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s the talks among the Shiv ASena, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress over Government formation in Maharashtra remained “inconclusive” on Friday evening, NCP presi- dent Sharad Pawar said that there was “unanimity” among the three parties over Sena president Uddhav Thackeray’s choice as the Chief Minister. Senior leaders of the Congress and the NCP said they have reached “conclusions” on many issues. At the end of a two-hour meeting among the leaders of the Shiv Sena, the NCP and the Congress at the Nehru Centre here, there appeared to be loose ends regarding issues discussed and decisions taken %    &                     -                             in matters relating to the $ .   &  *  /    &     , Government formation. The leaders of the three   232'' here on Friday but it was the at five times their original it was a pink carpet welcome parties will meet once again on ing first, Pawar said, “The announcement about the con- anticipating a meeting with famously enthusiastic Kolkata prices, which start from Rs 150. for the invited dignitaries, Saturday to deliberate on the leadership issue settled now. sensus having been reached on the leaders of the three parties t was a party in pink at the fans, who gave the match its Spectators, a lot of them which included the two greats unfinished agenda and decide There is unanimity over his name as the Chief Minister during the weekend. I“City of Joy” as began character. clad in pink, thronged the of Indian sport — icon on when to stake claim for a Uddhav Thackeray’s choice as of the three-party Government. NCP’s national spokesper- its tryst with Day/Night Tests After being reluctant for iconic stadium, making for the Sachin Tendulkar and Olympic three-party Government. the Chief Minister. The dis- Later, Shiv Sena spokesper- son Nawab Malik said, “Both in front of political bigwigs, four years, India finally kind of carnival-like atmos- hero Abhinav Bindra — among Though Pawar said there cussion is going on other issues. son Sanjay Raut was quoted by the NCP and Congress have galaxy of sports stars and a sell- embraced the Day/Night for- phere that is now seen mostly a host of others. was consensus among the lead- After the leaders are through a leading Marathi channel as obtained signatures of their out crowd, which ensured that mat for , following in T20 games. The last mem- From the 50-odd grounds- ers of three parties that Uddhav with the discussions, they will saying that upon the insis- respective MLAs. We can go Sourav Ganguly’s promise of a a strong push from new BCCI ory of such overwhelming men in pink-coloured clothing would head the “Maha Vikas address a joint Press conference tence by the leaders of the two with the Shiv Sena leaders any spectacle lived up to its hype. President Ganguly and Kolkata response to a Test was the epic to a giant pink balloon hover- Agadhi” Government in the tomorrow and announce all the alliance partners, Uddhav has time to the Governor and give Prime Minister proved to be the perfect host. 2001 game that India played ing over the Eden sky, it was a State, there was no formal con- details relating to the agreed to accept the CM post. our letters of support to the Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Four days of the game are against Australia and won by carnival-like atmosphere that firmation from the Shiv Sena Government formation.” Governor Bhagat Singh Maha Vikas Agadhi Chief Minister Mamata already sold out. 171 runs following-on at the greeted anyone who cared to president. On his part, Uddhav did Koshyari, who was to leave for Government.” Banerjee rang the Eden Tickets are also reported- same ground. walk in to the Eden Gardens. Emerging out of the meet- not say anything on Pawar’s , has cancelled his trip, Continued on Page 4 Gardens Bell ahead of the toss ly up for sale in black market At the BC Roy Clubhouse, Continued on Page 4  )*" !"      #     !P  !    "  ", -                    #        # $    O .  /         4564*1        4564*1 !  ! "#$    " nvironment Minister       he family members of for- EPrakash Javadekar on  !%   $%&' Tmer Prime Ministers will Friday said India is expected to &     not be guarded by the elite take less time than the 15 years "$''(  Special Protection Group taken by Beijing to improve air    (SPG), as per the amendments quality in the national Capital.       --   4564*1 approved by the Union Cabinet He was responding to a !!# '(  to the SPG Act which will need three-day long discussion in  !     hief Minister Arvind to be ratified by Parliament. the Lok Sabha on the air and  )   CKejriwal on Friday The move comes days after water pollution in Delhi.  !  !   announced to waive the devel- the Centre withdrew the SPG Meanwhile, in the Rajya Sabha,     $ opment and infrastructure security cover accorded to Minister of State for charges for new water and Congress president Sonia Agriculture Kailash Choudhary 3  &  $ !   + %        % sewer connections in the Gandhi and her children, accused AAP-led Delhi  %     / 0    ,         national Capital. 0  &           / 0  Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Government of “creating hype” &'( ') !  (*+ Kejriwal, who is also the   1  0    Gandhi Vadra, almost after on the issue of rising air pol- time,” he said, referring to the sion in the entire country, he !     ))  chairman of the Delhi Jal Board three decades. lution in the national Capital air quality in Delhi. said the “solution to the prob-       ! (DJB), said people would have using supply water through water connection because of The proposed legislation — due to “political reasons”. There is a relation between lem will come only when we     L  M to pay just 2,310 now to get “illegal” means, Kejriwal said. high charges,” he said. the Special Protection Group The Lok Sabha witnessed pollution and climate change, recognise the problem.”   ) new water and sewer connec- “The board (DJB) today The Government will (Amendment) Bill — has been structured debate on the pol- the Environment Minister said, On measures being taken tions. Earlier, a person having decided that it will not take invest in developing and ful- listed in the Government’s lution with Speaker Om Birla adding that 40 per cent of to control pollution, he said     a plot of 200 square metres development and infrastruc- filling the infrastructural business for next week for giving opportunity to all par- India’s total power capacity round-the-clock monitoring    would have to pay nearly 1.14 ture charges from Delhiites. requirements like installing introduction in the Lok Sabha, ties and allowing maximum will come from renewable was taking place. He also said *+,'   ./ O lakh to get new water and Despite water pipelines laid in pipelines, water treatment Union Minister of State for number of MPs to raise ques- sources before 2030. Noting that a ban has been put on use '       sewer connections. areas, lakh of households have plants, and pumping stations, Parliamentary Affairs Arjun tions after Javadekar’s speech. that India’s green cover is of furnace oil and emission !      It has been observed that not installed water or sewer etc, he said. Ram Meghwal announced in Responding to a discussion increasing, the Minister said norms have been enhanced.    despite having a water pipeline connections because of high The 151st meeting of the the Lok Sabha on Friday. on “air pollution and climate five times more trees have The Government has formed a    !  in a particular area, most res- installation, infrastructural and DJP cleared many projects As per the SPG Act, the change”, the Minister said a been planted in Delhi in place task force on Delhi’s toxic smog  )    idents did not get “formal con- development charges. related to improving water and force provides security to the mass movement is needed to of trees cut down for con- and everyday the monitoring !     nection” due to the high devel- Residents resort to illegal sewer networks and to clean Prime Minister and the mem- tackle the problem. “It took struction of the Delhi Metro. was being done by the Prime      ! opment and infrastructure means for tapping water, but the Yamuna River. bers of his immediate family. Beijing 15 years (to fight air Observing that pollution in Minister’s Office.    charges, even as they were refrain from taking a formal Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 pollution). We will take lesser Delhi was the topic of discus- Continued on Page 4    L!  M ) /      R     

)   workers in presence of his birthday due to the ongo- $0 " Mulayam. ing session of Parliament.      Shivpal, on the other hand, In Lucknow, banners and rushed to Saifai in Etawah hoardings were put up outside ,    *     ) where he celebrated the birth- the party office, which wore a day of his elder brother as Ekta festive look with party workers Diwas and also organised a dancing to the tunes of drums     residences of Singh and former   R  * wrestling competition. and distributing fruit and sweets. IAS officers who were part of Addressing party workers The SP leadership had directed fter filing a case against for- the Manipur Development  +&235 and leaders after cutting the all the district presidents of the Amer Chief Minister O Society in Aizawl, Imphal and cake, Mulayam, who arrived party to organise birthday cele- Ibobi Singh and others for Gurgaon, they said. As many he Samajwadi Party cele- here from Delhi on Thursday bration in their districts. allegedly misappropriating eight luxury cars, including Tbrated the 81st birthday of evening, asked them to cele- A week ahead of Mulayam’s 332 crore from development Audi, Mitsibushi, Honda and its founder Mulayam Singh brate the birthday of the poor birthday, Shivpal, who is pres- funds in Manipur, the officials Hyundai were found during the Yadav at the party headquarters party workers. ident of Pragatisheel Samajwadi said on Friday the CBI carried searches at Singh’s residence. here on Friday. “You all celebrate the birth- Party (Lohia), had softened out searches at nine locations Singh, the then chairman Flanked by his son and day of the poor, and I will also his stand towards nephew in three cities and during of the Manipur Development party president Akhilesh Yadav attend it,” he told the enthused Akhilesh and offered to bury searches at Singh’s residence, it Society (MDS), during his as well as senior leaders, workers who raised slogans. the hatchet and join hands recovered 11.47 lakh in cash tenure from June 30, 2009 to Mulayam cut the birthday cake The SP patriarch attacked with the SP and support and 26.49 lakh in old demon- July 6, 2017, in alleged con- amid loud cheers from party the Governments at the Centre Akhilesh as the Chief Minister etised currency — a crime spiracy with others, misappro- workers and leaders. as well as in UP, saying farm- candidate in the 2022 UP with may lead to penalty of five priated Government funds to Shivpal Singh Yadav cele- ers were in distress and youths Assembly polls. He had also times the recovered currency. the tune of 332 crore out of brated Mulayam’s birthday sep- were unemployed. “Don’t tol- suggested joint celebration on Also, the CBI seized 10 the total amount of 518 crore arately in absence of the big erate injustice and organise Mulayam’s birthday. lakh old currency from anoth- which was entrusted to them brother. yourself to protest against the Shivpal and Akhilesh had er accused and former Project for the purpose of executing On the occasion, an 81-kg prevailing situation as this will parted company in 2016, at the Director of MDS Y Ningthem development work, the CBI laddoo was presented to strengthen the party,” he said. fag end of the SP regime. Singh. said in a statement. Mulayam by SP leaders. Sweets %      &  % '         !  !   '    Earlier, it was said Akhilesh had later dismissed The agency searched the Continued on Page 4 were distributed among the ()    *  !    +     , Mulayam would be in Delhi on his uncle from the Cabinet.   !"#$%#&'(    ;6   R*  4 5     ,&  *  6+ 

 --   4564*1 rying serial numbers written by marker and having magnetic <  he Delhi Police has arrest- strip on rear side, four paper Ted two Ukrainians for slips having serial numbers allegedly spiriting away money and PIN numbers and Indian     by cloning ATM cards in currency 4,05,500 in cash      national Capital. Police said from their possession,” said    that they have also recovered the Additional DCP. 137 ATM clones and cash “During interrogation, the   ! more than 4 lakh from the duo revealed that they along possession of the duo. with their other four associates   4564*1 The accused have been also from Ukraine had stolen identified as Mykhailo the data of ATM cards from he HRD Ministry appoint- Lukianoe (26), a resident of different countries and later Ted three-member panel to Sumska Obiast Puthi city in cloned those over the plastic recommend ways to restore Ukraine and Maksym cards meant to be used in normal functioning in Dorofeiev (30), a resident of Hotels and gift cards,” said the the Jawaharlal Nehru Krivoyrog Oblast in Ukraine. Additional DCP. University (JNU) which is fac- According to Sameer Explaining the modus ing student agitation, conclud- Sharma, the Additional Deputy operandi of the accused ed its meetings on Friday and VS Chauhan told reporters The committee had also Commissioner of Police Additional DCP said that the will submit its recommenda- after the meeting, ‘the discus- met Deans of all schools and (DCP), West district, on accused used to give each card tions next week. sion has been positive but the representatives of JNU November 20, specific inputs serial number and PIN num- The three-member com- final call will be taken by the Teachers Association were received regarding ber, which is noted down on a mittee, including former UGC JNU administration. We will (JNUTA).The agitation over suspicious transaction by paper. 5      ,&  ! Chairman VS Chauhan, submit the recommendations hiked hostel fee escalated on some foreign nationals at State “After collecting sufficient AICTE chairman Anil soon’. The three-member panel November 11 when thousands Bank of India ATM situated data and completion of cloning “On November 9, they money from nearby State Bank “Their interrogation is in Sahasrabudhe and UGC secre- was constituted on Monday to of Jawaharlal Nehru University near Tagore Garden Metro process, the gang members arrived to India and since then of India ATMs during late progress to find out the source tary Rajnish Jain visited JNU recommend ways to restore (JNU) students clashed with Station. flew to different countries on they were withdrawing cash hours. After withdrawing the of data related to cloned cards campus on Friday to meet the normal functioning of the police, leaving HRD Minister “Acting on the inputs a tourist Visa to withdraw cash. from State Bank of India ATMs cash, they got the same con- and other vital information students union representatives. Jawaharlal Nehru University Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ police team reached the spot After withdrawing cash they in National Capital. The duo verted in Euro or Dollars. They related to the case. Raids are ‘We spoke to the students and mediate between the stranded for over six hours at and apprehended the two for- convert the local currency into has disclosed that it was their used to keep the money in their being conducted to nab their union representatives and took administration and students the venue of the university’s eign nationals. Their cursory Dollar and Euro and return to sixth visit to India with the body while passing through the remaining associates at their their suggestions into account. who have been protesting for convocation. frisking was performed and their country,” said the same purpose. They stay in dif- immigration,” the Additional possible hideouts,” the The meeting went on for two nearly four weeks over the A week later, students total 137 plain plastic cards car- Additional DCP. ferent hotels and withdraw DCP said. Additional DCP added. hours where we dwelled upon hostel fee hike. staged a march from the uni- the reasons behind the discord The Friday meeting was versity campus to HRD between the varsity adminis- the second round of discus- Ministry but were stopped at tration and students,’ a com- sions that the panel members multiple locations and finally $"%%      7     mittee member told PTI on the had with the student represen- outside the Safdarjung tomb. condition of anonymity. tatives. The first meeting was The protesters alleged that ‘This was the final meeting held with JNU Students Union the police had lathicharged and * " , "   and we have listened to all per- (JNUSU) office-bearers, stu- manhandled them, including a      spectives. We will now submit dent counsellors and hostel blind student, which led to a our recommendations within a presidents on Wednesday at fresh protest by a group of  --   4564*1 revealed his involvement in week’s time,’ he added. HRD Ministry. visually challenged students.  --   4564*1 more than 30 cases of auto-lift- he Delhi Police on Friday ing. Goel was earlier twice 30-year-old man has been Tarrested a 39 year-old auto- arrested on impersonation Aarrested by the Delhi Police lifter, who is also a practicing charges. for allegedly supplying illegal lawyer, from Delhi’s Rohini In 2012, he was arrested by arms and ammunitions to area. the Delhi Police and he criminals in Delhi and its Police said the man is produced a fake identity card peripherals. Police said they found involved in more than 30 proclaiming himself as a have also recovered 30 illegal cases of auto-lifting registered judge in Paschim Vihar police country-made pistols and 50 across the national Capital. station, but after cartridges from the possession The accused have been interrogation, the truth was of the accused. identified as Rajiv Goel, a revealed and 15 stolen cars The accused has been iden- resident of Bahadurgarh, were recovered at his instance,” tified as Asin alias Boby, a res- Haryana. Police said that Goel said the DCP. ident of district Firozabad in holds a law degree and is an “In 2014, Goel was travel- Uttar Pradesh (UP). advocate in Bahadurgarh, ling in a car which had red bea- According to Sanjeev Haryana. Police said that Goel con and national emblem fitted Kumar Yadav, the Deputy was declared a proclaimed in it in Sikar, Rajasthan. After Commissioner of Police, offender by a court in Rohini getting filled his car’s fuel tank, Special Cell, Northern Range, on July 10, 2019, in two cases, he ran away from the filling sta- on November 21, specific ammunition from the posses- more than 200 pistols and including that of theft and tion. inputs were received that Asin sion of the accused,” said the 1000 cartridges to various con- cheating. When the vehicle was would come near Golden DCP. tacts in Delhi,” said the DCP. According to Gaurav intercepted by picket staff, he Jublee Park, Geeta Colony “During interrogation, the Explaining the modus Sharma, the Deputy scolded them and posed him- underpass, to deliver a huge accused revealed that he is operandi of the accused DCP Commissioner of Police (DCP), self as additional district judge,” consignment of illegal arms indulged in this illegal trade for said that initially he used to Outer North district, Goel was said the DCP. and cartridges to his close con- more than five years. He used supply illegal weapons by trav- arrested on Thursday after “Goel was arrested by the tact in Seelampur. to procure illegal firearms, elling in public transport but police received information that Rajasthan Police in the imper- “Acting on the inputs, a ammunitions from one Afzal, due to strict and random he was staying with his live-in sonation case. He had worked trap was laid and Asin was a resident of Lisadi near checking by police at various partner in Rohini. in a court in Sikar for over 90 arrested after a brief scuffle. Meerut, (UP) and further he places, he started using stolen “During interrogation, he days,” the DCP added. Police recovered 30 illegal pis- used to supply them to various luxury vehicles for the smug- tols and 50 cartridges (40 car- criminals, gangsters in Delhi- gling of illegal weapons, as tridges of .32 bore and 10 car- NCR areas at high prices,” said transporting illegal weapons in tridges of .315 bore) and the the DCP. luxury vehicles is much easier !    Maruti Breeza car used for “In the present year alone, as police does not stop such of illegal arms and Asin claimed to have supplied vehicles often.  )8  ! 

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(NSD),” Tiwari said, while Capital, prompting an angry of doing politics on the issue of Vardhan claimed that the showing a video of the chief response from Chairman M he Lok Janshakti Party’s water quality in the DJB skipped on Friday a meet- minister promising piped water Venkaiah Naidu who asked T(LJP) youth wing staged a national Capital instead of ing with BIS officials to supply to every household on members to maintain deco- protest against the Arvind addressing the matter, Union specify modalities for a various occasions in the last rum. “Please follow rules, Kejriwal Government on the Health Minister joint water-quality test in five years. decency and decorum,” Naidu issue of allegedly polluted water Harsh Vardhan claimed that Delhi.”As a responsible Chief He asserted that the BJP said, adding Rajya Sabha is a supply in the Capital. cases of water-borne Minister, Kejriwal should have was raising the issue as it is House of elders and is sup- The protest was led by LJP diseases among children and worked to address the sensitive committed to fight till everyone posed to live up to its name. youth wing national president other diseases like cholera issue of water quality, but he is is Delhi gets safe drinking Trouble started when BJP’s display of articles published in Friday, Goel said quality of Sale of air purifiers and Sanjay Saraf and its Delhi wing were on the rise due to involved in politics instead,” he water and not because of the Vijay Goel was called to make newspapers, or any other items water supplied in Delhi is a ROs in Delhi would bear tes- president Bikas Kumar Singh contaminated water supply in said. Assembly election is approach- his Zero Hour submission on such as air purifiers, water matter of concern as most timony to the quality of water on Thursday. Delhi. Delhi BJP president and ing. the quality of water in Delhi. bottles or pollution masks is households either use ROs to and air in the national Capital, Singh, a doctor by profes- Vardhan, who holds the MP Manoj Tiwari, and parlia- West Delhi MP Parvesh As soon as Vijay Goel start- “totally unauthorised and is not filter it or consume bottled he said. On the AAP counter- sion, said that Delhi portfolios of health, and science mentarians Meenakshi Lekhi, Verma claimed that 7.5 lakh ed speaking on the matter, allowed in the House. water. ing the report of water samples Government has summarily and technology in the Central Parvesh Verma and Vijay Goel complaints related to AAP’s Sanjay Singh started The BJP leader had dis- He said Delhi needs 3,800 tested by the Union rejected the recent report of government, defended the were also present on the occa- water supply were received by replying to him in loud voice. played newspaper articles dur- million litres of water a day but Consumers Affairs Ministry, he Bureau of Indian Standards Bureau Of Indian Standards sion. the DJB and the Chief Naidu ordered that Singh’s ing a short duration discussion in absence of adequate supplies, said Union Minister Ram Vilas (BIS) which stated that drink- (BIS) report on the Delhi’s The AAP and BJP are Minister’s office in the last few comments would not go on on pollution in Delhi on residents have to depend on Paswan has suggested that ing water in the national water quality, saying only involved in a row over quality years, and sought to know record and should not be Thursday. Naidu said no mem- borewells to serve their needs. teams of officials drawn from Capital had failed quality tests. Kejriwal has questioned the of water supply in the city from Kejriwal what action has reported. He asked him to sit ber can bring pressure on the As much as 40 per cent of the the Centre and Delhi Singh, who was recently report, which also stated that which the BIS report has red- been taken on it. down as no allegation against Deputy Chairman by such water piped in the city is being Government be constituted for appointed as president of LJP drinking water in 13 other flagged for failing in all quali- According to the report any person or Government actions. Rajya Sabha was being wasted during transmission collecting samples and testing. youth wing’s Delhi unit, has cities failed quality tests. ty tests. released by Union Minister has been made. But Singh con- presided over by Deputy due to leakage and theft, he He questioned the delay in con- been actively participating in “The BIS is an autonomous Tiwari slammed Kejriwal, Ram Vilas Paswan on tinued, angering Naidu. Chairman on Thursday when said, adding 25 per cent of the stituting such teams. Geol political activities of the party. body working since saying that since 2014 he has November 16, water in the “Are you the Minister to Goel had displayed the news habitation particularly unau- was constantly countered by He is chief medical officer at a Independence and it was never been promising tap-water sup- national capital was most correct it,” he asked Singh. article. thorised colonies had no water AAP’s Singh only to be over- reputed North Delhi-based questioned by any political ply in every household, but has unsafe among 21 major Indian Naidu also told Goel that any During zero hour on pipelines. ruled by Naidu. hospital. party. “failed” to do so. cities and all water samples col- Water samples of 13 other “Kejriwal’s body language lected from Delhi failed qual-  !     % .   .  cities along with Delhi failed while lying is very convincing ity tests.  --   4564*1 conspiracy. .    “Gandhis are a family elhi Congress held a which lost two members, both Dprotest march at the Jantar Prime Ministers,” Chopra said Mantar on Friday and slammed alleging “conspiracy” behind       ): ! the Modi Government for the withdrawal of their SPG withdrawal of the ‘Special security cover. He demanded Protection Group’ (SPG) cover the government to restore SPG #    given to the Gandhi family. security to the Gandhi family The protesters tried to and former prime minister    -"  -. march towards the Parliament Manmohan Singh ! / 1  House but were stopped at a The protesters included a police barricade. The protest- large number of senior Delhi    - ers carrying placards and rais- Congress leaders, including ing slogans against the Modi former presidents Jai Prakash     4564*1 government were detained as Agarwal, Arvinder Singh they tried to topple a police Lovely, former parliamentari- ollowing instructions of the barricade to march forward. ans Parvez Hashmi, Ramesh FSupreme Court empowered They were released later. Kumar, Mahabal Mishra, Environment Pollution Control Addressing the gathering, Jagdish Tytler and Krishna Authority (EPCA) to curb pol- Delhi Congress Tirath, Delhi Mahila Congress lution in city’s 13 hotspot areas, president Subhash Chopra president Sharmistha Delhi Government along with alleged that the decision by the Mukherjee, and working pres- civic agencies have taken a Modi government to remove idents Haroon Yusuf, Devender stern action on fuel adulter- the SPG security cover to the Yadav and Rajesh Lilothia. month withdrawn the SPG president Sonia Gandhi and and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, ation. According to senior offi- Congress leaders is a political The Centre had earlier this protection given to Congress her children, Rahul Gandhi after almost three decades. cials in Delhi Government, ‘Fuel adulteration is serious threat to the local environment’. < 6<   A team has been consti-  * 0 .     tuted comprising members of These 13 areas are Okhla industries has been accom- Delhi Pollution Control Phase-2, Narela, Bawana, plished in association with !        Committee (DPCC), Transport Mundka, Punjabi Bagh, Indraprastha Gas Limited %       5 department along with Traffic Dwarka, Wazirpur, Rohini, (IGL),” officer said. Police. The team collected 213 Anand Vihar, RK Puram, Meanwhile, despite the     A  samples from the private vehi- Jahangirpuri, Vivek Vihar and efforts, Delhi is still facing     induced draft zig zag cles such as Light Good Ashok Vihar. Six more have tough time as overall Air 4564*1 in brick kling to con-   4564*1 398, while ministerial staff Vehicles (LGVs) and Heavy been identified in NCR- Quality Index (AQI) 339 trol the source of strength has been increased Good Vehicles (HGVs). Faridabad Phase-1 and 2, touching higher end of Severe ith ever deteriorat- emission of haz- he National Green Tribunal from 22 to 36 and there is also ‘These samples have been Udyog Vihar, Bahadurgarh, category. SAFAR in its air qual- Wing air playing ardous gases,” the Thas directed the Delhi increase in the infrastructure. sent to Fuel Testing Laboratory Bhiwadi and Sahibabad. ity forecast said that an increase havoc with the health of officer added further. Government to fill up sanc- The submission was made (FTL), Noida, a unit of Besides, fuel adulteration, in surface and layer the people living in the Recently, in June tioned posts in the forest in a report filed pursuant to the Ministry of Petroleum and DPCC has imposed wind speeds are forecasted national Capital, the month of this year, department and provide NGT’s March 25 order asking Natural Gas,’ said a senior offi- Environmental Compensation form Friday afternoon for the Centre and Delhi the Central Pollution enhanced infrastructure for bet- whether its December 10, 2015 cial of Environment depart- (EC) of 13 lakh on 16 visibly next two days. Government have sub- Control Board ter preservation of the environ- direction to enhance the Forest ment. polluting vehicles till “The condition is forecast mitted affidavits in the (CPCB) asked brick ment within four months. Department’s staff strength and Delhi Government along November 21. to improve significantly by Supreme Court recom- kilns to make shift zig A bench headed by NGT providing proper infrastructure with Department of food and ‘These vehicles have been tomorrow to the lower end of mending to link vehicle zag after they consid- Chairperson Justice Adarsh and equipment to its officials has Civil Supplies has lifted 150 impounded and are in custody the very poor category, further insurance with Pollution Under GOI in the affidavit has rec- er it major source of pollution. Kumar Goel noted the submis- been complied with. samples of petrol and 150 sam- of the Transport Department,’ improvement to the poor cat- Check (PUC) certificates. Once ommended to link PUC with This may be recalled that sion of the Delhi chief secretary The March 25 order came ples of diesel from the retail the official added. egory is expected by integrated, this will directly insurance may impact premium in order to find a long-term that security guards have been on a plea by Delhi resident outlets of petroleum products Focusing hotspots, 351 pol- November 24,” said SAFAR . impact the pockets of violators cost of violators,” a senior Delhi solution of the issue, hired on interim basis. Aditya N Prasad, a lawyer, alleg- and sent it to the lab. luting industries have been “The high wind speed is like- as they would have to cough up government official said on the Environmental Pollution “Let further necessary steps ing that the tribunal’s December Revenue department and closed. ‘In addition, 319 indus- ly to flush out accumulated pol- money to pay the fine. condition of anonymity. (Prevention and Control ) be completed within four 2015 direction has not been Transport department inspect- trial units which were using lutants over the Delhi region. Sources in Delhi govern- In the affidavit, it was also Authority (EPCA) has asked the months but latest by March 31, complied with by the Forest ed 869 KOD out of 1,463 fuels other than Piped Natural The fire counts as per SAFAR ment told The Pioneer that stated that government will National Capital Region (NCR) 2020 and a compliance report Department. Kerosene storages and 1,807 Gas (PNG) have been closed multi-satellite product estimate both the Centre and Delhi gov- identify heavy footfall zones in states to work on Graded filed before the next date by e- The earlier direction of the vehicles for violating plying down to curb emission of pol- is 141, significant reduction ernment have recommended Delhi, will ban the entry of pri- Response Action Plan to reduce mail,” the bench said. tribunal to enhance Forest without PUC Certificates have lutants. from the last two days counts stern actions to curb perennial vate / commercial vehicle and the pollution emanating from The AAP government told Department’s strength and infra- been challaned while 558 have ‘We are ensuring that are partly due to satellite problem of pollution. “Vehicular will induct the e- vehicle in the different sources. the NGT earlier that steps have structure was issued on Prasad’s been impounded. direction of monitoring com- inability to detect fire during emission, construction dust and particular zones to curb vehic- As per the committee been initiated to enhance the plea alleging the department was A Delhi Government offi- mittee related to closure of non cloudy conditions. The Construction and Demolition ( ular pollution. chaired by Bhure Lal , the plan infrastructure and staff strength suffering from “massive defi- cial said in compliance with the -PNG industries are being stubble transport-level winds C&D) are major challenges “There are various recom- identified brick kilns as major of its Forest Department for bet- ciencies of manpower orders of the Supreme Court, complied with, hence 1,165 are westerly and not very favor- before both the governments. mendations that have been source of air pollution in the ter preservation and conserva- Resources” due to which it was all agencies have intensified industrial units which were able for plume intrusion, no While people do not take seri- submitted to the court, induc- region and EPCA ordered all tion of forests. facing difficulties in preserving their actions on ground , main- earlier running on fuels other significant stubble impact is ously PUC and few vehicles tion of E- vehicles, management brick kiln to use zigzag tech- It said forestry staff strength and conserving the flora and ly 13 areas where pollution lev- than PNG have converted to expecting for the next two degrade the environment, the of construction dust and nology during the winter. has been increased from 108 to fauna in the national capital. els always remain higher. PNG while gas supply to these days,” it said further.   !"#$%#&'(  2     >

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The chief guests — Hasina Biddut, Kazi Habibul Bashar Parks -- were illuminated with From Page 1 the SPG cover given to the fam- The Gandhis are now and Banerjee — entered the and Mohammed . pink lights. &0<  From Page 1 SPG cover is provided to ily of former Prime Minister guarded by the ‘Z-plus’ securi- stadium five minutes before Former Indian cricketers in The Eden Test will have the The CBI registered the former Prime Minister or to the Rajiv Gandhi, who was assas- ty of the Central Reserve Police toss, escorted by Cricket attendance included Sadagopan usual lunch break after the first O- <  case on November 19 following members of his immediate sinated by LTTE terrorists on Force (CRPF) that has also Association of Bengal secretary Ramesh, Saba Karim, Sunil session at 3pm while the last a request from the Manipur family for a period of one year May 21, 1991, was taken after extended ASL for these pro- Avishek Dalmiya.A police band Joshi, Ajit Agarkar, Venkatesh break would be for tea span- Government routed through from the date on which the a detailed security assessment tectees. welcomed Hasina and Banerjee Prasad, Kapil Dev, Dilip ning 20 minutes.   4564*1 the Centre. Besides Singh, the incumbent ceases to hold earlier this month. Under the ‘Z-plus’ securi- as the duo greeted the two Vengsarkar, Mohammed As per ICC norms, playing CBI has also named three for- office, and beyond one year The Gandhis are now with- ty, they are being protected by teams.Toss was done with a Azharuddin, K Srikkanth, conditions can be altered by ood regulator FSSAI has mer MDS chairmen — D S based on the level of threat per- out SPG protection after 28 CRPF commandos in close ceremonial silver coin followed Farokh Engineer and Chandu mutual consent of both the Fslapped a show-cause notice Poonia, PC Lawmuknga, O ception assessed by the Union years. They were included in proximity, besides guards at by the national anthem, after Borde.Sports stars from other countries. on McDonald's for disparaging Nabakishore Singh — all Home Ministry. the VVIP security list follow- their homes and wherever they the CAB had to cancel its plan sports who showed up at freshly cooked food and veg- retired IAS officers. Y According to the proposed ing an amendment in travel in the country. of a paratrooper flying on to the BCCI’s invitation included etables in its advertisements to Ningthem Singh, the former amendment, family members September 1991 in the SPG Act Congress general secretary ground to deliver the pink Bindra, Pullela Gopichand, P V promote fast food. project director of the society of the former Prime Ministers of 1988. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had on ball. Sindhu, Sania Mirza and M C In its notice, the FSSAI and S Ranjit Singh, its admin- would not be entitled to the Prime Minister Narendra Thursday dubbed the removal Hasina and Banerjee, Mary Kom. referred to a full-page adver- istrative officer have also been coveted SPG protection, offi- Modi is now the only person to of SPG cover from the Gandhi along with the likes of Kolkata and sweets go tisement by McDonald's in named accused in the FIR. cials said. be protected by the about- family part of politics that Tendulkar, spoke to both the hand in hand and it was little newspapers earlier this month The CBI also found prop- The proposed amendment 4,000-personnel-strong SPG keeps happening. Besides the teams’ players. Also present surprise that a one such shop that had said, "Stuck with Ghiya- erty and bank documents from in the SPG Act was approved that is largely manned by per- LTTE, the Gandhis have also were some former Bangladesh made Sondesh in pink colour, Tori (bottle gourd-sponge residence of Poonia, by the Union Cabinet on sonnel drawn from the armed been on the radar of the players, who played in their something that was shared by gourd) Again? Make the 1+1 Lawmkunga and Nabakishore Wednesday, another official forces of the Centre. Khalistani terror groups country’s first Test. Ganguly on his official Twitter Combo you love". and the same are being scruti- said. Under the rules, SPG pro- propped up by Pakistan, The players present from handle. The food sector watchdog nised. The decision to withdraw tectees are provided with according to security officials the neighbouring country “Sweets go pink in issued a show-cause notice to Hardcastle Restaurants and Connaught Plaza Restaurants growth. Mallikarjun Kharge, K C Finance, Co-operation and assured that the next chief Ltd - the franchise that operates    >>> In Rajya Sabha, during the   Venugopal, Avinash Pande, PWD. minister will be from the Shiv McDonald's fastfood chain in Question Hour, Minister of Balasaheb Thorat, Prithviraj At Saturday's meeting, the Sena". India - seeking response on State for Agriculture Kailash Chavan (Congress), Praful leaders of three parties will During the course of his why action should not be initi- From Page 1 Choudhary accused AAP-led   Patel, Jayant Patil and Ajit decide on sharing of the impor- address, Uddhav blamed the ated against them, a statement by The more trees planted, the Delhi Government is “creating Pawar ( all from the NCP). tant ministries among them. BJP for the current political sit- the FSSAI said.McDonald's had more it will help in reducing hype” on the issue of rising air At the meeting, the leaders According to the sources, uation in the state. "Had the over the last weekend carried pollution, he said. “If each one pollution in the national  of the three parties formalised the Assembly Speaker's post BJP not conducted itself in a advertisements in newspapers of us pledge to plant seven trees Capital due to “political rea- the Common Minimum has become a major bone of manner as it did, we would not seeking to get traffic at its out- an oxygen bank will automat- sons”. Responding to queries From Page 1 Programme (CMP) and dis- contention between the have witnessed the kind of the lets by allegedly disparaging ically be created,” he said. during Question Hour, he said, cussed the sharing of min- Congress and NCP. Earlier, it situation we are witnessing home cooked food and healthy Urging to avoid political “It may be the failure of the Earlier, Uddhav, however, istries in details. As per the was speculated that the today. The BJP is responsible vegetables. slugfest on this grave issue State Government. There are said that his party, and the agreement reached at the meet- Congress would get the post for the current political situa- affecting life, Congress leader many reasons for rise in pol- NCP-Congress alliance had ing, the Shiv Sena will get 16 and that former chief minister tion in the state. For the last few Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said lution. However, the State agreed on many things. “We ministerial berths, NCP 14 Prithviraj Chavan was the days, we have been holding there has to be a concerted Government is creating hype were meeting for the first time and Congress 12. number one choice for the talks with the NCP and effort to deal with this problem. for political reasons.” He said like this. We have reached on As per the agreement post. However, at Friday's Congress. We are in the final Both State and Central there was no need to blame a consensus on many things. reached among the three par- meeting, the NCP is under- stages of government forma- Government should work farmers for the rise in pollution We do not want to leave any- ties, the Shiv Sena will get the stood to have staked claim for tion. Today, we expect to a deci- together to deal with the issue as stubble burning has con- thing undecided. The discus- chairmanships of 27 state-run the Speaker's post. sion in the matter," Uddhav of pollution which has become tributed to only 3 per cent to sions are still going on.. We will boards, while the NCP and Earlier, the Shiv Sena told his party MLAs. ◆ LOST & FOUND ◆ a matter of concern. “We need the overall air pollution in not go before the people till we Congress will get the chair- Legislature Party meeting held After the 75 minute meet- a climate-smart economy...You Delhi.On stringent measures decide on everything”. manships of 25 state-run at the Thackerays' residence ing, all the Sena MLAs were I Ravinder Kumar Pathela should introduce climate liter- taken against farmers to curb However, Shiv Sena's boards each. "Matoshri" earlier in the morn- driven to Hotel Lalit where they S/o Late Sh. Ram Kishan acy,” he said. stubble burning, the Minister Legislature Party leader Eknath Given that the Sena would ing, newly elected Sena MLAs will all be lodged till the three Pathela, R/o Olive 201, Chowdhury charged that said, “It is wrong to send farm- Shinde, who is also a chief min- get the chief minister's post for rooted for the Sena President parties complete government the Environment and Forest ers to jail. However, it is a state isterial aspirant, said that there full five years, there will in all Uddhav Thackeray becoming formation formalities. Salcon Verandas, Golf Ministry under the NDA subject.” On the Supreme was no discussion on the chief likelihood be two deputy chief the Chief Minister in the three- On its part, the Congress Course Road, Gurgaon Government appears to be Court’s directive, some States minister's choice. He said that ministers. The details on what party front Government. also held its Legislature Party inform that the Original pro-business rather than pro- are offering Rs 100/quintal the discussions were going on transpired about the choice of After a majority of the meeting earlier in the after- conservation. Climate change assistance to farmers. Even the many issues, including the deputy chief ministers was not MLAs spoke in favour of noon. Possession Certificate of was never mentioned in the Central Government’s agricul- Speaker's post. immediately known. Uddhav heading the new gov- However, no CLP leader our property C-201, Nirvana Budget in the last couple of ture research body ICAR has Apart from Uddhav, Pawar Sources said that though ernment in the state, the Sena was elected at the meeting. At Courtyard, Gurgaon has year, he said, adding, this shows developed seven post harvest- and Chavan, prominent among the leaders from the three par- president himself signalled the meeting, the Congress the importance being impart- ing machines to reduce stubble the leaders who were present at ties discussed the sharing of them to stop and said: "I have obtained the signatures of its been lost/ misplaced. If ed by the Government to this burning in Punjab, Haryana the tripartite meeting were portfolios among them, they promised late Balasaheb that I newly elected MLAs which the found please contact me or important issue. and Uttar Pradesh, he added. Eknath Shinde, Aditya had not arrived at consensus on will one day install a Shiv party would submit to the call at 9810070342. Jagdambika Pal (BJP) said Every year, the national Capital Thackeray, Subhash Desai, sharing of important portfolios Sainik as the chief minister of Governor along with its letter pollution is not only life threat- sees rise in air pollution on the Sanjay Raut (all from the Shiv like Home, Urban Maharashtra. of support to the Shiv Sena-led PD(8686)A ening but also affecting GDP onset of winter, he said. Sena), Ahmed Patel, Development, Revenue, I will fulfil my promise. Be government in the state.   !"#$%#&'(    8 .5 .        # 

   &  apps such as WhatsApp in the    babas are reaching out to per- troops and other sensitive mil- (3     4564*1 past. Thereafter, it listed the sonnel in an attempt to seek itary information. steps to change the WhatsApp    military information. The Explaining the modus ith Pakistan resorting to settings to avoid such incidents Army has also issued an advi- operandi about the Pakistani  4564*1 100-mark in some places. the surge and then decides on Wsocial media to trap in the future, sources said here   sory to its personnel caution- intelligence officers using the The wholesale onion price has measures to be taken to rein Indian services personnel to on Friday. ing them about fake social fake sites, officials said families ith onion prices showing increased to 79.50 per kg at them in. Since August, these gather sensitive intelligence, Some days back the Army   ! media sites as nearly 150 such of the soldiers are also target- Wno signs of decline, the Lasalgaon and 82 per kg at officials have become a regular the Army has issued an advi- had warned officers holding sites used by Pakistan ed and sometimes they may Modi Government on Friday Pimpalgaon in Maharashtra fixture at the meetings of the sory to all its personnel to sensitive posts in operational !   Intelligence Officers has come inadvertently given informa- brainstormed over the issue to on Friday. Daily onion arrivals government's PSMC Officials change their WhatsApp set- areas, all headquarters, divi- to light. tion about the posting of their get to the root cause of the have dipped to barely 10-15 of intelligence, enforcement tings to make sure they are not sions and brigades to stop   ) Issuing this warning, the relatives. problem which is giving sleep- percent of arrivals a year ago. and income tax department automatically added to any using Whats App for official Army also alerted its personnel The threat is more promi- less nights to people. Traders say the situation is work in tandem with the agri- group. This caution comes communicable as it was vul-  )  from refraining unknown nent in civil areas with the The Home Minister Amit expected to remain till culture, commerce and con- weeks after the Army warned nerable platform. social media sites that are being army coming in contact with Shah on Friday chaired a meet- December end due to shortage sumer affairs ministries to its officers and men to be The advisory also noted used by adversaries for honey the public and the men in uni- ing of Price Stabilization of onion. ensure that onion prices are beware of fake spiritual gurus that social media website ed in sensitive areas were also trap to extract sensitive infor- form may give out sensitive Management Committee Onion prices have come kept under check. trying to entice them through Facebook could be used for col- cautioned to refrain from talk- mation, sources said. information. (PSMC) involving all stake- under pressure due to 26 per The central Government social media. lecting intelligence and per- ing about the whereabouts of Elaborating upon the Some of the fake identi- holders to discuss the strategies cent fall in the production to has been holding regular meet- The latest advisory comes sonnel were advised to refrain their family members serving threat posed by fake spiritual ties pose as nurses or claim to to cool down onion prices. 52.06 lakh tonnes during the ings on ways to check the rise after an Indian Army officer from using their Facebook in the armed forces. gurus and babas, they said be from the Army Union Ministers Ram Vilas kharif output late-kharif sea- in the price of onions. The was reportedly added to a accounts, sources said here on Moreover, the armed forces these persons through the Headquarters seeking details Paswan, Piyush Goyal and sons of 2019-20. The Union Cabinet had on group by a Pakistan based Friday. have been asked not to link social media try to trap gullible about the whereabouts the per- Narendra Singh Tomar and Government is also facilitating Wednesday approved import of mobile number. As per the Amongst other precau- their Gmail accounts to multi- and vulnerable soldiers under- sonnel from their families. senior officials of ministries private imports and also 1.2 lakh metric tonnes onion in advisory, the alert officer tions to be taken, officers and ple applications as that could going some issues thereby The fake profiles are gen- and intelligence agencies were relaxed phytosanitary and view of high prices of the showed the presence of mind, men were advised not to compromise information on depressed and their families. erally 2-3 years old. So, they do also present. fumigation norms till essential commodity in the took a screenshot of the group upload their pictures in uni- the email account. After gaining their confidence not raise suspicion and appear Currently, retail onion December. PSMC reviews market.The Government has and exited it. It noted that there form or discus about their Recently, the Army warned over a time, these so-called to be authentic. It is then that prices across the country have prices of essential commodities been trying to tackle the issue had been attempts to target posting, officials said adding its jawans and officers to be gurus then try to seek infor- they started targeting, officials been hovering around 80 to  whenever they shoot up and since August when prices first Army personnel on messaging even the families of those post- alert as fake spiritual gurus and mation about movement of added. 90 per kg, even crossing the figures out the reason behind touched 40 per kg. -      /<* * <   !( O/  !   6   ""       %) 1%   !P     4564*1 The storage of e-cigarettes  4564*1 corruption". shall also be punishable with Several senior gnoring the demand for imprisonment of up to six  4564*1 not taken up today, they will be 1 3  ( he Opposition on Friday Congress leaders, Ireconsideration of the ban months or a fine of up to taken up tomorrow. Hereafter,  4564*1 Taccused the BJP of receiv- including leader imposed on e-cigarettes and 50,000, or both, it said. ajya Sabha Chairman M except by taking special per- ing crores in donation from a of opposition in Electronic Nicotine Delivery The government had cited RVenkaiah Naidu on Friday mission, they will not be embers of Left parties company being probed by the Rajya Sabha Systems (ENDS), the health risk to people, especial- said that notices given by MPs repeated again," he ruled. Mand the BJP on Friday ED for allegedly buying prop- Ghulam Nabi Government on Friday intro- ly youth and issued an ordi- for raising issues of public The Chairman also direct- clashed in Rajya Sabha over the erties from Iqbal Mirchi, an Azad, Congress duced a Bill in this regard in the nance to ban such products. importance during Zero Hour ed that no placards, newspaper issue of Jawaharlal Nehru accused in the 1993 Mumbai leader in Lok Parliament. The bill authorised officials will lapse if the proceedings of articles, air purifiers or masks University (JNU) students' bomb blasts, and asked Sabha Adhir The proposed Prohibition to conduct searches in premis- the House in the morning ses- should be displayed in the protest against a hike in hostel whether or not it was a case of Ranjan of Electronic Cigarettes es, stating that where such sion are adjourned due to dis- House. "Nothing should be fees and a draft hostel manual "treason". Chowdhury, (Production, Import, Export, searches were not permissible, ruptions. displayed in the House," he which imposes dress codes Parliament witnesses uproar Anand Sharma, Sale, Distribution, Storage and authorities might attach prop- Usually, notices are carried said, and warned of action and curfew timings. over electoral bonds issue Shashi Tharoor and Manish Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said it Advertisement) Bill, 2019, pre- erties, stocks of e-cigarettes or over to the next day in case of against it. At the backdrop of issue with Congress attacking the Tewari, protested against the has made four disclosures in pared by the Ministry of Health records maintainedby the man- adjournment of proceedings of Naidu objected to letters rocking in the Parliament ever Government and asking Prime Government inside Parliament the case of donations through and Family aims to replace the ufacturer, producer exporter, the House during Zero Hour, written to him being leaked in since the Winter session start- Minister Narendra Modi to House premises. electoral bonds. CPI(M) gen- Ordinance that was promul- transporter, importer, stockist which is scheduled every day the media even before he ed, HRD Ministry appointed come clean on the allegations The MPs held placards eral secretary Sitaram Yechury gated in September 18. against whom a complaint had from 1100 hrs to 1200 hrs. receives it and said the Chair three-member panel to rec- surrounding the electoral asking the prime minister to also attacked the government Iintroduced by Union been made. It said the owner or However, Naidu said some would not come under such ommend ways to restore nor- bonds scheme and accused the break his silence on the issue, on the matter. Health Minister Harsh occupier of the place that stocks notices can be allowed the pressure tactics. He warned mal functioning in JNU, con- Government of legalising cor- raised slogans against the gov- Congress' chief spokesper- Vardhan, the bill makes the e-cigarettes should voluntarily next day after taking special against running commentary cluded its meetings on Friday ruption. ernment and called for ending son Randeep Surjewala cited a manufacturing, production, prepare a list of such stock in permission. by MPs and defying the Chair, and will submit its recom- Opposition parties led by the electoral bonds scheme. media report claiming the BJP import, export, distribution, his possession and without "Some people have devel- saying he will "name" such mendations next week. the Congress, which protested The issue of electoral bonds has took a large donation from a transport, sale, storage or delay submit the stock to the oped a habit of disturbing the members. Through a Zero Hour mention in Parliament premises and snowballed into a political firm being probed by the advertisements of such alter- nearest authorised officer. House in making their point of Naidu said it is the in the upper house, K K Ragesh described the issue as a "threat flashpoint following a report by Enforcement Directorate for native smoking devices a cog- However, e-cigarettes pro- view and insisting it beyond a Chairman's prerogative to of the CPI (M) raised the mat- to democracy", sought to raise a news portal that the Reserve carrying out transactions with nizable offence, attracting a jail moting trade bodies, users and point and thereby stalling the allow or disallow discussions ter and sought a judicial probe the matter in the Rajya Sabha Bank of India and the Election and buying properties from the term and a fine. other stakeholdershave been House for a variety of reasons. under a particular rule. into police action against agi- but were not allowed to do so Commission had reservations late Iqbal Mirchi, an accused in First-time violators will opposing government's move Then the Chairman adjourns Observing hat Rajya Sabha is tating students. Immediately by the Chair. The CPI(M) against them but were over- the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts face a jail term of up to one year to ban "alternative" smoking the House because I don't want currently holding its 250th ses- after this, Prabhat Jha of the along with the CPI also hit out ruled by the Modi govern- and a close aide of global ter- and a fine of 1 lakh. For sub- device, alleging it was a "dra- ugly scenes to be seen by the sion, the Chairman said mem- BJP raised the issue of "deface- at the government over the ment. rorist Dawood Ibrahim. There sequent offences, a jail term of conian" step taken in haste to people," he said. bers should cooperate in run- ment" of a yet-to-be-unveiled issue of electoral bonds and Citing the same report, was no response from the BJP up tothree years or a fine of  protect the conventional ciga- "Members think that auto- ning proceedings of the House statue of Swami Vivekananda said it was "legalised political Congress general secretary on the allegations. 5 lakh, or both. rette industry. matically if they (notices) are in a smooth manner. on the JNU campus.   !"# '  3    4"  $%&'% ( #     

 4564*1 years, the Ministry of External  4564*1 Meghwal on Friday said in the Affairs (MEA) said in a state- Lok Sabha that Dadra and ndia and China will jointly ment on Friday. fter reorganization of J&K, Nagar Haveli and Daman and Ihold 70 celebratory activities They will further deepen Athe Narendra Modi Diu (Merger of Union to mark the 70th anniversary of people-to-people exchanges Government has decided to Territories) Bill 2019 is part of the establishment of diplomat- between the two countries at all merge two Union Territories - the proposed Government ic ties between the two coun- levels, including between their - Daman and Diu, and Dadra business for the next week. tries. respective legislatures, busi- and Nagar Haveli into one and Officials said the merger of The modalities for cele- nesses, academics, cultural and a Bill to this effect is expected the two UTs, located along the bration was agreed to during youth organisations as well as to be tabled in Parliament next western coast near Gujarat, last month's informal summit the defence forces, the MEA week. The merged UT is like- will be done for better admin- meeting between Prime further said. ly to be named as Dadra, Nagar istration and check duplications Minister Narendra Modi and The two sides will also Haveli, Daman and Diu and its of various work. Chinese President Xi Jinping. engage in cooperative projects headquarters could be Daman So far, both the UTs have The activities, including par- in studying ancient maritime and Diu. separate budgets and different liamentary exchanges, will links between India and China The move comes three secretariats even though they are demonstrate the historic con- through the establishment of months after reorganization of just 35 km apart. Dadra and nect between the two civilisa- sister-state relations between J&K into two UTs - J&K, and Nagar Haveli has just one district tions as well as their growing Tamil Nadu and Fujian Ladakh. Union Minister Arjun while Daman and Diu has two. bilateral relationship over the Province, it added. 4?*888   !      

 4564*1 tive to plastic is a challenging task. ncreasing use of plastics by It is estimated that around Ithe Fast-Moving Consumer 25,940 tonnes/day of plastic Goods (FMCG) sector among waste is generated in India. others is posing huge environ- There are 4,773 registered plas- mental hazards with more than tic manufacturing/ Multi-Layer 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste Plastic manufacturing / recy- being generated every day. cling units in the country. More alarmingly, 40 per cent of "Approximately 15,384 this plastic waste remains tonnes/day, which is 60 per uncollected and littered in the cent of the total plastic waste is environment, the Government collected and recycled. This informed the Lok Sabha on recycled plastic is used is man- Friday. ufacturing of several products. In a written response to a agement. lenge of plastic waste manage- The remaining 10,556 question in the Lower House, "With continued econom- ment," Javadekar said. tonnes/day of the plastic waste, Union Environment Minister ic development, the demand The Government aims to which is estimated to be Prakash Javadekar also talked for consumer goods is increas- rid the country of single use approximately 40 per cent of about a study conducted by the ing. Among the various factors plastic by 2022 as part of the plastic waste generation, Central Pollution Control driving this growth, one of the Clean India (Swachh Bharat) remains uncollected and lit- Board (CPCB) in 60 major most significant factor is part two campaign. Replying to tered in the environment," cities of India, which estimat- increasing use of plastics by another question on develop- Javadekar said. ed that around 4,059 tonnes per FMCG sector. ing green alternatives to plas- The Minister informed that day of plastic waste is generat- "Due to its durability, tic, the Minister said due to its an expert group has been con- ed from these cities strength, inert behaviour and cheap cost, finding an alterna- stituted by Central Institute of The Minister said the low cost, plastic emerged as one tive was a "challenging task". Plastics Engineering and demand of plastic has increased of the most reliable packaging "Due to various positive Technology (CIPET) with significantly due its increased material for the industries. As factors including cheap cost respect to research and devel- use in the FMCG sector, which an outcome, the increase in associated with plastic pack- opment for compostable or has indirectly resulted into the demand for plastic has indi- aging, finding an ecologically biodegradable technology on challenge of plastic waste man- rectly resulted into the chal- sustainable and green alterna- plastic.   !"#$%#&'(    .

  /; 5  @5   *  %         Kolkata: At a time when stu- and faculty members. in Uttar Pradesh based BHU, has reopened after days of far I haven’t had the dents of the Banaras Hindu “I was welcomed by prin- Ali said he would not like to protests. opportunity to attend any of his University are up in arms over cipal Swami Shastrajnandaji make any comment about Unlike the BHU professor, classes. I am looking forward to appointment of a Muslim Maharaj, and everyone... another educational institu- Ali, who is in his early 40s, said it,” the student added. )    Sanskrit teacher, a man from Maharaj told me that my reli- tion, but “I believe Sanskrit he never faced any discrimi- The principal of the college the minority community gious identity was not impor- embodies India’s inclusiveness, nation as a Sanskrit teacher. could not be contacted for his selected as an Assistant tant, what mattered was my its rich culture. Don’t forget “I never felt that I was out comment.   ;'.''1C+8D Professor of Sanskrit by a city- grasp over the language, my Sanskrit is the mother of all lan- of place or unwanted while Ali said since the time of based college on Friday said he indepth knowledge and my guages. How can anyone bar studying or teaching sanskrit. joining the college on group of Banaras Hindu was overwhelmed by warm ability to share it with the stu- people from other religions Here, at the Belur college, the November 19, he is liked by AUniversity students welcome from students as well dents,” Ali told PTI. from learning and teaching management has arranged for students and has even joined protesting against the appoint- faculty members. The Belur based institution Sanskrit?” my accommodation and their ‘adda’ after class hours. ment of a Muslim professor at Ramzan Ali has been cho- is a fully residential degree col- A section of students at ensured that I do not face any “I have already taken class- the Sanskirt literature depart- sen to teach Sanskrit at lege for boys affiliated to the BHU has been demonstrating inconvenience,” the assistant es of first and second years and ment ended their ‘dharna’ on Ramakrishna Mission University of Calcutta. It was against the appointment of professor maintained. the students have showered Friday. Vidyamandira in Belur, on the founded in 1941 by the Feroz Khan as the assistant pro- A student of the Sanskrit me with love. Some of them The university had outskirts of the Bengal’s capi- Ramakrishna Mission. fessor of the varsity’s Sanskrit department at Ramakrishna have even commented why I announced on Thursday that tal. He joined his new assign- It got the 11th NIRF department. Mission Vidyamandira said he did not join before the classes at the department would ment on Tuesday last. He ear- (National Institutional Ranking Although the BHU author- was looking forward to Teachers’ Day on September 5 resume, indicating that the stir lier taught at a college in north Framework) in the college cat- ities backed him, Khan has not attending Ali’s classes. so that they could have shown against the appointment of Bengal for nine years. egory in 2018-19 academic been able to take classes. It is “unfair” to question the me their love and respect. And assistant professor Feroze Khan Ali said he was over- session from Union HRD min- The university tweeted on religious identity of a teacher, I tell them my greatest reward had ended. whelmed by the kind reception istry. Thursday that the faculty of he said. will be if they follow teachers’ “The Faculty of Sanskrit 0   # was held with organisation he received from the students Asked about the agitation Sanskrit vidya dharma vigyan “Ali sir has just joined, so words.” PTI Vidya Dharma Vigyan, Banaras leaders in Varanasi, in which Hindu University, has     #  they held that the opposition by reopened,” the BHU tweeted on a section of BHU students was  .    @5 * Thursday.      wrong. But the protest by a small     Lal added that they do not     &5    group, mostly from the support the students staging RSS-affiliated student’s union      dharna in the campus on this ! - P  *   P ABVP, continued for some issue. A BHU spokesperson hours for the 15th day on    said several rounds of talks ,& &   %   Friday till an announcement by were held on Thursday in the the agitating students them- Friday and assured them of an vice chancellor’s office by stu- Kolkata: With the indefinite Aligarh (UP): Amid a row at selves. The group had insisted inquiry. dents, teachers, chief proctor. fast by para-teachers in West Banaras Hindu University over that a Muslim cannot teach Ojha said they would again It was decided to open the Bengal to press for a hike in the appointment of a Muslim Sanskrit, a stand opposed by resume their protest if no classroom and hold classes their salaries entering its eighth professor at its Sanskrit depart- other students. action was taken within 10 days from the next day. Soon after day on Friday, Governor ment, teachers at Aligarh The dharna was called off into the “irregularity” in the the meeting, the classroom’s Jagdeep Dhankhar appealed Muslim University recalled following an assurance by the appointment process of the locks were opened, the to all sides concerned to initi- their institute’s contribution to dean of the Sanskrit literature assistant Sanskrit professor in spokesperson said. ate a dialogue for resolving the the subject. department. the SVDV. Earlier, some of the stu- issue. An AMU scholar was the According to BHU student Meanwhile, the Rashtriya dents also burnt the effigy of Over 1,000 para-teachers, first Muslim to earn a PhD in and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Swayamsevak Sangh said it the vice chancellor to protest 0       . 1 *  A     , who are contractual teachers in Sanskrit. Two of the nine fac- Parishad (ABVP) leader did not agree with the students’ against the appointment of Government-run schools, are ulty members at the Sanskrit Chakrapani Ojha, the dean of protests. Khan. The protesters had on a sit-in since November 11. department now are Muslims, the Sanskrit literature depart- In a statement, RSS leader demanded for a high-level At least 37 of the protest- they reminded. ment met the students on Jai Prakash Lal said a meeting probe of CBI in the matter. &  (  '    ing teachers are on an indefi- At BHU, a group of stu- nite fast from November 15 dents has been protesting and about 10 of them have fall- against the appointment of         0   en sick, the organisation which Feroze Khan, saying a Muslim  !  B &  is spearheading the para- teach- cannot teach Sanskrit. The ers’ movement said. BHU has backed the professor. !  #       232'' “we the people of Bangladesh the Eden Gardens Hasina said “@MamataOfficial. I AMU spokesperson Rahat !    * will always remain grateful to “we are great friends but here appeal (to) all sides for dialogue Abrar told PTI that when % @  ndia is a good friend perhaps India for the support it lent us we are fighting against each at the highest level as over 1000 Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental Ia best friend of Bangladesh in our Independence. We have other … though my team is not para-teachers are on a sit-in College turned into a university *+,' (8     and it will never forget India’s always remained good friends, competing that well … Inshah since November 11 and 37 of in 1920, its Sanskrit department  *!         role in the Independence of that perhaps the best of friends … Allah we will do better present- them are on an indefinite fast was among the most presti-    !  country, Prime Minister I hope this friendship and ly.” Emerging from almost an from Friday,” he tweeted. gious at AMU. !   !  )    '18+. with their beards, police said. Sheikh Hasina said on Friday cooperation will continue for all hour-long parley the Bengal Referring to the death of The second vice-chancellor  !  .   “Policemen should not referring to the times to come,” the Prime Chief Minister said her meet- para-teacher Revati Raut in of AMU, Sahibzada Aftab '  he police in Rajasthan’s only work in an unbiased man- excellent relationship between Minister said without however ing with the Bangla Prime West Midnapore district, Ahmad Khan, in his inaugur-   +     TAlwar ordered nine Muslim ner but they should also look the two neighbours. referring to whether she and Minister was informal and held Dhankhar tweeted, “Reported al address at the varsity in 1924  )!K   members of the force to shave unbiased,” the SP initially told The Bangla Prime Minister Bengal Chief Minister Mamata in most cordial atmosphere. “It death of Revati Raut, in West had highlighted the impor- '#G$ 2   their beards, only to withdraw its reporters. who came to Kolkata’s Eden Banerjee had any discussion on was a homely meeting and we Midnapore and illness of oth- tance of Sanskrit.  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Raut, a middle-aged para- record of Hindu civilisation        Thursday said the nine police- the HoD (head of department) — the first ever pink-ball Apparently Hasina received Hasina, posers on Teesta water teacher who had taken part in and culture and it is our aim to  )     men were asked to cut their to permit policemen to keep encounter between the two with great appreciation the issue. the demonstration by para- produce Muslim scholars who   &  beards so that they acted and beards,” he said. countries and the first one overwhelming applause the “Our relationship has been teachers here for several days, would enrich our culture by a L   ! !  looked “unbiased”. “Under the provision, 32 being playedby India — said Bangladeshi National Anthem historical and the people of two died at her residence at Debra contribution from this source,”  ! .  M  As the news spread, on policemen were given permis- “India has always fascinated me — “Amaar Sonar Bangla Aami nations are fond of each other,” in West Midnapore on he is quoted as saying. L1H'  ) ) Friday Alwar SP Anil Paris sion. The permission for nine for its role in our Independence Tomai Bhalobashi…” — Banerjee said adding “I too am Thursday, Bhagirath Ghosh, “It is proposed to award !  & ! !  Deshmukh withdrew own order. policemen has been cancelled apart from its warmth which received from the spectators at fond of the Prime Minister co-convenor of the ‘Para- special scholarships to Muslim  !  . Police said they had earli- while for the rest of them it makes me come back to this Eden Gardens even as she and have invited her again to Teacher Oikyo Manch’ which is students for the study of this      er given permission to 32 stands unchanged,” he country time and again.” shared her feelings with the fel- India, to Kolkata.” Though both spearheading the movement, subject,” he had said. PTI   Muslim personnel to sport added. “I had come to Kolkata at low diplomats, sources said. the leaders carefully avoided the said. TMC Lok Sabha party (!' !  3   beards. Thursday’s order with- Deshmukh had said the the invite of Sourav Ganguly to Incidentally National Anthems touchy topic of Teesta water- leader Sudip Bandopadhyay    !  drew this permission for nine decision can be reconsidered witness the historic test match. of both the countries have been sharing diplomatic sources said denied that a para-teacher     of them. and those dissatisfied with it The warmth and hospitality was penned by Poet Laureate the issue indeed had cropped has died and claimed it as “a   !   !  The remaining 23 police- can approach the excellent as has always been, Rabindranath Tagore. up and the two sides placed false propaganda by        men were allowed to continue department. Hasina said reminding how On the day’s proceedings at their logics quite amicably. BJP”. PTI & ) N)  O         ! ' B8  8  ;8  

Jaipur: The Congress wants a party wants a grand temple be !      !  “grand temple” to be built in built there (Ayodhya),” Pilot Ayodhya, Rajasthan Deputy told reporters in Dausa Wayanad: Amid mounting Chief Minister Sachin Pilot district. protests, the Kerala said on Friday, days after the “We have to happily respect Government on Friday Supreme Court cleared the and maintain that decision. suspended the principal and way for the construction of the Now we have to stop doing pol- vice-principal of the school shrine in holy itics on this issue; the world is where a 10-year-old girl had town. moving forward,” he said. died of snake bite inside the He also said the court’s People who had been classroom, as students hit the The school authorities decision was acceptable to all doing politics over the case for streets vowing not to enter came under attack after and people should now stop the past 30 years understand their classrooms till justice was teachers failed to ensure that doing politics on the issue. now that no one will benefit delivered to their schoolmate. the fifth standard student, In its verdict announced on politically by raising the issue Various student organisa- Shehala Sherin, who was bitten November 9, the Supreme again and again, he added, tions also took out protest by a snake inside her class on Court backed the construction without naming anyone. marches to the district collec- November 20, was rushed to of a Ram temple by a trust at Speaking about the torate at Kalpetta demanding hospital. the disputed site in Ayodhya, Congress’ performance in the action against those responsi- Though her parents rushed and ruled that an alternative recent civic body polls in ble for her death. her to four hospitals, no anti- five-acre plot be allotted for Rajasthan and assembly elec- Protests were also held at venom was administered and building a mosque in the town. tions in some states, Pilot said Thiruvananthapuram. they were told to take the child “Everyone has welcomed there is a change in the coun- The state education depart- to the Kozhikode Medical col- the decision and the Congress try’s atmosphere. PTI ment suspended principal AK lege hospital, which is about 90 Karunakaran and vice-princi- km from Sulthan Bathery. pal KK Mohan of the Shehala’s father said she Government vocational high- died before reaching the er secondary school at Sulthan medical college. Bathery in Wayanad district. The deputy director of the After a preliminary probe, education department has dis- a teacher, Shijil, was suspend- solved the school’s ed for alleged lapse on Parent Teacher Association Thursday. (PTA). PTI   !"#$%#&'(    9

)     % P       5     #  $   %"!)"')* '% < )  5     " * +% ,%%& - .*  O        P B<      Mumbai: The BJP was outsmarted elected unopposed as mayor and   A  /<  # 1  on Friday by emerging political deputy mayor respectively as the Nagpur: Irrespective of whose Aurangabad: The State combinations in Maharashtra and BJP did not field candidates for the Government is formed in administration has sanctioned Mumbai: lost mayoral polls in Latur and two posts. Maharashtra, we will get the 819.59 crore relief for Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar has Shiv Sena Ulhasnagar despite having a major- The Sena’s Naresh Mhaske and work done in the interest of Marathwada farmers who suf- finally “outwitted” the “so-called won’t side ity in both civic bodies. Pallavi Kadam were elected mayor farmers, Union Minister Nitin fered losses due to unseasonal Chanakya of the Indian politics”, the with the BJP The Shiv Sena managed to and deputy mayor respectively of Gadkari said on Friday. showers, an official said on party said on Friday, as it inches clos- even if win the posts of mayor and deputy Thane Municipal Corporation. The Minister for Road Friday. er to forming a Government with Shiv offered Lord mayor in Mumbai and neghbour- In Parbhani, Anita Sonkamble Transport and Highways was The fund has been sanc- Sena and Congress in Maharashtra. Indra’s ing Thane. and Bhagwan Waghmare of the speaking at the inauguration of tioned for farmers in eight The NCP’s chief spokesperson throne, Sena The BJP, however, managed to Congress, which is the largest party Agrovision, an expo showcas- districts of the region. Nawab Malik also reiterated that the MP Sanjay keep its flock together and got the in the civic body, were elected ing a wide range of “The State administration throne of Delhi could not make Raut said here on Friday. support of the Maharashtra mayor and deputy mayor. agricultural products, here. has sanctioned  819.59 crore Maharashtra bow before it. Talking to reporters, Raut reiterat- Navnirman Sena to win the posts In Nashik, Satish Kulkarni of He said instead of taking so as aid for post-monsoon show- “@PawarSpeaks Sahab has final- ed that his party will get the of mayor and deputy mayor in the BJP was elected mayor after a much interest in covering who ers that hit farmers in ly outwitted the so- called Chanakya of 56 seats respectively. Maharashtra CM’s post when the three- Nashik. group of its corporators, who were is forming the next Marathwada,” deputy divisional Indian politics. The throne of Delhi However, the saffron partners fell party alliance with Congress and NCP In Latur, the Congress’ Vikrant cosying up to the Sena, stayed back. Government in Maharashtra, commissioner Parag Soman could not make Maharashtra bow out after the Sena persisted with its assumes power. Gojamgunde was elected mayor, in With five MNS corporators the media should focus on said. The drought-prone region down before it. Jai Maharashtra,” Malik demand for sharing the Chief Minister’s “The time for offers has ended,” what is being seen as a setback for also voting for the BJP candidates farmers’ issues. didn’t receive adequate rainfall tweeted, without naming anyone. post on rotational basis. Raut said, when asked about reports that former BJP Minister Sambhaji in the Nashik Municipal “Whosoever forms the during monsoon, but farmers It is believed that Malik’s jibe was Now in a bid to form a the BJP had agreed to share the CM’s Nilangekar.In Ulhasnagar, the BJP, Corporation, the latter won the government, work will be car- suffered more when ready directed at Union Home Minister and Government, the Sena is in talks with post with the Sena. despite having a majority in the deputy mayor’s post as well, with ried out in a good manner. crops were damaged due to BJP president Amit Shah, who is often the NCP and Congress, who have won “People of Maharashtra want Sena municipal corporation, was beaten 82-year Bhikubai Bagul getting the Irrespective of whose unseasonal showers that hit the credited for being instrumental in the 54 and 44 seats respectively in the 288- chief Uddhav Thackeray to become the by former saffron ally Shiv Sena post unopposed. Government comes to power State, a State official said. BJP’s victories in several polls and member Maharashtra Assembly. CM,” he said. which won the mayor’s post after it In the 70-member Latur civic in Maharashtra, we will get the “This damage was sur- Government formations in the country. Maharashtra has been under the Asked if the three non-BJP parties got the support of the NCP, body, BJP had 36 and Congress 33 work done in farmers’ interest. veyed by Government agencies The BJP and the Uddhav President’s rule since November 12, would meet the State governor on Congress and a local outfit called corporators while the NCP had one. Farmers are more impor- and a demand of  2,909.36 Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had contest- after no party came forward with Friday itself, Raut quipped, “Why meet Team Omi Kalani (TOK). One BJP corporator died and the tant...Who is part of the gov- crore was earlier presented to ed the October 21 Maharashtra enough numbers to form a the governor when the President’s rule In Mumbai, the Sena’s Kishori lone NCP corporator joined the ernment is insignificant,” the the State administration,” he Assembly polls jointly and won 105 and Government. PTI is in place”. PTI Pednekar and Suhas Wadkar were Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi. PTI Minister said. PTI added .PTI && )  /               &  @     Srinagar: Most shops and     Authorities fear that vest- other business establishments ed interests might exploit large (8  !I. in Kashmir were closed on gatherings at the grand mosque ,/ .P     Friday, the third consecutive to fuel protests, officials said.   ' + Raina said the day of a Valley-wide shutdown Pre-paid mobile phones BJP’s commitment to work for following a brief semblance of and all internet services !    everal National Conference the welfare of the people and normalcy. continued to remain suspend- Sand Congress activists on the strong belief on “Sabka On Wednesday, posters ed since August 5.  Friday joined the BJP at sepa- Saath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka warning shopkeepers against Most top level and second      rate functions in Jammu, Vishwaas” policy has touched opening their shutters as well rung separatist politicians are &*4'1 Kathua and Reasi districts of the lives of people living as public transport operators in preventive custody while this region, a saffron party in the remote areas of the appeared at several places in the mainstream leaders, including amil Nadu spokesman said. region. city and elsewhere in the Valley, two former Chief Ministers, TGovernment’s Two prominent NC “The BJP believes that officials said. Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba efforts to meddle activists from Kishtwar — there is lot of work to be done This ended the sense of the Mufti, have been either with the Inderjit and Ranjit — along for the welfare of the common last few weeks that life was get- detained or placed under house encroached lands with their supporters joined the masses and hence we need ting back to normal. arrest. measuring thou- party in the presence of senior committed party activists who Main markets in the city The Government has sands of acres leaders including can serve the nation and the and most other areas in the detained former Chief Minister belonging to the Jammu & Kashmir unit presi- society without any self inter- Valley were shut and shops did and sitting Lok Sabha MP temples in the dent Ravinder Raina and for- est,” he said. not open even for a few hours than usual, officials said. secutive Friday — ever since from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah State administered by the tion of the temple lands con- mer Deputy Chief The new entrants assured in the morning as they had However, some auto-rickshaws August 5 when the Centre under the controversial Public Hindu Religious and Charitable tinued with the active con- Minister Kavinder Gupta at the BJP leadership that they been doing for the last few and inter-district cabs were announced the revoking of Safety act, a law enacted by his Endowments Department nivance of the officials of the party headquarters here, he would promote the party’s poli- weeks. plying. Jammu & Kashmir’s special father and National Conference came to a nought on HR& CE Department, pointed said. cies with their “dedicated and Public transport was also Jamia Masjid, the grand status under Article 370 and its founder Sheikh Mohammad Friday as the Madras High out Ramesh, president, Temple Welcoming the new selfless” working, the largely off the roads and there mosque of Kashmir, was closed bifurcation into two union ter- Abdullah in 1978 when he Court stayed the Government Worshippers Society , the main entrants into the party fold, spokesman said. were fewer private vehicles for prayers for the 16th con- ritories. was the Chief Minister. PTI Order issued on August 30 in petitioner. this regard. In Friday’s order the judges A Bench consisting of asked the Department to col- Justices M Sathyanarayana and lect the details of the  .- &%%  !       5  .& N Seshasayee stayed the sec- encroached lands and the tions of the GO which had action taken report to retrieve Guwahati: RTI activist Akhil drop of blood, we will oppose empowered the State to buy the the same rom the encroachers. Gogoi-led Krishak Mukti CAB which is against the inter-   )   B< )  encroached land from the “While staying the section Sangram Samiti (KMSS) on est of the indigenous people of encroachers and sell it back to of the GO in the interim Friday staged a protest here the State.”    <+5'*'1 “The Centre should clari- them with pattas. verdict, the bench directed the against the proposed tabling of Protests against the Bill fy on what basis the updated The contention of the Commissioner HR& CE to file the Citizenship (Amendment) have been raging in Assam over eteran Congress leader final NRC in Assam will be petitioner T R Ramesh was that a detailed report regarding Bill, 2019 during the Winter the past week, with activists of VTarun Gogoi on Friday scrapped. When the first draft the GO was issued by the Hindu temple lands , extent, session of the Parliament. the All Assam Students’ Union asked the BJP-led Central of the NRC was published, the Government to circumvent the encroachments and the steps The KMSS organised its (AASU) along with 30 ethnic Government to make it clear BJP had taken all the credit and court order of February 2018 y taken to clear the encroach- ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo’ agitation to students’ organisations why the final NRC would be promised to detect and deport which it had asked the HR&CE ments. We will soon see skele- submit a memorandum to the organising rallies across the scrapped, when the saffron 40 lakh illegal foreigners,” he Department to furnish the tons tumbling down from the governor against the Bill for     &  %  %      !   state on Thursday evening. party had taken all the credit told a press conference details of more than 50,000 cupboards o the Government,” forwarding it to the President.  !   C48)DE  .     , Speaking to reporters, and promised to deport 40 lakh here. acres of prime land owned by said Ramesh. The Indigenous Forum, AASU Chief Advisor Samujjal illegal immigrants after its draft The part publication of the temples that had vanished. It may be noted that the Assam led by ULFA (pro-talk) by our State as 1.9 crore Hindu Mizoram, Nagaland and Bhattacharya had asserted, was published. draft NRC was done on the Though the Court had HR&CE Department is already faction leaders Anup Chetia Bangladeshis will come to Arunachal Pradesh to the Bill, “Assam is not a dustbin for ille- Gogoi, former Chief midnight of December 31, asked the HR&CE Dept to in the eye of a controversy and Mrinal Hazarika and Assam and threaten the exis- it will be imposed on Assam gal Bangladeshis. Under the Minister of Assam, also alleged 2017, and the complete draft furnish the details in six regarding the thefts of nearly human rights activist Lachit tence of the Assamese lan- and Tripura. Assam Accord, 1985, we have that Union Home Minister was published on July 30, 2018. months, nothing has come out 5,000 antique temple idols Bordoloi staged a separate sit- guage besides taking up the Sahitya Akademi awardee already accepted the Amit Shah’s announcement to The names of 40.07 lakh even after 18 months. from the temples under its in against the Bill. jobs, rendering the local peo- Dr Hiren Gohain, who was Bangladeshis who came here carry out the National Register applicants did not find a place Meanwhile the misappropria- jurisdiction. Speaking to reporters, ple unemployed.” part of the KMSS agitation, illegally till March, 1971. Now, of Citizens (NRC) process in that document. The exercise Gogoi said, “Under no cir- Gogoi expressed fears that said, “An attempt is being made attempts are being made to across India is a tactic to divert was carried out under the cumstance can the anti-indige- due to opposition of the state by the Centre to divide Assam thrust more Bangladeshis upon people’s attention from the real supervision of the Supreme nous people CAB be accepted Governments of Meghalaya, on religious lines...Till our last us through the CAB.” PTI issues of the country. Court. $       .  !!    P !

  (4<'+.+ Asked if Bache Gowda can be expelled,the minister said JP MP BN Bache Gowda the decision will be taken by Bseems to be in trouble as the the party’s central party has taken a strong view leadership. of his support to his son To a question if Sharath Sharath Bache Gowda who is can be brought back to the par- contesting the December 5 tyfold if he wins the election, Assembly bypoll from Hoskote Ashok said There is no ques- segment as an independent tion of Sharath Bache Gowda against the party’s official can- joining the BJP again. Our didate. candidate M T B We have received infor- Nagaraj is going to win the mation that Bache Gowda is election.” calling people seeking their support for his son. People have told us that he is also holding meetings with them in favour of his son, Revenue minister R Ashoka told reporters on Friday. Replying to a query on non-cooperation to the partys candidate M T B Nagaraj, Ashoka said, We have brought all these facts to the notice of our Central leadership. The minister emphasised that the party will not tolerate any anti-party activities and such people will be expelled. We have already expelled Sharath Bache Gowda. Leaders, irrespective of how big they are, will meet the same fate if they indulge in damaging the party, Ashok warned.   !"#$%#&'(    4 0!  "%%&02$   9    768   )  9   9 .659;.))   *    7       #        # 6                  %          #             I2<   O         +    "                                    !    ) !  )      !#-              $     #     (    (             8                    (   5              (   :,    %8             (     #               n November 20, Union Home    6                Minister Amit Shah stated in                      the Rajya Sabha that after more   / *  -                   the abrogation of Article 370. The normal- cy claim was, however, debunked by a total   #                6 shutdown the very next day. Shah must ,       /*-  !  *  - New Delhi last week. gence grids considerably.  !                   coincidental but meaningful. 2019, came up for a second in Srinagar, removed from their No meaningful political out- Troop density in the Valley   #              October 31 was also the deadline set hearing but was moved to a new regions. The elections were far- reach will be feasible when is at the highest levels since by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the date, December 14. In the first cical as 60 per cent of the Kashmiris are stripped off their “Operation Parakram” (2001-                   closure of the Naga identity issue, follow- hearing on October 4, the Panches and Sarpanches’ seats identity. Their hearts and minds, 02) when nearly 2,000 terrorists !         B        ing the Nagaland Framework Agreement Constitution bench had over- were vacant and winners were won over the years by the Army, were killed. Pakistan will   .                   of August 2017. Like in Jammu & Kashmir, ruled a plea for an interim order, elected unopposed. are now largely lost. remain constrained due to the undemocratic methods are allegedly under staying the implementation of the All political leaders, except Three security issues will fear of the Financial Action     *              ( way here, too, to achieve a political solu- Jammu and Kashmir the BJP, were in detention. Still, continue to cross-fertilise: Task Force (FATF), which will   /       /          tion to India’s oldest and mother of all Reorganisation Act, 2019, by it was the Independents who Existing alienation, which has review its actions in blocking           7333        insurgencies in Nagaland. October 31. It said that “we can won the maximum seats. The turned into resentment; mount- terrorist financing in February Ironically, the National Socialist Council always turn the clock back.” aim is to create a political class ing radicalisation and 2020. Pakistan has not launched           ,$>/ <,$ >      of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) or NSCN (I-M)’s The independence of the owing allegiance to New Delhi, Islamisation; and home-grown a single big attack after /  =                ( demand for a separate flag and Constitution judiciary against a strong exec- preferably from Jammu. With and cross-border terrorism dor- Pulwama, in fact, after Mumbai.                     ( — both done away with in Jammu & utive and legislature is faced the Legislative Council abol- mant at present due to the But the 250-300 terrorists in the Kashmir — has created a flutter among the with a test. Business and trade ished, Legislative Assembly seats lockdown. Kashmiris are less Valley, radicalised youth and                    ( Northeastern States, who enjoy special sta- are at a standstill. The president have been increased effectively angry about deprivation of the overground workers will keep         ,          ( tus under Article 371 of the Constitution. of the Kashmir Chamber of from 83 to 90, excluding 24 for special status than their land the security forces busy for               -        The opening up of two fronts is never a wise Commerce and Industry, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. It is being downgraded to a Union long. Disaffected Kashmiris are option with adversaries like Pakistan and Sheikh Ashiq, pegged the loss to still not clear as to who will do Territory. The insult to their hurt when Modi brags at home                  China scouting for opportunities. the business sector at over the delimitation: The Election identity is palpable and will and abroad about having abro-     #               Still, the Government can rejoice for 10,000 crore. But the overall Commission of India or a remain even when statehood is gated their special status while                    achieving its long-standing nationalistic damage to Kashmir’s economy delimitation panel. Any tin- restored. The largely sponta- chasing the mirage of turning             B     , > / agenda of terminating Jammu & Kashmir’s could be double this figure. kering with the demography neous civil disobedience move- Kashmir into a land of milk and special status and integrating it with the Union Delhi has been preparing will be outright dangerous. ment will breed more radi- honey. “We have tried other          # .  +      ( of India, though without pondering over the younger, new political actors, The new Lieutenant calised youth, who will take to ways and failed… so let’s give            C3       long-term consequences, as premature self most of who have been vetted by Governor of Jammu and street violence and join the abrogation of Article 370 a         > /        congratulations indicate. The aim of the polit- Shah to replace the old leader- Kashmir, GC Murmu, has said ranks of insurgency. The con- chance”, is the contention. ical surgery is to end terrorism, corruption ship. Prime Minister Modi that elections will be held soon. tours of a new insurgency will Emotional integration of              6  +  .  and dynastic rule, which will put Jammu & praised the Block Development Managing Srinagar by remote likely appear by next summer. Kashmir has been put off even as + /? D           .   6 Kashmir on the path of development — these Council (BDC) elections as a control from New Delhi will not Unlike in the past, Kashmiris North-eastern States, enjoying          #        ills, the Government feels, have been the result democratic exercise though it be easy given the decades of will more readily support insur- special status, are getting restive. of its special status. Lockdown in Jammu & was anything but that. Elections trauma generations of Kashmiris gents than the security forces. Shah must get real.                       ( Kashmir has crossed the 100-day mark were held before October 31 have suffered. A 11-member In the short-term, once the (The writer, a retired Major                *    despite the international community urging under the Jammu and Kashmir team, comprising mental health passes close and snow sets in General, was Commander IPKF                  / us to restore human rights currently being Panchayati Raj Act and not the specialists, which visited the hinterland by the end of South, and founder denied to the people. The Supreme Court, too, Indian Panchayat Act, so that Kashmir after scrapping of the November, insurgents will be member of the Defence Planning       B               had asked the Government to come up with polls could be indirect and special status, reported “marked forced to take refuge in villages Staff, currently the Integrated a plan by November 10 to relax restrictions. “managed.” Elected Panches and increase in psychological distress and towns. The pause in secu- Defence Staff.)      &  # 6%, ( %     2 '     ,    )  !  !% 1   )  5 8            8 )  %     !1  %')  )  & <          !  % 1  !)   !! )            (      !          )  8   %    )       C  D1  (       !) !I2    !) #      1     !       *  +  , 9: ;1((2.' , *  S        ! 0.0! .:'!((; .+ ;!'2+#.;0 #    -S    ( #  K /.! K. .   K .  K'5    "      -                 -S           , ,  (  , & ,, :  #%,&( )S .  %             *   *     bodies likes the World Trade            Organisation (WTO), BRICS and $  , /  0 1    Regional Comprehensive       -      Sir — Amid vigorous efforts to         L!     M Economic Partnership (RECP),                tackle non-performing assets C  ?KD  !!  ) ! an IFS officer’s career is much more (NPAs), the revelation of 95,760    ! !   exciting now. The External Affairs * S         234 5 -   crore being ripped off from ! ) );  %1 O !  ! Ministry has not expanded much        6               Government banks in April-  <    ""$$$     by establishing more embassies and   -                 ( September reflects deep systemic (' AL$$$ * O  consulates and, hence, the number disorder. The Insolvency and /!1     )   of candidates designated for the IFS    # #                Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was       )   has hardly gone up.                  ( rolled out to sort things out but       )) ! Varun Dambal          #         none factored in the time-frame  %  ! ) <    Bengaluru   )    +  !       (    #73          of resolution, thus making the entire process ineffective. The     )    !%              ,  #      focus of every segment of gover-  *)  ) H! !     !  !        (          nance is on being seen to be doing )   ' ;    1  <    0               something rather than on when,  1       !       !   ) Sir — This refers to the editorial, how and in what time-frame. ))! !  !      L<  )  “Breathing new life” (November #             -S   R Narayanan  !    !  .  '  .I6 !    22). All the five public sector    *         8       Mumbai  !       # .2 undertakings (PSUs),which have                         ! )    )    been put on strategic sale by the    Government, had been perform-                 /  0 ing quite well. Some were even /              (   (CJI), KG Balakrishnan, who was fund political parties, should also   role models for private firms.        -     #73        Sir — The Supreme Court’s deci- opposed to the Delhi High be made available to the public The Government should have sion on the ambit of the RTI Act Court’s ruling, which has now upon enquiry. The BJP uses plen- taken corrective steps when they         #       #73 5  +  /    will serve as a precedent to usher been upheld. ty of anti-corruption rhetoric Sir — The recent trend of the IFS started registering losses. Even       $        5   ( in greater transparency, espe- However, even now, impor- but information about its own losing ground to the IAS as a career now, a comprehensive examina-         9 8          cially on the part of organisations tant points like the criteria for the funding sources remains con- choice is alarming. IFS officers tion must be done to find out the that have hitherto been reluctant nomination of judges have been cealed. As of now, the operation enjoy the privilege of global causes for their debacle.         *    -          to comply with the Act, such as excluded from the purview of the of Constitutional agencies still appointments along with diplo- Rati    (            O       the Board of Control for Cricket RTI Act. Such an exclusion could remains mostly opaque, whereas matic immunity — enjoyed only Via email                ;      ( in India and Mother Dairy. This defeat the entire purpose of the it should be transparent. by a niche segment in bureaucrat- judgment contradicts the opinion verdict. The names of donors, Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee ic circles. With the growing impor- %   #    -    +              of former Chief Justice of India who purchase electoral bonds to Faridabad tance of geopolitics and trade #!00!'(0.+.!!'=:;#/.;   !"#$%#&'(   ; 0!  "%%&02$ '%(,& %! +%  *& ,(*  P     - &  -       &   -   ,%"%-        &       -             P -  /       -     /   )   L    L*    %  )    *               0          3 *, 0                   #                               -           9"$"%$2 &         # :     6<-=               /                          -(    (   E                       (               -   0 !   <0!=  (                (          F7       "                              5  F4                44          *,      B    #                     odafone Idea Limited (VIL) — a joint ven- *         0!    ( ture between UK-based Vodafone and  (          -(   VKM Birla-owned Idea Cellular — and Bharti    -             ( Airtel have reported a staggering loss of 51,000       "    crore and 23,000 crore respectively for the sec- -  S         (   ond quarter of the current financial year ending          "  -   ( September 30, 2019. This is primarily due to a      /            ( recent order of the Supreme Court (SC) directing   0!           -   telecom companies to give “unpaid” dues towards licence fee and spectrum usage charges (SUC).           -(   0!   The order is the culmination of a long-drawn              court battle between the Department of                 Telecommunication (DoT) and service providers.           -      ( While the former insisted that for determining the                ( licence fee and SUC — which is charged as a per-          -     centage of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) (at eight '*4&3.43          per cent and three-five per cent respectively), apart *444&3 -                from telecom services revenue — AGR should also &.111*4                -  include revenue from non-telecom services viz. .44(14&+   "            rent, profit on sale of fixed assets, dividend, inter- est and so on, the latter opposed it. The SC upheld 5*1&*.13*'     #               - the DoT’s view. 1 8'46'6                 ( As a result, service providers will now have to 5'<346 (RJio) entered the Indian telecom mar- considered SMP if “it controls 30 per cent bounds (courtesy, free voice calls).                   ( pay excess of the amount calculated on the basis 3;4.(=*4 ket with “free” and “unlimited” voice calls of the market share or above,” which is TRAI has also prescribed adopting   -                of total revenue i.e. from telecom services plus non- 8354.*'(4 and low-cost data. After launching an calculated on the basis of gross revenue the “Bill and Keep” (BAK) regime from    S        S   telecom activities over the amount already paid *4.41+.<4 introductory offer for free — both data and subscriber market share. Further, January 1, 2020, thereby reducing the                     based on revenue from telecom services only. 4463<4 and voice for six months, from April, AVC is defined as the cost that is calcu- IUC to zero. This will give a further jolt    Together with interest on excess amount, plus .1631*4 2017, it charged data at a throwaway price lated by identifying those expenses, to the incumbent operators. The only   # S              penalty, interest on penalty, this would be 53,000 of 50 per GB, even as voice calls con- which change with output, adding them reason (unsaid) behind the powers that  111'1;4*'3                  ( crore for VIL and 36,000 crore for Airtel. &3 4.3 tinued to be free ad infinitum. For a con- and then dividing the result with total be letting RJio continue with its bizarre                However, with a view to avert the crisis for the glomerate (RJio) investing thousands of number of units produced. practice may have something to do with telecoms, the Government has put a moratorium 4.;1&4 crores in laying infrastructure, an attempt Simply put, the regulator prescribed Modi’s grandiose plans for pan-India       S   -(      on pending spectrum payments during 2020-21 8.3;164.3= to sell services virtually for free was a a two-fold criterion for a firm to be a broadband connectivity. Low tariff (even              $ and 2021-22 (without altering the overall timeline 4;4';1'6 brazen case of “predatory” pricing with predator. First, it offers services at less free voice call) which RJio had promised,  -               of clearing all payments by 2030-31). But, consid- '1.4*';4 the sole intent to snatch customers than AVC. Second it has market share helped increase coverage, especially for      S     +        ering the magnitude of the unpaid dues (as per the 64&16463 from incumbent players. The latter were over 30 per cent. During the relevant a majority of the poor. But, what it -                 SC’s order), this won't be of much help. For .'14'.1 forced to reduce their tariff drastically to period, 2016-18, even as all firms were ignores is that public interest is not served          instance, in case of VIL, against total liability of  .13M143 match the former. Post-revision, the tar- selling below the AVC, incumbent oper- merely by keeping price low/free. 0           -S   ( 53,000 crore, the relief from suspension of spec- 335+11' iff in India at less than $1 per GB is a frac- ators had market share more than 30 per Providing services on a “sustainable”  6         -        ( trum payments is only 24,000 crore. In the case <3361<.'1 tion of what customers in other coun- cent (natural as they have been around basis and maintaining “quality” is no less of Airtel, the quantum of relief works out to 11,000 tries pay ($30 in Japan; $18 in Korea; $15 for over two decades) whereas, RJio had important.        <,>=    -S   +3        #         crore against a liability of 36,000 crore. The in UK, China and Germany and $10 in share of less than 30 per cent. So, in the This won’t be possible if, service Government has also alluded to exonerating '(61&'41 the USA). eyes of the regulator, the former were providers are in dire financial straits. To       (       - them from payment of interest and penalty on dues .4831(11= As a result, incumbent operators, predators even as the latter was not. In some extent, incumbent operators are       0!          ( as per the apex court’s order but that is no conso- 1*3+6 who were making profits prior to RJio’s other words, a company which started themselves to blame. For instance, they               ( lation as this would be available only when the SC 8.3 8= entry, are incurring losses. Several oper- it all (RJio) was termed innocent even as ought to have factored in a negative out-          -  -  " allows it, which is unlikely. 3.64.'N33. ators downed shutters while others were others who suffered due to its onslaught come of court proceedings (these have                    So, the three big firms are staring at a bleak 8.1&4O'6 bought over (e.g. Tata Teleservices was were charged with indulging in preda- gone on for over a decade) and made          *         future. Vodafone has opined that “the future of the 4+.4*'3 acquired by Bharti Airtel). Today, there tory pricing and scuttling competition. contingency provisions in their books. -             ( Indian JV is in doubt and we won’t be infusing any 384.'3.4 are only three private operators viz. VIL, The amended order was “one-sided” They have also lagged behind in embrac-                     further equity into the venture.” The Birla Group '.1(4351 RJio and Airtel, down from a dozen ear- and “discriminatory”, aimed at favouring ing new technologies (they are still                 too, has echoed similar views, hinting that the com- lier. When, predatory pricing happens, RJio and unfairly targetting incumbent glued to 2G/3G) even as RJio has latched >       -      pany could be taken to insolvency. Bharti Airtel, it is for the sector regulator, in this players. The order was challenged before on to 4G. But, at the core of the crisis is too, is on the brink. instance the Telecom Regulatory the Telecom Disputes Settlement the freebies cult, which RJio has implant-                VIL has a customer base of 320 million where- Authority of India (TRAI), to intervene. Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), which set ed and was glossed over by the powers        -           as Bharti Airtel has 265 million. At 585 million, The TRAI should have nipped the aside TRAI’s order and even observed that be. There is urgent need to get rid                    they account for nearly 50 per cent of the total sub- problem in the bud. But it saw nothing that it was “non-transparent.” However, of this cult.      #      -   scribers in India. If, these two companies go into wrong and adding insult to injury, in by the time TDSAT pronounced its ver- The initiative has to come from ser-                ( liquidation, this could have catastrophic implica- February 2018, it came out with fresh dict on December 13, 2018, the damage vice providers only. Even as VIL and        tions, not just for banks who have an exposure of amendments to the Telecom Tariff was already done. Airtel have decided to raise tariff, RJio’s #                  over 200,000 crore to the duo, but also for sub- Order (TTO) to define predatory pric- Other actions of the TRAI, such as intent to follow suit is a good sign. TRAI -(       6   5   scribers, who would be left high and dry. ing in a manner so as to give legitima- a steep cut in the Interconnect Usage must not abdicate its responsibility. It    /    -    "( They are looking to the Government for relief cy to the actions of RJio. Charge (IUC) (it is a charge the telecom should promptly order a “floor price” and                    by way of reduction in licence fee and SUC, reduc- As per the amended order, a tariff is service provider of a caller pays to the ensure that no operator sets tariff below tion in Goods and Services Tax (GST) from the considered predatory if in a relevant mar- telco on whose network the call termi- it. It should watch out for an act of pre-      existing 18 per cent to five per cent and so on. Even ket (circle), an operator, who is a signif- nates) in September 2017 from the dation and deal with it sternly. #   -              as the Government considers this, it needs to ascer- icant market player (SMP), offers services existing 14 paisa per minute to six paisa However, there is no getting away  "             tain as to how the sector landed in the current at a price that is below its average vari- per minute also impacted the incumbent from the fact that the service providers               morass. able cost (AVC) with a view to reduce operators. This drastically reduced their have to set their house in order. <         = In September 2016, in a bizarre move rarely competition or eliminate competitors in revenue from IUC even as RJio was (The writer is a New Delhi-based pol- seen before, greenfield 4G operator Reliance Jio that relevant market. An operator will be increasing its market share by leaps and icy analyst.) 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are staring at a major employment cri- a big organisation is Jet Airways. Due movement of iron ore from the mines tor and the burgeoning tragedy begins Andhra Pradesh and . Such sis. Over 300,000 people are dependent to poor management of funds, the to the ports, unlike other States which to hit uncomfortably home. aggressive posturing by citizens has on mining in the State and they have founder himself led one of India’s best rely on Indian Railways for the same. In any economic ecosystem, one huge direct and indirect costs. In Goa 63O4N.'614 become the face of massive livelihood airlines into bankruptcy and closure. Iron ore is carried by trucks and barges segment aids and benefits from the there were only two major sources of loss triggered by judicial intervention. However, employees of the airline were from the mines to the ports. other. The interdependency, which the livelihood — mining and tourism. ''<43+' Ever since the SC cancelled 88 min- aware of the unfolding situation and The ban on mining has resulted Goan mining industry had so health- Without these, Goa has nothing. Any   O     ing leases in Goa on February 7, 2018, had braced themselves for the layoffs. in unemployment for workers hired ily created with respect to the State’s social unrest and spikes in crime rate .  %:( life has come to a grinding, tragic halt But in the case of Goa, the miners and by 12,000 truck owners, 150 barge other revenue driver, internal tourism can spell doom for Goa’s tourism   )     for these workers and their families. other workers were unprepared. owners and 150 ancillary units and has and food industry, is also hit as peo- economy too, which so far has been ) ) ! he recent Supreme Court (SC) This is no longer just an econom- This, when there was no financial spelled doom for them. Not only have ple don’t have the money to spend any- characterised by friendly service by the ' )!    verdict on Ayodhya has again ic crisis — which is severely debilitat- crisis in the mining sector. Rather it they suffered from livelihood loss, more. As individual economies of fam- Goans, discipline, cleanliness and law !  5   Testablished that law cannot be ing in its own right — but a grave was booming, with iron ore being an there is a larger crisis looming as the ilies waste away and die, the State is and order.  !      detached from the interests of the peo- humanitarian crisis as well. exportable produce of the State. families have near about exhausted suffering from a socio-economic dis- Laws are meant to create a con- ple it serves. There is a raging debate Livelihoods disappearing Goa could have generated three their meagre savings and have been aster. It is imperative that mining ducive environment for the citizens of  )* ! whether the judgment was based on overnight as a result of judicial inter- times more revenue from iron ore subsisting on loans and handouts from restarts to provide livelihoods in the the State. Goa, however, has become   )   credible evidence or influenced by the vention, because the Executive and the mining but has not only lost this well-wishers. mining sector and ancillary industries a case where the law and its interpre-  '   faith of the majority. Irrespective, the corporate masters did not do their jobs opportunity but is dealing with the Even banks and Non-Banking to lakhs of people of the State. tation has spelled doom for its resi- ) !    ruling has been accepted by all fac- properly, is painful particularly at a extensive collateral damage that has Financial Companies (NBFCs) in the There is enough research available dents. This cannot become a precedent tions, not necessarily for its veracity time when the country is going followed the cancellation of the leas- State have been drawn into the slide. to indicate a direct link between and must be addressed immediately.      but for bringing to an end a painful through the worst employment crisis es. The ban has taken a toll on the When the going was good, these insti- crime and lack of livelihood. Studies Situations like these need more com-  !      impasse. What is undebatable is that in its history. According to the State’s revenue stream and its social tutions eagerly extended credit lines have established that India’s Maoist plex solutions. It is simplistic to   KGL1 it has brought peace to the nation. National Sample Survey Office fabric has been ripped apart. Not just to the truckers and storage providers. movement is deeply rooted in the poor penalise lakhs of people for the actions  8  This ethos of acting in public (NSSO), unemployment in 2017- the mining sector but all other stake- Now, in the absence of a running busi- socio-economic conditions prevalent of a few with the stroke of a pen.   !O) interest must now be extended to end 2018 was at a four-decade high of 6.1 holders and the supportive infra- ness concern, the ability of people to in parts of the country with large trib- Stakeholders must come together to pain in other areas as well. Take the per cent. New job seekers are not able structure, comprising equipment sup- repay has vanished and a huge Non- al populations. It has mostly affected rescue these lives and livelihoods 1O!  ! case of Goa, the only State where min- to find sustainable employment and pliers, the logistics and ancillary Performing Asset (NPA) crisis is areas where there is a conflict between before it is too late.   ' ) ing rights were granted to citizens by August 2019 saw the highest rate of industry and the transport sector, have looming in the State. the State and the populace on the eco- (The writer is president of a Delhi-  +1  the Portuguese Government in perpe- unemployment in India at 8.4 per cent. floundered. Added to this is the loan and nomic derivation of forest produce and based not-for-profit organisation ded-  !  ) tuity. These rights were later revoked The most recent example of mass Goa is the only State with a money-recovery trauma being faced mining such as in Chhattisgarh and icated towards finding solutions to the C     D by the Centre and now, lakhs of Goans job losses as a result of the collapse of unique logistical arrangement for by those dependent on the mining sec- Jharkhand, and agriculture in parts of problems of the helpless.)  -   !"#$%#&'(

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Wednesday used recent Kannan and the mutual funds of the IBC empowering RBI to up 51 percent \in the compa- )  !   !    changes in the laws to super- body Amfi chief executive NS refer financial sector players ny by converting a part of )  ) !)     ) ! sede the board of DHFL, Venkatesh, an official statement like NBFCs and HFCs, but their debt into equity. But the 8&   )  )  ! announced to resolve the issue from the central bank said. excluding banks, with assets plan was yet to be formally KL       8& ! ??   4564*1 Among other changes, under the provisions of the The panel will be assisting worth of at least 500 crore to cleared.     )   ! )  Indiabulls Housing Finance, ata Motors, Tata Motors Yes Bank, InterGlobe Aviation, Twith differential voting SBI Life Insurance Company  ) = right (DVR), Yes Bank and and Info Edge (India) will 6/   "!"2% 2$$##" # &     !  Vedanta will be dropped from make entry in the S&P BSE       the BSE’s benchmark Sensex Sensex Next 50, while Cadila   2+%- , !## -&%4%" !*      from December 23. Healthcare, Dabur India,       In their places, UltraTech Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, *  Cement, Titan Co Ltd and UPL Ltd and Edelweiss "6%&"' +  &!%#   %  ! Nestle India will be added in Financial Services will be    the index, Asia Index, a joint dropped from the index. The  *   + ('1 Rajnish Kumar, while deliver- venture between S&P Dow changes will be effective from Mumbai: Reserve Bank ing the LK Jha memorial lec-   4564*1 Court judgment for incum- Jones Indices and the BSE, Monday, December 23, 2019,   + ('1 Governor Shaktikanta Das on ifteenth finance commission ture at the RBI headquarters bents Bharti Airtel and said in a statement on Friday. Asia Index said. Friday said there is a “great Fchairman NK Singh on here this evening. two-year moratorium on Vodafone Idea Ltd,” it added. Besides, UPL Ltd and Apart from these, changes he Reserve Bank is looking need” to institutionalise State Friday called for major changes “The cumbersomeness of Apayment of spectrum dues Reliance Jio, a subsidiary of Dabur India will find a place in have been made in several Tat introducing new rules on finance commissions and help- in the GST structure, including compliance is one of the impor- and hike in mobile call and data Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), the S&P BSE Sensex 50, replac- indices including S&P BSE corporate governance for banks ing the local bodies enhance reducing the cumbersome com- tant factors why I believe that tariffs from next month may is not affected by the ruling and ing Indiabulls Housing Finance 500, S&P BSE 200 and S&P in sync with global ones, and their revenue generation capac- pliance procedures and also there is a huge scope for not be sufficient for Bharti is likely to continue to gain rev- and Yes Bank. BSE 100. would also like lenders to dis- ities. doing away with frequent rate improving the revenue realisa- Airtel and Vodafone-Idea to enue market share, which will close more, Deputy Governor He said fiscally strong changes, to improve collection. tion from GST,” he added. offset the impact of the support RIL’s deleveraging NS Vishwanathan said on states and Centre is the He also pitched for a ratio- “Equally, I do believe the fre- Supreme Court ruling on pay- plans, it said.       3  R Friday. Vishwanathan also urged “essence” of Indian federalism nalisation in Centrally- spon- quency with which the rates have ment of past statutory dues, Fitch said it has a negative banks to recognise losses and weakness at either end sored schemes, and blamed been changed is unbelievable. Fitch Ratings said on Friday. outlook on the telecom sector     because of NPAs as early as pos- poses a slew of challenges for the government for not clear- You are playing with the rates of The Supreme Court had on for 2020 primarily due to   *43 sible and not to defer the same. the country. ly defining the role of the Niti taxation, these are serious issues October 24 ruled that non-tele- heightened financial risk asso- /&'R   The comments from the “There is a great need to Aayog, which as of now does and these are not rates of mutu- com revenues will be included ciated with the large unpaid  ""* top central banker come at a strongly institutionalise the not have any powers to take al accommodation,” he said. while calculating statutory dues statutory dues. #   time when the system contin- state finance commissions and financial decisions. However, he noted that towards the government. On November 20, the gov-   4564*1 ues to go through the issues of empower the third tier of gov- The comments from the despite all these issues, we “The decision by all three ernment announced plans to New Delhi: The Reserve Bank asset quality, even though the ernance by enhancing their chief of the commission that have seen one of the fastest private Indian telecommuni- suspend the payment of he Government is working of India (RBI) has for the first new additions have slowed revenue-generating capacity,” decides on the revenue distribu- GST adoption rates and cred- cation companies (Airtel, deferred spectrum dues for Ton an integrated gold pol- time released a list of top 30 down. Speaking at an event Das said. tion between the Centre and the ited same to the prime minis- Vodafone Idea and Reliance two years, which will ease cash icy, which is expected to be wilful defaulters in response to organised by Business He was speaking at the states, come amidst concerns ter and the then finance min- Jio) to raise tariffs from flow pressure on all three released soon, a senior finance an RTI application. The list Standard, a business daily, central bank headquarters about the continuous fall in GST ister Arun Jaitley, but stressed December 2019 and a two-year telcos. ministry official said on Friday. contains the names of usual Vishwanathan listed out a slew before the 17th LK Jha collection which has not touched on the need to go back to the moratorium on payment of Vodafone Idea and Bharti The policy is aimed at suspects with absconder Mehul of initiatives the RBI has under- Memorial Lecture which was the targeted 1 lakh crore every drawing board urgently. spectrum dues (announced by will benefit the most as their promoting growth of the yellow Choksi’s Geetanjali Gems top- taken, with the compensation given by 15th Finance month barring one month. The changes sought will the government this week) are negative free cash flow will metal industry and exports of ping the list, followed by REI structures for key manage- Commission chairman NK “If you do not simplify minimise the cost of compli- positive for the industry,” Fitch reduce by USD 1.7 billion and jewellery. Agro, Winsome Diamonds, ment personnel and whole- Singh. Das said local bodies GST, you will be defeating the ance, make the system less said. USD 850 million a year, respec- Niti Aayog has submitted a Ruchi Soya, Rotomac Global, time directors being the latest deserve more attention and is very purpose and intention of onerous and finally lead to an “However, these are unlike- tively, for the financial year detailed report on gold policy Kingfisher Airlines, Kudos additions, and hinted that it is an aspect that needs to be why we took this far reaching improved trajectory of rev- ly to be sufficient to offset the ending March 2021 (FY21) and it is being examined, Joint Chemie, Zoom Developers, looking at more. looked into. PTI step,” Singh told SBI chairman enue collection. impact of a recent Supreme and FY22, it said. Secretary in the Department of Deccan Chronicle and ABG Economic Affairs Surinder Pal Shipyard in the top 10. Singh said at an event here. The RBI’s response to an + !   88C"   % & 2"$2 " *   “Government is definitely RTI application came four       looking into it. Definitely there years after the Supreme Court !         "#%2& -  * will be a gold policy,” he said. had first directed the central * 4) +#  #+! % The domestic industry has bank to disclose a list of India’s  '0       !  " *  demanded a cut in import wilful defaulters.   + ('1 "!Q#  2# duty on gold to 4 per cent from In response to a Right to   + ('1 ing basis. Lack of new trigger   4564*1 " )  the current 12.5 per cent. Information (RTI) application in the coming week and focus s many as 88 per cent of   4564*1 Currently, there is no gold filed by a private digital media quity benchmarks treaded being on India's weak GDP eather exporters from India AIndians surveyed use a   &*4'1 policy despite the fact that outlet, RBI released the list of Elower for the second data to be announced next Lhave penetrated new mar- mobile device to make pay- mid a growth slowdown India is the largest consumer 30 major wilful defaulters. For straight day on Friday, weighed week, is impacting the market. kets such as the US, Canada, ments, way above the global Aand unemployment issues, he Ministry of Defence and importer of the precious many years, RBI had declined by losses in IT and bank stocks, "RBI's interpretation of this Russia, Japan, Australia, and average, according to a study. India’s politics will be increas- Tplans to set up 6-8 product metal. The then finance min- to give this information argu- as investors baulked at expand- data and possible change in South Korea to tap increasing The PayPal and IPSOS ingly shaped by the economic testing facilities to enable the ister Arun Jaitley had ing that it would be against the ing their portfolios amid stance from the current accom- demands in these countries ‘mCommerce Report’, based insecurity of its vast youth micro, small and medium announced formulation of a economic interests of the coun- stretched valuations and modative monetary policy to and boost the country’s overall on a survey conducted across population, the Economist enterprises (MSME) to test comprehensive gold policy to try and that its regulatory pow- growth concerns. neutral may hurt the rally. exports, CLE said on Friday. 11 countries with about 22,000 Intelligence Unit said in a their products for defence sup- develop the yellow metal as an ers over banks disallowed it After trading on a weak Fresh concerns over stringent Council for Leather consumers and 4,000 business research note on Friday. plies, said a senior official here. asset class. from doing so. IANS note through the day, the 30- norms for US H1-B visa Exports Chairman PR Aqeel respondents, examined how The issue of unemploy- The first testing facility, share BSE Sensex ended 215.76 dragged IT heavyweights," said Ahmed said that they had people shop and sell online. ment and underemployment likely for drones, is to come up points, or 0.53 per cent, lower Vinod Nair, Head of Research, organised Reverse Buyer-Seller In India, the respondent has been an unavoidable topic soon, he said on Friday. at 40,359.41. Similarly, the Geojit Financial Services. Meet here to showcase prod- pool comprised of 2,000 con- in India’s politics and slower “In order to provide broader NSE Nifty settled 54 Sectorally, BSE IT, teck, ucts to global companies. sumers aged 18-74, who owned economic growth has translat- MSME’s a level playing field in points, or 0.45 per cent, down telecom, capital goods, bankex, “Besides the traditional or used a smartphone and over ed to poor employment num- defence supplies and also at 11,914.40. During the week, industrials and consumer market of Europe, the industry 300 business influencers or bers. expand the vendor base, the the Sensex inched up 2.72 durables fell up to 2.21 per cent. has penetrated many potential decision makers who sell or “Although Prime Minister Ministry of Defence has come points, while the Nifty gained On the other hand, metal, markets like USA, Canada, accept payments online. Narendra Modi successfully up with a scheme to set up 6- 18.95 points. power, utilities, basic materials, Russia, Japan, UAE, Korea, “88 per cent of the sur- won re-election for the 8 product testing centres in the Infosys was the top loser in energy and auto gained up to and Australia,” he said in a veyed Indians use a mobile Bharatiya Janata Party earlier defence industrial corridors,” the Sensex pack on Friday, 2.08 per cent. statement. Ahmed said the device to make payments, way this year on a platform of Rear Admiral A. George, dropping 2.89 per cent, fol- Broader BSE midcap and CLE had been undertaking above the global average of 71 strong leadership and empha- Additional Director General lowed by TCS, Asian Paints, smallcap indices fell up to 0.14 several export promotion per cent,” the survey said. sis on social and security issues, Quality Assurance (Warship Bharti Airtel and HCL Tech. per cent. events in both Europe and It also said 45 per cent of politics will increasingly be Projects), directorate general, IT stocks came under sell- On the global front, equi- other major and potential mar- merchants have made mobile shaped by the economic inse- quality assurance (DGQA), ing pressure following reports ties ticked higher even as the kets to expand market share. optimisation a business prior- curity of India’s vast youth told reporters. of changes in US work visa US-China trade tensions “During 2019-20, we are ity in the next 12 months. population,” the research note He was here to participate requirements aimed at pro- remained an overhang. organising 16 such marketing “Time saving and ease of by the Economist Intelligence in the Quality Assurance- tecting American workers, In Asia, bourses in Hong events and have planned 25 transacting is the main drivers Unit (EIU) said. Industry Conclave South Zone. traders said. On the other Kong, Tokyo and Seoul settled marketing events during 2020- for mobile commerce,” it said Citing Centre for The government has allo- hand, Tata Steel gained 3.74 per in the green, while Shanghai 21,” he said adding that in the and added social commerce Monitoring Indian Economy cated about 400 crore for this cent, NTPC 2.35 per cent, finished with losses. Reverse Buyer-Seller Meet here, adoption is led by the young. data, the EIU said that in scheme whereby it would pro- Vedanta 2.27 per cent and European equities were as many as 55 overseas buyers. According to the study, October 2019, the unemploy- vide a grant-in-aid of up to 75 ONGC 2.18 per cent. also trading on a positive note Such events provide plat- apps are a popular way of ment rate rose to a three-year per cent of the cost of equip- "Market is on an edge given in their respective early deals. form to Indian exporters par- transacting, wherein 98 per high of 8.5 per cent, up from ment for the product testing high valuations for blue-chips, Meanwhile, the Indian ticularly those in the small cent of Indian mobile 7.2 per cent in September. facility. not providing a headroom for rupee depreciated marginally to and medium segments to meet shoppers pay through apps as main indices to move higher 71.79 against the US dollar in overseas buyers without having against 90 per cent of the glob- trading at P/E of 26x on trail- intra-day trade. to travel abroad, he added. al average.             --   !"#$%#&'(  -

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US support for    )     on Thursday said the “fiction- ident and security aid for the the Russian security services Ukraine which continues to al narrative” pushed by Donald country as leverage to push the themselves,” Hill said. face unto Russian aggression @    P     &    Trump and the Republicans government to announce “The unfortunate truth is has been politicised,” she said.   about Ukraine’s role in influ- investigations into former Vice that Russia was the foreign She said the Russian gov-  5'*1<3 statements. would have had in England,” :@.@    encing the 2016 US election President Joseph Biden and the power that systematically ernment’s goal was to weaken They drew a connection former National Security !) ) !  was propagated by Russia, as claim that Ukraine conspired to attacked our democratic insti- the US, to diminish America’s ne came from northeast to how those experiences led Council official Fiona Hill     !! she testified before the House help Democrats in the 2016 tutions in 2016. This is the pub- global role and to neutralise a OEngland. Another came them to public service and a testified Thursday.     Intelligence Committee’s election. lic conclusion of our own intel- perceived US threat to Russian from the former strong desire to safe- She spoke in what she  )     impeachment probe. Hill said that such a fic- ligence agencies confirmed in interest. Soviet Union. A third guard US national called a “very distinctive work-   !  Fiona Hill, the former top tional native is being perpe- bipartisan congressional Hill said Russian President was born in Canada security. ing-class” British accent that Russia expert on the National trated and propagated by the reports. It is beyond dispute Vladimir Putin and the Russian to parents who’d fled Their stories would have impeded her pro-       Security Council, was testifying Russians. even if some of the underlying security services aim to counter the Soviet Union and offered a sharp coun- fessional advancement at   &    before the House Permanent “Based on questions and details must remain classified,” US foreign policy objectives in Nazi Germany. terpoint to President home, but that “never set me (#;128  <  Select Committee on statements I have heard some she said. Europe including in Ukraine Several witness- Donald Trump, who back in America.”      Intelligence as part of its series of you on this committee The impact of the suc- where Moscow wishes to es who testified in has often derided On Tuesday, Lt Col 88 '  of public hearings on its appear to believe that Russia cessful 2016 Russian campaign reassert political economic the House impeach- immigrants as a Alexander Vindman, an Army     impeachment proceedings and its security services did not remains evident today, Hill dominance. ment inquiry this threat to American officer who works with the          against President Donald conduct a campaign against said. Responding to questions, week chose to highlight their national security. National Security Council,  !    Trump. our country and that perhaps “Our nation is being torn Hill said that the Russian’s immigrant backgrounds, shar- “I can say with confidence testified that his family fled to  !  The impeachment inquiry somehow for some reason apart. Truth is questioned. Our interests are to delegitimise ing their families’ stories in that this country has offered the US from the Soviet Union   8   centers on the accusation that Ukraine did. This is a fiction- highly professional expert US’ entire presidency. PTI highly personal opening for me opportunities I never when he was 3.         !  !    !  *2 !  N   !!#1  2 5%  -  !  ! <              +      KA  !O   B!   H!   Washington: The US Senate lift the debt ceiling for the next in September that keep the  !  )  Washington: President Donald ment probe, which is looking has passed a short-term spend- two years. The Bill, signed by Government open through - 5'*1<3 8     Trump is still promoting a into Trump’s pressure on ing Bill that could keep the fed- Trump, lifts the budget cap for November 21, which means !  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%(    was trying to root out corruption On Thursday, a former ed to sign it. The Senate passed by Democrats. according to the Committee for “If it weren’t for me, Hong Kong would have been obliter-   ! '   ) in the Eastern European nation White House Russia analyst it by a vote of 74-20 on Thursday, The US Congress did not a Responsible Federal Budget, a ated in 14 minutes,” Trump said.   O ! when he withheld aid over the said the debunked theory that Xinhua news agency reported. complete action on appropria- nonpartisan watchdog group. Xi “has a million soldiers standing outside of Hong Kong, (  )  summer. Trump’s July 25 call Ukraine was behind election In early August, the US tions before the end of the fiscal Congress should pass 12 annu- are not going only because I asked him. ‘Please don’t do that. You G$"L?/  3  with Ukraine’s president is at the interference played into Russia’s Congress passed a bill that will year on September 30, and it al spending bills to fund gov- will be making a big mistake. It will have a tremendous nega- )!   ?$KO center of the House impeach- hands. AP increase the federal budget and enacted a continuing resolution ernment agencies. IANS tive impact on the trade deal.’” +      > #   #  ./        O   P     !  ! 6    &  0#   3     - 4*.' revealed a “coalition of evil” blocked in Iran on Friday for a made up of “Zionists, America sixth day, with officials and ! !B+ /     ran’s Basij militia said the and Saudi Arabia” was behind news agencies saying the black-      Iunrest sparked by fuel price the “sedition”. out was gradually being rolled Washington: Rejecting China’s International Religious Freedom Colombo: Sri Lankan hikes amounted to a “world The United Nations human back. Iran’s telecommunica- claim on deciding the 84-year- Samuel Brownback told Taipei (Taiwan): The top US civil society, he said. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa war” against Tehran that was rights office, for its part, has said tions minister told ISNA that old Dalai Lama’s successor, the reporters at a news conference representative in Taiwan says Independence-leaning on Friday appointed a 16- thwarted, pointing the finger of it was alarmed by reports that connectivity had returned in US on Thursday said the issue here. Rejecting the Chinese Washington is working with it to President Tsai Ing-wen is seek- member interim Cabinet, blame at Washington, Riyadh live ammunition used by secu- some provinces but did not give should be taken up by the inter- claim, he reiterated that it was an combat efforts by Beijing to ing a second term in the January including two of his brothers, and Israel. rity forces to quell the unrest a date for full coverage. national bodies, including the issue that should be taken up in influence upcoming elections on 11 vote for head of state and law- and gave the major portfolios The protests erupted across had caused a “significant num- “Other places will also be UN. China has been asserting international bodies. the island. makers. of defence, finance and trade to the sanctions-hit country on ber of deaths”. reconnected” upon orders of that its assent to the Dalai Lama’s The United States is going The US is “aware that China is believed to strong- them while inducting two November 15, after the price of Officials have confirmed the Supreme National Security successor is a must. to keep pushing on that, said China is attempting to apply ly favor Tsai’s main opponent in Tamils as a sign of reaching out petrol was raised by as much as five deaths, while Amnesty Council, said Mohammad- “There are many people Brownback who was recently in pressure through various means the race, Han Kuo-yu of the to the minority community. 200 per cent. International said that more Javad Azari Jahromi, adding the who follow the Dalai Lama and Dharamshala and addressed the on Taiwan ... To influence Beijing-friendly Nationalist Prime Minister Mahinda Authorities said some of the than 100 demonstrators were ministry was still assessing don’t live in China. He is a well- Tibetan community. Taiwan’s democratic process,” Party. Self-governing Taiwan Rajapaksa, 74, got the key protest leaders in which police believed to have been killed and damage done to businesses. known spiritual leader through- China accuses the Dalai Brent Christensen told reporters split from China in 1949 and portfolios of defence and stations were attacked, petrol the real death toll could be as Access via ADSL was par- out the world and deserves Lama as a “splittist” working for on Friday. transitioned to full democracy in finance while the President’s pumps torched and shops loot- high as 200. tially restored in a number of respect and deserves the suc- Tibetan independence. The “We believe that malign the 1990s. China claims the eldest brother Chamal ed had been arrested. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards provinces and for some uni- cession process picked by his 14th Dalai Lama fled to India in actors are using disinformation island as its own territory, which Rajapaksa, 77, got trade and “A full-fledged world war said that during the unrest, versities in Tehran as of faith community...,” US early 1959 to escape from the campaigns to make people lose it threatens to annex by military food security ministries. against the system and the rev- “incidents ... Caused by the rise Thursday, according to ISNA, Ambassador at Large for Chinese occupation and lives in faith in democratic institutions,” force, and opposes all official “This is an interim gov- olution was born and fortu- in petrol price took place in (a although mobile data connec- exile in the hill town of said Christensen, who serves as contact between the US and the ernment,” Gotabaya Rajapaksa, nately the child died at the little) less than 100 cities”. tions could still only access local Dharamshala. the de facto US ambassador to island. who took over as the country’s moment of birth,” said Brigadier The “incidents were ended websites. “He used to travel so much, Taipei. Despite the lack of formal President on Monday, said General Salar Abnoosh, a in less than 24 hours and in NetBlocks, a website that was such a great spokesperson. The US and Taiwan have diplomatic relations, the US is during the swearing-in cere- deputy head of the Basij, an some cities in 72 hours” as a monitors net shutdowns, I met him several times when he been “working very closely to legally bound to ensure the mony of the ministers. Islamic volunteer militia. result of the “armed forces’ showed Iran’s connectivity to be travelled to the United States – combat these disinformation island can defend itself and to He said the ministers of Quoted by semi-official insight and timely action”, it at only 14 percent at mid- just was energetic and lively efforts” by sharing information treat all threats to it as matters state would be appointed next news agency ISNA late Thursday, said. Friday. and clear,” Brownback said. and experience and mobilising of “grave concern.” AP week. 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Netanyahu also serves as The party claims it will help London were bought by overseas rioration in ties between the two The serious corruption minister of health, labor and people get on the housing ladder buyers between 2014 and 2016. democracies and market charges announced Thursday Diaspora affairs, as well as act- by taking the heat out of the Research last year by the economies that has alarmed appear to have dashed already ing minister of agriculture. property market, the BBC King’s College Business School Washington as it seeks to curb slim hopes for a unity govern- He is not legally required to reported. suggested foreign buyers did the threat from nuclear-armed ment following September’s elec- step down as PM, but Netanyahu The government was already not just push up prices at the North Korea. tions, paving the way for an faces heavy pressure to do so, and planning a one per cent hike for high-end of the property market, But after a flurry of last-ditch unprecedented repeat vote in it is unclear whether an indict- foreign buyers. but there was a “trickle down” diplomacy, Seoul announced it March, which will be the third in ed politician could be given the Labour is also proposing a effect to less expensive proper- would “conditionally” suspend less than a year. mandate to form a new govern- levy on “overseas companies ties, and that cities outside the expiry of the agreement In an angry speech late ment. 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The voice, which expressed the n eight-minute short film titled A Story Takes Flight, emotions effortlessly, connected with Astarring Hollywood stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Zoe thousands of others who failed to Saldana and Kate Hudson, has captured the imagina- bring out the same emotion and want- tion of netizens with its vivid portrayal of landscapes ed to. He, sort of, gave words to every- in and around Dubai. body’s feelings. While Imtiaz Ali, AR Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Rahman and Irshad Kamil created the Marketing launched the film, shot by Emmy and cult film, it was only Chauhan who Director’s Guild award-winning director Reed Morano. could have expressed each of the emo- In the film, the three Hollywood stars are seen embark- tions that Jordan goes through, whether ing on three journeys of exploration through Dubai, it is the unattainable love that he felt for filled with inspiration, discovery, and human connec- Heer or the anguish he feels at her death tions. or the rage at the system. Mohit, who spiritual experience to be able to sing value art, you feel the urge to promote ious workshops in colleges. He feels that This global campaign resolves the mystery of the last is in the capital to perform at the Mayur about 10 to 11 songs in one film. I sang it more and why not? “Folk music it’s great to inspire someone with your edition of Dubai's popular #BeMyGuest series. In the Utsav, feels that Rockstar is one the most Sadda Haq, Tum Ho, Kun Faya Kun and should be heard by people and especial- own story. He says, “I was made the last video, Shah Rukh Khan bumped into Hollywood important milestones in his musical Phir Se Ud Chala in the same film, ly by the younger generation, so that ambassador for the Skill India initiative. actress Gwyneth Paltrow on a beach. career. He met Imtiaz for the first time, which is extremely unheard of. A play- they understand, absorb and enjoy I really feel, it’s about turning your pas- The campaign showcases unique locations spread when music composer Pritam back singer usually sings one or two our roots and culture. I have always pro- sion into your skill. It’s, in fact, a theo- across the Emirate that include the old souks, the Dubai Chakraborty to sing in Jab We Met. But songs in a single film. People use six moted folk music because it’s related to ry — if you are passionate about some- Creek and the vast expanse of sand dunes. it almost did not happen. He shares, “I music directors and then 10 different our tradition and culture. It’s great to thing you spend so much time on it that Sharing her travelling experience in Dubai, Gwyneth had disappeared into the mountains and singers for 10 songs. But to be able to be a part of art and make it a part of it becomes a skill, which you can use to Paltrow said: “One of my favorite parts of traveling is they were not able to contact me sing all of them in just one album is an you,” feels Mohit. reach out to people and make things bet- to truly connect with a city, its people and the local cul- because I am not fond of using phones indescribable feeling. I went through all The most important change that ter. I have learned from artists who are ture. Dubai is special because it’s a melting pot. Both too much. A couple of months went by the emotions that an artist can go has happened over the years, according senior to me or people that I have read the ones born here, who are so proud of their heritage, and I got a call from Imtiaz saying, through and express. Also, the charac- to him, is the advent of technology. It about in their biographies. I loved hear- and those who are recent transplants, bringing with them ‘where have you been? We have been ter that I was singing for was like real- has become much easier for individu- ing how they made their music, what their own values and traditions, contribute to writing trying to get in touch with you desper- ly close to me. Almost like me as the als of all kinds to be able to showcase came in their mind and everything, so the future story of the city. My time in Dubai was beyond ately for almost three months’. Then I story is that of a contemporary musi- their talents. “A lot of people have that inspires me to do my work. In the anything I expected and there's still so much more to came to Mumbai and sang that song. I cian and his journey. How he learns gained acclaim just because of the inter- same manner I can help youngsters see.” am still very thankful that he waited for music all by himself, so all the emotions net. That’s something huge and good, understand that they can do it too. After Kate Hudson spent a lot of time exploring the wind- me. There were so many singers, he and expressions were so real for me,” especially for the artistes,” says he. all, they are the future.” ing streets of Old Dubai. “It’s incredible to find such a could have easily approached someone says he and narrates how he met AR It was in 2017, when the singer him- Just like ‘I Love New York’, every city vibrant art and music community in the heart of such else but he didn’t.” And that’s where their Rahman. He says, “I was a part of the in films. I replied in the negative. Then self started his online show, CoHear, on has a campaign. Ask Mohit what does a modern, futuristic city — which is what most people relationship started. Gradually they band called Silk Route. We sang songs almost after five years later, I got a call YouTube. “I did it for a year. I am a trav- he think can be done to brand Delhi, and think Dubai is. But really, the friendliness of the peo- were on the same wavelength. like Dooba Dooba and Boondein. There from him for Khoon Chala for Rang De eller. I always travel to hills. The idea he will tell you that Delhi is a great city ple is what made my visit amazing, and it’s why I’ll come Interestingly, Mohit says that right was this huge music award festival in Basanti. That was my first song. And came from my wife. She said that ‘you with a greater history. “The capital will back,” Hudson added. from Tum Se Hi to every song that he Delhi in November, 1998. That evening that’s when my musical journey start- hang out so much in the mountains, why always remain, ‘Dilvalon ki Dilli’. Said Issam Kazim, CEO, Dubai Corporation for has sung for Imtiaz’s film is written by we won four awards. We got the best ed. It has been really amazing since then don’t you do this live concert show’? And Delhiites are filled with love. Their Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM) said: A Irshad Kamil. And they have been all songs, best debut and best band of the to work with him. I really consider then I thought about it. People love to hearts are pure and the amount of ener- Story Takes Flight is unlike any other film in that it speaks very successful songs. “It’s so great to year award. I met him there for the very myself fortunate to record with him, come to concerts but not everyone is able gy they have is unbeatable. Each and to this defining character of our city. It is a story of each spend time with him. He’s an amazing first time. I paid my respects to him and under his guidance.” to attend them. I got a really good everything adds colour to this beautiful person’s discovery through their interaction with director as well as a great friend,” says he complimented me saying, ‘Your The singer has always been keen on response for that. Nobody was doing it city,” says the singer. Dubai. Regardless of who you are or where you are from, he. band has a beautiful sound’. He, later, promoting arts and culture. He believes at that time,” says he. (Mayur Utsav is on November 24 and your journey with us also has no finish line — and the Mohit says that it’s almost like a asked me if I have every tried singing that it’s a natural process that when you Mohit has also been conducting var- 25.) paths to explore are endless.”

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Explains resentative Ravi Mahajan tells us Enterprises (MSMEs), non-gov- tional textile, the jute saris on dis- pick-ups have been good Vivek, who is how portraits, paintings and jute ernment agencies, artisans, self- play showed how it could be the and I am extremely happy.” doing a road- bags were new additions and that help groups, and more. next big craze after khaki. Emphasising on the lastability show on the the artworks presented interesting A PhD scholar, Reena Dikshit, While the pure jute sari is a of the textile, he adds, “Jute is same, “These perspectives of the world seen who has taken the oath to replace warming ethnic statement in the first stripped from the plant, mats will help from captivity. every plastic material, with wood Delhi winter, its variants are also then scraped to remove the the roads Meanwhile, a nationalist mood gained appreciation from all over. in demand. Jute has excellent extraneous fibres and treated retain their has meant that a large number of She says, “I studied in detail about blending qualities with other fibres with chemicals for softening quality for students assembled near a CRPF plastic and the increasing level of and can be used in combination and smoothening it. The pure years. stall, which displayed equipment harm that it does. I then decided with pure silk saris, cotton saris, jute fabric properties, such as its Nowadays and weapons. to replace every possible plastic sico, art silk georgette, chiffon, strength, coarseness, roughness we see roads Focussing on this year’s theme product with wood. You will find dupion, tussar, organza, crepe and and thickness make it a great raw breaking We noticed a woman vendor their charm intact.” Another earth — Ease of doing business, the gen- that all my products are infused so on. The best part, these saris are material for making sacks, ropes down every from Patna making a terracotta element, bamboo furniture, was a eral manager of the fair, Hema with a personal touch.” Of course, strong and easy to carry even and especially saris.” There are now and mural as earth elements make hit too with people making eco- Maity says, “The theme was decid- the innovation is clearly evident in during the rough and tumble of a jute coasters and cushion covers, then. This their way into our homes. Says she, friendly choices. ed last year inspired by India’s 63rd terms of multiple folding pieces, working day. too, that have been combined with is a very useful “Terracotta toys and utensils are Amid the expected line-up of ranking on the World Bank’s Ease something which was once a pre- The fair has a slew of jute prod- areca nut and corn. product on a large scale.” very popular but murals still have a variety of attractive Pashmina of Doing Business Index. 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But it’s been Hip Hop is what I'm coming up with her debut in the South with peri- interesting, from being a judge to a in my next song called Ishq, which is od film Mamangam, opposite singer, composer, live performer and an collaboration with DJ Sin from the Mammootty, wants to make her even a social activist. I feel that it's UK. It's a UK-based music label called own biopic since she looks at her very important that we use the full 'Your Damn Self'. I am really excit- life story as challenging if not spectrum of our talent. Especially for ed about it because they specialise in inspiring. me, music is a tool to communicate R&B. “I have made films on boxing. with the world and I hope to bring If given an opportunity, I would about a change. Hence, I have a lot What would you say about the love to showcase my own story of cause-oriented songs. Last year I charm of your specialisation, the because my journey in sports has released one music video called Sufi-Western blend? been an adventurous one in vari- Want To Be Free, which talks about First, thank you for calling it a ous ways. If I get a good director our addiction to social media and charm. Yes, I always had to create and a writer, I would definitely how it takes over our lives. It makes magic and when you fuse different share my experiences and a story us forget about the organic and real genres together, there is definitely a can be made out of it, which does- things. Now, I'm working on a song jam and some magic. And that's what n’t necessarily need to be about called Don’t Drink and Drive to Stay I like to do. I like to experiment with someone. It can simply be about Alive, a song against drunken driving. different genres. Sufi comes natural- sportspersons or the journey of a For me, it’s not just about being a ly to me. The Western and Sufi blend women’s basketball team. For voice but, also a personality. I hope especially is something in which I am instance, Chak de India!” says that I'm not just creating a brand of very involved and it's inexplicable. Prachi, also a netball and basketball my own signature music but also How is it, performing live in front Shahrukh Khan and Amitabh As artistes, when we have some- player who has represented India at something which people can relate to. of an audience? Bachchan. So there, we did an entire thing natural to offer, it is always more the Commonwealth Games 2010. I love it. It gives me an instant Bollywood musical history, where I convincing and far more magical. So She tells us how joining the film festival, which was celebrated tend to understand it better.” How have you explored various energy exchange with the audience began my performance with the there's a certain divinity in it, and industry was like a destiny’s call. “I around 400 years ago in Kerala. It After working in two Punjabi genres of music? and also a one-on-one response from music of the 1940s, till contemporary that's what I try to do through all my had just randomly got a call for a narrates a story of some unsung films and now a Malayalam one, I love experimenting with differ- them when I sing. I have been per- times. You really need to research songs. I like to have a Sufi and role in a TV soap and I quite liked heroes during the time. My char- the actor has plans to work in ent genres. It started with pop music forming live for more than 19 years before you hold a show in a particu- Western blend. the character. It was basically an acter is that of a devadasi, who is Bollywood. But she believes that with Ho Gayi Hai Mohabbat. And now. I started in 2000. From perform- lar region before you choose your opportunity that came knocking on also an entertainer and a warrior.” Malayalam cinema has a lot of then I had a tryst with Sufi music, ing at the Channel V awards in 1998; playlist for them. Soon I’ll be travel- Where do you think are the glob- my door. I was nowhere near to Well, Unnimaya, who represents scope as it caters to the sensible after I heard the Kabbalah sing in winning an award; performing across ling to Sengal and do four shows in al trends heading? films or TV. I took it as an oppor- the strong old women of Kerala, audience who is sensitive towards Rajasthan and at a Durga Puja show the world, I have been blessed. I have Africa. They also love Bollywood. So I think globally everybody is tunity and became an actor. But yes, quite resonates with Prachi’s real life societal issues. “Malayalam films in Delhi. Something moved within done four concerts in Egypt. Then I'll be customising this show in a very ready to absorb different kinds of it wasn’t as easy as it sounds journey and transition from being are the most sensible cinema made me, I learnt qawwali and did my there was a recent tour around the different and colourful format and music. And it's pretty much the same because both the fields are very dif- a basketball player to an actress. in India. They are very intelligent, song. USA, where I held a show in New twelve dancers will accompany me. everywhere you go, when you have ferent,” says the actor, who made Since the war drama features sensitive to things and don’t like Then I experimented with the York, Washington DC and Nashville. Also, when it comes to college music apps and are exposed to all gen- her TV debut with Diya Aur Baati the martial art of Kalaripayattu, unnecessary commercial masala. Blues in Kya Nazakat Hai where I got Now, I am all set to perform in shows, students really like Rock res. We have our own home-grown Hum. Prachi says that there was an Its audience likes to watch films Murad Ali (Muzaffar Ali's son) to do Gurugram, which is also my home- music. And they love melancholic random music, which is Bollywood, The process of reaching films intense training and research that make sense at the end of the poetry. It’s a very interesting fusion. town and I’m really excited it. I will songs, about love and romance. Of an Indie Pop and folk music and clas- has been very organic for Prachi as involved. “I watched films like day,” says Prachi. I recorded a song called Sonia with be singing a combination of my lat- course, Punjabi music works every- sical music. And then we have the a prior experience with TV helped Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja, Only a few films from South Mika, which is a Punjabi Indian est hits and some covers. We are a six where in the world so that is the tadka exposure to Western music and all her. “When I started acting, my first Urumi, which are also period dra- India have had a mass appeal song. My latest is a fantastic Sufi piece band including me — I play the I put in the second half of my shows. kinds of genres. Globally, Spanish step to understanding it came from mas and come from similar eras, across India and globally, the most remake of Akhiyan Udeek Diyan and guitar. We have a flutist, keyboardist, I also add Sufi, which is of course, my music is trending a lot. Especially TV as I was working on a daily for reference. It did look challeng- recent example being that of We Main Chori with singer guitarist, bass guitarist, drummer own signature music. songs like Desperado and Senorita, soap. I was undergoing an intense ing but I just went with the flow,” Baahubali. However, Prachi calls Suryaveer. It's an interesting collab- and Indian percussionist. they are like global number one hits. training. I had to face the cameras says she. it a “wrong comparison.” oration. With the current Rap culture rul- So there is something about this lan- everyday. That helped me a lot and So how did she contempo- “Baahubali is fiction but this is One of my favourites has been You have a wide range, so how do ing the industry, do you think other guage and about the music of Spain, I ended up bagging this role in rarise the sensibilities? She replied, based on true events. There is a lot the collaboration with the LA-based you customise your playlist in a way genres are losing their charm? which is hitting the right note. Melody Mamangam.” “I asked a lot of questions from the of difference. Baahubali was more Reggae band, Big Mountain, who that you connect better with the Rap music has been around for is back. In between, the music was Based in Valluvanad, a conser- director. And he told me how it’s commercial and very loud. It was gave the hit Baby, I Love Your Way. audience? the longest time and it's caught on in very noisy and it was just about vative town in Kerala, the film, entirely different than what I have exaggerated to appeal as a mass So they got in touch with me and we Sometimes an artist might get a big way, especially after Ranveer sounds. But now with artistes that which releases in four languages done before. But I didn’t find it that entertainer. But Mamangam is did a song called 24 Hours bored performing the same set over Singh's Gully Boy. However, it does- hold a lot of expression, I would say including Hindi, is a period drama difficult because I have done TV. infused with very realistic ele- Irresponsible. and over again. And I do too. So I try n't interfere with other genres of a lot of lyrical and musical content is that revolves around Chaver When you keep on playing the ments. Here, the sets are original, I’m really proud of that song to innovate on each performance music. If you take a film like Kabir back. And of course, I love Latino and Thalavan (played by Mammootty) same character and bring out its and even the acting is subtle. The because it's an Indie, Reggae Jazz song according to the category and target Singh, its music is very melodious Spanish music and I'm really happy and Unnimaaya (played by Prachi). different nuances on TV, you kind story is beautiful. It connects with and it's really doing well on Spotify. audience of my show. For instance, in with no traces of Rap at all. So it's that that is a trend because I complete- She says, “It’s a story that’s set of learn how to adapt. I just had to the audience very emotionally,” she The experiments still continue. 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Champions League regulars and even- placed Atalanta today look- and at certain times you Mourinho starts tually paid for his own success in rais- ing to retain top spot in Serie have to left players cool his tenure at a third ing the bar of expectations. A ahead of Inter Milan down,” said Sarri. English club after It also paved the way for a mar- before hosting Atletico “There is no need for grossly different riage of convenience. Tottenham Madrid in the Champions explanations. I’ve coached experiences at needed to make a statement with League next week. since the 90s and reactions to Chelsea and Pochettino’s successor to prove their “The problem is on substitutions were the same Manchester United growing status, and so turned to Tuesday Cristiano returned even in amateurs and some- hoping to inspire Mourinho. and said that it was good for times much worse.” Tottenham’s first Similarly, the first game with Portugal Sarri’s side are just one away win in the but less in the second,” said point ahead of Antonio the league Sarri. Conte’s Inter Milan after 12 “We have developed a matches, with Lazio and programme for him and Cagliari eight points adrift of now, the goal is the match of the leaders in joint third. Tuesday against Atletico Atalanta have gone three Madrid,” said Sarri adding: league games without a win, “for Atalanta, 99 percent he and are two points off the will not be avail- final Champions League able.” berths, before next week’s Portuguese &    0    %    )     P !         trip to Shakhtar Donetsk. needs a project Sarri said Atalanta that will rebuild 9%# !$ # %"+!$ during his first press conference as fans, my players.” were a tricky team to his reputation Chelsea manager 15 years ago. Even if Mourinho claims to face. after an unhappy 3% -&$ :;; $  “I always thought that these 11 be a changed man, his reputation “Annoying is an two-and-a-half )9.6)69))79& months were not a waste of time. These precedes him. understatement. They years at 11 months were months to think, to There was no love lost in play with intensity and Manchester big changes in personnel or to the team’s analyse, to prepare and anticipate many clashes with Tottenham in his aggressiveness but United. style of play amid concerns from sup- things,” added Mourinho. Chelsea days and that allied to the joy also have great “In the short porters that the manner in which he has “I had time to think about Pochettino brought the Spurs fanbase technical term we have to try won so much silverware in his career is many things. Don’t ask me leaves many unconvinced quali- to get results,” not an easy fit with Spurs’ traditional what are the mistakes, but I this managerial change ty,” said Mourinho brand of attacking football. realise that during my career is one for the bet- said on Thursday. “The style of play has to be always I made mistakes. I am not ter. the for- “It is important adapted not just to the club culture, but going to make the same In his glory mer Chelsea in the Premier especially to the players’ qualities,” he mistakes, I am going to days at Chelsea, and Napoli boss. League we need to added. make new mistakes. Porto, Inter “The best definition was disappear from the “These are the players, they have “From an emotional and early in given by (Manchester City area where we do the qualities, adapted to a certain way point of view I’m relaxed, his spell at coach Pep) Guardiola — not belong.” of playing football, and that’s the way I’m motivated, I’m ready Real Madrid, facing Atalanta is like going Spurs start the I want to do it.” and I think the players they Mourinho to the dentist, you can get out weekend 11 points Mourinho has spent 11 months out felt that in these two days. could always well but also with pain.” adrift of the top four of the game since being sacked by “They felt that I’m ready. I’m ready rely on results to win having taken just 25 United in December. to support them. This is not about me. over the doubters. ! !"! # %"# points from their last 24 And he cut a far more introspec- In your career but also in your life, you That is what he Premier League matches. tive figure as he briefed the media on go through moments and periods and needs to provide Spurs’ 3% -&$ =; $  However, Mourinho Thursday than the man who I am in a period where it’s not about supporters with, start- )B9$956 insisted he will not make announced himself as “the special one” myself at all. It’s about my club, my club’s ing today. "! -"#+ 9       0    G!     4564*1 Mirza, who was honoured with the Arjuna Award in August, finished with "! " +'+    Pakistan were left to #&! ! # *!6#!" ouble Asian Games medallist eques- a total of 64 points from six qualifying rue a basic error from 16-year- Dtrian Fouaad Mirza secured an events. He scored 34 points on his first   8+1' Divyansh Singh Panwar to team old debutant Naseem Shah as 3% -&$ >;!$  Olympic quota after finishing as the top- horse Fernhill Facetime and 30 with his up with Croatian legend Australia opener David Warner )B)E956 ranked rider in his group in the quali- second horse Touchingwood. ndia finished their engage- Snjezana Pejcic, to win the tro- plundered the visitors’ attack fiers, ending a wait spanning nearly two “I had an idea that I was in the reck- Iments at the ISSF World Cup phy in the 10m air rifle mixed with a brilliant 151 on the (90 miles) per hour, but he was guilty decades. oning for the quota but had to wait for Finals on a high, with their team competition. Divyansh second day of the first Test at the of overstepping the mark on a number The 27-year-old was the highest China and Thailand to qualify as teams. shooters featuring in teams that and Snjezana prevailed 16-14 Gabba on Friday. of occasions, despite not being called ranked rider in Group G for the South Both of them qualified last week in Italy. won the President’s Trophies for over India’s Apurvi Chandela Australia finished the day on by the umpire. East Asia, Oceania in the individual If these two countries had not qualified both the 10m air pistol and air and D Zhang. 312 for the loss of just one He looked like he belonged on the eventing category after the end of the as teams they would have taken up the rifle mixed team competitions It got even better when , 72 runs ahead of big stage with a number of bristling Europe stage earlier this month. individual slots and I wouldn’t have got here on Friday. Shahzar Rizvi also won Bronze Pakistan’s first innings total of spells before leaving the field late in the However, the official confirmation will the Olympic berth,” Mirza said from In the mixed air pistol final, in the 10m air pistol mixed team 240 and already in the driving day with an apparent leg injury. be announced by the International Germany. Manu Bhaker first paired with competition. seat. “He won’t get a harder Test debut, Equestrian Federation (FEI) on February “I am elated but there’s still enough world number one Russian Both Manu and Divyansh Marnus Labuschagne was bowling at the Gabba,” Warner said. 20. Imtiaz Anees (2000 Sydney) and Late work to be done. It’s one tick out of the Artem Chernousov to get the had earlier won their individual alongside Warner on 55, with the “He kept his speed up the whole Wing Commander IJ Lamba (1996 many boxes. Now we have to prepare the better of the India’s Saurabh 10m competitions air pistol and only wicket to fall that of Joe day — he charged in all day, there’s a Atlanta) are the only Indians to have rep- best we can and enter the competition in Chaudhary and Olympic cham- rifle, ensuring that India topped Burns, who made 97 before (future) superstar there.” AFP resented the country at the Olympics. top form,” Mirza said. pion Anna Korakaki 17-13. the medals tally with three Gold sweeping a Yasir Shah (1-101) It was then the turn of medals. delivery onto his stumps. Warner scored his first Test century since a year-long ban for ball-tampering, but only after a huge let-off when he was caught behind off a Naseem no-ball. The mercurial opener was on 56 at the time, and he then survived a near run-out on 93 before ending a century drought stretching back nearly two years. “For me it’s about going out there and backing my ability,” he said, insisting he never felt any pressure about his place in the side. “At the end of the day you $   *   !*         ! get selected or you don’t get selected and you’ve just got to accept that.” /    Earlier, Naseem looked impressive on debut and regular-  <    ly bowled at over 145 kilometres 0        

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angladesh won the toss and India everything else against a ball they are not acquainted withB on the first day of their maiden '   (    Day/Night Test, the quality of contest spectacularly failing to match the manic pre-match hype. First the Ishant Sharma-led    R 9  !%#   '  @  9  A  %   '  Indian pace unit terrorised the visi- tors, bundling them out for 106 in just under 31 overs even before twilight    &          # set in. With two of their batsmen con- cussed, the mentally-scarred Bangladesh attack then found itself at the receiving end of a masterclass @* &   from the Indian captain , who remained unbeaten on 59 off 93 balls, as India reached 174 for three at stumps on the opening day. The stodgy Cheteshwar Pujara, with two pink ball hundreds under his belt in first-class cricket, scored a chiselled 55 as India took a 68-run lead. It looks like the cricket loving Kolkata public will not have an opportunity to witness even three full days’ action. The city turned pink, the crowd responded to the brainchild of its favourite son Sourav Ganguly, who arranged a first-of-its-kind match in less than a month’s time. However, the gulf in standards along with the singular lack of intent from the visitors took some sheen away from the game. Earlier, Ishant grabbed his first five-wicket haul on Indian soil after <  & % @*  *   &   a good 12 years, finishing with 5 for  &  *  *     3      4 , , 22 in 12 overs after a brave decision by opposition captain Mominul   232'' had to be cancelled at the last Haque to bat first on a seamer-friend- "! # .Q%#+ ?(" !@ moment by the Cricket ly pitch. 3% -&$ ;; $  angladesh Prime Minister Association of Bengal (CAB). Umesh Yadav hurried the )9.6)69)& BSheikh Hasina and West The other former cricketers Bangladeshi batsmen for pace with 3 Bengal Chief Minister Mamata present were S Ramesh, Saba for 29 in 7 overs while Mohammed Banerjee rung the customary Karim, Sunil Joshi, Ajit Agarkar, Shami was deadly bowling the cut- Eden bell in the presence of Venkatesh Prasad, Kapil Dev, ters wide off the crease with figures BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammed of 2 for 36 in 10.3 overs. Bangladesh Cricket Board chief Azharuddin, Kris Srikkanth, He also bowled two sharp bounc- Nazmul Hasan Papon and batting Farokh Engineer and Chandu ers, leaving Liton Das (24) and legend Sachin Tendulkar among Borde. Nayeem Hasan (19) concussed. other dignitaries. Athletes from other sports Bangladesh lasted just 30.3 overs Hasina and Mamata met the like Abhinav Bindra, P. in their first innings with specialist  %          3 @* *         0H/ ,      3 .    teams before the national anthem Gopichand, PV Sindhu, Sania spinners Ravindra Jadeja bowling a was played by the Army Band in Mirza and Mary Kom were also solitary over and Ravichandran front of a packed house. Union there. Ashwin wasn’t even required to roll M=O 5 Home Minister Amith Shah, who Naimur Rahman, his arms over.  !   ) 1 3" !%%$ 2"2##% was supposed to be in attendance, Mohammed Mahmudul Hasan, Clearly the menacing Indian !      however could not make it. Maharab Hossain, Mohammed pace attack exposed Bangladeshi’s O  ) )1 The historic match was sup- Hasibul Hussain, Shahriar   232'' lack of technical finesse as the ‘Pink O O)  )  posed to kickstart with Army Hossain Biddut, Kazi Habibul Ball Test’ was agreed upon three days  1 K$ O   paratroopers flying into Eden to Bashar and Mohammed Akram before their tour departure on the ini- wo Bangladesh batsmen — hand over a pink ball each to the Khan were the former tiative of newly-elected BCCI presi-     )) TLiton Das and Nayeem Hasan — two captains just before the toss. Bangaldesh cricketers who were dent Sourav Ganguly.      !N were retired hurt from the ongoing But due to security reasons, that present. Bangladesh batsmen looked K.+463 1<3 Day/Night Test, forcing the visitors unsettled by the capacity crowd, to bring in as concussion substitutes something they have never encoun- M1      players who had been dropped tered even in their home Tests and the 1   ) from the team.     " : world-class bowling made it even  )!   )  ) Bangladesh’s media manager more difficult.    ) Rabeed Imam, though, said the   232'' Such was their plight that for the    ! two players were doing fine having first time in the subcontinent, bats-  ) !  !  ! undergone CT scans. irat Kohli on Friday men Nos 3, 4 and 5 (skipper ) )   “They are fine. We followed the Vbecame the fastest to Mominul Haque, Mohammad  N concussion protocol. They went for 5000 runs as captain, com- Mithun, and senior-most player CT scans as precautionary measure. / @   ! !          pleting the feat in 86 innings Mushfiqur Rahim) were all dis- K1*'*'. ' They are back with the team. They during day one. missed for a duck. seem to be fine,” he said. substitute after Das was hit. ed a test and he continued batting, As captain, Kohli was Pushed into the unknown terri- beating him by pace as it sharply cut Both Das and Nayeem were hit However, Mehidy, an off-spinner, responding with a boundary in the also the quickest to 4000 tory without any practice back home, in with the batsmen playing on to his by Mohammed Shami snorters and will not be allowed to bowl as per the next delivery. Tests runs (65 innings). He is Bangladesh opening duo of Shadman stumps. were replaced by Mehidy Hasan and concussion substitute rule. Mehidy, Das hit another boundary in the the sixth captain to reach the Islam and Imrul Kayes survived Despite the catching scepticism Taijul Islam at the Eden Gardens. though, didn’t last long as he was dis- next over off Ishant and added 5000-run mark. some anxious moments in the first six surrounding the pink ball, Saha Bangladesh wicketkeeper-bats- missed by Ishant for just eight runs. nine runs before complaining of dis- Australian great Ricky overs before Ishant Sharma trapped looked a class act behind the stump man Das was taken to a city hospi- Das was retired hurt after being comfort. He was next seen walking Ponting had taken 97 innings the latter. as usual as the ball was swinging a lot tal for a scan before another Shami hit on his head at the stroke of lunch. off the field after a long conversation to complete 5000 runs as Umesh then triggered the col- after moving the batsman. delivery hit Nayeem, who was inter- Trying to play a pull short off a with the umpire, forcing the end of captain, ahead of West Indian lapse in his second spell with two His low catch of Mahmadullah, estingly attended to by Indian team Shami bouncer, the heavily-lac- the first session. legend Clive Lloyd (106 in three balls, first being skip- outstretched and dragged across physio Nitin Patel. quered pink ball blazed in and hit his Das’ like-for-like substitute Saif innings), South African per Mominul who was dismissed by Virat Kohli at the first slip, was the Bangladesh, thus, became the helmet in the forehead region in the Hassan is down with a (split web- Graeme Smith (110), a beautiful diving one-handed catch highlight of his keeping as he also first team to make two concussion third ball of the 20th over. He was bing) injury, forcing the visitors to Australian Allan Border (116) by Rohit Sharma. completed a milestone of 100 dis- substitutes in a Test match. batting on 16 then. opt for Mehidy as concussion sub- and New Zealand's Stephen Next was Mohammed Mithun missals in longest format. Mehidy came in as concussion The physio rushed in, conduct- stitute. Fleming (130.) A        % &  , +     3 

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