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Transgender and Queer judgment was a “huge thumbs down a British-era law that it was part of the five-judge “Any kind of sexual activity (LGBTQ) community, result- up” for humanity. “Historical said violates the right to equal- Constitution Bench headed by with animals shall remain a ing in discrimination. judgment!!!! So proud today! ity, triggering celebrations Chief Justice Dipak Misra that penal offence under Section Across the country, gay Decriminalising homosexual- among LGBTQ activists who delivered the judgment, cap- 377 of the IPC,” it said. people gathered in front of their ity and abolishing #Section377 welcomed the judgment as a ping a 17-year legal struggle. Delivering four separate television sets, waiting anx- is a huge thumbs up for harbinger of a more inclusive “It (Section 377) shrouds but concurring judgments, the iously for the verdict to be humanity and equal rights! India. Parts of Section 377 of the lives of the LGBT commu- top court set aside its 2013 ver- announced. Tears flowed and The country gets its oxygen the Indian Penal Code, which nity in criminality and constant dict which had re-criminalised people hugged each other back!” he wrote on Twitter. criminalised consensual unnat- fear mars their joy of life. They consensual unnatural sex. The spontaneously, when the judg- Continued on Page 4 ural sex, are “irrational, inde- constantly face social prejudice, SC Bench, which also com- fensible and manifestly arbi- disdain and are subjected to the prised Justices RF Nariman, trary”, the SC said in its historic shame of being their very nat- AM Khanwilkar and DY )2../3(4.-3(.-3+3536 ruling that made India the ural selves. Thus, an archaic law Chandrachud, struck down 26th country in the world which is incompatible with part of Section 377 of the IPC & where homosexuality is legal. constitutional values cannot as being violative of the right to “History owes an apology be allowed to be preserved,” the equality and the right to live )**+"= 2 7? -% $ .% " to members of the communi- court said. with dignity. Dealing with a '! '!2'5 )4)*+." ,' !,* ' O * #! ,- ! !!* # =2!* 2 ' . ' !! # ! ! ''' - !' ,-)**." ,! , 2 ! #! ' O ! ! *- ##!! O 'O ! O ! 5 17!' - 1)*+." , $ %&&!!# ' 1 2. # #! *- # !! ! ! ! (! )! !# ' '( P /1)**." , '# #* '! ! ! ,2)**."7! ! ! , !, 5!).)*+6" ,! ' - 1)**&" , ! ' ! #*,2 !, 2 ! #!L #' M ,-)&")!, ' ' 4)*+4" , ( & @<:% ' !! India’s bid to enter Nuclear ' ! %&&'! 5,-2 Suppliers Group (NSG) also @<' ' eaffirming their commit- came up. Further enhancing 2%+3" , !, ' ! ) !'! ! ) ' Rment to fight the scourge of growing strategic partnership, %&&' 5, terrorism, India and the US on the two countries also decided # * .+ has come into effect with Thursday urged Pakistan to to set up hotlines between the ! ' 57++", ! Legislature Secretary ensure that its territory is not External and Defence Ministers ' ' ,! ' %&& # Narasimha Charyulu issuing a used to launch terror attacks of two countries. /"7 gazette notification. and bring to justice perpetrators The path-breaking 2+2 # #', 57+)" , ' KCR later called on Chief of acts of terrorism, especially dialogue was held between !' ' ' Electoral Officer Rajath Kumar in Mumbai, Uri and Pathankot. External Affairs Minister ' ! ' %&& nding month of speculation and formally handed him over Making this assertion dur- Sushma Swaraj, Defence #'5 # Eand suspense, Telangana the notification informing him ing the maiden 2+2 dialogue Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ,-&", # ! Chief Minister K about the dissolution. here between External Affairs and their US counterparts ,2++)*+1" ,@<<; !,!!! Chandrasekhar Rao on A confident and gung-ho and Defence Ministers of India Michael Pompeo and James ' %&&'! 5,!! Thursday recommended the KCR later declared at a Press and the US respectively, the two Mattis respectively. Both the dissolution of the Assembly, conference that he expects the countries also signed the long sides discussed the "## $ %&'# $ %( 2 !! paving the way for an early fresh elections to 119-member awaited Communications, entire range of strategic issues #$ % ( #'# ) $ ( election in the State. Assembly will be held in Compatibility, Security concerning the two nations, #* +(,' - ' %.% .* The announcement came November, along with a few Agreement (COMCASA) growing defence ties, cross- just after Chandrasekhar Rao other States and the results will enabling the Indian armed border terrorism and further Issuing a terse warning to Ahead of the 10th anniver- held a brief State Cabinet meet- be announced in the first week forces to access encrypted tech- boosting interaction between Pakistan, the “Ministers sary of the 2008 Mumbai ing that passed a one-line res- of December. nology for various weapon plat- the two militaries. denounced any use of terrorist attack, they also called on olution for the Assembly dis- Giving the reasons for opt- forms, including aircraft from Later talking to the proxies in the region, and in Pakistan to expeditiously bring solution. After the meeting at ing for early polls, at least nine the US. The two sides also American media here, Pompeo this context, they called on to justice the perpetrators of the his official residence, the CM months before they were due, agreed to hold the first-ever tri- said the US will work out ways Pakistan to ensure that the Mumbai, Pathankot (2016), drove straight to the Raj KCR said, “We decided to go to service joint exercise on the East to avoid slapping sanction on territory under its control is not Uri (2016), and other cross- Bhavan and submitted the res- the people now to put an end Coast of India next year. India over the Russian defence used to launch terrorist attacks border terrorist attacks, the olution to Governor ESL to political fragility in the State Among other issues, the deal as the US does not want to on other countries,” a joint statement said. Narasimhan. Accepting the caused by senseless, baseless, contentious H1b visa and hurt its strategic partner. statement said. Continued on Page 4 recommendation, the mindless and meaningless alle- Governor asked KCR to con- gations of Opposition.” tinue as the caretaker CM. He said the Opposition’s The decision to dissolve the “baseless” allegations of cor- R Telangana Legislative Assembly ruption in drinking water and irrigation projects are impact- ing the development of the State and creating confusion. ! " With this curtains were drawn on the first Legislative New Delhi: The Supreme Court up the plea filed by historian ing by the Assistant Assembly of Telangana, the on Thursday took strong excep- Romila Thapar and four others Commissioner, Pune, which youngest State of India. The & response with majority of shops to disrupt the harmony, Uttar tion to the statement of a senior in the case. insinuated that the Supreme first Government of the State, remaining closed. Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi police officer on the arrest of five A visibly angry Justice DY Court should not have inter- headed by KCR, had taken oath ' () Trains were stopped and Adityanath said the bandh has rights activists in connection Chandrachud, who along with vened at this stage. He has no on June 2, 2014. highways blocked briefly in no meaning. with the Koregaon-Bhima vio- Justice AM Khanwilkar was business saying that and cast- KCR ruled out any confu- " Bihar while shops downed shut- Six policemen were hurt lence case, saying he had cast part of a Bench headed by ing aspersions on the Supreme sion on when the election will " ters in some northern States to when they confronted protest- “aspersions” on the top court. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Court Judges,” Justice be held. “There is no need for protest against the recent ers blocking traffic in UP’s The court also extended its referred to the statements made Chandrachud said. any confusion. I kept this to amendment to the SC/ST Act. Ballia district. In Agra too, pro- earlier order saying the rights to the media by an Assistant Additional Solicitor myself but the fact is that before Shops, schools and other com- testers blocked traffic and activists — Varavara Rao, Arun Commissioner of Police of General Tushar Mehta, the decision to dissolve the mercial establishments were shops remained shut. But the Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Pune and said he was casting representing Maharashtra Assembly was taken we dis- closed in parts of Bihar, bandh was largely peaceful in Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam aspersions on the apex court by Government, immediately cussed every possibility with the harat Bandh called by some Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, the State. Navlakha — would remain saying that it should not have apologised for the action of the Chief Election Commissioner Bupper caste and OBC out- Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. However, a report from under house arrest till entertained the plea. police officer. and the other election com- fits on Thursday got massive While Madhya Pradesh Ballia said BJP MLA from September 12, when it will take “I watched the Press brief- Continued on Page 4 missioners,” he said. response in the poll-bound Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Bairia, Surendra Singh, Continued on Page 4 Hindi heartland States of Chouhan appealed to the peo- came out openly in support of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan ple saying the State is an island the bandh. as well as politically crucial of peace and no one should try Continued on Page 4 # States of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. But the shutdown had lukewarm impact elsewhere in $# " ! " the country. '' )!2 Nearly 50 outfits had called that it is a case of sexual assault. 3.4! !' the one-day bandh to protest We have registered an FIR 56!# - against the amendment last n yet another case of sexual under Section 6 of the !# # month to the Scheduled Castes Imisconduct against minors Protection of Children from 7 25 2 and Scheduled Tribes in the Capital, a three-and-a- Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. #! !- (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. half-year-old girl was alleged- We are investigating the mat- The amendment Bill passed by ly sexually assaulted at her ter from all angles. We are not # Parliament had nullified the school in North West Delhi’s ruling out the role of the school P ‘safeguards’ ordered by the Mukherjee Nagar, police said or any one from the family or % 8)! ) Supreme Court against arrests on Wednesday. neighbours. Investigation is on )! without a preliminary enquiry The incident came to light and the child is stable and cur- ! ' 35 under the SC/ST law. when the child, a nursery stu- rently at home,” said Deputy ! ,!' Incidentally in Varanasi, dent, came home from school Commissioner of Police (North 9 !49O which is Prime Minister with injuries, said sources. The West) Aslam Khan. 2 *!92! Narendra Modi’s Parliamentary victim’s father then reported However, as investigation is '! :2;<< constituency, the bandh call - - - the incident to police. going on, no arrest has been 2 - & received an overwhelming O0%0 %P 2 .% .* “The doctor has confirmed made, police said.
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The court had also Raqib Ahmad (32), a resident of The PILs have chal- declined the interim plea Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir would he Delhi High Court lenged the terms of ref- moved by the National arrive in Delhi regularly to steal laptops Ton Thursday made it erence (ToR) and the Buildings Construction box containing ultra-sound machine, worth and then return to Srinagar to supply clear that its order of environmental clearances Corporation (NBCC) A16 lakh, that was stolen from a running Delhi the stolen goods. prohibiting felling of trees granted to the housing seeking permission to Metro train a few days ago has been recovered by CISF Deputy Commissioner of Police was restricted to the rede- projects at the seven continue with its work at sleuths after CCTV footage monitoring led them to the (Metro) Deepak Gauri revealed that velopment of seven south colonies — Sarojini Nauroji Nagar, where a minor who allegedly picked it up, an official said a team of Special staff from the Delhi colonies and would Nagar, Nauroji Nagar, commercial hub, includ- Thursday. Metro Unit under the supervision of not affect any other pro- Netaji Nagar, Thyagaraja ing a World Trade Centre, The theft had taken place on August 31 when a com- Inspector Ram Mehar have arrested ject in the national Nagar, Kasturba Nagar, has been planned. pany executive, who was carrying the machine in a car- a thief Raqib Ahmad who frequent- Capital. Mohammadpur and The Bench made it ton, forgot to pick it while de-boarding at the Dwarka sec- ed Delhi from Srinagar and stayed for A Bench of Chief Srinivaspuri — claiming clear it was not just look- tor-21 station. 20-25 days at a stretch in different Justice Rajendra Menon whether the July 4 direc- The High Court trees, a plea can be that it would result in the ing at the cutting of the The executive, Rakesh, lodged a complaint with the hotels in Paharganj and was and Justice VK Rao issued tion applied to the entire said since the petitions moved in the National felling of around 16,500 trees, but also how clear- Delhi Police stating that the carton containing 16 lakh apprehended from Nitin Hotel the order after applica- national Capital or just were regarding the rede- Green Tribunal. trees. ances were granted for worth ultrasound machine has been stolen and subse- Paharganj. tions were filed by the the seven colonies. velopment work in the It also said some of The Bench had on the redevelopment work quently the CISF was roped in and CCTV footage of the “During interrogation, the Delhi Government, South They contended that seven colonies, its orders the projects, which were August 30 directed that in the six colonies of day was retrieved, a senior CISF officer said. accused revealed that for the past Delhi Municipal several projects were held would be restricted to affected by its order, were status quo be maintained Sarojini Nagar, Netaji In the CCTV footage, a minor boy was seen picking three years since 2016, he has stolen Corporation (SDMC) and up as the Forest that project alone and if also being monitored by till the Centre reconsiders Nagar, Thyagaraja Nagar, the carton and his photo was then circulated amongst all almost 20-15 laptops per year. He had National Highways Department was not giv- anyone was aggrieved the Supreme Court and, the environment clear- Kasturba Nagar, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) units deployed recently also delivered a bulk of lap- Authority of India ing permission to fell by any other work, therefore, orders of the ances given to the projects Mohammadpur and in the Delhi Metro, he said. tops to a client in Srinagar. Six cases (NHAI), seeking to know trees due to the order. resulting in felling of High Court cannot inter- in six of them, after the Srinivaspuri. Sub-inspector S K Soni on Wednesday saw a minor of theft in metro have been solved sitting in the station area along with his mother and with his arrest. Working as a thief for he immediately recognised the boy, the officer said. the past nine years, the accused stat- )(# The mother-son duo were interrogated and they led ed that he targeted crowded areas like *+Q--+ + the police personnel to their home in Dwarka's sector- food courts in metro stations, railway ## 26 where the box and the machine was kept. The machine stations, bus stands and more. He was recovered and the minor boy and his mother have would target customers busy with been taken into custody by police for the alleged theft, talking or other activities and steal #+* + he said. their laptops,” DCP stated. %56 # /++ n online platform through %%# % Athe Special Centre for E- learning (SCEL) has been ini- tiated at Jawaharlal Nehru "02# autopsy and waiting for report University (JNU), which will to ascertain whether she was have online courses by the n a tragic incident, a septu- sexually assaulted,” said a senior JNU faculty members for its Iagenarian handicapped police official. students. #- 0%# woman was brutally murdered “We have even got a CCTV Through SCEL, the stu- on Thursday by an unknown footage in which a person is dents can opt even a single man who smashed her face coming out of the plot and he course/paper rather than the with bricks in the national was not wearing any shirt. We entire courses of a programme. ith plethora of promises Capital’s Ranhola area. are searching for that person,” For example a social science stu- Wto woe voters, the RSS According to police, the said a police official. dent can opt for a course in life backed Akhil Bharatiya incident took place before According to the the society to make citizens sciences or computer sciences. Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) dawn. The deceased Sarori was deceased's son Irfan, her informed and ethical voters. In a first, a bio-organic has released its manifesto for found dead at a vacant plot in mother was sleeping outside imed at imparting electoral “The ECI has formulated chemistry course for master's the Delhi University Students' Sainik Enclave at Ranhola in the house for the last eight Aliteracy to the youth, different instructions as students has been developed by Union (DUSU) elections due west Delhi. years. “Around 3 am when I Delhi's first Electoral Literacy resource guide at school level, a facility from school of on September 12. The mani- “The deceased who could woke and came out she was Club (ELC) at the college level college level and community Biotechnology, JNU. Dr BS festo of the right-wing student barely walk was found in an not on the bed. I raised an will be inaugurated on Friday level. It is Delhi's first Electoral Balaji, Associate Professor, organisation has accorded undressed state on the plot and alarm and the family started in East district, an official said Literacy Club at college level to School of Biotechnology, prominence to the issue of it seems that her face was looking for her. We found her Thursday. spread awareness about elec- explained the genesis behind women safety and security. Internal Complaints Other promises in the crushed after being smashed clothes outside the plot and Delhi Chief Electoral toral literacy,” the official said. this initiative. He showed the Against the backdrop of the fact Committee (ICC) in each col- manifesto pertains to remedi- repeatedly with bricks. We later found her nude body,” Officer Vijay Dev will inaugu- The Delhi's draft electoral glimpses of the four quadrant that rivals, particularly the Left lege, gender sensitisation camps al classes for SC, ST, OBC and have taken the deceased for said Irfan. rate the club at Shaheed roll, published last week, has approach to that have video student organisations portray and programmes at college economically weaker section of Rajguru College of Applied showed a dip of more than 1.4 contents, e-text contents, eval- ABVP as an “anti-women”, level , installation of sanitary student, increase in scholarship Sciences for Women of Delhi lakh in the total number of uation and discussion forum. ABVP is leaving no stone napkin vending machines and for SC, ST students at UG and University in Vasundhara electors in the city compared to Few video lectures were shown unturned in dispelling the incinerators in every college PG levels, effective placement Enclave, the official said. the draft list of last year. and the different tools utilized notion. among other demands. cell, centralized hostel applica- According to east Delhi The total number of elec- were also demonstrated. The manifesto contains a Keeping national interest tion form, one course one fee district administration, a num- tors in Delhi stands at The course was formally pledge for ensuring measures first, the ABVP working on the for all PG courses, healthy and ber of youths will be provided 1,36,15,776 in the draft roll and inaugurated by JNU Vice- for women safety, security and moto of “Bharat first” has subsidized food for students in information on registration of there is a decrease in the num- Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar. gender sensitisation. It reiter- demanded effective imple- all colleges and departments, voters at the club and will also ber of both male and female “JNU has deployed a e- ated its demand of making the mentation of “Ek Bharat free education for trans-gen- be encouraged to motivate oth- voters vis-a-vis the one pub- Learning management plat- north campus of Delhi Shresth Bharat” programme, ders etc. ers to register themselves with lished on October 23, 2017. form (eLMP) for the benefit of University a compact campus, having the “wall of Heroes” of The ABVP has pitched the club. With the release of draft all faculty members and stu- organisation of “self-defense” martyrs in all the colleges, Ankiv Baisoya for president, The official said the electoral roll, the Election dents of the university. All the training camps in various col- NSS, Yoga and NCC should be Shakti Singh for vice-presi- Election Commission of India Commission has begun the faculty members can use this leges and university campus. offered as elective subject and dent, Sudhir for secretary, and has conceptualised the idea of process to induct new voters in for creating their e-contents,” Establishment of “girls activi- opportunities for social intern- Jyoti Chaudhary for joint sec- ELC at different social strata of the electoral list. said Kumar. ty centre”, timely elections of ship to understand Bharat. retary for the DUSU elections. - - % #P- 7## 8- C ! #7OO
7C C7 9 7C C7 9 he Economics Offences ultiple agencies in the TWing (EOW) of the Mdistrict have launched a Gurugram police are being ! ! concerted implementation of imparted English classes as " ! ways and means to tackle most of the complaints rec- water-logging and other prob- ceived in English were not ! lems in the city. District understood by the EOW per- " Administration, Gurugram sonnels. ! Metropolitan Development As per the data available Authority (GMDA), Municipal with EOW, around 103 com- Corporation of Gurugram plaints related to property fraud ! (MCG), Haryana Urban were pending for the last three Development Authority years because the staff at the around 41 complaints out of two hours daily for those The professional uploaded (HUDA), National Highway cell were not able to deal with 103 have been resolved in the speaking in Hindi were fined English tutorial videos in the Authority of India (NHAI) and complaints written in English span of five months by the a just 1. The wing has accu- group. Police personnel made the Police Department have due to their inability to under- sleuths. Now it has been decid- mulated 700 as fine till now,” their own video of spoken connected with an internal stand English. Officials said ed to make its staff of over 21 said Vijay Kumar, In-charge english uploaded in the group WhatsApp number to share majority of complaints by the cops proficient in written and EOW cell. as homework. Thereafter the water-logging, traffic jams, victims were in English, hence spoken English. All police personnel professionals checked their garbage and other related issues the problem. “In order to break The team has also fixed an deputed with the EOW are homework and pointed out on the group to resolve the this logjam, it was decided aim that the pending challans graduates but barring one or their mistakes,” the in-charge, problem. that police ppersonnel posted of the complaints will be filed two, none are proficient in said. The different agencies have with the EOW will be trained before the court within six English. “Most of the com- “Improving your skills is prepared a detailed action plan in improving their skills in months of period. plaints in the unit used to file important to come up with bet- to resolve traffic, water logging English”, said a top cop. “Those selected for the by the corporate executive and ter results. Police personnel and other issues so that the res- However, after 40 days of crash course in English were foreign nationals, who do not other units are willing to join ident of the city could not face junctions to share traffic not face jam on the stretch,” Police have identified 24 points special English tutorial classes enrolled for 40 days. They know Hindi, and submit com- EOW cell to improve their traffic mess during the rain. updates and other issues with said Sandeep Malik, Assistant within the city which could be imparted by professionals, were imparted training for plaints in English. Sometimes soft skills and prove them- It may be recalled that on the multiple agencies during Commissioner of Police vulnerable to heavy traffic cops at the cell could not selves. It is a new initiative to August 28, the city was plagued rain and peak hours. (ACP), who has been entrust- jams. These points are Shankar understand English words redress complaints and it will by a massive traffic jam and “We have deployed addi- ed with additional charge of Chowk, Atlas Chowk, Iffco which causes pendency of the surely improve work efficacy, water logging at different loca- tional police personnel at major traffic police. Chowk, Signature Tower, cases and also leads to misre- he said. tions due to lack of coordination traffic junctions on the city “We will make all required Sector-31, Jharsa Chowk, Rajiv porting of facts,” Kumar, said. “The training, aimed at between various departments. road to avoid any traffic mess. efforts during the rain and Chowk, Hero Honda Chowk, He further said the per- officers from constable to “The district administra- On August 28 the commuters peak hours traffic so that the Vatika Chowk, Subhash sonnel have been instructed to inspectors, will be provided in tion working with the NHAI had faced four hours jam due commuters on Delhi- Chowk, Bata Chowk, Atul communicate with one anoth- a phased manner. Classes on and GMDA to ensure all water to water logging in the vicini- Gurugram Expressway and res- Kataria Chowk, Huda City er in english. An half-an-hour improving communication pumps are in working condi- ty of Hero Honda Chowk. idents didn't face any problem Centre, Hanuman Chowk, break is being provided to skills, front office manage- tion so that they can be used in The issued along with related with the traffic jams. To Ghata More, Kherki Daula toll cops to read English newspa- ment, attending phone calls, emergencies,” Deputy water-logging photos we had ensure the smooth traffic in the plaza, Rampura Chowk, IMT pers, books and magazines to handling of victims will be Commissioner, Vinay Pratap shared with the concerned city traffic police will be Chowk in Manesar, Panchgaon improve their soft skills. arranged. The training ses- Singh, said. authority. Once the agency deployed 24x7 at water-logging Chowk, Bilaspur Chowk, “The personnel including sions must be introduced at Meanwhile, Gurugram resolves the water logging prone sites in shifts,” ACP Kapriwas, Himgiri Chowk sec- experts have been connected regular intervals for the force,” Police has decided to deploy problem at Hero Honda Malik said. tor-10, Ambedkar Chowk in with each other via WhatsApp. Kumar mentioned. more traffic personnel at busy Chowk the commuters will Meanwhile, Gurugram Sohna and Jamalpur in Pataudi.
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Construction and Demolition - / n order to save energy and Following the research (C&D) waste rules, 2016 as Icontrol air pollution in the result, director of PWD on well as meets with the goal of he Embassy of Israel is national Capital, the Delhi September six issued a letter sustainable development Torganising a self-defence Government's Public Works saying, "It is found necessary apart from economical con- aking action against alleged training session in Delhi-based Department (PWD) has decid- to adopt this technique on all struction as these technique's Tviolators of building by- Government run schools. ed to use 'Recycled Asphalt our PWD road projects saves virgin aggregates and laws, the building department Incidentally, girls student will Material' (RAP) which is large- because it is environmental raising of median, footpath of North Delhi Municipal learn self - defence techniques ly produced during highway friendly, economical and ful- and kerb channel. Corporation (NMC) has sealed of "Krav Maga". It is important maintenance and construction fills the aspiration of sustain- "The Government 116 points of 45 properties in to mention here that this tech- for all the upcoming PWD able development. agency, like PWD, has taken Tri Nagar area of North west nique will be taught to over 100 road projects. Accordingly, use of pavement a good step by adopting the Delhi. school children. The training Reclaimed Asphalt milling can be carried out new technology, such as use A senior north corpora- session will begin at 11.30 am Pavement (RAP) is the demol- preferably before pavement of RAP for all its road pro- tion official said all these on Friday in Kitchner road, ished pavement materials strengthening to avoid rise in jects. It will save energy and points were sealed in a drive Thousands of shops have Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri. which contain asphalt (natur- the level of pavement." the main aim behind such carried out by the corporation been sealed since last Israeli instructors of Krav al bitumen) and aggregates. The letter further read," technology is zero pollution in last three days till December and there is still no Maga have come to India. These materials are generated Use of RAP in road construc- and going natural with re- September 6. "There is no sigh of relief amid all the Refael Kashani, the instructor when asphalt pavements are tion complies with overall using the existing material. need to serve notices to the alleged efforts put up by all with 26 years of vast experi- removed for reconstruction, objective of sustainable devel- In, India only 30 per cent of violators of building bye-laws. concerned stakeholders. ence will head the training resurfacing, or to obtain access opment by careful use of nat- RAP is used but we intro- Officials after being instruct- In March 2006, the program in India. Refael and Israeli civilians. Krav Maga is to buried utilities. When prop- ural resources as large quanti- duced it 15 years ago but the ed by the Supreme Court Supreme Court had ordered his team will teach self- !498 popular worldwide among erly crushed and screened, ties of Recycled Asphalt people are not changing their appointed "Monitoring the sealing of all unauthorised defence techniques to the H#2 women, girls and children. By RAP consists of high-quality, Pavement materials are pro- mindset to use new technol- Committee" sealed the prop- construction and also appoint- schoolchildren, aged between 'H' '! learning its techniques, people well-graded aggregates coated duced during high way main- ogy. erties, he said. ed a Monitoring Committee to 14 and 18, at Sarvodaya Co '! ' of all age groups can learn to by asphalt cement. tenance aggregates and tackles “The road constructed Traders in the national conduct the sealing drive under Education Senior Secondary =I =J keep themselves safe in the real The step was taken after a the issue of material storage with RAP materials will go long Capital hit hard after building its supervision. It was further School. '!' world. After the State of Israel research done by three well and disposal of reclaimed and also helps to control traf- department of the municipal revised on December 15, 2017 Importantly, the form of # '! ( was formed, the Jewish com- known researchers who said asphalt material generated fic movement as roads will corporations had started seal- with three members - com- self defense was developed in '# 2 2 munity migrated here and the recycling of existing from pavement construction. improve and other important ing business establishments for prising former adviser to the Europe to protect the Jewish *2 *2 ! brought with them the art of asphalt pavement materials Further energy savings can things like drainage system a number of reasons including Election Commission KJ Rao, community during the '! - Krav Maga. Soon the Israel produces new pavement with also be done through the use of and discharge of rain water will non-payment of conversion Chairman of Environment Holocaust. After the State of Defense Forces (IDF) began considerable savings in mate- RAP I roadway construction by also improve," said Dr Sunil charges, encroachment and Pollution (Prevention & Israel was formed, the Jewish Soon the Israel Defense training its staff in it and it rial, money and energy. reducing processing and trans- Bose, former Head of Flexible illegal construction on the Control) Authority (EPCA) community migrated here and Forces (IDF) began training its became mandatory. Later, it Aggregates and binder from portation of virgin aggregates." Pavement Division, Central instructions of the Supreme Bhure Lal and Major General brought with them the art of staff in it and it became manda- was also taught to Israeli civil- old asphalt pavement are still Moreover, the PWD also Road Research Institute Court-appointed Monitoring (retd) Som Jhingan of the Krav Maga. tory. Later, it was also taught to ians. valuable even though these said, use of this milled mate- (CRRI). Committee. team. 9 % # : '$ : ** +& $,, Delhi assembly Vijender Gupta affordable housing to 20 lakh modifications, we are regretted %$ $ P $# said that the failure of the families," Gupta said. that shortage of water with no n its authority meeting Delhi Government to ensure "DDA Authority's Report hope for augmentation in % Ischeduled for Friday, DDA, adequate supply of water to the has attributed the inability of the future is affecting Delhi's devel- the land owning agency is city for present and future Delhi Government to augment opment. he Delhi High Court on expected to clear the new Floor requirement has compelled water supply which has com- Pertinently, with regard to TThursday sought respons- Area Ratio (FAR) under its DDA to restrict FAR to 200 in pelled it to restrict FAR to half 200 FAR, Gupta said, "public ith four days left for the es from the Aam Aadmi Party Land Pooling Policy. place of public demand of 400. of the demand FAR, Gupta had demanded to increase it to Wroll out of the AAP (AAP) Government and The Delhi Development "Proposal to decrease FAR added. originally proposed 400." "The Government's ambitious pro- DMRC on Congress leader Authority (DDA) is decreasing from 400 to 200 is going to be The Report has also Board in its report left a deci- ject of doorstep delivery of Ajay Maken's plea opposing the FAR from 400 to 200 for much approved in DDA authority recorded that there is shortage sion to the Authority taking public services, Delhi Revenue rise in fares of Delhi metro and touted Central Government's meeting, adding, "reduction of of water in the city and there is into account the sentiments of Minister Kailash Gahlot on seeking that ticket prices be affordable housing scheme to FAR has far reaching conse- no hope in near future for aug- the affected land owners. But Thursday held a review meet- subsidised. 20 lakh families in capital. quences on Delhi develop- mentation of water supply. the Authority was compelled to ing with officers of all depart- A bench of Chief Justice Citing 'water scarcity' in ment. It is a serious setback to Gupta who is also a board reduce it by half keeping in ments. Rajendra Menon and Justice V Delhi as the primary reason, the Central Government's member in DDA, said, DDA is view the water shortage," he The residents of the nation- K Rao issued notice to the AAP Leader of Opposition (LoP) in efforts to plan and ensure finalizing land pooling policy added further. al Capital will get doorstep Government and the Delhi In his application, Maken Malhotra, in his plea filed delivery of various Metro Rail Corporation has claimed that with the last through advocate Jai Dehadrai, Government services, includ- (DMRC) and asked them to hike in fares, Delhi metro earns has claimed that standard floor ing driving licence, marriage indicate their stand on the an average of Rs 7.5 extra from buses were not accessible by certificate and ration cards plea which alleges that rise in each passenger and with an disabled persons and leads to from September 10. fares from May last year has led annual ridership of 100.79 their exclusion from access to In the first phase of the to a decrease in ridership by crore, its annual revenue would public transport. scheme, which will be launched around three lakh commuters. come to over Rs 755 crore. On the issue of procuring by Chief Minister Arvind Apart from the issue of He has said that if the the standard floor buses, the Kejriwal next week, 40 services "skyrocketing" metro ticket Delhi government subsidises Delhi government told the will be provided by the gov- prices raised by Maken, the the amount, it would make the bench that since the Supreme ernment. court sought the Delhi metro more affordable and Court has allowed it to procure "Doorstep delivery of ser- Government's response regard- would reduce the traffic on the 500 SFBs, the high court may vices will bring governance to ing construction of multi-level city roads as well as the air pol- consider allowing it to procure the doorstep of common man. parking for the additional buses lution levels here. the remaining 500. The bench, Had a review meeting of offi- that the Delhi Transport The metro minimum and however, refrained from issu- cers of all departments today. Corporation (DTC) intends to maximum metro fares in 2009 ing any such direction without First phase covering 40 services procure. were Rs 8 and Rs 30, but last first going through the gov- will be launched by Hon'ble Senior advocate Vikas year they were hiked to Rs 10 ernment's plans on how it CM Arvind Kejriwal on 10th Singh and advocate Aman and Rs 60, respectively. The intends to make the SFBs as September," Gahlot tweeted. Panwar, appearing for the application by Maken was filed well as the roads and bus stops As per the plan, the Aam Congress leader, told the court in a PIL by Nipun Malhotra, in the city accessible to the dis- Aadmi Party Government will that with the last hike in fares who suffers from a locomotor abled.It directed that an affi- provide a total of 100 services in October 2017, Delhi metro disability, challenging the Delhi davit be filed indicating the at the doorstep of citizens. The has become the second costli- government's decision to pro- government's plan and listed services will be provided for an est metro service in the world, cure 1,000 standard floor buses the matter for further hearing extra fee of Rs 50. which has defeated its purpose. (SFBs) for the national capital. on September 27. : # - P## -
( Police on July 31. Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal itting in the corner of the also tweeted on August 1, "The Sback seat of a van, a 21-year- DCW received tip off and res- old petite woman, rescued by cued 39 Nepali girls from Hotel KI Nepal NGO's New Delhi Hriday Inn, Paharganj. Raid representative Naveen Joshi, lasted the entire night and is on her way back to her home assistance was provided by the in Nepal. She is one of the two We started working as domes- guards and NGO staffs at the Delhi Police. Entire hotel had lucky girls who has been taken tic help but since I can't speak border. They would tell them only trafficked Nepali girls back to Nepal. Three minor Hindi, I had to stop working." that they are going to a relative's who were being sent to Gulf boys who were trafficked for The story is the same with house in India or for medical countries. Huge trafficking doing menial jobs, were res- most of the women, men and reasons. They are then brought racket busted!" cued too along with them. children who are being traf- to Delhi and kept in small According to the Ministry Trafficked to Delhi to be ficked from Nepal. Poverty rooms in a flat or hotel. The of Women, Children and taken abroad, the 21-year-old and the hope for a better future traffickers provide them with Senior citizen Nepal's traffick- told The Pioneer that she has becomes the feeding ground for food, shelter, and WiFi as it is ing report (2017) out of the 311 been in Delhi for around a traffickers, says Naveen . not traceable." rescued from trafficking, month now. "I have a son back According to the UNICEF "The girls are then provid- around 67 cases or 12 per cent home, he is disabled and I (2001), around 12,000 girls are ed with transport fare and fake were from prostitution. The needed money for his surgery. trafficked to India every year. 'No Objection Certificate highest percentage of cases 40 That is how I got in touch with According to National Human (NOC)' which is necessary if per cent or 125 citizens were Saroj, who turned out to be a Rights Commission report they want to travel from a sec- rescued from forced labour. dalal (trafficker). My aunt knew 2014, around 29,000 people ond country to a third. The Cases of forced marriage were Saroj and he promised to get were trafficked or attempted to Nepal embassy in Delhi doesn't 6%or 21 cases. Cases of rescue me a good job in Saudi and for be trafficked. KI Nepal NGO provide NOCs so they forge the of sold victims were also reg- which I didn't had to pay any- representative states that there travel documents and even the istered with 36 cases in 2016- thing." With tears in her eyes, is no proper data available on pay slip. The traffickers also take 2017. 19 cases were of victims she lamented that all her the total amount of people their passport. The risk involved fooled in the pretext of receiv- dreams have come to an end. trafficked. is numerous," Naveen stated. ing a higher salary and the When asked if she knew Delhi is a transit point for According to data received remaining 43 cases were she was being trafficked, she women, men and children from the Delhi Police 5 Nepali unidentified. told The Pioneer that she has from Nepal being trafficked citizens were rescued in Delhi KI Nepal New Delhi heard about it in the news but within the city and the coun- from trafficking in 2016 and 7 Representative Naveen Joshi didn't expect it would happen try as well as abroad, Naveen were rescued in 2017. In the adds that the rescuees are usu- to her. "My aunt knew him and stated. "There are 26 border first three months of the year ally not aware that they were gave me his contact. There were checkpoints between Nepal 3 Nepali citizens were rescued. being trafficked. They get three of us; we stayed with and India but there are many In July 24, Delhi Commission tricked into believing that they Saroj's wife in Chirag Delhi. It illegal ones. KI Nepal staffs are for Women with the Delhi will get employment abroad, was a flat and there were 6-7 present in 10 gates and if they Police on receiving a tip-off but in most cases it doesn't end Nepali girls already living there. see anything suspicious they from KI Nepal was able to res- well. He also adds that his NGO Some of them were there for intervene." cue 16 Nepali women from has launched awareness pro- months. The three of us ran "The girls are usually Munirka. grams in Nepal but haven't away when we realised what brought one by one, in pairs Following the rescue, been able to reach remote areas was happening and went to and rarely more than three at DCW were also successful in and believes that the govern- Gurugram to my aunt's house. a time. This is done to fool the rescuing 18 girls with Varanasi ment should be doing more. ( )* +, -./0 #
+"$(2: $ - 4 # # # $ & +,-. /,).0>>> Q& From Page 1 due to Section 377. They have On the other end of the The judgment came on a constitutional rights like that of political spectrum, the RSS New Delhi: Madrasa education batch of writ petitions filed by any other citizen, he said. said in a statement that while in Uttar Pradesh should be # $ =6+ dancer Navtej Jauhar, journal- Observing that the it doesn’t see homosexuality as modernised to bring in positive rime Minister Narendra ist Sunil Mehra, chef Ritu Constitution nurtured dissent a crime, such relationships changes in society, according to PModi will Friday inaugurate 7 C C Dalmia, hoteliers Aman Nath as a “safety valve” of society, he were not “compatible with former Aligarh Muslim a Pakistani on the podium. The the first Global Mobility and Keshav Suri and business said “we cannot change the his- nature” and so it does not sup- University vice-chancellor Lt picture of Chopra shaking Summit — MOVE — which tepping up space coopera- executive Ayesha Kapur as well tory but can pave a way for bet- port them. Gen (retired) Zameer Uddin f Pakistan stops terrorism, hands with Pakistan's Arshad among other things will delib- Stion, India and France on as 20 former and current stu- ter future”.The apex court noted The United Nations in Shah. While speaking at an Ithe Army would also "be like Nadeem, who won bronze, on erate on steps to promote elec- Thursday inked an agreement dents of the IITs. They had that India is a signatory of India welcomed the verdict, event held at Lodhi road in Neeraj Chopra", Army Chief the podium went viral on social tric vehicles and shared mobil- to collaborate on Gaganyaan, sought decriminalisation of international treaties on rights saying sexual orientation and Delhi under the banner of General Bipin Rawat has said, media. ity, according to an official ISRO's first human space mis- consensual sex between two of LGBTQ and it was obliga- gender expression form an "Madarsa to Modern referring to the Asian Games Rawat said that contrary to statement. sion. The two countries have consenting adults of the same tory to adhere to them. integral part of an individual’s Education", Zameer said UP javelin gold medallist's gesture the figures that keep coming up The two-day summit formed a working group for the sex by declaring Section 377, Describing the verdict as identity the world over. Muslims are facing two chal- of reaching out to his Pakistani in the media that terrorism was (September 7-8), being organ- project. enacted 158 years ago, illegal landmark, Anjan Joshi, mem- Violence, stigma and discrim- lenges in context of education: competitor. rising, local youngsters getting ised by Niti Aayog, will be The ambit of the coopera- and unconstitutional. ber of the Society for People, ination based on these attrib- Opening quality schools and Rawat, while speaking at an radicalised and taking up arms attended by Union Ministers tion includes giving ISRO The CJI, who wrote the Awareness, Care and utes constitute an “egregious” modernising madrasas by over- event on Wednesday to felici- were getting killed by the secu- including Arun Jaitley, Nitin access to space hospital judgment for himself and Empowerment (SPACE), said it violation of human rights, it hauling its curriculum. tate Asian Games medallists rity forces or arrested or sur- Gadkari, Piyush Goyal and facilities in France and Justice Khanwilkar, said the was a start. “We know we have said. Responding to meet the from the Army, also said the rendering in 1-2 months. Ravi Shankar Prasad, among combining expertise of the two denial of self expression was a long way to go in terms of The issue was first raised by challenges, South Indian-head- situation in Kashmir improved "This action (by the secu- others. space agencies in fields of akin to inviting death. The right to adoption, right to mar- the NGO, Naaz Foundation, quartered Manappat in 2017 as compared to the year rity forces) will continue, but I The summit will deliberate space medicine, astronaut Bench said courts must protect riage but it is a very welcome which approached the Delhi Foundation chairman Ameer before, and it was improving can say with confidence that on five themes including com- health monitoring, life support, the dignity of an individual as beginning,” Joshi said. High Court in 2001. In 2009, Ahamed said his organisation further in 2018. among youngsters and their prehensive: electrification and radiation protection, space right to live with dignity is The Congress also put out the Delhi High Court decrim- has been working in this direc- Asked if there was any families there is a belief that this alternative fuels, reinventing debris protection and recognised as fundamental a Twitter post welcoming the inalised sex between consent- tion in Phulat in Muzaffarnagar "sportsmanship" on display at is not the right path. public transport, goods trans- personal hygiene systems, the right. It termed sexual orien- judgment. “We join the people ing adults of the same gender. in UP since August last year. the Indo-Pak border, Rawat "I see in many places that port and logistics and data president of the French tation a “biological phenome- of India & the LGBTQIA+ This was overturned in 2013 by "The projects of Vision said, "They should make the the mothers have urged their analytics and mobility, the state- space agency Jean-Yves Le Gall non” and held any discrimina- community in their victory the apex court which also dis- 2040 and the Vision first move, they should stop ter- sons to come back and if this ment said. Representatives of said. tion on this ground was viola- over prejudice. We welcome the missed the review plea against International Academy pro- rorism. If they stop terrorism, action continues, I am confi- companies including Mahindra The MoU was signed to tive of fundamental rights. progressive & decisive verdict which the curative petitions vide educational platform for we will also be like Neeraj dent that we will be able to Electric, Hero Cycles, Tata define the conditions in which Justice Chandrachud, while from the Supreme Court & were filed. hafiz-e-Quran and madrasa Chopra." solve the problem of terrorism. Motors, Tata Power, Ola, Maruti we are going to work together, reading out the operative por- hope this is the beginning of a Section 377 had made “car- passout students to complete It was quite a moment at And slowly the youngsters that Suzuki, Honda, Toyota, Bosch, the CNES president said. tion of his verdict, said mem- more equal & inclusive society,” nal intercourse against the formal 10th and 12th exami- the Asian Games when Chopra have become radicalised, will Sun Mobility will also partici- India plans to send three bers of the LGBTQ communi- it said, adding intersex and order of nature” punishable by nations. The centre provides stood flanked by a Chinese and come home," he said. pate in the summit, it added. humans to space before 2022. ty were targeted and exploited asexuality to LGBTQ. imprisonment for life. extensive coaching to such stu- dents for admission into reput- ed higher education institu- >>> mitted to enhance their ongo- and homeland security. munication network to ensure arrangements are there. working in the US, Swaraj said er defense industry cooperation tions," said Ahamed. ing cooperation in multilater- She also said the two coun- interoperability among the US The pact comes into force she sought Pompeo’s support to and collaboration. Vision 2040 is long term al fora such as the UN and tries also discussed the situa- and the Indian armed forces. immediately and is valid for 10 nurture our people-to-people India and the US have transformational project to From Page 1 Financial Action Task Force tion in South Asia in some It will also allow the instal- years and “we have ensured that links. “Specifically, I conveyed signed the General Security of make substantial impact in the Addressing a joint Press (FATF), and reaffirmed their detail adding India lation of high-security US com- we have full access to the rele- our expectation for a non-dis- Military Information field of socio-economic uplift conference, Swaraj said the support for a Comprehensive supports President Trump’s munication equipment on vant equipment and there will criminatory and predictable Agreement (GSOMIA) years of underprivileged and mar- India-US counter-terrorism Convention on International South Asia Policy. “His call for defence platforms being be no disruptions,” they said approach to the H1B visa ago and allows sharing of clas- ginalised section of the popu- cooperation has acquired a Terrorism that will advance and Pakistan to stop its policy of sourced from the US. and asserted this is an enabling regime, given its high impact sified information from US lation of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, new “qualitative edge and pur- strengthen the framework for supporting cross-border ter- The encrypted systems will agreement and does not com- on innovation, competitive- Government and American West Bengal and Assam, he pose”. global cooperation and rein- rorism finds resonance with allow the Indian forces to fully mit India to any acquisitions. ness and people-to-people companies with Indian said. STAFF REPORTER “We welcomed the recent force the message that no cause us,” the Indian External Affairs exploit the capabilities of air- Meanwhile, Swaraj said the partnership, all of which are a Government and Defence designations of Lashkar-e- or grievance justifies terrorism, Minister said. craft like C-130 and C-17 trans- dialogue reflected the desire of vital source of strength for our Public Sector Undertakings Tayyeba terrorists by the the joint statement said. Reviewing the security sit- port aircraft besides P-8 I long leadership of the two countries relationship,” Swaraj said. (DPSU) but not with Indian United States. They under- “The Ministers welcomed uation in the Indian sub-con- range maritime reconnaissance to further elevate the bilateral As regards giving a fillip to private companies. score the international com- the launch of a bilateral dia- tinent, Swaraj said the efforts by aircraft procured from the US strategic communication on military to military ties, India The ISA is required to munity’s scrutiny over the logue on designation of ter- India and the US in promoting in the last few years. cross-cutting defence and secu- and the US announced a new enable this and particularly threat of terrorism emanating rorists in 2017, which is an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned The pact could not be rity issues. tri-service exercise to begin important as India opens up from Pakistan, which has strengthening cooperation and and Afghan Government-con- inked in the past due to con- “The recent decision by the next year. Officials stated that defence manufacturing to the affected India and the United action against terrorist groups, trolled reconciliation process cerns in India that it will allow US to put India in the list of this will be an amphibious private sector in a big way. States alike. In the 10th including Al-Qaida, ISIS, came up for discussion. the US to listen into Indian countries eligible for Strategic exercise Humanitarian To further defence inno- anniversary of the 26/11 Lashkar-e-Taiba, Her US counterpart secure communication chan- Trade Authorization Tier-I Assistance and Disaster Relief vation, a Memorandum of attacks, we recognised the Jaish-e-Mohammad, Hizb- Pompeo termed the COM- nels. License Exemption reflects (HADR) exercise. “We have Intent was signed between the importance of justice and ret- ul Mujahideen, the Haqqani CASA agreement a “milestone” Elaborating upon the India’s robust and responsible decided for the first time to U.S. Defense Innovation Unit ribution for the masterminds Network, Tehrik-i-Taliban in the ties between two coun- COMCASA pact, officials later export control policies. In our carry out a tri services exercise (DIU) and the Indian Defence behind this terrorist attack,” Pakistan, D-Company, and tries and Sitharaman said the said New Delhi negotiated an meeting today, we also agreed on the Eastern Coast with US Innovation Organization - they said. their affiliates,” it said. pact will enhance India’s India specific agreement build- to work together to secure in 2019,” Sitharaman said. Innovation for Defence Sitharaman said India and Swaraj said India recog- defence capability and pre- ing on the generic text. Specific India’s membership of the The two Defence Ministers Excellence (DIO-iDEX) which the US were committed to nises the value of the Terrorists paredness. provisions have been incorpo- Nuclear Suppliers Group at of India and US also will look into joint projects for work together to combat the Designations Dialogue estab- The COMCASA will facil- rated to safeguard our interests the earliest,” she said. announced their readiness to co-production and co-devel- “persistent threat of terrorism” lished last year as well as other itate India to obtain critical and data cannot be shared, they On the H1B visa issue begin negotiations on an opment projects through the and other shared security chal- mechanisms to promote coop- defence technologies from the said adding the text of COM- which has raised concerns Industrial Security Annex Defense Technology and Trade lenges. The Ministers com- eration in counter-terrorism US, and access critical com- CASA is confidential but legal amongst Indian professionals (ISA) that would support clos- Initiative (DTTI).
resented by the petitioners and Salve, appearing for Tushar valve of democracy”. --- Rajak, a national secretary >>> moreover, they can also be Damgude who had filed the FIR Prominent Telugu poet of the JD(U) and prominent allowed to become parties to the in the Koregaon-Bhima vio- Varavara Rao was arrested on From Page 1 Dalit face of the party, said his From Page 1 litigation here. lence, opposed the plea of August 28 from Hyderabad, “Upper caste people made car was attacked in Begusarai “Tell him we have taken it At the outset, Mehta referred Thapar and said the plea against while activists Vernon me the MLA and not Muslims and his bodyguard was injured. very seriously ... You (law offi- to the reply of the Maharashtra the arrest could have been Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira and Dalits. I am ready to sacri- Later, he went to Balia and reg- cer) must ask your police offi- Police and several judgements raised in the magistrate’s court were nabbed from Mumbai, fice for the upper caste. If my istered a case with the police cials to be more responsible. The and said the petition filed by by the affected parties. trade union activist Sudha upper caste supporters ask me about attack on him. matter is before us and we Thapar, economists Prabhat Senior advocate Indira Bharadwaj from Faridabad in I can also resign (from my Congress MLA Siddharatha don’t want to hear from police Patnaik and Devaki Jain, sociol- Jaising raised the issue of the Haryana and civil liberties seat) for their sake,” Singh said. Sharma was stopped by bandh officials that the Supreme Court ogy professor Satish Deshpande arrest of an activist in the mat- activist Gautam Navlakha was Some bandh supporters enforcers near Naubatpur in is wrong,” the judge said. and human rights lawyer Maja ter six months ago. arrested from New Delhi. had heated arguments with rural Patna. When the muscle- Considering the submis- Daruwala, was not maintainable The Bench fixed the matter The Maharashtra Police another BJP MLA, Anand flexing legislator and his men sions of the law officer that as they are “strangers” to the issue for further hearing on had arrested the five activists in Swarup Shukla from Ballia tried to get away the locals Thapar and others have no in question. September 12. connection with an FIR lodged Sadar, who refused to back stopped and there were verbal locus to file the plea, the Bench He said the accused have Earlier, the Maharashtra following a conclave -- ‘Elgaar them. Ballia Superintendent of duel between them. Sensing asked the petitioners to satisfy been represented by lawyers at Government had filed its Parishad’ -- held on December Police Sriparna Ganguly said the angry mood of the bandh it on whether a third party could various courts and the present response to the plea claiming 31 last year that had later trig- some people resorted to brick- supporters the MLA retreated intervene in a criminal case. petitioners cannot seek remedy the five rights activists were gered violence at Koregaon- batting in which six policemen hastily. “In a criminal investigation, and issuance of writ on their arrested due to the cogent evi- Bhima village. were injured. Normal life was A police officer was injured can a third party enter,” the behalf as such procedures are dence linking them with the The court had questioned also affected in Agra. during clash between support- Bench asked. “unknown to the criminal law”. banned CPI (Maoist) and not the State police’s move to arrest Adityanath stated that the ers of bandh and the police Senior lawyer Abhishek The law officer said there was because of their dissenting these activists nine months after BJP Government is committed party. ASP Sanjiv Kumar has Manu Singhvi, appearing for enough evidence including the views. the incident and said all of them towards the welfare of people rushed to Vena village to con- Thapar and others, said they materials taken from the The State’s response had were reputed citizens and “sti- and development. “We never trol the rampaging crowd where were “not third parties” and the activists’ computers and other come in the backdrop of the fling the dissent” was not good. play politics of caste and reli- stones were hurled at him. A issue was larger. sources which belied the per- apex court, while ordering the The plea by Thapar and gion. The law is to protect the profusely bleeding cop was Lawyer Prashant Bhushan ception of the petitioners about house arrest of the five activists others has sought an indepen- downtrodden. The Government rushed to hospital where his said the arrested activists have the arrested accused. on August 29, categorically stat- dent probe into the arrests and will ensure that it will not be condition was stated to be sta- consented that they can be rep- Senior advocate Harish ing that “dissent is the safety their immediate release. PTI misused,” Adityanath told ble. In Ara, police resorted to reporters in Gonda. lathicharge at several places. At There were scattered inci- Jagdeo Nagar, the police were cent. “No other State in the Babu Mohan from Andole and He also targeted the Telugu dents of violence, mainly in attacked by protesters and in '--- country can even touch us,” he Odelu from Chennur were Desam Party as “Andhra” party Bihar, where bandh supporters retaliation policemen chased said. denied tickets. KCR said the and said by trying to join hands stormed Patna’s Rajendra Nagar the attackers. The bandh call From Page 1 “These figures were issued candidates for the remaining 14 with the TDP, the Congress was terminus and disrupted the evoked a strong response in The Chief Minister hoped by the Central Government seats will also be announced in again trying to take Telangana movement of trains for about 30 Rajasthan where many shops the process of the elections which is not run by our friend- a week of 10 days. into the slavery of Andhra. He minutes. Trains were briefly and businesses, schools and will start in the first week of ly party,” he added. KCR said he was confident also called the Congress a disrupted in Rajgir also as com- other educational institutions October and polling will be He said if there was cor- of a second term because of the “Delhi party” and warned the mercial establishments remained closed on Thursday. held in November. ruption or misrule how such good work done by his people against the slavery of remained closed in many parts Shops were shut in Jaipur, KCR said there would be growth would have been pos- Government over the last four Delhi Congress Sultanate. of Bihar. Karauli, Pratapgarh, Udaipur, no restrictions on the working sible. “In acknowledgement of years. “We have not only ful- Targeting Rahul Gandhi Shops and commercial Pali, Nagaur and other districts of his Government henceforth. our work The Economic Times filled all the promises made in he called him “biggest buf- establishments remained large- in the State. “There is nothing like care- has given me the award of the our manifesto but also imple- foon” in the country and said ly closed in Bihar’s capital Patna, Most private schools and taker Government in the Reformer of Year. Telangana mented 76 other decisions his visits to the State will further but banks and Government petrol pumps remained closed Constitution. A Government is was given 40 awards and including financial assistance benefit the TRS. offices functioned normally. in Madhya Pradesh while mar- a Government. It is only a received international acclaim for the marriage of poor girls of He rejected the criticism Protesters gathered before the kets and business establish- moral obligation and I know for its achievements,” KCR said. all castes and communities that the TRS was getting close Bihar BJP headquarters, raising ments in parts of the State were my limits. Accordingly we will He said an unprecedented without any demand from the to the BJP or it will have an slogans over the “betrayal” by shut. Police said the bandh was work,” the CM said. peace prevailed in the State as people,” the CM said. alliance with the BJP. “There the party. Some of them also observed in a peaceful manner. Releasing the list of 105 there was not a single commu- He cautioned the people will be no alliance and the State headed towards the office of the Brahma Samagam Sawarna candidates of Telangana Rashtra nal riot, no fake encounter, no against letting the State slipping will have triangular contest,” Janata Dal (United), a BJP ally. Jankalyan Sangathan’s national Samiti, KCR exuded confi- protest or fight by farmers for into the hands of corrupt and KCR said. The bandh supporters president Dharmendra Sharma dence that the party will return seeds or fertilisers, no illicit inefficient people who had no He admitted that the MIM attacked Rajesh Ranjan alias said about 150 organisations of to power with a minimum of liquor dens. Crime rate was idea of the needs of the State. was a friendly party but there Pappu Yadav, MP in the upper castes and Other 100 seats. “I have full confi- down and the women were safe “Those making allegations could be a friendly contest Muzaffarpur and former Backward Class participated dence and trust in the people and secure. against me were partner in the between the two parties in the Minister and JD(U) legislator in the bandh in Madhya that they will vote TRS back to He said welfare pro- Governments over the last 50 elections. Giving the reason Shyam Rajak in Begusarai. Pradesh. He claimed the bandh power to continue the steady grammes undertaken by his years and they did nothing for for treating the MIM as a Yadav who was going to was effective in almost the growth and development of Government were necessary the State and its people,” he friendly party he recalled that Madhubani was attacked near entire State, particularly in Telangana,” he said. “People of to undo the damage suffered by said. soon after his Government was Khabra on the outskirts of Katni, Vidisha, Sehore, Dewas, Telangana have seen me and my Telangana over the last 50 years Lashing out at the formed in the State there were Muzaffarpur with bricks and Indore, Gwalior, Jhabua, work over the past 20 years. rule by Andhras. Congress, he said, “Congress is attempts from Delhi to spears. The independent MP Chhattarpur, Mandsaur, Sagar They have seen what we have Rejecting the allegations a curse and number one enemy destablilise it. “Asaduddin from Madhepura alleged it was and Ujjain. done in the past four years,” he of the Opposition, he said, of Telangana State.” He recalled Owaisi called me from Delhi a conspiracy to eliminate him. In Punjab and Haryana, said, pointing out that in the last “Why fight in Hyderabad. Let that it was the Pandit Nehru and alerted me and unilateral- All the vehicles following him there was little response to the four years despite being a new us go to the people. Let them Government which forcefully ly and voluntarily announced came under heavy brickbatting bandh with people keeping State Telangana created a record decide. If we have not done our merged existing State of his full support to our and their screens were smashed. their businesses open in most by achieving GSDP growth rate work they will reject us,” the Telangana and during the Government. We thank him for While narrating the incident to areas, reports said. But in of 17.17 per cent and in the first Chief Minister said. Indira Gandhi rule hundreds of this,” he said. “What is wrong in the media Yadav broke down Punjab’s Phagwara shops and five months of current financial In the list of TRS candi- Telangana youth were killed for treating MIM as a friendly and said it was only the luck that commercial establishments year growth rate of 21.96 per dates, only two sitting members demanding separate State. party,” he asked. he was alive. remained shut. ( )* +, -./0 $
%&''(') . :- # 0%0 % - # % 6 ' sector, the report notes that Conservation Foundation Q (0R many afforestation and restora- (NCF), Foundation for n the last seven years (2011- tion activities undertaken by Ecological Security (FES) and I2017), India has restored 9.8 private companies are often a Gujarat Institute of Desert to the families of martyred he Congress has given a call million hectares of degraded result of legal compliance, or Ecology (GUIDE). paramilitary personnel. Tfor nationwide shutdown land, with Government agen- form part of their corporate The report has dwelled five ll contributions to 'Bharat "The @BharatKeVeer Trust on September 10 to protest cies playing a major role in the social responsibility (CSR) case studies across seven states AKe Veer', a Union Home has been formed with seven against rising fuel prices. It has green initiative, restoring 95 per obligations. "Out of the total including a government-fund- Ministry fund which aids fam- trustees headed by the union also asked other Opposition cent while the remaining 5 per 193,290.3 hectares of land ed JFMC in Nagaland, NGO- ilies of paramilitary personnel home secretary. Noted film parties and civil society groups cent was done by NGOs and restored and afforested by the led grassland and rainforest who die fighting extremists, actor Shri @akshaykumar and to join them. private companies. surveyed private companies, projects in Gujarat and Valparai have been exempted from former national Badminton "The common man was The restoration work is around 97 per cent was under respectively, and efforts by Tata income-tax, Home Minister champion Pullela Gopichand bearing the brunt of the esca- part of the Bonn Challenge, a mixed plantations containing Power to reverse environmen- Rajnath Singh said on have also been included in the lating prices of petrol, diesel global effort to bring 150 mil- fast-growing exotic tree species tal degradation in Lonavala Thursday. trust as trustees," he said in and cooking gas. lion hectares of deforested and needs to be undertaken by all lages to markets for sale of non- as well as cash crops." region caused by the construc- The trust was formed with another tweet. Public can visit “Congress has decided degraded land into restora- actors in future stocktaking timber forest products, better It has called for "a more tion of the Valvan Dam. film star Akshay Kumar and the application and the website that we will be giving a call for tion by 2020 and 350 million reports. irrigation facilities for crop pro- bio-centric approach" to moti- Siddhanta Das, Director former national badminton Bharat Ke Veer and make a Bharat Bandh on September hectares by 2030. At least 46 The report is co-published duction, and improved trans- vate private firms to adopt General of Forests and Special champion Pullela Gopichand, contribution to support the 10, Monday, in order to high- countries have signed the by the India Country Office of port and health care facilities. more sustainable and ecologi- Secretary in the Ministry said, among others. "Ministry of families of the jawans who light the 11 lakh crore fuel Challenge and pledged their the International Union for The report is in full praise cal models of restoration based "This report is a first of its kind finance @FinMinIndia has now died in the line of duty. The loot and to demand an imme- commitments for green covers. the Conservation of Nature of the JFMC which has "ush- on native species that are adapt- from any of the Bonn given approval to monetary contributions made diate reduction in central India has now submitted its (IUCN) and India's Ministry of ered in a new era of forest pro- ed to local conditions and bet- Challenge countries. It is an @BharatKeVeer Trust under on the website go straight to the excise duty as also excessive report titled, 'Bonn Challenge Environment, Forest and tection in the country" by mak- ter suited to the recovery of fau- ongoing process and will con- 80(G) which in effect means bank accounts of martyred VAT in the State," Congress and India: Progress on Climate Change. At the first ing forest restoration "socially nal diversity. tinue to be updated. that all contributions to the trust soldiers' families. The portal communications in-charge Restoration Efforts Across Bonn Challenge roundtable in more inclusive." Similarly, NGOs have He further said, "As per the will be exempted under the (bharatkeveer.Gov.In) enables Randeep Surjewala said. States and Landscapes," a first- Asia, held last May, restoration "By providing villagers with played a "small but active role" latest Forest Survey of India income tax. I thank the Ministry the public to help the families Surjewala said the ever publication from any pledges for the region crossed opportunities to participate in in the restoration of degraded report, present forest and tree and FM Sh. @ArunJaitley for of the soldiers by donating Congress will also demand country in the world, giving the 150 million hectare mile- micro-plans, the JFMC model lands. Of the total 352,677.9 cover is 24.39% of the country's the exemption to money online directly to the petrol and diesel should be detailed progress on forest stone. has ushered in a new era of for- hectares restored by the sur- geographical area. #BharatKeVeer Trust," Singh individual braveheart's account brought within the ambit of the landscape restoration under Among "transformational est protection in the country by veyed NGOs, the report notes Therefore, to bring a min- tweeted. or to Bharat Ke Veer corpus. GST so that the "common the global treaty. changes" brought about by pub- successfully involving commu- that a total of 322,610.9 imum of onethird of the total Singh said the Home Bravehearts from Central man whose budget has gone India had pledged to lic restoration programmes, the nities in the protection and sus- hectares (91.5%) was restored land area of the country under Ministry had taken up the Reserve Police Force, Border haywire is provided the requi- restore 13 million hectares of report notes increased biodi- tainable harvesting of natural using mixed plantation model, forest and tree cover, an addi- Bharat Ke Veer initiative in Security Force, Central site relief". degraded land by 2020 and an versity and forest productivity resources and bringing in while 8.5% of restoration activ- tional 27.8 million hectares of April last year, and its success Industrial Security Force, Indo- The Congress has also additional 8 million hectares by linked to the Joint Forest expertise and aligned interests ities were based on using a land area would need to be has been stupendous. Tibetan Border Police Force, urged Opposition parties to 2030. On this, the report says Management Committee of multiple stakeholders in for- mono plantation model, main- brought under green cover. Singh said the initiative Sashastra Seema Bal, Assam join the protest, he said. "We while restoration commitments (JFMC) approach. Some of the est restoration, thereby making ly in coastal areas planted with This means that we need to has now been formalised into Rifles, National Disaster also call upon other societal are achievable, additional benefits listed include the cre- it socially more inclusive, " mangrove. start looking beyond desig- a registered trust for providing Response Force and National groups, NGOs... To join this efforts to comprehensively cap- ation of livelihood opportunities says the report. NGOs featured as best nated forest lands and business a platform to all citizens to con- Security Guards are included in people's movement," he said. ture the restoration efforts in remote areas by linking vil- On the role of the private practices include Nature as usual scenarios." tribute and provide assistance the portal for contribution. 2 ! ' %P %# * : 3 R 5; < :$ - $ P charge less than half a US dollar for a trip. laundering of the funds received from $,,4 5&6 aking a dig at Delhi Chief Reacting to the study, PNB in the form of Letters of TMinister Arvind Kejriwal, Kejriwal Wednesday said it is he Interpol has issued a Red Corner Undertaking. Bhansali was instrumental Union Housing and Urban "very sad" that an important TNotice (RCN) against fugitive dia- in diversion and circulation of the "pro- satisfying. Affairs Minister Hardeep means of transport has mantaire Nirav Modi's close aide Mihir ceeds of crime" generated in the money "I do not know any other department Singh Puri on Thursday said become out of reach of com- R Bhansali in connection with the alleged laundering case. ailway Minister Piyush Goyal on which collects data the way railways does, that he should take a look at mon man. swindling of over 13,000 crore of pub- The ED probe has revealed that RThursday said that the purchase of but how efficiently and effectively we use Delhi transport system which Taking a further dig at lic sector banker PNB. Bhansali inducted dummy partners in paperless unreserved tickets has shown that data is the defining success story we comes under his Government Kejriwal, Puri said the rider- The RCN issued at the behest of Solar Exports, Stellar Diamond and an increase from 195 in 2014-15 to are looking for. And this is surely pos- that lacks 7,000 buses. ship at any point of time Enforcement Directorate mentions that Diamond R US (Modi's firms in whose 67,000 last year. Speaking at a seminar sible with the high quality team that we Speaking at the 13th orange. What they end up before the hike was 27 lakh Bhansali (40) is required by Indian probe names LOUs were issued) for issuance of on leveraging information technology for have in the railways," he said. Sustainability Summit organ- doing was completely falsi- and today the ridership has agencies on charges of "money launder- LoUs by the PNB. He was also instru- mobility, Goyal said a rapid scale-up of Goyal said there were many trans- ised by the Confederation of fying the facts," he said. crossed 29 lakh. The study of ing". Bhansali was CEO of Nirav Modi's mental in formation of overseas dummy technology was what the country expect- formations related to tracks, safety, sig- Indian Industry (CII), Puri "If somebody wants to be 2016 which said the ridership jewellery firm in the US, Firestar companies in Hong Kong and Dubai, and ed and that's where the help of the pri- nalling, catering, punctuality that the said Delhi today has the sad, they should be sad about would increase to 32 lakh took International. employees/ex-employees of the Firestar vate sector could be taken. railways was working on and that efforts fourth largest metro system the fact that the other public into consideration the Phase- The ED wants Bhansali to join the Group were sent as dummy "Paperless unreserved tickets have were on to modernise its inspection in the world, it is a first class transport in Delhi which 3 which has not become oper- probe and told the Interpol that he was directors/owners in these entities at his moved up from 195 in 2014-15 to processes, making them more efficient asset and most affordable comes under the ational as yet, he added. likely to visit the US, the UK, Hong Kong, directions laundering the money received 67,000 last year, which is a 35,000 per and clinically sound. metro anywhere in the world. Government which has a The Delhi Metro on China or the UAE. from the PNB through LoUs. cent increase over a period of three "It's time we got the charm back to "My good friend — the sanction of 11,000 buses is Wednesday termed as "mis- Through an RCN against a fugitive, Bhansali is also suspected to have years," Goyal said, highlighting the use the Indian Railways and to my mind, Chief Minister of Delhi — about 7,000 short," Puri said. leading" the CSE report which the Interpol requests all its 192 member acquired a property in the US worth $7 of technology in the Railways. technology can be that defining factor was expressing sadness that A recent study by the also claimed the Delhi Metro countries to arrest or detain the person million from the funds illicit funds gen- Stating that the youngsters in the that will help the Indian Railways change so many people have moved Centre for Science and has received nearly 32 per if spotted in their countries after which erated from the PNB scam. railways' team should engage with new both its direction and its face," he said. away from the metro. The Environment (CSE) had cent less than the number of extradition or deportation proceedings The case relates to cheating the PNB ideas, the minister said he was sure that On the occasion, the Minister also report has been produced by found that after the fare hike daily passengers it had hoped can begin. through fraudulent issuance of Letters of "some game changing results" would be launched a mobile app called "Aapoorti", people who are reasonably last year, Delhi metro has to serve this year, saying its The ED has identified Bhansali as the Undertaking and Foreign Letters of achieved, which would truly help better which will provide information and credible but they have an become the second-most earlier projection included "second-in-command" in the Firestar Credit worth over 13,000 crore in the passenger and freight customer data related to e-tendering and e-auction agenda where they are not unaffordable service in the Phase-3 which has not Group after Nirav Modi. He was alleged- favour of Nirav Modi, his uncle Mehul experience, making it sustainable and related activities of the railways. comparing an orange with an world among the cities that become operational as yet. ly actively involved in the diversion and Choksi and other associates. : :0 6 ) :4.# - " ! 78 He said the claim of the bank will become time barred by he Supreme Court on November 30. The bench said said the official while talking to reporters TThursday allowed the "permission is granted" to the here. Corporation Bank, which has led bank to move to NCLT so that its rime Minister Narendra Modi will launch It will be followed by launch of a consortium of banks to lend claim did not become time barred, P'Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS), a jan andolan Shramdaan activities with huge communi- loans to the Amrapali Group, to but the tribunal will not proceed for swachhata (cleanliness) on September 15 ty mobilisation by following grassroots move the National Company Law ahead unless "express permis- in the run-up to the 4th anniversary of the swachhata champions such as women Tribunal (NCLT). sion" was granted by the court. Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), from 15 sarpanches, Swachhagrahi , students, nigrani A bench of Justices Arun The apex court also identified 16 September to 2 October 2018, as the sanita- samitis, youth organisations, corporates Mishra and U U Lalit, however, properties of the Amrapali Group tion movement enters its final leg. besides film Celebrities, sportspersons and restrained the NCLT from pro- for auctioning, preferably by the The SHS aims at accelerating the Jan- fath leaders. ceeding ahead in the matter with- National Buildings Construction Andolan for realizing the vision of a Clean In schools, cleanliness shramdaan will be out any express direction from the Corporation India Ltd (NBCC) to India, further reinforcing the belief that carried out by school children who will be court. Attorney General K K give the Public Sector 'Sanitation is everyone's business', asked to participate in hand washing cam- Venugopal, appearing for the Undertaking (PSU) an initial cor- Parameswaran Iyer Secretary, Ministry of paign among other activities. Corporation Bank said the bank pus to start work on the stalled Drinking Water and Sanitation said on Also, mass awareness campaign on has lend Rs 270 crore to the projects. Thursday. cleanliness for passengers traveling aboard Amrapali Group and if it was not It also ordered a forensic The launch will be through Video railways will be carried out. Cleaning of allowed to move NCLT, its claim audit of the real estate firm and its Conferencing at more than 15 locations Iconic Places with focus on the 30 swachh from the real estate firm will promoters to gauge the extent of across the country with different sections of iconic places for cleanliness activities will be become time barred. financial wrong-doings. the community and eminent public figures, conducted, the official added. $ &%-% O'# = :# >' %.% .* O - - $ P % " %0%O P<
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Both the Earlier, after expressing its Ton Thursday raided the Rekha Modi and niece ! regarding such sensitive cases. Anil Singh, appearing for CBI, cases (Dabholkar and Pansare displeasure over the “failure” of residence of senior BJP leader Urvashi Modi received crores At whose instance information to convey to the concerned killings) have different reper- the State CID and CBI to take and Bihar Deputy Chief of rupees from Srijan scam," #O is being given to the media?". senior police officials that it was cussions," Justice the two cases to their logical Minister Sushil Kumar Modi's the former Bihar Deputy “This (kind of) over- not happy with the press con- Dharmadhikari said. conclusion, the HC bench had sister, Rekha Modi, who is one Chief Minister had said earli- 5 3 enthusiasm could be fatal. In ference and disclosures made The HC bench, which is asked: "How do we then take of the accused in 1,900 crore er this year in a series of 9C9 such sensitive cases where by them about the ongoing hearing the petitions filed by the case to its logical conclu- Srijan scam, police said. tweets, attaching the statement oa Chief Minister investigation is in crucial stages investigations. "Ask those the family members of slain sion?..."Can we allow for the "A team of the IT of Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog GManohar Parrikar on hree days after it pulled up it is not advisable for the police police officials, who took the Dabholkar and Pansare, later case to reach a dead-end when Department raided Rekha Samiti Ltd's Indian Bank's Thursday returned from the Tthe Pune Police and State to rush to the media. This media briefing, to go to the trial scheduled the matter for fur- similar crimes are on the rise?" Modi's residence — a flat in Bhagalpur branch account in US two days ahead of schedule, police top brass for holding shows total lack of maturity (on court and see how difficult it is ther hearing on October 10 – CPI leader Govind Pansare Saraswati Apartment at posh which few transactions and headed for his private res- media briefings to share infor- the part of the investigating to prove the case against an when both the both the CBI (82) and his wife Uma (67) had commercial S.P. Verma road showed the names of Rekha idence near here. mation relating to five arrest- officials concerned),” Justice accused person," Justice and State CID have been asked been shot from a close range, here. The team conducted Modi and Urvashi Modi. Parrikar, who is being ed human rights activists, the Dharmadhikari noted. Dharmadhikari said. to submit fresh progress reports near their residence “Ideal searches in connection with the However, Sushil Modi had treated abroad for advanced Bombay High Court on The HC Bench observed Defence counsel Ashok in the investigations into the Housing Society” at around Srijan scam," a district police claimed that he had no relation pancreatic cancer, had gone to Thursday upbraided the inves- that by disclosing information to Mundargi sought to distance two cases. 8.30 am on February 16 2015, official said. with Rekha Modi. the US on August 30, the third tigating agencies for “leaking” the media, the investigators were the State CID from the con- It may be recalled that on when the couple was returning According to the police The Srijan scam involves time in six months. vital information relating to the alerting the accused persons. troversy over the media brief- April 19 this year, after the from a morning walk from the officials, Rekha Modi is Bhagalpur-based NGO Srijan The Chief Minister arrived ongoing investigations in the Alluding to the Press con- ings by telling the court that his investigating agencies accepted Shivaji University campus at accused of purchasing huge Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti at the Dabolim International sensitive case like the murders ferences Additional Director client had not held any press their inability to achieve much Kolhapur. Four days later, jewellery gifts from the kingpin Ltd, which used to provide Airport around 5.30 p.m. and of rationalist Narendra General of Police (Law and conference regarding Pansare’s in their “field probes” into the Pansare succumbed to injuries of multi-crore Srijan scam that vocational training to women. did not speak to the media Dabholkar and CPI leader Order) Param Bir Singh and murder till date."Our investi- Dabholkar- Pansare murders, sustained in the shoot-out, is being probed by the CBI. The NGO allegedly pilfered gathered outside. Govind Pansare. the Pune police officials on gation is on. We are now wait- the high court had passed a while his wife Uma survived After Rekha Modi's name funds meant for Government Parrikar's early return coin- After pursuing the investi- the arrest of five human rights ing to interrogate the two per- stinging comment that the the attack. surfaced in Srijan scam, welfare schemes from the bank cides with murmurs about the gations report submitted by the activists with alleged Maoist sons arrested by CBI in the growing perception abroad Pansare’s murder, it may opposition RJD attacked accounts of the Bhagalpur dis- possibility of some Congress CBI and State CID into the links, Justice Dharmadhikar Dabholkar case," Mundargi about India of being a country recalled, had come on the heels Sushil Modi, saying his fam- trict administration. MLAs joining the ruling party murders of Dabholkar and said: “There is so much hue told the court. of crimes and rapes and “the of a gruesome murder of 69- ily had links with those Nitish Kumar had on ranks. The Congress has how- Pansare, a HC bench division and cry about this media The high court, which had liberal and secular people are year-old Dabholkar, who was accused in the scam. August 18, 2017 recommend- ever dismissed media reports to bench of Justices SC briefing and the disclosures on several occasions in the past not safe here”. shot dead him from a point Leader of the Opposition ed a CBI probe into the scam this effect and blamed the Dharmadhikari and BP made by them”. pulled up both the CBI and Prompted by the admis- blank range by two motor-bicy- in Bihar Legislative Assembly after RJD chief Lalu Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party's "fake Colabawalla lamented that During the Press confer- State CID over the delay in the sions openly made by the cle riding gunmen – aged Tejashwi Yadav has repeatedly accused him of "murdering news factory". everyday vital information was ence, Singh had claimed that investigations into the murder counsels for the Maharashtra between 25 and 30 years, while alleged that Sushil Modi's fam- democracy" in Bihar. Parrikar's absence from being “leaked” to the media by the Pune police had “conclusive of Dabholkar and Pansare, CID and CBI told the court he was taking a morning walk ily has direct links with the In August last year, the CBI Goa has attracted flak from the the investigating agencies. proof” against the arrested told Mundargi that the ongo- that they were not getting any on the Omkareshwar bridge accused in the multi-crore registered 10 cases related to opposition that claims that Expressing his displeasure human rights activists for their ing CID probe should not evidence in their “field probes” located in the heart of Pune, on Srijan scam case involving an the scam and filed four fresh governance has come to a over the information “leaks” to alleged links with the banned come to a standstill just because into the cases, a HC bench of August 20, 2013. NGO that allegedly pilfered cases in June this year. standstill in the coastal State. . 4" . : & % (9: 4+-- -Q , on the mercy petition of A.G. court's decision, said Chief Perarivalan, serving life term for Minister K. Palaniswami should olitical party leaders in Tamil the assassination of former immediately call a cabinet PNadu on Thursday wel- Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. meeting and decide to release ) C6 ) 5C 9 comed a Supreme Court order DMK President M.K. the seven convicts now in jail in ,! ! / ! asking the Governor to decide Stalin, welcoming the apex the Gandhi assassination case. C,4? of them attended the conclave he Congress on Thursday In a post in his Facebook in Singapore on September 3 Tdemanded that the Kerala ! ! account, Stalin said the late for- ndustry Minister Satish and 4 and invited investors to State Women's Commission ! mer Chief Minister and DMK IMahana said that many for- invest in the state. (KSWC) be disbanded as it is ! President M. Karunanidhi had eign investors had expressed “We talked about the of no use even to a lady party " *011! been saying that the state had their willingness to invest in var- Investors’ Summit organised worker, who was allegedly sex- O / !P the powers to free the convicts. ious projects of Uttar Pradesh as by the Government and how ually abused by a CPI-M leg- ( 3 Former Union Health they believed that the face of the within months, foundation islator. ! Minister and PMK leader state had changed after stones of projects worth State Congress President " " ! Anbumani Ramadoss said the improvement in infrastructure. 60,000 crore were laid,” he M.M. Hassan in a statement central government should not Mahana was speaking to a said, adding that the investors issued here said that while the go on appeal against the apex select group of reporters on appreciated the speed with National Women's C,4? court decision. He urged the Thursday after his return from which the Government had Commission (NWC) has suo Tamil Nadu Government to Singapore where he attended acted. motu started proceedings ejecting the claims of lated that it was a mosque while take immediate steps to imple- the Invest North-2018 organ- The Industry Minister said based on the allegation, the RMuslims on Ram during excavation, old statues ment the apex court order. ised by the CII. that many investors, like man- state commission is silent on it. Janmabhoomi, Jagatguru of gods were recovered, which Ramadoss said Chief “We showcased the aging director of Yash Group While the State commis- Shankaracharya of Dwarka- also proved that it was a tem- Minister Palaniswami should potential of the state in real Ved Krishna, narrated their sion has acted so swiftly in cer- Sharda peeth, Swami ple and not a mosque. call a cabinet meeting and pass estate, aerospace, defence, experiences which confirmed tain cases including registering Swaroopanand Saraswati, said He said that political par- a resolution to release all the renewable energy, health and that the present political dis- suo motu cases for posting that only saints could con- ties and politicians in the convicts in the Gandhi assas- pharma, and tourism sectors. pensation in Uttar Pradesh comments on social media, in struct the temple in Ayodhya. Government could not con- sination case and send it to We also highlighted the sops was pro-investor. this particular instance they say “All the claims of the struct a temple as it would be Governor Banwarilal Purohit. being given by the state gov- The minister also men- no case can be taken, he said Muslim side about the presence against the oath they took The President of ernment to investors, that tioned the names of Jakson "If this commission is not of mosque at Ayodhya will fall while becoming Minister. Manithaneya Makkal Katchi, have turned UP into the most group chairman Sameer Gupta good enough for their own flat. Neither Babar nor Mir “The Indian Constitution M.H. Jawahirullah, also urged favoured destinations of the and Lohia Group chairman party lady, then it's better this Baki came to Ayodhya, then does not allow any Palaniswami to pass a resolu- industrialists,” Mahana said. Raj Kumar Lohia for appreci- be disbanded," Hassan added. how could the mosque be built Government to construct tem- tion in a cabinet meeting rec- Mahana was accompa- ating the UP Government Earlier this week, a CPI-M on their names,” he said in ple, mosque or church as it is ommending the release of nied with Chief Secretary from the dais for its efforts to woman youth leader com- Mathura on Thursday. a secular country,” he said. the convicts. Anup Chandra Pandey. Both attract investments. Mahana plained to the party's central The Shankaracharya said The Shankaracharya did said that in committee against Shornur leg- that the disputed structure not spare Bharatiya Janata Party 2016, islator P.K. Sasi, after her com- that was demolished on and said its aim was to grab Singapore plaint to the State leadership December 6, 1992 had ‘man- power by exploiting the senti- exported was not taken up. gal kalash’ and a picture of ments of Hindus though it items worth The youth leader had also Hanumanji and there was no never promoted the sanatan 900 crore to complained to politburo mem- well for ablutions by the dharma. India and ber Brinda Karat, who also namazis or a minar for azan. He also appealed to now it could failed to act. “These things prove that it Muslims to leave the claim on further boost The State unit took up the was a temple and not a the disputed site in Ayodhya trade ties by case only after party General mosque,” he said. and make efforts to revive all making Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Talking to reporters, the the old mosques in the coun- investments Tuesday directed it to look Shankaracharya said some try that were in dilapidated in UP. into the matter. wrong information was circu- condition. ?
Srinagar: A Jaish-e- Mohammad (JeM) suspect attempted suicide on Thursday in police custody in Jammu & Kashmir's Anantnag district. Police said Feroze Ahmad Hajam was arrested from Larnoo area in Anantnag after he remained under surveil- lance for some time. The police said that during questioning the suspect said he wanted to answer nature's call and went to the washroom where he tried to commit suicide by slit- ting his throat. "He was shifted to a hospital in a critical condition," a police officer said. IANS ( )* +, -./0 5 .+ &"@.8 . A
emotional and regional card appeal of Nehru Gandhi fam- the TDP a pale shadow of itself. had the blessings of Narendra in 2014. On the basis of its and portray opponents as 56'7 # 0#! 8## ily for which many in the State While it still enjoys pockets of Modi-Amit Shah duo. accessibility to the masses, ith early elections to “slaves of Delhi”. 9 :# )8 &9 still have a soft corner. People influence especially among the Observers say Modi’s calcula- good work on the ground and WTelangana Legislative Unlike the opposition TRS acknowledge that without UPA Andhra settlers, it remains to be tion was that if Congress loos- its strong clout among the Assembly looking imminent will offer a clear choice in ) ::; chairperson Sonia “Amma” seen to what extent it will be able es in Telangana it challenge to Muslims, party will not find and ruling Telangana Rashtra KCR for the CM’s post for the ) L% %F-%M Gandhi’s intervention separate to mobilise them. TDP’s label of him at the national level will retaining all its seats difficult. Samiti marshaling all its forces second term. He will be seek- , @: @N-@M Telangana State would not have pro-Andhra party will be a weaken. However the party was eyeing and resources, the Opposition ing a fresh mandate on the become a reality. weak-point which TRS will BJP, which won five seats three more seats in the city, parties have also started basis of his performance, host )5%':N :F-&M However realising that it fully exploit. (all in Hyderabad city) and which were presently with the weighing their options and of developmental and welfare 35N &-:M was still not in a position to take polled 7% votes, remains an TRS and the BJP. analysing their strengths and programs, bringing the State 9 9& %-E on the powerful TRS on its own BJP: Despite making fre- urban party with little or no The plus point for the weaknesses. out of serious power crisis, E!I ,5 9:J :F-;M Congress was seriously working quent claims that it will form organisational structure in MIM was its good rapport and Here is a look where the making 24 hour power supply, on the possibility of joining the next Government in the rural areas. The party also suf- warm friendship with the TRS TRS and its rivals stand and accelerating economic growth hands with the second major State BJP appears to have fers from lack of any charis- supremo KCR. But it also has what are the challenges and and securing top rankings in ! opposition party Telugu Desam. resigned itself to play a mar- matic leader and any emotional a potential to become a prob- opportunities for them. Ease of Doing Business, creat- " " $%& ginal role. Of late the party’s issue to cause polarisation. lem if TRS becomes too cozy ing a business and industry Telugu Desam Party: N rank and file were left confused Though KCR promising 12% with the BJP. TRS: with a strong and friendly atmosphere, taking ing farmers. KCR’s failure in polled a respectable 25% votes. Chandrababu Naidu’s party by contradictory signals from reservation to Muslims and its charismatic leader in K several farmer friendly initia- fulfilling the promise of However absence of a strong had polled 14.7% of votes and the Central leadership. While proximity to the All India Others: The electoral scene Chandrasekhar Rao and a well tives, sops for all the weaker increasing reservation quota for leader to take on KCR remains won 15 seats last time. the party’s national president Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in Telangana this time will be oiled organisational machinery sections, ensuring the State Muslims and scheduled tribes its Achilles heel. According to the reports Amit Shah assured the State (AIMIM) were identified as crowded with the presence of the ruling party was starting in remained peaceful over the to 12% will also be a target of Congress strategy was to Congress president Rahul party that he will personally possible sticks to beat KCR several other smaller parties. the race clearly ahead of the last four years by keeping the the opposition. woo back its traditional sup- Gandhi and TDP national take the command in with, even that plan appears to They will include CPI, CPIM, challenge. Maoists and communal trouble port base among the backward president and Andhra Telangana and lead the party to be in doldrums because of YSR Congress of YS Having played a leading makers in check. However the Congress: For the main classes, dalits, tribals and Pradesh Chief Minister Naidu victory, Prime Minister Modi-KCR friendship. Jaganmohan Reddy, Jana Sena role in securing separate opposition will target him on opposition Congress party the minorities by offering sops. have reached a broader Narendar Modi’s praise for of film star Pawan Kalyan, Telangana State, KCR had led the issues like family rule, second elections since the for- Among the upper castes the understanding on how to face Telangana Government and AIMIM Factor: Led by Telangana Jana Samiti of Prof his party to easy victory in 2014 alleged corruption and keeping mation of Telangana is a do or party continues to enjoy a the TRS. easy access to KCR has put the Asaduddin Owaisi MIM essen- Kodandaram and other sundry with 63 seats and 34.3 per cent the tenant farmer and farm die battle. Though in 2014 it good hold among the Reddys. KCR’s astute moves of woo- State BJP in a dilemma. The tially remains a “Hyderabad players who could upset the popular votes. laborers out of the benefits was reduced to paltry 21 seats Congress campaign will ing most of the important lead- general feeling was that KCR’s party” where it won seven calculations of major parties by He again plans to flaunt the announced for the land own- in 119-member assembly, it still largely depend on the star ers and all but 3 MLAs has left move of advancing the polls assembly seats and polled 3.8% dividing votes. .%% " " 6&6,%-7)& + " + 3 0 6 # . - flight. This was the first incident rules. There is a sense of decen- 56 , of this kind in the recent past cy and decorum to be observed though there were a couple of during the flight,” said wo days after Lois Sofia, the instances when unruly passen- Shanmukhasundaram. 4?4 ) T28-year-old woman from gers had created problems dur- What is haunting aviation Thoothukudi, who shouted ing the flight. seniors is the “uniqueness” of wo days after a major bridge “Down with Fascist BJP” slo- “I do not know what will Thoothukudi. “The region is Tcollapse in Kolkata killing gans during the Chennai- happen if some Sangh Parivar notorious for all kind of mur- three persons and injuring Thoothukudi flight, who was activists start raising slogans in ders and agitations. The anti- about 26 others, Bengal Chief arrested by Tamil Nadu Police aircraft in which leaders of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Minister Mamata Banerjee and granted bail by a district DMK or the Congress are trav- Plant agitation has its base in attacked the BJP for maligning court, the controversy has elling. This is a threat which has Thootrhukudi. The Sterlite agi- her Government and Bengal failed to die down. to be nipped in the bud. tation and riots that resulted in ignoring similar instances in the With all political parties in Political rivalries and activism 15 deaths are still fresh in the States ruled by them. the State barring the BJP and the should be kept out of the air- minds of the people,” said the Banerjee who held an AIADMK extending support to craft,” said a senior intelligence intelligence official. 7 7 fast agitation of 24 hours on urgent meeting to take stock of the woman passenger for her official in Chennai airport. Meanwhile efforts are on to Friday in all 33 district head- the dilapidating bridges of the freedom of expression and right Shanmukhasundaram, the extricate the woman, reported- olitics over the pro-quota quarters across Gujarat from 11 State and asked the police to to dissent, security agencies are lawyer who represent Dr ly a research student in a Pleader Hardik Patel intensi- am onwards. He however said clear the underbellies of all 8 0- :%#$ $0& :%# $ ' worried over the future of air Sounderarajan in the case told Canadian University from the fied in Gujarat as a delegation of that the Chief Minister heard such bridges from encroach- # --%%$ %$&% travel in Tamil Nadu because of The Pioneer that this was a seri- case. S A Sami, her father, had the Opposition Congress met Congress delegation patiently. ment questioned the “destruc- 0 - ; .% .* the incident , being described as ous issue. “I can understand the told journalists that his daugh- Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Reacting on Congress’s tive mindset” of some people Thoothukudi Syndrome. Sofia ire of the DMK, the Congress ter was not familiar with rules in Thursday and submitted a demand, Gujarat BJP president who instead of extending hands % 3 ,! “The report will be submitted reportedly shouted at Dr and others towards the BJP the aircraft. “She is a science stu- memorandum to him request- Jitu Vaghani said that the oppo- of cooperation take pleasure in in a week’s time.” The Chief Tamiliussai Sounderarajan, leader. But please remember dent and ignorant of anything ing to initiate dialogue with the sition party was playing dirty criticising others. Minister also asked the police president of Tamil Nadu BJP that even standing up during the other than her subject of learn- Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti politics as Congress leaders “There are some people ! " ! ! to ban all the 20-wheeler who was travelling in the same flight itself is against aviation ing. If this case gets dragged on, (PAAS) convener, who is on fast were not clarifying their party’s who condemn others by hold- trucks plying in Kolkata and it may affect her studies in since past 13 days. view on giving reservation to ing media trial. I am not ready ! " ! ! “damaging the old bridges Canada,” Sami told reporters. The Congress delegation Patidar community. Over the to reply to their queries,” " and roads.” The magistrate who grant- headed by Leader of Opposition past three years PAAS and other Banerjee told the media after She said “the smaller trucks ed her bail had asked Sami to in Gujarat Assembly Paresh pro-quota outfits are demand- the meeting. are needed for reaching essen- see to it that Sofia does not get Dhanani also said the CM ing reservation for Patidar com- “Ask these people to first made by the BJP leadership. tial commodities. The bigger into any such troubles in future. Rupani to accept demands of munity in Government jobs raise questions on the bridge Laying credence to a “pre- ones with 20-wheels are all nui- Pilots and experienced cabin Hardik, so he would end his fast and educational institutions collapses in Varanasi and liminary report” that blamed sance and cause heavy damage crew members expressed their agitation. Dhanani said that under OBC category. Maharashtra before poking the Metro Railways for not tak- to the bridges and roads. We surprise over the indifference of the delegation has asked the CM Meanwhile, from Thursday their nose here,” Banerjee said ing adequate care while con- cannot allow them to run freely the Indigo crew to take action through memorandum to evening, Hardik has decided not when asked to respond to alle- structing a bridge adjacent to from now on. I have asked the against the “unruly passenger”. accept three major demands of to take water. His decision came gations leveled by the opposi- the collapsed flyover causing police to stop those vehicles The incident comes close- Hardik with immediate effect at a time when he started using tion leaders that despite repeat- the damage to the 50-year old from plying in the city.” ly after a group of sword- including waiver in farmers’ wheelchair to access toilet. He ed warning by the experts the structure the “Government has The Chief Minister also wielding students of a city col- debt, release of PAAS leader took the decision following the Government took no step to asked them to stop work till the constituted a Bridge lege in Chennai terrorised Alpesh Kathiria who is in jail in advice of his personal doctor. repair the bridge. inquiry report determining the Monitoring cell that would passengers and pedestrians connection with sedition charge, Since August 25, Hardik has lost “There is a constant effort cause of the collapse of the audit and inspect the health of alike while traveling in a city withdrawal of all cases filed almost 11 kg weight. to malign Bengal whenever bridge comes,” the Chief the older bridges and submit bus last Wednesday. Video of against Patidar activists during According to Government there is any incident. I want to Minister said. reports on their state of students traveling on the foo pro-quota agitation. doctor his temperature and ask you that why are you so Banerjee on Thursday health. Bengal has over the board of buses in Chennai According to him if the blood pressure was normal. anti-Bengali? Why do you constituted a team headed past a few years seen at least with swords and shouting State Government would not The 25-year-old Hardik had always try to malign Bengal?” by the Chief Secretary to four bridge collapses the lat- slogans have gone viral in initiate talk with Hardik, complaint of weakness and Banerjee shot back when asked determine the reasons behind est happening as late as on social media. Congress will stage symbolic stomach pain from Thursday . to comment on the statements the collapse of the bridge. Tuesday noon. ) COMMENT & ANALYSIS ) ( )* +, -./0 ( )* +, -./0
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Change for good However, particularly since the 1970s, have been saddled with a huge debt burden, a ful business enterprise. Typically, it is much too mentioned public sector organisations in there has been a growing interference in the large number of permanent staff who are per- often that the Government, official designat- France is the case of a developing country ini- functioning of the Indian Railways, the state haps of questionable value to the organisation ed to serve on the board of a public sector enter- tiative in Brazil, which goes by the name of electricity boards as well as other public sec- ?) and a decline in Air India’s share in the domes- prise, has the last word in decision-making, far Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (Embraer), tor organisations, which were seen essentially tic market, partly as an outcome of the ill-con- above that of the chairman of the board. The which is now a world-class producer of aircraft / as milch cows for the benefit of the politicians ?)5C , ceived merger of Air India and Indian Airlines. entire body language and dynamics in the and aeronautical equipment. Embraer was cre- and the establishment in general. The result is ,)? )? ,) Any passenger for whom Air India was the air- boardroom reflect that reality. ated in 1969, and by contrast, Hindustan '! ! * !H that these organisations have become over- line of choice in the 1980s, as in the case of this If we were to study the functioning of pub- Aeronautics Limited was established through ! !! !!! 4 staffed with a decline in the calibre of employ- RC 6 ?= writer, would feel sad at flying the national car- lic enterprise in other countries, where success the visionary initiative of Walchand Hirachand ees and a reduction in the quality of human rier now. The class of service on board is nowhere is evident, the relationship between the in 1940 in association with the Government of ! !! ' # 2-2+ resources. The public sector has become a con- S,,-) near what it used to be. Government and the enterprise is distinctly dif- Mysore and one-third participation of the !'!*# ! ! venient place for providing employment to large The state of the aircraft and its interior are ferent from what is evident in India. It is for this Government of India. In 1963 the latter was !!''-2!! 'H ndia’s industrial development after number of people who are followers or con- C) shabby, and even the cuisine served in every reason that organisations like, Électricité de established as a totally Government-owned # 2!! !! ! 2!! ! ' Independence was designed to be driven stituents of those in power. This is one of the class, including business class, has declined. On France (EDF) and the Société Nationale des company, and the rest, as they say, is history. by growth of the public sector. Prior to chronic problems ailing Air India as well, due ,? ?= ,C ) a recent flight from New York to Delhi, happi- Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), the French It is often said that business should not be ! #,!'3 *9O H Independence, sectors such as railways, to which the airline has been unable to attract ? - , ly, the punctuality at takeoff was perfect. But National Railways, are shining examples of out- the business of the Government. But given the '! -5 ! !2 post and telegraph services and ordnance any offers in response to the recent effort at pri- curiously what used to be a cabin only for busi- standing professionalism, world-class innova- large investments that we have in the public sec- factoriesI were entirely under the Government vatisation. ?= ?6 ) ? ness class now incorporates a row of first class, tion and overall performance, which have been tor in India, a new dynamic is essential for '! 2 control and constituted the bulk of the public sec- The case of Air India is particularly pathet- which was empty. No doubt this innovation the pride of France and an emblem of econom- defining the nexus between the Government !2 !- ! tor business. Yet, the manner in which these ic. This was one of the finest airlines in the ,4?=6 ? must have been carried out to ensure that politi- ic success over a long time. and the public sector, by which accountability !!!!# 2! !#! # functioned then was quite different from what world and had a remarkable head start over sev- ) 2 )?C) cians and senior bureaucrats do not have to trav- Significantly, in India too, there have been to Parliament and the people is not diluted. And - #! 2 2!# 272 2 has evolved in recent decades. The Indian eral others which are thriving today, such as el in the ignominy of humble business class. It periods of notable success of specific public it should be carried out in a manner that ensures Railways, for instance, was a highly profession- Emirates, Lufthansa and even Singapore , C,, =C was not long ago that politicians, both in and sector organisations but this was essentially the innovation and success in the market are not ) RI7 )RJ !'!! ! al organisation with decision-making in the Airlines. Among many factors on account of out of power, as well as bureaucrats of the rank result of competent and influential leaders, compromised for any public sector enterprise. ! !!'O 2! hands of competent and well-trained executives, which this move failed is that the retention of C ) 5 of Joint Secretary and above, were routinely such as V Krishnamurthy of BHEL and Is this an issue that perhaps Parliament needs '!'!!2 '!2 !' H which is still very much the case today. But in 24 per cent of stake in the hands of the upgraded to first class along with their families. Maruti, Mantosh Sondhi of the Bokaro Steel to debate on the basis of enlightened analysis terms of future directions and major financial Government of India scared away potential , ?)S ) Unfortunately, India has not allowed the Plant, Dr Verghese Kurien of Amul and Dr NB and global experiences? Even for privatisation 2' '!'! powers, the role of the executive has been cur- investors who were concerned at the possibil- public sector to reach the levels of excellence Prasad of ONGC. These were industrial man- of the public sector, its dynamism and success 2 '! !#2 tailed over time. Significantly, on matters other ity of interference by the Government. which would serve the country and the public agers and captains of enterprises who would in the market are essential. # !' - than those involving broad policy, earlier there But the main drawback to an enthusiastic well. The result has been a record of recurrent not allow any undue interference in the (The writer is former chairman, was no interference from above in respect of response was the pathetic state of the financial losses, an absence of innovation and vision organisations they headed. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, # ! ! ' ' operational and management issues. state of Air India. Any potential investor would which are the defining qualities of a success- Even more impressive than the two above- 2002-15) !' #!!'! * !' 'H - !!! !!# H !* ! ! ! 8 &',- 8 !7 )R -)! !'!H ' %&& ! 2 '! You can meet me for any work. I will help Action should be taken against those who Bloody welcome for the new Governor F '! !# ! # !! ! !! young men elope with girls they want to insult our mothers and sisters. Ram Kadam ! # ' !-?! marry. Take my number and call me. should not be given a ticket by any party. #' Q '! —BJP MLA — Shiv Sena president Forces inimical to the return of peace in the Kashmir Valley have succeeded in their intent of signalling the many challenges RAM KADAM UDDHAV THACKERAY PP!# #- the new Governor will face during his tenure. Patience is a virtue but procrastination in taking on radicalisation is not 8 !2!7 )R !* #H !# !! '!!'!H ) '! #! -)! !'! but its ideology has penetrated other of his voice in a gathering at New jihadi terrorist groups active in the Delhi, is also an act of defiance. To 6) '1* '! %&&N O Valley. The ideology justifies the use shout slogans, and hoot while prayers ) -?!'!N*!P !H of violence as a necessity to defend are being offered and khutbah is being 2#2#8 Islam and as an obligation for a true delivered, is against the basic tenets '( !! ' Health workers our greatest asset Muslim believer. The IS believes in of Islam. The behaviour was com- * N' P-)!! ' the concept of the ‘Caliphate’. pletely un-Islamic. But who cares ,.2 )* " ( ' !! ' ' ! ;-> *(F ! Democracy and the nation-state when it is being done at the behest + ( !'! ##!! are not compatible with the Salafi- of somebody else, as a part of the larg- " $ ast month, Kashmir wit- jihadist ideology. Anyone serving the er agenda. ) -)!!! ' !7 )R nessed one of its most vio- nation is an enemy of Islam as per this A section of misguided people -)! !' 'H or younger health workers; doctors or nurs- lent and bloodiest Bakrid in ideology. This is the reason for tar- were also shouting azadi slogans. #! ' !* #! * es. That could mean implementing target- the recent time; just a day geting the members of the police, Seekers of azadi need to understand # * ed admission policies and compulsory ser- after the announcement Armed Forces and political workers. that they are living in an utopian ! 'L #- vice, for example, or providing financial or wasL made of the appointment of a The IS is no threat to India but its ide- world, much divorced from reality. , - $ 5?? 9 career-based incentives. Whatever the case, new Governor in Jammu & Kashmir. ology is, which is also responsible for Misguided youth are being exploit- $8&- "/+ / - . / * 7, good HRH governance, that takes into Was it a coincidence or a planned the spread of radicalisation. ed by self-seekers whose own chil- 0 12 1314 * B-3.+22/#,- account the perspectives of health workers, effort to send a few signals to the new The IS ideology also threatens the dren are studying in posh schools and It is encouraging that various social media portals includ- is vital to identify and implement the poli- Governor? Violence after Eid prayers Kashmiri society. Kashmiri culture is universities outside the State and S ing Facebook, Twitter and Google have agreed to work cies that will be most impactful. is not unusual in Kashmir but this a mix of three religions — Hinduism, abroad. It is a dream sold to the youth ) - 5 P. with the Election Commission of India towards achieving ealth workers are the cornerstones of Addressing the quality of training in both time its intensity and audacity was Buddhism and Islam. Kashmiri cul- to motivate them to pick up the gun. * 1337 8 933 * a common goal — fighting fake news — in view of the effective and equitable health services. public and private education institutions definitely different from the past. ture, that was once proud of its one- It has not been achieved in the past 1337 :3 2: ( By increasing numbers of workers should likewise be prioritised Region-wide. There are a few deductions from the ness, irrespective of religion, is in dan- seven decades and would never be ; ( upcoming Lok Sabha election. The prospect, welcome as H and enhancing their skills, as well as work- Apart from revising the curricula and range happenings of this Bakrid which may ger of being overshadowed by Salafi- achieved — this is the hard reality the * ) +* S it is, requires careful handling. Social media giants are ing towards enhancing their equitable dis- of skills being taught, the accreditation of ultimately emerge as new challenges jihadist ideology that preaches a youth need to realise. Radicalisation ) +< S . more prone to stifling discussion on important issues tribution, countries in WHO South-East Asia both public and private health training insti- for new Governor, Satya Pal Malik. return to true Sunni Islam and jus- has hardened and brainwashed the * 43 * " than even governments are sometimes! Region are improving the quality and reach tutions and programmes can help increase Hizbul Mujahideen claimed tifies use of violence and terror to local youth to the extent that they are Q ) ) ((% $ of health services and advancing their quest the quality of health workers across the responsibility for most of the killings. realise political objectives. It is a major not ready to accept the reality of 994 +* +< to achieve universal health coverage. Region. As a part of this, greater effort can Sayeed Salahudeen, head of the ter- challenge the civil society in Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir being an integral Deliberate action to this end is respon- be made to encourage the private medical ror outfit and chairman of the United has to accept and unite to fight part of India, as enshrined in Article > sible. In 2014, each of the Region’s member service sector to work within national Jihad Council (UJC), continues to live against. 1 of the Constitution of India and ) states committed to the “Decade for strategies to strengthen the health workforce. in safe-haven in Pak-occupied Another fallout in Salafi-jihadist Article 3 of the State’s Constitution. + 8 0 Identity politics , 8 P# ( Strengthening Human Resources for Health”. Finally, member states should build on Kashmir under the patronage of the ideology is radicalisation. It is spread- Dr Farooq Abdullah rightly ; Health workforce strengthening, alongside their considerable efforts to monitor the Pakistan Army and the Inter-Services ing in Kashmir like poison. Stone there. It goes to the credit of the last three decades, paternal absence asserted that these misguided peo- ) ( better access to medicines, was identified as numbers, skills, performance and equitable Intelligence (ISI). Thus, a clear-cut pelting on police personnel on duty, policemen that they did not get pro- and exposure to the messages of rad- ple need ‘counselling’. All national- Q ( the core component of the region’s flagship distribution of health workers. Though connection exists between the killings display of IS flags and Musa Army voked and retaliated with non-lethal , ) ? ical preachers could also lead to rad- ist voices in Kashmir have con- # priority of achieving Universal Health member states are to be commended for and Pakistan’s hand behind it. A banners, attack on Army posts and weapons of crowd dispersal, despite icalisation. Keypad jihadists spread- demned this unruly behaviour of a # !!!!! ! 2! '! H Coverage (UHC). These initiatives have been developing a series of key indicators against change of regime in Pakistan is not heckling of Dr Farooq Abdullah at instigations. ing radical ideology can be another section of the people. Dr Farooq #!2 H reinforced by WHO’s “Global Strategy on which progress is being measured, gaps in going to make any difference as far the Jama Masjid are all manifestations Lack of adequate knowledge source of radicalisation. called them as “enemies of the Human Resources for Health: Workforce Region’s highest decision-making body in data persist, especially in countries with large as violence in Kashmir is concerned. of radicalisation. Zakir Musa is also about religion or distorted knowledge ) In Kashmir, a perceived sense of state” and said that he knew who ' !! 2030”, which was launched in 2016 as a New Delhi, India, each member state has private medical education and service sec- New Pakistan premier Imran Khan emerging as the new cult and poster- of religion amongst the youth also discrimination, false promises by were the people behind it. “You will ; 8 0 S " ' '! ' !, ! means of pursuing Sustainable Development the opportunity to implement a range of tors that are not included in present data col- does not have the mettle and politi- boy of terrorism in Kashmir. His mes- leads to radicalisation because a ?, ?C))? politicians, denial of justice, harass- pay a very heavy price for this one 0 ( '2* !!H Goal (SDG) 3, to ensure healthy lives and WHO-recommended interventions to lection. Similarly, apart from nurses and mid- cal experience to challenge the ‘K sage on the eve of Eid to the terror- ‘vacuum of knowledge’ leaves them )S))) ) ment by security forces and fear of day. They don’t want peace and they promote well-being for all at all ages. enhance the numbers, skills and equitable wives, data on frontline health workers Policy’ of the military-mullah-mili- ists was full of hate. He warned of ill-equipped to reject extremist ide- losing their monolithic culture are are thriving on violence,” he said. ? ,!'! , O ! As outlined in WHO South-East Asia’s distribution of health workers. And in doing remains sparse. Ensuring data on health tant troika. Ghazwa-e-Hind (the final and last ologies. This is the reason that hate ) ?) also driving the youth towards rad- The forces inimical to return of # % $ ?% $@ A1 !2 ! !' ! recently released second review of progress, so, there will be a need to increase the health workers at the primary level and below are Pakistan has no respect for reli- battle for the conquest of India), a speeches delivered by the maulvis icalisation. What the new Governor peace and normalcy in trouble-torn (, " ' !# ! -H since the “Decade for Strengthening service coverage and also accelerate progress collected, is particularly important. This will gion or Islam. Bloodshed in Kashmir threat which re-emerges year after after the Friday prayers or during )? ,,5) can do immediately to counter rad- Kashmir have succeeded in their , ( Human Resources for Health” was towards UHC. ensure each member state has a full under- on the occasion of Eid-ul-Zuha does year for reasons not understood. other religious congregations and also icalisation is to have a check on the intent of according a “bloody” ) O #2!!2!! 2 '!!# H launched, the overall availability of doctors, Despite substantial increases, many of standing of the human resources that peo- not perturb the troika over there. In The entire concept of Ghazwa- the ideologies spread by the them in ) ) ?= maulvis and other religious preach- welcome to the new Governor ? , # !2!# ! / nurses and midwives has significantly the Region’s member states still need more ple everywhere can access. fact, it emboldens the troika since it e-Hind is nothing but a religious fan- certain madrasas act as catalysts to 3 99C.4 9 ers. Majority of them are non-locals and also signalling him of the chal- - P; ! ' !, H' H improved Region-wide. health workers. SDG 3 will only be reached As member states Region-wide are suits their sinister design of keeping tasy to raise the morale of Sunni radicalisation. who spread Salafi-Wahabi ideologies lenges he will face during his Eight member states, for example, have if more health workers are available to deliv- demonstrating, health workforce strength- Kashmir on the boil. The troika does Muslim jihadists. Radicalisation pro- The IS has deliberately tailored )7 using the precincts of religious places tenure. To my mind, radicalisation # '#!! '! - now reached the original WHO Human er the services required to meet the Region’s ening is a powerful way to increase health not want the Kashmiris to live in motes a thinking process of transition its propaganda to appeal to those and madrasas. Local preachers, who is the major challenge which the " ( )! '# ' !# !!# Resources for Health (HRH) threshold of changing health needs. So far just two coun- service coverage and accelerate progress peace and enjoy the dividend of from true Islam to the Islamic State. with little religious knowledge. 5 )?= follow and preach Sufism, have been Governor or any other S ! 97 P '! # 22.8 per 10,000 population that applied dur- tries have reached the revised SDG thresh- towards SDG 3 and the imperative under- development and progress in the rest Zakir Musa is spreading this concept Radical preachers and hardcore sidelined by them through the power Government can ill afford to ignore 9A " Q ) ( ! '! ,Q )I5 ' J ! ing the Millennium Development Goal era. old. At the same time, while increasing the pinning it: Universal Health Coverage. As of the nation. The troika’s aim is to in Kashmir which the youth appears Salafi-jihadists, when kept together of petro-dollars. The Salafi-Wahabi anymore. It needs to be tackled on C Five of the Region’s member states have at number of health workers available, health WHO South-East Asia’s second progress keep Kashmir in a constant state of to be attracted towards. Was it a sig- in prisons with juvenile stone-pel- ) ,:?=) preachers need to be replaced by Sufi war-footing along with counter-ter- ) 1392 4A O ( ,' !-)!,* '#H least doubled the availability of pharmacists, authorities must ensure that workers’ train- review, alongside deliberations at the 71st ses- conflict so that it can tie down the nal intended at the incumbent ters, radicalise them beyond preachers and the former must be ror operations. De-radicalisation is DAD 1397(9A ) ( !#' !!!! while a large majority have increased the ing equips them with the skills needed to sion of the Regional Committee demonstrate, Indian Army in counter-infiltration Governor? To me it appears so. redemption. Therefore, to give ,? ) )C) ??= ordered to return to their respective time-consumingand lustreless akin D4A 9331 '! ! ' ! ! availability of dentists. Almost all countries remain versatile throughout their career. commitment to fully leverage HRH has never and counter-terrorism operations Fiery speeches were made on amnesty to such youth and return ) , native States. to de-addiction. Patience is the ) )(# 9E have now developed and are in the process Fine-tuning policies to retain staff in been stronger. The fact that health workers and make sure that it does not pose Article 35A and other anti-national them to the mainstream is like The heckling of Dr Farooq main virtue that will pay in the end 1: # 8 0 !* ''! '22 of implementing country-specific HRH rural and hard-to-reach areas is similarly are indeed our greatest asset in the drive a major threat on its western borders. issues prior to and after Eid prayers. playing with fire which has proved Abdullah, a sitting MP and four-time but it cannot be brushed under the #!2 !'! ' H strategies. Region-wide, the collection of bet- essential. As WHO South-East Asia’s report towards universal health coverage, is well Brutal killings of a political It aroused the sentiments of the youth unsuccessful time and again because %?=) ) )P Chief Minister of the State and pre- carpet anymore. 5 P# ( ! ( - '2! ! ter quality data has markedly improved. outlines, there is no single way to achieve this understood. Their game-changing potential worker and a couple of policemen is who were motivated by paid goons the same youth gets recycled into ,? ) )C) ? venting him from offering Eid prayers (The author is a Jammu-based Further gains can be made. As discussed outcome. Rather, a bundle of retention must be fully harnessed. a serious cause of worry. The jihadists to move out and indulge in a show sangbaazi (stone-pelting). at Jama Masjid because a couple of political commentator and strategic A::9 937 Q PP! # !* in-depth at the WHO South-East Asia’s 71st strategies are needed that can influence dif- (The writer is Regional Director, WHO are motivated by an IS ideology. The of force (using pre-dumped stones) In a society that has been days back he had shouted, “Bharat analyst. The views expressed are , % * -)!7 ! ! ,Q )H# *2 session of the Regional Committee, the ferent types of health workers, be it the older South East Asia) IS may not have a footfall in Kashmir, against the police personnel deployed engulfed by a state of conflict for the Mata Ki Jai” and “Jai Hind” at the top entirely personal.) # ?%*#@ , 9 1397 ( !2 !, !? (H 5 P) * ! 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USD 500-600 billion from USD our mutual benefit but also for vehicles (EVs) and automo- Gadkari ruled out any financial “This will be available for he Indian rupee on 125 billion currently, with a the benefit of rest of the world,” biles run on alternative fuel incentive. limited number of pieces in the TThursday crashed below good strategy under a stipu- Prabhu said. from permit requirements in “With GST at 12 per cent domestic market and if the cus- the 72-level for the first time lated time, commerce and India will become USD 5 a bid to boost such vehicles in on EVs, I don’t think there is tomers’ response is positive ever on persistent global head- Industry Minister Suresh trillion economy in the next 7- the country, Union Minister any further need for subsidy. ... then these companies can start winds and concerns on macro- Prabhu said here on Thursday. 8 years and USD 10 trillion by Nitin Gadkari said on We need to think innovatively making the vehicles in India,” economic front. “The US-India bilateral 2035, he said. Thursday. to bring in that environment. he said. The domestic currency trade is declining for various India becoming economi- Urging automakers to My ministry has prepared a The minister also suggest- was quoted 37 paise lower at reasons and we should not be cally strong would only mean, focus in this direction, the detailed report to raise pro- ed automakers to diversify into 72.12 against the US dollar in happy with bilateral trade of US has a friend and partner, minister said demand for EVs duction of EVs through non- water transport. afternoon trade. USD 125 billion. We must set who is stronger than before and could also be created by man- fiscal initiatives in the next five “Why don’t you diversify. Investors remained con- a clear cut target of USD 500- strong India will be in the long dating cab aggregators like Ola years,” Gadkari said clarifying From Allahabad to Varanasi cerned over sustained foreign 600 billion in a stipulated time term interest of US, he reiter- and Uber to induct a certain that the subsidy was not we are maintaining a draft of capital outflows and widening period. We are willing to come ated. percentage of such vehicles in mandatory. 1.5 metre. Fifteen crore peo- current account deficit in the domestic unit plummeted to a Moreover, weakness in out with complete strategy and Country’s aviation sector is their fleet. His statement comes amid ple will be gathering at wake of soaring crude oil historic low of 71.97 a dollar emerging currencies overseas am sure that the companies expected to provide big invest- “We have decided to government’s efforts to pro- Kumbha mela. You come and prices. in intraday trade before find- against the dollar too weighed from both country’s will ben- ment opportunity as it is one of exempt EVs and all vehicles mote eco-friendly vehicles run 500-600 seater catama- At the Interbank Foreign ing some respite. on the domestic currency, efit,” Prabhu said. the fastest-growing in the world including autorickshaws, buses, through Faster Adoption and rans. I will give you all per- Exchange (Forex) market, the Finance Minister Arun they added. Speaking at a US-India and has recorded 50 months of taxis run on alternative fuel like Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) missions in eight days,” the local currency opened higher Jaitley Wednesday attributed Meanwhile, international Business Council event, Prabhu double-digit traffic growth. As ethanol, biodiesel, CNG, Electric Vehicles (FAME) India minister said. at 71.67 a dollar against its pre- the fall in rupee to global fac- Brent crude futures fell 27 said that we can resolve some many as 100 new airports methanol and biofuel, from scheme, which was launched in He said the multimodal vious record closing of 71.75, tors and stressed that the cents, or 0.4 per cent, to USD issues through talks. India would be built in the next 10 to permit requirements. 2015. hub at Varanasi will be inau- but failed to sustain initial domestic unit was better off as 77 per barrel. A fall in crude offers lot of opportunities in 15 years for about USD 60 bil- “We have taken the deci- The second phase of FAME gurated soon and 60 river ports strength and fell back to compared to other curren- prices is seen as positive for sectors including agriculture, lion, Prabhu said, adding that sion to make these permit-free,” India scheme will be launched offered vast opportunities to breach the 72-mark. cies. India, which imports most of pharmaceuticals, infrastruc- the country’s infrastructure the Transport Minister said by Prime Minister Narendra automobile makers. The rupee’s unabated fall Forex dealers said besides its oil requirements, traders ture, start-ups and make sector also offers investment addressing the SIAM annual Modi on September 7. Gadkari also announced continued for the sixth straight strong demand for the said. “India-US partnership greater opportunity of USD 250 billion convention here. According to official that steps will be taken to do session Wednesday, hitting yet American currency from The BSE Sensex too again” in line with President every year. He said the states have sources, FAME II offers incen- away with the requirement of another closing low of 71.75, importers, concerns of fears of entered the negative zone by Trump’s call of Let’s make US India is looking setting up agreed to abide by it as the rec- tives for mass adoption of speed governors saying that down 17 paise against the US rising fiscal deficit and capital falling 61.11 points, or 0.16 per great again. of special economic zones ommendations came from a EVs with an outlay of 5,500 better highways were there currency. outflows mainly weighed on cent, to 37,957.20 points in The geo-politics has (SEZ) only for the US compa- Group of Ministers of states, crore. and speed was not the only rea- On Wednesday, the the domestic currency. afternoon trade. changed so much in the last few nies, he added. headed by Rajasthan Transport Gadkari also said the min- son behind accidents. %" +7" - . 5; % want to make booking a vaca- any time after purchasing their 7 ! , L !M tion a hassle-free, relaxed expe- flight up until the day of the . ! '! '!'#!' xpedia, an online travel rience for consumers. Travellers trip. On average, Indian trav- '!- ! 7, # Eagency launched Add-On can enjoy discounted bundled ellers can secure up to 44 per- 9C9 posting two back-to back quar- agement earlier this week. '@N !! , Advantage to allow its con- rates, even when they book cent off the cost of their hotel terly losses this year. “We would like to advice '2 ! 5 , -9 ' sumers to save money and their flights and hotels sepa- purchase. ith Jet Airways delaying While its losses stood at that failure to address the ',27' 29!! ! ! time — simultaneously. With rately. It will also allow trav- With Add–On Advantage, Wsalaries of its pilots and 1,036 crore in the March above points and not paying !'2 4 !95' #!! Add-On Advantage, Expedia ellers to add on a hotel deal at consumers can have the flexi- engineers for the second con- quarter, the losses jumped to the salaries on time would - bility of availing a hotel deal on secutive month amid a severe 1,300 crore RPT crore in the lead to non-cooperation by the same trip at a convenient financial crunch, its pilots have subsequent June quarter of pilots,” they warned. time, until your day of depar- warned the management of the current fiscal. Response to a query sent to C , H ture. “non-cooperation” over default “Withholding salaries, that Jet Airways on this was await- !25, This product has been on payments. too without prior notice, is a ed.Significantly, 2 O designed backed on research The Naresh Goyal-pro- serious matter and the man- Jet Airways had delayed ! survey conducted in India that moted private airline, in which agement will bear sole respon- payment of July salaries o its indicates how Indians prefer to UAE national carrier Etihad sibility for any repercussions,” staff earlier. ! booking flight and hotel sepa- holds 24 per cent stake, is fac- Jet Airways’ pilots said in a It had proposed an up to '!2 rately. ing acute cash crunch after communication to the man- 25 per cent cut in salaries of its =#2 employees in late June but !! was forced to defer the plan following opposition from its 2! , ' !2=#2 ' pilots’ union — National 2 !,!*2=# Aviator’s Guild (NAG) — and %<2@<:E-)! # !42 engineers. I J25, ! '4=27 9 “(Earlier) it was agreed I9 J25,- #! 2,!' I, J2 -5- that, henceforth, salaries would 2,!' I, J2 *! 2 !)'5,2 be paid on time and, if there ?! !C# ?''2= were to be a delay, the same ' , #' 4 2=#2 would be communicated to the 42 ? 275 2 *, pilots well in time,” the pilots 24! 9! 27 5! 2 ! 327 H said. ? 7 !2,'!! “We are deeply disap- 2! ? ', ' pointed over both these con- !2=# ! - ditions being violated by the management and the pilot body would be sure to share + 1.1+& our disappointment,” they said. The pilots had written to air- ,,7< " 9!= I9= J2' 2 line chief executive Vinay ''F%M2F;@'R:= :; Dube late last month express- %FN ! - %<;;& ing their displeasure over the 3 %<2@<:E @&EN&3 %<2@<:&2 HH !' “unnecessary” increase in ::M- !(2 #LM':ENN- expenditure in the recent 9!' ':L@: times. 'N;L- ( )* +, -./0 &" !/ : * 2 "@ @ (% " D $$ & sugarcane between October ly fixed FRP. lish ethanol facilities. mation to micro, small and 2018 and April 2019. At the According to sources, cane On Wednesday, industry medium enterprises (MSMEs) a long-term approach, and... this ugar mills will purchase current cane price fixed by the arrears at the beginning of the body ISMA urged the govern- orld trade information in these five countries, he is not very helpful for the indus- cane worth over 1 lakh government, total cane pay- new marketing year estimated ment to raise the minimum Wprovider Connect2India added. uto industry body SIAM try. Laying down clear objectives Scrore from farmers start- ment is estimated to be at 9,000 crore and the same selling price of sugar from 29 on Thursday said it had start- The company is providing Aon Thursday asked the will help the industry prepare ing next month until April 1,00,000 crore,” a source said. could rise up to 50,000 crore per kg to 36 per kg and fix a ed operations in Germany, such services to MSMEs from government for long-term pol- for future investments,” he said. 2019, which may lead to pay- The Centre has fixed Fair by end of April 2019 when the mandatory export quota of 7 France, Belgium, Italy and several cities in the country. icy for promoting electric EVs cannot be just out in ment crisis for the cash-starved and Remunerative Price (FRP) crushing season ends, if the million tonnes for the next Spain to help domestic micro, Gupta said this segment of mobility in the country, saying the market, they require infra- millers, according to sources. at 275 per quintal for sugar government does not intervene marketing year. small and medium enterpris- exporters needs support and absence of such guidelines is structure and a complete Sugar production of India recovery of 10 per cent for the to help them. The opening stock of sugar es (MSMEs) access these hand-holding at every step. He not helpful to the industry to ecosystem, he added. is estimated to rise to 35.5 mil- 2018-19 marketing year. Sugar mills have not been is estimated at 10.5 million markets. added that as per the estimates plan future investments. “I therefore see it more as lion tonnes in the next 2018-19 “Average sugar recovery able make timely cane payment tonnes next month and the “Europe is India’s top trad- of the World Trade The auto industry body a challenge for transforma- marketing year (October- rate is expected to be 10.8 per to growers due to financial same would reach 19 million ing partner and local presence Organization (WTO), global also sought lower taxation for tion, which needs to be grad- September) from 32.5 million cent next year, which means hardship in view of low prices tonnes if exports are not under- in this market would not only exports would grow at a the vertical in order to help it ual.” Sudden moves could dis- tonnes in the current year on mills have to pay nearly 300 due to record output. taken, creating glut and will build confidence for exporters healthy rate. realise its true potential. rupt (the industry) and such the back of higher cane output. per quintal of cane to growers The government has taken further depress local prices. and importers on both sides “This means more Speaking at the annual disruption can seriously ham- In the current 2017-18 as per the FRP,” the source several measures to ensure Total availability of sugar but also help create new glob- demand in the global markets, convention of Society of Indian per Make in India aspirations, marketing year ending this explained. mills pay cane price to growers. would be at all time high at al opportunities for Indian which eventually means more Automobile Manufacturers Firodia said. month, mills have purchased Moreover, some states such For instance, the Centre has around 45 million tonnes dur- SMEs by addressing the lan- opportunities for SMEs to sell (SIAM), outgoing president of Firodia added that in 2011 cane worth 92,000 crore, out as Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, doubled import duty to 100 per ing 2018-19 marketing year, guage and cultural barriers,” their products,” Gupta added. the body Abhay Firodia regret- too, the industry had submit- of which 13,000 crore are Uttarakhand and Haryana cent, scrapped export duty, set while the annual domestic Connect2India CEO Pawan Connect2India enables ted the government’s decision ted a proposal to bring policy still to be paid to the growers. announce their own State up buffer stock of 3 million demand remains only 26 mil- Gupta said in a statement. and facilitates end-to-end to stay away from framing an for electric mobility. “Sugar mills are likely to Advisory Price (SAP) got cane tonnes and announced a soft lion tonnes, leaving the surplus The company would now export and import by provid- electric vehicle (EV) policy. “I just want to emphasise crush 325 million tonnes of that is higher than the central- loan of 4,500 crore to estab- of 19 million tonnes. provide all trade related infor- ing detailed information. “After the earlier significant that the industry does not announcement favouring large- oppose EVs... I can assure you scale electrification of vehicles that the industry will not be in the country, in an unex- found wanting in delivering (#, " 1)D & pected way, the government competitive and technically came out and stated that it will viable EVs if there is a clear pol- New Delhi (PTI): State- cial production. It is in the basin in Madhya Pradesh that district in West Bengal, he said Kutch India’s eighth sedimen- have commercial production of not be issuing a formal policy icy that addresses consumers... owned Oil and Natural Gas process of adding the eighth by is now being tested, he said adding that one lakh cubic tary basin. Cauvery was the last oil and gas. Except for the promoting EVs, but rather rake and also the manufacturers,” Corp (ONGC) has made oil putting Kutch offshore on the adding that the find was at metres per day of gas flowed Category-I producing basin Assam shelf, ONGC opened up specific actions to enable pro- Firodia noted. and gas discoveries in Madhya oil and gas map of India. “The 3,000-plus metres. ONGC has from one object that was test- which was discovered in 1985. for commercial production all liferation if EVs in the country,” He said that implementa- Pradesh and West Bengal that seventh basin was opened way drilled four wells after the dis- ed. Now, the firm would go for ONGC had made a signif- the other six basins, including Firodia said. tion of goods and services tax may potentially open up two back in 1985. We are looking at covery and will now hydro- appraisal of the find, only after icant natural gas discovery in Cambay, Mumbai Offshore, At the request of the gov- was a watershed moment new sedimentary basins in the adding three more basins in frack it by the end of the year which commercially exploitable the Gulf of Kutch off the west Rajasthan, Krishna Godavari, ernment, SIAM had proposed which the auto industry was country, the firm’s director for next five years time,” ONGC to test commerciality of the reserves could be established. coast a few months back, which Cauvery, and Assam-Arakan policy measures for 40 per cent looking forward to for a long exploration has said. Director (Exploration) Ajay finds. Dwivedi said the company it plans to bring to production Fold Belt. The discovery in electrification by 2030 and 100 time. The very high proportion ONGC had previously Kumar Dwivedi said. Similarly, an oil and gas dis- was on the way to putting the in 2-3 years, he said. Kutch offshore may hold about per cent by 2047, he added. of tax does not allow the indus- opened six out of India’s seven The firm has found gas covery has been made in a well Kutch offshore discovery to India has 26 sedimentary one trillion cubic feet of gas “However, the government try to grow to its full potential, producing basins for commer- deposits in a block in Vindhyan in Ashok Nagar of 24 Parganas production. This would make basins, of which only seven reserves. stepped away from laying down he added.
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%;P ; . Q R <0 % #%. ;P ;< & -; # O8 - "6B # - & - ?C)4? -%A London: Britain said Thursday orth Korean leader Kim that Russian President O P = Kapoor, said that the event is meant to our history and we must commemorate it. NJong Un still has faith in 7)? Vladimir Putin had “ultimate” “salute the brave Indian soldiers for their We must find the place he is buried. They U.S. President Donald Trump’s responsibility for a nerve agent Moscow: Moscow on Thursday he northern Israeli coastal city of Haifa valiant deeds” and “to show that their looked for it. They found the place and we commitment to ending their 5 ) attack on a former Russian said Britain’s claim that the Ton Thursday celebrated the centenary courage and sacrifice is not forgotten”. decided to do a ceremony here every year. nations’ hostile relations, but he’s C !4 double agent in England, as it Kremlin bears ultimate respon- year of its liberation from Ottoman rule “Indian cavalry regiments armed with The Indian Embassy also has been very frustrated by questions about his 43 C )!' prepared to brief the UN sibility for a nerve agent attack during World War I, honouring the brave spears and swords displayed the highest helpful in organising these events,” he said. willingness to denuclearise and '! !- Security Council. London has on a former spy in England was Indian soldiers who laid down their lives tradition of valour and cleared the enemy “We have changed the whole textbooks wants his “goodwill measures” L43 C '!4 accused two members of “unacceptable”. “For us any in what is considered “the last great caval- from the rocky slopes of Mt Carmel,” to insert the story of the Indian troops to be met in kind, South Korean N '! Russian military intelligence of sort of accusation regarding the ry campaign in history”. Kapoor said. because this is an important part of our his- officials said Thursday. 5 ) -O)! * using Novichok to try to kill Russian leadership is unac- The Indian Army commemorates “Today we commemorate the courage tory and legacy. It is important that the The trove of comments ,! 4- former Russian spy Sergei ceptable,” Kremlin spokesman September 23 every year as Haifa Day to and sacrifice of those soldiers who laid students know who liberated their city,” from Kim, including his com- ! 2M) Skripal and his daughter Yulia Dmitry Peskov told journalists. pay its respects to the three Indian Cavalry down their lives far away from their Yahav stressed. History textbooks from mitment to a nuclear-free )- in the southwestern city of Russia has long denied any Regiments — Mysore, Hyderabad and homes and families. These soldiers rep- classes 3 to 5 teach about the story of the Korean Peninsula and to the 4! Salisbury. involvement in the attack on Jodhpur Lancers, that helped liberate resented all the major faiths and regions of liberation of Haifa by Indian soldiers. suspension of all future long- !4 Security Minister Ben Sergei Skripal and his daugh- Haifa following a dashing cavalry action our country. This tribute shows that their The Haifa mayor said that he was range missile tests, were relayed )!- Wallace said Putin bore ulti- ter Yulia in Salisbury and by the 15th Imperial Service Cavalry courage and sacrifice has not been for- “touched” by the gesture of the Indian by top South Korean security !4 mate responsibility for the poi- insisted it is ready to cooperate Brigade of the then British Indian Army gotten,” he said. Government to rename the famous Teen officials returning from meet- ,! H soning. on any investigation. “Neither at the Battle of Haifa in 1918. “It is also a sign that even in this part Murti Chowk in New Delhi adding his ing him in Pyongyang as well 4' “Ultimately he does in so Russia’s top leadership nor Captain Aman Singh Bahadur and of Israel, far from India, the eternal flame of city’s name to it. In a symbolic gesture of as by the North’s propaganda !4O5 9 far as he is the president of the those in the ranks below, nor Dafadar Jor Singh were awarded the of the Indian Army - duty and service before friendship with Israel, India renamed the specialists. 3H - Russian Federation and it is his any official representatives have Indian Order of Merit (IOM) and Captain self - continues to shine,” the envoy said. iconic Teen Murti Chowk, a war memor- Even in their indirect form, ) 4 government that controls, anything to do with the events Anop Singh and 2nd Lt Sagat Singh were Yahav also told the gathering that once ial, to Teen Murti Haifa Chowk, during the each statement will be parsed !4 funds and directs the military in Salisbury,” Peskov said. awarded the Military Cross (MC) as recog- he became aware of the sacrifices of the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin for clues about Kim’s mindset ! 3 intelligence, the GRU, via his London said responsibility nition for their bravery in this battle while Indian soldiers in liberating the city, he sub- Netanyahu to New Delhi in January. as North Korea and the U.S. # - Ministry of Defence.” for the attack went all the way Major Dalpat Singh was awarded a mili- sequently made efforts to get the infor- Prime Minister Narendra Modi had move forward with efforts to ! 5 He told BBC radio: “I don’t up to Russian President tary cross for his bravery. mation in the school textbooks so that the visited the Haifa cemetery during his visit resolve a nuclear standoff that ! !! think anyone can ever say that Vladimir Putin. On Wednesday “Major Singh and the bold Indian sol- youngsters of Haifa would know an to Israel in July 2017 and unveiled a plaque just a year ago many feared !# Mr Putin isn’t in control of his British Prime Minister Theresa diers are very dear to us and this centenary “important episode in the history of their commemorating Major Dalpat Singh, could lead to war. Some of his !-4 !!! State. And the GRU is without May said two Russian spies celebration is special to us,” Mayor of Haifa, city”. known as the ‘Hero of Haifa’ for his criti- reported comments were reit- L ) doubt not rogue.” identified as Alexander Petrov Yona Yahav, told the gathering assembled “Eight years ago a special committee cal role in the liberation of the city. erations of past stances, but ! M !''2 “It is led, linked to both the and Ruslan Boshirov carried ,! 2 ! to pay tributes to the fallen Indian soldiers. which is researching the history of Haifa “I am deeply honoured to stand here there will be sharp interest in *!! senior members of the Russian out the nerve agent attack. “Dalpat Singh not only changed the histo- put up on my table a document which dealt today to salute the valiant Indian soldiers, whether they push negotiators C ! general staff and the defence “For us to have grounds to ry of my city but the history of the West with the history of Haifa from the who led down their lives for the liberation back to diplomacy after recrim- L !' minister, and through that into verify their identity we need to Asia,” Yahav asserted. About 900 Indian sol- Ottoman times,” the Mayor told PTI. of Haifa during the WWI,” Modi had writ- inations that followed Kim and '''5 ) -M the Kremlin and the president’s be contacted by the British diers are interred in cemeteries across Israel “It talked about the victory led by Maj ten in the guest book. Trump’s June summit. office.” AFP side,” Peskov said. AFP in Jerusalem, Ramle and Haifa. (Dalpat) Singh and I India’s Ambassador to Israel, Pavan said that it is a part of ) O N O + O!!2 ? A )?4 ? after damage to a '' major thermal escuers plant supplying 7)? Rscrabbled the region, with through mud for Industry Minister onald Trump’s “erratic” and “amoral” behaviour is “detri- survivors Hiroshige Seko Dmental” to America’s health, an anonymous official has Thursday after a saying it could warned in an explosive op-ed in a leading US daily and said many powerful earthquake sent hill- take “at least a week” for sup- top officials are working diligently to frustrate parts of the sides crashing down onto ply to be restored. President’s agenda and his “worst inclinations”. homes in Japan, killing at least Long lines formed outside The nearly unprecedented attack on the President drew a nine people and leaving dozens petrol stations and supermar- sharp reaction from Trump who termed the op-ed as “treason” of people missing. kets as residents dug in and and “gutless”. As many as 30 are feared authorities warned that further In The New York Times op-ed “I Am Part of the Resistance buried beneath the earth and quakes could be on the way. Inside the Trump Administration”, the official, identified only rubble of multiple, large-scale Kazuo Kibayashi, an offi- as “a senior official in the Trump administration”, said President landslides that struck sparsely cial in hard-hit Abira town, told Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a populated countryside on the AFP: “There was a sudden, modern US leader. “Many of the senior officials in his own admin- northern island of Hokkaido extreme jolt. I felt it went side- istration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts after a 6.6-magnitude earth- ways, not up-and-down, for of (Trump’s) agenda and his worst inclinations,” claimed the quake. Aerial footage showed about two to three minutes.” writer, who The Times, in a tweet, identified as a ‘he’. The daily, wrecked farm buildings at the “It stopped before shaking which rarely publishes anonymous articles, said it did not dis- bottom of a hill as rescue heli- started again. I felt it come in close the name of the senior official in the Trump administra- copters whirred overhead in a two waves. I am 51, and I have tion on the request of the author, whose “identity is known to region already affected by the never experienced anything like us and whose job would be jeopardised by its disclosure”. edge of a strong typhoon that this. I thought my house was The official said, “To be clear, ours is not the popular ‘resis- ravaged parts of Japan earlier going to collapse. Everything tance’ of the left. We want the administration to succeed and in the week. inside my house was all jumbled think that many of its policies have already made America safer The quake left almost three up. I didn’t have time to even and more prosperous”. million people without power start cleaning,” he added. ( )* +, -./0
=' +&?6)' - ! ! / 472 :7B( &#>?92'?2=' ! ) 9 6 6 # '#* # ! 7@ !!!'!'! ! < !! 2 &#< ! ! *=6# 6> < < 5A<< P untouchables. Set in pre-inde- # - 4 H >) >0'; pendence India, A Life Misspent !! ;?)& is as much the account of an unlikely friendship as it is a coming-of-age story. # * ! ( ) -! @@&9= 3 Mohanaswamy by Vasudhendra ! '6 0#0 and Rashmi Terdal ! Mohanaswamy has just lost his '! H . long-time partner, Karthik, to a woman. Even as he scrutinises (' 2 A. himself, the choices he’s made, ! P! The Parcel by Anosh Irani the friends and lovers he's gained ' . . Madhu, a transgender sex work- L M er, in the red-light district of Bombay, who is given an unex- ! pected, harrowing task. At forty, - 2 ith the historic ruling Madhu moves away from pros- L 2 ! by the Supreme Court titution, her trade since her ! Wof India scrapping sec- teens, and takes up begging to !2! tion 377, it put the country at par includes LaLit hotels scion next step could be allowing judgement. I still don’t know how support the leader of the hijras, with other progressive nations Keshav Suri, Bharatanatyam adoption. the celebration will be. We’re just Gurumai. As the story unveils, #! H that recognise love as it is, regard- dancer Navtej Singh Johar, co- There are many underpriv- digesting it right now. It will take Madhu’s 'parcel' arrives, which is - less of the sex of the partners. founder and co-chairman of the ileged children in the country a while to process this,” said nothing but a ten-year-old girl The petitioners and allies Neemrana Hotels chain Aman and the government should be Johar. from the provinces, betrayed * rejoiced the decriminalising of Nath and other noted individu- open towards adoption to LGBT The relief was palpable in and sold by her aunt. Madhu ' gay sex and the sensitivity with als. community. Kids will get homes,” their voices, about the progres- explores what her fate has for her and lost, he dreams of living a which the judgement was given. “I think it had nothing to do said Jewellery designer Aakash K sive direction the country is now. simple, dignified life. A coming !! Ritu Dalmia, who was one of with the faces and names of the Aggarwal, who identifies as going to and that for the future out of the closet for Vasudhendra # -M 4 the petitioners, said she had put petitioners. The real work was homosexual. generations, who no longer have I Am Divine. So Are You. How himself, these stories of homo- !2L! an alarm for 5.30 am in the done by the legal team, who Nath believes that with the to fight and hide. Buddhism, Jainism, sexual love and lives jolted N 9*-OM morning since she was in the fought this case amazingly. The judgement India has flushed out “I’m happy and relived for Sikhism and Hinduism Affirm Kannada readers out of their UK. A celebrity chef and owner judges were sensitive, intelligent an outdated law after 160 years the coming generations. It was a the Dignity of Queer Identities notions of the literary and the of the niche restaurant chain and intellectuals. We’re a func- by a government that people call long fight. This the beginning. and Sexualities by Devdutt palatable. The gritty narratives of Diva, Dalmia identifies as les- tional democracy and the whole conservative. “India is just Now comes the responsibility. Patnaik and Jerry Johnson Mohanaswamy explore sexuali- bian. law was absurd and a bit of a returning to its open, progressive The LGBT community has to The book recasts religion — ty, urbanisation and class with O 0 “When I put the petition joke. When you read this judg- morality. Finally, the love of stand up as the best human especially Karmic faiths — as an nuance and an unflinching hon- there was just anger and the feel- ment you get your faith back in mankind will be legal in India,” race. esty. C <8 ing that one has to do something. the system,” she said. he said. We have to be equal in our I am a very optimistic person. With the legal system on And then there was Johar, responsibility and be proactive No One Else. A Personal The hope was there but I never their side, they community is who sounded teary even during towards our country and the History of Outlawed Love and thought the judgement would be ready to gear up to fight the the phone call. “We’re all so over- Constitution. We are the gener- Sex by Siddharth Dube this way because this hasn’t been social stigma, which too will be whelmed right now. I just want ation and the face of the youth At the age of ten, Siddharth Dube ! ! just about striking it down but a long journey. to say that it was a great judg- which wanted a change and got finds himself entranced by an the judgment was so progressive “It will be easy now to do ment. We’re overjoyed with it. It it too. The generation before ours androgynous striptease dancer < and so sensitive. This is some- counselling, workshops and restored our faith in the kept quiet and lived in closet. The and begins to see something of 7 ! thing one did not expect. I am activities so that there is aware- Constitution and the Judiciary. I coming generation will be himself in her visceral beauty. ! really proud of our judiciary sys- ness because it is legal now. The think right now is the time to cel- relieved,” said Aggarwal. He also He’s only just starting to under- ! ! <7 tem today,” she said. She added identity crisis which the commu- ebrate. It’s really a wonderful congratulated the Modi govern- ! that it had nothing to do with the nity was facing is gone. We can thing and we’re grateful to the ment, “even though they kept position of the petitioners, which begin addressing the issues. The judges for delivering such a their silence”. ally and not an adversary of " queer emancipation and thus sig- nificantly informs the secular and !
Supreme court of India passed a land- They had been forced into the closet, but the dances and twirls around the #' mark judgement legalising homosexuality current generation had fought long and hard room. His mother is ashamed of and decriminalising parts of the Section 377 to break the silence. ! # of the Indian Penal Code. September 6 has Ishan Sethi, who is the co-Founder and # made a mark in Indian history. CEO of TheDeltaApp, a networking app for #! * Keshav Suri, the executive director of the the community, said, “It was so beautiful to -9'!!H LaLit Group of hotels, is a prominent see a spectrum of emotions as soon as we 2!!* ! LGBTQ+ activist who had filed a writ in the walked out of the court. Acknowledgment apex court saying that he was threatened for is a huge step forward. '! !O false prosecution and is not able to live a life We were told that we would look at every about Kulli’s sexuality, Nirala !!! -M of dignity where he can choose to have a rela- cloud with a rainbow, so things of such man- finds himself drawn to Kulli. tionship with his own partner. ner really bring validation to everything Then an influenza epidemic Celebrating this historic moment, he you’ve gone through, lets say, all the stigma breaks out, claiming numerous said, “Today, I’m so happy to say that I’m an and abuse.” lives, and Nirala’s bereavement Indian, and tomorrow I’m hoping to say that The verdict unfolded a day of celebra- leaves him without mooring. He her effeminate son; his friends ! my marriage with Cyril Feuillebois should tion. It was about the law today but tomor- seeks employment in various tease him about his eccentricities; B ! be legalised here. I’m just waiting for that Lakme Fashion Week have taken measures row it’ll be about the personal lives of queer places but finds himself unable and Moyur grows up an unwit- moment now.” He added, “Section 377 did to make the institutions more inclusive. I’m individuals and the battles against stigma to stay away from Dalmau for ting outcast, misunderstood by 6 not stop the corporate world to run inclu- definitely going to do it proudly and open- they face from society. However, with the law long. Kulli, in the meanwhile, all but his friend and neighbour, sive and have non discriminatory practices. ly now.” He has also worked with the ICICI on their side now the journey towards future marries a Muslim woman and Jonali. # Godrej, IBM, Shiv Nadar University, the Lombard to get mediclaim insurance for successes will be smoothened. becomes a champion of the < : ! !!'H ! !:F! he tragic death of Nandamuri THarikrishna, son of the former movie '!T!= and political Telugu colossus, NT Rama =- Rao might unfortunately become just )!E%HH another statistic of deaths on Indian roads. He died in a road accident when ! the Toyota Innova he was driving hit the median and turned turtle. However, we 4C 9 ) should not let this happen, because if the local police are to be believed, he was not "' wearing a seatbelt. While many police !'- reports of road accidents in India are unreliable, they often cite excessive speed 8 * and potential inebriation of the driver, ! ! this was a fascinating find as it appeared '2 ! that the ‘seatbelt not on’ warning buzzer !!!H '! ' had been deliberately deactivated. This just highlights some of the cases !'! and points raised by Maruti-Suzuki in their #PehniKya campaign to promote # ! ?- seatbelt use last year. It is true that at very ! high speeds seatbelts and airbags cannot 7 7# do much to save lives, but the fact is that as they are, but by not wearing seatbelts and valuing lives. seatbelts in conjunction with airbags can we are unnecessarily making them more And education is not a function of often save lives and prevent really seri- dangerous. The study conducted by how wealthy people are, but just knowl- The fact is in India while our politi- That said, the plaintive plea of this '! 'H ous injuries in more moderate speed acci- Maruti-Suzuki last year showed that edgeable. For example, putting a child cians have needlessly stalled the amend- writer is that we should make our roads !' ) dents. Again, remember that airbags by only 25 per cent of all Indians wear seat- under four feet tall in the front seat of a ments to the Motor Vehicles Act under safer and that starts with you, dear read- 7 7#'! themselves cannot save lives, indeed they belts. The same thing applies to the mil- car with an airbag is dangerous, because the banner of states rights, our problem er. So belt up, whether you are sitting the *+ increase the potential of serious and fatal lions of motorcyclists in India who do not if the airbag were to deploy, the child is not one of a lack of rules and regula- front or the back and if you are in a two- ! P * injuries if they are used without seatbelts wear helmets and triple-ride. That said, could die from whiplash injuries. Even tions but purely of enforcement. The traf- wheeler wear a helmet and don’t carry and modern head restraints on car seats. it is heartening to know that the traffic in the rear, children must ideally be fic management skills of our police more than one person behind you. This ," Airbags are, and are marked as police in some cities are cracking down placed in a child seat, but of course nei- force and traffic planning skills of many is about your lives and those you care - )6" - ‘Supplementary Restraint Systems’ for on such violators, but the solution to this ther of these two things are mandatory city planners is poor and sometimes that about, if you can change your habits, you that very reason. is not just fear of a fine and punishment. in India nor are child helmets on two- leads to some ‘solutions’ making the prob- can make a difference to everyone Indian roads are dangerous enough The solution to this has to be education wheelers. lem worse. around you. 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+ dig into a Jhol of rohu, similar to a Bengali one. The main course did not 6>'' ) end at that. Like a hierarchy that is fol- lowed while eating Onam Sadya, there � 0 3 was an order to the food spread here as 6# &(& well. Beginning with the fried vegeta- bles, like parwal called potol in Bihar and Bengal, potato fry, a red saag fry and dal puri, we moved on to the . breads. The stuffed sattu paratha tast- 3 R ed best with a sweet tomato chutney and . a ginger-chillie pickle. Eat the pickle with caution if you aren’t up to strong n a bright sunny day, I sat at a table tastes. A small bite into the pink gin- ,!' ),?7 !! !## Olaid out with Bihari cuisine, some- ger and chillie left me with smarting thing that I was familiar with and yet eyes. The accompaniment was an egg- !* !'!, 4 9 )) not. Being Bengali, I could see where plant bharta to be eaten with the the two cuisines converged and where paratha. or most chefs, a perfect dish So how did he explore flavours European rather than just region- the food from the sister state’s diverged. After clearing away the main comes together after hours of and variants in vegetarian food al Indian variations. Pan-Asian For me, the highlight of the day was a course, next in line was a Dahi vada Ffusion, multiple experimen- especially when most people cuisine, mainly Chinese, Japanese unique refresher, a sattu drink made without saunth, a tamarind concoction tation and some failures, especially equate it with only paneer? and Thai, has become very pop- with green chillies, onion, corriander, usually eaten in northern India. It was when it is inspired by the flavours Siddhart has an answer. “I have ular in India. Siddhart says, roasted jeera laced with rum. The from across the globe. realised that the vegetarian cuisine “Earlier Asian food was repre- cocktail made from locally sourced An avid traveller and explor- has many sides and aspects that sented only by Chinese. But there ingredients was an instant hit around er, Siddhart Chogle, Executive are yet to be explored. The textures are a number of pan-Asian restau- the table. It was a part of the spread, Chef at Kiara Soul Kitchen has are more diverse and complicated rants today. The popularity of pan- titled Purvaiya, which was put togeth- been exposed to several food cul- to play with in terms of cooking.” Asian food is because earlier it was of Indians with noodles came tomer.” er with Chef Sanjay Mishra at the tures. This has enabled the chef He is playing with and blending not easily available in India.” with Maggi but now Chinese There are European practices, Holiday Inn Mayur Vihar to bring to the from Mumbai who is a culinary various greens to “give vegetables He added, “Social media has ‘Hakka noodles’ are used as sub- which he tries to incorporate in his customers secret recipes of the home arts graduate from the Institute of their rightful importance on the created awareness so now we stitutes for roti and rice by many culinary habits. He says, “I follow kitchens of Siwan and Bhagalpur. Hotel Management (IHM), plate,” which over the years has got know that a raw papaya salad Indians. And there are many vari- the European style of doing Mise But sattu with rum that as not the Aurangabad to develop innovative lost. eties which are made with differ- En Place, (French word for pre- only twist. Another drink, a white wine, cuisines that derive inspiration He adds, “In fact, we hardly ent grains and ingredients which storing your food for only two that one would assume would go only from the flavours from around the use paneer in our dishes. We try ( " ! are now easily available. days) because of which I buy them with Italian or Continental food paired world. to work with alternative sources ! He believes that people are in such a way that they only last well with the regional cuisine of the state Siddhart started cooking at a like lentils and millets as compared much more open to experimen- for two days. They are labelled that is not quite north India and not east young age and ultimately mastered to going with basic milk-based or tation today and “they do not have properly and put under categories either. the art. From working with names paneer-based products.” to be related to food or be a chef of various timings. I think India Besides Litti chokha, the staple like The Taj and The Oberoi’s in The chef has imbibed lessons or a cook nowadays to explore it. should also follow such culinary street food of Bihar, especially in Saran, India to kitchens like Fairmont Le from all over the world and shared ! Anybody could do that. They habits.” there was was another dish that can be Montreux Palace in Switzerland, one from Switzerland. He says, P ! " have started going out to eat more And he does have a definite rightly classified as street or snack. The he has explored various food and “Post my Masters, I stayed and often.” view of food being the subject of Jhaal moori (Spiced puffed rice), which restaurant cultures. worked in Switzerland for three He believes that being a chef Instagram stories and feeds rather is also famous on the streets of West At the restaurant, he has years. I observed that even though " ! now is a challenging job. “People than making its way to the mouth Bengal, was made with black chana, whipped together pan-Asian cui- the primary focus of the meal is / have tried out so many new things of the person who ordered it. aloo masala, mango pickle oil, onion, sine, “We do an amalgamation of meat, vegetables are still given a lot and have so much more exposure. While chefs worldwide are debat- chilli and jeera. A variation of this called flavours from all over Asia, which of importance. I think my entire This is much more challenging ing against food bloggers, Siddhart the Chura ghoogni, which is famous in are then mixed up and intertwined philosophy of cooking vegetarian than cooking for someone who is says, “I believe that we eat food the Mithilanchal, made with chick with European-style food.” food is rooted there.” trying the dish for the first time. through our eyes first and this is pea, gave a spicy boost. The Pitha, an Even though he prefers The food space has expanded There could be another five ver- an acknowledgment to the chef open dumpling made with rice flour seafood, since he became a part of in all directions now. Today, if you needs a proper kind of dressing sions of a Raw papaya salad or Pad who prepared the dish that it is so and filled with soaked chana dal then a vegetarian restaurant, he has cut take a walk at your nearby street and stuff. Years ago, the concept Thai noddles that he would have appealing to his customer that he steamed reminded me of childhood down on non-vegetarian. “I do where all the restaurants and cafes was very new.” consumed in India or in Thailand, can’t take his eyes off it. Five or 10 meals during Sankranti. cook fish when I go home. I am are based, one would find all the He also highlighted how so he knows which one suits his minutes won’t make your dish The sattu, which is a flour consist- more of a fish-eater since I am cuisine varieties — Japanese, Chinese noodles are taking over tastebuds perfectly. Innovation is stale. So why not? Thank you food ing of a mixture of ground pulses and from Mumbai,” he says. Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, Italian, staple Indian food. The first brush what keeps calling back a cus- bloggers (laughs).” cereals, is also known as the ‘poor man’s protein’ and happens to be very versa- tile. It forms an important part of the f you have grown up in north India like Bihari cuisine for it can be roasted, fried II have, you know it is best to be scepti- or had in a drink. It’s easy to carry and cal of any restaurant that announces “Pure- +//- easily accessible, which is has led to vegetarian” on its board. Despite that I cast many experiments with the flour. It is my reservations aside and entered the Kiara gaining ground in India for the health Soul Kitchen, the pan-Asian cuisine-based ,'HH on the top of list of the must-haves here. It benefits that it provides. So I had it in cafe-cum-restaurant in Greater Kailash 2. was served with sweet chilli sauce alongwith Litti, in a drink and paratha on the same And guess what? This time around I was 4 ?C4 ),! a blend of Thai spices. day. not disappointed. We ordered organic black rice for the “Sattu dough can be carried in a Navy blue chaise lounges and chairs and ! 2 main course. Full marks to the dish’s pre- gamcha for days. It’s cheap and really rose couches with a mini water sapling on ,9 )) sentation, as the rice were served like an popular in Bhojpur, Baliya and Mau each table welcomed us. The walls were inverted bowl in a round white plate with regions,” said Maneesh Srivastava, the adorned with empty green and magenta an aloe-vera stem on the top. It was co-curator for the day. wine bottles arranged in parallel lines. The accompanied by finely-chopped babycorn, Maneesh said that his grandfather soft music and spring couches made sure mushrooms, grated carrots, broccoli, beans had carried sattu with him when he that you were comfortable before coming and cubed cottage cheese. The sumptious travelled for hours while going to see soft, made with lentils and acted like a to the more important business of order- rice has a green curry to go with. The curry Mahatma Gandhi, who was visiting the palate cleanser for what was to follow ing food. was an amalgamation of lemongrass, galan- state. Another tale from the contem- — an assortment of desserts including I dug my fork into Sweet potato wedges gal, coconut milk and assorted vegetables porary streets of Bihar, he narrated was Makhane ki kheer. and pumpkin gallete, served with tamarind but it fell short on taste. about the interesting combination of The platter of sweets had sauce and cabbage leaves. The wedges were The other mocktail that I had was Litti and roasted mutton chaap or ribs, Chandrakala, which is made of khoya, placed vertically in six short and round Fuitoholic, which was a combination of which is loved in Chapra but is yet to Thekua made with flour and jaggery glasses and had the flavour balance right. grapes, apples and kiwis in grape and cran- be seen in Delhi. which is deep fried, Sesame laddoo and They were soft without being mushy, spicy its head if you eat Steamed pok choy leaf berry juice and was delicious. The food was inspired by grand- a Parwal sweet filled with khoya which yet sweet and had also got the flavours of dumplings at this place. For those who aren’t The place has a great send-off as well mother’s style of cooking as it made one had a clean taste and was crisp. The garlic and ginger spot on. I can vouch for aware, pok choy or bok choy is a type of with its divine Truffle Petit four — dark feel at home, sitting at a table with fam- Makhane ki kheer with soft lotus seeds it — a sweet potato will never taste the same Chinese cabbage. These looked like green chocolate balls rolled in green fennel. ily, enjoying a meal that came with sto- in a milky and creamy base was served again. blobs and once I bit in them, I tasted fine- But more than the food, it was the ries. in a flat mud bowl was the perfect end I took my pick of the mocktails menu ly-chopped mushrooms, grated carrots, and inclusivity of the menu which bowled me The Gatta-curried green peas from to this treat of traditional Bihari cuisine. and ordered a Virgin Sangria. Presented in other assorted vegetables wrapped in pok over. When you turn to the last page of the Mithilanchal region was a hit with The duo curated the food festival a wine glass, it was grape juice with a per- choy leaves that were flavoured with a hint menu, you will find an assortment of dish- everyone sitting around the table. The to create awareness about the cuisine fect blend of assorted apples and fruits, of coconut milk with in-house chef’s spe- es suitable for certain kind of patients — Gatta was a dish for the vegetarian which is often overlooked as drab and sugar syrup, lemon and strawberry crush. cial soya reduction dressing. diabetic, thyroid, or even gastric ones. eaters and was meant to be their ver- equated only with the litti and the “I want to quit eating meat, but I hate The next in line were the caramelised The place with it’s colours and a vari- sion of lamb curry. For the meat lovers, chokha. In bringing it to the audience vegetables,” a line that is often repeated and baby corn, which was nothing short of per- ety of vegetables makes it a great choice, there was was an almost dry dish called in Delhi, they sought to popularise it heard. But the idea could be turned on in fection on my plate. This dish is certainly even for a carnivore. Certainly, worth a visit. 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The pacer, along with A scoreline of 2-3 will definitely look Shardul Thakur, is part of India's limited- much better than 1-4 and India will any day overs' squad and as such Umesh Yadav could take Test win. make a comeback into the side. Chief coach Ravi Shastri has tried to For England, this Test will be marked keep the morale of the team high by call- more by emotion than anything else. One ing it the "best travelling side in last 15 years", of their greatest ever, Alastair Cook, takes something that is not corroborated by his final bow and leaves the hosts potentially facts. searching for two openers for their tour of A statistical lowdown will show that Sri Lanka later in the year. India under Sourav Ganguly's leadership Given that an unchanged squad for this drawn Test series in England (2002) and fifth Test was announced after Cook went Australia (2003-04) apart from winning a public with his decision to retire, the selec- Test in West Indies (a team that had Brian tors retain faith in Keaton Jennings who Lara, Carl Hooper, Shivanarine seemed to have turned a confident corner Chanderpaul) and a series in Pakistan. in the second innings at Southampton. Under Rahul Dravid, India won twin The pitch, on Wednesday, bore a green series in West Indies (2006) and England tinge like all other wickets in this series. (2007) apart from winning a Test in South D9 #-%E* %% % #%##%. - - 7 - % )0 -% However, it was more an uneven sprinkling Africa. than an even covering. Under Anil Kumble, India won a Test es in both overseas tours in # that the current opening combination of - / match on a bouncy Perth for the first time 2018 thus far. ) 5 M Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul ought to be while under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the In this backdrop, Kohli's # ($(6 retained. India: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Indian team won a series in New Zealand India will be playing a Test (#9.3##3.1(+B :<< F: @@ %& N;-N< If the selectors are indeed looking Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar and also for the only time drew a series in match where team combina- :@ : F & %&-N< ahead, this could prove to be a last chance Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane,Rishabh Pant South Africa. tion will again come under focus. of Australia in 5/5 " for either of them to impress before the series (wk), Karun Nair, Hardik Pandya, Having lost back to back overseas While they would want to play the best December. against West Indies and the domestic first- Ravindra Jadeja, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant series in South Africa and England, the myth possible eleven, there is also a case for exper- A school of class season begins back at home. Early indi- Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, of being good travellers has been busted and imentation with the line-up. thought suggests that Shaw should be off Test, at age 18, Shaw still has time to climb cators are that Shaw will have to wait for his Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah. they have not been able to convince that they With Prithvi Shaw's inclusion in the Test thrown into the deep end of the pool to the ladder again. Meanwhile, any success on chance, at least until the home season. England: Joe Root (c), Alastair Cook, are good enough to win a series outside sub- squad, the Indian selectors are looking ahead ascertain if he can take on the pressure of his part will provide an easy answer to the Elsewhere though, India will be look- Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Jos continent. to the next line of openers. And with Murali facing the best bowlers international crick- opening conundrum ahead of the Australian ing to play with their lower-middle order Buttler, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Sam Kohli-led side though has retained its Vijay dropped, they need to firm up plans et has to offer. tour. and bowling combinations. With Hardik Curran, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, number one Test ranking despite series' loss- ahead as attention will soon turn to the tour Even if he fails to get going in this one- The other school of thought suggests Pandya failing to impress with the bat, the Chris Woakes, Ben Stokes. . & #,/3 1# paris: 5 H7 P4 9# !# '!!'# '' ?? "In Test cricket you have to give = ! * - )! :;HH more than 100 percent in each and *2 # ' ! = ( !! ! ice-captain Ajinkya Rahane on every session. I felt England par- , 32 VThursday blamed the Indian ticularly won small and important 5 7PFH@ -9# ! team's much-vaunted batting line- sessions. Their bowling unit bowled # '' ' up's failure to complement the really well. ! ' ) 2 ! ! bowlers for their Test series defeat "This is going to be the last test. ' ! - ! 'H in England. We are focussed on performing well ! # # ! = ! P India were repeatedly bowled in this last test and if we can win - ! out during the Test series as this test and go back 3-2 then that ! H 2 ' #' 5 7 England grabbed an unassailable 3- will be really good," he said. ,! 2 1 lead with the fifth and final Test Rahane believes England are a @% @L- starting here at the Oval on Friday. strong team at home. "Patience is the key in England, "Every team plays really well at whether you bat or bowl. You got to home nowadays. England have karachi: )!5* ,* P!' bowl in the same areas for a longer played better cricket than us, espe- ' ! ! ' ! T P period of time. Maybe as a batsman, cially in their bowling and batsmen 7 # ! ! you have to leave the ball for a in both teams have struggled a lot. C ' ! , ! !- )! longer period of time," Rahane Only Virat (Kohli) has batted real- 5* # )! ! " : D #E ) - said. ly well in these conditions," he said. # !H -)!T "We feel bad as our bowlers "But England definitely, in their ! P ! bowled so well and we as batting conditions, are a very good team !!5* ' ! O0-* F+ group could not support them and very experienced team with !!' 3 - when we are a experienced group. James Anderson and Stuart Broad #!5, 2 # 2Y ! # I think we as batting group fell in their attack. Moeen (Ali) bowled 5* ,* ) ! !!H( short. really well in the last game. They ! ''- ! ! !!# # "When you are on tour you can do really well abroad as well but 9* ! ! * work so hard and prepare so well at home every team is really strong." ! ' # ! and then one department performs India could make a couple *2 -Y well then it is responsibility of changes for this game, with ###: P other group to back them," he Ravindra Jadeja lining up to replace ( added. R Ashwin, who is recovering from chennai: ' ! ! Talking about his batting, a hip injury, and Hanuma Vihari in '5H4#2))! ?? Rahane said, "I didn't get many runs line for a debut Test. !!! !* ' '! but I got 50-odd and 80-odd in the Rahane, however, didn't con- !@<:E # ! ?# etting ready for an emotional week ahead, last two matches. The way I am bat- firm the changes for the fifth Test. N-)! ! #'2 GEngland skipper Joe Root says they want to con- ting, I am middling the ball really He singled out skipper Kohli for !* - Y ! # ( ' ! jure up a perfect send-off for Alastair Cook in the well. Batting is all about confidence. praise, who has scored 500-plus '! - ' final Test, where a win will also send a strong state- I would like to contribute a little runs in this series but didn't find # 2 ! ! ! ment to the world. more to my team. support from other batsmen. 5''2Y !* !! Root said that Cook had informed him of his "During this last match I will "The way Kohli conducted him- !-)! ' retirement decision in Southampton, and that this definitely give my best and I have 2;% %"& % ## -0 self and the consistency he showed ! ! !2 ! - # ! '' wouldn't be a distraction ahead of or during the fifth prepared myself really well. was amazing. Many people were ' !'! !! ! Test. Preparation from beginning till number one Test side will look to 1 and we want to give our best and saying many things about him ' !''! 2 * 2Y#! "It will be quite an emotional week for him and now is similar, whether you are 3- finish this long tour on a winning finish on a winning note. Especially about whether he will be able to !!2!* for a lot of the guys who have played a lot of crick- 1 down or up. I am just going to note. since, I feel we played some good score runs in England. But Virat - = # et with him. He will be a massive loss to our dress- enjoy my batting." "Definitely it is an important cricket but England played better concentrated on his cricket and that -)!' ! - ing room. But I'm thrilled he's got an opportunity Rahane said that the world's Test match. The series stands at 3- than us," said Rahane. is what we learn from him," he said. !!!-Y to enjoy this game. "My full focus has been on making sure we win this game. It's been an area we've not got right in the past and to beat the number one side in the world - - -+ +8 = and make it 4-1 would send a really strong state- ment of where we are at as a team and where we are looking to go as a team. It would sum up a good summer of cricket for us in difficult conditions," -+ -- " @ 2 6/ Root said on the eve of final Test. The hosts have named their playing eleven with- out any changes. Jonny Bairstow will keep wickets ?? time (in South Africa). again with Moeen Ali slated to bat at number three. "Dravid gets very little credit for his lead- 9C9 about how Rohit can't face left arm Root will bat at number four and said that the ormer captain Sunil Gavaskar has remind- ership and his team's wins. There have been fast bowlers - with the swing and the competition for keeping between Bairstow and Jos Fed Ravi Shastri that India had won Test series teams who have won overseas." ormer Australian speedster Brett ball going across him," said the 41- Buttler is healthy. in West Indies and England, a day after the Gavaskar criticised the batsmen for their FLee has backed Rohit Sharma year-old. About the batting order changes, he added, under-fire coach claimed his side has better over- inability to tackle England spinner Moeen Ali, and Shikhar Dhawan to come out "But I don't necessary agree with "Moeen has played exceptionally well for his coun- seas record than teams of the last 15-20 years. who ended the game with nine wickets. good in the upcoming Asia Cup say- that but what I can say is that in the ty at three and he wants to do it, feels very com- While India lost yet another Test series away "Lack of footwork has hurt Indian batsmen, ing the two will hold key to India's UAE it will be a different style he fortable there. The way he batted in his first innings from home following the 60-run defeat in the they are not getting to the pitch of the ball against game-plan in absence of regular will have to face. Yes, they will bring in the last Test, I know it was down the order, but fourth Test against England at Southampton, Moeen Ali. This comes from playing too much skipper Virat Kohli. on the left-arm fast bowlers to tar- that style of batting could get us off to a really good head coach Shastri insisted the current side is of white ball cricket, in one-dayers you won't With Kohli being rested fol- get Rohit but I believe on the lower start and a great chance of taking things on from better travellers than the teams of the last 15- have four slips when pacers are bowling and you lowing the England tour, Rohit will and slower wickets in UAE, Rohit there. With the winter coming up it might be the 20 years. can hit through the line." lead the Indian team which starts its will dominate. I believe the wicket way to go, gives us great options. Gavaskar, once a teammate and captain of Though England have sealed it in their Asia Cup campaign on September will help him out." "Four is definitely my preferred position, where Shastri, recalled some of the series wins abroad favour with three wins in four Tests, Gavaskar 18. Dhawan has been named as Lee also feels Dhawan will have I think I'll get the best out of myself as a player and by Indian teams of the past. said the assessment of the team should be done vice-captain for the ODI tourna- % %'%D E %%# % to make some technical adjust- a captain. So I'd have never known that if I'd never "All I can say is that no Indian team has won after the last Test at the Oval. ment. ments. given myself the opportunity to bat at number three in Sri Lanka for a long time. But we have won "I think that's something that needs to be "Two key batsmen for India in Rohit and Dhawan will be the two "Dhawan has come in form and I thought it was the right thing to do by the rest in the West Indies, in England, Test matches in looked at by the end of the series. During the the Asia Cup - Shikhar Dhawan and key men with the bat for India," he during his bout in England but will of the team and gave us the best chance of winning." Australia and South Africa," Gavsakar said. series, I understand saying that we are still good secondly Rohit Sharma. I believe said. have to adjust a few things in his England have already taken an unassailable 3- The last time India won a Test series in to keep morale up. There is still one Test to go. Rohit will get the best out of him- Lee, a veteran of 76 Tests and techniques to ensure he will be play- 1 lead in the series. Coming on the back of defeats England was in 2007, under Rahul Dravid's cap- A real assessment has to be made on September self and also the team because he has 221 ODIs, feels Rohit will be able to ing on the surfaces that will be con- in Australia and New Zealand, as well as a draw with taincy. 12, when series ends," Gavaskar said on the eve been given that extra bit of respon- deliver in United Arab Emirates as ducive to him," he said. Pakistan earlier in the summer, the captain said he The batting great said, "What I can say is of the fifth and final Test. sibility to lead the Indian side," Lee the wickets will aid him. "He has played on grounds all would like to build on this series going ahead. that teams in 1980s have won in England and He also believed that young Prithvi Shaw was quoted as saying in a statement "The great Virat Kohli is being around India that are low and slow "The win has given me a huge amount of con- West Indies. Rahul Dravid also won series in can be played as an opener. issued by official broadcasters Star rested for the tournament, so that in recent years, and the tracks in fidence and I feel like I have grown as a captain and West Indies in 2005, in England in 2007 and cap- "I believe you can play Prithvi Shaw, there Sports. allows Shikhar and Rohit to be UAE will suit him, allowing him to hopefully it can continue," he signed off. tained when India beat South Africa for the first is no harm in playing him as an opener." "With Virat Kohli not playing, pushed up. There is a lot of talk play through the line of the ball." ( )* +, -./0 * #(E2B?22#33-2E3243/8R829 *!!!*2?*#
? 4 taining rallies. lead but a double fault and a backhand Millman, his clothes soaked, made wide opened the door for Cilic, who wo-time champion Novak the unorthodox request to go change stormed through, shouting "Got it!" Djokovic ended John Millman's after the fourth game of the second set when he secured the break to narrow Tfairytale US Open run on — Djokovic agreeing. the gap to 4-3. Wednesday, beating the 55th-ranked "He was apologizing he felt very But Nishikori broke Cilic in the Australian in straight sets to book a sorry that he has to leave the court and final game, capturing the match with semi-final clash with Kei Nishikori. change. I said, 'Man, go ahead.' "I need- a blistering service return. The Serbian star, who ended a 54- ed that rest," said Djokovic, who final- "I try to fight every point," said week title drought with his 13th Grand ly gained the decisive break in the Nishikori, who boasts an impressive Slam title at Wimbledon, defeated the penultimate game of the final set then record in decisive sets. tenacious Aussie 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to reach served it out at love. "Especially in the end I really his 11th US Open semi-final in his last "I gave it a crack," said the 29-year- focus on every point," he said but added: 11 appearances. old Millman, who has battled a litany "I wish I don't go to five sets every time." He lifted the trophy in 2011 and of injuries in his career. 2015. "I definitely left it all out there today Nishikori, the 21st seed, advanced and pulled up a bit short. Novak's a Japanese media and fans on with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-4 vic- champion. Thursday rained down the superlatives tory over Marin Cilic -- the man who He's played a lot of Grand on tennis stars Kei Nishikori and beat him in the 2014 final. Slams and he knows how to win Naomi Osaka who made his- Millman, who stunned five-time them." Japan's Nishikori, who tory by both reaching the US champion Roger Federer in the fourth missed last year's US Open Open semi-finals. round, kept Djokovic running — and after a season-ending wrist "There is no stopping was kept running himself — for 2 hours injury, joined compatriot the Japanese players," 49 minutes on another hot, humid night Naomi Osaka in reaching the screamed the Nikkan Gendai on Arthur Ashe Stadium. semis — the first time that a tabloid, after the pair became "You survive on the court then Japanese man and woman have the first from the country to secure thrive with a win," said Djokovic, who reached the last four in the same Grand semi-final berths in both singles com- converted just four of his 20 break Slam. petitions during a Grand Slam. points and made 53 unforced errors Nishikori Particular praise was heaped on 20- before he was finally able to accomplish stunned then- year-old Osaka, who became the first what Federer couldn't in seeing off world number Japanese woman to get into the top four Millman. one Djokovic in at the US Open. 7 ## %-- %H # "Very tested," said Djokovic, who the semi-finals in "Osaka was in full throttle from the admitted that like many he was sur- 2014 to become start," Nikkan Sports said in its digital prised to find himself facing Millman, the first man from edition, reviewing her 6-1, 6-1 quarter- not Federer, across the net. an Asian country final victory. 7";".79": ; C "But Millman is the kind of a play- to reach the "She showed her strength and er that makes you miss the balls, championship accuracy, as well as a cool intellect to makes you win the point, earn the match of a major. predict how her opponent would 97 9*"47. point. But he hasn't move." "She has taken a step into "He doesn't miss a lot himself, so returned to a uncharted territory for Japanese women he just runs left, right, gets a lot of balls. Grand Slam final in New York," the paper added. ? 4 Tactically, you've got to find the right since, falling in Meanwhile, Nishikori's victory balance between being patient but the US Open over Marin Cilic was seen as sweet aomi Osaka became the first Japanese woman in 22 years constructive in the point, but at the semis in 2016. revenge for the 2014 US Open final, Nto reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam on Wednesday when same time, be aggressive and take the Against Cilic which ended in victory for the giant she defeated Lesia Tsurenko 6-1, 6-1 in the last-eight of the US chance when you have a shorter ball. he labored for 4 Croat. "Nishikori gets his revenge on Open, admitting she was "freaking out" inside. It's easier said than done." hours and 8 min- Cilic," said a Sports Nippon headline. Osaka wasn't born when compatriot Kimiko Date made the It was clear that it could be a long utes. Excited fans cheered on the Wimbledon semi-finals in 1996 but now the 20-year-old has the night when the players battled for more "I don't know Japanese players and allowed them- opportunity to go one better by reaching a maiden Grand Slam than 15 minutes in the sixth game of why but it's always a battle with Marin," selves to dream about silverware. final. the opening set, Millman saving four said Nishikori, who stretched his career "Great! I want to see her go against Later Wednesday, Osaka was joined in the record books by break points. record over the seventh-seeded Serena in the final," said one Twitter compatriot Kei Nishikori who reached his third semi-final at the The Aussie saved another four in Croatian to 9-6. Nishikori appeared to user. "Awesome! Nishikori-san and US Open. the opening game of the second set and be in control of the fifth set with a break Naomi Osaka get into the semi-finals. It's the first time that a Japanese man and woman have made as the duel continued both players were for a 3-1 lead. Next match is vs Djokovic. Please win," the semi-final at the same Slam. clearly feeling the effects of long, enter- He had two game points for a 5-2 wrote another. To get to Saturday's championship match, 20th seed Osaka will have to get past US 14th seed Madison Keys who breezed past Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 6-3. Keys, the 2017 runner-up, leads Osaka 3-0 in career meet- #!! ings including the third round at the US Open in 2016 when she .6 battled back from 1-5 in the final set to triumph. "It really means a lot to get to the semis," said Osaka whose post-match, on-court interview endeared '7 9 coaches of Serie A squads to give her further to a growing legion of fans. , younger players more playing Osaka celebrated her win calmly and cool- 0& / oberto Mancini takes charge time to build on their potential. ly unlike the floods of tears which greet- , 7? for the 10m air pistol event for Rof his first competitive game "We're trying to send a ed her last-16 victory over Aryna ! men. as Italy coach in Friday's Nations strong message from Sabalenka. aurabh Chaudhary claimed However, the lawyer-cum- League opener against Poland in Coverciano. We're convinced "I cried a lot last time and there were = Sa record-shattering Gold in marksman disappointed with Bologna with the tough task of that those who play well at lots of people making fun of me. So this the junior 10m air pistol event an eighth place finish in the rekindling the nation's love youth level can do so even at a time I went straight to the net. 6 ! but Abhishek Verma missed final after shooting a score of affair with their national side, higher level," said Mancini. "I was freaking out inside and my " out on an Olympic quota after 118. decimated after the low of their "At this historic moment whole body was shaking but overall I am finishing eighth in the senior India did not return empty World Cup fiasco. there are not many Italian play- most proud of not breaking a racquet." competition of the ISSF World handed though with the team The former Inter Milan and ers playing on a consistent basis. Osaka, the daughter of a Japanese ' *9#0 Championship here on of Abhishek Verma, Om Manchester City boss was Because of this, we have includ- mother and Haitian father, said she enjoyed *9 Thursday. Prakash Mitharwal, who appointed in May after the four- ed many young players to playing in the blistering heat of New York While they failed to claimed the 50m pistol Gold, time winners' shock failure to increase the number of players which has been such a talking point of the tournament. impress individually, the senior and Shahzar Rizvi pocketing qualify for the World Cup for the so we can get to know them bet- "I really don't think it's that hot, sorry. I'm used to Florida shooters, including Verma, the team Silver with a com- first time since 1958. ter." heat. I like sweating." Osaka swept aside 36th-ranked Tsurenko won Silver in the 10m air pis- bined score of 1738. Mancini's job will be to To anchor the younger play- in just 57 minutes as the Ukrainian's challenge fizzled out in a tol event. India ended day five with rebuild a new and vibrant side * % $ -% # .% ers, veteran Juventus defender deluge of mistakes. Asian Games Bronze an overall total of 14 medals going into the European Giorgio Chiellini, 34, returns to The 29-year-old, who had knocked out world number two medallist Verma had shot 583 which includes four Gold, six Championship in two years' Buffon's exit has opened the final in 2012 and the quarter- the squad for the first time and Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki in the sec- in the qualification. Silver and four Bronze. They lie time and heading towards the way for 19-year-old AC Milan finals in 2016. since Italy's World Cup play-off ond round, hit 31 unforced errors and won just seven points off Arjun Singh Cheema set- third in the medals tally behind 2022 World Cup in Qatar. 'keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. But Mancini said he want- defeat. the Japanese star's serve. tled for a Bronze in Korea and Russia. The Nations League — in "We're a great group, very ed to "try something different" "Chiellini is back and he's "I hate matches like this," said Tsurenko. "I was ill and woke Chaudhary's event and the which Italy will also be up young," said Donnarumma at and focus on youth, with four captain, he's a point of reference up with a viral infection. I didn't want to pull out as it's a Grand Indian team took the Silver, against European champions the team's Coverciano training uncapped players including and experience, especially for the Slam quarter-final but she played well." propelled by the 16-year-old Portugal in Group 3 — will have centre near Florence. Roma's Nicolo Zaniolo, who is youngsters," said Italy's Chelsea Keys, the runner-up to Sloane Stephens last year, took her Asian Games Gold medallist's an impact on seeding for Euro "We're determined to bring 19 and has yet to start in a Serie midfielder Jorginho. record over Suarez Navarro to 4-0 thanks to a break in the ninth phenomenal individual per- 2020. Italian football back where it A game. Poland too have something game of the first set and sixth of the second. formance. And the 53-year-old has deserves to be. It's our duty." to prove after being eliminated The American fired 22 winners and six aces past Suarez India also picked up a insisted that a key to his strate- Italy have plummeted to an O P in the group stage at the World Navarro who had knocked out former champion Maria Silver medal in the junior gy was to bring in new blood all-time low of 21st in the FIFA Italy's under-21 side reached Cup without star striker Robert Sharapova in the previous round. men's trap team competition after the departure of several vet- rankings. the semi-finals of the 2017 Lewandowski scoring once. He Suarez Navarro has now lost all seven Grand Slam quarter- with Aman Ali Elahi, Vivaan erans, including iconic goal- They were eliminated in UEFA Under-21 Championship, and Napoli striker Arkadiusz finals she has contested. Kapoor and Manavaditya keeper Gianluigi Buffon, in the the group stage at the 2010 and while the under-20s finished Milik are expected to play. Keys said she will look to home support on Thursday when Singh Rathore shooting a com- wake of Italy's World Cup play- 2014 World Cups, although third at the FIFA U-20 World After Poland, Italy play she resumes her rivalry with Osaka. bined score of 348 to finish sec- off defeat to Sweden last they fared better at the European Cup in 2017. Portugal minus Cristiano in "When I was 5-1 down in 2016, the crowd pulled me through. ond behind Australia. November. Championship, reaching the Mancini called on the Lisbon on September 10. They never gave up on me," she said. In the senior competition, Verma, Om Prakash Mitharwal, who claimed the 50m pistol Gold, and Shahzar % BG9 Q1 R Rizvi pocketed the team Silver with a combined score of 1738 quarterfinals after beating B Sumeeth Reddy and in men's 10m air pistol. Arathi Sara Sunil 11-21, 21-15, 21-11. They will 4 The 16-year-old op seed Sameer Verma and former have to get across Indonesian combination of Chaudhary, who won the TCommonwealth Games Bronze medallist Renaldi Samosir and Hediana Julimarbela to ndian football team's chief coach Stephen Asiad Gold last month, quali- RMV Gurusaidutt were among the Indian shut- reach the semifinals. IConstantine on Thursday said that although fied third with a score of 581 tlers who made it to the men's singles quarter- The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj he was happy with the 2-0 win over Sri Lanka before shooting down his own finals of the Hyderabad Open BWF Tour Super Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, top seeds, defeat- in the SAFF Cup opener, he expects a better world record with a score of 100 tournanment on Thursday. ed Indonesia's Bagas Maulana and Frengky performance in the coming matches. 245.5 in the final. Singh man- Sameer, who had clinched the Swiss Open Wijaya Putra 21-13, 21-17 to make the quarters. "We need to rectify the mistakes before aged 218 once the field was early this year, defeated compatriot Kevin Arokia The CWG Silver medallists will face Indo- the next match. We started off with a good pruned to eight following the Walter 21-14, 21-9, while Gurusaidutt beat fel- Malaysian combination of Tarun Kona and Lim win but I am not happy with the performance. qualifying round. low Indian Daniel S Farid 21-14, 21-13 in anoth- Khim Wah. We could have scored quite a few goals more," Chaudhary first set a world er prequarterfinal match. Fourth seeds Arun George and Sanyam Constantine said. record in the 10m air pistol Also making the men's singles quarters was Shukla, who had played at the Thomas Cup, beat He wants the U-23 team to play smart event at the International Pratul Joshi, who defeated fifth seed Sourabh compatriots Krishna Prasad Garaga and Dhruv football. * # - 4 Shooting Sport Federation Verma 14-21, 21-13, 21-19 in a thrilling contest. Kapila 21-16, 21-18 to move to the quarters, "We have to learn how to play more (ISSF) Junior World Cup in In the women's singles, Sri Krishna Priya where they will square off against Hong Kong's smartly. We can do much better than this. Meanwhile, Constantine, said there June. Kudaravalli, seeded fifth, saw off Thailand's Chan Tsz Kit and Yeung Shing Choi. Given the fact that the players are young, you should be more players in the pipeline to put The Indian team of %:% %D #E Nuntakarn Aimsaard 21-15, 21-18 to enter the Second seeds Arjun MR and Ramchandran can't expect the consistency every time. pressure on the seniors. Chaudhary, Singh and Anmol, %"& -%:%#- final eight. She will face Singapore's Yeo Jia Min Shlok also set up a fight with Malaysian duo of Anyway, a win is always the most important "We have already qualified to the AFC who could not make the indi- *9 8 :P % next. Mohamad Arif Ab Latif Arid and Nur Mohd aspect of the game and we move on from Asian Cup and from now, we need to have vidual final, claimed the Silver Rasika Raje also pulled off a 21-19, 21-16 win Azriyn Ayub Azriyn after beating Hong Kong's here," Constantine said. more players in the pipeline so that we can with a combined score of 1730. So far, Anjum Moudgil over Hong Kong's Cheung Ying Mei to enter the Chang Tak Ching and Yeung Ming Nok 21-16, Ashique Kuruniyan, who was adjudged as put pressure on senior players to push them- However, there was disap- and Apurvi Chandela are the quarters. 21-14 in the pre-quarterfinals. the Most Valuable Player of the Match, said: selves more," he said. pointment for senior shooters only Indian shooters to secure Top seeded mixed doubles pair of Pranaav The women's doubles pair of Pooja D and "We won, but we missed many chances. We "We have just preferred to stick to our in the individual competition quota places for the Olympics Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy also progressed Sanjana Santosh, meanwhile, defeated compa- have to be quick enough on the field to utilise ideas to provide these young boys with an of the 10m air pistol event. by winning a Silver and fin- to the quarters after notching up a 21-10, 22-20 triots seventh seeds Aparna Balan and Sruthi KP those opportunities." opportunity to get some more international Asiad Bronze-medallist ishing fourth respectively in win over Hong Kong's Yeung Shing Choi and Fan 15-21, 21-12, 21-19. The pair will play third seeds "I am extremely happy to have scored my game time." Abhishek Verma raised hopes the women's 10m air rifle Ka Yan. Indonesian combination of Agatha Imanuela and first International goal. I need to deliver more India will take on Maldives in the final for a medal by qualifying third event. S Sunjith and Sruthi KP also qualified for the Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti. for the national team." group-stage match on Sunday.