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( ( , %, + & 2345& $ ! n a reminder to dark days of ! Imilitancy in Punjab, three people were killed while over a 66 L M ( -. -/,% dozen were injured in a + 6 ! # grenade attack during a reli- # 6O ollowing report by intelli- gious congregation at Rana Fgence agencies, the Ministry Sansi in Amritsar district at a of Home Affairs (MHA) has time when the State was on investigate the matter. Sunday’s blast attack at prepared a list of several sus- high alert after terror inputs The blast came at a time Nirankaris — considered to be pected organisations and indi- since Thursday. when the police have sounded a subsidiary of Sikhism but fol- viduals, who are backing and The Punjab Police has high alert across Punjab, espe- lowing their own living Guru providing assistance to described it as a “terrorist act” cially in Amritsar after the and religious text - harked back Rohingya immigrants. wise data of Rohingya immi- and is probing all “possible terrorist-outfit Ansar about four decades back. In The organisations men- grants. “There are 1,234 illegal angles”. By the evening, the Ghazwatul Hind (AGH) chief 1978, 13 Sikhs and three tioned in the list include Rohingya immigrants in the police have arrested two sus- Zakir Musa was reportedly Nirankaris were killed in Working Group on Alternative national Capital. Of them 163 pects from Bathinda, and seized spotted in the holy city along Amritsar following a violent Strategies, Crown Newsing, are untraceable. Demographic live cartridges from them. with a few other men on Friday. clash between the two groups Community Mobilisation, details of 894 have been cap- Meanwhile, the National Security was beefed up — an incident considered to be Choton Das of Bondi Mukti tured”, the document said. Investigation Agency (NIA) has across the State since Thursday the starting of the Sikh mili- Committee, Kolkatta, Md As per the document, there decided to investigate the inci- after four persons snatched an tancy in Punjab. Saleel of Kerala Muslim Culture are 6,523 illegal Rohingyas in dent that took place at Nirankari SUV at gunpoint near As per initial inputs, two Centre and Amnesty Jammu and Kashmir. Of them, Bhawan in Adliwal village. The Madhopur in Pathankot dis- youth, aged between 25 and 30, International, India. The list 6,461 are in Jammu and 62 in NIA has registered a case into trict last week, followed by an with their faces covered, also named a former Kashmir. the incident and its team, com- intelligence input claiming that forcibly entered the Nirankari Ambassador, top lawyers, civil There are 264 Rohingyas in prising senior officers, left from a group of six to seven Jaish- Bhawan and lobbed the society members and a profes- Uttar Pradesh, 26 in Assam, Chandigarh in the evening, and e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists grenade amidst the crowd sor of a renowned university. 102 in Tamil Nadu, 60 in was expected to reach Raja ! were reportedly in the State, when the congregation was The document accessed Karnataka, 16 in Kerala, and Sansi late at night to further " # # " $ %&' possibly in Ferozepur area. on. by The Pioneer also gives state- one in Maharashtra.
! !! % % & ' !( ) ) " #R 010$% tions on the basis their socio- would introduce a Bill in the economic backwardness under Winter Session of the State & '( ) R aving accepted the rec- extraordinary situations. As Legislature to create SEBC cat- ! " Hommendations made by per the guidelines of the egory and accord 16 per cent +, ! +- ".% / ! the Maharashtra State Supreme Court (which has reservations to Maratha com- P Backward Class Commission pegged the cap on reservations munity in addition to the exist- " ( -. -/,% neighbouring States. (MSBCC) on the socio-eco- at 50 per cent), we have an ing 52 per cent reservations in !# The expressway will act as nomic status of the Marathas, extraordinary situation on the State. When the law is # fter delay of nine years, a Delhi bypass for traffic com- Maharashtra Chief Minister hand. Based on the commis- enacted, the reservations will !# APrime Minister Narendra ing from north of Delhi on Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday sion’s recommendations, we go up to 68 per cent in " Modi will inaugurate much NH-1 and going to south of announced that his have decided to create a new Maharashtra. awaited 6,400 crore Kundli- Delhi on NH2 and to the west Government would grant SEBC category under which we According to sources, the # Manesar-Palwal (KMP), also along NH-8. reservations to Marathas in intend to accord reservations to Maharashtra Government is # known as Western Peripheral Once the KMP jobs and education under a Marathas will be independent Marathas without affecting the contemplating to take the route $ $&' ! Expressway (WPE), at Expressway is fully opera- new Socio-Economic of the existing reservations for reservations already given adopted by the Tamil Nadu $%& Sultanpur village Gurugram tional, vehicles going from Backward Class (SEBC) cate- the OBC category.” under the OBC category,” the Government under late Chief ! on November 19. North India to the Western gory. The Chief Minister said the Chief Minister said. Minister Jayalalithaa, which # % Also, Modi will inaugurate and Southern parts of the Talking to mediapersons State Government had consti- Replying to a question, achieved its objective of $ & ! L M the 3.2 km-long Escorts The Expressway will not country would be able to do so here on the eve of the start of tuted a Cabinet Sub- the Chief Minister said there is increasing reservations to 69 L! M" Mujesar-Ballabgarh section of only ease burden of heavy traf- without entering into Delhi. the Winter Session of Committee to take statutory no need for the State per cent by passing the Tamil Delhi Metro’s Violet Line and fic using Delhi as transit point According to officials, Maharashtra Legislature, steps to implement its decision. Government to seek the per- Nadu Act of 1994 and adding " " ( ) lay foundation stone of but also provide high-speed 6,400 crore had been spent on Fadnavis said, “We have accept- Fadnavis said the MSBCC mission of the Central the 1994 Act to the Ninth * Vishwakarma Skill University, link between northern Haryana the expressway project and ed the recommendations made had made three recommenda- Backward Class Commission Schedule of the Constitution. $ $&' ) ) Dudhola Palwal. Haryana and southern districts. 3,846 acre was acquired at a by the MSBCC. We have decid- tions in its submission to the to grant reservations to Article 31B of the ## Chief Minister Manoharlal It will facilitate uninter- cost of 2,788 crore. The ed to accord reservations to the Maharashtra Government on Marathas in jobs and educa- Constitution stipulates that # * Khattar, along with his Cabinet rupted high-speed link for design speed of the expressway Maratha community under a November 15. “The MSBCC tion. the legislations in the Ninth &# Ministers, will also be present traffic, especially commercial is 120 kmph for light vehicles new SEBC category. The reser- has recommended that Official sources said the Schedule cannot be challenged "+ & on the occasion. traffic, from Haryana to the and 100 kmph for heavy ones. vations to be granted to Marathas be given reserva- Maharashtra Government in courts. & " % / - (0' .1 *+,# #$ (-. %61 +/ rime Minister Narendra PModi on Sunday said that 180 10 of the 15 years of BJP Government in Chhattisgarh ne District Reserve Guard % were spent in struggle under O(DRG) trooper was killed the UPA rule at the Centre and two others were injured in which adopted a negative an IED blast triggered alleged- approach towards BJP-ruled ly by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's States. restive Sukma district on Addressing a public rally in Sunday. Mahasamund, he said that after Sukma District his Government came to power Superintendent of Police (SP) at the Centre, Chhattisgarh Abhishek Meena informed witnessed development as var- that the incident took place at ious Government schemes and Elarmadgu village coming people's participation took the under Bhejji police station State to new heights. area when a team of the DRG “The first 10 years of personnel were out on an " ( Raman Singh Government anti-Naxal operation . were spent fighting the negative When the patrolling team -, 1 forces. The remote-controlled reached Elarmadgu, ultras Government in Delhi did not triggered an IED that left ourteen passengers died and 14 were injured when the allow Raman Singh to work for three Jawans injured, he said. Fbus in which they were travelling fell into a deep gorge his State. It was only after Later, one of the troopers, near Janakichatti in Uttarkashi district at about 12:30 pm on 2014, that he could work to Kuhram Dara succumbed to Sunday. According to the Uttarkashi district emergency oper- bring in development in the injuries while undergoing ation centre, the accident took place on the Naugaon-Damta- State,” he said. treatment at Raipur where he Vikasnagar Road in Badkot tehsil involving a private bus bear- “Do you want to give an was airlifted. Condition of ing registration number UK 07 PA 1127. The bus fell off the opportunity to people who one them is critical, he said. road down about 250 metres into the Yamuna riverside. ruined the lives of earlier gen- On being alerted about the The District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police and erations of the State?” asked incident, reinforcement was other officials reached the site with six ambulances and doc- Modi while warning the peo- rushed to the blast spot and tors to undertake the rescue operation. Fourteen people were ple against voting for the efforts were on to evacuate the reported dead on the spot. Congress. The BJP, he said, was injured to Sukma town, the Of the 14 injured, six are in serious condition and were the answer for Chhattisgarh’s official said. airlifted by helicopter. Three were admitted in AIIMS progress. Modi said “It has been almost “It is them (Congress) who laws and seized billions of Assembly elections in Rishikesh and three were admitted in Jolly Grant hospital. Referring to Congress a year since your party came to gave out indiscriminate loans rupees worth of properties of Chhattisgarh ended on Sunday The remaining eight injured were transported by ambulance President Rahul Gandhi’s power in Karnataka but what and allowed the banks to be the fraudsters who have evening. Polling in 72 con- to Dehradun. In other accident which took place in pledge to waive farm loans if happened to your promise of looted. absconded,” he said. stituencies spread across 19 dis- Pithoragarh district three people died and two were injured his party came to power in the waiving loans of farmers?” Between 2006 and 2014, tricts will be held on Tuesday. when their car fell into 500-metre deep ravine in the after- State, Modi said the Congress’ The Prime Minister denied they (Congress) gave out loans Leaders of many political ! ! noon. The accident took place at Gyarah Devi. One of the days of getting votes by “lying that his Government waived equal to the amount that was parties held public meetings at " two injured was taken to Sushila Tiwari hospital in and misleading people” were 3.5 lakh crore of corporate given after independence till various places to garner sup- Haldwani while the other injured person was taken to the over. loans of a handful of industri- 2006. It is our Government ampaigning for the second port for their candidates. military hospital in Pithoragarh. Referring to Rahul Gandhi, alists. which dared to enact tough Cand final phase of ( ) *( +,- ./+0 #$ ) ! 1&% % %
-. -/,% several party presidents hailing most of the years, thus making Gandhi family, were treated in Ram, S Nijalingappa, K Kamaraj 4/ from outside the Gandhi family, it more of a family enterprise the “most shabby” manner were humiliated by one family. n a fierce attack on the he said Modi’s challenge had ruf- aimed at dynastic service rather possible in the recent past, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, though ICongress, BJP president Amit fled several feathers with “many than a political party aimed at Shah alleged. senior, was not allowed to be Shah on Sunday described it as courtiers going out of the way to public service,” Shah said. While PV Narasimha Rao’s president by one family. U N 5%. 0 5 “private limited company” of prove their loyalty”. “The Congress is Nehru- body, after his demise, was never Dhebar was asked to step aside the Nehru-Gandhi family. At a poll rally in Gandhi family’s private limited allowed inside the Congress as Congress president for Mrs. Soon after Prime Minister Chhattisgarh on Friday, Modi company over which nobody office, Sitaram Kesri, a towering Indira Gandhi,” he said. % 0 Earlier, after inaugurating the first Narendra Modi at an election had said if the Congress appoint- outside the family has any right,” leader, was “roughed up by goons Shah claimed that Acharya Naturopathy Day Programme, Naik said his rally in Chhattisgarh dared the ed someone not from the Gandhi he added. loyal to we know who”, he added. Kripalani, a stalwart who worked Ministry is introducing several schemes to Congress to appoint a head from family as its president for at least Shah was referring to the Modi, at a rally in closely with Mahatma Gandhi expand the naturopathy treatment which is outside the family. Shah issued a five years, then he would believe split in the Congress in 1978 fol- Chhattisgarh on Sunday, also and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was &:1 ,0 cost effective and side-effect-free system. statement saying the Congress that Jawaharlal Nehru had lowing its loss in the 1977 par- alleged that Kesri was not “humiliated” by the Congress Work on building natural clinics is had become more of a family indeed put in place a truly demo- liamentary polls, with the Indira allowed to complete his term as leadership through the 1950s and -. -/,% already in progress in Pune, Goa, Delhi, enterprise aimed at dynastic ser- cratic system in the Opposition Gandhi-led faction recognised as the Congress chief and 1960s. “His crime — he moved Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra vice than a political party aimed party. The Prime Minister the Congress(I). As she returned was forced to make way for the first motion of no-confidence nion AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik on Pradesh, the Minister said as he pointed out at public service, and that no per- repeated his words at another to power in 1980, her faction Sonia Gandhi. against the Nehru Government,” USunday sought to defend his that the health challenges including rising son outside the family had any poll rally in the State on Sunday. was later recognised by the The BJP chief cited the he said. Following Modi’s chal- Government for failing to bring the alter- non-communicable diseases we are facing right over it. “The Prime Minister is right. Election Commission (EC) as the examples of several “non-fami- lenge, Chidambaram had hit native medicine system in the ambit of the today is because we have forgotten our tra- Taking a dig at the Congress The Congress (Indira) since its real Congress. ly” Congress presidents to back back by listing out the names of world’s largest national medical insurance ditional system of medicine. leaders, including P inception in 1978 has been led by Two Congress chiefs, who his claim. “Going further back in Congress presidents from outside scheme under the Ayushman Bharat — Jaiprakash Aggarwal of International Chidambaram who had named four members of one family for were not from the Nehru- time, the likes of Babu Jagjivan the Nehru-Gandhi family. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY) Naturopathy Organisation, which had launched by Prime Minister Narendra organised the event in collaboration with the Modi recently, saying nitty-gritty’s were Ministry, explained that all the treatments being discussed. given under Naturopathy are based on 2 (0"! # ! He said, “My Ministry is in touch with Pancha Mahabhootas theory and elimina- the Union Health Ministry and Niti Aoyog tion of morbid matter is the best remedy in to ensure that the medical insurance cover all disease conditions. is given to the patients seeking alternate The Chairman of the Surya Foundation / 3 R " ,' ) medical system AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga also favoured taking the system to each and and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and every household. -. -/,% awareness in the society. Homoeopathy). We hope this will happen Naturopathy experts such as Dr Yogesh There should not be any -. -/,% norms for weak banks and raising liq- soon,” said the Minister on the sidelines of Gupta and Shallu Gupta, both from Delhi- ccusing the BJP leader- politics on this issue,” uidity has brought the two at loggerheads an event held here to mark the first based Ojas Nature Cure and Yoga Centre Aship of being “misogy- Khattar said. head of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the recent weeks. Naturopathy Day. called for regulation and standardisation of nist”, the Congress on Sunday On the other hand, ABoard meeting, Congress leader P The Government on November 9 had Surprisingly, while the Government has the sector which is gaining popularity not demanded an apology from Surjewala blamed the Chidambaram on Sunday alleged that the said it was discussing an “appropriate” size been patting its back for promoting holis- only amongst Indians but foreigners too Haryana Chief Minister Bharatiya Janata Party for Central Government was determined to of capital reserves that the central bank tic alternative healthcare like never before, owing to its several benefits. Manohar Lal Khattar for Harayana becoming a “capture” the central bank to gain control must maintain but denied seeking a mas- the PMJAY scheme which was launched Dr Navdeep Joshi, naturotherapist from reportedly claiming that most crime hub and rising inci- over its 9 lakh crore reserves. sive capital transfer from the RBI. with much fanfare by Prime Minister Navyoga Kendra, Delhi too agreed saying, rape cases were “fake” and dents of crimes against In a series of tweets, the former Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Narendra Modi a few months ago does not that people are now accepting the efficacy took place among people who knew each women, particularly rape and molestation. Finance Minister also claimed that the Chandra Garg had also clarified that the provide insurance coverage to the alterna- of these sciences as panacea for psychoso- other well. Asking Khattar to apologise for his Government and the RBI were heading Government wasn’t in any dire needs of tive medicine system AYUSH. matic ailments and lifestyle disorders. “Misogyny has become a buzzword derogatory remarks, Surjewala also towards a “confrontation” in the Monday’s funds and that there was no proposal to for BJP leadership. Humiliating India’s demanded that Prime Minister Narendra board meeting of the bank. ask the RBI to transfer 3.6 lakh crore. women has become a characteristic style Modi breaks his silence on BJP leaders “Government is determined to ‘cap- “There is no proposal to ask RBI to of BJP leaders. The Talibani thought often making sexist remarks. ture’ RBI in order to gain control over the transfer 3.6 or 1 lakh crore, as specu- process of the BJP leadership particular- Addressing a rally in Kalka town of reserves. The other so-called disagree- lated,” he had said. ly Khattar has been exposed,” Panchkula district, Khattar on Friday ments are only a smokescreen (sic),” he “The Government’s FD (fiscal deficit) Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh reportedly said that 80-90 per cent of the said on Twitter. in FY 2013-14 was 5.1 per cent. From Surjewala said. rape and molestation incidents took place Chidambaram said, “Nowhere in 2014-15 onwards, the Government has After courting controversy over his amongst people who knew each other well. the world is the central bank a board- succeeded in bringing it down substan- remarks on rape incidents, Haryana Chief “They roam around together for some managed company. To suggest that pri- tially. We will end the FY 2018-19 with Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday time and if one day they get into some vate business persons will direct the FD of 3.3 per cent. The Government has clarified that his statement had been twist- quarrel, they file an FIR claiming that they Governor is a preposterous idea.” actually foregone 70,000 crore of bud- ed and asserted there should not be any have been raped.” In the run-up to the 2014 “November 19 will be a day of reck- geted market borrowing this year.” politics on the issue. Lok Sabha polls, Khattar had made anoth- oning for central bank independence and Garg said the only proposal “under “(My) statement has been twisted. I er sexist remark asking women to “run the Indian economy,” he tweeted. discussion is to fix appropriate econom- had said which is on record and I will around naked if they wanted freedom”. The RBI has a massive 9.59 lakh ic capital framework of RBI”. again State it that during investigation in He also came under fire from Delhi crore reserves and the Government, if Economic capital framework refers to such cases, it was revealed that about 80 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who reports are to be believed, wants the cen- the risk capital required by the per cent of incidents took place between indicted his Haryana counterpart for tral bank to part with a third of that fund central bank while taking into account / 1 $ % % # + + 23 known…But there is a need to bring “justifying rape”. — an issue which along with easing of different risks. 4 / 1 2 5 $ %&' 4/ , .1) $ - "/6 6 . '7 7 21,- New Delhi: The National 22 will be observed as “Weaker Integration Week will be Sections Day”. Meetings and New Delhi: A total of 34 judges *1+*9+,-4B observed across the country rallies will be organised to high- !( have been appointed to six beginning November 25 with an light programmes under various High Courts in the country, ;1 - 66*% +- & aim to foster and reinforce the Governments which help Jaipur: Former Congress MLA with Allahabad getting 28, % $( $0 )Q. 1 2 # ' )R % &$ - % $ 0 . . *2 (04/ ( 3- 0$%861 ) . %61 here is a Congress wave hhattisgarh unit of Tflowing in Surguja and CCongress party on Sunday %61 people of the region have even released 103-point chargesheet stopped selling their paddy against the ruling Bharatiya he battle ground in crop in mandis expecting bet- Janata Party Government of TChhattisgarh is all set for ter support price as promised the State. second and final phase of by Congress party in its poll The chargesheet was polling on November 20. manifesto, said Rajya Sabha released by Chhattisgarh In- In the second phase, a total Member of Parliament (MP) charge of All India Congress of 1079 candidates are in the candidates is more than 20. In and party’s Campaign In- Committee, P.L. Punia and fray where 53,85983 electors the second phase, 119 women charge from Bihar, Akhilesh party’s National Spokesperson chargesheet as per the party botched up eye surgery, ster- would be exercising their fran- candidates are in the fray with Pratap Singh. Jaiveer Shergill at State includes-failure in poverty ilization deaths, issue of Jal- chise to elect 72 candidates. maximum number of women Singh while talking to The Congress office Rajiv Bhawan alleviation, farmers’ suicide, Jungle-Jameen, closure of Out of the State’s total candidates in Raipur (South) Pioneer said that there is on Sunday. failure in tackling unemploy- Government schools among number of electors, 77,46,628 constituency where there are tremendous enthusiasm among The points in the ment, atrocities against tribals, others. are male while 76,38415 are eight candidates. the people of Surguja as in this %61 female and 940 are third gen- In 18 assembly con- election, they believe that by ders. stituencies, there are no women casting their vote to Congress haratiya Janata Party’s star To ensure full voting in 72 candidates in the fray. The party, they are going to elect a Bcampaigner and Union constituencies, a total of 19,296 counting for first and second Chief Minister in the form of Home Minister Rajnath Singh polling centres have been estab- phase of polling would be held T.S. Singhdeo of the region. on Sunday had to travel by road lished. The maximum number on December 11. As per infor- “There is great respect to Dharamjaigarh about 270 of electors in second phase of mation, around 650 battalions towards T S Singhdeo in the kilometres from Raipur after polling are at Kasdol at 3,33,472 of para-military force have region and they (people) are the helicopter he was travelling while Manendragarh Assembly been deployed in 72 assembly expecting that he would be the in, developed a technical snag. constituency has least number constituencies for peaceful con- next Chief Minister of He had reached Lailunga to of electors at 1,31,283. duct of polling. The distribu- Chhattisgarh”, he said. address a public rally and was A total of 493 candidates tion of polling materials and “I have campaigned and to fly to Dharamjaigarh. After are in the fray as Independent polling team movement to have held public meetings in waiting for an hour, he left for sharp as was the case with all candidates. Raipur (South) respective polling booths will almost all the 14 assembly Dharamjaigarh by road. the party’s other star cam- constituency has maximum of begin from November 19 early constituencies of the region and Singh’s public meeting was paigners who were ensuring to 46 candidates in the fray while morning. I found that people here want delayed by two hours and his reach public meeting venues on the minimum number of can- The first phase of polling to vote for change”, he said. poll campaign ended at 5 pm time. didates in the fray are at was held on November 12 for “I am expecting at least 12 Bindranavagarh at six. 18 Assembly constituencies in seats out of total 14 in favour Out of the 72 Assembly insurgency-hit Bastar division of Congress party from here”, 3<7 constituencies, in 11 con- and Rajnandgaon district. he further added. stituencies, the total number of “I have conducted more than 20 public meetings at (( % 0 dle of lies. various places including Kusmi, “The Shankargarh, Rajpur, Lundra, + 0 Congress Lakholi, Sitapur, Mainpat, & 7 # $ 7 8 & + , leaders are Bhaiyathan apart from the National Treasurer of Janata + 9: $ $ % unable to Surguja district headquarters Congress Chhattisgarh (Jogi) / see devel- Ambikapur”, he said. %61 (JCC) (J) . opment “In all the places, I was Speaking on the occasion, !/% 0P he Bharatiya Janata Party Chhattisgarh as a model State %61 made in overwhelmed with the massive ormer Raipur Mayor Gajraj Pagaria said he had cordial rela- T(BJP) in its next term in the country. the State. They are trying to gathering in support of FPagaria on Sunday returned tions with JCC (J) Supremo Ajit would free the State from The work on infrastruc- ountering the Congress showcase it as lies,” he said. Congress party and with con- to Congress party fold. Jogi but the support he was Naxalism, Uttar Pradesh Chief ture development has also Cparty’s 103-point The people of Chhattisgarh siderable number of MLAs He was welcomed by All expecting from him after being Minister Yogi Adityanath said picked up pace in the State, he chargesheet against Bharatiya are politically mature but the from here, the Surguja region India Congress Committee In- manhandled by a party work- , # on Sunday. said. Janata Party, BJP National Congress is spreading lies will play a vital role in forma- charge of Chhattisgarh P.L. er disappointed him. “Unhappy Addressing a press con- The Congress does not General Secretary and party’s among them through allega- tion of Congress Government Punia at State Congress office with the incident, I have now $%/ 61 ference here, Adityanath said have a leader at national or at Chhattisgarh In-charge Dr Anil tions, Jain said. in Chhattisgarh”, he said. Rajiv Bhawan here on Sunday. decided to return to Congress that both BJP and Dr Raman the State level, Adityanath Kumar Jain said that it is a bun- Notably, Pagaria was fold”, he said. Singh are creating said. ! " # $ % S ' " ( P Q "" # $ % # &''( ) * # % ' +,-.//0 '1/00"2 ...3.4/50/ # * 67' 8 9 8 % ' +,-.//: 6; % 6; ) < &; $( 4 = 8 ) > $8 < +""/ //. ; /""+,/""/,:: &; ?+3" ) 4 $&@<9 = $ +./"3/" A(( ; /"./+,B0-B// C ,B0--//( ( ) *( +,- ./+0 #& 3! *- 5 4 8O# ! "! /# 5 # # Koraput: A farmer reported- 3 ly committed suicide over $,061 crop loss in Maliguda village $,1$ - . trict, Bahuda in Ganjam district Government had signed an Kendrapada: A youth under the Potangi police sta- and Chudamani in Bhadrak MoU with the Aditya Birla allegedly murdered three 48-year-old salesman and his para- tion in the district on Sunday. he State Government has district, said Sahu. Group for the port at members of his family at Amour have been arrested by police The deceased farmer was Tissued notification for set- Besides, a notification was Chudamani, later the compa- Madhusudanpur village for the alleged murder of the former’s identified as Loknath Pangi. ting up 12 new ports. MoUs issued in 2000 for a port at ny withdrew from the project. under the Patkura police wife at Military Line under the Town Sources said Pangi con- have been signed with different Jatadhari Muhan in An MoU has been signed with limits in Kendrapa\da police station here on September 9. sumed pesticides in his farm- organisations for this and land Jagatsinghpur and in 2009 noti- the Navyug Engineering for the district late on Saturday Rabindra Behera, had allegedly killed land and returned home and is being acquired for the pur- fication was issued for a port at port at Astaranga in night. his 45-year-old wife Papina. Rabindra told his wife about it. pose, said Transport Minister Talsari in Baleswar district. In 2010.While the land acquisition Bikram Das, the and Papina were married for 24 years and Rabindra returned home and assaulted His family members Nrusingha Charan Sahu in 2017, a notification was issued process is on for the project, an accused, went abscond- have three sons, said ASP Santanu Dash Papina with a knife. rushed him to the Patangi reply to a question by MLA for a riverine port at agitation is continuing oppos- ing after the incident but was apprehended at a Press meet. As Rahul was not at home, Gopal Community Health Centre Dilip Ray in the State Assembly Mahakalapada block in ing the project. The expansion by police on Sunday afternoon. The deceased Differences between the couple start- tried to resist the attack. By the time, but he died while undergoing on Saturday. Kendrapada district, said the work\s for the Dhamra and were Bikram’s grandfather Dhruba Das, ed due to financial crisis a few years ago. neighbours reached the house, the treatment. Presently, three ports are Minister. Gopalpur Ports are being car- grandmother Saraswati Das and aunt Pratima In the meanwhile, Rabindra developed accused fled the spot. Unable to bear the men- functioning at Paradip, Though notification was ried out. Das. According to reports, Bikram returned a relationship with Bhanu Dakua (48), a A complaint was later filed by Rahul tal pressure due to crop loss Dhamra and Gopalpur. In issued 17 years back for After the proposed ports home on Saturday night in an inebriated state resident of Hillpatna area. with the police based on which a case of and debt burden, Pangi con- 1991, the Government had Bahabalapur port, the con- become functional, import and and thrashed his wife after an argument In July, 2017 Rabindra, who worked murder was registered. sumed poision, alleged fami- issued notification to set up a struction work has not made exports would increase; and between them. He also attacked his father and as a salesman at a cloth shop in the city, Police on Friday received informa- ly members. Besides, Pangi’s port at Bahabalapur in any headway. Similarly, in 1996 due to the business activities mother when they opposed hnis act. left for Hyderabad for better employ- tion that Rabindra and Bhanu were spot- wife has lodged a complaint in Baleswar district. out of the notification which employment opportunities When the deceased trio intervened in the ment. He had left behind his father Gopal ted at Chapan Chowk in Puri. the connection. On Saturday, Similarly in 1996, a notifi- issued for eight ports, a MoU would be created. The matter, Bikram assaulted them with a Behera, Papina and elder son Rahul at A team of Town police immediate- a sharecropper Gouranga cation was issued for another has been signed in 2008 with an Government should complete sharp weapon killing Dhruba and Saraswati their Military Lane house. ly left for Puri and arrested them. Charan Kap of Napang village eight ports. They are Astaranga organisation for a port at the ports within a limited time- on the spot. On September 6, 2017 the accused During interrogation, Rabindra con- allegedly committed suicide in and Bali Harchandi in Puri dis- Subarnarekha and 700 acre of frame to expedite develop- Pratima sustained griev\ous injuries in the threatened Papina with dire conse- fessed to his crime. Kendrapada district due to trict, Inchudi, Subarnarekha land has been acquired. mental activities, demanded attack and succumbed on the way to the SCB quences over phone. Both the accused were forwarded to crop loss caused by the recent and Chandipur in Baleswar dis- Even thought the Ray. Medical College Hospital in Cuttack. PNS Three days after he talked to his wife, court on Saturday, said the ASP. Titli cyclone. PNS '()"'* ! # % " 8,+98' 4?) ) ! $ $ ! ; 9"$ !+ !# 8 ; !" ..2 . ! 5+ O ! ! # " # +,, P # . + 6#6 => + he famous Bada Osa and 0 D660E .) 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( avoided her on one plea or the Oants broke open the locks front of the shop besides that be distributed among the devo- $, The Dhabaleswar Seva other. Barun allegedly had also of a back shutter of a shop of of the nearby police beat. tees. Sanstha will organise Bhajana F0& & taken from her around Rs 7 Tata Sponge Employees Beat in- charge Lalit The Lord will be decorat- programmes in every evening & lakh by fraud. Consumers’ Cooperative Kumar Das who came for ed in Badasinghara Besha on nected from Mancheswar vil- of Panchuka in the shrine. # # $: When she came know that Society at Bilaipada under the inquiry found that the thieves the day of Bada Osa and will be lage to the shrine. But this year Temporary first aid centres : 25 Goals 6 (SDG) aims to ensure that health costs and untreated sewage Ministry of Drinking Water and %,1 everyone has a safe toilet and that from cities is the single biggest Sanitation. no one practices open defecation by source of water resource pollution The urban component called 2030. Failure to achieve the goal in India. This indicates both the Swachh Bharat (Urban) is focused risks the entire 2030 Agenda for scale of the challenge ahead of the on building individual toilets, com- Sustainable Development. Indian cities and the huge costs munity toilets and solid waste man- According to report by Odisha incurred from not addressing them. agement. Swachh Bharat (Urban) is Water Supply and Sewerage Board, As per census 2011, 53.1 per cent of administered through the Ministry out of the 60 lakh people staying in India’s population had no access to of Urban Development. This pro- 23 urban local bodies, 31 per cent toilet and 69.3 per cent of rural gramme aims at (i) elimination of approximately are defecating in households and 18.4 per cent of open defecation; (ii) eradication of open and among people using toi- urban households do not have manual scavenging; (iii) modern lets, only 49 per cent households access to latrine. India's sanitation and scientific municipal solid waste have septic tanks. Besides, only 2 per crisis is an urgent priority as 53 per management; (iv) to affect behav- cent sewerage is treated in the State cent of Indian households had no ioral change regarding healthy san- and 98 per cent either percolates to toilet in 2011. itation practices; (v) generate aware- ground water or adjoining water Strategy, with the goal of trans- depend on community toilets. age districts. The project will provide On October 2, 2014, Prime ness about sanitation and its linkage bodies through surface drains with- forming urban Odisha into com- The Odisha Water Supply and good and effective sewerage services Minister Narendra Modi launched with public health etc. out treatment. munity-driven, totally sanitised, Sewerage Board (OWSSB), which is to the urban population. the Clean India Mission (Swachh Discharge from insanitary The 2011 Census stated that an safe, healthy, and livable cities and entrusted with executing sewerage The project will ensure proper Bharat Abhiyan) to achieve an latrines, sewage flowing in drains, overwhelming 49.6 per cent of the towns, and outcomes in line with the treatment plants (STPs) across the treatment of generated sewage in the Open Defecation Free (ODF) India effluent from septic tanks and ram- State’s households do not have any National Urban Sanitation Policy State, came up with an ambitious city area and the overall sanitation by 2019 and aims to build about 100 pant open defecation are polluting kind bathing facility and about 1.7 (NUSP), 2008. project – Integrated Sewerage System condition of the city will be million toilets across India. The the environment and having adverse lakh households (48.33 per cent) or The practice of constructing for Bhubaneswar City (ISSBC). The improved. objectives of the mission are to pro- health impacts to all of us. Looking oilets save lives, because human 8.5 lakh people of the slum defecate septic tanks and connecting it to sewerage system of Bhubaneswar 2018 Theme: When Nature mote a clean India through several at the smart approach in city plan- Twaste spreads killer diseases. in the open. The impacts of unsafe open drains is rampant. With the envisages laying of 412 km under- Calls campaign is based on the fol- initiatives that have been divided ning it is imperative for all urban The World Toilet Day is about sanitation conditions and behaviour growing number of toilets now ground gravity sewer for collection lowing narrative: When nature calls, into urban and rural work-streams. settlements to provide nature friend- inspiring action to tackle the glob- are immense that adversely affect being constructed and a lack of of sewage of each household and we need a toilet. But, billions of peo- The rural component called ly sanitation for all. Safe collection, al sanitation crisis. Today, 4.5 billion the urban poor, women and chil- available urban land, sludge disposal establishment throughout the city in ple don’t have one. This means Swachh Bharat (Gramin), strives to transport and treatment of sewage people live without safely managed dren. is a major issue of concern. In uncovered area, replacement and human faeces, on a massive scale, achieve Open Defecation Free are necessary. There is a need to sanitation and 892 million people Odisha has an urban sanitation Bhubaneswar in many areas sewer- renovation of all existing old sewers, are not being captured or treated – (ODF) status through emphasis check the open discharge of raw still practice open defecation. The strategy that envisages the devel- age water either seeps into ground construction of main, intermediate contaminating the water and soil upon behavior change and flexible sewage into drains and river to pro- impact of exposure to human fae- opment of citywide sanitation plans or flows into storm water drains to and lift pumping stations, con- that sustain human life. We are turn- delivery mechanisms that take into tect rural and urban ecosystem. ces on this scale has a devastating and integration of all aspects of san- be discharged into rivers and drains. struction of sewage treatment plants ing our environment into an open account local cultures, practices, impact upon public health, living itation in an effective way with spe- In most of the unauthorised slums, and construction of low cost sani- sewer. We must build toilets and sensibilities and demands. It also (Dr Praharaj teaches at conditions, nutrition, education cial emphasis on slums. people practice open defecation. tation units in the city area. The new sanitation systems that work in seeks to address solid and liquid Department of Architecture, College and economic productivity across In 2011, the Government of This is due to inadequate provisions sewerage system has been planned harmony with ecosystems. waste management. Swachh Bharat of Engineering and Technology, the world. Sustainable Development Odisha notified an Urban Sanitation for sanitation. Very few people by dividing the city into six sewer- Weak sanitation has significant (Gramin) is administered by the Bhubaneswar) ( ) *( +,- ./+0 #5 ; ) > % < Chico (California): Northern forth between the State and the " + California crews battling the feds. It's not right." country’s deadliest wildfire in a But for the most part, sur- century were bracing for strong vivors, some who had barely COLOMBO: An all-party said. cotted the meeting. Sirisena winds, with gusts up to 50 miles escaped and no longer had meeting called by Sri Lanka's This was the first time and Jayasuriya are at logger- per hour, creating the potential homes, were too busy packing President Maithripala Sirisena that Sirisena, Wickremsinghe heads ever since Jayasuriya to erode gains they have made up what little they had left or failed to make any break- and Rajapaksa met face to decided to summon parlia- in containing a disaster that has seeking help to pay much atten- through on Sunday to end the face since the crisis erupted on ment on November 14 despite killed at least 76 and levelled a tion to the president's visit. raging political crisis set off by October 26. Sirisena's dissolution of the town. Michelle Mack Couch, 49, his controversial decision to Wickremesinghe has Assembly to hold fresh elec- Even as hundreds of waited in line to get into a remove Prime Minister Ranil maintained that his sacking by tions. searchers sift through the rub- Federal Emergency Wickremesinghe last month. Sirisena was unconstitutional The chaos on Friday in ble in the town of Paradise Management Agency center The crisis erupted when and illegal and he was still the Parliament forced the Speaker looking for the dead, nearly in the city of Chico. She need- President Sirisena suddenly Prime Minister. Jayasuriya to summon police 1,300 people remain unac- ed a walker for her elderly announced on October 26 that "We placed our cards on inside the House. Jayasuriya, counted for more than a week mother and tags for her car. he had sacked Prime Minister the table. We told Rajapaska using a microphone, conduct- after the fire sparked in Butte "Let's hope he gets us some Wickremesinghe and installed that if the Speaker's rulings are ed the proceedings while County, Sheriff Kory Honea help," said Couch, who voted ex-strongman Mahinda wrong, they can move a standing on the floor of announced Saturday night. for Trump and whose rental Rajapaksa in his place. motion to challenge it and get Parliament, which for the Authorities stressed that the home burned down last week. Sirisena later dissolved it passed. Response from second time passed a no-con- long roster does not mean they But as far as taking time out to Parliament, almost 20 months President Sirisena was nil," fidence motion against believe all those people are watch the president, she said before its term was to end, and Lakshman Kiriella, a senior Rajapaksa and his Government missing. wryly, "We don't have a TV ordered snap election. The UNP leader, said after talks by a voice vote. Jayasuriya first Honea pleaded with fire anymore." Honea expressed Supreme Court on Tuesday which lasted for over 2 hours. offered to take the vote by evacuees Saturday to review the hope that Trump's visit would overturned President Sirisena's "We told President we have name, but was unable to do so list of those reported as unreach- help with recovery, saying the decision to dissolve Parliament the majority. We are in a posi- because of the commotion and able by family and friends and Rios, 56, whose son Jed tearful- The president pledged the miles (603 square kilometres). It tour by the Republican presi- and halted the preparations for tion to present the affidavits we opted for a voice vote. He then call if they are safe. Deputies ly told KXTV in Sacramento full support of the federal is 55 per cent contained. dent and California's snap polls on January 5. signed," Ajith P Perera, anoth- adjourned the house until have located hundreds of people that his mother "had endless Government. Gov. Jerry Brown The fire zone in Northern Democratic leaders "signals a The crisis talks came after er UNP leader said. Monday. to date, but the overall number amount of love for me". and Governor-elect Gavin California is to some extent spirit of cooperation here that Sri Lanka's parliament wit- The JVP or the People's After the second vote keeps growing because they are President Donald Trump Newsom thanked him for com- Trump country, and that ultimately benefit this com- nessed unprecedented violence Liberation Front stayed away against Rajapakse, adding more names, including toured the area Saturday, joined ing out. "We've never seen any- enthusiasm was on display as munity and get us on a path as lawmakers threw furniture from Sunday's meeting. The Wickremesinghe demanded those from the disaster's chaot- by California's outgoing and thing like this in California, dozens of people cheered and toward recovery". and chilli powder at each other. party, in a letter to Sirisena, that his Government be ic early hours, Honea said. incoming Governors, both we've never seen anything like waved flags as his motorcade In Southern California, The lawmakers on Friday said that he was the creator of restored, but there has been no "It's really very important for Democrats who have traded this yet. It's like total devasta- went by. Trump also met briefly at an approved a second vote of no the crisis so he should end it. response from Sirisena yet. you to take a look at the list and sharp barbs with the Republican tion," Trump said as he stood Kevin Cory, a wildfire airport hangar with families confidence against Rajapaksa The party said it had no reason Wickremesinghe's party call us if you're on the list," he administration. amid the ruins of Paradise. evacuee who lost his home in and first responders touched by but Sirisena refused to accept to attend the meeting. meanwhile asked Facebook to said. The remains of five more He also visited Southern Rain was forecast for mid- Paradise, praised Trump for the shooting at the Borderline it, saying his advice was not fol- Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, safeguard the identity of its people were found Saturday, California, where firefighters week, which could help fire- coming to a State that is often Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks lowed. who on Wednesday supporters on the social media including four in the decimated were making progress on a fighters but also complicate the at odds with the White House. more than a week ago. Sirisena on Sunday called announced there is no Prime platform, fearing information town of Paradise and one in wildfire that tore through com- search for remains. "I think that California's Trump called the shooting an all-party meeting which Minister or Government fol- sharing with what it calls the nearby Concow, bringing the munities west of Los Angeles Northern California's Camp been really horrible to him and at a country music bar, which ended without making break- lowing a no-confidence country's "illegal" Government number of dead to 76. Honea from Thousand Oaks to Malibu, Fire has destroyed nearly 10,000 the fights. I mean they're suing left 12 dead, "a horrible, horri- through, Wickremsinghe's motion against disputed Prime can lead to a crackdown said among the dead was Lolene killing three people. homes and torched 233 square him," he said. "It's back and ble event." AP United National Party (UNP) Minister Rajapaksa, also boy- against the users. PTI 1 . 38 9'! ?@<< ' ) 6 # 1 .) + # Port Moresby: Leaders from 21 independence". Putin- both decided to skip Asia-Pacific nations failed on In a speech to business the gathering, leaving the DHAKA: Bangladesh's former New York: A 61-year old pect, a juvenile male, on the visit his mother for her 95th Sunday to bridge gaping divi- leaders just minutes before spotlight on Xi who arrived Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Indian-origin man in New morning of November 16. birthday and celebrate sions at a summit overshad- Pence, Xi insisted the initiative two days early to open a Sunday challenged the seven- Jersey was shot dead by a 16- Preliminary autopsy Christmas with family. owed by a war of words over was not a "trap" and there was Chinese-funded school and year sentence handed out to her year old boy, who is facing showed the cause of death to Family friend Dave the US and China as they vie no "hidden agenda" amid crit- road in Papua New Guinea's in a corruption case for embez- charges in connection to the be multiple gunshot wounds Nethagani said Edla was a for influence in the region. icism that it amounts to dirt-poor capital Port zling millions from a charita- murder, prosecutors said. and the manner of death kind man and active in the For the first time in the his- "chequebook diplomacy" in Moresby. ble trust in her late husband's Sunil Edla was shot to homicide. The suspect was community. Edla was best tory of the APEC grouping, the region. Xi also lashed out Xi has been the star of the name, claiming that she has death Thursday evening out- charged via Juvenile known for playing piano dur- leaders were unable to agree on at "America First" trade pro- show, front and centre at offi- been convicted "illegally and side his apartment in Ventnor Complaint with murder, rob- ing church services at Chelsea a formal written declaration tectionism, saying it was a cial photos whereas Pence unjustly". city, Atlantic County bery, carjacking, unlawful Community Presbyterian amid sharp differences over "short-sighted approach" that has kept a lower profile, only The Bangladesh Prosecutor Damon Tyner said possession of a handgun. He Church in Atlantic City. trade policy."The leaders agreed was "doomed to failure". deciding at the last minute to Nationalist Party (BNP) chief in a statement. is being held at the A neighbour said the that instead of a traditional The feisty barbs on a stay overnight in Port challenged the trial court's Ventnor City Police Harborfields Juvenile killer ambushed Edla and shot leaders' declaration, they would gleaming white cruise ship Moresby -- shelving original decision four days after receiv- power and collected USD Department was informed on Detention Center in Egg him dead right after the leave it to the hands of PNG as moored in Port Moresby set plans to fly in and out from ing the full text of the verdict the night of November 15 Harbor City."I'm just speech- grandfather had brought a the chair to issue a chair state- the scene for a potentially Cairns in Australia. announced on October 29. / about the shooting. Police less right now They could child into his house. ment on behalf of all the mem- fiery meeting between Xi and As if to counter Chinese The 638-page decision and located Edla on the sidewalk, have just taken the car and let Surveillance video showed the bers," said Zhang Xiaolong, a US President Donald Trump at largesse, the US, Australia, the 700-page appeal petition with gunshot wounds. Edla him go," Edla's son Morrison teen riding up to Edla's home. spokesman from the Chinese the G20 summit in Argentina New Zealand and Japan on also include a petition for bail, 6 had succumbed to his injuries Edla said in a report in The boy dropped his bike foreign ministry. at the end of this month. Sunday announced a project said her lawyer Kayser Kamal by the time the police arrived. NBCPhiladelphia.Com. and hid as he waited for Edla Canada's Prime Minister But Xi and Pence, who to boost electricity capacity in after submitting the petition to / ! Edla's vehicle, a 2002 Subaru A report in the Press of to exit the house. J u s t Justin Trudeau admitted there both wore shiny, red shirts pro- Papua New Guinea. the High Court on Sunday, the Forester, was missing from the Atlantic City said Edla, a before 8 p.M. Thursday, fam- were "different visions on par- vided by the Pacific island did The project aims to raise bdnews reported. scene. The vehicle was subse- father of two and grandfather, ily members said, Edla was ticular elements with regard to hold talks on Saturday night at the percentage of the PNG “The BNP chairperson has quently found by Atlantic City was a 30-year resident of leaving his home to work the trade that prevented full con- the leaders' gala dinner. population with access to elec- been convicted illegally and ! Police Officers in a different Atlantic County and worked overnight shift at the North sensus on a communique doc- Pence told reporters on tricity from 13 per cent to 70 unjustly,” he was quoted as area. After the vehicle was in Atlantic City's hospitality Carolina Avenue ument." Sunday: "I spoke to President per cent. saying by the daily. located by the officers, the sus- industry. He was planning to Rodeway Inn in Atlantic The annual gathering, held Xi twice during the course of And as the US and China “We have appealed for her pect was subsequently tracked travel to India to visit family. City. According to family, he for the first time in Papua New this conference. We had a can- vie for influence in the region, sentence to be dismissed and ,-&7 with the assistance of the "He (Edla) was humble. He started his car then went back Guinea, was overshadowed by did conversation." He told him the statement dangled the for her release. Atlantic City surveillance cen- never argued. I helped him in the house briefly. After speeches from Chinese that the US is interested in a prospect of similar projects for A High Court bench will ter. when he came to US in 1987. walking back down the sec- President Xi Jinping and US better relationship with China countries that "support prin- be formed to decide on the Further investigation by I was very close to him," his ond-floor apartment stairs, Vice-President Mike Pence, "but there has to be change" in ciples and values which help appeal.” the Atlantic County cousin Raj Casula said. he was shot on the sidewalk which appeared to represent Beijing's trade policies. maintain and promote a free, The trial court in its verdict Prosecutor's Office, Ventnor "Everyone was calling him and left for dead.Ventnor competing bids for regional With fears that a trade open, prosperous and rules- in the Zia Charitable Trust graft /3 , City Police Department and and talking to him because he police Chief Doug Biagi said leadership. war between the two rivals based region." case found the former prime the Atlantic City Police was leaving for India so soon," an officer has been posted in Pence warned smaller could cripple the Pacific Rim With the official business minister guilty under the Department led to the identi- said Casula. Edla had planned the neighborhood "just to countries not to be seduced by economy, some attendees of the summit relatively low- Prevention of Corruption Act fication and arrest of the sus- a two-month trip to India to ease anybody's fears." PTI China's massive Belt-and-Road voiced concern about the key, much of the focus has 1947 and sentenced her to 375,000 for the trust from infrastructure programme, growing rivalry for influence in been on the unlikely venue of seven years in prison and fined unknown sources. ( / which sees Beijing offer money the region. Port Moresby, which is host- her Tk 1 million. Zia, 73, has The Zia Charitable Trust to poorer countries for con- "Business leaders do not ing its first international event been in custody since February graft case was filed by the +% /!! : struction and development want to speak out, but behind of this scale. 8, when she was sentenced to Anti-Corruption Commission projects. The "opaque" loans the scenes here, they are talk- The city is on lockdown five years in prison in another in 2011. Dubai: Imran Khan held talks come with strings attached ing over dinner saying 'how with hundreds of police and case related to embezzlement of The judge granted the with the crown prince of Abu and build up "staggering debt", has this happened'?" said military patrolling the streets funds of an orphanage named three other suspects in the Dhabi on Sunday and dis- -%. Pence charged, mocking the Denis O'Brien, the billionaire of the notoriously crime-rid- after her husband late president case the same sentence for cussed matters of bilateral, initiative as a "constricting chairman of Digicel."It's a den capital.Warships are sta- Ziaur Rahman. abetting corrupt activity under regional and mutual interest, belt" and a "one-way road". very forced situation, one tioned just off the coast to The latest sentence, which the Penal Code. amid reports that the UAE is He urged nations instead country is trying to force all provide security for the lead- comes ahead of general elec- The court order also ready to extend financial assis- /! ; to stick with the United States, the other countries to change ers, and delegates and media tions in December, is related to allowed the government to tance to Pakistan to minimise which doesn't "drown our part- tariffs agreed over years," have been housed in enor- the Zia Charitable Trust. seize the 70 decimals of land the cash-strapped country's ners in a sea of debt" or "coerce, O'Brien told AFP. Trump and mous cruise ships due to a According to the case, Zia bought in the name of the Zia dependence on an IMF bailout % /0$ with the Taliban. corrupt or compromise your Russian President Vladimir dearth of hotel rooms. AFP and three others abused their Charitable Trust. PTI package. PTI A third individual with he Taliban have held three knowledge of the discussions Tdays of talks with US envoy said the Taliban pressed for a Zalmay Khalilzad in the Gulf postponement of next year's - + + / % state of Qatar, where the presidential elections and the Afghan insurgent group has a establishment of an interim political office, a Taliban offi- government under a neutral cial and another individual leadership. + , & : (' close to the group said Sunday. Abdul Sattar Sirat, an eth- The talks are aimed at nic Tajik and Islamic scholar, . ,% +* edged that he has been briefed insurgents are facing off against /* * meaning 48 MPs - submit let- 1922 Committee, had hit the renewing the Afghan peace was suggested as a candidate to on the audio recording of the Saudi-backed forces, noting ters saying she has lost their 48-letter mark from her party process and eventually winding lead an interim administration. S President Donald Khashoggi's murder. that "I want Saudi to stop, but efiant British Prime support. MPs needed to trigger a no- down America's longest war. The individual, who also UTrump said on Sunday he Trump said he hasn't lis- I want Iran to stop also". DMinister Theresa May on According to reports, the confidence vote in her leader- Seventeen years after the spoke on condition of has been fully briefed on an tened to it, as he was advised A day earlier he told Sunday warned her party's influential 1922 ship, she replied: "As far as I US-led invasion that ended anonymity because of the sen- audio recording related to the not to hear the "suffering tape", reporters in California that it Conservative Party rebel MPs Committee is edging closer to know, no - it has not." Taliban rule, the militants con- sitivity of the talks, said brutal killing of the dissident according to the news channel. (Khashoggi's murder) was a that overthrowing her as leader the 48-MP mark that is need- "It is not going to make the trol nearly half of Afghanistan Khalilzad wants to reach a set- Saudi journalist Jamal A day earlier, Trump spoke horrible thing that took place. would only make negotiation ed to trigger a leadership con- negotiations any easier and it and carry out near-daily attacks tlement within six months, a Khashoggi, but was advised with the CIA chief on the "It's a horrible thing that process with the European test. won't change the parliamentary on local security forces and timescale the Taliban said was against listening to those "suf- agency's assessment of the took place, the killing of a jour- Union tough over the future of But May vowed to fight on arithmetic," she said. government officials. too short. fering" tapes. killing of Khashoggi. nalist...It should never have Britain's relationship with the for what she believes is the best The 585-page withdrawal The two individuals said Khalilzad also proposed a Khashoggi, 59, who wrote He expects a full report on happened," Trump told bloc after Brexit. deal possible. agreement deal between Khairullah Khairkhwah, the cease-fire, which the Taliban for The Washington Post, was it by Tuesday. reporters travelling with him to Britain is facing a political "Politics is a tough busi- London and the EU, which was former Taliban governor of rejected, the individual said, killed last month inside the In the interview, Trump California. crisis after this week's ness and I've been in it for a published alongside a shorter Herat, and Mohammed Fazl, a adding that there was no agree- Saudi Consulate in Istanbul defended his policy on Saudi Asked about the reports announcement about the long time," she said during an document setting out what the former Taliban military chief, ment on the release of prison- where he had gone to collect Arabia, saying "We have put on that the CIA had assessed Withdrawal Agreement struck television interview on Sunday, UK and EU's future relation- attended the marathon talks. ers, opening the Taliban office papers related to his marriage. very heavy sanctions, massive involvement by the Saudi with the 28-member European adding that the next seven ship could look like, triggered The two individuals spoke or lifting a Taliban travel ban. Turkish investigators say sanctions on a large group of Crown Prince, the President Union. Two Cabinet ministers days "are going to be critical" resignations from the Cabinet on condition of anonymity Khairkhwah and Fazl were they have audio recording of people from Saudi Arabia. But said, "they haven't assessed and several junior government for the future of the UK and including that of her Brexit because they were not autho- among five senior Taliban his killings, which it has shared at the same time, we do have an anything yet. It's too early. members have quit the May that she will be travelling to Secretary Dominic Raab. rised to discuss the sensitive members released from the with key partners including the ally and I want to stick with an That was a very a premature Cabinet and some of her party Brussels to meet with EU lead- Writing in 'The Sunday negotiations. US prison at Guantanamo Bay US. ally that in many ways has been report." MPs have submitted letters of ers before an emergency Times', the former minister US officials could not in 2014 in exchange for US Sgt In an interview with Chris very good." "We'll be having a very full no-confidence. European Council summit on launched an attack on the British immediately be reached for Bowe Bergdahl, who was cap- Wallace of Fox News, which He also said it "takes two to report over the next two days, May could face a no-con- November 25. PM's handling of the negotia- comment. The State tured by the Taliban after walk- was aired on Sunday, Trump tango" to resolve the conflict in probably Monday or Tuesday," fidence vote if at least 15 per Asked whether Sir Graham tions and called on her to stand Department has refused to ing off his base in Afghanistan for the first time acknowl- Yemen, where Iranian-backed the US President said. cent of her party lawmakers - Brady, Chair of the backbench up to bullies in the EU. comment on reported talks in 2009. ( ) *( +,- ./+0 #8 "!I# K+ 6 !"!I# I ,<> &&23 <% != .- " :2(<"! ! =( ! " - ! I # " #$ + D + # ! # $ R% + S ? ; + 9 ? 7+9?8E # $ $ 6 ? # ( F S F 9 + D D 9 !$ (9 ; % + he news from Punjab is ominous. +9? ; $ Media reports quoting intelli- 6 6 gence sources and a string of ter- + ; ror related incidents that have hit the State in the recent past indi- # Tcate the possibility of a revival of Pakistan ( sponsored violence in the border state. Delhi +9? police is also on alert after inputs stated that a group of six-seven Jaish-e-Mohammed + % ; % (JeM) terrorists are reportedly in Punjab, 9G$ ( possibly in Ferozpur area and are planning 1 ( to move towards Delhi. Meanwhile, the National Investigation +9? R S Agency (NIA) says a common link has been $ found to all the recent six killings of Hindu leaders in Punjab. The anti-terror probe agency has revealed that these killings were and October 22, 2018 in this take this work. That Sikhs Gods and Goddesses were ; E + # $ );! part of a larger conspiracy hatched by paper) to carry forward their were fast relapsing back into thrown out. Those who spear- + 9G$ ( Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Inter-Services divisive agenda among the the Hindu fold was recorded headed this divisive agenda D ! % 6 Intelligence (ISI), to foment communal trou- Muslim of the sub-continent. by Lord Dalhousie soon after termed themselves as “Tat ble and in turn revive Khalistani movement The British obviously he annexed the Sikh Khalsa” or the “neo Sikhs”. The + % in the State. found it impossible to get Kingdom. He and other trend of eviction of Hindu S F Interrogation of the Jalandhar blast someone in the patriotic com- British administrators felt that practices and symbols from D % ( accused has established that a nexus of munity of Sikhs to play the it would serve their interests the Golden Temple was subse- S Kashmiri and Khalistani militant organ- treacherous role that Sir Syed better if the Khalsa Sikhs quently followed in rest of isations is trying to revive militancy in was happily doing among the were encouraged to retain Gurudwaras of Punjab. H ? Punjab on the directions of Pakistan’s ISI. Muslims. So, they found some- their distinct and separate The population of Sikhs, D 9 Intelligence agencies fear that Khalistan one from within their ranks. identity.” according to 1901 Census, I ; :=,- militants are getting consignments of ille- He was one Max Arthur The technique adopted by was a little over a million. Prior gal weapons, including AK 56, magazines, Macauliffe, born on September both, Sir Syed and Macauliffe, to 1911 Census, the Census 9G$ pistols and RDX from Pakistan as the same 10, 1841, in Newcastle West, +,- -*) %8, to achieve their dubious objec- Commissioner of Punjab % 6 F + + cannot be sourced from Jammu. Ireland. He got into the covet- tive had lot in common. Both issued special instructive to the F 9 ( Whatsoever is happening today in the ed Imperial Civil Service (ICS) *0% +- invoked ‘divine’ injunctions to enumerators, to try to record border state, is a mere repeat of all that in 1862 and was quickly post- +,-61$/% alienate the targeted communi- Sikhs, separately from the # shook the country in 1980s, resulting in ed to Punjab in 1864. ty from the main stream and Hindus. The result was that the F ? E unfortunate ‘Operation Blue Star’ by the Macauliffe soon converted % *1 - convert it into an ally of the number of Sikhs in the State F +9? 9G$S Indian Army at the sacred Golden Temple to Sikhism and with the help of 6*/%+% //%9-*9 British masters. Here is a sam- moved up by 300 times, over in Amritsar, subsequent dastardly assas- Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha, under- ple from Macauliffe’s work (The three million, in just a decade. 9 sination of the then Prime Minister Indira took the task of translating 61 ;$" * Sikhs, Vol 1). In the British Indian +9? Gandhi at the hands of her Sikh body Sikh scriptures, including the .* -68% + “One day, as Guru Teg Army, a separate Khalsa regi- J guards, followed by the horrible killings of holy Guru Granth Sahib. In Bahadur was in the top story of ment was created wherein the innocent Sikhs in Delhi and several other 1897, Bhai wrote a pamphlet 08- 1 -*9 his prison, the Emperor soldier were required to parts of the country. “Hum Hindu Nahi”, the very Aurangzeb thought he saw him observe all the five kakars, so +9? ) The hands of the ISI were obvious in basis of the present day +,% 6% *1 looking towards the south in the as to underline the distinction ; ? creating this bloody mess, which posed a Khalistan movement, which 6*/%+:"+,% direction of the Imperial between the Khalsa and other serious threat to the unity and integrity of has since largely been hijacked zenana. He was sent for the next followers of Sikh Gurus. + # ; + the country. But how did a section of Sikh by the ISI and Islamic zealots. 1 9*+1 +- day, and charged with this grave In the following decades, ? community (known for its valour and A white man converting to ,% *9-F- + breach of Oriental etiquette (even after Independence) +9? ( patriotism) get so alienated from the Sikh faith, was a major develop- , %+ *%% and propriety.” The Guru this divisive mindset and + ; ( Indian mainstream that it became a will- ment in Punjab. His high pro- replied, “Emperor Aurangzeb, I practices have continued ing partner in ISI’s plans to dismember file in the British colonial set up % $%+% , was on the top story of my unabated. The neo-Sikhs, S India? This unfortunate chain of events has naturally gave Macauliffe, now prison. But I was not looking at completely different from the ? > +9? its origins in British stratagem of “divide a ‘devoted’ Sikh, an esteemed ++-0*9 thy private apartments or at thy ones who follow the Gurus in 1( ; and rule”, employed by them to perpetu- position in the Sikh communi- %F% - 1/- queens. I was looking in the letter and spirit, dominate ate their control over India in the wake of ty. He undoubtedly pioneered director of the Europeans who the public discourse and polit- $ F 9 ? ( the first war of Independence by Indians the exercise of creating a divide are coming from beyond the ical life of Punjab. No wonder in 1857. The wily colonial masters under- between Hindus and Sikhs. seas to tear down thy pardas Pakistan makes use of this gap +9? lined six fault lines in Indian society, did In an introduction to and destroy thine empire.” in our polity. the necessary academic exercise to back Macauliffe’s celebrated work, The follow-up of action on Every Sikh can decide for their divisive plans and worked simulta- “The Sikhs, Their Religion, the divisive and motivated “aca- himself/herself —whether neously on all of them. Gurus, Sacred, Writings and demic” exercise by the colonial s/he wants to follow in the The easiest to work on was the Hindu- Authors”, noted historian and power was calibrated and swift. footsteps of great Gurus and 7 ! Muslim fault line. The two communities author, Sardar Khushwant On May 1, 1905, the then man- be inspired by their message have mostly been at war against each other Singh wrote: “It has been sug- ager of Golden Temple issued and life, or, walk on the path :- '" // for over 600 years. Their alliance during gested that the British orders banning the practice of laid by the British. 3" 2" 1857 uprising was nascent and limited. The Government of the day had worshiping of Hindu deities on (The writer is a political British wisely picked up Syed Ahmad Khan sinister motives in commis- the banks of the holy tank by commentator and a former ) * (please see my column of October 23, 2017 sioning Macauliffe to under- Brahmins. The statues of Hindu BJP Rajya Sabha MP) # + ,-./ 0 ! ( + $ 0 ( )'/ ) 1 . , %! ! + $;6### 2 ! + K & ! ) "+ D E 2 ! ! & " & + ( ! &# & ! !D$;6E ! " # " " # " ) , # 0 ! 598$++$+.$9, '9$+$ $+.$9, A,5 598$++&$.$ $ $ ( K KM;# KF K R ( S 1 2 R) 45S ( / / " / // : '/ " +S 0 ! Q his nomination in favour of 6 Nehru. Thus, Nehru was elected as the Congress president by + + + 76+++8 Sir — A senior pilot of a Delhi- Gandhi’s choice. Initially, as first + 9 : 7 $ $S 9 ,8 London Air India flight was #& $;6 ! # Prime Minister of India, Nehru 0 ; found in an inebriated state before ## was neither the choice of the takeoff. He failed the pre-flight ! # <5)35 Congressmen nor elected by the # 0 ! ( breath analysis test for alcohol for ! !# ", & ! people of the country. < + the second time. The passengers ! ! # MC Joshi + ,-.= # 0 ! were stranded in the airport # ! ) Lucknow ! "L. !# ! because of the delay. The pilots, for all practical "+ ! ". O > ( ( purposes, are not expected to con- "+ # M& ? sume spirits 12 hours before 8 0 &6F" # ! 2?! & ! commandeering a passenger air- + 0 ! ) ! # # # Sir — November 17 was the P( Q ; craft. After his present folly, the # ! !# " ! # "% International Day of Peace. # 6+++ 0 ! Directorate General of Civil + N ## ! # ) When interest of one person or ( Aviation was quick to bar him ! ! " $;6 ) group clashes with that of the + ! ! & from entering the cockpit for others, there is a possibility of three years. Alcohol limits are a lot " + + ! $ ### !! " violence. If a grave situation is stricter in India than some coun- D+ $E # ! ! (#$$,';' not dealt in a calm manner and # tries abroad. # ! "% # ! !) people immediately resort to + -: 0 ; B. S Around 58 Air India pilots violence, it may have serious were apprehended for reporting repercussions and it may even 9 2 drunk to duty in the last decade. tutionally elected Prime Minister out of 15 Pradesh Congress wipe out the entire mankind. “An 0 ! Alcohol can cause giddiness, agi- of the country. The Constitution Committees, the only legal bod- eye for an eye only ends up mak- # ( tation, delirium, lack of coordina- is the creation of the Constituent ies having power to nominate and ing the whole world blind,” said tion and clouding of conscious- Sir — Congress leader Shashi Assembly and institutions are elect president of the party as per Mahatma Gandhi, who also said + + ness — not a single symptom is Tharoor’s latest remark crediting creation of the Constitution, least the party constitution then, nom- “the day the power of love over- safe for the pilot or the passengers. Jawaharlal Nehru for creating of Nehru. inated Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. rules the love of power, the 6" An eagle’s eye should be kept democratic institutions that Tharoor should have gone The remaining three did not world will know peace.” on the chronic alcoholics. enabled a ‘chaiwala’ to become the through the history of his party. nominate Nehru or anyone else. TS Karthik O # Random checks should be in Prime Minister of the country is In 1946, in the process of nomi- Despite that, Gandhi managed Chennai ( order. not only laughable but absurd nations for the post of the presi- Nehru’s nomination by a few $ + , Ganapathi Bhat as well. dent of Congress and thereby the members of the Working &$,,$+,559$$@8;&6A5; Akola Narendra Modi is the consti- first Prime Minister of India, 12 Committee and Patel withdrew ( ) *( +,- ./+0 #7 *'"/ ;( ! . ) &! (/" &! P # # 6 P # 6 # ! # 6 ( 6 N L L !# I ) R " 65 69 9 : " ! 4 ! /' ;: /" / " / + :=,, ,:= :: ? ? :KB ? KK ( /(,- # ( O ( # F ! F J 1 F 9 :=,, ,/ F + O ( $ 9 /."' " O ( 6 " f any person chose to think of me, then I + should like them to say: “This was the man with all his mind and heart, loved India and ? ( the Indian people. And they in turn, were indulgent to him and gave of their love most ? abundantlyI and extravagantly.” ( —Jawaharlal Nehru 2 ( R S R S ; India is an ancient civilisation privileged to wit- ( ness a rare cultural synthesis and fusion. To know India, one has to travel across the coun- " try to understand the unity in diversity. Yet in H ( an era of hate and distrust, the national icons are targeted for an immediate political polari- sation. It is a shame that figures like Mahatma " Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Abdul Kalam :*1 ? ( Azad are disgraced in public debate without ;.,// + valid reasons. It is a fashion in contemporary -,1, +,- political debates to abuse Gandhi and Nehru by *6+%* *9 ( ( distorting historical facts to secure facile victo- /- % $ ( ries on public platforms and television debates. *09*+$/- temper and scientific approach to the global ambassador of peace. In was arrested and imprisoned for three " Likewise, the other side targets the right- /%9-$: problems would liberate India from 1928, the Congress rejected co-oper- years. After the war when Nehru was wing leadership of Syama Prasad Mookherjee, % ,-%+% +,- economic misery and social injustice. ation with the Simon Commission and released, he became a leading figure ( Deendayal Upadhyaya, KB Hedgewar without Indeed amazing was his intellectual Nehru participated in the hartals in of the Congress in various negotia- realising that all of them have contributed their 9/*1% ,% blend in science and history, idealism protest of the Commission along tions with the British Government. respective best to attain the freedom for our /-/6 +% - and realism, literature and politics, the with Subhas Chandra Bose and Being invited by Lord Wavell to form ( ? ( country. We are doing a great disservice to our *9,% 9+,- revolution of Marx and the non-vio- Srinivas Iyenger. Nehru put forward the Government, he headed the first great nation by disgracing our national heroes $1+,-*6+- lence of Gandhi, all of which were the demand that complete indepen- Indian (interim) Government of India. ( either way. The nation that doesn’t worship its 9*+,- integrated in his unique personality. dence should be the goal of the In the same year, elections to the heroes leads to a path of utter disaster. ;*1 -:*9 As Norman Cousins observed Nehru Congress Party as opposed to the idea Constituent Assembly was also held. ( Jawaharlal Nehru was one among the few +,-9-- *0 “was not one man but a procession of of Dominion status. He became the Lord Mountbatten was deputed as the ? freedom fighters of India who sacrificed his life +1/- men.” president of the Indian National Viceroy of India and completed the ? ,- :B for the cause of the motherland. He was one of .,% , After completing his education in Congress in Lahore and the historic transfer of power. Despite the oppo- ( the fortunate leaders who brought the indepen- -F- +1//: England, Nehru came back to India in independence resolution was passed sition of Gandhi, Nehru and other # :K dence struggle to a successful termination. 1912 and joined the Allahabad High on the midnight of December 31, Congress leaders, India was parti- Among Gandhi’s great lieutenants in the strug- 08- ,% Court Bar. Young Jawaharlal Nehru 1929. He was re-elected as president tioned under the “two nation” theo- 1 ,K gle for freedom, no doubt, Nehru had a promi- - +:% +* had the option of leading a comfort- of the National Congress in 1936, 1937 ry of Jinnah. ( nent place. Jawaharlal Nehru, as one of the most % % 6*/%+% able life by inheriting the flourishing and 1946. Nehru participated in the On August 15, 1947, a free India distinguished leaders of Third World solidari- legal practice of his father but he opted Civil Disobedience Movement at was born. Nehru was elected as the ty, reached out to the rest of the colonised world for the journey of the freedom strug- Allahabad and was imprisoned till first Prime Minister of independent and forged a joint front against colonialism and gle, which eventually marked his January 1931. India. He was the first Indian Prime ! 6 :==- ! reinvented imperialism. entry into Indian politics. Indian Nehru severely opposed the Minister to hoist the National Flag and $ :=,K Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 in National Congress already had a split “Communal Award” of the British make his iconic speech “Tryst with O 6 an affluent family of Allahabad. His father due to the conflict between the mod- Government, which provided separate Destiny” from the ramparts of the Lal %1 ( Motilal Nehru followed his education with erates and the extremists. The electorate to Sikhs, Muslims, Quila (Red Fort). The time had come J extreme passion. Young Nehru was sent to Congress was yet to have a mass base. Europeans and other oppressed class- to implement his ideas and build a Harrow school, and then to Cambridge With the “divide and rule” policy of es. When Gandhiji started his fast till healthy nation. Nehru’s stint as Prime # University in England to obtain a degree in nat- the British Government, the Muslim death against the communal award, it Minister of India is characterised by ( ural sciences. After spending two years at the League was already formed. He met created a deep impression on Nehru. his secular and liberal approach. He ( Inner Temple, London, he qualified as a barris- Gandhiji in the Lucknow session of The Government of India Act 1935 carried out his vision to carry the ter. During his stay in London, he studied sub- the National Congress in December was far away from the demands of the young India towards the road of ( jects like literature, politics, economics and his- 1916 and was tremendously influ- Congress. Nehru termed it as “a char- technological and scientific excel- S tory. He got attracted to the ideas of liberalism, enced by his towering personality. ter of slavery and oppression.” Yet the lence with great zeal. He implement- # G + # O socialism and nationalism. He was, by tempera- Nehru was shocked with the Congress decided to participate in the ed a number of socio-economic + ment and experience, a cosmopolitan. His fre- Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April election, which was announced as the reforms and paved the way for rapid ? 6 O / ? quent visits to Europe, his deep familiarity with 1919; the event changed the life for- provision of the Act. Under Nehru’s industrialisation. + ? 6 7?+?68 :B(5= the past and his understanding of the contem- ever. When the non-cooperation leadership, the Congress secured Nehru continued to be the Prime porary ideologies of the day, from liberalism to movement was launched in December absolute majority in six provinces and Minister of independent India till his :=,B 1 5== Fabian socialism, to communist international- 1920, he participated in it and was formed coalition Governments in death on May 27, 1964. He was the ism, had convinced him that the future of India arrested for his active role in the satya- two others out of the total 11 chief framer of domestic and interna- $ ( was incomplete without the liberation of other graha. In 1923, he was appointed as provinces and it established Nehru’s tional policies during his term as ( colonies. the General Secretary of the Congress. leadership in the entire country. Prime Minister (1947-1964). It was # History fascinated Nehru. It gave him an As the official delegate of the Indian With the failure of the Cripps under Nehru’s supervision that India ( ( insightful command over the past, a keen and National Congress in 1927, he partic- Mission, Mahatma Gandhi urged for launched its first Five-Year Plan in ( immediate sense of the present and a rare fore- ipated in the Congress of Oppressed the right of self-determination to 1951. He had laid the foundation of sight to think and plan for the future of all. Nationalities in Brussels. Nehru India. Gandhiji was determined to democracy, secularism, planning and Nehru was a historian of repute; he felt that utilised this opportunity to impress start satyagraha. The Quit India socialism. ! many historical writings were uncritical descrip- upon other countries about India’s Resolution was moved by him and on (To be continued in these columns tions of events and people. He was equally drawn non-violent struggle against the impe- August 8, 1942, at the Bombay session on Tuesday. The writer is Editor-in- O # $!% &#' ( ) to science and firmly believed that scientific rial British Government and became of the Congress, it was adopted. He Chief, Opinion Express Group) > " * "'<(0 E ! " " # $ # % & ' Washington or London acknowledg- Trudeau is just braver than the others, security team. ing that they have heard the record- but his purpose is clear. He waited No Western leader (except perhaps ings, and French Foreign Minister, more than three weeks after getting the Donald Trump) will be seen in public Jean-Yves Le Drian denied that France recording for the “like-minded allies” with Mohammed bin Salman any had received a copy. When asked if to agree to a joint policy towards the more; foreign investment in Saudi that meant Erdogan was lying, Le murderous prince — nobody believes Arabia this year is the lowest in sever- Drian replied: “It means that he has a Khashoggi could have been killed al decades, and the price of oil is falling 78 0" political game to play in these circum- without Mohammed bin Salman’s again. So, he has to go if it’s still possi- stances.” Like most Western politicians consent — and then he spilled the ble for anybody in Saudi Arabia to ow odd! Turkish President, and diplomats, he is desperate to avoid beans. Of course, all the major NATO remove him from power. But that’s the Recep Tayyip Erdogan sends calling out Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Governments have the recordings. big question. The Saudi royal family is Han audio recording of the Crown Prince Mohammed bin They have had them for at least three no longer a tight and united body that ( murder of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi Salman, as a murderer. The French has weeks. They were just dithering over can just decide Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi Arabian consulate in a highly profitable commercial rela- what to do about them, and Trudeau has to go and make it stick. It’s a sprawl- ( Istanbul to the Governments of all tionship with the oil-rich kingdom, open on Monday. Yes, Trudeau said, students out of Canadian universities, decided it was time to give them a ing array of people, many of whom 9 # Turkey’s major NATO allies, and the mostly selling it arms, and they don’t Canadian intelligence has the record- and generally showered curses on the push. Good for him, but what exact- scarcely know each other, and without only one that gets it is Canada. What want to acknowledge the evidence on ing, and he is well-aware of what is on country after Canadian officials called ly can they do about Mohammed bin the agreement of King Salman, any ! happened to the copies that President the recording (which may directly it. In fact, Canadian intelligence agen- for the release of detained Saudi Salman’s crime? smaller group within the family that # Erdogan sent to the United States, implicate the Crown Prince) because cies have been working very closely campaigners for civil rights and It almost certainly was organised a coup against the Crown # O France, the United Kingdom and it could jeopardise that trade. with Turkey on the murder investiga- women’s rights. Mohammed bin Salman, who ordered Prince, would almost certainly fail. "+ !# Germany? Lost in the mail-room, no Erdogan was furious when the tion, and Canada is “in discussions Canada’s bridges to Saudi Arabia the killing. Since his elderly father, So, he may go on for while despite doubt, or maybe just lying unopened French foreign minister issued his with our like-minded allies as to the have already been burned, and accord- King Salman, gave him free rein to run the disaster of his military interven- on somebody’s desk. Or perhaps the denial, and his communications direc- next steps with regard Saudi Arabia.” ing to this theory, Trudeau felt free to the country less than three years ago, tion in Yemen, his pointless, fruitless # Turks just didn’t put enough stamps tor insisted that a representative of Why did Trudeau come clean? say the truth. But he’s not really free: he has become a one-man regime. blockade of Qatar and even this ugly " on the packages. French intelligence had listened to the One popular theory is the nothing-left Canada still has a $13 billion contract Nothing happens without his murder. He wouldn’t be the only killer " “We gave them the tapes,” said recording as long ago as 24 October. -to-lose hypothesis. Last August, the to build armoured vehicles for Saudi approval, least of the murder of a high- in power. But the bloom is definitely Erdogan on November 10. “They’ve But it was all just “he said/she said” tempestuous Crown Prince killed all Arabia that the Saudis might cancel, profile critic in a foreign country by off this particular rose. also listened to the conversation, they stuff until Canadian Prime Minister, future trade deals with Canada, pulled and this is a real contract, not one of a 15-strong Saudi hit squad, includ- (The writer is an independent & " know it.” But still not a word out of Justin Trudeau, blew the game wide thousands of Saudi Arabian foreign Trump’s fantasy arms sales. Maybe ing several members of his personal journalist) ( ) *( +,- ./+0 #= (" '/ 0 ( <9 ! % A8B> + : $6? '7 R ! 70 - Guwahati: About 3.5 lakh peo- lished on July 30 and included ple, out of the total 40 lakh, the names of 2.9 crore people out ,- % 8*/8+ Brahmaputra Valley, sources who were excluded in the draft of the total applications of 3.29 said. “We will go to the people National Register of Citizens crore. There has been a huge he death toll due to the triking the iron while it is with the message that the TMC (NRC), have claimed that they controversy over exclusion of 40 Tsevere cyclone Gaja that Shot, Bengal Chief Minister is by the side of all the tor- are Indian nationals, two lakh people from the draft NRC. devastated several districts in Mamata Banerjee has decided mented people in Assam.” months after the window opens Following a directive of the Tamil Nadu two days ago has to take the battle to the saffron The Assam unit of the for claims and objections in the Supreme Court, the process of risen to 45 and it damaged camp in Assam. Agenda: party is planning to hold Supreme Court-monitored filing claims and objections to 1,17,624 houses, Chief Minister Continued struggle against Mamata Banerjee’s rallies at exercise, sources said Sunday. the draft NRC began on K Palaniswami said on Sunday. alleged “biased implementa- Goalpara, Dhubri, Barpeta, Besides, less than 100 appli- September 25 and it will come Opposition leaders have tion” of National Register for Nalbari, Kamrup(rural), cations have been received by to an end on December 15. criticised what they say was the Citizens in that State “pushing sources said adding the first the authorities challenging the Initially, the apex court Government's apathy in reach- lakhs of Bengalis on the verge such rally could be organized inclusion of the names of sus- had allowed the claimants to ing out relief materials like of denationalisation” and at Khanapara in Guwahati. pected illegal immigrants in the rely on any of the 10 docu- food, drinking water and other recent killings in Tinsukia dis- tory NRC regime. TMC’s Assam ambitions is NRC, a list of Assam's residents. ments -- land documents, per- materials to the cyclone affect- trict. Seasoned Trinamool further underscored by its deci- So far, about 3.5 lakh peo- manent residential certificate ed areas. The Chief Minister has Congress Firhad Hakim has sion to contest the panchayat ple have submitted applica- issued from outside the state, In Pudukottai district, decided to launch a “sustained been asked to coordinate the elections in that State. The tions for inclusion of their passport, Life Insurance people complained about not and intensified campaign” in movement in Assam. Hakim a party is likely to field candi- names in the NRC and they Corporation of India policy, getting relief materials and # + (" C " that State leading the battle Bengal Minister is likely to call dates from at least 9-10 districts have submitted relevant docu- any licence or certificate issued protested on the roads. They & %&' personally. Her Assam cam- upon the Muslim leaders too to where the Bengalis have size- ments claiming that they are by any government authority. also set fire to five government paign is likely to commence in join Banerjee’s campaign. “Our able population. Indian citizens, a source privy Document showing service vehicles. completed fully on Sunday. ernment carried out the dredg- the month of January after the campaign in Assam is not “The TMC has good to the development said. or employment under the Speaking to reporters at Palaniswami said he would ing of canals and other water January 16 grand rally at directed against any particular prospects in Assam. We want The issue of low turnout in Government or public sector Salem, about 350 km from visit the affected areas on bodies, much of the damage Brigade Parade Ground in community but against the to good in that State. the claims and objections peri- undertaking, bank or post office here, Palaniswami said 45 per- Monday. could have been averted and Kolkata where the TMC chief Government’s initiative to drive We have been able to find od was also discussed at accounts, birth certificates issued sons have died in the cyclone DMK President M.K. several trees could have been has invited all the anti-BJP out the minorities including the some base their too. But the Saturday's high-level meeting by a competent authority, educa- and the loss of livestock was put Stalin in a letter to the party saved. outfits. Bengalis, Biharis, UP wallas gains can further be cemented in New Delhi attended by tional certificate issued by boards at 735. cadres wondered whether Stalin said coconut trees TMC-led protests against and Muslims. This cannot be if our leader Mamata Banerjee Home Minister Rajnath Singh, or universities and records or He added that 88,102 Palaniswami's heart was made in about 7,000 hectares in sev- the “discriminatory imple- tolerated and a sustained move- addresses a few rallies in that BJP president Amit Shah, processes pertaining to court pro- hectare of crop and 39,938 of iron as he appeared to be eral districts have been mentation of NRC” and killing ment has to be built up in that State,” an Assam TMC leader Assam Chief Minister vided they are part of processing electricity poles were damaged more interested with inaugu- damaged. of Bengali people in Assam, State. The TMC will lead the has said. Sarbananda Sonowal, Union in a judicial or revenue court. in the cyclone. rating projects rather PMK founder S. Ramadoss has already found support in movement there,” Banerjee is Meanwhile, Telugu Desam Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, However, on November 1, The central government than visiting the cyclone bat- said it was a shame that the that State. known to have told her party Party chief and Andhra Director of Intelligence Bureau the court allowed five addition- has been asked to depute a tered areas. AIADMK government was not According to sources the delegates who had recently Pradesh Chief Minister Rajiv Jain, among others. al documents to reply upon for team from the National Stalin, who toured the providing even food for the Chief Minister has formed a come from Assam. Chandrababu Naidu is likely to The Supreme Court has inclusion of names in the Disaster Management to assess areas, accused the government cyclone affected people. 16-member committee which Following the Chief meet his Bengal counterpart on also finalised a set of standard NRC.The additional papers are the destruction. of failing to provide sufficient He said that various dis- will lead the campaign against Minister’s directives TMC lead- Monday noon, sources said operating procedure (SOP) for -- 1951 NRC, electoral roll up to To a query about dropping food, clothing and drinking tricts in the Cauvery delta attacks on the minorities, ership in Assam has started adding he is likely to invite disposal of claims and objections March 24, 1971, citizenship cer- relief materials by helicopters, water for the people at the relief region like Thanjavur, mainly the Bengalis in Assam taking measures to build up a Banerjee to the all-party meet- in the updation of the NRC. tificate, refugee registration cer- Palaniswami said removal of centres. Nagapattinam and Thiruvarur and the allegedly discrimina- movement in Barak Valley and ing in Delhi. The draft NRC was pub- tificate and ration card. PTI trees from the roads would be He said had only the gov- had been severely affected. : & % % ( < " ' " &. ! " % % % + < ( C < , C 6+ +: 1 6 ;% ashtriya Lok Samata Party he Goa Government has Patna: Bihar Chief Minister tourists will cross over one lakh Rchief Upendra Kushwaha Tvirtually become non-func- Nitish Kumar has said a slew of after the development of eco made a sharp attack on Sunday tional and Chief Minister facilities inaugurated by the tourism in the area," the chief apparently against BJP leader $-1 % process on Saturday. Manohar Parrikar is being self- State Government in Valmiki minister said. Sushil Kumar Modi by calling All articles inside the house centred in not letting go of the Nagar of Bihar's West "People have an attraction him a "pichhlaggu" (camp fol- he Bihar Police on Sunday were seized during the two-day top post despite suffering from Champaran district would pro- for VTR as it is a unique place lower) of Bihar Chief Minister Tconcluded its two-day operation- initiated under sec- pancreatic cancer, former State mote eco-tourism in the area. which is surrounded by moun- Nitish Kumar. operation to attach properties tions 82 and 83 of the Criminal RSS chief Subhash Velingkar The Water Resources tain on one end, while river Without naming Modi, of former State Minister Manju Procedure Code. said on Sunday. department has transferred Gandak is flowing on the other Kushwaha in a series of tweets Verma, who's evading arrest in Verma had stepped down "People are being taken for 200 acres to Environment, side with the greenery of jungle. said some people are "publicity an Arms Act case filed by the as the minister for social wel- granted. Had this happened in Forest and Climate Change "There can not be any hungry, opportunist and pro- CBI while probing the fare in August, following Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, peo- Department for developing other better place than VTR. power by nature". He described Muzaffarpur shelter home reports that her husband, ple would have stripped the eco-tourism in Valmiki Nagar There is huge potential for eco Modi as a "loudspeaker" and number" of seats in the state. issue with Kushwaha, he had scandal. Chandrashekhar Verma, had politicians naked and taken Tiger Reserve (VTR), the Chief tourism in Valmiki Nagar for "blood-sucking mosquito" which During the 2014 election, said, "Itna neeche baat ko nahi le The exercise to attach close links with Brajesh Thakur, them on a procession," Minister said on Sunday. which the state government is spreads diseases around it. the RLSP, which Kushwaha jaiye" (do not take the debate to Verma's property in Arjuntola the prime accused in the Velingkar, who formally There should be a conven- working hard to promote it," Kushwaha's remarks could formed in 2013 after breaking such a low level). The RLSP chief village on Sunday was led by Muzaffarpur shelter home entered politics by joining tion centre here in Valmiki the Chief Minister said. deepen the differences within out from the JD(U), contested construed that the chief minis- Sub-Divisional Police Officer scandal. Goa Suraksha Manch near Nagar where people can hold Various options of eco- the National Democratic and won three seats. The LJP ter called him a lowly person. (SDPO) Suryadeo Kumar. Over 30 girls were alleged- here, he said. programmes and also enjoy the tourism, including jungle safari Alliance, which is struggling to contested seven seats then. Also on Sunday, Kushwaha Police attached 16 articles ly raped at the shelter home. Velingkar has served as natural beauty of the place, and trekking, are already avail- find a seat-sharing arrange- Bihar has 40 Lok Sabha seats. asked Deputy Chief Minister on Sunday, while 109 articles A few days later, the CBI the state RSS chief for more Kumar said. able at VTR. Eco-huts have ment for the 2019 general elec- "There are people who are Modi to say "something" on the were seized on Saturday, the raided Verma's Patna residence than two decades and is con- He said he has plans to been inaugurated in the area tion. The RLSP chief has said 'rajnitik pichhlaggu' (camp fol- Srijan scam as Prime Minister SDPO said. besides her in-laws' home in sidered responsible for the hold a cabinet meeting here, and old watch towers have the number of seats offered to lower in politics). Such people Narendra Modi has sought to Armed with a court order, Arjuntola village from where a political grooming of the State the timing for which would be been given a facelift. his party was "not respectable" are publicity hungry, oppor- provide a corruption-free a police team led by cache of ammunition was BJP's top leaders, including decided later. The Chief The total number of tigers and the matter should be tunist and pro-power by nature. Government. In another tweet, Superintendent of Police seized. A case was then regis- Manohar Parrikar, Union Minister told reporters that a stood at eight in VTR when he resolved by November 30. The utility of such people are he said, "You have rightly said Awakash Kumar had initiated tered against her. Minister of State for AYUSH lot has been done for the devel- took over the reins of the State On Saturday, shortly after merely confined to work as that our PM Sri @narendramo- the process of attaching She moved an application Shripad Naik, and former Chief opment of tourism in Valmiki for the first time in November Kushwaha set the deadline, Modi loudspeaker for alliance part- di ji made every effort to provide Verma's property in Arjuntola for anticipatory bail before a Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. Nagar area such as construct- 2005 and at present, the num- in a tweet responded to him, say- ner or its leader. Such people corruption-free Government. village here on Saturday. Begusarai court which was + !3 ing 'cottages' which are running ber of tigers has increased to ing the NDA will "not be brow- thrive in the party by sucking Please say something on Srijan Police had handed over a turned down and a similar plea ! at full capacity throughout the more than 35. Stating that the beaten" and seats will be allotted blood and spreading malaria scam too." list of the seized articles to was rejected by the Patna High > ! year and can be booked online. green cover area of Bihar was based on "ground realities". and dengue in their own party," Srijan scam, detected last Verma's brother-in-law, Court.Her husband surren- With the promotion of nine per cent after its division, The JD(U) and the BJP last Kushwaha tweeted in Hindi. year, is being probed by the Hemant Verma, on Saturday. dered before a Begusarai court 3 eco-tourism at VTR, people Kumar said it has increased to month announced they will By "loudspeaker", the RLSP CBI. The government funds "The operation to attach on October 29. will become more aware about 15 per cent with the contest equal number of seats, chief apparently referred to worth about Rs 1,000 crore the property of Manju Verma The Supreme Court had on < the forest and the issue of Government's massive planta- but did not say what their Modi's denial that Chief were allegedly transferred to in the Arjuntola area ended on November 12 rapped the Bihar environment, he said. About tion drive during which 22.50 share would be. Minister Kumar called him the accounts of Srijan Mahila Sunday," the SDPO said. Police for failing to arrest the ! ! 45,000 tourists had visited the crore saplings were planted. Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok "neech" (lowly person). Vikash Samilti, Bhagalpur. Police had removed the former minister and directed VTR till mid-November in 2018 "We have set a target of 17 Janshakti Party, the fourth part- During a programme on Kushwaha recently met grill, doors, door frames of a the DGP to appear before it in He was, however, sacked itself, Kumar said. per cent of green cover in the ner in the alliance, has said it November 4 when Kumar was RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and house belonging to her while person on November 27 if she from the RSS in 2016, after he "I hope that the number of State," he added. PTI expects to contest a "respectable asked about the seat-sharing Sharad Yadav. carrying out the attachment was not nabbed by then. took on Parrikar, accusing the latter of going back on the prin- ciples of both the Sangh as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party. " ! !7 + Velingkar accused Parrikar of being self-cen- tered in allowing his adminis- tration to "virtually shut down" 7?" on account of his illness, while holding on to more than two > dozen portfolios. "The Government is func- 8) tioning in a way no Srinagar: Braving extremely during peak summer, work in Government ought to function adverse weather conditions, such condition is a herculean at all. The CM is taking treat- the Border Roads Organisation task. ment. He does not have the (BRO), under Project Himank, "Besides, the biting cold courage to come and face the is carving out the world's first and bone chilling winds, there people. The Opposition has glaciated motorable road. are dangers of unseen crevass- been demanding that they want "The BRO is laying the es and avalanches. Further, the to meet the CM, but he has not motorable roads by cutting the glaciers shift constantly when been able to meet them. world's highest glaciers which the snow melts, adding to the Therefore, the departments are here in eastern Ladakh in difficulty in construction," he and portfolios are not getting Jammu and Kashmir," an offi- said. any justice," Velingkar said. cial of the BRO said. The months when con- Velingkar also said that the Being constructed at an struction works can be taken State was heading for a mid- altitude of over 17,800 feet, the up are few, forcing officials to term poll along with the Lok road from Sasoma to Saser La be ready with plans and strate- Sabha elections next year will be a vital link paved in a gies in advance to achieve tar- because the Government was region which is mostly cut-off gets. already beset with infighting due % Srinagar were minus 5.1 during the severe winter "The short working period to Parrikar's inability to attend degrees, minus 4.5, minus 1.1 months. needs to be utilised to the to office and take decisions. argil town was the coldest and 1.6, respectively. Saser La, also known as maximum, thus requiring This State of indecision Kin Jammu and Kashmir at "Dry weather conditions Saser Pass, is a high mountain effective management of man- would lead to the disintegration minus 9 degree Celsius on were likely to continue in Jammu pass which lies in the power and resources. Planning of the coalition of BJP, Sunday while the minimum and Kashmir during the next Karakoram range. It is located of work starts four to five Maharashtrawadi Gomantak temperature across the region four days," the official said. on the ancient summer caravan months prior to the working Party, Goa Forward and four was around the freezing point, In the Jammu region, route from Leh in Ladakh to season," he said. independent MLAs, he said. the weather office said. Jammu city recorded 11.1 Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. The official said meticulous "Along with the Congress, According to a Met degrees Celsius, Katra 10.4. "As the temperature in the planning and hard work of the the BJP too will be demolished Department official, the min- Batote 6.3, Bannihal 4.0 and region falls to minus 50 degrees BRO officers has been extreme- in the next elections and Goa imum temperatures in Leh, Bhaderwah 2.8 as the night's Celsius during winter and hov- ly essential for the successful 0 7( 0 # + / will see the rise of a new lead- Gulmarg, Pahalgam and lowest temperatures. ers around 12 degrees Celsius completion of the tasks. PTI $ %&' ership," Velingkar said. ( ) *( +,- ./+0 #- ), 0. ( )"'; " . (0 / !(7?" % , 0D8-/E also said no unnecessary curbs sought a report within two Surendran, who was taken egation to Sabarimala, accused would be there and the "small weeks. into preventive custody as he the CPI(M)-led state govern- % calm atmosphere at the issues" being faced now should The temple had opened tried to proceed to the Lord ment of creating a 'terror-like ALord Ayyappa shrine in be seen as "starting troubles". Friday evening for the 64-day Ayappa temple, was Sunday atmosphere' in the name of CRPF Jawan was killed in Sabarimala marked the second Briefing reporters at annual pilgrimage season as produced before a magistrate security of the hill shrine. Aa militant attack in Jammu 9 day of the two month-long Thiruvananthapuram after a the stand-off continued over and remanded to 14-day judi- The delegation comprising and Kashmir's Pulwama dis- annual pilgrimage season, even meeting with DGP Loknath entry of menstrual age women cial custody after he was former state ministers trict on Sunday, police said. as the rest of Kerala witnessed Behara and M V Jayarajan, the into the shrine. charged with non-bailable Thiruvanchoor Militants lobbed a grenade $ protests against the arrest of BJP Private Secretary to Chief So far, more pilgrims have offences. Radhakrishnan, Adoor and fired on a CRPF camp in General Secretary K Surendran Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, he arrived from other states than Condemning the manner Prakash and V S Sivakumar Kakapora area of the district in while on his way to the temple. said the devotees would be from within Kerala. On the in which Surendran was arrest- took stock of the situaion in the south Kashmir Sunday evening, % which two militants were Travancore Devaswom allowed to perform the second day of the Malayalam ed, Union Minister Alphons temple complex. a police official said, adding the killed, the spokesman said. Board, which manages the "Neyyabhishekam" ritual from month 'Vrischikom', the pil- Kannamthanam said it was Prakash slammed the state attack was successfully repulsed wo terrorists belonging to He said the slain ultras shrine, will file a petition in the 03.15 AM to 1230 PMdaily. grims offered prayers at the "despicable" and described the government and the board for by the security forces. Tthe Al-Badar outfit were have been identified as Nawaz Supreme Court Monday seek- "The police, board or gov- shrine early Sunday. police action as "condemnable". not making required facilities However, in the attack, a Sunday killed in an encounter Ahmad Wagay, a resident of ing more time to implement ernment will not take any step Though the devotees were "There is need to take a for devotees at Sabarimala. CRPF jawan identified as Head with security forces in Shopian Rebban Zainapora and Yawar the court's Sept 28 verdict causing hardships to the pil- relieved to get more time for path of consensus on matters Spearheading a campaign Constable Chandrika Prasad district of Jammu and Wani, a resident of Batnoor allowing women of all ages to grims", but police would take 'darshan' due to less crowd, relating to Sabarimala, he said against the Kerala government sustained injuries, the official Kashmir, police said. Litter Pulwama. offer worship at the shrine, action against those coming to many were unhappy at not in a Facebook post. over the Sabarimala issue, BJP said. Prasad was shifted to a Based on a credible input "They were affiliated with board president A Sabarimala with an intention to being allowed to spend some Implementing things state unit chief P S Sreedharan nearby hospital where he suc- about the presence of militants, proscribed terror outfit Al- Padmakumar said. protest, he said. more time at the "sannid- which were against people's Pillai alleged the state govern- cumbed to injuries. a cordon and search operation Badar. Both the killed terror- So far, no women in the More parking facilities and hanam" (the main temple com- interest had no place in democ- ment was making the Ayyappa The official said as the was launched by security ists were involved in a series of 10-50 age group has sought bio-toilets will be provided at plex). racy, he said adding the peo- shrine "a centre of dispute to militants were trying to flee the forces at the crack of dawn in terror attacks on security police protection to trek the Nilackal and Pamba, he said. Meanwhile, BJP workers ple's verdict was for five years destroy its uniqueness". area after the attack, security Rebban area of Zainapora in establishments and many other holy hills, though over 500 odd Meanwhile, the State blocked traffic on the nation- not life long, he said. Condemning the police forces immediately cordoned the south Kashmir district, a civilian atrocities in the area," young women have made Human Rights Commission al highways for over an hour CPI(M) state secretary action against "peacefully agi- off the area and initiated police spokesman said. the spokesman said. online bookings for darshan. observed there was gross vio- across the state protesting Kodiyeri Balakrishnan alleged tating" devotees, he said BJP searches. He said as the search oper- Arms and ammunition Facing flak over inade- lation of human rights of the against the arrest and remand the BJP's "agenda" was to cre- will extend all possible assis- "Consequently, exchange ation was going on, the search were recovered from the site of quate facilities and severe devotees and directed author- of Surendran. In vatakara, a ate violence. tance to the protesters to pro- of fire between security forces party was fired upon by the encounter. restrictions for devotees at the ities to ensure all necessary KSRTC bus was stoned, police The Congress, which tect the hill shrine from the and terrorists took place till the hiding militants. No collateral damage took temple complex, Padmakumar basic facilities for them and said. deputed a three-member del- "hidden agenda of atheists". last report was received," he The fire was retaliated place during the encounter, he said, adding further details leading to an encounter in said. were awaited. 8;# 0% " # ;: .'(/" ' ( Thiruvananthapuram: Union it fit for a smooth pilgrimage," Minister of IT K.J. Alphons will he said. , % on Monday visit the temple He said he had come to << town of Sabarimala to study the know that the facilities were not Kochi: Spearheading a cam- # " + facilities meant for the pilgrims. up to the mark. paign against the Kerala gov- Alphons told IANS that he The bureaucrat-turned- ernment over the Sabarimala will reach the Pamba base politician's visit comes at a issue, BJP state unit chief P S E camp at 9 a.m. time when the Kerala unit of Sreedharan Pillai Sunday " 5 F "I had visited the temple the BJP observed Sunday as a alleged that the CPI(M)-led town two months back and protest day by blocking high- dispensation was making the 8*O,%8* - / ; found out that it was in a pret- ways across the state following Lord Ayyappa shrine "a centre 35# ! ty bad shape due to the floods. the arrest and remand of its of dispute to destroy its !# worker of a right-wing I had suggested that a lot of senior leader K. Surendran. uniqueness". AHindu outfit has been 3 things had to be done to make IANS Condemning the police ) ! """ arrested in connection with the action against "peacefully agi- alleged attack on a CPM ! ! tating" devotees, he said the $;6) N leader's son and his journalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 0 O daughter-in law during a shut- ! will extend all possible assis- down called by the outfits in tance to the protesters to Kerala on Saturday, police said. tal in Kerala Saturday in protect the hill shrine from 010$% Julius Nikithas and wife protest against the "preventive the "hidden agenda of Saniyo Manomi, working with detention" of Hindu Aikya atheists". he Opposition Congress a leading Malayalam news chan- Vedi state president P Sasikala, Pillai said the BJP and Tand NCP on Sunday set an nel, were attacked at Kuttiady as who was on a pilgrimage to Sangh Parivar will expand aggressive tone for the winter they were going to a hospital in the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa the ongoing agitation against session of the Maharashtra a car to visit a patient. temple. the state government's "hasty Legislature beginning here on Police Sunday said that a Sasikala was taken into move" to implement the Monday, by rooting for reser- worker of a right wing outfit preventive custody Saturday Supreme Court verdict, per- vations to Muslims, Dhangars, has been arrested in connection after she allegedly defied direc- mitting entry of women of all Lingayats and other socio-eco- !/% $ $ " + 0 with the attack and a search tions not to spend the night age groups into the temple, to nomic backward communities + $ %&' was on to nab nine others. near the temple complex. other parts of the country. along the lines of Marathas and Nikithas, son of party dis- Police had decided not to "What is going in Kerala a compensation of Rs 50,000 Charging that the government should waive 100 trict secretary P Mohanan, suf- allow devotees enter the tem- (over Sabarimala) is a fight per hectare to drought-affect- Maharashtra government had per cent crop loans taken by fered head injuries and ple premises when it was closed between devotees and athe- ed farmers in the state. put pressure on the farmers during Kharif season”. Manomi was also injured. for the night. ists," he told PTI. On a day when chief min- Maharashtra State Backward Leader of the Opposition The couple have been Sasikala, who was on a fast "BJP workers will contin- ister Devendra Fadnavis Class Commission (MSBCC) in the State Legislative Council admitted to the government at the Ranni police station, ue to join the devotees' protest announced that his govern- to come out with its report on Dhananjay Munde of the NCP, medical college hospital here. protesting her detention, was if any woman in the menstru- ment would grant reservations granting reservations to who addressed the news con- The CPM had alleged that later produced before the sub- al age group tries to enter the to Marathas in jobs and edu- Maratha community, Vikhe- ference with Vikhe-Patil, also they were attacked by activists divisional magistrate, who is temple. The devotees have so cation under a new Socio- Patil said: “We would like the demanded a compensation of belonging to the Sangh Parivar. also the Thiruvalla Revenue far succeeded in preventing Economic Backward Class state government to clarify as Rs 50,000 per hectare to the Right-wing Hindu outfits had Divisonal officer (RDO), and % @D > # such women from breaking (SEBC) category, the to how it would accord reser- drought-affected farmers. observed a dawn-to-dusk har- granted bail. 9 OC $+ $ the custom," he said. PTI Opposition parties gave fore- vations to Marathas without Munde came down heavi- taste of their belligerent mood disturbing the existing reser- ly on the ruling Shiv Sena for by boycotting the customary vations to other communities. raising the Ram Mandir issue tea hosted by Fadnavis on the We want the state government at this stage. “Through an eve of the winter session of the to table the MSBCC’s report on announcement by Shiv Sena State Legislature. the first day of the winter ses- president Uddhav Thackeray Addressing a news confer- sion of the State Legislature that he would go to Ayodhya ence after a joint meeting of the tomorrow”. on November 25 to press for % % group leaders of various Vikhe-Patil accused the the construction of Ram Opposition parties held a day Devendra Fadnavis govern- Mandir, the Sena is running ahead of the start of the win- ment of having gone back on its away from its responsibility of ter session of the State promise of according reserva- being the ruling party. What Legislature, leader of the tions to Dhangar community. was holding the Shiv Sena Opposition in the State “A study report submitted to from constructing Ram Mandir Assembly Radhakrishna the State government by the during the last four years?,” /1 8 *. Vikhe-Patil dubbed the BJP- Tata Institute of Social Sciences Munde asked. Shiv Sena government in the (TISS) on socio-economic sta- Charging Fadnavis and eputy Chief Minister state as the “Thug of tus of the Dhangar communi- Uddhav Thackeray as “Thugs DKeshav Prasad Maurya Maharashtra” which had failed ty is gathering dust,” he said. of Maharashtra”, Munde said: said that the poor and the to fulfil all its promises during Slamming the state gov- “Fadnavis and Uddhav downtrodden were getting the last four years of its rule. ernment for its failure to rem- Thackeray have cheated the their share in the Bharatiya “The chief minister has edy the drought situation in the people of Maharashtra during Janata Party government asked the Maratha communi- state, Vikhe-Patil said: “Though the last four years. They because it was implementing ty to prepare themselves for the state government declared deserve to be named as Thugs the pro-people policies of the celebrations on December 1 drought in many parts of the of Maharashtra”. Narendra Modi government in (over grant of reservations). state, it has not come relief Munde also hit out at the letter and spirit. While we are for the state gov- measures or financial assis- chief minister for its failure to "India has progressed in 01: % +,- ernment according reserva- tance for the affected farmers. act against the 16 ministers in true sense in the last four-and- * - , 1/- +,- tions, what about the reserva- We demand that the farmers be his Cabinet facing allegations of a-half years. The country had *1 +:9*+,- tions for Muslims, Dhangars, given 50,000 per hectare of corruption. “ We will not rest suffered because of the partisan 0M%010+%0-9+- Lingayats and other socio- compensation and horticul- till the state government does policies of the previous gov- % -6- - -$1+%+, econ0mic backward commu- turists be given Rs 1 lakh per not act against these 16 minis- ernment. Their policies were so *+ ,*. - 6- +9* nities?,” Vikhe-Patil asked. hectare. In addition, the state ters,” he said. # 0 " $ $ %&' lopsided that the chasm between the poor and the rich /- - *+,-+, increased. It was BJP which +,- ,%90%/: tried to bridge that chasm," 3 ! Maurya said while speaking at about Sardar Patel and the Loktantra Senani Aabhaar Statue of Unity. This is the true Sammelan held here on respect the BJP government has /1 8 *. we have decided that if you try Hinting that SP might not partner Gondwana Gantantra Sunday. given to the leaders," he added. to stop the 'cycle', we will take enter into a tie-up with Congress Party. The loktantra senanis are Maurya said, in Uttar fter Bahujan Samaj Party, your hands off the cycle and for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, The former Chief Minister leaders who were jailed during Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi ASamajwadi Party chief give the control to some other Yadav said, "Humne bhi tay kar had earlier also slammed the the Emergency. Adityanath was giving respect Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday party," Yadav said at a rally at liya hai ki cycle ko rokoge to Congress for wasting time in Maurya said the Congress to the leaders of various polit- struck a blow to the prospects Damoh in Madhya Pradesh. aapka haath handle se hata diya "calculations" in the poll-bound had ruled the country for the ical parties. of a 'mahagathbandhan' (grand Bharatiya Janata Party and jayega... Control aur kisi ke states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya maximum time after He said the Congress alliance) of opposition parties Congress are two sides of the haath chala jaayega (We have Pradesh and Rajasthan. "When Independence but it had not stooped low when it arrested a for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls by same coin. Both the parties are decided we will remove your the alliance did not happen, we shown respect for leaders other leader like Jayprakash Narayan launching a fierce attack on responsible for the loot of pub- hands from the cycle handle if went with GGP... It is difficult to than the Gandhi family. during Emergency. "Then peo- Congress, hinting that if the lic sector banks by big business you try to stop the cycle and the understand what the Congress "Everyone knows what ple like you revolted against the grand old party restricted the and industrial houses. These control will go in the hand of is calculating and trying to do, happened to Sardar Patel and then government and courted success of samajwadis, the SP two parties are behind the Rafale someone else)." but one thing becomes obvious... Subhas Chandra Bose. Even arrest. It is history that all jails would break the friendship. scam — first the Congress played Without directly taking they want to stop SP from surg- leaders like Atal Bihari across the country were full but Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday the tricks and now the BJP is the name of any political party, ing ahead," he had said. Vajpayee, Sharad Pawar and there was no ebb in your enthu- campaigned in Madhya exploiting it for its narrow polit- this would deal a huge blow to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh the SP chief used their symbols Akhilesh said that there Raj Narain were looked down siasm," he said. Pradesh. ical gains," Akhilesh charged. the Rahul Gandhi-led party as and Rajasthan, Akhilesh had (hand of the Congress and was no difference in the poli- upon by the Congress govern- "Leaders have taken lessons "I want to tell the Congress Cycle is the political sym- they had been rallying for a on Saturday attacked the cycle of SP) to hint at the grow- cies of the BJP and Congress. ment. It is only Narendra Modi from your sacrifice and have that when they will be the bol of Samajwadi Party. grand coalition to stop the Congress while campaigning in ing rift between the two parties. His anti-Congress statements who broke the barriers of polit- not stepped into the shoes of weakest, the Samajwadi Party Akhilesh dropped strong BJP juggernaut in the country. Chhattisgarh. He had accused Yadav's statement came come barely 20 months after ical lines and gave respect dictator," he added. will be their dearest friend. But hints that his party may not ally Apparently miffed with the the grand old party of scuttling during a rally in Durg in the two parties entered into an which was due to the leaders," BJP MLC Yashwant Singh the Congress leaders don't with the Congress in the 2019 Congress for refusing to share Samajwadi Party's prospects Madhya Pradesh while cam- alliance for UP assembly elec- the Deputy Chief Minister said. also addressed the loktantra want 'cycle' to succeed. Hence, Lok Sabha elections, saying seats with SP and BSP in in the poll-bound state. paigning for SP and its alliance tions in March 2017. "The world now knows senanis. ( ) *( +,- ./+0 ,# ) # ! 7!' (< "!! #& "" ! G@D8?? + -. -/,% four deputies as ‘full-time offi- quacy ratio, and the govern- cial directors’, while the rest 13 ment is in favour of this prac- he ongoing rift with the have been nominated by the tice being adopted for the ' TGovernment is set to play government, including two domestic banking sector as + # <$ out at the RBI’s crucial board Finance Ministry officials -- well. </ meeting Monday, with the Economic Affairs Secretary The RBI is also expected to Finance on Ministry nomi- and Financial Services consider a special dispensation ' *0,7 ")' basis. nees and some independent Secretary. for micro, small and medium The apex bank said that In directors expected to take on Sources said the govern- enterprises (MSMEs) and non- ! April, May and June, it had, on Governor Urjit Patel and his ment and Reserve Bank of banking financial companies net basis, sold $2.483 billion, team over issues ranging from India (RBI) are looking to (NBFCs) which have been fac- ,@#% 3 A,$@%5, $5.767 billion and $6.184 bil- MSME credit to the central reach at an agreeable solution ing liquidity issues. lion of the US currency, respec- bank’s reserves, though both with respect to relaxation of the The government feels that tively. sides are in favour of reaching Prompt Corrective Action the MSME sector — which In September 2017, RBI a common ground. (PCA) framework and easing employs about 12 crore people -. -/,% had net bought $1.259 billion While there have been of lending norms for the and plays a critical role in the of dollar, after it purchased reports and demands from MSME sector. economy — needs some sup- he Comptroller and $3.788 billion and $2.529 bil- some quarters for the Governor If not in this board meet- port after being impacted by TAuditor General (CAG) of lion in the spot market. to step down, sources said ing, the issue of relaxation of demonetisation and imple- India is conducting perfor- RBI maintains that its Patel is unlikely to yield under PCA framework would reach a mentation of the Goods and mance audit of GST and is intervention in the foreign pressure and will rather mount resolution in the next few Services Tax (GST). likely to finalise its report exchange market is to curb a strong defence of the central weeks, they added. However, the central bank soon. volatility in the rupee and not bank’s policies regarding strin- As a result of the relaxation, has been averse to the gov- The performance audit 010$% to target a level of the domes- gent NPA recognition norms as some banks may come out of ernment’s demand as it con- report on implementation of tic currency. well as measures taken to ease the PCA framework by the end siders the sectors to be vul- Goods and Services Tax he Reserve Bank of India The central bank has been credit supply to MSMEs. of this fiscal. nerable. (GST) could be tabled in T(RBI) net sold $18.662 bil- very active in the past few Patel and his four deputies, Of the 21 State-owned Meanwhile, Finance Parliament as early as in the lion of the greenback in the months in the spot market to who all are members of the banks, 11 are under the PCA Minister Arun Jaitley on forthcoming Winter session ciency and effectiveness, the of its implementation with the spot market, during the first save the rupee which got bat- RBI’s 18-member central framework, which imposes Saturday said that growth must beginning December 11, sources said. GST Network unable to take seven months of the current tered against the US dollar. board, will present a united lending and other restrictions not be throttled by limiting according to sources, As part of the perfor- load of last minute monthly financial year, according to The domestic currency fell front, while a few independent on weak lenders. credit availability and liquidi- The CAG is auditing the mance audit, the CAG looks return filing rush. RBI data. to a historic low of 74.1 directors too are expected to These are Allahabad Bank, ty. functioning of the new indi- at programmes, systems and Also, there were hiccups In the same period last against the dollar in October. support the central bank’s mis- United Bank of India, It is necessary that the rect tax regime since its activities to check if they are with respect to refunds to be year, RBI was a net purchaser In FY18, the apex bank had sion to clean up bank balance Corporation Bank, IDBI Bank, growth process does not suffer implementation on July 1, in accordance with the prin- claimed by exporters as well of the greenback, as it had net purchased $33.689 billion sheets, sources said. UCO Bank, Bank of India, due to the cleaning up of the 2017. ciples of economy and as excessive transitional cred- bought $16.301 billion. of US dollars from the spot The central board, headed Central Bank of India, Indian banking system from the “col- The audit aspect would whether there is any scope for it claims. In September, 2018, RBI market. It had bought $52.068 by the RBI Governor, is expect- Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank lectively committed sins” dur- include registration, refund, further improvement. The monthly average rev- sold $31 million of the US cur- billion from the spot market, ed to discuss issues mentioned of Commerce, Dena Bank and ing 2008-14 when the regula- input tax credit, transition The performance audit enue collection from GST in rency in the spot market on a while selling $18.379 billion. in the agenda circulated to the Bank of Maharashtra. tory mechanisms also over- credit mechanism, ease of pay- will not take into account rev- the previous fiscal (July 2017- net basis, as per the latest RBI In FY17, RBI had bought board members in advance. The PCA framework kicks looked high debt accumulation, ment of taxes and the impact enue collections. Its focus March 2018) was 89,885 data. $12.351 billion of the US dol- Off-agenda items can also in when banks breach any of he said. on the economic activity, the would primarily be on the crore. In current fiscal, the In the reporting month, the lars on a net basis. be raised in the meeting, with the three key regulatory trigger Amid growing tensions sources told. implementation aspect of collections stood at 1.03 lakh central bank purchased USD In the forward dollar mar- the chair’s permission. points -- namely capital to risk with the central bank, the The CAG team has GST, which has subsumed 17 crore in April, 94,016 crore 1.012 billion, while selling ket, the outstanding net for- The RBI’s central board weighted assets ratio, net non- Finance Ministry had sought already visited the GST local taxes. in May, 95,610 crore in June, $1.043 billion in the spot mar- ward sales at the end of currently has 18 members, performing assets (NPA) and discussions under the never- Commissionerates in major Tagged as the biggest tax 96,483 crore in July, 93,960 ket. September was $1.358 billion, though the provision is that it return on assets (RoA). used-before Section 7 of the states to get clarity on the reform since Independence, crore in August, 94,442 crore In August, and July, it had compared with a purchase of can go up to 21. Globally, PCA kicks in RBI Act which empowers the functioning of the new indi- GST has faced some teething in September and 1 lakh sold $2.323 billion and 1.87 bil- $5.730 billion in August, The members include only when banks slip on a sin- government to issue directions rect tax system and its effi- problems in the initial months crore in October. lion, respectively, on a net according to RBI data. Governor Urjit Patel and his gle parameter of capital ade- to the RBI Governor. ) ) . ) . .) ) : ( .2 . ) ! )) . ). . -. -/,% -. -/,% portion, to the telecom corpo- ration. etrol price Sunday was cut rawing flak from the tele- BSNL has claimed that -. -/,% Pby 20 paise a litre and diesel Dcom department over gaps BBNL has not taken steps to by 18 paise, the 29th straight in maintenance of BharatNet put in place such a mechanism sia’s oldest bourse BSE has daily reduction in rates that has infrastructure, BSNL has despite the state-owned tele- Adecided to snap ties with wiped away all of the massive promised to take action against com service provider repeat- S&P Dow Jones, which man- price increase in petrol wit- erring officers, but asserted edly insisting on the same. ages and operates benchmark nessed in two months since that its maintenance responsi- Earlier this month, the Sensex, and plans to develop mid-August that had triggered bility pertains to only the opti- telecom department reported- indices through its own in- a political uproar. cal fibre portion, sources said. ly pulled up BSNL and BBNL house development team, Petrol price in Delhi was The telecom PSU has also over underutilisation of exchange’s officials said. cut to 76.71 a litre from sounded out Department of BharatNet infrastructure as The two entities had 76.91 on Saturday, according Telecom (DoT) about 617 well as deficiencies in mainte- announced a joint venture — to a price notification issued by crore of dues pending from nance of the project that seeks Asia Index — in 2013 to pro- state-owned fuel retailers. Bharat Broadband Network to connect 2.5 lakh gram pan- vide an array of indices Diesel is being now sold at Ltd (BBNL), as operation and chayats through high-speed enabling global and domestic 71.56 per litre as compared to maintenance payment for broadband by March 2019. investors to participate in South 71.74 on Saturday. BharatNet project. Absence of a mechanism to Asia’s vibrant economies. Chauhan told investors in a With this, the reduction in When contacted, BSNL segregate the faults in the net- The deal with BSE came conference call. rates in the last one month Chairman and Managing work makes it difficult to ini- after the expiry of the licensing “And that is why we have totals 7.29 per litre for petrol Director Anupam Shrivastava tiate action against officials, as arrangement between India decided to not renew it, but and 3.89 a litre for diesel. and 80.10 in Mumbai. by 1.50 per litre each and asked on October 17. In Mumbai, refused to comment on the some of the problems may turn Index Services & Products overall the impact on profits or Rates have been on the Prices had started to climb state-owned fuel retailers to rates touched 88.29 a litre for matter. out to be beyond their area of (IISL), a joint venture of NSE on the revenues will be minus- decline since October 18. This from August 16. Petrol in Delhi subsidise prices by another 1 petrol and 79.35 for diesel. But sources aware of the responsibility, BSNL has said. and S&P-owned Crisil. cule,” he added. has wiped out all of the price was priced at 77.14 per litre a litre by reducing their margins. But since then, internation- matter said the company has In the same breath, BSNL The exchange officials said Rival bourse National hike on petrol in two months and in Mumbai it cost 84.58 Many states including al oil prices have been falling and written to DoT pointing out that has assured DoT that it will that BSE will not renew its Stock Exchange’s indices are beginning August 16 and more on August 15. Diesel on that Maharashtra matched that with rupee has also appreciated, result- while the onus of preventive and take disciplinary action against agreement with S&P Dow managed and operated by NSE than half on diesel. day was priced at 68.72 per a reduction in local sales tax or ing in decline in retail rates. corrective maintenance of the the officials lacking in dis- Jones Indices LLC which Indices, an arm of NSE. The reduction in diesel litre in Delhi and at 72.96 in VAT. Industry source said as per optical fibre portion connecting charge of duties.Sources said expires on December 31, 2018 S&P Dow Jones Indices rates has been slower due to Mumbai. Subsequent to this, the the assessment, the retail prices gram panchayats is with BSNL, BSNL CMD has also instruct- and it is looking to develop LLC, a subsidiary of The moderate fall in its bench- Petrol in Mumbai Sunday petrol price came down to of petrol and diesel may reign the responsibility of remaining ed Director (enterprise) to look indices through its own team. McGraw-Hill Companies, is mark international prices, cost 82.28 per litre and diesel 81.50 per litre in Delhi and easy in the next few days. network elements lay with other into the outstanding issues in “Basically, we had done the world’s largest global according to oil company price was priced at 74.97. diesel to 72.95 a litre on The retail selling price of agencies. streamlining operations and this tie-up five years back, but resource for index-based con- notifications. Between August 16 and October 5. In Mumbai rates fell petrol and diesel is dependent Responding to concerns maintenance of BharatNet. the joint venture could not do cepts, data and research. Petrol price had touched a October 4, petrol price was to 86.97 per litre for petrol and on the international prices of raised by the Telecom Secretary BSNL has also pointed out much in terms of expanding in BSE is Asia’s oldest stock record high of 84 per litre in hiked by 6.86 per litre and 77.45 in case of diesel. benchmark fuel and the rupee- on BharatNet project, BSNL that states would need to take the foreign jurisdiction, the exchange and home to the Delhi and 91.34 in Mumbai diesel by 6.73. As the international oil US dollar exchange rate. This has also suggested that mech- equal responsibility of ensuring usage of the indexes and all,” iconic Sensex index — a lead- on October 4. Diesel on that On that day, the prices continued to rise, price is because a large proportion of anism be worked out at the ear- utilisation of the massive rural BSE Managing Director and ing indicator of Indian equity day had peaked to an all-time Government decided to cut of petrol and diesel in Delhi country’s requirement is met liest that allocates faults per- broadband infrastructure that Chief Executive Ashishkumar market performance. high of 75.45 a litre in Delhi excise duty on petrol and diesel increased to 82.83 and 75.69 through imports. taining to only the optical fibre is being put in place. + > &%0 3 ' 4/ + <+ "1 ! # (( -. -/,% fiscal. vice chairman also opined that -. -/,% The NDA government under the previous UPA he Centre should stick to came to power in May 2014 Government, Congress ice President Tthe fiscal deficit target for and the next general elections President Sonia Gandhi effec- VVenkaiah 2018-19 and continue with will be held before May 15, tively led the government and Naidu on Sunday -. -/,% applications as well. the reforms undertaken during 2019. she had no interest in imple- launched Krea Geopolymer concrete, an the over four years of the “At this stage any reforms menting structural reforms. University in New TPC has invited expres- eco-friendly construction Narendra Modi-led that require legislative change Replying to a query on Delhi. Based in Sri Nsion of interest (EoI) for material, is a 100 per cent Government, former Niti such as the Higher Education government’s move to raise City (near construction of fly ash-based replacement of cement and Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Commission Bill will have to import duties on a host of Chennai), geopolymer concrete roads at has a great potential as a binder Panagariya said Sunday. wait till the elections. products with an aim to con- theUniversity offers its plants to demonstrate use of as it sets to a material and gains The present Government, But reforms that can be tain current account deficit BA (Hons) & BSc this technology, a company strength more rapidly than Panagariya said, has made a done through changes in rules (CAD), Panagariya said, (Hons) degrees in a official said. Portland cement. huge progress in implementing and regulations can still “Sadly, bureaucrats in the host of disciplines “NTPC has invited players Geopolymer concrete has reforms including some diffi- progress. Lateral entry into Department of Revenue and ranging from eco- to construct fly ash-based emerged as an important engi- cult structural ones such as the civil service is one such reform. Ministry of Commerce have nomics to comput- geopolymer concrete roads. neering material in recent times Goods and Services Tax (GST) Privatisation of listed PSUs not understood the impor- er science. The About 1,100 tonne of fly ash is because of its utility in devel- and Insolvency and and closure of sick PSUs are tance of openness to trade. If University has opened its thought and action. celebrated ‘Vishwaguru’ yet used per km of geopolymer oping ecologically sound and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) that other such reforms,” they had, they would also be admissions process for the first Institutions like the Krea again . road,” the official told PTI. sustainable construction mate- previous Governments had Panagariya noted. better able to explain it to cohort of undergraduate stu- University, with sights set firm- Krea University claims to Earlier, the company has rials. difficulty in introducing. What matters most is the politicians they serve.” dents who commence classes in ly on the achievement of bril- bring a fundamentally different successfully completed similar Concrete demand is “Government should not top leadership, he said, adding Stating that “we have for- August 2019. The newly inau- liance and distinction at the approach to higher education project at Dadri station as per expected to grow to 18 billion shift its goal posts as far as fis- that if the top leadership gotten the lessons of our own gurated university is backed by global platform, will doubtless- — Interwoven Learning — Indian Roads Congress (IRC) tonne per year globally by cal deficit target is concerned. believes in reforms, you can experience and returned to some of the best academics in ly serve us in good stead in our which brings together thought specifications & accreditation. 2050. Portland cement is not Fiscal consolidation has been count on their implementation. the road we had left many the world and the top indus- quest for fast track progress with action, arts with sciences, Moreover, 1.2-km double lane only energy intensive but also a key achievement of the gov- Panagariya, who is cur- years ago”, he said “let us hope trialists in India. and all round development”. and the learnings of the past stretch are being constructed at responsible for large scale ernment and it has played a rently a professor of Indian we will soon do course cor- Speaking on the occasion, Wishing Krea University all with preparedness for the Ramagundam and Farakka sta- emission of CO2, the official central role in macroeconom- Political Economy at Columbia rection”. the Chief Guest Vice President success. I hope that it will future. In a world where tions. These projects are being added. ic stability that has charac- University pointed out that in Recently, the government of India, M Venkaiah Naidu inspire many such universities employees are expected to re- developed by NETRA, the During 2017-18, 32.23 mil- terised the economy during the the last four years, growth has Wednesday raised import said, “Happy to know that the to invigorate our thinking and skill themselves six times over R&D wing of NTPC. lion tonne of ash, which is last four years,” the eminent averaged 7.3 per cent com- duties on 19 items, including core of this University’s phi- lay building blocks of a new the span of their career, Krea NETRA has also devel- 53.45 per cent of the ash gen- economist told. pared with 5.9 per cent during jet fuel and air conditioners, as losophy lies in a pioneering paradigm that sets us on the aims to produce graduates who oped geopolymer concrete erated, was utilised for various The Government aims to the last two years under the it looks to check the widening paradigm of Interwoven path to becoming a world remain resilient, agile and spun / hume pipes, tetra pods, productive purposes by the strictly maintain 3.3 per cent UPA. current account deficit result- Learning, weaving together leader in higher learning, the impactful. tiles and is working on other company. fiscal deficit target for 2018-19 The former Niti Aayog ing from high crude oil prices. ( ) *( +,- ./+0 ,, &% % "% &"& 1 2P %1" 2 2" 4 2 % " % 2 %"2% 1" % "" 2 $% $ - !! ndia are yet to shed their "poor # 8 #N travellers" tag but head coach Ravi F Shastri feels that it's unfair to pick I 8 )## on one particular side when most of the nations have fared poorly on away &# 6 !! tours. ! India have lost two away Test series in 2018, against South Africa (1-2) and ! %# " England (1-4). This was after both 6 # &) H # IBDJK tours were seen as best chance for Virat ! 8 Kohli's men to set the poor overseas 0*1 +01 1% record straight. " Asked how important it is for India !! " to win the series in Australia, Shastri P% % ! ! ew Zealand A's last-wicket pair frustrated India A attack said:"You have got to learn from your & % # Nwith a 83-run stand as the home team kept the first innings mistakes. When you go overseas and &P !! 9 lead down to just nine runs after third day's play in the first when you look at teams that travel 0 " 'Unofficial Test' on Sunday. around now, there aren't too many P, !# & In reply to India A's 467 for eight, New Zealand A declared sides (that travel well). " their first innings at 458 for nine after being reduced to 375 "Australia did for some time in the P. & for nine at one stage. 90's and during the turn of century. !# ". New Zealand A's No 10 batsman Seth Rance (69) and No South Africa did it for a while and ! 11 Blair Tickner (30) played out the next one hour to negate other than these two, in the last five- "% # chances of a substantial lead for the visitors. six years, you tell me which team has ! # At stumps, India A reached 35 for no loss in their sec- travelled well. Why pick on India?" %# ond innings with the young Prithvi Shaw (33 batting, 26 balls) questioned Shastri. &P " hitting seven boundaries in the company of veteran Murali Questioned whether he or skipper Vijay (2 batting, 22 balls). India's overall lead currently is 44 Kohli has spoken to the team as to why # runs. they lost in South Africa and England, ! & & # The Indian bowlers started off well in the third morning Shastri said that it was all about ! as New Zealand A were reduced to 211 for five from 176 for "seizing big moments". # playing when a team comes to India Hussey recently spoke about how one within the first hour of play. "We have spoken about seizing #$9$ $+59 99$ 89 God forbid but if anyone thinks it's Pandya's absence can hurt India. + $ " ! Tim Seifert (20) edged one to Parthiv Patel off Mohammed the big moments. If you look at the a weak team, you will be surprised. "One player we will miss is Hardik P P!! " Siraj (1/104 in 29 overs). Centurion Hamish Rutherford (114, - 25<< - B)5DBE Test matches, the scoreline really "Similarly, we are taking no pris- Pandya, who has had an injury. He 181 balls) was cleaned up by Deepak Chahar (2/51 in 12.4 doesn't tell you the real story. There 25<