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Narendra Modi said they Government set up a Special On Wednesday, a team of should introspect whether the Investigation Team (SIT) to district administration visited method they adopted to protest probe cases of rioting registered violence hit areas — Reti, was right in Kanpur, while the Rampur Nakhas and Ghantaghar — “They should ask them- district administration served and assessed the loss which selves was it right to damage notices on 28 people to pay up have been caused to public property. What they damaged 14 lakh for damages. property during violence. was it not use for their family Additional SP (Crime) Anti-CAA protesters on members too. Have they spared Rajesh Yadav will head the Saturday set Yatimkhana police a thought about those who SIT which will also consist of post on fire and indulged in were injured in the violence or Circle Officer (Anwarganj), intense brick-batting. Two per- to what will happen to families Station House Officer sons had died in Friday’s clash- who lost their near and dears,” (Kakadevi), SHO (Barra), a es here between the protesters Modi said by way of question- police Sub-Inspector and a / $ 0$1 % $$" and police and another suc- ing while addressing a gather- prosecution officer. 2 "# cumbed to injuries at a hospi- ing after unveiling the statue of More than 300 people tal on Sunday. Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Lok have been served recovery Station and another with incurred was worth around from them for destruction of Gorakhpur police too has Meanwhile, internet ser- Bhawan in Lucknow on notices across UP for damag- Babupurwa police station — 15 lakh but the final assess- public and private property,” sent notice to 33 people vices, which had been sus- Wednesday. ing public property. The have been transferred to the SIT. ment put the figure at 25 lakh. District Magistrate Rampur allegedly involved in violence pended here last week amid Modi also laid the founda- Lucknow district administra- The SIT would be better Among those asked to pay Aunjaneya Singh told PTI. during CAA protest in widespread violent protest tion stone for Atal Bihari tion has served notices to 100 equipped to deal with the elec- penalty are an embroidery A 22-year-old man died of Gorakhpur on Friday. Police against the changes in citizen- Vajpayee Medical University in people till now. In Meerut, 141 tronic gadgets to track down worker and a hawker. Both a bullet injury in Rampur on said FIRs against 1,000 uniden- ship law and the proposed cre- the State Capital. It was former ! "# people have been blamed for the culprits, especially because have been arrested for Saturday during violent tified people have also been ation of a National Register of PM’s 95 th anniversary today. damages. In Sambhal notices social media and WhatsApp violence during protests on protests against the amended registered. Police have pasted Citizens, were restored on The PM said people should governance for our were issued to 26 whereas in were used to bring the alleged December 2. Citizenship Act. Several locals pictures of people involved in Wednesday, an official said. realise that rights and duties go Government mean that every- Nehtaur town of Bijnor, rioters together, said an official. “Notices have been issued and policemen were injured, violence and announced that “Internet services have hand in hand. “Every citizen of one should be heard, facilities notices issued to 43 rioters. The team would be given to 28 people who have been and six vehicles, including a the informers will be awarded. resumed in Lucknow,” District the country has the right to bet- should reach every citizen, The SIT was constituted fol- access to all data from areas identified for violence during police motorcycle, were So far 26 people have been Magistrate Abhishek Prakash ter public facilities but it is also every Indian should get an lowing the directives of the under the jurisdiction of police the protests. They have been torched, according to officials. sent to jail and several others told PTI on Wednesday. their duty to protect them. By opportunity, security should be Uttar Pradesh Director General stations where the clashes given seven days’ time to So far 33 people have been have been picked up on the Internet services in the indulging in violence after experienced by every person of Police (DGP) for conducting occurred, Senior SP Kanpur respond why action should arrested and more than 150 basis of photos released by state capital were suspended on believing in rumours, they are and accessibility should be a fair probe into the cases of vio- Anant Deo Tewari said. not be taken against them, identified in connection with police. Notices are being served Thursday night after violent only harming themselves,” ensured in every system of lence. As many as four cases — In Rampur, the police had failing which, proceedings will the violence in Rampur, the to those offenders who have protests against the amended said Modi. Government. three with Beckonganj Police initially said the damage be initiated to recover money police said. either fled homes or are untrace- Citizenship Bill. The PM further said good Continued on Page 4
' '" ( ) * low-level cloud cover the winds Chandigarh, Delhi, West UP, would continue to blow from Jammu, Bihar and by 1-2 northwest direction, following degrees Celsius over Punjab, which cold day conditions Rajasthan and risen by 2-3 ! would intensify and to prevail degrees Celsius over East UP " # $ over northern parts of India till during the past 24 hours. December 29. “Night temper- IMD officials said Kashmir P atures have been hitting lower is currently under the grip of !P degrees for the last many days “chillai-kalan” — the 40-day " "$% % now,” it said. harshest period of winter when & “The weather conditions the chances of snowfall are ' # are suitable for dense to very most frequent and maximum L # dense fog in these regions and the temperature drops M which will result in poor visi- considerably. K L # M$ bility levels during early morn- “Chillai-kalan” began on % ing hours,” the IMD said. December 21 and ends on ++#,+ As per the IMD data, the January 31, but the cold wave -#. + $ % temperatures have fallen by 3- continues even after that. / - % ! 5 degrees Celsius over Haryana, Continued on Page 4 + - 1 $ & /:3: ,1 & ven as December is turning & & Eout to be the coldest in the " "$% + last 22 years, the India /:3: ,1 national Capital has registered ment in the air quality on / + Meteorological Department nine cold days, equal to that Wednesday. The overall air '- (IMD) said the worst is yet to t was a chilly Christmas for recorded in 2003. The city quality index was recorded at come, warning that Punjab, Ithe people of the national recorded the maximum of 17 350 at 4 pm, down from 383 on # Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Capital with the minimum cold days in December 1997. Tuesday. Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, temperature settling at 6 According to Kuldeep The Government’s air qual- Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, degrees Celsius, said the Srivastava, head of the India ity monitoring and forecasting # Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & weather department on Meteorological Department’s service SAFAR said an extend- $ Kashmir and Bihar are expect- Wednesday. The city witnessed (IMD) regional forecasting ed period of calm surface winds ed to experience cold wave moderate to dense fog in the centre, a “cold day” is when the with high humidity is predict- conditions over the next morning. The maximum tem- maximum temperature is at ed December 27 onwards, & 3-4 days. perature settled at 12.7 degrees least 4.5 notches below the which will have an adverse '$() ' + IMD said over the next Celsius, nine notches below normal. effect on the air quality. - 2 three-four days the mercury is normal, officials said. A “severe cold day” is when According to IMD, maxi- 2 2,#-& likely to drop to 4 degrees They said a cold wave is the maximum temperature is at mum temperature recorded at # Celsius and the weather condi- likely to hit Delhi as the mer- least 6.5 degrees Celsius below Safdarjung observatory was tions will also impact southern cury is expected to drop to 4 the normal, he said. 12.7 degrees, nine degrees % &'(( ' 3 , India, but to a certain extent. degrees Celsius on the week- Meanwhile, moderate wind below to normal. % ! *"+, ' % % -' According to IMD, due to end. Since December 16, the speed led to a slight improve- Continued on Page 4 "# $ " #$% ( # )R
& " ':/6 4 qualified terms, it is not a one on the issue of citizenship.” “… Please check with the it has started. If at all it has been The 20-year-old building detention centre. There is no He ruled out that the cen- social welfare department. At operationalised then there was a hostel for more than 18 /:3: ,1 according to the FIR. mid nationwide protests purpose per se to detain some- tre has been operationalised. least I have no information that should be some detenue there? years for the poor and down- The agency has re-regis- Aover the controversial cit- No one is there,” he added. trodden community but as the he CBI has registered a case tered the Uttar Pradesh Police’s izenship law, the first detention According to Bommai, the number of students dwindled, Tagainst then CEO of FIR that alleges YEIDA had centre in Karnataka, reported- purpose to keep the facility it was lying vacant for almost Yamuna Expressway Industrial paid 85.49 crore for 57.15 ly meant to lodge illegal immi- ready was to lodge African two years waiting for the habi- Development Authority hectares of land in seven vil- grants and migrants overstay- nationals overstaying in India tants. Explaining the reason (YEIDA), PC Gupta, then lages in Mathura for develop- ing in the country, has been and indulging in drug ped- behind including the social Tehsildar Suresh Chandra ment activities around the 165- opened in Sondekoppa village dling. He said their illegal welfare department in this pro- Sharma and 19 private individ- km long expressway connect- near here. activities create a law and order ject, the officer said, “Food, uals for allegedly conspiring to ing Greater Noida with Agra, The facility with several situation in the country. accommodation and clothes cause losses to the Authority by officials said. rooms, a kitchen and toilets has “It is only to keep them will be provided to the detenues way of purchasing 57.15 hectare Police had alleged that been kept ready on the direc- (African nationals) there and by our social welfare depart- in seven villages of Mathura Gupta in criminal conspiracy tions of the Government, a send them back to their ment.” above the prescribed rates for a with his relatives and associates social welfare department offi- nation,” he added. But, Foreign Regional consideration of 85.49 crore. first purchased the land from cial said. A social welfare depart- Registration Officer Labhu The land bank under probe farmers and later sold it to However, State Home ment officer said on condition Ram, said, “Please check with continues to be unused till YEIDA within four to six Minister Basavaraj Bommai of anonymity they have got the the social welfare department. date and the authority alleged- months of their purchase, caus- objected to the term “detention direction to keep the “Central The detention centre is looked ly purchased the property at ing loss to the exchequer. centre”. Speaking to reporters Relief Centre” (CRC) ready after by the social welfare double the prevailing rates, Continued on Page 4 on Tuesday, he had said, “In before January 1. department.” !"#$"%&'
!!" # %# * /:3: ,1 $% !& '( )$*+( & ' ith intense cold wave . / Wsweeping across the year-old MBA student, national Capital and its adjoin- /:3: ,1 who was on his way to ing areas, the air quality in the attend classes in Lodhi city has dipped into ‘severe cat- 38-year-old man was Road when his vehicle egory’. Akilled on Niti Marg hit the bike,” a senior The overall Air Quality in Chanakyapuri, after police official. Index (AQI) was recorded at he was hit allegedly by a “The victim was 350 μgm-3 on Wednesday. speeding Mercedes Benz found to be wearing hel- According to System of Air being driven by a student met at the time of inci- Quality and Weather who was later identified dent. The impact of the Forecasting and Research as one Kavish and pur- accident was such that /:3: ,1 (SAFAR), AQI was recorded in suing Master Business both the vehicles sus- the ‘higher end of the very poor Administration (MBA) tained severe damages. rime Minister Narendra category’. Values of primary course. The deceased has The victim was taken to PModi on Wednesday said pollutants - Particulate Matters been identified as the nearby hospital there is dissatisfaction among (PM) 10 and 2.5 recorded 313 Praveen who eaked his where he was declared people in Delhi over ‘unclean’ and 185 respectively. livelihood by working as brought dead,” said the drinking water and this is a Elaborating Met factors a gardener. senior police official. worrisome issue. behind the deterioration of air Praveen, who lived “A case under rele- “You must have seen in quality, SAFAR stated that the with his family in vant section has been Delhi these days there was so unusual spell of faster wind peri- Trilokpuri and he was registered at Chanakya much awareness regarding od in this time of year that was working as a gardener on Puri police station and water and also dissatisfaction keeping AQI in check is likely temporary basis with the the accused has been (over its quality). There is a to end now. New Delhi Municipal arrested. A medical concern from all over that “An extended period of Corporation. Police said examination of the Delhi is the national Capital calm surface winds with high that the accused identi- 1% 8 % accused was done to and drinking water is unclean. humidity leading to shallow fied as Kavish, a resident ! find out if he was under This has become a worrisome boundary layer height is fore- ! 1 1 3 ! "# of Rajokri was taken into the influence of alcohol. issue,” Modi said. casted from December 27th custody from the spot and the (ERV) was dispatched to the However, no traces of alcohol His remarks, aimed at the onwards. On December 27th low mixing layer and moderate further add to the deterioration. pollution monitoring agencies - offending vehicle has been spot. was found in the body of the AAP Government, come ahead AQI is forecasted to deteriorate to dense fog with high humid- As per SAFAR extended range Jahangirpuri, Vasundhra, seized. “The victim was riding his accused,” said a police official of the Assembly polls in the towards the higher end of the ity are expected in a week stat- outlook, it is leading towards Sahibabad, Noida, Okhla, According to a senior bike, when he was hit by a privy to investigation. national Capital scheduled very poor category which will ing 27th December. severe conditions to be end of Dwarka, Peeragarhi, Adarsh police official, the incident was speeding luxury car from The accused was later early next year. The Prime touch the severe category by “Such conditions are high- 2019. For latest update, refer our Nagar and Patparganj are the reported to police around 7 am behind at the roundabout on released on bail, police said, Minister was speaking during December 28th night,” it said. ly favourable for secondary par- short range forecast,” it added. areas where AQI will remain on Tuesday following which Niti Marg. The car, Mercedes adding further probe is under- the launch of the Atal Jal “Very calm surface winds, ticulate formation which will Meanwhile according to higher in this week. Emergency Response Vehicle Benz, was being driven by a 23- way. Mission here. 0 +1 / % 1 3 # /:3: ,1 restaurants in Mukherjee Nagar will be shut from December 24 /:3: ,1 them. video of the Delhi Police Indian Penal Code (IPC) and evening to January 2. He advis- /:3: ,1 violence during the last week’s “While Shankar was appre- Aofficials claiming that 66(c) IT Act at Mukhrejee es students to book tickets and anti-CAA protests and said he Police Control (PCR) of hended, his two other accom- coaching centres paying guest Nagar police station and police leave for their homes, consid- group of Delhi University they would organise pro- Tthe Delhi Police has caught plices managed to flee. A resi- (PG) accommodations in the have also written to social ering it their winter break. Astudents and teachers on grammes to spread awareness a 25-year-old robber red-hand- dent of Ghaziabad, was also national Capital’s Mukherjee media platforms to remove The police officer is also Tuesday held march in support about the changes in the citi- ed from East Delhi’s Surya chasing them who told the Nagar area are being shut down the video as it has been edited heard telling the crowd that the of the amended Citizenship Act zenship law and its constitu- Nagar while he was trying to police team that three persons went viral on social media. so as to place it out of context. law and order situation is crit- (CAA). tional validity in various cam- flee away. including the apprehended per- However, police said that the “No such direction has ical in Delhi, section 144 of the Scores of academicians and puses. The accused has been iden- son had robbed his mobile video is doctored and said that been issued by police and it is Criminal Penal Code has been researchers participated in the The National Democratic tified as Shankar, a resident of phone and cash of 800,” said they have registered a case a doctored video. Fake mes- imposed and warns of severe march pointing out that the Teachers’ Front (NDTF) said it Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh the DCP. against the culprits involved in sages are being circulated on action against those who would changes in the citizenship law congratulates the government (UP). According to Sharat “During cursory checking, making fake video and circu- social media on closure of PGs create any kind of nuisance. is aimed at giving justice to the for bringing the Citizenship Kumar Sinha, the DCP, PCR, police also recovered the lating it on social media. law and order situation in the and hostels in Mukherjee A fake notice from station minority community of the Amendment Act (CAA). on December 24, around 5 pm, robbed phone and cash from The video purportedly city had gone viral on social Nagar area to create panic,” said house officer, Mukherjee three neighbouring Islamic By paying attention to this a Mobile Patrol Van (MPV) the possession of the accused. showing Delhi Police officials, media platforms days ago. the DCP. Nagar, claiming that coaching nations who had to flee demand pending for near Surya Nagar crossing at A case under section including an Assistant According to Vijayanta In the video which went centres and paying guest (PG) their homelands due to their decades, this Government has Chaudhary Charan Singh 394/411/34 of Indian Penal Commissioner of Police (ACP) Arya, the Deputy viral on social media sites such accommodations in the area persistent persecution on reli- addressed the anguish of Marg, saw three people run- Code (IPC) has been registered rank official, instructing stu- Commissioner of Police as Twitter and Facebook, a were being shut down was also gious basis and take refuge in millions of minorities of ning around under suspicious and the accused was handed dents to not stay in Mukherjee (DCP), North West district, police officer is purportedly circulated in students’ social India. neighboring countries who circumstances following which over to Vivek Vihar Police Nagar between December 24 police have registered a case telling people that PGs, media groups, according to The pro-CAA students and have suffered religious perse- the police team also chased Station,” the DCP added. and January 2 due to critical under section 464/471 of libraries, coaching centres and police. teachers also condemned the cution. # +, % - (+ #
eight incidents in Gurugram because the miscreants had /:3: ,1 6 4 64+ and others in the national the master key and with the Capital. The accused are on help of the key they stole car body of a 27-year-old man ith the arrest of four police remand and the investi- very easily. Awith multiple stab injuries Wmembers of a vehicle gation team will put efforts to During the remand was found lying in a street in thieves gang, the Gurugram recover the robbed vehicles period, police also recovered Dadri village of Southwest police claimed to have solved from their possession,” said four Honda City cars, two Delhi on Wednesday morning. dozens of cases of vehicle lift- Sangwan. bikes and a looted Baleno car The deceased has been ing and snatching registered The arrested accused have from the miscreants,” said the identified as Bipin Yadav, a res- across the city and in the been identified as Sunny aka ACP. ident of Begusarai in Bihar. national Capital. Kutru (25) a resident of The culprits had carried Police said that Yadav worked The accused were pro- Rajasthan, Sonu (24) of out more incidents near the as a driver, temporarily and was duced before a local court Ambala, Dalip alias Kali (23) of borders of Delhi and staying here in Matiala area. which sent them two days of Punjab and Bhagti Lamba alias Gurugram. So that after the According to a senior police “Preliminary investigation police remand. Nepali (19) of West Bengal. incident, they can enter anoth- official, police was informed suggests that the man was Preet Pal Sangwan, the During the jail term, the four er State and police will not around 7.30 am regarding a stabbed to death. A case of Assistant Commissioner of miscreants had made a plan to catch them. body lying in a street following murder has been registered Police (Crime), said that carry out the incidents, police “The miscreants carried which a police team was dis- and an investigation has been during preliminary interroga- said. out the incidents in patched for the spot. initiated,” he added. tion the accused have “The accused gang Uttam Nagar and Najafgarh “On reaching the spot, the “The body has been sent for confessed their involvement member was arrested on areas in Delhi. Whereas in body with multiple stab injuries post-mortem in Deen Dayal in 12 cases of vehicle theft and Monday by the crime branch Gurugram, they committed on chest and back was found Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital. snatching. following a tip-off. They used the incidents in DLF phase-3, lying. A phone and purse was Police teams are also looking for “They had committed to stolen Honda City cars Sector-10A and Sector-9A,” he also recovered from the body,” CCTV cameras to ascertain the added. said the senior police official. identify of those who dumped the body on the spot after killing him,” said the senior $ 13 $ 93$:14 ;1%$ police official. $ ! 454 6P
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5 55 , * /:3: ,1 whole traffic load has come on just after the toll tax. The dis- non-peak hours also.” drunk and drive cases. We the DND. tance from Noida to Barapullah In the wake of Christmas have deployed adequate offi- /:3: ,1 leaders to AAP who will help Mukhyamantri Pratibha Vikas ollowing the anti-Citizen A senior police official said flyover is around 4 km but it celebrations, police have urged cers, especially for Christmas us become stronger,” said Yojana’s committee, a member FAmendment Act (CAA) that after several rumors were takes me more than half an people not to drink and and New Year, to check and ith Delhi’s Assembly elec- Sanjay Singh. of SC/ST Welfare Board and a protest near Jamia Millia spread during the ongoing hour to reach Barapullah fly- drive.”We are urging people hefty amount of fine will be Wtions are knocking at the Sanjay Singh said that professor at Daulatharam Islamia for more than 10 days, CAA protest, the police are try- over due to traffic jams. The sit- through different channels that issued to the offenders,” said doors, the Aam Aadmi Party the family of the AAP is con- College. people commuting between ing to maintain law and order. uation remains the same in they should not involve in Singh. (AAP) is expanding continu- stantly moving towards expan- Other who joined AAP Noida and South Delhi are fac- “The Kalindi Kunj route will be ously from the past few sion. People from different on Wednesday are, Virender ing a harrowing time due to the open in coming week ensuing months. In that process of political organizations are Kumar Sharma closure of Kalindi Kunj Road. that there are no rumor mon- expansion on Wednesday, lead- leaving their respective parties (President, Delhi Vidyarthi The road connecting Noida to gers and the protest are peace- ers from various political par- and joining the Aam Aadmi Guardian Welfare Association), Delhi was closed after the vio- ful,” said the senior police offi- ties joined the party in the pres- Party. Ved Prakash Sharma lence erupted in front of JMI cial. has some of the city’s most police said in a tweet from its ence of Senior Leader and “The party organization is (President, Adarsh last week. “There is major traffic /:3: ,1 prominent churches. official handle. Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh getting strengthened by all Market Association, Shahdara), “The Kalindi Kunj stretch chaos at DND flyover. My On Wednesday, the traffic Bumper-to-bumper traffic and senior AAP leader Dilip these people joining the party. Anshul Kaushik (Journalist), has been closed since office is in Noida and I come cores of people thronged police was active on social was also reported in several Pandey. Political activism is intensify- Rajkumar Prajapati December 15 due to the by car from Chattarpur daily. Sthe city’s churches, popular media sending out timely other areas including Saket in “It is a matter of immense ing. Not only from political (Former General Secretary demonstrations. The road is still Earlier, it used to take me one malls and shopping centres to alerts on Twitter informing the south Delhi, Tilak Nagar and joy that the AAP is continu- parties but also from various from Rohtas Municipal closed and we will open it hour to reach my house but celebrate Christmas on commuters about roads and Patel Nagar in west Delhi. ously expanding. People social organisations people are Assembly),Ishwar Goyal once the local police would tell now it takes one hour and forty Wednesday which also lead to intersections witnessing traffic “Traffic is heavy in Saket from every corner of India, now joining the AAP,” said (Executive Member, Adarsh us to allow the vehicles pass minutes minimum. Reaching heavy traffic snarls at several congestion to help them plan near Select City Mall due to political parties and organisa- Singh. Market Association through the road,” Additional Barapulla has become a big parts of national Capital. their outings accordingly. Christmas celebration. Kindly tions are joining the AAP. The Dr Ritu Singh, who has Shahdara). Commissioner of Police (Traffic task,” said 31-year-old Tushar Anticipating heavy traffic, “Traffic is heavy from avoid the stretch,” it said in work of Arvind Kejriwal Govt worked for the teachers of Rajinder Kumar (former Southern) AK Singh said. Mishra. the Delhi Traffic Police (DTP) District Centre Janakpuri to another tweet. is getting discussed everywhere Delhi university and a member assembly poll candidate, Sadar The Kalindi Kunj stretch Narrating a similar tale, had on Tuesday had already Raja Garden (both carriage- Another tweet alerting and more people are getting of Samvidhan Bachao Bazar, BSP), Rajiv Khera and DND connect Noida to Prashant Saxena (29), who released a traffic advisory ask- ways) due to Christmas func- commuters about traffic situ- influenced by the AAP’s gov- Sangharsh Samity joined AAP (Congress leader from South Delhi. Due to the closure works in an MNC at Noida, ing commuters to avoid several tion at Vishal Mega Mart. ation in west Delhi was also ernance model. onn Wednesday. Dr Singh is a Mukherjee Nagar constituency of Kalindi Kunj Road, the said, the jam on DND starts roads in central Delhi which Kindly avoid the stretch,” the posted on twitter. Today I welcome all these member of Jai Bhim of Timarpur Assembly). 2. # #$' !!"*$'!%*+" ! .)#$& ## # / /:3: ,1 elhi’s Revenue and /:3: ,1 industrial area o Wednesday, the AAP and BJP Governments DTransport Minister, Chopra said that people in seem to have learnt no lessons Kailash Gahlot on Wednesday elhi Pradesh Congress Delhi, already suffering from from the many fires in the past. inaugurated state of the art DCommittee (DPCC), pres- economic distress and rising Chopra said that to cover facilities that have been made ident Subhash Chopra on unemployment, are very angry up the failures of the AAP and available in Mundhela Kalan Wednesday said that the fre- with the AAP and BJP BJP Governments, and Kair Sports Complex at quent fire accidents are taking Governments for confounding officials have started an illegal Najafgarh. place in the Capital due to the their misery. sealing drive which is not only During the inaugural func- inefficiency of the Aam Aadmi The Congress supporters rendering a large number of tion Gahlot said that the Delhi (AAP) Party led Delhi during the rally also shouted people jobless, but money is Government has initiated var- Government and the BJP-ruled slogans against the AAP and forcefully being collected from ious schemes for promoting Municipal Corporation of BJP Governments. people with the threat of seal- various sports amongst chil- Delhi. Chopra said that ing. dren and youth from the grass They have not only inflict- even before the funeral fires of Shri Chopra said that Delhi root level and has invested ed miseries on the poor people those who died in the Aanaj Congress has been getting generously in sports infra- and has resulted in loss of pre- Mandi fire accident have sub- complaints from Congress structure to provide interna- % %" < 2 ! cious lives , they have also tried sided, another major workers in all corners of Delhi. tional standard sporting facil- every trick in the book to fire occurred at Kirari due to Besides Subhash Chopra, ities. said Gahlot. number of school children and track, Tennis court, Basketball The sports complex at vil- cover up their misdeed. If that the administrative failures of the rally was addressed by “These two sports com- The sport complexes have local residents of Najafgarh court, Swimming pool, Jogging lage Mundhela Kalam has 6- was not enough, sealing has the AAP and BJP ex-MP Jai Prakash Agarwal, ex- plexes will go a long way in been developed at Mundhela area. track, Indoor sport facilities lane 400 meter and 8- lane 100 again been started in areas Governments. MLA and chief spokesperson encouraging and nurturing Kalam and Kair in Najafgarh The sport complex at Kair including academies, residen- meter synthetic tracks and syn- across the city. He said that yesterday’s Mukesh Sharma, Hari Shankar local talent, especially youth with a total expenditure of Rs. measuring 18.20 acres has a tial blocks and Delhi’s First thetic football field for which Addressing a Halla Bol fire at Narela has claimed Gupta and district president from rural areas of Delhi and 147 crore. 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Mangaluru in the anti-CAA nationalistic spirit and respect Das, an incumbent Chief Jamshedpur (East) seat had protest and described it as the culture of the country and Minister, was defeated by former been a stronghold of Raghubar 'cruel' and 'inhuman.' its heritage are Hindus, and Jharkhand Minister Saryu Roy Das who had been winning He was reacting to RSS considers the 130 crore in Jamshedpur (East) seat in the from here since 1995, while Yediyurappa's statement in IJ people of the country as just-concluded Assembly polls. Roy had represented the Mangaluru on Wednesday that Hindus, he said. "Entire soci- Hemant Soren, who rode adjoining Jamshedpur (West) the compensation of 10 lakh ety is ours and the Sangh aims to power in the recent seat for two terms. each to the families of the two to build such a united society," Assembly polls, had been the This was for the first time persons killed on December 19 he said. second Chief Minister to lose in Jharkhand's history when a in police firing has been kept When Sangh says Hindu, an election battle in Jharkhand leader who served under a on hold till the inquiry is over. it includes those who believe 044 0 0 044" = % ! "# as he was defeated by Louis chief minister crossed swords "An elected Government you had ordered the killings." India is their motherland, love Marandi of BJP in 2014 in with him in the polls. should never be so cruel and Ever since the December India, its people, water, land, a Hindu. In this regard, for "There is a famous say- try is Hindutvavadi by tradi- Dumka seat.Soren had, how- Roy held the Food, Public inhuman. As expected, the 19 police firing, a war of words animals and forests and reflects Sangh all the 130 crore people ing that there is unity in diver- tion. He said eminent freedom ever, won the Barhait seat in the Distribution and Consumer Chief Minister pronounced his has ensued between Congress in their lives, the countrys of India is Hindu society," he sity. But our country goes one fighter Rabindranath Tagore, in same assembly elections in Affairs portfolios for the last verdict even before the inquiry," and BJP leaders,especially great traditions and culture, in said. step ahead. Not just unity in his 'Swadeshi Samaj', wrote which the BJP had emerged the five years in the BJP-led NDA Siddaramaiah tweeted. between Yediyurappa and which the whole creation is Bhagwat said RSS accepts diversity, (it is) diversity of that despite some inherent winner. Government in the state. In another tweet, the for- Siddaramaiah. looked at with friendliness and one and all, thinks good of unity. contradictions between Hindus In 2009, Gopal Krishna In January 2009, the then mer Chief Minister sought to Yediyurappa and other their welfare is cared for, he them and desired to take them We are not searching for and Muslims, Hindu society Patar, as a candidate of the chief minister Shibu Soren was know, "Why there is the drama BJP leaders have blamed said. to a higher level for betterment. unity in diversity. We are was capable of finding solutions Jharkhand Party, had defeated defeated in a bypoll for the of a CID inquiry when the chief Congress for instigating people "The son of mother India, He was speaking at a pub- searching the unity from which in a Hindu way to unite the the then chief minister Shibu Tamar Assembly seat by polit- minister has already passed his against the Citizenship whether he may speak any lic meeting organised as part of the diversity came and there are nationThe public meeting was Soren in a bypoll for Tamar ical novice Gopal Krishan judgment that those killed in Amendment Act, while language, from any region, fol- the three-day Vijaya Sankalpa different ways to achieve unity," attended by a large number of Assembly constituency. Patar, alias Raja Peter, of the the firing were behind the riots Congress has charged the BJP low any form of worship or not Sibiram of RSS members from he said. people, including swayamse- Denied re-nomination Jharkhand Party by a margin of in Mangaluru?. with pursuing the politics of believing in worship of any, is Telangana. Bhagwat said the coun- vaks from Telangana. from his sitting Jamshedpur over 9,000 votes. It is confirmed now that hatred. =0$ 32 3 4 ($ 4 tors are further measured on a !" "$ % Government led by Prime % total of 50 indicators. Minister Narendra Modi. /:3: ,1 * $&" " "' +" These indicators are given &" & '" Singh said documentation )* ,+ $ different weightage under one () % "' of good governance index is he NHRC has issued a governance sector to calculate * &" +" our effort in the direction to Tnotice to the police chief of ** $$ &" " 0$""1 , $ the value. carry forward the Prime Uttar Pradesh after receiving For instance, under agri- " % Minister's vision for good gov- various complaints that allege "&" +" ","' /:3: ,1 culate, citizen-centric and result culture and allied sector, there ernance. The Minister also "violation of human rights" in driven, leading to improved are six indicators with different , "& " launched smart cards for the police action undertaken dur- '" $ % %+)* good governance index results and applicable to all weightage such as growth rate "$ '-$ Department of Personnel ing the ongoing anti-CAA & ,+ $ +" " " A(GGI) was launched on States and UTs, among others, of agriculture and allied sector, and Training (DoPT) canteen protests in the state, officials Wednesday by the Central it said. growth rate of food grains pro- to promote cashless transac- said on Wednesday. Government to assess the State "The good governance duction, growth rate of horti- launched the 'good governance tions and digitisation. A complaint was received The complainant has from across Uttar Pradesh of of governance in the country, index is a uniform tool across culture produce, growth rate of index' at an event organised by The 15th edition of by the National Human Rights alleged that subsequent to the several deaths, mostly of according to a statement issued states to assess the status of gov- milk production, growth rate of the Ministry of Personnel, Central Secretariat Manual of Commission recently, seeking passage of the Citizenship youngsters, primarily from bul- by the Personnel Ministry. ernance and impact of various meat production and crop Public Grievances & Pensions Office Procedure (CSMOP) its intervention in the alleged Amendment Act (CAA), "there let injuries sustained during The objectives of GGI are interventions taken up by the insurance, the Ministry said. on the occasion of good gov- was unveiled by Singh. incidents of violation of human have been many incidents of police action, have occurred. to provide quantifiable data to state Government and union The states and UTs are ernance day here. The main features of rights by the state police. human rights violations by the The complaint further compare the State of territories," the statement said. divided into three groups- big The good governance day CSMOP, which enables the "Other complaints were state authorities in Uttar alleged that despite policemen Governance in all States and The GGI takes into con- States, north-east and hill states, is observed on the birth march towards the digital sec- also received in connection Pradesh". "Youth have been saying that the "police officials Union territories, enable them sideration 10 sectors - agricul- and Union territories. anniversary of former Prime retariat, are a new chapter on with the matter, which have killed, Internet has been sus- have not fired, the news reports to formulate and implement ture and allied sectors, com- The States and UTs are Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. e-office digitization framework been taken on record. The pended, and the police them- showing police personnel open suitable strategies for improv- merce and industries, human ranked on all indicators sepa- Speaking on the occasion, that provides guidelines for complaint was registered on selves are destroying public firing on the public, proves to ing governance and shift to resource development, public rately, at the same time com- Singh said the good governance scanning, entry and storage of December 23 and subsequent- property. The right to peaceful the contrary". result oriented approaches and health, public infrastructure posite ranking is also calculat- index has been scientifically data, provision of virtual pri- ly a notice was issued by the Assembly has also been violat- In the complaint, it is also administration, the statement and utilities, economic gover- ed for these States and UTs designed on various parameters vate network for officers of the NHRC to the director general ed," according to the com- alleged that "police officials said. nance, social welfare & devel- under their respective groups of governance. rank of deputy secretary and of police of Uttar Pradesh, plaint submitted to the NHRC. have been destroying property Various principles have opment, judicial and public based upon these indicators, He said that it has been above rank officers and deci- seeking a report in four weeks," The complainant has also of many individuals and have been kept in mind while select- security, environment and cit- the statement said. designed keeping in mind the sion making chapter provides a senior official of the rights alleged that in the last few days targeted Muslim population ing the indicators, i.e. It should izen-centric governance. Minister of State for citizen-centricity, which is the a list of various websites and panel said. numerous reports have come by sealing their shops". be easy to understand and cal- These 10 governance sec- Personnel Jitendra Singh prime mantra of the their links.
night, leading to freezing of in Kullu and Kufri in Shimla Sirsa (6.1 degree Celsius) and water supply lines at several district shivered at minus 2.6 Ambala (5.5 degree Celsius). places. The night temperature and minus 1 degrees Celsius Faridkot in Punjab was " #$% 888 at Pahalgam resort, which also respectively. the coldest place recording a ' 55 serves as one of the base camps Cold wave continued in low of 4.6 degrees Celsius. for the annual Amarnath Yatra parts of Rajasthan where Sikar Ludhiana (5.5 degrees Celsius), in south Kashmir, settled at a was the coldest place, record- Patiala (5.8 degrees Celsius), From Page 1 FIR.The Uttar Pradesh police The lands were mostly pur- The CBI has registered the From Page 1 low of minus 11.4 degrees ing a minimum temperature of Bathinda (5.9 degrees Celsius), \The YEIDA in its internal report, now part of the CBI chased from January 2013 to case at Ghaziabad under The 40-day period is fol- Celsius. 2.5 degrees Celsius. In UP, Halwara (5.8 degrees Celsius), investigation had pegged a FIR, states that Gupta’s relatives May 2015 when Akhilesh charges of criminal conspiracy, lowed by a 20-day long ‘Chillai- The IMD forecast says cold day conditions occurred at Adampur (7.2 degrees Celsius) reported loss of 126 crore to and cronies allegedly purchased Yadav of the Samajwadi Party cheating, forgery of valuable Khurd’ (small cold) and a 10- some parts of Himachal isolated places with severe cold and Amritsar (6.5 degrees the exchequer, but the FIR land at cheaper rates through was at the helm in the Uttar security, forgery for the pur- day long ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby Pradesh are likely to receive at a few places in the State. The Celsius) too experienced a cold refers to the payment of 85.49 sham companies and sold it Pradesh Government. pose of cheating and using cold),” it said. fresh snowfall on the last day of weather is most likely to be dry night. crore from the authority to the more than twice their purchase On July 26 last year, the forged document as The minimum tempera- the year. Isolated places in the with shallow to moderate fog IMD says isolated places in alleged cronies of Gupta, who price to YEIDA causing losses State Government had recom- genuine of the Indian Penal ture across Kashmir and middle and high hills are like- likely at a several places. Uttar Pradesh received light was CEO during 2013-15. He to the exchequer, they said. mended a CBI probe into the Code, and abuse of Ladakh remained several ly to witness rain, snowfall on Cold wave continued to rain and the cold wave contin- has served in YEIDA as addi- The report also states that alleged irregularities and it was official position under the degrees below the freezing December 31, Director of sweep most parts of Haryana ued unabated across the State. tional CEO and deputy CEO. there was no utility of these forwarded to the agency by the Prevention of Corruption Act point on Wednesday owing to Shimla Meteorological Centre, and Punjab, with Narnaul reel- According to the IMD, most The FIR has named all the lands for the authority and they Centre after 15 months on on Tuesday afternoon, the offi- clear sky. Srinagar recorded the Manmohan Singh, said. The ing at a minimum temperature places in western and eastern alleged cronies of Gupta in the still remain unused. October 24 this year. cials said. coldest night of the season so lowest temperature in the State of 3.2 degrees Celsius. Biting part of the State remained far as the minimum tempera- was recorded in Keylong at cold also continued in several under the firm grip of intense ture settled at minus 4.3 minus 12.4 degrees Celsius. other parts of Haryana includ- cold wave. On Thursday, the degrees Celsius last night --- 0.3 Kalpa in Kinnaur district reg- ing Karnal (6 degree Celsius), weather is likely to remain dry degrees down from minus 4.0 istered a low of minus 4.6 Rohtak (5 degree Celsius), with fog enveloping several 888 degrees Celsius the previous degrees Celsius, while Manali Bhiwani (5.7 degree Celsius), parts of the State.
efforts. He said Vajpayee ji Bharat Yojana was the world’s had started numerous schemes largest health care scheme, From Page 1 1997 it had 11.3 degree However, with next west- The city witnessed mod- 555 for Lucknow and he started Modi said that so far, 70 lakh Celsius. “Today’s 12.2 degrees ern disturbance expected to erate to dense fog in the various programmes to give it people have benefited from it. City’s Palam observatory Celsius maximum tempera- arrive by December 31, Delhi morning. The maximum tem- a new identity. “Whenever poor people also recorded nine notches ture which is the lowest since might experience cold waves perature will hover around 17 Mod further said, “I am used to suffer from serious ill- below to normal temperature 1997 is unusual,” Dr Jenamani in the coming days,” Palawat degrees Celsius, the official From Page 1 Article 370, Modi said that it extremely fortunate that I have ness, they used to consider it with 11.6 degree added. said. “Icy cold winds from said. On the Citizenship was an ‘old disease’ that was laid down the foundation for better to start waiting for death Celsius. Lodhi Raod was still Meanwhile, at times when Himalayas are responsible for The mercury is likely to Amendment Act, Modi said resolved peacefully. Atal Bihari Medical University.” but Ayushman Bharat Yojana better with 13.5 degrees Indian Meteorological the cold days in the NCR,” drop to 4 degrees Celsius by providing citizenship to those “How old a disease was On health facilities, The has given them a new lease of Celsius, while Aya Nagar and Department (IMD) has offi- Palawat added. the weekend, he said. who came to India from Article 370. How difficult it Prime Minister said that the life,” he claimed. Ridge recorded maximum cially warned people about Earlier on Wednesday, The cold weather, high Pakistan, Bangladesh and appeared. But it was our government had resolved to Modi said that medical temperature at12 .2 degrees ‘cold wave’ in northern belt, cold conditions continued in humidity and low wind speed Afghanistan to ‘save the digni- responsibility on how to face work on ‘Preventive seats have been increased in Celsius and 13 degrees private weather forecast agen- the national capital as it wit- will continue to affect the air ty of their daughters’, was such difficult challenges. And, Healthcare’, expand ‘Affordable large numbers in the past five Celsius. cies also warned people to nessed a foggy morning with quality. It was recorded in the another problem whose solu- it was done easily. ‘Sabki dhaar- Healthcare,’ Supply Side years while about 75 medical Met has forecast cold wave brave cold wave the mercury at 5.4 degree very poor category (367) on tion was found by 130 crore na ye choor choor ho gaya’ Interventions’ or ensuring sup- colleges have been approved from December 28 onwards conditions over next three to Celsius, three notches below Wednesday morning. Indians. (everyone’s perception was ply in view of every demand this year. when minimum temperature four days. the season’s average, the Meanwhile in weekly “With this self-confidence, smashed),” he said. and ‘Mission Mode The PM further said that may drop to four degree Not only in North India weather office said. weather forecast, maximum Hindustanis are entering a new “Similarly, Ram Intervention, that is, running ‘Atal Bhoojal Yojana’ was also Celsius. but southern is also under the According to the IMD temperature will remain 17 decade. Whatever is left to be Janmabhoomi issue was also schemes associated with health kickstarted in New Delhi on According to MeT scien- impact of cold but not so has so far recorded longest degree Celsius but minimum done, all Indians are trying to resolved peacefully. However in mission mode. Wednesday and under the Rs tist, Dr Rajender Jenamani, much. In accord with IMD’s and extremely cold spell in temperature will drop to four find a solution,” he said. big the challenge may be, it is “Right from Swacch Bharat 6000 crore scheme, work would Wednesday is almost 10 - predictions, Skymet said December since 1997. It also degree Celsius. Referring to abrogation of in our nature to challenge the to Yoga, Ujjwala to Fit India be done to improve ground- 12th day of cold day to severe that the number of cold said that while Delhi wit- Not just Delhi, but neigh- challenge,” he said. Movement and giving impetus water level in seven states of the cold days in Delhi since days in NCR since 1997 is up nessed 17 cold days in bouring Noida, Ghaziabad, Addressing a programme to Ayurveda, every such ini- country including Uttar December 13 this year. “This in December, but within 3-4 December 1997, this time it Faridabad and at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow, tiative was contributing Pradesh. is very longer non-stop cold days the nights might also get has recorded 10 cold days in Gurugram were also under Modi said that the grand stat- immensely to prevent dis- On Atal medical universi- day spell at Delhi and the colder as the cold a row. the grip of severe cold ue of Atal ji would serve as an eases,”he said. ty, Modi said that it would pro- record goes neck to neck with wave is expected to bring Before this, in December wave. inspiration for good gover- The PM said that good vide affiliation to government, December 1997. The cause down the temperature fur- 2014, Delhi saw severe cold The weather office said nance to the people. governance was not possible semi-government and private has been also same with low ther,” said Mahesh continuing for eight consecu- the cold day to severe cold day The Prime Minister said until we saw issues and prob- colleges, and help in improving cloud and fog cover remain- Palawat, vice president tive days, the IMD added. conditions will continue in the that Atal ji used to say that in lems in totality or integrity. the quality of medical educa- ing covered the skies days Meteorology and Climate The national capital city till December 28, along the future, we will be evaluat- “This is true for a government tion in Uttar Pradesh. after days”. Change, Skymet. recorded a minimum of 6 with dense to very dense fog ed on two things - how we as well as governance. Vajpayee Defence Minister Rajnath As per the database of “Due to a gap of about ten degrees Celsius on Wednesday at night and morning hours. solved problems that we inher- ji used to say that life cannot be Singh, Chief Minister Yogi IMD, in 1970 and 1973, Delhi days in two western distur- and the mercury is likely to In North-West region, ited and how strong have we seen in pieces, it needs to be Adityanath and Governor recorded lowest day maxi- bances, the NCR has wit- drop further in the next few comprising Rajasthan and laid the foundation for the seen in totality,” he said. Anandiben also spoke on the mum temperature which was nessed a gradual dip in the days, a MeT department offi- Gujarat, the temperature will nation’s development with our Claiming that Ayushman occasion. 11.2 degree Celsius while in temperature. cial said. drop marginally. !"#$"%&' 2 "1 . 49 6' / # ) +"$ 3 ! 0$ $$ +"*" +" * & ",& ) ' "& "" 40 ,"$ 54' $ & $ "& ,$"" "$ % '
rural households have access to /:3: ,1 /:3: ,1 piped water supply. “Now our Government has set the target espite slowdown in the utlining the need for con- to deliver clean drinking water Dreal estate sector, housing Oserving water, Prime to 15 crore homes in the next sales in Delhi and National Minister Narendra Modi on five years through pipes,” he Capital Region (NCR) went up Wednesday asked farmers to said. by 6 per cent to 46,920 units opt for less water intensive Modi also said that both during 2019 on higher demand crops and irrigation method. Union and state governments for affordable homes and com- He was launching Atal Jal will spend 3.5 lakh crore on pleted flats. The housing prices Yojana, aimed at improving water-related schemes in the in Delhi-NCR remained stag- groundwater level in seven next five years. He also urged nant at nearly 4,600 per sq ft States. Raising the issue of people of every village to make while unsold inventories fell by 44,300 units, while sales in in the NCR while the least quality drinking water, Prime a water action plan and create 6 per cent to 1,75,079 units Chennai rose by 4 per cent to number will be available in Minister also observed that a water fund.He appealed to from 1,86,714 units. 11,820 units from 11,340. Chennai. The top seven real said there is dissatisfaction NRIs to provide whatever assis- According to property con- However, Bengaluru witnessed estate markets in the country among people in Delhi over tance in water-related issues in sultant Anarock, across seven 12 per cent drop in sales to from which data was collated “unclean” drinking water and their villages. major cities, sales rose by 5 per 50,450 units from 57,540 units. for this report are NCR, this is a worrisome issue. Prime Minister also raised cent to 2,61,370 units in 2019 Sales in Kolkata and Hyderabad Mumbai Metropolitan Region Speaking at the launch of the need of quality in drinking compared to 2,48,310 units in decreased by 11 per cent each (MMR), Pune, Hyderabad, the scheme, Modi said by form- > 1 ( % water. He said that dissatis- the previous year. Sales and were recorded at 13,930 Chennai, Bengaluru and ing the Jal Shakti Ministry, his &?&@ 3 ! * 3 0 4 A 2 4 faction among people in Delhi dropped by 22 per cent in the units and 16,590 units, respec- Kolkata. Currently, nearly 13.1 Government has tried to free 4 "# over “unclean” drinking water second half of this year to tively, in 2019. lakh housing units, launched the subject of water from a and this is a worrisome issue. 1,47,120 as against 1,14,250 Average residential prop- between 2014 and 2019, are in compartmentalised approach groundwater and using old-age explain the farmers in his own delivering piped water supply Modi's comments came when units during January-June peri- erty prices across the top cities various stages of construction to a more comprehensive and techniques of irrigation also language.” to every house, and on the the AAP ruled Delhi State od this year. increased by 1 per cent in 2019 in the top seven cities of the holistic one. He said the Atal leads to wastage of water. Crops He also urged every village other, Atal Jal Yojana will pay assembly elections are due by According to the data, when compared to 2018 except country and nearly 21% of Jal Yojana will help improve like sugarcane, Modi said, need to prepare a water action plan, special attention to those areas next month. housing sales rose maximum Kolkata and NCR, where prices such units are to be delivered groundwater level in 78 dis- a lot of water and places where water fund and make use of the where groundwater is very low. “You must have seen in by 22 per cent in Mumbai remained stagnant. by the end of next year. tricts, more than 8,300 villages such crops are grown have funds through different relat- To incentivise village pan- Delhi these days there was so Metropolitan Region (MMR) According to the data, “Unrelenting liquidity cri- in the states of Maharashtra, noticed a depletion of ground- ed state and central schemes. chayats to perform better in much awareness regarding to 80,870 units this year from nearly 2.75 lakh ready-to- sis, lower-than-expected buyer Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, water table. “To improve this, Modi said villages with low water management, Modi said water and also dissatisfaction 66,440 units in 2018. Pune move-in houses will be avail- sentiments and faltering GDP Madhya Pradesh, Uttar we need to make farmers aware groundwater level should pre- a provision has been made in (over its quality). There is a witness 18 per cent rise in sales able in the market by the end growth eventually put brakes Pradesh and Karnataka. of conservation of rain water pare water budget and farmers the Atal Jal Yojana in which concern from all over that to 40,790 units from 34,460 of 2020 in the top seven real on the overall housing growth Prime Minister said agri- and taking alternative crops for should be encouraged to grow better performing village pan- Delhi is the national capital and units during the period under estate markets of the country. in the second half of 2019,” said culture in the country is large- cultivation and move towards crops accordingly. He said that chayats will be given more drinking water is unclean. This review. Sales in Delhi-NCR The highest number of these Anuj Puri, Chairman, Anarock ly based on irrigation carried micro-irrigation,” he said, on the one hand, Jal Jeevan allocation. He said in 70 years, has become a worrisome issue,” increased to 46,920 units from units (68,070) will be delivered Property Consultants. out through the use of adding that “it is necessary to Mission will work towards only 3 crore out of 18 crore Modi said.
P '$' # %Q*&'#' $ + ' ' + N- 1#- H . ' Doda district recently to attend @ - a function organised by Smart 2 # # City Foundation, also said the area was perfect for adventure sports. “It is a beautiful area /:3: ,1 , &"$ '" into the affairs of flag march 2 and we have received their days later. demand of building a roadway he Congress leadership has '+ )' AICC general secretary K and starting a gondola service. Tcommunicated to the State + $ +" ,&"$$ C Venugopal said that a series /:3: ,1 It can be a perfect spot for units and Chief Ministers of of flag marches will be organ- cycling also so we could have party-ruled States to make the % , & ised in continuation of the rime Minister Narendra a cycle track. We have already 'Save India, Save Constitution' +" '() & "&$ success and the momentum PModi on Wednesday said proposed connectivity through flag march on Saturday a huge generated by the massive the “strategic” Rohtang tunnel, Chamba to the area to National success by participating in all ""+ + " 'Bharat Bachao Rally'. christened as Atal Tunnel and Highways Authority of India,” the State capitals making elab- $" & " “The flag march is aimed connecting Manali to Leh, will Patel said. orate and peaceful arrange- " '"&$ '+" '$ at registering a strong protest change the fortunes of the The ministry's efforts to ments. against the anti-people policies region. develop areas of the newly Congress president Sonia %%& of the Narendra Modi-Amit Speaking at an event held The historic decision to der areas of Himachal Pradesh formed union territory come in Gandhi would hoist the &, $ $ Shah led BJP Government to name the underground build the tunnel below the and Ladakh which otherwise the backdrop of the revocation Congress flag at party head- which has resulted in massive motor passage after former Rohtang Pass was taken in remain cut off from the rest of of special status to erstwhile quarters in New Delhi while all )' & " unemployment, economic Prime Minister Atal Bihari 2000 when Vajpayee was the the country for about six Jammu and Kashmir which senior State leaders and heads * & + " slowdown, unprecedented Vajpayee, Modi said the project prime minister. The 8.8-km- months during winters. has caused massive unrest in of frontal organisations would price rise and atrocities against is very important for the coun- long tunnel will be the world's Meanwhile the Tourism the region. Sources said that the participate in the march State (CAA) and National Register of concluded Jharkhand elections women,” Venugopal said. try. “Rohtang Tunnel, con- longest above an altitude of Ministry has moved a propos- idea is to develop areas around capitals, which would be organ- Citizens (NRC) has made where Cong alongwith its ally The divisive policies of necting Manali in Himachal 3,000 metres and will reduce al to the NHAI for better con- the valley, ised by the respective Pradesh part to decide to mount more were able to uproot BJP in BJP Govt like CAA and brutal Pradesh to Leh in Ladakh, will the distance between Manali nectivity to Bhaderwah in so that their economies Congress Committees (PCCs). pressure on the Government to State has boosted morale of police crackdown on protesting now be known as Atal Tunnel. and Leh by 46 kilometres, Jammu and Kashmir through can be given a boost. Tourism “The decision was taken in keep intact the salient party workers hence the high students and citizens will also This strategic tunnel will according to the defence min- Chamba in Himachal Pradesh being the mainstay of most of a meeting of AICC general sec- features of Indian constitu- command has decided to con- be taken up, which are aimed change the fortunes of this istry. to promote tourism in the the people here, giving them retaries and in-charges last tion. duct a 'Save India, Save at diverting attention from the region. It will help in promot- Once thrown open, the region. such opportunities would week and the success of con- The massive response of Constitution' flag march on burning issues affecting com- ing tourism in the region,” he tunnel will provide all-weath- Union minister Prahlad ensure that they do not feel left tinuous protest against the Bharat Bachao Rally last week Dec 28, its foundation day,” said mon people, the party said in said. er connectivity to remote bor- Patel who visited the town in out, Patel said. Citizenship Amendment Act in national Capital and just a senior Cong leader looking a statement. "
/:3: ,1 CM Arvind Kejriwal and invite Minister-designate Hemant him too for his oath ceremony. Soren to form Government. harkhand Chief Minister- He has also sought time from The governor's invitation Jdesignate Hemant Soren on PM Narendra Modi for a cour- comes a day after Soren called Wednesday met Congress pres- tesy visit. Modi had congratu- on the govenor at Raj Bhavan ident Sonia Gandhi and invit- lated him on the day of to stake claim to form Govt, ed her for his swearing-in cer- Jharkhand Assembly results submitting a letter of support emony, scheduled in Ranchi on for his party's success paving of 50 MLAs to her. The pre-poll December 29. his way to become next CM of opposition combine bagged 47 Soren also met former Jharkhand. seats (JMM 30, Congress 16 Congress chief Rahul Gandhi The JMM-led three-party and RJD one) in 81-member and invited him too to attend alliance stormed to power in Assembly, while the three- the oath ceremony of the new A $ ( = 4 $ Jharkhand on Monday, ousting member JVM (P) has extend- dispensation wherein Congress 4 2 3 ! "# the BJP in yet another state in ed “unconditional support” to and JMM are partners. the Hindi heartland after the Soren to form Govt. " 1# B" 9#": 0 4 ! 3 Soren was accompanied Janpath residence, Soren had the state. saffron party's stupendous per- Contesting Jharkhand elec- 2 0 = " 4 1#"44 by Congress leaders KC said it is a courtesy meeting. “Sonia has assured that formance in the Lok Sabha tions alone for first time sans $ 4 $ 9$4$:$;533 " * 3 2 Venugopal and RPN Singh, Soren also wanted to thank the Rahul will attend the ceremo- elections. The JMM on long-standing ally the AJSU 2 3 %% 0 *3 who is the party's in-charge for Congress and its leadership ny,” he said after the meeting. Wednesday said Governor Party, BJP bagged just 25 seats, 3 # % %$4$ #" Jharkhand. Before the meeting for their support in helping Sources said that Soren is Droupadi Murmu has invited 16 seats short of the majority 4 with Sonia Gandhi at her 10 form a coalition government in also expected to meet Delhi its working president and Chief mark of 41 seats. &"0 & ) "$ 7 ! "" +
/:3: ,1 will always inspire the coun- ' !" trymen,” Modi said. resident Ram Nath Kovind Paying tributes to Vajpayee, Pand Prime Minister Home Minister and BJP /:3: ,1 Narendra Modi led the nation President Amit 1 in paying tributes to former Shah recalled contribu- he Tourism Ministry has Prime Minister and BJP stal- tions of the former prime min- Tmoved a proposal to the wart Atal Bihari Vajpayee on ister and said on one hand NHAI for better connectivity to his 95th birth anniversary. A Vajpayee as an efficient organ- Bhaderwah in J&K through prayer meeting was held at iser, propelled the party at the Chamba in Himachal Pradesh Sadaiv Atal--the memorial to all-India level, on the other to promote tourism in the $1 Vajpayee-where several Union hand, he led the country. region, Union Minister Prahlad Ministers also paid their hum- Events during his tenure, Patel has said. ble tributes . like the Pokharan nuclear tests Patel, who visited the town # BJP veteran L K Advani, and victory in the Kargil in Doda district recently to K Defence Minister Rajnath war created a strong image of attend a function organised by Singh, Home Minister Amit India in the world, Shah Smart City Foundation, also + Shah, Speaker Om Birla and said.Shah also paid respects to said the area was perfect for members of Vajpayee's family Malaviya. adventure sports. were amongst those who paid “Former Prime Minister “It is a beautiful area and their tributes amid the playing 0< 9$:1 1 410 4 4% Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji was we have received their demand The ministry's efforts to Tourism being the main- of hymns and devotional 5 4 1 1 ,'% among the great politicians of of building a roadway and develop areas of the newly stay of most of the music. 3 ! "# independent India starting a gondola service. It formed union territory comes people here, giving them such Vajpayee was born in 1924 who achieved success in giving can be a perfect spot for cycling in the backdrop of the revoca- opportunities would ensure in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. hearts of the countrymen, on Madan Mohan Malaviya on his India,” Modi wrote on Twitter. new direction and new also so we could have a cycle tion of special status to erst- that they do not feel left out, He died on August 16, 2018 at his birth anniversary,” Modi 158th birth anniversary. He said Malaviya played an height to the politics of the track. while J&K which has caused Patel said. AIIMS here.The memorial was wrote on Twitter. “A humble tribute to important role in the freedom country as well as diplomacy. We have already proposed massive unrest in the region. The three-day cultural car- dedicated to the nation in He also posted a brief video Mahamana Pandit Madan movement besides making On the occasion of Atal ji's connectivity through Chamba Sources said that the idea nival at Bhaderwah, which was December last year. on Vajpayee, recalling his con- Mohan Malaviya ji on his birth invaluable contribution in the birth anniversary, I pay him to the area to National is to develop areas around the attended by the Minister, wit- “Tributes to Atal Bihari tributions to the country. anniversary, who dedicated his field of education. respectful remembrance and Highways Authority of India,” valley, so that their economies nessed more than 25 perfor- Vajpayee, who is etched in the He also paid tributes to life to the service of Mother “His scholarship and ideals salute,” Rajnath Singh tweeted. Patel told PTI. can be given a boost. mances by young artists. !"#$"%&' 8
) :;* % 7 I#FBK "# "7 "% person who served the country with such distinction.” t a time her relationship Saying that he chose the # 8%96: ;8 Awith the Narendra Modi Chief Minister to grace the pro- Government is hitting the rock gramme because she was the Patna: Decimation of the of the opposition, the NDA Kolkata: As many as 1,726 bottom with both the leaders most suitable person for the Opposition in Lok Sabha polls appeared to have benefited people were apprehended in not sparing a chance to attack occasion, the Governor main- provided a bulwark to Bihars from the combined charisma of the city and its adjoining areas each other in public Bengal tained, “I could have invited ruling JD(U)-BJP coalition its leaders, seamless transfer of for allegedly flouting law on Chief Minister Mamata anyone in the country to unveil against its rivals in the first half votes, and last but not least, the Christmas Eve, a top police Banerjee has said that she is the portrait of Vajpayeeji and of 2019, although it came under patriotic fervour triggered by officer said on Wednesday.Of “missing” late Prime Minister … anyone will be happy and criticism in the subsequent the Balakot air strikes — car- the 1726,143 were arrested and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari gratified to do this as it will be months as a massive brain ried out in retaliation for under non-bailable warrants, Vajpayee “a lot.” an honour. I thought the fever outbreak left 200 children Pulwama terror attack in which he said. Paying rich tribute to the head and I have not said she Hon'ble CM was eminently dead, and flash floods reduced the state had lost two sons of While 558 were nabbed for former Prime Minister Kalighat residence where the with great patience and even has to unveil (the portrait). She most suitable to do the act at parts of the State capital to soil. disorderly conduct, nine were Banerjee has described him as visiting dignitary offered his accepted their advice where may have many other engage- the Raj Bhavan.” marooned islands. Towards the end of the taken into custody for gambling, a statesman who is missed by greetings to her mother. needed… They were never ments and I have the highest Informing that he would A combination of various year, however, the Citizenship 262 for triple-riding on two- even his political opponents for Describing Banerjee’s arrogant, anti-people or power respects for her. My grievance continue to humor the Chief factors helped Bihar's NDA - of (Amendment) Act, 2019 con- wheelers and 496 for riding his non-partisan politics. “unflinching respect” for the hungry like those who are in is not that she could not come, Minister Dhankhar said “as which Ram Vilas Paswans LJP sidered a precursor to nation- bikes without helmets, Joint Remembering the late late Prime Minister who died power today. True we all miss but lack of representation by the constitutional head, I can- is also a constituent — grab 39 wide implementation of Commissioner of Police (Crime) Prime Minister on his 94th in August last year a senior him a lot.” the government and bureau- not sit tight if someone is not out of 40 Lok Sabha seats, while National Register of Citizens - Murli Dhar Sharma told PTI. birth day on Wednesday the Bengal Minister recalled how Meanwhile, amid ongoing cracy has hurt me,” the responding. I would continue Lalu Prasads RJD, which had - left the state astir and the At least 106 have been Chief Minister tweeted the Chief Minister “often altercations between Nabanna Governor said at the end of to work in that direction in seemed invincible until its NDA partners uncomfortable, apprehended for drunk driving “Tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee remembers Vajpayee ji,” adding (State secretariat) and Raj programme. humility, discharge my duty ouster from power in 2005, with JD(U) boss and Chief and 66 people for rash driving, Ji on his birth anniversary. He “she has imbibed some of her Bhavan the Bengal Governor The statue was unveiled at and try to connect with her” as drew a blank. Minister Nitish Kumar firmly he said. was a statesman who rose greatness and quality of good Jagdeep Dhankhar who earlier the Throne Room of the his- “you can't disagree with a per- The only non-NDA party opposing the NRC exercise. Also, a total of 86 people above partisan politics for the governance from him.” invited the Chief Minister and toric Governor’s House. son by looking at him as an to have won a seat was the The JD(U) had voted in favour were taken into preventive cus- country’s good,” and reminded Vajpayee’s birth anniver- her senior cabinet colleagues to Saying the people on con- enemy. You need not agree on Congress, an RJD ally but a of the Citizenship (amend- tody, Sharma added. how “we miss him a lot.” sary is celebrated as Good the Raj Bhavan on the occasion stitutional posts should keep every point of view but that spent force in the State. The ment) Bill in Parliament. Elaborate security Known for her close chem- Governance Day across the of unveiling a portrait of the aside differences to honour does not make you enemies. magnitude of the NDAs victo- The year also saw the rare arrangements have put in place istry with both Vajpayee and country. former Prime Minister on their constitutional tasks Disagree with grace.” ry was stupendous. Of the 243 instance of a sitting High Court in and around the city as well LK Advani, the Trinamool He said quoting the Chief Thursday said he was “hurt” as Dhankhar said, “unfortunate- The leaders of the other assembly segments in the State, judge being stripped of his as areas bordering West Bengal Congress supremo who was a Minister how “unlike those no representative from the ly there is a very disturbing opposition parties like the BJP, parties outside the BJP-led jurisdiction by a bench of 11 to avert any attempt to disrupt Minister in the former’s cabi- who are in power today Mr State Government attended the trend ... There seems to be no the Left and the Congress had coalition could establish a lead judges which took exception to normal life during Christmas net had even received the for- Vajpayee or even Mr Advani programme. representation from the state ... also been invited to the in just 18. his averments on corruption in and New Year festivities, police mer Prime Minister at her would listen to the opposition “The CM is the executive This should not happen to a Governor’s house. In addition to weaknesses the judiciary. PTI sources said. PTI C A$51 C< & & ++ wednesday. “The Indian Army Gorakhpur (UP): The coun- n a major provocation, retaliated befittingly”, he try's first university for trans- IPakistani troops Wednesday added. gender community will be resorted to heavy shelling by On the other hand, opened in Uttar Pradesh's artillery guns in Uri sector in Director General of Kushinagar district to facilitate which one Junior Police Dilbagh Singh its members to study right Commissioned Officer (JCO) while chairing a high from class one to PG and even of the Indian Army lost his life level meeting at Police do research and get PhD while critically injured civilian control room in degree. The university, which woman succumbed to her Srinagar Wednesday will come up in Fazilnagar injuries at village Churanda. stressed on launching block of Kushinagar district, is Due to heavy exchange of intensified cordon and being built by the Akhil artillery firing in the area, ten- search operations to Bhartiya Kinnar Siksha Seva sion prevailed on both sides of flush out terrorists. Trust (All-India transgender the line of control. He emphasised on education service trust). In the last one week, Indian Pakistani troops used heavy said, Naseema wife of Mohd taking collective measures to “It is the first of its kind in army had decimated several calibre of weapons including Ikhlaq was killed due to firing tackle any situation and any the country where members of terror launch pads and other artillery guns to target the from Pakistan at Churanda in subversive act by the terrorists transgender community will be strategic assets of the Pakistan civilian areas on the Indian side Uri. and their masters across the able to get education and the army opposite Kupwara sector of the line of control. In Defence PRO in Jammu, border.Singh said, despite process of has already been ini- in strong retaliatory firing. response, Indian troops gave Lt-Col Devender Anand said, major successes against the tiated. From January 15 next According to official them befitting reply. “Pakistan army initiated unpro- terrorists security personnel year, two children who are sources, “Pakistani troops In the intense exchange of voked ceasefire violation by fir- shouldbrought up by the community resorted to 'unprovoked' firing firing in the forward areas, a ing of small arms and shelling continue their actions against members will get admission in Hajipeer area of Uri around JCO of the Indian army and a with mortars along LoC in them to ensure long and from February and March 11.30 am on Wednesday. woman lost their lives. Shahpur and Kirni sectors of lasting peace in Jammu & other classes will start,” presi- Ground reports suggested, Local police authorities Poonch around 6.00 p.m on Kashmir. dent of the trust said. PTI ! "# ) * % !1"$ % " !*) *#$ !!& & Srinagar: Kashmir reeled '*# '& $ 3 & *' under cold conditions on Wednesday as the valley recorded sub-zero tempera- 1 4 country while on the other tures with Srinagar experienc- hand, Prime Minister Narendra ing the coldest night of the sea- ajasthan Chief Minister Modi says there has been no son so far, the meteorological RAshok Gehlot on discussion on NRC,” he department said. Wednesday said the country said. The minimum tempera- has remained united and inte- “Can someone lie bigger ture across Kashmir and grated today due to the policies than this to mislead the coun- Ladakh remained several and principles of the Congress try?” the Chief Minister said. degrees below the freezing Pahalgam resort, which also minus 6.7 degrees Celsius, formed under the guidance of Attacking the Modi point on Wednesday owing to serves as one of the base camps while Kupwara in the north, Mahatma Gandhi. Government for allegedly fail- clear sky, a MeT department for the annual Amarnath yatra registered the minimum of He said former Prime ing to address woes of farmers official said. in south Kashmir, settled at a minus 5.6 degrees Celsius, the Minister Indira Gandhi sacri- across the country, Gehlot said He said Srinagar recorded low of minus 11.4 degrees official said. ficed her life to keep the coun- in 2014, the Prime Minister the coldest night of the season Celsius as against minus 10.4 He said Leh town in the try integrated. said that he will double the so far as the minimum tem- degrees Celsius yesterday, he Union Territory of Ladakh “The country remained income of the farmers, but perature settled at minus 4.3 said. recorded a low of minus 17.8 united and integrated due to there seems to be no hope. degrees Celsius last night – 0.3 Pahalgam, in south degrees Celsius – one degree sacrifice of leaders of the “How long you will keep degrees down from minus 4.0 Kashmir's Anantnag district, down from minus 16.7 degrees Congress, its policies, pro- asking for votes in the name of / < 0 degrees Celsius the previous was the coldest recorded place Celsius on the previous night. grams and principles formed nationalism, Article 370 and 4 1" 2 ! "# night, leading to freezing of in the valley, he added. The The MeT department has under the guidance of Ram temple. People have water supply lines at several official said Qazigund – the forecast mainly dry weather for Mahatma Gandhi,” Gehlot said understood you. That is why places. gateway town to the valley - in the week ahead. Kashmir is while addressing a gathering in BJP Governments are losing The ski-resort of Gulmarg south Kashmir recorded a low currently under the grip of Palsana town of Sikar elections in states one by one. in north Kashmir recorded a of minus 9.4 degrees Celsius – 'Chillai-Kalan' - the 40-day district. After Rajasthan Madhya low of minus 9.0 degrees a decrease of nearly two harshest period of winter when “The biggest lie and joke Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, now Celsius last night – up from the degrees from minus 7.8 degrees the chances of snowfall are of this year is on one hand, the Congress is going to form previous night's minus 10.2 Celsius from the previous most frequent and maximum Union Home Minister Amit Government in Jharkhand degrees Celsius, he said. night. Kokernag town, also in and the temperature drops Shah says the government will because people have under- The night temperature at the south, recorded a low of considerably. PTI implement NRC in the entire stood them,” he added.
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(R * 31 & State are going to the polls now Minister Edappadi Palaniswami municipality or president of 6 ,://1@ as per the Supreme Court and Deputy Chief Minister panchayat. “See this man in order. Elections to the urban O Panneerselvam asserted that hardly 24. ampaigning for the election local bodies like municipalities, the party would score a thump- He has done his MBBS. + @ Cto the rural local bodies in corporations and the remain- ing win the polls. A hitherto You send him for MD or MS as 27 districts of Tamil Nadu ing panchayats would be held unseen and unheard spirit was he can excel in his profession,” came to an end on Wednesday after completion of the ward visible in the campaign for the the astrologer advised the evening. The two-phase polling delimitation exercise. rural local bodies. politician. “Guruji, we have will be held on December 27 Notwithstanding the Many leaders from both spent more than 75 lakh to and 30. The election to the Government order that election the AIADMK and the DMK get him admission for the rural and urban local bodies to the rural local bodies would were seen queuing up before MBBS and it is time we should have been completed by be held in an apolitical manner, astrologers to get to know what recouped that amount. He can November 2016 but got the two major parties in the the stars foretell for them as do his post graduation after his delayed because of a series of State, AIADMK and the DMK their wards. five year tenure as panchayat cases filed by the Opposition are the strong contenders for Though the Dravidian par- president,” said the father , a DMK alleging the non-com- controlling the panchayats. ties are known atheists and senior Dravidian party leader Pune: NCP chief Sharad Pawar pliance of the delimitation and The Two Leaves and the rationalists, they are behind in the State. has taught him how to grow reservation process as per the Rising Sun, symbols of the none in seeking the services of “These politicians hope to more from less as well as how 2011 census. AIADMK and the DMK fortune tellers. Amidst reports recover the amount they spent to form government after get- The delay in holding the respectively may be absent about the auctioning of the on the children from the devel- ting fewer seats than one's election to the local bodies have from the campaign fields but posts of panchayath president opment funds allocated to local rival, Maharashtra Chief affected the basic development top leaders of these parties are for the candidates sponsored by confident when he declared on the grand finale scheduled for to the highest bidder, a bodies. Some development is Minister Uddhav Thackeray works in panchayats and the star campaigners. All TV these parties. Wednesday that his party can- 2021, the assembly election. Dravidian politician had come taking place. Eerything is said on Wednesday. municipalities across the State. channels beamed visuals of M K Stalin, the choef of the didates would sweep the polls. The AIADMK, in a state- to consult a leading astrologer swachh Bharat,” said ace Thackeray was addressing Though there are 37 districts in AIADMK ministers and DMK DMK, fresh from the rallies For the DMK, this round of ment issued on Wednesday to know the chances of his son astrologer Murugadas Kutty the annual general meeting of the State, only 27 districts in the leaders actively campaigning against the CAA2019 sounded election is the semi final before and signed by the Chief becoming the chairman of a from Palakkad in Kerala. the Vasantdada Sugar Institute here. Pawar, who is the chair- man of the institute, was also present. 9 & During his speech, Thackeray took a dig at former chief minister Devendra " @-1% 7 " " & % P*)&*" 51!! Fadnavis, who has often stated that the BJP is the single largest party in the Assembly, though $ & 9: & + #$' # it lost power. “Sharad Pawar has taught 2 $#( # ' us how to grow more from less area of land, and also how to Kanpur (UP): A Special form government with less Investigation Team (SIT) was 4/6'3 /: institute, was also present. number of MLAs,” Thackeray, constituted on Wednesday to During his speech, who heads the Shiv Sena, probe cases of rioting registered member of the Sindhi community who migrated from aharashtra Chief Minister Thackeray took a dig at former quipped. here during recent protests APakistan in the 1990s and settled down in Aurangabad MUddhav Thackeray on chief minister Devendra The BJP and Sena fought against the Citizenship in Maharashtra is hopeful that he and others like him would Wednesday assured a com- Fadnavis over his statement the October 21 assembly polls Amendment Act (CAA). get Indian citizenship soon with the passage of the new plete farm loan waiver in the that the BJP was the single in together, but their alliance The SIT will be headed by amendment. state. largest party in the collapsed after the Sena walked Additional SP (Crime) Rajesh The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act pro- Thackeray's statement Maharashtra assembly. out and joined hands with the Yadav, IG (Kanpur range) Mangaluru: The violent inci- Kumaraswamy for nursing organ- vides for grant of citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Parsis, came a day after the Shiv Sena- “Sharad Pawar has taught Congress and NCP. Mohit Agarwal said. dents during the anti-Citizenship isations creating trouble. Buddhists and Christians who migrated from Pakistan, led government formally us how to grow more from less The three parties formed Other members of the Amendment Act protests in They had withdrawn several Afghanistan and Bangladesh before 2015 due to persecu- approved a loan waiver scheme area of land, and also how to an unlikely coalition govern- team will include Circle Officer Mangaluru on cases registered against 1,600 tion. under which short-term crop form a Government with less ment of which Pawar is con- (Anwarganj), Station House December 19 was part of a pre- “criminals” belonging to Popular “We are expecting grant of citizenship with less paper- loan up to 2 lakh taken by number of MLAs in the leg- sidered the chief architect. Officer (Kakadev), SHO planned conspiracy by the Front of India (PFI) and released work now,” said Vikram Talreja, who is living here for near- farmers between April 1, 2015 islative assembly,” Thackeray, Thackeray also took a dig (Barra), a police Sub-Inspector Opposition parties, Udupi- them, she charged. ly three decades. to March 31, 2019, will be writ- who is Shiv Sena president, at Prime Minister Narendra and a prosecution officer, he Chikkamagaluru MP and former Karandlaje said it was a dis- He was speaking after taking part in a procession in sup- ten off. quipped. Modi. said. state minister Shobha Karandlaje turbance sponsored by the port of the CAA.”We arrived here from Pakistan in 1991, Under the scheme, short- The BJP and the Sena “I was told that this was the The SIT was constituted alleged Wednesday. Congress and a detailed investi- but we are still waiting for citizenship. The amended Act term restructured crop loan fought the October 21 assem- same venue where someone following the directives of the Addressing reporters here, gation was underway. has given us a ray of hope,” he said. arrears up to September 30, bly polls together, but their had said he came into politics Uttar Pradesh Director General she congratulated the city police She also put the blame on “We suffered a lot in Pakistan. There were frequent riots. 2019, will also be waived. alliance collapsed after the lat- holding Pawar's finger. of Police (DGP) for conducting for quelling the disturbances in an former State Minister and We applied to the Indian government for shelter and were “We have waived loans ter walked out and joined “I don't want to say that a fair probe into the cases of effective manner. Mangaluru MLA UT Khader for given long-term visa,” he said. worth 2 lakh (per farmer) as hands with the Congress and Pawar saheb has made anoth- violence. As many as four cases Hundreds of video clips cov- inciting violence. Kishanchand Tanwani, member of the Sindhi commu- immediate relief to cultiva- the NCP. The three parties er mistake by bringing me into - three with Beckonganj police ering the disturbances created by Students from Kerala who nity and local BJP leader, said there were around 90 Sindhi tors. But we will also make sure then formed the Maha Vikas politics,” he said. Modi had station and another with the violent mob have been had come here for education, are migrants from Pakistan living in the city. that their entire (crop) loan is Aghadi (MVA) government in said at a function at the insti- Babupurwa police station - received from citizens, she said. overstaying in hostels here and Earlier, the city had witnessed a huge protest march waived,” Thackeray said. November-end. Pawar is con- tute some years ago that Pawar, have been transferred to the She blamed the governments participating in protests, she against the CAA, which, its critics allege, discriminates He was addressing the sidered the chief architect of the then agriculture minister in the SIT. PTI led by Siddaramaiah and HD alleged. PTI against Muslims and violates the principle of secularism. annual general meeting of the ruling alliance, the first such UPA Government, guided him Vasantdada Sugar Institute political arrangement at the a lot when Modi was Gujarat here. NCP president Sharad state-level in Maharashtra's Chief Minister and was unfa- *' #%! 6 Pawar, who is chairman of the history. PTI miliar with Delhi politics. PTI !!& * + ' < & "'&*! %* %' =>
Ahmedabad: Gujarat cabinet so it is my responsibility,” the ' Pune: Former Maharashtra also seen engaged in an ani- minister Kunvarji Bavaliya said minister said. deputy chief minister Vijaysinh mated chat. on Wednesday that he would “In 2008, the state govern- Puducherry: Puducherry Mohite Patil, whose son has Asked by reporters later help the ten persons including ment registered a false case Chief Minister joined the BJP, shared dais about his discussion with two Congress MLAs, convict- against me when I was VNarayanasamy on with Sharad Pawar at a func- Sharad Pawar, Mohite Patil ed for rioting in his support Congress MLA, and I was Wednesday sought the inter- tion here on Wednesday, and said he had met the NCP chief when he was arrested in 2008, arrested by the CID. Because of vention of President Ram Nath said later that he was still with two or three times after the Lok in legal fight. their love and affection, leaders Kovind to immediately recall Lt the Nationalist Congress Party. Sabha elections in April. Bavaliya, a five-time from my party (Congress) and Governor Kiran Bedi, saying Former Congress leader “I have not gone anywhere Congress MLA, joined the BJP members from my communi- she has been “impeding” Harshvardhan Patil, who else...My son has gone there (to only last year and was made ty called for my release,” implementation of various wel- switched loyalty to the BJP the BJP),” Mohite Patil told Water Supply and Animal Bavaliya, a prominent Koli fare measures and decisions of ahead of the Assembly elections reporters when asked if he Husbandry minister. leader, said. “A group of people, his cabinet. in October, also shared dais himself was still with the NCP. A court in Rajkot on including Congress MLAs and Talking to reporters here, with Pawar. On his chat with Ajit Tuesday sentenced 10 persons some leaders approached the the Chief Minister said he had The occasion -- annual Pawar, Harshvardhan Patil said including Congress MLAs Collector with a memoran- presented a detailed memo- general meeting of the they did not discuss politics. A 1 ! "# Bhikhabhai Joshi and dum against my arrest when an randum to the President dur- Vasantdada Sugar Institute -- “We had a discussion on Mohammad Javed Pirzada to agitated mob resorted to van- ing the latter'svisit to the Union also saw Patil sitting next to his agriculture-related issues,” he one year in jail. dalism,” he said. Territory on December 23 to arch rival and NCP leader Ajit said. Mohite Patil's son / They were accused of riot- Some of those convicted in participate in a convocation. Pawar and chatting with Ranjitsinh joined the BJP ahead 2 ing and vandalising public the case, including Rajkot Dairy “I have requested the him.Mohite Patil, of the Lok Sabha polls this year. property during a protest after chairman Govind Ranpariya, President to intervene and Harshvardhan Patil and Sharad It is said to have soured the Bavaliya, then Congress MLA, Rajkot Co-operative Bank recall Kiran Bedi as Lt Pawar, who is the chairman of senior leader's ties with was arrested in a case of land director Gordhan Dhameliya Governor,” he said. He said he the research institute, were Pawar. PTI grabbing. The case was quashed and former MP Devji Fatepara, had pointed out in the memo- by the Gujarat High Court last later joined the BJP. State BJP randum that Bedi had not week. president Jitu Vaghani had contributed anything to the ($ @' “The order sentencing attacked the opposition party development of Puducherry them to one year's imprison- over the convictions, saying it ever since he became the Lt Aurangabad (Maha): BJP ment is a court order, so it will showed the Congress' “mental- Governor. Narayanasamy had %,/: felicitation on Wednesday. MLA and former Speaker of have to be accepted. But I will ity to cause damage to society also stated that the Lt Governor Some of them spoke on the Maharashtra Assembly help them in filing appeal in and resort to vandalism” in the was functioning “arbitrarily” esidents of Bhiwandi near occasion, praising Shinde and Haribhau Bagde claimed here higher courts because they got light of the recent anti- and was seeking to run a par- RMumbai on Wednesday the police force. on Wednesday that no party into trouble because of me, and Citizenship law protests. PTI allel Government. PTI felicitated a police officer for Talking to reporters, opposed the Citizenship the police's deft handling of a Shinde said the police were (Amendment) Bill when it was huge protest march against the receiving praise on social media sent to a parliamentary panel. % % Citizenship (Amendment) Act too. MPs of all parties were part ! "# last week. The officials meticulously of the committee, so why non- Deputy Commissioner of planned security and used BJP parties were now raising a Police Rajkumar Shinde was drones, CCTVs and public hue and cry over the amended felicitated in the traditional address system to keep a watch act, he asked. Maharashtrian way, with gift of and manage the crowds, he Bagde was addressing a shawl and a `shri-fal' said. rally following a march from (coconut). Police communicated with Kranti Chowk to Aurangpura in Bhiwandi, a hub of power- protesters, assuring them that the city in support of the loom industry in Thane dis- they will get full cooperation, Citizenship (Amendment) Act trict, is considered communally he said. (CAA) and the proposed sensitive and had witnessed Shinde thanked the people National Register of Citizens major Hindu-Muslim riots in for maintaining peace.The con- (NRC). “It was decided to send the 1970s and 1980s. troversial Citizenship the bill to a joint committee in Nearly one lakh people (Amendment) Act provides which Members of Parliament came out on the streets last for grant of citizenship to of every party were included. Friday after namaz and took Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Parsis, They participated in its meet- part in a protest march against Buddhists and Christians who ings and did not oppose the bill, the CAA and the proposed migrated from Pakistan, so why are they opposing it National Register of Citizens Afghanistan and Bangladesh now,” he said. “This bill was (NRC). before 2015 due to there since 1955. Even (former But the protest passed off persecution. It has sparked off prime minister) Manmohan peacefully, ending after a mem- nation-wide protests. The Act's Singh, who was Leader of orandum was submitted to the critics allege that it discrimi- Opposition in the Rajya Sabha local authorities. nates against Muslims and vio- then, had demanded imple- A large number of Muslim lates the principle of secular- mentation of this law in 2003,” women participated in the ism. the BJP leader claimed. PTI !"#$"%&' 4 8 " * $8%*+ $ 5 ;% 3 $ 5 5 5 .-(365(#1 3 * ;8R # # @ < ' # #+"(? ( ! 1 & BJBJ 1 # ( ) 3 2 " - * ) * 4 " ( # ( 35$ ( ( ( 6 3 6S * 35$ he year 2019 was dominated by internal political considera- ( * ( tions that impacted India’s $! relationship with neighbouring countries, which typically # 6 requiresT magnanimity, accommodation " P* 8Q () and beneficence for it is the dominant # 6 nation in the subcontinent and the region, too. 2019 was also the year when O 1 the 17th General Elections were held. O " * ( Certain hardening of positions and pos- ; $ tures by national parties, to the detriment of sentiments across the international bor- <= 1!$4 ders, was inevitable given the high elec- 35$S > toral stakes involved. Earlier misadventures by Pakistan in the form of Pulwama had already fore- closed any possibility of rapprochement P Q ; ( in the deeply-hyphenated realm of India- Pakistan dynamics. Besides the Pulwama- " ( P Q # Balakot reciprocity and din, matters per- taining to neighbourhood affairs reached ; ( a low ebb in the months leading up to the +< P Q ; elections in May. Post the polls, the sur- ; 35$ ( prise selection of former diplomat S Jaishankar as the Minister for External strongman with a questionable track, set irreconcilably poised with the odd these concerns. This has flagged poten- ? @ * # Affairs promised the much-needed states- alarm bells ringing in New Delhi with his Kartarpur bonhomie getting frittered tial red flags. ( manship, maturity and domain knowl- ascendancy. away as there’s no forward movement hap- If there is one major shift required in > 1 @ 1 P ( edge to heal the simmering and unad- Relations with our neighbours in the pening. 2020 in dealing with neighbouring coun- dressed restiveness in the region. While East, like Myanmar and Bhutan, have Electoral politics on both sides tries, it will be to conduct foreign policy Q # * ( it has been barely seven months since the remained robust with the continuation of along the Line of Control (LoC) are that is bereft of short-term electoral con- 1 # P (Q ; new Government assumed office, neigh- the India-Myanmar Bilateral Army increasingly predicated on the ability of siderations. Recent accusations of med- ( bourhood relations remain a matter of Exercise (IMBAX) and Naypyidaw’s sup- both nations to sabre-rattle, instigate dling in Madhesi issues in Nepal, suppos- grave concern. port for the Indian armed forces in fight- and flex muscles at each other for short- edly “influencing” Government formation - The year 2019 was also the one ing insurgent groups based in Myanmar. term gratification. Neither side is will- in Sri Lanka and Maldives, unsettled ripar- when new Governments were formed in India’s measured response on the sen- ing to “risk peace” as that path is littered ians issue with Bangladesh — all are 3 ( three key neighbouring nations. The year sitive Rohingya issue with Myanmar with perceptions of political weakness. symptomatic of an unhealthy “big-broth- began with the Sheikh Hasina-led and the evolving economic opportunities Meanwhile, the Chinese are content er” perception that New Delhi is increas- " ( Awami League registering landslide in treaties like the Bay of Bengal Initiative playing with its “all-weather-friend”, ingly getting accused of. # " ( victory in Bangladesh. It is decidedly a for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Islamabad, and is ready to fructify its India has to posture neutral prefer- 4 ( ? @ more pro-India dispensation than a pos- Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), strategic China-Pakistan-Economic- ence in the impending Myanmar National sible Bangladesh Nationalist Party ASEAN and Mekong Ganga Cooperation Corridor (CPEC) imperatives that will Elections in 2020 as these are sensitive 3 ( (BNP)-led by Khaleeda Zia, which have helped it maintain momentum. further beholden Pakistan to China. times with a potential to damage sover- S could not even participate in the elec- India also seems to have struck a fine The year 2020 will test India’s foreign eign credentials. Pakistan and China ( # 35$S ; ( tions. What was even more reassuring balance with Aung San Suu Kyi’s National policy mandarins. The serendipitous should not be expected to be resolved but 0,= ( to further India’s strategic concerns League for Democracy (NLD), the civil- pro-India regime ushering in Male and only managed better. The subtle inclusion was the fall of the Abdulla Yameen ian Government, the still-powerful Army Dhaka notwithstanding, the Chinese will of international pressure via groupings like ; Government in Maldives, which had in Myanmar and even the erstwhile continue bearing down in the region with QUAD (US, Japan, Australia and India), - ! 1- A !1B 3 ; worryingly forsaken its traditional junta, with whom cross-border operations an eclectic mix of charm (take the exam- UN watchdog bodies like FATF (it threat- * 5 ( “India-first” stance in favour of the are facilitated. Bhutan’s strategic conver- ple of Nepal), development aid (example, ens to “blacklist” Pakistan on supporting Chinese. It was replaced with India’s tra- gence with Sino-wariness (Doklam shad- Sri Lanka), coercion (example Bhutan), terror) and increasing economic engage- # 6 ditional ally, Mohamed Nasheed-led ows still lurk) and the hydropower oppor- intimidation (example, Myanmar) and ment with the Gulf Sheikdoms to neu- 35$ Maldives Democratic Party (MDP), tunities got a further fillip with the debt-traps (example, Pakistan) continu- tralise the emotive and traditional Pakistan * " which made a comeback with a two- Sunkosh Project, which is four times the ously wenching out neighbouring coun- bias for them will be key in upping the ante thirds majority. It won 65 of the 87 seats size of the 720MW Mangdechhu Project tries from improving stances with India. with Islamabad without directly taking on !1 at the hustings. that was completed recently. The spirit of accommodation and the same. “Management” rather than @ ( % However, India’s luck with the new However, relations with Nepal remain optics of problem-resolution, that have “resolution” will necessitate realpolitik that # 1 ( leadership ran out in Sri Lanka with the less than satisfactory as China aggressive- been waning in recent times, have to be aggressively taps into India’s “pivot” or return of the Rajapaksa clan in the pres- ly keeps baiting Kathmandu with devel- given top priority. Nepal and Bangladesh “counter” status in a fractured world that C idential elections. The Rajapaksas, as it is opment sops that are irresistible for the in particular, where murmurs of India’s stares nervously at the permutations and ) S known, have a pro-China legacy. Now, ideologically-aligned Communist regime political intransigence have gained cre- combinations that await the US presiden- ) * Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won presi- over there. The counter-lever is openly dence. The recent hullabaloo over the tial elections, Brexit and other geopoliti- dentship and paved the way for Mahinda flaunted in Kathmandu and the memo- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and cal upheavals. These need to be put in a D@ 4 ! 1 Rajapaksa to take charge as the Prime ries of the 2015 “Indian blockade” are not National Register of Citizens (NRC) has diplomacy calculus which is still managed (( - ; Minister of Sri Lanka. Riding on the wave completely forgotten. The recently-updat- raised concerns in Bangladesh and Sri professionally, unhindered and without an * ? ( of the Sinhalese ethnic-religious majori- ed and released map of India led to fresh Lanka. Concerted engagement to clarify eye on domestic elections. tarianism, which got instigated during the controversy in Nepal on the inclusion of and allay fears are urgently called for. (The writer, a military veteran, is a horrific Easter Sunday bombings, Kalapani. But it is the long freeze in the Already, the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister former Lt Governor of Andaman & 3 )S Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the former military India-Pakistan relationship that seems called off his trip to India in the wake of Nicobar Islands) 1 8 # S :- ) ( % 8 9 1 1$' H $ # % ' ! P)Q H N # $ P Q # 2 N # $ $
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The Centre should 5 L # 2 6 Azhar A Khan also consider giving a huge $M1 #+ /4 $7 Rampur subsidy on onions to grant 21/4 # -O +6 some relief to the citizens. $% /4 # Harminder Singh /4 21 2 2 # ) Gumbhir $,+ , + O $ ) Lucknow # .$)' Sir — This refers to the editori- $/ #+ al, “Still many questions” S 1 * 2 (December 25). Justice should S not only be done but should also ) Narendra Modi remains the picked up lessons from this be seen to be done. Governments Sir — This refers to the editori- tallest leader in the country. defeat and did a course correc- world over may not criticise the ) al, “Lessons from Jharkhand” However, it might be the tion in its policies and priorities. verdict for fear of earning the dis- (December 24). The Bharatiya other way round for State elec- As far as the Opposition is Sir — This refers to the article, pleasure of the oil-rich nation, # Janata Party (BJP) needs to tions. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha concerned, if they join hands and “Challenges galore for a rising but people outside the kingdom understand that State elections (JMM) won 26 out of the 28 seats put egos aside, then the BJP can star” (December 25) by Kalyani cannot be silenced by the dictum ( are different and cannot be a ref- reserved for Scheduled Tribes be challenged in most States. The Shankar. Truly, big positions “the king can do no wrong.” . erendum on the Centre or the (ST) and the BJP has fared next elections are due in Delhi come with big responsibilities. Shivansh Prime Minister. The role of poorly in rural areas. This goes and West Bengal. Both are going Hemant Soren, who has emerged Via email regional allies cannot be over- to prove that issues like poverty, to be tough ones for the party. from the shadow of his father ( emphasised, as at the Centre, the unemployment do matter to the Bal Govind and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 4 % D BJP may not need allies as voters and it is time the BJP Noida (JMM) chief Shibu Soren, to $"))"+)'<'""=>$*:'> !"#$"%&' $ $ ; 8 " * $8%*+ <- %' *'$ ! - & ? @ & & ( * 9 & /6AA* 3* 3 & & & B3& && & B & * O # L& L & 3 && ' # ' # # # ( ( ( # # > $ A >$B ) ( ( ( -- ? S /=/= E hat’s not important.” These were the three 6trrq rhyv) ! words that chilled me to the bone. Spoken by my friend’s father, who has ( known me since I was knee-high, they ! referred to Junaid, the boy from ( Ballabhgarh,T who was killed on his way back home in a train after shopping for Eid. He was lynched # to death because he was wearing a skull cap. It did " ( not matter to him that his grandchild was exactly ! of the same age. All that was important was that ) the 14-year-old did not come from a particular community. In other words, he was “expendable.” Many moons after these words were uttered, the enormity is yet to sink in. The insensitivity, a lack ( of empathy, and to a large extent indifference, if not outright hatred of the minority, is an undercurrent Bhvt v rqphv) ) ( that has been on the rise beneath the calm of the - “unity in diversity” of the social fabric since the 2002 Gujarat riots and more so after the current ruling ) dispensation came to power in 2014. Sadly, among F the so-called educated as well or rather, more so. For someone, who despite being religious does not " ( wear the symbols of faith on the proverbial sleeve, ? ( it often invites the comment, “But you don’t look ( like a Muslim.” I am sure, those who do so have it worse. ) Until now. For, sometimes, things need to reach ance to those who feel threatened in the current food has become the norm as an army does not who is privileged, that is where you should be? ( a nadir before being rescued and then the only way atmosphere, which is rife with fear mongering march on an empty stomach. What heartened me Those voices need to be heard,” she replied. Yes, is up. Moreover, it is never the old guard, which pursued by the State. It is no longer a question was when at least five of them said, “I am a vege- the young can and are showing the way. * ( will challenge the existing practices but rather the of the survival or citizenship of a community but tarian.” The binary of “alleged cow killers” being And that is what many set out to do. After the ( young, or who the Government would have us rather a collective rejection of the bigoted ideas different and separate without a meeting ground fracas at Daryaganj, a primarily Muslim majority believe, the naive. The spontaneous protests that of statecraft. from the “pure vegetarians” was effectively trashed, area, when a large number of people were detained, broke out in response to the police action in Jamia Young India is reclaiming the objective, which coincidentally at a site that has the names of Indians not a single lawyer who turned up to get them Dr rihrq yrh vt) # Millia Islamia/Aligarh Muslim University and took birth a 100 years ago when Mahatma Gandhi across the divide fighting shoulder to shoulder in released or the doctors who queued up to treat them against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) led India’s freedom struggle powered by “inclusive” a foreign land. The marker should not be lost on came from the minority community. I met a group 4 ( National Register of Citizens (NRC) in campuses nationalism as opposed to that of an “exclusive” those who seek to divide us. of students exiting the Metro station near the thana across the country have often faced restrictions by nation promoted by the likes of the Muslim League At the same protest, I heard the idea reiterat- who were there to support them. Again, they were the State, which believes that the students are mis- and the Hindu Mahasabha. While the Government ed by a young woman while speaking to a TV there in their capacities as activists, who believed guided and misled. But any mass movement has seems to be on a path of head-on collision with reporter. She asserted, “Why is there no violence in humanity being beyond the borders of religion. # the ability to take on a character of its own and what those ideas as well as the ones incorporated in the when the protests have mixed communities but the If this isn’t proof that my country refuses to be divid- ( this one does is restore the faith that the idea of an Constitution by BR Ambedkar, the youth have police unleashes its full scale strength at places like ed then what is? “inclusive”, “sensitive” and “empathetic” country, as decided to make the safeguarding of the same their Jamia, Daryaganj and Seelampur? It is nothing more Then, of course, there are the brave hearts Tpvhy hq rvhy yrh vt) # envisaged by the framers of the Constitution, is alive battle cry. But in their own way, where the old idea than an attempt to communalise the protest, make across colleges, who might not be attending the S and kicking. This was reinforced in every protest is reinforced in their own Instagrammable fashion. it a Muslim issue and portray the community as protests but in their own way, are making their voic- that was attended by me. For students have decided to “redeem our violent. We aren’t buying it. Everyone has an equal es heard. Jadavpur, Pondicherry and Banaras Hindu The first one, at the Police Headquarters at pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very sub- claim on the country and not any particular com- University are some names that come to one’s mind ) ( ITO in Delhi, was certainly an eye-opener. The stantially,” for a nation that is more “inclusive” of munity.” where students have registered their protest. At conviction of the group, consisting more than its minorities and backwards. So, at the protests, It is the same thought from Dr Rahat Indori’s Jadavpur, a student while accepting her degree tore 3 2,000 people, who had assembled within an hour they sang songs, armed with nothing more than a poem, Agar khilaaf hai hone do jaan thodi hai (It up the CAA with the words, “Hum kaagaz nahin of a WhatsApp forward doing the rounds, did not daphli and the strength of their voices, which they doesn’t matter if people are against for it is not life), dikhaenge (We won’t show our papers),” the poem perceive my Muslimness as equivalent to other- hope would pierce the high walls of privilege and which was written 30 years ago and has gained a by comedian Varun Grover. The protesters have Tryshprq yrh vt) # ness, took time to register. The call was to protest entitlement. And if anyone is mistaken that it is the new lease of life. At every protest there are always found a creative outlet not just in cheeky and intel- against the students at the Jamia Milia Islamia youth from a particular community that “can be some holding up a banner saying, ligent banners but also in a lot of poetry and songs # being brutalised. Though I’ve never worn a hijab, identified by their clothes”, a stern reminder has “Lagegi aag to aayenge ghar kai zad me being written in opposition to the act. that day, the anger in me swelled. Heading out been sent out by the likes of Indulekha Parthan, a Yahan pe sirf humara makan thodi hai,” Last but not the least, the most enduring of the house, I decided to tie my stole like one first year law student, who decided to wear a hijab (A fire will engulf everything in its vicinity and image from the protest emerged from the Jama " * for if people believed I was “different” then I want- at a protest while holding aloft a banner challeng- not just houses of one person/community.) Masjid, the largest mosque in the capital, where ed the difference to be on their face. When I ing attire-based identity. Another unknown man or 33-year-old Chandrashekhar Azad, the leader of reached, along with a cousin, the crush of human- stripped off his shirt to display his janeu, the mark- “Sabhi ka khoon shaamil yahan ki mitti me Bhim Sena, bounded up the steps holding in his ( ity was daunting but never intimidating. People er of a high-caste Hindu despite the biting cold. Kisi ke baap ka Hindustan thodi hai.” hand a copy of the Constitution rather than the made way for us. Two women were without a More were to join the ranks. People wearing skull (Everyone has shed blood in pursuit of the idea Gita or the Quran and the people heeded to his male companion in tow in a city which is not caps along with tilaks or burkhas with bindis, ask- of India which doesn’t belong to one community.) call rather than that of their Imam. This, my . ( known to be open to the idea of us stepping out ing which of the two offended the onlooker more. Moreover, it is young women who are at the friend, is certainly the idea of India. So while the ( alone at night. But amid this crush of humani- This was a unique direction that the protests have forefront in many of these protests. At one, I met Government is insisting upon an idea of what it ) ty, we felt safe. Somewhere along the night, my taken. It could only be expected from the younger Pallavi, a bright young one who was accompanied wants the country to be, young people, like every- hijab was back to where it usually is, hanging generation to challenge the bigotry that exists on by two of her male friends. During the course of where else in the world, refuse to listen and show # % around my neck for it was no longer important. both sides of the religious divide. the discussion, I stated that I had taken a conscious in their own way that they do not want to be sad- Ordinary people, many of whom were not But then, the barriers crumbled in more ways decision not to attend the protests which were exclu- dled with cleaning up the divisive mistakes that even born when the excesses of 1984 took place than one. At a protest at India Gate, two young girls sively Muslim because I believe that it is not a com- the present generation is saddling them with. And or were just children during the 2002 riots, flood- were distributing chicken rolls “to fellow protest- munity issue but rather a fight to save the thank Allah, God, Ram and Wahe Guru for that. ! ed the streets in a show of solidarity and reassur- ers” since people pooling in their resources to buy Constitution. “But do you realise that as a person (The writer is Assistant Editor, The Pioneer) # Euqytuxquruuqtu qtvyqsyqysy ryuqt vuyw quuuqtxuu y y wysqs sy sion has increased banking access dramati- the promises of financial inclusion — equi- increasingly becomes a reality, a second gen- graphic status and geography but also by their large part of the incremental credit is now cally, driven as it is by a strong regulatory table economic growth, growing successful eration of challenges has emerged — to cap- context. Hence, financial institutions, which going to individuals rather than corporate push. While efforts to improve financial businesses and improving financial security italise on the openings made possible through hope to alleviate their financial problems, houses, which form the bulk of the outstand- access and promote usage have brought a and prosperity — will remain elusive. access to offer products and services that truly must have a deep understanding of their ing credit. We are now seeing what is being staggering number of individuals into the for- There is a need to shift the intervention- improve lives. We have to go beyond mere motivations and obstacles so that they called as the “democratisation of credit.” mal financial services sector, the usage of these al focus from simple access-oriented measures physical accounts if we want to catalyse finan- design products and services that address the It is, therefore, important that we keep accounts and the uptake of formal financial towards utilisation and engagement-orient- cial inclusion into broader economic and consumers’ real needs. in mind the lessons of the past — such as the services beyond savings accounts have been ed measures. It is vital that we keep in mind social growth. People, who regularly use a An equally important area is reliable, pointlessness of cheap credit and imprudent => difficult. Millions have signed up but few use that financial inclusion is a means to an end, bank account, are more likely to be financial- timely, adequate and fairly-priced credit. lending practices — as also of the present such the accounts. Financial inclusion is certain- not an end in itself. It is only when people ly literate than those who do not as there is Having a bank account is just one side of as the aggressive marketing of expensive cred- ne of India’s most dazzling ly at the crossroads on account of its myopic use financial tools to make their lives better a direct correlation between financial knowl- financial inclusion. Access to credit is anoth- it as a panacea for the poor. To enable the poor achievements during the year vision of restricted role to mere access. If peo- and help their community grow that finan- edge and financial services. er. Credit is an important rung on the finan- to work their way out of poverty, they need 2019 has been in the field of ple do not use these accounts, it can be sur- cial inclusion will be relevant. Arguably, the The Jan Dhan Yojana (JAM) is reshap- cial ladder that can help move people from to be enabled to move from one step to anoth- financial inclusion. The number mised that the policies are ineffective. This best way to increase usage of accounts is to ing the financial landscape and has enabled poverty to the middle class. In fact, business- er of the financial ladder to another through of Basic Savings Bank Deposit lack of usage underlines the importance of fully digitise payments for Government India to surge new heights. The take-off of es face great constraints to access finance graduated credit. Credit should be made avail- O(BSBD) accounts increased from 73 million creating products and engagement strategies transfers of social benefits. If one is a recip- digital financial services has largely driven this because of market imperfections such as able in staggered doses, with every new in 2010 to 574 million in 2019 following the that are better designed to meet the needs of ient of a cash transfer from the Government, growth. It has also enabled one of the biggest information asymmetries and transaction tranche disbursed after satisfactory repayment introduction of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan the people so that they can use them in their he/she will receive that cash transfer electron- pieces of reform ever attempted in India — costs. Merely making credit available and behaviour of the clients. This will also Yojana (PMJDY). Eighty per cent of the peo- daily financial lives. Access is one data point ically, which means one needs to have a bank direct subsidy transfers. Innovative solutions glamourising stories of poor women pulling ensure that the vulnerable groups do not get ple of over 15 years of age now have a bank among many. It should not serve as the ulti- account or some kind of transaction account. that can take into account the peculiarities themselves up with the help of a few doses into a debt trap; it will also make credit dis- account. According to an assessment by the mate objective for financial inclusion. These payments include everything from fer- of the people at the bottom of the pyramid of credit have been counterproductive. pensation more efficient and qualitative. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), India has Access to a bank account cannot by itself tiliser and cooking gas subsidies to oil, rural are needed. We need to use our natural pow- The biggest obstacle to credit expansion financial inclusion community now has a the fifth most conducive environment among improve the financial health of vulnerable employment wage to scholarships. ers of persistence, concentration, insight and is the lack of tangible data points, which can huge tent. It is heartwarming that the sub- emerging countries for inclusive finance. We groups. We have to simultaneously make peo- With digitisation of Government-to-per- sensitivity to do work, think deeply and solve help the credit bureaus put together better ject is dominating the mainstream policy should now strive to consolidate these gains. ple aware how they should handle their son transfer (G2P), user frequency is expect- our problems. As with most trumpeted inter- underwriting models for unbanked cus- agendas. However, we need to be on guard Let us not reduce them to mere flag posts and finances. Change in attitude and efficient sav- ed to increase. They will give people a rea- ventions, our programmes are scrambling to tomers. The proliferation of unique credit against any unrealistic hype as has happened consign our financial revolution to the drift- ings practices need to be imbibed. The cus- son to use those accounts. However, wher- turn rhetoric into reality. We don’t have to models backed by increasing data availabil- previously. To quote Nobel Prize winning wood of history. Lessons from past experi- tomer must make this account his financial ever this has been done, such accounts have reinvent the wheel. Policy-makers can learn ity for traditional agencies is establishing a author, VS Naipaul, “India’s financial inclu- ences caution us against the danger of back- diary and conduct transactions, which can remained merely a payment channel rather lessons from those who have achieved new paradigm for lenders. Increasingly, we sion space is ripe for a billion mutinies now.” sliding on the groundbreaking accomplish- grow into a credit history. Else all these than bringing a fundamental change in cus- impressive success. The choices of these vul- are seeing large numbers of unique borrow- (The writer is Member, NITI Aayog’s ments we have achieved. accounts will remain deadweight. Without tomer use of financial services. nerable communities are heavily influenced ers, who have been beneficiaries of the new National Committee on Financial Literacy and India’s aggressive drive in financial inclu- greater and consistent usage of bank accounts, Going beyond mere access: As access not just by socio-economic and demo- lending models built around technology. A Inclusion for Women.) !"#$"%&' * "? -R *
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And to survive, a prescribing for a floor tariff for in tariffs won’t take the sheen Airtel posted a staggering floor price is needed quickly, industry viability — an idea Jio off data consumption; the 23,045 crore net loss for the rom being the world’s before March 2020, he told PTI. had initially opposed on hunger for data will increase as second quarter ended Fcheapest and fastest grow- With 1 gigabyte (GB) of grounds that it would tanta- more and more Indians trans- September 30, due to provi- ing market, India’s telecom mobile data costing just $0.26 mount of giving up industry act online, buy clothes and sioning of 28,450 crore in the sector is sputtering as it faces compared to $12.37 in the US right of forbearance, Telecom indulge in online shopping aftermath of the SC ruling on life-threatening liability run- and $6.66 in the UK, India in Regulatory Authority of India and simply binge-watch the lat- statutory dues. ning into billions of dollars, a 2019 emerged as the nation (Trai) quickly moved in to est shows on video-streaming Both Airtel and Vodafone crisis that may alter the char- with the cheapest telecom tar- float consultation paper to fix- platforms. Greater speeds, Idea have petitioned the gov- acter of an industry that has iff in the world. It was also the ing minimum rates. smarter phones would aid that ernment for relief in waiver of already seen a painful price war fastest-growing telecom market. COAI — the association process, it argues. interest and penalty, which destroying profits and pushed But below the surface, a that represents Airtel and other “Still, the floor price is will halve the dues, and also several operators out of the price war since the 2016 launch operators — wants the regula- certainly needed to bring cer- filed a review petition in the market. of Jio had ringed the sector hal- tor to bring floor prices for data tain discipline back into the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court order low. And when on October 24, at the earliest, before March, marketplace. We have funda- The year, however, brought for including non-core rev- the Supreme Court, on a peti- arguing that mature mobile mentally gone from an all voice cheer to state-owned telecom enue in telecom groups’ gross tion moved by the govern- market merits such safeguards network to a hybrid network, companies MTNL and BSNL. adjusted revenue — the figure ment, ordered payment of past for investors. to soon an all data network. In The Government recently on which the levies are charged dues according to its new def- And shocking loss num- a voice network, the de facto approved a plum 69,000 crore — revived the rivalry between inition of AGR, the country’s bers only led the telecom floor was the interconnect revival package for the two tel- the old operators and Mukesh second-biggest carrier industry to seek doing away charge, question is, in the new cos that were in news over Ambani’s low-cost upstart Vodafone-Idea Ltd warned of with the “obsolete mechanism” world of data what should it delay in salary payment for the Reliance Jio during 2019, but shut down if no relief is given. of AGR, in the best-case sce- be,” Mathews said. most part of the year. there are signs of a truce with The total dues for the nario, and if not, certainly a Mittal whose company is in The revival package the rival camps agreeing to industry ran into a whopping redefinition. the midst of $3 billion dollar includes merging the two loss- raise tariffs and also favouring 1.47 lakh crore. The industry is also pin- fund raising to help pay off making firms, monetizing their regulator’s intervention in fix- For an industry that has ning its hopes on fixation of AGR dues, has sought Trai’s assets and giving VRS to ing floor or minimum tariffs. come from 7-8 operators to just com czar Sunil Bharti Mittal biggest operator in terms of Government announced a two- floor price by the regulator to urgent intervention in the tele- employees so that the com- “We have fundamentally three private players and state- and billionaire Kumar subscribers. year deferment on spectrum put an end to the sustained com sector saying, “We are bined entity turns profitable in gone from an all (mobile) voice owned fourth operator, the Mangalam Birla of Vodafone- Airtel and Voda-Idea payments for the stressed tele- hemorrhaging of players and unnecessarily killing this indus- two years. Nearly 92,700 (calling) network to a hybrid warning by Vodafone-Idea Idea. reported record financial loss- com companies as it worked to has also urged the Finance try in a manner and way that employees of BSNL and MTNL network (of voice and internet sounded like a death knell. Mittal and Birla had faced es but Jio continued to surprise avoid the sector becoming a Ministry to substantially cut is not conducive...” have opted for voluntary retire- data), to soon an all data net- The year saw resurfacing of the brunt of brute competition the markets with astonishing monopoly, soon after the three levies to give the industry a He underlined the need for ment, which is expected to save work,” said Rajan Mathews, a bitter war of words between unleashed by Ambani, as Jio ate profits through the year. operators signalled the end of fighting chance. a balance between protecting about 8,800 crore annually in Director General of Cellular the old and the new operator, into their user base and quick- The representations to the price war by raising tariffs. The industry body remains investments and consumer salary bills for the debt-laden Operators’ Association of India and intense lobbying by tele- ly grew to become the nation’s government, worked. 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/ /:3: ,1 holders. The committee will be nature. The committee will /:3: ,1 five goods. Talking to PTI, “It has become tendency of constituted for a period of 2 meet once every quarter or Chand said that when a large every sector to ask for lower /:3: ,1 he GST Council will set up years and the term of each more frequently as decided by overnment think-tank Niti taxation reforms like GST are GST. I feel GST issues are Ta grievance redressal mech- member will be for likewise, the co-chairs. GAayog member Ramesh brought in, there are always much larger than asking for lagging concerns over anism for taxpayers.The deci- said the statement. “For time-bound handling Chand on Wednesday made a “teething problems” but soon rates,” Chand said. Funpaid dues, an Air India sion was taken at the 38th If any member of the panel of grievances and accountabil- case for only two slabs under they stabilise. He said most of And, “we should not fiddle pilots’ union has urged the gov- meeting of the GST Council would be absent for three con- ity, GSTN shall develop a por- the goods and service tax the countries took long time for with rates or change rates fre- ernment to allow their mem- held on December 18. secutive meetings, without ade- tal for recording all such griev- regime as against the multiple GST stabilisation. quently... We should not have bers to quit the debt-laden It has decided that a struc- quate reasons, the member ances (including their scanned slabs currently, and said rates The Niti Aayog member, many rates. Have only two carrier without serving notice tured grievance redressal will be replaced with a fresh images) and their disposal. should be revised annually if who looks after the agriculture rates,” he said. period. mechanism should be estab- nomination by the principal “It shall be the responsi- required. sector, is also strictly against Chand said the focus As the Government works lished for the taxpayers under chief commissioner/chief com- bility of the co-chairs of the The goods and services frequent changes in GST rates should be on steady increase in out the modalities for the sale GST to tackle grievances on missioner of central tax in grievance redressal committees tax (GST), which replaced as it leads to problems. The all- revenue collection from the of the national carrier, the GST-related issues of specific consultation with the chief to ensure timely entry of the almost all the indirect taxes, powerful GST Council, new indirect tax regime rather Indian Commercial Pilots’ and general nature, an official commissioner/ commissioner grievances and updating the came into force from July 1, presided over by the Union than tinkering with rates. He Association (ICPA) has also statement said on Wednesday. of state tax. status of their disposal on the 2017, and the rates on goods finance minister and compris- prescribed that if at all rates warned that they are in no The council will set up the Functions of the commit- portal,” the statement said. and services have been revised ing state finance ministers, need to be changed, it should position to work amid uncer- Grievance Redressal tee include examining and The details of action taken several times since then. decides on rate for particular be done annually. tainty over the airline’s future. Committee (GRC) at zonal resolving all the grievances on all issues will be displayed Currently, there are four goods and services. On demands of lower GST The grouping represent for clearing their legitimate and state levels consisting of and issues being faced by the on the portal, which shall be GST rate slabs -- 5 per cent, 12, Besides frequent demand on process food, like dairy nearly 800 Air India pilots dues without any further delay. both central tax and state tax taxpayers, including proce- available for viewing to all per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per for reduction in the rates on var- products, Chand, an agri econ- who fly narrow body planes. In a warning, the grouping officers, representatives of trade dural difficulties and IT-relat- stakeholders to check cent. Several items fall in ious goods and services, there omist, said the 5 per cent GST They have written a strong- said, “our patience is running and industry and other goods ed issues pertaining to GST, the status of the resolution, it exempt category or nil duty. has also been clamour for a slash on such products is “very very ly-worded letter to Minister of thin and we are in no position and services tax (GST) stake- both of specific and general added. Besides, cess is also levied on in the number of tax slabs. reasonable”. State for Civil Aviation to continue working with Hardeep Singh Puri regarding uncertainty looming large at their dues. Air India”. +5 (1=3.5 1 .35(13& @* “...Your statement that if “We do not want to face the O# -?F % Air India is not privatised by same fate as other employees of 31st March 2020 then Air India 21 private carriers that have will be shut down, is a matter shut down and further add to of concern,” the letter said. the rising unemployment in % 1 23 % P Citing the uncertainty over India,” the letter, dated the airline’s future, the group- December 23, said. ' %7"<7 /:3: ,1 2019. The Act ratifies the Hong GDP will grow to USD 2.2 bil- ing asked the minister to ensure As per the letter, they are Kong convention and facilitat- lion from present $1.3 billion. that they “are not treated like yet to receive the flying ,:/63 nearly two years in a bruising hinese and Japanese stocks ith a new legislation in ing environment friendly recy- Terming the Act as “a hall- bonded labour and allow us to allowance for October. trade war that has hit the glob- Cdeclined Wednesday while Wplace, India eyes to gar- cling process of ships and ade- mark moment in the Indian quit Air India without serving “We have been living with hina made overtures on al economy. On Friday US most other Asian markets were ner at least 60 per cent of the quate safety of the yard work- maritime history”, Mandaviya the notice period and clear all uncertainty for the past 2 - Ctrade to Japan and South President Donald Trump touted closed for Christmas Day. global ship recycling business ers. said it is part of ongoing major our dues immediately”. 3years, and as a result, many Korea and offered support for a “very good talk” he had held Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.1 and emerge as a key destination “The US and other coun- reforms and Prime Minister The notice period is six employees have defaulted on an infrastructure initiative as it with China’s President Xi Jinping per cent to 23,806.72 while the for recycling warships and tries do not send their ships to Narendra Modi government’s months. their loan and other payments. hosted the leaders of its two on a deal to resolve the dispute. Shanghai Composite Index was other ships, according to Union India for recycling but now that commitment towards making Air India has a debt burden This has greatly affected our neighbours this week amid However details of the so- off 2 points at 2,982.80. Minister Mansukh Lal we have ratified the Hong India a $5 trillion economy. of more than Rs 58,000 crore. livelihood and our families,” it strained ties with the US. called “phase one” deal between Malaysia’s benchmark was Mandaviya. Kong conventions, we expect The Act is expected to The ICPA has also asked added. Chinese Premier Li the world’s two largest down 0.6 per cent while Taiwan Holding the independent the numbers to swell,” the min- raise the brand value of ship Keqiang said Wednesday at a economies have yet to be pub- gained nine points. charge of the Shipping ister told PTI in an recycling yards located at Alang meeting with Japanese Prime lished in writing, with officials Wall Street ended nearly Ministry, he also exuded con- interview. in Gujarat, Mumbai Port, Minister Shinzo Abe that citing incomplete translation flat Tuesday in a shortened fidence that contribution from “India, Bangladesh, China Kolkata Port and Azhikkal in Beijing was willing to strength- and legal work. trading session before closing ship recycling activities to the and Pakistan account for recy- Kerela and will also enhance en economic cooperation with Meanwhile relations for Christmas Day. country’s GDP would reach cling about 90 per cent of the availability of steel. Japan in third-country markets. between the pair have been fur- US markets reopen USD 2.2 billion, almost double global ships. India’s share at “Ten per cent of country’s At the meeting on the side- ther strained by US legislators’ Thursday.The benchmark S&P compared to the current level. present stands at 30 per cent or secondary steel needs, as an lines of a trilateral summit in support for the pro-democra- 500 index slipped less than 0.1 According to Mandaviya, 70 lakh gross tonnage of ships outcome of Recycling of Ships the southwestern city of cy movement in Hong Kong, per cent to 3,223.38. Gujarat’s Alang, the world’s per annum which is bound to Act, will be met in an eco- Chengdu, Li added that China and their condemnation of the The Dow Jones Industrial biggest shipyard, is ready to go to at least 60 per cent given friendly manner,” the minister would “further open up its ser- mass internment of Muslim Average dropped 0.1 per cent, cater to projected increase in 95 of the 131 plots at Alang said, adding that direct jobs vices industry” to Japan. minorities in the western to 28,515.45. The Nasdaq com- the number of ships for recy- (are) developing these as per from recycling sector were During a separate meeting Chinese region of Xinjiang. posite gained 0.1 per cent to cling. Hong Kong conventions, likely to double to around on Monday with South Korean Li stressed on Wednesday 8,952.88. Investors have been Currently, India recycles paving way for ships from 90,000. President Moon Jae-in, Li said the importance of China’s trade encouraged by plans for an around 300 of the 1,000 ships Europe, Japan, US and other Another area of focus will China was willing to work on ties with Japan and South interim US-Chinese trade deal which are demolished per countries to be recycled here,” be increasing the number of a rail network linking Korea Korea, saying their vast volume despite having seen few details. annum globally. However, he noted. seafarers as India with 12 per with China and Europe, of trade was due to the “joint US recession fears have countries like Japan, Europe Further, the minister said cent of the world’s population Yonhap news agency reported. protection of regional stability faded after the Federal Reserve and the US were not sending there are 53,000 merchant ships has just about 7 per cent of the Li’s remarks come as China and peace”. China, Japan and cut interest rates three times. their ships for recycling to globally and out of them, 1,000 seafarers market. On the other and the United States edge clos- South Korea held a summit on The central bank appears set to India in the absence of ratifi- are recycled annually. Once hand, countries like Philippines er to an initial trade agreement Tuesday that also touched on a keep them low for a long time. cation of a global convention. more ships will start coming to with just 2 per cent of the after imposing tariffs on billions planned free-trade agreement Energy markets were That scenario is set to change India for demolition, the ship world’s population has grabbed of dollars worth of goods over between the three nations. closed for the holiday. with the Recycling of Ships Act, recycling’s contribution to the 20 per cent global share. 3 4
/:3: ,1 resolution will be attempted to functions necessary for carry- notification said. be arrived at within 3 months. ing out conciliation and medi- The committee acting as ith overhang of disputes India’s oil and gas sector ation proceedings for resolu- conciliator or mediator will be Wchoking investments in has been plagued by disputes tion of the disputes between the allowed to take services of the oil and gas sector, the gov- from cost recovery to produc- parties as per the provisions of third-party or expert agency to ernment has constituted an tion targets, and companies as the Arbitration and aid and assist it in discharge of expert committee for time- well as the government have Conciliation Act, 1996, and its functions as and when bound resolution of explo- resorted to lengthy and costly endeavour that the parties required. ration and production disputes arbitration followed by judicial arrive at a settlement agree- Upon receipt of a request without having to resort to review — a process that takes ment within three months referring dispute for resolution, tardy judicial process. years to resolve differences. from the date of the the committee shall conduct The ‘Committee of The notification said the first meeting of the committee,” the conciliation or mediation External Eminent committee will arbitrate on a it said. proceedings. “The proceed- Persons/Experts’ for dispute dispute between partners in a The members and the par- ings shall be based on the resolution will comprise former contract or with the govern- ties may, however, extend the principles of fairness, justice oil secretary G C Chaturvedi, ment over commercial or pro- time for arriving at a settlement and good conscience,” it said. Oil India Ltd former head duction issues for oil and gas. agreement by mutual agree- For procedural aspect, the Bikash C Bora and Hindalco “Any dispute or difference ment. committee will be guided by Industries Ltd Managing arising out of a contract relat- conciliation or mediation and referred to panel, the parties “The members of the com- the Arbitration and Director Satish Pai, according ing to exploration blocks/ fields further agree to not invoke cannot resort to arbitration or mittee shall at all times remain Conciliation Act, 1996, and the to an official notification. of India can be referred to the arbitration proceedings there- court case to resolve it. impartial to the parties during venue of the conciliation or The panel will have a committee, if both parties to after,” it said. “The committee shall exer- the course of the conciliation or mediation proceedings shall tenure of three years and the the contract agree in writing for Once a resolution has been cise all powers and discharge all mediation proceedings,” the be New Delhi. !"#$"%&' %) '$??
Scheme NAV 1Yr % Bluechip-Reg(G) UTI Focussed Equity Fund-VI(G) 10.52 11.62 Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) Franklin India Feeder - Franklin 34.53 40.36 IDBI India Top 100 Equity 25.95 15.44 Kotak India EQ Contra Fund(G) 55.20 11.49 Sundaram LT Tax Adv 13.98 7.07 Sundaram Value 10.74 1.85 U.S. Opportunities Fund(G) Fund(G) PGIM India Diversified Equity 13.79 11.48 Fund-Sr I-Reg(G) Fund-VIII-Reg(G) ICICI Pru US Bluechip Equity 32.05 37.91 Tata India Tax Savings 19.23 15.43 Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-8(D) 10.91 7.07 Sundaram Infra Advantage 31.04 1.82 Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) Tata Value Fund-Sr-1-Reg(G) 10.47 11.46 Nippon India Growth Fund(G) 1124.67 7.05 Fund(G) Nippon India US Equity Opp 17.43 37.23 IDFC Nifty Fund-Reg(G) 25.34 15.41 UTI LT Equity Fund (Tax 91.51 11.30 DSP Healthcare Fund-Reg(G) 10.72 7.03 Sundaram Emerging Small 10.49 1.69 Fund(G) Tata Index Fund-Nifty Plan(G) 74.05 15.38 Saving)-Reg(G) Nippon India Vision Fund(G) 540.66 6.97 Cap-Sr-VI-Reg(G) Principal Global Opportunities 32.02 33.47 ICICI Pru Nifty Index Fund(G) 118.42 15.38 UTI Value Opp Fund-Reg(G) 64.08 11.28 IDBI Diversified Equity Fund(G) 22.03 6.89 UTI Core Equity Fund-Reg(G) 60.95 1.69 Fund(G) Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund-Reg(G)18.94 15.23 SBI Magnum Comma Fund-Reg(G)37.51 11.26 SBI Magnum Global Fund-Reg(G)176.42 6.73 Nippon India Tax Saver (ELSS) 54.61 1.58 PGIM India Global Equity Opp 20.43 33.01 Canara Rob Consumer Trends 42.54 15.22 Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 5(G) 10.34 11.22 Nippon India Value Fund(G) 74.70 6.71 Fund(G) Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) Edelweiss Long Term Equity Fund 48.29 11.19 Tata India Pharma & Healthcare 9.15 6.69 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 11.69 1.39 Kotak World Gold Fund(G) 10.22 32.21 SBI Nifty Index Fund-Reg(G) 105.09 15.09 (Tax Savings)-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Fund-3-Reg(G) Sundaram World Brand Fund-Sr 16.70 31.55 BNP Paribas Focused 25 Equity 10.31 15.09 Invesco India Tax Plan(G) 53.51 11.18 Invesco India Infrastructure 17.23 6.69 ICICI Pru Focused Equity Fund(G)28.91 1.33 III-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) PGIM India Large Cap 13.10 11.05 Fund(G) HDFC Capital Builder Value 284.02 1.04 Kotak US Equity Fund(G) 18.38 30.31 Franklin India Technology Fund(G)167.5115.03 Fund-2-Reg(G) SBI PSU Fund-Reg(G) 10.34 6.68 Fund(G) Tata Banking & Financial Services 21.55 28.49 Tata Large & Mid Cap Fund(G) 218.58 14.96 Motilal Oswal Midcap 30 26.41 11.04 ICICI Pru Large & Mid Cap 330.08 6.66 SBI Consumption Opp Fund-Reg(G)115.601.00 Fund-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage Fund-III-Reg(G)14.00 14.94 Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) UTI LT Adv Fund-IV(G) 10.16 0.64 DSP US Flexible Equity 27.88 28.19 Aditya Birla SL India GenNext 91.14 14.89 Tata Value Fund-Sr-2-Reg(G) 10.11 10.97 L&T Equity Fund-Reg(G) 83.77 6.63 HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities 52.75 0.59 Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) Baroda Multi Cap Fund(G) 100.27 10.88 Edelweiss ETF - Nifty 100 Quality 30286.956.56 Fund(G) Franklin Asian Equity Fund(G) 24.46 28.18 Nippon India Index Fund - Nifty 20.46 14.87 ICICI Pru S&P BSE 500 ETF 159.65 10.71 UTI India Consumer Fund-Reg(G)27.06 6.54 SBI Healthcare Opp Fund-Reg(G) 117.68 0.45 Sundaram Fin Serv Opp Fund(G) 48.64 28.13 Plan(G) UTI MEPUS 111.71 10.62 Baroda ELSS 96(G) 44.57 6.52 IDFC Equity Opportunity-5-Reg(G)9.91 0.30 DSP World Gold Fund-Reg(G) 13.58 27.89 IDBI Nifty Index Fund(G) 22.55 14.86 ICICI Pru Value Fund-11(G) 13.06 10.58 ICICI Pru Nifty Low Vol 30 ETF 91.92 6.44 UTI Mid Cap Fund-Reg(G) 98.74 0.19 Baroda Banking & Fin Serv 26.13 25.56 IDBI Equity Advantage 27.88 6.37 SBI Magnum Midcap Fund-Reg(G)70.26 0.00 Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) SBI Contra Fund-Reg(G) 102.86 -0.06 Aditya Birla SL Intl. Equity 23.61 24.89 ICICI Pru Value Fund-15(G) 10.94 6.21 UTI LT Adv Fund-V(G) 9.35 -0.14 Fund-A(G) Franklin India Bluechip Fund(G) 472.28 6.14 ICICI Pru Midcap Fund(G) 93.65 -0.16 Invesco India Feeder - Invesco 14.09 24.68 L&T Tax Advt Fund-Reg(G) 55.32 6.01 L&T Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 130.63 -0.22 Global Equity Income Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief '96(ELSS 32.35 5.93 Templeton India Value Fund(G) 240.71 -0.39 Edelweiss Emerging Markets Opp 14.00 24.21 U/S 80C of IT ACT)(G) Baroda Mid-cap Fund(G) 8.63 -0.46 Eq. Offshore Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Tax Relief '96(G) 32.35 5.93 Sundaram Mid Cap Fund(G) 453.46 -0.53 Invesco India Financial Services 63.80 23.72 ICICI Pru Value Fund-16(G) 11.10 5.92 UTI MNC Fund-Reg(G) 195.85 -0.62 Fund(G) ICICI Pru FMCG Fund(G) 246.89 5.91 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 9.62 -0.72 Nippon India Japan Equity Fund(G)14.33 23.67 JM Large Cap Fund(G) 68.28 5.87 Fund-2-(G) SBI Tax Advantage Fund-III-Reg(G)27.79 23.36 L&T India Value Fund-Reg(G) 35.98 5.86 DSP Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 52.00 -1.16 SBI Banking & Financial Services 20.16 22.96 Invesco India Multicap Fund(G) 48.21 5.84 SBI-ETF Sensex Next 50 319.33 -1.52 Fund-Reg(G) Principal Multi Cap Growth 144.02 5.79 Tata India Consumer Fund-Reg(G)17.18 -1.62 ICICI Pru Global Stable Equity 16.95 22.92 Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 9.62 -1.94 Fund(FOF)(G) SBI Magnum TaxGain'93-Reg(G) 143.06 5.78 Fund-4-Reg(G) Sundaram Services Fund-Reg(G) 12.58 22.53 L&T Business Cycle Fund-Reg(G) 15.35 5.69 ICICI Pru Dividend Yield Equity 15.82 -2.04 Edelweiss Eur Dynamic Equity 11.80 21.94 ICICI Pru Technology Fund(G) 58.55 5.67 Fund(G) Off-shr Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL MNC 786.51 5.66 IDBI Midcap Fund(G) 10.24 -2.10 Aditya Birla SL Global Emerging 14.00 21.78 Fund-Reg(G) L&T Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 15.11 -2.52 Opp Fund(G) Motilal Oswal Long Term Equity 18.71 14.79 Invesco India PSU Equity Fund(G)18.19 10.58 ICICI Pru Value Fund-10(G) 11.82 5.63 L&T Emerging Opp Fund-I-Reg(D)9.11 -2.70 Edelweiss ETF - Nifty Bank 3288.89 21.37 Fund-Reg(G) Edelweiss Tax Advantage 41.91 10.52 Franklin India Taxshield(G) 574.79 5.58 Sundaram Emerging Small 9.20 -2.76 Axis Bluechip Fund-Reg(G) 32.21 20.95 L&T Focused Equity Fund-Reg(G) 11.59 14.74 Fund-Reg(G) Principal Dividend Yield Fund(G) 54.06 5.57 Cap-Sr-IV-Reg(G) DSP Focus Fund-Reg(G) 25.75 20.16 Baroda Large Cap Fund(G) 15.37 14.70 Franklin India Focused Equity 41.99 10.43 Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 4(G) 9.53 5.51 HDFC Infrastructure Fund(G) 15.19 -2.86 BNP Paribas India Consumption 12.82 19.90 ICICI Pru Value Fund-18(G) 12.14 14.64 Fund(G) Franklin India Opportunities 73.55 5.48 Nippon India Power & Infra 92.37 -3.09 Fund-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage Fund-V-Reg(G) 10.74 14.57 Edelweiss Multi-Cap Fund-Reg(G) 15.07 10.39 Fund(G) Fund(G) BNP Paribas Large Cap Fund(G) 97.85 19.77 SBI Technology Opp Fund-Reg(G) 67.65 14.56 Tata Resources & Energy 14.78 10.23 DSP Equal Nifty 50 Fund-Reg(G) 9.92 5.06 Sundaram Emerging Small 8.87 -3.36 Motilal Oswal Focused 25 24.43 19.76 SBI LT Advantage Fund-II-Reg(G) 14.49 14.45 Fund-Reg(G) ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.59 4.96 Cap-Sr-III-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) BNP Paribas Multi Cap Fund(G) 50.18 14.42 ICICI Pru NV20 ETF 57.37 10.18 Fund-1-(G) Nippon India Small Cap Fund(G) 38.03 -3.38 Kotak Global Emerging Mkt 16.88 19.63 Aditya Birla SL Index Fund-Reg(G)120.45 14.37 ICICI Pru Smallcap Fund(G) 25.41 10.00 HDFC TaxSaver(G) 515.27 4.92 Sundaram Value Fund-VII-Reg(G) 8.32 -3.40 Fund(G) Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund-Reg(G)54.23 14.31 Mirae Asset Great Consumer 37.05 9.97 Principal Nifty 100 Equal 72.42 4.89 Aditya Birla SL Midcap Fund(G) 271.40 -3.53 SBI Tax advantage Fund-II(G) 39.91 19.63 Canara Rob Equity Diver 141.48 14.24 Fund-Reg(G) Weight Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL Mfg. Equity 12.84 -3.53 Axis Multicap Fund-Reg(G) 12.80 19.40 Fund-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Equity Advantage 423.20 9.90 Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund-Reg(G) 26.55 4.87 Fund-Reg(G) DSP Equity Fund-Reg(G) 42.70 19.25 ICICI Pru LT Wealth Enhancement 11.54 14.14 Fund(G) Franklin Build India Fund(G) 41.29 4.76 Nippon India Capital Builder 7.63 -3.56 PGIM India Euro Equity Fund(G) 14.65 19.20 Fund(G) DSP Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 56.59 9.90 ICICI Pru Value Fund-13(D) 10.68 4.71 Fund-IV-B(G) JM Multicap Fund(G) 35.08 18.99 Tata Large Cap Fund(G) 231.74 14.12 Canara Rob Emerg Equities 96.28 9.85 BNP Paribas Mid Cap Fund(G) 32.13 4.60 Sundaram Emerging Small 9.31 -4.27 DSP World Agriculture 17.26 18.92 Principal Focused Multicap Fund(G)69.16 14.11 Fund-Reg(G) Tata Ethical Fund-Reg(G) 160.77 4.60 Cap-Sr-V-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage Fund-IV-Reg(G)13.98 14.11 ICICI Pru LT Equity Fund 390.29 9.83 UTI Dividend Yield Fund-Reg(G) 65.28 4.58 Aditya Birla SL Infrastructure 29.21 -4.45 DSP World Energy Fund-Reg(G) 13.62 18.78 Franklin India Index Fund-NSE 97.01 14.05 (Tax Saving)(G) HDFC Focused 30 Fund(G) 77.09 4.55 Fund(G) DSP World Mining Fund-Reg(G) 8.81 18.58 Nifty(G) ICICI Pru Value Fund-14(G) 11.06 9.72 Templeton India Equity Income 45.68 4.39 IDFC Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 13.64 -4.68 HDFC Sensex ETF 4362.74 18.16 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-IV(G) 10.37 13.72 Aditya Birla SL Equity Fund(G) 763.28 9.67 Fund(G) IDBI Small Cap Fund(G) 8.86 -5.04 Axis Growth Opp Fund-Reg(G) 11.85 18.03 Sundaram Select Small Cap 15.20 13.72 Motilal Oswal Multicap 35 27.10 9.62 IDFC Core Equity Fund-Reg(G) 45.40 4.37 Sundaram Emerging Small 8.08 -5.10 Canara Rob Bluechip Equity 27.19 18.01 Series-III-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Nippon India India Opp 10.72 4.29 Cap-Sr-II-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Edelweiss Large Cap Fund(G) 37.65 13.68 HDFC Top 100 Fund(G) 499.31 9.61 Fund-Sr-A(G) UTI LT Adv Fund-VII(G) 8.43 -5.15 IDFC Sensex ETF 427.96 17.91 JM Value Fund(G) 33.55 13.64 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 11.21 9.37 UTI-Nifty Next 50 ETF 291.83 4.17 IDFC Equity Opportunity-4-Reg(G)7.20 -5.26 Aditya Birla SL Sensex ETF 389.68 17.88 SBI BlueChip Fund-Reg(G) 41.59 13.63 Fund-5-(G) Tata Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 53.85 4.04 Sundaram Value Fund-IX-Reg(G) 8.65 -5.77 DSP Global Allocation 13.34 17.86 Kotak Standard Multicap Fund(G) 37.52 13.55 IDFC Focused Equity Fund-Reg(G)38.07 9.33 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.62 4.02 Sundaram Value Fund-X-Reg(G) 8.61 -5.88 Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Small Cap 15.21 13.52 Tata Digital India Fund-Reg(G) 15.19 9.30 Fund-3-(G) Franklin India Smaller Cos Fund(G)49.06 -5.96 SBI Focused Equity Fund-Reg(G) 153.17 17.75 Series-IV-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Intl. Equity Fund-B(G) 19.16 Franklin India Equity Fund(G) 591.12 3.96 Sundaram Emerging Small 7.81 -5.98 HDFC Index Fund-Sensex(G) 368.66 17.69 Kotak Equity Opp Fund(G) 127.31 13.41 9.26 Principal Tax Savings Fund 207.06 3.95 Cap-Sr-I-Reg(G) Tata Index Fund-Sensex Plan(G) 102.31 17.48 Kotak Tax Saver Fund(G) 46.63 13.27 Sundaram TOP 100-Sr VI-Reg(G) 12.97 9.25 Kotak Small Cap Fund(G) 71.52 3.91 IDFC Sterling Value Fund-Reg(G) 46.86 -6.54 DSP Top 100 Equity Fund-Reg(G) 226.47 17.18 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-I(G) 14.38 13.25 PGIM India LT Equity Fund-Reg(G)14.56 9.23 Invesco India Midcap Fund(G) 49.30 3.75 UTI LT Adv Fund-VI(G) 8.05 -7.04 Sundaram Multi Cap Fund-Sr 11.13 17.16 Sundaram Select Small Cap 10.33 13.22 Aditya Birla SL Frontline Equity 233.52 9.20 Invesco India Smallcap 10.60 3.72 Sundaram Small Cap Fund(G) 74.04 -7.49 II-Reg(G) Series-VI-Reg(G) Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) L&T Emerging Businesses 22.45 -8.72 SBI Magnum Equity ESG 113.88 17.15 ICICI Pru Growth Fund-1(DP) 11.91 13.21 Sundaram TOP 100-Sr VII-Reg(G)12.74 9.05 Canara Rob Infrastructure 44.05 3.65 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage Fund-I-Reg(G) 13.98 13.17 Axis Emerging Opp Fund-1-Reg(G)12.91 8.85 Fund-Reg(G) UTI Transportation & Logistics 92.24 -9.35 ICICI Pru Sensex Index Fund(G) 12.89 17.13 Canara Rob Equity Tax Saver 68.48 13.13 ICICI Pru Growth Fund-3(DP) 10.71 8.84 Kotak Infra & Eco Reform Fund(G)19.54 3.62 Fund-Reg(G) Invesco India Feeder - Invesco 11.24 17.04 Fund-Reg(G) IDFC Multi Cap Fund-Reg(G) 95.85 8.78 Principal Personal Tax saver Fund 193.64 3.61 HDFC Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 38.03 -9.58 Pan European Equity Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Small Cap 10.57 13.12 Nippon India Large Cap Fund(G) 35.50 8.66 DSP Natural Res & New Energy 32.25 3.43 Nippon India Capital Builder 7.17 -9.84 IDBI Banking & Financial Services 11.50 16.99 Series-V-Reg(G) Nippon India Consumption Fund(G)68.14 8.61 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-IV-D(G) Fund-Reg(G) UTI Banking and Financial Services 102.8113.06 IDBI Focused 30 Equity 10.27 8.56 ICICI Pru Nifty Next 50 ETF 28.63 3.36 Sundaram LT Tax Adv Fund-Sr 8.90 -9.92 Sundaram Select Focus(G) 194.48 16.79 Fund-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Franklin India Prima Fund(G) 952.09 3.34 IV-Reg(G) PGIM India Large Cap Fund(G) 179.61 16.79 DSP Equity Opportunities 232.69 12.90 Sundaram LT Tax Adv Fund-Sr 15.25 8.48 UTI Nifty Next 50 Index 10.12 3.23 Sundaram Select Micro 12.04 -10.01 Nippon India Index Fund - 20.38 16.76 Fund-Reg(G) II-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Cap-Series VIII-Reg(G) Sensex Plan(G) UTI Equity Fund-Reg(G) 151.21 12.90 Nippon India Capital Builder 10.20 8.44 HDFC Equity Opp Fund-Sr 10.39 3.22 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 11.97 -10.06 Axis Focused 25 Fund-Reg(G) 30.83 16.69 Aditya Birla SL Focused Equity 63.00 12.77 Fund-IV-A(G) 2-1126D-May 2017(1)-Reg(G) IX-Reg(G) DSP Tax Saver Fund-Reg(G) 51.48 16.66 Fund(G) Sundaram Value Fund-III-Reg(G) 17.26 8.38 Sundaram Smart NIFTY 100 Eq 11.92 3.18 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 7.75 -10.09 JM Tax Gain Fund(G) 18.39 16.65 Invesco India Largecap Fund(G) 30.00 12.74 HDFC Equity Fund(G) 668.58 8.30 Weight Fund-Reg(G) Fund-7-Reg(G) Sundaram Multi Cap Fund-Sr 11.15 16.46 JM Core 11 Fund(G) 9.37 12.74 SBI Large & Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 226.64 8.12 Sundaram Rural and Consumption 42.08 3.18 Sundaram LT Tax Adv 7.63 -10.27 I-Reg(G) IDFC Large Cap Fund-Reg(G) 34.03 12.68 Sundaram Value Fund-II-Reg(G) 16.58 8.06 Fund(G) Fund-Sr III-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL CEF-Global 25.03 16.45 Edelweiss Large & Mid Cap 32.95 12.58 ICICI Pru Bharat Consumption 10.53 8.00 Sundaram Emerging Small 10.47 2.93 Aditya Birla SL Pure Value Fund(G)45.84 -11.05 Agri-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Fund-4-(G) Cap-Sr-VII-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 8.56 -11.13 Axis Long Term Equity 49.26 16.43 Axis Midcap Fund-Reg(G) 39.39 12.58 ICICI Pru Value Fund-17(G) 10.73 7.95 ICICI Pru Nifty Next 50 Index 25.15 2.90 XII-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) SBI LT Advantage Fund-VI-Reg(G)11.05 12.57 ICICI Pru Exports & Services 57.86 7.93 Fund(G) Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 8.89 -11.30 Aditya Birla SL Banking & 31.48 16.42 ICICI Pru Growth Fund-2(DP) 12.81 12.57 Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL Dividend Yield 160.64 2.84 XI-Reg(G) Financial Services Fund-Reg(G) IDFC Equity Opportunity-6-Reg(G)10.79 12.51 Axis Emerging Opp Fund-2-Reg(G)12.39 7.93 Fund(G) Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 11.69 -11.57 Axis Capital Builder Fund-4-Reg(G)11.64 16.40 Invesco India Growth Opp Fund(G)36.20 12.49 Sundaram Diversified Equity(G) 102.93 7.81 IDBI Nifty Junior Index Fund(G) 21.40 2.79 X-Reg(G) Kotak Bluechip Fund(G) 254.22 16.28 UTI Mastershare-Reg(G) 128.82 12.36 Kotak Emerging Equity Fund(G) 39.81 7.74 Nippon India Multi Cap Fund(G) 96.82 2.72 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 7.87 -11.81 ICICI Pru Banking & Fin Serv 69.38 16.25 SBI Magnum Multicap 50.86 12.26 UTI Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 52.89 7.71 Nippon India Pharma Fund(G) 150.96 2.60 XIV-Reg(G) Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) IDBI Dividend Yield Fund-Reg(G) 10.77 7.70 IDFC Tax Advt(ELSS) Fund-Reg(G)54.66 2.57 Nippon India Capital Builder 6.85 -12.02 BNP Paribas Long Term Equity 41.20 16.25 SBI Equity Opp Fund-Sr IV-Reg(G)16.00 12.24 DSP India T.I.G.E.R Fund-Reg(G) 91.01 7.69 ICICI Pru Manufacture in India 10.30 2.49 Fund-IV-C(G) Fund(G) Kotak India Growth Fund-Sr 7(G) 10.94 12.06 HDFC Growth Opp Fund-Reg(G) 115.50 7.60 Fund(G) Aditya Birla SL Small Cap Fund(G)30.08 -12.06 Mirae Asset Nifty 50 ETF 123.81 16.17 ICICI Pru Bluechip Fund(G) 44.59 12.06 Invesco India Contra Fund(G) 48.84 7.58 UTI LT Adv Fund-III(G) 13.40 2.42 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 7.20 -13.32 Parag Parikh Long Term Equity 26.70 16.15 Sundaram Large and Mid Cap 36.85 12.03 Aditya Birla SL Resurgent India 12.41 7.54 ICICI Pru Infrastructure Fund(G) 49.33 2.32 XVI-Reg(G) Fund-Reg(G) Fund(G) Fund-2-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Nifty Next 50 ETF 286.10 2.32 Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 7.66 -13.48 Sundaram Global Brand Fund(G) 18.00 16.03 Axis Capital Builder Fund-1-Reg(G)10.92 12.00 L&T Large and Midcap Fund-Reg(G)48.39 7.54 Franklin India Equity Advantage 79.39 2.30 XV-Reg(G) HDFC Nifty 50 ETF 1282.06 16.01 Aditya Birla SL Digital India 54.96 11.98 Nippon India Focused Equity 47.15 7.45 Fund(G) Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax Adv 7.66 -13.80 Axis Nifty ETF 1259.34 15.98 Fund(G) Fund(G) Tata Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 10.40 2.22 Fund-Sr IV-Reg(G) Aditya Birla SL Global Real Estate 20.88 15.94 Nippon India Banking Fund(G) 291.71 11.96 SBI Small Cap Fund-Reg(G) 53.13 7.42 UTI Healthcare Fund-Reg(G) 84.62 2.18 Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax 7.47 -14.23 Fund(G) SBI Infrastructure Fund-Reg(G) 15.61 11.94 Principal Emerging Bluechip 107.05 7.42 IDBI Long Term Value 10.29 2.08 Adv Fund-Sr V-Reg(G) UTI Nifty Index Fund-Reg(G) 80.19 15.82 SBI Equity Opp Fund-Sr I-Reg(G) 16.74 11.91 Fund(G) Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax Adv 8.92 -14.46 IDFC Nifty ETF 126.25 15.70 UTI Focussed Equity Fund-V(G) 10.06 11.88 Nippon India Quant Fund(G) 25.82 7.26 PGIM India Midcap Opp 17.73 2.07 Fund-Sr III-Reg(G) HDFC Index Fund-NIFTY 50 111.57 15.54 DSP A.C.E. Fund-Sr 1-Reg(G) 10.69 11.79 ICICI Pru Multicap Fund(G) 297.21 7.25 Fund-Reg(G) Sundaram Select Micro Cap-Series 6.79 -14.47 Plan(G) DSP 3Y Close Ended Equity 16.05 11.67 Tata Equity P/E Fund(G) 138.25 7.24 L&T Emerging Opp 9.86 1.90 XVII-Reg(G) L&T India Large Cap Fund-Reg(G)29.03 15.52 Fund-Reg(G) Tata Mid Cap Growth Fund(G) 139.74 7.17 Fund-II-Reg(D) Sundaram LT Micro Cap Tax Adv 7.01 -14.89 Mirae Asset Emerging 57.17 15.48 DSP A.C.E. Fund-Sr 2-Reg(G) 10.62 11.65 Mirae Asset Healthcare 10.86 7.12 ICICI Pru Value Discovery 141.70 1.88 Fund-Sr VI-Reg(G) !"#$"%&' &'? 1A * QB R,3* 9% !
+': , Washington’s actions. In New York, UN *( 6$ Trump, who is in Florida for spokesman Stephane Dujarric resident Donald Trump has the holidays, had just finished was asked whether Secretary- Psaid that North Korean thanking service members from General Antonio Guterres had leader Kim Jong Un may be each branch of the military via a message for Kim on Christmas :!*''% planning to give him “a nice pre- satellite when he was asked Eve regarding a “Christmas gift.” sent” such as a “beautiful vase” about North Korea. He opted for “Our message is to the 7 637 67 wounded. for Christmas rather than a a wait-and-see approach. leadership of the Democratic The president has declared missile launch. “Maybe it’s a present where People’s Republic of Korea to ihadists in Burkina Faso 48 hours of national mourning. The president was asked he sends me a beautiful vase as work for peace and stability on Jkilled 35 civilians, almost all The morning raid was car- what he will do if North Korea opposed to a missile test,” the Korean Peninsula and to of them women, when they ried out by dozens of jihadists does conduct a long-range Trump said on Tuesday. “I resume working level talks simultaneously attacked a town on motorbikes and lasted sev- missile test. may get a nice present from with the United States. in the north and its military eral hours before armed forces The North has threatened him. You don’t know. You Diplomatic engagement is the base in one of the deadliest backed by the air force drove the to take unspecified action if never know.” Nuclear talks only pathway to sustainable assaults in nearly five years of militants back, the army said. sanctions are not eased by the between the US and North peace and complete denu- jihadist violence in the West No group immediately end of the year, and speculation Korea have been stalled since clearisation and verifiable African country. claimed responsibility for the has centered on the possibility a February summit between denuclearisation of the Korean Seven soldiers and 80 attack, but jihadist violence in of a new missile test, possibly Trump and Kim fell apart. Peninsula,” Dujarric said. jihadists also died in the double Burkina Faso has been blamed of an intercontinental ballistic A new satellite image of a 0 %% < attack Tuesday in Arbinda in on militants linked to both Al missile capable of delivering a factory where North Korea # 14 < 1 % Soum province which lasted Qaeda and Islamic State nuclear warhead. makes military equipment used < ! * 4 3 " " “several hours” and was of a groups. The North has said that its to launch long-range missiles < < A % M N “rare intensity”, the army said. Leaders of the G5 Sahel “Christmas gift” to the United shows the construction of a M% N $ Burkina Faso, bordering nations held summit talks in States will depend on new structure. Mali and Niger, has seen reg- Niger earlier month, calling for ular jihadist attacks which have closer cooperation and inter- left hundreds dead since the national support in the battle start of 2015 when militant vio- against the Islamist threat. #O P O= &PD 4 lence began to spread across Militant violence has the Sahel region. spread across the vast Sahel “A large group of terrorists region, especially in Burkina +': , Hotel in New York, where sev- simultaneously attacked the Faso and Niger, having started A ) eral scenes for the 1992 film military base and the civilian when armed Islamists revolted ong before taking up resi- were shot. population in Arbinda,” the in northern Mali in 2012. Ldence in the White House, “It’s an honour to be army chief of staff said in a The Sahel region of Africa Donald Trump appeared in involved in something like statement. lies to the south of the Sahara “Home Alone 2” - a turn on the that,” said the president, who “This barbaric attack Desert and stretches across big screen he described as an appeared briefly in the movie. resulted in the deaths of 35 the breadth of the African ,7/6"7/6 comparative calm for a city “honour.” In the film, little Kevin - civilian victims, most of them continent. upended by more than six Trump spoke with played by Macaulay Culkin women,” President Roch Marc There are 4,500 French ong Kong’s Christmas cel- months of often-violent deployed members of the mil- and again separated from his Christian Kabore added on troops deployed in the region Hebrations were marred by protests. itary on Tuesday, and one parents - struggles to find his Twitter, praising the “bravery as well as a 13,000-strong UN sporadic clashes between police Police used tear gas, rubber asked him about his appear- way through the gilded hotel. and commitment” of the peacekeeping force in Mali to and pro-democracy activists on bullets and pepper spray on ance in the Christmas film. He stops a man in a long defence and security forces. fight insurgents. Wednesday as the city’s pro- Christmas Eve in multiple loca- “I was a little bit younger, black overcoat and red tie to ask Communications minister The G5 group is made up Beijing leader said the festive tions while protesters respond- to put it mildly... It turned out him for directions to the lobby. with The Hollywood Reporter Trump is thus - most of the and government spokesman of Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, season was being “ruined” by ed with throwing sporadic to be a very big hit, obviously. “Down the hall and to the that the businessman would time playing himself - in the Remis Dandjinou later said 31 Mauritania and Niger, whose demonstrators. petrol bombs, blocking roads It’s a big Christmas hit, one of left,” replies Trump. allow films to be shot in his credits of some 20 films and of the civilian victims were impoverished armies have the Police used pepper spray and vandalising businesses the biggest,” said Trump, who Actor Matt Damon buildings as long as he received series, including “Zoolander” women, adding around 20 sol- support of French forces as well and tear gas as activists held deemed to be sympathetic to had just acquired the Plaza claimed in a 2017 interview a part. and “Sex and the City.” diers and six civilians were as the UN in Mali. small flashmob protests in the Government. malls and multiple districts across the city. In Mong Kok, an area that )#&*)) % !! ( has seen frequent clashes over the last six months, police fired multiple rounds of tear gas to disperse crowds that were heck- ling officers, an AFP reporter ( %' ;<" % %' !'! at the scene said. Pepper spray was also used in at least two malls as police "' However, Bismillah Watandost of the trol practically half of Afghanistan and are and protesters clashed. Multiple People’s Peace Movement of Afghanistan, at their strongest since the 2001 US-inva- young protesters were detained, he Taliban ambushed a peace convoy to which the activists belong, said that 27 sion. They continue to stage near-daily some by plainclothes police Tin western Afghanistan and abducted of their members were abducted by the attacks targeting Afghan and US forces, as who had mixed with the 26 activists, members of a peace movement, Taliban in the Farah assault. The different well as government officials — even as they crowds, according to live local a police spokesman said on Wednesday. figures could not immediately be reconciled. hold peace talks with a US envoy tasked TV broadcasts. The insurgents staged the ambush in The Taliban, who have been active in with negotiating an end to the 18-year con- Wednesday’s skirmishes the district of Bala Buluk in Farah province Farah, have not claimed responsibility for flict, America’s longest war. were less sustained than those on Tuesday. The Taliban forced the six- the abductions. However, Watandost also The latest rallies by the activists from on Christmas Eve, when battles vehicle convoy to a halt, then got into the said that tribal elders in the province the People’s Peace Movement of between democracy activists cars and drove them and the activists to immediately launched an effort to nego- Afghanistan started on Friday, first in and riot police swept through an unknown location, said the provincial tiate with the Taliban to release the southern Helmand province, a Taliban a major shopping district for police spokesman Mohibullah Mohib. abducted activists. heartland. hours. According to Mohib, a police opera- He added that phone lines were down At a similar series of peace rallies in That evening’s unrest was tion is underway to locate and free the in the region, making communication and October, the Taliban abducted six activists the most serious in what has activists whose convoy was going village- getting information from the area difficult. from the movement in eastern Logar otherwise been a few weeks of = < ! to-village to rally for peace. The Taliban today hold sway or con- province but released them the same day. 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Basra and Karbala came after and declared: “They are tar- announcing a leadership plane to compete with an Airbus aging many African countries. monious coexistence”. '+ Amateur video footage a night of unrest that saw pro- geting those who support the shakeup. jet. US regulators also have been “May Christ bring his light In the Middle East, notably BI$DE published on the social media testers torch the headquarters revolution, to silence them ... The document dump came criticized for a too-cozy rela- to the many children suffering Iraq and Yemen, the pope - # accounts of various media out- of two pro-Iran militias in the But we are continuing our rev- just before Christmas, when tionship with the company it is from war and conflicts in the lamented that “so many people 3 lets in Iran appeared to show country’s south. olution.” He added that “we many officials already are on hol- charged with overseeing. 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ed audience preferences for genres and languages. Smart TV sales in India today com- prise almost 55 per cent of the total units being sold. What does this mean? It means that the television will be linked with apps as the average consumer now wants to see digital content on bigger O"& )$" "&, screens. This will give rise to a phenom- enon called “Inclusive Viewing” as "% &" "% *P opposed to “Individual Viewing”, lead- & & ing to certain content pipeline being made to suit the tastes of a family, while the individual content viewing runs parallel. $ Diversified content # # As internet penetration increases in L1 the country, fibre speeds along and India adds close to 10 million daily active 2 internet users every month. Interestingly, 1 nine out of every 10 new internet users $1 are exploring the online content only in $ # their native language. This base wants 2 stories in their mother tongue, not English, not even dubbed. And they want $. # them made in their flavour and lifestyle. Along with pure content offerings, inno- vative ways of storytelling are also being 1 explored to build stronger and deeper connections with the audience. Whether #1 we speak about interactive episodes or $ series where the viewers can write in, 1 debate and decide on the ending of the season may also gain popularity. In this changing scenario, it is immi- nent that the platform has to function 2 with a strategy of capitalising on the demographics in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, that demand the ease of viewing via con- & 8 2 tent made in their language. The beau- ty of OTT platforms is that it allows one 1 2 -6#./ 36 .##3C to serve segmented audience with their choice of genre and language. OTT plat- forms in 2020 will continue to invest in - 869$ languages and genres as Internet market , '' ers providing a plethora of options of both becomes almost 680 million strong in 22 niche and quality content to the viewers, India, thirsting for the content of their # India has not only become one of the choice. fastest-growing media and entertain- . ' ment markets globally but is also well Consolidation and collaboration $M poised to keep this momentum ablaze. As The coming years will witness %=B %C per market research agency, Kantar intense competition that will lead to con- 5 IMRB, India’s internet users were expect- solidation among the increasingly crowd- ed to register double digit growth upto ed OTT landscape. Mergers, takeovers, O"" 1 P$'" $ # # ' 627 million in 2019 due to rapid inter- collaborations and content production ' +"% *$+ $+ net growth in rural areas. deals will abound. The focus of the $+", "$ +"&,) $ Given the quick change in preference industry will be sustainable business and of how the audience want to consume unique content monetisation as well as '+ he year has seen a revolution in the paths — one will see content engineered content, the question being asked is, ‘will revenue models. In order to stand out $ "$+" digital streaming industry with to engage the audience for fiction shows mobile surpass TV as the primary con- from the rest in the clutter what plays an $D $"& Tmultiple shows being launched and the other will be gamification for the tent consumption channel. Or rather, will important role is innovation. OTT play- and many platforms experimenting with non-fiction shows. The latter has been content globally become digital and ers have already started experimenting " )& , , new technologies and business models. tried as a successful experiment with at devices like laptops, TV sets, films just with personalisation for a seamless and $""+ By the looks of it, there will be multiple least two other platforms where the become boxes of dissemination? Even enhanced user experience. With DTH &0+ $ disruptions in 2020 out of which quite a shows are broadcast simultaneously on though mobile data costs have been platforms becoming content aggregators, few will be technology-led. For example, television. The crux lies in independent raised by 40 per cent by the three they will stand to become the future con- +" % AR/VR promotional package that was apps adopting this to engage the audience largest telco players in India, it is still the tent disseminators. +"&, *"0 $ used for the first time by a homegrown with their original content as a scalable cheapest here compared to anywhere else The next year is all set to explain and " , +" OTT platform will become common model. a whole among the masses. Even in globally. However, we are yet to observe experiment with quite a few concepts. $ & % '@ 1 place. Over and above that, slowly, an remote areas of the country’s hinterlands, whether this will affect the digital con- However, the biggest fact is “unique nar- increasing number of platforms will also Internet, smartphone penetration people across age groups and socio-eco- sumption of online content. 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Not yet, but increasing- (The author is the senior VP, market- + & "&0 '$+"+ $ rise of gamification of content along two in the consumption of video content as so many established as well as new play- ly this will only get deeper with segment- ing, ALTBalaji.) * " "$) * "' +"&$"% * $ D +" $ $ , % &)" DD & $ "D $ &" )$DP (** *$+Q!" $) %'*$ L",+ ) & ' /8 3 , O O ID . # ctor Janhvi Kapoor said it is weird being he Pink City will be infused with Afollowed by the paparazzi and the weird- Tenthusiasm, a riot of colours and est part of it is that she is getting used to the $ infectious energy as literature and art- attention now. L+ 2 enthusiasts will converge for the 13th “It’s weird. I was just thinking about it 2 edition of Jaipur’s annual Literature today while I had egg on my hair and honey Festival. Well-known as ‘greatest liter- on my face at a pilates studio. I felt like if ary show on earth’, it brings together they’ve seen me enter the gym today, they are # a line-up of exemplary speakers from going to see me leave with wet hair. They are # India and across the world at the his- going to capture me entering the studio and toric Diggi Palace. while leaving. So, it’s kind of weird but I think $+ The past decade has seen it trans- the weirdest part of it is that I have kind of 2 form into a global literary phenome- got used to it now,” Janhvi said. non having hosted nearly 2,000 speak- “As much as people might crib about it, ers and over a million book-lovers at the end of the day, you are getting atten- > #M from across India and the globe. tion and how phony does it sound to be like $ During the festival days, there are end- ‘Oh my god, I am getting so much attention’,” less places to see, and things to do, she added. some of which include insightful ses- The Dhadak star says she struggled with sions and an exciting and buzzing car- being papped. “Honestly, I have my days and : " "& ) "$ nival encapsulating a bookstore, food I’ve had a long phase where I really struggled stalls, a bazaar along with artists at with it. It was like a weird deviation and just " )*0 )& work and multiple parties hosted on an interference. It looked as if people were - the festival’s fringes. Here are a few rea- constantly commenting about me and I was + sons why you should not miss out on getting too caught up. But since the last seven the festival. to eight months, the work has been so back- to-back, I have realised that it doesn’t matter,” L Listen to some of the greatest she said. $M/# minds of the world ging rights. Rajagopalan, and Supriya Nagarajan, year, it is back to inspire literary aspi- Janhvi said in the podcast of JioSaavn’s # The festival hosts some of the a renowned Carnatic vocalist and rants. Shortlisted participants get a #NoFilterNeha Season 4. She $ world’s best literary minds and brings Art, culture — memories galore founder of Manasamitra. platform to share their work and continued, “If people are them together for several panel discus- In addition to being a platform for receive constructive guidance from going to cry about me , sions and interactions. Experts from conversations related to literature and Heritage evenings international publishers, literary wearing shorts to the gym, diverse fields such as literature, econ- books, it also gives the visitors an JLF will also host a power-packed agents, translators and other industry I do not care anymore. I omy, environment, food and science opportunity to experience various heritage evening. Supported by experts. am still going to wear take the stage for stimulating and forms of art and music. From instal- Rajasthan Tourism, the Amer Fort will shorts. There have $, thought-provoking conversations. lations to backdrops for the perfect feature a performance by Pandit Blogging competition been days when I got Eminent speakers such as recipient of Instagram shot, there is something for Rajendra Gangani, one of the leading If you can write a compelling copy bothered by the com- the 2010 Man Booker Prize, Howard everyone. Dance and music perfor- practitioners of the Jaipur Gharana of and want to get close to where the ments but I have Jacobson, Pulitzer-winning authors, mances make the festival even liveli- Kathak. He will pay tribute to the age- action is, JLF’s blogging competition actually reached a Stephen Greenblatt and Dexter Filkins, er. For shopping enthusiasts, the annu- old classical dance form, along with an is your chance to make that leap. place where I am celebrated culinary expert Madhur al festival bazaar is a must visit as sev- ensemble of Kathak dancers. Les Highlighting the festival’s core aim to amused by some of ' Jaffrey, acclaimed author Elizabeth eral craftsmen, designers and entrepre- Souffleurs or The Whisperers, an support and promote artistic expres- the not-so-cute ones.” Gilbert and leading filmmaker Vishal neurs display and sell a vast array of artistic group created by Olivier sion through writing, the competition Opening up about $ Bhardwaj, are among the first few hard-to-resist collectible items. Among Comte, with a production where they will give 10 chosen writers a chance her relationship status L # speakers which have been announced the many things to be bought are whisper poetic secrets into each other’s to inspire the audience through their with her celebrity “crush” 2 for the 2020 edition. embroidered shawls, meenakari jew- ears using a hollow cane. To end the words on its official blog site. The Vijay Deverakonda, #M ellery, funky stationery, edgy acces- evening on a musical note, world- winners will also be invited to the fes- Janhvi said, “The status is $L+ Book-signings and an opportuni- sories, spiffy footwear and home renowned sitarist Shubhendra Rao will tival’s various sessions. non-existent. Also, it’s just ty to meet your favourite authors décor. present East Marries West — A Legacy admiration. I am com- # # For all those literature enthusiasts which is a celebration of his Guru, the The delegate experience fortable with the admira- who have spent days glued to books, Morning music sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar’s While the festival is open to all, tion only. It’s only on 1O # turning one page after another capti- For those passionate about music, 100th birth anniversary. specially-curated delegate packages interviews and public 1 1O vated by the magic of a well-written each day the festival begins with the guarantee an experience to remember. platforms. My phases are 1O 2 novel, the Jaipur Literature Festival calming strains of morning ragas. iWrite at Jaipur BookMark Delegate-only lunches serve as an actually very seasonal offers the perfect opportunity to meet The stage will be graced by acclaimed For all aspiring authors and poets opportunity to meet and mingle with but he’s been quite con- your favourite authors in person. artistes such as BC Manjunath, an with multiple drafts scribbled behind like-minded literary enthusiasts and sistent though. My fond- 6 Besides attending noteworthy ses- exponent of Konnakol and the mrin- every notebook and diary filled with make new connections. The delegate ness has been quite con- sions and witnessing book launches, dangam; sitar maestro and recipient of words that you hope will one day be packages range from 6,300 per day sistent $M the festival also has book-signing the President’s Award for best instru- read by the world — iWrite by Jaipur to 23,800 for five days. (Laughs).” kiosks at all venues where you can grab mentalist, Purbayan Chatterjee; lead- BookMark is the perfect platform. (The festival will be held between L#4 that rare signed copy and earn brag- ing Carnatic veena-player Saraswati After a successful first edition last January 23 and 27, 2020.) )* ? !"#$"%&' #P!!+ !*+ Q
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Tourism and transport are intri- cately linked. How are you ensuring a seamless travel experience for tourists visiting the state? A seamless travel experience is the primary concern of every tourist vis- iting a destination. And Assam Tourism recognises that. We have devised a training module for drivers, guides as well as elephant mahouts. Further the Red River Tours & Travels, the travel agency of Assam Tourism Development Corporation, has a ded- icated team that ensures that all trav- el plans of tourists availing its services &?(( % get a hassle-free experience.
Are there any programmes for the locals to enhance their skills for 2 the service industry? Can you elab- orate on them. anchit Sharma, a 20-year-old from New Delhi, Yes. As stated earlier, we have a Swho is currently working in the Strategy & scheme to train drivers, guides and ele- Operations Consulting division at Deloitte India, had phant mahouts, which also include the attempted two Guinness World Records pertaining jeep safari drivers operating in to memorising randomly shuffled cards underwa- Kaziranga, Manas and Pobitora. ter in July 2019. Moreover, we are exploring the possi- The previous record for ‘Most Playing Cards bility of partnering with Assam Skill Memorised Underwater’ was 56 cards, achieved by Development Mission for enhancing Christian Schäfer (Germany) in 2015. A YouTube the capacity building and skill devel- video is also available on the same, where there are opment of the tourism stakeholders. two decks of cards, thoroughly shuffled outside first. One deck is How do you maintain the balance handed to between the need to encourage Sanchit after he tourism and also ensure that it does goes underwa- not affect the fragile ecosystem? ter. He memo- Our major tourism segment is rises the deck nature and wildlife. People from all fully, raises one over the world visit Assam and get It may seem that the more tourists being developed in the state. How do awareness about the Amur Falcons that the river island. This has significant- hand (while still attracted by its wealth of exotic flora visit Assam, it is better for the indus- you think it will promote tourism? roost near the scenic Kopli reservoir ly increased the number of visitors to being underwa- and fauna. Even without mentioning try. However, we would rather go for As you may be aware, the mighty in large numbers. It is one of the most the riverine island. This year, Majuli ter), return the the famous one-horned rhino, Assam a gradual expansion of the industry. Brahmaputra flows right across Assam exotic events in the hill districts of saw over five lakh visitors during the first deck and is known for its huge variety of rare The ideal is a 10 per cent rise in the from east to west. It is fed by over 80 Assam. festival, which is double the number take the second and endangered wildlife species. tourist footfalls and that is what we tar- big and small tributaries. The state is of last year. one. He then Assam Tourism strives to ensure that get. also home to over 800 big lakes and What is the idea behind the Raas proceeds to the increasing footfall of tourists in the water bodies. From this, one can eas- Festival at Majuli? How many visitors What were the places linked while memorise as state does not cross its threshold and How many participants took part ily envisage that there is a huge poten- attended it this year? developing The Heritage Corridor many cards of an equilibrium is always maintained. at the paragliding competition that tial for development of adventure The Raas Festival has been cele- and why? How will it operate? the second deck For this, we work in tandem with the has put Dangdhufur on the world tourism through the rivers. Moreover, brated in Majuli along with other Under the Swadesh Darshan until he is no Forest Department and other agencies map? the Brahmaputra offers an ideal water places of Assam since the medieval Scheme of the government of India, longer able to so that a certain balance is always The competition took place in way for plying of world-class luxury times. It is one of the most popular cul- the Ministry of Tourism sanctioned the hold his breath maintained between tourist footfalls Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary from cruises throughout its length. tural and religious festivals of Assam. project ‘Tezpur—Majuli—Sivasagar underwater. After coming out of the water, he is and environment. November 10 to 15 and was organised This year, Assam Tourism added sig- Heritage Circuit for Assam’ in 2016- again given two brand new decks of cards, which he by Bodoland Tourism. Around 69 What is the Falcon Festival all nificant value to the festival through 17 at 98.35 crore. The project aims at goes on to arrange in the same order as the mem- What is the increase in the num- pilots had participated, out of which about? a campaign of branding and publici- developing infrastructure for tourists orised ones. The judges then compare the four decks ber of tourist arrivals that you are 22 were foreigners. The Falcon Festival is held annu- ty throughout the state and outside. visiting destinations like Bamuni Hills, of cards and it is seen that he successfully memo- targetting at for the next financial ally in October and November in Also, Majuli has been provided with Tezpur, Majuli and archaeological rised 67 cards, holding his breath for close to two year? Inland water transport is also Umrangso, Karbi Anlong to raise facilities like tented accommodation in sites of Sivasagar. and a half minutes underwater and breaking the record by 11 cards. The previous record for ‘Fastest Time to Arrange a Deck of Cards Memorised Underwater’ was four minutes, 26.88 seconds, which was achieved by ,+ # ) Krzysztof Kuich (Poland) in 2016. The record is sim- ilar to the above with the only difference being that here Sanchit had to memorise exactly one deck of he 72nd All India Commerce Employment: Roadmap Ahead, research scholars. bearers, members of ICA and the cards underwater and then arrange a brand new deck TConference 2019 (AICC) was Resurgence of Deprived Society: Annual executive council delegates for their support. KIIT outside (in the order of cards memorised) as quick- concluded at the Kalinga Institute Reinvention and Resilience, Social meeting of Indian Commerce and Odisha feels proud to host ly as possible. It took him three minutes, 42.50 sec- of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Media: Interface between Association (ICA) was held and such a prestigious event, he onds to arrange the new deck outside, breaking the deemed to be University, Policymaker and Common Man, office bearers were elected. added. record by 44.38 seconds. Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. More and Non-performing Assets: Professor Sasmita Samanta, pro- Sasmita said, “The conference He recently received the official approval from than 2,000 delegates from across Diagnosis and Management. vice chancellor of the institution, has been very unique. I appreci- the Guinness World Records for both the record India and five other countries Many eminent professors, was elected as president of ICA ate the efforts of young attempts. He said, “I am proud to say that Poland and joined the three-day conference. research scholars, and students for the year 2020-21. researchers who joined and par- Germany’s names have been replaced by India in An international seminar on from India and abroad also par- Gracing the valedictory ses- ticipated in the conference.” She these categories. This is not the first time I attempt- Global Business: Emerging Issues ticipated. Sahamuddin Memorial sion as chief guest, Dr Achyuta thanked the members of ICA for ed breaking a world record. In December 2018, I and Challenges was also conduct- Research Scholar and Manu Bhai Samanta, founder of KIIT & electing her the president of ICA. broke the GWR for ‘Most Decimal Places of Euler’s ed. Apart from that, four techni- M Saha Research Gold Medal KISS, said, the 72nd AICC was a “Efforts will be made to popu- Number Memorised’ by committing to memory and cal sessions on Skill India and were presented to distinguished success. He thanked the office larise ICA worldwide,” she added. reciting 3,141 digits of the irrational number ‘e’.” - = 3 :3= 3 ( + 2 % 1 /%-: >1 4',G',6%O # he Ghaziabad housing scheme named vate builders here. He $ TDevelopment ‘Indirapuram Extension’ informed that the layout 3 $ ' 1 Authority (GDA) has on CISF Road adjacent plan of the entire 1 decided to develop the to Indirapuram scheme has been pre- hriller novel titled, US naval base, Pearl Indirapuram Extension Residential Scheme. He pared. “If there will be a TWhere Satan Rules, Harbour. Orphaned, the Residential Scheme on said that it had started vacant land, GDA will penned by Prabhav Bhagat boys get caught in one the lines of Rajnagar the process of taking buy it and give it to the *= 1 1 and published by impossible situation after Extension in Ghaziabad. land from farmers in builder at least 2,000 *3 Bloomsbury India another. And soon, the real One of the GDA’s most the housing scheme ear- sqm of land as per the 1M! 914% : Publication, was launched nightmare begins as they successful schemes, lier but due to the court standards,” he said and 1 *N on Saturday by Ruben find themselves wrapped in GDA will allot plots to office, the matter was added that 50 per cent Banerjee, editor-in-chief the chilling secrets of the private builders to dragged on for a long for housing, 20 per cent "2 % 3 923: of Outlook, along with Bermuda Triangle. develop townships in time, after which the for infrastructure and 1 Nitin Saluja, founder of Hounded by death, the the area adjoining the GDA decided to make a transport, 15 per cent % ( % Chaiyos, at Civil Services boys witness utterly strange Indirapuram residential residential plan on the for parking, 10 per cent % Officers’ Institute in the happenings only to unrav- scheme. After this, land in possession of for educational institu- * capital. The event was also el a world that could threat- buildings will be allot- GDA. tions and other commu- ! 1 attended by a number of en the very existence of ted to people. The He said that earlier, nity facilities and five dignitaries including humankind. Gagan Chumbi there was a plan to per cent for commercial Ashwani Lohani, chair- Awardee and founder of backdrop of the Second The author, Prabhav is Township will be settled make a residential plan use have been provided *23 man and managing direc- Goonj and other officials. World War. On December an NTSE scholar and in Indirapuram by plotting on this land in the total area. < tor, Air India, Bimal Julka, Based on the experi- 7, 1941, the cosy world of presently studies in class Extension now. but it was observed that This ambitious information commission- ence of two young boys, the two young boys Mike XI. A Trinity College-cer- Vice president the chances of success of scheme will be linked er, Raj Kumar, director sci-fi fantasy novel explores Carterson and Alex tified guitarist, he can be Kanchan Verma said the plot plan are very with metro rail facilities, % general, ESIC, and Anshu the mysteries of the Gutherberg turns upside seen strumming his guitar that the GDA has decid- low, so large plots malls and more adjacent * Gupta, Magsaysay Bermuda Triangle in the down as Japan attacks the during leisure. ed to introduce a new should be given to pri- to NH 9. 4 % 8 % $ % * $ 3 $ 1 1 % E<2@0 <3AE& 06 & *4 2 4 1 1 edas throw light on both increasing enormously. Moreover, Atharvaved even immediately gave orders to his Our leaders must realise years. % % * Vworldly and spiritual mat- Therefore, at this juncture, stresses upon the fact that soldiers to catch hold of the that according to the Vedic Unity wields divine ters. A king should rule a law and leaders both are of no such sinners should be lady and hang her from the culture, it is imperative for the strength. Hence, to counter country to protect the people use. beheaded. If the fear can be tree. In this way, the man was rulers to ensure mental and and control the heinous crimes, and enable them to live a Yajurved emphasis that maintained among the crimi- given justice and the people physical security of their pub- each one of us shall unite to face fearless life. In Vedic spiritu- law alone cannot do anything nals, sinful acts can be got a lesson to not to violate lic. In fact, Vedas direct the the culprits bravely and simul- alism, if we pray to god to pro- but the fear of rulers who destroyed from its roots. laws. leaders to treat and nurse the taneously awaken the govern- tect us then he surely awards strictly implement it, matters. In this regard, I would like It’s a bitter truth, accord- public as their own children. ment so that it is not ignored. protection to the aspirant. Yajurved and Atharvaved to quote a real story from ing to Ramayana and It is the law that juvenile It shall not be out of place However, due to lack of Vedic strictly state that if the public Rajasthan, the king toured in Mahabharata, that the adverse offenders must not be pun- to mention here that if public is knowledge, public is far away is debarred from getting justice public to know about the well- condition that women of our ished severely but should be made learned of Vedas then from worldly as well as spiri- then the king and his govern- being of the residents. He country face could not have sent to reformatory homes only will they acquire ability to tual protection. ment are directly held respon- asked if anyone had any com- occurred had there been instead of jails. Now, we must control their senses and remain By law, leaders are sible for the same and are plaint? A young man told him strong and effective laws know as to what does Vedas away from vices like sensuali- required to maintain an declared sinners. that a lady had killed his rel- enforced by leaders as was say in this context. God ty, anger etc. atmosphere of fear only among Until the rulers impose ative and she was habitual to done by ancient kings. They preaches in Atharvaved (The author is Swami Ram criminals-rapists. But due to violence on the sinners, crimes threaten him daily, stating used to follow the Vedic cul- mantra that the punishment Swarup, Yogacharya, the chief the bad implementation of cannot be destroyed from that no one had the power to ture, wherein there was no for such offences starts just editor of Ved Ishvareeya vani, a the laws, the rape cases are roots, express Vedas. cause harm to her. 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established winter break. The German top-flight closes down for several weeks in December and January, with Rodgers saying the English break was a “let’s pretend” version. Liverpool will be without Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain after the mid- fielder suffered an ankle injury against Flamengo as Jurgen Klopp’s side, unbeaten in the Premier League this season, bid to go 13 points clear and all but end the title-race before by the halfway stage. “If anyone wants to think things are over before they are over we cannot stop them doing that, though it is not important to us,” said Liverpool man- 3* ** '*%*!* ' ager Klopp. “As a group we are pretty good at shutting the doors all around us to keep "* "*! 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Indian Super League match at the Jawaharlal Today’s match will see the second- Mikel Arteta’s reign as Arsenal Nehru stadium here today. placed Foxes, the shock 2015/16 cham- manager starts away to Bournemouth, The Marina Machans have been in good pions, kick off 10 points adrift of > % !' $! > $"** while new Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti form of late and are unbeaten in the last four Liverpool, who will arrive in the East > )$*+ @+ is in charge at home to Burnley. games — two draws and two wins. The recent Midlands fresh from winning a maid- 35.#.3 / 30 Newcastle, managed by former Old revival of form, spearheaded by new coach en Club World Cup title following a 1- Trafford favourite Steve Bruce, will Owen Coyle, has seen them overcome a disas- 0 victory over Brazilian side Flamengo P A % A = $ /$L" look to complete a league double over trous start to the season where they managed in Qatar. Manchester United with both sides to get only a point from the first four matches. One of the more remarkable statis- however, is the packed programme of They then complete four Liverpool manager who presently level on 25 points and look- The team is currently placed eighth on the tics in English football is that it is near- matches that take place during the games in 10 days with a trip to added that Vardy, for all he ing to break into the top six. table but a win over FC Goa can propel them ly 30 years since Liverpool were last Christmas and New Year holiday peri- Newcastle on New Year’s Day, has scored 16 goals this term, Sheffield United face Watford, still to the sixth spot. However, it will not be an easy crowned domestic champions in what od. before hosting Wigan in the FA had “no chance” of being bottom despite last week’s win over task. was then the First Division. The congested schedule is again Cup on January 4. involved throughout the fes- Manchester United. FC Goa are also in good form and are on top But Premier League silverware is causing headaches for managers, with This presents Rodgers with tive period. “We’re halfway through this season of the table with 18 points from nine matches. now in sight following a successful 2019 Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers saying the a problem about how often to This season sees the and we knew this season was going to They are also on a three-match winning run, that has also seen Liverpool take the fixture list is a “nonsense”. field Jamie Vardy, the league’s Premier League experiment- be a season of some ups and downs,” with the last game against Odisha ending 3-0 in Champions League and UEFA Super Leicester kick off against Liverpool leading scorer so far this season, ing with a ‘winter break’ that said Manchester United manager Ole their favour. The Gaurs will see today’s match Cup trophies back to Anfield as well as at 20:00 GMT today before they play given the striker is now aged 32. will see all teams get a week- Gunnar Solskjaer. as an opportunity to consolidate their position the Club World Cup. West Ham on Saturday. “The game is about money now. You end off in February. Meanwhile reigning champions in the top-four. One of the enduring peculiarities of can’t say it’s about the welfare of play- But that pales into insignificance Manchester City are away to Wolves Coyle will want his star forward Nerijus the English game that has not changed, ‘GAME ABOUT MONEY NOW’ ers,” insisted Rodgers, himself a former compared to the Bundesliga’s long- tomorrow. Valskis to continue his purple patch. The Lithuanian forward has scored five goals in the last four games and is third on the goal scoring charts. In fact, he has contributed 62.5 per cent 0< & +"+" of Chennaiyin’s goal, indicating the home team’s reliance on their lead striker. However, much will also depend on ers and we could have scored 3 & Indian tennis icon Leander Paes on Lallianzuala Chhangte who opened his tally for more.” Wednesday announced that he will bring the curtains the season in their previous match against Kerala Mason Robertson’s impressive down on his illustrious career in 2020, which will be Blasters. His pace and ability to penetrate shift in Imphal asserted the value his farewell season on the Pro-circuit. defences will be of use for Coyle’s side who will he brings to the Kashmir squad. His cupboard overflowing with hundreds of tro- be expected to defend stoutly against a posses- His two-goal-show featured a phies, that include 18 coveted Grand Slam doubles sion-hungry Goa side. clinical finish that titles, the 46-year-old has been enduring a lean patch Chennaiyin will need to improve their set- !&+ $! & ' went in off the inside for some time. The last of his 18 Grand Slams came piece record as well. They have struggled with > )$*+; @@"+ of the woodwork for in 2016 French Open mixed doubles with Martina dead-ball situations, both offensively and defen- #.3 his first and a text- Hingis. sively, this season. They have scored just one goal book header that lev- Paes, who is the most successful doubles player from set-pieces and conceded four goals from elled the scores for his second. in the history of Davis Cup with 44 wins, recently set-pieces out of 12 goals. Chennai City FC, on the dropped out of top-100 for the first time in 19 years. FC Goa, on the other hand, have been much other hand, have made a slow start “I want to announce 2020 as my farewell year as more efficient with set-pieces. Sergio Lobera’s to their Hero I-League campaign. a pro tennis player,” Paes wrote in a statement, which team has conceded just one goal from set-pieces They have notched only five he posted on his Twitter handle. while Mourtada Fall and Carlos Pena provide points from four games, with “I am looking forward to the 2020 tennis calen- attacking threat as well during such situations. /:3: ,1 one-goal advantage slip in the final their only victory arriving against dar where I will be playing a few select tournaments, FC Goa’s attack will pose plenty of problems thirteen minutes of both their TRAU in their season opener at travelling with my team and celebrating with all my for the Chennaiyin defence as well. Ferran eal Kashmir FC will play their matches, conceding an equaliser Coimbatore. friends and fans around the world,” the statement read Corominas, since coming back from injury, has Rfirst home match of in the 77th and 78th- With an away trip to Srinagar further. " been in good goal scoring form and has tallied the 13th Hero I-League minute mark respective- on the horizon, Roberto Eslava, “It is all of you who have inspired me to become ! six goals already. season when they host ly. Although TRAU went Captain, Chennai City FC said, me and I want to take this year to say “Thank You” Brandon Fernandes and Hugo Boumous will defending champions 2-1 up against the Snow “We have shown intensity, so the to you.” Slam titles together & claiming the number one rank. look to provide ample service to Coro but one Chennai City FC at the Leopards later, Mason points that we have dropped, Paes is targeting to be the only tennis player in In their partnership, they also weaved a record thing Lobera would like to see is his team TRC Turf Ground in Srinagar Robertson scored a quick equalis- haven’t been for the lack of it.” the history of the sport to play eight successive 24-match unbeaten streak before splitting as a team improve their conversion rate. today. er to snatch a point from Imphal. “We showed great fight Olympics. In a career spanning nearly three decades, due to difference of opinion. Chennaiyin’s defence, which will miss Eli The fixture is first major Assessing his team’s last out- against Punjab, though the score- during which he also overcame a brain tumour, Tokyo India’s Davis Cup hero thanked his parents Dr Sabia (suspended), will have a tough job on their sporting event in the valley since ing, David Robertson, Head line may suggest otherwise. Olympics (provided he qualifies) is expected to be Vece Paes and Jennifer, both of whom represented hands. its recognition as a union territo- Coach, Real Kashmir FC said, “In They scored a second (goal) in his swansong. India at the highest level, for giving him sports genes Moreover, FC Goa have an envious record ry. Real Kashmir have played the second half, TRAU had a go the dying minutes, so we had to He is the only tennis player from the country to and also his two elder sisters and daughter Aiana. in Chennai. The Gaurs have won four out of the only two matches this season, both at us and we defended well. We go broke for an equaliser and they have won a singles Olympic medal as he grabbed a Paes asked fans to share their favourite memo- five matches they played at the Jawaharlal Nehru ending in draws away from home had a great chance when Krizo caught us off guard in stoppage historic Bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Games, beating ries of him over the years using #one last roar. stadium during the league stages. against Quess East Bengal and was one on one with the keeper time and added a third. We have Argentina’s Fernando Meligeni in the play-off. “2020 is going to be an emotional one and I look The home side will also need to banish the Tiddim Road Athletic Union and we could have killed the shown this desire in every game, With compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi, he created forward to seeing all of you out there rolling with me. memories of a crushing 0-3 defeat FC Goa hand- (TRAU). game. In football, these things and the next game against an awe-inspiring partnership during which they dom- It has been an honour being your lionheart,” he con- ed out to them on the opening match of this sea- The Snow Leopards have let a happen. I am proud of my play- Kashmir won’t be any different.” inated the circuit in late 1990s, winning three Grand cluded. son. "&0 ' " ')"P$4@" & )'" ,&
+1 / but there are several better contenders Champions League. for goal of the season. Not having to compete in Europe’s ygualdo, LuLa or Immobile? The best of the bunch at this stage premier club competition could aid D is perhaps Goran Pandev’s stunning goal Inter, although it will be involved in the The Serie A title race could come against Lecce for Genoa on Dec 8. Europa League. down to which team has the best strike The Lecce goalkeeper’s Lazio is also not to be force. attempted clearance came to the ignored, especially as it is the Juventus has the superstar trident of 36-year-old Pandev, who showed only team to have beaten Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain and great instinct to control and imme- Juventus this season — some- Cristiano Ronaldo — the so-called diately lob into an empty net thing it did in the league and the Dygualdo. Inter Milan has Romelu Lukaku from more than 40 yards out. Italian Super Cup this month, and Lautaro Martínez — aka LuLa. and both by the same 3-1 score. Lazio is six points behind the top two WHO'LL BE CHAMPION? Lazio has won the Serie A title twice but with a game in hand. But it is Lazio Napoli has pushed Juventus all the in its history, the last time in 2000. forward Ciro Immobile who is leading the way in recent years but this season it is goalscoring charts. Inter Milan which is threatening to CL QUALIFICATION Immobile, who was top scorer in 2014 wrest the title off the eight-time defend- While Juventus and Inter Milan and 2018, currently has 17 goals in Serie ing champion. look overwhelming favorites to get in A — five more than nearest challenger Conte’s arrival as Inter coach in the the Champions League next season, the Lukaku. offseason has revitalized a team which other two spots will likely be fought Last Sunday’s games were the final has finished fourth the previous two over by Lazio, Roma, Atalanta and ones of 2019 and Serie A returns from its campaigns. Cagliari. winter break on Jan 5, with the first of the Juventus and Inter headed into the Lazio enters the break on an eight- round of 18 matches. A P 3%% $ 0 4 winter break level on 42 points at the match winning streak in the league and top of the table. Inter is top on goal dif- is in third place, one point ahead of PLAYER OF THE SEASON impressed so much that Barcelona is Serie A. ference although head-to-head is the Roma. Atalanta trails the Champions Martínez has burst onto the scene this reportedly ready to activate the Inter for- The Sardinian club has exceeded all first tiebreaker at the end of the season. League places by four points in fifth season after a quiet debut campaign for ward’s 111 million euro ($123 million) expectations by joining the conversation Whether Inter can stand the pace is while Cagliari is six points out in sixth. Inter. release clause. for a spot in Europe, entering the break an issue though, especially as a mid-sea- Martínez scored nine goals in all com- Martínez signed a contract until 2023 in sixth place despite losing its last two son slump has become something of a WHO'S GOING DOWN? petitions for Inter last season but has when he joined Inter from Racing Club matches. tradition with the Nerazzurri. Brescia, Spal and Genoa currently already found the back of the net 13 times last year and there is already talk of It’s among the team’s best starts since Since 2013, Inter has only once occupy the bottom three places, with in a formidable partnership with Lukaku improving that deal to keep the Argentina Luigi Riva led the club to its only Italian managed to win more than one league Genoa last on 11 points from 17 games. under coach Antonio Conte. forward at the club. league title in 1970. match in January. Breccia is 18th in the 20-team Martínez and Lukaku’s partnership Conte has complained at several league — trailing Sampdoria and Lecce has been key to Inter reaching the top of SURPRISE OF THE SEASON GOAL OF THE SEASON points this season of his squad’s lack of by just one point — and will hope strik- the Serie A standings. Unheralded Cagliari could be on its Ronaldo’s towering header might strength in depth and has said that was er Mario Balotelli finds top form in the 0 4 2 # L" The 22-year-old Martínez has way to becoming this season’s Atalanta in have made headlines around the world partly to blame for its exit from the new year to lead it to safety. $ & ?8 !"#$"%&'
0' Shikhar’s 137 keeps Delhi afloat # ((- 4 3 % O; P # + +'1 est specialist Ajinkya Rahane /:3: ,1 of the deliveries outside the off- Tand young prodigy Prithvi Shaw stump. Some of our young guys, fid- failed with the bat as Railways bun- attle-hardened Shikhar dled with those deliveries. Now this OO P dled out Mumbai for a paltry 114 on Dhawan was all guts and grit comes with experience. You have a the opening day of their Elite Group Bwhile negotiating tough look at the wicket and you know Jasprit Bumrah’s much- B game at Wankhede stadium on “English conditions” as he boosted what shots you will play,” said the awaited comeback to competitive Wednesday. Delhi’s morale with a well-controlled left-hander, who scored his 30th cricket was halted due to “over This is perhaps the first time that 137 against Hyderabad in their first-class hundred. restriction mandate” from the the 41-time Ranji trophy champions Ranji group A match at Arun Using the early morning con- team management but Gujarat have been shot out before lunch in Jaitley stadium on Wednesday. ditions, Mohammed Siraj (2/60 in pacers were on fire against Kerala Mumbai or elsewhere. A spicy Feroz Shah Kotla track 16 overs) removed Kunal Chandela on a day when all 20 wickets fell However, Mumbai bowlers, led to deal with on a chilly Delhi win- (1) and Dhruv Shorey (0) in quick in the group A encounter. by debutante Deepak Shetty (3-20) ter morning was a stiff challenge and succession with seaming deliveries After being dismissed for initially came hard on Railways Dhawan responded with an — one that went away and one that 127 in their first innings, Gujarat before their captain Karn Sharma (24 unbeaten century that took came in. bowlers led by Rush Kalaria (4 not out) and 33-year-old Arindam his side to a safe 269 for six Dhawan was hardly wickets) and Axar Patel (3 wick- Ghosh (52 not out) rallied their on a curtailed opening perturbed as the first daz- ets) decimated Kerala for 70 innings with their unbroken 73- day. zling stroke was a back- thereby taking a 57-run first run stand for the sixth wicket. %% ! Dhawan’s knock drive off seamer M Ravi innings lead. Gujarat were one for Their partnership ensured that 2 4 would do a world of Kiran. no loss when stumps were drawn. Railways took the first-innings lead % M 0 "# good to the confidence of It was a test of patience The primary attraction of this and ended the day at 116/5 as bad a side, which was spiralling for Dhawan when left-arm game at the Lalabhai Contractor light stopped the play at 3:54 pm. Surya was bowled by Pradeep as southwards, as he hit 19 fours spinner Mehedy Hasan was in Stadium was Bumrah’s presence Earlier, the famed Mumbai bat- he tried to play across the line. and two sixes in his 198-ball innings. operation as Delhi were 128 for five which also brought chairman of ting line-up collapsed as little-known After Surya fell, it was just a mat- “It was more like English con- at one stage. selectors MSK Prasad in the city. right-arm medium pacer Pradeep T ter of time as Mumbai's innings fold- ditions. It’s satisfying to score runs He only opened up when However the Indian team’s (6-37) ran through their line-up on ed up at 114 in 28.3 overs. in these conditions. With experience moved to 70s, having got a reprieve support staff’s unofficial guideline a greenish Wankhede wicket. you get idea of what shots to play off a ‘no-ball’ from Ravi Kiran when that Bumrah “shouldn’t be bowl- Railways were rewarded for RAMAN SCORES 2ND TON on what kind of track. The shots that he was on 67. He first lifted Tanay ing more than 8 to 9 overs” did- bowling a disciplined line and in Left-handed opener I would have played when I was a Thyagrajan into the stands towards n’t amuse the Gujarat team man- right areas. Abhishek Raman held the Bengal 21 or 22 years old, I didn’t play here. the Delhi Gate end. The next six was agement which wants to win a Mumbai openers- Shaw (12) and innings together with a gritty unbeat- I didn’t drive any of those deliver- even more regal off Mehedy as he match. Jay Bista (21)— conjured just 18 for the en 110, taking the hosts to 241 for ies,” Dhawan, playing his first first- deposited him over the deep mid- It was learnt that once BCCI first wicket before Shaw’s leading edge four against Andhra on day one of class game in 15 wicket boundary. Hasan was also president Sourav Ganguly and was caught by Pratham Singh at gully their Elite group A fixture. . $*"& months, told punished with a few pull shots. secretary Jay Shah was intimated, off medium pacer Amit Mishra (3-41). Raman survived some anxious > )$*+A @"+ reporters. “I changed my game (accord- it was decided that Bumrah will One-down Rahane had an oppor- moments especially in the 90s before 6#335. Dhawan’s ing to situation) because when the continue with his training and tunity to get runs under his belt, but he pulling KV Sasikanth over square leg body language left-arm spinner (Mehidy Hasan) directly play the Sri Lanka T20 fell for just 5. Rahane, too, edged to sec- to score his second successive cen- never gives away was bowling, I was itching to hit series as there is no red ball crick- ond slip, giving Pradeep his first- tury. what’s on his mind and he says his him. But looking at the overall sit- et before Test matches in New wicket. Raman, who scored 110 in uncluttered mind is the secret of his uation, I curbed my instincts as Zealand. PTI Immediately after that, Pradeep Bengal’s win over Kerala in their pre- success. there wasn’t much batting left.” dismissed Bista, who was caught by vious match, got good support “I had nothing on my mind. Jo Anuj Rawat (29), who shared a give it back to the players. If guys wicket-keeper Nitin Bhille as the hosts from former skipper Manoj Tiwary cheez aani hai woh aa jati hain (I 84-run stand for the sixth wicket benefit from it, it feels great. Now were reeling at 40-3. as they revived the innings in the react to situations). I am a very with Dhawan, was the only batsman that we have come, the momentum Mumbai’s crisis man Siddhesh post-lunch session after being relaxed person and I don’t make my who showed positive intent while that was needed, we got that,” said Lad (14) and skipper Suryakumar reduced to 99 for two. mind heavy with extra thoughts. batting. But the Delhi skipper Dhawan, who feels 269/6 is also a Yadav (39) tried to rebuild the innings While Raman batted through the The way you guys think, I don’t shielded the likes of Shorey and good score on this track where with their 30-run stand, but medium- day, facing 255 balls, Tiwary too was think like that,” he laughed. Nitish Rana (25), saying that some Delhi is yet to bowl. pacer Himanshu Sangwan (1-33) broke at his fluent best, striking a six and With ball seaming around of them got good balls on a “juicy “Whatever we get is a good the partnership as he cleaned up Lad. six fours. They added quick 87 runs throughout the day and most of the morning track”. score as there was a time when it Mumbai batters Aditya Tare (4), for the third wicket before Tiwary Delhi batsmen looking uncom- “I try to mix and interact with didn’t seem like we can even score Akash Parkar (2), Shams Mulani (1) was done in by a short one from CV fortable, the skipper walked the talk them at their level. I share my expe- 200. On this wicket even 269 is a and Shardul Thakur (0) made a bee- Stephen, the most impressive Andhra as he had said on the eve of the riences. I talk to the batting unit good score,” he said. line to the pavilion as Railways had a bowler. match that he hasn’t forgotten to bat. about what all can be done and Brief Scores: Delhi 269/6 in 66 clear advantage. “I’m sure he will not sleep well “Today, I played what we call Ishant talks to the bowlers. overs (Shikhar Dhawan 137 not out, Skipper Surya top scored for tonight. 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The hero during the Ashes against Perth when it was a bit up and you are noticing he is not always van der Dussen will make his Test nine T20Is for South Africa, He is the leading wicket-taker wicket is a bit unknown... but we’ve England this year, has managed down with cracks and stuff. bowling high-140s anymore, which debut in their opening Test of the Pretorius has featured in 22 ODIs for England in Test cricket with got a plan in place for both scenar- only 43 and 16 in his last two “It’s going to be different, but is a great, great attribute and skill,” four-match series against England, and six T20Is. 575 wickets. ios (with five bowlers or without),” innings, out twice to short balls I’m looking forward to it.” he added. starting at the SuperSport Park Commenting on Van der Former captain Alastair Cook Paine told reporters on from Neil Wagner. today. Dussen, the skipper said: “He was holds the distinction of being the Wednesday. It followed a quiet series The Proteas skipper said that a mature cricketer when he start- most capped Test player for “We’ve probably got two dif- against Pakistan and he is keen to Van der Dussen will bat at No 5 ed for us in ODIs and is someone England. Cook played 161 Tests in ferent teams (in mind), to be pile on some runs in Melbourne.