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handrayaan-2’s lander CVikram is unbroken but lying tilted on the surface of the Moon after a hard landing very close to the scheduled touchdown site, an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official said on Monday.   079 :78,);.+07 Efforts are underway to see whether communication can ome southern States, be re-established with the lan- Sincluding Kerala, have der but chances of that could be sounded an alert after the bleak with full system func- Army said on Monday terror tionality a prerequisite to attacks could take place in restoring contact, officials south citing recovery of explained. abandoned boats in Sir Creek Contact with Vikram, in Gujarat some days ago. The Army has undertaken Following the Southern which encases the rover, The security grid was also measures for capacity building Command chief’s warning, Pragyan, was lost in the early tightened in Jammu region and capability development in Kerala police chief Lokanath hours of September 7, when it and an alert sounded following the Sir Creek area, the Southern Behera asked all district police was just 2.1 km above the intelligence inputs that the Command chief said while heads to maintain high alert lunar surface and seconds Pakistan Army may push in replying to a question related to across the state. He directed before touchdown. terrorists from Sialkot into RS terror inputs and Pakistan’s personnel to maintain height- “The lander is there (on the Pura and Hiranagar sectors to enhanced deployment close to ened vigil at bus stands, railway Moon) as a single piece, not stoke violence. Intelligence the Sir Creek area. stations, airports and places broken into pieces. It’s in a tilt- inputs indicated a group of ten “We are taking precau- where people gather in large ed position,” an official associ- to 12 terrorists were poised to tions to ensure that any designs numbers. “Security will be ated with the mission said. sneak into this region to carry of the inimical elements or ter- tightened at all places where Images sent by the orbiter’s out terrorist strikes. rorists are stalled and they do people come out in huge num- on-board camera shows that The Kerala Police went on not get the success which they bers to celebrate Onam,” a though the lander hit the lunar high alert after Southern Army are wishing,” Saini said, on the police release said. surface hard while landing, it is Command chief Lt General S sidelines of the commence- A defence spokesperson still very close to the scheduled K Saini in Pune warned of ter- ment of Phase II infrastructural in Chennai said the northern touchdown site. “We are mak- rorist attack in southern part of development at the Army Law most point of the Army’s ing all-out efforts to see )      O -      keep our fingers crossed. the country. “We have got College near Kanhe. southern command includes whether communication can                  The lander’s generating many inputs that there may be The ports in Gujarat were some parts of Gujarat also. The be re-established with the lan-                L9 power is not an issue since it a terrorist attack in southern recently put on high alert after word south from southern der,” the official said.    -          had solar panels all around it part and the peninsular India,” intelligence agencies received command GOC does not mean “An ISRO team is on the and encompasses internal bat- the Lt General said. inputs that Pakistani comman- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra job at the ISRO Telemetry,   -      M       teries as well which are not He also said the Army has dos were likely to infiltrate into Pradesh and Karnataka only. It Tracking and Command used much, the official said. taken precautionary measures Indian waters through the includes complete southern Network (ISTRAC),” he added. (to re-establish contact). Chandrayaan-2’s lander case Vikram carried three pay- in the Sir Creek in Gujarat Kutch area via sea route to incite peninsula and parts of Gujarat, The Chandrayaan-2 mis- Chances are less. Only if it had was different. loads — Radio Anatomy of region keeping in mind the communal trouble or carry out he said. sion involved an orbiter, lander a soft-landing, and if all systems In this case, “that kind of Moon Bound Hypersensitive enhanced threat perception. a terror attack in Gujarat. In Andhra Pradesh, secu- (Vikram) and rover (Pragyan). functioned, could communi- operational flexibility is not Ionosphere and Atmosphere “There have been some aban- Last month, Adani Port rity along the 974 km long The mission was aimed at the reiterated the resolve on cation can be restored. Things there” since it is already on the (RAMBHA), Chandra’s Surface doned boats also which have and Logistics, which manages coastline has been strengthened Vikram module making a soft Monday after the orbiter’s are bleak as of now.” lunar surface and cannot be Thermo-physical Experiment been recovered in the area of the country’s largest private up following threats of a pos- landing on the Moon’s unchart- camera spotted the lander on Another space agency offi- reoriented, he said. (ChaSTE) and Instrument for Sir Creek,” the top officer said. port, issued a statement that sible terror attack in south ed south pole. The mission life the Moon. cial added that there might be A vital aspect is the posi- Lunar Seismic Activity (ILSA). The boats were found some “inputs had been received from India, a top police official said. of the lander and rover is one However, another ISRO some chances of restoring com- tioning of antennas and these Had the lander operation days back in the area and secu- coast guard station that “Security has also been stepped lunar day, which is equal to 14 official said chances of restor- munication but there are lim- have to be pointed towards been successful, India would rity agencies suspect the boats Pakistani commandos are like- up at vital installations in the Earth days. ing a link with the lander were itations too. either the ground station or the have been the only country to are of Pakistani origin. ly to infiltrate into Indian ter- state by deploying the AP ISRO Chairman K Sivan bleak since system functional- He recalled ISRO’s experi- orbiter, he said. land on the Moon’s unexplored Investigations are on to ascer- ritory through Kutch area Special Protection Force,” said on Saturday that the space ity was a prerequisite. “Unless ence of recovering a spacecraft “Such an operation is south pole as part of the 978 tain if the boats were used for preferably via sea route to cre- Additional Director General of agency would try to restore link and until everything is intact that went out of contact in geo- extremely difficult,” he said, crore Chandrayaan-2 mission infiltrating into India through ate communal disturbance or Police (Law and Order) Ravi with the lander for 14 days. He (in the lander), it’s very difficult stationary orbit but said the adding that we will have to conceived a decade ago. the sea route, sources said. terrorist attack in Gujarat.” Shankar Ayyanar told PTI.                                           079 :78,) probe conducted by the local grievous injury to the SAIL “SAIL paid the first           police in the high-profile mat- chairman so that he was inca- installment of 30 crore. When           23-year-old law student ter. The SIT had called mem- pacitated and somebody else SAIL checked the quality of      Ahas filed a complaint with bers of the girl’s family at the was appointed in his place and coal that was to be imported, it      Lodhi Road Police Station in district Police Lines on Sunday he could get the contract didn’t meet the quality standard Delhi claiming that she was afternoon for recording their revived. set by the PSU. The deal was    raped and exploited by BJP statement. The contractor — a resi- then cancelled,” said the DCP.    leader and former Union The Shahjahanpur police dence of southwest Delhi’s “Upset over the repeated         Minister Swami had on August 27 lodged an    079 :78,) Vasant Kunj — is in three-day rejection of samples, Singh         Chinmayanand for a year. The First Information Report (FIR) police custody, said Ram Gopal decided to extract take revenge        Delhi Police said they received against Chinmayanand after murderous attack on SAIL Naik, Deputy Commissioner of on Chaudhary. Singh then      a complaint from the woman the student went missing fol- A(Steel Authority of India Police (crime). This is the sec- hatched a conspiracy to target   !     on Monday which they for- lowing her allegation in a video Limited) chairman was not a ond arrest by the crime branch SAIL chairman. Singh hired    "  #$%   warded to the Uttar Pradesh clip. Her father had filed a com- “road rage” as initially claimed since the attack on the SAIL men who were told to stage a  #&        Police for further action. plaint with police accusing by the South Delhi District chairman on Kranti Marg in road rage and assault AK          Addressing media persons Chinmayanand of sexually police, said reliable sources. It August when he was on his way Chaudhary,” the senior police        in Delhi, the girl claimed, harassing her, a charge refuted was a well planned conspiracy to his residence from office, the official said, adding that the “Chinmayanand raped me and by the 72-year-old BJP leader’s by a “coal contractor” who DCP said. contractor paid 6 lakhs to the   !   even exploited me physically lawyer who claimed it was a had hired hitmen to target “During interrogation, it criminals who attacked  "   #   for one year. The Delhi Police conspiracy to blackmail him. SAIL chairman Anil Kumar was revealed that a contract Chaudhary. %  "    has registered this complaint at and ordered a SIT to enquire Chinmayanand yet,” she said. The woman’s father had Chaudhary after the latter can- was signed between SAIL and The assailants were paid 2       Lodhi Road police station and into her allegations. “On The SIT, headed by alleged that she went missing at celled a 100 crore contract. Sonam Trading SEZ USA for lakh as advance to complete the        has forwarded it to Sunday, the SIT questioned Inspector General Naveen the behest of the BJP leader, The Delhi Police Crime supply of coal worth 100 contract. Accomplice Balhara (         Shahjahanpur police, which is me for about 11 hours. I have Arora, was set up by the Uttar who heads Mumukshu ashram. Branch has arrested contractor crore. Sonam Trading is report- roped in his brother-in-law         not registering the rape case.” told them about the rape. Even Pradesh Government on a However, she was later found in and coal mafia Ashok Kumar edly owned by Ashok Kumar Satyendra, alias Chutku, and         The Supreme Court had after I told them everything, Supreme Court directive. It is Rajasthan by the UP Police on Singh, who had given “supari” Singh’s son Anu Singh,” said the paid him 2 lakh, police added.   heard the woman’s account in they haven’t arrested looking into the details of the August 30. (contract) to a gang to cause senior police official. Continued on Page 4     !     &'()    * *, " )*     + ,          $   -          079 :78,) also BJP allies in the N-E.           Speaking at the NEDA           s Home Minister Amit meeting, attended by all the     . /      079 :78,) AShah on Monday affirmed Chief Ministers of the N-E  0      in the meeting of North-East States, in Guwahati, Shah said t’s time the world said good- Democratic Alliance (NEDA), the Citizenship (Amendment) #     -&./ Ibye to single-use plastic an ally of National Democratic Bill will be brought again but  !     " which threatens to render vast Alliance (NDA), that the sought to soothe the concerns * *, " )    stretches of land unproductive Citizenship (Amendment) Bill of the N-E States, insisting      and unfit for agriculture, Prime (CAB) has not been consigned special laws specific to the  1         Minister Narendra Modi said to oblivion and will be brought region will not be touched.      23#%   on Monday, days after he called again, some of NEDA members Shah was responding to          on Indians to shun single-use reasons and announced that —Meghalaya, Nagaland, concerns voiced by the CMs —         plastics and to pledge on India would try to reclaim 26 Mizoram — expressed serious Conrad Sangma of Meghalaya,         October 2 to eliminate these million hectares of degraded concerns over the possible Neiphu Rio of Nagaland and       items in the country. The Modi land by 2030. demographic changes that Mizoram’s Zoramthanga — Government aims to phase out “Another form of land could affect their States fol- who raised their apprehension     ! disposable plastic by 2022. degradation, which if not pre- lowing CAB’s implementation. that the Bill may impact the !P !   &/ ! Addressing delegates from vented, would become impos- The Citizenship demography of the N-E States %, 4      nearly 200 countries at the sible to reverse. This is the (Amendment) Bill 2016, intro- with migrants from foreign 3%   ,  14th conference of parties to menace of plastic waste. Apart duced in the on July                          !"# countries accorded citizenship. .O /    United Nations Convention to from having adverse health 15, 2016, seeks to amend the Sangma urged Shah to take        0 Combat Desertification, the implications, this is going to Citizenship Act 1955 to provide or Christians from Pakistan, continuous stay in the country Sabha on January 8, could not all the States of the region into         PM expressed concern over render land unproductive and citizenship to those illegal Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. to six years to obtain citizenship be tabled in the Upper House confidence before bringing in         land degradation being caused unfit for agriculture. migrants who are Hindus, The Bill also reduces the by naturalisation. The Bill, on account of resistance from the Bill again.   by climate change among other Continued on Page 4 Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis requirement of 11 years of which was passed by the Lok all major Opposition parties as Continued on Page 4   ! " 

"768?   079 :78,) atmosphere” between those who Register of Citizens (NRC) in workers on these three themes : ,    favour it and those against it.       Assam issue at length and con- in Agra and Pune. learing the air on the con- Hosabale was speaking at           cerns were raised on several “Planting trees, water con- Ctentious issue, the RSS on the end of three-day RSS coor-           genuine citizens, especially servation and reducing use of Monday backed the continua- dination meeting (Samanvay those who settled in Assam plastic were also discussed and              tion of reservation till its ben- Baithak) at Pushkar, Rajasthan,   from the neighbouring states, how these can be made a mass eficiaries feel it is needed. which was attended by 200 being left out. campaign across the country,” Dispelling any ambiguity members of 35 RSS outfits     6        @%3&   The RSS leaders also he said. that may have risen in the past and BJP leaders including its 6  "           expressed concerns claiming Hosabale said Sangh work- on it stand on reservation, the working president J P Nadda.  that majority of the 1.9 million ers will reach out to villages and RSS joint general secretary Hosabale also said that the ,              people excluded are Hindus, people across the country and   <  assembly polls. Dattatreya Hosabale said reser- organisation strongly felt that                   sources said. motivate them to plant more 079 :78,) The BSP had earlier vation is required because there temples, cremation grounds           The RSS further trees, conserve water and snubbed the Congress in Uttar is social and economic dispar- and water reservoirs should be announced that it will start a reduce plastic use. he Congress has reached Pradesh in the Lok Sabha elec- ity in society, and should con- open for all and not restricted $  % " & "     ' public campaign across the According to sources, Tout to the Bahujan Samaj tions and joined hands with tinue till its beneficiaries feel it to any specific caste.    " $    country for water conservation, Nadda also briefed the meeting Party (BSP) to forge an alliance Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi is needed. “There is social and eco- )' "***+ %%'   $ tree plantation and reducing on abrogation of special status for the Assembly elections Party. The then Congress pres- RSS head Mohan Bhagwat nomic disparity in our society use of plastic. The announce- to Jammu & Kashmir. scheduled in Haryana to stop ident Rahul Gandhi had criti- had stirred a controversy in and therefore reservation is & " ", $  ' ment comes weeks after Prime Describing the Centre’s move as the ruling BJP from returning cised the move, saying the SP- 2016 during Bihar Assembly required...We totally support Minister Narendra Modi in a “grand step” for develop- to power in the State. BSP alliance had “underesti- poll campaign when he the reservation as mandated by applauding the Sangh’s stand tion grounds and water reser- his Independence Day speech ment of the Valley, Hosabale The newly-appointed mated” the grand old party. broached the reservation issue. the Constitution,” he said at a on ending discrimination in voirs should be open for all, he had appealed to people to shun said, “Abrogation of Article Haryana Congress President The Haryana assembly He again spoke on the issue in press conference at Pushkar. society. The RSS strongly feels said. single-use plastic. 370 has opened door for devel- Kumari Selja and former elections is likely to be inter- 2018 saying that should be a A Dalit organisation, he and has been working towards The RSS meeting also dis- The Sangh will also organ- opment of Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana Chief Minister esting this time as the main conversation in “harmonious said, had written to Bhagwat the belief that temples, crema- cussed the issue of National ise a one-day workshop for its and it was required.” Bhupinder Singh Hooda met opposition INLD has been BSP chief Mayawati in reduced to a minority as sev- Lucknow on eral party MLAs and  Sunday in this leaders have joined /        &'&()) ) regard after the lat- the BJP.        ter reportedly On the other       expressed her hand even after * *, :            EL unhappiness over changes were effect- (         +, &)&)$.$/&0& the seat-sharing ed in the State unit     @B   079 :78,) Section 85 of the Jammu & formula with of the Congress by       Kashmir Reorganisation Act,   079 :78,) “culture of data” to address Kumar said 100 “data officers” Dushyant interim President       )0 he Centre has constituted a 2019, the Central Government urban challenges of the country. are being trained and they will Chautala’s Sonia Gandhi last    *     Tthree-member committee hereby constitutes the adviso- aving put its 100 smart The database, which will include be responsible for better coordi- Jannayak Janata week, infighting      to look into distribution of ry committee,” the home min- Hcities plan in place in its first data on infrastructure, traffic, nation between government Party (JPP). continues in the assets and liabilities of Jammu istry notification said. term, the Modi Government education, health, sanitation, agencies and providing infor- The former cadre. While Selja 94:       & Kashmir between two suc- As per Section 84 of the has now set an ambitious target safety and population, will be mation on the single platform. Uttar Pradesh CM was appointed      cessor Union territories, which Act, the assets and liabilities of of making all urban local bod- created on a single platform in “We will have a database of over even took to Haryana Congress * *, "  N)   )   will come into existence on the existing state of Jammu & ies (ULBs) ‘smart’ by the end of a phased manner. There will be 4,000 cities by 2024. We are Twitter to President and she  @%3B-3G N  0  October 31. Kashmir have to be appor- its second term in 2024. an ‘Open Database’ that can be building a database of these announce to go it has for long been )      "))   While former defence sec- tioned between the Union ter- The Government is collect- accessed by everybody free of cities. Data storage will be avail- alone and contest one of the leading "     )   /   retary Sanjay Mitra will be the ritories of Jammu & Kashmir, ing data from all agencies to pre- cost and an ‘Exchange of able at one place,” he said. on all the seats. Dalit faces of the    /    )   chairman of the committee, and Ladakh. On August 5, the pare an online urban data base Database’ under which agencies For instance, a person look- Her party also said Congress, Hooda is :    :   H)//)::I retired IAS officer Arun Goyal Centre announced the abroga- of all urban local bodies which might charge for commercial use ing for a property in a particu- it will have no a prominent Jat      $&#J  )   and retired Indian Civil tion of the special status given contains all type of information. of data’, as per a plan by the lar area can utilise the online data truck with leader. Hooda was      Accounts Service (ICAS) offi- to Jammu & Kashmir under The Ministry has also set a new Union Housing and Urban to see what civic amenities are Congress or any other party. the CM of the state for two con-        cer Giriraj Prasad Gupta will be Article 370 and bifurcation of target of 2 lakh crore investment Affairs (HUA) Ministry. available nearby. People can use “We will not have alliance with secutive terms till 2014 and          its members. the State into the two UTs. under the smart city scheme. In the first phase, a database data on the ‘Open Database’ plat- Congress or anybody else,” after that the Congress has lost    3K      “...In exercise of the powers The apportionment of the Presently, 21 Command and for 100 cities under the Centre’s form for their needs according- BSP’s Rajya Sabha MP Satish all elections badly.   * +   conferred by Section 84 and assets and liabilities of the Control Rooms in 21 smart flagship ‘Smart City Mission’ ly, Kumar said. Streets which are Misra said on Monday. Congress finished third )   H+)I     existing State of Jammu & cities have been set up so far. will be created by March 2020, in crime prone areas can also be “Soon after the BSP and even failed to secure the   G%J     Kashmir shall be subject to the As per Smart City Mission while in the second phase, 500 identified through the platform, announced to go it all alone in Leader of Opposition’s post        recommendations of a com- officials, India will have an cities will be brought under the as per officials. Under the pro- Haryana, the new office bear- though Hooda was appointed mittee constituted by the online database of all ULBs by project by 2022. ject, the Government planned to ers of Haryana Congress decid- as CLP by Sonia after he had   ;  Central Government, it said. 2024 on infrastructure, sanita- HUA Joint Secretary and set up an online ‘Swachh Kashi’ ed to approach Behenji as her threatened to quit the grand old  #    According to Section 85 of tion, water, education, and health Director of the Smart City platform for the people of party has a great influence in party and launch an outfit of * *, )     the Act, the Central facilities among others as it aims Mission Kunal Varanasi. the state and together with his own.     L  Government, by an order, can to create a Congress the Jat-Jatav vote BJP won 47 seats out of the  M    - establish one or more adviso- base could be strengthened,” 90 seats while Congress 15 seats     LM    ry committees for apportion- said a senior AICC leader. and BSP just one seat. INLD        ment of assets, rights and lia- However, some sections of had 19 legislators. However, it  /    * bilities of the companies and the Haryana Congress leaders split into two factions with the        corporations constituted for denied reports of a possible tie- JJP coming into existence. BJP    /.4    the existing State of Jammu & up with the BSP, saying the had a vote share of 33.3 percent,      Kashmir between the two Congress was strong enough in the INLD’s 24.2 percent and              Union territories. the State to go it alone in the Congress 20.7 percent.        !""  ! 

  079 :78,) plastics were discussed includ- September 11,” the minister recyclable and even used glob- ing Glass, Metal, Paper and said, adding that these recom- ally. He said the industry has   079 :78,) elections, and, in addition, it has he Food & Consumer Natural Polymers. mendations would be sent to achieved 92 per cent recycling at least four members in Lok TAffairs Ministry on Representatives of big private the inter-ministerial panel and and will soon achieve 100 per acing the prospect of losing Sabha. Monday asked manufacturers manufacturers such as Bisleri, the Prime Minister’s Office cent. Ftheir national party status, As of now, the Indian of packaged drinking water, to Kinley and Pepsi Co were also (PMO) . Paswan said the final The meeting was attended the CPI, TMC and the NCP on National Congress (INC), BJP, come up with suggestions of present at the meeting. decision would be taken by the by several stakeholders includ- Monday urged the Election BSP, CPI, Communist Party of alternative packaging by Consumer Affairs government. ing Secretary, Consumer Commission (EC) to consider India (Marxist), TMC, NCP September 11 as it favoured a Secretary A K Srivastava and During the meeting, the Affairs Avinash K Srivastava, their key role in national politics and the National People’s Party ban on plastics because of its senior officials from environ- status on various plastic mate- DG, Bureau of Indian and their years in existence of Meghalaya have national health and environmental ment and chemical ministeries rials presently allowed for Standards (BIS), Food Safety instead of just taking their recent party status. impact. as well as Bureau of Indian packing of drinking water and Standards Authority of electoral performance into The CPI is learnt to have Union Food and Standard, FSSAI, IRCTC were including restrictions, both at India ( FSSAI), Central account. said that after the Congress, it is Consumer Affairs Minister present in the meeting. Paswan have seen reports of huge even pure paper bottle is not an national and international lev- Institute of Plastics The three parties sought a the oldest party in the country Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday also made it clear that the ban quantity of plastics found in alternative as some plastic is els were discussed. Speaking on Engineering and Technology fresh opportunity to improve which had been the principal held a meeting with bottled would not affect employment stomach of cow,” Paswan told mixed. the sidelines, All India (CIPET), The Council of their electoral performance. opposition party in Lok Sabha. water industry and various as the ‘alternative to plastic’ the reporters. “We have not got any con- Association of Natural Mineral Scientific & Industrial While TMC saw its traditional The Left party said though government departments to would create jobs. Stating that recycling is not crete alternative of packaged Water Industry Secretary Research (CSIR) along with stronghold Bengal being raided it may not have fared well in the find a suitable alternative for “Plastic has a big role to a permanent solution, Paswan drinking water during this Behram Mehta said the pack- officials from the Ministry of by the BJP, the NCP suffered recent Lok Sabha elections, it has single-use plastic bottles for play in damaging environ- said there is a need to find an meeting. Therefore, I have aged bottle water industry uses Environment and Forest, Jal major reverses in its been in power in several states drinking water. During the ment as well as health of alternative, which is equally asked all manufacturers to PET (polyethylene terephtha- Shakti, Petroleum and Maharashtra bastion even as the and has played a key role in meeting various alternatives to human beings and animals. We affordable and reliable. He said send their suggestions by late), which is 100 per cent Railways. CPI has been almost wiped out. strengthening the Constitution. The three parties appeared The TMC is learnt to have before the Commission for a said that it was given national personal hearing on Monday. party status in 2014 and it #$ % &         ! The EC had earlier issued them should be allowed to continue notices asking why their ‘nation- with it at least till 2024.   079 :78,) signatory in the file passed arrested, why have you been al party’ status should not be The CPI, BSP and the NCP through a dozen of officers. In arrested? Only because you have revoked following their perfor- were facing the prospect of los- fter five days in jail, former a second Tweet, he said that no put the last signature? I have no mance in the Lok Sabha elec- ing their national party status AFinance Minister P officer done anything wrong and answer,” said Chidambaram. tions. after their dismal performance Chidambaram on Monday he don’t anyone to be “No officer has done any- According to the Election in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections tweeted through “family arrested. thing wrong. I do not want any-   <  Symbols (Reservation and as well. members” wondering why “I have requested one to be arrested,” 079 :78,) Allotment) Order, 1968, a polit- However, they got a reprieve he alone was arrested in my family to tweet on Chidambaram said in another ical party can be recognised as when in 2016 the EC amended INX Media case, while my behalf the following:- tweet. He tweeted the same n these tough times for agri- a national party if its candidates its rules, whereby national and many officers signed in People have asked me ‘If matter in Hindi also. Iculture in Northern belt on secure at least six per cent of state party status of political par- the file of the controversial the dozen officers who CBI has already filed sanc- account of non-remunerative votes polled in four or more ties are to be reviewed every 10 FDI clearance. processed and recommended tion to prosecute four senior returns and increasing inci- states in Lok Sabha or assembly years instead of five. He said, he was only a last the case to you have not been officers in this case. dences of crop loss owing to wild animals, Himachal Pradesh is flexing its flower power. It has become the largest producer of high quality wild '       (  O    P ( marigold essential oil (4 tonnes per annum) in the country to meet the demand of perfume, !  =  079 :78,) Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958), km north-east of Delhi which flavouring, and condiment In fact, in the last two years, agrochemical, food, flavoring, the Central Government hereby brought to light the largest industries. CSIR-IHBT has brought more perfumery and pharmaceutical he 4,000-year-old burial gives notice of its intention to necropolis of the late Harappan The CSIR-Institute of than 500 hectares area under industry like wound healing and Tsites at Sanauli in Uttar declare the said Archaeological period datable to around early Himalayan Bioresource these crops. Cultivation of wild treatment of eczema, diaper Pradesh’s Baghpat district, Site and remains to be of nation- part of second millennium BCE. Technology (IHBT), Palampur marigold has resulted in the rash, psoriasis and for skin about 80 km from here, which al importance.” Manjul said that the in the Himalayan State is doing production of 7.6 tonnes of ointment. Increasing demand of made waves in archeological The ASI has sought objec- unearthed chariots, some its bit in this regard by helping essential oil in Himachal natural personal care products circle following the excavation tions in this regard from the coffins, shields, swords andg and training farmers introduce Pradesh alone with revenue and aromatic cleansing agents is of underground “sacred cham- public. helmets points towards the high value aromatic crops such generation of Rs. 5.56 crores also favouring the essential oil bers”, chariots, decorated “Sanauli is an important site existence of a “warrior class in as wild marigold, damask rose, benefitting 861 farmers. market. “legged coffins” as well as fas- from archeological point of view the area around 2,000 BCE”. lavender, rosemary, lemongrass Different small societies of pro- “The global essential oils cinating artifact might get the as artifacts found from the venue “These findings are impor- and mushkbala under CSIR gressive farmers have been market demand was 226.9 thou- “national importance” tag soon. are not only of national impor- tant to understand the culture Aroma mission. formed in different states by sand tons in 2018 and project- The country’s premier con- from encroachment, tempering and remains in the locality of tance but of international impor- pattern of the Upper Ganga- Dr Sanjay Kumar, Director, CSIR-IHBT. Nineteen process- ed to expand at a CAGR of 8.6% servation body, Archeological and destruction. Around 28.67 Sadikpur Sinauli, district tance too. Much remain yet to Yamuna doab. We found copper CSIR-IHBT said to promote ing units have been set up for from 2019 to 2025. To promote Survey of India (ASI) under the hectares of land mostly belong- Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh is of be explored,” said archeologist SK swords, helmets, shields and cultivation of these aromatic these societies to empower the cultivation of these aromatic Union Culture Ministry has ing to the locals in the region has national importance. Manjul who is credited for the chariots,” Manjul said. crops among the farmers, a farmers for production of essen- crops among the farmers, a issued a preliminary notification been earmarked for notification. “Now, therefore, in exercise unearthing coffins and sacred He claimed that the discov- complete package of agro and tial oils, said Dr Kumar. complete package of agro and in this regard showing its inten- The draft notification says of the powers conferred by sub- chambers important artifacts ery of chariots put India on a par processing technologies has Aromatic crops are widely processing technologies has tion to tag the site as ‘national that the Central Government is section (1) of section 4 of the from the site in 2018. with ancient civilisations in been developed and executed in cultivated around the world been developed and executed in importance’. of the opinion that, the ancient Ancient Monuments and Sanauli is located on the left Mesopotamia and Greece, where the farmers’ fields to help them due to its high-revenue earning the farmers’ fields to help them The aim is to protect the site site, namely, archaeological site Archaeological Sites and bank of the River Yamuna, 68 chariots were used extensively. realize the profits. essential oil which is utilized in realize the profits. 03 RAIPUR | TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 Lakhma ‘advises’ political aspirants Union minister Gehlot denies to hold collector, SP by collar reports of economic slowdown STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR STAFF REPORTER n sition leaders. There is RAIPUR growth in all sectors while in hhattisgarh cabinet automobile the sale and pro- CMinister Kawasi Lakhma nion minister for social curement is continuing. was caught on tape advising Ujustice and empower- On liquor prohibition in students who aspire to become ment Thawar Chand Gehlot the country, Gehlot said it is ‘leaders’ like him to hold the said it is prerogative of the a state subject. Gujarat and Collector and SPs by their state government to provide Bihar have done it. There collars. reservation based on the was such a discussion in State Industry, population in state services Chhattisgarh also. Commercial Tax (Excise) but it will not be effective for He listed out the historic department minister had Central government servic- step of abrogating Article reportedly given this es, where 7.5% posts are 370 and Article 35A from controversial statement during reserved for STs, 15% for SCs Jammu and Kashmir, eco- Teachers’ Day celebration at a and 27% for OBCs. nomic reforms, steps done school in Panwaar village in Gehlot was in Raipur on for ease of doing business, Sukma district. Monday to brief media on unemployment status in the have employed one or two abolition of triple talaq, ‘Collector ko ya SP ko 100-days of achievements of country but emphasised that people at least. bringing transgender per- collar pakdo’ (catch the collar a lunch. ment were using good words what he should do to become a Modi 2.0 government and number claimed by Congress Gehlot claimed that the sons protection bill, code on of district Collector or SP),” The students erupted in for the executive. leader like me- to finish his was answering to a question leader Rahul Gandhi cannot NDA government has imple- wages, insurance scheme for the minister had told a tribal laughter listening to Lakhma. Meanwhile, when contact- studies first. Then fight for the on Chhattisgarh government be relied on. Countering it, mented 100% Swaminathan farmers, creation of new Jal student who had expressed The video was shared by ed Lakhma claimed that his public cause on street and lay providing 82% reservation, union minister said through Committee report recom- Shakti ministry and Jal interest in pursuing politics as former minister Ajay statement was being misquot- siege to collectorate if exceeding the limit specified PM Mudra scheme, around mendations. Shakti abhiyan for water- career. He made the statement Chandrakar on twitter, who ed by the rival political party. required.” Holding-collar by the court. 17 crore people have been On economic slow- related issues, boosting rail- while sharing some recent sarcastically wrote that minis- He clarified “I had told statement is not entirely true, Minister was unable to given loan to establish their down, union minister denied ways, launching of Fit India experiences with students over ters in Bhupeh Baghle govern- student who had asked me he added. give answer to exact figure of own enterprise. They might claims being made by oppo- movement among others. Upcoming generation should be nourished Ind-Ban U-23 one-day well for a prosperous Chhattisgarh: Baghel cricket from Sep 19

STAFF REPORTER n society is necessary for mal- % women suffering from women suffering from mal- RAIPUR nutrition eradication. anemia and malnutrition. nutrition were invited. Now Chief Minister was Nourishment does not this campaign is going on in hief Minister Bhupesh addressing the 'Suposhit merely refer to eating. Daily remote areas of the state CBaghel said that for Chhattisgarh Ki Or' pro- diet should contain macro with full enthusiasm. formation of Healthy and gramme jointly organized by and micro nutrients in Naxalites opposed the cam- Prosperous Chhattisgarh, UNICEF and a private news essential quantities, as it is paign, but people of the vil- the need was to free upcom- channel. important for physical and lage acknowledged the bene- ing generation from mal- On the occasion, Chief nutrition, and nourish them mental growth. fits of the campaign and Minister felicitated the Supplementary food is not refused to let shut it down. well. organizations and individu- “Today, malnutrition is a sufficient for eradication of Baghel said that bigger problem for the state als for their contribution in malnutrition. Awareness Mukhyamantri Haat-Bazaar than Naxalism. Malnutrition malnutrition eradication. regarding importance of Clinic Yojana started in STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR to be intimated by the BCCI to eradication is the first prior- The programme was attend- nutrition is necessary. remote, far-flung areas has Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh ity of the state government,” ed by Forest Minister Chief Minister told that started to yield positive nder-23 men’s one-day (CSCS) except for fixing the date he said. Mohammad Akbar, Women initially when Collector had results. OPD in Haat- Umatch between India and and asking it to commence the He added that if each and Child Development called a meeting, sarpanchs Bazaars of Bastar is many Bangladesh is scheduled from preparation for the match. social welfare organization Department Minister Anila had refused to provide pan- times more than OPD in any September 19 at Shaheed Veer The CSCS officials informed decides to adopt one village Bhendiya and many paign has been started from paign would be launched chayat building for the pro- hospital. Under this scheme, Narayan Singh International regarding preparation of ground each, then the face of villages prominent citizens. Bastar region as a pilot proj- state-wide. He said that gramme. But the campaign visitors of haat-bazaar get to Cricket Stadium, Parsada in Nava that with late monsoon rains still in the state would transform Chief Minister said that ect. On the occasion of today Chhattisgarh has was started anyway in a tent. avail free health checkup Raipur. continuing at Raipur, keeping the drastically. Active participa- for eradication of malnutri- 150th birth anniversary of 37.6% children suffering Women of self-help groups facility, medicine and other The details regarding the ground dry is a very challenging tion of all the sections of tion in the state, the cam- Mahatma Gandhi, this cam- from malnutrition and 41.5 cooked meal, and children- medical facilities. matches, arrival of teams are yet task. Minister for stern action Piyush Goyal urged to ensure Durg-Ambikapur- CM to inaugurate international meet on against role of police Durg train runs on time Sept 20 to promote agri, handloom sectors adm in Antagarh case STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR nominations from the by-polls, the hief Minister Bhupesh Minister for Agriculture and Water CBaghel will inaugurate an Resources Ravindra Choubey on international conference and Monday stated that a probe would be a buyer-seller meet on agri- done on the allegation of role of police culture produce and hand- administration in the case. loom products of Notable, Manturam in his confes- Chhattisgarh on September sion before a local court here claimed RAIPUR: BJP Scheduled Tribe Cell nation- 20 at Hotel Sayaji at 10.30 that he was given life threat by the then al president and Rajya Sabha member AM, said agriculture and bio- Superintendent of Police, Kanker, R.N. Ramvichar Netam through a letter to technology and water Das forcing him to withdraw nomina- Railway minister Piyush Goyal has raised resources minister Ravindra tions from Antagarh By-polls in 2014. the issue of late running of Durg- Choubey while interacting Replying to a query of media per- Ambikapur-Durg daily train. He in the let- with media on Monday. On September 22, the and create awareness at Minister said laboratory sons here at a press conference at new ter stated that Durg Ambikapur (18241) and He said around 60 delega- delegations will be taken to national and international would be established for certi- circuit house, Choubey said the state Ambikapur-Durg (18242) is a daily train tions from 16 countries and field visits as per their area of level. It would also help in fication of organic products government would enquire into the running between the stations and is regular- different Indian states will interest ranging from special eliminating the middle-man, so that it gets acceptance from matter and stern actions would be ly late due to which daily passengers face participate in the event which quality crops mainly food- he added. all. Under organic farming, taken if the allegation was found true. problem. The issue was raised several times will continue till September grains, pulses, oilseeds, forest Agriculture minister said five districts of Dantewada, Commenting on statement of Chief before the South East Central Railway to 22. On the first two days, STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR produce, vegetables to hand- the key produce is paddy main- Bastar, Narayanpur, Bijapur Minister Bhupesh Baghel over the resolve it and brought to notice of senior September 20-21, the buyer- looms, kosa silk fabrics, said ly the scented variety, organic and Gariaband have been ear- ollowing the allegation of Antagarh issue, Choubey said the CM had right- railway officials but in vain. seller meet will concentrate the minister. The last day will Vishnu bhog, black rice, red marked as totally organic Ftapes case main accused Manturam ly said the persons involved in the Netam urged Railway Minister to inter- on interaction, business deal- be open for public. rice, traditional varieties, kodo, while in 22 districts one block Pawar that he was threatened by police Antagarh matter could not be termed vene to ensure the trains run on time to ings and signing of memoran- The main concept is to kutki, raagi,among others each has been declared as administration to withdraw as politicians. facilitate the daily passengers. dum of understanding. brand products of the state including the forest produces. organic block.

Gehlot’s claim on Swaminathan Cong asks ED to probe money laundering in Antagarh case BJP to oppose move to hold civic report false: Cong STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR RAIPUR: State general secre- When no money tary of PCC and chairman of ongress leaders compris- body polls through ballot papers the party’s communication Cing PCC legal cell in- why ED? wing Shailesh Nitin Trivedi charge Kiranmayee Nayak, STAFF REPORTER n Vikram Usendi said said month-long contact Former Chief Minister Raman on Monday claimed that the MLAs Kuldeep Juneja and RAIPUR upcoming civic bodies programme has been Singh reacting on Congress leaders Union Minister Thawar Vikas Upadhyay on Monday election is key for the party organised. State general lodging money laundering complaint hhattisgarh BJP’s elec- Chand Gehlot was blatantly reached office of for which party workers secretary said to mark with ED in Antagarh tape scandal tion committee for lying that the Centre had Enforcement Directorate at C from across the state birthday of Prime and Manturam Pawar’s statement civic polls has decided to implemented recommenda- Pachpedi Naka in Raipur and should be ready from now Minister Narendra Modi tions of Swaminathan com- before court, said when Pawar has oppose tooth and nail any urged the officials to probe onwards. ‘Seva Saptah’ (Service mittee for farmers. said that he had not received a single conspiracy to hold the money laundering in State urban bodies week) will be observed He said the Union minister pie, then there is no relevance of the urban bodies’ election election committee con- from September 14-20 Antagarh Tapes Case. failed to tell how farmers’ complaint. through ballot papers venor former minister where central government income would be doubled in Congress leader apprised He said Congress does not have instead of EVMs. Amar Agrawal said schemes will be highlight- present Minimum Support the officials that as per state- any issue for Dantewada by-poll so it In a meeting held at Congress is conspiring to ed before common Price (MSP) declared by the ment given by main accused The Congress leader also crore came from, they said. was trying to defame him. The party BJP state office, Kushabhau hold the election through people. Centre. In a statement, Manturam Pawar, there was a handed over a memorandum They also demanded will decide what should be done to Thakre premises, Raipur, ballot paper, which has to Discussion was also Trivedi said Gehlot was deal of `7.5 crore and that it to the ED officials which claim interrogations of former chief Manturam Pawar as all the allegations BJP national vice president be opposed. Even the stan- held on strategy for leveled by are baseless. For last five unable to tell that for which was purely a case of money that the deal was done at the ministers Raman Singh and Raman Singh, , leader of dard adopted for delimita- Dantewada by-poll as the years, in police station to court, he crop in the country the cen- laundering. official residence of former Ajit Jogi, former minister Opposition and other key tion of civic bodies is party is facing serious had been claiming that he had with- tral government was provid- They also handed over a minister Rajesh Munat. It is a Rajesh Munat, Amit Jogi and leaders were present. faulty. charges of election fixing drawn from election on his own ing an MSP that would dou- copy of statement of Pawar which serious matter to be probed son in law of Raman, Dr Giving welcome volition then why this sudden u-turn. Contact programme following the confession of ble the income of farmers. was recorded at a local court. after all from where this `7.5 Punit Gupta. address state president head Bhupendra Savanni Manturam Pawar. -    ! " : :;   /,"0:)1", fter change of guard, 9  /   ACongress party in < Haryana on Monday faced an embarrassment of sorts   :7,":+0 Government of India. He, fur- after Bahujan Samaj Party        ther, added that the reputation (BSP) refused to forge an t is generally considered that of the neighbouring nation alliance with the grand old the grandson of O.P. Chautala. IGovernments start taking sponsoring terrorism has been party and said a firm "No" to The JJP had offered 40 seats to major decisions ahead of elec- in tatters due to concerted the political overtures made the BSP, which it refused.   /,"0:)1", Monday also wrote a letter to tions about three years after efforts by the Government. by PCC chief Kumari Selja Announcing the decision to Dushyant Chautala seeking assuming office but for the first Nishank said that the Union and CLP leader Bhupinder end the alliance, Mayawati he warring Chautala fam- his opinion on unity in the two time, the Central Government government was committed to Singh Hooda. had said the agreement Tily in Haryana could be on parties. Ramesh Dalal, the under Prime Minister revolutionise the service deliv- Congress' newly appoint- reached with Chautala was the path of reconciliation president of the Self Respect Narendra Modi, took major ery to the citizens through ed leader of the Legislature “inappropriate” in terms of the ahead of the Assembly elec- Movement had said that there decisions regarding the law Direct Benefit Transfers. Party, Hooda and PCC chief proposed seat-sharing for- tions next month. was a strong possibility of the and policy which not only He added that the mile- Kumari Selja met Bahujan mula. Reacting to the statement warring Chautala family changed the geography of the stone of providing free gas Samaj Party chief Mayawati in In the recent months, BSP of JJP’s Dushyant Chautala members coming together. nation but will also ensure the connections to eight crore ben- Delhi on Sunday night. It is had formed an alliance with regarding unity efforts, INLD SAD patron Badal said he intended welfare of the citizens. eficiary families was achieved understood that they sought three regional parties of supremo Chaudhary Om Chautala further added is in favour of unity in the The Union Human Resource seven months before the dead- an alliance to take on the BJP the alliance with Dushyant Haryana— first with OP Prakash Chautala on Monday that submitting to the will and Chautala family. "Khaps are Development Minister Ramesh line. He said that this kind of in Assembly polls, scheduled Chautala’s Jannayak Janata Chautala’s Indian National said that for him the guiding directions of the Panchayats working as per my desire and Pokhriyal Nishank said this commitment characterised next month. Party after dispute arose with Lok Dal, which continued for principle of public life was the has been a family tradition and I appreciate their efforts of while addressing the media every action of the Speculation was rife of a the seat-sharing formula. “We nine months. In February this opinion of the Panchayats. even Chaudhary Devi Lal had bringing unity in the Chautala here on completion of 100 Government. Congress-BSP alliance for will not have alliance with year, the BSP had parted ways He said that he had already always bowed before its deci- family," he said. days by the Modi-led Speaking about the Haryana assembly polls on Congress or anybody else,” with the INLD, citing poor made it clear that any decision sions. As far as he was con- "If Ajay Chautala and his Government. Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram, Monday. But it was put to rest Misra reiterated. performance in the Jind regarding unity within the cerned, he had followed in the younger brother Abhay Outlining the achieve- Pokhriyal said that it had com- after BSP’s Rajya Sabha MP, In Haryana, while the bypoll, where the alliance Chautala family and INLD footsteps of Chaudhary Devi Chautala bury their differ- ments of the Government in pleted a 3,84,000 kilometre Satish Misra on Monday main opposition the Indian nominee Umed Singh Redhu and its breakaway faction Lal and hence the decision of ences, it will give peace to the the recent months, the Minister journey successfully and it was evening made it clear that the National Lok Dal (INLD) has failed to even save his securi- taken by the Panchayats would the Panchayats was above any soul of their mother Snehlata said that the multi-pronged only in the last mile that it fal- BSP will contest alone on all been reduced to a minority as ty deposit. be acceptable to him. other decision and therefore and late grandfather Devi Lal," nature of decisive action has tered. This, he added, is a step- 90 seats in the Assembly elec- most of its legislators and Later BSP stitched an Earlier Dushyant Chautala he would abide by it. Badal said. been a historic phenomenon. ping stone for further devel- tions in Haryana alone. leaders have joined the BJP, alliance with Saini’s LSP, had said that as far a family Haryana Self Respect Dalal said Dahiya com- He said that the biggest opment. The Mayawati-led BSP infighting continues to dog which ended after a period of matters were concerned, any Movement along with various munity and 24 other 'khaps' achievement of the Union He further appreciated the has pockets of influence in the Congress, which ruled nearly four months. decision taken by Chaudhary communities or khaps have have authorised him to work Government has been the sensitive gesture of the Prime Haryana and the Congress the state for two consecutive In the recently concluded Om Prakash Chautala and been trying to broker a peace for the unity in the Chautala action on the climate of ter- Minister towards the scientif- had sought to stitch together terms till 2014. Lok Sabha polls, the BSP had Sardar Prakash Singh Badal between the Chautala family. family for the betterment of rorism that was festering for ic community of ISRO. The the Jat-Jatav vote base. The meeting of Congress contested on eight seats while would be acceptable. The Khap leaders on Haryana. too long. The decision to minister elaborated the plans of This was also evident in leaders with BSP Supremo Raj Kumar Saini’s LSP fought change the status-quo on the Union Government to take the party's choice of leadership was held in the backdrop of on Sonepat and Bhiwani- National Lok Dal’s (INLD) 4.4 percent. share. Congress has reached Jammu and Kashmir will not higher education in the nation for the state assembly polls, Mayawati withdrawing pre- Mahendergarh seats. All the breakaway faction Jannayak In Jind Lok Sabha bypoll, out to Mayawati as the BSP only integrate it with India, it to the next level. He said that with the Congress nominating poll alliance last week with the candidates of the alliance for- Janata Party (JJP), led by BSP secured 3.64 per cent of continues to hold pockets of will also benefit the people of the Government is committed the Hooda-Shelja duo to lead Indian National Lok Dal’s feited their security deposits. Dushyant Chautala. the total vote share. In the influence in Haryana. the region. to take the IITs and other charge against an upbeat BJP. (INLD) breakaway faction A month ago, BSP forged In the last 2014 Assembly recently concluded Lok Sabha Congress was hoping to stitch The people in the region institutions of national impor- Earlier BSP Supremo Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), its third alliance in Haryana election, the BSP had won one elections, the BSP polled 3.64 together a Jat-Jatav vote base will now benefit from various tance in the top tier of the Mayawtai had also called off led by Dushyant Chautala, within a year with the Indian seat and had a vote share of per cent of the total vote by getting BSP on board. welfare schemes of the world rankings.  !  .& $/'% ' %      01

 = "  September 16.” senior department officers. large influx of migratory birds. /,"0:)1", Out of total 10,005 species They looked into all the aspects Birders are expected to be of birds in the world, nearly 370 including climatic change, opti- delighted to see such beautiful delight of nature lovers, the species migrate to India due to mal arrival of migratory birds shades and species of birds at ASultanpur National Park seasonal changes, including as well as suggestions of local one place. will reopen for visitors on 175 long-distance migration residents and bird watchers. The park has the potential September 16 after a gap of species that use the Central air Finally we have decided to to surprise visitors,” he said, three months. Asian Flyway route and among reopen the park for visitors on adding the park is a popular Home to a large range of those over 250 species of birds September 16.” picnic spot for residents of birds, both resident and migra- have been sighted at the pro- The Chief Wildlife Warden New Delhi and the NCR tory, this year, the park has tected area, he said. further said that Sultanpur (National Capital Region), been closed from June 15 to Meanwhile, some local res- National Park is situated on the especially during the winter September 15, unlike previous idents and bird watchers had Gurgaon-Farukhnagar road migration months when thou- years when the park remained suggested the state govern- and was spread over 359 acres sands of birds visit here from shut for three and half months ment to reopen the park in when it was declared a bird across the globe. from June 15 to September 30, September first week as migra- sanctuary in 1971 and upgrad- There are four watch tow- said VS Tanwar, Principal Chief tory birds started arriving in ed to the status of a National ers (machans) located at dif- Conservator of Forests and the park. Taking note of it, State Park in 1991 by the Haryana ferent points, an education and Chief Wildlife Warden, Chief Secretary Keshni Anand Government. "The period the population of birds," he count birds. Camera- trapping interpretation center, a library, Haryana. Arora had recently directed the between September and March added. Tanwar said that in the is also helpful in this exercise. films, slides and binoculars Tanwar said, “A large num- wildlife department to review is ideal breeding time for all last few years, Sultanpur The wetland planes of northern migratory and domestic birds 90 species of birds at the for the benefit of bird lovers. A ber of migratory birds visit the the date of reopening of the birds in India near the Tropic National Park in Gurugram has India have turned into a par- is attracting a large number of national park at present and walk along the perimeter of the park during the season from park after looking into all of Cancer. We have made ade- been recording over 40,000 adise of migratory birds visitors. The national park will migratory species have also park takes up to two hours. September to March, aspects including climate quate food arrangements in the new species of birds during the because of heavy snowfall in remain open from 6.30 am to started flying in. There are There is a room dedicated to which will delight birdwatch- change. wetland areas spreading over season from September to Siberia, eastern Europe, 4.30 pm with no cap on the about 3,000 birds at the park the memory of Dr. Salim Ali, ers. We expect a large number Tanwar said, “On the direc- 182 acres inside the sanctuary. March. Mongolia and northern China. number of early morning vis- with about 25 species of water which contains his bust, pho- of visitors on the first day of tion of Chief Secretary, a team Ideal breeding space inside the The wildlife department Another department offi- itors. birds. “The season has begun tographs, write ups, and some reopening of the park on was formed comprised of park also helps in enhancing has its own census process to cer said that the chirm of He said, “There are about and the park is witnessing a of his personal effects.

South Delhi’s Hauz Khas after “When the patrolling team India to grant permission for their car brushed past his vehi- reached near Housing and inward travel to an Indian cit- cle. Police had arrested the two Urban Development izen into a protected area for a accused persons identified as Corporation Limited limited period. It is obligatory /// Lalit, a resident of Dwarka, and (HUDCO) place, near South for Indians residing outside Amardeep, a resident of Uttam Delhi’s August Kranti road, those States where the ILP is in From Page 1 Nagar, while they were trying they saw a man being beaten force to obtain prior permis- Satyendra then paid the to flee from the spot. up by four men. The patrolling From Page 1 sion to enter protected areas. amount to the assailants, police According to a statement staff immediately rescued him “What will happen after Shah also asserted that the said, adding they are probing issued by SAIL then , and caught two of the accused. CAB? Will people continu- Centre intends to expel all ille- the case. Chaudhary was on his way to Chaudhury was rushed to ously come from Bangladesh? gal immigrants not just from During interrogation, he his residence from the office AIIMS Trauma Centre and Will there be any deadline or a Assam but the entire country. accepted that he wanted to when he was attacked at 10.30 was discharged after first-aid, continuous flow? We in The BJP president also accused incapacitate Chaudhary so that pm. said the DCP. Northeast have such fears,” successive Congress he was not able to attend to his “He was brutally attacked Police had registered a case Sangma said. Governments of having alien- office and somebody else was with iron rods on his head, under sections 307/34 of Indian Addressing the conclave, ated the region from the rest of appointed as the Chairman. neck, knees and legs. The Penal Code (IPC) at Hauz the three CMs voiced fears the country. The accused contractor also assailants were armed with Khas Police Station. Calling it about the consequences of He alleged the prolonged From Page 1 told the Crime Branch sleuths knives. The driver was left a road rage incident, the South reintroducing the CAB and militancy in the northeast was “My Government has that he thought that could get unharmed,” it said. district police were patting wanted that their States be because the Congress hardly announced that India will put the contract revived with the Deputy Commissioner of themselves after they arrested kept out of the purview of the cared for the region. Shah also an end to single-use plastic in new SAIL Chairman. Police (DCP), South district, two criminals, who had CAB. sought to re-emphasise the the coming years. I believe It may be recalled that on Vijay Kumar had said that on attacked Chaudhary, from the Visiting the Assam capital distinction between Article 370 time has come for even the August 8, Steel Authority of August 8 that the patrolling spot. But later when the case for the first time since the vexed of the Constitution pertaining world to say goodbye to single- India Limited (SAIL) chairman staff immediately rescued SAIL was transferred to Crime final National Register of to Jammu & Kashmir that the use plastic,” the Prime Minister Anil Kumar Chaudhary was chairman and caught hold of Branch the incident investiga- Citizens (NRC), which vali- Centre revoked to strip the said. attacked by four people in two of the accused. tion took a u-turn. dates Indian citizenship of the restive State of its special status, Modi also announced that residents of Assam, was pub- and Article 371. “Article 371 is India would restore 26 million lished on August 31, the BJP a permanent provision, while hectares of degraded land by chief also sought to quell appre- Article 370 was temporary,” he 2030. The earlier target was 21 hensions about scrapping of said. “I hope, with these assur- million hectare. Article 371 of the Indian ances, all apprehensions of the The Prime Minister also Constitution. Chief Ministers of the north- said India would take pride in Article 371 applies to sev- east regarding the CAB and the using remote sensing and space eral States in the northeast special provisions have been technology for multiple appli- and grants them special pow- allayed,” he said. cations, including land restora- ers with regard to religious and After addressing the con- tion. “I am happy to state that social practices, and obser- clave, the BJP chief held a India would be happy to help vance of law and order. meeting with the chief minis- other friendly countries devel- “We will ensure that exist- ters of all the eight States of the op land restoration strategies ing laws of all States of the northeast. through cost-effective satellite region remain as they are even Speaking to journalists, and space technology,” Modi after the introduction of the Assam minister and NEDA said. CAB. We have no intention to convener Himanta Biswa The PM’s speech at the touch any of these laws applic- Sarma said Shah had addressed COP, which India is hosting, able to different States of the many concerns voiced by the highlighted his administra- region,” Shah told a meeting of chief ministers. He said one of tion’s eagerness for South- BJP’s allies who are part of the their foremost concerns was South cooperation in fighting NEDA. The Home Minister about the Inner Line Permit. problems like land degradation, also asserted that the cut-off “Shah made it clear that the desertification and droughts. date for CAB will remain new CAB will ensure that its A centre for excellence December 31, 2014. “It is very provisions do not override the under the Union Ministry of clear from our side that there 6th schedule of the Environment, Forest and will be no other date and Constitution,” he said, adding Climate Change will be set up, Article 371 along with the that it effectively meant that he announced. Apart from Inner Line Permits (ILP) will unless a person got the ILP or aiming to create scientific not be touched,” he added. the 6th Schedule Authority knowledge, it will work for The Inner Line Permit (ILP) is allowed one to stay in a par- South-South cooperation for an official travel document ticular state, nobody from out- those who believe in knowl- issued by the Government of side could go there. edge sharing, Modi added.    ! "  %"2

34 : 1 3 @C ! !       )>  ? %@ "     6    :  678)0      ,   :    AK            8>0:>0 he United Nations’ atomic          *B7 3 * 7,3 71 Twatchdog confirmed          ohn Bercow, the speaker of 13   C  71* London: Prime Minister Boris Monday that Iran is preparing P! !   JBritain’s House of Commons, ,1* 73  C7 7C Johnson insisted on Monday to use more advanced cen- announced Monday that he that a new Brexit deal can be trifuges, another breach of lim-    ! #  would step down within weeks,  *, **, *,*B17 reached to ensure Britain leaves its set in the country’s unrav-  6     amid criticism by Brexit hard- L 3 C 1* 37 71  the European Union by the elling nuclear deal with major              ) liners who say he has twisted **% ,*, * 7,3 Oct. 31 deadline, as he pre- powers. parliamentary rules to under- pared to suspend Parliament Iran had already       mine them. *  7 B172* .& 1* and send rebellious lawmakers announced the step, its latest         Bercow said he would not B*3,*3 31* C7 *1 home until two weeks before violation of the 2015 agreement     :O stand again if MPs vote later Britain is supposed to leave the as it tries to pressure European United States unilaterally with- spinning uranium hexafluo-         Monday in favour of an early European Union. signatories to find a way to drawing from the deal last ride gas.        general election — and if they at the close of business on edge of the candidates to Lawmakers used the hours maintain oil shipments and year and imposing increased The IAEA said the ones its do not, as seems likely, he Thursday, October 31.” replace him. before the suspension to deliv- ease the toll of US sanctions on sanctions. inspectors saw included 30 5   ! would resign on October 31: Bercow is best known for He also said it would be er new blows to Johnson’s tee- the Iranian economy. The other signatories — advanced IR-6 and three IR-6s    " the scheduled date for Brexit. presiding over debates, bel- better than after a general elec- tering authority. An opposi- The International Atomic Britain, France, Germany, models, as well as multiple IR- 77 "     Bercow has served as lowing “Order! Order!” at tion, when new MPs may come tion-backed measure designed Energy Agency reported its China and Russia, as well as the 4 and IR-5 models.  *    speaker of parliament’s lower unruly lawmakers and humor- under party influence in their to stop Britain from crashing inspectors verified the instal- European Union — have been Under the atomic accord,          chamber for 10 years, oversee- ously chastising MPs who irk choice of the next speaker. out of the EU on Oct. 31 with- lation of new centrifuges. struggling to salvage the agree- Iran has been limited to oper-          ing heated debates on Brexit him. “I have sought to increase out a divorce deal became law The agency said all had ment and find a way to meet ating 5,060 older model IR-1 and making decisions as to He has sought to mod- the relative authority of this leg- after receiving the formal assent been “prepared for testing” but Tehran’s demands. centrifuges.    #    what the house should do, ernise parliament, abandoning islature, for which I will make of Queen Elizabeth II. That none yet tested at the time of To put pressure on them, Russia’s permanent repre-   &> based on centuries of prece- the speaker’s traditional robes absolutely no apology,” Bercow came hours before legislators the September 7-8 inspection. Iran has already pushed past sentative to international ,D M O  dent. for a simple gown over a suit, told MPs. were set to reject Johnson’s The nuclear deal was limits in the deal, known as organisations in Vienna, .         “If the house votes tonight and seeking to make it easier “This is a wonderful place demand for a snap meant to keep Tehran from JCPOA for short, on nuclear Mikhail Ulyanov, downplayed    3K      for an early general election, for female MPs with new filled overwhelmingly by peo- election to break the political building atomic weapons in enrichment purity and stock- the development, saying after        my tenure as speaker and MP babies. ple who are motivated by their deadlock engulfing the gov- exchange for economic incen- piles of enriched uranium. Iran revealed its step about cen- GK    & will end when this parliament But critics say he is notion of the national interest, ernment. tives. A centrifuge is a device that trifuges that the move “should-        ends,” Bercow told the cham- pompous, biased in favour of by their perception of the pub- Meanwhile, Speaker John Its collapse started with the enriches uranium by rapidly n’t be overdramatised.”        "  ber. anti-Brexit MPs, and overly lic good, and by their duty, not Bercow, whose control of busi- “If the house does not so fond of the sound of his own as delegates, but as representa- ness in the House of Commons vote, I have concluded that the voice. tives to do what they believe is has made him a central player least disruptive and most Bercow said the timing of right for our country. in the Brexit drama, announced 3 democratic course of action his departure would mean that “We degrade this parlia- he would step down after a would be for me to stand down MPs would have some knowl- ment at our peril.” decade in the job. AP 45  9",)01*>0 The insurgents are now 1 promising more bloodshed.       0P     ,>01 >01 resident Donald Trump’s The Afghan government Pweekend tweet canceling remains mostly on the sidelines  '  ,/   .  / ong Kong democracy secret meetings at Camp David of the US effort to end war. Hactivist Joshua Wong was with the Taliban and Afghan And as Trump’s reelection  :+68)0 he added, noting the meeting making his way to Germany on leaders just days before the campaign heats up, his quest to between the pair was “an Monday after he was released anniversary of the September withdraw the remaining 14,000 rish Prime Minister Leo opportunity to see from a brief spell in custody fol- 11 attacks is the latest example US troops from Afghanistan IVaradkar said on Monday where there might be common lowing a mistake in his bail of a commander in chief will- remains unfulfilled — so far. that the European Union had ground”. conditions, his party con- ing to take a big risk in pursuit Trump said he axed the not received from Britain any The backstop is a provision firmed. for “breaching bail conditions” of a foreign policy victory. Camp David meetings and alternatives to the so-called in the withdrawal agreement Wong, 22, was among mul- after returning from Taiwan What had seemed like an called off negotiations because backstop provision in the Brexit Johnson’s predecessor Theresa tiple prominent democracy and as he then tried to make imminent deal to end the war of a recent Taliban bombing near divorce deal. May struck with Brussels to advocates who were detained another overseas trip to has unraveled, with Trump the US Embassy in Kabul that “We haven’t received such keep the Irish border open late last month in a roundup by Germany. and the Taliban blaming each killed a US service member, even proposals to date,” Varadkar regardless of the outcome of police as the semi-autonomous He also planned to travel to other for the collapse of near- though nine other Americans said during a visit by UK Prime Britain’s future relationship city reels from more than three the United States after. ly a year of US-Taliban nego- have died since June 25 in Minister Boris Johnson ahead with the EU. months of unprecedented pro- But he was released by a tiations in Doha, Qatar. Taliban-orchestrated violence. of their first face-to-face talks It would keep the country democracy protests. court on Monday after it since the British leader took in the bloc’s customs union He was accused of “incit- emerged the detention was a ' P !   '  +    , #  P !   power in July. until a long-term solution to ing others to take part in unau- procedural error and that his -  .  /     ' (  ,    ! “No backstop is no deal,” trade terms is agreed. thorised assembly” among bail requirements allowed him other charges and later released to take any overseas trips that on bail. had been arranged before his On Sunday, he said he was arrest, local news station RTHK detained at Hong Kong airport reported. => 676 : 89; Ouagadougou: At least 29 peo- ple were killed in two attacks in Bangkok: Pakistan on Monday northern Burkina Faso on submitted detailed answers to Sunday, in a region prone to 125 questions posed by the jihadist violence, the govern- Financial Action Task Force ment said. One vehicle trans- (FATF) on moves taken by it to porting people and goods “rode strengthen anti-money laun- over an IED in the Barsalogho dering and combat financing of area” leaving at least 15 pas- terrorism, as Islamabad seeks to sengers dead, government move out of the FATF Greylist. spokesman Remis Fulgance The report was submitted Dandjinou said in a statement. by Pakistan’s Minister for A security source said most Economic Affairs Hammad were traders. Azhar who is heading the 15- Meanwhile, around 50 member delegation to Bangkok kilometres (30 miles) away, 14 for the FATF negotiations, people were killed when food which will continue till vans travelling in convoy were September 13. attacked, the spokesman added. The Asia Pacific Joint Local sources said many of Group of the FATF began its the dead were the drivers of the four-day meeting on Monday three-wheeler vans, which were in Bangkok to review the com- carrying provisions for people pliance report of Pakistan, displaced by fighting. AFP besides other countries. IANS 1  D  @C   A           * )>0 )8"0: H17>1)"I H escuers scoured the   8>0:>0 RGeorgia coast on Sunday for four missing crew members he UK could be bracing for of a cargo ship that overturned Tone of the coldest winters and caught fire, but the efforts in 30 years, scientists have ran into trouble amid the warned. flames and instability of the The scientists made this ship, the US Coast Guard said. prediction after analysing cur- The Golden Ray cargo ship’s rent sea temperatures and problems began early Sunday weather systems over the North morning when it listed heavily Atlantic, The Daily Mail said in and rolled on its side in St. the reported. Simons Sound near the Port of The team, led by professor Brunswick with 23 crew mem- Mark Saunders, told The bers and one pilot on board. Sunday Times: “This would Coast Guard Capt. John rank the 2020 January- Reed said 20 were safely evac- February central England tem- uated from the ship before perature as the coldest winter rescuers determined the situa- since 2013 and January- tion, as smoke and flames February 2020 as the seventh appeared, was too risky to go coldest winter in the past 30 further inside the vessel. The years.” vessel was just offshore in view Freezing Arctic air is set to of beachgoers on the shoreline. descend on the UK in the first Reed said rescue teams months of next year as the Gulf Sunday were trying to stabilize stream will sidestep Britain, the 656-foot (200-meter) vehicle leaving the country without the carrier to continue their search rise in temperature it normal- for the missing crew, but they ly brings to the British Isles have been unable to determine from the Atlantic and if the fire has been extinguished. Caribbean sea.   ! "  1       ;    O*: .    ;  ;

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3 #  S     !6   %2 5            !     "             !   !    " hen we look at the histo- #        !%  !      ry of democratic institu- >       !   ! "        " tions in the country, we !   !8   3 #        come across several instances of MPs and    * ?@/  !        8 S  " WMLAs in the Opposition who work hard       ! #       " to pin down the Government. But rarely  !    O       "  do we find a ruling party MP firing all guns in his effort to expose a scam and to insist   5          6  # !  on transparency and accountability in the   !  !8  S #  !  !  " functioning of his Government. One such   !         $!    MP was Feroze Gandhi of the Congress, a crusader against corruption and India’s first    *         !    and undoubtedly the best investigative par- ! 3 #  !     !      liamentarian whose birth anniversary falls 8  ! S !         *     on September 12. Feroze Gandhi must be remembered for     #    !       " many things — his participation in the free-     8        *;     3 #   dom struggle which resulted in jail terms           !  ! 2#   more than once; his painstaking research and commitment to probity in public life     #9  ;  1 *;  " which cost Jawaharlal Nehru’s Finance     ;!  !      ! !" Minister TT Krishnamachari his job; the          S          ! nationalisation of life insurance; and for bringing in a law to insulate the media from        !     !!  !  " defamation and libel suits when they   "  !    " reported the proceedings of Parliament. off about a scam in the Finance help. This is what is called the that the media should have no !  3 #      !     ! Incidentally, since the Congress never Ministry. He heard that LIC had LIC-Mundhra scandal. constraint while reporting takes the name of such an impassioned cam- suddenly bought shares of com- Feroze Gandhi deployed his Parliament and the people must   !         $!  " paigner against corruption, the younger panies owned by HD Mundhra, truly extraordinary investigative get a faithful account of what  2      !      generation may not know that he was Indira an industrialist close to the ,7 +* 67 skills to track share prices of transpires in legislative chambers.    B #      5  3 #    Gandhi’s husband, Sonia Gandhi’s father-in- Congress, at inflated prices. This 77677: Mundhra companies over a fort- Feroze Gandhi introduced #    ! !   !  law and Rahul Gandhi’s grand father. Feroze prompted him to intervene dur- night to expose the Government. the Parliamentary Proceedings Gandhi was inspired by Kamala Nehru to join ing Question Hour and seek a 4> ,) The then Finance Minister, (Protection of Publication) Bill to #     *   # C * D   #! " the national movement for independence in special debate. Krishnamachari, tried to defend insulate the media. And in an    !       (   the late 1920s. He was jailed on more than one The Finance Minister’s disin- ."*)/)."*)>0 )0 the deal by saying that LIC extraordinary gesture, the  S            3 #  S  " occasion and even led an underground genuous response put Feroze on *,7 477:> decided to enter the market to Government adopted this Bill movement. He became a member of the full alert and he sought a special build up its portfolio and so, and saw it through in the two      *  8  !      S Provisional Parliament in 1950 and was elect- debate on this issue. Initiating a *+1187S ,) bought these shares. But Feroze Houses. In each of these # 3 #  S :   !     ed to the Lok Sabha in 1952 and in 1957. discussion he said: “A mutiny in .")0*" )01 Gandhi was not convinced. Why instances, Feroze Gandhi’s metic-  !E   !     ! " Initially Feroze relished his role as a my mind has compelled me to did you take a fancy only to ulous collection of data and facts backbencher but became an instant hit with raise this debate. When things of 77"/, "0: Mundhra companies and why helped him to almost singlehand-  ! 6!  !     !   3 #   !!  his maiden speech in the Lok Sabha in such magnitude, as I shall />)*70* *> did you buy them at inflated edly carry the debate on his ! P! !Q     8      December 1955. Everyone was compelled to describe to you later, occur, prices? How can public money be shoulders until it reached its log- ! ! " !           3 #  ":  sit up and take notice when he spoke on the silence becomes a crime.” .>6)*? )0 squandered in this manner, he ical conclusion. Insurance (Amendment) Bill. He held the To put it briefly, the story was asked, pointing out that the A variety of factors enabled      >      3!   (  #O House in thrall for close to two hours as he that Mundhra, a businessman .+68)/ 8)47S *,7 prices of these shares slumped Feroze Gandhi to effectively    !  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Second,    =     : #    ed in these companies. asked the Government to invest 4> 6)01)01 )0 of inquiry which held the diligence with which he By the time he ended his speech, every a crore of rupees in the shares of " 8"9 *> Krishnamachari morally respon- gathered information to argue        !!       member felt that private insurance companies some of his companies. Although sible for the questionable deci- this case and the ease with        !   6! were doomed. His arguments were so com- none of the Mundhra companies )0+8"*7 *,7 sion, leading to his resignation. which he connected with his   3 #   !   # !     " pelling that within two months the President were doing well, the Government 7:)" 4> Feroze Gandhi had several sources deep within the promulgated an ordinance nationalising life agreed to do this via the LIC. more achievements in his parlia- Government. Lastly, his parlia-   ! !  ;!    !  insurance. Congratulating the Government, However, while the negoti- :74""*)>0 "0: mentary career, including the Bill mentary prowess. That is why Feroze said: “To hold a horse you need a rein; ations were on, Mundhra bought 8)678 +)* 9,70 he introduced to insulate the his fellow MPs and ministers in to hold an elephant you need a chain.” In the up shares of his own company in media from defamation suits Jawaharlal Nehru’s Government words of his biographer, Tarun Kumar the Calcutta Stock Exchange *,7? 7.>*7: when it covered Parliament. described him as “a dangerous- Mukhopadhyay, Feroze’s maiden speech and artificially jacked up the *,7 .>/77:)01 Journalists told him that while ly well-informed man”. sounded the death-knell for the private life prices of his shares. Therefore, MPs had the privilege to speak India needs to do a lot 5 insurance business. Following nationalisation, eventually, when the LIC went to >4 ."8)"70* freely in Parliament, reporting the more to remember this the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) came the market, it bought them at proceedings faced defamation MP-extraordinaire! /5< into being. This was a signal achievement for prices much higher than what and libel suits. Given his deep and (The writer is an author      an MP but more was to come when in the lat- prevailed when Mundhra first abiding commitment to democ- specialising in democracy studies. ter half of 1957, Feroze Gandhi received a tip- approached the Government for racy and Press freedom, he felt Views expressed are personal)                                 6 4          *          "         )        )        /                      "            )    -                      R     )        )   )   D       4                        !  ! ! 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We may be disappoint-   .//0      #  !  !  needed and expected “soft land-                ed today but we ain’t disheartened    1       ing” on the moon’s hitherto                as 90-95 per cent of the mission’s      ! ! ! 2!    uncharted “South Pole” broke a )     >  H)>I /  objectives have already been billion and more hearts. Still, what    0   !        - “accomplished.” In their quest for  !      ,/      ! the Indian Space Research                new frontiers of knowledge, most * ,. !%  !   3  S %  Organisation’s (ISRO’s) complex                 * nations opt for selective silence but       !      !  lunar mission achieved is not                 by laying open our every endeav- small given that the orbiter is safe            )   - our in space, we seek to serve the         (!  %      and is revolving the moon. This                 )            larger cause of science.             !    ! 1  is remarkable enough to fill us 7          )>             /  -@   R Narayanan 4#5   !      6!  with pride.                 *             L- Navi Mumbai It is not for nothing that the   /       K                M       %        ,7  Chandrayaan-2 mission has come )>R                  E                 !         in for praise from NASA. The last        "                  -   *          " minute glitch caused by “hard     *    1     -             - brake” that possibly spun the lan-    @%@@ *      "                   - Sir — India scored a goal by con-  #&6#  !       *  der out of control was not a fail- 6  )>                    /  -@   0""   vincing the international commu- 1!    !8  !     ure but a deferred success. It is           * E            .   @%@A nity and the UN about the 00%  !     1!   only a matter of time before "  7  "         #H1 1 inevitability of its move in Jammu ISRO clears the final hurdle. To    "     )>       and Kashmir. But how will it jus- (! 1! S       !  quote Rabindranath Tagore, its tify the fact that peace seems to   P( Q S   !       “tireless striving stretches its arms be elusive even a month after the        $! #    towards perfection.” It is a mis-   attempts have been made by many basin, India’s Chandrayaan-2 mis- abrogation of Article 370 and nomer to call the faltering in the other countries to land a rover on sion was special in the sense that division of the State?          !" last leg a “setback” as there is the moon and they have succeed- it was exploring an unknown ter- Zeeshan        !      8  nothing called “setback” in the Sir — This refers to the editorial, ed only in a little more than half rain — the moon’s South Pole Via email !  #    !      realm of science. “Onwards and upwards” the time. While China touched region. Our propulsion, algo-     ,/ %      #  $!  G David Milton (September 9). A landing to the down on the lunar far side to rithms and software were superb Maruthancode moon is not easy. A total of 38 explore the South Pole-Aitken to follow the scripted trajectory. ,*11*17H7**I %,8B7%   ! " %  7     8  &0  ! !  .9/ <      <   3 S( #5 ! !     #        <  ! F,.G          

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   #    !    lander Vikram was unsuccessful in descending on the lunar surface smoothly. Some may ques-      tion the 970 crore ($140 million) price tag of 8  S!  !!     the Chandrayaan-2 mission. But this investment          will eventually pave the way for India to tap into  !    !   $!    " the trillions of dollars of mineral wealth on the       S      " moon and near-earth asteroids.     !    8         To many, this may sound like science fiction,  !  #       !  but several national space agencies including the * 6         !  US’ National Aeronautics and Space 5   !      !!" Administration (NASA), the European Space      5 9     Agency, Chinese Space Agency, Russia’s Roscosmos, the Japanese Japan Aerospace    #      #  Exploration Agency (JAXA), are already map- ! !  !     5  ping and exploring the lunar surface and near-     5    by asteroids. !   !       Many private players like Moon Express,      5 !* Astrobotic Technology, Blue Origin, iSpace and !   so on have serious commercial plans for lunar * #  >  9  !    " prospecting as well. The Indian Space Research       !  Organisation (ISRO), too, completed our first !   8      (    mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-1 in 2008,    8    8  %   with great results and now Chandrayaan-2 is NASA still considers it important to be able to Mars colonisation, where there are even more expected to take it forward with a mission life mine it, given its critical importance. Further, resources to be harnessed. The website Asterank    #       !!  of up to seven years. The moon isn’t so far out the moon also has concentrated deposits of tita- lists several near-earth asteroids and their      : 5 8     !  #" of our reach after all. Actually, it’s only a two- nium, a metal critical for advanced weaponry. potential financial value. Asteroid Ryugu, that !   #     :!! three day journey, which is shorter than the 79- However, the big question remains if lunar is orbiting between the Earth and Mars, has an            hour journey on the Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh mining will ever become commercially viable? estimated $80 billion worth of minerals. Japan’s 8  S    !      ;    " Vivek Express! For that, we need to look at other maturing Hayabusa 2 touched down on it earlier this year                ! " The technology to exploit lunar resources, knowhow that will benefit lunar mining tech- *,7 >>0 ) E+* " and is expected to return with a sample next year.          " though immature, is around the corner. The first nology. Reusable rockets, as demonstrated by *7* 67: >4 >* 4> In the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata,     !      " lunar rover was launched in 1970 by the erst- SpaceX and Blue Origin, are set to disrupt the "*7>): )0)01 "0: after the devastating war between the Pandavas while Soviet Union, a year after the first human launch industry. Other Government and private and the Kauravas, the oldest of the 100 Pandava  8  !   !  " />8>0)"*)>0         S!!     :   lunar landing by the USA. Safely landing and agencies are furiously trying to emulate the same brothers, Yudhisthira laments over his deplet- remotely driving a car-sized eight-wheeled to remain competitive. Space transportation 9,77 *,77 "7 7!70 ed treasury. However, Ved Vyas tells him of the       : vehicle on the moon’s surface back in 1970 was costs are expected to go down significantly. With >7 7>+/7 *> 67 great Mount Meru (the sacred five-peaked 9 !  &  :5C&5D   a gigantic achievement. The technology was re- equipment delivered to the moon, advanced con- mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmol-  !!           used in 1986 to clear radioactive debris inside struction robots will assemble mining facilities. ,"077: *,7 ogy that is considered to be the centre of all the   #  :!! !      the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the after- Also, 3-D printing technologies will allow 976)*7 "*7"0 physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes)      %  ! ! ! math of the nuclear disaster there. In 1997, forging smaller parts and replacements. 8)* 7!7"8 in the inhospitable reaches of the northern     &5       !    NASA’s Sojourner rover became the first rover Autonomous vehicle technology being pioneered 07"-7"*, "*7>): Himalayas that has an abundance of gold.        :    on Mars, followed by rovers Spirit in 2004, by the likes of Google, Tesla and Uber can be Yudhishthira launches an expedition to mine the ! !        Opportunity in 2004 and Curiosity in 2012. re-purposed for automated prospecting, extrac- "0: *,7) .>*70*)"8 mountain and thus replenishes his kingdom’s     8   *    China landed two of its rovers on the moon, tion and movement of lunar mining vehicles. 4)0"0/)"8 !"8+7 coffers. !!     ! S      Yutu in 2013 and Yutu-2 in 2018. Advances in industrial robotics will lead to auto- "*7>): ?+1+ *,"* ) We are an ancient yet continuing civilisa- India started its moon exploration mission mated ore refineries, with lunar mining vehicles tion. For centuries, India was at the forefront of               with Chandrayaan-1, announced by Prime dumping raw ore at one end and refined prod- >6)*)01 67*9770 *,7 several technologies, especially metallurgy, tex-   ! "             $! " Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2003 and uct coming out of the other. Human supervi- 7"*, "0: " ," "0 tile, civil engineering and agro-tech. While large- S        !   8  8 launched in 2008. ISRO’s Moon Impact Probe sors would stay in habitats built into the lunar 7*)"*7: 2B% 6)88)>0 scale space mining and colonisation are still   8  !    !        confirmed the presence of water in the lunar soil, caves, similar to the International Space Station. decades away and are fraught with millions of   6    !       whereas NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper It is not just one technology in isolation, nor 9>*, >4 )07"8 dangers and hurdles, no civilisation can prop- #  (  3 1 ( <   #    instrument on-board looked for minerals across just one mineral that will seal the deal. When E"."0O ,"?"6+"-@ agate itself unless the present generation plans   8              the moon’s surface. Interestingly, Chandrayaan- taken together, we can see a reasonably positive *>+/,7: :>90 >0 )* and invests for the future. 1 was also looking for Helium-3. This specific picture emerge. The likely trajectory of lunar In 2018, the Modi Government restarted the              " 7"8)7 *,) ?7" "0:            $!  form of Helium, scarce on earth, is abundant on mining will probably start with surveying and ambitious Indian Human Spaceflight %   #8             the moon’s surface. But why are ISRO and other small sample-return missions. These will even- ) 7T.7/*7: *> Programme by announcing budgetary funding space agencies looking for it? The answer is tually grow in scope with small factories and 7*+0 9)*, " ".87 for the programme and Gaganyaan, an Indian  ! !    # !  potentially abundant, safe and clean nuclear minor human settlements, before growing into crewed orbital spacecraft, is intended to be the    !   !     energy hidden in it. While Helium-3 fusion tech- a large industry. 07T* ?7" basis of the project. !     nology is laboratory-proven, it isn’t yet commer- In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first The programme will eventually help estab-     #      $!  cially viable. Helium-3 also finds applications in satellite in orbit. Just six decades later, global lish a domestic space tourism sector and per-  !              cryogenics and medical imaging. space activities are valued over $350 billion as haps decades later, lead to an Indian moon base.      !!   :   Rare Earth Metals (REMs) are indispensable revealed by a Morgan Stanley report, with pro- We owe it to our descendants to give them a head !   !      " for modern electronics. China has already cor- jections to reach over a $1 trillion by the 2040s. start when they take over the reins of India.  8     ! H nered 90 per cent of the supply and is aggres- NASA estimates that the present lunar resources (The writer is Telangana BJP spokesperson, C            D sively capturing more. While only limited are worth hundreds of billions. But the moon economist and Director, Centre for Leadership and sources of REMs have been found on the moon, is just a test bed of sorts for asteroid mining and Governance, Hyderabad)                    83     E     

and has emerged as the safest habi- ed near tiger habitats as without their a larger tiger population means tat for the big cat. Highlighting cooperation, protecting the feline increasing competition for food, India’s conservation efforts, Modi species would have been a pipe water and space. Issues like condi- said that the target to double the tiger dream, as is the case in many other tions of forests, prey base, livelihood population by 2022, which was set in countries. However, the increased of fringe forest dwellers, tribals and 2010 in St Petersburg by the interna- tiger population has brought with it so on, need to be taken up on a pri- *"T)01 *>+)* tional community, was achieved by more responsibility and challenges ority basis so that the big cats don’t 0>* " 6": *,)01 India four years in advance. for forest departments as tigers can come in conflict with people. Further, The tiger census, one of the only prosper in healthy environs that water sources will have to be /        53 43 world’s largest, was carried out over would support their prey base. improved on a war footing to com-          an area of 3,91,400 sq km in 3,17,958 Incidentally, the highest number bat climatic vagaries.         n the occasion of the sample habitat plots. As many as of tigers, 526, was located in Madhya The Ministry of Environment’s International Tiger Day, 26,838 camera traps located at 141 Pradesh (MP), followed by 524 in Compensatory Afforestation       OPrime Minister Narendra sites covered over 1,21,337 sq km of Karnataka and 442 in Uttarakhand. Planning and Management         Modi released the 2018 Tiger forests and snapped more than Sadly, Chhattisgarh witnessed a Authority (CAMPA) recently    9  Estimation report with great fanfare 76,000 pictures of the big cats. big decline from 46 tigers in 2014 to released 47,000 crore to States. Even      and broke the news of a significant This estimation seems quite reli- 19 in 2019 and is a cause for concern. if the annual interest earned on this        increase in the tiger population of able given the meticulous planning, scape approach across five tiger apart from policy thrust and prior- Similarly the results in Bihar, Goa, amount is used in a well-planned India. He termed the success of tiger use of cutting-edge technology and habitats, i.e. the Shivaliks and Indo- ity attached to conservation by the Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Mizoram manner, it can solve the monetary       conservation efforts in India as analytical tools. This time human Gangetic Plains, Central India and Centre and State Governments. and Arunanchal Pradesh are not very and resource crunch faced by the for-       “baaghon mein bahar hai,” a t a ke on errors were minimised and figures Eastern Ghats, Western Ghats, the The impact of improvement in encouraging and the situation may est department.     E   the popular Hindi film song from were based on recording of actual North-East and the Sunderbans. overall forest management and tech- become critical in other areas also. There is also dire need to syn-        yesteryears. According to the estima- field data digitally through the National Geographic prepared a doc- nological back-up was also felt. Shockingly, no tigers were reported chronise the working of forests, tion report, the tiger population has mobile phone application M- umentary on this census, highlight- However, we must also remember in Buxa, Palamu and Dampa tiger rural, tribal affairs and Jal Shakti       increased from 1,400 in 2014 to 2,967 STrIPES (Monitoring System for ing the hard work done by the field that the tiger is a prolific breeder and reserves. Ministries. The time is ripe to make         in 2019, a solid growth of 34 per cent. Tiger-Intensive Protection and staff and other officers. once its numbers started growing, a However, a word of caution for some innovative and forward-look-      It is a remarkable achievement for the Ecological Status). The sighting of The increase in tiger numbers in good prey base and habitat ensured MP, Uttarakhand and Karnataka ing changes in the governance of           country that in spite of several hic- tigers and other animals was record- the country has basically been due to that the population would register which have shown a boost in big cat these subjects.      cups in conservation, it has three- ed and geo-tagged. One of the keys the hard work put in by the foresters good growth. But the nation must numbers. They must control the (The writer is a retired civil fourth of the world’s tiger population to success was the adoption of a land- and positive attitude of villagers give equal credit to villagers situat- increasing man-animal conflicts as servant) H      I   ! " 9      $ "  '( ") *    +    2345 /(  , P was not used at all. Every thing molecules in the polar regions, went as per the plan. Additional using its eight state-of-the-art      fuel is available with us (on-      scientific instruments. 5 board the orbiter),” an ISRO “The orbiter camera is the  6    ,  official said. highest resolution camera (0.3 Another ISRO official metres) in any lunar mission so     added, “One of the limiting fac-      far and shall provide high res- tor is on-board fuel availabili- olution images which will be ,    4    ty. Because the performance of  6701"8++ ISRO, does not have any India’s bold mission immensely useful to the glob- GSLV-MK III (which launched personal account on any to soft-land on the moon al scientific community,” it said. Q@  6701"8++ the spacecraft) and efficient SRO on Monday said its social media platforms. suffered a setback with the The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter  +6") attis. The tweet grabbed atten- mission management, we have Ichairman K Sivan does not Hence all the infor- landing module ‘Vikram’ is healthy and safe in the lunar tion of netizens and got more lawless and precise launch enough fuel for continuing it have a social media account and mation on all such losing communication with orbit, an ISRO official had he Nagpur Police is win- than 17,700 likes and 5,400 Fand efficient management forward for seven years.” that all such information shared accounts are not authentic,” ground stations, just 2.1 km said after the ‘Vikram’ lander Tning the internet with a retweets within two hours. of the Chandrayaan-2 mission The space agency also said, on them was not authentic. ISRO said in a statement. from the lunar surface during lost contact with ground sta- moving tweet urging The ISRO has said — till the lander ‘Vikram’ lost the precise launch and mission The space agency gave the “The official account of its final descent in the early tions minutes before the touch- Chandrayaan-2’s lander ‘Vikram’ is intact and lying communication with ground- management has ensured a clarification after some social ISRO on all social media plat- hours of Saturday. down on Moon’s surface. ‘Vikram’ to respond and tilted on the moon, but not stations — has paid rich divi- long life of almost seven years media accounts in the name of forms are as follows: Stating that Chandrayaan- promising not to challan the communicating with ground dends to the ISRO on the instead of the planned one Sivan did the rounds. “It has https://www.Twitter.Com/isro 2 mission was a highly complex ISRO module for breaking stations. Another interest- orbiter front. year for the orbiter. been noted that social media and https://www.Facebook. one, which represented a sig- the signals! ing tweet, shared by the The 2,379 kg orbiter ISRO said 90 to 95 accounts in the name of Com/ISRO, Youtube ISRO nificant technological leap In the early hours of Nagpur Police, juxtaposes a whose mission life was per cent of the Kailasavadivoo Sivan (along Official, it said. compared to the previous mis- Saturday, ‘Vikram’ lost com- famous dialogue from block- designed to be one year will Chandrayaan-2 mis- with photographs of K Sivan) A few fake social media sions of ISRO, the space agency munication with ground sta- buster Hindi movie Sholay now be able function for sion objectives have is operational and active on accounts in the name of Sivan said, it brought together an tions, just 2.1 km from the with ISRO’s historic mission almost seven years. been accomplished social media plat- and also ISRO are active on the orbiter, lander and rover to lunar surface during its final and praises the Indian space “Enough fuel is available and will continue to forms. social media, including twitter, explore the unexplored south descent. On Sunday, ISRO agency. with the orbiter. Up to contribute to Lunar This is to with updates on the countrys pole of the Moon. chairman K Sivan said efforts “Dusron ne kitne attempt (lunar) orbit science, notwith- clarify that K second lunar mission This was a unique mission to establish contact with the kiye.. Sardar 9.. Aur ISRO insertion, we standing the loss Sivan, Chairman, ‘Chandrayaan-2’, quoting them. which aimed at studying not lander were continuing. ne..Sardar 1. Dusro ne 9 Aur did not have of communication just one area of the Moon but “Dear Vikram, Please ISRO ne 1..Fir bhi itni success any flaw. with the lander all the areas combining the respond. We are not going to mil gayi. Bahut garv ki baat Additional which hit lunar attempt to soft-land in the already been placed in its enrich our understanding of exosphere, the surface as well challan (fine receipt) you for hai yah (It’s a matter of pride fuel which surface after fail- early hours of Saturday. intended orbit around the the moon’s evolution and map- as the sub-surface of the moon breaking the signals!” said the that ISRO achieved so much was anticipated ing in its planned Pointing out the orbiter has Moon, ISRO said, it shall ping of the minerals and water in a single mission, it added. Nagpur police through their success with its very first official Twitter handle. attempt whereas others made The heartwarming tweet so many attempts),” it said. with a touch of humour was The Maharashtra Police  P  O  '(P  ,       appreciated on social tweeter handle, which usual- media and ly posts memes for people’s also shared awareness, shared a message    72 #89   by twit- praising the ISRO. ter- “You have 100% left a  "*,+" Chhappan Bhog is a part of         mark on the heart of each one a three-day programme that of us! Jai Hind”. athura’s famous ‘Chhappan begins on Tuesday, September   /,700") ‘Thingal’. resolution images which will The Mumbai Police had MBhog’ this year on 10, with a 23-km circumambu- Early on September 7, be immensely useful to the also congratulated the ISRO September 12 will be dedicated lation around the Govardhan eeking the Moon god Vikram while on its descent to global scientific community, for successfully placing to the Chandrayaan-2 project hillock, with lord Krishna on a SChandran’s blessings for soft land on the lunar’s south ISRO had said. Chandrayaan 2 into the and ISRO scientists involved in chariot. While the Maha Indian space agency estab- polar region apparently lost A special puja was also lunar orbit and said it the moon mission, an officer- Abhishekam of the deity would lishing communication links control and crash landed on organised for the success of had been orbiting the bearer of the organising com- take place on September 11, the with the Chandrayaan-2 moon the lunar surface snapping Chandrayaan-1 before the city since 1669. mittee said on Monday. Chhappan Bhog has been slat- lander Vikram, special communication links. rocket lifted off in 2008, Murari Agrawal, the ed for the following day, Agrawal “abhishekam” was held at the On September 8, Indian Kannan said. founder-president of Sri Giriraj said. The organisers expect that Chandranaar Temple in Tamil Space Research Organisation “We didn’t offer all located near Seva Samiti, which organises the and jewels. Brijwasis would at least four lakh pilgrims are Nadu’s Thanjavur district, a (ISRO) said it has found its any special prayers Kumbakonam, and community offering event, said pray for the success of likely to join the programme on temple official said. moon lander Vikram on the before July 15 devotees pray at they would also pray for the Chandrayaan-3,” Agrawal said. at least one of the days, he said. “In the morning we had lunar surface. when On September these temples to get success of the country’s future For preparing 21,000-kilo- The Samiti is a group of special abhishekam for the “The lander seems to have Chandrayaan-2 6, the day prior to rid of negative endeavour to explore the Moon. gram “Prasadam (offering)” over 100 people which organises blessings of Chandran so that hit the lunar surface and is in was first planned to Vikram’s scheduled planetary influence on them. He said they have extended invi- with cow ghee and other items, the Chhappan Bhog every year. communication link can be an upturned position,” an offi- be launched. Owing to some landing on the lunar surface, According to Kannan, tations to Prime Minister expert religious cooks from Often they dedicate their prayer established with Vikram,” V. cial told IANS preferring technical problem, the launch special prayers and around 500 devotees come to Narendra Modi, the Indian Lucknow, Agra, Hathras, to some special causes. Kannan, Manager at the Sri anonymity. He also said there was postponed,” Kannan said. ‘abhishekam’ were held at the the Chandranaar Temple daily Space Research Organisation Indore, Ratlam and Madurai Chhappan Bhog — prasad Kailasanathar Temple or is a possibility of the lander “We thought the technical temple. Kannan said the spe- and on Mondays the number (ISRO) scientists associated are working for about 10 hours (offerings) made with 56 dif- Chandranaar Temple said. getting broken on impact. snag may be due to the non- cial prayers were their contri- goes up to 5,000. with the Chandrayaan-2 and daily, Agrawal said. ferent items — is a community He said it was unfortunate The pictures were taken by offering of prayers to the Moon bution for India going forward The nine Navagraha tem- Chandrayaan-3 projects and He said religious cooks offering organised to please the that Vikram had some prob- India’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter God. Hence, prior to the in its scientific programme. ples are: Suryanaar (Sun), their family members. from Bengaluru, the city that deity for the welfare of the lems. According to him, that is orbiting the Moon. Chandrayaan-2 launch on July While the presiding deity Chandranaar (Moon), “We have decided to give houses the ISRO headquarters, society. According to Hindu tra- Monday is a special day for The Orbiter camera is the 22, special prayers, at the temple is Soma (Moon), Angaragan (Mars), Budhan Chandrayaan-3 shape to the and Kolkata have prepared the ditions, such offering was organ- Chandran God. Chandran is highest resolution camera ‘abhishekam’ and ‘annad- the main deity is Lord Shiva. (Mercury), Guru (Jupiter), improvised sanctum sancto- model of what he called ised to please lord Krishna dur- also known as ‘Thingal’ in (0.3m) in any lunar mission so hanam’ were conducted,” The Chandranaar Temple is Sukran (Venus), Shani rum of the temple with gems Chandrayaan-3 and its rover. ing the Dwapar period. Tamil and Monday in Tamil is far, and shall provide high Kannan said. one of the Navagraha temples, (Saturn), Rahu and Ketu.    / 8      (       #    "     <  # $%&  0/ ! (    (         ""  #  #  >8 "*" taking 46 lakh from a person  8+/ 0>9 F promising him to get him the JP leader Mukul Roy membership of the Railway ormer Uttar Pradesh Chief  +6") should be heard separately.  6701"8++ Battacked Mamata Banerjee Board. Roy said he had no FMinister Kalyan Singh “The issues are separate. If the Government for hatching polit- connection with any such cases. rejoined the BJP on Monday he Bombay High Court court starts hearing the petition aising questions about the ical conspiracy against him Meanwhile, the CBI has after completing his term as the Twhich is hearing petitions pertaining to whether Aarey is RBJP Government’s longevi- and warned that history was summoned senior TMC leader Rajasthan Governor, a on the cutting of 2,600 trees in a forest area or not, then the ty in Karnataka, senior Congress always prone to repeat itself. and State Minister Subhendu constitutional post which Aarey for a metro rail car shed issue regarding the cutting of leader Siddaramaiah on This, even as the Bengal Adhikary in Sharada case.” offered him immunity from said on Monday that it would trees for the Metro project will Monday claimed Chief Minister Police on Monday interrogat- Elsewhere, BJP national trial for criminal conspiracy have to go into the issue of be sidelined,” Chinoy said. B S Yediyurappa is like an ed him for more than two Roy said, “I have replied to general secretary Kailash in the Babri Masjid demolition whether monetary value can be The Bench said it would “unwanted child” as his partys hours in a graft case. all the questions to the best of Vijaybargiya charged Chief case. placed on environmental loss post all the petitions on central leadership was not inter- The former Railway my knowledge and capacity.” Minister Mamata Banerjee The 87-year-old leader and degradation. September 17 and decide, on ested in him taking the top job. Minister who was on Monday On whether he was asked to with doing politics of “appease- accepted the party’s member- A Bench of Chief Justice lected research material on the that date, the sequence in which The former Chief Minister evening interrogated at appear before police again he ment and terror.” ship in the presence of UP BJP Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice issue and gave copies of the said to hear them. As per alleged Yediyurappa came to Thakurpukur Police Station replied in the negative. “Three months back BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh. Bharati Dangre said the issue material to advocates repre- Bathena’s petition, on August 29 power through the backdoor for more than two hours “This is definitely a case of worker Pradeep Mandal and His son Rajveer Singh, Lok pertains to the debate between senting the petitioners, BMC, this year, the Tree Authority without the public mandate. charged the Trinamool political conspiracy and I once Sukanto Mandal were attacked Sabha MP from Etah, and environment and development. the MMRCL and the State tabled and approved a propos- “He has come to power Congress with “hatching polit- again iterate that the way she by almost 400 persons. The grandson Sandeep Singh, “We need both environ- Government. al made by the MMRCL to cut through the backdoor without ical conspiracy against me.” (Banerjee) is bringing false attackers were the men of a Minister of State for Finance in ment and development. Hence, The Bench also sought to trees in the Aarey area to make public mandate and against He said “They (TMC cases.... history is prone to smuggler. Ninety days have Uttar Pradesh, were also pre- we need to contrast and com- know if it should hear all peti- way for a car shed for the principles of democracy.. They Government) have framed 24 repeat itself,” he said. passed and police have arrest- sent at the party office here. pare the two. The world over tions pertaining to the Aarey Mumbai Metro III project. did not have public mandate as criminal cases of fraud against While Roy would not clar- ed no one while accused are Kalraj Mishra was sworn in scientists and ecologists are issue together. Apart from the The Tree Authority they had only 105 MLAs out of me but in each of these 24 cases ify as to what he meant by roaming free and creating ter- as Rajasthan Governor on researching the issue of how to petition filed by activist Zoru approved the felling of 2,185 113 required for simple major- the complainants have affirmed drawing the analogy of histo- ror,” Vijaybargiya said after Monday after Singh completed value environmental loss,” Bathena challenging the Tree trees and transplanting ity,” Siddaramaiah said. through affidavit that they have ry repeating itself his party col- visiting Sandeshkhali in North the five-year term as Governor Chief Justice Nandrajog said. Authority’s approval given on (uprooting trees from the orig- Speaking at the Congress been forced to bring charges leagues said “those who are 24 Parganas where a few of the State. “Can monetary value be August 29 for felling the trees inal spot and replanting them office here, he said the party against me... Still this doing this today should keep in months ago two BJP workers Singh could face trial for placed on environmental for the Metro car shed, anoth- at an alternate spot) 461 trees would have had no objection if Government is continuously mind that two years from now were allegedly attacked by criminal conspiracy in the degradation? What is the eco- er petition was filed in October from the area. he had become Chief Minister bringing false charges against BJP will be in power.” TMC workers. Babri Masjid demolition case as nomical value to environmen- 2018 seeking a direction to The Aarey Colony in sub- with the mandate of the people. me, but they must be remind- Roy was summoned with- He said such acts were a the immunity he enjoyed while tal loss? We need to see that,” declare Aarey a forest area. urban Goregaon is among the “Unlike Prime Minister ed of the fact that harsh histo- in a month of one Baban Ghosh result of Banerjee’s appease- holding the constitutional post the court said. BMC counsel Aspi Chinoy, prime green lungs of the Narendra Modi, Yediyurappa ry repeats itself.” was arrested by the police for ment politics. does not now exist. The court said it had col- however, said the petitions metropolis. has become CM without pub- lic mandate...How long he will be CM I dont know... Yediyurappa is like an unwant- ed child, BJP had no interest in <87HI3 him becoming CM..,” the con- gress leader claimed.   E"+ 60 per cent of the estimated to procure nearly 12 lakh MTs Federation of India (NAFED) Siddaramaiah on several annual apple production, of Apple produce. will procure apple in J&K from occasions recently had predict- ammu & Kashmir Chief which last year stood at 20 lakh Divisional Commissioner, the growers/aggregators so as ed the imminent fall of the JSecretary BVR MTs will be procured from the Kashmir, Director to ensure remunerative prices Yediyurappa government, lead- Subrahmanyam on Monday apple growers nearer their Horticulture, Kashmir, for the apple crop. ing to mid-term polls in announced stage is set for door steps. The scheme is Director, Agriculture, Kashmir, While the nodal procure- Karnataka. Following the col- procuring nearly 12 lakh MTs expected to enhance the Director, Jammu & Kashmir ment agency from Government lapse of the Congress-JD(S) of apple produce this season income of the growers in Horticulture Process and of India will be NAFED, the coalition Government, from the apple growers of Kashmir Valley by about Marketing Corporation (JKH- Nodal procurement agency Yediyurappa was sworn in as the Kashmir division at remuner- 2,000 crore. PMC), representatives of from Government of Jammu & Chief Minister on July 26, and ative prices. During the day, he also NAFED and other senior offi- Kashmir will be the Directorate subsequently he proved major- It is for the first time, chaired a video con- cers attended the meeting of Horticulture, Planning and ity on the floor of the Assembly ference with Deputy through video conferencing. Marketing, supported by the on July 29. Absence of 17 Commissioners The period of procure- Directorate of Horticulture and Congress-JD(S) MLAs during (DCs) of Kashmir ment would be from the JKHPMC. the trust vote had led to the col- Division to discuss September 1, 2019 to March 1, The apple will be procured lapse of the HD Kumaraswamy the roll out of the 2020. The fund requirement for from the growers/aggregators headed coalition Government Special Market the scheme has been estimat- at Fruit Mandis situated in and helped BJP come to power. Intervention ed as 8,000 crore. Sopore (Baramulla), Parimpora ationalisation of the scheme. intervention scheme. He direct- lecting their Aadhaar and Bank Siddaramaiah, who is the Price Scheme Under the scheme, the (Srinagar), Shopian and Chief Secretary asked the ed DCs to launch a sustained Account details so that after leader of the Congress legisla- (MISP) of Department of Agriculture and Batengo (Anantnag). DCs to gear up their adminis- campaign to generate awareness procurement of the apple, pay- ture party, accused Yediyurappa Government of Cooperation, GoI and the Necessary facilities and infra- trative machinery to ensure among the fruit growers about ment can be made directly into of indulging in transfer of offi- India (GoI), National Agriculture structure is being created at that apple growers reap the the scheme and also start the their Bank Accounts within a cials and vendetta politics since being introduced Cooperative Marketing these Mandis for smooth oper- benefits of the special market process of their registration, col- period of 48 hours. taking over.   ! " :

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Earlier, and on Monday a poster, issued 30 percent licenses were bogus. by the Al-Badr terror outfit, mid public uproar over Multiple licenses for one per- surfaced in Lal Cowk area Athe hefty fines for violation son is not possible now due to with clear warning to local of traffic regulations under the re-registration,” he said. businessmen, transporters and new Motor Vehicles Gadkari said the Narendra others against resuming nor- Amendment Act, Union Modi Government had been mal activities. Transport Nitin Gadakri working in a decisive and trans- Terrorists had earlier tar- admitted here on Monday that parent manner, with the vision geted family members of an he too was fined for speeding of development and with the apple merchant in Sopore and    (              (     , ((          /      on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link goal of making India a super- also killed a shopkeeper in   !  (      (    ! (BWSL) in Mumbai. economy in the world. “Our 100 Parimpora as they refused to “Even I paid fine once for days in office is just the begin- adhere to their verbal diktats. parts of Srinagar and across dif- old minor girl Asma Jann and Police officer said these eight reporters, “During firing local over-speeding on the Bandra- ning. Many more decisive Even after tight security restric- ferent parts of Kashmir Valley her father received bullet injuries. people were close associates of residents took shelter inside Worli Sea Link. Even (Minister actions and bold initiatives are tions were eased out, by securi- ahead of Ashura — 10th day of Superintendent of Police, terrorists behind the attack. bunkers and loss of human lives of State for Transport) VK going to be made in the coming ty agencies from major parts of Muharram — on Tuesday. Sopore, Javaid Iqbal told The In Rajouri, DC Rajouri was prevented”. He said dead- Singh saab was also fined... It years,” the Minister said. Kashmir Valley, markets con- In another related develop- Pioneer, “Eight over ground along with senior police officers line of one month has been only goes to prove that be it Gadkari said the repeal of tinued to wore deserted look ment, local police in Sopore workers who were responsible visited forward villages where given to project executing agen- political leaders, actors, jour- Article 370 of the Constitution with shops remaining closed and arrested eight over ground work- for pasting posters and threat- half a dozen houses were dam- cies on ground zero to complete nalists, lawyers or even social and the re-organisation of mote e-vehicles, Gadkari said, public transport remaining off. ers and close aides of Pakistani ening local shop keepers from aged/partially damaged in Pak construction work of around workers, they are all same Jammu & Kashmir had opened GST on e-vehicles has been Meanwhile, strict restric- terrorists behind attack on apple resuming their normal activi- firing on Sunday. DC, Rajouri 3,000 bunkers so as to hand it when it comes to traffic viola- a new chapter of development reduced from 12 to 5 per cent. tions remained in place in merchant in which 30-month- ties were arrested by police”. Mohd Aijaz Asad told over to local villagers. tions,” Gadkari said, while in the region and would put an We are incentivising ethanol defending the stringent provi- end to terrorism. He said making from sugar, maze etc. sions under the new Act. hunger, poverty and unem- because it is import-substituting, Talking to mediapersons on ployment in the region were cost-effective and pollution-free. :  " ! %%"  $ ; the occasion of the NDA 2.0 gov- because of Article 370 which We import 7 lakh crore worth ernment completing 100 days in came in the way of even imple- of petroleum products. Using office, Gadkari said that the menting reservation he said the ethanol will save 40,000 crore.   , " ' "  new law had brought in trans- development issues of Leh and Recently, a bike run on ethanol parency in the system. “People Ladakh had also been solved. was inaugurated, soon we  #! ! +6") are being care of by the forest are saying that hefty fines will Averring the banning of will try running autos and buses officials,” Investigating Officer lead to corruption. How can you teen talaq was a big achievement, too on ethanol.” he officials in the civic Mansab Satdive of Buldhana say like that? In a city like he said the decision had pro- Among other things, Tbodies in three districts of Rural police said. Mumbai, people get caught on vided justice to Muslim women Gadkari said that in Nagpur, we Oodpur primary school to the Maharashtra have come under After the Girda forest offi- CCTV cameras installed on var- on humanitarian grounds. He are selling waste water for 180  police station. the scanner over the killing and cials lodged a complaint with ious roads. No one can erase the said that even opposition parties crore. “We will extract methane At the Phulpur police sta- dumping of the bodies of 90 the local police on Sunday, the footage. They will have to pay supported it and the Parliament and CO2 from it and mix it with tion, the school principal stray dogs on the outskirts of Buldhana police have registered fine... High fines will lead to discussed it thoroughly. “Forget vegetable, meat waste and solid lodged a complaint against Girda forest in Buldhana dis- a case against unknown per- transparency, and will not result teen talaq, there used to be even sludge and will run 400 buses, Jaiswal on the basis of which an trict of eastern Maharashtra. sons under the relevant sec- in corruption,” he said. talaq on WhatsApp. Teen talaq 150 cars and 100 trucks on it. FIR was registered against him Puzzled by the mysterious tions of Prevention of Cruelty Gadkari said the is now a crime and it has been Bhandara, Wardha, Gondia,  "M"1", and he was arrested, said Singh. mass killing and dumping of to Animals Act, 1960, section Amendment of Motor Vehicle decided to give jail and fine for Chandrapur, Gadchiroli and The FIR No 237, registered the bodies of 90 stray dogs in Aurangabad or other places 429 (Mischief by killing or Act would improve road safe- it,” he said. Nagpur will be made diesel-free zamgarh district magistrate on September 6, 2019, against the Girda forest in Buldhana who had been engaged in dri- maiming cattle etc) of Indian ty. “Two per cent of the nation- The Minister said the road during the next five years,” the Aon Monday ordered a probe the journalist, quotes the school district, the local police have ves against stray dogs”. Penal Code (IPC) and section al GDP is being wasted on acci- transport projects worth 60,000 Minister added. into the arrest of a journalist principal as saying that Jaiswal launched an intense investiga- The incident came to light 119 Bombay Police Act, 1951, dents. Nearly 5 lakh accidents crore were being executed. “We Gadkari added trains on allegedly after he took pho- often visited the school and tion into the incident. on Friday after a police patil (Maharashtra) Section 119 happen, 1.5 lakh die every are trying to build all-season Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi- tographs of some children mop- misbehaved with both male Talking to The Pioneer on alerted the forest officials about which deals with cruelty to year on our roads and 2.5-3 roads. By signing MoU between Howrah routes would s run at ping the floor in their school. and female teachers and stu- Monday evening, Buldhana’s SP the foul smell emanating from animals. lakh people become handi- Punjab, Kashmir and Haryana, the speed of 160 km/r in the The journalist was arrested dents and tried to persuade Dilip Patil-Bhujbal said, “We the forest area located along the “We have sent the viscera capped. This will come down we are trying to utilize water of near future. “Delhi Mumbai on false charges of extortion them to subscribe to the news- have still not got any clues as to Girda-Savaldabara Road. The of the carcasses of dogs for due to the amendment”. three rivers in the region. Seven highway with cost of 1 lakh and obstructing public ser- paper published by him. who is behind the killing and forest officials rushed to the autopsy. We are awaiting the “Projects worth 14,000 pending projects are being com- crore is being built which will vants from discharging their Yadav said in the FIR that dumping of 90 stray dogs. As spot and found 100 dogs with report. As of now, we are not crore are being implemented to pleted and water will go to the make Delhi-Mumbai travel duty, alleged a fellow journalist on the day of the incident part of the investigations, our their muzzles and legs tied up sure as to how these dogs were remove black spots on roads; fag end of Rajashtan, benefiting possible in just 12 hours by Sudhir Singh, who, along with Jaiswal came to the school and teams are questioning the offi- with strings, and thrown on the killed — whether they were 786 black spots have been eight districts,” he said. road. 50,000 crore are being other journalists met District ordered some children to mop cials of various bodies in the road. “Of the dogs, 10 were poisoned or starved to death,” identified already. Licensing Reiterating the Gove- spent to remove pollution from magistrate NP Singh to apprise the floor to facilitate him take districts of Buldhana, Jalna, found to be alive. These dogs Patil-Bhujbal said. and road safety rules will be rnment’s commitment to pro- Delhi,” he said. him of the alleged illegal arrest. their photographs. Yadav said “No injustice will be meted he objected to his act, follow- out to the journalist. We will ing which Jaiswal fled the look into the matter,” said school premises leaving his Azamgarh DM NP Singh. vehicle there and later demand- Singh also ordered a probe ed money from him. into the matter. Local journalist Sudhir Singh, who works as Santosh Jaiswal was arrested a stringer for a New Delhi- here last week on Friday after he based national news agency, took photographs of school chil- refuted the charges against the dren, mopping the floor and arrested journalist, saying the called up police to apprise them local police nursed a grudge of the illegal practice by school against him. He said Jaiswal had authorities, said Sudhir Singh. in May this year posted on his Journalist Singh said the Twitter handle a photograph of police, responding to Jaiswal’s Phulpur Police Station House call reached the school and Officer Shivshankar Singh’s took both Jaiswal and principal SUV with tinted window and Radhey Shyam Yadav of the without number plate. & 0   ! " 4'     )01".>7 ing dairy, metals, electronics, strategic objective of holding     chemicals, and textiles, have the line against protectionist 7 ndia on Monday said it has urged the government to not and unilateral policies, he Ireservations on joining the agree on duty cut in these seg- agreed. Even so, it had to make  ( proposed Regional ments. economic sense, he said. 47J< Comprehensive Economic “The big concerns of India “RCEP, at the end of the     Partnership with the ASEAN are of course, one, its relation- day, is an economic negotia- countries and its six FTA part- ship with China because we tion. It has a strategic implica-    7 ners, due to concerns, includ- have an enormous trade deficit tion but the merits... Have to be ing the “enormous” trade with China,” Jaishankar said in economic,” he said.  079 :78,)  079 :78,) deficit with China, which has response to a question on the Balakrishnan called the ballooned to over $57 billion. ongoing negotiations for the deal a “game-changer” that he Government has hinese Taipei The Regional RCEP. had the potential to secure the Timposed countervailing Chas dragged Comprehensive Economic At the session, also attend- prosperity of its members in duty on Saccharin, a kind of India into WTO’s       # P       (    Partnership (RCEP) agreement ed by his Singaporean coun- the face of a push-back against sweetener, from China for five dispute settlement        ,    (       : ; #    is being negotiated among 10 terpart Vivian Balakrishnan, trade and globalisation. years, a move to guard domes- mechanism over :  ,  ',    (   #    # =   ASEAN members (Brunei, Jaishankar said India fears that “For India, China and tic players from cheap imports. imposition of > ?     2@6A     (  : #    , >9 ? Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the RECP deal, which would Southeast Asia, the key political The Department of import duties on # (     (    8 >&   8 (?B ! Malaysia, Myanmar, the call for a lowering of tariffs, question is, can we arrive at a Revenue imposed the duty certain ICT prod- C  8 >  8 (?B D (       .!#  , Philippines, Singapore, would lead to a flood of goods formula that would expand a after it was recommended by ucts, including   B         '!#    ',  B      Thailand, and Vietnam) and from China while not assuring rising middle class and give their the Commerce Ministry’s mobile phones,     (  #        ' #     their six trade partners — India of an equal access to the children a sense of optimism,” investigation arm DGTR. alleging breach of global trade measures, India accords less    #7=    #P ,  E        Australia, China, India, Japan, Chinese markets, thereby he was quoted as saying by The In its probe, the Directorate norms. favourable treatment to the ' #   Korea and New Zealand to cre- widening its large trade deficit. Straits Times newspaper. General of Trade Remedies The country claims that commerce of the Separate ate a free trade pact covering a On Sunday, the 16 RCEP Balakrishnan said (DGTR) concluded that India has imposed these duties Customs Territory of Taiwan, third of the world’s economy. participating nations that are Singapore, the largest foreign Saccharin has been exported to on 11 categories of ICT prod- Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu of External Affairs Minister S negotiating a mega free trade investor in both India and India at subsidised value, which ucts in excess of India’s bound certain information and com- Jaishankar, speaking during a agreement have agreed to work China, hoped the two Asian has resulted in subsidisation of duty rates for the goods. munication technology goods”. panel discussion at the inau- together to iron out outstand- countries would eventually tide the product. Due to this, According to a WTO state- It said they are looking gural session of India-Singapore ing issues which are funda- over their differences. domestic industry has suffered ment, Chinese Taipei has “forward to receiving India’s Business & Innovation Summit mental to conclude the talks “In the next decade or two, material injury. requested dispute consulta- reply to this request and to here, said India remained con- this year, a joint statement China and India are going to be After considering these tions with India regarding agreeing to a mutually accept- cerned over the unfair” market said. The statement was issued in significant trading relation- findings, “the designated duties imposed by India on able date and place for consul- access to Indian products and after the 7th RCEP ministeri- ship. This is something they authority, hereby imposes imports of certain information tations”. the “protectionist policies” of al meeting in Bangkok. will have to sort out. In due definitive countervailing duty” and communications technol- The European Union has Beijing that have created a sig- Negotiators have expressed course, bilateral arrangements on the goods “originating in ogy (ITC) goods. also filed a similar complaint nificant trade deficit between hope that the RCEP would be will be made,” he said. and exported” by China, an The request was circulated against India in the WTO. the two nations. delivered by the end of the year. “But even as this rap- official notification said. to WTO members on Monday. The request for consulta- The trade deficit with India India has registered trade prochement occurs, what we The product would attract In October last year, India tions formally initiates a dis- in 2018, according to official deficit in 2018-19 with as many are trying to offer with RCEP 20 per cent duty, which would hiked import duty on certain pute in the WTO. Chinese data, climbed to as 11 RCEP countries, includ- is a multilateral model, a pan- be imposed on the base of CIF communication items, includ- Consultations give the parties $57.86 billion from $51.72 bil- ing China, South Korea and regional model, the centre of (Cost, Insurance and Freight) ing base stations, to up to 20 per an opportunity to discuss the lion in 2017 in about $95.54 Australia. gravity in the Indo-Pacific. value. The CIF value is the cent as part of efforts to check matter and to find a satisfactory # (       //    , F 2@65   total bilateral trade. Jaishankar also raised con- And if we can sort out the fair actual value of the goods when a widening current account solution without proceeding               //  ( # The Indian industry has cerns that India’s forte, its trade rules which will promote trade they are exported. deficit by curbing imports. further with litigation. /(       (      : "   ( , ! raised concerns over the pres- in services, was less well and economic integration While the DGTR recom- Chinese Taipei has claimed After 60 days, if consulta-  /    >!E? # "           ence of China in the grouping enforced through regulations between India, China and mends duty, Finance Ministry that these measures “appear to tions fail to resolve the dispute,   // with which India has a huge than the trade in goods. South-east Asia, there is enor- takes the final call to impose be inconsistent with India’s the complainant may request trade. Various sectors, includ- The deal had the geo- mous opportunity. the duty. obligations” and “through those adjudication by a panel.       0/8"*  #  ,  (       $3$3     '; % 8          +   6   0   +6") ple with a double whammy. Within asset classes, it has Noting that the balance- maintained a stable-to- nega-  079 :78,) "   .(  D  ( ,         +6") investors (FIIs) remained net he year-long liquidity sheets of many systemically tive outlook on commercial   4  P 2@65: ;  . 0.        (   sellers in the capital market, Tpains of shadow bankers important NBFCs are larger vehicle and tractor loans. It he NCLAT has set aside   C. 0  +:    '#       : " he rupee pared initial gains pulling out Rs 188.08 crore on are set to linger on through the than those of mid-sized banks, also has a negative outlook for Tinsolvency proceedings         ,   ,   !    Tto settle almost flat at Monday, according to provi- rest of the fiscal year at least with significant funding the large housing players due initiated against Bharat Road  "   +:        .9   !   71.71 against the US dollar on sional exchange data. given the deepening slump in requirements, the report said, to funding challenges and ris- Network Ltd, and directed the Monday as rising crude oil Forex traders said market the overall economy which “as NBFCs are primarily ing inventory levels. NCLT-Kolkata bench to close prices kept investors edgy. investors were optimistic will pull down their growth to wholesale funded, they need The agency said it sees the matter. Rising crude oil prices about cut in interest rates by 10-12 percent from a high 15 to plan their liquidity far some asset quality pressure for A three-member NCLAT and foreign fund outflows the US Federal Reserve. percent, warns a report. more prudently, given that NBFCs on their real estate bench headed by Chairman weighed on the domestic cur- “Market participants have The domestic rating they do not have access to the book going ahead when the Justice S J Mukhopadhaya rency, forex dealers said. been pricing in some form of agency India Ratings Monday lender of last resort, unlike moratorium period ends over observed that corporate Crude oil spurted 0.44 per a monetary easing as yield also revised the outlook on the banks.” the next 12 months. debtor (Bharat Road cent to $61.81 per barrel in curves have inverted in the last sector to negative from stable. The report said among NBFCs have given mora- Network) has settled its dues anticipation that new Saudi month in the US and a “We have cut our growth NBFCs, the retail asset torium of 18-24 months on the with its financial creditor energy minister, Prince breather is very much needed forecast for NBFCs for FY20 to financers with long track principal amount lent to real Religare Finvest. Abdulaziz bin Salman, would on the cards,” Rajesh Cheruvu, 10-12 percent from 15 in view records have been able to estate developers. NBFCs have The appellate tribunal also push for production cuts. The Chief Investor, Validus of the funding challenges and mobilise funding owing to an outstanding of Rs 1 lakh observed that CoC At the interbank foreign Wealth. the general economic slow- the granular nature of their crore to the real estate devel- (Committee of Creditors) was exchange market, the local Cheruvu further said that down, as evident from the loan books and the control opers. not formed and promoters has unit witnessed heavy volatili- “there have been some com- deep fall in auto sales, slow- they have exhibited in main- Agency’s associate director cleared the amount claimed by ty. During the day, the domes- forting signs of the trade war down in rural infra activities taining asset quality. Pankaj Naik said 65-80 percent the financial creditor. tic unit shuttled between a simmering down and the and challenges that small units However, wholesale and of this book is originated in “Taking into considera- high of 71.50 and low of 71.73. Brexit and Hong Kong protests are facing,” the agency said. semi-wholesale NBFCs in real the last 18 to 24 months, and tion the fact that the CoC has The rupee finally settled at have eased somewhat though, NBFCs have been facing estate, corporate lending and the moratorium period will be not yet been constituted and 71.71, higher by just 1 paise remains to be seen whether liquidity crisis after a series of large ticket housing segments ending in the second half of the parties have settled the over its previous close. The optimism persists.” defaults by segment major have seen challenges in mobil- FY20 or first half of FY21. matter, we set-aside the rupee has extended gains for Going ahead, the IL&FS last September. ising liabilities, largely because “If the same kind of refi- impugned order dated August !    #  8  0     '    the fourth day in a row. The European Central Bank (ECB) It said with the liquidity of the asset-side perception nancing pressure persists in 28, 2019 and dismiss the !9&8 8#  !     (   ( 8  , rupee had settled at 71.72 rate decision, the US CPI and crisis being accompanied by risk arising from the slow- the market as is prevalent application under Section 7 of      # !  >#!?   '  0 >0!? against the US dollar on retail sales would be closely possible asset-side headwinds down in real estate and mod- now, there could be serious the I&B Code filed by      ( ,       /( & E B    Friday. watched metrics for forex in light of slowing demand, eration in refinancing oppor- asset quality challenges for Religare Finvest,” the NCLAT  + /  .( ': "     , 0  /  Foreign institutional traders this week. NBFCs will continue to grap- tunities, it said. these lenders,” Naik said. said. !9&8 8#:   ! "   00

Q 8      POLLARD APPOINTED AS NEW WI SKIPPER New Delhi: 4             "0/,7*7   9  /       :     )   /  9 )   H/9)I oe Root is in no doubt he should remain        E ,    Jas England’s Test captain despite pre- /  6      >:)   *@%) (    (  ,  'P      siding over their first failure to win a home       .    Ashes series in 18 years.   -    *      England were looking to regain the /9) 6   :         Ashes after a humiliating 4-0 loss under    -     .   Root in Australia in 2017/18.   .          But Australia’s 185-run victory in the              fourth Test at Old Trafford on Sunday left                 them with an unassailable 2-1 lead in the      * #@--     five-match series ahead of next week’s >:) @%3& ,        finale at the Oval. @%3G 9  /      *@%) Root, whose tactical acumen has   )   been questioned this series, may be England’s best batsman but three of his MIRABAI TO LEAD AT WORLD C’SHIP last five Test innings have ended in ducks. New Delhi: 4     /    Nevertheless, he had no doubts    - )        about continuing in the often stressful role 9    9  /      of England captain. . *        3B  @$ “Definitely, yes,” the 28-year-old said ahead of Thursday’s start at The Oval. * 9  /     1 -    when asked if he still felt he was the right England, however, could still end this      @%@% *  >  *   man for the job. series all square at 2-2 and gain valuable       *      “Whenever you lose a series it hurts points in the inaugural World Test         *     and I have to take that on the chin. It’s still Championship with a victory in south HAGI /   /   1  very raw. London.   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That is in my control and I “We have the Test championship to H$#I        Ren 10-wicket haul as 4:20pm and Afghanistan were dismissed when he flicked their plans. have to make sure I keep getting this team play for, do not lose this Ashes series. It PRANNOY OUT OF CHINA & KOREA OPEN Afghanistan defied rain and given 18.3 overs to bowl out Rashid to Ibrahim Zadran at “The four-day structure in the best shape to win as many games matters to me, it matters to everyone fading light to beat Bangladesh Bangladesh, which was chasing short leg with 20 balls left in the back home is helping the play- as possible.” involved. New Delhi:   , .       by a massive 224 runs in the a target of 398 runs. game as Afghanistan completed ers. We had the best preparation This was England’s first defeat in an “I know the Ashes are not coming              one-off Test in Chittagong on Left-arm chinaman Zahir their second win after playing for this game and it was chal- Old Trafford Test since 2001 and Root, home but in terms of the Test champi-        .         Monday. Khan dismissed overnight bats- just three Tests. lenging for the batsmen. one of several players also involved in this onship, at the end of the two-year cycle /  >         /     Rashid grabbed three of man Shakib Al Hasan in the first Rashid, who made his debut Bangladesh skipper Shakib season’s World Cup triumph, has little those points could be crucial. “Every game  3$  @@      >       )      the remaining four wickets as ball after the resumption, deal- as the youngest-ever Test captain was full of praise for time in which to revive flagging spirits against Australia matters.” @A  @G .             Afghanistan took 17.2 overs on ing a serious blow to the home in this match, finished the game Afghanistan.          UV   K 9  the fifth day to bowl out side. with 11 wickets which included “They deserve this victory.              Bangladesh for 173 in the sec- Afsar Zazai took a sharp a first innings haul of 5-54. After playing for 20 years, we        9       )   ond innings after the hosts catch behind the stump to The Afghan skipper, who can’t say it’s a build-up process,”    /        resumed with 136-6. remove Shakib for 44 and then also made 51 and 24 runs in two he said. 1 ,         Play started on the fifth day Rashid did the rest. innings, was named man of the “It’s been a while since we "".U.   at 1:00pm local time after rain Rashid trapped Mehidy match. played our last Test match, but wiped out the first session. Hasan dead in front for 12 and “We won this game against Afghanistan kept the pressure on TEAM TO ATTEND KOHLI STAND UNVEILING It returned in abundance dismissed Taijul Islam in the a side like Bangladesh,” Rashid us, credit goes to their hard  8>0:>0 New Delhi: * :   :   /  after the visitors bowled just 2.1 next over for a duck to leave the said after the match. work.” "   H::/"I             4     )    !   ngland will assess star *             Eall-rounder Ben              #.   ) & &  &  Stokes’ fitness to bowl in )"0              this week’s fifth Test with                Australia at the Oval as         9    "     />8>6> on September 27 in Karachi, it they look for a consola-   E 0   U*      said. tion win after failing to   ::/"        R      en Sri Lankan players, The other seven who regain the Ashes. *         * Tincluding T20 skipper opted out were Niroshan Stokes was included      : 4 U  Lasith Malinga and former Dickwella, Kusal Perera, in an unchanged 13-man         captains Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva, Akila England squad '  /   /   "  '  (      Thisara Perera, have pulled out Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal, announced on Monday MEN TO PLAY RUSSIA; WOMEN FACE USA  :+6") of an upcoming tour of Dinesh Chandimal and following a 185-run If Stokes is unfit to home ground, or Chris Lausanne : )     )  R  R Pakistan citing security con- Dimuth Karunaratne. defeat in the fourth Test bowl at the Oval, where Woakes.            - ead coach Ravi Shastri says cerns, officials said on Monday. The tour was seen as that ensured Australia the fifth Test starts on Both Curran and          R    Hfocus will be on investing in The Sri Lanka Cricket another step towards reviving would keep hold of the Thursday, he is expected Woakes missed out at   +"         *  >  youth during his second stint in board said in a statement that international cricket in Ashes at 2-1 up with one to play as a specialist Old Trafford.    *       - - the top position as India begin players in a preliminary squad Pakistan after years of isolation. to play in the five-Test batsman — it was his If either of the pair        *  1 * preparations for next year's World were briefed on security Batsman Danushka series. stunning 135 not out that play should England  R      0  3-@   T20 and the later stages of the arrangements for the six-match Gunathilaka said he believed Durham paceman saw England to a dramat- coach Trevor Bayliss, in    R      "    ongoing World Test limited over series, and given security would be adequate. Stokes, England’s vice- ic one-wicket win in the what will be his last Test    6  7 -  Championship. the freedom to decide if they “From what they told us, I captain, did not bowl in third Test at Headingley. before he stands down >    )         The former India all-rounder wanted to travel. think there will be very tight Australia’s second innings In that case, England from his post, and captain           @@  4), is pretty clear about the kind of Following the briefing, ten security,” Gunathilaka said. at Old Trafford following would look to bring in a Joe Root make a change      *   "    composition he would like in the players “chose to stay away” Sri Lanka are also to play a shoulder injury sus- bowling all-rounder from to the side, it would like-       )   H  GI   R coming days. from the series of three One- two Test matches against tained during his 11th within the squad in either ly mean one of the hosts’         -    "The path should be that Day Internationals and three - (    D   Pakistan, but the dates and the over in the tourists’ first Sam Curran, who would struggling specialist bats-         4), >     knowing well you have got 12 T20 games, scheduled to begin ,  /( /   venue are yet to be announced. innings. be playing on his Surrey men having to make way.  # months to go for the T20 World Cup and you have about 18-20 months to go for the World Test Championship," Shastri told the (  & && 0  'Gulf News' on his return from the tour of Caribbean. "Getting youth in during that  079 :78,) week and I have accepted the side was hammered in the senior players and the presence transition period by keeping an challenge. It is a great oppor- four Test series 0-3 in 2015. of youngsters. That brings new eye on the youth is important so umbai stalwart Amol tunity for me. To be associat- “No doubt it is a big chal- challenges and fresh ides to that they can mix with the expe- MMuzumdar was on ed with an international side, lenge and big responsibility but the side.” rience and give us a really solid Monday appointed batting that too a team like South I am really looking forward to Asked how he plans to pre- side." coach of the visiting South Africa, is a huge honour,” it. Playing India in India is pare the South African bats- The coach stressed on the African team for the Test series Muzumdar, who played most always a huge challenge,” said men for the spin challenge in consistency and developing bench against India beginning of his cricket for Mumbai said. Muzumdar. India, Muzumdar added: “I am strength. October 2. Appointed only for the Muzumdar, who tackled yet to speak to the players but "The vision is to keep the con- The 44-year-old, who India series, Muzumdar has a spinners really well in his play- there would be some work to sistency level going. It will be a made 11,167 first-class runs at tough task at hand as he joins ing days, said there is no point do. What happened last time team in transition and one has to an average of 48.13 but never a team in transition for the looking back at South African was four years ago and this is keep an eye out for the youth and got to play for India, con- three-Test series beginning in team’s performance in 2015. a fresh start. Every game is a also keep an eye on developing the firmed the appointment. Visakhapatnam. “It is a team in transition new game and I believe in bench strength as far as batting ,     ,   (       “I was approached last The touring South Africa        with the retirement of some that.” and bowling goes across all three formats. "We should, at the same time, 4 % % be never losing sight of the fact that you play to win. Never losing    &  P      that angle but yet at the same time, '  01- investing in youth," said Shastri.  079 :78,) the national record. At the same time, Shastri said  *,)+!"0"0*,".+" Pacer Shardul Thakur (3 The AFI said that the that with points at stake, World for 29) and off-spinner orld junior champion 4x400m relay teams will perform Test Championship is a serious oung Shubman Gill was Krishnappa Gowtham (3 for WHima Das was on Monday better than they did in the business. Yback in form with an 64) were the pick of the named as 4x400m relay runner World Relays in Yokohama in "We are playing at home unbeaten 66 after bowlers bowlers. Left-arm spinner in India’s 25-member squad for May last. (against South Africa) and it is the set the platform, dismissing Shahbaz Nadeem was steady the World Athletics “We have invested a lot of World Test Championship - so the visiting side for 164 on the as ever (2/37). Championships to be held in time in the 400m runners, get- now there is even more reason on first day of the ‘Unofficial’ Sent in to bat by the Doha from September 27. ting them to train under why you have to play the way you Test here on Monday. host, the visiting side was jolt- The number of athletes renowned coach Galina should. There are now points to Gill, who has been an ed early when senior team announced after a meeting of Bukharina. We believe that the be accumulated. opener for Punjab in the opener Aiden Markram was AFI selection committee will, squad has been well prepared to "We are the No 1 team in the longer format, played out caught behind by wicket- however, increase after the inter- deliver the best results on the world and we have been for the Lungi Ngidi’s (1/18 in 6 overs) keeper Kona Bharat off national body (IAAF) gives con- world stage,” AFI President last three years, so there is pride first spell as he faced 108 balls, Mohammed Siraj in the first firmation of the likes of World Adille Sumariwalla said. at stake as well. So we want to keep hitting nine fours and a six as over of the match. University 100m champion Men: Jabir MP (400m Hurdles), that consistency going and ensur- India A were in command After Siraj got the prized Dutee Chand, who did not meet Jinson Johnson (1500m), ing that we are placed nicely in the reaching 129 for 2 at stumps. scalp of Markram, Thakur the qualification mark but is Avinash Sable (3000m table for when the time comes With India looking out took over, dismissing the within the required number of Steeplechase), KT Irfan and from them to decide who plays in for an opener who can replace other opener Pieter Malan competitors for the event. Devender Singh (20km Race the final." an out-of-form KL Rahul, a (0), Khayelihle Zondo (6) Hima could not qualify for discuss the case of javelin throw- recover properly as we see him be conducted on September Walk), Gopi T (Marathon), Shastri was pleased as punch big innings from Gill, will put and the dangerous Heinrich her pet event 400m but she has er Neeraj Chopra, who is under- as a bright prospect for the 21st at the NIS Patiala,” the AFI Sreeshankar M (Long Jump), that his team was able to maintain him in contention alongside Klaasen (0). been named to run in the going rehabilitation programme Tokyo Olympics,” the source release added. Tajinder Pal Singh Toor (Shot an unbeaten record in the West Abhimanyu Easwaran and With South Africa ‘A’ tot- women’s 4x400m relay and the after an elbow surgery at a later said. An AFI official said that Put), Shivpal Singh (Javelin Indies, the first team to do so in Priyank Panchal. tering at 22 for 5 and the host mixed 4x400m relay races. The stage,” a press release from the “The selection committee Tejaswin will be asked to come Throw), Muhammed Anas, the assortment of island nation. The youngster had two bowlers being on target, AFI is even hoping that the AFI said. also approved the names of to India and undergo a trial if he Nirmal Noah Tom, Alex Antony, "To beat the West Indies in steady partnerships — 48 for Markram’s side looked in mixed 4x400m relay team can Sources in the AFI, howev- sprinters Dutee Chand (100m wants to take part in the World Amoj Jacob, KS Jeevan, Dharun West Indies across all three for- the opening wicket with danger of being bundled out come in the medal bracket or at er, said that Neeraj, who has women), Archana Suseentran Championships. Ayyasamy and Harsh Kumar mats, especially the limited over Ruturaj Gaikwad (30) and 56 for a double-digit score. least close to it. qualified for the World (200m women) and high jumper “If the IAAF sends an invite (4x400m Men’s & Mixed Relay). formats and Test matches, I think for the second wicket with Some late resistance from The name of star javelin Championships before his Tejaswin Shankar subject to for Tejaswin, we will ask him to Women: PU Chitra (1500m), this must be unprecedented. A Ricky Bhui (26). young paceman Marco thrower Neeraj Chopra, who is surgery, is more or less ruled out invitation from the IAAF. at least jump 2.25m if not the Annu Rani (Javelin Throw), team going to the Caribbean and This was after the bowl- Jansen (45 not out, 69 balls, undergoing rehabilitation after of the marquee event. “The committee also decid- World Championships qualifica- Hima Das, Vismaya VK, not losing a single game, I don't ing attack performed 4 fours, 2 sixes) and spinner an elbow surgery, was also dis- “Neeraj is unlikely to make ed to conduct confirmatory trial tion standard of 2.30m,” the Poovamma MR, Jisna Mathew, think it has happened in the past admirably demolishing the Dane Piedt (33, 45 balls, 6 cussed but was not named in the it to Doha Worlds as he is for quarter miler Anjali Devi for official said. Revathi V, Subha Venkatsan, and it will not happen that easily South Africans for a meagre fours) helped them cross the team. undergoing rehabilitation. We selection in the team in individ- The personal best for Vithya R (4x400m Women & in the near future," he added. score in 51.5 overs. 150-run mark. “The selectors decided to think it is better for Neeraj to ual women’s 400m. The trial will Tejaswin is 2.29m, which is also Mixed Relay).   ! "   0 '4( !+ MOTION PICTURE 0

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Thank you very much from L66B6B  079 :78,) Open third round. semi-finals. speech, it’s going to be in 20 minutes,” the bottom of my heart.” “I more or less had the match Fifth seed Medvedev, 23, would first round appearance at the US Open has propelled under control,” Nadal said. “The way have been the youngest men’s Grand AIndia’s Sumit Nagal to career-high 174 in the ATP rank- he was able to fight, to change the Slam champion since Juan Martin del ings released on Monday. rhythm of the match, was incredible.” Potro at the 2009 US Open.  )7) & & 8 The 22-year-old from Haryana leapfrogged 16 places Medvedev, who rise to a career-best after his first-round exit in the US Open. UNBELIEVABLE, OUTRAGEOUS' fourth in the rankings on Monday, was  .") defence of her US title ended in the He became only the fourth Indian to win a set in the At four hours and 50 minutes, the a champion at Cincinnati and runner- quarterfinals. main draw of a Grand Slam in the last 20 years. match finished four minutes short of up at Montreal, Washington and the S Open winner Bianca Barty was also knocked out in Meanwhile, Prajnesh Gunneswaran continued his run equaling the longest final in US Open Open. UAndreescu, 200th in the world the last eight but, since she was in the top-100. He rose three places to be world No 85. He, history from Mats Wilander’s 1988 win “His summer was one of the best rankings a year ago, leapt into the top knocked out in the fourth round in like Nagal, also suffered a first round exit at the hands of and Andy Murray’s 2012 title. summers I ever saw,” Nadal said. five on Monday, while Ashleigh 2018, increased her ranking points US Open runners-up Daniil Medvedev. It was the second Slam title of the “People saw why he is already number Barty knocked Naomi Osaka off top total. Ramkumar Ramanathan moved up one spot to be year for Nadal after taking his 12th four in the world.” spot. The Australian is just over 400 176th, rounding up the top-three Indian’s in the men’s sin- French Open crown in June. Medvedev, who saw his career-best Eliminated in the first qualifying points ahead of the Czech Karolina gles. In addition to reaching the brink 12-match win streak snapped, would round in New York a year ago, Pliskova, who climbed one place to In doubles, Rohan Bopanna dropped four spots to 43rd of Federer’s mark, Nadal moved one shy have been the first Russian to win a Andreescu rose 10 places to number second. position while Divij Sharan and Leander Paes occupy the of the Open era record five US Open Grand Slam title since Marat Safin at five after beating Serena Williams in The top two have opened a sub- 49th and 78th place respectively. titles won by Federer, Jimmy Connors the 2005 Australian Open and the first the final on Saturday. stantial gap over Elina Svitolina, who In the WTA rankings, Ankita Raina continues to be and Pete Sampras. Russian to win the US Open since Safin The 19-year-old Canadian is rose two spots to third after reach- India’s top-ranked player at 194 and was followed by “A 19th Grand Slam title is some- in 2000. one place behind Osaka, whose ing the semi-finals. Pranjala Yadlapalli, who is placed at 338. 5 :  1)E>0 Finns in Group J, after in-form Norwich City striker Teemu Pukki  :>," qualifiers where Qatar had thrashed pain and Italy moved to within had levelled Ciro Immobile’s first India 6-0. Stouching distance of Euro 2020 on Italy goal in two years with a heart-breaking loss in the cam- India defeated Qatar 2-1 in Sunday after respective wins over the penalty of his own six minutes Apaign-opener has dented their Doha in 2011 in a friendly but that Faroe Islands and Finland saw them before. chances of moving ahead and the match was not considered an official maintain their perfect qualifying Four-time world champions Indian football team faces another game as India made more substitu- records for next year’s tournament. are flying high with a maximum 18 uphill task when it takes on Asian tions than the rules allowed. Rodrigo and Paco Alcacer both points with four qualifying games champion Qatar in its most difficult Head coach Igor Stimac, who scored twice in an easy 4-0 victory to play, nine points ahead of third- match of the World Cup second prefers possession-based football over the Faroes in Gijon, on placed Armenia despite their round qualifiers here today. by building from the back, sought to a night when captain Sergio thrilling 4-2 win over Bosnia and India let in two goals in the last dwell on the positives from the Ramos equalled Iker Herzegovina earlier on Sunday. eight minutes after taking an early Oman match and said that his side Casillas’ national appear- They could now secure quali- lead to lose their opening match has nothing to fear against Qatar. ances record with his 167th fication for the tournament, which against Oman on September 5 in “Qatar is strongest team in the cap. kicks off in Rome next June, against Guwahati. group and playing them will not be It was their sixth win from six in Greece or Liechtenstein — who sur- Ranked 62nd in the world, easy. However, it’s a great opportu- Group F and put them on a perfect prisingly drew 1-1 in Athens — Qatar will start today’s Group E nity to learn from. There is no rea- 18 points, seven clear of Sweden, next month. match against 103-ranked India as #         ;#; &   J ( =   son to fear and we shall look to score who drew 1-1 with Scandinavian Switzerland kept their hopes of overwhelming favourites. They will goals and play good,” Stimac said. rivals Norway. qualifying from Group D alive look to claim their second consec- top South American sides in the whisker. Qatari players are also not tak- With two teams qualifying from  P !    ,     ( with a 4-0 thumping of Gibraltar, utive win after crushing Afghanistan recent Copa America where they Historically, Qatar have been the ing India lightly and they are expect- the group, they are also a further     ( ( ;  #   who are yet to pick up a point or 6-0 in their opening match on took part on invitation. dominant side, having won three out ing a stern test from the visitors. point ahead of third-placed Romania score a goal after five games. September 5 here. India have also shown improve- of four official matches played “India had a good match against following their 1-0 win over Malta. rivals Finland. They are also just a point away The World Cup hosts have ment in recent times as was seen dur- against India. One match ended in Oman, despite the defeat. They also Italy also kept their 100 percent Chelsea midfielder Jorginho’s from second-placed Denmark, who improved by leaps and bounds in the ing the Asian Cup in January where a draw. performed well in the Asian Cup record thanks to Jorginho’s late 79th-minute winner in Tampere could only manage a goalless draw last few years. They won the Asian they gave scares to the likes of the The last time the two sides and they are always improving. We penalty, which fired Italy their own sent Roberto Mancini’s side six at Georgia, and have a game in Cup in the UAE earlier this year and UAE and Bahrain and missed qual- played an official match was in know that they are a good team,” said sixth straight win, 2-1 at nearest points clear of the second-placed hand on both their rivals. they gave good competition to the ifying for the knock-out round by a September 2007 in the World Cup defender Pedro Miguel.