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LPG cylinder in of the deceased and directed & " (NSA) Ajit Doval said at a con- be very difficult for the coun- “So increasingly, the Mohamadabad locality of that district magistrate and "& ference of top police officers on try to get financial aid from the reliance on war is on the Walidpur left 13 people dead district police chief and other * &&"& Monday. IMF, the World Bank and the instrument of covert actions. and over a dozen others criti- officers to provide all possible & " " ! Stressing on a compre- European Union, making its And in the instrument of cally injured. relief and medical help to the ' hensive approach to counter financial condition more pre- covert actions, terrorism is The impact of the blast injured. terrorism, Doval called for carious. one of the manifestations of early Monday morning was so According to reports, while meticulous investigation to If the investigating agen- covert actions that adversari- intense that a two-storey house seven people died on the spot, !""# curb terror financing. He quot- cies could collect correct, sus- al powers are using it. It is a low occupied by three families col- six succumbed to their injuries ed the examples of NIA crack- tainable and quotable infor- cost sustainable option and it lapsed while two adjoining in the hospital during treat- & +',,& down on terror funding in ( ! + ! #P mation, which could be put bleeds the enemy much more buildings suffered extensive ment. Of the injured, the con- & " Jammu & Kashmir and action + " $# before the international forums than probably in the war, and damages. dition of seven was stated to be & !- by the Financial Action Task effectively that how Pakistan is that it can be done for a long Local police along with critical. Among the deceased, ' Force (FATF) to choke such supporting and financing ter- period,” the NSA said. senior officers rushed to the five are male, three women, funds. 23* %4,",56 3 rorism, it would expose the As the world has become spot after receiving the infor- three girls and two children. “NIA has been able to country, the NSA stressed. more complex and as strategic mation and summoned the Director General of Police make tremendous contribution *-72,62,3 ' 33,3 On Pakistan’s terror spon- and geopolitical relations team of State Disaster Response OP Singh said that the incident $%&'(&)&* . in its terror funding probe in sorship, the NSA said terror- become complex, a war is no Force (SDRF) to rescue those occurred in Vichlapura area in & ! " $ J&K. This action put the pres- ; ! " " " ism is a low-cost sustainable longer an option and that is trapped under the rubble. Walidpur village at around ( & ! sure at the right place in for- " ! %$ option which may damage the why the terrorism has increas- The blast took place at the 7:30 am when a two-storey % eign agencies which were run- 6 / &&" !/ perceived enemies to a great ingly been used, he said. house of Chhotu Vishwakarma, building collapsed due to the ning this,” he said. " ! & extent. “A state is supporting a Doval also underscored who had died around ten years impact of the blast in LPG " “One of the biggest pres- ; =$ criminal and some states have that terrorism in India and ago. His widow and five daugh- cylinder. He said the priority of / O 0 " sures that are coming on # & > O mastered in this act. Pakistan many other parts of the world ters were staying in the house, the authorities was to rescue !& ' Pakistan today is because of the " / & has made terrorism as an is state-sponsored. the police said. the trapped people and SDRF procedure of the FATF, I guess. instrument of State policy. “When I say it is state Chhotu’s three daughters had been rushed to the spot. The FATF has put so much of That has made it a very great sponsored terrorism, they not — Mona (20), Mamata (18) Prima facie, the blast was +, pressure on them that no other / & . . "! challenge (for Indian security only provide training to the and Sanjana (15) — died in the triggered by a possible leakage &-&&'./0 " action could have been so,” he / !"& &" agencies),” he said. recruits, they provide weapons, blast while the remaining fam- in the cooking gas cylinder, & " said. Doval said war has become they provide ideology, they ily members are missing, the Inspector General (Law and Pakistan is under a lot of The FATF is an inter-gov- the grey list by the Paris-based increasingly a cost ineffective fix targets. local police claimed. Order) Praveen Kumar said in " " pressure at the FATF meeting, ernmental body established in watchdog in June 2018 and was instrument in achieving polit- More than that, they also The police registered a case Lucknow. currently underway in Paris, to 1989 to combat money laun- given a plan of action to com- ical and strategic objectives and give a higher degree of denia- and the sleuths of Anti- District Magistrate ( !)2/ rein in terror groups operating dering, terror financing and plete it by October 2019, or nobody can afford it these bility and the resources and Terrorists Squad (ATS) were Gyanprakash Tripathi said that &" from its soil, he said in his other related threats to the face the risk of being placed on days because of the cost technology which the investi- asked to inspect the site to find the incident occurred when the ! address at the meeting of the integrity of the international the black list with Iran and involved with it. gating agencies have not been out whether an LPG cylinder family members were cooking % " chiefs of the Anti-Terrorism financial system. North Korea. “Not only is it a matter of able to get them and their ten- had exploded or some terror breakfast for the family. 3 45' Squads. Pakistan was placed on At the ongoing plenary of money but in terms of lives tacles." he added. activity was underway which Continued on Page 4 !""#$ Q! % !" #R$ (0 #$- 0: Khattar’s remarks are a clear 3#/ :#6*$670 reflection of his and the BJP’’s 9) disrespectful attitude towards aryana Chief Minister women. CCI president-elect Sourav HManohar Lal Khattar’s use “We in the Congress are BGanguly on Monday said of an improvised timeworn committed to upholding the ‘conflict of interest’ is one of the cliché against Congress presi- dignity in public life. But as a biggest issues facing Indian dent Sonia Gandhi has out- woman, I take offence to the cricket since the contentious raged India’s oldest party. disgraceful remark made and clause is discouraging the best In his poll rally at demand an unconditional apol- 3(0378#6*$670 of the cricketers from getting Kharkhoda near Sonipat on ogy,” she said. Dev accused into the game’s administration. Sunday, Khattar took a dig at him of lowering public dis- ndian-American innovative Ganguly himself faced the the Congress saying all they course in an attempt to divert IMIT economist Abhijit heat after allegations of conflict managed was picking someone attention from real issues like Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo ! "! #! of interest were levelled against from the Gandhi family again joblessness and acute econom- and Harvard professor Michael $ %& '"! ' " him for his dual role as the (after Rahul Gandhi resigned as doing. Now, within the family ic slowdown. Kremer jointly won the 2019 president of Cricket party president). too, fights are taking place. On Selja asked the Chief Nobel Economics Prize on “Their research has helped the University of Calcutta, Association of Bengal (CAB) “Khoda pahad, niklee one side there is `Pappu’, and Minister to reflect. “In what Monday “for their experimen- economists better understand Jawaharlal Nehru University and mentor of IPL franchise chuhiya,” he said, using a pop- on the other ‘Mummy’,” he light remarks such as these por- tal approach to alleviating glob- how to fight poverty in India and Harvard University, where Delhi Capitals. ( !)! ular Hindi proverb that sug- said. tray women of Haryana and al poverty”. and the world,” Kovind said. he received his PhD in 1988. While he has left Delhi & %%# gests big effort but little gain. Reacting to the mouse elsewhere. It is because of the Banerjee and French- Prime Minister Modi said, He is the Ford Foundation Capitals mentorship already, %%# *! Literally, it means finding a remarks of Khattar, Congress mindset of people like you American Duflo both work at “Congratulations to Abhijit International Professor of he will relinquish his post as "!& " mouse after digging a moun- demanded an immediate apol- that Haryana has come to be the US-based Massachusetts Banerjee on being conferred Economics at the MIT. CAB president on October 23 tain. In itself the proverb was ogy. “The Chief Minister’s known as the crime capital, Institute of Technology (MIT) the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank In 2003, Banerjee founded after officially taking charge as cials like N Srinivasan, Rajeev not at all offensive, but Khattar remarks are inappropriate, he which tops the country in while Kremer is at Harvard Prize in Economic Sciences in the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty BCCI chief. Shukla and Niranjan Shah by went on to add, “That too a stooped to the lowest level and crime. Crimes against women University. Memory of Alfred Nobel.” Action Lab (J-PAL), along “Conflict of interest is an his side. Ganguly made it clear dead one,” and this created a it also shows the anti-women are on the rise,” she said. President Ram Nath Congratulating Banerjee, with Duflo and Sendhil issue. And I am not sure that the present rule of ‘one furore. character of the BJP,” the At another poll rally week Kovind, Prime Minister Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Mullainathan, and he remains whether we will get the services person one post’ will prevent The Chief Minister had Congress tweeted. ago, Khattar had accused the Narendra Modi, Congress pres- said he had helped the party one of its directors. of the best cricketers in the sys- most of the former greats to get targeted both the Congress On Monday, Mahila Congress of sympathising with ident Sonia Gandhi and a host conceptualise its “Nyay” In Kolkata, his mother tem, because they will have into cricket administration as and the Jannayak Janta Party Congress chief Sushmita Dev terrorists and said Sonia of other leaders congratulated scheme to help remonetise the Nirmala Banerjee said it was a other options to avail,” Ganguly they also need to earn their (JJP) at the meeting. “You and Haryana Congress presi- Gandhi “sheds tears for Banerjee on winning the cov- economy. proud moment for her. told reporters after filing his livelihood. know the kind of ‘tamasha’ dent Kumari Selja slammed militants”. eted prize. Banerjee was educated at Continued on Page 4 nomination with veteran offi- Continued on Page 4 these family-based parties are Khattar. Sushmita Dev said Continued on Page 4 $ ' %&'( Q R $ )*+ %,-R / 011 /11$ $$ 79(#3* 2 9 al beneficiaries of the package. he Uttar Pradesh , #6*$670 Marg bungalow since 2014. “The State Government TGovernment on Monday The said bungalow was allotted ive days after the Union had recommended the reha- suspended the Maharajganj n their love and fascination when he was Minister in the FCabinet gave its approval for bilitation package for 26,319 District Magistrate and five Ifor bungalows or flats in then Atal Bihari Vajpayee including the names of 5,300 displaced families. In response, other officials for fudging fig- Lutyens’ Delhi, Government and he has some- displaced families in the the Centre approved the pack- ures and “negligence” at a Parliamentarians have resorted how managed to retain it till Rehabilitation Package age and financial assistance of State-run cattle shelter. to ingenious ways to occupy the date. Interestingly, Shahnawaz approved by the Cabinet on 5.5 lakh,” Custodian, Evacuee Announcing the suspen- Government accommodations. had lost the Lok Sabha polls in November 30, 2016, for dis- Property and Ex-Officio, sion — a rare move against an One such ploy has been to the former MPs and their 2014 and was denied poll tick- placed families of Pak Provincial Rehabilitation IAS officer — at a hurriedly get the bungalow or flat booked guests are staying are located in et in 2019. Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Officer Mushtaq Hussain Malik called press conference, Chief in the name of guests on one or the posh locality of Lutyens’ Continued on Page 4 Chhamb under the PM’s told The Pioneer, Secretary RK Tiwari said there the other pretext. The guest Delhi. As per norms, accom- Development Package, confu- He said claims of only were “continuous complaints of then either overstays the peri- modation for guests of MPs is * +$ sion prevails over the number around 500 displaces families, & ( " $# negligence” in the upkeep of od permitted or the MP keeps provided in VP House and of real beneficiaries. who were registered outside the stray cows in Madhvaliya cow the premises under control Western Court hostel for a According to the records, State and later returned and $ ) shelter in Nichlaul tehsil of even after the guest leaves. short duration. The accom- only around 500 families who settled down in the State, are Maharajganj district. “Nearly 45 members of modation can be allotted in New Delhi: The Centre is like- were registered outside the registered in his office. Srinagar: It was no less than Eid for some, time to reconnect “The Government consti- Parliament (MPs) have been North and South Avenues and ly to allow veteran BJP leaders State and later returned and “I had recommended their with family and friends for others and back to much needed tuted a committee under the found to have squatters in the Meena Bagh under very excep- and former MPs LK Advani, settled down in J&K, are reg- cases to the office of Divisional business for many as post-paid mobile phone services were chairmanship of Additional garb of guests. A list of such tional circumstances. Murli Manohar Joshi and istered with the office of Commissioner (DC), Jammu restored after 72 days in Kashmir on Monday. Commissioner, Gorakhpur MPs has been prepared,” said There have been other glar- Jaswant Singh to stay in their Provincial Rehabilitation so that a final decision can be Cellphones rang out across the Valley for the first time since Division. The committee found sources. The list includes past ing cases of “squatter” being official bungalows on security Officer (PRO), Jammu. taken,” he said, adding, even the August 5, when the Centre revoked J&K’s special status and bifur- several anomalies in the num- and present MPs of all major former MPs. Take the case of grounds. Singh may be allowed In the absence of any offi- DC had recommended their cated it into the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir, and ber of cattle during probe,” the political parties. former MP Shahnawaz to retain on health grounds. cial communication, even the cases and forwarded the file to Ladakh — much to the delight of residents longing to reach out UP Chief Secretary said. Majority of the Hussain, who has been unau- PNS senior officers are not in a posi- the Civil Secretariat. to their loved ones outside the Valley and inside too. PNS Continued on Page 4 Government bungalows where thorisedly staying at the Pant tion to clarify the status of actu- Continued on Page 4 !"#$%!&
) .( +$ / / 3+! ! " Muzaffarnagar: Three ( # " # # 79(#3* men were booked and one of them was arrested for alleged- he ruling Bharatiya Janata 79(#3* ly attempting to rape a 22-year- 79(#3* TParty in Uttar Pradesh got old woman and film the act in a shot in its arm with two ttar Pradesh Chief Shamli district, police said on n the wake of high alert and senior leaders of Samajwadi UMinister Yogi Adityanath Monday. The alleged rape deployment of heavy police Party, including a former MLA, slammed Samajwadi Party attempt took place on Sunday Iforce in anticipation of a joining the ruling party, repos- president Akhilesh Yadav for and one of the accused was verdict on the sensitive Ram ing full faith in the leadership terming the encounter of arrested the same day, they said. Janmabhoomi-Babri Mosque of Prime Minister Narendra Pushpendra Yadav as ‘’fake’’, The other two accused are dispute next month, the district Modi and party president Amit saying it was a genuine police absconding and a search for authorities clamped prohibito- Shah. action. them is on, station house offi- ry orders under Section 144 of Former legislator of The Chief Minister said cer Subhash Singh Rathor said. the Criminal Procedure Code Samajwadi Party from Mohan that a police inspector was According to the woman’s in Ayodhya even as the Vishwa in Unnao district, Radhey Lal first shot at by Pushpendra complaint, the three accused Hindu Parishad sought permis- Rawat, and chairperson of Yadav, who escaped with the came inside her home when she sion to light earthen lamps at Azamgarh Nagar Palika cop’s car. was alone and forcibly took her the disputed site on the occa- Parishad Shila Srivastava The police inspector, who to a nearby house. sion of Deepotsav during joined the haratiya Janata Party was hurt, alerted another team, The men then attempted to Diwali on October 27. in the presence of party’s which intercepted the car 40 rape her and also filmed the act, Immediately after receiving state president Swatantra Dev kilometres away from the place Rathor said citing the com- the application seeking permis- Singh here on Monday. where the police inspector was plaint. She resisted them and sion to light lamps at Ram Lala “The Bharatiya Janata shot at. Here Yadav opened fire Last week, the Samajwadi raised an alarm after which the temple during Deepotsav cel- Party will strengthen from at the police party again and Party chief had visited deceased men fled, the SHO said. ebrations, Divisional the vast experience of these was finally gunned down, the Pushpendra Yadav’s family in The video of the incident Commissioner and receiver of ! -& + ' $# two leaders. They have pres- Chief Minister said. Jhansi. He had said that when was also uploaded on social the disputed site, Manoj ence at the grassroots level and “One police officer was the Samajwadi Party forms media, the officer added. Mishra, hinted that permission know the problems of the also injured in the encounter. government in 2022, the case UP: Man kills girl for resist- for any new programme could disputed area on October 27. Kumar Jha clamped Section (Home) Awanish Awasthi people. Today they have joined Nobody has the right to take will be investigated again and ing rape bid; held not be given. “The VHP wants to organ- 144 of the CrPC in the entire along with DGP OP Singh the Bharatiya Janata Party law in one’s hands, be it police, those responsible for Meanwhile, a man was “We can only give permis- ise deepotsav at the janmasthan district till December 10. would visit Ayodhya on along with their supporters politician or anyone else. Pushpendra’s death will be arrested for allegedly stranglat- sion for traditional functions or of Lord Ram and it is nothing The prohibitory orders Tuesday to review the prepara- because they know that only Everyone in the state will have punished. ing a 14-year-old girl to death festivals in the disputed area. If new,” said VHP spokesperson have been clamped in view of tions for Deepostav in which the BJP can take the country to abide by law,” Yogi ‘’This is not an encounter, after she resisted his rape the VHP wants to hold any Sharad Sharma here on the possibility of Supreme Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the state on the path of Adityanath said. it is police lynching. attempt in a village of Shamli function in the disputed area, Monday. Court giving its verdict by mid will also participate and also of progress,” Swatantra Dev On Samajwadi Party pres- Pushpendra was married three district. The accused was iden- it should approach the Supreme He was one of the appli- of November in the vexed security arrangements to avert Singh said. ident Akhilesh Yadav’s remark months back and now his wife’s tified as Anuj (26), they said. Court,” he told media persons cants who signed the applica- Ayodhya title suit. any untoward incident in the Radhey Lal Rawat said that that people were being killed in future is in dark’’ Akhilesh Additional Superintendent in Ayodhya on Monday. tion. The other signatories The prohibitory order also temple city. haratiya Janata Party was the the state, the Chief Minister Yadav had then said. of Police Rajesh Shrivastava Mishra later rejected the included Mahant Kanahiya restricts drones, unmanned Ten companies of Central only party which talked about said, “People are not being The Chief Minister also told newsmen here that during VHP demand after discussing Das, Mahant Kamal Nayan aerial vehicle for filming and Para-Military Police have the welfare of the people. killed deliberately. I think all refuted the allegation of interrogation, Anuj confessed to the issue with District Das, Mahant Awadh Bihari shooting inside Ayodhya. already been deployed in the “The policies of Narendra those who are a threat to soci- Samajwadi Party’s Rampur MP the killing. The body of the girl Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha. Das, local counsellor Ramesh The sale and purchase of temple city and a heavy police Modi and Yogi Adityanath ety have been close to Akhilesh on his implication in criminal was found in a sugarcane field The VHP application Das and BJP member Vaisha crackers will not be allowed on force has been summoned governments are people-orient- Yadav. Today when such peo- cases. in the village on October 7. The signed by saints and political Vinod Jaiswal. the occasion of Diwali without from the neighbouring dis- ed. These policies have started ple are living in fear, it is nat- “Everyone knows the real- incident took place when she leaders had sought permission Meanwhile, Ayodhya permission of the magistrate. tricts to ensure peaceful cele- bearing fruits,” the former ural for Akhilesh to feel bad ity and law has taken its own had gone to give lunch to her for organising deepotsav in the District Magistrate Anuj Additional Chief Secretary bration of Deepotsav. MLA said. about it.” course,” Yogi Adityanath said. father in the fields,. PTI & 5 8*2 $
Muzaffarnagar (PTI): A man was arrested for alleged- 5 $6*# "! ly attempting to rape his 13- year-old daughter while she was asleep, in Shamli district, 79(#3* Transport and Highways, Gen the campaign, had requested 79(#3* junkyard. police said on Monday. (Retired) VK Singh, MoRTH state governments to imple- The two identified them- ttar Pradesh on Monday Secretary Sanjeev Ranjan and ment FASTag in their respec- wo Bangladeshi nationals selves as Dileep Mondal and Usigned a memorandum of NHAI Chairman NN Sinha. tive states to make the traffic Tresiding illegally in Mohalla Tuhin Sheikh, both hailing understanding (MoU) with Though the UPEIDA has smooth, safe and cheap. Nikasa in the Kosikalan area of from Bangladesh. Both were National Highways Authority already made the toll collection He said FASTag had also Mathura were arrested in a taken to local police station for of India to collect toll tax digital on Agra-Lucknow been linked with GST and joint drive by the state intelli- interrogation. through FASTag and joined the Expressway, with this MoU it people could transfer money gence department and the local Police said that both of FASTag campaign to make toll will now use NHAI’s FASTag directly from their bank police on Monday. them had been living in sepa- collection digital across the for the transactions from account in this wallet. The Mathura police had rate places of India for the past country. December 1 this year. With UPEIDA Finance Advisor reported that the duo had been two-and-half years and no doc- Uttar Pradesh Expressway this, vehicles using Agra- KK Gupta said that UP has living in the area for the past 15 uments was recovered from Industrial Development Lucknow Expressway will not already digitised the toll collec- days. their possession. Authority (UPEIDA) Chief have to stop at the toll plaza for tion on the Agra-Lucknow The intelligence depart- The duo had arrived in Executive Officer and toll collection. Expressway. Because of digital ment and the police received Kosikalan 15 days back. Additional Chief Secretary The FASTag will also be toll collection by FASTag, vehi- information about two Shabbir, a resident of Awanish Kumar Awasthi used on upcoming expressways cles will not unnecessarily have Bangladeshis living in the Kosikalan is the operator of the signed the MoU in presence of such as Purvanchal, to stop at toll plazas, which will Nikasa area of the city late junkyard in which they had Road Transport and Highways Bundelkhand and Gorakhpur- help them reach their destina- Sunday night. Police raided been living. Minister Nitin Gadkari, Azamgarh Linkway in UP. tion in a short time, he the area early Monday morn- Further investigations are Minister of State for Road Gadkari, while launching added. ing arrested the two from a underway. Q R ( $R NOTICE 79(#3* under suspension and the The news of the death of & Be it known to all that I, Mr. senior officers have given an farmers’ leader in police cus- Yash Chhugani, DOB 24.08.1985, ension prevailed in Hapur assurance that if the post- tody spread like wildfire and Lucknow (PNS): A 10-year- S/o Mr. Nirmal Ramchandra Tafter a farmers’ leader of mortem confirms death due to by Monday morning, thou- old boy was killed and two other Chhugani, My Indian Passport the area was reportedly given any assault or third degree sands of leaders ghearoed the persons, including a woman, No. S-6764087 issued on third degree by the cops of they will register a murder Pilkuha police station and were injured when a wall col- 26.09.2018 from Regional Pilkuwa police resulting in his case against the police party staged protest outside medical lapsed in Telma Jamaluddinpur Passport Office, Lucknow, R/o Dr. death in the early hours of and initiate legal proceedings college mortuary in Meerut. village in Ubhav area of Ballia, Pyare Lal Building, Kamla Nehru Monday. against them. They demanded that a police said on Monday. Marg, Chowk, Lucknow, have Thousands of leaders and It may be mentioned that case be registered and the The incident took place on changed my name to Mr. Yogesh members of farmers’ union on August 30, the local police guilty cops be arrested. Sunday when Aman was playing Nirmal Ramchandra Chhugani, were protesting outside the had recovered a half-burnt A heavy police force along and two persons including a w.e.f Dt. 03.08.2019. police station, demanding body of a woman from jun- with jawans of Provincial woman were standing near the immediate action against the gles near Lakhan hamlet. Armed Constabulary are wall which collapsed, they said. guilty cops. Failing to make any break- camping in the area to avert The three of them were sent The body of the farmer’s through in that case, the any untoward incident. to hospital, where Aman was leader has been kept in the cops, suspecting the hand of Meanwhile, a 40-year-old declared “brought dead”. The + / * medical college mortuary in farmer Pradeep Tomar (30), man allegedly committed sui- condition of two others was -B (&1##C "/I Meerut as the local police residing in the same Lakhan cide by consuming a poiso- stated to be stable. 2 "0. > fear that if the body is hand- hamlet, in the murder, picked nous substance after being Meanwhile, one person was ed over to the family, the agi- him from his house on harassed by his mother and killed and two injured when the (3 / )*"0 tated crowd may stage a vio- Sunday evening. wife in Jansath area of motorcycle they were travelling + /F * !G! : ,: lent protest in Hapur to force Sources said that the cops Muzaffarnagar district, police on was hit by a truck near G!!! the senior officers to take suspected that the woman said on Monday. Munshiganj crossing in Amethi.0 -B -! "2 -B5 ! action against the cops. whose half-burnt body was The deceased, Satish Sources said that found was the sister-in-law of Bhadana, was the district sec- H82IGH(&1## Additional Superintendent of Tomar hence they tried to grill retary of Gujjar Sadbhavna C "/ 2 "0 Police Sarvesh Mishra and him to extract the truth. Society in Ahroda village, )(')()#J)))$1?#1?#4 Sub-Divisional Magistrate The cops later allegedly where the incident took place Vishal Yadav were camping at used third degree on Tomar on Sunday, they said. ! " #$%% the police station since and in the wee hours of According to station %%%&'()' * + NOTICE Monday morning. Monday when he suddenly house officer Yogesh Sharma, ,-! . - / All the shops of the near- collapsed, they took him to a suicide note was recovered - /.0 '(%(%'() Due to mistake my children,s by markets and other business district hospital from where from the possession of the (1% 0* . ! * 2! 3 (Aparmita Mandal, Mansi Mandal establishment were been the doctors referred him to deceased. forcibly closed by the admin- medical college in Meerut. Bhadana was rushed to ''%(%'() (4%$ 0* "! & Shreyash Mandal) mother and * 2!5 , 2!., my son name written in school istration in apprehension of Finding the victim already hospital where he was declared 6 - 2!5.+!7/..8 ,9: record as Madhu & Shreyash violence by the agitated crowd. dead, the cops dumped him in brought dead, the SHO said. Kumar Mandal, Where as the cor- To pacify the protesters, the medical college and Satish Bhadana had also ; // , rect name of children,s mother is station house officer of escaped. posted a letter in his < 7 ((( (((4 Madhu Vardhan & my son,s is Pilkuha police station, Yogesh The doctors who attend- WhatsApp circle about his 8 ;/888 ""/55 Shreyash Mandal. Please correct Baliyan, sub-inspector Azab ed on the victim pronounced decision to take the extreme 2!2 "05> ()?1 step. An investigation is accordingly. Sunil Kumar Mandal Singh and constable Manish him `brought dead’ and sent (4%(%'()@@ ; - 0*!0 AA5 A-1125/7 Indira Nagar Lucknow. Chauhan have been placed the body for post-mortem. underway, police said.
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tressing on the need to group of miscreants, suspected to be mem- Smake farmers aware, Chief Abers of the infamous Kachchha-Baniyan Minister Yogi Adityanath said gang, stormed seven houses in three villages in that it was important for them Gudamba and decamped with cash and jewellery to be aware about the harms worth lakhs. Luckily though, they did not caused by burning of stubble. resort to any physical assault. He also gave a call to the peo- The victims were identified as Pradeep Yadav, ple to use such developmen- Asharfi Lal, Atiq and Bablu. The miscreants also tal techniques which do not attempted to rob the houses of Suresh Yadav and harm the environment. Gulab Devi. The police termed villagers claim The Chief Minister was on robbers as unproven and said the thieves speaking at the inaugural of a struck these houses. two-day workshop on As per reports, Ziaul and Parvez of Palka vil- National Air Clean lage in the area spotted some men armed with Programme at the Indira sticks approaching the village while walking along Gandhi Pratishthan on the canal road in the area around 12.30 am on Monday. The workshop was Monday. “We called police after which a team organised with the support of reached the scene but the group managed to National Knowledge Network, escape,” they said. Residents of Palka village start- which includes several gov- ed a night vigil to safeguard their houses. ernment departments and Meanwhile, they heard screams from a neigh- institutes such as Uttar bouring village (Kaudiamau). People were shout- Pradesh Pollution Control ing that robbers had struck their houses. It later Board, Ministry of surfaced that the robbers struck the houses of Environment and Forest, IIT- Suresh and Gulab Devi, family members of Kanpur etc. whom challenged them and they fled the scene. The Chief Minister The miscreants, however, decamped with Rs launched Clean Air Mobile % " 0 % && #) 1! 20,000 in cash and ornaments from Pradeep’s App on the occasion. He also " house. While villagers were thinking of a plan launched three pollution to counter the miscreants, they were told that the monitoring centres in Meerut planted 22 crore saplings this ment goals and climate change the air pollution to a large miscreants decamped with Rs 25,000 in cash and and announced setting up of year, the target for next year is is one of them. Most of the extent while Swachh Bharat ornaments from Asharfi Lal’s and Atiq’s houses nine regional environment 25 crore saplings. developed nations were carry- Mission has been launched to (both in Palka village) and from Bablu’s house monitoring control rooms in “Air pollution has become ing out integrated develop- help fight vector-borne dis- in Sadamau village. The police said they had the state. He said 15 cities of a global problem and for its ment programmes, he added. eases. Yogi said they had been beefed up patrolling in the area after the incident. UP were found to be most mitigation, it is essential that Yogi laid emphasis on the able to control encephalitis by “We have yet to get a complaint in this regard,” polluted. “Strategies to there is minimum exploitation need of solid waste manage- 90 per cent through maintain- the police said. improve the air quality have of the natural resources. India ment and recalling the success ing clean air and clean water. Meanwhile, thieves made off with Rs 50,000 been made for these cities and has a vision of peace right story of Kumbh, he pointed Forest Minister Dara in cash and ornaments worth lakhs from the given a go-ahead by the from earth to space and the out as to how the mega event Singh Chauhan, while speak- house of a lekhpal, Praveen Kumar, who is Central government. The better the balance between was a success story because of ing on the occasion, said an air presently posted in Hasanganj tehsil of Unnao, strategies are now being nature and life on earth, the the coordination between dif- quality monitoring committee in Madiaon on Monday afternoon. Praveen, his implemented,” Yogi pointed happier will be those living on ferent departments. has been formed in the state wife and mother had gone to Sitapur to pay obei- out. The Chief Minister said the earth,” he said. He said Prime Minister for 15 cities found to be pol- sance to deity at Naimish in Sitapur while extensive plantation had been Yogi pointed out that the Narendra Modi has started luted. IIT-Kanpur director Praveen’s daughter Charu had gone to attend carried out for environmental United Nations has estab- Ujjwala scheme in the rural Abhay Kardadinkar was also coaching classes. Charu returned in the after- concerns and while they lished 17 sustainable develop- areas and it has helped curb present on the occasion. noon, only to find the house burgled. !" % $ $ "%& $( ) $ 1 79(#3* head injuries in the attack. “The doc- 1 79(#3* tors gave Mohan 14 stitches on his 1 group of miscreants, some of whom head while his friend had a swollen he Lucknow University Awith pistols tucked into the waists hand,” he said. He said a case under Tgold medal winners are of their pants, acted fresh with a Section 395/397 of IPC (for dacoity looking forward to the presence woman, intimidated her family mem- and grievously injuring the victims and of Indian Space Research bers when confronted, and attacked two for molestation) was registered against Organization (ISRO) scientist men from her side during a birthday Alfasani, Aftab and their aides. “They Ritu Karidhal at the convoca- party at a club in Vibhuti Khand police were identified on the basis of the reg- tion. Karidhal, who is a former station area on the intervening night of istration number of their SUVs. We student of Physics department Saturday and Sunday. They also loot- have launched a manhunt for them,” (LU), will be felicitated for her ed a mobile when the victims tried to he said. The SHO said the accused contribution in the field of call police. Police registered a criminal gate-crashed the party. “The com- space research and conferred case against the accused for dacoity, plainant did not mention in his appli- with DLitt degree at the 62nd molestation and other counts. As per cation that he knew Alfasani or oth- convocation on Tuesday. reports, Alambagh resident Mohan ers,” he added. The convocation will be (name changed), along with his fiancée, Meanwhile, taking a note of the presided over by Governor went to attend his friend’s birthday incident, SSP Kalanidhi Naithani has Anandiben Patel while the party at a club in Vibhuti Khand on directed the police to make cases chief guest will be vice-chair- Saturday night. Mohan said his fiancée under strict sections of IPC against person of Planning was dancing with some children when party spoilers. He convened a meeting Commission Rajiv Kumar. The Mujaddit Alfasani and Aftab, along with with the police officers at his office on special guest will be Deputy ten aides, reached the venue. Monday night. The SSP said the police Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma. “They parked their cars (Fortuner were in the practice of slapping chal- The Lucknow University and Ciaz) outside and gate-crashed the lans on such elements under section carried out a rehearsal of the venue misbehaving with the security 151 of CrPC (for breach of peace). convocation on Monday. guard deployed there. Some of them “From now, you all are not going to do Samiya Ikram, who will be were armed with pistols. They reached this. You initiate action under strict receiving 14 gold medals, the dance floor and started shaking a sections of IPC for violating law and including the Chancellor’s Gold leg with others. As my fiancée con- order at bars, restaurants, clubs or Medal, said she is looking for- 1! 2 3 4% ( ( fronted them, Alfasani and Aftab other places of common gathering. Do ward to the presence of Ritu started touching her. I rushed to her get intimidated by law-breakers who Karidhal at the convocation as rescue but they slapped me and pushed claim to be belonging to influential it will be a source of great inspi- Law, said it will be a great hon- become a civil servant. She said: me aside. I tried to call the police but families or kin of bigshots,” he told the ration. A student of the depart- our to receive the medals from “Ritu Karidhal’s presence will they looted my mobile phone. Later, cops. He said the Lucknow police will ment of Mathematics, Samiya the ISRO scientist or in her make a major difference for the one of them attacked me with a knife open a cell to address such cases. said she has a desire to emulate presence. The young achiever fact that seeing her in person while another broke a liquor bottle and Sources said the Vibhuti Khand police Karidhal and do something of wants to become an IAS officer. will give flight to our imagina- hit it on my head. They also thrashed had initiated an action under Section the same stature. “Contrary to Salia Khatoon from Urdu tion to achieve our goals.” my friend who had thrown the party 151 of CrPC in the incident of brawl the perception that girls don’t department, who will be get- Tanzila Siddiqi from the on his birthday,” Mohan alleged. in which the victim had got 14 stitch- have freedom, I was given full ting seven gold medals, has fol- department of Social Work Vibhuti Khand SHO Rajeev es at his head after the attack and the freedom by her father, who is lowed the Islamic pattern of said one can learn from the sci- Dwivedi said Mohan suffered serious woman was subjected to molestation. a civil engineer, to follow my education by studying at a entist’s life as to how she has dreams. I aspire to go abroad to madarsa and aspires to become been able to make a mark. do PhD in Mathematics,” she a professor. She said the pres- Tanzila has bagged six gold said. ence of the ISRO scientist will medals and wants to go into Rishabh Tripathi from the be a great inspiration for her. academics. department of Ancient Indian Apoorva Singh, who has Meanwhile, Karamat History, who will be receiving done MSc in Physics, said she Husain Muslim Girls’ PG seven gold medals, said the was the most excited because of College students will also be presence of the ISRO scientist, the fact that Ritu Karidhal was honoured at the annual convo- and that too an alumna of a former student of Lucknow cation. Arshiya Parveen (MA, Lucknow University, would be University. Apoorva, who has English) will be awarded four an inspiring moment for him. bagged six gold medals, said gold medals, including White He admitted that his teachers that her achievement was not Memorial Gold Medal, Smt had also been a great inspira- a big surprise since she had Krishna Saxena Memorial Gold tion for him to reach this stage. been expecting the same. She Medal, Manju Gold Medal and “This is just the start and I have added that she aspires to join Smt Dayamoyee Sharma miles to go before I sleep. Ritu the academics or take UPSC Memorial Gold Medal. Karidhal makes you feel that exam. Soniya Gupta of BCom (I) sky is not the limit,” he added. Nimisha Singh, who has will be awarded RB Trilok Vibhantika Dwivedi, who bagged five gold medals in Nath’s Gold Medal for being the has bagged 8 gold medals in Political Science, wants to best student in I & II semesters. @
1 79(#3* Alambagh suffered injuries in an electricity pole. Rahul got and was admitted to the his head banged against the pole wo employees of Surya KGMU Trauma Centre. and due to the heavy impact, he TGrand Hotel were killed As per reports, was thrown back to the flyover while their friend suffered Harshvardhan worked as an while Harshvardhan and injuries when their bike skid- assistant manager at the hotel Akshay fell down. All the three ded off the flyover near PICUP while Akshay and Rahul were were rushed to Ram Manohar Bhawan in Vibhuti Khand on employed in different capacities. Lohiya Hospital where the intervening night of Sunday Around 3 am on Monday, they Harshvardhan and Akshay were and Monday. The victims were took the flyover to reach Vibhuti died. A police spokesman said identified as Harshvardhan Khand. Rahul, who was driving, the case was being investigated Singh (28) and Akshay (26), lost control of the bike which fell and the families of the victims both of Gonda. Rahul (28) of off the flyover and got entangled had been informed. !"#$%!&
2#34 "#4!3# 82 arrangements for sale of tick- ets from Metro stations and "" through online facilities. 1 With Karva Chauth to be 1 79(#3* locality. attacked Sandeep. Seeing her body. The identity of the celebrated on October 17, Urmila’s son Sandeep com- son being beaten up, Urmila deceased could not be ascer- women have started prepara- eeing her son getting plained about Santosh’s con- suffered cardiac arrest and tained as yet,” he said. tions for the festival. General Sthrashed by former tenant duct to some of the house- later succumbed.” However, some of the people manager (Industries), Forest following an old dispute over owners in the locality and He said the police regis- suspected foul play and said Corporation, Eva Sharma said payment, an elderly woman Santosh got to know about it. tered a case on the complaint the police usually claimed no she comes from Bihar and suffered cardiac arrest and Around 2.30 pm on Monday, of victim’s son. “We are inves- foul play when it comes to therefore, does not celebrate died later in Indira Nagar Santosh, along with his wife, tigating the case,” he added. recovery of unidentified bod- the festival. “However I cele- colony under Ghazipur police reached Sandeep’s house and Meanwhile, unidentified ies. A police spokesman said brated it long back on the insis- station area on Monday after- sought an explanation for body of a woman was recov- the body had been sent for tence of friends. To me, what noon. Police initially tried to spreading ‘canards’. This led to ered from Gomti river in autopsy. “The details about the is more important is good cover up the incident, but later a verbal spat during which Gomti Nagar on Monday deceased have been sent to deeds, positive words and pos- registered a case under Section Santosh attacked Sandeep. afternoon. Police said the police stations across the city itive thoughts” she said. A 304 of IPC (culpable homicide Urmila, unable to protect body flowed from elsewhere and neighbouring districts to Lucknow University teacher not amounting to murder) her son, came in between and and autopsy report would speed up the identification : & & ! %!1! " said she believed in uncondi- against the tenant. was pushed down. “She fell ascertain the cause of death. process,” he said. tional love and it depends As per reports, Urmila unconscious after Sandeep As per reports, some com- totally on women whether Gupta (60) of Indira Nagar (B pushed her down. We rushed muters spotted the body in the 1 all the events which will be held of the garbage and traffic. He they want to celebrate the fes- Block) had rented out her her to hospital where she was river near Marine Drive A fire broke out at a restau- District Magistrate Kaushal at the Lucknow Mahotsav such also directed officials to make tival or not. house to one Santosh Mishra declared brought dead,” around 12.30 pm on Monday rant inside a shopping mall in Raj Sharma on Monday as kite competition, ‘natya some time back. In due course Santosh stated in his com- and alerted the police. By the Vikas Nagar on Monday morn- presided over a meeting to samaroh’, main cultural event, of time, differences cropped up plaint. Neighbours said time police reached the scene, ing. The flames were doused by review the arrangements for the ‘yuva mahotsav’, vintage car between them over late pay- Santosh enjoyed a good rap- a huge number of commuters firefighters and no casualty Lucknow Mahotsav. The meet- rally, wrestling and tourism ment of rent and paying less port with low-rung cops at had flocked to the scene, caus- was reported in the incident ing was attended by senior expo. He directed the officials amount for electric consump- Ghazipur police station and ing roadblock. while losses were being esti- officials from administration of City Transport Services tion, and Urmila asked Santosh the police did not intervene in Investigating officer mated. Reports said the fire and Tourism department. The Limited to ensure that there are to vacate the house. Santosh the matter as a result. Sanjay Gupta said the body broke out at around 7.30 am DM directed the officials to sufficient number of buses. He vacated the house allegedly The Ghazipur SHO said: appeared 3-4 days old. “The and later, the flames started invite suggestions for the theme also held discussions with the without paying rent and elec- “Sandeep had a verbal spat woman was aged around 35- leaping high. The police said through emails within a week officials on day-to-day activi- tricity arrears, and started liv- with Santosh on Monday over 40 years and prima facie, no they were finding out the cause and then choose the best one. ties, including arrangements for (! () ! #! $ ing in another house in the vacating the house and later, he wounds were found on the of fire. The DM held a discussion on security guards, and handling && " 5";< 111
1 79(#3* Apart from producing 40,000 crore, thus enabling Meanwhile, the state gov- for 2018-19 season, arrears sugar, some private mills also the UPPCL to contract fresh ernment has filed first infor- currently top 4,519 crore. Of ven as UP Power cogenerate electricity, both for loans. The NDA government mation report (FIR) against these, private mills account for ECorporation Limited their captive use, and sell it to in 2017 announced the same two sugar mills owned by the bulk of nearly 4,200 crore, (UPPCL) has raised the power UPPCL at fixed tariffs during package under different name Simbhaoli and Modi groups followed by government con- tariff for all categories of con- the crushing season. However, Ujjawala discom assurance for defaulting on cane pay- trolled cooperative mills and sumers by over 27 per cent in power arrears of the mills to yojna (UDAY) under which ments. The action was taken an UP State Sugar Corporation last 22 months since the tune of 1,000 crore are the UP government took over under Section 3/7 of Essential Limited (UPSSCL) mill. November 2017; it has default- still pending on UPPCL even the debt liability of 39,000 Commodities Act, 1955, Recently, UP Sugarcane ed in payment of over 1,000 as the combined cane farmers’ crore. according to UP Cane Development and Sugar crore to private sugar mills for arrears pertaining to 2018-19 “We are following up on Commissioner Sanjay Industries Minister Suresh the electricity purchased by it crushing season on millers our power outstanding with Bhoosreddy. He said action Rana had asserted that the from them. The default by the stand firm at more than the state authorities, yet the was also being taken against government was targeting UPPCL has added to the woes 4,500 crore. payments have not yet mate- other mills for their sluggish 100% settlement of arrears by of the sugarcane farmers as the Despite the two bailout rialised. This money would be payment to farmers and the the end of October. sugar mills are unable to clear packages the accumulated used to pay farmers and will situation was being reviewed In 2018-19 seasons, 119 their cane arrears losses of the UPPCL on March reduce our liabilities to that on a daily basis as the 2019-20 state mills, including 94 pri- The sugar industry has 31, this year was close to extent,” a sugar industry offi- crushing season was hardly 2- vate, 24 cooperative and a sought the intervention of 90,000 crore. The Congress cial said on condition of 3 weeks away. UPSSCL unit, had participat- Chief Minister Yogi led UPA government had anonymity. Recently, the Chief So far, 53 of the total 119 ed in the crushing operations. Adityanath for an early settle- announced ‘Financial Minister had also referred to sugar mills in UP have settled The state sugar output stood at ! & 5 ! & ! /&&!6 &7 ment of power dues on the Restructuring Package’ under the pending power dues and their full cane liabilities, while about 11.8 million tonnes + 6 &1 8+! + 4.' ! & state power utility. The arrears which the state government said it would be settled at the 33 other mills have notched up (MT) compared to over 12 MT & !& - 9 '+4 4 '/&"'#) '"!) ! 4 of the sugar industry on cane had taken over the debt liabil- earliest for the benefit of sug- over 80 per cent payment. Of in 2017-18. This year, the state ! :" & &# 2 8$ " 8$ ! farmers are 4,500 crore. ity of the power utility of arcane farmers. total payables of 33,048 crore expects 121 mills to crush. ! ! $"9 8$ ) + 8 $ ! ! & #& 8 + !!! + 3 Nichlaul Devendra Kumar and In Sonipat, he also took the current SDM Satyam potshots at the Congress over Mishra, Chief Veterinary '+ the exit of its State unit chief announced rehabilitation pack- norms MPs are allotted accom- ous topics and issues on eco- Officer, Maharajganj Rajiv Ashok Tanwar, who quit the age for 5,300 families who are modation for their guests on nomics. He has also spoken on Upadhyay and Deputy Chief party after alleging that bribes permanently settled outside payment of rent in advance for economic issues our country is Veterinary Officer of Nichlaul were being paid for tickets to the State at different places, or treatment or any other specif- facing presently,” she said. V K Maurya were suspended " fight elections. On the for these families who were reg- ic purpose where mess is com- It was “wonderful” to with immediate effect and Congress manifesto, Khattar istered outside the State but pulsory and other facilities are receive the award, 58-year-old departmental inquiry was said, “They have promised later returned and settled. also available. This can be Banerjee said. “You don’t get ordered against them, he 1 79(#3* 06/3(63#*773-# 6.3 freebies for which Rs 1.25 lakh Malik claimed that most such extended in specific cases. this lucky many times in your added. ) # H 0)3#A(3 66 crore will be needed, which can families were permanently set- As many as 40 former MPs life,” he added. Duflo, the 46- istrict Magistrate Kaushal never be fulfilled. They are tled down in other States and have not vacated their year-old former adviser to ex- + !!! DRaj Sharma presided over a #$(97# 6 ) 7 7 3 3# making promises as if the continue to live there. “The Government accommodations US President Barack Obama, is Sources in the police said meeting to look into the arrange- State’s coffers are their ‘’baap ka claims of these 5300 displaced so far. According to the rules, the second woman and the that the number of casualties ments for Chehellum proces- 3(4I'3 # #7 * #$3$6! maal’’ (their father’s property).” families settled outside the former MPs are supposed to youngest ever to win the eco- could increase as several of the sion, to be taken out on October *66#/ 3.06(@0 )66# He also targeted the JJP, formed State are not registered with his vacate the Government resi- nomics prize. “We are incred- injured were in critical condi- 20. He directed the officials to after a split in the Indian office,” he said. On the other dences within one month of the ibly happy and humbled,” tion. Four family members of complete the arrangements at $A$6$#3CH3#6 #$BJ6(3 National Lok Dal. “This party, hand, Rajiv Chunni, Chairman, dissolution of the previous Lok Duflo was quoted as saying by Kanhaiya Vishwakarma, whose their own level at the earliest. Jhootee Jhagda Party, will SOS International, an organi- Sabha. The amended Public the MIT News. “We feel very house stood next to Chhotu’s The meeting was attended by with traffic cops and civil Tudiaganj, Bazaarkhala, Bulaqi become the Jamanat Jabt Party sation advocating the cause of Premises (Eviction of fortunate to see this kind of house, also died in the blast, the officials from Lucknow defence workers. Adda, and Eveready crossing. as its candidates will lose badly,” PoK displaced persons (DP), Unauthorised Occupants) Act work being recognised.” police said, adding that it was Development Authority, PWD, He directed the administra- He said the patchwork on he said, predicting that JJP told The Pioneer that the law empowers the Government The prize includes 9 mil- not immediately known how LESA, Fire and Traffic depart- tive and police officials to make roads must be ensured, wherev- candidates will lose their Union Government must clar- to issue show cause notice, lion-kronor (USD 918,000) the deceased — Reena, Sarita, ments. He told the nodal officers preparations taking into consid- er required, and remove stray deposits. He called JJP leader ify who is going to be the real seeking reply of unauthorised cash, a gold medal and a diplo- Sonam and Simpi — were of all the departments to phys- eration that it is a sensitive animals. He said Jal Sansthan Dushyant Chautala a “gappu”, beneficiary of the occupants within three days, ma. The winners will equally related to Kanhaiya. ically inspect the route of the issue. He also told the zonal and should make a provision for saying he just talked big. Rehabilitation package the duration reduced from 15 share the prize money. Another neighbour, procession. To maintain law sectoral officers to bring to his water tankers while fire brigades approved by the union cabinet days, as mandated under the Announcing the award, Surendra Vishwakarma, and and order, the western part of notice if they come across any and ambulances should also be !!! on October 9 as confusion is previous law. Three MPs have the Royal Swedish Academy of his daughter Nidhi (10) also the city has been divided into problems, as Chehellum proces- made available. “Because if they come into prevailing among the members been evicted forcefully last Sciences said the “research died in the explosion, the police five zones and 18 sectors. sion is linked directly to law and The DM said medical facil- the system and not get to do of the displaced families. week and notices have been conducted by this year’s said, adding that four passers- The DM said the control order. The procession will start ities should also be provided at what is their livelihood, it is Chunni pointed out that the sent to three others for force- Laureates has considerably by — Imtiaz (25), Zeeshan room will be set up at Nakkhas from Imambara Nazim Sahib various points on the route and very difficult for them to be Union Cabinet gave its fully eviction. On August 19, improved our ability to fight (15) and Yasir (13) and Shivam police station and there will be and culminate at Karbala CCTV cameras be fitted to part of this system and make a approval to include 5,300 dis- the Lok Sabha Housing global poverty. In just two — were also killed in the blast. sufficient police force along Talkatora moving via Nakkhas, monitor the procession. difference,” said Ganguly. placed families in the rehabil- Committee headed by C R decades, their new experiment- The injured are undergoing The former India captain was itation package, but in the sub- Patil had ordered around 200 based approach has trans- treatment at district hospitals in a part of the Cricket Advisory sequent press briefing and writ- ex-MPs, who did not vacate formed development econom- Mau and adjoining Azamgarh 2",,;2"*6 Committee (CAC), that had to ten statement circulated by the their bungalows, to give up the ics, which is now a flourishing district, they added. Speaking be dissolved after Ethics Officer Government, a specific rider facility within a week and dis- field of research.” They have to reporters outside the Mau DK jain received multiple com- was added that out of 5,300 connected their power, water introduced a new approach to district hospital, Cabinet min- ! " 'J% 1 + + plaints by Madhya Pradesh families only those who and cooking gas connections obtaining reliable answers ister Anil Rajbhar said, “It is a % %%%&'(J()* + The department of Cricket Association (MPCA)’s returned and settled down in within three days. The about the best ways to fight sad incident. A house has been ,-! . - / Science & Technology – Sanjeev Gupta. Ganguly then the State of Jammu & Kashmir Government provides residen- global poverty, it said. Their completely destroyed. The state - /.0 '(%(%'() NCSTC & SKD gave proper examples of how would be entitled for the reha- tial accommodation to its “research findings — and those government is with the Academy organised a this clause created confusion. bilitation package. He said, he employees including the of the researchers following in tragedy-hit family. Every pos- (1% 0* . ! * 2! 3 motivational pro- “If you look at all the appoint- is receiving large number of Members of Parliament and their footsteps — have dramat- sible medical help will be given ''%(%'() ($%$ 0* "! gramme for science stu- ments that have happened in calls from refugees settled out- other dignitaries on a license ically improved our ability to to the injured.” * 2!5 , 2!., dents and teachers of various forms – whether it is side the State to know the fac- basis while they are in service fight poverty in practice,” it A pall of gloom hung over 6 - 2!5.+!7/..8 ,9: Uttar Pradesh through the NCA or CAC or the tual status. “Majority of these or till the term of their office. said. Walidpur. Residents said it ; // , a science exhibition and appointment of batting, field- displaced families continue to However, it is often seen that would be a dark Diwali for ,+, !!! < 7 ((( (((4 demonstration of different projects. The programme, support- ing coaches, there has been live in Delhi, Punjab, Uttar the unauthorised occupants them this year. To prevent fur- 8 ;/888 ""/55 ed by Indian Society for Chronology, was held on Monday. The issue with everything. “Then Pradesh, Uttarakhand, do not vacate the Government “Official documents ther loss of lives, the neigh- exhibition was inaugurated by Cabinet ministers Swami come to commentators or IPL. Maharashtra etc and should be accommodation on expiry of showed the number of cattle as bourhood has been vacated as 2!2 "05> ()?? Prasad Maurya and Rajendra Pratap Singh, along with chair- This needs to be sorted as it is extended the benefit of the the terms and conditions of the 2,500, but during physical ver- some houses have developed (4%(%'()@@ ; - 0*!0 AA5 man of SKD Group SKD Singh. Prof Vinod Kumar from depart- another very serious issue in rehabilitation package,” he said. license as per the rules and uses ification only 954 cattle were cracks due to the explosion, ment of Zoology, Delhi University; Mewa Singh, chief editor Indian cricket.” dilatory tactics to withhold found. Besides, it was also according to police said. of Indian Academy of Sciences; Bhanu Pratap Singh, consul- Over the past few years 67 % !!! the accommodation. found that the officials had Meanwhile, one person tant of Science Engineering and Research Board (Delhi) and under the CoA regime, India Another case is of then BJP given 328 acres out of total 500 was killed while six others of others were present on the occasion. The five-day exhibition lost its position of power in the MP OP Yadav who was allot- , , !!! acres of land of the cow shel- the same family were critical- will consist of interactions, experiments and demonstrations. ICC and its revenue has also ted the Pant Marg bungalow in She said she is also happy ter to farmers, firms and other ly injured in a blast at an ille- The students will get an opportunity to communicate with been curtailed after the ‘Big 2014. Yadav, himself was stay- as one of the joint winners of individuals in an illegal man- gal crackers factory in ! " ##%% renowned scientists. Three’ (India, England and ing in MPs flat at South the prestigious award is her ner,” he added. He also said that Daulatpur village of Kannauj %%%&'()' * + Australia getting bulk of rev- Avenue. Yadav was also denied daughter-in-law. “I am very during investigation, the offi- on Sunday night. The deceased ,-! . - / ;893" enue) concept was done away ticket by the BJP in 2019. happy and proud of his cers could not give satisfacto- were identified as Khushbu - /.0 '(%(%'() On the second day with. “That’s one area, we will Former MP Kameshwar achievements,” said Nirmala, a ry answers to the committee. It (19), whose father Jalaluddin (1% 0* . ! * 2! 3 of ITMO-2019, organ- have to take care of, because in Singh was occupying a flat at former professor of economics was found that in the name of had stored crackers in his ised by City the last 3-4 years, we have not South Avenue which is allotted at the Centre for Studies in fodder and maintenance of house. Police said on Monday ''%(%'() (4% 0* "! Montessori School, received the kind of money that to BJP MP Ran Vijay Singh Social Sciences. Her husband cattle, the number of cattle was that the explosion occurred at * 2!5 , 2!., Gomti Nagar Campus we deserve,” the former India Judev. Last week, the Estate Dipak Banerjee is also a profes- deliberately increased on around 2 am on Monday and 6 - 2!5.+!7/..8 ,9: I, the young mathe- captain said. Department forcefully vacated sor and the head of the depart- papers to misuse Government in the blast the entire house col- ; // , maticians of various Singh, who had contested Lok ment of Economics at then funds, he said. On the basis of lapsed. However, after investi- < 7 ((( (((4 countries displayed 39# !!! Sabha polls in 1967 only once. Presidency College (now the report, District Magistrate gation, the officials maintained 8 ;/888 ""/55 their skills through Mushtaq Hussain Malik Officials said most of the University). “He did great work of Maharajganj Amarnath that the explosion occurred due 2!2 "05> ()?4 various competitions. said so far he had not received requests for guest accommoda- in understanding poverty and Upadhyay, who is also the to LPG leakage. The condition (4%(%'()@@ ; - 0*!0 AA5 The participants showcased their potential in individual and any order or official intimation tions come during Parliament how the poor survived. 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Most of Ministry beginning December robust FASTag solution archi- plazas is done either manually "strong voice" in the the ISIS-linked persons were 1. States signed an MoU for an tecture which already sup- or through other tags. This international community and .; arrested from Tamil Nadu, integrated FASTag with e-way ports approx. 6 million tags leads to inconvenience for the Damascus looks forward to && where 33 radicals were nabbed, bill system and also a NHAI with approximately daily 10 road users. joining hands with it for fur- - followed by 19 from Uttar prepaid wallet system to enable lakh transactions. Another FASTag is acceptable across ther cooperation. & & Pradesh, 17 from Kerala and 14 commuters for a hassle free ride MoU was also signed between over 490 National Highways The envoy also said, ' from Telangana, the NIA said on tolled roads and express- IHMCL and GST Network toll plazas and selected 39+ "Turkey supports terror and all on Monday. "others" category. Terrorism Squads (ATS), Modi ways throughout the country. (GSTN) for integrating E- State highways toll plazas. More countries who support Turkey, + The NIA has registered a "In three of these ISIS cases said the JMB has spread its Road Transport and Way Bill system with FASTag. than 6 Million FASTag were support terror". He said this in total of 287 cases till September from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, activities in States like Highways Minister Nitin "The move assumes special issued till last month, with response to a question on & ( this year and a bulk of it is relat- the accused have admitted that Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gadkari said the integrated significance due to the fact that overall cumulative ETC col- Pakistan extending support ed to terrorism. The number of they were radicalised by Karnataka and Kerala in the tolling system will provide from 1st of December this lection of over 12,850 Crore to Turkey's military offensive & " terror related probe under NIA Colombo suicide bomber guise of Bangladeshi immi- seamless movement for road year, toll collections on all since inception. The total in Syria. ( & probe is 110. Zahran Hashim's videos. grants. users and check revenues leak- National Highways will cumulative number of suc- Pakistan has offered " Of the 177 remaining cases, The NIA had swung into "The NIA has shared with age at toll plazas. Minister of mandatorily be done through cessful ETC transactions car- backing to Turkey in its the agency has registered 50 action only after the Colomobo states concerned a list of 125 State for Road Transport and FASTag only.," said Gadkari ried out is over 5540.67 lakhs offensive against Kurdish K & K' cases for probing insurgency in bombings that took a toll of suspected activists who have Highways Gen. (Retd.) V.K inaugurating a conference on as in September 2019. forces in Syria. &" the Northeast, 48 instances of over 250 persons including 12 close links with the JMB lead- Singh and transport ministers 'One Nation One Tag - FASTag' IHMCL and NHAI have Turkey last week launched &&& Fake Indian Currency Notes Indians in a serial suicide ership," he said. and senior officials from sev- in the national Capital to roll developed the ‘My FASTag an offensive in northern Syria " ' )2/ (FICN), 28 for investigating bombings incident. NIA Inspector General eral states were also in atten- out the process for having a mobile App’ to provide a sin- targeting the Kurdish-led Naxal-related incidents, 15 for The Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Alok Mittal said from 2014 to dance. unified electronic system across gle one-stop solution to FASTag Syrian Democratic Forces. 9& ! & Khalistani terrorism, one case Bangladesh (JMB) was trying 2018, the JMB has set up 20-22 The Ministry is encourag- the country. customers. 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Alexander's first State visit to visit Mumbai and Kochi. militancy in Punjab. passengers of other categories, igant . headed by BJP's Rajya Sabha the CBI about child porn con- As many as 234 members India, following his ascension The ties between India and "The government of India but it would be need-based. Members also asked about member Bhupender Yadav. vict Sasche Treppke, who was were there in the "child pornog- to the throne in 2013. the Netherlands have been on has accepted the request of the Currently, no discount on fares the number of cases in which the Sources quoted a member ask- sentenced to five years in raphy group" comprising 66 In their talks, the Prime an upswing in the last few government of Punjab for grant is offered for any category of government is the litigant and ing the secretary Legal Affairs prison in that country for Indian numbers, 56 Pakistani, Minister and the royal couple years.India and the Netherlands of special remission and release passengers on the Delhi sought detailed response from that if it is true that the involvement in sexual abuse of 29 from the US and the remain- broadly reviewed the overall have a bilateral trade turnover of of five Punjab Police personnel Metro."We are ready with tech- the Department of Legal Affairs Government is the major litigant, children and distributing child ing from 37 other countries. bilateral ties and touched upon $12.87 billion in 2018-19. The undergoing sentence in nology-based solution to pro- in the form of a questionnaire to then why not alternate methods pornography. The agency had sent a ref- possible areas of deepening Netherlands is the fifth largest different jails in Punjab for vide relief to students and senior be sent to the of resolving disputes involving The PE revealed that he was erence to these countries cooperation between the two investor in India with a offences committed during citizens travelling on metro department. Government is the Government to dent huge part of 29 WhatsApp groups through Interpol and some of nations, officials said. cumulative investment of $23 bil- militancy period in Punjab," a trains. The Central Government reportedly the largest litigant in pendency of case were being where child porn was being them have been sharing infor- Earlier in the day, the King lion for the period 2000 to Home Ministry official will implement it appropriate- the courts. taken. shared. These groups have mation related to the users. and the Queen were accorded 2017. PTI said. PTI ly," Puri said. PTI 6 # (9 4! & ,- # # ) ! & # # * " " - ! + .. * * "# ! + . " New Delhi: The Border ## * #6*$670 Security Force (BSF), that #6*$670 select the members of the NMC Those selected include guards important Indian bor- and within a short span of two Professor Rajendra Pandey, VC he Bihar Government sub- ders with Pakistan and he Union Health Ministry months, we have framed the of the West Bengal University of Tmitted before the Delhi Bangladesh, has protested non- Ton Monday finalised the rules, notified those and also Health Sciences, Himanshu A High Court early this month inclusion of its marching con- much-awaited names of 25 carried out the process of selec- Pandya, VC of the Gujarat that the process for payment of tingent in the Republic Day members of the National tion of the part-time members. University, Professor Mahesh Jitendra Gupta, the 2013-batch parade to be held at the Rajpath Medical Commission (NMC) To ensure probity and integri- Verma, VC of the Guru Gobind IAS officer of Bihar cadre, is in January next year, official that will replace the Medical ty of the highest order, a com- Singh Indraprastha University underway and in consideration sources said on Monday. Council of India (MCI), pact body is being selected in Delhi, Rajababu Panwar, VC at PMCH and will be paid to An official order issued by through a draw of lots from the through a transparent mecha- of the Rajasthan University of Gupta before the next hearing, the Union home ministry early nominations sent by the State nism and representation of the Health Sciences and Raj which is November 11, 2019. this month has been accessed Governments, Union territories states and state councils in rota- Bahadur, VC of the Baba Farid The Appointments by PTI and it said that only the and State medical councils. tion. This will facilitate faster University of Health Sciences in Committee of Cabinet is yet to marching and band contin- Once the NMC comes into decision making also," he added. Punjab's Faridkot among others. decide about his posting gents of the Central Reserve being, the MCI will automati- He said the inclusion of Following the same proce- despite the Delhi High Court's Police Force, Central Industrial guarding force, the contingent Central Armed Police Forces cally get dissolved and the members from a diverse back- dure, nine representatives from August 4 deadline. Security Force, Indo-Tibetan was not included. (CAPFs), both CISF and CRPF nearly 63-year-old Indian ground for balanced policy the SMCs of Uttar Pradesh, Gupta had to go to multi- Border Police and Delhi Police The Republic Day parade is were kept out of the January 26 Medical Council Act will stand prescriptions was also being Sikkim, Kerala, Karnataka, ple hospitalisation, including at will be part of the Republic Day an esteemed event and troops event while the contingents of abolished. ensured. Uttarakhand, Arunachal AIIMS. The Supreme Court, parade-2020 to be held on and officers of various uni- ITBP, Sashastra Seema Bal The exercise of selecting The four boards to be set up Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra Delhi High Court and CAT January 26. formed forces take pride in (SSB) and BSF participated in New Delhi: The Border the 25 members took place in the under the NMC Act are the and Manipur were selected. have simultaneously exonerat- The BSF has been asked to showcasing their ceremonial the parade. Security Force (BSF) has sought presence mediapersons, who Under-Graduate Medical In the third segment of the ed the officer of all charges only send its camel contingent best at the event that showcas- These squads, dressed in a modern "anti-drone system" participated in the entire process, Education Board (UGMEB), draw of lots, four members framed against him and direct- and camel-mounted band es the defence, security, devel- their best official and ceremo- that could detect and destroy a which was video-graphed. the Post-Graduate Medical from Tripura, Jammu & ed the Nitish Kumar team. opment and cultural prowess of nial regalia, march down the lone or swarm of suspicious "Today, 25 part-time mem- Education Board (PGMEB), Kashmir, Nagaland and Government to pay the entire "The BSF has taken up the the country. citadel of power at Raisina aerial platforms in the opera- bers, including 10 vice-chan- the Medical Assessment and Madhya Pradesh, who will backlog salary and foot the issue with the home ministry. The about 2.5 lakh per- Hills in central Delhi to the tions area, in the wake of cellors (VCs) from different Rating Board and the Ethics and serve as part-time members for medical bill expenses. It is being considered," a senior sonnel strong BSF is tasked to 17th century-built monument recent spurt of UAVs being states, nine representatives Medical Registration Board. the autonomous boards, were Fearing his postings in home ministry official said on guard India's terror and infil- Red Fort as per tradition. spotted across the India- from the State Medical During the lottery, 10 VCs selected. Bihar, Gupta plead to judicia- the condition of anonymity. tration prone border with The Government, in April Pakistan international border. Councils (SMCs) and four from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Ajay Kumar Khanna from ry, Centre and the State Official sources in the force Pakistan, the crime-sensitive 2017, had told Parliament that A full drone detection system members for the four Gujarat, Delhi, Himachal the Uttarakhand Medical requesting a care transfer. said the BSF marching contin- frontier with Bangladesh and is this random exclusion of the will have radars, radio fre- autonomous boards, were Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Council was selected for the The Delhi High Court had gent was not given a slot in the also deployed to render a num- CAPF contingents was quency receivers, jammers and selected," Union Health Rajasthan, Dadra and Nagar Search Committee from rebuked the Nitish Kumar parade that was held this year ber of tasks in the internal secu- being done due to "time con- system controllers to neutralise Minister Harsh Vardhan said. Haveli, Punjab and Haryana amongst the nine part-time Government for ''humiliating, in January and despite repre- rity domain of the country. straints" during the annual all Unmanned Aerial Vehicles "We had nine months to were selected. members of the NMC. harassing” Gupta. sentation made by the border Last year, amongst the parade. PTI (UAVs). PTI !"#$%!& /
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Narendra Modi were deflecting rescue of harried depositors of decline while unemployment tions, Uttar Pradesh Chief political map by BJP veteran While the BJP says people attention from issues scam-hit PMC Bank and also was at all-time high. Minister Yogi Adityanath on late Gopinath Munde, will of the segment, dominated by concerning common people took a jibe at Modi over his 56- In BJP-ruled Maharashtra, Monday hailed Prime Minister again see his daughter Pankaja Vanjari and Maratha commu- like economic slowdown, price inch chest remark. between 2014 and 2018-19, Narendra Modi for removing Munde and nephew nities, have experienced devel- rise and unemployment. “The Congress will speak 220 factories had shutdown. special status of Jammu and Dhananjay Munde lock horns opment, the NCP leader claims Top BJP leaders, including about Article 370 during the Thousands of industrial units Kashmir under Article 370, a for supremacy in the upcoming his cousin sister could not Modi and party president Amit Assembly elections in Jammu in Pune, an automobile hub, move he described as the State Assembly polls. ensure growth of Parli, despite Shah, have been repeatedly & Kashmir. were on verge of closure, the “final nail in the coffin of ter- BJP leader Pankaja Munde, holding four portfolios in the speaking about abrogation of “But, if the Prime Minister former Congress Minister said. rorism”. a minister in the Devendra state Cabinet and her party in provisions of Article 370 in really has a 56-inch chest, he But, Chief Minister Addressing a public rally in Fadnavis-led state Cabinet, controlling position at the Jammu and Kashmir in their should work to reduce the Devendra Fadnavis and Modi Lonavla in Pune district in sup- idea of “two Prime Ministers, like ‘Beti Bachav, Beti defeated her cousin and NCP Centre. rallies in poll-bound prices of petrol, diesel, onion have no answers to these prob- port of BJP candidate Sanjay two signs, and two Padhao’, leader by a margin of 25,000 “Not a single irrigation Maharashtra and Haryana. and tomato, and also hand lems, Singh said. Bhegde, Adityanath said that by Constitutions” under Article ‘Ujjwala Yojana’, and the votes in the 2014 polls from project was developed over Modi has challenged the over the money of lakhs of “PMC Bank directors have nullifying Article 370 Modi 370. law to criminalise triple talaq Parli, a rural pocket located past five years in the con- Congress to publicly state it will depositors of PMC Bank,” he BJP links and hence Fadnavis turned the idea of “One nation, “The idea of ‘one nation, to make his point. about 470 km from Mumbai. stituency,” Dhananjay Munde restore the controversial con- said. has not uttered a word about great nation” into reality. great nation’ became a reality He said his Maharashtra The BJP is aiming to retain said. stitutional provision, which The Congress spokesman the bank’s collapse. If the Modi “Kashmir, which is called thanks to Narendra Modiji counterpart Devendra the seat this time by highlight- He said work on the Parli- granted special status to Jammu accused the Prime Minister of Government can take 1.76 as paradise on the Earth, and (Union Home Minister) Fadnavis, who is seeking a ing the developmental works Beed-Nagar railway project & Kashmir, if voted to power. always being in campaign lakh crore from RBI (reserves) turned into hell under Article Amit Shah. With this decision, second term, has “transformed” carried in the area, including remains derailed, while road Addressing a press meet mode instead of focusing on using its majority, can’t it ask 370. Terrorists used to kill the final nail was put in the cof- the lives of people by imple- fast-tracking of the rail route projects have also hit road- here, AICC spokesman Jaiveer governance. the RBI to return money to innocent civilians and Indian fin of terrorism. The move has menting several welfare pro- network. blocks. Shergill said instead of asking Speaking at the press meet, PMC Bank depositors?” the soldiers,” he said, adding that sent the message that terrorism jects. The saffron party is confi- “There is not a single good the Congress whether it will AICC general secretary R P N Congress leader asked. the withdrawn provision was a has no place on the Indian soil,” “Gone are the days when dent that people from the seg- road approaching Parli,” he restore the now scrapped Singh said for the Government Singh said the BJP major impediment in develop- he said. thousands of farmers used to ment will vote for Pankaja alleged. Article 370, Modi should talk to find solutions to the eco- Governments at the Centre ment of Jammu & Kashmir. Adityanath also praised commit suicide. The Fadnavis Munde, who is the Minister for The opposition leader also about reducing the prices of nomic slowdown and growing and in Maharashtra have weak- The chief minister also Modi Government for working Government has not only rural development and women feels that Parli’s development petrol, diesel, onion and toma- unemployment, it has to first ened Mumbai’s position as the said that it was Syama Prasad for the cause of the empower- stopped suicides by launching and child welfare, and also was “fettered” as the local civic to whose rate has crossed 70 acknowledge these problems. economic capital by shifting the Mukherjee, the founder of the ment of women, which he said pro-farmer schemes, but also Beed’s guardian Minister. body and 65 per cent of the a kg in retail market. “Accept the problem before proposed International Finance BJP’s forerunner Jana Sangha, was previously restricted only generated employment oppor- However, Dhananjay gram panchayats were being Shergill said the prime you find solutions. Instead a Centre, conceived by the UPA who had staunchly opposed the to “slogans”. He listed schemes tunities for people,” he added. Munde, who is Leader of the led by the NCP. minister should come to the senior Minister like Government, to another State. % / ) PO P & P! ! )2/- ! & =/ % + 9) in native Khatked village at 8.30 the 34,022 crore loan waiver am. He was sporting a colour- scheme “Chhatrapati Shivaji & 9) ing away from discussing the aking an issue of a suicide ful T-shirt with the BJP symbol Maharaj Krishi Samman issues concerning the common Mby a distressed farmer ‘Lotus’ embossed on it along Yojana” which it announced on '"! ormer Maharashtra Chief man in its campaigning. clad in BJP poll T-shirt ahead with the campaign slogan, June 4 2017. FMinister Prithviraj Chavan “People are now realising of Maharashtra Chief Minister “Punha Aanuya Aaple Sarkar” Seeking to blunt the criti- 0 #6 on Monday accused the ruling that Article 370 is being raked Devendra Fadnavis ‘public rally (Let’s Re-elect Our cism of the Opposition parties, BJP of “sidestepping” core up to sidestep the real issues. in Buldhana district of eastern Government). The T-shirts had Fadnavis had lashed out at Sr ttar Pradesh Deputy Chief issues like “economic down- The economy is a cause of con- Maharashta, the Opposition been distributed by the BJP to Pawar an election in Akot talu- UMinister Keshav Prasad turn” and instead raising cern now. Automotive and on Monday slammed Fadnavis activists ahead of the October ka of the epi-centre of farmer Maurya has said voting in rhetoric over abrogation of construction sectors in for lack of “insensitivity” and 21 Assembly elections. The suicide belt— Akola district in favour of the BJP will mean Article 370 in the run-up to the Maharashtra are severely affect- failure to visit the family mem- incident happened on a day Vidarbha region on Saturday. “dropping of a nuclear bomb on State Assembly elections. ed. Joblessness is on the high, bers of the deceased farmers. when Prime Minister Narendra “Farmer suicides are the Pakistan”. Chavan, who is in the fray but the Government is in a A day after 38-year old Modi and BJP president Amit tinued farmers’ suicides in the poor implementation of the sins of Sharad Pawar and his He said the upcoming from Karad South seat in Satara denial mode,” he added. Raju Talware was found hang- Shah were in state were a fallout of the “sins” farm loan waiver scheme Government in Maharashtra. It Maharashtra and Haryana district, dared the State Taking a veiled swipe at ing from a tree branch in his Maharashtra to address elec- committed by former Union announced by the BJP-led saf- started and increased during Assembly elections are crucial Government to name even a Union Ministers Nirmala native village in Buldhana dis- tion rallies. Agriculture Minister and NCP fron alliance Government in your regime,” Fadnavis had as these will be the first polls in single big ticket project con- Sitharaman and Ravi Shankar trict on Sunday morning near Dubbing the incident as president Sharad Pawar and his the state. said the country after the abrogation ceived and implemented by it Prasad for their statements, the venue of the Chief “extremely serious”, Shiv Sena policies. The available official sta- “Pawar is talking about of Article 370, which gave spe- in the last five years. Chavan said, “Instead of Minister’s rally venue, former farmers’ leader Kishore Tiwari At their election rallies, tistics, obtained by RTI activist farmer suicides in his rallies in cial status to Jammu and “Projects like the Navi addressing serious issues, the deputy chief minister and asked the various political par- the NCP and Congress leaders Jeetendra Ghadge, reveal that Vidarbha. I want to ask him, Kashmir. He was addressing a Mumbai international airport, government is blaming Ola senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar ties to cognisance of the agrar- have been slamming the the four years from 6268 in who was in power in public gathering in support of Eastern Freeway, memorials and Uber. They are referring said in Pune on Monday: “The ian crisis and consequent farm- Devendra Fadnavis 2015 to 11,995 in 2018. Maharashtra when farmers BJP candidate Narendra Mehta for Babasaheb Ambedkar and to the box office successes of farmers’ suicides are continu- ers’ distress in the State. “ This Government for its failure to Incidentally, in the first four started committing suicides,” from Mira Bhayander Assembly Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, films to state that all is ing unabated. Yesterday, a dis- kind of incidents turn focus on arrest the farmers’ suicides and months of 2019, as many as 808 Fadnavis had pointed out. segment in Maharashtra’s Coastal Road, Trans-Harbour well.” tressed farmer committed sui- the gravity of the agrarian cri- initiative concrete measures to farmers committed suicides in Fadnavis had charged that Thane district on Sunday night. Link were all conceived by the Chavan also asked the cide the chief minister’s rally sis in the State. The resolve the agrarian distress in various parts of the state. The Pawar had stopped irrigation “By pressing the lotus but- erstwhile Congress-led gov- Government to “reveal links of venue. He was wearing B-T- Government should take con- the state. They have also been farmers’ suicides are continu- water supply to eastern ton (BJP’s poll symbol), not only ernment. The ‘bhumipujan’ for few industrialists with the shirt. Despite such an unfor- crete measures to prevent the targeting the ruling BJP for its ing unabated. Maharashtra and said the lat- Prime Minister Narendra the Metro 3 line was per- banking sector” which he tunate incidents having taken situation from going out of failure to implement the farmer The Opposition’s charge ter’s “corrupt policies” had Modi, Chief Minister Devendra formed by us. Our blamed for “irregularities in place near the CM’s rally venue, hand,” Tiwari said. loan waiver scheme. against the BJP-led saffron deprived the farmers of Fadnavis and Narendra Mehta Government had improved the some PSU banks and the he did not bother to visit the Ajit Pawar’s attack against The severity of the agrari- alliance Government in Vidarbha region of flow of will be benefitted, but it will east-west connectivity in Punjab and Maharashtra family of deceased farmer”. Fadnavis over farmer suicides an crisis in Maharashtra should Maharashtra is that the funds from the earlier DF gov- mean that a nuclear bomb will Mumbai,” he told a press con- Cooperative (PMC) bank”, The farmer’s body was comes on the heels of the chief be seen in the context of the Devendra Fadnavis dispensa- ernment in the state and UPA by itself get dropped on ference. resulting into depositors losing found hanging to a tree branch minister’s charge that the con- unabated farmers’ suicides and tion has badly implemented its government at the Centre Pakistan,” Maurya said. He alleged the BJP was shy- their money. 5 , $" 0 + # %" % $ ! 0 $ ** "# 1" % " $ '! / # said. “Despite waiting for an 6! !0$ day after a group of people hour for victims of water- Agheraoed Bihar Deputy logged Rajendra Nagar area &> Chief Minister Sushil Kumar today, neither any delegation Modi’s residence in Rajendra came to meet him nor any # - Nagar area over problem of memorandum was submitted waterlogging, his close aide to him by the people,” Modi’s wo terrorists, including a said despite waiting for an during the protest. He waited private secretary Shailendra Tsuspected Pakistani nation- hour neither any delegation of on Monday to hear them. Kumar Ojha said in the release. al, shot dead the driver of a the protestors came to meet The statement said that On September 30, Modi Rajasthan truck and assaulted him on Monday nor any mem- the Government had been sen- and his family members were an orchard owner in Shopian orandum was submitted on sitive towards both the VIPs rescued by an SDRF team from district of Jammu and Kashmir their behalf. and the commoners during his flooded residence in on Monday, police said. Angry over problem of the disaster arising on account Rajendra Nagar. However, they The deceased has been waterlogging and accumulation of incessant rains for three returned later to the house. identified as Sharief Khan, they of trash, some people of consecutive days at the end of The State capital was said, adding that the terrorists Rajendra Nagar had on Sunday September. pounded by heavy rain late last carried out the attack in gheraoed Modi’s residence A total of 59,000 affected month leading to waterlog- Shirmal village in located in the same area. people of Rajendra Nagar were ging in areas such as Rajendra desperation as fruit trans- The BJP leader, however, rescued at that time, a release Nagar, Kankarbagh and portation has picked up in the was not present at the house issued by the Dy CM office Pataliputra colony. Valley. 0 #6 the plane, broke a coconut (as The incident came on a day per tradition). Om depicts post-paid cellular services efence Minister Rajnath never-ending Universe”. resumed in Kashmir after a 72- DSingh on Monday said “I acted as per my faith. ( + + day communication clamp- had India possessed Rafale Even other communities like down following abrogation of fighter jets earlier the IAF the Christian, Muslim, Sikh etc Article 370 provisions. would not have needed to worship with words like Amen, Police said “there was a enter Balakot in Pakistan to hit Omkar etc. Even when I was 0278# resentment among the locals the terror camps. performing ‘shastra puja’, peo- over the Monday Addressing a poll rally for ple from communities like & ! % &! $# incidents”. BJP’s Mira Bhayander nominee Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, 0@$6 ) $ said it would rethink its support to TRS for the Narendra Mehta in Buddhists were present at the October 21 bypoll if Chief Minister K Maharashtra’s Thane district event,” he said. he CPI in Telangana on Monday withdrew Chandrasekhar Rao continued with his “oppres- neighbouring Mumbai, Singh At a ceremony in France on Tsupport to the ruling TRS for the October sive” stand against the striking transport cor- . !$ - " $! defended performing ‘shastra Tuesday, Singh formally took 21 bypoll to Huzurnagar Assembly con- poration employees. puja’ while taking delivery of the delivery of the first of the stituency for ‘failing’ to address the issues of agi- The term “self-dismissal” of employees the first Rafale jet in France 36 long-awaited French-made tating State Government transport employees. used by Rao will boomerang on him and he will recently. aircraft acquired by the Indian CPI state secretary Chada Venkat Reddy, be self-dismissed, Venkat Reddy had said, " 4 $ !) / “Had we possessed Rafale Air Force. He also took a sor- while announcing this as the reason for with- adding he should immediately withdraw such fighter jets we would not have tie in the two-seater jet. drawal of support, said it would decide in a day remarks. required to enter Balakot and The Congress has accused or two on which party it would support in the On October 1, Venkat Reddy hadan- 2 /9 on Monday, 42 others are also Jodhpur and Jaisalmer have the launch a strike. We could have Singh of “drama” over per- bypolls. nounced CPIs support to TRS. He had stated being considered for the grant powers to provide Indian citi- struck at Balakot while sitting forming “shastra puja”. Nearly 48,000 employees of different unions that the party discussed the issue at its state exec- ourteen Pakistani migrants of citizenship. zenship to Pak migrants after in India,” he said. On his Rafale sortie, Singh of TSRTC, are on a state wide indefinite strike utive meeting and decided to support the Fliving in Rajasthan’s Jaipur A total of 108 Pakistani complete verification. Singh reiterated that the said he had asked the flight cap- since October 5 on a call given by theJoint TRS candidate “in the prevailing political sit- district for past several years migrants were given Indian cit- Pakistani migrants fighter planes were meant only tain to fly at supersonic speed. Action Committee employees’ unions to accede uation.” were on Monday given certifi- izenship in the last few years, he expressed their happiness rais- for self-defence and not for “Only I and the captain, to their demands. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee cates of Indian citizenship. said, adding Jaipur is a pioneer ing “Bharat Mata ki jai” slogan aggression. who was from Paris, were there These include merger of the RTC with the President N Uttam Kumar Reddy had earlier District Collector Jagroop district in providing Indian cit- and saying that getting Indian On a controversy sur- inside the plane. I wanted to government, pay revision, recruitment to vari- said the CPI should reconsider their support to Singh Yadav said apart from 14 izenship to Pak migrants through citizenship after “so many rounding the “shastra puja”, experience the supersonic ous posts, among others. TRS for the bypoll “in view of TRS government’s Pakistani migrants, who were online process. In Rajasthan, years is an old dream coming Singh said, “I wrote ‘Om’ on speed,” he said. On October 9, the CPI’s State unit had attempts to crush RTC employees”. given the citizenship certificates district collectors of Jaipur, true” for them. !"#$%!& 2
- !3 "!$33 $ ) % ! 3/ 2 9 works since August 5 when Valley saying safety of now they can speak to each Home Minister Amit Shah Kashmiris was more important other. Now, there are no issues. &%7&$%4 $ ! $ !) eaceful precincts across announced the Government’s than mobile services which the Very soon, we will restore PKashmir valley Monday decision to nullify Article 370 terrorists use for internet services,” he remarked. reverberated with buzzing to strip Jammu & Kashmir of their activities and mobilisation. The Governor said that sounds of different ‘ringtones’ its special status, and also “People used to make noise the situation in Kashmir was after a gap of 71 long days, bifurcated the state into two that there is no telephone. We normal and there had been no bringing back smiles on the Union Territories. stopped telephone services violence in the last more than faces of common people, Since morning, every one because terrorists were using two months. including businessmen, stu- was seen hooked on to their them for their activities, mobil- He said in the last two dents and tour operators. mobile phones and struggling isation and indoctrination,” months, “not a single bullet” Large number of people, to get connected as the author- Malik said at a police function was fired in the Valley and no staying away from Kashmir, ities had announced that the here. protests had taken placed as he especially those who had failed services would be restored & '( " $# “For us, the life of a credited the security forces for to get connected with their around 12.00 p.m. Initially the Kashmiri was important and their strict vigil. loved ones in the absence of network was slow but as the tion of mobile calling facility. are also expected to resume not telephone. People were liv- “The Prime Minister land line facilities, finally heard day progressed people started Security forces are also their studies with a positive ing without telephones earlier (Narendra Modi) had con- their parents speak, children talking to each other freely and expecting to intensify their frame of mind to make up for also,” he added. gratulated me for this. I said ‘giggle’ after a long gap. exchanged greetings. counter terrorist operations the loss of two months of class Asserting that mobile that I am not worthy of the / # “Farmers need to be con- Many local residents in Despite shutdown, most across Kashmir valley on room studies. Health care phone services were restored praise and you should thank vinced that stubble burning not Srinagar cheerfully claimed, “It of the streets, wore a festive receipt of real time information providers also heaved a sigh of now, he said people can go the Kashmiri people and the hief Minister Nitish Kumar only has its adverse impact on was like Eid is round the corner”. look across different parts of from different ‘sources’. relief as they were facing lot of about their normal lives and police forces for taking steps to Con Monday expressed productivity but also has its Rough estimates suggested Srinagar and other district Since August 5, total hardships in the absence of claimed that tourists had begun ensure that law and order is concern over the rising trend of effect on environment...Farmers around 40 lakh post paid sub- headquarters following restora- incidents of militant related communication facilities in arriving in the Valley. maintained,” Malik said. farmers in Bihar setting agricul- need to be convinced that the scribers across Kashmir valley tion of mobile calling facilities. violence had come down providing best facilities to their He also ensured that inter- He termed the J&K Police tural residue on fire and warned proper use of stubble will were connected to the outside Tour operators in Kashmir drastically. patients. net services will soon be as one of the best police force the cultivators burning stubble in increase their income too,” the world. valley are looking forward to Students, staying away In Kathua, Governor Satya restored. in the country and promised to fields will be deprived of the facil- CM said. Mobile calling facility was fresh arrival of tourists in the from their classes and gearing Pal Malik defended the com- “Young boys and girls were increase the compensation ities provided by the State Kisan Salahkars (agriculture suspended across all the net- coming days following restora- up for their competitive exams, munication blockade in the having difficulties earlier but amount offered to them. Government. advisors) and representatives Underscoring the adverse from agricultural institutions impact of stubble burning on the should convince the farmers environment, he instructed agri- about the ill-effects of burning * & # %)% culture department officials to stubble/crop residue and create launch a campaign to end the awarness among them against it, " ! practise. “Farmers burning stub- he said. Kumar cited the rainfall + + 37 about this only late in the bered Banerjee as a “shy, it in international arena.” ble (crop residue) in their fields figures to highlight the impact of afternoon when my younger meritorious boy who always Former Bengal Finance # will be deprived of facilities the climate change Bihar has ven as Abhijit Vinayak son called me up.” In his reac- impressed the teachers with Minister and himself an being given by the state govern- witnessed in past few years. EBanerjee became the sec- tion the Nobel Laureate econ- his skills. We used to know alumnus of the historic / ment,” Kumar said while inu- Earlier, the state used to wit- ond Indian economist to win omist said, “I can’t believe him more as Jhima rather Presidency University Dr agurating a two-day interna- ness an average rainfall between the prestigious Nobel Prize that I will get the Prize so than Abhijeet. Ashim Dasgupta said, “The 37 tional conference on “Crop 1200-1500 mm which has came the City of Joy and particu- early. I am happy. ... There are Though I used to come subject of Amitava Banerjee Residue Management” here. down to 750 mm last year, he larly his alma maters South a number of scholars who are second he used to be a topper is almost akin to what we as ndian-American Abhijit The event was organised said. Point High School and yet to get the recognition and was way ahead. Marxist say. His works are a IBanerjee, who on Monday jointly by the State’s agriculture The average rainfall of the Presidency College erupted in and so I fell from the sky to He was equally adept in reflection of the fact that no won the 2019 Nobel for department and Bihar past 30 years, barring this year, is joy with the Kolkata civil know about me getting the English, Mathematics and development can achieve the Economics, said Indian econ- Agriculture University, Sabour 1027 mm out of which 900 mm society congratulating the prize ahead of them. I hope History.” He is agood cook as target without targeting omy is on a shaky ground. (Bhagalpur). was recorded in the past 13 new Nobel Laureate for “tak- their work too will be well, his friends said. inequality.” The data currently avail- The State Government is years. He asked officials to show ing the cause of the poor to acknowledged soon.” Incidentally “he got 232 Another writer remem- able do not hold any assurance providing every possible help to “short film” to the farmers incor- Stokholm at a time when Chief Minister Mamata out of 400 and I got 235 in bered how Banerjee had in a for the country’s economic the farmers in the State, he said porating valuable suggestions inclusive development has Banerjee said “Hearty con- Honours course and some public function in Kolkata revival anytime soon, he stat- adding power is supplied to given by the agriculture scientists fallen prey to market forces.” gratulations to Abhijeet other students got much asked his audience to read his ed. “The condition of Indian them at a rate of 75 paise per unit. and experts at the conference. While his soft spoken Banerjee, alumnus of South more than us. However in book which is “not impreg- economy is on a shaky ground. In addition, the State is giving Deputy chief minister Sushil mother Nirmala Point School & Presidency planning a grand welcome for Part II he got so much marks nable as people think eco- After witnessing the present 60 as subsidy on every litre of Kumar Modi, state Agriculture Bandopadhyay, herself an College Kolkata, for winning him. It is the same that he broke all the records. nomics to be. (growth) data, just can’t be diesel. minister Prem Kumar, farm sci- economist said, “More than the Nobel Prize in Department of Economics This proves the determina- It will make for an easy sure about it (revival of econ- Earlier, the practise of stub- entist Dr Mangla Rai, Dr Eric being my son Abhijeet Economics. Another Bengali that gave us a Nobel Laureate tion in him.” reading and perhaps will omy in near future). “In the ble burning was prevalent in Hutner of the Australian Centre belongs to the whole nation has done the nation proud. in Amartya Sen. Today his Bangla writer Sirshendu throw some light on tackling last five-six years, at least we Delhi and Punjab causing bad for International Agricultural I have nothing to say sepa- We are overjoyed.” student has bagged it. We are Mukherjee said “once again of poverty.” He bagged the could witness some growth, impact on Delhi’s environment, Research (ACAIR) and Bihar rately. The credit belongs to Registrar of Presidency overjoyed.” we have been able to prove award for his “experimental but now that assurance is also he said while adding that the cus- agriculture department secre- India.” College (now University) Abhijeet Pathak a close that India and Indians and approach to alleviating glob- gone,” Banerjee told a news tom has now gained prevalence tary N Sarvan Kumar also She said “I came to know Debjyoti Konar said, “we are friend of college days remem- more so the Bengalis can do al poverty.” channel from the US. in some parts of the State. addressed the conference. #4% " !& + !
(06## ( !)! n unprecedented increase in the num- Aber of visitors to the sea shore town of %%#O P Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram in Tamil) has been the balance sheet of the summit level informal talks between Prime 37 Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held here on Friday engal Chief and Saturday. BMinister The media build up to the event and Mamata Banerjee the discussions held by the leaders of Asia’s on Monday heaped two military powers and that too in front praise on former of the global media has increased the India captain Sourav stature of this ancient town as well as Tamil Ganguli for being Nadu, according to Chief Minister tipped to be the Edappadi Palaniswami. president of Board of Control for Cricket in “The informal summit between lead- India. ers of India and China held at Banerjee said, “heartiest congratulations to Mahabalipuram has made Tamil Nadu a Sourav Ganguly for beingunanimously elected centre of attention among global powers. as the BCCI President. Wish you all the best This has increased the stature of the State,” foryour term. You have made India and Bangla said Palaniswami in a statement released proud. We were proud of yourtenure as CAB on Monday. President. Looking forward to a great new Sunday and Monday saw unprece- innings.” dented crowd making it to the sea shore Bengal Minister Partho Chattopadhyay town and watching with amazement the said “we enjoy great cordialrelation ... I have seen sculptures carved out during the Pallava him closely as to how he learnt the art ofad- and Chola periods of rule. Mahabalipuram rich cultural heritage. This is the first offi- itself were not aware of the significance of ministration from his onetime mentor has been described by archaeologists and cial reaction from the Tamil Nadu Mahabalipuram and the patronage of the Jagmohan Dalmiya. I wish himall the best and historians as Tamil Nadu’s ‘Gateway to Government about the establishment of seaside resort was limited to business hope he will take Indian cricket to new China’. Tamil Nadu-Fujian link by the two heads barons and industrialists who have built heights.” K Pandiarajan, Tamil Nadu Minister of States. The increase in number of farm houses and villas along the sea shore Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh said “we for official language said that the descision tourists to Mahabalipuram during the last town. Hereafter the town would see many have always known SouravGanguli as a great to establish a connect between Tamil Nadu two days prove that the summit talks have tourists from India and abroad flocking to captain. Now we will see his new inning as acap- and the Fujian province of China was a helped the heritage town to boost its main Mahabalipuram,” said T Ramakrishnan, tain of the BCCI where he will start his new recognition for Tamil and Tamil Nadu’s economy –tourism. “People in Tamil Nadu author and columnist. Dadagiri.” -)#" /B= %*#; ' "" # * , ! " # #6*$670 " he Khadi and Village Industries Commission T(KVIC) has bagged an order worth 5.88 37 crore from the Gas Authority of India Limited November and by February 2020, we will (GAIL), in the form of Khadi gift coupons for he Trinamool Congress leadership have the report,” a senior TMC leader its 23,504 employees. Thas decided to conduct a survey to said. Based on the report, the strategy and GAIL agreed to gift Khadi coupons of assess its support base and penetration of selection of candidates would be con- 2,500 to each of its 23,504 employees in all its the BJP in 107 municipalities of the state ducted for the municipal polls, the units across the Nation. The employees, how- and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation leader said. The Trinamool Congress ever, would be able to purchase Khadi and prod- (KMC) that will go to polls in 2020. The leadership has called a meeting of ward, ucts of Village Industries worth 3,250 from the elections to civic bodies are being tipped block and district committees’ presidents coupon of 2,500. The coupons could be as “mini assembly elections” ahead of the on Tuesday. West Bengal Chief Minister redeemed throughout the year at all REC, IOC, MRPL, OIL, JK Cement and BEE crucial 2021 assembly poll in West and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, Departmental Sales Outlets of KVIC. have been implemental in making a com- Bengal. Speaking to PTI on condition of along with senior party functionaries and To give easy access to the employees of GAIL pounding effect on the livelihood of Khadi arti- anonymity, TMC sources said that the Prashant Kishor, will attend the meeting to redeem their coupons, KVIC will organize 3 sans and have been creating more jobs by adding survey would be conducted by the party to prepare a draft strategy for the munic- special exhibitions also, at Pata, District Etawah, thousands of new artisans in KVIC’s kitty,” he with the active help of poll strategist ipal polls. Vijaypur, District Guna and Jhabua, in Madhya said, adding, “These orders will certainly cre- Prashant Kishor and his I-PAC team. According to party sources, the Pradesh where the GAIL have their maximum ate more employment and subsequently raise the Following the TMC’s dismal perfor- results of the 107 municipal polls and the employees. The MOU has been signed between income of the existing artisans. It would also mance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the KMC, covering nearly 60 per cent of the KVIC and GAIL on 10th October 2019. KVIC pave way for KVIC for more convergence with party had appointed the I-PAC to shore state, will act as an indicator of a possi- will deliver the coupon this week. different Ministries and Public Sector Units.” up its popularity in the state ahead of the ble outcome of the 2021 assembly poll. KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena said For the first time. The KVIC launched gift 2021 assembly election. “The survey The municipal polls have acquired more that such huge orders from government and coupon scheme in 2017 and till date gift would look into various aspects, includ- importance due to the BJP making deep PSUs not only increase the income of the arti- coupons of face value worth 89.29 Crores have ing our support base among people, local inroads in the state and emerging as the sans — pivotal in the growth of Khadi sector, been sold which is a record in itself and also an issues, image of the councillors, griev- main challenger to the ruling TMC by but also inspires new entrepreneurs to associ- indication that the people have started adopt- ances of the locals and penetration of the pushing the Congress and the Left Front ate with Khadi with better job avenues. ing Khadi in place of other international BJP in those areas. 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There is nothing voyeuristic about it: Life is returned to its source for renewal. The hoary traditions of 0S $ India’s diverse communities are sanctified by 1 / tradition and sometimes mentioned in sacred texts. The Yajur Veda mentions ani- mal sacrifice, which is today mostly linked " with Shakta (Devi) traditions, widely preva- @DD> 6 # ! lent in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and ( Odisha, where Durga puja during Navratri is accompanied by animal sacrifice to com- 21)$3 memorate the slaying of the asura, Mahisha, ) ) $ " who took the form of a buffalo. essence of economic, commer- amendment and to varying inter- Indian courts are increasing- 2)$"3S ! Hindu dharma is not a canonical faith like cial, political or secular charac- pretations by courts at various ly wading into theology to the the Abrahamic creeds. It is not codified as the ter and, hence, the action of the times, the Tripura High Court detriment of the Hindu dharma. "S 2 immutable word of a particular god as con- State in offering such an animal declared, “Constitutional values In the Shirur Mutt case (1954), BE ;0 4 3 veyed through a messenger. The tradition is for sacrifice is neither permissi- are to be embraced and not to be the Supreme Court enunciated a ! sacred in itself; changes are sanctified as ble under the Indian Constitution 06(3996$ superseded by personal beliefs.” doctrine of essential religious ! desired by age. The existence of a text does nor any statute.” This means that non-canonical practice and ruled that the “essen- not prevent change; absence of one does not The court asserted that the )7 #6) #3# traditions of non-monotheistic tial part of a religion” should be =B>> negate hoary beliefs and practices. “right of offering an animal for (.(6*0# faiths are subordinate to judicial- ascertained with reference to 1 Flawed equivalence led the Tripura sacrifice is not an integral and #@6/76# ly determined “constitutional the doctrines of that religion itself. High Court to ban sacrifice of animals in essential part of the religion, pro- values” that are not mentioned or But now courts are deciding the State-run temples on the eve of Durga ash- tected under Article 25(1) of the /9 #$ defined in any law. “essential” in an interventionist F>>>!G>>> ( tami. The shocked State Government is con- Constitution.” Declaring that the The court issued a blanket manner. sidering an appeal before the Supreme “State has no religion other than 3$66$06 ban on sacrifice within any Five centuries of sacrifice in / Court, while a scion of the erstwhile royal constitutionalism and the expres- $( temple in Tripura and ordered Tripura temples makes the ritu- family said the court cannot overrule sion ‘person’ under Article 25 has the district magistrate/collector al “settled usage and custom.” The ; 1 # 1 ( 21#1(3 promises made at Accession (September 9, to be in reference to natural per- - 68 and superintendent of police of fact that the State Government 4 1947) whereby the State Government would son”, as in the case of the Supreme (3776(3 #$ all districts to ensure compliance shouldered this responsibility in ! continue sponsorship (including sacrifice of Court’s verdict in Sabarimala, it by installing CCTV cameras in 1947 means the deity(s) should animals) of several traditional tribal pujas in ruled that the “withdrawal of 9/6#6#$6# the temples and placing the have been treated as a juristic 14 temples, including Mata Tripureswari such practice would not tanta- video recording before the court entity(s) with the right to its spe- " # 2#3 $ temple and Durga Bari. mount to any change, fundamen- 3./37(63. 77 every month. It is questionable cial puja-paddhati. Indeed, the . ! Responding to a writ petition(C)(PIL) tal in character of the religion.” $(3 if the Constitution permits diversity of Hindu tradition enti- No.2/2018 by Subhas Bhattacharjee (who is Pointing out that human courts to undertake such track- tles all deities with distinct ritu- ( unlikely to use the Tripura precedent to force sacrifice was stopped (by King 6#96 ing. The Tripura judgement als to be treated as denominations ! / ! the issue in West Bengal), the Tripura High Gobinda Manikya, 1660-1667, (3/7 #(6)@ approvingly cites the Supreme under Article 26 of the # Court on September 27, 2019, declared bali 1671-78), the court ruled that the # 77#-((A Court’s verdict on Sabarimala Constitution. (sacrifice) a “social evil” and “against the 500-year-old tradition of sacrific- (2018) that trampled the reli- Finally, the most distressing Constitutional mandate and spirit.” ing animals in Tripureswari Devi ( 6 #06 gious sensitivities of devotees in part of the judgement was the 0S , At a time when more and more State Temple, either by the State or by pursuit of a reformist agenda of comment that sacrifice cannot be 0 - ! Governments are taking over the manage- an individual, is not an essential 6/76' giving equality to women of a permitted as Tripureswari tem- ment of cash-rich Hindu temples and divert- part of the religion and is not pro- G963# )76. particular age group, who did ple is being promoted as an ( , ing monies offered by devotees to their deities tected under Article 25(1) and not want this “liberation.” “international tourist destina- to non-religious purposes, the court ruled that held it to be against the princi- 06(3#93# The issue of locus standi is tion” for people of all beliefs and " the State can regulate or restrict any econom- ple/doctrine of morality and /6(39 relevant. The Tripura bench faiths. Henceforth, the imagined ic, financial, political or secular activity asso- health, and also against the pro- hailed the petitioner as a retired tastes of tourists will dictate the ciated with a religious practice. 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( , "#4"" " ' $ " " 4 " $ 1 $ ! 1 ! " S ! S ( 0 ! ( $ / 19 9( ) " 2$/"3 0 0 # 200#3 2<=3 2;'3 fter more than a year since the April 2018 =>@D!=> 2<@3 Wuhan summit between India and China, Athe leadership from both countries met " again for the second informal summit at the his- toric town Mamallapuram in the southern State <= " of Tamil Nadu. As both the nations consistently @= " rial China. In fact, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai had also visited the place for a short tour during 67 3# O his trip to India in 1956. In the post-colonial era, 03*36 # Council resolution condemning the China. This forms the biggest strategic the narrative for India-China relations has been 36/9$6# “heinous and cowardly terror attacks” asset in bilateral relations. The decision " built around the expression of Asian-African sol- *076 against India, even though initially, its to set up a new high-level economic and $ 0 ( idarity at Bandung (1955), Indo-China rap- 6#-06##- lone opposition in the 15-member trade dialogue mechanism between 1 20(13 ! prochement and pragmatism (1989), shared (0 ##673. Council to any mention of terrorism both will help address India’s concerns vision for the 21st century (2008) and the objec- resulted in a delay of nearly one week in on trade deficit and to promote better tive of the Asian dream (2015). The Wuhan (39#( 3# the issuance of the statement. At the RIC market access to Chinese markets. Quite " #$ " S 0(1 ! Summit, which took place last year post the Summit, China endorsed the proposal notably, both the nations also agreed to -) 6 Doklam standoff, was an attempt to restore the (33$# 3# for a “closer policy coordination to erad- deepen the fight against terror financing 4 ! 3# #-63. ! equilibrium in bilateral relations. It underlined the icate the breeding grounds of terrorism.” and reiterated their resolve to deepen role of “strategic guidance” to the two militaries 96' On the issue of listing Masood Azhar as exchanges at all levels, including )!( ; 1 2)(;13 ! from the leadership to maintain peace and tran- 6!*06#06 global terrorist under UNSC resolution legislatures, cultural and youth organi- ! quility at the border between the neighbours. #6# 3# 7 1267, China finally shifted its position sations. In the post-Wuhan timeline, both Modi and 9 3# after 10 years, a key breakthrough in Global politics remains at the ; Xi have maintained close high-level exchanges with *#6#- bilateral relations, much to the satisfac- crossroads, with rising protectionism and 0 each other, having met at different multilateral plat- $296#! tion of the domestic constituency in unilateralism affecting stability. To this, forms and through various meetings. At the glob- India. Despite remaining apart on tac- add the rise of Asia and other regional al level, both India and China are members of mul- 069 tical and strategic issues, these develop- disruptions, which have come with 067$ ! / tilateral forums like BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, ments do suggest a positive side of bilat- their own set of challenges for both. #$ #$(0# . (6 China and South Africa), Shanghai Cooperation -#.( #(6! eral relations. These uncertainties at the internation- 0 )(;1 0 /3/677#- 7 (0 776#-6 ! Organisation, G20 and Russia-India-China In the context of bilateral relations, al and regional level do pose a common Summit (RIC) sharing common interests in pro- )30# 3#3 Xi’s recent visit to India holds importance concern to both China and India. Thus, " S ! ( ! &" moting globalisation and opposing trade protec- 733.3 for many reasons. First, it underscores it is imperative to boost the idea of “devel- && tionism. In the bilateral context, the sixth Strategic 99 7 the centrality of the leadership discourse opmental partnership” between both and " Economic Dialogue (SED) 2019 reached a “new )7@ #$ and its importance in bilateral relations to strive for greater consultation on all ! consensus” on cooperation in policy coordination, (33/6 3## under the present regime. In countries matters of common interest, right from & && " ! infrastructure, energy conservation and environ- )7 6 7 as vast as India and China, the leaders the economy to security. " ') mental protection, high technology, energy and 67 3# derive their strength from their domes- The summit was an important & S medicine between both. Moreover, at the ninth tic constituencies, which also propels opportunity to deepen dialogue and to Financial Dialogue (2019), both the countries them to keep assuring each other in promote mutual understanding. The ' ! )(;1 aimed to strengthen the framework for macro-eco- order to avoid any crisis in the region. main task before bilateral relations is how ; S nomic cooperation and investment. These devel- Second, the developments in South to remain more prudent while strength- & " opments reflect a desire from both sides towards Asia and China’s inroads in the Indian ening channels of communication and ( 0 2 (03 " greater alignment in their development strategies periphery, including the China Pakistan coordination on a range of issues. At a &" ' $ ! for the future. Economic Corridor (CPEC), remain a time, when the international situation is 0S On defence cooperation, both the countries source of concern for New Delhi. This witnessing re-adjustments, the summit & ( 4 resumed their Annual Defence Joint Military kind of summit allows for better under- held significance, propelling both nations ! Exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’, 2018, in the city of standing of each other’s intentions in a to look for mutual stability and cooper- O & ! Chengdu, China and will hold it again in positive and open manner from the high- ation in bilateral relations. As was aptly & " $ & ( =>>E ?/ $ ! ebration of the 70th anniversary of the People’s region. This also sets a better direction ation will begin today through the Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in China. for bilateral relations in the future. And Chennai Connect.” " " ' After the Pulwama terror attacks in Jammu third, the summit holds significance for (The writer is a PhD in East Asian L P ! M " # ! & Kashmir, China had backed the UN Security economic relations between India and Studies and teaches at Delhi University.) " 0 $ ; - ! ! # / ? 2#/?3 " )(;1 0 ++ ( 0 " S ! 9ytvuq vq uywus yssyyxuE uux truyyw quvxuqsy uqy 6 *! xutqqwuqt uqs suu qtq rytvysquyyusuqtqyqryy ! " $ ! world was looking to India for and political unwillingness to economies even today. Joseph tion — reviving demand, One of the reasons is that con- / its ability to sustain and attract address issues such as climate Stiglitz, noted American increasing expenditure and cre- sumer confidence is at an all- @H 4 foreign investments and the change and terrorism could Economist in his book Freefall: ating jobs. time low. As per the RBI’s latest S radical reforms it initiated in the potentially trigger a full-blown America, Free Markets, and the Reviving the weakening Consumer Confidence Survey, past. Globally, economies, both economic crisis. Caroline Sinking of the World Economy demand for goods and services people’s feelings around employ- " =>>E in developed and developing Anstey, Senior Adviser, points out that “during the Great is one of the foremost steps to ment, income and discretionary ; / countries, are grappling with a Sustainable Markets, World Depression of the 1930s, the eco- boost growth and provide an spending are at a six-year low. Therefore, the challenge at hand " similar crisis where growth rates Economic Forum, in a recent nomics profession, especially immediate relief to a sagging 9 ) have seen a major slowdown and article, titled “We need an eco- in America, was having a hard economy. A fillip to private is to restore consumer confi- 6 S this is expected to continue. nomic model that works for peo- time. The reigning paradigm consumption will do wonders in dence so that instead of holding # / ( 2#/(3 ! In a consumption-led econ- ple and the planet” highlights then, as now, held that markets ensuring that people spend back, people may loosen their S )(;1 ndoubtedly, India is omy like India, the revival of that “an increasing number of were efficient and self-correct- money, thereby triggering a purse strings a bit. , going through a bad growth will largely depend on millennial business leaders and ing. As the economy plunged gradual rise in demand and thus, The rising employment rate S Uphase in its economic how much people spend. women in particular are calling into recession and then depres- production of goods and ser- has added to the current slow- growth history. Data released by Therefore, the Government’s for a new kind of market: A sus- sion, many gave some simple vices. But spending will happen down and will further escalate " S the Ministry of Commerce and challenge is to put cash in their tainable market, an inclusive, advice: Do nothing. Just wait and only when there is money in the it if this is not contained. As per " I ( Industry, the Reserve Bank of hands, provide relief to labour- equitable, green and profitable the economy will quickly recov- hands of the people. Usually, the latest Periodic Labour Force (0 India (RBI) and the National intensive sectors, rationalise market where sustainable prin- er.” It was around this time that during slowdowns or recession, Survey (PLFS), the unemploy- 0 ( (0 )(;1 Statistical Office (NSO) indicate Goods and Services Tax (GST) ciples drive growth, generating John Maynard Keynes, a British people prefer to hoard money or ment rate in India stands at a 45 the likelihood of a prolonged rates, create jobs and revive long-term value through the economist of the time, pro- deposit it in banks for future use. year high. Employment gener- 0 period of slow growth, while demand for goods and services. integration and balance of nat- posed a remedial action in the And it seems that is exactly what ation is a key component of a Moody’s Investors Service cut But such measures are not ural, social, human and financial form of increasing expenditure is happening here at the stable economy. When there - our Gross Domestic Product meant to produce a long-term capital.” Tough times call for flex- and creating more jobs to tack- moment. Therefore, the are enough jobs for people, (GDP) growth forecast for 2019- impact but work well in the ible, sustainable and resilient le a prolonged period of slow- Government should announce credit availability and discre- 5 ! 20 to 5.8 per cent from the ear- shorter term. policy action that will lay a down. For a demographically more festive bonuses and incen- tionary spending will naturally 0 lier estimate of 6.2 per cent. According to the UN Trade roadmap for securing the future, vast India, this may seem incred- tives so that higher expenditure go up, resulting in increased eco- Further, the macroeconomic and Development Report 2019 in drawing lessons from the pre- ibly challenging but consump- may result in revival of goods nomic activity. Amid fears of a )(;1 0 data shows that factory output Geneva, global growth is expect- sent crisis. tion and job creation hold the and services. Another way that worsening economic crisis, the S figures fell by 1.1 per cent in ed to witness a decline from As a result, vulnerabilities in key to economic revival. the Government can boost Government should be willing JB! August, recording the poorest three per cent in 2018 to a pro- the current economic policies Evidently, many would agree growth and revive demand is by to take further action to fix the production rates in seven years. jected 2.3 per cent in 2019-20. and periodic slowdowns have that it was President Franklin D way of offering tax cuts. The damage and propose a long- 6 These and several other With increasing debt levels, become subjects of intense Roosevelt’s New Deal recent announcement of corpo- term roadmap to build econom- " factors that have led to the fis- subdued growth and escalation debate and scrutiny globally, Programme that pulled America rate tax cuts is a welcome step ic resilience, sustainability and S ; - ! cal slowdown don’t augur well in trade tensions, global eco- raising questions on the eco- out of the Great Depression that in this direction. flexibility and secure the future - for a country that for nearly two nomic growth momentum has nomic models that financial focussed a lot of its attention on Though the recent mea- of the world’s second-most pop- 4 years enjoyed the tag of “the suffered badly. Rising trends of markets are following. This is expenditure and job creation. sures that the Government has ulous country. fastest growing major economy hyper-nationalism manifested particularly true as the impact of The immediate steps to announced aim to increase (The writer is a communica- 2 3 in the world.” Moreover, the in the form of inward looking the 2008 global economic melt- revive the economy should, spending, very few of them will tions professional and a graduate deceleration struck when the trade policies, de-globalisation down continues to haunt many therefore, take into considera- serve the intended purpose. in Economics) '() ; !"#$%!& (# &$ * + ,- -. . + , +.., +. 0) +, + 0. 102,. 2 , - +# . . ,- 2# ., + +3 ,-+3 0 00 4 +,+ . 4 0.+ . 2, + + 4-.+- . -14 +. -.+0 ., -+.
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Democrats say hand-picked ambassador to Congress is well within its the European Union, is among power as the legislative branch administration officials being to conduct oversight of the subpoenaed to appear on president and it is Republicans, Capitol Hill this week against company linked to the family identity. having grown weary of Trump’s the wishes of the White House. of a chief Democratic presi- Democratic Rep. Adam actions, who may be in the It's the latest test between the dential rival, Joe Biden. Schiff, chairman of the House greater political bind over a legislative and executive One witness who may not Intelligence Committee, said vote. Rep. 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Sondland’s appearance account of their work acting as have grown deeply concerned The impeachment inquiry comes after text messages from intermediaries around the time about protecting the person is testing the Constitution’s top ambassadors described 3@3 and river flooding,” Chief ber. The disaster left tens of Trump urged Ukraine’s new from Trump’s threats over the system of checks and balances their interactions leading up to Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide While Hagibis, one of the thousands of people in shelters, president, Volodymr Zelenskiy, matter and may not wish to risk as the House presses forward Trump’s call and the after- ens of thousands of res- Suga told a news conference. most powerful storms to hit the with many unsure when they to start investigations into a exposing the whistleblower’s with the probe and the White math. Tcue workers in Japan bat- In Nagano, one of the Tokyo area in decades, packed would be able to return home. tled on Monday to find sur- worst-hit regions, rain was wind gusts of up to 216 kilo- “Everything from my vivors of a powerful typhoon already falling and was expect metres (134 miles) per hour, it house was washed away before that killed at least 43 people, to intensify. was the heavy rains that caused my eyes, I wasn’t sure if it was " / as fresh rain threatened to “We are concerned about most damage. a dream or real,” a woman in Q3 @1@1R hamper efforts. the impact of the latest rain on A total of 142 rivers flood- Nagano told NHK. Typhoon Hagibis crashed rescue and recovery efforts,” ed, mainly in eastern and “I feel lucky I’m still alive.” & into the country on Saturday local official Hiroki Yamaguchi northern Japan, with river The storm brought travel night, unleashing high winds told AFP. banks collapsing in two dozen chaos over the holiday week- 9# and torrential rain across 36 of “We will continue opera- places, local media said. end, grounding flights and the country’s 47 prefectures, tions while watching out for In central Nagano, a levee halting commuter and bullet and triggering landslides and secondary disasters due to the breach sent water from the train services. * 0#-3# Shringla also termed the per- pletely receptive to working )97 catastrophic flooding. current rain.” Chikuma river gushing into By Monday, most subway petrators of referendum as with the community,” he said, “Even now, many people By late Monday afternoon, residential neighbourhoods, trains had resumed service, ndia has termed as “bogus” agents of Pakistan. adding that the Indian fghan election officials are still unaccounted for in the national broadcaster NHK said flooding homes up to the sec- along with many bullet train Ithe “Referendum 2020” by a “These are people sup- Embassy, along with eminent Asay delayed presidential disaster-hit area,” Prime the toll had risen to 43 dead, ond floor. lines, and flights had also handful of pro-Khalistan sup- ported, as we know, by our members of the community, election results should be Minister Shinzo Abe told an with 16 others missing and over As water slowly receded restarted. porters, saying they are the neighbouring state who was was planning to celebrate the ready later this month, after emergency disaster meeting 200 people injured. The gov- Monday, television footage The storm also brought agents of Pakistan who have constantly opposed us. They 550th birth anniversary of technical problems with the on Monday. ernment gave lower figures showed patients being trans- havoc to the sporting world, spread false rumours. are agents of that state. They Sikhism founder Guru Nanak counting. “Units are trying their best but was continuing to update ferred by ambulance from a forcing the delay of Japanese Stressing that those sup- have spread false rumours and Dev on November 12. Hawa Alam Nuristani, to search for and rescue them, its information. Nagano hospital where some Grand Prix qualifiers and the porting the idea had “little propaganda,” Shringla said. “It will be a tremendous head of the Independent working day and night,” Abe The dead included a 200 people had been cut off by cancellation of three Rugby support” from the community, Praising Sikhs for playing event. We we’ll have the par- Election Commission, says said. municipal worker whose car flooding. World Cup matches. India’s Ambassador to the US a role in strengthening the ticipation of congressmen, Monday that the goal is to But even as rescuers, was overcome by floodwaters Elsewhere, rescuers used But a crucial decider pit- Harsh Vardhan Shringla said US-India relationship, the important people from the meet the deadline for including troops, combed and at least seven crew from a helicopters to winch survivors ting Japan against Scotland such groups were “getting des- envoy said, “We will continue United States. It is a symbol of announcing the preliminary through debris, the country’s cargo ship that sank in Tokyo from roofs and balconies, or went ahead, with the hosts perate” and going into “acts of to work with the majority of the not only the success of the Sikh results on Oct. 19. weather agency forecast rain in Bay on Saturday night, a coast steered boats through muddy dedicating their stunning 28-21 terrorism”. This is for the first community and ignore those community but also a support She says the data of more central and eastern Japan that guard spokesman said. waters to reach those trapped. win to the victims of the dis- time that a top Indian diplomat who are a small and dwindling for a strong India-US relation- than one million voters has it warned could cause further Four others, from China, By Monday afternoon, aster. has come out openly against community.” ship,” Shringla said. been successfully transferred flooding and new landslides. Myanmar and Vietnam, were some 75,900 households “To everyone that’s suffer- the “Referendum 2020”, pro- Sporting a traditional Sikh Eminent Indian-American to servers after technical prob- “I would like to ask people rescued when the boat sank remained without power, with ing from the typhoon, this moted by separatist Sikhs for turban and dressed in a white Sikh leader Jassee Singh also lems with biometric devices to stay fully vigilant and con- and the coast guard was still 120,000 experiencing water game was for you guys,” said the creation of Khalistan. kurta and payjama, the ambas- said the proponents of used in the voting process. tinue watching for landslides searching for a last crew mem- outages. Japan captain Michael Leitch. “The organisers (of refer- sador also interacted with the “Referendum 2020” did not The UN Assistance endum) are just a handful of members of the Sikh commu- represent the voice of the com- Mission in Afghanistan urged people. The so-called nity at the event hosted by the munity, stressing that they in a statement on Sunday that Referendum 2020 is a bogus Sikh Association of Baltimore were just a small group. the electoral commissions 2- D issue,” he told reporters after a Gurdwara and the Sikhs of “At the end of the day, we safeguard and properly com- & visit to a Sikh gurdwara in America. Asserting that the are working with the Indian plete the election process. Baltimore. Modi government had taken government on several Sikh Afghans voted in presi- " “They are getting desper- steps to address grievances of issues. And we are getting dential elections earlier last ate, going into acts of terrorism the community, Shringla said things done through talks,” he month despite Taliban threats and also militancy. I think there were no more issues on said, adding that a vast major- and violence. However, the they would be a thing of the the table. ity of the Sikh community polling was marred by wide- 6397 past,” Shringla added. “And whatever they are, the throughout the world was with spread misconduct and accu- 60 # Responding to a question, (Indian) government is com- India. sations of fraud. mbattled South Korean ran on Monday released pic- Ejustice minister Cho Kuk Itures showing two gaping holes resigned Monday as a scandal in the hull of an oil tanker it swirled over academic privi- +A" alleges was attacked off Saudi leges allegedly given to his Arabia last week. Tehran says the children. Iranian-flagged Sabiti tanker was Huge crowds have taken hit by two separate explosions off to the streets recently — both Q R3 the Red Sea port of Jeddah on against and in support of the Friday. former law professor — fol- It is the first Iranian ship to lowing his appointment by *677#-3# needed to improve resources to had removed 1.5 million posts she has called the Christchurch have been targeted since a spate liberal President Moon Jae-in. curb the spread of online hate. of the video streamed by the Call. of attacks on vessels in the Gulf Cho’s relatives have been ew Zealand will establish “We will have a dedicated alleged killer. Companies such as that Washington blamed on at the centre of probes involv- “I have endured day after and top schools are fre- Na team of investigators team focused on targeting and Internal Affairs Minister Facebook, Amazon, Google, Tehran. The images released by ing educational privileges day trying to fulfil my duty to quently criticised for elitism dedicated solely to tackling disrupting violent extremist Tracey Martin said response Twitter and Microsoft have all the tanker’s owner, the National allegedly granted to his chil- reform the prosecution,” Cho — including by Cho, who online extremism, as it moves content across our digital chan- times from authorities needed signed up to the initiative. Iranian Tanker Company, are dren, and also investments in said in a statement, noting his said they create an “unfair to address failures exposed by nels,” she said. to be better so objectionable Ardern has also tightened dated Sunday and show two an equity fund suspected of “heavy heart”. society”. the Christchurch mosques “This will work in a simi- material was removed more New Zealand’s gun laws in the holes above the waterline on the dubious operations. President Moon accepted He was accused of massacre, Prime Minister lar way to how we target child quickly, denying extremists a wake of the massacre and set ship’s starboard side. Cho’s wife Chung Kyung- Cho’s resignation and said he hypocrisy when it emerged he Jacinda Ardern said Monday. sexual exploitation material, platform. up a judicial review into The attack caused oil to spill sim, a university professor, was “sorry for division” his had sent his daughter to an Ardern has led global by working with online content “The ease and speed with whether police and intelligence from the tanker into the Red Sea, has been indicted for alleged- appointment had caused. elite institution, and that she efforts to force technology hosts to find and remove harm- which the March 15 terrorist services missed warning signs the NITC said, before it was even- ly forging a college award for But he noted Cho had had appeared to have bene- firms to clamp down on ful content.” Ardern said the attack spread online showed we about the threat posed by right- tually controlled and the vessel their daughter, with a trial dutifully carried out his mis- fitted from family connec- extremist material since a lone Internal Affairs department need to improve our systems to wing extremists. began slowly moving back slated to begin on Friday. sion during his 35-day stint tions. gunman killed 51 Muslim wor- would hire 17 specialists in respond just as swiftly,” she The alleged Christchurch towards Gulf waters. The incident His two children have and stressed the importance Analysts say the scandal shippers in March, streaming investigative, forensic and intel- said. gunman, Brenton Tarrant, has follows a series of unexplained also been questioned by pros- of following up on Cho’s has laid bare worsening class part of the atrocity on ligence work to focus on violent Ardern said the latest move pleaded not guilty to 51 counts attacks in May and June on ecutors. unfinished work. divisions in South Korea, the Facebook. extremist content online. complements her push to make of murder, 40 of attempted shipping in and around the Gulf, Supporters say Cho’s fam- “His whole-hearted world’s 11th largest economy. But she said the attack, Within 24 hours of the global tech giants more murder, and engaging in a ter- a vital waterway linking oil-pro- ily has been unfairly targeted reform drive... has sparked Cho made a note of this which targeted two mosques in Christchurch attack, allegedly accountable for online extrem- rorist act. ducing countries to world mar- by prosecutors because of consensus on its needs,” he Monday, saying he was the South Island city, also carried out by a self-described ism and more responsive to His trial will begin on June kets, as well as drone attacks on his promise to reform the said. Education is South “deeply sorry” for disap- showed her own government white supremacist, Facebook requests to remove it, which 2 next year in Christchurch. Saudi oil installations. investigative agency. Korea is intensely competitive pointing young people. " 6$B + 3(037 American wife, also at the MIT nomics. This new research is now The Laureates’ very first Indian cities. Schools in Mumbai areas such as health, access to applied on site. Duflo and others showed that tar- and Kermer, the Harvard delivering a steady flow of con- studies examined how to deal and Vadodara were given access credit, and the adoption of new Second, they relied on the geted support for weak pupils had nnovative research by Abhijit University economist, have used crete results, helping to alleviate with problems relating to edu- to new teaching assistants who technology. fundamental insight that much of strong positive effects, even in the IBanerjee and his wife Esther innovative research based on the problems of global poverty, it cation, the RSAS said. would support children with “The three Laureates were at what we want to improve (such medium term. This study was Duflo and their extensive field field experiments to lay the foun- said. “Using innovative research In their field experiments, special needs. the forefront of this research. Due as educational outcomes) reflects the start of an interactive process, studies in India have not only dation for the best way to design based on field experiments, more textbooks and free school These schools were inge- to their work, field experiments numerous individual decisions in which new research results played a decisive role in reshap- measures to reduce global pover- Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer meals had small effects, while tar- niously and randomly placed in have become development econ- (for example among pupils, par- went hand in hand with increas- ing research in development ty. have laid the foundation for geted help for weak students sig- different groups, allowing the omists’ standard method when ents and teachers). ingly large-scale programmes to economics but also helped them This year’s Laureates have answering this question that is so nificantly improved educational researchers to credibly measure investigating the effects of mea- Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer support students. These pro- to win the 2019 Nobel Prize in shown how the problem of glob- vital to humanity,” it said. outcomes. In contrast to tradi- the effects of teaching assistants. sures to alleviate poverty,” it said. not only tested whether a certain grammes have now reached Economic Sciences on Monday al poverty can be tackled by There has long been an tional clinical trials, they have The experiment clearly showed The experiments designed intervention worked (or not), but more than 100,000 Indian along with fellow-American breaking it down into a number awareness of the huge differences used field experiments in which that help targeting the weakest by them have two distinctive fea- also why, the RSAS said. schools, the RSAS noted. economist Michael Kremer. of smaller — but more precise — in average productivity between they study how individuals pupils was an effective measure tures. First, the participants made The Laureates have also been They found that students According to The Royal questions at individual or group rich and poor countries. behave in their everyday envi- in the short and medium term, actual decisions in their everyday at the forefront of research on the who had teachers on short-term Swedish Academy of Sciences levels, the website of RSAS said. However, as Banerjee and Duflo ronments. the RSAS said. environments, both in the inter- issue of external validity and contracts had significantly better (RSAS), Banerjee, the Indian- Over just 20 years, this have noted, productivity differs In the first of these experi- These early studies in Kenya vention group and in the control developed new methods that test results, but that having fewer American economist at the approach has completely greatly, not only between rich and ments, Banerjee, Duflo and oth- and India were followed by many group. This meant that the results consider crowding-out effects pupils per permanently Massachusetts Institute of reshaped research in the field poor countries but also within ers studied remedial tutoring new field experiments in other of testing a new policy measure, and other spillover effects, it employed teacher had no signif- Technology, Duflo, his French- known as development eco- poor countries, it said. programmes for pupils in two countries, focusing on important for example, could often be said. 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Queen Elizabeth II is but that there is still a signifi- refuse to sign off on a Brexit ter said Monday, after a week- there are pretty detailed tech- due to step into the fray by per- cant amount of work to get extension request. end of intense talks between nical discussions now and I forming her ceremonial duty of there and we must remain pre- His refusal would imme- Britain and the EU. think we need to give the time informing parliament about pared to leave on October 31.” diately be contested in court. With time running out and space for that to happen.” the government’s agenda for Johnson rose to power in The EU leaders could com- before a crucial EU summit on Barnier, the bloc’s chief the coming year. July on a promise not to extend plicate matters further still by Thursday, diplomats are warn- Brexit negotiator, briefed EU But the odds of Prime Brexit for a third time this year deciding to offer Britain exten- ing the two sides are still some ambassadors late Sunday after Minister Boris Johnson’s tenure — even if only a few more sion terms that parliament way apart on the vital question a weekend of talks between lasting that long will depend weeks are needed to get a deal cannot accept. of how to manage trade and officials described as “intense” largely on the outcome of hur- done. Breaking that pledge But Brussels might want to customs on the island of and “constructive”. ried discussions held behind could come back to haunt him push Brexit back further into Ireland. After weeks of gloom the closed doors in Brussels around in an early general election that next year so that it stops inter- As talks between officials last few days have given a the same time. most predict for the coming fering with all the other restarted in Brussels, Irish glimmer of hope that an agree- EU leaders will then meet months. European issues piling up. deputy PM and foreign minis- ment can be reached, but there on Thursday and Friday for a Johnson is under parlia- A long delay would be ter Simon Coveney urged cau- has so far been no decisive summit held under the pres- mentary orders to seek an untenable for many euroscep- tion but said a deal to avoid breakthrough. sures of the October 31 Brexit extension until January 31 of tics ahead of an early election P +9 C7& D2$& D2 *! Britain crashing out without Other European foreign deadline just two weeks away. next year if no deal emerges by that some expect as early as & ! " divorce arrangements in place ministers were cautious but Diplomats see little hope Saturday. December. could be reached. Luxembourg’s Jean Asselborn that the sides can achieve in a He has insisted that he But a short one of a few “A deal is possible and it’s said he believed a deal was pos- few days what they had failed will both follow the law and get months might only come on possible this month. It may sible. to in the more than three years Britain out by October 31 — a the condition that it is the last. 463 C even be possible this week, but Asked if a deal could be since Britons first voted to contradiction that might end The last and seemingly we’re not there yet,” Coveney done this week, Spanish leave the bloc after nearly 50 up being settled in court. least likely outcome would see London (AFP): Britain’s government is planning with governing,” he added. Britain and the EU told reporters as he arrived for Foreign Minister Josep Borrell years. Outgoing EU chief Jean- parliament vote on an actual a first post-Brexit budget for November 6, one are currently locked in last-ditch talks to secure talks with EU foreign ministers said: “We hope so. Hope is the “A lot of work remains to Claude Juncker said British agreement reached in Brussels week after it expects the country to have left the a divorce deal ahead of a crunch two-day sum- in Luxembourg. last thing to be lost.” be done,” EU negotiator Michel politics were getting more dif- against all odds this week. European Union, finance minister Sajid Javid mit for European leaders in Brussels starting “As (EU negotiator) Michel Barnier will brief a gath- Barnier told ambassador ficult to decipher than the rid- Brussels insists that the announced Monday. “This will be the first bud- Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists Barnier said yesterday, there’s ering of EU ministers in Sunday. dle of an “Egyptian sphinx”. ball is now in Johnson’s court. get after leaving the EU,” Chancellor of the that Britain will leave the bloc on October 31 still a lot of work to be done so Luxembourg on Tuesday to Technical talks are contin- “If the British ask for more “If the British government Exchequer Javid said in a statement. as scheduled, even without an agreement. I hope that we can make more prepare Thursday and uing — variously described as time, which they probably will wants a solution, it must move “I will be setting out our plan to shape the But British MPs last month passed a law progress today.” Friday’s summit, held under “intense” or “constructive” — not, it would in my view be a quickly now,” a European diplo- economy for the future and triggering the start requiring him to request a Brexit extension if no “On Brexit the less we say the pressure of the October but few familiar with the historical nonsense to refuse mat told AFP. “The clocking is of our infrastructure revolution. This is the right deal has been finalised by the end of the sum- now the better,” he added, 31 Brexit deadline just two process can point to progress them,” Juncker told Austria’s ticking.” and responsible thing to do — we must get on mit. implying that delicate negoti- weeks away. 2# " + ! G93 Nations, which mediated the which was shrouded in thick talks along with the Catholic smoke after being attacked cuador’s president and Church. with fire bombs. Eindigenous leaders reached “The measures applied in The prosecutor’s office said 77 an agreement Sunday to end all our territories are lifted,” 34 people were arrested. nearly two weeks of violent confirmed Vargas, wearing face Protesters on Saturday also yrian regime forces moved protests against austerity mea- paint and a head wreath of targeted a television station Stowards the Turkish bor- sures put in place to obtain a feathers. and a newspaper. der Monday after Damascus multi-billion-dollar loan from Moreno had declared a The Teleamazonas TV reached a deal with belea- the IMF. curfew and placed Quito under channel interrupted its regular guered Kurdish forces fol- President Lenin Moreno military control to quell the broadcast to air images of bro- lowing a US withdrawal met with Jaime Vargas, the unrest. ken windows, a burned vehicle announcement, AFP corre- head of the indigenous umbrel- On Sunday, violent clash- and heavy police presence on spondents reported. la grouping CONAIE, for four es continued before the talks the scene. Soldiers waving Syrian hours of talks in the capital began as police fought to dis- The station evacuated 25 flags deployed west of Tall Quito broadcast live on state perse protesters who tried to employees, none of them hurt. Tamr, not far from the flash- television. put up a barricade of debris Nearby, protesters built point border town of Ras al- “With this agreement, the from Saturday’s unrest. barricades in front of the Ain, which has been a key mobilizations... across Ecuador “Native brothers, I have National Assembly building as target of Turkish forces and are terminated and we commit always treated you with respect police fired tear gas at them. their proxies since they ourselves to restoring peace in and affection,” Moreno said as industry hard with the energy towards a peaceful solution.” “We have nothing to do launched their onslaught six $! ! !( $ the country,” said a joint state- the talks opened. “It was never ministry suspending more than Ecuador’s indigenous with the events at the comp- days ago. '$! '(! 8 ment, adding the government my intention to affect the poor- two-thirds of its distribution of groups make up a quarter of troller’s office and Tall Tamr is about 30 had withdrawn an order that est sectors.” crude. the country’s 17.3 million peo- Teleamazonas,” said CONAIE. kilometres (18 miles) from aired footage of people wel- der offensive on areas that removed fuel subsidies. Protesters had converged Protesters seized three oil ple. Thousands from disad- El Comercio newspaper the border but the Syrian coming the soldiers. were controlled by Kurdish Rocketing prices after on Quito from around the facilities in the Amazon. vantaged communities from reported on Twitter that its Observatory for Human According to a newspaper forces it considers to be a ter- Moreno cut the subsidies to country. Authorities said 1,349 CONAIE had previously across the Amazon and the offices were attacked by a Rights said some units in close to the Damascus rorist organisation. obtain a $4.2 billion loan from people had been injured and rejected an offer of dialogue but Andes have traveled to Quito “group of unknowns.” the area had moved as close regime, Syrian forces were The move came after a the International Monetary 1,152 detained in the demon- reversed course Saturday. to spearhead demands the sub- Protesters did not immediate- as six kilometres (four miles). also expected to deploy in the pullback of US troops from Fund sparked 12 days of strations. UN Secretary General sidies be reinstated. ly heed the curfew that went AFP correspondents said areas of Manbij and the bor- the border area effectively demonstrations that left seven The violence forced Antonio Guterres earlier called Demonstrators on into effect on Saturday, with the government forces were der town of Kobane, further gave Ankara a green light to people dead. Moreno to relocate his gov- on all groups “to commit to Saturday ransacked and set security forces struggling to met by cheering residents east. On October 9, Turkey launch its long-prepared The statement was read by ernment to Ecuador’s second inclusive and meaningful talks, fire to the building housing the impose order in some parts of and Syrian state television launched a broad cross-bor- operation. an official from the United city, Guayaquil, and hit the oil and to work in good faith comptroller general’s office, the city. ;952 ( * 0#-3# Aziz, Muhammad Ashraf and complete it by October 2019, or India’s decision evoked & & Abdul Salam. face the risk of being placed on strong reactions from Pakistan, akistan must prevent mili- “As Prime Minister Imran the black list with Iran and which downgraded diplomat- $$ Spain following an illegal inde- Ptant groups from operating Khan has said, Pakistan, for its North Korea. ic ties and expelled the Indian pendence referendum, while " on its soil and prosecute top own future, must prevent mil- The ongoing review — ambassador. pain’s Supreme Court on three received lesser sentences. Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives itant groups from operating on from October 12 to 15 — of Pakistan has been trying to SMonday convicted 12 for- Although prosecutors had along with its leader Hafiz its soil,” Wells tweeted. Pakistan’s performance will internationalise the Kashmir mer Catalan politicians and requested convictions for the #6* @3 issues we realised was not just an Saeed, the US has said ahead of “We welcome news that determine if it stays on the grey issue after India withdrew the activists for their roles in a more severe crime of rebellion, issue which lacked effective flood the Financial Action Task Pakistan arrested 4 #LeT lead- list or moved on the black list special status of Jammu and secession bid in 2017, a ruling which under Spanish law team of Indian software management but also needed a Force’s crucial decision on ers. The victims of LeT’s vicious or given a clean chit. Kashmir, but New Delhi has likely to inflame indepen- implies the use of violence to Aprofessionals has been prediction and mitigation whether to blacklist the coun- attacks deserve to see these Wells last month also asked asserted the abrogation of dence supporters in the subvert the constitutional awarded a prize money of USD approach,” Tagadi said. try. Alice Wells, head of the US individuals prosecuted now, Pakistan to prosecute terrorists Article 370 was its “internal wealthy northeastern region. order, judges convicted nine of 5,000 by IBM for providing a Call for Code 2019 Asia state department’s South and along with LeT leader Hafiz like Saeed and Masood Azhar, matter”. The US Department The court sentenced ex- sedition, implying that they potential solution to prevent Pacific saw 15 countries partic- Central Asian bureau, also wel- Saeed,” she said. saying the reduction of the of the Treasury has designated Catalan regional Vice promoted public disorder to pervasive flooding that plagues ipating from the region. India comed the arrest of the top four Pakistan has a long histo- Indo-Pak tensions would Saeed as a Specially Designated President Oriol Junqueras to subvert the law. the Indian subcontinent, and had the largest number of devel- leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba ry of catching and releasing ter- depend on Islamabad’s seri- Global Terrorist. The US, since 13 years for sedition and mis- Regional Parliament help save lives and property, the opers in the world after the US. /Jamaat-ud-Dawah in Pakistan. rorists operating from its soil. ousness in taking action against 2012, has been offering a USD use of public funds following Speaker Carme Forcadell was technology giant has announced. The winner of the Call for Pakistan’s law enforcement Wells’ remarks came as the those who engage in “cross- 10 million reward for infor- one of Spain’s most important given 11 and a half years in Purva Suchak took the top Code 2019 Global Challenge is agencies on Thursday arrested FATF is set to give its decision border infiltration”. mation that brings Saeed to jus- trials since democracy was prison; former Cabinet mem- prize in the IBM and David Spain-based Prometeo, a system the “top four leaders” of the on the country’s ‘grey list’ sta- Tensions between the two tice. Saeed-led JuD is believed restored after the death of bers Joaquim Forn and Josep Clark Cause foundation Call that uses artificial intelligence banned LeT/JuD on charges of tus. countries have spiked since to be the front organisation for dictator Gen. Francisco Franco Rull 10 and a half years for Code 2019 for Asia Pacific (AI) and the internet of things to terrorism financing. Pakistan was placed on India abrogated Article 370 of the LeT which is responsible in 1975. each; and grassroots pro- region announced on Saturday guard the safety of firefighters as The top four arrested ter- the grey list by the Paris-based the Constitution to revoke the for carrying out the 2008 Eight received lengthy independence activists Jordi here. they battle blazes. rorists have been identified as watchdog in June last year and special status of Jammu and Mumbai attacks that killed 166 prison terms in Catalonia’s Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart The team consists of soft- Prometeo was awarded USD Professor Zafar Iqbal, Yahya was given a plan of action to Kashmir in August. people. attempt to break away from nine years. ware professionals from Pune- 2,00,000 for the project. based Cognizant: Siddamma The first runner-up for the Tigadi, Ganesh Kadam, global challenge is Sparrow, Sangeetha Nair, and Shreyas whose members hail from India, 52 - Q R Kulkarni. By continuously check- China, and the US. ing reservoirs, dams and bodies Sparrow is an open-source of water, Project Purva-Suchak AI-enabled platform that serves 03#- 3#- to gather in the heart of the tor for Missouri. doms such as free speech and powder,” he said during a trip ering bipartisan support, espe- can collate data with weather as a one-stop enabler of medical city’s commercial district He made a quick two-day an independent judiciary for 50 to Nepal. cially in the Senate. forecast information, according and psychological well-being trife-torn Hong Kong is Monday evening calling for US trip to Hong Kong and watched years. Democracy activists “Any external forces that Cruz also made a visit to to a statement. during and after disasters. Ssliding towards becoming a politicians to pass a bill that the protests on Sunday night in inside Hong Kong have long support the splitting of China Hong Kong on Saturday during This allows them to gener- It helps connect those in police state, US senator Josh could dramatically alter the crowded district of accused Beijing of chipping can only be regarded as delu- which he accused Beijing of ate effective flood prediction need to a number of critical ser- Hawley warned Monday, as the Washington’s relationship with Mongkok, later meeting with away at those freedoms, a gripe sional by the Chinese people,” trying to impose a “dictator- data that can be stored on vices during a disaster, including financial hub braces for a rally the trading hub. prominent democracy activist that has fuelled years of grow- he said, according to the for- ship” on the city. blockchain and accessed by those access to medical records or real- calling on Washington to pun- The Hong Kong Human Joshua Wong. “The situation ing resentment which explod- eign ministry. He also said Hong Kong who need the data most — time advice from a doctor. ish China over sliding free- Rights and Democracy Act, here is urgent,” he told ed this summer. Hawley, at 39 the youngest leader Carrie Lam cancelled a including government agencies Sparrow was also the only doms. which could be discussed and reporters on Monday. China has accused “exter- serving senator and a vocal meeting because he refused to and disaster management teams, team from Asia Pacific to qual- The international finance voted on by the House of Asked what his message nal forces” of fuelling unrest in China hawk, described Xi’s promise to keep the conversa- the statement said. Up to date ify for the global finals, the hub was battered by another Representatives as early as this would be on returning to the semi-autonomous city and comments as “violent rhetoric” tion private — although Lam’s and accessible data can prevent statement said. weekend of unrest Sunday as week, would require annual Washington he replied: “That has seized on supportive com- that illustrated why he believed office said she had “other com- flooding and huge losses of life “We are seeing increased hardcore pro-democracy pro- reviews of the territory’s special Hong Kong is in danger of slid- ments by western politicians to the US and its European allies mitments”. and property, it said. participation every year from all testers and police fought run- trading status — and poten- ing towards a police state and back its claims. needed to take a stronger line During Sunday’s clashes “When we started on the across the world and it’s bring- ning battles across the city. tially sanction some Chinese that representative government Hawley’s remarks came at Beijing’s growing regional one policeman was slashed in journey of IBM Call for Code we ing together some of the great- Protests pushing for greater officials. in Hong Kong is at risk, and after Chinese President Xi threat. the neck with a knife while first tried to identify the natur- est minds of this generation to democratic freedoms and Monday’s rally is expected that the one country two sys- Jinping issued his most dire Republican China hawks another undercover officer was al disasters that have a huge build innovative solutions that police accountability have to be large because it is one of tems model is at risk.” One warning yet amid the anti- such as Marco Rubio and Ted beaten. Police said a remote- impact on the Indian sub-con- can save lives in disaster-strick- raged for the last 19 weeks and the few protests in recent weeks country, two systems is deal Beijing unrest in Hong Kong. Cruz have become some of the controlled homemade bomb tinent,” Tigadi, team leader of en areas,” said Priya Mallya, there is little end in sight as to be granted permission to go China agreed to ahead of the “Anyone who attempts to most vocal supporters of Hong exploded near them in Purva Suchak project, told PTI Country Leader, Developer Beijing and local leaders refuse ahead by police. 1997 handover by Britain in split any region from China will Kong’s democracy movement Mongkok, the first time such a in an email. Ecosystems, IBM India South concessions. Among the bill’s sponsors which it agreed to allow Hong perish, with their bodies on Capitol Hill — although the device had been used. No-one “So flooding was one of the Asia. A large crowd is expected is Hawley, a Republican sena- Kong to keep its unique free- smashed and bones ground to proposed bill is rapidly gath- was injured. ; !"#$%!& !$ "&%4& 4 4! O %" " ' A , 2 ' 2 0 home. This turning towards what you love However, he does admit that he enjoys & " % ' " P truly saves you.’ I didn’t understand it on when Jordan peeks out from his persona, +# " the day but later it became the premise of “I believe I am not at all like him. He is stu- Naadan Parindey. In the realistic realm of pid and I am intelligent. He can sing real- & " he moon shines brightly. As bright- mushkil hai. (Someone who communicates the world, coincidences do happen,” he ly well like Mohit Chauhan and I can’t sing " ly as only a full one can. The air, the and understands at the same level is diffi- says. at all. In his stupidity and naivety, there is Tmonuments and the stones lying cult).” He gestures with his hand and it % #* But that was not the end. It seemed that a truth and lack of cunning. His ignorance L""M& ' around are laden with stories of people who seems that the sounds emanating from the the 13th century poet was trying to insert is a path to a higher truth which I admire. > passed by them. And the ruins are willing nearby stage too have paused to let that sink & # % himself in the film by being omnipresent. When I am like that, I push my boundaries ! to whisper these in the ears of anyone who in. & $ # “We were nearing the end and another which I would have ignored if I was being is willing to listen. The area is said to be He points out that oral storytelling was quote ‘Out beyond the ideas of wrongdo- myself,” he says. rife with Jinns. And then there is the mau- the oldest form of the art and even today, %" % 1'9 ,1 8 ing and rightdoing there is a field and I will Though Ali doesn’t want to be Ved or ' soleum a stone's throw away, built unlike it is the most common. “When people nar- meet you there’, was sent to me by anoth- Jai (Saif in Love Aaj Kal) as the latter is so && the one it inspired, by a queen for her rate incidents, that is oral storytelling even !" 1% %18 # er friend. It was at this moment that I flummoxed by different thoughts that he / beloved king. Across the road lies Amir though the listener doesn’t know if it is fact "" 8 &11"9 # realised that whoever this guy Rumi was, can barely complete a sentence, this is is a ( &2 Khusrau who wove an intricate and vivid or fiction and doesn’t really care. Even he knew more about the film than I did,” character that he sees often in himself and web with his poetry that more than 700 when a husband and wife switch off the # " ! he says as the air around us is lulled into people around him. “I start a sentence and years down the line continues to cast its lights and talk about the day, that too is sto- #* $ quiet as if paying its respect to the words realise that it’s redundant and jump onto H mesmerising spell. Sunder Nursery, Delhi'’s rytelling and fulfills a need which a device of wisdom spoken long back and in a dis- something else confusing the hell out of &%' newest recovered monument, is just the cannot. In Bangla, everyday talking is # $ 1 *" tant land. This, as we know, became the everybody,” he says. L appropriate setting to narrate qissa, kahani katha,” says the director whose first film !! 1& ! opening quotation with which Ali started However, there is a consistency in his && and gapp, says the original rockstar, direc- Socha Na Tha released in 2005. the film. films like the use of journey as a metaphor &! tor Imtiaz Ali. Through his films, Ali has been #* & Just like the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer, he for life. “Journeys are important to me Dressed in a black t-shirt embroidered known to tell stories that are layered but believes that stories have a way of finding because they change the perspective. If you ' with the word sheer (sweet) in the Arabic at their heart lies a simple tale which can their tellers. “I didn’t have information or are at a new place, you feel new. The things " script, with a grey zipped sweatshirt that find a resonance in everyone. “I am on a the knowledge to tell these stories. Stories you feel or experience are dramatically new seemed to match his salt and pepper hair, quest for a good story but simplicity, not have a way of finding me as I am sitting as well. That is entertaining in life as well Ali exudes a Sufi-like calmness despite necessarily. I think in a certain way, I have in front of a computer in a surrender mode. as movies,” he says. && ' being up for a discussion in the next hour seen life in a certain way and, because I am The best that I can do is not get in the way Linked to the journey is also the ele- at the IXth Kathakar—International not a very cinema-literate person, I have or impose my own ideas upon them,” he ment of the protagonists being a seeker in & > Storytellers Festival. Ali is a part of the fes- no option but to present it in a certain man- says. his films. Does Ali relate to the fact that the " " tival for the second consecutive year and ner. If that becomes simple so be it,” says Writing is often considered a lonely so-called millennials are more often found he came back for a reason. “I was fascinat- Ali before asserting that he has to live with affair and Ali has written all the films that to be engaging in the quest for spirituali- & " ed by the audience participation. The show his films forever unlike the audience who he has directed till date. “I don’t enjoy writ- ty than the generations past? “There is so " extended for more than two hours beyond might watch it once, twice or more. “This ing. I write the first draft feverishly. But then much invigoration in their brain that the the designated time. You gain so much con- makes it imperative that the story should there is rewriting, fine tuning and outside absence of substance really hits them hard. !M fidence when you realise that the subtleties be engaging, meaningful and, in some way, influences like a Rumi quote till it is They feel a little hollow. All of us would, ' of the work that you’ve done is being spo- transcending,” he says and one can’t help finalised. Filming is the next chapter of if our lives centered around imaginary ken about by people who you intended it but nod in agreement, looking back at the writing when there are hundreds of peo- friends. If we are more device-oriented than to reach,” he says. journey of Ved from Tamasha or Geet from ple on the set and issues like per- human interaction oriented. They feel the O(" % However, it isn’t just the pleasant Jab We Met. missions not having come sense of abyss and they seek a meaning. So memories that tugged him. “From my However, of all of Ali’s films, it is through, or fading light and more. they are seekers and drawn to spirituali- $ " childhood I was and still am a people gazer. Rockstar (2011), the unusual tale of singer You tell the story in the most con- ty,” he says nodding sagely. >?'"@ $# My biggest interest is to look at people and Janardhan aka Jordan with its Sufi core, crete fashion at this time because it When a person from the audience asks, " interact with them. It gives me the basis for which is often discussed to the bone at fes- is recorded on the camera. It does- the way to tell stories, Ali replies, “If there % stories. There are dreamers from whom I tivals and conclaves. The series of coinci- n’t matter what you have written was only one answer to how, that would can borrow ideas and memories. The inter- dences that occurred during its making are before,” he says. have been the end of pursuit in life. You ' " actions aren’t one-sided and give me an so surreal that they trigger Ali says that a film usually starts are fortunately condemned to a life where !" * 9 # insight for survival and growth while goosebumps. “Jab We Met when a writer imagines a scene or a you will constantly try to find it.” "*& $1* & adding a bounce to my stories,” says he. (2007), Love Aaj Kal (2009) and character. “You imagine a girl missing A Hindu College alumnus, Ali loves to $ # ''" $9 However, it is a common refrain that Socha Na Tha had tight scripts a train and talking rudely to the sta- shoot in the capital as the old, the very old, the art of story-telling is getting lost in the with cause and effect. But tion master but this imagination is the modern and the uber modern coexist. #A * ! &* din of social media and digital devices. Ali Rockstar was a loose cannon incomplete,” he says as murmurs of “It is unbelievable that we are sitting over # $ % $ $ makes a point: “Too much of something and things were moving with Geet and Jab We Met go round the audi- here and just close by is Humayun’s tomb, $# '" ! makes the reverse rise. So if there’s so much a certain emotion that had to ence. “When an actor walks in flesh and Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah, a flyover, The * #1 ##!1& ! &*# device-oriented communication, there’s be experienced in one scene in blood and says it, that is when it Oberoi hotel and a metro station. When going to be that need of people to speak order for the next scene to hap- becomes real. So, the interaction you see a frame in Delhi, you find various # $1% # "9 orally and communicate with each other pen. While shooting the first bit between the actor and director is a two- layers. I really feel proud that there is the #A * $ as some sort of a therapy in order to relieve of Naadan Parindey, where way street to tell the story effectively,” presence of old heritage and culture along- ! $ %%% 8 # the tension and anguish caused by devices.” Jordan is arrested by the police adds Ali. with the new. This is visually represented He looks up at his bodyguard, tells him to at the hospital and he goes However, the Jamshedpur boy in every frame,” he says. # " # " relax and asks us to dig into the kebabs that wild, all that I had in mind was prefers not to become a character in his Since it is a storytelling festival, Ali $ #1 $ "#9 have been neatly placed in front of us before the sound of the drums com- films and says, “Sometimes when I am decides to narrate one and asks the audi- (" % $ $ * $# resuming the conversation: “Having some- posed by AR Rahman sir. A making a movie, I start to behave like ence to huddle up close which they $ &' * * one to talk to was not a big deal when I was friend from Australia sent me some characters subconsciously and I promptly do. He requests them to switch growing up. But now, for a young guy it is poetry by Rumi which said, have to stop myself because that is not off their phones and not record it for there " "9P a rarity, a luxury. It is easier to find some- ‘the hunting falcon hears sustainable in the reality of my world. are a few tales which must remain a secret LC ?'" one to have sex with but more difficult to the sound of the drums, These often predate the film when they within the hearts of the stones, monuments find someone to talk to. Humzuban milna come home, come simply existed in my head.” and a few mortals that are present. e has a long powder-white hair, 9#(767 @* 70 3#9 @ Htired, blood-flecked eyes, a # full white beard, bushy eyebrows 0 0 "&& and wrinkled blue-veined skin. One can notice his unsteady walk and faded smile with two weak teeth and feeble voice as he holds a cigarette between his crooked fin- gers and says, “I will just have a .* smoke and come back.” Meanwhile, I sit there on a rusted bench amid Csx u " &" the trees and chirping birds won- dering what this unusual style of > " interview has in store for me. vxuq Uncle Larry Walsh, a local hough rooted in ancient times, Aboriginal cultural leader, is one of Tthe idea of a tribe has been find- the first indigenous storytellers at ing an echo in recent times. Models the Kathakar Storytelling festival. essayed this concept walking down Inspired by his local community the levelled-up digital runway and Kulin ancestral blood connec- designed especially for the grand tions, he is one of the only seniors finale of FDCI’s Lotus Make-up India in Melbourne who focusses on sto- Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2020. : - " rytelling, ensuring the cultural con- Designers Anamika Khanna, tinuity of his ancient oral traditions. Rajesh Pratap Singh, Wendell gears. Models’ faces were painted While performing 60,000-year- Rodricks and Manish Arora show- white giving them a sea goddess look. old stories honouring the oral tra- cased their collections in line of ‘My Known for his psychedelic colour ditions of the Kulin Nations Fashion, My Tribe’. palette, Arora showcased the last col- Dreamtime (South Eastern had permission. He shares that even storytelling have changed. And adds. Khanna opened the show with lection. He displayed his love for Australia), Walsh presents them in ancient times, nobody was because of this, the essence of sto- Another storyteller, Ron is a her collection to a cheering crowd that kitsch motifs with colourful shim- through a contemporary lens, illus- allowed to openly discuss rytelling is getting diluted. Walsh cultural educator, musician, included actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, mery dresses, jackets, skirts, gowns, trating the timeless quality and rel- Aboriginal tales. “My grandmoth- agrees: “Earlier we used to tell sto- Didgeridoo maker and a wood wearing a white sari with a colourful blouses, skirts and trousers made the evance of these ideas and knowl- er narrated some to her children. ries in many folds. Each had many sculptor. He is known for perform- cut-work border, paired with a multi- line-up. The ramp was set ablaze with edge to modern day life. Through While doing so, she made sure that context which were important to ing with Didgeridoo, which is colour shrug. Her collection com- quirky prints in multi colour, big bows his stories he wishes to display that no one noticed this because she the narration. But that is not the made out of a hollow, native tree prised contemporary clothing like on collars and waist of the outfits, Aboriginal people are connected to wasn’t allowed. Later, my uncle told case now.” called Maali. It is one of the oldest dhoti drapes, dresses and skirts in var- accessories on the wrist, models with the modern world as intimately as me some that he remembered. It’s important to revive stories musical instruments in the world ious colours — black, red, yellow and high pencil pony tails, they are connected to their past. When I travelled with him to the to keep them alive else the youth which he says dates back to over white. She used digital prints, a lot of exaggerated eyelash- Talking about the festival, he hilly areas, he told me stories of each won’t be aware of their rich histo- 25,000 years. The instrument, inci- feathers and patchwork to give her es and shiny high- says, “I hadn’t seen Indian story- area that we passed by. This helped ry. “We also describe the natural dentally burst into the collective designs a cool, relaxed and summery heels with big bows. It tellers performing before. It was to build a memory bank.” calamities that had occurred thou- Indian consciousness with Dil look. ended on a high note great listening to them. Though I Every narrator has a reason sands of years ago and their after- Chahta Hai (2001) and its popular The second line-up by Singh with actor don’t know Hindi but the voice why they had come into this pro- math. It is important for people to duet Jaane Kyun. opened with a live contemporary Kangana - ( modulations, the comic timing fession and stayed. Even Walsh has know this so that they are always He mimics the sound of the dance by four dancers which and the reaction of the audience one. He says, “I loved talking about prepared for them. They also need Kookaburra or the engine of a car. emerged from each corner Ranaut taking to the ramp. The helped me understand the essence history and ancient things. So, one to know what and how their peo- The traditional instrument lends his of the runway. His all- actor decided not to don any of the stories. We shared our pup- day while I was talking about it, my ple have faced disasters,” he says. stories a lilting touch which, he says, white designs had huge designer’s outfit as it was difficult petry too.” He adds that he was sur- aunt said, ‘when you share your Walsh particularly loves work- enthralled the crowd. As I ask him polka dots and stripes in to select one. “My stylist told me prised by a woman who was telling views and knowledge about any ing with the younger generation as a Aborigine tale, he immediately neon yellow, green and to go with something simple and stories in Hindi and English as well. subject, it seems as if you are he sees them as the torch-bearers of runs towards a tree where his pink. Relaxed silhouettes here I am wearing a white shirt and As there was no language barrier, telling a story which one wants to the society. But it is important for Didgeridoo is lying and returns with of dresses, pant suits, black tulle skirt, accessorised with everyone in the hall, including hear more’.” He grins, pauses and the youth to be interested in the oral it. He then plays the instrument and jackets and body suits multiple silver kundan neck- him, understood her. adds, “I took that comment so seri- traditions. He says, “It gives a sense shares how his people formed cir- were accessorised with laces,” she said and added that Storytelling is an art where the ously that even after 25 years, I am of pride to them that they know a cles around rocks and danced with over-the-top headgears fashion is a way of life for her. narration has to be in a way that the still telling stories.” story which is 20,000 or 60,000 year the instrument. and chunky white shoes “To enhance yourself is not listeners feel connected. They Walsh feels that because he was old. It also helps them to learn Ron also performs around the with neon polka dots. a favour that you do to the should be able to picturise the inci- always interested in reviving the important places that are relevant fire. When I ask him about it, he Rodricks’ collection world. Today, fashion dents while being transported to a ancient traditions, he was seen as to their history and culture.” says, “Fire is a very important sub- paid an ode to the island weeks have set such high different world altogether. Walsh someone who would take it to the However, the audience wonders ject. For me, it’s related to ghosts and tribes and models standards that we have says, “It is a tough but powerful future generations. This made about the relevance of Aborigine spirits. In ancient times, when sashayed on Wakanda, models from all walks of medium of connecting with people. everyone share stories with him. tales in India. “Many Indian stories, there were no matchsticks and wearing free-falling sil- life — from acid attack survivors, Everyone has stories to tell but not Along with this, he also helped for instance the one about a magi- people lived in forests, they rubbed houettes of skirts, capes, transgenders to people who are not everyone has the right way or art of communities. So when it was any- cian, were similar to our tales. Even stones to create friction and gener- bralettes, skirts in most- zero size. Fashion is for everyone,” the doing it. For me, it is more about thing around revival, he was asked your stories describe the forgotten ate fire. A spark in the fire made ly white and with a dash actor said. having a rhythm. So, I judge a sto- to join in. history of India. So, this helped us people believe that the spirit of the of sky blue, silver and Her minimalistic make-up and ryteller on this basis.” One can clearly see the lines of exchange ideas and learn from forest was listening to the stories.” grey. The high- centre-parted hair neatly tied at the The 65-year old storyteller was experience on his forehead. He has each other. Now, I want to call some A spark of love for stories light were eye- & back complemented the perfect look. not allowed to share all the stories witnessed the technology and dig- Indian storytellers to Australia as from ancient times has certainly catching head- > !& he wanted to. He could only share ital era taking over the world they were so good that they prompt- been lit and people will keep com the stories from the areas that he because of which the content and ed me to exclaim in disbelief,” he ing back for more. !"#$%!& #'" ; 2#6%; 2 Vadodara: 7@ > " > (! ! ! & % & $ " & "/% "& ) A% 0' ( " 3$6#6 )! 7 "& Former Commonwealth Games BBC !@ " % &-+:;/- champion Parupalli Kashyap has &> $ C+> orld Champion P V Sindhu been in decent form this year. He CR & Wwill look to shake off her 2*32,3206 :,3- reached the semifinals at India 44I J & CI '( " indifferent form and regain touch Open before making it to the last ! &" LD+M&/% when she competes at the $775,000 four at Korea Open. The 33-year-old Denmark Open from today. will open against Thailand’s & & " 4BC After claiming the World title in Sitthikom Thammasin. 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L48DRM ' the draw. events in China and Korea due to a ing reached the finals of the World medallist B Sai Praneeth will be up Jerry Chopra and Sikki will open The Formula One circus A finalist at the last edition, knee issue, too will be eagar to make Championships at Switzerland. against the legendary Lin Dan, who against Germany’s Marvin Seidel moves on to Mexico in two Saina, seeded 8th, is up against a positive start but he will have to Currently ranked fourth, had entered the finals at Thailand and Linda Efler, while Satwik and weeks’ time where Hamilton, Dehradun: A A World No 12 from Japan Sayaka get past Denmark’s Anders Antonsen has won the Indonesia Masters in January and won the Ashwini will take on second seeds enjoying a 64-point lead over "" >" > Takahashi, who had defeated the Antonsen in the opening round. Masters, Barcelona Spain Masters, Malaysia Open in April but have Chinese Wang Yi Lyu and Huang Valtteri Bottas, can wrap up a / & Indian the last time they meet at the While Srikanth had beaten European Games and made it to the looked off-colour since then. Dong Ping. third consecutive drivers’ crown & /-& if he outscores his teammate by A%0& 'A 14 points or more. LR84BM &> & More likely is that the bat- & B,8R D'B 8 , tle will be concluded at the && /% " & subsequent race at the Grand RR' " ! 2 Prix of the Americas in Austin, ! && / twice won the Australian Texas. BI,+I'B Open and took the 2017 Bottas’ victory at Suzuka > &"9 " oger Federer announced Wimbledon title before los- and Hamilton’s third place 45' &! & RMonday he will compete ing an epic final in the clinched a sixth consecutive ! " at next year’s Tokyo Olympics grass-court Grand Slam to constructors’ championship for 5D R+ in a bid to claim the men’s Novak Djokovic earlier this Mercedes and left the Finn as / singles Gold medal, the only year. the only driver who can catch B5'B 'K major prize he has yet to win. Serbia’s Djokovic, and Hamilton over the final four & & “I’ve been debating with Federer’s eternal rival races of the campaign. my team for a few weeks now, Rafael Nadal, have both “I think for me it’s never Bengaluru: N - &+>I months actually, what I already said they will com- been a case of always wanting to . "" & should do in the summer pete at Tokyo, the trio set- rush things,” Hamilton told ((+E!3 &; " time (of 2020) after ting the scene for a highly reporters adding that he expect- ! " ! / ' . Wimbledon and before the competitive tournament. ed a tough battle from his team- " US Open,” he said at a pro- The two-time defend- mate over the final few races. -&- / H +R& A $3$ . . !+I& to shift gears after getting settled, motional event. ing Olympic champion and “Valtteri’s driven well all " resulting in India posting a below-par “At the end of the day my three-time Grand Slam year long, he’s done a great job & ; " !$%'L pinners helped India pull off a total. heart decided to play the winner Murray, coming today and he will most likely do $%! Sthrilling six-run win over South In the end, even that proved to be Olympic Games again.” back from his January hip a very, very solid job these next & Africa in a low-scoring third women’s enough against South Africa who Federer has won all four surgery, is yet to announce races, so we still have a battle, 3 & ' " ((+E! ODI and complete a 3-0 series white- were on course for a comfortable win of the Grand Slam tourna- his intentions for Tokyo. the fight continues,” he added. & wash here on Monday. at 103 for five in the 30th over. ments, as well as the ATP RE "& & India were able to defend a mod- However, India fought back Tour Finals six times, but is ; 3 & !M. est 146 by bowling out South Africa through their spinners and even part still waiting to grab Olympic - 9 ( '. for 140 in 48 overs. timers Harmanpreet and Rodrgues singles Gold. " 45'J & Spinners Ekta Bisht (3/32 in 10 did their bit. The 20-time Grand Slam London singles final in 2012 he was ham- - N overs), Deepti Sharma (2/24 in 10) Rodrigues took the final wicket of champion did win a doubles mered 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 by an inspired Andy ) "! & and Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/22 in the game to spark celebrations. It was Gold alongside fellow Swiss Murray. 4C'J' 10) were the architect of the win that also her first scalp in international Stan Wawrinka at Beijing in Federer did not compete at Rio 2016, reaffirmed India’s supremacy over cricket. 2008, but when he got to the where Murray won again, but has since South Africa, who also lost the pre- Paris: & " ( - ceding six-game T20 series. & N It seemed South Africa would get * " their first win of the series when they =" 2 +,& DB bundled out India in 45.5 overs but '- 7 another disappointing batting perfor- $9) BBI " mance denied them the opportunity. fourth and ninth places respectively, are the & " India made a disastrous start other two Indian batsmen in the top 10. ; " " " after winning the toss, losing openers irat Kohli reached within one point of Ravichandran Ashwin also jumped three ' 4IBD Priya Punia and Jemimah Rodrgues Vtop-ranked Steve Smith in the Test bats- spots to number seven while Bumrah contin- - 2 3 & in the second over. men rankings after the India skipper scored ued to remain third in the bowlers' rankings. ' With the hosts reeling at 55 for an unbeaten 254 in the second Test against Among the all-rounders, Ravindra Jadeja " K five, T20 skipper Harmanpreet Singh South Africa. is at number two behind West Indies skipper 4IBJ! 5J5 ' steadied the innings with a 76-ball 38 Opener Mayank Agarwal also rose in Jason Holder while Ashwin occupies the fifth * 0R " & 7 " with the other valuable contribution the rankings, breaking into the top 20. His place. " coming from Shikha Pandey (35 off innings of 108 in the second Test against Kohli, who had dropped below 900 &CI' 40). South Africa helped him progress eight points after the first Test for the first time since & 4I " ) " Most of the batters, including places to reach the 17th position. January 2018, reached 936, a point less than + + & ' )D %#D( captain Mithali Raj (11 off 46), failed Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, at his career-best rating achieved in August 2018. 7#H the qualifying rounds before grabbing a lifeline as a lucky oco Gauff hailed Roger loser. (( & CFederer for his words of wis- "For sure, I'm 100 percent dom as the 15-year-old US playing in Luxembourg," said prodigy on Sunday became the Gauff whose rise has been mete- $9) 241. Once the super over also ended there is a clear winner. youngest champion on the oric — at the end of 2018, she in a tie with both teams making 15, “Following on from a recommen- WTA Tour since 2004. was 686 in the world. he International Cricket Council the winner was decided on account dation from the ICC Cricket Gauff defeated 2017 Roland "I'm excited, it will be my Ton Monday tweaked the super of superior boundary count. Committee, the Chief Executives’ Garros winner Jelena Ostapenko last event for the year. I'm play- over rule for all its major events fol- Following that nerve-wracking Committee agreed that use of the 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in the Linz final for ing doubles there also (with reg- lowing the uproar over the outcome final, the ICC faced the wrath of fans Super Over as a way to decide results her maiden title. ular partner Caty McNally). of the men’s World Cup final in July and former players over the contro- at ICC events will be retained. Both The teenager is managed by "This is the opportunity to when England were declared winners versial rule. the Cricket Committee and CEC Federer's Team8 and even shares see how I perform at back-to- against New Zealand on boundary Now it has finally made changes agreed it was an exciting and engag- an Italian pasta sponsor with the back tournaments." count. to the rule and in case a situation arise ing conclusion to the game and will 20-time major winner. Gauff's career timetable has New Zealand and England had where both teams are tied even after remain in place covering all games at On Sunday, she revealed suddenly shifted into overdrive, headed into the super over after scores the super over in a final or semifinal, both ODI and T20I World Cups,” the that a pep-talk by the Swiss with her breakthrough WTA in the World Cup final were tied at the super over will be repeated until ICC said after its board meeting here. superstar, after she suffered a trophy coming much more heartbreaking defeat in the first quickly than might have been round of the 2018 Australian expected. #%% &H&6 Open junior event, has helped "My goal was the top 100 G# her on a path which this year and to get into the main draw of & & saw her reach the last 16 at at least one Grand Slam," said O"( P Wimbledon and US Open third the player, who has now earned $9) #6*$670 sions with Delhi Capitals formances speak for round. a main draw spot for January's but those discussions him,” Wadia said. "He did give me some Australian Open. (06## with the Indian team. He has been he ICC on Monday decided to ings XI Punjab co- never came to fruition. Under Ashwin’s advice at the Australian Open in "I've accomplished all of playing so well in all formats. Whatever Treadmit Zimbabwe and Nepal Kowner Ness Wadia The way he plays leadership, KXIP 2018 when I lost in the first those goals this year, now I need ormer Australia cricketer and he is doing right now is certainly work- as its members following the con- on Monday said the his cricket and his per- showed a lot of promise round (after being amongst the to work on improving my game. FChennai Super Kings all-rounder ing and the team is responding to his clusion of the Board meetings franchise decided not to in the first half of the favourites)," Gauff recalled. "I've gone through what Shane Watson on Monday said it is up leadership,” he added. here. trade Ravichandran past two seasons before "He told me not to focus too was supposed to be my timeline to the legendary Mahendra Singh Asked if India could dominate in Zimbabwe and Nepal were Ashwin with the Delhi losing momentum in the much on the pressure or the out- for the next two years. It's been Dhoni to take a call on his retirement the manner done by Australian sides suspended in July this year follow- Capitals following a second half. They fin- side drama. He gave me some crazy." though “he is still playing incredibly of the past led by Steve Waugh and ing government interference in the “rethink” by the Board. ished seventh in 2018 perspective. "I didn't expect to be on the well”. Ricky Ponting, he said “it is going to running of the Board. It has been learnt and sixth in 2019. "Now, I try to enjoy the ten- Tour in general right now," the “He has still got the skill. But it is be hard to replicate..But there is no rea- Zimbabwe will now be able to that the newly- KXIP nis and I barely think of that fist- 2018 French Open junior cham- down to him to decide. He still moves son why India can’t do it.” take up their place in the ICC appointed head coach reached the round loss two years later." pion said. incredibly well, runs hard between the “There is no doubt that India has Men's U-19 World Cup in January Anil Kumble was also semifinals Gauff, meanwhile, con- Gauff, coached by her wickets and has beautiful hands. got the depth in all facets... Batting, and the ICC Super League later in keen to retain Ashwin, in the inaugur- firmed she is "100 percent" father, said she expects to start Whatever he does, it will be the right bowling and fielding. The depth in 2020. who captained the side al IPL edition ready to play at this week's gaining confidence as she gets thing because he knows what lies Indian cricket is incredibly strong. It Nepal has also been reinstat- in the previous two edi- before making the Luxembourg WTA event where more accustomed to the WTA ahead,” Watson told reporters. has got the luxury of having someone ed on a conditional basis follow- tions. play-offs just once in she will enjoy a career-high circuit. "I'm new to the Tour and The burly Aussie all-rounder also like a Rohit Sharma opening the bat- ing their 2016 suspension for “The (KXIP) Board 2014 when they finished ranking inside the top 70. I've not faced a lot of the play- praised Virat Kohli’s captaincy and said ting and scoring lots of runs. The depth breach of the ICC regulations had a rethink and it runners-up. Now with She started the week in ers. I'm sure the more matches he has done a great job with the Indian in Indian cricket is incredible... I am which prohibit government inter- realised that Ashwin is Kumble on board, the Linz at 110 in the world and was I play the more confident I'll get, team. sure this team can win away from ference and require free and fair an integral part of the franchise is aiming to originally set for an early depar- along with the more experience “He (Kohli) has done a great job home as well.” elections. team. There were discus- end its title drought. ture from Austria after losing in I'll have." !"#$%!& #'" ;/ #(1 #P ! #6*$670 ndian Super ILeague (ISL) will replace the I- League as the top- tier competition in the country after the stakeholders agreed to a propos- al of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), ending the long-drawn and con- tentious restructuring process. In a meeting at the AFC headquar- ters in Kuala Lumpur, the I-League and ISL clubs agreed on a roadmap present- ed by the AFC on domestic football struc- # & (!% (1 !& (! 9#9 : %! *! & $# ture reforms in India. As per the roadmap, the ISL will be 37 the top league in the country from this season itself while I-League will contin- uoyed by their gallant goal- "# ue as second tier league. less draw against Asian The ISL, which begins in Kochi on Bchampions Qatar, India October 20, will not have promotion and would be looking to register their relegation till 2023-24 by which time the first win in the FIFA World Cup League would have completed 10 seasons. qualifiers when they take on From the 2024-25 season onwards, Bangladesh in a group E second 37 performance-based promotion and rel- round match at the Saltlake-1&& egation will be implemented and there Stadium, here today. xpectations are always high will not be two parallel leagues. India put a gritty performance Efrom India’s record goalscor- The ISL champions would now be against an attacking Qatar, to er Sunil Chhetri but ahead of entitled to a play-off place in the AFC hold the reigning Asian champi- Bangladesh game, the skipper Champions League, the top-tier club ons to a goalless draw and earn said others players in the side are competition in Asia, while I-League their first point of the qualifiers very much capable of outperform- champions would compete in the second after suffering a heartbreaking # ing him. tier AFC Cup “as a special compensation loss in the opening match against Having sat out of Qatar game, to India”. Oman. Chhetri will return to take charge Another key recommendation by the With the city set to host the of the team but he played down AFC is to open a pathway for two I- senior national men’s team after a ) " .. his presence in the side. League clubs’ entry into the ISL by the gap of nine years, the euphoria “It was never about me, it will end of the 2020-21 season, subject to the around the match has been *(; " )" be never about me. It’s always licensing criteria being fulfilled. immense with a mad rush for tick- about India versus Bangladesh. There has been speculation for some ets as the Saltlake Stadium is set ! 1 " !) I’m just one of the 23 players. I time that Mohun Bagan and East Bengal to witness a packed house, giving definitely have been lucky to have may join the ISL but no agreement could the Igor Stimac-coached side a % &-<:;/- L " !O "" " a little bit more experience and be reached as the two Kolkata giants perfect stage to grab three points 2*32,32<6 :,3- 'O that’s about it. There’s no depen- wanted a waiver of the 15 crore partic- and keep their World Cup hopes dency on me from my team ipation fee. alive. support of his Bengaluru FC 'M mates. We are one and we are The AFC statement is not clear on the The absence of defender, teammates Udanta Singh and K)0 (09#-)09 going to play like one,” Chhetri participation fee issue but AIFF General Sandesh Jhingan due to an ACL Ashique Kuruniyan, while L. &M said on the eve of group E fixture. Secretary Kushal Das said the two clubs tear on his left knee is a big blow Mandar Rao Desai and Sahal L & " The Jamie Day-coached will have to pay the fee. to the hosts. But the return of tal- Abdul Samad will be key in cre- " &" Bangladesh have made it clear that “Whichever two clubs (open for ismanic captain Sunil Chhetri ating chances. India will start as favourites with inclusion in the ISL) will have to pay the after missing the last game will lift As for the back line, Stimac ' Chhetri being the main threat. participation fee. This is also according the team’s spirit. will be forced to rejig his central- & " 'M “I hope four people mark to FIFA recommendation,” Das said. In his last appearance, Chhetri defence with Anas Edathodika me. So me and four from the (!% && : %! *! $# In addition to this, the AFC propos- scored his 72nd international likely to pair up with Adil Khan K2 6$ @ opposition are out and we are al said starting with the 2022-23 season, goal, the second most among in front of Sandhu. L)" M playing 10 versus six. I will be very (Abdul) Sahal, Manvir or then it’s good because we have the winner of I-League will stand a active players, as India put up a Jhingan’s injury gives Anas happy then we will come to know Balwant.” better players who are in better chance to be promoted to the ISL with dominating first-half display only with a perfect opportunity to prove L O about someone like Udanta “I will try to be as best that I shape than me. You will see them no participation fee, subject to fulfilling to go down 1-2 after conceding himself again, especially after )" ' (Singh), Ashique (Kuruniyan), can be. But if they want to mark, tomorrow,” the 35-year-old said. sporting merit and the national club late goals in their World Cup qual- returning from retirement. licensing criteria to be set out by the AIFF. ifier against Oman in Guwahati. India failed to keep up the " % '$O “Everyone has to put the good of Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh intensity in the final minutes Indian football at the forefront and take Sandhu took the charge in because of fitness concerns against " '7O " *" ")O =2 the best decisions to develop Indian club Chhetri’s absence and thwarted a Oman but Stimac addressed the " " & football. The AFC will be very much barrage of attacks from Qatar, issue against Qatar. And it will be )" 'M 37 “I am going to tell my boys to involved to ensure the growth of the game making 11 saves in a heroic dis- interesting to see how the Blue K-3 ( go there and give their best. But yes to the next level with the pathway to a sin- play to snatch a point from the Tigers cope up with the challenge L M angladesh captain Jamal Bhuyan India are favourites. I am going to gle league,” AFC General Secretary ‘Dato’ 2022 World Cup hosts. against Bangladesh, who have eight Bon Monday said his team is rel- break the India hearts tomorrow,” Windsor John said. While defence, tactical forma- under-23 players in their squad. ishing the challenge of producing an the Danish-born Bangladeshi cap- Former I-League champions Minerva tion and discipline were the high- Bangladesh head to the match certainly look to make an impact upset win against favourites India, tain said on the eve of the match. Punjab owner Ranjit Bajaj, who had ear- lights of their match against Qatar, after two consecutive defeats. They with their forward duo of Nabib something which will give a big Bhuyan, a defensive midfield- lier vociferously opposed the AIFF’s the focus against Bangladesh, who lost narrowly to Afghanistan and Newaz Ziban and Saad Uddin. boost to the sport in the cricket- er, said the contest will centre move to grant ISL the top league status, are ranked 83 places below India, in their last match before going On paper, India enjoy a com- crazy country. around the midfield. said he is happy that main concerns of the would be on the strikers. down 0-2 to Qatar. But the Jamie manding 15-2 head-to-head “If we win something will said. "This a big game because we I-League clubs have been addressed. Chhetri will remain the go-to Day-coached side has put up a record in 28 meetings but change in Bangladesh football. Bhuyan said his team is ready have a history between the two “Four clubs are being promoted (to man in the attacking zone, but the strong fight and created many Bangladesh have managed to stay India have big companies support- to break the hearts of home fans in countries and all the players from ISL) by four years and then promotion onus will also be on the likes of chances in the two games. unbeaten in their last two fixtures ing the sport but we lack in invest- their World Cup group qualifier. both camps are eager to play this and relegation (in ISL) will start. I con- Balwant Singh and Manvir Singh The Englishman may have (1-1 in SAFF Championships, ment. So it’s a great opportunity to “No pressure on us, the pressure is game. Whoever wins the midfield sider this as a victory even at the cost of to make an impact. conceded that India are firm 2013 and 2-2 in an International change that by showcasing what we on India as if they don’t win the fans battle has the better chance to win losing the AFC Champions League spot,” The skipper will also have the favourites but Bangladesh will friendly, 2014). have and attract big investments,” he will be after them,” he said. the match," said the 29-year-old. he said. 6 ( , & *!! 4) &+;+; 06$ ) $ / awan Sehrawat did the star turn as Pdefending champions Bengaluru oland and Russia secured their places at Bulls outwitted UP Yoddha 48-45 in the PEuro 2020 on Sunday with victories over first eliminator to qualify for the semi- North Macedonia and Cyprus respectively, finals of the Pro Kabaddi League season while Germany and the Netherlands boost- seven here on Monday. ed their hopes of reaching the finals. Star raider Pawan secured 20 raid Russia eased to a 5-0 thrashing of 10-man points as the Bulls fought their way back Cyprus, with Poland joining them, Belgium in front of a packed audience at the EKA and Italy in qualifying this week by seeing Arena to set up a semifinal clash with off North Macedonia 2-0. Dabang Delhi. Stanislav Cherchesov’s Russia, only had The UP side dominated the early to avoid defeat in Nicosia to follow Belgium minutes of a fiercely-contested first-half in qualifying from Group I. as Bengaluru struggled to get a strangle- ( ! 1& $# Valencia winger Denis Cheryshev fired hold. in a ninth-minute opener for the visitors, UP had the advantage of momen- to keep his team in the match and pick before Magomed Ozdoev made it two mid- tum, with 23 All-Out in their last 11 up a High 5. way through the first half. matches (the best record in the league), Bulls’ Sumit and UP’s Shrikant Striker Artem Dzyuba scored his third and inflicted an All-Out on the Bulls in impressed with their raids as the match goal in two games in the 79th minute, before the 8th minute to open up a 7-point lead. entered the final four minutes with UP Aleksandr Golovin and Cheryshev’s second Nitesh produced stellar tackle in the leading by 8 points. completed the rout late on. first move after the All-Out to send Pawan produced some important Russia will attempt to overtake Belgium, ) : && *! % !D! ..*! Pawan once again to the dugout but the raids to clinch an All-Out with four who beat Kazakhstan 2-0 earlier on Sunday, Bulls finally had success in the defence points remaining. Bengaluru had a one at the summit when they host the world’s head record with a nervy 2-1 win over Belarus Ilkay Gundogan, who along with Can with a successful tackle on Surender Gill point lead going into the final play of number one side on November 16. in Minsk. before kickoff ‘unliked’ a controversial with seven minutes remaining. the match but Surender made success- Poland went into their game against The Dutch lead third-placed Northern Instagram post by Turkey forward Cenk The tackle brought Pawan back on ful raid to level the points and push the North Macedonia knowing victory would Ireland by three points after beating Michael Tosun, scored twice, with Timo Werner also the mat and the High Flyer produced a point to extra time. punch their ticket for the Euros. O’Neill’s side 3-1 on Thursday. finding the net. stunning 3-point Super Raid to halt UP’s UP started the extra time on a high They were forced to be patient by the vis- Georginio Wijnaldum headed the away Joachim Loew’s side host Northern dominance in the match. with a two-point raid by Rishank itors, who could qualify through the team in front in the 32nd minute, Ireland in their final game, which could decide Nitesh did produce a Super Tackle Devadiga that also sent Pawan to the playoffs after winning their Nations shortly after Denis Laptev had spurned second place. on Pawan with four minutes left to half bench but Sumit’s raiding and a team League group if they fail to do so a golden chance to give Belarus a shock time but the Bulls, buoyed by Rohit’s tackle on UP’s Shrikant meant at the automatically. lead. presence on the mat, secured their first half time in extra time there was only But Przemyslaw Frankowski The Liverpool midfielder doubled Croatia were made to wait to qualify, as All-Out with a minute remaining for the one point separating the sides. prodded home less than 60 seconds the advantage before the break with a Gareth Bale’s strike in first-half injury time break. The half ended 20-17 with UP on Pawan produced a stunning after coming on as a substitute in the wonderful 25-yard strike into the top proved enough to grab a 1-1 draw for Wales top. 4-point raid to give the defend- 74th minute, before Akardiusz Milik corner, and although Stanislav Dragun in Cardiff. Bulls dominated the starting min- ing champions a three point made the points safe. gave Belarus hope early in the second Nikola Vlasic fired a low ninth-minute utes of the second half with Mahender lead but Monu Goyat imme- Poland remain three points clear of half, the Netherlands held on with relative shot in off the post to put Croatia on course Singh coming good in the defence. diately produced a 2-point Austria, who won 1-0 in Slovenia, at the top comfort. for qualification, before Bale’s fine goal With the defence scoring points the raid to make it a one point. of Group G, with North Macedonia and Victory in Belfast over the Northern Irish secured Wales a point in a bad-tempered affair. Bulls sniffer an All-Out and reduced the But Pawan clinched Slovenia five points further adrift. next month would secure the Oranje a first Last year’s World Cup runners-up Croatia UP side to two on the mat. an All-Out and that appearance at a major tournament since fin- will qualify if they avoid defeat against But in Nitesh, UP had, arguably, the was enough to see ishing third at the 2014 World Cup. Slovakia in their final match on November 16, league’s best defender, and the captain the defending cham- Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands Germany eased to a 3-0 victory in while Euro 2016 semi-finalists Wales could produced two Super Tackles (in the 10th pions through to the remained at the top of Group C Estonia despite seeing Emre Can sent off in join them with two closing wins, as long as and 11th minute of the half) on Pawan semi-finals. ahead of Germany on head-to- the 14th minute. Slovakia do not beat the Croatians.