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" However, the twist in the real game-changer. Tamil The annual ers under PMFBY topped the  PMFBY success tale is since Nadu has done so by quickly event, which pro- 55(  ?F country. Why this would  the subsidy on premium is distributing compensation in '  -6- 2A 3 “My government is vides a platform to children to !$ " $ come as sigh of relief for the equally shared by the Centre 2016-17, when it faced a worst focussing a lot on development showcase their creativity and BJP here is coincidently in the ' and the State, in the list of the drought,” observed Gulati. hief Minister Naveen of scientific temper amongst ability to innovate, will consist of  "    States where the BJP has lost 
 claimants to harvest farmers’ Incidentally, Tamil Nadu is CPatnaik inaugurated the 26th our children through organisa- technical sessions, exhibitions elections recently to the +
 goodwill, the BJD too could another State which has post- National Children’s Science tion of different science-based and discussions. Congress, enrolment under lay its claim, though the ed a rise in farmers’ enrolment Congress (NCSC) at the SOA programmes at various levels. Children in the age group of 2  /# '*+  PMFBY has posted a sharp fall  scheme was conceptualised under the PMFBY in 2017-18. University here on Thursday. We are establishing science parks 10-17 years including school -6- 2A 3 in 2017-18. States like MP,  by the Modi-led NDA Odisha still has miles to Speaking on the occasion, he and planetariums at district- students and those who are not Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, UP ' Government. go in providing insurance said Bhubaneswar has emerged level to create interest among part of formal education, besides hen issues concerning and Maharashtra have posted The political truth wit- shield to farmers against nat- as the knowledge hub of eastern children in various aspects of sci- differently-abled children, will Wfarmers are to hold the a big fall in PMFBY enrolment  nessed on earlier polls is the ural disaster when the State India. Scientific progress is ence and technology,” he added. attend the event supported by the centre stage in the polls sched- in 2017-18.  MGNREGA goodwill has tops in crop damage by disas- important for nation’s growth, he Patnaik also released a spe- National Council for Science and uled for 2019 across the coun- The data further revealed  mostly been accrued to the ters in 2018-19, because only opined. cial postal cover to mark the Technology Communication try, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal the very crux of PMFBY BJD than to the Congress, over 39 per cent of the oper- “Theme for this year’s NCSC occasion presented to him by (NCSTC). Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has bonanza in Odisha when it  because the State has been the ational farm holdings in the – “Science, Technology and Director of Postal Services, Children from ten come off as a providential recorded an eye-popping 301 implementing agency. State could have been brought Innovation for a Clean, Green Bhubaneswar G Gurunathan. Association of Southeast Asian value for the BJP to gain per cent jump in claims made the claims filed by over 18.91 According to noted agri- under insurance net in last and Healthy Nation” -- is apt as The inaugural programme Nations (ASEAN) and five Gulf farmers’ confidence in Odisha. by farmers in 2017-18 under lakh farmers in 2017-18 has cultural expert Ashok Gulati, two years. The national aver- environment and health have was also attended by Minister for countries are also attending the Because, Odisha is the second PMFBY. From an estimated touched around  1,729 crore. the PMFBY has in theoretical- age coverage under the emerged as two major concerns School and Mass Education, event. It will conclude on State after Jharkhand in the claim of around  431 crore by Interestingly, the claims ly could be a game-changer PMFBY, however, is over 41 of our time,” Patnaik said. Science and Technology Badri December 31. country that has recorded a 18.2 lakh farmers in 2016-17, paid so far has totalled to a scheme for the BJP per cent. 4 !"     "!!!"       B&5 ! R R  0! $  ##) *+ " ) * + *+ !     ,  .    ! "! ! $"!1!
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  and ensure faster settlement of Thursday with the Congress, Muslim Personal Law Board for the Bill,” she said. claims and schemes. The the TMC, the Samajwadi Party, and clerics are also against AIMIM leader Asaduddin  
 Centre is examining the Rythu the RJD and the AIADMK triple talaq. Terming triple Owaisi questioned the inten- Bandhu Investment Support staging a walkout demanding talaq as a social evil, he said, the tion of the Government behind Scheme (FISS) of Telangana for the Bill be sent to “Joint Select time has come to abolish it. criminalising triple talaq while  
 
farmers to tackle the agrarian Committee” for “thorough Defending the Bill, BJP it has supported decriminali- crisis and farmers’ unrest. debates” on the provisions of member Meenakshi Lekhi said, sation of homosexuality. “Why   A high-level meeting was criminal cases against deserter “I will like to ask those oppos- have you decriminalised held by Prime Minister Muslim husbands. ing the Bill that in which ‘suraa’ homosexuality and criminalis- 2  /#  2A%<64 Narendra Modi at his resi- Introducing the Bill abol- of the Quran is ‘talaq-e-biddat’ ing triple talaq? Because it dence on Wednesday on a ishing instant triple talaq, with mentioned? This is not “he vs would be used against us. fter electoral debacle in wide-ranging farm relief plan. additional provisions for bail she”, these are issues of human Sexual minority got choice in Athree major States — Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, and patch up with spouses, rights violation,” she said. Section 377, then why not reli- Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Amit Shah, and Union Law Minister Ravi “Our constitution talks gious minorities,” Owaisi said. and Rajasthan — in the just- Agriculture Minister Radha Shankar Prasad appealed to about a uniform civil code “If your faith is your faith, concluded Assembly polls, the Mohan Singh too attended the political parties not to weigh and not a uniform religious then my faith should also be Narendra Modi Government is meeting. the historic Bill on scales of pol- code. Do we want to create a my faith. Your (Government) considering several measures to “The Modi Government itics but rather consider pro- society where men have the intentions are not clean... You support farmers in distress as will announce a new set of viding justice to hapless               ! sole right to divorce women can bring your own law, but we pressure mounts for a nation- measures for farmers before the Muslim women. whenever they want, a society will not forfeit our religion,” wide loan waiver scheme ahead end of the winter session (of “Don’t weigh the Bill on the Sumitra Mahajan allotted four where men can change wives Owaisi said. of the general election. Parliament) on January 5,” said scales of politics. The Bill is hours for the debate on the Bill, like clothes,” she asked. While replying, the Law These include a scheme to the sources. about humanity and justice,” he which literally witnessed the Union Minister Smriti Minister said that it was regret- direct income support to farm- Sources said the Central said, urging lawmakers of dif- arguments on political lines, Irani said if Parliament can table that Opposition parties ers for the purchase of inputs Government’s plan is to go ferent parties to speak in one with many Opposition parties enact laws to ban dowry and were creating hurdles in its pas- like seeds, fertilisers, pesti- beyond loan waivers. Under voice to support the legislation. raising concerns of “unneces- the practice of sati, it can also sage due to “vote bank politics”. cides, labour and other invest- the direct income support Amid a demand by sary jailing of Muslim men” for approve the Bill to ban instant Prasad pointed out that even ments in the field operations of scheme, farmers would be Opposition parties that the a private issue or tussle between triple talaq. Intervening in the after the Supreme Court judg- farmer’s choice for the crop sea- entitled to a periodic pay- Bill be sent to a select com- a husband and a wife, while BJP debate, she slammed the ment, as many as 477 cases of son across the country, to pay ment. The amount will be mittee for study, Prasad said the and Shiv Sena MPs vociferously Congress saying it missed triple talaq have been reported farmers the difference between paid on the monthly basis to Government has already taken argued on the plight of Muslim opportunities to bring a simi- since January 2017 and cited a the Minimum Support Price carry out farming activities. note of concerns expressed by women who face divorce via lar law when it was in power. case where a professor gave (MSP) for their crop and the Under the scheme, there is a members earlier and amended SMS and WhatsApp messages. She said there were suggestions talaq to his wife over market rate, doubling collater- possibility that an amount of the Bill accordingly. Prasad As soon as the House that dowry is a social issue WhatsApp. al-free loans under Kisan 2,000-2,500 per farmer per said the Bill has made the resumed at 2 pm after an between two parties. “Still The Muslim Women Credit Cards (KCCs) to 2 lakh month to be provided direct- offence compoundable, mean- adjournment to take up the  " #   $# %      ! Parliament enacted a law (Protection of Rights on and changes in the Pradhan ly to their bank account. If ing that the case can be with- Muslim Women (Protection against it. It brought law against Marriage) Bill 2018 was passed Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna implemented, the scheme will drawn if the man and his of Rights on Marriage) Bill, Sushmita Deb said the Bill Smriti Irani attacked the (the practice of) sati,” she said. by the Lower House with 245 (PMFBY) crop insurance benefit 10-12 crore farmers in estranged wife reach a com- Congress Leader in the Lok will jeopardise the Muslim Opposition for eyeing vote Referring to a verse of the votes in favour and 11 against. scheme to enhance coverage the country. promise, and that only the Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge families and sole aim of the Bill bank by ignoring the plight of Quran, she said the issue of The Bill will now go to the wife and her close relatives can demanded the Bill be referred will lead to sending men to jail. the Muslim women who face instant triple talaq was also Rajya Sabha for approval. file an FRI, ruling out the law’s to a joint select committee of Speaker Sumitra Mahajan hardships at the end of the day dealt by a “khalifa”. When The fresh Bill will super- misuse. both Houses for greater scruti- said a similar Bill was discussed due to instant triple talaq, Mohammad Salim of the CPM sede an earlier Bill passed in the Parliament had earlier ny. He said several provisions and passed by the Lok Sabha which is now banned in many wanted her to name the “khal- Lok Sabha and pending in the unanimously supported laws, of the Bill were “unconstitu- and therefore members can Islamic countries. Intervening ifa” she was referring to, Irani Rajya Sabha. The Bill to make including the one prescribing tional”. AIADMK leader P flag issues during the debate. in the debate on the Bill, Union said she can even take the the practice of instant triple death in rape cases, aimed at Venugopal, TMC’s Sudip She said all of a sudden a Minority Affairs Minister name of Hazrat Sahib but talaq among Muslims a penal giving justice to women, and Bandhopadhyay, AIMIM’s demand cannot be made to Naqvi said acts like murder are would want the Opposition offence was introduced in the the Triple Talaq Bill is also a Assaduddin Owaisi and send it to a committee. against the law but people still leader to chant “Hanuman Lok Sabha on December 17 to step towards justice for women, Supriya Sule (NCP) too made BJP’s Mukhtar Abbas commit such crime and hence Chalisa”. replace an Ordinance issued in the Law Minister said. Speaker similar demands. Congress MP Naqvi, Meenakshi Lekhi and there is provision for punish- She also said the 1986 law September. , #+-  



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 “Time-tested relationship. with his party TRS’ ‘car’ sym- polls”, a party leader said. The outfit has been banned Investigation Agency had sent underscored an input that a nation’s five-year development $'+ Dr Lotay Tshering bol by voters in the upcoming In the recently concluded under the Unlawful Activities dossiers on the anti-national Canada-based Khalistani rad- plan. @PMBhutan received warm- Lok Sabha general elections. assembly elections, truck sym- (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) activities of the outfit. ical had already handed over 4 On his first visit to the '+
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Government. become ‘Monument Mitras’ On Thursday, Union through the innovative concept Tourism Minister KJ Alphons, of ‘Vision Bidding’, which will at an event here handed over a give them the opportunity to Memorandum of associate their CSR activities Understanding to M/s Resbird with a heritage site if the Vision Technologies for developing Bid is selected,” the official said. the mobile Audio-Video Guide The move to develop such App under the Centre’s ‘Adopt an app was felt to ease the visit a Heritage’ scheme launched in of the tourists to the hotspots June this year. as they will not have to spend During the function, the on guided tours which have Minister also handed over the been found quite expensive Letters of Intent to seven agen- with little time for the tourists 2# 021 cies shortlisted to become to do exploring on their own.  / 0) 1 ‘Monument Mitras’. The app will give the the Archaeological Survey of (LoI) in five ceremonies to 37 An official from the *
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Mohammad was made n a bizarre incident, consid- remote border areas of the According to the orders Minority Affairs and Waqf Iered to be the handiwork of north east, the officials said. issued by the Cabinet The allocation of portfolios ture and archeology depart- Minister. some right wing forces, thou- "Assam Rifles is now in the Secretariat here, Deputy Chief was made after Gehlot and ments, while Shanti Dhariwal The portfolios, which are sands of people queued up ) & process of occupying number Minister Sachin Pilot has been Pilot held meetings with was assigned urban develop- yet to be allocated, will remain before tens of post offices and of additional locations all given the charge of Public Congress president Rahul ment and housing, law and par- with the Chief Minister for banks to open “zero balance” “I have no idea but some about the reason behind sud- along the Indo-Myanmar Works, Rural Development, Gandhi in New Delhi on liamentary affairs departments. now. accounts after rumour did the people said that Modi den spurt in the number of Border," a Defence release Panchayati Raj, Science and Wednesday. Parsadi Lal was named Among the Ministers of rounds that come January, the Government will give us account seekers but nothing said. Technology and Statistics The decision had been industry Minister, and Master State, Govind Singh Dotasara Narendra Modi Government money. But how much I don’t extra-ordinary caught their The move is aimed at keep- Departments. pending due to reported dis- Bhanwar Lal Meghwal is in was given Education (inde- would be transferring cash in know,” said a person standing eyes.” ing a strict curb on illegal Apart from the Chief agreement between Gehlot and charge of social justice and pendent charge) as well as each such account. at the end of about 250 people Though the police had no trans-border activities like Minister and his deputy, 13 Pilot over allocation of key empowerment department. Tourism and Devsthan People braved biting cold outside a post office at queue about the mischief mon- smuggling of drugs, weapons Cabinet and 10 Ministers of portfolios such as home and Agriculture, animal hus- Departments. Mamta Bhupesh of sub-Himalayan North Coochbehar said. A woman gers, sources said that search- and contraband items, and State were allocated portfolios finance. bandry and fisheries depart- was given Women and Child Bengal and queued up before who had come all the way from es were on to find out such peo- also to check unauthorised by Governor Kalyan Singh late Besides finance and home, ments are with Lal Chand Development Department banks and post offices across Tufanganj said the Government ple. Incidentally Coochbehar is crossing of civilians in the bor- on Wednesday night on the the Chief Minister also kept the Kataria while medical and (independent charge) along Coochbehar, Dinhata and else- would give in excess of 5 lakh. a district bordering Assam der areas, it said. advice of Gehlot. charge of excise, planning, per- health, information and public with Minority Affairs and where to open accounts, In Kolkata PMG Gautam where the BJP has witnessed a The large stretch of the The 23 Ministers were sonnel, general administration relations departments are with Waqf. Arjun Singh Bamnia sources said adding most of Bhattaacharjee said he too had meteoric rise over the past border along the states of sworn in on Monday, a week and information technology Raghu Sharma. Pramod Bhaya was given Tribal Area them were confirmed that their information about people several years — particularly in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, after Chief Minister Ashok department, among others. is the mines Minister. Development Department accounts would get fatter from queuing up before the post the urban regions — with the Manipur and Mizoram is Gehlot and Deputy Chief BD Kalla has been given Vishvendra Singh got (independent charge) as well as January when the Centre offices “as such accounts can be effect that it is threatening the manned by the Assam Rifles, Minister Sachin Pilot took energy, public health engi- tourism and devsthan depart- Industry and Pubic Enterprises would start depositing cash in opened at any postal branches. ruling Trinamool Congress in known as the sentinels of the oath. neering, ground water, art, cul- ment, Harish Chaudhary was Departments. PTI them. Our local managers inquired terms of winnability chances. north east. PTI 0 6$ 7  3  
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   in the case. It filed two charge sheets also. When there is so much headway, it does not Shillong: Two teams of a pri- in rescuing the miners trapped uation including the road con- ed to be dead on the basis of the make anysense to hand over vate pump manufacturing in the 370-foot-deep illegal dition leading to the mine in a "foul odour" the force's divers the case to CBI," she told here. company, which has volun- mine. "We are deeply con- remote area in the district and had smelt when they had gone However, Kalburgi's son teered to provide equipment to cerned about the trapped min- accordingly report to their inside the mine. Sreevijaya said he was having drain out water from the rat- ers in Meghalaya and are ready office, which will then take a The NDRF battalion based faith in judiciary and whatev- hole coal mine in Meghalaya to help in whichever way pos- call on what equipment are in Guwahati, which is carrying er it did will be in the best where 15 diggers have been sible. We are in touch with the required to launch a rescue out the rescue operation, said interest of his family. "We will trapped for nearly a fortnight, officials of the Government of operation. the statement of its Assistant go by whatever judiciary feels arrived at the site on Thursday. Meghalaya to offer our assis- The search-and-rescue Commandant Santosh Kumar good. At the end of the day we Rescuers from the Indian tance in this regard," Kirloskar operation was suspended on Singh on "foul smell" had been want justice in the case," he Air Force and Coal India are Brothers Ltd said in a statement either Guwahati or Shillong air- Saturday after water pumped "misinterpreted and he was said. On December 11, a bench expected to reach the mine in late Wednesday night. port Friday. out of the mine did not lead to misquoted as saying that foul of justices UU Lalit and Navin East Jaintia Hills district on Indian Air Force Sources in Coal India Ltd a drop in the water level. odour could indicate that the Sinha of the Supreme Court Friday. spokesperson Ratnakar Singh said Thursday officers and sur- On Thursday, the National miners were dead and the bod- had asked the CBI to inform it Superintendent of Police said the National Disaster veyers are on their way to the Disaster Response Force con- ies are beginning to decom- by January first week whether Sylvester Mongtynger said two Management Authority has site. tradicted media reports which pose." The NDRF explained the it would like to investigate the teams from Kirloskar Brothers requested the IAF to airlift A senior Government offi- quoted it as saying that the foul smell could be of the stag- three other cases also. PTI Ltd arrived on Thursday to help rescuers from Bhubaneswar to cial said they will assess the sit- trapped minors were suspect- nant water. PTI 2, 2 #  !2

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When she a rape case allegedly involving tled Congress MLAs expressing “They (BJP) don’t want to sion” if there was political squabble within the ruling gunned down inside their rushed upstairs, she found BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, their anger openly. However in sit in the Opposition and work. instability. He distanced him- coalition about Cabinet expan- home in connection with a Sunita lying in a pool of blood. an FIR has been lodged on court an attempt to douse the fire, By using some wrong means, self from senior Bharatiya sion and portfolio allocation, property dispute early Both sisters were shot dead orders against the victim, her former Chief Minister and they want to form the Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker development of the State was Thursday morning. by unknown person who mother and an uncle for pro- chairman of the coordination Government,” Siddaramaiah Umesh Katti’s claim that 15 getting hampered. Senior police officers escaped after killing them. ducing a forged age certificate to committee Siddaramaiah rub- said. He was reacting to senior disgruntled MLAs from the Another senior BJP leader rushed to the spot upon learn- The victims’ brother Sanjay prove she was a minor. bishes the claim of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parties had fought the by-elec- ruling coalition were in touch KS Eshwarappa said, “Earlier ing about the incident and alleged that they had a property The court ordered regis- Opposition BJP that coalition lawmaker Umesh Katti’s claim tions together and the alliance with him and that the saffron there was fight among the launched a hunt to nab the sus- related dispute with their tration of a case against the Government in Karnataka will that 15 disgruntled MLAs from will remain intact for the 2019 party would form the new MLAs of Congress for the pects. uncle’s family. He suspected three on a complaint by the collapse due to internal rift. the ruling coalition were in Lok Sabha polls as well. Government in Karnataka by position of Minister. Now The bodies were sent for that his cousin living in the father of another rape accused Siddaramaiah has said at touch with him and that the “I don’t know what you are next week. “Neither me, nor though the position of minis- autopsy and a case was regis- same locality might have exe- Shubham, who is in jail, said SP Hubballi in north Karnataka saffron party would form the saying ... (JD(S) wanting to go our leaders have said we will ter is offered, there is issue of tered. As per reports, Lakshmi cuted the killing. Harish Kumar on Thursday. on Thursday that the Congress- new Government in Karnataka alone) is news for me,” the for- carry out operation lotus portfolio distribution. (18) and her elder sister Sunita SSP of Etawah, Ashok He said complainant JD(S) alliance was strong and by next week. Siddaramaiah mer Karnataka Chief Minister (BJP’s election symbol). Siddaramaiah has given the (35) of Panchawali hamlet of Kumar Tripathi, after visiting Harpal Singh had alleged that they would contest the 2019 said, “Nothing will happen, said, adding that the seat shar- Umesh Katti’s statement is not ministership to people who Friends Colony in Etawah were the spot said that the police had the victim, her uncle and moth- general elections together in the Government will not fall. ing formula was yet to be right,” the former Chief are in his good books. Senior sleeping in separate rooms in picked up two suspects from er had procured a forged age one platform. Government will complete its finalised. Minister said. leaders like Shyamanur their home on Wednesday night. the neighbourhood and were certificate to implicate his son He also ruled out any dif- term; there is no problem at all.” The JDs workers are per- “I want to say... let’s think Shivashankarappa have shown Around 3 am on Thursday, grilling them to extract the Shubham in the rape case, said ferences between him and Reacting to the views of turbed by the “big brother atti- about what to be done when his dissent and this shows the their mother heard gun shots truth. Kumar. Deputy Chief Minister G JD(S) leaders that the party tude” of the Congress party Congress-JD(S) Government internal rift in Congress. The and rushed out of her room Efforts were also being The police said the case Parameshwara over portfolio should contest the Lok Sabha and pressurising the leadership falls because of internal squab- coalition Government will fall and first went Lakshmi’s room made to round up the victim’s was registered at the Makhi allocation to newly inducted polls alone, the veteran to contest all 28 Lok Sabha seats ble,” he said. Yeddyurappa said by itself and BJP Government on the ground floor and found cousins, who were absconding. police station on court’s Ministers. However even days Congress leader said both the in 2019 general elections alone. in Vijayapura, “We will not will assume power in future.” her lying in a pool of blood. Investigations are on. December 17 order against the family members for various alleged offences of cheatring '&  and forgery. $    39:" Complainant Singh had moved the court saying the 
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Mughal      P Q  4>   )    ( Emperor Aurangzeb, commonly known as             :4 #      alamgeer or conqueror of the world, was hum-                    ble enough before Allah to name his wife’s grave as Bibi Ka Maqbara. He did not have 2                    ( the gumption to even call it a mazhar or a dar-                    gah, for that matter.    #                Similarly, it is difficult to think of a masjid                       without a minaret or several of them. As it is well-known, the function of a minaret is to               ?    enable a muezzin to stand as high as possi-                   ( ble before he issues the azaan or the call for new to India and were general- Ganga, still standing. This invaders in 1389 AD stands out               2       worship. The higher he can stand, the greater ly busy establishing their rule at despite India’s independence, as a landmark. the distance his voice or baang would carry Agra. How could Mir Baqi get at the holiest of holy places of the Conquering militias or                       and more would be the worshippers, who the opportunity to visit Ayodhya; Hindus. He went on to say that armies in this 1992 inter-         :4 #         would attend the prayer. In the days where have the Ram temple demolished on his recent visit to Warsaw in Yugoslav conflict destroyed the                   there were no loudspeakers, the height of the and have the huge Babri structure Poland, he saw the cathedral in enemy’s religious symbols and minaret was most crucial. An outstanding constructed — all in a matter of 4O%4CC4<( that city as a Roman Catholic built their own to symbolically            ?         ( example of height is the masjid built by two years? In those days, five cen- edifice. When the Russians had mark the territory. For example,   S                  Aurangzeb on the banks of Ganga at Varanasi, turies ago, everything had to be 6420(C conquered Warsaw a century or the capital city of what is today                        which has two extremely tall minarets. done manually — breaking, A46( more ago, they had converted called the ‘Serb Republic’ of Taking a foreign example, the big mosque building and all. It must have the earlier Catholic cathedral Bosnia and Herzegovina, was                        at Istanbul was earlier a church of Hagia taken longer than two years. +42 3(3 into a Russian orthodox church. ethnically cleansed of all its                 (  Sophia. There, the church was converted into Babar died in 1530 while 93 <(C The poles could not tolerate this numerous historic and newer                     a masjid by raising four minarets as tall as the beseeching Allah, the merciful, to but were helpless. When they mosques, with the Serbs also pinnacle of the dome. In rural Anatolia and save the life of his ailing son 6+' 2 regained independence towards expelling the local Muslims,                 ?  3++5 its wheat lands, most masjids have a single Humayun. the end of World War I, they ostensibly in retribution for cen- # 0            /   minaret. But a minaret was there neverthe- Taking all these circum- ( 2%421 demolished the Russian church turies of Ottoman humiliation.  (    ( 4   (    ( less. Or else, the baang would not carry. stances, — the lack of minaret K +/<46 and rebuilt their own. Not only that, the Orthodox When this writer visited Ayodhya, he had and the presence of the name This pattern of behaviour Serbs destroyed about 200                   heard a great deal about the Babri Masjid, as Babri among others — could it -4<-D was in evidence elsewhere too. Catholic churches in Krajina in            2        if it was some historic piece of architecture. be possible that Mir Baqi did not 3 21Q-(2 Several wars were fought during Croatia during their four year                This was early in 1991. The writer was sur- forget the King he was beholden 6- 20(C the 1990s after the collapse of the occupation of the town. This was       0               ( prised at the uncomely sight of this enormous to, and admiring of? He took his Socialist Federated Republic of Serb revenge on atrocities against rough-looking trinity of domes. More surpris- time to build this maqbarah, 61 21   Yugoslavia, particularly the 1991- the orthodox Church by the                   ing was the total absence of anything like a probably larger than any in India, 1995 war in Croatia and Bosnia- Croat Nazi puppet state during                    ( minaret. This made him suspicious enough as a compact building in the lov- 9 3 2 4) Herzegovina. This was the World War II. The Catholic to enquire one by one, from three passing ing memory of Zaheeruddin A6466 A( biggest conflict in Europe since Croats had then murdered over           1               Muslim gentlemen, as to whether there was Mohammad Babar. In short, the World War II, causing mas- a 100 orthodox priests and three                        a mehrab or a mimbar inside, or a wuzooh for was the edifice Babri maqbarah K3+  - 

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All these books have been written in my   $             mother tongue, Maithili, in order to foreground the idea of aesthetic along the lines as suggested by "       1          ancient Indian theoritician, Bharat Muni, in        Q /       ( Natyashastra and later by philosopher   A      %      Abhinavagupta in Abhinavbharati. This article will          make an attempt to contest the formulation of the ? S  R$@2#).S  $ #    )  creative representation of Ramkatha by distin- .              guished Ramayana studies scholar Paula Richman         # %  S    and also dispute the very idea of a nation, as it      (   *+**  1  appeared in the writings of another distinguished 9                /  scholar, a historian of subaltern persuasion, Partha                   Chatterjee. While doing so, this article will aim to establish the fact that dharma (religion) is central    1    (      to the conceptualisation of a nation as it exists out-                  side literature in the works of Mohandas           #   Karamachand Gandhi and Deen Dayal Upadhyay ical assumptions that almost completely lost sight the Ramayana are available in modern Indian lan- rajya, reappears again in the conceptualisation of                 ( respectively. of the importance of harmony and confluence. They guages, disseminating enormously interesting, Integral Humanism by nationalist thinker Deen        )       ( Aesthetic preoccupations have almost always seem to almost exclusively care for conflicts and and sometimes even contradictory narratives of Dayal Upadhyay. He unequivocally attached             held centrestage in our country. As a matter of fact, differences alone. Sitaram Katha, the importance of versions of the utmost importance to the notion of dharma for the )           )    they have charted an extremely impressive trajec- Paula Richman, who tremendously con- Maithili Ramayana appears to lie in the depiction making of a just and responsible nation. Centenary R4%%) 1   !  S    D       tory since the days of Bharat Muni, who wrote an tributed to the spread of Ramayana studies world- of an extremely sensitive but movingly powerful celebrations of Upadhyay and commemorating the ,+      4         enormously engaging, encyclopedic treatise on per- wide, showed a particular kind of perception about character of Sita. She always respected the sancti- 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi across the nation        4   #       forming arts, Natyashatra. His works had a great it that suggested similar kinds of preoccupations ty of human love and marital relationship but never make tremendous sense in the light of their reflec- deal of influence on the literary practices of our with which the aforementioned practitioners of con- lost an opportunity to question Ram and put him tions on the inextricably interlinked relationship         4   9     $ . country due to their highly influential Rasa theo- temporary literature remain occupied. All her major in place whenever it was required. By and large, between religion and nation.           ( ,++    ry that emphasised that pleasure is, of course, a works such as Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of these Ramayana versions emphasise a definite kind Ramayana editions in Maithili were written   (    @ S  E   desirable outcome of artistic performance, but it a Narrative Tradition in South Asia, Questioning of structural, thematic and aesthetic unity with the rather late. The plausible reason for the delay is   !1 $    $9#         should not be understood and interpreted as the Ramayanas: A South Asian Tradition and Sanskrit version of Valmiki and other regional ver- often said to be the enduring dominance of  (   4       )     primary purpose. The main objective actually is to Ramayana Stories in Modern South India: An sions from languages such as Assamese, Bengali and Radhakrishna Kavya since the time Vidyapati                 ( transport the audience to a higher realm; a tran- Anthology are in a significant way defined and deter- others, which so remarkably underline the existence began to write exhilarating songs about the eter-               scendental space where one can effortlessly under- mined by those political persuasions that seem to of a nationalist outlook and an identical sense of nal love of Radha and Krishna. But the upsurge #              go a certain kind of blissful experience about the highlight the North-South conflict. In her opinion, aesthetic experience. of the creative representations of Sitaram Katha          #       essence of one’s own being. A place where one can all four southern languages — Tamil, Telugu, Against a backdrop of debates on issues relat- by those modern poets cited above explains the          (  also reconcile with consciousness that enables one Kannada and Malayalam — do have re-tellings of ed with nationalism between Western scholars, like fact that indigenous cultural traditions enabled to make genuine reflections on the moral and spir- Ramkatha that vehemently challenge the narratives Ernest Gellner and Anthony Smith, as well as the litterateurs of the Mithila region for quite a # 4         itual dimensions of human life. of Valmiki’s Ramayana or Ramcharitmanas of immensely popular interventions made by Benedict long time to resist the impact of a colonial edu-              Later, the 10th century Kashmiri Shaivite lit- Tulsidas. In turn, they perhaps successfully supplant Anderson, Partha Chatterjee chose to discuss the cation system which did not feel reluctant to               ( erary commentator, Abhinavagupta, who wrote the cultural hegemony of North India. genesis and growth of Indian nationalist discourse undermine, rather erase the traces of our civili-  (  (   #         perhaps the finest commentary on Bharat Muni’s Revisiting the already mentioned Maithili during the colonial and post-colonial periods of our sational core embedded in the Ramayana story.     "        2 ( Natyashatra, went on to elucidate the Rasa theo- Ramayanas will enable us to tell a different story. history in his influential books such as The A veteran scholar, Avadhesh Kumar Singh, in              "( ry in terms of the idea of abhivyakti (expression) To begin with, they popularised Sitaram Kavya in Nationalist Thought in the Colonial World: A his book, Ramayana: Through the Ages, made a      ,++             as conceptualised by Anandavardhana in his Maithili as Vidyapati had done with Radhakrishna Derivative Discourse and The Nation and its highly pertinent point when he mentioned that the      2         Dhvanyaloka and the principles of pratyabhijna doc- Kavya among the Maithilis during the late 14th and Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories. What existence of Ramkatha in numerous Indian lan-           (   trine of Kashmir. For Abhinavagupta, an aesthet- early 15th centuries. These writers of Ramayana is very noteworthy in these discussions is that guages acted as the “bridge amongst various region-  2 E %          ic experience was like a spiritual awakening when were the quintessence for Maithili poets in the sense Chatterjee places the Gandhian thought outside the al, linguistic and cultural identities.” I entirely agree 2F   P@        an individual is enabled to transcend the limita- that they consolidated during the 19th and 20th scope and parameter of Indian nation and nation- with this perceptive observation and only wish to tions of one’s own self. It becomes possible for him centuries the cornerstone of what we call nowadays alism. Thus, he separates the concept of nation from add that the different versions of regional Ramayana #               by virtue of a certain kind of contemplation gen- ‘Maithili literary culture’. They are genuinely the idea of religion. His premise as well as percep- drawing upon Avikavi, Valmiki’s Adi Kavya, are               0 erating as it does the sense of pure bliss. Looking admired for their creatively satisfying attempts to tion does not seem to be valid and justifiable in view indeed the cultural expressions of our nationalist                 at the Rasa theory as the foundation of art and lit- showcase the cultural and linguistic distinctiveness of what Gandhi consistently said and successfully thought in diverse ways. Their availability in the              erature, he firmly focussed on the significance of of Mithila along with foregrounding the moving did with the help of religion for the re-awakening majority of modern Indian languages points to the    Q 0 !     .   )  $ harmony for the formulation of an aesthetic expres- character of Sita. of our national consciousness. cultural interconnectedness and, in turn, the per- 9   #   4   P)     sion. Alongside Vidyapati, Sita is often seen as the The production, reception and consumption vasive sense of nation in the pre-colonial India          (  )    Such harmony is conspicuous by its absence uniting force for the otherwise deeply divided of Sitaram Katha, particularly in the Maithili lit- much before the advent of colonial moment. In fact,                from the contemporary literary climate in which, Maithili community. Typically, the Maithili mind- erary canon, strengthen the Gandhian understand- these Ramayana versions embody the quintessence                 for examples, Dalit, feminist and post-colonial lit- set can opt for unpredictably different pulls and ing of dharma and its primacy in the growth story of our collective national consciousness which is   Q 1                ( eratures, have all largely focussed on conflicts along pressures of life. But all the conflicting Maithili traits of a nation. Such inseparable relationship between being so effectively reinforced by the kind of lin- the lines of caste, gender and political categories, and attributes prefer to come together in an unusu- religion and nation, which was so succinctly for- guistic plurality and cultural diversity we have in        (        called the East and the West. The aesthetic con- ally harmonious manner on the issue of Sita. mulated by Gandhi, who thought about the pos- our country.          sciousness for practitioners of these literatures In an arguably multilingual and multicultur- sibilities of an ideal and citizen-centric political order (The writer is Assistant professor of English at           appears to be primarily defined by certain ideolog- al country like India, where different versions of through the emergence of the metaphorical Ram Rajdhani College, Delhi) # ' ""$  8 ! %                                          !     

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Our petition is In an inter- tional reforms, Union crore through sale of its non- and in fact, the Competition against companies flouting pending in the National im order passed Minister Jayant Sinha said on core assets in various cities in Commission of India has also norms. Company Law Tribunal in March this Thursday. India and abroad. looked into complaints regard- “The Government has (NCLT) and the next date of year, Sebi had Various initiatives to turn- “Air India has also realised ing norms on providing a addressed a majority of issues hearing is in January. If the directed the around the national carrier, a rental income of 314 crore level playing field. raised by us through amend- NCLT does not listen to us we stock exchanges which is staying afloat on a approximately,” he said during The Government ments to FDI Policy will approach the Supreme to appoint a bailout package extended by the Question Hour. Wednesday took a host of announced yesterday. The Court,” Khandelwal said. forensic auditor the previous government, The minister also said steps and barred e-commerce cashback sale, discounts, exclu- He also urged the to verify any including monetisation of real that amount of revenue like- firms from selling products of sive sales, etc. Cannot take Government to introduce a misrepresentation of financials its fresh order dated December However, Sebi removed estate assets are progressing. ly to be generated from mon- the companies in which they place under the new norms. We comprehensive e-commerce and business of Inter Globe 27. the restrictions placed on the Sinha told the Lok Sabha etisation of land and proper- have equity stakes or man- welcome the Government’s policy at the earliest to address Finance Ltd (IGFL) and its sub- With regard to the wrong promoters and directors of that the Government has pre- ties depends on the bid agement control. decision and believe that it the disparities and anomalies in sidiaries as well as any misuse categorisations in the financials IGFL regarding sale of securi- pared a revival plan for Air process and subject to no- “To the extent that it bars should be implemented strict- the sector. of the books of accounts. of IGFL that have been high- ties of IGFL after finding "no India which focuses on build- objection certificates from the (e-commerce) platforms ly,” CAIT Secretary General The Commerce and Besides, the company's lighted in the interim order, prima facie evidence of misuse ing a competitive and prof- authorities concerned. from giving preference to any Praveen Khandelwal told Industry Ministry notifies for- promoters and directors were IGFL has admitted that the of funds". itable airline group. Air India is estimated to particular product,it definite- reporters here. eign direct investment (FDI) permitted only to buy the secu- same were errors. It has offered IGFL is among the firms A comprehensive finan- have a debt worth over ly reduces the ability of plat- He alleged that e-com- policies through press notes. rities of IGFL. However, the no explanation as to why such against whom Sebi initiated cial package, including transfer 55,000 crore. forms to play God between merce firms were openly flout- Press Note 3, which was shares held by them were not errors (as claimed) had crept in action on August 7, 2017 by of non-core debt and assets to In a written reply, Sinha one product and another. ing the Press Note Number 3 of released in 2016, enlists guide- allowed to be transferred for its financials. It also failed to ordering trading restrictions a Special Purpose Vehicle, said the Government remains That’s a good thing from the the FDI Policy. lines for FDI in the e-com- sale, as per the interim order. give any reason as to why the after it received a list of 331 implementation of a robust committed to the disinvest- consumer point of view, as “If the revised norms are merce sector. Following the interim said errors did not come to its suspected shell companies organisational and governance ment of Air India. well as from enabling market not enforced strictly, the out- Tightening norms for e- order, the company was given notice till the time Sebi high- from the government. Pursuant reforms by the board and dif- “In this regard, AISAM forces to operate”, come will be the same as that commerce firms having foreign opportunity to submit its expla- lighted the same, it added. to this, IGFL had moved the ferentiated business strategies has directed to separately Chandreshekhar said. of Press Note Number 3. investment, the government nations and it filed replies in Accordingly, the Securities Securities Appellate Tribunal for each of the core businesses decide the contours of the He also welcomed the Therefore, we are demanding Wednesday barred online mar- that regard. and Exchange Board of India (SAT) that stayed trading of Air India are part of the plan. mode of disposal of the sub- move to prevent e-commerce the formation of a Regulatory ketplaces like Flipkart and In respect of several trans- (Sebi) has confirmed "the restrictions imposed on the “Higher levels of opera- sidiaries — Air India firms from having their prod- Authority empowered to act Amazon from selling prod- actions, IGFL has provided directions issued against IGFL company. tional efficiency by strength- Engineering Services Ltd ucts sold on their platforms, against companies flouting ucts of companies where they insufficient explanation/justi- to the extent that forensic audit However, the regulator and ening management and imple- (AIESL), Air India Air which again is to ensure that norms to monitor the e-com- hold stakes and banned exclu- fication, which is not backed by directed vide interim order stock exchanges were asked to menting best business Transport Services Ltd (AIAT- differential is not created merce sector,” Khandelwal said. sive marketing arrangements independently verifiable doc- dated March 1, 2018 shall con- continue their probe and initi- processes,” are among the SL) and Airline Allied Services between their own products He reiterated CAIT’s that could influence product umentary evidence, Sebi said in tinue". ate appropriate proceedings. major elements of the plan, Ltd (AASL),” he noted. and those of others. demand for the scrapping of price. 1  ?   %"%! 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'*  2A%<64 gold, he said: “It will also look customs duty with a provision earlier in the session, the 30-share index pared by such companies and provide a level- The new rules could also pull the at that side of it”. of bank guarantee. some gains but finished 157.34 points, or 0.44%, playing field, industry players said on plug on seller entities like Cloudtail and he government is work- The domestic industry has To promote exports, the higher at 35,807.28. The broader NSE Nifty rose Thursday. The changes will mostly affect Appario (that have equity investment ing on an integrated gold demanded a cut in import Minister Arun Jaitley had Gem and Jewellery Export 49.95 points, or 0.47%, to 10,779.80. US-based Amazon and Walmart-backed from e-commerce companies). Tpolicy, which is expected duty on gold to 4 per cent from announced formulation of a Promotion Council (GJEPC) The biggest gainers in the Sensex pack were Flipkart — the two largest players in the “There are some specific points that to be released soon, to promote the current 10 per cent. comprehensive gold policy to has asked for government sup- Reliance Industries, Infosys, NTPC, ONGC, burgeoning Indian e-commerce sector — need greater clarity, especially the fact that growth of the yellow metal The minister said that cur- develop gold as an asset class. port in terms of increasing HUL, PowerGrid, Asian Paints, ITC and HCL as one of the norms bars striking exclu- an entity having ‘equity participation’ by industry and exports of jew- rently, there was no such poli- Government think-tank incentives under the Tech, rising up to 2.10%. On the other hand, sive marketing arrangements that could e-commerce market place entity or its ellery, Commerce and Industry cy despite the fact that India NITI Aayog in August sug- Merchandise Exports from Hero MotoCorp, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors, Tata influence product prices. group company, is not permitted to sell Minister Suresh Prabhu said. was the largest consumer and gested to the government to India Scheme (MEIS). Steel and Maruti Suzuki fell up to 1.71%. “It (introduction of the new norms) its products on the platform run by mar- “We are pushing for it importer of gold. bring down import duty on Under MEIS, the govern- Global sentiment improved as tensions is an acknowledgement that all the ketplace entity,” said Darshan Upadhyay, (gold policy) as we need an India has the potential to gold from the existing 10 per ment provides duty benefits between the White House and US Fed eased. major foreign players have been consis- partner at Economic Laws Practice, integrated policy. In the next become a “good exporter of cent and also asked it to slash depending on product and Strong consumer spending data in the US also tently violating the spirit of the policy adding that this could result in all ven- few days, we will have a meet- value-added gold”, he added. the GST rate on the precious country. added to the momentum, said Hemang Jani, head from day one. Almost all the clarification dors and suppliers where the marketplace ing of all concerned people to The policy is likely to focus metal from the current 3 per Rewards under the scheme advisory, Sharekhan by BNP Paribas. points mentioned in this policy can be entity (or its group) have insignificant frame the policy on an expe- on promoting the domestic cent. are payable as percentage of With two more trading days to go until the directly attributed to an active violation holding being ineligible for selling their ditious basis. We are looking at gold industry and exports of The NITI Aayog also rec- realised free-on-board value, end of the year, liquidity and sentiment are set by these foreign players,” ShopClues CEO products. all elements of gold in the pol- gems and jewellery, which con- ommended to review and and the MEIS duty credit scrip to drive market in short term, he added. and co-founder Sanjay Sethi said. He Instamojo CEO and co-founder icy,” Prabhu told PTI. tribute about 15 per cent to the revamp the gold monetisation can be transferred or used for Banking stocks fell amid reports that the gov- added that the clarification will “finally Sampad Swain said while the earlier reg- When asked whether it total merchandise outbound and the sovereign gold bond the payment of a number of ernment was likely to infuse 28,615 crore into close the back door that has been bla- ulations were bound by high caps, MSMEs will consider the demand of the shipments. schemes, besides setting up a duties, including the basic cus- seven public sector banks (PSBs) through recap- tantly exploited by these players”. of the country would now get a fair oppor- industry to cut import duty on In February, Finance gold board and bullion toms duty. italisation bonds by the end of this month. Snapdeal too has lauded the move, tunity to come and participate in the dig- The rupee, meanwhile, weakened against the with founder and CEO Kunal Bahl say- ital economy. “This new development cre- US dollar, and was trading at 70.28 a dollar, down ing these changes will enable a level-play- ates a level playing field for smaller play- 0.27% from its previous close. Brent crude futures ing field for all sellers and help them ers... Now, all the micro-merchants of our )1!R    ( 

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 *+% bought shares worth 80.28 crore on Wednesday, on the changes, Amazon has said it is The decision came in the backdrop while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were evaluating the circular. of several complaints being flagged by New Delhi (PTI): Drug major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories on New Delhi (PTI): Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) net sellers to the tune of 137.63 crore, provi- The new norms — effective February domestic traders on heavy discounts Thursday announced the launch of Sevelamer Carbonate for oral on Thursday launched the 2019 edition of its sportsbike sional data available with BSE showed. — will also bar online marketplaces from being given by e-commerce players to suspension, used for controlling serum phosphorus in patients with Hayabusa priced at 13.74 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The 2019 Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s Nikkei surged selling products of companies in which consumers. Many sellers had flagged con- chronic kidney disease on dialysis, in the US market. The newly edition of Suzuki Hayabusa, powered by a 1,340 cc engine, will 3.88% and Korea’s Kospi ended 0.02% higher, they hold a stake. This could potential- cerns that the e-commerce giants were launched product is in the strengths of 0.8 g and 2.4 g packets, and feature an added pair of side reflectors for Indian conditions, the while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.67% and ly impact many electronic and smart- using their affiliates and exclusive sales is a therapeutic equivalent generic version of Renvela (sevelamer company said in a statement. The new bike will have updated Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.61%. In phone brands like ASUS, OnePlus, BPL agreements to create an unfair market- carbonate) for oral suspension, approved by the US Food and Drug graphics and will be available in two new colour schemes — Europe, Paris CAC rose 0.15%, while Frankfurt’s and others that work exclusively with place and offering some products at deep Administration, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories said in a BSE filing. Metallic Oort Gray and Glass Sparkle Black, it added. DAX fell 1.41%. London’s FTSE fell 0.63%. either of the two giants. The new guide- discounts.

  SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 10817.90 10834.20 10764.45 10779.80 49.95 Script Open High Low LTP PEL 2334.00 2347.25 2270.40 2289.70 ALBK 46.65 46.90 45.50 46.40 SYNGENE 564.05 570.00 557.05 562.80 ADANIPORTS 379.25 385.80 373.65 385.00 8.45 RCOM 14.55 14.64 14.12 14.50 DMART 1567.85 1578.00 1561.00 1570.35 CIPLA 516.25 521.20 514.00 517.95 GREAVESCOT 119.00 120.50 118.80 119.70 TECHM 702.00 713.50 696.15 708.90 15.35 JPASSOCIAT 7.24 7.80 7.16 7.64 RPOWER 28.00 28.90 27.75 28.50 BHARATFIN 994.45 1009.50 994.45 1003.90 BALMLAWRIE 210.50 211.00 201.15 201.15 INFRATEL 262.60 269.20 261.50 268.00 5.40 SUZLON 5.49 5.52 5.39 5.47 TV18BRDCST 36.55 37.90 36.55 37.50 COLPAL 1301.50 1324.00 1293.00 1300.95 NILKAMAL 1512.00 1529.85 1485.20 1493.45 ZEEL 459.45 465.95 451.50 464.30 9.25 IBULHSGFIN 852.20 857.45 831.35 841.80 TECHM 696.80 714.30 696.80 708.10 IBVENTURES 380.00 384.00 371.00 373.95 KAJARIACER 493.95 493.95 486.25 488.00 INFY 652.75 663.25 649.00 656.35 12.30 YESBANK 183.00 183.55 177.30 178.55 BAJAJFINSV 6500.00 6549.90 6355.55 6390.95 ICICIPRULI 324.35 326.95 321.55 323.35 SUPREMEIND 1142.50 1161.40 1125.25 1126.10 RELIANCE 1107.20 1127.00 1104.00 1118.10 19.75 JETAIRWAYS 270.90 274.00 262.95 268.50 ICICIGI 855.00 894.60 828.30 864.55 MANAPPURAM 91.55 92.25 89.40 89.75 COCHINSHIP 381.05 382.80 376.10 377.00 POWERGRID 195.05 199.50 193.50 198.50 3.20 RELIANCE 1105.00 1125.90 1104.45 1120.00 NIITTECH 1120.00 1164.00 1120.00 1149.40 UBL 1378.80 1378.80 1277.40 1364.55 MEGH 60.20 60.85 59.10 59.40 IBULHSGFIN 852.00 856.95 830.10 843.00 12.50 PCJEWELLER 82.70 86.25 81.85 85.00 CANBK 272.00 274.60 270.20 272.05 IRB 161.00 163.85 156.75 158.40 DEEPAKNI 208.30 210.00 208.00 209.25 HINDPETRO 246.00 253.75 241.55 252.55 3.70 INFY 652.10 663.25 649.30 657.35 FEDERALBNK 93.10 94.35 91.10 93.95 VIPIND 515.15 521.55 504.25 506.70 ASTRAL 1083.20 1120.90 1068.10 1116.25 ONGC 147.35 151.40 146.00 148.70 2.10 SUNPHARMA 423.25 424.00 410.60 412.30 MMTC 30.75 31.20 30.05 30.20 ADANITRANS 198.70 200.05 194.50 195.55 FINOLEXIND 539.90 560.90 536.05 550.00 SPICEJET 86.90 86.95 85.50 86.60 INDUSINDBK 1578.00 1592.70 1560.35 1566.35 PIDILITIND 1118.25 1118.90 1101.00 1112.25 OFSS 3600.00 3698.00 3572.05 3669.30 HINDUNILVR 1802.70 1823.00 1793.15 1816.00 24.40 BEML 917.90 922.00 894.65 899.65 ADANIPOWER 51.20 52.00 51.05 51.30 AMBUJACEM 220.10 222.75 215.95 216.75 GRANULES 89.00 89.75 87.05 89.20 ASIANPAINT 1360.05 1384.75 1354.30 1380.05 17.05 DHFL 241.95 243.30 237.55 239.65 M&MFIN 483.00 483.95 458.65 464.75 JSLHISAR 86.20 87.85 85.25 86.95 WHIRLPOOL 1310.85 1339.10 1310.80 1330.00 CIPLA 518.90 521.00 514.00 520.40 6.10 SBIN 295.20 297.50 291.05 291.85 AUROPHARMA 721.25 726.50 710.00 712.75 RAIN 133.25 136.55 130.00 130.45 GUJGAS 683.75 683.75 665.85 669.15 BAJFINANCE 2598.85 2626.75 2570.00 2595.00 27.60 IOC 134.95 135.15 131.10 134.05 SRTRANSFIN 1229.95 1247.45 1214.75 1224.20 PTC 90.00 91.10 88.60 89.70 ADANIGREEN 42.35 42.75 41.30 41.50 TCS 1909.00 1941.70 1872.10 1909.10 19.90 BANKINDIA 103.10 103.50 101.05 101.75 JSWSTEEL 298.70 300.80 292.70 293.25 APOLLOTYRE 234.00 235.00 230.45 231.20 KANSAINER 481.55 483.25 477.00 478.05 NTPC 146.70 149.75 144.20 147.00 1.45 VEDL 200.00 202.10 195.30 195.95 NATIONALUM 63.40 64.35 62.25 62.70 MUTHOOTFIN 500.45 504.50 491.50 494.05 SCI 47.05 47.75 46.50 46.85 HCLTECH 949.00 960.00 942.65 952.10 9.30 BLISSGVS 138.65 147.30 136.80 140.30 HEROMOTOCO 3193.30 3214.20 3118.10 3131.60 JMFINANCIL 88.70 93.60 88.00 91.60 DENABANK 17.00 17.50 16.95 17.10 ITC 279.00 281.65 277.30 279.20 2.55 TCS 1909.90 1940.10 1892.35 1909.45 GODFRYPHLP 865.95 879.70 841.85 870.75 SUNTECK 360.00 362.35 347.00 351.95 TATAMETALI 626.00 629.95 615.50 615.50 REDINGTON 87.50 87.80 86.50 86.50 HINDALCO 221.40 223.90 219.60 220.20 1.60 HEG 3605.00 3745.00 3605.00 3700.70 RBLBANK 564.65 579.40 560.00 575.90 JSWENERGY 68.35 69.10 66.50 66.85 JYOTHYLAB 197.20 205.00 197.20 200.65 IFBIND 859.00 859.00 828.60 834.55 M&M 794.50 802.00 788.10 793.05 5.35 COALINDIA 247.55 252.65 244.00 249.65 JISLJALEQS 67.10 67.75 66.40 66.65 BERGEPAINT 328.00 330.80 324.65 327.05 SYMPHONY 1088.00 1114.00 1080.00 1091.80 MAGMA 111.30 111.50 109.35 110.35 HDFC 1948.45 1955.00 1930.00 1946.30 12.95 TATAMOTORS 173.00 173.30 168.05 168.80 AJANTPHARM 1139.10 1187.35 1127.45 1183.00 NESTLEIND 10850.00 10971.00 10833.10 10936.30 DBCORP 171.55 171.70 167.00 168.00 SHARDACROP 308.50 315.00 300.00 306.00 GAIL 355.00 363.50 352.30 355.70 2.30 BHARTIARTL 322.90 326.15 314.00 316.35 BIOCON 617.30 620.75 610.40 613.35 UCOBANK 20.00 20.85 20.00 20.55 NHPC 26.10 26.30 25.95 26.20 ENDURANCE 1158.60 1199.70 1158.60 1199.70 INDUSINDBK 1577.00 1593.45 1559.70 1564.20 7.75 MARUTI 7645.00 7670.00 7485.35 7505.30 HCLTECH 949.60 959.20 944.00 952.70 RAMCOCEM 637.95 646.35 618.00 640.00 CROMPTON 227.65 228.85 223.65 225.75 KRBL 284.60 289.30 284.60 286.25 LT 1429.20 1434.35 1408.50 1425.00 2.35 RELCAPITAL 215.30 216.60 210.60 214.60 SYNDIBANK 38.90 39.00 37.80 37.90 JAMNAAUTO 63.75 65.25 63.05 64.50 EMAMILTD 407.05 410.70 402.95 405.65 RELAXO 736.10 738.10 720.00 720.00 ESCORTS 695.00 701.95 682.60 685.95 CEATLTD 1284.95 1284.95 1246.50 1274.85 DCMSHRIRAM 350.45 351.70 330.00 331.85 WELSPUNIND 59.20 60.10 59.15 59.50 VEDL 199.65 202.25 195.20 196.70 0.30 HAL 777.05 788.20 777.05 784.05 CGPOWER 44.30 45.05 44.00 44.15 SUVEN 224.95 229.55 222.65 226.15 TATACOMM 505.00 528.00 504.55 522.00 IPCALAB 787.45 789.80 780.50 786.35 UPL 756.00 759.00 745.25 751.10 0.90 HIMATSEIDE 212.00 220.30 212.00 216.60 M&M 795.00 801.00 789.85 795.40 RADICO 399.95 407.25 392.15 399.70 VIJAYABANK 49.15 50.50 49.15 50.10 RALLIS 173.65 174.80 171.70 172.95 BAJAJ-AUTO 2763.90 2764.00 2696.60 2735.45 0.85 TIINDIA 333.40 339.00 330.00 332.00 HINDPETRO 245.55 253.35 241.85 252.05 BALKRISIND 916.80 917.35 895.75 904.00 FORTIS 135.00 136.45 134.20 134.55 UFLEX 274.00 274.50 269.80 270.15 TITAN 896.00 897.80 881.50 889.10 -0.05 PRESTIGE 207.25 212.00 205.30 206.80 ASIANPAINT 1362.50 1385.00 1355.10 1380.00 APOLLOHOSP 1290.00 1290.00 1233.10 1239.55 GSFC 109.75 110.80 108.25 108.80 PIIND 853.00 861.65 846.25 850.00 IOC 134.60 135.20 131.00 134.60 -0.05 IOB 14.75 15.00 14.75 14.85 BEL 90.15 90.90 86.00 86.45 LICHSGFIN 490.00 491.80 475.20 478.15 IDFC 43.45 43.95 42.55 42.85 ADVENZYMES 177.00 185.00 176.50 179.75 WIPRO 327.80 331.35 324.00 325.95 -0.20 SHILPAMED 390.05 391.00 381.35 387.00 ONGC 147.20 150.90 146.10 149.20 CENTURYTEX 909.00 917.00 890.25 896.85 IGL 264.75 268.15 261.45 265.55 LEMONTREE 69.50 69.50 68.30 68.65 COALINDIA 249.50 254.00 243.85 246.65 -0.40 ASAHIINDIA 250.00 250.00 238.50 241.40 LT 1429.00 1433.55 1408.90 1423.30 IDEA 37.50 37.95 37.05 37.10 MARICO 367.45 379.00 367.45 376.70 GUJALKALI 530.60 539.30 520.25 522.40 ICICIBANK 359.50 360.75 354.90 355.25 -0.60 BDL 277.50 278.80 270.10 278.80 PFC 101.00 103.40 99.30 100.80 DABUR 426.00 431.50 422.80 430.60 VENKYS 2400.00 2425.00 2378.55 2384.40 EIDPARRY 210.00 210.70 203.30 204.00 SBIN 296.70 297.60 291.50 293.30 -0.85 ELGIEQUIP 265.00 265.00 253.65 256.40 RECLTD 115.45 118.85 114.30 116.25 ITI 92.80 93.85 91.10 91.65 GNFC 341.50 346.95 337.50 338.90 IDBI 61.10 61.35 61.00 61.10 CUB 186.35 186.50 184.30 185.30 EICHERMOT 23300.00 23383.00 22887.90 22995.00 -86.35 NCC 85.20 86.70 83.50 84.00 TORNTPOWER 259.35 265.05 257.55 259.85 NAVKARCORP 57.50 58.30 55.05 56.00 COFFEEDAY 271.65 275.20 268.10 268.10 PRSMJOHNSN 88.90 89.85 86.10 86.50 KOTAKBANK 1257.25 1258.65 1235.35 1243.00 -5.15 AXISBANK 627.00 627.00 615.50 617.50 FSL 48.95 48.95 46.95 47.10 GSKCONS 7536.15 7641.95 7409.00 7592.65 JSL 32.65 32.90 32.30 32.45 YESBANK 183.00 183.45 177.05 178.70 -0.75 L&TFH 156.00 156.90 152.85 154.20 VGUARD 228.95 236.90 225.85 235.00 EIHOTEL 194.30 197.30 193.05 193.05 SUPRAJIT 214.60 220.00 214.25 217.00 SUNPHARMA 423.00 423.30 410.00 411.80 -1.85 ADANIPORTS 378.50 385.90 373.95 383.60 NAVINFLUOR 707.00 721.35 689.05 692.00 TATACOFFEE 96.80 96.80 95.00 95.25 LUXIND 1404.00 1423.85 1375.00 1377.00 AXISBANK 623.55 626.00 615.60 616.40 -3.10 TATASTEEL 519.00 520.50 506.50 507.80 HINDCOPPER 51.00 51.90 50.10 50.45 GICRE 259.05 265.00 252.60 261.60 FDC 174.50 175.50 172.10 173.15 GRASIM 828.00 828.00 810.80 814.90 -4.35 INFIBEAM 46.90 48.00 45.75 46.75 CHOLAFIN 1224.00 1262.40 1216.00 1227.85 MOIL 169.10 171.00 168.00 168.35 ATUL 3424.00 3470.00 3418.00 3418.00 ULTRACEMCO 4015.00 4020.50 3955.00 3975.10 -21.00 BPCL 360.50 368.50 355.65 364.45 EICHERMOT 23375.00 23375.00 22869.15 23020.05 TIMETECHNO 102.70 104.25 100.10 100.10 ISGEC 5100.00 5100.00 5010.00 5031.00 HDFCBANK 2133.00 2138.20 2098.45 2107.00 -15.35 GRAPHITE 760.00 781.70 760.00 772.75 ABCAPITAL 98.20 98.45 97.85 98.10 GESHIP 322.05 322.80 309.00 311.70 ERIS 663.60 678.50 656.00 663.35 BAJAJFINSV 6500.00 6550.00 6350.00 6381.00 -58.05 JUBLFOOD 1249.90 1254.90 1216.15 1232.20 HINDZINC 272.40 276.35 269.35 274.50 FLFL 400.60 400.60 388.20 394.00 LAXMIMACH* 5770.00 5775.00 5711.00 5712.00 MARUTI 7649.00 7668.85 7479.30 7501.10 -68.00 UJJIVAN 277.60 284.85 270.00 272.35 GMRINFRA 16.25 16.50 15.90 16.00 GSPL 175.70 176.85 173.60 175.45 SKFINDIA 1897.55 1912.05 1885.00 1892.00 DRREDDY 2641.00 2645.00 2581.35 2597.00 -25.30 PNB 78.50 78.80 77.35 77.90 ULTRACEMCO 4019.75 4020.45 3960.00 3986.45 CHAMBLFERT 142.45 143.40 142.00 143.00 GRINDWELL 544.90 552.45 536.00 537.50 BHEL 72.20 72.40 69.50 69.90 DISHTV 37.70 37.80 36.80 37.60 TRIDENT 64.70 65.65 64.45 64.60 JSWSTEEL 299.50 300.65 292.10 293.10 -3.20 MINDAIND 325.90 325.90 319.05 324.05 JAICORPLTD 107.60 113.15 107.05 110.10 LTTS 1691.05 1708.00 1678.80 1681.00 VINATIORGA 1566.00 1613.00 1566.00 1606.90 TATASTEEL 518.00 519.80 504.95 506.50 -6.95 COROMANDEL 445.00 447.00 443.20 445.05 BANKBARODA 119.20 119.40 115.90 116.60 GRUH 314.00 317.35 309.60 312.35 SUNDRMFAST 525.00 533.05 525.00 528.00 BHARTIARTL 323.20 323.70 314.00 316.05 -4.40 PGHH 9708.85 9801.00 9700.25 9772.80 HINDUNILVR 1806.80 1819.00 1791.35 1819.00 DBL 420.65 432.05 416.20 418.70 J&KBANK 36.10 37.10 36.10 36.90 HEROMOTOCO 3208.70 3210.00 3114.65 3129.00 -46.20 ALKEM 1855.45 1880.00 1851.00 1867.90 BAJFINANCE 2630.00 2630.00 2571.00 2581.80 GODREJPROP 682.65 683.20 669.00 673.70 DHANUKA 474.45 474.50 463.50 463.50 TATAMOTORS 172.75 173.40 167.70 168.05 -2.85 BLUESTARCO 644.00 644.00 608.25 612.00 ORIENTBANK 96.70 97.10 94.45 94.85 INFRATEL 262.60 269.00 261.75 266.95 GODREJAGRO 501.00 503.00 497.00 500.05 BPCL 361.00 368.75 354.90 359.00 -7.35 VBL 744.35 749.00 733.60 740.95 KOTAKBANK 1260.50 1263.00 1235.60 1239.35 OMAXE 215.55 216.50 213.10 214.25 LINDEINDIA 683.20 686.00 677.15 681.40 PNCINFRA 145.00 147.00 144.00 145.20 ZEEL 458.00 467.00 451.80 463.60 RNAM 156.05 162.70 156.05 158.10 MAHLIFE 383.00 396.75 381.15 396.00   TIMKEN 542.25 562.45 542.25 560.00 HDFCBANK 2139.80 2139.80 2101.30 2106.10 TORNTPHARM 1762.70 1770.00 1728.35 1740.85 RAJESHEXPO 572.95 575.70 570.05 571.10 JAGRAN 116.25 116.25 111.40 113.05 WIPRO 326.50 331.20 323.35 327.45 JKTYRE 103.50 104.90 103.35 103.65 AMARAJABAT 734.00 739.30 731.00 734.85 GULFOILLUB 823.50 823.50 817.00 820.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE REPCOHOME 410.95 416.95 389.00 391.65 SHANKARA 537.65 543.00 521.05 525.15 HSIL 224.70 232.90 224.70 229.65 SHOPERSTOP 510.00 512.00 496.10 503.70 NIFTY NEXT 50 27885.75 27959.85 27739.90 27780.95 55.30 CENTRALBK 35.30 37.55 34.60 36.40 MFSL 449.00 450.15 435.00 435.00 VMART 2615.10 2632.60 2594.00 2594.00 ESSELPRO 104.95 109.00 104.60 105.20 SBILIFE 544.00 605.00 540.35 595.00 20.15 CONCOR 675.00 680.00 659.70 667.35 HFCL 21.30 21.45 20.90 21.10 TRITURBINE 115.00 116.30 111.60 111.90 NAVNETEDUL 105.55 106.00 103.80 105.00 ICICIGI 845.00 898.90 827.95 857.10 28.85 JINDALSTEL 164.05 165.25 157.70 158.45 DIVISLAB 1475.00 1481.80 1448.00 1481.80 SOMANYCERA 332.45 332.45 323.80 323.80 LAKSHVILAS 87.10 87.25 86.50 87.10 OFSS 3585.00 3682.00 3570.00 3676.00 113.70 SBILIFE 554.00 603.00 540.25 589.20 DELTACORP 243.30 246.15 242.60 243.65 GLAXO 1507.25 1518.45 1470.85 1505.00 KALPATPOWR 378.60 381.10 370.50 375.00 LAURUSLABS 380.40 385.00 380.40 382.00 MARICO 370.00 379.00 368.70 378.00 10.25 MAXINDIA 81.00 89.60 78.85 83.55 RAYMOND 841.20 851.75 824.00 826.90 BAJAJHLDNG 2911.90 2984.00 2877.85 2953.15 PERSISTENT 625.50 633.20 625.45 628.00 LAOPALA 220.50 224.00 212.50 219.05 MCDOWELL-N 623.65 634.50 617.15 633.95 14.15 ITC 284.00 284.00 277.60 279.75 CUMMINSIND 792.00 843.00 792.00 830.10 INTELLECT 227.00 227.50 221.30 221.95 GICHSGFIN 257.10 258.70 251.60 252.75 ABBOTINDIA 7551.30 7551.45 7460.00 7465.00 SUNTV 578.00 591.35 577.25 587.70 12.40 KSCL 570.55 588.00 511.00 579.80 INDIGO 1158.00 1169.90 1129.65 1161.50 INDHOTEL 148.40 150.85 146.05 147.25 ITDC 310.00 311.80 302.00 302.00 GHCL 239.05 240.95 233.10 235.30 GODREJCP 804.05 818.50 797.25 815.00 15.70 ASHOKLEY 105.00 105.00 102.90 103.35 MAHABANK 14.21 15.40 14.21 15.07 CENTURYPLY 177.00 177.00 170.00 172.20 TAKE 146.15 152.00 146.15 147.10 TNPL 254.25 254.25 250.20 250.65 DABUR 428.00 432.00 422.35 430.00 7.40 OIL 174.00 175.60 169.50 171.55 IFCI 14.60 15.29 14.51 14.88 GDL 132.00 132.90 129.30 131.00 AUBANK 596.50 604.00 590.15 597.10 LALPATHLAB 933.00 950.00 925.00 940.00 CONCOR 664.80 681.90 658.10 663.80 11.20 INDIACEM 95.00 95.20 92.60 93.15 SAIL 52.75 53.40 51.35 51.65 GODREJIND 526.40 533.00 516.15 530.50 WABCOINDIA 6831.95 6860.00 6666.00 6761.00 BAJAJCORP 364.60 365.20 360.00 360.00 PIDILITIND 1116.25 1123.15 1101.10 1122.00 18.00 TATAPOWER 76.25 77.60 75.60 77.00 MINDTREE 861.00 872.95 853.65 858.45 PFIZER 2910.00 2910.00 2768.10 2772.70 ASTRAZEN 1488.05 1528.60 1488.05 1506.55 SCHNEIDER 101.45 101.80 100.00 100.10 HINDZINC 271.95 277.20 269.60 275.20 3.75 JUSTDIAL 490.90 512.80 490.50 507.70 TATACHEM 706.45 709.90 698.00 703.25 GMDCLTD 87.00 88.80 86.75 87.60 JKCEMENT 732.90 733.00 710.90 724.50 TIFHL 506.30 519.95 503.50 506.00 HDFCLIFE 386.70 394.50 385.60 390.00 5.20 IDFCBANK 44.20 44.20 42.50 43.15 TVSMOTOR 560.10 585.00 546.20 548.55 KEI 360.00 363.00 355.00 355.10 KPRMILL 565.00 568.95 556.50 558.00 NH 199.85 202.80 197.60 198.00 HAVELLS 682.40 692.55 678.00 685.80 8.60 CANFINHOME 296.00 296.00 281.85 288.45 VOLTAS 564.00 564.00 545.75 550.30 FCONSUMER 47.00 47.20 45.70 45.90 IEX 166.05 167.00 160.60 165.00 ZYDUSWELL 1382.00 1393.25 1366.50 1366.50 INDIGO 1139.90 1175.75 1139.90 1169.00 12.75 WESTLIFE 382.00 398.80 377.00 379.75 ALLCARGO 108.00 110.45 106.20 107.00 NOCIL 164.15 165.00 161.00 162.40 ZENSARTECH 235.60 237.15 230.05 231.10 SUDARSCHEM 342.55 342.80 339.15 339.20 ABCAPITAL 97.80 98.40 97.75 98.15 1.05 UNIONBANK 84.00 85.20 83.00 83.75 BHARATFORG 513.00 513.50 497.05 501.00 SOUTHBANK 15.35 15.35 15.10 15.15 AARTIIND 1440.00 1450.00 1420.00 1424.00 PHOENIXLTD 565.00 566.65 558.45 564.90 DMART 1565.00 1578.00 1558.05 1571.00 16.15 SIEMENS 1042.25 1048.85 1023.30 1029.25 ACC 1493.35 1497.50 1456.00 1460.50 MINDACORP 142.00 148.00 141.50 144.10 GET&D 286.20 292.05 277.10 290.00 ASTERDM 151.25 152.00 147.50 148.00 GICRE 257.65 262.50 257.65 260.05 2.60 ICICIBANK 357.30 360.70 354.75 355.40 MRPL 76.00 76.00 74.15 74.40 CADILAHC 343.30 343.30 338.00 338.95 INDOSTAR 344.00 357.45 330.75 346.50 FORBESCO 2359.00 2447.95 2351.30 2351.30 ABB 1310.00 1323.00 1302.45 1306.50 11.20 BANDHANBNK 550.25 555.90 538.00 540.55 DRREDDY 2639.00 2650.00 2583.90 2587.50 JINDALSAW 83.40 84.55 82.35 82.70 NIACL 179.00 179.00 175.05 176.60 SANOFI 6155.90 6288.80 6129.45 6288.80 PGHH 9705.05 9800.00 9705.05 9800.00 76.30 FRETAIL 541.45 547.70 506.35 513.90 HINDALCO 221.10 223.60 220.00 220.65 SJVN 25.55 25.55 24.25 24.75 JBCHEPHARM 299.05 299.15 294.10 297.00 GEPIL 825.65 838.90 825.65 828.75 LUPIN 837.00 841.90 830.10 839.05 5.85 EQUITAS 128.00 128.90 123.20 124.25 GLENMARK 677.30 687.90 663.25 683.40 JUBILANT 718.85 719.40 705.55 708.60 HERITGFOOD 533.00 565.00 529.00 554.80 STARCEMENT 102.20 103.90 100.00 100.50 NIACL 177.10 179.20 174.50 177.00 0.95 DLF 178.95 181.20 175.15 176.05 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Palace of Clouds, is a richly woven travellers is more likely to make its travel culture like cheese and truffles. Travelling Spending a holiday stuck in long tapestry encompassing five genera- ' decisions based on the travel posts of their on foot also offers the opportunity to spend queues or crowded streets on a leisure trip tions of an aristocratic family past and '' peers on social media as it has become an sufficient time at any given place, explore is a no-no. While Italy is using phone apps present.  authentic source of information. At the same the local culture and reach inaccessible to deal with overcrowding by giving real- The book was launched at the over the years are spot on and it was- '' time, it is important for them to capture spots. Walking tours at Machu Picchu are time updates, Dubrovnik is experimenting Oxford Bookstore in the presence of n’t really laborious as I consulted my   their best travel stories through photos and a great window to explore the colossal with dispersing cruise timings through the Gita Devi, Maharani of Kapurtala, who forefathers’ files. I also included quotes videos and inspire their circle of friends and mountains, lush vegetation and ecological week. While such measures are being read out extracts. She was effusive in and photographs to make it more per-  colleagues to take up travel. Wi-fi enabled wonders while the forest trails of Japan are undertaken at all major tourist hubs, trav- her praise of the princess as she said, sonal.”  places and hotels are a bliss for such trav- equally resplendent. We expect this type of ellers are modifying their plans to help curb “Rajyashree has brought a treasure Rajyashree also said that the  ellers as it enables them to post live itinerary will feature in the list of more trav- overtourism at an individual level. trove of anecdotes and introduced us House of Bikaner under her father Dr  updates. ellers in the coming year. In 2019, we will see more travellers tak- to a world of elegance, sport and cos- Karni Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner,  ing trips in off-season to ensure visit to their mopolitan culture.” adopted a modern approach and the "! $ ! #)#$ favourite place while not being part of the The book delves into the royal memoir brings out his role in shaping  What drives travellers to pursue their Luxury travel is growing, faster than it chaos. New destinations near the saturat- family’s tales of valour, battles and her personality as an independent ... travel dream is curiosity. A rising number did in the past five years. Over the next ed ones benefit as a result. coronation, splendour of the royal woman way ahead of her time. /@ of them are keen on exploring what’s decade, the growth rate for luxury travel is courts and culture and traditions, Rajyashree tries to relive the old-world & beyond the frequently visited and found at projected to be at 6.2 per cent, be it on cruis- (+ !(  forts and hunting lodges. The author charm, which may interest readers ' some of the most remote locations in the es, camps or heritage stays. There are sev- There is no running away from the fact describes her formative years during who are curious to know about world. On the basis of travel-searches eral factors influencing the decision to opt that much devastation has rocked our the sixties when seismic changes in the maharajas. She feels that there has  made by holidaymakers in 2018, there is an for luxury travel. While the developing oceans, beaches, forests and islands. Since world were taking place and which been a revival of an interest in histo- . evident trend of rising interest in places nations are at the forefront of the growth most are tourist places, the onus of the sit- were to take her on an adventurous ry and says, “I feel proud to say that + ' beyond city centres and conventional acceleration curve, an increase in the dis- uation must be borne by the travellers as well journey from her home in Bikaner to even the millennials are now taking up .P tourist spots. To unravel the hidden secrets posable incomes in these countries is as operators. Pollution of different forms has life in London. Her recollection of the initiative to acquire knowledge of and visit the untouched lands are latest favourable to luxury travel. Although cur- started hitting the business as well as non- events gives us a glimpse of a world the past. They are much better L+ trends. 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The year is all set to to be the talk of the food industry see a fresh influx of colourful fruits, in the coming year. Watch out for including guava, dragon fruit and a variety of spices, marinated or passionfruit, in our grocery list. be seen on the menu for the health- sauces from Tanzania and Ethiopia. These fruits are known to be conscious generation. They are also ,#!* /'( high in fibre, rich in Vitamin C and a good option to replace the meat +E  )(* anti-oxidants and help us maintain on our plates without affecting the Frozen yogurt has ruled our taste in ancient times as well as effectively done by low cholesterol and boost heart balance of our diet. buds for a while now but the com-   !!  !!" $!  " $ people like Jiggs Kalra, late Tarla Dalal and health. ing year will see the addition of an Camilia Punjabi in the 70s, 80s and 90s, is see- # ! *# #+"/*) array of new flavours to this list. !  !$"! $ ing a surge in the form of culinary tourism. 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These trends are everything — amalgamation of different international cultures. be the favourite, especially prosciut- experimentation. they live up to the promise of taste bizarre, health-conscious, those which From floral touches to smoke and fog, there to and aged mozzarella, gluten and as well. celebrate farmers and producers while seems to be a new trend in the world of booze GMO free snacks made from blue )+ * Eat the same time managing to look just so delec- but cocktails simply stand the test of time. potatoes, beetroot, turnip and the Once considered to be a reason for +9 !( table on the plates. Cocktail drinkers have much to look forward to like will find a place in our kitchen increase in cholesterol and weight, While healthy fats will see a come- in 2019 with many surprising ingredients and cupboards in the coming year. fats are officially the in trend for the back in 2019, air frying or oxi fry- Regional goes international rare pairings in store. 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  2@! ( ?  '  234(2 the fast bowlers through- with Hasan Ali (two for 70) with the help of a diving out. are likely to make South Rabada at midwicket after a '*  2A%<64 magnificent spell of fast bowl- But Imam was bowled Africa work hard to take a 1- mistimed pull shot. Aing from Duanne Olivier off an inside edge in the first 0 lead in the three-match The rest of the batting he unheralded Varun inspired a Pakistan collapse after over after tea and Masood series. crumbled, with Steyn having TChakravarthy's whopping 8.40 tea on the second day of the first quickly found himself effec- Imam and Fakhar Asad Shafiq caught behind crore deal at the IPL auctions has Test against South Africa at tively fighting a lone battle Zaman wiped out the deficit and Rabada ripping out the raised eyebrows but Kings XI Punjab co- SuperSport Park on Thursday, before he was ninth out after with a first-wicket stand of 44 next three batsmen cheaply. owner Preity Zinta termed the Tamil leaving South Africa needing 149 a fighting 120-ball innings and Masood joined Imam in Earlier, Temba Bavuma Nadu spinner a "long-term investment" to win. which included seven fours. a 57-run second-wicket and Quinton de Kock steered and a "back-up spinner" for skipper Pakistan slipped from 100 Kagiso Rabada and Dale partnership. South Africa to a first- Ravichandran Ashwin. for one at tea to 190 all out, at one Steyn supported Olivier with innings lead. Confirming that Ashwin will con- point losing five wickets for 25 in three and two wickets respec-  " ## Bavuma made 53 and De tinue to lead the KXIP this season, Zinta 11 overs. tively. After a shaky start, the Kock hit 45 before South provided the rationale behind picking The last wicket fell shortly It was the second suc- left-handed Imam hurried to Africa were bowled out for Varun, who did well in the Tamil Nadu before the close of play which did cessive day on which 15 15 off 11 balls but all three of 223. Premier League (TNPL), for such a not leave enough time for South wickets fell. Although the his boundaries to that point Bavuma moved to an humongous amount. Africa to start their chase. pitch appeared to be playing were off the edge of his bat. assured half-century off 66 "Varun is an underexposed mystery Olivier took two wickets in slightly easier than on the He was still on 15 when balls but was then tied down bowler along with being a back-up spin- four balls immediately after the tea first day, Pakistan will seek to he was dropped low down by by some accurate bowling ner who will add value to the team. interval and went on take five for make early inroads on Friday Hashim Amla at first slip off before edging Afridi to wick- Kings XI Punjab has always wanted to 59 for match figures of 11 for 96 after restricting South Africa Dale Steyn. But he then bat- etkeeper and captain Sarfraz give chance to untested talent and ing the season," she said. following his six for 37 in the first to 223 all out in the first ted solidly in reaching fifty Ahmed for 53 off 87 balls Varun is a long term investment for us," Teenagers like Prabh Simran Singh innings. innings. off 71 balls with seven fours with nine fours. Zinta said. has landed a cool 1.5 crore contract Imam-ul-Haq (57) and Shan Mohammad Amir took and a hooked six off Olivier. De Kock made his runs "I feel that with guidance from even before playing a single Ranji Masood (65) gave Pakistan hope four for 62 and teenager After bowling Imam, off 53 balls with five fours coach Mike Hesson, he (Varun) will be Trophy match but Zinta believes that if of setting a difficult target for the  "
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We wanted to pick up She also spoke about the local con- the skipper. players that could fill in the missing gaps nect which went a long way in bidding '*  -%6 -4 ey pacers Shardul Thakur and Mumbai are currently in the 14th and create a remarkable team line-up. for Prabhsimran. KTushar Deshpande, who were out spot in the combined Groups A and B "I believe that we have a balanced "I personally feel that he is a local tressing on continuity, chief coach Stephen due to injuries, have made a comeback standings with 11 points in their kitty. side now with a lot of good options in boy from Punjab and a talent to watch SConstantine has announced a 23-member to the Mumbai squad for their Ranji Vidarbha are comfortably posi- our kitty in case of requirements dur- out for in future," she added. Indian football team, to be spearheaded by the Trophy tie against regaining champions tioned in the third spot with 21 points. seasoned Sunil Chhetri, for the upcoming AFC Vidarbha. Mumbai need an outright win to stay Asian Cup. The four-day game will be played in contention for the quarter-final berth. The Asian Cup is scheduled to be held in from December 30 at the Vidarbha If they fail to win, the 41-time AR.=+"# "#+B#/? the UAE from January 5 to February 1. Cricket Association Stadium at Jamtha, Ranji champions will be virtually out of India play their first match against Thailand Nagpur. contention. on January 6, with matches against hosts UAE In October this year, Thakur had Squad: Siddhesh Lad (Captain), #-5$3 =#A3 and Bahrain slotted for January 10 and January sustained a groin injury on his Test debut action for a month. Shreyas Iyer, Aditya Tare, Shardul 14, respectively. against West Indies at Hyderabad after The Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel Thakur, Shivam Dube, Jay Bista, Vikrant /4 Bangladeshi cricket officials on Thursday "It was very bowling just 10 balls. has named the two pacers in the 15- Auti,Shubham Ranjane, Eknath Kerkar, lifted a ban on former Australian captain Steve important to Since then, the right-arm pacer is out member squad announced by the Karsh Kothari, Dhrumil Matkar, Tanush Smith playing in the forthcoming Twenty20 keep on the of action. Mumbai Cricket Association on its Kotian, Minad Manjrekar, Tushar Bangladesh Premier League, an official said. continuity. It'll Deshpande has also been out of website on Thursday. Deshpande, Royston Dias. The ruling means Smith, currently serving a be silly of me to one-year ban from international cricket over a ball- completely tampering scandal, is free to play for Comilla change the way Victorians in the next edition of the BPL starting we do things. #''/,#8(#' ,- on January 5. Most of these He has signed for the side and is expected to boys are with join up with teammates in mid-January for the sec- us for some ond phase of the BPL as a replacement for time now," 8#(8,)'-)'/'#, (# Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. Constantine The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had ini- said.  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"We are looking forward to the massive time despite enduring yet at Wimbledon in July and has Yunus added that in return other franchises wanted at least one replacement tournament. We hope these 23 boys will do a another tough battle with lost just three matches since. player outside of the players' draft and the BCB had agreed to their demand. good job for us." injuries over the past few He admits that he lost his Australia's ex-vice captain David Warner will also play in the BPL — which con- The Blue Tigers were the first among 23 months. motivation during the difficult cludes on February 8, 2019 — having signed for the Sylhet Sixers as one of their visiting teams to arrive in Abu Dhabi on The Spanish world num- period that followed the 2016 two pre-draft signings. AFP December 20. A 28-member squad had trav- ber two had to pull the plug French Open, where he com- elled to Abu Dhabi and has been practicing in early on his 2018 season and pleted the career Grand Slam, an effort to acclimatize themselves to the con- has not played since a knee but has now found different ditions. problem forced him to retire ways to attain gratification  ''  Meanwhile, national team's director during his US Open semi-final from the sport. Abhishek Yadav said the continental showpiece against Juan Martin del Potro "I feel I'm not prioritising is a "significant platform" for the side to enter in September. success on the tennis court for 2  ;:   top 8 in Asia. He underwent surgery on the sake of the success only as "We are aiming for top-8 status in Asia for his ankle to remove an intra- I used to do that probably up men's and top-3 status in Asia for women's articular loose body in to five years ago," Djokovic '*  2A%<64 Shirin Godara, representing national teams by 2026. All our programmes November and only resumed said. Haryana, won the 50m rifle 3 positions are designed to achieve this end, and the Asian training two weeks ago. "For me, tennis is more of he young Manu Bhaker was in top women's junior finals with 450.7. Zenab Cup will massively help in our quest," said Nadal will dip his toes a platform now for other Tform in the 10-metre air pistol Hussain (447.6) finished second while Yadav, a former India striker. back into competition at the things and for the values I event, winning both the women's and Ayushi Podder was third with 438.2. He added, "It is a very significant platform Mubadala World Tennis four Grand Slams in 2018, but tough feelings and pains in the want to share, and the mes- junior finals at the national selection tri- Former world number one Heena for players to gain recognition as a lot of peo- Championship exhibition in still added a record-extending body that normally you don't sages I want to share with the als, while Anjum Moudgil topped the 50- Sidhu, who equalled the women's 10m ple connected to continental or global football Abu Dhabi, where he faces 11th French Open crown to have. young generation. metre rifle 3 positions here on Thursday. air pistol qualification world record on watch the event closely for talents. either Kevin Anderson or his collection. "But I have experience in "Ultimately a tennis court Winner of Gold medals at the Wednesday, finished fourth in the "I feel more people out there need to realise Chung Hyeon in his opener on He says he remains moti- all of this and try to be ready for me is a place where I get Youth Olympics, ISSF World Cup and women's air pistol finals with 197.3. that this is our equivalent of the Euros or the Friday. vated to launch yet another for the everyday practices and challenged in every possible Commonwealth Games, Haryana's In the junior finals, the 16-year-old Copa America. This is a big deal. "I started two weeks ago comeback from injury, despite when (I) arrive (at) the match- way emotionally and my char- Bhaker shot a total of 242.1 in the Bhaker shot 244.5. Esha finished second and of course doing the things a career plagued by physical es I don't have to ask myself acter is kind of on the line. I women's 10-metre air pistol final to fin- with 24-4, while Yashsavi Joshi was third, D step by step and I think I have problems. big things at the beginning, treat that as my own person- ish ahead of 13-year-old teen sensation having managed 215.3 at the Dr. Karni GOALKEEPERS: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, time to be ready for "After the second part of just trying to be positive with al school of life. Esha Singh, who shot 240.4, and Singh Shooting Range. Vishal Kaith, Amrinder Singh Melbourne at my 100 percent," the year, have been tough last every improvement and that "Not many places can trig- Anuradha (219.3). The youth 10-metre air pistol finals DEFEDERS: Pritam Kotal, Sarthak Golui, Nadal told reporters in the year in terms of injuries but way normally you get the ger me in a positive or nega- Bhaker was second in the qualifi- was won by Saumya Dhyani, who shot Sandesh Jhingan, Anas Edathodika, Salam UAE capital on Thursday. that happens and that's part of right point." tive way as a tennis court cation with a score of 579. 241.4, while Vibhuti Bhatia (237.6) and Ranjan Singh, Subhashish Bose, Narayan Das "It's going to be good to my tennis career too," he does." In the women's 50-metre rifle 3 Yashsavi Joshi (215.3 ) finished second MIDFIELDERS: Udanta Singh, Jackiechand have some matches before but added. +/ 2+!( ( Djokovic takes on either positions finals, Punjab's Moudgil shot and third respectively. 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Cprime form in the current the slowness of the MCG track fours, while Pat Cummins was the (but) if they haven't got time to to bat long enough to only bat Four overs later, in the 126th Test series against Australia but was something that bogged down pick of the Australian bowlers, bowl Australia out twice, it once, but just yet they haven't over, Pujara got a delivery from there has been no conscious even India's dogged No 3 during taking 3/72 in a back-breaking could be what actually costs got enough runs to do that. Cummins that kept a tad low and effort to silence critics who have the first innings of the third Test. effort of 34 overs. them the game," Ponting told "Obviously they've talked knocked back his stumps as India panned him for his under- "We have to bat like the way At stumps, openers Aaron cricket.Com.Au. long and hard about what they were suddenly reduced to 299-4. whelming performance Down the wicket is behaving and what Finch and Marcus Harris were "I think it's always hard for want to do, it's just a bit baffling Rahane then took charge of Under in 2014. the situation is. On this pitch, unbeaten on 3 and 5 respective- India to push the run rate to us." proceedings and played a breezy "When I play international every batsman has to play a lot of ly. knock, not allowing the cricket, I don't need to silence balls to score runs. If it were a dif- It was a solid batting effort by Australian attack to get on top. anyone. I just need to keep scor- ferent wicket maybe I would the Indians, something that was ward square leg as the batsman In comparison, Rohit was ing runs and that is what I love have scored 140-150 after playing emphasised endlessly by Kohli in 3(646 3+ O played a wild sweep. A ball later, more sedate and took his time at to do. I don't want to get into all so many deliveries. But in Test his pre-match statements. What 02(0G= (CC Ajinkya Rahane (34) was lucky the crease, even as Tim Paine tar- such things. My job is to score cricket it is important to read both stood out for the visitors was the when on 32 as Travis Head was geted him with some banter. runs and I will keep scoring runs, situation and pitch when batting," patience they showed in the first - <<H42<%% caught napping at short leg when In the morning session, whether it is home or away," said Pujara, who scored 106 off two sessions, which ultimately left C49C(3)A64< the ball sailed past him. 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