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There were vertical and Tuesday morning about his before it was expected to soft keen interest in weather mon- horizontal lines with each contribution. “The Lunar land on Moon, was an impos- itoring, said he spent four to six square marking an area of one Reconnaissance Orbiter sible task until Indian amateur hours a day over the last cou- square kilometre. Camera team released the first space scientist Shanmuga ple of month closely analysing Subramanian zeroed in on mosaic (acquired Sept. 17) of Subramanian located it the images. the exact spot where the lander the site on Sept. 26 and by sift the images from “While I was initially not ended up after getting out of many people have downloaded the ISRO’s Moon orbiting sure where to look, later I control and identified the the mosaic to search for signs spacecraft. found the intended landing debris of Vikram from the dif- of Vikram. Thirty-three-year-old site of Vikram Lander and ferences in the two pictures “Subramanian contacted Subramanian’s effort in locat- started looking in the provided by the NASA, one the LRO project with a positive ing the site of the debris was adjacent squares for differ- before the crash-land and the identification of debris. After acknowledged by NASA. ences,” he said. other after it got disintegrated receiving this tip, the LROC Madurai-born mechanical The data and information and fell on the lunar surface. team confirmed the identifica- engineer and app developer, he had collected from multiple The images of NASA were tion by comparing before and Subramanian, tweeted, sources that the crash landing taken by its Lunar after images. When the images $ )$)    “NASA has credited me for must have happened to the Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) for the first mosaic were finding Vikram Lander on north of the intended landing that flew over the area where acquired the impact point was found the impact site Moon’s surface.” site came handy for his probe. Vikram was expected to make poorly illuminated and thus not (70.8810°S, 22.7840°E, 834 m Subramanian, who works This led him to further narrow its landing. “LRO flew over the easily identifiable. Two subse- elevation) and associated debris as an IT engineer in a Chennai down the area of search and area on September 17 and quent image sequences were field. The November mosaic company, said he spent hours ultimately pinpoint the NASA released the images acquired on October 14 and 15, had the best pixel scale (0.7 going through the images taken spot where the debris from through a blog on September and November 11. The LROC meter) and lighting conditions by NASA’s Moon orbiting Vikram fell down. 29,” said Subramanian. team scoured the surrounding (72° incidence angle),” the '  Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter The images were of rough- The NASA in apprecia- area in these new mosaics and NASA said. $')                        !! 70 8+ 9 ,    ing the annual Press conference nder financial distress, a 546,4#0+ on the eve of the Navy Day, he U45-year-old man, his wife said the Navy’s budget has and another woman allegedly xpressing concern over the come down from 18 per cent of jumped to their death from Eshrinking budget of the the overall defence allocation in the eighth floor of their build- Navy over the years and its 2012-13 to below 13 per cent in ing in Indirapuram after the impact on modernisation and the current fiscal. The capital couple killed their teenage son acquisitions, Navy chief allocation for the Navy is now and daughter, police said Admiral Karambir Singh said 23,156.43 crore while the IAF on Tuesday. here on Tuesday the force has got the highest amount totaling The man identified as busi- approached the Government 39,302.64 crore followed by nessman Gulshan Vasudeva, and “hope to get some money” the Army 29,461.25 crore. his wife Praveen and their so that maritime interest of the On how the Navy plans to manager (work partner) Sanjana lived with the couple where they were declared nation was not compromised. get over the resource crunch   #$      $  %     #' () %(* Sanjana jumped to their death and a possibility of a quarrel brought dead,” said the SP. Making this assertion dur- given the state of economy, in the early hours of Tuesday. over an extramarital affair can- Police said Gulshan faced Singh said, “Our planning is craft carriers with two of them Take Off But Arrested “The couple killed their not be ruled out. Though ini- financial problems as Rakesh, done keeping our requirements always operational. At present, Recovery (CATOBAR) and full son Hritik (14) and daughter tial probe suggest that Sanjana a resident of Shalimar Garden and funds in mind. We will pri- India has only one such carri- electric propulsion. Hritika (17) by injecting them was second wife of Gulshan but in Sahibabad, had taken 2     otise our requirements.” er, INS Vikramaditya. While He also said the Defence with poisonous substance on their family members denied crore from him to invest in real In August also, Singh had hopeful that INS Vikrant will Research Development Monday night. They also killed it,” said a senior police official. estate but failed to hand over lamented over the reduced be operational by 2022, he Organisation (DRDO) has their pet rabbit,” said Maneesh “Police has recovered a the property. allocation and said long-term also advocated for a second offered to develop a new twin Mishra, Ghaziabad City suicide note. They also found Police said whenever     budgetary support was a must indigenously designed and engine deck based fighter for Superintendent of Police (SP). a few lines written on the walls Gulshan asked him for the to build naval capacities and manufactured aircraft carrier. the Navy based on the experi- Police said Hritika was by the children. The family has money, he would give cheques capabilities. Singh said they are prepar- ence of the Naval Light Combat pursuing a fashion designing held Rakesh Verma, brother- to him which would bounce. Despite resource crunch, ing the case and finalising the Aircraft (LCA) and it should be course while Hritik was study- in-law, responsible for the Gulshan had also lodged     !"!" the first indigenously designed requirements after which they ready by 2026, he said. ing in Class IX. “The incident extreme step. an FIR in 2015 against Rakesh and manufactured aircraft car- would go to the Government “The Qualitative took place after an altercation The family had also past- at Sahibabad Police Station  546,4#0+ The Chinese ship sailed away rier INS Vikrant (IAC-I), now for Acceptance of Necessity Requirements (QR) are being between the man, his wife and ed 500 notes on the wall and after which he along with his from the Indian EEZ after the under construction at Cochin (AoN) after which design con- made. They said they should be manager (working partner) wrote that they all should be mother were jailed, said the SP. autious over China’s grow- Navy’s warning. shipyard, will be operational by sultancy would be taken up to able to push it out by 2026. If over a monetary dispute cremated together. The room “The prime suspect, Cing military prowess and Asked if the Chinese ship 2022, Singh said. decide the exact contours. As of it meets our time and QR involving more than 2 crore,” has been sealed for forensic Rakesh, is absconding. Police its Navy making forays into the Shi Yan I was on a spying mis- He also said as the Navy now the Navy envisaged the requirements we will definite- said the SP. examination. The man, his teams have been formed to Indian Ocean, India has not sion in the Indian Ocean chief he was convinced that proposed carrier to be 65,000 ly take it,” he said. “During initial investiga- wife and the other woman trace the suspect,” said the invited its eastern neighbour region, Singh said the Chinese India needed at least three air- tonnes with Catapult Assisted Continued on Page 4 tion, it was revealed that were admitted to hospital police officer. for a mega international naval ships carry out deep sea min- exercise “Milan” next year. ing in certain areas and are also Navy chief Admiral Karambir engaged in research and satel- Singh said here on Tuesday lite launch operations. “At least that only like-minded nations seven to eight ships are always are invited for the event. present in the Indian Ocean He also said the Indian region for anti-piracy opera- Navy recently asked a Chinese tions,” he said, while address- research vessel to leave after it ing the annual Press confer- was found in the Indian waters ence on the eve of the Navy  546,4#0+ near Port Blair, Andaman and Day on Wednesday. Nicobar Islands. “Our stand is Like India, China also is   546,4#0+=#;$'5<6 ays after Congress leader that if you have to work in our part of the international DPriyanka Gandhi suffered Exclusive Economic Zone effort to check sea piracy in the enior advocate Rajeev a security breach at her Delhi      :;:9 + repay loans taken for the new (EEZ) then you have to take Gulf of Aden. SDhavan, who represented residence, Home Minister Amit projects. Later, today, we will be our permission,” Singh said. Continued on Page 4 Muslim parties in the Ram Shah on Tuesday said a high- n line with a similar indica- reviewing the whole thing. We Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid level enquiry has been ordered Ition given by Chief Minister would like to ascertain the title dispute case, on Tuesday into the matter and three secu- two days stages of implementation of  said he has been sacked from rity men have already been ago, senior NCP Minister various projects, whether further appearance and is no suspended. Jayant Patil said here on investments have been made longer involved in the plea for Speaking about the inci- Tuesday that the Maha Vikas properly and if loans could be    a review of the November 9 dent during a debate on the Aghadi (MVA) Government obtained at lower rate of inter-       Supreme Court verdict. Special Protection Group was examining the need to put ests,” Patil said.      Dhavan took to Facebook (SPG) Amendment Bill in the on hold some mega projects, “Some big projects are        to disclose that he has been Rajya Sabha, Shah said the including the Mumbai- needed in the larger interests of         #;$'5<6=5<+, removed from participation in security breach at Priyanka Ahmedabad Bullet train pro- . On the other       the Ayodhya case on the “non- Gandhi’s residence was an ject, in view of the staggering hand, we are considering if we          he Uttar Pradesh sensical” ground that he is “unlikely coincidence” as the +       $  6.71 lakh crore debt burden can put on hold some projects  !    "   " TGovernment on Tuesday unwell. “Just been sacked from personnel there were informed ,-$)    .  on the State exchequer. like Bullet train,” Patil said. #$ %&'O  ) approved the construction of the Babri case by AOR that her brother, Rahul Gandhi, $  %    () %(* Talking to mediapersons Charging that the previous an extension line of the Noida- (Advocate on Record) Ejaz would be visiting in a black ahead of a meeting called by the BJP-led Devendra Fadnavis    Greater Noida Metro at a cost Maqbool who was representing “Tata Safari” SUV. According to the Home Chief Minister to review the Government did not imple-   of 2,682 crore. The 14.95 km the Jamiat. Have sent formal Instead, a few Congress Minister, Rahul was scheduled viability of go-ahead with mega ment farm loan waiver scheme  * +,!   extension link will run between letter accepting the “sacking” workers from Meerut in Uttar to visit his sister Priyanka at the infrastructure projects, Patil, properly, Patil said, “The farm-      Noida Sector 71 and Greater without demur. No longer Pradesh came in a similar vehi- time, and when a black Tata who is tipped to be the Finance ers across the State are feeling $ "   " !  Noida Knowledge Park-V, con- involved in the review or the cle and were allowed into the Safari drove in no one stopped Minister in the MVA that they were taken for a ride !  "  " necting the twin cities, officials case,” he wrote. house, he said. it. “The car had Congress Government, said, “I have had by the previous Government.     ./ of the Noida Metro Rail “I have been informed that Shah sought to clarify on worker Sharda Tyagi and three a cursory look at the State’s We in the new Government  0    Corporation (NMRC) said. Mr Madani has indicated that what the Congress called a others in it, instead of Rahul finances. I see the State have gauged the sentiments of  !      The decision in this regard I was removed from the case massive security breach, when Gandhi,” Shah said. Government has debt of 4.71 the farmers in this regard. We !   //  was taken at a Cabinet meeting because I was unwell. This is on November 25 a car with a “So the car got in without crore. In addition, the State are looking at ways to extensive   ) chaired by Chief Minister Yogi total nonsense. He has a right family drove into Priyanka security checks. This kind of Government has an obligation relief to farmers affected by Adityanath. The project is to instruct his lawyer AOR Ejaz Gandhi’s home in Delhi with- coincidence never happens but opposing the parivaar (family), to clear loans amounting to 2 unseasonal rain and conse-      expected to be completed in the Maqbool to sack me which he out being stopped. still we ordered an enquiry and but parivaar-vaad (nepotism). lakh taken by it to execute var- quent floods in the State. The   ! next three years. The new rail did on instructions. But the The Congress walked out suspended three officers who India’s democracy cannot run ious infrastructure projects”. previous Government had "# +   #   will connect the densely pop- reason being floated is mali- of the Rajya Sabha saying it is were on duty. We did not want like this. Why talk of only the “We will have to see as to given assurances to the farm-        ulated areas of Gaur City and cious and untrue,” Dhavan said dissatisfied with the Home even a 0.001 per cent chance,” security of the Gandhi family? what will be the viability of var- ers without considering facts  !   1  Noida Extension to the Aqua on the social networking site. Minister’s reply on the said the Home Minister. The security of 130 crore ious projects taken up by the and figures. That’s why we %  , 21%,3  Line and the adjoining Blue Arshad Madani is president of amendment to the SPG Act. Shah said changes in the Indians, including the Gandhi State Government and what would like to review everything  ) Line metro network, which the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. The Bill was passed by the Lok SPG Act were not meant to tar- family, is the Government’s kind of responsibility that the and take proper measures.” connects Noida with Delhi. Continued on Page 4 Sabha on November 27. get one family. “We are not responsibility,” he said. State Government will take to Continued on Page 4    !"#$%   546,4#0+ and there should not be "a party politics" on it. However, ome Minister Amit Shah BJP MP Neeraj Shekhar, who Hon Tuesday rejected the himself was a SPG protectee for Opposition’s charge of political 11 years, being the son for for- vendetta in the amendments in mer Prime Minister Chandra  546,4#0+ breach at their home, Robert SPG Bill. The Rajya Sabha Shekhar, said there was no Vadra answered in the negative passed the Bill to amend the need for such a cover for the ongress leader Priyanka and said "whatever they want Act governing the elite-SPG family of ex-prime ministers. CGandhi Vadra’s husband to do, they do". The threat per- with Congress walking out of While A Navaneetha Robert Vadra on Tuesday ception everyone knows is the House saying it was dis- Krishnan of AIDMK support- described as a "very big" secu- very sensitive but nobody is satisfied with the Home ed the bill, saying a reasonable rity lapse the incident of looking at it, he alleged. Minister's reply. decision has been taken by the unidentified people driving Earlier, in a Facebook post, "The Gandhi family has the Centre, SP's Ram Gopal Yadav up to the porch of their home Robert Vadra claimed that same security as the Defence said the definition of security last week, and alleged that the security throughout the coun- Minister, Home Minister, Vice threats changes with the change removal of the Gandhi fami- try is compromised. "It is not President and President. They of government. ly's SPG cover was a "political" about the security for have been given personnel who "People should not feel move. Congress general sec- Priyanka, my daughter and have been in the SPG, Shah +       $ ,-$)     that this has been done for vin- retary's office has taken up the son or me or the Gandhi fam- said, adding, "SPG is now only .  $  %    #' () %(* dictive politics," said Yadav, issue of the November 26 ily. It's about keeping our cit- for the Prime Minister of the adding that the home minister security breach with the said it was a "very big lapse", Venugopal saying the izens especially the women of country. including PV Narasimha Rao, family residing with him at his should "use his conscience" Central Reserve Police Force. but he would like to emphasise Government should not put our country, safe and secure," "If the time comes, even IK Gujral, Chandra Shekhar, official residence", as well as before deciding on threat per- "Our security is not more on the safety of women someone's life in danger for he said. (Prime Minister Narendra) HD Deve Gowda and recently any former Prime Minister ceptions. important as much as the in the country. "The "settling cheap political scores". "Security throughout the Modi-ji won't be entitled to Manmohan Singh were under- and members of his immediate Introducing the Special security of the women in the Government would know why "The massive security breach country is compromised. Girls SPG after five years. He is taken. family "residing with him at the Protection Group country. The Government they took the call to remove at the residence of Priyanka are being molested/raped, entitled only to five years of Replying to the Left's residence allotted to him for a (Amendment) Bill, 2019, should think about it at the the SPG cover. Whatever they Gandhi Vadra proves that with What society are we creating SPG after his term ends," said charge of BJP acting with polit- period of five years, from the Union Minister of State for national and State level. Our do we will face it. People of the the withdrawal of SPG pro- ?" he asked, adding that the Amit Shah, defending the move ical vendetta, he said 120 work- date he ceases to hold the Home G Kishan Reddy said it security and of our children is country are with us and they tection, Modi and Shah security of every citizen is the to replace the Gandhis' elite ers of BJP and RSS have been office of Prime Minister" to be was raised to protect the prime on second level, we have to will give us security," he said. together have put the lives of Government's responsibility. SPG cover with Z-plus secu- killed in Kerala. given SPG cover. minister and his immediate think about the security of Several senior Congress our leaders at risk," he said in "If we are not safe in our own rity. Shah also pointed there The passage of the amend- Participating in the debate, family members only and was women first," Robert Vadra leaders also expressed concern a tweet. country, our homes, not safe was no discussion when secu- ments to the SPG Act will pave Congress MP Vivek Tankha later extended to relatives of the told reporters. over the alleged security On whether there was any on roads, not safe in the day or rity cover reviews with respect the way for only the Prime said everyone wants the former Prime Ministers Asked about the security breach with AICC general response from the Home at night, where and when are to former Prime Ministers Minister and his "immediate Gandhi family to be protected through amendments. breach at their residence, he secretary, organisation, K C Ministry over the security we safe," he asked. /0%   /-                 -')  $     546,4#0+  546,4#0+ 9     ok Sabha members :    D   546,4#0+ Ldemanded on Tuesday that demand to exhume and the Bill seeking to regulate Abring back remains of  " ok Sabha on Tuesday wit- ship-breaking in India be dis- Maharajah Duleep Singh, the Lnessed sparring between cussed in detail to ensure it has last ruler of the Sikh empire,    BJP and Congress over adequate measures to reduce from his grave in the English     Congress Leader Adhir Ranjan the impact on the environment, countryside, was made in Rajya Chowdhury terming Finance saying that India should not a Sabha on Tuesday. !  !> Minister Nirmala Sitaraman dumping area of foreign ship- Raising the matter through   as "Nirbala" a day ago. ping companies. Participating a Zero Hour mention, Pratap Many BJP MPs including in the debate on Recycling of Singh Bajwa of the Congress Minister's demanded apology Ships Bill, 2019, many MPs said the issue is close to entire lived in England under the Amritsar where his last rites from Chowdhury. But demanded that the Punjab and "history should be patronage of Queen Victoria. should be performed as per Poonam Mahajan created stir     , - Government ensure adequate corrected." After 13 years of separation Sikh traditions. by terming Congress MPs as )  $ measures are taken to mitigate Duleep Singh was born in from his mother, he was reunit- Dona Sen of the TMC "Nirbals" who were only con- )  .  $  the impact of ship-breaking on Lahore in 1838 to powerful ed with her and upon learning sought installing a portrait of cerned about serving Sonia %    #' () the environment. # % %$) $) $)  .  $  ruler Ranjit Singh. At the age of of the history and Sikh identi- Nandalal Bose, one of the pio- Gandhi's family affairs rather %(* "Do not make India a %    #' () %(* five the boy prince sat on the ty, he decided to reconvert neers of modern Indian art and than serving the Country's dumping ground," NCP mem- throne of the Sikh kingdom, he and gave away British pension. a key figure of Contextual affairs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ber Supriya Sule said, express- 'Break in India'. Veeraswamy (DMK) said about said, adding Punjab was In 1886, Duleep Singh set Modernism, in the Central Rejecting BJP's demand and Home Minister Amit Shah ing apprehensions that 'Make RSP's NK Premachandran 3,000 ships are broken every annexed to British India after the sail for India along with his Hall of Parliament for apology, Chowdhury went as "ghuspetiyas" (infiltrators) in India' could become 'Dump said that the Government year and the bulk of them in second Anglo-Sikh war in 1849. family but fearing mutiny, the Chairman M Venkaiah on citing weak economic situ- from Gujarat to Delhi. in India.' BSP's Danish Ali should study environmental developing nations such as Duleep Singh was removed British detained him and Naidu said a parliamentary ation and mismanagement in After the chaos, when stressed that safety of workers implication of old ships from Bangladesh and Turkey and from the throne and separated placed him under hour arrest, committee on installations controlling prices of essential Chowdhury rose to speak on should not be compromised in other countries landing in India India. A Samanta (BJD) said from his mother Maharani Jind he said, adding his grave is in seems to have decided that no commodities. onion prices, Mahajan referred the name of generating for recycling. Suggesting that ship-breaking is a dangerous Kaur, who was imprisoned. the English countryside more portraits will be installed Participating in the dis- to a rule to slam the Congress employment. He also said the bill needs to discussed in occupation and hence should Bajwa said he was taken to Elveden. Bajwa demanded that but he allowed Sen to raise the cussion on Taxation Laws leader for his remarks. "Dada, 'Make in India' should not detail as it has implications on be subject to strict safety guide- England and converted to the Maharajah's body be issue because it is the birth (Amendment) Bill, You are nirbal (weak) as you become 'Dump in India' or the environment, K lines. Christianity at the age of 16 and exhumed and brought to anniversary of Bose. Chowdhury had on Monday stand for one family. You are said that the Finance Minister weak as you call the Prime has become weak and called Minister an infiltrator," she her 'Nirbala Sitharaman'. As said amid noisy protests by BJP  + -   ./  / %   ) BJP members protested against members including women his comment, Speaker Om MPs of the party. Birla had ruled that any unpar- Amidst slogan shouting,  546,4#0+ liamentary remark would be Chowdhury said this   removed from records. Government is anti-poor and ndia and Sweden on Tuesday When Zero Hour started anti-farmer as it is hardly doing Ijoined hands to combat air on Tuesday, including anything when the prices of pollution and climate change 2   Parliamentary Affairs Minister onion have crossed 100 per and deliberated on various Arjun Meghwal demanded kg. The Government is unable technological solutions to apology from Chowdhury for to check prices of essential reduce industrial emissions.  546,4#0+ working together on a tech- his "continuous use of deroga- commodities, he said, and lead India''s Principal Scientific nique for postmortem without tory" words including terming the walk out of Congress MP. Advisor V K Raghavan and he Indian Council of incising/dissecting the body. officials from the Ministries of TMedical Research (ICMR) This technique is likely to Environment, Agriculture and and Delhi-based All India insti- become functional in the next     Renewable Energy discussed tute of Medical Sciences six months," said the Minister. these issues with the visiting (AIIMS) are jointly working on The ICMR and AIIMS Swedish delegation headed by a technique for postmortem have studied global practices King of Sweden Carl XVI $   43*)   %  $   % 53-,  $ *  without dissecting the body. and taken up this project for    Gustaf. / )   ) ) (   %)     ) 6    #' This is likely to be functional "dignified management of dead Gustaf spoke of the impor- () %(* within the next six months, the body", Vardhan said, adding tance to work on improving the Government told the Rajya family members of the deceased quality of forests and acknowl- so that they emit less pollution- change are essentially two sides neutral cement by 2030. Sabha on Tuesday. feel uncomfortable with the    edged that the discussion at the causing materials. The second of the same coin. Talking about waste man- India is the first country to traditional way of postmortem, roundtable made him feel pos- is whatever pollutants there are, Now we have a global cli- agement, Baylan said Sweden start "virtual autopsy" in the He said all records will be  546,4#0+ The raids were conducted itive that many different stake- we try to measure what is hap- mate accord and in most of the recycles 99 per cent of its waste south east Asian region, said digitally stored for review. on 42 premises in Delhi, holders are committed to work- pening everywhere. Sensors countries vibrant debates are and even imports it. Union Health Minister Dr Vardhan said the virtual he Income Tax (IT) Mumbai, Hyderabad, Erode, ing on conservation and cli- are very important. Thirdly, taking place about how to "You have to be very prag- Harsh Vardhan. autopsy will be cost and time TDepartment has issued a Pune, Agra and Goa on a mate change. this information needs to be promote a more sustainable matic about it. Sweden used to It is an established practice effective as it would take only notice to the Congress seeking group of people issuing bogus "Today, we looked at solu- given to decision-making sys- development. We have to do be heavily oil-dependent earli- in many western countries, for 30 minutes to complete one an explanation over the party bills and conducting hawala tions for air pollution. There tems," Raghavan said. everything we can across all er but by using waste as example Switzerland. autopsy as against two-and-half allegedly receiving funds to transactions, the statement had are three different components Sweden's Minister of sectors." resources, we are now import- "The All India Institute of hour in normal postmortem. the tune of 170 crore from a said. Raids resulted in busting that the government is address- Business, Innovation and He said Sweden is working ing waste from countries like Medical Science (AIIMS), New The new technique will Hyderabad-based firm as part of a "major racket of cash gen- ing. One is attitude change in Enterprise Ibrahim Baylan, towards innovation in making Italy, Great Britain and Delhi and Indian Council of facilitate and ensure that there of its tax evasion probe in a eration" by leading corporate our industries and institutions said, "Air pollution and climate carbon-free steel and carbon- Norway," he said. Medical Research (ICMR) are is no delay, he added. 3,300-crore hawala racket case, houses in the infrastructure officials said on Tuesday. sector through bogus contracts Officials said the notice and bills, it added. was issued to the party to take According to CBDT, funds          ! !!  the probe forward in the case meant for public infrastructure that came to light last month projects were siphoned off after multiple raids, with links through entry operators, lob-  546,4#0+ Nigeria and the Democratic advised the nurses against and Asia. to "leading corporate houses" in byists and hawala dealers in this Republic of Congo, according delivering double doses. However, Rotavac 5D, will the infrastructure sector, were case. The companies involved in lmost four years after India to the WHO. Eventually we packed the dose not be part of the Indian conducted in Delhi, Mumbai siphoning of funds were said to Agot its first indigenously Sharing the details of the in a smaller quantity," said Dr immunization scheme. "The and Hyderabad. be mostly located in the made Rotavac vaccine to com- new variant at a press confer- Ella on the need to have a new Government has said it has According to the officials, National Capital Region and bat severe diarrhoea causing ence here, Bharat Biotech version. enough storage at -20 degree the funds to the Congress were Mumbai. rotavirus, Vice President M Chairman Dr Krishna Ella A baby requires three doses Celsius and does not need vac- sent by Hyderabad-based "The projects involved in Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that available in a 0.5 ml of the vaccine at sixth, tenth cines at a relatively higher tem- Megha Infrastructure and bogus billing are major infra- launched vaccine's newer vari- dosage, Rotavac 5D can be and fourteenth week after birth. perature as of now", Dr Ella Engineering. Some func- structure and EWS (economi- ant, Rotavac 5D, a smaller stored at 2-8 degree Celsius for In the private set-ups both said. The company has sup- tionaries of the Congress and cally weaker section) projects dosage and low cost cold chain up to 24 months, and can be Rotavac and Rotavac 5D are plied over 100 million doses of an Andhra Pradesh-based located in south India. footprint form of its earlier oral administered in five drops. expected to cost between Rs Rotavac globally since its political party are also under "Evidence of cash payment of immunisation shot. Rotavac 5D is also stable at 900-Rs 1100 per dose, ten launch. The original Rotavac the scanner of the taxman in more than 150 crore to a Globally, Rotavirus disease 37 degree Celsius for seven times higher than what is being was made part of the Indian this case, they said. prominent person in Andhra burden is estimated at 200,000 days. In contrast, the earlier made available to the immunization program in 2016 The Central Board of Pradesh has also been deaths and about 2 million hos- version, Rotavac is available in Governments. after it received regulatory Direct Taxes, which makes unearthed during the search," pitalizations annually, mostly in 2.5 ml vial per dose and has to Dr Ella said that Rotavac approval in 2014. policy for the Income Tax the CBDT had said. low-income countries. While be stored at -20 degree Celsius, 5D is now available for sale, The company had invested Department, had said in a "Unexplained cash of 4.19 child deaths from rotavirus he said. 3%   3 #))    )  #' having received commercial USD 20 million for the devel- statement in November that crore and jewellery worth in have more than halved since "During clinical trials, we () %(* license in India where it plans opment of Rotavac, over and raids to unearth the large tax excess of 3.2 crore was also 2000, almost half of the deaths realized that nearly 20 per cent to tap private hospitals for above the USD165 million it evasion nexus were conducted seized during the search oper- each year occur in just four of the children were not able to and they spit it out. The nurs- whether the dose should be re- supply of the vaccines, as well invested for the original ver- in the first week of the month. ation," it had said. countries: India, Pakistan, swallow an entire of 2-2.5 ml, es were in a quandary so as to administered or not. We as export to countries in Africa sion. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | WEDNESDAY | DECEMBER 4, 2019 Cong seeks stern action against Anatagarh bypoll fixing: Pawar gives his voice sample Sarkeguda encounter accused STAFF REPORTER n sampling. RAIPUR Notably, in the past SIT n had issued a notice to Pawar STAFF REPORTER women and school children. anturam Pawar on RAIPUR The probe substantiated for giving his voice sample to MTuesday reached the which he had refused but the Congress’s claim that the office of Special Investigation delegation of Congress encounter was fake. later on he agreed for giving MLAs called on Team (SIT) and gave his his voice sample. A The memorandum voice sample for ongoing Chhattisgarh Governor further sought stern action Manturam Pawar who investigation in Antagarh by- was Congress party candi- Anusuiya Uikey on Tuesday at against those involved in the poll fixing. date in the 2014 Antagarh by- Rajbhawan seeking stern crime and those who He expressed apprehen- polls had withdrawn his can- action against those involved patronized the accused. sion that there could be didature just before the in the Sarkeguda encounter As per reports, attempt on his life and said polling thereby giving incident and those protecting Chhattisgarh police had killed that in such a condition other walkover to BJP candidate. them. 17 people in cold blood in a accused in the case would be Later on, an audio tape A memorandum contain- staged gunfight at Sarkeguda held responsible. had surfaced suggesting ing their demand was handed in Bijapur district on June 28, He claimed that he had come forward and give their horse trading in the case over to the Governor. 2012. Justice Vijay Kumar voluntarily appeared before voice samples so that the which created political storm The delegation comprised Agrawal had conducted the the SIT for giving the voice confusion in the case could in Chhattisgarh as purported Congress MLAs from Bastar probe and submitted the sample and that rest of the be ironed out. voices of Dr Punit Gupta, Ajit Lakeshwar Baghel, Bijapur Vikram Mandavi, ment in the name of Naxalites, clearly stated that on the night report a month ago after seven accused including former Pawar gave his voice Jogi and Amit Jogi were Dantewada Devati Karma, Ramanujganj Brihaspath the innocent villager were tar- of 28-29, June 2012, the inno- years of hearing and chief minister Raman Singh’s sample before SIT officer reportedly heard in the tape. Narayanpur Chandan Singh and Sihawa Laxmi geted as has been revealed by cent tribals were killed. investigation. The report was son-in-law Dr Punit Gupta, Abhishek Maheshwari and “I was suppressed in BJP Kashyap, Chitrakote Rajman Dhruv. the judicial probe into Around 16 were killed in the tabled in the House during Janta Congress Chhattisgarh TI Sushanto Banerjee at Gunj by former CM Raman Singh Benzam, Antagarh Anup Nag, The memorandum stated Sarkeguda encounter. night and one in the morning. winter session of Chhattisgarh (Jogi) Chief Ajit Jogi and his police station. His voice will and not allowed to speak,” Kanker Shishupal Sori, that rule of earlier govern- The Commission’s report Most of the victims were Assembly. son Amit Jogi should also be now sent to lab for Pawar told media persons.

TRAI to hold consumer CM condemns gang outreach programme at Food minister inspects Baikunthpur on Dec 5 RAIPUR: Telecom Regulatory paddy procurement rape incident in state Authority of India (TRAI) has been undertaking various activities to STAFF REPORTER n STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR educate the telecom consumers. RAIPUR hhattisgarh Chief Minister What those The activities aim at creating aware- CBhupesh Baghel raised con- ness among telecom consumers and ood and civil sup- cern over the recent atrocities people who other stakeholders about the various Fplies, culture minister against women and the gang rape initiatives taken by the TRAI in recent Amarjeet Bhagat con- in the state, and condemned the ruled the times to protect the interest of telecom ducted surprise inspec- incidents. consumers, and taking feedback. tion of paddy procure- He said the police will ensure As part of the initiative, the TRAI, ment at village Kendri, that the accused are arrested. No state for 15 will be holding a consumer outreach Abhanpur and one will be spared at any cost, he programme at Hotel Ganga Shree, Manikchauri of Raigarh said while interacting with media years had NH-43, Bhattipara, Baikunthpur, in district and interacted persons before leaving for Korba Koriya district of Chhattisgarh on with farmers on progress on Tuesday. done should December 5 from 2.15 p.m. to 4.15 p.m. of paddy procurement He added law will take its The programme will serve as an by the state government. own course and that the police be exposed important interface between telecom He reviewed the are investigating the case. service providers, consumer advocacy progress of procurement process by inspecting the covers seven villages, During interaction they will be paid `2500 On civic bodies’ election, groups and telecom consumers. The Baghel said that after holding Baghel said the investigation is Another PIL has been filed to weighing, humidity and from December 1 with farmers, Bishat per quintal as assured for discussions and taking feed- on within the framework of law. stop the probe, he added. Consumer Outreach Programme will sought details from the around 71 quintal of Sahu, Itwari Sahu and the paddy procured backs, the names of candidates What those people who ruled the In PDS scam, former Chief be attended by the representatives of procurement centre paddy had been pro- Rambhagat Sahu and from them. will be finalised. He said finally state for 15 years had done Minister Raman Singh should state government, all the telecom employees. cured while on Tuesday Bajiyarin from Baktara The state govern- after discussion with party senior should be exposed. He said to reveal who are the “CM Sir” and service providers like Airtel, BSNL, Deputy Registrar, around 32 farmers had village said at present ment has taken the deci- leaders the list will be released. prevent the PDS scam probe they “CM Madam” being referred in Idea, Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Tata etc, Cooperative Society, N. sold 1760 quintal paddy procurement was done sion to provide the bal- On the PDS scam and (BJP leaders) brought renowned the diary seized during the consumer advocacy groups and K. Chandravanshi said at and coupon has been smoothly. Minister ance amount separately Antagarh bypoll tape scam, lawyers through chartered plane. probe, Baghel said. consumers. Kendri centre, which provided to them. assured the farmers that to farmers. Cong govt should seek apology from ‘Democracy Warriors’: Kaushik STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR has insulted them, he said, accus- ing the government of continuous- eader of Opposition Dharamlal ly indulging in anti-people and LKaushik welcomed the order of anti-democratic works. the Chhattisgarh High Court to BJP leader said different politi- restore ‘honorarium’ provided by cal parties opposing the Congress the BJP government to the had formed a government at the ‘Democracy Warriors’ (MISA Centre and states and had detainees). strengthened democracy. But, Congress government stopped those who fought for “freedom” the payment since February 2019. after independence were neglected, Now, after the order govern- he alleged. ment should pay the total pending politics, Congress government The issue of restoration of amount and in future should after coming to power had stopped honorarium was raised even in the refrain from such action, he said, the release of ‘Samman Nidhi’ House but nothing was done, said Sixteen young students from various parts of the state were selected for National Children Science Congress to be held at Thiruvananthapuram terming the court order victory of (honorarium), pension amount Kaushik. The Chief Minister Kerala. The selection was done during a two-day long camp held at Pt Ravi Shankar Shukla University campus on Tuesday. The camp was democracy. and health facilities to MISA Bhupesh baghel should seek an organised by Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology. Pioneer Photo Kaushik said due to vindictive detainees. The state government apology for this, he added. RADA thanks Bhupesh Baghel for Seven held for adulterating automobile sector’s growth in state STAFF REPORTER n Delegation thanked coal meant for NTPC Lara RAIPUR Chief Minister saying that state government’s STAFF REPORTER n stock there, Superintendent of said. doned the vehicle and fled the ffice-bearers of Raipur policies led to positive RAIGARH Police Santosh Singh said. Those held were identified spot on sensing the police OAutomobile Dealers change in rural economy. "Seven people, including as Sheikh Anish (weighing presence, the official said. Associaiton (RADA) on Today, Chhattisgarh is even people have been four employees of the depot, machine operator), Santosh In another incident, a Tuesday paid a courtesy visit marching ahead on the path Sarrested for allegedly were arrested and 101.3 metric Prajapati (cashier), Sitaram truck was intercepted at Indira to Chief Minister Bhupesh of development as compared adulterating coal at a depot in ton coal worth Rs 1.91 lakh Bhardwaj (loader operator), Vihar check post and the Baghel at his residential to other states. Raigarh district, police said on was seized from the spot," he Sanjay Triki (JCB operator) police seized a coal consign- office. During the meet, RADA Tuesday. said. and three truck drivers - Irfan ment of 20 ton worth Rs 80,000 They thanked Chief Chairman Manish Raj Besides, two trucks loaded Preliminary investigation Ali (32), Bablur Chauhan (38) which was being illegally Minister for the significant Singhania and other with illegal consignments of revealed that the accused were and Sanjay Sahu (20), he said. transported, he said. growth that automobile officials were also present. coal were also seized from allegedly involved in mixing Three trailer trucks, a JCB Truck owner Dharmraj sector witnessed in the state They said that Chief different places in the district, inferior quality coal with the and a loader machine were also (46) and driver Veeru Miri due to state government's Minister's policies and they said. high-grade consignment seized from the spot, he added. (26) were arrested when they policies. Automobile dealers vision have empowered Acting on a tip-off, a which was brought from a Later, when the police per- failed to produce documents in informed Chief Minister that rural economy through police team raided Jai Bhole mine in neighbouring Odisha, sonnel were returning after the support of the consignment, he from January 2019 to historic decisions such as Coal depot in Delari village on and planned to supply it to raid, they seized 36.88 metric said. October 2019, there was 10% waiving off agricultural Monday after getting reports Lara-based plant of the ton coal worth Rs 63,000 being Cases were registered decline in retail sale of Chhattisgarh registered sale of these vehicles in the loans and procurement of that low grade coal was being National Thermal Power illegally transported in a truck. under relevant sections of the vehicles across India but nearly 25% growth in retail same duration. paddy at `2500 per quintal. mixed with the higher quality Corporation (NTPC), Singh The truck driver aban- Indian Penal Code, he added.    !"#$% "

((($)('&# ,-.- ;  !! 546,4#0+ The University will have professionals, senior profes-  !! 546,4#0+ elhi Legislative Assembly sors and experts from their Dhas passed the Delhi Skills respective fields to manage elhi University Teachers and Entrepreneurship University and teach students who will be DAssociation (DUTA) will Bill on the last day of the enrolled in the college. Further, stage a protest on Wednesday Assembly session on Tuesday. it will have three unique fea- against the university admin- The university will emulate the tures: first, the university will istration and will ‘gherao’ the highly successful models in design and run courses in con- Vice-Chancellor (VC) Yogesh Australia, Germany, Finland, sonance with the industry Tyagi to withdraw the notifi- and Brazil to provide jobs and requirements. Secondly, there cation issued on the 28 August, provide admissions to about will be a dedicated unit to according to which all the ad- one lakh students every year. research on the market trends hoc teachers will be converted “Delhi Skills and and requirements in a futuris- into guest teachers and will get Entrepreneurship University tic way, so that continuous salary per lecture. (DESU) Bill will provide a updating of the courses and The teachers will also boy- ting 90,000 per month, a other loans and others expens- solution to the increasing pedagogy can be systematical- cott teaching and invigilation guest appointment is a part es to run their day to day life. unemployment and economic ly achieved; third, tie-up with work for the mid-semester time job where they would not 28th letter communicated to slowdown in the country,” said industrial establishments to examination which will start get more than 45,000 per various colleges must be with- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind produce and assimilate the from 4th December. month. drawn immediately and all Kejriwal. graduates”. As per the notifications “From last 10 years more existing vacancies of teachers in While presenting the Bill in “Many legislators and par- passed by this house. '       -   '  () issued by the Delhi University than 5,000 teachers are work- various subjects must be per- the House, Manish Sisodia, liamentarians told me that So we are working rigor- , - '  %  Administrations, all the teach- ing on ad-hoc basis in various manently filled,’ said the teach- Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister attendance for the last day of ously even on the last day. Aam ers working in the university on colleges and Departments of ers. Under which rule appoint- and Education Minister said the last session of any assem- Aadmi Party (AAP) govern- might have gone for election As the AAP government and ad-hoc basis will be converted Delhi University with no fault ments, after joining, can be “Today, a big dream comes bly or parliament is usually low, ment is determined and dedi- campaign. our legislators are fully on the terms of ‘guest teachers’. of their as University is delay- kept in abeyance? Salaries of true. Nearly half of the popu- as the members are busy with cated to work for the welfare of There are two types of stu- immersed in development Conversion of 5,000 ad- ing the selection on permanent ad-hoc teachers must be lation in India is under 25. election campaigns. The high the people of Delhi till the last dents: one is always engaged in works in Delhi, we have no fear hoc teachers into guest teach- vacancies citing one reason or released immediately. Letter They should get dignified and attendance today shows the breath,” he said. studies, while the other is those of elections. We are part of ers on the basis of 28th August the other. These teachers are dated 28th August, 2019 must quality education as their right. confidence level of the legisla- Targeting the Leaders of who study only in the eve of the ‘work in progress’. So, we are letter is strongly condemnable. totally dependent on their be withdrawn immediately,” This university will create not tors that they would definitely Opposition (LoP) the CM said, examination. confident of coming back to While ad-hoc appointment is a salaries for the school fees of Professor Pankaj Garg, former only job seekers but also job come back to this legislature in “Those who boycotted the dis- The first category will not power with four more seats,” full time job with full scale their children, installments to member of DU academic givers”. order to implement the bills cussion on this historic bill have the fear of examination. Kejriwal said. where ad-hoc teachers are get- be paid for Home loans and council. -1 ,,  $0 5,+7 10 their existing strategic ties, it a Dubai-based real estate com- said. pany, has already come up with  !! 546,4#0+ solar power from SECI. is expected to reach 2020 MW ome UAE-based companies Punjab is organising an their first integrated township in In case of any unforesee- and 1165 MW for BRPL and Sare looking to invest in the investors' summit on December Punjab, and have property o manage winter pick able contingency, BSES dis- BYPL respectively. BSES dis- state, mainly in the food and 5 and 6. While Lulu Group spread across 630 acres in Tpower demand which is coms will buy short-term coms will also bank surplus logistics sector, the Punjab gov- is in talks to finalise agree- Mohali. expected to reach up to 4,700 power from the exchange power with hilly states, which ernment said on Tuesday. ments to support long-term A United Arab Emirates MW power discoms BRPL and which is available at econom- need additional power during “A spate of new investments procurement of fresh fruits and government delegation led by BYPL have introduced ical rates and can range the winter months and by some of the UAE's leading vegetables from the state, DP the UAE Ambassador to India advanced techniques and between (around) returned the power back in groups is expected to take busi- World is exploring entry into the will be taking part in the keynote avenues like banking, reserve Rs 1 to over Rs 4 per unit - summer month. ness ties between Punjab and the logistics sector in Pathankot. and panel discussions at the shutdown, power exchange and during winter months, depend- “To meet today’s power Gulf nation to a new high, par- Another of the UAE's indus- summit. They will be accompa- ensuring sufficient spinning ing on the time-slot, he said. challenges and to get a grip on ticularly in Food and Logistics try leaders, Emaar Group is nied by industry delegation reserves to dispose of surplus Delhi’s peak power so many varied and dynamic sectors, in the coming weeks,” a looking to enter the food sector from UAE to explore areas for power as well as ensuring reli- demand this winter can go up variables, BSES uses a mix of government statement said. - sourcing fresh fruits and veg- collaboration, and will include able power supply. to 4700 MW. Last year, it was advanced statistical forecasting As one of the partner coun- etables from Punjab, besides senior level executives from A senior BSES official said 4472MW. models, combined with state- tries for Progressive Punjab looking at setting up a poultry Sharaf Group and Lulu Group. that the backbone of BSES’ The peak winter power of-the-art weather forecasting Investors Summit (PPIS), the unit in the state, said Vini Lulu Group already has a power-supply arrangements demand in BRPL and BYPL solutions including artificial UAE is looking at increasing its Mahajan, Additional Chief strong presence in Punjab. They during the winter-months hydro stations; Singrauli, ating stations. Additionally, areas had reached 1926 MW intelligence (AI) and machine stake in the state's development Secretary, Industries and have recently acquired a unit in includes long-term agreements Rihand, Sasan, DVC Mejia and BSES is also receiving 50 MW and 1091 MW respectively learning,” the spokesperson and growth by strengthening Commerce, Punjab. The Group, Derabassi in Mohali district of from power-plants like Dadri, Delhi based gas fueled gener- of wind power and 20 MW of during last winter. This year, it said. /0 #$%&' %   ))    From Page 1 us again when the review peti- A plea seeking review of tion is filed.” From Page 1 Minister Narendra Modi, the called “baseless” and “false” the Ayodhya verdict was filed The board’s general secre- It may be recalled that Bullet Train project is being made by the fellow BJP leader       in the apex court on Monday tary Md Wali Rahmani in a Uddhav had said on Sunday executed at a cost of around from Karnataka that he had by Maulana Syed Ashhad statement said a team of senior that he had asked updates on Rs.1.10 lakh-crore, of which 81 returned Rs 40,000 crore to the Rashidi, legal heir of original advocates and advocates on various ongoing major projects, per cent is to be funded Centre, former Chief Minister  !! 546,4#0+ litigant M Siddiq and also the record is busy in drafting the including cost estimates, hur- through on a 50-year soft loan Devendra Fadnavis had said, Uttar Pradesh president of the review petition which will then dles and deadlines. “Once we of 0.1 percent by the Japan “We have not retuned even igh drama unfolded on Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. It stated be settled by Dhawan. have the status report with us, International Cooperation naya paisa to the Centre. In HTuesday when after a that “complete justice” could “I have argued the case for we will decide on what needs Agency (JICA). fact, the State Government has group of protestors entered only be done by ordering all the Muslim parties in a unit- to be done on priority. We will The Nationalist High not received even on naya the Delhi Assembly premises, reconstruction of the Babri ed manner and would like the also look at whether some pro- Speed Rail Corporation paisa from the Centre”. breaching the security cordon Masjid. The mosque was same way. The Muslim parties jects are needed at this junc- (NHSRC) is the executing “For implementing the on Tuesday. They started rais- demolished on December 6, should sort out their differences ture. We will not act in a vin- agency for the project. Bullet Train project, a Central ing slogans against the Aam 1992 by kar sewaks triggering first,” Dhavan told PTI. dictive manner. But, we will Maharashtra and Gujarat will Government-run company has Aadmi Party (AAP) communal riots. He said he expressed his definitely review projects like contribute fund Rs.5,000 crore been set up. Whatever money Government on the issue of As Dhavan later said he opinion on Facebook only after bullet train,” the Chief Minister each as equity for the project, that the Centre releases for the dirty water allegedly being didn’t want to divide the Ejaz Maqbool went public had said. while the Centre will pitch in project will go directly to this supplied in the national Capital. Muslim parties, the All India about him being sacked The MVA Government has Rs.10,000 crore for the project. company. The question of The protestors carrying Muslim Personal Law Board because he is unwell. announced that it would table Currently, the bullet train money coming to the placards managed to slip (AIMPLB) said it was hopeful “If I am unwell, then how a White Paper on the State’s project is in the land acquisi- Maharashtra does not arise. through the security cordon that the veteran lawyer will rep- come I am appearing in courts economy during the Winter tion stage, with opposition in Because, the but were later forced out of the resent the body when it files a in other cases,” Dhavan said. Session of the State Legislature parts of Palghar in the State, Maharashtra Government’s role Assembly premises. Terming .    '    , - ' %  review petition. “I am committed to the beginning at Nagpur on with the project slated to be is limited to the acquisition of the incident as “hooliganism” In a tweet, AIMPLB cause and to the Muslim par- December 16. completed by 2023. land for the project,” Fadnavis by the BJP, Speaker Ram Niwas spokesman Khalid Saifullah ties but making such a state- A brainchild of Prime Responding to what he had said. Goel alleged that Leader of the Assembly premises),” the wore garlands of onions to Rahmani said, “Rajeev Dhavan ment is completely wrong,” he Opposition Vijender Gupta Speaker said. register their protest against has always been a symbol of added. was behind it. Following the accusations, hike in the price of the kitchen justice and unity. @AIM- In a separate December 2 ing for closer naval cooperation and the possi- As the House proceedings some ruling AAP MLAs staple. PLB_Official will continue its letter addressed to Maqbool,    888 bility of a joint exercise between India and China, began on the second day of trooped into the Well and BJP MLA from Vishwas efforts in the Supreme Court the AOR in the review petition, From Page 1 Singh replied in lighter vein, “the question is above Winter Session, Gupta asked exchanged heated arguments Nagar, OP Sharma, showed a under his esteemed leader- Dhavan narrated the sequence Ships of both the countries are engaged in my pay grade.” Incidentally, the two countries will for a discussion on the issue of with opposition members. garland of onions to the chief ship.” of events related to drafting of anti-piracy operations. On not inviting China for hold the eighth joint army exercise “Hand in prices rise of onions while try- Meanwhile, Gupta reached minister as his vehicle left the The AIMPLB has asserted the review plea in the case. the “Milan” series of exercises where more than Hand” in Meghalaya later this month. ing to move a calling attention near Speaker’s chair and Vidhan Sabha. that 99 per cent of Muslims in “As promised, I am 41 countries, including the US, UK, Iran, Saudi Sources in the security establishment later motion, which was turned demanded discussion on the Gupta said that AAP the country want a review of responding to your call at 10.14 Arabia, Israel, France, Kuwait, Australia, said China was not invited to Milan exercise as down by the Speaker. issue of dirty water allegedly Government ran away from the Ayodhya verdict. AM today when I was at the Indonesia, Singapore, Bahrain and Sri Lanka, will India did not want to legitimise its presence in After rejecting the motion being supplied in the city. Goel discussion in the Assembly on In another tweet, Maulana doctors, informing me that I take part in March next year off Visakhapatnam, the Indian Ocean region as China can later claim moved by the opposition asked Gupta to go back to his its failure to provide onion at Umrain, an office bearer of the have been sacked from further Singh said “like-minded” nations were invited for that it has participated in exercises in the region. leader, Goel told the House that seat, failing which he would subsidized rates and supply of Board said, “We are indebted to involvement in the Babri case the event.When asked to elaborate, the Navy chief Milan is held every two years off Port Blair an unfortunate incident took take a strict action against polluted water to Delhiites. the senior advocate Mr Rajeev on behalf of your client. We said the Indian Navy has over the years carried since 1995 when less than a dozen navies of the place when a group of 10-15 him. He said that the Opposition Dhavan for his sincere excep- were in agreement that the cor- out exercises with many countries who will par- Indian Ocean region took part. Since then, the women staged a protest at the As the Leader of had given notice to tional and incomparable effort rect term was ‘sacked’ and you ticipate in the mega event held every two years. prestigious event has grown in stature and 41 Assembly premises. Opposition did not relent, Goel Assembly for calling attention in the #babrimasjidcase. We explained you had no choice in To another question about Prime Minister nations will now come together for the exercise The “hooliganism” was ordered him to be marshalled motion on these important hope that he would represent the matter. Narendra Modi and President Xi Jingping call- at Visakhapatnam. done by bringing women pro- out of the House. To protest the issues under rule — 54 of the testors inside the Assembly Speaker’s decision, other BJP Assembly. premises and the opposition MLAs - Manjinder Singh Sirsa, He said that it was expect- leader did it, Goel alleged in the Om Prakash Sharma and ed that the Government would <<< House. “If Vijender Gupta had Jagdish Pradhan - also staged come out with an explanation guts, he would have brought a walkout. on these two important public From Page 1 10-20 boys (to stage protest at Later, all four BJP MLAs interest issues. The Naval LCA recently successfully completed take off and landing trials on the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) in Goa. Stating that the current LCA Mk-1 is a technology demonstrator, the Navy chief said it will be further put to car- rier compatibility tests and whatever lessons they have learnt, DRDO wants to plough back into the twin engine deck based fighter. On the INS Vikrant, Singh said all ship build issues “are over” and trials would begin now. “We are almost certain that we will take deliv- ery by February-March 2021, he stated and added that avia- tion trials would take a year after that. “We should have a fully operational carrier by 2022.”    !"#$%  !*

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Robert Lighthizer, see France “breaking off” from the Democrats to put on a perfor- He also said that during the flight “entirely prudent.” Ukraine President Volodymyr “brain death.” Macron argues that the the chief U.S. trade representative, on NATO, but did not explain mance,” Trump said. “I think it’s a he had read a newly issued Democrats contend Trump Zelenskiy to investigate meddling in U.S. under Trump’s leadership has Monday recommended $2.4 billion why. IANS bad thing for our country.” Republican-prepared report on abused his presidential powers by the 2016 U.S. presidential election and turned away from the alliance. in new tariffs on French cheese, wine, Trump isn’t the only one com- impeachment that called his decision holding up the aid to pressure former Vice President Joe Biden and “Nobody needs NATO more and other products. AP ,+& (+, >#   .   P      $5      .. !" # 3#     "       -2 !         +$ "    "!  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Hong Kong residents were being -  $$   the UK to attend a Nato sum- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa passage of the Hong Kong “All this is creating uncer- violated and stressed that they     mit on Wednesday in Watford, has prorogued the Parliament Human Rights and Democracy tainty and won’t go well for any enjoyed freedom of the press, $# ! '    south-east England, com- for one month and fixed Act (HKHRDA), which she economic development,” Lam religious liberty and freedom of  !!   !!  memorating the 70th anniver- January 3, 2020 for the com- lambasted as unnecessary and said. She described the HKHR- assembly.       sary of the transatlantic organ- mencement of the next session, unjustified. DA as clear interference by The HKHRDA, which was        isation. a move that will give his minor- Lam said in a press confer- Washington in Hong Kong’s signed into law by US President ! :    ) Trump said he was staying ity government freedom to ence that the US legislation internal affairs, echoing the Donald Trump, requires the out of the UK election on rule without obstruction from would have an impact on the stance of Beijing, which on State Department to conduct (2  $(0 December 12 “because I don’t the Opposition. city’s economic development by Monday responded by banning reviews at least annually evalu-       want to complicate it”. The parliament should undermining confidence and the stopover of US military ating whether Hong Kong - “I have no thoughts on it. have met on Tuesday, accord- creating an unstable environ- ships and aircraft in the city and retains enough autonomy to 9 ,2+ 5>3   F It’s going to be a very important ing to the schedule. ment for Hong Kong-based imposed sanctions on several merit a change to its current sta- !!       election for this great country, President Gotabaya businesses, reports Efe news. non-governmental organizations tus as a preferential trade part- >    1  but I have no thoughts on it. I Rajapaksa issued a special “This is very regrettable,” and human rights groups. ner. It also prescribes sanctions      > could work with anybody,” gazette notification effective Lam said. “For now, it under- “We will follow the law in on individuals found to have !  +     "  Trump told reporters at a brief- at midnight Monday noticing mines confidence; it creates an supporting the central govern- abused human rights in Hong   !!     ing at the US ambassador’s res- that parliament would be unstable environment.” ment and we will follow up on Kong, including Chinese offi- 9         idence here. PTI reconvened on January 3. PTI The leader of the Chinese the measures they take,” said cials. PTI !) 5'   O !  )1  . 3)4 ;> N$  " O   ./.   >4<;# US to offer mutually acceptable London: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced Iran’s Beirut: At least 19 people were been targeted on several occa- terms for a deal. crackdown on anti-government protesters, as rights groups said the killed in air strikes by the sions since mid-November by orth Korea on Tuesday Negotiations have faltered death toll had soared. Syrian army and its Russian the Syrian military with a Nrepeated its assertions that since a February summit Protests erupted in Iran on November 15 after an announce- allies on the northwestern motive to gain territory in the the Trump administration is between Kim and President ment that petrol prices were going up by as much as 200 percent Syrian province of Idlib, the last southern portion of Idlib, Efe running out of time to salvage Donald Trump broke down after with immediate effect. “Iran is killing perhaps thousands and thou- stronghold of the armed oppo- news reported. nuclear negotiations, saying it’s the U.S. Rejected North Korean sands of people right now as we speak,” Trump told reporters in sition to President Bashar al- A Russian attack on Idlib’s entirely up to the United States demands for broad sanctions London ahead of a NATO summit. “That’s why they cut off the inter- Assad, a war monitor reported. central prison left three dead - to choose what “Christmas gift” relief in exchange for a partial net. They cut off the internet so people can’t see what’s going on. At least 13 civilians were - a woman and her two children it gets from the North. surrender of its nuclear capabil- “And frankly, I don’t know how you get in there, I don’t know killed in airstrikes by the Syrian who were visiting the facility, The statement, attributed ities. how you do your business but the press ought to get in there and army on a popular market in according to the UK-based to a senior diplomat, came as Working-level talks held in see what’s going on.” Trump added: “The word is that thousands Maarat al-Nauman, the Syrian NGO, which has a wide net- North Korea continues to dial up Sweden in October broke down of people are being killed in Iran that are protesting. “Not just small Observatory for Human Rights work of collaborators on the pressure on Washington and over what the North Koreans numbers, which are bad; big numbers, which are really bad -- and reported. ground. Seoul ahead of leader Kim Jong described as the Americans’ “old really big numbers.” Asked if there was more that the United States Maarat al-Nauman has IANS Un’s end-of-year deadline for the stance and attitude.” could do, he replied: “I’d rather not say right now. IANS , London: US President “I’m doing very well in a Donald Trump warned deal with China, if I want to Tuesday that efforts to resolve make it,” Trump said at a press a trade dispute could wait conference ahead of the until after next November’s NATO summit. US election. “I have no dead- AFP line,” Trump told reporters in London. “In some ways I like the idea of waiting until after the election for the China deal.” Trump’s trade war with China and on-again off-again attempts to reach a deal have de-stabilised markets and stoked geo-political tensions. As late as last week Trump boasted the he was in the “final throes” of negotiating “one of the most important deals in trade ever”. But Washington has since courted Chinese anger by expressing support for Hong Kong protesters, calling progress into doubt.    !"#$%  -     )=  !  H,      " )=  ! = > .0  $    >?        $  $   "   $'      $    !   5!  >                    #             "  "+  O !  '  )6   !   " +       $            5 "              $  "     $ 1           $ $      "    1        "     "  '  $       1  5 &$"55 %$ %                               ho would have ever imag- ined that effigies of Prime   @    " S        Minister Narendra Modi,           '       @ who had conquered the 0 $   $ 7        $   hearts and minds of most WNepalese in 2014, would be burnt across         $      Nepal? (There’s some consolation though that        '  " $   while the Red Star is over Nepal, Chinese          %  S  President Xi Jinping’s effigies, too, were set    S       ! on fire in that country last month). The provocation was the first political map of  $             "  India that was released last month, which  $ "  1 $   1  :    depicted the reorganised Union Territories    "$   $" $  ;  " of Jammu & Kashmir with Pakistan-occu- pied Kashmir shown in Jammu & Kashmir  %  "         $   " and Gilgit-Baltistan in Ladakh.  5 $   $     P$ Q The map reportedly depicts the highly-        ;   $     emotive issue in Kathmandu, the disputed Kalapani territory, in India. An Indian for- "          $     eign office official said, “The new map has 4 &  " #       # $ @5 S $ in no manner revised our boundary with  $ 4  #     @5   Nepal.” The Chinese have allegedly encroached into four to five areas, usurping          S      more than 25 hectares of land. The pan-      "   S   $     Nepal revival of Kalapani has stirred the pot 5    S      5       of anti-India sentiment that was settling down after the 53-day economic blockade   " S    %  of 2015, which catapulted the Nepal   $           $    Communist Party (NCP) into unprecedent-         :   ' S ed political power. The Kalapani dispute has, as is usual, a tours and nationalism is at an all- which is expectedly a highly- Bardibas in Nepal. but New Delhi prefers a bilater-    "         $  # Nepali and Indian version. The former time high though economic protected economy though The Motihari-Amlekhgunj al relationship unlike Beijing,          1    "  claims that the Kali river originates at prosperity has not matched the OYO, which entered Nepal in oil pipeline was constructed six which promotes India-China        "$$    Lipulekh whereas the latter contends that its aspirations of the people. 2017, has now established 120 months ahead of schedule, mak- plus one which Prachanda, the source is at Kalapani. The tri-junction For India, Nepal is outlets. As far as tourism is con- ing petrol 2 per litre cheaper in executive Chairman of the Nepal            "   between China, India and Nepal is also con- geostrategically the most impor- cerned, Indians remain the Nepal. Of the nation’s 28 mil- Communist Party, rejected last             5 $   S   tested: Tinker-Lipu versus Lipulekh. India tant country in the neighbour- number one though in lion population, 25 per cent is week. Neither Kathmandu nor     $    $   " says Nepal and China have bilaterally shift- hood. That is why Prime Kathmandu, a fading Shangri-La abroad, looking for greener pas- Beijing has taken New Delhi into ed it about 6 km north. Indian posts at Minister Modi visited it for an is competing with Bangkok and tures. Around six to eight mil- confidence about China’s trans-                   Kalapani and Navidang routinely patrol till unprecedented four times dur- Dubai. Border trade has lion people reside in India and Himalayan connectivity net-       $    Lipulekh. The Kalapani dispute is ancient ing his first term. No Indian immense scope but has not are gainfully employed. work. Nor is there any clarity on      "        $ and a sensitive issue for the Nepalese. Prime Minister had been there been exploited due to roads still Chinese-aided/constructed the Raxaul-Kathmandu railway.   "      0    "      Joint/boundary working groups and techni- for the past 17 years. rotting on the border. India’s aid projects are grouped broadly Both railway lines are huge geo- cal committees have failed to resolve the dis- India has lately been to Nepal increased by 73 per into two categories: The Belt and logical and ecological challenges              $  pute. According to Nepal’s Foreign Ministry, focussed on Nepal’s develop- cent — from 375 crore in Road Initiative (BRI) projects, with costs outweighing benefits.  "            “The two foreign secretaries were tasked to ment agenda, dovetailed with a 2017-18 to 650 crore in 2018- estimated to cost $8 billion, The extension of the           "   resolve border-related issues with con- stable Nepal and a prosperous 19 — but we are yet in no posi- which include the Trans Chinese railway line to Lumbini cerned technicians.” I have been travelling one. Emphasis is on trade, hydel tion to match China’s deep Himalayan Connectivity will breach an old Indian red line    ;             in Nepal for the last two weeks. The by-elec- power projects, business, pockets. Beijing pledged around Network and three north-south for Chinese projects in the Terai. "   $$ -<<  0  $    tions held on Saturday to elect 52 represen- tourism and substantial $500 of development aid for the corridors. Another is a basket of Deeper military cooperation         $        tatives were not the only reason why improvement of border infra- next two years during Xi’s visit. 35 projects worth $10 billion between the People’s Liberation Kalapani has become a hot potato and structure. Dozens of my reports Another $23 million have been under consideration or project Army (PLA) and the Nepal  '     0   requires early resolution. in the 1970s and 1980s to the given for military stores. review. China has opened a Army is another troubling    $         : Xi’s landmark visit to Kathmandu, the Government, urging better bor- The numbers of integrated commercial office in threshold for the Indian Army.   "$           " first by a Chinese leader in 23 years, was well der connectivity, went unauc- checkposts are being expanded Kathmandu from which Nepal, Nepal’s “Look North” policy timed though it raised the hackles in New tioned when the Nepali side was — one at Kakarbhitta and the as a member of the Asian contains the seeds of serious           "   Delhi. The concurrent rise of China and the getting roads ahead. The bottom other at Biratnagar — which is Infrastructure Investment Bank, security challenges for India. But   S   '  "$$      communist parties of Nepal in South Asia line for India is to deliver pro- to be inaugurated shortly by can secure loans. Unsurprisingly, the immediate concern must be is a fundamental shift in negating India’s pri- jects on time with quality per- Prime Ministers Oli and Modi. there is little transparency on the to resolve, for mutual satisfac- macy in Nepal (and the region) by reduc- fection so as to match and bet- A new bridge has been built over grants and loan components and tion, the long-festering Kalapani ing Kathmandu’s dependence on India. ter China. Mechi river near Kakarbhitta, interest rates. China’s track dispute through high-level dia- New Nepal is secular, democratic, federal and Of Nepal’s total trade of which will expedite movement record in supporting infrastruc- logue and arrest the anti-India a republic. Monarchy, which unified Nepal $13.5 billion in 2017-18, 65 per into east India. India has already tural development is suspected sentiment. 0 250 years ago, was abolished due to the 10- cent was with India and just 14 submitted to Nepal a project and can lead to a debt trap. (The writer, a retired Major 33 year-long Maoist insurgency and 19 days of per cent with China. The Indian report on the 113-km Raxaul- Nepal ideally wants a trian- General, was Commander IPKF         street protest in 2006. Globalisation has embassy in Kathmandu has pre- Kathmandu railway line. The gular economic growth model, South, Sri Lanka and founder affected Nepal in a big way. Around 25 per pared a handbook for Indian other rail line from Jayanagar to maximising its dividend from member of the Defence Planning            cent of its population is abroad. Connectivity investors in Nepal. It is not easy Janakpur has been completed the two fastest-growing Staff, currently the Integrated  and urbanisation have changed social con- doing business in Kathmandu, and is being extended to economies of India and China, Defence Staff.)                              +   # &             !  "          +     )+ + !   !   +  2! 3 7      O    +    "    !          # $ %&"$    7      !  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The force exposed the drug  )       ") Congress Party (NCP) chief 5% #     "   mafia on the basis of a tip-off from L0  M     !    Sharad Pawar’s hands. $     "    the parent of an addict. The oper- ! !  ")   KS Jayatheertha 0                ators used the dark web to smug-   !      " Bengaluru gle narcotics from Canada by      !  5   , )       $         6 % 7  using Amazon’s courier services.   "    " )+      #  1  $     $      This incident should act as an    "    "   !  !  "     S P%  Q  $  $  eye-opener. A large number of the          ) youth in Bengaluru are prone to 1!   !     Sir — This refers to the editori-   :           $ $  drug abuse. Young professionals    " O    !!  L;  !  M L   ML "  al, “Crying shame” (December 2).             $     with disposable incomes often  "   ! "  !  "" !   M            Though expeditious steps have            (   become the prime targets of drug    !   ! !   )6   !     been taken by the Telangana peddlers. Drug addiction is cur-           "   "" ) Government to hunt down the      $     $ 0    rently one of the most serious ills   !  !              culprits, all accused have not %   $          $    plaguing our society. Its effects are  )  !  !             !) been apprehended.            S : $ devastating and can destroy lives.     )+    "    "  '$ "3# That the accused in the 2012 It is time to address this  "       !     )  Delhi gangrape are yet to under-       P    Q$    issue seriously. Unless the go punishment proves that the    P   $Q        Narcotics Control Bureau, along       wheels of justice move slowly in        ;  $    with other agencies, cracks down Anant Kumar Hegde has the “drama” to support a “minor- our country. Quick action against on smugglers and peddlers across claimed that Fadnavis was sworn ity” Government was scripted and the rapist alone can impact the          0  ""  the country and brings to justice Sir — A WhatsApp forward, in as Maharashtra Chief played out only to “appropriate” culture of impunity and push     S  $     "& the kingpins who hide beyond the used as campaign material in the Minister to prevent Central the funds — is true, though it is back the crime rate. %  "  4&  %- < P  borders, it will be difficult to Karnataka bypolls, has proved funds worth 40,000 crore from yet to be corroborated, ques- Nimai Charan Swain  S  !"# #  $  %!"Q$  effectively tackle the problem of damaging for the Maharashtra being misused. tions will definitely arise about the Bhubaneswar substance abuse. BJP and former Chief Minister Hegde must be having a current status of these funds and       "  $   Ramesh G Jethwani Devendra Fadnavis’ credibility. track record of making controver- how they were repatriated by $ )   P Q  P=  Q Bengaluru BJP MP from Karnataka sial statements but if his claim — Fadnavis within a couple of days. ""7%"3: 3#7;6 4<3    !"#$%   /     0(+% 67.  " +( "  -    = >  ! -   -    -  / . &"  $  -    - ! !! $ - !    -!    !  $4   !-4 EF         L   L$              -  $$   "     89 #'( /   +  ><-A"4#& = 0      0 ;  ) 0;*P$  0 : Q             +   "  "!  S & 3 %     0;    P   $  "Q        B       S >.$   $ 46)46*  $  A<     0;S         "   $     '     : @%      $  $ 0;        $' CP:   @Q 0                 :&,  $%  S$   5       S     "  '   0     illions of people (including many unde-   $ 1           serving ones) are getting a variety of sub-    P Q        0   Msidies from the Central Government and    $          States. These cost crores, impairing the ability of    " $  / "    the Centre and States to rein in fiscal deficit       # )#*"    (excess of total expenditure over total revenue)  $   within the range mandated under the Fiscal 0  $ 0  4#  )4#*  Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM)  # "  "           Act. These subsidies are administered in an “ad- hoc” and “arbitrary” manner and this leads to mis-     0;$       & 0 allocation of resources, promotes inefficiency in 0S    " 0 3 "  production, distribution and use, encourages mis- #     # 6 "  $ S    use and diversion of funds and makes way for con-            # 5    trols. :4 5+57A;#  3 S         # 6 Successive Governments, led by parties of all >;9>+,C14A<1:         #  $  hues across the political spectrum, have reiterat- 14N;+14>      ed their unflinching commitment to rationalise 9 5,<5:45 $      "& %  and give them only to the deserving. 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Further, even suppliers of higher subsidy on the former. In 1998     >.      borrow 100,000 crore) even as the Government 01<6 6 C criminate and excessive use or even mis- raw materials such as LNG, phosphor- under the then NDA Government led  $ " 4# (   "      is unable to pay. 1+$4><14@45 use. For instance, the low Maximum ic acid, ammonia and potash used in by AB Vajpayee, the then Finance        $       In case of fertilisers, where subsidy is rout- A144 ++>:<> Retail Price (MRP) of urea, which cur- producing fertilisers get away with Minister, Yashwant Sinha while present- P  Q    3 "    ed through manufacturers, the ruling dispensa- rently is a mere 10 per cent higher than charging a high price, as they too ing the Budget had proposed an increase ;5#+'4#C0  0 P Q  3 3    tions have innovated a variety of mechanisms such it was two decades ago, has led to its know that input costs are “passed- of 1,000 per ton in the MRP of urea as issue of “fertiliser bonds” in lieu of pending >;9>+,C excessive use, causing an imbalance in through” under the subsidy regime. with a view to bring about some reduc- $ 1  $          0; 14A<1:>6+##       0 3       subsidy payments (as during 2007-08 and 2008- fertiliser use, stagnating crop yield, soil In food, the FCI gets paid for its tion in subsidy. 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Unlike the Vajpayee Government, Party’s (LJP) national president instance, the TDP is said to be inch- which faced constant troubles from Chirag Paswan pointed out that the ing closer to the BJP again. NDA allies, Modi has had smooth appointment of a convener or con- could come back any time. The BJP sailing for the last five years. The NDA stitution of a coordination commit- has also got new allies; particularly 14 ><5><A4 1 is no longer the same as the position tee would ensure the exchange of in the North-East and several more %<05><5O>@+$<1C of the partners has weakened. In the ideas across alliance partners. are in the making, like the All India last five years, many allies have either SAD leader and Rajya Sabha MP Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam # O     5&'9& $1( quit the alliance or are at odds with Naresh Gujral also said, “There was (AIADMK), Telangana Rashtra the Modi Government. Even those a time when no one was in alliance Samithi (TRS), the Yuvajana Sramika        who have declared that they stand with the BJP and at that time too, the Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) and   !   ll is not well with the BJP’s firm with the BJP — the Shiromani Shiv Sena and the SAD stood with other smaller parties. !      allies. Murmurs of dissent Akali Dal (SAD) and the Janata Dal- them. It doesn’t mean that when you The BJP has expanded its base      !  Afrom the alliance partners are United (JD-U) — are disturbed by the get absolute majority you start treat- and has become the richest and getting louder, more so after the treatment meted out to partners. ing your allies as lesser partners.” biggest party, overtaking the   ) recent rift between the Shiv Sena and The BJP had five major allies. LS seats, the BJP has no need for needs the cooperation of a few The Apna Dal, JD-U and a few Congress even in the RS. It has major       the BJP which led to the former quit- They were the SAD, the Telugu them — except for smaller partners smaller parties to push its agenda in other allies made similar remarks. presence in most big States, and is   )9 ! ting the NDA and finally breaking up Desam Party (TDP), the Shiv Sena, as in Uttar Pradesh — in 331 seats. the House. The NDA allies are obvi- The NDA has 16 allies, of which the now eyeing the South and the North-    their alliance in Maharashtra. the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Of the 212 seats where the BJP is ously dissatisfied with the present BJP is the only national party. The East for expansion. The saffron However, the BJP is not worried and the JD-U. Out of these, the TDP dependent on allies, Bihar and arrangement as they feel that unlike relations with the partners in the party has replaced the Left in Tripura       as it has absolute majority in the Lok left the BJP in 2018, while the Shiv Maharashtra are the only States Vajpayee’s time, there is hardly any Modi era have not been that cordial. and edged the Congress out in West   # O Sabha, though Prime Minister Sena parted company with the NDA where an ally is either the senior or consultation among the partners This is because of their tussle for Bengal and Odisha as the chal- !"      Narendra Modi chose to include the recently and the BJP itself dumped equal partner. The BJP’s decision to now. They want a chairman and con- votes. The BJP is ambitious and lenger to the ruling party. Its winning !     representatives of the alliance partners the Mehbooba Mufti led-PDP. hang on to the allies could be vener for the NDA, which used to be wants to expand while the allies want spree continues as it has    %  ) in his Cabinet in 2014 and continued The Sena is the BJP’s only ideo- because the party is yet to attain the case earlier. While the BJP leader to protect their turf. This was the rea- Governments in 17 States. Modi is in the same practice after improving the logical ally while the Akalis are the majority in the Rajya Sabha (RS). was the chairman, the convener was son why the Shiv Sena left the a strong position right now and it is 0     BJP’s tally in the 2019 elections. only ones whose social base couples When the BJP came to power in chosen from among the partners. alliance last month. Also Modi does the allies who need the party and not       Modi is on record saying that he perfectly with the BJP’s. All of the 2014, it had 43 MPs in the Upper The Modi era has seen no such not succumb to their arm twisting. the BJP which needs the partners, as     believes that coalitions are necessary NDA partners have been protecting House out of a total strength of 245. arrangement and this demand has The BJP has a new strategy to in the past. There was a time when      for Indian democracy and his their turfs in their respective States. Today, that number has almost dou- been voiced many times. In fact, just build the NDA. Modi has said that the saffron party was considered an :  ) Government would combine nation- However, the big question is, bled to 78. Along with its allies, the before the current Winter Session of the doors of the BJP are always open untouchable but it is not so anymore. al ambition and regional aspirations. does the BJP need allies? Of the 543 BJP has 115 MPs in the RS now. It the Parliament, the Lok Janshakti for old and new partners. For (The writer is a senior journalist) 2    3    !"#$% 2 56 School in Mirzapur district 4 $@ !!    showing a woman distributing 7.82 rotis and another giving salt to   :;8 AA 15 7 12;3 Hapur had supplied the mid- children in the midday $    % ::; day meal to the school. meal. n yet another instance of neg- An inquiry has been The National Human acing the brunt of ‘strong’ Iligence in midday meal dis- ordered into the incident and Rights Commission (NHRC) Fretaliation by the Indian tribution, a dead rat was found strict action will be taken had taken note of the Mirzapur Army, the Pakistan Army on in the food served in a school against those found guilty of incident and sent a notice to the Tuesday targeted several civil- here on Tuesday, following negligence, Singh said. Uttar Pradesh chief secretary ian areas along the line of con- which an enquiry has been District authorities have following which two teachers trol in Poonch sector in which ordered by the district admin- ordered lodging of an FIR were suspended. a 12th class student and a istration. against the mid-day meal sup- According to a NHRC woman were both killed while Additional District plier, the official said. statement, the commission had seven others received Magistrate Amit Kumar Singh The students and the also sought a detailed report injuries. said that eight students and a teacher complained of vomit- about the status of the midday According to ground teacher of Janata Inter-College ing after they saw the rat and meal scheme across the state reports, around two dozen for- in Mustafabad Panchenda vil- were taken to hospital, he said. within four weeks. ward Indian villages of Shahpur lage were taken ill and sent to Last week, another case of The state government had and Kirni sectors were affect- hospital after the rat was found apathy had come to light when lodged an FIR against the jour- ed in the heavy mortar shelling in one of the plates though no a video showed that a litre of ing their midday meal at a gov- suspended. nalist who recorded the video by the Pakistan Army. In one had eaten the food at that milk was allegedly diluted with ernment school in Sonbhadra Two months earlier a sim- of schoolchildren being served response, the Indian Army time. a bucket of water so that 81 district of Uttar Pradesh, fol- ilar shocking video had salt and roti in their midday gave them a befitting them were undergoing treat- Bhimber of Pakistan Occupied NGO Janklyan Samiti of children could be served dur- lowing which a teacher was emerged from Siyur Primary meal. reply. ment in district hospital, Kashmir. Local villagers claimed, Poonch. Senior Superintendent of mortar shells landed in villages Since August 2019 this Police Rajouri Yougal Manhas which were around 10 kms year, around 1000 incidents of said that cognizance into the :         away from the line of control. ceasefire violations have been matter under relevant sections Panic stricken residents reported along the line of con- of law has been taken and ;<"   )   claimed,”We had never wit- trol and International accused is under nessed shelling in the area border across Jammu & questioning. even at the peak of hostilities Kashmir. He, however, added that no Srinagar: Barring the clamp- classes in casual clothes for during 1999 Kargil war and Meanwhile, alert Army weapon or any such incrimi- down on internet services, nor- security reasons. even during 1965-1971 jawans on Tuesday appre- nating material has been recov- malcy is slowly returning to the Officials said that the situ- wars”. hended an intruder from PoK ered from the intruder. On the Kashmir Valley almost four ation across the Valley has To prevent further loss of while he was trying to sneak other hand, Northern Army months after the Centre remained peaceful with no lives, several villagers had taken inside the Indian territory in Commander, Lt-Gen Ranbir announced abrogation of untoward incident being shelter inside bunkers. Tension Nowshera sector of Singh reviewed overall securi- Article 370 of the reported from anywhere. prevailed along the LoC even Rajouri. ty situation in the Kashmir val- Constitution that gave However, there has been as heavy mortar shelling was Senior Superintendent of ley. special status to Jammu & no official word on the restora- still going on in the area till the Police, Rajouri, Yougal Manhas Defence Spokesman, Col Kashmir. tion of internet services which time of filing the report. said, “ On Tuesday afternoon Rajesh Kalia in Srinagar said, Shops, schools and busi- were snapped from all plat- Deputy Commissioner of alert army troops guarding the “Accompanied by Chinar ness establishments opened on forms on August 5 when Union Poonch, Rahul Yadav said, “a 12 line of control noticed a man Corps Commander, Lt Gen Tuesday morning and Home Minister Amit Shah th class student identified as who was trying to sneak inside KJS Dhillon, the Army com- markets remained open till announced the abrogation of Shoaib and 35 year old Woman, the Indian territory. After mander visited the formations around 1 PM, in comparison to Article 370 and bifurcation of identified as Gulnaz were both nabbing him the intruder was and units in the hinterland in a few weeks earlier when shops the state of Jammu & killed in mortar shelling by handed over by the army South Kashmir on Tuesday”. He would down their shutters Kashmir into two Union Pakistan army in Bandi authorities to local police for said, Lt-Gen Ranbir Singh was much before noon, officials Territories. Chichian area while seven oth- necessary formalities. briefed by commanders on said. Besides severely affecting ers received injuries”. According to police, an ground regarding the opera- As per the ‘new normal’, local businesses and education Rahul Yadav said, out of intruder from Pok has been tional and logistic prepared- students have started going to of the region’s youth, the seven injured, two seriously identified as Tariq Mahmood ness. Interacting with the schools though without wear- working of journalists has been injured villagers were referred son of Fazal Rehman resident troops, Lt-Gen Singh stressed ing uniforms. Schools have hampered due to lack of to Government Medical college of Chai Nalla village of upon the need to maintain vigil asked their pupils to attend internet services. PTI ?   ) )     ' $    () %(* hospital in Jammu while five of Samahani Tehsil in District and defeat terrorist design. 0 ,   ' 0%     ) )     #6, (  ) / 0.  ) 0 )     '<#'  Kolkata: A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah set Jammu: Dozens of panches and years together. It was highly unfor- he ongoing tension 2024 as the deadline for sarpanches on Tuesday began a tunate that the Government has Tbetween the Mamata implementing NRC across week-long hunger strike here in become insensitive to the miseries Banerjee Government and the country, West Bengal support of their various demands, of poor labourers,” Sharma, who Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Chief Minister Mamata including the clearance of 1,000 is leading the protest, said. had extraordinary fallouts with Banerjee on Tuesday termed crore liabilities under the Centre’s He said sarpanches and State Assembly Speaker Biman the citizens register as “BJP’s flagship MGNERGA panches from all the districts of Banerjee on Wednesday taking  '<#'  political rhetoric”. scheme. Jammu & Kashmir are taking part an unprecedented decision to can’t place them in the saw how sometimes bills were She said a pan India citizens’ register can never be a The hunger strike under the in the protest. adjourn the House for two Assembly as they are yet to get sent to the Governor at the last he Kolkata Police suspect- reality on the basis of caste and religion as all persons liv- banner of the All Jammu & He alleged that the successive days following a delay by the the nod.” hour so that he had no time to Ted Delhi and Romania ing in the country are its legal citizens. Kashmir Panchayat Conference Governments of the erstwhile J & Raj Bhavan in signing three While Opposition Left and go through it… Maybe this links in Tuesday’s Kolkata A citizens’ register would be a blunder as it would face (AJKPC) was also to press for K State and now the UT admin- bills. Congress jointly questioned time he is taking time to go Automated Teller Machine backlash across the country, she said. security cover to all sarpanches istration have been violating the Though there was no offi- the logic behind the adjourn- through the bill… this gov- frauds that have allegedly “We will not allow the National Register of Citizens and panches in the vulnerable MGNREGA guidelines with cial statement from the ment as “there are a host of ernment runs the house in a duped customers of lakhs. (NRC), it will never happen in West Bengal. You cannot areas and enhancement of month- regard to the payment of wages to Government or the Governor’s other issues to be discussed — peculiar manner. The bill that Police said the number of implement NRC on the basis of caste and religion,” she told ly honorarium given at the rate of workers with “impunity”. House on the bizarre develop- from rising cases of dengue to is discussed sometimes is not people defrauded had crossed reporters in the premises of the State Assembly. 2,500 to sarpanches and 1,000 “The MGNREGA guidelines ment inside sources said, the rising prices of eatables,” State the one that gets signed. So if 50 on Monday with video clip- “NRC is a political rhetoric of BJP. It can never be a to panches. suggest that workers should be inordinate delay by the BJP president Dilip Ghosh said the Governor is taking time to pings procured from Delhi reality. They (BJP) are busy using political rhetoric but we “We are forced to go for the paid their wages within 15 days of Governor in signing the bills the Governor was not a puppet read it between the lines he is Police showed masked fraud- should not fall into their trap. All people living in this coun- hunger strike in support of our the work done but the situation is was an upshot of growing dif- in the hands of the not doing any wrong.” sters withdrawing cash from try are its legal citizens and no one can take away their cit- demands because of the insensi- quite grim in the UT where the ferences between Chief Government and he was not The State has sent three the Capital’s Laxmi Nagar area izenship,” Banerjee, who is a staunch critic of the saffron tive approach of the administra- workers who executed works Minister Mamata Banerjee and bound to sign all the bills bills including SC/ST on most of the occasions. party, said. tion. Our round-the-clock hunger from 2015 to March 2019 have not the Governor who has repeat- making it clear that there was Commission bill, sources said. Senior IPS officer The TMC supremo said her opposition to NRC is not strike will continue till December been paid their wages till date. edly complained against the “some politics behind his not Dhankhar is at loggerheads Murlidhar Sharma on Monday driven only by politics but also on humanitarian grounds. 10 but if the administration comes This is the worst example of State Ministers and even the signing the bills as is the with the TMC Government on said “two FIRs have been “A person who is living in the country for last so many forward and addresses our issues, human rights violation,” said the Chief Minister for being norm.” a number of issues. The cold lodged in two places in Kolkata decades, how can you just announce him foreigner all of we are ready to call off the strike leader of the AJKPC, which is a incourteous to him. While there was no state- war peaked on the Constitution and accordingly we have start- a sudden ? This is completely unacceptable. Pan India NRC anytime,” AJKPC president Anil frontline body of the elected pan- The Speaker announced ment from the Governor’s Day celebrations last week. ed investigation,” adding the will never be a reality,” Banerjee said.Her comments come Sharma told reporters. chayat members. that the House will remain House Ghosh said “Governor The Chief Minister and the police would soon go to the a day after BJP chief Amit Shah at an election rally in He said the AJKPC had Referring to the killing of a adjourned till December 5. He is not bound to sign every bill Governor who were present at Capital to further investigate Jharkhand on Monday set 2024 as the deadline for imple- served an ultimatum of 15 days to sarpanch and a Government said “the House will be sent by the Government just the State Assembly would not the case. menting the hugely divisive NRC across the country. the UT Government for clearing official in a terror attack at Hakura adjourned for two days. The because it is in majority.” He exchange pleasantries. He said Romanian and He asserted that “each and every” infiltrator will be the mounting liabilities of 1,000 village in Anantnag district on bills which were scheduled to accused the Government of Subsequently Dhankhar Turkish gangs could be behind identified and expelled before the next general election. crore under the MGNREGA November 26 during the ‘back to be placed won’t be tabled as “getting passed all the bills accused Banerjee for “humili- the frauds and were being The omission of a large number of Hindu Bengalis from scheme. the village’ programme, he said they are yet to receive the nod without it being scrutinised.” ating” him “on every occasion” probed. Last year similar frauds the final NRC list in BJP-ruled Assam has apparently cre- “The poor labourers, includ- the security of the panches and of the Governor …We had sent He said “I was in the and not briefing him took place and 8 people of ated panic among the people in West Bengal and has ing skilled and unskilled, have not sarpanches is a major issue and those bills for printing but Assembly for three years and I regularly. Romanian gang were arrested. allegedly led to 11 deaths in the state so far. PTI been paid their meagre wages for needs to be dealt on priority. PTI     '  90 '=:O   P   0+1;@ 5 50 ;1 : 7#%6#'77%3#% ,./(0, Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot      %8%"3:73 '< # %A37 on November 20. ransgenders took out a %3< ,<3#3 <#''<" 3# Replying to a discussion for   % +;1 Tmarch to the Raj Bhavan :37#"3A"7#%6#'7% further consideration of the bill, here on Tuesday protesting #'%3'A37<3#% '7" 3# Gehlot had said efforts would ajasthan Chief against the Transgender #':%%6 #" B&  be made to incorporate the RMinister Ashok Persons (Protection of Rights) &3< %" <#' suggestions presented by mem- Gehlot on Tuesday bill 2019. :37#"$ # %"7 7 bers while framing the rules. said the Congress’ They urged the President  #' 3"3#3&7./ He had said a clause relat- proposed rally in Ram Nath Kovind to withhold ed to medical examination by New Delhi against his assent to it. The bill was a representative of the public a panel for a district magistrate “anti-people” poli- passed in the Rajya Sabha on and the head of the state, and (DM) or collector to certify a cies of the NDA November 26. Raising slogans, to revert the bill to the Rajya person as a transgender which Government will the members of the Sabha. On November 26, the was earlier part of the bill, has shatter its “arro- Transgenders Collective Forum Rajya Sabha passed the bill on been done away with, after gance”. said the bill had been passed protection of rights of trans- reservations were expressed by The Congress amid protests and resistance genders after a motion to refer members in this regard. has called for a rally from them, whose rights it it to a select committee of the However, in case of a child, at the Ramlila Maidan against Modi Government by claims to protect. “We strong- Upper House was defeated. his or her parents can file the alleged “anti-people poli- Congress workers across the ly resent the passing of this bill The had passed application for issuance of an cies” of the Prime Minister country. and condemn the members of the bill on August 5. identification certificate. Narendra Modi led “This rally will prove to be Parliament who voted in its The Transgender Persons Elaborating on the provi- Government. effective in shattering the arro- favour. The bill was passed (Protection of Rights) Bill, sions of the bill, the Minister “On December 14, there gance of the central govern- without any change or amend- 2019, seeks to provide a mech- had said it is aimed at elimi- will be a demonstration at ment,” Gehlot said. ment during the deliberations”, anism for social, economic nating discrimination against Ramlila Maidan in Delhi and When asked about his they said. and educational empowerment transgenders and the thousands of Congress workers views on the removal of the The forum also urged of transgenders and was moved Government would form a from all over the country will SPG cover of the Gandhi fam- President not to sign the bill as for consideration and passage national council for its imple- participate,” the CM said here. ily, he said the reasons cited for they said it would be, if he does, in the Rajya Sabha by Social mentation after the legislation #          )         #  He said there had been dis- removing the security cover a gross violation of his duty as Justice and Empowerment is brought into effect.  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Government. admire your acting,” Kishwar The indication of the doc- in October”. scheme “Chhatrapati Shivaji Talking to media persons a anniversary of her father late fron alliance Government in Responding to a tweet put tweeted. ument being a fake one can be “We have a reason to Maharaj Krishi Samman day after her Sunday’s Facebook Gopinath Munde, sources close the state, she was defeated by out by academic and chairper- “I am also deeply seen from the fact that it bears believe that some vested inter- Yojana” on June 4 2017. post and subsequent removal of to her said that she was plan- her cousin Dhananjay Munde son of Indian Council of Social impressed by the gracious hand-written noting that ests are behind this mischief. Deshmukhs believe that the BJP’s name from her twit- ning to make to make a major in the October 21 State Science Research (ICSSR) manner in which Deshmukhs allegedly owed We are lodging a police com- their political rivals might have ter handle sparked intense spec- announcement on December Assembly polls by a margin of Madhu Kishwar, Riteish tweet- @Riteishdpointed out my mis- farm loan amounting to plaint now to thoroughly inves- been behind the whole thing. ulation that she might quit the 12, while not disclosing as what 30.701 votes in their home ed: “Dear @madhukishwar Ji, take. Thank you Riteish, that 4,70,64,195 and it carries tigate the entire matter and “If the fake document has BJP on December 12, Pankaja it could be. constituency of Parli in Beed The said paper in circulation is one tweet of yours carried another remark— all penned arrest those peddling these resurfaced again in the social said: “I had not put the On Monday, the district of Marathwada. with malafide motive. Neither many valuable lessons,” she with a yellow marker-pen: fake messages in social media,” media, Amit Deshmukh’s rivals Facebook post to indulge in Maharashtra BJP had gone into Shiv Sena spokesperson me nor my brother added in another tweet. “Advise, how to waive off the Amit said. may be trying to deny him pressure tactics within the party. a tizzy, after Pankaja —through Sanjay Raut had added fuel to @AmitV_Deshmukh have As per a purportedly loan”. In a detailed clarification, To substantiate the the ministerial berth in the Uddhav I am a loyal party worker. a Facebook post put out on ongoing speculation that availed any loan as mentioned “fake” document dated Congress MLA Amit document circulating in the Thackeray Government. Rebellion is not in my blood. Sunday and subsequent Pankaja might join the Shiv in the paper posted by you. February 2, 2019 from Deshmukh said: “This kind of social media was “fake”, Amit This is because he was a My Facebook post has been removal of the BJP’s name from Sena, through his cryptic Hence, there is no question of floating around in the social messages have been floating came out with the latest copy Minister for a brief time in the misinterpreted. I am upset with her twitter handle on Monday remarks made during his inter- any loan waiver whatsoever. media, Amit Deshmukh and around in social media since of a genuine document earlier Congress-NCP alliance misleading news reports. I am — hinted at the possibility of actions with media persons at Please don’t be misled. Thank had alleged- the run-up to the Lok Sabha. received from the local revenue government and is now a min- very committed to the BJP. her quitting the parent party Nashik. Asked if it was true you”. Interestingly enough, the ly availed a huge farm loan of We had then issued a clarifi- department on November 29, isterial aspirant,” a Congress Rumours are being spread to and joining another party. that Pankaja would be joining original tweet put by Kishwar around 4.75 crore and also cation. The messages once 2019 which has no figures of leader close to the Deshmukh suggest that I am leaving the As Pankaja was incommu- the Shiv Sena, Raut said: “Many went missing from the twitter, reportedly applied to the again resurfaced during the any alleged outstanding loan family said. BJP”. nicado all through Monday prominent BJP leaders have Earlier in the day, former after she removed the BJP’s expressed their willingness to Ministers Vinod Tawade, name from her twitter handle, join the BJP. If you are talking Babarao Lonikar and Ram the BJP had gone into a dam- about Pankaja Munde, you will . -?  Shinde met Pankaja at her age control mode and denied get know about her plans on Mumbai residence and request- that she had any plans to be December 12”. ed her not to take any extreme quit the party, as was being Talking to media persons,   $ % step of quitting the BJP. Talking interpreted by the political Maharashtra BJP president to media persons after his observers from Sunday’s said: “At a time we have an acci-  :;:9 + morning as chief minister and meeting with Pankaja, Tawade Facebook post and her decision dental Government in the state. deputy chief minister, respec- said: “Every year Pankajatai to remove the party’s name It is but natural that we get to n second big disclosure in tively, even though the Shiv puts out such posts on from her twitter handle. see the ruling front leaders Itwo days, NCP chief Sharad Sena, NCP and Congress had Facebook. But, this year, her Forty year-old Pankaja is indulge in this kind of wishful Pawar on Tuesday said almost finalised their alliance political rivals misinterpreted the daughter late BJP leader thinking. There is absolute he was aware that party leader and named Uddhav Thackeray her post. She is upset because Gopinath Munde. Pankaja had truth in the rumours that Ajit Pawar was in touch with as the chief ministerial candi- of this”. taken over the legacy of her Pankajatai would quit the BJP. Devendra Fadnavis even as he date. Informed sources in the father Gopinath Munde after Many of us have spoken distanced himself from his However, Ajit resigned on BJP said that former chief min- the latter died in a road acci- Pankajatai. I don’t think there nephew’s sudden political move November 26, following which ister and senior BJP leader dent in the national capital on is any possibility of her taking to join hands Fadnavis also threw in the Devendra Fadnavis spoke to June 3, 2014. A former minis- such a step(of quitting the with the BJP on towel, resulting into collapse of Pankaja over telephone and ter in the previous BJP-led saf- BJP)”. November 23. the government that lasted for reportedly prevailed upon her Pawar had on Monday said only 80 hours. not to quit the party. “Both the that Prime Minister Narendra “I knew Devendra leaders discussed the current Modi had proposed “working Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were political situation in the state,” together” but he rejected the in talks, but the speculation sources said. offer. that I was aware of Ajit’s polit- Notwithstanding Pankaja’s Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar ical move is wrong,” Pawar told $)      )         )   denial about her quitting the took oath on November 23 NDTV in an interview. )  () %(* BJP on December 12, the birth     - &45  !   5 !  $ ! "  "        !  6 ! ,   0'A$B !   Bengaluru: Alleging that the “corrupt money” for the leave alone Congress, people ruling BJP, fearing defeat in the bypoll. will chase and beat them. Dont   ) $   December 5 bypolls, has tried “I want to tell one thing to indulge in such undemocratic Bengaluru: The high-octane to contact some of its MLAs BJP- some of their leaders have things, he added. campaign for the December 5 Bengaluru: Senior Congress with an intention to engineer claimed that Congress MLAs Clarifying that Congress bypolls in Karnataka that will leader K Siddaramaiah on defections, the Congress in are ready to join them...Im would not indulge in such determine the future of the BJP Tuesday said the party leader- Karnataka Monday warned the warning them not to again “operations”, Rao said disqual- Government in the ship would take a call on pos- saffron party of a backlash indulge in Operation Kamala ified Congress legislators like State ended on Tuesday, with sible tie-up with JD(S) to form from the party and people if (poaching of opposition Byrathi Basavaraj, S T leaders of political parties mak- a government in case the rul- they went about it. MLAs),” KPCC President Somashekar and Munirathna- ing a last bid to woo ing BJP fails to retain its major- The principal Opposition Dinesh Gundu Rao told who are now BJP candidates, voters. ity following the December 5 party also claimed that BJP was reporters here. had in fact said they wanted to The by-elections to 15 assembly bypolls in Karnataka.’ spending about 1,000 crore “...In fact, they are already re-join the party, a request Assembly constituencies saw His statement came even as making phone calls to our which was turned down. BJP seeking votes for “stabili- several of his party colleagues sions on alliance with JD(S). MLAs, already called a few of The bypolls were necessi- ty”, while the maintained that they were not Earlier speaking to them. If it repeats, we will not tated after the resignation and Congress and JD(S) urged the averse to possibility of a post reporters in Mysuru, he said, spare you... If it (poaching) absence of 17 Congress-JD(S) electorate to defeat the dis- by-poll alliance. there was no internal under- repeats, we will not spare legislators during the trust qualified legislators responsible “No, no such things, high standing between Congress you. They (BJP) know they vote, leading to the collapse of for the collapse of their coali- command will discuss and and JD(S) during the bypolls, will lose in the bypolls... the coalition government and tion government, who are now decide about it,” Siddaramaiah and both parties were serious- If they indulge in paving the way for BJP to the ruling party told reporters in Hunsur in ly fighting against each Operation Kamala again, come to power. PTI candidates. PTI response to a query on discus- other. PTI ;   %   :;CC 

     :;:9 + Committee from 2005 to 2020, duce the three arrested former Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) man Waryam Singh, managing Bavisi was member of the directors of the bank before a Sarang Kumar Wadhawan and director Joy Thomas and other he Economic Offences loans and advances committee city court on Wednesday Rakesh Wadhawan senior officials, along with the TWing (EOW) of Mumbai between 2011 and 2020. Bane morning and seek their The PMC Bank’s expo- directors of HDIL Sarang Police arrested three former was on the Bank’s recovery remand. sure to the HDIL group was Wadhwan and Rakesh directors of the Punjab & committee from 2015 to With the latest arrests, the nearly 73 per cent of its total Wadhawan, have been named Maharashtra Cooperative 2020. total number of arrests in the loan book size of 8,880 crore in the FIR. (PMC) Bank Ltd late on Ahead of their formal PMC Bank scam has gone up as of September 19, 2019. HDIL’s promoters had Tuesday evening, in connec- arrested, the three former to eleven. The EOW suspects a nexus allegedly colluded with the tion with the 4,355 crore directors were questioned in Earlier on November 16, between some of the accused bank management, to draw scam. connection with the loans and the police had arrested Sardar and realty group HDIL, whose loans from the bank’s Bhandup The police identified the facilities extended to the HDIL Ranjeet Singh, son of a city BJP mammoth loan defaults are branch. three arrested former directors Group and the status of their leader and former MLA from said to have caused a liquidity During the course of the of the PMC Bank as Jagdish long-pending recoveries. They Mulund Sardar Tara crisis at the bank, leading to investigations, it has come to Mookhey, Mukti Bavisi and failed to provide satisfactory Singh. appointment of administrator light that the PMC Bank cre- Trupti Bane. replies to the investigators, Among those arrested so and restrictions on withdraw- ated more than 21,000 fake While Mookhey was a prompting their arrest. far include: two promoters of al of funds. accounts to hide the various member of the Audit The investigators will pro- the Housing Development and The bank’s former chair- loans.    0   R>     " "  

Coimbatore: A day after 17 the tiled roof structures in dren. people were killed in a com- the Dalit settlement. The arrest of the house pound wall collapse near here, Sivasubramanian, who owner, absconding since the the owner of the house around had been ‘absconding’ incident, came amid demands which the structure had been since the mishap, was by the locals and some Dalit built was arrested on Tuesday arrested in Mettupalayam, outfits besides political leaders, on charges of causing death by about 45 km from here, including DMK president M K negligence. police said adding they Stalin who visited the bereaved Amid demands for action were interrogating him. families and alleged officials under the SC and ST Act since A portion of the over had failed to act on com- the victims were Dalits, Tamil Conceding other 15-foot high compound wall, plaints about stability of the Nadu Chief Minister K demands, he announced damp due to heavy rains lash- wall. Palaniswami met the bereaved enhancement of the solatium ing the area for the past few Police said a case under families at Nadur, over 50 km from 4 lakh to ten lakh and days, came crashing down on Indian Penal Code section 304 from here, and described the said orders had been issued to the adjoining four tiled-roof A (causing death by negli- incident as ‘painful’ and provide suitable jobs to the houses in the Dalit settlement gence) had been registered assured action against the next of the kin of the deceased. in Nadur around 5 am on against Sivasubramanian, who owner in accordance with law He also said concrete houses Monday, killing the 17, includ- runs a textile showroom in based on proper inquiry. will be constructed to replace ing ten women and two chil- Mettupalayam. PTI    !"#$% 7 8

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Karvy has taken loans to '    ! ,2:  "3>7   > " Tuesday asked NDSL not to were kept as securities for loans Banks claimed that such “uni- HDFC Bank said the largest been aware of the Sebi order the tune of 600 crore by ,29   , ! 3>: %  ,2A 3 transfer any more shares to the made by banks, and “unilater- lateral” transfer of shares, which private sector lender alone has since all these banks which pledging securities worth over '  4,2 3:@+ A  clients of the crippled Karvy al” transfer of shares will have are pledged with them as secu- a 300 crore exposure where have challenged the NSDL also 2,300 crore of 95,000 clients  +   +  2A++3< &7 +       Broking. a chilling effect on this stream rities for borrowings, will deeply the shares worth over 470 run dedicated broking arms. with lenders, including Bajaj E/F   5,  :  ) Issuing an interim stay, a of lending, HDFC Bank, ICICI impact the entire business of crore have been pledged. SAT reserved the order Finance. Of these, 95,000 two-member SAT bench com- Bank and Indusind Bank told loans against shares and will pre- Counsel for NSDL said and said the final order will be clients, nearly 83,000 have got prising MT Joshi and CKG the SAT during the hearing. vent them from undertaking depository acted only as per delivered at 1400 hrs back their securities, which Nair said the final order will be Karvy had misused secu- this business in toto. Sebi order and drew focus on Wednesday. On Monday, Sebi were illegally transferred by issued Wednesday afternoon. rities of over 95,000 clients As a solution, senior coun- a Sebi order of June 2019 had directed NSDL to transfer Karvy to its own account and The SAT order came on a which it was holding on behalf sel representing banks pleaded which made it clear that such the investors’ securities, held by then used for other purposes plea from affected lenders-- of the clients to raise over for shares to be either clawed pledges might be untenable Karvy Stock Broking in their including raising funds. HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, 600 crore in loans. back from clients and frozen in and alleged that banks have respective accounts. The deci- The ruling halting further Indusind Bank and Bajaj Following an order from an escrow account and warned been “recklessly” lending to sion resulted in nearly 83,000 transfer of shares came follow- Finance — which challenged the capital markets regulator that if the securities come back brokerages. investors getting back their secu- ing an appeal by Bajaj Finance, NSDL’s Monday decision to Sebi, National Securities to the open market, it will be During the day-long argu- rities that were illegally trans- which has given loans worth transfer shares from now- Depository (NSDL) on “irreversible”. ments, the NSDL counsel told ferred by the broker to its own 345 crore to Karvy against banned Karvy Broking back to Monday transferred back Banks also said they cannot SAT that the decision to trans- account and were even pledged pledged securities.   % ) D#)  $'   %  AC   B    M% -        F N* 'D '  A% -B' ) A:   B'  A   B   )     ? 1 -  $ A;    B'  A/) '  B  -0 A:   B'  A?  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The Government made sure constant interac- year low growth with a 1.45 nies, including Future six companies identified for account of market surveillance   " " " has taken various steps, includ- tions with the industry, under- lakh crore tax break. Enterprises and GMR surveillance action, according and it should not be construed    7 # ing reduction in corporate tax, standing their challenges, and Base corporate tax for Infrastructure, that have higher to a circular. as an adverse action against the N0 7 # she said at the India-Sweden therefore, since after the bud- existing companies has been levels of pledged shares by pro- “The applicable rate of concerned company. !7 O   Business Summit here. get not waiting for another reduced to 22 per cent from 30 moters, for surveillance action. margin in equity and equity In October, stock      "  "   7  Without sharing details of budget which is expected in per cent, and to 15 per cent The exchange would levy derivatives segment shall be 35 exchanges decided to take addi- #  , , E/F)     future reforms, the finance min- February 2020, we took major from 25 per cent for new man- minimum margin of 35 per per cent or existing margin, tional surveillance measures        "S!    ister said, “I only can invite and structure reform in the form ufacturing firms incorporated cent on the respective shares, whichever is higher with effect from November 1 in order to Q!  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'"% '3776 /       ncumbent telecom carriers New Delhi: The voluntary around 6,000 employees also  % retirement scheme of BSNL retired,” BSNL Chairman and and Reliance Jio have asked the <3'3#A73(+( #  H3  *IJ and MTNL on Tuesday closed Managing Director PK Purwar   546,4#0+ increase of 22.7 per cent), they sector regulator TRAI to set up ./(/,"3(() #./(G,#'"3 with over 92,700 employees said. The PSUs had set said. floor pricing for data services )/3#" New Delhi: A day after clock- Vodafone Idea shares dived 9.50 opting for it, according to December 3 as last date for he Income Tax Department Of the 2.10-crore refunds as early as possible while ask- ing bountiful gains, telecom per cent to end at 7.05 apiece on senior officials of the public employees to opt for VRS. Tprocessed as many as 2.10 processed in 2019-20, 68 per ing for continuation of for- companies’ shares closed on a the BSE. Intra-day, the stock sector telecom companies. MTNL Chairman and crore tax refund cases, return- cent of refunds were issued bearance for voice services. agreement that TRAI be mixed note on Tuesday. plummeted 13.73 per cent to hit Around 78,300 employees of Managing Director Sunil Kumar ing back over 1.46 lakh crore within 30 days from the date of In a letter to Telecom requested to regulate tariffs by Bharti Airtel shares logged a a low of 6.72. BSNL and 14,378 of MTNL said that the PSU too has in first eight months of 2019- the e-verification of income tax Regulatory Authority of India setting a floor price for data ser- marginal 0.09 per cent gain to On the NSE, its shares set- have opted for the scheme. exceeded the target set for VRS. 20, up 20 per cent over the last return as compared to 57 per Chairman, COAI Director vices,” said the Cellular settle the day at 458.95 a unit on tled 7.69 per cent down at 7.20 “Approximately 78,300 “14,378 employees have opted year as a centralised processing cent for the same period in FY General Rajan Mathews said Operators Association of India the BSE. The stock fell 2.84 per per unit. During the day, the employees have opted for the for VRS against target of 13,650 centre has expedited the 2018-19. tariff correction in the current (COAI) Director General cent in intra-day trade before scrip nosedived 14.10 per cent. VRS as per data received from employees. This will reduce our process, officials said. All refunds issued by CPC level of fierce competition is not Mathews in a letter dated staging a recovery. The operator’s Shares of Vodafone Idea on all the circles till the closing of annual salary bill from 2,272 The Centralised Processing have been directly credited to possible by any service provider December 3, 2019, to the TRAI shares had hit 52-week high on Monday closed higher by 14.06 the scheme. This is as per our crore to 500 crore. Now we are Centre (CPC) processed 4.70 the taxpayers’ bank accounts by voluntarily and thus the only chairman Ram Sewak Sharma. Monday. On the NSE, the telco’s per cent and those of Bharti target. We were expecting left with 4,430 employees which crore tax returns between April ECS, eliminating paper cheque option available is prescription COAI represents India’s shares closed at 460.85 apiece, Airtel by 4.12 per cent. reduction of 82,000 headcount. is sufficient to run our business,” 2019 and November 28 (almost and ensuring faster, of a minimum tariff for mobile telecom service providers and up 0.49 per cent. While PTI Besides VRS applicants, Kumar said. PTI eight months of current 2019- accurate and safer credit, offi- data service by the Authority. network vendors excluding 20 year) as opposed to 3.91 cials said. At the same time TRAI state-run Bharat Sanchar crore returns being processed The number of verified would be aware that unlike Nigam Limited (BSNL) and verdict asking telecom compa- 8/.  3 /. in the same period a year back, refunds pending as on mobile data, voice services are Mahanagar Telephone Nigam nies to pay due to the govern- they said. November 29 are 20.76 lakh considered as essential ser- Limited (MTNL). ment settling a decade-and-a- New Delhi: India needs to dis- scale paper imports despite the He pitched for increasing the It processed 2.10 crore tax and currently being processed. vices by the people mainly at “Necessary orders as per half dispute on the courage large-scale paper presence of diversified paper use of bamboo as it can be a refund cases for current Officials said not only were the bottom of the pyramid the statutory provisions of the interpretation of Adjusted imports to boost the domestic sector in the country. I am espe- win-win situation for the paper Assessment Year 2019-20 as on 20 per cent higher number of and therefore would need to be TRAI Act be issued urgently. Gross Revenue (AGR). paper industry, Union Minister cially concerned about the industry and the farmers. November 28, 2019, compared refunds processed for the cur- continued under the present We expect tariffs to be regu- In the September quarter, Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. growth prospects of small scale JK Paper Managing to 1.75 crore refunds for the rent AY2019-20, the pendency forbearance regime. lated and decided by TRAI will Bharti Airtel and Vodafone The MSME Minister also paper and pulp industries, an Director Harshpati Singhania same period in FY 2018-19, an of refunds for verified income It said data tariffs in India ensure that the telecom indus- Idea together posted highest pitched for use of bamboo as a important part of MSME sector. said,”Growth in paper industry increase of 20 per cent. tax returns (ITR) has been are 50 times lower than that of try remains healthy and loss of more than 75,000 raw material by the industry as “The imports in paper sec- is moving from developed The total amount of reduced by 36 per cent from the developed/developing robust,” the letter stated. crore. The telecom body, citing different types of papers can be tor need to be discouraged world to the developing world. refunds issued in FY 2019-20 31.97 lakh last year at the economies. “Telecom service The financially-strained TRAI data said overall average made using bamboo. The while exports should be Consumption growth is declin- till November 28 was 1.46 same time to 20.76 lakh this providers in the private sector telecom sector, sitting on a debt revenue per user (APRU) Government has allocated enhanced to support the ing in Europe and Americas lakh crore as compared to year as on November 29. — Bharti Airtel Limited, of more than 7.5 lakh crore, is has come down from 141 in 1,300 crore towards ‘Bamboo domestic industry,” Gadkari while the same is going up in 1.19 lakh crore in the same Balance refunds are being Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea further stressed following the 2010, to 118 in 2017, and to Mission’, he said. said in a video message at the Asia and some of the Latin period of the previous year (an processed, they said. Limited — are in complete recent adverse Supreme Court 80 a month. “India is witnessing large- inauguration of Paperex 2019. American countries.” PTI .  .:;8'!+ .8 .//./<*<=  New Delhi: German luxury car- Martin Schwenk said. maker Mercedes Benz on Stating the GLC is one of Tuesday launched its premium Mercedes-Benz India’s highest New Delhi: The country’s the year-end price hike cles starting from entry-level Mumbai: The Indian rupee SUV GLC with price starting at selling SUVs, having sold over largest car maker Maruti Suzuki announcements, Maruti Suzuki small car Alto to premium closed on a steady note against 52.56 lakh (ex-showroom all 7,000 units since its debut, he India on Tuesday said it will India said in a regulatory filing multi-purpose vehicle XL6 the US dollar on Tuesday as the India). The latest generation of said launch of latest generation hike prices of its vehicles from that over the past year the cost with price ranging from 2.89 domestic forex market turned the GLC is available in both GLC “also marks the introduc- January to offset rising input of company’s vehicles has been lakh to 11.47 lakh (ex-show- cautious ahead of the RBI petrol and diesel engine options. tion of the next generation of costs. Other car manufacturers impacted adversely due to room Delhi). monetary policy outcome. These are equipped with MBUX, MBUX with the aim to improve such as Toyota, Mahindra & increase in various input costs, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Besides, participants also an intuitive and intelligent multi- driver’s interaction with the var- Mahindra and Mercedes-Benz “Hence, it has become Deputy Managing Director N took note of the developments media system. ious systems in the car”. “New said they are also contemplating imperative for the company to Raja also said that the compa- on the global trade canvas, While the petrol option, GLC combines ruggedness of a a similar move. pass on some impact of the ny is working out details to off- where US President Donald GLC 200 is priced at 52.75 lakh, SUV with the intelligence of Hyundai Motor India and above additional cost to cus- set rising input costs by pass- Trump announced imposition the diesel variant GLC 220d is MBUX and luxury appoint- Honda Cars India, however, tomers through a price increase ing it to customers. of tariffs on imports from priced at 57.75 lakh (all prices ments synonymous with Three said they will not increase across various models in “We are in discussion for a Brazil and Argentina as ex-showroom, India). “The Pointed Star (Mercedes-Benz). vehicle prices in January, but January 2020,” it added. January timeline for the price well as indicated that a deal launch of the new GLC reiterates We are confident this offering their products will see rise in This price increase shall increase. We will be reviewing with China might not be hap- our product offensive for the will continue to win hearts and prices when BS-VI compliant vary for different models, the prices along with the model pening till next year’s US pres- Indian market,” Mercedes-Benz minds of our discerning cus- models are introduced in the company said. Currently, the year change and we will look at idential polls. India Managing Director & CEO tomers,” he added. PTI market. Taking the first step for company sells a range of vehi- price increase,” said. PTI PTI    !"#$%  ! 88

!  1+> / L5   ionel Messi said he hoped to carry on undimmed by age  )   Lafter claiming a record sixth men’s Ballon d’Or award at the age  ) 3  of 32 in Paris on Monday, while USA World Cup superstar Megan ! #+@41<<# Rapinoe took the women’s prize. Rapinoe was not at the Chatelet irgil van Dijk said that seeing Theatre in the French capital, unable Vfour Liverpool players finish to make the trip back to the coun- <5==>5=?=5=??5=?55=?@5=?>E in the top 10 in the ranking for this try where she led the USA to victo- year’s Ballon d’Or can be an extra ry in July. 77 source of motivation for the However, Messi was there with Anfield club in their quest for his wife, Antonella Roccuzzo, and more on-field success this season. two of their children. It is Messi’s first 7, “Obviously the season we had Ballon d’Or since 2015 and his sixth was outstanding. We had even overall as he moves one ahead of old 0;9 F     /  %     - % more players than that on the total rival Cristiano Ronaldo. shortlist so everyone can be proud “It is 10 years since I won my 2019 BALLON D'OR POINTS of the achievement,” said Van first Ballon d’Or here in Paris and I Dijk after coming second behind remember coming here with my (  $  U Lionel Messi at the awards ceremo- three brothers, I was 22 and it was 29   3 ny. all unthinkable for me what I was .     .F Sadio Mane finished fourth, going through,” Messi said on stage 2#! 3 Mohamed Salah was fifth, and after receiving the award from last goalkeeper Alisson Becker came year’s winner Luka Modric. 2     V. seventh in the voting by journal- “I hope I have several years left 2%  3 ists from around the world for the to keep enjoying my football. I am +   $  V. prize organised by France Football aware of the age I have and these 2#! 3 magazine. moments are all the more enjoyable Roberto Firmino, Trent because the moment when I have to J $ $ .U Alexander-Arnold and Georginio retire is getting closer and that is dif- 2#! 3 Wijanldum had also been nomi- ficult. * - $  UF nated after starring as Jurgen “All going well I’ll have several 2  >  7  3 Klopp’s side won the Champions years left but at the moment time G  . League last season. seems to be flying and everything is “I think we could have even happening very quickly. 2#! 3 have had a couple more players in “I hope to keep enjoying my )    VV it, but we had a fantastic season last football, my family, facing my rivals 29  : 3 year and it should help motivate and all of this life that I have.” 0   V us to keep doing what we are doing, working even harder and 2:  $3 VAN DIJK COMES SECOND try to achieve even more than we The Barcelona number 10 won (/  - $ @  did last year,” added Van Dijk. this year’s prize — organised by 2:  $3 France Football magazine and voted ment and has led calls for her team for by a panel of journalists from to be paid the same as their male around the world — ahead of counterparts. Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk, M+O      )+  “It’s been an incredible year,” said   "   with Ronaldo third.   / P5  )       (  %     ?  ?K( Rapinoe in a recorded video message. It is the first time since 2010 that     ;>> “I want to say a huge thank you Ronaldo has failed to rank in the top The latter won a new prize for the RAPINOE’S INCREDIBLE YEAR A      !! to my team-mates, the coaches, the two. goalkeeper of the year, named after This is just the second year that +   US Soccer Federation, for all of the Having starred in the Liverpool former USSR icon Lev Yashin. a women’s Ballon d’Or — voted for  +     support to allow me to be who I am team that won the Champions Messi has scored 46 goals in 54 by 48 journalists — has been award- and do what I do on the field but also League, Van Dijk finished second to matches so far in 2019, and netted ed, with Rapinoe succeeding !  +    )N be the person who I am off the field.” Messi just as he did in the voting for 36 times in total in 34 La Liga match- Norway’s Ada Hegerberg. K $    Rapinoe was one of four mem- FIFA’s equivalent prize, The Best, in es last season as Barcelona won the Rapinoe was the star of the bers of the US side that lifted the September. title. Women’s World Cup on, and off, the M+    ");    World Cup to be nominated for the “Unfortunately there are a cou- He did not enjoy a successful field, winning the Golden Boot for  !  !     prize, along with Tobin Heath, Rose ple of players like him who are a bit Copa America with Argentina but top scorer, with six goals, and Golden    + )O Lavelle and Alex Morgan, who fin- unnatural. Six times Ballon d’Or — was also the top scorer in last sea- Ball for best player.  )>9  O< ished third on Monday. England’s you need to respect greatness as son’s Champions League with 12 She scored the opening goal as W X   ! Lucy Bronze came second. well,” said Van Dijk. goals. the USA beat the Netherlands 2-0 in "     )+    Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt, Van Dijk was one of four As if any reminder of his bril- the final. But the 34-year-old femi- the ex-Ajax star now at Juventus, suc- Liverpool players in the top 10, with liance were required, on Sunday he nist icon made headlines with her         ceeded Kylian Mbappe as the winner Sadio Mane fourth, Mohamed Salah scored a wonderful late winner for outspoken criticism of US President )N of the Kopa Trophy for the best play- fifth and goalkeeper Alisson seventh. Barcelona against Atletico Madrid. Donald Trump during the tourna-  ,     .  P/ P5  ?  ?K( K     er aged under 21. BEST EVER RANKING FOR MEN’S TT TEAM   New Delhi: +   D       5    )        " "!   " !      +A   " )  >3*4/ +   !  "6 5/7>    impressive across all areas.” 6 5>  '     !  The only omission from the    EU/!       ) squad was spare batsman F 7>   "  +    5 Cameron Bancroft, who was on G=0HI standby but did not play against /)@ > '  ! !  Pakistan.   546,4#0+ !   0 ,   ! ""F That means the same bat- !    !// !U !) ting line-up will start against iding on his runners-up finish at the Syed New Zealand in Perth on RModi International, Indian shuttler VOLLEYBALL TEAMS WIN GOLD IN SAG December 12, spearheaded by Sourabh Verma on Tuesday achieved a Kathmandu: +   !     7  David Warner who made a career-best ranking of world No 29 in the lat-   >  7    " monumental 335 not out in est BWF ranking. 3-$   /      3-   %(*   D    D         ) +  Adelaide, ably supported by The 26-year-old from Madhya Pradesh,      E/E E E. EFE. Marnus Labuschagne who hit who had reached world No 30 in 2012, had    "  D         a second successive century. a decent season in which he claimed two BWF   7     E/ “David Warner has been in Super 100 titles at Hyderabad and Vietnam  ) +    D        " exceptional form with the bat. and also won the Slovenia International   $0455 + Prithvi Shaw were on Tuesday  !       5!   The support he received from series in May. named in the 15- member    " )+   E. E Joe Burns in Brisbane and On Sunday, Sourabh, a three-time nation- ll-rounder Vijay Shankar Mumbai trophy squad for their E EE EE/ ) Marnus Labuschagne in al champion, entered his maiden final of a Awas named captain of the lung opener against Baroda. Adelaide was exactly what we Super 300 event at Lucknow before losing to Tamil Nadu team for the Ranji The two made to the 15- MEHULI SHOOTS 10M AIR RIFLE GOLD had been asking for from the Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei. Trophy 2019-20 season, begin- member squad, which was Kathmandu: +     ""   top order,” said Hohns. However, his progress to the summit clash ning on December 9. picked by the Milind Rege-led    " 7   >  7  $      0)    8 8)K( “They delivered, setting saw him jump seven places and grab the 29th The team announced by the ad-hoc selection panel on     : 7     " ! up both matches in what was spot. State Selection Committeeof Monday itself, but the official !    ) ! ,4# +,4 against Pakistan. an outstanding all-round per- India thus became the only country to the Tamil Nadu Cricket announcement was made by the  F   :      7   Tough opposition awaits formance. We are backing the have six shuttlers inside the top 30. China is Association includes Test star cricket body on Tuesday.  E)    /)V ustralia heavily hinted on with the arrival this month of current batting line-up to con- next best with five players inside the top 30. RAshwin and out of favour Mumbai, the 41-time         EE)F       ATuesday they will field the New Zealand for three Tests — tinue their form across the next Among others, young woman shuttler opener M Vijay. domestic champions, play their   +   !$  ): D same XI for their opening Test in Perth, Melbourne and three Tests.” Ashmita Chaliha also made a massive jump Batsman Baba Aparajith first game of the 2019-20 season               against New Zealand to the one Sydney — and selectors named A fiery six-wicket haul of 18 places to break into the top 100. has been named vice-captain of against Baroda in Vadodara   >  7  D      that thrashed Pakistan, with an unchanged 13-man squad. from Mitchell Starc in Adelaide There was no change in the ranking of top the squad. from December 9. "     2+>>A3  selectors keen to build a core “As we said prior to the all but ensured he will start in players P V Sindhu (World No 6) and Saina The team was selected for The squad is being led by !!   )+     7  group of players. Pakistan series we are striving Perth alongside Josh Nehwal (world No 10), who had skipped the the first two Ranji batsman Suryakumar Yadav, /   )+  D /  Tim Paine’s men have to maintain a core group of Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Syed Modi International. Trophymatches against with experienced wicket-keep- $  > "  7  )6  C"  proven to far more consistent players,” said national selector Nathan Lyon with Hohns say- Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth, Karnataka and Himachal er Aditya Tare as his deputy. in recent months, having Trevor Hohns. ing squad members Michael who lost in the quarters and second round last Pradesh. Shreyas Iyer and all- > " 7!> " 7  >  retained the Ashes in England “The performance of the Neser and James Pattinson week, also remained static at world No 12 and Tamil Nadu opens its cam- rounder Shivam Dube have not      E    !     before a 2-0 series sweep team against Pakistan was very “will continue as cover”. 11 respectively. paign in Group B against been picked in the squad as they  ! ) Karnataka at Dindigul. are in the national team. M S Washington Sundar Rahane, India’s test spe- BUMRAH TRAINS UNDER SIVAGNANAM will join the team for the second cialist, will get good game prac- New Delhi: 0  "       5./../  . match and K Mukunth will be tice as India now play Tests only         +   !  % ! 9   released from the squad. in New Zealand after two    "    +#    ,  ! 0 :+#<5 Young left-arm spinner M months. $ ! 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Mumbai’s crisis man Siddesh three lives including a team was presented the in the memory for the Squad: Vijay Shankar (Captain), Lad will not be available for first >   7  )   D       #N        % 9      ! !  !  howler of a dropped catch by award, during the drawn cricket that was played, we B Aparajith (Vice- Captain), M game as he is set to get married !            Joe Denly, described it as a draw, saying even if the It ensured the spoils second Test against are still talking about the Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, K this Friday.     "  !    “good effort” to end up with weather and fielding had went to New Zealand after England at Hamilton’s Spirit of Cricket. 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! : 5$04>41 doing as well as I can, and look forward to the next game, and look long-term, ose Mourinho says his time at plan things with board. Manchester United is “a closed “It’s that time of year. It’s never nice Jchapter” and he is only interested to see your colleagues lose your jobs in beating them when he takes his in- — three in a very short space of time. form side to Old Trafford today. “It’s a game of margins,” he added. It is the new Tottenham manag- “Sometimes you have luck, sometimes er’s first return to the touchline at you don’t, but it doesn’t make me any United’s home ground since his sack- more concerned that it’s December. ing by the club last December. “I’m good, absolutely no problem. “This is a closed chapter for me,” Sometimes you laugh when you read said Mourinho, who has won all stories about what I’ve said and stuff, three of his matches in charge of at least I know the sources are just Spurs. “I left the club, I took my made up, blatant lies.” time to process everything The United boss bemoaned his that happened, I took my team’s failure to turn draws into wins, time to prepare myself for saying they were not getting the  ! 9  the next challenge. results their football deserved. “Honestly, United for The club are winless in three me is in my book of experi- games and Solskjaer’s job will not get ences, it’s in my history any easier with a derby against : 6 + book.” Manchester City on Saturday to follow United are struggling the game against Mourinho’s Spurs ! #+@41<<# ' . / under Mourinho’s succes- side. ' )?@< sor, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, The Norwegian, though, dis- iverpool midfielder Alex but go into the game missed any need for crisis talks with LOxlade-Chamberlain says the United board. the Premier League leaders are drought but midfielder Oxlade- “Three days or four days are not going into every game believing Chamberlain said they needed  +5)  $-   ) ' 0 )  %   )  % going to change a whole lot, but these they can win after racking up 13 to remain mentally strong. two games are great chances for us to victories in 14 games. “You’ve got to just keep just two points behind fifth-placed  :/.  //  prove things and prove to ourselves Jurgen Klopp’s unbeaten going out and churning out Spurs. that we can continue in the vein we side have dropped just two results,” he said. “There might be “It is not for me to analyse United ' )?77 have had against some of the better points this season and estab- a time where results don’t go so now,” Mourinho said at his pre- sides,” he said. lished an eight-point advantage well and people maybe close the match press conference. Solskjaer expects Mourinho to over second-placed Leicester. gap a little bit. “I analyse them as an opponent, receive a warm welcome when he But even the pressure of “We’ve got to be also ready how they play. How can we beat OLE DOESN’T FEAR FUTURE returns to Old Trafford a year after maintaining their winning run, for those moments mentally as them? How can they beat us? For Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he being sacked, having won the League which appears to grow with a team to just keep going and see me that is the important thing.” does not fear for his future as Cup and Europa League during his every game for a club searching what happens.” Mourinho is excited about Manchester United manager despite a time in charge. for their first league title since Liverpool’s next match is the prospect of returning to spate of Premier League sackings as he “We know we have to improve, we 1990, has not affected the men- the Merseyside derby at home Old Trafford. prepares to face his predecessor Jose are working hard to do that right and tality within the club, according to struggling Everton today, He said: “I feel good, I Mourinho. when you change a manager halfway to Oxlade-Chamberlain. with the Reds unbeaten against like to play big matches, Spurs turned to Mourinho through the season (it) isn’t where it “I’m going into it (a game) their local rivals at Anfield I like to play against after dismissing Mauricio is supposed to be,” said the Norwegian. with the mindset that we’re since 1999. the best teams and go Pochettino last month, while “I don’t think whoever the man- going to win. I think that’s how But Klopp’s side have not back to a place where Arsenal and Watford have ager of the opposition team is will we all feel,” the England inter- kept a clean sheet at home all I was happy. subsequently sacked Unai change their motivation (of the play- national told the PA news season and are without sus- “I have a great rela- Emery and Quique Sanchez ers),” he said. agency. pended first-choice goalkeeper tionship with the Flores. “They are motivated to do well for “We’re going into the games Alisson Becker. Manchester United support- Solskjaer is under Man Utd, because they know it’s expecting ourselves to win and “I don’t think we’re leaking ers. I went back as a pundit increasing pressure, with about improving every day in training anything else we’re disappoint- loads of goals but probably just and I was humbled by such a United ninth in the Premier and every time you step on that pitch ed with.” a few little silly mistakes here beautiful reception. League, 22 points behind it’s a chance to prove you can be part He added: “I think that’s the and there all over the pitch,” said “Tomorrow I go back as the leaders Liverpool and eight off a top- of this long term. That has always been mentality you need to be suc- Oxlade-Chamberlain. coach of the team that will try and four spot as they prepare for today’s the case at Man Utd.” cessful, to have those high stan- “But even when we have beat Manchester United. match against Tottenham. United will still be without the dards that nothing else is accept- been conceding, we’re still find- “I understand that what they “No, it doesn’t make me more con- injured Paul Pogba but Scott able. Then you’ve got to let his- ing a way to come up with the want is the exact opposite of what I cerned,” Solskjaer said at his pre-match McTominay and Nemanja Matic will tory take its course.” goods and most of the time at want. Of course during the match I press conference on Tuesday. “I’m just be assessed as Solskjaer looks at his Liverpool are firm the minute it’s been winning the expect them to forget me.” focusing on my job and that’s just midfield options. favourites to end their title game.” '- 33.. 3 6/  ,?     

 &.     ' #C 5+ ished third with 37 points QN from 20 games. ! #<5,<5 ast edition runners-up side All eyes will be on the mar- LEast Bengal will begin their quee player and head coach reddie Ljungberg intends to tap into I-League campaign against Real David Robertson’s son, Mason Fthe knowledge of Arsene Wenger Kashmir Football Club here Lee Robertson who possesses and Sven-Goran Eriksson as he pre- today. the ability to play in different pares for his second game in charge of A title eluded East Bengal positions. Arsenal. last season as, in spite of defeat- The Srinagar-based team is The 42-year-old interim manager ing Gokulam Kerala 2-1 on the also bolstered with the inclu- took over from Unai Emery at the last day of competitions, they sion of former NEROCA FC Emirates last week after the Spaniard fell one point shy of eventual striker Singham Subash Singh was sacked, with Arsenal languishing champions Chennai City FC. and winger Kallum Michael in mid-table in the Premier League. Under the guidance of Higginbotham, the fresh trans- Ljungberg said Wenger, who head coach Alejandro fer from Scottish brought the Swede to Arsenal as a play- Menendez, the red-and-gold Championship side er back in 1998, and Eriksson could brigade drew with Real Dunfermline Athletic Football offer valuable experience as he looks to Kashmir at home and scored a Club. build his own career. under his Swedish compatriot Eriksson, victory in Srinagar last season Coach Robertson said, Asked if he had spoken to former he admitted he heard good things about and this will give them a psy- “Last season, we had a good Arsenal boss Wenger, he replied: "No the former England manager. chological advantage before they are a very competitive out- ./% 3 .  5. season and defended well and (not yet). "Sven is intelligent," he said. "I spoke they start their season. fit. The onus now lies on us, we '