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! "$% !&                   (   (  15 years, were denied minister- 0       /    28 ial berth because party got a brute majority of 68 seats in a 90- everal senior and experi- member house, a top Congress Senced leaders of Congress leader and former minister in were left high and dry on undivided gov- Tuesday as party ignored them ernment, told The Pioneer. for a berth in the council of He added that the names ministers. picked up for the council of the As many as nine ministers ministers were highly surprising were inducted into the council of and selection was definitely not $  /   ministers on Tuesday at a grand made on the basis of merit. #   - function at the Police Parade Congress sources say that Ground here but the party several senior leaders have dumped several key cabinet planned to raise the alleged   #   #    $ $   "     %%     $ !   "  aspirants and seasoned politi- `injustice’ issue with party          cians who had spent decades in national general secretary and the Congress to strengthen it at incharge for PL the grass root level. Punia and Congress could suf- ('  Former ministers fer in upcoming        Satyanarayan Sharma, polls if a reasonable explana- Rampukar Singh, Dhanendra tion was not offered to them. .  Sahu, Arun Vora, Manoj Reports say that Chief Mandawi and Amitesh Shukla Minister had    ! "##  were certain to sneak into held a comprehensive discus- Bhupesh Baghel cabinet but the sion with Punia and Congress ( ' -,"/23 45567 has become a truth in the real The bridge will cut down party dumped them. president last rime Minister Narendra sense," he said in a apparent rail distance (between Several senior leaders of week in Delhi to pick his team PModi on Tuesday said his dig at the previous Congress- Dibrugarh in Assam to the OBC SC, ST who had and names were decided not on Government has changed the led UPA Government. If for- Naharlagun in Arunachal worked for the party for decades the basis of experience and "dilly-dallying" work culture mer Prime Minister Atal Pradesh) to below 200 km and suffered heavily to install seniority but largely keeping regarding implementation of Bihari Vajpayee had a second from 700 km now, Modi said.    The MLAs who were Congress regime after a gap of 2019 Lok Sabha polls gameplan development projects. term, Bogibeel bridge would After inaugurating the sworn in as ministers included in mind. Addressing a rally here have been ready by 2008-09. bridge, the prime minister Mohammed Akbar, Ravindra leaders were killed by Maoists after inaugurating the coun- After his Government, no flagged off the Tinsukia-   (  28 Chaubey, Shiv Dehariya, including veteran leader V.C. try's longest rail-cum-road attention was paid to the pro- Naharlagun Intercity Express, Kawasi Lakhma, Anila Bhedia, Shukla and tribal leader bridge, at Bogibeel in Assam, ject till 2014, the Prime which will run five days a hhattisgarh Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam, Jai . As of now he said completion of projects Minister said. week and use the 4.9-km bridge CBhupesh Baghel on Singh Agrawal, Guru Rudra 12 ministers including the within a given time frame is no Asserting that the Bogibeel to cut down the train-travel Tuesday expanded his Council Kumar and Umesh Patel. Chief Minister have been longer confined to paper but bridge will strengthen the time between Tinsukia in of Ministers with the induction Umesh Patel is son of for- sworn in the state cabinet. has become a reality. "We have country's defence prowess with Assam to Naharlagun town of of nine Ministers. Governor mer state Congress chief One berth is still vacant. changed the earlier latkane movement of vehicles and Arunachal Pradesh by more Anandiben Patel administrat- Nandkumar Patel who was Besides Baghel two ministers bhatkane (dilly-dallying) work trains, he said, it is not only a than 10 hours. Itanagar, the ed the oath of office to the min- killed in Jheeram valley mas- T.S. Singhdeo and Tamradhwaj culture... Completion of pro- bridge, it is a lifeline for crores capital of Arunachal Pradesh is isters at a ceremony held at sacre in May 2013 in Bastar in Sahu were sworn in on       - jects within a time frame is no of people in Assam and just over 15 km from Police Parade Ground. which several other Congress December 17. longer confined to paper but Arunachal Pradesh. Naharlagun.      &               !"#$%    #    !  ( %%&  " According to the sources in &  ) ,-. TRS, both Naveen and Mamata   ( ,3       -#/0/- 1 remained non-committal about       the stand they would take on 45-year-old engineer died       fter lukewarm response the formation of a front which Aafter being trapped in his      Ato his proposed Federal will not involve the Congress. car when the moving vehicle Front from West Bengal Chief Significantly, Mamata did caught fire in early hours of    Minister Mamata Banerjee not make any comment after Tuesday in Greater Noida. The      and her Odisha counterpart meeting KCR in Kolkata on incident happened just half     Naveen Patnaik, TRS supremo Monday. It was only KCR who kilometre from his home. The     K Chandrasekhar Rao is in promised that a concrete result deceased has been identified as        Delhi hoping that his pro- of the deliberations will come Pavan, a native of Amba in       posed meeting with BSP chief out soon. Himachal Pradesh.       Mayawati and Samajwadi Sources said while KCR According to a senior           Party president Akhilesh repeatedly asserted the need for police official, a passerby   Yadav will help his effort to include the Congress. of regional parties, the mahagathbandhan (grand all the regional parties to come informed police regarding the tration number of the car. prop up non-BJP non- KCR is in the national Congress said it is an attempt alliance) was formed with all together and offer an alterna- incident at around 5.30 am on "After initial investigation,      Congress alliance for the next Capital to also call on Prime to help the BJP return to power regional, secular and progres- tive to both the Congress and Tuesday following which a it appeared that the car had      P  year's Lok Sabha polls. Minister Narendra Modi and after the next general elec- sive parties. "This federal front the BJP, the other regional team rushed to the spot. caught fire and the man could   ! " ! # $   Sources said KCR is other Union Ministers to talk tions. Claiming that the Chief idea... The truth behind it is leaders indicated that they "By the time police reached not eject himself out in time.      expected to meet Mayawati about issues related to Ministers of different States, nothing but an attempt to would like to wait and watch till the spot near the DPS Society, Short-circuit and problems     and Akhilesh on Wednesday, Telangana where he retained whom KCR met would not fall ensure that BJP and 'Modi the 2019 polls were over. under Kasna police station with the blower appear to have       but so far the meetings are not power last week. for the idea of a third front, as Sarkar' come back to power," he "Some of the leaders want limits, the vehicle, a Ford Ikon, triggered the fire but an inves- ! "   #   confirmed. While Mayawati is The Congress which is the leaders of regional parties alleged. to keep their options open till was already in flames and the tigation is underway," said   in Delhi, SP sources in spearheading an assortment would join a broad coalition Meanwhile, reports from after the elections body was later found inside," Sharma, adding that the body Lucknow said Akhilesh has of Opposition parties, includ- with the Congress, leaving only Hyderabad said even as KCR's and take a final decision said the senior police official. has been sent for post-mortem. P%  &   not yet planned any visit to ing the BSP, SP and TMC, has TRS in the Federal Front. mission to bring regional par- depending on the election "The man was working in "During probe it was also    & ' Delhi. It is interesting to watch accused the TRS of being a BJP "KCR's attempts to rope in ties together to form a Federal results," sources said. a private company here. He was revealed that the deceased had # $       the moves of KCR as his coun- agent and feels that his pro- regional parties and State Chief Front reached New Delhi after "At the moment it appears returning after a night shift sent Christmas greetings to $   %&$$  terpart in Andhra Pradesh and posed front cannot rescue the Ministers to be part of the passing through Bhuvaneshwar that any third front or Federal when the incident took place," friends and relatives in the     TDP supremo N Chandrababu BJP as the front constituents Federal Front will only help the and Odisha, it was clear that the Front will have to wait till the said Greater Noida 1st Circle morning, around 5 am.    '  Naidu is also meeting will State specific anti-BJP BJP," said Congress leader leaders whom he met so far elections are over. At best it Officer Nishank Sharma. Everything was fine till the fire  ()%* Opposition leaders as part of alliance. Rajeev Gowda. have not made any direct com- would be a post-poll arrange- He said the identity of the broke out accidentally," said +     his effort to form an anti-BJP Criticising the TRS chief's Gowda further said the mitment about their future ment, not any pre-poll alliance," deceased was confirmed after Ramphal Tomar, Station House     grand alliance that will also efforts to forge a Federal Front Congress would ensure that a course of action. said a TRS leader. matching the details of regis- Officer, Kasna police station.                     &'  ( Kovind, Vice-President M Noted singer Pankaj Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Venkaiah Naidu and the Prime Udhas recited devotional Rudabhai Vala, BJP leaders         Minister were among the dig- songs at the memorial while Vijay Kumar Malhotra and nitaries who paid floral tributes the dignitaries paid tributes. Ram Lal.  #)( * to the former statesman at the Sadaiv (always) Atal memor- A rush has begun to get   ( ,-.-#/ many companies in our area memorial built near the ial will be managed by a trust closer to Vajpayee's political after several complaints ( ,-.-#/ 'Rashtriya Smriti Sthal', where headed by Lok Sabha Speaker legacy with Uttar Pradesh Chief iting concerns that com- regarding a large number of his mortal remains were con- Sumitra Mahajan. Minister Yogi Adityanath Cmunal harmony could be people offering namaz in the ormer Prime Minister Atal signed to flames on August 17. A vacant piece of land was promising statue of Vajpayee in disturbed, especially in the afternoon especially on FBihari Vajpayee on Tuesday The memorial is enclosed made available for the memo- Lucknow. "A 21-metre tall stat- run-up to the upcoming Lok Fridays," said Pankaj Rai, turned a rallying point for by nine bas-relief walls having rial at the Rashtriya Smriti ue of former PM Atal Bihari Sabha elections in 2019, Uttar Station House Officer (SHO) political leaders as 'Sadaiv Atal' inscriptions of poetries penned Sthal here by the Union Vajpayee will be installed inside Pradesh's Noida Police has of the Sector 58 police station, (immortal Vajpayee), a memo- by Vajpayee who was know for Housing and Urban Affairs Lok Bhawan in Lucknow," issued orders to offices and from where the initial round of rial of the late leader, was ded- his rhythmic poems, repartees Ministry. Spread over 1.5 acres Adityanath said. establishments in Sector-58 to notices were issued icated to the nation here on and one-liners. of land, the memorial was con- "Atalji had strong ties with direct their Muslim employees "Since most people offer- Tuesday on his 94th birth Vajpayee passed away in structed by the Central Public Uttar Pradesh. He started his to stop offering Friday prayers ing prayers are employees in anniversary. Bihar and Uttar '( !      #  $ )*! +,  Delhi on August 16 after a pro- Works Department (CPWD) at public life from Balrampur in in open areas such as parks. companies nearby, we have Pradesh Chief Ministers also          longed illness and was cremat- a cost of Rs 10.51 crore. the State and represented According to a notice sent notices to those compa- announced that a statue of ed with full State honours. The project was funded by Lucknow as an MP for five issued last week by police in nies to ask their employees to Vajpayee would be installed in the BJP headquarters along been replaced by Prime "Tributes to Atal Ji on his the Atal Smriti Nyas Society. terms," the Chief Minister said, Noida, companies will be held either offer namaz in a masjid, Patna and Lucknow. with other party veteran LK Minister Narendra Modi and Jayanti. We reiterate our com- The founding members of adding that a number of liable if their employees are Eidgah or within the office With the whiff of 2019 Lok Advani. In the auditorium of party president Amit Shah mitment towards creating the the society include Mahajan, schemes are being launched in found violating the directive. compound on the roof etc," Sabha polls in the air, Vajpayee party's headquarters, though, adorning the dais. he dreamt of," Modi Bihar Governor Lalji Tandon, the name of the former Prime "A notices were sent to Rai added. returned to the posters outside Vajpayee and Advani have long President Ram Nath tweeted on Tuesday. Gujarat Governor OP Kohli, Minister.   (  ) *+, *-./ 

+  ,#    % %  ,-.-#/ under construction and the conditions which generate        net deficiency is 38,353. "extreme stress and strain on n an alarming trend in attri- A Parliamentary panel has their physical and mental Ition, as many as 25,288 offi- noted that such a poor level of health. During the last eight   ' ,-.-#/ holders," he added. cers and jawans of the CRPF housing satisfaction level could years since 2010, more person- Karan Paul, Chairman of have resorted to voluntary be one of the major reasons for nel have been killed due to dis- oncerned at the increasing Apeejay Tea and member of ITA retirement and resignations high attrition in the paramili- eases than in action. As many Chuman-elephant conflicts who had initiated the meeting since 2011 besides 10, 362 per- tary. While directing the gov- as 798 personnel have been (HEC) in Assam — nearly 800 said that they were perhaps the sonnel who left the force due to ernment to expedite the under killed due to heart attack but the lives have been trampled by wild first tea company to fund an superannuation, invalidation, construction 12,014 houses casualties during operation jumbos between 2006 and 2016 intensive conflict management dismissal and termination. without time and cost overruns, stood at 391 during the period — tea estate firms have come strategy in Sonitpur because Hard and harsh working the panel also advised the between 2010 and 2017. together under the umbrella of four of our gardens were in the conditions including 12 to 14 Centre to chalk out an action Likewise, cancer took a toll of Indian Tea Association (ITA) to hot zone. hours of job daily without like group centres, training plan to achive the objective of 334 personnel followed by 94 explore ways to mitigate the cri- Vivek Goenka, ITA proper leave is one of the rea- institutions and battalions constructing the remaining 38, deaths due to cerebral malaria sis in the Northeastern State and Chairman added,"The ITA has sons for the attrition. raised on unattached patterns 353 quarters within the stipu- and six casualties due to snake West Bengal. studied the Project Outcomes of Deployment of the Force’s per- like Combat Battalion for lated timeframe. bite. In this regard, said Dr crackers and kunki elephants. Dhulapadung and Sessa Tea Apeejay Tea - WWF collabora- sonnel in far-flung areas and Resolute Action (CoBRA), The Force personnel suffer Central Reserve Police Dipankar Ghose, Director, Kunkis are trained elephants that Estates. tion and is sensitive to the issue. contonious deployment away Rapid Action Force (RAF), casualties not only due to coun- Force is the world's largest Species and Landscapes pro- can help the Anti Depredation Under the project, low cost I believe that a multi-stake- from home, home sickness and Mahila Battalions is only 11.83 tering the insurgents in the paramilitary force and the des- gramme, WWF-India, a first-of Squad members in driving back solar power fences were installed holder collaboration including the pitfalls of nuclear family per cent. Naxal areas, Northeast and ignated agency for anti-Naxal its kind meet was organised by wild elephants.. across the tea estates, a scalable the Government will aid imple- besides personal problems and Out of the authorised 88, Jammu and Kashmir but also operations, countering terror- the ITA in Kolkata to plan an In fact, Apeejay Tea, a tea bio fence, using thorny bamboo mentation of large scale inter- family disputes are other rea- 168 houses, 37,801 have been while operating in hostile ter- ists in Jammu & Kashmir and industry- wide collaboration to firm and WWF-India have part- was also introduced to prevent ventions across the tea sector. sons for the attrition. Better job contructed and 12,014 are rain and inhospitable working insurgents in the Northeast. address HEC faced by the tea nered (2015-18) to implement the entry of wild elephants into This was our first meeting opportunities and less harsh gardens of Assam and West HEC management measures in vulnerable areas of the tea gar- involving tea companies and we working conditions outside the 23 232 235 23/ 238 23. 239 $ ! 7+  Bengal. its tea plantations in Sonitpur. den when ready. Regular village are hopeful of a collaborative Force also contribute the per-      > @&( A&) A%@ *@% (); %;( %)* (@%( The WWF-India is imple- Dr Ghose said, "Through level meetings and interaction approach emerging to take this sonnel resorting to voluntary menting 'The Sonitpur Model' in intensive conflict management were held to create awareness on forward." retirement, according to inputs    AA ** *9 9% 9B A& *9 *)* two districts of Assam in col- strategy in the conflict prone elephants and HEC manage- According to Government with the Union Home Ministry.    B9) &B* &9) A@( AB* 9A* A(* 9@)9 laboration with the State Forest plantations, a range of initiatives ment. data, Assam with an elephant Against a housing satis- 5   ;A& &99 &*9 @&9 B*9 %%;% %%A& @(;% Department where locals are have been implemented which "We believe that we will be area (15,050 square km) is the faction fixed at 25 per cent of trained and equipped to form were found to be successful in able to scale up these initiatives country's prime elephant range the personnel (88,168) out of    * %%B (9@ (;% (@9 %*A %%; %%@@ 'Anti Depredation Squads' that reducing losses related to HEC in Assam with the ITA's partic- State, having 5,719 jumbos, the the sanctioned strength of :      (&A& A%@) *&A& (%BA &;) **9@ (@;B ()@;9 can drive the wild elephants in four of Apeejay Tea estates ipation in effectively managing highest population of wild ele- 3,24,093 at the static locations $ ! 7+  92:8 :/5 -3/3 .2- /-/5 9593 ../ 58.83 back using searchlights, fire- namely Borjuli, Ghoirallie, HEC along with other stake- phants after Karnataka.  ! 1$     "* ++,       -  - . + ,-,         "2    (  .#/,-(      ' ,-.-#/ Considering this fact, the  Q, 1,+ Committee feels that the min- Parliamentary panel has imum inspection limit of 5% of New Delhi: Out of the 2,061 Aquestioned the the cases seems very low and (  ,-.-#/ the worker and continued with Border Fencing Light poles Government's motive to waive might not have a deterring his interaction by switching to along the international border off the GST under its six- effect on the organisations. ongress president Rahul Puducherry. in Gujarat's Bhuj and month-old 'Sewa Bhoj Yojna' Introduced by the Culture CGandhi on Tuesday took a Taking a jibe at the prime Gandhinagar Sector, only 616 for the big religious institutions Ministry, the scheme has a dig at Prime Minister Narendra minister, the Congress chief are "functional", the BSF has serving free meal to more than total outlay of 325 Crore for Modi for reportedly ignoring a tweeted: "Vanakam told the CPWD, according to 5,000 people per month while food to at least 5,000 people in Financial Years 2018-19 and BJP worker's question on the Puducherry! That's NoMo's the minutes of an inter-depart- depriving the smaller ones a calendar month, the panel, 2019-20. middle class' struggle with the answer to the struggling mid- mental co-ordination meeting from similar financial benefits which has submitted its report The scheme envisages to taxation policy, saying forget a dle class. Forget a press con- held in November. even though "they are more in Parliament recently said it reimburse the CGST and IGST Press meet, he cannot even ference he can't even string Border Security Force offi- likely in need of it." fails to understand the reason on purchase of raw items such hold a poll booth workers' together a polling booth work- cers also informed the CPWD The Committee headed by for this eligibility criterion as ghee, edible oil, conference. er's conference." that out of 82 diesel gensets, only MP, Derek since smaller religious institu- atta/maida/rava/flour, rice puls- Rahul Gandhi was appar- On reports that the BJP 38 are "functional", "affecting O'Brien, has recommended tions are more likely to be in es, sugar, burra/jiggery etc ently referring to an incident will filter questions from work- operational duties" by the troops that the eligibility criteria of need of this Scheme. which go into preparation of that took place last week dur- ers to Prime Minister Modi fol- on the sensitive international tional (along the international According to the minutes of serving free food to above Moreover, ascertaining the food/Prasad/langar/bhandara ing Modi's interaction with lowing the incident, the Gandhi border, the minutes stated. border in Bhuj and meeting, the CPWD intimated 5,000 people should be recon- number of people to whom offered free of cost by religious "booth workers" from northern scion said, "BJP-vetted ques- The meeting was held at Gandhinagar Sector). Out of 82 that work of repairing of BFLs sidered by the Union Culture food is served by a religious institutions. The objective of districts of Tamil Nadu and tions is a superb idea. Consider BSF Headquarters in New DG sets, only 38 DG sets are and DG sets in Bhuj and Gandhi Ministry. institution in a month is diffi- the scheme is to lessen the Puducherry. He also said "BJP- vetted answers as well." Delhi, during which senior functional. Nagar Sector are in progress and The Modi Government cult and could lead to religious financial burden of such char- vetted" questions is a superb The Congress president officers of BSF and CPWD, the "CPWD (was) requested to will be handed over to BSF after had launched the Sewa Bhoj institutions in actual need of itable religious Institutions who idea, but the party should also has been criticising Modi for government's largest construc- carry out necessary repair at the proper rectifications. Yojana on June 1, 2018, the support being left out. provide food/prasad/langar "consider vetted answers". not holding a press conference tion agency, discussed several earliest as it is affecting oper- It also stated that in exempting charitable organi- The Committee also felt (Community Kitchen)/bhan- The Congress chief cited a during his tenure. Earlier this projects. ational duties performed by the Jammu, out of the 28 command sations that provide free food that instead of carrying out dara free of cost without any media report that claimed month, Rahul had posted pic- BSF Director General Rajni troops deployed on the sensi- posts in non-composite Border from paying Central Goods inspection every year at least in discrimination to public/devo- Modi faced embarrassing tures from a press conference Kant Mishra and Central tive international border," stat- Output Posts, so far only three and Services Tax (CGST)/ 5% of the cases as decided tees. moments during his interac- he held and tweeted saying the Public Works Department DG ed the meeting's minutes pre- command posts have been Integrated Goods and Services under the scheme, the The charitable religious tion with BJP workers from prime minister should try one Prabhakar Singh also attended pared by the BSF and sent to completed and 17 are under- Tax (IGST) on the raw materi- Government should scrutinise Institutions such as temples, Tamil Nadu when a worker someday as it is fun to be asked the November 16 meeting. the CPWD director general on construction with "very slow als used. The scheme followed at least 10% of the cases. gurudwara, mosque, church, sought to know why his admin- questions. Even former Prime India's border with Pakistan December 12. progress" while work on eight demand from the BJP ally, the The Committee feels that dharmik ashram, dargah, istration was busy collecting Minister last runs through four states, Jammu There have been several have not yet started. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), in the proper utilization of funds matth, monasteries etc. which taxes from the middle class but week remarked that though he and Kashmir (1,225 km, which attempts of infiltration by ter- It added that out of the 43 Punjab which had sought is very important in the imple- have been in existence for at not interested in taking care of was tagged as silent PM but he includes 740 km of Line of rorists who cut the border High Mast Lights in river-line exemption of langar from GST. mentation of all schemes and least five years before applying them. was never afraid of talking to Control), (1,037 km), fences to enter India from the gaps, so far work on 25 HML has While appreciating the this scheme could be mali- for financial assistance/grant The report claimed that the the Press and he used to con- Punjab (553 km) and Gujarat Pakistani side. been completed while three are scheme which reimburses the ciously exploited for getting and who serve free food to at prime minister during his duct a media interaction every (508 km). BFLs are maintained by under construction with "very CGST/IGST for only those reimbursement of taxes by least 5,000 people in a month video interaction chose not to time he returned from foreign "Out of 2,061 BFL poles, CPWD in Bhuj and Gandhi slow progress" and 15 HML religious institutions that serve commercial food outlets. are covered. answer the question raised by visits. only 616 BFL poles are func- Nagar Sector. work has not started yet. PTI  3    $   %         4 3     0$ 

(  ,-.-#/ and Asha Rani Chawla, they approached the bank in 2011 .**  ! . said. seeking a sanctioned credit he CBI has booked the chief In its complaint to the CBI, limit of 10 crore. New Delhi: Touted as the Tmanaging director of Delhi- Union Bank of India alleged that The company furnished largest cancer hospital in India, based kids-wear retailer, the company furnished "forged balance sheets for the financial the National Cancer Institute in Catmoss Retail Pvt Ltd Ashwini and fabricated" balance sheets years 2009-10 and 2010-11 to Haryana's Jhajjar district would Kumar Chawla, for allegedly with an intention to cheat and the bank which were audited by be opened to public by the cheating Union Bank of India of cause wrongful loss to it. a chartered accountant. third week of January, Union 20 crore. The company and its "CMD of Catmoss Retail The account was declared a Health Minister JP Nadda said officials allegedly fabricated bal- Pvt Ltd Ashwini Chawla, in pur- non performing asset on March on Tuesday. ance sheets to avail a loan suance of a well knitted crimi- 31, 2013, having an outstanding The institute, being con- which was not repaid to the nal conspiracy to fraudulently of 10.92 crore. sidered as a landmark in the with a capacity of 800 units bank, CBI officials said. avail loan facility from the com- The bank extracted a por- field of cancer research in the meant for patient attendants Following a complaint by plainant bank by furnishing tion of its loan amount by auc- country, shall lessen the deficit have also been planned. the bank, the CBI has registered forged and fabricated balance tioning some properties which of tertiary cancer care in the There are more than 80 a case of criminal conspiracy sheets, has committed offences it had held as guarantee. northern region. lakh cancer patients in the and cheating against the com- like cheating, forgery, forgery for During the inquiry, the "The National Cancer world. Nearly 29 lakh of them pany Catmoss Retail Pvt Ltd, purpose of cheating and using chartered accountant, who had Institute in Jhajjar would be are in India. About 11 lakh can- Chawla, his wife and guarantor as genuine a forged document," purportedly signed the balance dedicated by the third week of cer cases are detected every Asha Rani Chawala and the it said. sheets, told the bank that it was   #   #  5    # # !        # January," Nadda said at an year. firm's directors Reena Chawla It is alleged that Chawla had not the case.  $ )*! +,           event in AIIMS hospital in With a view to prevent and Delhi. cure cancer, the government The institute will have 710 decided to set up the new beds, out of which 200 beds will institute of advance research $. !       1 be dedicated for translational activities. research on India-specific can- The institute, coming up in cers. Badhsa village, will operate on : Exuding confidence ly held Assembly polls in already spoken that the party cent and ours increased by six Sabha seats and at present, 22 Out patient department or the lines of National Cancer that the Congress will form the Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh leadership should take the per cent. It's a rare swing," he are with the BJP, one with the OPD services were partially Institute in the US and German Government at the Centre in and Chhattisgarh have sent out responsibility for the defeat. said. Congress and two are vacant. started last week. Cancer Research Centre 2019, Rajasthan Deputy Chief a strong message. When the Congress had suf- Pilot, who is also the The BJP had won all the 25 Different facilities such as (Deutsches Minister Sachin Pilot claimed "This full majority fered defeat, the party president party's Rajasthan unit chief, seats in the 2014 general elec- surgical oncology, radiation Krebsforschungszentrum) that the BJP is under pressure Government at the Centre has Rahul Gandhi had humbly said the victory of the Congress tions but it lost two seats to the oncology, medical oncology, DKFZ as a nodal centre for as its allies are deserting the become so weak that it has accepted that but the BJP lead- has boosted the morale of Congress in bypolls held ear- anaesthesia and palliative care indigenous research, promo- coalition. given nearly half of Bihar (Lok ership is so arrogant that party workers and they have lier this year. and nuclear medicine will be tive, preventive and curative He alleged that the BJP's Sabha seats) to a party having despite facing defeat in three started preparing for the 2019 Two sitting MPs — Raghu available at the institute. It will aspects of care and human allies were quitting the NDA just two MPs just because of states, it is unwilling to take the Lok Sabha polls. Sharma (Congress) and Harish also have the first-of-its-kind resource development. due to the arrogance of saffron the fear that people are not vot- responsibility," he said. "We have formed the gov- Meena (BJP) — won the recent- tissue repository in India. The institute is aimed to party leaders and it was now ing for the BJP and also its Pilot said there was a swing ernment and along with deliv- ly held Assembly polls and The institute, which will plan, conduct and coordinate under pressure which recent- allies are daring them. This of 12.5 per cent votes in ering on our promises, we are they have resigned as the MP operate under the All India research on cancers which are ly reflected in the seat-sharing happens when the govern- Rajasthan and the Congress focusing on the upcoming thus making their seats vacant. Institute of Medical Sciences in more specific to India — like in Bihar. only two MPs. What can be a ment is weak," he told PTI gained 99 seats in 2018 from 21 elections. Meetings in the party BJP's , who Delhi, was approved by the tobacco-related cancers, cancer "Upendra Kushwaha has fine example of insecurity than here. Assembly seats in 2013. have already started. The party was director general of the Manmohan Singh government of the uterine cervix, gall blad- quit the NDA, the TDP has this," Pilot said. Pilot said the BJP should "We won 21 (Assembly) will register a thumping victo- Rajasthan Police, had defected in 2013 and has been built at a der cancer and liver cancers. The already left and the Shiv Sena He said the BJP leaders accept the fact that it has faced seats in 2013 and the number ry in the Lok Sabha polls and to the Congress before the cost of Rs 2,035 crore. focus will be on understanding is also not with them. Now the used to point fingers towards a severe blow in three states of seats has increased five the Congress will form the assembly polls and contested There will be 372 units of and analysing the cause and gen- BJP is under pressure and the Congress by saying that the and should take responsibility times in 2018. Swing of votes Government at the Centre," he on Congress ticket from Deoli- flats and 1,080 hostel rooms for esis of these type of cancers, the therefore they gave 17 seats in party was struggling for its sur- of the defeat. is 12.5 per cent. BJP's vote said. Uniara Assembly constituency staff members. A night shelter Government has said. PTI Bihar to the JD(U) which has vival but results of the recent- "(BJP's) Nitin Gadkari has share has decreased by 6.6 per Rajasthan has 25 Lok and got elected. PTI   (  ) *+, *-./ !! "# $!% ,R   .& /0  ,    &'     

  (  28 informed. Eight IAS officers of Minister of State in the of IAS is a pan India phenom- To address the problem the Chhattisgarh cadre are on Ministry of Personnel, Public enon, he had stated. here is a shortage of 35 Government has increased over Central Deputation. Further, Grievances and Pensions and To address the problem Tofficers in Chhattisgarh the years, annual intake of IAS one officer is on Inter Cadre Minister of State in the Prime the Central Government has Cadre of Indian officers under Direct Deputation to Uttar Pradesh as Minister’s Office Dr Jitendra increased over the years, Administrative Service (IAS), Recruitment Quota, it approved by the Competent Singh informed that Total annual intake of IAS officers the Central Government has informed. Authority. Authorized Strength (TAS) of under DR Quota. In promo-   (  28 Parisar on Tuesday. legacy of Atalji will remain informed. In promotion quota There is a shortage of 45 Chhattisgarh Cadre of Indian tion quota prompt action The birthday of late and motivate the coming At present, there are 158 prompt actions have been Indian Administrative Service Administrative Service (IAS) is have been taken for holding of he State unit of Bharatiya Prime Minister is observed as generation. So, with small officers posted against the Total taken for holding of Selection (IAS) officers in Chhattisgarh 178. Selection Committee Meeting TJanata Party organised an ‘Good Governance Day.’ barriers, the BJP workers will Authorized Strength (TAS) of Committee Meeting for , the Lok Sabha was informed As on date, there is a short- for appointment by promo- event to mark the birth Former State Chief not accept defeat but will 193 officers in Chhattisgarh appointment by in July this year. age of 45 officers in tion/selection of State Service anniversary of former Prime Minister Raman Singh while continue to work to fulfill the Cadre of Indian Administrative promotion/selection of State In a written reply to MP Chhattisgarh Cadre of IAS. officers in All India Services Minister late Atal Bihari addressing the gathering on dream of the late Prime Service (IAS), the Government Service Officers in IAS. Kamla Devi Patle, Union The shortfall in various cadres , the Minister replied. Vajpayee here at Ekatma the occasion said that the Minister.” ))55    +  - ,,    ,,,+ 

  (   growth is one factor found in " 1, the children mainly from two years of age. The hair falls and n 11-year-old boy resident teeth are damaged. The lone Aof village Medkidbari of method of treatment is to Churra Block of Gariaband reduce the cholesterol so that district is a patient of Progeria. they can lead a longer life.” Due to financial con- Tandon points out, “People straints of his family, the boy is due to lack of awareness is unable to undergo long-term unknown to the diseases. In treatment of the disease . world, only 35-45 cases exist. In The boy Shailendra country also research is under- Dhruve at present goes to way for the diseases.” school as a normal child and Tandon said, “The patient plays with his friends. was sent to Pandit Jawaharlal He likes to write stories and Nehru Medical College in wants to become a police offi- where he underwent cer, when he grows up. treatment but had to return as Shailendra has a close it is non-curable disease and friend with whom he general- straints is unable to carry on Government Hospital Churra predominently genetic in ly goes to school and also the treatment. No assistance block Dr G L Tandon says, nature.” studies with him. has been received from any sec- “Progeria is an extremely rare “I had gone to Raipur with His father Banshilal tor or government, even after genetic disorder in which my son for his treatment but Dhruve says, “On regular basis being a rare disease.” symptoms resembles different am unable to continue further he develops headache due to Banshilal says, “Due to the aspects of early aging at a very treatment of the boy due to which in the house they have disease, his son is unable to play early age. Skin, veins and mus- financial constraints. I hope to keep medicines on regular normally with the peers. But he cles are affected the most. that if government extends basis. Now, have already spent sits and studies due to which he There is no specific treatment some help, I can continue the more than 80,000 on his treat- is good in studies.” for the disease.” treatment of my son,” Banshilal    /!    !             ment but due to financial con- Medical Officer of He adds, “Generally lack of , said. 1        ,+,  , +   , ++ , + ,   ,% -

&'() +$" , Jewra while the dodge ball part in the tournament and   (  28 the 2019 Lok for Lok Sabha level.  -- )" $+ tournament would be held at special counter had been estab- Sabha polls. The Lok Sabha polls in local District Institute of lished at Raipur railway station he State Cabinet has been He said that Chhattisgarh are expected to # #  Education and Training (DIET) to welcome the guests. Tformed after due consul- the electoral be held in mid-April and we .+( $ ground. Various committees like tations with the senior process will com- will have to commence early In the tournament, teams Housing Committee, Health Congress leaders, Chief mence from April preparations, Baghel said. from the states of Rajasthan, Committee, Security Minister Bhupesh Baghel said this year and there The participation of work-   (  28 Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Committee, Meals Committee, on Tuesday. had been this ers in candidate selection for Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Inspection Committee and We have paid due atten- instance of polls Lok Sabha polls should hap- emetara district of the State Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Transportation Committee had tion to regional and social bal- being held in a sin- pen, he said. Bis going to host national Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya been formed for the conve- ance when choosing Cabinet gle phase. 'I have urged the party school games for under-17 soft Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, nience of the players and team Ministers , said the CM while It had been high command to hand over and dodge ball teams from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and officials. talking to reporters here. decided in the the responsibility of managing December 27 to 31. Manipur as well as teams from The inauguration ceremo- Baghel said that the State meeting that like CGPCC affairs to another col- Official sources informed Vidya Bharati and Central ny for the tournament would Executive Committee meeting training camps league as it would be difficult that the softball tournament Board of Secondary Education be held at 10 am. and Closing held today was a crucial one .It held for workers at for me to have dual responsi- would be organised at Allen’s would be taking part. function would be held on had been directed to the lead- Assembly level, bility of governance and man- Public School and Government A total of 682 players and December 31 at 12 noon at ers that they pay attention to similar training aging the party's organisa- Higher Secondary School, 200 officials are going to take local Basic School. revision of electoral rolls for camps will be held tion', Baghel said. 3 +  ,      7               4   (  #," Sirisguda. The MoU was he first Chhattisgarh Cabinet meeting after extended but finally Toath taking ceremony of another nine ended in June 2016, Ministers of the Congress Government was held when company did  + + under the chairmanship of Chief Minister not seek further Bhupesh Baghel at the Mantralaya here on extension. The com- Tuesday. pany was allotted / 0 !, +, the youth was brought down. The Cabinet accorded ‘in-principle’ nod to 2,500 hectares of According to information the proposal for returning of land acquired for iron ore mine in !+"(  , from Station House In-charge Tata Steel in 10 villages of the Bastar region of Bailadila Deposit 4 of Government Railway Police the state. in 2008 for supply of ! "1 , " Raipur, L.S. Rajput a youth Newly inducted ministers Ravindra raw material to the $ ((+, aged between 25 to 30 years Chaubey and Mohammed Akbar informed proposed steel plant. climbed at the roof of Azad media persons after the Cabinet meeting in a It is said that due to 1+ ++ Hind Express when it was sta- press conference that Chief Secretary Ajay Singh multiple factors in tioned at platform of Raipur after taking a policy decision would start the land acquisition and

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//      $." '  6  , 5  $. :  789 ,,        $/1  P-+ ' ;  ++ !     1/81,-5. However, the ruling BJD (  /," / M+$!04 1+ # always follow the principal of said that their party has main- 4 "* ! )+)  #  !+ ‘Me, Me and Me’, but he forgot he Odisha unit of Congress tained equidistance from both (  ' ,# ashing out at its “suspend-  $),! " - ))  !+ that team is always important Ton Tuesday accused the Congress and BJP. Led” legislator Sukhpal Singh $0)+""+ 0(1" +  factor in politics. (BJP) "We have always kept equal aryana Chief Minister (  /," / Khaira asking him to abstain ,  (() +"  !+ “Every human being, while and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of distance from both BJP and HManohar Lal on Tuesday from making negative state- ( ) " N living in the world, has to fol- being hand-in-glove and ignor- Congress. We are accountable launched 485 schemes and ser- reezing cold conditions ments, Aam Aadmi Party low the rules set up by society ing the interests of the state. to people of Odisha because vices of 37 departments under Fgripped parts of Punjab (AAP) on Tuesday backed the further strengthen AAP in and it applies in the politics The Congress's barb came they have reposed faith in us for the 'Digital Haryana' initia- and Haryana as the minimum new-entrant Justice (retired) Punjab. Reacting on Khaira’s too,” he said. a day after the visit of Prime four consecutive times and we tive. temperatures, which have been Zora Singh who joined the statement about Justice Zora AAP MLA said that Khaira Minister Narendra Modi, who don't need to answer the BJP or He said through the medi- and enquired about require- hovering below normal limits party a day before. Khaira had Singh, Arora said that it must not forget that the party attacked the BJD government the Congress," said BJD MP um of e-governance, people ment of documents for Ration over the past two weeks, fur- described “discredited” Justice showed that Khaira always which he is criticizing today on several issues but did not Pratap Deb. could be provided with good Card. ther plummeted on Tuesday. Zora Singh’s joining AAP as its indulge in negative politics had sent him to Punjab Vidhan name Chief Minister Naveen Union Petroleum Minister governance. Haryana Agriculture Amritsar and Adampur “political bankruptcy”. without any reason. “The entire Sabha and then appointed him Patnaik and his party for the Dharmendra Pradhan said the On 94th birth anniversary Minister O P Dhankar sug- reeled as the mercury plunged Hailing Justice Zora Punjab knows that Justice Zora Leader of Opposition in the alleged misgovernance in the Prime Minister questioned the of former prime minister Atal gested that a SARAL App to identical minimum tem- Singh’s decision to join AAP Singh investigated the matter Vidhan Sabha. state. "Both Naveen and Modi state government on several Bihari Vajpayee, 'Good should be launched so that peo- peratures of 0.4 degrees and welcoming him in the related to the cases of desecra- “Khaira started crying foul have betrayed people of issues including growing cor- Governance' programmes were ple could get all information Celsius, a Meteorological party fold, senior leader and tion of Guru Granth Sahib just after he was removed from Odisha. They are trying to ruption in the state. organised in the state and the about schemes on their smart Department (Met) official said Sunam MLA Aman Arora and with utmost sincerity and did the post of leader of opposition. hoodwink people by taking "Everyone knows who the chief minister inaugurated 22 phones at home. here. party’s legal wing head advo- not spare even the government Speaking against his own party the name of Lord Jagannath. demon of corruption is. Several 'Antyodya Saral Kendras' for all The Chief Minister appre- It was also the season’s cate Jastej Singh said that AAP officials and politicians related is the past practice of Khaira The doubt about a secret nexus people are in jail for their district headquarters from ciated the suggestion of coldest night so far in is people's party and people to the ruling SAD,” he said. and it will lead him to between the BJP and the BJD involvement in chit fund scam. Karnal. Dhankar about launch of Saral Amritsar, where the mini- with clear image like Justice “This was the reason that nowhere,” he said. has been proved true," said Whose MLAs and MPs are "With this, Haryana has App on the pattern of Umang mum dropped three notches Zora Singh are always wel- Badal government did not Arora said that Khaira has Odisha Pradesh Congress behind bars? Who are taking become the first state in the App of Central Government, to below normal limits, he said. come in AAP. make the recommendations of no right to speak against the Committee (OPCC) president PC (percetage commission)?" country, where 4,000 Atal Seva provide information about all Among other places in Punjab, Arora said that Justice Zora the report public,” he said party and he must resign from Niranjan Patnaik. he asked. On Monday, Modi Kendras in rural areas, 22 at schemes and soon steps would Pathankot recorded a low of Singh has performed a mar- adding that Justice Zora Singh the party and form his own He accused Naveen during a rally in Khurda had district headquarters, 51 at be taken in this direction. 2.9 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana vellous service in the field of carries a respectable image in political outfit before raising Patnaik and Narendra Modi of attacked the state government sub-divisional level and 20 He said that the aim of 2.8 degrees Celsius, Faridkot judiciary for 35 long years, and the field of judiciary. fingers over the AAP leader- trying to fool the people by giv- on corruption, farmer issues, Antyodya Saral Kendras at this project is to ensure that 3.8 degrees Celsius, Gurdaspur his induction in the party will Arora said that Khaira ship. ing false assurances. malnutrition and cleanliness. Tehsil level, have been launched the citizen service delivery 3.5 degrees Celsius, Bathinda simultaneously at such a large becomes effective, easy and 4.5 degrees Celsius and scale," he said while speaking corruption-free so that the cit- Halwara registered a low of 3 on the occasion. izen does not have to depend degrees Celsius.   - ,+  , - , + ,  Q,  All kinds of Antyodaya upon agents and middlemen Union Territory services, schemes meant for to get benefits. Chandigarh recorded a mini- weaker sections of the society He said that on the pattern mum temperature of 5.5 (  33 '-- Meanwhile, the controver- Biotechnology department of through interrogation of the and target groups are available of CM Window, everyday ser- degrees Celsius. sy dogging the esteemed insti- the same institute had lodged professors and the students. under one roof at Antyodya vices being given at Saral In Haryana, Narnaul was ays after the police had tute, the director IIT Roorkee a complaint against Pruthi, We have already recorded the Saral Kendras. Kendras would be monitored at the coldest place with a min- Dbooked two professors of has gone on leave. Police said resulting in the second case statements of the com- Through Video conferenc- Headquarters in Chandigarh. imum of 2.5 degrees Celsius, IIT Roorkee in the alleged sex- that the absence of the director being registered against him. plainants. ing, the Chief Minister direct- Responding to a question while piercing cold also ual harassment case involving is one of the reasons behind the Quizzed over the investi- Things are moving ed the officers concerned to regarding possibility of setting gripped Hisar, which wit- two students, the police inves- investigation not gaining the gation being irritatingly slow, steadily. There is no reason to ensure that there is adequate up of a unit by Maruti Suzuki nessed at a low of 2.8 degrees tigation has allegedly been desired speed. SSP Haridwar Ridhim Agarwal think that the probe has got space available for Saral India Limited in Karnal, which Celsius. going on at a snail’s pace. Following complaint said that things were not so. stuck or is not making head- Kendras and all the schemes is Khattar's home constituency, Rohtak’s minimum set- Under pressure mounted by lodged by a research scholar “Vikas Pruthi has been way,” she said and added that and services are displayed on he said: "It depends on the tled at 4.2 degrees Celsius, Bhim Army and others on belonging to the Scheduled ly and mentally by a professor booked under section 354. He till the director returned from the board for the convenience Maruti company, from the state Karnal recorded a low of 5 police, a case had been regis- Caste from Gujarat- a student over the past two years, an FIR has also been tagged to sexu- the leave the investigation of the public. The Chief government's side the compa- degrees Celsius, Bhiwani 4.4 tered against accused professor of the Centre of had been lodged against al harassment case on the team would remain engaged Minister also inaugurated ny had been offered two places degrees Celsius, Ambala 6.2 Vikas Pruthi on two charges Nanotechnology since 2015- Pruthi. basis of the second complaint in obtaining direct evidences Antyodaya Helpline number in Gurgaon and one each in degrees Celsius and Sirsa’s while a single case had been according to which she was The row had deepened filed. We are trying to get from the teachers and the stu- 1800-2000-023 and also dialed Samalkha, Faridabad and minimum settled at 4 degrees registered against P Gopinath. being harassed both physical- further after another student of direct evidences dents of the institute. the toll free from his mobile Karnal. Celsius.         #/*  ,      + #5 (  /," / Bikram Singh Majithia termed respon- ers will not let the Akalis rest demanded complete with- sible for killings of Sikhs, while and they will protest against   /  olitics over statue kicked off drawal of Gandhi family’s name demanding to withdraw Bharat this goondaism at all costs”. Pin Punjab on Tuesday as the on airports, social schemes Ratna from the former prime Congress leader (  ' ,# Akalis, staging protest against and awards in the country, minister. Gursimran Singh Mand the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, van- saying that “a name synony- Gosha said: “We don't have cleaned the statue, blackened aryana Chief Minister dalised the statue of the former mous with butchering innocent any fear from the law. Despite by Youth Akali Dal, with his HManohar Lal on Tuesday Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Sikhs in 1984 riots does not the Congress government in turban. ruled out the possibility of simul- Ludhiana. Taking serious note, deserve this honour”. power, we dare to blacken Large number of Sikhs was taneous Assembly and Lok Sabha the Chief Minister Capt In the back-to-back acts of Gandhi’s statue. If the police killed following former Prime polls in the state saying election ordered that symbolism by SAD and the want to arrest us, we don't have Minister 's death would be held in Haryana at the action must be initiated against Congress on Tuesday, the any fear. It is our emotions in 1984, and the issue was back fixed time. those involved in the act. protesting Youth Akali Dal attached with the Sikhs and in news again after the "An atmosphere is being Capt Amarinder has workers in Ludhiana’s Salem their families who were killed Congress leader Sajjan Kumar created to hold Lok Sabha and directed Ludhiana district Tabri blackened Rajiv Gandhi’s in the past.” was convicted in the matter, Assembly Elections simultane- police to immediately identify bust and coloured the statue’s He said that they would and Kamal Nath, named in the ously across the country, for this the culprits responsible for the hands red — holding him also blacken other statues in the Nanavati Commission report all political parties would have to violence and take stringent responsible for 1984 riots, while city to express their anger probing riot cases, took oath as give their views and pass a bill in action against them, as per law. the irate Congress workers, against Rajiv Gandhi. Madhya Pradesh Chief the House. As far as Haryana is By the evening, the who gathered at the spot soon Ludhiana Congress presi- Minister. Although Nath does- concerned, elections would be Ludhiana Police’s CIA staff after the news spread, cleaned dent Gurpreet Singh Gogi said n't face criminal charges, he held on their fixed time and if this succeeded in taking into cus- off the bust with milk and water that the culprits would not be was named by several eye-wit- is done by Central Election tody one of the two youth Akali — indicating that the late spared, case would be regis- nesses as being a part of the Commission then the state gov- leaders, Gurdeep Singh Gosha, Congress leader was innocent. tered against them, and a com- mob that killed Sikhs. ernment is ready for simultane- involved in the vandalisation of While doing the act, youth plaint has been lodged with the The controversy spilled ous elections," he said. Replying Rajiv Gandhi’s statue. akali dal leaders — Meetpal police. over to New Delhi when the to a question during a news con- The development came Dugri and Gurdeep Singh A Congress worker said Delhi Assembly passed a res- ference, the chief minister said days after the SAD’s senior Gosha—get their photographs that the act of defiling a former olution demanding swift jus- that in 2024, there can be possi- leader and general secretary in- clicked, which was later shared Prime Minister’s statue is tice to the victims of the mas- bility of conducting simultaneous charge of party’s youth wing in the social media. They “pathetic. The Congress work- sacre. general elections in the country.            #   (  1/32# !+) "  -' 4 " +$"! enior Congress legislators SNP Prajapati and KP Singh +$+ 1 0  have been excluded from the .+ ! State cabinet in Madhya 0+",  " 0 Pradesh. It is being speculated that Ptajapati would be made  -+ Speaker of the State assembly. +"( (+$"  !+ It was expected that these two senior legislators would be 4 $ #5$ 1 1) included in the cabinet, but to ,0+  ! " #! the surprise of many, both the , ,  + , !+ leaders were not seek at the cer- emony. KP Singh is considered ! . # from the camp of senior +$+4  Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia. lost to BJP leader Surendra Besides, it was believed patwa from Bhojpur con- that former Leader of the stituency in the assembly elec- Opposition in the State assem- tions, also distanced himself bly Ajay Singh would get place from the ceremony. in the cabinet, despite the fact This has led to specula- that he has lost the assembly tions, that Ajay Singh and election from his ancestral Suresh Pachouri are annoyed Churhat constituency. with the chief minister. However, he was found miss- However, seeing the stature of ing from the leaders who were these two leaders, party leaders sworn in on Tuesday. feel they would certainly get The list of 28 ministers adjusted somewhere soon. who were about to take oath on There are also talks that the Tuesday, was out in a few Congress party would also newspapers in the morning. appoint parliamentary secre- Probably, due to this, Singh did taries and around a dozen not attend the oath taking cer- party leaders could be accom- emony. modated this way, by according Besides, senior Congress State minister status to the leader Suresh Pachouri, who parliamentary secretaries.   (  ) *+, *-./  $),9

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National Accord (GNA) The US military has regu-      ( '18# including a senior civil servant, A civil servant who head- regained control of the city in larly carried out strikes on  '   the authorities said. ed a department in the foreign December 2016 after eight jihadists in Libya, particularly 5   n hours-long gun and sui- Ten other people were ministry was among the dead, months of deadly fighting. south of Sirte.     Acide attack on a Kabul gov- wounded in what the foreign security sources said. Since then, some jihadists The GNA was set up under        ernment compound killed at ministry said was a suicide Plumes of smoke were seen have returned to the desert in a 2015 UN-brokered deal, but     least 43 people, the health min- attack carried out by "terror- rising from the building as an attempt to regroup and a rival administration based in + istry said on Tuesday, making ists". ambulances, paramedics and reorganise. the country's east aligned with it one of the deadliest assaults A car bomb exploded security forces gathered out- In September, IS claimed military strongman Khalifa 5 ( &  on the Afghan capital this year. near the ministry, prompting side. responsibility for a suicide Haftar refuses to recognise its   &  No militant group has security forces to rush to the There was no immediate attack on the headquarters of authority. % += !   %* claimed responsibility for the scene, said special forces claim of responsibility. Libya's National Oil Rival Libyan leaders had ,      raid, which caps a bloody year spokesman Tarak al-Dawass, Torn apart by power strug- Company in the heart of agreed to a Paris-brokered deal +     for Afghanistan as long-suf- accusing the Islamic State gles and undermined by chron- Tripoli which left two dead and in May to hold a nationwide  ! +   fering civilians and security jihadist group (IS) of respon- ic insecurity, Libya has become 10 wounded. election by the end of the       + ,"3 forces are slaughtered in record sibility. a haven for jihadists since the Four months earlier, it year.But instability, territorial  + + +  numbers. *          !  # 3  &    A suicide bomber then ouster and killing of Moamer claimed an attack on the elec- disputes and divisions have    Another 10 people were ( "     blew himself up on the second Kadhafi in 2011. toral commission's headquar- delayed plans for elections. 6     ,"3  wounded in Monday's mas- floor of the building while a Two competing adminis- ters which left 14 dead. Two days of meetings +      sacre on a site where the gathering last month, killing at the Taliban. second attacker died when the trations, rival militias, tribes In April, the GNA last month in Italy laid bare 1      Ministry of Public Works and least 55 people. It also comes after a major suitcase he was carrying and jihadists have been com- launched an operation to track deep divisions between key + '  an office that handles pensions President Ashraf Ghani, security shake-up in Kabul exploded, he said. peting for control of territory down IS fighters operating in players in the crisis with some  1   2  and benefits for war veterans whose government has been that has placed staunch anti- A third assailant, who was and the country's vast oil areas of western Libya under its delegates refusing to sit side by       are located, spokesman skewered over its security fail- Taliban and Pakistan veterans unarmed and wearing a bul- wealth. control. side.      Waheed Majroh said. ures, said "terrorists attack in charge of the police and mil- Gunmen stormed the com- civilian targets to hide their itary. While there has been no pound mid-afternoon after defeat on the battleground". official announcement of a US detonating a car bomb at the Afghanistan's de facto drawdown, the mere sugges- C  (% !      0 # entrance, sending terrified gov- prime minister Abdullah tion of the United States reduc- ernment workers running for Abdullah also sounded a defi- ing its military presence has    ! + their lives. Some jumped from ant note as he blamed the rattled the Afghan capital and      windows several floors high to Taliban for the attack. potentially undermined peace escape the militants. "Every attack they carry out efforts.          Hundreds more were against our people, our resolve General Scott Miller, the ( :, in Saint Peter's Square. troops in a controversial deci- trapped inside buildings for is further strengthened to elim- top US and NATO commander The pontiff said he hoped sion, arguing that the Islamic hours as heavily armed securi- inate them," he said. in Afghanistan, said Sunday he ( 1-?," bus which had been hijacked ope Francis used his a truce in conflict-ravaged State has been defeated. ty forces swarmed the area, But their statements belie had not received orders to pull crashed into pedestrians on the PChristmas message Tuesday Yemen would end a devastat- "May the international engaging the attackers in a the grim reality on the battle- forces out of the country. t least five persons, includ- street Tuesday afternoon, to appeal for peace in conflict ing war which has killed community work decisively for fierce gun battle punctuated by field where the Taliban have the Trump's decision appar- Aing a policeman, were Xinhua reported, quoting local zones such as Syria and Yemen, around 10,000 people since a political solution... So that the multiple explosions. upper hand. ently came Tuesday as US killed and 21 others injured on authorities. whose populations face some of 2015 and pushed 14 million Syrian people, especially all At least four militants, Afghanistan's largest mili- peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad Tuesday when a hijacked bus A suspect, who had a knife, the world's worst humanitari- Yemenis to the brink of famine. those who were forced to leave including the suicide bomber, tant group has made significant met with the Taliban in Abu crashed into pedestrians after has been detained and an an crises. "My thoughts turn to their own lands and seek refuge were killed and more than 350 territorial gains this year as its Dhabi, part of efforts to bring a knife-wielding man attacked investigation is underway. The "My wish for a happy Yemen, in the hope that the elsewhere, can return to live in people freed, officials said. fighters inflict record casualties the militants to the negotiating its driver in southeastern attacker was not identified by Christmas is a wish for frater- truce brokered by the interna- peace in their own country," he Most of the dead and wound- on government forces. table with Kabul. China's Fujian Province. the police. nity. Fraternity among indi- tional community may finally said. ed were civilians, who have The raid followed a tumul- Many Afghans are worried The incident happened in Photographs shared online viduals of every nation and cul- bring relief to all those children He also said he hoped for borne the brunt of the 17-year tuous few days in Afghanistan that Ghani's fragile unity gov- Longyan, Fujian province, showed people lying injured on ture. Fraternity among people and people exhausted by war renewed peace talks between war. where officials are reeling from ernment would collapse if US state-run Xinhua news agency the ground, while video footage with different ideas... Fraternity and famine," he said. the Israelis and Palestinians It was the deadliest assault US President Donald Trump's troops pulled out, enabling the reported. It said the bus was appeared to show the suspect among persons of different The Pope also evoked the "that can put an end to a con- in the Afghan capital since a plan to slash troop numbers, Taliban to sweep back into hijacked. being detained. religions," he said in his tradi- war in Syria, from where US flict that for over 70 years has suicide bomber blew himself which many fear could harm power and potentially sparking Five people were killed His motive for the attack tional "Urbi and Orbi" (To the President Donald Trump has rent the land chosen by the up in the middle of a religious efforts to end the conflict with another bloody civil war. and 21 others injured after the has yet to be established. City and to the World) address decided to pull out some 2,000 Lord to show his face of love." 2     )=>9== ,+,      ( ' ! *'     ( #/3 - the Kot Lakhpat jail. Tight for trying to reach the jail. Islamabad High Court. Q,  %  ,+ security had been put in place According to the jail The accountability court akistan's ousted prime min- around the jail and Rangers administration, Sharif is pro- verdict on Monday concluded   Pister Nawaz Sharif was shift- were deployed at the police vided with "better class" facil- a series of three court cases - ( /' dates taking part as individuals prevented her from taking part ed to the Kot Lakhpat jail in checkposts established on the ities. Avenfield properties case, ( 5#61 with the BNP. in the election. The BNP and its Lahore amid tight security on route to the prison. Sharif has been shifted to Flagship investment case and angladesh police have "Every day 80 to 90 of our allies have also accused police Tuesday, a day after an anti-cor- Shortly after his conviction the barrack where former pres- Al-Azizia steel mills case - Pakistani lawyer who suc- Barrested more than 10,500 activists have been arrested and ruling Awami League party ruption court sentenced him to in the National Accountability ident Asif Ali Zardari was also launched against the Sharif Acessfully fought a legal bat- opposition activists in a crack- nationwide. These arrests have activists of attacking their seven years in prison in a graft Court's Al-Azizia corruption kept in corruption cases in family by the National tle to acquit a Christian woman down ahead of elections this created a climate of fear," Jamaat activists and candidates. case linked to the high-profile case Monday, Sharif's counsel 1990s. Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a high-profile blasphemy week, opposition parties said on secretary general Shafiqur The BNP had hoped the Panama Papers scandal. requested court to shift him to Upon reaching Kot on September 8, 2017 follow- case says he will return home to Tuesday. Rahman told AFP. deployment of 30,000 troops on Sharif, 69, was sentenced to Lahore jail instead of Adiala Lakhpat jail, doctors carried ing a judgment by the Supreme represent her whenever the The figures were released Police spokesman Sohel Monday would improve secu- seven years of rigorous impris- since the veteran leader is a out a medical examination of Court that disqualified Sharif in country's Supreme Court takes after the United States urged Rana did not confirm any fig- rity across the Muslim-major- onment in the Al-Azizia Steel heart patient and his personal Sharif and found him physi- the Panama Papers case in up a review petition against her. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ure for arrests, but said they did ity majority country of 165 Mills graft case but was acquit- physicians and family members cally fit. July last year. Saiful Malook, who fled to government to do more to not make "unnecessary arrests" million. ted in the Flagship Investments are stationed in Lahore. The Tuesday also marks Sharif's Sharif, his daughter Netherlands following threats to ensure free polls on Sunday without warrants. "The Awami League case by the Accountability request was granted. 69th birthday. The PML-N's Maryam and his son-in-law him from radical Islamists after when she is aiming to win a "We never target any indi- activists along with the law Court in Islamabad on The Punjab province gov- provincial secretariats have Captain (retd) M Safdar were the October 21 acquittal of Asia record fourth term. vidual unless they break the law. enforcing agencies attacked our Monday. ernment approved the provi- planned celebrations, along sentenced to 11 years, eight Bibi, said Tuesday that no date Opposition parties said the These people have specific war- candidates at 28 constituencies The three-time former sion of "better class" jail facili- with Christmas celebrations. years and one year respective- has been set by the court to hear arrests since the election was rants against them," he told (in the last 24 hours). prime minister, who was taken ties for Sharif. The better class The party members also ly in prison in the Avenfield the petition. called on November 8 were AFP. Nineteen of our candidates into custody by police follow- prisoners are provided with a cut a cake in front of the Kot properties case related to their The announcement by intended to create a "climate of Rizvi Ahmed, a BNP and over 100 activists were ing the court judgement, was mattress, a study table and Lakhpat jail. purchase of four luxury flats in Malook came as the 54-year-old fear". spokesman, said the charges injured in the attack," Ahmed taken to Adiala Jail in chair in addition to a TV set Commenting on the ver- London through corrupt prac- mother of five celebrated The main opposition laid against party activists were told a press briefing. Rawalpindi on Monday. and newspaper. dict on Monday, Sharif said his tices. However, the three were Christmas amid security despite Bangladesh Nationalist Party "fictitious" and "ghost" cases" He said that since the elec- Upon reaching Adiala jail, A large number of the conscience was clear as he was bailed out by the Islamabad being freed. (BNP), whose leader Khaleda aiming for "a lopsided election" tion campaign started at least jail doctors carried out a med- Pakistan Muslim League- never involved in any kind of High Court in September. Bibi had been on death row Zia is serving a 17-year jail in favour of Hasina. 152 BNP candidates were ical examination of the PML- Nawaz supporters gathered corruption. The apex court set the since 2010 on charges of insult- term, said 7,021 of its activists Hasina and Zia have been attacked and hundreds N leader and found him phys- outside the jail to have a "I was never involved in deadline for December 24 to ing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. had been detained. political foes since the intro- of activists were injured in ically fit. glimpse of their Quaid misuse of authority and cor- wrap up the remaining two The radical Tehreek-e- Its Islamist ally, Jamaat-e- duction of democracy in clashes. Police spokesman Rana On Tuesday morning, (supreme) leader. However, ruption so my conscience is at corruption cases against the Labbaik political party held vio- Islami, said more than 3,500 fol- 1991.They have traditionally denied police had attacked any Sharif was taken to Nur Khan due to high security they were peace," he said. Sharif family. lent nationwide protests lowers were in custody. Jamaat- alternated in power but Hasina's opposition activists, acknowl- Air Base amid tight security. not allowed to come close to Sharif's lawyers said the On Monday, the court demanding her public execution e-Islami is banned from con- current rule has lasted since edging only that "isolated inci- Sharif was then flown to the prison. Police also baton accountability court's verdict delivered the judgement in after her release. testing elections but has candi- 2009 and Zia's jail term this year dents" were possible. Lahore, where he was shifted to charged the PML-N workers will be challenged in the two remaining cases. ",,   %   O  3    1  +    6,+,  + , + !      + >   (       + ,  ,  ,    +     ( 5,18# Manbij until the US withdraws. Russian President Vladimir ( .5/,"3, Columbia, Maryland, a gov- Under the June deal, Kurdish Putin. Turkey has been negoti- ( #3,3, ernment contractor with no ( 8,-,3,5 may go (back)." urkey said Tuesday it is forces would leave Manbij, in ating on behalf of the Syrian he lights were not twinkling. office to work in after the holi- As for Iran, Nebenzia said Tworking with the United the western Euphrates valley, opposition with Russia and ritain is forbidding puppies TThe toy trains were not days as long as federal buildings ussia's UN Ambassador says he worries about U.S. Strategy States to coordinate the with- but delays have infuriated Iran, which support the Syrian Band kittens from being sold whirring. Even the nearby bath- stayed closed. Rrelations between Moscow if its sanctions don't bring about drawal of American forces but Turkey. government, as part of efforts by pet shops in a bid to crack rooms were locked. He, his wife and their tod- and Washington are "practical- the changes in behaviour the remains "determined" to clear "It is crucial that the US to end the nearly 8-year civil down on animal exploitation The national Christmas dler on Monday came to see the ly non-existent," which he says Trump administration wants. US-allied Kurdish fighters from doesn't appear as not having war. and abuse. tree, symbol of a country's sea- giant, glittering spruce tree is bad not only for both coun- He sees "a danger if they go to northeastern Syria. kept its promises," Cavusoglu A top Russian official says The government said it sonal cheer, instead stood as an brought from Colorado to serve tries but for the world — and he the limits." Foreign Minister Mevlut said. that Moscow expects that a hot- will roll out the icon of a government in paral- as the national Christmas tree, sees little prospect for improve- "I'm worried if anybody Cavusoglu told reporters that "if He argued that Turkey has line between Russia and the US legislation next year after hold- ysis, as the partial shutdown normally a focal point for ment anytime soon. wants to go to war with Iran, Turkey says it will enter, it the "strength to neutralize" IS military will be kept in place ing public consultations that stretched into the holiday with Washington holiday visitors. Vassily Nebenzia said in a and that is the enigma and the will," in comments carried by on its own and criticised France, despite the impending US showed 95-percent support for an array of federal services But a locked chain-link recent wide-ranging interview question — what is the strate- private DHA news agency. which has promised to stay in withdrawal from Syria. the ban. frozen, some 800,000 public fence blocked access to the site with a small group of journal- gy about Iran?" Nebenzia asked. For weeks, Turkey has been Syria despite the US decision. Trump announced last "This will mean that any- servants either idled or about to and the nearby White House ists that the Trump adminis- He said the U.S. And Russia threatening to launch a new Cavusoglu warned it would week that the US will withdraw one looking to buy or adopt a be and the disruption to the visitor's center and its bath- tration should offer some incen- need to talk about global issues offensive against the Kurdish not benefit France if it was stay- all of its 2,000 forces in Syria, a puppy or kitten under six broader public bound to grow rooms were closed, with a hand- tives to North Korea to move including strategic stability, ter- fighters, who partnered with the ing in Syria to protect the YPG, move that will leave control of months must either deal direct- when the quiet spell ends later scrawled sign directing visitors forward toward denucleariza- rorism, narcotics and regional US to drive the Islamic State the main Kurdish militia in the oil-rich eastern third of ly with the breeder or with an this week. to portable toilets, which also tion, saying the situation "is conflicts, and he thinks group out of much of northern Syria. Syria up for grabs. animal re-homing centre," the Already facilities at many were chained shut. "Kind of stalemated at the moment." President Donald Trump and eastern Syria. Erdogan, speaking to Russia launched its military Department of Environment national parks were shuttered, if annoying when you've got Russia and China have "understands pretty well that it's Ankara views the Kurdish reporters in Ankara, said operation in Syria in 2015 to Food and Rural Affairs the parks were accessible at all, young children," Forcherio said. backed an easing of sanctions to better to cooperate." forces as terrorists because of Turkey was taking into account back its longtime ally President (Defra) said on Sunday as part and thousands of federal build- Access to the site was spur momentum, but the U.S. But he said because Russia their links to an insurgent Trump's announcement on Bashar Assad. of its Christmas animal welfare ings were to remain closed restored later Monday and final- Insists that North Korea must has become a major issue in U.S. group inside Turkey. Syria rather than French Russian Deputy Foreign push. when the work week resumed ly, as night fell on Christmas first make major steps toward Domestic policies — accused of President Donald Trump President Emmanuel Macron's Minister Sergei Ryakov said The measure is common- unless President Donald Trump Eve, the lights returned. eliminating its nuclear pro- hacking and interfering in the announced the planned with- decision. Tuesday in an interview with ly called Lucy's Law in honour and members of Congress The government had gram. "I'm concerned that it 2016 U.S. Elections which is drawal of US forces after a The future of the interna- the RIA Novosti news agency of a Cavalier King Charles quickly break through a budget announced a day earlier that it doesn't roll back" to the 2017 era being investigated by special phone call with Turkish tional coalition against IS, that it would be a "big mistake" Spaniel who was rescued from impasse that the White House would be sealed off because of of increasing nuclear and mis- counsel Robert Mueller — "and President Recep Tayyip which includes Turkey, the US to dismantle a hotline that a puppy farm in Wales in 2013. said could drag on into 2019. the shutdown and because sile tests and escalating rhetoric, given the vulnerabilities that Erdogan earlier this month. and France, remains unclear. Russia and the US use to pre- She had spent most of her Under cloudy skies in a repairs had slowed after an Nebenzia said. drift around this administration, The minister also said The Turkish president also vent potential clashes in Syria life in a cage and was no longer brisk wind on the third day of episode of vandalism on the tree "I think that the I don't see too bright prospects Ankara and Washington have announced that a delegation pending the US withdrawal able to breed because her hips the shutdown, the capital put on before the weekend. It reopened US Hopefully is starting to for improving (relations) any agreed to complete a roadmap was heading to Moscow and and said he sees no indications had fused together from lack of little holiday wonder for visitors with money from the National understand that the situation time soon." on the northern Syrian town of that he would meet with the Americans would do that. movement. like Greg Forcherio of Park Foundation, a charity.   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While         .   6 $    ( ( I cannot speak for the petitioners in the           - S        . 789: case that was filed before the Supreme           ! %     ( Court in this matter, the Congress has con- sistently maintained its stand that the        $  ;    ;   ! % appropriate forum for an examination of                      the issues raised against the Rafale deal is #  -    ; .   . * $   ( not the Supreme Court but a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). 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This examina- especially troubling paragraph with which this Government Minister hold a press confer-         #           tion by the apex court, as I am sure the in the judgement of the apex has approached the court and ence and answer questions on Government fully knows, is limited to the court, which stated that as per placed facts before it. The the deal from journalists?           ;  "    extent that the court, under its Article 32 the Centre, the pricing details, Government could argue that Of these questions, the !          (        jurisdiction, cannot summon/examine all with respect to the Rafale jets, the public should trust it to question as to why a JPC  %   (  ! %     ;   the relevant file notings, examine witness- were shared with the place authentic facts before the should not be constituted, is es on oath and have the Prime Minister Comptroller and Auditor court and that its statements perhaps the most pertinent. *                 ( and Defence Minister answer questions on General (CAG) and that the should be taken at face value. The Finance Minister’s        !         # -   propriety. As stated by the Supreme Court report was examined by the However, the Government’s response to this question was   ! %S      ;       itself, there are broadly three issues that the Public Accounts Committee ./-,/-1?2 tactics of obfuscation as evi- that Parliament cannot ques-                    Supreme Court was required to examine, (PAC). This was a shock to the .5,/- denced through its entire term tion the judgment of the high- (1) the process of procurement of the Congress as the PAC do not inspire any trust. est court of the land. This .6$    >          / Rafale jets from Dassault Aviation; (2) the Chairman 322353, So, in light of the limited seems like a convenient excuse. ;          -       issue of pricing of the jets; and (3) the selec- received no such copy of the ,55-3, examination of the Supreme For starters, the Supreme %                 tion of Anil Ambani as the offset partner report. Court and the manner in Court itself has stated that this for Dassault Aviation. In a situation, frankly ?2 3,/-(" which it has been misled by the is only a limited examination  #                All of these issues and the allegations approaching the absurd, the Government, the question that and, therefore, there appears to    .6$    789:          against the Government warrant and Government of India then ,13C3 5 arises is what is the best way be prohibition on a JPC to look    789?(9= ,        ,S    ( require a thorough examination. Only a moved an application before 558-553 forward to deal with this entire into the matter in greater detailed examination of the deal, as is being the Supreme Court saying that episode? While this may come detail. Further, when the BJP (  !     .    !      demanded by the Congress and increas- the statement of the Centre ./ as a surprise to the readers, I was in the Opposition, it insist-         ,       ! %    ingly by the people of the country, can help had been “misunderstood” 3 ,"3 would actually like to offer the ed on a JPC on the 2G case and               , *     actually determine whether there was any because of a grammatical error, Government a word of advice the Bofors matter as well. instance of wrongdoing. Therefore, the and stated that in fact the PAC /-C,,- to help them get out of this Then what according to the                  claim of the BJP that the decision of the had never actually examined 6,5- mess: Sunlight is the best dis- Finance Minister makes the      /           .6$    Supreme Court on the basis of the limit- this report. The convenience of infectant. Rafale deal so special?               ;      ed information placed before the court the explanation aside, the rel- 6'-5/- At the end of the day, the It is, therefore, apparent constitutes a clean chit from it is a little far- evant question that must be C#--# Government has been posed that if the BJP wants to get this             S    98     fetched. Separately, the essential question asked is: How much of this with some uncomfortable Rafale-shaped monkey off its                ( before the BJP is whether a limited exam- obfuscation the Government ,CC- -,L questions and, therefore, the back, it will have to ultimate- S      @ . 789A             ination and an absolute clean chit can go engaged in while presenting its BJP must come forward and ly relent and allow for a thor- hand in hand? arguments before the Supreme answer these three questions ough examination of the deal. $          .6$         One would think it couldn’t because Court? and expose the present Rafale While the Government may      789: a limited examination and an unequivo- At the end of the day, the controversy to the required wish to dream away its prob- cal clean chit are a contradiction in terms. Supreme Court only examined disinfectant of proper scrutiny: lems or throw insults at the The Finance Minister and industrialist the questions posed by it from i) If there is nothing to Opposition to discourage and Anil Ambani of course believe otherwise, a limited perspective and hide, why not constitute a dissuade these uncomfortable judging by the statements that we have placed reliance on the state- JPC? questions, it must be aware    seen in the few days since the pronounce- ments of the Government on ii) If the new Rafale jets are that at some point it will be ment of the decision of the court. It was face value to some extent. 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Assembly polls in Rajasthan, May 2018, the Congress, in its bid to ing the year. Most important of are ruling in seven States. This is indeed innovative solutions are needed. Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, stop the Saffron Party’s surge, surpris- them all was the Telugu Desam a big change from the earlier days when Sixth, the issue of demonetisation that for long remained the ruling ingly backed the Janata Dal (Secular) Party’s (TDS) decision to break the Congress ruled the ‘seven sisters’ for and Goods and Services Tax (GST), party’s bastion, dealt a further blow, JD(S) to form the Government in alliance with the NDA in March. long. The BJP has proved that it has too, needs to be addressed. It is clear making it clear that the Prime Minister Karnataka. The efforts of the Congress Bihar’s Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, become a pan national party by spread- that the former hit the people hard. was no longer invincible. Besides, proved that coalition could well be the (RLSP) led by Upendra Kushwaha, ing its wings in the west, east and cen- Even two years after demonetisation,  & &1  results to these three Hindi heartland best bet for the Opposition. was the latest one to quit. What’s tral India, besides having roots in the informal and agricultural sectors are &$3(   States also showed that the BJP could The picture of senior Opposition worse is that both leaders have now Karnataka. The North-East has become suffering. Demonetisation also result-  (  not escape anti-incumbency even in its leaders, which included UPA chairper- joined the Congress’ ranks. What was Congress-mukt now. ed in job losses and a decrease in labour s 2018 comes to a close, it will bastions. son , Rahul Gandhi, also strange was the tie-up between Fifth, agrarian crisis has led to force participation rate.   N5  be pertinent to look back and Second, post the Congress’ victo- former Prime Minister Deve Gowda, the Congress and the TDP in the more than 3,00,000 suicides among Seventh, Mayawati cannot be    O    Asee how the year fared, politi- ry in these States, its electoral fortunes Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Assembly elections in Telangana. farmers in the last 20 years. The BJP is ignored politically. The year 2019 will       cally. The year was especially impor- are said to be looking up. Congress chief Mayawati, Trinamool Congress chief The two parties remained bitter in denial mode even after suffering elec- see more and more parties running     tant because it taught a few lessons to Rahul Gandhi and his party received Mamata Banerjee and Rashtriya Lok rivals ever since the 1980s. toral loses in some States. Agrarian cri- after her for alliance. . 6     political parties of all shades. Until a a major boost after registering impres- Dal president Ajit Singh among others, Earlier in year, the Peoples sis is going to be one of the biggest Eighth, national parties have not few months back, no one expressed sive wins in Rajasthan, Madhya joining hands during JDS leader HD Democratic Party (PDP)-BJP experi- issues in the 2019 polls. The party been able to defeat regional satraps, as >    doubts about Prime Minister Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Rahul Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in ceremo- ment in Jammu & Kashmir, too, col- should have taken note of it when was proved by the Telangana Rashtra        Narendra Modi coming back to power Gandhi emerged as a leader in his own ny, flaunting a ‘show of unity’, was lapsed, thus proving that unnatural 30,000 farmers came knocking at the Samithi (TRS) chief K Chandrashekhar    in 2019. But now, it looks like the next right. The Grand Old Party has now telling. Since then, Rahul Gandhi and alliances cannot work in Indian poli- doors of the national capital in October- Rao. Also, the BJP has not been able to   + general election will no more be a become the biggest party in relatively the once-dithering Congress, appear to tics for long. The BJP lost the support November. Few of their demands expand its base in the south. The year   + +  cake-walk for the Prime Minister. five large States — Karnataka, Punjab, be more focused and consistent. Post of Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani included unconditional loan waiver, 2019 will show how much the politi- More importantly, the Bharatiya Janata Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya this development, the Opposition has Awam Morcha in Bihar. On top of that, implementation of the recommenda- cal parties will address the lessons learnt  +  +   Party’s (BJP) juggernaut was haulted Pradesh. So, the idea of a ‘Congress- been making efforts to forge a common the Shiv Sena has been threatening to tions of the MS Swminathan in 2018. It will be visible in the poll 5 + 1   during the year, at least temporarily, mukt bharat’ is no longer a reality. The anti-BJP front for the 2019 polls. quit the alliance in Maharashtra. Pawan Commission, et al — a demand results but both the NDA and the UPA        giving a jolt to the Modi Government Congress has also shown that it has Third, the BJP’s alliances are Kalyan’s Jana Sena also quit in Andhra ignored by successive Governments. need to move from the existing  F    and the BJP in particular. strong regional leaders in these States. showing signs of strain. Most of its Pradesh. The Congress, on the other The Opposition as well as the ruling machinery and build a new narrative  +  The saffron party’s defeat began The tide began to turn from allies have voiced concerns about the hand, did the unthinkable by joining dispensation will have to come up with to woo the voters. with it losing the battle in Karnataka. December 2017, when the BJP won by party’s ‘big brother’ attitude. Some hands with the TDP and the JD(S). a new narrative. Farm loan waivers are (The writer is a senior political com-     Its deafeat in the just concluded a narrow majority in Gujarat. Then in even abandoned the NDA fold dur- Fourth, today, the BJP and its allies not an answer to their problems. More mentator)        (  ) *+, *-./ '

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     N   !  !  1 ( 2,   O ihar Chief Minister Nitish !=> BKumar on Tuesday paid a Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief murders in the past before he moving tribute to former Minister H D Kumaraswamy has came to Bengaluru and he was Prime Minister Atal Bihari got embroiled in a controversy disappointed with the police. ( 6 N28 Ashish Patel’s remarks Vajpayee on his birth anniver- after a purported video, showing “I don’t know how you will come days after Rashtriya Lok sary and said the late leader him ordering a police official to handle it (the case).. Because it mall parties should be Samta Party (RSLP) Chief would always be remembered “shoot mercilessly” those who was your responsibility. I am Srespected and given due Upendra Kushwaha walked for art of successfully running killed a JD(S) worker in Mandya, actually disappointed because it importance by their bigger out of the NDA. He was upset a coalition government. went viral. (the murder) brought a bad allies, Ashish Patel, national with the BJP after it asserted Kmar said he relished After drawing flak over his name. He (who was murdered) president of Apna Dal(S) party, that the RLSP would not be memories of having worked comments, the chief minister was a good person.. There is no a constituent of the BJP-led given more than two seats in with Vajpayee as a minister said “it was an emotional out- problem if you shoot such peo- National Democratic Alliance the 2019 Lok Sabha election. holding important portfolios burst” and he did not mean it. ple mercilessly,” he said alluding (NDA), said on Tuesday. Earlier in March, the Telugu like Railway, Agriculture and The opposition BJP lashed to the alleged killers. He also cautioned the saf- Desam Party (TDP) ended its Surface Transport and fondly out at Kumaraswamy over the “I am least bothered (about fron party that a tie-up between four-year-old alliance with the recalled the love he always issue and termed it “irresponsi- the consequences),” the CM was the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) NDA over the Centre’s refusal to showered on me, something ble and nonsense”. further heard saying. and the Samajwadi Party (SP) grant Special Category Status to I would never be able to JD(S) worker H Prakash As he faced criticism, in Uttar Pradesh would pose a Andhra Pradesh. forget. (50) was allegedly hacked to Kumaraswamy told reporters in challenge to it in 2019 Lok Asked how many seats his Atal ji shall always be death by four men in Maddur Vijayapura that he acted in a fit Sabha election. party would like to contest in remembered for the role he town of Mandya district Monday of rage as he knew the victim. “We small parties, like the in Uttar Pradesh in 2019 Lok played in national politics and evening, police said. The “It is beyond my imagina- Apna Dal(S), want some Sabha election, Ashish Patel the manner in which he upheld assailants stopped Prakash’s car tion that such a person can ever respect to be shown to us. We, said it would be revealed when social harmony. I have per- when he was going home and be killed. My words were only an our leaders and workers feel the time comes. sonal regard for him. I have hacked him to death with emotional outburst, which I did hurt if due importance is not He asserted that the Apna worked under his leadership as machetes. Prakash was a former not mean,” he said. given to us,” Ashish Patel told Dal(S) had widened its base a ministerreceived his ashir- Zila Panchayat member. Meanwhile, Kumaraswamy’s mediapersons here. during the last five years. wad (love and blessings), he $  #  ( !       #  $ )*!        Tension prevailed in office also issued a statement say- He added that his party The party’s candidates told reporters on the sidelines ( #       Maddur and Mandya after the ing the comments were an “emo- was not happy with the behav- Anupriya Patel and Harivansh of a function organised here on incident as people ‘gheraoed’ the tional reaction” to the incident iour of the BJP-led state gov- Singh won from Mirzapur and the occasion of the birth the opposition used to be a hold a state function every year Governor Lalji Tandon, police station demanding imme- and not orders.The chief minis- ernment with Union Minister Pratapgarh respectively. anniversary of Vajpayee who sight to behold, Kumar who in his memory. A statue of his Deputy CM Sushil Kumar diate arrest of the murderers. ter recalled there were two mur- of State for Health Anupriya Responding to a question, passed away in August this heads the Janata Dal (United) will also be erected in Patna for Modi, Assembly Speaker Vijay Following the killing of his ders earlier in the locality and Patel, also his wife. Ashish Patel denied that the year. said. which a proper spot will be Kumar Chaudhary, ministers party man, Kumaraswamy pur- that he had asked the police to The Apna Dal(S) chief BJP’s defeats in the recently The positive manner in He earned respect from all identified, the Chief Minister Nand Kishore Yadav, Mangal portedly gave instruction over be careful as the accused in the claimed that she was not given concluded assembly polls in which he dealt with his alliance segments of society. No other added. Pandey and Vinod Narain Jha phone, which was caught on crime were released on bail. “.. adequate importance and not Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan partners is a memory to be politician has been able to The function, held at the and a number of other mem- camera and went viral. But no measures were taken. I even invited for inaugurations and Chhattisgarh had weak- cherished. Even the dignity match his popularity in the Sri Krishna Memorial Hall, bers of the states bicameral leg- In the video, the CM is heard think that police did not do their of medical colleges. ened the party. with which he treated those in recent past. We have decided to was attended among others by islature. saying that there were three duty properly,” he said. PTI $#!!  #   2    +   )?55  - > -  ,, -       & +> ,+  +          Jaipur: A day after Cabinet for- state ministers took oath in the mation, Rajasthan Congress presence of Governor Kalyan chief Sachin Pilot Tuesday hint- Singh, Chief Minister Ashok ( #" / ! ! ) !+ < " NGO Childline Aligarh which = - $ 1 ) " , isfaction over the progress of Ram temple in Ayodhya. ed at its expansion in near Gehlot and Deputy Chief -+ $+,,+ ,10 " 4+ helped in bringing the girl the matter in the court. The apex court is sched- future, saying several leaders Minister Sachin Pilot. n a fairy tale ending of a real- home. ((+ ) " ""0+, # ," 4 $ " The top court had in uled to take up a batch of peti- will be given a chance to work. A total of 18 fresh faces Ilife story, a 17-year-old, men- For the last few months,  4++ # October rejected an urgent tions for hearing in the Ram The statement comes were inducted in the state cab- tally challenged girl, who had ! ,+,!+$ +$  the orphanage management hearing after the Uttar Pradesh Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid amidst growing resentment inet even as senior leaders like gone missing in Kedarnath $(! #+  440 had been observing that the girl ( #8',3. government argued that it was title dispute case on January 4. among some senior Congress C P Joshi and Deependra Singh during 2013 deluge there, has " ,, $+ $ often tried to communicate a 100-year-old dispute that The matter is listed before leaders who were apparently abstained from attending the been reunited with her family  + ,$  "!$  - something about Aligarh city he Babri Masjid Action should be taken up on priori- a bench comprising Chief left fuming after being denied ceremony held at Raj Bhawan. in Aligarh after five years. through her limited verbal TCommittee (BMAC) ty. Justice Ranjan Gogoi and ministerial berths in the new Various other senior lead- Elated over the return of ! ),) +) # $! skills, Mishra said. Tuesday appealed to Muslims The decision to move the Justice SK Kaul. government. ers including Brijendra Ola, their long-lost grand-daughter ! !!+)(+, They somehow got in to refrain from reacting to any case to January was seen by The bench is likely to con- “Every division of the state Parasram Mordiya, Rajendra Chanchal, her grandparents 1$ # # !+# $)! 4+ touch with Aligarh city legis- inflammatory statement on the many to have dimmed hopes stitute a three-judge bench for has been given representation Pareek, Mahesh Joshi were not parents Harish Chand and lator Sanjiv Raja who then Ram temple issue ahead of the for a verdict before the Lok hearing as many as 14 appeals in the Council of Ministers. It inducted in the state cabinet. Shakuntla Devi, residents of took Mishra’s assistance. resumption of hearing in the Sabha election a few months filed against the 2010 was the first expansion. Hours later, supporters of Bannadevi locality here, said, returned home after some- Mishra, in turn, managed to case in the Supreme Court hence. Allahabad High Court judg- Another expansion may hap- Congress legislator from Kaman, “This reunion is nothing short time, Harish Chand told media identify the family of the lost next week.. It triggered loud demands ment, delivered in four civil pen in sometime. Several peo- Zahida Khan and legislator from of a miracle.” persons here Monday. girl with the help of police, and BMAC convenor Zafaryab for an ordinance within the BJP suits, that the 2.77-acre land be ple would be given a chance to Guda Malani, Hema Ram Chanchal had gone to Chanchal, then 12, was restored her to it. Jilani said the appeal was issued and various groups linked to partitioned equally among work on various posts,” Pilot Chaudhary took to the streets Kedarnath on a pilgrimage feared dead but some good Chachal still misses her at a meeting of the action its ideological mentor Rashtriya three parties -- the Sunni Waqf told reporters. and raised anti-government slo- with her parents when the samaritans handed her over to long-lost father Rajesh and committee here. Swayamsevak Sangh to pave Board, the Nirmohi Akhara On Monday, 23 ministers, gans for not giving their leaders tragedy struck, sweeping away an orphanage in Jammu, said keeps remembering him, The meeting expressed sat- way for the construction of the and Ram Lalla. including 13 cabinet and 10 a ministerial berth. PTI her father, while her mother director Gyanendra Mishra of Harish Chand said. $.        41

( 6/8  Janata Party Memeber of If the remark made by Sunday that Hanuman was a Legislative Council (MLA) Nawab has the BJP high-com- sportsperson. wami Adhokshjanand Deo from the state, Bukkal Nawab, mand’s approval, “then the However, he had dismissed STirth Tuesday said Uttar dubbed Lord Hanuman a party will have to get a mosque his party colleagues’ attempts at Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Muslim on the ground that his constructed for Lord identifying the deity’s caste Adityanath and other leaders name rhymed with Islamic Hanuman”, the seer said. and said gods don’t have castes. have vitiated the atmosphere in names like Rahman, Arman, The chief minister had The seer asked the BJP to the country by linking Lord Qurban etc. hurt religious sentiments by clear its stand on the remarks Hanuman to various castes During an election rally in terming Lord Hanuman a and claimed no clarification and communities. Rajasthan, Adityanath had Dalit, even as his office later was issued by the party on the He demanded that Prime termed the deity a Dalit. issued a clarification, claim- statements on Lord Hanuman. Minister Narendra Modi and “On one side the BJP, from ing that Adityanath was mis- “The silence by BJP high- other top leaders of the BJP time to time, has been bring- quoted, the shankaracharya er ups and RSS functionaries should clear the party’s stand ing up the Ram temple issue said. (on the remarks on Lord and bar party functionaries and on the other, its leaders are “Adityanath and other lead- Hanuman) indicates that for from disrespectful remarks making absurd remarks on ers’ remarks on Hanuman have the BJP, the Ram temple is a about gods and goddesses. Hindu gods and goddesses, vitiated the atmosphere in the tool to garner votes,” he said, The seer’s reaction came hurting religious sentiments,” country,” the seer said. adding that the temple in after Uttar Pradesh Religious Shankaracharya Lord Hanuman has been Ayodhya will be constructed by Affair Minister Laxmi Narayan Adhokshajanand Deo Tirth termed a Jat, Thakur, a sports- seers and dharmacharyas. Chaudhary dubbed Lord said here. man and even a Muslim, even At a meeting held in Hanuman as a Jat, saying like “The Ram temple in though gods and goddesses Vrindavan, the coordinator of Jats, the deity never tolerated Ayodhya will be incomplete are above caste and religion, he the Mathura Nagar Nigam Tara injustice towards anybody, any- without Lord Hanuman as stated. Chandra Goshwami also con-     !   "!     where. Ram had himself praised Uttar Pradesh Sports demned the remarks of BJP      .!     The minister made the Hanumanji calling him like Minister and former cricketer leaders on Hindu gods and remark Friday after a Bharatiya his brother Bharat,” he said. Chetan Chauhan had said on goddesses.   (  ) *+, *-./ >

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President of Indian Christian Voice ment at not being invited for the inauguration Iplace two days ahead of Christmas, Till Tuesday evening, the and former Vice Chairman- of the country’s longest rail road bridge in Assam at least 12 worshippers were injured, Kolhapur police had not made any Minorities Commission Dr Abraham though he had laid the foundation stone of it. when a group of vandals attacked arrests in connection with the attack Mathai described the incident as Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday them during a Sunday mass with on the church and worshippers. “very unfortunate” that the church inaugurated the 4.9 km long bridge at Bogibeel beer bottles, hockey sticks and chop- The investigations have revealed and worshippers were attacked in a across Brahmaputra river, built at a cost of Rs pers at a Church at Kowad in that the attackers might have fled to village in Kolhapur district. 5,900 crore. The foundation stone for the pro- Chandwad taluka of Kolhapur dis- neighbouring Belagavi city in Talking to “The Pioneer”, Mathai ject was laid by Gowda when he was the prime trict in western Maharashtra. Karnataka. "Our investigations have said: “ I had warned the Supreme minister in 1997. Reports reaching the State head- revealed that after the church inci- Court about the possibility of attacks M   4 ?;!  ))$+4+41+$ quarters said on Tuesday some “15 dent, the same group of goons on churches in the run-up to and dur- to 20” unidentified attackers, who attacked people in Talguli and ing Christmas festivities. In fact, I had 4+@ 4+ +"( (+$"4 #! arrived at the New Life Fellowship Dindalkop villages on their way to written a letter to the Chief Justice of ! +4+ +, 1 0  N Church at Chandwad in motor- Belagavi," a senior police officer said India nearly a fortnight back, seeking bikes when the mass was on there on on Tuesday. withdrawal of the privilege of burn- Sunday, first hurled stones and beer The police have launched a ing crackers till 12.30 am and rather “Railway line to Kashmir, Delhi Metro and bottles at the church for 20 to 30 manhunt for the vandals by forming ensure protection and safety of Bogibeel rail road bridge were among the pro- minutes and later barged inside the four teams. “We have not arrested Churches for Christmas. I had told jects I had sanctioned (as prime minister). I had place of worship. any one so far,” the police officer said. him clearly that Christian sanctioned the budget of Rs 100 crore for each There were in all 40 worshippers Meanwhile, the police have reg- Community needs protection and of these projects and laid their foundation stones. inside the church when the incident istered offences against the unknown safety more than permissions to People have forgotten today,” Gowda said. took place at around 11.30 – nearly persons under sections 143 (pun- burn crackers on Christmas Eve” Replying to a question from reporters on the !7        4! !"4 #  half an hour after the start of Sunday ishment for unlawful assembly), “While we respect the ruling of sidelines of a function here as to how he felt about     ( * 0 /        )    '  "5%: service. 146, 147 (rioting) 148 (Rioting, the Supreme Court, the ruling will the inauguration of the project started by him,  %% "?    The attackers, who had covered armed with deadly weapons, 295 encourage the use of firecrackers the former prime minister said he had given the their faces to avoid being identified, (injuring or defiling place of worship which has not been part of the nod for many projects.     6861 President NWWA, Western their dependents, who reside at smashed the heads of the worship- with intent to insult the religion of Christmas Celebration in the past To a question whether he received an invi- Region, unveiled the commis- the Karanja naval station. pers with empty beer bottles and also any class), 323 ( punishment for vol- and will set a precedent which is tation, Gowda quipped, “Aiyo Rama! Who will ndian Naval Hospital Ship, sioning plaque of the hospital. The commissioning of this hit them with hockey sticks, injur- untarily causing hurt), 427 adverse to the environment. Anarchic remember me? Some newspapers might have IINHS Sandhani was on The Commissioning Warrant 30-bedded hospital, with a ing at least a dozen of them. Most of (Mischief) and 452 (House trespass elements can also take advantage of mentioned about it.” Monday commissioned at was read by the first team of specialists in the fields the injured were mostly those who after preparation for hurt, assault or the situation to discredit the peace On the enormous delay in completing the Naval Station Karanja at Uran Commanding Officer of the of Medicine, Surgery, had formed a protection ring around wrongful confinement). loving community,” Mathai said. project, he said, “That is where I differ. I com- in Raigad district at the hands hospital, Surgeon Captain HBS Gynecology, Pediatrics, a majority of worshippers soon after Though the motive behind the “Adequate security and elaborate pleted the Hassan-Mysuru project in 13 months. of Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, Chaudhry. Anesthesia and Dental the vandals barged inside the church. attack has not been established, the protection measures need to be put I completed two bridges on time. Anagwadi Flag-Officer Commanding-in- With the steady expansion Sciences; will not only improve The Kolhapur police said that the investigators suspect that right-wing in place to protect Christian com- bridge (across Ghataprabha). Go and see the Chief, Western Naval of Naval Station Karanja, over the quality and speed of health- injured were admitted to a private activists might have been the attack. munity during this festive season and bridge on Krishna river. Command. the last few decades, a need for care delivery, but also obviate hospital at Belagavi in the neigh- “All the same, we are not ruling out to deter communal goons from “Some people from Bombay Karnataka Surgeon Vice Admiral a dedicated multi-specialty hos- the need for patients, including bouring Karnataka, where eight were anything, including the involve- attacking them and ultimately dis- region say that Deve Gowda did not do anything Anup Banerji, DGMS (Navy) pital was felt, in order to pro- those with critical ailments treated and discharged and the con- ment of right-wing activists. We are rupting their prayer meetings,” (for the north Karnataka region), go and see it,” delivered the welcome address vide quality healthcare to more and emergency cases, to trav- dition of the remaining four was looking at all angles,” a senior police Mathai said. he added. and Mrs. Preeti Luthra, than 8,000 naval personnel and el by sea to Mumbai. O' 3) P#(3 

%&  ((  the Lok Sabha polls, the DMK ately after Stalin’s interaction and assured them that all the /-,, would launch the massive out- with bishops and priests of var- opposition parties would fall in reach programme on January ious denominations of the line after the election to ong of Solomon (7:11) with 3 , 2019 from Thiruvarur, the Church held at Tiruchirappalli endorse his call. His efforts to Sslight change is going to be home constituency of late M last Saturday. Though staged as be a modern day Karunanidhi the theme of the campaign of Karunanidhi, the party’s for- a Christmas gala , the bishops has come a cropper and Stalin the DMK for the upcoming mer president who breathed and priests assured Stalin the is upset over the cool response Lok Sabha elections. The his last in August his year. full support of the communi- from his own party leaders,” song “Come, my beloved, let The assembly election ty in the upcoming elections. said G Sathyamurthy, colum- us go the countryside ..” has 2016 has seen Stalin, who was “Office bearers of the party nist and political commentator. been slightly altered to suit the the then working president of has been allocated districts in The outreach programme changed situation. “Let us go the party leading “We For which they have to undertake has been announced at a time to the people, Let us speak to Ourselves” campaign in which the outreach the programme. when the ruling AIADMK is the people, Let us win the he interacted with people in all We have been asked to speak fast disintegrating itself due to hearts of the people” would be the 234 assembly constituen- to the villagers, make them infightings. In Sunday, a party party chief Stalin's theme song cies in Tamil Nadu. Though speak about their problems meeting convened at of the campaign for DMK’s the DMK could not unseat the and inform them about the Thoothukudi by Kadambur 2019 Lok Sabha election. ruling AIADMK from power, action programme Stalin has C Raju, the publicity minister DMK leaders will tour all the the party put up a spirited fight prepared to resolve their had to be called off following villages in the State and will and won 89 seats. issues,” said K S scuffles between various fac- leave no stones un-turned in Stalin plans to relaunch Radhakrishnan, spokesman of tion leaders in the district in the run up to the 2019 elec- the outreach programme from the DMK. the presence of the minister. tion. where he left it in 2016. But Interestingly, the DMK Stalin accused Prime This was announced by M this time, party leaders too chief is upset over the lack of Minister Modi of playing the K Stalin, party president, after would chip in because it is dif- support for his call to project role of peace maker between a day-long meeting with the ficult for the partry leader Rahul Gandhi as the Prime chief minister Edappadi district level office bearers himself to attend the Grama Ministerial candidate of the Palaniswamy and his deputy O and constituencies-in-charge Sabha like meetings planned Opposition for the upcoming Panneerselvan. “This is being of the DMK on Monday. in all the 12,617 panchayaths parliamentary election. He done to facilitate the formation Though the election in the State. wrote a lengthy letter to the of a BJP-AIADMK alliance in Commission has not The outreach programme party cadre explaining the rea- Tamil Nadu,” alleged Stalin    !                   announced the schedule of has been announced immedi- sons for his announcement after Monday’s meeting.      +, !  $ *   

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Please timely intervention in their mind resides a peaceful world,” Karnataka and Tamil Nadu “This Ayyappa Jyothi is 3 - /56- in these three States will light understand that this is the ($  ,+, +$ carcinogenic existence. True, said Bedanada who shares his lighting millions of lamps an effort to lead Kerala to a -#13 -5-8  up Ayyappa Jyothi. We will only holy shrine situated deep there is hardly a better way to --) +, ! ),$+ 9x9 nondescript enclosure, (Ayyappa Jyothi) as a mark of world of light. 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So I decid- the entry of women in the child mission as well as an offering /--62#-./- - woman devotee had come to delivered earlier to the cold. ed to quit my house and with- bearing age to the holy shrine to the God with a prayer to Sabarimala on their own till Sabarimala case. But the Kerala Sevapeeth Matri Mandir 1) 4"   $0+ draw into this commonplace of Sabarimala. inculcate good thoughts in the .36-,/1--, Tuesday evening. “Those Government’s anxiety to imple- the Ashram run under the !$ " 4 " )!+ room to live with the Mother A Constitution Bench of mind of the powers that be,” -,--, 52- women who came to ment this particular verdict is aegis of Swami Bedananda this  0"+$+ !+ of the Universe. I sleep and the Supreme Court had ruled said Swamy Chidanandapuri, "-3# 3, Sabarimala were all activists dubious,” said Prayar Christmas Day provided can- rouse, eat and pray, laugh and on September 28 that women head, Advaitha Ashram and the who had declared that they Gopalakrishnan, Congress cer afflicted children with rags, , " $+""+,N++  " chat --- all in this small room of all ages should be allowed to chief patron of the Sabarimala were undertaking the trip only leader and former president of mosquito nets et al even as the !+ , +, under the benevolent spon- worship at the Lord Ayyappa Karma Samithi. to shatter the convention and Travancore Devaswam Board. septuagenarian monk said “life ! ++$ - $ 0+ , sorship of my Mother,” the Temple at Sabarimala atop the He pointed out that it was reluctant to make any com- tradition. They were all self- Meanwhile, the CPI-M led blooms into a true Christmas Sadhu preaches in a common Western Ghats in Kerala. The for the Acharya Dharma Sabha, ment on the goings on in other proclaimed atheists and non- Government is working over- only when you serve the dis- "!+,, # - "+ man’s idiom even as a bevy of devotees of Lord Ayyappa are Thantric, Vedic and religions? That is not fair and believers,” said Bharathan. time to make the proposed tressed,” even as he advocated who’s who from the City of Joy upset over the verdict and had Astrological scholars to study it is against secularism,” said the Wedneday will see the 41st day Women’s Wall on January 1 a thievery of virtue and shedding steal not conceit but compas- --- king and the king-maker, requested women devotees in the need to make changes in Swamiji, described as spiritual of this year’s festival and the major success. Hectic activities of vise. sion that transmits from the ruler and the ruled, officer the 10 to 50 age group not to the Agama Saasthras and take leader of the Hindus in the Ayyappa Jyothi is expected to are on to light up Ayyappa Behind the veneer of his ascetic eyes of Lord Buddha. If and the gentleman, doctor and make it to the temple. a final decision. “Why only one State. add splendour to it. Jyothi in temples across nonchalance, reside deep philo- you have to thieve a thing professor, teacher and the stu- But the CPI-M led Kerala religion has been singled out by Govind Bharathan, senior Swamy Chidanandapuri Chennai, according to K sophical thoughts. “If you real- then thieve the mystical smile dent --- make a beeline for his Government, in its anxiety to the authorities in the name of lawyer, Kerala High Court and lambasted the efforts by a sec- Asokan and Pravin Pillai, devo- ly have to steal something then from Ramakrishna sermons. implement the court order has reformation while they are one of the prominent faces of tion of the society to portray tees and activists.

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The social additional features, according to beyond people to connect and educational bodies as tals in the US and Europe run sector in India gets funded a document of the central bank. billions of devices, vehicles, against the global ways, Jaitley into billions of dollars, which more on a community basis, The central bank has household appliances and said such institutions in the are provided by people and except for this new beginning already issued new look cur- machines, the study said esti- country receive donations from patients who have benefitted that we started in the last four rency notes in the denomina- mating that in a hyper-con- religious groups and CSR pro- from them. years when we started the cor- tions of 10, 50, 100, and nected India, the Internet of grammes. “So I was analysing that porate social responsibility,” 500, besides introducing 200 Things (IoT) has the poten- “Most hospitals interna- why that condition doesn’t he noted. and 2,000 bank notes. ( ,-.-#/ on February 23. the mineral sector, Mines and tial to reach 2 billion con- tionally have some of the exist in our country. And one Under the Companies Act, The new look notes are The ministry is also plan- Minerals (Development and nections, and unlock rev- largest endowments. Most edu- of the reasons I found out was 2013, certain class of prof- being introduced since he Government has ning to auction two limestone Regulation) Amendment Bill, enues of $11.1 billion by cational institutes have some of that those societies have very itable entities are required to November 2016 under Tdeferred the auction of two blocks in Chhattisgarh next 2015 was passed by Parliament 2022. the largest endowments. Those large inheritance tax. Therefore shell out at least 2 per cent of (New) series. iron ore mines having reserves month. Both the mines have in 2015. The joint report high- endowments come to the edu- a lot of people in their old age their three-year annual average These are different in size and of 93.87 million tonnes in “no end-use reservation”, the In a bid to give a push to lights that while India holds cational institutions from their prefer to go for charitable net profit towards Corporate design compared to the notes Odisha, according to a Mines ministry said. the auctions, the Centre had a huge potential, this promis- alumni, who have benefitted donations in order to get Social Responsibility (CSR) issued previously. Ministry report. The Government so far has earlier said it was considering ing market currently lags from the quality of that insti- around that inheritance tax. activities. The currency notes, except The Government has not auctioned 50 mines, including granting all approvals, includ- behind the US, China and tutions. Since we don’t have that inher- Inheritance tax is levied on for banned 500 and 1,000, given any reason for deferring 23 limestone, 17 iron ore, four ing environmental clearance, to South Korea in connectivity “Once they are successful itance tax in India, our chari- the wealth inherited by the legal issued under old series con- the auction of the mines. gold, two each of manganese mineral blocks before putting via optical fibre. in life, they keep supporting the ties are not in terms of such heirs of a deceased person. Also tinue to remain legal tender. While the Chandiposhi and graphite blocks and one them up for sale. Fiberisation of towers is institutions with those endow- endowments,” he said. known as estate tax, it is levied According to the RBI data iron ore block in Sundergarh, each of bauxite and diamond The Government had ear- critical in India, it said, ments. Some IITs have started The finance minister said by governments of most west- bank, there were 4.92 billion Odisha, has reserves of 47.07 block. From the 50 mineral lier said unless issues related to adding that only 25 per cent that experiment now in India. charities in India depend on ern countries, including the US pieces of 20 note in circulation million tonnes (MT), the blocks auctioned so far since green clearances and land of telecom towers in India But still it’s not very largely social endowments. and the UK. as on March 31, 2016. The Purheibahal block has reserves 2015, the Government will earn rights are addressed upfront, carry optical fibre whereas prevalent,” Jaitley said at an “Educational institutions, India too had this tax, but number more than doubled to of 46.80 MT, the report said. a revenue of 1.81 lakh crore India may not make much the corresponding share in event in AIIMS here. hospitals are set up by religious it was abolished by the Rajiv about 10 billion pieces by The notice inviting tender over the lease period. progress in auctioning miner- the US, China and Korea is He said the endowments groups, caste groups by com- Gandhi Government in 1985. March 2018. for both the mines was released To ensure transparency in al blocks in the future. about 65-80 per cent. 7     ,    "'  +  ?  1 2   ( ( 3'3 lawyers that he is *  *    determined to prove his issan Motor Co. innocence in court, 9.-  '   NExecutive Greg according to Japanese  8 Kelly was released media reports. from detention in The scandal also Japan on Tuesday after raised concerns over the    * ( ,-.-#/ being granted bail Japanese automaker and over the alleged the future of its alliance uoyed by over 36 underreporting of his with Renault, which in ( 6861 signed a code-share pact with Bper cent of its pro- boss Carlos Ghosn’s 1999 sent Ghosn to turn Turkish Airlines for seamless curement from micro pay. around Nissan, then on udget carrier IndiGo is like- connectivity to 20 global des- and small enterprises The late-night the verge of bankruptcy. Bly to induct its first long tinations for its passengers (MSEs), power giant release of Kelly, who is He has since led Nissan’s range jet A321neo (new engine from Istanbul and onwards. NTPC has pitched for American, followed rise to the world’s sec- option) in its fleet Saturday, In turn, passengers of the their universal registra- the Tokyo District ond-largest automaker. after a delay of almost one Turkish national carrier will tion for supplies to all Court’s approval ear- Ghosn’s downfall is month, which will pave the way have access to all destinations CPSUs in India. lier in the day of a bail seen by some as a for the airline to launch its operated by IndiGo within “To promote ease of doing final call on it,” the official request filed last week maneuver by others at much-awaited medium-haul India. business for MSEs, NTPC added. by his Japanese lawyer. Nissan to gain power in international operations, a This will be the first of the Chairman Gurdeep Singh has Singh reiterated his pro- Kelly was freed on the alliance. source said Tuesday. IndiGo’s150 A321neos on order proposed a single window reg- posal for single window regis- 70 million yen (USD 635,600) for more detention for the two Japanese practice of extended Kelly’s wife, Donna, had The Gurugram-based with the European aviation istration for MSEs across tration of MSEs at the National bail, ending his detention after to investigate their second alle- detentions. made a plea to the Japanese largest domestic carrier by major Airbus. CPSUs,” a senior company offi- Vendor Meet of Micro and more than a month. gation of underreporting Nissan has removed Kelly authorities for her husbands’ market share currently has As per the Airbus order cial told PTI. Small Enterprises organised Television footage captured Ghosn’s 4 billion yen (USD 36 as representative director and early release in a video message shorter-range A320neos in its book (till November), it has As against the government by NTPC last week at its Power the bespectacled Kelly, wearing million) pay. Ghosn as chairman, but they carried Tuesday by Japanese fleet of 200-odd planes, which already delivered 59 A320neos mandate for minimum 25 per Management Institute. a beige jacket, slowly walking Charges for an underre- are still company board mem- public broadcaster NHK and also has A320s and ATR jets. of the total 280 on order to the cent procurement from MSEs, As many as 225 MSE rep- out of the detention centre and porting allegation in more bers. The board of Renault SA, others. She said that her hus- “IndiGo’s first A321neo airline. NTPC has achieved 36 per cent resentatives (both material sup- getting into a black car. The recent years are pending, and the French ally of Nissan, has band was “framed” by Nissan plane, which was to join the The airline, in two tranch- procurement from MSEs in the pliers and service providers) vehicle drove past reporters no trial date has been set. retained him while naming an and that he also should be fleet late last month, will now es, placed order for 430 current fiscal till November attended the meet. waiting outside of the gate as Ghosn will be detained interim chair. Mitsubishi took released to get his neck prob- be finally inducted on A320neos (180 in 2011 and 250 2018, the official added. The meet was organised to cameras flashed. Kelly was until January 1 or longer since a measure similar to Nissan. lem treated. December 29,” an airline source in 2015) with Airbus. Later, it NTPC’s total procurement understand concerns of ven- expected to go straight to a hos- he also faces breach of trust Kelly, 62, joined Nissan “Release Greg and allow said. converted 150 of these planes reaches around Rs 1,000 crore dors and get first hand feed- pital for treatment of his chron- allegations. North American in 1988 and him to come home and have The delivery of the new jet to A321neos. in a year from 3,500 vendors. back on business dealings with ic neck problem, according to Prosecutors say Ghosn and worked in legal counsel and the surgery he needs,” she said. will help IndiGo introduce IndiGo at present operates Last fiscal, it stood at Rs 1,163 NTPC and support required local media. Kelly are flight risks. After his human resources at the com- “That is our family’s Christmas flights on the medium-haul over 1,300 daily flights to 52 crore. from the company for increas- Kelly and Ghosn were release, Kelly will have to fol- pany, and has been a member wish.” Kelly reportedly suffers routes. domestic and 15 international “NTPC’s endeavour is to ing the participation of MSEs detained in Tokyo immedi- low rules set by the court, of the automaker’s board since from spinal stenosis, a condi- Flights of up to six hours destinations. better its contribution in asso- in its procurement. ately after their November 19 including those regarding his 2012. tion of a narrowing of the duration come under medium- Besides Istanbul, the bud- ciation with MSEs year on NTPC has taken several arrest. They are charged with residence and travel, prosecu- His American lawyer, spaces in the spine that can long haul category of opera- get carrier also reportedly plans year. Therefore, Singh pro- initiatives for MSEs like MSE underreporting Ghosn’s pay tors have said. Aubrey Harwell, has said he is cause pain, tingling or numb- tions. to launch services to Gatwick posed on different fora that Registration Portal (single win- by about 5 billion yen (USD 44 The arrests of Ghosn, who innocent and that he only ness. Queries sent to IndiGo did (London), Riyadh (Saudi there should a one registration dow registration for 358 million) in 2011-2015. is an auto industry icon, and his acted according to the law He had been scheduled to not elicit a response. Arabia) and Yangon for all MSEs for procurements reserved items for MSEs), ven- Kelly’s Japanese lawyer right-hand man have triggered and according to company undergo surgery in Nashville in The airline has already (Myanmar) as part of its inter- by CPSUs. But it is the MSME dor invoice tracking portal/app sought bail after the court dis- international attention and policy. Ghosn has also denied early December, according to announced its plans to launch national network expansion ministry which would take and NTPC Tenders info app. missed prosecutors’ request raised concerns about the the allegations and told media reports. services to Istanbul and has also plans. #  ,   $ + !(    ##&#   ! - ,, , ,   (       !  (  ,-. -#/ (  ,-.-#/ ( ,-.-#/ demand and ickouture, the ivi Mobiles launched information Lnew and Jtraditional handsets he MSME Ministry has on how to enterprising — feature phones — Tproposed to establish a enter specific name, with its tag Banana 6, N444, X03, governing council to ensure foreign mar- line N4332. efficient delivery of all export- kets. It will ‘Unapologetically These basic phones related interventions as part of also have Sexy’, organised are equipped with all its action plan to boost ship- details on a fashion in New the latest features like to ments from micro, small and loans and Delhi. name a few whatsapp, medium enterprises. credit offered Malaika facebook, google inter- The Ministry has recom- by various Arora — Defying phase, good quality of mended a detailed analysis of financial time and defin- camera and music play- various trade agreements, institutions. ing ers too which give the including FTAs and bilateral A formal beauty…walked users a feel of modern and multilateral trade agree- platform may also be created by As part of the action plan, the ramp at smart phone. us want or carry a secondary ments, to identify areas of con- the ministry to ensure that it is National Resource Centre for Lickouture’s Jivi Mobiles, a homegrown phone for frequent calls and as cern for MSMEs in the strate- involved in all bilateral and MSME Exporters will engage inaugural fash- feature and smart phone brand, well as for privacy. But there is gic action plan titled multilateral trade negotiations with various international ionshow. has brought old memories back hardly any design level ‘Unlocking the Potential of which have an impact on the agencies including UN organ- Addressing for the feature phone lovers. advancement which brands do MSME Exports’. enterprises. isations to promote procure- the event, Maya Brand also runs moving the- which makes these phones less It said a study will be con- The governing council ment from Indian MSMEs and Gurjar and Meeta Chopra occasion we felt it was neces- had tapped into a gap in the atre Caravan in the rural and attractive. To fill this gap Jivi is ducted of special economic shall be chaired by Secretary, further enhance their capabil- said, “We always had a very sary to travel outside of the Indian market. Suddenly, we semi urban areas of the coun- bringing back the iconic zones and export promotion MSME and co-chaired by ities. clear idea of the kind of country. In order to find an were selling our dresses and try and showcase movies daily designs of feature phones in a zones in the country to reassess Development Commissioner A guide or handbook clothes that defined us, but easier and faster way to the demand kept increasing, in the villages which do not modern way which are stylish their role and objectives as in MSME Ministry. It shall shall also be developed to finding them in the market address this, we started to and so we had to hire more have availability of big screen. & trendy, colorful, handy, easy these are an essential con- comprise senior officials and help the export community to was almost impossible. There make our dresses ourselves. and more staff to keep up! Speaking about the new to use and have the internet stituent of Foreign Trade Policy members from MSME understand the processes are so many well established Very soon, we had friends and Our only vision from the range Harsh Vardhan, friendly too. 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(■ 6861 Karnataka trounced Railways by 176 runs. in their tall pursuit of 446. Senior off-spinner K Gowtham rose to the This was the former Services crick- ormer champions Mumbai and occasion and returned with match-win- eter's fourth successive 10-wicket haul. Saurashtra featured in an exciting ning figures of 6-30, as Railways were bun- Aman, who was adjudged Man-of-the- Fdraw on Tuesday after both teams dled out for 185 in their second essay. Match for the third time from four match- squandered chances to win the contest on At Nagpur, the Gujarat-Vidarbha es, is now the leading wicket-taker with 51 the fourth and final day of their Elite game ended in a tame draw with the hosts scalps from 10 innings with an astound- Group A game. taking the first innings lead and grabbing ing average of 5.54. Mumbai, champions on 41 occasions three crucial points. Gujarat got one At the CAP Siechem Ground in and ahead of the visitors by 46 runs on the point. Puducherry, the match between leaders first innings, declared their second innings At Raipur, hosts Chhattisgarh took Uttarakhand and Puducherry started closed in the morning session at 238 for three points, courtesy the first innings lead. afresh on the fourth day, with a new toss 8, leaving Saurashtra a target of 285 in 72 But the hosts survived a scare with taking place on a fresh pitch. overs. Maharashtra taking as many as six wick- However, only 15 overs were played Saurashtra were sailing along merrily ets in their second innings. before the match was called off, owing to after being 79 for two with the 113-run inconsistent bounce from the pitch and third wicket stand between Viswarajsinh &1  both teams settled for one point each. Jadeja (71 in 129 balls) and Sheldon   Hosts Assam defeated Goa by Jackson (57 in 118 balls) bringing them 7 runs in a pulsating Group C game after %%F( closer to the target. having conceded a narrow first innings   & Tamil Nadu suffered a nine- Jadeja was run out by a direct throw lead to the visitors. wicket defeat against Himachal Pradesh in from point by Jay Bista to break the stand Resuming at their overnight score of a Elite Group 'B' match as it crashed out at 192 and then a double strike with the 166 for 6, Goa needed 218 for an outright of contention for the knock-out phase. use of short balls in one over by medium win, but were shot out for 210 at the The victory, third of the season, took pacer Minad Manjrekar put the skids on Barsapara cricket stadium on the final day. Himachal's tally so far to 22 points while Saurashtra. Then right-arm medium pacer Arup the visitors remained with just 12 points Manjrekar got rid of both Jackson, Das (6-67) trapped number 11 batsman from seven games -- four draws and two caught slashing at deep point when Krishna Das (2) in front of the wicket to defeats and sole win, failing to qualify for Saurashtra needed 55 in ten overs, and hand Assam a memorable win. the knock-out phase. Prerak Mankad (24 in 21 balls) three runs Meanwhile, at Ranchi, left-arm spin- The home team rattled up 111 for 1 to later to raise visions of a Mumbai victory. ner Shahbaz Nadeem bowled hosts seal the win after Tamil Nadu folded up Manjrekar got two more wickets in Jharkhand to an 81-run victory over for 345 in the second innings following a that spell to send back Arpit Vasavada and Services with excellent figures of 7 for 62. middle-order collapse after centuries by rival captain Jaydev Unadkat after which Jharkhand had conceded the first Abhinav Mukund (128) and captain Baba Saurashtra downed the shuttlers with innings lead and then turned the match Indrajith (106). Chirag Jani holding fort at one end. around to bag six points and boost their Guleria (3 for 56) and Rishi Dhawan After four balls in the final over, the tally to 30 from 7 games. They are in third (3 for 60) were the best bowlers for game was called off as a draw with the vis- spot. Himachal. itors on 266 for 7, needing 19 more runs At Jammu, Odisha defeated Jammu Chasing the target, Ankush Bains to pull off what would have been a come- and Kashmir by eight wickets. launched a clinical assualt on the TN from- behind win. The game between table toppers bowlers, hitting six fours and four sixers Jani (9) and Dharmendra Jadeja (8) Rajasthan and Haryana at Jaipur ended in in his unbeaten 38-ball 64 to power were the unbeaten batsmen at the crease (     (        /* !  / a tame draw with the hosts walking away Himachal home just in 15.3 overs. when the match ended. B    .       #   with three points on the basis of the first The other opener Raghav Dhawan Manjrekar finished with impressive innings lead. (39) was sent back by left-arm spinner R figures of 4 for 39, while Shivam Dube got Sai Kishore while going for a big hit but 2 for 50. 68615-8 -/ --23,531335/- ## 1    Rishi Dhawan (4 not out) finished the Mumbai secured three points to boost 3%%, -%9/383C%;-65,/-361,- (  Ashutosh Aman returned with a game, blasting a four of Kishore. their tally to 11 and are 14th out of 18 match haul of 12 wickets to help Bihar In other games in the group, Andhra teams in the combined A and B Groups ,1" 38255,,"5./.36/-5#-C secure a thumping 273-run victory over had to settle for three points against Bengal standings with two matches left. 58 5/ 5-8 -3,-23,3 -6,3,32 Nagaland in their Plate Group fixture. at Visakhapatnam while visitors Punjab Saurashtra secured one point to The left-arm spinner, who claimed could not reach its target against remain on top of the combined standings 3C/-361,-5,,"5./(@23,5./3,- seven wickets in the first innings, grabbed Hyderabad despite an attacking ton by the with 26 points with one game in hand. "6-,/, 5/49 in the second to finish with a match young Shubman Gill (148, 154 balls 16X4, Meanwhile at Shivamoga, hosts haul of 12/96, as Nagaland folded for 173 2X6).         

(■ -,8 3, long time and these records are great things to achieve. ast bowler Dale Steyn on Monday said "I will be highly honoured but I will Fhe is looking beyond breaking the get back to my mark and try to take the record for most Test wickets for South next one." Africa in the forthcoming series against The 35-year-old, who will be playing Pakistan. in his 89th Test, seemed set to take the Steyn currently shares the record of record when he played in two Tests in Sri 421 wickets with former captain Shaun Lanka earlier this year but could only Pollock, who retired in 2008, and needs take two wickets to tie with Pollock. one more wicket in the first Test against "It's just nice to have a red ball in my Pakistan, starting at SuperSport Park on hand again," he said. Wednesday, to hold first place on his "Sri Lanka was tough conditions for the fast bowlers, but by the looks of things - the way the nets have been play-   , ,+ ing out in the middle — there is some $   )%A= ( spice. #      0 (7''7" #1 "I am looking forward to getting out there and playing five competitive days of cricket." own. Steyn is currently joint eleventh in 7    = "I have a lot more wickets in me than the all-time list of wicket-takers in Test (■ 6,/-5-  just one more," he said. "I haven't saved &  %  cricket. Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah itivity has immediately lifted a squad myself just to take one more wicket than  !C @C+* ( $ & # ' $* Muralitharan, who retired in 2010, heads downtrodden by Mourinho's mood Polly (Pollock), there is a bigger goal at the list with 800 while the top fast bowler anchester United return to Old swings. the end of the day." % 9(% 5  ;& ((9( ())9$    is current England opening bowler James MTrafford for the first time under "Just to be positive. Take risks," said He admitted that the past two years, ( 9(% 5 2    %); (*%% %BBA$()); Anderson with 565. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's management Jesse Lingard, who scored twice in during which he has had several setbacks * *B) 6 ,  %)% (;;( %BB;$())B The first Test match of three match against Huddersfield on Boxing Day Cardiff, at what Solskjaer's message has had been frustrating. 9 **)    &( (((A %BB($())( Test series will start from 26th December with a new-found swagger after scoring been. "I do think it will be a beautiful thing A *)@ 6  6   ;A (&&9 ())@$()%; at SuperSport Park in Centurion followed five goals in the Premier League for the "If you lose the ball, win it back, and to happen, if it happens. It has taken a by second in Cape Town from 3rd Jan. first time in five years. play the United way - attacking football, The Norwegian's caretaker spell in entertaining football. For us as players, charge until the end of the season got off we enjoyed it today." to a dream start as Rarely has enjoy- #   ! ! ,+  - +   United threw off  !+ , ',  ment ever been top of the shackles, that Mourinho's list of pri- led to turgid foot- $   8%A= ( orities, even in his most (■ 6-#138 ,- ball and deteriorat- 07/#0 #70'7" #1 successful spells with , + +> ,, .B ing results under Porto, Chelsea and Inter ustralia's Asian Cup defence Jose Mourinho, to thrash Cardiff 5-1. Milan. Ahas been dealt a blow with (■ 18/1 United still face a huge challenge to Huddersfield midfielder Aaron make up an eight-point gap just to qual- O%   Mooy ruled out of the tournament ndian football team forward ify for next season's Champions League However, the levels of committment after a second opinion on a knee IJeje Lalpekhlua on Tuesday via a top-four finish. he demanded from those sides was injury confirmed the worst. said he has developed a "tele- But for now the luxury of just being not evident in the current United Mooy has been in top form pathic understanding" with ace able to enjoy watching a side play with squad. this season, but suffered ligament striker Sunil Chhetri. freedom and the attacking principles that For the first time this season, United damage in his right knee playing Jeje first caught the attention have underpinned the club's history is outran their opponents against Cardiff. against Arsenal earlier this month. by scoring a hat-trick against enough to excite United fans again. "A Man United team should never Huddersfield initially side- Pakistan at the age of 19 — in his "I think the boys are looking forward ever be outworked," said Solskjaer to lined him until February, but he is best to bring in a player that is fully first tournament. Since then, to playing at Old Trafford and that's highlight the minimum he expects. such a key player for that fit and ready to go from the out- despite scoring regularly, he was important. We should be looking for- "Doesn't matter which team you they insisted on getting a second set." in and out of the national squad ward to that, they are the best fans in the play. You should run more than them opinion from an independent spe- , who plays the till 2015, when he cemented his world," said Solskjaer when questioned and then your skills will give you the cialist. Austrian Bundesliga for FK place. whether some of the current United chance to win the game." "It is disappointing to lose Wien, has been added to "I played with Sunil-bhai squad have been inhibited by the pres- A good work ethic should be the Aaron for the tournament," said the squad as cover. when I made my debut. Since sures of playing at home in the minimum required of a Manchester Socceroos coach Australia are in Group B, then we have been playing famous red shirt. United team, but Mourinho's tac- in a statement late Monday. along with Jordan, Syria and together. I feel, together we fit in "We are confident in our the biggest tournament for us, Solskjaer is certainly a tics also didn't help his side's run- "However, it was important Palestine. They are due to assem- well, and complement each abilities and feel that we can take almost like a World Cup. We favourite of the United faithful ning statistics. that we left no stone unturned in ble in the UAE from December 26. other's styles," Jeje stated. on any challenge." hope to do well, and strive for having scored 126 goals in 11 sea- Too often the Red Devils exploring every option to get "He has helped me a lot on He stated that the side has bigger things," he stated. sons as a player, including the one were set up to sit deep and try and Aaron on the pitch for Australia in    ) and off the field. We have a tele- been improving steadily, and "In fact, there is still a lot we that famously won the counter-attack. Solskjaer instead the United Arab Emirates." , , pathic understanding on the that the progress is there for can do and the AFC Asian Cup Champions League final in seems intent on implementing Mooy needs at least another Martin Boyle, Milos Degenek, pitch. I know where he is, and everyone to see. is the next step along the way." 1999. the United way he learned at month to recover and with the , , he always knows where I am," he "Compared to when I made Jeje also spoke about the role He was serenaded the heel of Ferguson for so long. Asian Cup starting on January 5, , Jackson added. my debut, there is a lot of dif- played by coach Constantine in throughout by the visiting fans "I said the same to these Arnold decided it wasn't worth Irvine, , James India take on Thailand in ference in the National Team. the recent upsurge. in the Welsh capital at the lads as I do back in Molde: work risking him. Jeggo, , Mitch their opening match of the AFC With every match, we have "The entire team has put in weekend as United hit five for the first harder than them, enjoy yourselves, pass "In a best-case scenario, this Langerak, , Asian Cup 2019 and Jeje sound- been getting better and have a lot of hard work. He has had time since Alex Ferguson's final game it forward, run forward, if you lose it, I would mean he would not be , , ed confident. achieved a lot in between," he the most crucial role to play. in charge. don't mind as long as you work to win ready to play until after the quar- , , "This team is a strong one as felt. When he came in, he had told "I just hope in the next five months it back and they did. ter-final stage," he said. , , we have put in a lot of good "I'm very happy to be a part us that our target was to quali- I do a good enough job for them to keep "When you've got players like this "With so many games in such , , Trent work so far," the Mizo player of this team. We worked hard to fy for the Asian Cup, and we did singing my name when someone else with the quality you are always going to a short period we felt it would be Sainsbury, . said. qualify for the Asian Cup. It is it." comes in," added Solskjaer, whose pos- create chances."   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!             "If we are batting second, we will try to unit, we have to definitely put up a better pened in the past has no significance at all Vihari is well-equipped. There were nity. ++ ' 5   Q    take the lead or get as close to the opposi- performance," Kohli sent out a loud and to what's going to happen in the next two times where Cheteshwar Pujara also "I always feel that it (opening     ()%BC      tion total as possible. If you equal a big score, clear message for his batting unit. Tests or what's going to happen in the next opened when the team required. The against Aus in 1999) was an opportu-  Q +*%+   then it becomes a second-innings' match and The Indian captain made it clear that Test which is quite immediate."The key is team demands it and definitely I hope nity given to me which I didn't really 8-      +    if you take a good first-innings lead, then neither his team's Adelaide victory nor the to stay in the moment, stay in the present, he will come out successful. Definitely lived up to. We think Vihari is well-  F :   "     you can capitalize on that. Perth defeat will have any bearing when understand and remember why you won the it is not a long-term solution, I can tell equipped to do so (than Rohit Sharma).               "The batsmen must step up collective- Melbourne Test starts. first Test, which was because of us being in you that," Prasad assured. We are convinced with his technique ? &6 + N5 + ly. I won't say individually whether some- "As a team, I don't think whether you the present moment," the skipper reiterat- Vihari opening the innings at the and definitely he is a long-term prospect + ()%BC    +  one needs to do that or not, but as a batting are 2-0 up or 2-0 down or 1-1, what's hap- ed what he has often stressed. MCG is a sort of deja vu for Prasad, who for Indian Test cricket." 8 +-   ? 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Both super tackle in the 13th Haryana inflicted an all out to               every game but we need to keep "We did it last year during teams finished bottom of the minute as they tied the match lead 27- 23. Ajay Thakur made         +    stacking up good days and play the Ashes as well and majori- table in their respective zones. at 11-11. Anand was the star a super raid in the next minute 5    !    + good Test cricket. If we can do ty of this decision is based on Tamil Thalaivas raider for Thalaivas in the to bring Thalaivas back in the        +  that for the next 4-5 days I think the fact that it will be hot and began strongly and led first half. match. In the 29th minute, . 3      +     we will be in the thick of it again," said. the bowlers have had a big role play. 3-0 after three min- He picked up three Thalaivas inflicted an all out to   $  S  +  Paine said. India have made three changes We think Mitch can come in and do utes with Ajay Thakur raid points in two lead 32-28. S*%$$         "Certainly when you have an for the Boxing Day Test but Paine is a good job with the bat and will be a picking up a raid minutes as they led It was a closely fought " P  "     + (B inexperienced team and you get a big not bothered about changes in oppo- great support for our bowlers as well. point. Haryana 16-14 at the end of encounter with both teams               SP  win like in Perth against the number sition rank. "Peter knows that there are things Steelers came back to trail 3-4 the first half. level on 36-36 after 36 min-               P      one team in the world, guys are going "India's changes don't really both- we would like him to improve. Going after five minutes. It was a close Tamil Thalaivas inflicted utes. Ajay Thakur picked up  S      6   to grow in confidence a little bit and er us because we have done our home- into Sydney, where it spins, I think he affair in the first 10 minutes. an all out at the start of the sec- two raid points in two minutes #!@* come to Melbourne feeling better than work on all of their players for a num- will come back into it quickly because Monu Goyat picked up a ond half to lead 19-16. to give Thaliavas 39-37 lead when we did to Perth," the skipper ber of weeks now. We have been pre- he is our best player of spin.” two-point raid in the 7th Haryana Steelers weren't after 38 minutes.