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Modi, Xi and USUALSUSPECTS India runs out of SWAPAN DASGUPTA New Delhi calls for Putin hold trilateral room for 70,000 Impressions a mystery UN, WTO reform meeting PTI n illegal foreigners in politics: Case of Raje BUENOS AIRES eaders of India, China and Centre asks States, Affairs (MHA) has told the he assessment of elections depends on two factors: LRussia have called for State Governments that they TPersonal or anecdotal evidence and media or academic reforming multilateral institu- UTs to build more can incur the expenditures and narratives. The first has its obvious limitations since it is tions, including the UN and claim reimbursement from the physically impossible to cover even a single State in its WTO, as they underscored the detention centres to ministry. The Centre has asked entirety, never mind the country. Personal assessments can benefits of a multilateral trad- the States to restrict the move- at best be extremely patchy. This means that a collation of ing system and an open world accommodate them ment of foreign nationals await- media accounts is the only means of coming to terms with economy for global growth ing deportation. The the logic of any electoral decision. and prosperity during a trilat- RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI Government’s concern stems In the past month, the reports from Rajasthan invariably eral meeting they held after a from the millions of speak of a recurrent theme running through all the regions: gap of 12 years. ndia is facing a problem of Bangladeshi nationals who The alleged arrogance of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. It Prime Minister Narendra Iaccommodating thousands have become untraceable in the is said that this is weighing down the BJP campaign and Modi, Chinese President Xi of foreign national detainees past several years. negating some of the undeniable achievements of her Jinping and Russian President even as deporting them to Detention centres are man- administration. Vladimir Putin held the trilat- their respective countries of aged by State Governments Of course, the supposed personal imperfections of eral meeting on Friday, the sec- origin remains a cumbersome and house foreigners who over- Vasundhara isn’t the only factor. Reports speak of the ond among the three countries process. Over 70,000 foreign stay or don’t have valid travel alienation of Jat and Rajput communities — both of which after a gap of 12 years, on the nationals from as many as 58 documents or illegally cross were supportive in 2013 — from the BJP. This corresponds sidelines of the G-20 summit countries are under detention over into India. Officials said with the larger disquiet of the ‘dominant farmer communities’ here to discuss cooperation in for illegally overstaying in foreign nationals of more than such as Marathas in Maharashtra, Jats in western Uttar various areas. India after the expiry of their 58 countries have been found Pradesh and Patidars in Gujarat from any ruling “Excellent meeting of the visa with Bangladeshis, violating visa norms and over- dispensation. This has got to do with those groups sensing RIC (Russia, India, China) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, pose for a photo during Africans, Americans, staying in many parts of the an erosion of political power and lack of Government jobs Trilateral. President Putin, their meeting at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Friday AP Pakistanis and Afghans form- country. owing to reservations. It is doubtful if any political party can President Xi Jinping and I dis- ing the chunk of them. At a high-level meeting satisfactorily resolve this issue. cussed a wide range of subjects ership from across the world to President Vladimir Putin, and to encourage greater inter- Against this backdrop, the chaired by the Special Secretary However, the question of personal style is a different that would further cement the come to India in 2022.” President Xi Jinping and PM action among the three coun- Centre has asked States and (Border Management) of matter altogether. I have often been quite baffled over how friendship between our nations The Russia-India-China @narendramodi participate in tries. “They agreed on the Union Territories (UTs) to hire MHA, States and Union impressions — and there is no doubt that these impressions and enhance world peace,” (RIC) meeting came hours the RIC (Russia, India, China) importance of reform and more suitable accommodation Territories have expressed con- are real — are formed. How and why does the apparent Modi said. after Prime Minister Modi, trilateral in Buenos Aires. strengthening of multilateral and build more detention cen- cern over increasing number of aloofness of a leader become a liability? Equally why and Modi said, “It’s India’s 75th his Japanese counterpart @KremlinRussia,” the Prime institutions which tres for such foreign nationals. illegal foreign nationals who how does this become, at times, an advantage? Independence Day in 2022 & Shinzo Abe and US President Minister’s Office tweeted. have benefitted the world, While Uttar Pradesh and overstay on their visa. At the The questions are relevant for an obvious reason. Most we had requested Italy if we can Donald Trump held their first In a statement, the External including the United Nations, Haryana do not have detention meeting, officials of Haryana voters have no direct contact with a Minister or Chief get '22 instead of '21 (for host- trilateral meeting on the mar- Affairs Ministry said the three WTO and well-established as centres, Tripura has converted Government said that the state Minister. They also don’t expect to be in direct contact and it ing G20 summit).They accept- gins of the summit. leaders exchanged views on well as new global financial old age homes into detention does not have a detention cen- is rare for an ordinary ed our request, others accepted “Deepening engagement with expanding mutual coopera- institutions. centres. tre and foreign nationals are Nearly every media report individual to go knocking it too.I'm grateful & I invite lead- valued development partners. tion in international forums, Turn to Page 6 The Ministry of Home Turn to Page 6 at a Chief Minister’s door I have read talks about seeking the redressal of a grievance. It is more likely how the anti-incumbency that their contact will be has personalised against with either the local BJP raps Rahul for his ‘what administration or the local Vasundhara. No one MLA or even MP. Why should the vote of a voter seems to have explained in the districts be swayed kind of Hindu Modi is' jibe by whether Vasundhara what has brought this Raje has been standoffish with being “unsuccessful” in with some BJP karyakarta creating job opportunities for about... Even the poll or an RSS functionary? the youth. results won't solve the The matter becomes Referring to the surgical more intriguing because strikes on terror pads across the mystery of how and why supposed inaccessibility LoC on September 29, 2016, is often not inimical to Rahul recalled as how thrice this impression entered political appeal. In surgical strikes were conduct- Odisha, to take an ed during Manmohan Singh the popular discourse example, Naveen Patnaik Government but the country- has been governing men did not know about it as uninterruptedly since 1999 and winning election after part of the defence strategy. election. Although there are often reports of anti-incumbency, “Are you aware of it? Modi it has not manifested itself in any significant way. At the actually reached into the same time, despite having lived uninterruptedly in Army’s domain and shaped Bhubaneshwar — a quintessential small town — for the past surgical strike into a political In this Friday handout photo released by Raindrop Media, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas celebrate during 19 years, Patnaik remains very much an outsider. He is an Congress president Rahul Gandhi interacts with members of business communities asset,” said Rahul, adding that their mehndi ceremony at Umaid Bhawan in Jodhpur AP understated, private person who often appears detached and professionals in Udaipur on Saturday PTI the surgical strike was made from the routine humdrum of politics. By convention you may public as the BJP was fighting CAPSULE even say that he is inaccessible — the accusation now PNS n NEW DELHI/JAIPUR slain Army soldiers by claim- elections in Uttar Pradesh. being hurled at Vasundhara Raje. ing that the 2016 surgical strike Soon after his comments, GST collections Ex-US Prez However, this aloofness of Patnaik hasn’t affected him urgical strikes and across the LoC was conducted Shah gave a sharp reaction MODI INVITES S AFRICAN politically. The political class may grumble that their Chief SHindusim hogged the lime- to win the Uttar Pradesh addressing an election rally in PREZ TO BE R-DAY GUEST Minister is not given to the bonhomie one associates with light in Rajasthan during the Assembly elections. The BJP Balotara town of Barmer dis- drop to `98 cr George Bush Buenos Aires: Prime Minister say, Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. But it is the public high-pitched poll campaign in chief also questioned Congress’ trict. “They are giving us Narendra Modi on Saturday adulation of him which allows him to remain an outsider and the State on Saturday. idea of Hinduism and won- lessons of Gita,” Shah said. met South African President Cyril still be a remarkably successful politician. Unrelenting in his direct dered what made the party Hitting out at the Congress, in November Sr dies at 94 Ramaphosa on the sidelines of Ironically, I used to find the same complaint of aloofness attacks against Prime Minister preach the BJP about Hindus. Shah further said, “On one New Delhi: Goods and Services Houston: George HW Bush, the G-20 summit here and invited levelled at Narendra Modi when he was Chief Minister of Narendra Modi, Congress pres- “Our PM says he is a hand there is a troop of patri- (GST) collection in November the 41st President of the US him to be the Chief Guest at the Gujarat. During the 2007 election, the standard assessment ident Rahul Gandhi on Hindu but he doesn’t under- ots under leadership of Modi dropped to `97,637 crore, lower who led America during the Republic Day celebrations next of those who used to hang around the BJP office in Saturday questioned the latter’s stand foundation of Hinduism. and on the other hand there is than `1 lakh crore collected pre- dramatic collapse of the Soviet year, which also marks the 150th Ahmedabad was that the BJP would cross the majority understanding of Hindutva What kind of a Hindu is he,” a troop which doesn’t have a vious month. Union and engineered the birth anniversary of Mahatma mask, but only by a whisker. It was said that the top brass of and his Hindu credentials. Rahul wondered in a session leader, policy and principles.” Compensation released to defeat of an audacious Iraqi Gandhi. the Gujarat RSS too was very unhappy with him and Rahul also accused the PM of with the business community “Prime Minister Modi took states for August-September invasion of Kuwait, died here wouldn’t help out in the campaign. Yet, the public connect of using the Army’s 2016 surgical in Udaipur. revenge for Army martyrs. stood at `11,922 crore. Of the on Friday. He was 94. NIRAV FEARS LYNCHING Modi was spectacular. And it was this public connect that strike across the Line of “What is the essence of Rahul is saying that surgical `97,637 crore collected, central His death, which was IN INDIA, SAYS LAWYER gave him his political authority. That trend persists to this Control (LoC) into a “political Hinduism? What does the Gita strike was conducted to win GST (CGST) collection is announced by his office, came Mumbai: Nirav Modi, a key day. asset” and claimed that three say? That knowledge is with Uttar Pradesh election. You `16,812 crore, state GST less than eight months after accused in the $2 billion PNB There is no template governing the most appropriate surgical strikes were conduct- everybody... Knowledge is all insult the martyrs of the coun- (SGST) is `23,070 crore, inte- that of his wife of 73 years, fraud case, cannot return to conduct of a politician. What seems a very successful style ed during the UPA time but it around you. Every living being try. You could not even show grated GST (IGST) is `49,726 Barbara Bush. “Saddened to India as he is afraid of “getting for Modi — the ability to rise above daily concerns — could, was not made public. has knowledge,” Rahul said some courage,” Shah said at a crore (including `24,133 crore announce that after 94 remark- lynched” and is being compared under different circumstances, become a liability. Rahul His BJP counterpart Amit further during his interaction. public meeting in Phalodi town collected on imports) and cess able years, our dear Dad has to demon ‘Ravan’, his lawyer Gandhi at one time lost the Congress the services of an Shah countered him accusing The Congress chief also of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan. is `8,031 crore (including `842 died,” George Bush Jr said. told a special court important politician in Assam because he was seen to be the Gandhi scion of insulting charged the Modi Government Turn to Page 6 crore collected on imports). Detailed report on P7 on Saturday. attending to his pet dog rather than listening to the State leader’s concerns. If Mamata, for example, was somehow to shed her deep involvement in everything from the management of procession routes to dictating her party’s daily strategy in Parliament, she would be a very different Punjab minister seeks Sidhu’s resignation politician. In any case, that she is over-involved has not been to her disadvantage. PTI n CHANDIGARH Sidhu told reporters there that Amarinder Singh Bajwa said Rahul Gandhi He was also targeted over a Still, the question as to how the impression that he considered Gandhi his cap- is “our captain in remained everyone’s “captain”, photograph which showed him Vasundhara Raje is ‘arrogant’ and ‘inaccessible’ gained so Punjab minister on tain. “If he does not consider Punjab, he is our but he disapproved of Sidhu’s posing with Gopal Singh much public currency is worth a thought. It just can’t be that ASaturday sought Navjot Capt Amarinder as his captain leader”. The min- remarks about the Chief Chawla, the Pakistan Gurdwara she is inaccessible because she still commands the loyalty Singh Sidhu’s resignation over then he should resign on moral ister demanded Minister. In Hyderabad, Sidhu Parbandhak Committee head of many important local leaders, as was demonstrated when his jibe at Chief Minister grounds from the cabinet and that Sidhu should was questioned by reporters on who is considered pro- the BJP leadership tried to oust her as Leader of Opposition Amarinder Singh, even as the do whatever work is assigned seek an apology Punjab chief minister’s disap- Khalistan. But Sidhu claimed in 2009. Even now, from all accounts, she has managed to cricketer-turned-politician to him by Rahul Gandhi,” from the Chief proval of his Pakistan trip. “tens of thousands” of people get her loyalists tickets and the public response to her rallies backtracked on his claim that Punjab cabinet minister Tript Minister. “He will “Rahul Gandhi is my captain. wanted to take pictures with him hasn’t been discouraging. Yet, nearly every media report I Congress president Rahul Rajinder Singh Bajwa said. have to accept It is he who sent me to in Kartarpur and he didn’t know have read talks about how the anti-incumbency has Gandhi had sent him to Sidhu’s visit to the Captain sahib as Pakistan. Rahul Gandhi is the Chawla. The Kartarpur corridor personalised against her. No one seems to have explained Pakistan for the Kartarpur cor- Kartarpur gurdwara had riled his leader in captain of the captain will connect the shrine in what has brought this about if indeed the dislike for her is ridor event. Amarinder Singh, who earlier Punjab,” Bajwa (Amarinder Singh) also,” Sidhu Pakistan to Gurdwara Darbar that widespread among ordinary voters. Now there is even On his election campaign said he tried to dissuade the said. “My advice had said. The Congress leader, Sahib in Gurdaspur, across the talk of a ‘late swing’ in favour of the BJP — a theory I trip to Hyderabad, Sidhu had state’s local bodies minister to the younger however, described Amarinder border between the two coun- instinctively discount because people tend to make up their said Friday that he attended the following a grenade attack in brother is to Singh as a “father figure” to tries. The planned corridor will minds before the campaign starts, unless something groundbreaking ceremony for Amritsar that left three people speak less and him. Since his return from give visa-free access to Indian dramatic intervenes. the Kartarpur corridor as dead. Meanwhile, Sidhu tweet- Imran Khan’s personal invite.” concentrate on work. You need Kartarpur, Sidhu has been crit- pilgrims to the place where Whatever the reality, we will know on December 11. Gandhi had asked him to go. In ed Saturday, “Rahul Gandhi Bajwa, who is the state’s to be consistent and you should icised for lavishing praise on Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of However, even the outcome won’t solve the mystery of how an apparent snub to Amarinder didn’t ask me to go, I went on rural development and pan- make it your habit,” Bajwa Imran Khan, who too show- Sikhism, spent the last years of and why this impression entered the popular discourse. Singh, a former Army captain, (Pakistan Prime Minister) chayat minister, said said. ered special attention on him. his life. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 city 02

More industrial, infra Make cleanliness a daily habit: Yogi Ambedkar crossing, Shastri pital too,” he said. The Chief crossing and culminated at Minister claimed that his gov- Golghar. ernment was committed to projects lined up Stressing on the need of making UP a leading state in maintaining cleanliness, Yogi cleanliness drive beside making PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW minister, addressing a meeting CM expressed displeasure over added that it was not just the efforts for beautification of of investors and officers of the the slow pace of follow-up for duty of the public to include each district. He pointed out he Uttar Pradesh gov- department, directed that NOC these projects. Earlier, the state cleanliness in their routine, but that said that his government ernment will launch of fire safety and other regula- government had announced it it was imperative that they had already sanctioned Rs 9 Tindustrial and infra- tory approvals be issued from would lay the foundation of inform others about the ill crore for Kanha Upvan, Rs 16 structure projects totalling Rs the single window portal projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore effects of garbage and filth. crore for the disposal of waste 1 lakh crore in the next two ‘Nivesh Mitra’. in December. However, now it “The government has taken water and Rs 72 crore for sew- months and ground-breaking The projects to be will be near impossible to an initiative in this regard and erage for Gorakhpur. ceremony for projects worth Rs launched during the ground- achieve this target due to pend- the result has started trickling Yogi, who was on a two-day 50,000 crore across different breaking ceremony in ing land acquisition and other in with lesser children falling tour to Gorakhpur, later flew to sectors will be conducted this December and next month are clearances hurdles. prey to communicable diseases Rajasthan where he was sched- month. The government has part of the Rs 4.68 lakh crore The CM directed senior especially Encephalitis which, uled to address public rallies for also announced that the poli- worth of memorandum of officials to ensure that the pre- in the past, has claimed hun- BJP candidates contesting cy for opening the agriculture understanding (MoU) signed liminary grounds works were dreds of lives. This year, the Assembly poll. Gorakhpur sector for the organised retail with public and private sector completed and projects of Rs number of deaths due to the mayor Sitaram Jaiswal and industry will be formulated companies during the UP 50,000 crore were launched in killer disease has come down Minister of Urban soon and also the policy for the Investors’ Summit on February December. Another ground- sharply and there has been a Development Suresh Khanna electric vehicles. 21-22 this year. On July 29, breaking ceremony will be decline of patients suffering were also present along with Industries Minister Satish Prime Minister Narendra Modi organised in February 2019 to from such diseases in the hos- senior officers and local leaders. Mahana on Saturday reviewed had laid the foundation stone launch projects totalling Rs the preparation for the second of projects worth Rs 60,000 50,000 crore . Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressing a rally in Gorakhpur on Saturday ground-breaking ceremony to crore. Chief Minister Yogi Modi will be invited for be held this month. He said so Adityanath, who has been busy these ground-breaking cere- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW present here, make it a daily in Gorakhpur for spreading far 340 MW of power had been campaigning in poll-bound monies as well in order to pro- habit, one cannot not expect to awareness about cleanliness made available to entrepre- states of Madhya Pradesh, vide a platform to the ruling hief Minister Yogi have a neat and healthy atmos- amongst the masses. The rally neurs under the open access Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Bharatiya Janata party govern- CAdityanath urged people to phere,” asserted Yogi while was organised to celebrate regime where they could buy over the past few week, on ment for amplifying its self- include cleanliness in their addressing children, students ‘Swachhata Abhiyan’ (cleanli- power from any power gener- Tuesday night reviewed the acclaimed pro-industry, devel- daily routine if they wanted to and others in Gorakhpur on ness drive) in Gorakhpur in ator. He said the government progress of projects lined up for opment and employment agen- have a healthy environment. “It Saturday morning. which over 5000 local children was in the process of formu- the second ground-breaking da before the crucial 2019 Lok is not just for the government Prior to addressing a gath- and college students took part. lating a new policy for the ser- ceremony slated for the second Sabha poll to defeat the spec- to take initiatives for keeping ering, the Chief Minister The rally started from vice sector for promoting week of December in Lucknow. tre of a joint Opposition and the state and country clean. flagged off a rally from Pandit Gorakhpur varsity and passed investment in this sector. The According to sources, the anti-incumbency. Until everyone, including those Deen Dayal University campus through Sangh crossing, RLD mocks at BJP’s With eye on LS poll, BJP kicks off padyatra

Investors’ Summit PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW schemes. In Meerut, former state BJP chief Laxikant PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW ments. “It is also possible that n the run-up to 2019 Lok Vajpayee will lead the yatra for the bills were cleared without ISabha elections, the Bharatiya which a meeting was held in erming the Investors’ a firm not doing any work for Janata Party kicked off its Shastrinagar pavilion. TSummit in Lucknow as a the function,” he added. ‘Kamal Sandesh padyatra’ Convenor of west UP region waste of public money, Haider said that the BJP across the state on Saturday. In Govind Chaudhary said that Rashtriya Lok Dal vice-presi- hosted the function to show- Lucknow, the yatra was being groups would be formed at dent Wasim Haider said that case its ‘efficiency and intent’ taken out in five Assembly booth level for the yatra to the BJP government spent and the programme was not segments of Lucknow Lok commence from December about Rs 2.5 crore on the dec- aimed to address woes of farm- Sabha constituency. The yatra 1 to 15. Lucknow city BJP oration of the venue where ers, unemployed and workers. will conclude on December 15. chief Mukesh Sharma said that industrialists converged during Meanwhile, in Jaipur, RLD After the ‘Kamal Sandesh before starting the padyatra, a the programme. He demanded leaders, led by national gener- bike rally’, the padyatra is being cleanliness drive was carried a CBI probe into the plunder of al secretary Trilok Tyagi, made organised with an eye on the out on all starting points in all public money and asked the public the party manifesto for upcoming Lok Sabha polls. five Assembly segments of BJP government to make pub- Rajasthan Assembly election on Senior BJP leaders, including Lucknow. lic the expenses incurred on the Saturday. The document ministers and members of the function. coined ‘Hamara Nischay - organisation, participated in “The fact is that Rs 65 lakh Rajasthan ka Navoday’ was the padyatra to spread aware- were spent on the decoration dedicated to the people of the ness about achievements of and the remaining Rs 1.5 crore state in the presence of senior the Modi and Yogi govern- were siphoned off. This is small RLD leaders, including UP ments among people. example of a scam that hit the president Masood Ahmad and In the PM’s constituency of state and has exposed the BJP’s party leaders of the Rajasthan Varanasi, Minister of State for claim of being a crusader unit. In the manifesto, the Information Neelkanth Tiwari against corruption. In the state- RLD had assured strict action led the padyatra. sponsored programme, the BJP against those spreading In Lucknow, a leaflet titled Minister Neel Kanth Tiwari leading a padyatra in Allahabad Pioneer government spent several lakh caste/communal canards, secu- ‘Lucknow heading towards rupees on arrangements for rity for women, employment world-class infrastructure’, Union governments and vari- and it will go up to booth level. guests, campaign and other for youths, redressal of farmers’ showcasing efforts undertaken ous schemes of both govern- A total of 150 members have counts,” Haider pointed out. issues, increasing budget for for the city’s development by ments. It also threw light on been allotted for each Assembly The RLD leader further medical education from 8 per Lucknow MP and Union different schemes and plans segment. Six groups, consisting charged that several firms, in cent to 18 per cent, safeguard- Home Minister Rajnath Singh, worth Rs 16,000 crore for the of 25 members each, will visit the good books of political ing the poor from malnutrition, was distributed among people. city’s development. each booth of every village to leaders and bureaucrats, were end of manual scavenging and It contained information relat- The padyatra is being taken spread awareness related to given contract for the arrange- encouraging tourism. ed to achievements of UP and out in all 80 Lok Sabha seats UP and Central-sponsored Two sisters murdered; loot, murder suspected PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Mandi Chowk in Mugalpura lying scattered on the floor were waiting to interrogate their raped her. The two children nar- area (Moradabad) became con- pointing towards a possible loot kin for a possible lead which rated the incident to her fami- ystery shrouded the sen- cerned when owners of the and murder. The tenant imme- could help unravel the murder ly and the girl was rushed to a Msational killing of two sis- house Kusum Agarwal (65) diately informed the police con- mystery. hospital. ters, whose mutilated bodies and her sister Rajrani Agarwal trol room after which senior Meanwhile, in another case In another case in Khatauli were found in their home at (60) did not come out of their officers and local cops reached in Muzaffarnagar, an eight- area of Muzaffarnagar, at least Moradabad on Saturday morn- portion on the first floor on the spot. After preliminary year-old girl was raped by a 14- five people were injured in a ing. While the police suspected Saturday morning. As he went enquiry, the police said that year-old boy in cane fields in clash between two groups over it to be a case of loot and mur- to enquire, he was shocked to someone entered the house late Asadnagar village of Sikheda celebrating a birthday. During der but the possibility of their find the doors ajar and the body on Friday night, brutally hacked police station area on Friday the birthday bash on Friday killing over a property dispute of Kusum lying in a pool of the sisters and decamped with evening. The accused was evening, an altercation ensued was not ruled out. A case was blood in one room while that of valuables and cash kept in the apprehended. The girl had gone between two people over play- registered and the bodies were Rajrani in another room. house. The cops did not rule out to the fields, with two other chil- ing DJ and it led to a clash in sent for autopsy. Their belongings, including the possibility of a property dis- dren, when the accused forcibly which stones were freely A tenant in a house at those kept in the almirah, were pute behind the killing. They took her to nearby fields and pelted. STF nabs criminal Cong rout certain: Sharma Lucknow (PNS): Special Task Force (STF) sleuths claimed to arrested an abscond- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW ing criminal carrying a reward of Rs one lakh from Muzaffarnagar. The criminal was on the eputy Chief Minister Dinesh lam for over a year. A case was registered DSharma said that Congress presi- NOTICE against the accused and he was sent to jail. dent Rahul Gandhi would create a new IG (STF) Amitabh Yash said on Saturday record of electoral defeats as his party NOTICE that STF sleuths had been tracking hardened would face defeats in the ongoing We Mrs. Sangeeta Seth W/o Mr. criminals during which they were tipped of Assembly polls in five states. “After the Ashutosh seth And Mr. Ashutosh Seth about hardened criminal Akram Qureshi of results, Rahul Gandhi will set a new S/o Mr. Raj Kumar Seth, R/o A-1/8, Shiv Khalapar area of Durehri (Muzaffarnagar) record of poll defeats as the Congress Vihar Colony, Shivpur, Tarna, Varanasi- coming to Budhana crossing under Khatauli is definitely losing the Assembly elec- 221002, (U.P) have lost our Plot police station area of the district on Saturday tions in all five states. The people of the Allotment Letter No. 0368 date morning. The IG said that a team was country have reposed their faith in 22/11/2016 for Plot No.D-243 in DLF despatched and it stopped a roadways bus to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said Garden City, ViII- Purseni, Mohanlalganj, check for Akram. Sensing danger, Akram sud- Sharma in Lucknow on Saturday. Raibarelly Road, Lucknow. denly jumped out and opened fire to ensure “The impact of work done by the a safe exit. But after a brief exchange of fire, Prime Minister can be seen across the he said. “In Mizoram, the Congress is the accused was arrested. A pistol of .315 bore country. Various welfare works of the going to lose, while pro-BJP forces will NOTICE and cartridges were seized from him. Yash said Centre have benefited the poor, farm- form the government there. As far as that Akram was a hardened criminal and was ers, deprived and marginalised sections Telangana is concerned, the Congress’s NOTICE involved in a house robbery in Muzaffarnagar of the society and have directly impact- ideology will come to an end. In other I Mr. Zakir Hussain S/o Mr. Shabbir last year. During interrogation, Akram said ed their lives,” the Deputy CM said. words, the Congress will be effective- Hussain R/o 508/21 Zakir Nagar, Okhla that his aides Danish, Mota Hassan and Abid Sharma claimed that over 20 crore ly wiped out from all five poll-bound New Delhi, have lost my these original were also involved in last year’s house robbery. people had been directly or indirectly states,” Sharma said. While Assembly receipts. GDN/CRB/00240/1211, He revealed that after the incident, he fled to benefited from welfare schemes of the elections have been held in Madhya GDN/CRB/00050/0512,GDN/CRB/ Ranchi to let things settle down and returned BJP-led Union government. Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram, 00021/0513, GDN/CRB/ 00022/ 0513, GDN/CRB/00050/1113,GDN/CRB/ to Muzaffarnagar to execute another crime. “Due to these, the BJP will form Rajasthan and Telangana will go to the 00056/1113,GDN/CRBI7/ 000488 Akram was wanted in 22 cases, including that governments on its own in Madhya polls on December 7 and the results will Mob: +919718902833 of loot and attempt to murder. Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan,” be announced on December 11.

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Printed and Published by Vijay Prakash Singh for and on behalf of CMYK Printech Ltd., 4th Floor, Sahara Shopping Centre, Faizabad Road, Lucknow-226016 and Printed at Tin Tin Printech Pvt Ltd., C-33 Amausi Industrial Area, Nadarganj, Lucknow. Editor: Chandan Mitra. Resident Editor: Vijay Prakash Singh. RNI No. 2016/57. Lucknow Telephones: EPABX: 4036600 Fax: 2345582. Allahabad Office: (0532) 2420818, 2421018, 3290460. Kanpur Office: (0512) 2304006, 2304416. Varanasi Office: (0542) 2414294, 2414295. Delhi Office: No. 6, Behind Gulab Bhawan, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002, Phone: 011-40110455. Communication Office: F-31, Sector 6, NOIDA, Gautam Budh Nagar-201301, U.P. Phone: 0120-4879800 & 4879900 city 03 LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 Mad rush for Mahotsav leads to chaos MBA student PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW gy levels of people at Lucknow Mahotsav. I am happy that I got assive traffic snarls the opportunity to come and hangs self around Smriti Upvan perform here. We will all dance Mleft the commuters here,” he told the crowd. His PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW to the mortuary and further high and dry as all roads led to second song was dedicated to investigations are on. the Lucknow Mahotsav venue. former Prime Minister Atal n MBA student ended his As per reports, Rita Devi of The commuters got stuck on all Bihari Vajpayee, ‘Bin Atal Alife at his house in Gonda was staying with her the roads leading to Smriti Hindustan...’. He also recited a Ismailganj under Ghazipur husband Om Prakash Yadav at Upvan. Cars were lined up on few lines of Vajpayee’s ‘Laut ke police station on Saturday. He the house. For the past few both sides of the roads at phir aaunga.’ was found hanging from the months, her sister Seema Bangla Bazaar. Several people The crowds continued to ceiling of the room in which Yadav was also staying with with passes requested for entry make a noise even as the singer was living on rent. them Around 1 am on even as the VVIP gate was tem- tried to catch his breath. ‘Kali As per reports, Amar Saturday, Seema woke up to go porarily closed in view of the re badariya...’ was his next per- Vikram Singh of Gonda was to the washroom when she excessive rush. The traffic formance which had dancers pursuing education from an spotted Rita hanging from a snarls continued till late night. accompanying him. He then institute in Lucknow. On pillar in the kitchen. “She Senior district administration sang ‘Pipra ke neeche...’ from Saturday night, he did not go screamed out of fear and then and police officials said the his film ‘Raja’ and the evening to his college. His father called me. I went to the kitchen snarls were both because of continued with his popular Hansraj got apprehensive after then and found Rita hanging,” Pawan Singh’s performance songs. Pawan said he was an he did not attend phone calls Om Prakash told police. Police and the first weekend of the artiste and a man of few words on Saturday morning and con- said Om Prakash runs a med- cultural extravaganza. as he only expressed his feelings tacted a neighbour who went icine store and the couple had Huge crowds thronged the through his songs. “I choose to to room only to find Amar a daughter from their mar- Mahotsav venue to watch express myself through my hanging,” the police said. riage. In Ashiyana, 35-year-old Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh songs alone,” he added. The police said two suicide Meena ended her life at her perform live on Saturday He also pointed out that he notes, one from the pocket of house in sector M of the area evening. The audience went picked up songs which could be his trousers and the other on Saturday. She was living berserk the moment Pawan enjoyed by the entire family. from the room, were recov- with her husband Nagendra stepped on the stage and start- “We should always choose ered. “In the suicide note, and their children. Police said ed his first song. Dressed in a songs which can be enjoyed by Amar Vikram wrote that he Meena had a verbal spat with shimmering blue shirt, the our relatives and family mem- was ending his life on his own Nagendra after which she singer was a hit with the crowd bers all together,” he added and no one should be held ended her life. “She was hang- from the word go. He started of People from all parts of responsible for the same,” the ing from the ceiling with a with the devotional ‘Mai doli Lucknow came for the perfor- police claimed. In Gomti saree tied around his neck. She chadhi re’. At some points, mance. Naina Gupta from Nagar, a 24-year-old woman was rushed to Lok Bandhu police had to intervene to con- Alambagh said she was there There was a mad scramble for Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh as police had ended her life at her house in Hospital where she was trol the crowds. since morning to witness to control the crowds even as commuters remained stuck on roads leading Husadiya village on Saturday. declared brought dead,” the “I am amazed by the ener- Pawan’s performance. to Smriti Upvan for hours Eric Thompson | Pioneer Police said the body was sent police said. Rajbhar fires salvo Azam slams Yogi over Hanuman remark Chowk murder case PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW torian,” he commented. nity. “The Yogi government could The SP leader said that it The SP leader said that even bring a new law that no at BJP, again amajwadi Party national seemed that Yogi had done a some leaders were in the habit children could be born or no has cops baffled Sgeneral secretary and former PhD from Oxford or of creating controversy over one could die during the mela PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Utterances of Sangh parivar UP minister Mohammad Cambridge University or from gods and goddesses. “A senior period.” The SP leader claimed PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW The family members of Ali leaders is vitiating the harmony Azam Khan castigated Chief Nalanda University and his BJP leader of UP had earlier that Kumbh Mela was organ- had then alleged that JP ally Suheldo Bharatiya and creating communal ten- Minister Yogi Adityanath over statement should be welcomed. said that Goddess Sita was the ised in the past too, but since lmost two weeks after the Mohammed Rizwan of BSamaj Party (SBSP) chief and sion,” the SBSP chief said. his statement that Lord Khan, who attended a meeting first test tube baby of the uni- elections were round the cor- Amurder of Anas Ali in a Pattanallah Chowk had shot UP minister Om Prakash Questioning the timing of rak- Hanuman was a Dalit. “I am at of SP workers in Moradabad on verse,” he reminded. When ner, hence such orders were daring incident, the Chowk Ali due to an old enmity. Rajbhar on Saturday once again ing up Ram temple issue and my wit’s end to comment on Saturday, said that the CM asked that the UP government being passed for political rea- police are yet to find out if the At the time of the inci- flayed the BJP for flouting bringing out Sankalp Yatra on this issue. I do not know should also clarify as to which has restricted the use of mar- sons as the Yogi government man whom the family accused dent, the police had also prop- Constitutional norms and Ayodhya, the minister said: whether to laugh or cry. It Dalit caste did Lord Hanuman riage halls and guesthouses in had failed to fulfill the promis- to have a role in the case was agated the theory of brawl in launching a campaign for Ram “Why did they not bring out appears that the Chief Minister belong as there were several Prayagraj during Kumbh Mela es made to the people during involved in the crime or not. connection with a girl. temple at Ayodhya. yatras during the past four years. has donned the mantle of a his- sub-castes within the commu- from January next, Khan said: 2017 UP Assembly elections. “Rizwan alias Imran of Subsequently, the police “The Ayodhya issue is pend- Why were they being taken out Chowk was accused of having traced the girl and questioned ing in the Supreme Court and just before the elections? I think involvement in the crime by her and her family but all in the dispute could be settled there is a conspiracy to divide the victim’s family. The reason vain. either by a judicial verdict or the society on religious and cited was that Rizwan had a After the theory came through a negotiated settle- caste lines.” Rajbhar also ques- brawl with Anas some time crashing down, the police ment. Yet, the Sangh parivar and tioned the comment on Lord back and he had warned the hooked on the family’s claim its affiliates are criticising the Hanuman by Chief Minister victim with dire conse- that Rizwan had shot dead the apex court and even threatening Yogi Adityanath and questioned: quences. But the probe could victim on the fateful day. But the judiciary,” said the minister. “If Hanuman is a Dalit, which not reach to a conclusion as it failed to nab Rizwan as yet Rajbhar added that the conduct caste did Lord Rama and Vishnu yet,” ASP, West, Vikas Tripathi and so it is still unclear if he of the RSS, VHP and BJP lead- belong to?’’ The SBSP chief also said. He added Rizwan had was involved in the crime. The ers on the Ayodhya issue had demanded reservation quota not been given a clean chit as police also had no clue about shown that they had little respect for Most Backward Classes and yet. “The police are probing the motive for the murder. and faith in the Constitution and Dalits. “A committee appointed the case from different angles The incident exposed that were hence casting aspersions on by the state government to look and the possibility that Anas cops lacked expertise in inves- the judiciary. “It is unfortunate into the matter has already sub- was shot by some miscreants tigation. Despite CCTV’s that people, who took oath to mitted its report and recom- other than Rizwan cannot be footages and bike registra- protect the Constitution as elect- mended for providing quota ruled out at this stage,” he said. tion number, the cops are ed member of Assembly and within the 27 per cent quota for On November 20, Ali was still in the dark. They said the Parliament, are issuing state- backwards. But no party is shot dead by two bike-borne police had got a clue about ments against the judiciary over pressing the government to assailants in broad daylight at Rizwan’s location and were the delay in the court hearing. implement it,” Rajbhar said. An awareness rally taken out from Lohia Park to 1090 crossing on the occasion of World AIDS Day on Saturday Pioneer Subhash crossing in Chowk. raiding his hideout. Tiff between girls, boys Cash snatching bid lands keeps police on toes man in police custody PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW about the same PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW and a team reached the place. “On November 22, I and started The team later rushed the received a call from a person Maharashtra native snatched Rs checking the showdown between two injured girl to a hospital. posing himself as a customer A50,000 from an employee of notes and later Agirls and two boys near After the incident, a news executive of the same telecom Pariwar Kalyan Vibhag inside a bank fled the scene Jaipuria School in Gomti spread that some boys had company and added that the in Chowk on Saturday. He ran out of keeping the notes Nagar on Saturday night made attacked girls on the road in connection would be snapped luck and was nabbed by a cop of the with him,” the cops work overnight to solve the area and the cops came as my bill was not paid. Fire department. He was later handed complainant the issue. The police are work- under pressure and even However, I told him about the over to the police. The miscreant said. Police said a ing on the case. senior cops got involved into payment made on November arrested was identified as Abu Jar team reached the According to police, the the investigation of the case. 8. He immediately asked for Rashid Jafri (50) of Thane in place and the boys and girls were going on Later, when the girl denied the mode of payment and the Maharastra. He owned up his crime. miscreant was bikes when one of them skid- attack and narrated the amount. Later, for upgradation As per reports, Kailash Singh later nabbed. Contrary to police claim, ded and a girl fell down on the sequence of the incident, the he asked me for details of the Kathayat (58), along with his son the residents said a man standing at a ground. She suffered injuries police heaved a sigh of relief. card and the bank,” Swarup Rinku Kashyap (20) of Chowk, reached pan shop near the bank nabbed Jafri and her friend insisted the Meanwhile, a retired said in his complaint to the the bank in the afternoon as he had to when he was fleeing after committing boys to foot the bill for the colonel was duped of Rs 1.24 police. withdraw cash for some work. When the crime. As Jafri overpowered the treatment of the girl who had lakh by conmen who con- “Ten days later, I woke up he was collecting the cash, the miscre- man to free himself, constable Hamid suffered bruises on her head. vinced him to share details and saw a message of deduc- ant came close to him and told him that of the fire station reached the scene and This snowballed into a verbal related to his bank account tion of Rs 43, 091 from my counterfeited notes were in circulation he pinned down the miscreant. In the duel and the boys indulged in and ATM in Gomti Nagar. ATM card, paid to the same and even banks were not safe. meantime, the complainant and his son heated arguments hearing Luv Swarup of Gomti telecom company. Hence, I got “The miscreant engaged me in talk also reached the scene. To avoid being which commuters started Nagar, in his complaint to the my ATM card blocked. In the while waiting for his turn in a queue caught red-handed, the miscreant scat- flocking the scene. cyber cell of the Lucknow meantime, I checked my at the bank counter and later took the tered the wads on the road and thus Sensing danger, the boys police, stated that he had got another ATM card and it wad of notes to check if it were gen- diverted the public attention. But the sped off the scene leaving an online recharge of Rs 630 of showed deduction of Rs uine,” the victim said in a complaint. fireman did not let him go and called both the girls on the road. The his prepaid connection for 24 80,000,” he stated in his com- “He in fact forcibly took the wand of the police who later rounded up the commuters called the police months on November 8. plaint. notes after he found me indecisive miscreant,” the residents added. 8-yr-old boy mowed down by car PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW “Several of us called the police pleading them to reach the scene n eight-year-old son of a snake instantly,” they claimed. Acharmer was killed in a tragic Meanwhile, two persons suffered incident when a car knocked him injuries when a speeding car down in PGI police station area on knocked them under the Saturday morning. The tragic death Chhattawala Pul in Wazirganj police of the minor boy evoked a stiff station area on Friday night. Reports protest from residents who blocked said the victim, identified as Ram the road and demanded immediate Naresh Maurya of Thakurganj, along arrest of miscreants. Police registered ripped off and he died on the spot,” with his friend, was going towards a case in this connection and are the police spokesman said. He added Daliganj on their bike. Around 10 identifying the car. that the incident occurred around pm, a speeding car knocked them As per reports, Hemraj of 10.40 am. He was rushed to a hos- down in which they suffered injuries. Bengali Tola locality was grazing cat- pital where he was declared brought The residents flocked to the scene tle behind the CNG petrol pump in dead,” he said. He added that a case and they nabbed the man on the dri- sector 18 of the locality when a was registered for reckless driving ving seat. He was identified as speeding car whizzed past the scene. and causing death due to negligence. Piyush Mani Tripathi. Police rushed Hemraj, who was standing on the The residents alleged that the both the injured to a private hospi- Members of Dalit Utthan Seva Samiti staging protest, demanding that the Hanuman roadside, was tossed up in air fol- police reached the scene late and the tal where both are undergoing temple in Hazratganj be handed over to them Pioneer lowing the impact. “His head was boy was rushed to a hospital. treatment. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 city 04

ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Yak wool and pashmina shawls brought from Leh PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW he said. He said they had ing scene and the life tree. A brought pashmina shawls majority of customers are meeting kicks off today ak wool and pashmina worth a maximum of Rs 1.5 interested in buying stoles and Yshawls from Leh are catch- lakh at the Mahotsav. Adil shawls embossed with this Lucknow (PNS): The 10th being co-chaired by India and experts in the field of military ing the eyeballs at Lucknow pointed out that yak wool design because it brings good ASEAN Defence Ministers Myanmar, will be held at the medicine will deliver the key Mahotsav, underway at Smriti shawls were also very warm. luck,” Adil said. Meeting plus Expert Work Central Command note address and plenary talks. Upvan. Adil Bhatt from “Yaks live in minus 35 degree He said the stoles were Group on Military Medicine, Headquarters in Lucknow The conduct of these Srinagar has brought a range temperature and hence their made of a mixture of silk and from December 2 to 5. The events is also an important of woollens from Leh. He said fur which is used for making wool and cost Rs 1,200 each. objectives are to establish bet- step to uphold the values of all the pashmina used to make shawls is ideal for cold condi- Bright and colourful, these m0iz0 ikoj VªkUlfe'ku ter co-operation in medical peace, prosperity and trust in woolens came from Leh. tions,” he said, adding that stoles are being preferred by dkjikjs 's ku fy0 'kqf)&i= bl dk;kZy; }kjk vkeaf=r fufonk operations amongst ASEAN the region. Nearly 50 delegates “Pashmina is procured shawls ranging between Rs young girls visiting the la[;k 127 rFkk 128@[email protected] (Indonesia, Thailand, from various countries and from Leh and then brought to 400-20,000 were selling well. Mahotsav. He, however, said @2018&19] tks fnukad 29-11-2018 dks Singapore, Malaysia, soldiers from Army Medical Kashmir for the purpose of Asked as to what was new that they were waiting for the [kksyh x;h Fkh] ds lEcU/k esa fuEu “kqf} i= Philippines, Myanmar, Corps are expected to take sheering and processing the in the offing in terms of the sales to pick up. tkjh fd;k tkrk gSSA fufonk l[;ka 127 ,oa Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei) part in the event. cloth. Pashmina is also used Kashmiri craft, he said the “The stall which we have 128@[email protected]@2018&19 ds and ASEAN Plus countries The central theme of the for making cardigans and golden zari work was back in got is away from the main [kqyus dh frfFk foLRkkfjr dj nh x;h gS] (United States, Russia, China, event is towards establishing other garments but these are use.“We have made changes by route which the public follows. vc ;g fufonk,a fnukad 06-12-2018 dks Australia, Japan and South preparedness and response exported to European markets reviving the Kashmiri zari The visitors are not coming in 14%00 ct s rd viykMs ,oa Lohdkj dh Korea) for civil support by mechanisms to manage mass as people in the domestic embroidery which had disap- also made in the designs in we have brought in interesting the side galleries and are mov- tk;sxh ,ao fnukad 07-12-2018 dks 12%00 Military Operations Other causalities and outbreak of markets are not ready to pur- peared over the years,” he print. prints on stoles costing Rs ing straight ahead, which is cts lkoZtfud :i ls [kksyh tk;saxhA Than War (MOOTW), espe- infectious disease resulting chase such expensive items,” said, adding that changes were “Through block printing, 1,200. These include the hunt- affecting our sales,” he said. fufonk dh vU; fu;e o 'kr Zs ;Fkkor jgxhAas cially humanitarian assistance from large-scale disasters as fufonk ds vU; fooj.k and disaster response mis- also to facilitate synergy, bet- www.etender.up.nic ij ns[ks tk ldrs sions. The event will be con- ter understanding, increase gSA v/kh{k.k vfHk;Urk fo|qr ikj"s k.k e.My ducted under the aegis of capability of the combined Earthen kitchenware sells like hot cakes The only stall selling 220 d0s oh0 midUs nz ifjlj] tys jkMs ] Central Command operations amongst the xk.s Mk la[;k& 1921@[email protected]@ Headquarters. AMC Centre Armed Forces of ASEAN PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Dt 01-12-2018 ^^jk"Vª fgr esa fctyh cpk;sa and College will conduct tech- Member States and ASEAN chikankari garments Lkk/kkj.k cYc d s LFkku ij ,y0bZ0Mh0 cYc nical aspects of the exercise Plus countries. It will go a long here is a stall at the dk iz;ksx djsa ** and host the foreign dele- way in evolving and institu- TLucknow Mahotsav selling PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Faizan said they had not gates. The event will have tionalising military forum for proper kitchenware made of tried to bring in too many simultaneous sessions on regional cooperation in mili- clay that can be used for cook- aizan Khaleel’s stall is the changes and innovations in the dk;kZy; v/kh{k.k vfHk;Urk expert working group on mil- tary medicine. It will also ing food. The stall has tawas, Fonly one at Lucknow garments because trends go fo|qr ikj’s k.k e.My xk.s Mk itary medicine, 4th bilateral enhance military to military pots and pans which people Mahotsav and is selling out of fashion and the product bZ&VsUMfjax fufonk lwpuk talks between India and interoperability, co-ordination can use to cook food and even chikankari garments. Faizan likely to be wasted. He said vuqHkoh QekZ@Bsa ds nkjks aaas l s fuEufyf[kr dk;Z Myanmar, table-top exercise, and cooperation to the next clay bottles to store water. The said they had set the stall in they were selling simple gsrq lhycUn fufonk;sa nks Hkkxksa esa fnukad and planning for field training level by participating in a mil- tawas costing Rs 100 each are the hope that foreign tourists chikankari kurtas with a start- 26-12-2018 dks 14-00 cts rd vkefU=r exercise encompassing the itary medicine theme based selling like hot cakes. and those from other parts of ing range of Rs 250. A medi- dh tkrh gSA ¼1½ bZ&fufonk la[;k broad themes. Eminent exercise. Rahul Bagri and Anand the state would also purchase um range businessman, Faizan 158@bZ0Vh0lh0¼xks.Mk½@2018&19% fo|qr Bagri said they had come from the chikankari garments, said he operated from home ikj’k.ks [k.M] xk.Mks d s vUrxZr 132 d0oh0s Gujarat and the kitchenware which Lucknow is known for. and the embroidery was done xks.Mk&uokcxat ykbu ,oa 132 ds0oh0 was made of Kutch region clay. He said they were also high- by the his sisters and mother. uokcxt&n”kZuuxja ykbu d s Vkojk as ij CCS station to be largest The kitchenware looks inter- lighting the tapechi embroi- “After GST, most of the uEcj IysV ,oa Qst IysV dh vkiwfrZ ,oa esting with a shining look, dery instead of the common small-time chikankari traders, LFkkiuk lEcU/kh dk;ZA /kjksgj jkf”k :0 in underground section unlike the local pottery which phanda available in who had been involved in it, 2000-00 fufonk Hkkx&1 [kqyu s dh frfFk 27- has a rough surface. “The tawas cost merely Rs eases and health problems such Aminabad. have closed down. For us, it is 12-2018 dks 12%00 cts] fufonk izi= ewY; PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Anand Bagri said the prod- 100 per piece and there is a as those of bones and thyroid, “This is the original an added expenditure on the :0 236-00 ¼dj lfgr½A ¼2½ bZ&fufonk uct was earlier sold online and non-stick tawa which is coat- hence one should eat in tradi- chikankari work and we have chartered accountant,” he said, la[;k 159@bZ0Vh0lh0¼xks.Mk½@2018&19% he Chaudhary Charan Singh was only selling abroad. ed and can be used for making tional utensils,” he said. tried to bring in some neat adding that most of the buy- fo|qr ikjs’k.k [k.M] xks.Mk ds vUrxZr 220 TMetro Station will be the “However, after the directives pancakes and omelettes,” he Anand said the stuff was samples of the craft,” he said. ers were women. doh0s midUnzs xk.Mks ij cl ckj izkVs D”kus largest one of the underground of Prime Minister Narendra said. Incidentally, there are prepared by breaking the clay iSuy dh LFkkiuk lEcU/kh dk;ZA /kjkgjs jkf”k section as it is also the inception Modi that this material should kettles, cups and other items, into fine particles and then set- :0 1000-00 fufonk Hkkx&1 [kqyu s dh frfFk point of this 23-km red line cor- be sold in the domestic market, made in clay. ting the same. “The surface is 27-12-2018 dk s 12%00 ct]s fufonk izi= eY;w ridor. This station is construct- it is being marketed here. The Anand said there were sev- polished for hours till it shines :0 118-00 ¼dj lfgr½A ¼3½ bZ&fufonk ed at a distance of 500 metres prices are reasonable and will eral benefits of having food and is smooth,” he said, adding la[;k 160@bZ0Vh0lh0¼xks.Mk½@2018&19% from the domestic airport. To lower further when the from earthen kitchenware. that it was the first time that fo|qr ikjs’k.k [k.M] xks.Mk ds vUrxZr 132 review the progress of this sec- the concourse area made for demand increases in the “Having food cooked in alu- they were venturing into the d0oh0s midUnzs duZyxta ij dfcys Vªpas tion, managing director of advertisements. domestic market. minium causes several dis- domestic market. dh lQkbZ ,oa isafVax lEcU/kh dk;ZA /kjksgj Lucknow Metro Rail At the platform area, he jkf”k :0 2000-00 fufonk Hkkx&1 [kqyu s dh Corporation Kumar Keshav inspected the finishing of frfFk 27-12-2018 dk s 12%00 ct]s fufonk izi= inspected the major construc- tiling work. The track-laying Copper bottles’ stall doing brisk biz eY;w :0 236-00 ¼dj lfgr½A ¼4½ bZ&fufonk tion works which are in final work of both up and down la[;k 161@bZ0Vh0lh0¼xks.Mk½@2018&19% stages. He inspected all the lines has been completed. He Lucknow (PNS): Vijay from a copper utensil, there are fo|qr ikjs’k.k [k.M] xks.Mk ds vUrxZr 220 rooms in which electrification then visited Amausi station Singh, who is manning the stall only lotas which cannot be car- d0oh0s midUnzs xk.Mks ij 220 d0oh0s lkbZM work is taking place in full where the framework has where copper bottles have been ried. However, this bottle is like d s cl vkblkys Vjks as dh vkojgkWfys xa lEcU/kh swing. He checked all the emer- been completed and the art- showcased, is a happy man a proper water bottle which can ,o a vU; lcfU/kra dk;ZA /kjkgjs jkf”k :0 gency gates and also issues some work at the outer structure because while others have not be easily carried and is priced 2000-00 fufonk Hkkx&1 [kqyu s dh frfFk 27- directions for the 200m wall at finalised. The work of stair- registered high sales at at a reasonable Rs 500-600,” he 12-2018 dks 12%00 cts] fufonk izi= ewY; case with escalators has been Lucknow Mahotsav, he is doing said. He added that the bene- :0 236-00 ¼dj lfgr½A ¼5½ bZ&fufonk dk;kZy; vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] completed and automatic brisk business. The copper fits of copper were widely la[;k 162@bZ0Vh0lh0¼xks.Mk½@2018&19% m0iz0 ikoj Vªkla fe'ku dkjikjs 's ku fare collection door instal- bottles manufactured in known and people were inter- fo|qr ikjs’k.k [k.M] cgjkbp ds vUrxZr fy0 ikj"s k.k Hkou] d{k l[a ;k 212] lation is going on. The civil Moradabad are being lapped ested in using copper items. “In 132 ds0oh0 midsUnz fHkuxk ij dsfcy Vªsap ,l0,y0Mh0lh0 ifjlj] fudV e=a h vkokl] construction of all the rooms up by the visitors. the coming days, we will try to dh lQkbZ ,oa isafVax lEcU/kh dk;ZA /kjksgj foHkfw r [k.M&2] xkes rh uxj] y[kuÅ containing necessary equip- “This is something which get stuff such as lunch boxes for ment has been completed we have just started as a ven- the clients. After the plastic jkf”k :0 2000-00 fufonk Hkkx&1 [kqyu s dh bZ&VUs Mfjxa fufonk lpw uk vuqHkoh Qek@Zas frfFk 27-12-2018 dk s 12%00 ct]s fufonk izi= while the machines are being ture because normally if peo- ban, people have started eyeing Bds nkjks @vf/kd`ras foØrkvks @as fuekZrkvk as ¼tks installed simultaneously. ple want to drink something interesting options,” he said. eY;w :0 236-00 ¼dj lfgr½A ¼6½ bZ&fufonk th0,l0Vh0 e as ithd`ra gk½as l s fuEufyf[kr la[;k 163@bZ0Vh0lh0¼xks.Mk½@2018&19% dk;Z d s lEiknu grqs lhycUn bZ&fufonk;as fo|qr ikjs’k.k [k.M] cgjkbp ds vUrxZr nks Hkkxksa esa bZ&VsUMfjax osclkbZV 132 d0oh0s midUnzs fHkuxk &ukuikjk ykbu CITYBRIEFS SCHOOLSCAN www.etender.up.nic.in ij vkef=ra dh dh iVªks fys xa lEcU/kh ,o a vU; lcfU/kra dk;ZA tkrh gSA ¼1½ bZ&fufonk l[a ;k&11& /kjksgj jkf”k :0 2000-00 fufonk Hkkx&1 foik[kf}¼y½@2018&19 fo0ikj0s [k.M&AA] CONFERENCE nuances of investing cycles’. The summit will Sunday. Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma [kqyu s dh frfFk 27-12-2018 dk s 12%00 ct]s y[kuÅ d s v/khu 220 dohs fpugV&lh0th0 fufonk izi= eY;w :0 236-00 ¼dj lfgr½A The 3-day ‘7th Annual Conference of the conclude after a pan-India equity research will inaugurate the event at 5 pm. On the occa- flVh@ihthlhvkbZ,y jk;cjsyh&lh0th0 Society for Mitochondrial Research and competition and a value investing workshop. sion, CMS students will present colourful edu- fufonk izi= “kqYd¼uku fjQUMfcy½s ,oa flVh ykbu ,o a 132 dohs fpugV&xkerhs bZ0,e0Mh0 vf/k”kklh vfHk;Urk] fo|qr ikj’k.ks Medicine (SMRM)’, organised by Central cational-cultural items in honour of the partic- uxj@,lthihthvkbZ& xkerhs uxj ikj"k.ks Drug Research Institute (CDRI), concluded TRAINING PROGRAMME ipating teams and their leaders from India and [k.M] xk.Mks d s cSda [kkr s e as ¼cSda dk uke& ykbuk as d s Hkfexrw dfcyks as dh okf"kZd nSfud iatkc uS”kuy cSad] [kkrk la& with new insight and avenues for mitochon- On the penultimate day of the 6-day abroad. Several teams from India and abroad as x'r dk dk;Z&/kjkgjs jkf'k :0 2000-00 drial research and medicine. It provided the IORA-RCSTT training programme on well as renowned subject experts arrived at 0181002100120697] vkbZ,Q,llh dksM& bZ&fufonk Hkkx&1 [kqyu s dh frfFk 28-12- 0018100½ vkj0Vh0th0,l@ common platform for clinicians and scientists ‘Diversity, documentation, gene banking and Lucknow to participate in ‘IYMC-2018’. Simon PUNB 2018] le; 13%00 ct]s bZ&fufonk Hkkx&2 to discuss the consequences of malfunction- database for medicinal plants’ underway at L Chua from Philippines, Wen Hsien Sun from ,ubZ,QVh d s ek/;e l s fufonk dh vfrea ¼izkbt ikVZ½ [kqyu s dh frfFk grqs rnkuqlkjs viyksM frfFk ls ,d fnu iwoZ rd tek ing of mitochondria in various health issues. CIMAP, Areejit Samal of Computational Taiwan and Mark Saul from USA besides colkbVs ij lfprw fd;k tk;xkAs bZ&fufonk Sharing her view and research, Sandhya P Biology department of the Institute of many other experts were accorded a warm wel- dh tk;xhs rFkk cSd e as tek fd; s tku s dk izi= eY;w :0 236-00 ¼18 izfr'kr lk{; ;Fkk ;ksT; ;w0Vh0vkj0 la0] [kkrs dk Kaushika from TIFR (Mumbai) explained how Mathematical Sciences (Chennai) informed the come at the Amausi airport. Besides, student th0,l0Vh0 lfgr½A ¼2½bZ&fufonk uke fuxZrdrkZ cSad vf/kdkjh }kjk their group developed a microfluidic device for IORA delegates from 13 countries that his team teams from Russia, Brazil, South Africa, USA, l[a ;k&12&foik[kf}¼y½ @2018&19 fo0ikj0s GREEN DAY gLrk{kfjr ,oa fufonknkrk }kjk long-term imaging to assess how mitochon- had developed first comprehensive online data- Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, UAE, Bangladesh, [k.M&AA] y[kuÅ d s v/khu 220 dohs izfrgLrk{kfjr i s bu fLyi dh LdSUM izfr] dria is added during development because pre- base on 1742 Indian medicinal plants that ‘Plant more trees to save environment’. This Nepal and various states of India continued to midUnzs ch0d0Vh0s ij ?kkl dVkbZ ,o a vU; bZ,eMh d s fy, cSda xkj.Vh dh LdS.M dkih] cisely controlled mitochondrial positioning is would facilitate application of more robust concept was highlighted on Green Day, which arrive at Lucknow for the event. lEcfU/kr dk;Z& /kjkgjs jkf'k :0 2000-00 tkjhdrkZ cSda d s dUQje”kus eys dh izfr essential for gentle touch response of the ani- computational approaches for drug discovery was celebrated at The Lucknow Public Collegiate bZ&fufonk Hkkx&1 [kqyu s dh frfFk 28-12- ‘EUREKA INT’L-2018’ AT Hkh fufonk izi=k as d s lkFk byDV~zkfudyhs lkQ mal. K Thangaraj from CCMB (Hyderabad) based on 9596 bioactive phytochemicals pre- on Saturday. Students of Nursery to class II par- 2018] le; 13%00 ct]s bZ&fufonk Hkkx&2 CMS FROM DEC 16 o iBuh; viyksM dh tk;sxh] vU;Fkk fd said that 90% of mitochondrial disorders were sent in these frontline candidate medicinal ticipated in the programme with enthusiasm as ¼izkbt ikVZ½ [kqyu s dh frfFk grqs rnkuqlkjs fLFkfr e as fufonknkrk }kjk izLrqr fufonk dks due to mutation in nuclear genes controlling herbs. These herbs have 1,124 recorded ther- they sang songs and recited poems. They also City Montessori School, Anand Nagar cam- colkbVs ij lfprw fd;k tk;xkAs bZ&fufonk Lor% fujLr le>k tk;xkAs lkFk gh fufonk mitochondrial function. He said they had iden- apeutic uses in traditional and modern liter- enjoyed a sandwich party and took part in an pus, is organising the four-day international edu- izi= eY;w :0 236-00 ¼18 izfr'kr ds Hkkx&1 e sa rduhdh fcM ¼iSu dkMZ] tified mutation in genes associated with atures. In another lecture, former director of art contest. The campus was decorated with slo- cational and cultural festival, ‘Eureka th0,l0Vh0 lfgr½A bZ&fufonk dk Hkkx bUdeVSDl fjVuZ] th0,l0Vh0 ithdj.ka dh unique phenotypes of mitochondrial disorder. Indian Institute of Remote Sensing and plat- gans such as ‘Save our environment’, ‘Cleanliness International-2018’ at Kanpur Road auditorium izFke o f}rh;&izkbt fcM ¼nj as ,o a 'kr½Zas inum jubilee fellow of NASI at ICRISAT is next to godliness’ etc. Joint director Jawaid from December 16 to 19. The cultural extrav- Lo; a izekf.kr Nk;kizfr ,oa rduhdh vuqHko NIVESH 2018 bR;kfn½] layXu djuk vfuok;Z gSA /kjksgj www.etender.up.nic.in ij Hkjh tk;xhAas (Hyderabad) PS Roy apprised the IORA del- Alam Khan joined hands with the students in aganza will witness a galaxy of talented students jkf”k@fufonk “kqYd tek u gksus vFkok Hkkx&1 e as /kjkgjs /kujkf'k o fufonk izi= After the success of ‘Nivesh 2017’, which egates of the development of latest resolution planting saplings. He encouraged the children from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and various fdlh izdkj dh =`fV gkus sa ij fufonk dk eY;w tkfds vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] fo|qr ikj"k.ks saw seasoned investment professionals like capacity enhancement tools for preparing to plant more sapling to help ensure a green and states of India take part in an exciting array of Hkkx&2 ftlesa njsa nh tkuh gS] ugh [kksyh [k.M&f}rh;] y[kuÅ d s [kkrk l[;k&a Prashant Jain (HDFC AMC) join IIM-L for species-specific remote sensing maps of plants healthy environment. competitive events. Convenor of the event and the flagship speaker session, Credence Capital, biodiversity in India. He said that topo- principal of Anand Nagar Reena Soti said it was tk;sxhA Hkkx&2 esa njsa ,ao okf.kT;d fu;e 0758002100009361, IFSC code- IYMC BEGINS TODAY o 'kr Zs gkuhs pkfg;As rFkk gkMZ dkih dk;kZy; PUNB0691100 itkca u'kuys cSd]a 'kk[kk the investment club of IIM-L, is organising graphic details of changing landscapes of plant an international forum from where the ideas of esa tek djus dh vko”;drk ugha gksxhA fot;Ur [k.M] y[kuÅ e as RTGS/ NEFT ‘Nivesh 2018’, the annual investment summit. populations could now be mapped on a real- The 4-day International Young world unity and world peace would be propa- fdlh Hkh fLFkfr esa fufonk ds d s ek/;e l s LFkkukUrj.k dj ;0Vh0vkj0w It is an effort to develop a culture of investing time scale for taking proactive measures for Mathematicians' Convention (IYMC), organised gated. “At the same time, it will also provide the Retender in the student community. Given the controlling land and flora degradation in bio- by City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar younger generation a golden opportunity to gksus ij fufonk dh fufonk “kqYd¼uku la[;k rFkk is&fLyi dh izfr dynamism being witnessed in the markets, the diversity rich areas like Western Ghats. In the Campus I, is all set for a grand opening on showcase their talents,” she added. fjQUMsfcy½ ,oa /kjksgj /kujkf”k iqu% tek www.etender.up.nic.in Web Site ij fufonk izi=k as d s lkFk Lo izekf.kr iSu ,oa theme for this year’s speaker session is afternoon session, a demonstration of data- dh tkuh vfuok;Z gksxh] vU;Fkk fd fLFkfr ‘Mastering investment and business cycles’. bases developed by CSIR-CIMAP was given e as fufonknkrk }kjk izLrqr fufonk dk s Lor% th0,l0Vh0 e as ithdj.ka izek.k&i=] dk;Z vuqHko izek.k&i= o vgZdkjh 'kr Zas ,o a vU; The speaker session will be followed by a panel to the participants. The session was coordi- fujLr le>k tk;xkAs fufonk dk Hkkx izFke discussion, the topic for which is ‘Behavioural nated by Manoj Semwal and Feroz Khan. ,oa f}rh;%&¼izkbtfcM nj aas ,oa “krZ½s fnu- lEcU/kh izi= rFkk fufonk d s f}rh; Hkkx 4-day IPPC-2018 gets underway today e as eY;@njw as ij akd 26-12-2018 dks 14-00 cts rd www.etender.up.nic.in PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW fnukda 28-12-2018 le; 11-00 ct s rd road map for tackling the key than 700 delegates from India www.etender.up.nic.in ij viykMs dh tk challenges in plant biology and other countries, including ldrh gSAa fufonk dk izFke Hkkx fnukda 27- Up-Load dh tkuh gSA bZ&fufonk d s izFke Hkkx d s izi= fu/kkZfjr frfFk ij 12%00 cts ational Botanical Research research. USA, UK, France, Denmark, 12-2018 dks 12-00 cts ,oa Hkkx&2 ¼izkbt Institute and the Indian Ex-Vice-Chancellor of JNU Germany and Australia, will vFkok mld s mijkUr gh Down-Load fd;s N ikVZ½ fufonk “kqYd ,o a /kjkgjs /kujkf”k izkfIr Society for Plant Physiology and well-known plant scientist attend the mega event. dh iqf’V gkus s d s i”pkr lokZtfud :i ls tk;xas As fufonkvk as d s izFke Hkkx d s eY;kw dua d s mijkUr mi;qDr ik;h x;h fufonkvk as ds (ISPP) are jointly organising SK Sopory will be the chief Convenors Prabodh [kksyh tk;sxhA fufonk [kqyus dh frfFk ij the ‘4th International Plant guest while Peter Waterhouse Trivedi and Madan Pal said that vodk”k gksus dh fLFkfr esa fufonk vxys gh f}rh; Hkkx Down-Load/ [kkyks tk;xkAs fufonk lEcU/kh leLr tkudkjh] fu;e o Physiology Congress (IPPC- from Australia will deliver a a few major initiatives had dk;Z fnol ij fu/kkZfjr le; ij [kkyhs 2018)’ from December 2 to 5. keynote address at the inaugural been taken in the conference to tk;sxhA fufonkvksa dks fcuk dksbZ dkj.k vgZdkjh 'kr]Zas fufonk izi= e as vfdra gS a tks }kjk This conference will be held at function. The conference will minimise environment pollu- crk;s fufonk@fufonkvksa dks vLohsdkj@ www.etender.up.nic.in Down- Indira Gandhi Pratishthan. cover major areas of plant biol- tion. The initiatives include foHkkftr dju s dk vf/kdkj v/kkgLrk{kjdrkZs Load ;k voykfdrs dh tk ldrh gSAa bZ&fufonk [kqyu s dh frfFk ij vodk'k gkus s NBRI director SK Barik said ogy research, including biotic minimising plastic and paper d s ikl lqjf{kr jgxkAs /kjkgj@fufonks jkf”k that the conference would and abiotic stress physiology, use for drinking water and jfgr o l”krZ fufonk; as Lohdkj ugh dh dh fLFkfr e as bZ&fufonk vxy s dk;Z fnol ij fu/kkZfjr le; rd Lohdkj dh tk;xhs bring together leading scientists plant productivity & carbon publication of an abstract book. tk;xhAs Ñi;k foLr`r tkudkjh] Mkmu ykM]s and young researchers from modelling, genomics, pathway Co-convener Vidhu Sane said ,o a fu/kkZfjr le; ij [kkyhs tk;xhAs vU; l”kka /kuks as ,oa fufonk izLrqr dju s ds across the world to discuss their engineering, and plant biology- that the abstract book of the fnukda rd foLrkjs vkfn d s lEcU/k e as Ñi;k bZ&fufonkvk as dk s fcuk dkbZs dkj.k crk;s research outcomes, current and climate change interface. The conference would be provided www.etender.up.nic.in dh oclkbZVs ij bZ&fufonk@bZ&fufonkvk as dk s vLohdkj@ future challenges, exchange of programme will include a in digital form and there would ykWx vku djsaA v/kh{k.k vfHk;Urk fo|qr foHkkftr dju s dk vf/kdkj v/kkgLrkjdrkZs ideas and sharing of new find- keynote lecture, plenary lec- be metal bottles for drinking ikj’s k.k e.My] xk.s Mk la[;k&1922@ d s ikl lqjf{kr jgxkAs vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] ings. It will also provide a plat- tures, concurrent sessions on water so that India’s commit- [email protected]@bZ&Vs.Mj ua0&158 ls fo|qr ikj"s k.k [k.M&f}rh; i=kd&a 2203 form to develop collaborative thrust areas, poster sessions, ment to saving environment 163@2018&19 Dt: 01-12-2018 ^^jk"Vª fgr fnukda 1-12-2018 ^^jk"Vªfgr e as fctyh multidisciplinary research pro- young scientist awards, and was conveyed to the interna- esa fctyh cpk;sa** cpk,**Aa Students performing at the Mahatma Gandhi Montessori Inter College’s annual function on Saturday Pioneer grammes and prepare a future memorial award lectures. More tional community. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 nation 05

Cold wave DAC okays Brahmos acquisition Sitharaman to discuss bilateral grips Kashmir PNS n NEW DELHI — two to be procured directly from Russia and two to be built IANS n SRINAGAR ith the objective of adding indigenously. ties during Washington visit Wteeth to the firepower Two commercial deals inimum temperatures capabilities of the Navy, the were signed recently for the PNS n NEW DELHI discuss the issue of US selling Mdropped further across Defence Ministry on Saturday frigates. armed Predator drones to India the Kashmir Valley on Saturday approved procurement of The basic structures of two efence Minister Nirmala after the Pentagon approved with Leh in Ladakh region Brahmos supersonic cruise frigates are already ready at DSitharaman will discuss the sale of weaponised drone to recording minus 9 degrees missiles for two stealth frigates Yantar shipyard in Russia and the entire gamut of bilateral India. This platform can per- Celsius, the Met said. to be acquired from Russia. will be finished now following defence ties with the US dur- form many roles including MINIMUM TEMPERATURES Nod was also given for acqui- the $1 bn deal. Goa Shipyard ing her visit to Washington multi-mission intelligence, sur- sition of armoured recovery Limited (GSL) recenty signed starting Saturday. During her veillance and hitting targets DROPPED DUE TO A CLEAR vehicles(ARV) for the Army's a $500 million deal with six-day tour, she will also dis- from land and sea from a NIGHT SKY, AN INDIA Arjun main battle tanks. The Rosoboronexport of Russia for cuss with her counterpart height of 40,000 feet. METEOROLOGICAL cost of two proposals is worth material, design and specialists James Mattis the security situ- last few years. Sitharaman and Sitharaman is also likely to over `3,000 crores. USD 1 billion and both the has also deployed Brahmos assistance to build two frigates ation in the Indian sub-conti- Mattis will discuss avenues to bring up the issue of waiver on DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAID The go-ahead for both the ships will be equipped with missiles which can hit a target in India. nent including Afghanistan, scale up the level of defence Countering America's acquisitions was given by the indigenously developed at more than 300 km. The air The DAC also approved Pakistan and China and Indo- and strategic ties during their Adversaries Through Kargil came a close sec- Defence Acquisition Council BrahMos missiles. "The indige- version of this missile to be the procurement of Armoured Pacific region besides having talks, it was learnt. Sanctions Act(CAATSA)for ond at minus 8.5. Minimum (DAC), the Ministry's highest nously designed Brahmos mis- fired from the frontline SU-30 Recovery Vehicles (ARVs) for more intense military exercis- Sitharaman will also visit the acquisition of S-400 missile temperatures dropped due to decision-making body on pro- sile is a tested and proven was also successfully tested the Indian Army's main battle es between the armed forces of Hawaii to honor the renaming system from Russia in deal a clear night sky, an India curement. It is headed by supersonic cruise missile and some months back and will be tank, Arjun. The ARVs are two countries. of Pacific Command as Indo- worth over five billion dollars. meteorological department Defence Minister Nirmala will form the primary weapon ready for operational use after designed and developed by the Defence co-operation Pacific command, recognising India has time and again said official said. Sitharaman and the DAC on-board these ships," some more validation tests. DRDO and would be manu- between the two countries has the importance of India in east Russia is a time tested strate- Srinagar city recorded accorded approval for acquisi- they said. As regards fitting the mis- factured by defence public sec- grown with both sides holding and far east, sources said. Her gic partner of India and the minus 1.4, Pahalgam minus 5 tion of defence equipment In fact all the frontline siles on the new warships, in tor undertaking BEML, the regular exercises and the US schedule also includes a visit to country needs the missiles for and Gulmarg minus 3.3. worth about `3,000 crore, offi- warships of the Navy are now October 2016, India and Russia official said. The recovery vehi- emerging as one of the biggest the Mountain View headquar- its air defence. Moreover, India Jammu city recorded 9.6, cials said. equipped with this missile, a signed an Inter-Governmental cles ensure efficient and speedy weapons supplier to India. In ters of Pentagon's defence inno- maintains that CAATSA is a Katra 9, Batote 5.9, Bannihal India is procuring two joint venture between India Agreement (IGA) for four repair and recovery operations fact, the trade is now more vation unit (DIUx). US law and not an interna- 7.9 and Bhaderwah 2.3 stealth frigates at a cost of and Russia. Besides, the Army Krivak or Talwar stealth frigates during combat. than ten billion dollars in the The two sides are likely to tional legal framework. degrees Celsius. Cong team meets EC, raises EC to take call on raising WCD Minister expresses hope for concern over EVMs security VVPAT machines after passing anti-trafficking Bill in RS PNS n NEW DELHI PNS n NEW DELHI passed The Trafficking of ficking such as forced labour, Persons (Prevention, begging and marriage. ith EVMs reaching the Statistical Institute’s report head of the Winter Protection and At the event organised at Wcollection centre in Sagar PTI n NEW DELHI ASession of Parliament, Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 dur- the Indira Gandhi National in Madhya Pradesh two days Women and Child ing the Monsoon Session of Centre for the Arts on after the polls, a Congress del- mid demands by parties to Development Minister Parliament in July,. Saturday, the Union minister egation met the Election Aincrease the number of Maneka Gandhi on Saturday Gandhi had said the leg- also interacted with school Commission on Saturday rais- polling stations where paper expressed hope that the pro- islation did not intend to children about her upcoming ing concern over the security of trail machine slips are matched posed anti-trafficking Bill harass sex workers and it was book - 'There's a Monster EVMs inside strong rooms with EVM results, outgoing would be passed by the Rajya intended to go after human Under my Bed! and Other and their handling during the Chief Election Commissioner Sabha this time around. traffickers and not the victims. Terrible Terrors' which is counting process in Madhya OP Rawat has said the poll The bill provides for con- "This is a bill that has a expected to release in January. Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. It panel will take a final call on fidentiality of victims, wit- compassionate view of people The book, inspired by her also alleged deletion of names the issue after the Indian nesses and complainants, who have been victims of sex granddaughter, talks about of voters in Uttar Pradesh. Statistical Institute submits a time-bound trials and repa- rackets," Gandhi had said. children's fears and how to Congress leader and report on it. constituency. triation of the victims. The legislation proposes deal with them. AICC's Chhattisgarh in-charge "They will be submitting Voter-verifiable paper audit "We are waiting for the to create institutional mech- Talking to reporters about P L Punia said suspicious activ- Congress leaders Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Manish Tiwari, PL Punia and others the report after these five trail (VVPAT) or paper trail anti-trafficking bill to come. anisms at the district, state her book, Gandhi said, ities were being reported in the leave after meeting Election Commission in New Delhi on Saturday PTI assembly elections and then machine is a device which dis- The Lok Sabha has already and central levels. It calls for "Children are scared of many Dhamtari Assembly seat in the commission will be able to take penses a slip with the symbol passed the bill, and I am punishment ranging from 10 things and we need to deal state. He claimed suspicious Congress has claimed an "The objective of this was a call," he told PTI. of the party for which a person hoping that the Rajya Sabha years of rigorous imprison- with those fears..." people with laptops and mobile EVM strong room in Bhopal ostensibly to deposit these Asked whether the number has voted for. will pass it," Gandhi told ment and a fine not less than She said parents should phones were seen around the was left without electricity for machines with the office of the of polling stations where slips The slip appears on a small reporters when asked about `1 lakh. identify the things their chil- strong rooms, where Electronic nearly one and a half hours on collector. These spare EVMs are matched will increase, he window for seven seconds and her ministry's bills coming in Besides prevention, res- dren were scared of as it Voting Machines (EVMs) were Friday disrupting live status of were to be deposited two hours said, "That I can't say, whether then drops in a box. The voter the Winter Session. cue and rehabilitation, it cov- would enable them to deal kept after the voting, on the the machines. However an offi- after the polls and not after two it will be increasing, status cannot take it home. The Lok Sabha had ers aggravated forms of traf- with them. pretext of repairing the CCTVs. cial clarified that the CCTV days. This happened in the quo or decreasing. It will The VVPAT are used in all The party has also lodged a cameras were switched off a Khuria seat from where the state depend on the report." polling stations but as of now, complaint with the Chief day earlier as 'safety norms' home minister is contesting Rawat said they have been results of EVMs and VVPATs Electoral Officer in Raipur mention that "there should be the polls," Tankha told reporters. tasked with that "for 99.99 per are matched in one polling sta- regarding this, Punia said brief- no power connection in the Senior Congress leader cent confidence level with near tion per constituency. ing the media after meeting the room where the electronic vot- Abhishek Singhvi alleged that zero error", what should be the There have been demands election commission officials. ing machines are kept". in Uttar Pradesh's Sarhanpur optimum sample size. to increase the number of Congress MP Vivek At the strong room in district there were discrepan- Parties parties have polling stations where EVM Tankha claimed there was no Sagar, it was reported that a cies such as erroneous deletion demanded that 10 to 30 per and VVPAT results are electricity in a strong room in group of polling officers arrived of names of voters on booth cent paper trail slips per con- matched to dispel fears about Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal city with 50 EVMs around 48 hours number 44. He said glaring stituency be counted to ensure electronic voting machines for over an hour during which after the polling ended on anomalies were found in 98 of there is no rigging and to being 'hacked' to favour a par- the CCTV cameras had also November 28. Alleging foul the 100 forms on this booth assure voters that the elec- ticular political party. stopped functioning. He also play, Congress leaders and and names of people of a par- tronic voting machines are The EC has been brain- claimed that 48 hours after the workers in Sagar did not allow ticular community were being working fine and have not storming over increasing per- closing of polls in the state, a the machines to be deposited in deleted so they could not vote been rigged. centage of VVPAT slips since school bus bearing no number the strong room and on their against the ruling party. "The As of now, while paper trail 2016. Then CEC Nasim Zaidi plate and carrying EVMs had complaint the district collector Election Commission has machines are used in all polling had pushed for an early deci- reached the Sagar district col- Alok Singh summoned the assured us that they will look stations and their slips are sion but little progress was lector's office. machines to the Collectorate. into it," Singhvi said. counted in polling station per made.

Centre approves Chidambaram pokes fun Indo-US joint military exercise Vajra Prahar 2018, at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Bikaner on Saturday PTI `353.70 cr aid for TN at BJP over GDP data cylone damadges PNS n NEW DELHI Nirav Modi afraid of getting otwithstanding the chal- Nlenge accepted by Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv lynched in India, court told Kumar thrown by former Finance Minister P PTI n MUMBAI both the CBI and the ED, Modi Rs 9000 crore, Modi had no Chidambaram on the issue of had stated that he was not able Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) GDP data, the senior ugitive diamantaire Nirav to join the probe because of when he left the country, Congress leader on Saturday FModi, a key accused in the security threats (in India) from Agarwal argued. He said that poked fun at the BJP over the USD 2 billion PNB fraud case, private persons, the families of being a (jewellery) designer, GDP growth data. Without cannot return to India as he is those who have been detained Modi is a sort of an “artist” who any reference to Niti Aayog's afraid of “getting lynched” and (in the PNB case), landlords, cannot provide any financial acceptance of his challenge, is being compared to demon the creditors who have not information as desired by the Chidambaram said the ‘Ravan’ , his lawyer told a spe- been paid and the customers ED. “All my (Modi) finances Centre's claim did not war- cial court Saturday, but the ED whose jewellery was taken away were taken care of by my rant any jubilation over the dismissed the claim saying if he by the ED,” he said. “My employees who are already in state of economy. felt there were “security threats”, (Modi’s) 50-ft tall effigy was the custody of the investigating People survey the damage caused by cyclone Gaja in their vicinity, at Kodiakkarai In a series of tweets, the he should have filed a police burnt in India. There was evi- agency. I have no record or data. in Nagapattinam district PTI senior Congress leader said complaint, . dence of a mob lynching What are they going to inves- that as expected, the GDP Nirav Modi’s lawyer Vijay (against me) and I (Modi) was tigate with me, as they have PNS n NEW DELHI early hours on November 16, growth in the July-September CHIDAMBARAM SAID growth rate of 7.1 per cent, Agarwal stated this while argu- being compared with ‘Ravan’. I taken away all my source of during which 12 districts of the quarter (Q2) of 2018-19 was GOING FORWARD, IT according to a statement of ing before Prevention of Money have been projected as evil information,” Agarwal said. he Centre has nodded the state were severely affected. a good one per cent lower WAS LIKELY THAT THE the Central Statistics Office Laundering Act (PMLA) court and being made the poster boy Countering Agarwal’s sub- Trelease of `353.70 crore to Based on an interim mem- than in the April-June quar- (CSO). Judge MS Azmi against the of the bank fraud,” said mission, ED counsel Hiten Tamil Nadu as assistance for orandum submitted by the ter (Q1). OCTOBER-DECEMBER The Indian economy grew Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Agarwal. He also claimed that Venegaonkar said all these argu- the damage caused by Cyclone Tamil Nadu government for "Q1 number was on a (Q3) AND JANUARY- at 8.2 per cent in the April- application to declare Modi a Modi cannot be declared a ments have nothing to do with Gaja last month. additional assistance, the cen- very low base in the previous MARCH (Q4) June quarter of this fiscal. fugitive under the Fugitive fugitive as various legal require- the Fugitive Act (FEO). At a high-level meeting tral government constituted year. It did not signify a bump GDP growth was 7.7 per cent Economic Offenders Act. ments stipulated by the Fugitive “As far as security threats are held on Friday, Home Minister an IMCT on November 20, the in growth and did not warrant QUARTERS WOULD in the January-March quarter. Countering the ED plea, Economic Offenders (FEO) concerned, any prudent person Rajnath Singh approved the statement said. the jubilation of the BJP three REGISTER SIMILAR Rajiv Kumar on Friday Nirav Modi also said through Act have not been met by the who is fearing threats to his life release of second installment of The IMCT has visited areas months ago," he said. GROWTH RATES accepted Chidambaram's his lawyer that he had no investigating agency. needs to file a police complaint. the central share of State affected by Gaja on November Chidambaram said going challenge for a debate on record or data with him about “The main reason the ED Until now, there is no material Disaster Response Fund 23-27. forward, it was likely that the UNLESS THERE WERE revised Gross Domestic his finances. Referring to Nirav is seeking to declare Nirav before the ED or the court (about (SDRF) amounting to `353.70 The central government October-December (Q3) and UNEXPECTED SHOCKS Product (GDP) data after the Modi’s claims of “security Modi a fugitive is that he left any such complaint). So these crore for the year 2018-19, a provided support to the Tamil January-March (Q4) quarters former finance minister on threats” in India, the ED said India under suspicious cir- points are irrelevant,” he said. As Home Ministry statement said. Nadu government by mobilis- would register similar growth economy. Thursday termed the revised these points are “irrelevant” to cumstances on January 1, 2018. per the investigating agencies, The amount is an interim ing timely logistics resources to rates unless there were unex- The Gross Domestic GDP data series published by the case. The ED has claimed However, there was no crimi- Modi and his uncle Mehul relief to help Tamil Nadu in supplement the efforts of the pected shocks. "The new Product (GDP) at constant the Central Statistics Office that Nirav Modi had refused to nal case (against him) when he Choksi, in connivance with cer- providing relief measures to the state government to deal with normal for the Indian econ- prices (2011-12) had grown at (CSO) as a "bad joke" and join the probe despite acknowl- had left the country,” Agarwal tain bank officials, allegedly affected people. the situation effectively in the omy is 7 per cent and 2018- 6.3 per cent in the challenged Kumar for a edging mails and summons said. “They cannot just say cheated the Punjab National Further, assistance will be wake of the cyclone. 19 will be a normal year," July-September quarter of the debate. issued to him and that he does- that he left the country under Bank (PNB) to the tune of Rs provided from the National The logistics support pro- he said. last fiscal, according to Speaking to the media, n’t want to return to India. suspicious circumstances. They 14,000 crore through issuance of Disaster Response Fund vided includes adequate teams India's economy grew at Government data released the Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Agarwal, however, said the need to specify what those sus- fraudulent Letters of Undertaking (NDRF), based on the final of National Disaster Response 7.1 per cent in the July- Friday. said, "Please request him to diamond trader had respond- picions were. Also there is no (LoUs). These LoUs were alleged- report of the Inter-Ministerial Force (NDRF), Indian Air September quarter, lowest in The size of the GDP in take up the challenge. This ed to the emails sent by the material on record to say that ly issued in a fraudulent manner Central Team (IMCT). Force and Coast Guard heli- three quarters, but still the second quarter of 2018-19 work is done by most com- investigating agencies and he is refusing to return to by a Mumbai branch of the Tamil Nadu faced a severe copters and Navy and Coast remained ahead of China to is estimated at `33.98 lakh petent people in Central expressed his inability to return India,” he said. Unlike liquor PNB to the group of companies cyclonic storm 'Gaja' on the Guard personnel along with retain the tag of the world's crore, as against `31.72 lakh Statistics Office whose work due to “security threats”. baron Vijay Mallya, who is belonging to Modi since March night of November 15 and the necessary rescue equipments. fastest growing major crore a year ago, showing a has always been accepted." “In a letter addressed to accused of a loan default of over 2011 till the case came to light. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 nation 06

FISH IMPORT FROM KARNATAKA HM announces 2 more persons held in Govind Pansare murder case special women o Suryavanshi supplied In a charge-sheet filed in safety feature in motorbike, while Kurne the the Kolhapur sessions Kumaraswamy writes made available weapon used court on September 8, 2016, emergency app the SIT named Tawde as the in sensational crime key accused and named PTI n KOHIMA o Bharat Kurne is also an Sanatan Sanstha activists accused in Guari Lankesh Samir Gaikwad and Vinay ome Minister Rajnath to Parrikar to lift ban Pawar as co-accused accused HSingh on Saturday murder case, while in the murder of CPI leader announced a pan-India single- KESTUR VASUKI n BENGALURU Suryavanshmi is accused in Govind Pansare. The investi- number emergency mobile arms haul case gators later named Vinay app and said it will have a spe- s the fish export ban Pawar and Sarang Akolkar as cial women safety feature to get Aimposed by Goa has hit the two men who shot immediate assistance from the fishing community in TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI Pansare. Then came the police and volunteers. A Karnataka, the State has arrested of Kale on November ‘SHOUT’ feature has been requested the Goa wo more persons — Bharat 15 this year. made available exclusively for Government to lift the ban to TJayant Kurne and Vasudev With the latest arrest of women in the ‘112 India’ help fishing community in the Bhagwan Suryavamshi — were Suryavanshmi and Kurne, the mobile app which is connect- State. In a letter written by arrested by a Special crime, while Kurne had sup- The arrest of total number of accused in the ed to the Emergency Response Karnataka Chief Minister HD Investigation Team (SIT) of the plied the weapon used in the Suryavanshi and Govind Pansare murder case Support System (ERSS), he Kumaraswamy to his Goa said fisher folk from three fish prices in Goa. According Maharashtra CID on Saturday, murder. Kurne comes a has gone up to seven. said while launching the ser- counterpart Manohar coastal districts in Karnataka — to sources some of the traders in connection with the Govind Seeking the custody of the fortnight after the CPI leader Govind Pansare vice in Nagaland. Parrikar asking him to lift the Uttara Kannada, Dakshina in Goa with the political Pansare murder case. two accused, Public Prosecutor arrest of another (82) and his wife Uma (67) had The home minister said blanket ban on fish import Kannada, Udupi — who har- nexus have imported forma- Kurne and Suryavamshi told the court that the investi- suspect Amol Kale, been shot from a close range, using the ‘SHOUT’ feature, from the State. He said crack- vest a catch of nearly 4.10 lakh lin laced fish consignments in were produced before gators wanted to interrogate who is one of the key near their residence “Ideal women in distress will able to down has caused “huge loss- tonne every year, were now fac- to Goa from Karnataka, Tamil Kolhapur Magistrate S A Mali Survyavamshi to find out the conspirators in the Housing Society” at around seek immediate assistance es” to the fishermen from the ing huge losses on account of Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. who remanded them in police whereabouts of the motorbike murders of anti- 8.30 am on February 16, 2015, from nearby registered volun- southern State. the ban. This has become a major custody till December 7. used in the crime, while they when the couple was returning teers as well as from In a letter, Kumaraswamy The letter said "The fish- political controversy and hope While Kurne is an wanted to find out from Kurne superstition crusader from a morning walk from the Emergency Response Centre. said: “I request you to kindly ermen have been taken by sur- the ban will be lifted to ease accused in the Gauri Lankesh as to whom did he give the Narendra Dabholkar Shivaji University campus at “This app will assist the first permit transportation and trad- prise by the sudden ban on fish tension between Karnataka murder case, Suryavanshmi is weapon used in the crime. and Journalist Kolhapur. Four days later, responders in locating and ing activities of fish between trade to the State of Goa. This and Goa. The official nexus an accused in the arms haul The arrest of Suryavanshi Gauri Lankesh Pansare succumbed to injuries tracking the woman in distress the two States and the ban has resulted in huge losses by with the fish mafia is the root case. The SIT had obtained and Kurne comes a fortnight sustained in the shoot-out, while using GPS for effective order issued by the State of Goa the coastal fishermen and lot of cause for the trade off the custody Kurne and after the arrest of another sus- Magistrate’s custody by a his wife Uma survived the attack. response,” he said. The Home may be kept on hold till we unrest among the fishermen between two States. Suryavamshi from the pect Amol Kale, who is one of Kolhapur court till Pansare’s murder, it may Minister said nearly half of comply with FDA regulation. community." The fisherman from coastal Karnataka police and the key conspirators in the December 13. recalled, had come on the heels India’s population are women "It is requested that this According to sources the districts of Udupi, Dakshina National Investigation Agency murders of anti-superstition The SIT had arrested of a gruesome murder of 69- and the country in which blanket ban may be with- formalin used in the fish after Kannada Uttara Kannada( (NIA) respectively on Friday crusader Narendra Dabholkar Sanatan Sansatha activist Samir year-old anti-superstition cam- women are safe, is strong and drawn... Karnataka will ensure Food and Drugs bordering Goa) are hit very night. Both Kurne and and Journalist Gauri Lankesh. Gaikwad on September 16, paigner Dabholkar, who was no one can stop the develop- that the fish traders comply Administration team found badly with fish ban imposed by Suryavamshi were formally After taking his custody 2015. Subsequently, the SIT shot dead him from a point ment of that country. Singh with the FDA regulations and traces of the carcinogenic Goa. They are pressurising the placed under arrest by the SIT from the Karnataka police filed a charge-sheet against blank range by two motor-bicy- said to ensure safety and secu- obtain a certificate after meet- cadaver preservative in fish Government to take up the on Saturday morning. on Wednesday, Kale was for- Sameer Gaikwad, the lone cle riding gunmen – aged rity of women, the government ing the required standards," the sold in Goa. issue with the Goa The Prosecution’s case that mally arrested by the SIT on accused in the case. between 25 and 30 years, while has taken various initiatives, letter added. A BJP delegation from Government. Kumaraswamy’s is Suryavamshi was part of the November 15. After two Subsequently, the SIT took he was taking a morning walk which include the creation of The letter, which was Karnataka also met the Goa initiative is seen as trying to dif- conspiracy behind the Govind remands of a week each in into custody Hindu Janajagruti on the Omkareshwar bridge women safety division and received by CM Parrikar's leaders to appease them of the fuse the tense situation in the Pansare murder and had sup- police custody, Kale was on Samiti (HJS) activist Dr located in the heart of Pune, on fast track courts to deal with office on November 29, also issue. The ban also hiked the coastal districts. plied motor bicycle used in the Thursday remanded in Virendrasinh Tawde. August 20, 2013. sexual assault related cases. Mehbooba Mufti demands Three held for refusing Kartarpur type corridor women entry to Sabarimala Sabarimala: Sabarimala pro- THE PINARAYI VIJAYAN-LED LEFT Both women were then to Sharda Peeth testers on Saturday stopped two GOVT IN THE STATE HAS VOWED escorted back to the Pamba women from Andhra Pradesh TO IMPLEMENT A SEPTEMBER base camp by the police, and IANS n SRINAGAR Kashmiri Pandit community, from advancing towards the the three men were taken into Sharda Peeth has historically Lord Ayyappa temple as they 28, SUPREME COURT VERDICT custody for putting up a strong ormer Jammu & Kashmir been the seat of knowledge were from the hitherto banned THAT ALLOWS ALL WOMEN OF protest. FChief Minister Mehbooba and learning for the people of age group, prompting Kerala ALL AGE GROUP TO OFFER Hindu groups and other Mufti on Saturday wrote to Jammu and Kashmir. Police to arrest three men. PRAYERS AT THE SHRINE political parties have been Prime Minister Narendra "The opening of All three hailed from near- these devotees before their protesting here ever since the Modi, demanding a Kartarpur corridor has by Ranni and they resisted the ascent to the hilltop shrine as apex court in September struck Kartarpur-type corridor to encouraged the Kashmiri two women devotees — of two then they would have provid- down an earlier practice of ban- Sharda Peeth in Pakistan- Pandit community to see a different groups — to advance ed the required security. ning entry of girls and and administered Kashmir. possibility of the pilgrimage to any further after they had The Pinarayi Vijayan-led women aged 10-50. The Peoples Democratic Sharda Peeth," she said in her already walked up to the hill. Left government in the state On November 13, the top Party (PDP) supremo said in letter adding that a delegation One of the devotees was has vowed to implement a court also refused to stay its Home Minister Rajnath Singh flanked by Nagaland Governor PB Acharya (L) and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, as her letter that the opening of of the community called on 28-years-old and the other was September 28, Supreme Court September verdict, three days Singh is being presented with Naga traditional attires at the inaugural function of Hornbill festival at Kisama on Saturday PTI the Kartarpur corridor was a her recently requesting her 42. So far 14 women have had verdict that allows all women before the temple opened for the welcome step as it would open support for the initiative. to return without praying at the of all age group to offer prayers ongoing two-month long season. avenues for people-to-people Sharda Peeth is currently shrine even after a court order at the shrine. Both the Congress and the contact between India and an abandoned ancient Hindu allowed their entry to The police posted in the Bharatiya Janata Party along Pakistan. temple site in Sharda village in Sabarimala. temple town came to know with several Hindu groups are She said besides being an Pakistan-administered The police, however, said about the two Andhra devotees up in arms against the verdic. important pilgrimage for the Kashmir. they were not informed by only after protests broke out. IANS J&K panchayat polls: 6th phase witnesses 76.9% voting Jammu: The sixth phase of pan- was the lowest compared to the per cent). Like previous phas- per cent), Kabra said. In the 52.2 per cent in Kashmir. chayat polls concluded peacefully previous five phases— was es, Jammu division, however, first phase of the panchayat In the third phase, the across Jammu & Kashmir on recorded in Kashmir division, recorded heavy turnout with elections held on November 17, state witnessed a polling per- Saturday with an estimated 76.9 Kabra said. Giving district- Udhampur district topping the an estimated 74.1 per cent centage of 75.2 per cent which per cent electorate — highest so wise details, Kabra said, chart with 88.5 per cent of the polling was recorded across included 55.7 per cent voting in far— exercising their franchise Ganderbal district in central people casting their votes. J&K including 64.5 per cent in Kashmir division and 83 per amid tight security arrange- Kashmir recorded the highest Jammu district recorded Kashmir division and 79.4 per cent in Jammu division. ments, state's chief electoral offi- voting (41.5 per cent) followed 87.1 per cent voting followed by cent in Jammu division. In the fourth phase, the cer Shaleen Kabra said. A mas- by Bandipora (35.3 per cent), Reasi (85.6 per cent), Samba In the second phase held state witnessed 71.3 per cent sive 84.6 per cent polling was Srinagar (12.5 per cent), (84.7 per cent), Kathua (84 per on November 20, overall 71.1 voting with 82.4 per cent elec- witnessed in Jammu division, Baramulla (12.1 per cent), cent), Rajouri (83.6 per cent), per cent polling was witnessed tors exercising their franchise while only 17.3 per cent Budgam (9 per cent), Anantnag Poonch (81.8 per cent), Ramban with an overwhelming 80.4 in Jammu division and 32.3 per polling-- which incidentally (7.3 per cent) and Kulgam (4.6 (81.5 per cent) and Doda (80.4 per cent polling in Jammu and cent in Kashmir division. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

NEW DELHI CALLS... tries should cooperate and their first trilateral meeting, the party started presenting a centre for the foreign immi- They underscored the ben- coordinate in various areas in which assumed importance in him as a devout Hindu. When grants having been set up in efits of a multilateral trading order to contribute to global the wake of China flexing its even that didn’t work, the party Amritsar. The Inspector system and an open world peace and prosperity,” Gokhale muscles in the strategic Indo- started portraying his grand- General (Prison) of Assam economy for global growth said. The views expressed by all Pacific region. At the meeting, father (Jawaharlal Nehru) as a informed the Ministry that the and prosperity,” it said. The three leaders were very similar India underscored its firm Brahmin. Religion can be State has six detention centres three leaders agreed to have and “they all felt that we should commitment to make the Indo- changed, not caste,” she said. where over 1,000 illegal foreign regular consultations to joint- work together to steer global Pacific a region for shared eco- Swaraj said Rahul claims to be nationals are lodged. “They ly promote international and economic governance,” he said. nomic growth. Asserting that “janeudhari brahmin” (a have already completed their regional peace and stability, to “They felt that the three coun- India will “continue to work Brahmin who wears the sacred sentence and not willing to strengthen cooperation tries should work together together on shared values”, thread) but didn’t know that he return their countries. The through BRICS (Brazil, Russia, where we could promote peace Modi said, “When you look at gained so much knowledge majority of them are from India, China and South Africa), and stability in regional crisis,” the acronym of our three coun- that “we (the BJP) will have to Bangladesh who have been the SCO (Shanghai the foreign secretary said. The tries --Japan, America, and learn the meaning of Hinduism kept in detention centre for the Cooperation Organisation) and three leaders felt that “we India -- it is ‘JAI’, which stands from him”. “I hope the day last six years. There is a need the East Asia Summit (EAS) should work together on ter- for success in Hindi.” doesn’t come when we (the of more such centres with bet- mechanisms, to address glob- rorism, we should work togeth- BJP) have to learn the meaning ter facilities,” officials said. They al challenges such as terrorism er on disaster relief and BJP RAPS... of Hindu from him,” she said. stated that the issue was raised and climate change, and to humanitarian assistance and in Calling Rahul a “confused Targeting Modi on demoneti- with Bangladesh officials encourage peaceful resolution general the effort would be, not Gandhi”, Law Minister Ravi sation and the Goods and through the Ministry of of all differences, the statement that the cooperation would be Shankar Prasad said, “...he Services Tax (GST), Rahul said External Affairs but tedious added. They also acknowl- directed against anybody but (Rahul) keeps on changing his the PM had a confusion that deportation process takes too edged the importance of coop- that the cooperation would be Hindu appearances for politi- people in the world do not much time. The Joint Director eration in RIC format and based upon how these three cal purposes, not by way of know anything and he had a of Bureau of Immigration said agreed to hold further such tri- countries, each having their commitment. He isn’t a Hindu sense that all knowledge came most of the detainees are noto- lateral meetings on multilater- own strengths in the world by commitment, he is a Hindu from his mind. rious in nature and do not want al occasions. Briefing the media could contribute to global by political consideration. His to return. Such detainees can be about the RIC meeting, Foreign good,” Gokhale added. External Hindu faith changes with polit- INDIA RUNS OUT... deported only after the con- Secretary Vijay Gokhale later Affairs Ministry spokesperson ical expediency.” External sent to detention centre in cerned country completes the said the trilateral was a “very Raveesh Kumar said the meet- Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Delhi while the officials of nationality verification and positive meeting”. “Prime ing was characterised by also responded to Rahul’s Uttar Pradesh said they had issues related documents. As Minister thanked President warmth and positivity. The remarks and said the Congress earlier proposed to set up a per statement made by Putin for initiating this effort three leaders discussed coop- is confused about Rahul’s reli- centre at Gautam Budh Nagar Minister of State for Home and all three leaders felt that eration and coordination in gion and caste. “For years, but the idea was dropped. Now Affairs Kiren Rijiju in the Rajya given our respective roles as various areas which could con- Congress presented him as a it has planned to set up a cen- Sabha last year, around 2 crore emerging economies and tribute to global peace and sta- secular leader, but near polls tre at Ghaziabad. Inspector illegal Bangladeshi migrants emerging markets, given our bility, Kumar said, adding that when they realised that Hindus General of Police of Tamil have settled in India which respective roles and influence the ‘RIC’ trilateral summit took are in majority, they created Nadu said they have set up a marks an increase of 67 per in the world in terms of main- place after a gap of 12 years. this image of Rahul being pro- temporary centre while Gujarat cent from the figures laid down taining peace and stability in Earlier, India, Japan and the US Hindu,” she said. “Congress said a temporary centre at in Parliament by the UPA the region that it was perhaps discussed major issues of glob- thought that only portraying Bhuj has been set. Officials of regime in 2004 but later important that the three coun- al and multilateral interests in him as a Hindu won’t work, so Chandigarh pointed out about withdrawn. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 world 07

G20 leaders agree on Bush tributes, but little else George Bush Sr no more AFP n BUENOS AIRES Russian President Vladimir reporters Friday as he met Trump has accused China Canada-Agreement as an Putin, who regards the breakup Japanese Prime Minister of rampant theft of US tech- “incredible milestone.” PTI n HOUSTON He subsequently convened Sino-US showdown on of the Soviet Union under Shinzo Abe at the G20. nology and demanded that the A substantive deal between the Madrid Peace Conference in Atrade loomed Saturday as Bush’s presidency as a histori- “I think they want to, and emerging power end its the United States and China eorge HW Bush, the 41st the Fall of 1991, bringing Israel G20 leaders wrapped up tense cal “tragedy.” I think we’d like to. And we’ll requirements that foreign com- could mark a major feat for the Gpresident of the US who led and her Arab neighbours summit talks with a rare show Bush also served as US see,” the president said. panies team up with local part- G20 summit, where expecta- America during the dramatic together in face-to-face discus- of unity over the death of for- envoy to China in the 1970s as Trump has thrown out the ners. tions for collective action have collapse of the Soviet Union and sions for the first time in histo- mer president George Bush. the countries were establishing traditional US playbook on The state-run China Daily been low. engineered the defeat of an ry. Former Soviet leader There was an implicit con- relations. free trade since his shock 2016 said that the Pacific powers With Trump feuding with audacious Iraqi invasion of Gorbachev praised Bush for trast in some of the tributes Chinese President Xi election, vowing to protect for- could strike a deal in Buenos close US allies, not least on cli- Kuwait, died here on Friday. He his role in ending the Cold War. offered at the Buenos Aires Jinping was also yet to com- gotten workers and put Aires but warned the United mate change, two major sum- was 94. His death, which was “A lot of my memories are summit between Bush and the ment, as he prepared to dine “America First.” States against pushing too hard mits this year ended without announced by his office, came linked with this man. We had current White House occupant, with Trump later Saturday for Xi has in turn cast himself on technology. once-routine statements — less than eight months after that the chance to work together Donald Trump, whose disrup- a large helping of debate on as a defender of stable global “Should there be any other those of the Group of Seven of his wife of 73 years, Barbara during the time of enormous tive brand of diplomacy has trade tariffs. capitalism, a startling trans- aspirations, such as taking democracies and the Asia- Bush. changes... He was a true part- stoked the deepest divisions in With markets watching formation for the leader of a advantage of the trade spat to Pacific Economic Cooperation “Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, ner,” he said. the G20’s 10-year history. nervously, Trump has communist state whose entry throttle Chinese growth, then forum. and I are saddened to announce Clinton, who succeeded “He was a world leader, described the Xi encounter as into the World Trade an agreement is unlikely to be Trump has decided to pull that after 94 remarkable years, wife, Barbara, died in April, Bush as the US president, said, who strongly supported the a deadline for China to meet Organisation less than two reached,” the newspaper said in the United States from the our dear Dad has died,” George Bush might die, too. “I will be forever grateful for the alliance with Europe,” said his demands or risk even fur- decades ago was controversial. an editorial Friday. Paris accord on curbing carbon Bush Jr, who went on to serve The decorated war pilot friendship we formed.” French President Emmanuel ther pressure. In a speech to fellow G20 “But a good deal means emissions, despite mounting as the 43rd US president, said in and former CIA chief was elect- “Hillary and I mourn the Macron, who has been lobby- The summit itself has been leaders, Xi said that the major both sides walking away happy. warnings from scientists lead- a statement. He was “a man of ed president on November 8, passing of President George ing other G20 leaders to carve struggling to carve out any economies “should firmly The US should give its habitu- ing up to a UN climate summit the highest character and the 1988. He was sworn in on HW Bush, and give thanks for out a 19 v 1 statement on cli- accord on climate change or uphold free trade and the rules- al winner-take-all approach to starting next week in Poland. best dad a son or daughter could January 20, 1989, and served his great long life of service, love, mate change excluding Trump. countering trade protection- based multilateral trading sys- international relations the Trump called off talks with ask for. The entire Bush family until January 20, 1993. and friendship,” Clinton said. British Prime Minister ism, while hot-button disputes tem.” weekend off,” it said. Putin at the G20 summit, offi- is deeply grateful for 41’s life and During his term in office, a Former US president Theresa May lauded the late surrounding Ukraine and But in a rhetorical olive Trump counted a victory cially due to outrage over love, for the compassion of revolution of human liberty Barack Obama, who awarded Bush as “a great statesman and Saudi Arabia loom large. branch to Trump, Xi pledged to Friday for his brash strategy as Moscow’s naval skirmishes those who have cared and swept the globe, emancipating Bush the highest US civilian a true friend of our country,” Trump, who has already do more to open up China’s the United States, Canada and with Ukraine. prayed for Dad, and for the con- tens of millions of people and honour — the Presidential words that few observers in slapped USD 250 billion in tar- economy. Mexico signed a new trade But Trump is also under dolences of our friends and fel- unleashing a series of transfor- Medal of Freedom — in 2011, Britain would apply to Trump. iffs on China and threatened “China will continue to deal, a successor to the North mounting pressure at home in low citizens,” Bush Jr added. mative events: collapse of the said America has lost a patriot Trump himself said Bush more to come next month, deepen market-oriented American Free Trade an investigation over whether President Donald Trump Soviet Union and the end of the and humble servant in George had “inspired generations of his sounded upbeat about making reform, protect property rights Agreement. his presidential campaign col- on Saturday praised Bush’s Cold War; the Berlin Wall “fell”, Herbert Walker Bush. fellow Americans to public progress with Xi. and intellectual property rights, While short of the com- luded with Russia — a topic “unflappable leadership” during and Germany united within Bush Sr was born on June service.” “We’re working very hard. encourage fair competition and plete rewrite of NAFTA once sure to dominate his press the waning days of the Cold NATO following 45 years of 12, 1924 in Milton, There was no immediate If we could make a deal, that do more to expand imports,” he promised by Trump, he hailed conference shortly before he War. postwar division. Massachusetts into a wealthy comment in Buenos Aires from would be good,” Trump told said. the new United States-Mexico- sits down with Xi. “Melania and I join with a From Eastern Europe to the New England political dynasty. grieving nation to mourn the Baltic States to Latin America to He married Barbara Pierce in loss of former president George the former Soviet republics, January 1945, shortly before the HW Bush,” Trump said in a many liberal democracies sup- War War II ended, and the cou- With EU leaders, statement from Buenos Aires, planted totalitarian regimes. ple went on to have six children, MBS mingles with leaders where he was attending the G20 During this “historic period of including one, Robin, who died summit. “Through his essential cooperation” as he called it, as a child. authenticity, disarming wit, and President Bush worked with He became the youngest Modi talks of efforts unwavering commitment to Soviet leader Mikhail naval pilot at age 18 following as Trump fuels tensions faith, family, and country, Gorbachev and other key glob- Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor President Bush inspired gener- al figures to end the Cold War and flew combat missions from AFP n BUENOS AIRES government for spending mil- Earlier, Putin grinned to fight terrorism ations of his fellow Americans peacefully and usher in a new the aircraft carrier USS San lions on the summit while the broadly and welcomed Saudi to public service — to be, in his geopolitical era marked by polit- Jacinto. Bush flew 58 combat issures on trade, climate public endures rocketing infla- Crown Prince Mohammed bin PTI n BUENOS AIRES nuclear (CBRN) threats. words, ‘a thousand points of ical self-determination, the missions and won the Fchange and Ukraine divid- Salman like a long-lost friend “PM @narendramodi held light’ illuminating the greatness, spread of market capitalism, and Distinguished Flying Cross. ed world leaders Friday as US with an enthusiastic hand- rime Minister Narendra a meeting with President of hope, and opportunity of the opening of closed President Bush, or “41” as President Donald Trump came shake after the group photo, PModi on Saturday met @EU_Commission America to the world,” Trump economies. he was informally known after under sustained fire and Saudi where Trump looked on European Council President @JunckerEU & @eucopresi- said. In August of 1990, after George W was elected president, Arabia’s de facto ruler came in somberly and Xi stood impas- Donald Tusk, European dent Donald Tusk on margins President Bush was suffer- Iraqi troops under dictator considered Houston, Texas his from the cold at G20 talks. sively. Commission President Jean- of #G20Summit. Discussion ing from Parkinson’s disease that Saddam Hussein invaded neigh- home - and Walker’s Point, the The leaders of countries The summit marks a quick Claude Juncker and German focused on strengthening forced him to use a wheelchair bouring Kuwait, President Bush family home where he spent a representing four-fifths of the return to the international Chancellor Angela Merkel here India-EU relations, including in recent years, and he had been forged an unprecedented coali- part of every summer except global economy opened a two- stage for Prince Mohammed and discussed ways to strength- joint effort to counter terrorism in and out of hospitals in recent tion of 32 countries to restore 1944 (when he was serving in day meeting in Argentina fac- after the killing of journalist en the India-EU relations, in all forms,” External Affairs months as his health declined. Kuwaiti sovereignty and uphold World War II), as his “anchor to ing the deepest fractures since Jamal Khashoggi in the king- including joint effort to counter spokesperson Ravish Kumar There were fears that after his international law. windward.” the first G20 summit con- dom’s Istanbul consulate. terrorism in all forms. tweeted after Modi’s meeting vened 10 years ago in the Macron and British Prime India and EU had vowed to with the EU leaders. throes of financial crisis. Minister Theresa May both step up cooperation in effec- Following the prime min- Trump was attacked for raised the murder of Khashoggi tively dealing with terrorism, ister’s meet with Merkel, Kumar destroying the group’s past during meetings with the 33- extremism and radicalisation tweeted, “Strengthening strate- Pak against ‘negative propaganda unity on trade and climate year-old prince. during the India-EU annual gic partnership. PM @naren- change. But he won a break- May also told British media counter terrorism and political dramodi and German through with the signing of a she intended to use the summit dialogue held in Brussels in Chancellor Angela Merkel met campaign’ against Kartarpur Corridor new trade pact for North to sell the vision of a “global November. on the sidelines of America and, having ignited a tion and unemployment. Britain” after its Brexit depar- Both the sides had agreed #G20Summit. Leaders PTI n ISLAMABAD on the ‘Kartarpur Corridor’ trade war with China, touted They paraded with signs ture from the European Union, to find ways to enhance coop- exchanged views on impor- Initiative,” the Foreign Office “good signs” ahead of a dinner attacking Trump and the scheduled for March next year. eration to counter violent tance of multilateralism in a akistan on Saturday said the said in a statement. Saturday with President Xi International Monetary Fund, European Council extremism and radicalisation as rapidly changing world and the PKartarpur Corridor initia- The much-awaited corri- Jinping. whose largesse is keeping President Donald Tusk was well as to deal with chemical, need to strengthen cooperation tive was taken solely to fulfill dor will connect Darbar Sahib In remarks to the summit Argentina afloat at the cost of more focused on the Ukraine biological, radiological and in counter terrorism.” the longstanding wishes of in Pakistan’s Kartarpur - the relayed by the Xinhua news hard-hitting austerity mea- crisis, saying he was “sure” the “our Sikh brethren” and criti- final resting place of Sikh faith’s agency, Xi reaffirmed his sures. bloc would roll over its sanc- cised the “negative propagan- founder Guru Nanak Dev - pledges of economic reform Russian President Vladimir tions on Russia next month. da campaign” against the his- with Dera Baba Nanak shrine “with increased efforts in intel- Putin, under pressure himself On the G20 front, Tusk French protesters toric move. Pakistan Prime in India’s Gurdaspur district lectual property rights protec- after his security forces seized admitted the world was under- Minister Imran Khan, who and facilitate visa-free move- tion and more imports.” three Ukrainian ships, set the going a “difficult moment” completed 100 days in office, ment of Indian Sikh pilgrims, If that was designed to tone for a combative two days overall, as Trump pursues a clash with police on Wednesday laid the foun- who will have to just obtain a soothe Trump, Xi more gener- by condemning the “vicious” vision at odds with the idea of dation stone for the Kartarpur permit to visit Kartarpur Sahib, ally urged his fellow G20 lead- use of sanctions and trade pro- collective action on trade and AP n PARIS who said that 63 people were Corridor linking two revered ences to Kashmir, an integral which was established in 1522 ers “to stick to openness” and tectionism. climate change. arrested. Protesters, including gurdwaras on both sides of the and inalienable part of India. by Guru Nanak Dev. The to “steer (the) world economy The target was clear, as US objections on those rotesters angry about rising some wearing black hoodies, border in Kartarpur in Punjab Also, on Thursday, Pakistan’s Kartarpur Corridor, which will responsibly,” Xinhua report- Trump — who cancelled a fronts have seen two major Ptaxes clashed with French piled up large plywood planks province. Foreign Minister Shah facilitate the visa-free travel of ed. planned meeting with Putin in summits this year, of the Group police for a third straight week- and other material in the mid- Khan used the ceremony, Mahmood Qureshi claimed Indian Sikh pilgrims to The summit began in Buenos Aires — tears up the of Seven democracies and the end and dozens were arrested dle of a street near the Arc de also attended by two Union that Khan bowled a “googly” to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Buenos Aires with a tradition- stability promoted by the G20 Asia-Pacific Economic after pockets of demonstrators Triomphe, and set the debris on ministers from India, ensure the presence of Indian Kartarpur, is expected to be al “family photo” by the lead- powers a decade ago. Cooperation forum, end with- built barricades in the middle fire. Police fired tear gas to try Harsimrat Kaur and Hardeep government at the ground- completed within six months. ers of a group whose relation- And during a meeting with out the once-routine state- of streets in central Paris, lit to push back the protesters Singh Puri, along with breaking of the Kartarpur Pakistan categorically reaf- ships range from warm and French President Emmanuel ments. The same disputes were fires and threw rocks at officers around the monument, and Congress leader Navjot Singh Corridor, which invoked sharp firmed that the initiative to friendly to chilly and distrust- Macron, Putin was said by a hobbling adoption of a G20 Saturday. used water cannons near Sidhu, to call for steps to reaction from Kaur and other open this corridor was taken ful. French aide to have drawn a communique, observers said. French Interior Minister Champs-Elysees avenue. Some resume bilateral talks, includ- BJP leaders. solely in deference to the long- Elsewhere in Buenos Aires, map of the strait off Crimea to One French source said Christophe Castaner tweeted demonstrators responded by ing on the Kashmir issue, “We are deeply dismayed standing wishes of “our Sikh as Argentina goes through a buttress his position that the European leaders were trying that “1,500 troublemakers” throwing large rocks. receiving a sharp reaction from at the relentless negative pro- brethren” and especially in the painful economic crisis, tens of Ukrainian ships had intruded to forge a separate statement on were around the Champs- Thousands of police were New Delhi which regretted paganda campaign being wake of the forthcoming 550th thousands of protesters rallied into Russian waters — a claim climate change excluding the Elysees avenue, outside a deployed to try to contain the that he used the pious occasion waged by a section of the birth anniversary of Baba Guru peacefully to denounce the denied by Kiev. US. perimeter secured by police, protests. to make unwarranted refer- Indian media against Pakistan Nanak Dev. North Korean Stalemate persists in talks between soldier defects US proposes changes to H1B visas, to be Lankan Prez, UNF lawmakers to South given to most skilled, highest paid workers across border Washington (PTI): The Trump public comments on the pro- The proposed process Colombo (PTI): Sri Lanka’s said that there are enough and Rajapaksa claim to be the Administration on Friday pro- posed rule may be submitted would result in an estimated main Tamil party - Tamil examples of minority gov- prime ministers. AFP n SEOUL posed major changes to the H- starting December 3, when the increase of up to 16 per cent (or National Alliance (TNA) - ernments functioning around Wickremesinghe says his dis- 1B application process, includ- proposed rule publishes in the 5,340 workers) in the number of said that President the world, he added. TNA missal is invalid because he North Korean soldier ing a new rule requiring com- Federal Register, and must be selected H-1B beneficiaries with Maithripala Sirisena has leader R Sampanthan said still holds a majority in the Adefected to South Korea on panies to electronically register received on or before January 2. a master’s degree or higher from assured that he will resolve the President assured he will 225-member Parliament. Saturday across their heavily their petitions in advance, aimed “Currently, in years when the H- a US institution of higher edu- the ongoing political crisis resolve the issue when The UNF has moved fortified land border, which the at awarding this popular 1B cap and the advanced degree cation, the DHS said. when Parliament meets again Parliament meets again next three no trust motions two sides have begun to demil- American work visa to the most exemption are both reached The USCIS said it expects next week even as the talks week. The UNF team, which against Rajapaksa, who has itarise as relations between the skilled and highest paid foreign within the first five days that H- that shifting to electronic regis- between the two sides ended met Sirisena without their refused to step down. Cold War-era foes warm, the workers. 1B cap petitions may be filed, the tration would reduce overall without any breakthrough leader Wickremesinghe, said Speaker Karu Jayasuriya South’s military said. The H1B visa, popular advanced degree exemption is costs for petitioners and create Friday night. President that the President has has officially conveyed that The rare defection came as among Indian IT companies and ical limit cap of 65,000 visas each selected prior to the H-1B cap. a more efficient and cost-effec- Sirisena had invited ousted promised another round of the House does not recognise the two Koreas push ahead professionals, is a non-immi- fiscal year as mandated by the “The proposed rule would tive H-1B cap petition process prime minister Ranil talks Sunday. “We are hope- Rajapaksa as the legal prime with a process of reconciliation grant visa that allows US com- Congress. The first 20,000 peti- reverse the selection order and for the agency. Wickremesinghe’s United ful and we will attend the minister until he proved his in an effort to ease tensions, panies to employ foreign work- tions filed on behalf of benefi- count all registrations or peti- The proposed rule would National Front (UNF) and talks,” said Akila Viraj majority in the House. despite talks between ers in speciality occupations ciaries with a US master’s degree tions towards the number pro- help alleviate massive adminis- the TNA for talks Friday Kariyawasam, the UNF gen- Analysts say Sirisena was Pyongyang and Washington that require theoretical or tech- or higher are exempt from the jected as needed to reach the H- trative burdens on the USCIS night amid speculation that eral secretary. buying time until the island’s on the North’s nuclear weapons nical expertise. The technology cap. Under the new rule, the 1B cap first,” the DHS said. since the agency would no Sirisena may opt to restore Lanka is witnessing a Supreme Court could deliver programme stalling. companies depend on it to hire USCIS would also reverse the Once a sufficient number of reg- longer need to physically receive the pre-October 26 status political crisis since October its ruling on the dismissal of The incident did not trigger tens of thousands of employees order by which it selects H-1B istrations or petitions have been and handle hundreds of thou- quo. 26 when President Sirisena the parliament by him. any gunfire, unlike last year each year from countries like petitions under the H-1B cap selected for the H-1B cap, the sands of H-1B petitions and However, the talks on sacked Wickeremesinghe and Political parties and civil when a North Korean soldier India and China. Under the new and the advanced degree exemp- USCIS would then select regis- supporting documentation Friday night ended without replaced him with former society organisations chal- ran across under a hail of bul- proposed merit-based rule, a tion. trations or petitions towards before conducting the cap selec- any breakthrough. “President strongman Rajapaksa. lenged his order which they lets from his own side. notice for which was issued on This is likely to increase the the advanced degree exemption. tion process, it said. admitted that Mahinda Sirisena later dissolved claimed was unconstitution- “A North Korean soldier was Friday, companies employing number of foreign workers with “This proposed change “This would help reduce Rajapaksa has no majority. Parliament, almost 20 months al. detected crossing the military foreign workers on the H-1B a master’s or higher degree from would increase the chances that wait times for cap selection He wants another motion to before its term was to end, The Supreme Court on demarcation line” by South visa - under the Congressional a US institution of higher edu- beneficiaries with a master’s or notifications. The proposed rule be approved in parliament to and ordered snap election. November 13 issued a tem- Korean troops using surveillance mandated annual caps - would cation to be selected for an H- higher degree from a US insti- also limits the filing of H-1B cap- prove the issue,” M The Supreme Court over- porary stay order on parlia- equipment, the military Joint first have to electronically reg- 1B cap number. As such the pro- tution of higher education would subject petitions to the benefi- Sivamohan, one of the TNA turned Sirisena’s decision to ment’s sacking while setting Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a ister with the US Citizenship and posed rule will introduce a be selected under the H-1B cap ciary named on the original parliamentarians who attend- dissolve Parliament and halt- the dates for its final ruling statement. “Related agencies Immigration Services (USCIS) more meritorious selection of and that H-1B visas would be selected registration, which ed Friday night’s talks, told ed the preparations for snap for early this month. As many plan to investigate him regard- during a designated registration beneficiaries, the Department of awarded to the most-skilled would protect the integrity of reporters. polls. as 13 petitions have been ing the details of how he came period. Homeland Security (DHS) said and highest-paid beneficiaries,” this registration system,” it The President, however, Both Wickremesinghe filed. to the South,” it said. The H1-B visa has numer- in a statement. The DHS said it said. added. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 entertainment 08 PlanYour SHOW TIME TELLYTALE Sunday including an engineer, sports management professional, doctor, martial arts trainer, fitness enthusiast and a budding NATYA BALLET DANCE FESTIVAL journalist. WHERE: Meghdoot complex, Sangeet Natak The five-episode series will air every Friday at 9 pm on Akedemi, Mandi House, New Delhi Discovery Channel and Discovery HD World and also on WHEN: December 2, 2018 Rajni’s robot faux TIMINGS: Veer by Discovery, India’s first dedicated military channel 10 am onwards available on YouTube. Natya Ballet Centre, in association with Sangeet Natak Akademi, KERALA FLOODS – THE HUMAN STORY is hosting the second Star Plus has kicked off the auditions of The Voice edition of the biennale The Natya Ballet Dance Festival that will feature thought-provoking and mesmersing performances, talks, presentations and film MOVIES GET SHORT & SWEET screenings with the host of eminent and ShortsTV, the world’s first and only 24/7 TV channel distinguished artists from India and abroad. dedicated to short films was officially launched in India. The launch event was hosted by Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive of Shorts International Ltd (the owner of ShortsTV) and an EXPERIENCE MACAO FESTIVAL Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Sciences (AMPAS). WHERE: Cyber Hub, Gurugram There was an interesting panel discussion on the short WHEN: December 2, 2018 film industry in India and around the world. The India, in search of the biggest music sensation in India. The TIME: 11 am to 9 pm conversation was about how the market share and show which used to air on &TV, will now come on Star TICKET: `2500 for gold, `3000 for platinum at popularity of short films is growing. The discussion Plus. The auditions have kicked off across the country and https://ins enveloped the importance of film festivals in a country and has now come to Delhi on December 2 to find the best From delicious their prominence leading to films getting recognition musical voice. Auditions are open for participants from all Macanese food to internationally. The films which were screened were: Feast, walks of life at 9 am onwards at MBS International School, amazing cultural a 2015 Oscar-winning animated short from Disney, Juice, a sector 11, phase I, Dwarka. activities, there will be a 10 minute film and The Eleven O’Clock, nominated for Best The four-time Emmy Award winning show has taken virtual reality booth to Live Action Short Film at the Academy Awards in 2018. the world by storm with international critical acclaim and transport you to Macao 2.0 evil. context of the film means as blockbuster success in 180 territories around the world. from Gurugram. The *ing: Rajinikanth, Akshay The evil facing Chitti this gobbling IP the storyline or WATCH INDIA’S CITIZEN SQUAD Global music icons such as Shakira, Christina, Adam Levine, festival will also host Kumar, Amy Jackson, Adil time round is a bad spirit whatever little there is of it. Discovery Channel has recently launched India’s Usher, Miley Cyrus, have been a part of the show as the various interesting Hussain, Kalabhavan obsessing about a good cause. Come to think of it, the coaches. activities like the lion dance. A delightful watch, Shajohn, Riyaz Khan Cell phone tower radiation movie is much more about Lion Dance is a traditional celebratory act Rated: 5/10 and overuse of the mobile loosing footage to cell phones, KAPIL SHARMA ON INDIAN IDOL 10 synonymous with good luck and fortune. Macao technology comes with its rogue and possessed ones at Kapil Sharma and Top 6 contestants of Indian Idol 10 Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has ajnikanth superrrstar radiation hazards which this that, than there is Rajni in the will set the stage ablaze with the their powerpacked arranged a special food trucks that will showcase fans, here’s the big He in bad spirit played to the hilt by shots! Inexcusable when it performances and comedy ka tadka. Kapil Sharma made an Macao’s Signature Delicacies comprising of the Rthree sizes for you — Akshay as Pakshiraj, killing comes to all you Rajni fans! appearance on the show before his marriage and everyone famous Macanese egg tarts to add to the small, medium and large — all people as a deranged falcon Despite the redone Chitti, congratulated him including the judges — Neha Kakkar, excitement of the viewers. The biggest attraction in extra large gizmotic reality. spewing fire and hatred on the Amy Jackson as bot Javed Ali, Vishal Dadlani and host Maniesh Paul. Sharma is will be the official mascot of Macao Tourism — There is Akshay Kumar too in humans anywhere near secretary and the nano bots excited about his marriage and his show The Kapil Sharma MAK MAK. a feathered winged camouflage. cellphones. that try to perk up proceedings, Show coming soon on Sony Entertainment Television. Kapil And yet there is not He kills Armymem with one has to pull at dregs to keep made an melodious entry and performed on Pehla Pehla enough of either as technology the same impunity as he does the interest high. That’s despite pyaar hai. Kapil shared an instance from his college days ART ICHOL takes over with a lot of talk and greedy telecom corporates Rajni who incidentally comes when he gate-crashed the wedding with his friends in Delhi. WHERE: Triveni Kala Sangam explanations around it. Maybe which takes you quite some across as a pithy man in 3D and Citizen Squad, a first-of-its-kind military-based show, Sharma said, “During our college days, me with my WHEN: Till December 9, 2018 despite the robot Chitti having paces away from his genuine not larger than life as his real featuring selected civilians who are eager to change Indian friends used to go to weddings to eat good food. Once we Art Ichol present creative works in bronze, booted in eight years ago Rajni jung against the culture of reputation is. And by the way society for the better. The 12-member strong squad, were caught red-handed by an Uncle and then my friend ceramic, stone & metal made by the artists’ fans continue to be dumb invasive cell phones. the nano bots Rajni speak and selected from thousands of entries, will under-go an made up a story saying food in college’s mess got finished residency in a small village in Madhya Pradesh. enough to need a lengthy Even though you can’t fault giggle very strangely like none ultimate endurance boot camp — comprising of intense and we don’t have anything to eat. Although we had eaten The centre promotes all creative arts and explanation to every nut screw the gizmos and the special other than Shah Rukh Khan physical and mental challenges — under the supervision of the food by that time but uncle insisted to eat and dance encourages community building through the arts, and bolt used to prop up 2.0, effects have been used in the who is showcased as a dwarf in former special forces experts. This training will help these and we had twice the amount of food. Then we danced also, by an exchange of knowledge & skills involving the scientific fiction around a film to perfection, there is still the upcoming film Zero which civilians to become first responders in case of emergency this is the one experience I can never forget.” the local community. Among the participating rebooted humanoid robot and this thing about over usage of launched its trailer with this situations. Watch Indian Idol 10 this Saturday and Sunday at 8 artists are Anjani Khanna, Saturo Hoshimo, his job of saving the world from technology, which in the film! The selected contestants have varied backgrounds pm only on Sony Entertainment Television! Jacques Kaufmann and Madhvi Subramaniam. ‘Only 5 per cent of people in the industry are creative’ SUKESH ANAND, who is part of Binaifer and Sanjay Kohli’s Jijaji Chaat Par Hain, talks about being part of the show, working with the team and how he got the part

n How is it working with the In the grip of supernatural producers Sanjay and Benaifer Kohli? I have been working for the last The small screen is haunted with daayans and witches with new spooky tales that will keep you on the 17 years and I have almost done 6,500 episodes of comedy. Mostly, I edge of the seat. MUSBA HASHMI speaks to actors about what’s new in this genre have worked with SAB TV but now I got a chance to work with Edit II aag, naagins, daayans, and I am so happy. So, I am blessed vishkanyas, vampires, and to work with them. The producers, Nnow a sorceress. Indian TV the director and the whole artist team has seen it all with shows like is fabulous. It’s great working with Naagin, Brahamrakshas, Kavaach, them. It’s a good experience working Nazar, Qayamat Ki Raat and many with such talented artists. I have others which entertained the heard about them since I have been audiences and garnered TRPs, in Mumbai. I have heard that they are bringing the channel to the top. like caring parents to the actors. Bringing a new twist in the I am doing Chandragupta supernatural fantasies and horror Maurya in which I am playing the genre is Zee TV’s new show role of Sukhdev. It’s a comic character Manmohini that talks about a too. Sukhdev is the father of the lead unique concept of Bhura Jaadu. A woman actor, Subhada, and he is a practice which can only be greedy and money-minded performed on sand was quite merchant. prominent in and around Rajasthan. The makers have an nDescribe your character? extra mile in researching for the He is an astro-guru. He is a show through rare scriptures and greedy person and is fond of eating. folklore from Rajasthan that has He is a genuine astrologer with a references of the traditional Ghagra comical twist. He will tell Murari Paltan cult who used to travel with about the problems in his life and will the queen during those times and give him life lessons. practice this form of witchcraft. The show, which premiered nTell us about the comic scenario from November 27 and air every in the industry? Monday to Friday at 7:30 pm, I think there is a dearth of narrates the story of a 500-year-old writers who can write good comedy sorceress, Mohini whose spirit which leads to the poor performance waits for ages for her late Rana Sa Reyhna Pandit, Anikit Siwach and Garima Singh Rathore of actors. I think most of the creative to reborn as Ram. Playing an people in the industry don’t want to antagonist, Mohini turns out to be in love and is ready to even take the advance VFX animation and interest, Akshat. The show marks create new characters. They just not an evil as we have seen in other help of Bhura Jaadu to get her man. graphics. a comeback of Manish Goel and want to copy some characters. I think shows. I have never played such a powerful Basking in the glory of the Juhi Parmar as a loving couple, who there are only five per cent of people Talking about how the idea character and the biggest challenge success of Naagin series, Ekta get caught in the shackles of black in the industry who are creative. came up, producer Prateek Sharma, for me was to get the right Kapoor brings back yet another magic. Founder of Swastik says: “ZEE TV was looking for a Rajasthani dialect and perform in supernatural show — Daayan on Productions and creator of Tantra, n Which are your favorite love story with a unique concept in heavy costume.” &TV. There will be creepy crawling Siddharth Kumar Tewary, says: Bollywood Comedians? Why? Do the supernatural genre, something However, Mohini is not the lizards and scary looking daayan, “Supernatural and horror genre are you follow someone in doing that has not been seen on TV only one who loves Rana Sa aka played by Aada Khan, at very interesting to tell some spooky comedy? before. So, I thought of doing Ram. His wife Siya too loves him loggerheads with Uttaran fame stories that will keep you on the I don’t follow anybody. But I love something on Bhura Jaadu and to a great extent and goes all out to Tina Datta as Jhanvi Morya. edge. With the power of VFX and the work of Om Prakashji, started researching on it. Viewers protect him from everything. Swastik Productions, which hi-tech sets and props clubs with a Mehmoodji, Johnny Lever sir. have always seen a witch as Garima Singh Rathore, who is has given us great mythological and good story, we can easily catch the fearsome and evil, but have not making her debut with this show historical shows like Chandragupt imagination of the audience and nHow does it feel to be part of Jijaji seen her in love. The canvas of the as Siya, feels that she can’t ask for Maurya, Porus, Karmaphal Daata transform them to never-seen- Chaat Par Hain ? show gives us a lot of creative a better foray on TV than this. “I Shani and many others, is now before world. Tantra is a progressive I am feeling blessed to be part of liberty to explore and experiment couldn’t have asked for a better foraying in the supernatural genre show that sends across a message this show. I would like to share some with riveting visuals of magic debut on TV than Manmohini. Siya with Tantra on Colors, that also that black magic do any good to interesting incidents about how I got conjured from sand. It will give the is a simple girl and her devotion explore the evil practise of black anyone. Instead, it leads to dire this show. It was the day when I was viewers a different perspective of a and love will set up a war between magic. All set to go on air from consequences.” in Water Kingdom with my family. witch altogether.” her and Mohini. I am able to December 3, every Monday to Be it love, hatred, revenge, I go to Water Kingdom very often as Reyhna Pandit, who is playing relate to a lot of elements in the Friday at 11pm, the show will take family drama, thriller or suspense, my daughter likes it. But that day my Mohini, says: “Mohini is a show since I hail from Jaipur and you on a journey of Khanna family you will find all these elements daughter insisted to carry the phone passionate lover who is longing to the show is also based on who move into their dream home beautifully weaved in these to take pictures, otherwise, I usually reunite with her Rana Sa. She is not Rajasthan,” Rathore says. but become victims of tantra supernatural shows that promises keep the phone in the locker. There a stereotypical witch and she should There is a plethora of new practises. to give you a daily dose of I received a call from the production. not be mistaken with an evil spirit. supernatural shows that is in the Sargun Kaur essays the female entertainment with some nail- I was so glad I had the one otherwise Unlike other witches, she is a pipeline, which brings to you protagonist Niyati Khanna, while biting moments and visuals that the role would have gone to someone beautiful woman who is selflessly larger-than-life experience through actor Gautam Vig plays her love will leave you in awe. else. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 special 09 idea!What an

From two 12-year-olds to a 54-year-old farmer, to a 40-year-old Computer Engineer who has created a portable device to detect breast cancer quickly, this year, the speakers at the TEDxGateway in Mumbai were all about how some ideas make a generation. SHALINI SAKSENA speaks with some of these innovation-speakers to bring you a report

Wonder cancer detection Harvest of a fertile shift

portable device to detect breast can- elasticity in real time. Tumours are hard- cer? While the idea may have er than normal breast tissue and the sen- nyaneshwar Bodke the tradition and one will make Asounded far-fetched given the other sors in the device can “feel” them out, from Maan Gaon in profit. The problem in India is devices used to detect the disease, one man quickly and without any pain or radiation. DMulshi Taluka district that farming is taught by peo- proved that ideas can change the medical The idea came when Shah with his of Pune may just be another ple who know nothing about it. world. partners Matt Campisi and Bhaumik farmer who tills his land but Far in should be taught by Forty-year-old Mihir Shah who Sanghvi saw that many of their friends and there is nothing ordinary about farmers themselves not by peo- belongs to a Gujarati Jain family, grew up family members got diagnosed with breast how he goes about it. Since ple who have no connect with in Mumbai and migrated to the US in 1996 cancer. “Matt and I have seen our moth- 1999, he has been practising land,” Bodke, the president of to pursue BS in Computer Engineering at ers-in-law go through it. One of the key organic farming for direct his club, says. He keeps in touch Drexel University in Philadelphia tells you inventors of the device is a breast cancer home delivery. with 357 regional leaders via that the work on the device came after his survivor. This is an extremely personal The idea to shift to organ- WhatsApp. company, UE Life Sciences, received a mission for many of us. Our research ic farming took shape after he His technique is simple. If major grant ($878,000) from the showed that breast cancer is highly treat- watched his father incurring a person has an acre of land Pennsylvania Department of Health to able when diagnosed early and yet most loss year after year. “My father means 40,000 sq feet land. develop a working and validated women get diagnosed late in the devel- would suffer a loss worth This is divided into four sec- iBreastExam commercial prototype. oping world. We further learnt that this `10,000-`15,000 a year, so tions. One part is converted “To date, we’ve received over $1.6 mil- happens because there aren’t enough doc- much so that we had to sell our into a poly-house. The aim is lion in grant funding to develop, com- tors, breast cancer control programmes land to pay off the loan. As luck to give the farmer a source of mercialise and scale-up device. We’ve built with mammography are very expen- would have it, I read about a income even if there are climate also raised $4.2 million from Dr Ranjan sive and women really don’t want to get farmer’s success story of doing variations. A five- metre high Pai’s Aarin Capital, Kiran Mazumdhar painful and radiation-based tests,” Shah organic farming. I went to structure is made using poly- Shaw and Unitus Ventures. Our total cap- says. The device is not just battery-oper- meet him and decided to take thene and green net. The one- italisation has been over $6 million,” ated but fully wireless as well. the organic route,” Bodke says. time cost of the house is `7 Shah, who comes from a humble back- While there were one too many chal- He did face some prob- lakh. The Government gives a ground, says. THE DEVICE WORKS BY lenges while developing the device – lems. In order to convince 50 per cent subsidy here too. “We were never a particularly wealthy ASSESSING TISSUE ELASTICITY. from building a passionate global team, other farmers, he experiment- The poly-house guarantees a family, but my father Bakulesh Shah engineering failures, transferring tech- ed on his land. His friends four-five hours’ of work. The sow what — be it milk, fruit or steady income of `1,000 a day. invested family savings and took on loans THE CERAMIC SENSOR nology from the US to India while main- made fun of him. He used leaders are paid `1,200. A total veggies. In order to meet the “The second piece of land to get me through higher education and CAN SENSE THE TISSUE taining quality and performance, getting compost and cow manure as of 1.5 lakh women are customer demand, the farmers is dedicated to growing toma- was the first investor in every entrepre- US FDA clearance, clinical validations fertiliser. Much to his delight he employed by his club to work have to produce a fixed pro- to, gourd and cucumber. The neurial endeavour I’ve pursued. I’ve spent ELASTICITY BY CONVERTING around the world and obviously funding, made a profit. This inspired on home delivery duce of 50 kg a day. But if there third we grow cabbage and cau- my adulthood in the US since the age of MECHANICAL PRESSURE INTO what was easy for Shah and his team was other farmers. Today, within a Transportation proved to is a shortage, we do pick up liflower. In the fourth — 8,000 18. I’m 40 now and live near Philadelphia to convince women to get themselves 17 km radius, there are 305 be a problem as they had to produce from farmers who are sq feet, we grow green corian- with my wife and two children,” says Shah, ELECTRICAL SIGNALS AND BY checked. members in his Abhinav depend on service providers. not our members,” Bodke says. der and spring onion. Around adding that he is yet to recover the cost that EVALUATING THE CHANGES IN “We have taken the device to women Farmers Club. Bodke encouraged people who They have hired a firm in 1,000 sq feet has to be dedi- has gone into making the device. in urban, sub-urban, rural and even trib- “In the last 20 years, we didn’t have land to invest in a Pune that does the marketing cated to storage. The remain- The device is an innovative, US FDA- STIFFNESS, IN REAL-TIME, TO al areas across India. I’ve been to have formed a group of 50 tempo. These people are paid for them. ing has to house at least one cleared breast examination device that’s PROVIDE THE RESULTS Gadhchiroli where majority of the popu- members. Thrice a week on `1 per kg. If they transport The success story of the cow,” he says. enabling early detection of breast cancer lation is tribal. We didn’t have to convince Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, 1000 kg, they earn `1,000. But club spread and farmers from “In this sense, we are com- in a new way. INSTANTLY ON THE SPOT women to check themselves. All we’ve had we do home delivery through they needed more tempos. The Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, mercial. We keep cows that give It is a tiny device that fits in the palm to do is educate them about the device and a pack house facility of 1000 sq club needed their own means Rajasthan, Gujarat and Andhra milk. We also sell gau-mutra. of hand to provide painless, radiation-free, the need for early detection. The fact that feet. Here, all the produce from of transportation. A proposal Pradesh soon joined it. To There are other advantages clinically effective and highly affordable elasticity in real time. The patented ceram- it is painless, radiation-free, easy, quick and the farmers comes and on the was made to the Government convince farmers to go back to too. The farmer sells milk. way to identify small lumps in the breast ic sensor in the device can sense the tis- provides instant results, most women designated days home delivery which gave the club a subsidy traditional farming, they are This way, he is guaranteed an before it’s too late. Over 1,75,000 women sue elasticity by converting mechanical elect to take the test on their own will,” is done between 3 pm and 7 of `2 lakh to buy each tempo invited to the farm where they income of `800-`1000 a day. If have taken the test already in over 12 coun- pressure into electrical signals and by eval- Shah says. He tells you that the cost of the pm,” Bodke tells you. costing `4 lakh. Today, they are demonstrated how they a farmer wants to be part of our tries and it is recognised by WHO as an uating the changes in stiffness, in real-time, device stands at `5 lakh. But his compa- At the warehouse, women have 11 tempos. too can make a profit. “We tell club, he has to agree to mixed Innovative Health Technology. to provide the results instantly on the spot. ny also offers pay-per-use and leasing are employed to do the pack- “Every month, the mar- farmers that there is no need to cropping and keeping a cow,” The device works by assessing tissue The innovative sensors can assess tissue models. ing. They are paid `300 for keting team decides who will commit suicide. Must follow Bodke says. Young & happening minds make headlines

aaziq Kazi, a12-year-old student ocean and it gets dumped back in us,” The idea to make the device took the device. Despite having two great of Class VII with the Indus says Kazi who has had a lot of support root when she learnt about Flint and guides, Rao did face some problems. HInternational School, Pune, may from his parents but it is his father was introduced to the concept of conta- “I faced problems in making a low- be busy studying for exams but that who is his go-to person when he gets minated water in Stem sessions where cost device which everybody could use. doesn’t keep him away from the TEDx stuck. children are introduced to the wonder- The main problem was that I needed to Club in school where the students are “Of course my teachers helped a lot ful world of water. find a safe lab to perform tests with car- encouraged to talk about issues close to as well. But my father is the one who During these sessions, Rao realised bon nano-tubes which were the most them. In one of these sessions, students helps me the most. He helps me with that water contamination is a huge sensitive and efficient technology to use, were shown a documentary on how the the talks that I give. I make a draft but problem and access to clean water is an and also inexpensive as well. I tried ocean waste problem was affecting he is the one who makes the edits. He issue even though she was privileged to writing emails to many experts and pro- marine life. also helps me connect with engineers live in a place where water was clean. fessors requesting space in their lab for One day, on his back home from globally and help me with my research,” “My initial idea was completely a day, but no one obliged. Finally, I got school, an idea struck — to make a Kazi tells you. He loves to read, play eliminating led, but slowly as I the opportunity to do simulation tests at device that would help clean the oceans video games and football and to back researched the problem thoroughly, I my school and further accuracy tests on of plastic waste. The inspiration came the team that is winning. realised that detection is an issue since Denver water,” Rao says. when he was washing his hands. He However, he is not sure what area to people did not know that they are She tells you that, at present, at the watched the water do down the drain pursue since he wants to be an IT per- exposed to led and do not know to noti- R&D stage the device costs around and that is when he knew that he could son like his father but wants to do fy authorities,” she tells you. Gitanjali is `1,300 with disposable cartridges of use centripetal force and that the same research in marine biology or even cod- curious to know how things work and `30. But she is not satisfied and wants to could be applied in the oceans to clean ing as well. that is why she chose to study lead cont- bring the cost down to `300 with car- up the plastic. But he decided to first “I like science as a subject — I enjoy amination. tridges at around ` 10. experiment in the bathtub using his Physics and Chemistry because of “Lead contamination is a growing “Research towards working on this toys. His idea worked. experiments; Math is good too but I problem. It is prevalent in many coun- is on track,” Rao says. She wants to be a So much so, that he was called to make silly mistakes. Though I like tries but people have no way of detect- geneticist and study in the field of epige- give a TED Talk in New York. A year music, I play the piano, but hate the way ing it themselves. We all have the right netics which is using gene editing tech- later, TEDx called. And now he is once it is taught in school,” Kazi says. to know our water quality just like we niques such as CRISPR-cas9 to cure dis- again set to give a talk at the 10th edi- He opines that he is too modest to would like to know about our health,” eases and opines that the biggest prob- tion of TEDxGateway at the Dome, say that he is better than most 12-year- Rao tells you whose hobbies include lem facing the world is a combination of NSCI, Mumbai. olds that too in his favourite subject playing the piano and baking issues related to contamination of natur- His talks concentrate on how his English. She loves Computer Science, al resources and climate change. device can be used to clean up the Meanwhile, another 12-year-old is Language Arts, Math and Science sub- Geetanjali also tells you that since oceans, create awareness among people making waves on another continent jects because it covers broader concepts she has been introduced to different cul- and how they too can make a difference. altogether. This Grade VIII student that can be applied for any real-world tures and different parts of the world by He often narrates horrific stories that from Denver, Colorado, Gitanjali Rao, solution. her parents, it doesn’t matter where her include how the waste that we dump in recently won the Discovery Education To create a device to detect lead in work or her job takes her. oceans is eaten by the fish. 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her water, she had help from Dr Kathleen “I would definitely be open to work- “People eat seafood. So the cycle is low-cost device which can detect lead Haaziq Kazi Shafer and Dr Selene Hernandez-Ruiz ing in India if it fits my passion and complete — we dump waste in the contamination in water. Gitanjali Rao who guided her with different aspects of goal,” Rao says. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 sport 10

Seifert shines after Batsmen find form before Test India A collapse

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Vijay celebrates return into Test squad by smashing hundred against CA XI; Rahul scores fifty im Seifert scored an unbeaten fifty Tto take New Zealand A to 121 for three in their first innings after dis- missing India A for 323 on the second Playing in Australia suits my game: Vijay day of the third unofficial Test here on Saturday. PTI n SYDNEY Prithvi Shaw was injured while fielding Resuming on 248 for four, India lost on day three. their remaining six wickets for just 75 rushing off any disappointment "Basically I am ready (after playing with the pace duo of Lockie Ferguson Bfrom being dropped midway county cricket, tour matches in New (4/88) and Doug Bracewell (5/78) tor- through the England Test series, India Zealand and Australia). I just want to go menting the visitors with three wickets opener Murali Vijay on Saturday said he out there, contribute and give a good each. will fancy his chances on the bouncier start for my team. In reply, New Zealand A were 50 for Australian wickets, which favour his "I have always been aiming at that two in 17.2 backfoot game. and nothing is different this time." overs, before Vijay scored 129 off 132 balls, rac- The seasoned opener said that he is Seifert (55 not ing from 52 to the three-figure mark in looking forward to playing Test cricket out) and GD the space of 27 balls, including taking 26 in Australia again, especially after enjoy- Phillips (27) runs off one over against CA XI in four- ing a good series here in 2014. steadied the ship day tour game. "We (Rahul and him) come from the with a 59-run "It was good to get some practice hit- same part of India so we understand each third-wicket ting over the boundary. I just took my other well. He is a good guy to bat with partnership. chances and it came my way. I know and he is fun. Hopefully we can carry that Seifert had opportunities are round the corner and momentum forward into the first Test. eight hits to the wanted to be in a positive frame of "It always feels good to go to grounds fence in his 140- mind. where you have scored runs as it helps ball unbeaten Rahul "I have been working you a lot and I have good memories of innings. scored 62 hard on my game and fit- it." At the draw (98 balls) as the ness, and I am looking for- The bouncier Australia pitches work of stumps, R duo put on 109 ward to contributing in to his advantage as he likes to play on the Ravindra (5) was runs for the opening this series. Hopefully I backfoot. giving company wicket as India can do that," Vijay said. "Playing in Australia suits my game to Seifert with Vijay added 109 runs because I am a batsman who likes to play New Zealand A still trailing by 202 runs Murali Vijay plays a cut shot finished at 211-2 on the backfoot. Australia is the one place during India’s tour match with K L Rahul, who with seven wickets remaining in their (43.4 overs) in scored a fluent 62, and you get the bounce so you can play your 1st innings. against CA XI in Sydney; (in their second box) KL Rahul in action AP belied the dressing room's shots coming from India and exploring Earlier, Shubman Gill, who was innings concerns over the opening shots that you have kept in your kit. I can three runs shy of a fifty on the opening combination after youngster get them out." day, added 15 runs to his score before being dismissed by Ferguson in the 76th over, triggering a collapse. PTI n SYDNEY tury off 91 balls. than in recent times, hitting eight fours and bowl on this final day, while R Ashwin (2- (38 not out) and Jackson Coleman (36) Overnight batsman V Shankar (71), Thereafter he sped through the second a six, as he warmed up for the first Test. 122 in 40 overs) and Ishant Sharma (1-73 keeping the visitors chasing leather in the too, was sent packing in the 78th over urali Vijay struck a confident fifty-runs, off only 27 balls, getting to three At times, he did look shaky with circum- in 22 overs) sent down a majority of overs sun. The latter duo added 57 runs for the by Ferguson as India A slipped to 275 hundred while K L Rahul scored figures off 118 deliveries. He hit 26 runs spect timing, as seen in his dismissal off in the morning session. final wicket. for six. Ma half-century in the warm-up off Jake Carder (0-41) in one over to race a full toss caught at mid-wicket. India though tested their fifth bowl- So much so that India brought on The 27-year-old pacer then picked game against Cricket Australia XI, easing to his hundred. Hanuma Vihari (15 not out) came out ing options again as Vihari (0-34), Virat Jasprit Bumrah (1-0) and Kuldeep Yadav his third wicket of the day, getting rid off any worries in the Indian dressing room Earlier, Rahul scored 62 (98 balls) as at number three and finished unbeaten at Kohli (1-27) and Murali Vijay (0-17) sent (0-3), not initially included in the 14-man of K Gowtham (1). in their final outing before the first Test. the duo put on 109 runs for the opening stumps. down 13 overs between them. list at the start of the game, to bowl after K S Bharat (47) threw his bat to Vijay, returning to the Test squad after wicket as India finished at 211-2 (43.4 This was after Cricket Australia XI fin- Harry Nielsen (100) scored a hundred lunch. good effect, blasting seven fours and a being dropped mid-way through the overs) in their second innings at stumps ished at 544 runs (151.1 overs) in their first off 170 balls, including nine fours, and was Bumrah looked in good rhythm as he six in his run-a-ball 47. But he soon lost England tour, celebrated his comeback on day four of the tour game against innings and kept India in the field for as out caught at mid-off as he hit a skier off bowled Coleman with a well-aimed york- support at the other end as Bracewell with an unbeaten century off 118 balls. He Cricket Australia XI here at the Sydney long as possible. India had scored 358 in Kohli. er off his seventh delivery. removed Mohammed Siraj (0), Rajneesh looked solid throughout the innings on the Cricket Ground. their first innings. The hosts' lower order all got good The first Test of four-match series will Gurbani (0) before accounting for the fourth day, and had reached his half-cen- Rahul batted with greater confidence Mohammed Shami (3-97) did not runs with Daniel Fallins (43), Luke Robins be played at Adelaide on December 6. India A wicketkeeper batsman. India is favourite to lift Current Indian attack is one of best: Lawson Play hard but fair: CA chairman tells players World Cup: Chopra PTI n SYDNEY ‘THIS IS SIGNIFICANT ormer fast bowler Geoff Lawson believes the cur- PTI n MUMBAI Frent Indian attack is one the best he has seen in a long time and will challenge the Australian batsmen CHANCE FOR INDIA’ ormer India opener Aakash in the four-Test series. PTI n SYDNEY Australia? They have got some FChopra on Saturday named "They have got some terrific fast bowlers, as good really good batsmen, they have two-time champions India as a group as I've seen for a long time and they've got ormer Australia captain got a very good all-round favourites to lift the ICC Cricket the spinners that always do the job," Lawson was quot- FSteve Waugh says the team." World Cup next year in ed as saying by reporters. upcoming four-match rubber Former wicketkeeper England. "Ishant Sharma's last time is a "significant chance" for Adam Gilchrist said the visitors "Well, India start as out here he got extra bounce. India to win their first Test would mainly bank on their tal- favourites irrespective of how far Umesh Yadav bowls freak series Down Under. ismanic skipper to get runs on the World Cup is at this point of (deliveries), Mohammed "I will see this as a signifi- the board. time and I see them at the podi- Shami has been swinging it, cant chance and they would "Virat is clearly the best um holding the trophy, hope- Bhuvneshwar Kumar swings have prepared for this tour for player in the world at the fully. They do have whatever it it as well. a long time, I think it's going to moment. So India will look to takes to win the trophy," said "They are not going to be a really close series," Waugh him to score heavily but all are Chopra on sidelines of the ICC play all four, they are going to Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc and Patt Cummins pose with the trophy CA told 'ESPNcricinfo'. going to have their challenges World Cup Trophy Tour. play three and maybe one or India captain Virat Kohli is and as too will the Australian "This is the team that has a two spinners," Lawson said. PTI n SYDNEY 'Sydney Morning Herald'. likely to be the biggest threat for batting line-up," Gilchrist said. lot of things going in its favour. Playing international "The old adage is you don't the Australian bowlers, as they The big-hitting batsman of The bowling is outstanding and On Rayudus sealing the cricket in the 1980s, Lawson ricket Australia's new chair- say much when you win and say look to maintain their unbeat- yesteryears was of the opinion you have got some of the finest number 4 spot, the 33-year-old has 180 Test wickets to his Cman Earl Eddings has urged even less when you lose. I think en record at home against the that the Asutralian pace attack batsmen. So a lot of things are Chopra said, "Well, we tried a name, and he said starting his Test side to "play hard but fair" we have a great team, they are fine Asian giants. comprising Mitchell Starc, Pat in India's favour and hopefully dozen batsmen at number 4 but the series in Adelaide will in the series against India, his young men, and I think they will Asked how does Australia Cummins and Josh Hazlewood England will be nice and accom- now it feels that Ambati has work in India's favour. comments coming at a time when do that. tackle the Kohli threat, Waugh could pose tough questions. modating for us as it has hap- sealed the deal. His boarding "The first Test (is) in 'elite honesty' has emerged as the "My advice to the guys is to said, "He is a great player and "I think Pat Cummins is pened in the past the two pass, in my opinion, is already Adelaide, so they got their buzz word in its setup. go out and play your natural game loves the big moment, a bit like outstanding, Hazlewood is Champion Trophies — finalists printed for that flight to England. wish there didn't they, not playing in Brisbane or The players have devised and try as hard as you can. That's Tendulkar and Lara. almost McGrath like with his once, winners once. So hopefully I see him batting in England at Perth. their own cultural pact and, all Australians want to see," They wait for these big bowling. Those three guys and in the 2019 World Cup — we number 4 unless something "They've got four good guys and they've got some under new coach Justin Langer, Eddings said. series and that's where they there are couple in the wings will be able to pick up the tro- drastic happens in the mean- extra pace so that will be a big challenge I'm expect- are expected to have 'elite hon- Eddings had hoped the want to show their best. So who who are high quality fast phy," he remarked. time." ing a really good series." esty'. Adelaide Test would continue to is the danger man for bowlers." The World Cup starts on Rayudu had scored 100 in In the only warm-up game against Cricket "Just play good, hard cricket. be staged under lights, but the vis- May 30 with South Africa tak- the fourth ODI against Windies Australia XI before the Test series, the prime candi- I don't think people want us to be itors had reservations. ing on hosts England, while 1983 while batting at number 4 and, dates for India's Test attack got a good workout with quiet but they want us to play with "Day-night Test cricket is a have seen how successful that has going to have one in Brisbane. If and 2011 champions India begin after the game, Rohit Sharma pacemen Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and respect to the game, play hard but way of the future. You don't play been," Eddings said. you have the right Test at the right their campaign on June 5 against had said Rayudu had solved the Ishant Sharma all bowling over 20 overs and frontline fair, and win well and lose better," it in all countries and at all "Unfortunately, we couldn't spot, day-night Test cricket is fan- South Africa at Southampton. number 4 mystery of the team. spinner Ravi Aswhin sending down more than 30. Eddings was quoted as saying by venues. Certainly in Adelaide, you get it done this year but we are tastic.

RANJI TROPHY WINDIES STUMBLE IN SPIN TRIAL UP, Rajasthan play draw Guj thrash Mumbai by 9 wickets Bengal snatch 1-wicket win AFP n DHAKA KANPUR: Rajasthan’s winning streak came PTI n MUMBAI CHENNAI: Bengal snatched an exciting one to a halt as their Elite Group C game against angladesh spinners took a firm grip on the sec- wicket win against Tamil Nadu to earn six hosts Uttar Pradesh ended in a draw here on Bond Test against West Indies after Mahmudullah kipper Priyank Panchal stuck a points in a Group 'B' match at the M A Saturday.But the visitors grabbed three points Riyad struck a career best 136 to guide the hosts to Sblistering hundred as Gujarat Chidambaram stadium. on the basis of first-innings lead while Uttar 508 in the first innings in Dhaka on Saturday. stunned hosts Mumbai by nine Requiring 216 for victory, the visitors Pradesh had to settle for a single point. Mehidy Hasan and Shakib Al Hasan shared five wickets in their Elite Group A scraped home in a tense finish as Tamil Nadu Rajasthan had come to the game with wickets between them as West Indies were reduced game. spinner Rahil S Shah came up with anoth- three successive wins. Despite the draw, to 75-5 at stumps on the the second day, trailing the Courtesys Panchal's unbeaten er five-wicket haul to keep the team in the Rajasthan are on the top of the points table hosts by 433 runs in the first innings. 112 off 109 balls, Gujarat overhauled hunt. with 21 points from four games while UP are All five West Indies batsmen were clean bowled the 204-run target in just 41.5 Praditpa Pramanik was the hero for in the second spot having 18 points from four — only the third time in cricket history and the first overs and raced to victory despite Bengal with a knock of 25 (97 balls, 1X6) as games. The visitors resumed the final day at time by spinners as Mehidy finished with 3-36 and conceding the first innings lead to Priyank Panchal and Kathan Patel PTI he batted with determination under pressure 136/4 at the Green Park Stadium here and Shakib claimed 2-15. Shakib struck in the very first the 41-time champions on the last to guide the team home. added another 96 to their tally before being over when he flummoxed West Indies skipper day of the four-day game at the With this emphatic win, Gujarat It was anyone's game as Bengal needed bowled out for 232 in their second essay. Kraigg Brathwaite with inward delivery and Kieran Wankhede Stadium. have topped Group A and B with 16 over 100 runs to secure a win. Sudip UP were set a 330-run target for an out- Powell (four), Sunil Ambris (seven), Roston Chase The 28-year-old Panchal and points from 2 wins from 4 games, Chaterjee (40) brought his experience to the right win. For Rajasthan, opener Amitkumar (zero) and Shai Hope (10) followed him in quick Kathan Patel (55 in 85 balls) laid the while Mumbai are way below in the fore and scored important runs as the team Gautam had a game to remember. After scor- succession. Shimron Hetmyer (32 not out) and foundation for their come-from- table and are still searching for their inched forward. Tamil Nadu fought back by ing 93 in the first essay, he continued his good Shane Dowrich (17 not out) stemmed the rot to sur- behind win with a 128-run stand for first win after three games. taking a clutch of wickets as Shah removed form and top-scored with a patient 86 in the vive the day. the opening wicket. Meanwhile, at Raipur, reigning Anustup Majumdar, Writtick Bijoy and No11 batsman Ishan Porel scampered second, hitting 10 fours and 1 six in his 202- The West Indies innings were in complete con- After Kathan Patel fell, Bhargav champions Vidarbha outclassed Chatterjee and Shreevats Goswami to leave through a leg-bye to seal a memorable vic- ball knock. trast to those of Bangladesh, which saw Shakib (80), Merai (34 not out in 57 balls) and hosts Chhattisgarh by 10 wickets. Bengal tottering at 150 for 7. tory, the first of the season for Bengal. For Uttar Pradesh, slow-left arm ortho- Shadman Islam (76) and Liton Das (54) making use- Panchal took the side home with- At Mysuru, Devdutt Padikkal Sudip Chatterjee and Pramanik added Bengal opener Abhishek Kumar Raman dox bowler Saurabh Kumar rattled the ful contribution along with Mahmudullah. out much fuss. (77) and Dega Nischal (61) stuck 55 runs a little over 25 overs, keeping the was named man of the match for his Rajasthan middle and lower-middle order to Resuming on 259-5, Bangladesh's innings With this win, Gujarat became timely fifties as Karnataka defeated attack-minded TN bowlers at bay, to bring knocks of 98 and 53 on a tough wicket for return with fine figures of 6-77 in second revolved around Mahmudullah, who faced 242 balls the first side to beat domestic giants Maharashtra by seven wickets. Bengal closer. batsmen. innings. But as the chase seemed to be out of and struck 10 fours in his third Test century, on the Mumbai outright on four occasions. The match between Saurashtra Chatterjee was stumped by N Jagadeesan Meanwhile, in other matches in the reach, Uttar Pradesh batted for 36 overs and second day. Mahmudullah helped Bangladesh Earlier, Mumbai resumed the and Baroda ended in a draw with with Bengal nine runs short of the target to group, Madhya Pradesh defeated Kerala by were 116/2 when the match was declared a build on their overnight score putting on a 111-run day at 157 for 7 but could add only the visitors taking the first innings produce more drama. five wickets in Thiruvananthapuram and draw. It was a batting practise for Uttar with Shakib Al Hasan for the sixth wicket, 92-run 30 more runs to their tally as their lead and three points with Kedar Ashoke Dinda (1) was run out by Shah Hyderabad thrashed Himachal Pradesh by Pradesh openers Mohammed Saif (58) and with Liton Das for the seventh wicket, and a 56-run second innings folded up at 187. Devdhar striking a double century. with two runs to get. However, Pramanik 10 wickets. Shivam Chaudhary (36). with Taijul Islam (36) for the ninth wicket.Warrican LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 sport 11

Belgian test awaits India Winning start for Vinesh, Sakshi end season with National titles PTI n BHUBANESWAR Dutch & Germans

heir World Cup campaign PTI n BHUBANESWAR culean task for a demolarised GONDA: Vinesh Phogat practice only 15 days back, so the season, which began after off to a bright start, India Malaysia to make a comeback in capped a highly successful sea- my rehabilitation has worked the high of Rio Olympics, it was Twill be optimistic of clear- eroen Hertzberger scored a the tournament after Saturday's son by grabbing the 57kg title nicely.” the first good result for Sakshi, ing a stern test awaiting them on Jhat-trick to help last edition heavy defeat. while Sakshi Malik ended a ter- She began with a 13-2 win though the standard of com- Sunday in the form of world Silver medallist Netherlands rible year by emerging cham- over Chandigarh’s Neetu. The petition was not great. number three Belgium, to guar- spank a hapless Malaysia 7-0 in FIGHTING PAKI LOST 0-1 pion in the 62kg at the Tata score looked convincing but Out of five bouts, she got a antee a direct entry into the a lopsided opening Pool D Four-time champions Motors Senior National Neetu fought her heart out in walkover in the first round and quarterfinals. encounter at the ongoing men's Pakistan produced a lion-heart- Championship, here on the opening round. Next up for final bout ended in just 25 sec- Seeking to rewrite history hockey World Cup here on ed performance before going Saturday. her was Sweta Balagatti but the onds as Anita conceded it due after 43 years, the Indian men's Saturday. down 0-1 to Olympic Bronze Vinesh has already Karnataka wrestler was no to a left knee injury. hockey team made a strong Asian Games Silver medal- medallist Germany in their stamped her class at the inter- match to Vinesh, who ended After the walkover from start in the elite 16-nation tour- list Malaysia, coached by leg- opening Pool D match. national level by winning the the bout in two minutes with fellow Railways grappler nament, with a 5-0 thrashing of endary Dutchman Roelant Currently ranked world No Commonwealth Games and a pin after leading 8-0. Apoorva, Sakshi overwhelmed South Africa on Wednesday. Oltmans, were expected to pro- 13, Pakistan gave a tough fight the Asian Games titles and it In the quarterfinals, UP’s Pooja Tomar, winning by Rio Olympic Silver medal- duce a fight but the world num- to the world No 6 Germans by was just about getting some Haryana’s Manisha initially put technical superiority. list Belgium was far from ber 4 Netherlands turned out to holding them till the 36th match competition under her up a fight against Vinesh but The dominance continued impressive in their fighting INDIA AGAINST BELGIUM IN INT’L HOCKEY be a much superior opponent. minute. belt after missing the Worlds the star Indian grappler proved with Sakshi outclassing 2-1 win over lowly Canada. Besides Hertzberger (11th, The only goal of the match due to an elbow injury. too powerful for her rival. Manipur’s A Luwang Khombi Come on Sunday, the Type P W L D GF GA Success% 29th, 60th minutes), Mirco was scored by Germany's Marco On way to her sixth After leading 6-0 following the in just 43 seconds. The Indians will have to be at Overall 78 46 19 13 206 129 67.30 Pruijser (21st), Mink van der Miltkau in the 36th minute. National title, Vinesh conced- first period with two take- Olympic medallist maintained their best in all depart- Weerden (35th), Robbert It was all about defending ed just two points in five bouts. down points, Vinesh applied a the winning run by outwitting ments to get the better of World Cup 3 2 1 — 7 5 66.66 Kemperman and Thierry for Pakistan in the first two quar- She had earlier won five superb four-point throw to Haryana’s Poona 11-0 to secure the ever-improving Red INDIA-BELGIAM IN WORLD CUP Brinkman (57th) were the other ters and they did that stoutly, Nationals in a row from 2012 end the bout on technical supe- her place in the summit clash. Lions, who will be out to Year Venue Result Score goal scorers for the three-time denying the little chances to 2016 in different categories. riority. Ritu Malik, who had a fair- prove a point after a not- 1978 Buenos Aires India beat Belgium 1-0 champions. Germany created in the opening Vinesh, who won a gold In the semifinal, Vinesh ly good run this year, could not so-impressive opener. The Dutch, who are eyeing 30 minutes. each in the CWG and the showed her class, applying a even make it to the final in The Indian forward 1994 Sydney India beat Belgium 4-2 a fourth World Cup title, turned Germans used both the Asian Games in 50kg, had pre- sensational four-point throw to 65kg, losing a close semifinal to line comprising Mandeep 2014 The Hague Belgium beat India 3-2 out to be too hot for Malaysia to flanks to create opportunities but pared herself for the higher stun Ravita from Haryana B. very impressive Anita, the 2010 Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Faisel Features handle as they toyed with the Pakistan meant business and weight category with intense The bout was over in just 76 CWG gold medallist. She set- Akashdeep Singh and Lalit opposition defence and scored fought valiantly to keep a clean sessions with heavier sparring seconds. tled for a bronze after holding Upadhyay impressed goals at will on a miserable night slate. partners on Friday evening. The final against Babita off Reshma of Maharashtra. against South Africa. While Cup match is different and both Belgium the Indian strikers will for their Asian rival. Pakistan goalkeeper Imran “I could compete as was the only the second bout Ritu began her campaign Simranjeet scored a brace, all teams are aware that a single need to capitalise on the chances The Netherlands created Butt came to his side's rescue on I wanted. I wanted some com- which required a second peri- in the 65kg with a dominating three other strikers struck a goal mistake can ruin their hopes and the way they did against South chances at will and if not for the two occasions, the notable petitive matches before the od. Vinesh secured the title by win over MP’s Maya Yadav. The each. aspirations. Africa. veteran Malaysian goalkeeper between them was the first next season. Also I felt no taking the score to 10-0, with Railways grappler, who had The Manpreet Singh-led Going into the match, "If you think only about Kumar Subramaniam's heroics, chance created by the Germans pain in the entire campaign, more than two-and-a-half min- reached the bronze medal midfield and the backline too penalty corner conversion goals then you run for the goals the margin of defeat could have in the third minute when he kept that’s a big gain personally utes left. round at the World did a decent job the other day remains a concern for both the and forget your basics and struc- been bigger for the Asian side. out Benedikt Furk's neat deflec- since I was competing in a Pride at stake in the 62kg, Championship in the same but defenders Harmanpreet teams as India made use of only ture. You need to avail the Subramaniam hardly got tion from Christopher Ruhr's higher category,” said Vinesh, Sakshi did a world of good to category, pinned her oppo- Singh, Birendra Lakra, Surender one out of five against South opportunity that comes your any help from his defenders and pass. who had suffered a ligament her confidence by winning the nent in matter of seconds. The Kumar and goalkeeper P R Africa, while Belgium wasted the way," he added. was forced to make numerous Pakistan fought valiantly to and muscle tear in her elbow title without losing a single next rival — G Rohini — also Sreejesh will have to be on their two set pieces that came their Belgium has made giant saves. keep a clean slate at the halfway before the Budapest Worlds. point. met the same fate as Ritu toes against the attacking way against Canada. strides in world hockey in the It was a horrendous display mark. “I started doing After a horrendous run in moved to quarterfinals. Belgians. India scored from an indi- last decade and has been among from the Malaysians in all But after the change of ends, World number five India rect try by Mandeep from the the top teams but a big title has departments of the game. There the match opened up with both would also look to better their penalty corner as Harmanpreet's eluded them. was hardly any co-ordination the teams going on the offensive. head-to-head record against direct flick failed to crash into Having scored less in their between their defenders, mid- It was Germany who final- Current team may win WC: Pillay Belgium. Since 2013, both teams the opposition net. opener, Belgium coach Shane fielders and forwards, which ly broke the shackles six minutes have played against each other But India's chief coach McLoed said the game against helped the Dutch to snatch the after the break when Miltkau Lucknow (PNS): Former Indian hockey letes will go up. on 19 occasions with India reg- Harendra Singh is not that wor- India is a "must-win" for them ball whenever they wanted, pushed in Niklas Wellen's deflec- captain Dhanraj Pillay backed Indian team to istering five wins as against ried about the lack of direct goals if they are to top Pool C and before going for the kill. tion past an onrushing Imran lift the World Cup, underway at Bhubaneswar. HOCKEY TRIALS Belgium's 13. One ended in a from penalty corners, saying he avoid cross-overs. The gap in quality between Butt. Pillay was speaking to the mediapersons on the The trial to select Uttar Pradesh’s Men hock- draw. is happy as long as goals are "We have got the three the two sides can be gauged If the first half was a damper sidelines of PINNACLE-2018 - an Inter-Jaipuria ey team will begin at Padma Shri Mohammad The last time the two teams coming. points. We may not have the goal from the fact that Netherlands in terms of attacks, the Pakistanis Sports Championship at 35th Bt PAC ground on Shahid Synthetic Hockey Stadium from December played each other was in the "We scored a mixture of difference we wanted so the had 29 shots at the goal as created bright chances in the last Saturday. “The current team has got the capa- 6. Uttar Pradesh Hockey secretary RP Singh said final edition of the Champions beautiful field goals and penal- game against India becomes a against Malaysia's just three. two quarters. bility to lift the World Cup this time as they are that the selected team would participate in the Trophy earlier this year in Breda, ty corners. Yes, we didn't score must-win game for us," he said. Placed in the 'pool of death' Pakistan's first real chance playing at home and also the presence of Junior Khelo India Youth Games (Under-21), scheduled Netherlands where India con- direct from penalty corners but "The game against India because of the presence of three came in the 38th minute when World Cup winning coach Harendra Singh is a to be held from January 09 to 20 at Pune. Players ceded a late goal to settle for a how we score doesn't matter," would demand us to take a step former champions in Muhammad Zubair deflected big boost,” he said. Meanwhile, former ace born on or after 1 January 1998 will be eligible 1-1 draw. Harendra had said. or a couple of steps up otherwise Netherlands, Germany and wide a pass from Ammad shooter Jaspal Rana said that only if the play- to participate in the trial. Women’s trial will begin The magnitude of a World The coach said against we can't be competitive." Pakistan, it could be a her- Butt. ers will get a job guratnee the standard of ath- at the same venue from December 8. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | DECEMBER 2, 2018 backpack 12

‘Struggle is a vital learning curve for all artists’

nTell us about your latest song? am the singer. It is not as if I am acting in the in. This becomes different for artists like us You play a role in the music video video just that I am there due to a scenario that because we understand the sound, we love our too... has been created. art and it loves us back. The song Dhadkane is produced nHow was the experience? nAs a playback singer what changes have you and curated by Shamir Tandon with I now understand how tough it is to act. seen in the industry over the years? JetSynthesys Music Boutique. It is a Hats off to all the actors out there. I find my job I am not a playback singer per se. I am in OnePlus playback non-film music — that of a singer — so much easier. I suppose Bollywood by chance. John Abraham gave me a property of YouTube. The song is set the actors feel the same way— may be they find song in Rocky Handsome (Aye Khuda). I had in Los Angeles and is about a boy singing difficult. I LOVE TO PERFORM released an album which was put in a situation. and girl where the two come to a nWhat made you act in the video? There are other actors too whom I would like to party. The girl is in LA to see Like I mentioned earlier, I have not acted. I LIVE. IT GIVES ME thank — Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Shah Hollywood. That is where I step in; I am just doing what I do best — sing. Usually I Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn. These actors con- sit with a harmonium and sing with a lot of SO MUCH FREEDOM. vinced me to enter as playback. But I am just a emotions. But this video was a little different singer by profession. hence needed a different setting. The only dif- I CAN DO SO MUCH nWhat do you prefer — live shows and or ference is that you will find me standing and MORE. SOMETIMES I music videos? singing at a party. It is not as if you will find me I love to perform live. It gives me so much crying. GET A WINDOW TO freedom. I can do so much more. Sometimes I nHow has your journey been so far? get a window to express myself and I go for it Talktime Ups and downs are part and parcel of life, EXPRESS MYSELF nWhat keeps you grounded? especially if one is an artist. It is important that Yeh zameen mujhe kheench ke rakhti hai. It RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN these ups and down take place. It is a learning AND I GO WITH THE tells me to remain attached to my culture. The 43-year-old qawwali singer speaks with curve for us. One is able to pinpoint one’s mis- FLOW nWhat do you listen to? Shalini Saksena about his latest music video, takes. I enjoy these waves. Everyone wants to I listen to a lot of world music— whatever I what keeps him have a continuous up. But what is the reason like. I also listen to artists like Bade Ghulam Ali why there is down? He needs to correct it so that saheb, Lata Mangeshkarji, madam Noor Jahan, grounded and why he loves doing live he is back up again. Asha Bhonsleji, Kishore da, Rafi saheb. From the shows as a nWhat does music mean to you? latest songs that are doing rounds, I like Fitoori free bird It is an experience for me. Each person — from Bajirao Mastani. Then there is a song from whether he can sing or not — has sur. The way Padmavat that I really love; I listen to this song one speaks, it has a sound which is hidden with- all the time. TEA WITH A PURPOSE

hat or who is a tea sommelier is what them that if they drink two cups SHALINI SAKSENA most people would want an know. a day, to make a healthy deci- WWhile most are familiar with wine som- sion, in between, one can try a chats up tea meliers, tea sommelier is, for most, a new con- tea to stay calm or drink a tea cept and a term. They may not be so wrong. It that suits you,” she says. sommelier RADHIKA is said that the term was coined in 1998, at According to her, the mar- Heartbeat Restaurant in the W Hotel in New York ket is also witnesses many BATRA SHAH who City. trends. There will be many How is a tea sommelier different from a tea more blends besides English says that life is like a taster? Radhika Batra Shah, founder of Radhikas Breakfast, Masala and Earl Grey Fine Teas & Whatnots, who has been blending or Greens. The future is going to and brewing tea since 2006, says that that tea tast- be amazing because there will be cup of tea, it is all in ing is only a part of what a sommelier does. “A a new chai to try everyday. tea sommelier is a person who has studied the She herself offers three how you make it beverage over the years in terms of working in series of teas — connoisseur, the plantations, knowing every technical aspect romance and healing. The heal- of the leaf. He is a person who is not just involved time telling them how to brew, ing series resonate total wellness. in tasting tea, blending and brewing it but also THE BEST WAY TO what is a good leaf and how does Romance that is about pure well aware of the all permutations combinations BREW TEA BEGINS a leaf benefit you. If you tell peo- blends as per the mood and ben- to make that perfect cup of tea — basically the ple here to drink green tea efits and connoisseur meant whole journey from the garden to the cup. A som- WITH CHOOSING everyone does that without for people who love their leaf. melier is a more involved person because the main THE RIGHT LEAF. releasing what may suit them. “As long as there will be focus is to work in an around the leaf. However, White may suit some, black for good blenders, there will many this doesn’t mean that the work is a taster is less DON’T GO FOR A others and for yet others, it could more options available for the important. Just the focus is different,” Shah be green. There are a lot of intri- customers like there is Assam explains whose own journey started because she LEAF THAT GIVES A cacies involved,” Batra tells you Lemongrass for digestion or an couldn’t find that perfect cup of tea. LOT OF COLOUR who is a typical chaiwallah. Assam Black Vanilla for a calm- It all began 12 years back. I was never able The best way to brew tea, ing effect or a Mukhwas, taking to find that perfect cup like my mother made at BECAUSE THAT according to Batra, begins with inspiration from the paan. Bio home. Everything was done in a hurry. Nobody MEANS IT MAY NOT choosing the right leaf. She tells or organic produce is another had the patience to brew. There were tea bags. you to not go for a leaf that gives trend that is catching on. We Passion and opportunity led me to this line. When BE AS BENEFICIAL a lot of colour because that retail the first flush from the gar- I began, the aim was to make people drink the means that it may not be as ben- dens — the first pick of the year leaf that I sourced. However, stayed in home stays. In India, eficial. “Try to pick up organic for the international market. over time, due to innova- she worked with organic gar- tea. Don’t go on hearsay. Look These are the highest selling at ‘Being an actor is tion, things changed and dens like Ambootias. for certain certifications. Then Harrods,” Batra says who has now work towards get- “This doesn’t mean that take water, put chai patti, put in over 59 blends. ting closer to the cus- there is no research now. I keep your favourite herbs and give it She tells you that the best tomer. updating myself with what is a boil. Put it on simmer and way to make a gradual transition tougher than Interestingly, no one happening in different aspects of pour milk. But not too much of or try new blends is to attend in her family is in this line. tea. I also do a lot of online milk because then you will rob one of the many exhibitions that Her father is in merchant courses because it is good to be the body of the benefits of the Batra holds during festivals. being a stuntman’ navy, her brother makes aware about what the happen- leaf. A check of a good quality “People are willing to pay a price movies and the mother is ing from where the basic brew tea is that it can be rebrewed. For to be healthy. Yes, our teas are a homemaker. But the comes from,” Batra says and tells an Oolong or White, boil water. expensive but they can be VLADAMIR FURDIK aka family loved their tea. you that since she loves what she Add the leaf in the cup and sim- rebrewed,” Batra says whose After pursuing a mas- does, everything is easy. What is ply pour the hot water over it,” favourite tea is white for calm- The Night King speaks with ters in business man- not easy for her is to reach out Batra advises. ing effect and the second is a agement with a major in to the Indian customers. She also tells you that there blend that she makes just for the SHALINI SAKSENA on marketing. She worked in “Internationally, it is easy to is need to break myths associ- family to keep the immunity up the corporate sector before talk to people about organic ated with the brew. Just because — organic Assam with why he chose to be part of venturing out on her own in products. Back here, though a celeb asks you to drink a cer- Liquorice or Turmeric or 2006, Batra spent three years we have come a long way, we still tain kind of blend, one should Bergamot. Though the blend Comic-Con India doing her research. She worked directly with have a long way to go. I have not do it. “I don’t tell people not changes each year, the good gardens in China — Longjing. She worked spent 1,000 ceremonies to edu- to have the kind of tea that they news it is a available for cus- nYou were one of the main me a new experience. I never in these gardens, understood the leaf, cate the people. I spend a lot of have been drinking. I just tell tomers as a one-time offer. stuntmen on Games of forget that it’s the help of oth- Throne, how did the role of ers and especially teachers The Night King come to that helped me to be success- rom Love Per Square Foot, Lust you? ful. Stuntmen and actors are Stories, Brij Mohan Amar Rahe, I was offered the role as close and need to help each FAnnihilation to now Rishi I had prepared and created other. Kapoor starrer Rajma Chawal. The a lot of stunts for the pro- Being an actor is hard- year 2018 had seen many Bollywood Netflix serves Rajma Chawal duction in the past. I think er than being a stuntman. and Hollywood films releasing exclu- working on any project is Yes, my experience as a sively on Netflix instead of big the same but the people stuntman helped me with screens. Where some filmmakers Director LEENA YADAV talks to SANGEETA YADAV about releasing her film Rajma Chawal you work with are different. my acting work. I like every made their film keeping in mind the Some are better prepared job that I’m doing. I have all Netflix release, others like Leena on Netflix instead of the big screen and how it works for filmmakers and some are worse. On the nice memories and espe- Yadav, who has Teen Patti and Games Of Throne, people cially thanks to people I Parched to her credit, decided much release on big screens which stays for were super ready and every- meet there. later to explore the other platform for limited time. So for any audience, the one knew what to do. nWhy did you agree to be this small budget film. premiere of the film in the real sense nHow much time does it part of Comic-Con India? “After we finished making Rajma is whenever they watch it and Netflix take for you to get the I did not know about Chawal — that premiered on gives you that flexibility. So let OTT make-up on and off? Comic Cons before I start- November 30, 2018 — and figuring platforms come into your life The transforming ed play the Night King. I out the distribution model, Netflix because most interesting content process is quite interesting personally like the stories approached us to collaborate for its exists there which you can watch and takes almost six hours. from the comic con universe release exclusively on the over-the- anytime and anywhere,” Yadav tells My make -up consists of and I am very excited to top (OTT) platform (a term that is you. eight parts which stick to come for it to India. used delivery of film and TV content The film like the ever favourite my face. It is not that hard nIs there any message for via the Internet). For me, it was a dif- dish, has a universal appeal, as it res- to wear and also protects your fans here in India? ficult decision to make but my hus- onates the parent-child relationship you from the cold and wind I’ve been to India before band Aseem Bajaj felt that this was in times of social media despite nTell us about your jour- when I was filming for a the best choice to release a film regional, language and cultural dis- ney as an actor -- from movie, more than 20 years worldwide. Two key things that parities. Slovakia to the US? ago. I was in India for convinced me too to go for a Netflix “A take away from the film I have been working on almost two months and met release over a theatre release. One, would be that there is no generation movies since I was 15 years a lot of nice people. I also if it is Netflix, the film will live for- which is right and wrong. We have old. First, I helped with hors- had the opportunity to see ever and as a producer, how will I to understand and learn from each es because horse riding was the beautiful countryside ever reach such a large number of other. We need to stop blaming our my hobby at that time which and to taste traditional audiences that Netflix has,” Yadav generation and start keeping up I loved. I trained horses, Indian food. I am looking says. with time. Parents at the age of 50s cleaned horse stables, forward to a similar experi- With the advent of OTT plat- and 60s are making a lot of effort and groomed them and cared ence. I’ve never met such forms, there is a shift in the con- start learning and changing with for them during the shooting. friendly people as I have in sumption of media as audience time. Whatever happens, let’s not That was my first contact India. worldwide like to watch films and stop talking to each other. with the movie business. For After comic con I only web series at their own convenience. ing. It is about the choices you promotional activities. become about these days as filmmak- Technology has its place but there is the next 15 years, I watched have two days, then I have For filmmakers, diversification is the make that suit you the best. For small “Moreover, Rajma Chawal is not ers wait to see how much collection a great human value in sitting next and learned. Of course I still to go back. But I promise to new strategy. budget films, a Netflix release is a meant for Box Office because films has their film made over the week- to each other and having a real con- keep watching and learning. come back soon for at least “It is not Netflix vs Theatres or great option as you cut down on a lot don’t necessarily have a weekend life end. Moreover, not everybody versation. This thing should not go Every new film project gives four months. box office collection vs live stream- of expenses on its distribution and which is what box offices have watches a film at the time of its out of fashion,” Yadav tells you. 
      


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hat inspired you to come attempt to heal that loss and restore faith in up with Kedarnath’s tagline humanity. No matter how we may try to rewrite ‘Love is a pilgrimage” because our destinies, we don’t know what the universe we feel there is a bit of Rumi has in store for us. We cannot beat that immensity, there too? but we can attempt our own recovery. I’veW done many trips to Vaishno Devi as a child, but then you do not understand the essence of a Do you ever think that the more exposed we are spiritual quest and you are swamped by the ardu- to a knowledge society, the more revisionist we ous physicality of the trek, the many sights, have become? Would you say that the inter-reli- sounds, colour, and experiences around it. When gious love story would have attracted the same you grow up, you see everything differently. So I attention a few years ago as it does today? had my own self-desire and self-realisation. These This divide is a man-made construct. This has faith shrines — be it Kedarnath, Amarnath, been sharpened deliberately over the last 40 to 50 Badrinath or Vaishno Devi — are all really hard years for various reasons, but we as a people lived and difficult treks that have existed for hundreds honestly before. When I talk to my grandparents of years and tested human endeavour and will, and some of my older relatives, they talk of our challenging our limits, physical and metaphorical. eclecticism and absorptiveness in a celebratory That faith improves and elevates us. People don’t context. My grandmother told me, “Hum saath really understand Hinduism; it is a life philosophy saath rehte the, khaate the, peete the, kabhi poocha that is being misinterpreted and being confined to nahin koi Hindu hai ya Musslaman.” I t r y t o re v i v e religiosity. Little wonder then that everybody this essence in the film, though I must clarify that it gives it their best shot, not for himself/herself, but has nothing to do with love jihad, as is being to realise another person’s dream and hope. The alleged. Besides, in these days of instant opinionat- porters at these shrines are all Muslims, there are ing, people are reacting after seeing a one-minute so many vendors to keep the local economy teaser or a two-minute trailer. They are manifesting going, yet all get pulled by tidal faith to help pil- their fears before watching the film in its entirety. grims reach their destination. It is such a multi- faith exercise towards God-realisation that the Very few people know you are a Shiva bhakt. mind boggles. The local Bakarwals carry the old- What is your concept of Shiva? est and weakest of pilgrims, taking them one step So much has been spoken about Lord Shiva, be it closer to hope. I thought that defines us so beauti- from the religious or spiritual perspective. fully as a community, as a nation, as Hindus, and Somebody like Sadhguru has so much to add on who we are. This is just the right ingredient for a what Shiva is as a concept. But the most essential, story to be told in today’s times. beautiful and simplest part of Shiva is that he gen-     Besides these shrines are far away from civili- erates the desire, willingness and the compassion sation, in the remotest pockets and near wayward in you to sacrifice something of yours for the bet- villages. Yet they have the most progressive people terment and good of humanity. Kehte hain agar with the most evolved ideologies and a sameness aap mein seva karne ka bhaav hai, toh aap mein of purpose. I was able to grasp the magnitude of shraddha hai, chaahe aap Hindu, Muslim, ya need to really have an into science, you’ll find multiple this idea on my last trip to Vaishno Devi. So the Christian ho. (If you dedicate your life in the ser- open mind. dimensions and see that we all story of the film birthed from this experience. vice of others, you are a true seeker, irrespective of actually exist in molecules. We While in Mumbai, you are always surrounded by which religion you belong to.) This is the univer- Would you say you are just particles colliding with people in the business and are talking shop most sal belief system, our civilisational truth. We as a went through that very crucial each other, operating within a of the time. Which is why I travel frequently to people are born inclusive and the world knows us transition phase personally? humongous energy field. broaden my horizons and understanding of life. for our immense capability of absorbing diversity. When I went there after the And I find these beautiful Indian stories that need I feel this needs to be celebrated. floods, I had a different per- The backdrops of your films are almost to be told for my people. What better way to spective. The mountains were characters themselves, be it the Gujarat understand the core of India than to travel After Rock On!!, you are back with an original . +  .+) )  just as huge, gigantic and culturescape in Kai Po Che or the through every inch of our country? story. Both Kai Po Che and Fitoor were book ) )  /0 beautiful around the dots that Kashmiri backdrop in Fitoor. How adaptations. Yet for you, Kedarnath is the story we had become. Right in the deep-set are your reference points? The film is set in the backdrop of the floods of you have been looking for?  0 0+) middle was the temple stand- It’s all organic. The idea is like a living 2013 that wreaked mammoth devastation. Is the This is an Indian story to its core because 1)2! )  ing like an eternal sentinel; organism and if I really believe in it, tragedy an equally important character? nowhere else in the world will you find the idea of 3,+) + . nothing had happened to it. then it starts breathing. So, whatever I chose it because of its epic scale and to amplify yatra as a metaphor for self-ascension and God Yet around it was the most dev- that idea demands from me, I just the contrast between the enormity of devastation realisation. There are all kinds of journeys being 4,)  ,- astating impact of nature’s fury, in follow it and fill out the details. I that one could still override with a thread of hope. made simultaneously, outward and inward. This -- +)1 +0 the scars of the rocks violently torn am then prepared to do any- Around 6,000 people died, 50,000 people were kind of faith is difficult to find. When we go on a down, in the complete decimation of thing to get it right. Physicality rescued by the armed forces and 100,000 people pilgrimage, some of us introspect during the walk,  ,),/ ,+0 old human settlements, in the complete is no challenge but my story- went missing. 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The club was destroyed by fire in 2002, but was re-built with active participation and contribution of mem- bers and was re-inaugurated within a short span on March 27, 2005. The pre- sent structure in magnificent glory is a testament to the stellar work and spirit of the managing committee, members and the staff of the Kasauli Club. Today, guest rooms, tennis court, billiard room, and bar have been further created. The landmark building has a striking appear- ance. It is a magnificent structure re-built in a style reminiscent of traditional British structures. What distinguishes Kasauli Club from other clubs is its strict adherence to timings and observance of a strict dress    code that permits no relaxation or exemption even for guests. The club has maintained its reputation for good food and drinks. The strong points of the British administration are followed in let- ter and spirit by this club, which is now    governed by Military and Civil Officers. The area also houses an old Christ Church which was built in stone in 1844, a military Hospital and a Research Lab. But what takes the cake is what is known as       Khushwant Singh Villa. Singh was a cel- ebrated Indian author who has books like Train to Pakistan and Punjab, Punjabis, and Punjabiyat to his credit. His short stories Resort being too steep and uphill a drive, eye contact with them,” our host quickly them on, our host selected a belt for me. selves comfortable on the chairs kept like ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ are still taught our host had cautioned us and made cautioned us. Our bags were carried into My daughter, who was observing all this, around a tiny iron table. A crowd of peo- to students in most of the CBSE-affiliat- prior arrangements for us from Barog. 0)+-, 0 our rooms. We enjoyed a sumptuous meal was rather amused at how specific this club ple seated on the edge, blocking the view ed schools. His sharp wit and virulent com- The young lady in the driver’s seat was and went to bed, hoping to get a taste of was about what people wore. But, that only of the valley down, started moving into ments on people and affairs gave him the confident and took a plunge. She did well +0 + ,)  the hill heritage the next morning. added to her curiosity about what made the hall and in a few minutes, they dis- title of “Not a nice man to know,” which and was able to negotiate the first sharp  , . +) +- As planned, a taxi arrived at the it so special. Finally, the purchase was made appeared. Cold drinks were placed on he was rather pleased with. Singh also got turn of the Pine Drive Resort. We were appointed time in the morning. I was while our taxi waited. the tiny iron table and then, delicious appreciation for his newspaper column nearing the second sharp turn when she  0 . 6 + requested to change my casual vacation As the dress code was taken care of, food was served. As I sat there, a cool which was aptly titled ‘With Malice mistakenly took the right turn instead of 789:! ,)  wear and put on formal clothes so that I it facilitated our entry in the Club. breeze blew. I took a sip of my cold drink towards One and All’. The distinguished the left and the car reached a dead end. could enter the club. Since I was not car- Inside, near the entrance gate, we saw whilst enjoying the glamorous green val- author passed away in 2014. But his lega- The road was indeed very narrow and /- 16 1+)+, rying any formal clothes, we decided to a typical red pillar box (post box), a relic ley. The experience reminded me of a cy continues in the form of literary festi- seemed too risky for a novice to handle. buy new ones. We tried to buy some from from the British Raj days. Our host couplet from Rubaiyat of Omar vals that are held in the Kasauli Club. Even so, she attempted to release the + )  3  Barog but couldn’t find the right size. wanted to photograph me with the Khayyam (1048-1131). It was translat- Why I talk about this author at length handbrake slowly and the vehicle grad- /) 6 )2 / Then, we moved to Kumarhatti, but our post box and I readily complied. We ed from Persian into English by Edward is because of what happened when I vis- ually slid backward. hopes were belied once again. moved ahead and as I peeped through Fitzgerald. It says: ited the Kasauli. It was heartening to Soon, our host sent Captain Malhotra, ) )  /0 + We were left with no option but to the glass window, I saw the reading ‘A Book of Verses underneath the know that our host and his Mrs were who had expertise in driving in hilly ter- )    ,/ 1/, move on to the next market on the way but room full of old and new literary trea- Bough, close to Khushwant Singh and talked rains, to our rescue. When we finally to no avail. Our host became a bit tense. sures. We walked through the corridor A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread— about him at length. I owe him gratitude reached the villa, we got a hearty welcome. -,/ /6 But at last, our ordeal was over when we leading to an open space outside. We and Thou for inviting us to spend a few days of But soon, we saw a group of monkeys saw that a store that had plenty of collared soon reached a sprawling courtyard with Beside me singing in the Wilderness summer months in his villa. Pine Drive moving in line steps away from us. “Avoid shirts and trousers. As I proceeded to try three giant trees in a row. We made our- — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!’   

ou faced a lot of hurdles wasn’t a regular starlet, was sure engaging and flawless. With a big too while making of herself, well-spoken, articulate star, you have to devote one-third YKedarnath. You had to and knew what she wanted. I the amount of work on the script. change producers mid-stream sussed her out and saw that she If you give a star five good lines, and attracted a lot of bad press     had the potential. On a compara- he can carry 20 minutes and fans for not being cooperative with tive scale, if any film is a 100- are thrilled. When you don’t even the first one. What’s your side metre race, here it’s a five-km have those five lines in the script, of the story? makers, who are doing films that marathon. So actors had to pre- the film completely collapses. The making of Kedarnath, too, is sail only on star power. Then pare mentally, physically and psy- However, I think stars are a lot like life imitating art and, there are those who have faith in chologically for this level of inten- more models and brand ambas- like a pilgrimage, was beset with filmmakers like me who have sity and, more importantly, team sadors than actors today. Other hurdles. Anyway, suffice it to say developed a certain amount of work. She was up for it and she than acting, they’re doing every- that I got caught up with a certain credibility down the line as a sto- has worked very hard because thing else. But that is a result of set of people who were new in the ryteller and as one who can work she’s had no experience before. a lot of insecurity. There is never industry but were already being with new actors too. I have very going to be enough money, no promoted by some big stars. So I simple rules. I have my own pace Sushant Singh Rajput, of course, surety that fans that love you kind of bought into that idea. I and I don’t get into a mandi-like is a talented actor... today will love you tomorrow. So am sure it’s legitimate. But once I zone ki aapne kya becha aur usne Yes, and we have a rhythm. His role they’re feeding the public with started working with them, I kya becha (who sold what and to demanded a physical discipline. social media posts and updates found them being very dishonest whom). I don’t do this compari- and want you to think of them to the story. They were blatantly son. I don’t connect on that level. How come you have not forayed all the time. There’s nobody who cheating and there was no trans- Luckily, content-oriented films into the digital space yet? can afford to say, ‘Okay, I will parency. I was going through a lot have created their niche and let I don’t write stories because there hone my craft, act and then of pain and they were sucking the me tell you, the audience is evolv- is a medium to say something. build a repertoire’. He/she would life out of the film. They had ing constantly. As a filmmaker, The stories should have something have lost out time. I don’t know come to a point where they had you have to be two steps ahead of to say. There’s no competition if it’s a good or bad thing, it is sold it to multiple people without your audience and anticipate their about who has the maximum plat- what it is. I am not going to my knowledge or thoughts about mindset if you have to be relevant. forms. And there’s no end to how judge but I can say what it is. it. The film belongs to me in the It is because of this far-sighted much money one can take home. I end. So to get out of that equa- vision that I could get through to am only interested in leaving Do you feel the pressure to tion, I wanted to pay them back. someone like Ronnie Screwvala. behind a legacy of quality work. be relevant all the time? But they wanted to choke the We had done Kai Po Che and I don’t feel the pressure because I movie and kill it and started Fitoor. I got a call from him while Do you think we should also gath- have spent too much time in fail- planting stories in the media slan- I was in the middle of deep trou- er courage to tell Indian stories, ures. I found my balance before I dering me. At that point, I could ble. He then came to the edit may know better but they don’t creative person himself and we not big enough to tweak sched- tapping into our folk literature? became a director. I set out to do nothing but just keep my room and saw what I had. I told want to be pulled up when a film value his inputs too. ules. In fact, I even chanced upon Absolutely, there is so much. A lot become an actor, having been mouth shut. I had to secure my him that the earlier producers had tanks and justify or explain why With the studios coming in, Farhan Akhtar during Rock On, of filmmakers are also diving in born to an industry family. film first. I thought completing created such a negative vibe that they didn’t go by the playbook. So the structuring of the business has not sure if he would indulge his but they do not get exposure or Aditya Chopra and I were best the film and bringing it to the nobody would believe that I want- they operate within ‘this sells, that been undoubtedly great but I feel acting chops at all. It helped the box office muscle, the latter friends from school. I did Aashiq theatre would be the best answer I ed to still go for it. He told me doesn’t’. They churn out crap but studios need to be instinct-driven. though that I had known him for being dictated by stars. If you are Mastaane, Uff Yeh Mohabbat and could give anybody. what could be done to see it they secure themselves first. If you have the power and if so many years. I asked him if he looking to make a great film, a few didn’t even release. Then I through. Ronnie Screwvala is When their books tally, no senior you’re not strong enough to take could sing and the next day he everybody should think what they did terrible TV work. Being an You have a production company actually a great guy, he is a vision- can say why did you or didn’t risks, then this business can came with his guitar to the studio can do for the movie. But a star actor was the easy way out, but but to finance a film like ary. More than anything else, he is sanction this and that? There is become just like the petroleum and sang 8-10 songs of Coldplay. thinks what it can do for his/her that didn’t quite work out for me. Kedarnath, you need co-pro- a mentor, a teacher. And then no human participation in this business. There’s an opportunity I was like, ‘Wow man, couldn’t stardom. A big star can get a pro- Then I moved to direction. But ducers. And while some inde- there was my other producer, my regimented drill. There are no to enhance the cultural heritage of have asked for better’. ject green-lit but he’d work my first film with Sohail Khan pendent producers want to wife, who stood by my vision. She mavericks and you need them if our country and bring it on par For Kai Po Che, I was looking towards fortifying his brand value. called Aryaan didn’t do well. That make an honest film, most will was five months pregnant then. the industry is to touch greatness. with what’s happening the world for new actors because no A-lister was another huge struggle in my have to traverse the market We need more people who can over. But we are too scared to do wanted to share space. In a story After the failure of multi-star- life. I kept on writing till I got imperatives like distribution So you are saying that the busi- say ‘junk the Excel sheets, let’s go it. I wish the decision-makers of three friends, everyone wanted rers like Thugs of Hindostan and better with practice. and satellite deals, finding over- ness of production is as much with the vision’. Ronnie Screwvala would gather more courage. to be the main hero and treat the even Salman Khan’s last few seas markets and showcasing at personality-oriented? is that guy. He has money and he others as flunkies. That was not to films not doing too well, would Do you expect a PIL on festivals. How can you reconcile Of course, absolutely. Large cor- knows the business and he seldom So how did Sara Ali Khan be. This time around, I needed to you say that stardom is crum- Kedarnath? all this as a producer? porations work like machines and goes wrong. Fortunately, when it happen to you? make the film fast. So I met bling in popular perception? We just have to take it as it comes. It all depends on every producer with Excel sheets. The people comes to work ethics, we’re always Not by design. Most of the time, Sandeep Khosla and he’s related to I don’t think it’s crumbling. See There’s nothing to offend anyone. and what he wants to become. working for them are job-orient- on the same page and have never new people get work because the Sara. When she came to meet me, without a star, every bit of that We have not been informed. The There are producers backing film- ed, so they don’t take a risk. They had a difference of opinion. He’s a older ones are busy. And I am I knew she had a personality. She one hour 50 minute film has to be film is about healing and love. 
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ne of the most widely dis- economist as Prime Minister, India cussed and debated topics was suffering from hyper inflation in in India during the last all sectors of the economy. The UPA two years has been the cheer leaders were claiming that the demonetisation of high period 2004 to 2011 was the high Odenomination currency notes growth period of the Indian economy. announced by Prime Minister 3""4&5'6* 4* The tenure of the Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi in his special address Government saw the GDP growing by to the nation on November 8, 2016. 8.5 per cent (2004 to 2011) which was When he told the country that curren- described by columnists and finance cy notes of 1,000 and 500 denomi- writers as the golden period. But the nations would no longer be legal ten- truth behind this growth had an ugly der from that midnight, I just checked face. The total number of jobs created my wallet and found that I had two during this period was 27 lakhs currency notes of 20 each. Since I 7 ("5 &*&"5 according to the UPA Government’s was at my hometown in Kerala and own economic survey. Compare this had to rush to Chennai within the with the 5.4 per cent growth in GDP next two days, my only worry was registered during the1999-2004 NDA how to manage the rail tickets from 3   
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Since I had some money in my savings In the initial days of DeMon, the bank account, I managed the days Government had put restrictions in with my ATM card. the amount of money that could be Instead of the kirana shop from deposited and withdrawn through where I used to buy household essen- bank accounts. To surmount this, tials, I switched over the super market firms with unaccounted money tried at and bought everything with my many tricks including opening of mul- ATM card. To be frank, I never tiple bank accounts. Subsequent encountered any major difficulty dur- probes detected many companies ing the fifty-day period. operating as many as 100 bank But elsewhere in Tamil Nadu and accounts. A company was found to Kerala, I saw participants in TV news have a whopping 2134 accounts to channel discussions going berserk as if deposit and withdraw cash! Sanyal has the world was coming to an end. Self- devoted a chapter exclusively to edu- styled economists and financial wiz- cate the readers about lessons from ards showered the Prime Minister and history. The DeMon experience from the union government with the choic- Ghana is that “for more than a decade est of expletives. All of a sudden there after the currency change, Ghananians were reports in national dailies about shunned the banking system, leading people who were standing in queues to large amounts of cash being held in front of banks succumbing to car- outside the system,” she writes. diac arrests. All deaths were attributed She has recounted the experience to demonetisation. It is unheard of of the USSR with 1991 DeMon which this many people standing in queues led to the collapse of the world’s dying because of cardiac arrests. largest country. “The 1991 DeMon Debaters on TV channels even fore- undermined the people’s trust in the cast that the “financial tsunami” Kremlin and caused a complete loss of unleashed over them by the Prime confidence in both the Government Minister would lead to the collapse of and in President Gorbachev. He faced the country. Today, it has been more a coup attempt that August which than two years since the announce- destroyed his authority and led to the ment of the demonetisation and India break up of the Soviet Union in the is alive and kicking. following year,” she writes. The year 2018 marked the second Well, nothing of that sort has hap- anniversary of demonetisation and pened in India. Dr Subramanian Meera H Sanyal, an articulate banker, Swamy, a known critic of the Modi came up with a well-researched vol- Government’s economic policy would ume The Big Reverse — How India. Though she has furnished caused the collapse of the country’s mirage and the math of ‘DeMon’ has not say that the Indian economy is Demonetisation Knocked India Out. umpteen number of arguments financial system. gone horribly wrong” being hit for a six because of DeMon. The book of 304 pages features six against the demonetisation, one fails She has quoted from the Reserve But what went unnoticed was the The black money has been flattened chapters in which Sanyal has to understand why the author is silent Bank of India Report 2017-2018  6&'! 8 !  factors which led the Government to out and it had its cascading effect in explained the what and how of the about the other side of the mission. released on August 29 that 99.35 per resort to this extreme measure. When the prices of gold and real estate financial tsunami in a systematic way. The Prime Minister opted for demon- cent of the demonetised currency (  the new government under Modi took which fell to almost half of what it was She describes it as a surgical strike etisation because of the pressure on notes were returned to the banks and charge in May 2014, the country’s before the DeMon. carried out by the Government the Indian economy, which according claims that the “demonetisation divi-     /211 economy was in total mess. Despite Had the author incorporated these against black money and corruption to S Gurumurthy, a respected dend that had been so exuberantly the claims by the previous UPA details in the book, it would have which were eating into the core of Chartered Accountant, would have promised has turned out to be a regime which had an Oxford educated ended up as a seminal work.          

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Second element is that this created instability in the leadership must keep in mind NATO leadership. dors in the US Administration ernising its armed forces and end of Britain’s long marriage It was a month-long exer- exercise stretches from Iceland Eastern Ukraine, provided that the Europe’s Schengen Today Trump’s leadership is on like in the past. But an overhauling its entire defence with the EU. cise; only the live field drills got in the West to the airspace of active military support to the areas do not have the permis- is fast bringing home open exhortation of the preparedness. Putin’s madness Security experts say a over on November 7, but a the non-NATO Finland in the embattled President of Syria, sion to allow free movement of discord, tension and largely Russian leadership by a sitting and constant efforts to empire robust NATO and an individ- command post exercise con- East. In fact, Norway is not dared to meddle in the last US arms, though it has abolished putting a big question mark on US President, like Trump, is building with a view to ual security umbrella on the tinued from November 14 to only a front line ally, it also Presidential poll and flexed its complete border restrictions for the liberal order that America rare in recent political history regaining old grounds are basi- part of all its members would November 23. shares a long 200-kilometre muscles against almost all west- general trade and movements. has preached and practised of the latter. cally a cause of concern for be a better guarantee of a International commenta- border with Russia. ern adversaries. Hence, this Again, other infrastruc- for decades. Meanwhile, Trident is NATO allies and former much safer Europe than ever tors and strategic experts claim In the meantime, Norway mock drill can be largely tural bottlenecks such as inad- He has threatened to pull drawing criticism from Soviet republics. before on the onslaught that the NATO exercise is in is also witnessing new warships seen as a part of a reassurance equate railway lines and weak out almost from all important Moscow. Just before starting It must be said that an of a belligerent Putin and response to Russia-led war and massive patrolling of the programme planned by the bridges might cause serious global treaties and it is seriously the Trident, Russian Defence imminent showdown is not his Russia. drills in 2017 and in 2018, submarines by Russia’s NATO for its allies in Europe disadvantages for quick damaging ties with all Minister Sergei Shoigu said in considered between Russia and Else, displaying seasonal known as Zapad (West-2017) Northern Fleet, headquartered since 2014 that in the event of movement of armed forces American allies, including the Minsk, “The scale of NATO any of the NATO allies in strengths like this by the NATO and Vostok (East-2018) respec- across the Barents Sea on the any attack, the alliance will and materials in case war NATO allies. Recently, on operational and combat train- Europe. Even the NATO chief may turn out to be a whack-a- tively. Thus the main objective Kola Peninsula. It’s an emerg- defend them. takes place. November 6, French President ing near our borders is expand- does not foresee any new mole in front of Moscow’s war behind this exercise was to ing threat and building up Fourth, another aspect of While taking this exercise Macron lamented the absence ing, its intensity is growing. nuclear deployment in Europe. preparedness and new global build up forces and transform gradually bigger and stronger. the “Trident Juncture 2018” is as a great solace for the secu- of a “true European Army” to The bloc’s member states Last month, Trump announced agenda of engagement. institutions so as to square up Third, this NATO move the show of strength. It has rity umbrella of NATO’s protect the allies against China, are practising the objectives that the US will withdraw from to Vladimir Putin’s Russia by also underlines how “Russia reflected NATO’s immediate European allies, one needs to Russia and even the United of conducting offensive the 1987 Intermediate Range (The writer is an expert on the alliance nations. threat” is looming large over ability to send reinforcements analyse the difference of opin- States. combat actions.” Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. international affairs) 
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Thus, we can see, he does have Even seemingly risk-averse an educated mind,” Mahatma crops can go wrong. Guar, a Gandhi once said. drought-tolerant crop, grown In our quest for a shining primarily in Rajasthan, Haryana India, apathy has killed our and parts of Punjab, is typically rural equilibrium. Sometimes, sown towards July and harvest- statistics help paint the context. ed by November. In many ways, According to a National Sample it is an ideal drought crop with Survey Office (NSSO) survey, 33 little water requirement, a nine- per cent of all farm households ty-day maturation period and have less than 0.4 hectares of low input costs; it also fixes land. In Sultanpur district, culti- nitrogen level, boosting soil fer- vation cost per hectare for tility. Its seeds contain about 35 wheat has increased by 33 per per cent endosperm, which is cent in five years. Such farmers ground and processed into a face an uncertain Hobbesian life gum, while the remaining husk — poor, brutish and short. A and germ are processed into sense of apathy stalks the hin- cattle feed called korma and terland. Changing this requires churi. The gum is used as a delving deep into the reasons thickening agent for fracking why marginal agriculture is fluid, a copious cocktail of increasingly uneconomic; gain- water, suspended sands and ing a sense of how agricultural chemicals, which is injected at input costs simply make our high pressure into shale rock existing cropping pattern unvi- Indian villages still produce Rajputs, he faces destitution on tricts. Its numerous rivers and timing for tillage is usually at 60 formations to induce oil and gas able. In addition, we need to commodities that are sold to the an annual basis. Last year’s rabi streams, bifurcated by many nul- per cent of the field capacity)? to flow out of them. Since 2012, understand how the access to regional or national market, crop was destroyed prior to har- lahs, cut away at the top soil. Of Any crop-selection decision guar was being stockpiled by oil clean water, the availability of receiving various goods like salt, vesting, due to extremely hot Banda district’s 1,722,000 would also require an identifica- servicing companies for the cheap electricity and cooking spices, clothing, metals and weather and drought conditions. hectares of catchment area, tion of crop usability. To restore production of this thickening fuel, and the support of a robust ornaments in return. The His loans, covering seeds, fer- 120,000 hectares were affected crop fertility, restorative crops agent, resulting in guar prices agricultural marketing system American Civil War led to a cot- tilisers, crop protection chemi- by soil erosion (Banda District such as legumes could be rising from $2,000 per tonne to enabling price discovery, will ton boom in Gujarat and the cals and machinery lease, Gazetteer, 1977, p. 93). With utilised to fix nitrogen in root $30,000 per tonne. By March play a role in pushing the pro- former Central Provinces, bring- required restructuring. Another rainfall typically averaging just nodules helping to enliven the 21, 2012, guar was costing duce to the market. ing prosperity and technological fallow year could drive him to 930 mm, and most of it con- soil conditions. Other crops can 30,432 per quintal in Jodhpur. It is often assumed that vil- advancement. The idea that vil- abandonment. centrated in the monsoon, help prevent soil surface erosion Planting of guar nearly doubled lages stand apart from external lages, in this day and age, stand Bundelkhand’s soil covers an Orchha and its surrounding through root mats and foliage in acreage in Rajasthan over trade and commerce, ignored by apart from macroeconomic and impervious rock found at a areas are typically restricted in (Example: groundnut, sweet 2011–12 and 2013–14, rising regional, national and interna- policy trends, is facile. Indian depth of 6–15 m; it proffers little cropping choices. potato). Yet other crops could from 30.94 lakh hectares to tional trading routes. However, villages have always been part of in organic content or moisture For Inder Singh, there is a help guard his main produce 50.70 lakh hectares. However, other than in non-tribal areas, a wider entity, affected by rough- retention. Its soil type is variable, host of decisions to make. from trespassing or wind dam- the collapse in oil price, along this is patently untrue—consider ly built for unpaved roads, limit- changing every 100 m, while the Should he consider planting age (gram surrounded by saf- with a removal of export subsi- villages in Gujarat, Kerala and ed urban job creation and politi- land is undulating. Some vari- annual crops, those producing flower, cotton surrounded by dies under the Gram Udyog the Coromandel region, which cal dysfunction. This illusion eties of it, called pahari, found seeds and dying within the sea- sorghum). And others could Yojana led to a steep decline, fostered maritime commerce needs to be dispelled. over granite, have little phospho- son (e.g. rice, maize, wheat), or help suppress weed growth with guar prices winding down with the West, trading indigo, rus or nitrogen content, render- should he consider branching through extensive foliage suffo- to $1,200 per tonne. 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