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Government again over the ment and your Government against the CAA are “our ene- someone. I want to know who agriculture sector. On issue of unemployment, saying has failed miserably to provide mies. But for me, they are my is pulling the trigger. It’s not the Citizenship Amendment Act, rified,” she said adding, “Today, it has “failed miserably” to them the same,” he said. The brothers and friends. They are minister or that boy,” he added. he asked the government about you put a person banned by generate jobs for the youth of Congress leader used the hash- telling about values of Mahatma Attacking Verma, the the compulsion under which Election Commission to speak the country. tag “JawaabDoMantriJi” to put Gandhi and Swami Congress MP also said that a they came up with this law. in parliament”. In a tweet posted this across his point. Vivekanand”. Referring to the member banned by Election “You want to discriminate She also said that the state morning Rahul told Soon after the Budget was JNU incident on January 5, Commission for campaigning among people,” he alleged. of economy is abysmal and the New Delhi: A plea was filed Noida. Restrictions have been Sitharaman “don’t’ be afraid of presented in Parliament, Rahul Gogoi said people witnessed in Delhi was allowed to speak Opposing the motion, finance minister was fearful in in the Supreme Court on imposed on the Kalindi Kunj- questions... asking on behalf of said there is nothing concrete disturbing scenes in universi- first in the House and “that Trinamool Congress’ Mahua giving the target for the real Monday seeking a direction to Shaheen Bagh stretch and youth... replying is your respon- in the Budget as the biggest ties. shows the BJP’s attitude towards Moitra said the government is GDP. “You have rubbished the authorities to remove Okhla underpass, which were sibility”. The former Congress problem in front of the coun- Students and professors at the Election Commission and betraying the people who have all economists, but your own from Shaheen Bagh protesters closed on December 15 last chief hit out at Sitharaman try is unemployment and the JNU were bleeding due to Parliament”. Gogoi said the voted for them. “You have former CEA appointed by you” agitating against CAA since year due to ongoing protests and the Centre for failing “mis- Government has not addressed attack and police did not do government should talk about betrayed the tribal people in is raising question marks on December 15 last year, saying against the Citizenship erably” to provide jobs. that. anything, he said adding, “I am the real problems of poverty, Gujarat on whose land you built government data, she said. they are causing hardship to (Amendment) Act and “Finance Minister, don’t “This is the mindset of the not questioning Delhi Police”. unemployment, and inequality a statue,” she said. She dubbed P V Midhun Reddy (YSRCP) people by blocking arterial National Register of Citizen be scared of my questions. 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We need to speed up According to Ministry of newly developed vaccine using tonne this year as compared to is an highly contagious fatal pig commercialisation,” Animal Animal Husbandry, since 1964 Indian strain is safe and potent. 185.59 lakh tonne during the disease. The new vaccine, Husbandry and Dairying a lapinized CSF vaccine is It does not revert to virulence corresponding period last year developed by Uttar Pradesh- Department Secretary Atul being used in India for con- and provide protective immu- due to fall in output in the based ICAR-Indian Veterinary Chaturvedi said after the trolling the disease. The vaccine nity from day 14 of the vacci- major producing State of Research Institute (IVRI), will launch. is produced by sacrificing large nation till 24 months studied so Maharashtra. The sugar mar- be much cheaper than the The new vaccine has been numbers of rabbits for each far. keting year runs from October existing one. It would cost developed using Indian strain to September. only Rs 2 per dose compared to and lakhs of doses can be pro- According to Indian Sugar the current vaccine’s rate of Rs duced very easily using the cell Mills Association (ISMA), as on 15-20 per dose and imported culture technology and the January 31, 2020, 446 sugar period of the previous year. heavy molasses into ethanol, four months of the current Korean vaccine rate of Rs 30 country’s requirement can be mills in the country have pro- Sugar output in Uttar which will reduce about 8.5 season would be almost 7-8 per dose. As per 2019 census, easily fulfilled, said Trilochan duced 141.12 lakh tonne of Pradesh, however, increased to lakh tonne of sugar production. lakh tonne more than the year- the country’s pig population Mohapatra, Secretary to the sugar, as compared to 185.59 54.96 lakh tonne from 52.86 “260 lakh tonne of sugar ago period. declined to 9.06 million from Department of Agricultural lakh tonne produced by 520 lakh tonne. In Karnataka, pro- will be around 70 lakh tonne “In the last year, the esti- 11.13 million in 2007. Research and Education mills last season on the corre- duction fell to 27.94 lakh tonne less than the production of the mated sugar sales by the sugar Currently, India does not (DARE). The vaccine has been sponding date. from 33.76 lakh tonne. ISMA last season. We can already see mills were around 255 lakh have enough vaccine for con- tested on around 500 pigs at In Maharashtra, sugar pro- has pegged the country’s sugar that current year’s production tonne and considering the high- trolling classical swine fever multiple locations. duction in the first four months production at 260 lakh tonne is trailing by almost 44.5 lac er sales in this year, ISMA (CSF), which has led to high He further said the vaccine of the 2019-20 marketing year for 2019-20. tonne till the end of January expects the sugar sales by sugar mortality with annual loss of will be commercialised in the is estimated at 34.64 lakh tonne The estimates are based 2020 as compared to the previ- mills in the current season to be about Rs 4.29 billion. Against next six months. Various state compared with 70.99 lakh after accounting for the diver- ous season,” the statement said. around 260 lakh tonne,” it the annual requirement of 20 governments, private manu- tonne in the corresponding sion of sugarcane juice and ‘B’ The sugar sales in the first added. million doses, the availability is facturers and Nepal govern- chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 4, 2020 Final phase of Panchayat Top cops shunted polls concludes peacefully in minor reshuffle voting was registered. Likewise, considerable increase in voting percent was reported in Chikpal and Tumkapal after opening of police camps over there,” an official press statement released by the state government said. In Surnar, 12 Maoist including one carrying cash reward of `1 lakh on his head, who had surrendered few days back, also came to vote, officials claimed. STAFF REPORTER n According to official to Police Headquarters Meanwhile, IG Bastar RAIPUR sources the state Raipur. informed that in the entire government appointed In yet another change, election duration one former n a minor reshuffle of top Dipanshu Kabra as a new Deputy Inspector General, assistant constable who was Ipolice officials on Monday Inspector General of Police (DIG), Rajnandgaon, husband of Sarpanch in the state government trans- (IGP), Bilaspur Range. The Ratanlal Dangi was made in Kadenar of Bijapur was killed ferred three of the Indian present IGP of Bilaspur charge IGP, Surguja Range, by Naxals. Police Services officials. Pradeep Gupta transferred Ambikapur. While in 2015, in Bastar STAFF REPORTER n ments polling was held and no and final phase, for 33,986 1,08,112 candidates were seek- region 53 Naxal incidents JAGDALPUR untoward incident was report- posts of Panch 84,695 candi- ing mandate in this election. were reported, including the ` ed except a SSB jawan commit- dates were in the fray while for Meanwhile, state attacks on polling party in SECR recovers 2.44 lakh through special drives verall peaceful polling ting suicide in Antagarh. 4,082 Sarpanch posts 17,978 government claimed that as Kanker and Sukma districts, was held in the final RAIPUR: South East Central Railway (SECR), Raipur Railway Division Commercial O candidates filed nominations. compared to last Panchayat three firing incidents on ` phase of three- tier Panchayat Police deployed drones in Department as per its regular ticket checking drive has realised a revenue of 2,44,975. Likewise, for 1082 posts of polls this year the polling was security forces in Kanker, ` election on Monday. People certain sensitive part of insur- As per information, during the drive conducted, it collected 95,165 by detecting 144 Janpad member 4746 candi- more peaceful. killing of a candidate in ` came out in good numbers to gency-hit Bastar region to keep Dantewada. Apart from it at cases of travelling without ticket. From 216 cases of irregular ticket 97,980 was collected. dates were in the contest. For “In highly sensitive Surnar From 511 cases of unbooked luggage `51,830 were recovered. The drive was held in 8 exercise their franchise. a strict vigil during the polls. 143 posts of Zila Panchayat region of South Bastar as 30 places Maoists had tried to In Maoist-hit Bastar region According to state elec- snatch ballot boxes in Sukma, passenger trains and 23 express trains. SECR officials have urged the passengers to travel in member there were 693 candi- compared to 26 per cent polling regular tickets to avoid any inconvenience. amid tight security arrange- tion commission in the third dates in the fray, thus a total of in 2015 this year 54 percent officials stated. CAF jawan CM holds pre-budget consultations with Higher Edu, PHE depts commits suicide STAFF REPORTER n CM chaired two RAIPUR meetings at his official hief Minister Bhupesh residence on Monday during poll duty CBaghel chaired two meet- where budget proposals ings at his official residence of departments under STAFF REPORTER n KANKER hospital Antagarh where on Monday where budget doctors declared him brought proposals of departments PHE and Gramodyog jawan of Sashastra Seema dead, he said. under PHE and Gramodyog Minister Guru Rudra ABal (SSB) reportedly The reason why Netam Minister Guru Rudra Kumar Kumar and Higher and committed suicide by shooting committed suicide is yet to be and Higher and Technical self during poll duty in Naxal Technical Education known, the SDOP said while Education Minister Umesh Minister Umesh Patel for violence hit Antagarh, police adding a case has been regis- Patel for fiscal year 2020-21 said here on Monday. tered in this connection and were discussed in detail. fiscal year 2020-21 “Jai Kumar Netam posted police has launched investiga- In the first meeting Chief were discussed in detail in Kanker was doing poll duty tion to find out the real cause. Minister discussed in detail at Navagaon polling booth Notably, a few days ago a the budget proposals of Technology, Sports and Additional Chief Secretary cials were present. Secretary Finance Amitabh Secretary Avinash when he shot self,” SDOP CAF jawan posted in Farsegarh departments of School Youth Welfare. Renu Pillai, Principal In another meeting, he Jain, Principal Secretary to Champawat, Secretary Antagarh Kaushalendra Patel of Bijapur district had opened Education, Technical In the meeting, Minister Secretary to Chief Minister discussed budget proposals of Chief Minister Gaurav Gramodyog Heman Pahare said. fire wherein two jawans were Education, Skill Umesh Patel, Chief Secretary Gaurav Dwivedi, Secretary PHE and Gramodyog depart- Dwivedi, Principal Secretary and other department offi- Soon after the incident he injured. One of the injured jawan Development, Manpower RP Mandal, Additional Chief Siddhartha Komal Pardeshi ments. Gramodyog Maninder Kaur cials were present in the was rushed to government later succumbed to his injury. and Planning, Science and Secretary Amitabh Jain, and other department offi- Additional Chief Dwivedi, PHE Department meeting. World Cancer Day: Special OPD of pediatric surgical oncology today

STAFF REPORTER n the children if identified early. RAIPUR Dr Shipra said cancer among children and adoles- o mark the World Cancer cents are due to changes in TDay, for cancer affected DNA of cells. In few children children and for children the changes could have been aged below 18 years of age, occurred before their birth surgery, pediatric and cancer while for some it happens departments of Dr Bhimrao after birth. The treatment of Ambedkar Memorial children through Hospital is organising pedi- chemotherapy has been atric surgical oncology servic- giving better results and has es (Cancer surgery) special more chances of recovery. If it OPD from February 4 at OPD is operative, then surgery is number 67 from 8.30 am to done or through 1.30 pm. chemotherapy. Expert doctors will hold During the special OPD, check up of children affected along with Dr Shipra Sharma, and if surgery is necessary Surgery, Head of lymphoma, neuroblastoma, Oncology HOD Dr Vivek will give directives for next Department Dr Shipra nephroblastoma, retinoblas- Choudhary and pediatric phase of treatment. The Sharma said the cancers toma, bone cancer, wilms HOD Dr Sharja Phuljale and patient will be admitted at found among children are tumour (kidney tumour) oncologist Dr Pradeep Women commandoes of ‘Danteshwari Ladake’, deployed in restive Sukma district for rural local bodies’ elections, played pediatric ward and ICU different from adults. Some of among others. The treatment Chandrakar will give their their role in the peaceful conduct of the polls. Pioneer Photo facilities will be extended. commonest are leukemia, of cancer is possible among services. Hailstorm predicted Govt declares list of high-priority industries STAFF REPORTER n industries include industries companies and exporters will RAIPUR based on herbal, medicinal also be promoted. in northern C’garh herb, small forest produce, Industries of refineries for tate government on automobile, auto components, bio-fuel ethanol which will be With light showers SMonday declared the list of pharmaceuticals, white goods, based on surplus rice procured high-priority industries which by MARKFED and cooperative it is going to promote and electronics and electrical in many places, Met issues yellow alert products, industries based on sugar mills will also be promot- facilitate as per its new ed, the sources informed. chilling weather some of the places in Notable, the regional industrial policy 2019-24. robotics technique, artificial Manufacturing of electric continued in most Northern Surguja region of centre of meteorological Official sources informed intelligence technique, infor- two wheelers and four wheelers of the places in state the state. department has already that for attaining eligibility of mation technology, products Issuing fresh yellow cautioned of light to medium high priority industry the of bio technology, nano tech- and their batteries, equipments including state warning for the same for next rainfall in some of the places investor has to invest at least nology, textile (spinning, for charging of such electric capital, Raipur 24 hours, it has cautioned in the state, which will bring the minimum limit of capital weaving, power-loom and fab- vehicles will also be promoted. the people of these places to down the temperature to a investment as set by the state rics or any other process), Similarly the industries remain alert. STAFF REPORTER n great extent. government or the ancillary equipments and based on fruits, horticulture Apart from it the center department of commerce and products, flowers and RAIPUR Meanwhile, with light spare products of railways, also predicted light to heavy showers in many places, industries. space, defence organizations, vegetables produced in state he meteorological rainfall in some of the places chilling weather In case the industrialist telecommunication and will also be in the priority list Tdepartment has predict- in Bilaspur and Surguja continued in most of the produces any other product aeronautical companies. apart from the industries ed rainfall accompanied by divisions and districts of places in state including state too other than the product he will be eligible for promo- category, the source said. Companies investing under notified by the state hailstorm on Tuesday in Kawardha and Bemetara. capital. mentioned in priority list then tion on the lower production The list of high priority collaboration with foreign government time to time.     ! ! $  & ,31%) organised outside Mumbai. Started in the year 2000, so oted Bollywood actor far, the IIFA Award function NSalman Khan said a class has been organised in 12 coun- Film Institute will be opened in tries. This is the first time that Madhya Pradesh. Salman Khan will be hosting While talking to media- the prestigious award ceremo- persons he said soon a film ny. To a query, Salman Khan institute would come up in said he is continuously shoot- Madhya Pradesh and people ing films in Madhya Pradesh. from Mumbai would come to Recently, he was in Maheshwar the State. for shooting and stayed there To a query, State Chief for 20 days. "Whenever we go Minister Kamal Nath, who was to a place for shooting, we go also present on the occasion, with a crew of over 200 mem- said, "We would discuss the bers, but we need local artists. issue and find out as how the Besides, we require local vehi- film institute could come up in cles, local people and boost Madhya Pradesh to nurture the local businesses like hotels and talent of the State. restaurants," he added. Salman was on Monday to Besides, he stated that apart announce the IIFA Awards from completing a film on that are scheduled in Indore screens, this is time of digital- and Bhopal from March 27 to isation and the movie remains 29. He was accompanied by in digital form for years and Bollywood actress Jacqueline boosts tourism for     &     1 3   ! #     - - 3 Fernandez. For the first time, that particular place where the .  5--3.6 . 78989  - 
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Jeddah: The Organisation of said in a statement. A meeting within annexed east Jerusalem. Islamic Cooperation on of foreign ministers at OIC The OIC reiterated its support Monday rejected US President headquarters in the Saudi city for east Jerusalem as capital of Donald Trump's peace plan of Jeddah called on "all mem- a future Palestinian state, stress- Sanaa: Children in critical will receive it." Yemen's inter- for the Middle East, calling on ber states not (to) deal with this ing its "Arab and Islamic char- need of medical care were nationally recognised gov- its 57 member states not to help plan or cooperate with the US acter". It said peace would "only evacuated Monday from ernment, backed by a Saudi- implement it. administration efforts to be achieved with the end of the Yemen's rebel-held capital led military coalition, has The pan-Islamic body, enforce it in any way or form". Israeli occupation, the full Sanaa, in what the United been fighting Iran-backed which represents more than 1.5 Under the US plan unveiled withdrawal from the territory of Nations hopes will be the first Huthi rebels since 2014 when billion Muslims worldwide, last week, Israel would retain the State of Palestine in partic- of many mercy flights. they seized control of the cap- "rejects this US-Israeli plan as control of the disputed city of ular the holy city of Al-Quds Seven young patients and ital. it does not meet the minimum Jerusalem as its "undivided Al-Sharif (Jerusalem) and the their families had gathered at In November, the coali- aspirations and legitimate rights capital" and annex settlements other Arab territories occu- Sanaa airport, closed to com- tion -- which controls of the Palestinian people and on Palestinian lands. Trump pied since (the) June 1967 mercial flights since 2016, Yemen's airspace -- said contradicts the terms of refer- said Palestinians would be (Middle East war)". AFP clutching their transport doc- patients needing medical care ence of the peace process", it allowed to declare a capital uments for the trip to would be allowed to fly out of Amman. Sanaa. "This is the first of what The move was among we hope and believe will be confidence-building mea- many flights," said UN sures aimed at ending the Resident Coordinator for five-year war that has killed Yemen Lise Grande. thousands of people and dis- "It's a very important day, placed millions in what the it's a day of hope. It shows that UN has termed the world's everyone wants the people worst humanitarian crisis. who need help to get that One of the children wait- help," she told reporters. ing for the evacuation flight, "The key is to have many Abdullah Abed, is suffering flights, bigger planes, so that from kidney failure and needs the people who need aid can an organ transplant, his father get to the places where they told AFP. AFP     ! !  / "  "   *" Q   S21      " Q  Q

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Because a woman gets to keep her rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. been used to treat patients with advanced help personalise treatment. There’s     %            breast and has a better cosmetic outcome, the psy- Personalised medicine works by means of or metastatic disease. increased hope for people with advanced             !   /  01=B chological effects associated with permanent analysing patient-specific information Recently, the FDA approved Chimeric stage cancer due to all the new diagnosis,          '    removal can be avoided. In the West, breast con- and prescribing them therapies best suit- Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for treatment and monitoring methods not                   servation rates exceed 70 per cent for early breast ed to treat them and prevent cancer from certain cancers. This therapy involves only available today but also in develop- ,  F %  / 8        cancer. In contrast, rates of BCS have traditionally returning. This can be game-changing in genetic modification of the patient’s autol- ment. been very low in Asian settings. many ways as it can lead to improved out- ogous T-cells to express a receptor specif- (The writer is a PhD in cell biology                  In India, BCS rates vary from 10 per cent in comes for patients by ensuring they get the ic for a tumour antigen. This helps the from IIS and has done pathbreaking %                 smaller cities to about 40 per cent in the metros. right treatment. It can improve the qual- patient’s cells to find and attack cancer research in the field of cancer and stem cells.           There are many reasons for this disparity. One of ity of life by helping patients avoid cells. Remarkable results have been seen She is founder and CEO of a cancer diag- ?           @ the important reasons for the disparity is the require- overtreatment. 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terror outfits? While the security d’être for terror outfits by justifying Amir. This exalted position was ear- but his caliphate lives on. The terri- tive cannot be country-specific. With groups. It must deploy its resources forces have been countering them, their existence on socio-political lier held by Mullah Omar and now torial control of the caliphate may the modern state resting on civilisa- judiciously to gain control over ter- there has been no let-up in the discrimination or economic depriva- by Mullah Akhundzada, the present have diminished but the influence by tional crossroads, these narratives ritory and curtail their avenues of attempts by the ultras to strike. One tion. While doing so, there has been leader of the Taliban. Any peace no stretch of imagination has van- have to be specific to a region. In fur- expansion. slip-up and there could be a major a strong tendency to undermine the negotiated with the Taliban would, ished. There are outfits across the therance of their commitment to However, the long-term solution catastrophe. This clearly indicates theological underpinnings of such therefore, render Al Qaeda’s jihad globe owing their allegiance to it. fight terrorism and create an ecosys- undoubtedly, lies in developing a that this battle against terror outfits, outfits. Right or wrong, these groups theocratically and theologically ille- Ideology-based outfits cannot be tem for shared progress and devel- comprehensive strategy to delegit- based on extreme ideologies cannot have an Islamic world view, which gitimate. It is, therefore, obvious that countered by bombs and bullets. This opment, the states must collaborate imise their cause. Alternate or be won by the security forces alone. entails creation of a global Islamic the Al Qaeda will not let the Taliban battle has to be fought in the mind. and prepare a potent alternate or counter-narrative is one of the more $/(, #(0$ History stands witness to Emirate. Consequently, groups like arrive at a lasting negotiated settle- Hence, the need for an alternate or counter-narrative, which can only be important factors that will make the 2 +1 extremist ideologies breeding vio- the Al Qaeda and Islamic State ment. More significantly, if the counter-narrative, which needs to be created by those with good knowl- vulnerable people sitting on the lence. These extreme ideologies (ISIS) have shown least concern Taliban comes to power in propagated in a subtle manner. For edge of history or theology. Quotes margins, critically think against the ecently, a group of terrorists, could be Marxist, religion-based or about the Palestinian problem. Afghanistan, it will not confine its the narrative to be effective, it needs from religious texts, scriptures and arguments propounded by the travelling in a Srinagar-bound even nationalist. In the second half Consequently, to imagine peace radical ideology to the territorial to be seeped in theology. teachings, as well as incidents from extreme religious ideology- based Rtruck on the Jammu-Srinagar of the 20th century, the major threat without taking into cognisance the frontiers of Afghanistan. An ideolog- This attempt cannot stop at Islamic history must be used, so that terrorist outfits. highway, opened fire at a police team emanated from various outfits influ- theological factors is a mistake. An ical outfit would like to propagate its merely countering the theological people are not influenced by the vio- Words alone may not have the when stopped for checking near a toll enced by radical Marxist thoughts. In appropriate example is the Al Qaeda ideology all around and, therefore, warfare waged by the radicalised lent narratives of ideology-based potency to win battles but they def- plaza in the Ban area of Nagrota, contemporary times, the threat from and Taliban matrix. The Al Qaeda there is no feasibility of ushering in groups. There is an equally pressing terror groups. initely have the strength to rupture North of Jammu. In the ensuing gun- the radical Marxist ideology appears wants to wage a jihad which can only peace by negotiating with the need to popularise an alternate nar- Fighting these elements is a long the very existence of such terrorist fight, a policeman was injured and to have declined and the biggest happen under a righteous leader or Taliban, notwithstanding the recent rative with peaceful preaching, which battle, not a short war. It is not to outfits that constantly take advantage a militant was killed, while the rest threat in the 21st century emanates Amir-ul-Mumineen, as per their the- attempts by the Trump aims at holistic understanding and argue that popularising alternate or of naïve, god-fearing people. of the terrorists managed to escape from jihadi outfits that believe in ological beliefs. The Amir has never Administration to reach out to them. does not stop at just countering the counter-narratives is the only weapon (Bansal is Director and to the adjacent forests. This brings us their own radical Islamist ideology. been the leader of the Al Qaeda. On October 28, 2019, Abu Bakr al- arguments put forth by the extrem- available to the state. A state must Chaturvedi is Senior Research Fellow, back to the question whether there There have been many attempts by Neither Osama bin Laden nor Baghdadi, the self-styled caliph of the ist groups. constantly strategise to weaken the India Foundation. The views is an effective strategy to win against Western academics to find raison Ayman al Jawahir claimed to be the ISIS was killed. This caliph is dead This alternate or counter-narra- strong footholds of the terrorist expressed are personal)     ! ! 5

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Srinagar: The National activities in the erstwhile state Naveed, Rafi Ahmed Rather to the funding of terror activ- for funding separatist and ter- Investigation Agency (NIA) of Jammu & Kashmir. and Irfan Shafi Mir, who claims ities in Kashmir. rorist activities in the erst- Srinagar: Police arrested four will question former J&K MLA The officials said the to be an advocate, were also His name had cropped up while state and for causing overground workers of terror Sheikh Abdul Rashid for his agency would soon approach arrested on the day from the during the interrogation of disruption in the valley by outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed links with self-styled Hizbul court for seeking a production Srinagar-Jammu National businessman Zahoor Watali pelting stones on the security (JeM) from the Awantipora Mujahideen commander warrant for summoning Rashid Highway at Qazigund. arrested by the NIA for alleged- forces, burning schools, dam- area of Jammu & Kashmir’s Naveed ‘Babu’, arrested along and question him about his On January 23, Naveed’s ly supplying money to terror aging public property and wag- Pulwama district on with suspended Jammu and association with Naveed alias brother, Syed Irfan Ahmed, groups and separatists in the ing war against India, the probe Monday. Kashmir Police DSP Davinder ‘Babu’, whose full name is Syed was also arrested after he was valley. agency said in the FIR. “Awantipora police arrest- Singh, officials said here on Naveed Mushtaq Ahmad. brought from Punjab. He was The NIA had registered the Hafiz Saeed, chief of the ed four terrorist associates Monday. He is at present under the in constant touch with his case against separatist and banned Jamaat-ud- Dawa linked to proscribed terror Rashid, popularly known custody of the NIA till brother and had asked him to secessionist leaders, including (JuD), the front of the Lashkar- outfit JeM,” a police spokesper- as ‘Rashid Engineer’ and leader February 6. look for an accommodation in unknown members of the e-Taiba terror outfit, has been son said. The arrested persons of the Awami Ittehad Party Naveed was arrested along Chandigarh, where they could Hurriyat Conference, who have named in the FIR as an were identified as Mohammad (AIP), contested as an with suspended Jammu escape the harsh winter months been acting in connivance with accused. Amin, Mohammad Rafiq, Independent candidate in the & Kashmir Deputy of Kashmir. active militants of proscribed The FIR also names organ- Fayaz Lone, residents of Khrew, 2014 Assembly constituency Superintendent of Police (DSP) Last year also, Singh had terrorist organisations Hizbul isations such as the two factions and Maqbool Dar, a resident of from Langate in North Davinder Singh on January during interrogation that he cials alleged. ferried Naveed to Jammu and Mujahideen, Dukhtaran-e- of the Hurriyat, one led by Syed Awantipora, he added. Kashmir. 11. The police officer was had been in constant touch This is definitely a serious facilitated his return to Shopian Millat, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Ali Shah Geelani and the other According to police He is at present in judicial allegedly ferrying Naveed along with the legislator for estab- offence and needs to be probed after “rest and recuperation”. and other outfits and gangs in by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, records, the arrested persons custody at the Tihar Jail after he with two others out of the lishing a firm base for the ter- thoroughly, they said, while jus- Rashid was first a main- 2016. The case was registered Hizbul Mujahideen and the were involved in assisting the was arrested by the NIA on Kashmir Valley. ror group in North Kashmir tifying the need for question- stream politician who was for raising, receiving and col- Dukhtaran-e-Millat, an all- active JeM terrorists operating August 9 in connection with a As reported by PTI last and was looking for possible ing Rashid. arrested by the NIA last year in lecting funds through various women outfit of in Awantipora, the police case related to finding of terror week, Naveed had claimed hideouts in that area, the offi- Along with Singh and connection with a case related illegal means, including hawala, separatists. PTI spokesperson said. PTI !&       .   2 % 0   1

' '& of firing at Saheen Bag and 2) 3  4  (3)(%% Jamia Millia University the TMC leader said the govern- Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police Varanasi, 16 in Bahraich, three engal Chief Minister ment has suffered a moral has arrested 108 members of the in Sitapur, nine in Ghaziabad, BMamata Banerjee has loss in its bid to enforce the Popular Front of India (PFI) in six in Muzaffarnagar, reiterated that the movement “undemocratic CAA” and the last four days for their seven in Shamli, four in Bijnore, against the “cruel and dis- now “its leaders are trying to alleged involvement in protests five in Kanpur and one each in criminatory” Citizenship scare away the protesters by against the Citizenship Gonda, Hapur and Amendment Act will con- instigating firing incidents.” (Amendment) Act, a senior Jaunpur. tinue till the Central He said that the saffron official said on Asked whether the state Government rolls it back. But I will implore student party “came to power by Monday. police has any information The Chief Minister on colleagues to continue with promising acchhe din (good The arrests are in addition about the PFI’s financial trans- Monday joined the sit-in their movement against this days), jobs, price reductions to the 25 made earlier, actions from the Enforcement demonstration of the cruel and discriminatory law and development but failed to Additional Chief Secretary Directorate (ED), he said, “We Trinamool Congress Chhatra until it is taken back by the fulfill its promises in all fronts. (Home) Awanish Kumar are collecting evidence.” Parishad, the Bengal ruling Central Government,” Banerjee And now in order to cloak its Awasthi told reporters. He added that they were outfit’s students’ arm, congrat- said. failures it is dividing the soci- “This is just the beginning. continuously interacting with ulated the students for carrying The Trinamool Congress ety and organizing violence.” We will get to the roots of the the ED and other agencies but on their dharna and asked also attacked the Central In Kolkata TMC leader organisation. A probe is also declined to comment further. them to continue with their stir Government and the BJP for and Mayor Firhad Hakim said going on about their financial In December 2019, Uttar till the Central Governmentdid trying to divert the people’s the BJP was digging its own dealings. We are in touch with Pradesh Police sought a ban on not take the “black law” back. attention from the real issues by ditch for the coming days. central agencies and are sharing the PFI, suspecting the organi- “I congratulate you all for dividing the society. “They had come to power by information with them,” he sation’s complicity in the your tenacity … that you have Attacking the saffron party promising development. But said, adding that Uttar Pradesh statewide violent protests been sitting in this demon- for intimidating the Opposition instead of developing India was the first state to take this against the CAA. stration site for the past sever- into silence TMC MP they are dividing it. They will kind of action against the organ- The ban was sought after al weeks for a right cause … I Sukhendu Shekhar Roy said have to reap the ‘harvest’ in isation. PFI’s Uttar Pradesh head Wasim have a number of engagements that as the present Government future. They are digging their Giving details, acting and 16 other activists were that is keeping me busy but still had failed to address the real own ditch and will fall in it. The Director General of Police arrested for allegedly master- I will keep coming back to the issues it was trying to divert the people of India are uniting and (DGP) Hitesh Chandra Awasthi minding the violence in dharna site whenever I get attention of the people. they will bring about their     ! !    *     !   !     .. "  "  &   said 14 people were arrested in Lucknow during anti-CAA time. Referring to the incidents downfall.”  +- Lucknow, 21 in Meerut, 20 in protests. PTI )   !        *  0

Panaji: The Goa Legislative notice seeking a discussion on not ignorant about the Act. cent. Christians who had migrated to Assembly on Monday passed a the new citizenship law and the They are well aware about it, “Where have these people Pakistan are wiling to return to /< motion, congratulating Prime proposed country-wide but are purposefuly trying to gone? They have either got Goa.  !&& Committees should be careful clad women were seen lining Minister Narendra Modi and National Register of Citizens misguide people,” he said. converted or migrated, and “I have been giving them ,:##%$ about the activities of the SDPI up along the National Highway Union Home Minister Amit (NRC). Sawant said the CAA was naturally they have come to the letters required by the activists,” Vijayan told the in Kerala as part of the Shah over the Citizenship In the House of 40, the rul- enacted to take care of the India,” he said. embassy to visit Goa for par- or the first time since the House while answering a ques- wall. Amendment Act (CAA) amid ing BJP has 27 MLAs of its own minority communities in Urging the Opposition ticipating in feasts and other Fcommencement of the agi- tion in connection with the While the Leader of a walkout by MLAs of including the speaker, who all Pakistan, Afghanisthan and benches to read the history, occasions. Those people would tation against Citizenship unrest in Kerala. Opposition Ramesh Opposition Congress and were present besides two Bangladesh. Sawant saidIndia was divided be benefitted due to enactment Amendment Act, Kerala Chief The Chief Minister said Chennithala blamed the the Goa Forward Party Independent legislators who The CAA, under which on the religious lines in 1947 by of the CAA,” he said. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that the anti-CAA agitation in CPI(M) for seeking the help of (GFP). support the party-led govern- non-Muslim refugees from the Congress party. Deputy Speaker Isidore accepted in the Legislative Kerala is a role model to the SDPI, the chief minister retort- Majority of Catholic MLAs ment. Pakistan, Bangladesh and “Pakistan (was created) for Fernandes said the Goa Church Assembly on Monday that country itself. “It has been a ed by asking him why he was of the ruling BJP supported the NCP MLA Churchil Afghanistan will be given Muslims while India is for has adopted an anti-CAA Islamic terrorists have infil- peaceful and disciplined agita- bothered about the SDPI. motion which was moved by Alemao, who also supports Indian citizenship, came into Hindus. The attempt to give cit- stand, but it is for the elected trating into anti-CAA protest tion. So far, the Government Meanwhile BJP leader K Atanasio Monserratte and the Government, was absent. force from January 10. It was izenship (to refugees from representatives to clear the air rallies. has not taken action against Surendran blamed both the Clafacio Dias in afternoon on The Opposition MLAs includ- passed by the Parliament on Pakistan) was made by Pandit on the act. “It has come to the notice anybody participating in the Congress and the CPI(M) for the first day of the Budget ed five members of the December 11, 2019. Jawaharlal Nehru, who in the “We face humiliation many of the Government that Social anti-CAA agitation,” he said. appeasement politics. “The session. Congress, three of the Goa The amended law is facing year 1950 assured the Lok a times when we go for reli- Democratic Party of India Vijayan came down heavily CPI(M) cannot wash off the MLAs of Congress and the Forward Party (GFP), one of strident Opposition from var- Sabha that the refugees would gious gatherings, but we should (SDPI, an Islamic extremist on the Congress leadership for responsibility for ushering in GFP led by the Leader of the Maharashtrawadi ious quarters over its “dis- be given (Indian) citizenship,” face it and we should convince organisation) activists have that party’s alleged tie up with Islamic terrorist organisations Opposition Digambar Kamat Gomantak Party (MGP) and an criminatory nature”, with states the CM said. people on this Act,” he infiltrated and almost hijacked the SDPI. into the anti CAA rallies. The created ruckus and rushed to Independent. like Kerala, Rajasthan, West He said some people from said. the agitation against the CAA. There were allegations CPI(M) has been infiltrated by the Well of the House demand- Addressing the House, Bengal and Punjab passing outside Goa are trying to “poi- BJP MLA and Power The SDPI elements infiltrate against the CPI(M) for includ- Islamic extremist elements and ing that Speaker Rajesh Chief Minister Pramod Sawant resolutions opposing it. son” the minds of local Minister Nilesh Cabral said the into the agitation with the con- ing various Islamist organisa- we can pinpoint any number of Patnekar disallow the motion. said “few leaders were mis- Sawant said the number of Christians. CAA will resolve the major nivance of the local Mahul tions in its 621 km long Human them occupying important They later staged a walkout guiding people on the CAA”. Hindus in Pakistan shrank Ports Minister Michael issue of enemy properties in committees (the body in charge Wall held on January 26 against positions in that party,” said saying they had submitted a “Opposition members are from 13.5 per cent to 1.85 per Lobo of the BJP said many Goa. PTI of the Mosques). The Mahul the CAA. Thousands of burqua Surendran. 56)#    6  89 &  "  
      & @4;%,%$ was summoned to the NIA office at The NIA has already arrested educational institute was monitoring he had said.Meanwhile, 42 eminent Sonapur in the outskirts of the city on around half a dozen senior leaders, the “entire exercise” of violence on scholars, including Ramachandra   $0    he National Investigation Agency Saturday, when he was asked to including Akhil Gogoi, of peasant December 11 and 12 in protest against Guha, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Partha T(NIA) on Monday quizzed IIT- appear again before the sleuths of the body Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti the Act. Chatterjee, Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Aligarh: Former special problem, and hence he decid- Guwahati Professor Arupjyoti Saikia agency on Monday. (KMSS) and its sister organisations for “That Assamese academician gave Nivedita Menon expressed concerns inspector general of police ed to comply with this missive for the second time in three days in An NIA official confirmed that their alleged role in massive violence three statements — a revolution has over the issue and the “ordeal that (IGP) Abdur Rehman, who “and would come back” again connection with the violence in the Saikia was interrogated during the day. during the anti-CAA protests across started, all you senior leaders disap- Saikia is going through”. was set to address a protest at after he gets permission. city over the Citizenship Amendment “Today (Monday), he (Saikia) the state in December last pear and now enter through the “Professor Saikia is an adornment the Aligarh Muslim University He said the police told Act (CAA) in December last was questioned for about four hours. year. Janata Bhavan (Secretariat) gate,” to the literary and intellectual world against the Citizenship him that his presence at the year. NIA is questioning him as a witness Earlier in December, Assam Sarma had said at a press conference of Assam and of India. He is also an (Amendment) Act, was AMU could be misused by The agency summoned him again to Akhil Gogoi’s case. He has been Finance Minister Himanta Biswa on December 17. individual of high moral character; detained by police here and some people as an excuse to for questioning on Tuesday.Saikia, a asked to appear again at 11 am Sarma had said that the State Based on the evidence, it was gentle, soft-spoken, and utterly non- asked to return to New Delhi. instigate trouble on the cam- professor of History at the Indian tomorrow (Tuesday),” Saikia’s advocate Government has evidence that a lead- found that the academician was giv- violent. His devotion to his students Rehman, who had resigned pus. “I agreed to return because Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Santanu Borthakur told PTI. ing academician working at a central ing instructions from a control room, at IIT- Guwahati is exemplary. from his post in December last I am a law-abiding citizen and year in protest against the my purpose to visit the AMU CAA, was detained at Lodha was only to speak on the CAA Police Station in Aligarh on and not provoke any trouble,” 
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Kolkata: The West Bengal No confirmed case of the deadly Mumbai: Air passengers officials have been carrying out So far, no confirmed case Government has provided two n air passenger arriving from virus, which has killed 361 people in arriving in Mumbai from screening of passengers at the of coronavirus infection has Bodinayakanur:Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister thermal scanners to the Netaji AChina has been isolated and kept China till now, has been detected yet Singapore and Thailand are Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj been found in the state, an offi- O Panneerselvam on Monday said hospitals and bor- Subhas Chandra Bose under observation for the new coro- in Maharashtra. also being screened now, International Airport here for cial earlier said. der areas were being closely monitored to prevent International Airport here to navirus in civil hospital of Miraj town The coronavirus is a large fami- besides China, for the coron- the coronavirus infection. The outbreak of the dead- the spread of coronavirus in the state. help the authorities conduct in Sangli district of Maharashtra, tak- ly of viruses that causes illnesses rang- avirus infection, a Maharashtra As more number of pas- ly novel coronavirus was first Visiting the town, which is his constituency, for surveillance on passengers to ing the number of such people to six ing from the common cold to acute Government official said on sengers arriving from various reported in Hubei province of ameeting with the public and receiving grievance contain attack of coronavirus, a in the state, said a health department respiratory syndromes, but the virus Monday. countries now need to be China and has since spread to petitions from them, Panneerselvam told newsmen senior official said on Monday. official on Monday. that has killed people in China is a The State Government has screened, more staff is required several countries, including that intense monitoring of the sick was on in the The West Bengal Medical Swab sample of the passenger, novel strain and not seen also decided to provide a team for the speedy scanning, the two positive cases in India, areas bordering Kerala by the health departments Service Corporation has who had travelled to the coron- before. of 25 health officials to the official said. both in the southern state of of both the States to prevent the coronavirus from bought the two thermal scan- avirus-affected China, has been sent Common symptoms of the novel Airports Authority of India “The AAI also requested Kerala. The central govern- spreading. ners at a total cost of 30 lakhs to Pune-based National Institute of coronavirus strain include respirato- (AAI) to assist its personnel in the state government to pro- ment on Sunday issued a new Stating that some people had arrived from China, and handed it over to the city Virology (NIV) for analysis, he ry symptoms such as fever, cough and screening passengers arriving vide more staff for screening travel advisory asking people to the ground zero of the coronavirus, to Kerala bor- airport authorities on Sunday, said. shortness of breath, according to the at the Mumbai international passengers. The government refrain from travelling to China dering Bodinayakanur, he said precautionery steps he said. With this, six patients have been WHO. airport from Monday. has issued an order and health in view of coronavirus out- were being taken. The Kolkata Port authori- kept in observation wards in the state The WHO has declared the coro- “Passengers arriving from officials from neighbouring break in its Hubei province, The farmers of the border districts have been ties have already started using (in various hospitals) — of which four navirus epidemic as a global health China and Hong Kong are Thane district will be deployed and said travellers on return advised not to shake hands ortalk without covering thermal scanners to identify are in Pune, while one each in emergency. being screened since January at the Mumbai international from the neighbouring coun- their mouth and nose while sneezing or coughing. passengers with symptoms of Mumbai and Sangli district, the offi- The virus—which first emerged 18. From Saturday, we have airport for the screening pur- try could be quarantined. He said thousands of farmers were travelling coronavirus, who are arriving cial said. in Wuhan city in China’s central also added two more locations pose, starting today,” she said. In its advisory, the Health between the border districts every day and were at the city using waterways. Since January 18, State health offi- Hubei province —has spread to 25 — Singapore and Thailand — Till Sunday, a total of 6,432 Ministry also said anyone with being monitored. People from Tamil Nadu have also Eight passengers, who had cials have screened 8,878 passengers countries, including India (three con- to be watched out for the people were screened at the travel history of China since come back from China and they were also kept under travelled in the same flight as at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj firmed cases have been reported coronavirus infection,” the offi- Mumbai international airport January 15 could be quaran- close observationby the doctors, the Deputy Chief that of a coronavirus-affected International Airport for the coron- from Kerala), the US and the UK. cial said. So far, AAI’s health after arrival from China. tined. PTI Minister said. PTI Kerala resident, had landed at the city airport on January 23. PTI %  #    **  # &P  * ! 

Bengaluru: A wave of dissat- Yogeshwar, who hadlost to region, the others were the Talking to reporters, go? We emphasise upon giving isfaction has hit the six-month- HD Kumaraswamy from defectors who will be exclud- Gouda said, “We had given preference to thewinners.” old BJP Government against Channapatna Assembly seg- ed in the cabinet expansion. representations to all the MPs, On the other hand, the the backdrop of ChiefMinister ment,would be inducted. A few MLAS from MLAs and the Chief Minister. defectors who jumped the BS Yediyurappa’s announce- If Yogeshwar is included in ‘Kalyana Karnataka’ region or Today also we all had a meet- Congress and the JD(S) ship ment to induct 13 aspirants in the cabinet then he will bethe erstwhileHyderabad- ing and later called on the and helped form the BJP gov- the second Cabinet expansion second Minister after Deputy Karnataka region comprising Chief Minister requesting him ernment too had a meeting in on February 6. Chief Minister Laxman six districts, met atthe to make any MLA from our Bengaluru, said BJP sources. In the first Cabinet expan- Savadiwho had lost and yet Legislature Home and held a region.” They were unanimous that sion, the Chief Minister hadin- made it to the cabinet. meeting. He said any imbalance in not only the 11 MLAs who ducted 17 Ministers on August The possible induction of The meeting was led by Cabinet expansion will won the election be made 20, 2019. Yogeshwar and Savadi, who Shorapur MLA Narasimha causetrouble to the MLAs from Ministers but also AH Among the 13, ten will be was made Deputy Chief Nayak akaRaju Gouda and Kalyana Karnataka region. Vishwanath and MT BNagaraj those defectors from Congress Minister despite losing the Honnalli MLA MP “If you make the defeated who had unsuccessfully con- and the JD(S) who were dis- Assembly elections, are also a Renukacharya. candidates Ministers then tested the assembly bypolls qualified earlier and won the “reason” for discontent in the The MLAs of the Kalyana include 120 people in the cab- from Hunasuru and Hoskote assembly by-election in BJP. Karnataka region were unan- inet,” an aggrieved Gouda on a BJP ticket. December last year. Hectic activities began in imous that their backward taunted. Vishwanath, who was quite The rest will be the ‘native the power corridor and region should get representa- Renukacharya too echoed vocal on Sunday for dropping BJP leaders’, as Deputy Chief MLAsstarted forming groups tion in the cabinet. the same sentiments. hisname, was mellowed down Minister Govind Karjol put it. to impress upon the Chief Later, Gouda met the Chief “If you givepreference to on Monday after meeting Speculations are rife that Minister toinclude their mem- Minister and requested that the defeated candidates then Yediyurappa. Mahadevapura MLA Arvind bers in the ministry. their region be given adequate what will happen tothose who However, his insistence for Limbavali, Hukkeri MLA While one group was from representation in the cabinet, won the election? Where getting a Cabinet berthre- Umesh Katti and CP the “Kalyana Karnataka” which is lacking development. should the winners ofelection mained intact. PTI             L  Balurghat: A woman was tied said. up, dragged on the road and The TMC district leader- Kota (RJ): Lok Sabha Speaker locked inside a house by ship on Sunday expelled Om Birla has asked students alleged Trinamool Congress Sarkar for his alleged involve- not to get stressed during their (TMC) supporters who want- ment in the incident, party pursuit of academic ed to ‘forcibly’ acquire her land sources said. success. for a village road in West The video showed that Birla made the remark on Bengal’s South Dinajpur dis- the teacher fell down on the Sunday during his address as trict. road when the attackers tied the chief guest of the Kota The incident has kicked her hands and legs, and Carnival (KOCA), a youth fes- up a storm, with Opposition dragged her for nearly 30ft tival organised by the district’s parties accusing the TMC of while raining blows on her. administration to offer a stress ‘letting loose goondaraj’ in The attackers then locked releasing and amusing platform the state. The TMC leadership her up inside a house, belong- for the coaching students. dubbed the allegations as ing to a TMC block level “We have to achieve suc- “baseless” and said they would worker. cess, but for that one should not look into it. Her sister, Soma, was also embrace mental stress”, Birla The woman identified as beaten up by the attackers told students. high school teacher and BJP when she went to Smritikana’s The two-day youth festival supporter Smritikana Das, her rescue. began at the Commerce mother and other family The teacher, who was dis- College ground here on members were also assaulted charged from a local hospital Saturday. Besides a large num- by the group, led by panchay- after preliminary treatment, ber of students, Kota District at members, at Nandanpur in lodged a complaint against Collector Om Kasera, Gangarampur block, the police Sarkar and four TMC sup- Superintendent of Police said. porters at Gangarampur police Deepak Bhargava, SP (rural) So far nobody has been station, a police officer said. Rajan Dushyant and several arrested in connection with “We are probing the inci- other officials and teachers the incident that took place on dent and also talking to eye- were present on the occasion. Friday. A video grab of the witnesses,” he said. Around 1.75 lakh students purported attack showed According to locals, the are participating in various Nandanpur panchayat ‘upa- panchayat had recently taken events of the KOCA, including pradhan’ (deputy chief) Amal up a project to build a road music concerts, adventure Sarkar and some others that would pass by the games and other fun involved in the act, the police woman’s land. PTI activities. PTI     ! !  <

 
     
 
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Minister Nirmala Sitharaman crore in the financial year certain protection to employ- a free hand to right-size the Listing of LIC will help told Parliament on Monday. 2016-17 to 41,167 crore in ees in the share sale agreement, companies after the acquisition, bring in greater transparency, The Minister said the 2017-18, 71,543 crore in 2018- DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said, “There will be cer- public participation and also Government in 2015 had issued 19, and 1,13,374 crore in the Pandey said. tain protection to employees deepen the equity market, he ‘Framework for timely detec- first half of the current finan- Public sector companies and there will be other condi- said. tion, reporting, investigation cial year,” she said. often have more people on rolls tionalities and this will be list- “Government came out relating to large value bank The Minister further said than their private sector coun- ed out in the share purchase with the idea (LIC listing). frauds’ for PSBs to deal with sus- that while improved “detection” terparts and companies want- agreement (SPA).” The details will follow and it pected frauds involving sums of and “reporting” has increased ing to take them over would He did not give details of will be in the interest of LIC money in excess of 50 crore. the reported amount involved likely right-size them to remove the conditionalities. An SPA and its policyholders. Interest It had also instituted wide- in recent years, the compre- inefficiencies. will signed with the acquirer of LIC and policyholders will ranging structural and proce- hensive steps taken to check In an interview with PTI, who offers the highest bid for be safeguarded,” he told PTI in dural reforms through the bank frauds have resulted in the the Secretary of the buying out government stake. an interview. framework and other steps to amount involved by year of Department of Investment and The government is selling Asked about quantum of check fraudulent banking prac- occurrence of fraud showing a Public Asset Management its entire 100 per cent stake in stake sale, he said, once the tices. She said systematic and declining trend. (DIPAM) said the government Air India but wants effective amendment to the LIC Act is comprehensive checking, She said amount involved will follow a two-stage bidding control to stay with Indian finalised you will get all the including legacy stock of PSBs’ in frauds that took place in the process for selling its entire nationals. The airline, which details. non-banking assets (NPAs), reporting year reduced sharply holding in Air India and BPCL. started as a Tata Airlines in “LIC have an independent for frauds under the framework from 38,548 crore in 2016-17 First preliminary interest 1932 and was later acquired by set-up to decide where they has been taken note of by the to 16,084 crore in 2017-18, from potential bidders is invit- the government, has not made want to invest even today and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in increased slightly to 18,893 ed, followed by them being profits since 2007. It has a total what will continue in the next its Financial Stability Report in crore in 2018-19, and declined given access of data room on debt of 60,074 crore, of which format that would come into December 2019, where it has again to 3,010 crore in the first the companies for due dili- bidder has to takeover light as well in the future,” he observed that this has helped half of the current financial gence. In the second stage, 23,286.5 crore. said. unearth frauds perpetrated year.   <<     ! ! ‘All-weather bowling attack makes India formidable’ 3 &     !        # - !   !  & ,%$)3# $#2$%%+:<%+::+ in the surface, likes of Tim Southee will exploit it and Trent Boult n all-weather bowling attack $2:#3;%1+::# should be back as well. 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And once you do that, & 4%$ something they haven’t always had,” quent two-Test series will be a dif- you are not in the right frame of Hesson said. ferent proposition despite New mind. ormer India speedster Zaheer Khan “And their batsmen’s ability to Zealand’s recent 0-3 loss in “Once again, even in both those Fon Monday advised injured all- play pace bowling has also got bet- Australia. Super Overs, New Zealand were in rounder Hardik Pandya to be patient and ter the more they have toured. So “New Zealand had a poor tour situations in this series where they not rush his comeback from a back injury. this group of players is exception- of Australia and they would be hurt could have won it. They will look Pandya has been out of action since ally talented group. This series’ with that. But up to that point, their back in hindsight and wonder if September and underwent a surgery for win will help them (for the World Test cricket was exceptional in the they used the right bowling option an acute lower-back injury in October. Cup in Australia later this year).” last 2-3 seasons, probably even (Tim Southee) at that time. The 26-year-old, who plays for Mumbai Up next is a three-match ODI longer. “Changes of pace can be useful Indians in the IPL, is not expected to series, and India-New Zealand will “New Zealand know these con- in a Super Over rather than neces- make a comeback before the cash-rich play the first match in Hamilton ditions well. From a Test bowling sarily trying to bowl yorkers,” reck- T20 league, beginning March 29. tomorrow. Hesson said New 
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West Indies when Shikhar Dhawan drawn first A Test against New replacements but it might take cially announced. But the selectors Khis stellar all-round show in series have taken him from 23rd “New Zealand was having a tough was absent due to knee injury. Zealand in Christchurch. some time for the official announce- have already sent the names,” the India’s 5-0 win as he rose to a to 16th position while Tim time; they tried to find answers to beat In the Test squad, Shubman Gill The Test squad is yet to be offi- ment as convenor of the selection source added. career-best second position in the Seifert (73rd to 34th) and Ross this Indian team. But I feel 5-0 victory will join KL Rahul and Prithvi Shaw cially announced but it is learnt that committee, secretary Jay Shah, is on It has still not been ascertained ICC T20 Rankings released on Taylor (50th to 39th) have also is a huge achievement. They should take as the third opener in the absence it has already been selected and only his way to New Zealand along with whether Rohit has endured a calf Monday. made notable gains in the bats- a lot of pride from what they have done of Rohit. the official announcement is due. treasurer Arun Dhumal. muscle tear but he looked in severe Rahul scored 224 runs, men’s list. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi from the New Zealand. During India’s last two Test The old selection committee “Once the secretary’s approval pain even after physio Nitin Patel including two fifties and a 40 plus has advanced six places to the “It is definitely going to be a tough series at home (vs South Africa and under MSK Prasad picked the comes, the replacements will be offi- attended to him. score, in the five-match series 13th spot. (ODI) series for New Zealand for sure. For India, it is about maintaining that momentum and carrying the confidence from previous series win to the ODI and Test matches,” he said. <# Asked whether injury to senior pacer Ishant Sharma could affect the !  Bangladesh begin a before a Test match,” coach Sunday — the highest first- commitment from his bats- India attack in New Zealand, Zaheer to-and-fro commute to Russell Domingo told class innings ever on men — especially away from said there was no need to worry as Pakistan on Wednesday for reporters on Monday. Bangladesh soil — in a local home. bench-strength was good. Ishant, who a Test and ODI series sand- Bangladesh wanted to league game. “Some of the boys know had twisted his right ankle during a wiched between home fix- play the series in phases Skipper Mominul that they have to put in some Ranji Trophy, is unlikely to recover in tures — a quirky fixture list because they want to spend Haque and senior batsmen big performances on the time for the Test series beginning prompted by security fears. as little time in the country Mahmudullah Riyad and back of a poor Test series February 21. They play a first Test in as possible due to safety Liton Das have also scored against India,” he said. “What was the result in the previ- Rawalpindi starting Friday, concerns. recent centuries. “We have to show a bit ous series? It’s not about that; it’s about but head home immediate- Domingo said he was “The wickets that they more commitment with the putting up a team there together. That’s - <7D; !  !  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You from home. big challenge for the boys. defeats coming by an “The roles are shared by different peo- always want to go there at Tamim Iqbal scored an The South African said innings margin against ple. We are in a great space as a team at least seven or eight days unbeaten 334 runs on he had demanded more India. P    "  %  # ! the moment with regard to that,” he said. & 13 ,:<+33 )    + /  : )#* our-time champions India Fwill back themselves to reach ")+1+"%8 & * #      7  Banton eyes WT20 spot via IPL their third successive final at the U-19 World for little and the Priyam  )3#23# Cup when they face arch- Garg-led India will have & +%&(3 . 8* Khan, who has hit back-to-back triple and rivals Pakistan in a last to play their best game to /  9: )#* double hundreds, would look to contin- ngland batsman Tom Banton four clash here today. knock Pakistan out of aving endured a disap- 01"")+ ue from where he left in Dharamshala. Ehas said he would love to play Both teams go into the competition. Hpointing so far, 41-time He had remained unbeaten on 226 on the Indian Premier League despite the semifinal unbeaten. Opener Yashasvi champions Mumbai face a the opening day of Mumbai’s game former England captain Michael While India beat Australia in the Jaiswal has been the backbone must-win situation to keep their slim against Himachal Pradesh and before that Vaughan asking the England quarterfinals, Pakistan outplayed of India batting, scoring three knock-out chances alive when they take he had notched up a triple hundred against Cricket Board to withdraw him Afghanistan. half-centuries in four games on an in-form Saurashtra in an Elite Uttar Pradesh. from the upcoming season. Pakistan captain Rohail including against Australia. Group B Ranji Trophy game Another positive sign for Mumbai is Vaughan wants the youngster Nazir played down the hype sur- The rest of the batsmen starting here today. that ‘crisis man’ Siddesh Lad and skipper to play in the County rounding the game but an India- have not done much to write The road to the knock- Aditya Tare are back among runs. Championship and make a claim Pakistan contest is always a home about and if the lower- outs for Mumbai became However, their top-order needs to fire big for England’s Test team. high-pressure one which tests order had not rescued India in even tougher after their time. Banto was snapped up by the character of players on either the quarterfinal, the outcome of match against Himachal Mumbai bowlers led by experienced Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for side. Doing well in the game the game could have been dif- Pradesh was washed out and Tushar Deshpande would also need to the upcoming season of the IPL makes them overnight stars and ferent. Not to forget the match- both the teams shared a point each. deliver for the team. for his base price of 1 crore. the players know that. winning spell from pacer Kartik Mumbai, with 13 points, are languish- Spinners Shashank Attarde and Shams Speaking in an interview to +     * # ! Like at the highest level, the Tyagi. ing are at the 12th spot in the combined Mulani have been playing their part well Metro, Banton said: “Yes, 100 per ##  /    ?+ India juniors have had the upper Facing Pakistan fast bowlers Group A and B table with one win, two and they would be more than keen to rat- cent (I will be playing in the hand over Pakistan of late, hav- Abbads Afridi, Mohammad losses and three draws. tle the opposition one more time. Indian Premier League). When I also boost his chances of making ing beaten them in the Asia Cup Amir Khan and Tahir Hussain Only five teams from combined   F
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Yet Levante also pressed high bursting out on the break. increasingly rarely by Valverde, who but he could not keep his shot handed their full debuts by Conte gave us a boost,” Lukaku told Sky Barca played with more urgency and left gaps to be exploited, despite Fati has been one of the main may have been wary of burdening down. while teenager Sebastiano Sport Italia. “We knew that it Esposito filled in up front for the wouldn’t be easy here in suspended Lautaro Martinez. Udinese, but in the second half Yet the fresh faces failed to we did well. inspire, and it was Udinese who “We managed to score two . were the more threatening side in goals and get all three points. It’s the first half. Seko Fofana fired an important victory on our & #:;2:),$ ty level are not working, so they need the into the side netting and Jens journey. We must now keep this funds to pursue sports. All equipment for Stryger Larsen saw an on-target up and turn our attention inson Johnson, who holds the national any sport is expensive. So more competitions strike blocked by Ashley Young. immediately to the derby against Jrecord in 800m and 1500m, expressed that are good for athletes, but they need to be Lukaku had been on the Milan.” the upcoming Khelo India University Games financially supported as well,” said the run- periphery of proceedings before will be a big boost for the young sportsper- ner. converting his first attempt of the HANDANOVIC A DOUBT sons in the country. After successfully host- Johnson, who missed the Tokyo game, his low, left-footed effort in Inter goalkeeper Samir ing the Khelo India Youth Games, the Indian Olympics qualification mark by 24 millisec- the 64th minute going through Handanovic is set to miss the government has decided to conduct the onds at the ISTAF Berlin event last year, is the legs of Bram Nuytinck to beat Milan derby this weekend after Khelo India University Games in currently looking to book a berth at the qua- Juan Musso. fracturing a finger. Bhubaneshwar from 22 February to 1 drennial event. The Belgian’s second arrived While no time frame was March, 2020 to unearth more talent for the “I am currently looking to book my place from the penalty spot seven provided for the Slovenia inter- Olympics. at the Olympics. The qualification mark is minutes later, Musso having been national’s return to action, he “I went to the United States of America 3:35 minutes for the 1500m event and I spectacularly up-ending Alexis seems unlikely to recover in %     for training last year. The college-level recorded a timing of 3:35:24 last year, so I Sanchez as the substitute attempt- time to face Milan. tournaments are very popular there and the missed the qualification mark by 24 millisec- ed to skip beyond the advancing “Samir Handanovic has level of competition is very high. The com- onds. The competition level in athletics is goalkeeper. undergone an X-ray examina- petition level is high in European universi- very high. More than 200 countries partic- Kevin Lasagna twice dragged tion following an injury to his  3P   ty tournaments as well. Some of the univer- ipate in athletics events. I have seen a rise in efforts wide in the closing stages left hand suffered in training,” a sity-level athletes go on to represent their ed in India, but they will need financial assis- sportspersons taking up athletics in the last as Udinese drew a blank, the statement published by Inter on & :)34+#: country as well. So it’ll be good if the uni- tance as well. few years. Many national records have been hosts managing just one shot on Monday read. versity-level athletes receive support in “Athletes need good support to perform broken in the last few years. Neeraj Chopra target as they allowed Inter goal- “Results showed a hairline ovak Djokovic put Roger Federer on notice as he India,” said the 28-year-old. well in world events. The Sports Authority (javelin thrower) has come up really well. The keeper Daniele Padelli a comfort- fracture to his little finger. His Nwon his 17th Grand Slam title at the Australian Johnson said that the athletes will get of India is trying to garner sponsorships for sports culture in India has improved in the able outing while standing in for condition will be reassessed on Open and warned he was going all-out for the Swiss’s better with more tournaments being host- athletes. The sportspersons at the universi- last two-three years,” signed off Johnson. the injured Samir Handanovic. a daily basis.” record of 20 — and his mark for weeks as world num- ber one. Djokovic, who came through a mid-match slump to win his eighth title in Melbourne, is relentlessly tot- ting up the victories that could soon end the debate over Vinesh, Sindhu, Mary in race for BBC Sportswoman award who’s the greatest in history. The five-set victory over Dominic Thiem was his eighth in eight finals in Melbourne, putting him along- & #:;2:),$ which will be open till February Silver at the 2018 Jakarta Asian towards them and their lives there. That was the thought side Federer and Nadal as the only men to win the same 18 on six BBC vernacular web- Games. beyond sport. A research is behind starting this award,” she Slam eight times. tar wrestler Vinesh Phogat, sites. Rupa Jha, the Head of BBC being conducted on this, simul- said. It makes Djokovic, 32, the first man in the Open Sbadminton queen PV Sindhu Vinesh had won a Bronze at Indian languages, informed that taneously,” she added. When a journalist asked era, and only the second in history, to win Grand Slam and boxing great MC Mary the 2019 World Championship the nominees were picked up by Rupa said that in sports why Manasi was among able- titles in three different decades — and as a not-insignif- Kom will compete for the inau- in Nur Sultan to secure a quota a panel of 40 eminent sports women’s journey is compara- bodied athletes, Rupa said “they icant bonus, returns him to world number one. gural BBC Indian sportswoman for the Tokyo Olympics while journalists. tively tougher than their male have kept in mind only the spir- In an ominous sign for his rivals, the Serb has start- of the year award after being Sindhu became the first Indian “We had asked our panel counterparts, so they thought of it of the sport while deciding ed the year unbeaten with Wimbledon, the French Open, nominated for the honour with shuttler to become world cham- members to pick their candi- honouring their achievements. and no discrimination was the Tokyo Olympics and the US Open all lying in front two other athletes. pion last year. dates. The five athletes who got “We feel that though, of late, made”. of him as tantalising opportunities. Sprinter Dutee Chand and Manasi became a world the maximum number of votes, the media has started taking “I am very pleased to know He is clear-sighted about his goals: overtaking para-badminton player Manasi champion after winning gold at were eventually selected as the interest in women athletes, still that I am nominated not in Nadal’s 19 Major titles and Federer’s 20 to become the Joshi are the other nominees for the para world championship final nominees,” Rupa said they are not promoted as male para-athlete category but in all-time Grand Slam king, and outdoing the Swiss mas- the award, the winner of which while Mary Kom is the only while addressing a press confer- athletes. Since 2000, of the 13 the able bodied, normal catego- ter’s record 310 weeks in the top ranking. will be announced on March 8. Indian boxer to win eight world ence. Olympic medals, 5 are won by ry of sportswomen,” Manasi Djokovic has so far clocked up 276 weeks as num- The winner will be decided medals, including six Gold. “We will cover their jour- women but we feel the recogni- was quoted as saying in a ber one and could pass second-placed Pete Sampras’s on the basis of public voting, Dutee had won a 100m neys, the societal attitude tion they should have got, is not release. 286 in April, and Federer’s 310 on October 5. “Obviously at this stage of my career, Grand Slams are the ones I value the most. They are the ones I pri- oritise,” said Djokovic, adding “there’s a lot of history on the line”. “Grand Slams are one of the main reasons why I am still competing and still playing full season, trying to obviously get the historic number one (record). That’s  ! Manpreet Singh will lead tunities for Olympic selection, working the other big goal,” he said. India in the upcoming FIH Pro League out our strongest combinations and con- matches against world No 1 Belgium, a tinuing to demonstrate that we can com- ‘HUGE WIN’ 24-member team for which was pete with the best teams in the world.” With five Major titles in just over two years, and announced on Monday and includes a Reid added, “Raj Kumar Pal has unbeaten by Nadal and Federer at the Grand Slams since lone newcomer in Raj Kumar Pal. been rewarded for his outstanding form 2014, there’s no question who’s now the leading mem- Harmanpreet Singh will do duty as in the recent camps and named in the ber of the Big Three. the vice captain in the matches taking squad. He possesses extra-ordinary The latest rankings tell the story at the top of men’s place on February 8 and 9 at the Kalinga skills and speed, which if given the tennis: Djokovic is number one, Nadal, one year older Stadium in Bhubaneswar. opportunity will excel against the World at 33, is second and 38-year-old Federer is a relatively Raj Kumar Pal was impressive in his No 1 Belgium.” distant third. stint with the India Colts team in the past TEAM: PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Seven-time Major winner Mats Wilander said season when it won a silver medal at the Pathak, Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Djokovic’s win in Melbourne sets a marker for a year Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia. Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, in which he could sweep all before him. The seasoned P R Sreejesh, Krishan Jarmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, “At the end of the year, we could have two players Pathak, Gurinder Singh, Amit Rohidas, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, on 20 or two on 19 or even more because Novak can Surender Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, win all four,” he said. Rupinder Pal Singh are also part of the Dilpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, “This is a huge win for him going forwards. A loss squad. Ramandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar here would have been very difficult to get confidence Chief coach Graham Reid said, Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh, Shamsher and come back. “The objective of these matches of the Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Kothajit Singh “But the door is open for him to start climbing FIH Hockey Pro League is to find the Kadangbam, Birendra Lakra, Nilakanta through it and talk about being the greatest ever.” balance between giving players oppor- Sharma, Gurjant Singh, SV Sunil. PTI