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Association (JNUTA) on Monday took out a march from Sabarmati T-Point to the main gate of the campus to protest against the attack on students and demanded sack- ing of the Vice Chancellor. Meanwhile Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday also spoke to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and directed him to call representatives from JNU for discussion. The Delhi Police has reject- ed the charge of reaching the JNU late, asserting that they responded to the Police ' & ( " # ! ) " + Control Rooms (PCR) calls and law-and-order situation professionally to control the violence on the campus. " ) "*+, According to Mandeep Singh Randhawa, the Deputy Commissioner of Police and PRO, the internal security of Q ,R the JNU lies with the varsity R administration. “Police have responded to !! ,-./-01+ nexus of JNU security and alleged that the masked goons the PCR calls, and law-and- vandals. They did not intervene belonged to the Left-backed order situation professionally. day after the violent attack to stop violence,” Ghosh told students union. The ABVP + ' P , " # +- A fact finding committee under Aon some students of reporters. said the secretary of ABVP Shalini Singh, Joint Jawaharlal Nehru University “For last 4-5 days, some JNU unit and ABVP’s JNUSU " ,-./-01+ of unease filled the campus ing entry of only students with footage to identify the rioters Commissioner of Police, (JNU) by masked miscreants RSS-affiliated professors were presidential candidate Manish after the unprecedented assault valid ID cards, these measures and have registered an FIR Western range, has been on the campus, JNU Students’ promoting violence to break Jangid sustained severe injuries day after the masked on students and faculty mem- did not assuage the concerns of against unknown assailants. formed and the committee will Union (JNUSU) president our movement. Are we wrong and was left with a fractured Aassailants attacked several bers, with allegations of unholy students over their safety. The JNU administration, be looking after all aspects. The Aishe Ghosh — receiving to ask for the safety from the hand. students, including Jawaharlal nexus among JNU adminis- As the horrific first-person which had called in the police Crime Branch also visited the injuries on head — on Monday JNU and Delhi Police?” the “Many ABVP activists have Nehru University Students’ tration, local police and hooli- accounts of the violence that soon after the Sunday attack, spot on Monday and they have alleged that the incident was a JNUSU president added. suffered head injuries, while Union president Aishe Ghosh, gans, scores of apolitical stu- left 34 people injured emerged, on Monday appealed to the stu- collected vital clues. pre-planned attack by the Akhil “I was surrounded by 30 eleven are missing. Rumours and faculty members with dents preferred to leave their the Delhi Police on Monday dents to keep calm and has sent Police are also collecting Bharatiya Vidyarti Parishad people who hit me with iron are making round that the sticks and iron rods on the uni- hostels till normalcy returns on transferred the case to the an initial report to the Human CCTV footages and even the (ABVP) and some “RSS affili- rods continuously. We were masked men belong to ABVP. versity campus on Sunday, no the campus. Despite massive Crime Branch, which claimed Resource Development entry register at JNU gate is ated professors”. punched. They were about to Such mischief must be arrest was made by the Delhi deployment of security per- to have found “vital clues” Ministry which took stock of being checked to identify the “It was an organised attack. lynch us and were abusing us,” unequivocally condemned by Police till Monday night. sonnel on the JNU campus and about the masked attackers. the situation. miscreants behind the vio- They were singling out people said Ghosh. every right-thinking citizen,” Even as the palpable sense outside and authorities allow- They are sifting through CCTV The JNU Teachers’ lence,” said Randhawa. and attacking. There is a clear However, the ABVP said the ABVP spokesperson.
!! ,-. P !" # P on the sequence of events that ,-./-01+ /-01+ took place on the campus and % & the measures taken to restore ampuses across the coun- day after the violence, normalcy. However, the V-C Ctry as well abroad rever- AJawaharlal Nehru did not attend the meeting. berated with voices of protest University (JNU) Vice- The HRD Ministry had called and anguish on Monday over Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar an urgent meeting over the the violence in Jawaharlal ‘s absence from Ministry of violence that took place at Nehru University (JNU) and Human Resource Department JNU. The Ministry had on attacks on students and facul- (HRD) meeting and him not Sunday sought an immediate ty members by an armed meeting injured students have report from JNU Registrar masked mob on Sunday raised question on his way of Pramod Kumar after the vio- evening. functioning. Though, a state- lence broke out and students Oxford University and ment was released by the V-C and teachers were attacked. Sussex University in London appealing students to maintain Former JNU Chancellor besides Columbia University in peace on the campus. and senior Congress leader the US witnessed protest over Alleging that the V-C was Karan Singh on Monday the JNU violence while with- unable to cope with the present slammed the V-C over the vio- in the country, demonstra- situation, the JNU Teachers’ lence on campus, alleging that tions took place at Pondicherry Association (JNUTA) & + he had been “absent” at this University, Bangalore demanded his resignation on " # ! ) " + crucial juncture and was com- University, University of Monday. “Where was our pletely ineffective.“As a former Hyderabad, Aligarh Muslim ' ( - , # # +- supreme authority, the V-C Sonajharia Minz. The HRD lowing Sunday’s violence. The Chancellor of the JNU, I have University, University of when this attack was happen- Ministry on Monday met offi- meeting was attended by the been shocked beyond belief at Mumbai, Delhi University, University in Bengaluru, University, Kolkata and IIT lence on the JNU campus and ing? Where was he? Why no cials from the JNU adminis- JNU Registrar, Proctor and the violent and condemnable Ambedkar University, Banaras Savitri Bai Phule University in Bombay. Students staged also took to twitter with hash- action was taken?,” asked for- tration and took stock of the other admin officials who incidents that took place,” said Hindu University, Chandigarh Pune, TISS Mumbai, Jadavpur peaceful marches to register tag “SOSJNU” trending on mer JNUTA president situation on the campus fol- briefed the Ministry officials Singh. University, National Law University, Presidency their protest against the vio- social media. ! " # " $$ !! ,-./-01+ He said that as compared to the final vot- ers list in 2019, the number of voters in Delhi he elections to the 70-member Delhi has increased by 9.96 lakh in the final roll of 2020 TAssembly will take place on February 8 and (up to January 1). results will be declared on February 11, the For Delhi elections, the Commission will O #*#+ Election Commission announced on Monday. deploy 33,600 ballot units, 18,200 control units !" Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said and 20,600 paper trail machines. he BSE Sensex crashed 788 the notification for the polls will be issued on !! ,-./-01+ papers to 20 persons. The AAP good work in the last five Tpoints, its worst session in January 14 while the last date for the withdrawal has been quick to punch holes years”. The AAP’s poll cam- # $ % about six months, as escalating of candidature will be January 24. With the ith the Election in the claims of the BJP paign has listed its notable P US-Iran tensions sent crude oil issuance of the notification, the nomination WCommission declaring Government. performances in the fields of prices soaring and also made process will commence. the dates of Delhi Assembly Chief Minister Arvind education, health, transport, investors shun equities and Responding to a question on the law and elections, the dye has been Kejriwal and AAP leaders have free power and water and & # rush to safe haven assets. order situation in the national Capital, the Chief cast for a humdinger of a poll. targeted the Centre for having women safety. At the closing bell, Sensex Election Commissioner said, “I won’t say we (the The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) befooled the people of Delhi as Reacting to Kejriwal’s state- (# was at 40,676.63, down 1.90 per Commission) are very sanguine, but we are Government led by Arvind the registry of properties in the ment, Union Home Minister " "" cent or 787.98 points — hopeful that they (police) will be able to con- Kejriwal is expecting to reap unauthorised colonies has not and BJP president Amit Shah the biggest single-day drop trol the situation (and make it) conducive for rich dividends on the basis of started yet. claimed that people of Delhi " since July 8. polls. And in any case in the polling process, if its performance and the works The AAP claimed to have will defeat the AAP ! % Similarly, the 50-scrip NSE there is some kind of an extra-ordinary situa- done in various fields whereas carried out developmental Government which has misled Nifty closed at 11,993.05, falling tion, always (there) are provisions for kind of its main political rival Bharatiya works in all the listed unau- everyone for 5 years and the by 1.91 per cent or 233.60 deferring the polls. All these provisions are there. Janata Party (BJP) has come out thorised colonies from laying BJP will form a Government on points. On the Sensex chart, The Constitution empowers ECI to take a call with all guns blazing to sewer lines to building roads the policies of Modi. Bajaj Finance was the top loser, if needed.” corner Kejriwal. and other amenities. The Assembly elections in dropping 4.63 per cent, fol- This time Delhi will have 13,659 polling sta- The AAP and the BJP both AAP convener and its Delhi will be fought on basis of lowed by SBI, IndusInd Bank, tions as compared to 11,763 in 2014, a jump of are locked in tussle on the issue main face Kejriwal on Monday performance, and not “lies and Maruti, HDFC, Hero 16.89 per cent, according to an EC press note. of ‘regularisation of 1,734 ille- addressed the media and hollow talks”, Union minis- MotoCorp, Axis Bank, ICICI Over 1.46 crore voters can exercise their gal colonies’. While BJP leaders said the AAP will ter Prakash Javadekar said Bank and Reliance Industries. franchise in the February 8 Assembly election. are painting the town red with fight Delhi on Monday after the EC Bucking the broader trend, The Commission has decided to extend the the posters and hoardings of Assembly election announced poll only Titan and PowerGrid facility of postal ballot for “absentee voters”, peo- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on basis of its work. dates.Shah said the ended with gains. ple with disability and those above 80 years of for having passed a Bill in He appealed to people of Delhi are All sectoral indices ended age in all 70 Assembly constituencies. Parliament to provide owner- the people of still looking for free in the red, with BSE metal, In a separate press conference earlier in the ship rights to the people living Delhi to Wi-Fi, 15 lakh CCTV finance, realty, bankex, energy, day, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh in these colonies. “vote for us cameras, new colleges auto, oil and gas, capital goods said there were no instructions regarding reg- Union Housing and Urban (AAP) only if and hospitals, as and healthcare indices cracking istration of refugees covered under the Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh you think we promised by AAP up to 2.96 per cent. Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the elec- Puri handed over registry have done Government. Detailed report on P10 toral roll this time. % % & /-16/*,
ollowing the recent violence Fthat occurred in Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, many college students in Dehradun feel that student pol- itics has lost direction. Talking to The Pioneer, they shared their views on student politics and how it affects their college life. “It is my last year in college but I am yet to see a significant change because of student union leaders. I have seen class- es getting cancelled at the last moment due to rallies, or fights but never saw anything good coming out of it,” said Preeti Pokhriyal, an under-graduate student. According to Neha Tiwari, a science student from DAV PG College, “I never realise the exis- tence of student politics when /-16/*, of Anganwadi workers union, because we have nowhere else are fighting not just for our it comes to bring positive Rekha Negi said, “Anganwadi to go. We have no other choice rights but also for the young changes in students’ lives. We he protest of Anganwadi workers have been there for except resorting to such mea- women who will join this field come to know about student Tworkers is still going on about 35 years. The work has sures.” “We will not budge in the future.” In the meantime, politics mostly when there is strong in Dehradun more than increased significantly, and the from our demands. Our many Anganwadi workers some political dispute between a month after it was started. department has expanded too demands are genuine and fair. think that the Government is rivals on the campus or outside, However, with the authorities but all these years, there has We are not asking thou- not responding to them not which in turn results in our not taking cognisance of their been no improvement in the sands or lakhs of rupees per because their demands are classes being cancelled. demands, they are planning to working conditions of month from the government, unfair but due to the fact that I don’t remember any stu- go on a fast unto death soon Anganwadi workers. We work we just want a hike in our the protesters are just women. dent union which has done and even resort to self immo- hard in schools, hospitals and allowance that every woman According to one of the something positive or even /-16/*, out a rally and burnt an effigy nation. To show the lation. villages, even in the remote working in this field day and protesters Swati Negi, “We worthy enough to mention or to protest against the violence. Government in a bad light, On Monday, a large num- areas but still, we are not night deserves,” said an have spent three nights doing discuss.” Abhishek Chandra, a he Akhil Bharatiya ABVP State president such people are running cam- ber of Anganwadi workers acknowledged and treated well Anganwadi worker Deepa protest leaving our kids and second year B Com student TVidhyarthi Parishad Pradeep Shekhawat expressed paigns to turn innocent citi- were present at the protest site by the Government.” Chauhan. families alone. We are not said, “Whatever happened in (ABVP) staged a protest in concern regarding the safety of zens against the Government adjoining the Parade Ground Regarding their future Another Anganwadi work- abusing or harassing anyone, or JNU is appalling but the rallies front of DAV PG College students inside the university and opposition is supporting rooting for their demands that plan of action she said, “If the er Kavita Gusain alleged, “The damaging any public proper- or protest against it is just polit- against the violence in campuses. He said, “A univer- them as well,” he added. include a rise in salary, provi- Government continues to police and some political fig- ties. All we are doing is protest- ical and not due to any concern Jawaharlal Nehru University, sity should be the safest place Meanwhile, the NSUI dent fund, pension after retire- ignore our demands, we will ures are trying to intimidate us. ing for our rights peacefully. It for students or teachers who Delhi. for every student. We con- members and Congress lead- ment, travel allowance and undertake a fast unto death. They are also telling us that we is all because we are responsi- were injured. The National Students demn the incident that hap- ers gathered at Astley Hall to health insurance. While talking Many of us are also ready to might lose our jobs too, but that ble citizens and not because we It’s all about who can make Union of India (NSUI) mem- pened with JNU students.” protest against the violence in to The Pioneer, State president commit self immolation does not bother us. Today we are weak or inferior to anyone." more noise and show off their bers also staged a demonstra- “For past 10 days, stu- JNU. Blaming the existence to the people around tion and burnt an effigy to dents and ABVP supporters Government for the question- them.” In addition to the stu- protest against the violence in are being attacked in JNU. able scenario, they demanded dents, their parents too are not JNU. The ABVP members The attackers are the people strict actions against those = 0 ? too happy with student politics. from DAV College also took who talk about dividing the found guilty. Harsh Chauhan said, “I /-16/*, Since they are the future of drop my daughter to college every morn- time, energy and education. I don’t under- the youth, independent student leaders nation, it is important for the ing around 9 AM from Vikasnagar. There’s stand what good is served by such non- who do not owe allegiance to any politi- outh from across the nation youth also to comprehend right been hardly a month when there was no sense politics.” Most of the students think cal party do tend to work efficiently. Ywill participate at the direction. Swami Vivekanand, day off due to student politics. Sometimes that student politics have lost its direction Since they do not have the pressure Uttarakhand Young Leader through his thoughts had prop- such things go on for weeks and we don’t and is not really necessary. to gain political relevance, they are likely Conclave to be held in agated Indian culture and tra- understand whether we should send our However, some of them have different to perform better than others without Dehradun on January 11-12. ditions across world. The children to college or not. It’s a waste of views about student politics. According to making any fuss, opined the youth. On Monday, the chief min- youth today need to observe his ister Trivendra Singh Rawat thoughts and move ahead. launched the teaser of this Only then will dream of conclave to be held on Swami one India, best India be " ./! Vivekanand’s birth anniver- achieved,” said the chief min- sary. Speaking on the occasion, ister. Secretary to the chief Rawat said that through this minister, Radhika Jha and oth- event, the state government will ers were also present on occa- !" # succeed in sending its message to the youth. “The youth will have to fulfill their duties. sion. 16+/.6 / ) 2 ' violent altercation was Areported between junior and senior students in the /-16/*, Industrial Hemp Association College of Engineering about the interest shown by Roorkee (COER) on Monday. he hemp project is impor- people and companies in After being informed by the Ttant for improving the con- commercial hemp cultivation, college management, the dition of farmers, mitigating experiences and suggestions, police reached the campus migration from mountainous the chief secretary stressed on and brought the situation regions and is among the top the importance of this project. under control before it could priorities of the Chief Minister He directed the department to escalate. Trivendra Singh Rawat. The pursue necessary steps for dis- According to information chief secretary Utpal Kumar posal of the pending applica- provided by sources, two Singh said this while chairing tion for seed registration at the groups of students confront- a meeting to review progress in Government of India level. ed each other in the college the project here on Monday. Further, he also directed on Monday. Departmental officials officials to initiate necessary The altercation turned attending the meeting dis- action at the Central level for retary further said that the excise principal secretary violent with stone pelting cussed the role which the cannabis cultivation for med- excise department will under- Anand Bardhan, agriculture also allegedly being indulged departments concerned can icinal purposes and seek stan- take the task of regulation and horticulture secretary R in by both groups. However, play in encouraging the culti- dards and guidance from the under this project while the Meenakshi Sundaram, agri- the police maintain that there vation of hemp for seeds and government of India and pre- horticulture department’s culture additional secretary was no stone pelting. The some days and took the form Meanwhile, the superinten- The differences escalated fibres in the mountainous sent the same in the next meet- Centre for Aromatic Plants Ram Vilas Yadav and the junior and senior students of violence on Monday. dent of police (City) Kamlesh on Monday. Stating that there regions. ing. (CAP) will be the nodal agency. Indian Industrial Hemp were having some disagree- This correspondent Upadhyay said that there was was no stone pelting, she said Seeking information from He also directed the hor- The other agencies concerned Association executive director ment for some days now. attempted to contact the col- some rift between the stu- that a case of assault and the horticulture and agriculture ticulture department prepare will deal with the sampling, Ravi Sharma along with offi- The tension was simmer- lege officials on the phone but dents of the third and fourth abuse has been registered department along with repre- the draft for this policy by the testing and other technical cials concerned were also pre- ing between the groups for could not get any response. years for some days. against 10 students. sentatives of the Indian end of January. The chief sec- aspects of this project.The sent in the meeting. 0
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he Uttarakhand assembly Twould hold a one day spe- cial session on Tuesday to dis- ! 3 cuss and pass the 126th amend- ment act of the constitution which seeks to extend the ben- " efit of reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas for a period of further 10 years. This one day special session of the assembly would in contin- uation of the winter session of assembly which was adjourned last month. On Monday, a meeting of the business advisory committee of the house was held at the office of the speaker Prem Chand Agarwal. The meeting was attended by the parlia- mentary affairs minister Madan Kaushik, leader of opposition (LoP), Indira Hridayesh, MLAs Pritam Singh, Govind Singh Kunjwal and Khajan Das. The speaker Agarwal told , + media persons after the meet- ing that bill for amendment in /-16/*, work adjournment motion “Former minister and the article 334 that provides /-16/*, elected while one member of progeny of the Europeans who opposition Congress has under rule 310 on the issue of Congress leader Mantri reservation for the SC and ST Anglo Indian community is had married Indian women decided to oppose removal of he Congress party is plan- hike in the power tariff. Prasad Naithani is leading an candidates in the Lok Sabha he 126th amendment of nominated in the assembly.The during the British period. The reservation to the community. Tning to raise its strong She said that the people of agitation on it we would raise and Vidhan Sabhas would be Tthe constitution provides reservation was granted for officiating parliamentary The Pradesh Congress opposition on the issue of reg- the state are reeling under the issue in the assembly,’’ she tabled in the assembly. He said for extending reservation for Anglo Indian community for affairs minister Madan Committee (PCC) President ular increase of power tariffs in regular increase in power tar- said. The Pradesh Congress that a time period of two hours SC and ST in the Lok Sabha a time period of 70 years in the Kaushik said that the popula- and Chakrata MLA, Pritam state during the special session iffs. She said that in last few Committee (PCC) President has been allotted for discussion and Vidhan Sabhas for a peri- year 1950. tion of Anglo Indian commu- Singh said that the ending of assembly on Tuesday. months the State Government Pritam Singh said that the on the bill. od of further 10 years, but The term of this reserva- nity in the country is only 295 reservation for Anglo Indian A meeting of Congress has raised the tariff of power issue of the U—health cards The speaker informed that makes no mention of the reser- tion is ending on January 25, and two MPs and nine MLAs community is an injustice and legislative party was held in the three times which is creating would also be raised by the the constitution amendment vation for the Anglo Indian 2020. However the tenure of are nominated from among Congress would oppose it. chamber of Leader of problems for the people. She party because the bill for extension of reservation community. the lone MLA of the Anglo the members of this commu- He said that the Anglo Opposition (LoP), Indira added that the government is Covernment employees are is needed to pass by at least 50 It effectively means that Indian community, George nity. Indian MLA, Gregory Mann Hridayesh on Monday to dis- again planning to increase the facing problems as the percent of the Vidhan Sabhas with the passage of the bill, the Ivon Gregory Mann would He accepted that with pas- has decided to bring an cuss the strategy of the party tariff which is unacceptable. Government has decided to of the country and for this pur- reservation for this communi- end in 2022. sage of the bill, the benefit of amendment in the bill. during the special session of The LoP said that the discontinue these cards. pose the Uttarakhand assembly ty would be a thing of past. In The Anglo Indian com- reservation for Anglo Indians However Mann could not be the party. party would also raise the He added that the Kedarnath is convened. Agarwal added Uttarakhand, 70 members are munity is represented by the would cease to exit. Meanwhile contacted for confirmation. After the meeting issue of shifting of National MLA Manoj Rawat would that the one day session would Hridayesh told media persons Cadet Corps (NCC) academy raise the issue of forest dwellers also have question hour and Vidhan Sabha secretariat for taken up during the question one day session. The officiating son Madan Kaushik said that that the party would bring a from Devprayag to Pauri. in the assembly. zero hour. He said that 831 the winter session and the hour. He claimed that all prepa- parliamentary affairs minister the questions related with the questions were received by the remaining questions would be rations have been made for the and government spokesper- departments headed by cabinet minister Yashpal Arya and Satpal Maharaj would be taken up during the question hour. *O3 ! ! " " ! # & meeting the department decid- ated on the norms prescribed ed that to streamline its by the IPHS and all the hospi- 6#,<6 % accounts and financial wing. tals should send a work plan to % Dr Upreti said that now the her office so that the appoint- he examinations of the department would appoint reg- ment of doctors and para med- TUttarakhand Vidhyalayi ular accounts officers in the ical staff can be made on these Shiksha Parishad (UVSP) pop- hospitals and Chief Medical norms. She said that Intensive ularly called Uttarakhand Officer (CMO) offices. She Care Units (ICU) on all dis- board would start from March $' ! informed that the department tricts should become opera- 2 this year. These examinations would hold special training tional in this year. would end on March 25. The /-16/*, session for those employees The DG directed that ‘birth UVSP released the time table of who are below 45 years of age waiting homes’ should be the examination at Ramnagar he medical officers and are discharging the opened on the hospitals for the on Monday. Tabsconding from their accounting and financial relatives accompanying the The examination of class X duties would be terminated works. expectant mothers coming would start on March 2 while from the state health and fam- The DG said that the from remote areas for institu- the examinations of Class XII ily department and in their CMOs, CMS and all drawing tional deliveries. would start on March 3. The place new doctors would be and disbursing officers (DDO) She said that birth waiting examinations would be held in recruited. The Director General would be given training of homes would be opened with single shift from 10 am to 1 pm. (DG) of health services, Dr financial issues under the the budget provided by the The meeting held to discuss the Amita Upreti gave these orders Uttarakhand Health System National Health Mission examination was held at Board while undertaking a review Development Project. (NHM) in Pithoragarh, auditorium on the day. meeting of the department on She said that the CMOs Chamoli, Uttarkashi, The secretary of the UVSP, Monday. should send monthly reports Champawat and Nainital dis- Neeta Tiwari said that the On a stern note, the DG on the Bonded Medical tricts while in Almora and practical examinations of class directed the officials to issue Officers (MO), conduct regu- Bageshwar districts these cen- X and XII would start on warning letters to all those lar inspections of hospitals and tres would be opened by the February 1 and end on employees who are absconding ensure the quality of the food departmental budget. The February 25. A total of 150279 from their works from 15 days provided to the patients. The meeting was attended by all the candidates have been enrolled and more. In an important DG said that the hospitals of officials of the health depart- for class X while 121126 stu- decision taken during the the state would now be oper- ment. ! + % & %
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overnor Baby Rani hief secretary Utpal Kumar GMaurya distributed nutri- CSingh reviewed the status tious food kits for two months of works being undertaken by to the five adopted patients of the Tourism and Civil Aviation tuberculosis under the TB departments for tourism devel- awareness mission at Raj opment in the state. Regarding Bhawan on Monday. The nutri- the Char Dham Yatra circuit, tious food kit would be given the tourism secretary Dilip every month free of cost for one Jawalkar informed that 76 year to these five patients modern toilets are being built adopted by governor. while regular feedback is being As part of the kit, 10 kilo- taken on the parking, tourist grammes flour, chickpea lentil, information centre and other whole moong lentil, oatmeal, works. mix oatmeal, mustard oil, Singh said that in addition semolina, turmeric, coriander, to attractive signboards, infor- salt, mix pulses, vermicelli, mation in the electronic format soya chunks and rice are being should also be provided about provided to each patient. ATMs, hotels, home-stays, The governor directed the parkings and other facilities for home-stays have been regis- Talks are underway with ders slated to be opened on officials concerned to provide visitors at locations crossed by tered with consistent efforts private companies for con- January 7. Regarding the tulip benefits of this scheme to more travellers or where the Char underway to increase this num- struction of five-star hotels. He garden in Pithoragarh, Singh patients. She asked the patients Dham Yatra starts. ber. He further informed that also informed that the directed officials to ascertain to have nutritious food and rest Better work should be the works related to develop- Uttarakhand Civil Aviation which flowers grow in which regularly during the treatment. done for clean toilets, cafes and ment of the Char Dham Yatra Development Authority season and start work on Maurya also appealed the peo- making tourist information are progressing at a brisk pace (UCADA) has started the ten- developing a tulip garden using ple and social organisations to patients of TB. The general sec- Uttarakhand, Poonam ers were also present on the centres more attractive. and will be completed before der process for Himalaya the Holland technique as a pilot come forward and help the retary of TB Association of Kimothi, Dr VC Kala and oth- occasion. Jawalkar informed that 2006 the start of the Yatra season. Darshan scheme with the ten- project. '#& &)# ! $ " "Q ! $ ( # *+ ( < ( (! &## 3 (! Referring to the Nanakana !! ,-./-01+ 1,/+<61 Sahib incident, he said that !! ,-. ) Pakistan is not an Islamic /-01+ nion Minister and Delhi unjab Chief Minister Capt nation but a terrorist nation UAssembly Elections in- PAmarinder Singh on which also kills Muslims living elhi Chief Minister Arvind charge Prakash Javadekar on Monday lambasted the Akalis in the country. Drastic action DKejriwal on Monday said Monday said the wait for the for their shameless politicization needs to be taken against the upcoming Assembly elec- elections in Delhi has come to of the recent attacks on the Sikhs * ) Pakistan, he added. tions will be fought on the an end and the people are ready and their religious institutions Targeting Prime Minister basis of the AAP Government's to vote for Bharatiya Janata in Pakistan, and their attempt to Narendra Modi he said that work. People will compare Party (BJP) Government which link the condition of minorities the issue of CAA/NRC, Capt 16+/.6 earlier the citizens felt that works done by the AAP will serve the people of Delhi. in Pakistan with the “unconsti- Amarinder pointed that just with him at the Centre, an Government in the field of Welcoming the announce- tutional” Citizenship days back, Akali chief Sukhbir he All India Shia Personal atmosphere of harmony would education, health, electricity ment of election schedule, Amendment Act (CAA). Badal had asked for minorities TLaw Board spokesman be established. among others with those of the Javedkar said, "After winning The Chief Minister came to be included in the purview of Maulana Yasub Abbas said that However, there is a sense of BJP-controlled MCD, DDA Municipal Corporation of Delhi down heavily on the Akalis, par- the CAA. “Don’t they have any Iran will avenge the death of its insecurity among followers of and Delhi Police, he said, (MCD) and Lok Sabha ticularly the Union Minister clear stand on the issue?” he general Qasem Soleimani. some religion which is affect- adding that the party will run # & 0) # ' Elections, BJP will provide a Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s “abom- asked, adding that these kinds Until his death is avenged, red ing the atmosphere of harmo- a positive campaign. # ! ) " + Triple Engine Government by inable bid to use the killing of of conflicting statements flags will be displayed at the ny. Alleging that the Modi Addressing the media, winning Assembly Elections in a Sikh youth and the attack on exposed the double standards of mosques in Iran, he said while government is trying to divide Kejriwal appealed to the peo- Delhi. Once BJP will form the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in the Akalis on this grave issue of addressing journalists in the country in the name of reli- ple of Delhi to "vote for us vote in the name of develop- and DDA. People will compare Government, the tenure of Pakistan to carry out her polit- national importance.Making it Roorkee on Monday. gion, he opposed the (AAP) only if you think we ment. This will be the first time work done by the BJP in MCD Kejriwal Government will come ical battle against the Congress”. clear that neither he nor the Abbas said that the US had Citizenship (Amendment) Act have done good work in the in last 70 years that voters will with that of AAP's in educa- to an end which created He was referring to Congress were against granting launched a vicious attack which and the planned National last five years". cast their votes on hospitals, tion, health, power and trans- obstruction in Delhi." Harsimrat’s tweets in which she citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs Iran will not tolerate. Register of Citizens. Opining "We will run a positive schools etc. Earlier, people port before voting," he said. Attacking the Delhi CM had sought to promote the etc being persecuted in other Reiterating that Iran will avenge that these developments will campaign, will not abuse any- cast their votes on promises The election to the 70- and AAP national convener, CAA in the context of the per- countries, the Chief Minister Soleimani’s death, he said that harm the nation, he claimed one. We will visit each and but this time they will vote on member Delhi Assembly will Arvind Kejriwal, he said, secution of minorities in reiterated his stand against iso- the US is a friend of Pakistan that the citizens are united in every home and asked people positive works done by the take place on February 8 and During the last five years tenure, Pakistan, and has attacked the lation of Muslims and other reli- but an enemy of India. opposing these developments. to vote for us on the name of AAP government," he added. results will be declared on Kejriwal neither allowed expan- Chief Minister and the gions from the CAA cover. development. We will tell them The Chief Minister said February 11, the Election sion of Metro nor allowed pay- Congress leadership over their “There should be no dis- about various facilities and that people will compare works Commission announced on ment of 6,000 annually to the criticism of CAA.“This is the crimination on religious developmental works com- of the AAP and the BJP this Monday. Chief Election farmers. It did not allow the height of ignorance and stu- grounds,” he said, adding that + pleted by the Government time before voting. "We are Commissioner Sunil Arora Aayushman Bharat, Pradhan pidity,” said the Chief Minister, nor just Sikhs but other minori- such as developing hospitals, entrusted upon with responsi- said the notification for the Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to reacting to Harsimrat’s tweets. ties facing persecution else- providing water and con- bility of departments like edu- polls will be issued on January be implemented in Delhi and “The CAA, coupled with where should be welcome to ,- structing schools buildings cation, health, PWD and Jal 14 while the last date of with- also deprived the people of the National Register for Citizens come and settle in India.“SAD and roads," he said. Board. Similarly, the BJP has drawal of candidature will be benefits of public welfare (NCR) is the kind of tool with is clearly playing to the gallery, "People have decided to control over MCD, Delhi Police January 24. schemes. which minorities in India will be and hoping to leverage the persecuted even more than Pakistani Sikhs issue, to pro- those in Pakistan are,” he said, mote their political interests, as adding that it was apparent is evident from their represen- & % that the Union Minister had no tation to the External Affairs 1,/+<61 clue about the implications of Minister today,” said Capt CAA or the damage it will Amarinder. unjab Chief . ) / ( cause to India’s secular charac- Considering that SAD is PMinister Capt ter, particularly in conjunction part of the NDA government at Amarinder Singh NRC. the Centre, it would be more apt on Monday !! ,-./-01+ accelerate development in the national cap- Capt Amarinder said that for them to put pressure on their described the ital," Shah said. In a series of tweets, Shah the brazen attacks on minorities, alliance partner, the BJP, to be violence at itting out at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), also alleged the AAP government made including Sikhs, in Pakistan more proactive in handling the Jawaharlal Nehru HUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on only promises throughout its tenure and were so appalling as to be inde- situation arising out of the anti- University in Monday accused Arvind Kejriwal's party now in the last three months, public money fensible. “As if these attacks are Sikh attacks in Pakistan, the Delhi as “barbaric and atro- this mayhem unleashed by a for misleading the people in its five year was being spent on advertisements for its not shocking enough, Harsimrat Chief Minister stressed.“Further, cious” and sought strict action handful of goons in the premier tenure. "A new dispensation will take over announcements. and the rest of the Akali lead- it would be more in order for the from the Delhi police against university. This is barbaric, and accelerate development in the nation- Shah said the people of Delhi are still ership has stooped to a shock- SAD and its alliance partners at those who were involved in the atrocious and needs to be tack- al Capital after Assembly polls," Said looking for free Wi-Fi, 15 lakh CCTV cam- ing low by using them to defend the Centre to take steps to incident. led with iron hand,” Capt Shah. eras, new colleges and hospitals, as the CAA and target the ensure the safety and security of “Situation in JNU is clear- Amarinder tweeted. Taking social media platform, Shah promised by the AAP government. Congress party,” he added.Also the minorities within India,” he ly out of hand. DelhiPolice can- In wake of violence at JNU, alleged the Aam Aadmi Party made only Welcoming the announcement of the lashing out at SAD’s double- on added. not remain silent spectators to the chief minister directed the promises. "I am confident that through this polls, Shah said this election will lay the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said. "Who state police to enhance securi- festival of democracy, the Government led foundation for accelerating development do you want to save, Kejriwal ji? Those ty around universities and by a party, which misled people for five in Delhi. "I hope that the people of Delhi who want to break India into pieces?" On ensure the safety of students in years and gave hollow promises, will be will vote in large numbers and create a new Sunday, Shah had also accused the Aam Punjab, officials said adding defeated and a Government will be formed record," he said."Some students shouted Aadmi Party convener of favouring the that Singh had stated that under the leadership of Prime Minister anti-India slogans, said 'Bharat tere tukde "tukde tukde gang" by not giving sanction nobody would be allowed to Narendra Modi that can fulfil the people's honge'. Tell me, should not they be sent to to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru disturb peace in the aspirations," he tweeted. jail?" Shah asked . "But Kejriwal is not University students' union president Sate. A new dispensation will take over and granting sanction to prosecute them," the Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case. / - # ,3! 1,/+<61 atrocities being committed by attack and stone Gurdwara Pakistan against minorities in Janam Asthan, no minority is hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) the United Nations. “From a safe in Pak”. SAD delegation Son Monday urged the total of 40,000 in 2002 Census, also pointed out that the Union External Affairs the Sikh population had come Pakistan Government should Minister Dr S Jaishankar to down to around 5,000…This be asked to take prompt and seek a categorical assurance itself is proof of forced con- exemplary action in case any from Pakistan Prime Minister versions,” he said. Sukhbir said minority community is tar- Imran Khan that assets and that the delegation members, geted in any manner. lives of minorities would be who included MPs Balwinder “If the Government had protected in the neighbouring Singh Bhundur, Prof Prem acted decisively in the case of country. Singh Chandumajra and attack on Sikh community Pak PM should also assure Naresh Gujral, Delhi Sikh members at Gurdwara Janam that all those responsible for Gurudwara Managemnet Asthan and stoning of the the hate attack on the Sikhs as Committee (DSGMC) presi- Gurdwara, it would not have well as stoning of Gurdwara dent Manjinder Singh Sirsa, set off the chain reaction which Janam Asthan in Nankana Takth Patna Sahib Committee led to the killing a Sikh youth Sahib would be arrested and president Avtar Singh Hit and in Peshawar,” he added.The awarded exemplary punish- Harmeet Singh Kalka, also delegation members also con- ment, the party demanded. briefed the External Affairs veyed to Dr Jaishankar that the The demands were made Minister that the situation was recent events in Pakistan had by the party delegation, led by so bad in Pakistan that even hurt the sentiments of the SAD president Sukhbir Badal, those looking after gurdwaras Sikh community worldwide. which called on the Union were not safe. Urging for They said that the Sikhs External Affairs Minister. urgent intervention on this living in Pakistan had already Sukhbir also urged Dr issue at the highest level, stated that they were feeling Jaishankar to raise the issue of Sukhbir said “if anybody can insecure. ) + 6 08 ! & Q( R *
4 way, calling them “anti-nation- ,-./-01+ als and urban naxals”. ! “What is the enmity that he Congress on Monday you have with students and the Taccused the Government of youth of India Modi ji and " " ,-./-01+ already informed detailed discussion JNU registrar, proctor and unleashing “state-sponsored Amit Shah ji, that’s the question about the situation with them and was other admin officials were terrorism” on campuses across the INC and the people of India NU Vice-Chancellor M prevailing and was also briefed about briefed the ministry officials on the country and said the vio- ask. Why are you torturing, suf- JJagadesh Kumar who has briefed that situa- the current situa- the sequence of events that lence in the Jawaharlal Nehru focating, subjugating the youth not been seen anywhere since tion might “worsen” tion in JNU,” a unfoded on the campus and (JNU) campus reminded it of of India under your autocratic the brutal attack by mask men in the campus as senior HRD the measures taken to restore the Nazi rule. Party chief Sonia rule. The more you suppress at the university campus on “restlessness” was Ministry official normalcy. Gandhi appointed a four-mem- voice of the youth, more Sunday evening, is not available observed within the said. There was HRD Minister Ramesh ber fact-finding committee to emboldened it will become,” even for the Human Resource student community. heavy deployment Pokhriyal asserted educational carry out a detailed inquiry into Surjewala told reporters. Development (HRD) Ministry! The official was of police on institutions cannot be allowed to the violence at JNU. “The manner in which The man who should have however interrupted Monday outside become “political adda”, and Demanding a judicial youth is being attacked and been there to pacify the vio- by another JNU offi- the Shashtri vowed “strong action” against probe into the violence that their voices stifled, reminds us lence, skipped a high-level cial saying that Bhawan which the perpetrators of violence at erupted in the JNU campus, the of the Nazi Germany of 1933 meeting convened by HRD Kumar was very much peeved houses the HRD Ministry. JNU. “I have said this earlier also party said the enquiry should which seems to have come Secretary Amit Khare to take about the second such incident Though the V-C remained that these autonomous institu- look into the role of the gov- back under the rule of Modi stock of the situation at JNU in in the campus and has sought confined, he took to social tions cannot be allowed to ernment, the JNU administra- and Amit Shah after 90 years,” the aftermath of massive vio- time from “two cabinet” min- media to express his displea- become political ‘adda’ (dens). tion and the Delhi police. # - 9 he said. The Congress president lence. The HRD Ministry on isters to brief them about the sure over the incident. Strong action will be initiated Questioning the role of the , " # +- has appointed a fact-finding Monday had summoned the prevailing condition in the Sources also said the against people involved in such Delhi Police in the entire committee on the JNU inci- entire JNU administration to campus in last couple of incumbent HRD Secretary is an attack,” Pokhriyal said on the episode, former Home Minister “absolutely sure” that there times. Nothing can be more dent. The members of the fact- review the steps taken to con- months. also treading in the matter cau- sidelines of an event in P Chidambaram demanded were intelligence inputs on shocking and shameful,” finding committee are trol the situation. With the Home Minister tiously as his predecessor R Bhubaneshwar. The HRD that Delhi Police Commissioner Sunday’s attacks and pointed Chidambaram said. Sushmita Dev, the Mahila Sources in the Ministry Amit Shah himself asking for Subramanyam was axed from Minister urged JNU students to Amulya Patnaik be held towards the failure of the Delhi Congress leader Priyanka Congress chief, Hibi Eden, an said for almost few minutes, the immediate reports into the HRD last month after the JNU maintain the dignity of the uni- accountable for the attacks on Police in preventing the vio- Gandhi Vadra met injured JNU MP and former NSUI presi- JNU officials kept conveying incident from Delhi L-G as fee related agitation. versity and peace on campus. students saying the perpetrators lence on JNU campus. students at AIIMS and alleged dent, Syed Naseer Hussain, an that the V-C was on his way and well as Delhi Police, HRD Subramanyan during a top Violence broke out in the must be identified and arrest- “This incident is perhaps that it was “deeply sickening” MP and former president of will reach shortly for the meet- Ministry too is preparing a level meeting of HRD Ministry campus as a group of masked ed. The buck starts with the the most clinching evidence about the Government that JNU NSUI and Amrita ing which lasted for almost two detailed report based on the to resolve the fee agitation people armed with sticks Commissioner of Police and that we are rapidly descending allowed violence inflicted on Dhawan, a former NSUI pres- hours in the afternoon. two page facts provided by had advocated for the JNU attacked students and teachers stops with Home Minister Amit into anarchy. It has taken place students. AICC chief ident and ex-DUSU president. During the meeting, the JNU administration. Students’ concern and in the and damaged property on the Shah,” Chidambaram said. in the national Capital in India’s spokesman Randeep Surjewala They have been asked to JNU administration apprised “HRD Secretary Amit meeting it was pointed that he campus, prompting the admin- Chidambaram said the foremost University under the said the ABVP goons went conduct a detailed inquiry into the HRD Ministry of what led Khare held a meeting with a himself is a JNU alumni. istration to call in the police. JNU violence was an example watch of the Central from hostel to hostel and the incident of violence in to the Sunday’s violence at the team of JNU authorities, The Ministry had on Many sustained injuries and of the country’s “descent into Government, the Home entered girls hostel, Sabarmati JNU campus and (will) submit campus. A source present in the including Pro-VC Chintamani Sunday sought an immediate were admitted to AIIMS fascism” and the incident was Minister, the L-G and the hostel, Periyar hostel and Kaveri the report to the party chief meeting said a JNU adminis- Mahapatra, Registrar Promod report from JNU Registrar Trauma Centre here. They were the most clinching evidence of Commissioner of Police. This Hostel. They entered half a within a week, a statement trative official complained Kumar, Rector Rana Pratap Pramod Kumar after the vio- discharged on Monday. JNU India rapidly descending into is the gravest act of impunity dozen hostels and they beat up from AICC general secretary about the “lackadaisical” Singh and Proctor Dhananjay lence broke out and students Students’ Union president Aishe anarchy. He said he was that we have seen in recent each and every student on their KC Venugopal said. approach of the V-C who was Singh. The secretary held a and teachers were attacked. Ghosh suffered a head injury. Q !"# 3- 45 5,678 0 Q$$!# #! & ,-./-01+ India, SBI and Punjab National advance payment of goods’ the firms to the banks. the firms was shown in lakhs Bank, according to an FIR reg- imported and 27 were used to “It is further revealed that whereas the amounts remitted he Central Bureau of istered by the CBI in Bangalore. remit Rs 549.95 crore towards the accused and others who were in crores, which was ,-./-01+ ! ++ , P TInvestigation (CBI) has The CBI had received foreign travel of Indian tourists. were involved...Were paid com- “fraudulently and dishonestly” P++ ! booked 51 entities for alleged- information that 51 current The agency has named three mission on the basis of amount facilitated by the bank officials. hree days after an attack on 0 + ! ly remitting Rs 1,038 crore of accounts of 48 firms were individuals — Mohammed transferred and duration for “It is further revealed that TNankana Sahib Gurdwara + ! 2 !! + black money to Hong Kong opened in four branches of Ibramsa Johny, Zinta Midhar which the bank accounts the imports and travels have in Pakistan’s Punjab three 3 " during 2014-15. these banks “solely for effecting and Nizamuddin, besides 48 remained active and that the not taken place and the province by a mob, India on The 51 accused entities, outward remittances” to the companies in the FIR, it said. concerned bank officials were amounts so credited is fraud- Monday summoned Pakistan’s mostly owned by Chennai res- tune of Rs 1,038.34 crore, The CBI has alleged that also bribed in cash,” it further ulently transferred for the pur- Charge d’affaires Syed Haider idents, remitted Rs 1,038 crore according to the FIR. out of 24 companies, 10 had alleged. poses and thereby caused Shah here and lodged a strong unaccounted black money to The CBI has alleged that 24 made imports in small quanti- The agency also alleged wrongful loss of foreign protest over the desecration of Hong Kong in connivance with accounts were used for outward ties but the goods imported and that most of the remittances exchange equivalent to Rs the holy shrine and killing of a unidentified officials of three foreign remittances in USD value of imports did not match were made in the second half 1038.34 crore to Government Sikh youth in Peshawar. public sector banks — Bank of equivalent to Rs 488.39 crore as with the invoices submitted by of 2015 and annual turnover of of India,” the FIR added. Pakistan was called upon to ensure safety, security and wel- fare of members of minority communities there, the exter- ! R ) ' 3 nal affairs ministry said adding Islamabad was asked to take immediate steps to bring to jus- tice perpetrators in Nankana ' Sahib incident and killing of Sikh man. 08 ,-./-01+ The External Affairs + ' + + Ministry statement said # - 0 ( ,-./-01+ an insolvency case filed by SBI he Supreme Court on Pakistan’s Chargé d’affaires was ' , # # +- against Mallya, have been con- TMonday set up a nine- summoned to lodge strong he Supreme Court on cluded and the order reserved. judge Bench to hear cases relat- protest at the recent acts of van- action to apprehend and give Nankana Sahib and the unre- TMonday said fugitive eco- Mallya’s lawyers have asked ed to entry of women of men- dalism and desecration of the exemplary punishment to the solved case of abduction, forced nomic offender Vijay Mallya the UK court not to pass any struating age into Sabarimala holy Gurdwara and the target- perpetrators of the crime. conversion and marriage of a cannot use pendency of his plea order contending that settle- shrine which had earlier creat- ed killing of minority Sikh The incident involving Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur,” the MEA in the apex court to stall insol- ment proposal is pending in the ed a political divide in the state community member in killing of 25-year-old Sikh had said. vency proceedings initiated apex court here, Mehta said of Kerala and triggered a heat- Peshawar, Pakistan. minority community member India also said Pakistan against him by lenders in other and asked the court to clarify ed debate whether a time-hon- India also shared strong came two days after a mob should stop “prevaricating” countries. the position. Mallya, current- oured temple-tradition be concerns raised by members of attacked, desecrated and van- and take immediate action to A Bench headed by Chief ly in the UK, has been charged replaced by modern law, giving 13, 2020,” the notice said. complete justice”. civil society, parliamentarians dalized the most revered gur- apprehend and give exemplary Justice SA Bobde passed the by the Enforcement Directorate equality to all on the question On November 14, last year, While saying last year that and others at the continued dwara at Nankana Sahib. The punishment to the perpetrators order after the Centre told the of defaulting on bank loans of entry to the famed temple. a five-judge Constitution it will endeavour to constitute persecution of religious and victim Ravinder Singh was the of the crime. court that Mallya used pen- amounting to Rs 9,000 crore. The nine-judge Bench in a 3:2 majority verdict the larger Bench at the earliest ethnic minorities in Pakistan, brother of Public News anchor “India strongly condemns dency of his plea to stall the UK He is facing extradition trial in Constitution Bench of the apex had referred to a larger seven- to hear the matter, the top court including the recent despicable Harmeet Singh. He was shot the targeted killing of minori- court from delivering verdict in the UK. court will hear from January 13 judge Bench, the pleas seeking had declined to pass any order and heinous acts. Pakistan was dead in Peshawar by an ty Sikh community member in insolvency proceedings. Mehta told the court that the issue of allowing women review of its historic 2018 on the pleas by two women called upon to ensure safety, unidentified man, according to Peshawar that follows the Pendency of the case is not Mallya has been assuring the and girls of all ages to enter judgement allowing women activists seeking a direction to security, and welfare of the media reports. recent despicable vandalism a ground for holding any case consortium of banks since Kerala’s Sabarimala temple and girls of all ages to enter the Kerala Government to members of the minority com- Ravinder Singh was a res- and desecration of the holy anywhere in the world, the 2013 that he will repay the along with other contentious Sabarimala temple. ensure safe entry of women in munities in Pakistan, including ident of Shangla district at Gurdwara Sri Janam Asthan at apex court said. money and not a single rupee issues of alleged discrimination It had however said that the the Ayyappa temple under their places of worship, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and was Nankana Sahib and the unre- “In view of the letter cir- has come from him till date. against Muslim and Parsi debate about the constitution- police protection. take immediate measures to in Peshawar for shopping solved case of abduction, forced culated by Advocate-on- Mallya had earlier moved women in mosque, dargarh al validity of religious The Left parties and the expeditiously bring the perpe- ahead of his planned wedding. conversion and marriage of a Record for the petitioner, list the apex court challenging the and Parsi holy fire place of an practices like bar on entry of BJP in Kerala had earlier taken trators of such despicable and His Peshawar visit came soon Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur,” the MEA these matters on January 10, confiscation of properties “A g y a r i” r e s p e c t i v e l y. women and girls into a place of legal and traditional view on heinous acts to justice. after he returned home from said. 2020...Subject to the condi- belonging to the companies The top court issued a worship was not limited to the the entry of menstruating A Sikh minority commu- his Malaysia visit. After killing It said the Government of tion that the pendency of these owned by him and his family notice informing listing of peti- Sabarimala case. women into the temple and nity member Ravinder Singh him, the murderer made a Pakistan should act in defence special leave petitions shall members. He said in the plea tion filed by Indian Young The top court said such tried to arouse public opinion was on Sunday murdered in phone call to Ravinder Singh’s of their own minorities instead not be used as a cause for seek- that no property other than Lawyers Association seeking restrictions are there with around their respective stands. Peshawar by an “unidentified” family, a media report said of “preaching sermons” about ing adjournment in any matter that of Kingfisher Airlines, fac- review of its historic 2018 regard to entry of Muslim With the apex court’s larger gunman, leading to a strong quoting the Peshawar police. it to other countries. before any Tribunal, Court or ing cases of alleged irregulari- judgement allowing women women into mosques and ‘dar- Bench set to hear the issue of protest from India which con- “India strongly condemns The MEA said these rep- Authority anywhere,” said the ties, should be attached. and girls of all ages to enter gah’ and Parsi women, married equality of opportunity for demned the “targeted killing” the targeted killing of minori- rehensible actions followed the Bench, also comprising Justices On July 11, last year the Sabarimala temple. to non-Parsi men, being entry of women in all religious of the young Sikh man. ty Sikh community member in forcible abduction and con- BR Gavai and Surya Kant. Bombay High Court had “Take notice that the fol- barred from the holy fire place places, the contentious issue of The Ministry of External Peshawar that follows the version of a Sikh girl who was Solicitor General Tushar refused to grant stay on pro- lowing matters will be listed for of an Agyari. Sabarimala is expected to be Affairs on Sunday had said recent despicable vandalism kidnapped from her home in Mehta, appearing for the ceedings before a special court hearing before a Nine Judges It said it was time for the settled along with other con- Pakistan should stop “prevar- and desecration of the holy the city of Nankana Sahib in Centre, informed the court on confiscation of Mallya’s Constitution Bench commenc- apex court to evolve a judicial troversies relating to Muslim icating” and take immediate Gurdwara Sri Janam Asthan at August last year. that proceedings in the UK in properties. ing from Monday the January policy to do “substantial and and Parsi communities. 1 ! .2
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Government’s School Health poor handling of sewage waste WHO warns that the economic the “resistance of a microor- global action plan. opment of SAPCAR and the crobial stewardship for AMR Dr Sangeeta Sharma, nodal Programme to make Delhi’s in treatment plant, domestic losses could be devastating, esti- ganism to an antimicrobial Speaking at an event here way forward. Six Strategic pri- containment. SAP-CARD in officer AMR and President youth aware about AMR. waste, disposal of pharmaceu- mated to be about $100 trillion drug that was originally effec- during the launch of the SAP- orities along with key focus addition, has included moni- DSPRUD, shared the “Antibiotic Later, she said that Delhi, tical products are other major in total by 2050. AMR could tive for the treatment of infec- CAR , Dr Sujeet Singh, areas have been identified for toring and evaluation indica- Awareness Campaign in School being the transit point for var- issues that need concerted and push 2.4 crore people into tions caused by it”. Director of National Centre for overall coordination and sur- tors to check the implementa- Children” organized in collabo- ious agricultural and animal collaborative efforts across var- extreme poverty by 2030, it said. ,- 4 ! !Q ! 2 3 3+ 4566 ,3 ;0 & had perpetrated this culture in R "# #*#+ these regions. Today they are incident —be it even police — At this stage, I do not want to n what the Opposition Left getting paid back. They are should be identified and pun- take sides on the incident. But, Iparties promptly called an getting what they deserved. ikening Sunday’s violence at ished”. I am all for baring the masks of ;0 & with thousands of students “admission” on the part of the There is nothing wrong in it.” LNew Delhi’s Jawaharlal Asked about the protests the people behind the JNU. taking out rallies from BJP of its involvement in the When asked to comment Nehru University (JNU) to the being witnessed in Mumbai They deserve to the unmasked. erming the Sunday’s attack Presidency College, Jadavpur Sunday’s attack on JNU cam- on whether the level of politics 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, and other parts of the State, the The real faces of those behind Ton Jawaharlal Nehru University and other places. pus, Bengal BJP president Dilip should stoop to such levels the Maharashtra Chief Minister Chief Minister said: “There is the incident should come University campus a “fascist A massive procession of Ghosh on Monday justified the State BJP chief said “they had Uddhav Thackeray says that nothing to worry about the before the country.. Whoever surgical strike,” Bengal Chief the civil society members was JNU incident saying such perpetrated silent terror earli- the masked men behind the protests happening in Mumbai were behind the incident Minister Mamata Banerjee on taken out from North Kolkata action was long overdue and er, now they are getting it violence were “cowards” and and other places in the state. should be punished”. Monday called upon the past the BJP State party office that the Left had been paid back. Good that the score is they needed to be We are here to take care of Uddhav agreed with a Opposition parties to unite ABVP goons inside the campus to the Governor’s House. back by their own coin. being settled,” adding identified and punished stern- them. I would like to assure the questioner that the police against the “fascist rule being to brutally attack the students In the evening the police When asked to comment however “the BJP does not ly. students in the state that I will appeared to be biased in han- perpetrated by the BJP-led and on the other they kept the had a tough time to keep JU on the Sunday’s incident that believe in violence.” “From we saw on television not only not allow JNU-like dling the JNU incident. “If the Government.” police administration students and the followers of left about 30 students and Reacting strongly to of what happened at JNU, I can incidents in Maharashtra, but police have not performed Even as academic inactive… similar things hap- the ABVP separated from each teaching staff injured, Ghosh Ghosh’s comments former say that the masked men who I will also not tolerate such inci- their duty, the needle of campuses all over Bengal pened at Jamia Millia Islamia, other. “An apparent BJP sup- justified the action saying, “the CPI(M) MP Samik Lahiri said indulged in violence were cow- dents here”. suspicion also turns towards erupted in protest against the Lucknow, Muradabad. They porter was roughed up by the communists deserved this. “when such comments come ards. If they were brave enough, “If there is need to increase them,” he said. Sunday’s “barbaric attack” on are doing whatever they like… alleged JU students for calling They are getting their out of the mouth of none other they would not have indulged security on the university Asked if Union Home students of JNU the Chief this (JNU attack) is nothing but the, Pakistanis even as they due.” than the chief of the State such kind of violence. campuses in the State, we will Minister Amit Shah should be Minister said an “ a fascist surgical strike were taking out a procession He said “why campuses in wing of a party then one has to When they did whatever they definitely do it. But, we will not held responsible for the inci- emergency-like situation” was absolutely.” condemning the Sunday’s inci- Bengal, Kerala and Tripura are believe that the attack was did, why they wear masks?... let anyone harm our students dent, Uddhav said: “Like I said prevailing in India which had India had been shamed dent. violent? This is because the Left pre-planned. Whatever I saw on television in the state. If someone tries to earlier I do not want to politi- to be countered immediately to and its democracy tormented reminded me of 26/11 harm, we will deal with them cise the incident. What I want retrieve and save the Indian as never before, Banerjee said attacks in Mumbai,” Uddhav sternly,” the Chief Minister immediately is that all those democracy. “It is shameful to speak about said. said. behind the incident should be “I started my political how democracy is being Talking to media persons ‘At the same time, we all brought to book and punished career as a student worker but attacked by a planted game. If here, Uddhav said: “This kind need to come together, take severely. What we need now is have never seen a situation like anyone speaks anything in of cowards will not get support cognisance and address the an impartial inquiry into the this where the academic cam- protest they call them anti- from any quarter in the unrest that is being witnessed incident....If no action is taken, pus of the entire country is national, a Pakistani… What is country.... I will not tolerate this among the students across the then questions will arise if it being attacked just to gag the happening? Pakistan is not a kind of attack in Maharashtra.... country, by taking the stu- was a sponsored attack and protesting voices,” the Chief democratic country. The dif- All those masked men behind dents concerned into confi- there is politics in the whole Minister said adding “if anyone ference between India and yesterday’s violence at JNU dence... The incident has thing”. raises his voice he will be Pakistan is that we are secular need to be identified and dealt happened in Delhi.. Asked if he concurred with termed as anti-national … this country and they are funda- with sternly”. The anger within the the demand made by the teach- was not how politicians worked mentalist country. So why When his attention to the student community in the state ers’ association of JNU that the in the past.” always compare with Pakistan? protests being witnessed in the is coming out. I would like to vice chancellor should be Lambasting the BJP Does it mean that you want to national capital in the after- the students that I share their sacked, Uddhav said: “Don’t Government for allowing the pull India to the level of that math of the violence at JNU, anger and assure them that worry, things will come out (on violence to be perpetrated by country?” Uddhav said: “The protests there is no need for them to whether there was dereliction the members of its students’ Banerjee’s angry remarks will definitely take place. fear,” Uddhav said. of duty on his part). Things can arm Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi came at a time when parts of Because, whatever happened at Maintaining that he did not not be hidden for long... Parishad in JNU campus Bengal including educational JNU should not have hap- want to politicise the incident Ultimately, it is for the Banerjee said “I was watching campuses in Kolkata erupted in + " P pened in the country. at JNU, Uddhav said: “I do not Government there to initiate how one side they sent their revolt against the JNU incident 3 # +- All those responsible for the want to politicise the incident. action”. (
#*#+ Powai campus. Talking to media persons, their institute campus to the The protests were Awhad said: “The JNU violence Pune University at 5.30 pm on $ 3 undreds of students from continuing in Mumbai till very is (Amit) Shah-sponsored ter- Tuesday in protest against the Hvarious student late in the evening. rorism. The country condemns violence at the JNU and Mumbai: Several political leaders, including NCP chief organisations, NGOs and Bollywood film makers this barbaric act. Its nice to see demand action against those Sharad Pawar and State Environment Minister Aditya prominent personalities staged Anurag Kashyap, Anubhav that #Modi #Shah are scared of behind the incident. “ We Thackeray, have come out against violence on Jawaharal Nehru a sit-in protest at the historic Sinha, Zoya Akthar, actors only one thing, that’s the expect the students from vari- University campus on Sunday. “JNU students and professors Gateway of India in south Rahul Bose, Gauhar Khan and intellect in JNU”. ous colleges and Pune were subjected to a cowardly but planned attack. I strongly con- Mumbai against the comedian Kunal Kamra staged On Sunday night, students Unviersity and also people demn this undemocratic act of vandalism and violence. Use hooliganism witnessed on the a demonstration at Carter Road staged a “torch protest” in from various walks of life to of violent means to suppress democratic values and thought Jawaharlal Nehru University in Bandra’s Carter Road in front of the Film and Television join the silent march,” a student will never succeed,” Pawar tweeted. “The violence and brutality (JNU) campus on Sunday north-west Mumbai on Institute of India (FTII) in leader said. faced by students, while protesting, is worrisome. Be it Jamia, night. Monday night, to condemn Pune to express their solidari- Meanwhile, students owing be it JNU. Students mustn’t face brutal force! Let them be! These The students from various the violence at JNU and express ty with the affected JNU stu- allegiance to Akhila Bharatiya goons must face action. They must be brought to time bound colleges, carrying the national solidarity with the students. dents. Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and swift justice,” Aditya Thackeray tweeted. tricolours, banners and posters, State Housing Minister and Students from various col- staged a protest near Ruia Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik strongly con- staged a dharna, shouted slo- NCP leader Jitendra Awhad, leges in Pune and the Pune College at Matunga in north- demned the JNU violence and demanded strict action against gans against the violence at the who joined the protest at the University had joined the FTII central Mumbai against the the culprits. “Hostels are being attacked. Students and staff are JNU and expressed their soli- Gateway of India in the morn- students in the protest which JNU attack and alleged that the being beaten up. Police is not acting upon to protect them. BJP’s darity with the affected stu- ing, hit out at the NJP govern- went on till 1 am on Left backed students were politics is playing with the future of the country,” Malik said. dents and professors in the ment at the Centre for its Monday. behind the incident. They Today’s protest was a continuation of the demonstrations national capital. Protests were attempts to “destroy” The FTII students are plan- raised slogans against the left which started at midnight at the Gateway of India in Mumbai also staged at the IIT Bombay democracy in the country. ning a “silent march” from parties and JNUSU. and Pune. PNS #* ,* ( O
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University students on Monday demanded the resignation of Jawaharlal Nehru University vice chancellor Jagadesh Kumar as hundreds took part in a rally here over violence by masked men at JNU’s campus in Delhi. In a statement, the AMU Students Coordination Committee (AMUSCC) demand- ed JNU VC’s resignation, asking him to take “moral responsibili- ty” for the violence in the varsity. Terming as “shocking” the reports that even medical teams heading to assist the injured were prevented by the mob from enter- ing the JNU campus, the AMUSCC, in a statement said only a time-bound judicial inquiry would uncover the full truth. The AMUSCC has been spearheading an agitation against the amended citizenship law. The alleged involvement of goons linked to the ABVP would be confirmed by a judicial probe, it said, while strongly condemn- ing the manhandling of Swaraj Party President Yogendra Yadav by miscreants allegedly under the police patronage. The AMU’s students also held a Tiranga March inside the AMU campus later in the day in soli- darity with the JNU students and all other student bodies current- ly holding peaceful protests against the CAA. Raising slogans “JNU tum sangharsh karo, hum tumhare saath hain” (JNU! You fight, we are with you), the protesters hand- ed over a memorandum, addressed to President of India, to the district authorities here. The memorandum by the protesting students, among other things, also demanded “immedi- ate punishment to those respon- sible for attack on JNU students and teachers”. PTI 7
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" leagues to be calm and listen to to provide dual citizenship to in the overall flow of Central Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief fied legislators as promised 0 1-,,+ the speech. “You are a best ora- Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in funds to Tamil Nadu. Contrary Minister BS Yediyurappa on and also make place for old tor. Use your skills for debate. Tamil Nadu. Government of to the impression that Monday said the much await- guards, upset at being “neglect- Bengaluru: JD(S) leader HD amil Nadu Legislative Let this House be used for Tamil Nadu will ensure that the the Fourteenth Finance ed Cabinet expansion will take ed” in the first round of the Kumaraswamy on Monday TAssembly’s session in 2020 debate,” said the Governor who interests of all citizens regard- Commission’s recommenda- place in about a week to 10 days induction exercise. said he would not get involved began on a stormy note on reverted to his prepared speech. less of religion or creed are pro- tions increased the gross flow of and that he wants to complete He also has to give in any 'wicked act' of bringing Monday with the DMK, the Stalin along with the con- tected,” said the Governor. resources from the Centre to the exercise before his pro- adequate representation to var- down the BS Yediyurappa-led principal Opposition party and stituents of the DMK — led While patting the Edappadi the States, in reality there has posed visit to Davos to attend ious castes and regions in his- Government in Karnataka, its allies staging a walk out in front shouted slogans and Palaniswami Government for been a reduction in the gross the World Economic Forum cabinet and also deal with allo- amid claims that 15 to 20 BJP protest against the controversial walked out of the House. its efforts in making the State a transfers from the Centre to meet later this month. cation of key portfolios. MLAs were ready to come Citizenship Amendment Act Interestingly, TTV developed one and the lead States. Moreover, Tamil Nadu “Cabinet expansion has to “I will make all efforts to The Chief Minister, who out. passed by both Houses of Dhinakaran, the lone member State sought after by investors, has faced a more severe adverse be done in a week or 8-10 days. expand the cabinet before that,” has indicated that the Ministry Clarifying that he would Parliament. of the AMMK and Tamimum the Governor declared that impact due to the horizontal There is also information he said. With Yediyurappa expansion may take place any not disturb the Government, The opening sequences of Ansari , an ally of the ruling Tamil Nadu has become the distribution formula of the that Amit Shah (Union Home making it clear that 11 of the time after Sankranti, is likely to the former Chief the session had all the AIADMK too joined the DMK numero uno State in India as Fourteenth Finance Minister and BJP national disqualified JDS-Congress travel to Davos on January 20, Minister said for him develop- ingredients of a drama as the in the walk out which also gave envisaged by former Chief Commission,” said Purohit. President) will be coming to MLAs who got re-elected in the according to sources. ment of the State was impor- proceedings which commenced indication of a future possible Minister late J Jayalalithaa. The Governor also said Bengaluru on January 16 or 18. December 5 bypolls on BJP Yediyurappa, along with tant. in a sober mood turned volatile alliance between the DMK and Purohit paid glowing tributes to that Tamil Nadu lost Rs 4073 Before that I will go to Delhi tickets will be made Ministers, Union Ministers Piyush Goyal “With great difficulty you as Governor Bawarilal Purohit the AMMK. Amma at least half a dozen crore because of the discrep- and get things cleared and will lobbying has been on within and Mansukh Mandaviya, as (Yediyurappa) have become started his customary address to The Governor steered clear times in his hour long speech ancies in allocating the share of expand the Cabinet at the ear- the party for the remaining well as Chief Ministers Chief Minister for the fourth the members of the House. MK of any controversies throughout and this drew thumping of GST to the State and he blamed liest,” Yediyurappa said. ministerial berths. Amarinder Singh (Punjab), time, (i am) happy, I have Stalin, leader of the Opposition his speech and was silent about desks by the AIADMK legisla- the 14th Finance Commission Speaking to reporters here, Currently there are 18 Kamal Nath (Madhya Pradesh), nowhere said that I will disturb who had given notice for a the CAA. The close he came to tors. The Governor was critical for the same. The Mekedatu he said he wanted to complete Ministers, including the Chief are expected join over 100 your Government. private resolution condemn- referring the CAA was about of the 14th Finance Dam to be built by Karnataka the exercise before his Davos Minister, in the cabinet that has Indian CEOs at Davos in Even now some people ing the CAA was on his feet the move by the AIADMK Commission recommendations across Cauvery River and the visit. He said he was not keen a sanctioned strength is 34. Switzerland later this month for come and ask why Im sitting shouting slogans and demand- Government to help Sri that led Tamil Nadu, a best per- reservoir to be built by on leaving for Davos, but was Cabinet expansion will not the WEF's 50th annual meeting, silent when 15-20 people are ing a thorough discussion in the Lankan Tamils who have taken forming State in the county los- Karnataka along the told that some Chief Ministers be an easy task for the Chief which will be attended by thou- ready to come out of BJP and House about the “discrimina- refuge in the State . “The ing heavily despite its com- Markandeya River too came for would have to g and so would Minister as he willhave to sands of rich and powerful why dont I make an attempt (to tory Act”. An unperturbed Government of Tamil Nadu will mendable achievements. sharp attacks in the Goernor’s attend it as it is a very impor- strike a balance by accommo- from across the globe. poach them), Kumaraswamy Purohit asked Stalin and his col- urge the Government of India “There has been a diminution speech. tant event. dating the victorious disquali- PTI said. PTI !# " # ()* " 0 89 &!## + #!- .) / 0 " 3! Jammu: Sikh organisations demned the killing of a Sikh in +$*6 Director General of Police ensuring that every case is regis- staged a protest in Jammu & the mob attack at the Gurdwara Bhupendra Singh here on tered and no grievance gets left Kashmir's Kathua district on on Friday. rimes against women Monday. unattended. We took effective Monday against the “We demand protection to Cincreased nearly 50 per cent The cases of rape committed action against organised crimes vandalism at Gurdwara minorities and their places of in Rajasthan in 2019 with a total against minors also registered an last year,” the DGP told a press Nankana Sahib in Pakistan's worship in Pakistan,” of 41,155 cases being registered, increase of 22 per cent. conference here. Punjab province. Charanpreet Singh, a sikh which is 13,561 more than the Singh said police have For 2020, he said maximum Over 300 Sikhs raising leader, told reporters. previous year. registered every FIR that has priority will be given to focussing anti-Pakistan slogans blocked He said the incident was a The maximum rise in crimes resulted in an increase in the on crimes against women and a highway in Rajbagh area and matter of “shame” for Prime against women was in molestation number of registered cases in children. demanded protection to Minister Imran Khan. (68 per cent) while rape cases too 2019. The overall increase in Last year, a total of 41,155 minorities and their places of Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also increased by 38.34 per cent as cases registered under various cases of crimes against women worship in Pakistan. known as Gurdwara Janam compared to the cases registered sections of the Indian Penal Code were registered which is 49.14 per The protesters burnt effigy Asthan, is a site near Lahore in 2018, according to the crime was 31.08 per cent. cent more than 2018 and 61.01 " = / of Pakistan Prime Minister where the first Guru of Sikhs, data released by the State's “Our focus in 2019 was on per cent more than 2017. # +- Imran Khan as they con- Guru Nanak, was born. PTI + / ( - & 7
Lucknow: A Bahujan Samaj after BSP chief Mayawati asked opposition to this law all over Party delegation on Monday the Uttar Pradesh Government the country and in UP there met Uttar Pradesh Governor to apologise to the people for was violence. Earlier the police Anandiben Patel and sought putting anti-citizenship law and state government held the her intervention for the release protesters behind bars without protestors solely responsible of “innocent” people jailed in thorough investigation. for it and also acted in a vin- connection with protests “The BSP has opposed dictive manner, putting people against the amended this law which grants citizen- in large numbers behind the citizenship law and immediate ship on the basis of religion, bars,” it said. withdrawal of cases against making it divisive and uncon- It claimed media reports them. stitutional... And had also had brought to fore the attitude The delegation, led by voted against it in Parliament,” of the state government, police party MP Satish Mishra, hand- the memorandum signed by and administration which had = + & & ? &&@, ! ed over a memorandum to the Mayawati said. been most barbaric and ?! @ + ! ?+!@, + # +- Governor at Raj Bhawan a day “There was widespread biased. PTI + ! & $ " "@ = " ! 4 , 85 ( $&, addressed in Patna by Union secretary of the JD(U), for his minister of state for Home open letter in protest against Shahjahanpur (UP): Former he BJP is set to raise the Nityanand Rai and Deputy “unilateral announcement” on Union Minister Swami 0* ,;. Tpitch in Bihar in support of Chief Minister Sushil Kumar National Population Register Chinmayanand, who has been the Citizenship (Amendment) Modi. (NPR) exercise by the deputy accused of sexual exploitation amajwadi Party chief Act, with two of its top lead- Notably, Bihar witnessed CM. by a law student, appeared SAkhilesh Yadav on Monday ers flying down to the State to massive anti-CAA protests in Modi had made the dis- before a local court here on demanded a probe by a sitting address public meetings and the recent past, including closure at a press conference on Monday. Supreme Court or High Court raise awareness about the statewide bandhs called on Saturday and issued a stern Chinmayanad was brought have “sexual intercourse not judge into deaths of children at contentious legislation, a senior different days by Left parties warning that “administrative to the court of Chief Judicial amounting to the offence of Gorakhpur Medical party official said on Monday. and the RJD and its allies. and punitive action” will be Magistrate (CJM) Omvir from rape”. Chinmayanand also faces College. Union Home Minister and A demonstration staged by taken against officials, found the jail amidst tight security, charges of stalking under Blood tests conducted on party chief Amit Shah is sched- a motley group of student guilty of dereliction of said his counsel Om Singh. Section 354D, wrongful con- 1,800 children admitted in the uled to address people in outfits in December had duty. He said the court has fixed finement under Section 342 hospital between January and Vaishali district on January 16, caught the police off guard as State BJP spokesman January 20 as the next date for and criminal intimidation October last year showed that two days after Uttar Pradesh the agitators went on the ram- Nikhil Anand came out with a hearing. under Section 506 of the IPC. they were suffering from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath page, setting on fire a police flurry of tweets, addressed to The counsel for the law The 23-year-old law encephalitis, but the govern- holds a public meeting in outpost and many vehicles at Varma, pointing out that what student, Kalvinder Singh, said student, who was arrested for ment admitted only Gaya, state BJP vice- president Kargil Chowk, a stone's throw he assumed to be a “unilater- she could not appear before the allegedly trying to extort 500 such cases by “tweaking the Devesh Kumar told PTI. from the district police chief's al announcement” by the court as she was unwell. 5 crore from Chinmayanand, records”, he told reporters A massive door-to-door office and the collectorate. deputy CM has been set in Chinmayanand, whose was released on bail on here. campaign is currently under- Meanwhile, the State BJP motion by a notification issued trust runs Shahjahanpur Law December 11. He alleged that acting at way in the State, after its mocked Pavan K Varma, the by the State Government last College, where the student The former Union minis- the behest of the government, launch on Sunday with rallies disgruntled national general month. PTI studied, was arrested under ter had alleged that they had the doctors there described Section 376C of the IPC, an threatened to make public illness of the children as acute offence pertaining to abuse of some video clips that showed fever and claimed that around one's position by a person in him getting massage from the 1,500 children had died there authority to “induce or seduce” law student, who was arrested between January and October a woman under his charge to on September 25. PTI last year. 0 : , ," ! 3% 4 " 2&/$ % 4 " 4 # $%$&'() *$%)+# ( ( ( !9 : ;; ,- / S ( S ( $3O+ %+ ! ! + ; <+ ;= >> O P# 3" " ! ! S Q - A + B B B ( B t xy -. ;< ) + ; he paroxysms of religious intoler- 8 8 ( ance increasingly engulfing Pakistan and sections of its civil society, not to mention the frenzied anti-India exhortations of its favouriteT militant outfits, are inexorably 8 " pushing the nation towards political incoher- ( ence and religious apoplexy, from which + ; 9 return to sanity seems unlikely. # 7 Two recent events best exemplify this trend. One is the attack on Nankana Sahib ! Gurdwara (January 3) led by the brother of A Mohammad Hassan, the boy who alleged- * S ly abducted Jagjit Kaur, daughter of a senior gurdwara official, from her home in " " August 2019 and forcibly converted and * married her. Reports suggest that ahead of # " ( the court hearing on January 9, police entered the Hassan family home and arrest- ; ed some members. Enraged, Hassan’s broth- $ A - er collected a crowd, surrounded the gur- A dwara, pelted stones on pilgrims and threat- ened to convert all shrines into mosques. As * C :(. S authorities moved to control the situation, * he issued an apology on video. In India, the incident embarrassed polit- Penal Code that was introduced on the streets chanting that they has no canon and, therefore, no . ical parties opposing the Citizenship in 1986 by Zia ul-Haq). His par- would not let her leave Pakistan, law, and Pakistan retained Amendment Act (CAA) and forced them to ents have appealed to Chief it was only in May 2019 that she because it was a religion of the * , 7 ! S condemn it. The ruling party, the Bharatiya Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, point- was discreetly flown to Canada, Book) has rained hell on its poor ( Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the ing out many problems — from where her family had already victims. 9 ( Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) protested near the refusal to hear the case, constant been given asylum. As of now, there is no one Pakistan High Commission in Delhi, which transfer of judges and delay tac- It is an open secret that who can put the genie back in the 7 S ( was placed under tight security. tics by the prosecution — to deny (+<+0,&+# Pakistan’s blasphemy law is a bottle. Many lament that Jinnah’s S # The second and more serious incident justice to the young teacher. --,&,, , weapon to harass individuals or plea for a secular nation, made on 7 concerns Pakistan’s treatment of its own cit- Many journalists and writers groups for personal or petty August 11, 1947, before Pakistan izens. Junaid Hafeez, a teacher in the liter- have supported them. 1+ 1 agenda or to persecute religious was officially born, was not hon- A ( + ; ature department of Bahauddin Zakariya Within Pakistan, critics minorities for vicarious majori- oured by the elite of the new S B University, has been languishing in solitary question the very need for this - ;#-&1-,-. tarian satisfaction. Invariably, country. Some say the speech was confinement since March 2013, after an law, pointing out that it inhibits ;,:-+;,+, the accused are unable to defend optics at the behest of Lord Islamist group claimed he had made blas- reforms in Islam and sanctions themselves and have to suffer Ismay to stem the communal O + ; 88# + O ( phemous remarks during a lecture. death for words, cartoons and $ +&,% painful imprisonment before frenzy and bloodbath. Others say !( A gold medallist, Junaid was studying other forms of free thought. 60-6;*-6 receiving capital punishment, that the communal passions S ( medicine at Lahore’s prestigious King Edward They point out that critique of though the Supreme Court has unleashed by Jinnah to achieve Medical College when the poet in him sur- a religion does not mean vio- 6-#+,+ -,&;: often overruled judgments of the Pakistan had assumed a momen- faced; he moved to Bahauddin Zakariya lence against that faith or deny &1-/;#+,+ , lower courts for having poor evi- tum of their own and could not S # S .> University, Multan, to study English litera- the rights of its adherents. dentiary value. At times, howev- be controlled. <.= 8 ( ture. In 2009, he went to study American lit- Instead, the blasphemy laws #;, <+6;0#; er, the apex court has upheld the Secular thinkers in Pakistan erature at the Jackson State University, the US, undermine basic human rights. sentence, leaving the luckless assert that there is no blasphemy 8 S on a Fulbright scholarship and returned to Asiya Bibi, a poor Christian (;,6;0 accused with no recourse but to law in the Quran or in any 8 S teach at his alma mater. Here, in the univer- woman, received the death *&.+&1;*&1+ beg for pardon from the Hadith or in the writings of the sity’s growing Islamic environment, he penalty in 2010 for alleged blas- $+-&=,/ President. Along the way, intre- dominant Hanafi school. D pushed for secular debate around different phemy, and Punjab Governor pid lawyers have lost their lives, Blasphemy is a man-made device topics. Though eminently qualified for a per- Salman Taseer was assassinated 0-6,+,< fighting for justice, dignity and to control dissidence or torment ( manent faculty position, the Islamist student for supporting her and trying to human rights. innocents, who may have earned group on the campus, the Islami Jamiat-e- take up cudgels against the well- -H1;6& Vigilantism, as seen at one’s ire for some petty reason or Talaba, wanted the post to Islamise the known abuse of this law. Taseer +,&;0-6, -;: Nankana Sahib, has become the other. In Asiya Bibi’s case, it was # # department. Suddenly, blasphemy charges said the Pakistan of Mohammad new confession in Pakistan. drinking water from a pot + ; prevented him from getting the job. Ali Jinnah did not have such a - *06 Rabble-rousers reminiscent of the reserved for Muslims. ) One accusation was that Junaid shared law and such a cruel punish- /+-,&-6,/ Dominican monk, Girolamo Pakistan’s Islamic revolu- blasphemous content on a Facebook account, ment. Claiming that Islam pro- Savonarola, but without his piety tion, like all revolutions, is eat- which has never been linked to him. vided for the protection of #+,;6+&+- and learning, exhort intolerance ing its own children. It needs to 9 ( Nevertheless, Junaid, then just 27-years-old, minorities, he promised to take ,&+;,0 6--/ of secular dissenters and minori- be reversed by an Ataturk-type + ; was jailed and his career ruined. When lawyer her appeal to the President, for ties as a national creed. Mini- of powerful leader but the / P( Rashed Rahman was assassinated (2014), pardon. As the case became an tyrants populate every village and Army has been thoroughly rad- advocate Asad Jamal courageously took the international cause célèbre, the city street, sniffing out potential icalised. Islam has become % 8Q ( P7uh h Hhh Fv EhvQ brief, despite several death threats. On Supreme Court of Pakistan victims. Former President Zia- Pakistan’s cul-de-sac; the way in S December 21, 2019, Junaid Hafeez was sen- acquitted her in October 2018, ul-Haq’s tweaking of the British- is the only way out. tenced to death for “outraging religious sen- citing insufficient evidence. made blasphemy law (that India (The author is a senior timents” (under Section 295-C of the Pakistan However, as frenzied mobs came junked because Hindu dharma journalist) , = < & >;?
! % % . 89' . ! + + %++ ++D &3 ,* !33 ! ?84 ! B& J K %%% +D!3 3%+ "" 0 3 + O! %+O 3,* "" * ! %+L 3+ 3 #D ) ! % ! + % % % + , ( #;58%% (*8 7'#8 8%*;' ((8(%'8( K6 " K " K/ & " K* &3 S ) ( ? ? @ ? = ?? % &;?=@ - pendency of cases in Indian . courts is worrisome. The present # $/ 01 status of 19 judges for 10 lakh Sir — It was heart-breaking to EE O people is woefully inadequate. read about all the animals that < " The Law Commission’s recom- $/ 01 died when a fire tore through a ;%&35+ mendations to increase the ratio 213 monkey enclosure at the Krefeld ! !!%&! ! to 50 has been observed more in Zoo in northwestern Germany at % breach than in honour. the dawn of the new year. Police ! %6 Even if the courts work round # O 0526 7 suspect that paper lanterns lit and ! ! the clock, making severe dent on $ - ( launched into the sky by revellers %& < the pendency of cases is a hope ( ( — in spite of there being a ban on " ! ! 3! against hope. Besides, corruption these items — caused the fire. The D %$ " ! within the judiciary has gained O ) 055 ( lanterns, bought off the internet, % ground. Delayed delivery of jus- 15 8 fell into the enclosure where rare + D " tice must become a thing of past. ) 9 species of apes — including mar- D !! % Only then can the courts exist mosets, chimpanzees, orangutans ! " !% ! meaningfully. and gorillas — as well as birds $ " " ! KV Seetharamaiah 0515 # were kept. This might have been " %+ Hasaan an accident but it occurred only %& % - because of the carelessness and ! % " " " , ( negligence of human beings. " D % M Pradyu ! %!! " !L" M Kannur L M ! " ! "! Sir — This refers to the editori- 8 : 3 %+ ! % al, “New Year births” (January 3). (* '#; Overpopulation gives birth to # " ! " %: several serious problems in any 9 country. India must undertake * ( Sir — This refers to the editori- expeditious measures to pre- al, “We didn’t start the fire” out war. But it’s unclear how or prices of crude oil are likely to vent such huge increase in its ( (January 6). The recent killing of when a response might come. If increase. One hopes that the population. ( Iranian military commander a disproportionate response ongoing stand-off between Sresth Qasem Soleimani by forces in the comes from the Iranian side, it Tehran and Washington does Sir — Justice delivery is the basic Via email US has heightened fears of an can have catastrophic repercus- not escalate into a serious conflict. ingredient of a civilised society, ( attack from Iran directed at sions for the US as well as for Iran. Devendra Khurana but it seems to have collapsed in ' 2 * America, raising fears of an all- As the Middle-East simmers, Bhopal our case. The alarming rise in the ''8%'#6#;8A59($7#9 ! A , ," B;@?=,< * 0 ! / 0=
12 >%;< = -( % ! : % A # <%A#= 052E ! # # %A# 2 %A# ( # S ( " D " Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of almost every other country in the started killing the protesters. That sination. The Iranians will certain- Kata’ib Hezbollah, the most power- world. was General Soleimani’s idea and a ly go on making deniable, pin-prick ful pro-Iranian militia in Iraq. And there’s a second, less visi- very serious mistake on his part: attacks on US assets and allies in the An eye for an eye, and so forth. ble benefit for Iran from Soleimani’s The street protests began to target Gulf in retaliation for the US sanc- Tit-for-tat is clearly the game Trump murder. It greatly strengthens Iran’s Iranian influence as well. tions that are strangling the coun- $;0+&+ 0 1,<- thought he was playing. That’s why political influence in Iraq, which has But Soleimani’s murder has try’s economy but they may feel that ,/ ;*6& he warned late on Saturday on been deteriorating quite fast in largely erased that resentment: He they have already had their revenge Twitter that the US has identified 52 recent months. is now yet another Shia martyr to for Soleimani. +$3 Iranian sites, some “at a very high Ever since the US invasion in the cause. The Prime Minister of Iran doesn’t want an all-out war " *3.4 &C@ level and important to Iran and the 2003, Iraq has been the scene of Iraq showed up at his huge funeral with the US. The US could not win D Iranian culture”, and warned they intense competition for influence procession in Baghdad and an that war (unless it just nuked the would be “hit very fast and hard” if between the US, which dominated extraordinary session of the Iraqi whole country) but neither could f the Iranians played the game Tehran retaliates for Soleimani’s the country militarily and Iran, Parliament passed a resolution Iran and it would suffer huge dam- %6 the same way that the American murder. France, Russia, the United whose State religion, the Shia ver- demanding the expulsion of US age if there were a flat-out American " IPresident Donald Trump does, But that’s not the game the Kingdom, and Germany, would sion of Islam, is also the faith of the troops from Iraq. bombing campaign using only con- !" 3 then their revenge for the American Iranians are playing at all. It’s a much defy the US and go on trading with majority of Iraqis. The Iraqi political elite may or ventional bombs and warheads. assassination of Iran’s leading gen- longer game than tit-for-tat, and Iran. There are still about 5,000 may not carry through on that pol- Apocalyptic outcomes to this D %& eral, Qassem Soleimani, would be a their targets are political, not per- It signed the deal in order to end American troops in Iraq but they are icy but there is genuine outrage that confrontation are possible, but simple tit-for-tat. Just kill United sonal. the sanctions but all the sanctions now vastly outnumbered by local the US, technically an ally, would they’re not very likely. ! States (US) Secretary of State Mike Tehran’s first response has been are effectively still in place. pro-Iran Shia militias, who did the make an air strike just outside The Iranians will probably just " Pompeo, the man who actually to announce that it will no longer Tehran didn’t say that it is now heavy lifting during the 2014-17 Baghdad airport without telling chug along as before, staying with- L$3O organised the hit and then boasted respect any of the limits placed on going to start working on nuclear military campaign to crush Islamic Iraq. All the worse when it kills an in the letter of the law most of the about it. its nuclear programmes by the 2015 weapons but it will resume produc- State (IS) militants in northern invited guest of the Iraqi time, cultivating their allies in the %M& If Pompeo was too hard to get nuclear treaty, the Joint ing enriched nuclear fuels in quan- Iraq. Lately, however, the pro-Iran Government who is the second Arab world and waiting for Trump at, the Iranians could get even by Comprehensive Plan of Action tities that would make that possible. faction has been losing ground. most important person in Iraq’s to make his next mistake in their murdering any one or two of a hun- (JCPOA). Iran knew that it was going to When popular protests broke other main ally, Iran. This is what favour. He’s reliable in that, if in dred other senior US officials. Donald Trump pulled the US have to pull the plug on the JCPOA out in September against the huge contempt looks like and it rankles. nothing else. $3 Probably two, because the US drone out of that treaty in 2018 and Iran eventually but Trump’s assassination corruption of Iraqi politicians and In just one careless stroke by the (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is that hit Soleimani’s car coming out has given up hope that the other sig- of Soleimani lets it do so with the the impoverishment of the general US, Iran has had two big diplomat- ‘Growing Pains: The Future of ! !% of Baghdad airport also killed Abu natories to the pact, i.e. China, open or unspoken sympathy of population, the pro-Iran militias ic wins thanks to Soleimani’s assas- Democracy and Work.’) J 5 K 6 ) ! - . ! ,-./-01+ The Sensex had ended 162.03 points, Religare Broking Ltd VP — Research Ajit ly 2 per cent to $69.81 on Monday, while or 0.39 per cent, lower at 41,464.61 on Mishra said. the rupee depreciated 24 paise against the nvestor wealth tumbled by a whopping Friday as well. "Amongst the broader markets, BSE US dollar to 72.04 (intra-day). I3.36 lakh crore in two successive ses- Led by the weakness in equities in two midcap and smallcap underperformed. All On the Sensex chart, Bajaj Finance sions of decline in the equity market fol- consecutive trading sessions, the market the sectoral indices witnessed heavy sell- was the top loser, dropping 4.63 per cent, lowing escalation in tensions in the Middle capitalisation of BSE-listed companies ing pressure and ended with losses where- followed by SBI, IndusInd Bank, Maruti East. plunged by 3,36,559.82 crore to in auto, banking and metals were the top and HDFC. Equity markets fell for second con- 1,53,90,312.60 crore. losers," he added. At the BSE, 1,944 stocks declined, secutive session, with the 30-share key BSE "Indian markets started the week on US President Donald Trump on while 604 advanced and 181 remained index plummeting 787.98 points, or 1.90 a negative note amid escalation of geopo- Sunday vowed "major retaliation" if Iran unchanged. per cent, to close at 40,676.63, on Monday. litical tensions between the US and Iran. tries to avenge the killing of its key mili- The S&P BSE Smallcap index closed During the trade, it dropped 850.65 points Rising crude oil prices and adverse rupee tary commander Qasem Soleimani. 1.96 per cent lower, while the BSE Midcap to 40,613.96. movement too impacted the sentiments," Brent crude oil futures surged near- index fell 2.31 per cent. >;< =@<@ < ; & - 2 $1 2/222 " "" >$9?1 -( ! A ! , A = New Delhi: Amazon India on Dreamery, Karmiq, Mother FRL plans to soon list stores Mumbai: Lubricants maker Monday said it has entered into Earth, Kara, CleanMate and like Big Bazaar, and Foodhall in Gulf Oil has extended its pact long-term business agreements others. more cites on the Amazon India Mumbai: The rupee plunged 13 rel. with auto major Bajaj Auto for with Future Group for expand- As part of the partnership, marketplace. paise to settle at 71.93 against the "The renewed geopolitical supply of its engine oil by ing the reach of the latter's retail FRL will augment existing store- "In order to drive efficien- US currency on Monday, worries will remain for couple of another three years, the com- stores and consumer brands infrastructure at its retail outlets cies, the two organisations will weighed down by the spike in days, lending support to oil pany said on Monday. through its online marketplace. for facilitating seamless packag- work closely through a dedicat- global crude oil prices as esca- prices and taking a toll on the At present, Gulf Oil sup- The development comes ing and pickup of products ed team, and will explore syner- lating US-Iran tensions fanned emerging market currencies plies engine oil to Bajaj Auto in after Amazon had agreed to buy ordered online. FRL and gies in distribution, customer fresh fears of conflict in the including rupee," said Rahul markets across 20 countries, 49 per cent stake in Future Amazon India have already acquisition, and marketing ini- Middle East. Gupta, Head of Research- (" # / 0+ + including India, it said in a Coupons Ltd that in turn holds launched this service across 22 tiatives. This creates an enviable Forex traders said growing Currency , Emkay Global 0+ 0 ME EEE ?N% ?%?E O%& release. stake in Future Retail Ltd (FRL) stores. Both companies plan on collaboration bringing together geopolitical tensions could con- Financial Services. 0+ 0L " ME EEE The company has been last year. rolling this out across the entire the best of consumer insights and tinue to keep the domestic unit US President Donald Trump %0+ 0 " EN 8?O able to use its channel to sub- "FRL and Amazon India FRL store chain based on agreed geographical reach from the under pressure. has warned Iran of "major retal- % ?%?E O% % ?%?E O " ,$ stantially increase the pres- signed two agreements focusing timelines. online and offline world," the At the interbank foreign iation" if Tehran carries out any J K ?O % E " " ence of its product offerings, on key categories - grocery and "FRL will leverage its exist- statement said. exchange, the rupee opened attack against America to avenge NE%NO 7%E7"%0+ designed for Bajaj Auto's general merchandise, and fash- ing infrastructure, strong prod- Kishore Biyani, Chairman weak at 72.03 against the US dol- the killing of top military com- ! requirement, in more than ion and footwear," according to uct knowledge and extensive and Managing Director of FRL, lar. During the day, the domes- mander Qasem Soleimani and / !6 $ " 0+ 6$ 15,000 outlets and grow the a statement released Monday. brand portfolio resulting in high- said "this arrangement will allow tic unit touched a low of 72.11. hinted at striking its cultural sites. : + : $ ?EME 0 business consistently, the Amazon India will also er store productivity and us to build upon each other's The local unit recovered His statement came hours % release stated. become the authorised online improved margins," as per the strengths in the physical and dig- some lost ground and finally after Iran announced it will no "I am glad to renew the sales channel for FRL stores, and statement. ital space so that customers ben- closed at 71.93 against the US longer abide by the limits con- 4 P 4 agreement with Bajaj Auto. FRL will ensure participation of Currently, FRL attracts over efit from the best services, prod- dollar, lower by 13 paise over its tained in the 2015 landmark &,=O. * Our association with the brand its relevant stores and pro- 350 million footfalls across its ucts, assortment and price". previous closing. nuclear deal. N; J! " O started in 2016. This was our grammes on the Amazon India retail network, and Amazon "FRL's national footprint of The rupee on Friday had "Most Asian markets also fell !( *$ # first OEM association in the marketplace, it added. India's marketplace will enable stores offering thousands of closed at 71.80 against the US after news of the air strikes. (,=O /3" two-wheeler category that Besides, Future Consumer FRL to reach a wider customer products across fashion, appli- dollar. Market participants are awaiting * %#%6/ 6 : helped us grow further in Ltd (FCL) has also inked a long- base. Also, FRL will list on the ances, home, kitchen and gro- This is the third straight ses- for more clarity on the same but #%63 < ! motorcycle oils where we term agreement with Amazon Amazon Prime Now pro- cery will now be available to mil- sion of loss for the domestic cur- escalation in geopolitical tensions " %&" =O ! already had a strong presence Retail India Pvt Ltd (ARIPL) for gramme, allowing customers to lions of customers shopping on rency, during which it has lost 71 could continue to keep the cur- " ! * in the 'Bazaar' segment," Gulf distribution of Future get food, grocery and general Amazon.In, in hours across over paise. rency weighed down," said " " 3 " #%6 % Oil Lubricants Managing Consumer's portfolio of brands merchandise delivery within 25 cities,” Amazon India Senior Meanwhile, Brent futures, Gaurang Somaiyaa, Forex & & "S! !$ %6 * Director Ravi Chawla said. online. Some of FCL brands two hours in Delhi, Mumbai, Vice President and Country the global oil benchmark, rose Bullion Analyst, Motilal Oswal - # *%& PTI include Tasty Treat, Voom, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. Head Amit Agarwal said. PTI 1.49 per cent to $69.62 per bar- Financial Services. PTI " 3! ! ! " J! " % ??,;?@C * ! " *+ . " " " % " " 3 " %& +: 2+ !! 56789 !, 6 * # 1 + D 5 7+ $ " " %/% +< ,/ %- 69""7;9 $# * 1 # ! ! 7 + + +$ + " 6 " New Delhi: Gold prices in the HDFC Securities, said. #*#+ ! ! ""%1 New Delhi: The National Emeritus Ratan Tata and Tata The tribunal had termed national capital hit an all-time In the global market, gold " ! Company Law Appellate Consultancy Services (TCS) the appointment of N high level on Monday and traded with gains at $1,575 per he US-Iran standoff can " 3%- Tribunal on Monday dismissed have separately moved the Chandrasekaran, as 'illegal' fol- zoomed 720 to 41,730 per 10 ounce and, likewise, silver also Tpull down Indian equities "" / /< 6$: the Registrar of Companies' Supreme Court against the lowing the October 2016 sack- gram following a pick-up in quoted higher at $18.34 per and small caps are expected to %"" petition seeking modification of NCLAT order. ing of Mistry as Tata Sons' safe-haven demand for the ounce. be dominant investment 6$: " / the judgement in the Tata- In its plea, RoC -- under executive chairman. It had also metal amid weak equities and International gold prices themes in the markets, ICICI ! " ! Mistry case and said its ruling the corporate affairs ministry - directed the RoC to reverse Tata bullish global trends, according at COMEX climbed as much as Prudential Mutual Fund said had not cast any aspersions on - had sought to be impleaded as Sons' status from a 'private to HDFC Securities. 2.3 per cent to USD 1,588.13 an on Monday. " % the RoC. a party in the two petitions and company' to a 'public company'. Silver also witnessed ounce, the highest level since The extent to which geo- "There is no ground to deletion of words "illegal" and In its urgent application, increased buying as it surged Rs April 2013, and traded at $1,575 political tension in the Middle " / " 4 amend judgement dated "with the help of the RoC" used which was mentioned on 1,105 to 49,430 per kg from an ounce. Along with the other East can hurt the domestic # $# ! -+ 1D December 18, 2019," a two- by the NCLAT in its 172-page December 23, just five days after 48,325 per kg in the previous Asian currencies, the rupee markets, however, cannot be ,/3 + member NCLAT bench said. judgement. the NCLAT's December 18, trade. traded with a loss of 25 paise predicted, the second largest " -+ 1D%;%# " On December 18, the tri- In its plea, RoC, which judgement, RoC Mumbai had Gold had in the previous amid higher crude oil prices. asset manager's chief invest- 6 S -+%1 -+ bunal ruled reinstating Cyrus functions under the Ministry of asked the appellate tribunal "to trade closed at 41,010 per 10 In the morning trade, the ment officer S Naren told !6 ; ;3 6 ;" -+ 1 " Mistry as the Executive Corporate Affairs, had sought to carry out requisite amend- gram. rupee depreciated 31 paise to reporters here. " ,/ 1D% ,/%$%%# Chairman of Tata Group and be impleaded as a party in the ments" in Para 186 and 187 (iv) "Safe-haven demand con- 72.11 weighed by the spike in The small cap segment is 3 6 S also termed conversion of Tata two petitions and deletion of of its judgement "to correctly tinued in the precious metal crude oil prices, amid rising set to dominante the land- -+ $ !6 %- Sons from a public company to words "illegal" and "with the reflect the conduct of the RoC, with word of war between the concerns over US-Iran ten- scape for the next three to five -+ !6 ; ;3 6 ; # ! a private one by the RoC as "ille- help of the RoC" used by the Mumbai as not being illegal and US and Iran. Along with a sions. years, after under-performing J#K $ 1D% ,/% gal". NCLAT in its 172-page-long being as per the provisions of weaker rupee, rise in interna- The Sensex crashed near- for two years, he added. Tata Sons, Chairman judgement. the Companies Act". 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The freezing weather and pollution can take a toll on the skin, and make it dull. Dry skin and rashes is a common problem during these days. So, it is extremely important to take precautions to avoid rashes and blisters. Even in winters skin get exposed to sunlight. Ultraviolet rays make the skin dehydrated. These rays can penetrate deeply into the skin from the epidermis right to the dermis, cause hazardous side effects and leave ! red patches on the skin. = Apart from dryness of the skin, winter skin problems can become severe which can lead to congenital disorder (CD), also known as a birth defect, con- skin cracks and flakes. These skinflare-ups can Agenital defect, is a health issue that occurs with the health happen due to use of new and different skincare of the baby while it is still in the womb. In India, congenital mal- ?T EEE ! " + %/6/+&=<*$& products in certain areas of the body. There are formations and genetic disorders are the third most common 3 many severe skin conditions that grow during cause of mortality in newborns in urban areas. As medical sci- winters such as eczema and psoriasis that are ence is developing at a fast pace, treatments and follow-up care triggered when skin moisture is compromised. for defects have improved drastically over the past few decades. rain tumour is the 10th leading cause of Due to cold weather many Itchy patches, also The severity of the disorders varies depending on its nature. morbidity in India. The incidence of this rain tumours are cate- Secondary brain tumours: known as winter itch, grow in the hidden areas For example, in some cases, the condition may not manifest until Bdeadly disease is rising and different Bgorised as primary and sec- :! These consists majority of the of the body. It isthe result of the cold winter days much later in life, if ever, and at other times, the disorder is incom- kinds of tumours manifest at different age ondary. A primary brain brain cancers. They start from that strips away the natural barrier of your skin, patible with life. groups. As per the Globocan 2018 report, tumour is the one which orig- Brain cells the one part of the body and Many congenital conditions are genetic in nature. The risk issued by the International Association of inates in the brain. Many of Nerve cells then spreads of metastasize to of genetic problems gets higher in families with a history of the Cancer Registries (IARC) associated with the them are benign. A secondary The membranes that sur- the brain. disorder, and it is also elevated in older parents, as they are more World Health Organisation (WHO), in India brain tumour is known as rounds the brain The following can metas- likely to pass down imperfectly duplicated chromosomes. over 28,000 cases new brain tumour cases metastatic brain tumour. It Glands tasize to the brain. Types of congenital disorders: were reported annually. Around 24,000 occurs when the cancer cells Primary brain tumours can Lung cancer Birth defects can be broken down into three different cate- patients lost their lives battling this neurolog- spread to brain from the anoth- be benign or cancerous. In Breast cancer gories: ical ailment. er organs such as lungs and adults, the most common types Kidney cancer Chromosomal Birth Defects (CBD): Babies who have a A brain tumour is a collection, or mass breast. of brain tumours are gilomas Skin cancer problem with one or more of their chromosomes. Chromosomes of abnormal cells in the brain. These tumours Primary brain tumours: (which develops from glial These tumours are always contain genes, and genes help tell your body how to grow and can be cancerous (malignant) or non-cancer- These tumours can originate in cells) and meningiomas (that malignant as benign tumours which leads to dry, itchy and irritated skin.As work. When there is something wrong with your genes it can ous. your brain and can develop develops on the membranes of do not spread from one to the temperature drops, the air holds less mois- result in Down’s syndrome. When a benign or malignant tumour from: brain and spinal cord). another part of the body. ture which draws that moisture out of our skin Biochemical Birth Defects (BBD): A form of defect that grows, they cause immense pressure in the and makes it dry. occurs when there is a problem with the baby’s body chemistry. skull. This can lead to brain damage and it can Acne is one of common skin problems dur- BBDs prevent the body from properly breaking down food to be life-threatening. ing winters. The main reason for acne in win- create energy. What are signs and symptoms of it? ( ! % ters is sebum, which is a kind of oil which is Anatomical Birth Defects Symptoms and signs of brain tumour secreted by the skin. Sebum is secreted as a result (ABD): When a baby is born depend on the size and location of the tumour. of dry skin during winters. Excess sebum pro- , ! with a body part missing or mal- Some tumours can directly affect by invad- %! duction can make the cells in skin to stick togeth- formed, it’s called Anatomical ing the brain tissue while some cause pres- er. Which can lead to clogged pores and acne D Birth Defect. The common types sure on the surrounding brain. Major symp- ndoscopic brain surgery is minimal- breakouts on the skin. Dehydration, sun expo- of ABDs are heart defects, cleft toms of brain tumour include: Ely invasive treatment procedure that sure and windburn is very common which cause ? + palate, clubfoot and congenital Headaches (worsens in the morning). allows neurosurgeons to find and treat chapped skin, which has a severe impact on the 0 3! ! dislocated hip. Vomiting the conditions that are deep within the healthy skin. In this season, skin around the nail ! ! Causes: Blurred vision or double vision brain. often bear the brunt of cold weather and can be Congenital disorders are A change in the mental functioning During this surgical method, thin painful cuticles. 0 " caused by genetic factors: Seizures tubing that transmits the video images of Here are few tips for healthy skin during win- ! ! Chromosomal defects: Weakness of a limb or part of the face the brain is inserted through one or two ters: 0 Caused by too few or too many Difficulty in physical movements - small incisions in the skull or through an Avoid dry skin in winter by applying reg- chromosomes, or problems in opening in the body. This tube like ular massage of oil. It can protect the skin from 0 + ! the structure of the chromo- " ! instrument is called an endoscope which free radicals caused due to exposure to sunlight 0! somes single gene defects — a Family history: As per the recent study, iagnosis of brain tumour begins with a physical contains a small camera that allows the and locks in the moisture. mutation in one gene causes the only five to 10 percent of cancers are geneti- Dexam and a look at the patient’s medical history. neurosurgeon to see the problem area of Dry skin and rashes are very common dur- defect. cally inherited, or hereditary. It’s a rare that After the physical tests, the doctor will recommend the brain. ing winters. So modify your facial skin-care reg- Dominant inheritance: brain tumour can be inherited but if you have for the further tests which include: The ultimate goal is to remove imen cream-based cleansers, and apply toners. When one parent (who may or family history of the disease then you should CT scan of the head: These scans helps the doc- tumour without causing damage to Moisturise your skin frequently, especial- may not have the disease) passes along a single faulty gene. get health screenings and consult the doctor tors get a more detailed scan of the body than X-rays. healthy parts of the brain. It has revolu- ly your hands after washing up. Use any cream Recessive inheritance: When both parents, who do not have at regular intervals of time. Using a special dye it helps them to view some struc- tionised the treatment method as it pro- or ointment in the winter for your healthy skin. the disease, pass along the gene for the disease to the child. Age: Though the frequency of this disease tures like blood vessels more clearly. vides crystal clear visualisation of tumour. During winters eat healthy diet and stay Treatment: is likely to affect people above the age of 55 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): An MRI is Early treatment can prevent compli- hydrated. Eat foods or supplements that contain Gene therapy: In this therapy, the defective or missing gene years, but many such cases have also been seen different than CT Scan as it does involve any radia- cations that can occur as a tumour omega-3 or omega-6 fatty acids, such as fish oil is replaced. Gene therapy is generally used to help treat a rare in children in the age bracket of three years tions and provides much more detailed pictures of the grows and puts pressure on the skull and and flaxseed oil. group of diseases known as severe combined immunodeficien- to 15 years of age, irrespective of the gender. brain. brain tissue. If experiencing any symp- During this season wearing wet clothes and cy disease. Exposure to radiations and chemicals: Angiography: This study involves a special dye toms then one should consult the doc- shoes can further irritate your skin and cause Surgery: Is used to help repair anatomical congenital dis- People who have been exposed to ionising which is injected in the artery. The dye travels to the tor immediately. itchiness and rashes. Change out of wet clothes orders such as severe heart defects. radiations and chemicals have an elevated risk arteries in the brain. It helps the doctors to see what " , , & quickly to avoid itchy skin and patches. Enzyme replacement therapy: When a gene is mutated and of developing brain tumour. the blood supply of tumour looks like. , & A C " -=&#/" is unable to produce the gene product, an enzyme is missing or defective. One of the ways to treat this is to replace the enzyme / that the gene is incapable of producing. ?; Prevention: A woman can make many alterations in her lifestyle for low- he average intake ering down the chances of having a child with a birth defect. Some Winters not only bring cough 12-year-old boy from Uzbekistan, Khusanbek’s mother decided to get him of added sugar is of them include: and cold, but also cause AKhusanbek Ozotilla, met with an acci- treated at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. Tmore among Quit smoking. allergies. If you are tired of dent in his home country at the age of three, The team of Dr Suresh Singh Naruka, women than in men said Eat a healthy diet. wherein he fell from his terrace and suffered Consultant, Department of ENT, a survey report undertaken Maintain a healthy weight. popping pills, try some home critical head injuries for which, he was Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, along with by Indian Council of Medical Research Keep folic acid in check. remedies, says admitted at a city hospital in Dr(Prof) Ameet Kishore, Senior (ICMR)-National Institute of Nutrition Avoid exposure to alcohol and drugs during pregnancy. Uzbekistan and underwent a Consultant Surgeon, ENT, (NIN), Hyderabad and sponsored by the Stay away from foods having chemicals and pesiticides. ROSHANI DEVI lifesaving procedure called Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals International Life Sciences Institute -India Take daily vitamins. tracheostomy (surgical and Dr Nishant Rana (ILSI-India). Procedure that involves cre- Registrar, Indraprastha Apollo According to the survey, women take here are some people gy. It helps the skin rash to dry. ating an opening in the neck Hospitals recently carried out around 20.2 grams of added sugar in a day who are allergic to food It also relieves itchiness. Make in order to place a tube into the surgery wherein the tra- while men's intake of added sugar is 18.7 Titems like nuts, mush- a paste by mixing half a tea- a person’s windpipe). chea of the child was recon- grams per day. 4: A pigweed also check. rooms and are lactose intoler- spoon of baking soda in some Thereafter, the child had a per- structed. The other significant finding of the known as bathua is a leafy veg- The leafy vegetable is also ant. However, many people water. Apply on the affected manent hole in his neck due to The child was then kept in study was that the mean intake of added etable widely eaten during win- said to help improve immuni- who have never had any area and leave it on for a which he lost his ability to speak and was pediatric intensive care unit for one day sugar among metro cities of India, mea- ters because of its various ty because of its nutritious allergy in their life few minutes and not able to communicate normally. under the supervision of Dr Nameet sured in grams per day, was highest in health benefits. nature. end up with rash- then rinse it off. Childhood is all about talking, learn- Jerath, Senior Pediatrician, Indraprastha Mumbai and least in Hyderabad. Pigweed is rich in nutri- es all over their There are ing and exploring the world. However, Apollo Hospitals. Next morning the child Prof P K Seth, Chairman, ILSA- ents, Vitamin A, C, and bodies. Most many plants Khusanbek was deprived of the pleasures was removed off the ventilator and was India said: “The survey shows population Vitamin B complex. doctors will known for their of life as he was unable to speak. Post 10 found that the tube which he carried for of Mumbai and Ahmedabad with their It also act as a lax- tell you that antibacterial, years of not being able to communicate, 10 long years was removed. average intake level of added sugar at 26.3 ative and and elimi- allergies can anti-fungal and grams and 25.9 grams per day has a much nates constipation be triggered anti-irritant ." higher intake than their counterparts in and other digestive due to any- properties. Delhi (23.2 grams/ day), Bengaluru (19.3 problems. 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But there are half a cup of these leaves till 3 " " sugar was observed among older adults, It purifies the blood and a few home remedies that one the water is reduced to half. " ! " 3 36-59 years age group was 20.5 grams per help the body to recover from can follow. Allow it to cool and then dip 0 / J0/K%1 %1" day, followed by elderly ( greater than 60 chronic illness. It also keeps Baking soda is an excellent a clean cloth and apply it on ! " years) 20.3 grams per day. your cholesterol levels in home medicine for skin aller- the itchy skin. " % % L -&' ! 6 " " : -( % % * A $ &N ! O ; ! ! ,&; +D ! + .1+,<&;, 3 resident Donald Trump on ! 6*-0 allies.” Stoltenberg had spoken PMonday threatened to by telephone with US impose “very big” sanctions on ! (+-,, a diplomat. cient way to skirt reimposed ATO’s ruling committee Secretary of Defence Mark Iraq after its Parliament called “There is nothing enor- US sanctions. Nwill meet Monday to dis- Esper since Friday’s strike, on the US military to leave the he Iran nuclear deal was mously new,” the diplomat “Iran’s decision to put cuss the future of the alliance’s but the killing of Soleimani country for assassinating top Talready in tatters before who is familiar with the mat- aside the cap on the number training mission in Iraq as surprised many of Iranian General Qasem the country announced the ter told AFP, adding it was a of centrifuges as its fifth step Middle East tensions mount Washington’s allies and trig- Soleimani in a drone attack in latest rollback of its commit- “relief” the Islamic republic away from its JCPOA com- after US forces killed a top gered calls for de-escalation. Baghdad. ments under the 2015 accord did not go even further. mitments is less harsh than Iranian general. The situation has also The Iraqi Parliament on following the US assassination Iran is “politically very the initially feared resumption Ambassadors from the 29 deteriorated in Iraq, where Sunday voted to expel the US of a top general. careful. They are not saying we of 20 per cent enrichment,” Ali allies will gather at their lawmakers have called for the troops from its territory which But Iran has not said it are leaving the deal,” said Vaez of International Crisis Brussels headquarters at 3.00 5,200 US soldiers deployed have been there to help the Iraq wants to quit the agreement, Robert Kelley, a former inspec- Group tweeted. pm (local time) with Secretary there to leave. dispensation fight the Islamic leaving some room for the tions chief at the International The accord capped Iran’s General Jens Stoltenberg NATO maintains a 500- 01;6- uation in the Nankana city,” it State terror group. deal’s remaining parties - Atomic Energy Agency uranium enrichment at 3.67 expected to brief journalists strong training mission in Iraq, said. Some 5,000 US soldiers Britain, China, France, (IAEA), which monitors the per cent, sufficient for power afterwards. preparing local forces to take he main accused in the A large number of people, are in Iraq as part of the inter- Germany and Russia - to try deal’s implementation. generation but far below the US officials are due to give on Islamic State group extrem- Trecent vandalism at the led by Chishti on Friday, held national coalition against the IS to save it, according to ana- Friday’s US killing of a top more than 90 per cent level an update on the situation ists, but this would be in doubt Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in a day-long sit-in outside terror group. lysts. Iranian commander, Qasem required for a nuclear weapon. after Washington killed if coalition forces pull out. Pakistan’s Punjab province was Gurdwara Janam Asthan Iraq’s move comes in Iran had been expected to Soleimani, in Baghdad in a Iran has already broken Qasem Soleimani, head of “The big issue is the future arrested and charged with a against the alleged police response to the killing of Maj announce a new step back drone strike has added to that limit with enrichment Iran’s Middle East operations of the NATO mission in Iraq non-bailable section of the harassment and arrest of their Gen Soleimani, 62, the head of from its commitments under geopolitical tensions, while reaching 4.5 per cent by as commander of the after the demand of the Iraqi stringent anti-terrorism act family members over the Iran’s elite al-Quds force and the deal following a series of the 2015 accord -- known for- November - still below the 20 Revolutionary Guards’ Quds parliament yesterday to and blasphemy, a senior police abduction and conversion architect of its regional securi- measures since May last year mally as the Joint per cent level it had previously Force, in a US drone strike at remove US-led coalition and officer said on Monday. issue. He also vowed to build a ty apparatus, in a US drone in response to the US pulling Comprehensive Plan of operated. It has always denied Baghdad airport. foreign forces. We have to see Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, Muslim shrine in the place of attack on a convoy that was out of the accord in 2018 and Action -- had already been any military dimension to its “The North Atlantic what we will do now,” a NATO also known as Gurdwara Janam the Gurdwara. leaving the Baghdad reinstating sanctions. shaky. nuclear programme.On Council will address the situ- diplomat told AFP. Asthan, is a site near Lahore Chishti claimed that his International Airport early on The latest decision -- to The JCPOA offered Iran Sunday, Tehran also stressed ation in the region,” a NATO On Saturday, a NATO where the first Guru of Sikhs, brother Hassan was beaten up Friday. The strike also killed the forego the limit on the num- sanctions relief in exchange it would continue to work official said. spokesman said the mission, Guru Nanak, was born. by police for “lawfully and deputy chief of Iraq’s powerful ber of centrifuges used in for scaling back its nuclear with the UN’s nuclear watch- “The secretary general which involves several hun- The suspect, identified as consensually” marrying the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary uranium enrichment -- was in programme, but remaining dog, the IAEA, which sends decided to convene the meet- dred allied personnel, was Imran Chisti, is the elder broth- daughter of the Gurdwara’s force Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. line with Iran’s previous parties to the deal have so far inspectors to Iran to monitor ing of NATO ambassadors fol- continuing “but training activ- er of Mohammad Hassan who granthi. Soleimani’s killing was the announcements, according to been unable to find an effi- its activities. lowing consultations with ities are currently suspended”. married a teenage Sikh girl in Police officer Jamil said most dramatic escalation yet in September last after allegedly that Chishti had deliberately spiralling tensions between abducting and converting her misled Muslims in the area Iran and the US, already hit by to Islam, triggering a contro- against the Sikhs. He also said serious differences over 0 4 "P versy. police patrolling has been Tehran’s ambitious nuclear pro- & "O+D Chisti, a Government increased around all the holy gramme. employee working in the places of the Sikhs in Nankana “We’re not leaving (Iraq) Q ( N " O5< Fisheries Department, was Sahib. unless they pay us back for it,” arrested on Sunday for his role When asked Hassan and Trump said while responding ! 6*-0 European-led efforts to @iaeaorg verification,” Borrell in the violent incident at any other member of his fam- to a question on the resolution keep Iran in the deal - which tweeted, using an abbreviation ! -60+, Trump earlier vowed to the Gurudwara, Nankana ily are detained too, Jamil said: passed by the Iraqi Parliament. he EU’s diplomatic chief curbed its nuclear programme for the deal’s formal name. hit Iraq with sanctions “like police station Inspector “We have only arrested Chishti He was speaking to Ton Monday voiced regret in return for sanctions relief - “Full implementation of S President Donald they’ve never seen before” if Muhammad Jamil told PTI on as he is the main suspect mis- reporters aboard Air Force at Tehran’s latest step away - have borne little fruit since #NuclearDeal by all is now UTrump’s threat to slap US troops are forced to leave Monday. leading the people in the name One while travelling from Mar- from the beleaguered 2015 the US withdrew in May 2018 more important than ever, for sanctions on Iraq should the country. “We have arrested Imran of religion.” a-Lago in Florida to Andrews Iran nuclear deal as the and reimposed punishing regional stability & global Baghdad expel US troops The threat came after Chishti, a Government Interestingly, earlier neither Joint Base in Maryland as he Islamic republic seethes over sanctions. security. based there “is not very help- Iraqi lawmakers voted on employee, under terrorism and police nor Evacuee Trust returned to the White House US killing of a top comman- In line with the usual EU I will continue working ful”, German Foreign Minister Sunday to request Govt end an blasphemy charges. He has Property Board which looks from his Christmas and New der. policy, Borrell said the bloc with all participants on way Heiko Maas said Monday. agreement with a US-led been booked under sections after the minority places in Year vacation. Josep Borrell, the EU’s would wait for further details forward.” “I don’t think you can international coalition to fight 295A, 290, 291, 341,506, 148 Pakistan admitted that “We have a very extraordi- high representative for foreign of Iranian breaches from the On Sunday Iran said it convince Iraq with threats, but the hardline Islamist group IS and 149 of Pakistan Penal Gurwara Janam Asthan came narily expensive air base that’s affairs, tweeted that the accord, International Atomic Energy would forego the “limit on the with arguments,” Maas told in the region. Code and 7-ATA (anti-terror- under attack/threat by the local there. It cost billions of dollars which has been teetering on Agency (IAEA) before decid- number of centrifuges” it had Deutschlandfunk radio, Tensions have soared fol- ism act),” the officer said. Muslims. to build. Long before my time the brink of collapse since US ing how to respond. pledged to honour in the 2015 warning that years-long lowing the killing of top According to the FIR, The arrest of Chishti came We’re not leaving unless they President Donald Trump “Deeply regret Iran’s latest agreement, casting doubt on efforts to rebuild Iraq “could Iranian general Qasem Chishti incited a mob on Friday after Prime Minister Imran pay us back for it,” he said. pulled out, was “now more announcement on #JCPOA. an EU push for talks to salvage all be lost” if the situation Soleimani by a US drone in the name of religion and Khan Sunday broke his silence However, Trump did not important than ever”. As ever we will rely on the deal. escalates. strike in Baghdad on Friday. threatened to destroy a worship on the incident and said it goes name the airbase. place of a minority communi- against his “vision” and the “If they do ask us to leave, a strong warning to Iraq. inappropriate, we are going to Middle East was the worst history of our country, but we and we’re there and we’re ty (Gurdwara Janam Asthan) to Government will show “zero if we don’t do it in a very friend- Trump also threatened to put sanctions on Iraq, very big decision ever made in the his- are there and they went into pulling out, pulling out of a lot build a shrine there. tolerance” against those ly basis. We will charge them put “very big” sanctions on Iraq sanctions on Iraq,” he said. tory of our country, and I’ve Iraq,” he said. of different areas. With Syria, “The suspect incited the involved in it. sanctions like they’ve never if there is any opposition from Trump said that the US has said that publicly so I guess I “Iraq, by the way, they did- I pulled out because I’m not sentiments of Muslims in order India has strongly con- seen before ever. It’ll make the Gulf country. spent a lot of money in Iraq. can say that right now going n’t knock down the World going to guard his border. Why to have settled his family issue demned the incident of van- Iranian sanctions look some- “If there’s any hostility, that “I told you, Iraq, was the into the Middle East was the Trade Center. That’s been very should I be guarding the bor- and created a law and order sit- dalism at the revered. what tame,” Trump said issuing they do anything we think is worst decision, going into the worst decision ever made in the nicely proven. But we went in der?” he asked. # /.., P-! Q) 0% " ( #" ! &-16, Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Iranian cultural sites. &1#,/* process of screening docu- dures, Senior Superintendent of Force. Iraq’s parliament has ments in an attempt to deport Police Teku was quoted as say- sea of black-clad Iranians The targeted killing of 62- meanwhile demanded the he Nepal Govt has initiat- 122, who were arrested on ing by the Himalayan Times on Aon Monday mourned the year-old Soleimani ordered by Government expel the 5,200 Ted the process to deport charges of attempting to com- Sunday. top commander killed in last US President Trump saw the American troops stationed in 122 Chinese nationals detained mit cyber crime and cross bor- Director General of week’s US drone strike that Islamic republic vow “severe the country in response to the for alleged cross border cyber der criminal activities. Department of Immigration inflamed tensions across the revenge” before Tehran also took drone attack. crimes and criminal activities Of those arrested, 92 Eshwor Raj Poudel said the Middle East as NATO ambas- a further step back from the last month from different parts Chinese do not have any valid Chinese would be deported to sadors met to discuss the spi- already tattered 2015 nuclear of Kathmandu, authorities said. travel documents and author- China within two days. ralling crisis. accord with world powers. On Sunday, Kathmandu ities here have asked the “Since police investigation Iranians clutching anti- In an escalating war of District Court imposed a fine of Chinese Embassy to provide has shown that the arrested American signs and portraits of words that has heightened 1,000 each on Chinese nation- the necessary travel document, Chinese were not involved in their hero Qasem Soleimani international concern and als for their ‘indecent behaviour’ according to official sources. crime related to Nepal, we will massed as supreme leader rattled financial markets, and ordered their release. 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The Irishman Adam Driver (Marriage Story) shut out cable contenders includ- in no position to lecture the pub- with a huge gold and emerald his cream tuxedo jacket unbut- was shut out. 1917 also won best and Antonio Banderas (Pain and ing FX’s Fosse/Verdon and HBO’s lic about anything,” Gervais green bow at the bodice, her hair toned for interviews and wore a director for Mendes. The film Glory). But Joaquin Phoenix Succession. declared at the top of the show. piled high in high braided bun huge smile on his face during his 0 3! was made in sinuous long takes, won for his loose-limbed perfor- Succession, about a media “You know nothing about the and her jewels — all 145 carats first trip to the Globes, a dark curl + D ; giving the impression that the mance in the divisive but huge- empire beset by family infighting, real world.” of Colombian emeralds and 58 falling over his forehead. + ! film unfolds in one lengthy shot. ly popular Joker. Phoenix gave a won the best drama series award. diamonds — courtesy of Harry Billy Porter, the Pose nomi- “I hope this means that people rambling speech that began with Brian Cox, who stars as the Plenty of pink, puffy sleeves and Winston. The Lopez look includ- nee and fashion trailblazer, failed !! will turn up and see this on the crediting the HFPA with the patriarch, was honoured as best shimmer ed a voluminous white gown to disappoint in an epic long train 0! big screen, the way it was intend- vegan meal served at the ceremo- actor. “I want to apologise to my under that statement bow. While in cream. It was adorned with ed,” said Mendes, whose film ny. fellow nominees for winning she toted plenty of fabric, white feathers and attached to a D expands nationwide on Friday. Tom Hanks, also a nominee this. I’m sorry. I never thought Gwyneth Paltrow was travelling tuxedo jacket in the same hue. It’s ! 3 + Though set around the 1969 for his supporting turn as Fred this would ever happen to me,” light in a bronze, two-piece Fendi a custom look by Alex Vinash Manson murders Once Upon a Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the the veteran actor said. look of sheers over sheers. Skin and — bonus — the train zips off. Time in Hollywood was classified Neighborhood, received the Cecil was exposed with a statement “It is a dinner and I do have to a comedy and had an easier path B DeMille lifetime achievement Well-wishes send to Australia necklace thrown into the mix. sit down,” he smiled. Porter’s gear ; D 0 ! to victory than the more compet- award. The Carol Burnett Award, from the stage Reese Witherspoon (white took three months to create, itive drama category. Brad Pitt a similar honourary award given Australian communities bat- Roland Mouret), Jennifer well before nominations were 3 0 ! D won for best supporting actor, his for television accomplishment, tling wildfires were given sever- Anniston (black Dior) and Nicole announced. “It’s really odd to +! 3 first acting Globe since winning went to Ellen DeGeneres. She al messages of support at the Kidman were among the stars have to work on clothes before in 1996 for 12 Monkeys, padding was movingly introduced by Golden Globes, with Ellen who went classic Hollywood. you’re even nominated,” he said. 0 his front-runner status for the Kate McKinnon who said DeGeneres, Patricia Arquette Charlize Theron took a risk that The gender-bending star and # !DP Oscars. Tarantino also won best DeGeneres’ example guided her and Australian-born Cate paid off with a draped sash on singer carried a mirrored bag by L0 ! screenplay. “I wanted to bring my in her own coming out. “The Blanchett among those sending one shoulder in neon green and Emm Kuo, with a diamond drag- mom but I couldn’t because any only thing that made it less scary best wishes. Russell Crowe could- a black bustier underneath. on fly on one lapel by Tiffany & woman I stand next to they say was seeing Ellen on TV,” said n’t be there because he was help- Chokers were abundant, Co. " I am dating so it’d just be awk- McKinnon. Hanks’ speech had its ing fight the flames. The wildfires from Theron to Cynthia Erivo, Fred Leighton had a big ward,” Pitt said. own emotional moment when he have so far scorched an area twice ' the latter wearing a huge blue night, providing jewels for Meryl Ricky Gervais, hosting the caught sight of his wife and four the size of the US state of stone at the center of her Streep, Aniston, Kidman, Dunst NBC-telecast ceremony for the children at a table near the stage Maryland. They have killed at short necklace. and Rooney Mara, to fifth time, began the evening with and choked up. “A man is blessed least two dozen people and Jodie Comer, from name a few. So did " an expletive-laden plea against with the family’s sitting down destroyed about 2,000 homes. Killing Eve, sported Harry Winston, who " hypocrisy, telling winners to front like that,” Hanks said. Crowe’s statement read, “Make another fashion trend also adorned Helen stick to thanking their agent no mistake, the tragedy unfold- of the evening — Mirren ($4 mil- and their god. Gervais opened Fleabag, Succession, Chernobyl ing in Australia is climate puffy sleeves — in lion worth), and ! % the show by stating that Netflix win top Globes change-based. We need to act emerald green. Joey King, along D had taken over Hollywood, given Real-life stories ruled the based on science, move our glob- Kidman represent- with a slew of its commanding 34 nominations Golden Globe TV honours, as al workforce to renewable ener- ed for the reds in a others. King % coming into the Globes. As it Olivia Colman’s portrayal of gy and respect our planet for the strapless look with wore one of turned out, he was wrong. Netflix Queen Elizabeth II, Michelle unique and amazing place it is. subtle draping and a the evening’s 3 + won only two awards: Dern’s win Williams’ turn as Broadway star That way, we all have a future.” short train. So did most interest- L plus one for Olivia Colman’s Gwen Verdon and the nuclear DeGeneres took time at the Scarlett Johansson in ing looks: An %/ " " performance in The Crown. disaster drama Chernobyl won top of her speech accepting the a longer train and optical swirl of Michelle Williams was an top honours. Carol Burnett Award to honour bustle bow custom black and white exception, where the talk most- Fleabag, which dominated those fighting the fires. Patricia look in crimson from stripes. It was a ! ly avoided politics despite fears of last fall’s Emmy Awards, was Arquette mourned “the continent 3 + Vera Wang and Olivia short dress with a %+L ! war amid increasing tensions honoured as best comedy series of Australia on fire.” Phoebe Colman in custom rasp- ruffly cape effect " with Iran. The actress used her and its star-creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge said she would There were plenty of pink, berry from the Emilia and a delicate high "! " acceptance speech to speak out Waller-Bridge claimed the best auction off her Globe outfit and puffy sleeves and a touch of neon Wickstead Collection collar that contin- %& about the coming US election, actress award. She credited her have the proceeds go to firefight- on the Golden Globes red carpet (big sleeves, check). ued the lines. 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But allowed employees and contractors to easier for them to just break a window. if you decide to keep them — and the arti- review the voice interactions for quali- As a precaution, disable any capabilities ficial intelligence behind them — there ty control — and some of those details to unlock doors through a smart speak- are a few things you can do to minimise leaked. Following a backlash, many er voice command. their eavesdropping potential. companies are at least making it clear- Though digital keys can be conve- er and easier to opt out of human review. nient for letting in guests and contrac- 3 The speakers listen... and watch As for those screen models, many tors, they can also leave a digital trail. Smart speakers such as Amazon’s also have cameras for video chats. L +L Echo and Google Home let you check When you’re not using the device, con- J weather and appointments with simple sider turning it around to face the wall, Many smart TVs and TV streaming voice commands. Fancier versions come trigger the device such as by pressing a case, the Alexa assistant in an Echo especially in the bedroom and other pri- devices come with mics for voice-activat- : 3K 3 with cameras and screens. button or speaking a command phrase device misheard background conversa- vate settings. Or stick a bandage or some ed playback controls and video search. %1 Many of these devices listen constant- like “OK Google.” Some gadgets also tion as a command to send the chatter tape over the camera. It shouldn’t be That means having audio snippets trans- ly for commands and connect to corpo- have a mute button to disable the to an acquittance — and so it did. recording but why tempt fate? mitted over the internet. There’s a sim- M % rate servers to carry them out. Typically, microphones completely. One more catch: Voice commands ple fix: Just don’t connect the TV to your they will ignore private chatter and But there’s no easy way for con- sent over the internet are typically 4 Wi-Fi in the first place. transmit sound recordings only when you sumers to verify those safeguards. In one stored indefinitely and may include Online security cameras let you L&+ )6( Today our collection has over 1,000 works of Indian art. Far too many to display. The moment you run out of wall space and yet continue to acquire is the time to admit that obsession has turned to addiction.” The collection, which started as a way for the duo to understand and engage with India, where they were based in the 1990s, represents one of the largest holdings of modern Indian art today in any private col- lection, comprising paintings, works on paper, photography and sculp- ture made in the country over the past 120 years. It has the strong rep- resentation of works from the Bengal School. The first work in this impres- sive collection, Ganesh Pyne’s paint- ing, Lady before the Pillar, was acquired 25 years ago, in 1993, when the de Boers relocated to New Delhi. It took the de Boers a cou- ple of days to purchase the work as they were not familiar with Indian art or with collecting at the time. This moment — getting started — was the first of four collecting stages they identify in retrospect. The second — getting hooked — happened when they bought Rameshwar Broota’s large triptych Traces of a Man shortly after its exe- cution in 1998. Until this moment, the duo had justifications and ratio- nal arguments for each purchase but not in this case, where they felt they had no choice but to buy the work. The next two stages go in tandem — getting confused and finding ver a decade ago, a nation- de Boer. This is the largest and most peace — in the effort to stay true to al daily had given a headline important single-owner sale of a collecting method, and not to Oto an article, “India’s art South Asian modern and contem- please or to be influenced. In these market blooming.” Cut to the begin- porary art that Christie’s has had in final stages, the only reason to buy ning of 2020, the boom hasn’t last- 2402/ 40 the last few years. A live auction, to a work of art for someone is the per- ed as the market has been deflating be held on March 18, will be sonal connection to the work itself. following the economic crises in the accompanied by an online sale, Unsurprisingly, the highlights country. offering additional works from the of the auction include a suite of rare * R % % collection between March 13-20. works by Ganesh Pyne dating from Saffronart, Sotheby’s and A strong selection of high- the 1950s to the 1990s and a range Astaguru sales whimper lights will be on view at Christie’s of works by Broota including the The three sales organised by ! ! -. *2 India representative office during seminal 1982 painting, The Last Sotheby’s, Saffronart and AstaGuru Mumbai Gallery Weekend from Chapter. Additional highlights produced unexpectedly poor results oil on canvas by VS Gaitonde, the top six lots failing to meet their titled La Terre 3 (1970) sold for keeps growing and collectors must January 9 to 12, and then will be include early paintings by Akbar in 2019 as they failed to meet tar- which stopped at a mere 14 crore, reserve prices. 2.02 crore. ask if they would get the same or exhibited at a preview at the Oberoi Padamsee and Maqbool Fida gets. Sotheby’s and Astaguru both well below the estimate of around Leading the sale were two oil on Saffronart’s auction total was higher price for the works that they Hotel in New Delhi on January 31 Husain, alongside a strong selection had to deal with front cover works 21 crore. This, however, did not canvas paintings by SH Raza, cre- 12.66 crore with 72 per cent of the had bought earlier. and February 1, coinciding with the of works from the Bengal School that bombed. It had nothing to do seem surprising because it paled in ated a decade ago and depicting the lot sold. In the art mart, clearly, tra- India Art Fair. and artists like Francis Newton with the quality of the works comparison to the successful 26.9 evolution of the artist’s oeuvre. ditional ways of buying and selling Christie’s: A lasting engagement Speaking about their collection, Souza, A Ramachandran, Bikash because these were by India’s crore sale, including buyer’s premi- Paysage (1960) was sold for 3.23 have fragmented considerably with January 2020 opens on a Jane and Kito de Boer noted, “We Bhattacharjee and K Laxma Goud. Progressives. While the Gaitonde at um of a Gaitonde in the Saffronart crore, exceeding its upper esti- options ranging from Instagram to promising note as Christie’s who purchased our first paintings on Contemporary works in the auction Sotheby’s was not such a classy Delhi auction in September. mate. Auctioned for the very first boutique, high-end art advisers have announced a single-owner impulse. These were an emotional include important early paintings by affair, the Tyeb at Astaguru was a Saffronart, too, the current time, the work is a fine example of and direct artist links. While there auction, A Lasting Engagement: response, reflecting our excitement Anju Dodiya and Atul Dodiya as top of the line Rickshaw Puller that market leader in South Asian mod- the beginning of Raza’s unrestrained are a lot of choices — art fairs, The Jane and Kito de Boer at the vibrancy and energy of well as works by Anish Kapoor, failed to meet the aspired price. ern and contemporary art, had its style that recalled both his French online auctions, exhibitions — Collection, offering more than 150 India’s culture. Since then, collect- Chittrovanu Mazumdar and Hema Bidding on the top lot, at woes in their auction that closed on surroundings and Indian roots. buyers are getting pickier. The gap works of Indian art from the pres- ing India’s art has become an obses- Upadhyay. Sotheby’s was a 60”x40” in abstract December 10, last year, with four of Another painting by the artist, between good and great works tigious collection of Jane and Kito sion. It has come to shape our lives. solated and wild landscape, Iunique wildlife, Buddhist monas- teries, warm people — the journey to Spiti Valley will take you through all of this and also, unexplored roads. Life there is quiet and per- :" "#+&(-6#!3 " " haps that’s why every moment has " " " %&-# (+( its own significance. A visit to the valley will certain- ly leave you with a thousand pic- tures. And so was the case with fine art photographer Amit Verma. But what makes his photographs unusual is his monochrome love. He has captured all the pictures in black and white. “People ask me why I shoot without colour and I tell them, ‘I only see in mono- chrome.’ I don’t see in colour. I only see light and tones,” said he. His solo exhibition Light and Lines in the Middle Land, a collec- tion of 25 photographs was a mono- chrome journey through the valley. Shot in a single, 10-day trip, Verma’s images are a trifecta of the region’s * % wild beauty, a photographer’s con- trol and the optics of the Leica M camera. Light and Lines is also a tes- = # a personal contribution to the memorial monument for our tament to the professional, digital ! movement. It is aimed at immor- martyrs and our abducted fellow photographic print. talising fellow protesters killed protesters,” he said. Explaining the reason to name and kidnapped during the Tahrir Square has emerged as the exhibition such, Amit in an demonstrations that have a focal point of the protests, with interview earlier had said, “You will he sculptures carved by seven engulfed Iraq since October 1. It protesters camped out in tents. see the drama of light in the land- Tart trainees were lined up out- is also a way, he says, to allow Dozens of people took part in the scapes. The drama which the light side a makeshift workshop in young, talented Iraqis to channel simple opening of the sculpture is throwing where I was, plus the Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. With their talents away from violence. exhibition on a recent day. None lines and the contours of the land- them were posters depicting pro- Iraq has been roiled by of the art trainees who were pre- scape because I have captured these testers who have been killed in protests that have left at least 490 senting their work attended the photographs in such a way that if anti-government demonstrations people dead, the vast majority of event, however, and their names there was a river, it also looks like in the past three months. them demonstrators killed by were withheld due to security a line reflecting the light.” raw form. It makes the older gen- One sculpture showed a pro- security forces firing tear gas concerns. Though monochrome has its eration nostalgic as they have seen tester with a tear gas canister in and live ammunition. The mass “The current regime pro- own charm and popularity but monochrome prints throughout his eye. Another showed a volun- uprisings prompted the resigna- duced a generation that is poor in people usually people find beauty their life and also created a wonder- teer tuk-tuk driver next to his tion of former Prime Minister producing and cherishing arts. in colours. However contrary to this land for the new generation.” three-wheeled vehicle who was Adel Abdul-Mahdi late last You see here in this exhibition the photographer said, When it comes to the perspec- killed while evacuating wounded month. that our people have potential but “Monochrome photography for me tive of fine art, he believes that protesters during clashes. A third Qarnous said he recruited lack the path,” said Qarnous. is the purest form of expression as monochrome photography forces illustrated a protester’s hand seven uneducated and unem- Murtada Muthanna, 23, an it presents the soul of image.” the viewer to imagine where the flashing the victory sign and col- ployed young protesters from artist and activist, said the exhi- The photographer feels that landscapes are. ored by the Iraqi flag. Tahrir Square, put them through bition is a message to the world. such paintings have their charm For him it is very important to For Iraqi artist Mahdi an intensive six-week course that “It says we are a people with intact as they are very subtle and leave his legacy in the analog form. Qarnous, 53, the exhibition that he personally funded, and after inspiration for life, not death. Our nuanced. He recently said in an “I started printing on my own was recently inaugurated in three weeks, they were able to revolution is peaceful and we are interview, “There is a fine nuance because I don’t want to leave my Baghdad’s central Tahrir Square start their own art projects. seeking reform, not destruction,” in black and white photography to paintings behind as digital dust in — the epicentre of Iraq’s anti-gov- “We see this activity as part of he said. capture light and present it in a very hard drives,” said he. ernment protest movement — is the ongoing protests and a L&+ ?% =? < : "" !" < 3 !$3 & " " ! " + " " ! ! ! + ! 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It’s match series. ! 4 a new year and I am looking forward Opening batsman Pieter ";)99 " 0 TOP INDIVIDUAL SCORES for a new start and it’s gonna go a long Malan, making his Test debut, +#3)4#& (+'5 + T6 + ?? ??E N way,” Dhawan told bcci.Tv. scored 63 not out and shared 03 NT 33, " EO ??EEO “This year looking I am forward half-century partnerships with Dean Elgar (34) A A to score lots of runs for the team and and Zubayr Hamza, who was caught behind ( for myself and be a more impactful off James Anderson in the penultimate over of "7)99 " 0 player, win matches for my team and the day for 18. %'$+' /#& (+'5 win the World Cup,” he said, elabo- Stokes slammed 72 off 47 balls to over- rating on his goal for 2020. shadow a maiden Test century by Dominic Dhawan, who is back in the Sibley, who continued his sedate progress as Indian team for the three-match T20 he took his overnight score of 85 to 133 not 3 ' FG GD / 3 series against Sri Lanka, believes the out. He reached his hundred off 269 balls and ongoing rubber is a great opportuni- faced 311 deliveries in his innings. could not be held by a diving Quinton de Kock ty for him to be back among runs. England’s batting on Monday was in dra- after the wicketkeeper ran about 35 metres in “I am really looking forward to matic contrast to their effort on Sunday when trying to take the catch. this series. It’s a good opportunity for they ground their way to 218 for four off 79 Stokes was caught at long-on off left-arm me to come and express myself and overs. Sparked by Stokes they added another spinner Keshav Maharaj after an innings score big runs,” he said. 157 runs off only 32 overs before declaring five which included three sixes and seven fours and “I am always developing my game, overs after lunch on 391 for eight. had a large English contingent in the crowd developing new shots. I always make While Sibley continued to play the anchor roaring their approval. sure that I do my preparation well and role, Stokes went on the attack against every Ollie Pope fell quickly but Jos Buttler con- come on the ground and enjoy bowler he faced. He survived a chance on 38 tinued the attack, hitting 23 off 18 balls as the 0 C = # D6 - E ' " - P ( +- myself.” when an attempted pull against Kagiso Rabada lead went beyond 400. +,/;6- " ! " " @ $ 0 + > ! washed out series-open- er means Shikhar +,/;6- days. Besides, he said, the grass ADhawan has one game on the ground was also not ;0 & Singh (2-11). less to make a statement in his n an effort to counter the being watered since the last UP were set an ambitious 160-run quest to outperform an in-form Ieffects of dew, the Madhya three days to minimise the itwik Roy Chowdhury struck an target for an outright victory. UP K L Rahul, making the opener’s Pradesh Cricket Association effects of dew. Runbeaten fifty under pressure on his openers Rinku Singh (27) and Almas fortunes an interesting sub-plot (MPCA) has been spraying a “We sincerely hope the Ranji debut while Akash Deep claimed Shaukat (14 not out) added 41 runs for of India’s second T20I against Sri special chemical on the outfield spectators will get to see fours six wickets as Bengal snatched three the first wicket before Natarajan sent Lanka at Holkar stadium today. at the Holkar Stadium. and sixes raining in the match,” points against Gujarat in their rain- back the former. Dhawan, 34, is a proven MPCA chief curator he said. affected group A fixture here on Natarajan also dismissed one- performer in limited overs crick- Samander Singh Chauhan said Since the game will com- Monday. down Mohammed Saif (0) in the same et but with age on Rahul’s side on Monday that to beat the mence at 7pm, dew could be a Making his debut in place of the over. However, bad light stopped play, (27), time is running out for the effects of dew, a special chem- factor in deciding the out- out-of-form Sudip Chatterjee, the 24- bringing the proceedings to a close. easy-going Delhi-based crick- ical was being sprayed over the come, especially in the second year-old showed both aggression and TN picked up three points for eter to cement his place for the ground since the last three half of the match. composure on way to his 53 not out securing the innings lead for the first T20 World Cup later this year. from 67 balls (7x4, 1x6), as Bengal took time this season. Uttar Pradesh had to The left-hander’s strike rate the first innings lead in the final session be content with a solitary point. in the shortest format has been already stated that choosing Guwahati but rain and subse- of the concluding day. Meanwhile at Dharamshala, the an issue for a while and that is between Dhawan and Rahul quent wet outfield played spoil- It was rising Bengal pacer Akash Madhya Pradesh versus Himachal one thing he must address in the will be a tough call after Rohit, sport. He is certain to get game Deep who had set the tone with a six- Pradesh game ended in a draw with the remaining two matches. who is rested from the Sri Lanka time today with clear weather wicket haul in his second Ranji appear- former earning three points courtesy The fact that Dhawan is series, returns to opening the predicted in Indore. ance to bowl out Gujarat for 194 inside their first-innings lead. HP had to be coming back from an injury, one innings. All-rounder Angelo the first-hour's play on the final day. content with a lone point. of the many he suffered in Considering not a ball was Mathews, one of Sri Lanka’s Left with little time, Bengal had a In the next round, TN take on 2019, makes his task all the more bowled in Guwahati, it is unlike- most experienced players along- shaky beginning and skipper domestic heavyweights Mumbai in challenging. ly that Kohli will make changes side skipper Lasith Malinga, Abhimanyu Easwaran (42) could not Chennai from January 11, while UP In the year that went by, to the playing XI, having picked did not find a place in the play- convert his start, while the senior-most play Baroda in Kanpur. Dhawan managed 272 runs in three specialist pacers and two ing XI in Guwahati with the vis- Manoj Tiwary (37) departed at 137 for 12 games at a strike rate of 110. spinners for the series-opener. itors also going for three special- four. J&K THRASH JHARKHAND Rahul, on the other hand, India are being experimen- ist pacers and two spinners. It Batting at number six, Ritwik Left-arm medium-pacer Abid has made the most of his oppor- tal ahead of the World Cup in remains to be seen if Mathews stitched an important 48-run partner- Mushtaq took five wickets as Jammu tunities at the top and was in October-November but the makes the team today. ship with Shreevats Goswami (29), but and Kashmir thrashed Jharkhand by an scintillating form in the previ- management has so far not Sri Lanka, who have not it was number eight Shahbaz Ahmed innings and 27 runs in Group C ous limited overs series (three given an opportunity to Pandey won a bilateral series against (27 not out) who extended the helping match. ODIs and three T20s) against and Samson, who are likely to sit India across formats for more hand to ensure the lead. Resuming on overnight 103 for the West Indies, scoring a hun- out again. than 10 years now, will have to "I was really in the zone, played with four on the final day, Jharkhand lost six dred and three fifties in six Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s produce a special performance a lot of intent, it's about striking the right wickets for 52 runs in 26.4 overs to taste innings. comeback after four months to upstage the domineering balance. I put in a lot of thought on how their first defeat in four matches. Skipper Virat Kohli has was highly anticipated in hosts here. I wanted to bat. It paid off. It was very The experienced Ishank Jaggi (34, much expected. They threw at me and 96 balls, 2 fours) defied the J&K attack I was ready for it," Ritwik said. on the final day but the others, includ- Rain had washed out the first day's ing the talented Ishan Kishan (8, 28 ! " ) play while the match was truncated on balls, 1 four) and Virat Singh (1), did- both the second and third days before n't rise to the occasion. <*.1&+ There I played well but not upto the mark. So I Gujarat resumed on 169 for seven. 3 P ! ! () ! ) Mohammed Mudhasir provided will try to do my best in this series,” Perera, who The 23-year-old Akash Deep, who / ( # ' & +- the breakthrough by removing Virat is performance not up to the mark by his has played 18 Tests, 98 ODIs and 43 T20s. was adjudged Man of the Match, ran Singh. Hown admission, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper “We need to play together as a team. through the tail en route to impressive born. Bengal will look as a force as good per Ankit Rajpoot (2) as hosts were Kishan and Jaggi resisted for eight batsman Kusal Perera says the senior players in Obviously the senior players will have to pull up figures of 6/60 from 18.3 overs. as any other team in a couple of years bowled out for 175, with the visitors overs before the two were dismissed in the side will have to share more responsibility if their socks. They will have to do much better but Bengal's last match, against Andhra, with these youngsters doing well." snatching the all-important lead. the space of three runs by Umar Nazir they are to beat India in the T20 series. at the same time the good thing is we have some too was affected by the weather. In their second essay, UP left-arm and Aquib Nabi respectively. “I didn’t play consistent Test cricket but in young bowlers and batsmen in the squad,” "Weather has denied us some UP SETTLE FOR 1 orthodox spinner Saurabh Kumar (5- Nabi then removed Rahul Prasad white ball cricket, I played last series in Australia. Perera told bcci.Tv. points. But I'm feeling good about the " Tamil Nadu grabbed three 39) spun a web around the TN bats- (6), Shahbaz Nadeem (9) and Varun team. Under the circumstances, we are points on the basis of their first innings men as the visitors collapsed to 154 all Aaron (0) to finish things off for happy to get three points. In both the lead after their Elite Group B match out. Jammu and Kashmir. - games we were sitting pretty in the game against Uttar Pradesh ended in a tame For the southern side, two-down J and K improved their tally to 20 ' " we should have got six in one of them. draw. Baba Aparajith (53) scored a half cen- points from four matches while "Unfortunately you cannot do any- The game was evenly poised when tury, while captain Vijay Shankar (28) Jharkhand are on 16 points. thing about the weather. But the team UP resumed the fourth and final day was the second highest run-scorer. In another match, Haryana beat 0 3 " " is in a roll. They are playing well, look- at the Green Park Stadium at 170 for Other batsmen, including openers Chhattisgarh by 89 runs in Raipur to # ing good. The belief is there," Bengal 9, needing 11 more runs to overhaul V Ganga Sridhar (1) and L take their points tally to 21. coach and mentor Arun Lal said. Tamil Nadu's first innings total. Suryapprakash (2), failed as UP Odisha conceded the first innings The ICC’s cricket Showering praise on Akash Deep However, Tamil Nadu's 28-year-old bowlers wrecked havoc. lead to Tripura in Agartala but are on committee is set to discuss the and Ritwik, he said: "As a coach I can't left-arm medium pacer T Natarajan (4 Kumar was ably supported by top of Group C with 22 points from for four-day Test proposal in ask for anything more. New stars are for 24) quickly accounted for rival skip- Rajpoot (3-39) and off- spinner Rinku games. March despite growing criti- cism from the world’s leading players including India skipper Virat Kohli. - = Former India captain Anil Kumble, who heads the crick- et committee of the sport’s gov- erning body, said the propos- -( 2 ! & al will be discussed in the next round of the ICC meetings, to ! -//1 held in Dubai from March 27- =/,-= 31. outh African driver Giniel De Villiers won the “Since I am part of the & ' &+ Ssecond stage of the Dakar Rally on Monday pin legend Shane Warne on committee, I can’t tell what I while former Formula One world champion SMonday said he has decid- am thinking about it (propos- ! =/,-= “It’s pretty special to be part Fernando Alonso dropped two and a half hours ed to auction his Baggy Green al) at the moment. We will dis- of it, we have been impressive, after losing a wheel. cap to raise funds for the dev- cuss it in the meeting and let athan Lyon captured five for pretty clinical, the batters have De Villiers, who lost 23 minutes when he astating bushfire victims of you know,” Kumble said, N50 and 10 match wickets as done well and given us bowlers finished 14th in Sunday's opening stage, bounced Australia. adding that he is fine with past Australia crushed New Zealand plenty of time.” back strongly over the 401 kilometre-route, of Warne made the and current cricketers have by 279 runs on Monday, capping Australia declared their sec- which 367 were a special between Al-Wajh and announcement by posting a statement on his twitter handle dur- expressed their views about a golden domestic summer as ond innings at 217 for two with Neom. ing the third Test between Australia and New Zealand at the SCG four-day Tests. they swept the three-Test series. David Warner scoring an Many drivers had navigational problems and here. The likes of Andrew The off-spinner led the unbeaten century, leaving the De Villiers took advantage of a mistake by long "The horrific bushfires in Australia have left us all in disbelief. Strauss, Rahul Dravid, Mahela powerful Australian bowling Black Caps with a revised 416- time stage leader Yazeed Al-Rajhi to guide his 0 3 & &+ The impact these devastating fires are having on so many people Jayawardene and Shaun attack to dismiss the Kiwis for run target in the fourth innings Toyota home in 3hrs 37mins 20secs. is unthinkable and has touched us all. Lives have been lost, homes Pollock are also on cricket 136 and seal another heavy win on a wearing Sydney Cricket The 47-year-old crossed the line 3mins occurred. have been destroyed and over 500 million animals have died too," committee. over the Black Caps after simi- Ground pitch. 57secs ahead of Orlando Terranova who now The Spaniard had no option but to wait for he said in the statement. The proposal, which has lar victories in Perth and But the Kiwis buckled under heads the overall standings in his Mini. his assistance team before he was able to "Everyone is in this together and we continue to find ways to been floated for the 2023- Melbourne. the pressure of Australia’s supe- The Argentinian, who was sixth in the open- resume. However, his chances of reaching the contribute and help on a daily basis. This has led me to auction 2031 cycle, has not gone down Australia have been unbeat- rior bowling attack with Mitchell ing stage, is almost five minutes ahead of fellow podium already look unlikely. my beloved baggy green cap (350) that I wore throughout my Test well with the greats of the game able this season, winning all five Starc taking three for 25 to Mini driver Carlos Sainz. On the motorcycles, Ross Branch won his career. "I hope my baggy green can raise some significant funds including Kohli, Sachin Tests at home — two against support the wiles of spinner Defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah first stage on the Dakar after a perfectly con- to help all those people that are in desperate need," the 50-year- Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting. Pakistan and three against New Lyon. came in fifth on stage two and is six minutes off trolled day's riding. old former leg-spinner added. However, member boards Zealand — after retaining the “They were clinical in all the lead while 13-time champion Stephane The Botswanan finished 1min 24secs ahead Warne has joined a growing list of cricketers, who are raising from England and Australia Ashes by drawing the series 2- areas and after the first match Peterhansel already trails by 13 minutes. of 2017 winner Sam Sunderland who now leads money for the bushfire victims. are open to the idea while 2 in England. they put us under pressure ses- Alonso suffered his first major problem in the bikes category, 1min 18secs ahead of Pablo Australian players Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell and D'Arcy Short BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly has “It’s been a great summer for sion after session,” said skipper his first Dakar when he ground to a halt with a Quintanilla. have already announced that they will donate AUD 250 each for said that “it is too early” to talk the Australian Test side,” Lyon Kane Williamson, who missed damaged wheel. He was running fourth after 100 On Tuesday, the rally heads out on a 489 km every six they hit in the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) to sup- about it. PTI said. the Test with a virus. kilometres of the special when the problem round trip which starts and ends in Neom. port bushfire victims. 0 64 )#6& PRAJNESH STARTS WITH WIN, RAMKUMAR LOSES Bendigo: $< ! ?E?E ! 63 6 " ! + # % + L "3 " ??$ !NM 8 X 8?7TE&$ ") C ' A D5 &+ H % & + ?T 3 ?MN ! =/,-= &$ %1 " ( =; % & / 3 E8% 63 n ominous Rafael Nadal was in 8 ?8 8 cruise control for Spain at the ATP : L-6 ACup on Monday but Serbia’s Novak ?N % Djokovic was forced to sweat through bru- $ tal conditions for his second win in a row. MAHA, ASSAM TO FIELD BIGGEST CONTINGENTS The Spanish world number one swept 6+,- New Delhi: # past Uruguay’s experienced Pablo Cuevas ! 6-2, 6-1 in just 73 minutes in Perth to ensure hey’re friends, they’re former World + = < ! < his country won their second consecutive TNo 1s in singles and on Monday E ??%L+L tie at the inaugural 24-team event and they became doubles partners for the + = <%. moved closer to the quarter-finals. first time as Serena Williams and "" " % He came on court after teammate and Caroline Wozniacki teamed to win a 8M8 " M / world number 10 Roberto Bautista Agut first round match at the ASB Classic in # , % & made short work of Franco Roncadelli 6- Auckland. ! 1, 6-2. Williams and Wozniacki over- " " ! ! “A great match. I played better than the whelmed Japan’s Nao Hibino and %; " other day. It was a very positive victory Mikoto Ninomiya 6-2, 6-4 in a match # NM % against an opponent for who I have a lot which was both historic and poignant. of respect,” said 19-time Grand Slam win- Serena hasn’t played doubles with KARTHIKEYAN EXITS JAPAN SUPER GT C'SHIP ner Nadal. “I’m super happy.” anyone other than Venus since 2015 Tokyo: + L: , 3 Djokovic was back to his dominant best and last played a WTA tournament # " " <& " " " " ! against France’s Gael Monfils, but the sap- with anyone other than Venus in 2002. : C ' : ping heat and humidity made the 6-3, 6-2 Wozniacki hasn’t played doubles at " % & 7? " " win harder than the score suggested. all in the last three years. C # &'3 &+ “It was definitely one of the But the pair have long harbored a %1 most humid conditions that I desire to take the court as a doubles On Monday the pair formed a ! "</&#/6 have ever had in my career. pairing and on Monday they relaxed and intuitive combination, : " , !%1 Tonight was brutal,” said the took what may be their last laughing and exchanging high- " " "% world number two, who opportunity to do so. fives as they swept past Hibino and extended his record over Wozniacki is playing the Ninomiya in 70 minutes. MAGESH WINS HASTINGS INT'L CHESS TITLE Monfils to 16-0, dating back 15 Auckland tournament for the Earlier, American teenager Chennai: + L $ # years. sixth-straight year as a prelude to Coco Gauff beat Slovakia's ! OM “Obviously playing Gael, you the Australian Open after which Viktoria Kuzmova 6-3, 6-1 in 61 " 1 + know you are going to have a lot of she will retire from competitive tennis. minutes to stay on course for a quar- 1 - %& 8 < exchanges, a lot of rallies. He is a great fight- Wozniacki and Williams will face terfinal meeting with Williams. #:+/- ?7NO ! er and a great friend of mine. Tough luck each other one last time in an exhibi- Williams, the top seed, plays "N%M" today.” tion match in Copehagen in May Camilia Giorgi of Italy in her first round Eight of the 24 nations will make the which will be Wozniacki’s tennis singles today while Wozniacki plays " < <# % quarter-finals in Sydney from the round ") &+ ( # 3 &+ farewell. New Zealand wildcard Paige Hourigan. ANAHAT FALLS TO TOP SEED IN FINAL robin — six group winners and two best Birmingham: + L L! runners up. * L " - " Other winners on Monday included 55 ;" E 7 Japan, Croatia, South Africa and Austria. # ' D ;"D %& ! World number four Dominic Thiem American - " bounced back from a shock loss in his Danielle Collins thrashed ! 1,<1+ "" 3 opening match to beat tenacious Diego fourth seed and former Defending champion Aryna < - "% Schwartzman in two tough sets to steer champion Elina Svitolina Sabalenka made a fast start to - " Austria to victory over Argentina. in the first round of the ormer world number one her season, blowing away " " The unbeaten Croats are sitting pret- Brisbane International on FGarbine Muguruza recovered Russian qualifier Margarita " + ty, spearheaded by former US Open cham- Monday as Angelique from a slow start to avoid an upset Gasparyan in just 71 min- D 3%- ! * O pion Marin Cilic who eased past Poland’s Kerber also crashed out. at the Shenzhen Open on Monday. utes. + ( " Kacper Zuk in straight sets — his second Svitolina, the world num- & H 0 &+ The 26-year-old Spaniard beat The world number 11 # -% victory in a row. ber five, went into the Chinese youngster Wang Xinyu 3- from Belarus eased to a 6-3, One of the biggest surprises has been match as firm favourite 6, 6-3, 6-0 and plays the American 6-0 victory as she looks to seal IOA GETS SUPPORT FROM WORLD ARCHERY Japan, which has won both its ties — against but was never in the hunt against Shelby Rogers in round two in a place inside the top 10 for the new delhi: &+ ;" # Uruguay and Georgia — despite being Collins, going down meekly 6-1, 6-1 in just 56 minutes. southern China. Australian Open. The 21-year-old "" . without injured stars Kei Nishikori and She joins two other US players in the second round The Shenzhen Open serves as will play Kristyna Pliskova of the " " " "%+; Yasutaka Uchiyama, their third best play- following wins by Sophia Kenin and Alison Riske. build-up for the Australian Open at Czech Republic next. , er. Kenin beat Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova 7-6 (7/1), the end of the month. “It was a tough match and real- < : J <:K " " Yoshihito Nishioka has stepped up, 6-4 while Riske downed Czech player Karolina It was the two-time Grand Slam ly tough to start,” said the powerful " " beating world number 26 Nikoloz Muchova 6-4, 6-2. winner Muguruza’s first match since Sabalenka, who won three titles last ! L Basilashvili in straight sets in Perth after In a battle of former Grand Slam champions, an early exit at the China Open in year in China, including in " ?E?? thrashing world number 45 Pablo Cuevas Australia’s Samantha Stosur upset former German world late September. Shenzhen. <M%. L & / on Saturday. number one Kerber in two tough sets. “I think it was my first match in “She’s a great player and it was # !3 +;L South Africa, spearheaded by In other matches, Barbora Strycova upset seventh a long time and you cannot expect tough to play against her. She has " " " " Anderson, remain in contention after seeded Johanna Konta 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, and Ajla to play your best tennis,” said strong strokes. I tried my best and " " clean-sweeping Chile 3-0 in Brisbane. Tomljanovic beat Priscilla Hon 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. AFP Muguruza, now 35th in the world. ( # I’m happy I finished with the win.” % &(/ -/' ( + 8585 *00*#$*6 expected clash with world number 1 will face top seed and world number one Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying in the Kento Momota of Japan in the first ndia’s P V Sindhu will hope to start the quarterfinals. round, while H S Prannoy, who was Inew year on a positive note when she The other Indian women’s singles down with health issues for most part begins her campaign at the Malaysia player, Saina Nehwal, who of last season, will meet Japan’s Kanta Masters Super 500 tournament, starting claimed the Indonesia Tsuneyama. here from today. Masters last year before Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag World number six Sindhu had a slumping to a series of early Shetty will open against local shuttlers dream run at the World Championships exits in the rest of the year, Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi. in Basel, winning the title last year, but will open against a qualifier at Ashwini Ponnappa will pair up with she made early exits in the rest of the sea- the Axiata Arena. her women’s doubles partner N Sikki son, including her failure to defend the Kidambi Srikanth will start the new Reddy, to take on Korea’s Chang Ye Na World Tour Finals crown in December. year with a clash against second seed and Kim Hye Rin. With the Olympics less than seven Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei. However, Ashwini and Sikki will have months away, Sindhu will look to iron B Sai Praneeth will open against a tough task at hand in mixed doubles. & : 3 C ! ' &+ out the flaws and hit the right note when Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke, while While Ashwini and Satwik will face she begins her women’s singles campaign Sameer Verma, having endured a diffi- second seeded Chinese pair of Wang Yi at the $ 400,000 event. cult 2019, will square off against Lyu and Huang Dong Ping, world num- P/ ( Sixth seed Sindhu will have an easy Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen in ber one Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya opponent in Russia’s Evgeniya the first round. Former world number Qiong will stand in the way of Sikki and Kosetskaya in the first round and the six Parupalli Kashyap, who showed Pranaav Jerry Chopra in the opening ! Q Indian will look to stay on course for an - + ' : P 3:A some sparks of his earlier self last year, round. ! 0;,/;, 5 ! R 3 ' ep Guardiola says Manchester ! 0+(-6$;;0 PUnited are starting to play the way ! &*6+, The side from Bergamo were Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants them to iverpool manager Jurgen Klopp described already three goals up before the as he prepares for a blockbuster League LTakumi Minamino as “super and outstanding” ristiano Ronaldo scored his break thanks to Alejandro Gomez, Cup semi-final between the two sides. after the Japanese international made his debut Cfirst Serie A hat-trick to lift Remo Freuler and Robin Gosens, City head to Old Trafford for the first leg of the in the 1-0 FA Cup win over Everton on Sunday. Juventus top of Serie A with a 4- with Josip Ilicic adding a double last-four encounter today, having won the compe- The 24-year-old Minamino, who signed for 0 win over Cagliari on Monday as in a nine minute second-half Paris Saint-Germain minute later, Uruguayan tition for the past two seasons. £7.25 million ($9.4 million) from Salzburg in Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his spell. rested superstars Neymar star Edinson Cavani, named Guardiola’s side are third in the Premier Austria, was part of a much-changed Reds line- debut for AC Milan in a goalless and Kylian Mbappe before captain for the night, tucked League, 13 points ahead of fifth-placed United, but up at Anfield. draw against Sampdoria. IBRAHIMOVIC RETURNS defeating sixth-tier Linas- away PSG’s second and the lost 2-1 to their rivals last month as Solskjaer’s men The 22-time international almost enjoyed a Portugal forward Ronaldo At the San Siro, Swedish star Montlhery 6-0 in the French game was up. produced an exhilarating display of counter-attack- goal-scoring debut when he struck for the fifth consecutive Ibrahimovic made his debut for Cup on Sunday as the Cavani, starting for ing football at the Etihad Stadium. glanced a header wide of the league game to move the cham- Milan coming off the bench after amateur side, and self- the first time in two Asked what he had learned from that defeat, the mark before he was eventu- pions back above Inter Milan in 55 minutes against Sampdoria. confessed fans of their months, added his sec- Spaniard added: “How fast they are. How they run ally replaced by Alex their first match since the Italian The 38-year-old came on for monied rivals, were left to ond just on the hour on the counter-attack. How solid, how aggressive. Oxlade-Chamberlain after SuperCup defeat to Lazio in Saudi Poland striker Krzysztof Piatek to rue a missed penalty when mark before Pablo “We conceded a few counter-attacks and in just 70 minutes. Arabia last month. deafening applause from the trailing just 1-0. Sarabia (63rd and 70th min- two or three seconds they were in the box.” “Super, outstanding. Maurizio Sarri’s side had been 58,000 crowd in his first appear- The part-timers, whose utes) and Eric Maxim Speaking about Solskjaer, he said: “I think he Exactly the player we pegged back in the first half by the ance after rejoining the club last budget is 2,000-times small- Choupo-Moting (87th) is starting to see his team like he wants. The last wanted, exactly the play- sixth-placed Sardinians who have week. er than the Qatari-backed completed the rout. (league) game against Arsenal they lost, but you see er we wished for,” said been pushing for a spot in the But there was little else to Parisian giants, fell behind “We played seriously clearly what he wants. Klopp of his new for- Champions League places P ! cheer for the hosts who extended to a goal on the half-hour by and with humility,” said “It was not easy to handle a team at a big, big ward. this season but fell to their &+ their winless run to three games teenager Adil Aouchiche. PSG coach Thomas Tuchel. club, always demanding to be champions in all com- “Your first game in third consecutive defeat. and remain 12th in the table. However, “We deserved to win, petitions, but I think every manager needs time. a team you don’t know, The second-half was all Inter in the table with Antonio New Fiorentina coach they were then it was a good match for “I have the feeling United have started to play if it’s a settled team it’s one-way traffic with 34-year-old Conte’s side travelling to Napoli, Giuseppe Iachini had to settle for awarded a the team and the club the way he wants.” already difficult — this Ronaldo breaking the deadlock looking to keep pace with the a 1-1 draw against Bologna in his penalty after and a good start to With the Premier League title apparently head- team we threw more or less on just after the interval. eight-time reigning champi- first game after taking over Colin Dagba 2020.” ing to Anfield, Pep is forced to focus on the cup com- the pitch with two sessions He added a second from the ons. from Vincenzo Montella. brought down Tuchel was petitions after winning a domestic treble last year. together. penalty spot on 67 minutes with Atalanta closed to with- The Tuscany side had Issa Cisse. full of praise for “A third semi-final in a row. It is not the best “And then showing this kind Argentina’s Gonzalo Higuain in a point of fourth-placed lead for most of the game Up stepped Idrissa Cavani who competition in the world but it is nice to be here of game understanding, football coming off the bench to strike a Roma, who lost 2-0 to Torino after Marco Benassi volleyed Kanoute but his tame has been again and against our city opponents,” said City boss. skills are exceptional, attitude is third on 81 minutes, before on Sunday, with a 5-0 rout of in on 27 minutes but spot kick was well- linked with a Guardiola will have Nicolas Otamendi available outstanding, led the chasing pack Ronaldo completed his hat-trick Parma, having also beaten AC Riccardo Orsolini grabbed a point saved by Sergio Rico in winter trans- again after an injury but has not yet settled on a start- so often in different situations, a minute later. Milan by the same scoreline for Bologna deep into injury the PSG goal. fer move. ing XI. which I loved.” Juve are three points ahead of before the winter break. time. Less than a AFP