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peace with all elements of life. fibres were also discovered in wisdom hygenie and cleanli- make this 150th anniversary of The biggest tribute modern rain samples near Colorado, ness are indispensable for good the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, India could give him has come only testimonise how plastics physical health and a healthy a red letter day in the history in the shape of banning the have become an integral con- environment. In his words - “I of modern India. The biggest draconian single use plastics stituent of the global water will not let anyone walk lesson which we can imbibe (SUPs) from October 2, 2019. cycle. through my mind with their from the philosophies and It is a decisive step for incul- Besides many stray animals dirty feet”. While in contem- teachings of Mahatma Gandhi cating the spirit of non violence have been reported to be dying porary urban India people still is the sensibility to keep our towards our environment. painfully after consuming plas- shrug off from the responsi- neighbourhood and environ- Besides it is completely in res- tic and polythene wastes found bility of manually cleaning ment clean and healthy. Plastics onance with Gandhian values openly discarded in drains, their own waste, Gandhi was a have become the biggest bug of cleanliness and hygenie. river beds and road sides. great expounder of the belief bear in the process of keeping Hygenie which has to be prac- This itself is an instance of that “everyone must be his our city clean.     ticed in thought and then violence being inflicted upon own scavenger”. His close Let us adopt a strict reso- implemented in the external ecology through wanton friends in South Africa lovingly lution and begin practicing a he Gandhian model for life. human action. The provision of called him the ‘great scavenger’. systematic segregation of plas- Tsocial and economic devel- According to Gandhi all separate public dustbins for Whenever Gandhi found an tic waste at source, separate dis- opment of Indian society was personal hygenie is pointless plastic wastes is grossly insuf- opportunity to do a little bit of carding and above all com- eclectic and reformtaive in unless people keep their sur- ficient and even in areas where cleaning work, he felt happy. He pletely replacing plastics by essence. It was a mix of motley roundings clean. He professed the availability is adequate, with his group of followers more eco friendly alternatives principles and values which that “Swaraj can only be had by people lack the civic sense to would walk with brooms and like wood, metals and clay. combined to form a holistic clean, brave people”.    
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   involvement in anti-party Lokesh Bisht, former head of ers each of the party in Pauri, the thinking of lakhs of peo- substance abuse of garbage.    
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hospitals and the people are #    =(B1A(< hassled. Patients are not being  " " .      / he Leader of Opposition in admitted to Government hos- Tthe Vidhan Sabha and pitals. The Government is fail-    $$% Haldwani MLA Indira ing even to provide any alter- Hridayesh will undertake a nate arrangement.   - 0"   day-long protest fast today The Opposition will not sit against the deteriorated condi- silently on this issue. The med- tion of medical health facilities ical health services are being in the State. Addressing media ignored consistently by the   1@=/(1 < organised at ONGC auditori- To the police department persons at her residence here State Government. If the State um the chief justice directed he said that the role of force is on Sunday, she said that dengue Government doesn’t wake up uring a one-day workshop Uttarakhand administration to to catch the culprits, not to had assumed epidemic pro- now, a jail bharo Dconducted on the subject provide proper infrastructure. abuse their power. He directed portions in the State but the movement will be undertaken of administration of criminal As per the records about 2,000 them to conduct fair and Government is ignoring this across the State. In stead of pro- justice here on Sunday, the judges in the state do not have detailed investigation so that fact. viding free medical services to Chief Justice of Uttarakhand their own court rooms. correct evidences can be pro- She said, “While the spread the poor, the Government High Court, Ramesh Similarly, lawyers were vided in front of the court. of dengue is expanding by the intends to increase its collection Ranganathan, highlighted the directed to actively participate While answering one of the day, the government is making in the name of tests in need for more officers in police in more pro-bono cases, so that but in such a way that no inno- questions asked by law students the situation worse by hiking Government hospitals. This and judicial services. He also free legal aid can be provided cent persons gets punished. he also explained the com- the user charges in will not be tolerated under any emphasised on the need to to the needy section of the soci- Ranganathan directed judges to plexity of fake cases, stating that Government hospitals. In such circumstances,” she stressed. reduce the number of pending ety. They were also asked to dis- conduct fair trial, stating that if a person lies in the a situation when the govern- Hridayesh will sit on a   =(/1A(/ 15-year-old girl of his own case in the courts. tance themselves from useless as the judge they are the mas- court room and fraudulently ment should be providing all day-long protest fast from 11 village and also made a video A District Legal Service adjournments. ter of the court room and it is accused another person then he tests and other aids for free, it AM at Buddh Park in Tikoniya. ccused of repeated sexual of the girl. Authority (DLSA) member The judges were directed to their responsibility to manage or she is accountable for per- is busy in collecting money. I The Mahanagar unit of the Aassaults on a minor for a He kept on harassing her said that during the workshop expedite the case proceedings, all affairs in the court house. jury. will be sitting on fast to protest Congress has made necessary year, a youth from Teliwala vil- for the past one year and the against this.” arrangements to make the lage of Haridwar district was girl had gone into depression. She further averred that the protest a success. arrested by Haridwar police Now following complaint by State Government had totally The party’s Mahanagar after a case was registered her relatives, police registered  (   "    (   . failed to tackle dengue. “There chief Rahul Chimwal was also against him under Protection the case against him and after is a shortage of doctors in present at the Press conference. of Children from Sexual checking various places arrest- Offences (POCSO) Act. He ed him on Sunday.   1@=/(1 < fall will continue till the first rainfall and thundershowers Meanwhile on Sunday, the had allegedly repeatedly Police station in-charge of week of October. In the mean- likely to occur at most places in maximum and minimum tem- molested the minor girl for Kaliyar, Santosh Singh told ith the increasing rate of while, the centre has forecast the state. peratures recorded at various *%()
over a year and following com- this correspondent that the Wthe rainfall in the last few rains during the next two- In the provisional Capital places in the State were 27.7 plaint by her relatives, a case victim has been sent for med- days the maximum tempera- three days in the state. of Uttarakhand, the weather degree Celsius and 19.6 degree was registered and he was ical check-up to district hospi- ture in the state has dropped in The State Meteorological will be partly to generally Celsius respectively in arrested on Sunday. tal while the accused had been the plains and mountainous Centre on Sunday predicted cloudy with one or two spells Dehradun, 28.3 degree Celsius + 
" ) The accused was arrested sent to police custody. regions. intense showers at isolated of thundershowers likely to and 23 degree Celsius in from near an NIC Inter College According to the director places in Uttarakhand during occur on Monday. Pantnagar, 16 degree Celsius of Dhanori village. +
%   of state meteorological centre, the next 24 hours. The maximum and mini- and 11.8 degree Celsius in The Police said that Amit     Bikram Singh, though the Overall, the weather will mum temperatures are likely to Mukteshwar, 18 degree Celsius   #( Kumar alias Johny of Teliwala " 
   intensity of rain will drop by remain generally cloudy with be 28 degree Celsius and 19 and 13.8 degree Celsius respec- village had been molesting a the end of this month, the rain- possibility of light to moderate degree Celsius respectively. tively in New Tehri. (#C<#(@<HCBBCA<-/@@(#@1 2   #  %   5 6  C7B(<#(0C #BB#BL C/   1@=/(1 < Dehradun Kotwali, Shishupal Negi and post in-charge of +  
  ehradun Senior Dhara Chowki, Kulwant Singh   =(/1A(/ This imposes a tremen- DSuperintendent of Police were also suspended earlier dous economic burden.  $  % (SSP) Arun Mohan Joshi has from active duty following the he recent death of a CEO of According to the World   # suspended station-in charge Pathariya Peer deaths. Ta company in his 40s Health Organisation (WHO), of Kalsi police station Vipin It is pertinent to mention because of a heart attack made the cost of lost productivity % " Bahuguna and inspector here that in the Pathariya Peer rounds in the media. However, due to premature death and 
 ! Sandeep. According to local case in which so far seven peo- the headlines probably missed disability will touch a stag- police, the step was taken fol- ple have died, district police the larger, grimmer picture gering $ 237 billion in anoth- % $ # lowing repeated complaints of have already arrested the that India is losing a majority er five years. % 
 illicit supply of liquor from the accused including Gaurav of its urban and rural youth to “Today, everyone is too " $ % area. Singh, ex-councillor Ajay cardiac diseases. World heart aggressive at work,” Dr Shah After the seven deaths in Sonkar alias Ghonchu and day observed on September 29 added. “Long working hours, %
# Pathariya Peer area at Neshville Mahesh alias Machhar. aims to awaken people towards junk food and very little phys- % Road in the provisional State Local people of the colony this delicate organ of the ical activity are all taking a toll Capital, the Dehradun SSP had had also accused Yogendra human body and to be a heart on the heart. Since all of us !%% #  issued notices to all police sta- Negi alias Raja stating his hero. Commemorated on the spend the largest part of our   #  tions stating that if complaints involvement in the illicit liquor last Sunday of September every life at work, workplace well- of illicit supply of liquor came supply. year, the theme of World Heart ness is a good starting point     from any area, strict action will Police also arrested accused Day 2019 was, “my heart, your for healthy hearts,” he said. ! $ # be taken against the police Yogendra on Friday. heart” campaign. A recent study conducted   station in-charge of the area. According to preliminary by The Initiative for Following the complaints % $$ "  findings of the Million Death Cardiovascular Health %   from Kalsi area, the investiga- %   Study (MDS), about 25 per Research in Developing $  % tion of the complaints was %%  8 cent of deaths in the age Countries (IC Health) involv- given to Superintendent of group of 25- 69 years and 19 ing over 20,000 people 
(  % Police (Rural) Parmendra    9 per cent of all deaths occur from 10 Indian worksites,  " %  " Dobhal, who on Saturday sub-      because of heart diseases, showed that workplace inter- 
   mitted his report to SSP Joshi. 

   including 33 per cent of ventions could reduce the It is important to mention  %  :   $$ deaths in the urban areas and risk of cardiovascular dis- "%   % here that, station in-charge of 23 per cent in the rural areas. eases. % 
  Speaking to this corre- The intervention group spondent, Dr Sanjay Shah reduced salt intake, increased $
 said, “Cardiac problems are fruit and vegetable consump-   $  ""% no longer limited to towns or tion, increased levels of phys- to the aged. Heart problems ical activity, decreased tobac-     are undoubtedly the number co use, lost one killer in India. weight, and attained lower Every year more than 17 blood pressure, serum cho- the efforts of socially con- million people die of cardiac lesterol and plasma glucose scious organisations in creat- diseases all over the world and levels. Such modification of ing greater awareness among India has the unhealthy rep- several risk factors at once can individuals. utation of being the capital of have a positive multiplier A problem of this magni- the world in heart problems.” effect on heart health. tude will require combined Increasingly, Indians are “Today, we have all the efforts from the Government, succumbing to heart disease medicines we need to take the private sector and each in their most productive care of heart problems. The and every individual. After years, at least 10 years earlier preventive measures are all, what is at stake is nothing than their western counter- equally important. In this less than heart of the parts. regard, one must appreciate nation,”said the doctor.    !"#!$%   ; 6  
 !   1"   ." ".., "2.    "    =(<1-(/= elections on October 21, along Dakha and Jalalabad with the assembly elections in constituencies till ith just a day left for fil- the neighbouring Haryana and September 27. Till now,   =(<1-(/= Wing of nominations, bypolls in Himachal Pradesh. no nomination paper Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on In Punjab, BJP contests has been filed for unjab Agriculture Sunday declared its senior elections in alliance with the Phagwara and PDepartment has written to leader Rajesh Bagga and the Shiromani Akali Dal. As per Mukerian. the state Rural Development businessman-cum-politician the seat sharing arrangement For Dakha, SAD’s and Panchayats Department to Jangi Lal Mahajan as its candi- between the two, BJP would Manpreet Singh Ayali disqualify the farmers, who dates for the by-polls to contest on Phagwara and and Harkiner Singh, indulge in the practice of stub- Phagwara and Mukerian Mukerian while SAD would while AAP’s Amandeep ble burning, from taking pan- Assembly segments, respec- contest Dakha and Jalalabad. Singh and Gurpreet chayat land on lease in future. tively. Phagwara’s previous MLA, Kaur Thind have filed The suggestion came to Bagga, who has served as Som Parkash, was elected to the their nomination papers. curb the illegal practice which the chairman of the Punjab Parliament in May and is cur- Jai Parkash Jain, a com- is harmful for the environment State Scheduled Caste rently the Union Minister of edy artist popularly and to ensure clean, green and Commission during the previ- State for Commerce and known as ‘Teetu Baniya’, pollution-free environment in ous SAD-BJP Government, Industry. Mukerian seat fell has also submitted his the State in the ensuing winter was facing strong competition vacant after sitting Congress papers for Dakha as an season. Referring to the celebrations Development and Panchayats from the Union Minister and MLA Rajnish Kumar Babbi’s independent candidate. There are nearly 1.37 lakh of 550th birth anniversary of Department should launch a former MLA Som Parkash who death the previous month. parties — SAD-BJP combine place with 33.48 percent votes. Congress rebel and youth acres of panchayat land under Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak massive drive to persuade the was eyeing party ticket for his SAD’s Manpreet Singh and the ruling Congress. On Mukerian seat, BJP’s leader Jagdeep Singh Kamboj agriculture, where this Dev in the State, Pannu said that farmers to abstain from this wife Anita and also, former Ayali will be the alliance’s can- From Phagwara assembly Mahajan would face Congress ‘Goldy’ had also filed his nom- unhealthy practice of open it was our bounden duty to keep practice. Union Minister and former didate for Dakha, while Raj seat, BJP’s Bagga will face candidate Indu Bala and AAP’s ination papers for Jalalabad. stubble burning could be avert- Punjab’s environment safe and Pannu pointed out that state BJP president Vijay Singh Dibbipura will be the Congress’ Balwinder Singh Gurdhian Singh Multani. Indu Monday would see all the ed effectively through coherent healthy on this pious occasion the Agriculture Department Sampla who was vying for candidate for Jalalabad, which Dhaliwal and AAP’s Santosh Bala is the widow of former four Congress candidates — compliance of government as millions of devotees from had already ordered to ticket for his son Sahil. fell vacant after Akali Dal pres- Kumar. A former IAS officer, Congress MLA from Mukerian Raminder Singh Awla from orders issued under Air across the globe will be visiting impound the combine har- Mahajan, a businessman, ident Sukhbir Badal resigned Dhaliwal had resigned from the Rajnish Kumar Babbi and Jalalabad, Capt Sandeep Singh (Prevention and Control of the religious places associated vester machines functioning had unsuccessfully contested as from the Punjab Assembly fol- post of director land records, Multani had been a former Sandhu from Dakha, Pollution) Act, 1981, said the with first Sikh Guru in different without Super Straw an independent candidate from lowing his election to the Lok Jalandhar, on September 23 to College lecturer and now run- Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal state Agriculture Secretary parts of the state. Management System. Mukerian assembly seat during Sabha from Ferozepur. Dakha contests elections, while ning schools. from Phagwara and Indu Bala Kahan Singh Pannu. “In reverence to this his- He said that no harvester 2017 State Assembly elections, fell vacant as senior Supreme Santosh Kumar had been an from Mukerian filing their The state Agriculture toric event, besides upholding combine shall be allowed to and bagged 20,542 votes. Court lawyer and AAP MLA AAP volunteer and an RTI LAST DAY FOR FILING nominations. Department has sent a com- the ideology of Guru Nanak to harvest paddy in Punjab with- At that time, the then HS Phoolka resigned. activist. NOMINATIONS TODAY Punjab Chief Minister muniqué to the Panchayats protect natural resources, the out installation of Super Straw Punjab BJP president Vijay With BJP also declaring its Considering that the party September 30 is expected Capt Amarinder Singh would Department for issuing requi- farmers should refrain from Management System which Sampla had expelled Mahajan candidates, the four segments has a stronghold over the seat to be a busy day for the poll be accompanying Congress’ site directions in this regard so burning of paddy straw which cuts the straw into small pieces, from the party for six years for are set to witness a quadrilat- in the parliamentary elections officials in Punjab as majority Dhaka and Jalalabad candidates that farmers cultivating pan- poses serious threat to the thereby helping the farmers to contesting as an independent eral contest. However, the can- too, the BJP state leadership is of candidates for the four by- for filing of their nominations, chayat lands can be apprised environment, soil texture as manage it without resorting to candidate against BJP candi- didates fielded by the Aam hopeful of retaining the seat. elections would be filing their while All India Congress about the proposal, which may well as human health,” he burning. Notably, stubble burn- date Arunesh Shakir, who also Aadmi Party and the Punjab During the assembly elections nominations on Monday — Committee’s senior leader and disqualify them from bidding added. Emphasising the need ing in Punjab and Haryana lost to the Congress candidate Democratic Alliance (PDA) in 2017, Som Parkash had got which is the last day for sub- the party’s Punjab affairs in- process of these lands in next to sensitise the farmers holding during this time every year is Rajneesh Kumar Babbi. are unlikely to make any 35.02 percent votes while the mitting the papers. charge Asha Kumari would be auction, in case they indulge in Panchayat lands against the ill- a major cause of air pollution Punjab’s total four assem- impact on the poll campaigns Congress candidate Joginder So far, just six candidates accompanying Phagwara and stubble burning after harvest- effects of crop residue burning, not only in the two states but bly segments are going for by- of the other two prominent Singh Mann bagged the second have filed their papers for Mukerian candidates. ing paddy, said Pannu. Pannu said that the Rural also in the national capital. &$'%         3456         1.80 crore eligible voters, 70 =(<1-(/= percent had cast their vote in the general elections 2019 in he ‘None of the Above’ the state. ' ( , "(.  0P( -) T(NOTA) option in the vot- As per the data, maximum ing system appears to be a con- of 7943 NOTA votes were cast  %   to study these cases before taking up the to the entire sangat (community) to veniently forgotten option for in Ambala Lok Sabha con- matter at the highest level. unite under the banner of SAD to get all the voters in Haryana, recent stituency and minimum of  "  " Sukhbir, addressing a gurmat sam- wrongs done to the community elections suggest. 2,041 NOTA votes in Bhiwani-     % agam as part of the 550th birth anniver- corrected. The vote share of NOTA, Mahendragarh Lok Sabha con- sary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev at “We will fight for every victim fam- an alternative choice for the stituency. Bokaro in Jharkhand, said that more than ily and justice would be delivered to them voters to express their dissent Across the country, 1.04 100 Sikhs were brutally killed in Bokaro at all costs,” said Sukhbir adding that SAD on the present political system percent of the voters felt that   =(<1-(/=G0C(/C allegedly at the instance of Congress would send a team of lawyers from the as well as the candidate in the none of the candidates goons in 1984. Apex Court to Bokaro to thoroughly fray, is going down since its deserved their vote while the hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president “It is unfortunate that not a single study all 1984 massacre cases. introduction in Haryana dur- NOTA vote share was 1.08 SSukhbir Badal on Sunday urged accused has been convicted and punished Meanwhile, a Sikh delegation of ing Lok Sabha polls 2014 in percent in 2014 Lok Sabha Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das so far for such a heinous crime against Jharkhand met the SAD president at Electronic Voting Machines polls. to ensure reopening or transfer of all 1984 humanity,” he said while urging Ranchi early in the morning and urged (EVMs). In Haryana also, the per- (53613) votes in the state dur- their political parties. Sikh massacre cases of Bokaro to the Jharkhand Chief Minister to set up a him to expand the Akali Dal by creating NOTA option enables the centage of votes for NOTA in ing previous assembly polls NOTA option was treated Central Bureau of Investigation. Special Investigation Team (SIT) imme- a unit of the party in their state. They voters to officially register a Lok Sabha polls 2019 remained while around 38.9 lakh electors as a ‘fictional electoral candi- vote of rejection for all can- virtually unchanged from pre- out of eligible 1.63 crore did not date’ during Haryana munici- didates who are contesting. vious general elections 2014. turn for voting. pal polls held last year, which The main objective of the The voting trend suggests that The voting percentage was meant if it receives the maxi- ‘NOTA’ option was to enable the introduction of dedicated 70 percent, 71.86 percent and mum number of votes in an electors who do not wish to NOTA symbol has not made 76.5 percent in Lok Sabha polls election, a fresh election is vote for any of the candidates much difference in elections in 2019, Lok Sabha elections 2014 ordered. to atleast exercise their right the state. and State Assembly elections Political observers say that to vote. In the 2014 Lok Sabha 2014 respectively in Haryana. while NOTA was treated as a The data with the Election polls, 34225 electors had opted During the Jind bypolls fictional candidate during the Commission suggests that for NOTA. This was just 0.30 held earlier this year and may- municipal polls, it has no teeth there are very few people who percent of the total 11501305 oral elections in five cities last to annul general elections even have made the effort to queue votes polled during the elec- year, marginal number of vot- when it gets majority votes. up at the polling station and tions. As only 0.30 electors ers had opted for NOTA. Only This is why it still remains an choose NOTA as compared to came out of their homes to 345 votes, which was 0.26 per- unpopular option for the vot- those who simply choose not to express their dissent and cent of the total votes polled ers, they say cast their vote in the past elec- choose NOTA, there were were in favour of NOTA in Jind In India, NOTA is just a tions in Haryana. around 45.9 lakh voters out of bypolls while 7546 NOTA votes ballot option provided to the Sample this. During the 1.61 crore eligible electors who were polled during mayoral voters to express their dislike Lok Sabha polls 2019, 41781 stayed away from voting in the elections last year. for the candidates in the fray. electors in Haryana choose elections. Notably, the Supreme But in some countries, if NOTA option while around The State Assembly elec- Court, in its judgement in the NOTA gets the majority, ideally 53.7 lakh did not turn up at the tions 2014 had witnessed the year 2013, had cleared the way all the existing candidates polling station to vote. 0.33 per- highest vote share for NOTA in for registering a negative vote should be dismissed and there At the same time, the party chief diately to reopen all 1984 cases and ensure described the SAD as the only political cent of the total voters had pre- Haryana so far. The vote per- in EVMs to express popular be re-election, the political announced that the SAD would send a they are reinvestigated and taken to party that represents the Sikhs across the ferred NOTA option. Out of centage for NOTA was 0.4 protest against candidates and observers say. team of lawyers from the Supreme Court their logical conclusion. He also appealed country. --   1"   '(  ( ) ! =  M#      7 " "    **   +  0I   '+  
     =(<1-(/=   =(<1-(/=   1@=/(1 < ing also and it was clear ormer BSF constable Tej wo women candidates fig- from the his appearance FBahadur Yadav on Sunday Ture in the Bahujan Samaj n the Vasu murder case at that he was beaten up, why joined the Dushyant Chautala-led Party’s list of 41 candidates IChildren Home did it take the district police Jannayak Janata Party and said that released on Sunday for the Academy situated in 16 days to register the case. he will contest the assembly polls Haryana Assembly polls, Ranipokhri area of He further said that since against Chief Minister Manohar scheduled to be held on Dehradun, the State the starting of this case Lal Khattar from Karnal assembly October 21. Commission for the investigation certain aspects constituency. Loktantra Suraksha Party Protection of Child Rights were ignored which auto- Yadav, who hails from (LSP) led by former (SCPCR) has submitted a matically raise suspicion Mahendragarh district, joined the Kurukshetra MP Raj Kumar the polls to the 90-member backward classes and 18 to letter to the office of on the school, the hospital JJP in New Delhi in the presence Saini has also released its first Assembly independently. Scheduled castes candidates. Dehradun Senior where he was treated and of senior leader Dushyant list of 16 candidates while The Loktantra Suraksha While releasing another Superintendent of Police the local police involved. Chautala. Swaraj India released another Party, which is also contesting list of candidates, Swaraj India's (SSP) to investigate the case It is important to Yadav was dismissed from his list comprising 14 candidates the assembly polls, on Sunday executive president Ajit Jha once again from his level. mention here that after post in 2017 after he made a video for the assembly elections. announced names of 16 can- said the party has maintained According to the letter, the death of another about the quality of food served to Out of the first list of 41 didates for the assembly polls. its selection criteria strictly. there are discrepancies in minor in the school security forces. candidates announced by BSP “The party’s state vice pres- None of the candidates select- the timelines mentioned recently, the SCPCR “I am thankful to JJP and for the elections, 12 candi- ident and former DSP Karta ed by a three-member-selection in the reports sent by hos- chairperson Usha Negi Dushyant Chautala that they nom- dates have been named from Ram Kashyap will contest from committee is from financially pital where the post- had alleged that the inated me to fight against the Chief He further said that unem- Samajwadi Party and was fielded the reserved constituencies in Indri, state party’s general sec- influenced family or has any mortem of deceased Vasu school burial ground Minister Manohar Lal from ployment is a major issue in against Prime Minister Narendra the state. retary Rajkumar Sharma from political family background, was performed and the might be a sign of traf- Karnal,” Yadav said while talking Haryana. You know the condition Modi from Varanasi. However, his The list has been cleared by Rai, former MLA Bharat Singh he said. police investigation report ficking in human body to the mediapersons. of Haryana and how many people nomination paper was rejected due BSP supremo and former Uttar Chokar from Samalkha, party’s Swaraj India has so far of the case. parts, but the officials The JJP is however yet to are unemployed in the state, he to discrepancies in the two sets of Pradesh Chief Minister national general secretary Dr announced 40 candidates for Personal secretary of probing the allegation make formal announcement of his added. The polls to the 90-mem- papers submitted by him. The for- Mayawati, BSP’s state unit pres- Satish Yadav from Badshahpur,” the assembly elections, he said. SCPCR chairperson, Kamal have ruled out the possi- candidature from Karnal. ber Haryana Assembly will be held mer BSF constable was also ident Prakash Bharti said. said Raj Kumar Saini. While the main contest Gupta said that in the police bility. He said, “In Dushyant, I see an on October 21. The process of fil- required to submit a no-objection The two women candi- “We have given the prefer- for the next month’ elections is investigation the school It is also important to image of late Chaudhary Devi Lal ing nominations for assembly polls certificate from the BSF, stating dates — Shakuntala Bhatti and ence to all castes in ratio of seen between the ruling authorities were only mention here that earlier and like him, he has a clean repu- had begun on September 27. reasons for his dismissal. Sunita Dhull — have been their population. Out of 16 can- Bharatiya Janata Party and the accused of negligence. The this year in the month of tation. In future, I want to see him The JJP, which came into exis- Yadav, had however, claimed fielded from Shahbad (SC) didates, 10 belong to backward main opposition Congress, doctors also said that Vasu, March the school con- as Haryana's Chief Minister and tence after a vertical split in INLD that he furnished the NoC from and Pundri segments, respec- class while four are from sched- other players in the poll ring when admitted to the hos- cerned came on the radar for this, we need support of the following a feud within the BSF that was required by the tively. uled caste,” he said while include the Indian National pital was vomiting pro- of the authorities after it people”. Chautala clan, is contesting the returning officers and had accused Notably, the BSP had called affirming faith on his candi- Lok Dal, JJP formed after a ver- fusely. However the ques- was accused of covering Yadav said that his fight has next month's assembly polls alone. the BJP of taking “dictatorial steps” off its alliance with the fledg- dates. tical split in the INLD, AAP, tion is that when Vasu evi- up a murder inside the always been against corruption in Notably, ahead of the 2019 Lok to stop him from fighting Lok ling Jannayak Janata Party Saini added that out of total BSP, Swaraj India party dently had external bleed- school premises. the society. Sabha polls, Yadav had joined Sabha polls. recently and decided to contest 90 seats, 45 will be allotted to and the LSP.    !"#!$%   < 2 7
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  <@A1@B= police stations areas CrPC 144 "But suddenly the then mer Prime Minister Indira   .   was imposed where five or Government announced cease- Gandhi for signing the 'Simla nion Home Minister Amit more persons cannot gather. fire. What was the need for Accord' saying she ensured UShah on Sunday asserted "People are free to move announcing the ceasefire when that Jammu & Kashmir   <@A1@B= vided for non-release of funds. is still expected from MHA." there are no restrictions in the around anywhere in Kashmir. we were about to win the war. remains a bilateral issue. The "This is for the first time in "As no reserve fund under Kashmir Valley now and said Many journalists from rest of Had the ceasefire not declared, home minister rejected the n a first, the Central Reserve CRPF's eight decade history that COR (cash on reserve) is certain people are spreading India are also visiting Kashmir PoK would have been part of argument that scrapping IPolice Force (CRPF), the ration money has been stopped presently available therefore it is misinformation about restric- regularly," he said. Referring to India now," he said. Article 370 will "endanger" world's biggest paramilitary due to non-availability of funds, not feasible to draw ration tions. He said restrictions are in the recently concluded United He said Article 370 has Kashmiri culture, noting that force, has stopped payment of a top CRPF official said adding, money allowance from the pay such people’s minds who Nations General Assembly ses- while 6,000 PCOs have also been an issue for the erstwhile regional languages and tradi- ration money to over three lakh bad economy could be a possi- of September 2019. Hence, stop engage in such campaigns. sion, Shah said all world lead- come up in the last two Jan Sangh and then the BJP tions were flourishing in other personnel of the Force owing to ble reason for non-provision of drawal of ration money Shah said former Prime ers have supported India's months. since the beginning. states. non-allocation of funds by the funds for the ration money allowance from the pay of Sept' Minister Jawaharlal Nehru move on Article 370. "The decision on Article "We have launched 11 agi- "I want to ask those peo- Centre. head, the official further said. 19 till further orders. Please committed “Himalayan blun- "All world leaders had gath- 370 will strengthen the unity tations against it and even Jan ple, is there any threat to The CRPF is the lead CRPF personnel up to inform all concerned person- der” by taking the Kashmir ered for seven days (in New and integrity of India," he said, Sangh founder Syama Prasad Gujarat or its 'Garba' because agency for counter-insurgency non-gazetted ranks such as nel accordingly. They may also issue to United Nations. York). Not a single leader has adding the situation in Jammu Mookerjee laid down his life for it does not have Article 370. Is and anti-terrorist operations constable, head constable, assis- be apprised that on receipt of “In 1948, India went to raised the issue (of Jammu & & Kashmir will be completely it. We are the third generation West Bengal or its 'Durga Puja' across the theatres of tant sub inspector, sub inspec- addl. budget, ration money United Nations. That was a Kashmir). This is a big diplo- normal soon. Shah said there leaders. Even Nehru, when he facing any threat as there is no Northeast, Jammu & Kashmir tor and inspector get ration allowance will be drawn again Himalayan blunder. It is more matic victory of the prime min- were 631 princely states when realised the mistakes, kept ( for- Article 370 there. Are and Naxal-affected States. money allowance of a little over with arrears of stoppage month," than a Himalayan blunder,” he ister," he said. The Home India attained independence in mer chief minister) Sheikh Karnataka or the Kannada lan- Through an internal com- Rs 3,000 per month per person noted the communication. The said at event organised by Minister said 41,800 people 1947 and 630 of them were Abdullah in jail for 11 year. guage and Maharashtra or munication circulated across all to take care of their mess abrupt withdrawal of the ration Samkalp Former Civil Servants have lost their lives in the handled by the then Home Now, it has not been even two Marathi culture facing threat the formations earlier this expenses. Defence personnel money allowance can potential- Forum at Nehru Memorial decades-old militancy in Jammu Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai months but people have talked because there is no Article 370 month, the CRPF has asked are entitled for free ration. ly lead to resentment within the Museum and Library (NMML) & Kashmir but no one raised the Patel and one by Nehru. so much," he said. there," he asked. them that ration money would In the circular, a copy of rank and file of the Force that is here. Shah accused the issue of human rights violation "The 630 princely states Shah also termed the 1987 The Home Minister said as not be provided with the salary which has been accessed by continuously stretched into var- Opposition of spreading “misin- of jawans, their widows or the were merged with the Union of Assembly elections in Jammu many as 106 laws, including of September onwards. The Pioneer, CRPF has said ious internal security roles, Force formation” about restrictions in children who were orphaned. India completely but Jammu & Kashmir as a turning point right to education, human The internal note cites lack that the force had taken up the insiders said. the Valley. “Where are the restric- "But people are trying to and Kashmir remained an issue for spread of terrorism that has rights and ban on child mar- of budgetary provision of Rs case with the Union Home Top brass of the Force is tions ? It is only in your mind. create hue and cry over lack of since 1947," he said. Shah said so far claimed 41,800 lives. "In riage were not applicable to 800 crore the CRPF has sought Ministry on July 22, August 8 miffed over the non-allocation of There are no restrictions. Only mobile connections for few on October 27, 1947, the that elections, MLAs were Jammu & Kashmir because of from the Union Home and September 9 "for allotment funds despite repeated reminders misinformation about restric- days. Lack of phone connection Indian Army had reached elected even with 10 votes. Article 370. "Tell me one ben- Ministry despite reminders of additional fund amounting as the jawans will have to chip in tions is being spread," he said. is not human rights violation," Kashmir and defeated Pakistani 1987 elections was the root efit which was available due to sent in July, August and Rs 800 crore so that continuous from their salary component for Shah said curfew has been he said. Shah also said 10,000 attackers. It was marching cause of terrorism in Jammu & Article 370. Because of Article September. However, the ration money allowance could mess expenses in the absence of lifted in all 196 police stations new landline connections were towards PoK and they were on Kashmir," he said. 370, corruption has flourished," reminders went unanswered be drawn with regular pay but ration money and the same will in Kashmir, and only in eight given in Jammu & Kashmir the verge of victory. Shah, however, praised for- he said. and no reason has been pro- allotment of additional budget stretch their pockets. 7 4#    -
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It does not Opposition in Rajya Sabha provocative and preposterous covert means was conceptu-   ters, daughters-in-law who are should be an "out delivery" of trample the dreams of a fami- Anand Sharma said in a state- statement made by Pakistan alised as soon as inputs of his    $ doing exceptional work ... gifts and sweets. ly and waste the lives of our ment upon arrival of Modi PM Imran Khan at the UNGA. kidney transplant was received %  Some are teaching poor chil- "On the one hand, when children. This scourge and this from the US. "It was aimed at misleading by the agencies here. The agen- dren, some are spreading we experience 'delivery in' of obnoxious habit should not However, Sharma said international opinion using cies strated looking for sources storming in the agencies to   <@A1@B= awareness about health and sweetmeats, apparel, gifts and become rooted in our society," Congress is in complete agree- falsehood and fabrication of in all possible hospitals where identify fresh options to exe- sanitation. Many are serving as so on, let us think for a moment the PM asserted. ment with the stand taken by facts to defame India. The lan- Azhar could have been sub- cute such operaions, the rime Minister Narendra doctors, engineers ... As lawyers on the process of 'delivery out'. There is no confusion the Prime Minister on Pakistan guage of Pakistan PM was jected for the kidney transplant sources said. PModi on Sunday urged peo- they are helping in delivery of At least in our homes, items about angers posed by a ciga- and the continuing threat of unbecoming of a Prime in March. In this manner, the Russian and Israeli agen- ple to launch a campaign to justice. The society can identi- that are in excess and are not rette. It causes harm. The terrorism. Minister and has no place in doctors of the Pakistan army cies have been known to honour daughters who have fy such daughters and honour required anymore, could be smoker and the seller know the "We congratulate the PM any civilised discourse," were identified for the job. undertake such operations to made a mark with their them across India," he said. allocated for 'delivery out'," he harm it causes, he pointed out. for reiterating India's firm and Sharma said. After the poison bid failed, eliminate hostile agents against achievements in various fields Modi, who is known for said referring to the joy of shar- "But the case of e-cigarettes is the agencies also attempted to their respective nations. A for public good. In his month- extensively using social media ing. He said in festivities, quite different. There is little target Azhar when a blast Russian operation few years ly radio talk - Mann ki Baat - to connect with the people, said homes are filled with joy. But awareness among people about occurred at the Rawalpindi back in United Kingdom Prime Minister said e-ciga- their work can be highlighted there are many people around e-cigarette. They are also com- =>   4 4 Military Hospital on June 23 wherein a Russian agent was rettes were banned to prevent on social media platforms who remain deprived of cele- pletely unaware of its danger but the terror mastermind injected with radioactive mate- the youth from falling into new using the hashtag brations, he said, suggesting and for this reason sometimes    $   remained unscathed. rial Polonium to fuel slow way of intoxication. He also "BharatKiLakshmi". Modi people to contact NGOs and e-cigarettes sneak into the The enquiry will also seek death after he double-crossed called for sharing of Diwali gifts recalled the success of the "self- startups which distribute house out of sheer curiosity," he to establish the reasons for the the host agency of Moscow. and sweets to bring happiness ie with daughter" campaign to clothes and food to the "under- warned.   <@A1@B= failure of the mission through Likewise, Israelis have also to those who cannot afford it. drive home his point. privileged". Urging people to shun the blast bid. undertaken a number of oper- "Daughters are considered "Encouraging Bharat ki Urging people to shun tobacco, the Prime Minister ice President M Venkaiah After two back to back ations to eliminate targets in the as Lakshmi in our culture ... Lakshmi means strengthening tobacco, Prime said e cigarettes warned that e cigarettes, which VNaidu on Sunday lauded efforts to get rid of Azhar terrorist ranks of Hamas, a ter- Can't we felicitate daughters in the path to success of the were banned to prevent the are used as a "fashion state- Prime Minister Narendra failed, there is a serious brain- ror group against Tel Aviv. our villages and cities by hold- country and its people," the youth from falling into the new ment", are a new way of getting Modi's statesmanship for ing public programmes," he Prime Minister said. way of intoxication. " e-cigarette addicted to nicotine. championing the cause of peace and prosperity at the United Nations in contrast to Pakistan ty across the globe," he said in Prime Minister Imran Khan's his Facebook post. ? !     $    "       brinkmanship displaying a nar- Naidu said this UN session row and perverse mindset. presented a clear choice   <@A1@B= received a record 90 eligible Reich: Mother India December 16 at the IME Nepal In a Facebook post, the vice between peaceful coexistence entries this year from 42 pub- (Macmillan, Pan Macmillan, Literature Festival in Pokhara president also complimented and pursuit of conflicts bor- even women authors and lishers and 55 imprints from India)" in Nepal. India for effectively unveiling dering on perversion. "This UN Sequal numbers of debut across the globe. The five Speaking on the occasion, Surina Narula, co- its vision for peace and devel- session brought out in focus novelists figure in the longlist member international jury Harish Trivedi, Chair of the founder of the DSC Prize opment for humanity at the diametrically opposite visions of the prestigious DSC prize for panel diligently adjudicated on jury commented, "We read 90 said, "I would like to thank the 74th UNGA Session as powered by statesmanship south Asian literature. these to select a longlist of 15 novels at the average rate of one international jury panel for opposed to the ideology that soaring high in the statement Comprising three translated novels. a day — an exhilarating, going through all the entries believes in violence, terrorism of PM Modi and its opposite of works from Malayalam, Tamil The longlisted entries enlightening and humbling and coming up with such an and warmongering for short- brinkmanship stooping too and Bengali, the `longlist' was contending for the DSC Prize experience. Some of the novels excellent longlist for the DSC sighted vested interests. low," he said. unveiled by chair of the jury for South Asian Literature we read narrated the nation. Prize for South Asian He also lauded young The Vice President noted panel Harish Trivedi at a spe- 2019 are: Akil Kumarasamy: Some others explored individ- Literature 2019. Each of the 15 diplomat Vidisha Maitra for that statesmanship flows from cial event at the Oxford Half Gods (Farrar, Straus" & ual subjectivities and yet longlisted books vividly bring effectively placing before the sacred hearts and noble Bookstore in New Delhi. Giroux, USA) Amitabha aligned them to a broader out the changing nuances of comity of nations the choice thoughts that worry for the The US $25,000 DSC Prize Bagchi: Half the Night is social and political reality. South Asian life and the effect between statesmanship and good of mankind, while "its for South Asian Literature, Gone (Juggernaut Books, Some grabbed us by the throat that globalization has had in brinkmanship by effectively opposite of brinkmanship is a which is now in its ninth year, India)" Devi S. Laskar: The not so much for what they were this region. I am delighted bringing out the defining char- manifestation of narrow and highlights the growing diversity Atlas of Reds and Blues There's Gunpowder in the Rajkamal Jha: The City and saying but for how they said it. to see the strong presence of acteristics of these opposing perverse minds propelled by and the power of new writing (Counterpoint Press, USA)" Air (Translated by Arunava the Sea (Hamish Hamilton, "The jury will now further debut novelists, women visions. defining lack of concern for in the South Asian literary Fatima Bhutto: The Runaways Sinha, Eka, Amazon" Penguin Random House, evaluate the longlisted entries writers and translations on "I compliment PM Modi larger good of humanity". "The landscape. The longlist reflects (Viking, Penguin Random Westland, India) Mirza India)" Sadia Abbas: The over the next month and the this list as well as voices from for championing the cause of choice is clear. Let humanity growing focus on South Asian House, India, and Viking, Waheed: Tell Her Everything Empty Room (Zubaan shortlist of 5 or 6 books for the beyond the region writing peace and prosperity for larg- march on the path of peaceful themes in literature as many of Penguin Random" House, (Context, Amazon Westland, Publishers, India)" Shubhangi DSC Prize 2019 will be about South Asia. This is a er good by giving a crisp development highlighted by the selected authors are based UK) Jamil Jan Kochai: 99 India)" Nadeem Zaman: In Swarup: Latitudes of Longing announced on 6th November, strong endorsement of our account of the unfolding India Indian model," he said. outside the region. This Nights in Logar (Bloomsbury the Time of the Others (HarperCollins, 2019 at the London School of vision for the prize, as over the development narrative that is "The statement of PM includes an American writer Circus, Bloomsbury, India" & (Picador, Pan Macmillan, HarperCollins, India)" T. D. Economics & Political Science last nine years, it has been able aimed at achieving Sustainable Modi and intervention of our without any South Asian eth- UK, and Viking, Penguin India)" Perumal Murugan: A Ramakrishnan: Sugandhi (LSE) in London. Thereafter to showcase the Development Goals, a cause young diplomat exercising our nic roots. Random House, USA) Lonely Harvest (Translated by alias Andal Devanayaki the jury would meet to arrive immense and diverse talent dear to the UN and the comi- right to reply to the account of The DSC Prize, adminis- Madhuri Vijay: The Far Field Aniruddhan Vasudevan, (Translated by Priya K. Nair, at the final winner that would writing about this region and ty of nations committed to the brinkmanship are worthy of tered by the South Asian (Grove Press, Grove Atlantic, Penguin Books, Penguin" Harper Perennial," be announced at a special present it to readers across the welfare and future of humani- full reading," he added. 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   Assembly elections in the state. Gangtok and Martam-Rumtek has matters pending, which with NCP from the total of 250 Grand Alliance comprising the (RLD), an ally of the Congress, The seats fell vacant as BJP Assembly seats, reserved for only the Central government assembly seats in the State. The RJD, Congress, Hindustani has one MLA. Thirteen legisla- MLAs — Kripanath Mallah indigenous Bhutia and Lepcha can resolve. list of candidates was finalised Awam Morcha and VIP party tors are Independent.  R   
 (Ratabari), Pallab Lochan Das communities, respectively, Among other demands, after the party’s Central Election (Rangapara) and Topon Kumar while the ruling Sikkim the state has long been seeking Committee met under the        Gogoi (Sonari) — and Congress Krantikari Morcha (SKM) will Assembly seat reservation chairmanship of Sonia Gandhi legislator Abdul Khaleque field its candidate from for Limboo and Tamang and cleared the names. % '  (Jania) resigned from the Poklok-Kamrang seat. communities and tribal status Former Chief Minister Ballia: The Samajwadi Party his disqualification as MLA of Assembly after winning the Lok Bypolls were necessitated for 11 "left-out" communities, Ashok Chavan will contest from will consider withdrawing its UP Legislative Assembly,” Sabha election. PTI after legislators who had won Rai said. PTI Bhikar seat, while former Home " 7  application for Shivpal Singh Chaudhary told reporters here. Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s Yadav’s disqualification as MLA The Leader of Opposition daughter Praniti will contest the if he agrees for a merger with the in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Solapur City Central. State party Mumbai: Capping days of candidature has been Akhilesh Yadav-led party, senior said the SP has shown utmost 1 %4   chief Vijay Balasaheb Thorat is speculation, the Shiv Sena on finalised. Former NCP leader SP leader Ram Govind patience in dealing with Shivpal the candidate from Sangamner. Sunday said it has decided to Sachin Ahir had recently Chaudhary said on Sunday. Yadav. Former Chief Minister field Aaditya Thackeray, the joined the Sena, which will On September 13, the SP “Despite giving statements %5+ R6 , Vilasrao Deshmukh’s son Amit elder son of party chief Uddhav make Thackeray's win easy," had moved the application seek- against party president has been fielded from the Latur Thackeray, from the Worli he said. ing Shivpal Yadav’s disqualifi- Akhilesh Yadav and the feud in Lucknow: The Samajwadi Rampur MP Azam Khan. date from Ghosi, while City seat and senior party leader Assembly constituency in Ahir had unsuccessfully cation from the Uttar Pradesh the party, he was given a tick- Party (SP) announced on Tazeen is currently a Rajya Nirbhay Singh Patel will be the Nitin Raut, who heads the Mumbai. contested the 2014 assembly Assembly under the anti-defec- et in the 2017 UP Assembly Sunday that senior party leader Sabha MP,” SP national party candidate from party’s SC department, has been With this, Aaditya has election against Sunil Shinde. tion law. Shivpal Yadav was elections. In 2019 Lok Sabha Azam Khan’s wife Tazeen spokesperson Rajendra Manikpur. The party has given fielded from the Nagpur North become the first member of the Ever since the Shiv Sena elected from the Jaswantnagar elections, he contested against Fatima will be its candidate for Chaudhary said. ticket to Gaurav Kumar Rawat (reserved) constituency. Thackeray clan ever to contest was founded by late Bal Assembly constituency on an SP his nephew Akshay Yadav from the bypoll to the Rampur The Rampur seat fell from Zaidpur. Subhash Rai Maharashtra Congress chief an election. Thackeray in 1966, no member ticket in the 2017 State elections. Firozabad on a Pragatisheel Assembly seat. vacant after Khan was elected will be the party candidate Balasaheb Thorat said Congress Talking to PTI, a close of the family had contested any In 2018, he floated a new party Samajwadi Party (Lohia) tick- With this, the SP has to the Lok Sabha in the par- from Jalalpur, while Brijesh is likely to have an “upper hand” aide of Sena chief said, “Aaditya election or held any constitu- — Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party et,” Chaudhary said. On declared the names of 10 liamentary polls held in April- Verma Patel will be fielded in alliance with the NCP for next Thackeray’s name has been tional post. (Lohia) — after falling out with September 20, Akhilesh Yadav bypoll candidates, leaving the May. from Pratapgarh.” month’s Assembly polls and finalised for the Worli Uddhav's cousin and SP chief and his nephew had hinted that the SP may Iglas (SC) seat in Aligarh for its Kiran Bharti will be the SP The party had already may contest more seats than the Assembly segment. Shiv Sena’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Akhilesh Yadav. withdraw the application seek- alliance partner, the Rashtriya candidate from the Balha (SC) announced the candidatures of ‘125 each’ formula earlier agreed sitting MLA Sunil Shinde will (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray “If Shivpal Singh Yadav dis- ing the disqualification of his Lok Dal (RLD). seat in Bahraich and Indrasen Major Ashish Chaturvedi and upon. The State goes to polls on vacate his place for Aaditya.” had announced his intention to solves his party and merges it estranged uncle. “Whosoever “For the Rampur Assembly from Gangoh. Earlier, in a Samrat Vikas from Lucknow October 21 and counting of "Worli is considered one contest the 2014 State Assembly with the Samajwadi Party, then wants to come, we will include seat, the party has decided to tweet, the SP said, “Sudhakar Cantonment and Govindnagar votes will be held on October 24. of the safest constituencies for elections. However, he had the party will consider with- them in the party,” the SP chief field Tazeen Fatima, the wife of Singh will be the party candi- in Kanpur respectively. PTI “The NCP admits that the the Sena, hence Aaditya's later changed his mind. PTI drawing the application seeking had said. PTI           -&     )/ "   
   
 
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Like a father as in life and in administration, could not be discussed with all state ministers and then Executive Officer, Shri Mata decorated with with imported the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr posal of 98 crore for would. Maybe he is the father of but sadly that does not happen,” the members and people in the Governor K N Tripathi had Vaishno Devi Shrine Board flowers and fresh fruits. The 13 Jitendra Singh and Advisor to Rejuvenation plan for Ban India.” Reacting to the US pres- he said. “Bapu has been reduced locality due to security rea- inaugurated the puja. Sunday told The Pioneer, “ an km long yatra track has also Governor, KK Sharma inau- Ganga stream and its DPR has ident’s September 24 comment, to a symbol, like on currency sons,” he said. BJP state General estimated 1 lakh pilgrims have been beautifully decorated and gurated the Navratri festival in been forwarded to the Union Tushar Gandhi told PTI, “Those notes and on Swachh Bharat However, another com- Secretary Sayantan Basu said so far registered themselves to illuminated to create a spiritu- Katra. Government. ‘To prevent flow who feel the need to replace the Abhiyan posters,” Tushar mittee member, who claimed Shah will inaugurate the B J perform the pilgrimage in the ally stimulating atmosphere The inaugural ceremony of waste and sewage into Ban father of the nation with a new Gandhi said. to represent the dissident Block Puja on October 1. last 24 hours”. for the pilgrims. was marked with traditional Ganga, 3 major sewage treat- one are welcome. Trump may Society should understand members, said they did not “It has been shortlisted for He said, ahead of the Gold plated entrance gates, prayers and a colourful cultur- ment plants and 1 small STP is also like to replace George the Mahatma’s ideology, which want to give a “political inauguration by Amit Shah Navratri festival, 45,000 pil- installed at the front of the 96 al bonanza comprising dances coming up around Katra soon’, Washington (one of the found- has proven to be timeless and colour” to the puja. among five pujas of the city,” grims arrived in Katra on feet long traditional cave, are presented by the artists from all he added. ing fathers of the United States) has inspired mass movements “We have nothing against he said. Earlier, Sayantan Basu Saturday. On Sunday, over 50, going to be an added attraction over the country. KK Sharma announced with himself.” The 59-year-old is across the world, he said. Amit Shah, he is the home had become the president of 000 pilgrims were expected to for lakhs of pilgrims offering The inaugural ceremony that soon a separate CEO for the son of journalist Arun Gandhian thought is the minister of our country. We the committee of a well- register themselves at the reg- prayers inside the sanctum was also attended by Divisional Katra Municipal Committee Gandhi, grandson of Manilal ideology of “sustainability” and are proud of India and some of known Durga Puja in south istration counters, he added. sanctorum during Navratas Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev would be appointed. He Gandhi and great-grandson of is gaining global acceptance at a the decisions taken in recent Kolkata and had proposed to “We are expecting a rush of this year. Verma and Deputy divulged that more funds the Mahatma. time when intolerant and times to protect our nation. invite Amit Shah to inaugu- around 4 lakh pilgrims to visit A large army of around 400 Commissioner Reasi, Indu would be released for holistic Asked about a section of the extremist ideologies seem to be “However, he is also a top rate it. PTI cave shrine during the nine day workers worked day and night Kanwal Chib besides other development of the town. right-wing in India glorifying strengthening, he said. PTI    !"#!$%  ? 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He is According to ground Trinamool Congress leaders mer Bihar Chief Minister Rabri the spot. the only one who could have reports, Pakistan Army initiat- like Firhad Hakim hit him  ( Devi, where Rai spoke to the Pramila, the Helpline offi- sorted things out. It is Misa ed ‘ unprovoked’ ceasefire vio- back saying it was Nadda who media for the first time in the cial, told reporters, “Let me first Bharti who does not want me to lation along the Line of Control had come from jungle to gious act, he said “Bengal has presence of her parents who have a detailed conversation succeed in my efforts to save my in Balakote sector of Mendhar Bengal which had a civilised jungle raj during the TMC rushed to the spot upon receiv- with the complainant. Based on marriage,” Rai said. on Sunday and targeted sever- Government. rule,” adding the “goonda raj ing her distress call. that, we would decide the course Prasad is serving sentences al civilian areas. Hakim, a senior Minister will soon come to an end in “I wanted my relationship of action to be taken into the in a number of fodder scam In response, Indian Army in Mamata Banerjee’s Cabinet, Bengal as the time of the TMC (with Tej Pratap) to work. matter.” cases in Ranchi for more than retaliated strongly. Till the time said “this man (Nadda) himself government is over. Mamata Hence, I had been staying here When asked who were pre- a year. of filing the report, intermittent CRPF Rajesh Kumar Yadav, IG injured in the encounter. The has come from the jungle — Banerjee is fast losing his polit- even after my husband filed a sent inside the house while she Roy’s father Chandrika Rai shelling was going on in the Jammu Mukesh Singh first vis- DGP also met the family mem- where unemployment rate is ical ground in Bengal.” divorce petition. Though it is was being denied food and a several-term MLA currently forward areas of Mendhar. The ited Batote. The DGP visited bers of the injured personnel. increasing, economy has nose- Meanwhile, the Chief pending, my in-laws have start- attempts were made to snatch belonging to the RJD was seen firing continued even as it was site of the encounter and inter- According to police dived and people are lynched Minister attacked the Centre ed treating me as if we are her phone, Rai said, “Rabri having heated exchanges with raining in the region. The acted with the family and also spokesman, “seven personnel — and that is why he sees jun- for subverting federalism in already divorced,” Rai said. Devi, Misa Bharti and Tejashwi the security personnel, who injured civilians were shifted to the elderly person namely Vijay were injured among which gle raj everywhere.” India. She alleged that the way She was seated under a Yadav”. were refusing him entry into the Rajouri hospital for medical Kumar who was taken hostage SPO Imtiyaz Hussain is still It was “unfortunate that a the Centre was passing laws shed along with her parents in Asked about their respons- inner quarters. treatment, official sources said. but saved by the operational critical”. Those injured include senior leader like him can unilaterally and without taking front of the outhouses situated es to the incident, Rai said, “My “They are neither meeting Meanwhile, Director team of the Police, Army and SI Sonu, SI Shabir and Const. make such comments when the Opposition parties into inside the premises while speak- mother-in-law simply abdicat- us nor picking up the phone. I General of Police Dilbagh CAPF. The DGP also extend- Amir Hussain. The DGP Bengal has set a record in confidence amounted to defy- ing to reporters. ed her responsibility while Misa would have never agreed (for Singh Sunday visited Batote ed financial help to the family. directed the SSP Udhampur to terms of developmental work ing the federal values of the “For the past three months, Bharti, who has been staying her daughter’s marriage with Tej town, along with senior CRPF DIG DKR Range B.S Tuti, DIG take care of the parents / rela- and job creation.” Indian constitution. I have been subjected to ill- here despite being married for Pratap) had I known things and police officers and felici- CRPF Prabhat Chandra Jha, tives of the injured persons. Nadda had come to She tweeted on Saturday treatment here. I was not given long, went about creating mis- would come to this shameful tated the joint teams of securi- CO B.P. Yadav, SSP Doda The DGP also met SI Kolkata to perform Tarpan which was observed as the food, so every day my meals chief so that her writ runs large pass,” he said. ty forces behind eliminated Mumtaz Ahmad, SSP Ramban Amardeep Thakur who was ceremony — offering sacred International Day for Universal used to come from my resi- within the family.” No member of Prasad’s three terrorists during the nine Anita Sharma briefed the DGP injured in an encounter in water normally to the spirits of Access to Information “Our dence. On RJD heir apparent family or any RJD leader close hour long operation on and other visiting officers Baramulla. He impressed upon dead ancestors — on the party strongly condemned the “Since Saturday, however, I Tejashwi Yadav’s role, she said, to Lalu Prasad’s family was Saturday. regarding encounter. the doctors to provide all the Mahalaya Day by offering way in which important Bills was being denied access even to “He has always been helpful. I ready to speak on the matter According to police Later in the afternoon the needed medical help. The DGP sacred water to the BJP work- including the amendments to the kitchen. A personal staff of do not know what happened even as the BJP attacked the for- spokesman, “The DGP accom- DGP visited the Military also provided financial help on ers falling prey to TMC vio- the Right to Information Act, my mother-in-law rudely told since yesterday. Whether he mer chief minister and his kin panied by ADGP CRPF Hospital Udhampur to know the spot to the families of lence in Bengal. was passed in parliament, hurt- me that it has been locked and was aware or not of what was for having “humiliated such a Zulfikar Hassan and IGP (Ops) the welfare of the personnel injured personnel. After performing the reli- ing federalism.” refused to hand over the keys to going on. respectable family”. PTI + 4 : " " 

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Kolkata: Rare photographs September 4 after leaders of the ‘Gandhi Bhavan’. ment fully took over the build- Charka and his correspon- Mahatma by the rioters will Biswanath Dey, who Affairs department said the capturing Mahatma Gandhi’s two communities visited him But it didn’t draw wider ing and it has been massively dence (letter) with people in also be on display, she said. passed away in 2017, was one museum will have three divi- 1947 stay at Beliaghata here and and laid down arms at his feet public attention. In 2009, when upgraded. This renovated Noakhali, in present day “Hyderi Manjil is not just of the associates of Gandhi dur- sions. articles used by him during the and cried for forgiveness,” said the then state governor Gopal building will open as a full- Bangladesh, during the period a building, it’s associated with ing his stay. His daughter-in- “There will be one section over three-week period when an office-bearer of the Purba Krishna Gandhi visited the fledged state-run museum on of the turmoil in Kolkata and many memories. It was the epi- law recalls with pride how depicting Gandhiji’s birth, he tried to douse the flames of Kolkata Gandhi Smarak Samiti, place, he asked the samiti to put Wednesday, when the nation Noakhali will also be added,” centre of the fight against com- Gandhiji asked him to accom- death and political life, this will communal violence will be on that has been managing the on display some of the objects celebrates the 150th birth she said. munalism,” said the samiti offi- pany him during his morning be the new addition to the pre- display from October 2 at the building since late 1950s. used by the Mahatma. anniversary of the Father of the Also newspaper clippings cer-bearer. walks to a nearby canal every vious museum, run by the vol- house that hosted him, and has She said Gandhi and his Since then, it has been run Nation. recording that turbulent phase “The museum, in its full day. untary organisation. now been developed as a full- followers moved to the build- as a small ‘museum’ by the After the restoration of the in Bengal history will also be glory and as a state-run facili- “My father-in-law, who was “There will be another sec- fledged museum. ing, earlier known as ‘Hyderi samiti and objects like the entire building, these items displayed in all the seven rooms ty, will be unveiled on October a teenager in 1947, used to say tion on his relations with In August and September Manjil’, on August 13, 1947. spinning wheel, cap, ‘kharam’, will be displayed in a better and of the museum, she added 2 to let the present generation he was a part of six youths who Hyderi Manjil. And the third of 1947, away from the cele- They lived in two of its seven pillow and mattress used by the more organised way, the official “There are photographs know more about Gandhiji would be always on Gandhiji’s will show how he prevented the bration of Independence, rooms as only these two were Mahatma during his stay are on said, expressing satisfaction too. For example, one is of a and his association with the side,” she recalls. riots in Kolkata and Noakhali Gandhi chose to be in Kolkata inhabitable. display in one of the rooms, an the state government has taken pensive Gandhiji looking at a city,” she said. Another nonagenarian, form escalating further. with some of his followers to But once Gandhi left on official of the samiti said. the organisation on board in dimly-lit lantern. Another, After the restoration, the who frequented the place in Newspaper clippings and other calm the rioters down. He September 4, the building again However, with limited turning the building into a full- taken on September 4, shows building is now safeguarded by those days and liked by Bapu, books and archival materials stayed in the building during went into decay. resources of the samiti, there fledged museum. teary-eyed community leaders a high wall and the steps are says she recently visited the will be kept there,” the official his stay. On October 2, 1985, the was not much public knowl- There will be some new asking him to call off the fast paved with marbles. Its large place and was very happy with said. “The city was in flames. state government’s Public edge about the building and additions in the museum too. on. A photo shows Gandhi in central hall houses several wall the ongoing maintenance work. There will be audio-visual Gandhi and his followers Works Department carried out some of its exhibits and hence “Items used by Gandhiji in ‘mounobrato’ (silence),” the paintings, crafted by the stu- She is now settled in South presentation, another new stayed in the building and sat some maintenance works there the number of visitors was the ashram he set up at Sodpur, office-bearer said. dents of Rabindranath Tagore’s Africa. addition, with voice-over in on an indefinite fast on August in consultation with the sami- few. 10 km from Beliaghata, to help A glass case with three Viswa Bharati, on the 1947 An official of the one section of the museum, the 31. Gandhi called off the fast on ti and and it was named In 2018, the state govern- inmates weave clothes by swords surrendered to the communal violence. Information and Cultural top official said. 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( B@ Kasturba Gandhi, respectively. spinning wheel. lutionary blend of politics and spiritu-                ( Soon, there was a road and one hut became a Originally determined to live in an The food was also prepared accord- ality. He called his action-based philos- cluster. The British set up a telephone so that they HC<1BJ(<1 isolated hut, Gandhi decided that his ing to rule number four of Gandhi’s ophy satyagraha or the truth force. For          # )  <    .  (<#(<-BJ  "         (       could communicate with the Mahatma. However, own house should be open from all (Sabarmati) ashram rules. According to Jawaharlal Nehru, the defining image Gandhi’s attempt to disconnect from the world /@@/%@10 # sides in order to let natural elements Gandhi, the first step to control sexu- of Gandhi was: “Many pictures rise in #                ( failed just like his attempt to change India from 1@%C1CH# and his visitors circulate freely. 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Gandhi shared these thoughts wrote in his famous exchange of letters in his diary that he didn’t like the mush determined and fearless, who would             @ about who should consider residing in it: “He with Nehru in 1945. that was served and after the third day, continue that quest and pilgrimage,                  alone deserves to be called an inmate of the Bapu Kuti is a sparse and austere he declined to eat any more of it. regardless of consequences.” 7 <  1   1 @ $        ashram who has ceased to have any worldly rela- mud-walled cottage. The building The peace of village life was bitter- Gandhi’s impact was indelible. He      A   @       tion — one involving monetary interests — with remains as a symbol of the Mahatma’s sweet. Sewagram’s calm was, in fact, guided India to independence and his parents or other relatives; who has no other dedication to a mode of living that due to the absence of any real, living forced his countrymen to question their                needs save those of food and clothing; and who treads lightly on the land and is acces- activity. Today, the ashram is preserved deepest prejudices about caste, religion =         *      ( is ever watchful in the observance of the 11 car- sible in its material simplicity to even in time in the manner of an old sepia and violence. His ideas continue to res-     *               dinal vows. Therefore, he who needs to make sav- the poorest. Three of Gandhi’s original photograph but the idealised life it onate across the world and he has      # @           ings should never be regarded as an ashram possessions are highlighted in the documents is now dead. Sewagram is inspired generations of great leaders. As       -      ( inmate.” building today: His iconic round- no longer a vibrant place inhabited by Einstein summed up in his tribute:       I #       86 Bapu Kuti is nothing short of a museum. A shaped spectacles, his pocket-watch and the indefatigable Gandhi and his “Generations to come will scarce believe        8J   2      1   quaint bath, an elderly, dignified telephone box his two cross-strapped slippers. These devoted votaries. It is a shell of what that such a one as this ever in flesh and         and neat little alcoves shyly peeping from the three have taken on a symbolic value it was, a time capsule fondly and blood walked upon this earth.” * 2  K             ( walls, all serve to create an inexplicable nostal- in the commemoration of the great painstakingly preserved but devoid of Yet the true reality is that Gandhi’s         #       ( gia for a past that we were not even part of. There leader. The first enabled him to see the its living inhabitants and shorn of its legacy is in shreds. It had already start- are some bare relics: Glasses, a spoon, a pocket world around him with clarity and the original aura. ed waning immediately after his death.  "           watch and a pumice stone to scrub his body. The second helped him keep and respect The site is at once stimulating and His vision of villages as the most fer- )   (              kitchen contains the flour grinder Gandhi put time — that of others as much as his soothing, haunting yet peaceful. It is as tile ground for India’s progress now    I #           to use occasionally. His cot and massage table own — and the third symbolised his if the aura of the man himself hovers seems like a utopian dream. The                      have also been retained. The sacredness of the light but unmistakable footprint on the above it. Part of the reason, of course, Governor-General of independent          place is preserved by the several sombre trees that Indian landscape. is that the ashram simply doesn’t India, C Rajagopalachari, gave a disen- .           *      have themselves withstood the passage of histo- A number of Gandhi’s other sparse attract that many visitors as Gandhi’s chanted verdict in the years that imme-      R   S    O     ( ry and ravages of time. The practice of daily possessions are exhibited at Bapu Kuti: importance and pertinence to ordinary diately followed Gandhi’s death. It still  O     G P$    $       prayers in the open continues. The campus glows A walking stick, a portable spinning Indians fades. rings true: “The glamour of modern     3           with humility evoking memories of its master. wheel, a paperweight, an inkpot, a pen- Gandhi had warned in 1928 that if technology, money and power is so           <      Q The structures were to be simple enough for cil stand, a bowl, prayer beads and a India took to industrialisation after the seductive that no one — I mean no one a small group of ordinary people to build and small statue of three monkeys among manner of the West, “it would strip the — can resist it. The handfuls of *          P#      ( maintain on their own. Indeed, the modest scale other things. The cottage is partitioned world bare like locusts.” We disregard- Gandhians, who still believe in his phi-               Q of the lodgings comes as a surprise to many vis- into separate rooms, which left some ed him and adopted energy and losophy of a simple life in a simple soci- #             itors. The cottages are well-crafted with thick space for Gandhi to write, meet visitors resource-guzzling technologies rather ety, are mostly cranks.”     (     #  *S mud-brick walls, clay roof tiles and palm leaf and for guests to sleep. It also contains than seeking more sustainable alterna- (The writer is Member, NITI Aayog’s             thatching. The most important of these historic a latrine connected to a septic tank with tives. The results are there for all to see. National Committee on Financial Literacy +          , structures are Adi Niwas, Ba Kuti and Bapu Kuti. a note informing visitors that Gandhi Many of our rivers are biologically dead. and Inclusion for Women) '          E                                        !   

and dupatta were not good enough. It is true that Saudi Arabia was text, Faisal rang in a series of social movement. In 1979, inspired by its code and prevent the public mingling Zia did manage to introduce cer- The reason such moves now attract not a bastion of liberalism before reforms in Saudi Arabia, which rhetoric and also by the criticism of of unrelated men and women. Saudi tain unprecedented laws (in the more debate is because they have 1979 but Prince Salman is correct in included the introduction of televi- the religious establishment, a group Arabia responded by closing down name of Islam), but when he tried to become anachronisms. They seem pointing out that the country had fol- sion and cinema. He also encouraged of Saudi militants captured the cinemas, increasing religious pro- replicate ideas such as introducing out of place. Indeed, they found more lowed a more “moderate” strand of the entry of women in workplaces Grand Mosque in Mecca. Hundreds gramming on TV, banning music dress codes and forming a moral traction back in the 1980s, but the Islam before the Iranian Revolution. and ordered the construction of an were killed, and this happened just and entertainment outlets, and great- police force, they failed to take root. forces that encouraged such enforced So, today, when the Saudi regime is opera house. Women were not months after a radical Islamic regime ly reducing the number of women on In his book Social and Cultural morality in Pakistan are now in the allowing women to drive cars, is required to wear the abaya and spe- established itself in Iran. TV, radio and offices. Women were Transformations in a Muslim Nation, * 1 96 process of rolling back their previ- reopening cinemas and gradually tol- cial areas were designated for for- Hiro writes that, even though the required to wear abayas in public and MA Qadeer writes that what began ous ideas of morality. Therefore, such erating the presence of women with- eigners to enjoy their alcohol. leaders of the group were executed, husbands and wives were asked to in Pakistan as a State-backed moral- n September 15, the Haripur instructions and acts whenever they out abayas in public, it is simply However, parallel to this, Faisal the Saudi religious establishment carry their marriage certificates. A ity project from above was eventu- district education officer crop up now, look like relics of a dif- reverting to what was tolerated in the also patronised members of the lamented that the group’s concerns special force, the Mutawa, was ally adopted by various social groups Oissued a notification directing ferent time. kingdom before 1979. conservative Muslim Brotherhood were justified because the monarchy formed to impose these rules. below. These groups began to con- school principals to ensure that girl Let me explain. Morality projects The Iranian Revolution was not (MB) who had been expelled by had “moved away from real Islam.” Interestingly, it was also in 1979 duct moral policing by making use students don an abaya. Such instruc- navigated by the State and certain the only reason why Saudi Arabia Nasser from Egypt. Faisal was assas- This, coupled with similar criticism that so-called “Islamic” laws were of certain laws introduced through tions continue to be issued, even political and social groups in slapped numerous bans in this sinated in 1975. But despite the fact aimed at the Saudi monarchy by introduced in earnest in Pakistan. ordinances by the Zia regime. though on several occasions educa- Pakistan were largely influenced by respect. King Faisal Abdulaziz, who that his reforms had drawn criticism Iran’s newly-formed Islamic The General Zia dictatorship came That’s why, even decades after tional institutions have been forced two Muslim-majority countries: ruled the oil-rich kingdom between from the kingdom’s religious estab- Government, suddenly saw the king- to power in 1977, but it took two Zia’s demise and the revival of to withdraw these directives after fac- Saudi Arabia and Iran. In October 1964 and 1975, initiated many social lishment, Faisal’s successor, King dom rapidly rollback the reforms. years to introduce the country’s first reform in Saudi Arabia, one still sees ing severe criticism on social media. 2017, Saudi crown prince, reforms, mainly in response to the Khaled, continued the reforms. According to Hiro, thus began a major set of religious laws. certain segments in Pakistan decree- Dress codes for female students Mohammad bin Salman, who has manner in which the secular Arab The Middle East expert Dilip race between Iran and Saudi Arabia Happenings in Iran and Saudi ing instructions based on their ideas in most Pakistani educational insti- been spearheading an unprecedent- nationalist Gamal Abdel Nasser of Hiro, in his 2018 book Cold War in in which both tried to outdo each Arabia in 1979 clearly encouraged of morality. Such decrees now do not tutions are already sufficiently mod- ed campaign of social reform in the Egypt had taunted Saudi Arabia of the Islamic World, writes that both other and prove they were more the Zia regime to take this step. The have direct Government backing. est. Yet, there have been cases in kingdom, told the UK newspaper being “backward.” Nasser, at the time, Faisal and Khaled ignored the grow- “Islamic” than the other. Iran banned fact that Pakistan eventually became Yet, they still manage to create some which women students have been The Guardian that the Saudi monar- was one of the most popular leaders ing influence of the Sahwa move- various activities in the country a battlefield of proxy wars between awkward problems because the laws asked to enhance their modesty chy introduced “rigid doctrines” in the Muslim world. In her 2005 ment, which had opposed Faisal’s that it deemed “un-Islamic.” It also Iran and Saudi Arabia also con- that these decrees base their justifi- with articles of clothing that are and laws in Saudi Arabia due to the book on Saudi Arabia, Professor reforms. introduced a dress code for women. tributed, with the Zia regime trying cation on, are still present, like the thought to be even more morally fallout of the Islamic Revolution in Sherifa Zuhur writes that in a bid to The MB members living in exile A religious police force was formed to make Pakistan equally “Islamic” elephant in the room. correct — as if the shalwar kameez Iran of 1979. overtake Nasser’s Egypt in this con- in Saudi Arabia radicalised this whose job it was to enforce the dress in this strange new race. (Courtesy: The Dawn)  0    !"#!$% 2 (  
 
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The number of foreign attacks on its oil installations, ply, marketing, refining to investment licences granted in Saudi Arabia has said that it is petrochemicals and lubricants Saudi Arabia in the first quar-  ;0;2<    looking at investing $100 bil- is a key part of Aramco’s glob- ter of 2018 increased by 130 per lion in India in areas of petro- al downstream strategy. cent,” he said. chemicals, infrastructure and “In this backdrop, Saudi The envoy also talked    mining among others, consid- Aramco’s proposed investments about Saudi Arabia’s new resi- ering the country’s growth in India’s energy sector such as dency permit scheme for qual-  <@A1@B= Prior to this, foreign potential. the $44 billion West Coast ified international expatriates. investors had pulled out a net Saudi Ambassador Dr refinery and petrochemical “This move is expected to fter remaining net sellers 5,920.02 crore in August and Saud bin Mohammed Al Sati project in Maharashtra and attract leading global innova- Afor the past two months, 2,985.88 crore in July from has said India is an an attrac- long term partnership with tors and investors to live and foreign investors infused a the domestic capital markets. tive investment destination for Reliance represent strategic work in Saudi Arabia, and net 7,714 crore into the “The Government has ini- his country, the world’s biggest milestones in our bilateral rela- help drive the private sector domestic capital markets in tiated many reforms to oil exporter, and it is eyeing tionship,” he said. growth needed to realise the September following a slew of embrace the FPIs in the home long-term partnerships with The envoy said the vision goals set out in Saudi Vision economic reforms by the country by way of abolishing New Delhi in key sectors like 2030 of Crown Prince 2030,” he said. Government. additional surcharge on the oil, gas and mining. Mohammed bin Salman will Asked whether Saudi The Centre last week capital gains to slashing the “Saudi Arabia is looking at also result in significant expan- Arabia will increase oil supply slashed corporate tax rate by corporate tax rates to attract making investments in India sion of trade and business to India to address the short- around 10 percentage points new foreign investment. potentially worth $100 billion between India and Saudi fall due to curb on import of oil and also clarified that the “If everything kept con- in the areas of energy, refining, Arabia in diverse sectors. from Iran, the envoy said his enhanced tax surcharge will stant, the corporate tax cut is petrochemicals, infrastructure, Under vision 2030, Saudi country is committed to India’s not apply on capital gains itself a very strong factor that agriculture, minerals and min- Arabia plans to diversify the energy security and will meet arising from sale of any secu- will lead to earnings upgrades ing,” Al Sati told PTI in an Saudi economy while reducing Arabia will honour its com- “Consistent with the vision Arabia to invest in its strategic any shortfall that may arise due rity, including derivatives, in and will bring valuations to an interview. its economic dependence on mitment to invest in India’s oil 2030 goals, Saudi Aramco is petroleum reserve reflects the to disruptions from other the hands of foreign portfolio attractive level which will The envoy said more than petroleum products. and gas sectors. pursuing new opportunities trust and goodwill the two sources. investors (FPIs). eventually lead to historic FPI 40 opportunities for joint col- Saudi Arabia is a key pillar “There is huge untapped toward creating a world-lead- countries share,” he said. “As one of the world’s lead- Besides, the Securities and buying again,” said Foram laboration and investments of India’s energy security, being potential available in mer- ing downstream sector in Saudi Talking about ‘Vision 2030’, ing energy producers, the king- Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Parekh, fundamental analyst at between India and Saudi a source of 17 per cent or more chandise trade, particularly in Arabia,” he said. Al Sati said Saudi Arabia is dom will continue working simplified KYC requirements Indiabulls Ventures. Arabia across various sectors of crude oil and 32 per cent of non-oil trade and we are On future energy ties with working towards transforming constructively with other pro- for FPIs and granted them per- Reacting to Sebi’s reforms, have already been identified, LPG requirements of India. enhancing cooperation in eco- India, he said the bilateral its economy and looking at a ducers within and outside mission to carry out off-mar- V K Vijayakumar, chief invest- adding the current bilateral A series of drone and mis- nomic, commercial, invest- energy ties have grown beyond post-oil age of world-class OPEC to maintain market sta- ket transfer of securities. ment strategist at Geojit trade of $34 billion will sile attacks on oil facilities of ment, cultural and technolog- the supply of crude oil, refined technological research, start-up bility, thus protecting all the As per latest depositories Financial Services, said, “The undoubtedly continue to Saudi Aramco on September ical fields,” the envoy said. products and LPG to a more and entrepreneurial vigour. interests of producers and con- data, FPIs poured in a net simplification of KYC require- increase. 14 knocked out half of its daily Asked about Saudi Arabia’s comprehensive partnership “The entire development sumers alike,” he said. 7,849.89 crore into equities ments for FPIs, permission for He said Saudi Arabia’s oil production, severely plan to issue initial public that focuses on investments strategy of the kingdom rests OPEC (Organization of and withdrew a net 135.59 off-market transfer of securi- biggest oil giant Aramco’s pro- impacting the global oil offering of Aramco’s stock, and joint ventures in petro- on three pillars - to build a the Petroleum Exporting crore from the debt segment ties, simplification of regis- posed partnership with market. being seen as world’s largest chemical complexes and coop- vibrant society, a thriving econ- Countries) is a 14-nation pow- between September 3-27, tration process and the new Reliance Industries Ltd reflect- Notwithstanding the IPO, he said it will open up the eration in exploration. omy and an ambitious nation,” erful bloc of oil producing translating into a cumulative broad classification of FPIs are ed the strategic nature of the attacks, Al Sati said Saudi company to the wider world. “India’s invitation to Saudi he said. countries. net inflow of 7,714.30 crore. welcome and desirable steps.” -  *
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He added that besieged festivities from Tuesday to Marches were held in “I don’t want to topple the a day of planned “anti-totali- Bill Lam, 25, who Hong Kong chief executive mark the founding of the Australia and Taiwan, with regime, but it definitely needs tarianism” demonstrations attended demonstrations in Carrie Lam should set up an People’s Republic of China, more planned in some 40             :   "   to changed,” he told AFP. “It globally. Hong Kong before moving to independent committee to including a huge military locations across Europe and needs to seek a reconciliation In one of the largest soli- Sydney for study two months investigate allegations of police parade that will revel in the North America later in the day. makeshift barricades. were police dressed as with the people.” darity marches in Australia ago, said protesters had brutality. country’s emergence as a glob- Clashes broke out before Many marchers were hold- protesters, a tactic used by the Over the last 17 weeks, since Hong Kong’s latest pro- become “very desperate” and “It’s something that we al superpower. Hong Kong’s unsanctioned ing so-called “Chinazi flags”, a force with increased frequency. Hong Kong has witnessed the democracy movement began simply wanted authorities to don’t want to see,” 25-year-old But ongoing unrest in march had begun after angry version of the Chinese flag A member of the media worst political unrest since its in June, black-clad partici- respect “their basic human Tony Chung said of the vio- Hong Kong threatens to crowds in the shopping district with yellow stars arranged in was also attended to by volun- handover to China in 1997 pants took to the streets rights”. lence that has featured in upstage those celebrations as of Causeway Bay surrounded the shape of a swastika. teer medics after being hit in with huge pro-democracy ral- chanting “Add oil”, a protest “I came here but I want to many of the summer the semi-autonomous city boils and heckled officers who were Police spent hours firing the face with a police projectile. lies as well as increasingly slogan denoting encourage- support them from Australia,” protests. with public anger over the ero- conducting stop and searches. tear gas and rubber bullets at Hong Kong’s protesters have intense clashes between police ment. he told AFP. “I feel so sad “It’s Hong Kong people sion of its special freedoms But the tear gas fired by different locations across the stepped up their international and a minority of violent pro- Some Sydney protesters every night because I watch the fighting against Hong Kong under Beijing’s rule. police only emboldened the city centre and were seen mak- lobbying in recent weeks. testers. held signs that read “Save live video (from Hong Kong) people, which doesn’t make Democracy activists in the crowds who then began walk- ing multiple arrests through- A 20-year-old student, who The city’s summer of dis- Hong Kong” and “Stop tyran- on Facebook and some social sense at all.” In Taipei some financial hub had vowed to ing through the streets in their out the day. gave his first name as Tony, was content was first triggered by ny”, while others carried yellow media.” Frankie Lo, 47, said he two thousand people, many ramp up their nearly thousands. An AFP reporter witnessed waving a Ukrainian flag. an extradition bill to the umbrellas or handed out had lived in Australia for years, dressed in black, gathered four-month-long campaign Some hardcore activists masked men repeatedly beating Many of Hong Kong’s mainland that has now been paper cranes in scenes that but continued to care deeply under torrential downpours ahead of Tuesday’s National vandalised subway stations, pro-democracy protesters in more hardcore protesters have shelved. But the movement played out in other major about the situation back home. outside parliament, the largest Day celebrations, which Hong tore down banners proclaiming the district of Wanchai using taken inspiration from the has since morphed into a call cities across the country “We still believe in one Hong Kong solidarity protest Kong protesters have dubbed a the upcoming 70th anniversary long sticks. 2014 Ukrainian Revolution for free elections and less Sunday. country, two systems, but they so far this summer on the “Day of Grief”. celebrations and set fire to It was not clear if the men which ousted a pro-Russian intervention from Beijing. Pro-China supporters just have to follow the Basic island. B:P 0     
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But that has only had limit- the murder and an attempted that Vice Premier Liu He would television in Manchester, northwest Johnson faced new questions about his suspension of parliament unlawful, and business titans before the ed success. cover up. travel to Washington for the England, where the conference is relationship with a US businesswoman Johnson challenged opposition parties gruesome murder in Saudi Arabia’s “The spectre of Jamal Her revelations, including talks sometime after China’s taking place. who won public grants. to bring down his Government. But Istanbul consulate on October 2 Khashoggi hangs over the kingdom audio transcripts showing the National Day holiday, which His tough stance has put him at The four-day conference also risks the Labour party said it will do noth- last year. of Saudi Arabia,” said Bruce Saudi agents involved referring to ends October 7. odds with the House of Commons, being disrupted by parliamentary ing to bring about an election until a But the global fallout over the Riedel, a former Central Khashoggi as a “sacrificial animal”, Wang repeated the Chinese which has passed a law blocking a “no business in London. “no deal” Brexit is no longer possible. killing rendered the heir to the Intelligence Agency officer and have piled pressure on Western position that the two sides deal” exit, and lost him a number of his Opposition MPs were furious at Johnson has responded with Arab world’s most powerful throne author of a book on Saudi Arabia allies to suspend arms sales to the should find a solution on the own MPs. Johnson’s decision to suspend parlia- defiance and focused his ire on MPs, a pariah, casting a shadow on his entitled “Kings and Presidents”. kingdom. basis of mutual respect and But it resonates with the over- ment for five weeks in early September accusing them of “surrendering” to the reforms, putting the kingdom’s “The murdered journalist and That has come as a blow to benefit. whelmingly pro-Brexit Conservative — a move the Supreme Court quashed EU and trying to undermine the 2016 human rights record under the commentator has not been Saudi Arabia amid heightened The Trump administra- party members who elected him in July on Tuesday — and refused to agree to referendum vote to leave. microscope and testing old forgotten, as Crown Prince tensions with arch-rival Iran fol- tion has imposed tariffs on — and are expected to give him a hero’s the normal conference recess. His rhetoric drew accusations of alliances with Western powers. 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A majority of previous years, with turnout half the stations, just under 1.1 than 400 attacks had been “The Afghan security in a road accident in east the accidents occur due to vio- hit by the threat of attacks, a million people had voted. reported over the course of the forces really showed a real China’s Jiangsu Province, local lations of traffic laws. muted campaign and concerns If that turnout trend holds, election day. capability in managing the authorities said on Sunday. China’s frequently over- of fraud. it would represent a participa- The Taliban claimed to security situation across The accident occurred at crowded long-distance buses Afghans went to the polls tion level of less than 25 per have conducted 531 attacks, Afghanistan in ensuring peo- around 7 am on Saturday, are particularly prone to fatal- on Saturday to vote in the first cent—lower than any of while the interior ministry said ple have access to polling when a packed coach with 69 ities. There were more than round of a presidential race Afghanistan’s three previous “the enemy” had carried out 68 centres,” she told AFP. passengers collided with a 180,000 traffic accidents and that will decide whether presidential elections. assaults. But turnout was also ham- truck carrying three people 58,000 deaths in 2015, accord- President Ashraf Ghani will In 2014, for instance, The official death toll is five pered by scepticism about the on an expressway, according to ing to the authorities. win a second five-year term. turnout was a little under 50 security forces. But in years electoral process. the rescue team. Traffic law violations com- About 9.6 million Afghans per cent, although direct com- because the Taliban were But the insurgents past, authorities have sup- Previous polls, including An initial investigation prised almost 90 per cent of in the war-torn nation — with parisons are tough because unable to pull off a large-scale nonetheless pushed their offen- pressed information on elec- the 2014 presidential election, showed that the accident was those road accidents where an estimated population of 35 previous polls were tainted by attack resulting in high casu- sive on the democratic process, tion day only to later give larg- were undermined by wide- caused by a flat tyre in the people died or were injured, million — had registered to allegations of systemic fraud. alty numbers, and there were conducting a string of bomb- er numbers. spread allegations of vote-buy- coach, state-run Xinhua news with the total number of such vote in the election, which was Authorities heralded fewer technical difficulties ings at polling stations and Still, Shaharzad Akbar, who ing, ballot stuffing and agency reported. 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The alleged incident happened Lebanon is facing a deep-running fis- The pope who has made Begum, who was 15-years-old 10 years ago before she became an cal crisis as it staggers under one of the caring for migrants a hallmark when she secretly fled her home in MP in the Commons. highest debt ratios in the world, at USD 86 of his papacy spoke during a east London, in 2015 to join the ter- She managed to escape any injury billion or more than 150 per cent of the often sporadic, limited water supplies Mass for the World Day for rorist group is now living in a camp by using her rucksack as a shield country’s gross domestic product. from the state-owned water company. Migrants and Refugees. run by Kurdish forces in Northern before fleeing into her home in Many of Sunday’s protesters in down- Last week, the local currency reached “We cannot be indifferent Syria. She has repeatedly begged Witham, Essex, where she called the town Beirut blamed Lebanese political 1,650 Lebanese pounds to the dollar at to the tragedy of old and new populist Government, during Canadian artist Timothy British authorities to permit her to police. The 47-year-old, who is now leaders for the widespread mismanagement exchange shops after it had been stable at forms of poverty, to the bleak which the former hard-line Schmalz depicting migrants return, even if that meant impris- guarded around the clock due to her and corruption. 1,500 since 1997. isolation, contempt and dis- interior Minister, Matteo packed on a boat. onment in a UK jail. position, told the newspaper: “As in The protesters gathered shortly before Although the official price is still crimination experienced by Salvini, campaigned to prevent “This statue depicts a “Our job is to keep our country many other cases, the incident outside noon in the central Martyrs Square, then pegged at 1,500 pounds to the dollar, peo- those who do not belong to ‘our the arrival in Italy of migrants group of migrants from various safe. We don’t need people who have my house was a drug-related. marched toward the government head- ple find it difficult to get hard currency at group,’” Francis said. rescued at sea by cultures and over different his- done harm and left our country to “It was a truly shocking experi- quarters were riot police were deployed. this rate from local banks. “We cannot remain humanitarian groups. toric periods. I wanted this be part of a death cult and to per- ence but one which I know many “The people want to bring down the The protest was called for by activists insensitive, our hearts During his homily on artistic work here in St Peter’s petrate that ideology,” Patel told other people have had to face, some- regime,” some of the protesters chanted as from the civil society as well as individ- deadened, before the misery of Sunday, the pope also noted the Square to remind everyone of ‘The Sun on Sunday’. times with a less fortunate out- riot police stopped them from marching uals. so many innocent people. We weapons that fuel wars are the evangelical challenge of “We cannot have people who come. Violent crime concerns us all. toward the government headquarters. The Last week, amid fears that there will be must not fail to weep. We must often produced and sold in hospitality,” Francis said. would do us harm allowed to enter It invades communities and homes. slogan echoed that of the so-called Arab an open-ended strike at gas stations, peo- not fail to respond.” other regions “which are then During the Mass, a multi- our country – and that includes this “It can break neighbourhoods Spring uprisings of 2011. ple waited for long hours to get vehicles The pontiff has often unwilling to take in the ethnic chorus sang and the woman,” she said, in reference to and it has such a long-standing, chill- Other protesters chanted “peaceful” filled. spoken of the need to be refugees generated buy these incense burned came from a Begum. Under British law a person ing impact and effect.” and tried to stop the young men who Because of the shortage in hard cur- welcoming to migrants, travel- conflicts.” refugee camp in southern can have their citizenship revoked Her revelation came as she clashed with security forces. rency, there have been complaints by ling to the Italian island of Many migrants and Ethiopia, where refugees are but they cannot be made stateless. unveiled her plans to enforce tougher Despite tens of billions of dollars importers of fuel, medicine and wheat, that Lampedusa in 2013 on his first refugees from conflicts rekindling a 600-year-old tra- Patel’s predecessor, British jail terms, give police officers greater spent since the 15-year civil war ended in they buy the products from abroad pay- trip as pope to comfort throughout the world attended dition of collecting incense. Pakistani Sajid Javid, had withdrawn powers and roll out an extra 10,000 1990, Lebanon still has crumbling infra- ing in US dollars and when they sell in refugees. the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, The Vatican said the incense Begum’s British citizenship due to her Tasers to tackle violent crime on the structure including daily hours-long elec- Lebanon they do so in the local His message found politi- which closed with the unveil- “reminds us that refugees can Bangladeshi roots, something she country’s streets. tricity cuts, trash piles in the streets and currency. cal resistance in Italy’s previous ing of a bronze statue by also thrive, not just survive.”

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So nice to see.” has become difficult to extri- Instead of addressing Trump by cate the world out of it. name, she said that she didn’t “under- One of the reasons why stand why grown-ups would choose we cannot solve these prob- to mock children and teenagers for lems is because we don’t have just communicating and acting on a common solution for them. the science when they could do In other words, our approach something good instead.” to the problems is not holis- Thousands later chanted “Greta, tic. So when we try to solve Greta” as she spoke at an afternoon Fears about the impact of glob- short of what’s needed if the world’s Trudeau, who praised her activism on them individually, it takes cultural and spiritual democ- rally in Montreal. al warming on younger generations sixth-biggest emitter is to meet the climate change. time. Meanwhile, there is an racy too. “We will do everything in our drew fresh protests in India, goals of the landmark “She is the voice of a generation, increase in other problems Currently, the disparity power to stop this crisis from getting Spain, Portugal, Sweden, 2015 Paris climate of young people who are calling on too. between the techno-scientific worse even if that means skipping Finland, the accord. their leaders to do more and do bet- We have infatuation for and psycho-spiritual devel- school or work,” she said. “The peo- Netherlands and Actor Javier ter,” Trudeau said. “And I am listen- the old theories. We don’t opment has grown tremen- ple have spoken. And we will contin- Bolivia a week Bardem joined ing,” he added. He also announced a realise that our present prob- dously. This has resulted in ue to speak until our leaders listen after hundreds dozens of young plan to plant 2 billion trees over the lems have been caused, direct- great imbalances and social, and act. We are the change and of thousands people in San next decade. ly or indirectly, by such socio- cultural and moral distor- change is coming,” she added. rallied world- Sebastian in one Thunberg, however, indicated economic, psychological and tions. It has eroded the true Her comments came as students wide ahead of of several rallies that she expects more, even of lead- political theories and con- perceptions of ourselves and in Italy symbolically torched a repli- the U.N. sum- held across ers who welcome the movement. cepts that gained currency the society we live in. This has ca of planet Earth, one of many mit. Spain ahead of Scientists this week issued new dire during the past. We should resulted in identity crisis. protests as part of the climate strikes In New demonstrations warnings about the consequences of know that these theories have The critical situation we sparked by the Swedish teen. Some Zealand, stu- in major cities to a tent. Police and firefighters rising temperatures on the world’s proved not only ineffective in face today is a result of the participants echoed the anger she dents marched such as Madrid tried to negotiate with them. oceans and cold regions. the long run but have also deterioration in morals and an expressed this week at a UN summit on Parliament in and Barcelona. In Buenos Aires, where school Thunberg told a crowd in given rise to new problems or over-emphasis on the mater- in New York. Wellington, stag- Bardem was pro- strikes inspired by Thunberg have Montreal it was moving to see peo- have aggravated the old ones. ial things. This has led to fix- “How dare you” read one banner ing one of the moting a documen- taken place since March, several ple of all generations so passionate for We should, therefore, discard ing up of wrong priorities, at a rally in Italy’s financial hub of largest protests ever tary he worked on with thousand people marched from the a cause. them because the world and imperatives, attitudes and Milan, where tens of thousands took held in that capital. Greenpeace. famed Plaza de Mayo to the “He (Trudeau) is of course obvi- its operations have changed goals. to the streets and later gathered In Berlin, activists In Austria, organizers said Congress. Protests occurred else- ously not doing enough, but this is tremendously since then. Even Our knowledge of nature around a giant globe to watch it go braved persistent rain to 150,000 people participated, where in Latin America, including in just a huge problem, this is a system now if we don’t liberate our- and its forces has tremendous- up in flames. More than 1,00,000 denounce a package of measures while local news agencies said Chile and Bolivia. that is wrong,” she said. “My message selves from the constraints of ly increased during the past people also rallied in Rome, where that the German government the number was 65,000. Protesters even rallied on Chile’s to all the politicians is the same. Just these crumbling ideologies few centuries but our moral protesters held up signs with slogans recently agreed on to cut the coun- In Poland, protesters Easter Island, known for its massive listen and act on the science,” she and unconfirmed assump- and spiritual development has such as “Change the system, not the try’s greenhouse gas emissions. blocked traffic in downtown statues known as moai. added. tions, it will be too late. In fact, not kept pace with it. As a climate” or just the word “Future.” Experts say that the proposal falls far Warsaw by chaining themselves In Canada, Thunberg met L we should be aware of our result, our relations at inter- wrong approach to the prob- personal, inter-communal and lems of elimination or allevi- international level have degen- habnam Bano Guddushaikh teachers when they notice that drinking. “People ask my ation of sufferings in the erated. If we cannot solve the Sis only 12 years old but her there are children who are not mother, ‘How does Shabnam world, and our paradigm of a problems of nuclear race or wise words and thoughtful    attending school. Do parents know so much?’ I say that I better world. poverty today, it is because our views belie her age. A resident stop their children from attend- know such things because we Today, our main empha- relationships are not based on of Sathe Nagar in Mumbai ing school and make them discuss such matters in the par- sis is economic development. goodwill, friendship, love and suburban district, she displays - 2?! !  %&%%&$81))1 %>+ 0 help out with work instead? liament,” she says. We measure the advancement co-operation. a keen understanding of chil-   R    0  “This happens in villages and Shabnam feels encouraged of a nation by its GDP and per The present crisis is, dren’s rights and awareness of not in urban areas, like Sathe and appreciated by her moth- capita income. 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I about the lack of cleanliness, an rights, she feels she can only assumption that greater enjoy- to build a better world, then the NGO JeevanDhara. The realised this when I joined the issue that the children’s parlia- become a teacher since girls in ment of material goods leads we will have to create the nec- parliament, according to her, is children’s parliament last year. ment has discussed. She is not her community are told so. to greater happiness. It has essary moral climate and build a space to discuss “children’s I also became aware of child afraid to ask her neighbours to “My brother can become any- thus given us a wrong model up goodwill and co-operation issues, their future and rights.” marriage where girls are mar- not litter. “I once requested the thing because boys are not of development. It is wrong on a global scale. We need to With bright eyes and a cheery ried before they turn 18.” She woman next door to not litter restricted. I would like to because man does not live by focus on the moral imperative smile on her face, she prompt- asserts that girls should com- the areas outside her house. I become a doctor. But as a girl, bread alone. He needs mental to build goodwill otherwise ly reels off the key rights— plete their graduation or at least explained that this causes ill I am only allowed to become a and cultural development and there will be a great destruc- Right to Life, Right to study till class XII, prior to health. She laughed at what I teacher, and thus, I will make so does he needs peace of tion. Education, Right to Protection marrying. said, but agreed and stopped efforts to teach,” she says. She mind. Our goal should, there- It is not an Utopian belief and right to participation. 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  Benzema’s powerful header goals we let in the better it is mark. “We didn’t play well in the first strike. and was decked out in the Napoli (     !  from a Nacho cross. for everyone.” A remarkable counter-attack half but once we took the lead they ‘Los Che’ had been sent into tur- colours, onto the pitch at the San       " Just seconds before Granada had moved goal launched by Marc-Andre Ter basically didn’t have any chances.” moil when owner Peter Lim sacked Paolo Stadium. Atletico had come to within temporarily top of La Liga Stegen and finished off by Luis The win was Barca’s second in Marcelino Garcia Toral earlier in the In a nervy final half hour Balotelli having never won while playing for inches of opening the scor- before the derby after Suarez put Barcelona on their way a week as they attempt to recover month. got his head to a Sandro Tonali cor- both Milan clubs, Manchester City, ing when Saul Niguez met a Antonio Puertas’ first-half four minutes before the break at from an miserable start that led to But despite player and fan anger ner to serve notice to Italy coach Nice and now Brescia. corner with a header that strike saw them squeeze past Getafe, and Junior’s tap-in shortly questions surrounding Valverde’s at Lim’s decision, two draws and Roberto Mancini of his ambitions to Brescia slip to 14th in the table. flashed just past the upright. rock-bottom Leganes. after the restart made sure of Barca’s future. now a win after their shock victo- play Euro 2020. Elsewhere, both Roman clubs “It was a standard save for a Puertas crashed his long-range first away win since April. Athletic Bilbao lost for the first ry at Chelsea in the Champions It was his first goal in Italy in four also warmed up for their Europa goalkeeper,” said Oblak. winner into an empty net after Juan “This match was crucial for us time this season at home to crisis League have them in ninth on nine years but Balotelli’s losing streak to League games next week with wins “It was well-placed but I could Soriano had come charging out of to rid ourselves of the sensation of club Valencia, who bagged their sec- points. Napoli stretched to eight games — after Serie A losses during the week. Q $ /    ' "  +  /( $  B%@/CCB chances will come,” said Sterling. ed in on the goal line. $  (/ FIGURATIVELY “Coming here is always one City had chances to restore iyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling /     of the most difficult fixtures in their lead before half-time but razilian superstar Neymar pledged on Saturday to Rcalmed Manchester City’s nerves on  +,,     a season. The pitch is narrow Jesus blazed over and Gundogan B“give my life to PSG” after his goal kept the French Saturday as the Premier League 2==      and they are always up for it but fired straight at Everton goal- giants top of Ligue 1 with a 1-0 win at Bordeaux. champions overcame a search- 9?? 7   !2. B
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Sunday despite being far from her best. rode his luck to end Ferrari’s winning Kevin Magnussen of Haas, Lando Mbappe, who had been out injured since August The 21-year-old former world streak with a well-judged strategic vic- Norris in the second McLaren and 25, started on the bench but, with PSG struggling for number one racked up 26 unforced tory for Mercedes in a roller-coaster Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg. a breakthrough, came on after an hour. errors on the way to a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) win Russian Grand Prix. Vettel, who ignored Ferrari team The Parisian attack immediately gained a more over Jessica Pegula of the United States. The defending five-time champi- orders after snatching the lead on the menacing edge. Fourth seed Osaka looked frustrat- on came home 3.829 seconds ahead of opening lap, was forced to retire after Both Mbappe, with a shot, and Neymar, with a ed and disgruntled on several occasions his team-mate and nearest champi- 28 with a power failure. header, went close before combining to open the scor- against the 76th-ranked Pegula. onship rival Valtteri Bottas as “That’s exactly what we needed,” ing for the game’s only goal in the 70th minute. Osaka, who plays Andrea Petkovic Mercedes took full advantage of exclaimed a delighted Hamilton on Mbappe outpaced the Bordeaux defence on the of Germany next in Beijing, was disap- Ferrari’s reliability and tactical prob- team radio following a flawless strate- right. His precise low cross presented Neymar with pointed that she was unable to replicate lems by delivering a solid Silver gic performance by Mercedes. a tap in at the far post. the form which won her the Pan Arrows one-two. “It was an incredible job by all the “The most important thing is that these goals are Pacific Open in Japan a week ago. Sebastian Vettel, who led from lap team — not giving up. Keeping up with decisive, in tight matches, that’s why I’m here,” added “During tournaments, the first one, suffered a mechanical failure Ferrari was a hard task, but we kept Neymar. match is always the worst for me,” said and retired after leading, gifting pushing.” “It’s obviously a pleasure to link up with Kylian the US-based star. Mercedes a chance to extend their Bottas said his second was a cred- again. He came back with his smile and with his foot- “But I was kind of expecting it to Sochi supremacy to six wins in succes- it to the team’s belief. ball talent,” he added. be better because I just played really    (  "     sion. “Starting fourth and finishing sec- French World Cup winner Mbappe said he is well in Tokyo (actually Osaka). 0  "   -   "   Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc came ond is not bad, is it?” he said. “So, it’s delighted to link-up again with Neymar although he “I don’t know, I thought it would Another two-time Grand Slam home a frustrated third after starting not so bad…” admits their partnership remains a work in progress. carry on. I was a little bit frustrated that winner, Simona Halep, cruised into from pole and losing his advantage to =    .    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