP of Tamgadge could be the was evidence before me that situation ahs changed and the working in Bhutan while 51 per their skill development their the kin of person killed on never escape the truth and so Rajasthan Police MN Dinesh last prosecution witness to be Sohrabuddin, Prajapati and number of labourers going out cent of Bihari origin are living working capability and income work and Rs one lakh on nat- it has always been. Sandeep were discharged by the court examined. Out of 20 accsued Azam Khan (a crucial wit- has decreased. “The decen- in Mauritius and they are play- could be increased, he added. ural death, 3,500 for pur- Tamgadge has called Amit between 2014 and 2015. persons nine have been dis- ness) were used by Amit Shah tralised implementation of var- ing their role in the develop- The institute will be affili- chasing bicycle and 15,000 for Shah a key conspirator in his During his cross-examina- charged and the CBI has not for firing at the office of ious schemes has enhanced the ment of those countries. ated to Chanakya Law acquiring tools after the skill testimony. It’s completely tion in the court of Special Judge challenged the decsions to let Popular Builder’’. income of working class. Even The officials said 11 lakh University and talks were on for development training.   (  )* +,- +./0  3 5(   87 (    : +( 5 ' ( (  +   +12! and communal peace. no activity would be allowed Kumar pointed out that     5  ADG, Lucknow Zone, without the permission of the over one lakh people were he Uttar Pradesh Police Ashutosh Pandey and IG, district administration. expected to attend the VHP ( +  Tbeefed up security at Lucknow Range, Sujit Pandey Principal Secretary (Home) rally. “Around 20-25 lakh pil- Ayodhya — specially near the will be camping at Ayodhya Arvind Kumar said that there grims camp in the city during *   !  +,  $      disputed site — for Vishwa from November 24 and for was no need of any concern as ‘Chaudah Koshi Parikrama’ and       Hindu Parishad (VHP) and administrative ease, the town adequate security arrangements ‘Panch Kosi Parikrama’ and we    2, Minister,” the Governor post- +-.      Shiv Sena programmes at the has been divided into different had already been made and can easily handle the situation ed in his social media site         weekend. sectors with each being super- directions of Supreme Court so congregation of about 1 lakh Sathasivam, Governor of after the meeting which lasted While the VHP, with sup- vised by a gazetted officer. would be strictly followed. is easily manageable,” Kumar PKerala, informed Chief for 30 minutes.    1 "/,    port from the RSS, will hold a The DGP said no mass On the concerns of said exuding confidence. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan his “I discussed with the chief Dharma Sabha to demand a movement will be allowed Muslims fearing a backlash, the SSP of Ayodhya Joginder concern and displeasure over minister the measures to nown for his uprightness, ity with the outgoing Municipal legislation on the early con- towards Ram Lalla makeshift officer said their fear was Singh said they had demand- the behavior of Yatheesh address complaints on lack of Kdiscipline and people- Commissioner, were shouting struction of Ram temple at the temple site. He added that unfounded and they had been ed 20 companies of PAC and Chandra, police officer, basic amenities like drinking friendly approach, IAS officer slogans like “We want disputed site on November 25, Section 144 CrPC had already convinced of security after dis- two companies of RAF to towards Pon Radhakrishnan, water, toilets and rest rooms at Tukaram Mundhe has been Mundhe” in support and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav been clamped in Ayodhya and trict authorities met them. maintain law and order. Union Minister of State for Nilackal, Pampa and on way to transferred yet again, his 12th against the Maharashtra gov- Thackarey is slated to visit the Finance, Surface Transport and Sanidhanam,” said the transfer in 13 years and fourth ernment for shifting him out of city for two days starting shipping when the latter visit- Governor after the meeting. since May 2016. Not unex- Nashik at the behest of the rul- November 24. ed Sabarimala on Wednesday. Sabarimala had witnessed pectedly, his latest transfer ing BJP’s elected representatives In order to comply with the *   !:5 He also told the Chief Minister unpleasant scenes when union from being the Nashik at the NMC. Supreme Court’s order and about his unhappiness over minister Pon Radhakrishnan Municipal Commissioner to a No wonder, around e the maintain law and order, the the slapping of Section 144 at visited the shrine on relatively insignificant post as same time, BJP corporators state government has made the shrine. Wednesday. Yatheesh Chandra, joint secretary in the State celebrated Mundhe’s transfer by elaborate security arrange- The Governor invited the a superintendent of police ‘mis- Planning department at bursting crackers at Nashik ments in the temple town with Chief Minister to Raj Bhavan behaved’ with the union minis- Mantralaya (State Secretariat) Mayor Ranjana Bhansi’s official the deployment of Anti-Terror on Thursday to discuss various ter when the former was asked has sparked protests from cit- bungalow “Ramayan”. The cel- Squad, additional police and issues concerning Sabarimala. why private vehicles and out- izens in Nashik. ebrations by the BJP’s elected para-military forces and is Delegations of various political station vehicles were not being After having been trans- representatives should be seen expected to press drone cam- parties including the Congress, allowed at Pamba. The officer ferred to the state secretariat in the context of a proposal by eras into service to monitor the the principal opposition party, shouted at Radhakrishnan ask- within nine months of being tak- the BJP corporators to move a crowd. had called on the Governor ing whether he would take the ing over as the Nashik Municipal non-confidence motion against The VHP has claimed that early this week and had briefed responsibility for the same. Commissioner, Mundhe arrived Mundhe at a special civic gen- over one lakh people, including him about the shortcomings at The Governor also dis- at the Nashik Municipal eral meeting that the Mayor saints and sadhus, will attend Sabarimala. cussed complaints he received Corporation (NMC) for the last had called on September 1 the Dharma Sabha.    5$  !          ! # “I highlighted the griev- about police action and possi- time on Thursday morning this year ostensibly in protest DGP OP Singh on      $   $&  !!A; $& ance expressed by Shri. Pon bilities of lifting restrictions before handing over the charge against the Municipal Thursday said security arrange- Radhakrishnan, Hon. Minister imposed through Section 144 to the district collector, only to Commissioner’s move to ments were reviewed and all Pune/Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief of State for Finance & Shipping. of the CrPC . The misbehav- witness a protest being staged by increase the rateable value for preparations were in place to Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday 9     Need to improve transport iour of the Kerala Police offi- local citizens against his sudden property tax from 3 paise implement the Supreme Court said the Ram temple issue is facility between Nilackal and cer towards Union Minister transfer to Mumbai. per sq foot to 40 paise per sq order, maintain law and order raked up before every election Pampa also was discussed in Pon Radhakrishnan had its The protesters, who had foot and likewise in differing and wondered for how long will 5(  !  '  meeting with the Chief fall out in Tamil Nadu . come to express their solidar- categories. people be ‘fooled’ with the ,( 7 ‘mandir wahi banayenge’ slogan.    1 "/, Uddhav said during his visit to    Ayodhya on November 25, he head of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray’s two-day visit would “seek an answer” as to Ato mount pressure on the ruling BJP to expedite ;+ how many more elections will construction of Ram Mandir, more than 3,000 Sena workers from people be fooled with the slogan. Thane and Nashik on Thursday left for Ayodhya in two   2+// The Sena chief collected special trains. soil from Shivneri fort in Waving saffron banners, bands and posters and raising slo- engal Urban Development Junnar tehsil of Pune district, gans rooting for construction of Ram Mandir, Ayodya-bound BMinister and key Mamata where Maratha warrior king Shiv Sainiks boarded the trains at Thane and Nashik. Banerjee aide Firhad Hakim Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj The visiting Shiv Sainiks will move around with Uddhav dur- was on Thursday chosen the was born. He said he will carry ing his visit to Ayodhya when where he will perform aarti at leader of Municipal the soil to Ayodhya during his Sarayu River on Saturday, while on Sunday, he will visit the dis- Corporation — a responsibil- visit on Sunday. PTI puted site and take darshan of Ram-Lalla. ity that will finally make him thecolonial city’s next Mayor following the resigna- tion of SovanChatterjee who earlier quit his ministerial posts too as a culmination of an alleged extra-marital crisis. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who personally met 123 councilors of Kolkata said there was no crisis in the party following Chatterjee’s resignation. “He had offered to resign earlier also but we prevented him from doing so but this time he would not listen and resigned on personal grounds it was accepted.”   ( )* +,- +./0  4 * +,+#!!*"   #;   9* 8    #;  ; 5<* /)7 5 - ( +  /   4  /     01!"R   %  %%       .     + ' ,O :)   ( 4 -;         (       0       $            (         349<    Calcutta. This was then processed by Radhanath Sikdar    -   . .     and conveyed to Andrew     .    Waugh that ‘Peak XV’ had been  =         measured at 29,002 feet, taking the mean value of all observa- .     -   tions. Considering that the sci- #          entific instrumentation available             (   at that time was only of a rudi- mentary nature, the level of               .S ( --  accuracy reached was almost    34>7         -      100 per cent, and this figure has    ?              . ( ll of us are aware from the days not undergone any change,   + ' ;              of our childhood that the high- despite the current state of tech- est mountain peak in the world nological progress.   S            (  is and it was dis- Correspondence between                  - S  ( covered by . It Waugh and Sikdar reveals that Awas only much later that one came to know Waugh did privately acknowl-    %    -         S    that Sir George Everest was the Surveyor edge the achievement of Sikdar        ,  :  General of India and the peak was so but did not recognise his work :         ;        . named as he had discovered it to be the on record and in public. In his       ,             highest in the world. As the Surveyor letter dated August 25, 1856, General, he had his offices in Dehradun Waugh wrote to Sikdar that he                . ( and used to stay in Mussoorie. He left India was glad to hear that naming the    34<6          -      in 1843, almost 200 years ago, but his house peak as Everest had given the lat- 34<4 # ,  S  (               in Mussoorie is still being preserved and ter a lot of satisfaction. Thus, it is now a place of tourist interest. is clear that the name Everest was ;  $    =  !      "       The truth, however, is somewhat differ- given to ensure that Sikdar, who ,                     ent. It is a fact that Sir George Everest was could have been the rightful    -                ( the Surveyor General of India from 1830 to claimant for credit, did not 1843, but it is also a fact that during his tenure object as he was extremely fond       "        @        ;  of office, Mount Everest, that we know of “Radanauth is high in favour research paper published in of Everest, who had recruited        .             today, was only known as ‘Peak XV’. Everest with everybody, and universal- 1904 in the scientific journal him in service. The situation A        $  :  @  =   ( had neither initiated the process of measur- ly beloved in the GT Survey. You Nature, these facts would not would have remained obscure ing the height of this peak, nor was he instru- will not know him for the same have come to light. He published but for the research paper of SG                     ( mental in its naming, which was done much person when you see him again, in detail various steps taken for Burrard in 1904. Later, Professor   @     (    -         later, long after he had proceeded to England for he is no longer a puny the measurement of ‘Peak XV’. Meghnad Saha acknowledged                  to enjoy his retirement after 1843. Located stripling, but a hardy energetic This in a way also exposed the this feat in 1938 by giving Sikdar on the border of Nepal and Tibet, this ‘Peak young man, ready to undergo machinations of Andrew Waugh full credit. Earlier, Kenneth          B        XV’ has been worshipped as a holy place by any fatigue, and acquire a prac- who had tried his level best to Mason in 1928, recognised his       + ' ;         the Tibetans, who called it Chomolungma, tical knowledge of all parts of his take credit away from, to where work as also John Keay in his #     (         ;   the Mother Goddess of the World. In Nepal, profession. …There are few of it truly belonged, that is book, The Great Arc.   - S %              this peak is known as Sagarmatha, meaning my instruments which he can- Radhanath Sikdar. In the given situation, the peak of heavens. Even these days, this not manage; and none of my It is human nature that in changing the name of Mount   @+$($$  @     ; S   ( peak is addressed by its traditional names, computations of which he is not case something important is Everest to Mount Sikdar      ,   $$            both in Tibet and Nepal, while we have fol- thoroughly master. …Eventually 2+/*)0! achieved, one tries to take cred- Everest will perhaps do full jus- %             #      lowed what was given to us by the British ie he will furnish a convincing it or gives credit to someone, but tice to Radhanath Sikdar and Mount Everest. proof that the aptitude of your !/1$ in this case, Waugh specifically give him worldwide recogni-  %                  ( In fact, the name Everest was given by countrymen for the practical, as mentioned that Sikdar had noth- tion, which was legitimately his      .                ( Col Sir Andrew Waugh of Bengal Engineers, well as the theoretical, parts of (80,K,/++< ing to do with this work, indicat- due, long time ago. We do not      @       %        who succeeded Everest as the Surveyor mathematics is in no wise infe- 0,20*/ ing his bias. Later, he could be have to seek anybody’s General of India from 1844 to 1861. rior to that of Europeans.” seen placating him by asking approval for such a change as          #      Circumstances under which ‘Peak XV’ was “Of the qualifications of the )/*// him that he should be happy that the rationale is all well-docu-                 named as Mount Everest are rather peculiar young man himself I cannot (,*/)/* the peak had been named after mented. Even if the world    -! @   .        + and reveal a very biased handling of the mat- speak too highly. In his math- his mentor. Andrew Waugh also continues to call it Everest, in ter so that the entire credit goes to the British ematical attainments there are 2,$2*2 gave the additional charge of the India, we could still call it ' ;                 officers of the East India Company. Going few in India, whether European !,0 Indian Metrological Department Sikdar Everest.   ,         @  -       through the historical records of the Survey or Native, who can at all com- to Sikdar, raising his salary to On several earlier occa-                   of India Volume IV: 1830 to 1843, pertaining pete with him, and…even in 0/(1)0(2K 600 per month. This was sions, achievements of Indian to the tenure of Sir George Everest, one can Europe those attainments 210M0)0( unheard for an Indian in those scientists have not been recog-     ;     observe at a glance that he had shown no would rank very high.” days. Clearly, all these efforts nised, as Sir JC Bose could have interest in ‘Peak XV’ during this period. It was Later, on account of a spe- ,*,/,$,( were to keep him happy but got the Nobel Prize for Physics his successor, Andrew Waugh, who made the cial technique developed by ",/( away from the core of the or at least shared it with official announcement of ‘Peak XV’ being the Sikdar for accurate computation survey work. Marconi for his work on wire- highest known peak of the world in 1856, the of heights and distances through SG Burrard’s publication in less and radio; SN Bose could ++ ( '  measurements had, of course, been initiat- Spherical Trigonometry, he vir- the Nature specifically men- have got the Nobel Prize way ed much earlier and finalised by our own tually became indispensable to tioned that the Chief Computer back in 1932 for his work with Radha Nath Sikdar in 1849. the organisation and rose to (who was Radhanath Sikdar) Einstein on Bose Einstein con- 2      "" Recognising the work of Sikdar, the become the Chief Computer in from Calcutta had informed densate but atleast he was recog- Government of India had issued a postage the office of SGI. In that position, Andrew Waugh in 1852 that the nised, though belatedly naming %  3  stamp in his honour in 2004. But his work he moved from Dehradun to peak designated ‘XV’ had been the God particle, Higgs-Boson is of such a great importance that issuing a Kolkata in 1849. As to why found to be higher than any after him. Naming Everest as        postage stamp and then forgetting about him Andrew Waugh gave the name other highest measured peak in Sikdar Everest would be a         does not do full justice to his unique and great Everest, even though he had left the world at that time. Raw data recoginition of a scientist whose ) contribution. It was Sir George Everest who the scene long ago, is an inter- from theodolites, taken from work has stood the test of time.      #     had recruited Sikdar in the great trigonomet- esting piece of history. seven observation stations at Besides it would also justifiably   (      rical survey and became extremely fond of Had SG Burrard, a later Jirol, Mirzapur, Janjpati, Ladiva, add to our national pride.            him. Volume IV of the Historical records of Surveyor General of India, not Haripur, Minai and Doom (The writer is a retired Delhi           , pertaining to his tenure, have acknowledged the good work of Dongi was collected at the Police Commissioner and former        )   the following mention about Sikdar: Radhanath Sikdar through a trigonometrical survey at Uttarakhand Governor)                                  -  ! ' 5+/    R S    ( )   '/   *   8            R  S   R  S #   (             '   4              (      + #,      4,              "       '   ,              (         '      #         -   .             #   #     #   A + ?*              -      8 <= 8+ 8+:' * '??=?)* + ):?'          ( (      K1      K8    K 2  K   (<         P Q   )                                        #          / /  .  / - // ,   '+/-.                   #    .  1-                  as Kshatriyas, or Dalits, or men       who follow Christianity or Islam,     S             or Judaism. Dorsey travels the                 Sir — This refers to the editorial, world and interacts with different                  “A dignified exit” (November 22).         4 L   M people. He surely knows that Though External Affairs Minister - ?G.#/         patriarchy is not a regional, com-          2         Sushma Swaraj’s decision to not      $   munal or sectarian problem. It is  -     contest the 2019 General Election ,          spread across in every sphere. 1       ,          on health grounds comes as a bolt  #(6 ''   JS Acharya            -   . )               from the blue, it must be respect- Hyderabad ed. The seasoned parliamentarian, K    8: #     Q                     during her entire political stint,   ( #                 2    3456    neither took any hasty decisions   8:  4            -            on any issue nor embarrassed the      #+  4 party with any caustic remarks. In   (1M  8   4           Sir — Small towns in India deserve   . 7665               ( a nutshell, she was a good orator $ ( '  #        ( #!    ) more attention of the        8         # -     who carried out the tasks while in   N  O4      *    4     Government. There is a need for       +          office and outside with remarkable  / NGG4       #8   increased allocation of funds for precision, thereby endearing her-     $ #      8  ' the development of basic ameni-                   56666   #  ( self to everybody. !8: $           # ties, like sanitation, sewerage and                    The 66-year-old leader was  4 '  ,* 4  8 : *# * safe drinking water. The focus of                      more at ease working under /        '  the Modi Government so far has Vajpayee-Advani and, therefore, been on developing urban areas,   #          7669     that she wanted to call it an end but in doing so, small towns and                  .     is, to a certain extent, correct. 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However, we are unaware of the eventually led him to create Hershey severance and resilience, which are all neurs have more options when it (, %      ,$,@          failures they have faced to reach where they are. Company, one of the well-known com- vital for any kind of long-term success. comes to the path to entrepreneurship      2$,            ( Steve Jobs was an unconventional leader and an panies in the candy industry and also There are several reasons why — buying into a franchise; leveraging        (     impressive entrepreneur not only because of his led to realise the dream of milk choco- entrepreneurs, who start businesses the power of an already successful          -         tremendous innovations but his innate ability to lates for the masses. later in life, have a better chance of brand and making it their own legacy;  2               ( make emphatic comebacks from almost irrecov- There are numerous entrepreneurs reaching success. 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that users get a glimpse of their rich extracted from this tree have been The local government has out- across the country, according to prominent tourist destinations not cultural heritage as well. traditionally used by the Yaos to sourced these service stations to Chinese media reports. only leaves a bad impression but Called service stations, the weave fabric and make the famed private companies to ensure that the Now there is a bid to improve also impacts negatively on tourism. eight public toilet complexes in Libo indigo dye. quality of hygiene is maintained. So toilets in the rural areas much like In , for example, the weave tradition and culture with Known for their expertise in while the toilets are free, revenue is the Swachh Bharat campaign initi- 2014-15 Comptroller and Auditor modern sanitation infrastructure to weaving, dyeing and embroidery, generated from the café to help sus- ated by the Indian Prime Minister General (CAG) of India’s report showcase the fascinating history of the Yaos are believed to have first tain the facility. Now with the Narendra Modi in 2014. In fact, it found that 33 per cent of the peo- 1 ' 171'. its ethnic communities. developed their craft during the increase in the number of tourists, was believed that inspiration for the ple were unhappy with basic facil-  ! This has been done so that time of the Han Dynasty. (mostly domestic), from nine mil- toilet revolution in China came ities such as toilets and their main- t is a well-established fact that tourists can learn about their In the two-storyed Yao service lion in 2016 to 12 million in 2017, from the India. tenance at tourist destinations. This  a country’s sanitation standards unique customs and culture, say station, there is more than just sep- six more such service stations have India, too, has made progress in translated in a decline in tourist Iplay an important role in boost- local officials. arate women’s, men’s and unisex toi- been planned. its cleanliness campaign. inflow and consequently, a decline "  O   ing its tourism inflows. Public toi- Much like India, each of the 56 lets (these have extra baby seats, It is not just Libo which has Government statistics show that in tourism revenue.    lets, especially, can make or break ethnic communities in China has its safety handrails and speakers). invested heavily in upgrading its just a little less than 80 million toi- It is unrealistic to expect Indian    a country’s image. But can public own unique costumes, jewellery, Stories of the Yao community line infrastructure. Guizhou has invest- lets have been built and 89 per cent restrooms to become cultural hubs. restrooms be turned into a cultur- language, music and musical instru- the walls in addition to a café, a tea- ed 1.243 billion yuan ($198 million) of the population have access to a But clean, hygienic and user-friend-    al experience? ments and scripts. tasting room and a library. in building and upgrading 3,200 toilet. But toilets at tourist spots ly public toilets are a must. Sulabh    Unimaginable as it may seem, Spreading greater awareness of Since the restrooms are situat- public toilets in the entire province have somehow not received the International has a good record and         Libo, a picturesque county in the history and folklore of these ed on the ground floor to cater to since 2015. same priority and focus. The pho- could be given the responsibility in    J  # China’s Guizhou Province, has done ethnic communities is the Yao the special demands of the elderly, The decision to make public tograph of incomplete toilets at the conjunction with other like-mind- K     just that. Tourism being the main- Service Station. Named after the women, children and people with loos more than just toilets was taken recently opened Statute of Unity ed NGOs. stay of the economy in Libo, pop- Yao ethnic community, this public disabilities, the Yao exhibits have after a three-year “toilet revolution” complex is a case in point. Could Maybe there is a need to adapt    ularly called the Green Emerald toilet complex has used a 160-year- been strategically placed so that was launched in China in 2015 by not the inauguration have waited from the Chinese Government’s ini-     because of its breath-taking green old Zhangaoshu tree to tell an when visitors walk out of the President Xi Jinping to build better until everything was completed? tiative to rate toilets and also  4      lakes, the famed Seven Holes Bridge interesting tale. restrooms, they are bound to see bathrooms at tourist sites. Considering the huge sum of penalise laggards to ensure stan-   4   (a UNESCO world heritage site) The purpose of building the them as well as the tree. They can A sum of 20 billion yuan ($3.03 money spent on building the dards of hygiene are maintained at   4  4 and lush landscape, public toilets restrooms around this Zhangaoshu, also step into the café for a quick billion) has already been spent on Statute, why was this aspect over- public restrooms. here are not just free and hygienic or Sticky Paste tree as it is known, bite or relax in the library, brows- installing and improving 68,000 toi- looked? (The writer is a senior     # but have been so planned and built was because the bark and juice ing books. lets located at tourist destinations The lack of basic facilities at journalist)         (  )* +,- +./0 :

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'   4 of other financial irregularities, members,” a source close to the luxury homes in Rio de Janeiro, cent stake. for American manufacturers as The sources also stated ,  )   in a stunning fall from grace for company told. Beirut, Paris and Amsterdam Besides, the promoter the US is not a major exporter that under the World Trade   the once-revered titan of the Appointing a new chair- “without any legitimate busi- would not be allowed to have of these products to India. Organisation (WTO) norms, it      auto sector. man will take some time as it ness reason”. any representation on the India and the US is nego- would be not possible for India  / !8 The 64-year-old Brazil- has to be approved by share- Ghosn had a reputation as board of directors or act as a tiating a mutually agreeable to extend these benefits only for S?GG   born tycoon is credited with holders, but Saikawa is seen as a hard-nosed workaholic with key managerial person in the bilateral package on a number the US.   4 turning around the Japanese front-runner. had no qualms about closing listed entity. of contentious issues. Under “In this background, there 8  !4 brand and forged an alliance Even if removed as chair- factories and slashing jobs — Further, the promoter these talks, the US is pressing is a need to workout some    * with Renault and Mitsubishi man, Ghosn will technically earning the nickname “Le Cost seeking re-classification must for reduction or elimination of other mechanism to resolve the (  : 8    ))   # Motors that last year sold 10.6 remain on the board as a share- Killer” in France, where 47,000 not be a wilful defaulter or a customs duties on these seven issue as the current proposal    )  " / +    '  million cars between them — holders’ meeting is required to employees work for Renault. fugitive economic offender, ICT (information and com- made by the US would not have    '8  !      more than any other firm in the oust him. But his exorbitant salary the Securities and Exchange munication technologies) the desired outcome or any     4     world. Ghosn is being held in a and flashy lifestyle — at odds Board of India (Sebi) said in a products. fundamental advantage to       '  # Ghosn’s fate appears all Tokyo detention centre and has with Japanese corporate culture notification dated November “However, the US demand America,” they added. but sealed after his hand-picked not been seen in public nor — drew fire and his current 16. would have adverse implica- India has in the recent      ! replacement as CEO, Hiroto made any comments since his accommodation will be a far These norms will prevent tions for revenue generation, past increased customs duties ,    Saikawa, launched an aston- arrest. cry from his usual expensive the outgoing promoters from forex reserves, and also on the on these products with a view /  2  ishing broadside at his mentor He received a visit from surroundings. continuing to exercise their Make in India drive,” they said. to promote domestic manu- 6   4)8K  following his arrest on Monday Brazilian consul Joao de The arrest has sparked control on the company In 2017-18, India's imports facturing.   at a Tokyo airport as he land- Mendonca on Thursday who questions over whether the directly or indirectly. of these seven tariff lines (or In October, the    ed in his private jet. told news agency AFP that alliance of Nissan, Renault and The norms, aimed at sim- product categories) stood at Government hiked import duty        Saikawa said “too much Ghosn “sounded very well, in Mitsubishi Motors can survive plifying, streamlining and $20.5 billion and the duty rev- on certain communication  #" authority” had been placed in good health”. without Ghosn, seen as the glue bringing greater clarity in enues generated on these items, including base stations,    4 the chairman’s hands and On Wednesday, prosecu- holding together his fractious existing regulations, come imports amount to about $3.2 to up to 20 per cent as part of   lamented the “dark side of the tors successfully applied to creation, which globally after Sebi's board in September billion. efforts to check a widening cur-     :4/8 Ghosn era”, as he called the extend his custody for an addi- employs around 450,000 peo- approved a proposal in this On the other hand, rent account deficit by curbing       4)8K  board meeting to fire him. tional 10 days as they step up ple. regard. America's exports of these non-essential imports.      # Seven board members will their questioning. According to the Financial vote on the motion to dismiss Authorities believe Ghosn Times, the fall from grace Ghosn, which needs a simple and an American executive came as Ghosn was working   # '      majority to pass. Insiders say Greg Kelly “conspired to under- on a full-blown merger of Saikawa would likely not have state Ghosn’s income five times Nissan and Renault. This was .(F#      $ % 3 6 %  =   - suggested the ouster unless he between June 2011 to June opposed by executives in the were sure of support from his 2015”, reporting a total of five Japanese firm that has ended #  fellow board members. billion yen in income ($44 up being the most profitable    “This would not have been million) instead of the actual 10 player in the partnership and    --  proposed if there had been any billion yen. the FT said Ghosn’s departure   0!*0+,    doubt and the results of the Deputy chief prosecutor could be used as a pretext to investigations have already Shin Kukimoto said that the rebalance the alliance in elhi headquartered MATTLOOK cosmetics   0!*0+, been presented to the board type of crime Ghosn is accused Nissan’s favour. Governments Dhave debuted in the India’s burgeoning 6.5 -B6C. 5  in Paris and Billion beauty and cosmetics industry. MATT- indal Stainless partnered with Research Tokyo have LOOK cosmetics has launched a wide range of JDesigns & Standards Organisation (RDSO) in been scram- cosmetics and make up products targeting young the third edition of InnoRail India 2018 here on pared the initial gains and bling to con- women especially the working executives and col- Thursday. With a 60% market share in the coach 5 finally finished at 70.69, up 77 tain the fall- lege going students. segment, Jindal Stainless has joined hands with paise. out from the The brand have a pan India presence in next the Railways for additionally modernizing rail  The rupee had gained 21 arrest, with 12 months, at present it has a strong 100 plus dis- infrastructure, particularly in the bridge segment. paise to end at 71.46 against the President tribution points touching almost 5000 retailers Speaking to media on the sidelines of InnoRail,      US dollar on Tuesday. The Emmanuel across Delhi, UP, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Head, Sales, Jindal Stainless, Vijay Sharma said, forex market remained shut Macron saying Jammu and Rajasthan etc. In the next phase the “As a progressive organization, RDSO keeps   Wednesday on account of Eid- France would brand to strengthen its presence in southern and innovating ways and means to build safe and sus- e-Milad. be “extremely western markets. tainable infrastructure. Stainless steel coaches and  Globally, Brent crude, the vigilant” about Besides, MATTLOOK will be available in foot-over-bridges validate their movement in this international oil benchmark, the stability of modern trade, large general trade stores and e- direction. Jindal Stainless is proud to partner their was trading 0.39 per cent lower Renault and com in big cities. The range starts at an attrac- journey by expediting conversion of coaches into at $62.85 per barrel on the alliance. tive price point starting 150 onwards. stainless steel and strengthening rail infra-   1 "/, Thursday amid concerns about structure at the same time.” Over the next 4-5 a global glut. years, Railways plans to produce around 10,000 he rupee rallied 77 paise to Meanwhile, foreign funds stainless steel coaches annually. Tend at 70.69 against the US poured in 446.24 crore into India has a coastline of 7500 km which dollar on Thursday, in lock-step the capital markets on a net necessitates the use of stainless steel infrastruc- with softening crude oil prices basis on Thursday, while ture. High air-borne salts in marine environ- and foreign capital inflows. domestic institutional investors ments cause rapid corrosion and degradation of This is the seventh straight also net bought shares worth infrastructure. Bridges, especially in these areas, session of gains for the domes- 49.68 crore, provisional data are exposed to severe risk of collapse. As per tic unit amid the US dollar showed. industry data, around 1,35,000 rail bridges exist weakening against some cur- The Financial Benchmark in India, of which over 25% are over 100 years rencies overseas. In the last India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the old and need immediate replacement. The first seven trading sessions, the reference rate for the rupee/dol- such stainless steel foot-over-bridge is coming rupee has gained a healthy lar at 71.1787 and for rupee/euro at Bhayandar station in Mumbai next year. 220 paise. at 81.1883. The reference rate for Though more than 1000 bridges are rehabilitated Traders said increased sell- rupee/British pound was fixed at every year, there is a huge backlog in rebuild- ing of the greenback by 91.0423 and for rupee/100 ing these bridges. exporters and banks also sup- Japanese yen at 62.97. The stainless steel material for wagons and ported the rupee. The BSE Sensex ended coaches produced by Jindal Stainless is already At the Interbank Foreign lower for the third straight tested and approved by RDSO, the highest advi- Exchange (forex) market, the session on Thursday by falling sory body to the Indian Railways. Apart from rupee opened on a firm note at over 218.78 points, or 0.62 per supply of stainless steel to Railways, Jindal 71.12 and hit a high of 70.68 cent at 34,981.02. The NSE Stainless also organizes fabrication training pro- following dollar selling by Nifty shed 73.30 points, or grammes at Integral Coach Factories to enhance exporters. 0.69 per cent, to close at their output. The local unit, however, 10,526.75. ;  &  $& +

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Sectorally, the BSE metal ervice charge collected by hotels and In April last year, Ministry of years as part of its plans to build a portfolio of environment-friendly vehi- he BSE Sensex gave up all Global growth concerns index emerged worst per- Srestaurants but not passed on to staff Consumer Affairs had issued a guideline cles. “We are going to be the first car company to assemble plug-in hybrid Tits early gains in choppy due to trade war, rising inter- former by falling 1.84 per and workers will be liable to income tax on fair trade practices saying payment of cars locally in India. The first model would be introduced in the last quar- trade Thursday and ended est rate and lower liquidity in cent, followed by power index in the hands of such entities, the tax service charge by customer to hotel or ter of next year. The localisation of plug-in hybrids marks the future of elec- lower for the third straight the financial markets added to shedding 1.21 per cent, realty department has said. restaurant is completely optional. trification for us,” Volvo Car India Managing Director Charles Frump told session by falling over 200 the woes, they added 1.20 per cent, PSU 1.17 per The department has asked the field The guidelines said that the bill pre- reporters here. The company would be rolling out the locally-assembled XC points due to selling in metal, Offloading of positions by cent, bankex 1.16 per cent, offices to examine the books hotels and sented to the customer may clearly display 90 T8 plug-in hybrid from its Bengaluru facility. It currently imports the vehi- PSU, auto and banking stocks participants ahead of the long consumer durables 1.06 per restaurants to see if there is any 'under that service charge is voluntary and the cle as completely built-up units (CBUs). In a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle amid fresh fund outflows and weekend as markets will cent, oil and gas 0.85 per cent, reporting' or 'non-reporting' of service service charge column of the bill may be (PHEV), battery can be recharged by plugging it into an external source of a weak trend in the global mar- remain closed Friday on auto 0.69 per cent, healthcare charge collected by them. left blank for the customers to fill up before electric power. Volvo, which sells a total of ten models in India, currently ket. account of “Guru Nanak 0.55 per cent, infrastructure The missive from the Central Board making payment. assembles three models — XC 90, XC 60, S90 in India. The 30-share Sensex Jayanti”, too, negatively 0.55 per cent, FMCG 0.31 per of Direct Taxes (CBDT) came after the The CBDT said that the Consumer opened higher at 35,282.33 impacted investor sentiment cent, teck 0.19 per cent and IT Ministry of Consumer Affairs flagged that Affairs ministry has brought to its notice        G  points and advanced further to here, brokers said. 0.10 per cent. While, capital some hotels and restaurants are collecting that some hotels/restaurants are still pre- New Delhi: Xiaomi on Thursday said rupee's slide against the US dol- the day's high of 35,364.50 on The Indian currency con- goods index managed to end service charge from customers in a com- emptively deciding upon the service lar is adding to pricing pressure for the Chinese tech major in India, par- the back of fresh buying by tinued its upward rising streak in the positive zone. pulsory manner, which is in contraven- charge without allowing the customers to ticularly in the handset market that is witnessing stiff competition. Xiaomi, domestic investors amid fur- for the seventh straight day by In the broader markets, tion with the guidelines issued by the min- voluntarily decide whether they actually earlier this month, hiked prices of two of its handsets Redmi 6 and Redmi ther strength in the rupee. rising 45 paise to 71.01 in late the midcap index fell 1.12 per istry. The ministry also said that there is want to pay it or not. 6A as well as that of power banks and some television sets on account of the It, however, slipped into the afternoon trade against the cent and the smallcap gauge “every likelihood” that the service charge Nangia Advisors LLP Partner Suraj depreciation of the rupee against the greenback. “The rupee has depreciat- negative zone on selling pres- American currency (intra- lost 0.79 per cent. amount collected is not even distributed Nangia said: “These guidelines are going ed by about 15 per cent since the beginning of the year. While we do make sure at improved levels, fol- day) at the interbank forex Shares of oil marketing among staff and workers of the hotels and to increase the strain of the mischievous our phones and power banks in India but raw material and PCBA (printed lowing a weak opening of market. companies, IOC, BPCL and restaurants. The CBDT, which is the apex hotels/ restaurant owners as it points out circuit board assembly) is bought in dollars. This (depreciation) is adding European equities, and slipped Among Sensex con- HPCL, lost up to 3.08 per cent decision making body for direct taxes, their misdeeds. Such taxpayers would now pressure on us... we want to continue to offer 'honest' pricing to customers," below the 35,000-mark to hit a stituents, M&M was the worst on profit-booking. asked the field offices to examine whether have to act prudently by either eliminat- Xiaomi Vice-President and India Managing Director Manu Jain told reporters low of 34,937.98 before closing hit, dropping 3.02 per cent, fol- Meanwhile, foreign insti- there is any under-reporting or non- ing such levy on the total bill amount or here. To offset the impact, prices of various products were raised ranging at 34,981.02, recording a fall of lowed by Tata Steel shedding tutional investors (FIIs) sold reporting of additional income collected passing on its effect to the hotel/restau- from 100 to 2,000 with effect from November 11. In April this year, Xiaomi 218.78 points, or 0.62 per cent. 2.28 per cent. shares to the tune of Rs in the name of service charge. rant’s workers.” founder and CEO Lei Jun had said the company will keep its net profit mar- The gauge had lost 575 Other laggards include 1,652.04 crore, while domes- “The disclosure and disbursement The ministry has also said that there gin at under 5 per cent to earn the “long-term support” of its customers. India points in the previous two ses- Wipro, Axis Bank, Coal India, tic institutional investors details of service charge transactions as is “every likelihood” that such amount col- is a key market for Xiaomi and the company is aggressively ramping up its sions. Similarly, NSE Nifty PowerGrid, SBI, ICICI Bank, (DIIs) bought shares worth a contained in P&L (Profit & Loss) A/c, I/E lected as service charge from the cus- product portfolio and offline presence (through Mi Homes, Mi Preferred 73.30 points, or 0.69 per cent, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, net of 606.73 crore, (Income/Expenditure) statement and bal- tomers in a compulsory manner does not Partners and Mi Stores) as it aims to continue its dominance in the Indian to close at 10,526.75. NTPC, Bharti Airtel, HUL, Wednesday, provisional data ance sheet should be critically examined actually reach the workers and is instead market. As per research firm IDC, Xiaomi led the intensely competitive Indian The indices closed with Vedanta, Tata Motors, Sun showed. Elsewhere in Asia, to ascertain whether receipts from service kept by the hotel/restaurant owners. smartphone market with 27.3 per cent share, followed by Samsung (22.6 per losses for the week, with the Pharma, RIL, Asian Paints, Shanghai Composite Index charges are fully disclosed as part of the Ashok Maheshwary & Associates Partner cent share), Vivo (10.5 per cent), Micromax (6.9 per cent) and Oppo (6.7 Sensex declining 476.14 points, HDFC Bank, Kotak Bank, fell 0.23 per cent, Taiwan shed turnover of the hotel/restaurant or not," Amit Maheshwari said: “To tackle cases per cent). Xiaomi on Thursday launched its Redmi Note 6 Pro — priced and the broader NSE Nifty Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, 0.28 per cent, Korea's KOSPI the CBDT said. It said that in situations where there is no actual reimbursement 13,999 onwards — that features artificial intelligence-powered quad-cam- falling 155.45 points during the ITC and Infosys, falling up to fell 0.32 per cent and Hong where it is found that the receipts have not or the service charges itself has been era setup. Successor to its Note 5 Pro, the latest device comes with 6.26-inch period. According to analysts, 2.10 per cent. Bucking the Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.08 per been passed on to the staff or workers by underreported, instructions has been display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 octa-core processor, 64GB internal mem- market failed to hold the open- trend, Adani Ports, L&T, TCS, cent. Japan’s Nikkei, however, the hotel/restaurant or there is some under issued by CBDT to field officers to exer- ory and 4,000 mAh battery. It will come in two variants — 4GB and 6GB ing gains as weak global mar- ONGC and HDFC ended with rose 0.65 per cent. reporting or non-reporting, the receipts cise greater scrutiny. RAM.

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-5 1 = P           Q /.-//+!   2(2! Igor Korobov, 62, had deputy, Vice Admiral Igor F  headed the defence ministry’s Kostyukov, has been appoint-     ussia’s military intelligence Main Intelligence Directorate ed acting GRU chief and is like- #A8; /   Rchief who oversaw a series (GRU) since 2016 and was the ly become his successor, state R  ((++      of notorious operations abroad target of US sanctions. news agency TASS said, citing 8  has died after a long illness, He died on Wednesday a military source.       with Moscow praising him on after a “long and serious ill- Defence Minister Sergei   +2*2 But Trump, on holiday at       Thursday as a “great man” and ness,” the ministry said. Shoigu expressed his condo- his Florida Mar-a-Lago Club      a patriot. Korobov’s 57-year-old first lences. audi Arabia has warned crit- on Wednesday, doubled down +  4  Sicism of Crown Prince on a statement from Tuesday   : >  # Mohammed bin Salman is a that he was essentially ignoring “red line”, after Donald Trump the killing of Khashoggi -    heaped praise on the kingdom because of what he said were    in defiance of warnings he was more important US strategic  ?) ( giving Riyadh a pass on a jour- and commercial interest “Oil K       nalist’s grisly murder. prices getting lower.        Saudi Foreign Minister Great! Like a big Tax Cut        Adel al-Jubeir said on for America and the World.       Wednesday that calls for the Enjoy! USD 54, was just USD    # crown prince to be held Saudi citizen and every Saudi 82,” he tweeted. accountable for the grisly citizen represents them. And “Thank you to Saudi      killing of Jamal Khashoggi we will not tolerate any dis- Arabia, but let’s go lower!”   GG  would not be tolerated. cussion of anything that is dis- Jubeir insisted that Prince ?' %8 & 1( His comments came as the paraging towards our monarch Mohammed had not been       US president praised Saudi or our crown prince.” involved in the killing.      Arabia for keeping oil prices Khashoggi, a US resident “We have made that very        ' low -- one strand of his argu- who wrote for The Washington clear. We have investigations (   (  ment against punishing Riyadh Post and had been critical of ongoing and we will punish the      \even though the CIA report- Prince Mohammed, was lured individuals who are responsi-   '=  '  edly found strong evidence to the Saudi consulate in ble for this,” he said.      that the crown prince, the de Istanbul on October 2, killed He called on Turkey to  # facto Saudi leader, was involved and reportedly dismembered. come forward with all its evi- in the murder. After lengthy denials, Saudi dence about the slaying and P   “In Saudi Arabia our lead- authorities admitted responsi- stop leaking out information.   7  ership is a red line. The custo- bility and said 21 people had The foreign minister said '?  8   dian of the two holy mosques been taken into custody. the murder was a “rogue oper-   1   4 (King Salman) and the crown However, a CIA analysis ation” by intelligence officers. K  ) 4  prince are a red line,” Jubeir leaked to the US media went Jubeir also said any possi-  ,  4  told the BBC. further, reportedly pointing ble US sanctions on Saudi  +   “They represent every the finger at the crown prince. Arabia would be short-sighted.   #( S@# 5<5 '   )22  (   ;  '  Q   R.&4  

 '   ")1((0+( Vienna: The head of the UN’s   +  atomic watchdog has called on he European Union and North Korea to allow inspectors TBritain agreed on Thursday back in to monitor its nuclear a draft declaration on their Q+(   ( :R%  programme. Speaking at a post-Brexit relations that sets board meeting on Thursday in out an “ambitious, broad, deep London: Prime Minister “They want a good deal Vienna of the International and flexible partnership,” offi- Theresa May on Thursday that sets us on course for a Atomic Energy Agency, cials said. The two sides have hailed a draft Brexit agreement brighter future. That deal is Director General Yukiya also agreed a draft deal extend- for future ties between within our grasp and I am Amano noted that Pyongyang ing the transition period by one London and Brussels as “the determined to deliver it.” had in September talked about or two years beyond the end of right deal” for Britain and said Sunday’s summit is meant to denuclearization measures 2020, a final sticking point of she was “determined to deliv- conclude nearly two years of including the “permanent dis- the divorce deal. European er it”. complex and often acrimo- mantlement of the nuclear facil- Council President Donald Tusk “This is the right deal for nious negotiations on how ities in Yongbyon” — a reactor said the EU executive, the the UK,” she said after updat- Britain and the EU will func- where it produces plutonium. European Commission, ing the cabinet on the text of tion after their March 29 Amano said there has been informed him it has agreed the a declaration on post-Brexit divorce. The two final texts activity observed at Yongbyon, political declaration on the relations agreed Thursday. must then be approved by the but “without access the agency future ties with Britain. Its text will be considered UK and EU Parliaments. cannot confirm the nature and “I have just sent to EU27 a by an EU summit on Sunday But Spain is threatening to purpose of these activities.” draft Political Declaration on the alongside a draft divorce vote against the agreements on IAEA inspectors were expelled Future Relationship between agreement struck last week. Sunday because of a lingering from North Korea in 2009 but EU and UK,” said Tusk, who “The British people want dispute over the future status Amano said the agency con- represents the 27 remaining this to be settled,” said May. of Gibraltar. AFP tinues to prepare for their pos- EU member countries. sible re-admittance. “The Commission declaration, which is due to “The declaration estab- “The agency continues to President (Jean-Claude accompany a draft of agreed lishes the parameters of an enhance its readiness to play an Juncker) has informed me that terms for Britain’s withdrawal ambitious, broad, deep and essential role in verifying it has been agreed at negotia- from the bloc on March 29. flexible partnership across (North Korea’s) nuclear pro- tors’ level and agreed in prin- The EU leaders are due to trade and economic coopera- gram if a political agreement is ciple at political level,” Tusk meet at a summit in Brussels on tion” and other areas, accord- reached among countries con- tweeted. He said EU leaders Sunday to endorse both docu- ing to a copy of the document cerned,” he said. AP still have to endorse the draft ments. seen by AFP. '  !#9 ", 0,0 +% +!2 30%+! 4 5 ' +  ! %!+ +!0 2 3 !0 ( '  !/(,$2 But with Roberts’ court Mexico City: Mexican immi- feeling the heat over the pres- gration agents on Wednesday resident Donald Trump and ident’s appointment of Justice detained almost all of the PChief Justice John Roberts Brett Kavanaugh, Roberts and Central American migrants on clashed in an extraordinary several of his colleagues have a fourth caravan that recently public dispute over the inde- gone out of their way to rebut entered Mexico seeking to pendence of America’s judicia- perceptions of the court as a reach the United States. ry, with Roberts bluntly rebuk- political institution divided Mexico’s National ing the president for denounc- between five conservative Immigration Institute said 213 ing a judge who rejected his Republicans and four liberal migrants were detained and migrant asylum policy as an Democrats. taken to a processing center. “Obama judge.” offered even a hint of criticism Trump’s appointments to Those found to lack proper There’s no such thing, of Trump, who has several the Supreme Court and lower documents may face repatria- Roberts declared on times blasted federal judges federal courts have themselves tion to their home countries. Wednesday in a strongly word- who have ruled against him. spurred charges that the courts The migrants detained on ed statement contradicting Before now, it has been are becoming more politicised. a highway between the Trump and defending judicial highly unusual for a president As the justice widely seen Guatemalan border and the independence. to single out judges for personal as closest to the court’s middle, southern Mexican city of Never silent for long, criticism. And a chief justice’s Roberts could determine the Tapachula included 186 people Trump defended his own com- challenge to a president’s com- outcome of high-profile cases from El Salvador, 16 from ment, tweeting defiantly, “Sorry ments is downright unprece- that split the court. Guatemala, 10 Honduras and Justice Roberts.” The pre- dented in modern times. The new drama began with one Nicaraguan. The group set Thanksgiving dustup was the It seemed a fight that remarks Trump made Tuesday out from El Salvador on Nov. first time that Roberts, the Trump would relish but one in which he went after a judge 18 and apparently crossed the Republican-appointed leader that Roberts has taken pains to who ruled against his migrant river dividing Guatemala and of the federal judiciary, has avoid. asylum order. Mexico on Tuesday. AP !  "  !     %  % 72 0 ' '   $00M/ and other greenhouse gases,  2+2 "2 Ranil Wickremesinghe and his climate change will have increas- Cabinet and replaced them he levels of greenhouse ingly destructive and irreversible wo men each claim to be with a Government headed by Tgases in the atmosphere, impacts on life on Earth,” the Tthe Prime Minister. a popular former strongman, the main driver of climate head of the World Lawmakers are exchanging Mahinda Rajapaksa. change, have hit a new record Meteorological Organisation blows in Parliament. A former But lawmakers balked and high, the UN said on Thursday, Petteri Taalas said in a statement. Finance Minister says the twice passed a no-confidence warning that the time to act “The window of opportu- country is on the brink of an motion.Sirisena, however, was running out. nity for action is almost closed.” “economic anarchy.” Welcome refuses to accept that his choice Ahead of the COP 24 cli- The Greenhouse Gas to Sri Lanka, where the politi- of Prime Minister has been mate summit in Poland next Bulletin, the UN weather cal crisis is getting worse by the defeated. Jehan Perera, head of month, top United Nations agency’s annual flagship report, week. the local analyst group National officials are again trying to raise tracks the content of dangerous The trouble started when Peace Council, said that the the pressure on governments to gases in the atmosphere since President Maithripala Sirisena, government appointed by the meet the pledge of limiting 1750. This year’s report, which fed up with disagreements with president can’t be called legal warming to the less than two covers data for 2017, puts the his Prime Minister over money, because Sirisena had not degrees Celsius, enshrined in concentration of CO2 in the an alleged conspiracy plot and sought a parliamentary vote the 2015 Paris accord. atmosphere at 405.5 parts per unresolved issues of wartime when he dismissed “Without rapid cuts in CO2 million (ppm). crimes against civilians, fired Wickremesinghe.  % :   (  )* +,- +./0

1(/ ,)/ O    P /    %!+# %!                L   #M  ?  ) :  "/!%5       *,(-     ! 0# # !%# +0 !7# 0 %! .        # +#  %0 8* 1! %/! +% 2    4L,   #+ 0,+# #! #  #<  /)22 2K s the Mahindra Alturas G4 the best arches make it look more muscular. If   ' vehicle to ever wear the Mahindra there is something odd from the exteri- 4  Ibadge? By a country mile but as Pawan or, it is the sharply raked rear quarter-glass.    Goenka, the Chairman of Mahindra’s Now that sharp rake is there on many     automotive group, quickly told this SUVs nowadays, but it does have a #,  reviewer, “it is also the most expensive.” major price to pay. To be fair, I was not aware of the price The front of the Alturas is really where   ''  when I first drove the Alturas G4, the you want to sit, the quilted leather (in tan) #,  20O(2! alpha-numeric suffix signifying that it is feels superb, the front seats are ventilat-   the fourth generation of the Ssangyong ed, a feature am glad a carmaker beyond    Rexton (actually this is just the second- Hyundai has taken up in an “affordable”     /   K0)2Q0$16)/+        generation of the Rexton but the fourth segment. The infotainment screen takes generation of cars developed by a few seconds to fire up but is pretty good                   Ssangyong), the vehicle that the Alturas with all the standard fitments such as sup-    is called elsewhere. In fact, the only change port for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.   #+    #"/( ,/ (/)/) on the Alturas is the front radiator grille A large digital display between the dials    #M and the Mahindra badge, which replaces on the instrument cluster has a lot of gim- the Ssangyong badge. micks for someone driving to play  4L,   n amalgam of cultures in the at the moment. She thinks that Indians are ited in Berlin as well. “Internationally, there But a quick rewind and reminder, through. The steering controls are intu-       1870s India was not unheard of too blasé towards unique creations since is very low visibility of contemporary and Ssangyong Motor was bought by itive and the overall fit and finish, includ-     though not talked about much it is routine for them but the only way to high visibility of craft and textile. Those Mahindra & Mahindra in August 2010. ing that of the plastics of the car, feels far    #M in contemporary times. “Those garner attention and create value is to skills are still known. People can identify As far as purchases go, it has not been the more premium than on any other vehi- blurring of lines between the acknowledge the customised nature of the if a textile is made in India. Lot of the Indian cash cow that Jaguar Land Rover was for cle that wears a Mahindra badge. To be social,A sexual and the creative can be noted products. “We each wear an individual fashion to the Western world is costume. Tata Motors. Ssangyong was a slight bas- honest, I did not try the air-conditioner in the Company paintings, which had saree. No two are the same. We don’t realise When they look at an Indian wedding, it’s ket-case of a company when Mahindra given the very pleasant weather. O+  &  Mughal-trained artists drawing Victorian- that there is very high custom design in the costume. There is a fantasmic idea. Nobody bought it over; they had just come off a Getting into the second row, howev- .     inspired botanical paintings that were rest of the world. It is high couture to get thinks India is great for ceramic, terracot- period of ownership by Chinese firm er, is not that easy given the ride height expected to have scientific accuracy. a single outfit made by somebody. My ta or sculpture. There is a lot of curiosity SAIC Motor and a major workers’ strike. of the car and any owner should serious- &>+   However, the art style was quirky to say the house help, you, me, everybody has a sin- and reverence to the ancients like the Taj In addition, the Chinese were alleged to ly consider fitting the optional stepping       least. Some of the paintings in the style cat- gular garment that is spectacular. We don’t Mahal, miniatures or Company paintings. have illegally transferred hybrid technol- board, even though that might not suit the >!+ egorised as Company paintings are think that’s rare. We have hand-woven car- Contemporary India’s art has not received ogy to their own engineers. Now, the lines of the car. That said, the second row   nowhere near scientific and instead lie close pets, wall decor and jewellery but nobody the same attention but having said that, we Chinese are past masters at this across the has a grab handle to enter unlike the dri-   to being abstracts. These basic annotations realises how unique they are,” said she. are a very young country, we are only 70 world, and there is no doubt that over the ver and front passenger. to Indian art were mostly unknown and Asked how the arts battles mass pro- years old and we can yet change discourse,” past few years that SAIC has become a The big problem I have with the   now a string of exhibitions will make these duction, Feroze added, “There is no mass she said. global leader in battery-electric and Alturas is in the third row. Now third ? more accessible,” said William Dalrymple, production of our theatre, workshops or Along the way, she’s faced not just hur- hybrid technology. Anyhow, the South rows are not that comfortable and real-  % while taking a master class on the subject. dance shows. There are films and the enter- dles in doing the kind of projects she wants Korean Government, which had bailed ly not a place that I would want to spend  & In a series of presentations, the histo- tainment industry, the only creative disci- to but faced constraints in the audience as the loss-making carmaker out, sold it to any part of my life. But in a pinch it    rian talked of how paintings on flora, plines that have managed to do that to well. “People don’t understand or come Mahindra. And a few years ago, as a result, works, even on this car. But that sharply fauna and everyday life documented India India. Even literature is not. We have at least with the enthusiasm,” she concluded. India got the previous-generation raked windowline I talked about, well     beyond the official story. For example, there 24 languages and 113 dialects, which “The project was meant to be an intro- Ssangyong Rexton. that gives a very thick pillar at the back +% >+  was Lady Impey, wife of Lord Impey, the make us so unique. All of this needs to be duction without making art academic or Frankly, the Rexton was an excellent and this makes the Alturas’ third row feel    % first chief justice of the Supreme Court of curated and made relevant through discus- distant. We collaborated with YFLO car but it was on the slightly expensive side dark. I was out on a sunny morning and &     Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, who sions.” because they are perceptive and from the being an import and went up against the that third row, already cramped by virtue    +  commissioned Sheikh Zain al-Din, All the more reason for us to address industry. We can’t do random open groups first-generation Fortuner. Those who of being a third row, felt downright Bhawani and Ram Das, who were proba- the shortfalls in infrastructure, policy and because it doesn’t come with a cohesive own the Rexton love the car, but it did not depressing. And I am very sure I am not & >+@ bly brothers, to draw whatever she fan- generate awareness. “We have a lack of nature of the right age group or education,” quite sell, partially because there was no the only one feeling this way.      cied — shawl goats, storks and cranes. A museums and infrastructure. There are not said Feroze. separate Ssangyong network to service the How is the Alturas to drive? Well, on  + >P candid portrait of Sir David Ochterlony enough spaces for the pursuit of arts, work- With sessions on contemporary dance, car and Mahindra dealers found them- power it is between the Fortuner and L.   drew laughs from the audience as it shops and studio spaces. For example, we art education, design and more, the event selves a bit stretched when it came to the Endeavour and the 2.2 diesel is torquey revealed an unknown facet of him. The have tried hard to organise spaces for the tried to touch on art practice and praction- Rexton, as a few owners have narrated. enough that even 178 horsepower feels man was dressed in Indian clothes while Kochi Bienniale. We facilitate and provide ers and platforms available to them. As a Now, surprisingly Mahindra did not enough. The car does accelerate very /     smoking a hookah, likely opium than spaces, big and small. Mentorships and foundation it also establishes patronage for bring the new Ssangyong Tivoli, the first well up to speed and importantly feels    @C    tobacco, and had wives or maybe courte- partnerships are also lacking and we try to artists from India providing funding and new Ssangyong product since the takeover planted at highway cruising speeds.      sans around him. Ochterlony had 13 give advice too,” she said of her initiative. a platform. to India. The Tivoli is a Creta-sized car However, I will not call the steering pre-      Indian wives. His British ancestors looked However, she sees a change in attitude “We always give the funding. It comes and has been doing relatively well on glob- cise but that is something par for the down at him from their perch on the walls towards reception and acceptance of arta from us. We do, for special projects, try and al markets. Maybe the Tivoli’s price course for large SUVs. The car will have    inside wooden frames. Dalrymple joked in the country. “Thanks to the internet, get patrons or sponsors or support in dif- would have been far too similar to that of a four-wheel drive option with the abil-    ' that those ancestors were likely appalled at people are beginning to think it’s cool to ferent ways, but it’s hard. The only project the XUV500. What was not surprising is ity to change from two-wheel high ratio    what they saw. According to the author, become an artiste. It’s possible as a lifestyle we raise money for is the Venice Bienniale that Mahindra decided to bring in the new to four-wheel high ration drive on the  # Company school paintings were the most and as sustenance instead of a regular but that was because it was international. Rexton but badge it with a Mahindra tag, fly. The Alturas is more than capable    4 underrated and underpriced and could be salary. It’s possible alongside being married That’s the only time we have asked for change the name and slot it above the enough as a two-wheel drive car and bought at as little as 15,000 pounds apiece or having a job. Today, we had a lone gen- money in 10 years and we gotten money XUV500 in the Mahindra line-up. The while I had the option, I never used four- L  but were rare documents of social and cul- tleman in the audience who works in nat- in that time. So people like Radhika Alturas, while assembled by Mahindra, is wheel drive.    ' tural history and could help us reassess per- ural gas and oil but is a painter. It’s won- Chopra and Rajan Anandan from Google, coming as a kit from Ssangyong’s facto- What I did like about the Alturas     #, spectives. derful that he can be uninhibited about it. they gave us a large amount instantly ries in South Korea though. was its ride comfort, and driving on   , ' The physical and the performative Most Indians would not say ‘I’m a house- because they believed in what we were And let us be honest, when someone some rough unpaved roads, it did not  )   CK   were porous and flowed into each other at wife and a dancer’ with confidence, as if the doing. People from the art world like is buying an off-road capable large SUV clatter and clang as one might expect and Bikaner House where the Allure of India pursuit of the arts was nothing more than Dinesh Wazirani, Vikram Gandhi from in this segment, you go up against the even managed to keep up a decent rate       ' exhibition, a tribute to Company paintings, a hobby, not even an added skill set. Now New York, Ratan Chaddha from the UK Toyota Fortuner, and particularly the of knots. The gearbox is extremely   #  ' was held. For the uninitiated, the event was there’s a new-found pride in saying so. So and Netherlands. A lot of Indians under- white Fortuner that every budding smooth and gear changes are made with- #" " #2 #M organised by the Art Induct series of The far, becoming an artiste was a rare career stood the value of showcasing India. The baahubali is North India desperately out a judder, even the kickdown when     =  Gujral Foundation to develop an awareness choice. No mother would say that ‘Ok dar- rest of the time, we don’t have a strong pro- wants. The Fortuner has managed to show needed feels alright. However, if there is of contemporary art forms and practices. ling, don’t do engineering’ but it’s begin- gramme but we are starting one now. We off success without implying massive a teeny-weeny issue I had, it was with the     Model-turned art connoisseur Feroze ning to happen now,” she said. also feel that we have done enough now, amounts of wealth. It might not have the manual gear-shifting option, which is   C  4  Gujral is pursuing a new passion, building Apart from the Venice Biennale, the so it’s not just about getting funding but best interiors, gimmicks or even off-road just a little clicker on the gear-lever, not   #,  ,   value for Indian arts both domestically and foundation has also partnered with the clever money,” said she. capabilities (the Ford Endeavour’s ‘Terrain an ‘H-gate’ like many cars and there is  >I# internationally, something that is lacking London Design Biennale and have exhib- :+  Response System’ is far superior) but the no paddle-shift option either. Fortuner has bullet-proof build quality As a vehicle though, the Alturas is a and a residual value that drives other car- compelling proposition. It is comfortable makers green with envy, even though the and luxurious and previous-generation ?   Fortuner is topped by the Innova when Rexton owners will be pleased. The ' %   it comes to residual values. problem is that there were far too few pre- So let us start on the car — The word vious generation Rexton owners and if  4 ' ‘Alturas’ is Spanish for altitude or height. Mahindra is to make the Alturas a suc-    $8)9!/&&//     Unlike the previous generation Rexton, cess, it will not just be the price. The four-  ,       8    which was born from an earlier partner- wheel drive Alturas should have an ex- 3    " K  1(T?N4GGG  ( ship with Mercedes-Benz and Ssangyong showroom price under 30 lakhs under- / +  4?G> #   and thus had Mercedes underpinnings, cutting the competition while offering a olce&Gabbana goods Zhang Ziyi, who starred in    )    :4  this car has an all-new chassis and a new better feature set. No, the big problem will disappeared Thursday Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, *(8 ?G> :  +   ' Ssangyong 2.2 litre engine which produces be reliability (the Fortuner, as mentioned Dfrom Chinese e-com- said that the Italian brand had      +  (  0  178 horsepower. It still retains the above is brilliant) as well as service but merce sites as the fallout grew “disgraced itself.” 8 (# Mercedes-Benz 7G-tronic seven-speed most importantly retailing the car. Selling over remarks insulting to China An analyst said the bad  4*(8  ( gearbox though. It is a large car and the a 30-lakh vehicle to a ‘sophisticated audi- that were apparently made by publicity will have a lasting / +    ' visual cues from the front and back make ence’ in the same showroom as a Bolero two of its Instagram accounts. effect. “It’s the kiss of death for        ( it feel even larger. The Mahindra radia- might be a challenge. Some of these ques- The company has blamed hack- Dolce&Gabbana,” said Shaun /  #   :  tor grille and badge, the only change from tions will be answered at the formal launch ers. Rein, founder and managing  :    /  4   (4 the Rexton, do impart a bit of a family look of the Alturas in Jaipur on Saturday. As The three promotional director of China Market K /   6        to the Alturas. The lines above the wheel for the car, well, I really liked it. videos that led to the Instagram Research Group in Shanghai. “I    #   fiasco showed a Chinese woman expect them to have a real            using chopsticks to eat pizza and tough time over the next six to    #    ' other Italian food. Many in 12 months.”  *(8  (/ +  ?G> China called them racist and full Rein said it’s a big mistake U6    O      -   of outdated stereotypes. The when Westerners come up with :  :  4  8  4   videos were previously deleted post that “Even if our power is in another exchange. creative content but don’t under- ,  .4    ( O   -)  from the company’s account on small, we have to show our The Italian luxury fashion stand how the campaigns will be " 41(/  " 41.4 6O  Weibo, a Chinese version of stance. We are proud of being house apologised and said both received by Chinese consumers. !    " # -K  0 4 Twitter. Chinese.” accounts had been hacked. “We He noted a trend of rising   4 ,  .4    O $ &  Searches for The moves by retailers came have nothing but respect for nationalism in China. “So if you, -)  " 41(/    48 Dolce&Gabbana turned up no one day after several screenshots China and the people of China,” as a Western brand, do anything )  4,  .4   :O ' () items on major online retailers were circulated online showing it wrote. that looks like you are mocking   - 7! 4M 41    such as Alibaba’s Tmall and co-founder Stefano Gabbana The apology was too late to or making fun of Chinese cul-  48)  4,  .4  (: JD.com. Both companies didn’t referring to China with crude save a major extravaganza in ture, that’s a big no-no,” he said. ( O * ' -(  4,  .# respond to requests for com- terms and emojis as he defend- Shanghai that Dolce&Gabbana The ruling Communist           ment. A duty-free shop at the ed promotional videos that had had billed as one of its biggest Party’s People’s Daily newspaper       4 Haikou Meilan airport on sparked controversy earlier. shows ever outside of Italy. wrote on Weibo: “China has     4  4 China’s Hainan island posted a The comments were made Major Chinese celebrities always been friendly to foreign        4 photo of empty shelves on its in a private message exchange threatened to boycott the event, businesses. But it doesn’t mean      4  social media account, saying that with another Instagram user. which had been scheduled for there’s no bottom line. There is         ' it had pulled all Dolce&Gabbana Separately, the Dolce&Gabbana Wednesday night, and the com- a deal only when there is  (/ # products. It wrote in another account used offensive language pany finally called it off. Actress respect.” L#         14 @h‡v‡uG‚‰r

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ister Nivedita was a prolific passing beyond the limits of the Sauthor and published more family, can spread itself over the than half a dozen books in her whole country. When she short lifetime on themes of uttered the words 'Our People,' Indian history, Indian the tone of absolute kinship womanhood, education, which struck the ear was not nationhood, art, mythology, heard from any other among and her study of Vivekananda us." and published scores of articles in Indian as well as British Like her Master who passed press. These writings now come away at 39, Nivedita too in the five volumes, 'Complete exhausted herself and with a Works of Sister Nivedita', and broken health passed away in provide an insight into her Darjeeling on October 13, 1911,

very important. The state of bring in a dog. Seeing the There is nothing wrong mind before meditation, dog, the cat would be with discussing family during meditation and after scared and run away. It problems, but wait for a meditation is so critical to would be flying for its life. better moment, choose our sadhana. If you read When you measure the another time. That moment 'Efficacy of Raja Yoga' at the gastric juice output, it is of eating should be almost end there is a chapter on almost nil. And even if a like meditation. You are so how to cook and how to little bit of food is taken grateful to God for having consume food. Babuji (Shri under that the stress due to food on the plate. You are Ram Chandra, founder, the presence of a dog that so grateful in partaking of Kamlesh D Patel Shri Ram Chandra fear won't allow the gastric it, like prasad, as Babuji Mission) has also written a juice to come at all. It won't puts it. And he goes on to special chapter or special be secreted. say that if you consume brilliant mind. a fortnight before she could e are either asleep or maxim on food. I have So, in a stressful food in such a state of As a humanitarian, Nivedita complete 44. She was known to Wwe are awake. While spoken elsewhere on the situation, under fear, under mind, as if the Master manifested the highest capacity repeat 'Bharatavarsha' on her we are awake what do we specific conditioning of a the stress of arguments (I himself is having it, and of sacrifice for serving those in rosary beads. She had made do? Most of the time we dog; how Dr Pavlov trained am just showing one when food is prepared with suffering. Putting her life at herself completely one with the spend in communication; a dog to take food. You ring extreme case), when we this idea that the Master is significant peril, she served the Indian people and identified we talk, we talk, we talk. a bell, the dog runs and consume food it has its own going to consume this food, distressed on many occasions with the whole of Indian past Most of our samskaras are takes the food. You have impact. The vibrations then can you imagine the like during the plague outbreak and dreamt and worked for a formed because of this trained the dog that each which are negatively charge of that food? Babuji in Calcutta in 1899 and the much brighter future. She had constant activity. So if we time you ring he comes carried in that food also says that when it is like this great East Bengal famine of once written to a friend "My life pay a little attention to how running for food. The day affect our body when we all kinds of spiritual 1906. She suffered from a severe is given to India. In it I shall live we talk, we can cut down you don't give food, but you consume it. And when it diseases can be cured. All malarial attack after her work and die." At the place of her the formation of ring the bell, he will start goes to all the cells, it has a kinds of spiritual diseases and stayed in the famine-struck cremation in Darjeeling is an impressions through this barking non-stop. He will very negative effect. The can be cured by this simple countryside of East Bengal, inscription saying, "Here act. The second act in be salivating profusely. effect on the cat is so act. People who prepare taking months to recover. In reposes Sister Nivedita who which we are all commonly The same scientist, obvious. food should be conscious of fact she never recovered fully. gave her all to India". Few involved is having food - Pavlov, conducted an What happens at home it. When we have food we Rabindranath Tagore who had would ever deserve the assimilation. Through talk experiment on cats. What when there is a quarrel should have it in a cheerful seen her from close quarters description more befittingly. we imbibe thoughts, we he did was to put food in between spouses? Most of mood. We should be lost in and had 'felt her tremendous (Concluded) exchange thoughts; front of a cat and measure the quarrels I have His remembrance and have power' later remarked: "He who through food also we the digestive juice secreted witnessed are at the dinner it; with gratefulness we had seen her has seen the (The author writes on exchange a lot of things. We while the cat was table or in the bedroom. should have it. essential form of a human humanistic ideals of Sri exchange nutrients, and we consuming its meal. He had We can avoid these (Kamlesh D Patel is the being, the form of the spirit. She Ramakrishna and Swami absorb nutrients. The state this crazy idea that when arguments. When we meet fourth spiritual Guide in the was a Loka-Mata. We had not Vivekananda and is also the of mind we have while the cat was about to at the dining table we talk Sahaj Marg system of Raja seen before an embodiment of founder of humanitarian consuming food is also consume food he would about family problems. Yoga meditation.) the spirit of motherhood which, institution Parivaar.) 7 vtvtWrqh‡hv@‰r ’qh’Gvsr

@‘pr ƒ‡†s ‚€‡ur‡hyxi’Th€v to my Beloved, whatever exists is You) Ek tujhko Ivxuvyr†uh hhqhh‡Wrqh‡h apna paya, jo kuch hai so tu hi hai. (O Lord! I found T‚pvr‡’‚sB rh‡r C‚ˆ†‡‚VT thee in everything). This is a message of unity of ‚I‚‰r€ir ! ' existence as is said in Upanishads (Sarvam khalu idam Brahman). Vedanta is hen Ramakrishna Shukdev Muni. Now and to sing titled 'Tujhse nothing but the end-part of WParamhansa was then I shall come down to hamney dil ko lagaya, jo the Vedas - Gyan Kand- the confined to Cossipore my body level and take kuch hai so tu hi hai." (You essence of knowledge. The gardens after he was some food to preserve are present everywhere, O philosophy of living is afflicted with throat cancer body and then get back Lord). given in the end in the one day his beloved again to Samadhi, be This was the favorite form of 108 Upanishads. disciple Swami immersed in that." That song on both Ramakrishna These Upanishads form the Vivekananda- then 'Samadhi' is the highest and Vivekananda. Both core of the teachings of the Narendranath- came with spiritual state given in our were good singers. Vedas. The gist of the same his other monastic scriptures. Ashtanga Yoga Whenever Vivekananda teaching is found in brothers to see him. He describes eight-limbed visited Ramakrishna the Bhagavad-Gita. complained that Thakur path- Yama, Niyama, latter asked his disciple to The song further goes (as his disciples called him Asana, Pranayama, sing this song in the end on -Sabke makan, dil ka in fondness) was not doing Pratyahara, Dharana, for sure. According to The makil tu, kaunsa dil hai jis anything for him and Dhyana and Samadhi. Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, mein nahin tu. Harek dil pressed him to do Samadhi is the summit one on 24 October 1885 and 22 mein tu hi samaya, jo kuch something for him. To this can attain. Ramakrishna, April 1886, both the hai so tu hi hai. (In Ramakrishna replied, "I am the wonderful teacher, disciple and the master everybody's heart you are suffering like this and you chided him and said, "You wanted the song to be present. There is no heart are pestering me to do are a weak- minded sung. The song speaks of where you do not reside in) something." Narendranath person, for you are asking Vedanta in everyday life, In Kathopanishad, the replied that that was the for Samadhi. Take to the unity of existence. same idea exists. Further reason why he was something higher than Curiously enough, this the song goes, Kya Malay, bothering him. "Doctors Samadhi and you would be song was written by the last kya insaan, kya hindu, kya have told that you are not like a banyan tree under Mughal Emperor Bahadur musulman / jaisa chaha going to live long. So whose shelter thousands of Shah Zafar who was a Sufi tuney banaya, jo kuch hai before you leave you must people will get peace. You saint. But the gist of the so tu hi hai.(Whether it is give me something," he are becoming a selfish song is nothing but animal or human being, said. person thinking of your Vedanta. Zafar though a Everything on this earth Ramakrishna asked him own Samadhi, your own Muslim gives a universal you created, you are to tell him about his desire Moksha. Living for others message. present in all) This is the and Vivekananda said, "I is much higher than that." Tujhse hamney dil ko message of Vedanta. want to be immersed in He further reminded him lagaya, jo kuch hai so tu hi To be continued… Samadhi always like of the song which he used hai (I have given my heart

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  0!*0+, the 2016 World Championships in 75kg. ne of the most decorated The two pugilists went for boxer in amateur boxing attack in the first round itself and Oarena, India’s superwoman punches landed on both but neither M C Mary Kom inched a step clos- managed to completely dominate. er to her record sixth Gold medal In the second round, the Taipei at Boxing World’s by reaching the boxer let Lovlina do the attacking 48kg final but her young fellow and waited for opportune time to hit Lovlina Borgohain had to settle for on the counter. a Bronze after losing her semifinal Unfortunately, Lovlina received bout in 69kg in the Women's World a warning from the referee in the Boxing Championship on Thursday. third round for hitting at the back "!!9 +# # The 35-year-old Mary Kom, of the head of the opponent and one who already has five Gold medals point was cut from all the five in her kitty, thrashed her North judges. Korean opponent Mi Hyang Kim in The one-point reduction, how- -0, !#%! :;2 a unanimous 5-0 decision in the last ever, did not make much of a dif- four clash. ference as Chen eventually won 29- And now in the summit clash 27, 29-27, 28-28, 29-27, 30-26.   +12! Indian Shruti Mundada 21-11, 21-15 on Saturday, She will take on Lovlina did not win any single in a one-sided clash. Kashyap will meet Ukraine's Hanna Okhota challenge, round. efending champion Sameer Thailand's Sitthikom Thammasin, whom the Indian had beaten earli- "Accoridng to me, the bout was DVerma and former champions seeded 8th. er this year in Polish tourney. all right but not that good as I would Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap B Sai Praneeth, seeded 4th, "I have beaten this North have expected. But I gave my 100 per progressed to the quarterfinals of the brushed aside Indonesia's Shesar Hiren Korean opponent in the Asian cent. A point was cut from me in the Syed Modi International World Super Rhustavito 21-12, 21-10 and will take Championships last year and that final round, but there was a lot of Tour 300 with contrasting victories, on China's Lu Guangzu, seeded time it was a one-sided bout. She closing, pulling and pushing from here on Thursday. sixth, ended the run of could not touch me in that bout. But both of us. I lost because of the point Second-seeded Saina, who Saarlorlux champion Subhankar win or lose, every boxer always reduction (due to warning)," she is a three-time winner of the Dey with a 21-13, 21-10 win. learns and I think she has learnt *     2  ?;7?E  #&4#F3 F4 1        said after her bout. Lucknow tourney, defeated In women's singles, Sai (from that bout). "I am feeling bad. After I could Amolika Singh Sisodiya 21-14, Uttejitha Rao Chukka also "At the same time I also have aggressive intent and the North nent. final, in the Silesian International not win a medal in the 21-9, while 2012 and 2015 cham- notched up a 21-12, 21-15 win learnt and I came prepared to Korean threw a flurry of quick "My opponent was taller than Boxing Championships in Poland Commonwealth Games, my aim pion Kashyap recovered from a game over compatriot Reshma Karthik 21- defend and counter. I am happy that punches. me and strong also. Taller boxers can earlier this year. was to win a Gold in the World down to see off Indonesia's Firman 12, 21-15. She will square off against I am in the final," Mary Kom said The Indian, who won her first have the advantage because of their "I have beaten her in Poland. I Championships. But I have to set- Abdul Kholik 9-21, 22-20, 21-8 in former Olympic champion Li Xuerui, after the semifinal bout. World Championships medal — a reach, they can get inside immedi- will read that bout and plan my tle for a Bronze. I wanted a Gold so another match. seeded 7th. The semifinal bout began on a Silver — in the inaugural edition, ately and come back again. But once strategy. I hope to beat her again," it is disappointing," Lovlina said. Third seed Sameer beat China's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and cautious note with both pugilists try- drew from her vast reservoir of inside the ring, I don't care whether Mary Kom said. On Friday, two more Indians Zhao Junpeng 22-20, 21-17 and will Ashwini Ponnappa also entered the last ing to understand each other's experience as she ducked the punch- my opponent is tall or not, I play my India, however, suffered a jolt as are in the fray in the semifinals. meet China's Zhou Zeqi. eight by defeating compatriots Shivam game in the first round which had es and then, with quick feet move- game," she added. the second semifinalist of the day, Sonia Chahal will take on Hwa Son Former Olympic Bronze medallist, Sharma and Poorvisha S Ram 12-21, very few clean punches. In the sec- ment, launched her own attack to Mary Kom had earlier beaten Lovlina lost 4-0 to Chen Nien-Chin Jo in 57kg while Simranjit Kaur will Saina will next face eight seeded com- 21-14, 21-15 in a mixed doubles ond round, both showed their land crucial punches on her oppo- Okhota, who she will meet in the of Taipei, who had won a Bronze in square off against Dan Dou in 64 kg. patriot Rituparna Das, who beat fellow match. 4     (3 !G 

  2+2 "2 Root said Broad, 32, remains "invaluable" to the onny Bairstow returns to the England side even though he JEngland team for the final has been overshadowed by 36- Test against Sri Lanka on Friday year-old Anderson's feat in as the fourth player in three becoming the fast bowler with matches to attempt the trou- the most Test . blesome number three "He's still one of England's spot. best bowlers -- I genuinely While England are looking believe that," said the captain, good as they aim for a 3-0 who will next take his squad to whitewash in the series, they the West Indies this winter. need some reliability from their Broad will make his return leading batsmen and captain Joe on the Sinhalese Sports Club Root is backing Bairstow, who ground where he made his Test has lost the wicketkeeper's debut in 2007. gloves to Ben Foakes, to suc- ble of doing it." Test debut and has been out- Sri Lanka called back open- ceed. The 29-year-old Bairstow standing as wicketkeeper, freez- ing batsman and part-time "One thing we all know has admitted his frustration at ing Bairstow out of the reckon- bowler Danushka Gunathilaka about Jonny is whenever he's got getting injured in training before ing. But England desperately into their squad after his latest a point to prove or is up against the first Test of the tour and los- need a reliable number three suspension for misconduct. it, he generally comes out and ing his place to Foakes. after Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes Suranga will be without does something pretty special," "It's difficult. No one wants failed in the previous two Tests spinner Akila Dananjaya, while    &  :%  said Root. to not be playing," Bairstow said -- as did Root batting at four his suspect bowling action "Hopefully we see that with this week. "The last two-and-a- below a nightwatchman. undergoes International Jonny this week -- that deter- half years I've been in the team, Bairstow's return means Council tests.   2+// and Shreyas Iyer, who are on mination and drive to really and it was only three Tests ago that Stokes moves back down to With Rangana Herath now national duty. hammer that spot home for I was in the top 10 batters in the number five, while England's retired, Surangal said missing erala on Thursday blew More grabbed5 for 52 to himself. It's an opportunity for world. And then you're not other big change has been to rest the pair was "a big loss". He still Kaway home favourites make regular inroads into him to try and nail that spot playing." fast bowler Jimmy Anderson to wants a pitch suited to spinners Bengal by nine wickets and with Mumbai. down and he's more than capa- Foakes hit a century on his give Stuart Broad a chance. prepared in Colombo. a day to spare for their second Apart from opener Jay Bista successive win in the Ranji (70), other batsmen faltered as Trophy, consolidating the posi- Mumbai conceded the lead. tion atop the Elite Group B Meanwhile, at Raipur,        standings. Railways managed to eke out a Sandeep Warrier comple- 30 -run first innings lead mented opener Jalaj Saxena's against hosts Chhattisgarh.   *1"/, lash. first innings 143 with an At Nagpur, Baroda trailed "Pakistan batsmen are good players impressive 5/33 in the second hosts and reigning champions he man who spun New Zealand to a of spin and after that defeat they will go essay, and the Kerala pacer rat- Vidarbha by 241 runs after Tstunning victory in the first Test hard on us so we will be ready for that," tled the top four Bengal bats- they finished day 3 at 288 for 7 against Pakistan has vowed to keep the said Patel. men, including a well-set skip- with Aditya Waghmode and pressure on the home team when the two Another win would give New per Manoj Tiwary (62), to set Deepak Hooda slamming hun- sides meet again in the second Test in Zealand their first series triumph away up the win. dreds. Dubai on Saturday. to Pakistan since Graham Dowling led Warrier was at his best At Nadiad (Gujarat), Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel had a them to a 1-0 success in 1969. during his second spell (7-2-10- Saurashtra captain Jaydev Shah dream start to his Test career, claiming Patel praised New Zealand's never- 2) in the post-lunch session, led from the front as his side a memorable 5-59 in Abu Dhabi to help say-die approach. when he broke a 69-run third managed to take a 25-run first New Zealand pull off a sensational four- "To be honest we had the belief that stand between Tiwary innings lead. run win after setting Pakistan a modest it can happen on this wicket which was- and Sudeep Chatterjee (39). Shah remained unbeaten 176-run target. n't easy to bat on and we kept that belief He extracted reverse swing on 81. The 30-year-old, who collected the cricket and batters respect that. Likewise that we can pull that off," said Patel. and cleaned up Tiwary with an man of the match award in Abu Dhabi, they will put pressure back on us so it's Patel said New Zealand have a tra- incoming delivery before dis- " I # said keeping up the pressure is the key a bit of a cat and mouse game, backward dition of fighting hard. missing Chatterjee (39) in his    Rajasthan, who con- in a Test. and forward, so we will do our best." "I think it's a very much a New next over. From thereon, it was ceded the first -innings lead to "I think it will be pretty much the Pakistan have been stung by the crit- Zealand environment thing, that is that just a matter of time as the last hosts Jharkhand, made a splen- same plan, to keep the pressure for a icism of their self-destructive batting everything is possible at any point of time eight wickets managed to add did comeback in their second longer period of time and keep bowling which saw them throw away their last and we always go out and fight regard- just 69 runs to be bundled out essay in their Elite Group good balls in good areas," Patel said. seven wickets for just 41 runs. The less of chasing or defending a small total for 184 in 56.5 overs. match. "A good ball is a good ball in Test Black Caps are preparing for the back- or a large total. Kerala knocked off the 41- Rajasthan, who were bun- run target in 11 overs to hand F !    dled out for 100 in the first Bengal their first loss at the 4P   *+$   innings and conceded the lead, Eden Gardens since made up for the mistakes in the ++ /+# 2 &+0 , ! !",%+# December 2014, when Kerala, who beat second outing, as they put on they succumbed to Andhra in the previous 379 on the board to leave Karnataka by an identi- round, face Madhya Jharkhand with a challenging   +,++0 "We have a new opportuni- have a strong doubles team -- it's cal margin. Pradesh at home. victory chase. ty. It's a big challenge and a great an open match." One of the keys Kerala had a golden Jharkhand, bowled out for arin Cilic heads into this motivation." to the tie will be whether the big- chance to complete the win by P  152 in their first innings, were Mweekend's Davis Cup final France's leading man is hitting Cilic and Coric can 10 wickets, which would have # !  Hosts Karnataka 24 for no loss at stumps on day against reigning champions Lucas Pouille, who has slipped adapt to playing on clay after a given the visitors a bonus point, gained an upper hand by tak- three and required 304 more for France in Lille bidding to put his out of the top 10 to 32nd in the long hardcourt season. but Bengal denied that with ing the crucial first innings lead an outright win on the final day. woes against Argentina two rankings this year, while Jo- The 30-year-old Cilic has pacer Mukesh Kumar cleaning over Mumbai in their Elite Ashok Menaria, who hit a years ago to bed by leading Wilfried Tsonga is struggling to won only two of his 18 ATP titles up first innings hero and Man Group A game. stroke-filled 125 off 325 balls, Croatia to victory. regain full fitness after several on the red dirt, although has of the Match Saxena for 26. Karnataka bundled out led Rajasthan's fight back in the The former US Open cham- spells off the court through improved and reached the Kerala settled for six points Mumbai for a meagre 205 in second innings, while Rajesh pion led Juan Martin del Potro injury. French Open quarter-finals in to lead the table with 13, while reply to their own 400 to take Bishnoi Jr chipped in with a by two sets in the 2016 final in But Cilic, who also reached each of the last two years. Bengal remained on six points. a huge 195-run first innings gritty 82 off 145-balls. Zagreb with the hosts only the 2017 Wimbledon final and But he is confident that he With this defeat, Bengal's lead at the KSCA Stadium here. At Guwahati, Odisha ticked needing one more win for the the Australian Open final earli- will be ready and will not be hope for a qualifying suffered a At stumps on the penulti- all the boxes to defeat hosts title, but slipped to an agonising favourites despite having to face er this year, is wary of a France fatigued after last week's exit big blow as tougher challenges mate day of the four-day game, Assam by nine wickets. defeat as Argentina roared back France on clay at the Stade team that ended a 16-year wait from the ATP Finals in London lie ahead with three back-to- Karnataka were 81 for 3 with Rajesh Mohanty emerged to lift the trophy. Pierre-Mauroy, with world num- for their 10th Davis Cup crown at the round-robin stage. back away matches beginning first innings hero as the star bowler for Odisha as But now he has the chance ber 12 Borna Coric supporting by beating Belgium 12 months "I don't think that it's a big with Tamil Nadu from Krishnamurthy Siddharth (30 medium pacer Ronit More, he picked up six wickets in the to claim a first Davis Cup in the the seventh-ranked Cilic. ago. problem," Cilic added. November 28 to December 1. not out) and experienced Stuart rose to the occasion against the second essay. final year before the controver- "Two years ago, we were in "It's hard to say that Croatia "We have four, five days to They have two home Binny (2 not out) holding the depleted Mumbai line-up with- At Rohtak, Goa required sial new format is implemented the lead on the last day and very are favourites," he insisted. prepare. It's not ideal, we would matches left against Delhi and fort. out mainstays Rohit Sharma, another 255 runs for an out- by the ITF. close to winning it," remem- "France are playing at home, love to have two or three weeks, Punjab. Karnataka bowlers, led by Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw right victory against Haryana. Croatia will be slight bered Cilic. in front of their home fans. They but I think it will be enough."   (  )* +,- +./0  :2 <8< *<5@ ,-* *<8<< 55 ) < 1   4!" 0  !  ?G  

  2)(21* the tournament run-chart with attack, comprising Anya 167 runs from four games at a Shrubsole (7 wickets) and = 3   ndia will be looking to strike rate of 177 plus. Smriti Natalie Sciver (4 wickets). erase the memories of a Mandhana, with 144 runs, is They have been very eco-    :   Iheart-breaking World Cup fourth on the list. nomical and have kept final defeat last year when they Against England, India Bangladesh and South Africa take on England in the semi- will have their senior-most under 100 runs.   2)(21* finals of the ICC Women's player Mithali Raj back in the However, Dani Wyatt (28 World T20 on Friday morning. side after being rested for the in 3 games) and skipper ndia captain Harmanpreet England beat India by nine final group game against Heather Knight (31 in three IKaur credited new coach runs in an exciting final of the Australia as she was nursing a games) haven't yet been test- Ramesh Powar for his contri- 50-over global meet, a tour- niggle suffered while fielding ed save the game against West bution in team building process nament that ushered a new era against Ireland. She will come Indies, where England man- which has gone a long way in for women's cricket in India. back in place of spinner Anuja aged only 115 for 8 batting India's praiseworthy perfor- To their credit, the Patil. first and subsequently lost mance in the ongoing ICC 'Women in Blue' have been Under new coach Ramesh the match by four wickets. Women's World T20, where able to build on that momen- Powar, India's strategy of play- The highest individual they have reached semi-finals. tum and a fantastic run in the ing a single pacer has worked aggregate in this tournament Powar was appointed after ongoing World T20 is a testi- wonderfully as their is 50 from three games by Tushar Arothe's departure under mony to that. spinners have done well Amy Jones but the semi-final controversial circumstances "We're taking it as another India beat two formidable throughout the group will be the real test for the two when some senior members game. We just need to focus on teams in their group —the league stages. teams. didn't like erstwhile coach's what we have done well in the 'White Ferns' from New Leg-spinner training methods and perfor- last league games and those Zealand by 34 runs and the Poonam Yadav (8 wick-  mance dipped after the high of things we need to just continue 'Southern Stars' from Australia ets) and left-arm spin- India: Harmanpreet Kaur ODI World Cup. now," Harmanpreet said on the by 48 runs — maintaining an ner Radha Yadav (7 wickets) (captain), Smriti Mandhana, "We have better plans and eve of their semi-final. all-win record at the league have been consistent through- Jemimah Rodrigues, Mithali we can aim bigger now. The self- England captain Heather stage. out the tournament. Raj, Deepti Sharma, Dayalan belief (is different). I can give Knight insisted Friday's clash However, England, the Off-spinners Deepti Hemalatha, Veda credit to Ramesh (Powar), will be different to last year's reigning ODI world champi- Sharma (4 wickets) and Krishnamurthy, Arundhati because from the time he joined ODI World Cup. ons, are a quality side in the Dayalan Hemlatha (5 wickets) Reddy, Radha Yadav, our team, our mindset and "We take confidence from shortest format and the scars have also kept things tight. Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, approach has totally changed," the fact that we performed in of the summit clash loss at   *          (  &11FP F1     Indian seamers Arundhati Taniya Bhatia (wk), Mansi Harmanpreet said on the eve of knockout matches before, but I Lord's can play on the minds Reddy (10 overs) and Mansi Joshi, Devika Vaidya, Anuja semi-final against England. don't think it (the 50-over final) of Mithali Raj and # + 0 # # 2!0M0)40$+/*40)0,$,$2*, Joshi (3 overs) have only Patil. The aim will be to carry on counts for anything with the Harmanpreet Kaur, the two +! 2" <="  !2)+*/ 8,2(4/)0/=1/+,<(,*0, bowled 13 overs across the England: Heather Knight with the winning momentum game tomorrow (on Friday). It's pillars of the women's side. )5* -*) # four league games. (captain), Tammy rather than thinking about a different format, different Skipper Harmanpreet's 0(2)0(K2) //*0(/)(2K However, India played all Beaumont, Sophia Dunkley, revenge, said Indian captain. team for India, different captain performance will be key to group league matches — a their group league matches at Sophie Ecclestone, Tash "We need to live in the pre- for them and things like that." India's success as she is known match-winning century 0(1 ,+/(+2((/+2)*C(/ the same venue —Providence Farran, Kirstie Gordon, sent. At present, we're doing real- "It's all going to be about to rise to the occasion. She can against New Zealand and a 8+/<20 ,*(2K ,/+,)/6/* in Guyana — and will now Jenny Gunn, Danielle Hazell, ly well, I think. Other than Friday. We know T20 cricket, it's be safely termed as someone quick-fire 43 against Australia, play a day/night game at a dif- Amy Jones, Natalie Sciver, thinking about the past, we just whoever turns up on the day … who is a 'big match' player. which proved to be decisive in /) /8)00/1)40!28,++/)(2K ferent venue. Anya Shrubsole, Linsey need to think what we need to It's about us going out and Even in the current World the final context of the game. 0!2 0C((,*0# For England, the focus Smith, Fran Wilson, Lauren do in the next game," she played putting on a really strong per- T20, she has performed in two She is currently leading will be more on their seam Winfield, Danielle Wyatt. down on the revenge part. formance," she added. 0< +09 !"+# +# ! +# # ! ! 1D, 3   "   Margao: "  K   K$ ?' >   ,  ( +    . 0: 2 # + !0%0 6     (    #   0+"21)0 )  "              @#" tung by a narrow loss in the opening encounter, India   0+"21)0          >G      Swill like to reassess their playing combination while   /  * *  # aiming for a swift turn-around when they take on ncapped Victoria opener  U+  "  K   E    Australia in the second T20I in Melbourne on Friday. UMarcus Harris and rookie S? (   The hosts took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, speedster Chris Tremain have  K  /    "       #     which comprise three back-to-back matches in a short been named in the 14-member  * +   "   K        ,(+ K span of five days. Australia squad for the first      K$    Having won seven consecutive bilateral T20 series, two Test matches against India  4      $  # Kohli and his men will certainly want to make it eight starting December 6 in Adelaide.   >' /  in a row and for that they may be forced to rejig both The other good news was E         #  their batting and bowling combinations. return of fit-again Usman  ,  4  Ahmedabad: $:  K       Bidding for an eighth victory on the bounce now Khawaja in the Tim Paine-led  D,    8   +  I doesn't seem as straightforward a proposition as it side. /   #    G'@>        (  looked earlier with the hosts ready to come all guns blaz- Senior batsman Peter L '       #(     ing after their all-round show in the first game. Handscomb also returned to the      >G   8 "   The Indian batting  D  #  side on weight of domestic runs                 line-up could see some # + 0 0%+ after missing the away series   #L+   # #  $            rejigging in light of +! 2" >=,"  *  ) against Pakistan in UAE. +                     KL Rahul's patchy )5* -*) # G>'G?'?GG /   ,  H  Among the rookies, Harris  /   (   >G # $: C    form. Since scoring G@'G?'?G>? ,   /     has been included in the squad    ,   (     >GG'       101 not out in the first T20I against England at on account of his superlative E #   8  M8   + #$:   Manchester, Rahul hasn't been able to cross the 30-run ?H'G>'?G>I ,   /  ?S  form in Sheffield Shield, where     Q/N   mark in next six matches.    he has till date scored 437 runs  ,  ' >              The team management could also be tempted to at 87.50 this season. ball for Victoria," said Hohns. )   /# ?I > # have a re-look at the bowling attack. The task is cut out in front of the team manage- His teammate Tremain is "His form in the Sheffield L,/ 4,  On a grassy surface, Krunal Pandya was plundered ment to work on fielding angles to elevate their efforts also among the five pace bowlers Shield has seen him become the  -8 .    " G  for 55 runs in his four wicketless overs and was hit for in the second T20I. picked, having taken 24 wickets second highest wicket taker in  /4L Pune: ,' 8 :$    as many as half a dozen sixes. It doesn't help that there is such a short turn-around in this domestic season. the competition this season. He +   #         If the MCG is also of Gabba's nature, Kohli might time during this series, that fielding coach R Sridhar "Marcus Harris has forced has also been a consistent wick- /    8,' (+/  4  be tempted to bring in leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, won't be able to work with the players at the MCG. his way into the squad after an et taker over the past two sea-  4   48  /         4    who boasts of a brilliant wicket-taking record in T20Is. Any improvements in the field will have to be impressive start to the Sheffield sons, and thoroughly deserves 46  4   #8 :       4 Even then, it remains to be seen if the team man- drilled in theoretically in the dressing room. And thus Shield campaign for Victoria, his place in the squad." (       '>GG> I4 agement rings in any changes after such a close defeat, India will also seek to look at other areas where and in recent times has per- Veteran Shaun Marsh strug-   +   4  I'4 I'       ?@ especially when the balance is disturbed. improvements can be made. formed in high pressure match- gled against Pakistan but has     TNG4GGG    # At Brisbane, the 'Men in Blue' were found slack- The ploy to introduce Adam Zampa as the lone es, including Sheffield Shield been in sublime touch since D,#   8 :   ' 4 ing in the field and it proved to be the ultimate dif- spinner worked wonders for Australia and with an finals," said chairman of selec- returning home with ODI and   '    ference in a seesawing game. intense fielding effort, Australia were able to make a tors Trevor Hohns. Shield centuries under his belt.    # 0  4 "   ( Even Kohli himself was guilty of poor effort on the winning difference. "Not only has he made The bowling attack looks set gesting Victoria duo Tremain              field on at least two occasions, dropping counterpart Things seem very different in the hosts' camp all plenty of runs, he has displayed to return to the Ashes-winning and Peter Siddle are in the K    K   (  S'I-.4 ?'I4 S'N  Aaron Finch in the fourth over and later involved in of a sudden, when they were simply considered sec- the mental application we quartet of Mitchell Starc, Josh squad as cover. Siddle is an       ?I#,  a misfielding from the deep. ond best to the Men in Blue across all departments less believe is required to compete at Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and incumbent fast bowler having   '          Australia boasts of bigger grounds than in India, than 48 hours ago. Test cricket." Nathan Lyon. played both Tests in the UAE,     #,   with bigger boundaries of course, and the MCG will Melbourne is experiencing a stormy spell in the lat- On Tremain, Hohns said: The three NSW quicks will but that was with Cummins and E   4  0 <     prove to be another humongous challenge in that ter half of this week, so there is a slight chance that the "Chris Tremain has been per- be rested from the Blues Shield Hazlewood on the comeback  $  E  (  K N'S regard. second T20I could also be rain-affected. forming consistently with the match at Perth Stadium, sug- trail from back injuries. I'@I'#      Bhubaneswar:           >@@4 :  '  /  4 % 5A  ;( <=    '   4  (         '   1       0!*0+,   ) :   8       &< -+>.=   #   ?I>  ??    4     *     united India, "on and off the field", has Athe capability to recreate history and lift       ( #     ,/$2$       the men's hockey World Cup after 43 years,     '          feels the country's lone World Cup-winning     *  : (  captain Ajitpal Singh. ominul Haque equaled the  IS      # India's only World Cup triumph came MBangladesh record with his eighth 2  H;@    1   C N ?;H in the third edition of the championships Test century as he propelled the hosts   4(   ?IHI  way back in 1975, after a 2-1 win over to 315-8 against the West Indies on the        K     Pakistan at Kuala Lumpur. opening day Thursday of the first Test. +   -NS.   " (   -@I. K Since then the eight-time Olympic Haque's 120 off 167 balls, featuring     # K'4 (  champions' best performance at the World 10 boundaries and one six, was his sixth  ?S;??       Cup was fifth-place finishes at the 1982 and century at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury   ?H>      # 1994 editions. Stadium in just eight Test matches. But this time around The left-hander also hit a peak   #1/FJ.  Ajitpal has high hopes reached by only Virat Kohli this year, Hyderabad: *C       ' from Harendra Singh's matching the India captain's feat of four          brigade and feels the world Test hundreds in 2018. No other bats- Haque shared a 104-run, second-  ?N  0$ ") : ranked fifth Indian team men have more than two. wicket partnership with Imrul Kayes,    # /       can do wonders if they play to its potential His dismissal by Shannon Gabriel who contributed 44.   4 *       ?>N and remain united throughout the event. triggered a collapse, as the fast bowler Haque shared two more significant      '      # "Our team is looking sharper, more took four wickets in 18 balls after tea, partnerships - 48 with Mohammad     IG  # combined, fitter. They have now learnt how dropping Bangladesh from 222-3 to Mithun (20) and 69 with skipper *    C'  H@ to handle hockey on turf. But the team front of their home fans. playing nations of the world will be vying 235-7. Shakib Al Hasan (34) to see the side pass > G )  4    which plays together can achieve any- "We should know how to handle pres- for the Cup but India has a balanced team The lower order showed grit to 200 against the West Indies for the first *  4   ?>SH  # thing," Ajitpal said. sure. We should finish in top four and after with a mixture of youth and experience," he recover, and at stumps Taijul Islam was time in four years. !*   >    "But for that we will have to remain unit- that it can be anybody's game," Ajitpal said. said."We have the capability to play in the on 32 and debutant Nayeem Hasan on Haque's dominance kept the  4 )            # ed on and off the field. Our target should Another hockey great Zafar Iqbal, a semis or the final but for that we should play 24 in a 56-run unbroken stand for the Caribbean side at bay, and he equaled ( '         : 4  be nothing other than winning the Cup," he member of India's last Olympic Gold-win- like champions. ninth wicket. Tamim Iqbal's record eight Test hun-   @;>?> 4 E added. ning side in 1980, opined with his senior "Definitely there will be pressure but the Haque went to the crease in the first dreds in his 32nd test. He finally per-             The former hockey stalwart also said teammate and said the hosts need to play team is looking confident. We are now men- over of the day after the dismissal of ished to a loose shot just after tea off a '          that anything less than semifinals would be like "champions" from the word go. tally much stronger and we should play Soumya Sarkar, whose first Test innings Gabriel full-length delivery outside off *  #  a below-par performance for the Indians in "It won't be easy as all the top hockey tough hockey against any team," he added. in a year lasted just two deliveries. stump.