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vent,” Mr. Sreeraman said. e he shooting, will attend. t hrong the banks of the t n occasion to explore ways a reeraman, who made his S

sk them to come for this a rranged stay facilities for a orked on the lm will w nniversary of its release as a heen,’’ says actor V.K. s

en then are now 50. We will t unhumohammed, who K rtists and technicians who a bserve the 40th o illage, too, has lost its v

lm. Those who were aged ircus. Local resident c uring March rst week, D hat an idea was born: to t nd irrigation needs. The a

evival plan evival R hildren had acted in the c ravindan understand A ho also starred in the lm, w oesn’t even meet drinking d

ill be there. “He helped w Many of the local “ ith actor Nedumudi Venu, w as shrunk to a trickle. It h

alappuram district. M he history of Indian circus, t ease of life. l hile sharing his concerns w Now the Bharathapuzha “

f Thirunavaya in o riter who has chronicled w f giving the river a new o . It was ebut with d lanning a rescue. p Thampu

rrives in the (then) village a he circus artistturned t lm’s ageing crew are

nfold when a circus troupe u reedharan Champad, S truggling for survival, the s Njeralath Ramapoduval near the Bharathapuzha in 1978.

ollows the events that f . old t oday, with the river t The Hindu The singer Aravindan, right, Nedumudi Venu and Entranced:

(‘Circus Tent’). But eleased in 1978, R ll come,’’ Mr. Sreeraman a hampu hampu T Thampu

rotecting the river. p edumudi and me. We will N ocumentary feature, d

is National Awardwinning h opi, who devoted his life to G nd they include Jalaja, a

ormed a majestic setting for f nvironmentalist Indyanur e echnicians are now alive, t

ill also pay homage to w ery few of the artists and V nd stunning sandbanks, it a

ed. With its clear waters b ikely to attend. The meeting l lm, died nine years ago.

iver was not on its death r rtist Namboodiri, are also a layed a major role in the p

ctors and circus artists, the a ravindan’s close friend, A go. Bharath Gopi, who a

id the camera work, and d Aravindan died 26 years “ ecades ago with a group of d

aid. Shaji N. Karun, who s four harathapuzha, B he daylong event. t

he banks of the t anicker,” Mr. Sreeraman P ctivists also will take part in a

ather, Kavalam Narayana f evival. River protection r eached Thirunavaya, on r

vening in memory of his e hen director G. Aravindan W elatives, to discuss the r

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ast of G. Aravindan’s famous lm will dedicate its 40th anniversary to the Bharathapuzha C

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ice head — project & project t ian national.” d eed to share and store Aad n APA anticipates that the C nterested bidders and the i om number mapped with d idering the representation s

artner and national prac p inue to be vested in an In t imed at eliminating the A itions,” he added. d ill increase the number of w temporary 16digit ran a The committee, after con “

omments sought omments C orms,” said Jatin Aneja, n ontrol of Air India shall con c ir India subject to bid con A eign airlines to participate r ect from June 1. e Virtual ID (VID) will be A

rators with respect to FDI e ial ownership and eective t our to six serious bids for f egic partner. Allowing fo t rocess that will come into p adhaar records. A

ith other Indian airline op w r indirectly and (ii) substan o ime. t ipation in the bids. “I see c ithout an experienced stra w olled out a twotier security r osed a data breach in p

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DELHI Timings Thursday, January 11 Punjab waives 1.15 lakh RISE 07:15 SET 17:43 Cong. revokes Dalit RISE 02:11 SET 13:40 more farm loans Friday, January 12 RISE 07:15 SET 17:44 Press Trust of India RISE 03:05 SET 14:18 cates are given to the farm leader’s suspension Chandigarh ers, the State government Saturday, January 13 The Punjab government on would cover 1.60 lakh small RISE 07:15 SET 17:45 Wednesday cleared 1.15 lakh and marginal farmers with a RISE 03:57 SET 14:58 Three-time MLA holds considerable clout in Dudu region more farm loan waiver cases loan amount of 748 crore. Special Correspondent bly decided to take him back amounting to 580 crore, an The spokesperson said JAIPUR in the party fold, a year after ocial spokesperson said. the modalities for disburs The Rajasthan Pradesh Con his acquittal, in view of his The amount will be dis ing the amount were being gress has revoked the sus utility in the Dudu Assembly bursed before January 31. worked out. pension of inuential Dalit constituency for the January Chief Minister Amarinder The ocials decided to leader Babulal Nagar, who 29 byelection. Singh reviewed the progress publicly present the certi was a Minister in the pre of the scheme he had cates to farmers to ensure vious Ashok Gehlot govern ‘Not due to bypoll’ launched in Mansa district that they are not misled by ment, a year after he was ac While political observers be on Sunday during a meeting the Opposition parties or ki quitted by a sessions court in lieve that he has been in with the ocials and Minis san unions seeking to pro a rape case. Mr. Nagar was ducted to improve the par ters, including Finance Mi mote “false propaganda”, lodged in jail for three years Back in the party fold: ty’s electoral prospects, Mr. nister Manpreet Badal. according to the during trial of the case. Babulal Nagar * Nagar denied that the revo After the waiver certi spokesperson. Mr. Nagar, 57, a threetime cation of his suspension had Congress MLA, holds con 34yearold woman had ac anything to do with the by siderable clout in the Dudu cused Mr. Nagar of sexually election. “I have been a com region of Jaipur district, assaulting her on the pretext mitted Congress worker which falls under the Ajmer of getting her a government throughout my life. There Lok Sabha constituency. A job. Mr. Nagar, who failed to was no way I could be kept byelection is due here later secure bail during trial, re out of the party,” he told The this month. signed as Minister. Hindu on Wednesday. He was suspended from The sessions court acquit Though Mr. Nagar is con the party’s primary mem ted him on January 30, 2017, sidered a loyalist of Mr. Geh bership in October 2013 af holding that the prosecution lot, his relations with Pra ter he was arrested by the had failed to prove its case desh Congress president CBI in a rape case registered “beyond reasonable doubt”. Sachin Pilot have improved by a married woman. The The Congress has ostensi since his acquittal. Two criminals held after separate encounters

Staff reporter STF was looking for him in several Meerut cases of robbery and loot. The Uttar Pradesh police have ar “We got a tipo that Raja was rested two criminals, Raja and Adi seen on AbdullahpurBhimnagar tya Rana, in separate encounters in road. We reached there and asked Meerut and Bijnor on Wednesday. him to stop. But he red. In retaliato The police had announced a re ry ring, he got injured in his leg and ward of 50,000 on Raja and 1 lakh fell o the bike. We arrested him and on Aditya Rana. admitted him to a hospital. He is Raja was arrested by the Special wanted in a petrol pump loot case,” Task Force (STF) sleuths when he Mr. Singh said. was found riding a motorcycle on According to Mr. Singh, there are AbdullahpurBhimnagar road. Dur 30 FIRs for cases of loot, murder and ing the encounter, he was hit by a robbery led against Rana, who be bullet in his leg and taken to the dis longs to Rana Nagla village in Bijnor, trict hospital. at various police stations of western The other criminal, Aditya Rana, Uttar Pradesh. Rana had escaped was involved in an encounter with from the custody of the Moradabad the police at Bijnor. However, he police in 2017 after which the STF managed to escape and later surren and the State police were on the loo dered at a local court. kout for him but every time he man Brijesh Singh, the Circle Ocer of aged to ee after ring at the police, STF Meerut, told the media that the said Mr. Singh.

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hom he was at loggerheads. w icipated. t ases led against the Social c hitradurga district as part C ents and Aadhaar cards. m 2 km from Chintamani, the 1 ears for 18 months. “This is r ernment’s apathy. As word v

#3 9 7 9 1 8 8 1 9 7 9 #3 ather Umashankar, with f umber of BJP activists par n overnment for withdrawing g rganised at Holalkere in o ears. They had valid docu y it Colony is located around l f rice per head — but also ar o eaves to highlight the go l

nonymous caller as his a onvention, in which a large c ashing out at the State L lections,” he said at a rally e hey got no rations for three t he Chowdadenahalli Da T eceived their rations — 7 kg r ay, eating only roots and d

himmaraj “identified” the T wo other families said T raped in saron for the d est the culprits. r he forthcoming Assembly t yamma, a resident. g han 48 hours, they not only t peaceful protest on Mon a

arrying any explosives. c olalkere town was H nto these incidents and ar i ongress party’s debacle in C ce.” o raw attention,” said Bha d ontrol the damage. In less c he 22 Dalit families went on t

nd found they were not a

articipated. p o conduct a proper probe t ank politics will lead to the b he Deputy Commissioner’s t ad to eat leaves and roots to h he authorities scrambled to t PL cards. In desperation, B

earched his team members s

he State in which Mr. Shah t tate government had failed S or electoral gains. The vote f nd the Food Inspector in a huge victory for us, but we a pread across the district, s ers were not linked to their b

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f the prepoll campaign in o ere still at large, he said the w easing a section of people p or, Food and Civil Supplies, t ause their Aadhaar num c

nd Thimmaraj, 29, was taken a

ramme being held as part g esponsible for these killings r ataka are obsessed with ap n ehsildar, the Deputy Direc t enied to them allegedly be d

Colony display their Aadhaar and BPL cards.

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perations were conducted o

er 2, this is the second pro b leasure that the culprits p Congress leaders in Kar “ ave memorandums to the g earandahalf. It had been y Residents of the Chowdadenahalli Dalit Crippling disconnect: Crippling

abarimala”. Search S

heir pleas even though they t ra in Bengaluru on Novem t hree years. Expressing dis t antiHindu” policies. “ ution system (PDS) for a b

arrying a bomb had set off to c

fter kickstarting the ya A rganisations” in the last o ay accused it of pursuing d he authorities did not heed T rain from the public distri g

ember team from Karnataka m

undamentalism. f embers of “antinational m ent Amit Shah on Wednes d evice at the ration shop. d o get their share of food t

hone call that “a nine p

hat promoted religious t urdered in Karnataka by m ata Party national presi n icated by the pointofsale t hey had been struggling T

olice said they received a p

rints had not been authen p tand towards organisations s angh Parivar had been S n Karnataka, Bharatiya Ja i f 126 kg of rice each. o

heir toes on Tuesday. The t

ent had adopted a soft m ctivists of the BJP and the a n the governing Congress o f rations as their nger o eived the unusual quantum c abarimala put the police on S

ains, the Congress govern g r. Shah alleged that 23 M ontinuing his line of attack C The families were deprived “ hickballapur district re C he police control room in t

, said, ho works for an NGO w ani taluk of Karnataka’s m e alleged that for votebank h atra. Y

bomb threat call received at A olalkere H

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abarimala temple temple abarimala S 18. 2 illagers from Chowdadena v

omb threat to threat omb B It is appeasing a section of people in Karnataka for polls’ for Karnataka in people of section a appeasing is It ‘ ies and has a population of l n Tuesday, one hundred O

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enied rations because Aadhaar numbers were not linked to BPL cards cards BPL to linked not were numbers Aadhaar because rations enied D

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ase involving Kerala Chief c

ater, she contacted her fa l ew Mahe near Thalassery, N ere tried, and the trial end w lasts of 2009 and may have b ugust 30, 2015. Ms. Umade A hem to respond in six t threejudge Bench, led A

n the SNC Lavalin corruption i

akir Naik but a few months Z rmed that Riyas, a native of he NIA. Only some accused t olved in the Goa bomb v urder of Prof. Kalburgi on m aharashtra and Goa, asking M abholkar and Mr. Pansare. D

earing on a batch of appeals h

ideos of Islamic preacher v he police have con T he blasts were probed by T ame shooters may be in s few months before the a ernments of Karnataka, v hares with the killings of Dr. s

ednesday adjourned the W

y made the woman watch l hursday,” the ocer said. T he Goa bomb blasts case. t nderway. She alleged the u ra, died four days later, just t ion (CBI), and the State go t ration the common links it e

he Supreme Court on T

audi Arabia, Riyaz alleged S efore a magistrate by b nd Pansare murders and a unt” by the State C.I.D. was h 015 in Kolhapur, Maharash 2 entral Bureau of Investiga C estigated taking into consid v

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ay 2016. After reaching M rrested will be produced a hooters in the Dabholkar s tate that the “biggest man S as shot on February 16, w estigation Agency (NIA), the v and’s murder should be in b avalin case avalin L

heir marriage registered in t o take her to the IS. Those t ad sought the arrest of the h ite assurances from the p 013, in Pune. Pansare, who 2 he Centre, the National In t s. Umadevi said her hus M C adjourns hearing in hearing adjourns C S

sed these documents to get u art of a deliberate attempt p he petition said the NIA T r the past three years des e urdered on August 20, m ak Misra, issued notice to p ourt or the Supreme Court. C

he accused also allegedly T hether her conversion was w oing unpunished.” g a Police had meandered ov k etired judge of the High r

vent of his arrest. e

ect her new Muslim name. s crucial in ascertaining i ossibility of the oenders p nvestigation by the Karnata i ation team, supervised by a g anniversary of Kalburgi.

bond for 1 lakh in the a

leading a silent march in Dharwad to mark the rst death ng her Aadhaar card, to re i Interrogation of the duo “ urder by a special investi m ards its conclusion with the w s. Umadevi argued that M

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A le picture of Umadevi Kalburgi, centre, Murders most foul: foul: most Murders orged documents, includ f onverting the woman. c ould “casually drift to w npunished. u oordinated probe into his c

ourt ordered that he be c

an join a madrasa and m ey accused in the case, in k nto her husband’s murder i nd should not go a i’s widow, Umadevi, for a g vading tax in Kerala. The e

ater, he made the wo L iding Muhammad Riyas, a ressed fears that the probe p on in society shellshocked” s ine a plea by Prof. Kalbur m uducherry with a view to P

ng sexual relations. i een picked up for allegedly b ex oordinated probe. She c left every rightminded per “ he court agreed to exa T egister his two luxury cars in r

o threaten her into continu t cer said the duo had o he CBI and the NIA for a t ight. The murder, she said, l hree crimes. t orging documents to f

ecorded the act and used it r f North Paravur. A police o ataka, Goa governments, n n Dharwad in broad day i unmen were behind all g gainst him for allegedly a

elationship with him. He r al and Siyad, both natives m to Maharashtra, Kar ection r rof. Kalburgi was shot dead P he same organisation and t igh Court in a case filed H

ednesday by the Kerala W orced her to have physical f een identied as Fawas Ja b upreme Court to issue a di S ay, with a plea saying that d Punish the killer’ the Punish ‘

nticipatory bail on a n 2014. Later, he allegedly i tate. The arrested have S ourt’s scanner on Wednes C s. Umadevi urged the M

opi was granted G hile studying in Bengaluru w o Syria to join the Islamic t ourt judge. C ubmitted. s ame under the Supreme c

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p in Gujarat, had met Riyas u he intention of taking her t upreme Court or High S n Kumar and Abhya Nevagi, a olkar and Govind Pansare h

OCHI K athanamthitta who grew P 25yearold woman with a ce, supervised by a retired i madevi’s advocates Krish U Narendra Dab nd activists a

nticipatory bail nticipatory a

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an attempts rape on 2 on rape attempts an M edia persons. m ut even did the puja of the b hivraj Singh Chouhan on De S as left the Opposition Con h

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ame, the State government n ra Parashar, shared her pic d (symbolic haran-paduka haran-paduka c on his head during the Ekatma Yatra. charan-paduka charan-paduka or the development of the f

Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha Collector Anil Suchari carrying the ’s tate media incharge, Loken S aron ag and carrying the s di Shankaracharya A ji aid the fund would be used s

he Collector. The party’s t While misusing respected “ oming the yatris by waving a c happar Chiri here. Mr. Sidhu C

ime in highlighting the act of t Splurging public money’ money’ public Splurging ‘ he Collectors are seen wel t ingh Bahadur memorial in S

evelopment of Baba Banda d he State BJP wasted no T eshwar in Khandwa district, r

nnounced 24 lakh for the a ureaucrats. b or nearly a kilometre. f di Shankaracharya at Omka A

idhu on Wednesday S on her head n act was allowed for a o build a 108foot statue of t haran-paduka c

ffairs Minister Navjot Singh A retary asking whether such c he district and carried the t overnment to collect metal g

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o be spruced up spruced be o t

ollector Sua Faruqui wel C he Leader of the Opposi T que “duty” these days. Dur i

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ance from such over involve t ector Srinivas Sharma was l

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ench will now hear the B he plea also points out T roperty,” the advertise p

slali locality by Crime Branch A

he death of Loya. The t eath. d arket value of benami m

n the case, was arrested from i

ours and versions behind m i questioning her brother’s n o pay ne up to 25% of fair t

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ounsel for the associa C ransactions are prosecuta t hen quotes the article in t ase, absconding for almost c

udge came on board. j n of judge Loya. The PIL i bet and induce benami a ulberg Society massacre G

as soon after the new w udge J.T. Utpat and coming j ration] and persons who e n accused in the 2002 A

ischarged in the case and it d who actually paid consid [ rajapati, the transfer of P HMEDABAD A

eld after 16 years years 16 after eld h njuries,” Mr. Udde said. i ut the report was negative. b ith tigers and that is how w inistry of Environment and M ay when a BJP leader was d ausar Bi, his aide Tulsiram K tanding], beneciary s

ulberg case accused case ulberg G enerally confuse hyenas g ory body under the Union t ied after suering critical d ain the presence of tigers, t ays that she recounts the s ame benami property is n f Sohrabuddin, his wife o

unday. “Both the children S o survey the area to ascer t tate after that. Local people S roved by the NTCA, a statu p rticle in which Anuradha a Benamidar [in whose “ ology of the events: death n

ent a team in July last year s 985. No tiger was seen in the 1 he proposal was ap T nd a 10yearold boy on a he petition quotes the T he PIL mentions the chro T t.” i he 1990s. t TI P

hronology of events of hronology C ence of tigers in Dang. s acked a threeyearold girl t he forest department T oad accident in Dang in r ews article. n overnment in eradicating g rom the Chaibasa treasury in f

ithdrawal of 35.62 crore w dde. The feline also at U aid. s The last tiger died in a “ eports suggested the pre r le judgment,” as per the b ious citizens to help the t

o the alleged fraudulent t rs having been sighted,” he e antha districts, he said. k he census after some media t ivisional forest ocer S.S. d rore in return for a favoura c news report. a y” and urged “conscien t

anuary 24. The case relates J nd ate half the body,” said a orts in the media about tig p ang, Narmada and Sabar D ation Authority (NTCA) for v oered him a bribe of 100 “ eath of Loya in the light of d “crime against humani a

onvicted in two of them, on c ensus because there are re c y inhabiting the forests of l o the National Tiger Conser t hirpani village last night J ister that a senior judge had s tances surrounding the s escribed black money as d

rasad, who has been P o include Dang in the tiger t ere tigers in Gujarat, main w ent earlier sent a proposal m eath a 12yearold boy in d enami Transactions,” it B nto the events and circum i

ases against RJD chief Lalu c Justice Loya’s death.

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hird of five fodder scam t demanding a probe into

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. n ocial said a ack in 1985. Now, over three b Division Bench of Jus A ous imprisonment up to r The counting exercise in Dang will be part of Numbers matter: matter: Numbers

potted in Gujarat was way s rict and ate one of them, t f judge B.H. Loya. o al prosecution and rigo n

n February 7. o

illages of Chhindwara dis v he last time a tiger was T nacted law invites crimi e ourt judge into the death C

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igers also inhabit the State. t hree children in dierent t robe by a retired Supreme p iolations under the newly v

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ere tabled in the U.S. Congress mooting new propo w er Hindu and Islamic law. Ju d rosecute each other, an archaic p he time was not yet ripe to repeal t ench headed by the Chief Justice b

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rotectionist rhetoric has identied this visa category p Yusuf our witnesses of the act must tes f 5(3) of the Constitution ( 1 elity. Our Supreme Court too d s as no legitimate state interest is e nly if committed habitually or o

hould have only civil consequenc s enerally punished in some states g onditions of proof under which c rcise of its powers under Article e ost societies abhor marital in M ustry. Nevertheless, given the number of times that d

t also has put the impossible I he state in favour of women in ex t the highest invasion of property.” “ orce, including triple talaq, v ountries. In the U.S., adultery is c any assimilated into the backbone of the U.S. tech in m

ide marriage. s 97 as a special provision made by 4 nother man’s wife amounted to a ts breach either in adultery or di i al oence in most European n ble each year are scooped up by Indian nationals, a

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o fast between 20045 and 20112 s ural output increased from 3.5% r and are small and marginal l oung who were getting educated y abour, Jawaharlal Nehru University Nehru Jawaharlal abour, L

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onstruction jobs were growing C hare of the construction sector in s hose who even hold agricultural t 0045 and 201112 2 ; these were the conomics and Chair of the Centre for Centre the of Chair and conomics e

m emocracy, there is really no need for any special e d

ion in 201112. l espectively. Consequently, the r nderestimate, since 84% of all u s well as wage growth between a antosh Mehrotra is professor of professor is Mehrotra antosh S

ided under the Constitution and the law.” In a mature v

mil 0045, but which rose to 19 2 ut accelerated to 7.92% and 11.5%, p his number is almost certainly an T omes both in terms of job growth c

eeping in view the concept of fundamental duties pro k 11 million in ere illiterate was w ate in the construction sector out r million rural population. 50900 8 onably well in labour market out s

e he place or occasion has to be made by the executiv t nfrastructure investment. i of those in construction who er b 00405 to 201112, the growth 2 million of the nearly akes 250 m ographic groups which m did rea

lic investment, especially for b that the absolute num eau data r 4. From 199394 to 200405 and 9 ousehold has ve members, that h t hwthat there are two de ata show d of ut as the Bench has pointed out, “the prescription B

y, the intention here is to raise pu l ated from NSS and Labour Bu m .94% between 197071 and 1993 3 ory; assuming that each such g ational Sample Survey (NSS) N henever the anthem is played or the ag is displayed. w

ecm.Hopeful welcome. ancial year, is n esti ow levels of education. It is l ncreased at the annual rate of i re in the landlesslabourer cate a he streets in several States. t

t uestion the idea that citizens must show due respec q

50,000 crore in this dditional a erised, as noted above, by very t he construction sector had only t million households early 54 N itnessing farmers w rtsigon protesting

l honour are undeserving of respect. Neither is it to a

borrow an overnment plans to g reas. These workers are charac a of he real net domestic product T ” are more vulnerable. abour l een growing, with the b past year

ake place. This is not to suggest that symbols of nation t

onstruction employment onstruction C ort. The announcement that the f al labour in the rural and urban r eholds engaged in manual s ure. In fact, f t distress has armer

alls or enclosures where meetings and performances h ustain this public investment ef s y absorbing poorly educated ru t landless hou rivation indicator, “ p astening the exodus from agricul h

led out or why such rules shouldn’t apply to other g udget for 201819 should B he T onstruction is the main activi C olds suer from at least one de h ural incomes are also likely to t ound nonagricultural work. f fall,

or growing surplus rural labour. f ower than earlier. l hile 48.5% of all rural house W million, both because they 9 6 maller. For these farmers, agricul s ures cannot explain why cinema houses should be sin s

ure to generate construction jobs t rivate investment is now much p andicaps’. h andless labour from 85 million to l ill continue to become even w nthem require the framing of such mandatory mea a

ublic investment in infrastruc p hroughout the country. However, t .01% suer from all seven 0 to a 1.25 ha average in 2010, ge a million and the number of o 141 t

ism” and the demonstration of respect for the national t

ry has also attempted to sustain t , ate, residential and commercial t Only rivations, 13% have three. p rom the 2.25 hectares (ha) aver f million n rural areas fell from 160 i

ven those who contend that “constitutional patrio E

inis . The Surface Transport M an) b here was a real boom in real es t overty. Nearly 30% have two de p ince the early 1970s, and down s 01112, the number of cultivators 2

not standing up. eople beaten up or harangued for p

radhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Ur P he remainder private. In addition, t eprived, the worse its extent of d riority. Between 20045 and p ize, which has been dropping s

espect’ and there were reports of vigilantism, with r a and rural housing under the n hirds of which was public, and t ameters on which a household is r ork is an immediate and top w anual labour. The overall farm m

The audience began looking for signs of ‘dis uences. q radhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yoja P billion per annum, two 2) of $100 1 our. The more the number of pa b rs looking for nonagricultural e auperis p ed and more engaged in

ially for rural roads, under the c 1th Five Year Plan period (2007 1 he landless engaged in manual la t ess and small and marginal farm l nd marginal farmers a are getting o had some unintended, but not unforeseen, conse s

long with landless families, small A iterate adults over 25 years; and l iture for the last two years, espe d nfrastructure, especially over the i owever, the numbers of land H isrespect to the national anthem. The court’s order al d

armer distress armer F cheduled Tribes (SC/ST); without S ained rural development expen t ustained growth in investment in s ill indeed grow signicantly. w e worn at the movies as they could amount to showing b

he Union government has sus T possible because of the his was T ards, the numbers of the young w odied adult; of Scheduled Castes/ b

o be prescribed that some kinds of apparel should not t

ially in rural areas c . urn of the millennium t blebodied adult members’. a bled member and without able a . nd 201516, from this point on a

hat point would such “moral policing” stop if it were w

mployment in those sectors e r a tripling in 12 years from the o espe ion per annum between 20045 l ith disabled members and no w a dis ale in working age; with m

wear his patriotism on his sleeve”. He had asked at “

ed manufacturing sector, raising s i years hich is a doubling in seven w mil abour force has been just 2 l ess labourers as are 45% of those l y a woman and without an adult b

lm, remarking that there was no need for an Indian to oods, especially in the unorgan g million by 201112, d. It grew to 51 e ult, while the young joining the s of working age are land ember m ember in working age; headed m

atriotism each time they entered a theatre to watch a p emand for simple manufactured d fter that was totally unprecedent a ouseholds without an adult h uchha house; without an adult k ast two decades. Hence, as a re l

risen, raising consumer lar has u 0045. However, what happened 2 ouseholds. At the same time, 47% h nprecedented numbers for the u ‘households with a ndicators: i sking patrons of cinema to visibly demonstrate their a

ion jobs. Rural demand in partic t million by umber jumped to 26 n ng and remaining in education in i ale members are also landless m seven apped deprivation using m ench, had at an earlier hearing doubted the wisdom of B

reas because of a , the nly 17 million in that year o young have been enter 030? The 2 eaded households without adult h , or SECC he rural census, T rising construc

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ightening of the labour market t t a remarkable rate from 1999 a bove 25 years and 54% each of a oth groups whose numbers will b

nsults to National Honour Act, 1971, or in the Orders re I

ted the most from the ad bene h onstruction employment grew C reate nonagricultural jobs for c f those with no literate adult o mpoverishment. i

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it in cinema halls. play as said it is not mandatory to h dsaland marginal farmers nd small a ewer skill and educational re f oes owever, the question is: d H olds with kuchha houses are h them ural families’, which make r

his is hurting T ervices sectors is that there are s ECC also said that ‘59% of house S landless labour harply. s ood are key deprivations facing h rt or the presentation of the national anthem, the cou f

01516. 2 ion over the manufacturing or t ho saw construction work rise w ” makes it more acute. The abour l anual casual labour for a liveli m erministerial committee to recommend regulations t

ion per annum l construc er of rural workers in b f landless labour in agriculture, o landless ix other handicaps with “ s andlessness and dependence on l ‘ between 201112 to

ould be placed on hold, and that it would set up an in c

umber is down to just over 1 n uch higher growth in the num m he older, poorly educated cohort t he intersection of any of the T ensus (SECC) informed us that C mil

ve s of overreach. With the Centre saying this directi e

etween 20045 to 201112, the b onsideration. One reason for the c t hitherto unheard of rates, and a armers. f he Socio Economic and Caste T

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hem must be played on certain occasions in specic t orkers have been leaving agricul w mployment in the construction e icantly higher allocation for in n

as well. The result: fewer as fallen h er 200405. Further, growth in t inance Minister will make a sig F ovember 2016. Laying down a judicial rule that the an N

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ave with politicians. Ms. Baru is in h raduate education, postgraduate g emains to be seen how much progress it can r ained to operations of security forces in the t ress the many questions that d hich has successfully attracted doc w

edical colleges in southern India m omous boards — those for under n onference in the last week of January but it C uspected that the documents given per s ades. If policymakers do not ad c ven in States like Tamil Nadu, E

dds, given the close ties that private a istributes powers among four auto d onvene the third round of the Panglong c hey received are not known. However, it is t HO prescribed ratio. W o the same for the next few de d

ion is especially problematic, she s re Agreement. The government is set to isciplining errant doctors, the NMC d t this point, details on the information A ould take till 2029 to achieve the w ion and practice. The NMC Bill could t

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erved on the ethics committee of s he opaque MCI. In contrast with the t eace Accord. One other major concern is P harges have been pressed against them un C ct, under which the MCI in its cur A ommittee report mentioned that C

u, a healthpolicy researcher who r erm ‘nonsecession’ inserted into the Union t ion of sharing it with foreign media”. t esponsive to India’s needs, unlike r oon. A 2015 Parliamentary Standing s he 1956 Indian Medical Council T

om is now extreme,” says Rama Ba d f the Union, they would not like to see the o akers to be a dynamic regulator m ally acquiring information with the inten g his idea. t his gap isn’t going to close any time T

eaucracy, say experts. “The babu r ission (NMC), intended by policy m cribe to the principle of nondisintegration s istry of Information accuses them of “ille n east, include a provision to debate l f Indians live in rural provinces. o

ould tip the scales towards bu w nter the National Medical Com E he ethnic armed groups are willing to sub t nd Kyaw Soe Oo — on December 12. The Mi a n urban regions, while close to 70% i ia. The NMC Bill should, at the very d

he commission’s members. But this t oncerning the issue of secession, while C or specialists. n rrest of two Reuters reporters — Wa Lone a elivery in isolated parts of rural In d f 1:1,000. Most of these doctors are o

entral government to select most of c either has enough basic doctors, n o retain their respective armed forces. t more serious development has been the A ot be the best means of healthcare n eople, compared to the WHO norm p

eporting on Rakhine on eporting R alls of the electoral process is for the f ostgraduation seats. Today, India p ee a federal army, which would allow them s oday, India has one doctor for 1,700 t ecognise that MBBS doctors may r

he NMC Bill’s solution to the pit T rmy while the ethnic armed groups want to a se, competing for a small number of i ors, this measure isn’t enough. As of t hem. Ms. Gautham says it is time to t

ance or inability to act in this regard. t he MCI being disbanded in 2010. t ush among MBBS doctors to special r nsists that there should be a single national i he table, given the evidence backing t ill hopefully produce more doc w

reedom and the civilian government’s reluc f gainst Dr. Desai and his team led to a orm basic procedures. This led to a f ominant role in the entire peace process, d osed such ideas, they cannot be o p rivate medical colleges, a move that p

n the use of drones but the limited media o n 2001. Further, corruption charges i octors who frequently couldn’t per d secession’. The military, which has played a ‘ hile it eases regulations to set up W edical Association has strongly op M

9. The issue here is not restrictions placed 2 ourt for abusing power as president C ete, resulting in a cadre of MBBS l ng issues: formation of a ‘federal army’ and i ramme. Even though the Indian g are needs in the coming decades. c

ere subsequently released on December w een prosecuted in the Delhi High b he medical curriculum grew obso t eached on two of the most critical outstand r 001, through a threeyear pro 2 unity to plan for India’s rural health t

ord images of the Parliament building. They c CI president, even though he had M al doctors. Under its stewardship, c owever, an agreement is yet to be H he NMC Bill also misses an oppor T reate a cadre of rural doctors in c

hortage of doctors of hortage S onths in jail for trying to use a drone to re m ati urologist Ketan Desai was elected r f bribery and going soft on unethi o owed to write their own Constitutions. l ven Chhattisgarh attempted to e

ecided that States and regions would be al d ntiAircraft Act and sentenced to two A ears. Sometime around 2008, Guja y or years, it was mired in allegations F octors are available. This is why d

ould be given special privileges. It was also w in. They were charged under the country’s T upt people, can fail,” says Ms. Rao. r f members controlled the MCI for o he MCI’s failures are well known. T ide lifesaving health care when no v

erpreter, Aung Naing Soe, and driver, Hla t he best law, if implemented by cor T oor through which the same group d CI’s failures CI’s M he government agreed that no ethnic race T afe, eective and cheap way to pro s

t is implemented by good people. i ions, this had created a revolving t lism, with the right to selfdetermination. a n late October, along with their local in i hows that such training can be a s

ng a ‘Union’ based on democracy and feder i ok Choy Lin from Malaysia — were arrested M ike Mozambique and Thailand l urrent Bill. “Any law will succeed if c ecause there was no bar on reelec B y was to replace it. d

7 of them. The groups agreed on recognis 3 ion — Lau Hon Meng from Singapore and t esections. Evidence from countries r omething that isn’t ensured in the s ors tended to avoid such elections. t ieved the only way to redeem the bo l

he Turkish Radio and Television Corpora t re professionals of high integrity, a awed, because conscientious doc n both counts that policymakers be o oints and was able to reach agreement on p edures like caesarians and intestinal c

akes, it is critical that its members t ers were picked was fundamentally b al Council of India (MCI), perform c thnic armed organisations. It discussed 41 e ere arrested. Two journalists working for w ors to carry out critical surgical pro t

ernment, the legislature, the military and v ournalists — both Myanmarese and foreign — j raining programmes for nondoc t ouncil. Whatever route the NMC C rocess through which MCI mem p urrent medical regulator, the Medi c

r some 1,400 representatives from the go e hreatened on several occasions. At least 11 t ières and Red Cross have endorsed t embers to the General Medical m anagariya, argued that the electoral P nd practice? So poorly did India’s a

round suggests that media freedom was g sations like Médecins Sans Fron i uthority oversees the selection of A ice chairman of Niti Aayog, Arvind v entseeking in medical education r anglong Conference which brought togeth P

s regards the rst issue, evidence on the A here the Professional Standards w MC bill, a committee headed by ex N an it minimise opportunities for c ened the second session of the 21st Century v ood diarrhoea. International organ h

model is followed in the U.K., a ew regulator. The authors of the n n May last year, the government con I n these issues more eectively. o ain, respiratory distress and child p ealthcare challenges? Second, how h

ake peace with the groups. m ttracted severe criticism for its failure to act a engal to correctly manage chest B ormer Union Health Secretary. Such f ow it chooses the members of the h ent doctors to meet its evolving t

ing a majority in the 2015 elections, n bility of informal providers in West a embers, says Sujatha K. Rao, a m here the NMC bill trips up is in W an India produce enough compe c ne of her government’s top priorities was to o

acy (NLD), which came to power after win r lic Service Commission to select its b re all steps in the right direction. a traightforward answers. First, how s an Suu Kyi had said on assuming power that S ed to a marked improvement in the l

ndependent body like the Union Pu i .K., Australia and Canada. These U eeks to address are knotty, with no s he ethnic armed groups. NLD leader Aung t ent led by the National League for Democ m howed that nine months of training s

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ittee for a relook. Whatever be the m rakan Rohingya Salvation Army, which A he international community — the threat to t ondoctors include nurses, or even n

hey were only responding to attacks of the t mportant issues attracted the attention of i edicine and even surgery. Such m a to a Parliamentary Standing Com h

rongdoing and continues to maintain that w rable power over state institutions. Three e he Bill was referred by the Lok Sab t y training nondoctors in basic b

lishment, which continues to hold consid b y the Indian Medical Association, b yanmar military leadership denies any M uccessfully addressed this problem s

rouble. After countrywide protests t ontinuing international condemnation, the c he civilian government or the military esta t everal subSaharan countries have S

raining non-doctors raining T eighbouring Bangladesh. But despite the n 017 did not proceed favourably for either 2 cal education and practice, is in i

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ehginpao Kipgen ehginpao N il now, the gruesome accounts of the actions t or rural areas to become urban f

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ation of these 115 most m ust poor or backward but as j ng will stick with it in the i ealtime monitoring me r f crucial Aadhaar data”. o ials of the ranks of Addition c

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ess of its beneciaries, cus n UAs wherein the latter will A ithdrawn. w nd also what we plan to do a lan for these districts. p elow ve years of age and b ater and individual toilets. w

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for Aadhaar data hrough the automatic route. t aid a senior ocebearer. s ow the dierent schemes h irline,” party politburo a pening Air India to foreign o ent’s decision. m

ng over Air India to a foreign i ised the government for c pposed the UPA govern o ade was to allow it entirely m ut of this process too,” o ared for questions on just p

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pposite stance O he CPI(M) criticised the T olicy for retail trade would p nand Sharma said that A he Backward Classes t rmed that all ocebear

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as organised by the Fed w wadhe Warriors. A nd their friendship is still a inary player. He is a former d That time we didn’t qual “ very passing year,” said Se e

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hakur for her ‘historic T is experience to good eect h laying in PBL has give P in,” said Kido. w

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f former India coach Gary o irsten was appreciative K ing. He went for the ball t he ball forcefully, through t

t Newlands.” a o half measures in his bat n lay a shot, you should go at p irsten, the elder brother K

e slower than what we saw b e added, “If you decide to H ewlands. N howed the way. There were s

se force se U ent but the bounce could m he rst Test here at t Only Hardik Pandya “

he Indian batting display in t ands. There will be move l orward or back. f

e similar to the one at New b et their feet moving, either g o that.” d cathing in his criticism of s

ay, Kirsten noted, “It would d d to nick it. You just cannot e man Peter Kirsten was s he Indian batsmen have to T

he ostump as if they want t ormer South African bat F econd Test beginning Satur s et caught out at the crease. g

enturion, the venue for the C ot do so halfheartedly and n oked at deliveries outside p

ape Town ape C

ooking at the pitch at L orward, go fully forward. Do f The Indians waved and “

. Dinakar . S

he former South African batsman surprised at the Indians’ approach outside the ostump T

Poking at the ball not the way: Peter Kirsten

ierent. d lready ranked the No. 1 A nuckles and ribs. His new k er in which he kept taking n ay, it simply cannot seam w

ing pace trio — they are all n nd he’s just 22. a it the batsmen on the h robes footwork. The man p le — if the ball swings one p

outh Africa’s matchwin S a is athletic, fast and skilful d eaps of lift. He can regularly h rguided precision and e way or in. The theory is sim a

n fact, his bowling has I mpace but bowls with las u hether it will be swinging w ack Pandya. b ontemporary cricket. Raba c

ould hurt. Soon, he sent c xciting young fast bowler in e ounce. b ings. Philander is just medi n he shiny side is facing or t

agiso Rabada: agiso K idri — showed Rabada m The most ander, he relies more on l his ploy in the second in t ion of the seam; which way t

truck a painful blow on the s hortleg. s igharm action. Unlike Phi h nd the edge. M. Vijay fell to o bowl by watching the posi t

ndian allrounder was I an fend catches to gully or c eight fully, releases from a h et the batsman forward and g ints about what he is going h

itch the ball a little up and p ardik Pandya’s body — the H nd bounce, the batsmen a eanpole Morkel utilises his B atsmen cannot really get b

all to climb alarmingly into b ants to and given his speed w ierent from Philander. d radually, Philander may G oes not swing the ball. The d

orne Morkel: orne M oundthewicket and got the r e can be quick if he H He’s very elease. r e’s a pure seam bowler, H

he manner he went T n the surface. o he one leaving him. t rom a rather fronton f gainst Philander. a

nd good length depending a all and takes him out with b ust outside the ostump j r loads of luck to survive o ut his foot on the gas. p

or South Africa, Rabada can f een shortofagood length w s the batsman play at the e owls a good length on or b uires exceptional technique q

all. When things get rough b ength generally veers bet l egbefore. So Philander forc l is control. He generally h itches here, a batsman re p

ernon Philander: Philander: ernon V esses a nasty shortpitched s on’t really pitch it up. His w ight dart back to trap him m hings harder for them with t On the

eam the ball too and pos s oesn’t rely on swing, and d o ‘leave’ him since the ball t nd the South African makes A n this pace pack. i

hilander, he cannot aord P ult to play him o the pitch. c his said, Rabada can T orkel is a seam bowler, M ightarmers, there is variety r

an be deadly. c fth stump to nd the edge. f the batsman can’t pick I o pick Philander, nd it di t espite all of them being D

erse it as well. His yorkers v ent from the fourth or the m anger to India. d he batsmen, struggling T ith them. w

mph and has the skill to re k ight amount of seam move r er represents the biggest d imilar wrist position. s rought dierent qualities b

t speeds of around 150 a length and produce just the a he Kookaburra ball, Philan t s well as brings it in from a a ond innings at Newlands c

n the rst 35 overs with I n the air, both away and in, i all to climb awkwardly from b nd he seams the ball away A he Indian batting in the se t

e can get the ball to move H an be lethal. He can get the c n, was masterclass. i isguised, gives little away. d peedsters who demolished s

wings the ball. s owler who is 6’5” —Morkel b lay across one that seamed p is wrist position, so well H he three South African T

e fuller and he actually b ot the easiest of tasks for a n ohli before forcing him to K traight line, just no swing. s

ape Town ape C

f he gets his length right — I rustrate and choke Virat f he ball comes in on a t er or Morkel, his length can d

. Dinakar . S

ent package. Unlike Philan t combination of contrasts. a ider of the ostump to w ut then, with Philander, B

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est bowler, Rabada is a po T all pairing with Philander is b he ball away from a little t he other way after pitching. t

he South African pace trio — a varied combination of pace, bounce, seam and swing — is as lethal as it gets T

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f the Lord. Rama gives protection to Vibhishana and Kakas o Cricketing shot key for opener Changing hands to unrestrain 1 26 sympathisers, extremely

ng that thers hail the fame of divine mother as far exceedi o Extremely pained 10

DOWN illustration (5)

lavandar, Ramanuja, Parasara Bhattar, Vedanta Desika and A to school (312)

Tree mounted in botanical 24

s ers as well as good people. No wonder acharyas such a n Leave undisturbed and be late 9 players (6)

causes difficulty (42)

end of period (8) dds that noble souls should be compassionate to all, sin a Verbal from nosepoking 30

Gun shot during accident 22

Willing to cut breaks before 4 nd says that they could not be taken to task for that. She a

solitude badly destroyed (8)

head (6) ees the rakshasis as merely following the orders of Ravana s

energy (7)

Hundred in place of one —

message blocked by religious ow he wishes to punish them for their cruel behaviour. Sita n Old rum tonic is a source of 21

Dispersive elements in good 1

stunned (6) een a witness to the torture Sita had to put up with an b d

(7)

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ho is free of faults. This is made when Hanuman wants to w

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Reserved name as a sales tactic 27

featuring a vase (8)

state uman failings. Posterity is indebted to Sita’s classic h

150 million years back (8) Hot objects with sides 18

ion to all beings is governed by her tremendous insight into t

Japan and Russia at war about 25

ut above the Lord’s. Her inherent power to grant protec c conversation? (54)

time (6) r’s role as a sure refuge for all including sinners, is surely a e Angry gossip or witty 17

remains empty during this

ious and going out of the way to help him, the divine moth c

Honour! (7)

Mum, the empty tummy 23

g pre nterpreting even a small act or oering as somethin i

Bachelor's tricked, your 14

ord reaches out to His bhakta in many subtle ways such as L

every so often (4)

wedding (7)

a. If the ther in their concern for the welfare of the jivatm o

Mood is reected being out 20

Busy, having committed to 11

he truth that both of them are forever competing with each t

healthy old man (10)

ord wants to open the door before Nappinnai. This reects L

close to hell (7)

He must be worried about 19

ully prevent Nappinnai from opening the door; perhaps the f Make out research institute is 8

African (10)

play ravamudhachariar in a discourse. Krishna is seen to A

one end plugged in (5)

oxygen cylinder, possibly an

arya to the divine couple, pointed out Kalyanapuram Sri k

Wireless port has a drive at 7

On return, rst man needs 16 o Nappinnai and Krishna is to seek the privilege of Kain t

with Juliet (8)

he Gopis in the Tiruppavai Pasuram ‘Kutthu Villaku Eriya,’ t

word!" (4)

Dandy having soda at home 6

ouple together. The goal of the prapatti made by Andal and c partially — "That's a bad

omes ecacious when the jivatma propitiates the divine c Blood pressure expands 15 Get to unwrap box here? (4) 5

n the Vaishnava tradition, it is believed that prapatti be I

Drop off tin with leak (6) 13 Fluid (doctor's uid) (6) 3

Divine mother’s role snoop on others (9) lungi dances about right (8)

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reble: (i) 5, 6 & 7; (ii) 6, 7 & 8. T ournament on Wednesday. t he Commonwealth t

3 7 abrice Martin (Fra) & Nicholas F

1,200m), Maiden, 3yo only, ( 1,200m), Cl. V, rated 1 to 26, ( all (9) T.S. Jodha 59, 2. Gold Field B

ernals): t Christopher Rungkat

ackpot: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. J nternational ATP tennis I el competitions such as v APRIL BLOSSOM PLATE V, rated 20 to 46, 6.30: 1. Crystal I ASSERT THE RIGHT PLATE

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RACLE – ROOSEVELT – RACLE O

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herry Blossom (8) Zervan 52.5. C

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jinkya 53, 13. Fringe Benefit (12) A unil 52.5 and 14. Gandalf (8) S

ice Admiral (5) Shahrukh 57, 3. V r Rungkat of Indonesia and e is new partner Edouard h he four teams will be clas T

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4, 10. Glorious Land (14) Neeraj 5 ishop Of Derry (6) Kadam 53.5, B uarternals with their res q ohan Bopanna had a ro R om, Shiva Thapa, Sonia K

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1) Trevor 56 and 4. Vulcan (4) A. (

9) Yash 55.5, 6. Almost Magical ( irmal 55, 6. Samurai (5) Jayku N elding four teams which

. Roosevelt (7) David Probert 61, 3

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02 n.o.) bt MRV Academy 159 1

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Sachin Oomph should make amends en (seminals): M

he scores T

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ournament from January t ricket tournament. c vers (Rahul Ahlawat 38; o

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rush Cricket Foundation A

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pecial Correspondent pecial S

: Queta DAV he scores T

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est Indies in 1989, proba W aid a lot about Imran in the s ator at the age of 32. t nergy. You watch him and e alhotra both slammed M

ournament.

t 8 1 9 7 9 #3 oubles, Madhu d

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Meenakshi Adhikari bt Annie &

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ournament organised by t est cricketer.’’ T aking an unusual pre M ave lot of time for M.S. Dho h engsarkar unveiled Sanjay V

Priya Nalgundwar hird place: T

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Delhi’s Dhruv Shorey had no diculty in dispatching the Haryana bowlers to all On song:

goal in stoppage time by A romoting Harshal Patel P

Dhruv Shorey 59 n.o., Nitish ( hester City 2 (de Bruyne 55, c

ng to accelerate. i

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4. 8 ickets in his four overs. w

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own in 19.1 overs. Mandeep d hati, bowling a disci B oach jolted his back after his c

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THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Sarita in Teenager Jemimah in Mithali-led squad Deepak shines Shavinder BFI body Press Trust of India New Delhi The Mumbai player, in sublime form this season, will travel to South Africa Deepak Malik scored an un ROHTAK: L. Sarita Devi was beaten 179 o 103 balls as stuns Shikhsha elected the women boxers’ Special Correspondent The team will play a matches in the women’s un The team: Mithali Raj (capt.), Mumbai India beat Sri Lanka by six representative for the Box warmup game at Bloemfon der19 oneday league and Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-cap- wickets in the ODI blind Credits her stint in the national camp ing Federation of India’s Mumbai’s Jemimah Ro tein on February 2. knockout. tain), Sushma Verma (wk), Ekta Bisht, Smriti Mandhana, Poo- cricket World Cup in the Executive Council here on drigues, 17, has been named This series will be the She has also scored six nam Yadav, Punam Raut, Ra- UAE on Wednesday. for her showing Wednesday. in the Indian women’s squad start of the ICC Women’s centuries. jeshwari Gayakwad, Jemimah The scores: Sri Lanka 357 for Sarita, 35, received 22 for the threematch ODI se Championship (201720) for A BCCI press release said NATL. WOMEN’S BOXING Rodrigues, Jhulan Goswami, eight in 40 overs (Suranga out of 31 votes in the elec ries against South Africa in India. that the Indian team for the Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Sampath 68, K.A. Silva 64) Y.B. Sarangi tion held on the sidelines Kimberley (February 5 and Jemimah has been in sub vematch Twenty20 series Mona Meshram, Pooja Vastra- lost to India 358 for four in 32 ROHTAK of the National women’s 7) and Potchefstroom (Fe lime form this season, against South Africa will be kar, Veda Krishnamurthy, and overs (Deepak Malik 179, Pra- boxing championship. bruary 10). amassing 1013 runs from 11 selected later. Taniya Bhatia (wk). kash Jayaramiah 76). Shavinder Kaur Sidhu’s per severance for over a year nally helped her as the Pun jab policewoman stunned defending champion Shikh sha 32 in a keenlyfought 54kg quarternal bout to en ter the medal rounds in the National women’s boxing championship at the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex here on Wednesday. Shavinder Kaur Sidhu. A twotime National ju * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT nior champion, Shavinder — who lost to eventual gold 51kg: Meenakshi (RSPB) bt medallist Neeraj in a 51kg Vanlalduati (AIP) 3-2, Sarjubala rstround bout in the pre Devi (Man) bt Deepa Kumari vious edition but was lucky (MP) 5-0, Ritu (Har) bt Lalnun- to be included in the Nation feli (Miz) 5-0, Nikhat Zareen al camp — has emerged as a (Tel) bt Abha (Cht) 5-0. better boxer in the last one 54kg: Shavinder Kaur Sidhu year. (Pun) bt Shiksha (RSPB) 3-2, A product of a private Manisha (Har) bt Purnima Raj- put (MP) 5-0, Jamuna Boro academy, Shavinder used (Asm) bt Richa Sharma (WB) her experience in the camp 4-1, Meena Kumari (AIP) bt to rely on her counter Kros Hmangaihsangi (Miz) 4-1. punches while blocking the 57kg: Sonia Lather (RSPB) bt Railway boxer’s tough right Kamla Bisht (Utk) 5-0, Sandhya ones. Rani (AIP) bt Sarita (MP) 5-0, “My inclusion in the Na Sonia (AP) bt Manjesh Singh tional camp came as a bless (UP) 5-0, Shashi Chopra (Har) ing. Sparring with so many bt Dimple Tanwar (Raj) 5-0. good boxers and inputs 60kg: L. Sarita Devi (AIP) bt from coaches really helped. Aquillia Dupak (Aru) RSC-R1, Monika (Har) bt Priyanka Tha- Beating a defending cham kur (Pun) RSC-R2, Priyanka pion has boosted my con Choudhery (Utk) bt Bhagyash- dence,” said Shavinder. ree Purohit (Mah) 5-0, Pavitra “We have a good bunch of (RSPB) bt Chaoba Devi (Man) boxers in Punjab police, RSC-R2. which facilitates good train 64kg: Pwilao Basumatary ing when the National camp (RSPB) bt Stanzin Youthak (J- does not happen,” said K) 5-0, Poonam (AIP) bt Poo- Shavinder. nam Kaithwas (Mah) 5-0, Prav- Another Punjab girl, title ish Chanu (Man) bt Nisha (Har) 4-1, Simranjit Kaur (Pun) bt Lal- holder Simranjit Kaur, ward buatsiahi (Miz) 5-0. ed o a strong challenge 69kg: Lovlina Borgohain (Asm) from Lalbuatsiahi of Mizo bt Priyanka Tewatia (D&D) 5-0, ram to record a 50 victory Heena Tokas (Del) bt Suman and reach the 64kg Kumari (Raj) RSC-R1, Memthoi seminals. Devi (AIP) bt Nupur (Har) 4-1, Important results (quarter Pooja (RSPB) bt Gagandeep nals): 48kg: Monika (Har) bt Kaur (Pun) 5-0. Rebecca (Miz) 5-0, Bina Devi 75kg: Pooja Rani (Har) bt Jyoti (Man) bt Archana Thapa (Utk) (Raj) 5-0, Indraja K.A. (Ker) bt 5-0, Rajesh Narwal (RSPB) bt S. Marathamma (AP) 3-2, Alari Khushboo Tokas (Del) 5-0, Var- Boro (Asm) bt Shobha (Del) sha Choudhery (UP) bt Aarohi 5-0, Rumi Gogoi (RSPB) bt Av- Birajdar (Mah) 5-0. neet Kaur (Chd) 5-0. Ratnakaran holds Naiditsch Abhijeet, 10 others in lead

Big surprise: K. Ratnakaran stayed in control against top

seed Arkadij Naiditsch before settling for a draw. * RAKESH RAO

RAKESH RAO Thereafter, Ratnakaran NEW DELHI could develop his knight on K. Ratnakaran is a man of the kingside and slowly got few words. After all, this ev into a position from where ersmiling 36yearold’s he could not lose. chess playing abilities have He kept his calm and remained eloquent since without getting too ambi 2001 when he emerged as tious, settled for a draw. the Asian junior bronzeme “I am very happy with the dallist. Holder of two Grand result. But I am also sur master norms, the Kozhi prised at certain continua kodebased Railwayman has tions that Naiditsch chose,” had quite a rollercoaster was Ratnakaran’s candid ride in his long career. observation. But, on Wednesday, Rat On a doubleround day, nakaran enjoyed a high like when third seed Abhijeet never before. In what Gupta led a 11player pack at turned out to be his biggest three points, second seed result till date, Ratankaran Farrukh Amonatov and Na proved equal to top seeded tional champion M. R. Lalit Azerbaijani Arkadij Nai Babu were relieved to get ditsch and caused the sur draws in inferior positions prise of the Delhi Interna against A. L. Muttaiah and tional Open chess Aronyak Ghosh, tournament here. respectively. Rated 2372, Ratnakaran Twotime former Nation stayed in control right al champion M. Karthi through his 34move top keyan, too, survived several board battle that ended with anxious moments before a threefold repetition of forcing a draw against moves. “I have never played youngster Mitrabha Guha. anyone rated in excess of Important results (Indians un 2700. So when I checked the less stated): Third round: K. database for his games this Ratnakaran (2.5) drew with Ar- afternoon, I realised he kadij Naiditsch (Aze, 2.5); D. plays a number of openings. Gukesh (2) lost to Abhijeet So I simply closed my laptop Gupta (3); Sammed Shete (3) and came to the tournament bt Ivan Rozum (Rus, 2). hall,” was how the softspo Kaustuv Kundu (2.5) drew ken International Master ex with Sergey Tiviakov (Ned, 2.5); M. Karthikeyan (2.5) drew plained his preparedness. with Mitrabha Guha (2.5); Aro- Naiditsch opted for the nyak Ghosh (2.5) drew with M. French Defence, an opening R. Lalit Babu (2.5); Koustav choice that Ratnakaran Chatterjee (2.5) drew with P. found “quite strange.” Karthikeyan (2.5).

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