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! "$% !&                                 !"#  1"* "+-'+.(, Asthana, he heard an officer telling “things have been man-        /0./%% day before the scheduled aged and everything is fine”.  Ahearing on the fate of CBI In his affidavit, the CBI ndhra Pradesh Chief Director Alok Verma’s petition, DIG also accused the Cabinet AMinister Chandrababu agency DIG MK Sinha on Secretary and the Law Naidu called on his Bengal Monday filed an explosive affi- Secretary of even intervening to counterpart Mamata Banerjee davit in the Supreme Court scuttle the CVC’s probe which on Monday as part of his effort accusing National Security is monitored by the Supreme  ,', /*  to bring the Opposition parties Adviser Ajit Doval, Cabinet Court. Sinha also detailed the      on one platform to topple the Secretary PK Sinha, Law pressure he faced in arresting    * BJP in the next year’s Lok Secretary Suresh Chandra, Manoj Prasad, who is co-  "  Sabha polls. CVC KV Chowdary and accused with Asthana for * %  % ' After the meeting, Mamata RAW’s Dubai Officer Samant allegedly accepting bribe from    * said everyone would be the face Kumar Goel and Minister for businessman Sana Satish Babu, (  1  of a “mahagathbandhan” and State Haribhai Parthibahi associate of controversial meat      they would fight together Chowdhary for trying to save exporter Moin Qureshi.        , 045 6748 '1 against the BJP to save the CBI Special Director Rakesh “On the morning of   %  * ' 1  ,    nation. Asthana from corruption October 16, 2018, accused  %      0 %/ '*1 ,   . Naidu said the proposed charges. Manoj Prasad was intercepted   (  2 , *     November 22 meeting of anti- In his affidavit, the CBI at Delhi Airport on his arrival  2  3    +&    & BJP parties in Delhi had been DIG accused Doval of inter- from Dubai and brought to the            *       postponed and it will now be fering in the bribery investiga- CBI Headquarters. During the held sometime before the tion against Asthana and pre- first few hours of his arrival on could pick him up despite his Winter Session of Parliament venting searches on the premis- CBI Headquarters, Manoj was close links with NSA Doval,” beginning December 11. es of suspects. Sinha, who was garrulous and arrogant, both at said the CBI DIG’s affidavit.      “We wanted to meet on transferred while probing bribe the same time and in equal “He started bragging and November 22 (but) because of charges against Asthana, also measure. He was interviewed claimed that his brother elections we want to make it claimed that a Union Minister by the applicant (DIG MK Somesh is very close to an offi-    before Parliament (Winter) of State took “a few crores” to Sinha) and others. He tried his cer in Dubai (name withheld) Session,” said Naidu, adding help a businessman under best to ward off the investiga- and to Samant Goel, presently  "+-'+.(, the SC to file his response to those who were opposing the investigation. tion by dropping names of RAW Special Secretary, and he the Central Vigilance BJP will join and discuss (the Challenging his transfer ‘high and mighty’ and men- can get us finished off/kicked enched Central Bureau of Commission’s (CVC) report future plans). to Nagpur, Sinha said he pos- tioning his ‘top contacts’ to cre- out. Manoj taunted us that BInvestigation (CBI) in a sealed cover by Monday 1 “We will chalk out a pro- sessed “documents that will ate fear in our mind. you people have no standing Director Alok Kumar Verma pm, sought some more time gramme to move forward and  !" #$ $ !% &   "$ shock the court”. However, “As per Manoj Prasad, whatsoever and therefore on Monday filed his response from the SC for filing his reply. take this momentum further "      #   '  $   rejecting his request for an Dineshwar Prasad, father of should stay in limits and let to the findings of the CVC’s However the Bench, head- on the agenda to protect the urgent hearing on Tuesday, Manoj and Somesh, who him free. He claimed that preliminary probe report on ed by Chief Justice Ranjan nation,” he said. and Income Tax Department to Chief Justice of India Ranjan retired as RAW Joint Secretary, recently his brother Somesh corruption charges against him Gogoi and comprising justices Incidentally Mamata had harass and malign them. HD Kumaraswamy, NCP chief Gogoi shot back, “Nothing has close acquaintance with the and Samant Goel helped the in a sealed cover in the SK Kaul and KM Joseph, told been among the earliest lead- In fact these premier insti- Sharad Pawar, National shocks us.” National Security Adviser Ajit NSA on an important person- Supreme Court. Verma’s reply Verma’s lawyer Gopal ers to call for an Opposition tutions, including the Conference’s Farooq Sinha claimed after the Doval. This was one of the first al matter. He further claimed came after the SC told him to Sankaranarayanan, “We are not unity through Federal Front Reserve Bank of India and Abdullah, DMK chief MK Government sent Verma and things Manoj claimed on being that India opted out of a con- do so “as quickly as possible” as shifting the date (of hearing). against the BJP in which she CAG, were under “severe pres- Stalin and others. Asthana on “forced” leave and brought to the CBI HQ as he test from INTERPOL.” said the scheduled Tuesday hearing You file it as quickly as possi- floated the “one against one” sure” from the Government to Meanwhile, the Bengal BJP transferred the entire team expressed complete surprise the affidavit filed by Sinha. would not be deferred. ble as we will have to read it.” theory according to which she serve its interests, he said. on Monday staged road block- investigating charges against and anger as to how the CBI Continued on Page 4 Verma, who was asked by Continued on Page 4 said, “the parties that are The two leaders, who met ades in Kolkata and district strong in a particular place in Kolkata for about an hour headquarters protesting alleged should fight the BJP and the and a half, said majority anti- attacks on State BJP president remaining parties should sup- BJP parties have expressed Dilip Ghosh and senior leader      port them.” their opinions to unite for the Joy Banerjee. The two leaders     %   #  Talking to the reporters single-most important cause of were attacked allegedly by    after the meeting, the TDP ousting the BJP from power. Trinamool workers in Hooghly chief said the BJP Government Both leaders are in touch district while they were return-      (01%. had crossed all the limits of with their Opposition parties’ ing from a meeting.    “intolerance towards the counterpart like Congress pres- Blockades were staged at ccusing the Congress of Opposition parties and the ident Rahul Gandhi, former Midnapore, various places in Asuffering with Prime      "+-'+.(, minorities” and was using the Prime Minister HD Deve Kolkata, Hooghly, Asansol and Minister pho- Central agencies like CBI, ED Gowda, his son and Karnataka elsewhere, sources said. bia, BJP president our people, including two said that the Congress wants to Fwomen, were charred to  get rid of Narendra Modi while death after they were trapped we want to remove poverty, inside a narrow cloth launder- !     unemployment and darkness. ing unit in Beedanpura area of     Addressing an election Central Delhi on Monday. The     rally at Narsinghpur, Shah tragedy struck when “solvent”,      quoted a Whatsapp message a chemical used for ironing          from a journalist saying the clothes made of cotton, spilled      scribe claimed that he heard a on to the floor and caught fire.      speech of Congress president Delhi Fire Services Chief        Rahul Gandhi in which Fire Officer Atul Garg said fire-   #$      Gandhi mentioned Modi 44 fighters received a call at 12.23      times in a 22 minute speech. pm regarding the fire in a : Signalling a tempo- “I am not sure he is cam- house at street number-3 in rary truce, the Reserve Bank of      paigning for his party or mine,” Beadonpura following which India (RBI) and the      Shah said laughing. They two fire tenders were rushed to Government on Monday ! "   (Congress) have developed a the spot and fire was brought agreed to refer to an expert        phobia against Modi, he !   &    +%! %    &      , under control by 12.50 pm. committee the contentious      claimed. “They want to remove ! $     However by then the four had issue of appropriate size of “The Board decided to    L    Narendra Modi, we want to died in the blaze. reserves that the RBI must constitute an expert committee   M     abolish poverty, unemploy- Pradesh. Saying this he num- Mudra Bank, Make In India, ilies and offered 76,000 cook- “The owner of the illegal hold, while restructuring of to examine the ECF, the mem-    ment, darkness, illiteracy, bered out states where the BJP Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, ing gas connections and they unit Ajay Khurana (45) has stressed loans of small busi- bership and terms of reference smoke and insecurity,” claimed emerged victorious after 2014. Atal Pension Yojana and others ask us to offer details of works,” been arrested. The bodies have nesses would be considered by of which will be jointly deter-     the BJP president. Calling MPCC president saying the Modi Government he added. been handed over to the fam- the Central bank. mined by the Government of     Would you like to vote BJP Kamal Nath an exhausted besides offering MP Rs four The BJP chief asked Kamal ilies concerned after post- The setting up of the com- India and the RBI,” the Central  "#!% &  ' to power which has given Ladli politician, Shah said Nath seeks lakh cr works has extended Nath to instead offer details of mortem. A case under Section mittee, whose members will be bank said in a statement.      Laxmi yojana, cooking gas, details of achievements of PM benefits of 129 schemes. development that took place in 304 of Indian Penal Code has decided by the Government The capital base of the RBI   L houses, power and roads or the Modi, asking him to pick fig- “At Narsinghpur alone, we four generation of rule by the been registered at Karol Bagh and the RBI, followed a is 9.69 lakh crore, and inde- M  Congress, Shah questioned. ures and see himself. UPA had brought 3.76 lakh hectare land Gandhi family. police station and investigation marathon nine-hour meeting pendent director and Swadeshi (     Attacking the Congress allotted budget of Rs 134000 cr under irrigation, offered 1.16 Attacking UPA govern- is underway,” said Amit of the central board that dis- ideologue S Gurumurthy and     president Rahul Gandhi further while the BJP after coming to lakh Soil Health Cards, offered ment, Shah said earlier the ter- Sharma, Additional Deputy cussed threadbare issues that the Finance Ministry have been     Shah claimed Rahul Baba was power hiked it to Rs 344000 cr. 31,600 power connections, rorists intruded freely in the Commissioner of Police had brought the RBI and the wanting it to be lowered in line L    M   daydreaming of forming the Shah named many schemes built toilets in 131000 homes, country and returned after trig- (DCP), Central district. Finance Ministry at logger- with global practices.     * government in Madhya including Jan Dhan Yojana, offered houses to 36,000 fam- gering blasts. Detailed report on P2 heads. Continued on Page 4      $        ("') #&  

    devotional songs. Police arrest-    %  & (+""%, ed 69 devotees, threw down their holy “Irumudikettu”, he Kerala High Court on (the bundle containing offer-   "+-'+.(, lawyer Abdul Moneim sub- TMonday came down heav- ings to the deity which could mitted documents showing ily on the State Government be opened only inside the top Dubai court on that courts in Switzerland and while hearing a series of peti- sanctum of the temple) and AMonday ordered the extra- Italy had ruled not to extradite tions filed by various Hindu assaulted them for reciting dition of British national and his client. organisations challenging the Ayyappa hymns. alleged middleman Christian “The judicial authorities restrictions imposed at They were taken to a court Michel, who is wanted by the there concluded that there was Sabarimala, the holy shrine in in Pathanamthitta, and were Indian investigative agencies in no criminal element in the the Western Ghats. remanded in 14 days custody the 3,600 crore case,” the lawyer argued. Justices Ramachandra under non-bailable sections of AgustaWestland VVIP chop- Earlier, he argued at Dubai’s Menon and N Anil Kumar the IPC on Monday and sent to pers deal case. highest court that the extradi- lambasted police for “blatant Central Jail at Michel, 54, is currently in tion request procedure of violation of human rights” Thiruvananthapuram. This led jail in Dubai since he was Michel would be a “violation” against women devotees and hundreds of Ayyappa devotees arrested and sent to custody Judge Abdelaziz Al of the international treaty children who were taking rest to undertake Nama Japa Yatra pending the legal and judicial Zarouni, who headed the signed between the UAE and at the covered walkway at the (rallies in which the partici- procedure in the UAE. bench, pronounced India. shrine on Sunday night by pants recite hymns and devo- The Court of Cassation the decision in the pumping water to make them tional songs in praise of Lord upheld on Monday a lower presence of member leave the spot. Ayyappa) at police stations court order which ruled that judges Musabeh The State had a sleepless across the State. Michel could be extradited, Thaaloub, Mostafa Al night on Sunday following The rallies concluded        OP         dismissing appeals filed Shinawi, Mahmoud the crackdown by police on peacefully but not before some by his defence lawyers, PTI Sultan and another devotees who were taking rest of them were assaulted by Cliff House, the official resi- The High Court while Monday took police to task for quoted Khaleej Times as having judge, report said. at the walkway and were police. The devotees staged a dence of the Chief Minister in hearing the petitions filed by their actions which were not in reported. On Monday, Michel’s reciting hymns and Ayyappa Nama Japa Yatra in front of the Capital city. Hindu organisations on synch with a pilgrimage centre.   ()  *+ ,-. ,-/0  23 3  4   (&          ) -*    

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judge’s panel. dance competition looked very      The programme kicked off beautiful in bright and gorgeous   with solo dance performance by dresses. The teachers of the St. St. Joseph Co-Ed Hindi Medium Paul School, Anand Nagar, pre- 1!@. /; on Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, and sented their dance perfor-   Ban Ke Piya Saniyan Marode mances based on topic Save Baiyaan. Later, schools like St. Environment. Mayur dance      (01%.  ) Paul School Carmel Convent, was also performed during the BHEL, Mount Carmel competition which was loved by aking cognizance of the #   Bagmugalia, Carmel Convent the audience. Tpresence of children in '#- "# also presented their spellbinding In the solo dance, Carmel uniform at PM Narendra performances. Convent received the first prize Modi’s rally on November 16 + "/   (01%. Carmel Convent presented received, second prize was in Shahdol, two ABVP    #' Ramchandra's character in their bagged by St. Xavier and the activists have been booked, hief Secretary Basant performance, Shri Ram Shree third prize was bagged by St. Paul said Chief Electoral Officer VL "# CPratap Singh has started Ram Shri Ram Chandra Senior Secondary School. Kantha Rao while speaking  # sitting in the newly created Pariupulu Bhujuman Harna Besides, in group dance compe- with media persons on Vallabh Bhawan number two. Bhav-Dhar Daruram. Another tition Carmel Convent BHEL Monday. (" " # On Monday, November performance from St. Xavier received the first prize, Mount The action was taken after   #" 19, 2018, Singh initiated gov- Barkheda, the Kuchipudi dance Carmel School, won second news surfaced and EC took ernment work in the new was a delight to watch. Campion prize and the third prize was won cognizance. The ABVP work- chamber on the fourth floor School performed on the song by St. Paul Senior Secondary ers have not informed the Sehore and Indore each. of Vallabh Bhawan North Apsara Ayi. At the same time, to School, Anand Nagar. authorities regarding taking of Another detail shared by CEO Block and met officials.      (01%. Teacher’s Dancing Competition ing of the lamp. Anup Joshi show the importance of going to On the occasion, School students to the rally. was keeping eye on Jan On this occasion, 2018. The competition was held International Theater Artist, school St Joseph’s Coed school Principal, Father Varghese Providing other details he Abhiyan Parishad staff which Principal Secretary Personnel he teachers of different at St Joseph’s Coed School here International dancer of presented a dance drama. Shiju, Manager Father Ronald said three FIRs have been has to inform administration Rashmi Arun Shami and Tschools showcased their on Monday. Bharatnatyam Mahi Bharti The participants who came Cardorza, Sisters, school staff lodged for using children in before leaving and making other officers were present. dancing talent at the inter-school The event began with light- Hombal were present in the from all schools in the group congratulated all the teachers. political rallies in Bhopal, move to any place. *  *  - +-- '#'  + *,( P+- '11Q   3   #(, )!$*%  + -    (01%.  #      (01%. lions of people are still giving candidates can be overcome $ # 5  - +    + -+ these exams through Hindi and they can showcase their tal- he ISO 9001-2015  #        (01%. o prepare Hindi medium medium. ent and be successful. TSurveillance Audit began 6' # adolescents from Meghnagar lescent is exemplary and Tstudents for civil service Due to the decline in Hindi The process of entering today at Third Floor of Jhabua and praised their acknowledged their efforts examination, a special pro- medium, there is tremendous the first batch under this mis- Conference Hall BHEL, #" anju Damor, Pinki Baria, efforts. He said that this is and Sachin Jain, Vikas gramme Best 100 will start in sense of disappointment in the sion has started. First of all, the Bhopal. On this occasion DK # #$$ SSheela Damor, Anju interesting to see their expres- Samvad, said that lets all of us city. The special programme whole of North India especial- 'Civil Services Preliminary Thakur Executive Director Chauhan, Anjali Singare and sions and interacted with the use the images done by these will begin for the candidates ly the rural background. As a Examination -2019', which is to BHEL Bhopal was present as briefed the gathering about Sandhya Singare from adolescents present. This is kids and others for next year from January 1. result the candidates have start- be held on June 2, 2019, has the Chief Guest while MS various activities going on in Maandal Group of Meghnagar, joint effort of Vasudha calendar, effort like this needs The programme will be ed preparing for other exams been targeted. For this exami- Kinra General Manager the unit. He further laid stress Jhabua, are in Bhopal to show- Sanasthan and UNICEF in to be taken forward. organised by Civil Service Club. except for the IAS, said Mishra. nation, the club will only give (Quality) presided over the on enhancing the quality of the case their exhibition of images Jhabua as part of their adoles- Gayatri Parihar, Vasudha It is to be noted that in the Civil Elaborating further, he said admission to 60 candidates of programme. product to the next higher taken by them after learning cent empowerment initiative. Sansthan which in partnership Services Examination every that 'Civil Services Club' is Hindi medium and work on All general managers, level in the future, developing skills of camera, which they Michael Juma, Chief, coordinated this effort with year, the number of youth going to start a mission from the strategy to succeed them in DROs and senior officials of more meticulous systems. had picked up for the first UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh UNICEF said that adolescents selected through Hindi medi- January 1 with the aim of find- the initial examination. Quality Division were also pre- Speaking on the occasion time. said that every child deserves were trained as per the plan um is continuously decreasing. ing a solution to this medium of The entry to the 'Best-100' sent in the programme. Kinra informed the gathering Exhibition highlighting 70 to be given a fair chance to worked out by Anil Gulati, Expert Laxmi Sharan Sharma Hindi medium. Under which, in mission, will be on November Madhukar Arren and Ajay of the various improvement images of adolescents exhibit- their right to participation, Communication Specialist and said that in the total number of the next two years, the club have 25 at 7 a.m. Only 60 youngsters Kumar from TUV New Delhi activities going on in the unit. ing life in Jhabua, health, san- and exhibition of photos by by Satish Dave, Piyush Sharma competitors who succeed, the to make 100 selections in Hindi reaching the first place will be along with their team members Anurag Shukla AGM itation, education, sports was Jhabua adolescents in lieu of and Parth Gandhi. number of Hindi medium con- medium from IAS Exam. So admitted in this course this will lead the audit schedule. (BEX) coordinated the entire displayed in Bhopal today World Children's Day clearly Anil Gulati, testants is barely 4%, while mil- that the fear of Hindi medium year. Thakur in his address programme. titled as Maandal, photo exhi- reaffirms that every child has Communication Specialist ' #  )       ###  $ 

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PM Narendra Modi is Responding to reports that also called traitor and even of campaigning for the  1 ,        ; 6 CPradesh Yogi Adityanath in Madhya Pradesh 15 years not in any pressure and if Rs 100 police could question him courted arrest but no action Samajwadi Party in favour of his     ' on Monday visited Mhow and back. During that time MP starts from the government Rs after recovering his cell phone was taken. On being asked son Nitin. addressed a huge gathering at was considered a sick nation 100 reaches to the bank account number from one of the letters about BJP spokesperson Sambit In early November, Nitin  +      0)   cantonment board Mhow with no road, electricity, water, of poor in Jan Dhan Yojna. written by the accused in the Patra’s allegation of him having Chaturvedi, son of Satyavrat +"4! +0 @./;    indoor stadium ground in sup- education and health in very The terrorism and nax- case, Singh said it was completely naxal links, the former Madhya filed nomination as a Samajwadi            port of Mhow BJP candidate poor condition and dacoits and alites problems were in full baseless and false allegation. Pradesh Chief Minister called Party (SP) candidate from   4 EF GBF       Usha Thakur. naxalites used to threaten the swing during the congress gov- While talking to media persons, Patra a joke denying to com- Rajnagar in Bundelkhand region 0E"48 6748 '   AF 4453 Yogi told that earlier society. During the chief min- ernment. If you see the record Singh said, “The said cell phone ment on his remarks. Senior of Madhya Pradesh. Irked with     ,   F A8G  Government never appreciated ister tenure of Shivraj Singh of UP itself there is no com- number was uploaded on Rajya officers of Pune police involved the Congress for ignoring his     6 E4 AG6      Ambedkar and those Chouhan now MP is developed munal riots in last one and half Sabha portal and thousands of in the probe claimed that they ground level works, Nitin decid-     Governments tried to limit now no shortage but excess of years of his rule but in previ- persons had it, Besides, I have have received some phone ed to join the Akhilesh Yadav-led "48 5E FB5      Ambedkar and tried that electricity and all the dacoits and ous government there was riot stopped using this number four numbers mentioned in the let- party in Madhya Pradesh.     48 64 BFA  Ambedkar should not get prop- naxalites gangs are eradicated every second day. years ago.” ters recovered in the probe However, Satyartrat later 4B GF FAG    made it clear that he himself is        4B AG FAE  still with the Congress and did *   F 84 G58       not leave the Congress ideolo-      F E4 88G    (      #O! ! '! P gies, adding that Congress has been repeating the same mis-             take (of ignoring his son) for 15 +"4! +  +  ,       (01%. rounded the well, are colon- years. Doing injustice is a sin, 01;      @  nade with cusp arches and and tolerating injustice is equal- *6748   +0 @./; bserving the World slender pillars. This step-well ly sinful. % %      %   +0  OHeritage Week, the was built around 1809 to 1816, “So my son took the deci- * 9  . H H  +0 @  Bhopalites took a tour of she added. sion to go to the people's court,” "       Bada Bagh Ki Baodi here on Pooja also informed that he said, adding that it was ;   '  1   Monday. The history lovers of Nazar Bagh was sectioned in Nitin's own decision to contest             the city gathered in large four parts wherein in four ele- on SP ticket. He is an adult and       +     numbers to take a walk- ments i.e. air, water, sky and the father of two children, so he %,  *    GB <   through of the historical step- earth meet. can take decisions on his own.   +   + 1  well of the city. The Bhopalites also con- “I will help him as much as I % %     ;     Located at Bhopal Talkies, ducted a photo walk there as can," he added.   ;    1   @    the tale of Bada Bagh ki Baodi they were enlightened about The Congress, on the other           is still untold and unknown to Bada Bagh. As many as 35 stu- hand, fielded Vikram Singh many people. Archeologist    !5 06#  !  dents of MLB college and Natiraja from Rajnagar seat.     O   P Pooja Saxena narrated the !           heritage lovers were present Defending the decision to give +"4!; *    >*  story of Bada Bagh ki Baodi  (   ,  )74.  4!  during the walk. the ticket to Natiraja, Congress <  >        to the Bhopalites during the $     It is to be noted that spokesperson Pankaj            Heritage Walk. World Heritage Week is Chaturvedi cited his record.         Notably, it is a three- observed to create a proper "Natiraja is a three-time <      * *   storey deep structure in the Wazir Mohammed Khan and Nazar Mohammad Khan Begum built her husband’s thinking about the prevention MLA from Rajnagar. He won '  /  @ *  middle of graveyard called later conserved by Nawab (1816-1819) were first built grave. At that time, the baoli as well as making the people two consecutive elections, in @         I" 0  3%     Bada Bagh. The wide flight Qudsia Begum. The graves of here. was known as Nazar Bagh. A aware about the importance of 2008 and 2013, on Congress 1  ; ,  J*,;3%1;,KJ'  0 steps, which lead into a step- Wazir Mohammad Khan After the death of Nazar close look inside shows the the heritage. It is observed ticket. He was elected as an     1 1 well was built by Nawab (1806-1816) and his son Mohammad Khan Qudsia ornamental structures that sur- from November 19 to 25. MLA on SP's ticket in 2003.     1 1<%  How can Congress ignore    K ,  %  ground reports," Pankaj said. +   J,%+3,%;K'      Last year, Satyavrat was **11 *          #/ 8 8#7 removed as the Congress's  *, J *,K    1   chief whip in and  *      K ;   /#  "  P" had been replaced with "( J;"(K      F7/    Bhubaneshwar Kalita.      (01%. The 62nd National Rifle Woman Double Trap event in Pistol and Shotgun Shooting Jaipur. While in the team event   he players of Madhya Championship were organized of the same championship, TPradesh State Shooting from November 16 in Academy's player Ayesha Khan Academy have performed bril- Trivandrum Kerala and Jaipur, and Anam Basit and Madhya      (01%. ;$   liantly in the 62nd National Rajasthan. Academy player Pradesh player Shalini won a sil-  $ Rifle Pistol and Shotgun Anam Basit honored Madhya ver medal. Similarly, the players lectronic goods, gold jew- Shooting Championship, bag- Pradesh by earning a bronze of the academy bagged a gold Eelry and  40,000 cash were """ ging five medals including one medal in the individual compe- medal in the 50 meter three- burgled from Vitthal Nagar #'#"" ' gold, one silver and three bronze tition at the National Shooting position junior women team under Koh-e-Fiza police station medals. Shotgun Championship at the event of National Rifle Pistol. area on Sunday.  '/'#  Police said that the victim Santosh Sharma had gone to were burgled from Rose Vila Gwalior on November 7 and Colony under MP Nagar police when he returned on Sunday station area on Sunday. The vic- lock of the door was found bro- tim Dr BK Bhardwaj is a doc- ken and valuables were miss- tor and owns house in Rose ing. Vila Colony. On Sunday the Victim lodged a complaint bathroom sanitary wares were stating that when he returned found burgled. valuables were found burgled. A complaint was lodged Four gold chains, one LCD, one with the police stating that vic- finger ring, two cooking gas tim is a resident of TT Nagar cylinders and Rs 40,000 cash and also owns a house in Rose were burgled. The total loss Vila Colony. On Sunday it was around Rs 75,000 claimed the found that 20 taps and 15 victim. showers were burgled. The police have registered Based on the complaint a case under sections 457 and after the preliminary investi- 380 of the IPC. The victim gation the police have regis- works as contractor and used tered a case under sections 457 to visit frequently different and 380 of the IPC and start- places. The people who work ed further investigation. The for him would be questioned. nearby installed CCTV cam- Meanwhile, bathroom san- eras would be investigated in itary wares worth Rs 50000 the further investigation.   ()  *+ ,-. ,-/0  <

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Mincing turned up to pay their last no words, AAP’s Nabha Vidhan respects to Brig Chandpuri, Sabha president Gurdev Singh an awardee of Mahavir (Dev Mann) said that the Chakra, the country’s sec- embezzlement was committed ond-highest gallantry by the office bearers and offi- award, for his heroic deeds cers with the involvement of at the Longewala battle, an Dharamsot. “Dharamsot is outpost in the Thar desert patronizing corruption in the of Rajasthan. Headquarters placed Punjab Regiment, Punjab’s Longewala battle inspired area,” he alleged. Appreciating Western Army wreaths on the body of the ex-servicemen cell and the making of the 1977 the action taken by the Local Commander Lt Gen departed war hero to pay many other military and Bollywood classic, ‘Border’, Government Minister Navjot   #  #! %% 5!6$ #  &  Surinder Singh and Chief homage to him. civil organisations. died on Saturday in a pri- Singh Sidhu to suspend Nabha    :9, !(-1.  ! $     of Staff Lt Gen P M Bali of Wreaths were also Brig Chandpuri, whose vate hospital at Mohali. He nagar council president Rajnish the Western Command placed by the veterans of 23 heroic deeds during the was 78. Kumar Shanty. $       (   $ %  *$ $5 +   (%;,'-%; stern note, Shankaracharya 5 - Rajrajeshwarashram said that aising the pitch for the if the government does not Rconstruction of the Ram announce the construction of Temple at Ayodhya, the reli- the temple by December 6 the    gious fraternity has demand- saints from across the country ed the President to issue a would reach Ayodhya. directive to the Centre to clear A unanimous resolution From Page 1 Delhi (exact date and location decks for the long-awaited pressuring for the construction “Regarding genuineness of was not informed) and that they construction. of the temple was passed dur- this claim of Manoj, no attempt discussed Moin Qureshi’s case. Assembling at Shyampur ing the Gajwali Sangh was made to verify the claim As per Sana, in the year 2011, Gajiwali village on Monday, Sammelan.Observers say that regarding NSA Doval,” said the Gorantla Ramesh sold some they declared that they would the fact that the ascetics con- affidavit filed by Sinha. He said land and gave around Rs 4 crore not wait any longer on the sidered close to the saffron later he found that Manoj out of the said sale consideration matter. A number of ascetics camp now mounting pressure Prasad’s information about to Sana, in the same month, in from across the country con- on the Centre is interesting. India opting out from Interpol which Sana had given Rs 50 gregated in Haridwar to delib- “Upping the ante, they are now was factually correct. Lakhs to Moin Qureshi. erate on the temple issue and saying that the government left “When the IO, AK Bassi, Therefore, Gorantla Ramesh also to step up pressure on the just with six more months, came to know that Samant was examined by CBI in the Centre to take the eagerly they must act now without Goel/ Somesh had stopped talk- Moin Qureshi’s case. awaited initiative in the direc- further dithering. ing and were exchanging “As per Sana, subsequently, tion of the temple construc- It seems this is part of a WhatsApp messages, he insist- CVC Chowdhary called Rakesh tion. They said in unison that saffron strategy to keep things ed that we need the cellphone Asthana to his residence and the long-continuing tangle on the boil so as to enable the sets of the public servants as the made enquiries. Asthana must be resolved once and for Centre to do something which evidence is likely to be stored on informed the CVC that there is all by initiating the construc- would be milked as the prin- the device and that search be not much in evidence against tion. cipal election plank by the saf- conducted. The CBI Director them. There is no illegality in ‘Jagadguru fron camp for the upcoming did not give immediate per- this, but the same is put on Shankaracharya’ Lok Sabha hustings,” said an mission and reverted that the record here for the sake of Rajrajeshwarashram and observer.Kailashanand NSA has not permitted the completeness. No verification Mahamandaleshwar Brahmchari of Kali Dakshin same,” said the affidavit. was undertaken and the same is Kailashanand Brahmchari Temple said that those present The CBI DIG in his affi- based on disclosure made by took the BJP-helmed govern- at the congregation suggested davit also said that during inter- Sana” ment to task for dithering on taking the matter to the rogation they found that Manoj “On October 23, 2018, the the matter. They warned that President. “The President sivity on the issue related to whether the temple would ther said that the Centre act now they would face deba- Prasad and brother Somesh applicant herein was informed if things are delayed further must issue a directive to the the collective sentiment of the ever come up if it does not should not wait till 2019 and cle during the 2019 poll, he Prasad were in regular touch by DIG/DD (SU) that someone there would be unrest. In a Centre to nudge it off its pas- people. The people doubt come up now,” he said. He fur- must act now. If they do not warned. with Rakesh Asthana and spoke to Samant Goel (who Somesh Goel. He said that there was in Chandigarh at that were several WhatsApp mes- time) and asked to help him to sages to prove this “dubious which Samant Goel replied " 0 links.” The officer further said things have been managed $ PO!P # % his team has records of conver- with the PMO and everything sation between Rakesh Asthana is fine. The same night the    ) 4 and Samant Goel, when Manoj entire investigating team was Prasad was in their custody. shifted,” said CBI DIG pointing The affidavit filed by Sinha a finger at the PMO. 889    brings to light the role of the The CBI DIG also said Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha in that on November 8, Sana was protecting Astana. “In the advised by Law Secretary New Delhi: Ahead of the 550th Railways will upgrade morning of October 17, 2018, a Suresh Chandra to save birth anniversary of the first Sultanpur Lodhi railway sta- call came from the DCP of Asthana from the Supreme Sikh Guru and founder of the tion with modern amenities. Special Cell of the Delhi Police Court monitored CVC probe. Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev A national institute of on the mobile of Investigating He said that IAS officer Rekha next year, the Centre has decid- Inter Faith Studies will be set Officer AK Bassi, DSP, CBI, who Rani met Sana to contact the ed to undertake a series of com- up by the Ministry of Human did not take the call. Later Law Secretary. The woman memorative activities across Resource Development in another Inspector of Special IAS officer was owner of India and abroad. Punjab for which the state Cell called up and sought to Sana’s office premises. The decision was taken at government will provide land know if Manoj has been arrest- According to Sana, Chandra the third National free of cost. The Ministry of ed. Enquiries revealed that the told him that he was talking to Implementation Committee Electronics and IT will install query had originated from the him on behalf of Cabinet (NIC) meeting chaired by a high-powered telescope in Cabinet Secretariat.” Secretary PK Sinha. “Sana Home Minister Rajnath Singh India for the devotees to view Further, the interesting part spoke to him on WhatsApp on on November 8 in the presence Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan. is how a Minister in the Modi the evening of November 8. of Minister of State for Culture A Chair on Guru Nanak Dev Government intervened with The Union Law Secretary, Mahesh Sharma, Governor of will be set up by the Ministry the DoPT to protect Asthana. Suresh Chandra, said he was Punjab V.P. Singh Badnore, of Human Resource “As per Sana, Shri Haribhai in London for some work Minister of State for Electronics Development in one (Minister of State) had inter- related to the Nirav Modi and Information Technology University each in the UK and vened with the senior officers of case, that he was trying to S.S. Ahluwalia, and Punjab's Canada. An international sem- CBI through the office of the contact him for last 4/5 days Minister of Tourism Navjot inar on the life and teachings Minister of Personnel, Public in order to convey message of Singh Sidhu, said a Home of Guru Nanak Dev will be Grievances and Pension, to Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha Ministry statement on Monday. organised in New Delhi by the whom, apparently, the CBI that the Union Government The NIC, constituted by Union Ministry of Culture.    American First Lady. While reading from the book, She also denounces Director reports to,” said the will offer full protection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi States and Union It is about her growing in he dwelt on various aspects of Trump’s campaign questioning CBI DIG. him, that there will be a dras- to commemorate Guru Nanak's Territories will also be request- hile the people were a black neighbourhood, her her life as detailed in the book. her husband’s citizenship and He also said that CVC tic change on Tuesday (13th) 550th birth anniversary next ed to celebrate the 550th birth Wengaged in speculating marriage and life in the White Further, he talked about dubs it as bigoted and danger- Chowdhray also met Sana to and that he (Sana) should year, earlier had two other meet- anniversary of Guru Nanak animatedly over the outcome of House. Lead discussant for the how unprecedented and ous, “deliberately meant to stir save his relative from these meet him (Suresh Chandra) ings under the chairmanship of Dev in a befitting manner. the civic polls held on Sunday evening was senior civil servant unique she was as the First up the wingnuts and kooks.” issues. The officer said that the on Wednesday(14th),” the Rajnath Singh with Finance The Ministry of Culture will some people gathered at a Ashish Joshi. The co-founder, Lady and also why. Rohan The discussion ended with CVC and Asthana were also in petition says. Minister Arun Jaitley and work with the state govern- place at Jakhan on Monday The Booknerds, Rohan Raj mentioned how the former a question and answer session touch during these days. Responding to the allega- Minister of State for Culture as ments for this. The Indian evening to discuss Becoming talked about the book and the First Lady blasted President organised by The Booknerds “Sathish Babu Sana also dis- tion, the Law Secretary told members. Missions abroad shall organ- by the former First Lady of role played by Michelle Obama Donald Trump in her new named The Political Standoff. closed that he met CVC KV media that the allegations were "It was decided that the ise a series of activities as part America, Michelle Obama. in the United States scenario book, writing how she reacted The next event is going to Chowdhary along with one total baseless. “This is all false. event will be commemorated of the celebrations. The The book is her memoir, and also about the country’s in shock the night she learned be the book launch Ek Samay Gorantla Ramesh (close relative I never went to London, I through a series of activities Ministry of Railways will run story of her journey from a transition from the Obama era he would replace her husband Ki Baat Hai by Hema Pandey of Chowdhary and owner of don’t know who Satish Sana or commencing in November 2018 a train passing through places small town of Chicago to to the Trump era. Joshi talked in the Oval Office and tried to aka Hansa on December 6, the Delhi Public School , Rekha Rani is. It is complete (November 23, the 549th birth associated with Guru Nanak becoming the first African about Michelle’s inspiring story. ‘block it all out.’ organisers said. as per Sana) somewhere in fabrication,” said Chandra. anniversary of Guru Nanak) Dev. throughout the country and "Religious activities like across the globe," said the state- kirtan, Katha, prabhat pheri @   * ment. A commemorative coin and langar will be organised )%     *+++ and postage stamps will be throughout the year both at From Page 1 plied with the confidential released by the Department of national and international Verma’s reply will deal report of the CVC --- to Economic Affairs, Ministry of level," said the statement, with the CVC report, which maintain secrecy, saying it From Page 1 scheme for stressed MSMEs, Gurumurthy to arrive at a for restructuring of stressed Finance, and Department of adding that the Shiromani was categorised into four was needed to ensure people’s expert committee to be bank health under Prompt middle ground on some of the standard assets of MSME bor- Posts, it said. Gurdwara Parbandhak parts by the apex court as faith in the CBI as an institu- set up will now decide about Corrective Action (PCA) contentious issues. rowers with aggregate credit Sultanpur Lodhi, where Committee (SGPC)-an orga- “complimentary, very com- tion. the adequate size of capital framework and the Economic According to sources, no facilities of up to Rs 25 crore, Guru Nanak spent much of nization in India responsible plimentary, not so compli- Earlier, the apex court base. Capital Framework (ECF). voting on any proposal took subject to such conditions as his life, will be developed as for the management of gur- mentary, and very uncompli- had said the CVC had made The central board headed Patel and his deputies place and a detailed presen- are necessary for ensuring a heritage city, also incorpo- dwaras, Sikh places of wor- mentary” for the CBI some “very uncomplimenta- by RBI Governor Urjit Patel, came face to face with gov- tation was made by Deputy financial stability. rating Pind Babe Nanak Da, ship in three States of Director. ry” findings in its probe on which met amid the on-going ernment nominee directors — Governor NS Vishwanathan Most of the RBI’s 10 inde- by the Ministry of Housing Punjab, Haryana, and The SC on November 16 corruption allegations against tussle between the Finance Economic Affairs Secretary to the board. Vishwanathan is pendent directors, including and Urban Affairs in collab- Himachal Pradesh and union had directed Verma, Attorney Verma and wanted further Ministry and the central bank Subhash Chandra Garg and the incharge of banking reg- Tata Sons Chairman N oration with the Punjab gov- territory of Chandigarh- will General KK Venugopal and investigation into some of over various issues, discussed Financial Services Secretary ulation and supervision. The Chandrasekaran, attended ernment. draw a calendar of activities Solicitor General Tushar the charges which required the Basel regulatory capital Rajiv Kumar — and inde- Board also advised that the the meeting. The Union Ministry of and execute it. Mehta --- who were also sup- more time. framework, a restructuring pendent members like S RBI should consider a scheme   ()  *+ ,-. ,-/0  4

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On the occasion of the address a public meeting first at (RERA) was enacted by the States have set up interim ones. toilets under construction / #' According to the Ministry, "World Toilet Day", the gov- Ariopagi, Lawngtlai and there- Parliament, six northeastern All the States of northern under the Swachchh Bharat  #- "#  around 4.7 lakh public toilet ernment also released Standard after, at Varirengte in the State. States have finally agreed to region have established per- Mission (Urban), Prime seats have been constructed so Operating Procedures (SOPs) Shah will also address a implement the law, paving way manent Regulatory Authorities Minister Narendra Modi '#" far. The target set under the for cleaning of sewers and sep- Press conference and release for protecting the interest of except Himachal Pradesh, praised the Ministry of $  mission was 5.07 lakh public tic tanks for field staff who Vision Document of the BJP homebuyers in these States. RERA rules. Delhi and Chandigarh," an Housing and Urban Affairs toilet seats. More than 12,000 respond to sewer overflows or for Mizoram at the State BJP Arunachal Pradesh, Sources said representa- official of HUA said. (HUA) for its remarkable speed 4-3)"'/ public toilets have been built in spills. Office in Aizawl. Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, tives of these states had some According to the Ministry, of construction on the occasion   Delhi since 2015, the ministry The workshop on urban The first public meeting Nagaland and Sikkim have issues about the implementa- 33,750 real estate projects have of World Toilet day. said. Speaking at an event here, sanitation is aimed at address- will be at Lawngtlai in the failed to notify RERA due to tion of RERA, but the Ministry been registered under RERA, Hailing the HUA Ministry, HUA Secretary Durga Shanker ing challenges in the urban san- morning followed by Joint land and other issues. officials cleared all their doubts while 26,018 agents have been Modi said India is proud of the drive. World Toilet Day, cele- Mishra said 19 states and UTs itation space thereby enable YMA playground, Vairengte The development comes in the last month's workshop. registered across the country. remarkable speed with which brated on November 19, is were already Open Defecation participating states and cities in later in the evening. The battle after a team of the Union The Act, which provides Maharashtra tops the list of sanitation coverage has about taking action to ensure Free (ODF) in their urban proactively implementing for votes in Mizoram is a direct Housing and Urban Affairs proper protection to home States with 18,392 projects reg- increased in the last four years that everyone has a safe toilet areas. viable, affordable and sustain- fight between ruling Congress (HUA) Ministry visited the buyers, was enacted by the istered. and reiterated his by 2030. "This has been achieved by able sanitation solutions for a which has been in power since northeastern States on October Parliament in 2016. The States Instead of implementing Government's commitment to "Today, on World Toilet the construction of nearly 60.53 Swachh Bharat. 2008 and Mizo National Front 26 and held a workshop with were given powers to notify RERA, West Bengal had noti- enhancing sanitation facilities. Day, we reiterate our commit- lakh individual household toi- The Swachh Bharat (MNF), the biggest regional their representatives and dis- their respective rules and fied its own real estate law — The Prime Minister said the ment towards enhancing clean- lets (against a mission target of Mission (Clean India Mission) outfit. An optimist BJP which cussed the issues coming in the appoint regulatory authori- the Housing and Industrial drive for a cleaner India and liness and sanitation facilities 66 lakhs; i.E. 91.7% construct- aims to achieve 100 per cent already penetrated North-East way of notifying the Act. ties. Regulation Act, 2017 (HIRA). ensuring better sanitation facil- across the nation. We in India ed and under-construction open defecation free (ODF) well and succeeded in Assam, According to HUA secre- All States and Union Mishra had written to the ities is in fact a people's move- take pride at the remarkable against target)," Mishra said in and scientific solid waste man- Manipur and Meghalaya has tary Durga Shankar Mishra, the Territories in the country had Bengal Government, asking it ment. speed with which sanitation an official statement. agement in India by October 2, fielded 39 candidates for the northeastern States have agreed notified the rules under RERA, to repeal its own act as there Modi took to Twitter to cover has increased in the last "In the area of solid waste 2019, the 150th birthday 40-strong Mizoram Assembly. to implement RERA. We are except the six northeastern was already a central law on the thank women and youth for four years," he wrote. He said management, at least 40 per- anniversary of Mahatma The State has 87 per cent helping them in notifying the states and West Bengal. The Act subject. taking the lead in the sanitation it is the 130 crore Indians, par- cent of the total waste generat- Gandhi. Christian population.    , 3  $ 5 + + ,5 "4  #    -(   7 7  +  8   "# ' 3  '-       ( %    3*+    ,    "+-'+.(, day.   1 1

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+5 ;5 5+?   , ( + 5   5 )     0 = #2  $2! ("   0       $  #   :>        4 New Delhi: The Supreme Court by which the trial court and the New Delhi: A high-powered places associated with the Sikh The National Implementation New Delhi: The Supreme Court on November 26". report in the case before a trial on Monday asked the Bombay Bombay High Court were telescope will be installed along guru, a Home Ministry state- Committee, chaired by Rajnath on Monday deferred till At the outset, senior judge, a protest was filed by the High Court to deal with the plea directed to deal with the claim the Indo-Pak border for devo- ment said. Singh, also launched events, November 26 hearing on the Advocate Mukul Rohatgi petitioner which was dismissed of Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant of Purohit that he was being tees to view Kartarpur Sahib in The issue of Kartarpur including the release of com- plea of Zakia Jafri challenging appearing for the SIT, said by the magistrate without con- Purohit, one of the accused in prosecuted under penal laws Punjab, one of the holiest Sahib came into focus after memorative coin and postage the clean chit given by the Zakia's plea was not maintain- sidering "substantiated merits". the 2008 Malegaon bast case, including the Unlawful shrines of Sikhs. Punjab Minister Navjot Singh stamps. Following this, it was Special Investigating Team (SIT) able and social activist Teesta On February 8, 2012, the that he was being prosecuted in Activities (Prevention) Act with- The Government on Sidhu visited Pakistan in August decided that the 550th birth to Narendra Modi, who was Setalvad cannot be the second SIT filed a closure report, giv- the matter without any valid out any sanction from the Monday also announced that a to attend the oath-taking cere- anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev then Gujarat Chief Minister, in petitioner in the case. The bench ing the clean chit to Modi and sanction. authorities. commemorative coin and mony of his cricketer-turned- will be commemorated through connection with the 2002 post- said it will look into the appli- 63 others, including senior gov- A bench headed by Chief The plea also alleged that postage stamps will be released politician friend Imran Khan as a series of activities, commenc- Godhra riots. cation before hearing the matter ernment officials, saying there Justice Ranjan Gogoi directed the the charges have been framed as part of a series of activities Prime Minister of that country. ing in November, throughout Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, on making Setalvad as the sec- was "no prosecutable evidence" High Court that Purohit's plea be against Purohit and others by planned to mark the 550th After his return, Sidhu the country and across the an ex-MP who was killed in one ond petitioner in Jafri's plea. against them. Ehsan Jafri was dealt with on November 21. A the trial court which had com- birth anniversary of Guru claimed that Pakistan Army globe, the statement said. of the worst incidents during the During the previous hearing, among 68 people who were special court on November 2 menced the trial without deal- Nanak Dev. chief Qamar Javed Bajwa had "The year 2019 marks the riots, has challenged the Gujarat Jafri's counsel had said that killed at the Gulberg Society in had commenced the formal ing with the claim on sanction. The Ministry of Electronics told him that Pakistan may 550th birth anniversary of High Court's October 5, 2017 notice needs to be issued in the Ahmedabad when a mob trial against Purohit, Sadhvi Six people were killed and and IT will install a high-pow- open a corridor to Kartarpur Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the order rejecting her plea against plea as it pertains to the aspect attacked it on February 28, Pragya Singh Thakur and five over 100 injured when an explo- ered telescope in India for the Sahib, which is located just great saint and founder of the the SIT's decision. of alleged "larger conspiracy" 2002, a day after the S-6 Coach other accused after framing of sive device strapped on a motor- devotees to view Kartarpur across the International Border Sikh faith. Guru Nanak's A bench headed by Justice during the period from February of the Sabarmati Express return- charges under various penal law cycle went off near a mosque in Sahib in Pakistan, while the in Punjab. teachings of love, peace and A M Khanwilkar said, "The 27, 2002 and May 2002 and had ing from Ayodhya at Godhra in the Malegaon blast case. Malegaon, a town about 200 km Railways Ministry will run a Kartarpur Sahib is the final brotherhood hold universal matter will take some time for also maintained that after the SIT was burnt, triggering the riots in Purohit, in his plea, referred from north Maharashtra, on train, which will pass through resting place of Guru Nanak. appeal," it said. PTI hearing. The plea will be heard gave a clean chit in its closure Gujarat. PTI to the earlier apex court order September 29, 2008. PTI .  Q      R     * 4 -  -

  ,"'0;+ leprosy who are now effiscimi- Vendrikal, Kamareddy running  8 *$* - 5$ nation iciently running liveli- Dairy and Goat Rearing ith an aim to break the hood enterprises. "This initiative (Agricultural Development and Wmyth and stigma sur- has enabled them to make a suc- financing) project have won the New Delhi: The CIC has direct-  #$  $$ # vation. rounding leprosy, a three-day cessful transition from begging award. ed the Registrar General of >" #" "There is no legal impedi- Youth Festival 'Youth against to a dignified livelihood," said India still accounts for 60 India (RGI) to change its prac- $ # ##' ment in creation of two or more Leprosy' was kicked off from Tehseen. per cent of new cases reported tices of data collection, espe- # $) equally effective access points of Monday here. Mentionworthy, The awardees of the 8th globally. cially with regard to births and " " # information, both at the central India accounts for 60 per cent of Rising to Dignity Awards-2018 In the year 2007, new cases deaths. # "  as well as at the state level. It is global cases. Its purpose is to may know comes from family the youth from the sector to are two groups from Indore, detected in India were 137,685, Information Commissioner rather a question of 'data mir- work towards the socio-eco- and friends and is often vague share their ideas and challenges Madhya Pradesh and and nine years later in 2016, the Yashovardhan Azad, in an roring' and the essential ques- nomic development of those and reaffirms the stigma against in tackling the disease. Kamareddy District in number remained almost the important order, issued direc- section 3 of the Registration of tion raised in the present case affected by the crippling disease the disease." Prestigious Rise to Dignity Telangana. An all women group same at 135,485, a significant tives to make changes in the Births and Deaths (RBD) Act, requires forging new practices and their families. It is unfortunate that despite Awards is being given for the of Indore, dealing in Sari retail- increase over the 127,326 new software and practices of the whereas the ground-level of data management, which is Several youths from leprosy being non contagious and fully hard work and dedication ing project and a mix group of cases detected in 2015, accord- RGI. record was maintained by the in furtherance of the RBD Act colonies across the city have con- curable, leprosy is still consid- shown by persons affected by men and women from ing to a study. He was hearing a petition registrars appointed by the as well as the RTI Act," he said. gregated at the festival organised ered as a curse and the myth is filed by an RTI applicant, seek- respective States, Azad noted. The CIC also took note of by Sasakawa-India Leprosy still there that whoever will get ing information about the "Despite the contention of the PIO's submission that it was Foundation (SILF), an organi- in touch with these people will deaths reported in all the wards the PIO that the CRS (Civil comparatively difficult to reg- sation that focuses on creating get affected, Shanker said. She     :9;<2+ of Mumbai in 2016. Registration System) Division ister the data of deaths with the economic opportunities for lep- pointed out that "In 2005, while The information was not of the Registrar General, India cause of the deaths, in contrast rosy-affected people. we were applauding ourselves, New Delhi: India and 10 other India has turned out as the malaria case reductions in provided to him, following cannot be held to be the custo- to the data regarding births, Vineeta Shanker, executive we did not look deep enough to countries in sub-Saharan only country among the 11 2017, India is no longer among which he approached the dian of ward-wise data as Azad added. director of the SILF said that idea see the regional variations. That, Africa accounted for around 70 highest-burden countries to the top three countries with the Central Information sought by the appellant, the "The judicious aggregation behind holding the Youth in itself, should have given us a per cent of estimated malaria mark progress in reducing its highest malaria burdens. Commission (CIC). commission finds that the role as well as the preservation of the Festival, bringing youth and pointer that this problem was far cases (151 million) and deaths disease burden, registering a 24 However, 1.25 billion Indians During the hearing, the of the Registrar General in the 'data of death' are very impor- stakeholders under one roof from over." (274,000) globally last year, per cent decrease in 2017 com- remain at risk of malaria. official representing the RGI implementation of the RBD Act tant for ensuring the quality of here, is to make the younger Tehseen Zaidi, with only India reporting pared to 2016, according to India has set a target of said the office was a data aggre- cannot be lost sight of," he said. life of the living. The data is a generation aware about the dis- Communications and Advocacy progress in reducing its malar- WHO World Malaria Report being malaria-free by 2027 gator. Azad added that the pre- crucial indicator of various fac- ease. "They have a little idea or Manager with SILF informed ia cases when compared to 2018. and eliminating the disease by He submitted that the sent controversy was limited tors, which is a key for ensur- understanding on leprosy as a that the collaborations like Youth 2016, a report said on Monday. By leading the world in 2030. PTI States were tasked with the only to the practices related to ing good governance and effi- disease. Whatever little they Festival provides a platform for overall implementation under data maintenance and preser- cient policy planning. PTI   () *+ ,-. ,-/0   0      I    M' 1    I   I (.(!$+/9(.')         1                    # -+ &            ,                      * 3     &3   #  S    +  +            ;8             $             )                         "   $S )+)     (         $9 3$   +              angladesh, in an ironical move,        $  is seeking the cooperation of Saudi Arabia to popularise           ‘model Islam’ amongst her pop-    2  +        $   ulation. The project will crys- Btallise in the form of 560 ‘model mosques’             ,    9<=9 $ across the country built with Saudi funds.               0 ' > Paradoxically, in 1971, Saudi Arabia along         9          -           tough time convincing the Arab nations                   that the Pakistani armed forces were not              $       fighting a battle of Islamic righteousness Saudi Arabia (formerly called tered most of its residents Army during 1971 war creat- in Bangladesh. They were rather indulging Hejaz), thus the kingdom is to including the priest. It was ed widespread hurt among             + S    $    in “well-documented crimes of arson, loot, Islam what a shadow is to an expected that sovereign Bengalis. It was rebuilt after the               6    ( rape and murder.” Ahmad had to remind object placed in the sun. But Bangladesh would prioritise war and subsequently expand-      +       -    the Arabs how they had once to fight for the same is not true of rebuilding the temple as a ed it in 1983. It has attained the             #    "      their own independence from the Turkish Bangladesh, which is placed in symbol of its heritage and status of a pilgrimage centre in Ottoman Empire albeit Turks were also fel- a different geographical, envi- communal harmony. But to Bangladesh.         6     $     low Muslims. ronmental and cultural zone. everybody’s surprise, Mujibur So, why has the Bengali              The professed aim of the ‘model To make Bangladeshis ‘more Rahman got the damaged tem- language been exalted to a -  * -   +          mosque’ project is to salvage Islam from Muslim’ is surely to foment ple disestablished brick-by- cult status in Bangladesh? the hands of radicals and militants. Prime internal trouble. brick in 1972. This is because they would be       #     "       Minister Hasina feels that Islam, a religion If, today, to believe Sheikh The huge cleared up space bereft of their cultural moor-                (     of peace, has been usurped by these Hasina, Islam has gone into (along with the dismantled ings to their soil without it.             2     extreme elements. But how to be sure that radical hands, the reason is not (+1;0<+**+' Race Course) was converted Their religion, Islam, con- the religion is in its pristine and peaceful because any Government of into a park viz Suhrawardy nects them with Arabia, in a                  S   ( state in Saudi Arabia? After all, 15 of the Bangladesh deliberately pro- %,0<(+ Uddyan named after Huseyn psychological sense but it              #   ( 19 citizens involved in the hijacking of air- moted radical Islam. The rea- N0'+.0*P:+O Shahid Suhrawardy, the archi- also alienates them from their                $S   planes used in 9/11 attacks were citizens son is that every Government tect of the Great Calcutta ancestry, history, culture and of the kingdom. of Bangladesh has tried to 1;0H+,*0 Killings (1946) who happened environment. Hasina should                   Being starry-eyed about the project, infuse more and more Islam to be the mentor of Rahman introspect. Why is only an          . $  *    *    Hasina has put Bangladeshi Taka 8,722 into Bangladeshi society. As a *%.@% +,*.% during his early years in the emphasis on Islam needed for           *        -  crore from the public exchequer into the result, Bangladesh, by negating <;0(+(%"'* Muslim League. course correction in an already initiative, not having received Saudi funds its foundational principles, is What is distinctive about Muslim majority state?             $   as yet. But what model of Islam is expect- en route to becoming a mirror 0<;%',%.*%"' Bangladesh is its language, Successive Governments have      -  $  *  $B   !    ed from Saudi Arabia? The desert kingdom image of Pakistan. ,.,%"* 1;,+ Bengali. It was consistently seen promoted only Islam in     )            )    is infamous for exporting Wahabism, a Ironically, the initiative ,",*+;(%*,"% with suspicion by the Pakistan Bangladesh, whether out of $       )S             ( rigid and intolerant variant of Islam, was started by Bangabandhu authorities. They saw it as an piety or political expediency, worldwide. In September 2015 it had Mujibar Rehman, the absentee <++.*(%,*.% impediment to true Islam. The but the result is the deracina-   /           offered Germany to build 200 mosques — founder of Bangladesh (he people of Bangladesh (then tion of a large section of the roughly one for each of the 100 refugees was a prisoner in Mianwali Jail %;+., ,0"0< East Pakistan) rebuffed attempts population dependent on fleeing Syria. in Pakistan through the 1+%+ (%*++" by Karachi to impose Urdu. The Islamic curriculum. Susane Schröter, Director, Frankfurt months of the Liberation War). language agitation of February Until 1970, says Abul 7  8   Research Centre for Global Islam, esti- Rahman as the first President :*:;1+' 21, 1952, that led to seven Barkat in his signal book, mates that Riyadh has invested at least 76 (later Prime Minister) of deaths in police firing, left an Political Economy of Madrasa billion Euros ($86 billion) in the last 50 Bangladesh prohibited horse enduring legacy for Bangladesh. Education in Bangladesh, there 1       -    !"# years of oil boom to promote Wahabism racing, gambling and sale of The UNESCO has hon- were 2,721 madrasas. But by across the globe. So, Sheikh Hasina should liquor in Bangladesh in defer- oured the date by recognising 2008, their number had 2   %            not complain if she finds Bangladesh drift- ence to Islamic traditions. February 21 as ‘International increased to 14,152. The net ing towards gender segregation, Sharia Thus, activities that were per- Mother Language Day’. The effect is that Bangladesh’s foun- penal code and prohibition on the public mitted in the Islamic Republic Bangladesh Liberation War of dational legacy is under threat.    %  S   practice of other religions and traditions. of Pakistan became haram in 1971 — as against popular The ‘model mosques’ project     *   + Saudi Arabia could not be the model secular Bangladesh. misconception in India —was will only contribute to the ) for Bangladesh, not merely because the for- The Pakistani Army, dur- not prompted by the language deracination process. ,  - - ( mer is a retrograde dynastic monarchy. ing the Liberation War, heav- issue. Yet the demolition of the (The writer is an indepen-          The identity of the desert kingdom is ily damaged the ancient Shaheed Minar (estd 1963) dent researcher based in New *       defined merely through its religion. Islam Ramna Kalibari, an iconic dedicated to the language mar- Delhi. 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Indonesia and rising power India and expertise, lived experiences and profes- Asian literacy is not just about lan- ry. The Ken Henry report has cut lit- Commission data in New Delhi, there shape the future of the region. sional linkages. In the intermediate guage proficiency. It is about under- tle ice in building Asia-oriented univer- is a 20-30 per cent increase in the enrol- The Varghese report, too, said that term, lessons must be drawn from the standing values, customs, traditions, sity curriculum, at least from the ment of Indian students, totalling engaging with India was no more an recommendations of research works socio-political and cultural nuances to Indian viewpoint. There appears a dis- 70,000 in 2017 at Australian universi- option but a necessity. Importantly, both and Government reports, notably, the decode how a nation thinks and acts. connect between national and institu- ties. But this is good news for Australian  3)" 3   reports recognised that policy-making Melbourne Declaration on education- It requires familiarising oneself with tional visions which can be melded by literacy in India, as many will return as is not a purely Government-task but a al Goals for Young Australians, 2008, Asian history, values and culture early introducing core and elective courses Australia’s brand ambassadors and resident Ram Nath Kovind’s joint exercise involving academics, which noted, “India, China and other in school, alongside developing lan- on India with integrated field study for help nurture the constituency of maiden visit to Australia comes scholars, analysts and institutions, who Asian nations are growing and their guage skills and undertaking country gaining in-country experience. Australia champions in India. At      Pclose on the heels of the release possess knowledge and expertise on the influence on the world is increasing. visits as a part of immersion pro- Most importantly such courses Indian universities, Australia remains      of Peter Varghese’s report, ‘An India region and regional matters. Varghese Australians need to become ‘Asia liter- grammes or other study visits. would serve the domestic Australian a passing reference in courses on Asia- Economic Strategy to 2035: Navigating went a step ahead to posit that the ate’, engage and build strong relation- Unfortunately, a steady decline across students more on whom leadership Pacific. New centres are emerging but 1    from Potential to Delivery’, a compre- Australian Government neither had the ships with Asia”. In the long-term, Australian primary and secondary may be thrust upon at various institu- Australian literacy in India remains far     hensive and incisive India strategy to capacity nor the inclination to imple- schools and universities must be schools in Asian language and history tions for developing or leading India from satisfactory. In the absence of * .    be commissioned by any Prime ment a strategy of its own. Let us be encouraged to introduce courses and teaching has made Australia knowl- strategy. The Commonwealth country champions and specialised   Minister till date. While the report mindful that the report is largely an eco- programmes on India, not only sup- edge-deficient on Asia, especially, India Government funds several fellow- institutions, overnight experts assume bodes well for economic ties, the nomic strategy. Business and trade porting existing institutions specialis- and Indonesia. During school ships, such as the New Colombo Plan, policy-making responsibilities, which        future of India-Australia relations strategies remain susceptible to period- ing in India-Australia studies but also dropoff/pickup hours, it is common to which supports over 10,000 research is worrisome. During an interview at    hinges on reinventing the 3Cs — ic market volatility, domestic politics creating new ones. The US and see Asian kids conversing with their fellowships in 40 Asian countries, a high-profile federal department in     Curry, Cricket and Commonwealth — and ever altering policy priorities. Singapore are two examples where peo- Asian parents in English than in native including India, producing around Canberra, once a ‘expert’ in the panel     with a new 3Cs approach — nurturing Therefore, for a long-term future of ple and institutions, possessing coun- language. While English learning is 900 Australian undergraduates under- asked this writer whether he spoke    Constituencies of Country Champions bilateral relations, creating try expertise, have played a vital role in vital, developing Asian multi-lingual taking research, study and internships ‘Hindu’, unaware of the distinction — that requires investing in people and Constituencies of Country Champions shaping strategic thinking, lobbied as proficiency and country knowledge will in India during 2015-16. The Australia between Hindu and Hindi. Such  &  institutions. Six years ago, Australian is paramount to shape strategic think- peace advocates during testing times trigger intellectual curiosity in young India Council grants, Australia-Indian knowledge gaps can only be filled by    economist Ken Henry was delegated by ing, influence policy-making and facil- and bolstered a vibrant and well- minds, which can be tapped and sati- Strategic Research Fund and investing in people and institutions on     the then Prime Minister Julia Gillard itate people-to-people interaction. informed Constituency of Country ated by universities. Endeavour Leadership grant also fund both sides, and creating Constituencies    to develop the ‘Australia in the Asian This requires a three-pronged Champions. Australia must solve its But most Australian universities research projects on India-Australia of Country Champions.         Century White Paper 2012’, which rec- approach. 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(  5= A++  ,5 5 'P  #     Q     3    4   !#  ,       +" %.:;: Karnataka is the third ily of humble farmers. But      largest sugarcane producer after their attitude is exactly the ugarcane farmers from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, opposite. How could a CM call Sacross the State staged which had harvested 32 million farmers “goondas”? he       R Patna: The Central Bureau of an extensive excavation at the protests here on Monday seek- tonne in 2017-18. The drought demanded a clarification from Investigation has discovered shelter home premises on sus- ing loan waiver, higher mini- has affected 15-lakh hectares of former Prime Minister HD that five minor girls, and not picion that some inmates might mum purchase price and relief agricultural and horticultural Deve Gowda.   ",.%/%.I1%% at the temple complex late two as reported earlier, died in have been killed and buried for losses incurred due to crops in 17 districts across the However JDS chief H D J/+;%.%K Sunday night. They held the shelter home in Bihar's there, but could not recover drought in 17 districts, which state, with an estimated loss of Deve Gowda has blamed a "nama japam" (chanting the Muzaffarpur district. anything from there. have been declared drought-hit. 8,000 crore. section of the media for nion Minister Alphons name of Lord Ayyappa) Their post-mortem exam- Last month, a shelter home Farmers from Meanwhile Chief Minister Sunday’s incident in Belgaum. UKannanthanam on protest against the police inations were conducted at a employee Krishna Ram, who Ramanagara, Mandya, Mysuru, HD Kumaraswamy had creat- Meanwhile Chief Minister has Monday hit out at the Kerala restrictions. The police had Government hospital, police also ran the press of Brajesh Kodagu, Kolar, Gadag, ed a controversy by calling called for a meeting of the agi- Government for turning the also taken into custody 68 pro- said on Monday. Thakur — the main accused — Tumukuru, Shivamogga, farmers goondas and also tating farmers on Tuesday to Sabarimala temple complex testors on Sunday night. The CBI, probing the alleged told the CBI sleuths that some Hassan, Haveri, Hubballi, allegedly abused a woman resolve the issue. "I appeal to into a "war zone" and treating The CPI(M)-led LDF rape of 34 girls at the shelter bodies were stuffed in gunny Belagavi and Bagalkot came to farmer who was protesting in the farmers to be patient as the the pilgrims like "dacoits". Government is making life dif- home, on Sunday searched doc- bags and disposed of in the Bengaluru to protest against the Belagavi. This has severely hit Government is committed to "They have imposed ficult for all the pilgrims com- uments at Shri Krishna Medical Burhi Gandak river a year ago. anti-farmers policies of the the pro farmer image of the find solutions to their prob- Section 144 (prohibitory ing here, the Minister said. College and Hospital and found However, the CBI could JD(S)-Congress Government coalition Government led by lems. I held meetings with orders). The pilgrims are being N(+*%+ 0@+;"+" "This is like the Stalin era of the that the post-mortem examina- not recover anything from the in the State. Kumaraswamy and also officials and stakeholders on treated like dacoits. Where is (%*:;"+'(+ Soviet Union," he said. tions of five girls of the shelter river. According to the CBI, "Farmers from all over the angered the coalition partner demands of sugarcane growers. the basic infrastructure...This is +1.+01.+? "Sabarimala is one of the home were conducted there. Ram disclosed that Brajesh state have come to force the the Congress.After Jayashree I have directed the district pathetic," the Minister, who biggest pilgrims centre in the According to the hospital Thakur had ordered the dis- State Government meet our Gurannavar, a woman farmer deputy commissioners to arrived here to take stock of the ,"0%-%;Q0"+  country. Here, everyone lives register, the post-mortems of two posal of the bodies. He revealed demands on loan waiver, high- who was leading the agitation, resolve their issues," said the facilities at the hill shrine, (+'+@0++*%;+"0 peacefully. This Government is girls were conducted in 2013, that two inmates of Thakur's er price for sugarcane and called Kumaraswamy “a good statement citing the Chief told reporters. +;;0;,** (+9%;+ determined to ensure that peo- two in 2015 and one in 2017. NGO, Seva Sankalp Ewam Vikas compensation for kharif crop for nothing CM”, the CM hit Minister. Though debt waiver "The State Government ple do not have the right to The CBI officials are now Samiti, had died under mysteri- loss due to drought this year," back calling them “goondas in was not a solution to the farm- has turned the temple complex 1,. ;,* O(+*%,' their belief," the Minister said. trying to find out as to whom ous circumstances and their Karnataka State Farmers the guise of farmers”. After his ers' woes, Kumaraswamy said into a war zone. The devotees Pointing out that there was the bodies of the girls were bodies were dumped in the river Association President statement farmers were angry the State Government was are not terrorists, they are pil- "The state government no basic facilities at Pamba, he handed over after their autop- from Akharaghat Bridge with the Chamaraj Patil told reporters . and intensified their agitation working hard to waive off farm grims," he said. must take responsibility...The said there were no toilets and sies and also whether cases help of Guddu, another employ- "Though Chief Minister across the State. loans taken from cooperative, Restrictions have been Union Tourism Ministry had all the three sheds at Nilackal were registered in the matter. ee of the shelter home, and H.D. Kumaraswamy Later the farmers’ anger scheduled and State-run banks. imposed at the temple complex given 100 crore...They have are waterlogged. "A team of CBI officials is Vijay Tiwari, Thakur's driver. announced farm loan waiver in forced Kumaraswamy to "I hope the waiver will enable following protests by activists not spent even a rupee..," "What is the intention of likely to soon interrogate some Of the 42 girls lodged at the June, the banks have not writ- retract saying that his statement the farmers to seek fresh loans of the BJP, RSS and right-wing Kannanthanam said. the Government? They want to hospital doctors to collect more short-stay home run by Brajesh ten off a rupee even after five was misinterpreted. for the next crop. The loan outfits over the State The Union minister visit- make sure the pilgrims are not details about the case," a district Thakur's NGO, 34 were found months. Except for making “My intention was not to waiver will begin soon as the Government's decision to ed Nilackal, the base camp, provided with basic facilities. police officer said. to have been sexually assaulted. announcements and giving hurt anyone. My statement has process is at the final stage," implement the September 28 Pamba and Sannidhanam What is happening with law The CBI had earlier found The crime came to light after a assurances, nothing has hap- been misinterpreted by the said the Chief Minister. Supreme Court order allowing Monday morning, hours after and order? Section 144? Is this human bones at a cremation social audit by the Tata Institute pened. "We are also unable to media. I apologise if the farm- Claiming that the Janata the entry of women of all ages police removed around 200- a democracy?" Kannanthanam ground on October 4 following of Social Sciences, Mumbai, five take fresh credit as old loans ers are hurt,” Kumaraswamy Dal (Secular)-Congress coali- into the shrine. odd people who had gathered said. a tip-off. It had also carried out months ago. IANS have not been waived off yet," said. Coalition partner tion Government was pro- Patil added. Congress has criticised farmer, Kumaraswamy said a Bengaluru City Police Kumaraswamy for making permanent solution was being stopped hundreds of agitators such a statement against the worked out to ensure that #     from marching towards the farmers. Deputy Chief Minister farmers would not have to Vidhana Soudha from G Parameshwara said that he protest or resort to an agita- Freedom Park as prohibitory would apologise to the farmers tion.     orders were in place. for the CM’s angry statement. "I have been always on the The Sugarcane farmers are “I don’t know in what context side of farmers and don't demanding payment of 1,500 he has used the word ‘goondas’. have bias against those from crore dues from state-run and But he should not have said the northern or southern %    private sugar mills for fiscal that. The Congress party has regions of the State. 2017-18; 3,000 per tonne always been with the farmers “All are equal and same   *;,"% %; The outfit accused the higher minimum support price and I personally apologise to for me. As the loan waiver youths of providing informa- (MSP) for sugarcane from them,” Parameshwara said. amount is about 48,000 he Jammu & Kashmir tion about militants to the 2,500 per tonne fixed last The BJP was quick to crore, we need time and TPolice on Monday threat- security forces. year; fresh loans from cooper- demand an apology from chief workforce to verify each ened action against those Pani also said that the ative and state-run banks for minister for his remarks on the account. I want farmers to be uploading videos on social police were investigating the the rabi crop, supply of seeds farmer. Yeddyurappa said “The patient and not be desperate," media of executions carried out role of two overground women and fertilisers. Gowdas call themselves a fam- said the Chief Minister. by militants. workers arrested recently. Inspector-General of Police While one woman was (Kashmir Zone) SP Pani told arrested along with ammuni-   .  the media: "Action will be tion during the search of a #      taken against those who upload vehicle in Lawaypora on the these videos on social media." outskirts of Srinagar, %   Videos of executions of another, from Sumbal in two youths carried out by the Bandipora district, had been         Hizbul Mujahideen outfit in detained for luring youths to south Kashmir were recently terrorism through her     uploaded on the social media. Facebook account.       # $          :-%(%, ormer Assam Minister and " '#" Fsenior Congress leader 5 /#7#$ Chandan Kumar Sarkar died at ## #"#   a hospital at Bongaigaon on '# ""#  Monday following a cardiac  " ")'# arrest, family sources said. Sarkar was 65 and is sur- "#'" vived by wife, two sons and a @   / daughter.  " The Congress leader suf-   #"## fered a cardiac arrest at his Mumbai: A special NIA court   $$ Bongaigaon home on Monday here on Monday directed that morning and was immediate- a copy of photographs and the photographs and videos of ly rushed to a local hospital, videos pertaining to the 2008 the incident to Purohit. The where he passed away. Malegoan blast be provided to matter was then adjourned till Mourning his death, Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant November 21. The pho- Chief Minister Sarbananda Purohit, who is one of the tographs and videos are part of Sonowal said the former accused in the case. the charge sheets submitted by Minister had worked with Purohit, in an application the prosecution in the case. commitment and dedication filed last week, had asked the The special court had on for the welfare of the people special National Investigation October 30 framed terror and made significant contri- Agency (NIA) court to give him charges against Purohit, Sadhvi butions to the political and copies of photographs and Pragya Singh Thakur and five social life of the State. videos related to the incident to other accused in the 2008 "As a Minister of the pre- prepare his defence. Malegaon blast case, setting the vious Congress Government, During the argument on stage for their trial to commence. Sarkar had rendered valuable Monday, the prosecution On September 29, 2008, six services, which would always objected to his plea, saying no people were killed and over 100 be remembered by the people other accused had asked for injured when an explosive device and his death is an irreparable these documents and that this strapped on a motorcycle went loss to society," Sonowal said in was a delay tactic. off near a mosque in Malegaon, a statement. However, special judge V S a town in Maharashtra's Nashik Sarkar was elected to the Padalkar directed the court district and located about 200 legislative assembly thrice- registrar to provide a copy of km from Mumbai. PTI 1991, 2001 and 2011- from Abhayapuri South constituen- cy and served as the irrigation Minister in the third term of the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress Government. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) presi- dent Ripun Bora expressed shock at Sarkar's death and offered his condolence to the bereaved family. "I had held a meeting on the forthcoming panchayat elections only three days ago where he was present and had spoken to him even on Sunday. It is a big loss for the Congress and during the bad times of the party, it was he along with Bhumidhar Barman who had played a pivotal role in maintaining the party's unity," Bora said. An APCC delegation, led by Bora, has left for Bongaigaon to attend the last rites of the former Minister. Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has also con- doled Sarkar's death and prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul.   ()  *+ ,-. ,-/0  B

 (>65  ! +  .% %         #"# $       police arrested five more activists / * announced the formation of the the formation of a political community came together and nearly six hours to press for :%,I:HH%," Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves MKM and said that it would party by the MKS should be floated Maratha Kranti Morcha reservations and other demands, and Arun Pereira, Sudha  F8.* contest the forthcoming Lok seen in the context of massive to demand among other things compelling the BJP-led saffron move by the Pune police to Bharadwaj and Gautam Sabha polls and subsequent mobilisation of Marathas as demanding reservations in alliance Government to come Aquestion senior Congress Navlakha for their association 688%   Assembly elections in the State. part of as many 58 mammoth education and jobs to with a package for Marathas, leader Digvijay Singh in con- with the Elgaar Parishad held in Addressing a news confer- silent morchas organised by Marathas, scrapping of the including concessions in educa- nection with the investigations Pune ahead of the January 1,   ence at in western MKM in various district head- “misused SC and ST tion along the lines of Other into the activities of the banned 2018 Bhima-Koregaon riots and Maharashtra, Patil said: “Our quarters and major towns and (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Backward Classes (OBCs) and CPI (Maoist) took a political their alleged links with the party Maratha Kranti Sena will cities across Maharashtra to initiation of stern action against announce its readiness to accord turn on Monday with the rul- and the State Government to Maoists. However, the Supreme     :%, contest all the 48 Lok Sabha demand reservations for the culprits behind the gang- reservations to the community in ing BJP making an issue in the arrest me”. Court ordered that the five seats and 288 Assembly seats in Maratha community which rape of the Maratha girl. education and Government jobs. campaign for the Madhya On their part, the Pune arrested activists be placed under n an apparent attempt to cash Maharashtra. We are conven- accounts of 32 per cent of the The MKM took out silent Mumbai’s was the 58th Pradesh Assembly polls and police claim that they have house arrest till September 6. Iin on its popularity gained dur- ing our party’s first convention state’s total population. morchas in one and district silent morcha that the MKM daring the Congress leadership ascertained the mobile number In a charge-sheet filed in ing its crusade for Maratha at Vadgaon in Hatkanangale It is mainly because of the headquarter or major town took out every since the mem- to expel Singh from the party mentioned in the incriminating a Pune special court on reservations for the past two town in Kolhapur district on tremendous pressure mounted after another to press for its bers of Maratha community for his alleged Maoist links. letter was that of Singh. November 15 against 10 per- years, the hitherto social outfit November 25. At this con- by the MKM – which enjoyed various demands. Despite came together and floated the After news reports emanat- It may be recalled that five sons, including five activists Maratha Kranti Morcha (MKM) vention, we will devise a strat- the support of the Opposition being without a prominent outfit in August 2016. Later on, ed from Pune that the local Maoist-linked activists Human arrested for their alleged on Monday floated a political egy mobilise cadres for our new Congress, NCP and ruling Shiv leader to head the outfit, the MKS also became a party to the police planned to question Rights activists Rona Wilson Maoist links, the investigators party - Maratha Kranti Sena - political party in the run-up the Sena — on the ruling BJP that MKM became a force to public interest litigations in the Singh over the finding that his Jacob, Surendra Gadling, Sudhir had said that accused number (MKS) and announced that the Lok Sabha polls to be held in the Devendra Fadnavis reckon with in the following Bombay High Court which on mobile number was mentioned Dhawale, Prof Shoma Sen and two Rona J. Wilson had col- new party would contest all the May next year”. Government has now decided months. August 7 2018 directed the in one of the letters claimed to Mahesh Raut were arrested by luded with Shoma Sena and 48 Lok Sabha and 288 Assembly As a first step towards rop- to accord reservations to the The tremendous response Maharashtra State Backward have been seized from the the Pune police on June 6, in Prashanto Bose, secretary of seats in the forthcoming elec- ing in a prominent political Maratha community under an that the MKM evoked for its Class Commission (MSBCC) arrested Maoist sympathisers, connection with the Elgaar the outlawed CPI (Maoist)’s tions in the State. personality into their party, independent SEBC category. massive silent morchas would submit its report to the BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra Parishad and subsequent Eastern Regional Bureau, A day after the Patil urged Maratha warrior During the winter session of the benumbed the Maharashtra State Government on the socio- targeted the senior Congress Bhima-Koregaon riots. along with other under- Maharashtra Government Chhatrapati Shivaji’s descen- Maharashtra Legislature that Government and various polit- economic status of the Marathas leader for his alleged Maoist Subsequently on June 8, ground activists hatched a accepted the recommendations dant and NCP MP from Satara began on Monday, the State ical parties. What captured the by November 15, so as to expe- links. the investigators had claimed conspiracy to kill the Prime of the Maharashtra State Udayanraje Bhosale to contest Government is likely to intro- attention of the state govern- dite the process of according Talking to media persons at that they had recovered from Minister of India. “All the Backward Class Commission the forthcoming Lok Sabha duce a bill according reserva- ment, various political parties reservations to Marathas. Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, Patra the laptop of Wilson an alleged- five (arrested) arrested accused (MSBCC) and announced that polls on a MKS ticket. “Since he tions to Maratha community. and people across the state was It remains to be seen if the alluded to the reported recovery ly incriminating letter, which were part of the conspiracy to it would grant reservations to has extended his blessings to It may be recalled that the disciplined and peaceful new political outfit MKS would of a letter allegedly linking Singh uncovered an alleged plot by the wage a war against the nation Maratha community under a our political, we would like to after a 15-year-old Maratha girl manner in which an apolitical evoke as much response from to the CPI (Maoist) and charged Maoists to carry out “Rajiv with illegal bombs and arms to new Socially Educationally contest the Lok Sabha polls on from their community was outfit like MKM organised its the people in the run-up to the that the senior Congress had Gandhi-type” assassination of topple the government with Backward Class (SEBC) cate- MKS ticket. We will call on him gang-raped and murdered various silent morchas. Lok Sabha as the MKM evoked links with the outlawed Maoists. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. violent means,” the charge- gory, MKM convenor Suresh tomorrow at Satara and discuss allegedly by three men in On August 9 last year, more during the course of its 58 silent He dared Congress president On August 28, the Pune sheet said. Patil, along with the outfit’s issues relating our political district of west- than five lakh Marathas owing morchas taken out in various Rahul Gandhi to expel Singh senior leaders Bapusaheb party,” Patil said. ern Maharashtra on July 13, allegiance to MKM virtually parts of the State for a period from the party. Shirsat and Nanasaheb Moshre, The significance behind 2016, members of Maratha laid seize to south Mumbai for spanning one full year. “Now that it has become clear that Digvijay Singh has links with the Maoists. The $   (      matter is serious and it involves > ( ? 5   5 national security. I would like     to know if Rahul Gandhi would "! #! expel the senior Congress from <=      ,    $"P      the party or decorate him as a revolutionary,” Patra asked. Meanwhile, Pune’s Joint   2"$   :%, Police Commissioner Shivajirao Bodkhe confirmed      Kolkata: The CPI(M) on he body of an arrested that the team investigating the Monday attacked Chief TIndian fisherman, who died Bhima-Koregaon riots, which Minister Mamata Banerjee for in a Karachi jail, is expected to has so far arrested ten human     H%: banning the CBI from Bengal. be sent back to India on rights activists from various + 5  Wondering as to why the November 29, an activist said parts of the country for their scalating tension between State Government made a prior on Monday. alleged links with Maoists, EIndia and Pakistan is keep- permission mandatory for the Nanubhai Kanabhai might question the senior ing border residents worried  ; !FG48    B56   Central investigating agency to Solanki, 45, who was arrested Congress leader for his links ahead of a harsh winter season  /!B75E    6FB   carry out investigations in the in November 2017 by the with the arrested activists. “We in Jammu & Kashmir.  1!4B67    E88   State, State CPI(M) secretary Maritime Security Agency of may call him for questioning, In the absence of start of and party politburo member Pakistan for allegedly straying but we have not fixed any construction work on individ-  H!4677    467  Suryakanto Mishra said “the into Pakistani territorial waters, time-frame for it,” Bodkhe said. ual/community bunkers along  *!6A4A        order itself smacks of some- was ailing for some time before The investigations by the the line of control and thing fishy.” his death on September 20. Pune police have revealed that International Border in Jammu Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri Speaking to The Pioneer, He said “when we were in "Solanki hailed from Una in a letter written on September division, the border residents Mohd Aijaz told The Pioneer, Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, power we had given a “gener- tehsil of Gir Somnath district 25, 2017, one ‘Com Prakash’ are spending sleepless nights. "the construction of bunkers is Rohit Khajuria said, "majority al consent order” allowing the of Gujarat. His body was kept purportedly tells one ‘Com Over 14,000 community expected to begin soon after the of contractors who have been CBI to conduct any kind of at Edhi Foundation's morgue Surendra’ that Congress leaders and individual bunkers were fixation of rates in the district". awarded contracts are not ade- probe in the State because we in Karachi for couple of were “very much willing to approved at a cost of 415.73 He said talks are going on quately equipped to take up were sure of our clean records months. It is expected to be assist” in their efforts to “inten- crore for border residents fac- to resolve the issue with the con- construction work of these and were not afraid of the CBI,” sent back to India to his fam- sify nationwide protests using ing Pakistani shelling in Jammu tractors. He said an estimated bunkers in one go". He said adding “why this Government ily on November 29," Pakistan students”. The letter allegedly division. number of over 5000 bunkers they lack experience and do not had to withdraw that order India Peoples' Forum for Peace mentions a mobile number A total of 13,029 individual were sanctioned by the central even possess capacity to exe- making it mandatory to seek and Democracy activist Jatin that ‘Com Surendra’ can contact bunkers and 1431 community government for the frontier cute the task on this scale. the Government’s permission Desai said. “in this regard”. This is report- bunkers were sanctioned to district. Under a pilot project as He said despite repeated from the State before a probe.” Besides, another 460 Indian edly Singh’s mobile number. accommodate border residents estimated 100 bunkers were reminders they have failed to This meant that “they have fishermen continue to languish ‘Com Surendra’, according during cross border firing. constructed in the district dur- start construction work on something to hide from the peo- in Pakistani jails for years, as to the investigators, is a refer- On ground zero, the the ing peak hostilities last year. ground zero. ple,” Mishra said adding “the rea- against 90 Pakistani fishermen ence to Surendra Gadling, a border residents of most vul- Meanwhile, Executive J&K Chief Secretary is son why they have stopped the in Indian jails, he said. Nagpur-based lawyer who was nerable areas, falling in the engineer, Public works monitoring the construction entry of CBI is that the Agency "Both countries need to arrested on June 6. ‘Com direct line of firing of Pakistan Department (R&B) Division, work of bunkers on weekly is catching new faces every day work out a mechanism through Prakash’ is said to be one of the army, continue to wait for start Kathua Monday issued a warn- basis. These contractors have and getting information regard- which - if someone dies in the top CPI(Maoist) commanders. of construction work. ing to the contractors to start been directed to execute the ing the involvement of senior custody of the other country - The purported letter, in "We are now tired of hear- construction of bunkers with- task within stipulated time TMC leaders who flank the his body should be immediately which there is alleged reference ing big announcements regard- in seven days time and com- period failing which fresh ten- Chief Minister.” returned to his country. The sad to the senior Congress leader, ing sanction of bunkers from plete the construction by ders will be floated,official These leaders’ involvement reality is it takes minimum became public after the Pune Central Ministers and local December 2018. sources said. could jeopardize the entire one month for this process. In police submitted it in court as BJP leaders but on ground zero At least 3076 individual Out of 14460 bunkers, Government and the TMC Solanki's case, it took over two evidence of the links between the construction work is yet to and 243 community bunkers 7298 bunkers would be con- which was why the CBI had months," Desai added. the arrested activists and the begin in frontier Rajouri dis- were sanctioned for Kathua. structed along the LoC in the been blocked in Bengal, Mishra He said both countries top Maoist brass trict", border residents of worst According to official twin districts of Poonch and said adding the TMC was also must immediately revive the Singh had earlier dared affected villages in Nowshera sources, the construction work Rajouri, and 7162 underground afraid of the way the BJP was India-Pakistan Judicial the Centre and statement to sector told The Pioneer. of bunkers were sanctioned on bunkers would be constructed utilizing its leaders’ involve- Committee on Prisoners com- arrest him. Singh was earlier Confirming the status of political considerations,without along the IB in Jammu, Kathua ment in corruption to make prising retired judges of high- quoted as saying: “If I am construction work of bunkers, ascertaining their credentials. and Samba districts. them leave that party. PNS er judiciary on both sides. guilty, I challenge the Centre !/##  , # %    !   

Jammu: A senior BSF officer was killed in a blast under mys- terious circumstances in one of the border outposts in Samba sector of Jammu frontier while four others received critical injuries, on Monday. The injured were immediately rushed to the military hospital   #   '/C # ## D'# "/ in Jammu. BSF spokesman in Jammu confirmed, "one BSF officer was killed in a blast at a BoP in Samba sector on Monday". The deceased officer was identified as Assistance Commandant Jabbar Singh. Two inspectors and two sub-inspectors received critical injuries in the blast. Unconfirmed reports claimed, during grenade practice inside BoP one Assistant Commander, Jabbar Singh, was killed while four others were injured. PNS   ()  *+ ,-. ,-/0 $ 8

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The barometer had Sharma said Monday.     8    '  # ing in Paris on the shock news, meet outcome amid foreign gained 315.17 points in the pre- The discussion — now an %  % ,  which emerged after the end of fund inflows. vious two sessions. annual feature — is however J%%,K    the Tokyo session. “If he is Also, positive cues from Also, the broader NSE expected to entail a wider set of  :*    0/90 Nissan said it had launched arrested, it’s going to rock the other Asian markets and a Nifty raced past the 10,750- players in the telecom space '% an investigation into both Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi firm opening in European mark to touch a high of this time, spanning operators, J:*'%K   issan chairman Carlos Ghosn and Representative alliance as he is the keystone of shares buoyed investor senti- 10,774.70 before settling at infrastructure providers and      NGhosn was reportedly Director Greg Kelly several the alliance,” said Satoru ment here. 10,763.40 points, showing a rise others.    "   under arrest in Tokyo on months ago. Takada, an analyst at TIW, a A crucial meet of the of 81.20 points, or 0.76 per “The meeting will take  * I%   Monday, as his firm accused “The investigation showed Tokyo-based research and con- Reserve Bank’s central board is cent. place next month. We will talk J"*I%K  him of “significant acts of mis- that over many years both sulting firm. underway amid a rift between Yes Bank was the star per- to them and ask them about the , 4E" conduct” and said it would seek Ghosn and Kelly have been “He is the man of charisma the central bank and the gov- former among Sensex con- items they think, should be 6748       "*I%  to oust him. reporting compensation for the alliance. It is likely to ernment over future course of stituents, jumping 7.19 per taken up in the next calendar %%,   , " %  * J"%*K Japan’s public broadcaster amounts in the Tokyo Stock have a negative impact on its policies. cent, its biggest gain in almost year,” Sharma told on the side- :           NHK and other media outlets Exchange securities report that brand image,” he told. The finance ministry nom- three weeks. lines of an interactive session        %%, said Ghosn had been arrested were less than the actual Nicknamed Le Cost Killer, inees and some independent ITC, Tata Motors, on ‘New Regulatory         "*I%   after being questioned by amount, in order to reduce the Brazil-born Ghosn, 64, is directors were expected to take IndusInd Bank, Vedanta, Sun Framework for Broadcasting &      J K Japanese prosecutors for vari- disclosed amount of Carlos known for overhauling Renault on Patel and his team over Pharma, RIL, M&M, Maruti and Cable Services’. ous improprieties including Ghosn’s compensation,” the and Nissan starting in the issues ranging from MSME Suzuki, Tata Steel, L&T, Wipro, This time around, Telecom underreporting his income. statement said. “Also, in regards nineties. Renault came to the credit to the central bank’s TCS, Hero MotoCorp, Bharti Regulatory Authority of India “The Tokyo District Public to Ghosn, numerous other sig- rescue of the then-ailing reserves, though both sides Airtel, Adani Ports, Kotak (Trai’s) discussion would not be Prosecutor’s Office arrested nificant acts of misconduct Japanese automaker in 1999 are in favour of reaching a com- Bank, PowerGrid, HDFC Bank, limited to telecom service Nissan chairman Ghosn on have been uncovered, such as and parachuted in Ghosn, who mon ground. HUL, Infosys, HDFC and Coal providers alone but expected to suspicion of violation of the personal use of company assets, set about slashing costs and Expectations of a positive India also gained up to 2.77 per include infrastructure Financial Instruments and and Kelly’s deep involvement jobs in a huge corporate over- outcome boosted market cent. providers and “couple of other Exchange Act,” NHK said. has also been confirmed.” haul. mood after the meeting However, ONGC, ICICI stakeholders in telecom space” In a statement, Nissan said The company said it had In 2016, Ghosn also took began. Bank, SBI, Asian Paints, NTPC, as well, he noted. it had been conducting a probe provided information to charge at troubled Mitsubishi According to analysts, Axis Bank and, Bajaj Auto all “So it will be a broader into Ghosn for several months Japanese prosecutors and after Nissan threw it a lifeline, domestic bourses are focusing succumbed to profit-booking consultation to figure out the after receiving a whistleblower would propose to the board of buying a one-third stake for on RBI’s board meet to get cues and ended lower by up to 1.37 new areas to be deliberated report and had uncovered mis- directors that it “promptly about $2.2 billion as it wrestled on liquidity crunch with non- per cent. next year,” Sharma said. conduct going back several remove Ghosn from his posi- with a mileage-cheating scan- banking financial companies Jet Airways stock plunged He noted that the priority (3."7P($   M/   # years. tions” along with Kelly. dal that hammered sales. (NBFCs) and relaxing norms 6.88 per cent, after Tata Sons areas for 2018, too, were iden-   N,  -"A"" B$+' ,"$.(3."7, The Tokyo prosecutor’s The astonishing news first Ghosn has a high profile in for state-run banks. said on Friday that it was only tified through a prior discus-      # CD    O/ office had no comment on the emerged on Monday evening, Japan and is known as a major The Sensex started off on in preliminary talks with the sion with players.    #  P,   $ #- &##  reports about Ghosn, who also when the Asahi Shimbun news- advocate of the country’s auto a high note at 35,647.62 and struggling carrier, but had not “We certainly have our     -" 5 -"6  ""  heads an alliance of Renault, paper reported Ghosn was sector. He has not yet com- continued its upward march to made a proposal to acquire a own list of areas too, Sharma B >       :8  ## Nissan and Mitsubishi. being questioned by prosecu- mented on the allegations. hit a high of 35,818.65 as buy- stake. said. ;E B     +  B 8+ ;"Q+ +++ 4  +-  '"' #          #  #$    <  +++8   # #   "+-'+.(, launched the new App at an accounts using the Unified event held in Mumbai. Payments Interface (UPI) and O   ' that WTO remains intact. encompassing all these impor- ational Stock Exchange of The ‘NSE goBID’ App will internet banking. While retail # # WTO has to change and tant elements,” he added.   "+-'+.(, based digital processing system NIndia Ltd (NSE), India’s be available to all the registered investors will benefit from a change for the better,” he said While developing coun- for passenger entry and relat- leading stock exchange on investors with NSE’s trading convenient payment option, '/ here at a programme organised tries, including India, want ir passengers can now seek ed requirements at the airport. Monday announced the launch members and will also facilitate its cost effectiveness will  P by law firm Lakshmikumaran issues related to agricultural Ahelp of chatbots to resolve AirSewa 2.0, the upgraded of its new mobile app and trading members in acquiring appeal to Trading Members of and Sridharan and an industry subsidies to be resolved, devel- their problems and register griev- version of the web portal and web-based platform ‘NSE new retail investors. NSE as the cost associated for   "+-'+.(, chamber. oped nations, such as the US, ances using social media, with the mobile app, provides chatbot goBID’ for retail investors to It will allow retail setting-up infrastructure is Prabhu said that based on are keen to push forward new Government on Monday launch- support for faster resolution and buy Government securities. investors to make payment much lower than the existing ommerce and Industry his discussions with other matters related to e-commerce ing an upgraded version of personalised traveller experi- Ajay Tyagi, Chairman SEBI directly from their bank platform. CMinister Suresh Prabhu member countries, an agenda and investments. AirSewa digital platform. ence. Also, passengers can sign up Monday said that discussion was being prepared which will WTO’s relevance is now Passengers will also have using their Facebook and Google agenda of the World Trade be forward looking, agreeable under question as some coun- access to real-time flight status accounts. Generally, chatbots are Organisation (WTO) must to all nations and include sub- tries are taking unilateral mea- and schedule for both domes- computer programmes that include both old as well as new stantive issues. sures, which are impacting tic and international flights interact with people through issues to maintain the relevance “We cannot forget the global trade.The 164-member with AirSewa 2.0, according to audio or text messages. of the global trade body. issues that have been put on the Geneva-based organisation the Civil Aviation Ministry. Among other features, He said that there were table with an agreement of all deals with global trade-related Besides, the ministry plans to grievances can be registered challenges before the global the countries and those issues issues. come out with the next generation using social media with hash- trade and their impact would also need to be taken into At its last meeting in of AirSewa 3.0 digital platform in tag ‘#AirSewa’. have implications on the world account... So, we cannot forget Argentina in 2017, the talks the next few months, wherein air The AirSewa portal and economy. the so-called old issues. At the collapsed after the US went travellers can register themselves mobile app were launched in “Today, we must agree that same time, we cannot just for- back on its commitment to find under DigiYatra initiative. November 2016. Since the launch, without WTO, we will have a get inclusion of new issues. So, a permanent solution to the DigiYatra seeks to pro- AirSewa 1.0 has helped resolve sig- problem because we need glob- we must find out a proper sub- public food stockholding issue, mote paperless and hassle-free nificant number of air passenger al trade...We must make sure stantive agenda which will be a key matter for India. air travel. It is biometrics- concerns, as per the ministry.  4F 777 F1*++<

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5( %      /.#     5  +                %.+ said Mohamed Nasheed, the that,” Nasheed told Reuters in an hopes to improve trade and "9:   <  chief of the Maldivian interview in the capital Male. investment flows with much of *H(  he Maldives’ new Democratic Party, which leads China’s embassy in Male Asia and parts of the rest of the ,    TGovernment will pull out the ruling federal alliance. did not respond to a request for world.    of a free trade agreement (FTA) “China is not buying anything a comment on the trade pact. China was willing to work    :/ with China because it was a from us. It is a one-way treaty.” But China’s Foreign with the Maldives to consoli-     ,   mistake for the tiny nation to On Saturday, as he took Ministry said in a statement date their traditional friend- strike such a pact with the office, the new President that Culture and Tourism ship, plan their practical coop- 8  8   world’s second biggest econo- Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Minister Luo Shugang, eration and promote Belt and  8  P   my, the head of the largest party declared the state coffers have President Xi Jinping’s special Road to inject “new impetus” " <2 -  in the ruling alliance said. been “looted” and warned that envoy to the inauguration, told into their future relationship,        It is the latest sign of a the country was in financial Solih that China paid great the foreign ministry cited Luo      backlash against China in the difficulty after racking up debt attention to developing rela- as saying during Sunday’s meet-   Maldives, best-known for its with Chinese lenders. tions with the Maldives. ing with Maldivian president.  O    luxury resorts on palm-fringed Former President Abdullah The Maldives is among a The statement cited Solih     coral islands. Yameen, who lost the election number of small countries as expressing appreciation for   *  *   “The trade imbalance in September, signed the FTA protests that he had rushed dent and now an advisor to “It was ratified by parlia- where China has invested bil- China’s long-term support of between China and the during a visit to Beijing in through the 1,000-page docu- Solih, said parliament would ment, but fortunately it calls for lions of dollars building high- the Maldives and that he was   O  P   Maldives is so huge that December, and the same ment in less than an hour not pass the law changes different sets of legislation. We ways and housing as part of its willing to further deepen coop-   O P  nobody would think of an month his parliament ratified without any debate. required for the zero tariffs are not going to have this fur- Belt and Road Initiative. eration under the Belt and 8$"#:<%: *   FTA between such parties,” the treaty despite opposition Nasheed, a former presi- agreement to come into force. ther legislation. We can’t go with Through that initiative, Beijing Road framework.  ,          N O              )5        Q R ! %       .(!4            Brussels: European ministers months as negotiators seek a Government that had request- Meanwhile, preparations for European politics is starting,”     Beijing: Beijing on Monday downplayed the unprecedented fall- signed off Britain’s draft divorce deal to avoid a potential break- ed the extension option and Sunday’s summit, where May Blomel said. “We have the     out from this year’s APEC summit, which for the first time ever deal on Monday as they down in trade between the key that he had agreed to it to reas- and her 27 colleagues will sign divorce papers on the table. $=&' %673 failed to issue a joint statement after US-China trade tensions boiled launched an intense final week economic partners. sure nervous businesses, but the withdrawal agreement, Forty-five years of difficult 1 33,  over. Clashes between the world’s top two economies over the rules of negotiations on future cross- If no deal remains in sight warned: “It can’t be indefinite. continue apace. marriage are coming to an    of global trade blocked agreement on a formal written declara- Channel ties. within this period, Britain can It needs to be decided.” “A painful week in end.” AFP         tion by the 21 nations represented at the Port Moresby meeting. Brexit negotiator Michel request a one-off extension.     O Washington had pressed for leaders to issue what amount- Barnier and the Union’s Barnier has suggested that this       ed to a denunciation of the World Trade Organization and a call Austrian rotating presidency should expire at the end of   O for its wholesale reform — a step too far for Beijing, which would said the negotiated text would 2022, but he admitted that the / %              likely suffer in the event of any change to trade rules. be presented to EU leaders at other 27 member states have     But China on Monday chose instead to focus on the “posi- a signing summit on Sunday. yet to sign off on this date.        3    O   tive results” of the summit. AFP “The first, difficult step is “I think that during this  done,” said Austrian minister week we’ll have a definitive London: British Prime talent rather than which coun- around the talents and skills a       for Europe Gernot Blumel, proposition for this date. The Minister Theresa May on try the immigrant comes from. person has to offer,” she said,    

whose country holds the rotat- decision will be made jointly Monday vowed that Brexit “Once we have left the EU, adding that the core of the ing EU presidency, after the between the United Kingdom would level the playing field for we will be fully in control of who post-Brexit immigration sys- :<: :"   ministers met. and the 27,” Barnier said. migrant workers in the UK, comes here. It will no longer be tem will be “skills based” rather  ;  Meanwhile, detailed dis- Neither European mem- with migrants from the EU no the case that EU nationals, than “quota based”.      cussions continue on a parallel ber states, who want to protect longer be able to jump the regardless of the skills or expe- Under the current EU free-    ;         political statement setting out access to their single market by queue ahead of those from rience they have to offer, can dom of movement rules,    477 the bloc’s ambitions for future non-member Britain, nor hard- countries like India. jump the queue ahead of engi- migrant workers from within      relations with post-Brexit Britain line British Brexiteers, who fear Addressing the neers from Sydney or software the economic bloc are free to    — and on a possible extension being trapped in a bloc where Confederation of British developers from Delhi,” she come in and find work in the to the transition period. Britain they don’t make the rules, want Industry annual conference in said in her speech. UK, while workers from non- 8      will leave the Union on March an endless transition. London, she said the country’s “Instead of a system based EU countries like India have to     +  29 next year, but remain within Barnier stressed it was post-Brexit immigration sys- on where a person is from, we undergo strict visa application 8$"#:<%: *    its single market for a further 21 Prime Minister Theresa May’s tem will be based on skills and will have one that is built requirements. PTI               *     P   Q+ -2         R J%,K           ## Brussels: Germany will bar 18 Saudis from entering its territo-       #  ry and Europe’s Schengen passport-free zone over their alleged #O    links to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Foreign Minister Heiko    8  Maas said on Monday. Maas said the move was “coordinated very 8 + O  +P Colombo: Political parties in Sri ,  %(  P2 $  closely with” states France and Britain and the broader EU as ?92$= , O 1  Lanka agreed on Monday to they seek more information in Khashoggi’s death last month in     " form a select committee to con-        Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Berlin has “decided that    L   M duct parliamentary affairs amid reacted angrily to Donald Germany should impose an entry ban on 18 Saudi citizens, who  a power struggle set off by       Trump’s latest tirade against it for are presumed to be in connection with this deed, in the Schengen   President Maithripapala not doing “a damn thing” for information system,” Maas told reporters. AFP Sirisena’s controversial decision  $ 4  America in curbing terrorism, to remove prime minister Ranil saying the US President “suffers Wickeremesinghe last month. Colombo: Sri Lankan law- conveniently from perpetual Q)  R  Sri Lanka’s Parliament, makers have submitted a historic amnesia!” which was convened on motion to Parliament seeking Human Rights Minister       Monday for a third floor test the suspension of state funds Shireen Mazari’s terse remarks against disputed prime minis- allocated to disputed Prime came a day after President    #/  ter Mahinda Rajapaksa, was Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Trump defended his adminis- adjourned just ten minutes who has lost two no-confi- tration’s decision to stop hun- Washington: President Donald after its opening as the law- dence motions. Ousted PM dreds of millions of dollars in Trump said there is no reason makers could not decide on the Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United military aid to Pakistan for not for him to listen to a recording members of the committee. National Party Parliamentarian doing enough to curb terrorism of the “very violent, very The decision to form the Navin Dissanayake said that six and criticised Islamabad for vicious” killing of Saudi jour- select committee came a day United National Front MPs offering a hideout to Laden in nalist Jamal Khashoggi, which after an all-party meeting handed over the motion to be Abbottabad. PTI has put him in a diplomatic called by President Sirisena to debated in Parliament, the bind: how to admonish Riyadh resolve the crisis ended incon- Colombo Gazette reported for the slaying yet maintain clusively. PTI Monday. strong ties with a close ally. Trump, in an interview that aired on Sunday, made clear that the audio recording, supplied by the Turkish Government, would not affect his response to the October 2 killing of Khashoggi, a colum- nist for The Washington Post who had been critical of the Saudi royal family. “It’s a suffering tape, it’s a ter- rible tape. I’ve been fully briefed on it, there’s no reason for me to hear it,” Trump said. AP   ()  *+ ,-. ,-/0  #8

  ? 8 -  , *      ;Q 9 %" ) $ Thiruvananthapuram: %     1                > 47     >                      E6  "  *      % A7 B      *3&&!5< 9 "3$       % 6FG 4          1 436   H   /          6F5 G                     inside the group. The motive is to seize      >  47         ,    all the moments and win."  * 6AB   6FG 4  Stressing on the significance of                  putting up a good performance in % 0 %   Australia ahead of the 2019 World Cup,              Rohit said: "When you do well in             Australia, you feel good as a team and thinking about the World Cup ahead,            it can only give you confidence winning Lome:    ;      in places like Australia."  %  F34 & 674G Rohit said everybody in the team % "            ;,*%"+ needs to step up against a formidable        ,    side like Australia. 4B&      ustralia's towering pacers are at "Australia in Australia will always  +      "   an advantage against the "not be dangerous without a doubt. In that tall" Indian batsmen, says places like Australia you want the *   :     A *      44         visiting vice-captain Rohit Sharma but whole unit to come together, that is our insisted that his team is ready to focus," he said.  E    rewrite the script of the battle this time. "We don't want few individuals to     '  ;      India start the tour with the T20 step up, we want whole lot of guys to   * %          Internationals from November 21 here put their hands up and take up the chal- 674E% <9     and Rohit said it would a tough task to lenge. So, we want everybody to step up 9% ' < 3 counter the fast pitches. and make it count.    B7  / <3'. "India have always played either at "We have some quality bowlers, in             Perth (venue for second Test from particular, spinners, so we will try to       3  December 14-18 this time) or Brisbane. challenge them with our spinners. These two conditions are challenging They still have a quality batting line-    +    +  and the Australians have tall bowlers up, so let's see how we go." New Delhi: " 33 *%    who exploit those conditions and use Rohit has an impressive record   H H   / 6434G  6434A     it to their advantage," he said. Series. The visitors have never won a +*,'+*/0(., -%;9%:*;%.,%1.%"0*01;0(, against Australia in one-day cricket     ' ,  "Indian batsman are generally not Test series in Australia, drawing three Down Under, having scored 805 runs *  *'  *  that tall, so it is not easy for us but the and losing eight of their previous 11 + +      23"     in 16 matches at 57.50. The Indian          2>             @   guys are determined to change things outings. opener said the pace and bounce of 47364 4A364   , 3   this time, we are ready to accept the "Whenever we travel outside India !       3,  Australian pitches helps his game. challenge," he asserted. there is always a special feeling and  %      N'>JH  K   "I had a good time playing white /. / -      "It is challenging for our bats- Australia is one place where we want , ; *       3   ball cricket here. In places like Brisbane *   >    /  men...But most of the guys have come to leave our mark and do well as a unit," "3"   3 >   2 and Perth, the good bounce allows me ** 99*4B364 4E364   to Australia before. So they understand Rohit said after India's practice session   ,  @ / ;  3"       to play my game because I have grown %        BB  the conditions. Of course their bowl- at The Gabba.     ;        up playing on cement pitches back   /   6G   ing attack will challenge us whichever "Last time we played a Test series      %      847  home," he said. format we play but as a batting unit, we here, although we lost two games and        E6 B4    "I have done well in limited overs   ,          are prepared," Rohit said. drew one, but I thought we played few -     %  >  here but the challenge obviously is red- Pune: , >  %       *  India will start with a three-match close games, especially at Brisbane. 2(>   (      ,    ball cricket which right now I am not      3         T20I series, followed by a four-match "We want to make it count this time     (>       64 67 thinking of, just want to do well in T20   3                Test series and a three-game ODI around, there is a real good feeling    >            format and take it forward where we go. /1,3*.%      .          B3E F3E  >  * EG       1         4B6  +   9  *     R!9.,,,.%'$+/!/           E3F E34  ,  %/   *   &        E34 E34                 6    '(%/% match, sharing 126 runs with Thursday. '   *  1   * opening partner Soumya Sarkar. The West Indies will also play   0:"%:" %":, angladesh selectors on The 23-year-old has been a three ODIs and three Twenty20 BMonday called up uncapped prolific run scorer in domestic matches during their month-  +        3    ustralia-bound Test spe- opening batsman Shadman Islam cricket. He tallied 648 runs at an long tour. Margao: <         Acialists — veteran Murali for the first Test squad against the average of 64.80 in the domestic * .     ,  Vijay and youngsters Prithvi West Indies starting later this first-class National Cricket  *. *   Shaw and Hanuma Vihari — week. League and played for the Shakib Al Hasan (Capt), 3       helped themselves to half-cen- The left-hander was reward- Bangladesh Under19 team. Soumya Sarker, Imrul Kayes,   674GI67   : . turies on the final day of India ed for a strong showing with the Bangladesh were looking for Mohammad Mithun, Mominul <    3   6745I48   A's first unofficial 'Test' against Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in an opener after veteran batsman Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim,              New Zealand A, which ended in a two-day match against the vis- Tamim Iqbal was injured during Ariful Haque, Mahmudullah          a tame draw. itors that ended in a draw in a recent training session, delay- Riyad, Mehidy Hasan,  - (     India A scored 247 for 3 in Chittagong on Monday. ing his Test comeback. Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul  <   FB       65 overs in their second innings Shadman hit 73 off 169 balls The first match of the two- Islam, Shadman Islam, Khaled        when the match was called off. with 10 fours and a six in the Test series starts in Chittagong on Ahmed and Nayeem Hasan.  64     5  However, openers Shaw (50,       53 balls) and Vijay (60, 113 balls) got good enough match time as Will Young off Doug Bracewell's they added 74 runs for the first delivery. wicket, largely due to the con- In-form Mayank Agarwal !5&! " %* $!$ $! 7$ tribution of the young (42) then joined Vijay and the Mumbaikar, who hit eight fours duo added 81 runs for the sec- and a six. ond wicket with Agarwal being   ;0*,*.+ Harmanpreet Kaur's side also ham- picked up two early wickets. Shemaine Campbelle combined for a Test vice-captain Ajinkya the aggressor. The Karnataka mered three-time former champions A mid-innings collapse then 68-run partnership. Rahane (41 no, 94 balls) and right-hander hit six boundaries ndia will face a formidable England Australia in its last pool match. reduced England to 50 for six before Dottin (46) was dismissed with the Vihari (51 no, 63 balls) added 86 and a six. Iin the second semifinals on Friday Defending champions Sophia Dunkley (35) and Anya home team still needing 45, but some runs for an unbroken fourth- Blair Tickner got rid of after the West Indies defeated 2009 West Indies, on the other Shrubsole (29) put on a 58-run part- bold hitting from Campbelle kept wicket stand. Agarwal, breaching through the champions by four wickets in their last hand, topped group A with nership. them in the hunt. On the final day with little defence, and Vijay soon fol- group match of the ICC Women's eight points after beating The pair was only separated in the Needing 26 off the last 18 balls, chance of a result, the two lowed, offering a catch to Theo World T20. England in the last-over penultimate over, helping England to Campbelle was dropped twice in the seniors Vijay and Rahane put van Woerkom. India have been invincible so far thriller to set up a clash with 115 for eight. penultimate over, but she helped the their heads down and showed a Rahane and Vihari then in the tournament, winning all their Australia in the first semi- And it seemed it would be enough West Indies get close enough; they hit lot of application. batted out the next 25 overs. four games in the group stage. The in- finals in Antigua on November 22. hauled the target with three balls to when Shrubsole picked up two wick- the five runs that remained in the last Young Shaw didn't last long Vihari, in fact, was more aggres- form team will also have revenge on In the last group A match, the spare, riding on Deandra Dottin's 52- ets in her first over, sending back over, much to the delight of the as he was out soon after com- sive with three fours and three its mind, having lost to England in the West Indies dished out a disciplined ball 48. Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor, crowd. pleting his second century of the sixes in 63 balls as the match 50-over World Cup final last year. performance as they first restricted After winning the toss, West both bowled. West Indies' Deandra Dottin, who match. Shaw was caught by meandered towards a draw. 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during a courtesy call that India ,   lacks official agencies to certify real pashmina. She hoped that issues  like these would be raised at the symposium and that The Luxury     League could lead the industry and relevant stakeholders to move in a     definite direction. She also pro- posed facilitating necessary guid- ;##'   ance to the relevant brands through  )#  The Luxury League. She agreed   with brand representatives who        pointed out that there is a need to  O  3 boost robust mechanisms in the market to avoid exploitation of the  ,.  ;,:+;, weavers and artisans.     NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh *   ,  %*,% *%;/%; Kant discussed the possibility of  O % reviving the lost grandeur of the /    monuments of India by creating boutique heritage shopping hubs in *    % their premises. He felt a need for the        participation of more start-up *   brands in the luxury business.     “Our heirloom textiles are a     $ product of in-depth research on the finest Indian textiles and architec-  , *  3 ture. We translate the finest weav-    "% ing techniques into contemporary   renditions by infusing colour  palettes, silhouettes and design % 3 !$"! layouts which resonate with mod- ern Indian,” said founders of Ohfab, H  Aanchal Sagar and Akshita Sagar.   They try to revive forgotten ele-    uxury has been synonymous money and royalty. Luxury isn’t ments of our heritage by studying  with hand-made crafts and simply a product, it is a lifestyle, one designs and techniques used in customised comforts in India, that denotes a history of tradition, antique textiles and assimilate   L a boutique quality of living that was superior quality and offers a pam- N,%.-%9*;90 them. ThreeSixty, a leather store,    quite commonly ingrained though pered buying experience. For me which too is taking part, creates  3 exaggerated as a showpiece by the true luxury is exclusive, unique and ;," '+*, " products that are an amalgamation     royalty. But somewhere along the not easy accessibility,” said Beri who +.++"*<;0 of the contemporary styles and the      ages, the Indian concept of luxury will be organising The Luxury me back to the idea of khadi as goats at an altitude of 14,000ft. customary. They promote local had lost its lustre when juxtaposed Symposium 2018. “Promoting 0:;(+;,% +," more than just a mere cloth but These natural, pristine, undyed artisans through their brand. “In   with the Western flood of couture. Indian artisans and revival of a lost 9;+%,0"* something that always brings us shawls in both traditional and that way, the whole emotion behind   Our pashminas, handlooms, silver- pride in our creative heritage lie at back to our history and heritage,” modern weaves are also embell- the products is a home-narrative as ware or even the leatherwork have the foreground of a symposium of /(%',<0;+ she added. In that sense, the revival ished with precious stones and the craftsmen bring into light their been products of immense skill and this scale,” she told us. Beri herself of lost arts is also akin to the “Make pearls. Complementing the shawls own distinct design styles inspired opulence that continue to be the will bring khadi in a new couture *,..,*%" in India” process. is the range of pure pashmina hand from design traditions across O=" pride of our creative heritage. With avatar. “The look is about volup- +<<+,@+%"' Apart from Beri, other brands crafted knitwear, displaying the India,” said Vikash Gupta. Kalyani    # multiple fora and exhibitions, The tuous indulgence — essentially an too will be making a point or two most intricate needle craft of cables, Chawla of Rezon, a silverware '  $ Luxury League, helmed by Ritu eclectic blend of modern and tra- 10-+;<:. at the symposium. PASHMA, a tuck knits and intarsia. brand, said, “Every element that is (#/ Beri, is reintroducing us to our own ditional,” said she. “I always try to *90.0<(+ luxury brand, will be selling shawls, One can also find products of used is intrinsically Indian, whether intellectual property. bring design elements from our scarves, knitwear and suiting fab- practical use and grandeur, from it’s the lotus or the craft of enam- C   “The definition of luxury has heritage in my creations. Khadi for <:,.,90< rics sourced from the Changthama coasters in leather, to ornate silver- elling or the elephant and peacock  ' " # certainly changed through the me still is an effective and power- N-+*+;" goat, which is the the source of the ware and handwoven shawls that designs used in various forms.” -= years. There was a time when lux- ful symbol of the futility of rarest and finest Pashmina fibres. can be heirloom pieces. External The Luxury Symposium 2018  ' ury was available only to the rar- ‘Western imitation’ and the need for ,,%,0"OO The Changpa tribe of Ladakh Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be held on Friday, November " efied and aristocratic world of old a revival of local textiles. This gets herds the purest breed of Changra told Shilu Kumar from PASHMA 30 at Hyatt Regency Delhi " - " #'#  ighway.” “Board exams.” "  H“Donald Trump.” “Basket ball.” Q  "# '# / Seemingly disparate words thrown by the large audience were strung  # ' - together in an impromptu story by '#'" '/ film director Imtiaz Ali in an open- "/  air spin-a-yarn contest. Since story-   R "##/'-P telling was an essential part of the L?  ' Kathakar — International $3$ 37    3!"" Storytellers’ Festival at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, the film #) - 7 $ - + - maker, who has incidentally made a film Tamasha with one as the pro-  -?4-  - + +  tagonist, also wove a tale with -  + <  these words. And of his felicity with story-telling, he attributed it to his ife doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother. This life of ordinariness which he Lholds true for any child, especially a daughter. A girl always dressed up from childhood with his sees a role model, a friend and a confidant in her mother. But can imagined details to look and sound this work the other way around? Can a mother find inspiration good. “I was average in sports. But in her daughter and turn to her for life lessons? One such moth- at school I excused myself from er-daughter duo, Paridhi Sharma as Babita Khurana a.k.a Babes games saying I played higher lev- and Ashnoor Kaur as Mini Khurana, are all set to be a part of the els at the neighbourhood competi- small screen through Patiala Babes. It’s a journey where the daugh- %      tions and vice versa. You could say ter not only gives wings to her mother but helps her take the leap   3   it all began from there. Also, I am of faith. always fascinated by the outsider’s “I am excited to be a part of Patiala Babes. This show has rede-     perception of the insider.” fined my relationship with my own mother in many ways. As chil- *     Imtiaz played raconteur to the dren we tend to take our parents for granted without realising the *   (  fact that since their world revolves around us, they are more depen-       % dent on us. I am proud to say ‘Maa you can do it’ to all the moth-     3 ers out there. The best part about the show is that I’m playing my age, because before this I was getting offers for roles that were above       - +   - my age. I’m just 14 in real life, so I was really thrilled when I got     to know about Patiala Babes. I enjoyed the story and the way they / 0 /  have portrayed a mother-daughter relationship,” says Ashnoor, who L,&     has been a part of shows like Jhansi Ki Rani, Na Bole Tum Na Maine       -    Kuch Kaha, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, and many more. She adds that the character finds resonance in real life as well.  ,     M She says, “Mini is completely Ashnoor as Mini loves her mother < * * ;  & 1&6 &  78&1 858        and so does Ashnoor. Mini is really outspoken, what’s on her mind                     + ! & & 11' is on her lips, nothing’s filtered. She’s very blunt, short-tempered,      and same is true about me as I feel that when you know you’re right, you have to fight for it. She’s really bubbly, chirpy and Punjabi,     674B hilt as he recalled stories from the tion. Both of them are organic in gradually seeping in, the audience ful. Many people in real life have so I really feel the character is like me which is why it was effort- time that the songs from his movie the way they work. There is no was unwavering and wanted to hear had really tough lives before they less and natural to play it on-screen.” were being recorded at AR script in the way they work. While more. And he obliged. When could be successful but others The story is set against the backdrop of Punjab where Babita Rahman’s studio in Chennai. recording Sadda Haq, we continu- Gahilote expressed her regret that haven’t. So you do not have to go is an ideal home-maker who feels everything is perfect in her life. #$## Prodded by festival director ously worked on these two words she could not meet the original looking for a heartbreaker like But is it really true or is she living a life of denial? “Babes usually  $" Prarthana Gahilote, he recounted and the innumerable ways to say it rockstar, Shammi Kapoor, while Heer to be successful.” On the same forgets herself, her aspirations and dreams while managing her rela- incidents which gave an insight into while the remaining song was still they were shooting the movie, note when someone asked why did tionships. She draws strength from her daughter Mini, who con- % 3    the reclusive music director’s sense being written.” Imtiaz had a story ready to quali- Jordan, who was initially looking stantly tries to teach her the power of self-reliance. Patiala Babes          3 of humour. “Mohit had been With the discussion returning fy the description. “There is a for success in music, put his career also has a tag line which says Janam maa ne diya par jeena beti recording Sadda Haq for 16 hours to Rockstar every few minutes, it scene in the movie where Shammiji at stake on several occasions for his seekhayegi. I’m wise beyond my age and that sure helped in enact-      3  inside the recording room while the was not surprising that singer sees the poster and realises that love? Imtiaz said something that ment. I think every individual will be able to relate   two of us sat outside. I asked Mohit Chauhan, who is co-curat- Ranbir is a big star now. When we most of us identify with: “We and connect with the show as the story is entire-       Rahman sir if he wanted a coffee ing the festival as well, belted out shot this, he was nearing the end of always want what we can’t ly based on realism,” adds the 14-year-old.     and when he agreed, I slipped in the two of the numbers from the film, his life. He was suffering from a have while we ignore what Paridhi feels happy and excited to face the     suggestion that we should give Kun Faya Kun and Tum Ho Sath debilitating condition, had lost two we have got.” camera once again after a long gap as she’s a one to Mohit too. He refused and Mere and the way the audience was toes, undergone blood transfusion There were aspiring mother of a daughter now. Says the actress A7     said, ‘the pain of denial would show and was in a lot of pain which could filmmakers in the audi- who became a household name as Jodha, “It  > 3  in his voice’, which in turn would be seen in his eyes during the shot. ence who wanted to was not that challenging for me to play the  @    reflect Janardhan/Jordan’s state of O "   I approached him and told him as know more about film- role of a mother because now I’m a moth-    mind, without missing a beat,”  " /' much and asked him, ‘kya karna making to which er in real. Earlier when I portrayed Jodha    recalled the director. hai?’ and he replied, ‘karna kya hai, Imtiaz said, “You do in the show Jodha Akbar, I was the He also recounted incidents,  #C  let’s do it again.’ That’s the measure not need to relocate to mother of Salim but at that time I just ,  where during a drive back post-din- $ -  of a star,” said Imtiaz. Mumbai to start mak- had an understanding of what moth-     ner, the team was caught by the Going on to Jab We Met and his ing films. Start with erhood would evoke in me. But now  local police. “Since Rahman sahab   /" # much-loved character Geet, the short ones, make use being a mother, I have the actual expe- LM3 was the only one who knew Tamil, /'' director recalled how the idea of the social media rience. My actions come naturally as I feel    L  he was talking to the cops but did came about. “A friend of mine sug- and if you are good, them even while acting. I know what all it not want to say that he was AR  '# P gested a character of a man who you will be spotted.” takes to be a mother now.  3 Rahman. However, finally one of wants to commit suicide. I came up Mohit too added, “Acting is my passion and it feels good to   the police personnel figured out with a counterpoint of a girl who “When I made my live it. Initially, I was bit apprehensive as I had M  3 who he was and let us go,” said transported by the voice that was talks endlessly and is on a train. first album, Dooba to play a mother’s role. But, when I sat for the  L M Imtiaz. soaked with the feel of the moun- And then I decided to put this man Dooba as part of Silk narration and heard the story, I was complete- Asked how different it was tains was what memorable on the train and the girl saves him. Route, I was very ly sold on the relationship that the character 3 working with Rahman and Pritam, moments are made of. While my friend moved on to more much in Delhi. You has with her daughter. I am glad to have had   / both of whom have done the music But even as people professed tragic stories, convinced that I can do the same.” the opportunity to portray Babes.” After her  @    scores for him, the filmmaker said, love for the film, Imtiaz could not would try and make any sad story And like all good initial hesitance Paridhi was won over   “Pritam is a friend. We knew each help pick holes in it. “There is a happy, I made the movie.” story-tellers, Imtiaz because of how versatile the role was.  >  other for a long time. But Rahman fidayeen squad in defence of Many in the audience wanted is cooptive and The actor had catapulted to fame sir, he was someone we looked up Rockstar who would not like it if I to know why a sad character always doesn’t consider with her portrayal of Jodha in Jodha -  to much before, since school. But say anything against the film,” he embedded himself/herself in his technology a bur- Akbar, the TV show that began in 2013 @  one thing he made clear at our very said with a laugh and added, “But films, be it Rockstar or Jab We Met den. “That’s story- and went on for two years. The show   first meeting that I was the direc- I find there are many portions in or the more recent Laila Majnu. telling in images. is slated to release on November 27 on tor and at the helm of the project. the movie which are hollow.” Imtiaz replied, “Don’t go looking for So do not abhor it but Sony TV. So I would have to give the direc- Despite the November chill pain or unhappiness to be success- use it as your tool.”   2 %'  " 2 84   ()  *+ ,-. ,-/0 7! $ ) 7!

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ho is an ideal superman? Why has it always been a Wman-centric world? Don’t we need to consider other perspec- tives than that of the human to view this cosmos? Defying Friedrich Nietzsche’s theory of a superman, artist Gigi Scaria brings together sculptures that remind one of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. “When one thinks about a superhuman, one shouldn’t go beyond Christ,” says "  Scaria. He believes that our bodies are a bridge between the animal and three chests. The drawings remind the Nietzschean superman. And one of the urban life that is ruled by Christ is the process of that eleva- the internet and social media. tion. A video Disclaimer was inspired Christ, who faced a lot of trou- by the news of the recent lynchings. bles in his life and yet remained a ( In it the magician is playing Three very humble person throughout, is Cup Shuffle in which one places dif- an ideal man for Scaria. “A man like buildings and broken homes ferent objects under different bowls could go weak, but can go higher to with wings on his shoulders. Icarus and the viewer has to guess what is control everything if he wishes to was known to be the creator of the placed underneath each as the and without even causing any harm labyrinth. His wings signify a bowls are shuffled. “I made the to any other being,” says Scaria. “labyrinth of possibilities” that life video in such a way that it seems it The exhibition of sculptures, could be if seen through the per- is the magician who is doing all paintings and video works, titled spectives of beings other than just these tricks,” says Scaria. Ecce Homo: Behold the Man or humans. His small sculptures are placed How One Become What One is, is While one bronze sculpture (  &  / on the walls. “I knew that I wanted taken from German philosopher takes two to three months to be pre- sculptures but on the walls of a Friedrich Nietzsche’s final book. pared completely, Scaria reveals gallery because it is the high-relief The philosopher believed that a that the biggest one, Human Pull, that hit Europe during the time, tak- style that I really like,” says Scaria. superhuman has the ability to con- took approximately five months to -(,.+0"+;0"Q+ ing numerous lives. The sculpture The bronze sculpture titled quer through all the challenges he be finished. shows women holding hands and Human Pull displays the figure of a is going through. However, Scaria Another sculpture titled Fall *:.1:;+%/+* standing in a circle, who are all man with one wing. Scaria says, questions, “One can have everything shows a man lying on a mattress -00(;++ “Indian women supporting each “Human beings do so much effort s/he wants but at what cost?” There that, as per Scaria, shows the “unset- other during difficulties.” to reach the top but what if they find could be consequences that a man tled” plight of a human today. “It is 0"(*0+ Striking a symbolism through nothing at the top. They are some- could go through and suffer while a mattress, the surface of which 1;+1%;+' images and commenting on the times just trying to grasp the empti- following the Nietzschean model. shows the instability of the human urban lives, Conviction is a set of ness. All these ideas are my own History has inhabited various race as it is always in a hurry, pack- 01.++.9 (+ three drawings that shows the torso anxieties and my personal issues versions of man yet we stand at the ing their bags every now and then,” , +*0"+ of a man resembling the torso of which are actually reflecting through cusp of time anticipating a post- says the artiste. Hindu deity Hanuman who split his images.” human cyborg in the future. His sculpture Ringa Ringa Roses ()  *($$+ 00/ chest open to show an image of Ram Scaria’s works embody the exis- The sculpture, Hesitant Attempt, would remind someone of the %11;0?,%+.9 residing inside his heart. However, tential angst about the future of shows Icarus, a Greek mythological famous nursery rhyme, but to Scaria’s drawings interpret the torso human body and humanity at large. character, standing at the top of var- Scaria, it reminds him of the brutal- <,@+0"(* +++ that doesn’t show Ram, rather but- (The show is on display till ious crooked urbanised structures ities of World War II and the plague tons of play, pause and play on the November 24 at Vadehra Art Gallery.)

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I was keen to make a piece on the climate, mostly the Masterclass session on On this occasion, Israel’s sounds of ecological disaster,” elucidates November 25. Consul General in Mumbai, Navin. “It was beginning to sound more ● The Country of Focus will H.E Mr. Ya’akov Finklstein like a Hollywood science fiction film be opened with a gala evening said: “Israel is proud to be in dinner, hosted by the Israeli focus at this year’s IFFI, and is score. I trashed it and finally came back + " /        to a question of representation and that’s consulate in Mumbai, where glad for the opportunity to be how I arrived at the ping pong ball — a the Indian-Israeli singer Liora able to present to Indian cin- smashing object, courageous, battered, Itzhak will perform few of her ema-lovers. We hope the focus <7$    & 187  * 5  &' uncertain and then symphonic. The Bollywood-inspired pieces. A on Israel will serve as a good final score is called the Weather Report, short Israeli animation film in introduction to its cinema but which is in three parts.” Hindi will be launched during also to the vibrant Israeli soci-     * -         the event. The film, A Revival ety. We believe this festival will ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY IN WOOD of a Nation, depicts 4,000 promote joint work between years of Jewish history. Israeli and Indian film artists, hat sets Navin Thomas apart is his construct his poetic and philosophical art parts. The first part of this piece is an When you look around the room ● originality and his ability to keep from the salvage of rapidly transforming orchestration of instruments ‘tuning’. The and take in the different paradigms in On November 22, the con- as we think that both sides can W sulate will host a seminar learn a lot from each other. I art lovers guessing about what he will 21st-century economies. idea of the instrument that can never be wood that speak about design dynam-   !  unravel next. tuned is the foundation of this piece. I am ics, you know how preserving and pas- dedicated to discussing oppor- invite you all to come and When he won the SKODA Award in PHANTOM ORCHESTRA not going to get into the details of the sionate Navin is about what he creates. srael will be the “country of tunities for collaborations watch the films and then come 2011 he said, “There are a couple of things Here at Gallery SKE, it is the brass band remaining two parts as I don’t want to Sheet Music for Table Tennis is as Ifocus” at the 49th edition of between Israeli and Indian and visit Israel itself, to enjoy which I have been preoccupied with over instruments, The Phantom Orchestra, that ruin it for people visiting the show,” he enchanting as the two flattened violin the International Film Festival of cinemas, where renowned at first hand the Israeli expe- Indian producers Apoorva rience, for seeing is believing.” the last few years — beta-testing on the catch your gaze. References and mem- affirms. prototypes bringing about a host of India in Goa with 10 screenings possible afterlife of salvaged electronic ories come floating by, think of Louis memories and moods. and a delegation of leading junk, mostly discarded transistors and Armstrong and eternal enchanting SENTINELS IN TIME “I use wood in some of my sculp- Israeli film personalities, includ- have won reputed awards, actors and filmmakers to come smaller objects, with a possible audio melodies like What a Wonderful World, The other larger sculptural work, which tural work not for its aesthetic quality ing popular actor Alon Abutbul, including nomination for the and make films in Israel. At the capacity. I love to observe how pets and As Time Goes By, La Vie en Rose and all is titled Sentinels in time, comprises but for its inherent acoustic capacity. In will be present. Best Foreign Language films at same event, India’s mega-star smaller species react to magnetic fields.” Navin does is smile because he goes off wooden chambers of sorts. In the artist’s the choice of timber I have a preference The opening film is The the Academy Awards. Israeli Amitabh Bachchan expressed on a tangent with sound. opinion, it is to further explore the for, what is locally called jungle. It usu- Other Story by Avi Nesher with film-makers produce films on his hope that “May cinema fur- MELDING MOORINGS “The main work of this show, The process of calibrating what cannot be ally means trees that are data-deficient, production by David Silber. It themes that appeal to the glob- ther fortify the strength of ties Seven years hence, Navin’s exposition at Phantom Orchestra, is an ensemble of tuned and then ultimately turning basically trees that have no name and will be screened on November al market, and Israel, known by between India and Israel.” Gallery SKE in Delhi is the stuff of meld- wind instruments, (tuba, french horn, inwards to tune oneself. It is uncanny how then in terms of its construction. I do a 21 and will be followed by a many as the Start-up Nation, is A film co-production agree- ing and meandering moorings which cre- euphonium and so on) which were he creates an entire vocabulary of lot of the joinery, mostly because I enjoy press conference. Other known home to cutting edge technolo- ment between Israel and India, ate corollaries in conversation and com- originally retrieved from the local metal designed elements around sound and its doing it and the dynamics of colour are films are Academy Award can- gies in animation and film pro- signed during Israeli Prime plexities of transcending sound in myr- recycling unit when the instruments were intricate references that run through honestly just a system of chance. I will didates Footnote, Waltz with duction. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s iad ways through recycled wood. “Out cast off by the local military brass band,” memory and time and tide. stretch out to what is closest to me,” clar- Bashir and the internationally India-Israel diplomatic rela- state visit to India in January, has here in the exosphere,” he is more than he adds. ifies Navin. Throughout his career he well-esteemed The Bubble. tions, which completed 25 years come into effect in September curious, more than quaint and it holds “I have always been known for my QUIXOTIC TITLES has experimented with the reverberant Newer films that will be in 2017, are gathering momen- 2018. As per the agreement, a up a host of narratives from the past to sound sculptures in the past. Earlier they Tangential narratives and metaphors and percussive effects of insects, birds, screened are Unorthodox, Red tum in various fields such as joint selection committee will be the present to the Sappers Band in were about built architecture and ecolo- spill out of his very reckoning. Navin is animals and people as they react and co- Cow, Working Woman, Longing, trade, fin-tech and agriculture set up to consider collaboration Madras and the tide of time. gy and now, with this new show it’s more perhaps a visionary in the many conver- exist with invisible electronic fields. For Redemption and Shalom and also in the area of cinema proposals submitted by film- In the past, he has created works by about aural form and the mechanics of sations he creates. His titles set you think- his installations at Gallery SKE he uses Bollywood: The untold Story of and film production. Prime makers from both countries. degrees having a penchant for discover- it,” he says. “These instruments were ing about his voracious appetite for read- powerful modern symbols— hybrid Indian Cinema. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Expedited visas, financial grants ing the beginnings of his installations and reconstructed to become The Phantom ing and his powers of observation that go wooden designs —and creates between Film-making in Israel has addressed the galaxy of stars in and tax exemptions are some of films in and around the discarded detri- Orchestra and for this show they are play- back and forth through the grids of deca- them an unfamiliar anthology which is undergone major developments Mumbai during his trip in the benefits the Israeli govern- tus of scrapyards, recycling plants and flea ing a rendition of the Weather Report, dence and history itself. “Most often the at once dense with sound, memory and since its inception in the 1950s. January 2018. At the climax of ment agreed to extend in order markets. He uses “rough” technology to which is a score that is written in three empty space of a would-be title is a sensation. 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third round and that sealed the win for the local hope. Sonia, on her part, said it was a fair result. "How can all the five judges go wrong? It was a fair decision," she said. This was Sonia's first major international event having risen to senior level by winning a Gold in the National Championships in 2016. Last year, she won a Gold in the Serbia Cup. She won a Bronze in the Ahmet Comert Boxing Tournament this year. Sonia next faces Arias Castenada Yeni Marcela of Columbia in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Pinki and Simranjit, on the other hand, notched up easy wins with all the judges giving unanimous 5-0 verdicts in their favour. The 28-year-old Pinki was trail- ing behind her English opponent Alice Ebonie Jones in the first round but recovered in the next two to emerge victorious in the end. It was a close call on the part of four judges who gave 29-28 in favour of the Indian while the fifth judge gave a clear 30-27. "It was an easier one than my $   -  earlier (opening round) bout. Today's opponent was young and inexperienced while my previous opponent (Armenia's 2014 youth world champion Anush Grigoryan) was more experienced," she said. Pinki next faces Pang Chol Mi   -  of North Korea in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Simranjit's 5-0 win against Megan Reid of Scotland, was the most impressive among *  1   *     &  Indian bouts of the day as she won all the rounds for an a 30-27, 30-27,   , O  677E  "       5 6  # 8< G5# 6 +  - 5 6  29-28, 30-27, 30-27 win. Simaranjit, who won Gold in the -    *      Ahmet Comert tournament in &   =     >    Turkey this year, was taking the ring three months after he father passed   "+-'+.(, (69kg) and Kachari Bhagyabati ;  Q+ ;   *Q+   "+-'+.(, faced a standing count in the punch. In Saweety's case, she was away. She said on Sunday that she (81kg) booked their quarterfinals on third round while Saweety pulled down. It was not from a would try hard to win a medal for judging controversy couldn't Sunday while Seema Poonia will &   '811 $  ndian boxing coach Shiv Singh endured the same situation in the point scoring punch," the coach him. stop the Indian juggernaut directly begin her campaign at the /.$('$/!,!/- Ion Monday questioned the ref- second round of her 75kg bout told reporters. Simaranjit from Chakar village Afrom rolling with as many as last-eight stage on Tuesday against eree's decision to award standing against Elzbieta Wojcik. "In case of Saweety, the ref- in Ludhiana next faces Amy Sara eight pugilists reaching the quar- Xiaoli Yang of China. in recent times. counts against Sarita and Singh said both Sarita and eree was on the blind side (and so Broadhurst of Ireland in the quar- terfinals in the ongoing AIBA Former champion L Sarita Devi The fifth day's proceedings were, Saweety Boora but refused to Saweety fell down not from the did not see it) when she fell down terfinals on Tuesday. Women's World Boxing (60kg) was the second Indian boxer however, marred by a judging con- term it the reason for their loss- punches of their opponents and but still gave a standing count. In India, however, suffered a jolt Championships on Monday. to bow out of the tournament in the troversy when 2014 Gold-medallist es. wondered how standing counts case of Sarita, the referee saw it with Saweety Boora losing her open- Sonia Chahal (57kg), Pinki Rani pre-quarterfinals after losing to Stanimira Petrova of Bulgaria (57kg) Former world champion were done against them. (how Sarita fell after entangling ing to Elzbieta Wojcik of Poland in (51kg) and Simranjit Kaur (64kg) 2016 World Championship Silver accused the judges of "corruption" Sarita, who lost a close bout in "Sarita slipped after her legs with her opponent) but he also 75kg in a unanimous decision. won their respective pre-quarterfi- medallist Kellie Harrington of after losing her pre-quarterfinal to 60kg against Kellie Harrington in entangled with those of her still went for a standing county The 23-year-old Saweety won nal bouts to place themselves just a Ireland in a split 3-2 verdict on India's Sonia Chahal. a 3-2 split decision on Sunday, opponent and it was not from a against Sarita," he added. Silver in the 2014 World step away from assuring a medal Sunday. "I want to say only one thing, it Championships in 81kj but was while Saweety Boora (75kg) was the The best show for the Indians is corruption by the judges. It is not competing here in 75kg. lone Indian boxer to lose her bout was in the 2006 edition at home a fair result," the 27-year-old Petrova, Sonia was announced the winner and the world body AIBA later with- after the second round but recovered All the five judges were not in on an eventful day at the K D Jhadav when the country won 8 medals. The who won a Gold in 54kg in the 2014 and also waved his index finger in drew his accreditation and barred well in the final round to win the favour of the Indian in all the three Stadium. country won just two and one edition, told reporters after losing to displeasure. him from the ringside. close bout on 3-2 split decision. rounds with the Polish boxer win- MC Mary Kom (48kg), Manisha medal in the last two editions and Sonia. Her coach Petar Yosifov Lesov The 21-year-old Sonia, daugh- All the five judges gave 10-9 ning 30-26, 30-27, 30-26, 30-27, 30- Moun (54kg), Lovlina Borgohain this one may turn out to be the best She was seen laughing when threw a water bottle inside the ring ter of a Haryana farmer, was trailing points in favour of the Indian in the 27. =  .%  .).>$ .)/9/.$/.'5$/! & /     .:/"0- claim the men's singles title nals. after winning it in 2016 fol- Fourth seed B Sai aina Nehwal and Kidambi lowing three final appear- Praneeth, who had won the   .0"'0" SSrikanth will start ances. However, he will face Singapore Open last year, favourites when they spear- tough resistance from second will square off against Russia's lexander Zverev emphatically head the Indian challenge at seed H S Prannoy and Sergey Sirant in the opening Aannounced his arrival at the top the Syed Modi International Sameer, who won titles at match, while Subhankar Dey, of the men's game by overpowering tournament, which has lost a Swiss Open and Hyderabad who claimed his maiden title Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 to win his bit of sheen with the pullout Open. at SaarLorLux Open, will first ATP Finals title. of Olympic Silver medallist P Srikanth is likely to meet open against China's Zhou The 21-year-old German, mak- V Sindhu. Parupalli Kashyap in the sec- Zeqi. ing his second appearance at the end- The tournament begins ond round if the 2014 Seventh seed Sourabh of-season showpiece, outlasted six- here on Tuesday. Commonwealth Games Verma, who won titles at time champion Roger Federer in the With Sindhu missing, champion manages to beat Russia and Dutch Open, will semi-finals and repeated the feat India will have two defending Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk start against China's Zhou against the world number one on champions in the tourna- in the opener. Zeqi. Sunday. ment with Sameer Verma While, Prannoy will start Also in action would be Djokovic had not been broken looking to retain the title to against Thailand's Adulrach eighth seeded India's top once in the tournament coming into enhance his chances of qual- Namkul and is likely to meet men's doubles pairs of the match, winning all 36 service ifying for the year-ending 2014 Commonwealth Games Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and games and only facing two break World Tour Final. The mixed In Sindhu's absence, against Mauritius' Kate Foo Bronze medallist R M V Chirag Shetty, who are the points but Zverev wrecked his num- doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Saina will be the cynosure of Kune in the opening round. Srikanth, too, will be Gurusaidutt in the third Silver medallists at the bers, breaking four times in the Chopra and N Sikki Reddy, all eyes and the celebrated With a host of Indians looking for his first title of the round. Commonwealth Games, and match. too, will eye a repeat. Indian has been in making up the draw, Saina is season after being in ram- For that, Guru, who is National champions Manu The German, coached by Ivan Sindhu decided to decent form this year likely to face little resistance paging form last year, win- trying to make a comeback Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy. Lendl, faltered just once when skip the event to focus on having won a Gold at till her journey to the finals, ning four titles. The Indian after recovering from a The women's doubles Djokovic broke him early in the sec- next month's World Tour the Commonwealth where she is expected to has been in decent form, career-threatening ankle pair of Ashwini Ponnappa ond set but that was the only blem- Finals in China but there Games and a Bronze at meet former Olympic cham- winning a Silver at the injury, will have to fight his and N Sikki Reddy will also ish on an extraordinary performance won't be any shortage of star the Asian Games. She will pion China's Li Xuerui, who Commonwealth Games and way against Germany's look to put their best foot for- of power and skill. power when the World Tour look to secure her maiden has won at Canada, US and reaching the quarterfinals Jonathan Persson and prob- ward, while Ashwini will also "I really can't describe it," said Super 300 event gets under- BWF title of this season when the China Masters after mak- consistently. ably Misha Zilberman of pair up with Satwik in mixed Zverev. &  & /    way with the qualifiers. she begins her campaign ing a comeback. The Indian will hope to Israel to enter the quarterfi- doubles. "It is the biggest title I have ever won. Firstly, I want to congratulate to climb. Novak and we may never have seen Showing nerves for the first time, the tennis he has played in the last few he double-faulted twice in his next        *  -  +  months before. He barely lost a service game as Djokovic got back on match but thankfully he did to me. level terms but the German broke "We (Djokovic and Zverev) had again to lead 2-1 as the Serb's error   .:+;"+ - - so many talks, not only about count mounted. tennis but all different types of Zverev broke Djokovic aris Seferovic starred with a hat- subjects — I won't mention for the third time in the sec- Htrick as Switzerland staged a sen-   .%*1%.%* what — but you are a sharing ond set in the ninth game, sational comeback to thrash Belgium 5- person and you have shared producing a stunning back- 2 in Lucerne on Sunday and qualify for pain responded to their some titles with me. I appre- hand down the line at full the Nations League finals in dramatic SNations League disappoint- ciate you letting me win one stretch to win the champi- fashion. ment by beating Bosnia 1-0 on today." onship. Thorgan Hazard's early double left Sunday but an unconvincing The Serbian top seed, 31, The young German has Switzerland needing to win by two goals victory will have done little to came into the match seeking often been talked about as to qualify from Group A2 but the hosts lift the mood. to equal Federer's record of six ATP the leader of the next generation but quickly fought back, with Ricardo Luis Enrique's side needed Finals wins but was immediately despite having three Masters titles Rodriguez's penalty and Seferovic's 21-year-old debutant Brais   #   aware he had a fight on his hands at under his belt in his short career, he first two goals seeing them into a 3-2 Mendez, on as a substitute, to London's O2 Arena. has a poor record at the Slams. half-time lead. score the only goal of a scrap- made meant we didn't make the Djokovic beat Zverev 6-4, 6-1 in Djokovic slipped to an unaccus- Nico Elvedi nodded home a py game at Estadio Gran finals," Luis Enrique said. "I their round-robin match on tomed low of 22nd in the world ear- Xherdan Shaqiri cross in the 62nd Canaria, in which neither side would have liked a draw Wednesday but it was a different story lier this year but has lost just three minute, and Vladimir Petkovic's men would have been unfairly rep- (between England and Croatia) in front of a packed and vociferous matches since the beginning of sealed a stunning win when Seferovic resented by a stalemate. but I'm focused on qualification crowd on Sunday. Wimbledon as he charged back up the completed his treble late on. Spain already knew their for the European With both players going toe-to- rankings. "I want to congratulate each play- hopes of progressing to the Championship and I think the toe from the back of the court, the "Sascha (Zverev) definitely played er, there was a big mental reaction, the Roberto Martinez's men saw their scored an injury-time winner as Austria Nations League finals were team looks good." first set went with serve until the much better than he did in the players never gave up, they always six-match unbeaten run since reaching beat Northern Ireland 2-1 in a dead over after England snatched top A narrow win over Bosnia ninth game, when Djokovic dumped group stage," he said. "He deserved to believed," said Swiss coach Petkovic. the World Cup semi-finals brought to rubber in Belfast that Marko Arnautovic spot in Group 4 following a last- came with a rotated and youth- a forehand into the net to concede the win. He's still quite young but he's had "They played with will, intelligence and an shuddering halt. described as a "fight". gasp win at Wembley over ful line-up, in which only Isco break. an amazing career so far and I wish with their heads." "We forgot to defend well, we gave Northern Ireland had already been Croatia. and Dani Ceballos survived him all the best for his future. After a thrilling match that con- Switzerland the opportunity to get relegated from Group B3, while Austria A thrilling conclusion, from Thursday's defeat by    "Speaking of being young, hope- tinued a trend of goal-filled encounters back in the game," said Spanish coach were guaranteed to finish second. which would have sent Spain Croatia in Zagreb. Roared on by the crowd, Zverev fully I'll play many more years and I'll in the inaugural edition of the Nations Martinez. "We can be proud of the win. We through had Croatia held on for Harry Kane's late winner hit three aces on his way to sealing the see you guys here in years to come." League, Switzerland will play at the "We had a lot of excitement, we wanted to come here, to finish well with a point, was a feather in the cap against Croatia had the Spanish first set 6-4. Elsewhere, Mike Bryan and Jack finals in June next year, alongside really wanted to finish top of the a win and we did that," West Ham for- for the inaugural tournament press swooning for a striker of Still on a high, the third seed Sock won the doubles title in thrilling European champions Portugal and group. The disappointment will make ward Arnautovic told Sky Sports. and came in stark contrast to his calibre and another erratic broke an out-of-sorts Djokovic imme- fashion , coming from a set down to England, with the final spot going to us more focused when the (Euro 2020) "He (Gareth McAuley) tried to this rather underwhelming performance from Alvaro diately at the start of the second set beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert and either France or the Netherlands on qualification starts." choke me, fight with me, I don't know friendly a few hours later. Morata hardly promoted the to leave the top seed with a mountain Nicolas Mahut 5-7, 6-1, 13-11. Monday. Earlier on Sunday, Valentino Lazaro why. It is not good to fight with me." "Bad luck and mistakes we Chelsea striker's cause.