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)34 to revisit our history till now, it is our weakness,” Shah said, inaugurating a two-day inter- Varanasi: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked should be included in the campaign, he said, national seminar on officials to kaunch a campaign to ensure that adding that in view of Chhath Puja, the ghats of ‘Guptvanshak-Veer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary the Ganga should also be cleaned. Skandagupta Vikramaditya’ at constituency Varanasi was the cleanest in the “Do something special so that Kashi remains Banaras Hindu University on country. Modi had won the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- illuminated from Diwali till Dev Diwali,” he said, here Thursday. tions from Varanasi by a margin of 4.79 lakh votes. adding that the government was committed to He appealed to historians Holding a review meeting of development the makeover of Kashi. to stop cursing and abusing works and law and order in the state here on The Chief Minister told officials that govern- British historians and leftists for Wednesday night, the Chief Minister directed the ment schemes should not be misused and only writing a wrong history of officials to make “Kashi number 1 in the coun- eligible candidates should be extended their ben- India. try” in terms of cleanliness. He asked the offi- efits. Stray cattle should not be seen on the streets, “It is our responsibility to cials to launch special cleanliness drives in vil- he said, and asked the officials to solve water-log- write our history. How long are lages as well as urban areas before Diwali. ging problems within three days and organise we going to blame the British? Roads, parks and vacant plots of land health camps in the affected areas. PNS We don’t have to dispute any- one, only write what is truth and it will stand the test of existing documented history”. has increased under him. The step. time,” the Union Home Shah said the greatest suc- world pays attention to our “It (Article 370) was Minister said, referring to emi- cess of the Gupta Empire was point of view. The world listens invoked due to the stubborn- nent historians in the audience bringing unity in the nation by when our PM speaks on inter- ness of (Jawaharlal) Nehru and on the dais. ending the conflict between national developments,” Shah while Sardar Patel was unhap- “Write in detail on 200 Vaishali and Magadha empires said. py with it,” Yogi Adityanath such great personalities and 25 forever. Shah also praised Madan said, adding that Patel had kingdoms who were forgotten Shah, who released a book Mohan Malaviya for founding then stated that only the one in our history. Do not get into based on the life of a university where “Hindu who had a firm resolve would controversy about what histo- Skandagupta, regretted that dharma and sanskriti” were be able to scrap it. ry was written earlier, forget it the today’s generation was “not propagated even after so many Pandey said it was the and write history anew,” he aware” of the contribution and years. vision of Madan Mohan added. valour of Skandagupta because “Whatever might have Malaviya that a university like The Union Home Minister of lack of documentation. been on the mind of Madan the BHU was established. pointed out that the Gupta He said the Indian bound- Mohan Malviyaji at the time of He said the country was period was called the golden ary extended up to Afghanistan the establishment of the BHU, proud of Prime Minister period of Indian history and during the reign of this university has played a key Narendra Modi and Union Skandagupta was known for Skandagupta and this was the role in propagating the Hindu Home Minister Shah. fighting against Hunas. golden era in terms of art. culture and has stood tall to The seminar was presided He said Skandagupta “Literature, military, cul- protect it,” Shah said. over by BHU Vice-Chancellor Vikramaditya needed to be ture and art were world-class After hundreds of years of Prof Rakesh Bhatnagar. brought on top of our history and we should acknowledge it. slavery, it was very difficult for Earlier, when Shah landed as he fought and won the war The country got the best any person to reinstate the at Lal Bahadur Shastri which even Rome lost against astrologers during this period pride, only a university could International Airport at the alien enemy. and India was freed of invaders do this, he said, adding that Babatpur in the morning, he Skandagupta re-formulat- from Kashmir to Kandahar. We these universities are the reason was welcomed by Chief ed the revenue collection need to establish the contribu- why we are happy with the pre- Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP method, administration and tion of Skandagupta to our his- sent day image of the country state president Swatantra Dev municipality, Shah said, adding tory,” he said. and are assured of its future too. Singh, Union Minister that it is believed that the While dwelling at length Uttar Pradesh Chief Mahendra Nath Pandey and Gupta ruler stayed at Ghazipur on the role and relevance of the Minister Yogi Adityanath and several others. From Babatpur in the Purvanchal region and Gupta ruler, Shah spoke on the Union Minister Mahendra airport, Shah along with Yogi worked from here. He urged political future of the nation Nath Pandey were also present Adityanath reached BHU by a the historians to write more and praised Prime Minister on the occasion. helicopter. about great rulers like Narendra Modi for making In his address, Yogi In view of Union Home Skandagupta and India “regain” its respect in the Adityanath referred to the Minister’s visit, elaborate secu- Chandragupta, who had not world. abrogation of Article 370 and rity arrangements were made been given “enough due in the “Respect for the country termed it a historical and brave on BHU campus. 345
         
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 are intelligent as she and her Vedant Garbh Vigyan Evam and later the pregnant woman husband followed ‘garbh Sanskar Kendra in Meerut. The is provided a diet plan that is    sanskar’. kendra carries the tagline: ‘Baby nutritious and ‘satvik’ (sim- “You can see today’s gener- by choice, not by chance’. ple),” he said. ation and how uncultured they Both RSS leaders have “In the next phase, preg-    are. Recently, a few videos were undergone training in Gujarat- nant women are trained in in circulation in WhatsApp based Garbh Vigyan breathing techniques as per      =!-62/ showing how ignorant our Anusandhan Kendra. These their choice of progeny. They youths are about India, its his- ‘kendras’ advocate a pro- regularly recite Hanuman tudent of a private engi- tory and culture. This is because gramme based on Ayurveda Chalisa and Durga Chalisa and Sneering college died in a they do not have the right ‘san- that guarantees couples a “per- listen to heroic stories of Shivaji road mishap in Gosainganj on skar’. Now, the RSS has taken fect progeny”. People running and Maharana Pratap. Over a Wednesday night. The inci- up the onus of providing good these kendras even claim that dozen couples have benefited dent triggered protests by his ‘sanskar’ to children,” said RSS this could upgrade and repair from the procedure,” Dr Singhal fellow students and locals, leader Mahesh Sharma. hereditary dysfunctional genes. said. Ayurvedacharya at RML giving the police a tough time. “I am not saying anything Dr Singhal said that women Institute of Medical Sciences in As per reports, Aishwarya new. It is a science that existed should follow ‘garbh sanskar’ Lucknow, Dr SK Pandey, said Vyas (20) was staying in the in the country since Vedas. before conception and through that it was recorded in history hostel of the college and was There are many instances in the pregnancy. Garbh sanskar that ‘satvik’ food and regular going to a nearby tea stall on Hindu scriptures of women are a set of rituals revolving pranayam could transform one’s a bike. He was hit by a speed- being blessed with babies of around regulated diet and prac- line of thinking and make the ing unidentified car soon after their choice following the wis- tice of Yoga. body pure, and thus help in he came on the road. The dom received from sages,” “The high point of this is conceiving a good soul. errant driver sped off the scene. Commuters rushed /'#'& him to a hospital where he was declared brought dead. After &* # the news reached the college, a huge number of students also flocked to the scene and 0' created a ruckus. Following the protests, a heavy police      =!-62/ force was sent to the place and the situation was 32-year-old man identi- controlled later. Afied as Ram Vilas of Unnao Victim’s uncle Jitendra of died when a speeding uniden- Orai lodged a case in this con- 8 !  '  /     tified vehicle knocked him nection. He said Aishwarya down at Hardoiya road in the was a native of Jalaun and was area on Thursday afternoon. enrolled at the college last Reports said the commuters year. Police sent the body for * 8
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wastage of food of any kind, at Vinay Kumar Gandotra attend- any place and also to provide ed the meeting as distinguished #.  healthy food to the needy and guests. In addition, more than hungry people in line with 1000 members from all three sustainable development goals banks attended this town hall      =!-62/ gets to know of her predica- (SDGs). ‘Tehri’ was served to meeting. ment, he says the only solution all patients’ attendants by ctress Ishita Ganguly, who is the destruction of ‘prithvi’. Swami Muktinathananda, sec-    Awill be playing the role of At this point, Maa Lakshmi, retary of the institute, along ‘Maa Kaali’ in a forthcoming Maa Kali and Maa Saraswati with others. show titled ‘Jag Janani Maa come forward to stop Vaishnodevi – Kahani Mahadev and propose to com- '! "' Matarani Ki’, said here on bine their powers to save NABARD ‘Shilp Kumbh – Thursday that it was very humanity in her ) ! *>?@ (%  !  2019’ was inaugurated by chief challenging. In Lucknow for role as an intermediary and general manager Shankar S promotion of the show, the help the crucial circumstance Pandey at the regional office in actress said: “This is primari- that they were faced with.  !'  in all the participants, and by Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar, on ly a mythological show.” Thus took birth Vaishnavi, The Mass Communication the end of this workshop you October 16. Other guests were Kotak Mahindra Group Mata Vaishno Devi in the daughter of King Ratnakar and Journalism department of all will evolve from a layman to BIRD director TS Rajigain and (Kotak) announced the launch Jammu is one of the most pop- Sagar.” Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar a filmmaker” said Shalini principal of National Bank of ‘Kona Kona Khwaab Loan ular pilgrimage points attract- University organised a six-day Shah at the inaugural session of Staff College SV Sardesai. The Utsav’ in Lucknow, a festive cel- ing a large number of tourists film-making and film appre- the workshop. Earlier, Pandey fair will be open till October 20 ebration across India with from all parts of the world. ciation workshop. Shalini Shah, introduced the structure of from 11 am to 8 pm. Artisans attractive rates and offers across “Coming from Bengal, I have a National Award winning the workshop to the partici- from different parts of Uttar their whole range of products always been worshipping ‘Maa filmmaker was the resource pants. Pradesh are participating to in the consumer, agri and trac- Kali’ and hence it was a great person of the workshop. showcase their handloom & tor loan segments. Kotak is bet- feeling playing her. However, “Cinema is the form of story     handicraft products, includ- ting big on half a billion Indian the challenges were huge, telling, and in order to make a On the occasion of ‘World ing GI products. The exercise women who are the real deci- including the two hours used film, we need to understand Food Day’, ‘Annapurna Rasoi’ is aimed at providing market sion-makers for all home and for having the get-up and the narration,” head of the depart- was organised by Prithvi access to these artisans. household purchases. Senior puja performed before that. ment Govind Pandey said Innovations for patients’ atten- executive vice-president & head The dialogues were also diffi- while interacting with the par- dants staying in the ‘rain basera’ " of consumer assets (Kotak cult and emotionally draining,” ticipants. He welcomed Shalini of Vivekananda Polyclinic and After the announcement of Mahindra Bank) Ambuj she said. and participants who have Institute of Medical Science, the merger, a joint town hall Chandna said, “We are a large Talking about the show, come from different parts of with the collaboration and sup- meeting was organised in consumer-focused bank in the she said, “It narrates the untold the country. “This workshop port of the hospital. The pro- Lucknow by Punjab National business of lending money story from the onset of her will help the participants the gramme was a part of Prithvi’s Bank, Oriental Bank of prudently across geographies journey on earth as a child to understanding of cinema with- Annapurna Yagya to minimise Commerce and United Bank of and customer segments. With becoming Maa Vaishno Devi. India on Wednesday. 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Meghalaya High Courts there and tendered her as feeding and resting behav- towards development and test- ciary, to the Andhra Pradesh Justice Kumar had also respectively. resignation which was accept- iour, to find out frequency ing of new insecticides and High Court. directed that copies of his While Justice Ranjan is a ed. and level of vector resistance to formulations to increase effi- The Collegium has also August 28 order sitting judge of the The Collegium has also the insecticides that are in use cacy of sprays/LLIN/larviciding recommended transfer of Patna be sent to the Punjab and Haryana recommended the transfer of for malaria vector control in assessment of feasibility and High Court Chief Justice A P Chief Justice of High Court, Justice Tripura High Court Chief high risk and residual trans- cost effectiveness of new vec- Sahi to the Madras High Court India, the apex Rafiq is posted at the Justice Sanjay Karol to Patna mission areas. ly endemic to malaria and ies and tools are being sought tor control strategies/products as its chief justice. court Collegium Rajasthan High High Court as its chief According to the shoulders the burden of two to take the vector headon. that are at the development The apex court Collegium, and the Prime Court. justice. Government, a total of 842,095 major malaria parasites, As the emergence and stage. headed by Chief Justice of Minister's Office The apex court The Collegium also cases and 104 deaths were Plasmodium falciparum and P. spread of drug and insecticide Also, field testing of novel India Ranjan Gogoi, held a besides the Union Collegium, headed approved the proposal for ele- reported in 2017. However, vivax. resistance is undermining the tools such as toxic sugar-bait- meeting this week and decid- Law Ministry. by Chief Justice of vation of advocates Moksha the World Health Organization A senior official from the efficacy of existing tools, the ed traps, endectocides, and ed to recommend the transfer Later, a full India Ranjan Gogoi, Kazmi (Khajuria) and Rajnesh (WHO) in its 2017 Global Indian Council of Medical ICMR is seeking new improved targeted larviciding has been of chief justice Sahi and justice bench of the Patna High Court, decided this in its meeting Oswal as judges of the Jammu Report has put the estimation Research (ICMR) said that a tools and approaches for dis- proposed for interrupting Kumar. headed by Chief Justice A P held on October 15, a state- & Kashmir High Court. at 13.1 million cases and 23,990 programme has been launched ease surveillance, diagnosis, residual (outdoor) transmission "The Supreme Court Sahi, had set aside Justice ment uploaded on the top It also approved the pro- malarial deaths in India for the with an aim to bring the vari- treatment and tackle the vector. or reducing the receptivity. Collegium in its meeting held Kumar's order, terming it as an court website said. posal for elevation of judicial same year. ous stakeholders on a single Proposals have been sought to According to the Ministry, on October 15, 2019, has decid- instance of judicial and admin- The Collegium also rec- officers — Parthivjyoti Saikia In fact, as per the WHO, in platform to identify and pri- conduct studies to assess and nearly 70 per cent malaria ed to recommend transfer of istrative overreach and a com- ommended transfer of and S Hukato Swu — and 2017, five countries accounted oritise research work needed to quantify outdoor/residual cases in India are contributed Justice Rakesh Kumar, Judge, plete nullity. Meghalaya High Court Chief advocate Soumitra Saikia as for nearly half of all malaria meet the target to eliminate the transmission by vectors that by five of 36 States and Union Patna High Court to Andhra Justice Kumar was divest- Justice A K Mittal to the judges of the Gauhati High cases worldwide: Nigeria (25 disease by 2030. feed outdoors or biting early in Territories. These include Pradesh High Court," a state- ed of his judicial work by the Madhya Pradesh High Court as Court. per cent), the Democratic Called Malaria Elimination the evening or are resistant to Odisha (36 per cent), ment uploaded on the apex high court administration on its chief justice. It approved the proposal Republic of the Congo (11 per Research Alliance India insecticides. Chhattisgarh (12 per cent), court website said. the day he had passed the It had earlier recommend- for elevation of judicial officer cent), Mozambique (5 per (MERA India), the programme Also, the researchers have Jharkhand (9 percent), Madhya Justice Kumar had made order. However, a day later his ed that Justice Mittal be trans- Wanlura Diengdoh as a cent)and India and Uganada (4 took off on April 24 under been asked to look into socio- Pradesh (9 per cent) and stinging observation over the judicial work was restored by a ferred to the Madras High judge of the Meghalaya High per cent each). India is high- which various innovative stud- cultural behavior of the human Maharashtra (5 per cent). alleged corruption in judiciary special 11-judge bench. PTI Court as chief justice. Court. PTI  "   " 
 
    


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Jagdeep Dhankar ‘Z’ category pared by central security and Senior Bengal Minister Subroto “In Bengal if they try to the State against the enlarging in Bengal with two-thirds TMC also hit out at the BJP VIP security cover in the wake intelligence agencies found that Mukherjee on Thursday said implement NRC then it will go black shadow of NRC.” majority and said he and his government at the Centre for of “potential threats” to him. Dhankar needs to be secured that it would be a political blun- in favour of the Trinamool On the Delhi’s move to saffron camp should instead allegedly trying to drive out Union Home Ministry has by a professional team of per- der for the BJP-ruled Centre to Congress. Its implementation construct detention centres concentrate on reviving the Bengalis from Assam in the issued an order and directed sonnel especially in the wake of implement NRC in Bengal. will turn out to be a hundred throughout the country, economy. name of implementation of the the Central Reserve Police the recent incident at Jadavpur “If the BJP tries to force percent gain for Mamata Chakrabarty said let them try Shah, also Union Home National Register of Citizens. Force (CRPF) to take charge of University where Union NRC in Bengal it will a big Banerjee,” the septuagenarian and build one in Bengal. I can Minister, had told a news The saffron party is plan- Dhankar’s security that will be Minister Babul Supriyo was political blunder committed Minister said. assure you that the people of channel during the day that ning to replicate the NRC exer- valid in all parts of the coun- heckled and he had rushed to by them,” Mukherjee one of the The TMC’s views found the State will smash all those BJP is going to form the cise in Bengal but as long as try and not remained con- save him. founder members of the TMC reflection in the Left Front illegal structures designed after Government in West Bengal TMC is in power in the State it fined to his cover in West The CRPF guards a num- said adding “the BJP will not camp too as State Left concentration camp of Hitler.” with two-thirds majority in the will never allow such an “divi- Bengal. ber of VIPs only lose the advantage it Legislature party member and Reacting to the TMC and 2021 Assembly polls. sive exercise” to take place, Under the ‘Z” category, including Union Home extracted in the Lok Sabha CPI(M) central committee Left leaders’ statement BJP Reacting to Shah’s claim, TMC secretary general Partha the West Bengal Governor will Minister Amit Shah. ly meted out to him at the polls but also it will be routed member Sujan Chakrabarty leader Mukul Roy said that senior TMC leader Subrata Chatterjee said. have about 8-10 armed securi- The Governor had on Durga Puja Carnival on Red in the Assembly elections.” said, “NRC will not be accept- there was no escaping NRC in Mukherjee said Shah should “The BJP is trying to cre- ty personnel with him when he Tuesday said that he was deeply Road on October 11. Usually The people irrespective of ed by the people of Bengal. Bengal. “Implementation of stop “day dreaming” about ate a panic in Bengal in the travels apart from an escort car. hurt at the treatment alleged- governors are given state police caste and religion had become Whole State will oppose it NRC is a foregone conclusion. forming the Government in the name of NRC. Eleven people cover. highly skeptic of the NRC after tooth and nail.” The people want NRC in state. have already died in the state VIP security cover entails its “fraudulent implementa- On the BJP leaders’ repeat- Bengal.” Any such move would “Instead of day dreaming due to NRC panic. 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Kashmir, the officials said, how fix blame on its oppo- India’s way to optimally utilise control the vagaries of nature, minister Devendra Fadnavis to Searly Thursday morning Few vendors had set up adding auto-rickshaws and ebunking Narendra Modi’s nents, in the process it is unable its demographic dividend, we can ensure the mitigation of resolve the issue at the earliest. in some areas here including stalls on the TRC Chowk- few inter-district cabs were Dmuch-advertised “double to find solution that will ensure Singh said: “Only in the recent the damage if we are econom- He indicated that the Congress in the commercial hub of Lal Polo View road, they said. also seen plying in few areas engine” model of governance revival of the economy partic- past, Maharashtra used to ically sound”. would take up the PMC Bank Chowk but main markets Private transport was ply- of the valley. which “has utterly failed”, ularly strengthening of our attract talent from around the “A lot of problems facing issue in a big way in Parliament former Prime Minister banking system,” the former country. Today there is a dearth Maharashtra today are man- during the Winter Session Manmohan Singh on Thursday Prime Minister said. of opportunities in this other- made and the solutions lie in beginning in mid November. charged that the Government Singh’s comment should wise vibrant state. policies which are inclusive “I appeal to the Chief was “obsessed” with trying to be seen in the context of the “In urban areas, every third and welfare people-oriented., Minister and the Prime somehow fix blame on its remarks made by Sitaraman young person is jobless. he said. Minister to resolve this matter opponents and in the process, during a lecture Columbia Educated individuals have to “It is my sincere belief that at the earliest. The grievances it had failed to revive the econ- University’s School of face a higher rate of unem- we need to go back to these must be solved,” he said. omy. International and Public Affairs ployment. It is thus no surprise time-tested measures if are to Asked if he would inter- A day after Prime Minister In in New York on Tuesday. “I that many of our young men ensure gainful employment for vene in the matter, Singh said: Narendra Modi went to town have no reason to doubt that and women are taking up low our young people, men and “The matter is coming up in claiming that the “double- Rajan feels for every word of paying jobs. Investors are shift- women, farmer welfare, and a the Supreme Court, so it is sub- engine” governance involving what he is saying. And I’m here ing to other states. The distress better standard of living for all judice I don’t want to comment him and Chief Minister today, giving him his due pervading our rural areas will the people of Maharashtra,” he much (on the issue). I am Devendra Fadnavis was a respect, but also placing the fact only add to the unemployment said. appealing to the Maharashtra “super-hit” during the last five before you that Indian public problem as migration increas- Calling for a change in the Government, the RBI and the years and was giving a “eleven- sector banks did not have a es.” Government in the State, Singh Centre to put the pragmatic hat fold” boost to the State’s worst phase than when the The former Prime Minister said: “I can say without a doubt and solve this at the earliest” development, Singh said: “The combination of Singh and said that Maharashtra, from that the State will progress “I have heard your feed- much advertised “double Rajan, as Prime Minister and once being the number one in much better under the leader- back. I assure you that when engine” model of governance the Governor of Reserve Bank, attracting investments, “it is ship of Congress-NCP” the Parliament convenes in on which the BJP seeks votes had. At that time, none of us today a leader in farmer sui- “During my time as the mid-November, this issue has utterly failed. Mumbai and knew about it,” she said. cide”. Prime Minister of India, I had (PMC bank and such cases) Maharashtra have had to face Maintaining that the “Despite the promises of the privilege to work with will figure very very promi- some of the worst effects of the Government’s “apathy and doubling farm incomes, the many leaders from nently,” the former Prime grave economic slowdown”. incapability” were affecting the rural areas of Maharashtra are Maharashtra. I found that they Minister told a questioner. Interacting with business- future and aspirations of mil- witnessing nothing short of a were all committed to deliver- men, professionals and the lions of our people, Singh said: crisis. Caught between low ing good governance to the media at the Garware Club of “Manufacturing growth rate incomes and high debt trap, the people of Maharashtra. The the Wankhede Stadium here, of Maharashtra has been suicide rate has doubled. The Bandra-Worli sea link is one Singh took a swipe at Finance declining for four consecutive obsession with low inflation is example of the many spectac- Minister Nirmala Sitaraman years. Maharashtra has wit- inflicting misery of our farm- ular works Congress could for her comment that Indian nessed one of the highest fac- ers. The Central Government’s ensure. At a time of agri-dis- public sector banks had the tory shutdowns in the past import-export policies are also tress, we delivered an effective “worst phase” under the com- five years” hurting farmers,” he said. loan waiver and ensured rural bination of him as the then “The industrial slowdown Accusing the BJP growth,” he said. Prime Minister and Raghuram has been met with rising Governments, both at the Among other things, the Rajan as the RBI Governor. imports from China. In the last Centre and at Maharashtra, of former Prime Minister said “I have just seen the state- five years, imports from China not being willing to adopt peo- that while Maharashtra levied ment by Smt Nirmala have risen by more than Rs. ple-oriented policies, Singh the highest VAT on petroleum Sitharaman, I won’t like to 1,22,000 crores. Chemicals, said: “As water shortages com- products, “the high VAT cou- comment on that statement but fertilisers, electronic goods, pound, the situation will pled with Modi Government’s I can merely point out that and automobiles, products become still worse if not decision to levy excessive excise before one can fix the econo- manufactured in Maharashtra, addressed soon. 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While writing these lines, there is a vivid                       image in my mind of one such journey I  S                  made and I’m certain, a similar image    :               . must have appeared in the minds of the readers, too.  ?                 An interesting aspect of train travel     "                    is the diversity on display during the jour- @     9  >            ney. One gets to hear of so many lan- guages, accents, smell a variety of food                 and absorb different perspectives. Once,   "      O  *      D  it got me thinking about what it means   9 :  5  O            *    to be an Indian. Unlike other nations like Pakistan,                        India is not defined by a particular reli- 9 :  5            5  ?   gion. Some may argue that being a Hindu- 4113 E                      ! majority country, an Indian’s identity is pri- marily driven by this majoritarian outlook.                   Such an argument does not hold ground  9-                 because not only does India contain a mul- With none forthcoming, ensured that hundreds of ry reasons for our intellectu-           41F1      . >   tiplicity of religions but significantly also Dastagir took matters into fathers didn’t suffer the same al prowess is the manner in '  *      . >         a multiplicity of castes. Therefore, a his own hands and informed fate as he did. which our culture respects Brahmin Hindu (approximately five per his superiors to suspend all Dastagir was a true knowledge and the pursuit of      9                cent of the Hindu community) can hard- trains that were headed to Indian. In such moments, we the same.                    ly claim to represent all Hindus. It’s the Bhopal. He then summoned forget about which religion a The most recent example   5                ! same with languages as well. his staff. While he was barely .*?.(/=(/ person belongs to, which caste is that of Indian-origin econ- The recent debate about Hindi able to stand or breathe and he was born into or which lan- omist Abhijit Banerjee, one of    "  ?           becoming a “national” language does not against all protocol, he direct- +/-!4/2/!? guage he speaks. All that we the winners of the Noble Prize  9 #           5A#   hold water because of the variety of lan- ed his staff to clear the ++.?.2-.4 care about and all that we for economics. His win adds   5  D               ! guages spoken in our country. If you do Gorakhpur train for departure remember is the great sacrifice to a very rich list of Indian not believe me, just ask a Maharashtrian even though 25 minutes were ?*(>.?(>*2 of an Indian brother. In real- luminaries.         *   ?      or a Tamilian about how they feel about left for it to roll out. He ity, this is what it means to be Sadly, however, some of     "            ! “Hindi” being a national language. The assured his staff that he would 4(?.2 (>4*2 an Indian. It means recognis- our leaders attempt to replace                 ! truth really is that “Indian identity is take full responsibility for any /!?=.*.?4 ing that at the time of inde- these values with those that forged in diversity and everyone of us is blowback that may follow. pendence, we promised our- are antithetical to Indian core   9 #     "                a minority”, as Congress leader Shashi In doing so, Dastagir ?..*(.=D selves and our future genera- values. We are told now to                   #  Tharoor put it eloquently. saved hundreds of lives. He 4>/4*2 tions that we would set aside focus on our differences rather ?         .          ;G, But this still doesn’t explain what it did not, however, stop here. As all that divides, to forge a bet- than strengths and our lead- means to be an Indian. 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British-trained lawyer and avowed atheist, -(.24>'   /      0    H !   ! espoused several ideas to deal with India’s *+(.?4..?*=     /B?-0         minorities, mimicking Adolf Hitler’s racist solu- +=*.-/!2(4'          ?  tion to Germany’s Jewish question. >*4-=*44+. Since his re-election, Modi’s administration 2.*?=D(/                 /  has aggressively moved on both Kashmir and the policy is its anti-minority agenda. It is lar laws for other minorities intact. party has vowed to fight it. State BJP       0    J       ,==/2 alleged illegal migration from Bangladesh, which =/2 9(.?, this very posture of the professedly sec- What’s behind Hindutva poli- chief Dilip Ghosh, who is seeking to               is India’s most friendly neighbour. In early ular Indian National Congress party tics? To boost his re-election bid, deport the alleged migrants, remains     !     "    August, keeping local leaders in detention and ?.4.2(4*4 and its paramount leaders — Jawaharlal Modi fired up his anti-Muslim rhetoric adamant because rhetoric is the magic            !    ! deploying nearly a million security personnel in 2/29-(.24/? Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — and took the crusade to India’s north- wand for his party to win votes.   !         ! Kashmir, it abolished a decades-old law that 4(*(.=.44),/4( that propelled British India’s Muslims eastern State of Assam, plagued by a Muslims foresee the BJP’s game:      :    !     granted Kashmiris special rights — their own flag, /+(>.,*?.*( to demand a separate homeland as they half-century-long hate-based politics. Ironically, while Ghosh wishes to expel              own laws and land rights. Meanwhile, India’s (>./((/,/+ feared that the Hindus would perpet- The politics that originated with a them to an unnamed country — pre-     < E           ! Home Minister Amit Shah, who heads Modi’s (>..-/2/,- ually control the Muslims once the demand to drive out non-Assamese sumably Bangladesh — Modi is urging                 nationalist BJP and is widely expected to succeed =*.?)(>.D British left. quickly turned into an anti-Bangladeshi Hindus to flock to Muslim-majority him as Prime Minister, is pressing ahead with his ==. The Congress balked at granting outcry at the BJP’s instigation. Modi has Kashmir, which barred non-Kashmiris                  agenda to deport fictitious 40 million illegal special rights and Britain created vowed to rid the State of all the alleged from owning land until New Delhi    S              ! .(*2.2 Bangladeshi migrants. -*,4(> Pakistan in 1947. But problems surfaced Bangladeshi migrants. scrapped its autonomy in August.    Clash over Muslim migrants: This idea has soon afterward with semi-autonomous Following his re-election, the The BJP prescription to push more .           * !       ! provoked a sharp backlash from Bangladesh. =,(.? >(4 princely States, including Kashmir. National Register of Citizens, which Hindus into Kashmir is intended to                Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has dis- The picturesque Himalayan region verifies citizenship, after several flawed change the demographic balance in the     P  Q    >" missed the BJP’s assertion, noting that encompasses roughly 135,000 square counts, has classified nearly two million restive territory of 12 million people. "              ! Bangladesh’s economy is at par with India’s, so miles, almost Germany’s size, with long-term residents as non-citizens or Modi’s arbitrary action is the mother of             ! no one from his country’s stays illegally in India. about 18 million people. India controls stateless. Most of them are at the bot- several repugnant ideas. This is exact-  "        /       Still the matter turned acrimonious enough dur- 85,000 square miles, Pakistan 33,000 tom of the economic ladder. They will ly the kind of capriciousness on the part       0       ing Shah-Khan talks in Delhi in August to pre- and China 17,000. Both Pakistan be detained in camps with limited of the overwhelming Hindu majority vent them from issuing a customary joint state- and India claim the entire area as their rights, considering that the government that British India’s Muslim leaders                  ment. own. has promised not to send anybody back feared most.     !        5  ! India, nevertheless, seems determined to In 1948, after a Indo-Pakistan to Bangladesh, which fears a reverse One of those leaders, Liaquat Ali S                  #  push ahead its agenda. It has started a campaign fight, India raised Kashmir in the influx. Khan, the right-hand man of Pakistan’s              to round up Muslims unless they can prove they United Nations Security Council, which Unfortunately for the Hindutva founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, artic-             /  have lived in India way before 1971 when called for a referendum on the territo- brigade, the citizenship count has ulated this concern while talking with 0                ! Bangladesh was created. They will be put in con- ry’s status. It asked Pakistan to withdraw become a boomerang. Of the two mil- George Merrell, then America’s high-                centration camps, which ironically the migrants troops and India to cut military pres- lion designated non-citizens, 1.2 mil- est-ranking diplomat in India, on   $         themselves are building now. ence to a minimum. A ceasefire came lion unexpectedly turned out to be December 27, 1946. Liaquat believed *    P= Q      Of India’s 1.3 billion people, 14 per cent are into force but Pakistan refused to pull Hindu. Modi’s followers are now cry- that the Congress was “determined to           ' Muslim. Modi’s party does not target migrant out. Kashmir has remained partitioned ing foul, demanding a recount. The BJP seize power without regard for Muslim Bangladeshi Hindus, classifying them as refugees ever since. had expected to find four million rights.” Now, 73 years later, Modi’s       " $          and minorities from neighbouring countries. But Until Hindutva swept Modi to migrants in Assam, most of them Hindutva agenda, which calls for a   /  0        ! it seeks to deport Muslims. In fact, India has power, India assuaged minorities by Muslim. Muslim-free India, has proven Liaquat             -  already deported Rohingya Muslim refugees to pursuing a policy that emphasised on Assam’s neighbour West Bengal, right. By scrapping Kashmir’s status, the                Myanmar and detained hundreds of them. national unity. In contrast, Modi began which shares a common language and Prime Minister has taken a highly risky               < Modi faced global criticism for the Godhra mas- his tenure by killing a centuries-old a rich culture with Bangladesh, is gear- gamble in challenging the secular :                ! sacre in 2002 in his home State of Gujarat. He Muslim marriage law. Even the ing up to play political hotball against matrix and embedding a majoritarian < ?           ruled Gujarat for 13 years before becoming Prime Mughals and the British left Indian per- the BJP. The hardliners want to repli- consciousness. /      0 Minister in 2014. sonal law untouched. The government cate the citizenship drill in West Bengal (The writer is an established author What is most disturbing in this government’s voided the Muslim law but kept simi- but Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s on Bangladesh-related issues.) +%* < 5+,(7) 8 G„xuqr‰u„su vqs xu‰y’us ‚‚qr ˆqy „‰ˆquw•“yx„uywxr ‘ˆy„wWqu‰xuEˆqtutVu‰† „‰u9sy „T‚q„ ƒywxu„t‘†ruy„w€‘‰q„ xuˆ„uu€uˆˆuqsy „ xu† ‚‚‘y „ „‰‚q‘wxy„“y„uˆ‰

ues unabated in spite of the activity Even though experts have hailed 1, 2018 to January 6 this year, being deemed illegal. According to GRAP for the gradual reduction in showed that the Government’s a report by the Centre-run System of pollution levels over the years and for emergency plans to tackle the city’s Air Quality and Weather Forecasting fixing accountability — as it clearly annual crisis had failed, according to ?.3(.*=2/( and Research (SAFAR), this biomass marks the agency responsible for a report of the United Residents’ Joint * *,./+->.44 burning is likely to add nine per cent each action to be taken — the effi- Action (URJA), a collective of the to Delhi’s PM 2.5 concentration. cacy of the plan is yet to be proven. city’s resident welfare associations.   

    ,(,6 In spite of all this, enforcement This is because many of the pol- The report summarised the find-      of the law pertaining to crop burn- lution-triggering factors are beyond ings of 45 Right to Information    $  $  he fast-approaching winter ing in Punjab has been lax, to say the the purview of the Arvind Kejriwal (RTI) applications filed at 14 months have now become syn- least. This toxic mix of smoke and administration and the Delhi Government departments.     $$ Tonymous with a worsening vehicular pollution has resulted in Government needs active coopera- Responses were sought from Central, "  $
  )* air quality in the Delhi-National Delhi-NCR’s Air Quality Index tion and collaboration of the State State and municipal bodies to assess   ",     Capital Region (NCR). The pollution (AQI) plummeting to alarming lev- Governments of UP, Haryana and the effectiveness of GRAP. The        reaches unmanageable levels, large- els. However, all is not lost as a bevy the sales of diesel vehicles have air pollution in Delhi-NCR, by Punjab. In the absence of a cohesive analysis of data collected by URJA for 5 
  $  ly due to the smoke emanating from of efforts undertaken by the helped salvage the situation in Delhi proactively rolling out measures like collaboration strategy, the GRAP 68 days showed that except for one crop residue burning in the neigh- Government and authorities con- and the situation now is much bet- discouraging private vehicles on the might just end up being a knee-jerk day in Central Delhi’s ITO, the    R "  bouring States of Punjab, Haryana cerned has had a positive impact on ter than what it was five years ago. city’s roads, stopping trucks from reaction to the pollution onslaught. national Capital’s air quality was con- "  
 and Uttar Pradesh (UP), blowing an otherwise grim scenario. But clearly much more needs to outside, using diesel generators, clos- The gaps in the fight against pol- tinually above permissible limits.    )(   over to Delhi-NCR. First, awareness regarding the be done. Probably, keeping this in ing brick kilns and stone crushing lution are becoming visible with gen- The GRAP initiative for this year     ' Incidents of stubble burning quality of the air we breathe in mind, the Delhi Government has units. It seemed a timely step as on erators being used in Gurugram with cannot be allowed to be a rerun of $   $   have already begun increasing in through regular publicity of the AQI introduced the Graded Response October 13, the AQI was “very impunity due to the exceptional last year. The Government must Punjab and Haryana and are likely has made people conscious. Second, Action Plan (GRAP) early this year poor” with the level going beyond the power cuts the city faces. Similarly, undertake necessary steps to over-     5  $  to peak in the next 10-12 days as the the introduction of the much-clean- to handle pollution in an incremen- 300-mark. On October 14, the AQI many questions were raised on the come possibilities of failure and         harvest season picks up in Sangrur, er BS-VI fuel ahead of schedule has tal manner, depending on the level improved by around 50 points but GRAP’s efficacy in January 2019. achieve the objective of curbing       Patiala, Ludhiana and Fatehabad also instilled confidence among the of severity, especially in the winters. the situation has continued to oscil- This is because toxic levels of air pollution levels effectively.   ) districts. Here, the tradition of open citizens. Furthermore, the closure of GRAP came into force from late between “poor” and “very poor” pollution monitored over Delhi (The writer is an environmental field burning is rampant and contin- coal-based power plants and fall in October 14 with the objective to curb over the last few days. almost every week, from November journalist) L      M    !"#$%&"'  9

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  38,985 per 10 gram in the employees while others manage package for the loss-making The minister did not give the world as far as 5G is con- national capital on a stronger xistence of BSNL is in it in 5-10 per cent. There are public sector telecom firms in any timeline for the launch of cerned. Will it come in one year rupee and weak global cues, Estrategic interest of the legacy issues which we are mid-July. Finance minister 5G services in India, while the or two year, it will create oppor- according to HDFC Securities. nation and the government is looking in to,” Prasad said at Nirmala Sitharaman, telecom government has officially set tunity, it will create problem  " However, silver surged by looking to resolve issues plagu- India Economic Conclave. minister Ravi Shankar Prasad target to roll out the next gen- also,” he said. 509 to 46,809 per kg here ing it, Union Minister Ravi The debt-ridden PSU has were part of the GoM that eration services by 2020. He said that there are issues from its previous close of  Shankar Prasad said on not been able to pay salaries of approved the plan. However, Prasad, however, said he around 5G technology like 46,300 per kg. On Wednesday, Thursday. employees for September. finance ministry officials later would like India become a who will be responsible if a dri-     0AS'  1ASO  (  Minister Nirmala Sitharaman European equities that rallied hinted at more stimulus mea- after Britain and the European sures as she urged international Union said they have struck an  2..=> said that housing sales declined the September quarter even as the coming quarters due to the Housing sales in builders in India’s nine top investors to pump funds into outline Brexit deal after pro- to 65,799 units during July- the government continues to liquidity crunch, we expect Ahmedabad fell to 3,951 markets have an unsold stock India. longed negotiations. ousing sales declined 25 September 2019 from 88,078 move towards a solution to the home sales numbers to units from 5,413 units, while consisting of 7,78,627 units. After trading on a positive The deal, however, must Hper cent in nine major units in the same period last ongoing NFBC issue, a prob- improve in the subsequent demand dipped in Chennai Notably, more than half of note through the day, the 30- still be formally approved by cities to 65,799 units during year. lem that has dried up a key quarter, factoring in the high- to 3,656 units from 4,898 this unsold inventory is share Sensex surged at the fag the bloc and ratified by the July-September quarter, while New launches fell to 33,883 source of finance for real estate er purchase activity that nor- units. Kolkata saw sales of affordable stock. end of the session to end 453.07 European and UK parliaments. new launches fell 45 per cent units from 61,679 units during developers in India. As buyers mally takes place during the 3,081 units as against 4,030 Barring Hyderabad where points, or 1.17 per cent, high- Elsewhere in Asia, bours- as consumers sentiments and the period under review. postponed their purchase deci- festival season,” he added. units. property prices have seen a er at 39,052.06. It hit an intra- es in Shanghai, Hong Kong, demand remained subdued, These cities are — Mumbai sions to time it with the festive According to the data, Gurugram witnessed jump of 15 per cent y-o-y, day high of 39,104.69 and a low Seoul and Tokyo ended on a according to property broker- Metropolitan Region (includ- season, sales numbers also fell housing sales in Mumbai sales of 2,742 units as against prices have undergone only of 38,557.43. mixed note. age firm PropTiger. ing Navi Mumbai & Thane), during the quarter,” said Dhruv region fell to 21,985 units dur- 3,988 units, while Noida saw slight changes in other mar- The broader NSE Nifty Further, Chinese govern- Earlier this month, Pune, Noida (including Agarwala, Group CEO, Elara ing July-September 2019 from sales of 2,827 units com- kets. too spiked 122.35 points, or ment’s appeal to Washington to Anarock and JLL India also Greater Noida & Yamuna Technologies. 28,563 units in the year-ago pared to 6,528 units during However, only two mar- 1.07 per cent, to settle at negotiate a quick end to their reported 18 per cent and one Expressway), Gurugram Singaopre-based Elara is period. In Pune, sales fell to the period under review. kets markets have seen a 11,586.35. tariff war also buoyed market per cent, respectively, decline (including Bhiwadi, Dharuhera full stack real estate technolo- 13,644 units from 16,946 units. PropTiger said that downward movement in pric- Yes Bank was the biggest sentiment. in housing sales during July- & Sohna), Bengaluru, Chennai, gy platform that owns In Bengaluru, demand unsold inventory declined 13 ing in the past one year, gainer in the Sensex pack, Meanwhile, the Indian September period across seven Hyderabad, Kolkata and PropTiger.com, Housing.com declined to 7,772 units from per cent year-on-year, pri- Gurugram ( 4 per cent) and soaring up to 15.19 per cent, rupee appreciated 24 paise to major cities. Ahmedabad. and Makaan.com. 10,929 units. Housing sales in marily because new launch- Chennai ( 1 per cent). Other followed Tata Motors, IndusInd 71.19 against the US dollar In its report ‘Real Insight’, “New launches continued “While new launch num- Hyderabad went down to 6,141 es fell at a faster clip than markets saw prices apprecia- Bank, SBI, Bajaj Auto, Asian intra-day. News Corp-backed PropTiger to show a downward trend in bers might continue to fall in units from 6,783 units. sales did. As of September, tion by 2 to 4 per cent y-o-y.  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BANKBARODA 87.30 89.40 86.30 89.00 RNAM 261.00 275.00 261.00 271.30 POWERGRID 199.90 199.90 196.55 197.70 KEI 542.05 547.50 540.15 544.15 ITC 244.00 246.70 243.85 245.95 2.30 IIFL 106.00 112.00 105.60 110.20 PNBHOUSING 389.00 423.60 371.90 410.65 ADANIPORTS 408.85 411.20 404.80 408.95 SCI 43.20 43.70 42.60 42.95 LALPATHLAB 1377.00 1390.00 1377.00 1386.50 DRREDDY 2711.00 2734.00 2699.00 2726.00 24.55 PRSMJOHNSN 75.05 77.45 75.05 76.70 JSWSTEEL 219.80 224.60 214.50 223.35 STRTECH 137.75 143.65 137.25 141.20 ADANITRANS 235.00 241.00 231.15 233.15 INTELLECT 186.35 188.95 183.35 187.15 NTPC 117.70 119.20 116.95 118.40 1.00 SCHAEFFLER 4132.00 4133.00 4061.75 4118.65 JINDALSTEL 101.80 105.95 99.70 104.55 BIOCON 257.50 258.80 255.00 258.15 HINDZINC 211.00 213.90 210.00 211.55 MAHINDCIE 147.80 147.80 139.00 142.45 M&M 581.10 596.35 578.75 589.00 4.75 NESCO 584.40 586.85 571.50 572.90 UPL 588.75 593.60 580.25 592.40 UNIONBANK 50.80 52.40 49.85 52.10 INOXLEISUR 335.00 346.30 332.30 339.65 GALAXYSURF 1462.00 1488.00 1440.00 1465.45 IOC 145.90 147.00 143.75 146.40 0.85 NILKAMAL 1196.00 1217.00 1190.55 1207.10 BPCL 513.45 515.00 504.30 513.15 SRTRANSFIN 1041.05 1074.80 1021.65 1070.50 FSL 45.55 49.45 45.55 48.50 PARAGMILK 154.00 157.00 153.00 153.60 HINDALCO 185.50 189.75 182.55 188.60 0.65 APLLTD 522.55 551.25 522.55 547.65 TORNTPOWER 282.10 286.90 277.10 285.50 3MINDIA 20700.00 23291.00 20700.00 22889.05 CROMPTON 260.10 268.00 258.95 263.95 DALBHARAT 810.00 814.35 781.50 795.85 UPL 585.00 593.70 580.35 590.60 1.85 ASTERDM 118.10 118.90 115.75 116.90 SBILIFE 880.00 928.30 880.00 902.30 DISHTV 16.75 17.55 16.55 17.40 GUJGAS 175.00 180.50 175.00 176.60 ISEC 278.70 288.00 275.00 282.55 TITAN 1285.00 1285.55 1271.10 1276.00 1.45 VTL 903.00 930.00 903.00 913.60 VEDL 148.80 149.60 144.85 148.15 APOLLOHOSP 1485.10 1492.25 1471.00 1488.30 GLAXO 1438.65 1447.00 1421.00 1437.45 GODREJAGRO 478.00 489.75 478.00 486.75 SUNPHARMA 401.60 402.55 396.80 400.00 0.30 CENTRALBK 17.10 17.10 16.75 16.95 BHEL 42.00 44.90 41.65 44.55 TECHM 727.00 730.80 715.90 726.25 GMRINFRA 17.35 17.65 17.20 17.55 EIHOTEL 169.00 173.00 166.10 169.35 SOMANYCERA 188.55 190.50 181.00 181.35 LT 1428.00 1438.60 1420.20 1425.00 0.80 INFY 768.90 770.55 765.20 769.10 GILLETTE 7400.00 8015.25 7296.50 7837.30 GNFC 196.40 198.65 192.50 197.40 LUXIND 1133.30 1190.00 1133.30 1164.60 DCAL 158.00 158.00 154.35 155.85 HDFCBANK 1227.50 1229.85 1213.10 1221.50 0.40 FEDERALBNK 81.90 84.80 81.70 84.40 BALKRISIND 780.00 799.15 774.95 794.30 SHK 120.00 121.30 118.85 120.20 ECLERX 391.00 424.20 390.10 413.05 BHARTIARTL 385.00 387.50 379.05 384.95 -0.30 DMART 1875.00 1931.45 1875.00 1927.80 KEC 276.50 280.00 275.55 277.75 QUESS 469.35 469.35 458.85 462.25 GET&D 170.30 191.80 168.50 181.95 BPCL 512.40 515.30 504.10 511.50 -0.90 ASHOKLEY 71.25 74.00 71.00 73.50 BALRAMCHIN 150.50 152.65 147.60 148.50 VINATIORGA 2126.85 2126.85 2093.00 2105.55 CHOLAHLDNG 465.00 466.00 456.50 458.85 KOTAKBANK 1610.00 1613.60 1586.50 1602.00 -3.55 BAJAJ-AUTO 3015.00 3138.30 2995.05 3110.30 RAMCOCEM 729.00 748.75 727.30 743.30 AUBANK 650.00 656.10 644.95 648.95 TIINDIA 365.30 366.50 357.50 363.60 WIPRO 248.90 250.15 246.60 248.30 -0.60 ITC 243.00 246.60 243.00 245.85 CHENNPETRO 161.85 163.80 158.35 162.20 JPASSOCIAT 2.02 2.10 1.96 2.04 ZYDUSWELL 1647.75 1693.60 1647.75 1682.60 INFY 767.00 770.55 765.10 769.40 -2.05 ADANIGREEN 80.60 92.85 80.35 88.70 SOUTHBANK 10.00 10.04 9.91 9.95 SUPREMEIND 1219.05 1225.00 1206.00 1217.35 GSPL 212.00 214.90 210.00 211.70 CIPLA 445.30 447.70 439.40 445.50 -1.30 IDEA 6.40 6.40 5.97 6.32 IDBI 29.15 30.40 28.95 29.95 GRANULES 96.55 98.20 95.25 97.60 ESSELPRO 113.50 115.50 113.00 114.95 TECHM 725.00 731.00 715.95 724.80 -2.90 JCHAC 1925.00 1998.00 1925.00 1981.75 MFSL 411.00 411.00 403.35 405.65 SKFINDIA 2124.00 2155.85 2098.70 2128.85 MAHLIFE 440.40 442.70 426.25 432.65 ONGC 141.10 141.90 139.15 140.95 -0.70 HDFCLIFE 611.10 621.90 610.10 614.85 DBL 368.00 379.40 366.15 372.20 COROMANDEL 409.00 413.90 404.00 410.75 LAURUSLABS 315.65 315.65 309.30 313.50 ADANIPORTS 409.10 411.20 404.60 407.95 -2.05 LT 1426.00 1438.75 1420.50 1424.25 JSWENERGY 64.45 66.50 63.35 66.30 SYNDIBANK 24.05 24.45 23.55 24.35 KNRCON 222.90 232.20 221.50 231.35 NESTLEIND 14415.00 14606.60 14160.80 14512.75 KANSAINER 522.10 525.90 514.00 524.70 MPHASIS 920.00 924.20 918.00 923.00 POWERGRID 198.75 199.75 196.50 197.40 -1.15 MHRIL 209.00 214.35 208.00 212.85 PVR 1836.00 1856.60 1807.00 1839.45 ABFRL 198.00 204.80 193.80 203.35 METROPOLIS 1272.50 1283.00 1263.95 1271.15 INFRATEL 255.00 257.95 253.55 255.60 -1.50 JSLHISAR 64.30 65.10 63.70 64.60 PNB 57.50 59.35 57.05 59.10 INDHOTEL 149.50 154.00 146.55 150.60 MAHSEAMLES 352.15 363.10 350.25 354.35 ULTRACEMCO 4271.00 4280.00 4221.05 4254.05 -31.25 ENDURANCE 992.50 1005.00 989.00 998.50 KOTAKBANK 1613.90 1613.90 1587.00 1603.95 OMAXE 193.50 193.50 186.50 186.65 UFLEX 204.15 204.40 200.25 202.35 GRASIM 728.15 730.85 712.00 725.50 -5.35 HIMATSEIDE 140.40 142.40 137.80 139.15 ESCORTS 628.00 648.75 625.00 646.40 FORTIS 136.25 137.65 135.65 136.80 PGHL 4429.00 4460.55 4418.00 4445.05 VEDL 148.05 149.70 144.75 148.45 -1.45 SYMPHONY 1267.00 1267.00 1242.10 1245.75 PFC 95.50 96.40 93.20 95.15 INFRATEL 255.50 257.75 253.75 257.20 AAVAS 1664.15 1697.00 1655.25 1690.70 HCLTECH 1100.00 1102.20 1084.55 1089.20 -11.70 JAGRAN 58.50 59.05 57.85 58.50 HEROMOTOCO 2600.00 2643.30 2583.00 2628.60 OIL 161.40 163.85 158.60 163.55 PNCINFRA 169.50 174.00 168.00 172.65 ALLCARGO 99.00 99.80 98.50 99.45 PIDILITIND 1365.00 1374.00 1353.35 1356.70 GSKCONS 8820.00 8933.80 8785.60 8900.45 BAJAJELEC 386.15 393.65 382.50 384.00   MAHABANK 9.75 9.75 9.49 9.60 TATAELXSI 674.00 725.30 666.80 709.05 IEX 122.10 144.70 118.50 135.55 WABCOINDIA 6145.00 6154.00 6101.00 6141.30 TRIDENT 56.00 57.15 55.60 56.85 GDL 92.95 94.20 92.15 93.45 ICICIGI 1212.00 1248.90 1209.80 1244.20 BEML 894.05 918.50 894.05 911.00 DCBBANK 179.00 182.50 178.50 181.15 PHOENIXLTD 697.50 703.80 690.00 700.20 LEMONTREE 56.25 56.40 56.05 56.15 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE HINDPETRO 315.00 315.45 306.90 313.90 SPARC 130.40 133.40 128.10 130.75 GSFC 75.45 76.50 74.65 76.25 MAHLOG 360.85 360.85 352.55 353.30 TEAMLEASE 3101.20 3191.70 3101.20 3143.20 NIFTY NEXT 50 27275.60 27650.60 27230.80 27627.60 387.05 BRITANNIA 3180.60 3265.00 3169.05 3245.20 NTPC 117.45 119.00 116.95 118.60 ENGINERSIN 107.20 108.90 106.55 107.00 GESHIP* 286.00 289.35 278.00 279.70 BIRLACORPN 535.60 547.10 535.45 543.60 NIACL 120.00 136.60 115.50 136.60 22.75 GICRE 279.00 279.00 260.00 264.40 IBVENTURES 79.65 85.35 78.10 85.35 HEIDELBERG 183.05 188.00 180.70 186.05 BDL 280.00 283.90 278.00 281.05 KALPATPOWR 437.00 440.50 437.00 439.50 IBULHSGFIN 168.45 204.00 165.80 197.40 24.35 EQUITAS 100.95 104.95 100.55 104.50 IPCALAB 893.00 917.45 893.00 912.80 COFFEEDAY 32.60 36.00 32.60 35.00 GREAVESCOT 134.50 134.50 130.55 133.20 MAGMA 46.80 51.25 46.10 50.95 MOTHERSUMI 99.50 112.00 99.25 111.65 12.20 INDIGO 1724.00 1741.15 1692.90 1736.00 AMBUJACEM 203.00 208.00 202.05 206.80 MAHSCOOTER 4550.00 4655.00 4549.10 4593.60 CENTRUM 25.15 25.85 23.05 23.65 JMFINANCIL 72.30 72.90 71.50 72.40 PEL 1374.90 1475.00 1368.00 1464.40 88.70 GRAPHITE 273.00 291.80 268.25 282.90 PETRONET 261.60 264.85 261.40 262.75 KTKBANK 68.75 69.40 68.00 68.70 AEGISLOG 165.10 168.00 163.00 164.05 LINDEINDIA 513.80 522.20 513.80 515.10 BERGEPAINT 472.00 490.95 470.50 488.00 17.35 L&TFH 83.85 85.90 80.75 85.55 VENKYS 1698.95 1700.15 1651.00 1668.85 J&KBANK 30.85 30.90 29.40 29.65 COCHINSHIP 329.65 332.45 329.10 330.20 GPPL 80.10 80.55 79.00 80.20 PAGEIND 20900.00 21755.00 20852.15 21524.95 708.35 MCX 1027.00 1036.70 998.50 1006.00 SRF 2624.75 2688.00 2620.00 2678.25 FCONSUMER 24.05 24.50 22.85 23.80 MOIL 133.35 134.00 130.95 133.35 JKCEMENT 1060.70 1073.00 1058.00 1066.80 ASHOKLEY 71.40 74.10 71.00 74.00 2.35 NMDC 101.80 103.20 100.40 102.20 HDFCAMC 2727.00 2736.00 2711.30 2716.30 ITI 81.10 81.75 80.25 81.10 KRBL 200.90 205.10 200.70 201.50 UNITEDBNK 7.00 7.18 6.95 7.04 SBILIFE 880.00 928.50 880.00 903.60 26.25 NCC 48.80 51.25 48.15 50.70 WABAG 176.00 195.00 167.35 189.75 TV18BRDCST 21.50 21.60 19.95 20.45 CENTURYPLY 154.65 157.90 154.35 156.40 GUJALKALI 431.25 440.00 430.80 434.80 PNB 57.40 59.30 57.05 59.00 1.65 DLF 156.25 164.60 156.25 163.70 DRREDDY 2700.80 2732.55 2700.10 2726.65 INDIACEM 79.25 80.10 79.20 79.85 HONAUT 28500.00 28715.70 28425.00 28561.25 HERITGFOOD 327.50 327.50 322.65 324.65 L&TFH 83.05 86.00 80.70 85.45 2.35 ASIANPAINT 1768.30 1816.40 1755.65 1812.95 GODREJCP 715.00 717.15 703.90 714.70 KAJARIACER 556.00 558.00 550.70 552.90 TATAMETALI 569.50 581.60 562.00 565.80 DHANUKA 295.50 300.75 292.00 295.10 SRTRANSFIN 1039.00 1075.00 1021.60 1068.00 28.45 NIACL 122.00 136.50 115.85 136.50 COLPAL 1527.40 1535.00 1514.75 1529.85 CYIENT 459.95 460.00 441.55 446.45 SJVN 24.50 24.60 24.15 24.25 ANDHRABANK 15.95 16.10 15.70 16.05 ICICIGI 1208.90 1249.00 1208.50 1239.90 32.65 HEG 888.00 956.95 884.45 938.00 CHOLAFIN 267.05 289.90 267.05 287.50 FINOLEXIND 609.90 615.00 590.00 593.95 RELAXO 496.30 503.25 495.00 500.90 APARINDS 515.25 517.00 510.00 516.70 DLF 157.55 164.75 156.70 163.95 4.20 TATAMTRDVR 56.85 64.20 55.70 61.95 ITDCEM 35.30 38.40 35.00 36.60 MOTILALOFS 632.80 652.05 631.40 641.20 REPCOHOME 304.00 304.00 288.75 290.05 VSTIND 3825.15 3860.00 3769.50 3786.15 AMBUJACEM 203.00 208.20 202.05 208.00 5.30 ADANIENT 158.50 165.15 157.65 162.60 BBTC 1180.05 1182.60 1146.15 1155.40 FINEORG 1898.90 1920.00 1849.50 1898.50 SREINFRA 7.30 8.10 7.30 7.85 SHOPERSTOP 398.35 407.70 390.40 394.70 MARICO 380.05 389.90 378.80 389.90 9.45 MINDTREE 748.50 748.50 720.00 729.35 DABUR 454.95 463.50 454.25 462.20 JISLJALEQS 12.45 12.75 11.55 11.70 CRISIL 1325.00 1330.95 1311.00 1324.75 TEJASNET 77.35 77.35 74.40 76.25 DMART 1883.00 1932.00 1875.55 1916.00 45.50 LTTS 1551.00 1600.30 1551.00 1593.25 BLISSGVS 113.30 119.00 110.20 118.15 WELCORP 131.95 133.75 130.40 130.65 SOBHA 454.60 458.00 446.00 455.80 GEPIL 710.85 716.50 705.00 711.20 GICRE 279.00 279.60 261.00 266.85 6.25 RAJESHEXPO 672.45 676.80 671.50 673.45 ASHOKA 108.05 114.80 98.60 99.70 NIITTECH 1400.00 1419.45 1396.80 1408.35 TATACOFFEE 75.50 75.50 74.20 74.90 TVTODAY 298.10 309.90 298.10 303.15 UBL 1298.40 1327.00 1289.90 1326.50 28.10 SAIL 32.75 33.75 32.00 33.55 ATUL 3972.20 4219.95 3964.10 4203.05 RALLIS 169.00 175.70 169.00 171.25 ALKEM 1910.85 1927.60 1890.00 1915.50 RATNAMANI 913.05 921.55 913.05 921.45 HAVELLS 674.00 687.15 668.75 686.00 14.35 AUROPHARMA 464.00 468.25 457.20 466.40 RELCAPITAL 13.10 13.30 12.60 12.85 HATHWAY 23.65 23.70 22.60 23.15 JKLAKSHMI 282.10 296.50 282.10 287.00 NBVENTURES 73.70 74.20 73.35 73.95 BANKBARODA 87.30 89.45 86.30 88.90 1.60 CIPLA 447.00 447.50 439.50 446.30 DELTACORP 179.90 183.40 177.20 178.65 CADILAHC 234.00 238.25 232.00 237.65 TTKPRESTIG 5906.60 5950.80 5859.50 5917.35 IOB 9.50 9.54 9.36 9.39 MCDOWELL-N 628.50 637.10 625.15 636.20 9.95 IBREALEST 41.20 44.40 40.20 44.30 RAIN 87.20 94.40 86.90 93.10 EVEREADY 34.50 38.00 34.40 37.90 EIDPARRY 155.15 155.15 152.60 153.90 ORIENTCEM 85.00 85.65 83.70 84.30 BAJAJHLDNG 3632.00 3750.00 3610.05 3684.25 56.90 M&M 583.80 596.20 578.75 593.15 RVNL 24.00 24.10 23.00 23.45 CANFINHOME 387.70 388.50 384.30 385.10 AIAENG 1689.95 1727.20 1688.00 1722.05 MASFIN 686.00 686.50 670.00 680.45 DABUR 455.95 463.60 454.40 463.05 6.95 SUNPHARMA 400.00 402.60 396.70 401.40 NOCIL 104.35 111.40 101.85 109.85 FINCABLES 354.75 357.95 354.00 356.00 MINDAIND 353.15 360.40 352.55 356.45 FDC 161.15 162.45 159.65 161.50 ICICIPRULI 467.95 474.75 464.65 472.50 6.65 BATAINDIA 1700.00 1750.55 1689.60 1747.45 RECLTD 125.30 125.80 122.40 124.45 SUNDRMFAST 464.60 466.60 462.00 464.75 BLUEDART 2230.00 2317.45 2223.00 2307.00 JSWHL 2750.00 2761.00 2750.00 2750.85 GODREJCP 710.00 717.65 703.65 715.00 8.55 JUSTDIAL 585.00 609.50 584.95 606.35 LUPIN 732.00 732.00 719.35 726.40 THOMASCOOK 129.50 133.80 125.25 127.30 IRCON 367.55 369.60 366.00 367.60 STARCEMENT 94.65 95.10 93.40 93.85 CADILAHC 234.70 238.50 231.50 237.20 2.50 NAUKRI 2289.70 2298.00 2258.00 2284.45 MUTHOOTFIN 643.70 657.00 638.00 654.40 VBL 635.35 636.85 620.30 626.45 NLCINDIA 52.65 53.30 52.65 53.10 TVSSRICHAK 1820.70 1850.00 1790.65 1818.65 ACC 1525.00 1538.90 1507.20 1535.45 14.00 BHARTIARTL 384.90 387.10 379.30 385.75 ABB 1520.00 1534.00 1507.90 1521.40 HSCL 76.00 76.00 73.10 74.05 ASTRAL 1169.00 1176.00 1165.30 1169.50 CCL 232.00 232.60 229.05 230.05 SIEMENS 1610.20 1632.40 1608.40 1625.50 14.25 JUBLFOOD 1323.95 1354.70 1305.05 1343.35 JAICORPLTD 79.00 83.35 77.90 81.50 ABBOTINDIA 10910.00 10997.00 10900.00 10968.10 REDINGTON 108.50 108.70 107.25 108.20 MINDACORP 81.95 82.20 80.85 82.05 PGHH 11600.00 11850.00 11505.00 11670.00 87.15 PFIZER 3200.00 3217.20 3184.15 3198.05 DEEPAKNI 303.05 318.00 300.35 314.95 SUZLON 2.49 2.55 2.42 2.47 CGPOWER 14.42 14.42 14.42 14.42 TRITURBINE 98.60 100.40 97.00 97.40 HDFCLIFE 612.95 622.00 610.00 615.00 4.40 LICHSGFIN 374.25 382.70 370.00 381.55 GODFRYPHLP 1034.00 1070.00 1017.55 1061.55 PERSISTENT 608.00 619.00 597.60 606.55 CARBORUNIV 290.10 304.50 290.00 299.75 LAKSHVILAS 19.95 19.95 19.95 19.95 PETRONET 261.50 264.85 261.15 263.35 1.60 FORCEMOT 1105.00 1174.00 1070.50 1084.15 DHFL 19.75 20.90 19.20 20.45 CUB 215.05 220.10 214.70 216.85 WESTLIFE 318.25 329.20 316.00 324.30 FLFL 404.80 404.90 401.55 402.40 INDIGO 1717.00 1742.15 1692.15 1734.00 8.20 TATAPOWER 58.20 60.15 57.60 59.80 SUNTECK 444.30 445.60 412.60 417.45 PTC 53.90 54.00 53.35 53.50 GMDCLTD 57.90 58.50 57.45 58.20 ZENSARTECH 209.10 212.00 208.50 210.75 HINDZINC 211.45 213.75 209.60 211.55 0.95 IOC 145.60 146.80 143.80 146.45 DIVISLAB 1721.00 1732.85 1706.00 1723.90 JAMNAAUTO 35.90 38.20 35.20 37.55 SYNGENE 325.00 328.95 323.65 327.40 CERA 2465.25 2467.00 2450.00 2460.70 AUROPHARMA 462.45 468.45 457.00 465.75 2.05 NBCC 33.50 34.50 33.00 34.30 VIPIND 461.00 477.20 458.85 462.95 JKTYRE 67.30 68.00 65.25 67.00 UCOBANK 11.62 11.85 11.51 11.79 NH 228.50 232.90 228.50 231.45 DIVISLAB 1723.00 1734.30 1705.10 1722.40 2.20 ONGC 142.00 142.00 139.10 141.35 IBULISL 73.95 81.50 73.95 74.00 SUVEN 264.50 267.25 263.05 265.45 TNPL 188.10 188.40 184.95 185.65 GRINDWELL 586.60 602.45 586.00 597.25 COLPAL 1529.90 1535.20 1514.20 1526.10 0.10 HINDALCO 186.40 189.70 182.40 188.85 VOLTAS 671.70 678.25 670.40 676.10 TRENT 506.75 506.75 491.30 500.85 CAPPL 402.45 407.85 354.00 394.60 LAOPALA 170.25 176.70 164.25 174.90 NHPC 23.35 23.60 23.00 23.40 0.00 WIPRO 249.00 250.15 246.70 248.05 HCLTECH 1101.00 1101.00 1084.55 1092.90 SHANKARA 290.00 292.95 286.20 287.35 NETWORK18 19.50 19.75 19.25 19.60 SOLARINDS 1099.55 1103.00 1085.05 1089.10 HINDPETRO 314.95 315.00 306.55 313.05 -0.10 CANBK 180.00 187.10 179.00 186.50 GLENMARK 287.90 289.95 283.00 288.60 BALMLAWRIE 172.00 173.85 170.10 171.40 THYROCARE 504.65 505.90 498.65 501.65 ERIS 413.00 422.65 411.00 413.70 HDFCAMC 2728.00 2735.15 2709.40 2715.00 -5.50 UBL 1317.00 1326.00 1291.20 1318.65 TATAGLOBAL 276.80 280.00 271.90 279.30 OBEROIRLTY 514.00 517.00 506.00 514.85 WELSPUNIND 49.55 50.30 49.55 49.95 SUPRAJIT 180.45 182.70 179.50 181.20 PIDILITIND 1361.00 1374.85 1353.00 1356.60 -4.30 COALINDIA 194.80 199.95 193.00 199.35 AKZOINDIA 1956.15 2000.00 1936.20 1951.05 VMART 1995.00 2117.55 1993.20 2032.20 MRPL 51.45 51.70 50.90 51.55 CORPBANK 13.90 13.95 13.65 13.90 LUPIN 731.50 732.00 719.00 727.00 -5.85 EMAMILTD 317.00 351.65 317.00 342.25 HEXAWARE 379.40 379.40 366.70 369.90 VGUARD 230.85 234.50 229.65 233.30 HAL 712.00 726.00 706.00 710.20 MAXINDIA 64.10 64.80 64.00 64.05 NMDC 102.00 103.20 100.40 102.00 -0.85 ITDC 338.75 362.25 328.05 351.70 APOLLOTYRE 176.10 182.25 175.15 180.95 AJANTPHARM 963.20 990.00 961.95 980.75 VARROC 447.75 480.35 442.40 470.20 TCNSBRANDS 691.15 717.00 688.30 708.30 PFC 96.00 96.40 93.15 95.20 -0.80 SPICEJET 120.45 123.50 119.60 122.30 PCJEWELLER 32.00 32.60 31.80 32.30 RADICO 300.00 304.95 297.80 304.25 SADBHAV 134.75 141.00 134.75 138.10 CARERATING 527.75 531.65 527.75 530.15 BOSCHLTD 14100.00 14350.10 13820.20 14007.05 -121.90 GODREJPROP 988.45 1015.00 982.05 989.90 JUBILANT 480.00 489.00 468.00 472.45 THERMAX 1108.00 1120.05 1087.70 1107.20 TAKE 106.70 107.75 105.30 107.15 GULFOILLUB 852.00 854.00 847.00 851.00 BIOCON 257.60 258.85 255.00 257.30 -2.65 BANKINDIA 60.95 64.10 60.55 63.65 STAR 351.00 355.10 344.30 353.30 JINDALSAW 82.30 85.30 81.75 84.90 JSL 33.40 34.20 33.40 33.95 IFBIND 665.00 670.90 657.45 662.40 CONCOR 607.50 609.50 597.45 597.90 -6.80 PIIND 1317.75 1318.00 1301.50 1314.15 RPOWER 1.90 2.01 1.82 1.94 GHCL 206.00 206.60 203.50 204.60 ORIENTELEC 158.10 165.00 158.10 163.40 SHILPAMED 256.40 263.75 256.40 261.90 SHREECEM 18650.00 18699.95 17750.00 18200.00 -395.85 BERGEPAINT 479.00 490.65 471.10 486.40 MGL 987.00 987.00 961.60 974.85 RCOM 0.73 0.75 0.72 0.74 SONATSOFTW 298.20 299.70 293.35 295.90 SIS 890.95 900.60 887.85 888.45 OFSS 3152.95 3168.00 3049.90 3082.55 -70.40 GRASIM 730.50 730.50 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The injured have dom wants to foster a year- taken by the government to were not members of the com- ational. Educational institutions 80 minutes. However, Shringla lawmakers that most of the Tkilled and four others been transferred to Al-Hamna round religious tourism sector maintain peace after Jammu and mittee also attended the ambas- are also open, but attendance has did mention the human rights restrictions have been lifted and injured when a bus collided Hospital, SPA added, and that includes millions of pil- Kashmir’s special status was sadorial briefing and a majority been thin. situation in Pakistan and the issue the rest are being gradually with another heavy vehicle authorities have launched an grims. revoked in August. of them were from the The government has claimed of cross-border terrorism faced removed. near the Muslim holy city of investigation. Up until last month, the The briefing held on Opposition Democratic Party. that over 99 per cent of the areas by India. Mobile communication in Medina, Saudi state media said The accident comes after country only issued visas to Wednesday, the first such by the Congressman Ami Bera was the in the state there are no restric- He briefed lawmakers on the the Valley was shut down to pre- on Thursday. four British pilgrims were killed Muslim pilgrims, foreign work- top Indian diplomat here for only Indian-American lawmak- tions on the movement of peo- historic context of the Kashmir vent externally aided terrorists The accident on and 12 others injured in Saudi ers and recently to spectators at members of the powerful House er present at the briefing. ple. problem, and the steps being from disturbing peace and inflict- Wednesday involved a collision Arabia when their bus collid- sporting or cultural events, Foreign Affairs Committee, took Shringla and other diplomats Congressman Brad taken by India post August 5. ing casualties, according to between “a private chartered ed with a fuel tanker in April but tourists are now allowed to place amidst growing concern from the Indian Embassy here Sherman, who is holding a hear- Shringla patiently responded to authorities in Jammu and bus... with a heavy vehicle 2018. They were on their way visit as part of the drive to pre- among US lawmakers on the and its consulates in New York, ing on human rights in South the questions from American Kashmir. (loader)” near the western to the holy city of Mecca. pare the biggest Arab economy curbs in Kashmir, several of Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and Asia, in particular Kashmir, on lawmakers. External Affairs Minister S Saudi Arabian city, a In January 2017, six for a post-oil era. which have been removed. San Francisco have reached out October 22, said lawmakers have Lawmakers raised issues of Jaishankar has already appeared spokesman for Medina police Britons, including a two- In September 2015, a stam- Since August 16, there has to hundreds of Congressmen and been hearing from their con- missing persons, restrictions on before major Washington-based said, according to the official month-old baby, were killed in pede killed up to 2,300 wor- been a gradual removal of the their aides after India revoked stituents and that there have movement and communications think tanks recently, articulating Saudi Press Agency. a minibus on their way to shippers — including hun- curbs and by September first Jammu and Kashmir’s special sta- been some alarming report of in the Valley. India’s stand on Kashmir and Those involved were Arab Medina after making a pil- dreds of Iranians — in the week, most were removed, offi- tus. restrictions, on movement and Shringla refuted the allega- defending the revocation of and Asian pilgrims, according grimage to Mecca. worst disaster ever to strike the cials in Jammu and Kashmir has Since August 5, the govern- communications and lack of tions about missing persons and Jammu and Kashmir’s special sta- to local media, who carried pic- As part of efforts to diver- Hajj annual pilgrimage. said. The most prominent being ment besides restoring post-paid access. assured the lawmakers that if any tus. 5*./&& R##   #

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If Trump’s tweets were to get But enforcement can be on users threatening violence or but have a clear public-interest tweets, but it doesn’t want to pro- “Foreign policy saber-rat- from Democrats, including pres- Even with Tuesday’s expla- a warning label, however, this spotty on all counts, and context promoting terrorism on the site. value might get a warning label. mote them on their own, with- tling on economic or military idential candidate and California nation, it is not entirely clear what could fuel his supporters’ ire matters — even in the president’s The San Francisco company The label would provide context out context. issues are generally not in viola- Sen. Kamala Harris , to remove tweets from a world leader could toward Twitter. case, many of the tweets that is clarifying its rules as some on the violation and let people to With all that, the company tion of the Twitter Rules,” the blog Trump from Twitter because of get one. The president routinely offend his critics could fall in a Democrats say they would like to click through to see the tweet if has yet to slap a tweet with a post reads. what they see as bullying and Since Schiff is also a public complains, without evidence, gray area. see President Donald Trump they want to. warning label since putting its For instance, Trump has abuse. figure, Twitter could say it does- that social media sites are biased That said, Facebook’s recent- booted off Twitter, his favoured While Twitter said in June policy into effect. So is it all for threatened Iran on Twitter, In a public letter to Twitter n’t count even if he is targeted by against him and other conserv- ly announced policy of not fact- platform for filterless communi- that it will not use its algorithms show? 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Protection Units (YPG), is a adopted statement of a risk of Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a of the Britain-based war mon- Pence’s office said the US “terrorist” offshoot of the out- “dispersion” of jihadist prison- ceasefire in Syria after Ankara itor, said. would pursue “punishing eco- lawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party ers, but stopped short of call- rebuffed international pres- The Observatory said more nomic sanctions” unless there (PKK), which has waged a ing for an end to Turkey’s sure to halt its deadly offensive than 300,000 civilians were was “an immediate ceasefire”. bloody insurgency inside offensive. against Kurdish forces. displaced within Syria since the In the missive to Erdogan Turkey since 1984. The Kurdish-led Syrian But Erdogan vowed on start of the assault, and labelled dated October 9 — whose Moscow has stepped into Democratic Forces said Wednesday that Turkey’s oper- it one of the largest upheavals authenticity was confirmed to the void left by the US with- Wednesday they were “freez- ation — which has been facil- since Syria’s civil war began in AFP by the White House — drawal, deploying patrols to ing” operations against IS. itated by the withdrawal of US 2011. Trump wrote: “You don’t want prevent clashes between Syrian The force’s head Mazloum troops from northern Syria — The monitor said nearly to be responsible for slaugh- and Turkish forces. Abdi told Kurdish television would continue. 500 people have been killed tering thousands of people, The Kremlin and the channel Ronahi it would make That came as an extraor- including dozens of civilians, and I don’t want to be respon- Turkish presidency said do with “defensive” operations dinary letter from Trump the majority on the Kurdish sible for destroying the Turkish Erdogan would meet his against the group, which main- emerged in which he warned side. economy — and I will.” Russian counterpart Vladimir tains sleeper cells and a pres- Erdogan: “Don’t be a fool”. On Wednesday, Kurdish Kremlin spokesman Putin next week, as both sides ence in Syria’s vast desert Sent the day Turkey forces struck a desperate deal Dmitry Peskov pointed out seek to prevent a war between despite its territorial defeat. launched its incursion into with Damascus and stepped the “unusual” nature of the let- Turkey and Syria. Since launching their northeastern Syria, Trump said aside to allow Syrian regime ter, saying it was “not often that The Turkish government assault on October 9, Turkey history risked branding him a troops and allied Russian sol- such language is found in can count on widespread sup- and its Syrian proxies have “devil”. diers enter the border town of exchanges between leaders”. port for its operation at home, secured more than 100 kilo- Pence is accompanied by Kobane, according to the But Erdogan told the where a decades-long bloody metres of the border, but Ras US Secretary of State Mike Observatory. Turkish parliament that the insurgency by Kurdish mili- al-Ain has held out. Pompeo and other officials. Kobane is a highly sym- only way to solve Syria’s prob- tants has killed tens of thou- Erdogan wants to create a Days after US troops bolic town for Syria’s Kurds, lems was for the Kurdish forces sands of people. buffer zone stretching 30 kilo- abruptly began withdrawing, whose forces had in 2015 to “lay down their arms... But Western powers fear it metres from the border into Turkish soldiers and their wrested it from the Islamic destroy all their traps and get will endanger the fight against Syrian territory. Syrian rebel proxies gained State (IS) group in an epic bat- out of the safe zone that we IS. Thousands of IS prisoners He wants to destroy ground in Ras al-Ain, a key tle backed by the US-led coali- have designated”. are held in Kurdish-run camps Kurdish hopes of an border town where Kurdish tion. 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Protection (CBP) arrested the Boundary Road in Lynden, Connors in her statement. “The families and children in immi- battled a new push by Ankara- aiming to press Turkey to But fighting for the strate- !   seven family members on Washington.” It said record staff here first told us they can- gration custody. backed fighters to seize a strate- accept a cease-fire in its offen- gic town of Ras al-Ayn contin- October 2 for entering the checks revealed that two of the not turn on the heat in the “Their (CBP) communi- gic border town. sive. ued, as Turkish-backed fighters -   country unlawfully from adults — who have filed a com- building until the end of next cation in no way contradicts The commander of the Before their arrival, make a new push for the town & < British Columbia where they plaint with the Department of month,” despite temperatures the family’s account that for a Kurdish-led forces, Mazloum Turkish Foreign Minister where the Kurdish-led group were vacationing. Homeland Security — had plunging at night. brief moment they turned into Abdi, said Trump essentially Mevlut Cavusoglu met with has put up stiff resistance.   %  The two couples said they previously been denied autho- Connors said her three- an unmarked road on United gave the go-ahead for the deal White House national securi- An Associated Press jour- -   ended up in the United States rization to enter the US. month-old son’s health has States soil,” the statement reads. in a phone call Monday. ty adviser Robert O’Brien. nalist on the Turkish side of the inadvertently after swerving “Canada refused to allow suffered as a result of the poor It added that the family The Kurds’ deal, But on Wednesday, Trump border reported heavy shelling  $ down a road along the US- their return and two attempts conditions that included sleep- was traveling in a Canadian announced Sunday, came after dismissed the very crisis he sent into Ras al-Ayn. Canadian border to avoid hit- to contact the consulate for the ing on a “filthy concrete floor.” rental car with enough cash to Trump ordered US troops to his aides on an emergency An official with the government forces have ting an animal. United Kingdom were unsuc- She said Immigration and cover the expenses of a pro- step aside as Turkey launched mission to douse. Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic deployed south of Ras al-Ayn, They were deported cessful,” CBP said in justifying Customs Enforcement (ICE) longed trip for a family of its attack last week. Trump said the situation in Forces said the town saw taking a rear position behind overnight Tuesday and were the family’s detention. employees offered to remove seven. Under the agreement, northern Syria was uncontrol “insane bombing” from the the Kurdish forces. back in Britain Wednesday, Eileen Connors, 24, one of the baby after she complained, Connors said the incident forces of Syrian President and that the Syrian government air and land as the Turkish- Syria’s Kurdish fighters said immigration attorneys the Britons detained with her echoing accounts of parents had left the family “trauma- Bashar Assad effectively replace was now protecting the Kurds. backed fighters launched a have allied with the US since with Aldea — The People’s husband and three-month-old separated from their children tized for the rest of our lives.” the US troops on the ground in German Chancellor three-pronged attack. 2014 to fight Islamic State mil- Justice Center, a legal group son, described the family’s at the US southern border. Last June, a French citi- the border areas, with Moscow Angela Merkel on Thursday They advanced slightly in itants. Abdi said the priority that assisted them. ordeal in a statement, saying it “If we wanted, we could zen visiting her mother in guaranteeing the deal. once again called on Turkey to the town but there were “fierce now is to stop Turkey’s inva- But officials have disputed was “the scariest experience of sign papers to allow him to be British Columbia was arrested “We told (Trump) that we stop its military offensive in battles,” the official spoke on sion. Abdi said his forces will the family’s account of events, our entire lives.” separated from us and taken to by CBP and held for two weeks are contacting the Syrian Syria, telling parliament that condition of anonymity to decide what to do with saying their vehicle was seen on She said the group was some other facility,” Connors after straying across the border regime and the Russians in the offensive “makes tens of describe operational details. detained IS prisoners and their video “slowly and deliberately” turned over to immigration said. “We were shocked and while jogging along a beach. order to protect our country thousands, among them thou- The official also said Syrian families.     3    ""    -1#&   '  
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Committee is independent of from various parts of the coun- June threatened tariffs on all in its affairs Thursday, after a city are being eroded by Beijing Millions have taken to the the government in Norway, try amidst its stepped up efforts Mexican imports if the coun- hilippine President Rodrigo Norwegian politician nomi- — contrary to a 50-year deal streets of Hong Kong over the Beijing froze its relations with to check people illegally cross- try did not put a check on peo- PDuterte fell off his parked nated the “people of Hong that outlined Hong Kong’s last four months in the worst the Scandinavian country in ing its borders following pres- ple entering America through motorcycle on the palace Kong” for the 2020 Nobel return to China from British political crisis since the 1997 response to the award, sus- sure from the US. Mexico’s borders. grounds, suffering bruises and Peace Prize. rule. handover. pended negotiations for a free According to a press release Mexico had agreed to scratches, but the minor Semi-autonomous Hong “I have nominated the peo- Protests were initially trade agreement and blocked issued by the National boost up security on the bor- injuries won’t affect his sched- Kong has been hit by months ple of Hong Kong, who risk against a now-dropped bid by imports of Norwegian salmon. Migration Institute (INM) on der and expand its policy of ule, his spokesman said of pro-democracy protests, their lives and security every its leaders to allow extraditions Relations between the Wednesday, the Indian nation- taking back migrants. Thursday. which Beijing has portrayed day to stand up for freedom of to the Chinese mainland, but countries did not normalise als, who did not have a condi- “This was carried out, “While it is true that the as riots fuelled by foreign speech and basic democracy, to snowballed into a broader push until December 2016, after tion of regular stay in the thanks to the excellent com- president roamed around with forces. the Nobel Peace Prize for for democracy. Oslo committed to not “sup- country, were deported from munication and coordination his motorcycle,” he fell after he “Hong Kong affairs are 2020,” Guri Melby, a member Beijing has had a tense port actions that undermine” the Toluca City International with the Embassy of that Asian had already parked it purely China’s internal affairs of Norway’s parliament for the relationship with the Nobel Chinese interests. Airport on a Boeing 747 air- country, with which the recog- Wednesday night, presidential and no foreign government or liberal party, said in a Twitter Committee. In 1989, the coveted peace craft to New Delhi. nition and return of these cit- spokesman Salvador Panelo individuals have the right to post on Tuesday. In 2010 the award was prize was given to Tibetan The people were present- izens was worked, under strict said. interfere,” foreign ministry In an interview published given to imprisoned Chinese spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, ed to the immigration adherence to the Migration Duterte was reaching for The 74-year-old president spokesman Geng Shuang said by the newspaper Aftenposten dissident Liu Xiaobo, a writer, who Beijing accuses of trying authority in the states of Law and its Regulations,” the his shoe when he fell and had is an avid rider of big motor- at a press briefing. on Wednesday, Melby added philosopher and veteran of the to split China. Oaxaca, Baja California, statement said. “light bruises and slight cycles like Harley Davidsons scratches to his elbow and and has said he once had a seri- knee,” he said. ous crash during a long-dis- The president was resting tance run and could still feel A   & 0    on Thursday and his recovery those injuries. will not require any “major A lack of regular medical medical procedure,” Panelo bulletins on the president’s  >/2 6/2 and the attack Wednesday with the city’s 180,000 public looned to encompass broader It suggested the assault “If you think you’re being said. health sparks sporadic specu- night on Jimmy Sham by servants and transport author- clamors for universal suffrage, was politically motivated, peaceful and you’re safe, you’re Other officials, however, lation about the state of his ong Kong leader Carrie assailants wielding hammers ities to restore order, although an independent inquiry of the linked “to a spreading political not.” Sham spent the night in gave what seemed to be con- health, especially when he has HLam was again forced and knives marked the latest that task was made harder by policing methods used against terror in order to threaten and hospital and his wounds to the flicting accounts of the acci- failed to appear in public for from the legislative chamber dramatic turn in the unrest that members of the public sympa- protesters and other demands, inhibit the legitimate exercise head and arm were not con- dent. days. because of protests Thursday has rocked the city since June. thetic to the cause of the “riot- including ending the descrip- of natural and legal rights.” sidered life threatening, accord- Sen. Christopher “Bong” When Duterte did not by opposition members fol- Protesters and police have ers,” as she termed the hard- tion of protesters as “rioters.” Mo and other opposition ing to the station. Go, a former longtime aide of show up in public for more lowing a bloody attack on a both deployed levels of violence core protesters. Sham has been one of the legislators on Thursday sug- The assailants escaped in a Duterte, said the president was than a week in August, Panelo leader of the nearly 5-month- unseen since the former British However, she was forced to public faces of the protest gested the attack on Sham may vehicle and their identities driving his motorcycle when it explained that the president old protest movement. colony reverted to Chinese withdraw amid calls for her res- movement as a leader of the have been designed to frighten remained unknown, although skidded and he fell. As a result, was busy reviewing documents Pro-democracy lawmak- rule in 1997. Prior to her ignation, with pro-democratic Civil Human Rights Front, others away from protesting, or organised crime elements have the president was feeling some he needed to sign and stressed ers shouted and waved placards departure, Lam reiterated that legislator Claudia Mo shouting, which has organized large even to help provide a pretext long been accused of engi- pain in the hip but Go said he he was healthy because he depicting Lam with bloodied her “first priority” was ending “Carrie Lam, you are a liar.” demonstrations. for the government to call-off neering attacks on protesters was fine. managed to bike around in his hands, prompting their the violence that has dealt a The protests began in He was on his way to an district council elections sched- and leaders of the pro-democ- Brig. Gen. Jose Niembra, hometown in southern Davao removal by guards and the body blow to the local econo- response to a now-withdrawn evening meeting in the district uled for next month. racy camp. Police last month who is in charge of forces City. suspension of proceedings. my as well as Hong Kong’s rep- extradition bill that would have of Kowloon when four or five “We can’t help but feel that arrested two people, including securing the president, told “He got enthusiastic and A day earlier, Lam was utation as a safe, law-abiding allowed criminal suspects to be attackers pounced on him, this entire thing is part of a plan a 15-year-old boy, over an reporters without elaborating rode out of the village enclave forced to abandon an annual center for finance and business sent for trial in Communist leaving him with bloody head to shed blood on Hong Kong’s assault on Sham and his assis- that Duterte did not fall from on a motorcycle, alarming the policy address in the chamber, with a sophisticated indepen- Party-controlled courts in injuries but conscious, the peaceful protests,” Mo was tant while they were dining in the motorcycle during the acci- Presidential Security Group,” later delivering it by television. dent judiciary. mainland China. Front said on its Facebook quoted as saying for govern- a cafe. Sham was not injured in dent. Panelo told reporters then. Disruption in the chamber Lam said she was working The movement then bal- page. ment broadcaster RTHK. that attack.    !"#$%&"'

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The heart- Recipes Recreated from Your recipes fit into the stories that recipe for confit byaldi (better shaped mirrors, graffiti and Favorite Movies and TV Shows inspired them. Beyond the name known as ratatouille, and includ- trendy posters about drinking (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). of the show or film, Rea says lit- ed here in honor of the animat- and dining at the entrance And while the premise might tle or nothing about that. ed movie of the same name). were a quirky way to welcome tastiest dish of the evening. sound more silly than serious, The focus is on the food. In this much longer fol- the guests. As I sat on the To accompany the sweet the book — like the video series And the more tangential a lowup to his 2017 cookbook Eat high-pitched chaise-lounge at 4A"A) and salty dishes that I was hav- — is actually full of real meals recipe’s connection to pop cul- What You Watch: A Cookbook the table adjacent to the bar, I ing, I ordered the scented and desserts that transcend ture — like the beef Wellington for Movie Lovers, Rea has includ- observed artefacts and show- black currant sherbet which their sometimes ridiculous fic- only casually mentioned in a flir- ed nods to just about every genre pieces which intrigued me. had kokum, black currant, tional origins. tatious riff delivered by John of film and TV. You’ll find Lake Why would a fine dine-in cumin in sparkling water. It There are a few recipes Slattery’s Roger Sterling on an Trout and Pit Beef from The restaurant-cum-bar have three was the perfect refreshment. I you’ll marvel at but probably early episode of Mad Men — the Wire, followed on the next page tiny statues of soldiers holding A5+ sulked at the thought that I never want to make, like Buddy more determined Rea seems to by Principal Skinner’s favorite a rope in different positions — could have ordered it earlier. the Elf’s candy-laden pasta dish be to offer the best and most coconut-based seafood stew climbing up, crawling down Its juicy, spicy and tangy tex- from the movie Elf or Jake the authentic version possible. from The Simpsons. and hanging? However, they Next up was the Aloo ture made me forget all my Dog’s bizarre “perfect sand- The recipes are laid out If you’ve ever wanted the added to the absorbing aura. chakna chaat. As eager as I was woes of tasting imperfect dish- wich” from the cartoon with detailed instructions secret recipe for Krabby Patties To my left were posters of gui- for this dish to arrive on my es on an evening when I Adventure Time, amid gorgeous photogra- or thought about assembling tar, music signs, and some table, my interest fell flat as I craved for some lasting delica- which phy, and Rea explains how your own Friends-inspired doodles that said, ‘I Love bit into it. With wheat crisps cies. includes he chose the ingredients Moistmaker sandwich out of Binge Drinking.’ Well, the (sev) and pomegranate sprin- Then came the spicy gold- human and created the dishes. Thanksgiving leftovers, both vibrant bar with a colourful kled on top, the chopped pota- en paneer fingers in two ways — tears as an Each recipe includes his recipes are here. glassy slab, lit with yellow toes dipped in sweety-spicy peri peri and pesto. Now as we ingredient. personal “verdict” on And Marvel fans, remember lights, and an array of wines, tamarind sauce and tasted know, the mere mention of But even with how good it really that sandwich Simmons loving- whiskies, spirits and beers, exactly the way it was paneer excites a vegetarian. these, Rea lays tastes. ly sent along with Fitz on his first could certainly make that one described, nothing less or However, to my surprise, the out the steps to Some dishes, it real mission during season one come true. more. I wished there was extra long cottage cheese fingers did- recreate them in seems, are better left of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? It’s As impressed as I was by zing to the dish. After all, why n’t arrive in ‘two ways,’ rather actual, edible form. on the screen, including Liz here, along with a recipe for WITC’s aesthetics, I wondered would I pay 225 for an Aloo came with two flavoured dips — Most of this Lemon’s Cheesy Blasters (an chicken paprika just like the one whether what it served me chaat that I could relish at just creamy green pesto and peri peri beautiful hardcover artery-clogging mix of hot dogs Vision attempts to whip up for would match up to the ambi- 40 at the street side? Also, the sauce. Well, one bite into the dish book, though, is filled with stuffed with Monterey jack Wanda Maximoff during ence. Scrolling through the latter would have been aptly and there occurred an epiphany dishes you’d want to dig into cheese, wrapped in a frozen Captain America: Civil War. menu, I first ordered the puree spicy. — there’s nothing worse than sit- even if they didn’t have a pop- pizza, from 30 Rock) and Even the chicken shawarma of wild mushroom soup. The The Rawa dal tikki fol- ting down at a cafe, ordering a culture connection. Dothraki Blood Pie from Game that the Avengers refueled on porcini, shitake and button lowed. I chose to order the dish, pining for it and being mis- Rea’s recipe for flavourful, of Thrones, which has as its pri- after the exhausting Battle of mushrooms-infused off-white dish as the thought of a tikki erably disappointed. The dish yogurt-marinated Palestinian mary ingredient a full pound of New York is included. creamy soup had a delicate being served with Matar ka was bland and even the dips did- chicken really is as good as Larry pork fat, finely diced. Whatever your TV or texture. I never had thought hummus, rather than the con- n’t help. David says it is during a season The verdict on that one, movie preferences may be, Rea’s that mushrooms could be so ventional mint chutney or As full as I was, I didn’t want eight episode of Curb Your according to Rea: “Dothraki appealing voice and creative distinctly flavourful. Talking of meethi saunth, instantly drew to miss the desserts. I ordered Enthusiasm. And Rea’s version Blood Pie is pretty gross.” recipes might just inspire you to spices, the soup tasted of black me towards it. Well, it didn’t two out of the four in the menu of the mushroom soup recipe But the “prison gravy” from start cooking. pepper that blended perfectly disappoint me. But the prob- — Apple pie and Sizzling that Elaine is determined to get Goodfellas will elevate your next In describing the joyful with a variety of bland but lem lay at the heart as the tikki, brownie. While the latter from the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld spaghetti dinner. And Rea reaction of Aziz Ansari’s char- fresh mushrooms. The soup due to its blandness and dry amazed me with its remarkable really is sublime, and not diffi- swears by his acter, Dev, at having made real- was served with two cigar texture, failed to make an presentation and taste, the latter cult to replicate. ly good pasta from scratch dur- rolls and a chilli oregano dip, everlasting impression. did a great job at fulfilling my Though he points out in the ing an episode of Master of which complemented the Next in line were the cravings. Just a few words for book’s surprisingly moving None, Rea offers this soup’s comforting taste. crunchy dahi sticks, or the both the desserts — taste it your- introduction that he’s not a encouragement: It was time for the Dahi kebabs. The previous self and feel its extraordinariness. professional chef, Rea brings “This sentiment of Minestrone. 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I probably won’t certificates. # 4/+* whatever be the result, with both play much before that because I need some time teams playing their first final of away from it (tennis) and I need some time with the 7    ' acists must be "kicked out" of India's top Kabaddi tournament. family,” the 38- Rstadiums, FIFA president The final itself is testimony to year-old told CNN. Gianni Infantino said on the competitive nature of season The 20-time Thursday, as he pressed for a seven that saw favourites stumble Grand Slam cham- worldwide ban on spectators while young stars scripted new pion returned to who abuse black footballers. records. Three-time champions Roland Garros this Speaking days after England's Patna Pirates failed to reach the year after a three Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria playoff stages despite another stel- year absence, was twice stopped because of lar season for Pardeep Narwal falling to Rafael chants targeting English players, while pre-season favourites Tamil Nadal in the semi- Infantino insisted the world body Thalaivas' poor run reminded finals. would punish racism. everyone how Kabaddi is a team Federer ha "If there are racists that abuse sport and not just about a group of sconfirmed he will footballers, we have to stop the talented individuals. (302) in overall points. compete at next game," he told a press conference Ever since the dawn of the     year’s Tokyo on a visit to Dhaka.     VIVO PKL, Kabaddi as a sport has The League stage's top two Olympics after "We cannot let the racists 'High-flyer' Pawan Sehrawat evolved, and season seven was teams — Dabang Delhi and Bengal Wimbledon and win. The football has to contin- was once again the standout raider once again proof to the fast chang- Warriors — will fight it out for the prior to the US ue and we have to punish the of the season and brought ing nature, with the defenders hav- coveted trophy tomorrow. Both Open. The students of Excellia School made the city proud by win- people," Infantino said during his Bengaluru Bulls within touching ing a bigger say in results. While UP teams have shown remarkably con- But his priori- ning the bronze medal in the under-14 category in the CBSE visit. distance of a place in the finals. The Yoddha's Nitesh Kumar couldn't sistency throughout the season ty before the East Zone Chess Championship held at Sharda Global School, He added it was now easy to defending champions were heavi- match his 100-point tally from last and deserve a shot at the title for French Open Ranchi from October 12 to 15. Led by captain Medhansh Saxena, identify the culprits in modern ly reliant on Pawan's raiding skills season, you could see a distinct their all-round performances. The which he has won who bagged the first prize on table one by winning all the seven stadiums with closed circuit TV and he scored 346 points in 24 changes in approaches as the cor- Bengal corner combination of only once in 2009 matches, the Excellia team remained undefeated. Divyansh and that a "strong message" must match with 18 Super 10s and a stag- ners starting tackling more eager- Baldev Singh and Rinku Narwal will be a family vacation. Pandey, ArnavTiwari and Ojasv Singh also contributed brilliant- be sent. gering strike rate of 75%. While ly. In fact, the success of teams like will be keen to stop Naveen 'Express' “We need a vacation, we need a break, and espe- ly. Chairman DS Pathak, Director Asheesh Pathak and the "They have to be taken, Naveen Kumar didn't exactly match U Mumba, UP Yoddha and Bengal Kumar from reaching another cially if I am playing the Olympics and all that,” he Principal Sonia Vardhan expressed their happiness on the win. kicked out of the stadium, they Pawan Sehrawat's points, his 20 Warriors was down to effective cor- Super 10 while at the other end the said. must not be allowed to enter into consecutive Super 10s was the key ners. U Mumba's 'Sultan' Fazel experienced duo of Ravinder Pahal In Tokyo he will be in competition for a men’s "    P' football stadiums any more, and in Dabang Delhi's road to the Atrachali topped the chart with 82 and Joginder Narwal will look to singles Gold medal, the only major prize he has yet UP Swimming Association is organising the Masters criminal proceedings should be finals. The 20-year-old, a produce tackle points. UP's duo of Sumit and thwart the Bengal raiders. The to win. Aquatic Championship at SAI regional centre and KD Singh brought against them. of the Future Kabaddi Heroes Nitesh Kumar scored 77 and 75 Warriors haven't been beaten by Earlier this week he said he had been debating 'Babu' Stadium simultaneously from October 18 to 20. UPSA "It's a crime and it should be (FKH) programme, scored 283 respectively while Sandeep Dhull Delhi this season but it remains to with his team on his programme after Wimbledon president Maharaja Ranjit Singh Judeo informed the mediaper- a crime in all countries of the points in 22 matches, and will end clinched 73 despite playing for a be seen if their talisman Maninder and before the US Open. sons that around 1000 participants would be taking part in one world to commit a racist abuse," the season behind only Pawan Jaipur Pink Panthers side that Singh will be fit enough to start “At the end of the day my heart decided to play of the biggest events UP has ever organised. he said. Sehrawat and Pardeep Narwal failed to qualify for the playoffs. against Dabang. the Olympic Games again,” he said.    !"#$%&"' ! 90

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":)  ,!,* 10 T20Is, was suspended Hossain also last featured in Sheikh, Mushfiqur Rahhim, That would almost recalled to the Test side open the door for Marcus +C,.0 ,  '6 during the 2016 ICC World the 2016 ICC World Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif certainly rule him out of for the final game of the Stoinis in Brisbane.  '6, ' est Indian batting great Brian Lara on Thursday praised Twenty20 for an illegal Twenty20. Hossain, Musaddek the opening Test against Ashes against England “At the end of the day,    '*+  ' Wthe current Indian pace attack, which reminded him of bowling action. He had also “We have recalled Hossain, Aminul Islam Pakistan in Brisbane start- last month after a long it’s a game of cricket.   '4   '4 the deadly West Indian attacks of yore. spent two months in jail Sunny because we need Biplob, Arafat Sunny, ing on November 21. period out of favour and Sometimes you get beat-      '? 5   ' /+  ' The Indian pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and after being arrested in 2017 someone experienced for Mohammad Saifuddin, Al- “It’s my middle finger, there are no guarantees he en, sometimes you get >    '=4   ' Mohammed Shami, in 2018, picked the record 142 wickets for his involvement in a India, which is a tough Amin Hossain, Mustafizur just below the wrist — a will win a spot back. out, and you can’t be 2 '=6 "  ' among them in Test matches. family dispute. country. Al-Amin comes Rahman, Shafiul Islam. fracture straight through “It’s a good lesson for punching walls.” !  T6  ? 5  ) Asked what makes Indian team special, Lara said: “It’s the Indian pace attack. Unbelievable. I saw them in the West Indies. When you look at the quality —(Jasprit) Bumrah, (Mohammed) Shami, (Umesh) Yadav — all these guys, and the guys on the .
! "&"&. &R # 8  /       I5 sidelines, like Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) are unbelievable.” “It reminds me a little bit of the (pace bowling) strength The 34-year-old that the West Indies had in the 80s and 90s. The reserve strength  " .! "!" & ' Wawrinka, seeking his first is very important in assessing a team’s ability. It means that your ATP trophy since he lifted the attack has quality,” Lara added.  2..=>  /.24. title in Geneva two years ago, Lara, who had scored 11,953 Test runs, was also lavish in served 17 aces — one less his praise for Virat Kohli, whom he termed the ‘Ultimate hree-time Olympic medallist ndia’s campaign at the $ 775,000 Denmark Open than Lopez — and converted Captain’. TCarmelita Jeter is impressed with Icame to a disappointing end with the trioka of PV one out of four break-point “He’s (Kohli) the ultimate captain. In terms of his perfor- India’s Dutee Chand and said a reput- Sindhu, B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma — all-exit- opportunities to edge the tight mances, he leads by example. And I mean that in all facets of ed coach can guide the country’s talent- ing after suffering straight-game losses, here on match. the game, and off the field too. He is came off very well in the ed sprinters reach the highest level in Thursday. Up next for the world background of MS Dhoni, who laid the foundation, and did future. World Champion Sindhu, seeded fifth, yet again number 18 is unseeded Gilles things in a different way. “I have seen Dutee Chand compete struggled to buck the trend of recent early exits as Simon, who powered past his “So, I think Indian cricket, as we all know, is headed in the at the Olympic Games. She has done she was knocked out after she lost 14-21, 17-21 to French compatriot Jo-Wilfried right direction. It’s influenced by some of the best people, and some remarkable things. I hope more Korea,s An Se Young in a 40-minute second-round Tsonga 6-4, 7-5. is reaping the benefits of it,” Lara told reporters here. young ladies will step up and represent women,s singles clash at the BWF World Tour Super Wawrinka has beaten Lara also seemed happy that a player of Rohit Sharma’s cal- the country,” said Jeter, who is the inter- 750 event. Simon four times in seven ibre is set to play regularly across formats. national event ambassador at the 15th It turned out to be a dismal day for Indian shut- meetings but the Frenchman “I think that Rohit is an awesome player in all formats of edition of the Airtel Delhi Half tlers in general as B Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma, and prevailed in straight sets the the game. Obviously, in the limited overs game, he’s been very Marathon. in the 100 meters. men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and last time they played each successful. I don’t see any reason why he should not be in Test “I feel that all sprinters need good Carmelita Jeter was a part of the his- Chirag Shetty also went down in straight games in other on the hardcourts of cricket. It seems that he has the passion to play and wants to coaches. If a big name coaches Indian toric 4x100m USA team which set the their second rounds. Shanghai in 2016. prove himself on that stage (Test cricket) as well. athletes, then you will certainly see a rise world record at the 2012 Olympics. The While Praneeth was outclassed by two-time Argentina,s Guido Pella “To exclude a player like that (from the Test team) will be of Indian sprinters in the future,” said American said that sharing a medal World Champion Kento Momota of Japan 6-21, 14- joined the duo in the last eight very difficult, with the talent that I see. So, hopefully, he will Jeter. with three other women was even more 21 in yet another dominating show, Sameer lost 12- ) 8  /       after beating South Korea,s be successful. He is a gifted batsman,” said Lara. The fastest woman alive, Jeter is special than an individual medal. 21, 10-21 to Olympic champion Chen Long of China. Kwon Soon-woo 7-5, 7-5 to set Lara, who holds the record for highest individual run scor- delighted to see over 40,000 participants “It was a moment for the USA Thailand Open champions Satwik and Chirag   *2(.? up a clash with Ugo Humbert er in Tests, also welcomed the ICC move of Test Championship, ready to give it their all at the Half team. It was a special team out there. also suffered a 16-21 15-21 defeat against sixth seed or second seed David Goffin. saying it has provided contest to the game. Marathon, which is an IAAF Gold Label People think that four of the fastest run- Chinese combination of Han Cheng Kai and Zhou tan Wawrinka was made to In first-round action, Pablo “I think (World Test Championship should have started Road Race, on Sunday. ners form a good 4x100m group, but no, Hao Dong in men's doubles. Swork hard at the European Cuevas beat Hugo Dellien 6-4, earlier). In terms of Test Championship, where there is an end, A world record holder, Jeter had a team has to have four people who trust Later in the day, Pranaav Chopra and N Sikki Open on Wednesday as the 6-3 and will take on Briton it culminates into a team becoming Championship, that is some- finished with a winning time of 10.64 each other and have chemistry. It was Reddy put up a gallant fight before going down 24- Swiss veteran outlasted Andy Murray next. American thing that should have happened a long time ago and happy seconds at the Shanghai Golden Grand great to share a Gold medal with a team. 26 21-13 11-21 to fourth seeded Malaysian pair of Feliciano Lopez 6-7(4) 6-4 7- Frances Tiafoe overcame to see it now. Even if you play against the Prix in 2009, giving her a spot in his- Winning a medal with three other Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying in the mixed dou- 6(4) to reach the quarter-finals Germany's Yannick Maden 7- minnows—Afghanistan, Bangladesh — it means something. tory as the second-fastest woman ever women was even more special,” she said. bles competition. in Antwerp. 6(7), 6-3.