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  9:-4;4<)   (  investors and lenders to prevent IL&FS would create liquidity 2 % defaults. crunch in the financial markets. he Government on “The confidence of the Approving the immediate   tage. India has barred the entry TMonday seized control of    - financial market in the credi- takeover of the IL&FS board by of the Karmapa to Rumtek debt-trapped Infrastructure <'      bility of the IL&FS manage- six Government nominees, an      monastery, the biggest Leasing & Financial Services    = ment and the company needs NCLT bench of judges MK monastery of the Kagyu sect Ltd (IL&FS), superseding its   9= to be restored,” the Finance Shrawat and Ravikumar      that he heads fearing him to be board with one led by India’s 49   2-9* Ministry said. Duraisamy said that the sus- a Chinese agent. Earlier, he was richest banker Uday Kotak, 9  2 The Government, it said, pended directors of IL&FS not allowed to even visit and vowed to stop further loan       had approached the NCLT must henceforth cease to rep-     Sikkim, but the NDA defaults.     before NCLT was to supersede The Government cited the a refugee card. The Karmapa is not returned despite repeated chairman GC Chaturvedi, to      -9@ the board of IL&FS and its sub- precedence of the 2009 reportedly acting at the behest assurances to the Indian offi- takeover the IL&FS board. stitution by the new Board of takeover of erstwhile Satyam of the Central Tibetan cials. He has not specified a This followed the Ministry Directors. Computers and urged the Administration (CTA) and his timeline and does not have any of Corporate Affairs moving fully committed to ensuring prayer to reconstitute the board capital markets, the banks and The Ministry said IL&FS bench to invoke the jurisdiction stand has irreversibly altered intention to return to India, NCLT against IL&FS and its that needed liquidity is of IL&FS, observing that the financial institutions in the Group, which has assets of of Sections 241(2) and 242 of over six decades long India’s Government sources said. subsidiaries, seeking a change arranged for the IL&FS from company’s affairs were being credibility and financial sol- 1.15 lakh crore, is presently the Companies Act, 2013. Tibetan card to its disadvan- Continued on Page 4 of the board and management the financial system so that no conducted in a manner “prej- vency of the IL&FS Group is of facing tremendous debt pres- The sections provide for control of the company. more defaults take place and udicial” to the public interest. utmost importance for the sure and struggling to service the Union Government to Kotak was named as non- the infrastructure projects are The Finance Ministry in a financial stability of capital around 91,000 crore in debt approach the NCLT, and the executive chairman of the new implemented smoothly,” the statement said the Government and financial markets. There is which is the outcome of its tribunal to pass orders to reg- board. The other directors Finance Ministry said in a found “serious corporate relat- an emergent need to immedi- “mismanaged borrowings in ulate the affairs of a company, approved by the NCLT are statement in New . ed deficiencies” in the IL&FS ately stop further financial the past”. respectively, in a case where the retired IAS officers Malini “Restoration of confidence” holding company and its sub- defaults and also take measures Before the NCLT, the affairs of such company were Shankar and Vineet Nayyar, across markets and the finan- sidiaries and has ordered an to resolve defaulted dues to the Government said the IL&FS not in public interest. and veteran auditor cial system in IL&FS group “is SFIO (Serious Fraud claimants,” it said. directors had failed to dis- Taking note of the Nandkishore. of utmost importance for the Investigation Office) probe into The company would charge their duties and that Government’s arguments, the The move to take over financial stability of capital the alleged financial irregular- require a combination of mea- many mutual funds would col- bench held in its interim order IL&FS followed its recent and financial markets”. ities in the NBFC. sures like asset sales, restruc- lapse if the company collapses. that the present case was a fit defaults roiling Indian markets. The NCLT allowed the “The restoration of confi- turing of some liabilities and a There were concerns that one to invoke the jurisdiction “The Government stands Union Government’s interim dence of the money, debt and fresh infusion of funds by default by a large NBFC like of the above sections.  "*+            !"# $%% R (                    #%      R                     <=->; for his elderly mother. The CM started contributing money to    % ,-- asked the district administra- his wife to defend the accused     1  hief Minister Yogi tion to release the fund imme- constable in court.  "#    ''  -4;4<) CAdityanath met the family diately. Arguing that the accused   "$ %     members of Apple executive After Yogi’s assurance, the constables were doing their      s 50,000 farmers from UP, Vivek Tiwari on Monday and Lucknow Nagar Nigam offered duty as per the instruction of   &   # AUttarakhand, , assured all help, including the job of a PRO to widow their bosses and Prashant and Punjab are on march from monetary support and a Kalpana Tiwari as per her opened fire in self defence,     Haridwar to reach the nation- Government job, to the widow qualification. some policemen said, “We are           al Capital on Tuesday to gath- of Tiwari, 38, who was shot Though sacked constable asked to control the law and !"#$"% '   er at Kisan Ghat, the Delhi dead by a trigger-happy con- Prashant Chaudhary and his order and also are asked to con- (      ''  -4;4<) Police on Monday imposed stable for allegedly refusing to colleague Sandeep Kumar are duct vehicle checking. The top '  )*( prohibitory orders (Section stop his SUV for checking in in judicial custody, in a latest cops are concerned with the $+",-   .   spate of incidents involving 144) in East and Northeast Gomti Nagar Extension area in development a voice of dissent output and they had no expo-      O Ashootouts and murder Delhi, anticipating law and the early hours of Saturday. has seemingly started to set in sure to the troubles we face        shook the national Capital on order problems. The State Government among the rank and file of the while discharging duty.  & & Monday and its adjoining areas The order prohibits assem- announced 25 lakh for the Police with sev- Whenever we share the same in matter of just 24 hours. bly of five or more people, family and 5 lakh each for the eral constables and Sub we are snubbed by them.”     '( While a 31-year-old private holding of any public meeting, education of Tiwari’s daughters. Inspectors expressing support They said, “Prashant was   )(    tutor was shot dead by two use of amplifier, loudspeaker Another 5 lakh was also given for the accused constables and denied permission to present "$*!* )  unidentified assailants in      and similar instruments. his side of the story in the 1*    Northwest Delhi’s Mahendra            The Delhi Traffic Police in episode and it is against the nat-    2    Park over an alleged illicit rela- its advisory asked commuters ural justice. Even those charged    1  tionship on Monday morn- old-girl and a local BJP leader’s has claimed that this might to avoid Ghaziabad, Hapur, in criminal cases have the right       ing, a 34-year-old man was shot security officer were injured. have happened due to a woman Meerut, Muzafarnagar, to present his side in the case        & + dead at Taimoor Nagar in Save the BSF jawan who was with whom he was in relation- Roorkee, Haridwar to avoid in which he had been accused South-east Delhi by an uniden- arrested by police, all other ship. The deceased was known Meerut Expressway, which the during the investigation.”     ,P tified person on Sunday night. killers are absconding. to a girl for more than 10 years. protesting farmers are likely to Earlier, Kalpana, 38, her  +./ In another incident in According to Deputy The angle of personal enmity take. The order would be in two daughters and brother-in  ' 4 Ghaziabad, a BSF constable Commissioner of Police (DCP) is not ruled out,” said the force till October 8 and covers law Vishnu met the Yogi at his     allegedly gunned down his North-West district Aslam North-West DCP. Preet Vihar, Jagatpuri, official 5, Kalidas Marg resi-       colleague in a fit of rage after Khan, the private tutor, identi- In Taimoor Nagar inci- Shakarpur, Madhu Vihar, dence for over 25 minutes. *  -   567 a minor tiff with him at Braj fied as Ankit, was shot dead dent, residents protested Ghazipur, Mayur Vihar, Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma       Vihar locality on Monday, a around 8.30 am. against the murder of a 34- Mandawli, Pandav Nagar, went to the Tiwari residence - 8    .  police official said. “Ankit used to give private year-old man, identified as Kalyanpuri and New Ashok and took the family to the CM’s    . * In another two separate tuitions. During our initial Rupesh. 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    -4;4<) addition to the forfeiture of his the court that has reached judiciary to direct the author- ing. He also desired that there changed for one particular ed to replace all the damaged    pass or ticket, be punishable Railway Board also made it ities concerned to make efforts be a new rake and a dedicated train. The court, however, said windowpanes of the trains ny railway employee, and with imprisonment which may clear that the toilets in all the to ensure Naini-Doon Jan AC first class in the train. that the Railways can make within a period of one month    Anot just the Government extend to six months and with trains/coaches have to be runs daily and During the technical argu- extra efforts and do the from today,” said the court. Railway Police (GRP), Railway fine which may extend to cleaned after every two hours. at a desired timings. ment between the judges and requested changes. “We also On the issue of cleanliness,  -4;4<) Protection Force (RPF) or the 500,” said Justices Manoj Interestingly such direc- Miglani sought that the top rail officials, the rail author- permit both the DRMs to get the DRMs assured the court Travel Ticket Examiners (TTE), Kumar Tiwari and Rajiv tives came to the fore after a train leaves Kathgodam for ities expressed their concern clarification from the that various circulars issued by mbroiled in controversy for can throw out passengers who Sharma last week posting the petition was filed by one Pankaj Dehradun in the evening and that the movement of certain Chairman of the Railway Board the Railway Board from time to Ebetter part of his tenure, are either drunk or are creating matter for October 25, 2018. Miglani against the Indian leaves Dehradun for trains would be adversely in larger public interest,” the time are being followed in let- outgoing Chief Justice of India nuisance in the train. The Giving this directive to Railways seeking help of the Kathgodam in the early morn- affected, if the time-table is judges said. ter and spirit, as far as the (CJI) Dipak Misra held court High Court has ensure cleanliness on trains and DRM Moradabad AK cleanliness inside the bogies for the last time on Monday authorised “any railway ser- railway station premises, the Singhal and DRM Izzatnagar and outside the bogies are and later asserted that Indian vant” to take the action. court has also asked the Dinesh Kumar Singh vowed in concerned. judiciary is the “most robust “If any person in any rail- Railways to ensure that train presence of the judges that the “We can take judicial institution” in the world and way carriage or upon any part compartments, bogies, coach- timings of the said train will be notice of the fact that, though young lawyers were assets hav- of a railway is in a state of intox- es and platforms as well as rail- looked into and AC bogies of sincere efforts are being made ing potential to develop the ication, or commits any nui- way stations are not dirtied ‘Ramnagar-Chandigarh Weekly by the Railway Administration, jurisprudence. sance or act of indecency or through spitting. And this they Superfast Intercity Express’ but still the bogies from inside “Our judiciary has been uses abusive or obscene lan- have to ensure within a period train would be replaced with- and outside are not cleaned reg- strongest judiciary in the world guage, willfully or without of one month ending October in 72 hours of the orders passed ularly. The platforms are also having capability to handle excuse interferes with any last, the order said. on September 26. The DRM littered with garbage. The mind boggling number of amenity provided by the The court has asked the Izzatnagar also agreed to Railway Administration has cases,” Justice Misra, who will Railway Administration so as railway magistrates to impose upgrade AC Ist Class coach of not taken any steps to remove retire as the CJI on Tuesday, to affect the comfortable trav- a fine of not less than 5,000 in Ranikhet Express within a peri- the stray dogs from the plat- said while speaking at the el of any passenger, he can be their random checking in case od of one month time. forms. Begging on the plat- farewell function organised on removed from the coach by any any person is found violating “The Railway forms is also a serious issue,” the premises of the SC. railway servant and shall, in the said orders. The orders of Administration is also direct- observed the court. Continued on Page 4

    ()  ( *+ *,-.      P!"#$ %&&Q ## &   -4;4<) In an affidavit filed in the “Since no explanation was has said in his affidavit. court, he said that no contempt coming forth from the author- Accusing the authorities for elhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari was committed by him as he has ities, the mob which had gath- adopting ‘pick and choose’   .  Don Monday told the not disobeyed the orders of ered there, were turning violent method, the MP has questioned Supreme Court that he had either the court or the moni- against the illegal sealing action. as to why no actions have been  ''  spective that our broken the seal of a premises toring committee, and EDMC Hence as the representative of taken in areas like Okhla, Jamia, -4;4<) Government stress- here as a “symbolic protest” officials had sealed a premises in the area, the deponent (Tiwari) Shahin Bagh, Noor Nagar, Johari es on teachers’ against the illegal action of offi- Gokalpuri area without follow- was forced to take some affir- Farms having five to seven he Delhi training at best cials of the East Delhi Municipal ing “due process of law”. mative protest action against the storeyed buildings. TGovernment is institutes of the Corporation (EDMC) and was He has also referred to the illegal sealing in order to control “If the authorities are acting sending as many as 60 world,” the willing to accept the role of ‘seal- National Capital Territory of the agitated mob,” he said. without following the rule of law, principals of its Education Minister ing officer’ as suggested by the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) “Otherwise there would without complying with the Government schools to said. apex court. Act 2011, and said that this law misses/dissolves the monitoring have been many untoward inci- principles of natural justice, the the prestigious He appealed He said he was willing to extends the protection to unau- committee, the deponent dents. Hence, in order to control public at large will be forced to Cambridge University to the principals assist in executing the directions thorised colonies across the city (Tiwari) shall, as a ‘sealing offi- the mob and to prevent the law take laws in their hands and if in England for a train- not to confine with regard to sealing and if the from sealing and demolition cer’, make this city a better live- and order situation, the depo- such a situation arise, neither the ing programme. themselves to court-mandated monitoring action. able and lawful place within four nent (Tiwari) was forced to do political leaders nor the courts Announcing the deci- merely training- committee was dissolved, he “The deponent (Tiwari) had years,” he said, adding that he symbolic affirmative protest or the authorities concerned sion on Monday, seekers at would make the city a “better broken the EDMC seal as a would not adopt a “pick and action against the illegal sealing will be in a position to stop the Deputy Chief Minister Manish M*#:22"35*<:2! Cambridge, but as education liveable and lawful place” with- symbolic protest against the choose” method in doing the action done by the EDMC offi- public,” he said. Sisodia said the principals *=5?:=#"<!42! administrators. “My sugges- in four years. illegal action of the EDMC offi- work. cials,” he said. Tiwari termed the situation would be sent in two batches of 53#*!"=?:*#!#2"<! tion is go with prior prepara- Tiwari, a Member of cials as they carried out the seal- He has claimed that the He has claimed that the as “some what identical” to the 30 each for the Inspiring ":5*=5!2!!2 tion and be completely focused Parliament from the north-east ing action contrary to the spe- EDMC has dragged the moni- monitoring committee was set situation in the pre-indepen- Leadership Improving ?:2?#!!*!"3: during your training tenure.” Delhi constituency, said he had cific provisions of law and also toring committee in the matter up by the apex court to oversee dence era where Mahatma Performance. While the first )":=%=!2!:222"= “All of you are being sent not “disobeyed” any orders of the contrary to the principles of nat- with a sole intention to gather implementation of orders of Gandhi was forced to call for the batch will be at Cambridge !*#:2P!:*==@*!42! on tax payers’ money... apex court. ural justice,” he has said in his “media glare and publicise” the the court but it was never the ‘civil disobedience movement’. between October 8 -17, the =2!!3!2"<!":5N Therefore, in return, I expect Tiwari, against whom the affidavit. whole issue. scope of the panel to take He also claimed that the moni- training for the next batch will you to be the harbingers of apex court has issued a contempt He further said that since He said that on September actions, in unauthorised colonies toring committee was acting in be from October 19-28. the teachers should be trained change in making Delhi gov- notice for allegedly breaking the sealing action in the case was 16, when he had gone for a visit since they are protected under “an absolute arbitrary manner “The Delhi government at the best level,” Sisodia said, ernment schools’ education the seal of a premises which was not initiated under the orders of in his constituency, he came to the 2011 Act. and abusing the powers” con- has increased it teachers-train- while addressing a gathering of world class. This will be a being run in violation of the the court or under the direction know about the sealing of an “The officials of the corpo- ferred on it by the apex court. ing budget more than 11 times principals here. great service,” he added. Delhi Master Plan, claimed that of monitoring committee, no alleged “illegal dairy”, and when ration under the garb of the Claiming that he has not from 9 crore to 102 crore. “Teachers should have So far, around 119 Delhi the monitoring committee and contempt was committed by he inquired from EDMC offi- monitoring committee is acting disobeyed any orders of the After the improvement in first-hand experience of the Government school principals EDMC were misusing the him. cials about it, they were not in an absolutely arbitrary man- apex court, Tiwari has urged the infrastructure in government best education practices of the have attended the 10-day pro- authority of the court by trying “It is most respectfully sub- ready to offer any satisfactory ner and creating terror in the court to drop the contempt schools, the next target is that world and it is with this per- gramme at Cambridge. to sensationalise the whole issue. mitted that if this court dis- explanation. mind of the general public,” he notice issued against him.  '  "(()         !   /   #    )   -4;4<) M=":#!=?:@:"3?@" one van, so the van will be vis- *=5#"3=2"5?"?1 2" iting old age homes and RWAs  * 0 1  ''  -4;4<) ll India Institute of Medical 2#""#5:=C#"@ once in a month. When we will ASciences (AIIMS), along 2!35=!22!!%# get another van, the trips will t was a sultry day in the with Healthy Aging India and #"%?%=!=!*!2!" be made twice a month,” said  ''  -4;4<) Inational Capital with the Rotary Club International on :2!":*:%"=4!= Dr Chatterjee. maximum temperature set- Monday, launched ‘360 Degree @=:*!"=2N Highlighting the role of ne man died and two sus- tling at 35.2 degrees Celsius, a Doctors at Doorstep AIIMS in the programme he Otained grievous injuries notch above the season’s aver- Programme’ comprising two van has been launched gramme will focus on provid- said that doctors and nurses after the roof of an under-con- age. The minimum tempera- mobile geriatric healthcare vans today and we are expecting to ing counseling and emotional will be trained by the geriatric struction building collapsed ture was recorded at 22.2 for 21 Old Age Homes and engage another van by next support to the residents of old department of AIIMS for sen- in northwest Delhi’s Swaroop degrees Celsius, a notch below Resident Welfare Associations month. We will call them age homes. sitisation. Nagar on Monday. the normal, said a MeT (RWAs) of Delhi and NCR. The Geriatric Mobile Vans.” “Senior citizen peer group “Rotary club is bearing the The deceased identified as Department official. flagging off of the van was done According to the doctor, will go and counsel old people. expenses. It has already given Pankaj was a construction The humidity by Lieutenant Governor Anil the Geriatric Mobile is Also, school children & college us funds for 6 months and the labourer. Deputy oscillated between 93 and 42 Baijal. October 1 marks equipped with latest technolo- students will visit them which vans have also been given by Commissioner of Police (North per cent. International Day for Older gies. “So, we will provide will complement initiatives to them. AIIMS will train the doc- West) Aslam Khan said, “A 2            ) The weather office has Persons. doorstep healthcare which will restore harmony between gen- tors and will help in rehabili- police control room (PCR) call      forecast clear sky along with Dr Prasun Chatterjee, include active screening of erations,” he said. tation by admitting them,” was received around 1:23 pm at mist in the morning on founder of Healthy Aging India non-communicable diseases, The old citizens screened Chatterjee said. Swaroop Nagar Police Station A Delhi Fire Service officer of North Delhi Municipal Tuesday. “The maximum and and Assistant Professor, management and rehabilita- with severe illness will be The total cost of the regarding the fall of the lanter said a call was received about Corporation (NMC) stated that minimum temperatures are Geriatric Department AIIMS tion for age related diseases,” admitted to AIIMS geriatric programme as of now is 36 of an under-construction the roof collapse around 1.10 the 60-70 square yards of the likely to hover at 36 and 22 told The Pioneer, “A total of two said Dr Chatterjee. department under the pro- lakh so far with an additional building.” pm and five vehicles were building situated in the 500 degrees Celsius, respectively,” geriatric vans will be there as Apart from the screening gramme, he added. cost of 1.75 lakh per month, The plot was located rushed to the spot. He said the square yard collapsed. A the weatherman said. part of our programme. One of elderly people, the pro- “As of now, we have only he said. behind Azad place and the department rescued three men demolition order has building was under-construc- and rushed them to a hospital. already been passed and demo- tion. One labourer identified as Among them, the condition of lition will take place on 6     Pankaj lost his life. No claimant one person was critical and he October 3. A case under sec- *+        for the body has come so far. succumbed to injuries later, he tion 343 and 344 of Delhi One injured was identified as added. Municipal Corporation Act       , -  "     Dharmbir (32).” Meanwhile, a senior official has been registered. 2 O      #   ./   ''  -4;4<) illuminated for seven days  ''  -4;4<) Supreme Court lawyer, sought was being looked into. from Gandhi Jayanti, Delhi registration of a case against “We are seeking legal opin-  *+,*-) . hree monuments in the Deputy Chief Minister Manish elhi BJP leader Ashwini Kejriwal accusing him of “pro- ion on whether a case can be  O. Tnational Capital will be Sisodia said. DUpadhyay Monday lodged moting enmity on grounds of made out with regard to the  ''  -4;4<) Department of Medicine, Sir illuminated with colours of “Through community a police complaint against Chief religion” and “doing acts preju- complaint,” a senior police offi- Ganga Ram Hospital had said the national flag to mark the engagement and cultural inter- Minister Arvind Kejriwal over dicial to maintenance of har- cer said. Incidentally, Aam dding 305 fresh cases to the that dengue is a post rains phe- P 150th birth anniversary of ventions, we want to highlight the latter’s tweets in connection mony”. He filed the complaint Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Aexisting number last week, nomenon and rises suddenly Mahatma Gandhi. The monu- the amazing layers of Delhi’s with the shooting down of a tech against the Chief Minister at had on Sunday hit out at the this year the total number of every year after heavy rains and 2 3 4 ments —Gol Gumbad, Bijri history and keep alive its com- company executive in Lucknow. Tilak Marg police station. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Dengue cases in the national subsequent water- logging. Khan and Paik tombs — will be posite culture,” he said. Upadhyay, who is also a Police said the complaint over the killing of Vivek Tiwari, Capital has risen to 1,091. He said that the city may claiming “the BJP does not pro- With this, dengue has already witness more cases of vector tect the interests of Hindus”. surpassed malaria, suggests the borne diseases in coming Tiwari (38) was shot dead recent report released by South month. “Every year in the on Saturday by a police consta- Delhi Municipal Corporation month of September and ble in Gomti Nagar area of (SDMC) on Monday. October, the cases of dengue Lucknow when he did not stop According to report, out of record a sudden rise,” he said. the car for checking. In a series 305 fresh cases of dengue, 138 Nevertheless, 1, 50,245 of tweets, in Hindi and English, belonged to Delhi while 167 legal notices have been sent and Kejriwal had slammed the saf- were acquired from the other 21,050 prosecutions have been fron party over the incident. states. As far as Malaria is con- made by the Municipal “Vivek Tiwari was a Hindu, cerned, 108 fresh cases of were Corporation of Delhi (MCD) right? Then why was he killed? recorded in the capital last week this year so far. BJP leaders rape Hindu girls acr- taking the total number to 602. Also, more than 1, 80,000 oss the country? See it clear. BJP Noticeably, the doctors had houses have been found posi- is not well-wisher of Hindus. If already warned about the tive for mosquito breeding and  ''  -4;4<) they have to murder Hindus for imminent situation weeks ago. more than 13 lakh houses have power, they won’t think twice,” Talking to The Pioneer Dr Atul been sprayed in Delhi this year n order to encourage its he said in a tweet in Hindi. Kakar, Vice Chairman, so far, said the report. Icommuters to donate for most needy persons in the society, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is going ( %) to organise ‘Daan Utsav’( Donate celebration) through a bunch of activities for week from second to eighth of Q) R October. “Daan Utsav, earlier known  ''  -4;4<) announced the “Swachh by OP Jindal Global University as the joy of giving week, is a Campus rankings” under dif- in Sonipat, Haryana, KLE ‘festival of philanthropy’ which he Institute of Liver and ferent categories on Monday. Academy of Higher Education encourages people to donate in TBiliary Sciences (ILBS) in “Cleanliness must be a and Research in Karnataka’s which ever form possible, the national Capital has been habit among students and it can Belagavi and Manipal either material or through ser- ranked third among be developed only in educa- University in Jaipur. vice,” said a senior DMRC offi- the Government institutions in tional institutions. Raipur’s ITM University cial. the “Swachchh Campus rank- Therefore the ministry is has been ranked at the top As part of the celebration ings” under different categories promoting and awarding uni- among non-residential week, a collection drive of sta- on Monday by Union Human versities for their efforts to campuses of private universi- tionery items and books will be Resource Development promote cleanliness on cam- ties. The Northcap University organised across the metro Ministry. puses,” said Javadekar . in Gurugram and Dr CV network such at ten of its sta- It is followed by Algappa “We should educate our Raman University in Bilaspur tion including Rajiv Chowk University in Tamil Nadu’s children and society about have been ranked second and Noida City Centre, Huda Karaikudi and Acharya solid waste management, elec- and third respectively in the City Centre, Hauz Khas Kalkaji Nagarjuna University in tric waste management and category. Mandir and others. Further, the Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur. water harvesting techniques Among the technical insti- collection drive will also be While Haryana’s Maharshi to make our country eco- tutions, Amrita Vishwa held at DMRC’s residential Dayanand University, Rohtak friendly and more clean,” he Vidyapeetham in Coimbatore colonies. has been declared the cleanest said. bagged the top rank, followed Delhi Metro will also con- government varsity by the Among the residential by IIT Guwahati, Siksha ‘O’ duct joy rides, story-telling HRD Ministry, followed by campuses of private universi- Anusandhan University in sessions and visits to the Metro Guru Nanak Dev University in ties, Pune’s Symbiosis Bhubhaneshwar and the Indian Museum at Patel Chowk dur- Punjab’s Amritsar. International University has Institute of Information ing this week for the under- Minister Prakash Javadekar been ranked at the top followed Technology in New Delhi. privileged children.

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The Karmapa is also Tibetans in the past is now embrac- management and operation of Gazipur Chowk, Road No. 56 the singular Tibetan Buddhist ing the Karmapa, is providing him From Page 1 action against the guilty, a job, ealth experts have drawn the attention of the agricultural lands, as per the towards ISBT Anand Vihar, monk recognised both by the assistance and security cover dur- “This is a shocking incident accommodation, educational HGovernment towards the health threat due to a agriculture census for 2015-16 Apsara Border, GT Road, Chinese Government and the Dalai ing his stay there. and my condolences are with expenses of my daughters and widely consumed carcinogenic product called dohra — released by the Ministry of Mohan Nagar,Ghaziabad. Lama. Interestingly, the US had the bereaved family. An SIT has my mother-in-law. The Chief a mixture of areca nut (supari), catechu (kattha), edi- Agriculture on Monday. The Further the commuters can Acting smart, the Karmapa, a remained in denial mode by not been formed which has started Minister agreed to all my ble lime, peppermint, cardamom and flavouring agents census, however, showed a 1.53 also choose the routes as per recipient of a refugee card from granting visas to an elected leader investigation. Directives have demands”, she said. “I am satis- — in the eastern Uttar Pradesh. per cent decline in total operat- their convenience to reach India and an accused in a money from Western India with the poten- been given to the police to fied with the government Since, it is being sold in the market without any ed area at 157.14 million hectare Ghaziabad such as through laundering case, wants the tial to lead the country but is host- spare none in this case,” Yogi action. I had earlier said that I brand and does not carry any health warnings, people as compared to 2010-11 data. using ISBT Kashmere Gate, Government of India to sideline the ing the Karmapa, wanted in India later said in a statement. have faith in our government perceive it to be safer than gutkha, a banned product The census found out that G.T. Road,Shahdara, Dilshad Dalai Lama, top sources said. in a money laundering case. The CM said the and today it faith has been in Uttar Pradesh, the health experts in a study published the percentage share of female Garden, Mohan Nagar, The CTA receives hefty annu- The CTA has consistently Government will take care of strengthened,” Kalpana said. in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) said operational holders has Ghaziabad. al grants ($40 million annually) backed the Karmapa and countered the family, including the chil- The Opposition targeted as they called for making the people aware about its increased from 12.79 per cent in Moreover, those who want from the US State Department as suspicion within the Indian estab- dren and Vivek's elderly moth- the Yogi Government over the health hazards. 2010-11 to 13.87 per cent in to reach Noida can use DND well as Rs 800 million from the lishment of him being a foreign er. incident and its response. They Because of unawareness about its health hazards, 2015-16. In terms of operated Flyover, Noida Link Road, Union Home Ministry. The CTA agent. The Indian establishment has Later talking to reporters, said the Government had given its consumption is on increase, they said. area, the share of women Mahamaya Flyover. Motorist has been persisting with the Union been suspecting him to be Chinese Kalpana said all her demands a free hand to cops to kill inno- In fact, the experts said it is being sold in different increased from 10.36 per cent to coming from Faridabad side Home Ministry for last 10 years not agent, a reason why he was denied had been met. “I wanted strict cents in the name of encounter. forms. For instance, dohra was found to be produced 11.57 per cent. The average size can take Mathura Road, Road to treat Karmapa as a foreign agent. travel documents earlier. “The and sold in three major districts Jaunpur, Allahabad and of operational holding declined No. 13-A, Sarita Vihar, Kalindi The CTA led by President Government could not make a dis- Pratapgarh, the experts found after interviewing ven- to 1.08 hectares (ha) in 2015-16 Kunj, Mahamaya Flyover to Lobsang Sangay had been meeting tinction between the CTA’s claims   222 et with his 14-year-old daughter dors in the region.” Different varieties of dohra exist- compared to 1.15 ha in 2010-11, reach Noida. Indian officials to make them denying Karmapa’s loyalty to China and two sons when the accused ed such as dry dohra, dry mulethi dohra and wet dohra as per the provisional data. Incidentally, farmers affil- believe that the Karmapa is not a and his other foreign connections,” without any provocation shot using different processing methods,” they added. The Agriculture Ministry iated to the Bhartiya Kisan foreign agent and will return to an official said explaining what From Page 1 him,” said Rajiv, neighbour of There are evidence that chronic use of this prod- said the first census was con- Union (BKU) flagged off the India if provided travel documents. went wrong. Till the filing of the report, Rupesh. uct is a major risk factor of oral submucous fibrosis ducted with reference year 'Kisan Kranti Yatra' on Apparently, the CTA successfully As a counter-measure to angry residents blocked the road, In the BSF jawan case, police (OSF) in the younger age group which might later 1970-71. The census is con- September 23 from Haridwar's lobbied with the Government to Karmapa’s flight to the US, the demanding a CBI probe into the said jawans Ajit Singh a resident progress to oral cancer, warned Vishwas Sharma and ducted every five years to col- Baba Tikait Ghat. relax the travel restrictions put on Centre has appointed Indian incident and immediate arrest of Pathankot in Punjab and Ravi Kaushik from ICMR-National Institute of Cancer lect data on structural aspects It may be recalled the BKU the Karmapa by the MHA on the Foreign Service officer Siddarth the accused. Jagpreet Singh a resident of Prevention & Research, Noida and Amrita Nandan from of operational holdings in the has submitted a comprehensive recommendations of the agencies. Mallik as an interlocutor for the Locals staged protests and Gurdaspur in Punjab quarreled Society for Life Science and Human Health, Allahabad, country. So far, nine censuses list of demands to the Centre The travel restrictions on the CTA to keep tabs on the movement accused the police of being hand over some issue. During this Ajay Kumar Shukla from Department of Botany, have been done and this is the for immediate implementa- Karmapa were waived a few of the Tibetan leaders to foreign in glove with the accused. course, Ajit sprayed bullet from Ganpat Sahay P.G. College, Payagipur, Sultanpur. 10th in series. PNS tion. months before his flight to the US shores. Initially, locals burnt two his rifle on Jagpreet who died on motorcycles and pelted stones at the spot. The other fellow col- the police personnel who were leagues rushed the injured jawan trying to manage the crowd. A to a local hospital where he was policeman was injured in the declared brought dead. As the stone pelting and is currently in information reached the police hospital, they added. station police rushed the crime Deputy Commissioner of spot and took the accused in cus- Police (Southeast) Chinmoy tody. Biswal said, Rupesh was injured A 20-year-old woman was in firing by two unknown men shot at allegedly by a man in who were passing by his house. northeast Delhi’s Harsh Vihar on He succumbed to injuries later Monday morning.”The woman at the hospital. is currently hospitalised. It is sus- However, locals alleged that pected that the accused was in a Rupesh was shot at by two men, relationship with her but they suspected to be linked to drug had broken up. We are looking peddlers. His family claimed for the accused and further that he had opposed the sale of investigation is going on,” said a drugs in the area and that is why senior police official. he was attacked, they added. In yet another incident of Residents alleged that illegal shoot out a Personal Security immigrants from Bangladesh Officer (PSO) of a BJP leader in are residing in the nearby JJ clus- Shakarpur was injured on ter and are involved in drug traf- Sunday evening. The BJP leader ficking. They alleged that illegal Mohit, who is also son of immigrants are also involved in Pramod Nagar, president of petty crimes and are the ones Karkarduma Bar Association involved in sale of drugs. along with his PSO, was in The entire incident was cap- Angad Vihar area when uniden- tured in CCTV camera installed tified assailants opened fired on at a nearby house. The footage him. of the incident shows two men “The PSO Deepak in return walking up to Rupesh, who was fired upon the assailants. Deepak standing outside his house, and was hit in the shootout. He was shot him in the chest at point rushed to nearby hospital and is blank range before fleeing the undergoing treatment,” said a spot. “Rupesh was playing crick- senior police official.

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Special Judge OP Saini asked CBI, why they hold besides making the coun- ensuring services for all.” of absconding jeweller Nirav Modi these assets and the action has been attached and they belong to submitted Chargesheet without obtaining the Sanction try open defecation free by next The new WHO guidelines and his family, including two come to fruition after three Nirav Modi, Purvi Modi and and directed CBI to provide it by next hearing year, the World Health set out four principal recom- apartments in New York’s iconic months of “close coordination” firms controlled by them. November 26. He also cautioned CBI that if failed to Organisation (WHO) on mendations including sanita- Central Park and another proper- between the Enforcement “During investigation it was provide the Sanction, the Court may take appropriate Monday initiated an almost tion interventions to ensure ty in UK, as part of the ongoing Directorate and its foreign coun- found that most of the money was action. similar move. It launched the entire communities have access action in the 13,400-crore PNB terparts. transferred to these accounts after In the July 19, submitted chargesheet, the CBI has first global guidelines on san- to toilets that safely contain credit fraud case. “The international coopera- FIRs were filed in this scam,” the charged former Finance Secretaries Ashok Jha and itation and health even as it excreta. “The full sanitation The agency said it has issued tion has bore fruit. This has result- agency said. Ashok Chawla in the illegal approval given to pitched for higher investments system should be undergo local as many as five provisional orders, ed in seizure and provisional A 19.5 crore worth flat in Malaysian firm Maxis to acquire the mobile phone and policy shifts to achieve the health risk assessments to pro- under the Prevention of Money attachment of jewellery, bank south Mumbai, owned by Purvi operator Aircel. Both these officers are now retired and goal of universal sanitation "'      tect individuals and commu- Laundering Act (PMLA), for accounts and immovable proper- Modi, has also been attached as Ashok Chawla is now servings as NSE Chairman. Apart coverage by 2032.  5   " nities from exposure to excre- attachment of assets in London, ties worth 637 crore in India as part of the proceedings. from these two officers, two serving IAS officers Kumar “By adopting WHO’s new ta — whether this be from New York, bank balances in well as four foreign jurisdictions. The central probe agency, a Sanjay Krishnan and Deepak Kumar Singh were also guidelines, countries can sig- Global health body here. unsafe toilets, leaking storage Singapore and other countries, a The agency also seized dia- senior official said, also got issued charged as accused by CBI. nificantly reduce the 829, 000 Taking note of India’s move or inadequate treatment,” it flat in Mumbai and diamond mond jewellery worth 22.69 an Interpol Red Corner notice “You (CBI) should not have filed the charge sheet. annual diarrhoeal deaths due of taking the “challenge of said. studded jewellery that was shipped crore after getting them to India (global arrest warrant) against It is only increasing the pendency of the court. A lot to unsafe water, sanitation and ending open defecation to the “Without proper access, to India from Singapore. from Hong Kong in 23 shipments Aditya Nanavati, an accused and of time of the court has been wasted due to this,” Special hygiene. For every US $1 highest level,” the WHO said millions of people the world Two immovable properties in besides bank balance of 44 crore, employee of a Nirav Modi firm in Judge O P Saini said. invested in sanitation, WHO that under the Prime Minister’s over are deprived of the digni- New York that were attached are kept in an account in Singapore, the same case, for involvement in “Granting of sanction is under active considera- estimates a nearly six-fold (Narendra Modi) leadership, ty, safety and convenience of a worth $29.99 million (216 Crores in the name of a British Virgin alleged money laundering. tion of the government,” said senior prosecutor Sonia return as measured by lower the SBM (Clean India decent toilet,” said Dr Soumya approximately) a owned by Nirav Island based company has also Nirav Modi has been abscond- Mathur said. The Sanction for Prosecution has to be health costs, increased pro- Programme) is coordinating Swaminathan, Deputy Modi and another property been attached. ing after the emergence of the PNB recommended by the Finance Ministry and approved ductivity and fewer premature action across many sectors to Director-General for attached in UK is worth 56.97 The beneficial owners of these scam earlier this year. by DoPT. deaths,” said a statement by the ensure basic sanitation rapid- Programmes, WHO. )#Q  *) ) + $, $%#&#& -  -4;4<) Government over a media report which, citing Reserve ongress chief Rahul Bank of India (RBI) data, stat- CGandhi on Monday said in ed that public sector banks had “Modi’s India”, demonetisation written-off over seven times the meant “lining up and deposit- recovery amount in the last ing money in banks” for the four years. poor, while it was a “means of Between April 2014 and converting their black money” April 2018, the country’s 21 for crony capitalists. Rahul state-owned banks ended up who has been continuously writing off 3,16,500 crore of attacking Prime Minister loans even as they recovered Narendra Modi in recent days, 44,900 crore written off on a has also alleged that crony cumulative basis — or less capitalists got their 3.16 lakh than one-seventh the write-off crore debt written off using amount, the report said. The public money. Congress president has often “Modi’s India — For targeted the Government over Common Man: Notebandi- writing-of bad debts of indus- line up and put your money in trialists and not of farmers. banks. All your details into The issue is also likely to be Aadhar. You can’t use your own taken at the party’s working money. For Crony capitalists: committee meeting on Tuesday Notebandi-convert all your at Wardha in Maharashtra. black money to white. Let’s Rahul Gandhi will be at the write off 3.16 lakh crore using Sevagram Ashram in Wardha common man’s money,” Rahul for the meeting and the Gandhi said on Twitter. Congress will take Mahatma The Congress leader also Gandhi’s message to all over the hit out at the BJP-led NDA country. ( 9:" # *;# 

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New Delhi: Prime Minister industry cooperation, the joint Narendra Modi and Uzbekistan statement said. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Both sides have agreed to held comprehensive talks on hold joint military training Monday to broaden the scope of exercises in counter-terrorism bilateral partnership and step up and cooperate in the field of cooperation in key areas such as military education and medi- defence and counter-terrorism. cine, it said. The two sides signed 17 They agreed to strengthen pacts in the sectors of defence, cooperation between the law agriculture, science and tech- enforcement agencies and spe- nology and space, among oth- cial services of the two coun- ers, which was termed “historic” tries, including under the by the Uzbek President. framework of the Uzbekistan- The two leaders also dis- India Joint Working Group on cussed regional security, includ- Counter-Terrorism. ing the situation in Afghanistan, Both sides have also called and asserted that dialogue was for early finalisation of the the only way to bring peace in Comprehensive Convention on the war-torn country. International Terrorism. “We have had very com- Uzbekistan will also set up prehensive discussions. We a defence wing at its embassy have taken a long-term view to here, the statement said. deepen the strategic partner- Noting the importance of a ship between the two coun- safe and secure regional envi- tries,” a statement quoted ronment for development and Modi as saying. On his part, prosperity, the two sides agreed Mirziyoyev said the strategic to work closely in addressing partnership with India is “one of threats and challenges to nation- the most important priorities” al as well as regional security. of Uzbekistan. Modi said a stable, demo- Defence has been an impor- cratic, inclusive and prosper- tant aspect in the India- ous Afghanistan was beneficial Uzbekistan ties. In this regard, for everyone. “The two coun- the two sides agreed to work tries have decided to have reg- closely to expand and strength- ular contact in this regard,” he en defence ties as well as defence said. PTI    ()  ( *+ *,-.  # 45> %R  ?0 !1 -)  

senting Wachi constituency in   !  # "     south Kashmir's Shopian dis- trict. he had joined the force   1-21 )           last year. Besides seven rifles he also decamped with licensed he authorities in Jammu & pistol of MLA who was in win- TKashmir on Monday sus- ter capital Jammu at the time of   ,  pended seven policemen whose commission of act by the PSO. service rifles were looted from Sources said since MLA the official residence of a leg- was in Jammu, his all seven   before talks, rendering talks operations, the forces assault islator last week. The suspen- PSOs had gone to their respec- 1-21 unnecessary,” the leaders said. residents and damage their sion orders were issued on a tive homes on leave, leaving The JRL has also raised the properties. A warlike situation day when a Special Police their weapons in a trunk at J- he Joint Resistance issue of “human rights viola- exists in Anantnag, Bandipora, Officer (SPO), who looted the 11 quarters at Jawahar Nagar. TLeadership (JRL) com- tions” in Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla, Kulgam, Pulwama rifles, surfaced on social media Besides legislator Advocate prising Syed Ali Geelani, documented recently by the and Shopian districts," it said. sites along with a group of Ajaz Mir, around a dozen other Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and United Nations Commissioner The JRL said, “Jammu & Hizbul Mujahideen terrosists to PSOs deployed in MLA secu- Yasin Malik on Monday for Human Rights. Kashmir is not a territorial dis- announce his joining the ter- rity unit were also questioned released copies of a letter They said, “Lack of sus- pute between India and rosist group along with the by Police and NIA sleuths at they have addressed to UN tained attention by the inter- Pakistan. We would like to arms and ammunition. legislator's official residence chief Antonio Guterres ahead national community to this assert that it is primarily a The policemen have on Saturday (Sep 29). of his three-day visit to India. aspect of the disputed conflict question of the rights of the already taken into custody for The Police had also The separatists have urged and not calling India to peoples of the State of J&K and detailed investigation. Officials announced a cash reward of upon the UN Secretary account on this score, has only that resolution must be sought said they were suspended for two lakh rupees for capturing General to resolve the “dis- succeeded in emboldening its within the parameters of that their callous attitude towards deserted Special Police Officer pute” over Kashmir that armed forces, enjoying immu- definition as well. We urge you duties. Besides police, the (SPO) alongwith weapons. "remains on the agenda of the nity from law causing untold to take these points into con- sleuths of the National The PSO's act is being seen United Nations". misery for civilian Kashmiris sideration as you engage with 9  /- ) :  *     * -   3  ;  Investigation Agency (NIA) as highly motivated and “India’s refusal to talk was who are forced to live with the Government of India.” 7    ,'  ( and other investigating agen- unprecedented act in the past doing unimaginable harm not arbitrary arrest, imprisonment, On Sunday, Kashmir cies have also joined interro- nearly three decade history of only to Kashmir but to the torture and killings in their Centre for Social and  )  )   =><=' to the Centre will then be sent the country and assured ade- gation of the detained cops. terrorism in Kashmir region. entire South Asian region at a everyday lives.” Development Studies to Myanmar through diplo- quate central forces for the Security sources said their There have been several recent time during which intercon- “Indian forces continue to (KCSDS), a civil society group iometric technology will matic channels for action. Maoist-affected States. This cell phones have also been cases wherein SPOs and police nectedness culturally, eco- shower pellets and bullets headed by Prof Hameedah Bbe put to use to identify the The meeting was attended after the Bengal Government confiscated for investigation. personnel deserted Police force nomically and politically (often indiscriminately on the Nayeem invited UN Secretary- Rohingyas illegally staying in by Bengal Chief Minister raised the issue of a probable However, the case has not yet and decamped with service rifles termed globalization) is the unarmed civilian population. General to Kashmir and India, Union Home Minister, Mamata Banerjee, her withdrawl of central forces from been exclusively taken over by before joining the terrorist ranks. driving force in international According to estimates, more requested him to take up Rajnath Singh has said. Jharkhand counterpart the Maoist-hit Jangalmahal area. the NIA. Official statistics revealed relations,” the letter reads. than 16,000 people in Kashmir “Kashmir Issue with Indian The Minister, who was on Raghubar Das, Bihar Deputy According to sources the The SPO Adil Bashir who that 34 rifles and one pistol The leaders impressed have been seriously injured by authorities”. a two-day visit to Kolkata to Chief Minister Sushil Modi Centre had proposed to with- fled with seven rifles and a pis- have been looted, snatched or upon New Delhi to engage pellets while hundreds have KCSDS in a statement chair the 23rd Eastern Zonal and Odisha Finance Minister draw CRPF from Jangalmahal tol from the residence of a taken away by the terrorists with the separatist leadership been permanently blinded. 14 issued to media claimed that Council meeting, said the State Sashi Bhushan Behra. for election purpose in four Peoples Democratic Party besides SPOs and Policemen in Kashmir and with Pakistan percent of these victims are the group’s invite was respond- Governments had been asked There are about 40,000 States. The Bengal (PDP) legislator Aijaz Ahmad who deserted police force, in with whom India’s relations are below the age of 15," the letter ed by UN Secretary General’s to collect the biometrics of ille- Rohingya immigrants staying Government has registered a Mir’s Jawahir Nagar residence nine major incidents since also deteriorating by the day. reads. Office with a note of regret that gal immigrants so that the illegally in India. While a strong protest against the cen- in Srinagar stunned the secu- March 29, 2015. “We have a right to self-deter- “The campaign of sup- Antonio Gueterres won’t be data could be sent to the coun- majority of them stay in the tral move to withdraw central rity grid. Bashir has reported- The 24-year-old SPO mination. Delhi would like us pression through daily cordon able to accept the invitation try concerned. State of Jammu & Kashmir the forces from the State. ly joined Hizbul Mujahideen as Aadil Bashir Sheikh hails. to abdicate that responsibility and search operations owing to prior commitments “The State Governments Bengal BJP has repeatedly The Minister however his pictures while posing with from legislator's native before they talk. To cede to that (CASOs) has become a per- and pressing demands already have been asked to identify the accused the Trinamool assured central forces would be a gun along with other mem- Zainapora village. Mir is one demand would be to concede manent feature. During these scheduled during his visit. Rohingyas and collect their Congress Government of har- redeployed if there was a need, bers of the outfit including top of the youngest legislators in biometrics,” the Minister said at bouring the Rohingyas in sources said. The Home commander Zeenatul Islam J&K assembly and considered Home Affairs enhanced resignations through video ence of SPOs videos tendering the end of the meeting held at Bengal too. Minister also met Mamata have gone viral on social net- as loyalists of Mehbooba monthly honorarium for SPOs statements after three police resignations. One woman SPO Bengal State secretariat Singh also told in the meet- Banerjee for 20 minutes but working sites. A separate pic- Mufti. his father was killed by with different categories of personnel including one SPO from another south Kashmir Nabanna adding the data ing that Leftist ultras were one there was no comment on ture of the looted cache of arms terrorists in late 1990s. service period starting from were killed in south Kashmir's district Kulgam with 15 year reports thus sent by the States of the major security threats in what transpired. has also gone viral. The SPOs are low paid one year to 15 years with hon- Shopian district last week. service had also posted resig- Last Saturday, the Police and irregular recruits to State orarium ranging from 5,000 The police department nation video. Even one counter and NIA began in-depth inves- police primarly taskes to do to maximum 15,000 per denied it has received any for- insurgent SPO Uzair Billa from " ). tigation into the arms loot case. menial jobs at police stations month depending upon the mal resignations from SPOs. Srinagar outskirts posted his $  The SPO was deployed as or assist counterinsurgency length of service as SPO. Even internet services were resignation video through Personal Security Officer operations. This followed after over snapped in Pulwama and social media networking sites  <=4>  (PSO) of PDP legislator repre- Last week, the Ministry of four dozen SPOs tendered their Shopian district to scuttle influ- seeking apologies from public.       !, <         2;)' &    (  , 2-)-21 >@')4<'4 '4') ssam loses 6,780 lakh of Athe State Domestic Product ven after deploying 140 >@"+<>- ')4    %R (SDP) per day due to the Eteams consisting 550 forest 4C.41' @>-F1 4    " Assam bandh in the State. officials to screen injured and -@>11 4 - '     .'-  $ %&   Commissions so far. He also Assam Parliamentary ill lions in over 3000 sq km $ '$ '$ ( $  $ highlighted that the historical Affairs Minister Chandra area in and around Gir forest, - C>')41<>- ')48 he Fifteenth Finance $  %  %   experiences of countries like Mohan Patowary informed this deaths of the big cats inside the ->'4.1>'>G> Commission has promised Italy are very helpful in under- to the Assembly on Monday Gir Sanctuary and National T * + %  ,      ' .14@1>'=9'4 to look into the geographical sta- standing issues facing Bihar and while replying to a question by Park – the last abode of Asiatic tus, problems and issues of %%$ *+  such other States. Singh stressed BJP legislator Mrinal Saikia. Lions — continue over the past Bihar and consider them sym- +(% ( ' + on the urgent need for evaluat-     2;)' $&/  “According the indirect three weeks. the reason of lions’ death,” said pathetically in its recommen- ing centrally sponsored schemes assessment conducted by the On Monday, the forest offi- the statement issued by the * '! $ % (+ $ ,( $ dations. “There is no question of  $%  in the country, which he said ension has gripped newly Economics and Statistics depart- cials confirmed deaths of seven State Forest Department being unsympathetic to Bihar. Its were numerous, with an aim to Tcreated Hojai district in  +%  ment of the Assam Government, more lions belonging to adding that from September 20 geography cannot be changed bring efficiency and streamline Assam following reports of % a total of 6,780 lakh of the SDP Dalkhania range of Gir to 30, 10 more lions succumbed but the problems the State face Chaudhary emphasized the their finance. some school students feeling in the current index was lost in Sanctuary situated in Amreli during treatment at the rescue can be considered for redressal,” need to monitor the imple- Stating that the ‘Terms of dizziness after administrat- *% ' $&  2017-18 fiscal due to Assam district. With these fresh centre and all were inhabitants said Commission chairman N K mentation of the 15th FC rec- Reference of the 15th FC has ing of Measles Rubella vacci- %%  * % '* bandh,” said the Minister. deaths, since September 12, of Dalkhania range. Singh here on Monday. ommendations and said this followed the provisions con- nation on Monday.  %' $ He said that the State had 2018 the death toll has climbed Of the latest deaths of 10 Addressing a one day will be necessary for realising tained in Article 280 of the An Irate public attacked witnessed 13 Assam bandhs to 21. Of these deaths, major- lions, the experts found virus- national seminar “Addressing the goals set forth by the panel. Indian Constitution, he said the the school where the vacci- (  % and 16 other local bandhs this ity of the lions were residents es in four carcasses and in six the problems of Inter-State and The Speaker also put a question FC decision on divisible pool of nation was carried out and $ %( year since beginning. of Dalkhania range. other lions they noticed pro- Inter-District Disparity of India” mark on the utility of the Niti resources will try to strike a bal- injured health workers who Patowary further said that According to official fig- tozoa spread from tick bites. organised by the Asian Ayog. ance between the provisions had carried out the vaccina- connection. the Assam Government has ures declared by the State These symptoms were limited Development Research Institute Jharkhand’s Parliamentary and the demands arising coun- tion programme. The Assam Government taken up the issue of bandh forest department from to Sarasia area of the Dalkhania (ADRI), Singh, who belongs to Affairs, Food and Supply trywide. Singh expressed con- The mob also attacked the has started administering seriously and accordingly pre- September 12 to 19 as many range. As part of precautionary Bihar and served as bureaucrat, Minister Saryu Rai said, “While cern at the expanding security personnel forcing the Measles Rubella vaccine under pared a draft bill titled ‘The as 11 Asiatic Lions were died measure, lions permanently said, “We will keep in mind the northeast always had a Concurrent List and talked security personnel to resort to a scheme. Assam Prohibition and in Dalkhania and Jashadhar residing in adjoining Semaradi Bihar’s problems and demands.” council working towards bring- about the need to revisit the firing of tear gas shells to dis- In some districts, the Prevention of Bandh Bill, 2017’. ranges of Gir forest due to area have been shifted to Bihar Assembly Speaker ing development to the seven provisions of the 7th Schedule. perse the mob. Government agencies has also He said that under considera- infighting and injuries due to Jamvala rescue centre. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary high- sisters, the eastern Indian States ADRI’s member-secretary “The mob had damaged roped in religious leaders of tion of the Assam Government. infighting, respiratory and Considering the serious- lighted the problems of the State remain bereft of any such focus. Shaibal Gupta said, “The prob- five police vehicles by pelting minority communities to cre- It may be mentioned here hepatic failures and other ness of the situation, the State and said recurring flood was a Despite having abundant nat- lem of inter-state and inter-dis- with stones. This forced us to ate awareness the upcoming that Assam bandh is one of the reasons. Forest Department has called major factor for its backwardness ural resources, many States in trict development disparity is resort to non-lethal means to Measles Rubella vaccination favoured mode of protest in “Subsequently, lions resid- on three experts of Indian and Bihar has nothing to do with eastern India severely lack the not academic alone. It is a seri- combat the mob which was campaign and dispelling Assam. Most of the organisa- ing in these two ranges were Veterinary Research Institute, this problem. He said the basic infrastructural facilities. The ous development challenge and over 2500,” said Hojai rumors that it does not con- tions in Assam who wants to brought at a rescue centre sit- Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), five duty of the panel was to help the 15th FC would be of great help reduction of this disparity Superintendent of Police, tain anything that causes agitate or demonstrate against uated in Jashadhar village for experts from Delhi Zoo and economically backward regions. to these States if it recom- demands responses from vari- Ankur Jain. impotency. the Government on any issue, screening their health. two experts from lion safari “We are geographically unfor- mended favourably for them.” ous sources such as Central and He said that the agitated In 2017 students in several resort to calling of Assam Different samples all these Etawah situated in Uttar tunate. But this situation also The FC chairman Singh State Governments, national mob also attacked the CRPD areas of Assam gave a miss to bandh and even bandh at dis- lions were taken separately Pradesh. Moreover, the State makes our State first claimant for said the issues that the 15th FC and international development personnel guarding the NRC Japanese Encephalitis (JE) trict and sub division levels to and sent them to National Government has also made special category status,” he said has been finding to be ‘very com- agencies, academicians, profes- seva Kendra nearby. vaccine following rumours air their grievances, causing Institute of Virology (NIL), arrangements to import spe- while raking up the demand for plex’ have actually been found sionals, civil society organisa- He said that police have about the vaccine that it could immense woes to the people Pune as well as veterinary col- cialised medicines and vac- special status to Bihar. exactly so by all the Finance tions, media and others.” detained five persons in this lead to infertility spread. besides affecting the economy. lege of Junagadh to understand cine from USA. (.         4%         

,  94-2<1 analysis of the NCH from is managed by the Centre for ances is by the ‘Alternate panies are on ‘real time’, and 3>?4 January 2018 to August 2018 Consumer Studies, Indian Dispute Redressal system companies update the portal iving impetus to consumer and we have received more Institute of Public (ADR) at the pre-litigation with the a suitable redressal at Geducation, Chief Minister consumer complaints from UP Administration, New Delhi. level. NCH provides an auto- an average time frame of 30-60    -4;4<) that 24 per cent shortfall of rains higher than the storages of cor- Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar and over 60 per cent have A consumer can seek advice , mated platform to escalate days. For companies not under over northeast India, have led to responding period during 2017. Pradesh tops the list of con- been resolved.” information or file a complaint grievances to companies and the convergence partnership, he India Meteorological deficient monsoon (9.4 per “ If northeast region had sumer redressal in the country. “NCH is the unique model using toll free number 1800 - organizations for redress and grievances are forwarded to TDepartment (IMD) will cent) this year, ended on received normal rainfall, the An analysis of the National in the world which addresses 11- 4000 and short code, 14404, resolution. them for redressal and updat- come out with a detailed scien- September 30. During the peri- all-India rainfall would have Consumer Helpline (NCH) by the consumer redressal with or SMS on +918130009809 or Companies and organi- ed on the portal by NCH. In tific analysis of the 2018 mon- od 1901-2017, only four years been 96 per cent of the Long the Centre for Consumer Government and private part- file complaint directly on zations are invited to partner addition, 21 Government soon season that led to over 9 — 1992, 2005, 2009 and 2013, Period Average (LPA). Studies, Indian Institute of nership. More than 500 top online portal www.consumer- with NCH for ‘free, fair and Departments are mapped to per cent less rainfall. A prelim- the rainfall deficiency over However, over northwest India, Public Administration, New companies are part of this ven- helpline.gov.in . One can use fast grievance resolution of the NCH portal to handle inary scientific analysis reveals north east India was more than central India and south Delhi reveals Uttar Pradesh ture taken up by the Ministry ‘Consumer App’ downloadable their consumers/customers. grievances for their respective that the sea surface conditions 20 per cent. Also, the northeast Peninsula, seasonal rainfall stands first in the consumer of Consumer Affairs,” he added. from online play stores. NCH This is a completely voluntary departments. over the equatorial Pacific (El region, known for large scale distribution was satisfactory complaints followed by National Consumer advice depends on the stage initiative. The alternate Suresh Misra says consumer Nino conditions) did not have floods, did not witness signifi- and well distributed as pre- Maharashtra and other States. Helpline (NCH) is the griev- exhausted by complainant and redressal mechanism for empowerment branded any adverse effect on the per- cant floods during the season. dicted, with only marginal The study conducted by ance redressal mechanism set the resolution expected by him. resolving consumer griev- ‘Jagriti’ is an inherent part of formance of monsoon rainfall. According to IMD, due to rainfall deficiency of 2 per Professor Suresh Misra, up by the Department of NCH handles calls in English ances is branded as the activities of the National The four-month-long south- day to day variability of rainfall cent, 7 per cent and 2 per cent Professor & Coordinator, Consumer Affairs, to educate and Hindi only. There are 6 ‘Convergence’ and has proven Consumer Helpline. west monsoon season official- has led to floods in several parts respectively,” the IMD said. Centre for Consumer Studies, and handhold consumers in Zonal Consumer Helplines to be a successful model for “Programmes in Community ly ended on September 29. The including Kerala, Himachal As per data, Manipur (-58 at IIPA New Delhi, Uttar redressing their consumer which feed into the NCH - one resolving consumer griev- Radios are aired giving infor- IMD had forecast a normal Pradesh and Uttrakhand. per cent), Lakshadweep (-48 Pradesh received over 47000 related issues and make efforts each in Patna, Bangalore, Jaipur ances at the pre - litigation mation on consumer issues in monsoon but the rain fall defi- Despite deficiency, the kharif per cent), Meghalaya (-40 per consumer complaints during to resolve his grievance. Ahmedabad, Kolkata and level” adds Suresh Misra. different sectors. Nukkad Natak ciency is recorded 9.4 per cent crop sowing is higher by 2.6 per cent) and Arunachal Pradesh (- January to August 2018 and in NCH was started in March Guwahati, which were set up in According to Deepika Sur, are enacted on various themes this year. This is a second year cent this year as compared to the 31 per cent) recorded the low- this according to him more 2005, and has been handling October 2017, established to the Project Manager of the on which grievances are in a row when monsoon ended last year. Besides, the water est rainfall till September 30. than 60 percent have been consumer queries and griev- cater to local languages and NCH in the Convergence ini- received. This is a powerful with below normal rainfall. reservoir levels stands at around Every second state experienc- addressed and resolved to the ances pan India for the last thir- regional issues. tiative, 460 companies have medium, and has a wide range On the other hand, the 5 per cent higher than 10-year ing deficient rainfall is from the benefits of the consumer. teen years. “NCH’s hallmark of partnered with NCH, griev- of audience from all classes of IMD on Monday attributed mean storages and 17 per cent northeast. He said, “We have done an Since May 2014, the Project redressing consumer griev- ances received by these com- society” he adds.    ()  ( *+ *,-.  0 4  %%  40 2 3) 3                )   9 of Pawar’s controversial com-  =.<%> ment, by thanking the NCP n an attempt to put a lid on chief through a tweet and    -4;4<) '  E )8419 by it they decided to end their Ia major controversy over his taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi: lives as they realised that purported remarks defending “I thank Shri @PawarSpeaks head of Rabi crop season n a bizarre incident two their love was destined to fail. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, a former Defence Minister Abeginning October 1, Ilovelorn teenagers burnt Sunday being a holiday they in the Rafale deal, NCP chief and veteran MP, for placing Gram Sabhas across the coun- themselves to death after went around together, had a Sharad Pawar said on Monday national interests above party try have been asked to inform learning that they had fallen drink at an isolated spot late that he had not given a clean politics and speaking the the farmers about the enrol- for the same girl. in the evening. Later they chit to Modi as had been truth. Dear @RahulGandhi, ment and benefits of Pradhan The incident in typical film poured the petrol they had reported by the media and you would be wiser by believ- Mantri Fasal Bima Yojan style has left Jagatiyal town in brought with them on each rooted for a JPC probe into the ing your own ally and a leader (PMFBY). The Gram Sabhas Telangana in shock and disbelief. other and set themselves on issues relating to the deal. of Pawar Saheb’s stature,” Shah will also inform the farmers on Jagatiyal deputy superintendent fire”, said the DSP. Speaking at a NCP rally at tweeted. how they can insure their crops of police Venkat Ramanna told Initially the police had Beed in Marathawada region in Pawar’s daughter and MP under the Scheme. the media on Monday that the suspected that they had killed Marathwada, Pawar responded had sought to clarify matters After tweaking the guide- two class mates of 10th standard each other after altercation to the criticism against him by saying that her father had lines of the PMFBY to reach in St John’s School K Mahinder but subsequent investigations over his controversial remarks, been misquoted. “The thing out maximum number of and Ravi Teja committed suicide revealed that it was a case of by saying that he had not which he (Pawar) is being farmers ahead of the assembly by pouring petrol and setting suicide pact. thrown his weight behind the quoted that he has given a polls in five states due this year themselves on fire. “Both the teenagers were Prime Minister as had been clean chit to Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha polls in 2019, “They were inspired by a in depression for sometime. quoted as saying in the media. is not true. Those who are the Ministry of Agriculture recent Telugu movie RX100”, They failed to realize that the He, however, hastened to add saying so have eithr not heard has asked the Ministry of he said sharing the findings of films were made for enter- that he would not make alle- or seen his interview or they Panchayati Raj and the Stats the investigation into the inci- tainment and not to copy it in gations against any one as    )      @O&-)' @*    ( are twisting it intentionally” and Union Territories to dent of last night. the real life. The families of “long as I do not have any proof Sule had a day after the con- include this as an agenda. According to the police the two boys failed to realize with me”. against any one. The '<<)F4.1>>@;') lowing Pawar’s purported troversy broke. The Ministry has come Mahinder and Ravi, both the mental condition and the “When UPA was in Government may keep the 4>->'=4 remark in a television interview “People conveniently chose out with revised guidelines of 16, were in depression for suicidal tendencies of the power, we had decided to technical details of the Rafle <<42'>- 2- '-8 that the people had no doubts to ignore three things. One, PMFBY allowing coverage for the last few days after they boy”, Venkat Ramanna said. purchase Rafle aircraft. But at aircraft as secret, but it should about Modi’s intentions in the there should be a clarification crop loss due to attack of wild realized that they were in He urged the parents to that the prices of the aircraft part with the information >-4&')42>F41-4-' minds of the people vis-a-vis about the price escalation of the animals, cloud brust, hail- love with the same girl and keep an eye on their wards and had not been finalised. The about the price of the aircraft,” 8=44.')4'4)-< the Rafle deal, there was a mas- jets. Two, he demanded a Joint stroms, natural fire besides they were also afraid that if if they notice any unusual estimated cost of one Rafle he said. 4'< >@')41@<4 sive controversy in political cir- Parliamentary Committee to unseasonal and cyclonic rain- their parents or teachers changes they should immediately aircraft was 650 crore and Hitting out at the now rul- 11@'  414'9' cles across the country. conduct an inquiry on Rafale. falls and lanslides. knew about it, they would be take them to the counselors. the same aircraft has been ing BJP and then in the ' )><.1';')')4 While NCP founder And, three, he talked about The Government has also punished and they will not After the incident on purchased at 1,660 crore by Opposition of adopting dual -@>1'>-9>'')4 member Tariq Anwar and BJP’s double standards about decided to include perennial be able to live without the Sunday night the local people the Modi Government. I don’t yardsticks in matters relating to .14>@')411@' general secretary Munaf JPC–they demanded for Bofors horticultural crops under girl. alerted the police and the defend Modi. But the defence deals, Pawar said: )4  Hakim had quit from the and now they are avoiding it for the ambit of PMFBY on a “The two had watched ambulance about the two young Government should give clar- "When it was in the party, there was jubilation in Rafale,” Sule said. pilot basis. the film together and inspired boys caught in the flames. ification as to why the Rafle Opposition, the same BJP had the ruling BJP which However, from the price went up much. The strongly rooted an inquiry into Opposition. If the current had begun to drive a wedge in Congress’ side, AICC general Government should accept Bofors deal. But when there is Government does not respond, the UPA camp and ready its secretary in-charge of the Opposition’s demand for prima facie evidence of a large- the allegations will continue. plans to woo the NCP presi- Maharashtra Mallikarjun a JPC proble in the Rafle scale loot in the Rafle deal, why Hence the Prime Minister dent in the post 2019 Lok Kharge had defended Pawar by     %# deal,” Pawar said. is the same BJP – now in the should accept the Opposition’s Sabha scenario. saying that that the latter did “Till I have proof with me, Government – is refusing to demand for JPC probe”. A pleased BJP national not support the Prime Minister I do not make allegations answer questions from the It may be recalled that fol- president had made the most in any manner. 1+('   %/ ,'

 <=->; This will, in turn, provide cates not to seek fresh dates      /#,)0-&) $%Q speedy justice to the masses,” unnecessarily for cases and iming to clear backlog of Pathak told The Pioneer in plead cases efficiently without Acases and provide speedy Lucknow on Monday. any delay.    /   justice to the people, the State The Law Minister said “It has come to our notice *& * # Government will appoint over that the Government was that sometimes Government  <=->; $    600 judges in district courts by committed to providing advocates unnecessarily linger  &&( $ the end of this fiscal. The speedy justice to the people cases by seeking fresh dates. We '  E )8419 n an attempt to exert pressure !$ %  2  bit and tried to take process of appointment will and therefore it had decided to are keeping an eye on those Ion the Narendra Modi and care of him”, the start from November. set up 125 fast track courts and advocates who are known for Yogi Adityanath Governments  % 3%&  uniformed policeman sit- kind hearted cop Law and Justice Minister 11 family courts. delaying cases,” he said. for early construction of Ram *% '% ' & Ating under a tree trying his said. He said he was Brijesh Pathak said that there “We will also have 13 com- When asked about the gov- temple in Ayodhya, Mahant &  ( ( $ best to console a crying baby aware that the were around 2,500 posts of mercial adalats to deal with ernment decision to withdraw Ram Parhamans Das of Taspwi * % %&  ' 4 whose mother was writing an mother from a poor judges in the State of which commercial cases. Besides, all criminal cases against political Chhavni temple along with examination inside the centre family was forced to 630 posts were lying vacant. district headquarters will have leaders, Pathak said the process his disciples sat on an indefinite $% has won the hearts of millions bring her child to “The process to appoint civil permanent lok adalats. was on and over 2,500 cases fast in Ayodhya on Monday. / , '+ as his photo was gone viral on the center as nobody junior judges will start from The Government is also had been withdrawn. Mahant Das announced social media. was at home to take November and we expect that going to appoint 35 new chief “We have received over before the media that he would a small section of the minori- The photo of head consta- care of the baby. the appointments will be judicial magistrates by March 25,000 applications but only not consume any food or water ties was opposing it. ble Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, “The mother is a made by March next year so next year. All new adalats and political cases are being with- till the announcement for a “I have sent information retweeted and liked by thou- post graduate but that the newly-appointed appointments have been drawn after careful scrutiny. temple was made. about my indefinite fast to sands, was first shared by the dis- she could not get a judges are sent for training,” cleared by the Cabinet and Beneficiaries in this process The sant also slammed the President Ram Nath Kovind, trict superintendent of police, proper job and now he said. ground work is being done to are leaders from all parties. Bharatiya Janata Party govern- Prime Minister Narendra Mahbubnagar Rama Rajeshwari. While discharging his duty he she has decided to become a “We want to complete the give a final shape to the mis- Even political cases against ments for ignoring Ram temple Modi, Chief Minister Yogi According to the SP the saw a young girl trying to con- police constable”, Rehman said. appointment process by this sion,” Pathak said. Bahujan Samaj Party, and said that after promising it, Adityanath and other persons head constable, posted at the sole a four month old baby cry- Mujeeb-ur-Rahman is a fiscal only. UP Public Services The Minister said that Samajwadi Party and they were now backing out. concerned,” he said. Moosapet police station was on ing for his mother. loving father of two children. Commission has initiated the the Government had also Congress leaders have been Mahant Das said that now Recently, the Supreme duty at Boys Junior College, “Earlier I had seen the While his daughter was in process. Once the appoint- directed Government advo- withdrawn,” Pathak said. Muslims too wanted the Ram Court has decided to hear the Mahbubnagar where the exam- mother leaving the baby in the high school final year, his son ments are made, we will have temple and hence all problems vexed Ayodhya title suit on day- ination for selecting police care of the girl. When he con- was studying medicine enough bench strength to had been sorted out and only to-day basis from October 28. constables was being held. tinued to cry I decided to do my in China. clear the backlog of cases. (  (      ()  ( *+ *,-. COMMENT & ANALYSIS    ()  ( *+ *,-. 

    4$4;276?4$58 Hedgewar: A native vision of nationhood /S     :             !**          G            /       Progressive law ical praetorian guard. The fortuitous availabil- changed unimaginably. The hitherto inviolable to the detriment of the RSS’ prestige. The situ- a famine in Bengal; the Mission later sent MS ity of Syama Prasad Mookerjee led to the for- Muslim personal law has been challenged by ation-based editing of Golwalkar’s speeches in Golwalkar to join Hedgewar after he founded mation of the Jan Sangh; his tragic death in Muslim women, who have got triple talaq (talaq- Print must be seen in this context. Given the RSS. Returning to Nagpur with his degree E S          R  S Srinagar consolidated the fledgling party’s 2F4-1)<2-)O e-biddat) legally invalidated, and are now fight- Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s vituperative in 1917, Hedgewar decided to dedicate his life nationalist credentials, a legacy that transferred ing to ban polygamy, nikah halala and female attacks on the RSS, and his allusion that it did to the nation. He joined the Congress and as         *    to its remake, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). F'.41'F4''= >- genital mutilation. The state is standing by them; not participate in the freedom struggle, Bhagwat general secretary of the Nagpur Congress Unsurprisingly, Jawaharlal Nehru loathed ')41 -) the days of inhumane orthodoxy are over. presented a stalwart who opposed British colo- Sewa Dal, helped organise the Non Cooperation                -)8 both the RSS and the Jan Sangh because they Then, the politically dominant State of Uttar nialism from early childhood and rubbed Movement in 1921. He was arrested for sedi-         did not value his Western liberal worldview and << >-')''->' Pradesh has asked madrassas to incorporate the shoulders with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, BS Moonje, tion and jailed for one year. Later, he became @ sought inspiration from India’s native ethos, national school curriculum in their teaching Subhas Chandra Bose, and Savarkar brothers. secretary of the Congress in Central Provinces.      *  &@   O    /$8 which was by definition Hindu. Like Sardar .1'.'4-')4 programme. It is a matter of time before par- As a student in the sixth standard, he threw Deeply influenced by Moonje, Hedgewar           L  M   Vallabhbhai Patel and BR Ambedkar, Nehru @144> '122<4 ents decide what kind of education they want the sweets received on Queen Victoria’s 60th felt that the nation needed a vehicle, different          &  indu rashtra (nation) is not rajya understood that the RSS was not innately anti- the madrassa to emphasise in future. The inter- coronation day in the dustbin, saying slavery to from the Congress, which placed Hindutva as (state), though critics try to obfus- Muslim, but was astute enough to realise that 9)2;'.14 4-'4 nal dynamics of the Muslim community, the British empire was nothing to celebrate and the basis of nationhood. The RSS was found-                  cate the issue. A state is a politi- painting it in such colours would give him the therefore, are destroying mental ghettos and dri- motivated children not to go to see the lights ed at a meeting in his home, where like-mind-  %     %        & co-legal entity; a nation is a civil- consolidated Muslim votebank, which kept his '<;1';)>>..> 4 ving Muslims to build bridges with Hindu civil- on Nagpur Empress Mill as part of the celebra- ed people would gather for weekly meetings, .  1- =          isational, cultural, and psycholog- party in power for several decades. isation and Hindu India. tions. In the 10th grade, Hedgewar managed to which gradually evolved into the daily shakha. icalH entity, generally identified with an ancient RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat 91' )><>-<  A return to the patronage offered to organise students of Neil City High School to The emphasis was on character building    =        or distinct geography linked to its people. addressed a complex range of political, social, Muslim orthodoxy by the Congress and other shout ‘Vande Mataram’ when the inspector vis- (vyakti nirman); the rest would follow.            & Hindus form the bedrock and mainstream of cultural, civilisational and psychological issues @1>41<8)<)>> secular parties is no longer possible. Hence, ited the classrooms. When investigations began Hedgewar and many RSS workers remained ;  2    .   I.  1   the Indian nation; a Hindu polity respects its that have crystallised with the ascent of the BJP -1994 )><41 Muslim investment in such parties is no longer to identify the mastermind, he confessed to save in the Congress and participated in the free- minorities precisely because it is Hindu. This as India’s ruling and dominant political party in necessary. A Hindu India must seek to make this fellow students from trouble, and was rusticat- dom struggle under Gandhi’s leadership. In  4    J9 $+"5=       is true of both Hindu rashtra and rajya. 2014. At a three-day conclave titled, “Future of ;')9<2-2)1 transition as painless as possible, especially as ed. He passed the metric exam from Pune as a 1932, he inspired the Jungle Satyagraha,             Keshav Baliram Hedgewar founded the Bharat: An RSS Perspective”, Bhagwat sound- the challenge of Islamic terrorism increases and private student under the Lokmanya Tilak wherein 6,000 persons cut jungle grass in defi-     &-        Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1925 ed the bugle of an ideological war at a modern- '<=9 >>-(4 innocents have to be protected. Bhagwat’s Yojana. While there (1908), he threw a bomb ance of a Government ban, similar to the ban as an ideological alternative to the dominant day Kurukshetra, where none of his invited speech is a nudge in that direction. The deci- at a police post on Vijayadashami; he was arrest- on making salt. He was jailed for nine     &      Indian National Congress, to uphold the pri- opponents turned up. Round one to Bhagwat. 9) )-19> 4 sion to put Hedgewar at the centre of his out- ed but released because he was a student. months. Long a shadowy figure at the edge of         &       macy of Hindu civilisation and Hindus in India. Critics have questioned the reasons for the -')4 F1=1 reach was a necessary corrective. Most swayam- Tilak and Moonje sent Hedgewar to study historical consciousness, Bhagwat has done    L+           Though Hedgewar and many swayamsevaks outreach, linking its timing to the parliamentary sevaks have grown up under the shadow of MS at Calcutta Medical College and meet leaders justice to a visionary with formidable organ- joined the freedom movement under the aegis election of 2019. Some have taken his assurances 91>')41 Golwalkar (guruji), who led the RSS for 33 long of the Anushilan Samiti and organise the rev- isational skills.            %      of the Congress, mutual distrust due to the that Hindutva does not and cannot exclude years and established it in northern India. Some olutionaries of Bengal and Maharashtra. During (The writer is Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial                Partition and murder of Mahatma Gandhi per- Muslims as an exercise in ‘Congress-isation’. The speeches made in the troubled Partition years his six years in the province, he helped the Museum and Library; the views expressed are          O  &    suaded the organisation of the need for a polit- issue is more complex. Some things have and thereafter have derailed the public discourse Ramakrishna Mission to provide relief during personal)                 &         2 2          &9              *    Congress leaders and workers will go all out to The campaign which the Congress is doing with half G      &' ; )   > I;)>J       hold agitations from State and district headquarters truth and baseless arguments is almost sabotaging to grassroots level against the Rafale deal. Indian Armed Forces’ operational readiness. Sustain the dialogical tradition        %                     —Congress general secretary —Defence Minister     7               ASHOK GEHLOT NIRMALA SITHARAMAN India can no longer afford ideological/political intractability to plunge itself into further chaos. Leadership in every sphere   &      K    must learn to live together. Trust begets trust. Let the leadership show maturity and together let the nation move ahead =  @    K      session on the third evening, could the call of truth, my God, from :(                   & impress anyone, irrespective of his ide- moment to moment, and, therefore,      '  =           ological leanings. The responses were when anybody finds any inconsisten-     (                   & '   so clear, confident, and precise. There cy between any two writings of mine, Mosaic of all-embracing Hinduism ( was not even an attempt to bypass any if he has still faith in my sanity, he    /     2;8--4 2     L2  @ M   2$/46 query, no matter how intrusive it was. would do well to choose the later of       @;2             &2      1F;   %%           0    On the lighter side, there was a the two on the same subject.” O            & relaxing moment when Bhagwat was When Bhagwat publically            )  *     P, attended a three-day outreach asked why the Sangathan Mantri of declared that his organisation had               I                      programme organised by the the BJP always came from the RSS? moved ahead of the ‘bunch of S           Q #   ." #      S            J          &>  Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh The ‘innocence’ afloat in the answer thoughts’ era, brought out a new ver-            &'  n his book, The Gandhi Reader: A although the Quran allowed violence, it (RSS ) in Vigyan Bhavan, New charmed everyone: “Because only sion and left out certain ‘thoughts’ that                  Source Book of His Life and Writings, prescribed non-violence as a duty. He Delhi. This 90-year-old organ- they ask us to provide one. If others did not appear relevant to present real-      # S       (    (                &)   IMahatma Gandhi wrote, “Politics, believed in the unity of all religions. He isationI wanted to put up before the make a request, we shall consider.” ities, it can logically be viewed in light            (                divorced of religion, has absolutely no not only helped in the establishment of nation — and all those opposed to it One may disagree and genuinely of the above quote of the Mahatma.               /                   meaning”. A commitment to religion was Jamia Millia Islamia University for the — its vision of and mission for the attempt to decipher the meaning and As individuals grow up, so do organ-                 fundamental to the Mahatma’s life, ideol- education of muslims, but also sent one of country. As I was to enter the precincts interpretation of the statement, but it isations. Not all of them, though. "                &>    ogy and work. Time and again he assert- his sons to study there. of the Vigyan Bhavan, media would be impossible not to be For every independent observer        &1   Q #   ."           0  ed his identity primarily as a Hindu. While it is universally known that the reporters asked me why I was there. charmed by the manner of response and objective interpreter of India’s    1231     (      However, he had a pluralist conception of Bhagavad Gita had a great impact on his I answered, because I am keen to to an intrusive query. Was this the development initiatives, the decline of 8   @       L         ,            #       O  &M>   2     religion, which for him, was a matter of mind, he had a very different interpreta- know more about this organisation. main reason for the absence of polit- the dialogical culture amongst politi- spirituality and social responsibility; rather tion of the religious book than most oth- They went ahead with a few more ical invitees who were afraid of being cians appears to be a big impediment       1231  4 5         (        & than institutional observance and dogmat- ers. According to him, it evinced the futil- queries, to which my simple response swept off their feet by Mohan Bhagwat in ameliorating the miseries of those     6         6   ic behaviour. ity of violence and material desires. The was that I was open to questions on face-to-face? still waiting at the end of the line for              7 5   566 ) #, 3$, In 1927, he wrote in the Young India ideal of acting without any desire for result learning and education, not on poli- Politically and ideologically a better and dignified life. Gandhiji           that “In spite of my being a staunch (nishkama karma) influenced him pro- tics. Further, if any political party or unconstrained senior citizens, con- had warned in 1922 in a letter that # S                The murder of an Apple executive in the heart of Lucknow Hindu, I find room in my faith for Christian foundly and led him towards a life of phil- organisation organises such an inter- cerned about the national, social even if Swaraj comes now, four             "    by a police constable who shot him at point-blank range and Islamic and Zoroastrian teaching and, anthrophy. Gandhiji focussed primarily on action, and I am invited, I will attend, cohesion and religious amity, often things shall weigh heavily on our peo-    #              ( for allegedly not stopping his vehicle when flagged down therefore, my Hinduism seems to some to ethical instead of the metaphysical aspect and I am sure I would be a gainer. I recall how after Independence, caste ple and they would not get happiness.             S      be a conglomeration…It is a faith-based on of religion. According to him, “every for- am now a senior citizen but by learn- politics and politicisation of secular- He identified these four as —defects       P   S  Q by cops in the wee hours, has once again exposed the rot in the broadest possible toleration”. He defined mula of every religion has in this age of ing more wherever and whenever I ism was pursued by unscrupulous and intellectual advancement, the consensus that no politician should of elections, injustice, burden of our police system. While the Yogi Adiyanath Government Hinduism as a search after truth through reason to submit to the acid test of reason can is a part of growing up. politicians, who just could not think Ganga-Jamuni culture would never have rejected the invitation, they administration and treachery of the P*   !   8  9         ( has initiated punitive action, the incident shows the Uttar non-violent means. His faith in Hinduism and universal justice if it is to ask for uni- After spending three evenings lis- beyond somehow, or anyhow, win- have flourished in India. could have shown the courtesy and rich. His words have proved prophet-    Q # :          (           #      (( Pradesh constabulary does not have even basic training in did not hinder him from condemning sev- versal assent” (Young India, 1925). tening to the sarsanghchalak Mohan ning the next election. India had learnt much earlier courage to join and ask questions and ically accurate. eral Hindu customs and practices, such as Many great leaders around the world, Bhagwat, I was certainly a gainer in Those in their 20s around 1955 than other civilisations how to ‘live seek clarification. They missed the Gandhiji had warned in 1922 in    7   1;    the handling of arms — shooting at the tyres ought surely untouchability, child marriage and prohi- like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther my comprehension of India’s social, still recall how they were convinced together’ and respect diversities of @>14F418 chance. The nation would have ben- a letter that even if Swaraj comes now,   S       "  #   to have been the first response. bition of widow remarriage. King Jr, have read and practised Gandhiji’s cultural and political scenario. that caste and religion would cease to every conceivable variety. When the -4.4-4-' efited if an intense interaction had four things shall weigh very heavily     0  O           In his formative years, the Mahatma teachings successfully in their struggle Bhagwat exuded self confidence and be a factor in the national polity and term ‘secular’ was incorporated in the taken place. It would have generated on our people and they would not get (            O read widely and took inspiration from against inequality and injustice. Unlike the appeared self-assured all along the also in the social structure within a Preamble of the Constitution of India >9 41F41- the possibility of enhancing the level happiness. He identified these four as:         (       ( diverse sources. It is well-known that the Western thought (grâce à Machiavelli) proceedings. He was in know of his couple of decades. The presence of Jai in 1976, its Hindi translation accept- of discourse in social, cultural and Defects of elections, injustice, burden                  Gita and the Bible influenced Gandhi pro- where ends are considered to justify the facts, sound on his philosophical Prakash Narayan, Ram Manohar ed was Panthnirpeksh and not >9(4'F4 political life of the nation. of administration, and treachery of the      Breathing easy? foundly, but he also learned from Western means, in Gandhi’s view, ahimsa becomes moorings and was energetically eager Lohia, Acharya Kripalani, Vinoba Dharmnirpeksh. Proper and sincere If one refers to the great example rich. His words have proved prophet- writers, like John Ruskin, Leo Tolstoy and both the means as well as the end. At its to move with the changing times. Bhave and others was so reassuring. comprehension of the implications of -'41.14'41 of dialogical tradition represented by ically accurate. In 1925, he had iden- 5  0          P     S #          Henry David Thoreau. Gandhiji was influ- core, his thought espouses a democratic As a teacher, I found his ‘perfor- Politicians, who had during the first the difference between the two terms the Bhagavad Gita, Yudhisthir-Yaksh tified seven social sins which includ-       ! Q        enced by British writer Ruskin’s critique of activity as one didn’t need to renounce philosophy of action which involves a con- mance’ a classic example of how to two decades tasted power, had their could have paved the way for social 4<-4>@')4 interaction, or the shastrarth between ed ‘politics without principles’ and         R ( S >             distancing morality and ethics from eco- his/her religion to incorporate the teach- sistent re-examining and introspection of influence people and win friends. It own ideas. The very essence of prac- and religious cohesion, but that was <>2< Adi Sankaracharya and Mandana ‘wealth without work’. At present,                     ( nomics and politics in his book Unto This ings of other great religions in his life. As one’s thought to ensure one’s pursuit of was a superb articulation — no ticed traditional secularism — equal never attempted. Misra, most of the self-proclaimed these two appear to be organically                         Last (1862). He later translated the book a law student in England, the Mahatma truth. Even the desired end does not carry unnecessary sentence, no jargon, respect for all religions — was swept Absence of transparency in pub- <'14>-2 ' secularists would look the other way. linked. Politics of confrontation >                 H   IHJ     into Gujarati as ‘Sarvodaya’ (well-being of read the Bible and the life of Jesus inspired the connotation of winning but of persua- every word and sentence appeared under the carpet, Left-wing secular- lic life and reluctance on the part of They may even not be familiar with retards the advancement of the nation.   (              (  all) in 1908. Russian writer Leo Tolstoy’s him immensely. MN Srinivas, in his arti- sion which involves as much a question- duly weighted and whetted. Politicians ists emerged as the dominant intellec- politicians to know more about their .><'- these examples, as most of the cultur- Hence, every possible opportunity       1;     #S       .   9 I.9J H  6+  advocacy of non-violence in his theory of cle, ‘Gandhi’s Religion’, notes that the ing of the self as the other. of every shade and age, including the tual group that controlled institutions. opponents and their ideas and inten- ..41 '>94 al context of India, its philosophical must be utilised to the hilt to bring       0             K      H ‘non-resistance to evil’ also left a lasting notion of returning love for hatred and Gandhiji’s ideas are more than relevant most die-hard critics of the RSS, Only those who thought alike tions have now reached a disturbing moorings and literature finds little people of varying political affiliations                 impression on Gandhiji. He also learnt good for evil enthralled him (Economic in today’s time. In a society still struggling would do well if they watch the three- could entry into the academia, oth- stage. We all witness it when place in school education. across the table, to sit together and talk    #+"#+  &        92.44-'-          :  S       from Tolstoy the ‘law of bread labour’ ie, and Political Weekly, June 24, 1995). The with communal tension and caste-based day visuals of the orator who estab- ers were declared communal and con- Parliament session is disturbed for However, it will be difficult for to each other. Even if no tangible gain                 everyone must do physical labour. suffering of Jesus for others had the violence, we need to hark back to his ideas lished an organic link with the audi- servative. Secularism of their interpre- weeks and months. The loss of mutu- 4<>1'-2')4 anyone to ignore what Mahatma becomes visible, personal distrust and      (  :            & >  Tolstoy used to work on his farm for greatest impact on Gandhiji and he later of ahimsa and satyagraha. On the issue of ence without any apparent effort. tation became the weapon to consol- al respect, unwillingness to listen to Gandhi had written in the Harijan of levels of debates would certainly rise                   (          R S               &  .9 %   eight hours a day, in spite of being a noble- incorporated this self-sacrifice (tapasya) cow protection which has resurfaced as a They could emulate gainfully on idate the Left hegemony in key insti- and interact with people with diver-  414 >@')> 4 April 29, 1933: “I would like to say to in ample measure. India can no man, a practice that the Mahatma imbibed in his philosphy of non-violence. He lec- severe communal issue, he had written in how to convey their viewpoints to the tutions; everyone else was to be dis- gent shades of opinions and views, has the diligent reader of my writings and longer afford ideological/political         #                      "#L$++  &4 from him and practiced throughout his life. tured on the Bible and the life of Christ in the Young India in 1921 that to “attempt audiences. carded. They just ignored the strength led to a stage in which the invitation '<<;'-2' to others who are interested in them ‘un-intractability’ and plunge itself )   .          S # S                 He put their ideas into practice by estab- Gujarat Vidyapith in 1926. cow-protection by violence is to reduce I am confident, many of them of the dialogical tradition that is one of the RSS is summarily rejected by ')44->@')4 that I am not at all concerned with into further chaos. Leadership in     # S    (      #S  ?              lishing the Phoenix Ashram (1904) in The Mahatma also appreciated the Hinduism to Satanism”. As we enter the have already done that. Many critics of the strongest pillars of the Indian the ‘secular’ Opposition. appearing to be consistent. In my every sphere — social, cultural, polit-                   South Africa where all the residents were Quran for its evolutionary view of religion. 150th year of the Gandhian era, let us not were also invited but they probably felt civilisation. They ignored prashna- They just forgot that the people search for truth, I have discarded ical — must learn to live together.         K     <-4@>194''41      (        to get the same remuneration and lived as He included verses from the book in his just remember the father of our nation but unsure and did not attend; they were pratiprashna-pariprashna and even were willing to listen to the RSS chief; many ideas and learnt many new Trust begets trust. Let the leadership *                   ( prayer meetings. In his book, Communal ridiculed the essence of Vasudhaiva millions remained glued to their 2-@4<@4 things. Old as I am, I have no feeling show maturity, talk to each other, and   K  & an integrated community, irrespective of also the values that made him a ‘mahat- certainly losers. A couple of them with               @ ( '      NH        their race, religion and nationality. Unity (1949), he stated his appreciation for ma’ (great soul). whom I could interact after the Kutumbakam, which led to a welcome television sets even in remote and that I have ceased to grow inwardly together, let the nation move ahead. Although religion was very important Prophet Muhammad’s fasting and austere (The writer is as an Assistant Professor event, were even keen to know what of people of different religions, nation- rural/far-flung areas. Enough has or that my growth will stop at the dis- (The writer is the Indian           A         &   2          to Gandhiji, he believed it to be a person- living. He also found justification of non- at the Department of English, Deen Dayal happened. The manner in which alities and ethnicities in India. been spoken about his speech at var- solution of the flesh. What I am con- Representative on the Executive Board          ,        (              $+"7 al matter. Religious conversion was a futile violence in the Quran. According to him, Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi) Bhagwat handled the question answer Without that level of philosophical ious levels, and there was a widespread cerned with is my readiness to obey of UNESCO)                    *      &<         S        R  (   S             (         &'         '>')44'>1       #       ( @ B;   A                                 &'               strong leadership of Prime Minister declared as International Day of Non- has been given in all religions. We Most of them want to be seen by as    ,      S        ( Narendra Modi could shut their eyes Violence in 2007 by the United / %     %  must realise its power and look for- many people as possible. They are                    #           Sir — This refers to the article, to this alarming economic situation. Nations. When interests of one per- ward to peaceful solutions to prob- happy that more people can see their S   #                %  K   -2        “India’s abiding Chinese addiction” China invaded India in 1962 and son or a group clashes with the other,      L1    .     &   &@       lems. wisdom, and their deeply thought-out                   K       > $+", (October 1) by Kushan Mitra. The now our over-dependence on “China there is a strong possibility of violence.                           & TS Karthik views on complex political issues. But writer has painted a disturbing and may not ever need to fight a war with If this grave situation is not dealt ' M I    6+J    2             Chennai lets face it, Facebook has lost face yet  S                  &' depressing picture of India’s addiction India as it is winning the little battles, with calmly, and if people are allowed  &;                              again. But the question is: How to fix # S                           &'    to cheap Chinese goods and also its essential to winning the war”, the to resort to violence, it may have seri-          *   &       %        the problem. In an age of big data  S               (              huge investments in our infrastruc- writer rightly concluded. ous repercussions. “An eye for an eye                      world, the regulation of such practices         , S     4 C                       2     ; 1 $+"5    ture, including metro networks, high- M Ratan only ends up making the whole world Sir — It has been reported that some- is long overdue. Immediate measures      (   1;;         ways, power plants et al. The Chinese Via email blind”, said Mahatma Gandhi who fur-  *                *        where between 50 and 150 million are needed to curb the problem. C   $   (.  )   @C$.)A        &        are now manufacturing their own ther said, “The day the power of love              &*          Facebook accounts have been hacked. Dennis Fitzgerald  11D      D;   #S           ) . *       & brands in India, making a mockery of overrules the love of power, the world   &            & It is puzzling as to how this breach Australia       N           :*2!**   ;            the ‘Make in India’ programme. will know peace.” could have happened. "#   $ %  & It is unbelievable how a national- Sir — October 2, apart from being cel- On this day, we need to remem-                    - Looks like privacy is not a concern )   ' A  N             & istic regime led by the NDA under the ebrated as Gandhi Jayanti, was also ber that the message of non-violence for Facebook and even most users. !!:2!"?"=:F@%*1#"%    ()  ( *+ *,-. &7

5$ ( ( *+%8 %'( 5 % (   ' % *  % '*% $%  * %( 9  % :;*%& %(+ % **% $%   , '   $*   & %(/ 8' :!3; $    ' ( / *% &   +  *+*% %  * %$ $ $ 455 %  % 9$ % *# %,' + &  /(9$  $  / '**%( &% $  $  % &  (    (&  +% '  % 9+7 2 %  ** ,'+ %   2    $ 4 / '**%(  "   %*  2  6$ %&(% % ($ 4 *%      "   %  %$ +@.#   6  =  ,*/"   % K  % #  -   ""+++ =3 4++ Significantly, the UIDAI has alternates like legacy paper-  -4;4<) ever, subsidizes 12 cylin- '4<4> 41F4 also asked all telecom operators based technique (collect phys-  9 The six members of the ders of 14.2-kg each per .1>F41 8 to “take immediate cognizance” ical paper forms with signature, new board are — Uday Kotak etrol price on households in a year by of the request for delinking photographs, ship to verifica- quity benchmarks snapped of the Kotak Mahindra Bank, PMonday crossed the providing the subsidy 94<9<4@>1 Aadhaar with mobile number as tion centre and call up the cus- Etheir three-day losing streak retired IAS officer Vineet 91-mark in Mumbai amount directly in bank and when such requests are tomer to cross-verify submitted Monday as the RBI announced Nayyar, former Sebi chairper- while domestic cook- accounts of users. >-'4.'>@ received from subscribers. details). The turn around times measures to shore up liquidity son G N Bajpai, ICICI’s non- ing gas LPG rates This subsidy amount The authority noted that in this route is between 24-36 amid the Government pressing executive chairperson G C breached the 500-level varies from month to >1'@>1-8 TSPs may take appropriate hours. for a change of management at Chaturvedi, IAS officer Malini for the first time ever as month, depending on action to perform fresh KYC as When contacted, UIDAI the crisis-hit IL&FS. The 30- Shankar and senior bureaucrat oil at four-year high the changes in the aver- ->->.<-4 per the Department of Telecom CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey share BSE Sensex soared 299 from CAG Nand Kishore. pushed fuel prices to age international bench- (DoT) approved list of proof of said: “In order to ensure smooth points in see-saw trade to close Debt defaults by certain new all-time high mark LPG rate and for-  -4;4<) identity, and proof of address discontinuation...There are cer- at 36,526.14, while the NSE group entities of diversified across the country. ahead of US sanctions against eign exchange rate. within six months from the tain requirements which are Nifty jumped 77.85 points to IL&FS have triggered fears of Petrol prices were hiked by Iran kicking in next month. When international rates he UIDAI on Monday date of such request to avoid there under the Aadhaar regu- reclaim the 11,000-mark. liquidity crisis in the financial 24 paise per litre and diesel by Brent crude oil climbed to move up, the Government pro- Tasked telecom companies de-activation of the mobile lations...So the companies are in Positive manufacturing PMI markets and the RBI has been 30 paise, according to price noti- $83.27, up from $71 five weeks vides a higher subsidy. But as per to submit within next 15 days number. the best position to know what data for September and healthy taking steps to improve the fication of state-owned oil firms. back, while the rupee lost ground tax rules, GST on LPG has to be a plan to stop using Aadhaar “All TSPs shall immediate- exactly is needed and they can auto sales numbers also reas- overall cash situation. The hike pushed petrol against the dollar by 5-6 per cent calculated at the market rate of for customer authentication, ly notify their customers the submit their plan by October sured investors, brokers said. The Reserve Bank Monday price in Delhi to an all-time during the same period, result- the fuel. The Government may days after the Supreme Court facility of delinking their 15. If any additional require- Yes Bank was the top gain- announced that it will inject high of 83.73 per litre and ing in expensive crude imports. choose to subsidize a part of the imposed curbs on the use of the Aadhaar number and the UID ments are to be done from the er in the Sensex pack, spurting 36,000 crore liquidity into diesel to 75.09. Since mid-August, the price but tax will have to be paid 12-digit unique ID number. token from their database and UIDAI side, we will tell them 9.86 per cent, after the mid- the system through purchase of In Mumbai, petrol now petrol price has risen by 6.59 at market rates. A circular to this effect has establish a system to accept and after receipt of their plan.” sized lender said it is fully government bonds in October costs 91.08 at Indian Oil Corp a litre and diesel by 6.37 - the This has led to increase in been issued by the Unique process such requests for TSPs may be liable for geared up to find a successor to meet the festival season (IOC) outlets, 91.15 at Bharat most in any six weeks after the price.The price of non-sub- Identification Authority of delinking,” UIDAI said adding contempt of court for any non- for its MD and CEO Rana demand for funds. Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) daily price revision was intro- sidised or market priced LPG in India (UIDAI) to telecom ser- that the “process of delinking” compliance, the UIDAI said in Kapoor, whose tenure was cur- The Sensex opened on a pumps and 91.15 at duced in mid-June last year. Delhi was hiked by 59.00 per vice providers (TSPs), includ- should form a part of the exit its instruction to telecom com- tailed by the RBI last month. strong note at 36,274.25 but Hindustan Petroleum Corp Also on Monday, domestic cylinder to 879 mainly due to ing Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, plan that has been sought. panies. Shares of IL&FS group com- soon declined due to concerns Ltd (HPCL) stations. cooking gas (LPG) rates were change in international price and Vodafone Idea and others. The Supreme Court, last Quoting from the Supreme panies surged up to 20 per cent surrounding the NBFC space Diesel in Mumbai costs hiked by 2.89 per 14.2-kg foreign exchange fluctuations. The UIDAI circular says: week, struck down Section 57 Court judgement, the UIDAI Monday after the Government and the commercial paper mar- 79.72 per litre at IOC outlets cylinder to 502.40 on account According to IOC, the sub- “...All TSPs are called upon to of the Aadhaar Act, which circular said it is understood moved the National Company ket. However, it recovered in and 79.79 at BPCL outlets. of higher GST applicable on sidy transfer in customers’ bank immediately take actions in allowed private companies to that neither can the telecom- Law Tribunal (NCLT) for afternoon trade to touch a high India is the third largest base price, according to oil account has been increased to order to comply with the judge- use the 12-digit biometric ID- munication service providers change of management at the of 36,616.64, before finally clos- importer of crude oil and rising companies. 376.60 per cylinder in October ment dated September 26, based eKYC. Following this, continue using Aadhaar num- crisis-hit firm. ing higher by 299.00 points, or international oil prices are inflat- This is the fifth straight as against 320.49 per cylinder 2018. In this regard, TSPs are private companies like telecom ber for the purpose of issuance The NCLT allowed the 0.83 per cent, at 36,526.14. ing domestic transport fuel costs monthly increase in subsidised in the previous month. Delhi hereby directed to submit by operators will not be able to use of new SIM cards nor for the Government’s plea to reconstitute The NSE Nifty gained in a strong demand environ- LPG rates. It was priced at has the cheapest fuel rates October 15, 2018, an action this instantaneous and inex- re-verification of existing SIM the board of Infrastructure 77.85 points, or 0.71 per cent, ment. Brent, the benchmark for 491.21 in May. among all metros and most plan/exit plan to the authority pensive Aadhaar eKYC route. cards under Telecom Leasing & Financial Services Ltd to finish at 11,008.30. Intra-day, more than half the world’s oil, All consumers have to buy state capitals because of lower for closure of use of Aadhaar This would mean that the Department’s circular dated (IL&FS) after market hours on it shuttled between 10,821.55 rose to the highest since cooking gas LPG at market taxes. Mumbai has the highest based authentication systems...” industry will have to revert to March 23, 2017. Monday. and 11,035.65. November 2014 on Monday price. The Government, how- sales tax or VAT. #*, $-0!,*!,&   )   1       ,)#Q $) +#! $, % +#,,$# & &%& %    #&5"R  789 #, *& 1 <4 @>1 cumulative sales for the Korean period, also manufacturing &-&6 ,   manufacturer grow at a single volumes are adapted for new  -4;4<) 2018 remained at 301. On 1- <4-2 percentage point. Tata Motors launches that hit the market month percentage change, it  -4;4<)  -4;4<) notice of Union Minister Piyush -@'141 saw a significant sales growth during the festive period. etail inflation for industri- remained static between July Goyal when he was handling the for their passenger vehicles, Maruti just launched the new Ral workers rose to 5.61 per and August and was also stat- ndia’s crude steel output he Reserve Bank of India Finance portfolio. He promised to 1'- 18,429 units a growth of seven Ciaz, Ford is launching the cent in August from 2.52 per ic between the corresponding Iincreased 3.7 per cent to 8.8 T(RBI)’s decision to engage take the cognisance of the serious )8- '2-'4 per cent. American carmaker updated Aspire later this week cent in the year-ago month months of previous year, the million tonne (MT) in foreign cash management com- matter, the organization said. Ford saw domestic wholesale and Hyundai is launching the mainly due to rise in prices of ministry said. August 2018, according to the panies to distribute cash to “The RBI decision has 94@>14>'>941O unit sales decline 500-odd units new Santro later in October. food items and petroleum It said the maximum World Steel Association banks and ATMs throughout resulted in the sudden death of @4 'F4 4 >- to 8239 units although signif- However, two-wheeler products. upward pressure to the change (worldsteel). India can pose a major nation- more than 5000 medium and icant growth in exports saw manufacturers declared a major “The year-on-year inflation in current index came from The country had produced al and financial threat, the small enterprises (MSMEs) overall growth at 21 per cent. rise in sales for September 2018. based on CPI-IW remained miscellaneous and food groups 8.5 MT during the same month Central Association of Private servicing banks for the last 20  -4;4<) Toyota Kirloskar Motor also Hero MotoCorp, the industry stagnant at 5.61 per cent for contributing (+) 0.25 and (+) last year, the global industry Security Industry( CAPSI), the years. Thousands of ex-ser- saw a slight decline in sales to leader said its sales 769,138 August, 2018 as compared to 0.07 percentage points, respec- body said in its latest report. apex organisation of India’s vicemen have lost their means ar sales for most leading 13078 units in September 2018. units, and claimed this was the the previous month and 2.52 tively to the total change. “Global crude steel pro- private security companies, has of livelihood and are now fac- Cmanufacturers displayed One major reason for the first time any Indian two-wheel- per cent during the corre- At commodity level, rice, duction was at 151.7 MT in cautioned. ing accurate financial crisis. little growth in September 2018 stagnant growth in September er manufacturer had crossed the sponding month of the previ- wheat, wheat atta, groundnut August 2018, a rise of 2.6 per The CAPSI has already writ- Indian companies running cash compared to sales in the same 2018 is likely because 2017 saw 750,000 unit monthly sales ous year,” a Labour Ministry oil, brinjal, cabbage, carrot, cent compared to August 2017, ten to the PMO, the National management business will not month last year. Maruti-Suzuki, an advanced start of the festive mark. Bajaj Auto also saw both statement said. parval, mango (ripe), sugar, it added. Security Advisor (NSA) and the be able to pay balance of EMIs the country’s leading manu- period, which started mid- domestic sales and exports shoot According to the state- cooking gas, petrol, ornaments, China’s steel production Finance Minister seeking their of loans taken to buy cash vans facturer saw a sales growth of September. Sales of all major up, beating investor expectations ment, the food inflation was (- glass, etc are responsible for the for August stood at 80.3 MT, an immediate intervention to analyse to run their operations. This just 0.7 percent to 151,512 products, particularly cars and and due to deregulation of ) 0.32 per cent in August as increase in index. increase of 2.7 per cent as the potential national risk creat- abrupt decision taken by RBI units. Hyundai Motors India motorcycles see a major jump three-wheeler permits saw a compared to 1.61 per cent However, the ministry said, compared to 78.2 in the same ed by the arbitrary RBI order. This has created huge crisis,” actually saw domestic sales in the festive period. At the dramatic 20 per cent increase in during the year-ago period. this increase was checked by month of 2017. matter was also brought to the Kunwar Vikram Singh said. decline 4.5 per cent in same time many manufactur- three-wheeler sales and also The All-India Consumer fish fresh, poultry (chicken), Japan’s output grew mar- September, although a 22 per ers stock up vehicles in their sold over 500,000 motorcycles in Price Index for Industrial eggs (hen), onion, french ginally by 0.9 per cent to 8.8 cent growth in exports saw yards in advance of the festive the month including exports. Worker (CPI-WI) for August, beans, methi, peas, radish, MT in the month. tomato, apple, guava, etc. The US produced 7.5 MT   Centre wise, Ranchi-Hatia and of crude steel in August 2018, Bhavnagar reported the maxi- an increase of 5.1 per cent in mum increase of 5 points each comparison to same month of   0/"  followed by Kodarma (4 points). the 2017. !+ %%  9    (' ,  'G/1+/ ' '(&/6 he rupee tumbled 43 paise to end at a near @     $+"7 Ttwo-week low of 72.91 against the US dollar ",-'.<&  on Monday amid a strengthening greenback and   "L7+&57 steady capital outflows.    $6&L+R Higher US Treasury yields, which rose above   %    the 3 per cent mark, boosted the appeal for the  &' 1'2 dollar, analysts said.       The dollar rose to near 1-month highs "$"7&$L   against global currencies. 2    Meanwhile, the local unit opened at 72.61,    2   marginally higher as compared to its Friday’s close     of 72.48.    1=   It touched a low of 72.95 on strong dollar    I      J . - ?1   demand, before recovering to 72.60. 4 2    -'.    = The rupee finally closed at 72.91, down 43 9     I. J  . =  paise.   I@ J   1  I) 1   J =1 Foreign institutional investors net sold shares   I. * J.  '   I> J.  worth 1,841.63 crore on Monday, provisional =      I'   J -'.<& data showed. Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank on Monday announced that it will inject 36,000 crore liq- uidity into the system through purchase of Government bonds in October to meet the fes- tival season demand for funds. The auctions to purchase Government bonds as part of the Open Market Operations (OMO) will be conducted in the second, third and fourth week of October. “Rupee continues to be weak as crude oil prices remains high. Unless we have comfort from crude oil prices, we are likely to see weakness in rupee. It is going to hover in 70-72 range,” a senior treasury official said. Brent crude was trading at $82.94 per bar- rel, up 0.25 per cent. * )   B)C   * B(C    “The central bank’s 36,000 crore OMO to  " 5           ,)  .  B-  C provide domestic liquidity could not stem the *  )          fall for the rupee. Surging crude oil prices is        ' ,' +  '9  the main worry for the currency markets. Delhi    .         '   D has the cheapest fuel rates among all metros 9      )P    3>?=?4     and most state capitals because of lower taxes. 

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he repetitive motions of texting and typ- ing can lead to general hand pain from ?;$26?;$26 Tunderlying osteoarthritis (the wearing away of cartilage in the joints). Using these gad- gets doesn’t cause osteoarthritis, but if you’re prone to it, it can increase your symptoms. Here are a few problems that can arise:  Using your thumbs too much to text can cause strain or overuse injuries of the tendons that run from the wrist to the thumb (a condi- tion called De Quervain’s tenosynovitis). Symptoms include pain over the thumb side of the wrist, which can appear gradually or sud- denly and move up the forearm. / P   Pushing buttons too hard with your fin- gers can lead to inflammation around the ten- dons and pulleys that enable the fingers to bend, increasing the risk for trigger finger (stenosing              &'  tenosynovitis). Symptoms include pain, popping, and a feeling that the digit is locking when you ; )  .>-441)4<')         bend or straighten it. ith the use of newer technologies that are evolving one  Carpal tunnel syndrome — a condition in can access minute body parts that would otherwise be       ?     which the median nerve is compressed as it pass- Winaccessible to a surgeon. Robotic assisted surgery es through a small area at the wrist known as (RAS) is one such technology that is gaining popularity in the ndia is the ‘cardiac capital’ of the world with a sig- timely detection and treatment,” Dr Naresh Trehan,    the carpal tunnel. Typing may bring out the Heathcare sector. Medical institutions are investing in it heavily while Inificant increase in heart disease over the last 15 Chairman, Medanta, Heart Institute, Trehan says. eart disease can be prevented symptoms of the condition like pain, tingling, doctors and clinicians are getting trained to become better skilled years. “Primary risk factors for heart disease include Dr Shobha Gupta, gynecologist & IVF specialist, Hwith lifestyle changes and living and numbness in the thumb, index finger, mid- at using robotics. This is because robotics does not just help sur- diabetes, smoking, blood pressure, alcohol consump- Mother’s Lap IVF Centre, points out: “Women with healthy. “First of all, quit smoking & dle finger, and inner half of the ring finger. gical staff access certain parts of the body more easily, but they also tion, poor diet, deranged blood lipids, physical inac- PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome) have a risk tobacco intake. Go for a complete body  Leaning too much on your elbows may help in reducing error. The RAS also reduces the invasiveness, which tivity, obesity, stress, anxiety & depression. If either of of heart attack four to seven times higher than check up once a year that includes BP, worsen cubital tunnel syndrome. Here the comes with conventional surgical procedures, thereby ensuring faster an individual’s parent is suffering from a heart disease, women of the same age without PCOS. Women with blood sugar, BMI, cholesterol levels & ulnar nerve is compressed where it passes recovery due to smaller incisions and lesser blood loss. Other ben- it increases the risk of the individual by 15 to 20% and PCOS may have a higher rate of miscarriage because calculate fat in your overall body. Take through tissue near the elbow called the cubital efits include lower chances of postoperative infection, less pain, great in case both parents are affected, the risk increases by of elevated levels of luteinizing hormones, insulin or medication on time. It is important to tunnel. Symptoms include pain, numbness, or cosmetic results and better post-operative immune function. The 30 to 40 per cent. Thus, early screening is crucial for glucose.” exercise at least 45 minutes a day — tingling in the ring or little finger. cost benefit is therefore proportional. brisk walking, cycling or any other  Looking down at an electronic gadget for One of the key advantages of RAS is that the need for the doc- >3> ?" physical activity. Reduce stress levels, long periods can lead to neck and back pain. tor to be physically present beside the patient is reduced. These surg- "  talk to your friends & family members,”  It's the posture and the amount of time in eries can be performed with the doctor sitting thousands of km routine TMT (treadmill < " 6 Dr Anubha Singh, gynecologist from that posture that matters. away. The technology also reduces things like errors due to finger Atest) can only pick up Shantah IVF Centre, advises.  It can also irritate the occipital nerve tremors while significantly improving dexterity and ergonomics. artery blockages beyond 75%. tudies suggest a low level of cal- each contraction, calcium flows out A long & undisturbed sleep is where the spine connects to the base of the skull, The robotics arms and instruments can reach areas which are dif- People above 40 must under- Scium and Vitamin D in the blood of the channels to let the muscles to important. “To make up for the lack which can cause headaches ficult for humans to access due to the physical limitations of the go detailed tests such as cal- increase the risk of cardiac arrest. relax and lengthen again. As Vitamin of time in the day, people have start-  Treatments for hand or wrist conditions human arm, wrist and hands. Robotic arms have seven degrees of cium scoring by CT scan to Research suggests that dietary calci- D is an important prohor- ed to cut down on their sleep time. include taking a break from the offending activ- freedom, and provide the surgeon detect any abnormalities. um in the form of supplements but mone for intestinal calcium Giving up on sleep to chase ity; splinting; short-term use of over-the- / +%'%  with 360 degree access while sit- Cardiopulmonary resuscita- not calcium-rich food might have a absorption for bone min- one’s ambitions is touted as a counter painkillers exercises to stretch the ten- %  %  ' ting comfortably on the console. tion (CPR) chest compres- harmful impact on the heart. eralisation, its deficien- motivational boost but it is dons; and sometimes steroid injections. In the case of nerve and brain sion is done to revive the “Cardiac muscles require calci- cy also leads to the risk harmful for your heart.  If texting with your thumbs causes pain, / '+(  +% surgeries, the use of robotics patient after a heart attack. um to contract and squeeze blood out of cardiovascular dis- Sleeping for less than 7-8 you need to use other fingers to text. Another % '< allows surgeons to get to the Primary angioplasty is of the heart and in the arteries. eases, including hyper- hours isn’t good habit as it option would to be use a stylus. / %+  microscopic areas using various the preferred option for heart Calcium flows in the muscle cells tension, heart failure & increases the risk of coronary  If you have hand deformity or pain, use levels of magnification. Another attack. In this, a balloon is through tiny channels and works as ischemic heart diseases,” artery disease,” Dr Rajeev voice commands, or use a fatter stylus to put less  4 $% (< benefit of RAS is that it allows the threaded into the affected a switch that allows each heart mus- Mohamad Yusuf N Shaikh, Rajput, senior consultant, cardi- stress on the thumb joint. % $% ( +4 surgeon more time to perform blood vessel and inflated, cle fiber to slide past each other and founder, Kudrati Ayurveda ology, Indraprastha Apollo hospi-  To ease carpal tunnel pain, set up your  ,(  4 surgeries, as the doctor wouldn’t pushing the plaque blocking shorten to contract. At the end of Health Center, says. tals, New Delhi, advises. workstation so that your forearms are parallel have to physically twist and turn the artery to the sides of the to the floor, your wrists are straight and in line +&+%*%  to reach the nooks and crannies vessel. A stent or wire mesh with your forearms, and your elbows are  4% $ %< during the surgery. This also tube is inserted into the 6 6! 6>6 relaxed and bent at a 90-degree angle at your  %4% +%% lessens fatigue of the surgeon. artery to keep it open after at five servings of fruits (bright ones like berries) eart disease affects people with Diabetes twice as often. More waist. Robotics surgeries are angioplasty. Drug-eluting E& vegetables in a day. Limit the fat, sugar and salt Hthan 65 per cent deaths with Diabetes are attributed to heart  Using a vertical mouse places the hand in   $ %'  increasingly being used to cure coronary stents can help pre- in your diet. Intake of plant based diets like legumes and vascular diseases. And most of the times, this is silent. a less stressful position. And keep the mouse in  %   snoring and obstructive sleep vent plaque buildup, pro- & seeds are good as they contain fibre, proteins, good A diabetic’s blood sugar levels are often high. Too much sugar front of you, not to the side $& ' & 4 apnea, thyroid and parathyroid mote good blood flow to the fats & anti-oxidants are good for the heart. Walnut in the blood damages many parts of the body, including blood  To relieve back and neck pain, adjust your issues, neck dissections, tumours heart, and relieve chest pain. and almonds very healthy but should be consumed vessels resulting in coronary artery disease. Those with diabetes posture when using a device. Keep your gaze  '+  $% (4 of oral cavity, oropharynx and lar- Angioplasty or percuta- in moderation (about 30 gm/day) as they are dense sometimes suffer what is called ‘silent ischemia’ or silent heart attack parallel to the floor as opposed to downward. *  ' 4 ynx, recurrent nasopharyngeal neous coronary interven- in calories. Tea and coffee consumption is good but (without any chest pain), which accounts for 25-30% heart attacks. It's helpful to raise the computer monitor so it's ' (  ( cancer as well as hemangiomas, tion has benefited millions of should be taken in the overall context of dairy and  A—A1C, or hemoglobin A1C test: It measures average blood level with your eyes. Do the same with hand- lingual thyroid, floppy epiglottis, patients. Angioplasty is a sugar added to it. Lean meats like chicken and fish glucose over the past three months. It should be less than 7%. Your held devices by propping them on a few pillows. % <   elongated styloid processes minimally invasive proce- are also okay for the heart but should be consumed doctor may prescribe insulin is your HbA1c is more than 9.5%         $% $% (eagle’s syndrome) and cysts in dure in which the chest in moderation. Vitamin B12, if found deficient, at the time of diagnosis or more than 7.5% even after taking oral 9    F  ( the lower throat. To treat cancer- doesn’t need to be opened, should also be supplemented. drugs. This test is recommended at least twice a year. ous or benign tumours of the thus, substantially reducing Synthetic sugars, aerated drinks, energy drinks,  B— BP: It must remain less than 130/80 mmHg. Checking BP oropharynx and supraglottis, pain, recovery time, and fruit juices without pulp are not good. So also are at every doctor's visit is essential. A person with diabetes will need transoral robotic surgery is increasingly being preferred. This type scarring. Some other options the processed foods and namkeens including fried medications if blood pressure is above this level. of robotic surgery eliminates the need for cutting the jaw, insert- include anti-platelet med- foods, especially those made using trans-fat and/or  C—Cholesterol. It is an important factor that affects the heart. ing feeding tubes, blood transfusions or tracheostomies which hap- ications, clot dissolving poor quality vegetable oils. Red meat is also high in The cholesterol that needs to be checked is the HDL, LDL and pens in traditional surgeries. This helps to improve quality of life drugs, and cholesterol lower- fat and calories and not heart healthy. the triglycerides. All of them should be within the specified lim- for patients post surgical operation. ing medications. Dietary fats, if consumed in large quantity, lead its. The optimal target is less than 100 milligrams per deciliter Then there is the reduced cost. While the expertise, as is the L.& /   to increase LDL. Take eggs in moderation. Olive, (mg/dL) for LDL cholesterol. For HDL cholesterol, the recom- case for most cutting edge technologies, can be expensive, robot- (     F  canola and sunflower oils are heart friendly. mended level is more than more than 40 mg/dL. Every diabet- ic assisted surgery significantly cuts down other costs. It can be used ; 9  (  H/   L.& '   )       ic should get his lipid profile done every year. to avoid chemotherapy in the case of some cancers, and even in   2' / .   )   9  5   L." +   ' treating thyroid and sleep apnea issues. The time taken for recov- ery after surgery is also minimal. Even the time taken to prepare the patient, set up the equipment and to perform the actual surgery    ( comes down significantly. With reduced hospital stays and costs,  health insurance providers also encourage such procedures. ccording to a People have started to actively opt for this kind of procedure. One With a change in season comes round 68 per cent of schoolchild- – in massager backpack that has been report by the other advantage is that junior doctors and other staff can watch problem of common cough and ren under the age of 13 years devised to alleviate pain, rejuvenate & relax AWHO, the per the surgery on the additional 2-D screen display, which helps to cold. Here are a few simple Aacross India may suffer from mild the back and shoulder muscles. It also capita alcohol con- supplement their learning curve. back pain, which can develop into chron- comprises of an in-built portable USB sumption in India has home remedies that will help ic pain and later into hunchback, reveals charger for all your mobile devices, as well more than doubled   you feel better within a few a study conducted by Associated as specially engineered anti-theft from 2005 to 2016.It has days, says Chambers of Commerce and zippers. Supported by intensive increased from 2.4 litres in 2005 to 5.7 Industry of India research with inputs from spine litres in 2016 with 4.2 litres being con- (' ) Also know as Okra or Bhindi, Lady Finger is ROSHANI DEVI (ASSOCHAM). 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3!  3        6 )       H=@      '  .<I->-4 J     4         ndonesian volunteers began 6:;; #,!& +  O  G * Iburying bodies in a vast     .      mass grave on Monday, victims       &'  of a quake-tsunami that dev- #, %#, "       7+    astated swathes of Sulawesi, as   C   the UN warned that some A           1,91,000 people were in urgent '  (=1' had fled from two overcapac-     & need of humanitarian assis- ity facilities in Palu and anoth- Jakarta: Inadequate warning tance. ome 1,200 Indonesian con- er in Donggala, an area also hit systems, a lack of education       Indonesia is no stranger to Svicts escaped from three by the disaster. about what to do when the      natural calamities and Jakarta different detention facilities in “I’m sure they escaped quake hit and a narrow bay that :*=  @   had been keen to show it could the devastated region of because they feared they would channelled the tsunami’s    deal with a catastrophe that has Sulawesi following an earth- be affected by the earthquake. destructive force — a perfect          killed at least 844 people, quake and tsunami disaster, a This is for sure a matter of life storm of factors spawned the     4   according to the latest official justice ministry official said and death for the prisoners,” deadly disaster in Indonesia.      count, and displaced some Monday. she said. The massive  '   & 59,000 more. The mass prison break The facility in Donggala 7.5-magnitude tremor struck But four days on some happened after the powerful was set on fire and all 343 Friday and sent monster waves      remote areas are only now tremor sparked a wall of water inmates were now on the run, barrelling into the island of )   (I being contacted, medicines are that devastated the small city of Utami said. Sulawesi, leaving *=* '      running out and rescuers are Palu Friday. Most of the convicts were at least 844 dead in the seaside   .     struggling with a shortage of Ministry of Justice official jailed for corruption and nar- city of Palu and surrounding  (   heavy equipment as they try to Sri Puguh Utami said inmates cotics offences, she said. areas. AFP L=$M      reach desperate victims calling & out from the ruins of col- flattened trees, shards of con- people feared to be under- other choice, we must get lapsed buildings. crete, twisted metal roofing, neath one Palu hotel alone. food,” one man in Palu told     In response, President Joko door frames and mangled fur- Two survivors have been AFP as he filled a basket with    Widodo opened the door to the /            )  (  " niture stretched out into the plucked from the 80-room goods from a nearby store. *2=@!"=    dozens of international aid distance. Hotel Roa-Roa, Indonesia’s Meanwhile, Government     agencies and NGOs who are Humanitarian Affairs warned to fill a vast grave with the stacked with corpses wrapped Dazed groups of people search and rescue agency said, officials said some 1,200      lined up to provide life-saving that there were some 46,000 dead, with instructions to pre- in orange, yellow and black ambled over the wreckage, and there could still be more inmates fled at least three pris-           assistance. children and 14,000 elderly pare for 1,300 victims to be laid bags, an AFP reporter on the unclear where or how to start alive. ons in the region.        Officials fear the toll will Indonesians among those in to rest. scene saw. One-by-one they digging. Among them were Desperate survivors turned “I’m sure they escaped    &'   rise steeply in the coming days dire need — many in areas that Authorities are desperate to were dragged into the grave as three men looking for their to looting shops for basics like because they feared they would  .     and are preparing for the worst, aren’t the focus of Government stave off any disease outbreak excavators poured soil on top. younger brother. food, water and fuel as police be affected by the earthquake.       declaring a 14-day state of recovery efforts. caused by decomposing bodies, In Balaroa, a Palu suburb Rescuers are racing against looked on, unwilling or unable This is for sure a matter of life      emergency. At Poboya — in the hills some now are riddled with once home to a housing com- the clock and a lack of equip- to intervene. and death for the prisoners,”      &L The United Nations Office above the devastated seaside maggots. plex, the scale of the damage ment to save those still trapped “There has been no aid, we Ministry of Justice official Sri       for the Coordination of city of Palu — volunteers began Three trucks arrived was obvious. A wasteland of in the rubble, with up to 60 need to eat. We don’t have any Puguh Utami said.  M   & % # .  @  I )  42  %       +    !  #  O       /"( %      Washington: FBI agents inter- viewed one of the three women     '  '>=)><     who have accused Supreme   <9 Court nominee Brett     wo immunologists, James '  )= before the monsoon season Kavanaugh of sexual miscon- TAllison of the US and began. A senior disaster man- Pakistani anti-corruption duct as Republicans and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won angladesh has postponed agement official told AFP in Acourt hearing graft cases Democrats quarreled over  94(-2 the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize Bplans to begin relocating September that nearly three against the embattled Sharif whether the bureau would have for research into how the body’s Rohingya Muslims to a remote quarters of the project was family expressed displeasure enough time and freedom to hinese President Xi natural defences can fight can-  ' 9- + " island, officials said Monday, complete, with the navy fast- on Monday after deposed conduct a thorough investiga- CJinping has greeted the cer, the jury said on Monday. amid staunch opposition to the tracking construction of shel- prime minister Nawaz Sharif tion before a high-stakes vote Maldives President-elect Unlike more traditional can be managed”. role in the body’s natural controversial idea among ters and evacuation centres. failed to appear before it in a on his nomination to the Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, forms of cancer treatment that In 1995, Allison was one of immunity to disease. refugees living near the No reason was provided corruption case. nation’s highest court. who defeated directly target cancer cells, two scientists to identify the Allison, 70, “realised the Myanmar border. for the latest delay. Accountability Court Judge The White House insisted pro-China incumbent Allison and Honjo figured out CTLA-4 molecule as an potential of releasing the brake Prime Minister Sheikh But the proposal to uproot Muhammad Arshad Malik it was not “micromanaging” the Abdullah Yameen, raising con- how to help the patient’s own inhibitory receptor on T-cells. and thereby unleashing our Hasina was slated to open the the refugees to a remote island warned that he may cancel new one-week review of cern in Beijing over its big immune system tackle the can- T-cells are a type of white immune cells to attack new settlement built to house that only rose from the sea in Sharif’s surety bond and issue Kavanaugh’s background but investments in the strategical- cer more quickly. blood cell that play a central tumours,” the Nobel jury said. 100,000 refugees on Bhashan 2006 remains unpopular in arrest warrants if the former some Democratic lawmakers ly located country in the Indian The award-winning dis- Char on October 3, despite the teeming Rohingya camps. premier failed to appear before claimed the White House was Ocean. covery led to treatments tar- warnings the silty strip was The island is one hour by the bench in the Flagship keeping investigators from China, which geting proteins made by prone to violent weather. boat from the nearest land but Investment case hearing. interviewing certain witnesses. has invested millions of dollars some immune system cells But a spokesman for violent storms make the jour- On the orders of President Donald Trump, in different projects in that act as a “brake” on the Bangladesh’s armed forces, ney by sea dangerous or some- the Supreme Court, the for his part, tweeted that no the Maldives, is weighing body’s natural defences which has overseen the $280 times impossible. National Accountability matter how much time and dis- its options in the country killing cancer cells. million-effort to transform the “It is cut off from the Bureau (NAB) had filed three cretion the FBI was given, “it as Yameen has been The Nobel Assembly said muddy islet into a habitable mainland. What if someone corruption cases against the will never be enough” for trounced by Solih, after announcing the prize in camp, said the opening cere- needs emergency medical 68-year-old three-time former Democrats trying to keep widely regarded as a pro-India Stockholm that the therapy mony had been delayed. attention?” said Rohingya com- Prime Minister. Kavanaugh off the Bench. AP leader. “has now revolutionised can- “We will announce a new munity leader Abdul Gowffer. cer treatment and has date soon,” Lieutenant Colonel The UN has insisted that fundamentally changed the Alamgir Kabir told AFP, with- any relocation to Bhashan Char way we view how cancer out providing further details. be voluntary. The controversial plan, first Local authorities have been floated in 2015, was already seeking to reassure refugees well behind schedule. that they will be safe on the Officials previously said island. “We are still working on they wanted to start moving it. We’re talking to the families,” refugees from overcrowded Bangladesh’s Refugee camps near the border with Commissioner Mohammad Myanmar to the island in June, Abul Kalam told AFP.   7    ()  ( *+ *,-.

make their child achieve what they couldn’t. In the 8      process, they tie down the child. Or by being too loving, they over-pamper their children and make      them powerless in the real world.       The key is to strike the right balance by letting        kids discover things for themselves. They blossom when the environment is right for them. Instead       of trying too hard to keep them safe, parents should O%'%*  allow children to explore the great outdoors. Otherwise, children develop a restricted view of the & %&%P   -F- > world similar to that of their parents, and %$ can’t build perspectives of their own.      The more time children spend in out- L-  ine. That’s how many fewer door activities the less screen time      hours kids today have com- they want. Playing with their peers also   &M)  Npared with thirty years ago. helps them build emotional intelli- Most of their free time gets ‘invested’ in gence. They learn to think for them-    extracurricular activities like sports, selves and become independent. It’s also     music classes, self-defence lessons, and important for parents to engage with their kids     tutoring. in the latter’s activities. This helps parents under-    Ironically, sports and music classes haven’t stand which areas the child gravitates towards, and done much to enhance children’s creativity or indicates what the child could be passionate about.    increase their energy. For instance, the increase Modi suggests parents put their smartphones away   &  in music lessons has corresponded with a drop in and dedicate certain hours for their children.   creativity. In a study titled The Creativity Crisis, Dr. According to him, this goes a long way not only   Kyung Hee Kim noted that “over the last twenty in identifying a child’s passion but also in the par-   Q) years, children have become less emotionally ents strengthening their emotional bond with the expressive, less energetic, less talkative and verbal- child. Exposing their kids to various experiences L  ly expressive, less humorous, less imaginative, less also gives parents an idea about what interests their  &;   unconventional, less lively and passionate, less per- child. Each child is different, so what appeals to one    & ceptive, less apt to connect seemingly irrelevant child need not appeal to another. The same holds ;     things, less synthesising, and less likely to see things true for the level of attention, love and strictness.      from a different angle.” A child inflow during a certain activity — a state The rise of the organised sport has coincided where, according to Hungarian-American psychol-     with increased obesity in children. Getting ‘trained’ ogist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, one performing an     at sports means children get less freedom to move activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energised  &;  around. They spend most of their under house focus, involvement and enjoyment in the process     arrest in front of a screen — either video games — can indicate to parents where the child’s pas- or smartphones and tabs. Most parents do this to sions could lie. O  &M keep their kids safe from external predators like The more a child does things in her own way, )       germs, unclean air, and dirty surroundings. But the more she learns to think for herself. This       they don’t notice the secret killer within the house thinking is what helps kids connect the dots and     & —lethargy, which eventually leads to obesity. To add discover their passions for themselves. to that, screen time stifles children’s mental An environment of love, learning and free- growth. According to a study, each hour of babies dom is paramount for parents to let their chil- between age eight to sixteen months who watch dren bloom. The ideal parents raise their children educational videos correlated with them learning such that the kids don’t need the parent. It sounds six to eight fewer words than their unwired peers. ironic, but it’s what true love is about. Such a par- This shows that we’re not making infant geniuses. ent creates an atmosphere which fuels intelligence, On the contrary, we’re impeding their verbal and creativity and most importantly, love. Warren mental development. Buffett says that the best thing he got from his All this highlights two major aspects. It’s dif- father, a US Congressman, is unconditional ficult for children to discover and express their cre- love. ativity today. And parenting has become far In this digital age, it has become more tougher. The biggest contributors to both these important than ever to encourage children to step aspects are the lack of outdoor activities for chil- outside and channelise their energy. With skills dren and the lack of attention that parents pay to becoming obsolete each day in the knowledge era, what their kids really want to do. kids must also learn to build skills relevant to today’s O$ P $ %( $ Creating the right atmosphere to nurture times. These skills can only be developed when kids $ %4/+  kids’ passion is one of the key roles of a parent. They pursue their passion and get the necessary love and don’t need to develop the same passions as their support from their parents. $ ,$ P& parents. 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As a result of health warnings, who personified grace, dignity packages at 92.5 per cent on front consumers receive more informa- and affection. With Krishna Raj *% 9P and back, Nepal and Vanuatu are tion, not less. Consumers are Kapoor’s death, the second gen- L %+6$   at second at 90 per cent, New entitled to be fully informed of the eration of the influential clan Zealand is fourth at 87.5 per cent, many health effects of tobacco ends. The clan started in the and Hong Kong, India and products, and the package is the silent films era with Prithviraj   '    Thailand are at fifth position with best way to do that. Studies show Kapoor.        85 per cent on both sides of cig- that consumers, including chil- Bollywood celebrities like arette packets. increasing warning size, more from 94 in 2016 and 24 in 2008. dren, underestimate the health Aamir Khan, Amjad Ali Khan, Aamir Khan, “If Raj Kapoor    Cigarette Package Health countries enforcing picture warn- There are now 55 countries/juris- effects, in low, middle and high Karan Johar and Manisha was an institution in filmmaking,      Warnings: International Status ings, and an increasing number of dictions with a size of at least 65 income countries. A larger size Koirala mourned the death of Krishnaji was an institution in     Report 2018 was released in countries requiring multiple per cent (on average) of the pack- means that warnings are more vis- Kapoor family's matriarch, the living life. A very sad loss to all    Geneva, Switzerland, at the eighth rounds of picture warnings. The age front and back. ible and have more impact. A larg- widow of the legendary of us.” Karan Johar, “The    session of the Conference of the worldwide trend for larger, picture Health warnings on packages er size allows for bigger and bet- Bollywood actor-filmmaker Raj embodiment of grace, dignity, Parties to the WHO Framework health warnings is growing and of tobacco products are a highly ter pictures, a larger font size Kapoor. elegance and of strength.     &L Convention on Tobacco Control there is enormous international costeffective means of health com- and/or additional information, Here’s what the celebrities Krishna aunty will always be the    (FCTC) being held from October momentum for implementation of munication. Package warnings including cessation information. expressed: 'First Lady of the Film    1-6 2018. The report highlights the plain packaging. In total 107 reach every smoker (and con- Further, a larger size makes it Anupam Kher, “Deeply sad- Fraternity'. The most generous,    tremendous progress internation- countries/jurisdictions have sumers of other tobacco products) more difficult for the branded pro- dened... She was one of the kind and gentle person I have ally in implementing package required warnings to cover at every day. Warnings are always motional part of the package to most dignified and affectionate ever known with the most ter-       health warnings on tobacco prod- least 50 per cent of the package working — 24 hours per day, distract the consumer’s attention ladies that I met. May her soul rific sense of humour. Will miss      uct packages, with many countries front and back (on average), up seven days per week. 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ahmat celebrates 150 years of worlds fill us with a sense of belong- Mahatma Gandhi’s birth with an ing. Gandhi belongs to everyone and Sextraordinary set of postcards in we must live by his ideals — these post- a box, created by India’s contemporary cards tell us this clearly. There is a fine artists which can be bought for 500. line between the real and the imagi- The commemoration unravels as a nary in history. You cannot extricate “secular cultural festival,” to celebrate one from the other, it is simultaneous, 150 years of Gandhi Jayanti. the process is continuous, in that way times collide, spaces collide and peo- $26656?; ) '  ple stand out in memory. The postcards carry different artistes’ images of Gandhiji on one side )     and his words on religious fundamen- Since 1989, the Delhi-based 2;.; talism on the other. The postcards for Sahmat has offered a platform for the Gandhi Project 1994-95 are based artists, writers, poets, musicians, actors, on the Mahatma’s famous practice of and activists to create and present needed ecosystem for arts using inexpensive postcards to com- works of art that promote artistic free-   -' and support, and a new gen- municate with a vast number of peo- dom and celebrate secular, egalitarian eration of artists and cultur- ple. Artistes led by Ghulam values. Postcards for Gandhi was one 94    al practitioners, not only in Mohammed Sheikh organised a lino- of Sahmat’s first projects to engage a the arts but design, architec- print workshop at the M S University, large group of artists around a single  ture, crafts, and fashion. Baroda. theme. The artists’ works were shown The MASH FICA New “The significance of postcards for in exhibitions in six cities, all opening  =  Media award further sup- Gandhi lay in artists engaging with the on October 2,1993, on Gandhi’s birth- ports the development of concepts and symbols that the day. Each presentation included one   9  path-breaking new media Mahatma used to marshal leadership original work by each of the partici- projects. I am excited and of the National Movement — the pating artists, making six different      look forward to the launch charkha and swadeshi, for instance. exhibitions. All the works were avail- that commemorates a new The evocative works made strong able for purchase at a uniform price of    . beginning for me. “ artistic statements against the right- 1,000 each. The works were also “My earliest intuitive wing politics of the time,” says cura- printed as postcards.  @  vision for this edition of the tor Ram Rahman who, along with “These strategies of simultaneous Kochi-Muziris Biennale to Vivan Sundaram and Shamshad exhibition and low cost for artists’ explore the possibilities for a Husain, expanded on Sheikh’s idea and works, no matter the artist’s stature, rt collector and patron non-alienated life has invited 100 artists across India to make reflected Gandhi’s egalitarian ethos. AShalini Passi hosted a remained with me. The need six different postcard-sized works that One work from each artist was also joint event with the Kochi to listen, think and learn reflected their understanding of reproduced as a set of postcards and Biennale Foundation (KBF) with each other, particular- Gandhi’s political leadership, philos- in a book, Addressing Gandhi, which at her home in New Delhi. In ly voices from the margins— ophy and relevance to contemporary included commissioned texts by his- the company of artists, gal- of women, of the queer com- India. torians, social scientists, art historians lerists, foreign dignitaries, munity, the oppressed castes, and artists that presented new schol- and other avid supporters of   ( arship on Gandhi’s life and work,” the arts, Passi launched her In the Sahmat series of postcards states curator Rahman. The present set new initiative — the Shalini for Gandhi, Atul Dodiya’s has a of 100 postcards, previously unpub- Passi Art Foundation. poignant and reflective presence. He lished, is being issued in 2018 in a box, The Foundation’s cura- presents the fragmented figure of plays with the feminine to juxtapose Sheikh’s Gandhi is another abstract to commemorate 150 years of Gandhi. tor, Dr Arshiya Lokhandwala Gandhi with satchel slung on his hip Gandhi in a novel way. Caur says, “ I mooring with a pair of slippers, spec- Animated by the urgent belief that (PhD, Cornell University) and his right hand holding the historic wanted to portray something different; tacles and a book all done in a muted art can propel change and that culture described the initiative as staff that became a symbol for the civil so I painted a rotund image of shade of greyish blue, which is firm- can reach across boundaries, Sahmat showing a commitment to movement. Kasturba holding a pink heart with ly entrenched in the figurative narra- has offered a platform for an expan- advocating a new aesthetic The figure of Gandhi has been Gandhi in it. While there are many tive tradition within Indian art. Sheikh sive group of artists and collaborators language within the Indian central to Atul’s work over the years paintings of Gandhi, Kasturba rarely concerns himself with the search for the assassination and you think of the to present powerful works of art that avant-garde, which collaps- who has used the Mahatma as a makes an appearance, I wrote her an indigenous art practice that reflects narrative that flows, of the life lived and defend freedom of expression and bat- es the hierarchical distinc- metaphoric symbol which questions name and split up the alphabets to cre- the diversity of human life and art. “In a feeling of belonging to a world of tle intolerance within India’s often divi- tions between art, architec- the notions of modernity and univer- ate an abstract tone,” says Caur whose art, painting came in the company of nether times. sive political landscape. ture, craft, design, and fash- salism. Atul establishes dialogues works reference Indian miniatures. poetry, overlapping and yet indepen- Nalini Malani’s image of Gandhi “Looking at the roots within our ion. between simultaneous moments in dent of each other. Images came from with the word “History” at the bottom classical and folk traditions, Sahmat With the objective of history and weaves into his imagery        many times, each flowing into the is full of memories and elegiac ele- has traced the evolution of our mod- broadening access to the the leitmotif of artistic modernity in Equally enticing is an image by other,” said Sheikh of his work and this gance. The postcards from these great ern consciousness through the nation- arts, the Foundation also Indian contemporary art. Bhupen Khakar — a linocut which is is what ensues. artists tell us that we can create visu- al movement and cultural intervention announced that it has estab- the stuff of history. Created in 1995 this Surendran Nair creates a thorny al memoirs from life and its incidents, by the Left, placing arts in the public lished an associated arts    is an impassioned Gandhi image with metaphor out of a single slipper with emerging simultaneously through jot- sphere — giving a platform for artists blog, MASH (My Art The second image worthy of his glasses and an abstract rendition nails, a pair of spectacles and a clock. tings, drawings and writings. The to evolve work with a political and Shalini), which features arti- N')494--<4 scrutiny is Arpana Caur’s Gandhi. She of the charkha. Ghulam Mohammed The red gives us a direct reference to multiplicity and simultaneity of these social edge,” adds Rahman. cles on art, architecture, ;<<4C.<>14 craft, design, and fashion; highlights emerging talent in ')4-44'> elhi-based fashion design- these disciplines; and Der Shelly Jyoti has taken engages in behind-the- < '4-')-= Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings of scenes studio interviews with Swaraj to heart. Through her  < artists of the moment. The -<41- art, which she expresses on Foundation will pioneer new textiles, she is perpetuating the initiatives and encourage ;')4) lessons that are mostly lost in woven. Buy it with the idea of experimental new practices >')41 today’s urban chaos.   )4<<8(8>'   ' 1=1      * doing something for your coun- in the arts — including the She calls herself a researcher try alone,” she added. launch of a new award for .1'<1<8 of Bapu’s ideologies and                  In one of her artworks, she New Media Art, in collabo- through her current exhibi- used 30 metres of hand-spun ration with FICA F>4 @1> tion, Revisiting Gandhi: The and hand-woven khadi mater- (Foundation for India Art of Shelly Jyoti (2009-18), she ial seeped with the residual Contemporary Art) — in ')412- O is exploring the will of the col- colours of ajrakh printing, and addition to its ongoing sup- lective, for which she uses the titled Residue, Reflections, port of contemporary art the whispers and signs of fish motif. Reproductions. “I placed lengths foundations and significant nature—with a spirit of free- It is an intro/retrospective of fabric under each sheet cultural events. dom and comradeship is that resurrects Bapu’s timeless before block printing the mate- As a patron of the Kochi vital. In both the exhibition philosophy of swaraj and swad- rial laid out on the studio tables. Biennale Foundation, Passi and the carefully designed harma in textile-based art- The marks on the sheets are the provided a platform for interactive spaces, I hope the works. The exhibition is outcome of the process of many prominent members of the incredible range of exhibit- inspired by the anti-imperialist prior works in progress, residue organisation, including ing artists and visitors will text Hind Swaraj written in from the left-over dyes. I hope trustees and the curator, to become active participants 1909. Jyoti examines elements to convey through this piece share their vision for the and co-producers of the of Gandhi’s critique of modern that the last decade of my life Biennale, which will open on Biennale as a shared knowl- civilisation, noting his empha- has been a period of intense December 12, along with the edge laboratory,” added sis on an evolved ethical and study on Gandhi as well as one Foundation's plans for aiding Dube. spiritual self for creating an of finding my own self, my own relief funds after the recent “After the floods that alternative perspective of a bet- dilemmas, introspections, self- disastrous floods in Kerala. devastated much of the state, ter world. transformation and of reading Curator for the fourth it has been deeply moving to “I am trying to draw the Vedic literature to connect to edition of the ‘People’s see the people of Kerala, but history and narrate the story of Gandhi and the endless ocean. Biennale’, artist Anita Dube also the country, come swaraj from the present per- I feel through this process I’m presented her approach to together and act. Sharing spective. If I needed to make a coming closer to comprehend- this large-scale project, as and making of art is an garment I would do it. In the ing and understanding my life well as an insight into the essential part of rebuilding exhibition, Khadi March, I and artistic journey,” she said. process of making such an and healing, and we hope made jackets and angrakhas as bulence in the water and togeth- series of films are good to keep conduct one’s life. “The religious duties towards the nation. The exhibition includes event materialise. Entitled Kochi Biennale Foundation installations to show that if the er, they make a collective his lessons alive for the audi- texts are an integral part of an “When we ask children what four new textile site-specific Possibilities for a Non- can aid in that effort in 30 crore urban population impact. When you walk into the ence. Her inspiration runs deep. Indian family. We all know they do on August 15 and installations, 30 new ajrakh Alienated Life, Dube's Kerala. This edition promis- sought even five metres of gallery, you feel that you have Right from 2009, she explored about self-control, self-duty and January 26, they say nothing, it’s artworks on khadi, multimedia Biennale asks how we can es to be the most socially and khadi, the demand it would cre- entered an aquarium. I made the importance of indigo, then respecting our elders. Gandhi a holiday. Gandhi had a quote spoken word poetry and short come together in times of politically significant yet. ate is unimaginable,” she said. ajrakh fishes on textiles for the Dandi march and khadi. reinforced what was the con- that instead of giving three film on making of swaraj and political difference and vio- We are so happy to share a “In this exhibition, it was that,” she said and added, “We Gandhi had said that the duct of life and got the masses paisas to weavers give them collectiveness. lence to find alternative ways glimpse of that project with important to show the idea of need to understand the idea of book Hind Swaraj is both — to understand. This led to moral three annas. It would give Revisiting Gandhi: The Art of living. you today, and convey the swadharma in our country and self-duty.” written by me and not written regeneration,” she said. swaraj to the spinners and of Shelly Jyoti (2009-18) will be Commenting on the potential for change that art the collective impact. 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