Follow us on: facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No.2016/1957, REGD NO. SSP/LW/NP-34/2016-18 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From WORLD 12 SPORT 15 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL AGAINST THE ODDS: HASPEL BRIEFS TRUMP ON FEDERER ADVANCES IN BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN KHASHOGGI MURDER PROBE SWISS INDOOR TOURNEY CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 154 Issue 289 LUCKNOW, SATURDAY OCTOBER 27, 2018; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable WE NEED TO EMPHASISE ON SPORTS:} AKSHAY} 14 VIVACITY www.dailypioneer.com Probe Verma in 2 weeks: SC Court asks CVC to stick to deadline, CVC’S TASK: CHARGES AGAINST CBI DIRECTOR ALOK VERMA bars CBI interim chief from taking 2 In his letter, CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana alleged that Satish Babu Sana, who was investigated policy decisions; hearing on Nov 12 by the CBI in Moin Qureshi case, paid Director Alok Verma `2 crore to get a clean chit in the case. PNS n NEW DELHI of the country,” it said. The Interestingly, Asthana himself has been accused of internal crisis in the CBI is receiving money to give relief to Sana. The case took he Supreme Court on unprecedented in the 55-year a curious turn when CBI arrested its own DSP TFriday asked the Central history of the country’s premier Devendar Kumar for forging Sana’s statement to Vigilance Commission (CVC) probe agency. implicate the CBI Director in the graft case. Asthana to complete its probe against The court made it clear the also alleged that that Verma tried to scuttle his Central Bureau of Investigation supervision of the probe by a efforts to arrest Sana by referring the file to the (CBI) Director Alok Verma, former SC judge was a “one- Director of Prosecution on September 24, 2018, who has been divested of time exception” given the who demanded all evidence available on record power and sent on leave by the “peculiar facts” of the case and 2 IRCTC scam: Asthana alleged that Verma asked him to recall a team sent to conduct searches in the IRCTC Government, and appointed does not cast reflection on any scam in order to favour former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad. It’s different matter that the CBI subsequently carried Justice (retd) AK Patnaik to authority of the Government. the raids and also filed chargesheets in the case monitor the enquiry by the “We make it clear that anti-corruption watchdog. entrustment of supervision of 2 Through separate letters to CVC on October 18 and 19, Asthana charged Verma with meddling with eight “The enquiry in respect of ongoing enquiry by the CVC to others cases and sought that these be transferred to SIT the allegations made in the a former judge of this court is note/letter of the Cabinet a one-time exception which has 2 Asthana also accused Verma of meddling in the probe into the INX Media and coal scams Secretary dated August 24, been felt necessary by this 2 Asthana further alleged that there was a “concerted” efforts by Verma and Enforcement Directorate Joint 2018 as regards Verma shall be court in the peculiar facts of Director Rajeshwar Singh and others to tarnish his image by leaking certain documents containing completed by the CVC within this case and should not be unverified, unsubstantiated information as well as making malicious insinuations/allegations against him a period of two weeks from understood to be casting any today,” the Bench noted in its reflection on any authority of 2 Asthana also expressed apprehension that Verma “may” spoil his Annual Performance Appraisal Report for Congress president Rahul Gandhi and senior party leaders march towards the CBI headquarters during a protest demanding order. the Government of India,” said the year ending March, 2018, to adversely affect his career prospects the reinstatement of CBI Director Alok Verma in New Delhi on Friday Alwin Singh | Pioneer The SC also barred the the Bench, also comprising interim CBI Director Justices SK Kaul and KM being considered close to sions taken by him. the process of conducting Nageshwar Rao from taking Joseph. Verma. The Bench sought enquiry and keeping in view any “policy” or “any major The CVC has the authori- Also, Rao constituted a responses from the Centre and the large number of docu- decision” even as it fixed ty of superintendence over the new three-member team to the CVC on the plea of Verma, ments involved, 10 days time Rahul leads from front as November 12 as the next date CBI in cases relating to the probe the FIR against Asthana who has also sought a stay on would not be sufficient to com- of hearing. Prevention of Corruption case. in order to be impartial. the Centre’s order giving inter- plete the inquiry. The Bench headed by Rao was given interim The court made it clear im charge of his post to Rao. Senior advocate Fali S Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi charge of looking after the that from now on Rao, who is However, this prayer was not Nariman, appearing for Verma, also said all the decisions taken duties of the CBI Director after a Joint Director of CBI, would raised during the hearing. said the CBI Director was Cong pickets CBI offices by Rao from October 23 till both Verma and Asthana were only perform the routine tasks Meanwhile, Asthana also appointed for a two-year tenure October 26, including on trans- sent on leave and barred from that are essential to keep the moved the Supreme Court with the approval of a selection PNS n NEW DELHI Lodhi Road police station. Massive protests were fer of investigations and change carrying out any supervisory CBI functional. with a separate petition in the panel comprising the Prime Delhi-type protests were reported from all States, includ- of investigating officers, be role of the agency on the mid- During the hearing, the matter challenging the Minister, the Leader of he Congress on Friday replicated in other parts of the ing large participation by party placed before it in a sealed night of October 23. court at first remarked that Government order to send Opposition and the Chief Tstaged a day-long country- country where State Congress workers in Punjab, Haryana, cover by the next date of hear- Shortly after taking charge decisions taken by Rao since him on leave and divesting him Justice of India. wide protest in front of CBI leaders led demonstrations in Karnataka, Assam, ing. The court also observed it on the intervening night of October 23 are not to be imple- of his functions. The question is whether offices across the country led by their regions against what the Maharashtra and Gujarat. did not want the CBI issue Tuesday and Wednesday earli- mented but later it ordered that Solicitor General Tushar the tenure could be breached at its party chief Rahul Gandhi Congress described as the “ille- Senior Congress leaders, before the court to linger on. er this week, Rao transferred 13 it would decide on that aspect Mehta, appearing for the CVC, any time?,” Nariman asked against the Centre’s order to gal, unconstitutional and ille- including Ashok Gehlot, “This is not in the interest officers with most of them only after perusing the deci- said the commission was under from the court. send CBI Director Alok Verma gitimate removal of the CBI Ahmed Patel, Motilal Vora, on forced leave. director by the Modi that has Veerappa Moily and Anand CAPSULE Congress workers led by shamed India and its premier Sharma took part in the march, Rahul took to the streets in investigative agency”. along with Sharad Yadav, D PM hopes for better farm sector scope New Delhi’s Lodi Road area, TMC Rajya Sabha member Raja and Nadimul Haque. PETROL PRICE CUT BY ` 2, where the CBI headquarters is Nadimul Haque, CPI leader Rahul said people are on DIESEL BY `1 IN 8 DAYS located, and demanded an and Upper House member D the streets to show the PM “the New Delhi: Petrol price has been PNS n LUCKNOW in coming days. apology from the PM. He Raja, and Loktantrik Janata mirror of reality”. “No matter cut by nearly `2 per litre and The PM expressed confi- alleged that “the PM stole Dal leader Sharad Yadav too how hard the Government diesel by `1 a litre in the last rime Minister Narendra dence that the farmers would money from the country” and joined the Congress in the tries, it will not be able to cage eight days on the back of softer PModi on Friday expressed pave the way for new technol- can run but not hide from the protest against the Modi the truth,” he tweeted. international rates, an official confidence that farmers would ogy to be imbibed and better truth. Rahul courted arrest at Government’s CBI decisions. Continued on Page 7 statement said on Friday. pave the way for imbibing of opportunities to be created in new technology and hoped the agriculture sector. He said RAJAPAKSA SWORN IN that better opportunities would this time the farmers would get MoD spokesperson AS NEW PM OF LANKA be created in the agriculture increased price for their crops Eight killed Colombo: In a dramatic political sector. as the Minimum Support Price development in Sri Lanka, Inaugurating Krishi of 21 Rabi and Kharif crops had shunted as her tweet former strongman Mahinda Kumbh 2018, a mega conclave been increased. The PM appre- in Baduan Rajapaksa was on Friday sworn of farmers and agricultural ciated the UP government for in as the new Prime Minister by experts in Lucknow through its efforts in augmenting sub- insults war veteran President Maithripala Sirisena video conferencing from Delhi stantially the procurement of firecracker after his party abruptly quit the on Friday, the Prime Minister foodgrains. He asserted that the PNS n NEW DELHI began after she responded to a ruling coalition. lauded the efforts of the Uttar farmers were the ones who comment by former Navy Pradesh government and Chief took the country forward. efence Ministry (MoD) Chief Admiral Arun Prakash. factory blast DESI SUKHOI SU-30MKI Minister Yogi Adityanath for Modi mentioned the series Dofficial spokesperson He had re-tweeted a photo- PTI n BADAUN/LUCKNOW HANDED OVER TO IAF the development of agriculture of steps that the government Swaranshree Rajashekhar was graph showing a military flag Mumbai: The 11 Base Repair and welfare of the farmers was pursuing to reduce input sent on indefinite leave on on the bonnet of an official car t least eight people were Depot of the Indian Air Force at with the aim of enhancing costs and raise profits to dou- Friday hours after she posted a of the Internal Financial Akilled and three others Ojhar in Maharashtra’s Nashik their income. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing Krishi Kumbh in Lucknow through ble farmers’ income. He said a tweet criticising the alleged Adviser to the Western seriously injured on Friday in district on Friday handed over its “The government is com- video-conferencing as CM Yogi Adiyanath and others look on Pioneer large number of solar pumps misuse of privileges by military Command of the Army in an explosion at a firecracker first indigenously overhauled mitted to doubling the income would be installed in farms officials leading to an outcry Chandimandir in Haryana’s factory in Badaun, police said. Sukhoi Su-30MKI to the IAF. of farmers by 2022, the year erated the government's com- Gujarat where they were gen- across the country in the near among the veterans. She later Panchkula district. The officer Around 4 pm, there was an when India completes 75 years mitment to double the farmers’ erating solar power and after future. Modi said the govern- deleted the tweet saying “it was is a civilian and is not allowed explosion in a licensed fire- BAIL PLEAS OF 3 ACTIVISTS of independence. The govern- income by helping the nation's meeting their electricity needs, ment was working to deliver inadvertently done and the to use flags on his vehicle, a cracker factory in Rasulpur REJECTED IN NAXAL LINKS ment is creating a strong infra- food producers at every stage, were selling the surplus elec- the benefits of science to agri- same is deeply regretted.” right reserved for armed forces village under the Civil Lines Pune: A court in Pune on Friday structure from ‘beej to bazaar’ from sowing to selling. tricity and earning additional culture and the Rice Research The Ministry later in the officers. “Even if misuse of an police station, Badaun Senior rejected the bail applications of (seed to market) for enhancing The PM said that farmers, income. Centre being set up in Varanasi day said Army Public Relations Army Command’s insignia by Superintendent of Police (SSP) activists Sudha Bharadwaj, the income of farmers,” he the country’s ‘annadata’, were Modi said events like was is a step in this direction. Officer (PRO) Colonel Aman a civilian is not a cognisable Ashok Kumar said. Vernon Gonsalves and Arun said. becoming power generator of Krishi Kumbh would greatly The PM also spoke about Anand will be acting offence, the person needs to be “Three injured have been Ferreira, who were arrested for Modi expressed the hope the country with the help of benefit farmers and it was a the importance of value addi- spokesperson as the “MoD reprimanded by the GOC in C admitted to the district hospi- their Maoist links, observing that that there would be record new technologies. He said the commendable achievement of tion in farming and mentioned spokesperson proceeds on whose ‘Financial Adviser’ he is,” tal. Their condition is serious," the material collected by police production of foodgrains dur- solar technology had changed the UP government as it would the steps being taken in the leave. Prakash had tweeted. he said. shows their links with Maoists. ing the kharif season. He reit- the lives of the farmers in open new avenues for farmers Continued on Page 7 The twitter controversy Continued on Page 7 Continued on Page 7 SBI to take big haircut from ailing power firms’ loans? BJP, JD(U) concur by asking the banks to take (Adani & Tata) are servicing on 50-50 formula Bank moves ‘haircut’ on the loan given by their debt but have been them to these firms. addressing letters that they SC for relief Sources said the Agrawal would be constrained to stop Committee has noted that the operation since they cannot for LS polls in Bihar to Tata, Adani, bankers were “willing to take a continue to run the plants at PNS n NEW DELHI haircut” considering the exist- loss,” said SBI in its affidavit to Essar Groups ing scenario in the power sec- the SC. JP president Amit Shah on tor. “That these issues with BFriday announced that the J GOPIKRISHNAN n NEW DELHI It is interesting to note regard to the tariff have been BJP and the JD(U) will contest that at present the SBI is facing pending for a long time and equal number of seats in Bihar n a bid to save the ailing more than `2.3 lakh crore bad banks have reached a stage that in the Lok Sabha elections and Ipower companies, the State debts. In its affidavit to the they are facing huge risk of the distribution of seats among Bank of India (SBI) has Supreme Court, the SBI said public monies advanced to the four NDA partners will be approached the Supreme Court Adani Power in Mundra owes power projects,” said the SBI. formally announced in two- looking into the implementa- them `19,127 crore and Essar This move of SBI is seen as three days. tion of recommendation of a Power Gujarat Ltd owes `4,214 trial balloons to know the At the same time, Shah also committee which suggested a crore and Tata Group’s Costal mood of apex court. If the apex announced here in the presence tariff increase or waiver of a Gujarat Power Ltd owes court agrees to the SBI’s prayer, of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish portion of the loan owed to the increasing their tariff and tariff citing problems and After the SC order, the `10,159 crore to them. many PSU banks might Kumar that all partners will bank by these companies. As ordered them to stick to change of rule in Indonesia and Gujarat Government formed a “It is relevant to point out approach the court with simi- have lesser number of seats Amit Shah and Nitish Kumar gesture per the SBI’s affidavit, the three promised tariff in the agree- claiming that the coal import Study Committee headed by that the entire net worth of the lar petitions to favour the than they had last time. while interacting with the media in New power companies belong to ment with the State had become costly and this sce- retired Judge Justice RK three power producers has power firms across India. The announcement was Delhi on Friday PTI Adani, Tata and Essar Groups Government. The SBI was nario must be treated as an Agrawal to look into the crisis almost eroded. The monies The SBI in its affidavits said made after reports this week and are operating in Gujarat roped in to save the loss of unforeseen. Rejecting all these in power sector. In September, lent and advanced by the SBI they have got clearance from said that as per seat-sharing however, denied that it would and owe more than `35,000 power companies, which were arguments, the apex court said after consulting all stakehold- and other banks are at serious Finance Ministry in a meeting formula the BJP had agreed to contest a seat less than that crore to it. barred by the SC in increasing the companies must supply ers and the bankers, the com- and imminent risk. So far as chaired by Finance Minister contest 17 of the 40 Lok Sabha allotted to the BJP insisting that The Supreme Court in tariff. power in the tariff specified in mittee recommended that the Essar Power Gujarat Ltd is Arun Jaitley with all stake- seats in Bihar, the JD(U) 16, the equal number of seats would be April 2017 had disallowed the The companies had their agreements with the ailing power firms can be saved concerned, it is already NPA. holders and other lender LJP five and the RLSP two shared by both the parties. power generating firms from demanded permission to hike States. either by increasing the tariff or The other two companies bankers also. seats. Sources in the JD(U) had, Continued on Page 7 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 city 02

Economic offenders will be brought back: Rajnath Six arrested for leaking

PNS n LUCKNOW back to India. He will be forced constable recruitment to repay the loan. The govern- Union Home Minister ment will confiscate his prop- ‘Skill training making youths self-reliant’ Rajnath Singh said that people erty to ensure that banks get exam question paper who had fled the country with- back their dues,” Singh said PNS n LUCKNOW out repaying bank loans would without taking the names of PNS n LUCKNOW swung into action and nabbed be brought back to India and Vijay Mallya or Nirav Modi. aunching the Skill India six members of the gang and forced to repay their loans as He said the financial health LRozgar Mela, Union Home he ‘paper solver gang’ bust- recovered `2.46 lakh in cash, this government was commit- of the banks had deteriorated Minister Rajnath Singh said Ted by the Special Task Force examination entrance ID cards, ted to end bank frauds. as the non-performing assets that this training was making sleuths during the last police mobile phones etc. from them. Addressing the centenary (NPAs) had gone up. He point- youths self-reliant and opening recruitment exam in June, once Those arrested revealed celebration of Northern ed out that when the banks doors of opportunity for them, again succeeded in leaking the their identities as Arun (man- Railway Multi-state Primary were nationalised by the then which in turn would help in question papers of constable ager of BL Education Institute Co-operative Bank Limited Prime Minister Indira Gandhi reviving grassroot economy. recruitment examination, using in Khandauli, Agra), Monu, here on Friday, Singh said that in 1969, people believed that its Singh inaugurated the Skill the same technology. Chandraveer, Raju, Ajeet and the Union government had benefits would percolate down India Rozgar Mela at Jai Narain The police recruitment Kuldeep. acted tough against the people to the common man but the PG College at Charbagh here exam in June was cancelled They disclosed that they who had fled the country with- reality was that no such bene- on Friday. after the papers were leaked. had collected money from the out repaying their bank loans. fit had reached the people. The three-day Rozgar Mela Interestingly, the paper of aspirants appearing in the “This is a serious econom- Singh said changes had has been organised by National constable recruitment exami- entrance examination in BL ic offence and to control this been brought by the Bharatiya Skill Development Corporation nation were leaked from the Educational Institute and had the Narendra Modi govern- Janata Party government as (NSDC) same place in Agra but even assured them of solving the ment has brought an ordi- Prime Minister Narendra Modi “It provides a platform to after arrest of six persons question papers. nance,” the Union Home had brought the banks to the the aspiring candidates to inter- involved in leaking the ques- The accused said they tried Minister said. door steps of the masses. act with potential employers tion paper, Director General of to leak the paper by passing it “I can assure one and all About co-operative bank- and learn more about vocation- Police OP Singh denied any to the gang members from the that anybody who has fled the ing, the Union Home Minister al training, employment and leakage of paper and claimed toilet but when they failed to do country after carrying out a said that the fundamental of entrepreneurship opportuni- that the examination would be so, they took photograph of the bank fraud will be brought this banking system was very ties available in various sectors,” not cancelled. paper and forwarded it to their Singh said. The examination was members through WhatsApp. Talking about the impor- scheduled on October 25 and Amitabh Yash said that on tance of skill development for Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh lighting the lamp to inaugurate Skill India Rozgar Mela at Jai Narain PG College in October 26 and the arrests Thursday, those arrested trans- ‘Congress spreading youths, the Union Home Lucknow on Friday Pioneer were made Thursday. ferred the paper through Minister said: “The govern- The DGP said that they WhatsApp but failed to leak it ment along with the NSDC is better tomorrow. This is a plat- employment possibilities, the Karvy Consultants among oth- would take stern action and further or get the papers solved. empowering youths with skill form that will not only provide Rozgar Mela would provide a ers. slap National Security Act It may be mentioned that lies on CBI issue’ to make them self-reliant and a glimpse into the potential network of corporates at one “The Rozgar Mela will (NSA) on those arrested. the STF also arrested three per- Lucknow (PNS): Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Union Home confident. As Lucknow is my employment opportunities but location, Singh said, adding bring skilled candidates closer IG (STF) Amitabh Yash sons from Allahabad on Friday Minister Rajnath Singh said that Congress was left with no issues parliamentary constituency, I also connect aspirants to that the successful candidates to realising their dreams by said that on the directions of night for trying to solve papers. and therefore it was spreading canard against the Narendra Modi urge youths to come and par- recruiters and training would be given employment providing them an opportuni- the state government, they Sources said that last time government over the CBI issue. “The Supreme Court has issued ticipate in this Rozgar Mela and providers.” offer at the venue itself. ty to reach out to recruiters, were keeping a tab on the also, the same institution came an order which is very clear. A constitutional body is carrying learn more about job prospects Besides offering youths a About 80 leading compa- human resource (HR) man- paper solver gang during the to light for using similar modus out a probe. Let it complete its enquiry and then only people should and entrepreneurship opportu- chance to understand the nies from diverse sectors are agers, admission officers and two-day recruitment exami- operandi to leak papers and a react,” he told reporters at the backdrop of the Northern Railway nities that would help them dynamics of the industry of participating in the event, advisory bodies/training nation and they learnt that recommendation was made to Multi-state Primary Co-operative Bank Limited centenary func- transform their lives towards a their interest and explore the including Airtel, HDFC, KFC, providers,” Singh said. some candidates had passed on blacklist it. “Their modus tion here on Friday. the question papers to the operandi was that one person “As the issue is pending with the Supreme Court we should strong and therefore these “The best part is they Realising that he was pen if the Railways comes to a solvers’ gang through appeared in the exam and sent wait for the judgement before voicing our verdict,” Singh said while banks were operating for over charge 1 per cent interest less speaking among Northern screeching halt. The life will go WhatsApp in the second shift pictures of the question paper to reacting to Congress protest against Modi government over alleged 100 years. than other nationalised or pri- Railway employees, Singh said just haywire,” he added. in Agra on Thursday. The IG solvers, who would then provide muzzling of CBI working. “The co-operative banks vate banks. Thus, their reach is that Indian railways was the life- Law Minister in Yogi said that after tracing the loca- answers through a spy mic or Singh said the Congress had spread a canard without know- are the mainstay of Indian much higher than the other line which not only ferried the Adityanath government, tion of the gang in Khandauli other electronic gadgets”, the ing the full facts. “It (Congress) is spreading lies because it has economy because they are banks. Another reason is that commuters but also transport- Brajesh Pathak and Mayor area of Agra, the STF team STF officers revealed. no other issue against the government,” he said. directly attached with the com- co-operative banks can be ed goods across the country. Sanyukta Bhatia were also pre- mon man,” he said. found everywhere,” Singh said. “Just think what will hap- sent on this occasion. Akhilesh: All govts have misused CBI Babbar courts arrest Sabha polls. The SP chief asked the youths’ leaders of the party with Congressmen to keep a close watch on the preparation of the electoral rolls PNS n LUCKNOW as the BJP could stoop to any low to manipulate the electoral rolls ven as Congress legislators for its political gains. He was also Eand some top state leaders, optimistic that the new voters including former Union min- would support SP candidates in isters in the UPA government, the Lok Sabha polls . stayed away from the demon- Replying to a question on stration staged near the CBI the electoral prospects of SP office here as part of the party’s candidates in the poll-bound nation-wide protest against the states of Madhya Pradesh and Centre’s move to divest the Chhattisgarh, Akhilesh said agency’s Director Alok Verma his party was contesting the of his powers and send him on elections in alliance with leave, UPCC president Raj Godwana Gantantra Party and Babbar along with dozens of talks were still on with the partymen courted arrest. SP president Akhilesh Yadav addressing Chhatra Sabha activists after their victory in Allahabad University Students’ Union Bahujan Samaj Party. Babbar led the protest near UPCC president Raj Babbar courting election, at party office in Lucknow on Friday Pioneer Commenting on the proposed the CBI office on Nawal Kishore arrest during protest at CBI office in mahagathbandan in UP before Road in Hazratganj and raised Lucknow on Friday Pioneer the LS polls, Akhilesh said the slogan against the Centre. He PNS n LUCKNOW these day,” the SP chief said here Addressing a press confer- announcement would be made accused Prime Minister an order for a CBI probe into on Friday. ence here on Friday, Akhilesh at the appropriate time. Narendra Modi of “removing” the Rafale deal,” the UPCC aking a pot-shot at the Without naming the said he would not comment In a major relief to his war- Verma “illegally and by going chief told reporters. TBharatiya Janata Party for Congress, the SP president said, more on the CBI dispute as the ring uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav, against the Constitution”. “So, to hide their sordid the crisis in the Central Bureau “I too was in the CBI club as the matter was in the court. He, how- who has floated his political out- Babbar even called Modi a affairs, the Prime Minister dam- of Investigation, Samajwadi investigating agency had target- ever, said the BJP had gone on fit and announced to contest Lok “liar” and said the unconstitu- aged the Constitution and law Party president Akhilesh Yadav ed me but I wriggled out back foot on the matter. Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, the tional move of sending Verma and order,” the Congress Rajya said on Friday that all govern- unscathed. The BJP even tried Accusing the BJP govern- SP chief said he would not on leave was made to save the Sabha member said. He charged ments had misused the premier to implicate me in cases, and ment of ruining the farm sector, move disqualification petition government from disclosure of the Prime Minister with threat- investigating agency for politi- even in the past I had to face a the SP chief said, “Around 40,000 against his uncle before the facts relating to the Rafale jet ening the autonomy of the cen- cal gains and today it was in a probe. But now I am relieved farmers have committed suicide Speaker of the UP Assembly. fighter deal. tral agency. “He is misusing the soup. after this dispute surfaced.” and the promise to double the Shivpal Yadav, who is SP Criticising the Centre for its power. We had heard the Prime Akhilesh said the BJP had Akhilesh said the present income of the farmers remains a MLA from Jaswantnagar in action against Verma, Babbar Minister was threatening peo- destroyed the banking sector BJP government tried to frame pipe dream for the poor growers.” Etawah district, registered a said Modi should apologise to ple using the CBI, but now he and the economy by its miscon- him in the Gomti Riverfront Akhilesh, who congratulat- new political party with Election the nation for the “unprecedent- himself is feeling threatened by ceived policy of demonetisation project but noting materialised. ed the activists of Chhatra Sabha, Commission. “I don’t want to ed” developments in the the CBI,” he added. and now it had targeted the pre- The SP chief accused the BJP the students’ wing of the SP, for give any impression that injus- Premier investigating agency. Later, as the protesting mier investigating agency. of weakening the premier inves- the victory in Allahabad tice has been done to anyone. I “Verma was removed ille- Congressmen raised anti-Modi “I am very happy with the tigating agency, saying it had University Students’ Union elec- am not at all concerned with the gally and unconstitutionally just slogans, the police tried to chase battle at the top echelons of the resulted in the dispute between tion, said that youths would play activities of others who are not because they (the government) them away but when they resist- CBI and in fact I am eating more the top officers of the CBI. a decisive role in the 2019 Lok with the party,” the SP chief said. knew Verma was going to issue ed, the administration went ahead with the arrest of Babbar and other leaders, including Ram Krishna Dwivedi, Vinod Mishra, Virendra Madan, Sugarcane crushing commences today Siddhi Shree, Ramesh Srivastava. Lucknow (PNS): Sugarcane crushing Late rain and hailstorms in some west- farmers’ payouts are likely to top last year’s Babbar walked for about a for the 2018-19 season is all set to com- ern UP districts, coupled with high night record levels and add to the woes of the kilometre after his arrest before mence from Saturday. The season begins temperatures, have delayed maturity of the sugar mills against the backdrop of mute he was forcibly boarded on a with cane arrears of farmers amounting to sugarcane crop. sugar prices and market glut, both local- bus. He was released along with `7,800 crore yet to be cleared by sugar “In the last 4-5 days, the night temper- ly and globally. other Congressmen from mills. UP had set a record in sugar produc- atures have started to fall below 20 degree The state’s mills have been asked to Cantonment police station. tion in the last season by producing 1.2 Celsius and there is marked difference in clear their dues by November. The state crore MT sugar. The first mill to com- day and night temperatures, which will had earlier allocated `5,500 crore to bail mence cane crushing from Saturday is the hasten the process of maturity and result out the sugar sector from the payments cri- Modi Group’s sugar mill in Meerut that has in speedier crushing operations and high- sis. This included `4,000 crore to be offered issued the indent to farmers for the sup- er recovery as well,” he said. to private sugar mills as soft loans. ply of cane. Earlier, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath However, the soft loans would be offered UP Cane Commissioner Sanjay had directed the Sugarcane department to to those private mills whose payment ratio NOTICE Bhoosreddy said that by the end of this ensure that mills started crushing by was higher than 30 per cent during the last month, about 30 mills in the western and October-end so that farmers could clear crushing season. In my son's TC my name central regions of the state would become their fields on time for sowing of wheat. The soft loan would be offered for a wrongly written as Syed Aftab operational, including the regions of This year, UP cane acreage is estimat- period of five years and attract interest of Haider whereas my correct Meerut, Saharanpur and Moradabad. ed at 26 lakh hectare, up 18 per cent from five per cent. The defaulters would have name is Syed Aftab Haider “We are hopeful that by November 10, about 22 lakh hectare during 2017-18, to cough up interest payment at the rate Rizvi. Syed Aftab Haider Rizvi, most of the mills in UP will be operational,” when UP had clocked sugar production of of 12 per cent. The mills have time till Father of Syed Kashif Haider he said. There are 119 mills in UP out of over 1.2 crore MT with farmers’ payables October 31 to apply for the soft loan with 456/283 A Sajjad Bagh Colony, which 94 are privately owned and 24 are touching `35,400 crore. banks, which have to process and sanction Daultganj, Lucknow. run by co-operatives. With higher acreage this season, the the same by November 10.

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GIRL ENDS LIFE trict, a police official said on Thursday. She was apparently Lucknow: A 17-year-old Friday. The Class 11 student, worried over some issue, the girl committed suicide by daughter of Yashpal Singh, police official said. The officials STF nets 5 for selling defiled blood jumping before a train near jumped before the train on said the case was under inves- Yarpur village in Shamli dis- Delhi-Sharanpur route on tigation. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW plan viral, two packets of boro- Lab attendant Pankaj Kumar zedex, seven packets of poly- Tripathi was also interrogated. pecial Task Force (STF) med blade, 70 packets of plain The SP said they confessed busted a gang engaged in blade, six bottles of saline to their crime after a thorough Sselling contaminated water, 10,000 fake labels and interrogation by the joint team. human blood after mixing it four revenue stamp papers. Tripathi used to help Singh in with saline water on Friday STF SP Abhishek Singh collecting blood samples and afternoon. Five culprits, iden- said the information regarding diluting them with saline water. tified as Rashid Ali alias Atiq, the racket was passed on to Naseem said that they used Raghvendra Pratap Singh, them a fortnight ago by an to make two units of blood Mohammad Naseem, Pankaj unidentified person. Taking from a single unit, adding that Kumar Tripathi and Honey prompt action, STF went into it was sold without tests being Nigam, were arrested their action and chalked out a broad- conducted and by providing involvement in the racket. based strategy to bust the gang fake information regarding its They were arrested fol- and arrest those engaged in the credibility to prominent nurs- lowing two separate raids con- unscrupulous practices. STF ing homes at the cost Rs 200- ducted at their hideouts locat- head constable Rajesh Maurya bust the gang. Assistant com- used to make contact with 300 per unit. Other accused ed at Rukmanipuram in was assigned the task to check missioner PK Modi joined the professional donors and used to Rashid Ali and Honey Singh, Faizullahganj and Makkaganj authenticity of the information STF team and started probing insist them to donate the blood who was engaged in printing on Sitapur Road. The STF regarding the racket. The head the racket. The joint team was for poor and for which he used and providing them fake labels, recovered a huge number of constable worked on his assign- able to pinpoint the location of to pay the money. On the were nabbed while they were medical equipment used in ment for the whole week and main culprit Mohammad information given by the main trying to escape. DGP OP diluting the blood with the presented his report to the Naseem by electronic surveil- culprit, another member of Singh appreciated the team for saline water. Thirty-five blade STF SP. The SP said the local lance and he was picked up the gang Raghvendra Pratap their outstanding performance bags, 11 CPP platelet bag, unit of Food Safety and Drugs from his house in Nishatganj Singh was detained for inter- by busting the racket and rec- 40HIV knits, 6 malaria knits, Administration (FSDA) was area in the wee hour of rogation. He is a lab technician ommended commendation eight syphilis knits, 12 bags of also involved in the mission to Thursday for interrogation. He working at BNK blood bank. disc to the joint team. Students to take Tricksters make off with CET for LU’s gold chains from shop PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW The salesman showed ately checked the footage of PhD course them a number of gold chains CCTV cameras installed in hree tricksters made off of different varieties. They sat the showroom. The footage for the final merit list,” he said. Twith two gold chains worth patiently for one-and-a-half showed the woman putting He said that the Centralised Rs 60,000 after deceiving a jew- hours in the shop and selected two gold chains into her hand- Entrance Test (CET) would be eller on Friday morning. Pankaj one gold chain costing Rs bag while the two men kept the of 90 minutes’ duration. “It will Verma owns Classic Jewellers 15,000. They made the cash salesman engaged in conver- have 90 multiple choice ques- in the main market of payment and left the premises sation. The operation was so tions. The syllabus of the Jankipuram area. with confidence. The owner smooth and quick that no one entrance test will consist of 50 The complaint lodged by and as well as the salesman, could realise what the woman per cent research methodolo- Verma later in the evening who was attending the had done. The police swung gy and 50 per cent will be sub- stated that three unknown per- unknown persons, came to into action immediately after ject specific. The syllabus of the sons, including a woman, came know they had taken away the the complaints and started PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW subject specific part will be the to the showroom at 11 am and ornaments by deceiving the searching for them with the same as prescribed for the PG asked the salesman to show salesman while checking the help of locals but failed to get tudents who want to join the programmes of the University of them gold chains which the stock of gold chains during any clues. Investigation was in SPhD programmes of Lucknow. All candidates who woman wanted to buy. lunch hour. Verma immedi- progress. Lucknow University will have qualify the CET with the min- to appear in the Centralised imum prescribed cut-off will be Entrance Test (CET) conduct- called for the interview,” said ed for this purpose. This deci- Pandey. Karva Chauth sales enthuse hope sion was taken at a meeting of However, he said that the the Admission Committee marks obtained by the candi- which was held in the dates would not be displayed on in jewellers about Dhanteras University on Friday. The media the website. “Only a detailed list spokesperson Lucknow of the candidates who qualify PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW University, NK Pandey. said for interview will be displayed. that the following resolutions The marks of qualified and not arkets in the state capital were adopted at the meeting. qualified candidates will be dis- Mremained abuzz with hus- “The admission to PhD played only after the declaration tle and bustle on the eve of programmes will be done on the of the final merit list. This is Karva Chauth as women made basis of the entrance test and being done to remove the value last-minute purchases of items interviews. All candidates, who judgement or bias from the such as bangles, jewellery and are desirous of taking admission interview board,,” he said. He other things required for the to the PhD programmes, have pointed out that the interview occasion. Women were also to appear in the Centralised board would not be provided seen getting henna applied on Entrance Test (CET) conduct- the marks obtained by candi- their hands. ed for this purpose. The dates in the written test. “After On Karva Chauth, women Centralised Entrance Test will the interview, the HoDs will observe fast to pray for their be a qualifying examination upload the marks of the inter- husbands’ long lives and the fast Women preparing for Karva with qualifying marks as 50 per view of the candidates through is broken after sighting of the Chauth on Friday Pioneer cent. All the candidates who a portal. The administration moon. Adheesh Jain, who qualify the CET with the min- coordinator will add these heads the jewellers’ associa- too and the range starts from Rs “The cost of gold is Rs 3,297 per imum prescribed cut-off will marks to the ones obtained by tion, said that the most expen- 3,000. We are also making good 10 grams and the enthusiasm in have to attend the interview. the candidates and then declare sive ‘karva’ which they sold sales of diamond bangles cost- the market for Karva Chauth Candidates who qualify the the final merit list. Interview will was worth over Rs 3 lakh. “It ing Rs 12-13 lakh,” he added. He indicates that Dhanteras and the CET but do not appear for the account for 10 marks in the final was ordered for a newly married said that they also made good approaching wedding season interview will not be considered merit list,” he added. couple. There are silver karvas sale of light jewellery items. will see huge sales,” he added. MU convocation: 84 girls to get medals, awards PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW in January 2018. She will DM Kar Gold Medal for 2018 and the Professor MN receive a total of eight gold obtaining the second highest Mathur Gold Medal for secur- s many as 84 girls out of 126 medals and a silver medal. She aggregate marks in the MBBS ing the highest aggregate Awill receive medals and will receive Sri Gaya Prasad First, Second, Final marks in the BDS First, Second awards on the convocation and Tandon Memorial Gold Medal Professional Part-I and Final and Third Professional exam- Foundation Day celebrations of for securing the highest per- Professional Examination. inations and passing the BDS King George’s Medical centage of marks among girl Priyanshi Dudeja will Final Professional examina- University on October 30. students, Sri Deshdeepak receive late Dr Ram Behari tion. KGMU authorities stated Memorial Gold Medal for Singh Rathore Gold Medal Chandraprabha will that the number of girls receiv- securing the highest marks which is awarded to the MBBS receive Dr RML Mehrotra ing the awards and medals was among girl students, the SDK student who topped in the sub- Memorial Gold Medal award- almost twice that of the boys. Gold Medal for securing the ject of Surgery, Prof PC Dubey ed to a Scheduled Caste stu- This information was given at a highest percentage of marks in Memorial Gold Medal for dent of MBBS who has secured press conference organised at the the final professional, securing the highest percent- the highest aggregate marks, V-C’s office on Friday to Kaushalya Devi Bhatia and age of marks in the subjects of not less than 60 pc in MBBS announce names of students ML Bhatia Gold Medal for Surgery, Pathology and (First Professional, Second who would received medals in securing the highest aggregate Anatomy for 2018 and the Professional, Final Professional various categories. marks at the end of the final Rai Bahadur Kanauji Lal Gold Part-I and Final Professional Professor in the department professional regular batch Medal for being the best qual- Part-II University examina- of Pathology and dean, Nursing, examination in Paediatrics, Deep Shikha ified in Clinical Surgery after tions). Madhumalti Goel and media Ophthalmology and ENT for considering the University and Dr Sudhakar Pandey will spokesperson Dr Santosh Kumar 2018 and Indrarani and Laxmi Tripathi will Class examination result for receive Late Suttee Nag Gold addressed the press conference. Narain Saxena Memorial Gold receive 19 gold 2018. Medal for the best DM Dr Madhumalti said that a total Medal for standing first in Deep Shikha Tripathi from (Neurology) post-graduate stu- of 306 awards and medals would the overall merit in the MBBS medals in the the Dental department will be dent passing DM (Neurology) be given in medical, dental and Final Professional examina- getting 20 awards, including 19 University Examination of nursing areas. tion. She will also receive the dental discipline. golds, at the KGMU convoca- KGMU. Dr Sunny Goel will Kritika Gupta has bagged DP Trust Book Prize of ` She said she was tion. Deep Shikha said she was receive Prof TC Goel Gold the Hewett Gold Medal for 5,000 for securing the highest extremely happy about her Medal for the best MCh securing the highest number of marks in Paediatrics. extremely happy achievement. About her suc- (Urology), post-graduate stu- marks in the final professional Amreen Ali will be receiv- about her cess mantra, she said it was dent passing MCh (Urology) MBBS Part-II examination held ing three gold and four silver devoting full time to studies University examination of medals. She will receive the achievement and not sparing any time for KGMU. Dr Harikrishnan V Chancellor’s Medal for obtain- parties and other forms of will receive Dr Siddharth ing the highest aggregate ular batch examination. entertainment. Her father is Kumar Das Gold Medal for marks in the MBBS First Anshika Mishra will receive the general manager at a phar- obtaining the highest marks in Professional, Second nine gold medals and a silver maceutical company and DM (Rheumatology) exami- Professional and the Final medal. She will get the mother a housewife. nation for 2018. Professional examinations. University Honours Medal for She will receive the Dr HD Dr Vankar Sameer Ganpat She will receive the gold obtaining the maximum num- Gupta Memorial Gold Medal will receive Dr Ravikant Gold medal presented by the ber of honours and certificates and a cash prize of Rs 10,000 Medal awarded to the best Provincial Medical Services in all the MBBS professional for obtaining the highest per- DM (Cardiology) post-gradu- Association for securing the examinations in the batch , centage of marks in the aggre- ate student passing DM highest aggregate marks and Late (Prof) AD Engineer Gold gate of all the four profession- (Cardiology) University Dr RKD Misra Memorial Medal instituted by the Staff als of BDS I to IV year exam- Examination. Prof CG Centenary Gold Medal for of Human Reproduction inations in the first attempt Agarwal will be awarded Dr securing the highest percent- Research Centre in her mem- without a break for 2018, Dr KB Bhatia gold medal and Life age of marks in subjects like ory for securing the highest Govila Gold Medal for secur- Time Achievement Award for Physiology, Pathology, percentage of marks in ing maximum number of an eminent faculty member Pharmacology and Medicine at Obstetrics and Gynaecology at medals and certificates of hon- (past or present) of Medicine the end of the Final the regular Final Professional. our in the BDS Final and Allied Superspeciality for Professional Part-II MBBS reg- She will also receive the Dr Professional examination for 2018. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 city 04

2 criminals land LDA to sell 650 flats in Diwali Students’ tryst with Tod-Fod-Jod PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW register themselves with the shelters were located in Rajni property department online. Khand, Sharda Nagar hous- ucknow Development The brochures regarding ing scheme located on the in police net LAuthority (LDA) will sell are also available online. The Rae Bareli road while 50 over 650 flats located at three prices of flats range between shelters for the downtrodden PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW different sites of the state cap- Rs 11.50 lakh and Rs 55 on Kursi Road. The price of ital in Diwali. The allotment lakh. It is expected the LDA an individual shelter meant wo criminals, including one of shelters will be done on the administration will get a good for the downtrodden has Tcarrying reward of Rs 10,000 basis of lottery and the pos- response to the offer. Some been fixed at Rs 11.5 lakh. He on his head, was arrested near session will be given to buy- 522 shelters are located at said the shelters at Aishbagh Vikas Nagar crossing on Friday. ers on November 6 or 7 fol- Aishbagh Tower. It will have and on Rae Bareli road are They were identified as lowed by registration of shel- two types of flats: three-bed complete and ready to be Mohammad Alim and his ters. flat and two-bed flat. The handed over to the buyers. accomplice Balram Verma. One LDA Vice-Chairman PN Accounts department has The registration fee for three- foreign-made revolver and one Singh said there would be no fixed the price at the rate of bed flat is stated to be Rs country-made pistol, five live delay in the entire process Rs 4,700 per square feet 6,60,000 while it will be Rs cartridges, Rs 8,000 in cash and ness. The strategy was chalked and added that the registra- which is said to be much less 5,76,000 for two-bed shelter. two debit cards of nationalised out in such manner giving no tion of all properties would be than the market price. The cost of the former is Rs banks were found from their scope for the culprits to flee. done by November 30 this Officer on Special Duty 55 lakh and the price of the possession. They were nabbed by the police year. He advised buyers to (OSD) Rakesh Kumar said 78 latter is 48 lakh. The police said Alim was with the help of locals after a hot wanted in the murder of Sunil chase and brought to the police Kumar who was shot dead near station for interrogation. Reality show the Vijay Paradise crossing under Alim told the police that he PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Science City, Raj Mehrotra ative challenge competition the Vikas Nagar police station on took a ‘supari’ from Ankit Shukla Interactive session said that through such work- was also held in which the stu- Wednesday night. The informa- to eliminate Kumar. He shot taught me finer two-day workshop based shops, innovative ideas could dents were provided with def- tion was flashed to Vikas Nagar Kumar twice with the foreign- Aon ‘Tod-Fod-Jod’, organ- be developed among children. inite amount of paper to make police station incharge VK made pistol which was found in on IPR organised nuances: Tanya ised jointly by Regional Science He emphasised that work- the highest tower. Three teams Sonkar in the wee hour of Friday. his possession while Verma shot Lucknow (PNS): Singer City and Council of Science shops based on innovation of Ramadheen Singh Inter Acting promptly on the at him with a country-made PNS n LUCKNOW departments should be made Tanya Tiwary and Technology (UP), con- could provide priceless educa- College, Government Jubilee information, the police incharge revolver to ensure the deceased in companies as dozens of said cluded on Friday. About 170 tion to the students to ensure Inter College and RK Senior went into action and chalked out was dead. The police are on the HD Chamber organised industries rely on adequate ‘SaReGaMaPa students from six different maximum participation. Secondary School qualified a strategy with the help of his look out to nab Shukla. Two Pan interactive session on enforcement of their patents, Li’l Champs’ schools participated in the Representative from Council of for the final round. colleagues and left for the mis- raids were conducted at his ‘Importance of Innovation trademark and copyrights. had shaped up workshop enthusiastically and Science and Technology (UP) Ramadheen Singh Inter sion. Alim, along with his probable hideout but was and Intellectual Property He also mentioned the ben- careers of were taught the mechanisms of RD Gaur was the special guest College secured the first spot accomplice Verma, noticed the untraceable. Sonkar hoped that Rights (IPR)’ at the Institute efits of academia and indus- many aspiring various household items under and jury member. During the in the final while Government presence of police and they tried Shukla would be nabbed within of Engineering and try collaboration for singers like the supervision and direction workshop, the students learnt Jubilee Inter College and RK to escape in the pitch of dark- a day or two. Technology in Lucknow on enhanced growth of economy. her. She was in Lucknow to of experts. Competitions based and understood the different Senior Secondary School got Friday. The objective of the Director, Adastra IP, Sandeep encourage the little singers to on innovation ideas were also mechanisms of mechanical second and third positions session was to impart knowl- Agarwal gave a presentation audition for the next season of held for the students. and electrical equipment along respectively. Certificates and edge on Intellectual Property on ‘Importance on IPR in the reality show. The audi- Speaking on the occasion, with electronic gadgets and prizes are given away to the Rights among the young gen- Academic Institutions’. He tions will be held on October project coordinator, Regional appliances. Besides, an innov- winners. eration and to develop a said IP was a creation of 30. “The show taught me the broad understanding of the mind and it could be origi- real meaning of singing and need to integrate IPR in their nated from an idea or a helped me understand the finer SCHOOLSCAN innovation strategies during thought which may transform technicalities and nuances. The business planning. into a socially useful and knowledge and exposure I have Secretary, PHD thoughtful product. He high- gained with my stint in the GRANDPARENTS’ DAY Chamber, Kanchan Zutshi lighted the importance of show is priceless. I am extreme- GD Goenka Public School welcomed the panellists and patents and said that both the ly happy to be in Lucknow and celebrated Grandparents’ Day students and shared with product and process could be urge city’s incredible talent to on Friday. The programme them the importance of IPR patented. He also highlighted audition for the show’s next began with the lighting of lamp, in innovation management. that patent could generate season. I request the talented followed by Shiv stuti present- He emphasised that student revenue and it could also be little singers to come forward ed by KG students. Children should understand the used as collateral. Director, and audition for the show.” from Grades I-II presented a process of IPR. Advisor, Adastra IP, Mandira Roy gave Besides Lucknow, the audi- spirited dance drama. There PHDCCI, HP Kumar high- a presentation on ‘Concept of tions will be held in were games in which sound lighted the importance of IPR and how to identify & Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jaipur, clips of the movies from late 70’s knowledge generated in the create IPR’ and how one can Indore, Nagpur, Bangalore, were played and the grandpar- universities for the growth of sustain in this competitive Dehradun, Mumbai, and Delhi ents had to guess the names of economy. He said that R&D world. in the coming days. the movies, actors etc. CITYBRIEFS Commissioner reviews school event which invites par- ticipation from various colleges ongoing Kumbh works in and around Lucknow, show- casing the multifaceted talent of PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n ALLAHABAD them to visit different parts of budding managers. Various the city during morning hours off-stage events were also held ivisional Commissioner everyday to ensure clean roads on the occasion. DAshish Kumar Goel, besides submitting a daily accompanied by senior officials report of the inspection work APPOINTED of different departments, con- in his office. Sushil Kumar has been ducted an on-spot inspection of Meanwhile, District appointed director the ongoing works for Kumbh- Magistrate Suhas LY did a sur- (Operations), 2019 in the old city areas on the prise inspection of the ongoing Lucknow second consecutive day here on construction work of the heli- Metro Rail Friday. The nearly seven- pad and ROB (railway over- Corporation, hour-long drive which began at bridge) near the Juna Akhara. with effect 6 am ended with several offi- Thereafter he inspected the from October cials being issued notices to construction of the Daraganj 25. The inter- explain their actions while an ROB here. The District view for the adverse entry was also given in Magistrate was accompanied post was conducted in New the service record books of a by the Additional District Delhi on October 23. A total of few others for showing laxity in Magistrate (City), AK Students performing at UDGAM-2018 eight candidates had applied for their works. The inspection Kannaujia, and the City the post out and four were came as a result of complaints Magistrate. He also inspected TEACHERS’ TRAINING inaugurated on Friday by gen- more aircraft can be accom- shortlisted. The final inter- by residents about the difficul- the work of widening the roads A 3-day regional STEM eral manager (ATC), Northern modated in air and there will view was attended by two and ties they faced due to the lack and directed the officers con- teachers’ training workshop to Region, SK Purwar in presence be no more diversions due to the selection committee rec- of coordination between dif- cerned to remove the develop research-based peda- of Lucknow airport director DVOR failure,” an official said. ommended Sushil Kumar’s ferent departments carrying encroachments as soon as pos- gogical tools (RBPTs) for col- AK Sharma. It was also attend- name. Earlier, he was working out works as a part of the sible. From here he proceeded lege science teachers, funded by ed by other senior officers of UDGAM-2018 as chief electrical engineer, Kumbh preparations. to Allahpur and inspected the DST, MHRD, GoI, and organ- AAI, DGCA, CISF, MeT office ‘Udghosh’ - the forum for, general manager (Operations) Goel directed the officials construction of the railway ised by Centre of Excellence in and all airlines officers. “This of, and by MBA students of for LMRC since 2015. Kumar of the Ganga Pollution Control overbridge near the Kundan Science and Mathematics service to aircraft will help in School of Management, BBD belongs to 1991 batch of Indian unit to complete the work Guest House. He directed the Education (CoESME) IISER, time saving in terms of arrival University and department of Railways Service of Electrical within the deadline as not a sin- officers of the departments Pune, in collaboration with and departure of aircraft which Management BBDNITM, is Engineers (IRSEE). He also gle extra day would be given. and those of the agencies con- HRDC, Integral University was will help airlines in costly fuel celebrating its mega event has the exposure of interna- Witnessing debris on the road- cerned to ensure quality in con- inaugurated on Friday. The saving and reducing carbon UDGAM-2018. The opening tional Metro projects across the side at different places in the struction and keep the conve- programme was attended by 55 emission. It will also increase day saw the presence of Umesh globe including Tokyo, Seoul, old city, he warned the Nagar nience of the public in mind. teachers from 21 educational the runway operational capac- K Saxena and other digni- Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris, Nigam officials to get it cleaned He asked them to expedite the organisations. It was a part of ity. Optimum use of airspace- taries. UDGAM is an inter B- Vienna etc. within a week. He also asked work. a series of workshops, designed to introduce teachers to Research-based Pedagogical Projects worth over `700 cr Tools (RBPTs), which focus on process of science rather than information and help students underway for Kumbh Mela develop critical thinking and Allahabad: Projects worth railways’ infrastructure facilities problem-solving abilities. more than Rs 700 crore are for the pilgrims, 46 works cost- Director, HRDC, Syed Aqeel underway at Allahabad in ing more than Rs 700 crore will Ahmed laid emphasis on the preparation for the Kumbh be completed by Nov. 2018. contribution of such work- Mela which will begin on Out of these, 17 works have shops in the field of higher edu- January 15, 2019, Railways said already been completed,” the cation. The programme ended on Friday. Four big enclosures railways said in a statement. with the valedictory session in to house about 10,000 pilgrims Railways has planned to oper- which Basheer A Khan, advi- are under construction at ate nine Special Tourist Package sor to the Integral University V- Allahabad Junction. Two will Trains from different Zones C, stressed on history and be completed by the month end during Kumbh Mela. The importance of teachers’ train- and the two other by national transporter will build ing in higher education. November end. These enclo- new skywalks, platforms, foot sures will have vending stalls, overbridges and road over INAUGURATED State Bank of India organised nationwide mega farmers’ meets on October 25. Each branch of SBI in rural and semi-urban water booths, ticket counters, bridges for the festival which is The approach control sur- centers organised the meets and bank officials made direct contact with farmers to tell them about schemes for their welfare. LCD TVs and public address expected to see lakhs of people veillance service, earlier termed As many as 1,169 branches of Lucknow circle organised these meets and nearly 50,000 farmers were contacted. Chief general systems. “To supplement the congregating the city. terminal approach radar, was manager Saloni Narayan addressed farmers in a meet organised at Beili village of Basti district.

DHRUV STAR AWARDS CANTTWATCH Innovation for Change on Friday organ- ised a Uttar Pradesh Kids Festival in which 18 INFANTRY DAY children, who brought laurels to the state in Infantry Day will be celebrated at Central Command on various fields, were felicitated with Dhruv Star Saturday. On the occasion, wreaths will be laid by Army Award. The kids who were awarded included Commander, Central Command, Lieutenant General Abhay Tanishtha Puri, Shivam Jaiswal, Kulsum Rizvi, Krishna and other serving officers at Smritika war memorial. Guntas Kaur, Chahat Mehrotra, Khushi The Army Commander will interact with officers and soldiers. Saxena, Shreya Pandey, Tashu Srivastava, October 27 is a historic day, not only for the Infantry but for the Stuti Jain, Nandini Khare, Vagisha Pant, entire Indian Army. It was on this day 71 years ago that the valiant Yatharth Pandey, Divyambri Saxena, Astha Infantrymen from the 1st Battalion of The Sikh Regiment land- Jain, Anurag Agnihotri, Anshika Singh, Aditi ed at Srinagar airfield in Kashmir Valley to drive out Pakistani Jaiswal and Arav Shukla. Mahant Devyagiri invaders. It was the first glorious and the most crucial action taken and Anup Tolani gave away the awards. by the Indian Army in the post-Independence era. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 nation 05

NEW GUIDELINES 199 MLAs, 7MPs yet Go cashless to get Govt’s nod, motels told to declare PAN details ARCHANA JYOTI n NEW DELHI Chairperson, Secretary (Tourism) of the concerned enchmarking the standards State Govt. or Additional Congress tops Bof facilities and services pro- Secretary. vided by motels, on the sides of Other members include list with 51 MLAs, highways, to cater to motorists, (Tourism) or Director (Tourism) the Centre has decided to grant or Additional Director (Tourism) BJP 42 and CPI(M) approval to only those new of the concerned State besides motels or those seeking fresh representative from the 25 MLAs approvals that have facilities for Federation of Hotel and digital payments, have safety Restaurants Association of India( PNS n NEW DELHI mechanisms and are disabled FHRAI), Hotel Association of and environment-friendly India (HAI), Indian Association s many as 199 sitting MLAs among others. The Union of Tour Operators (IATO) and Aand seven MPs have not Tourism Ministry recently Travel Agents Association of declared their Permanent Association for Democratic each from BJP and Congress, issued new guidelines in this India (TAAI). Account Number (PAN) Reforms (ADR) and National and one re-elected MP each regard. Approval will be given valid details. The highest number of Election Watch (NEW) have NCP, JD(S) and SHS have the "At a time when the for three years. "Applications MLAs, who have not declared analysed the PAN details of 542 discrepancy in their declared Government is focusing on dig- will not be considered as PAN details, are 51 from the sitting Lok Sabha MPs and 4086 PAN details. When it comes ital transactions, these estab- received till such time they are Congress, followed by 42 MLAs MLAs. Of which 11 re-elected State wise re-elected MLAs lishments must migrate from free from all deficiencies. The from the BJP and 25 MLAs MPs and 35 re-elected MLAs with the discrepancy in PAN cash to cashless payments. ties," said a senior official from rately from the Hotel classifica- "Motels cater to the hospi- HRACC may inspect a motel at from the CPI(M). have dissimilarities in the PAN details, Madhya Pradesh has Customers too are happy to the Ministry. tions," he explained. tality requirements of road trav- any time without previous Interestingly, the highest details submitted by them in the highest number of re-elect- make payment by digital wallets, He said motels have been According to the guide- elers through the facilities and notice," said the official. numbers of 33 MLAs who their affidavits. The discrepan- ed MLAs i.e. 8 followed by and credit and debit cards. classified as per the facilities lines, motels which are an services offered by them, with The Motel must be able to have not declared the PAN cy also found in the PAN details Maharashtra with 7 re-elected Also, they need to be inclusive being provided by them. important segment of the hos- the rooms usually arranged in convince the committee that details are from Kerala, fol- of several re-elected MLAs. MLAs who have the discrep- and disabled-friendly to cater all "The guidelines have been pitality sector, providing a low blocks with parking direct- they are taking sufficient steps lowed by 28 MLAs from "The PAN comprises 4 ancy in declared PAN details," type of customers. framed after intense delibera- budget accommodation is clas- ly outside," says the guidelines. to conserve energy and harvest Mizoram and 19 MLAs from alphabets, 4 numerical and an the report said. "The aim is to promote tions with the tourism and hos- sified as a Hotel designed pri- The new motel or those water, garbage segregation, and Madhya Pradesh. Two MPs alphabet at the end, e.g: The highest number of re- safe, secure and better hospi- pitality industry along with the marily for motorists, having seeking re-approval will have to disposal/ recycling as per each from Odisha and Tamil ABCD4321F. Discrepancy elected MLAs who have dis- tality facilities at highways for stakeholders. The Motel is their main entrance on a pass test from the Hotel & Pollution Control Board (PCB) Nadu, and one MP each noticed in the PAN card is that crepancy in declared PAN travelers and provide the Motels expected to maintain required National Highway or a State Restaurant Approval and norms and following other eco- Assam, Mizoram and one number/alphabet is details are 18, from BJP, fol- with enough cafes, rest rooms, standards at all times. The new Highway or on a Service Lane Classification Committee friendly measures, pointed out Lakshadweep have not declared changed. Four re-elected MPs lowed by 9 MLAs from INC toilet facilities and other facili- guidelines treat Motels sepa- of a National / State Highway. (HRACC) comprising the official. their PAN details. from BJD, 2 re-elected MPs and 3 MLAs from JD(U). Rabi sowing begins; oilseeds Notices issued to Sterling Biotech owners in `8K cr bank fraud case PNS n NEW DELHI fied as `8,100 crore approxi- States or United Arab Emirates fact that though funds were mately from the investigation because they have extensive available to pay off bank loans, acreage up 70% so far Special Court in Delhi on conducted so far. business interests in these the same were diverted and AFriday issued notices to the The ED told the court that countries. "Even though the siphoned off, cheating the PNS n NEW DELHI pace in the coming weeks. 7.30 lakh hectare so far this rabi Sterling Biotech promoters fol- the accused persons have left accused no 1 to 4 (Nitin, banks," the agency said. It said Right now, the planting is season as against 24.17 lakh lowing an Enforcement the country under suspicious Chetan, Dipti and Hitesh) had the investigation has revealed owing of winter (rabi) crops reported in parts of Uttar hectare in the same period last Directorate's plea to declare circumstances and evaded the sufficient funds and resources that 249 companies have been Shas begun and the coverage Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and year. them fugitive economic offend- process of law to face criminal to avoid declaration of bank incorporated in the country by of oilseeds has gone up 70 per Jammu & Kashmir," a senior Coarse cereals area was ers in connection with a prosecution. "Despite the loans as frauds subsequent to promoters of Sterling Biotech cent to 14.61 lakh hectare so far Agriculture Ministry official covered in just 5 lakh hectare `8,100-crore bank fraud case. instant developments being Non-Performing Assets, they, out of which 200 firms were over the year-ago period. said. Among winter crops, as against 9.47 lakh hectare in Additional Sessions Judge ration of the accused as offend- well in their knowledge, they in active connivance with each found to be 'benami' entities Wheat has been sown in 18,000 planting of oilseeds has been the year-ago period. Rice was Satish Kumar Arora issued the ers and for confiscation of have chosen to deliberately other and other persons laun- used to siphon off loan funds hectare so far in the rabi sea- good as farmers have covered sown in 3.13 lakh hectare as notices to the owners of the properties which are either in not to return to the country dered the funds for their per- obtained from various banks. son of the 2018-19 crop year 14.61 lakh hectare so far, and against 4.22 lakh hectare in the Gujarat-based pharmaceutical their names or they have inter- and submit to the jurisdiction sonal advantage and use On October 23, the ED had (July-June) as against 2,000 much of it is rapeseed and mus- said period, the Agriculture firm — Nitin Sandesara, est in the properties as benefi- of the court. They are shifting through a complex web of filed a supplementary charge hectare in the year-ago period. tard seed, owing to better sup- Ministry data showed. The Chetan Sandesara, Dipti cial owners. ED's special pub- countries to escape the clutch- shell/benami companies con- sheet against seven persons in Sowing of rabi crops begin port price. official said delayed departure Sandesara, Hitesh Patel. lic prosecutor Nitesh Rana said es of the law," it said. trolled and managed by them the court in the money laun- from October and harvesting In the year-ago period, of southwest monsoon has The plea has been filed by the total amount involved in The agency also told the through dummy/paper direc- dering case. So far, the agency from March. Wheat is the oilseeds were sown in 8.60 improved soil moisture that the agency under various sec- money laundering, which "is court that it is suspected that tors who were their employees has charge sheeted 191 accused, main rabi crop. lakh hectare. In case of pulses, will boost sowing of rabi crops tions of the Fugitive Economic nothing but proceeds of crime" the accused at present may be and bought certain properties. including seven individuals "Wheat sowing will pick up area was lagging behind at in many States. Offenders Act, 2018 for decla- in the matter has been quanti- residing in Nigeria, United "The said highlights the and 184 companies. Russia, India working on India-Japan a winning pact to ‘jointly produce' combination: PM Modi films: Russian Envoy New Delhi: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe since he first toured which is marked with myriad Narendra Modi on Friday Japan as Prime Minister in opportunities," Modi said. New Delhi: Russia and India ties," he said. The envoy said described India and Japan a September 2014. He said India values Japan's are working on an agreement to the event once again will reflect "winning combination" and He said, as democracies, global leadership in innovation, "jointly produce" films to boost the unique cultural ties said the island nation is New the two countries have shared technologies and best prac- people-to-people ties, the between the two sides. Delhi's most trusted partners in values and they seek peace tices and during his visit, he Russian envoy said on Friday "It will open this Sunday its economic and technological and prosperity for all. will have a chance to see some and asserted that the two coun- with a breathtaking performance modernisation. "Our complementarities of Japan's high-tech capabilities tries have an age-old history of 'Reverse' by the Moscow Musical In a statement before he make India and Japan a win- in robotics. cultural collaboration. Theater. It will blur the bound- leaves for Japan on Saturday to ning combination. Japan today "I will have wide-ranging Russian Ambassador to aries between dramatic and clas- attend the Annual Summit on is one of the most trusted talks with Prime Minister India Nikolay Kudashev said this sic, and the circus performances," October 28 and 29, Modi said partners in India's economic Shinzo Abe and interact with at the embassy here after Kudashev told reporters. India's partnership with Japan and technological modernisa- business leaders and captains announcing the grand cultural The 75-minute production is of great substance and pur- tions and one of the top of industry from both coun- event — Days of Russian Culture has been created by young pose. investors in India," he pointed tries. I will also address the in India — that will bring some Russian directors Andrey "We have a special strategic out. Indian community. These of the most iconic musical and Koltsov and Irina Drozhzhina, and global partnership. Our ties The PM said that projects interactions will help to further art forms to the country over the with participation of Debra with Japan, both economic such as Mumbai-Ahmedabad strengthen our trade and next two months. Brown, the Emmy Award-win- and strategic, stand complete- High Speed Rail and Dedicated investment ties, and coopera- "The two nations have a ning Canadian choreographer, ly transformed in recent years. Freight Corridors reflect the tion in new areas such as special affection towards each officials at the embassy said. It is today a partnership of great high level and "strength of our healthcare, digital technologies, other, with a history of cultur- "It will be a silent show, substance and purpose. It rests economic engagement". agriculture and food process- al collaboration that goes long with motion and emotions on the strong pillars of India's "Japan is also at the fore- ing, disaster risk reduction back. Some of the illustrious intertwined in a breathtaking Act East Policy, and our shared front of engaging in our nation- and disaster resilient infra- names are Rabindranath acrobatic performance by the vision and commitment to a al initiatives, such as 'Make in structure," he said. Tagore and Leo Tolstoy, and troupe, and will have a part of free, open and inclusive Indo- India', 'Skill India', 'Digital He recalled that last year, many other distinguished sons India in its mix too. I say, it will Pacific," he said. India', 'Start Up he had hosted Prime Minister Ambassador of Switzerland to India Andreas Baum calls on Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley in and daughters of both the blow away the senses of the Modi said it will be his 12th India'...Japanese investors have Abe and his wife Akie Abe in New Delhi on Friday PTI countries, representing our audience," said Koltsov. PTI meeting with Prime Minister faith in India's economic future, his home State of Gujarat. PTI UN Report: Flood SC declines hearing on PIL by India-Myanmar Swachchh Nyayalaya project should ravaged Kerala will lawyer against polygamy, asks agree to fight also deal with garbage, weeding out need `31K crore insurgents old files, says Justice Lokur Thiruvananthapuram: Flood-hit him to pay pending cost first Kerala would need `31,000 crore for New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Madan should not remain confined to toilets and rebuilding, a UN report said. along border B Lokur on Friday said besides construction washrooms only. The post disaster needs assess- New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday New Delhi: India and Myanmar have and maintenance of washrooms in over "You see we have a process of weeding ment report prepared by a UN team declined to hear on priority a petition filed agreed to fight insurgent groups operat- 16,000 court rooms, a mechanism needs to out of files, so when a case gets disposed of, was submitted to Chief Minister by an advocate against the practice of ing along the border between the two be devised to deal with garbage and also to it is not that it is going to be there forever. Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday by United polygamy among Muslims, saying he should countries and check smuggling of wildlife weed out old case files. Of course, there are certain categories of Nations Resident Coordinator Yuri first deposit a fine that was due. and narcotic drugs. He was speaking at a pre-launch func- cases which needs to be there forever, which Afanasiev. When the petition filed by Asok Pande It was agreed upon at the 22nd home- tion of 'Swachh Nyayalaya project, which are of historical importance, and so on but During the meeting, he informed came up for hearing, a bench headed by land security meeting between India and would be inaugurated on the occasion of if you are in a position to weed out the files Vijayan that the UN would assist the Justice Madan B Lokur reminded the advo- Myanmar held on Thursday and Friday. Law Day on November 26 by Chief Justice on a regular basis, there is a lot of space that State in getting international level cate that he was imposed a cost of `25,000 ".... This court had imposed costs of During the meeting, both the sides of India Ranjan Gogoi. can be generated," Justice Lokur said. technical know how for rebuilding by the apex court recently for filing a plea `25,000 on the petitioner by an order agreed to take action against insurgent The project, which is ostensibly on the He then gave the example of the apex Kerala, which had witnessed wide- and until he deposits that amount with the dated October 22, 2018. List this petition groups operating within their territories, lines of the Centre's flagship scheme Swachh court and said that by weeding out old and spread destruction when floods rav- Supreme Court Legal Services Committee, only after the costs are deposited. The reg- a Home Ministry statement said. Bharat Abhiyan, would be undertaken by unnecessary files, a large bar room has been aged the State in August this year. his matter would not be heard. istry is directed not to entertain any other The two countries agreed on provid- NITI Aayog and the Union Ministry of made here. The UN body has also promised A bench of the apex court had on petition until there is a proof of payment of ing security cooperation and facilitate Drinking Water and Sanitation along with Justice Lokur did not agree with the assistance in getting resources from October 22 dismissed a public interest liti- costs," the bench said in its order. movement of people and trade across the the Department of Justice and would deadline of 2020 fixed by Government agen- global institutions for rebuilding the gation (PIL) filed by Pande and had imposed In his fresh petition, Pande had alleged International Border. include construction of new toilets in court cies to complete the Swachh Nyayalaya pro- state, an official press release here said. the cost on him for seeking a direction that that permitting only the Muslims to perform It was also agreed to cooperate in pre- complexes in the country, besides main- ject and said that it can be completed with- According to the report, funds for legal marriageable age for men should be polygamy was discrimination on the ground venting smuggling of wildlife and narcotic taining existing ones. in a span of six months and asked the agen- rebuilding various sectors, include brought down from 21 to 18 years. of religion. The PIL has sought a direction drugs and to strengthen cooperation on "So really the idea behind this Swachh cies to include PWD also with the project. housing (`5443 crore), transport "Have you paid the cost," the bench, also to the Centre either to declare polygamy by the international border management, Nyayalaya is to have those general clean up The function, in which a presentation infrastructure (`10,046 crore), agri- comprising justices S A Nazeer and Deepak any citizen of India as "void" and make it a including construction of subsidiary pil- in terms of maintenance, in terms of house was made about the project, was attended culture and dairy farming (`4498 Gupta, asked the lawyer who said he would punishable offence under section 494 of the lars to better demarcate the border, the keeping issues, of course, providing toilets, by the CJI and justices Kurian Joseph and crore) and other infrastructure `2246 do it soon. The bench then said, "We will Indian Penal Code (IPC) or permit all cit- statement said. washrooms and all that is one of the A K Sikri. Niti Ayog head Amitabh Kant also crore. During the south west mon- hear you only after you deposit the cost izens to perform polygamy as per their wish. The Indian delegation was led by aspects of housekeeping and maintenance addressed the gathering. soon over 400 people had lost their imposed on you." It also directed the apex Section 494 of the IPC deals with the Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and but equally important are issues of garbage The ambitious project would cover all lives and several houses destroyed in court registry not to entertain any other peti- offence of marrying again during lifetime of the Myanmar delegation by Major General disposal," Justice Lokur said. the Supreme Court, all the high courts and the unprecedented deluge in the tion filed by Pande until he pays the cost husband or wife and entails a punishment Aung Thu, Deputy Minister, Ministry of He stressed the need to take up the pro- 3,388 subordinate courts and would incur State. PTI imposed by the October 22 order. of up to seven years in jail and fine. PTI Home Affairs, Myanmar. PTI ject in "broad perspective" and said it a cost of `500 crore. PTI LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 nation 06 DMK declares Rajini prime enemy Mamata to hold meet aimed Rajinikanth in a release publication has been done at at BJP ouster on Nov 16 DMK’s mouthpiece on Thursday had told his fans the instance of Stalin. and followers that those who The Murasoli or the DMK unish, BJP finish’. Murasoli dubs him are after power and wealth do leadership has not responded This means we will have not have any place in his to Kamal Haasan’s comments to work towards ousting a BJP creation scheme of things. The Murasoli to a TV channel that his party the BJP not only from article asks how is it possible for would have alliance with the Bengal but the entire KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n Rajinikanth to expect his fol- Congress only if the Grand Old country,” Chatterjee said. CHENNAI lowers to work tirelessly for Party dissociates itself from the The November 16 meet- making him the Chief Minister DMK. This is further proof of ing will be held at the ajinikanth, the south Indian while they themselves should the DMK clan’s soft corner for Netaji Indoor Stadium. Rsuperstar who had declared not aspire for anything. Kamal Haasan and an indica- Though the rally is good his political intentions on the to enter politics, came out on Though no reasons have In a recent crack down tion of a possible alliance three months away parties new year eve encountered the Friday through an unsigned been given by the DMK for the Rajinikanth had removed some between the DMK and the like the RJD have already first major obstacle to his article in Murasoli, the party attack on Rajinikanth, it is clear of the office bearers of his fans MNM, the political outfit confirmed their atten- dreams on Friday. The DMK, mouthpiece lambasting and from the article that party association from their positions launched by Haasan. dance, sources said the major Opposition party in lampooning Rajinikanth’s polit- chief MK Stalin does not like for violating the guidelines of With the Murasoli article, adding Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu made it known ical dreams. Interestingly, the the idea of facing the super the association. “What is the Stalin has given enough indi- Chief Minister that the party does not wel- Karunanidhi clan controlling star’s political party. Political logic behind removing those cations that Rajinikanth would Chandrababu Naidu has come Rajinikanth’s move to the daily had invited commentator S Gurumurthy is who allegedly violated guide- be an untouchable vis-à-vis been in constant touch launch a political outfit. Rajinikanth for its platinum of the view that Rajinikanth has lines when there are no guide- the DMK. The paper made it Among the invitees would with Banerjee. The DMK, which had kept jubilee celebrations last year the potential to emerge as the lines?” asked the article. Since known through a cartoon that Gives slogan, be Congress president According TMC sources its fingers crossed hitherto and the super star had attend- rallying point for all anti-DMK the article has appeared in Rajinikanth is the creation of Rahul Gandhi, Sonia the Bengal Chief Minister over the move by Rajinikanth ed the function. votes. Murasoli, it is certain that the the BJP. ‘Duhazaar unish, Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad could also attend the Telugu BJP finish’ for 2019 Pawar, BSP supremo Desam Party sponsored grand Mayawati, SP chief rally sometime in December: this apparently in order to Police file Lok Sabha polls Akhilesh Yadav, RJD ensure a return visit by the Guj CM to inaugurate Ghogha-Dahej president Lalu Prasad. TDP president. chargesheet SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA ‘Even the CPI(M) “Though all opposition leadership including parties have no doubt that ‘Ro Ro ferry' services today against 3 in uhazaar unish, BJP finish Kerala Chief Minister they will have to come togeth- D(Come 2019, there will be Vijayan will be invited in er in 2019 to ensure the ouster no BJP).” That is going to be the rally,’ said the CM of the BJP some regional PNS n GANDHINAGAR reach Dahej within one hour As per agreement the tar- Bengal the Trinamool Congress’ slo- issues still keep them sepa- by completing just 32 kms iffs for the services will be gan in the run-up to the 2019 Akhilesh Yadav, RJD presi- rated. Our leader Mamata ujarat Chief Minister Vijay across the Gulf. shared by the GMB and the gangrape case general elections for which dent Lalu Prasad. “Even the Banerjee can play an impor- GRupani will inaugurate For the completion and Indigo Seaways, but the exact preparations will begin on CPI(M) leadership including tant role in bringing these par- ambitious 'Ro Ro ferry' services functioning of the project share was not disclosed by any PTI n JALPAIGURI (WB) November 16 when Bengal Kerala Chief Minister Vijayan ties together or ensuring a on Saturday which will connect Gujarat Maritime Board of the party. For multi wheeled Chief Minister Mamata will be invited in the rally,” the compromise region-based Saurasahtra and South Gujarat (GMB) has formed an SPV empty cargo (one driver and he West Bengal Police has Banerjee will address a meet- Chief Minister was quoted compromise formula so that across the Gulf of Khambhat. (special purpose vehicle) and one cleaaner), the charges for Tfiled a chargesheet against ing of party functionaries as saying. the opposition vote is not Due to the fairy services roped in Indigo Seaways trucks and buses will be three persons in connection with including elected representa- But before the grand rally divided,” said a senior distance between Ghogha near Private Limited on a public `4,500, `800 for cars, `150 for the brutal gangrape of a woman tives down to the block level, which will apparently be orga- Trinamool leader and Bhavnagar in Saurashtra in private partnerships two wheelers. Additional in Jalpaiguri district, five days TMC general secretary Partho nized as a show of strength to a Minister. the west and Dahej in South (PPP) mode. charges for trucks will be `125 after the incident on October 20, Chatterjee on Friday said. counter BJP’s rising stature in Banerjee had earlier put Gujarat will be decrease by The group has invested speed of 15-17 knots with a per Ton and `2,500 for 36 pas- a police officer said on Friday. November 16 meeting will Bengal the TMC will hold a forward the Bengal formula to almost 300 kms. By road dis- around `140 crore for the pro- transit time of one hour sengers per bus. The 35-year-old woman was in fact focus on the grand rally preparatory meeting on ensure “one-against-one can- tance between the two desti- ject and bought a south Korean between the two shores. As far as passengers are raped and an iron rod inserted in scheduled to be held at the November 16 where “all MPs, didate.” nation is neat 360 km and it vessel 'Voyage Symphony'. The Boarding and unboarding the concerned, the tariff is `200 for her private parts brought back Brigade Parade Ground on MLAs, councilors, panchayat The TMC had “tried this takes more than 10 hours to vessel is a double-ended ferry vehicles, passengers off the economy class and `400 for memories of the ghastly January 19. The Brigade rally samiti heads, district and formula in 2009 and 2011 and travel. However the fairy will that will sail at an average vessel will take another hour. luxury for single trip. Nirbhaya rape case of 2012. has been called by Mamata block presidents have been ensured a landslide win Police filed a chargesheet against where all the Opposition outfits asked to come,” Chatterjee against the mighty Left Front. the three accused on Thursday, barring the BJP will be invited. said adding the meeting will If we could defeat the Left the police officer said. The Among the invitees would be held to prepare the work- there is no reason why we can- accused have been chargesheet- be Congress president Rahul ers so that they can start not defeat the BJP,” said the No electoral alliance with BJP in ed under Sections 376D (gan- Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, NCP preparations from now. Minister adding the January grape), 326 (causing grievous chief Sharad Pawar, BSP “Mamata Banerjee has 2019 Brigade rally will be a injury) and 307 (attempt to mur- supremo Mayawati, SP chief already said that ‘duihazaar grand success. der) of the Indian Penal Code. upcoming Mizoram polls: MNF Under Section 326, the mini- mum punishment is 10 years and PTI n AZAWAL to say that there were claims in majority Mizo voters but when and would not form any under Section 376 D it is 20 years. the local media that the BJP the question of government alliance with other political The maximum punishment Hope CBI’s institutional integrity will he Mizo National Front and the Mizo National Front formation will come up there parties. BJP leaders Amit Shah under both these provisions is life T(MNF), a constituent of the have reached an agreement to will be no difficulty in forming and Ram Madhav, in Mizoram term. Under Section 307 the BJP-led North East Democratic forge an alliance. The news a post-poll alliance or coalition. recently, had also clearly said maximum punishment is 10 be upheld: Kejriwal after SC order Alliance (NEDA), On Friday report said Tripura BJP gener- “Distorting the statement that their party would not have years. While we have arrested two reiterated it would not form an al secretary Pratima Bhowmik of the Tripura BJP leader, peo- any alliance with the MNF, he persons, one is still absconding, PTI n NEW DELHI Director Rakesh Asthana, esca- alliance with the BJP for the has indicated that in a fractured ple are spreading rumours to said. “The MNF and the BJP (SP) Jalpaiguri Mitava Maity lated this week leading to reg- upcoming election to the 40- post-poll scenario the opposi- tarnish the image of the MNF, leadership had never met to said. The incident had taken elhi Chief Minister Arvind istration of an FIR against member Mizoram Assembly tion MNF may form a coalition saying that the Mizo party and deliberate on pre- or post-poll place near the victim’s home at DKejriwal on Friday wel- Asthana and others including scheduled to be held on with the BJP to form a gov- the BJP have reached an under- alliance for coming assembly Niranjan Pat locality of Jalpaiguri comed the “intervention” by Deputy Superintendent of November 28. ernment. Bhowmik was also standing in case of a hung polls,” he said, adding, it was district. The prime accused, a rel- the Supreme Court in the tur- Police Devender Kumar, who is MNF secretary for infor- quoted as saying that the MNF assembly,” Hnamte said. He the ruling Congress which ative of the woman, had called moil at the CBI and hoped the in the Central Bureau of mation and publicity could not have a pre-poll said the MNF president formed a coalition govern- her out of her home on the pre- institutional integrity of the Investigation custody in an Lalthanzuala Hnamte cited a alliance because of a genuine Zoramthanga had made it clear ment with the BJP in Chakma text of resolving a land dispute, investigating agency will be alleged bribery case. The FIR Tripurainfo online news report fear of backlash from the that the MNF would go alone Autonomous District Council. the SP had earlier said. upheld. His reaction came after was lodged on a written com- the Supreme Court asked the plaint of Satish Babu Sana on Central Vigilance Commission October 15. It alleged that (CVC) to complete within two Kumar, the investigation offi- weeks its inquiry into allega- cer in a case, was repeatedly ‘Govt treating HR organisations like criminal enterprises’ tions against CBI Director Alok calling him to the CBI office to Kumar Verma and barred tweeted. The court said the harass and compel him to pay interim director M Nageswara inquiry will be conducted a bribe of Rs 5 crore to give him PTI n BENGALURU work,” Patel said. The focus of Prime Minister when he says Earlier, in a series of tweets, FCRA by floating commercial Rao from taking any major pol- under the supervision of a for- clean chit. Asthana and Kumar ED’s questioning was the rela- that periods of repression, like Amnesty India said its struc- entity in the name of Amnesty icy decision. mer Supreme Court judge. both challenged the FIR in the mnesty International India tionship between two entities during the Emergency, have left ture is compliant with Indian International India Pvt Ltd “Welcome intervention by Hearing Verma’s plea chal- Delhi High Court, which on Aalleged on Friday the — Amnesty International India a stain on India’s history. Sadly, laws and ED raid showed a dis- (AIIPL). “This entity has the hon’ble Supreme Court of lenging the government’s deci- Tuesday ordered CBI to main- Union government is treating Pvt Ltd and Amnesty those dark days are now cast- turbing pattern of government received foreign funds India in the CBI matter. “In the sion to divest him of his duties tain status quo on the criminal human rights organisations International India Foundation, ing a shadow over India again. silencing organisations that through commercial route to interests of the nation, hope and send him on leave, the proceedings against Asthana. like criminal enterprises in the it said. Most of the documents “Instead of protecting question power and also wants the extent of Rs 36 crore till that institutional integrity of court sought a response from The Centre, the Central wake of searches by the asked for during the search human rights, as it vowed to do, to instill fear among civil soci- date,” it had said. CBI will be upheld & powers the Central Vigilance Vigilance Commission and the Enforcement Directorate at its were available in the public the government is now target- ety organisations. “...We reiter- Out of the total amount of that be will understand that Commission and the Centre. DoPT intervened and decided premises. The ED on Thursday domain or were already filed ing the people who fight for ate, our structure is compliant Rs 36 crore, it said, Rs 10 their illegal acts will not go un- The feud between Verma and to send the CBI Director and conducted searches at two loca- with the relevant authorities, them,” Patel said. Over 40 lakh with Indian laws,” Amnesty crore was received as long challanged (sic),” Kejriwal his deputy, CBI Special the Special Director on leave. tions of the rights watchdog in the watchdog said. Details of Indians have supported India said in a tweet. term loans. “This amount connection with a foreign Amnesty India’s current struc- Amnesty India’s work over the “ED raid on Amnesty was immediately placed in exchange contravention case. ture, which was the focus of last six years and around one India shows a disturbing pat- FDs (fixed deposits) and “Government authorities much of the questioning, have lakh Indians have made a tern of the government silenc- another Indian entity Indians Plea in HC for contempt action against are increasingly treating human been available on its website financial contribution, he said. ing organisations that ques- for Amnesty International rights organisations like crim- since 2014, the statement said. Amnesty India said its bank tion power and it is clear that Trust (IAIT) had established inal enterprises,” Amnesty However, ahead of the raids, accounts have been frozen by the government wants to an over draft facility for Rs MCDs over dengue cases in Delhi International India executive the Indian authorities leaked a the Enforcement Directorate, instill fear among Civil 14.25 crore keeping the said director Aakar Patel said in a cache of their internal docu- effectively stopping its work Society Organisations,” it said. 10 crore FD as collateral PTI n NEW DELHI national capital. Justice Sunil Gaur issued statement here. The searches ments marked “secret” that and it is the latest target of the The watchdog also said the which means the receipt of notice to the commissioners of the three were in connection with alleged appear to cast Amnesty India’s governments assault on civil 10-hour long raid conducted FDI by trust only. he Delhi High Court on Friday sought the Municipal Corporations of Delhi (MCDs) and violation of foreign direct operations as a dark web of society in the country. The at its office ended midnight “The remaining Rs 26 Tstand of the three MCDs on a plea for con- sought their replies to the contempt plea filed investment norms that is linked intrigue, the statement said. accounts of Greenpeace India and the staff had fully coop- crore was received in two tempt action against them for alleged non-com- by a lawyer. With the direction, the court list- to an earlier case of revocation “Our work in India, as were frozen earlier this month, erated with officials. The ED, other bank accounts of AIIPL pliance of judicial orders to prevent recurrence ed the matter for further hearing on March 19, of FCRA licence of the NGO by elsewhere, is to uphold and it added. Around 1.30 pm on in a statement, had also said, as consultancy services. The of vector-borne diseases, like dengue, in the 2019. the Union Home Ministry in fight for universal human October 25, a group of officers “After Amnesty International inwards remittances received 2010. “As an organisation com- rights. These are the same val- from ED entered the premises India Foundation Trust by the AIIPL from overseas is mitted to the rule of law, our ues that are enshrined in the and locked the gates behind (AIIFT) was denied the per- in violation of FDI guide- operations in India have always Indian Constitution and flow them, the statement said, mission/registration under lines,” it had said. In this Conduct study on number of vehicles conformed with our national from a long and rich Indian adding that they ordered FCRA (Foreign Contribution background, searches were regulations. The principles of tradition of pluralism, tolerance Amnesty India staff to remain Regulation Act) by the MHA conducted at Bengaluru office transparency and accountabil- and dissent,” Patel said. “We in office, shut their laptops, and (ministry of home affairs) of the NGO and further probe in proportion to road capacity: NGT ity are at the heart of our could not agree more with the not use their mobile phones. they resorted to bypass the is in progress, it had said. PTI n NEW DELHI environment especially for applicant transport company is cities or areas where air quali- not obstructed, and environ- oting the adverse impact of ty is not consistent with the ment protected. According to Supervision by rtd judge no ‘aspersion’ on CVC’s authority Nvehicular emissions on the norms,” the bench said. “This the applicant, it was difficult to air quality, the National Green needs to be explored by the conduct operations as sub- Asthana and appointment of upheld. However, time limit of has made interim arrangements that aspect only after perusing Tribunal has directed the trans- Ministry of Transport, stantial parts of roads are occu- PTI n NEW DELHI Nageshwar Rao as interim chief two weeks has been imposed,” for day-to-day working of the the decisions taken by him. The port ministry to conduct a Government of India in con- pied either by hawkers or by of the investigation agency,” the the source said. CBI and this has also been bench sought responses from study on the number of vehi- sultation with the concerned illegally parked vehicles. The ith the Supreme Court source said. The court also did not set allowed by the Supreme Court, the Centre and CVC on the plea cles which can be permitted in States. It may be advisable to plea said that a large number of Wasking the CVC to com- Explaining the order aside the appointment of inter- the source said. The court order of Verma who has also sought the national capital in propor- have a Committee of experts on idle vehicles parked illegally plete its inquiry against passed by a bench headed by im Director M Nageshwar Rao, followed a plea filed by Verma a stay on the Centre’s order giv- tion to the capacity of the the subject which to examine lead to congestion, adding to benched CBI chief Alok Verma Chief Justice of India Ranjan though he has been advised not before the Supreme Court ing interim charge of his post to roads. A bench headed by the issue in time bound man- the air pollution. Taking note within two weeks under a Gogoi, the source said the to take any policy decision and against the government action. Rao. However, this prayer was NGT Chairperson Justice ner,” it added. The tribunal said of the plea, the National Green retired judge’s supervision, a supervision of the inquiry by a to submit all his decisions to the Asthana has also filed a separate not raised during the hearing. Adarsh Kumar Goel said the vehicular emissions add to air Tribunal said: “Accordingly, top government source said on retired judge of the apex court apex court. “The intention of the petition. The court made it The bench also dealt with the menace of illegal parking and pollution which impacts pub- we dispose of this application Friday the directions do not is without any aspersion on the central government was to cre- clear that from now on Rao, separate plea by NGO, encroachments is a serious lic health. The direction came by directing the Ministry of cast any “aspersion” on the vig- CVC and it has been done ate a conducive atmosphere to who is a Joint Director of CBI, Common Cause, which has issue not only in Delhi but in while disposing of a plea filed Transport, Government of ilance authority. “The Supreme keeping in mind the extraor- enable a fair enquiry into alle- would only perform routine sought a probe by special inves- all major cities. “The question by bus operator Metro Transit India to take an initiative in the Court has not quashed the dinary circumstances in this gations and counter-allegations tasks. During the hearing, the tigation team against CBI offi- of number of vehicles to be Private Limited seeking direc- matter forthwith and examine orders of the Central Vigilance case. “The orders of the Central made by the Director and court at first remarked that cers including Asthana, and permitted proportionate to the tion to remove hawkers, con- the matter in the light to avail- Commission (CVC) and the Vigilance Commission and the Special Director of the CBI decisions taken by Rao since issued notices to the Centre, capacity of the roads in a city struction material lying on the able expert opinions, any fresh central government divesting central government have not against each other,” the source October 23 are not be imple- CBI, CVC, Asthana, Verma is vital issue of planning on roads and stop unauthorised expert opinion, experiments the powers of Verma and CBI’s been quashed. The power of said. mented but later it refrained and and Rao asking them to respond which a policy is required to be parking for smooth flow of traf- elsewhere and all relevant fac- Special Director Rakesh the CVC to enquire has been The central government ordered that it would decide on to it by November 12. explored in larger interest of fic so that the business of the tors. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 nation 07

ALLEGED MAOIST LINKS After court rejects bail, Pune cops arrest 2 activists To arrest Sudha custody by the police from his accused to prove their alleged order granting an extension of days, which is not contemplat- Thane residence. role in Maoist activities likes 90 days to the police to file a ed under the provison to sec- Bharadwaj from Gonsalves and Ferreira will mobilising cadres, recruiting charge-sheet against five persons tion 43-D of the Act. It is to be be produced in the Pune UAPA students from eminent institu- arrested on June 6 in connection remembered that the court on Saturday. tions and sending them to the with their alleged Maoist links Investigating Officer is always her Faridabad Meanwhile, a police team hinterland areas to become “pro- and their role in the January 1, interested in the success or the is leaving for Faridabad where fessional revolutionaries”, raise 2018 Bhima-Koregaon riots. conviction in the case. home today Bhardwaj is likely to be arrest- funds and procure weapons. However, upon a plea by However, it is the duty of the ed from her home on Saturday. Since the house arrest the Prosecution that it wanted Public Prosecutor to assist the TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI Earlier in the afternoon, period ended on Friday, to test legality of the the high Court in the process of admin- Additional sessions judge K.D. Gonsalves’ lawyer Rahul court’s order in the Supreme istration of justice by uphold- ithin hours after a Pune Vadane had rejected the bail Deshmukh said that the three Court, a single-judge HC ing the law,” Justice Bhatkar Wspecial court on Friday applications of the three activists would move the bench of Justice Mridula noted. rejected their bail applications, activists. Bombay High Court on Bhatkar stayed till November 1 Quoting the judgment in the Pune police on Friday "At this stage, from mater- against the Pune court’s order. 2018 the implementation of her the case Hitendra Vishnu evening arrested civic rights ial collected by investigating Apart from Bharadwaj, order quashing the Pune spe- Thakur vs. State of activists Vernon Gonsalves and officer, prima facie, it reveals the Ferreira and Gonsalves, cial court’s order to facilitate the Maharashtra (supra) case, the Arun Ferreira, while the inves- involvement of the present appli- activists Varavara Rao and Maharashtra Government to judge noted: “....The request of tigators are likely to arrest cants/accused. Moreover, inves- Gautam Navlakha had been challenge the HC order in the an investigating officer for another activist Sudha tigation is at very crucial stage, arrested on August 28. apex court. extension of time is no substi- Bharadwaj from her Faridabad therefore, in my view, the present Earlier this week, the While quashing the Pune tute for the report of the pub- residence for her alleged links accused are not entitled to be Hyderabad High Court had Special court’s order, the high lic prosecutor. ….” with the CPI (Maoists). released on bail. Hence applica- extended Rao’s house arrest court took cognisance of the On September 2, a Special Gonsalves, Ferriera and tions devoid of merit, liable to be period by three weeks while fact that there was no compli- Unlawful Activities Women get mehendi designs on both palms on eve of Karwa Chauth festival in New Delhi on Friday Bhardwaj who were among rejected," Special Judge Vadane Navlakha’s arrest was quashed ance of section 43-D of the of (Prevention) Act (UAPA) Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer the five activists arrested on stated in his order. by the Delhi High Court. Later, the Unlawful Activities court had granted an exten- August 28 for their alleged While under house arrest, the Supreme Court rejected the (Prevention) Act, 1967 which sion of 90 days to the police to links with the CPI (Maoists) the three activists had moved Maharashtra Government's mandates the Public Prosecutor file a charge-sheet against five and their association with the the Pune sessions court seek- special leave petition against to submit a report justifying the persons with alleged Maoist Class X student takes Jawan succumbs to Elaagar Parishad held in Pune ing an extension of their house the Delhi High Court order. extension of time for filing the links who were arrested in ahead of the January 1, 2018 arrest by a week. The rejection of bail pleas of charge-sheet in the case. June this year in connection pistol to school to Bhima-Koregaon riots. While opposing the bail three activists, including “This shows that the with the Elgaar Parishad held stone-pelting injury While Gonsalves was applications, the Prosecution Bhardwaj and Gonsalves comes Investigating Officer has nav- in Pune and the subsequent KHURSHEED WANI n SRINAGAR arrested from his Mumbai res- had argued that it have “cor- two days after the Bombay High igated the application for exten- January 1, 2018 Bhima- threaten senior, held idence, Ferreira was taken into roborative evidence” against the Court quashed a special courts sion of period by further 90 Koregaon caste riots. hree soldiers and two ultras were killed STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI Tin three separate terror related incidents in Kashmir Valley, officials said. One of the student of Class X who allegedly carried a pis- soldiers died due to fatal injury in a stone- Atol to his school to threaten his senior with pelting incident in south Kashmir. BRD hands over overhauled Su-30 MKI to Air Force whom he had a fight over a petty issue was appre- Sources said that unidentified terrorists hended by police along with two of his adult attacked an Army formation near Lorgam TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI at Air Force Station at Ojhar. officers of HAL (Nasik Division), accomplishes. The incident was reported on village in south Kashmir’s Tral sub-district The 11 BRD is the only DRDO and DGAQA. Thursday in a school situated in Vikaspuri area of late on Thursday evening. In the heavy he 11 Base Repair Depot fighter aircraft repair depot of During the function, the West district. Police officials said they are prob- exchange of fire, two soldiers of 42 Rashtriya T(BRD), the only fighter air- the Indian Air Force and Air Officer Commanding-in- ing whether the gun that the juvenile had carried were injured. They said both the injured craft repair depot of the Indian undertakes repair and overhaul Chief of Maintenance in the school was a licensed one or was procured were shifted to Army’s 92 Base Hospital at Air Force, on Friday handed of frontline fighters such as Command and South Western illegally. Even if the gun was a licensed one, the XV Corps headquarters for treatment. over the indigenously over- MIG-29 and Sukhoi 30 MKI. Air Command applauded person holding the arms license will be hauled up, However, one among the injured soldiers hauled Su-30 MKI aircraft to the Established on 29 Apr 1974 relentless efforts put in by per- they added. According to a senior police official, succumbed to his injuries. Army officials South Western Air Command and subsequently renamed as 11 sonnel of Air Force Station during a picnic organised by the school on said Sepoy Ngamsiamliana from Mizoram at an impressive ceremony held Base Repair Depot on 01 Jan Ojhar. Air Cmde Samir V Wednesday, two teenagers in private school got into was killed in an attack on an Army camp at Ojhar in Nashik district in 1975, the BRD progressively Borade Vishisht Seva Medal an altercation after one of them directed the other in south Kashmir’s Lurgam village in Tral. north Maharashtra. built and improved the techni- Air Officer Commanding, Air to push the swing. "Enraged over the sharp They said another Armyman injured in the In a formal ceremony, Air cal expertise and infrastructure Force Station Ojhar, thanked all exchange of words, the 15-year-old boy on attack is under treatment at Military Marshal Hemant Sharma Ati over the years and by 1983 it had of MIG-29” and Repair & 2018 and has been flight tested the air warriors and personnel Thursday afternoon brought a pistol and two men Hospital. Pakistan-based Jaish-e- Vishisht Seva Medal, Vishisht overhauled 100 Su-7 aircraft. Overhaul (ROH) at Su-30 MKI for its airworthiness, before of HAL (Nasik Division) for with him to the school for helping him exact Muhammad claimed responsibility for the Seva Medal Air Officer From 1983 to 1988, the aircraft is being undertaken at the inducting it for operational their active involvement and revenge on the class 12 student," said the senior attack and they said it was to avenge the Commanding-in-Chief of depot also undertook overhaul depot. In addition, the 11 BRD tasks at a flying squadron. support in achieving this police official. killing of seven civilians and three ultras at Maintenance Command gave of MIG-21 and 28 aircraft were is the only agency to undertake Among those present on the important milestone for the “The accused who was accompanied by other Laroo Kulgam area in south Kashmir last possession of the indigenously produced. Later, overhaul facil- overhaul of ejection seats and role occasion were a large number of depot and Indian Air Force. two men started quarrelling with the senior stu- Sunday. Army official said Sepoy Rajendra overhauled Su 30 MKI aircraft ity for MIG-23 aircraft was set equipment of Su-30 MKI aircraft, senior Air Force dignitaries form Borade said that with this dents and showed them the pistol. However they Singh from Uttarakhand was fatally injured to Air Marshal HS Arora Ati up in 1986 and 248 aircraft were both for IAF and Hindustan Air Head Quarters New Delhi, capability, 11 Base Repair were overpowered by the guards in the school and during stone-pelting in Arwani area of Vishisht Seva Medal Air Officer overhauled till May 2015. Aeronatic Limited (HAL). Head Quarters Maintenance Depot had exhibited what the handed over to police,” said the senior police offi- Anantnag on Thursday evening. He suc- Commanding-in-Chief of Overhaul of MIG-29 aircraft Earlier, the first Su-30 MKI Command, Nagpur, South unit was capable of and was cial. Two of his accomplishes are aged 22 and 28. cumbed to his injury on Friday in Military South Western Air Command commenced in the year 1996. overhauled by this Depot suc- Western Air Command, ever ready for meeting the The weapon belongs to either of the two men and Hospital. Four local terrorists were killed in at an impressive ceremony held Currently, the “Up gradation cessfully took off on 24 Apr Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Senior new challenges. efforts were being made to ascertain its ownership. the Thursday encounter. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

RAHUL LEADS... Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. exception to the spokesperson’s dously in Bihar and emerge as a and allied sectors. UP also The Mumbai Congress Former Karnataka Chief comments and demanded an big force in the State under the signed MoU with Israel for set- workers staged a demonstration Minister Siddaramaiah hit out at inquiry into the matter. leadership of Nitish Kumar, ting up a Centre of Excellence in outside the CBI office in Bandra Modi for turmoil in the CBI, “Dear @DefenceMinIndia Paswan and Kushwaha. He said the state. Haryana and Jharkhand led by City Congress president alleging it was another manifes- @DrSubhashMoS - who is this under Modi, poor in Bihar have are the partner states in the Sanjay Nirupam. The protesting tation of his “autocratic” rule. ‘Defence spokesperson’ who benefited saying the Opposition’s Krishi Kumbh 2018. Union Congress workers also raised Over 40 Congress workers and reprsnts MoD ie Govt n talks like campaign in the State was base- Agriculture Minister Radha slogans against the PM. The leaders from Gujarat, including this. This is unacceptable con- less. Mohan Singh, senior officials of Opposition party has alleged eight MLAs and former State duct n I wud rqst an enquiry into state and Central governments that the “demolition of the CBI” unit chief, were detained for this. This is unconscionable, dis- PM HOPES... and other dignitaries were pre- was prompted by fears that protesting outside the CBI office respectful n arrogance tht food processing sector. He sent at the inaugural ceremony. Verma was going to conduct a in Gandhinagar. Before their behooves a response. said that after the Green Union Home Minister Rajnath probe into the Rafale deal. “Nirav detention, Congressmen took @PMOIndia (sic)” he tweeted. Revolution, the emphasis now Singh is likely to preside over the Modi and Mehul Choksi ran out a one km-long march - from Amid angry reactions by veter- was on milk and honey produc- closing ceremony on October 28. away after taking Rs 35,000 a church to the CBI office locat- ans, Admiral Prakash said there tion and also on poultry and fish- On the first day of the Krishi crore. Vijay Mallya ran away with ed in sector 10 of the state cap- should be sober reflection on eries. Modi called for discussion Kumbh, three sessions were held. 9,000 crore. Lalit Modi, too, ran ital- to protest against the move state of civil military relationship. on judicious use of water The first session was on appro- away. Maybe Anil Ambani will to divest CBI Director Verma of “Rather than getting excited over resources, better technology for priate and effective use of water also run away. But the reality is his powers. Activists and leaders indiscreet tweet of storage and use of latest technol- and other agricultural inputs, the that the PM has indulged in cor- of Assam Pradesh Congress @SpokespersonMoD I would ogy in farming in the sessions of second on reforms in legislations ruption and helped Anil,” Rahul Committee (APCC) staged a suggest sober reflection; (a) by the Krishi Kumbh. governing agriculture and poli- alleged in his brief interaction dharna outside the CBI office led MoD on state of civil-mil rela- He emphasised the need to cies related to agriculture and with the media. He accused by APCC president Ripun Bora tions & (b) by Military evolve new technologies and cropping pattern on the basis of Modi of destroying institutions who also sent a memorandum to Leadership on the aspersions cast ways that would help eliminate agro-climatic zones. such as the CBI, the Election President of India Ram Nath by MoD (IDAS?) civil-servant the need for farmers to burn crop Commission and the Kovind requesting for immedi- on personal conduct of Service stubble. Chief Minister Yogi EIGHT KILLED.. Enforcement Directorate. ate reinstatement of Verma. officers,” he said. Adityanath said that Modi was the The intensity of the blast was Hundreds of Congress work- first Prime Minister after inde- so strong that people sitting in an ers along with their leaders in MoD SPOKESPERSON... BJP, JD(U)... pendence who had farmers and adjacent cycle shop and some Bihar, Jharkahdn and Odisha Responding to his com- Shah’s statement has now agriculture at the top of his agen- passersby were injured in the staged demonstration as part of ments, Rajashekar, tweeted, made it clear that the BJP and the da. He said the soil health card incident, the SSP said. "Two the party’s nation-wide protest. “What about misuse of jawans in JD(U) would be on an equal foot- scheme for farmers had passersby were among those The demonstrators, including your residence during an officer’s ing in the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- immensely contributed in agri- killed," he said. Sub-divisional scores of women, sat on a dhar- tenure sir? And how about chil- tions. The Bihar Chief Minister cultural productivity as farmers, magistrate of Badaun Parasnath na outside the gate of the CBI dren being picked up and later also met the Prime Minister. instead of reckless use of fertilis- Maurya said the deceased have office at Bailey Road, carrying dropped to school in Fauji (mil- The BJP president said other ers and insecticides, were now been identified as Guddu Sharma placards reading ‘Save CBI Save itary) gaadis (vehicles)? Not to NDA allies, including the LJP and judiciously using the agriculture (23), Sher Singh (55), Ramesh (30), Democracy’ and raised slogans forget Madam’s shopping expe- the RLSP, will get due represen- inputs and this had boosted agri- Sanju (34), Pannalal (41), Yameen amid a heavy contingent of dition on Government vehicles. tation in the seat-sharing formu- cultural productivity. The CM (42) and Satish (24). The identity police. RJD too claimed to And endless parties...Who pays la. Addressing reporters, Shah said UP had huge untapped of one victim is yet to be ascer- extend full moral support to for that?” Her response to 72- said the number of seats which potential in the fields of agricul- tained. The district administration Congress. Demonstrators, led year-old Prakash, a war hero who each ally is to get will be ture and horticulture. He said UP had pressed excavators and fire by Odisha Pradesh Congress was Navy chief between July announced in next two-three was already number one in the brigades into service for rescue Committee President Niranjan 2004 and October 2006, drew days. The talks are in the final country in sugarcane, sugar and work. Uttar Pradesh Chief Patnaik, raised slogans against sharp reactions from military round and there is a unanimity on milk production and the same Minister Yogi Adityanath took the Centre in Bhubneshwar, veterans. Some of them even said the issue on the seat allocation could be achieved in the field of immediate cognisance of the alleging that Verma was sent on the principal spokesperson’s formula. Shah did not reply to the horticulture. Yogi said the previ- explosion and directed the district leave to stall investigation into comments reflected the approach query whether there could be ous government had ignored magistrate of Badaun to take all charges of “corruption” in Rafale of the bureaucracy towards the exchange of seats while allocating agriculture and there were only 69 necessary steps to provide relief to jet deal. Punjab, Haryana and armed forces. In a tweet, Major seats to allies. LJP chief Ram Vilas Krishi Vikas Kendra (KVKs) in the injured. He expressed grief Chandigarh units of the General (retired) Harsha Kakar Paswan and Rashtriya Lok Samta the state. He said after the BJP over the loss of lives, and has issued Congress too held protest near told Defence Minister Nirmala Party leader Upendra Khushwaha came to power in UP in March instructions to officials for prop- the CBI office amidst heavy Sitharaman that the spokesper- are firmly with the NDA and their 2017, the Centre had sanctioned er medical treatment of the security and police used water son’s comments mirrored true parties will get due representation 20 new KVKs in the state and injured. The CM has also ordered cannons on the protesters. colours of the Ministry towards in seat sharing, said the BJP they were now linked with the the district magistrates and super- Punjab Congress president Sunil the three services. “Is this inad- leader. However, the RJD is eye- four state agriculture universities intendents of police to inspect the Jakhar was leading the group of vertent. It shows the true colours ing to rope in RLSP with its leader for ensuring easy availability of firecracker factories, transporta- protesters which included several of your MoD Madam. You are Tejwaswi Yadav meeting new technology to the farmers. tion of firecrackers and their sale. prominent party leaders, includ- meant to protect the military, not Kushwaha. The BJP contested 30 Israel and Japan are official part- He said adequate steps must be ing Ministers in the Amarinder insult it. Keeping this spokesper- seats in 2014 and won 22 of them. ners of Krishi Kumbh 2018 which taken to ensure that accidents due Singh-led Government. son is an insult to India, its In 2014, while the Janata Dal (U) will continue for three days. to firecrackers do not take place. Haryana CLP leader Kiran armed forces and their sacrifices. contested independently and While Japan is being represented Later, Adityanath announced com- Choudhary and former Railways It shows no respect for senior fared badly by winning only two by a deputy minister, Israel's pensation for the deceased and Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal veterans. Your spokesperson is a seats. The LJP contested from ambassador to India, Daniel injured persons."UP CM has were among the leaders from disaster,” he said. Retired Air Vice seven seats and won six seats and Carmon, is representing his coun- announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for Haryana and Chandigarh par- Marshal Manmohan Bahadur the RLSP contested three seats try at this extravaganza. the families of the deceased and Rs ticipating in the agitation. called the tweet to the former and won two seats. Shah said The UP government also 50,000 for the grievously injured Protests by Congress activists Navy chief by Rajashekar as under Narendra Modi’s leader- signed memorandum of under- in the unfortunate incident in were also taken in southern “shameful”. BJP MP Rajeev ship NDA will gain resounding standing (MoU) with Japan for Budaun," a senior UP States of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Chandrasekhar also took strong majority and perform tremen- investment in the agricultural Government official said. THE PIONEER THE PIONEER 8 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 COMMENT & ANALYSIS LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 9

www.dailypioneer.com PAPER WITH PASSION Against the odds: Elections in Afghanistan Muscular approach The very fact that voting took place and that a large number of women queued up for parliamentary elections in Afghanistan represents a triumph of democracy in face of formidable odds

The point is not whether one agrees with the NSA or disagrees but respectively. Trouble has also been reported Not only that, their violent attacks had killed The other factor behind the decision to mount to slapping President Trump on the from districts in the Maidan Wardak, Logar, hundreds in the weeks prior to the elections. postpone the elections was a dispute over eth- face had it succeeded. Indeed, the very fact whether Doval should have expressed his preferences publicly Paktia and Taghar Provinces. ELECTIONS HAVE Significantly, the postponement of the nic representation among Hazaras, Pashtuns, that it was not only undertaken but It remains to be seen how the elections in BEEN HELD IN 32 OF elections in both Kandahar and Ghazni Tajiks and Sayyeds. The Pashtuns, particu- announced was clearly meant to deliver to t is perhaps a sign of the changing times that articulate, thinking non-politi- Kandahar Province, postponed to October 27, Provinces were due to violence unleashed by larly, demanded the division of the Province him and the US the message that the Taliban cians in public life — with exemplary career records, it must be added — are are held. No date has been announced for elec- AFGHANISTAN’S 34 the Taliban. The latter has claimed responsi- into smaller units to ensure balanced ethnic thought nothing of trying to administer Iincreasingly using open fora to voice their views. Whether it is the Chief of tions in Ghazni Province which have also been bility for the terrorist attack in Kandahar on representation. On June 25, 2018, the IEC humiliating blows to their respective faces in HIRANMAY postponed. As officially indicated, it will not PROVINCES AND FOUR October 18, that killed General Abdul Raziq, decided to split the Province into three sep- public. Since the Taliban could not have done Army Staff, Supreme Court Justices or now the National Security Advisor Ajit be held this year. Article 104 of Afghanistan’s the police chief of Kandahar and one of arate electoral constituencies for the parlia- this without at least Pakistan’s approval — if Doval, they have a clear point of few and little inhibition in sharing it. Gone, obvi- KARLEKAR electoral law lays down, “When security sit- MILLION OUT OF THE 8.8 Afghanistan’s most powerful and important mentary elections. Tensions, however, con- not at its behest — the entire attack reflect- ously, are the days when senior bureaucrats and officers serving the state were uations, natural disasters and other similar MILLION REGISTERED security officials, the provincial Governor, tinue as the feeling persists among sections ed the Imran Khan Government’s message to expected to be discreet and circumspect. There can be, and obviously are, two conditions” make “the principle of general and Zalmay Wesa, and intelligence chief, Abdul that the splitting has not been fair to all the Washington, DC, that it would teach the t is easy to run down the elections to fair representation” impossible to uphold VOTERS HAVE VOTED Mohmin and two policemen. The Taliban fur- ethnic groups. Trump Administration a lesson for effecting different views about which approach is more beneficial to brainstorming, pol- Afghanistan’s 250-member Wolesi Jirga, “and undermine the credibility of the electoral ther claimed that the targets of the attack — The attacks in these two Provinces are a the aid cuts it had imposed on Islamabad for icy-formulation and sharing with the sovereign that is the people of India the the lower House of its bicameral process,” the latter should be postponed from shooting by one of Raziq’s own elite guards — part of the roll of violence unleashed by the not doing enough to combat the terrorist thought-processes and beliefs which contribute to decision-making in a demo- National Assembly, on October 20 and the specified date for a period of up to four were General Raziq as well as NATO-led Taliban over the years from their sanctuar- groups operating from its soil. 21. There were technical and adminis- months. It adds, “The postponement or sus- been held in 32 of Afghanistan’s 34 Provinces Resolute Support Mission Commander ies in Pakistan’s tribal territories. The situa- It remains to be seen how the Trump cratic country. But that is more a matter of one’s ideological point of view as Itrative glitches. Many polling centres opened pension is proposed by the IEC and approved and four million out of the 8.8 million regis- General Austin Scott Miller. tion had been made worse by competitive vio- Administration sorts this out or if it can at long as the service rules that govern (non-judicial) public servants in India are late on October 20. Consequently, the by a committee, which should comprise head tered voters have voted. Despite the killing of The elections in Ghazni have been lence by the Islamic State which sought to all do so. Meanwhile, the escalating level of not being breached. Independent Election Commission, holding and members of the National Security Council, 10 candidates in the violence preceding the postponed because of two reasons. The first establish a base in the country. The combi- violence, which prevented the elections to the the elections, declared that these would speakers of the two Houses of the Parliament, elections, the rest of the 2,500 candidates, is a volatile security situation. The Taliban nation of the two largely accounted for the Wolesi Jirga, due in 2015, from being held till It is in this context that Doval’s comments which have become the centre remain open until 8 p.m. against the original Chief Justice, and chair of the Independent including 400 women, remained in the field. occupied the provincial capital of Ghazni on surge of insurgent/terrorist attacks in the now, continues. The very fact that voting has of a political row must be analysed. Delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture deadline of 4 p.m. Those that did not open Commission of Oversight of Implementation And all this despite the fact that, stating that August 10 and were ousted, after fierce country during February-March this year. taken place, many of the candidates have been in the Capital on Thursday, he is reported to have spoken on the dangers “weak until 1 p.m. would remain open on October of the Constitution of Afghanistan.” It further the elections were a project of the invading fighting, on August 15-16 by teams of United The Islamic State’s challenge seems to have young men and women, and a large number 21 as well. Besides, while the deployment of states, “If the situation mentioned above Americans, the Taliban had declared that States Special Forces operating with Afghan receded, but Pakistan-backed Taliban vio- of women queued up to vote, is significant. governments” and “unwieldy coalitions” pose for the country, as they lack the over 70,000 security personnel ensured that which led to postponement or suspension of resisting these was a religious duty. commandos, and military and police lence has continued to escalate, United It clearly shows that Afghans want democracy will to take “hard decisions” which are “not necessarily populist”. Saying that security was, on the whole, reasonably good the elections does not improve within the peri- Announcing that they would do everything personnel, and with air support. They, States’ President Donald Trump’s repeated and not the retrograde, medieval theocracy India needed a “strong and decisive government for the next years to achieve in Kabul and the cities, violent attacks by the od of four months, the committee may extend possible to prevent the elections, they had however, have continued to be strongly warnings to Islamabad notwithstanding. of Pakistan-backed Taliban that would reduce Taliban either disrupted or prevented polling the postponement or suspension of elections asked candidates to withdraw and had warned entrenched in the countryside which has, In this context, the targeting of General women to, at best, domestic slavery. its political, economic and strategic objectives, he added that in the contempo- in outlying districts like Roghistan and Imam for a period of another four months.” people against venturing out on the polling day according to the authorities, remained too dis- Miller in the Kandahar attack was significant. (The writer is Consultant Editor, The rary information age “false narratives” had the potential to wreak havoc in India Saheb in Badakhshan and Kunduz Provinces The fact, however, is that elections have as they would then risk being killed or hurt. turbed to hold elections. Metaphorically, it would have been tanta- Pioneer, and an author) as they could lead to “communal riots and social disharmony”. He rounded off his comments, after speaking of how our national will had been undermined by COUNTER forces inimical to India both within and outside the country’s borders and com- POINT POINT paring how a presumably strong China had zoomed ahead of India over the past The CBI director was removed because Congress is unnecessarily raising its voice decades on all fronts, by stating rather unequivocally that “there are plenty of the agency was raising questions over against the Centre in the false assumption The architecture forces, more within than outside, which are probably bent upon eroding the will the Rafale deal. This is illegal. that the Government is tinkering with CBI. Re-skill or perish, the future is here of the nation.” —Congess president —Union Home Minister Doval didn’t take the names of any leaders or mention any political party in RAHUL GANDHI RAJNATH SINGH As the future composition of workforce alters due to changing business models, permanent employees being retained will be those with core skills, while for specialised of sustainability his speech so he is probably okay in terms of service rules but the import of skills, companies will outsource talent from the online labour economy and the gig-market his statements, especially given the authority he wields and the position he holds, the pace of change to industry’s level attrition, as seen with the rise of the To be truly self-sufficient, we need was lost on no one. Opposition parties are understandable up in arms against of preparedness because there are gig economy. what they termed the blatant pushing of the ideological agenda and worldview to look at solutions apart from unvirtuous effects of reversal of As the future composition of simply reducing emissions. A of the government of the day while the BJP preferred not to react. Now, while globalisation, which have so far workforce alters due to changing MANIT IBC demolished NPAs been the largest job enabler in the business models, permanent new blueprint needs to be derived it is fine for the NSA to hold the views he does — though in tarring by impli- RASTOGI emerging markets. De-globalisation employees being retained will be from available opportunities cation the many responsible regional parties as well as the first NDA coalition BINDU has impacted the overseas job mar- those with core skills; while for spe- DALMIA at the Centre led by AB Vajpayee he does them all an injustice — and expound As things stand today, wilful defaulters have got a bitter taste of their own medicine. Thanks to the ket for Indians due to protection- cialised skills, companies would uildings remain one of the major contributors to carbon emissions across on them, the question of how appropriate it was for him to do so on a public ist policies of the West. It has also rather outsource talent from the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, banks cannot be taken for a ride by dishonest promoters ith exponential affected export-driven employ- online labour economy, known as the world. To outpace global warming, we need to adapt to green design platform is a serious one. We have not, at least not yet, switched to the US sys- technologies evolv- ment, locally, needing a ‘buffer peri- the ‘gig-market’. Bfaster than we think. Green principles need to be embraced by every- tem wherein Supreme Court justices and senior Administration officials, while ed to the adjudicating authority for approval March 2014, but were fraudulently ever- ing at breakneck od’ for transition, which mostly The new and evolving model of one today — from the highest levels of the Government to the common man picked by an executive-legislature process in the case of the former and the exec- under Section 31 within the Corporate greened through repeated restructurings in speed, existing only the Government and the old the gig economy is an environment at the grassroots level. Our cities occupy only two per cent of all the sur- Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) peri- gross violation of prudential banking norms. competencies in economy sectors can fill in. in which freelance positions are face space of the earth, yet humans consume a net 75 per cent of the earth’s utive ie the President in the case of the latter, are shortlisted based on their com- od of 270 days, the adjudicating authority is In effect, the Congress-led Government hid Wthe area of education, skilling and By just assessing the ‘declining common, as organisations contract resources, as per the United Nations report on World Population Prospects. petence but finally appointed to high posts on the basis of the views they hold mandated to pass an order liquidating the cor- from the honest taxpayer the fact that while workplace calibre are concurrently employment coefficient’ in the with skilled workers for short dura- The need, therefore, is to start exploring all possibilities of a closed loop typol- which are necessarily simpatico with those of the ruling dispensation. SANJU porate debtor. Since a buyer could not be the total loans given by banks between 1947 challenged. As with the advance- export sector, which provides 20 per tion engagements. ogy of architecture. Assuming there is no energy, no water, and no waste finalised for Jyoti within the mandatory 270 and 2004 were only `18 lakh crore, the over- ments that took place with three ear- cent of jobs so vital for a labour- In the ‘gig marketplace’, busi- VERMA disposal, how does one approach a design? days, it was heading for liquidation, as man- all loans given by banks between 2004 and lier industrial revolutions, with the abundant country, interim stop- gap nesses save resources by way of There have always been two schools of thought on how to design green 50WORDEDIT Jogi's tune dated under the IBC Act. March 2014, under the Congress-led coalition, advent of Industry 4.0, lies huge measures and policy recalibration office space and training. While on- However, disallowing the liquidation stood at more than `34 lakh crore. opportunities for superior job cre- are required by the Government to demand for employees lowers costs, buildings. Some believe that buildings should be designed like an aircraft The Assembly election in Chhattisgarh has taken an he Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code proceedings temporarily and giving the Suffice to say, therefore, that the stag- ation, embedded with simultaneous find solutions for displacements. it also creates more competition for — highly engineered and hermetically sealed — to achieve high degree of interesting turn with the BSP-Ajit Jogi alliance emerging (IBC) of 2016, that rebalances rights of Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) a little gering `52,000 crore offered for mega acqui- risks of job displacement. Protectionist policies of the West are top talent as more traditional careers efficiency. The alternate view is that climatic specifications and socio-cultural as a viable third force on the ground as campaigning Tpromoters, banks, vendors and employ- more time, keeping in mind the interests of sition of chronic defaulter Essar Steel by Why is there an increased affecting the flow of capital, labour are phased out and are replaced with contexts must be taken into consideration before designing a building. This picks up pace. This is especially apparent, reports from ees, is unarguably one of the stellar achieve- the employees, is a classic case of how IBC Luxembourg-based global behemoth Arcelor urgency for a planning foresight on and goods, all of which are depress- temporary positions. As millenni- writer believes that architecture and urban planning play a key role in increas- the ground indicate, in the 10 Scheduled Caste reserved ments of the Narendra Modi dispensation. It seeks to marry the interests of both financial Mittal, by edging out Numetal in a bidding the future of jobs, educational ing wages, impacting consumption als turn to entrepreunaral self- ing interaction between users and their surroundings. Though project briefs seeks to tackle the mountain of over `10 lakh creditors/lenders, with that of operational war, with zero haircut to Indian lenders, is qualifications and skills matched to and stagnating per capita income. employment, which offers flexi- seats of the 91-member House. Crucially, the BJP holds are getting increasingly ‘global’, the response needs to be deeply rooted in crore of non-performing assets (NPAs) in the creditors/employees. The Jyoti Structures’ case arguably the biggest vindication of how IBC new products and evolving employ- Policy thrusts towards Smart work timing, the rise of ‘sharing the ‘local’. nine of these ten seats, and by small margins at that. banking system through a resolution that also establishes that the ultimate authority vests has uprooted crony capitalism, lock, stock ment models? Because India does Cities and Make in India offer per- economy’ with business models Traditional Indian architecture has always been green. Interventions have includes liquidation and change in manage- with the NCLAT and that is how it should be and barrel. The Ruias of Essar Group on not have the luxury of time. It has fect solutions for transition because like Ola, Uber, OYO et al, and the always been within a localised/regionalised context — almost all our traditional ment/ownership. That companies cannot so as to ensure there is no confusion in the October 25, 2018, to thwart the takeover of only a two to three-year window to they provide continual support for gig economy will have far-reaching stall recovery action has only added teeth to adjudication process. Essar Steel, decided to pay `54,389 crore to play catch-up with the altered job labour-intensive industries that effects on corporate employment buildings have been a response to the local climate, materials and resources. the IBC, ensuring not only quicker turnaround Again, in the Era Infra Engineering case, settle full claims of all financial and opera- and skills scenario. India’s labour drive job creation by supporting models. The attitude towards green building has inherently been different from the Western Relief at last of bankrupt firms in less than a year, but also the NCLT admitted insolvency plea by Union tional creditors, including the staff, by mak- productivity, gauged by economic infrastructure and construction The national challenge is not model of green building, which is equipment-centric and disconnected from the improving the asset quality of banks in a time- Bank against Era, despite several winding up ing upfront cash payment of `45,559 crore. output per hour of work, is below driven investments. By boosting toring of labour and productivity. deficit, according to a study by just taking a long-term and interim environment. Today, this problem has been further compounded by non-localised bound manner. petitions pending against it in other courts, The Gujarat High Court dismissed the plea 15 per cent of US levels. Falling pro- projects in highways, urban trans- Another interim window that online education company, Great term view of upskilling of the green rating systems, which aim to provide a better environment, but the method- The President’s order rejecting the disqualification of 27 AAP On May 18, 2018, Tata Steel Ltd acquired ruling that unless a winding up order had been of Ruias and Essar Steel was brought under ductivity will bring down the com- portation, affordable housing, air- exists for yet another five years for Learning. Therefore, policy-makers organised sector to match up to ology adopted by them is restricted and highly prescriptive. This results in limit- 72.65 per cent stake in Bhushan Steel Ltd, one passed by another court, Era will have to face the purview of IBC. petitive edge of goods and services ports and industrial corridors, the India exists in the vantage of labour need to factor in future-proofing exponential technologies and newer ed application owing to the non-recognition of varying climatic zones around the MLAs is a victory for the party of the 12 large wilful defaulters for `35,200 insolvency proceedings under IBC. Basically, But on October 25, 2018, the CoC ruled if we don’t rapidly adapt to tech Government has been pro-active in arbitrage. Abundance of low cost INDIA'S LABOUR careers with new competencies business models that accounts for 15 world and the prescribed narrow definition of human comfort level (ranging between crore in a historic move, with lenders getting wilful defaulters can no longer take refuge, giv- in favour of Arcelor Mittal, which has now innovations. perpetuating gainful opportuni- labour in India would help main- within this three-year window avail- per cent of workforce. Policy-mak- t was a watered down case in the first place and may have taken around two 22-24 degrees Celsius and 55-60 RH). back nearly two-third of the money owed to ing the lame excuse of multiple litigations in won the bankrupt Essar Steel. Also, under By 2022, out of the organised ties for labours in contract mode tain its edge in being a favoured PRODUCTIVITY, able. ers also need to provision for supe- The aim should be to develop a sustainable design by increasing the num- years to get resolved but the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stands vindicated at a them by Bhushan Steel, thereby showcasing multiple courts, something that the Vijay Section 12A of the IBC, any withdrawl sector workforce mix, that accounts and focusing on sectors which manufacturing offshoring hub till Advisory firm, Gartner, projects rior job opportunities for 85 per cent GAUGED BY ITS ber of comfortable hours with minimum reliance on mechanical means and mechan- Itime when the Opposition electoral strategy is still nebulous in the run-up to that the strength of IBC lies in the fact that Mallyas and Jatin Mehtas of the world did process under IBC can happen only before for 15 per cent of the total employ- have ‘higher employment elastici- industrial wages begin to rise on par that out of 10 lakh registered com- unorganised sector and how to resolution can be achieved without any major wantonly. issuance of Expression of Interest, which in ment, nine per cent workers will be ty’. This is vital in the period of with the developed economies. ECONOMIC OUTPUT panies in India, 75 per cent have upgrade them into the organised ical loads. This can be achieved by reducing energy consumption through pas- the general elections. President Ram Nath Kovind has dismissed a plea to dis- haircut to banks. The desperate attempt by Further upholding the integrity of IBC this case was issued way back in October 2017. deployed in new jobs that never employment flux, giving the job India must seize the space plans to invest in data science. sector, which provides better job sive systems and by creating a micro-climate on site that can further ensure up qualify the party’s 27 MLAs for allegedly holding office of profit by virtue of being Neeraj Singhal, Bhushan Steel's erstwhile pro- and NCLT is the Chitra Sharma judgement, If the Ruias indeed had the money, why did existed before; 37 per cent will be market the time to adjust to new China has ceded in contract man- PER HOUR OF WORK, With the Government’s prioritisa- security and formal benefits. to a 10 degrees Celsius reduction in perceptible temperature in hot, dry season; appointed as chairpersons of Rogi Kalyan Samitis attached to various Delhi hos- moter, to prevent the said takeover was dis- where the Supreme Court ruled that the CIRP they not offer to pay earlier? Was it because working in jobs requiring radical- realities. ufacturing before national mini- IS BELOW 15 PER tion on Artificial Intelligence, Big To unlock the potential of cut- augment wind movement in humid climates; enable evaporative cooling and shad- pitals. He acted on the advice of the Election Commission, which found that there missed by the National Company Law is a market-driven process that requires of their scant regard for creditors, bankers, ly changed skill sets; and 54 per cent India’s poor infrastructure mum wages begin to increase in Data and Robotics and their appli- ting edge technologies that will ing in hot climates and maximise solar ingress in cold climates. Orientation of Tribunal (NCLT) and the Singhals were sim- “expert determination” and, therefore, courts lenders and the law of the land? Today wilful will fall under the unchanged sta- restricts gross domestic product due time, and factories relocate to cation in the digital economy, career transform society at a pace demand- building and optimisation of form are fundamental strategies in order to maximise was no merit in the plea considering that the roles were advisory in capacity, ply reclassified as “public category share- must not intervene or supervise its intricacies. defaulters have got a bitter taste of their own tus quo category, according to an (GDP) growth. Therefore, increased least developed countries (LDC) CENT OF US LEVELS. opportunities are set to rise in ed for technological change, the day lighting while controlling glare and heat ingress. Landscape design and hor- did not entail official remuneration and the system itself was in use by past holders” from being promoters post the deal. The apex court also confirmed that strict medicine. Thanks to the IBC, banks cannot analysis by Ernst & Young. outlays in infrastructure develop- where electricity and labour cost THIS WILL BRING these spheres within the next three Centre for the Fourth Industrial ticulture selection are key design tools and can play a significant role in creating Apart from the Bhushan Steel takeover, adherence to Section 29A of IBC is mandat- be taken for a royal ride by dishonest pro- Herein, we are only considering ment and accelerating projects of less, and which offer duty free years. Skill deficit is not just an Revolution (CFIR), set up by the environmental buffers, facilitating effective microclimates. Governments. So the complaint against the MLAs had no legal standing as the the litmus test in a manner of speaking has ed wherein errant promoter/holding compa- moters anymore. risk mitigation and upgradation of 100 smart cities will buffer the access to top consuming markets, India-centric problem but a global World Economic Forum, seems to DOWN THE In a land devoid of water and electricity, the goal when building green is to advisory role was an extension of or rather akin to social service. The question been passed, given that as much as 270 per ny, JP Associates Ltd in this case, will not be The war for Essar Steel has undeniably the potential for the organised sec- employment market by at least like the US and the European phenomenon, according to be the ideal hub to handhold with though is that the resolution of the case was allowed to drag on for two years cent of the ‘liquidation value’ has been permitted to participate in the bidding/CIRP been lost by the Ruias and any attempt to get tor who are educated and skilled partly retaining the older employ- Union (EU). COMPETITIVE EDGE McKinsey, which leads to a local Governments through the use energy, local and natural resources wisely. Optimisation of all services is a prerequisite to responsible architecture today. Unlike other nations, local resources — the complaint was registered in 2016 — and there can be no retrospective received in the 32 significant cases that were process of its defaulting subsidiary company, the Supreme Court to use its extraordinary white-collar employees. Much more ment model of absorbing manual To combat workplace obsoles- demand-supply mismatch in the tal- period of transition. To make India resolved under the aegis of the IBC in the last JP Infratech Ltd. jurisdiction under Article 142 of the provisioning will be required on labour to create world-class high- cence, the workforce has to be OF GOODS AND ent pool, if not scaled up by 2020. Industry 4.0 compliant, NITI Aayog and methods of construction are still easily available to us. Hence, the most effec- compensation for a damage done to image. Especially when it targets one rul- two years. The fact that IBC maximises value The apex court also ruled that there can- Constitution will not work, if the Binani how to absorb and upskill the ways, ports and airports. future-ready as the Indian education SERVICES IF WE All of this may sound futuris- as the nodal agency coordinating tive approach is to build with local materials in a manner that responds to the cli- ing party while others have already been beneficiaries. After all, the Rogi Kalyan for all stakeholders, including employees, can not be any preferential payments made under Cement takeover issue in the past is anything unorganised sector that comprises To give an understanding of system is lagging behind Industry tic, but the future has arrived faster with business, academia, start-ups matic needs of the region while remaining economically viable. Today, green build- Samitis were set up by the Sheila Dikshit Government on October 5, 2009. In be best guaged by the stay given in August IBC to any class of creditors, including home to go by. Contrary to the strappings of xeno- the remaining 85 per cent of India’s how this plays out, Smart City mis- 4.0’s qualification needs. This fact is DON'T RAPIDLY than we have been prepared for. and CFIR, is the perfect module to ing requirements in India are still optional. Hence, although efforts being made 2018 by the National Company Law Appellate buyers, who now come under the purview of phobia that the decrepit Nehru-Gandhi workforce, out of which 50 per cent sions would use hybrid opera- validated in the latest India Skill Indeed, the rate of obsolescence is facilitate cross-sector cooperation to July 2014, then Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had even told Parliament in this direction are exemplary, we still have a long way to go. Furthermore, India Tribunal (NCLAT), in response to a petition ‘financial creditors’. Needless to add, IBC has dynasty under a decadent Congress foisted are still dependent on agriculture, tional models by absorbing manu- Report which indicates that only ADAPT TO TECH so swift that earlier presumptions, herald Fourth Industrial Revolution has developed its own green rating system, Green Rating for Integrated Habitat that MPs/ MLAs will be the chairpersons of the committees. Even the National filed by over 800 employees of Jyoti Structures, fair play and ‘resolution’ rather than mere upon the Indian economy, Modinomics is seeking migration to urban jobs so al labour, parallel with superior about 47 per cent of Indian gradu- that one finished learning by the age governance. Assessment (GRIHA), which is more tailored to the Indian environment. GRIHA refreshingly both liberal and progressive, and ates coming out of educational INNOVATIONS of 25 years, are no longer valid. (The writer is author, columnist Rural Health Mission website clearly states that an MP/MLA can become a chair- a defaulting Mumbai-based engineering, ‘recovery’ at its core. as to achieve higher earnability. employee skills needed to harness is taking steps in this direction, and through numerous incentives, it is trying to procurement and construction (EPC) com- To cut to the chase, the NPA mess under an idea whose time has resoundingly arrived. With corporates, scaling up advanced leveraging of cloud com- institutions are directly employable. Staying in the same job till retire- and Chairperson for National man/member. If these were fairly well-known, then it is a tad unfair that AAP pany. As per Section 33 (1) of IBC, in the event the erstwhile Congress-led coalition was IBC is a giant leap towards that. efficiencies to match up to Industry puting, Robotic applications and More than 50,000 jobs in data sci- ment is another outdated concept, Committee on Financial Inclusion imbibe green building strategies as prerequisites and incorporating passive envi- was targetted as a party bending the rules and overarching its powers. a resolution plan is not approved by never `2.43 lakh crore to start with. The NPAs (The writer is an economist and chief 4.0, the Government has a crucial Building Information Modelling ence and machine learning are as this is the age of faster job porta- and Literacy for Women constituted ronmental design strategies. The “office of profit” row blew up, in no small part aided by both the Congress Committee of Creditors (CoC) and present- were more than 3x the amount reportedly in spokesperson for the BJP, Mumbai) stabiliser role to play in calibrating (BIM) to improve on-site moni- lying vacant due to a huge talent bility and, consequently, higher at NITI Aayog) Furthermore, the idea of sustainability should now move from buildings to our cities as well. Our cities are in a state of environmental emergency with an and the BJP, after the AAP romped home with a massive verdict in the Delhi assortment of problems, like population, traffic and pollution, no water/electricity, Assembly elections of 2015. And while the AAP legislators have crossed one LETTERS TO THE EDITOR sewage, governance and global warming. Most cities have derelict land which hurdle, they have still to be cleared in a complaint questioning the appointment is lying underutilised and unused in the form of drains, left-over land, alleyways, ACE CRICKETER ing batsman the world could have indication that he is likely to end up scam, coal scam et al. Investigation (CBI) all this while. greens, et al. The problem with cities, which are not entirely organic in nature, is of AAP MLAs as parliamentary secretaries, the petitioner claiming that the seen in his prime years. Then came with records that would be difficult to Laws that are meant not to be followed There are also many important Then, given the allegations of cor- Constitution bars MPs and MLAs from accepting Government positions which that such layers get suppressed by policy, policing (represented by boundaries Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Run Sachin Tendulkar who infused life emulate. lying before it, which it is proceeding ruption against the country’s premi- and walls) and result in non-engagement. Hence, these interstitial spaces pre- carry some financial remuneration or any other benefit such as office space or machine” (October 26). Virat Kohli into a team that could otherwise Devendra Khurana his refers to the editorial, “In faith we under Article 25 of the Constitution and Further, the Supreme Court's order at a slow space. This will ultimately um investigative body, how can the has become the fastest batsman in have become dull in his absence. Bhopal trust” (October 25). The editorial has the apex court obliged them. fixing time slots for the people to burst provide more space to the corrupt and people repose faith on it? sent to be the only opportunity to expose layers that will result in human engage- even a car. Any violation of this provision results in the disqualification of the ment and urban rejuvenation of withering cities. To be truly sustainable, we need Indian cricket history as he achieved Tendulkar’s performance during his FALL OF AN INSTITUTION Tput things in the right perspective However, Justice Indu Malhotra, the crackers in festivals and occasions of joy criminals. The very functioning of the The CBI is, perhaps, the last legislator, who should be independent of the executive. To be very fair to AAP, a milestone of 10,000 runs in One Day golden years was outstanding. Now, instead of hailing questionable court lone woman judge in the Bench, passed is impractical. How can the administra- CBI seems to be in a disarray. organisation, on which people repose to look at solutions apart from simply reducing emissions. Sewage treatment plants it has consistently maintained that its MLAs were up for any kind of hearing International (ODI). One might be Virat Kohli looks to be in midst of a Sir — This refers to the editorial, judgments. Entry of women of menstru- a dissenting judgement and said that tion and the police keep vigil on the entire NR Ramachandran faith that the truth will finally be need to be fixed; water bodies need to be aerated; pedestrian accessibility needs before the commission and would subject themselves to inquiry in case the evi- tempted at this stage to take a look at golden run. He scores runs both on “Uncage the parrot” (October 26). The ating age, defined in between 10 to 50 issues which had deep religious conno- populace and ensure that people do not Chennai known. Instead, the CBI has become to be improved through connections; and alleyways need to be restored, among some of the legendary Indian batsmen foreign shores as well as back home. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) years, in the Sabarimala temple was a mat- tation should not be tinkered with to main- violate the time slot fixed by the court, LOSS OF FAITH a tool for the Opposition as well as the others. A new sustainable urban blueprint needs to be derived from the oppor- dence of profit was found. In March, the Delhi High Court had even annulled who have done outstandingly well Kohli looks much more sure of his is one of the premier prestigious ter between the priests and the devotees. tain secular atmosphere in the country. which is bound to happen? It is practi- ruling dispensation. tunity that lies within. The approach has to be multi-pronged and bottoms-up to the disqualification of MLAs on “office of profit” grounds and referred the case during their career. technique, and as a result, he scores investigating agencies of the nation. For centuries, things had gone She was of the view that it was not for cally impossible to follow such orders Sir — This refers to the editorial, Sumit gradually bring about positive change in the city. There is also a need to mobilise back to the Election Commission. The AAP, by claiming the moral high ground, In fact, India has a history of pro- runs effortlessly. Of late, the working of the CBI has smoothly till publicity-hungry activists courts to determine which religious prac- even though they are passed for a reason. “Uncage the parrot” (October 26). It Via email organisational systems, finance, industry and architectural imagination to aspire ducing prolific run makers and The fact that he is the fastest bats- been far from satisfactory. It lost its approached the Supreme Court, pushing tices are to be struck down except in MC Joshi is unbelievable that the Government to this end. has held its own despite political vilification and truth be told, displayed some accomplished batsmen. Sunil man to achieve the milestone of credibility for it failed to prove many the argument of Fundamental Rights issues of social evil, like Sati. Lucknow was unaware about the happenings Send your feedback to: maturity by not crying foul but seeking recourse through law. Gavaskar was one of the finest open- 10,000 runs in ODIs is perhaps an politically important cases, like the 2G within the Central Bureau of [email protected] (The writer is co-founder, Morphogenesis) LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 money 10 ArcelorMittal wins bids Aston Martin drives in QUICK TAKES ICICI BANK Q2 NET PROFIT DIVES 42% TO `1,205 CR New Delhi: ICICI Bank on Friday reported a 42% drop in to take over Essar Steel all new Vantage in India its consolidated net profit to `1,204.62 crore in the quarter ended September 2018. The country’s largest private sector lender had posted a consolidated net profit of `2,071.38 crore in the corre- PTI n NEW DELHI Essar Steel promoters, Essar Steel”. New Delhi (PTI): British luxury brand sponding quarter a year ago, the bank said in a regulatory filing. however, wanted the CoC to “On October 25, Arcelor- Aston Martin on Friday launched all new ver- However, total income of the bank on a consolidated basis rose RI billionaire Lakshmi consider their offer as it offered Mittal India Pvt Ltd, a sub- sion of its sports car Vantage in India priced at to `31,914.82 crore as against `30,190.54 crore a year ago. On Mittal-led ArcelorMittal maximum value to all stake- sidiary of ArcelorMittal and the `2.86 crore (ex-showroom). The company, a standalone basis, its net profit fell by 56% to `908.88 crore in Non Friday said it had holders, saying it could not be resolution applicant, has been which had launched DB 11 model in India in the said quarter as against `2,058.19 crore in July-September 2017. won a bid to acquire debt-laden ignored citing some process declared the successful appli- 2016, now plans to ramp up its presence in the The bank had reported a net loss of `119.55 crore in the first quar- Essar Steel for over `42,000 lacunae. cant by Essar Steel’s CoC. The country over the next few years. ter of the ongoing fiscal. Total income of the ICICI Bank on a crore, a deal that will help ful- A company spokesperson acquisition will be implement- “We see India as a very important market its since the launch of sports coupe DB 11 in 2016. standalone basis stood at `18,262.12 crore during the September fill the world’s largest steel said the offer was superior to ed subject to the approvals of with great potential and that is why we are She added that the company was also looking to quarter, down from `18,763.29 crore in the year-ago period. maker’s long-time ambition of ArcelorMittal’s bid as it pro- Indian National Company Law emphasising a lot on this market. We are doing bring in the Aston Martin experience and brand having an India mill. vided 100 per cent repayment Tribunal and other relevant a lot of study in emerging markets so that we centre to India as well. Currently, the company has ITC Q2 PROFIT UP 12% TO `2,955 CRORE A committee of Essar Steel to lenders and met the objec- authorities,” it said. can increase our presence here,” Nancy Chen, one in Tokyo catering to the Asia Pacific region. Diversified group ITC on Friday reported 11.92% rise in creditors picked ArcelorMittal tives of maximisation of value The announcement comes head of sales operations for Aston Martin, South Commenting on all new Vantage, Chen said standalone net profit at `2,954.67 crore for the second quarter on October 25, a day when the and protection of the interest of a day after founders of Essar and Southeast Asia, told PTI. it wa a true sports car with a sharper look and ended September 30, led by strong performance across segments Ruia family offered to pay all stakeholders. “It cannot be Steel made a surprise offer to Chen said globally the company aimed to a keener dynamic edge. “The new Vantage is the like cigarettes FMCG, and agribusiness. The company had post- lenders `54,389 crore including ignored just because the offer pay `54,389 crore to creditors to launch seven new products over the next seven Aston Martin pure driving machine that the ed a net profit of `2,639.84 crore in July-September quarter of `47,507 crore in upfront cash to pull out the company out of settle claims and allow the com- years under its Second Century Plan. “Each of enthusiasts have been waiting for,” she added. 2017-18, ITC said in a BSE filing. Total income during the report- to clear all their dues in a last- bankruptcy was not made pany to exit the bankruptcy these seven new models would also be launched The sports car comes with 4-litre twin-turbo ed quarter stood at `11,776.63 crore as against `10,258.13 crore ditch effort to avert losing before CoC called bids.” process. But many saw it as in India, that’s how important the Indian market V8 engine mated to eight-speed automatic trans- in the year-ago period, it added. Total expenses of the Kolkata- their flagship company. He said Section 12A of the being violative of Section 12A is to us,” she added. mission enabling it to accelerate from 0 to headquarter firm were at `7,407.51 crore as against `6,313.84 In a statement, Arcelor- Insolvency and Bankruptcy of the IBC since the bid process When asked about cumulative sales in India 100km/h in 3.6 seconds. The company currently crore earlier. During the quarter, revenue from total FMCG busi- Mittal said its resolution plan Code (IBC) that allowed with- is now over and Ruias haven’t so far, Chen declined to comment but said the has two dealerships in India — at Delhi and ness was up 11.25% to `8,186.41 crore as against `7,358.32 crore for Essar Steel, which the drawal of insolvency proceed- offered to clear dues of group company sales had been growing in double dig- Mumbai. in the year-ago period. lenders auctioned to recover ings subject to approval by 90 firms which total to around over `49,000 crore of unpaid per cent of the creditors and the `80,000 crore. DR REDDY’S Q2 NET PROFIT UP 77 PC TO `504 CR loans, included “an upfront National Company Law ArcelorMittal said Essar Drug major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories on Friday reported a payment of over `42,000 crore” Tribunal (NCLT), was intro- Steel was an integrated flat Sebi to auction Aspen Projects’ 76.83% jump in its consolidated net profit at `503.8 crore for the to settle debt and “a further duced in June 2018, much steel producer with annualised quarter ended September 30, 2018 on robust sales. The compa- `8,000 crore of capital injection after the EoI in case of Essar crude steel production of 6.5 ny had posted a net profit of `284.9 crore in the corresponding into the company to support Steel was floated on October million tonnes. It also has iron properties next month period of the previous fiscal, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories said in a operational improvement, 20, 2017. ore pellet facilities in the east of filing to BSE. Consolidated revenue of the company stood at increase production levels It wasn’t immediately clear India, with a current annual `3,797.8 crore for the quarter under consideration. It was `3,546 and deliver enhanced levels of if lenders even considered offer capacity of 14 million tonnes New Delhi (PTI): Markets illegally mobilised from people. Sebi has invited “bids for crore for the same period year ago. profitability”. of Essar Steel promoters. per annum. regulator Sebi will auction as The auction of these land sale of properties in the Subsequent to being In a separate statement, ArcelorMittal intends to many as five properties of parcels, located in West Bengal, Recovery proceedings against RELIANCE GENERAL Q2 PROFIT UP 20% AT `56 CR declared the highest bidder on Nippon Steel & Sumitomo raise Essar Steel’s finished steel Aspen Projects India Ltd next will be conducted on November Aspen Projects and its pro- Reliance General Insurance Company on Friday reported 20% October 19, the Committee of Metal Corporation said it had shipments to 8.5 million tonnes month at a reserve price 27, the Securities and Exchange moters/directors, through e- rise in profit at `56 crore for the second quarter ended September Creditors (CoC) has issued been “engaged in, together over the medium-term by com- totalling over `67 lakh. The Board of India (Sebi) said in a auction platform”. 30, 2018. Gross written premium too surged 20% to `2,025 crore ArcelorMittal a Letter of Intent with ArcelorMittal, acquisi- pleting the ongoing capital move is part of an effort by Sebi notice Friday. The reserve price It has engaged SBI Capital during the quarter, it said in a statement. RGI said its market share (LoI) declaring them as “suc- tion procedures aiming at joint- expenditure project and infus- to recover money that the of these properties amounts to Markets to assist it for sale of in the general insurance business rose to 4.5% from 4.3% in the cessful applicant”. ly acquiring and managing ing expertise. Kolkata-based company had `67.24 lakh. these properties. second quarter of 2017-18. PTI

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‘JuD, FIF no more on list Ahead of Imran’s visit, China sounds positive about providing loans to Pak PTI n BEIJING of banned outfits in Pak’ which was rejected by both ernment took over power, she head of Pakistan Prime Beijing and Islamabad. said, “We compared notes and AMinister Imran Khan’s The IMF had said it would reached wide consensus on a PTI n ISLAMABAD since the petitioner did not cite maiden visit, China on Friday closely scrutinise CPEC pro- series of issues.” “We will try to the interior ministry as a sounded positive about extend- jects and US is opposed to use make our relations a pillar umbai attack mastermind respondent, he could not give ing new loans to Islamabad to IMF money to service the underpinning the regional MHafiz Saeed-led Jamaat- a statement unless the petition avoid another IMF bailout Chinese loans. Though peace and will ensure full suc- ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i- was amended and the interior package which may carry strin- Pakistan has approached the cess for Khan’s visit this time to Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) are secretary added as a party in gent conditions. Khan’s visit IMF for a bailout package, it is make greater progress in China no longer on the list of banned the petition. from November 2 to China, also in touch with other Pakistan relations,” Hua added. outfits in Pakistan as the ordi- Justice Farooq held that the Pakistan’s “all weather” ally, “friendly nations” for loans so The Pakistani premier would nance that proscribed them petition became infructuous will come ahead of a visit to as to minimise borrowing from also visit Shanghai to attend under a UN resolution has since the ordinance challenged Islamabad by International the international lender. China’s international import lapsed and the new Imran by the petitioner has lapsed. Monetary Fund officials on “Their (friendly nations) and export fair which would be Khan-led government did not The judge disposed of the peti- November 7 for formal dis- response is positive. I am quite inaugurated on November 4. extend it, a media report said tion with an observation that in cussions on a bailout package hopeful that we will not have to Khan has reiterated his gov- on Friday. In February this year, case the government renewed for the cash-strapped country. approach the IMF for our eco- ernment’s support to CPEC former president Mamnoon this ordinance, the petitioner “We noted the difficulties November 2-5 to Beijing for nomic needs,” Khan said on projects during Wang’s visit to Hussain promulgated an ordi- was at liberty to file another faced by Pakistan in its finan- talks with Chinese President Xi Wednesday. Pakistan has also Islamabad. Hua also spoke nance amending the Anti- off all ties with the banned 166 people were killed. Saeed’s petition against the promulga- cial situation...We support Jinping amid anxieties here recently secured USD 6 billion about Khan’s reiteration of his Terrorism Act, 1997 to declare Lashkar-i-Taiba, but India con- counsel Raja Rizwan Abbasi tion of the law. Pakistan in taking pro-active over his government’s approach financial support from Saudi commitment for CPEC pro- JuD and FIF as proscribed tinued to malign the JuD for its and Sohail Warraich appeared The petitioner claimed that measures to deal with this. to deal with the USD 60 billion Arabia, another close ally. jects. groups. past association with the before Justice Aamer Farooq of the promulgation of the ordi- Actually, we also provide our China-Pakistan Economic Replying to a query on However, according to a During a hearing on banned outfit, the report said. the IHC. On a query, Saeed’s nance was not only prejudicial outmost efforts and assistance Corridor (CPEC) following China’s expectations from Dawn report, during his meet- Thursday of a petition filed by The petitioner said he was counsel informed the court to the sovereignty but also to Pakistan,” Chinese Foreign reports about Islamabad down- Khan’s visit, the Foreign ings, “Khan would inform the Saeed, his counsel informed the kept in detention in 2009 and that the current government contradictory to the funda- Ministry spokesperson Hua sizing certain projects. Ministry spokesman said, Chinese leadership that his Islamabad High Court (IHC) 2017 due to India’s pressure. He did not extend the ordinance or mental rights enshrined in the Chunying told a media briefing Pakistan has reportedly “China and Pakistan are all government wanted to bring that the presidential ordinance said that the UN Security table it in parliament to convert Constitution. here Friday. sought to amend the CPEC, weather strategic cooperative about a significant shift in the had lapsed and it had never Council had passed a resolu- it into an act. He said that any law which “We believe Pakistan has which Beijing touts as the flag- partners. We enjoy high stan- projects falling under the been extended, Dawn newspa- tion against the JuD after which Deputy Attorney General was violative of constitutional the capability to ensure steady ship infrastructure programme dard bilateral relations. After purview of CPEC”. per reported. the government of Pakistan put Raja Khalid Mehmood Khan provisions was liable to be economic development,” Hua in its vast Belt and Road Imran Khan was elected Prime Quoting sources, the report The petitioner had chal- it on the watch list, it said. confirmed that the ordinance struck down. said. She was replying to a Initiative, to put greater empha- Minister, he reaffirmed said under the previous gov- lenged the ordinance under India has been pushing has lapsed. He, however, According to a list updat- query on whether China would sis on projects that focus on Pakistan’s commitment to ernment there was an empha- which his organisations had Pakistan to bring to justice the declined the request of advo- ed on September 5 on the consider providing new finan- social development, rather than developing our bilateral rela- sis on infrastructure schemes, been banned for being on the planners of the November 2008 cate Abbasi for giving a state- National Counter Terrorism cial assistance to Pakistan dur- purely on infrastructure. The tions as well as the CPEC.” but the present government watch list of the United Nations Mumbai terror attacks. Saeed is ment on behalf of the interior Authority’s website, 66 organ- ing Khan’s visit. Khan, accom- US has said the debts accrued Recalling Chinese State wanted projects involving agri- Security Council. Saeed con- the co-founder of the Lashkar- ministry about the lapse of the isations have been banned in panied by Foreign Minister on the CPEC projects were to Councillor and Foreign culture, job creation and for- tended in the petition that he e-Taiba, which was responsible ordinance. the Pakistan and the JuD and Shah Mahmood Qureshi, will blame for Pakistan’s current Minister Wang Yi’s recent visit eign investment take cen- established JuD in 2002 and cut for the deadly attack in which Khan told the court that FIF are not among them. lead a delegation from economic crisis, a statement to Pakistan after Khan’s gov- trestage. Knife-wielding woman injures 14 Japan, China strike deals during Abe visit as ties improve AFP n BEIJING without providing details. The in May. children at China kindergarten apan and China signed USD companies are eager for Abe’s three-day trip, which J2.6 billion in business deals increased access to China’s began Thursday, sets up the PTI n BEIJING and touted their warmer ties on massive market, while Beijing possibility that Xi will visit woman armed with Friday during a rare visit to is interested in Japanese tech- Japan next year. Abe and Li Akitchen knife on Friday Beijing by Japanese Prime nology and corporate know- already met on Thursday dur- attacked children at a kinder- Minister Shinzo Abe as both how. “Though the US is quite ing a reception to celebrate the garten in China’s southwestern face trade challenges from US an influential factor in China- signing of the treaty that put city of Chongqing, injuring at President Donald Trump. Japan ties, the effect is limited,” Japanese and Chinese relations least 14 of them before she was Premier Li Keqiang greeted China’s nationalistic Global back on track after World War stopped by teachers and guards, Abe as Japan’s flag flew outside Times said in an editorial. II. But territorial disputes con- in the latest such incident on the opulent Great Hall of the “If Beijing and Tokyo tinue to cause frictions. children in the country. People across from Tiananmen intend to plan their future Just days before Abe’s trip, Police in the Chongqing Square, and they reviewed an bilateral relationship based on Tokyo lodged an official com- city said, the children were honour guard before going Washington’s attitude, they will plaint after Chinese ships slashed by the 39-year-old inside for talks. only get lost,” the state-run cruised around the disputed woman about 9:30 a.m. (local Relations between Asia’s daily said. The two leaders also islands that Tokyo calls the time) as they were returning to two biggest economies have oversaw the signing of several Senkaku and Beijing labels the class after their morning exer- improved in recent years after political agreements, includ- Diaoyu islands. China has long cises at the Yudong New they sunk to new lows in 2012 ing a currency swap deal and a denounced Japan for what it Century Kindergarten in the when Tokyo “nationalised” dis- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li mechanism to avoid accidental says is an insufficiently contrite Banan district, police said. The puted islands claimed by Keqiang after their joint press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, clashes between their militaries attitude towards its role in injured children were all sent to Beijing. Addressing a joint press on Friday. AP which often come in contact in World War II. hospitals for treatment. There conference, Abe said that the the disputed East China Sea. But ahead of the trip, was no immediate word on two leaders had agreed to “play increased,” Li said, adding that Japanese exports in his effort to The last official visit to Beijing Beijing has taken a more cordial their condition. a constructive role for the sake the countries’ economic coop- cut US trade deficits, despite by a Japanese prime minister stance than it has in the The woman, identified of this region’s peace and pros- eration would “benefit the touting his personal bonds with was in 2011. past.Japanese media have only by her surname Liu, has perity”. “I believe active trade development of global free Abe and Chinese President Xi Since an awkward 2014 reported Abe is hoping the been arrested, Hong Kong- will deepen ties between trade”. Jinping. Abe travelled with encounter between Abe and Xi visit will produce a soft power based South China Morning Japanese and Chinese peoples The relationship has rapid- nearly 1,000 delegates from on the sidelines of a summit, win in the form of some panda Post quoted a local state-run further,” he said. “Now, inter- ly warmed up as Trump has Japanese companies, who there have been ministerial vis- diplomacy, with zoos in Sendai Chongqing Broadcasting Police restrained the attacker, a 39-year-old woman only identified by her surname national conditions are unsta- slapped massive tariffs on struck 500 deals worth a total its by both sides and a soften- and Kobe apparently angling for Group as saying. The motive Liu. Agencies ble, and uncertainties have China while also targeting of USD 2.6 billion, Li said, ing of rhetoric. Li visited Tokyo new additions. behind the attack is unclear, though some reports on social kindergarten with a knife”, the had shocked residents of the media say the woman had a report said. city, a metropolis of some 30 grievance against the govern- A video from a hospital in million people, the report Sharif objects to ‘back to jail’ comments of Pak info min ment. the Chongqing showed adults said.Violent crime is relatively A mobile recording shared wailing in grief as children cov- rare in China, but it has faced PTI n ISLAMABAD lowing the court order. jurisdiction and you should that everyone knows the facts of by the broadcaster showed the ered in blood are rushed from a string of unrelated knife Sharif’s lawyers Khawaja take action against it.” “If action the Hill Metal Establishment alleged suspect being dragged ambulances into the building. attacks in school and kinder- akistan’s deposed prime min- Haris and Zubair Khalid asked is not taken against this, it case and that Sharif, chief of the away by police, as well as an In another video, a child with gartens in recent years. Pister Nawaz Sharif’s lawyers Accountability Judge Arshad would create problems for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz injured child on a hospital his head in bandages is rushed They have usually been carried on Friday urged an account- Malik to take cognizance of court,” he said. party, will “definitely go to stretcher. Videos circulating on past on a hospital bed, as out by people seeking revenge ability court to take notice of Chaudhry’s remarks on the Hill To this, Judge Malik said: prison again”. Chinese social media showed crowds look on. against officials or individuals, Information Minister Fawad Metal Establishment case, in “Was Chaudhry’s statement gen- After Haris and Khalid’s small children bleeding from School security guards and or who are suffering from Chaudhry’s statement claiming which the minister had stated eral or was it a statement specif- remarks in court were reported, severe cuts to their faces at the staff managed to restrain the mental health problems. the PML-N party supremo will that the former premier would ically targeting the court?” Chaudhry tweeted from his entrance of the kindergarten as attacker. Video from the scene On June, a 29-year-old “definitely go to prison again”. go to prison again, Dawn news- He also told Haris and official account and said: “Had stunned adults looked on. appeared to show angry man fatally stabbed two chil- A top Pakistani court last paper reported. Khalid to file a written petition Khawaja Haris is a senior lawyer, A screenshot of a WeChat onlookers attempting to hit dren outside a primary school month suspended the jail sen- Haris said that the court in court and attach a clipping of and had he not taken millions in group said “a woman and her and kick the woman after she in Shanghai, while nine school- tences of Sharif, his daughter tion case, one of the three cor- should take action against “the the news report that contains the fees [from Nawaz Sharif’s fam- husband were arguing, and to was detained. Large crowds children were stabbed to death Maryam and son-in-law ruption cases faced by the three- minister giving statements about reported statement of Chaudhry. ily] even he would have admit- take revenge against society she gathered at the scene following in a county in Shaanxi province Captain (retd) Mohammad time prime minister. The trio you [the court] and Nawaz Speaking on Geo News on ted that Nawaz Sharif should be stabbed the children at the the incident, and that the attack in April, the report said. Safdar in the Avenfield corrup- were released from a jail fol- Sharif’s arrest. This falls in your Thursday, Chaudhry had said punished. Trump has only one ‘Genome-wide study confirms GGLLOOBBEE TTRROOTTTTIINNGG Emma to play politician in ‘Years & Years’ official iPhone: WH six subspecies’of tiger Los Angeles: Actor Emma Thompson has been PTI n BEIJING roped in to play celebrity-turned-politician in Washington (PTI): The White by Trump to his friends through upcoming future-set family drama “Years & House Thursday dismissed The these cellphones are being listened igers indeed fall into six Years”. The limited series from Russell T Davies New York Times report that US by the Chinese and the Russians. Tgenetically distinct groups, will air on the BBC in the UK, HBO in the US, President Donald Trump has three “The article written by the confirms a study that analysed and Canal Plus in France, with the three co-pro- cellphones, saying he has only one New York Times presented inac- the complete genomes of 32 rep- ducing. Studiocanal banner Red Production official government iPhone, the curate information about the resentative specimens of the Company is creating the six part series, report- security of which follows industry President’s cellphone and its usage. endangered animal. These six ed Variety. The story revolves around a British best practices. Citing US intelli- The President does not have three subspecies include the Bengal family, the Lyons, over 15 years, starting in 2019, gence agencies, the daily reported cellular phones. He has one official tiger, Amur tiger, South China through political instability, technological Wednesday that China and Russia government iPhone,” White House tiger, Sumatran tiger, advances and a changing economy. “We find out eavesdrop on Trump as he uses his Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Indochinese tiger, and Malayan if this ordinary family could ever change the unsecure cellphone to “gossip, Gidley said. “This phone security tiger, first proposed in 2004, world,” the producers said in a statement. gripe or solicit” his friends’ take on follows industry best practices and according to the study published Thompson will play Vivienne Rook, an outspo- how he is doing. is closely managed under govern- in the journal Current Biology. ken celebrity-turned-politician, whose contro- Trump termed the NYT ment supervision in conjunction Three other tiger sub- versial opinions divide the nation. Rory Kinnear report as “fake story” and said he with recommendations from species have already been lost to is cast as Stephen Lyons, a financial advisor and rarely uses his cellphone. The New industry partners,” he said. Gidley extinction, said researchers from it delineation of the conserva- realised that genome-wide the family’s peacekeeper. He is married to Celeste, played by T’Nia Miller, an ambitious accoun- York Times said it stands by its story, asserted that the phone is rotated Peking University in China. tion management units,” said screening was also the only tant. Production is currently underway in Manchester, England. “HBO is thrilled to once again even as Trump through his tweets on a regular basis and is constant- Fewer than 4,000 free-ranging Shu-Jin Luo from Peking way to look for signals that dis- partner with the BBC and to be joining RED Production Company in showcasing the stellar and the White House in a statement ly monitored for any security vul- tigers remain in the wild. Efforts University. tinct groups of tigers have work of Russell T Davies and Emma Thompson with this sweeping family saga which cap- later in the night challenged the nerabilities and attacks, in accor- to protect these remaining tigers “This study is the first to undergone natural selection to tures the spirit of our tim,” said HBO programming president Casey Bloys. authenticity of the investigative dance with recommendations from have also been stymied by reveal the tiger’s natural histo- adapt to the environments story by the daily. Quoting the intelligence community. uncertainty about whether they ry from a whole-genomic per- found in the distinct geograph- ‘Clueless’ movie remake in works unnamed government officials, According to The New York Times, represent six, five or only two spective. It provides robust, ic regions they inhabit. Fossil the New York Times claimed that aides and people who know Trump subspecies, they said. “The lack genome-wide evidence for the evidence shows that tigers go Los Angeles: Classic ‘90s comedy movie “Clueless” is getting a remake. “Girls Trip” writer Tracy president has two official iPhones said that it was only late last year that of consensus over the number origin and evolution of this back two to three million years, Oliver has been tapped to produce, while “Glow” writer Marquita Robinson will pen the script that have been altered by the he finally began to regularly use his of tiger subspecies has partial- charismatic megafauna species,” researchers said. for the Paramount Pictures project, reported Deadline. Directed and written by Amy Heckerling, National Security Agency to limit government-issued cellphone ly hindered the global effort to Luo said. The researchers set However, the genomic evi- the 1995 original was loosely based on Jane Austen’s 1815 novel, “Emma”. The film featured their abilities and vulnerabilities, and instead of his personal cellphone. recover the species from the out to expand their earlier dence shows that all living tigers Alicia Silverstone as privileged Beverly Hills high school student along with Cher, Paul Rudd, a third personal phone that is no dif- But the president kept his person- brink of extinction, as both cap- genetic evidence on tiger’s evo- only trace back to a time about Breckin Meyer, Jeremy Sisto, Stacey Dash and the late Brittany Murphy. It is unclear if the new ferent from hundreds of millions of al phone because he did not have tive breeding and landscape lutionary history and popula- 110,000 years ago, when tigers version will include former characters reprising their roles. The remake news comes as “Clueless, iPhones in use around the world. any numbers stored on the gov- intervention of wild populations tion structure using a whole- suffered a historic population The Musical” is set to make its Off-Broadway debut. The daily reiterated that calls made ernment phone, they said. increasingly requires an explic- genome approach. They bottleneck, they said. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 world 12

Turkey to Saudi: Where CIA chief briefs Trump Kremlin believes Saudi on writer’s murder probe royals on scribe’s killing is Khashoggi’s body? Moscow (AFP): The Kremlin in a statement. Khashoggi, a Washington (PTI): CIA chief dered and dismembered. Up said Friday that Russia Washington Post contribut- AP n ANKARA Gina Haspel has briefed until now, both US and believes Saudi royals were not ing columnist who had crit- President Donald Trump on Turkish officials have said the involved in the murder of icised policies of powerful he Saudi officials who killed the outcome of her visit to alleged recording had not journalist Jamal Khashoggi Prince Mohammed, had been Tjournalist Jamal Khashoggi Turkey this week over the been shared by Turkey. The after Russian President self-exiled in the United in their Istanbul consulate must murder of Saudi dissident existence of such a recording Vladimir Putin discussed it States for about a year. reveal the location of his body, journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has not yet proven. with Saudi King Salman. He was killed on October Turkey’s president said Friday in who was brutally killed inside Khashoggi was a con- Asked by a journalist 2 in the Saudi consulate in remarks that were sharply crit- Saudi Arabia’s consulate in tributing columnist for The whether the Kremlin fully Istanbul, but his body has not ical of the kingdom’s handling of Istanbul, the White House Washington Post.“This puts believes that the Saudi royal been found. Turkish media the case. President Recep Tayyip said. There are no details of the ball firmly in Washington’s family played no part in the have published details of his Erdogan also said Saudi Arabia’s what was discussed, and there court,” Bruce Riedel, a former murder in Istanbul, Putin’s alleged torture and decapita- chief prosecutor will arrive in has not been any reaction CIA official and scholar at the spokesman Dmitry Peskov tion. Turkey on Sunday as part of the from the president. news report, The Washington Brookings Institution, told said that the question was Prince Mohammed, the investigation and will meet with “The president received a Post said that Haspel listened the Post. “Not only will there “inappropriate.” kingdom’s de facto ruler, this Turkish counterparts. briefing from director Haspel to the audio tape which be more pressure now from “There’s an official state- week denounced what he On Thursday, Saudi prose- this morning following her Turkey claims capture the the media but Congress will ment from the king, there’s an called the “repulsive murder” cutors said Khashoggi’s killing return from Turkey. She murder. A person familiar say, ‘Gina, we would love to official statement from the in his first public comments was premeditated, citing Turkish that claimed Khashoggi had left premeditated contradicted an briefed the president on their with the audio said it was have you come visit and you Crown Prince (Mohammed on the case. evidence and changing the the consulate unharmed after earlier Saudi assertion that rogue findings and her discussions,” “compelling” and could put can tell us exactly what you bin Salman) and no one Asked about the prince’s country’s account again to try to going there for paperwork relat- officials from the kingdom had White House Press Secretary more pressure on the US to heard’,” he told the daily. should have any grounds not possible involvement in the ease international outrage over ed to his planned marriage to a killed Khashoggi by mistake in Sarah Sanders said Thursday. hold the kingdom accountable Haspel’s briefing to to believe them,” Peskov said. killing, US President Donald the slaying of a prominent crit- Turkish woman. “He will leave a brawl. In Turkey, she met with offi- for the death of Khashoggi, Trump comes amidst latest Putin spoke to the 82-year- Trump told the Wall Street ic of Crown Prince Mohammed the consulate and not take his That assertion, in turn, cials involved in the investi- the daily reported. change in Saudi stance in old Saudi king by telephone Journal on Tuesday: “Well, bin Salman. Turkey has other fiancee with him? Such childish backtracked from an initial gations of the murder of 60- Turkish officials have which it acknowledge that on Thursday evening and the prince is running things “information and evidence” statements do not go hand in statement that Saudi authorities year-old Khashoggi. Turkish leaked details of an alleged Khashoggi was murdered by they discussed “the situation over there... so if anybody about the killing by Saudi offi- hand with statesmanship,” said knew nothing about what hap- officials say they have audio of recording of Khashoggi that its officials in a “premeditat- around the case of were going to be, it would be cials after Khashoggi entered the Erdogan, again urging Saudi pened to the columnist for The the proof of the murder. In a apparently proves he was mur- ed” operation. Khashoggi,” the Kremlin said him.” consulate on October 2, and it Arabia to turn over 18 suspects Washington Post. will eventually reveal that infor- that the kingdom said it had The shifting explanations mation, Erdogan said without arrested and would punish for indicate Saudi Arabia is scram- elaborating. “There is no point the crime. bling for a way out of the crisis in being too hasty,” he said in an “If you cannot get them to that has enveloped the world’s ‘Saudi prosecutor indication that Turkey is pre- speak ... then hand them over to largest oil exporter and a major Khashoggi’s son leaves Saudi pared to maintain pressure on us and let us put them on trial,” US ally in the Middle East. But Saudi Arabia, even as the king- he added. Meanwhile, a solution seems a long way off, to visit Istanbul’ dom struggles for ways to end Khashoggi’s son, Salah, left Saudi partly because of deepening Arabia, US praises decision the crisis. Arabia after the kingdom skepticism in Turkey and else- Ankara (AFP): Saudi Arabia’s CIA director Gina Haspel revoked a travel ban, allowing where that the brazen crime chief prosecutor will visit Istanbul (AP): The son of after the kingdom on was in Turkey earlier this week him to travel to the United could have been carried out Istanbul on Sunday to speak slain journalist Jamal Thursday cited evidence to review evidence, and she States. State Department without the involvement of with Turkish authorities as part Khashoggi has left Saudi showing Khashoggi’s killing briefed US President Donald spokesman Robert Palladino Prince Mohammed, the king- of the investigation into the Arabia after the kingdom was premeditated, changing Trump in Washington on said Washington welcomes the dom’s heir apparent. murder of journalist Jamal revoked a travel ban, allowing its story again to try to ease Thursday. decision to have Salah At a conference in Riyadh Khashoggi, Turkey’s president him to come to the United international outrage over the What Trump called “one of Khashoggi and his family leave on Wednesday, the crown prince said Friday. “They (the Saudis) States — the latest in the saga slaying of a prominent critic the worst cover-ups in the his- Saudi Arabia. His US destination said the killing was a “heinous are sending the chief prosecu- of the Saudi writer and dissi- of Crown Prince Mohammed tory of cover-ups” was revealed was not immediately known crime that cannot be justified” tor on Sunday to Turkey,” dent whose macabre killing bin Salman. The announce- to the world by Turkish leaks of but his late father lived in the and warned against any efforts President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month at the Saudi ment contradicted an earlier information, including refer- Washington area. Palladino said to “manipulate” the crisis and said, adding that Ankara had Consulate in Istanbul shocked Saudi assertion that rogue ences to purported audio Thursday that U.S. Secretary of drive a wedge between Saudi more evidence on the killing. the world. officials from the kingdom recordings of the killing, and State Mike Pompeo had dis- Arabia and Turkey, which are The 59-year-old Khashoggi, a Saudi government, said Turkey State Department had killed Khashoggi by mis- security camera footage of the cussed Jamal Khashoggi’s son regional rivals but also diplo- Washington Post contributor had already shared evidence spokesman Robert Palladino dom. “We are pleased that he take in a brawl inside their Saudi officials who were during his recent visit to Riyadh matic and business partners. and a critic of Riyadh, was with countries including Saudi said Washington welcomes is now able to do so,” Istanbul consulate. involved as they moved around and “made it clear” to Saudi Khashoggi’s death has derailed killed on October 2 while visit- Arabia and added it had even the decision to have Salah Palladino said. Saudi media That assertion, in turn, Istanbul. Key mysteries remain- leaders that Washington want- the powerful prince’s campaign ing the Saudi consulate in more.“It is not that we don’t have Khashoggi and his family had showed Khashoggi’s son backtracked from an initial ing include whether the killing ed him free to leave the king- to project a modern image of the Istanbul to obtain paperwork for any other information or doc- leave Saudi Arabia. His US meeting Tuesday with the statement that Saudi author- was carried out with the knowl- dom. ultraconservative country, his marriage to a Turkish uments. We do. Tomorrow is destination was not immedi- crown prince, who reported- ities knew nothing about what edge of the crown prince, who “We are pleased that he is instead highlighting the brutal woman. Riyadh acknowledged another day,” he said. The ately known but his late father ly expressed his condolences. happened to the columnist for denies it, and the location of now able to do so,” Palladino lengths to which some top offi- on Thursday that the murder Turkish leader had mocked lived in the Washington area. Palladino also said Pompeo The Washington Post, who Khashoggi’s body. “It is clear that said. Saudi media had showed cials in the government have appeared to have been pre- Saudi Arabia’s initial explanation Palladino said Thursday that attended a briefing on the for- vanished after entering the he has been killed but where is Khashoggi’s son meeting gone to silence its critics. meditated, on the basis of evi- of Khashoggi’s disappearance — US Secretary of State Mike mer Washington Post writer’s consulate on October 2. The it? You have to show the body,” Tuesday with the crown prince, Khashoggi, who lived in self- dence supplied by Turkey. that he left the consulate alive — Pompeo had discussed Jamal death by CIA Director Gina shifting explanations indicate Erdogan said Friday during an who reportedly expressed his imposed exile in the United Turkish media have pub- as “childish” and “far from state Khashoggi’s son during his Haspel, following her return Saudi Arabia is scrambling for address to Turkey’s ruling party condolences. States for nearly a year before his lished a series of grisly revela- seriousness”. recent visit to Riyadh and from Turkey. The White a way out of the crisis that has leaders. The statement from Saudi death, had written critically of tions about the murder. He pressed Riyadh to reveal “made it clear” to Saudi lead- House did not release any enveloped the world’s largest The Turkish president crit- prosecutors that evidence Prince Mohammed’s crackdown Erdogan, who has so far stopped who ordered the killing and the ers that Washington wanted details of their meeting. oil exporter and a major US icised initial Saudi statements showed Khashoggi’s killing was on dissent. short of directly blaming the whereabouts of the body. him free to leave the king- The developments came ally in the Middle East. Pichai: Google fired US investigators search for person Koreas talk about who sent mail bombs, motive 48 employees for Washington (AP): US investi- Police Commissioner James implementing recent gators have been searching O’Neill. Details suggested a coast-to-coast for the culprit pattern — that the items were and motives behind the bizarre packaged in manila envelopes, military pact sexual misconduct mail-bomb plot aimed at crit- addressed to prominent Trump AP n ics of the president, analysing critics and carried US postage SEOUL been clearing mines from PTI n NEW YORK the innards of the crude devices stamps. The devices were being orth and South Korea front-line areas and plan to to reveal whether they were examined by technicians at the Nheld military talks on conduct their first-ever joint oogle fired 48 employees, intended to detonate or simply FBI’s forensic lab in Quantico, their border on Friday to dis- search for remains of soldiers Gincluding 13 senior man- sow fear two weeks before Virginia. cuss implementing a broad- killed during the 1950-53 agers, over sexual harassment Election Day. The packages stoked reaching military agreement Korean War. claims since 2016, CEO Sundar Three more devices were nationwide tensions and fears as last month to reduce ten- South Korea on Pichai has revealed, asserting linked to the plot Thursday — voters prepared to vote sions. South Korean Major Thursday had confirmed its that the tech giant was taking two addressed to former Vice November 6 to determine par- Gen Kim Do-gyun before soldiers had found war an “increasingly hard line” on President Joe Biden and one to tisan control of Congress — a the meeting at Panmunjom remains in a different front- “inappropriate conduct” by actor Robert De Niro — bring- campaign both parties have said the discussions will line area. people in positions of author- ing the total to 10 in an out- described in near-apocalyptic include establishing a joint The Koreas have also ity. In a letter to employees, the break of politically loaded men- terms. Even with the sender still military committee that’s agreed to create buffer zones Indian-American chief execu- ace with little if any precedent. originated, another official said. included former President unknown, politicians from both meant to maintain commu- along their land and sea tive officer said Google was Authorities warned there might The officials spoke on condition Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, parties used the threats to decry nication and avoid crises boundaries, as well as a no- “dead serious” about ensuring well be more. Law enforcement of anonymity because they CNN and Rep Maxine Waters a toxic political climate and lay and accidental clashes. fly zone above the border, a safe and inclusive workplace officials told The Associated were not authorised to discuss of California. The common blame. The planned committee and remove 11 front-line and emphasised that none of Press that the devices, contain- the ongoing investigation by thread among them was obvi- “A very big part of the is one of many inter-Korean guard posts by December. the sacked people got an exit package when they were let go. ing timers and batteries, were name. ous: critical words for Donald Anger we see today in our soci- commitments spelled out in Moon has described the and respect those who have not rigged like booby-trapped Homeland Security Trump and frequent, harsher ety is caused by the purposely the military agreement that military agreement as an The letter was in response spoken out. You can find many package bombs that would Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, in an criticism in return. false and inaccurate reporting was reached on the side- important trust-building to a New York Times report ways to do this at go/saysome- explode upon opening. But interview Thursday night with At a press conference of the Mainstream Media that lines of a summit between step that will reduce border that Android creator Andy thing. You can make a report they were uncertain whether Fox News Channel, acknowl- Thursday, officials in New York I refer to as Fake News,” Trump North Korean leader Kim tensions and create more Rubin received a whopping anonymously if you wish,” they the devices were poorly edged that some of packages would not discuss possible said on Twitter. Jong Un and South Korean space for larger US-led nego- USD 90 million exit package said. designed or never intended to originated in Florida. motives, or details on how the “It has gotten so bad and President Moon Jae-in last tiations to denuclearise the despite facing misconduct alle- They said Google was cause physical harm. A search New details about packages found their way into hateful that it is beyond descrip- month in Pyongyang. The North. gations. committed to ensuring that it of a postal database suggested the devices came as the four- the US postal system. Nor tion. Mainstream Media must talks came a day after the Some experts say the “Today’s story in the New has a workplace where “you at least some may have been day mail-bomb scare spread would they say why none of the clean up its act, FAST!” Former Koreas and the US-led UN South risks conceding its York Times was difficult to can feel safe to do your best mailed from Florida, one offi- nationwide, drawing investi- packages had detonated, but CIA Director John Brennan, the Command completed conventional military read,” Pichai and Eileen work, and where there are cial said. Investigators are gators from dozens of federal, they stressed they were still target of a package sent to removing firearms and strength before the North Naughton, Google’s Vice serious consequences for any- homing in on a postal facility in state and local agencies in the treating them as “live devices.” CNN, fired back. “Stop blam- troops from a jointly con- takes any concrete steps President of people opera- one who behaves inappropri- Opa-locka, Florida, where they effort to identify one or more “As far as a hoax device, we’re ing others. Look in the mirror,” trolled area at the border vil- toward relinquishing its tions, said in the letter made ately.” According to the New believe some of the packages perpetrators. The targets have not treating it that way,” said Brennan tweeted. lage. The Koreas have also nuclear weapons. public on Thursday. York Times report, two “We want to assure you unnamed Google executives that we review every single said then-chief executive Larry complaint about sexual harass- Page asked Rubin to resign ment or inappropriate conduct, after the company confirmed Just a few drinks may change how memories are formed: Study we investigate, and we take a complaint by a female action,” they said. In recent employee about a sexual Washington (PTI): Just a few rotoxins,” said Karla Kaun, an other animals. Molecular sig- case of the alcohol reward path- years, Google has made a encounter in a hotel room in drinks in an evening may assistant professor at Brown nalling pathways are not unlike way studied, the signalling cas- number of changes, including 2013. change how memories are University. Led by Emily a cascade of dominos — when cade didn’t turn the dopamine taking an “increasingly hard A Google investigation formed at the fundamental, Petruccelli, who is now an assis- the first domino falls (in this receptor gene on or off, or line on inappropriate conduct found the woman’s complaint molecular level, a study suggests. tant professor at Southern case, the biological molecule increase or decrease the amount by people in positions of to be credible, the paper One of the many challenges Illinois University in the US, the activates), it triggers more that of protein made, Kaun said. authority..”, they said. reported, but the company has with battling alcohol addiction team used genetic tools to selec- trigger more and so on. One of Instead, it had a subtler effect — In the last two years, 48 not confirmed this. Rubin has and other substance abuse dis- tively turn off key genes while the downstream dominos in the it changed the version of the people have been terminated said he did not engage in mis- orders is the risk of relapse, even training the flies where to find signalling pathway affected by protein made by a single amino for sexual harassment, includ- conduct and left Google of his after progress towards recovery, alcohol. alcohol is a gene called acid “letter” in an important ing 13 who were senior man- own accord. said researchers from Brown This enabled them to see dopamine-2-like receptor, area. agers and above. “None of A spokesman for Rubin University in the US. what proteins were required for which makes a protein on neu- “We don’t know what the these individuals received an denied the allegations, the Even pesky fruit flies have this reward behaviour. One of rons that recognises dopamine, biological consequences of that exit package,” the letter empha- newspaper said. Sam Singer a hankering for alcohol, and the proteins responsible for the the “feel-good” neurotransmit- small change are, but one of the sised. said Rubin decided to leave because the molecular signals Neuron, in flies found that and changes in gene expression flies’ preference for alcohol is ter. “The dopamine-2-like important findings from this “Because we know that Google in 2014 to launch a involved in forming flies’ reward alcohol hijacks this memory for- involved in making and main- Notch, the researchers found. receptor is known to be involved study is that scientists need to reporting harassment can be venture capital firm and tech- and avoidance memories are mation pathway and changes taining reward memories. “One Notch is the first “domino” in encoding whether a memo- look not only at which genes are traumatic, we provide confi- nology incubator called much the same as those in the proteins expressed in the of the things I want to under- in a signalling pathway involved ry is pleasing or aversive,” being turned on and off, but dential channels to share any Playground. He was given what humans, they are a good model neurons, forming cravings. stand is why drugs of abuse can in embryo development, brain Petruccelli said. Alcohol hijacks which forms of each gene are inappropriate behaviour you the paper described as a “hero’s for study, they said. The study, Researchers uncovered the produce really rewarding mem- development and adult brain this conserved memory path- getting turned on and off,” experience or see. “We support farewell” when he departed. published in the journal molecular signalling pathways ories when they’re actually neu- function in humans and all way to form cravings. In the Kaun said. vivacity {48 hours} 13 LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018

ENCOUNTER 20 MINUTES CELEB TALK 10 MINUTES THE URBAN TRIBE

As designer NIXON BUI creates a fashion wave in Copenhagen, CHAHAK MITTAL explores how tribal motifs and culture from Arunachal Pradesh influence his Scandinavian designs

hen studying at a business Because then it becomes a collabora- school didn’t quite fit into tive art,” says he. Whis future dreams and More Indians are moving towards ambitions, Nixon Bui decided to shift accepting global fashion trends and to a design school in Copenhagen. So international style. Bui says, “It’s when he launched his label, tribal about what information they con- motifs and international designs — sume, how they see and wear fashion which seem like the sun and the which they see along with their indi- moon — merged to bring together viduality. I especially like this in India both his background and education. because this country is so vivid and Deriving inspiration from Danish diverse. Street style here is just anoth- designs, which are one er realm of fashion.” of his biggest fascina- Bui does not see fashion as being tions, and minimal limited to just clothes. It rather is “a Scandinavian aesthet- much wider concept that’s narrowed ics, his brand signifies down to only clothes and accessories. the fusion of the two What you see in fashion is a reflec- with the accents of trib- tion of what is happening around you. al details from the It seems unfair to compare Indian Northeast India. fashion scene with that of the Fashion is all about Western.” For him, the diverse and style and silhouettes. subjective nature of fashion is what Through various tex- makes all the difference. The comic act tiles, fabrics and blends, He talks about evolution of the a design is brought to Indian fashion, “I do believe in the forefront — each one of it is dis- evolving but I am very sure some- Kaanta Laga fame SHEFALI JARIWALA tinct from the other. And Bui believes thing this big as fashion will take that he is different from other con- its own course. This cannot be tells AYUSHI SHARMA that although Baby temporary fashion brands as such a orchestrated and I am very blend has never been experimented excited and look forward to see- Come Naa will have no nudity, one has to with before. This is what makes his ing how Indian fashion will have a dirty mind to catch the humour designs stand out among the other evolve in coming years. You all contemporary fashion cultures. He should also be very excited.” ancer-turned-actress ing for sure. The series is full says, “At times, minimal designs can While the brand mainly Shefali Jariwala, who of confusion, with twists and get so isolated that they lack connec- focusses on the street fashion Dshot to fame with the turns every 10 minutes. tion and warmth. Here, we give soul for men, the designer sees video of the 2002 remix There is not a single minute and spirit to minimal design lovers.” women’s fashion in two dif- Kaanta Laga, is all set to where the audience will not While he is currently creating ferent ways. One — where make her acting debut. She laugh, I can guarantee that.” waves in Denmark, he believes he still women experiment says, “Honestly, I was never Shefali says that relation- has miles to go as he calls himself “a more with their very ambitious. Acting was ships nowadays are really struggling” designer. “When I start- looks and fashion never my agenda. Dancing “complicated”. There is so ed I had zero knowledge about the choices, and care was always my comfort zone. much accessibility these days fashion industry. Also, designing about trends and As one grows old, you want that you are exposed to a dif- and figuring out the business aspect want to feel updat- to be challenged, you want to ferent world. Emotions are of a brand are two different things but ed. Second — learn new skills. Acting was complicated. Expectations I followed it, because I absolutely where women sim- the next step for me. It was at are different. Love stories are loved it. The earlier the designers fig- ply don’t care about the beginning of this year not so simple as they used to ure it out, the better it is for them.” trends but just the that I decided that I’m going be. There’s no definition to Designs, which are known for comfort and practi- to try my hand at acting and love. Every relationship is their wearability, are the ones that cality. However, he just when I was preparing for unique, every relationship is usually capture the market. Bui has says, “The common it, Baby Come Naa came to different. a similar approach to designing: “I thing between both me. There’s no way I could Comedian-actor Kiku have always seen fashion and style as the scenarios is that say no to it. I couldn’t stop (Yoyo) prefers doing comedy something wearable yet strong and women these days laughing when I was reading everytime because it comes bold. Something which is a little are increasingly the script. Plus comedy is a naturally to him. He says, unique without screaming ‘look-at- making their own very different as well as diffi- “During a comedy shoot, one me!’ People should look back at you choices. This style cult genre, so I took it up as a does not even realise when twice with delight.” image that they want challenge. Now I am more the day passes by as we laugh Along with the wearability, he to be perceived in, to confident as an actor.” and enjoy ourselves while also maintains the sustainability fac- me, is empower- “I believe I’m very lucky shooting. Plus not much off- tor in equal proportions through an ment.” Through his because good work always beat work has ever come my eco-friendly approach. Sticking to the collection, he “thinks came to me like Kaanta way. On TV or for web, I values of his tribal culture, he believes about modern femi- Laga. Fortunately the item don’t ever feel like working that “we are enormously dependent ninity, how women are number was such a huge hit on serious stuff.” on nature.” Hence, sustainability is a redefining what it means to that people still remember Kiku describes his jour- natural act of design or the business be feminine, and how they me and want to watch me,” ney from Hobo in Hatim to process. He says, “I use a lot of nat- present that in their fashion adds she. Baby Come Naa. He explains, ural fabrics for my designs and at choices.” Baby Come Naa is an “I have evolved in terms of times I use organic or even left-over The designer’s approach adaptation of Paritosh understanding my craft com- fabrics. Sometimes, I even recycle to was similar when he recently Painter’s English-Hindi bilin- pletely. There was a time in minimise wastage and contribute a showcased his designs at the gual play Double Trouble and Hatim where I never under- little to sustainability.” Embassy of Denmark in India is an out-and-out comedy. stood the actions and didn’t From Urban Tribal to as the Spring/Summer 2019 Shefali feels one has to have a know how to execute them Arunachalee, the names and ideolo- ‘WOMEN THESE DAYS ARE collection. The collection cele- dirty mind to pick up the well. With time I have under- gies behind his collections always give brated everyday modern humour. It’s an adult comedy stood how things are made away an Indian touch. Bui calls it a women; “strong and chic, effort- but there is no nudity. It is and executed. I know the “retrospective glorification” of his cul- INCREASINGLY MAKING THEIR less yet refined.” With an array for the intelligent dirty- importance of writing and ture as he finds his identity and child- of shades of grey and “a colour minded people (laughs). writers of comedy now. I feel hood highly inspiring. “A lot of my OWN CHOICES. THIS IMAGE very central to Scandinavian She talks about the show I have come really far. But designs has some or little influence design,” he had built other and says, “It’s like a mad one thing has not changed from my tribal background. The THAT THEY WANT TO BE designs with accents of red house, I’m playing the char- that I enjoy my work as motifs in my designs hold great sig- and green which are more tradi- acter of Sarah, who is Adi’s much as I did during my first nificance for me because of the PERCEIVED IN, TO ME, IS tional to his state, Arunachal Pradesh. (Shreyas Talpade’s) girlfriend. outing.” The show directed memories attached to them and An amalgam that seems so disparate Adi is cheating on her and by Farhad Samji, streaming their profound meaning. But some- EMPOWERMENT’ yet comes together as one organic his best friend Yoyo, who’s on ALTbalaji, also stars times it’s good to be silent and let the whole. played by Kiku Sharda, helps Chunky Pandey. buyers interpret their own meaning. Photo: Pankaj Kumar Adi out. Something is cook- Photo: Pankaj Kumar PHOTO SPREAD 15 MINUTES Razzle-dazzle Bollywood’s favourite designer MANISH MALHOTRA showcased his wedding collection with his signature touch of glitz and glamour

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RADHIKA APTE PRINCE NARULA AKSHAY KUMAR ARI SANDEL SEAN KINGSTON I did Padman not only because of I feel it’s crucial for me to con- A person has a hidden pas- How to make movies is dif- It's great to see people its social message but because it tribute in some way for Yuvika’s sion for at least one sport ferent than how to make accepting the talent and was a good story. I run after good (Chaudhary) Karwa Chauth fast. but it's the lethargic feeling them in Hollywood. To motivating others in the stories. If I didn’t like the story I will make sure that she has a that stops you from doing it. make it in Hollywood, it industry. It's amazing to and if it was imparting the same healthy and nutritious sargi. I’ll We should give more takes a long time, a lot of see this cultural exchange message, I probably would not add her favourite Quaker Oats to emphasis to sports. work, patience and perse- between the countries. have done it. I am not here to do pheni. Sargi with a healthy fist- Winning gold in the verance. You have to be India as a country gives a films with just social messages. I ful of the oats will ensure sus- Olympics is not very difficult willing to be told ‘no’ a lot. lot of importance to am an actor, I want to be a part of tained energy to get her through for our nation, if only we put It can take more than a year artistes like us and I truly stories. her first Karwa Chauth fast. our heart and soul in. to make one film. respect that.

ENCOUNTER 20 MINUTES THE INSIDER OUTSIDER Growing up in Kenya, actor ROHAN MEHRA, who makes his debut in Baazaar, was far removed from his father’s legacy. But now he has decided to strike out in the same profession, says SAIMI SATTAR hen the trailer of Baazaar hit and Anil Kapoor in the lead, the film women around me and they thought If you ask him, if he has the screens and the social was released in 1993 after director Raj that they will get a sense of security, not had a similar experience, Wmedia, it was one sequence Sippy completed it. that they expected me to run every- Rohan, who is a guitarist where a young and an absolute new- Rohan’s growing up years were thing, but that I would take decisions. says, that it wasn’t at such a comer is seen swallowing coffee, in “very simple and normal. We were a I had this sense of responsibility since big level. “I don’t have one which the tormentor interviewer has very traditional family, very normal and THE AUDIENCE LOVED HIM a very young age.” hero that I worship. I have spat, garner all the attention. When not at all filmy. It was an interesting But being the son of Vinod Mehra several. There have been asked to sell the tea, he swallows it and journey. I really enjoyed my time and (VINOD MEHRA) BECAUSE did not open any doors for him. small things like waiting says, “Bech di, sir. Khud ko,” which was I can say that they were the best years HE HAD THIS NICENESS Before the film released, he struggled outside for two hours to certainly the most riveting scene. This, of my life even though it sounds funny really hard for a number of years, going meet musicians post a despite the fact that there are stalwarts because I am a young guy. But AND GOODNESS. IT IS for auditions and trying to get the right concert and they just like Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte and Mombasa has a special place in my RARE WHEN SOMEONE project. “I have gone through this com- walk past without meet- Chitrangada Singh in the movie. The heart and I still wear this,” he says, plete Bollywood struggler kind of ing their fans.” buzz around the actor grew some pulling back his sleeve to reveal a TALKS ABOUT A PERSON route. People are now a little more However, Rohan can more before it tumbled out that he was bracelet which is woven in the colours intrigued and are wondering who I am,” be sure of one thing that Rohan Mehra, the late Vinod Mehra’s of the Kenyan flag. AND SAYS THAT HE IS NICE he says. his father was not of the son. “I didn’t dream of doing anything EVEN BEFORE TALKING However, he does agree that nepo- kind. “The audience So when he walks in wearing a blue that can be considered away from nor- tism does exist in the industry. “People loved him because he kurta, blazer and trouser at a five-star mal. Normal being a doctor, engineer, ABOUT THE PROFESSION. do work here based on their connec- had this niceness and in Delhi without any airs or swagger lawyer or a banker. I wanted to be an IT IS A BIG COMPLIMENT. tions and relations but speaking for me, goodness. It is rare when that is common among the millenni- investment banker because my idea of I did not get the film because of it. The someone talks about a als, one is surprised. And the success was to have a good salary, a big IN KENYA, I KNEW HE WAS first time they called me for an audi- person and says that he is demeanour does not flag one bit dur- house and all that. You are after all a tion, they did not even know whose son nice even before talking ing the entire interaction. Maybe being product of your environment. I was a AN ACTOR AND PEOPLE I was. They liked my look and said let’s about the profession. It is a away from the industry and the con- good student and I liked to study — I LIKED HIM. I JUST DID NOT audition him,” he says and adds about big compliment. In Kenya, I stant gaze has made him more of an still do.” the audience, “In the generation that we knew he was an actor and everyday man. He is an insider-out- Following the path that he had KNOW THE MAGNITUDE. I are living in, there is a sense that they people liked him. I just did sider. Rohan says, “I am on the edge decided to embark upon, he went to do not like it when people are natural- not know the magnitude. I and in a situation where I am on the England to pursue his Bachelors in WAS SO FAR AWAY. IT WAS ly given things. They shoot that person was so far away. It was bare- borderline. To get to where I am, the Mathematical Economics and BARELY IN CONVERSATION down. If there is even one mistake by ly in conversation and it hit insider bit didn’t have a role to play. Econometrics from the University of a son or a daughter of an industry per- me when I came to Now that the film is releasing, it is influ- Nottingham. “I was supposed to work AND IT HIT ME WHEN I son, it is given a lot of attention. You Mumbai,” he says. encing a bit. There are people who want in investment banks like Morgan CAME TO MUMBAI really have to be a phenomenal actor,” But inherent with his to know who I am, where I am from Stanley, Barclays and others but as I was he says and gives the example of father are the tales that the and how much I knew about my dad. writing the cover letter for my resume, Ranbir Kapoor who has come into his industry didn’t support his fam- These questions were never asked I wondered what would I say was the own as a phenomenal actor rather than ily after Vinod Mehra passed before and rightly so because your work reason for me wanting to work at any riding on the shoulders of his actor- away tragically at the young age of 45 should speak and shouldn’t influence of those places. I wondered, do I even father Rishi Kapoor. “Or for that mat- even before Rohan was born. “I have who you are and where you come want to work there? Until university, I ter Ishan Khattar who is Shahid heard stories the same way that anyone from.” was a very good student and I was in I needed to take that call. I came to Kapoor’s brother who is super. You real- else might have. It is strange that despite Rohan grew up in Mombasa in the top 10. But I realised that it is great Mumbai, attended acting workshops , ly need to step up the game.” being his blood, I do not know much Kenya, where his mother shifted after being good at something but it wasn’t worked on the craft, on the diction, As the discussion turns to Baazaar, about the inside story of it. It is some- his father passed away in 1990 after a something that I am passionate about,” Bollywood dance and all that to pol- “the elephant in the room”, he says, thing that has been lost in fiction,” he heart attack during the making of he says, looking off in a distance as if ish them. For this is an art and a craft,” “Shakun Kothari (Saif) is my hero. It says. But there are other things that he Gurudev, his first venture as a produc- reliving his past. he says. is a story about ambition, about meet- knows well like playing the guitar and er director. “She moved not because she In the back of his heart, film and Rohan knew that it was a big leap ing your hero, wanting to be like him composing music. “I sing but not well. wanted to keep us away from the indus- music always held a special place but of faith and also a risk when he had all as Rizwan Ahmed (Rohan’s character) I sing in the shower. Playing the gui- try but because it was a logistical deci- he never had the opportunity or the these opportunities and a secure career like Shakun is not a khaandaani raees tar is more than a hobby. And so it will sion as my mother was from the coun- courage to pursue it. “When you are lined up. “I am the only, so to say, the but wants to be rich like him. In the be amazing if there is a sequence where try. She left us with my grandparents from a small town and you have come man in my family. My father passed process, discovering that his hero is not I can do that,” he says getting up. Rohan and went ahead and finished the film,” away from your family, you suddenly away before I was born and my grand- like what Faizan had imagined him to is certainly here to stay — on his own he says. Starring Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor become your own man. I realised that father when I was 16. There are only be and has feet of clay.” steam. STUDIO CHAT 20 MINUTES BYTEWISE 20 MINUTES

It wasn’t that exciting because there Director TAIKA WAITITI were a lot of people behind the shots. It was really hard to move around the ‘This is a golden time shares how the film Thor streets. But afterwards you see the sheer was a challenge yet the joy of people on seeing Chris and Tom and the actors on the streets of Brisbane. coolest film for him. There would be screaming and barri- for character actors’ cades. But it’s what we are trying to do By TEAM VIVA with the movie, get the audience to be Actor GAJRAJ RAO gets candid about his role in Badhaai Ho excited about something. I think they are he “most important role” of his career has Gupta) — already parents to two grown ups — going to be excited about this film. Tcome to Gajraj Rao after two decades of end up with an unplanned pregnancy. The essaying supporting characters. Badhaai Ho has The film, directed by Amit Ravindernath Who impressed you the most on the given the actor, who plays the simple and affa- Sharma, also stars Ayushmann Khurrana and sets? ble Jeetender Kaushik in the offbeat entertain- Sanya Malhotra of Dangal fame. perfect Well, Chris was the biggest surprise. er, a reason to celebrate as he feels it will open It gives him the satisfaction that character I already knew he was funny in his other doors for “big and important” roles for him in actors are now getting their long-overdue films but when it came to the middle of Bollywood. recognition. “Right now, especially in the last the shoot he was bringing in the most Asked why he only signed the dot- two to three years, it is the golden period for reason incredible ideas and he was being a very ted lines for such roles, Gajraj said, “I was character actors because of new kind of sto- smart guy. He was funny and constant- only offered that. I was never offered a ries and emergence of digital platforms,” he ly trying to make the scene better. The big role like in Badhaai Ho because in said. hy did you do this film, what was ‘get-help joke,’ where he tries to throw commercial films, the secondary parts He also credited this change in scenario Wyour experience? Loki, was actually his idea. He came up are mostly ‘item actors’ and I don’t to new generation actors. “For the whole Taking the job was easy because my with that, he was a revelation. fit in that scenario. So, hopeful- movement of new stories in commer- chance of making a super hero movie ly, now I may get good, inter- cial cinema, the credit goes to stars was not coming around often. So, if the How do you balance between acting in esting, bigger roles in cinema.” like Ayushmann. They have universe gives you an opportunity like your own movies versus directing? The film hasn’t just been become the custodians. that, you should take it. I also saw it as As a storyteller, for me, it’s all about image-breaking but has given “Not only Ayushmann, but an opportunity to learn and make big- the story. The fact that I get all the best him visibility like no other also stars like Rajkummar Rao, ger films. I can easily go back to my small lines in the movie is just a coincidence film — so much so that it Vicky Kaushal, Ranveer Singh, films because I already have scripts that (smiles). Also, all the best roles were was a little “unbelievable” for Varun Dhawan, Deepika I keep working on. It was a challenge for taken. I am used to working with myself him that he got a film which Padukone and Anushka me — working for huge budget films and casting all my movies any way. as an actor, part of the reason why I revolved around his character. Sharma, are creating moments amazing actors. That was the thing that drew me We use the script as a became a director is because as an actor, “Out of all the roles I have where they are promoting real-life towards it. Whenever I am about to do a project, I template, do a version of all the roles I was offered were really bor- got in my acting career, my role stories and not just conventional feel nervous like it might be the end of my career. I that or pick out the lines ing and there is nothing really cool. But in Badhaai Ho is the most hero-heroine-based stories,” said the know then that it is surely a good move. that are vital for exposition while writing Thor, I thought about writ- important for me. It was like a actor. and then add a bit to make ing a role for myself. I have never been dream for me,” said Gajraj. The Gajraj made his debut in 1994 with What was your vision for the film considering the it better. a vampire so I'll keep doing that because happiness in his voice seemed nat- a minor role in filmmaker Shekhar previous two, which have a different flavour? I have the power now. ural, given the appreciation that is Kapur’s Bandit Queen. He then fea- Originally, my vision was to just make Thor the What is the single-most coming his way for his endearing tured in supporting roles in movies like coolest character and the most entertaining one. Chris important thing that you Name three of your favourite films that role of a middle-class family patri- Aamir, Black Friday, Talvar and had already told this to everyone that he didn’t want want the audience to have inspired you over the years? arch whose life takes a twist after he Blackmail. to do the same thing again and again, he wanted to learn from this film? Alice doesn't live here anymore, and his wife (played by Neena —IANS change the character and make him funnier, and have I want to make them Martin Scorsese films, Badlands and an adventure. So my vision was to make it more feel a sense of joy. It should Jaws. colourful. It has got to be like the comic books that make them a bit more RANVEER OBSESSED WITH TAIMUR his love for Kareena Kapoor, reveal I grew up reading — fun and vibrant. energised because this film has got a lot of life in it. Any particular projects would you like to work on? yet another person he is absolutely in Even though it’s a superhero movie with elements like I would do films that challenge me. Part of the hile actors Ranveer Singh and loving. They also share a bromance love with. It’s one of the funniest Marvel films. How did it turn a giant wolf, zombie army and the incredible Hulk, reason I did Thor was because it challenged me. I had- Akshay Kumar are both known that is one of everyone’s envy. When asked which of the Khans out to be on the sets? they represent celebration of life and energy in this n’t done anything like that before. Now I would like Wto be ‘fashion experts’ of B- As they now take centre stage on the he would like to work with in the Yes, since it began. One of my favorite things was time. It makes way for people to go and escape to a to do a silent film, black and white film or a roman- Town, they are certainly two extremes show, Koffee With Karan, who’s to future, he was quick to quip, “Taimur the banter, especially the exchange between Thor and cinema, have an experience where they can laugh and tic comedy, but something different. of that pole. While one is revered for say that the two bright-witted actors — I will be his father and he will be Banner. I knew that they brought me in for my tone see what their kids can laugh about. For me, this is his debonair and oomph, the other is will not turn the table on Karan my budhaape ka sahara.” as well as my sense of humour. So when we were writ- the perfect reason. (The film airs for the first time on Indian televi- loved for the way he embraces his himself? Koffee with Karan Season 6 ing, there were a lot of visual gags. They wanted us sion on October 28 on Star Movies and Star Movies unconventional side. The duo are We will go on to see Ranveer, will air on Star World this Sunday at to get in there and they knew that I add a little bit to How was it working in Brisbane? Select HD at 1 pm and 9 pm respectively.) high on energy, entertaining and fun- who has never been shy to confess 9 pm. LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 sport 15 Federer powers past Sloane, Kiki advance in WTA Finals Struff into Basel quarters Stephens beats top seed German player to enter semis; Osaka withdraws after injury AFP n BASEL AFP n SINGAPORE Osaka, who wiped away tears, forfeited STANDINGS the match. oger Federer won his 17th consecutive confident Sloane Stephens WHITE GROUP It was a bitterly disappointing end for Rmatch at the Swiss Indoors on Thursday, stormed into a semi slot at the the 21-year-old, who came into Singapore dispatching Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 7-5 to AWTA Finals with a convincing Position Player M W L S Pts as the form player but lost three-set reach the quarter-finals. straight sets victory against top seed 1 Elina Svitolina 3 3 0 6:2 3 matches to Stephens and Kerber. The top seed, unbeaten in Basel since 2013, Angelique Kerber Friday, joining fellow Osaka has had a whirlwind time is an eight-time debutant Kiki Bertens in the knockout 2 Karolina Pliskova 3 2 1 5:2 2 since her stunning win over Serena winner of his home stage. 3 Caroline Wozniacki 3 1 2 3:5 1 Williams in a controversial US Open event and will next The former US Open champion con- 4 Petra Kvitova 3 0 3 1:6 0 final. play Frenchman tinued her unbeaten run in Singapore RED GROUP The triumph cemented her standing Gilles Simon, who with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph in 101 minutes, on hard court but Osaka has had limit- defeated Latvia's her fifth straight-sets victory in a row over Position Player M W L S Pts ed success on clay and grass, where she Ernests Gulbis 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/0). Kerber. 1 Sloane Stephens 3 3 0 6:2 3 is yet to make it past the third round at Federer admitted he was not satisfied with After topping Red Group, Stephens 2 Kiki Bertens 3 2 1 5:3 2 Wimbledon and the French Open. his slow start, going down a break in the third will play Czech Karolina Pliskova in the She struggled on the Singapore game. 3 Angelique Kerber 3 1 2 3:5 1 semi-finals. Indoor Stadium's hard court, which "I didn't really get into the game. It's been Roger Federer reacts after winning in Swiss Indoor tourney AP For the first time since 2003, none of 4 Naomi Osaka 3 0 3 2:6 0 played slower than expected. a long time since I've played a match a match the top four seeds advanced to the "For me, I without being broken. I have to improve in the semi-finals of the WTA E Stivolina vs K Bertens shouldn't just next round." PRAJNESH BEATS FABBIANO Finals. S Stephens vs K Pliskova Live from 1:30pm IST be doing well "It was a lot of rocky start, I had to clean TO REACH LIUZHOU SEMIS The match started tense- STAR SPORTS on hard up my game, I'm happy about that," Federer Live from 5:00pm IST NEW DELHI: India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran ly, with Kerber unable to STAR SPORTS courts. I think said. convert seven break points in I should be Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas dominated knocked out third seed Thomas Fabbiano of Italy Stephens' first three service games, and doing well on Peter Gojowczyk 6-3, 6-1 to line up a quarter- to seal his place in the semifinals of the Liuzhou the missed opportunities proved costly. all surfaces," final with one of his toughest NextGen rivals. Challenger in China on Friday. An energetic Stephens made her pay she told The Greek will face Russian Daniil The win enabled Prajnesh to exact sweet revenge by converting all three of her break points reporters. "I Medvedev, who defeated Italy's Andreas Seppi over Fabbiano, who had defeated the Indian in the final of the Ningbo Challenger last week. to draw first blood. think I'm capable of doing that. So def- 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 in their second-round encounter. Prajnesh came from behind to beat the Italian 6- The American impressively coun- initely I want to try to focus on that next Medvedev owns three titles this season 7(5), 6-1, 6-3 in the battle of baseline, having lost terattacked and pinpointed the lines to year." from Sydney, Winston-Salem and last month to him the title clash, last week. frustrate Kerber, who survived an injury But it was enough for Bertens to seal in Tokyo. He has also defeated last week's Prajnesh struck the ball hard, retrieving almost scare when she landed awkwardly mid- a final four spot having defeated Kerber Stockholm champion Tsitsipas in two meetings everything thrown at him and found some way through the first set. earlier in the round-robin phase. this season, in Miami and the US Open. delectable winners on both flanks. Kerber was immediately under pres- Bertens only qualified for the WTA Tsitsipas made his trophy breakthrough at Asked how he managed to beat Fabbiano this time sure in the second set and saved seven Finals just days before the tournament the weekend in Sweden with his first career around, Prajnesh said, the conditions suited him break points in the fourth game before after world number one Simona Halep title. better. cracking under the pressure. withdrew due to injury. "I'm playing well," said 16th-ranked "The courts were a bit slower and it suits my There was still fight left in the "It's never easy or never nice to win Tsitsipas. "I think the rivalry between the game more. I played well. It was not the best of German, who broke straight back but a match like this, but it is what it is," young guys right now may be even stronger first set. I had chances but did not play well when continued to struggle on serve. Bertens said. than that of the big names. I was close to getting break of serves," Prajnesh On her fifth break point, Stephens "To be at the last four, last tournament Tsitsipas, 20, is the youngest player in the told PTI. claimed the decisive break in the eighth of the year, it's unbelievable." ATP Top 20, and the first Greek to win an ATP "In the second set I really played well. I got an game and then served it out to knockout Kiki hugs Osaka after Red Group clash Osaka had started the match bright- title. He also reached his first Masters final in early break and played well to finish the set. The the Wimbledon champion. ly, rolling through her service games Toronto in August before losing to Rafael third set was very close, could have gone either It was a bitterly before being broken in the eighth game. Nadal. TEARFUL WITHDRAWAL way. I saved a breakpoint at 3-3. I broke at 4-3 disappointing end for With her upper leg heavily strapped, Second seed Alexander Zverev ended the and served very well in the last game of the Bertens faces unbeaten Elina the Osaka, who came Osaka called a medical timeout after the run of 174th-ranked Australian teenage qual- match," he said. Svitolina after a hamstring injury into Singapore as the eighth game and required treatment in ifier Alexei Popyrin with a 6-4, 6-4 win. The Prajnesh finished the two-hour eight minute battle forced Naomi Osaka's retirement the locker room. She came back on court German next plays Spanish eighth seed with an ace, serving at love. earlier Friday. form player but lost but dropped her serve to love, culmi- Roberto Bautista Agut who continued his quiet In the doubles, fourth seeds N Sriram Balaji and She won the first set 6-3 in 47 three-set matches to nating in a double fault which turned out progress through the draw, beating Serb Saketh Myneni lost in the semifinal 7-5, 0-6, 5-10 minutes before US Open champion Stephens and Kerber to be her last action at the WTA Finals. Dusan Lajovic 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-3. to second seeds Mao-Xin Gong and Ze Zhang. PTI India face Japan ‘Mercedes will have earned F1 title’ SINGLES BRAZIL TO PLAY CAMEROON IN LONDON Rio De Janerio: Brazil will play its last friendly of the year against AFP n MEXICO CITY "That naturally takes away said in advance of this weekend's Cameroon in London on Nov 20, its football confederation said on in ACT semis from the job the team and I have Mexican Grand Prix. Thursday. The last time the teams met was during the group stage of ewis Hamilton said Thursday done." "He's been a great competi- the 2014 World Cup when Brazil won 4-1 in Brasilia with a Neymar PTI n MUSCAT Lthat another Formula One Vettel has taken criticism tor this year. It's been so hot for double. On November 16, Brazil will face Uruguay in London. Coach championship would be one over Ferrari's season of miscues. both of us. I look forward to Tite will announce his squad for the two friendlies on Friday. Brazil efending champions India will look to assert their con- earned by him and Mercedes - That includes last week at the US many more years of us racing Dtinental supremacy once again when they take on reign- not one thrown away by Ferrari. Grand Prix, won by his Ferrari together right at the top." has won all four friendlies since the 2018 World Cup in Russia, ing Asian Games Gold-medallists Japan in the semi-final of Sebastian Vettel won the first teammate Kimi Raikkonen while Ferrari's blunders certainly against United States, El Salvador, Saudi Arabia and Argentina. Tite is the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) hockey tournament here two races of 2018 to set up what Vettel missed the podium. made Hamilton's season easier. preparing his players for the 2019 Copa America tournament that on Saturday. promised to be a dramatic chase Mercedes drivers V Bottas (left) and Lewis Vettel said the driver with the There have been crashes, pit Brazil will host. Hamilton celebrates after win AP/File Photo Having spanked Japan 9-0 in the round-robin stage, India for a fifth career championship most points at the end of the sea- stop and tire mistakes, and prac- INDIA A DEFEAT AUSTRALIA A, WIN T20 SERIES 3-0 will start overwhelming favourites against the Asian Games between him and Hamilton. Now son deservedly wins the title. tice penalties that cost Ferrari champion side. Hamilton's dominant second half es as low as seventh Sunday. Saying another driver lost it wins and race position. Mumbai: India A completed a 3-0 clean sweep against their India are the only side in the tournament that remained of the season, helped by a rash of "I see a lot of people write a wouldn't be fair, he said. Vettel's last victory came in Australian counterparts with a 37-run win in the third and the final unbeaten in the round-robin stage, having won all their mistakes by Vettel and Ferrari, lot of stories saying things have "For the words to come from Belgium six races ago and he's T20 here Friday. Electing to bat, India A put on a healthy 154/8 on the matches except for a close goal-less draw against old neme- has the Mercedes driver set to been 'handed'" to Mercedes this a four-time world champion, missed the podium three times in board in their alloted 20 overs with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur top sis Malaysia. win the crown even if he finish- season, Hamilton said. that's positive to hear," Hamilton the last five. scoring with 41 off 27 balls. While Mumbai girl Jemimah Rodrigues India qualified as the top team with 13 points from five chipped in with a notable 38, other batswomen failed to perform. The games. Arch-rivals Pakistan finished second on 10 points Indian bowlers then bundled out the Aussies for 117 in 19.2 overs to ahead of Malaysia on account of a better goal difference, while record a clean sweep. Poonam Yadav (3-23) Pooja (2-21) and Anuja Japan were fourth with seven points. Patil (2-26) emerged as the star bowlers for the hosts. The series was The ongoing Asian Champions Trophy being the last TAI BEATS SAINA IN FRENCH OPEN QUARTERS a good preparation before heading to the WI for the T20 WC. tournament before the season-ending World Cup in Bhubaneswar, the Indians would be desperate to prove PTI n PARIS the quarterfinals with a straight- The men's doubles pairs of SIDDHANT IN BOYS' FINAL OF ASIAN JUNIORS their critics wrong with another strong performance on game win over Japan's Sayaka Sato Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Pune: Fourth-seeded local boy, Siddhant Banthia, entered the boys' Saturday. orld number one Tai beats but B Sai Praneeth crashed out. Chirag Shetty and Manu Attri and singles final of the 2nd HCL Asian B1 Junior Tennis Championship Going by performance, the Indians looked the dominant WSaina Nehwal in straight sets Sindhu dished out a compact B Sumeeth Reddy too put up a here Friday. In the semi-final, Banthia was leading 6-2, 4-2 when side in the tournament with convincing wins except for the to enter French Open semifinal on game to outwit Sayaka 21-17, 21- good show, progressing to the top-seeded rival Dostanbek Tashbulatov conceded the match. The stalemate against Malaysia. Friday. This was the second meet- 16 in a second round match on quarterfinals with straight game Pune boy will now take on second-seeded Sergey Fomin in the title Harendra Singh's men defeated Oman 11-0, Pakistan 3- ing of both these decorated play- Thursday to set up a clash with sev- wins. While Satwik and Chirag clash on Saturday. Fomin scored a 6-4, 6-3 win over third-seeded 1, Japan 9-0 and South Korea 4-1. ers of world Badminton within a enth seeded Chinese He Bingjiao. defeated China's He Jiting and Tan Seon Yong Han in the other semi-final. In the girls' singles, third- And come Saturday, India would be eager to prove that week and like the past one Taipei However, Praneeth was no Qiang 21-13, 21-19, Manu and seeded Mananchaya Sawangkaew upset top-seeded Hong Yi Cody the disappointing Bronze at the Asian Games was just an aber- player comes out better of her match for Asian Games champion Sumeeth stunned third seeded Wong 7-6 (4), 6-2. She set up an all-Thai final with eighth-seeded ration with another big morale-boosting win over Japan. Indian opponent by 22-20, 21-11. Jonatan Christie of Indonesia, Chinese combination of Liu Cheng Mai Napatt Nirundorn, who struggled before getting past fourth- India's chief coach Harendra Singh said Saturday will be Earlier on Thursday night, going down 16-21, 14-21 in a and Zhang Nan 21-14, 21-16 in seeded Priska Madelyn Nugroho 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the other semi- BAI a completely new game for his side. Saina Nehwal in action at French Open India ace P V Sindhu advanced to men's singles match. another match. final match. Sawangkaew later paired with Himari Sato of Japan to take the girls' doubles title. While, Christian Didier Chin and Fomin LOCAL EVENTS carved out a 7-6(7-5), 6-3 win to get the boys' doubles crown. Loftus-Cheek treble fuels Chelsea VIKAS, AMIT TO MISS BOXING NATIONALS RS 450 TICKET FOR STUDENTS TABLE TENNIS Pune: World Bronze-medallist Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) will be The 65th UP State & Inter-Zonal Table AFP n PARIS AC MILAN, MARSEILLE LOSE among the 360 boxers vying for top honours in the National Men's Tennis Championships will be held at Sri Ram Seven-time European champions AC Milan Championship starting here Saturday which will be skipped by Murti Smarak College, Bareilly from October 27. uben Loftus-Cheek capitalised on a rare start for crashed to a 2-1 home defeat by Real Betis as Gennaro some top stars such as Amit Panghal and Vikas Krishan. More than Around 225 participants from all over the state RChelsea by scoring a hat-trick in Thursday's 3- Gattuso's team dropped their first points in Group 30 state teams and units will be in action at the event, where the are expected to take part in the championships. 1 Europa League victory over BATE of Belarus, while F. Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) will be the defending SEEDINGS: Men’s: 1. Hardik Paliwal (Agra) 2. Arsenal extended their winning run to 11 games away Goals from Antonio Sanabria and Giovani Lo champions. Bidhuri will be competing for RSPB, which will also Abhinav Belwal (Gzb), 3. Gautam Dhruvansh to Sporting Lisbon. Celso, on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, earned feature Commonwealth Games Bronze-medallist Naman Tanwar (Lko) 4. Sarthak Seth (Ghaziabad)Womens’: 1. Loftus-Cheek, part of England's World Cup group leaders Betis a memorable win at the San (91kg). Also there in the Railways team is Sachin Siwach (52kg), a Suhana Narginari (Mbd) 2. Tanu Gupta squad in Russia, started for just the second time this Siro. former world youth champion. The RSPB will be missing veteran (Allahabad) 3. Mahika Dixit (Gzb) 4. Radhapriya season under Maurizio Sarri and struck twice Patrick Cutrone grabbed a consolation for Manoj Kumar (69kg). Manoj was adjudged the best boxer of the Goel (Gzb) Youth Boy’s: 1. Sarthak Seth inside the opening eight minutes as Chelsea domi- Milan who finished the game with 10 men after tournament's last edition. While the Services Sports Control Board (Ghaziabad) 2. Abhinav Belwal (Ghaziabad) 3. nated at Stamford Bridge. Samuel Castillejo saw red for the hosts in injury time. (SSCB) would be without Asiad Gold-medallist Amit Panghal Divyansh Srivastava (Lko) 4. Hardik Paliwal The 22-year-old midfielder drilled in a low Olympiakos beat Dudelange of Luxembourg 2- (49kg). (Agra) Youth Girls: 1. Suhana Narginari Davide Zappacosta cross as the Blues led after two 0 in the group's other fixture, while there was more (Moradabad) 2. Kavya Gupta (Alld) 3. minutes, and Loftus-Cheek doubled his tally when misery for Brendan Rodgers and Scottish champi- 8 OLYMPIANS TO TAKE PART IN INDOOR ARCHERY MEET Abhisarika Yadav (Knp) 4. Shruti Gupta (Alld) he hooked in from a corner. ons Celtic in Germany. Kolkata: More than 450 archers including eight Olympians will Junior Boy’s: 1. Akshat Tyagi (Gzb) 2. Vibhor He completed his hat-trick with a side-footed Brazilian striker Matheus Cunha and Portugal compete in four categories in the first edition of the two-day Indian Garg (Gzb) 3. Subrat Raj Verma (Agra) 4. Ansh effort from the edge of the area on 54 minutes, winger Bruma, who scored against Scotland in a Open Indoor Archery Tournament starting Saturday at the Netaji Sabbarwal (Sre) Junior Girl’s: 1. Ambika Gupta although BATE left with a consolation goal after an friendly this month, were both on target in the first Indoor Stadium here. "The event is unique because an archery (Alld) 2. Suhana Narginari (Mbd) 3. Vartica unmarked Aleksei Rios turned in from a late free- half as RB Leipzig won 2-0. competition in an indoor environment will be held for the first time Bharat (Agra) 4. Mahika dixit (Gzb) Sub-Junior kick. Salzburg picked up a third successive victory to in India. This format is very popular in the western countries," said Sports Minister Chetan Chauhan speaking to the Boy’s: 1. Sarth Mishra (Gzb) 2. Akshat Tyagi "It feels really good," Loftus Cheek told BT Sport stay top of Group B as Munas Dabbur netted twice veteran archer Dola Banerjee who along with archer brother Rahul mediapersons. Also seen in the picture RAjiv Shukla and (Gzb) 3. Shivam Chandra (Gzb) 4. Viobhor after he became the first Chelsea player to score a in a 3-0 defeat of bottom side Rosenborg. Steven has organised the event. The eight Olympians who will be taking Uday Sinha Garg (Gzb) Sub-Junior Girl’s: 1. Ambika Gupta hat-trick in Europe since Didier Drogba 12 years ago. Gerrard's Rangers remain unbeaten in Group G but part are Deepika Kumari, Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia, (Alld) 2. Vartica Bharat (Agra) 3. Hirdyanshi Jha "It's up there, it's my first hat-trick in a while, even were left frustrated after a 0-0 draw against an under- Tarundeep Rai, El Bombayla Devi, Laxmirani Majhi and Dola After the intervention of the state govern- (Agra) 4. Suhani sinha (Agra) Cadet Boy’s: 1. since playing for the youth team. It feels nice. strength Spartak Moscow, who left a number of first- ment, 1000 seats of Ekana International Stadium Aranis Bana (Gzb) 2. Pratham Raina (Gzb) 3. "Any player will tell you it's nice to score a hat- choice players behind in Russia. Banerjee. have been reserved as students’ gallery for the Vansh Khare (Alld) 4. Manan Miglani (Gzb) trick and it feels good, I'll get the ball signed and put "We are making huge strides from where we ANAND BEATS FRIDMAN, ABHIJEET RUNS OUT OF STEAM T20 International match between India and West Cadet Girl’s: 1. Anika Gupta (Gzb) 2. Tejasi in a glass box. Hopefully there are many more to were," said Gerrard. Isle Of Man: Indies to be held on November 6. Gupta (Alld) 3. Aadya Tyagi (Lko) 4. Manya come." "We came close but it wasn't to be. It could be a Having taken a bye in the last round, a fresh After a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Cricket Ahuja (Mbd) Three wins from three in Group L have Chelsea valuable point at the end of the day. It shows just how Viswanathan Anand outclassed Daniel Fridman of Germany but Association officials on Friday, Sports Minister poised to reach the last 32 of the competition, with far we've come when we are disappointed to take a compatriot Abhijeet Gupta lost to Hikaru Nakamura of the United Chetan Chauhan announced that 1000 tickets LIFEGUARD COURSE Unai Emery's Arsenal set to join them following a point off a Champions League team." States in the sixth round of Isle of Man International chess would be reserved for students and priced at Rs Uttar Pradesh Swimming Association organ- 1-0 victory in Portugal. 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With just three by producing student certificate and Aadhaar skills needed by a lifeguard to save lives and pre- points in Group E and prolong the club's best run Lazio, while five-time champions Sevilla thrashed rounds to come in the toughest open tournament of the world, as card on the ticket counter. vent mishaps at the swimming pools. since 2007. Akhisar 6-0. many as six players share the lead on five points apiece. Agencies LUCKNOW | SATURDAY | OCTOBER 27, 2018 sport 16 DHONI DROPPED FROM T20 SQUADS India look to plug PTI n PUNE already over. quent England series. He The 37-year-old, despite played the Duleep Trophy and ahendra Singh Dhoni was being a sharp planner and a whatever matches that hap- Mon Friday dropped from safe and agile hand behind the pened, he batted well. It’s an India’s Twenty20 squad for the stumps, has been struggling to intensive series (in Australia) gaps, extend lead home series against the West finish matches with the bat, and we have called him back,” Indies and the crucial away something that came natural- reasoned the chairman. assignment against Australia, ly to him at his peak and made In the limited-overs set-up, signalling a possible end to his him a modern legend. left-arm spinner Shahbaz After failing to win Vizag ODI, Men in Blue eye winning run in the shortest format. The decision to “rest” Nadeem received his maiden In the other major deci- Dhoni might just be the first call-up for the T20s against return as Windies search for their first win of tour sion, skipper Virat Kohli was sign of selectors trying to phase West Indies. rested from the T20 series out the maverick former cap- Fit-again batsman Kedar India vs West Indies middle-order Senior spinner Ravindra Jadeja will against the West Indies and tain in at least one format. A Jadhav, whose omission from Live from 1:30pm IST and lack of con- have to pull up his socks and can't afford Rohit Sharma named the veteran of 93 T20Is, Dhoni has ODIs came under the scanner, STAR SPORTS 1 sistency from to be inconsistent with only a few places up stand-in captain of the side 1487 runs in the format at a has been brought back for the the lower-mid- for grabs going into the World Cup. after a late-evening meeting of strike rate of 127.09. fourth and fifth ODI. dle order batsmen — when they take field For the visitors, their biggest asset is the MSK Prasad-led selection The only T20Is left in the THE SQUADS: at the MCA International stadium. Skipper young Shimron Hetmyer, who scored a committee here. next six months is a three-game For three T20I match series against Virat Kohli, who surpassed iconic Sachin scintillating 94 in the last game after an The committee said that series against New Zealand, West Indies: Rohit Sharma (C), Tendulkar to score fastest 10,000 runs, has attractive 106 in the opening encounter. Dhoni, the 2007 World T20- which is scheduled in February. Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Dinesh always been the backbone of the team. His The 21-year-old southpaw would be winning skipper, has been In some of the other deci- Karthik, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, back to back hundreds (140 and 157 not raring to go at the Indian bowlers once “rested” and India are now sions, Murali Vijay has been Rishabh Pant (wk), Krunal Pandya, out) is just a testimony to it. The skipper, again. looking to fill in the second brought back in the Test squad Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra who has scored 297 runs so far in the series, Wicketkeeper-batsman Shai Hope with wicketkeeper’s slot. But when for Australia along with the fit- Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar will be aiming for a big knock again. his hundred in Visakhapatnam has proved asked if Dhoni’s career in T20s again Ishant Sharma. Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ambati Rayadu, whose 73 consolidat- that there is more to his game than the is over, Prasad said, “Not yet”. “Vijay went back and per- Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, Shahbaz ed his claim for No 4 spot and a good show attractive 30's. “We want to try out other formed and considering the Nadeem. PTI n PUNE ber. on Saturday, will only help him make the But apart from these two, West Indies keepers for the second keeper’s intensity of the series we have For four-match Test series against However the absence of position his own. would be hoping that the others like slot,” said Prasad. brought him,” Prasad said. Australia: Virat Kohli (C), M Vijay, KL anded a reality check after Bhuvneshwar and Bumrah saw But questions remain on a stable num- Kieron Powell, Chanderpaul Hemraj and The two keepers in the two Rohit Sharma has been Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar West Indies salvaged a Indian bowling unit being clob- bers 5, 6 and 7. Rovman Powell step up and deliver. T20 squads announced Friday included as an additional bats- Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Hmorale-boosting tie in the bered for 320 plus runs in both Veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni (20) Their senior pros like experienced are Rishabh Pant and Dinesh man in the Test squad and he Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, second game, India will be hop- games. again looked out of sorts in the second ODI Marlon Samuels (13 runs) and skipper Jason Karthik. The three T20s against makes a comeback after being Parthiv Patel, R Ashwin, Ravindra ing to put up an improved bowl- With more variations in their and with his ability to finish innings on the Holder (50 runs) haven't really played to Australia will get underway dropped for indifferent form in Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed ing show with their frontline pac- repertoire in white ball cricket wane, the stumper will be under immense their potential. The duo will look to make from November 21, followed South Africa. Shami, Ishant, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit ers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and compared to the profilgate Umesh pressure to perform. amends. by a four-Test series and three “With regards to Rohit, he Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Jasprit Bumrah back in action for Yadav and an inconsistent A big score is expected from young The bowling attack will be spearhead- ODIs. is a good back-foot player and For three-match T20I series against the third ODI here on Saturday. Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Rishabh Pant, who has got the ability to go ed by Kemar Roach but he has been leak- With Dhoni playing only his game is much suited in Australia: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit A well-oiled India hammered and Bumrah are expected to make all guns blazing. The team management is ing runs along with their spinners Devendra seven T20Is this year and Australia,” said Prasad. Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, KL the Windies in the lung opener in a significant difference, especial- expected to persist with him for his game- Bishoo and Ashley Nurse. India’s next ODI assignment Another significant come- Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Guwahati by eight wickets, but the ly in the first Powerplay and the changing ability. The trio, along with the others includ- only in January against back in the Test side is Parthiv Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant (wk), gritty visitors indeed, made a death overs. The dew is a big factor during day-night ing Holder and Oshane Thomas will need Australia, the former captain Patel as the second keeper Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, statement of sorts in India also have issues to pon- matches in India, something that will to come up with something special to won’t be getting any domestic alongside Pant. Washington Sundar, Krunal Pandya, Visakhapatnam, by denying the der over with only 16 games are worry Kohli since both his wrist spinners restrict a ruthless Indian skipper and the matches with both Vijay “Parthiv was not picked for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, hosts a victory and a chance to go left before the World Cup in Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal others, who can hammer any bowling Hazare and Deodhar Trophy Afghanistan Test and subse- Umesh Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed. 2-0 ahead in the five-match rub- England next year — the fragile were finding it difficult to grip the wet ball. attack. ISL 5: ATK BEAT Greco Roman wrestlers continue poor run After ‘shame' in Goa, Mumbai look to start afresh CHENNAIYIN 2-1 PTI n BUDAPEST Norway 10-7 in the 57kg Freestyle cate- gory to secure the Bronze medal at the PTI n MUMBAI PTInKOLKATA in five minutes through Salom. ndia's Greco Roman wrestlers continued Papp Lszlo Sportarena here. Francisco Fernandes' accurate Ito struggle at the World Championship Before Pooja, only three Indian umbai City FC would want to forget their humiliating defeat ormer champions ATK cross from the right wing was with only Manish managing to clear women grapplers Alka Tomar in 2006, Magainst FC Goa and look to bounce back with a victory against Fdefeated title holders glanced into the net expertly by qualification round on Friday. Geeta Phogat and Babita Phogat in 2012 a winless Delhi Dynamos in their Indian Super League football Chennayin FC 2-1 in a keenly- the Palestinian striker as coach Manish, competing in the 67kg, is the had won a Bronze medal each at the match here on Saturday. contested Indian Super League John Gregory heaved a sigh of only Indian Greco Roman grappler to have Worlds Championships. Mumbai lost 0-5 to Goa earlier this week and will now seek match to register their first relief. won a bout thus far. He won his qualifi- Pooja, who led 6-1 in the first period, to redeem themselves with a positive result against the Delhi side home win of the season here on Chennaiyin FC pressed for cation bout 3-1 against Aleksandrs of had to go through some harrowing at the Mumbai Football Arena. Friday. an equaliser and created sever- Latvia before losing the 1/16 round 0-9 to moments in the second period when the The Jorge Costa-coached side started well against Nigerian striker Kalu Uche al chances in the first half but Japan's Tsuchika Shimoyamada. Norwegian launched an all-out attack Goa and had chances to turn the match on its head. (3rd minute) and John Johnson failed to convert them. Both Gyanender (60kg) and Manjeet which the Indian managed to stave off, However, they were woeful in front of goal and Goa (13th) put Steve Coppell's side 2- In an attempt to attack, they (87kg) could not clear the qualification despite giving away some passivity points capitalised to inflict a painful defeat. 0 up before Carlos Salom (17th) were leaving spaces behind for round, losing by technical superiority. and step-out points. That defeat hurt Costa a lot, not just the result pulled one back for the defend- the likes of Lanzarote to exploit. While Gyanender was knocked out by In fact, what clinched the bronze play- but also the manner in which they surrendered ing champions. However, ATK also could not Lithuania's Justas Petravicius, Manjeet lost off bout in Pooja's favour was the four- towards the end. ATK, however, managed to capitalise on the offerings. to Estonia's Eerik Aps. pointer which zoomed her to an unas- "The first half (against Goa) Mumbai vs Delhi maintain their slender lead to ATK looked a bit more com- Whether these three get a repechage sailable lead after the Indian got to Grace's was very good. The players did Live from 7:30pm IST hand Chennaiyin FC their pact at the start of the second round will be determined after the evening leg and rolled her for the vital clincher. almost everything that I asked. In fourth defeat of the season and half and Chennaiyin had to wait session. Earlier, Pooja had defeated Alyona the second half, it was STAR SPORTS 3 climbed to the fourth spot on the until the 56th minute to fashion On the opening day also, none of the Kolesnil of Azerbaijan 8-4 to reach the not bad in the first 20 table. a proper opportunity when four Greco Roman wrestlers could win a Bronze medal bout. minutes. Then, we gave Chennaiyin FC got off to the Salom managed to dart into the match. Vijay (55kg), Gaurav Shar (63kg), Meanwhile, in the 50kg freestyle up. That is why I am worst possible start as a defen- box, only to see his rasping shot Kuldeep Malik (72kg) and Harpreet Singh bronze medal play-off, India's Ritu Phogat sad. Not because we sive mix-up saw them concede from close-range go well wide of (82kg) had all crashed out after losing their began with a promise only to fade away lost 5-0 but because in as early as in the third minute. Arindam Bhattacharya's goal. qualification rounds. 65kg event and Pooja Dhanda grabbing a against the tight defence of Ukraine's the last 15 minutes we Chennaiyin goalkeeper The story of spurned Sandeep Tulsi Yadav remained the Bronze in the women's 57kg category. Oksana Livach. saw a team waiting for Karanjit Singh's goal-kick was chances continued for lone Greco Roman wrestler from India to Earlier on Thursday night, Pooja The Ukrainian eventually bagged the the game to finish," said headed back by Gerson Vieira. Chennaiyin FC as Andrea win a medal at the Worlds. He had won Dhanda joined the elite Indian company bronze with a 10-5 win. Costa. It fell to Uche who found him- Orlandi saw a brilliant ball a Bronze in the 2013 edition. of women grapplers to take the bronze However, Sakshi Malik failed to past The Portuguese self clear of both the centre- across the box just miss the out- India have won two medals so far in medal at the Worls Championships here the repechage round, losing 2-3, includ- coach said he wants his team to fight from start to finish, what- backs and slotted a calm finish stretched legs of Salom and the ongoing Championship with Bajrang on Thursday. ing a challenge point to Hungarian ever the score line. past the custodian. Issac Vanmalsawma. Punia winning a Silver in men's freestyle Pooja defeated Grace Bullen of Marianna Sastin to bow out of contest. "We must respect our job. Second, we must respect the work. ATK assumed control of the At the other end, Lanzarote Third, we must also respect the fans and we cannot give up. What match thereafter as Manuel continued to threaten the happened in the last 15-20 minutes, I was ashamed because they Lanzarote started to show his Chennaiyin defence with his Dortmund host Hertha, Bayern face Mainz gave up. As a professional football player, you cannot give up," he quality on the ball. He threaded set-piece deliveries. One such said. a delicious ball for Uche in the effort saw Everton Santos send The Portuguese tactician is likely to ring in some changes on 11th minute but the Nigerian's a header just over the bar. AFP n BERLIN Saturday as he seeks to turn around the glum mood in the camp. shot straight at the goalkeeper. Second-half substitute Captain Lucian Goian will have to take ownership and ensure Two minutes later, Johnson Gregory Nelson could have res- adon Sancho will be look- the leaks in the defence are plugged and spirits in the dressing room met his wonderful free-kick into cued a point for the Marina Jing to maintain his perfect are raised. They will have to fight without goalkeeper Amrinder the box and headed into the far Machans when Thoi Singh record for rampant Borussia Singh who was injured against Goa. corner to double ATK's lead. found him at the far post with Dortmund on Saturday when Delhi Dynamos have their own woes to address as they seek The setback forced the a cross. But his header was par- the in-form Bundesliga lead- their first win of the campaign. Delhi have drawn three games while reigning champions into action ried away by an alert ers host top-six rivals Hertha losing one so far and cannot take Mumbai City for granted. and they pulled a goal back with- Bhattacharya. Berlin. "That loss was not on Mumbai City. It totally was on FC Goa. After Wednesday's 4-0 All the goals were good. Mumbai City got chances but they did thrashing of Atletico Madrid, not convert. Tomorrow is a new match, a new day. I think that result Dortmund have now won six will not affect the performance of Mumbai City," said Delhi's assis- games in a row, and Sancho tant coach Mridul Banerjee. Patna Pirates beat has chalked up either a goal Delhi have largely flattered to deceive in their games. They have or an assist in each of those vs created chances in most of their games but abysmal finishing have wins. Bayern Mainz away too easily in defence or eight league games this sea- come back to bite them. The three goals in four games does not Pink Panthers 41-30 Dortmund are three Live from 7:00pm IST playing unnecessary long son, and failed to take any of reflect the number of chances they have had. "We are playing very points clear at the top of the STAR SPORTS SELECT 2 balls," said Hummels. their 17 chances in a 0-0 well and we have created so many goal scoring chances but we have PATNA: Defending champions Patna Pirates started their home leg league, and four draw with Galatasaray on failed to convert. We are working on that though and I think with- with a bang as they beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 41-30 in the Inter points ahead of ing wins in a row. PLEA EYES RECORD Wednesday. in one or two matches, we will sort it out," said Banerjee. Zone Challenge Week of Pro Kabaddi season six here on Friday. fourth-placed Bayern Dortmund Alassane Plea could Their poor conversion Pardeep Narwal's raiding performance laid the foundations of Patna's Munich. have scored 26 equal a Bundesliga record if rate sees last year's runners- victory with 11 points and was ably supported by Manjeet who got 10 The champions goals in their last he gets on the scoresheet up stuck in the relegation points. are still searching for six games, with during Borussia play-off place, just a point off U19 Eves lose 0-2 to Nepal Jaideep and Vikas Kale combined to score 10 tackle points for Patna. their best form, with super-subs Sancho Moenchengladbach's trip to the bottom of the table. Narwal achieved a landmark with his super 10 as he is now the leader Mats Hummels com- and Paco Alcacer Freiburg. "We need a result if we PTI n CHONBURI chance in the 30-minute of super 10s in the history of Pro Kabaddi League. plaining of "fundamental doing much of the damage. With Bayern languishing are going to start climbing up mark, when Jabamani played Anup Kumar also reached a milestone as he hit the 500 raid point problems" in midweek. "Lucien Favre gives you in fourth, high-flying the table," said Tedesco on he Indian women's foot- out a short free kick from the mark in Pro Kabaddi League but his eight-point effort could not help Elsewhere, Borussia the feeling that you belong, Gladbach are the ones keep- Wednesday. "This phase can't Tball team slumped to a 0- right flank towards Roja at the his team from avoiding a defeat. Moenchengladbach striker even when you don't make ing the heat on Dortmund in go on forever." 2 defeat at the hands of Nepal near post, but the winger mis- Both teams' defence got into the scoring act early in the game as Alassane Plea will be seeking the team," explained mid- second, and much of that is in the AFC U-19 cued her shot and the Nepal Jaipur Pink Panthers led 2-1 after three minutes. With Patna trailing to write himself into the fielder Thomas Delaney this down to the French striker. HERRLICH ON BRINK Championships qualifiers here defence was able to clear it. 2-3 in the 3rd minute, Pardeep Narwal's super raid got the lead. record books against week. "He really gets the Plea has scored eight Bayer Leverkusen are on Friday. Nepal came out with great Anup Kumar reached the milestone of 500 raid points in PKL with Freiburg on Friday, while right balance." Both Alcacer goals in nine games this sea- another big Bundesliga club Striker Rekha scored both guns in the second half and a successful raid in the fourth minute. Schalke and Bayer and Delaney are doubts for son, and could become only in trouble, as coach Heiko the goals for Nepal in the 59th constantly posed threat on Jaipur came back in the next three minutes as they got 5 points to Leverkusen remain mired in Saturday's game. the third player to score a Herrlich fights to save his and 88th minutes to give her the Indian goal. In the end, it lead 8-6 in the 8th minute. But Pardeep Narwal had other ideas as in the early-season blues. goal in each of his first five job. Leverkusen have only side three points from the was a clearance from the half- the 9th minute he got another super raid to give Patna Pirates 11-8 lead. Here are five things to BAYERN FAR FROM BEST Bundesliga away games if two wins from their first match. line by the Nepalese defence Deepak Niwas Hooda scored two quick raid points as Jaipur Pink look out for in the Mats Hummels has said he scores on Friday, follow- eight games, and rumours The result put a dent in that found Rekha, who beat Panthers trailed 14-20 after 16 minutes. Bundesliga this weekend: that Bayern Munich still have ing Steffen Baumgart and that Herrlich is heading for India's chances of qualifying the Indian offside trap, At the end of the first half, Patna Pirates led 22-15 with Pardeep "fundamental" problems to Serge Gnabry. the chop were exacerbated for the next round, as they are unmarked and she slotted it Narwal scoring nine points. DAZZLING DORTMUND deal with, as the champions "I've had a very good this week when Kicker now level on three points past the keeper. The second half saw Jaipur Pink Panthers start impressively as they League leaders look to continue their mini- start," Plea told Bild. "As a reported that the club had with Nepal and Thailand. India tried frantically to forced a super tackle to trail 17-23. Two more points saw Jaipur cut the Dortmund are in such recovery away to Mainz on striker, it is always good to be been in contact with former Indians slowly clawed get back on level terms, but lead to just three as they trailed 20-23 after 24 minutes. Patna Pirates superb shape that some are Saturday. scoring goals." RB Leipzig coach Ralph their way into the game, and some dogged defending by defence tightened their hold on the match to lead 29-21 after 29 min- already casting them as title Bayern had failed to win Hasenhuettl. got their first real chance Nepal kept them at bay. Nepal utes. In the 30th minute, Patna Pirates inflicted another all out to lead favourites ahead of four games in a row before SCHALKE END DROUGHT Herrlich and his team when Renu broke away from striker Rekha then made the 33-21. Anup Kumar tried to revive Jaipur Pink Panthers with a super Saturday's tough clash with last weekend, and despite Schalke are out to end face a tough task on Sunday, the defence and found herself result beyond India's reach raid as they reduced the deficit to nine points. Hertha Berlin. Lucien Favre's victories over Wolfsburg and their crippling goal drought coming off the back of a one-on-one with the keeper. with just two minutes left, as Patna Pirates although were in no mood to relinquish their win- team have drawn compar- AEK Athens since then, away to big-hitters RB Europa League tie to face a However, her first touch was she broke away from the India ning position. Manjeet got a couple of raid points as with less than five isons with the Jurgen Klopp- Hummels insisted they are Leipzig on Sunday. confident Werder Bremen poor and Nepal goalkeeper defence again, dodged past the minutes to go Patna Pirates led 38-26. Patna Pirates rounded off the era Dortmund, and it is easy not out of the woods yet. Domenico Tedesco's side side who are punching above Anjana came out to collect it. goalkeeper to score her second match with an 11-point victory. PTI to see why after six thump- "We keep giving the ball have scored just five goals in their weight in third place. India had another great goal.