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RBI Act that gives it power to Act that gives it powers to issue Sources said the Finance issue directions to the Central any direction to the central Ministry wrote three separate fter reports surfaced on bank on matters of public bank governor on matters of letters in the past few weeks to AWednesday morning that interest, he said communica- public interest. the RBI on issues ranging from RBI Governor Urjit Patel may tions and layers of consulta- They, however, insisted Prompt Corrective Action step down if the Government tions between the Government that the Government has not (PCA) framework to liquidity tried to arm-twist the Central and the RBI haven’t ever been taken any action of issuing any management and sought con- bank by issuing directive under disclosed. specific direction and has only sultation under Section 7 of the section 7 of the RBI Act, the On Tuesday, Jaitley had initiated consultations with the RBI Act. Finance Ministry took a /, " slammed the RBI for indis- central bank on unresolved The Government wants prompt damage control exer- , , 1 criminate lending, but today he issues. RBI to carve out exemption for cise saying “autonomy of the . 2 sounded much more reconcil- Without making any ref- power companies under the Central bank is essential.” iatory. erence to the letters, the PCA framework that outlines But the twist in the tail is The Ministry’s statement Despite indication from Ministry statement said, “Both triggers for declaring a loan the Ministry’s assertion that the calmed down the stock market the Government that it would the Government and the account as stressed or NPA, said RBI’s functioning must be which staged a smart recovery continue to engage the RBI and Central bank, in their func- sources, adding the second guided by public interest and and the benchmark sensex respect its autonomy. there are tioning, have to be guided by letter pertained to use of needs of the economy. closed nearly 500 points tell-tale signs that the conflict public interest and the require- RBI’s capital reserves for pro- “The autonomy for the Later in the day, Finance between the Finance Ministry ments of the Indian economy.” viding liquidity to the market Central bank, within the frame- Minister Arun Jaitley refused to and the Central bank is far “For the purpose, extensive and a third letter was for relax- work of the RBI Act, is an be drawn into the row over his from resolved. consultations on several issues ing constraints on banks for essential and accepted gover- Ministry using a never-used The RBI and the Modi take place between the gov- loans to small and medium nance requirement. provision to ask RBI for reso- Government are at logger- ernment and the RBI from time enterprises. Governments in India have lution of issues, saying discus- heads amid a standoff between to time. This is equally true of Section 7 of the RBI Act nurtured and respected this,” sions and consultations with the Ministry and the RBI over all other regulators,” it said. empowers the Government to the Ministry said in a brief the Central bank have never the Central bank’s handling of The Government, it said, issue directions to the central statement. been disclosed. weak public sector banks, tight has never made public the bank, after consultation with The Finance Ministry At a news conference, the liquidity in the market and subject matter of those con- RBI Governor, on issues that it issued the statement after the Minister said he would not say ways of resolving bad loans in sultations. “Only the final deci- considers serious and of pub- equity market tanked on anything more than what a the power sector, unconfirmed sions taken are communicated. lic interest. This section has reports of Patel’s likely resig- Press statement issued by his reports claimed. The Government, through never been invoked before. nation and the Government Ministry on the RBI row said News agency PTI quoted these consultations, places its Sources said Section 7 has two faced scathing criticism from in the morning. sources saying that that the assessment on issues and sug- parts — consultation and then several quarters for trying to Asked if the Government Government has sent at least gests possible solutions. The issuing a direction to RBI for bulldoze the Central bank to has used the never-used pro- three letters on different issues Government will continue to taking some action in public follow its political agenda. vision under Section 7 of the under Section 7 (1) of the RBI do so.” interest. O P !"#! %& ' ( )# +" , " -' ( ,. ernment came to power in 2014. It rose to the 100th spot ndia improved its ranking on in the last ranking from 131st he Rafale deal controversy Ithe World Bank’s “ease of rank in the previous year.New Ttook an interesting turn " # $ doing business” report for the Zealand tops the list of 190 when the Supreme Court on second straight year, jumping countries in ease of doing busi- Thursday asked the Centre for 23 places to the 77th position ness, followed by Singapore, pricing details of the 36 fight- on the back of reforms related Denmark, and Hong Kong. er jets India will purchase from !%& R to insolvency, taxation and The United States is placed France. The Government other areas. eight and China has been strongly objected to this saying India was ranked 100th in ranked 46th. Neighbouring the pricing aspect was classi- trymen to keep India’s unity, “At the time of indepen- the World Bank’s Doing Pakistan is placed at 136. fied, but the court remained diversity and sovereignty intact. dence there were people who Business report last year. World Bank put India unimpressed and asked the We all need to be vigilant and thought that immensely diverse The ranking comes as a among the top 10 economies to Centre to put its objection on nveiling “Statue of Unity”, united as a society in order to India wouldn’t remain united. shot in the arm for the make the most improvements. affidavit and also bring details Uthe tallest statue of the counter divisive forces,” said However, Sardar Patel proved Narendra Modi Government Observing that the two of the decision-making process world at Kevadiya in Narmada Modi, adding that Indians need them wrong by merging 565 which faces strong dissenting economies with the largest of the deal in the public domain " - " " district on Wednesday, Prime to adopt the mantra of “Ek princely states in the modern voices from opposition parties populations, China and India, within ten days. 3 + " (" 1 . 2 Minister Narendra Modi stat- Bharat, Shresth Bharat” to nul- day India. In fact diversity has ahead of the general elections demonstrated impressive The court further pushed ed that the statue of Sardar lify anti-national elements. become biggest strength of the next year. reform agendas, the World the Centre to the corner by ask- sition. The court had then said the Rafale deal. Vallabhbhai Patel would be He also trained his guns on nation and now we are march- In its annual “Doing Bank said the India also ing it details of how Rafale it would not go into “pricing or The Bench headed by the a befitting answer to those his political rivals who criticised ing ahead to become econom- Business” 2019 report, World focused on streamlining busi- manufacturer Dassault chose suitability” of the fighter jets. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi who question unity and exis- him for spending huge amount ic and military superpower,” Bank said India improved its ness processes. Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group On Thursday, the court directed that that the Centre tence of India. to construct the statue saying Modi said. rank on six out of the 10 para- India, it said, made starting to partner with it in India noted that following its October must bring details of the deci- Addressing a large gather- that paying tribute to great Praising Sardar’s vision to meters relating to starting and a business easier by integrating under the offset obligation. 10 order, the Government has sion-making process of the ing against the backdrop of hero like Sardar is not a crime. force erstwhile princely states doing business in a country. multiple application forms into The court’s directive has placed before it a note giving deal in the public domain, lofty and magnificent statue of Modi said his Government is — Junagadh and Hyderabad — These parameters include a general incorporation form. serious ramifications because details of the steps taken in the except those that are confi- India’s first Home Minister, committed to recognise con- to surrender to India’s sover- ease of starting a business, “India also replaced the value- on the last date of hearing on decision-making process lead- dential and have strategic the PM said that it is the tributions of other historical fig- eignty, Modi said that because construction permits, getting added tax with the GST for October 10 the judges had ing to the procurement of 36 importance. responsibility of every Indian to ures, including Chhatrapati of Sardar we didn’t require electricity, getting credit, pay- which the registration process refused to entertain the peti- Rafale jets. However, the court The information must be ensure every possible effort is Shivaji, Shubhash Chandra visas to offer prayer at Somnath ing taxes, trade across borders, is faster,” it said. tioners’ plea for asking the gave no indication as to what shared by the Government made to defeat the divisive ele- Bose, Baba Saheb Ambedkar to temple or to watch Asiatic enforcing contracts and resolv- Also, “India made paying Government to disclose the prompted it to seek details within 10 days and the peti- ments trying to damage unity name a few. The PM went on Lions or even visiting ing insolvency. taxes easier by replacing many pricing details. Then the court about pricing and offset aspects tioners could respond to it in and sovereignty of the nation. to say that he doesn’t under- Charminar in Hyderabad. India was ranked at the indirect taxes with a single had asked the Government to after it went through the the next seven days, the Bench “Sardar had worked for stand why his efforts of appre- The State Government is 142nd position among 190 indirect tax, the GST, for the share just the decision-making Government’s note on decision- said and posted the matter for the unity of our nation. He had ciating icons are seen as polit- expecting daily visit by 15,000 nations when the Modi gov- entire country. process of the fighter jet acqui- making process involved in November 14. given responsibility to coun- ical move by his rivals. tourists. O3,,P message that they are still ! active in Bastar,” added Ponwar, ushed on the back foot and whose institution has trained ! Pconfined to a limited forest over 34,000 paramilitary and “patch”, Maoist insurgents are state policemen in the past 14 desperate for a “big catch” years in Bastar to "fight a guer- he Delhi High Court on ahead of Assembly polls in rilla like a guerrilla". TWednesday set aside a trial n an unexpected develop- Chhattisgarh to get wider pub- Candidates of the political court judgment that had Iment, veteran actor Anupam licity, claimed security experts parties who are contesting acquitted 16 Provincial Armed Kher has resigned as chairman and police officials. from the 12 seats of the Constabulary (PAC) men in of the Pune-based Film and Five States will witness Bastar region, which is made the infamous 1987 Hashimpura Television Institute of India staggered polling over the next up of seven districts, have massacre case and sentenced (FTII), citing his preoccupation one-and-half months, starting largely kept out of Maoist pock- them to ‘life imprisonment’. with international profession- on November 12 from ets of influence while cam- Coming down heavily on al TV assignments. Chhattisgarh’s Bastar, the nerve paigning. all the accused police person- Kher (63) who had on centre of Maoist militancy in Even the star campaigners nel (now retired), a Bench of Tuesday sent his resignation India. of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Justices S Muralidhar and letter to Union Minister for Spread over about 40,000 Party (BJP) and the main oppo- Vinod Goel said the “mas- Information & Broadcasting sq km, the iron-ore rich, trib- sition Congress have been sacre of 42 persons of a minor- Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, al-dominated and heavily- strongly advised by security ity community in Hashimpura announced his resignation on forested Bastar region has 12 agencies to stay out of the was targeted killing of unarmed his Twitter handle on assembly seats. It has been the , &3"81 #"3 extreme interiors and inform and defenceless persons. , 1 43(" , 567 Wednesday. hideout of top Maoist militants 1 , the police well in advance Families had to wait 31 years 4 " , , ". 2 “It has been an honour, a since the late 1980s. while meeting with the local for justice.” privilege & a great learning The Central Government media persons who are now and are thus unable to keep the people to seek votes. The HC convicted 16 for- indicted 66 personnel of the Kamal Singh, Ram Bir Singh, experience to be the Chairman has deployed roughly 55,000 flooding Bastar unprotected violent movement alive,” said Union Minister and BJP mer PAC personnel for murder PAC for the killings. Sami Ullah, Mahesh Prasad of the prestigious paramilitary troopers in Bastar to cover the elections,” a top Brigadier BK Ponwar (Retd), leader Ravi Shankar Prasad and of kidnapping, criminal Out of the 19 accused, Singh, Jai Pal Singh, Ram @FTIIOfficial. But because of to team up with 25,000 state officer of the State Intelligence director of the Kanker-based too abandoned his conspiracy and destruction of three persons — Om Prakash Dhiyan, Arun Kumar, Lila my international assignments I policemen to eliminate the Bureau (SIB) informed. Counter Terrorism and Jungle scheduled poll campaign in evidence under the Indian Sharma, Kush Kumar Singh Dhar Lohni, Hamir Singh, won’t have much time to devote Maoists. Others too agree that the Warfare College (CTJWC). Dantewada district on Oct 29 Penal Code (IPC). and Surender Pal Singh — had Kunwar Pal Singh, Buda Singh, at the institute. “Maoists are fighting for Maoists are struggling. “The “The people of Bastar have in the wake of fresh intelligence A charge sheet was filed died during the pendency of Budhi Singh, Mohkam Singh Hence decided to send my their survival in Bastar. Their Maoists are facing their worst shunned Maoists. Security reports suggesting that Maoists against C-Company’s 19 per- the trial. and Basant Ballabh. resignation. Thank you,” the area of dominance has shrunk days in Bastar. forces trained to counter guer- are desperate for “bigger inci- sonnel, including Platoon The HC on Wednesday The HC’s verdict came on actor tweeted. significantly, but during the Their recruitment has rilla warfare have turned the dents”. Commander Surender Pal convicted the remaining 16 pleas challenging a trial court’s Kher thanked the FTII busy election season they want entirely dried up, the arms heat on them and the Candidates of political par- Singh but Crime Branch, former PAC personnel and decision to acquit the 16 former staff, teachers and students for to produce some shock results supply network has been cut off Government has taken devel- ties have hired their own secu- Criminal Investigation sentenced them to life term. policemen of charges of mur- their appreciation during my with a big catch either of politi- and, most importantly, the opment to the extreme interi- rity guards to accompany them Department (CB-CID) of Uttar Those convicted are: Suresh der and other crimes in the tenure as chairman. cians, bureaucrats, security aging Maoist leaders are suf- ors so Maoists are now looking on the election campaign in Pradesh police had in its report Chand Sharma, Niranjan Lal, case. 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( *.'(3/% .3 not accept his "childish" claims journalist, Tharoor had said Modi also targeted Rahul and "lies" against the that Modi was like a scorpion without naming him over his Government as they make sitting on a Shivlinga which can recent criticism of the central tions is nothing short of trea- erect such an imposing statue of "fun" of such remarks. neither be removed from hand government on the issue of son," he said. Patel, a man of simplicity and a Stressing on his develop- nor hit with a chappal. OROP (One Rank One he day Prime Minister In another tweet, Rahul true Gandhian, who moved ment plank during a video Modi mocked Rahul when Pension) for ex-servicemen. TNarendra Modi unveiled said Patel was a patriot, who along with poor peasants," he interaction with BJP workers, a party worker asked him as to Congress Governments the 'Statue of Unity' of Sardar fought for a independent, unit- said. Tharoor said BJP had no Modo asked them to go to peo- how they should respond to the were in power for decades and Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat, ed and secular India. "A man answer to the query why they ple with a three-point agenda Congress president's comments soldiers kept demanding Congress president Rahul with a steely will, tempered by did not erect a bigger statue of +' % 3( )3, — development, fast develop- in his rallies that there should OROP, he said, adding that Gandhi on Wednesday accused compassion, he was a the Mahatma. ( ')("3 )3, . &9 :57 ment and development for all. be mobile manufacturing fac- they were not even heard. the Government of "treason", Congressman to the core, who The reason is that they do ",)3 1 . 2 To a question from a tories in those areas. Since his Government has saying there was a "systematic had no tolerance for bigotry or not believe in Mahatma worker as to how they should "There used to be gramo- implemented it so his rivals destruction" of institutions that communalism. On his birth Gandhi's principles of non-vio- ues, effects lives of lakhs and respond to opposition leaders' phone records earlier. At times, were concerned over ex-ser- Patel had helped build. anniversary, I salute this great lence, he alleged. He also alleged crores of citizens. In true sense, "abuses" like calling him a it would get stuck and play vicemen's "love" for him and His party colleague and son of India," he tweeted. that BJP was trying to "hijack" mid controversies involving your role is of ethical leaders," scorpion — an apparent refer- same words again and again. repeating "lies after lies", he former Union Minister Shashi For his part, Tharoor said: the legacy of freedom fighters Athe CBI and the RBI, the president said. ence to Congress leader Shashi There are some people like it. said. Modi claimed that "lies" of Tharoor wondered why not "The biggest one is in and national heroes like Patel as President Ram Nath Kovind "The confidence of our peo- Tharoor's recent remarks, Modi One thing occupies their mind Congress leaders against the there is a bigger statue of Parliament. But this is a 182 they have no leaders of their on Wednesday asked those in ple that decisions and actions are said they were offering him and they keep repeating it. BJP and its Governments on Mahatma Gandhi as Patel was metre statue for his disciple. own in history to celebrate. top positions in financial insti- being undertaken with trans- what they had. You should enjoy it. Don't certain issues indicated his dis- his disciple. Why is there such a big statue for He said Patel was a tutions and the Government to parency, accountability and fair- The Prime Minister said, get tensed," he told BJP work- pensation's success as he Taking a swipe at Modi, the a disciple of Gandhiji in the Congress leader and BJP should act like "ethical leaders" as their ness must continuously be he was glad that he was of any ers. referred to his "digital India" Congress chief tweeted, "Ironic country where there is no stat- not be allowed to adopt him. work and conduct affect the lives enhanced. use to them as it allows them These people don't know campaign which, he added, that a statue of Sardar Patel is ue of that size for the Mahatma?" "Patel had worked along with of common people. "Unnecessary delays in deci- to vent their anger and spend that time had changed and it had made lives easier for crores being inaugurated, but every "Patel, a very simple person, Gandhiji and strengthened the Kovind's assertion assumes sion making too hurt the cred- their time "happily" with their was no longer easy to fool peo- of people by letting them avail institution he helped build is was known as the disciple of Congress party. We should significance as the CBI is ibility of any institution," he said, family members in evening. ple, Modi said, adding that of Government benefits sitting being smashed." "The systematic Gandhiji," Tharoor said. "I am remember him always," embroiled in a controversy adding that technology and the Citing an anonymous RSS nobody accepts such childish at home. destruction of India's institu- asking a question...Is it right to Tharoor said. involving its two top officials, internet can be of great use in while there is mounting tension this regard. between the Arun Jaitley-led President Kovind said like Finance Ministry and the cen- "prevention is better than cure" &' ( *+ &0" tral bank. The President was is considered effective in the addressing the Vigilance health sector, in the same way Awareness Week 2018 function "preventive vigilance is better , , organised by the Central that the punitive vigilance" can ! Vigilance Commission here. prove to be an effective policy in The theme of this year's event is checking corruption. 'Eradicate Corruption - Build a Talking about benefits of use , ** ,* ! and the names of some past and New India'. of technology to check graft, he present senior CBI officers had sur- The president said there is said Rs. 3.65 lakh crore has been nologies such as Big-Data Analytics he Delhi court on Wednesday !! faced. a serious effort to curb and pun- delivered to beneficiaries of 431 and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Tgranted bail to CBI DSP ! The FIR was lodged on the ish those involved in economic different schemes using direct he three-day Navy Commanders' improve the overall efficiency and effec- Devender Kumar in the alleged basis of a written complaint from offences, and to give habitual benefit transfers in the past Tconference commenced here on tiveness. bribery case against benched !! Sana on October 15, wherein it was offenders a sense of fear of the four years. Wednesday with focus on the top brass India is a maritime nation and its agency's Special Director Rakesh alleged that Kumar, being the IO in law. "In addition, I have been brainstorming on the themes of growth is inexplicably linked to the seas. Asthana even as CBI Additional SP the case against Qureshi, was Citing different legislative told that direct benefit transfer 'Optimisation' and 'Emerging Under the overall vision of Prime SS Gurm moved the Delhi High ! repeatedly calling the complainant measures and the introduction and other governance reforms Technologies.' The commanders will Minister Narendra Modi of 'Security and Court seeking to be heard in to the CBI office to harass him and of the Fugitive Economic have led to removal of duplicate also take stock of operational prepared- Growth for All in the Region' (SAGAR), Asthana's petition to quash the FIR compel him to pay a bribe of 5 Offenders Bill in Parliament, or fake beneficiaries, as also to ness of the naval fleet to meet any chal- the Indian Navy has been at the forefront against him. Asthana's plea is slat- ! crore for getting a clean chit in the President Kovind said such ini- plugging of leakages. As a result lenges in the strategically important of providing an environment of stabili- ed to be heard on Thursday. case. tiatives give confidence to hon- of these, estimated savings Indian Ocean Region(IOR). ty and peace in the IOR. As the premier Special CBI Judge Santosh Meanwhile, CBI Additional SP est citizens and taxpayers. amounting to approximately Having adopted mission based Navy in the region, the Indian Navy Snehi Mann granted relief to Kumar FIR filed against them. S S Gurm told the Delhi High Court Addressing the gathering, Rs. 90,000 crore have been made deployment over the past one year, the aspires to remain the 'Net Security and asked him to furnish a personal Besides Asthana and Kumar, on Wednesday that there was "rea- he said those present in the audi- in the period ending March conference will deliberate upon combat Provider' in the Indian Ocean through bond of 50,000 and a surety of like two private persons — Manoj sonable" apprehension that the torium hold top positions in 2018," President Kovind said. readiness of units and optimisation of collaboration and cooperation with like- amount. Prasad and Somesh Prasad — have agency would not effectively con- state-run banks, insurance com- He said from extending resources including manpower to meet minded and friendly nations. The relief was granted to Kumar also been named as accused in the test the petition filed by Special panies and other financial insti- banking facilities to previously the growing list of missions and tasks that The Indian Navy has witnessed an as the CBI did not oppose his bail case. Director Rakesh Asthana seeking tutions, and the Government. un-banked sections of our peo- the Navy is expected to perform, navy unprecedented growth in its opera- application. In his bail application, Kumar had claimed that he was the quashing of an FIR against him "It is important that you ple to implementing the Goods officials said here. tional tasking over the past decade in Kumar had termed his custody "ille- falsely implicated in the case and in a bribery case. understand the actual meaning and Services Tax, various The conference will have dedicated consonance with India's rising maritime gal" and prayed the court to set him that he was a victim of rivalry Gurm has also dragged the of integrity, transparency and endeavours have been made to brainstorming sessions to discuss and interests. The Navy has adopted the free. among the senior officers of the name of RAW Special Director honesty. In the broad meaning boost the formal economy. conceptualise new ideas and concepts, as 'Mission-based Deployment' philoso- Kumar also assured the court CBI. Samant Goel in the bribery case of integrity both dedication to "Adoption of digital systems well as critically examine organisation- phy and the 'Maintenance-to-Operations' that he was ready to abide by the He had said he was investigat- against Asthana. work and institutional disci- has also helped contain corrup- al structures and processes to meet transition cycle over the past year conditions imposed by the court ing a case against meat exporter Gurm, who was transferred pline is included. tion. In this manner, loop-holes developing challenges and threats to to address the need to be present and while granting him bail. Moin Qureshi, in which the com- from Delhi to Jabalpur, has sought "Your conduct , inspires for corruption and misuse of maritime security. Commanders would to respond to emerging situations in Kumar and Asthana have plainant in the present case — to be made a party in the petition other people of your organisa- public money are being also look at utilising emerging tech- the IOR. already challenged the legality of the Sathish Babu Sana — was a suspect filed by Asthana. tion. Your work and ethical val- addressed," the president said. %3 ,,& 1 9(+ (! ' / < &
# ..( *53,*2 *2 tion in the festivities in Ayodhya memorating Princess 1 ; ( will showcase our close civili- Suriratna (Queen Hur 5 43'( sational links as well as the Hwang-ok). New Delhi: The Supreme Court festivals would be allowed from The court highlighted that ) ongoing deepening engagement The legendary Princess on Wednesday clarified that 8 pm to 10 pm. its pan-India directions pertains between our two countries," of Ayodhya went to Korea in only "green crackers" will be "In direction No. (ii) where to community fire cracking, had deliberately lied to the pub- New Delhi: First Lady of an MEA statement said. 48 AD and married King sold in the Delhi-NCR region sale of crackers other than two hours duration for bursting lic with "culpable malicious South Korea Kim Jung-sook According to Korean leg- Kim-Suro. A large number of during this Diwali and other fes- reduced emission is banned, it of crackers, public awareness ongress MP Shashi Tharoor intention" to defame him. The will visit India from ends, Princess Suriratna from Koreans trace their ancestry to tivals. is clarified that this sale is campaign. Con Wednesday sent a legal notice called upon the Union November 4-7 during which Ayodhya had travelled to this legendary princess. It, however, allowed the banned in Delhi and NCR...In "In addition, the direction notice to Union Minister Ravi Minister to delete the tweet she will participate in festivi- Korea and married King Kim Preeti Saran, Secretary firecrackers which have already other areas, the crackers which regarding production of crack- Shankar Prasad over the latter's along with the video clip of the ties in the religious city of Suro and became Queen Heo (East) in the Ministry of been produced to be sold in have already been produced ers with reduced emission and statement, 'Shashi Tharoor who press conference. Ayodhya. Hwang-ok some 2000 years External Affairs, said there are other parts of the country this would be allowed to be sold for restraining e-commerce web- is accused in a murder case has The legal notice said Prasad The Ministry of External ago. also plans to build a monu- Diwali and other festivals and this Diwali and other festivals sites for selling firecrackers also attempted to disrespect Lord was aware that Tharoor had nei- Affairs (MEA) said she will be "India and Republic of ment commemorating the occasions. and occasions," the bench said. applies throughout India," the Shiva'. Prasad had remarked this ther been chargesheeted for the chief guest at the Korea share a special strategic princess. A bench of Justices A K The bench said with regard bench said and added that all on Tharoor while he demand- murder nor is he an accused in 'Deepotsav' event being organ- partnership. Moon Jae-in, "Since last year, the Uttar Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry pan-India directions will be ed an apology from him for a murder case. "The scandalous ised by the Uttar Pradesh President of Republic of Korea Pradesh Government started on the occasion of Gurpurab, and other southern states, the enforced by police authorities. comparing Prime Minister and false and defamatory state- Government on November 6. had visited India in July 2018. organising Deepotsav. The which is in November, fireworks court had already passed the The bench said the pro- Narendra Modi with a scorpion ments you have published The Korean First Lady, to His visit had imparted new UP Government also invited shall be allowed for one hour in order on October 30, by which duction of crackers with sitting on a Shiv Linga. against Dr Shashi Tharoor are be accompanied by a high- strength to our evolving part- the Korean Government to the morning between 4 am to 5 it had granted liberty to the reduced emission (improved Tharoor has sought an explicitly intended to harm the level delegation, will also nership," the MEA said. participate as a partner coun- am and one hour in the evening authorities of the states con- crackers and green crackers) is unconditional apology from reputation of Tharoor and to attend the ground-breaking An MoU regarding the try. President Moon said that between 9 pm to 10 pm. cerned to change the timings for permitted and it would also Prasad within 48 hours for his malign him before the public by ceremony of the Queen Queen Suriratna Memorial he will send a high-level cul- In its October 23 order, the bursting of firecrackers, but the mean that barium salts in the remarks, which he called false intentionally giving your false Suriratna (Heo Hwang-ok) Project was signed to facilitate tural delegation to partici- court had ruled that bursting of duration should not exceed two manufacture of firecrackers will and defamatory. In his legal and untrue statements the colour memorial in Ayodhya. upgrade and expansion of the pate in the Deepotsav," Saran firecrackers on Diwali and other hours a day. not be used. PTI notice, he alleged that Prasad of your office," the notice read. "The First Lady's participa- existing monument com- said. PTI (+P " " ., * +,,-+., improved slightly on now from the northwest. All however, is likely to remain $! / Wednesday, bringing down this, combined with Delhi- dry. 3& ;! ir pollution in the nation- pollution levels due to wind NCR's own pollution sources, The current weather con- )" Aal Capital region will dete- speed in the morning. could lead to a spike in pol- ditions have also favoured New Delhi: Continuing with its firm he said. The minister added that he riorate sharply from The Supreme Court lution in the coming 10 days," reduction of pollution from stance on traceability, the has been assured by the WhatsApp New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday direct- November 3 because not only appointed Environment the EPCA said. stubble burning in northern Government on Wednesday stated leadership team that they will look ed the Amrapali Group to disclose the names of all the emissions from field fires in Pollution (Prevention and CPCB Chairperson S P states, as low wind speed has that it has not sought decryption of into the matter and revert. companies with which it had any kind of transactions Punjab and Haryana have Control) Authority (EPCA) Singh Parihar has also issued impeded the transport of pol- WhatsApp messages but instead The Facebook-owned company after forensic auditors pointed out that there may be a witnessed a significant rise but on Wednesday said that air directions to construction lutants from fields in northern wants the location and identity of has been under pressure for months web of more than 200-250 such firms where home buy- also since there will be devel- pollution could lead to a spike agencies, municipal corpora- states towards Delhi. those misusing the platform to spread now to put in place a mechanism to ers money was transferred. opment of western distur- in pollution in the coming 10 tions and land owning indus- NASA satellite pictures fake news that provokes violence. curb fake messages on its platform. The two forensic auditors, appointed by the court bance system over north India days due to increase in stub- tries to comply with the direc- show a thick haze over the IT Minister Ravi Shankar Following multiple incidents to look into the affairs of Amrapali Group said besides and the north-westerly winds ble burning in Punjab and tions of the NGT and the northern region, with fire Prasad, who met WhatsApp Vice of mob lynching across the coun- 47 sister companies, they stumbled upon 31 companies will lead the smoke to Delhi. Haryana. CPCB and ensure corrective detection being reported President Chris Daniels, also assert- try, the government had slapped whose names were never disclosed by the embattled real The Central Pollution "This is because there is a actions within 48 hours in across states. Officials of ed that the "institutional integrity" WhatsApp with two notices, with estate firm. The court was also told that there may be Control Board (CPCB) has western disturbance system in cases of air polluting activities Punjab and Haryana highlight of the platform be maintained the second one warning that it will a case of the Foreign Exchange Management Act directed the State pollution the north of India which is as reported by the CPCB that the number of such inci- ahead of elections. treat the messaging platform as an (FEMA), as large amount of money was transferred to control bodies of Punjab, bringing moisture, and a inspection teams. dents is lower than last year. "On the issue of traceability, I abettor of rumour propagation and a multinational company based in Mauritius. Haryana and Delhi to start cyclonic system on the eastern India Meteorological EPCA Chairman, Bhure emphasised that when we talk of legal consequences will follow if It questioned Amarapali Group CFO Chander criminal prosecution against side which is suppressing Department (IMD) has pre- Lal had sounded an alarm on traceability, we don't talk of decrypt- adequate checks are not put in place. Wadhwa as to how a group company paid his Income agencies or individuals who winds. Besides this, there is dicted isolated rainfall over rising air pollution levels on ing messages," Prasad said. "We Prasad had met Daniels in Tax amounting to 2 crore, when he was earning only do not comply with directives increased burning of paddy parts of Punjab and Haryana Tuesday, calling for stringent insist rather on location and iden- August this year too, and apart from 50,000 per month. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra to check air pollution. straw in Punjab and Haryana, in the next two days and sub- action, including restrictions tification of the sender of WhatsApp the traceability request, he had asked and U U Lalit said money of innocent buyers could not However, even as a thick as is evident in images sequent increase in wind on private vehicles in Delhi, if messages when such messages lead WhatsApp to set up a local corporate be misused like this and asked the Mauritius-based JP haze continues to envelop released by the NASA in US; speed, which is likely to air quality plunges to severe or to provocation of violence, heinous entity and appoint a grievance offi- Morgan company to file its account statement with Delhi, the air quality the direction of the wind is reduce pollution levels. Delhi, emergency levels. offences and other serious crimes," cer to address complaints. PTI regard to the transaction with the Amrapali Group. PTI ( ) *+ ,- ./,0 !! !% . ! ! ( > "<.8 ! hief Minister Raman Singh - Con Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation in ) ! Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) & ' affected areas of the State with ( ! senior officials at his official ! !! ! residence here. ! Chief Secretary Ajay Singh, *! Home Department Principal Secretary Amitabh Jain, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Aman Kumar Singh, Director * ! he Janata Congress General of Police AN TChhattisgarh (Jogi) (JCC Upadhyaya, Special Director ! (J) on Wednesday announced General of Police (Anti-Naxal *! that party’s Supremo and for- Operation) DM Awasthi and mer Chief Minister Ajit Jogi Additional Director General of would be its candidate from Police Ashok Juneja were present. Marwahi seat for the upcom- The meeting expressed deep Centre for combating Left Security related measures education, skill development *+ ing Assembly polls in against the Chief Minister from the alliance. condolences on the death of two Wing Extremism. include assistance to LWE etc, several initiatives have , Chhattisgarh. Raman Singh but he later back- There was speculation that cops Rudrapratap Singh and The Central Government affected States by providing been taken specifically for Presently , the former Chief tracked while asserting that the leaving Marwahi seat, Amit Manglu Ram and Doordarshan assists the State Governments in CAPF Battalions, helicopters, development of LWE affected Minister’s son Amit is a sitting alliance partner Bahujan Samaj could contest polls from cameraman Achutanand Sahu at every manner possible. The UAVs, construction of fortified areas. These include focussed MLA from Marwahi who has Party (BSP) had urged him to Manendragarh but party Aranpur village in Dantewada Government has a multi- police stations, funds for mod- schemes for development of Recently the Government decided to vacate the seat for do so. announced the official candi- district on Tuesday. pronged strategy in place to ernisation of State Police forces, roads, installation of mobile had approved the Special Central his father and will not contest Notably, BSP and date from the constituency as Incidentally, the Central deal with the LWE menace. The arms and equipment, training towers, skill development, Assistance Scheme which envis- polls. Communist Party of India Lakhan Shrivastava. Another Government had informed ear- strategy involves security relat- assistance, sharing of intelli- improving network of banks ages an outlay of Rs 1000 crore Party sources informed (CPI) are the alliance partners candidate whom JCC (J) lier that Chhattisgarh being the ed measures, developmental gence etc. On development and post offices and education per annum for three years for the that earlier, Ajit Jogi declared of of JCC (J) and they have declared is from Raipur most affected State receives a interventions and ensuring rights side, apart from flagship facilities, particularly in the 35 35 worst affected LWE districts contesting polls from declared that Ajit Jogi would be (North) from where Amar substantial share of the & entitlements of local commu- schemes of the Central worst affected districts, it had to cover gaps in critical infra- Rajnandgaon assembly seat the Chief Ministerial candidate Gidwani would be in fray. resources committed by the nities etc, it had informed. Government in infrastructure, informed earlier. structure and services. 1 "! ! ($. / ** P 4( 6 /Q8 " 2 " ,Q , $ * +, 9R 34 !5 undreds of school chil- irector (Personnel), Hdren came together with DNMDC Ltd Sandeep Tula, their innovative ideas reflect- he Bharatiya Janata Party flagged off the “Run for Unity” ed in the form of posters T(BJP) has decided to repeat event on Wednesday at Singh’s depicting slogans to wipe out party MLA Shrichand Cricket Ground in Hyderabad, corruption from public life, Sunderani as a candidate from a company press release thereby making way for a Raipur (North) assembly con- informed. New India, a NTPC press stituency in the upcoming ‘Run for Unity’ was con- release informed here on polls. ducted to mark the occasion – Wednesday. The party had announced “Rashtriya Ekta Diwas” which The programme was held candidates for 89 constituencies is celebrated countrywide on at Hockey Ground located at earlier but had retained the occasion of birth anniversary of NTPC Township at Jamnipali lone seat while creating sus- “Iron Man of India” - Sardar in Korba in Chhattisgarh. pense on the Raipur (North) Vallabhbhai Patel. A slew of programmes seat. After administering have been rolled out to mark It was reported that former Rishtriya Ekta pledge to the celebration of Vigilance Raipur Mayor Sunil Soni, employees of NMDC and stu- Awareness Week (VAW) 2018 employees to uphold one of the tions in schools and colleges to Raipur Development Authority The Sindi community lead- dents of various schools and at NTPC Korba. core values of the Maharatna spread awareness on the sub- (RDA) Chairman Sanjay ers had been asking the BJP to colleges, for Unity’ which is aimed to about 400 students from vari- Earlier, inaugurating the Company— Transparency, at ject. Shrivastava were key con- nominate any other member of Tula said that the birth create awareness about benefits ous schools and colleges also week-long celebration, S N all cost. Among others, S M tenders as candidates for the community as candidate if they anniversary of Sardar of unity, brotherhood and set participated in the said “Run Sharma, DSP, CBI, Raipur SC Mittal, AGM, Vigilance. Chauthaiwale, GM (O&M), C Raipur (North) seat having do not want to retain Vallabhbhai Patel will provide patriotic mood across the for Unity” with great enthusi- appreciated the efforts of NTPC Korba welcomed the Dakshinamurthy, GM strong backing from the party Sunderani. all of us an opportunity to reaf- Nation. asm. NTPC Korba in spreading the dignitaries. It is to be noted (Technical Services), D N and senior leaders. So, the Party insiders stated that firm the inherent strength and This event was conducted Tula distributed prizes to message of Vigilance here that several programmes Tiwari, GM (Maintenance), party was unable to decide finally party was convinced resilience of our Nation to for various age groups such as the winners in “Run for Unity”. Awareness Week among its are being conducted in view of Asit Dutta, GM (Operation, what was to be done as it has that as Sunderani had already withstand the actual and poten- for children below 13 years, Senior officials of NMDC and stakeholders. Vigilance Awareness Week at Basuraj Goswami, GM (Fuel given one representation served as MLA and carried out tial threats to the unity, integri- children below 16 years and employees in good number Speaking on the occasion, NTPC Korba including Management), HODs, employ- among the Sindhi community developmental works, like ty and security of our country. open category for all. Apart participated in Run for Unity N K Sinha, Executive Director, walkathon, pledge taking cer- ees, members of Unions and last time. other seats, he can be retained. He emphasized that ‘Run from employees of NMDC, programme. NTPC Korba appealed to the emony, street play, competi- Associations were present. 23 ,* , . / * , 8 $ . ,
Raipur: Former Minister and , * , $ * Congress party candidate from Raipur (Rural) Satyanarayan ( ! before returning to New Delhi. Sharma was served notice by ! Jharkhand Chief Minister District-level Media s planned earlier by ! Raghubar Das would be reach- Certification and Monitoring ABharatiya Janata Party ing Bilaspur at 10.00 am and host of programmes under Committee (MCMC) for not (BJP), it being the foundation participate in local functions A‘Vigilance Awareness taking prior certification for the day of Chhattisgarh on ! and return to Ranchi. Week’ are being organised by sponsored page advertisement Thursday ( November 1), all Member of Parliament and Regional Office of Bank of on social media. the party candidates would be former Union Minister of State Baroda (BoB) in the State. Returning Officer , Raipur filing the nomination papers in for Health and Family Welfare The week-long pro- (Rural) issued the notice and each of 72 State Assembly con- Faggan Singh Kulaste will be grammes which commenced has sought reply within three stituencies together across the Leader of Opposition K. V reaching Raipur by a scheduled on October 29 would contin- days. State. Singhdeo will be arriving at flight and leave for Balrampur. ue till November 3, a Bank MCMC chaired by District The candidates would be 11.30 am at Mahasamund and He would be present at press release informed. Electoral Officer (DEO) and social media would be covered accompanied by Central and will participate in the nomina- Balrampur till 2 pm and return At a programme held at Collector Dr Basavaraju S. under election Model Code of other State-level star cam- tion filing process of the party's to Raipur by evening. He would Regional Office of the Bank in found that Congress candi- Conduct. paigners. candidate at Mahasamund. then proceed to New Delhi. Raipur, Regional Head and date Satyanarayan Sharma has All the advertisements Most of the candidates Union Minister of State for Jharkhand’s former Chief Deputy General Manger,Bank not taken permission and prior should be pre-certified before have already filed their nomi- Rural Development Minister Arjun Munda will be of Baroda, Ranjeet Kumar certification for the political being uploaded in the social nation papers according to (Independent Charge) Ram arriving through regular flight Mandal apprised the employ- sponsored Facebook page for media. For release of any adver- their respective auspicious tim- Kripal Yadav will arrive at to Raipur and proceed for ees about precautions to be which he has been issued the tisement on bulk SMS and ings. This would be symbolic 10.15 am at Raipur and par- Ambikapur. He would partic- taken while doing banking pledges' were also taken to of various villages and vil- notice. voice message, television, cin- filing of nomination papers. ticipate in local functions at ipate in different programmes work. observe precaution in banking lagers were also conducted in As per the Directive of ema, radio, LED along with e- According to a party state- Bemetara. He would return to and return to Raipur during In the Regional Office as work. which they were apprised about Election Commission of India, Paper, the candidate/party has ment, Odisha State Assembly Raipur and address the media evening hours. well as in various branches, 'e- Meetings with Sarpanchs how to prevent frauds . the materials posted on the to take prior certification. SR 42 %3*5 272&'44. ( (
/%2&453%& 4$3 * 5 monitoring team has reported ing permission from concerned the matter and the prior per- authority has been involved in mission has not been taken. party’s election campaign lead- BJP’s Raipur District ing to its seizure. In the case ,( (.$4(39 2'(- 7 7 7 President Rajiv Agrawal has under IPC Section 188 and 171 been issued notice that a vehi- (c) violation has been found Atal Nagar: Two girl students Sector 21. According to City cle with registration number and the candidate had been of Central School, Atal Nagar Superintendent of Police (CSP), UP 32 FN 3025 without seek- asked for filing a reply. and a Conductor in the school Atal Nagar, Satyendra Pandey, bus in which they were travel- all the three died on the spot. of Conduct. The violation of ling were killed when it collid- The names of deceased include The notice Representation of People’s Act ed with a city bus at Kotrabhata girl students of Central School states that if satis- 1951 Section 126 was found Square in Atal Nagar on -- Anny Kurre (8) and factory reply is not and he has been asked to sub- Wednesday morning. Durgeshwari Dhruva (13). received, then, as mit the reply, she said. More than half-a-dozen Fathers of both the girls are per rules ,action AAP State Coordinator Dr students sustained injuries and policemen and are posted with would be taken. Sanket Thakur was issued condition of one among them Mana Battalion, the official BJP candidate notice for keeping AAP pub- is reported to be critical. The informed. A student who sus- Brijmohan Agrawal , Aam Brijmohan Agrawal has been licity materials without the incident occurred at tained critical injury had been Aadmi Party (AAP) State issued notice for holding poll name of printer and publisher Kotrabhata square in Atal admitted in Intensive Care aipur (South) Assembly Coordinator Dr Sanket Thakur campaign on Tuesday at Maruti and using the vehicle number Nagar. The city bus was return- Unit of Medical College Rconstituency Returning and BJP Raipur District Nagar ,Sector 4, Professor CG 04 HC 6427 for election- ing from Mantralaya to Old Hospital, Raipur, Pandey said. Officer Dr Renuka Shrivastava President Rajiv Agrawal, seek- Colony without seeking per- eering within limits of Raipur Raipur when the collision took The driver of the city bus has has issued notice to Bharatiya ing their reply on alleged vio- mission from the Returning ( South) constituency. place at Kotrabhata Square of been arrested , he added. SR Janata Party (BJP) candidate lation of Election Model Code Officer. Notice states that static
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he event on Systematic TVoters’ Education and Electoral Participation for Awareness of Electors, under ‘Mor Raipur Mor Vote’ would be held here on Thursday (November 1 ) near Telibandha pond from 6.00 pm . & As per information, from On the occasion, 6000 /! Dhariswa, a total of six nom- youth would be lighting lamp JP’s Raipur (West) candi- ination papers have been filed, to celebrate Diwali, officials organised by Mor Raipur Club. '4%2(5324, for contesting the assembly Bdate Rajesh Munat includ- while from Raipur (Rural), a informed. A voting zone has been creat- polls from Ambikapur ing Raipur (North) candidate !* total of six nominations have Differently abled children ed where EVM and VVPAT 2%--4$ *$2$*(&' Assembly constituency on tions were to be filed. Brijmohan Agrawal filed their ! been filed which includes that would spread message through machine would be exhibited Wednesday. Thousands of supporters nomination papers here on 0 1 of AAP candidate Sanket 'Rangoli' made by them to the and people will be explained on 2 $ & 4..*& 4$( * Singhdeo chose his birth- followed him in the march. Wednesday. Thakur. citizens to cast their vote. how to cast their vote. '45).*(3*$ day for filing the nomination. Similarly, Congress candidate A total of 10 candidates !*!! The last date for filing of On the occasion, Chief The SVEEP Nodal Officer MLA Amarjeet Bhagat from Kawardha, Mohammed filed the nomination papers in ! nomination papers is Election Commissioner OP and Zila Panchayat Chief and a few others who were Akbar too filed his nomina- Raipur city which also includes &&2 November 2 till 3.00 pm. The Rawat would administer the Executive Officer Deepak Soni also Congress candidates tion papers in Kabeerdham BJP candidate Sanjay Dhidhi 3! nomination papers would be pledge to youth to cast their said that all the necessary from the district also accom- District Collectorate on for Arang Assembly con- scrutinised on November 3. vote. Raipur district based preparations have been made panied him and they too filed Wednesday. stituency and BJP candidate The candidates can withdraw school and college students, and different government eader of Opposition in nominations on Wednesday While filing the nomina- and former Agriculture of 31 candidates filed nomi- the names by November 5. The NGOs, Livelihood departments have been given LChhattisgarh State along with him. tions, he claimed that he is Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu nation papers for seven state polling will be held on Development Authority and the responsibility. Assembly and senior Singhdeo marched with a definitely going to register who filed nomination papers assembly constituencies with November 20, which is the sec- youth of Livelihood College Different art groups would Congress leader TS Singhdeo huge gathering to the District victory this time from the for the Abhanpur seat. only two days left for filing of ond phase. The counting would will participate in the event. also make their presentations filed his nomination papers Collectorate where nomina- constituency. In Raipur district, a total nomination. be held on December 11. Street plays would be during the event. ! , /, / , ,5 ,, < 0= +
aryana Chief Minister HManohar Lal has announced to launch a special campaign from next month to contact the nodal officers fight against the menace of through email, telephone call or drugs in the state. <$ !+, ollowing an outburst by an personal visit at any time,” said “The campaign would be FIndian Army Jawan against Arora. launched under ‘Ek Aur the Punjab Police, the state The decision to designate Sudhar’ programme of the Chandigarh: Chief Minister struction of this channel, bet- lakh. The additional three- Director General of Police nodal officers came after a State Government. In order to Manohar Lal on Wednesday ter irrigation facility would be storey building of civil hospi- (DGP) Suresh Arora on video from young ‘frustrated’ save the youth from drugs and laid foundation stones and available to 17,697 acres land of tal will have OPD, rest room, Wednesday designated two army man’s gone viral on the to put a check on network of Speaking on the occasion, This marathon would be inaugurated development pro- 23 villages in Rania assembly lift, record room, toilet, 48 Nodal Officers to redress prob- social media in a choked and drug peddlers, an integrated he said that it is the responsi- able to get a place in Limca jects amounting to about 20 constituency thus benefiting bedded ward, nursing duty lems of armed forces personnel. sentimental voice to seek jus- secretariat for states namely bility of the State Government Book of Records and Guinness crore in district Sirsa. the farmers with better crop room and other modern facil- Arora, acknowledging the tice from the Prime Minister Haryana, Punjab, Himachal to keep youth away from drugs World Records, he said. Out of the total five devel- production. The Chief Minister ities. Earlier, the Chief Minister genuine problems of army per- Narendra Modi for killing his Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, and for this, collective efforts Manohar Lal also appreci- opment projects, the Chief also laid foundation stones of was felicitated by the District sonnel serving in difficult areas maternal grandmother Janki Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is should be made. ated the efforts made by the Minister laid foundation stones construction of link road from Nambardar Association Sirsa. at far-off places from their Devi, who was beaten up on being established at He said that the way Beti District and Police of three on which about 15 Kharia to Bhagsar costing over On this occasion, farmers homes, has designated the state September 22 when she had Panchkula,” said the Chief Bachao, Beti Padhao pro- Administrations which have crore would be spent. Apart Rs 2.05 crore and construction of the district expressed grati- Additional DGP (Community gone to the market with him by Minister while participating gramme has become a success encouraged more than 90,000 from this, he inaugurated two of link road from Khai tude towards the Chief Policing) Ishwar Singh and unidentified persons. Later she in the ‘Run for Unity’ pro- with people’s participation, the people of 328 villages of the dis- projects costing five crore to Shergarh to Jodhpuria costing Minister by presenting a IGP (Community Policing) V succumbed to injuries. gramme organised on the birth committed people of the soci- trict to fight against drug abuse. provide health related facilities. over 2.21 crore. On this occa- plough to him, for the com- Neerja as nodal officers for the In the video, Sepoy Vineet anniversary of Sardar ety and NGOs should extend The marathon was organ- Manohar Lal laid founda- sion, he inaugurated addition- pensation issued to them for grievances of Armed Forces has used abusive language out Vallabhbhai Patel at Sirsa. cooperation to the State ised in categories of 42 km, 21 tion stone of remodelling of al building of 100 bedded Civil damage caused to their crops. and Central Armed Police of frustration for not taking any More than 50,000 youth of Government to deal with the km, 11 km and five km in Ghaghar-Bani-Sadewa-MMK Hospital, Dabwali set up at a Recently, the insurance com- Forces personnel. action by the police. He had Sirsa participated in the ‘Run problem of drug abuse. which youth of the districts and link channel from RD 0 to cost of about Rs five crore and pany had issued compensation The two officers have been asked when a person serving for Unity’ programme. The Chief Minister neighbouring districts of Hisar, 22,000 amounting to about Sub Health Centre, Malari set of about 229 crore to farmers asked to follow-up any griev- his country cannot get justice, Manohar Lal also partici- claimed that Sirsa marathon Fatehabad and states namely 10.30 crore. With the con- up at a cost of about Rs 29.17 of the district. ance pending in any district of then who else will? pated in the marathon and was the largest marathon Punjab and Rajasthan also par- the state pertaining to person- However, the Ferozepur administered the oath of organised as a part of ‘Run for ticipated. 10,000 to 50,000 to the win- that Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by successfully integrating nel of Armed Forces and SHO Naveen Sharma, respon- national unity and integrity to Unity’ programme across the The Chief Minister gave ners of the marathon. had played a very crucial role princely states under the Indian Central Armed Police Forces. sible for the same, has been the people. country. cash prizes ranging from Manohar Lal further said in post-Independence India Dominion. “The Army personnel can transferred by the DGP. ! !+ 4 "&33 ule for the 7th Edition of cussed by critic Sakoon Singh best Authors. Book "Padmawat’s" ‘Ek Thi Maina Ek Tha Kumhar’ Chandigarh Literature Festival who will be in conversation author Purushottam Agrawal Hari Bhatnagar in a talk about he three-day Chandigarh on Wednesday. with author Aarish Chhabra. will be engaged in conversation his book. This session will be fol- TLiterature Festival (CLF) will A panel discussion related to The inaugural session will by critic Krishna Kumar. lowed by ‘The Wildings’ author & be held from Thursday at Post ‘Me Too’ controversy will be held come to an end with a perfor- Then ‘The Other’ author Nilanjana Roy in conversation graduate government college for on the opening day. ‘MeToo, mance - ‘Blank Page’ - An Paro Anand will be seen in a ses- with critic Rihan Najib in con- “massive struggle would be morning, he said. girls (PGGCG), Sec 11 here Media and the Making of Art’ Interpretation of contemporary sion with critic Swati Daftuar. versation. The day will end with launched to force the Chief “A 48-hour long protest with several writers expected to will be moderated by Akshaya Indian poetry through theatre, This will be followed by a a performance ‘ Urdu hai jiska AD president Sukhbir Minister Capt Amarinder dharna would commence after turn up for the festival to par- Kumar with and will see partic- music and movement, which will session on the book ‘Diwali in naam’ by Mumbai’s Tamaasha SBadal on Wednesday Singh and the Congress that wherein I would sit for the ticipate in book launches and dis- ipation of Nilanjana Roy, Annie be conducted by members of Muzaffarnagar’ in which critic Group. On the last day of the fes- appealed to all right-thinking Government in the State to first 24 hours at Amritsar cussions. Zaidi and Gautam Tamaasha Theatre Group, Omar Ahmad will be in con- tival on November 3, author of people of the country in gen- apologise to the Khalsa Panth from Thursday, followed by Mitul Dikshit, Chairman, Kishanchandani. Mumbai. "We always try to pro- versation with the author Tanuj ‘Daughters of the Sun’ Ira eral and the Sikh masses, in for repeatedly and deliberate- SGPC chief Jathedar Gobind Adab Foundation and Madhav This will be followed by a vide ingredients which makes Solanki. ‘Jal Thal Mal’ author Mukhoty will be engaged in a particular, to join the fight ly insulting the Sikh Guru Singh Longowal joining the Kaushik, Chairman , tribute to the ‘City Beautiful’- CLF stand out in a league of its Sopan Joshi will then be in con- talk by critic Rumina Sethi. against the Congress-led Sahiban by teaching to the dharna for the next 24 hours,” Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi Chandigarh. The book ‘The Big own," said Dikshit. versation with critic Saurabh Critic Jonathan Gil Harris will Punjab Government’s con- children in Punjab the hateful said Sukhbir adding that the and Vice Chairman, Adab Small Town: How Life Looks On day 2, CLF will celebrate Dwivedi. Critic Vibhuti Narain talk to Gayathri Prabhu author spiracy to cast “persistent, version of the Gur-itihas (the next phase of the struggle Foundation announced a sched- From Chandigarh’ will be dis- literary works by some of India’s Rai will then engage author of of ‘If I had to tell it again’. repeated and deliberate” history of the great Gurus) as would be announced at the insults against the great Guru prepared by the tyrannical conclusion of the dharna in Sahiban through the history Mughals. case the Congress textbooks for Class XII stu- The struggle would com- Government did not apologise ! "& dents in Punjab. mence by performing ardas at nor punished the guilty of this Sukhbir declared that a Akal Takht Sahib on Thursay heinous crime. ! , ?: @" "3, government gave an addition- al SAP amount of 50 per quin- aryana Chief Minister hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) tal in 2015-16. “Private sugar HManohar Lal on Spresident Sukhbir Badal on mills were also facilitated soft Wednesday lashed at the oppo- Wednesday asked the Congress- loans of 200 crores during sition, saying the leaders of led Punjab Government to SAD-BJP tenure with the opposition parties are very immediately announce an Government taking on the eager to come into power, but enhanced SAP (state advised burden of the interest quotient,” they do not have courage to price) of 360 per quintal for he added. debate on development works sugarcane procurement in Sukhbir said that the undertaken by the present Punjab, saying that the Congress Government’s apathy government in 48 months as Government was hell bent upon towards farmers could be seen compared to their 48 years driving farmers to suicide by from the fact that instead of tenure. refusing to come to their aid in announcing an enhanced SAP Addressing Jan Vishwas their time of dire crisis. above 310 per quintal, the Rally organised at Bhuna in SAD chief said that it was Government had failed to district Fatehabad, Manohar shocking that the Government announce any SAP at all. Lal said that they (opposition had not announced the SAP for “This has resulted in pri- leaders) should for themselves this year as was the standard vate sugar mills, which crush 70 compare the development practice during the entire 10 percent of the total sugarcane works that have been under- of Haryana, but the opposition and Rs 45 crore for 59 devel- year period of the SAD-BJP in the State, getting together taken during 48 months of the was unable to bear it. They opment works on Fatehabad government. and announcing through present State Government and would play political foul, mis- and Bhuna. Apart from this, During SAD-BJP tenure, advertisements that they will works undertaken during 48 lead people, but they do not whatever development pro- the Government used to not pay farmers as per the FRP of years. On this occasion, he have guts to debate on issues, jects would be forwarded to only ensure remunerative price Rs 275 per quintal only. This is announced development he added. him, all feasible works would to sugarcane growers but used a catastrophic development for works worth Rs 127 crore for He said that on forming be undertaken. He said that the to offset the loss suffered by pri- sugarcane farmers who face various development works in government again, the pace of State Government has no vate mills due to increased ruin in the face,” he said adding Ratia, Bhuna and Fatehabad. development would be further dearth of funds. Last year, SAP vis-à-vis the fair and that the SAD would not allow He said that during last accelerated. budget of Rs 1.15 lakh crore remunerative price (FRP) fixed this to happen, and the party four years, equitable develop- The Chief Minister was presented and the next by the Union Government, he will agitate alongside the farm- ment has been carried out in announced Rs 82 crore for 76 budget would be of more said. ers to demand an enhanced all 90 assembly constituencies development projects of Ratia amount, he added. He said that the SAD-BJP SAP. ( ) *+ ,- ./,0 5
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However a akistan’s Supreme Court on has detected signs that *9-.4**245 '*4% 2: $ 24, senior Turkish official said ear- PWednesday overturned the Pyongyang is preparing to &(- (.45*35*23(74,, & (.2 ournalist Jamal Khashoggi lier Wednesday that Saudi offi- conviction of a Christian allow international inspectors 2( 3;(/%.-4. &*2-4:*2-*$245 Jwas strangled as soon as he cials seemed “primarily inter- woman who was on death row to visit its nuclear and missile (2 $%<(' 3 4.3(<'4: entered the Saudi consulate in ested in finding out what evi- for eight years for blasphemy, test sites, Yonhap news agency ,)'(5*2 '*2% & 3*( (&: Istanbul and then dismem- dence Turkey had against the a landmark verdict that sparked reported on Wednesday. 4&&%$$*3(, *$ '**' &.* bered as part of a premeditat- perpetrators”. nationwide protests, death North Korean leader Kim /*.45) 5) 4%.1*1'($:' ed plan, Turkey’s chief prose- Jamal Khashoggi, was strangled “We did not get the impres- threats from hardline groups Jong Un has expressed his will- -$ 245($$ *3( '*,(& . O2 cutor said Wednesday, making to death immediately after sion that they were keen on and cheers from human rights ingness to have foreign experts *5 $(5&*( ($4%53 ;>?(9; details of the murder public for entering the Consulate General genuinely cooperating with the advocates. inspect the facilities, as part of the first time. The revelations of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul on investigation,” the official told Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old on-off negotiations on denu- #0&&$ came just hours after Saudi October 2, 2018 for marriage AFP on condition of anonymi- mother of four, was convicted clearisation. Arabia’s chief prosecutor left formalities,” said a statement ty. After arriving on Sunday, in 2010 after being accused of & "3, " At a Parliamentary audit 12+/ 4$* '(5@7"?? Istanbul, and the Turkish pros- from the office of Istanbul Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General insulting Islam in a row with (" , . on Wednesday, the South’s /43 *2'(*/**5,4%53 5( ecutor’s office said it was “oblig- chief prosecutor Irfan Fidan. Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb met with her neighbours. She always National Intelligence Service 9(22)$(* 5 $ (O2(AA( ed” to reveal the details after the “The victim’s body was Fidan twice, visited the con- maintained her innocence, but cution against the alleged blas- might be flown out of Pakistan (NIS) said it was “closely mon- -$4 5&*7 '*,4$9*$3*,(& 4 talks produced “no concrete dismembered and destroyed sulate and spoke with Turkey’s has spent most of the past eight phemy committed by the due to threat to her life. itoring” the &(- (.4, '* 2.(9 & ( * 7 results”. following his death by suffo- MIT intelligence agency. years in solitary confinement. appellant, the prosecution has It is not clear where she will Punggye-ri nuclear test facili- '*9*3 ($*-4$ *345 Gruesome reports in the cation - again, in line with He flew out of Istanbul on The apex court, in a three- categorically failed to prove its go as several countries, includ- ty and the Tongchang-ri mis- *35*23(; 5)9*3 &(. Turkish media had previously advance plans,” it added. Wednesday afternoon without member Bench led by chief jus- case beyond reasonable doubt,” ing Canada, have offered asy- sile launching ground for pos- 24%$&*27 '*-$41)4*$59*5 (.1 alleged that Khashoggi, a 59- “Despite our well-inten- making a public statement. tice Saqib Nisar, issued the ver- Nisar said. He said Bibi could lum to her. The timing of her sible inspections. ( (55*2-(-*$2( 3L '* year-old Washington Post con- tioned efforts to reveal the After initially insisting dict on Wednesday morning, walk free from jail in release has not been shared due “Signs have been detected /43 *2/*.45)*3 4& . (52 tributor critical of the power- truth, no concrete results have Khashoggi left the consulate three weeks after they had Sheikupura, near Lahore, to security reasons. She was that North Korea is doing '4'(3/**5: ..*3/ '* ful Saudi crown prince, had come out of those meetings.” unharmed, then saying he died reached the decision. immediately if not wanted in kept in Sheikhupura jail near some preparations and intelli- 2 $ :*24, '* 1.*3&4(. 45 been killed and cut into pieces Riyadh sent the head of its in a brawl during an interview The delay followed threats connection with any other Lahore. gence-related activity over a 45(AA(M; by a team sent from Riyadh to investigation to Istanbul this gone wrong, the Saudi regime by blasphemy campaigners to case. Bibi was the first woman Her case has been deeply possible visit by outside silence him. week seeking to draw a line has since admitted he was hold protests. who was given death sentence divisive in Pakistan where there experts,” a lawmaker who was %0-- “In accordance with plans under a crisis that has brought killed by a “rogue operation” “Keeping in mind the evi- under the blasphemy laws. is strong support for the con- briefed by the NIS was cited as - . . made in advance, the victim, near unprecedented scrutiny and arrested 18 people. dence produced by the prose- According to officials, Bibi troversial blasphemy laws. saying. AFP +/ .*(2 "-*4-.*7 5&.%3 5)2*5 4$)4*$59*5 (53 $94,, & (.27*$*: ..*3 2$(*.3*,*532 $%9- '*5(9 . ($'*. &4- *$ $ , 3 , <& &$(2'*33%* 4/(3*( '*$ 5 ! (9 325()4)%* $R '*$*) 45/4$3*$ 5) /* ( 5 ,)'(5 2 (5O2($('(53*$( ) 2'44 5)&$ & 29 ! 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F(,($ countries held talks here on list of 32,000 Rohingyas in after she angered President President Donald Trump. Sri Lankan Parliament next won’t sign a global compact to 4$-2 (9( %..(''(. .7M($(' repatriation of over 7,00,000 two phases, while Myanmar Rodrigo Duterte, said on Naftali Bennett, the Israeli week, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya’s promote safe 4*$54$O22-4:*2-*$245(2 $ displaced refugees who fled to said they verified 5,000 of Wednesday she will leave rather minister for diaspora affairs, office said on Wednesday, amid and orderly migration, citing *'$ 4.3 5*2; the neighbouring country fol- them. than face certain arrest and lauded Trump’s support for indications that a compromise concerns about national sov- lowing a military crackdown. According to media deportation. Israel and his denunciation of is being worked out to avoid a ereignty as it joined neighbor- P - A group of 12 Myanmar reports, Myanmar has sug- Sister Patricia Fox’s abrupt anti-Semitism, saying: “With showdown between the presi- refused to endorse the presi- ing Hungary in shunning the - . officials, including foreign sec- gested they could take back announcement came because President Trump, we never dent and ousted premier Ranil dent’s dismissal of agreement. 4 56)5/ O2.*)*53($ retary Myint Thu, visited the 2,000 refugees initially. immigration authorities have to worry if he has our Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe for former Conservative Chancellor *-.*$2-(&* *.*2&4-*'(2 crammed Rohingya camps in “From that 5,000, the first refused hours earlier to extend backs.” His comments late Speaker Jayasuriya held strongman Mahinda Sebastian Kurz took office last $* $*3(, *$$%55 5)4% 4,,%*. Bangladesh’s southeastern batch will be about 2,000 peo- her tourist visa and ordered the Tuesday came as Trump paid a emergency talks with President Rajapaksa. December in a 5**3*3,4$,%$ '*$2& *5&* Cox’s Bazar where they met the ple. And then a second batch 71-year-old out by Saturday. visit to Pittsburgh amid accu- Sirisena this evening to con- The attorney general coalition with the nationalist, 4-*$( 4527/$ 5) 5)(5*53 4( minority community leaders in will follow. So in mid- Fox, who has spent nearly sations that the president’s fiery vince him on the need to refused to give an opinion to anti-migration Freedom Party. -$4. , &5 5*1(531(1'(.,*($ the largest makeshift camp at November we will receive the three decades advocating for rhetoric had contributed to reconvene Parliament to try Jayasuriya over the sacking of Austria currently holds the 9 22 45 5' &' 3 2&4*$*3 Kutupalang in an effort to start first batch,” Thu told reporters. the Philippines’ poorest. the climate of violence. and end the current political Wickremesinghe, saying it European Union’s rotating 4*$ 7G??*4-.(5* 27249*4, impasse over the sacking of would be “deemed inappropri- presidency, and Kurz has made ' &'9('($/4%$. ,*7 '* Prime Minister ate”. Some political experts curbing unregulated migra- 2-(&*()*5&2( 3;( ( Wickremesinghe on last Friday. have opined that it is clear sign tion a priority. &4..*& *3,$49*-.*$O23**- The meeting came after that the attorney general con- The Global Compact for 2-(&*9 22 452 53 &( *24%$ Attorney General Jayantha siders the move as unconstitu- Safety, Orderly and Regular 2: 2, ..*3 '/ .. 4524, Jayasuriya on Wednesday tional. Migration, which isn’t legally -.(5* 2K 94$* '(5 '*2 ($2; binding, was finalized under UN auspices in July. It is due to be formally approved at a meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, from December 11-12. The Austria Press Agency reported that Kurz and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache said Austria won’t sign the document or send an offi- cial representative to Marrakech. ( ) *+ ,- ./,0 7 ,(&*/44:;&493( .- 45**$ J '*( . 45**$ 52 ()$(9;&493( .- 45**$ $$3'4$//#% 1 ! & ! !/ / ! $ R !) / /! $ $-4..% 45 2(-%/. &'*(. '*9*$)*5&; 53 (&(554 /*($ '*&42 4, 4*$59*5 (.(-( '(53 5(& 4545 '*294) '( 2: .. 5)%2 % %0 ( 8 9 * ! + * ( 7#( !8 (& P Q ( # ir pollution has been grabbing headlines. It has become a rou- * ( 3 < tine exercise for this public health 9 ! .39!/ emergency to appear every win- P Q ter. This year, however, there’s Asomething new: The World Health 3 * ( = Organisation (WHO) organised the first-ever $ .$ * / .=$*/ + > global conference on air pollution and health in Geneva from October 30 to November 1, 2018. Its central theme was to improve air quality, combat climate change 3 and save lives. Representatives of the Health ( and Environment Ministry, other national departments and inter-governmental agen- ( cies, health professionals and other sectors, including transport and energy, among oth- 3 ers from countries all over the world were a part of this conference. Research profession- als, academicians and civil society members " , also participated. The conference attempted ) ? * to bring together global, national and local partners to share knowledge and mobilise public health issue and take must start by immediately stop- five-year ‘clean air action plan’, + # + > action for cleaner air and better health. action against climate change. ping new investments in ‘dirty’ which led to a 33 per cent fall in # * On October 29, the WHO released a Diseases caused by air pollution coal. By adopting renewable PM2.5 levels in 74 key cities by report titled, ‘Air pollution and child health: will significantly reduce if glob- energy, India can also increase its 2017. Stricter emission stan- Prescribing clean air’, which estimated that al temperature rise is main- economy. According to a report dards and reduction of emissions @@AAA BCAA ( in 2016 over half a million children under five tained below two degrees Celsius released by the World Research from coal-fired power plants and (( ) ( years of age died from respiratory tract infec- as part of global climate action. Institute, meeting India’s ambi- other industries, made a major ( tions caused by breathing polluted air. Air pol- Fossil fuel burning in energy and tious target of generating 175 impact in helping China see clear lution is one of the leading threats to child transport sector is a major source GW of wind and solar power by skies. Earlier this year in July, health. Around 93 per cent of children below of toxic gases, particulate matter 2022 may generate, employ- China announced its second the age of 18 years live in areas with air pol- and carbon emissions. ment in construction, project clean air programme. , )() # 3 ( lution levels well above WHO’s prescribed air Steps to curb fossil fuel commissioning and design, busi- Having been pushed and 9 quality standards. emissions will not only reduce ness development, and opera- pressured by public and media, Another WHO report estimated that air pollution, but also curb tions and maintenance. the Ministry of Environment, * ( every year, the world witnesses close to 70 emissions of short-lived climate The Government needs to Forest and Climate Change had S ( million premature deaths due to air pollu- pollutants as well as long-lived accept that coal-fired power released a draft National Clean ( tion. It also reported that nine in 10 peo- CO2, impact of which has been plants are responsible for more Air Programme in April. ple breathe polluted air across the globe. severe on water and other nat- than 1, 00,000 premature deaths However, there are no signs of * According to a Greenpeace report, ural resources, agriculture, local per year and it must urgently act the programme being notified 7 ‘Airpocalypse II’, of the 280 cities in India weather and health. UN on it. If our Government is truly even after months of the draft =$* where air quality monitoring data is avail- Intergovernmental Panel on concerned, it will have to switch release. In December 2015, the able, 80 per cent have breached the National Climate Change report once from dirty energy sources, like Ministry of Environment had Air Quality Standards (NAQI). again confirmed that the threat coal, to future energy sources, notified all the coal-fired thermal # In 2016, WHO reported that worldwide, of climate change is intensifying like solar and wind. Similarly, in power plants to comply with the ambient air pollution accounts for 29 per cent and it can collectively be dealt 1 areas where the biggest cause of revised emission norms within of all deaths and disease from lung cancer; with by adopting the right ener- air pollution is the transport sec- two years, of which, the power 6 17 per cent of all deaths and disease from gy transition strategy. tor, India should implement plants took no notice for years, ( acute lower respiratory infection; 24 per cent Adopting clean energy is a rapid action plans towards dis- eventually missing the deadline. ( of all deaths from stroke; and 25 per cent of crucial step towards clean air. couraging private modes of Instead of taking strict action, the all deaths and disease from heart disease. Unlike what the premonitions transportation and incentivise or Ministry eased the deadline for DA . ( Impacts of air pollution are more severely felt suggest, combating air pollu- improve infrastructure for pub- implementation of emissions / 0 by women, children, older people and the tion is not difficult because the lic transportation. standards for thermal power " poor. Toxic air quality makes a pronounced measure to deal with it is as Comprehensive plans to plants by another five years. impact on unborn babies when pregnant clear as the impact it has had move away from combustion In the scenario explained # ( women are exposed to air pollution, signif- on the environment and the engine vehicles, particularly above, the world’s first glob- icantly increasing the risk of low birth people. Governments must diesel, to electric-powered pub- al conference on air pollution , weight. In China and India, people lose an bring about a significant F lic transport systems run on and health organised by average of four life-years to air pollution. change in their energy, trans- energy produced by renewable WHO is a lot more important Moreover, air pollution has also been found port, waste, and industrial sources within cities will ensure for India. This global action to potentially affect the mental health of peo- sector. Adoption of renew- clean air for all citizens. Should gives hope. I, along with mil- ple living in areas with poor air quality. able sources and phasing out we learn from China? China has lions of people in India, will 2 Climate change and air pollution are fossil fuels, like coal and diesel, announced its second clean air be waiting for strong action linked. Action for one will help tackle both. can make a huge difference. programme while India is still and steps taken by our The Paris Climate Agreement made one Replacing coal-fired thermal waiting for its first. Until a Government to ensure clean &!=/ $!! thing clear, climate change is a serious power plants with clean and decade ago, cities in China were and breathable air for all. 2 / & > threat to health and development of people. renewable energy solutions can the world’s most polluted ones. (The writer is senior commu- It is, therefore, imperative that we address this save many lives. To do so, we In 2013, China implemented the nication campaigner, Greenpeace) ) % # 6 / 3, ( '*43 4*$59*5 O2 *5**3 4:**- 59 53 -4$ $((.4,49*5 5 '*&45, 3*5&*4,-*4-.* /4( 4,&4$$%- 45 .. '*.*22452 '( *'(* & 5*9('(254 &'(5)*3; '( 3*& 2 452(53 54.45)*$2( ./*&(%2* .*($5 4*$ '*.(2 '(., ..54 &'(5)* .. 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The nation words had once said, “Every Despite his failing health itself to glorify the members of “India will forever be indebted will always be indebted to lead- Indian should forget he is a and age, Sardar Patel never lost the so-called first and royal 7 $ to Sardar Patel for his tireless ers like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rajput, Jat or Sikh. He is only the sight of the larger purpose of family, didn’t accord due recog- + S efforts to unite the Nation.” The for integrating small States into India he has all the rights but creating a united India. India nition to Patel whenever it % ( 182-metre tall Statue of Unity at one nation. with certain duties.” never recognised his contribu- remained in power at the Narmada Dam is a fitting trib- According to contemporary In all probability, India’s tion; he was only awarded Centre. + ute and recognition of his con- historians, he was a man of geography and its history would posthumously the Bharat Ratna Hemant Kumar % tribution to the Indian nation. strong conviction and moral have been dangerously different in 1991, 41 years of death in Via email R S R* 3 S Though Patel did not live character who played key role in without a man like him and his 1950. " ,&; long after Independence to fur- achieving cohesion and trust extraordinary contribution. He Ramesh G Jethwani 7)8)5 7961*2)1 , ther shape India’s destiny, he will amongst different castes and rightly had earned the title of Bengaluru ( ) *+ ,- ./,0 9 4 3 +(6 #( 63, #(
2 8,A $- 44 $ '*$*2%. 24,(2.41345 5 '**4.% 45 - . - %&& %& "* . * . 4, '*9 53 ../*3 2(2 $4%2 . * P -. * L . L. - - 6 ! ;! 8# ($ 9 &+, & E E 9S ( @F-A GA@C HA 2 6 ! /! $! O ! EE9 , S ( ( / ?(! ! !- ! ) > # # " , I 5 ? GA@- 8 = =8 ? . GA@C/ P6 ( ( 9 S ( (#: )23& J # ( + 9 , ( ashmir Valley is once again on the boil. 8 The reason is simple. Continued spell of peace and normalcy does not suit the nar- Q rative of the separatists as well as the , regional parties. Of late, they all are on 3 = # ( Kthe common page and are working together for their 3 " mutual benefit as they feel that their future is threat- ! ened. ‘Boycott politics’, which so far was the sole pre- 0 " serve of the terrorists, has now been embraced by , the regional parties as well. Peaceful conduct of urban % ( local bodies’ elections despite the best efforts of the + regional parties to subvert them has sent shock waves IS across their spine and left them dumbfounded. Feeling the loss of turf beneath their feet, they were ( looking for an opportunity to reverse the trend and ( put Kashmir once again on the boil. The Kulgam inci- dent was seized by them as an opportunity though * ( it was totally unjustified. The said incident, the State’s 1 Director General of Police said, was unfortunate but ; was a case of deliberate negligence by those who 1 , rushed to the ground zero even before the area was 7 1 # $ sanitised by the local police. But the self-seeker lead- ! ers of Kashmir lost no time in projecting ‘civilian 1 ) deaths’ as ‘civilian killings’ to add fuel to fire and also provide fodder to anti-national forces to drum it as being ignored?” The tendency of the false hopes and dreams to innocent main weapon. With the introduction of ! " S $ % % human rights violation. Kashmiri leaders to give a communal Kashmiris. They use the Kashmiris as can- Wahabi Islam, bewildered youth, fed up P How can civilian deaths due to utter self-negli- ; touch to those decisions of the non fodder for their own political gains. with repeated ‘Vada Khilafi’ (broken # ( gence be termed as civilian killings blaming the secu- Government which they perceive to be They fully realise that neither azadi nor promises), got attracted towards religion. " # rity forces for the same? To the contrary, the secu- anti-Kashmiri, irrespective of the senti- greater autonomy or self-rule will ever see Gradually, the Kashmiri society is shed- " Q rity forces’ personnel put their own lives in danger ; ments of the rest of the populace, is not the light of the day. Yet, they keep feed- ding Sufism and getting radicalised under ) P> to prevent collateral (collateral) damage. Rather than new. This includes major issues like citi- ing these narratives to the Kashmiris. This the growing influence of Wahabism. appreciating the security forces for their concern, the zenship to West Pakistan refugees, the dig- alienates them from the rest of the Pakistan ever since has not changed Kashmiri leaders lost no time in portraying them as nified return of Kashmiri Pandit commu- nation. While they continue to fill their its stance and in fact, upped the ante in G) villains and speaking in tandem with pro-Pakistani nity, issuance of Dogra certificate, extra- coffers with money and provide luxuri- order to relocate the terrorists from its Q # ( and separatist forces operating in the Valley. It was dition of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis, ous life and modern education to their own soil into Kashmir with the hope of also not surprising that no time was lost by the demand of CBI investigation for Rasana kith and kin, the common Kashmiri is winning over the Kashmiris by helping ) S dummy Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, rape and murder case, the establishment pushed towards a ‘gun culture’ and radi- them in their “struggle”. Unfortunately, in raising his voice. He tweeted: “Strongly condemn K of sainik colonies in Kashmir and discrim- cal madrasa education. the regional parties also use the Pakistan the new cycle of killings of innocent Kashmiris in ination against Jammu and Ladakh. While the disillusioned Kashmiris card to boost their political fortunes in 3 # IOK by Indian security forces. It is time India realised Urdu, which once used to be lingua look up to these leaders for their bright the quagmire of Kashmiri politics, it must move to resolve the Kashmir dispute ; franca, of late, is being portrayed as the future, they keep pushing them into gul- which unfortunately have also been rad- through dialogue in accordance with the UNSC res- language exclusively of Muslims. This ten- lies of darkness through bundles of false icalised with a very few nationalist ) olutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.” dency is very harmful and will damage the promises. The day these power brokers voices still surviving. The terrorism in No Kashmiri leader, however, condemned social fabric in the State because it also also start speaking the truth and accept Kashmir is no more confined to those " ( Pakistan for unleashing terror, leading to bloodshed E happens to be the official language of the the reality of Jammu & Kashmir being an seeking azadi. # and regular killing of innocent Kashmiris. Pakistan, State. The Urdu version of the Hindu holy integral part of India as enshrined in the One has to admit that terrorism in which has the worst human rights track record in scriptures which enjoyed universal accep- State’s Constitution, and convince the Kashmir today is driven by the ambition $ 3 the world, is the darling of the Valley leaders ignor- tance as magnum opus of behavioural and Kashmiris that all forms of struggle of creating Nizam-e-Mustafa or an exclu- # J 7 ing the fact that their own brethren in Pakistan spiritual knowledge was not necessarily against the might of the nation are futile, sive Muslim state governed by Sharia. , S Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (POJK) cry hoarse 24x7 meant to be read by Muslims only but also the problems will cease to exist. It would Regional parties have remained ambigu- P Q 7 P against the worst kind of state-sponsored violence by Hindus and Sikhs who preferred be naive to expect that it would happen ous on the subject thus adding to the con- unleashed on them. Sadly, people in Kashmir, mis- Urdu as their first language. In any case, overnight but a sustained effort to change fusion in the minds of the youth and rural E ( guided by the vested elements, have stopped to dis- the circular did not mention anything the mindset would be needed. society in Kashmir. By remaining ambiva- O 8 " ( tinguish between the destroyer and the saviour. about not buying other religious books Kashmir today is a victim of radical- lent, the regional parties want to retain the R S O ( Soon another non-issue was also grabbed by the whose Urdu version is also available. isation and numerous socio-economic option of running with the hare and hunt- Q 3 discarded Kashmiri leaders in a bid to further spoil Unfortunately, the administration issues. The vibrant multi-ethnic, multi-lin- ing with the hounds. P Q the atmosphere. The issue pertained to an adviso- buckled under the pressure and cancelled guistic and multi-cultural Kashmiri soci- If these parties remain embedded in ry issued by the education department to “consid- the circular thus strengthening the hands ety has turned into a monolith. The root the past, surrender the present to radical- P er purchasing a sufficient number of copies each of of the communal forces. It would have cause for this is the greed for power. The isation and continue to ignore the future " RS Urdu version of Shrimad Bhagwad-Gita and Koshur been better had the administration stuck zenith of this greed was the rigged elec- of Kashmiri awam, nothing fruitful can , ( Ramayana, authored by Shri Sarwanand Premi for to its decision and delivered another big tions in the State in 1987. Disenchanted happen. The regional parties and their making these available in schools/colleges and blow to the already sullied Kashmiri lead- and disgruntled by petty political games leaders have to shed their negativity as self- S # ( public libraries of the State”. A good-intentioned cir- ers who were sulking after the adminis- played to remain in power, the youth seekers. They need to emerge as genuine Q cular was converted into a communal issue when tration refused to fall prey to their time- revolted. Pakistan, which always casts an voices of the Kashmiris who are fed up of # ( Omar Abdullah, former Jammu & Kashmir Chief tested formula of ‘blackmail politics’ and evil eye on peaceful Kashmir, lost no ‘senseless violence’ and are yearning for , Minister, tweeted: “Why just the Gita and the went ahead to conduct the local bodies’ opportunity to fish in the troubled waters peace. The parties need to become the Ramayana? If religious texts are to be placed in and panchayat elections. and launched the so-called religious mil- torch-bearers of change in Kashmir. schools, colleges and Government libraries (and I’m The advocates of Kashmir being a itancy in Kashmir. It soon turned into a (The author is a Jammu-based polit- full-fledged Pakistan-sponsored proxy- ical commentator and strategic analyst. The & ' ( ) not convinced that they need/should be) then why ‘political issue’ are neither realists nor ide- is it being done selectively? Why are other religions alists. They live in a utopian world and sell war with cross-border terrorism as its views expressed are entirely personal) 0 / 4 ,)6,:,
human-made factors. The 2018 five per cent in 1960. Given the con- Nothing else can explain why India often movement of animals across Non-Timber Forest Produce Living Planet report prepared by the cerning situation, the WWF has does not have a solution to rising sink and source habitats, corridors (NTFP), fragmentation due to ille- WWF, highlighted that more than called for the drafting of an interna- instances of man-animal conflict. connecting them are crucial, and that gal timber and firewood collection, 4,000 mammal, bird, fish, reptile and tional treaty, on the lines of the 2015 The recent Odisha elephant deaths is what is largely missing in the for- diversion of forests for mining and amphibian species declined between Paris Agreement, to protect global are also an example of how India est reserves across India. The major a growing human population putting 1970 and 2014. The report observed wildlife. The WWF has urged the has collectively failed to protect its reason why wildlife corridors are pressure on pinch points in corridors, that various anthropogenic factors 196-member nations of the wildlife diversity. essential is because they allow the are some of the main threats faced &' are to be blamed for the decline in Convention on Biological Diversity Had the authorities in Odisha flow of healthy genes to take place, by tiger corridors in India. animal populations. (CBD) to consider a range of targets taken adequate measures, the State thereby ensuring a flourishing bio- India needs wildlife and associ- nthropogenic activities are The African elephants in at the CBD’s upcoming meeting in would not have lost 179 elephants to diversity. ated environmental biodiversity to gradually taking a steady toll Tanzania declined by 60 per cent in Egypt in late November. The WWF electrocution since 2009. This colos- Without forest corridors, our thrive as this alone can counter the -# Aon biodiversity and the pace just five years between 2009 and 2014 has also called for a deal to be struck sal wildlife loss has surprisingly not small protected areas will only end rising pollution levels and deteriorat- - - of destruction has picked up over the due to ivory poaching; whereas at the 75th United Nations General been registered on any quarter with- up being islands of conservation with ing ecology. The Government must past few decades. Extreme weather deforestation in Borneo, to create Assembly in 2020. But is it already in the successive Government estab- unviable populations that will be accord priority to wildlife and ensure 5)*.(*$:*.'(2345* '* conditions, triggered by climate timber and palm oil plantations, led too late? Only time will tell. lishments. Elephants have to make highly prone to extinction. It is also that the designated corridors that $ )' ' 5)/(554%5& 5) change, are now challenging the once to the loss of 100,000 orangutans But time is surely running out for do without healthy corridors to pass worth remembering that any tiger enable wildlife to safely migrate are strong wildlife ecosystem. Our plan- between 1999 and 2015. Similarly, wildlife in India. Recent deaths of through and, therefore, have to tra- corridor that is active today might given a Government protected sta- '( 2'*4%.32 *-4,, '* et needs a variety of plant and ani- the number of polar bears is also seven elephants in Odisha’s verse through human-occupied lands become inactive if the source forests tus. This will keep these corridors -4. &(.2 ()*'*5'*$ mal life in order to ensure that the expected to decline by 30 per cent by Dhenkanal district due to electrocu- in the process raiding crops and get- of such tigers suffer or decline. from disappearing. Yet another ini- *$9(2 *$9(502 environment and the nature have a 2050 as Arctic ice continues to melt. tion have once again brought to fore ting mobbed or even electrocuted. Those that have been inactive for tiative the Government must under- &'(5&*..4$*532 5 ? @; sustainable lifecycle. The bad news keeps getting the fact that India can no longer Corridors are crucial to wildlife years may reactivate if the health of take is to stop developmental activ- *$-4..$(5: 5)2'(* However, this very biodiversity worse. The WWF further revealed neglect its wildlife. The tragic inci- survivability as they are essentially the source forests improves. ities that are not backed by a plan- is now severely threatened. A new that eight million tonnes of plastics dent displays human apathy and habitat patches or links that connect The key is to protect the habitat ning and biodiversity impact report. ,(..*57(53@>1-.%2*($2 study by the World Wildlife Fund is entering the oceans, annually. scant disregard towards these beau- two source or sink habitats. Source of such forest corridors to maintain A healthy environmental biodiversi- ($*94$* '(5*54%)',4$ (WWF) has revealed that global This toxic plastic is finding its way tiful animals and the precious bio- habitats are those that provide good their sanctity and existence. And that ty is incomplete without a robust (5-4. &(..*(3*$; 53 '* wildlife populations have fallen by 60 to the stomachs of seabirds. diversity in India. food and shelter for a viable popu- is where India is failing. The rapid wildlife ecosystem. Hence, the same /*2 .*(3*$2($* '42*'4 per cent in the past four decades due According to WWF estimates, near- The ‘man first’ attitude has lation to thrive. Sink habitats are sub- development of linear projects such must be protected and preserved. :54'*5 02 9* 4* ; to accelerating pollution, deforesta- ly 90 per cent of seabirds have plas- spelt doom for wildlife elsewhere in optimal habitats that allow for small as road, railways and canals, and for- (The writer is an environmental tion, climate change and other tics in their stomachs, compared to the world and more so in India. populations to thrive. Since there is est fires usually caused by humans for journalist) ( ) *+ ,- ./,0 ;
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(:'($-4$(7%3)(9(53 ( '9(34,(< 57%.(9( over keys of 192 flats, built for The anti-tunnel drive is n an unexpected develop- families of fishermen, whose currently going on across three '* 4,, &*$2( 33%$ 5) '*(5 1 %55*.3$ ****$& 2** $( ment, veteran actor Anupam homes were destroyed due to &(% 45 4*52%$*4%$<((52($*54 ($)* *3/ '*(: 2 (5(5)*$2 I districts of Jammu, Samba and %2 5)N25 -*$2O Kher has resigned as chairman floods in various villages in Kathua and expected to cover of the Pune-based Film and Thiruvananthapuram district. most vulnerable stretches to Television Institute of India The ‘Prathiksha’ (Hope) rule out the possibility of pres- helping infiltrators to reach perform anti-tunnel drive to (FTII), citing his preoccupation apartment complex, built at ence of any cross border tunnel. ! ')#'" ,3 4 3 Kashmir Valley via Jammu after timely detect presence of any with international profession- nearby Muttathara, will reha- For this special drive, the /, " " 3 ," picking them from near the small or big cross border tun- al assignments. bilitate the families who were BSF has deployed its trained " / International border. According nel in the area”. Kher (63) who had on rendered homeless by ea erosion man power along with range of to them at least four to five The BSF officer said during Tuesday sent his resignation 55 )5)+7# and rough seas in Valiyathura, equipment to detect presence of He said, “Ever since Border,” he added. batches of infiltrators were fer- the anti-tunnel drive we exer- letter to Union Minister for 87 6 ?67 7556 Cheriyathura and other fishing underground tunnel in the area. instances of use of cross border The entire security grid in ried in trucks to Kashmir Valley cise extra caution to ensure our Information & Broadcasting 8 7 52 ) villages here. The first-of-its- In the past, the Pakistan tunnel have come to light BSF the region was alarmed in the via the same route. jawans are not targeted by the Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, . 715); 87 6)+ kind project has been con- Rangers have attempted to has adopted this practice of car- second week of September Even the National Pakistan Rangers using ‘snipers’. announced his resignation on 9 ;;2*$+ 2+ ); structed by the state push infiltrators through cross rying out routine searches in 2018, following arrest of Investigation Agency (NIA) The BSF officer said threat his Twitter handle on 15 75)5651 5 Government under Mission border tunnel across Samba the area”. Mohammad Iqbal of which is carrying out the probe is always there but morale of our Wednesday. )5P 1+2 1 ) LIFE (Livelihood Inclusion and and Hiranagar sectors of “The ongoing drive is also Pakharpora, Budgam and Riaz in the case had recently visited jawans remain high. A BSF “It has been an honour, a ) 5+ * 52 Financial Empowerment) which Jammu frontier. part of the ongoing routine Ahmad of Hajin, Pulwama. forward border areas across head constable Narendra Kumar privilege & a great learning 2 ) 5 1 envisages a comprehensive Inspector General of BSF, exercise. We have deployed The duo was picked up by Hiranagar sector and searched was abducted and tortured by experience to be the Chairman 7 65)5* 5:)+ housing scheme for all the land- Jammu frontier, Ram Awtar our men and machinery on the the State police from an houses of some of the local vil- the Pakistan Rangers before he of the prestigious three years more. Given the less and homeless in the State. told The Pioneer, “a massive ground zero to check every encounter site near Jhajjar Kotli lagers to track down the possi- was killed on September 18, @FTIIOfficial. But because of assignment it would not be fair Each flat has two bed- anti-tunnel drive is being car- inch of our territory. We can- on September 12, 2018. ble route of infiltration used by 2018. His dead body with tell my international assignments I to me, the students and man- rooms, a hall, a kitchen and a ried out on ground zero across not lower our guard, we are on During their interrogation the heavily armed infiltrators. tale signs of torture was recov- won’t have much time to devote agement team, for me to hold lavatory. The complex also has Jammu frontier to rule out the high alert 24x7 to prevent any Riaz Ahmad, truck driver and A senior BSF officer super- ered by the BSF from the for- at the institute. Hence decided a position of such responsibil- amenities like a library, com- possibility of presence of any kind of infiltration bid from his accomplice Mohd Iqbal, vising the ongoing drive told ward area of Ramgarh sector in to send my resignation. Thank ity, without being actively munity hall and sanitation cross border tunnel in the area”. across the International had revealed that they had been reporters on ground zero, “We Samba sector. you,” the actor tweeted. involved in the operations,” facilities, constructed at a cost Earlier on Tuesday, Kher Kher added. of 2.5 crore. had stated in his resignation let- He went onto request the It will also help relocate ter: “The decision has not I&B Ministry to accept his fishing families living in areas R R come without considerable resignation and in the notice close to the sea. Situated on 3.5 thought of the responsibilities period scout for someone suit- acres, these 24 units of eight expected of me vis-a-vis the able to take over the charge flats each were constructed at time I have at my disposal to from him. a cost of 20 crore. execute them. At the time Kher thanked the FTII “The apartment complex $ R when I was officially staff, teachers and students for in Muttathara is the best flat approached by former I&B their appreciation during my complex so far constructed for Minister Smriti Irani to be tenure as chairman. “As an fisherfolk”, Vijayan said in a . -- DMK chief. appointed as the chairman, I individual you can always reach tweet. The fishing families ren- As on Wednesday, the %0%) did share with her that I was out to me,” he added. dered homeless in the 2016 sea AIADMK has the support of due to be stationed in the US It may be recalled on erosion at Veliyathur and those tage is set for crucial by-elec- 116 MLAs while the Opposition nearly six months for an inter- October 11 last year, Kher — who had lost their homes in Stions from 20 Assembly DMK has an effective strength = national show”. who has featured in more than rough seas since 2012 and constituencies in Tamil Nadu, of 97. If the DMK counts the “The latest news now is 500 films and acted in 100-odd were forced to live in schools the results of which could sus- support of Dhinakaran, the nmistakably annoyed over that the show has been given a plays — had replaced Television turned into relief camps are tain or mar the Edappadi strength of the Opposition Uthe BJP and the JD(U) further extension of four actor Gajendra Chauhan as the beneficiaries of the project. Palaniswami-led AIADMK would go up to 97. There are announcing their seat sharing months. This translates into me FTII chairman. Earlier, The foundation stone for Government. reports that four MLAs from the without taking him into confi- being stationed in the US for Chauhan’s appointment had the complex was laid by the Speaking to reporters at AIADMK are ready to cross dence and angry over being nearly nine months between resulted unrest among the stu- chief minister last year. Madurai on Wednesday, over to the Dhinakaran camp side-lined in the NDA, Union 2018 and 2019 and then a dents in the Pune-based film Fisheries minister J Mercykutty, Amma Makkal Munnetra The MLAs, owing alle- which would bring down the Minister and RLSP chief similar period of minimum of institute in June 2015. presided over the function. Katchi leader TTV Dhinakaran giance to Dhinakaran and VK numbers in Palaniswami’s camp Upendra Kushwaha on said the 18 MLAs who were Sasikala, the jailed aide of for- to 112. The DMK camp would Wednesday claimed that Chief disqualified by the Speaker mer Chief Minister J get strengthened by these four Minister Nitish Kumar didn’t under the provisions of the Jayalalithaa had challenged the legislators. want to continue in the office 3 ! anti-defection law would con- Speaker’s order in the Madras If the AIADMK fails to win after 2020. What he didn’t say test the by-polls as and when High Court which dismissed at least six seats in the bypolls, that he was a claimant for that the Election Commission of their petition by a 2-1 verdict. the Government is certain to office after 2020 Assembly polls. 2'< 4.39*'*3 354 India hold them. Though there were reports come down in a vote of confi- Addressing a meeting of his (5 4&45 5%*(532( 3 ! Last week the Madras High that the disqualified legislators dence. party here Kushwaha, who a '*$*4%.3/*(&(5& 5 Court had upheld the Speaker’s would approach the Supreme For Palaniswami to breathe day earlier had a meeting with ? ?;;;*2( 3 (2( $% ' decision to disqualify all the 18 Court challenging the High easy, the AIADMK should have some BJP leaders in New Delhi, (5354 (-4. &(.) 99 &:;;; MLAs who had met the then Court verdict, Dhinakaran set the support of a minimum of claimed that Nitish himself (954 (2: 5),4$' 2 Governor C Vidhyasagar Rao at rest all such speculations and 130 legislators in the House had expressed desire not to con- $*2 )5( 45;% ,'*34*254 stonian Ambassador to in August 2017 and handed announced that they would which means the ruling party tinue after completing 15 years (5 4&45 5%*54/43&(5 EIndia Riho Kruuv called on over letters withdrawing their face the bypolls. should pocket 18 of the 20 seats in office. Nitish became Chief ,4$&*' 9 4&($$45; '* Assam Governor Prof Jagdish support to the Palaniswami The Tamil Nadu Legislative at stake. Tamil Nadu’s political Minister of NDA in 2005 when -*4-.*4, '($ ..3*& 3* Mukhi in Raj Bhavan on Government. The then Assembly has a total strength observers point out that this is Kushwaha was in his company '4 ../* '* Wednesday and expressed his Governor had forwarded the of 234 but 20 seats have fallen the first time in the State’s his- and enjoying confidence. 4 desire to export the famed letters to the Speaker who by an vacant due to the disqualifica- tory a ruling party is facing a Kushwaha said, “Nitish ji Assam tea directly to Estonia. executive order disqualified tion and demise of two MLAs, precarious position like the told me that he did not want to Kruuv, who is on a tour of the MLAs after the due process. including M Karunanidhi, the present one. continue and said there would Assam and Northeast India be vacancy in 2020.” He said it States, also discussed with the was a truth and not a political Governor a gamut of issues, -! gimmick. “I am not asking for including information tech- his resignation. But if he does nology, tourism etc. ! 9*9 not want to continue nobody Hailing the sprawling tea can force him to carry on. The gardens in Assam and their 2 :&! people of Bihar will decide who products the taste of which is will be the CM,” he added. second to none, the Estonian It is an open secret that Ambassador desired that Kushwaha has his eyes on CM’s Assam tea should directly be he Maharashtra chair despite the fact that he exported to Estonia. He also 2 45 (5 9/(22(34$(.24*-$*22*3' 23*2 $* 42** '*4 . TGovernment on commanded strength of three said bilateral relations between $*2*$*2 5 22(9(534,,*$*3 4*5 *$ 5 4/ .( *$(.()$**9*5 ' Wednesday declared drought MPs, now only two after Arun Estonia and Assam can be 22(9 4*-(53 '*-($(9* *$24,/ .( *$(.$*.( 452 54 .2*& 4$ in 151 talukas in 26 of total 36 Kumar deserted him, and just expanded in the areas of infor- (2*.. districts in the State. As per a two MLAs. His condition of want a berth in the Nitish mation technology and said 2 45 (5*54(.242**9*3 4/*(*2 $%&:2** 5) '*-$ 2 5* Government order, 112 talukas projecting him as CM by Cabinet but a reply from the that Estonia can put its exper- 4%$ 29(532( 3 '( '* ( *O2 4%$ 29&(5/** *52 *.%2*3 4 are facing severe drought and Mahagathbandhan has already NDA why his party was left tise for the promotion and ,(& . ( *-*4-.* 4-*4-.*&45 (& /* **5 53 ((532 45 ( 39 talukas a moderate drought. been turned down by the RJD. out. “I am ready for sacrifice as expansion of IT and IT enabled The 26 districts comprise He was also unhappy that suggested by the BJP but I want services in Assam. eight districts each in the his party was not accommo- to know why RLSP was ignored The Estonian Ambassador food processing, tourism etc extensively used to facilitate Vidarbha and the Marathwada dated in the Nitish Cabinet and no leader of NDA said any- also expressed his desire to see have vast potentials and Estonia people to people contact regions, five districts in North when he realigned with the BJP thing,” he asked. the oil reserves in Assam and can convince its companies to between India and Estonia. Maharashtra, four districts in and formed the Government. In this pretext it is still very offered to enter into bilateral invest in these sectors for the Prof Mukhi also acknowledged western Maharashtra and The LJP got its representation difficult to predict which way agreement with Assam to mutual benefits of both Assam the Estonian envoy’s gesture of Palghar district in the coastal with the inclusion of Pashupati Kushwaha would go. expand the parameters of bilat- and Estonia. visiting Assam as he said that Konkan region. Kumar Paras, who was also He had met Tejashwi Yadav eral relations in oil sector as well. The Estonian envoy also both the geographical entities Among all 26 districts, the made an MLC but RLSP was on Friday last though he clar- Prof Mukhi drew the seemed to be awestruck seeing should keep working to moderate and severe drought simply ignored. ified later that it was not he but Estonian Ambassador’s atten- the pristine tourism and said strengthen bilateral relations overlap in many talukas. Kushwaha said he did not Yadav who came to meet him. tion that the sectors including that the State’s tourism can be for the mutual benefits. ! 2 .7
Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday said terrorism in Kashmir cannot be wiped out by killing ter- rorists but by bringing them back to the mainstream. Talking of Pakistan’s role in fanning ter- rorism in the State, the Governor said the neighbouring country wants J&K to remain disturbed, but its designs keep failing as they did recently during the recent municipal polls. “Terrorism cannot be wiped out by killing militants. More of them will keep join- ing terror groups. They will keep attacking police and security forces which will, in turn, fire bullets, not bouquets. And they will die in the process,” he said. “We do not want them to die. We want them to leave the gun culture and come back to the mainstream,” he added. Malik made the remarks while talking to reporters on the sidelines of a Power Department function. PTI 1 " . 2 ( ) *+ ,- ./,0 <
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engal Chief Minister BMamata Banerjee contin- ounting pressure on ued to attack the BJP Mthe Narendra Modi Government for peddling false Government on the issue of promises and doing nothing for Ram Mandir, RSS Joint General the people of India in the past Secretary Manmohan Vaidya five years. on Wednesday said the Centre Continuing from where she should enact a law to acquire had left on Tuesday accusing the the land and hand it over for saffron outfit for creating divi- the construction of Ram tem- sion among the people for nar- ple at Ayodhya. E4 5 *5*$(. *&$* ($ The RSS leader said the row political gains the Chief Following up on RSS chief (594'(5( 3(2( 3 '* issue was no more limited to Minister on Wednesday said the chief Mohan Bhagwat’s *5 $*2'4%.3*5(& (.( 4 Hindus and Muslims or a tem- BJP — read Prime Minister Vijayadashami rally exhorta- (&A% $* '*.(53(53'(53 ple or a mosque, but about the Narendra Modi — promised tion to the Modi Government 4*$,4$ '*&452 $%& 454, restoration of the pride of the achchhe din (good days) to the “to clear the path for con- (9 *9-.*( 43'( country. “The Government people but delivered hatred and struction of a grand temple '* .*(3*$2( 3 '* 22%* should now fulfill the promise stifling price hike making peo- through appropriate and req- (25494$*. 9 *3 4 made in 1994,” he added. ple’s lives miserable. uisite law”, Vaidya rooted 53%2(53%2. 924$( Vaidya’s remarks came two “During the elections they strongly for early construction *9-.*4$(942A%*7/% days after the Supreme Court come back with tall promises of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya (/4% '*$*2 4$( 454, '* noted that an appropriate bench but after that they forget you “Ram temple is a matter of -$ 3*4, '*&4%5 $;L '* would start hearing the matters and their promises,” Banerjee national pride and glory. Just like 4*$59*5 2'4%.354,%., .. relating to the Ram told in a meeting at Jalpaiguri Sardar Patel got Somnath tem- '*-$49 2*9(3* 5@!!O7M Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dis- in North Bengal attacking the ple rebuilt, the government '*(33*3 pute from January 2019. The BJP for befooling the people in should acquire the land and delay in the start of hearing has the name of achchhe din. hand over it for Ram temple razed to build the Babri Masjid. triggered demands within the “They spoke about Acchhe Kevadiya: Standing on Sadhu - .$ )6+ , 3 construction. The Government The Congress had said all RSS and ruling BJP for a law for Din before the elections but Bet, an islet near Sardar Sarovar should make law for that,” parties should abide by the an early construction of the after that they only gave you sti- Dam, the ‘Statue Of Unity’ in $ Lucknow: Remembering Vaidya said. Vaidya recalled as court verdict. The BJP too has temple on the disputed site. fling inflation, petro-price hike Narmada district of Gujarat is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his P to how the Somnath temple maintained that it would Responding to repeated and violence. These were any- expected to be a major tourist Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party 137 birth anniversary, Chief came to be re-constucted in 1951 respect the verdict of the court. questions on Ram janmab- thing but achchhe din which attraction. (BSP) chief Mayawati slammed Minister Yogi Adityanath said '" during the tenure of former “The court has said a hoomi-Babri masjid issue, should have come through It was inaugurated by the BJP and Union that if Dr BR Ambedkar was Deputy Prime Minister and mosque is not mandatory for Vaidya said, “Our position is work and not tall talks,” the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government for trying to sully the father of Indian Lucknow: With an eye on the Home Minister Sardar namaz and the prayers can be known now The sarsanghcha- Chief Minister maintained. Wednesday. Believed to be the the image of a tall leader like Constitution, Sardar Patel was dominant OBC community’s Vallabhbhai Patel. “It was a mat- performed on the streets as lak (RSS chief) has already said. Raising once again the world’s tallest monument, it is Sardar Patel and naming ‘Statue the architect of Indian Kurmi votebank ahead of ter of national pride,” he said. well. Besides, namaz is not Nothing needs to be added”. NRC issue and attacking the expected to attract around of Unity’ — which was inau- Republic. 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Talking to mediapersons accepted if it is performed on Addressing the RSS cadres BJP for igniting social tension 10,000 tourists daily, a State gurated in Gujarat on At a function in Lucknow the Samajwadi Party on after Bhagwat inaugurated a a forcibly acquired land. The at the RSS headquarters in in India, Banerjee said, “Instead Government official said. Wednesday — a ‘foreign name’. on Wednesday, Yogi and Wednesday organised a func- three-day All India working court has also said that this Nagpur on the occasion of of invoking their promised At 182 metres, the statue of “Like Dr Ambedkar, Sardar Governor Ram Naik paid flo- tion to celebrate the 143rd committee meeting at (acquiring of land) was not a Vijayadashami on October 18, achchhe din, in Assam they are India’s first Home Minister Patel was one who worked for ral tributes to Sardar Patel and birth anniversary of Sardar Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini religious deed,” Vaidya said. Bhagwat had charged that there attacking the Bengalis and in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is the unity and integrity of India. flagged off ‘Run For Unity’. Patel across the State on at Uttan in the neighbouring “Now, we have the evi- was “an obvious game-plan” of Gujarat they are beating the twice as tall as the Statue of But in the mad race to reap Governor Ram Naik then Wednesday. The SP mobilised Thane district, Vaidya remind- dence... Also, this issue has long a few elements to stall the judg- Biharis. India belongs to all Liberty in the US. political mileage, the BJP inau- administered oath of serving its Kurmi leaders to address ed the Modi dispensation about been pending in the court ment on the Ram Mandir issue Indians. Why should anyone be Built with cement, steel gurated his statue and draped the nation for unity and integri- meetings in districts with the “promise” made in 1994 to without a decision. The issue is by presenting various newer afraid while living away from and an outer bronze cladding, the great leader in a cloak of ty, to the assemble youth and significant concentration of the Supreme Court that it now only that of acquiring the interventions in the judicial one’s home State.” “Bengal the statue, which has cost Rs regionalism,” she said. audience. Kurmi population. would be on the side of the land and handing it over for the process. He, however, stressed belongs to everyone. We will 2,989 crore, has several attrac- “If the BJP really loved Patel, The CM said people taking Heightened activity in SP Hindu community if any evi- construction of the temple. that the construction of Ram never allow them to create rift tions for tourists. why they had not put up a stat- oath of country’s unity and to protect its Kurmi votebank dence was found of a pre- The Government should make temple was necessary from the among the people of Bengal,” The nearest major town is ue earlier in Gujarat where they integrity should follow the path is also prompted by the mega existing temple before it was a law for that,” Vaidya said. self-esteem point of view. she added. Vadodara, 100 km away. were in power for a long time,” shown by Sardar Patel and event of unveiling of Sardar PTI the BSP chief asked. PNS work to serve the nation. PNS Patel statue in Gujarat. PNS : ! *,
= Supreme Court rejected his “My supporters and public will bail. Shahabuddin again teach him a lesson in the next espite his conviction in two accused Nitish saying he was election,” he had said before Dcases and now getting life behind cancellation of his bail. going back to jail. sentence by the Supreme Court, Mohammad Shahabuddin con- tinues to hold his influence on the family of Lalu Prasad and his position in the RJD. The Siwan strongman is still a member of the most related to the murder of two important national executive of sons of Siwan based trader the RJD, a privilege he was Chandrakeshwar Prasad alias granted by party supremo Lalu Chanda Babu by bathing them Prasad only a couple of years in acid apparently at the behest back when he was still in jail. of former MP in 2004. Last week when Tejashwi From 1990 till 2004 he Prasad Yadav resumed his yatra was running a parallel govern- from Siwan he first paid obei- ment in Siwan during which a sance at Shahabuddin’s ances- lot of people including workers tral home at Pratappur at the of CPI(ML), BJP, policemen outskirts of Siwan and called on and other were murdered. But his wife and father there. This his wings were clipped when happened just days before the Nitish Kumar came to power in apex court’s order. 2005 and since then he is in jail. But no leader of RJD is When he came out of ready to speak on the convic- Bhagalpur jail on bail on tion and its impact on their September 7, 2016, dozens of party. Shahabuddin’s wife Hena SUVs followed him down to Shahab reacting on the court’s Patna and he told newsmen order said, “We respect judi- that Nitish was a chief minis- ciary but its order is not final. ter by chance. Shahabuddin When he will complete life faced 75 criminal cases at dif- term we will appeal again. We ferent places of which he was will fight with the support of acquitted in 20 and convicted the people.” Hena contested in 10 cases while 45 cases are Lok Sabha polls unsuccessful- still pending against him. ly from Siwan on RJD ticket in His utterances against 2009 and 2014. Nitish created bitterness The Supreme Court between two allies JD(U) and retained the high court order of RJD. Only 23 days later on life imprisonment in the case September 30, 2016, the ( ) *+ ,- ./,0 =
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PM Modi and FM 4)* '*$.*(3 5) 53 (5(53 5 *$5( 45(.2 **.9(<4$2 43*/( *(24, TCS violated provisions of Mistry’s removal from the way Mistry was removed from Arun Jaitley to spell out the play havoc with the autonomy Jaitley after their monumental *5'(5& 5)2 **.-$43%& 45(53$*(&' 5) '* ($)* 22* / '* 53%2 $; Companies Act, RBI rules and board of TCS as also as the the chairmanship of Tats Sons emergency which is making the of the Reserve Bank of India. mismanagement of Economy -(2!@P3 3*537' )'*2 5.(2 O*($2 1>@/'*. more importantly, Tatas’ own chairman of TCS and Tata and also as the director of TCS, government “take recourse “What is the over-riding are undermining the central '*'($( *(.*& $ &(.2 9 *3'(2-( 3(, 5(.*A% articles of association, RoC, Sons.” violated the relevant legal pro- ostensibly” to the never-used emergency which is impelling Bank which has credibility and 3 3*534,"@-*$&*5 ,4$ '*, 2&(. ?@ 1@L; ' ' 27 '* 4 (. Mumbai said in an RTI reply, The denial by the Tatas visions under the Companies Section 7 of the RBI Act. this Government to take people’s trust,” he said. 3 3*53-( 3,4$ '**($2 (532( !@-*$&*5 745 '**5'(5&*3*A% a charge that the Tatas have comes after PTI reported earli- Act, 2013; the Reserve Bank The provision empowers recourse ostensibly to Section Congress treasurer Ahmed 2'($*&(- (.-42 /45%27 5&.%3 5)(5 5 *$ 93 3*534,O?-*$&*5 7 vehemently denied. er in the day quoting an RTI rules governing NBFCs; and the government to issue direc- 7. We have not heard any Patel said that on Sardar Patel’s -( 3*($. *$; Citing the NCLT order of (right to information) reply more importantly the rule 118 tions to the Reserve Bank of explanation from the birth anniversary, “the insti- August, which dismissed from Uday Khomane, the assis- of the articles of association India after consultation with Government so far,” Congress tutional undermining of the "C%, Mistry’s petition challenging tant registrar of companies (AoA) of Tata Sons, the parent the RBI Governor on issues spokesperson Manish Tewari RBI is a betrayal to his legacy.” '* 53 ( 5 *$5( 45(. $(3*( $7 4/*'*.3,$494*9/*$@O 4 7 his removal, Tata Sons said all (RoC), Mumbai to the Shapoorji of the diversified Tata group, that it considers serious and of told reporters. “Several institutions suc- ../$ 5) 4)* '*$L??-($ & -(5 2,$49($ 4%22 ( *)4*$59*5 the requisite processes under Pallonji Mistry Group. which is registered as an NBFC public interest. This section has Former finance minister P cessive governments helped 3*-($ 9*5 27349*2 &(53 5 *$5( 45(.&49-(5 *2 '$%$(.($ 2(527 the Companies Act were fol- The Tatas also denied a ref- with the monetary authority. never been invoked before. Chidambaram claimed that build over last 70 yrs are being &$(, 29*5(53 *5 $*-$*5*%$2;5 $4, '* 2 4$2 ../*45. lowed in removing Mistry as erence in the RTI reply that said PTI has seen a copy of the Slamming the government the NDA dispensation is “hid- systematically dismantled by '$4%)' ( *4@7 ( *4L(53 ( *4@?; '* 5 (.,4%$3(2($* the group chairman and also repeated reminders from the RTI reply from RoC which is over the issue, the Congress ing facts” about the economy present government in just 5 ,4$ '*/%2 5*22 2 4$2;5 $$( *2,4$/%2 5*223(2-*$-*$245 .. from the board of group crown RoC did not elicit the desired based on the assessment of the alleged that the BJP dispensa- and is “desperate”. years. Their inherent objective /*Q"??D2*(245 &:* 1Q@L??; &:* -$ &*245**:*532(53-%/. & jewel Tata Consultancy response from the Tatas in documents furnished by the tion is “hiding facts” about the “We did not invoke Section is to extinguish any kind of '4. 3(2-*$(3%. ../*Q@ ?(53QG?,4$&' 3$*5;5**:3(2 '* Services (TCS). getting all the documentary Tatas in the aftermath of the economy and is hell-bent upon 7 in 1991 or 1997 or 2008 or autonomy beyond their realm. &:* -$ &* ../*QG?,4$(3%. 2(53QO?,4$&' .3$*5;5. 5* &:* “The respective board of evidence for their action of boardroom coup on October “destroying” every institution 2013. What is the need to The existence of this govern- /44: 5)(532(.*4,*5 $ &:* 2 ../*(( .(/.*( GG2*.*& 9* $4 directors acted as per the pro- sacking Mistry. 24, 2016 dismissing Mistry as on which India stands. invoke the provision now? It ment is a grave challenge to 2 ( 452*&*- '*$()( ( 3(5* $4 ( 45;( $ 9 5)2R!;>?(9 vision of the Companies Act as “Neither TCS nor Tata the group chairman. Congress chief Rahul shows that government is hid- democracy,” he said on Twitter. 4 ;>?-973( .; well as in compliance of the Sons had received any com- The report offers an inter- Gandhi said “the systematic ing facts about the economy and Referring to a statement articles of association of the munication from the RoC, nal view of the RoC, which destruction of India’s institutions is desperate (sic),” he tweeted. issued by the government, which . - $ 4 - company. This was subse- Mumbai, regarding any non- interestingly is totally opposite is nothing short of treason”. Congress leader Anand said extensive consultations on '*5 45 5 2 *$4, quently approved by both the compliance of their demand in of the view taken by the Without directly mention- Sharma alleged that in its dying several issues take place between 452%9*$ ,,( $27 shareholders of Tata Sons and this regard,” the statement from National Company Law ing the RBI, Gandhi said, days, the government has it and the RBI from time to time, 443(53%/. & TCS the NCLT has also con- Tatas said. Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai in “Ironic that a statue of Sardar embarked on a mission to Chidambaram said if it con- 2 $ /% 45(9 firmed that the process followed The Shapoorji Pallonji August, when it dismissed the Patel is being inaugurated, but “destroy institutional frame- tained the truth alone, why was .(2(2(57 for removal of Mistry was valid Mistry Group, which owns Mistry petition challenging his every institution he helped work painfully built over it necessary to issue the state- (39 5 2 *$*3 '* and accordance with law,” a Tata 18.4 per cent in Tata Sons, had dismissal. build is being smashed.” decades”. ment? N(2' $ (: ( .*3)*O 4(.. '* 4,, & (.2(532 (,, 9*9/*$24, '* 3 ?4 9 5 2 $45 '*4&&(2 454,N(2' $ (: ( (2O( $ 2' '((5 5 **.' ;(2(5.(%3*3 '*$4.*4, ($3($(..(/''( ( *. 5 give shape to their evil designs. kets in 2014 (latest report) so that consumers insist for bills -$*2*$ 5) '*%5 (53 5 *)$ 4, '*5( 45(53*'4$ *3**$45* 4 Some of the items that is with 6,096 crore loss to the for every item they purchase. $*9*9/*$ '*)$*( .*(3*$ 5(..' 2).4$; n a startling revelation it has being counterfeited and doing government exchequer. The renowned event will be Icome to the fore that illicit a thriving business in India “Illicit trade in smuggled, fifth in annual feature early next . - $ .- - trade is also one of the aspect jeopardising the citizens’ lives counterfeit and pirated goods is month. This year, MASCRADE '* *2*.,($* 224& ( 45KO (5$(:2' :(O74$)(5 2*3( in fueling to energise the terror are medicines, motor ports, a major threat to the economies. as its commonly called, is striv- -$4)$(99*45 (&'''($( /' (5( ($:( 5**.' 45 machines. A study by an Indian liquors and cigarettes, the It damages legal business, caus- ing to bring in the best minds & 4/*$>?; '*(224& ( 45O2-$*2 3*5 (5<** ((5<(572*5 4$ &* business chamber has estab- FMCGs like cosmetics and es huge financial losses, com- from the field of policy making, -$*2 3*5 2 (53'( (5(-( '(53 (5<%( *$ (7(534 '*$9*9/*$2 lished that the world’s largest toothpastes and packaged food promises the safety of the con- law, brand protection, industry, *$*-$*2*5 ; '*-$4)$(99*2((5(($*5*22 (.:45(2 *7*1(2 * and most notorious terrorist products. The packaged food sumers and leaves a gaping hole ace head on,” said Anil Rajput, passage of time, instead of enforcement agencies and 9(5()*9*5 (533*9452 $( 454,(2 *&49-42 5)7 52 (..( 454, organisations are relying on the industry lost an estimated Rs in the exchequer. The Chairman, FICCI Cascade. being contained, it is, infact, media, among others to find a 3%2 / 52,4$(2 *2*)$*)( 45(53(-.(5 ( 453$ *; proceeds from illicit trade to 21,957 crore to the grey mar- MASCRADE (Movement According to a report on only proliferating further, and holistic and permanent solution Against Smuggled and illicit trade compiled by FICCI that too in accelerated pace. to the problem of counterfeit- . O P Counterfeit Trade) 2018 will Cascade and KPMG together, There is an urgent need for all ing and smuggling, one which 9 *37 53 (O2 provide an effective platform of the main problem is that the concerned to make sincere if left unchecked can have a -$*9 *$'3$4-4*$ dialogue and deliberations and magnitude of illicit trade is concerted efforts to eliminate calamitous impact on &49-(54$)(5 *3 an opportunity for joint action much larger than commonly this menace before it perils exis- economies all over the globe. N%5,4$5 O**5 ( between governments, private perceived either by the people tence. The two day event of Ever since its inception, the 24$-4$( *,, &* sector and the enforcement or governments. An alarming November 1-2 is looking for- event has set benchmarks for pol- 49-.*( ($ 3(/(3 machinery to deal with the men- aspect of this is that with the ward to much public awareness icy making in the field of illicit 45>@2 & 4/*$ ?@L; trade and counterfeiting. 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Apart T$(32 $** 5,$( ($32 from that, the event will also ?@L; '$ ( 2'%9($7 focus on the core competency of $*& 4$$4<*& 2 FICCI CASCADE’s quest to $*&* *3 '*(($3,$49 '$ 9 (/'(5 7 7' *,*&% *,, &*$7 substantiate the role of judicia- (4)7 4*$59*5 4, 53 ( 5(). *$ 5)(($3&*$*945'*.345 ry and enforcement agencies in >@2 & 4/*$ ?@L( **.' ; '$ ;; 5)'7*&% * $*& 4$ fighting organised crime in illic- 7(2(.24-$*2*5 45 '*4&&(2 45; it and counterfeit trade. ( ) *+ ,- ./,0 ==
' 4(7. 2:4( , 7#. ! 4.*(3*&'2 5 *3%-, 5(. :562% !"! #! $ ! ! etra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova Pwill lead the Czech Republic orld number six Kevin Anderson against defending champions the Whas confirmed his presence in the United States in the Fed Cup final in second edition of the Tata Open possible, and he skipped the Prague on November 10-11, the team Maharashtra in 2019. entire clay-court season for the captain said Wednesday. The Wimbledon runner-up is expect- ovak Djokovic began his second straight year. The world number seven and ed to be a top draw at the ATP 250 event bid for a record-extending With the season-ending ATP eight, respectively, will team up with to be played at the Mhalunge Balewadi Nfifth Paris Masters title Finals in London starting Nov. 31st-ranked Katerina Siniakova, the Stadium. with a 7-5, 6-1 win against Joao 11, he is playing three straight world number one in doubles, and The 32-year old just became the first Sousa in the second round on tournaments. But the third- 33rd-ranked Barbora Strycova, who South African in over two decades to qual- Tuesday, and lent a helping hand ranked Federer feels comfortable is fifth in doubles. ify for the season-ending ATP Tour Finals to a spectator in the process. with it. "I'm really excited, I appreciate after beating Japan's Kei Nishikori in the Serving for the match at 5-1, "I feel like it's better for me having the strongest team I could put finals of Vienna Open on Sunday. Djokovic handed a towel to a to play matches rather than prac- together," said captain Petr Pala, On the back of his fifth ATP title, man in the crowd who seemed tice," Federer said. quoted by the CTK news agency. Anderson rose to World No 6 joining unwell and who wiped his fore- "As long as I don't feel like The final pitting the two most Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Juan head with it. I'm taking a chance on my health Martin del Potro, Roger Federer and "It seemed he was sweating prior to London, that's the key as Alexander Zverev in qualifying for the elite and he seemed dizzy, so he just well." event. needed help," Djokovic said. "I Federer showed fighting Prashant Sutar, Tournament Director, just gave him the towel." qualities last week in Basel, where Tata Open Maharashtra was ecstatic after Djokovic revealed he also was not he was twice taken to three sets bringing back the in-form South African feeling very well out on court. and went an early break down in for the event. "I wasn't," he said. "I don't three of his last four matches. "I happened to meet Kevin during want to get into details but I think "I was a bit bumpy. But I was Wimbledon and he expressed his will- it's a minor thing." happy how I was fighting, how I ingness to come back to Pune as he was The second-ranked Serb set was trying to figure it out in a dif- happy about how our event was conducted up match point with an ace and ferent manner," he said. overall. We are delighted to have him back sealed victory on his third match "Last week was special to win and will be one our star attractions for this point when Sousa returned a sec- &1#&,, 3 the way I did it, in a different year's tournament," said Sutar. ond serve long. ", 2 B manner." Last edition, the South African was The US Open champion won C3D E " Federer moved within 10 ' " one of the top players to have descended four of the last five tournaments "3 3 titles of Jimmy Connors all-time in Pune along with Marin Cilic, Simon he has entered, including singles record. He is cautious successful nations in Fed Cup histo- Gilles among others. Wimbledon, the US Open and countryman Fernando Verdasco about his chances of success in ry — the USA with 18 trophies and In 2018, Anderson peaked at his most recently the Shanghai on Wednesday, with 20-time Paris, where his only tournament the Czech Republic with 10 includ- career-high ranking of No 5 on July 16, Masters. Grand Slam champion Roger victory came in 2011. ing five as the former Czechoslovakia becoming the highest-ranked South Djokovic is seeking to Federer also in second-round The Australian Open cham- — will be played on the hardcourt of African in ATP Rankings history. reclaim the top ranking from action against Milos Raonic. pion is drawn in the same half as the sold-out 15,000-capacity O2 He also advanced to his second Grand Rafael Nadal at a tournament Federer leads the big-serving Djokovic; Cilic and big-serving Arena. Slam final at Wimbledon where he lost to Nadal has never won. Djokovic Canadian 11-3 overall. Kevin Anderson, who upset Holders the USA beat Belarus in Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Enroute next faces Damir Dzumhur. Federer's last appearance at Federer in the Wimbledon quar- Minsk last year after seeing off the to the finals, Anderson beat John Isner 26- Fifth-seeded Marin Cilic, the the Paris indoor event was a terfinals this year. Czechs in the semi-final. 24 in the semis in the fifth set to become Australian Open runner-up, won third-round loss to big-serving "I rarely play two or three Led by Kvitova and Pliskova, the part of 2nd-longest Grand Slam match his second-round match 6-3, 6- John Isner in 2015. There were tournaments in a row now. So Czechs have won five of the last seven ever. 4 against Philipp Kohlschreiber doubts Federer would play after starting on Wednesday and win- editions including all three finals they But the highlight was his quarter-finals of Germany. a grueling past week which saw ning five matches in a row with have played on Prague's hardcourt. win over No 2 Roger Federer where he ral- Dzumhur upset 14th-seeded him clinch his ninth victory at /' > ,, 6)3 this caliber (of players) is very "We are good at the finals, we are lied from two sets down and saved one Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-3, while the Swiss Indoors and 99th over- , +&(38,3 2&6 6)4 ( difficult," Federer said. not so good against the Americans. match point for his biggest career win. big-hitting Russian Karen all. "If I get close to the last four We have never lost in the O2 Arena, He also made it to the finals of 2018 Khachanov also advanced to the "I feel good," Federer told a &4&,+6&/&+&3&3 6&(,63 that would also be great." In first- but we have never beaten the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por third round. He led 6-2, 2-0 news conference. "I feel like I 6&/&+8& 6,>, 6@ round play Tuesday, there were Americans (in the final)," Pala said. HSBC Open (ATP 500) losing to Juan against Matthew Ebden when the recovered well from last week." wins for Mikhail Kukushkin, In this year's semi-finals, the Martin Del Potro. A couple of weeks before Australian retired. The 37-year-old Federer is /' > 6,A34& , /&( Gilles Simon, Daniil Medvedev, Czechs beat Germany in Stuttgart that, he won the New York Open (ATP Returning from a right knee selective of when he plays in /B(8 Marton Fucsovics, Raonic and while the United States edged France 250) beating Sam Querrey in the finals. injury , Nadal faces Spanish order to keep his body as fresh as Verdasco. in Aix-en-Provence. '%#11#$9*%)'% &R) /=$3>;;(3%3?@314 elebrated woman boxer M CC Mary Kom on Wednesday said she has no With three more events to go this plans to hang up her gloves and season, Chirag said they have to be wants to continue till 2020 een to build on a reasonably suc- more consistent to achieve their goals. Tokyo Games in a bid to fulfil Kcessful season, India's young men's her dream of winning an doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and $ Olympic Gold. Satwiksairaj Reddy has now set eyes on 4 $- "I am not yet done. I will reaching a major final and breaking Commonwealth Games medallist carry on till 2020. I am fit, train- into the top-15 bracket, next year. Ashwini Ponnappa lamented that ing hard and confident. I will try From being newbies, Chirag and women's doubles is not getting its due my best to bring glory for the Satwik emerged as India's best-ranked in India and stressed on the need to country," said Mary when asked men's doubles pair this year, where they have more events in the category to whether she is eyeing her sixth claimed a maiden Silver medal at encourage players. world title at the AIBA Women's Commonwealth Games, clinched the "Where is the importance given World Championships to be 3,3 "3 ,",.(P 3 Hyderabad Open Super 100 title and towards women's doubles, there is no held at the IG Stadium here made the semifinals of a Super 300 and importance. What's the motivation from November 15 to 24. I will give my best shot. For boxers. I am happy that women 750 event. given to them? I think Premier Magnificent Mary, as she is Olympics may be I will have to boxing has finally got recogni- "It has been a great year for us. We Badminton League (PBL) is a great for- fondly called, has five World shift to 51kg category as 48kg is tion and gender equality," said reached the targets we had set for our- mat, but it is sad that they don't have Championships titles under her not there," she said on the side- Mary. self and we hope to replicate the same women's doubles," Ashwini told belt besides numerous other lines of the logo and official Mary, who has been named form in the next year," Chirag said. reporters here. crowns, including Asian Games anthem launch of the World as the brand ambassador for the "We played semis at Indonesia our personal target is to enter top 15 ficult to beat, Chirag reckons it is the "We need a lot of women's doubles Gold and Bronze in London Championships. upcoming World Open and French Open last week, had next year. If we can continue to make world No 1 pair of Marcus Fernaldi events. I feel a lot of badminton events Olympics. It also means Mary will get Championships, will lead a decent outing at All England, followed the quarters and semifinals, we can do Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo are trying to neglect women's doubles Mother of three doting kids, a shot at another World strong 10-member Indian con- by CWG where we won a Silver. The it," said Chirag, who alongwith his from Indonesia, whom they have and that needs to change. Because Mary still remains hungry for Championships, which despite tingent at the event here. World Championship and Asian partner is currently ranked 25th. played four times this year. either if it's on a recreational level or more and wants to give a last being a biennial event, will be Besides Mary, other mem- Games were also decent. The Indian duo savoured some "Frankly, if we are at top of our in the professional level, in India we shot at Gold in 2020 Tokyo. played next year in Trabzon, bers of the squad are 2014 "We also won a super 100 title at great moments this year, outwitting game, we can beat anybody on our day. need to include women's doubles in The 35-year-old from Turkey as no big events are held Commonwealth Games Gold Hyderabad, which was one of our tar- world No 7 Danish pair of Mads Marcus and Kevin are also beatable, order to motivate them. Manipur will compete in her pet in an Olympic year. medallist Pinky Jangra (51kg), gets. So next year we want to play a Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler and we want to beat them. Even "Singles have always been number 48kg category at the World Mary was happy that Manisha Maun (54kg), Sonia final of a major tournament and win Kolding in Indonesia in January, though we have lost against Gideon one, but there are girls who are eager Championships here. But with women boxing has finally got its (57kg), 2006 World Champion at least a super 300 tournament," he besides winning against Indonesian and Kevin, we have played close to play doubles as well. We just need the 48kg weight category not a recognition worldwide. L Sarita Devi (60kg), Simranjit added. pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin matches," said Chirag. to push them and encourage," said part of women's boxing in the "It was very difficult when Kaur (64kg), 2018 CWG par- Chirag, 21, and Satwik, 18, also Sanjaya Sukamuljo in Asia team cham- "We played one of our best match- Ashwini, who along with her partner Olympics, Mary said she will I started in 2001. Women box- ticipant Lovlina Borgohain achieved a career-best team ranking of pionship. They also beat Chinese pair es against them at the Asian Games. If Sikki Reddy attended the finals of the shift to 51kg. ing was an unknown entity for (69kg), Sweety Boora (75kg), 18 in the world in April, this year. of He Jiting and Tan Qiang in France. I would not have missed at tap, we Red Bull Shuttle Up - a women's dou- "My first priority would be most but after 5-6 years of toil Bhagyabati Kachari (81kg) and "We have been playing well and So whom they find the most dif- could have won." bles tournament — in suburban Kurla. to qualify for the Olympics and people started to know women Seema Poonia (+81kg). , *, %< , $ , 3 Q' ! :;9 -. - -E " "59: "I think either Chelsea and $ . / India's Saili Rane and two Liverpool are contenders, they are very ituparna Das was the lone Indian surviv- men's doubles pairs entered the pre-quarterfi- $ . - /Atletico Madrid eked out a 1-0 win anchester City's Bernardo Silva strong, Arsenal as well. Ring at the Macau Open World Tour Super nals with straight game wins at the SaarLorLux against fourth-division club Sant Andreu in the Mclaims winning the title this sea- "Even Tottenham, even though 300 tournament, progressing to the pre-quar- Open BWF Tour Super 100 tournament, here first leg of a Copa del Rey round of 32 contest. son would be an even better achieve- they lost, they're still contenders." terfinal of the women's singles here on Wednesday. The plucky hosts came close to equalizing ment than their record-breaking tri- What makes City's quest slightly Wednesday. The 25-year-old Saili defeated Ukraine's in the final minutes of the match in front of umph last term. easier is the fact they have already vis- The 22-year-old, who had clinched the Natalya Voytsekh 21-19, 21-16 to set up a meet- 6,400 spectators at the Narcis Sala in Barcelona Pep Guardiola's side smashed a ited Liverpool, Arsenal and Polish International and reached the finals of ing with Russia's Anastasiia Semenova. on Tuesday night. host of Premier League milestones as Tottenham and have come away Belgian International this year, defeated Chinese Men's doubles pair of Arun George and Gelson Martins tested Sant Andreu goal- they finished 19 points clear of sec- unscathed, with seven points. Taipei's Chiang Ying Li 21-13, 21-7 to set up a Sanyam Shukla also progressed to the second keeper Jose Segovia in the 7th minute and that ond-placed Manchester United. Portugal midfielder Silva says it clash with Chinese fifth seed Han Yue. round with a 21-18, 21-17 win over Netherlands' was just a taste of the pressure Atleti would And, while they haven't hit those could be important to have picked up It was curtains for others such as former Jacco Arends and Ruben Jille. bring to bear. heights so far this season, City are points in these games ahead of the Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist RMV Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok The relentless attacks bore fruit in the 33rd firmly in the hunt to win the title return fixtures, which will come over Gurusaidutt and youngsters such as Mithun thrashed Netherlands' Vincent Braaksma and minute, as Vitolo threaded the ball to Martins again. the title run-in. Manjunath and Shreyansh Jaiswal. Switzerland's Andreas Zbinden 21-9, 21-5 to and the Portuguese international converted to A 1-0 win at Tottenham on "I think that's important to win While Gurusaidutt went down fighting 21- cross the opening hurdle. make it 1-0 for the visitors. Monday lifted them back to the top these games, to have a draw away at 13, 14-21, 16-21 to Thailand's Tanongsak Arun and Sanyam, who have won three An attempt by Martins to increase the of the table, above Liverpool on goal Anfield, to win at the Emirates and Saensomboonsuk, Indonesia's Firman Abdul international series titles so far, will face fourth advantage early in the second half ended up in difference. now here at Wembley, it's important," Kholik ended Mithun's campaign with a 21-12, seeded German pair of Mark Lamsfuss and the side of the net. It was their eighth win from 10 he said. 21-15 thrashing. Marvin Emil Seidel, while Arjun and The Colchoneros lost pace as the minutes games and their sixth successive clean "But still they have to come to play Shreyansh too was no match for Lu Ramchandran, who clinched the Hellas Open passed and Sant Andreu coach Mikel Azparren sheet, but Silva has the feeling it will us at the Etihad, which is a bit better Guangzu of China, while Sai Uttejitha Rao this month, takes on Chinese duo of Huang made a key substitution in the 66th minute, be much tougher for City to remain , (P 1 for us. Chukka retired midway through the second Kaixiang and Wang Zekang. deploying forward Elhadji Baldeh, who put his on top this season. , ,3 "It's still the beginning of the sea- game against Japan's second seed Minatsu However, it was curtains for Prashi Joshi and 1.94m (6ft 3in) frame to good use in front of "I think it will be harder because son and anything can happen, we have Mitani after the score read 12-21, 8-16. Anura Prabhudesai after they fell in the open- the opponents' goal. last season nobody was expecting us "Of course it will be very hard, but to keep strong and with the ambition India's Tarun Kona and Malaysia's Lim ing round. While top seed Gao Fangjie of China With eight minutes left in regulation, to win as many games and to reach we will work every game to get the of winning every game and never Khim Wah also bowed out after losing 12-21, ended Prashi's campaign with a 21-6, 21-12 win Elhadji forced a save from Atleti keeper that level of points, so this season the three points and at the end of it try and relax." 15-21 to top seeds Chen Hung Ling and Wang Anura lost 12-21, 13-21 to eighth seeded Antonio Adan and the ensuing corner result- teams know they have to do better to celebrate winning one more Premier City is due to play Carabao Cup Chi-Lin of Chinese Taipei. Linda Zetchiri in another match. ed in a shot that hit the cross-bar. IANS beat us," Silva said. League. fixture agaisnt Fulham. ( ) *+ ,- ./,0 = & ! ! ! , , / ; * / , #? $ , , , OF 93 ndia go into the final ODI Thursday eyeing another home series triumph against the West Indies,I a far cry from the dominant ,&& ,3P force it was when the city last host- ed a 50-over international three decades ago. "When we played against A victory in the fifth and South Africa, I think it was the penultimate One-day International ndia's bowling coach Bharat first time in the history of Indian will ensure India maintain their IArun on Wednesday said the cricket we went into a match unbeaten run since the reverse team's fast-bowling strength has without a single spinner. We against South Africa in 2015. never been more "exciting" with happened to win that Test match Leading 2-1 in the five-match new find Khaleel Ahmed being as well. This augurs really well series that also witnessed a tie, the the latest addition to the stocks. for Indian cricket," he added hosts faced unexpected resistance "We have a very good fast referring to the tour earlier this in the past few days, including suf- bowling quartet. And also, the year. fering a shock defeat, since the time bench strength is very exciting," The bowling coach also the West Indians set foot in the Arun said ahead of the fifth and defended the under-fire country a little more than a month final one-dayer against the West Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying ago. ", 3. Indies here on Thursday. he is one of the legends of The weather is expected to Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Indian cricket and would come play a part with showers predicted. # * ;*, # * having logged a century each while Yadav, Bhuvneswar Kumar good. Virat Kohli's men bounced : %5&= #! underlining their abilities. Captain along with Khaleel make up the "He is one of the legends of back from the loss in the third Holder has shown he can handle pace battery currently in oper- Indian cricket. His striking abil- match at Pune to record a massive //$#/9 the Indian spinners pretty well but ation against the West Indies. ity is for everyone to see. 224-run win at Mumbai. the other batsmen have not covered Arun praised Khaleel, calling He has done it many a The home team will hope to 1 R themselves with glory. the 20-year-old a bright times before. He is carry the momentum into the .(*3 53 ( 53 *2 *3 Holder will be hoping that the prospect. extremely experienced and series decider in the Southern city. team improves collectively to "Khaleel looks a very I'm sure given the oppor- The last ODI played here was "O G @ snatch a win and deny India a exciting prospect. He is tunities, he will come also between the two teams and was : ! @#7 $ .8 !5 series triumph. It is easier said than sharp and has the skills to good," Arun added. won by the visiting side, then an "> @ @done but the young West Indies do well in international Asked if perfor- eminent force in world cricket. squad has shown they have the tal- cricket. He is a very excit- mance would be given Jason Holder's men will look to seek ent but not the requisite tempera- ing prospect," he told precedence over the 'Yo- inspiration from their illustrious milestone, needing one run to ment. reporters here. Yo' fitness test in the light predecessors and level the series. reach the 10,000 mark in India The participation of off-spin- Khaleel took 3 of Ambati Rayudu's show With the series being the first colours (he has scored 124 runs for ner Ashley Nurse, who has been a for 13 in the fourth in the ODI series against in the run-up to the 50-overs Asia XI). consistent performer, is in doubt ODI in Mumbai to West Indies, he said it was World Cup in England in June next The return of Jasprit Bumrah after he suffered an injury during trigger the West mandatory to prove fitness. year, the two sides are more or less has added value to the Indian the Mumbai game. His absence Indies' collapse in "Fitness, with the kind of aiming to zero in on the combina- team and he proved his worth in the could affect the hopes of the pursuit of a mam- schedule that we have, is an tion for the showpiece. two games he has played while the Windies in the all-important game. moth 378 for victo- important part of our focus. And While Kohli and Rohit Sharma young Khaleel Ahmed showed he's ry. Arun, without the mark that we have kept for have been in superlative form, learning with an impressive spell at F naming specific people to pass is not every scoring three and two centuries the Brabourne Stadium. India: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, players, said the tough. And anyone who is respectively, Ambati Rayudu, Kohli will expect the experi- Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati bench strength in there in the team has to pass backed by the skipper, has also been enced Bhuvneshwar Kumar to raise Rayudu, Rishabh Pant, MS Indian fast bowling is the fitness test," he said. among the runs. his level of play in the series finale Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra making it easier for the The Indian team had The rest of the batsmen haven't after moderate returns. The seam- Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra team management to an optional training ses- quite had the impact they would er has been recalled following a rest. Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, rotate bowlers and bal- sion ahead of have liked to. The flamboyant The spinners have done the Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed, ance their workload. Thursday's fixture with Shikhar Dhawan has not capi- damage with most of the Caribbean Umesh Yadav, Lokesh Rahul, "When we only a handful of play- talised on the starts while veteran batsmen struggling to cope with Manish Pandey. started off, the onus ers taking part. Young Mahendra Singh Dhoni has found Kuldeep Yadav, while Yuzvendra West Indies: Jason Holder, was not only on creating a force southpaw Rishabh Pant delight- runs hard to come by. Left out of Chahal was benched for the fourth Fabian Allen, Sunil Ambris, to reckon with pace bowling unit ed the small group of fans who the T20 squad for the upcoming ODI in favour of Ravindra Jadeja. Devendra Bishoo, Chanderpaul for the Indian team, also we gathered to watch the session series in Australia, the Jharkhand The visitors, on the other hand, Hemraj, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai needed very good bench with some big hitting. The oth- stumper will hope to make a con- have blown hot and cold in the one- Hope (wicketkeeper), Alzarri strength. To sustain fast bowling ers who practiced were Rayudu, tribution in front of the stumps, too, dayers after being routed in the Joseph, Evin Lewis, Ashley Nurse, over a long period of time, you K L Rahul, Yuzvendra Chahal even though his work with the big Tests. Keemo Paul, Rovman Powell, need to rotate these bowlers. The and Umesh Yadav. The West + ,3" )' & , "3 . gloves has been stupendous. Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, team management had to mon- Indies, on the other hand, opted %1 9, !" Dhoni stands on the cusp of a Hope have impressed the most, Oshane Thomas. itor the workload," he explained. not to train. !#(>: ! = .-- ; A , Q' !R New Delhi: 53 (02(9:%9($(9(5( '(5(2:54&:*34% 4, '*2 5).*2**5 4, '* '*5'*5'(..*5)*$ 4%$5(9*5 5 ' 5(/% (3(5&*3 4 '*9*50234%/.*2A%($ *$, 5(.2 ' %*,', B &49-( $ 4 (:* ' 5*5 45 *35*23(; 5 ' 2 , $2 **$ month into one of their most 9** 5)()( 52 4'(9*3 (( 7 '* 53 (5$(5:*3@ @7.42 Aarduous tours in recent years, '* )' 2*&453 $4%53 &45 *2 G1 >7 O1G 4 ' 2 )- (5 West Indies fielding coach Nic Pothas $ (.7 $(5:*3 ? ; ' ' 2 3*,*( 7 A%(. , *$ (2 %9($ Wednesday said the visiting team is in %:%53 2 '*45. 53 (5.*, 5 '*2 5).*23$(;* ..-.( record 37 teams, including seven India not just to compete, but also learn ()( 52 * )' ' 2**3 (5(3 (5 . - *. 4 45 '%$23(; Adebutants from the northeast, par- from their fancied opponents. (9:%9($(535*5 (3(5&*3 4.(2 1* )' -( $22 ()* ' ticipating in the Ranji Trophy beginning "They're a great team to learn from. (G1>7>1G7@?1L 54*$ ' $32**32(41K 5 45)(53F* Thursday pose a massive logistical We don't just play against India, we F'(5); .24 55 5) '* $ 4-*5 5) $4%53 *$* 4- 2**3*3 challenge for a cricket board going learn from them too. These are great 53 (52 E**(5 *3%5&'*' (5 (53 $ $(9 (.(< 7 '4 through administrative chaos. opportunities when you come and play 3*,*( *3 (,( (53 .*:2(53$*3424 1"7 1G7@?1 ; The new teams — Manipur, against teams of this quality," Pothas '* 4.* (2 *$2 5 ($ 27 53 (02 4'(5 4-(55( (53 Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, said on the eve of the fifth and final 34%($3 4)*$1(22*. 5 3*,*( *3 4/ 5 ((2* (53 ( * Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Nagaland, ODI against India here. 33*.:44- 1G>7 "1 7 @?1" 4 -$4)$*22 4 '* 2*&453 Meghalaya , Bihar and Puducherry — Asked if they have any special plans $4%53; did feature in the recently held 50-over to counter Indian captain Virat Kohli Vijay Hazare Trophy but playing red- and Rohit Sharma, Pothas said the . , 3%13 " $- E ball cricket will be a tougher challenge. focus is not just on the in-form duo. Karachi: *2 &(- ( 5 2/('1%.1(A'(23*& 3*3 4*53' 2 The nine teams will compete against "Look, if I had special plans, which "Our guys are learning all the time West Indies team was a good fielding -.( 5)3(2 5 '*(: 2 (5 %-*$*()%*(53' 2,$(5&' 2* each other in the plate group, just like I do, I'm certainly not going to put and they're having to learn at interna- unit. "We put in a lot of detail of what 2.(9(/(3 5 *3 2 54 :**5 4 '(* ' 9 45 /4($3 (2 2 they did in Vijay Hazare Trophy where them out in the media. But having said tional level, which is never easy. But to do in any of our skills. These guys, 9*5 4$; 2/('7 OO7 '(2 /**5 -($ 4, '* 2.(9(/(3 5 *3 Bihar, who returned to domestic crick- ( "# "3 that, they're world-class cricketers. they're getting better all the time and the last time I checked, they're human ,$(5&' 2* 5 '*, $2 '$**2*(24524, '* (53'(22**5 et after 18 years, and Uttarakhand, gave You can't go without mentioning guys importantly they're open to that learn- beings not robots. So we're going to '*9 55 5) '* .* &*; '*&4%5 $02942 2%&&*22,%. a good account of themselves. Most of the four-Test series in Australia and the like Shikhar Dhawan. Rayudu is in ing. We're very positive," he said at the make errors under pressure. That's the *2 &(- ( 57 2/('.*3 2.(9(/(3 5 '*, $2 2*(245' .* these teams will rely on their outstation A tour of New Zealand, exemplary per- form. Lots of fantastic players - that's pre-match press conference. nature of the game. 4% ' ,$ &(57E%9 57 44:4*$ '*&(- ( 5&3% *2 5 players this season. formances in Ranji Trophy are unlike- what you get with such a strong team. Pothas said it was important for the "The thing is to have selective '* ' $3 3%* 4 '* (: 2 (5 02 , 5*22 22%*2; U 2/(' '(2 While the nine teams aim to find ly to be rewarded. Group A seems to be Trailing 1-2 in the series, he said team to execute plans over longer peri- amnesia and come back stronger. I 5,4$9*3%2'* ..54 -.( 5 '* O/% '* 2:**5 4 their footing, domestic stars will be in the toughest of all in the presence record the young West Indies team is getting ods if they are to beat teams like India thought we fielded pretty well in the last &45 5%*' 2(224& ( 45 ' '* 2.(9(/(35 *3,$(5&' 2* action across Group A, B and C. Test champions Mumbai, Karnataka, better all the time. and England. game." regular Cheteshwar Pujara is expected Maharashtra, Saurashtra, Railways, "It is a very young team. Not just "We've seen that we can execute for Pothas said a tour of India provides 5(54 '*$$4.*7U(,$(5&' 2*24%$&*2( 3; 2/('$*-$*2*5 *3 to play Saurashtra's opener against Chattisgarh, Vidarbha and Gujarat. from an international point of view but short periods of time. The challenge is one a chance to judge oneself. 5 *3 5 G9( &'*2 5 '*, $2 '$***3 45272&4$ 5)>L@ Chattisgarh while spinner While Gujarat won their maiden a volume of 50-over cricket point of always going to be to execute over a 100 "It's a possibility. Travelling to $%52( (5(*$()*4, ";O?; Ravichandran Ashwin and Murali Vijay title last season, Vidharbha were the view. I think like anything, when you overs. If you're going to beat India or India is always a wonderful tour. It's a have been named in the Tamil Nadu winners the season before. Ahead of play at this level, whatever sport it England or Australia, Pakistan, you've great tour to judge yourself as a play- - - $ squad for their first game against another season, it would be too early to might be, it's always going to come got to execute for a 100 overs." er and as a coach. It's a great place to Panchukula: *(. (2'9 $ 45 *35*23( 2 %55*3 Madhya Pradesh. speculate if there will be a first-time down to execution over a long period Pothas, a former South African let yourself know where exactly you're 3*,*53 5) &'(9- 452 5*$( %5<(/ 5 ( 2*52( 45(. With teams already announced for winner of Ranji Trophy. of time. international himself, said the present at with your cricket," he said. 2 ($ 4 '* $9( 3*5 1*()%*&(9-( )57 (: 5) '*, $2 2 *- 4($32 $*(. 2 5) '* /*) 55*$20 3$*(9 4, 9(: 5) '* 0($(3 2*45($ '0(U-($(3 2*,4$,44 /(..U; '*, $2 *(9 $4 *(2/*) 5 %2 4%$ ,$49 '* (..* 4 -.( 5 '* &4%5 $02 4-1,. )' 7 *(. , ,, .( ;4 (2'9 $2&4$*3 '*)(9*0245.)4(. 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The South Africans lost a wick- 5*$(%5<(/-( 3,4$ '* $-$4,. )(& 5,$45 4,)4(.; last chance for probables to prove their Gurinder , Varun Kumar, Kothajit et on the first ball of the match Wednesday and were mettle before the squad is finalised, Singh , Surender Kumar, Amit all out for 173 after winning the toss and electing E$ said coach Harendra Singh. Rohidas, Jarmanpreet , Pardeep Singh, to bat. Mumbai: 53 ( 5%9/*$ 4 ($9(5 '(53 9(3* ( (9* Hockey India on Wednesday Suman Beck and Mandeep Mor, have Ex-Australia test batsman George Bailey helped * ,$49 '*(53 %9/( -*5(22'*.42 52 $( )' named a 34-member core group for been called up for the camp. the PM's XI reach the victory target within 37 overs. 2* 2 4 4-12**3*3' 5*2* ( 2( F'*5) 5 '*2 5).*2, $2 the final national camp before the sea- Among midfielders, Manpreet, South Africa lost two wickets in the first over $4%53 ( '* $ &:* .%/ 4, 53 ( &4%$ 2 45 *35*23(; son-ending men's World Cup, to be Chinglensana, Sumit, Simranjeet, to Jason Behrendorff (3-35), and never really recov- ($9(52 ($ *34,,/$ .. (5 ./ (: 5)( 1?.*(37/% '*5 held in Bhubaneswar from November Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, ered in their only warm-up match ahead of three 2.%9-*3 /(3. (2 '*$ ' 5*2* 4--45*5 $(5:*3 ,($ (/4* 28 to December 16. Lalit Upadhyay, Vivek Sagar, one-day internationals against Australia. '*$ 5 '*4$.3$**.*3 5 *5)(9*2 5($4'*5 '* 53 ( The 23-day camp will begin on Yashdeep and Vishal Antil have all Opener Aiden Markram top-scored with 47, all- 5%9/*$ 4.* '*$45)(9*2. -345/&499 5),($ Thursday at the Kalinga Stadium and been selected. Akashdeep, Gurjant, rounder David Miller hit 45 and fast bowler Kagiso 449(5*$$4$2;($9(5(2/*( *5G1 7G1O 545*'4%$ the 34 campers will report to chief Mandeep, Dilpreet, Sumit Kumar, Rabada finished 28 not out. coach Harendra. Cup, but now is the most critical time "It is now time for all the core Gursahibjit and Shilanand Lakra will PM's XI legspinner Usman Qadir, the son of (53@ 9 5% *2; '*'(3.42 ( '*2(9*2 ()*4, '***5 The camp will give Harendra for us as we look to reinvigorate our group players to step up and show fight it out for slots in the forwardline. Pakistan test great Abdul Qadir, claimed 3-28. .(2 *($ 44; 4%$ ' 2**3*3 .)( (5 .4 &7 ( @ 1*($14.3 chance to work with the core group spirits and work on the areas which what they can bring to the table." Ace striker Ramandeep, who The score was the lowest in a completed innings ,$49 *$/ (7*5 345 5 '$**2* 2()( 52 45 *5*)$42 and pick his final 18-member squad. need improvement," Harendra said. Having returned joint winners underwent a knee surgery after sus- in a 50-over match against a PM's XI in 12 years, (5:(4 5 & 5 '*, $2 $4%53; *&4532**3(53.(2 *($2 "Our campaign at the 5th Men's "The camp will give all the 34 core along with Pakistan from the recent- taining an injury during CT, along and South Africa became the first visiting team to .42 5) , 5(. 2 7 (. .( E(:%-4 & 4, .4*5 ( 4*$-4*$*3 Hero Asian Champions Trophy group players the chance to work hard ly-concluded Asian Champions with seasoned defenders Rupinder Pal lose the fixture since 2013. Josh Phillippe led the %22 (54--45*5 *$45 :(%3*$9* 4( 52 $( )' 2* 2 4 Muscat 2018 served as good prepa- and show what edge they can provide Trophy in Muscat, the team will Singh and Birendra Lakra, have also scoring for the hosts with 57 and Bailey was unbeat- $*(&' '*2*&453$4%53; ration for the team before the World to the team," he said. undergo intense training sessions been included in the camp. en on 51 when the PM's XI reached 174-6. AP