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JAMMU AND KASHMIR PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT AMENDMENT HEALTH MINISTER, PMO OFFICIALS AT MEET NosignofAssemblypolls,Centrefloats PM: Learn from ` 105 per kilo polls to prepare for ` 133 per kilo newlocallevelgovtinJ&K:distcouncil vaccine delivery ` 165 per kilo UT administration says will empowerthirdtier;PDP’s Naeem Akhtar calls it end of politics Says involvedistofficials, civil society Eachdistrict will be divided NAVEEDIQBAL into14territorial constituencies organisations, volunteers, experts THE CITY SRINAGAR,OCTOBER17 forwhichelections will be held, WhatistheDistrict and the winners will elect achair- the participation of States/ UTs/ WITH ALL senior political lead- person and avice-chairperson DevelopmentCouncil? KAUNAINSHERIFFM District Levelfunctionaries, civil ers including Mehbooba Mufti from amongstthemselves. The NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 society organisations, volun- released, the CentreonSaturday councils will replace the District teers, citizens, and experts from amendedthe Jammu and Development Boards, which THE DDC will comprise elected representativesfrom14 CHAIRINGAmeeting to review all necessarydomains,” the Kashmir Panchayati RajAct, earlier (when J&K wasastate) territorial constituencies to be identifiedineachdistrict. It the Covid-19pandemic and pre- statement said. 1989, to facilitatethe setting up were chaired by aCabinet will have jurisdiction over the entiredistrict excluding paredness of vaccine delivery, The meeting wasattended Mehbooba Mufti, Farooq of District Development MinisteroraMinisterofState and parts under the municipal corporation. Eachwill have a Prime MinisterNarendraModi by Union Health MinisterHarsh NEW CASE COUNT Abdullah, Omar Abdullah at Councils (DDC), the members of includedMLAs, MLCs and fund comprising grantsand itsown resources. The Block on Saturdaysaid that to ensure Vardhan, Principal Secretaryto DROPS BELOW 200, ameeting on Thursday. ANI whichwill be directlyelected by Members of Parliament. Development Councils will function under the DDC. speedy access to the vaccine, the PM, Member (Health) NITI 18 COVID CENTRES voters in the Union Territory. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 delivery system could learn from Aayog, Principal Scientific SHUT PAGE 3 the successful conduct of elec- Advisor,senior scientists,officers tions and disastermanagement. of the PMO, and officials from Astatement issuedbythe various other departments. AFTER JAGAN LETTER TO CJI government quoted the PM as The suggestion by the Prime EXPRESS NETWORK saying that giventhe geograph- Ministercomes even as the ical span and diversity of the National ExpertGroup on FIR AGAINST country, speedy access to the Vaccine Administration for Need free judiciary, KANGANA, SISTER; vaccine should be ensured. Covid-19isworking closelywith “He further directed that we states on prioritisation and dis- REPUBLIC STAFFER should makeuse of the experi- tribution once apotential vac- it is for ajudge to QUESTIONED PAGE 5 ence of the successful conduct of cine is made available. COX &KINGS CA elections and disastermanage- The government had previ- QUESTIONED BY ED ment in the country. The Prime ouslyestimated that it is likelyto withstand pressure, Ministersaid that in asimilar receive and utilise 400-500mil- FOUND DEAD, SUICIDE manner,vaccine delivery and ad- lion doses of Covid vaccine and SUSPECTED PAGE 6 ministration systems should be that as manyas25crore says Justice Ramana put in place. This should involve CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ‘Strength of judiciaryisfaith of people... Covid effect? Sharper fall in girls’ can’t be commanded, has to be earned’ NEET attendance than boys ANANTHAKRISHNANG NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 RITIKACHOPRA NEET: HOW THEY FARED NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 BOYS GIRLS DAYS AFTER AndhraPradesh Year Appeared Attendance(%) Appeared Attendance(%) Chief MinisterYSJagan Mohan THE ONGOINGpandemic seems Reddy's letter to Chief Justice of RAMLILA,VIRTUALLY to have hit young women aspir- 2017 4,73,305 95.22% 6,16,772 96.09% IndiaSABobderaisedallegations ing to getintomedical school 2018 5,53,849 95.38% 7,16,072 95.98% of improprietyagainsthim,Justice Jagan Mohan Reddy; Ascene from the Ramlila being shotonthe banksofthe Yamuna, in Delhi on Saturday. With this year harder than their male 2019 6,30,28392.63% 7,80,46793.03% NVRamanasaidSaturday“itisan Justice NVRamana live shows no longer an option, it will be screenedonYouTube. Praveen Khanna counterparts. important quality forajudgeto The SundayExpress analysed 2020 6,18,075 86.25% 7,48,86685.02% withstand all pressures and odds datasince 2017 to find that like andto standupbravelyagainstall oneself.” everyyear,while moregirls obstacles”andthata“vibrantand “Mostimportantly, particu- WORLD (7,48,866) than boys (6,18,075) 85.57%, but the gender break-up hand, 85.02% of the girls who independent judiciary... is re- larly forajudge, one mustbe BJP snub to Chirag appeared forthe National shows the drop is muchsteeper had registeredtook the test this quired in the current times”. steadfastinholding on to princi- Eligibility cum Entrance Test forgirls. According to the time, an 8.01percentagepoint Speaking at acondolence ples and be fearless in decisions. (NEET), the attendance rate of National Testing Agency (NTA), drop since 2019. meeting forformer Supreme It is an important quality fora came after JD(U) girls had, forthe firsttime in four 86.25% of the registeredmale The Union government has CourtjudgeJustice AR judgetowithstand all pressures years, fallen behind that of boys. candidates appeared forthe test, been conducting the medical en- Lakshmanan who passedaway and odds and to stand up bravely This year,the overall atten- whichis6.38 percentagepoints trance test foradmission to on August27, Justice Ramana, againstall obstacles,” he said. note of caution dance rate fell from 92.85% to lowerthan lastyear.Onthe other CONTINUEDONPAGE2 next in line to be the CJI, said: The remarkscome aweek af- NEW ZEALAND PM “Thereare innumerable qualities terJagan Mohan Reddy’s JACINDA ARDERN that aperson needs to live what Principal Advisor Ajeya Kallam Can’t playbothsides, says JD(U), wants Siblings murdered in Jalgaon: Three, can be calledagood life: humil- releasedtothe media the CM’s WINS SECOND TERM ity,patience, kindness, astrong October 6lettertothe CJI, alleg- IN LANDSLIDE VOTE no RS seat, no Cabinetpostfor LJP work ethic and the enthusiasm ing that Justice Ramana “has PAGE 7 including one juvenile, detained to constantlylearn and improve CONTINUEDONPAGE2 LIZMATHEW staying on and cultivating their Pratap Dighavkar,Inspector NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 SRINATHRAO landlord's banana farm. General of Police, Nashik Range, MUMBAI,OCTOBER17 Pravin Mundhe, said that arrestsofthe detained Proposal to Army: Cut ceremonies, RATTLED BY Lok Janshakti Party Superintendentof Police,Jalgaon, suspectswould mostlikelybean- leader Chirag Paswan’s repeated ADAY afterfour siblings of atribal said that throughout Fridayand nouncedonSunday. ASpecial attacks on itsleader Nitish familywerefound murdered in Saturday, the police questioned Investigation Team headedby canteen for better use of resources Kumar —and his simultaneous their home in Jalgaon district, the severalpeople, mostofwhom Assistant Superintendent of praise forPrime Minister police detainedthree persons, in- were boys undertheageof18."On Police Kumar Chintha is probing Manpowerand Resources: NarendraModi and BJP —the cluding ajuvenile. thebasisof theevidencegathered the murders. MANAMANSINGHCHHINA ReviewofPractices and Facilities JanataDal (United)has cau- The deceased--two girls aged fromthecrimescene,we have de- However, MaharashtraHome CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER17 in Indian Army', the exercise was tionedits allythat this could hurt 12 and three and twoboys aged tainedthree people. We have got MinisterAnil Deshmukh tweeted conducted earlier this year. the alliance. Nitish Kumar in Aurangabad 11 and eight -- were killedwith certain positive clues and all the on Saturdaythat "the suspects ASLEW of measures proposed Severalsuggestions were circu- AndhasaskedtheBJPto clearly district on Saturday. PTI an axebyunknown persons on leadssofarpointtowardstheirin- have been arrested". Deshmukh to streamline utilisation of man- lated among major establish- signal that it’s notplaying Thursdaynight at Borkheda volvement in the crime," he said. metthe grieving parentson poweraswell as financial and ments, command headquarters both sides. This maybe ShivarvillageinRaver taluka, The police arealso awaiting Saturdayand assured them jus- material resources has been re- and major directorates of the easier said than done. BJP plannedtopropup hours aftertheir parentsand the post-mortemreportfromthe tice at the earliest. Deshmukh also ceivedwell, but is creating rip- Army—and receivedbroad con- But, sources said, the young Paswan, hop- older brother had leftfor their na- Jalgaon District Civil Hospital to tweetedthat Jalgaon native ples in Armycircles. Because the Proposalsincludecutting currence. this wasbehind senior ing this will “cut Nitish tive villageinMadhya Pradesh to find out if one of the children was Ujjwal Nikam had been ap- proposals include doing away down on ceremonial The SundayExpress has learnt BJP leaders Fridaycom- to size,” blunt anti- attend the funeral of afamily sexuallyassaulted. pointedSpecial Public Prosecutor with ArmyDay and Territorial practices likebrass bands. File that the proposedmeasures in- ingout sharplycriticis- incumbency,and reduce member.Their bodies were dis- Mundhe also said that prelim- in the case. ArmyDay parades in NewDelhi, clude discontinuing the Army ing Paswan, backing DECISION hispartytoajunior part- coveredbythe family's landlord inaryinspection has revealed Gulabrao Patil, ShivSena's cutting down on ceremonial Dayparade on January 15 and Nitish and announcing 2020 ner.This section even on Fridaymorning. multiple injuries on the bodies of MLArepresenting the Jalgaon practices suchasbrass bands These proposedmeasures Territorial ArmyDay parade on joint rallies of Prime BIHAR wanted the LJP as apart- The family, who belongs to the children. "Mostofthe injuries Ruralconstituency,also said that and quarterguards, individual arepartofareportcirculated af- October 9. MinisterNarendra ner,given its5per cent the Bhil tribe, had movedtothe areonthe neckand head. Some the stategovernment would officers’ mess and CSD canteen teraninternal reviewofexisting The number of Armybands Modi and Nitish Kumar. supportbase, especiallyamong a villagefromMadhya Pradesh of the victims have morethan one provide financial assistance to forunitsinpeace stations. practices. Titled‘Optimisation of CONTINUEDONPAGE2 This, even as asection of the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 eight years agoand had been injury,"hesaid. the family.

‘Tectonic fault line that runs through Ladakh not inactive, moving north’

PAGE 1 the Shivaliks, Himachal Pradesh, at muchshallowerdepths. These mation and dataabout the tec- yond earthquakes, and that it ANCHOR Uttarakhand, Jammu and geological features were then tonicactivityof existingfaultlines couldmaketheregionvulnerable Kashmir and Sikkim —are still datedinalaboratoryatDehradun whichwereearlier notknown,’’ to erosion and landslides. SUNDAY known to be active and moving, usingatechniquecalledOptically said Sen. "Fault lines weaken the rock the current understanding about Stimulated Luminescence and The newfinding could have formation in the region through STORY ESHAROY the Ladakh region is that it was dataofseismicity and the rate of majorimplicationsforearthquake whichitruns, making the area NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 locked. Our survey has found denudation—orwearingaway of study and in understanding the vulnerable to excessive erosion 26m PAGE 8 that this is actuallynot the case 21m the Earth's surface —reviewed. seismicstructureofthemountain and landslides. What makes the 10m AN IPL ARECENT survey has found that and that the plateisstill tecton- IndusR The combination of field and chains, he added. Ladakh region vulnerable is that BLOCKBUSTER atectonic fault line that runs icallyactive.The fault line runs lab datahas found that the Indus Sen,however, saidthatdespite unlikeother areas in the Starring: TNatarajan through Ladakh, all along the all along the Indus river, from Apartofthe Indus SutureZone at Upshi BazgoinLadakh. SutureZonehasbeenneo-tecton- thefaultline,thethreatof astrong Himalayasand the rest of the Indus river, is notinactive as was China through India and Photo:Wadia InstituteofHimalayanGeology icallyactive forthe past78,000- earthquakeinthe Ladakh region country, thereisverylittle vege- ATNvillage fed on a previouslythought and is, in fact, Pakistan,’’ said co-author of the 58,000years. remainedslim."Thepossibilityof tationhereandveryfewtreesthat diet of Rajini films has moving northward. study,Koushik Sen. "While the fault line wasas- ahigh magnitude earthquake can root the soil down. So, in the found anew hero in The study by the Wadia Asuturezoneisalinearbeltof Ladakhfromthenorthof Ladakh’s thrustrupture, the study said. certainedinthe late1980s and hereisalmostnon-existent be- case of aflash flood or acloud the yorker king this InstituteofHimalayanGeology, intense deformation, wheredis- capital,Leh,to theTsoMoririlake, The geologists observed that early 1990s,itisonlyrecently, with cause we have notpickedupany burst, this can have awidespread IPL. Theremarkable Dehradun, found that the fault tinct terranes, or tectonic units adistance of 213kilometres. sedimentarybedsinthe area observatorystations being setup intense seismic signatureinthe impact," he said. cricketing journey of line, the Indus SutureZone (ISZ), with different platetectonic, Alow-intensityearthquakein were tilted,the Earth's crustbro- in moreand moreparts of the region,” he said. In August2010, Ladakh expe- the son of aweaver is not"locked" and is tectonically metamorphic, and paleogeo- 2010 near the villageofUpshi in ken, the rivers had upliftedter- country, as well as advancement Buthestruckanoteofcaution, riencedadevastating flood that and food shackowner active."While the frontal and graphic histories, join together. Ladakh, whichfalls on the fault races, and the bedrock showed in technology,that we areable to saying that the implication of an affected71 townsandvillages,in- central parts of the Himalayas— The study wasconducted in line,can nowbeattributed to a brittledeformationthat occurred ascertain and collect moreinfor- active tectonic platewent farbe- cluding Leh, killing 255 persons.

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Free judiciary the public domain”. requiredintheClass12 exam.This cers' mess. Aboardofofficers is “Suchactionsby constitutional year,NEET washeld afterthe proposedtobeset upto preparea beeninfluencingthesittingsof the functionaries”,theSCBAsaid,“are Centre floats new local level govt in J&K Boardresults. Studentswho did- phasedplan forestablishing sta- (AndhraPradesh) High Courtin- opposedtoconventions causing n'tqualifytheBoardexamproba- tion officers' mess. cluding the roster of few serious inroads impacting the in- When J&K wasastate,the Jammu and Kashmir so that ScheduledTribes and women person of the District blydidnotsitforthetest,"thesen- Militarypolice outriders and HonourableJudges”.Theletteral- dependenceof thejudiciaryasen- DDBs were the centrepiece of theydon’t have apolitical voice. in accordance with the provi- Development Council of the ior officer told The Sunday escorts forGenerals aretobe leged judicial impropriety on the shrinedinthe Constitution of the planning and development The aim is to sub-divide, over- sions of the (Panchayati Raj) Act. District, chairpersons of the Express. stoppedand restricted onlytoa partofJustice Ramana and raised India.” architecture, and all funding to lap, createlayer afterlater so With the Halqa Panchayat town area committees/munic- Asked specificallyabout the fewceremonialevents.TheCorps questionsoncertainlandtransac- However, SCBAPresident districtswererouted through that nobody would knowwho as the basic unit, the district’s ipal committees of the district; lowerattendanceamonggirls,the of MilitaryPolice is to focus on tionsallegedly involvingmembers Dushyant Dave,itislearnt, op- the development plan ap- is in-charge.Insuchascenario, yearly and five-yearly develop- president of the municipal officer pointed to moregirls than maintaining discipline among of his family. posedthe resolution, saying only proved by them. The resources the ultimatearbiter would be ment plans will be finalisedby council/municipal corporation, boys qualifyingNEET.Thequalifi- troops and fortraffic control as Reddy’s letter to the CJI came aninquiryintotheallegations,if it forthe plan were drawnfrom bureaucrat and the security set- athree tier system of Gram if any; the district development cation rate (expressedasaper- alsoto "honetheirpolicingskills". atatimewhenhefacesrisinglegal is held,can establish whether the the stateBudget and also in- up,” Akhtar said. Asenior NC Panchayats,Block commissioner;additional dis- centageofthose who appeared No militarypolice vehicle or out- heat.ThebenchheadedbyJustice allegations againstthe judgeare cludedallocations made under leader,who did notwish to be Development Councils and the trict development commis- forthetest)forNEETisalmostthe riders areproposedtoescortany Ramana is hearing apetition by trueorfalse,andpassingaresolu- various CentrallySponsored named, said the decision would District Development Councils. sioner;district statistics and same as lastyear -- 57.15% of the VIP within militarystations too. lawyer AshwiniUpadhyay, seek- tion at this stageispremature. Schemes. have far-reaching conse- The DDCs will receive plans evaluation officer as well as the girls who sat forthe exam quali- The Motorcycle Rider Display ingfast-trackingof pendingcrim- AllIndiaBarAssociation(AIBA) Sources in the administra- quences, especiallyinreducing from BlockDevelopment chief planning officer. fiedasopposedto55.58%forboys. Teams of the ArmyService Corps inal cases againstsitting and for- Chairman and Senior Advocate tion said the notification for the role of MLAs. Councils, and afterscrutiny, This committee will, “con- Among states, the sharpest Centreand College, CMP Centre mer legislators. Adish CAggarwala toocon- holding elections to the 14 ter- According to officials in the send them “foradherence to the sider and guide the formulation drop in attendance waswit- and School and the 1Signal It wasafter an order by this demnedthe Chief Minister’s ritorial constituencies in each administration, it wasimpor- Government guidelines, norms of development programmes nessedfromMeghalaya,Gujarat, Training Centreare proposedto benchthat proceedings against “scurrilous and scandalous re- district maybeissuedwithin a tant to conceive astructureat and rules” and submit the con- forthe district and indicatepri- Kerala, Karnataka, Sikkim, be mergedintoone team at the Reddy,inadisproportionateas- marks”againstJustice Ramana week or 10 days. the local leveltokickstart the solidated plan to the District orities forvarious schemes and Mizoram, Assam, Maharashtra, Signal Training Centreby2022 setscase,resumedinaCBISpecial andjudgesof theAndhraPradesh Asenior official in the Union political process nowthat all Planning Committee. consider issues relating to the Goa and West Bengal. andtherest of theteamsaretobe CourtinHyderabadonOctober9. High Court. Territorytold The Indian mainstream political leaders The DDCs will beelectedfor speedy development and eco- disbandedby2025. Theverynextday, Kallam,Reddy’s Aggarwala urgedthe Chief Express that this would em- had been released. “Some MLAs aperiod of five years and the nomic upliftment of the district. Another proposal mootedis PrincipalAdvisor,madepublicthe Justice of India to initiate powerthe thirdtier of the gov- have indicatedtheir willingness Additional District The committee’s powers will Army to do away with unit 'quarter CM’s letter to the CJI. Contempt of Courtproceedings ernment —the local bodies, and to contestthe DDC elections,” Development Commissioner also include formulation of pe- and pipes and drums ensembles guards'whichhousealarge com- Speaking at the meeting againstReddy. wasaimedatdeepening the po- said an official, who did not (ADCs) of the District shall be riodic and annual plans and for- that participateinthe Republic plementof manpower. Aceremo- Saturday, JusticeRamanarecalled litical process at the local level. wish to be named. the Chief Executive Officer of mulating and finalising the plan Dayparade and Beating Retreat nialguardmay bemountedthere what asaint said about the con- But some other observers said Besides the 14 directly- the District Development and non-plan budget foreach ceremonyare proposedtobe once amonth, and forthe rest of temporarysignificance of Lord Covid vaccine this essentiallydisempowered elected representatives, the Council. EachDDC will form district. J&K is also settohold broughtdownfrom30(15bands thetime,tacticalguardshouldbe Rama. individualscouldbevaccinatedby the second tier of the govern- DDCs will also include MLAs (as five standing committees: fi- by-polls fornearly 13,000 va- and15 pipesanddrums)to 18 (10 used. “So people worship Rama not July2021. ment (the stateorUT) and sug- and when Assemblyelections nance, development, public cant panchand sarpanchseats bands and 8pipes and drums). Theculturalanddancetroupe, because of the success in his life, “The Prime Ministerstressed geststhat Assemblyelections in areheld) and Chairpersons of works, health and education, in November.Ofthe 39,521 The rationale: while in the past traditionalmartialartsteamsand but forthe gracefulness with thateverystepinthelogistics,de- the UT maynot happen any- BlockDevelopment Councils and welfare. sarpanch/ panchconstituencies the number of marching contin- jazz bands of unitswill cease to whichheconductedthemostdif- livery,and administration should time soon. within the district. Meanwhile, everydistrict in 4,483 Halqa Panchayats for gentsinthe Republic Dayparade exist. Theycould continue to be ficultmoments.Thatiswhatisval- be put in place rigorously. It must While Omar Abdullah of The firststeptowards the will also have aDistrict whichelections were con- had been brought down from 12 usedas'hobby',theiractivitiesre- ued; that is the highestvalue in includeadvancedplanningof cold National Conference said the constitution of the DDCs will be Planning Committee, with ducted in November- to 6,therehadnotbeenanycorre- stricted to the unit. one’s life.” storagechains, distribution net- party wasstill understanding the delimitation of the 14 con- Members of Parliament repre- December 2018,13,257posi- spondingdecreaseinthenumber Also, aunit can decide “It is notthe question of how work,monitoringmechanism,ad- the implications of the amend- stituencies. The Deputy senting the area as chairper- tions arepresentlyvacant due of bands. whether it wantstocelebrate muchyou have,what youdid, vance assessment, and prepara- ment, senior PDP leader Naeem Commissioners will berespon- sons. The committee will com- to resignations, removals, elec- The proposals also statethat BattleHonourDayorRaisingDay what happenedorwhat did not tion of ancillaryequipment Akhtar said this would spell the sible fordividing the area within prise Members of Parliament tion of sarpanchs as Block VijayDivas and Kargil VijayDivas intheyear--bothwillnotbeheld. happen. Whatever happened, required,suchasvials, syringes,” end of politics. “The aim is total the jurisdiction of aDDC into14 representing the area, Development Council eventsshould be held with least RaisingDayeventswouldalsobe howdid youconduct yourself? the government statement said. depoliticisation so that thereis single-member territorial con- Members of the State Chairpersons, deaths as well as “fanfare”, and that whilethe aim curtailedandnogiftsormemento Thatiswhatdeterminesthequal- TheIndianExpresshadearlier no central collective voice. It is stituencies. Therewill bereser- Legislaturerepresenting the ar- non-availability of candidates is to motivate troops, "non-mili- areproposedtobeexchanged. ity of who youare,” he quotedthe reportedthattheexpertgrouphas to cut to size the people of vations forScheduledCastes, eas within the District, chair- at the time of election. tary aims" should notbepartof Likeofficers' mess, thereisa saint. begun to map cold chain storage the eventswith large manpower proposalto doaway withindivid- “Ourvaluesareultimatelyour facilities across the country, in- committed to these. ual unit CSD canteens in one sta- greatestwealth, and we must cluding those available with the Insteadof colourpresentation tion, and combine the manycan- neverforgetthe same. Justice food processing industryand The government statement eachofhis platforms in Bihar," Santosh Kumar (Purnia); and male counterparts. ceremonies, held at various loca- teens intoone in peace stations, Lakshmanan wore his values on those outside of the 16,000 cold said three vaccines areinad- senior JD(U) leader KCTyagi told Dinesh ChandraYadav The timing of the national tions across the country, to vari- keeping accessibility in mind. hissleeve,andIlearntimmensely chain storages available with the vancedstagesofdevelopment in The Indian Express. "Hewillask (Madhepura)strongly deniedthat medicalandengineeringtestthis ous regiments, this event is now Under the newscheme of fromhim,aboutbeingagoodper- government’suniversalimmuni- India, of whichtwo areinPhase II people to vote forNDA ledby Paswan'sremarkswouldhave any year wasmired in controversy proposedtobeheld onlyonce a things, it will notbemandatory son and ajudge,” Justice Ramana sation programme. and one is in Phase III. NitishKumar.FromtheJD(U)side, impact on the prospectsofthe with asection of studentsand year at Rashtrapati Bhavanand forunitstomaintain apipe and said. The Prime Ministerisalso The statement further said Kumarwillsharethedaiswiththe NDA. parentsdemanding afurther will be attendedbyrepresenta- drum band. As of now, almostall He recalledthat Justice learnt to have underlinedthe use thatIndianscientistsandresearch Prime Ministerinevery rally.” “BJPleaders,includingCentral postponementbecauseof theris- tivesofthe unitstobeawarded infantryandmechanisedinfantry Lakshmanan had said “we,the of astrongITbackboneforvaccine teams arecollaborating and “Therehavebeensomedoubts leadershave clarifiedthatLJPisnot ing number of Covid cases and along with their Colonel of the unitshaveamedical platoon membersof thejudicialhierarchy, administration. strengtheningtheresearchcapac- orconfusionafterChiragPaswan's apartofNDA.Peoplewillnotlisten movement restrictions in place Regiment. whose members aretrainedas have inheritedthelegacyof aded- The Indian Express had re- ities in neighbouring countries commentsabout his connection to him, theywill take Chirag’s re- acrossthecountry. Theexamina- Similarly,one investiturecer- band members. icated,collective endeavourby the portedthat the expertgroup has suchasAfghanistan, Bhutan, withtheBJPandthePM.Butthese marks as an act of desperation,” tion washeld as scheduled, on emonywill be held in Delhi for The recommendations state Benchand Bar in establishing an held detaileddeliberations on Bangladesh, Maldives, Mauritius, (the rallies) will clear the smoke,” Dinesh Yadavsaid. September13,aftertheSupreme awardeesof ArmyHQsandother thatthereisconsiderablescopeto unbroken tradition of high effi- modifying existing technology Nepal and Sri Lanka. Tyagi said. While BJP general sec- “There's no confusion. Our Courtdismissedpetitions seek- unitsbased in Delhi. This will be optimisethenumberof pipesand ciency,perfect integrity and fear- platforms to trackpotential vac- retary in charge of Bihar workers areclear about who is in ing apostponement. presidedupon by the Vice Chief drums as severalofthem areof- less independence”. cines from procurement to last- BhupenderYadavcalledPaswan’s the NDA,”said Kamait. Added The disruption of education of ArmyStaff or the GOC-in-C, tenfound in one station. Aboard “We as judges mustremem- mile delivery.The expertgroup is BJP’s snub remarksagainstNitish“extremely Santosh Kumar: “The workers of due to the pandemic is likelyto Western Command. At the com- of officers is proposedtobecon- berandcherish”itand“we should currentlyworking on upgrading section of Dalits. unfortunate,” and a “politics of the BJP and the JD (U) knoweach have hurtmoststudents, but ex- mand leveltoo, therewill beonly venedtoidentify bands fordis- alltakeinspirationfromhiswords, eVIN (Electronic Vaccine At leastthree JD(U) MPs The lies,” Union MinisterPrakash otherateveryconstituency.Every perts have been warning against one investitureceremonyayear. bandment.Someinfantrybattal- and should strive to commit avi- IntelligenceNetwork),anexisting Indian Express spoketoadmitted JavadekarslammedtheLJPas“just confusion is cleared by the BJP adisproportionateimpactongirls The number of residential ions whichare notauthorised brant and independent judiciary indigenouslydevelopedtechnol- thattherewassucha“deliberate” avotekatuaparty.” leaders' statements.” in school and women in higher guards of Generals areproposed bandsbuthave themoutof tradi- whichisrequired in the current ogythattracksvaccinestocksdig- attempt. JD(U) sources said the party Still, fingers arecrossedon education. The steeper drop in to berestrictedto only4(OneNCO tion will nothavetodiscontinue times,” he said. itally. “In the BJP,thereisasection will insistthat LJP cannotbecon- howmuchofthat confusion is girls'attendancefortheNEETties and three other ranks) and these the practice. “The greateststrength of the Stateshave nowbeendirected that does notlikeNitish Kumar sidered either forthe RajyaSabha clearedonthegroundasthecam- in with this warning. tooshall be authorisedonlytoLt Lesserattachmentsofjawans judiciaryisthe faith of the people to ensurethat the standardstock and theywanted to belittle him. seatvacantafterthedeathof Ram paignentersthelastfortnightbe- Asenior officer in the NTA, Generalsandabove asperentitle- from unitstohigher headquar- in it” and that “faith, confidence and distribution registers should That boy(Chirag) wascreated by VilasPaswanorfortheMinisterial fore the firstphase of voting however, thinksthe loweratten- ment. While visiting other sta- ters,outsourcingof DiwaliMelas, and acceptability cannotbecom- be in place and usedalong with thissection.Butthentheyrealised postinthe event of aCabinetex- October 28. dance has moretodowith the tions,onlytheChief of ArmyStaff, anddiscardingarchaicofficeprac- manded,theyhavetobeearned,” eVIN. that when the watergetsintothe pansion. “The LJP has fieldedcan- Boardexamination results. ViceChief of ArmyStaff andArmy tices aresome of the other meas- he said. During the meeting, the ex- boat,theentireboatdrowns,”said didates againstNDA candidates. "Wetriedfinding out the rea- Commanders will be provided ures proposed. Asenior officer in Meanwhile, the Executive pertsalsoinformedthattwopan- aleader. Thenhowcanitbeconsideredfor NEET attendance sons when we found the overall residential guards if the stay is ArmyHQs said mostresponses Committeeof theSupremeCourt India studies on the genome of This explains, sources said, either?Besides,theJD(U)willdef- about one lakh MBBS and BDS attendanceto bemuchlowerthis overnight.Multipleofficers'mess have beenpositive,endorsingthe BarAssociation(SCBA),inaresolu- SARSCoV-2(theCovid-19virus)in whytherewill be no “separate” initelyfield acandidateagainst seatsacrossthecountryontheor- year.Inpre-Covidtimes,students of permanentlylocated unitsin proposals."Afinalcallonthepro- tion,“strongly condemnedtheac- India, conducted by ICMR and BJPorJD(U)ralliesinthestatebut ChiraginthenextLokSabhaelec- ders of the Supreme Court. usedtoappear forNEET before peacestationsareproposedtobe posals will be takenatthe Army tion of the... Chief Ministerof Department of Bio-Technology, all under the NDAumbrella. tion,” said aleader. Attendance datafor 2017,2018 theirBoardexaminationresult.A amalgamatedto formonestation Commanders Conference which AndhraPradesh in releasing his suggestedthat the virus is geneti- “This would be the firsttime JD(U) MPs Dulal Chandra and 2019 shows that women as- studentgetsadmissionto amed- mess. However, unitswhich is scheduledtobeheld later this letter” to the CJI “making allega- callystable with no major muta- Prime MinisterNarendraModi Goswami (Katihar MP); pirantshavealways registereda ical collegeonlyifshe has ob- move from peace to field tenures month in NewDelhi," the officer tions againstJustice Ramana… in tion. will seek votes forthe NDAfrom Dileshwar Kamait (Supaul); higherattendancerate thantheir tainedthe minimum percentage would be able to retain their offi- said. ‘Pain of migrants will come out in form of votes’ On agenda of RJD-led alliance: 10

CONGRESS LEADER SANJAY The elections appear to be a and this pain will come out in NIRUPAM,the party’s sole star contestbetween regional “The actor’s death case the form of votes... The BJP and lakh jobs, waiver of farm loans campaignerfromMaharashtra satraps and the BJP.What has nothing to do with Nitish will face the brunt of this. forthe Bihar Assemblyelec- role does the Congress see Thereisalso anger over mis- in the Monsoon Session. Trying to wooover4.5 lakh tions, spoketoSANDEEP foritself? politics or Bihar handling of the floods. SANTOSHSINGH Tejashwi, the chief minister contract teachers, the manifesto ASHAR on howreverse migra- Youcan sayweare the elections” PATNA,OCTOBER17 candidateofthe Opposition al- promisesto doaway withthecon- tion during the lockdown, ac- number 2party forthe RJD and Howbig afactor will PM liance, releasedthe manifesto, tract system and implement torSushant Singh Rajput’s will remain so till we rebuild Modi be? RIDINGHIGH on populism, the whichcomprises25promises.All "equal work forequal pay". death and the NarendraModi the organisation. We arehop- his biggestfailure. People arehurt. This elec- TejashwiPrasadYadav-ledoppo- topleaders of the alliance, which Teachershave losttheircasein factor will playout in the polls. ing to win 50 out of the 70 seats Post lockdown when there tion is as muchareferendum sition Grand Alliance in Bihar on includes the Congress and Left Supreme Courtontheir their de- Excerpts: and playarole in the govern- wasreverse migration, the on Modi’s postlockdown poli- Saturdayannouncedits election parties,amongothers,were pres- mand forpay parity. ment formation. It is very diffi- Bihar government reacted most cies as it is on Nitish Kumar’s manifesto and promised10lakh ent on the occasion. The manifesto promises to Congress says the BJP is cult to predict Bihar elections, irresponsibly. Nitish didn’t want misgovernance... permanent jobs, loan waiver for “Besides filling up 4.5 lakh va- replace the part-contribution using actor Sushant Singh but the voter seems disen- people coming back. People farmers,equalpayforequalwork cancies (that openedup) under pension system with afull- Rajput’s death forBihar chanted. were forced to walk fordays... What is Congress’s election to contractteachers,incrementin the NDA, we will also create5.5 fledged pension scheme that ex- polls. Has the case had an THEEXPRESS strategy? honorarium of Jeevika workers, lakh permanent positions and istedbefore2005, when Nitish impact on the ground? Migration continues to be a Howhurtisthe Bihari Underemployment and un- slashing electricity tariff, and re- give the nod to it in the very first Kumar firstassumedoffice as The actor’s death case has major factor in Bihar. INTERVIEW migrant by all this? derdevelopment will be our instating the old pension system. Cabinetmeeting, if voted to chief minister.Assuring people nothing to do with politics or ...Nitish came to poweron Even the Maharashtragov- main plank.Nitish Kumar had The alliance also announced power,”Tejashwi said. He said that the coalition will stand by its Bihar elections. Unfortunately, the promise of development, ernment didn’t do muchfor come to powerpromising that if it comes to poweritwill therewill be aprovision forjob to commitments,Tejashwisaidthey parties aretrying to exploit it... butunder hisregime, Bihar’s WITH them.But the Bihar govern- changeand development. But “pass aBill in the firstVidhan eachmember of afamilywith arenot leaders who forget their SANJAY NIRUPAM Nobody should makehis death per capitaGDP has onlyslipped ment wasmostapathetic... he has done nothing in the past Sabha session to scrap the three guaranteedminimum wages. promises, and that Bihar has still CONGRESS LEADER apartofelectioneering. This is to the lowest in the country. They(migrants) arealso upset 15 years. anti-farmer(farm)laws”, which “MGNREGAworkdays would notbeen accordedspecial status againstbasic election princi- Unemployment has risen. with the Centre. So manydied FULL INTERVIEW ON were passedamid hugeprotests be also increasedfrom(the pres- —ademand echoedfor years by ples. Migration hasn’t stopped. Industrialisation is slow. This is during the reverse migration www.indianexpress.com by the Opposition in RajyaSabha ent)100days to 200days,”hesaid. political parties in Bihar.

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MANOJMORE PUNE,OCTOBER17 INNUMBERS WITH COVID-19cases dipping to afour-month low, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal 42 Corporation (PCMC) has shut The number of Covid- down as manyas18Covid Care 19 deaths reportedin Centres. Pune on Saturday. “Of the 21 Covid CareCentres, 18 have been shut down. Three will remain open to handle any 7,418 futurerise in positive cases,” said The toll so farinthe Municipal Commissioner The Moshi Covid CareCentre, one of those shut by PCMC. File district. Shravan Hardikar on Saturday. Since October 1, PCMC has seen adrastic fall in Covid-19 centres, irrespective of whether Deputy Municipal 946 cases. Compared to September, the bed wasoccupied. Commissioner Ajit Pawarsaid The number of fresh when it sawasingle-dayspike “Ithink we will have to pay three Covid carecentres —the Covid-19cases of 1,300cases, the twin city has over Rs 25 crorefor these 18 CCCs. ones in Balewadi, Bhosari reportedonSaturday. been reporting less than 300 We areinthe process of calculat- Balnagari and Gharkul—will DAY AFTER,SEARCH ON newcases aday this month. On ing the amount to bepaid. It could continue to operate. Friday, Pimpri-Chinchwad re- be between Rs 25 to Rs 30 crore... Meanwhile, the PCMC health 3,13,645 Ajoint search operation being carriedout by teams of NDRF,city police and Fire Brigade, under the Bhide bridgeinPune on ported224 cases, anumber sim- or more,” said Hardikar. department said of the 2,209 ac- The total positive cases Saturday. Twoyoung men had fallen intothe riverwhile taking aselfie on Friday. Ashish Kale ilar to itstallyinJune, when it He said onlyfivecarecentres tive cases till Fridayevening, the so farinthe district. usedtorecordover200 new were setupbyprivate parties. highestnumber of cases —589 — cases, on an average, per day. On “We had setupthe rest of them. arefrom‘B’ divisional office area. Saturday, 190cases were regis- We will keep them ready in case The suburbs of Ravet, Kiwale, Phugewadi, Kasarwadi, New tered, with the newcase count we needthem in the future. The Vikasnagar,Bijlinagar, Sangvi and Sangvi. 57-year-old Pune resident duped of Rs 2.8L dropping below200. privare parties will take acall on Chinchwadenagar and The total number of cases till The PCMC’s decision also their owncentres...,” said Chinchwadcomeunderthe‘B’di- Fridayevening was85,114. Of stems from the the heavy expen- Hardikar.Healso deniedreports visionaloffice.Thelowestnumber these,80,752patientshaverecov- on false assurance of job abroad: Police ditureoneachCovid CareCentre. about faulty RT-PCR kits. “We of cases —236 —are from ‘H’ divi- ered,said PCMC’s Additional Of the 21 carecentres, PCMC had have nothad anyfaulty kits. There sional office area, comprising the Health chief Dr PavanSalve. assured job. booked the twoaccusedunder Section to payRs1,450 per bed to con- wasnosuchproblem with tests suburbs of Sant Tukaramnagar, Pimpri-Chinchwadhasseen1,464 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE He then lodged apolice complaint 420 of the Indian Penal Code and sections tractors foratleastfour top-tier in Pimpri-Chinchwad,” he said. Mahatma Phulenagar,Dapodi, Covid-related deaths so far. PUNE,OCTOBER17 againstthe online fraudsters. Police have of theInformationTechnology Act.

A57-YEAR-OLD Pune resident has been dupedof Rs 2.8 lakh by online fraudsters on false assurances Nearly 9lakh hectare crop damaged of providing ajob in aforeign country, police said. The victim, aresident of Sinhagad Road, has lodged the FIR in the case at the Dattawadi police station on Friday. in flood-hit districts of Maharashtra Police said the complainant registeredhis de- tails with an online job portal. Following which Shivani, in NorthSolapur taluka yond it,” he said. encouragefarmers to posttheir twopersons contacted him over the phone and PARTHASARATHIBISWAS of Solapur district, narratedhow Chatakesaid his fields arestill claims using the PMFBYapp. “As assured him ajob at apetrochemical companyin PUNE,OCTOBER17 the floodwater damagedcrops of floodedand no help has reached the app already has details of land AbuDhabi, said police. sugarcane, onion and soyabean. anyone in the village. “The har- records, this will be easier for Asthecomplainantagreed,theduoalsoarranged STANDINGCROPonover8.95 Aakash Chatake, afarmer vesting labourers were sched- farmers. Insurance companies his telephonic interview. Theygavesome backac- lakh hectares is estimated to fromthevillagewhose10 acresof uledtocome in the next few have been askedto speeduptheir countnumbersandaskedthecomplaintto transfer have been affected due to the sugarcane and onion were sub- days,” he said. surveystoensurecompensation moneyforarranginghisvisa,lodgingandotherwork. heavy rain and consequent mergedbyfloodwater,saidwater As neither onion nor cane is reaches farmers early,” he said. Police said the complainant transferredRs flooding in the stateinthe last from Sina riverhad flown 1.5km coveredunderthePradhanMantri Amassive drive has been un- 2,81,543intothe bank accounts, but nevergot the fewdays. beyondtheriverbank.“Morethan FasalBimaYojana(PMFBY),farm- dertakentohelp farmers log in In the districtshit the most— 1,000 acres of crop from this vil- ersinthisareastandto lose100per and file their complaintsonline. Solapur,Pune, Sataraand lagehas been damaged,” he said. cent of their investment. Farmers in these areas will also Osmanabad among others — The main reason forthe Meanwhile, Agriculture be eligible for25per cent of the farmers were either harvesting flood, said Chatake, wasthe sud- Commissioner Dheeraj Kumar due compensation immediately, or had already harvestedtheir den opening of Kolewadi dam, said his office has asked staffto as per the norms of PMBFY. crop likesoyabean and onions. whichreleasedwater intoSina Sugarcane growers in the area river. “Usually, the excess water were ready forthe 2020-21 of Sina drains intoBhima river, crushing season, whichissched- but as Bhima is already flooded, uledtostart from October 15. the waterbreachedthe river- Farmers at the villageof bank andinundates areasbe-

Angmehnati Kashtakari Sangharsh Samiti had organiseda rallyinPune on Friday. Express PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice is herebygiven that as per information &documents furnished by Mr.Swapnil Madhukarrao Vadgaonkar &Mrs.Suvarna Swapnil Vadgaonkar both r/at CTS. No.20436, Samarth Nagar,Near Deshpande Hospital, Aurangabad 431001. Theyare the Migrant labourers’ group owners of the property described in Schedule hereunder (hereinafter referred as said prop- erties). That negotiation between said Owners and my Clients are going on in respect of conveyance of said properties.That said owners assured my Clients that theyare sole and demands urban equivalent of absolute owner of the said properties and said properties are their self acquired properties and subject to charge of ICICI Bank Ltd., there is no encumbrance /charge /rights of what- soevernature of anyperson /individual /firm/institute etc. on the said properties and are MGNREGS, special packages legally entitles to sell /convey/assign /transfer said propertiies to my Clients. Anyperson having anyclaim/s against the said properties by wayofInheritance, down, labouers were lefttofend Agreement, Sale,Conveyance,Assignment, Development rights,Exchange,Gift, Mortgage,-Loan, Borrowing, Charge,Trust, Possession, Lease,Leave License,Lien, or EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forthemselvesand in the absence otherwise howsoeverisherebyrequired to makethe same in writing along with supporting PUNE,OCTOBER17 of work manystarted walking documents to the undersigned having his office mentioned below, within 7daysfrom the backtotheir home states in Bihar date hereof,failing which, the claim or claims,ifany,ofsuch person or persons in respect of said properties will be considered to have been waived /abandoned and shall not be ANGMEHNATIKASHTAKARI or Uttar Pradesh. While the cen- binding on my Clients and on said properties and my Clients will complete the transaction Sangharsh Samiti, an umbrella tral and stategovernmentshad in respect of said properties.Schedule of Properties: organisation of informal work- announcedaseries of welfare Office No.401 admeasuring about 72.05 Sq. Mtrs.built up and Office No.402 admeasur- ing about 61.19 Sq. Mtrs.built up located on 4th floor along with top terrace admeasuring ers, has urgedthe stategovern- measures forlabourers, mosthad about 102.23 Sq. Mtr. along with car parking space admeasuring about 11.15 Sq. Mtr. ment formaking provisions to failedtoreachthe ground. located on lower ground floor of the building known as Lotus Plaza Apartment implement an urbanequivalent Addressing the rally, Dr Baba Condominium along with undivided 8.69% share in rights,title and interests in the com- of the MahatmaGandhi National Adhav, president of the Samiti, mon spaces,facilities in the Lotus Plaza Apartment Condominium situated at CTS No.681 (corresponding S. No.15/1-B/1), Village Kothrud, Pune, Taluka Haveli, Dist. Pune and RuralEmployment Guarantee criticisedthe government fornot within the jurisdiction of Sub- Registrar Haveli and within the limits of Pune Municipal Scheme (MGNREGS) as well as a addressing issues of migrant Corporation and bounded as under:- Boundaries of Office No.401 -Onortowards East :- special packagefor small and workers. He said the workers By office No.402, On or towards West :- By common passage &staircase,Onortowards North :- By office No.402, On or towards South :- By marginal open space., Boundaries of medium units. were leftwith no access to Office No.402 -Onortowards East :- By marginal open space,Onortowards West :- By Duringan8-km long rallyin health, ration, income or social office No.403, 404 &passage,Onortowards North :- By marginal open sapce,Onor Pune, from the Timber Market to security.The labour welfare towards South :- By office No.401., Boundaries of S. No.15/1-B/1. Kothrud -Onortowards East :- By road, On or towards West :- By road, On or towards North :ByS.No.15/1/A, Datta the office of additional labour boardhad failedtorise to the oc- Krupa Building On or towards South :- By S. No.15/1-B/2, Walchand House. commissioner in Shivajinagar on casion and had notregisteredthe Along with all furniture,fixtures and fittings in Captioned Offices and also along with all the Friday, the organisation high- labourers in need. Leaders who privileges,easements,profits,advantages,rights,and appurtenances to the Captioned lighted various troubles facedby addressedthe gathering de- Offices including right to use and water connection from common water tank of the afore- said building and also to use and enjoycommon passage,staircase,common parking and migrant labourers in the city. mandedthat the stategovern- other common facilities available in the said building. Sd/- The Covid-19inducedlock- ment activate the Labour Date:-17/10/2020 Adv. Rajan Deshpande down has been exceptionally WelfareBoardaswell as ensure Office No.3A, Shubh Ashirwad Soc., Seal S. 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reader.Ialso did nothaveaneed litically. "Wehaveseen the rise of RUCHIKAGOSWAMY to consult dictionaries as Inever political tendencies and also deal PUNE,OCTOBER17 had asystematic approachto in absolutes, that have exclusion learning newwords, as Inever be- rather than inclusion as their “WHEN Iwas akid at school, I lievedinmemorising them for theme... theytalk about everyone would have to debatetopics like their ownsake,” he said. conforming to aunifiedvision, 'the pen is mightier than the Speaking on the official worshipping acertain faith in a sword', and Ispokeverymuchin launchofhis book certain way, speaking acertain favour of the motion. Today, hav- Tharoorosaurus, he said that the language, sharing certain cultural ing seen our country, itspolitics title as well as the coverofthe assumptions, thinking of history and itsdiscourse, Iamnolonger Tharoor attends the festival book wasaconcoction of his in sortofamonolithic way, all of convinceditis, because if youin- online on Saturday. name, the Thesaurus and the this an antithesis of what you terpret the swordasametaphor Tyrannosaurus rex. would consider aliberal attitude," forpowerand authority and you Arguing that therewas rising said Tharoor. interpret the pen metaphorically Congress leader Shashi Tharoor illiberalism in the national dis- He continuedbysaying that as ideasand words, Iamsorry to at the Symbiosis International course, whichwas aresult of he has always considered him- saythat while ideas and words University LiteraryFestivalon manyfactors, Tharoor also cited self liberal-minded, that he ac- LIVE DARSHAN mayoutlast powerand authority, Saturday. the increasing emphasis on sci- cepts the worldaround him as it powerand authority,inthe short The Congress MP also spoke ences and mathematics over hu- is and seekstochangethat which An LCDscreen has been installedatthe gatesofChattushringi Devi Temple forthe public during Navratri. Ashish Kale term, can crush the words," said about the Elgaar Parishad case, manities in the education sphere. is doing harm to others. "If some- and the arrest of severalactivsts “Manygraduates Ihavemet ei- body is doing things, saying and academicians in connection ther wish to study science or things or behaving in away or to it. "Wehave11individuals in want to work in science, that prolonging their ownambitions pre-trial detention onlyfor things seems to be their requirement and careers in ways that Idonot POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF theyhavesaid... none of them has and that is what their parents agree with, it is their problem not MEDICAL EDUCATION &RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH been accusedofviolence... but want them to do. The conse- mine... (it is) onlyiftheyare doing onlyfor the things theyhavewrit- quence of that is partlyalso that harm to others that Ineedto E-Tender Notice No. PI(EP)/20-21/04 Phone No. 0172-2756469 Tender applications are invited forpurchase of various items against tender No.1-6 from the Manufacturers or their sole authorized ten. From the 83-year-old priest humanities andliberal arts edu- judge. That is notthe sensibility distributors/agents.The bidders can place their bids as per terms &conditions contained on https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app. Stan SwamytoSudha Bharadwaj, cation disappears from mostpeo- of those who believe that they Sr.Equipment/Item Name Quantity EMD Bid Bid Deptt. Name Vernon Gonsalves, Varavara Rao ple's mindset. 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Ph. no. 27470282/ vise relief and rescue work. undated in over nine districts, and Rehabilitation MinisterVijay Broilers Traders’ Meera Publicity, rank Sub Ashok Kadam –II, BEGCentre, Dighi Interested WhatsApp 9822792583. On Saturday, Deputy Chief Leader of Opposition Devendra Wadettiwar (Congress) will also Association “Rate On 1st floor, 10, OswalPark, change name of my Camp, herebydeclare Name Address: Mayureshwar Enterprise, 18.10.2020 ForLiveBig Opp. Rachana Lodge, MinisterAjitPawarvisitedaffected Fadnavis, who is campaigning visit parts of Latur,Osmanabad, son from Gourav (old that Ihave changed my 7027924000 Latish Balkawade, Birds Rs-134 LiveSmall behind Safari Hotel, areas in Solapur district and an- forthe BJP in Bihar,has also de- Solapur and Pune between name) to GouravAshok name MonikaRamrao to Chaphekar Chowk, Birds Rs-140 Al-Taqdeer 0040551750-1 nr S.T.Stand, Shivajinagar, nouncedthat farmers hit by the cidedtoreturn to the statefor a October 18 and 20. State Kadam vide affidavit MonikaAnnasaheb Chinchwadgaon, Pune. Broiler(Siraj Pune-05. Ph. 9421017457. no-2514/2020 dated Padul vide affidavit no. Ph.no. 9422082164. crisis will be compensated. “No three-daytour of flood-hit areas. Revnenue MinisterBalasaheb Shaikh)9822931357, FATIMANAGAR - 16/10/2020 1600 /2020 Raka Advertising, Arora Enterprises, farmerwillbeleftout,”hesaid,di- Accordingto hisoffice,thefor- Thorat, meanwhile, has de- 9767869302 Mrs. Vimal Bafna, Raka 0090276851-1 0090276845-1 Rajesh Arora, Office No. recting revenue authorities to mer CM will coveradistance of mandedurgent aid from the 0090273225-1 complete the work of damageas- 850 km spanning nine districts Centretotide over the crisis.

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Body of speech, DEDICATES ‘MISSION SHAKTI’ TO BALRAMPUR VICTIM hearing impaired FIR filed against Kangana, girl found with Yogivows‘zerotolerance’ throat slit, 1held; her sister over tweets cops suspect rape forcrimesagainstwomen Republic TVjournalistquestionedbypolice in separatecase EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE TRPCASE:REPUBLIC AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER17 MUMBAI,OCTOBER17 MOVESHCFOR THE BODY of a12-year-old hear- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE THE MUMBAI police registered QUASHINGOFFIR ing and speechimpaired girl, LUCKNOW,OCTOBER17 an FIR againstactor Kangana who wasallegedly abducted on Ranaut and her sisterRangoli Mumbai: Days afterthe Friday, wasfound with her UTTAR PRADESH Chief Minister Chandel at BandraonSaturday Supreme Courtasked throat slit at afield in Gujarat’s Yogi Adityanath on Saturday afternoon, basedonaprivate Republic TV to approachthe Banaskantha on Saturday. launchedthe state-wide ‘Mission complaint filedbeforeametro- BombayHigh Courtagainst The girlhad gone missing on Shakti’ programme, with astern politan court. Kangana Ranaut summons issuedbyMumbai Fridayevening. warning to those who perpetrate The women were booked Police in connection with the Police said prima facie, the crimes againstwomen. under IPC Sections pertaining to investigation intochargesof girlwas rapedand then mur- Adityanath reiteratedhis govern- committing malicious or delib- per procedureoflaw.Right of TRP fudging, the channel has dered to destroy evidence of ment’s “commitment towards erateactswith the intention of speechand expression should approachedthe High Court rape. Her 24-year-old cousin has dignity,safetyand empower- outraging religious feelings of notbeconstruedaspromoting seeking quashing of the FIR been detainedinconnection ment of women and girls in the citizens, sedition, promoting en- communal disharmony." againstit. The petition also with the case. state.” The government has been mity between different groups In aseparatecase, Republic seeksthat an interim stay be As of Saturdayevening, no facing flak over astring of rape in- on grounds of religion, race, TV journalistPradeep Bhandari ordered on the investigation FIR wasfiledinconnection with cidentsinUttar Pradesh. place of birth, residence or lan- wasquestionedbythe police on in the case and Mumbai po- the case, although the concerned Speaking in Balrampur dur- guageand common intention. Saturdayafter being booked on lice be directed nottotake police official told The Indian ing the inaugural function of the According to police, the FIR October 9for allegedly obstruct- anycoercive steps against Express that “the process of reg- programme, Adityanath in- states that through their tweets, ing the police and gathering a the channel or itsemployees istering an FIR is on”. formedthat the firstphase of the sisters triedto"malign the crowdduring the BMC's partial including their investigation According to the police offi- ‘Mission Shakti’ will focus on At the launchof‘Mission Shakti’ in Balrampur,whichwill focus on spreading awareness Indian Constitution and imageof demolition of Ranaut's bunga- and questioning. cial, the girl’s parentshad “infor- spreading awareness towards towardsensuring safetyand dignity to women and the girlchild. Courtesy:Twitter the Maharashtragovernment, lowlastmonth. The Mumbai police is mallynotified” police on Friday ensuring safetyand dignity to hurtsentimentsofMuslims and Gajanan Kabdule, senior in- probing the case of alleged that their daughter wasmissing. women and girlchild and will triedtocreatedivision between spector,Khar police station, said TRP fudging by the channel. The police officers said that a continue forsix months till eyeonthe dignity and self-re- views againstchild marriageand mand is designedtotakeimme- Hindus and Muslims". that Bhandari wascalledinonly It has so farsummonedsen- CCTVfootage from an intersec- Basant Navratri. spect of women will find no said these rituals should be pub- diateaction on the cases of mo- Deputy Commissioner of forquestioning on Saturday. "We ior executivesofthe network tion shows the girltravelling on The second phase, ‘Operation place in the state. liclycondemned. lestation and crime against Police (Zone IX) Abhishek allowedhim to leave him in the forquestioning. The petition abikewhichwas drivenbya Shakti’, will target eve-teasers TermingtherecentBalrampur Governor rolls out women in the statecapital. Trimukhe said the investigating evening afterafew hours of also seeksthat the case be- man wearing ayellowT-shirt. and put them to punishment or incident, wherea22-year-old According to astatement is- officer would begin gathering questioning," he said. ing probed by the Mumbai According to police, the child reforms. “If suchelementsdonot woman wasallegedly gangraped SafeCity project suedbythe government, approx- evidence and verify the allega- The FIR againstBhandari was Police Crime Branchbe wasallegedly takentoafield mend their ways,theywill have and murdered by twomen, as Ateam of women police per- imately250 women police per- tions made in the complaint. filedafter the police revieweda transferredtothe CBI. ENS whereshe wasrapedand even- to face social boycottand their “unfortunate”, the CM said sonnel has been created in sonnel have been deployedin The complaint filedbefore Republic TV news video clip tuallymurdered with along pictures will be displayedpub- Mission Shakti is atributetoher. Lucknowtocurb crime against Pink Patrol afterundergoing rig- the courtstatedthat Ranaut was whichshowedaperson pushing knife-likeweapon. licly,”Adityanath said. He addedthat the mission was girls. The ‘Pink Patrol’, an all- orous training. Under the SafeCity "creating divisions between apoliceconstable from the back. that Ranaut "is continuouslyde- The official said the familyin- The CM said his government being rolledout from Balrampur women patrolling command plan, Pink Patrol will operateat communities and spreading The constable who filedthe faming Bollywood film industry dicated the identity of the per- has zero-tolerance towards to send amessagetothose with wasflagged offbyUPGovernor places that have been identified communal hatred". The court complaint later told the Bombay and is portraying people work- petrator following whichthey crime againstwomen and girls “negative and divisive mindset.” Anandiben Pateltoensuresafety by the LucknowPolice as hotspots had ordered an FIR to be regis- City Civil and Sessions Courtthat ing in Bollywood films as ahub apprehendedthe girl’s cousin. and that those who castanevil The CM also expressedhis of women. The patrolling com- forcrime againstwomen. teredagainstthe sisters on Friday. Bhandari wasnot the one who of nepotism, favouritism, drug "On prima facie perusal of had pushedhim. addicts, communally-biased complaint and submissions... I Bhandari had been granted people, murderers, etc" through GUJARAT BJP LEADER ‘CONTRACT KILLING’: AFTER 4ARRESTS found the cognizable offence has anticipatorybail on October 15 her tweets and television inter- Gonda shooting was been committed by the accused. afterthe courtobserved that views."...(this) is creating avery Totalallegations arebasedupon "when the FIR waslodged,the bad imageofBollywood in the Cops look for man who helped comment on electronic media, public servant i.e. informant was minds of people and even creat- ‘staged’; 7held, injured Twitter and interviews.The ac- notaware that he wasdeterred ing acommunal divide and rift cusedusedsocial media like or prevented from discharging between people of twocommu- priest booked: Police with funds for murder, an aide Twitter.Thorough investigation his duty as public servant. Only nities and in the mind of com- is necessarybythe expert... on the basis of video clip that in- mon man," he said. of Rs 4lakhtokill Patel. Ujjain, and waspresent on the search and seizureisnecessary ference wasdrawn". He also stated that ariftwas EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Police said that two EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Jadhavtold The Sunday dayofthe crime. in this case," Metropolitan The complaint againstRanaut being created between artistes LUCKNOW,OCTOBER17 groups were fighting VADODARA,OCTOBER17 Express that the names of Gudala Jadhavsaid Gudala's arrest MagistrateJaydeo Khule said in wasfiledbyMunawwar Ali of different religions. The com- and Basti emergedduring ques- will throw light on the case. “We his order and had directed the Sayyed,acasting director and fit- plaint referred to various tweets GONDAPOLICESaturdayarrested over 120bighas of THREE DAYS afterDahod police tioning of the four accusedar- knowGudala is close to the fam- concernedpolice station to in- ness trainer.Inhis complaint, he by Ranaut over the pastfew sevenpeople, including the head temple land, and those arrested four people suspected rested on Wednesday. ilyofthe sittingMLA.One of their vestigatethe complaint. stated that he had worked with months, including atweet priestofRamjanki temple in a arrested wanted to to beinvolvedinthe allegedmur- Thefour–IrfanPada,whowas familymembers wasthe outgo- Lawyer Rizwan Siddiquee, well-known film directors and whereshe referred to Mumbai Gondavillageandthevillagehead, der of local BJP leader Hiren Patel onparoleafterbeingconvictedin ing municipality president. Once representing Ranaut, said, "This had, forthe pastfew months, as PoK(Pakistan-occupied forstaging an attackonanother implicatetheir rivals in Jhalod town of Gujarat's Dahod the2002SabarmatiExpressburn- we arrest and question him, we shall be dealt with on meritsas been observing on social media Kashmir). priestlastweek to implicatetheir through the shooting district on September 27,the ing case; AjayKalal; and Ujjain will getaclear pictureofthe rivals in the case. Police said they Deputy Superintendent of Police, residentsSajjansinhChauhanand (murder) motive and the others would move courtrequesting re- Jhalod division, on Saturdaydi- MohammedSamir Mujawar— who could be involved,” he said. Seema Mustafa lease of the firsttwo arrestsasno whereSamrat wasbeing treated, rected the Local Crime Branch have been sent to seven-daypo- The police areyet to recover Helping law enforcement evidencewasfoundagainstthem. said the ACP. (LCB) and the SpecialOperations lice custody by alocal court. the vehicle usedtorun intoPatel, elected president Apriestatthe same temple Initiallyafter the October 11 Group (SOG) to nab twomoreal- Jadhavsaid the probesofar whichresulted in his death. agencies in news channel in Tire Manorama village, shooting,Itiyathokpolicebooked leged conspirators. indicates political rivalrycould be Jadhavsaid: “So far, we have con- in first polls to Samrat Das alias Atul Tripathi Mukesh Singh, Bhayharan Singh, The duo’s names emerged the likelymurder motive. fiscated twoother vehicles in- who wasshotatand wasrecov- former villagehead Amar Singh during the investigation into “Although the rivalryislong- volvedinthe crime. Asports util- TRP probe, says BARC Editors Guild ering from gunshotinjuries in a and DarogaSingh –all residents what the police believe is acon- standing, the recent turn of ity vehicle that wasusedtoferry to adistortion of facts”. Lucknowhospital, had also been of the village. Bhayharan and tract killing. eventsduring the elections for the contract killers and conduct a EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE It stated,“Our effortsoncom- booked,police said. The two Darogawerearrested. Deputy SP BVJadhavhas di- the president and vice-president recce (beforePatel's murder), and NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 bating infiltration arefocusedon EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE groups had been fighting over In their investigation, police rected the LCBand SOG teams to of Jhalod Municipality is emerg- acar belonging to Pada, in which the individual(s) responsible for NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 the ownership of 120bighas of have found that the land dispute search and detain aJhalod resi- ing as the trigger,” he said. he travelledfromGodhrato TWODAYSafter announcing these activities and we firmlybe- the temple land, said police. hasbeenfesteringbetweenAmar dent, identifiedasImran Gudala, “Gudala, whom Kalal has named, Dahod.” that it will suspend publishing lieve that television channels are FORTHE firsttime since it was The sevenarrestedpeople are SinghandheadpriestSitaRam.By and another person namedIrfan waspartofthe conspiracy and fa- On September 27,when Patel Television Rating Points(TRP) for committedto maintainingaclean foundedin1978, the Editors Munna Singh, Vipin Dwivedi staging the shooting on Samrat Basti, who comes from Ujjain. cilitated the moneyfor the con- wasout foramorning walk,the the English news genrefor eight and transparent ecosystem.” Guild of India chose itsthree top alias Chhotu, Neeraj Singh, Sonu Das, SitaRam and others wanted The police said Gudala had tract, whichwas giventoPada.” accusedallegedly ranhim over to 12 weeksdue to allegations of Itsmanagement team, the office-bearers through elec- Singh, head priestSitaRam Das to frame Amar Singh and his as- allegedly joinedaccusedAjay Basti, Jadhavsaid,was partof at Muwada junction in Jhalod tampering with itsdataand statement said, “works with full tions, with Seema Mustafa,ed- alias Vrindaran Tripathi, Shiv sociates. Police also found that Kalal in facilitating the contract the group of contract killers from towan, police had said. processes, the Broadcast confidence and support” of its itor of The Citizen,elected its Shankar Singh and villagehead therewas apolitical rivalrybe- Audience Research Council boardand the various commit- president. VinayKumar Singh. Vipin and tween sitting pradhan Vinay (BARC) of India on Saturdaysaid tees, and it “continues to be In the past, presidents, gen- SitaRam arefromMadhya Singh and Amar Singh over pan- Firozabad BJP it is assisting lawenforcement drivenbyonlyone goal: to gen- eral secretaries and treasurers Pradesh and the rest from Gonda. chayatelections.Aroundamonth Dalit advocate killed agencies in the ongoing investi- erateratings that itssubscribers of the guild have been ap- Theaccusedhave been sent to ju- ago, Vinayand SitaRam plotted a leader shot dead gation. rely on whichare deeplyrooted pointed through consensus. dicial custody.Another accused, conspiracy to frame Amar,said over ‘anti-Brahmin’ BARC stated that it is “provid- in science, reportwith the great- SanjayKapoor,editor of Suraj wasonthe run, said police. As per the plan, accused by bike-borne ing necessaryassistance to the estsense of responsibility and HardNews waselected general Additional Superintendent of MunnaSinghwastoshootSamrat ongoing investigation...and this trulyreflect ‘What India secretary, and Caravan maga- Police, Gonda, MahendraKumar. Das in suchaway as nottocause assailants, 3held posts: Gujarat Police should be seen in the light of Watches’”. zine editor Anant Nath took Police forcehad been de- serious injuries to him. Samrat largerstability of the panel and Mumbai Police had lastweek over as the guild’s ployedatthe Lucknowhospital Das wasshotinthe shoulder. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE in the interests of self-regulation, announcedthat it had busteda treasurer. NOIDA,OCTOBER17 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE rather than in isolated cases of "racket”tofraudulentlymanipu- While elections were held RAJKOT,OCTOBER17 particular channels whichleads lateTRPs. forthe posts of president and ABJP leader wasshotdead by general secretaryonFriday, Rampur woman attempts unidentifiedpersons in Uttar INVESTIGATIONS INTOthe mur- Nath waselected unopposed. Pradesh’s Firozabad Friday, police der of Dalit lawyer Devji Jaunpur ex-MP, journalist charged With 87 votes, Mustafa beat suicide after cop arrested said. The victim, DKGupta,was Maheshwari have found evi- MDNalapat, editorial director about to leave his grocerystore dence of the prime accusedhav- under Official Secrets Act: Police of The SundayGuardian,who re- whenbike-bornepersonsopened ing killedhim over an argument ceived51votes. for ‘sexual assaulting’ her fire at him, police said. He was over his social media posts. Lucknow: An FIR has been regis- November 14,2018—onthe Kapoor defeated ANI editor takentoahospitalinAgra andde- Bharat Raval(22), who Devji Maheshwari teredagainstgangster-turned- threat perception of Singh. SmitaPrakash 90 to 50. However, we recordedthe clared dead on arrivalbydoctors. worked in aprinter repairing politician and former BSP MP It wassubmitted to acourt Mustafa will succeed EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE woman's statement on Friday Gupta wasthe mandal ad- shop, had had aheated argu- DhananjaySingh and ajournal- hearing Singh’s writ petition Shekhar Gupta,editor-in-chief LUCKNOW,OCTOBER17 and arrested the accusedaround hyaksh of the BJP's Firozabad ment with Maheshwari about anyevidence so faragainstthe istunder the Official SecretsAct, challenging the government’s of ThePrint,while Kapoor and 1pmthe same day,”said SP unit, sources said. Three persons the advocate’s social media posts eight persons who were named police said Saturday. decision to withdraw his security Nath will take over from AK A32-YEAR-OLD woman, who al- Shogun Gautam. were takenintocustody in con- days before the murder in Rapar by Maheshwari's wife Theformer Jaunpur MP and cover. Taking serious note of the Bhattacharya,editorial director legedthat aconstable postedata “Later in the day, we were in- nection with the case, police said. town of KutchonSeptember 25, Minaxiben in the FIR. localjournalistSuresh Bahadur communication leak,the court of Business Standard,and Sheela police station in Uttar Pradesh’s formedbythe husband that the “The familyhas filedanFIR police said on Saturday. Talking to The SundayExpress, Singh have been accusedofob- lastyear directed the statetoset Bhatt, contributing editor of Rampur district sexuallyas- woman has consumedapoison- againstthree persons. The main “The evidence gathered in DIG Mothaliyasaid that police taining aconfidential letter of the up aSIT to find out howSingh got Rediff.com,respectively,the saulted her afterbarging intoher ous substance. Doctors said her accused, Viresh Tomar,and two course of investigation suggests have alsorecoveredaudiorecord- UP Special Task Force—dated acopyofthe letter. ENS guild said in astatement. residence, allegedly attempted condition is stable but recom- others have been takenintocus- that Maheshwari usedtoupload ing of the conversation the ac- suicide by consuming apoison- mendedthat she be referred to tody and we arequestioning objectionable posts about cusedandthevictimhadhadover ous substance on Friday, hours af- afacility in Moradabad. them. We areinvestigating all as- Brahmin community on his phone.“Investigationhasrevealed terthe constable wasarrested. Although her husband took her pects," said SP SachindraPatel. Facebook account. Ravalhad di- that theyhad aconversation for TN man gets 5years in jail for setting She is nowout of danger,police to Moradabad, he did notget her According to the police, the alledhim (Maheshwari) over 13 to 14 minutesandwe have also sources said. Senior police officers admitted and brought her back. prima facie motive behind the this and the duo had aheated ar- recoveredrecordingfrommobile fire to 3trains at Puri railway station said the constable, Amit Kumar When we came to know, we got murder appears to be afamily gument over phone. phone. Maheshwari wasassoci- (35),was sent to jail afterbeing her admitted at the Rampur dis- feud. Investigation establishes that ated with BAMCEF (All India tional10-monthimprisonmentif he had claimedtohavereceived producedinacourt. He has also trict hospital. She is expected to SP Patelsaid, “Wehavenot Ravalhad murdered Backwardand Minority EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE he fails to payup. money. He also claimedtohave been suspended, theyadded. be dischargedbySaturday found direct involvement of the Maheshwari over disputes that Communities Employees BHUBANESWAR,OCTOBER17 The incident took place on executed similar attacks in Gaya, “On Wednesday, we got a evening,” he added. accusedwith the party (BJP). arose out of the social media Federation) and he usedtocom- November11,2015.Over100peo- Haridwar and Kharagpur. complaint from the woman’s Asenior police officer said Further details will be revealed posts againstBrahmin commu- ment againstBrahmins on social FIVEYEARSafterthreetrainswere ple were present at the station PolicethenwrotetotheNIAfor husband that the accusedcon- that in astatement giventoa afterquestioning.” nity,” the SIT whichhas been in- media and elsewhere...” setonfireatthe Puri Railway when the trains were setonfire aprobe but the central agency stable entered their residence, sub-divisional magistrate, the The main accused, Viresh, vestigating the case stated. Incidentally, Mumbai Police, Station, the prime accusedinthe but theyweresafelyevacuated. ruledoutaterrorangle.“Afterthe sexuallyassaulted his wifeand woman claimedthat she con- and the victim recentlyhad a The seven-member SIT is whichhad nabbed Ravalthe day case wasonFridaysentencedto The next day, Ramchandran —a NIA’s closurereport, the matter made avideo of the crime to sumedthe poisonous substance heated argument on Facebook, headedbyDIG Border RangeJR afterthe murder,had also said five years’ imprisonment. native of Tamil Nadu —was ar- wasshiftedtothe district courtin threaten her.Weregisteredan as she was“embarrassedbythe police added. The murder of the Mothaliyaand includes officers that Ravalhad killedthe advo- Chief Judicial MagistrateIndu rested by the RPF. Puri... Basedonthe arson and the FIR and sent the woman fora whole incident”. The arrested ac- BJP functionarycomes at atime of Kutch(east), Kutch(west)and cateoverhis social media posts, Sharma also imposedafine of Ramchandrantoldpolicethat fact that he triedtomislead the medical test the next day. cusedwould face “legal and de- when the Tundla Assemblyis Patandistrictspolice. whichthe accusedfound preju- Rs 75,000 on Subhash the arson wasapartofanopera- police,thesentencingwascarried Doctors did notfind anyinjury. partmental action,” police said. going intobypolls. The police have notfound dicial to Brahmins. Ramchandran (33) and an addi- tion of aterrormodule forwhich out,” asenior lawyer said.

Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 EXPRESS NETWORK THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER18,2020 BRIEFLY Former NIA I-G who investigated Computeranalyst, AMUconfers awardon 26/11, Pathankot attack dies at 60 Anjuman-I-Islam dentistsentBengaluru NewDelhi: The Aligarh However, as moreofficers joined tions in the Patna Gandhi Maidan Muslim University (AMU) DEEPTIMANTIWARY Sanjeev the central agency,itwas given blasts during NarendraModi’s Saturdayconferredthe Sir NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 Kumar Singh the probeofthe mosthigh-pro- rallyand the Bodh Gaya blasts. Syed Excellence National diedofa file case of the time —the blasts He wasalso partofthe inves- youthstojoinIS:NIA Awardoneducational NATIONAL SECURITYCouncil haemorrhage carriedout across India by tigations intothe Jaish-e- trustAnjuman-I-Islam for Secretariat (NSCS) consultant Hindutvaterrorgroups. It was Mohammedterrorattackonthe itsefforts in education and former IPS officer Sanjeev Singh’s team that washanded Pathankot Air Base in 2016. 6-7 from the city travelledtoSyria in 2013-14, says agency among the minorities and Kumar Singh diedlateonFriday his integrity and professionalism. the task of tracking the culprits However, by this time, he was marginalizedsections of following ahaemorrhagesuf- “He wassupremelyfit, never and bringing them to justice. alsotaken offthe Hindutvater- Abdur Rahman, a28-year-old been identifiedasFaiz Masood, society.“We areproud to feredduring afall. He was60. missing his workoutsevenafter Singh, in his seven-year stint rorcases and the 2008 Malegaon JOHNSONTA ophthalmologistfromBengaluru, an MBAdegree-holder,and receive this awardfroma Sources close to Singh’s fam- retirement. Mostofuscalledhim at NIA,investigated the 2006 blasts probewas handedoverto BENGALURU,OCTOBER17 on chargesofconspiring with a Abdul Subhan, who waswork- University that wasestab- ilysaid he had contracted ‘Chattaan Singh’ (The Rock).If a Malegaon blasts,the Samjhauta adifferent team. The NIA would KashmirimanarrestedinDelhiin ing in Yemen before joining IS. lished at around the same dengue and sufferedthe fall dur- criminal wasonthe loose, there Express blasts,the Mecca Masjid later file achargesheetexoner- THE NATIONAL Investigation March,for alleged linkstoan Investigations by the NIA and time as Anjuman IIslam, ing ahospital visit. wasnobetterofficer than Singh blasts and the Ajmer Sharif ating keyaccusedSadhvi Pragya Agency (NIA) has namedaden- IslamicStateofKhorasanProvince other agencies have revealed with similar objectivesof A1987-batchMadhya to catchhim,” an MP-cadreoffi- Dargahblast. His team ensured Singh Thakur in the case. tistand acomputer applications (ISKP) unit in India. The agency’s that an orthopaedic doctor and providing quality educa- Pradesh cadreofficer,Singh was cer told The Indian Express. convictions of twoRSS members His exit from the NIA in 2018 specialistaskey persons in- investigation of Abdur Rahman an aeronautical engineer were tion to the masses, so as to one of the firstofficers to join the His former colleague and the in the Ajmer Dargahblastcase. wasunder strangecircum- volvedinsending agroup of six revealedthat he had travelledto among the youths who travelled bring them out from eco- National Investigation Agency current NIA IG, GPSingh He wasalso entrustedwith stances. Singh had appliedfor an to sevenyouths from Bengaluru Syria in 2013-14with the assis- to Syria in 2013-14. Both arere- nomic backwardness. (NIA) in 2009. The former NIA IG tweeted: “RIP SanjeevSir... investigating David Coleman extension of tenureatthe Centre to Syria in the 2013-14period to tance of Tauqir and Hameed. portedtohavereturnedtoIndia Both the organisations investigated manyhigh-profile MaybeGod neededyou in Headleyinthe 26/11conspiracy due to some familyissues and join the Islamic State. Aspartofits investigations,the within ashortspan of their stay have grownoverthe last and sensitive cases, including the heavenfor some investigation.” and had interrogatedthe the matter had been recom- The NIA registeredits case on NIA on October 7arrestedbusi- in Syria afterwitnessing heavy 145+ years on the lines of Hindutvaterrorconspiracy,the Singh joinedthe NIA when it Pakistani-American while he mendedbythen home secretary September 19 under the nessanalystAhamedAbdulCader violence at close quarters. the dreams and vision of 26/11attacksand the Pathankot wasestablishedafter the 26/11 wasinthe custody of US agen- RajivMehrishi. He wasgranted Unlawful Activities (Prevention) (40) from Chennai and rice mer- Asenior police officer said, their founders,” said Dr. air base attack. Mumbai attacks and operated cies. Singh also supervisedthe an extension in June that year. ActorUAPAand nameddentist chantIrfanNasir(33)inBengaluru “Thereseem to have been many Zahir Kazi of the trustina Singh’s death has come as a out asmall office in the CGO NIA investigations intothe terror However, twomonths later,the Muhammad Tauqir Mahmood forallegedly funding “the youths who travelledfrom statement. The Mumbai- shocktothe police fraternity, complex. Initially, his team was attacks launchedbythe Indian government revokedits ownor- (29) and computer applications Bengaluru-basedISIS module”. Bengaluru to Syria at the time. basedAnjuman-I-Islam is whichheld him in high regard for onlygiven fake currency cases. Mujahideen and securedconvic- der,repatriating Singh to MP. specialistZuhaib Hameedalias “AccusedAhamedAbdul Some returnedtoIndia after aminority educational Shakeel Manna (28), both of Cader,Irfan Nasir and their asso- shortvisitswhile some seem to and social trust. ENS whom earlier livedinBengaluru ciates playedaverysignificant have diedthere. The identities of Feeling lockdown pinch, but arecurrentlyreportedly role in radicalization of the all those who went arebeing un- TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE basedinSaudi Arabia. members of the group and earthednow.” The twoare alleged to have arranged funds through dona- Investigations since the ar- Fulfil demands man immolates self, family CASES: RECOVERED:65,24,595 built contactswith IS through a tions and ownsources forvisit of rest of Abdur Rahman and the 229 schoolmatefromSaudi Arabia — accusedAbdur Rahman and questioning of twoofhis asso- Rs 8lakh, whichhehad been un- DAYSSINCE 74,32,680 DEATHS:1,12,998 whereTauqir and another NIA other Muslim youth of ciates who travelledtoSyria or face stir PANDEMIC RAAKHIJAGGA able to repay. BEGAN TESTS: 9,32,54,017| DOUBLING RATE: 79.74** suspect, Shihab, studiedduring Bengaluru to Syria to join ISIS. have revealedthat theymet from Nov 1: LUDHIANA,OCTOBER17 Faridkot SP Sewa Singh Malhi theirschoolyears. Twoofsuchyouth got killedin Masood, one of the youths told The Indian Express:“He had The existence of the group Syria,” the NIA said afterthe killed,inatowncalledAtme Gujjar leaders AN ACCOUNTANT in Punjab’s broughtthe LPGcylinderinside who travelledtoSyria came to October 7arrests. when theycrossedoverfrom Faridkot district, said to be facing the room wherethe entirefamily light afterthe August17arrestof The twokilledinSyria have Turkey in 2013. to Gehlot govt facing financial troubles owing to wassleeping. He poured around the lockdown, allegedly immo- 10 litres of kerosene oil over him- latedhissleepingfamilyandhim- self andhisfamilymembers.Then EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE self on Saturday, police said. he lockedthe room from inside, KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING Spl court sentences 15 in ISIS JAIPUR,OCTOBER17 The bodies of the familyof removedthe regulator of the TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** four,including twochildren aged cylinderand startedafire. As of GUJJAR COMMUNITYleaders on 10 and 15,werefound at their nowwehavetaken action under ■ Maharashtra 15,76,062 11,447 0.65% 110.51 recruitment conspiracy case Saturdaygaveanultimatum to home in Kaler villageataround 4 Section 174ofthe CrPC (acciden- ■ Karnataka 7,51,390 7,542 1.22% 59.04 the Ashok Gehlotgovernment in am Saturday. taldeath). We areinvestigating Amjad and Azhar Khan were Substances Actafter the convicts ■ Andhra 7,75,470 3,967 0.58% 124.80 Rajasthan to accede to their de- Policefoundathree-pagenote the suicide note to find the per- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE awardedsix-year imprison- pleadedguilty. mands, including reservation for writtenby Dharampal(40),which sons with whom Dharampal had ■ Tamil Nadu 6,79,191 4,389 0.72% 100.63 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 ment. While pleading guilty,the ac- the community in recruitment, detailedthe difficulties he had to dothetransactionof Rs8lakh." ■ Kerala 3,25,212 7,283 2.80% 25.74 According to their lawyer cusedtold the courtthat they or face large-scale agitation be- facedduring the lockdown, im- OriginallyfromRajasthan’s ADELHI courtFridayawarded Qausar Khan, the courtalso were “remorseful forthe actsal- ginning November 1. poseddueto thepandemic.Italso Sikar,Dharampalworkedasamu- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth varying jail terms to 15 people awardedfive-year jail terms to legedagainstthem”, and under- The announcement was mentionedhehadtakenaloanof nim (accountant) at abrickkiln. CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT forbeing members of terror nine other convicts: Mohd took nottoindulgeinsimilar acts made at acommunity mahapan- group ISIS and hatching acrimi- Obedullah, Najmul Huda, Mohd and activities in future. 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY chayat in Bharatpur,calledby nal conspiracy to establish abase Afzal, Sohail Ahmed, Mohd The case, registeredbythe Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla 1.54 8.13 62,212 in India and recruit youth to Aleem, Moinudeen Khan, Asif NIA on December 9, 2015,under and joinedbyotherleaders from Kerala positivity rate NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: carry out actsofterrorism in the Ali, Syed Mujahid and Mohd relevant sections of the IPC and the community,including 1.52 7.97 70,816 country. Hussain. the UAPA,pertains to alarger Himmat Singh, who had broken Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs Special JudgeParveen Singh The judgeawarded punish- criminal conspiracy hatchedby offfromBainsla and formedhis increases, but testing positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more sent Nafees Khan to jail for10 ment according to section 120- ISIS to establish abase in India by ownfaction. Stating that the com- indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days years while three convicts—Abu B(criminal conspiracy) of the recruiting youth through differ- in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak munity is united in itsdemand, Anas, Mufti Abdul Sami Qasmi IPC, and provisions of the strin- ent social media platforms. Singh said, “Wewant the govern- rate not in lockstep DataasonOctober16,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers and Mudabbir Mushtaq Sheikh gent Unlawful Activities The NIA had filedcharges includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive ment to keep itspromises made —got seven-year jail terms. (Prevention) Actand Explosive againstthe accusedin2016-2017. to us between 2011 and 2019.” “Depending upon the crop, it SHAJUPHILIP Divingdown is harvesting season somewhere THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, intesting Assam schools, Foreign LeT and planting season elsewhere. OCTOBER17 Cox &Kings CA questioned by E times ● So it wasdecidedtocall amaha- EXPLAINED colleges to start militant killed panchayatagain on November 1. WHILE KERALA’S Covid-19indi- If, in the interim, the government cators remain acause of worry From ahigh of testing regular classes ED found dead, suicide suspected in Anantnag gets some time (tofulfill itsear- and the stateisnow ranked sixth 73,816 samples on lier promises made to the com- among states in total caseload, October 7, from which from Nov 2 the Mumbai Police in connection to police departmentsall across munity), then it is lucky,because testing of samples has notin- 10,606cases were de- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE with alleged siphoning of several the stateinthe hope that some- encounter if theydon’tcome good on our creasedinrecent days in keeping tected,the statehas MUMBAI,OCTOBER17 thousands of crores of rupees onewouldidentifyit.OnSaturday, demands, Rajasthan will beshut,” withtheincreaseintest positivity failedtotakethe daily ABHISHEKSAHA borrowedfromYes Bank. the Naupada police station in PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Bainsla’s son VijayBainsla said. rate. testing numbers beyond GUWAHATI,OCTOBER17 ACHARTERED Accountant em- The police said that his fam- Thane got in touchwith us," said SRINAGAR,OCTOBER17 He said the community has While the stateHealth the 70,000-marksince. ployedwith the troubledtours ilylastsaw him on October 11 Valmik Shardul, senior inspector, demands from both the stateand Departmentsays thelownumber In fact, the number even SCHOOLSAND colleges in and travels companyCox and when he lefthome that night. Kalyanrailway police station. AFOREIGN Lashkar-e-Toiba the Centre, and it is “tired”ofgo- of testing over the lastone week droppedtoapproxi- Assam can startregular classes Kings wasfound dead on the At 6.30 am the next morning, Shaurdul said that (LeT) terrorist, who wasanIED ing to the governmentswith aset wasdue to a“softwarehiccup”, mately38,000 on one from November 2onavoluntary railway tracks in Kalyanon the railway police found aman Deshpande's step-brother iden- expert, waskilledinanen- of demandsrepeatedly.“No Opposition Congress has alleged day. On mostrecent days, basis, the stategovernment said October 12,the dayhis familyre- run over on the tracks between tifiedthe body."It appears that counter with security forces in morepussyfooting; we will take thatthesituationreflectsthestate the statehas been testing Saturday.Health and Education portedhim missing. The police Titwala and Khadavlirailway Deshpande killedhimself. We Anantnag district of Jammu and them on beginning 6amon government's attemptstocover less than 60,000 samples Minister HimantaBiswaSarma suspect that the deceaseddied stations. Acase of accidental will recordthe statement of his Kashmir on Saturday, police said. November 1,”Vijay Bainsla said. upthemagnitudeof thespreadof aday. made the announcement at a by suicide as he wasfound run death wasregisteredatKalyan parentsinthe next fewdays to Security forces launcheda The communityhas forlong thevirus,andexperts warnof the press conference in Guwahati over by atrain. railway police station. His fam- find out the reason," he said. cordon-and-search operation in demandedreservation under the dangerof bigspreadif thiscontin- thecorrespondingnationalfigure adding that regular classes can SagarDeshpande (38), lived ilyalso registeredamissing per- Anil Mangale, senior inspec- Larnoo area of Anantnag district, MostBackwardClasses (MBC) ues forlong. was10.70per cent. resume in schools onlyfrom with his elderly parentsin son's complaint at Naupada po- tor, Naupada police station, said in south Kashmir,this morning categoryand 5-per cent reserva- The growth of positive cases While the statetested73,816 class 6onwards. Thane. He wasone among the lice station that daywhen he did that Deshpande's familyhad following inputsabout the pres- tion in ongoing recruitment for15 nationallyis0.9percent.InKerala, samples on October 7, it tested Schools and colleges will firm's employees questionedby notreturn home. said in the complaint that he had ence of militantsthere, apolice services in the state, rehabilitation it is 2.8 per cent –the highest 51,836, and reported7,283cases have to schedule classes accord- the Enforcement Directorateand "Wesent aphoto of the body been questionedoverthe al- official said. of the families of those killedin amongallstates.Kerala’stest pos- onFriday. OnSaturday, therespec- ing to astaggered timetable and the Economic Offences Wing of and the description of the clothes leged siphoning of money. The official said that afterthe violence during pastagitation itivityrate is17.32percent,against tive figureswere 52,097and9,016 on separatedays,headded. presence of the militant wasas- seeking reservation, implemen- thenationalfigureof5.93percent. positive cases. In schools, studentsofclasses certained, he wasgiven an oppor- tation of the Devnarayan scheme, Positivity rate is the percent- KeralaSocialSecurityMission VII, Xand XI will attend regular Mithun’s son, wife booked on rape complaint tunity to surrender,but he fired and withdrawing of cases against ageofpeoplefoundinfectedwith directorDrMohammedAsheel,a sessions on Tuesdays,Thursdays indiscriminatelyonthe search Gujjars, among others. coronavirus from among those member of the state’s Covid-19 and Saturdays,while studentsof wasalso namedasanaccused. sault her.Hemarriedactor party,leading to an encounter. While the administration had tested.Itisindicative of thespread coreteam,blameditonasoftware classes VI, VII, IX and XII will have EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE According to the police, in a Madalasa Sarma in 2018 and, in In the gun-battle, the foreign feared that Saturday's mahapan- of the diseaseinaparticular area. issue. “The statehas developeda regular sessions on Mondays, MUMBAI,OCTOBER17 complaint filedbythe woman, the interim, forced her to abort militant waskilledand his body chayat might turn intoaprotest, Kerala, however, has not newsoftware...Ithasmoredetails Wednesdays and Fridays. Mahaakshay, in May2015, served her baby, the complaint stated. retrievedfromthe siteofthe en- Bainsla put offaprotestfollowing brought in acorresponding in- to be filledorentered,and is thus According to anotification is- VETERAN ACTORMithun her aspiked drink.Heallegedly Mahaakshayand his mother, counter,the official said. consultationswithothercommu- crease in testing to checkifmore time-consuming,’’ he said. suedbythe government, “There Chakraborty’s son Mahaakshay rapedher aftershe passedout. who the woman claims was He said theslain militant has nityleaders.Thestategovernment people areinfectedwith the dis- Health economistand guest will be twobatches foreach wasbooked on Thursdayfor al- Police said in her complaint, awareofher son’s actions, were been identifiedasNasir alias had sent IAS officer and Labour ease. Kerala has the highestratio facultyatIIM-Kozhikode,Prof Rijo class. However, if in anyclass, the legedly repeatedly raping an ac- the woman stated that over the booked forcommitting rape, ad- Shakeel Saab alias Shak Bhai –an SecretaryNiraj KPawan to medi- of active casesoverthelastcouple MJohn,said:“Softwareissuecan- totalnumber of studentsisless toroverthree years and forcing next three years, Mahaakshay ministering her apoisonous sub- “A”-categorymilitant and an IED atewith the community leaders of weeks.OnSaturday, theratioof notpersistfor suchalong period than 20, then division in batch her intoanabortion. repeatedly promisedtomarry stance, cheating and causing her expertaffiliated with proscribed and reachanamicable solution. active cases was28.7 per cent— during apandemic.” will notberequired.” Chakraborty’s wifeYogitaBali her and continuedtosexuallyas- to miscarry her child, police said. LeT outfit. Never thought Iwould score 100 No breakthrough in Shaurya Chakra winner’s Maharashtra ACB ex-chief per cent: NEET topper from UP killing, cops probe rivalry, sons’ ‘criminal past’ who probed

would drop me at the bus stop “All the familymembers—I, Jagdish Kaur on Fridayhad Telgi scam dies EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE and it would take me twohours EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE my latehusband, his brother termedthe killing as the “hand- Mumbai: Former Maharashtra NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 to reachthe city.For class 11 and AMRITSAR,OCTOBER17 Balwinder Ranjit Singh Sandhu and his wife iworkofterrorists”, maintaining Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB) Akanksha 12,Icame to Delhi with my father, Singh Balraj Kaur—areShaurya Chakra that their familydid nothaveany chief SS Puri passedawayin Fortwo years, Akanksha Singh, Singh whereIpreparedin acoaching in- SHAURYA CHAKRA awardee Sandhu awardees and this awardwas personal enmity with anyone. Canada on Saturdayafter aheart who scored aperfect 720on720 stitute,” she said. Balwinder Singh Sandhu was givenbythe Centrefor our fight “Wewill look intoevery as- attack. The 1967-batchIPS offi- in the competitive NEET this This year,the NEET wascon- cremated Saturdayamid high againstmilitancy.Boththe state pect. We arealso focusing on the cer had been appointed as the year,travelled65kilometres up It’s averynoble profession and ducted in September amid op- drama at his villageinPunjab's meanwhile, also providedthree and central governmentsare ac- claims of the family. At the same head of the SIT to investigatethe to four times aweek to attend there’s nothing better youcan do position from various quarters Tarn Taran. gunmen as security covertothe countable forthe intelligence time, we arealso looking into multi-crorestamp paperracket, medical entrance coaching forpeople. Apartfromthis, Ialso againstthe exam being in the With the police failing to family. failurethat resulted in the killing personal rivalry,”said SSP Tarn also calledthe Telgi scam after classes in Gorakhpur from her want to do research work in neu- thickofthe pandemic. identify those who shothim, his The 62-year-old Sandhu, ho- of my husband at the hands of TaranDhruman HNimbale. main accusedAbdul Karim Telgi. home in Kushinagar. roscience,” she said. “I justwanted the exam to get familyrefusedtocrematethe noured with Shaurya Chakrain terrorists,” Sandhu's wifesaid. The police is also looking into MaharashtraDGP Subodh Akanksha, along with Soyeb Growing up in Kushinagar, done. Ijustlooked at the time as body unless the accusedwere 1993 forfighting terrorism in She also said if the stategov- the three FIRs registeredagainst Jaiswal said: “Puri’s passing away Aftab, attainedthe perfect score she studiedatNav Jeevan an opportunity.Therewas noth- arrested.Theyagreedtoconduct Punjab, wasgunneddown ernment failedtoprovide secu- Balwinder Singh's sons is aloss forthe IPS fraternity.He in NEET,the resultsfor which Mission School and began ing else formetodoexceptstudy. the lastrites onlyafter an assur- Friday, months afterthe state rity to the family, then it wasthe Arshdeep Singh and Gagandeep wasatrue professional.” An of- had been declared on Friday. The preparing forNEET from class 9. But the morethe exam got de- ance by the Tarn Tarandistrict government withdrew his secu- responsibility of the Centretodo Singh. In the firstFIR, Arshdeep ficer said Puri had gone to meet 17-year-old did notalways want Her father is aretired Air Force layed,itjustmeantmorerevision. administration about prompt ac- rity cover. the needful. and Gagandeep were booked his son in Canada earlier this year to be adoctor.She says that till officer and her mother ateacher. Ithought that Iwould getabove tion in the case. The administra- Sandhu's wifeJagdish Kaur Chief MinisterCapt along with Vattandeep Singh of and wasstaying theredue to class 8, she had wanted to be an “In class 9and 10,Itook coach- 700but Inever thought that I tion also assured them about had held both the stateand cen- Amarinder Singh had Fridayset villageDulla and Harchand lockdown. IAS officer. ing from an Aakash Institutecen- would get720. Even afterthe their requestfor agovernment tral governmentsaccountable up ateam headedbyFerozpur Singh of villageKalas foral- Besides ACBD-G and he was “I later changed my mind and treinGorakhpur.... Iusedtogo3- exam,IthoughtImusthavemade job forone familymember. forthe “intelligence failure” that Deputy Inspector General of legedly firing at one Balraj Singh also Chief Vigilance Officer of the wasveryinspired to be adoctor. 4days aweek by bus. My mother mistakes,” she said. The police department, resulted in her husband’s killing. Police to probethe killing. BobyonFebruary21, 2019. Mumbai Port Trust. ENS

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER18,2020 THE NETHERLANDS KING CUTS SHORT VACATION AFTER CRITICISM TheNetherlands’KingWillem-Alexander and his wifecut short avacation to GreeceonFriday after coming under criticism fortravellingduring the coronaviruspandemic.“We see thereac- 7 THE WORLD tions by people to reports in the media,”Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima said in astatement. Thecriticism came afterthe government haddiscouragedunnecessarytravel.

TOPOFTHE AFTER DECISIVE COVID RESPONSE, PARTY GETSBIGGEST WIN IN 50 YEARS Teen assailant asked WORLD pupils to identify JacindaArdernwinslandslide teacher before attack: re-electioninNewZealandvote Frenchprosecutor ProphetMohammad in aclass SYBILLEDELAHAMAIDE on freedom of expression, an- Labour on tracktowin 64 of 120parliamentaryseats, could form firstsingle-party govt in decades &THIERRYCHIARELLO gering anumber of Muslim par- PARIS,CONFLANS-SAINTE- ents. Muslims believe that any Jennifer Arcuri HONORINE,OCTOBER17 depiction of the Prophetisblas- PRAVEENMENON phemous. WELLINGTON,OCTOBER17 THE TEENAGER who beheaded The attacker, of Chechen ori- BRITAIN ateacher outside the school in a gin, had been living in the town Businesswoman PRIMEMINISTERJacindaArdern’s Paris suburb wherehetaught of Evreux northwestofParis,and deliveredthebiggestelectionvic- had approachedpupils in the wasnot previouslyknown to the tellsnewspaper tory forher centre-leftLabour Bigmandate street andasked them to point intelligence services, Ricardtold Partyinhalf acenturyonSaturday bringschallenges out his victim,anti-terrorism anewsconference. shedidhaveaffair as voters rewardedher foradeci- prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard Theanti-terrorism prosecu- withUKPM sive response to Covid-19. said on Saturday. torconfirmedpolice were hold- The mandatemeans Ardern, ARDERN HAS come in for Policeshotdead the 18-year- ing nine people in custody in AUStechentrepreneur at 40, could form the firstsingle- some criticism, especially old attacker, who wasborn in connection with the attack. the centreofallegations of party government in decades from the left, that she has not Russia, minutes afterhemur- Four close relativesofthe at- misconductinvolving and will face the challengeofde- been able to go as farenough dered 47-year-oldhistory tacker were detainedsoon after BritishPrime MinisterBoris livering on the progressive trans- as she hadpromisedonpro- teacher Samuel Paty in broad the attack. Five morewerede- Johnson has told anewspa- formation she promisedbut gressive issues suchasafford- daylightinConflans-Sainte- tainedovernight,includingthefa- per theydid have an affair failedtodeliverinher firstterm, able housing andclimate Honorine on Friday. ther of apupilatPaty’sschool, when he wasmayor of whereLabour shared power change. Some sayatleastpart Aphotograph of the teacher’s CollegeduBoisd’Aulne,andanac- London. The DailyMail re- with anationalistparty. of this is because she was body,accompaniedby amessage quaintance of the pupil’s father ported on Saturdaythat “This is ahistoric shift,” said held backbyacentre-right claimingresponsibility postedon knowntotheintelligenceservices. JenniferArcuri,whenasked political commentator Bryce coalition partner.Now,hav- Twitter,was discoveredonthe as- In the days afterthe lesson on if shehad an affair with Edwards of Victoria University, ing wonanoutright majority, sailant’s phone,foundnear his freedom of expression, the Johnson, said: “Ithink that describing the voteasthe biggest At the Labour Partyelection night eventinAuckland. Reuters her party can rule on itsown. body.Ricardsaid the Twitter ac- pupil’s father recordedseveral goes without saying ... it’s swings in NewZealand’s elec- Butthis brings itsown chal- count belonged to the attacker. videos in whichhebrandedthe prettymuchoutthere.”Inan toralhistory in 80 years. lenges, particularly in living The postwas removedswiftly teacher athug and calledfor him interviewwiththenewspa- Labour wasontrack to win challengesandsocialinequalities. terfor an “outstanding result”. ThePMwonglobalacclaimfor up to the expectations of her by Twitter. to be fired. In one, he urgedoth- per,Arcuri says Johnson, 64 of the 120seatsinthe coun- “We arelivinginanincreas- Labour had 49.0% of the her handling of amass shooting progressive supporters and Ricardquotedthe message as ers to “join forces and say‘stop, whowasmarriedtosecond try’s unicameral parliament, the ingly polarisedworld,”shesaid.“A votes, farahead of National at lastyear by awhitesupremacist newyoung MPs without saying: “In thename of Allahthe don’t touchour kids’”. The videos wife MarinaWheeler at the highestbyany party since New place wheremoreand morehave 27%, the Electoral Commission inChristchurch,withherinclusive alienatingalarge number of mostgracious, the mostmerci- whereshared on social media. time, bombardedher with Zealand adoptedaproportional losttheabilityto seeoneanother’s said, with 95% of ballots counted. “be strong, be kind” mantraand centrist or even right-of-cen- ful, ... to (President Emmanuel) Thehalf-sisterofthepupil’sfa- “avalanches of passion”. voting system in 1996. pointof view. Ihopethatwiththis National leaders were deci- swiftaction to ban guns.She bur- trevoters who abandoned Macron, leader of the infidels, I ther had joinedIslamic Statein Arcurireceivedpublicfund- Ardern,40,promisedsupport- election,New Zealand has shown mated in theirstrongholds by nishedthatreputationthis year the oppositionNational Party have executed one of your hell- Syria in2014,the prosecutor said. ing while Johnson was ers she would buildaneconomy thatthis is notwho we are.” youngLabourcandidateswhoap- with a “go hard, go early”ap- to back Ardern’s Labour Party houndswho dared to belittle Itwasnot immediatelyclearif the Londonmayorandrumours that worksfor everyone, create Opposition National Party pealedtovoters with progressive proachtothecoronavirus,which due to itsefficient handling of (Prophet) Mohammad.” teenageattackerkneweither the of their affair had caused jobs, train people,protect the en- leader Judith Collinssaid she messages, and highlighted the has eliminated locallyspread the coronaviruspandemic. Earlierthis monthPaty had pupil’s father or the father’s ac- controversy. REUTERS vironment and address climate congratulated theprime minis- party’s success in beating Covid. Covid-19inthenation. REUTERS shown his pupils cartoons of the quaintance. REUTERS

THE CAUCASUS Facing grim polls, GOP senators Global coronavirus cases rise Azerbaijan: Armenianmissile begin to edge away from Trump by one-day record of 400,000 killed13civilians big” on astimulus bill. That wasa AZERBAIJAN ON Saturday CATIEEDMONDSON reflection of the fact that Senate Iran says virus accusedArmenia of strik- WASHINGTON,OCTOBER17 Republicans —who have rarely NawazSharif ing itssecond-largestcity broken with thePresidentonany death toll has withaballisticmissilethat FORNEARLYfour years, con- major legislative initiative in four killedatleast13civilians gressional Republicans have years —are unwilling to vote for Sharif accuses crossed 30,000 andwounded50othersin duckedand dodged an unend- RACE FOR the kind of multitrillion-dollar anew escalation of their ing cascade of offensive state- federal aid plan that Trumphas Pakistan’s Army Tehran: Iran announcedSaturday conflict over Nagorno- mentsand norm-shattering be- THEWHITE suddenlydecidedwouldbeinhis that itsdeath toll from the coro- Karabakh. The Armenian haviour from President Donald interest to embrace. chief of toppling navirus has passedthe milestone Defence Ministrydenied Trump, ignoring his caustic and HOUSE “Voters areset to drive the ul- of 30,000killed, in what has been launching the strike, but scattershotTwitter feed and timatewedge between Senate his government the West Asian region's worst the separatistauthorities penchant forflouting partyor- leashedonTrumpinatownhall Republicans and Trump,” said outbreak.The announcement by in Nagorno-Karabakh put thodoxy,and standing quietlyby event with constituentson AlexConant, aformeraideto HealthMinistryspokeswoman outastatement listing al- as he abandonedmilitaryallies, Wednesday, evisceratingthepres- Sen. Marco Rubio. MUBASHERBUKHARI SimaSadat Lari sawIranput its leged“legitimate”military attackedinstitutions, and stirred ident’sresponseto thecoronavirus Republicanscould very well GUJRANWALA,LAHORE, total deathtoll from the outbreak facilities in the city of up racistfears. pandemicand accusinghim of hang ontoboththe WhiteHouse OCTOBER17 Firefighters warm up before adisinfectionoperation to curb at 30,123killed, with 253 new Ganja, although they But now, facing grim polling “flirting”withdictatorsandwhite and the Senate, and Trumpstill theCovid-19 outbreak in KualaLumpuronSaturday. Reuters deaths being addedtothe official stoppedshort of claiming numbers and aflood of supremacists and alienatingvot- has afirm grip on theparty base, FORMER PAKISTANI Prime count. Lari added that thereare responsibility forthe at- Democratic moneyand enthu- erssobroadlythathemightcause whichmay be whyevensome of Minister NawazSharifon 4,721virus patientsthat arein tack.Azerbaijani officials siasm that has imperiledtheir a “Republican bloodbath” in the thoseknown forbeingmostcrit- Saturdayaccusedthe country’s criticalcondition.Iranhas saidtheSoviet-madeScud majority in the Senate, Senate. He wasechoing aphrase icalof him,likeSasseandSen.Mitt Armychief Gen. Qamar Javed REUTERS As aregion, Europe is been struggling with the coron- missiledestroyedor dam- Republicans on Capitol Hill are from Sen. TedCruz of Texas, who Romney of Utah,declinedtobein- Bajwaoftoppling his govern- OCTOBER17 reporting moredaily avirus since announcing itsfirst aged about 20 residential beginningtopublicly distance warnedofa“Republicanblood- terviewed about theirconcerns. ment,pressuring the judiciary, cases in February,withmore buildingsinGanja. AP themselvesfromthe President. bath of Watergateproportions.” But their recent behaviours and installing the current govern- GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS cases cases than India, Brazil than 526,000 confirmedcases The shift, less than three weeks Sen. LindseyGraham of South have offeredananswer to the ment of Prime MinisterImran rose by morethan 400,000 for and the US combined to date. AP THAILAND before the election,indicates Carolina, one of the President’s long-ponderedquestionof if there Khaninthe 2018 elections. the firsttime on Saturday, a Thousandsagain that manyRepublicanshave mostvocal allies, predicted he would ever be apoint when Sharif wasspeaking via video recordone-dayincrease as much concludedthat Trumpishead- could losethe WhiteHouse. Republicans might repudiatea linkfromLondontoagatheringof of Europe enactsnew restric- countedforabouthalf of Europe’s Divided world is defyprotestban ing foraloss in November.And Even the normallytaciturn president who so frequentlysaid thousandsofpeopleorganisedby tions to curb the outbreak. newcases in the week to October inBangkok theyare grasping to save them- Sen. MitchMcConnell the major- and did things that undermined opposition parties to kick-offa Europe, whichsuccessfully 18,according to Reuterstally. failing Covid-19 selvesand rushing to reestablish ity leader, has been moreoutspo- theirprinciplesandmessage.The countrywideprotestcampaignin tamped down thefirstsurge of France is reporting the high- THOUSANDS OF Thais their reputations forastruggle kenthan usual in recent days answerappearsto bethemoment the cityofGujranwala aiming to infections, has emergedasthe estseven-day averageofnew test: UN chief joinedproteststhat fortheir party’s identity. about his differences with the theyfeared he would threaten oustKhan’s government. newcoronavirus epicentreinre- cases in Europe with 19,425 in- poppedupacrossBangkok Sen.BenSasseofNebraskaun- president,rejectinghiscallsto “go their political survival. NYT “Gen Qamar JavedBajwa, cent weeksand is reportingon fections per dayfollowed by the Lisbon: Adividedworldhas failed on Saturdayindefianceof youpackedupour government, average140,000cases aday over United Kingdom, Russia, Spain to rise to the challenge of fight- acrackdown on three whichwas working well, and the pastweek. and Netherlands in worstaf- ingthe Covid-19pandemic, UN monthsofdemonstrations Senator mocks Harris’ name at Trump rally put the nation and the country As aregion, Europe is report- fected European countries. Secretary-General Antonio aimedatthe government at the alter of your wishes,” ingmoredailycases than India, SeveralEuropeancountries Guterressaid on Saturdayand andthe powerful monar- n’t mean anything by it”. Sharif told the gathering —the Brazil and the US combined. areclosing schools, cancelling warnedconcertedaction was chy. Policeusedwatercan- WILLWEISSERT Harris’ political opponents largest since the 2018 elections. Of every100 infections re- elective surgeries and enlisting neededtoprevent millions of nonforthefirsttimeFriday WASHINGTON,OCTOBER17 Kamala have repeatedlymispronounced The former PM also accused portedaround the world, 34 student medics as the authori- people beingpushedinto andshutmuchofthecity’s Harris hernamesince shebecame the the chief of Pakistan’s Inter were from European countries, ties face aCovid-19resurgence. povertyand hunger. “The Covid- transportsystemon REPUBLICAN SENATOR David firstBlackwoman and firstper- Services Intelligence spyagency according to aReuters analysis. Russia is moving studentsto 19 pandemic is amajor global Saturdaytotry to thwart Perdue mocked KamalaHarris, son of South Asian descent on a of being involvedinconspiring The region is currentlyreporting online learning and Northern challengefor the entireinterna- protesters, but theygath- his Senatecolleague and the remarks at an event in Macon national ticket.Democratssay againsthis government. amillion newinfections about Irelandisclosing schools fortwo tional community,for multilat- eredwherevertheycould. Democratic vice presidential when he referred to Harris as the mispronunciationssmackof Nine opposition parties everyninedaysand has reported weeksand restaurantsfor four. eralism and forme, as secretary- On Thursday, the govern- nominee, on Fridaybyrepeat- “KAH’-mah-lah?Kah-MAH’-lah? racism. Her firstname is pro- formedajoint platform called morethan 6.3 million cases since In Spain, authorities in general of the United Nations,” menthadbannedallpolit- edly mispronouncing her name Kamala-mala-mala?Idon’tknow. nounced“KAH’-mah-lah” —or, the PakistanDemocratic the pandemic began. Catalonia ordered bars and Guterrestold Portuguese news icalgatherings of five or at aGeorgia rallyfor President Whatever.”Theaudiencelaughed. as she explains in her biography, Movement lastmonth to begin Major European countries — restaurantstoclosefor 15 days agency Lusa. “Unfortunatelyitis morepeople. REUTERS Donald Trump. Aspokesperson forPerdue “‘comma-la,’ likethe punctua- anationwide agitation against United Kingdom, France, Russia, and limitedthe numbers of peo- atestthat, so far, the international Perdue waswrapping up his said the first-term senator “did- tion mark”. AP the government. REUTERS Netherlands and Spain —ac- ple allowedinshops. community is failing.” REUTERS

US AGENTS HAD LONG TRIED TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF ‘EL PADRINO’, ASHADOWY,POWERFUL FORCE;THEY’VE NOW IDENTIFIED HIM Who was ‘El Padrino’,godfather to drugcartel? Mexico’s defence chief, says US

lowcartelmembers that El izedcrime run in Mexico, and on saythat Cienfuegos helpedthe H- once ledthe Mexican equivalent means that twoofthe highest- AZAMAHMED Padrino happenedtobeontele- Thursdaynight Cienfuegos was 2cartel, acriminal groupthat of the FBI —was indicted in New ranking and mostwidelyre- &ALANFEUER vision at that very moment. The takenintocustody by the committed horrific actsofvio- York on chargesoftaking bribes spected commanders ever to MEXICOCITY,OCTOBER17 agentsquicklycheckedtoseewho American authorities at the Los lence as partofits drug smuggling while in office to protect the oversee the warondrugs in it was—and found it wasthe Angeles airport while traveling business, with itsmaritime ship- Sinaloadrugcartel,oneof Mexico’s Mexico were working with or- AMERICAN LAWenforcement Mexicansecretaryofdefence, withhis family. ments. In exchangefor lucrative mostpowerful criminal mafias. ganisedcrime —helping the agentswerelistening in as General Salvador Cienfuegos, ac- Even forMexico, acountry payouts, officials say, Cienfuegos Thatofficial, Genaro García very cartels thatcontinuetokill Mexican cartelmembers chat- cordingto fourAmericanofficials ofteninured to the unrelenting also directed military operations Luna, served as theheadof recordnumbers of Mexicans. teredonawiretap,talkingabouta involved in theinvestigation. violence and corruption that away from the carteland toward Mexico’s Federal Investigation The twocases call intoques- powerful,shadowyfigureknown In that moment, the author- have grippeditfor years, the ar- itsrivals. Agency from 2001 to 2005,and tion the US’ role as well. Foryears, as El Padrino, or The Godfather. ities say, theyfinallyconfirmed rest wasnothing less than ex- Cienfuegoswasdefenceminis- forthenextsixyearswasMexico’s USofficialshave helpedshapeand Agentshad been closing in thatthe mysterypatron of one of traordinary, piercing the veil of Former Mexican defence secy General Salvador Cienfuegos terthroughouttheadministration secretaryofpublic security,a fundMexico’sstrategies,andthey on him formonths, suspecting the nation’s mostviolent drug invincibilitythat thenation’s of PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto, Cabinet-levelposition.Inthatrole, have reliedontheirMexicancoun- that this central figureinthe cartels wasactuallythe leader in armedforces have long enjoyed. who leftoffice twoyearsago. he had the task of helping the terpartsforoperations,intelligence drug trade wasahigh-ranking charge of waging Mexico’s war Cienfuegos, Mexico’s defence caine, methamphetamine and DistrictofNew York on Friday. The damagetoMexico is hard president at the time, Felipe and broad security cooperation. If officialinthe Mexican military. againstorganised crime. ministerfrom2012to2018,isbe- marijuanafromlate2015through The chargesare the result of a to overstate.The general’s arrest Calderón,createthenation’sstrat- the allegations hold up, some of Allof asudden,oneof thepeo- It wasastunning displayof ing chargedwith laundering early 2017,accordingto anindict- multiyearstingthatinvestigators comes only10months afteran- egy to battle drug cartels. thosesameMexicanleaderswere pleundersurveillancetoldhisfel- howdeep the tendrils of organ- moneyandtraffickingheroin,co- ment unsealedinthe Eastern calledOperationPadrino.Officials other topMexican official —who If the menare convicted,it playing adouble game. NYT

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The food shack Natarajan’s that Natarajan’s father motherSantha Thangarasu at ran. Chicken theirhouse in curry and beef fry Chinnappamp- were among the atti village.Theirs mostpopular is nowthe only disheson two-storeyhouse themenu in the village AN IPL BLOCKBUSTER STARRING:TNATARAJAN

ATamilNadu village fedonadietofRajini films has found anew heroinTNatarajan, the yorker king at this edition of the IPL. SANDIP Gonhis remarkable cricketingjourneysofar —the son of aweaverand food shackowner who reaches dizzying heights. All the while giving back to thevillage thatraisedhim

USTWHEN the stifling April heat slows All along, he doesn’t forget his old friend, he’s home,” says Periyaswamy. down lifeinChinnappampatti, avillage who is working as aweekly-wage labourer in The experience, Periyaswamysays,isakin 36 km west of Salem in Tamil Nadu, the alocal kiln to payoff his father’s debts, takes to watching aRajini movie. Or,asheadds, Jlivesoftwo young fast bowlerswould himunderhiswings,developshimintoastate “morethan ahero”. He is the superstarof pickpace. It’s when Salem’s annual cricketer. Together,theyshared thenew ball Chinnappampatti. tennis-ball crickettournamentkicks off. forTamil Nadu in aSyedMushtaq Ali tourna- From eight in the morning to eight at ment lastyear. ■ ■ ■ night, the twobowlersand their teammates At times,even Periyaswamywonders if it’s would squeeze intoshareautos with their all real. So awestruckwas he that he had an But Natarajan’s dream run stuttered early wooden stumps and bats, and hopfromone emotionalbreakdownduringthatSyedMush- on. Soon afterNatarajan’s first-class debut in villagetothe other.Therewas taqAli Trophymatch. “Iwas 2015,hefound his name in the listofbowlers little to playfor —nomatchfee, RAININGYORKERS trembling, because Iwas bowl- calledfor suspect action. no transport allowance, cricket ing with my hero,”hesays. A “Iwas gutted, Isaw my dreams crashing kitsorshoes —exceptfor the moviebuff,hepausesandstrikes down,” he had told this paper in 2017,recall- MOSTYORKERSAFTER winner-takes-all prize money aRajinikanthparallel: “Namma ing the nightmare. SEVENGAMES of Rs 25,000 (shared among ooruRajiniNattuannantha (The (Clockwise from above)TNatarajan He wassent foraction correction to the twodozen teammates) and, if TNatarajan 27 Rajinikanth of our villageis (left) and GPeriyaswamybothhail Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Academy. lucky,animitation-gold trophy Jasprit Bumrah 17 Natarajan).Iwouldsayheiseven from the same village in Tamil Among the coaches and biomechanics or awatchthat the man of tour- bigger... areal-lifehero.” Nadu’s Salemdistrict;Natarajan has expertsthere whoworkedonNatarajan’s Mohammad Shami 9 namenttookaway. He recalls the conversation delivered 27 yorkers since the action wasformer Tamil Nadu spinner But none of this mattered Dwayne Bravo9in 2017 withNatarajan that beginning of this IPL season; the Sunil Subramaniam. to them.Onlyyorkers did. That INDIANBOWLERS pulledhim backintothe game. Natarajan academyhas twoofthe “Icould imagine what he wasgoing mostphysicallydemanding WITHMOSTDOTBALLS “One evening, when Ireturned district’s six turf wickets. through. His financial condition then waspoor and difficult of all fast-bowling homefromthekiln,hewaswait- and his entirefamilydependedonhim,” re- tools, wherethe margin of er- Jasprit Bumrah 88 ing formeatmyhouseand told callsSubramaniam, who wasinfluential in the rorisminimal,the energy ex- Navdeep Saini80meto quitthejob.Iexplainedmy growth of Ravichandran Ashwin too. pendedenormous. MohammedShami 74 plight,aboutthedebtsmyfather To the children at the academywho tell But his background turnedout to Formosttennis-ball incurredwhile paying formy Natarajanthattheirambitionisto become“like be ablessing in disguise. “Unlikethe city bowlers, yorkers areaweapon TNatarajan 66 medical bills(an illnessearly in him”, he says, “Athukum mele (Even bigger).” lads,hedidn’thaveany hang-ups. He was of survival; forthe two, it was BESTSPELL: lifehadledtolossofvisioninhis willing to listen, to changeand practice. also aweapon of emancipation 2/24 vs Kings XI Punjab righteye) buthehuggedmeand ■ ■ ■ Natarajan wasdetermined to bounce back,” —shaping forthem atrajectory OVERALLSTATS said, ‘Don’t worryabout any- says Subramaniam. that would have been unimag- (AFTERSEVENGAMES) thing.Iwilltakecareofyourpar- Natarajan’s firstproject from his IPL ForNatarajan, the firstsix months at the inable less than adecade ago. ents.’That eveningchanged my megabucks wastorevamphis house. What academywerefilledwith self-doubt. Theolderof thetwobowlers, Wickets7life,” he says. wasonce atwo-room structurewith mud Retooling an action is farfromeasy.The left-armseamerTNatarajan,29, Economyrate6.22 Periyaswamyspentthenext floorsandatinyverandah,isnowtheonlytwo- fundamental problem washisloading,recalls has been the yorker king of this six months at the Natarajan storey houseinthe village.The floors arenow Subramaniam.Hisshoulderswere fallingaway edition of the IPL. The Sunrisers OVERALLRECORD Academy, workingonhisbowl- abeautiful green ceramic and the walls, andhence,hewasloadinguptoofaraway from Hyderabad bowler has already T20IS ing, and unlearning pessimism painted sunriseyellow, arecovered with the body.The changewas aseemingly minor landed27inthe block-hole in Matches 30 and learningtodream. At the framedphotographsof Natarajanwithhispar- rectification,but one that calledfor immense sevengames; Jasprit Bumrah, Wickets28end of the refresher course, ents, siblings and Jayaprakash.The gatesto practice and unlearning. So everything from themostvauntedyorkerexpert, Natarajan fetchedhim acon- “namma veedu (our house)”, as the villagers therun-up,thegather,loadingandreleasehad has onlybeen able to muster17 Average26.07 tract with aTNCAfourth divi- call it, arealwaysopen. to be realigned. this edition. Economyrate7.44 sion club. In the Sunrisers Hyderabad video, Natara- Hereagain,hispasthelped.“Thankfully,he The youngerone, Best3/4 “Iwasafraidtodreamwhen jan says his parentsdon’t understand cricket. hadn’tplayedmuchwiththe leather ball and GPeriyaswamy,26, known lo- Iwas young, but anna (elder It’s the same formostofthe older generation notcomethrough structured age-grouppro- callyasthe Salem Slinger forhis brother) told me that only BCCI in the village, who, likeNatarajan’s father grammes.Soitwascomparatively easier,”says Malinga-likebowling action,was the highest dreamswilltakeyouplaces.Dreamsandhard Thangarasu, usedtoworkinthe powerlooms Subramaniam. wicket-taker in the2019editionofthe Tamil work.How could Idisagreewhen the perfect in2017,theacademycameupinahalf-acreland Association league, JollyRovers, whichhad that dotthe outskirtsofthe villageorinthe Thus begananintense regimen, wherein Nadu Premier League. He went unsold this example of that wasright in front of me,” says that belonged to his friend KKrishnakumar. MuraliVijay, RavichandranAshwinandJayant crackerfactories in neighbouring villages. he would firstshadowbowlwithhis newac- IPL, though he has travelledtothe Emirates Periyaswamy, talking from the UAE. Acricket academyinChinnappampatti Yadav, among others. His mother Santha ranafood shack, with tion, then bowl with the ball in hand but not as anet bowler forthe Kolkata Knight Riders. would seem out of place. But it’s not, says Thereasonhestartedtheacademy, Natara- her nattukozhi kulambu (countrychicken hurl, then gradually startbowling without a ■ ■ ■ AJayaprakash,Natarajan’smentorandtheman jan recentlysaid in aSunrisers Hyderabad curry)andbeef frythemostpopulardisheson run-up, then run-up with twostrides, then ■ ■ ■ who launchedhim intoacricketing career. video,wastogivetheyoungstersof thevillage the menu. From her meagreprofit, shewould at fullpelt, firstwithout abatsman at the LikemostIPL players, Natarajan’sultimate “The idea of the academyisnot to make theexposure he neverhad. “Therewas atime setapartRs5everyday forher son. other end, then with oneplayingdefensive Nineyearsago,NatarajanandPeriyaswamy goalisto play forhiscountry, anachievableyet money; infactit’sentirelyfreeforthechildren Iusedtobowlbarefoot. Then Isaved some “Iknewitwould notbeenoughfor his bus strokesand then finallyabatsman playing at- themselveswouldhave shruggedofftheirsto- uncertain dream givenhow competitive the whotrainhere.Tellme,whowillopenanacad- moneyandborrowedsomeandboughtapair ticket and food. But Iwouldgivehim that dur- tacking strokes. ryline as purefiction. Likemostyoung men in Playing 11 is. Even if he doesn’t earnthe India emyinsucharemote place?Andwhy?It’sbe- of shoesthatIusedforseveralyears.Iwantthe ing his collegedays.Hemight have had his “It’s when the batsman startsattacking a thevillage,theirdreamsrarely strayedbeyond colours, his rise has broader relevance. causehedoesn’t forget his roots,” he explains. next generationtoenhance their chances of needs, but heneveraskedformorethan what bowlerthattheoldhabitskickin.ButNatarajan itsphysical boundaries —Natarajan knewhe IPL has been familiar with rags-to-riches Natarajanrealiseshecouldeasilyhavebeen makingacareer out of cricket,” he said. Igavehim,” shetold Daily Thanthi TVafterhe didn’t,whichshowedhisadaptabilityandwill would endupbeing aporteroraweaver like stories of small-townplayers but Natarajan’s the one to slipawayunnoticed, if it wasn’tfor NPrakash, the chief coachatthe academy, got pickedupbyKingsXIPunjab. power. It takes13,000balls forthe newaction hisfather,andPeriyaswamywouldhelphisfa- goes deeper.It’s aheartening tale that points Jayaprakash. So indebted is Natarajan to his says, “Wheneverhecomes here, he coaches The village—whose entertainment once to setin,andIthinkhemighthave evenbowled ther in his teashack. to Indiancricket’s ever-spreading geography mentorthatonhisSRHblazerisemblazoned‘JP the children, thereare around 60-70ofthem. revolvedaroundtheFridaymoviereleases,the more,” Subramaniam says. That’swhenlifetook arathersuddenturn, andtheever-increasingreachoftheT20net.If Nattu’ —JPfor Jayaprakash and “Nattu” the He wouldbeherebyaround 7inthe morning templefestivalsduringthemonthofMargazhi, That’s when Subramaniam realisedthat muchlikeinthe Rajinikanth blockbusters that the lastdecade wasabout the boys from name Natarajan goes by among family. and stay till evening, talking, teaching. Some- jallikattuandtheraunchy ‘recorddance’—now he waswatching aspecial player, onewith were once abig draw in thevillage’s tworam- Ranchi, Najafgarh, Jalandhar and Shrirampur Jayaprakash, who neverprogressedbeyo- times,heinvitesstateplayersto theacademy.” gets itskicks from cricket. exceptional grasping skills. “Mostofthe shackle cinema halls. givingcompetitionto thosefromthebigcities, nd district-levelcricket,lives in the village Threeyearsintotheacademy,theeffortsare Though the villagers arestilllearning their time, we justshowedhim visuals, andhe The storyline went thus: Afaileddistrict Natarajan’s rise shows the cricket boom is and is four years older than Natarajan. In one already producing results. BesidesPeriyaswa- cricket,theyare an intense and involvedaudi- would makethe correctionshimself. And cricket playerspotsNatarajan,launcheshimin reaching further down the kuchha road. of theclub cricket games that theyplayedin, my,two other youngsters have made it to the ence. On the dayofhis matches, thereare remarkably, he didn’t lose much pace or the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) Natarajan’s storyisunique also forhow he Jayaprakashtossed abrand newleather ball Salemdistrictteam—VGowthamandAravind. prayers at the local temples. And when he sting, whichhappens to most bowlers after league, from whereherises so dramatically is raising backthe villagethat raisedhim, ins- in Natarajan’s direction and asked him to Gowtham,academycoachNPrakashsays, comes home, theyburstcrackers and distrib- correction,” he says. that he’s pickedinthe stateteam, then the piring another generation of cricketers in this bowl.Itwas the firsttime Natarajan had ever istheirbest-keptsecret — “ournextNatarajan... utesweets, and take turns to invite him for Farfromit, he has onlygrown sharperand TamilNaduPremierLeagueandfinallytheIPL, back-woodsyvillage. held acricket ball in his hands. And then kandippa (certainly).” lunchordinner. returnedreenergisedtowinbackhisfirst-class whenKingsXIPunjabshelledoutRs3crore in Chinnappampatti,undetectable in most came the yorker. ThisiswhatNatarajanhadenvisagedwhen He brings them unalloyedjoy. “It’s pure stripes and clinchIPL fame. 2017 to acquirehim.Hereturns home amil- maps, has, besides the twotheatres, as many Aweeklater,Jayaprakashgave himapairof he setupthe academy—to produce profes- love... It’s likeafestivalhere,” says Prakash, the Thisdreamscript,though,isstillbeingwrit- lionaire,turnshismudhouseintoabungalow schools,five temples,twolocalrestaurantsand cricket shoes, atrain ticket to Chennai and the sionalcricketersfromhisvillage.ForChinnap- coachatthe academy. ten. As Natarajan tellsAshwin in the latter’s and starts acricket academyfor the local chil- one bank. TheInternetiswonky and electric- contact number of afriend, who managedto pampatti to be the cricketing hub of Salem, The love stemslessfromNatarajan’s fame, Hello Dubai ‘aa videoblogepisode: “Iwant to dren. All this in less than five years. ityfickle, but the village has twoturf wickets securehim acontract with afourth division whichbeforeNatarajanhadproducedjustone morebecausehehasgiventhevillageaniden- playfor India.” In 2018,SunrisersHyderabad bought —bothatNatarajan’s academy—while the cricket clubinThiruvallur,40kmfromChennai. first-class cricketer —left-arm orthodoxspin- tity. “He is as groundedashehas always been, Irrespective of how, and when, that hap- him forRs40lakh, and he has been with whole of Salem district has justsix. Within twoyears, Natarajan wasbowling for nerKRSivaprakasham,who wasdropped af- very loving and affectionate. He listens to the pens, an entirevillagewill be behind him, the team since then. Afew monthsafterNatarajan’sfirstIPLstint oneof theeliteclubsof theTamilNaduCricket terone match in 1990. sameoldsongs,walksbarefootinalungiwhen cheering fortheir superstar. OTHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN THE LONG, TOUGH ROAD TO IPL

PRIYAM GARG (Sunrisers India’s U-19cricket captain, before his cricketing dream, he boardeda blossomed,heusedtohelp ground- would happilywaitfor his break. For, AKASH SINGH (Rajasthan Royals): Hyderabad):Widelyconsidered as the SRH bought him forRs1.9 croreinthis train to Mumbai, wherehesleptin staff preparepitchesatthe Sawai he has endured severalhardships in Theleft-arm seamer has yettomake future of India’s batting, Garg’s father year’s auction. municipal tentsatthe Azad Maidan Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.The lifebeforehebecame acricketer. his IPL debut, but three years ago, he usedtosell milk going from door to ground, sold paani puris and fruitsto Jodhpur-born cricketer was Hailing from alowermiddle-class wasastreetcricketer in Bharatpur, door,drive school vans and load goods YASHASWI JAISWAL (Rajasthan sustain himself. overlooked forseveral age-groupstate familynear Aligarh—his father 180-odd kilometres from Jaipur.A in afactory in his hometown Royals): The aggressive left-handed tournamentsbut he persistedand was deliveredLPG cylinders andtwo fewacademyscoutschanced upon Parikshitgarhnear Meerut to sustain a batsman from Bhadohi in Uttar RAVI BISHNOI (Kings XI Punjab): The dulyrewarded. brotherswererickshawdrivers —he him and took him to Jaipur, where familyofseven andensurethat hisson Pradesh batslikeabreeze. But his leg-spinner with azig-zag run-up has almosttook up asweeper’s job in a hiscareer blossomed. On the auction got competent cricket coaching. Garg journey to becoming an IPL takenthe IPL by stormafter KXIP RINKU SINGH (Kolkata Knight local hotel, before alocal cricket coach table,itwas hardlyasurprisethat worked extrahardand he quickly millionaire, when RR acquired him for shelledout Rs 2crore to acquirehis Riders):The pinch-hitting batsman got him into cricket.Nextyear,KKR Royals eagerlypickedhim for climbed up the rungs to become Rs 2.40 crore, wasatempest. To realise services this year.But before his career hasn’t playedagame in this IPL,but pickedhim forRs80lakh, Rs 20 lakh.

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THERE IS one matter on whichwecan all (2013)andculminatedinadraftBill(2013- 3. Farm Laws: Less said about the erwise, as it has happenedtomanyother agree: no rulingparty or government has 14). It wasmade into alaw and passedby newfarm laws,the better.Thereare bodies includingUniversities. been as successful as the BJP or Modi theModigovernment.Ithadmanydefects problems with the current system of Well done, government in propagating itsviews, that have been attemptedtoberepaired procurementofagricultural produce 5. Liberalizing FDI: During the policies and actions,and to that purpose by severalAmending Acts,but it is still and reforms arerequired,but the med- Narasimha Raoand the Dr Manmohan theywill spend anyamount of money, work-in-progress.Theresultsoffouryears icine prescribed by the newlawsis Singh tenures, the BJPopposedevery Bollywood PCHIDAMBARAM bullyany ally, threaten anyadversaryand of the IBCare unsatisfactory.Bothcredit worse than the disease. Ireiteratemy step toward liberalisation of FDI. The first Website:pchidambaram.in bend anyinstitution. Hyperbole comes and discredit mustgotoMrModi. viewthat debilitating the imperfect Bill to open insurance to theprivate sec- Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN naturallytothem, so muchsothat until mandi system is notthe answer.The so- torincludingforeign investors that Iin- IN THOSE firstmonths of Narendra Februarythis calendar year theywere 2. Labour LawReforms: Codification lution lies in creating thousands of troducedin1997was bitterly opposed Modi’s firstterm,when Iwas a‘Modi boasting that India wasthe ‘fastest grow- of laws is an administrative act, nota Farmers’ Marketsinlarge villages and —and defeated —bythe BJP in opposi- bhakt’, Ihad aconversation with an RSS ing large economyinthe world’ when pathbreaking reform. Exceptfor raising small towns and obligating the buyer tion! The BJP also stoutlyopposedFDI in intellectualabout Bollywood that makes thetruth wasthe Indian economywas thethreshold from 100to300 workers and the seller to concludethe transac- retail. The Vajpayeegovernment then, moresense todaythan it did then. We sliding rapidlytowards an abyss. forapplying ‘hireand fire’inestablish- tion at aprice notless than the notified and the Modi government now, had a were at abook launchonacold Delhi The soleaim of the propaganda is to ments,the other provisions of the four MSP. Laissezfaire,the entryofcorporates changeofheart on FDI, and Iwelcome evening and got talking about politics and In my view,MrModi is a raise Mr NarendraModitothe pantheon Codes tinker at the margins. Even in cap- and trading in atotallyunregulated en- that, but it is notareform that Bollywood came up in acontextIno cautious leader with astrong of the greatestleaders of India. Faced italistcountrieswherethereare power- vironmentdonot amount to ‘reform’. Dr Panagariya can attributesolelyto longer remember.The memorythat re- bias towards crony with the worsteconomic performance fulunions, no worker can be terminated Beforewebuy Dr Panagariya’s argu- his hero! mains clear is him saying, “We aretrain- in decades [8 quarters of declining exceptfor ‘good cause’. The unions will ment, he must tell us whythe mostpro- In my view,MrModi is acautious ingyoung Hinduboys to have six packs capitalism. He supports growth rate culminating in ade-growth fight arbitraryterminations. In countries ductive farmers of the country, belong- leader with astrong bias towardscrony so that we can oustthe Khansfrom incipient monopolies. If he of (-)23.9 per cent in Q1 of 2020-21], the likeIndia, whereonlyasmall proportion ing to Punjab and Haryana, are capitalism. He supports incipient mo- Bollywood. Theyhavetoo muchpower.” wants to undertakegenuine, effort nowistoportray Mr Modiasabold of workers areunionized, the onlypro- protesting on the streets. nopolies. If he wantstoundertake gen- The memoryofthis conversation has bold reforms —whichhecan economic reformer.The latesttojointhe tection is the law. Even now, aworkercan uine, bold reforms —whichhecan do come backtohaunt me in recent days,as cheerleadersisadistinguished academic, be terminatedfor good cause. Thanksto 4. Reform of Medical Education: givenhis absolutemajority in the Lok IhavewatchedBollywood maligned on do given his absolute Dr ArvindPanagariya. His central thesis the newCodes, casualisation of labour Idonot understand whatradical reform Sabha, something that neither news channels that pass offunabashed majorityinthe Lok Sabha, is ‘Mr Modihas establishedhis reformist and contract labour (through manpower thereisinreplacing the Medical Council Narasimha Raonor Dr ManmohanSingh government propaganda as news. something that neither credentialsalongside PMslikeRao and suppliers) will increase. Security of job is of India by the National Medical enjoyed—alistcan be puttogether.The Lastweek some of the mostpower- Narasimha Rao nor Vajpayee’. Note that Dr Manmohan Singh apowerfulincentive forefficiency and Commission. Formanyyearsthe erst- ultimatetestofareform is whether the ful people in Bollywood finallyreacted does notfigureinthat list! higher productivity on theshopfloor. The while MCI wascontrolledbyaperson reform adds to or accelerates the growth by filing adefamation suit againstfour Dr Manmohan Singh To buttresshis argument, little security enjoyedbyworkers is be- who was, and is, aclose friend of rate of theGDP.Bythat unquestionable anchors from thesechannels.Intheir suit enjoyed —alist canbeput Dr Panagariyalists five reforms. ing whittled, and that is whyeventhe Mr Modi. The idea of replacing the MCI standard, the ‘boom years’ under theyobjected to the useofwords like together.The ultimate test of BharatiyaMazdoorSangh (affiliated to wasborn in the UPA’s tenure. The proof Dr Manmohan Singh makeDrSingh the ‘filth’,‘scum’, ‘druggies’ and‘dirt’ by these areform is whether the 1. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy the RSS) is protesting the changes. True of the pudding will be in theindepend- reformer par excellence.Let Mr Modi anchors who, in their effortstoprove that Code: The idea germinated in the labour lawreforms needtobedone in ent functioning of the Commission. The delivergrowthbeforehecan aspiretoa SushantSingh Rajput wasmurdered, reform adds to or accelerates Raghuram RajanReport (2008),was de- consultation with the unions and the fear is thatNMC will also be capturedby place among the pantheon of economic made the Hindifilm industrysound like the growth rate of the GDP velopedbyaCommittee of Secretaries working class. the BJP,through the government or oth- reformers. aden of vice and evil. Night afternight theyhurledabuse at an industrythat for decades has been themostimportant vehicle of Indian softpower.And, over andoveragain Iremembered that con- On the versation Ihad with the RSS intellectual. Iwant to sayher name, Mute the rumours, The RSS has an antipathytoMuslims that is no secret.But, this wasnot the only LOOSE reason whyhewantedto‘oustthe forceustolook within LEHERKALA Khans’. What seems to be the real rea- son behindthe attackonBollywoodis [email protected] it’stime to hear Rhea that it representssecularvalues that in lievers of the Constitution, traitors to the these Hindutvatimeshaveabsolutely Indian Republic. no place. Dalitality Zamindariandbondedlabourareabol- 2020 HAS been ahellish year of reckon- Thereare twokinds of secularism in ished.Yet,the unofficialzamindari contin- ingfor mostly everybodybut none of us India. One is the kind that LK Advani once SURAJYENGDE ues,anditiscruelerbecauseonecannoteas- can even begin to imagine thetrauma called‘pseudo secularism’ and which ilyidentifythissystem—sinceit’soutlawed, Rhea Chakraborty and her familyhave became the Congress Party’s main Twitter@Surajyengde perpetrators have found ways around it. been subjected to.After being vilifiedas method of keeping itsMuslim votebank To stop the crimes againstDalitsand agold-digging, drug peddling andmur- intact. Instead of schools and jobs, rapes against women, we needtodisarm dering femme fatale postthe death of her Muslims were givenHaj subsidies and IWANT to sayher name,the name that the perpetrators.What encourages one to ex-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput, she other religious concessions. The high willforce us to stareintoour hollow eyes commit the gruesome act without re- spent four weeksinMumbai’sByculla Jail. point of this ‘secularism’ waswhen Rajiv when we find some time to checkonour- morse?Itisthe assuranceofimpunity.The Youcan’topen aphone, anewspaper or Gandhi changed the lawtoallow Muslim selvesatleastonce aday in the mirror. person committingrape knows that he the TV withoutseeing her face but ironi- men to use the Shariat to avoidpaying Thereisascriptthat goes with the rape will be releasedand honored in caste cally, Rhea’s voice in this dreadful sagahas maintenance to divorced wives. It wasin- of Dalit women. She is desired, then taun- councils, even elevatedtoanelected seat. been entirelydrownedout. evitable that acorrection would happen ted, abducted, raped, brutallymurdered. The entirestructure, institutions and Aforensicteam at AIIMS has submit- and it has in this firstyear of Modi’s sec- Her lifelessbodyisthrowninthe village statemachinerystand by theperpetrator tedadetailedreportconfirming SSR died ond term in an ugly way. Social media forthe Dalit settlement to mutelyaccept who belongs to their caste. This happened by suicide. It’s toolittle, toolate. Three- platforms have been usedtospread ha- the tragedy. If one in many thousand cases inKhairlanji,itishappeningnowinHathras, fourths of India believesthe depressingly tred againstMuslims and even Urdu. drawsworld attention, then it is statedthat andinmanyunreportedincidents thatcan misogynistnarrative fedtothem by 24/7 When they want to insult me,for in- the woman washaving an illicit affair.This befoundinalmostallDalitautobiographies. news and social media —ofthe ambitious stance,theycall me ‘Mohtarma’(Madame typeofcharacter assassinationofthe LandrelationsmakeDalitsperpetually seductress taking advantageofher more in Urdu) or Bibi without realising that rapedand mutilatedbody is atemplate of dependentoncaste Hindus fortheir survi- famous partner.Itisamyth that adults mostPunjabiHindus and Sikhs use the the Hindu rashtra —alaBrahmin repub- val.Howdowethenexpectto establishrule have better coping skillsthan teenagers Rhea Chakraborty at theNCB office in Mumbai. Express word Bibi formother. lic. It happenedduringKhairlanji wherein of lawintheseextremelyunequalrelations? —the kind of hounding Rhea has endured In this atmosphereofhatred and vile the courageous Dalit woman, who wasas- Thepersoncontrollingthelabourof hispea- can break anyone. We tend to forget abuse if thereisone formidable bastion serting her rightsand fighting to reclaim santswill exercise all the energiestokeep there’s aliving, breathing, person (with somehowtiedupwith the waveofintol- said to have launchedathousand ships. that has stood in the wayofthe malevo- them, wasgangrapedbythe landowning his slavespermanentlylockedtothe land. real feelings) behindaname on atelevi- erant judgmental-ism awash in India, to- Cross an unexplained death with rumour, lent ‘newnormal’, it is Bollywood. Not dominant casteswith the approval of caste Slaveryis abolishedin Indiabutslavery sion screen. Who, if she wantstohaveany day. When amoral crusade reaches mob “that wide sprinkling of conjecture onlyhas it shown that ideas like‘love ji- Hindu villagers. Later,when thecasere- to thedominant caste is not. It is regulated kindofnormal lifeahead, is facedwiththe levelintensity,God help the outlier there. wherein no man knows theexact truth”, had’ have no place in itsworld butit ceived mediaattention, the caste Hindu by thecaste societythat sits intactwiththe daunting task of wrestling In an earlier time, uncon- as Thomas Hardy said in the 1800s, and it chooses to remain oblivious to thecreed lobbyworkedfull-time by utilising itscaste stateadministration, police, and media. control of herrecent history. Maybewe'll see a firmedgossiphas got can ruin women deemedtohavecrossed or caste of those who enter itsportals. All networksto shield the perpetrators.Inthis To liberate people, we need to Some years agoMonica women stonedtodeath. the imaginary(moral) line of their era. that matters hereiswhether the boxof- case, the rapists belonged to the Kunbi strengthentheir gutsand provide confi- Lewinsky,probably the first Netflix showonthis MaybeRhea should be Perhaps in time, Rhea will discoverthe fice likes amovie or amovie star.This is Maratha caste.The government in dencetofightback. victim of Internettrolling, mockeryofan grateful she wasmerelyin- healing powerofowning our stories, no whythe chargesof‘nepotism’ flung at the Maharashtrawas run by the Congress. To proveits credibility, the state should deliveredadeeplymoving investigation or a carcerated. matter howcheckeredtheymay be.And, industrybythose who would liketosee This happenedinthe Bhanwari Devi declareDalitsprotected species. They TED talk on her ordeal of It mustbenotedthat in philosophically accepting that ultimately, it destroyed areabsurd. No amountof casetoo,anditisnowhappeninginHathras. shouldmakeanact thatis anti-Dalitanact public shaming. She spoke TED talk on popular culture, the notion public perception is beyond anyindivid- nepotism can makeanactor astarifthe In India, the Hathrasatrocity proves yet againstthe state, those held responsible for of watching her friends surviving bullying. prevails that the greater a ual’s sway.Aninstinctive reaction forany- boxoffice rejectshim and yetwehave again thatcaste solidarity is firmerthan atrocities shouldbeslappedwithanti-ter- marry and move forward Or atell-all book on woman’sbeauty, the bigger one who’s takenthe hammeringshe has seen Bollywood ‘nepotism’ discussed for anything else. Instead of standingbythe roristlaws. Until these steps aretaken, while shestruggledtofind the disasterboundtofol- would be to drop out of sight but that’s weeksonprimetime. Whyitnow seems slain woman and her family, thewomen India’s Dalitswill have no faith in the state. employment, being never Rajput’s last days. low. It explains whyfemale preciselywhatshe shouldn’tdo. Google likeacampaign ledbymen at thevery from theThakur castechoseconspicuous Ambedkar’s Buddha is notmeek and “quiteright” because of her Foranyone who Bond villains arealways mayhaveher down as the did-she- topofthe BJP is because print journalists silence and shiftedthe blame on the vic- neitherBrahminicalwho’lloverseeviolence tainted past. In retrospect, drop-dead gorgeous. As didn’t-she starletbut the same digital of Hindutvapersuasion, who writeabout tim. This proves, once again, thatcaste has while closing his eyes, wishing thatit’ll Lewinsky wasawoman askswhy she should Rhea has experienced, a tools usedtointimidateher can alsoen- economics and politics, have leaptinto morereturns forthe dominant castesthan somehowdisappear.Ambedkar’sBuddha wronged whohas borne benefit from a woman in acareer that able her to reinvent her life. Maybewe’ll writearticles about howBollywood their immediate identity as awoman. doesn’t warrantviolence, andneither is he the brunt of being alurid suicide,Iask,why trades in beauty,isespe- seeaNetflix documentaryonthis mock- makes ‘anti-Hindu’ films.The charge is In an audacious act, the upper castes immuneto injustice.Apeacefulcoexistence punchlinefor twodecades, ciallyvulnerable to scathing eryofaninvestigation or afresh Tedtalk pathetic and ludicrous. ganged up in solidarity with the rapists. iswhatDalitswarrantbest spokenthrough and whose lifewillalways shouldshe not? attack. Afew scattered ex- on surviving bullying. Or atell-all book on If Iwritetodayindefence of Nowhereinthe worldhavesuchvillage their lastspokesperson —Ambedkar.And be definedbyone relation- amples through the ages Rajput’s lastdays.For anyone who might Bollywood, it is notjustbecause Ithink it councils stood by the alleged rapists so AmbedkarspokeofanenlightenedBuddha ship. Similarly forRhea,who is yettoes- lend credence to this half-baked theory. question whyshe shouldbenefitfroma stands forthosereal secularvaluesthat firmly, withpolice shielding them. who is asocial justiceleader. tablish her identity professionally, it’s that Draupadi, who sufferedthe height of pub- suicide,Iask,why should she not? need to be cherishedmoretodaythan This is India foryou —one commitsa muchharder to escape the shadow of a lic humiliation during the vastraharana, ever before.But also because those who crime and yetgetsarousing support for Suraj Yengde, author of CasteMatters, first(notorious) depiction. One can’t help sparkedthe Great BattleofKurukshetra The writer is director,HutkayFilms. want to destroy ourmostpowerful its heinous act. Suchpeople arenon-be- curatesthe fortnightly ‘Dalitality’column but wonder if this bizarre episode is and there’s Helen of Troy whose face is Hercolumn appears every fortnight weapon of softpower aredoing India real harm. On my travelsIhaveheardHindi film songs in the deserts of Morocco, in My ISOLATION night clubs in Europe and seen the black market forpirated Hindifilms thatflour- AWEEKLY WINDOW INTO LIVES OF INDIA’S NEWSMAKERS AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEM ishedinLahoreand Karachi when ten- sions were so high that some military dic- tatorbannedtheir import. ‘During lockdown, hadbubble of two-three homes, kept meeting’ It is my ferventhope that theefforts beingmade to demean and perhapsde- stroy Bollywood fail, but thereisnopoint What precautions areyou taking? What kind of gloves, mask do youuse? tions that neededtobefollowed—amask in denying that the men who want to see Thebasicprecautionsthatwere recom- Ihavenot used glovesatall.Ido use a and shield with regular use of sanitiser —I it destroyed aretodayextremelypower- mendedbythe health authorities —social mask.InthebeginningIusedmedicalgrade alsowipeandcleandownsurfacesnearme. ful. Theyare determinedtouse distancing, use of amask andsometimes a In late March, just as the first maskspurchasedfromachemistshop. Bollywood as avehicletospread their shield as well. Iregularly wash my hands phase of the coronavirus Recently, cloth maskshavebecome avail- Howmuchtime do youspend in front version of ‘nationalism’. If in the process withsoapfortherecommended20seconds lockdownwas being enforced, able. Iordered some thatIhad seen on of ascreen? theyend up causing moreharmthan and also use sanitiser when required. Instagram. My sisterSararuns an NGOand It dependswhatyou meanbyscreen. I good, theycould notcareless. It sad- Omar Abdullah, 50, wasreleased theystitchnice cloth maskswhichmyfa- seemoviesandTVshowsforanhourortwo dened me when Bollywood seemedto Have yougot yourself tested for from detention after nearly eight ther and Ibothuse. in the evening. Ilog on to social media off react in aspineless, supineway to these Covid-19? months. In the past week,the andonduringtheday. IalsoreadonaKindle effortstoattackits very foundations. And Yes, about six or seventimes. Mostof former J&K chief minister’s At work,what precautions do youtake? so that accountsfor another hour or two. this is whyitpleasedmetosee thefilm thesetests were because of flightsbackto Social distancing, no physicalcontact at fraternity come together to fight backlast Srinagarandthecompulsorytestsattheair- party, the National Conference, all, limit on the number of peopleinaroom Howdoyou keep your mind offthe week.Itpleasedmemorebecause this port, but one or twowerealso because of has joinedanalliancetoseek atanyonetimeandregularhandwashing... pandemic? happened in the week that the mighty contact with people who turnedout to be restoration of the erstwhile Alltherecommendedprecautionsthatneed Idon’tmakeany consciouseffortto dis- Tata group bowedtoHindutvagoons on Covid-19positive. to betaken.Whereverpossible,interactions tractmyself from thepandemic. Covid-19 socialmedia andremovedthatTanishq state’sspecialpositionbefore have beendoneusingtechnologylikeZoom is areality thatwehavetolivewith... Ido commercialthat portrayed withele- Did youhavetoisolate yourself? August 5, 2019.The former meetings and WhatsApp video calls. notsitandobsessaboutit.Aslongaswe fol- gance and beauty what real Indian secu- Iwasnotrequiredtobeinself-isolation, Union ministersayswhile he has lowbasic precautions thereisnoreason at larismisabout. andsothankfully,Ihavebeenabletoremain been taking precautions during Have youhad to stayawayfromfamily? all to live in fear.... This is atime when Indians who withfamily. Afterthelockdowneased,Iwas Iwas unable to see my familyinDelhi believe that real secularism is worth able to resume some semblance of travel the pandemic,“Idonot sit and formorethantwo months becauseofthe What is the firstthing youwant to do fighting fortostand up and speak.They and work.Evenduring the moststringent obsessabout it.” pandemic. when the pandemic is past? will needtospeak loudly because there stageofthe lockdown, we maintaineda Take aholiday to somewherenice. aretoo manywho shriek ‘sickularism, ‘Covid-19bubble’of two-threehouseholds INTERVIEWBY Do youtakeany specific precautions Betweenmy detentionandtheCovid-19 re- sickularism’ muchtoo loudlythese days. of the immediatefamilyand were able to BASHAARAT MASOOD while youtravel? strictions, Ihaven’t been able to travel any- Fanatics arestupid so theydonot seethat spendtime together. Illustration: Suvajit Dey Apart from therecommendedprecau- wherefor morethanayear. it is theywho aresick.

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,OCTOBER18,2020 Crude Wa tch OIL DIPS ON COVID, SUPPLYFEARS NewYork: Oilprices edged loweronFriday, dragged down by concerns that aspikeinCovid cases in the US and Europe will continue to drag 10 ECONOMY on demand in twoofthe world’sbiggest fuel-consuming regions. Brent crude futures fell 23 cents to settle at $42.93 abarrel. REUTERS AIRLINEGROUNDEDONAPRIL17,2019DUETOFUNDCRUNCHUNDERNARESHGOYAL DCGI nod to Dr Reddy’s JetAirwayslendersapprovebid for conducting phase 2/3 byKalrockCapital-MurariJalan humantrials of Sputnik V supply around100 milliondoses Airways had 24 per cent. Etihad, PRABHARAGHAVAN ED of SputnikVtoDRL.Unlikeother ENSECONOMICBUREAU The new owners whichwas initiallyinterestedin NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 Onestep two-dosevaccines, thiswould MUMBAI,OCTOBER17 Mumbai: UK-based Kalrock takingoverJet then lostinterest PLAIN E closer mean 100million people in India ● group —aglobal firm oper- and offeredtosellits entirestake DR REDDY’S Laboratories(DRL) EX would getthe vaccine, as each EIGHTEEN MONTHS afterJet ating in financial advisory to banks.Etihadinvested$379mil- has receivedregulatoryapproval “dose” contains twoshots of dif- Airways (India) Ltd shutdownits and alternative assetman- lion in JetAirways backin2013at fromtheDrugsControllerGeneral THE DEVELOPMENTS fi- ferentcommoncoldadenoviruses, operations, the lenders of the air- agement —isbackedby aprice of Rs 754.74per share. of India(DCGI)toconduct mid-to nallyallowfor testing of a RDIF’s spokesperson had earlier line on Saturdayapproved the Fritsch,aninvestmentgroup On Friday, Jet’sscriprose 4.97 late-stage humantrialsforRussia’s candidatethat, if found to told The SundayExpress. resolution plan submitted by foundedbyserial entrepre- per cent to Rs 40.15onthe BSE. Sputnik Vvaccine candidatein be safe and effective here, It is unclear howmanydoses UK-basedKalrockCapital and neurFlorianFritsch,whohas When JetAirways collapsed India, the companysaid Saturday. could potentiallybring MankindPharma wouldbedis- UAE-basedentrepreneur Murari partnered some of the most lastyear,ithad adebt of over Delhi-basedMankindPharma India closer to receiving a tributing as partofits agreement Lal Jalan to revive and operate influential families and or- Rs8,200crore andneededtomake is also close to announcing an Covid-19vaccine by the withRDIF.“(Thecompany)hasre- the airline. ganisations. UAE-based repaymentsofuptoRs1,700crore agreement to marketand distrib- end of this year.While the sources to manufacture(thevac- The airline, whichwas Murari Lal Jalan owns MJ by theend of March 2019. utethe Russian Covid-19vaccine agreement with RDL cine) in South Koreaand Israel,” groundedonApril 17,2019due to Developers, whichhas in- Meanwhile, the amount here,TheSundayExpresshaslearnt. could provide vaccines for said asource directly “However, acutefundcrunchundertheown- vestmentsindiverse sectors claimedby creditorsof JetAirways ThedevelopmentsbringIndia 100million people, any thisagreementwouldbeformar- ership of founder Naresh Goyal, JetAirways aircraftparkedatthe Chhatrapati Shivaji likereal estate,mining, and crossedRs40,000 crore. As of astepcloser to potentiallygetting additional tie-ups likethe keting and distribution,” the per- will nowbecontrolledbyKalrock Maharaj InternationalAirportinMumbai. Express file constructionglobally. ENS September 25, the total claims aCovid-19vaccine by theend of potential agreement with sonadded. andJalan.“Thee-votingconcluded were at Rs 40,259 crore, outof this year. Mankind could supple- Sputnik Visalso currentlyun- today, i.e.,October17,2020andthe whichthecompanyhasadmitted Hyderabad-headquartered ment this and covera dergoing phase 3clinical trials in resolution plan submitted by in theprocess of filing an applica- Centreand Mumbai’s Big Charter AnitaGoyal stepped down from claimsworth Rs 15,525 crore. DRL, whichtiedupwith the largerpopulation. Russiawithaproposednumberof MurariLalJalanandFlorianFritsch tion in accordance with Section wasalso in the final race forthe the board. In June 2019,lendersto While financialcreditors have Russian Direct Investment Fund 40,000 subjects. Additionally, have been dulyapproved by the 30(6) of the Code forapproval of takeover of JetAirways. JetAirways plannedtobegininsol- claimedRs11,345crore from the (RDIF) lastmonth to help test phase3clinicaltrialsof thevaccine CoC (CommitteeofCreditors) un- the saidresolutionplan by the The airline decidedtoshut vency proceedings againstthe defunct airline, operational credi- and distributeSputnik VinIndia, SundayExpress has learnt. also commencedinthe UAElast derSection30(4)of theCodeasthe NCLT and intimation of the same downitsoperationsastheconsor- debt-laden carrier under IBC as tors,includingworkmenandem- will nowmoveaheadwithan “Thecompany’srevisedproto- week.“This is asignificant devel- successfulresolutionplan,”Ashish shallbegiven to the members as tiumof lendersrefusedtoconsider only aconditional bid wasre- ployees have claimed Rs 27,719 adaptive phase2/3 clinical trial col wasapproved by the Subject opment that allows us to com- Chhawchharia,theresolutionpro- required,” Chhawchharia said. extendingRs400crore emergency ceived. crore. The lenders, other than op- of the candidatehere. ExpertCommittee on Thursday,” mencetheclinicaltrialinIndiaand fessionalappointedby thelenders Anotherconsortiumcompris- funding to keep the airline flying. JetAirways,once India’slargest erationaland financial creditors, “Thiswillbeamulti-centerand said asource. we arecommittedto bringingina of the airline said in astock ex- ing Abu Dhabi’s Imperial Capital On March 25, 2019,aspartofthe airline, waspromotedbyNaresh have claimedRs1,117 croreand randomizedcontrolledstudy, “(DRL) will conductthe phase safeand efficacious vaccine to changefiling. Investments, Haryana-based bailout plan worked out by the Goyal,whoheld51 percentstake, Dutch administrator has filed whichwillinclude safetyand im- 2trial on 100subjects, following combat the pandemic,”said GV “Theresolutionprofessionalis Flight Simulation Technique lenders,NareshGoyalandhiswife while AbuDhabi-based Etihad claims worth Rs 78 crore. munogenicity study,” Dr Reddy’s whichthe datawillbesubmitted Prasad, Co-chairman and toldtheBSEinafilingonSaturday to CDSCO(India’stopdrugregula- Managing Director of DRL. evening.Testinghereislikelytoin- tory body).Ifthe data is satisfac- “This datawillfurther BRIEFLY volvearound 1,500participants tory,thetrialscanproceedtophase strengthenthe clinical develop- AMID COVID-19 across at least10sites, including 3on1,400subjects,” theyadded. ment of SputnikVvaccine in 13.5% 9.5% those in Maharashtra,Andhra Oncetestingiscompletedand India,” said Kirill Dmitriev,CEO `1.08Lcrloans CONTRACTION LIKELY IN CONTRACTION IN FY21 Pradesh and Telangana, The if approvals aregranted,RDIF will of RDIF. ‘Indicators point to recovery, THE SECOND QUARTER LIKELY, UNLESS GOVT TAKES underdiscom (JULY-SEPTEMBER) IMMEDIATE INITIATIVES package but recouping maybefragile’ HDFCBank net ‘Bangladesh hasn’t NewDelhi: As much as Aftersix months of severe stress triggered by thetoughest OUTLOOK: recoveryisfragile.Capital surpassed India on Rs 1.08 lakh croreworth of lockdown so far, somehigh-frequency indicators point Aftersixmonthsofseverestress expenditureonnewprojects more appropriate loans under the liquidity towardseconomic recovery but thereare signs that triggeredbytheseverestlockdown declinedby81percentinthe packagefor stressedpower sofar,thereissomepositivenews: secondquarteroverthe rises 18.4%inQ2 this revival is fragile, Brickwork Ratings said distribution utilities have Somehigh-frequencyindicators correspondingperiodlastyear, economicmetric’ been sanctionedsofar,REC pointtowardseconomicrecovery showingacontinuousdeclining said on Saturday.InMay, trendininvestments Finance MinisterNirmala WHYISTHISIMPORTANT? to `7,513.1 crore PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Sitharaman announced Theeconomyhasbeenseverely CREDIT-DEPOSITRATIO NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 Rs 90,000croreliquidity in- impactedbythecoronavirus declinedinthethreefortnights fusion intocash-strapped pandemic.Ariseinhigh-frequency endingSeptember11,2020 ENSECONOMICBUREAU GROSSNPAsAT ON‘MOREappropriate’economic discoms, facing demand indicatorsisapointertogrowth MUMBAI,OCTOBER17 `11,304CRORE metric, Bangladesh has notsur- slumpdue to the lockdown impulsesreturning SHARPESTCONTRACTION passedIndiaand is unlikelytobe to contain Covid-19. was in the construction sector DESPITE THE uncertainties trig- ■ The gross and netnon- in future, former chief economic POSITIVEFACTORS (-50.3 per cent), followed by geredbytheCovidpandemic,pri- performing assets were adviserArvindSubramaniansaid RiseinPMI,GSTcollectionsand trade, hotels, transport, storage vatelenderHDFCBankhasposted at 1.08 per cent of gross on Saturday, asserting that GDP Prestigegroup passengervehiclesales,saidthe and communication (-47 per anet profitof Rs7,513.1crore dur- advancesand 0.17 per per capitaisanestimatefor one agreestosell report cent) and manufacturing ing the quarterendedSeptember cent of netadvances as indicator of the averagestandard (-39.3 per cent) 2020 as againstRs6,345 crorein of September 2020, of welfareinacountry. retailassets WORDOFCAUTION the same period ayear ago, an in- respectively. “The India-vs.-Bangladesh Thereareindicationsthatthis Source: Brickwork Ratings/PTI crease of 18.4 per cent. GDP per capita comparison (post NewDelhi: PrestigeEstates The gross and netnon-per- ■ Gross NPAs were IMF WEO)has sparked anxiety & ProjectsLtdonSaturdaysaid formingassets were at 1.08 per at Rs 11,304crore as of acrimony. But wrongnumbers ithasagreedtosellcertainof- centofgrossadvancesand0.17 per September 2020. being compared... fice, retail and hotelproper- cent of netadvancesasof “NO, on moreappropriate tiesto globalinvestmentfirm AT FRESH HIGH OF $551.5 BN September 2020, respectively. metric,India has notbeen sur- Blackstone —inabig ticket GrossNPAswere atRs11,304crore cent in the quarter. passedand, according to IMF,un- real estate deal estimated at as of September 2020. However, The bank’s netrevenues(net likelytobeinnearfuture,” around Rs 12,000 crore. Forex reserves jump $75 bn since lockdown following an interim order by the interestincome plus other in- Subramanian said in aseriesof Prestigegroup did notdis- Supreme Court, accountsthat come)grew to Rs21,868.8crorefor tweets. close the deal size, but While rising foreign exchange growth, the rising forexreserves wouldhave otherwisebeenclassi- the quarterendedSeptember sources said that the ENSECONOMICBUREAU Foreign currency assets reserve provides cushion to the provide alot of strength as they fiedasNPAhavenotbeenandwill 2020fromRs19,103.8croreforthe Bengaluru-basedfirm has NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 expandedby$5.73 economyinterms of covering the nowcover one-year of importex- notbe, classifiedasNPA till such quarterendedSeptember 2019. ‘AirAsia X signedterm sheets with importexpenditure, it also pro- penditure. time the Supreme Courtrules fi- Netinterestincome (interest Blackstone to sell commer- INDIA’SFOREIGN exchangere- billion to $508.7 billion videsstabilitytothedomesticcur- India’s foreign exchangere- nallyonthe matter,itsaid. earnedlessinterestexpended)for out of money, cial properties foranenter- serves jumpedby$5.86 billionin in the week ended rencyagainstthedollar.Whilethe serves startedrising significantly While the previous quarter the quarterendedSeptember prise value of around the week endedOctober 9tohit Oct 9, as per RBI data rupeehitalow of 76.97againstthe from September 2019.While the largely borethe brunt of the pan- 2020 grew by 16.7 per cent to Rs Rs 12,000crore. afresh high of $551.5billion. As dollar on April 21,2020, it has re- foreignexchangereservesstoodat demic, some of the softnesscon- 15,776.4 crorefromRs13,515.0 needs $120 mn Covid-19 pandemicledto asharp coveredoverthe lastsix months 428 billion in theweek ended tinuedintothe current quarter crorefor the quarterended for restart’ Paytmchargeon decline in imports of crude oil and in the five month period be- and closedat73.3 on Friday. September20,2019,ithasrisenby leading to lowerretailloan origi- September 2019,drivenbyasset and gold and Indian companies tween April and August2020, the BetweenApril1andOctober9,the $122 billion over the last13- nation, use of debit and credit growth of 21.5 per cent and acore usingcreditcards attractedhugeforeigndirect in- foreign direct investment reserves have risen by $75 billion. months to hit ahigh of $551.5bil- cards by customers, efficiency in netinterestmarginforthequarter REUTERS vestments, the forexreserves amounted to $24.56 billion. Economistssaythatriseinfor- lion in the week endedOctober 9. collection effortsand waivers of of 4.1per cent. SYDNEY,OCTOBER17 totopupwallets swelledby$75 billion since lock- Even the FPIinvestment has eign exchangereservesincombi- Itisimportantto notethatgold, certain fees, the bank said. As are- Thebank’scontinuedfocuson down announcement in last been strong this financial year. nation with benign oilprices and whichwas abig importcompo- sult,fees/otherincomewere lower depositshelpedinthe mainte- AIRASIA XBhd has runout of NewDelhi: Paytm users will week of March. BetweenAprilandOctober16,the tepidimports,leadingto acurrent nent forIndia,witnessedasharp by approximatelyRs800 crore. nanceof ahealthyliquiditycover- moneyand needs to raise up to have to paya2per cent fee RBI datareleased on Friday FPIshave investedanetof $8.5bil- account surplus,has helpedthe decline in the quarterendedJune However, the loan and cardmo- ageratio at 153per cent, well 500million ringgit ($120.60 mil- on the amount added to showsthat in the week ended lion intoIndian capital market. Indianrupee to remain broadly 2020 following the skyrocketing mentum has improvedoverthe above theregulatoryrequirement. lion) to restartthe airline,deputy their e-walletusingacredit October9,theforeigncurrencyas- AlongsidethisjumpinFDIand stable since mid-March 2020,de- prices and the lockdown induced previousquarter, therebyreduc- Meanwhile, the lenderin- chairman Lim Kian Onnsaidina card.Untilnow, usershadto sets expandedby$5.73 billion to FPIinflows,thereserveshavebeen spitedeterioration in some of the by thepandemic. As per World ing the gaptoless than half. formedthat itsboardofdirectors newspaperinterviewpublished pay2per centfee if they $508.7 billion and the gold re- supporteddipinimportbillonac- other macroparameters suchas Gold Council, gold importsfell by Totaldepositsasofat the meeting held on Saturday on Saturday. loadedmorethanRs10,000 serves were up by $113 million to countof rulinglowcrudeoilprices, retail inflation, fiscaldeficitsand 95 per cent to 11.6 tonnes in the September 2020 were Rs approved appointment of “Obviously,bankswill notfi- in their e-walletsvia credit $36.6 billion. decline in gold and other imports negative GDP growth. quarter, comparedto 247.4tonnes 12,29,310crore,anincrease of Sashidhar Jagdishan as an addi- nance the companywithout cardinamonth. PTI RBI datashows that FDIhas on account of the Covid-19 pan- Experts saythat in times of intheyear-agoperioddueto logis- 20.3per cent over September 30, tionaldirectorandalsomanaging shareholders, both old and new, stood strong despitethe Covid-19 demic. dwindling economicactivity and tical issues and poor demand. 2019.Advances rose by 15.8 per director and CEO of the bank. putting in freshequity,” Lim said. Bangladesh set to resumeflights to DISPUTE BREWING OVER ACCESS TO BANDS ALLOWING HIGH-SPEED CONNECTIVITY India from Oct 28 under ‘air bubble’ Telcos, tech companies divided over spectrum Bangla Airlines and Novo Air - IndiGo to charge PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA would initiallyoperate28flights DHAKA,OCTOBER17 aweek,while five Indian airlines `100 for check-in cial value proposition. Opposing assignment,whichmeansallocat- —Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, ENSECONOMICBUREAU ‘TODELICENSEORALLOCATEVIAAUCTIONS’ their stand, the technology play- ing spectrumonfirst-cum-first- BANGLADESH IS all settore- Vistara and GoAir —would op- at airport counters NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 ers through theirassociation servedbasis. What’slikelyonthe sume flights to India from erate28flightsaweek between ■ Afight is brewing services, especiallyin BroadbandIndiaForum(BIF)have cardsisalight touchlicensing but October 28 under‘airbubble’ the twocountries, TheDaily Star AMAJORfightisbrewingbetween between telecom remote areas and forbetter contestedCOAI’s stand, and writ- afinal decisionisawaited. arrangement, afternearly eight reported, quoting civil aviation PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA telecom operators Bharti Airtel, operators Bharti Airtel, in-building coverage. tenthat the spectrum should be Infact,theTelecomRegulatory months the communications and tourism ministrySenior NEWDELHI,OCTOBER17 Vodafone Idea and RelianceJio on Vodafone Idea and ■ The issue that has delicensedand notauctioned, as Authority of India (Trai), which were suspendeddue to the SecretaryMdMohibul Haque. one side and technology players Reliance Jio on one side dividedthe twosides is it is notthe same as spectrumfor submitted itsrecommendations coronavirus pandemic, accord- Of thethree Bangladeshi car- INDIGOWILL charge apassenger Google, Microsoft, Apple, and technology players whether spectrum in the access services. Questioning the to the DoTway backinAugust ing to media reports on riers, Biman is scheduledtoop- Rs 100service feeifheorshe Facebook,etc, on the other,overa Google, Microsoft, Apple, band concernedshould be COAI’s stand, BIF has pointed out 2014,has also favoured alight li- Saturday. erateflightsonDhaka-Delhi and wantstocheck-in at the airport spectrumbandthathasthepoten- Facebook,etc, on the other, delicensedorshould be that auctioning of spectrum in censingapproachandnotauction- Under abilateral air bubble Dhaka-Kolkataroutes, US- countersfromSaturdayonwards, tial to provide high-speedbroad- over aspectrum band that allocated through auctions, these bands would go againstin- ing this spectrum. pact, airlines of both the coun- Bangla Airlines on Dhaka- the airline said in astatement. bandservices,especiallyinremote has the potential to provide as is the case foraccess ternational best practices The argumentagainstauction tries can operateinternational Chennai and Novo Air on The aviation ministryhad in areas and forbetterin-building high-speedbroadband services spectrum. Thespectrumconcernedisthe is on thepremise that there’s not flightswith certain restrictions. Dhaka-Kolkataroute, the report Maymade it mandatoryfor pas- coverage. Eand Vbands, whichare usedas much the government is going to Since July, India has estab- said. sengerstodoweb check-in so as The issuethat has dividedthe backhaulto connectmobilewhere getbydoingso,unlikeaccessspec- lishedsuchbubbles with several The five Indian airlines are to reducetouchpoints at the air- twosides is whether spectrumin The telecom operators, under trum in the band concerned fibreisnot available. trum. The value of aspectrum countries, including the US, the expected to operateflightson portamidthe coronavirus pan- the band concernedshould be the aegisoftheir association, should be auctioned, as notdoing Sources in the department of banddepends upon variousfac- UK, France and Germany. Dhaka-Delhi, Dhaka-Kolkata, demic.Oncewebcheck-inisdone, delicensedorshould be allocated CellularOperators’ Association of sowouldleadto lossofrevenueto telecommunications (DoT) have tors likeecosystem but the most Three Bangladeshi carriers - Dhaka-Chennai and Dhaka- theonlineboardingpassisissued throughauctions,asisthecasefor India (COAI), have writtenaletter the government because of these thusfarmaintainedthatauctionis importantfactorisitspropagation Biman Bangladeshi Airlines, US- Mumbai routes. by the airline to the passenger. access services spectrum. to thegovernment that the spec- bandshavingaveryhighcommer- ruledout, but so is administrative characteristics. FE

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POINT OF VIEW ARTSetc TheGolden Treasury An IndependentWoman Malayalamfilm actorKani Kusruti on her award- Theunique collection of booksinthe State winning performance and thelessonsinintellectual Libraryatthe Rashtrapati Bhavanhas many independence that she imbibed fromher parents stories to tell eye

Ta lkin’ About aRevolution From food politics to personal experiences to histories of discriminatory practices, ahandful of contemporary practitioners are trying to negotiate aplace for Dalit identities in the Indian art world

Benita Fernando Delhi-basedartistMalvika Raj, 36. The paint- ing depictsinstances from Ambedkar’s life— anifty subversion of Madhubani themes, TWAS onlyafter graduatingfromthe whichare usuallycentred on nature and Sir JJ Schoolof ArtinMumbailastyear Hindumythology. AbonfireofManusmriti oc- that Shraddha More, 23, noticedthat cupies the centreofRaj’s painting while, in a she had been in hiding all the while. corner,athread-bearing Hindu asks As astudent,Morehadfelt aninstinc- Ambedkar to drink waterfromelsewhere. Itive needfor self-censorship. “I didn’t “Bihar’s dominantcaste swearsthatthis is realise howBrahminical arttheoryis, whether theirart. But this wasalways donebyfarmers it’srasa sutra or natyashastra.Therewas astan- andwomen,”says Raj, whohasfacedopposi- dardBrahminical aesthetic that youwereex- tion foradopting the style. pected to meet. Therewas no caste discourse Fornow,mostcontemporaryartists and no attempt to consider it even,” she says. whose worksrefer to theirDalit identities as- Her recent work,aseries of eightplate- sertthemselvesinalternative spaces. Amol K shaped canvases titled Bhook,couldn’thave Patil,33, is aMumbai-basedartistwhose been made during her student days,she feels. decade-longcareer hasspannedinternational If food wasatheme backthen, she couchedit artfestivals and group shows,evenifonlya in concepts of climatechangerather than tak- handful have been in Indian establishments. ingon ritualpollution.But, onthesecanvases, His grandfather wasapowada singer;his fa- amodestmeal —offish, rice, rawlemon and therwasatheatreartiste whose scriptsspoke onion slices —disappears slowly.Atfirst of Mumbai’s mill and sanitation workers. glance, Bhook’s eightmomentsofameal seem These traditions find their wayintohis sculp- innocuous enough. But, the hand that works tures and videos, which, he says, “react to the at thefish, separating meatfrom bone, is invis- silent situation of caste in India.”Patil’sworks ible; the mouth that savours it is off-screen. were partofthe recentlyconcluded Someone’s eating, we just don’tknowwho. Yokohama Triennale in Japan. One of the On her social media account,Morewrites pieces wasapair of gloves, titled Whatishu- about the work, “ForDalit Bahujan, good food man becomes animal? (2017), whichstarted means meat and fish. We enjoyitand relish offwith his interestinthe labour conditions it.For Brahmin-Baniyaevendiscussionabout of sanitation workers, many of them from op- meat and fish makes them nauseous... Caste pressedcastes. What’s exceptional is that the made the subaltern eat what theyeat.” glovesare one of his many “dustobjects”,fash- Moreisamong ageneration of young ioned outofactualdustcollectedfromthe artists eager to secureaplace forDalit identi- housing societies of sanitation workers. ties in the Indian artworld. Delightful yetdis- In India, Patil had found encouragement quieting,merryor funerary,theworkstakeon through ClarkHouse Initiative,acollective of food politics, personal experiences, histories artists interestedinshowcasing marginalised of discriminatorypractices and more, in- and minority voices. The closureofthe phys- evitablyfaceting aDalit expression in artina ical space due to internal conflictsin2019 countrywhereincidentsofcaste violence — markedthe disappearance of suchconversa- from socialexclusionand lynching to rape and tions from the gallerynetwork of south murder —are reportednearlyeveryweek.The Mumbai.Thepaucityof safe, inclusive spaces Indian artworld haslargely maintainedacon- hasledto the birth of independent initiatives, spicuoussilenceon thesubjectof caste.There cause thatexperienceisdiscountedfrom your LET ME IN both onlineandoffline, suchasParty Office in hasn’t been aseminal exhibition that chroni- life,” he says. (From top) Delhi, Anti Caste ArtonInstagram, and Secular cles Dalitresistance, scholarship on Dalit art If VS Gaitonde, whose meditative master- ArtMovementinMaharashtra. Shraddha More’s is limitedto afew works, suchasGaryMichael pieces were greatlyinfluencedbyZen The challengeisthat as long as caste is pre- Tartakov’s DalitArt and Visual Imagery (2012), Buddhism, has afirm place in arthistory as a Bhook (2020); sented onlyinalternative spaces, it remains and,mostgalleries don’t represent practices prizedModernistratherthanas“Brahmin MalvikaRaj’s outside theartestablishment.There aresome on Dalitidentity. UnlikeDalitliterature, which artist”, then should aterm suchas“Dalit artist” Madhubani exceptions, however, suchaswhen the India eventuallyclaimedits placein literarycanons, even exist? Moreover, does “Dalit art” only Amitabha (2014), ArtFairinvited artist Sajan Mani in 2019 to arthas historicallyplayedalesser role in the have to do with narrativesofoppression? with minute present one of his “writing as drawing, draw- Dalit movement across India. As the Dalit Deeptha Achar,English professor at MS renditions of Dalit ing as writing” performance works. Berlin- PantherArchiveshows,in1970s Maharashtra, University,Baroda, whoco-edited the book basedMani, 38,conceptualised “ArtWill forinstance,artplayedsecond fiddle —asim- Articulating Resistance: Art &Activism (2012) iconography; What is NeverDie, But COW?”, addressing India’s cow ages accompanying radical Dalit writings. with Shivaji Panikkar,isnot sureifDalit artis Human Becomes politics. In aroompiledwith gobar (cowdung) It wasonlyinthe 1990s that Delhi-based givenacanonical status in institutional set- Animal? (2017)by cakes, Mani repeatedly wrote the Malayalam artistSaviSawarkarcriticisedthe systemic tings. “Even today, the term ‘Dalit art’ does not Amol KPatil word kallam or “lie”, turning the walls intoa caste violence in an exhibi- invoke the sense of the feveredcanvas. He crawledaround theartfair tion. Sawarkar graduated ●●● modern.Thereare veryfew grounds at Okhla, Delhi, with themask of a fromNagpur’sGovernment instances of readingDalit cow, much to the annoyance of the police. Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya The art world has artasanaspect of the con- GallerySKE,Bengaluru,ispossiblytheonly and went to Mexico City to temporaryIndianartworld. galleryinIndia to currentlyrepresent an artist train in murals. Backhome, largely maintained In fact, it is interesting that whosepractice is consciouslyrootedinher he went beyond the Dalit though the Dalit move- Dalitidentity.InJanuary, itformaliseditsasso- aesthetic thathas been a a silence on the ment has adecades-old his- ciationwithPune-basedartistRajyashriGoody, partofour visual experi- tory,onlyahandful of blendedwith linesfromsongs by Malayali folk wary of being labelledasa“Dalit artist”. He 30. Since 2007,Goody has been mashing up ence, suchasstatues of BR subject of caste. artists have chosen to iden- artistCJKuttappanand references to social re- says, “An emancipatorycategoryneednot be theManusmritibecausesheisinterestedinthe Ambedkar at trafficislands tify themselvesasDalit former Poykayil Appachan. Thereispain and reducedtoethnographyand caste.Thereis act of wiping it clean, but also recognisesthat or Buddhisticonography. There hasn’t been a artists,roughlyinthe victimhood, but theyare rendered withhu- the risk of getting pigeonholedinacertain itswords have lodged themselvesdeep in the He usedsymbols that ap- 1980s,” she says. mour.Viewers aredrawn in with achuckle, framework,and Iamcritical of who frames it consciousness of Hindu society.In, Joothan pealedtoacollective his- seminal exhibition The Dalit community is rather than turn their eyes away,astheynor- and who gets framedinit.” (2018), she pulpedthe Manusmriti,turning it tory,suchasthebroom(op- having itsHarlem moment, mallywould at news of caste atrocities. The question of representation can be intoladdoos.“PulpingtheManusmritiisaquiet, pressedcastesweremade that chronicles Dalit as academicSuraj Yengde In 2018,Jithinlal wasawardedaresidency tracedall the waybacktothe imagination of almostmundaneact,comparedto something to wipe their “polluting” suggests in hisbook Caste at Gasworks,London, to research the British India, right from Abanindranath Tagore’s saf- moreradical suchasburningitorbringing footprintswith it). resistanceand Matters(2019).But,withlit- blackartsmovement and the BLK ArtGroup. fron-clad vision of BharatMata (1905) to the down astatue,”she says. In 1996, at Rabindra scholarship on Dalit tle precedence in the fine Here, he executed amural in effervescent secular manifesto of the posterboys of mod- But should Dalit art—asthe artofresist- Bhavan, Delhi, Sawarkar arts to draw from,young bursts of colour,aconsciousdecisionto break ern Indian art, the BombayProgressives. YS ance, the artagainstcaste —evendesireaplace braved atakeonManu.In art is limited contemporarypractitioners free from the dark palettesthatarethoughtto Alone,professorofvisual studies at the school in the hierarchies of the commercial art theseries,the progenitor of feel that the term “Dalit typify aDalit expression in art. The residency of arts and aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru world? Achar says that instead of putting the the caste system has acold, ●●● artist”isadouble-edged alsomarkedhis foray into foundobjects. He University,believesthatthe legacyof therev- onus on artists,itmight be useful to consider lifeless stare. “Some right- sword. Thereisunease over says, “Isaw alot of blacks in theneighbour- olutionaryBombayProgressives, foundedin BlackLivesMatter(BLM)as anentrypointinto wing people visited theshow, probably mis- getting slotted as “art activists”, their work as hood carting away trollies. It got me thinking 1947,isfundamentallyGandhian. “Governed the question. “What has been striking in the taking me foraBrahmin like(Hindutvaideo- “propaganda” andtheir personal leanings as that Dalitidentity neednot always be about by aBrahminical ethos, the artworld is not BLM moment is the self-examination under- logue)VeerSavarkar.After theysaw theManu “identity politics”. Ask Moreifshe identifies as objectssuchasthe broom. What about an ob- courageousenough to recognise Ambedkar takenbywhiteAmericans.Weseethemsayit paintings, theypiercedone with aknife,” re- aDalitartistandshesays, “IdoandIdon’t.Upper ject from the supermarket,something that is and neverhas been,” he says. is amoment forthem to hear blackvoices, a calls Sawarkar,59. He managed to sell the Caste artists aren’t askedasimilar question.” usuallyneverconsideredapartofaDalitlife?” Ambedkar,the architect of the Indian moment to be quietand learntorecognise painting afterrestorationbut he hasn’t had an Jithinlal NR, 30, teaches painting at RLV Jithinlal sees the word “Dalit” as an emanci- Constitution who calledfor theannihilation their owncomplicity.Wouldthis alsonotbea exhibition in adecade and says he hasn’t ac- CollegeofMusic and Fine ArtsinKochi. His patoryumbrella term, usedbyAmbedkar to of caste, is naturallythe mostenduring sym- good time forthe artworld,indeed, allofus, to tively sought out galleryrepresentation. background as acomics artistfinds newevo- unify various caste-oppressedcommunities bol forthe young Dalit voice in Indian art. He similarly reflect on our complicity and enti- “There is no real acceptance of Dalit artbe- cations when sketch-pen drawings are in India and to signifypluralism. It’s whyheis is central to aMadhubani-style painting by tlement within the domain of caste?”

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OCTOBER 18, 2020 POINT OF VIEW 12

EYE SPY EVERY FORTNIGHT, WE PICK, YOU WATCH Beforethe Storm Saaed Akhtar Mirza’s Naseem captures the turbulent days before the Babri Masjid demolition

Shubhra Gupta

OME FILMS areborn out of suchtroubledepochs in anation’s history that theyfill youwith amix of emotions. Overriding all else is plain astonish- Sment:how did these films, whichtouchupon so manylives,burning nerves, ever managetoget made? PHOTOS: RASHTRAPATIBHAVANPHOTOARCHIVE In SaeedAkhtar Mirza’s Naseem (1995), an ailing, bed- ridden grandfather regales his 15-year-old granddaughter with tales of his youth, when India wasfighting forinde- pendence from the British. The contrastbetween his worldthen, and the one in whichheisliving out his days APage Out of History now, is stark. The turbulence then wasgeared towardsthe making of anation and the limitless possibilities of free- dom; he is now, at the fagend of his life, witnessing an- other kind of turmoil, intent upon the destruction of the Housed within the elegant interiors of the State Library is arich, unique collection of books things he and his friends fought for, especially the idea of a compositeIndia, with itsmanyfaiths, cultures and people. The film opens in June 1992, and ends six months Sunil Tr ivedi nearly 60 ft in length.The book collection in later,onDecember 6, the daythe Babri Masjid wasde- the Librarywould please Lutyens,who was stroyed.That day, and that event, changed the nation, and friends withwriters likeJames Barrie, HG the reverberations arestill being felt. Naseem captures NOWLEDGE SETS us free, art Wells and WB Yeats. gently, but profoundly, both beauty and terror,oftimes sets us free.Agreat libraryis Manybooksinthe Rashtrapati Bhavan pastand present, of conflictsthat heal and wound. freedom” —American author Library have their owntales. Abookwith a “Dadajaan,what does naseem mean?” asksthe grand- Ursula KLeGuin speaksfor all rather long title — The British Gallery of daughter,whose name it is. The morning breeze, he says, K book lovers, who also admire Engravings from Picturesofthe Italian, Dutch and it is as beautiful as you. artand architecture. The Rashtrapati Bhavan and English Schools Nowinthe Possession of Outside their home in Bombay, theripples of the rising Libraryorthe StateLibraryhas that liberating theKing and SeveralNoblemenand Gentlemen unrestinmanyparts of thecountry, arebeing felt. The effect on visitors. Usually, afteravisit to the of theUnited Kingdom with Some Accountof film melds the political and the personal beautifully, as we grandiose Durbar Hall, the next stop is the EachPicture —finds aplace on theshelves. see the growing edginess in this Muslim family— Library. Edwin Lutyens’s biographer Written by EdwardForsterand publishedin Naseem’s father (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), mother Christopher Husseycalledthe Librarythe 1807,itwas presented to LordCurzon, (Surekha Sikri), brother (Salim Shah), and the brother’s mostbeautiful of the four StateRooms,with its viceroy from 1899 to 1905. On the flyleaf, visiblyagitated friend (KayKay Menon). Newcomer tall columns, toppedbyarches and acupola. Curzon haswritten: “Thebookwas pre- Mayuri Kangoisthe perky Naseem, and dadajaan is Author ASG Butler,incom- sented to me by Raja of Hill playedunforgettablybyKaifiAzmi, the craggy lines of his paring itssize and sophisti- of Tripura.” This book ap- face alived history.Theyare the pivotsthrough whose in- cation, calledthe State pears to have travelled teractions we feel the director’s voice, lacedwith pain, Library “daughter of the from the Government mostclearly.Mirza did not, could not, makeafilm after Durbar Hall”. It is aroom to House at Calcutta(Kolkata) Naseem,saying in his novel, Ammi (2008), that afterthe be “stood in and felt.” to the Library. Thebook demolition and the eventsthat followed, he decidedto Twocommissioned wasindisrepair until it was travel, “and, hopefully, regain my composure, and tryand paintings hang on opposite restored by the National understand my countryand the worldonce again.” walls — The Creation of Man Archives in 2013. Watching the NFDC-producedfilm (nowstreaming by Glyn Philpot and Caxton Another extraordinary on Mubi) 25 years afteritwas made is both harrowing and His Press by Vivian Living History book is AViewofthe Origin and thought-provoking. Were the mandir-masjid fault- Forbes. Theysuggestthat An Indian Express and Conduct of theWar BETWEENTHE of the 18th century. The book wassome kind issues of the British weekly, Punch from the lines, so clearly and disturbingly visiblenow,alwaysthere, afterthe creationofman, withTippooSultan by COVERS of acelebratorypublication to markthe vic- year 1841 to 1930. Thereare manycartoons justhidden carefullytill an opportune moment? Were the the invention of the print- collaboration with Alexander Beatson, alieu- tory of the Company. Itsdedication to the featuring Mahatma Gandhi in the issues of cracks that seem to be widening with everypassing day, (Clockwise from top) ing press wasprobably the RashtrapatiBhavan tenant-colonel in the East “Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Directors the Punch. papered over by the heady air of freedom, whichled to ro- mostimportant event in India Company’s army. It Aview of the State of the Honourable EastIndia Company” is Eachofthese precious booksislookedaf- manticismand idealism confinedonlytopockets of “in- humancivilisation. An ode comprises “anarrative of Library; one of the dated May4,1800—exactlyone year after terwithutmost carebySNS Prakash, who has tellectuals”? Exceptfor one scene in whichwesee apro- to the eleganceofthe Libraryand the the operations of the armyunder the com- many volumes of Tipu’s death. been associatedwith the Librarysince1983. cession bristling with masculine rage,the lead-up to that Rashtrapati Bhavanisinscribed in Persianat mand of Lieutenant-General George Harris Punch magazine in The oldestbook in the LibraryisA His attachment to the booksshows most fateful dayinAyodhya comes to us second-hand, via the the Ashoka Hall. It says: Ba eenraunaq-o-zeb- and of the siegeofSeringapatam”. One of the the Library; an Catalogue of theOriginal WorksofWilliam when borrowers don’t return themontime. black-and-whiteTVset in Naseem’s home, the muted o-zeenat makaan; nadeedaa baroo-e-zameen turning pointsofmodern history,Tipu Sultan Hogarth (1795). Hogarth wasamong the Currently, the booksinthe Libraryare being noises of the sloganeering mobs and rioters as effective as illustration from aasmaan (A building full of suchvibrancy and wasdefeated and killedinthis battle on May mostpopular painters and cartoonists in the convertedintodigital form, to bemade avail- the full-throated shouts we hear during the procession. beauty cannotbeseen anywhereonearth or 4, 1799. Beatson’s book of about 450 pages Hogarth’s book,the 18th century. Images by Hogarth in the book able online. This digitisation is partofthe Acharacter asksDadajaan whyhedidn’t leave for in the sky). with 17 detailed chapters, 49appendicesand oldest one in testify to Charles Lamb’sassertion, “Other largerinitiative of making the Rashtrapati Pakistanduring the Partition. He says that the house they The aesthetics of the Library’s architec- severaltables and maps wascompleted, the Library pictureswelookat; his picturesweread.” Bhavanopen to the peopleofIndia. livedinatthe time had atreewhichhis wifeliked.Itwas a ture is matchedbythe unique collection of printed and distributed in justabout ayear. Besides Hogarthian satire, the Library’s joy- question of belonging. booksthat adorn the shelves, whichwere This is quiteafeat consideringthe tedious ful partiality to political humour and car- SunilTrivediisOfficeronSpecialDuty(Research), also partofthe original design. These are processofcomposing andprintingatthe end toons is seen in afull almirah devoted to the President’sSecretariat

fight from me, Ifound the courageand stam- forher son. She insists that Chintu be seen as ina Ineededtolet go of the illusion of “nor- an able autistic teen who also has epilepsy. An Illusion Called mal,” andacceptreality as it unfoldedinthe These realities do notdiminish his achieve- ensuingdays. mentsorhis quality of life. The disableddo notask forour pityorchar- People likeChintu patientlymaketheir ity.Theyare notasking forpolitical correct- peace as outliers in aworld that does little to Normality ness. These arepeople, humans likeus, with maketheir journeyeasier or morewelcom- ticking hearts and thinking brains, with flesh, ing. We console ourselveswith the notion bones and bodies, nottoo different from our thatour expressions of pity,admiration and Forthis world to be acivil society of diverse yet own. Blood similar to ours flows through their “aren’t youbrave”are what theyneedtoface veins as well. Theymight notsee likeus, or theday.What people who aredisabled need connectedhumans,wemust guarantee respect and hear and speak as we do, or communicatein —and what takeseffortonour part— is alanguagewegrasp or take the time to com- someone who takesthe time to communi- regard for people with disabilities prehend. They simplyare who theyare. cate with them, who makes the effort to un- My dear friend Rashmi Das livesthe chal- derstand and connectinawaythat might be DISABILITYRIGHTS and identity arethe affir- lenging lifeofasingle mother of anon-verbal foreign but that is as muchofthe stuffofreal mative action of this moment in time. autistic teenager.Sheinvestsdailyinlearning lifeasanyone’s. SLICEOFLIFE Aatmanirbhar Bharat is incomprehensible alanguagefor whichthereisnodictionaryor Forthis worldtobeacivil society of diverse when even one Indian is unable to see pride in app. Scorning self-pity,she yetconnected humans, of ●●● their authentic self. Owning who we allare is quotes,“TheSamurainever people who shareacom- the onlyright path to atrue plurality of iden- givesup. He keeps at it as a mon humanity,wemust tities in our human collective.When we can- sign of his dignity and The disabled don’t guarantee financial al- notcelebratewho we are, we areapologising courage.” She reminds me lowances, equality and ac- forbeing ourselves. We feel lost, and our hu- of Vivekananda and The ask for our pity, cess of healthcare, occupa- man union loses. Gitawhen she says, tional therapy, speech and Owning who we arerequiresthinking in HOPE FLOATS atelyclosedmyeyestothe distant silverlin- “WheneverIface ex- charity or political languagetherapyand most termsof realityratherthannormality.Afterall, Alockdown creation ings that were minetoreachwereIbrave tremelydifficult situations, correctness.They of all, respect and regard for what we think of as “normal” is hardly aguar- enough to makeaneffort. Idrink from them andbe- the disabled’s unique iden- by ateenager,whose anteewe live withforalifetime.Theillusionof Pity from relatives, friends and ante- come very very strong.” simply are who tity andplace in our lives. I normalcanbelost withasinglestroke,haem- indomitable will to mortemmourning wasofnohelp to me. The Chintu, who has both have spent the better part orrhageoraccident.Anyoneof uscouldexpe- takeonhis epilepsy insidious treacherous charity Iwas being epilepsy and autism, does- they are of my 47 years being con- rience that heartbeat in time when we enter and autism comes smothered with,the lamentable generosity n’t sit on the sidelinesand sidered “normal.” Having theranksofthedisabled.Whenwe acceptthis from his mother that wasgiven me out of asense of obligation wish hislifewere “normal.” ●●● livedfor 18 monthsasaper- reality,when we acknowledge our common —itwas this ceremonious civility that gave In fact, if givenachanceand son with adisability,Ican vulnerability,wewill realise that theway we me permission to wallowinself-pity. alevel playing field, he can be as productive if tell youthat what Imostneededwas simply treat aperson with adisability todaymay be Having been written offbythose who notmoresothan neurotypicalpersons. As an honestand earnesthearing that is easily the wayweourselvesare treated tomorrow. once fawnedovermystrongpresence, it was Chintu recovers from aclusteroutbreak of affordedwithout much effortfrom those who When Ilived the better partof18months in my mother’s, partner’s and siblings’ tough seizures that startedduringCOVID-19,Rashmi thinkof themselvesasnormal.Whenwe give on the fringes of disability and impairment, I love thatIfoundaroad to becomingsomeone, maintainshisregimenof walksand beingone this hearing to our friends and neighbours SuvirSaran realisedwhat apoltroon Iwas. Farfrombeing anyone, anything, even remotely worthy to withnature,hisexerciseroutines,andabstract with disabilities, we discoverthat theyare the brave, Ishiedawayfrombattling my circum- myself. These tough beings shockedmeinto paintingclasses(thephoto featuredis Chintu’s better expressions and versions of ourselves. Suvir Saran is achef, author,educator stances.Igaveuponlifeand living. Imadeex- battling life, fate,destinyand stereotype. In lockdowncreation). Rashmi has always advo- We move from normality to reality.Wefinally and world traveller cusesfor myself,accepteddefeatand deliber- their unsparing love and demand forabrave cated —no, demanded—dignity and ability become human.

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13 ARTS etc OCTOBER 18, 2020 DOWN IN An Independent Woman

JUNGLELAND Malayalam film actor Kani Kusruti on her award-winning performance in Biriyaani and the lessons in intellectual independencethat she imbibed from her parents

RanjitLal Pooja Pillai

RanjitLal is an author, environmentalistand HE FIRSTtime she wasoffered birdwatcher arole, Kani Kusruti ranawayto avoid having to acceptit. She wasinclass XII at the time, and T the offerhad come from DRaghuthaman, director of the Thiruvananthapuram-basedtheatregroup The Clean- Abhinaya. Raghuthaman wasdoing acon- temporaryMalayalam adaptationofthe 7th century Sanskrit farce Bhagavadajjukam. Kani’s onlyactingexperience untilthen had up Crew been in school plays.Acting in an actual play wasacompletely different thing,something to be looked down upon becausegirls like Scavengersdeserve more respect her weren’t supposedtodothat. “Iworried about what my friends would sayifIac- than we give them ceptedthe offer, but Ialso didn’t want to have aconfrontationwith my parentsbecause it had come from one of their friends. So Iran FITwerenot forthem we’d be assaultedbyinfec- away to my grandmother’s house,” she says. tions,disease, stenchand filth.But we regard them Kanireturnedhome afteracall from her withdisgust,turning up ournoses at them and mother,who said that she didn’t have to do Itheir work.Theyrangefromthe tinytothe gargan- anythingthatshe didn’t want to,but that per- tuan andtheyhavelong sorted andrecycled ourmess. haps she should explorethe opportunity be- Theyare the scavengers. Eachspecies has itsown pref- fore rejecting it. Muchtoher surprise, the erences (though some can be pretty eclectic). Take dung- young girlenjoyed the freedom that theatre beetles. An elephant poops likeaB-52 bomber,and, gave —evenifshe took alittle longertowarm within minutes, squadrons of dung-beetles arrive on the up to the artofacting itself. Since that time, sceneand plungeright in. Everyspecies of herbivore will Kanihasn’t run away from achallenge.She’s have at leastone species of dung beetle to clean up afterit. takenher owntime to accepteachone as it In fact, if it wasn’t fordung-beetles, Australia would have came, likeshe did with Sajin Baabu’s sunk under the weight of cattle dung, producedwhen Biriyaani,for whichshe has justwon theBest colonial settlers brought in cattle, because their native Actor(female) awardatthe 50th Kerala State kangaroo-dung-loving beetles couldn’t handle it. Had it Film Awards. And, when she makes adeci- notimportedcattle dung-loving beetles from all overthe sion, she says,she neverregretsit. globe, Australia would have had blowflyinfestations and In Biriyaani,the 35-year-old plays ayoung become the stinkiestcontinent in the world. woman namedKhadeeja who exactsanun- Ants, too, areveryefficient clean-up crews.While usual and drastic form of vengeance on aso- many species actively hunt, they will also swarm over ciety that stackseverything it canagainsther. corpses of dead insects andanimals, haulingthemaway Kani says that one of the reasonsshe was —either whole or in bits—to theirunderground hesitant, initially, to playthis role wasthat colonies. Howmanytimeshaveyou seenantsswarming whileshe understands the angerand frus- over adead lizardorcockroach, valiantly tuggingand trationthat motivatesKhadeeja, shefelt “dis- pulling,looking likeLilliputians trying to move Gulliver? tant” from the decisionsthat the character SRIJITHVIJAYAMOHAN We’reusuallydisgusted by thesight and sweep them up, makes over thecourse of the film. “Ourso- taughtatL’École Internationale de Théâtre the shortfilm, TheDiscreet Charm of the causing chaos amongthe antswhichwerejustdoing cial backgrounds areverydifferent and Ihave Jacques Lecoq in Paris, whereshe studied Savarnas,directed by satiristRajesh their job. privileges that she doesn’t. But when you’re from 2008 to 2009.She says that theatre Rajamani, whichbegan streaming on Reptiles and amphibians cleanupother creatures’ playing arole, it’s notnecessarythat you made her theactor that sheistodayand YouTubeinSeptember. leftovers, too. At the SultanpurNational Park,yearsago, agree with or even understand everything taught her that dedicated practice matters When Kani wonthe Kerala StateFilm we came across the carcass of anilgai that wasswarming that your character does.Otherwise, it just more, sometimes, than talent. Kani has been Awardafew days ago, shededicated it to PK withhugebullfrogs. Notonlydid they seemtobetucking gets boring,” she says,overthe phone from active in films forover10years, having made Rosy,Malayalam cinema’s firstwoman ac- into the carcass itself, but also the manybluebottle flies Goa, whereshe currently lives. Earlier this her debut in the Malayalam anthologyfilm torand firstDalit actor,who washounded thatbuzzed around it. Crocodilesalso oftencleanup month, the role had also fetchedher the best Kerala Cafe (2009).Small out of the statefor daring ●●● deadanimalslikehippos and wildebeestthat have actressaward at the fifthBRICS Film Festival, parts in Malayalam and to play an upper-caste drownedorhavediedofnaturalcauses,thus preventing whichwas held alongsidethe 42nd Moscow Tamil films followed. Her woman in her onlyfilm riverwater from beingdangerouslyfouled. International Film Festival. role as the mother of a Kani dedicated her Vigathakumaran (1928). Vultures, too, usedtoensurecleanliness until we Playing acharacter who is so farremoved pregnant teen in the Tamil Kerala State Film “It’s been so manyyears, startedtaking them down. With their incredible eyesight from one’s ownlife, is like “another life”, she shortfilm Maa (2018)by and very littlehas changed. says.Kani also remembers having doubts Sarjun KM is what con- Award to PK Rosy, During my years in theatre about certain scenes in the film that feature vincedBaabu to approach and in films,I’veseen so nudity. “When Sajin approachedmefor the ence. “Myfather is an atheistand mother an WRITINGHER her forher firstfull-length Malayalam cinema’s manycolleagues, who are role, Ifelt that it wasabit toomuch. Iknew agnostic, but forawhile, Iwas aproper be- OWN RULES role in Biriyaani. “Iwas fa- very talented andwork the ‘male gaze’ would be there. It’s unavoid- liever. Theyencouraged me to think, but they miliar with her work in hard, don’t getanaudition (Top) Kani Kusruti; a first woman actor able with male directors, sometimes even didn’t forcemetothink liketheydid,” Kani theatrealready,but in Maa, because of their back- with female directors. Iconsidered it for says.Her parentswanted her to connect with stillfrom Biriyaani she showedthe sparkthat and first Dalit actor ground,” she says. some time, then Sajin came backtome, say- people from all sections of society,sorather Iwas looking for,”hesays. Also on her mind is the ing that he had written that role with me in thansendher to an elite, alternative school — When theybegan shooting ●●● survivor of the high-profile mind. None of my previous roles had a likesomanyoftheirpeers were doing —they for Biriyaani,heknewhe abduction and assault case proper beginning, middleand end likethis sent hertoaMalayalam-medium school. had made the right choice. “She takesabout from February2017, whichrockedthe onedid, so Idecidedtolook at it as an oppor- Kani says that despitehaving grownupin three minutes to understand what the direc- Malayalam film industry. Kani had spoken tunity,” she says. suchanopen-mindedfamily, she spent torneeds, and then she’s internalisedthe at the time of the misogynythat she had en- This washow Kaniwas broughtup: to much of herchildhood sensitivetothe opin- character,” says thefilmmaker.Kani’s other counteredwithin the film industry.Inthe think things through and arrive at adecision ions of others and wasconflict-averse. “Ionly recent roles have been in Prashant Nair’s Tryst three years since then, she says,things have in her owntime. Her parents, social activists realisedasanadult whatgemsIhad in my with Destiny,whichwon best screenplayat improved alittle. “Thereismoresensitivity BERNARDDUPONT/WIKIMEDIACOMMONS and rationalists Maitreyanand Jayasree AK, parents,” she says. the Tribeca Film Festival this year and theto- andfilmsetsare slowlybecomingalittle UNSUNG HERO have nevermarried, an unusual thing even in Despiteher initial misgivings, Kani fell in be-releasedminiseries OK Computer,star- democratic. Films themselveshavechanged Adung beetle at work today’s Kerala, and theyraisedtheirdaugh- love with acting, particularly thephysical ring Radhika Apte andVijay Varma, which overthe last10years. The system is still very tertohavecomplete intellectual independ- styleknown as mimodynamics whichis will stream on Disney+Hotstar. She is also in muchinplace, but Ihavehope,” she says.

and sense of smell theycould home in on adead dog from miles away and swoop down, cleaning up the carcass in minutes. According to the lateornithologistSalim Ali, a flockof200vultures could clean up abuffalo carcass in 20 world, she dropped asecond EP, C.E.A.S.E. in minutes flat (it would, alas, be adeath sentence if that September.The secondEPhas four songs, buffalo had been dosedwith Diclofenac). Vultures kept Ballads for the in whichshe sings about the worldending the areas around villages clean. Their job has been largely in an apocalypse, with human beings ceas- takenupbyferal dogs, whose population has exploded, ing to exist. In these songs as well, Maskey’s along with cases of rabies. In the jungles, vultures clean up softvoice is accompanied by an acoustic the kills of big catsasdothose utterly reviledcanines, Lockdown guitar and, occasionally, aukulele. jackals and hyenas. Even big catsare notaverse to scav- The singer-songwriter learnt to play the enging:who’d risk ahunt if there’s abanquetalready laid guitar by holding it upside down, and this is out? The polar bear will happilyscavengeonthe carcass howshe plays even today. She wasabout 10 of aseal or whale if it is lucky enough to find one. The gentle melodies of AnoushkaMaskey’s songs yearsold when she pickedupher older In the oceans,werevile “bottom-feeders”, those crea- explore hard truths about the pandemic, loneliness and brotherAbhinash’s guitar and beganplay- tures thatlurknear thesea bed,snarfing up thedebrisof ing it by holdingitwrong side up. He didn’t deadcreatures gentlyshowering from above, such as life in achanging world correct her but taught her howtoplaylike when asharkgetstoworkontearing apart some unfor- aleft-handedperson. Maskey says that in- tunateseal.Manybottom-feeders eat deadvegetation terest in musicdevelopedbecause,when that lazily descends. And we,ofcourse, don’t want to eat Suanshu Khurana Titled Whole World in aBag and settoa theyweregrowing up,Abhinash would be them at all! Rightly or wrongly, the Vietnamese basahas folkish tune, the 23-year-old singer “blasting music” allday in the house. “He acquiredthis reputation. recorded thesong with aguitar. It waspro- would playthe guitar and Iwould hold onto In our citiesand towns,black kitesswoop down on IN MAY, as she washeadinghome to ducedbyher friend andcollaborator, something, pretending it wasamic, and roadkill.Weleave an outdoors restaurant table and Gangtok,Anoushka Maskey beganbrood- Mumbai-basedproducer PranayBakshi. sing in these hilarious jam sessions. He told within seconds aclean-up crew of crowswill have de- ing over theplight of the millions of home- Maskey herself wasplanning to move to me Icouldhit anote.SoIbegan to singand scended to clear up our plates.Inthe fields, mynasand ward-bound migrant workers who, unlike Mumbai in Augustthis year,she says,over the American folk stylejuststuckwith me,” other birds clean up what we arenolonger supposedto her, hadn’tbeen able to take the train. Her aZoom call from her home in Gangtok.But says Maskey,who lovedwritingpoetryand do in thefields everymorning.Wehave, in fact,changed ownjourneyfrom that prospectseemsvery shortstories as achild. ●●● the feeding habits of severalspecies of birds, thanksto Bengaluru, organisedby distantnow. Aftergraduating from Azim Premji the amount of garbagewegenerate. In Assam, theunder- the Sikkim government, Maskey never Theself-taught singer University,Bengaluru, in 2017,Maskey taker-likeGreater Adjutant storkhops ghoulishlyover had been bad enough, neverthought that her worked in event management,and began trashdumps on the outskirtsofcities like Guwahati. with chaos and crowds at thought that her firstmusical project, performing in local clubs. She metBakshi at Gulls, worldwide, nowswarm and scream over city everystation along the whichreleasedinAugust, agig in Bengaluru and theystarted making dumpsintheir thousands. Egrets, normallysoelegant train ride, but it seemed to first musical project would be made entirelyin music together.The twoare nowworking on and lacy white, can be moreoften found on garbage pale before the experi- her bedroom and “based their thirdrelease, asingle whichwill be out heaps: Iwas horrifiedtospotaflockofthem happily ence of thosewho had would be made on small stories and ele- in November. “Thistime youwill see acol- rootling away,their pristine plumagesoiled. Soon, these hadtowalkfor hundreds mentsfromthe lock- laboration,” says Maskey. Her next work is birds will have forgottenhow to fish. of kilometres to gethome entirely in her down”.From Fleshand likelytobeacommentaryoncontemporary Sadly,wehavescant respect forthese sanitisers.We duringthe lockdown. Bones,inwhichshe de- politicaland social issues. “We areplanning have specialdays and weeksand even months,when we Upon reaching the state’s bedroom scribes the lonelinessthat to explorealotmorerelevant themes in celebratetigers, elephants, rhinoceros, butterflies and quarantine facility after manyexperiencedduring SIX STRINGS if it wasn’t forthe lockdown. Iwas locked times to come,” says Maskey. dragonflies, focusingour attention on their well-being. twodays on the train, ●●● the pandemic, to AND ASONG up in my Bengaluruapartmentinitially and The singer wasborn Anoushka But we deem the specialistclean-up crewsdirtyand Maskey wrote: Trampoline in whichshe these pieces were literallymyemotions Shreshtha, although Maskey is alsoafam- AnoushkaMaskey cowardly (becausetheydon’thunt). It’shigh time that It’s along walk home/Past afew more talksabout struggling withthe idea of translatedintosongs. Being with myself ilyname. She prefers to be known as we acknowledge theircontributiontoour health and sunsets/ Open roads to roam/ Making beds of changeand howlifecan slip by,unnoticed, brought out little thingsthat Iwouldnot “Anoushka Maskey” to her fans because she well-being.Perhaps,wecan startby, at leastonce ayear, pavements/ No,there'snosign of aid when the 10 songsonher debut EP, Things ISaw in have normally noticed,” says Maskey. thinksit’s abetterstage name, forwhen celebrating the dayofthe jackal. shewakes up/ Her whole world in abag that aDream,showcase Maskey as asongwriting As soon as she begantofind fans on she’s finally able to perform before aliveau- shepacked up/ Notaglimpse of humanityshe talent to watchout for. Instagram and YouTubefor the firstEP, with dience. “Fornow,Iwill sing from the bed- sees/ Even in death, no dignity “Things ISaw in aDream would notexist appreciation coming from around the room,”she says.

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estlevel.Ihaveseen(MS)Dhoni’sbattinginthis Youbecome abettercricketer with expe- IPL.To me,theproblemareasarehistimingand PhysicallyDhoni is still very fit. rience. But as your fitness graduallywanes, reflexes. If aplayerisnot totallymatchfit, his Nobody is unfit, when he is youhead towardsretirement. From abats- timing and reflexesget slower. Dhoni needs to man’s perspective,Testcricket is still easier assesshimself.Self-assessmentiswhatyoudo playing at this level. Iam foranolder player. Youneedthe stamina to constantlyaslongasyouare playingthegame. talking about his matchfitness. stay at the crease for40overs without the Dhoni has come to this IPL afteralong pressureofscoring runs. But the bhaag-daur lay-off. He didn’t have anygame time com- (hurly-burly)oflimited-overs cricket makes ingintothis IPL. And hereiswherethe prob- Icould have continuedasaninternational things moredifficult. Iplayedcricket with lem lies. It’s noteasy to become matchfit and cricketer even afterthe 1996 WorldCup. But I my brain. If youuse your brain, youcan play Javed Miandad getintothe groove,coming from suchalong decidedthatitwastherighttimeto callitquits. irrespective of your age. Maybe, youwon’t lay-off. ForaplayerofDhoni’s age, it becomes Also,afterplayingthegameforsuchalongtime, be the playeryou usedtobe, but youwould even moredifficult. Dhoni needs to make boredom had setin–the monotony of going still be pretty useful. JavedMiandad, whose himself match-fit enough. through the dailyroutine likegetting up early, My suggestion to Dhoni will beto increase Physically, Dhoni is still very fit. Nobody going forjogging etc. his exercise drills and batting time at the nets. powers were on the wane is unfit, when he is playing at this level. I As abatsman, youhavetohavethe range If he is doing 20 sit-ups (for example), he can am talking about his matchfitness. What I to place the ball perfectly. Sunil Gavaskar increase it to 30. If he is doing five sprints, he during the lastofhis six have seen, his body positions were not could do that. Gundappa Viswanath could do can increase it to eight. If he is spending an WorldCups in 1996, on right forcertain shots. that. Sachin Tendulkar could do that. Virat hour at the nets forbatting practice, he can This is areason whyheisstruggling with Kohli can do that. Your physical ability de- increase it to twohours. It’s notnecessarythat whythe CSK skipper is his timing. There’s absolutelynotechnical is- clines with your age. What our parentscould youhavetodoitatastretch.You can do it in sues with his batting. Dhoni justneeds to do when theywereyoung, theycan’t do that parts.You can do it in three sessions –morn- struggling with the bat. makehimself alittle morematch-fit. when theyare old. ing, afternoon and evening. Dhoni knows this WhenIplayedthe1996WorldCup,Iknew Their body doesn’t permit. Same with and maybe, he is already doing that. CRICKET IS about fitness. Especiallymatchfit- Icouldn’tplaylikeayoungster. SoIhadto adjust cricket.You keep assessing your body,onyour Dhoni has achievedeverything in cricket. ness.Your physical ability is inverselypropor- my battingaccordingly.Hittingboundariesand ownand also medically. If required,you can Hedoesn’tneedtoprove anythingto anyone.It tionalto yourage.Asyougrowolder,yourphys- sixesisabouttimingtheballwellandyourabil- take vitamins to keep your energy levelhigh, needsto beseenif thehungerstillburnsatthis MS Dhoni has scored just136 runs from nine games he has playedthis season. He icallyability goes down and youmustwork ity to pickthe gaps. At the 1996 WorldCup, I to help yougothrough the rigours of matches stageofhis career. averages 27.20 at astrikerateof132.03 with 47 being his highestscore. PTI harder on your fitness to getgoing at the high- concentratedmoreonplacementto scoreruns. or atournament. ASTOLDTOSHAMIKCHAKRABARTY BRIEFLY India to play Santosendscontract NomountaintootallforAB D/N Test in withRobinhoafter Adelaide: sponsorcomplaints South African is RCB’s saviour again as Rajasthan have win snatchedfromtheir grasp

Kalyani: BraziliansoccerteamSantoshas SYNOPSIS Ganguly suspendedanewly-signedcontractwith international star Robinho afteraspon- Synopsis: ABD putshis cape on sor made reference to the player's past afterSteve Smith powers the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sexual assault case and cut itsties with Royals. KOLKATA,OCTOBER17 the club. “Santos and Robinho have by mutual agreement resolvedtosuspend THE FIRSTIndia-Australia Test matchwill be thecontractsignedon10Octobersothat VISHALMENON apink-ball affair,tobeplayedunder lightsin playercanconcentrateexclusively onhis OCTOBER 17 Adelaide, BCCI president Sourav Gangulyhas courtdefense in Italy,”the club said in a confirmed. India’s tour of Australia will com- statement postedonTwitter on Friday. RAJASTHAN Royals captain SteveSmith mence in November-end –three T20 inter- In2017,theformerManchesterCityfor- probablymissedatrickbynot bringing on nationals and as manyODIs will be followed ward wassentencedbyanItalian court JofraArcher in the penultimateoverofthe by four Tests. to nine years in prison forhis involve- chase. Instead, Smith handedthe ball to “Cricket Australia has sent us an itinerary. mentintherapeof a22-year-oldwoman JaydevUnadkat, who wastorn apartbythe We will playthree T20Is, three ODIs and four at anightclub in 2013.Robinho has ap- belligerent AB de Villiers. The left-arm Teststhere. The firstTestwill be aday-night pealedthe ruling and the case is contin- seamer conceded25runs in the 19th over, game in Adelaide. The dates haven’t been fi- uing.The36-year-oldRobinhobeganhis as the tide of the matchturneddramati- nalisedyet,” Gangulytold The SundayExpress careeratSantosbefore starringwithReal cally-from35neededoff 12 deliveries to afterthe BCCI’s ApexCouncil meeting on Madrid, ManchesterCity and AC Milan, 10 from the final over.Itwas onlyfitting Saturday. The meeting washeld via video con- among other clubs. This wastobehis that de Villiers sealedthe matchwith a ference, with the BCCI president attending it thirdstint with Santo. Agroup of six re- soaring six offArcher as RoyalChallengers from Kolkata. serves will also travel to NewZealand to Bangalorescaledthe target of 178with two The meeting also discussedthe plans to help preparethe test squad during a balls to spare. organise domestic cricket this season against quarantine period and training campas the backdrop of aCovid surge in the country. well as coverfor injuries. ABD putshis cape on As of now, the BCCI hopes to have atruncated RoyalChallengers looked likesliding to domestic season. “It might notbepossible to their second successive defeat. But when hold all the tournamentsfor practical reasons. Bravoin,Hopeoutof de Villiers is at the crease, no cause seems But we hope to have afull-fledged Ranji WIindiesTestsquad lost. On aslow, tackyDubai pitch, on which Trophyfromearly Januaryand at leastone his team-mates struggledwith their tim- RCB’s AB de Villiers smashed6sixes on his waytoaquickfire55* offjust22balls. PTI limited-overs tournament,” Gangulysaid. The Left-handedbatsmen DarrenBravo and ing and placement, the South African BCCI has twopremier men’s limited-overs ShimronHetmyerandallrounderKeemo looked to be batting in aparallel universe. tournamentsatsenior level–the VijayHazare PaularebackintheWestIndiestestsquad He has made it ahabit of getting his team had pegged them backwith the scoreread- Trophy(50 overs) and the Syed Mushtaq Ali foratwo-matchseries in NewZealand pastthe finish line through spectacular acts ing 69/3 in the 8th over.Unlikeinprevious DHAWANSIZZLES,AXARSEALSITWITHTHREESIXES Trophy(T20). butShaiHopehasbeendropped.Bravo's of individual brilliance. It wasastaggering matches, Smith had time to getintohis Gangulyhad earlier informedthe stateas- highesttestscoreof218 cameinDunedin, assault on Unadkat in the 19th over,in groove.Hescored 16 off15deliveries be- sociations and affiliated unitsthat the Indian NewZealand in 2013.Hope, aveteran of whichdeVilliers smoked three consecutive fore picking up the ante, racing to his first TWOLEFT-HANDERS, Shikhar Dhawan Dhonihimself,andon90by AmbatiRayudu cricket team “will continue to fulfil itsFTP 34 tests, has had apoor recent run in test sixes, that brought RCBbackinthe contest. fiftyinseven innings. Acouple of outlandish andAxarPatel, were in the lastoverwith –all three were regulation chances. commitments”, while stating that the Board cricket.He's averaged 19.48since His unbeaten 55 wasalso praiseworthy for reverse sweeps againstYuzvendraChahal Delhi Capitals needing 17 runs and MS Irrespective of those reprieves, it wasa would wait forthe coronavirus situation in the December 2017 and just14.45 since the manner in whichheshepherdeda stood out. Without Smith’s 36-ball 57,the Dhoni’s best option Dwayne Bravooff the very good knockfromDhawanasright countrytoget better before starting the do- February2019, lowering his career test struggling Gurkeerat Mann through the Royals would have struggledtoregister field with aniggle. That leftthe Chennai through his whirlwind knock, he would mestic season. “The BCCI and the Indian averageto26.27. Agroup of six reserves business end of the chase. 177/6, whichlooked likeamatch-winning Super Kings captain with either leg-spin- have known the chase would bederailedif cricket team will continue to fulfil itsFTP com- will also travel to NewZealand to help scoreatthe halfway stage. ner Karn Sharma or RavindraJadeja and he got out. He had aclear idea about his mitments. The senior Indian men’s team will preparethe test squad during aquaran- Smith powers Royals Dhoni,understandably, wentwiththeleft- scoring areas, had the skill to find gaps, and travel to Australia forits series starting in tine period and training campaswell as Since starting the tournament with two Morris, leader of the pack arm spinner.Sharma would have been a wentatitwithclinicalprecision.No oneelse December this year and will come backtothe coverfor injuries. successive half-centuries, Smith had looked South African pacers have been areve- gamble with his slowish leg-breaksand couldfindanytiming,noonehadhisintent, countryfor aseries againstEngland starting strangelysubdued. The consistency,which lation in this IPL .Delhi Capitals have pros- Jadeja wasthe safer option, though more andnoonecouldreallycometo termswith in Februarynextyear,” he had written in his has been his hallmarkirrespective of the pered with Kagiso Rabada and the lightning predictable.Dhoniperhapsthoughtthatif aslowingpitch.ApartfromPatel,of course, letter in August. Virusderails3tennis format, wasmissing. In eachofthe subse- pace of AnrichNortje. RoyalChallengers Dhawanwent offstrike, Jadeja’s quickish rightinthe end. With regardstodomestic cricket, events inCanada quent six innings, the Aussie looked alittle have realisedthat Chris Morris is acaptain’s and accurateballs full outside-offstump Earlier,Jadeja slammeda13-ball 33 to Ganguly’s letter had stated:“In the domestic tooeager to stamphis presence on the delight. He bowlswell with the newball could do the trickfor him. launchCSK to 179for 4as45runs came in cricket context, we arecurrentlyinthe offsea- Toronto: Tennis Canada has postponed game. This uncharacteristicallyhurriedap- and can unleash yorkers at will in the death As it turnedout, Dhawandid getoff strike the lastthree overs. He took on newcomer son and the BCCI is making all effortstoen- three Challenger proeventsbecause proachhad proved to be his undoing. Fora overs. On Saturday, he fulfilledthe twin firstball but Axar kept swinging the white Tushar Deshpande and arguablythe best surethat domestic cricket resumes as and of the COVID-19pandemic.The organ- batsman with his quirks,Smith needs time roles to anicety.Heprisedout four key ballintothenightskyasCapitalsoverhauled pace duo in the competition –Kagiso when the conditions permit. The health and ization announcedFridaythat the at the crease before he can shiftgears. wickets-Ben Stokes in the Powerplay, Jos 179/4 with aball to spareand regainedtop Rabada and AnrichNortje –tohelp posta safetyofplayers and all others involvedindo- Calgary, Alberta,and Drummondville, So, dropping himself from the opener’s Buttler in the middle overs, and Smith and spotfor the moment. decent total. mestic cricket is of utmostimportance to BCCI Quebec, National Bank Challenger slottothe no.4 position wasastepinthe JofraArcher in the final over -inwhichhe Axar didn’t panic and reeledoff three BRIEF SCORES: CSK 179/4 in 20 overs and we areconstantlymonitoring all aspects.” men's eventsand the Fredericton, New right direction. When he walked out to bat concededjustfour runs. sixes down the ground to settle the issue. (du Plessis 58, Rayudu 45 notout;Nortje The BCCI is optimistic about hosting Brunswick, women's event areoff the againstthe RoyalChallengers, Smith’s team BRIEF SCORES: RoyalChallengers The real blame, though, mustrestwith the 2/44) losttoDC185/5 in 19.5 overs England foraTestseries early next year and schedule.The Calgaryevent was wasinaspotofbother.Sureenough, they Bangalore179 for3(de Villiers 55*, Kohli butter-fingered CSK fielders who gave (Dhawan101 notout;Deepak Chahar as Gangulyinformed, no backupvenue has scheduledfor February; Fredericton had got the requisitemomentum, courtesy 43, Padikkal 35)beat Rajasthan Royals 177 Dhawanthree definitereprieves. He was 2/18) by 5wickets. been pickedyet.“It’s still four months away. and Drummondville were slated for Robin Uthappa’s blitzkrieg, but the quick for6(Smith 57,Uthappa 41,Morris 4-26, droppedon25byDeepakChahar,on50by SRIRAMVEERA We will take acall in due course,” he said. March.Challenger eventsoffer oppor- dismissals of Uthappa and Sanju Samson Chahal 2-34) by sevenwickets. tunities forproswho can't getinto tour-levelevents. Liverpool denied by VAR in derby draw Ron in public row with minister

Zverev,BautistaAgut ROME: CristianoRonaldo got involvedina Everything Idid wasauthorised.” reachColognesemis Andy Robertson. Liverpool sufferedablow public rowwith Italy’s sports ministeron The 35-year-old Ronaldo tested positive REUTERS eight minutes later when defender VanDijk Fridayasthe pair indirectlyaccusedeach forCOVID-19onTuesdaywhile he waswith Cologne: Top-seededAlexander Zverev LIVERPOOL,OCTOBER17 went down and had to be substituted aftera other of lying over whether the Portugal in- the Portugal squad and flewbackinaprivate advancedtothe Cologne Indoors semi- recklesschallengefromEvertonkeeperJordan ternational had broken health rules after jetthe following day. “Theysaid Ibroke finals by beating Lloyd Harris of South CHAMPIONS LIVERPOOL were foiledbyVAR Pickford. Evertontook advantageofthe testing positive forCOVID-19. Italian lawand this and that... it’s all lies, Idid Africa 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. Zverev wasleading as theywereheld to a2-2 Premier League Dutchman’s absence, when, from acorner, Vincenzo Spadaforasaid on Thursdaythe everything properly,” he added. 6-4, 1-0 but droppedtwo of his four derbydrawwith EvertonatGoodison Park on Michael Keane rose at the near posttopower Juventus forwardmight have infringed the “Wedid everything the right way--leav- service games as Harris forcedthe third Saturdayafter alateeffortfromJordan aheaderpastAdrian.Liverpoolwere ontopfor rules by flying backtoItaly from national ing the (Portugal) team, in the air ambulance, set. He reboundedasHarris struggled Henderson wasruledout. long stretches and MohamedSalahrestored team duty in Portugal afterhetestedposi- arriving in Turin... Idid nothavecontact with with aleg injuryand he closedout the Evertonremainedtopof thetableon13 points, Reds’ boss JurgenKlopp waslivid with the their lead in the 72nd minute, pouncing on a tive forthe virus earlier this week. anyone.” Spadaforalater repliedinaninter- matchin1hour,46minutes. The sev- three ahead of Liverpool, afteranincident- VARcalls takenonSaturday. Reuters headedclearancefromYerryMinaanddrilling But in asocial media postonFriday, viewwith the Italian news agency Ansa. “The enth-ranked Zverev next faces packedend to the 237th Merseyside derby. adrive pastPickfordfor his 100th goal forthe Ronaldo hit backand said he had done fame and skill of certain players does noten- AlejandroDavidovichFokina. The The game waslockedat2-2 afterDominic club. Everton’s Brazilian forwardRicharlison everything by the book.“Agentlemen here title them to be arrogant, disrespectful to the Spaniarddefeated Dennis Novak6-3, Calvert-Lewin’s 10th goal of the season in all ment, theysufferedaninjurytokey defender wassent offinthe 90th minuteafter awild in Italy, whose name Iwon’t mention, said I institutions and to lie,” he said. 2-6, 6-3. Zverev is looking forhis first competitionshadbroughtEvertonlevelinthe VirgilvanDijkwhichforcedtheDutchmanout challengeonThiagoAlcantara. didn’t obey the protocol -that’s simplyalie,” “On the contrary, the morewell known title of the year and his thirdinhis na- 81st minute. But in stoppagetime, Thiago of thegameinthe11thminute.Liverpoolwere Then came the VARdrama that left said Ronaldo in an Instagram postfromhis youare,the moreyou should feel the respon- tive Germanyfollowing victories at the AlcantarafoundSadioManewithacleverpass humiliated 7-2 by AstonVilla justbeforethe Liverpool manager JuergenKlopp bemused. Turin villa, whereheisinquarantine and sibility of thinking before speaking and set- clay-courtMunichtournament in 2017 and the Senagalese’s lowcross wasturnedin international break but theyquicklyset about “I’veseen the disallowedgoal at the end asymptomatic. ting agood example.itagain and Irepeat my and 2018. ASSOCIATEDPRESS by Henderson,onlyforVARtofindthenarrow- putting things right when Mane scored in the and in the pictureIsaw it wasn’t offside. Can “I followedall the protocols and Iwill con- wish that everyone who has tested positive estofoffsides.To addto Liverpool’sdisappoint- thirdminute, firing home alow cross from someone explain that to me?,” he said. tinue to followthem, my conscience is clear.... recovers quickly.” REUTERS

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