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 - RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 45//4 34*  ./.,/012              HD Kumaraswamy ruled out   any further cut in fuel prices as he Union Government on it had already done it a fort-    TThursday announced a night ago. The State 2.50 a litre cut in petrol and Government had slashed the    ! diesel prices, factoring in excise petrol and diesel prices by 2 duty reduction of 1.50 per litre per litre on September 17 in "#$%$ and asking oil companies to view of the public outcry absorb another 1 as the BJP against spiralling fuel prices. and the NDA-ruled States Union Finance Minister decided to slash oil prices by Arun Jaitley said it will be a test matching the Central cut. for those States whose leaders bloodbath on Dalal Street Soon after the announce- were only tweeting and Asaw sensex crash by more ment, the NDA Governments indulging in lip service. “What than 800 points on Thursday in 10 States — Uttar Pradesh, will they do now? Last time amid all-round selling spurred Assam, Himachal Pradesh, also only BJP and NDA-led by a falling rupee and rising Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya State Governments reduced crude oil prices. Similarly, the Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, VAT. This time if other State NSE Nifty cracked the 10,600- Jharkhand, and Goa — fol- Governments do not do it then level by falling 259 points. lowed the Centre’s footsteps people will ask them,” he said. Investors lost around 5 lakh the rupee hit a new intra-day hit plunging 7.03 per cent fol- announcing a cut of 2.50 per The Finance Minister said crore in just two days of stock low of 73.81 against the dollar. lowed by Hero MotoCorp 5.45 litre in fuel prices. Governor- the excise duty cut would have market crash where the BSE This is the lowest closing since per cent and TCS 4.54 per cent. ruled J&K too has slashed fuel an impact of 10,500 crore on benchmark index plummeted July 2 when the index had set- In the broader market, the prices 2.50 per litre. Central Government’s tax rev- by 1,357 points. tled at 35,264.41. The sensex S&P BSE midcap index fell by As Centre’s cut was enues. He also asked State Led by the sharp sell-off in had lost 550.51 points on 1.93 per cent and small cap matched by these States, the Governments to follow suit by equities, the market capitalisa- Wednesday. index 2.07 per cent. combined relief to the con- cutting a sales tax or VAT by a tion of BSE-listed companies The bear grip is so fierce on The situation is grim that sumers would be to the tune of similar amount. 4 per cent and higher direct tax litre while that of diesel was At a Press conference, BJP tumbled 5,02,895.97 crore to the market that no sector has nearly 400 stocks hit their 52- 5 per litre. The reduction fol- Jaitley said the move fol- collections give comfort with 81.02 per litre. spokesperson Sambit Patra 1,40,39,742.92 crore ($1.90 survived the pain. For the last week low on BSE on Thursday. lowed petrol and diesel prices lowed Brent crude oil touching regard to fiscal deficit, he said “Finance Minister Sh expressed the hope that people trillion). According to news several weeks investors had At the BSE, 1,889 stocks touching new highs. four-year high of $86 a barrel adding domestic macroeco- @arunjaitley Ji has announced will get a total relief of 5 at the agency PTI, the dollar figure used pharma and IT sector to declined, while 775 advanced However, the BJP-JD(U) on Wednesday and interest nomic indicators are strong and 2.5 cuts in petrol & diesel earliest as the Centre has asked has been arrived at by calcu- “hide” from market fall since and 138 remained unchanged. alliance Government in Bihar rates in US reaching seven-year stable, except for current prices. Reciprocating positive- States to effect an equal amount lating the m-cap from rupee’s they were supposed to benefit Not only traders but long- has not followed suit. Bihar high. The relief to consumers account deficit (CAD). ly to FM’s announcement, the of tax cut in the oil prices. intra-day low of 73.81 from falling rupee. But during term investors, including those Deputy Chief Minister Sushil will be in three parts — Centre In , where the fuel Govt of Gujarat has also decid- He also took a swipe at the Thursday. With this, market the last two days, the IT sector holding mutual fold portfolios, Kumar Modi on Thursday will cut excise duty by 1.5, and prices are the lowest among all ed to reduce 2.50 on both previous Congress-led capitalisation of BSE-listed has also cracked with TCS have suffered heavy losses. remained non-committal on oil marketing companies metros and most State capital, petrol & diesel. Thus petrol & Government at the Centre, firms slipped below the $2 leading the fall, losing as much Several mid-cap and small- whether the State Government (OMCs) will factor in 1 in petrol is sold at 84 per litre diesel would be 5 cheaper in saying it had “pawned” nation- trillion. as 10 per cent in two sessions. cap MFs have lost as much as would reduce tax on petrol and their pricing, and States have and diesel at 75.45. the State of Gujarat,” Rupani al resources by issuing oil Spooked by overnight With blue chips companies 30 per cent during the mayhem diesel in view of the Centre’s been asked to cut VAT as they Soon after the Central tweeted. bonds while the Modi sharp rally in Brent crude price like Maruti Suzuki and Nestle that started three weeks ago. appeal in this regard. have raked in windfall gains decision, Gujarat announced Welcoming the decision, Government showed its sensi- which touched fresh four-year Eicher Motor shedding almost With fix deposit interest The Opposition ruled due to ad valorem nature of the reduction of petrol and diesel BJP president Amit Shah said tivity by reducing the prices. high of 86.68 before showing 28 per cent in two months, the rate falling, the investors had States are yet to decide on cut- levy that results in higher real- prices by 2.50 per litre. that the reduction in petrol and The Union Government mild correction, markets wit- large caps universe has also not parked their money in a big ting their shares of VAT on isation whenever rates move In effect, the reduction diesel prices by 2.50 a litre has also expressed confidence nessed severe selling on remained immune to the sell- way in the MFS, and now that petrol and diesel; Karnataka up, the Finance Minister said. will be to the tune of 5 per litre shows the Narendra Modi-led that it will fulfill its fiscal Thursday with the benchmark off. the market has crashed, they has refused to cut the prices. Inflation in , howev- in Gujarat. Today’s petrol price Government’s sensitivity deficit targets, the BJP Sensex crashing over 806 On Thursday, among the are fleeing by cutting their Karnataka Chief Minister er, is still moderate at less than in Ahmedabad was 83.21 per towards people’s welfare. spokesperson said. points to end at 35,169.16 after large-caps, RIL was the worst losses. %#! $%&'()*% +#, 

yanmar has conveyed to MIndia that Rohingyas will have to be identified only on the basis of a separate bi-lingual hief Minister Shivraj Singh nationality verification form CChouhan has announced provided by it and not through to increase the honorarium of any other means. priests of government main- The Embassy of Myanmar tained temples by three times. has told the Ministry of Priests with low income will External Affairs (MEA) that it also get the benefits of the would not entertain any other Sambal Yojana. verification method which does Pujaris of temples owning not match with its own data on 10 acres of agricultural land will Rohingyas. be able to do farming them- The development comes selves and can earn their liveli- even as India on Thursday hood through the income gen- deported seven Rohingya erated from it. Auction of over immigrants, who have been 10 acres agricultural land can staying in Assam illegally, to be done by the priests them- their country of origin — Earlier in the day, the signed by such illegal immi- Embassy of Myanmar has pro- selves under the guidance of Myanmar — in a first such Supreme Court rejected the grants and their guardians. vided them a separate nation- the collector's representative. move with regard to the peo- plea made by one of the The Ministry has also pre- ality verification form and will The Chief Minister made ple from the Rakhine province Rohingya refugees seeking to pared a list of non-government not entertain any other form. these announcements during of the neighbouring country. restrain the Centre from organisations (NGOs) provid- The new form includes the discussions held with a del- The illegal immigrants deporting them to Myanmar. ing assistance to Rohingyas in some additional identifiers not egation of Brahmin Samaj and were detained in 2012 and On Myanmar’s condition Delhi. included in the form circulat- since then were lodged in for taking back Rohingyas, the On the repatriation of ed by the home ministry in Cachar Central Jail in Assam's Ministry of Home Affairs has seven Rohingya immigrants October, 2017. MEA has Silchar. The confirmation of the asked all State Governments to staying in Assam, the MEA has requested to provide complet- Myanmarese citizenship of the identify them strictly as per the stated that their repatriation ed personal data in new bilin- illegal immigrants came after Myanmar verification form. was arranged after “recon- gual form in duplicate with two the Government of the neigh- The MHA also advised the firming” their willingness to photographs to enable them to bouring country verified their States to capture Rohingya return and with “full concur- forward the forms for verifica- Pujari Mahasangh at the CM addresses in Rakhine State and immigrants’ personal particu- rence” of the Myanmarese tion to the Embassy of House on Thursday. The dele- all of them were given travel lars in the new bilingual nation- Government. Myanmar,” the MHA said in gation apprised the Chief documents by Myanmar. ality verification form and got “The MEA has stated that the letter. Minister of various issues. The state government has issued orders as per the instructions of the Chief Minister. The priests have welcomed the Chief Minister’s sensitivity and initiative. their best to find suitable Another Rohingya woman Rohingya refugee Octogenarian Dil Instead of the Gram Sabha, matches for their daughters said many of the refugee Mohammad Osman said, “I Mohammad showed his United now the Sub-Divisional Officer, among the Indian Muslims women work as domestic helps would prefer dying on road Nations High Commissioner Revenue will have the right to earing repatriation to their although she admitted that it’s in the localities nearby by hid- coming under a moving vehi- for Refugees (UNHCR) card appoint and remove priests in Fhomeland, the illegal not an easy task as even the ing their real identities and they cle rather than being sent back and said many refugees have different government-con- Rohingya refugees in the poor among the Indian pose as settlers from States like to “Burma”. They recalled that “Aadhaar” card, “PAN” card trolled temples. Modi and Union Minister for national Capital are making all Muslims “look down” upon West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha thousands have fled Myanmar and also driving licence (DL) The priests of these temples Finance Arun Jaitley for out efforts to marry off their refugees and don’t want to and Uttar Pradesh. over the years due to “religious but none have the voter I-card. will be given the benefit of the etrol and diesel have reduction in prices of petrol young girls to Indian men as enter into matrimonial alliance She admitted that this not persecution” and “annihila- However, another man on con- Mukhya Mantri Teerth Pbecome cheaper by 5 per and diesel by the union gov- they think that this may pre- with them. only helps them easily getting tion” and are in no mood to dition of anonymity said some Darshan Yojana. There will be litre in the state. ernment. vent their daughters from being While she said it is “Ok” job at houses but also in gain- leave India. An elderly said refugees have illegally managed no age bar for them. Loan The Chief Minister Additional tax on petrol deported and would thus save with most of the refugee fam- ing trust and confidence of those who migrate to other to get the voter I-card. books will be issued to the Shivraj Singh Chouhan has has been reduced by 2.50 them from being subjected to ilies even if their daughters are locals with whom they want to State find job as a labourer “We were assured by the priests to make them eligible also announced reduction in and VAT on diesel has been atrocities like “rape” and “mur- married to someone already marry off their daughters. while women do household UNHCR representative that for agriculture loan for farming the price of petrol and diesel. reduced by 4 percent in the der” back home in Myanmar. married as finding an eligible However, refugees chores or work as maids. At the they will pay half of our rent in 10 acres of agricultural land. As a result of reduction by state. A Rohingya woman in her groom as match for Rohingya expressed their disappoint- Shram Vihar refugee camp, but it has been two years and Priests will be eligible for two the Union and State As a consequence, taxes late thirties living in a refugee girls is next to impossible. ment with the local Muslim which was established in 2014, they haven’t paid a “penny”. We health check-ups in a year. Government, consumers will on petrol and diesel have settlement at Shram Vihar near “Indian Muslim commu- community as they were not of there are about 82 families also have to pay inflated elec- Homeless priests will be pro- get petrol and diesel cheaper come down by 2.50 per litre Okhla told The Pioneer, “India nity usually avoids marrying much help to them except in with a population of about tricity bill to a middleman vided houses under Mukhya by 5 per litre in the state. in the state. is considered a safe country by Rohingya girls fearing ‘victim- the month of Ramzan when 400 who live in deplorable who then submits it on our Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana or It is to be highlighted The prices of petrol and the refugees as here they don’t isation’ by the community and they get “zakat”. Most of the condition. behalf. We have come to know Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana that petrol and diesel have diesel will come down by a have to face the situation sim- even authorities,” she said. refugees do menial jobs for The Rohingya refugees that till now he too has not paid in the village or city. been reduced by 2.50 per total of 5 per litre in the state ilar to what prevails in their Fearing being rounded up their sustenance. Many of them alleged that they have to pay the bill of last 8 months fol- Principal Secretary to the litre by the Union owing to the reduction of homeland.” for deportation, many of them even went up to the extent of 500 to 1,000 per shanty as lowing which there is a due Chief Minister Ashok Vernawal Government. Chouhan has 2.50 per litre by the centre Not willing to be identified, have already started migrating breathing their last in India per its area to a person only amount of more than 70,000 and Principal Secretary SK expressed gratitude towards and 2.50 by the state gov- the woman said many families, to other States that they con- rather than being deported after which they allow them to for pocket of 21 families,” said Mishra were present on the the Prime Minister Narendra ernment. including her own, are trying sider safe. back home. stay on the land. Osman. occasion.

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ing environment’. Interestingly, the dance aising the issue of global forms including Chhau, ith the receding mon- Rwarming, the ballet ‘Ritu Kathak, Flamingo, western Wsoon bringing heavy Chakra’ enchanted the audi- contemporary folk and other rainfall during the day in the ence with unique concept and forms were used to display the state capital, the weather turned spectacular performance. ballet. The dancers evolved a pleasant and provided relief Depicting the seasons of India refined, sophisticated style in from the hot humid conditions through Kalidasa’s pure classical form, based on prevailing for the past one Ritusamhara, a ballet perfor- fast speeds, swift turns, mind week in the city. mance ‘Ritu Chakra’ was won- thrilling footwork, graceful- Heavy downpour wit- derfully staged at Shaheed ness of movements and impres- nessed drenched the state cap- Bhavan on Thursday. sive expressions while they ital and was followed power Director by Yogendra Singh was narrating the story. supply disruptions and traffic Rajput, the ballet is scripted by With enchanting stage jams. The state capital record- Ganpat Swaroop. The dancers presence the dancers earned ed day temperature around 34 of Yogi Dance Academy gave a acclamation for intense and degree Celsius. magnificent performance leav- sensitive dance presentations. However, south west mon- ing the audience enthralled. Rhythmic understanding, abil- soon already withdrawn from The ballet depicted the con- ity to extemporize with speedy Madhya Pradesh but just noon, weather changed. winds. nection of nature and man rhythms and preserving pure because of cyclone ‘Luban’ gen- Agar Malwa, Alirajpur, In the next 2-3 days isolat- altogether. The presentation of classical style made the act even erated over Arabian Sea, it Barwani, Betul, Bhopal, ed rain or thundershower activ- summer, monsoon, autumn, more enjoyable. rained in some parts of the Chhindwara, Dewas, Dhar, ity are expected to occur over winter, spring was mesmerizing The eye catching factor of state including Bhopal. It is tem- Guna, Harda, Hoshangabad, south western parts of the state on stage. Interestingly, the bal- the ballet was the performance porary phase and it will prevail Indore, Jhabua, Khanda, as these regions will be experi- let was not only about the sea- of Rope Mallakhamb by Astha for the couple of days. Bhopal Khargone, Mandsaur, encing rains due to trough sons of India but also the fes- Mishra from Mumbai. She left recorded 9.9 mm rain on Neemuch, Raisen, Rajgarh, passing from Southeast Arabian tivals of celebrated during each the audience in amazement as Thursday with cloudy weather Ratlam, Sehore, Seoni, Shajapur, Sea to North Maharashtra season. It also highlighted the she presented her performance from noon. In the morning, it Ujjain and Vidisha districts Coast. issue of global warming and with much confidence and was sunny weather but since received rainfall and thundery spread out the message of ‘sav- accuracy. Bhopal: A 32-year-old man committed suicide by as permanent but when Lovely consuming poisonous substance at his residence in Sharma refused to succumb to Bhopal: A 67-year-old woman was robbed is an accomplished Kathak Hataikheda under Piplani police station area on eader of Opposition in the the pressure she was dismissed of gold chain worth 50,000 by two bike performer of the Jaipur Wednesday. Lstate assembly Ajay Singh without any reason. The post- borne miscreants at Arera Colony under he closing ceremony of Gharana who has dedicated According to the police, the deceased Vinod accused Chief Minister Shivraj ing which were made were of Habibganj police station area on Ttwo-day Pandit Nand himself to perfecting his art Sarathe was found in an unconscious state by the Singh Chouhan for high-hand- Ranjana Jha, Yogendra Wednesday. Kishore Sharma Smriti Sangeet form. His excellent command family members and was rushed to a nearby hospi- edness of RSS in the higher Choubey, Sunil Paogi and Police said that the victim Vijaylaxmi Samaroh, the Bhopalites of rhythm, as well as his natural tal where he died during treatment. Police were technical institutions. Yogesh Firodia. Shukla was attacked by two bike borne mis- enjoyed a classical evening on flair for profound expression, informed and based on the information a police team The allegations were made The government made all creants while on her way back to home and Thursday. A classical vocalist mark his performances and are reached the spot and started investigation. by Ajay Singh on the dismissal efforts to make these posting escaped with gold chain she was wearing. Sonal Shivkumar and critically acclaimed by con- The deceased committed suicide late in the after- of Vice Chancellor of Raja regular as these are connected The incident took place at around 7 pm renowned kathak dancer noisseurs. Gangani’s exuber- noon. The deceased consumed celphos and was Mansingh Tomar Music & with RSS and BJP or are rela- when she was nearby her house and talk- Rajendra Gangani gave fabu- ance makes her Kathak a plea- rushed to nearby hospital where he died during treat- Arts University, Gwalior tives of senior office bearers ing over mobile phone. lous performances at Antarang sure to watch, and this quality ment. Police have not found any suicide note and no Lovely Sharma who was dis- and leaders. In her complaint she stated that two Hall, Bharat Bhavan here on is largely present in her group reason was found behind the suicide. The reason missed opposing unconstitu- He said that all schools and masked bike borne miscreants came from Thursday. also. would be investigated. tional posting of people having colleges for the past 15 years behind and snatched her gold chain and The evening began with Noted for his effortless The body was sent for the post mortem after the connections with BJP and RSS. have been made extensions of escaped. the melodious performance by pirouettes, amazing footwork preliminary investigation. The police have registered He demanded Governor to RSS activities. She cried for help but before locals Sonal Shivkumar. She has and wonderful expressions, the a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have start- intervene and reinstate Lovely The universities have lost could help her miscreants escaped with the learned from well known dancer won hearts of the audi- ed further investigation.In the initial investigation Sharma. their dignity and opposition of gold chain. singer Prabhakar Karekar. For ence in Bhopal with her it could not be ascertained that the victim consumed After Lovely Sharma was these activities results into The bike was without registration the last few years, she has been delightful performance. poison or he was poisoned. dismissed, Principal Secretary Sharma made posting in Raja incidents like Ujjain, Mandsaur number plate. The victim claimed that the under the guidance of Manik Rajendra began his perfor- Meanwhile, the crime branch Bhopal nabbed a of Culture Manoj Shrivastava Mansingh Tomar Music & or dismissal like of Lovely gold chain she was wearing was worth Bhide who is the senior most mance with prayer dance on 47 year-old wanted criminal who was absconding for was given the charge of Vice Arts University, Gwalior in Sharma case. 50,000. pupil of Kishori Amonkar. stage. It was a delightful sight the past 10 years wanted in around two dozen search Chancellor of Raja Mansingh arbitrary and inappropriate Madhya Pradesh Governor Based on the complaint after the pre- Sonal sang in a sweet and to watch him perform on stage. warrants on Wednesday. Tomar Music & Arts manner and when Lovely Anandi Ben Patel should put liminary investigation the police have extremely supple voice that Later, he performed pure Acting on a tip off, absconding accused was University, Gwalior. Sharma was made Vice strict check to save education registered a case under section 392 of the left the audience mesmerized. kathak that was yet another nabbed near from Aundh in Maharashtra identified Ajay Singh alleged that Chancellor pressure was build arena from getting corrupted, IPC and have started further investiga- Later, kathak dance was level of pleasure watching his as Pankaj Khare who was absconding in 138 NI act Vice Chancellor before Lovely to accommodate those posting he demanded. tion. SR performed. Rajendra Gagnani classical dance moves. for the past 10 years. SR

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Min felicitates selected players, trainers Sewa Sadan to hold Sight

STAFF REPORTER n BHOPAL Sudhir Verma of Dhar was felicitated with lifetime achieve- Care Awareness Week ports and Youth Welfare ment award for his special SMinister Yashodhara Raje contribution in Badminton Scindia felicitated selected play- sports. ers and trainers of the State's Padmashree highest sports awards including said that sports facilities being Vikram, Eklavya, Vishwamitra provided in Madhya Pradesh and Lifetime Achievement are not being provided any- awards. Arjun awardee where else. Olympian Padmashri Sushil Players should take full Kumar, Madhya Pradesh advantage of them. Also, focus Olympic Sangh President on your game and give results. Ramesh Mendola, Rowing Players get a boost when they Federation of India President are given awards as an incen- Rajalakshmi Singhdeo, tive. Additional Chief Secretary, Now it is the responsibili- Sports and Youth Welfare M ty of the players to give good Mohanrao, Director, Sports results. and Youth Welfare DSL This year, 15 players were Thaosen were present. awarded with the Ekalavya Scindia said that DNA does Award. These include 5 players not have any importance in from Indore, 3 from Bhopal, 3 sports. Hard work and firm from Jabalpur, 2 from determination always proves Hoshangabad and one player STAFF REPORTER n BHOPAL sion. Main function of World This programme was joint- helpful in reaching the goal. If each from Bhind and Gwalior. Sight Day will be organized at ly inaugurated by Hero we change our negativity to The 10 players who have International NGO Vision Sant Hirdaram Auditorium of Gyanchandani, LC Janiyani, positivity, we will be successful. been awarded with Vikram ‘2020: Right to Sight India’ has Sant Nagar where senior office Principals of MGP and She said that the state has cre- Award this year include 5 from assigned the task to organize bearers of NGOs, senior eye Navnidh Schools Ajay Sharma ated new history in sports in Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia felicitates Harishita Tomar, bronze medal winner in sailing, in Bhopal, two from Indore, one Sight Care Awareness Week surgeons, optometrists, para- and Manish Jain respectively. In the last four years. Jakarta Asian games, with Vikram Award and `50 lakhs cheque during state level gallantry award distribution ceremony to the player each from Hoshangabad, and World Sight Day this year medical staff of Sewa Sadan this competition Shruti Sharma The state has gained recog- sports persons at TT Nagar stadium in Bhopal on Thursday. wrestler Sushil Kumar was also present on the Rajgarh and Shahdol. to Sant Hirdaram Nagar based and a large gathering of school of Girls Higher Sec School of nition in the international level. occasion Pioneer photo This year, Vishwamitra Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital. students will participate in the Jahangirabad, Bhopal, secured Now Olympics is the goal. award was given to Vinod During this event Sight rally as well as in the main pro- first position. Second prize Efforts are being made to pro- Alankaran Samaroh by the Asian Games. A sum of `10 A sum of `10 lakh was Mishra (Canoeing-Kayaking) Care Awareness week will be gramme. was secured by Prakarti vide state-of-the-art interna- Madhya Pradesh government. lakh was presented to her main given to his chief coach Ashok Bhopal and Mutum Ibomacha celebrated from October 4 to On the first day of Sight Rathore of Blue Bird Higher tional level facilities for high Chief Minister Shivraj Singh coach Richpal Singh and `5 Kumar, `10 lakh to Women Singh (Cycling) Jabalpur in 11. World Sight Day will be Care Awareness week, a paint- Sec. School, Sehore. Similarly, performance and for training Chouhan had announced to lakh to her assistant coach Hockey Academy chief coach individual sports and observed on October 11. Chief ing competition on this subject third prize was won by Atishay by international trainers to the honour the players who won Ashok Yadav. `50 lakh was Paramjit Singh and `5 lakh to Ghanshyam Chaudhary Minister Shivraj Singh was organized at Navnidh Jain of MGP School of Sant players. medals at the Asian Games given to Harshit Tomar of Assistant Coach Vandana Uike. (Kabaddi) Indore in the team Chauhan will flag off a Sight School of Sant Nagar where 78 Nagar. These students will be Players including Muskan with cash incentives. National Sailing School in the Eklavya awards were given to game. care awareness rally from his students of 15 schools of given their prizes in the main Kirar, Harshit Tomar and Vivek Muskan Kirar was pre- 4.7 Open Class in sailing, `10 215 junior players while This year, the Life Time Shyamla Hills based his official Bhopal and nearby places par- programme of World Sight Sagar, who won medals for sented with `75 lakhs as incen- lakh to his main coach Arjun Vikram awards were given to Achievement Award was given residence on the same day at ticipated. Day on October 11. India in the Asian Games in tive amount for winning silver awardee JL Yadav and `5 lakhs 10 players at the Samaroh. to Sudhir Verma of Dhar for his 7:30 am. Mayor Alok Sharma Jakarta were specially felicitat- medal in the Archery each to his assistant coach P Three trainers received outstanding contribution in and MLA Rameshwar Sharma Vacancy Notice No.1-15/2018-A&P ed at the Shikhar Khel Compound Team Event at the Madhu and Anil Sharma. Vishwamitra awards while Badminton. will also be present on the occa- TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan, J.L. Nehru Marg, (Old Minto Road) Next to Zakir Hussain College, BHEL Team reaches New Delhi-110002. 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Complaint was [Pre-revised PB-3,  15600-39100+GP  7600] Crucible Corporate Business competition Time Payment (ATP) lodged by Rajkumar Saini 2. The last date for receipt of applications is 02nd November, 2018 Quiz, India’s Biggest and machine of MPSEB office at who is posted as helper in the 3. Further details and application form can be obtained from the TRAI website www.trai.gov.in. toughest Corporate quiz. Sultania road and escaped MPEB. davp06202/11/0017/1819 The team from BHEL, organised with `1.75 lakh in the night Based on the complaint participated in the North on Wednesday. case was registered against Zonal finals on September 30, Bhopal: Under the aegis of Police have found that the two unidentified miscre- 2018, at Taj Vivanta, New Bharat Vikash Parishad, two miscreants targeted ATP ants which were seen in the Delhi and qualified for the Ayodhya and Savarkar Branch, machine after entering the CCTV footage but from the National Finals of this presti- an inter-school patriotic song kiosk at the MPSEB office footage faces could not be gious Quiz, which is scheduled competition was held at Career and escaped with the cash in recognized. The machine was on October 14, 2018 at Taj College Conference Hall. On the machine. having a collection of elec- Palace, Mumbai. this occasion Tapan Bhowmick, In the initial investigation tricity money of two days, he This is a proud moment Chairman of MP Tourism was it could be seen in the CCTV added. for BHEL, as this for the First present as the Chief Guest and footages that there are two During the investigation time that any team from BHEL NR Edkie Ex-Executive miscreants who break into it was found that the machine has reached the Nationals final Director BHEL Haridwar was the kiosk and broke the security guard was not of this coveted National Level present as the Guest of Honour. machine and took the cash deployed at the ATP Business Quiz. SR which was present in the machine. The miscreants The 6 finalists who made machine. broke lock of the shutter of it to the Zonal finals were all ing out responses, skills that The Investigating Officer the kiosk and lock of the champions from their respec- are essential in today’s corpo- SI Mohan Gaur said that machine which helped them tive regions. BHEL team were rate life. after the MPSEB staff found to remove the money easily. the regional champions, hav- ing won the Regional round of the 15th edition of Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz, after competing with the sharpest minds of various reputed orga- nizations from Central India. This was their third con- secutive historic regional final victory. The Regional finals of the Quiz were held at Radisson, Indore, on August 8, 2018. The Team had won a cash award of `75,000. The guest of honour for the North Zonal finals, was Sanjay Kumar Banga, CEO, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, who spoke of the world changing rapidly and the need for people to be agile and adapt while keeping in mind that the one thing that has not changed is the impor- tance of holding on to the right values when you adapt to change. Tata Crucible is India’s most prestigious Corporate Business Quiz competitions, held by the Tata Group, where- in more than 3000 teams, across 25 cities participate every year. Tata Crucible, a knowl- edge initiative started by the Tata group, 15 years ago, is a platform for professionals to showcase their talent, by thinking on their feet, out of the box, and logically reason-

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Rs 5 lakh, under the BSKY a woman would get a cover up to he State Government’s Rs 7 lakh against centre’s flat Rs Thealth scheme Bju Swathya 5 lakh for everyone, said Jena. he Twin City Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) is bet- “The PMJAY bears the TCommissionerate police on ter than the Centre’s Ayushman expenses after admission into Thursday claimed to have Bharat in all respects. an empanelled hospital, cracked the case of Tanuja This was stated by State but a person covered under the Aich’s death. Her body was Health Minister Pratap Jena on BSKY would get the found in a SUV at Sriram the sideline of a meeting held benefit from outdoor treat- Nagar under the Lingaraj police here on Thursday the occasion ment itself till discharged,” he station in the city on October of a function of weekly news- claimed, comparing both the 1 and police arrested the paper ‘Orissa Jana Morcha’. schemes. deceased’s husband from Jena said that under the Baleswar MP RK Jena, who . Pradhan Mantri Jana Arogya was a guest at the newspaper The arrested Sangram Aich Yojana (PMJAY), the Ashman function, observed that the was brought on a transit Bharat scheme would have non-BJP and non-Congress remand and was being inter- rogation of Sangram. torturing her for the last three benefited 60 lakh people of vote share would decide the rogated by police. Earlier, police had seized to four years and had even Odisha, but the BSKY would political future of India. The postmortem report of the CCTV footages from a threatened to marry another benefit 70 lakh people. He stated that the non-BJP Tanuja revealed that she suf- nearby mall which showed woman. As per the relatives of For the PMJAY, the State and non-Congress vote share is fered multiple injuries on her Sangram leaving the car in Tanuja, Sangram had illicit had to bear 40 per cent of the around 14 per cent to 15 per body and brain. Police said the which Tanuja’s body was found. relationships with other expenditure. While both and this would be the deciding reason behind the death could Family members of Tanuja women and the couple was ECE Central and State schemes factor for forming only be ascertained after inter- have alleged that Sangram was going through a rough patch. cover medical expenses up to Government. CD 45R O Q47)  @ 6 C 5R anic gripped the passengers @ quarters, confirmation of fac- olice on Thursday morning @ Pof the ulty members, advance incre- Pfished out bodies of two Howrah–Secunderabad ment for MPhil/PhD holders, minor boys from the Mahanadi @ Falaknuma Express after a he National Law University redesignation of Readers, here near Bhuashini Gada coach of the train derailed TOdisha (NLUO) here has @ recruitment of non-teaching under the Bidanasi police sta- near Kapilas Road station in been shortlisted to conduct staff, NPS arrears and insur- tion. The boys, natives of Cuttack district on Thursday. the Common Law Admission ance schemes. Bidanasi Krushak Bazaar, had However, no casualties Test (CLAT-2019), said a press he hunger-strike of the The association alleged gone missing since Tuesday. iju Mahila Janata Dal mem- were reported. The East Coast release issued by NLUO Vice- TUtkal University Teachers’ that since his joining as the “The bodies were found Bbers on Thursday staged a Railway (ECoR) authorities Association (UUTA) entered Vice Chancellor in July last floating in the water. After demonstration in front of the termed it as a minor derail- its third day on Thursday. year, the VC has remained inquest, postmortems have IOCL Regional Office here in ment. ?@ After the failure of the absent in his office on most been done,” informed city DCP protest against the hike in price The seating-cum-luggage Vice-Chancellor to fulfil the occasions and because of his Akhileswar Singh, adding that of non-subsidised LPG and rake (SLR) of the train derailed demands by August 31, the prima facie the boys had corruption in selection of ben- and got dragged for around 500 @ university teachers resumed The demands of the asso- entered into the waters for eficiaries under the Ujjwala metres, reports said. C its protest on Gandhi Jayanti ciation include immediate bathing and drowned. Police scheme. The derailed coach has with a relay hunger strike. implementation of Career have retrieved their bicycle The members under lead- been detached from the train Chancellor Prof Srikrishna UUTA joint secretary Dr Advancement Scheme (CAS), and clothes from the riverbank. ership of women wing presi- and it will remain at the mishap Deva Rao on Thursday. The Siba Sankar Mohanty and exec- 7th Pay scale Revision According to police, the dent Pramila Mallick shouted site. Getting information, examination is scheduled to be utive member Dr Priya Ranjan Committee recommendations, parents of Debashis Behera slogans against Union senior ECoR officials rushed to held on May 12, 2019. Dash among others were pre- immediate repair of residential (12) and Manas Nayak (8) had Petroleum and Natural Gas connections under the scheme Among others, Minister the spot. Besides, Additional The release said that the sent. quarters, confirmation of fac- on Tuesday evening reported Minister Dharmendra are not turning up to refill their Ashok Chandra Panda, MLAs Divisional Railway Manager CLAT Core Committee The demands of the asso- ulty members, that their sons had gone miss- Pradhan. Mallick said the BJP- LPG cylinders. Priyadarshi Mishra, Bijay of Khurda Road SP Dwivedi Consortium at the National ciation include immediate inaction, many important files ing since morning. After fran- led NDA Government has arbi- She also alleged that the Kumar Mohanty and Rajashree along with a team of senior University of Advanced Legal implementation of Career are not getting the administra- tic searches for the missing trarily hiked the price of cook- beneficiaries of Ujjwala Mallick and Bhubaneswar officers also reached the scene Studies, Kochi took this deci- Advancement Scheme (CAS), tive approval. UUTA secre- boys throughout the day on ing gas at least for 22 times schdeme are selected by the Municipal Corporation Mayor to take stock of the situation. sion on Wednesday, which was 7th Pay scale Revision tary Prof KB Panda demanded Tuesday, the parents late in the since 2014. She also termed the BJP leaders and many free gas Ananta Narayan Jena and According to available infor- communicated to the NLUO Committee recommendations, that the Vice-Chancellor and evening reported the police Ujjwala scheme a failure in the connections have been given to Deputy Mayor K Shanti were mation, the train left the acci- on Thursday. immediate repair of residential the Registrar be removed. about it. State as people who have got ghost beneficiaries. present. dent site at 3.50 pm. )*+ ! +. !! She further said that con- trol over emotions is majorly /01 R+ o overcome the stress and required in working place. She Tnervousness, a workshop said that being under-confident The colourful and rich tradi- on self-confidence develop- can lead to lose many oppor- head of the Odisha tion of Rajasthan is shown in ment and personality develop- tunities. Interacting with the AHockey Men’s World Cup- story of hope, how a shep- the entire film that makes it ment was organised at SIRT students, she said that low 2018, the renovated Kalinga Aherd grandson fulfils his even more interesting to watch. College on Thursday. The sem- confidence can be a big hurdle Stadium here will be grandmother’s last wish, film The story tells about the life inar was organised for MBA in the path of success. inaugurated by Chief Minister Gauru showcases the reality of of 13-year-old Gauru’s grand- students. She also suggested them to Naveen Patnaik on October relationships. The movie was mother who is on deathbed has The staff and students par- be interactive during the sem- 10. screened at Madhya Pradesh never been to her native place ticipated in the workshop. inar so that they could learn the An exhibition match will State Tribal Museum here on after marriage. It’s her last wish Aiming to guide the students art of building up confidence be played between Dhanraj Thursday. The movie was to go her native place. on how to relieve themselves and personality development. Pillay-XI and -XI screened under the regular Grandmother’s village is a dif- from stress and boost up their Later she also emphasised to mark the inauguration of film screenings of children’s ficult and distant place to reach. self confidence. Besides, in about the stress relaxation ther- the refurbished stadium. The movies ‘Ullas’. It is million miles away. order to excel in the fields cho- apies, exercises of building up match will be held at 7 pm on The movie was directed by It’s time of draught and sen by them self confidence is confidence and taking sessions the day. Ramkishan Choyal. The movie Gauru’s father can’t fulfill his important. The workshop was that buildup confidence. The team led by Dhanraj features Ritwik Sahore and Ila mother’s last wish. The story is addressed by expert and While addressing the stu- Later, an interactive session Pillay comprises Viren Arun in the lead characters of how Gauru fulfills her grand- Psychologist Pooja Mehta. dents Pooja said that worry is was held. The audience asked Rasquinha, Sardar Singh, the movie. The film takes the mother’s last wish by taking the As many as 100 students a part of human nature, but it their various queries on self , PR Sreejesh, audience on an unusual expe- journey against all odds and pursuing MBA courses were is important to know how to confidence and personality Chinglensana Singh dition where a grandson only still surviving present at the seminar. The overcome it. “People most of development. Also the inter- Kangujam and Harmanpreet focuses on his grandmother’s Born in a village in seminar was organised by the time find it difficult to face active session was followed Singh. Similarly, , wish. Set at the backdrop of Rajasthan, Ramkishan Choyal Bhopal Management the changes and to cope up with the power-point presen- , Manpreet Singh are part of the team cap- Cup is scheduled to be held at Rajathani village, the film is a B.Sc Chemistry graduate Association and MBA with such variations. Hence, tation, through which the audi- Singh, Mandeep Singh, Amit tained by Dilip Tirkey. the stadium from November impresses the audience with its from Gujarat state with Mass Department of SIRT Group of this leads to stress, anxiety ence explored different stages Rohidas and Rupinder Pal The Hockey Men’s World 28 to December 16. realism and beautiful content. Communication Course. Institutions. and tension.” of confidence. Estate sector contributes about to use government vehicles for 9 to 10 per cent in the National non-officials journeys for upto +* o track ongoing residential Gross Domestic Product a total distance of 1000 km on Tprojects and facilitate con- (GDP). payment of Rs 1000 per month, 2 sumers in the State, Haryana The H-RERA of the Chief Minister said they Government on Thursday Panchkula and Gurugram have were already covering such dis- launched a web portal of been set up to balancing the tance every month. unjab Chief Minister Capt Haryana Real Estate interest of all the three stake- “Let them pay atleast Rs PAmarinder Singh on Regulatory Authority holders- allottees, promoters 1000 first and we will increase Thursday turned down a pro- (HRERA) of Panchkula and and real estate agents/brokers, the amount later,” he added posal of legalising opium cul- Gurugram. said the Chief Minister. when asked whether it is right tivation and underscored that The portal will enable the He said that, homes being to charge only Rs 1 per km from a special force has been set up consumers to register their the necessity of almost every bureaucrats when the common to clamp down on drug men- complaints besides allowing family, efforts are being made man is suffering due to hike in ace. the buyers to upload informa- to ensure that the real estate petroleum prices. “I am not in favour of tion of the projects. sector shift from unplanned to A day before, the permissi- allowing cultivation of opium “The State Government planned. ble limit for non-officials jour- as Punjab was battling a seri- has also decided to constitute In view of the complica- neys was increased from 400 km ous drug problem,” he said an Appellate Tribunal with its tions faced by the people in to 1000 km for bureaucrats of while talking with the media Head Office in Karnal to hear unplanned real estate sector, Haryana. “In case of after his meeting with the the complaints of stakeholders the State Government set up Administrative Secretaries, Union Minister Ram Vilas against the decision of Haryana one H-RERA exclusively to Managing Directors of Paswan. Real Estate Regulatory deal with cases of Gurugram, Board/Corporations, Heads of His statement came at a Authority (H-RERA). The the highly populated and Departments, PSCM, APSCM time when Aam Aadmi Party’s chairman of the Appellate developed city, and another /DPSCMI and OSD to Haryana (AAP) ‘suspended’ MP from Tribunal has been appointed authority in Panchkula to deal CM, who are having govern- Patiala Dr Dharamvir Gandhi whereas the process of with real estate issues of rest of ment vehicles attached with had suggested the idea of appointing its members is in Haryana, he added. said. Panchkula Rajan Gupta plaints have been disposed them, use of vehicles for non- opium cultivation while progress,” said the Chief Now after the launch of The general complaints informed that after starting the off. official journeys including jour- demanding the legalisation of Minister Manohar Lal, while online portal of HRERA, the would be resolved by HRERA functioning of HRERA in Replying to a question, neys between the residence and opium production sale and addressing the mediapersons stakeholders could not only within a time period of 60 February 2018, as many as chairman, HRERA Gurugram, 1 the office, upto a total distance consumption, Dr Gandhi’s was after inaugurating the web make complaints by sitting at days, he added. 1500 complaints have been KK Khandelwal said the on an Replying to a question relat- of 1000 km will be allowed on recently backed by his own portal. their home but also check the Chairman, Haryana Real received by both the authori- average basis, the authorities ed to Haryana Government’s payment of Rs 1000 per month,” Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh He said that that Real status of their complaints, he Estate Regulatory Authority, ties out of which 450 com- receive 15 complaints per day. decision to allow its bureaucrats a government order had stated. 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6,,#  ) FCC #$7! he Congress on Thursday Tattacked the Narendra Modi Government over issues he National Building F of fuel price and Rafale deal Construction Company O regarding which the T FJK (NBCC) will float tenders to KM Opposition party again appoint contractors in the next knocked the door of the 15 days for construction of  Comptroller and Auditor stalled projects of debt-ridden F General (CAG). realty firm Amrapali. The party accused Finance The Supreme Court had Minister Arun Jaitley of “hid- earlier allowed the NBCC to ing the truth” of 13 lakh float tenders for selecting Crore ‘Fuel Loot’ which is now builders to complete the stalled in fact fueling the coffers of projects of Amrapali Group. NDA Government. It also said On September 12, the Supreme the FM is lying that the increase Court had appointed NBCC to in Government revenue develop stalled projects of the increase is due to augmentation Amrapali Group following the of tax base. company’s proposal that it The party termed the could complete 15 stalled pro- minor cut in fuel price by the jects, comprising 46,575 flats, Centre as “band aid” after fac- within 36 months at a con- ing public ire and an imminent struction cost of 8,500 crore. start from December for the first last three months. The losses and maintenance of heritage defeat in five Assembly elec- Responding to a question set of projects comprising over can be worked out. If work properties. With an endeavour tions scheduled in five States. to answer to people on 13 lakh met the CAG on September 19 the Joint Parliamentary related to Amrapalli, NBCC 11,000 apartments. If this hap- starts in these seven projects, of to refurbish the magnificent “The Modi Government crore loot,” AICC chief and thereafter the CVC on Committee (JPC). Chairman and Managing pens, this would give a huge which three are tasked with edifice, the NBCC adopted attempted to apply ‘Band Aid’ spokesman Randeep Surjewala. September 24 for a probe into “It is expected that the Director Anoop Kumar Mittal relief to large number of home- NBCC and four with CPWD, Purana Qila under Ministry of on the thousand wounds Earlier in the day, senior the deal. CAG which has a said the NBCC will float ten- buyers with stuck investments. it will be good,” Mittal said. Tourism’s ‘Adopt a heritage’ inflicted by it by massive prof- party leaders led by Ahmed Subsequent to the submis- Constitutional mandate and ders in the next 15 days. “The The NBCC, which is under Talking about the future scheme and executed the task iteering in the prices of petrol, Patel called on CAG Rajiv sions made before the CAG authority to scrutinise every company will also prepare a the administrative control of plans of the company, he said utilising its CSR funds. The diesel, kerosene oil, cooking Mehrishi to carry out a foren- earlier in the Rafale ‘scam’, the document, in this case, includ- detailed project report for all the Ministry of Housing and the order book of the company press conference was held at gas, CNG, PNG and Natural sic audit of the “60,150 crore” Congress alleged that docu- ing original tender, under- the stalled projects within next Urban Affairs, is present in is currently around 80,000 redevelopment project at Gas. Let the Prime Minister Rafale fighter jet deal and bring ments and revelations made at standing reached between two months as directed by the three main segments -- project crore and by the end of the year, Kidwai Nagar in South Delhi. remember that he cannot all “facts” on record to enable the highest level in India and Dassault and HAL and the Supreme Court,” he added. On management consultancy plan is to increase the same to NBCC’s CMD said the befool the people of India. We Parliament to fix accountabil- France have “exposed a deep arbitrary decision of the Prime arrangement of funds, he said (PMC), real estate develop- 1,00,000 crore. “We plan that company’s current order book challenge the PM and ity for the alleged scam in the rooted sinister conspiracy and Minister without any mandate the company would go by the ment and EPC contracting. the company grows with a com- is worth 80,000 crore and the FM contract. The delega- a clear cut case of loss to pub- from Cabinet Committee on apex court’s directions and Asked about the seven pound annual growth rate same would touch 1 lakh tion presented a lic exchequer”. Security (CCS) will undertake also denied any talks with redevelopment projects in (CAGR) of 30-40 per cent in the crore by March 2019. Mittal memoran- The party told the CAG a forensic audit. We therefore Piramal group to raise funds. South Delhi that are on hold next five years,” Mittal said. said the company expects to dum to that all the contours of con- request the CAG to bring all Mittal said the project man- because of uproar over falling Mittal highlighted that the grow at a CAGR of 30-40 per CAGspiracy, corruption, endanger- facts on record to enable agement fees proposed by the of trees, he said the company NBCC has revamped Purana cent in topline as well as bot- along with ing of national security and Parliament to fix accountabil- company for completing would abide by court’s direc- Quila (Old Fort), and will soon tomline in the coming years. fresh docu- crony capitalism can only be ity for Rafale scam,” the Amrapali projects are not on the tions and follow all the gov- start work on Red Fort and The company’s total income ments. It had uncovered thorough a probe by Congress memorandum said. higher side. The company ernment regulations. “The Qutub Minar as part of its ini- stood at around 7,100 crore expects construction work to work has been stopped since tiative to conserve, develop last fiscal. 8 ,# # G   +  7 89 45657484949 6% ""99! 66545:49479599 awyer Prashant Bhushan n a move to involve all voters 455575947 94646 Land former Union Minister Iin the electoral process, the 9975 8P975:5: Arun Shourie met CBI Election Commission (EC) on 84846995O7744P n a setback to arrested former 97945 Director Alok Verma on Thursday directed States and 77?5549947 IIPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, the B775@4@ Thursday and submitted a Union Territories to provide 4454574584474 Supreme Court on Thursday 78:955: detailed complaint alleging transport facilities to Persons 749976 dismissed his wife’s plea chal- 84:445 corruption in the Rafale air- with Disabilities (PwDs) on 5 lenging the police probe and 757 craft deal and offset contract each and every polling station his judicial custody in a 22- 99475M99494 and sought probe against the on the day of polling. 9486?5:95:6477 year-old case of alleged plant- Prime Minister Narendra The Government vehicles 997544694@7454 ing of drugs to arrest an advo- 846N8448 Modi, then Defence Minister 757 are to be used for this purpose. cate, and said he could Manohar Parrikar and others The move is aimed at ensuring approach an “appropriate September 6. for alleged abetment under the wider participation by people picked up from his or her res- abilities come and vote. As a forum” for relief. He said everything was various provisions of the with disabilities as there have idence and be dropped back part of making the polling A Bench of Chief Justice done in compliance with orders Prevention of Corruption Act. been instances in the past where there, after he or she has cast booth more accessible to dis- Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SK of the court. On the Along with the complaint such people could not vote. her/his vote,” the EC said. The abled people, centres will have Kaul and KM Joseph held it Vakalatnama issue, Rohatgi under the Prevention of “The deputy electoral offi- EC is also working to provide ramp, where wheel-chair was not appropriate for the said that during the days of Corruption Act, Bhushan and cer and returning officer attendants to PwDs on the day bound voter can cast his vote. apex court to interfere in the judicial custody between Shourie also submitted docu- I should be responsible for entire of polling. Disability Coordinators ongoing investigation. September 6 and September 12, ments buttressing their argu- transportation exercise for EC has for the first time would be appointed at the lev- Senior advocate Mukul two lawyers Shirishbhai Modi ments for the need for a probe companies have initiated pro- Modi compelled Dassault to PwDs,” the EC order said. The appointed ‘accessibility els of Assembly Constituencies, Rohatgi, appearing for the and SB Thakore had met the into the mega defence deal. ceedings against his companies choose Mr Ambani as an off- Commission also directed chief observers’ to check and ensure Districts and States and a Gujarat Government, said accused-petitioner’s husband. The duo also urged the CBI to recover their dues. Reliance set partner, by way of which electoral officer to appoint a that people with disability are mobile app would be developed Sanjiv Bhatt was arrested on The State Government said Director to take permission of ADA group of companies for Mr Ambani received, and is transport nodal officer for each able to cast votes. The observers in-house for the such people September 5, in accordance Thakore met Bhatt twice and the Government to initiate some time has been in dire receiving, and will continue to district. “Each and every PwDs will ensure that necessary infra- with disabilities to facilitate with law and produced before Shirishbhai Modi met him once the investigation in accor- financial health. Reliance ADA receive, for the next 40 years, should be tagged polling station structure is available at each them participate fully in elec- the jurisdictional magistrate at during his judicial custody. dance with the amended has had to sell many of its pre- an ‘undue advanatge’.” the com- wise and he/she should be booth where people with dis- tion processes. Palanpur of Gujarat within 24 The Government in its Prevention of Corruption Act. cious assets to pay off its inter- plaint further alleged. hours seeking his police custody. affidavit said besides the “CBI Director said he will est obligations and stave off Dassault Aviation, the He said the assertions of lawyers even relatives of Bhatt look into it very carefully. We insolvency proceedings,” the manufacturer of Rafale, had *.  the petitioner Shweta Bhatt have met him in jail and he was will take appropriate action,” complaint alleged. chosen Reliance Defence as its that the accused was not represented by a lawyer of his Bhushan told reporters “In these circumstances, a partner to fulfil offset obliga- !$!-( allowed to sign the ‘vakalatna- choice in the high court. after coming out of the CBI conspiracy was hatched by the tions of the deal. The ma’ are factually wrong, incor- “The facts clearly show headquarters. two of them, by way of which Government has maintained it !% rect and contrary to the con- and indicate that the accused - “Mr Narendra Modi is a Mr Modi obtained an ‘undue did not have any role in selec- temporaneous record and petitioner’s husband, at no public servant presently occu- advantage’ from Dassault tion of the offset partner by %2! appear to have been made to point of time was prevented in pying the office of the Prime Aviation , for awarding a con- Dassault. create prejudice against the any manner from either meet- Minister of India. Mr Anil tract for 36 Rafale aircrafts in India had inked an inter- investigation. ing his lawyers or signing Ambani is his long term friend ‘fly away’ condition, by abus- governmental agreement with Rohatgi said Sanjiv Bhatt’s Vakalatnama and/or any other and close associate who is the ing the authority of his office France in September 2017 for counsel had appeared before documents or from meeting Chairman of Reliance ADA and doing his public duty dis- procurement of 36 Rafale days resolution period. he Enforcement the magistrate to oppose the anyone,” the affidavit said. group of companies. Mr Anil honestly and improperly. The fighter jets at a cost of around The top court held that if TDirectorate (ED) on plea for police remand filed by After perusing the affi- Ambani’s companies have been ‘undue advantage’ has been 58,000 crore. Half of the he Supreme Court nothing materialises within Thursday attached assets worth the probe agency and it was davit, the Bench dismissed the verging at the point of insol- received by his close associate amount has to be utilised TThursday granted one eight weeks then Essar Steel 130 crore in connection with recorded in the order of petitions filed by Shweta Bhatt. vency. Creditors of his group and friend Mr Ambani….Mr through offset mechanism. more opportunity to mining shall go into liquidation. its money laundering probe in major ArcelorMittal and ArcelorMittal had alleged the Rose Valley ponzi scam Russia’s VTB Capital-backed NuMetal was not eligible to bid case, officials said. NuMetal to bid for Essar Steel for Essar Steel on several The agency said it has issued if they clear their Non- grounds, including that it was a provisional order under the Performing Asset (NPA) dues a “shell company” created by a Prevention of Money in two weeks. firm in which Essar group Laundering Act (PMLA), attach- A Bench comprising promoters had majority shares, ing immovable and movable Justices RF Nariman and Indu and if they had to become eli- properties having a collective Malhotra held that both the gible they would have to clear “market value” of 130 crore. firms were ineligible under their earlier debts. With the latest action, the New Delhi: A woman, who amended Insolvency and NCLAT had ruled that total value of assets seized in had challenged the provisions Bankruptcy Code to bid for the NuMetal’s second bid for Essar this case stands at about 4,400 related to restitution of conju- firm but granted them a fresh Steel was eligible, but the same crore, the ED said in a state- gal rights on the grounds that opportunity after taking note of by ArcelorMittal would quali- ment. The agency had regis- she has a right to “sexually the plea of Committee of fy only if it cleared the 7,000 tered an FIR against the firm, autonomy” and to be “left Creditors that it does not want crore dues of two firms it was its Chairman Gautam Kundu alone”, has failed to get any liquidation of Essar Steel. previously associated with. and others in 2014 under the relief from the Supreme Court. The apex court exercised While ArcelorMittal had PMLA. Kundu was arrested by The woman, an engineer- its extraordinary power under challenged the order asking it the agency in Kolkata in 2015. ing graduate working in a Article 142 of the Constitution to pay 7,000 crore to become At present, he is in judicial cus- multinational IT major, had in allowing ArcelorMittal and eligible for the bidding, tody. moved the top court challeng- NuMetal to make fresh bid for NuMetal had alleged that Multiple chargesheets have ing the constitutional validity Essar Steel. The top court asked NCLAT had “wrongly” applied been filed in the courts in of provision of the the Committee of Creditors to legal provisions to enable its Kolkata and Bhubaneswar by Hindu Marriage Act 1955, after take a decision within rival bidder to pay the dues of the ED in this case. The group her estranged husband had eight weeks on rival bids of two debt-ridden firms even had allegedly floated a total of filed a suit for restitution of NuMetal and ArcelorMittal for after it had bid for Essar Steel. 27 companies for running the conjugal rights. Essar Steel. NCLAT had ruled that alleged chit fund operations out The plea claimed that It also said time lost in NuMetal’s second bid for Essar of which only half-a-dozen “coercive act” of state com- National Company Law Steel was eligible but the same were active. The agency has pelling sexual co-habitation Tribunal (NCLT), National by ArcelorMittal will qualify alleged that the firm had float- infringes a woman’s funda- Company Law Appellate only if it cleared the ed the scheme promising inflat- mental right to privacy, digni- Tribunal (NCLAT) and apex 7,000 crore dues of the two ed returns on investments ty, mental and physical health, court in dealing with cases firms, Uttam Galva and KSS between eight and 27 per cent personal liberty and right to under insolvency code shall be Petron, it was previously asso- to gullible investors in various equality under the excluded from mandatory 270 ciated with. States. Constitution. PTI COMMENT & ANALYSIS  

www.dailypioneer.com !"#$$"%& For an Asian region of peace, prosperity Pride before fall       012   * %S            /                  !  C  #  ?  %      7  Rights of Mother Earth, through the develop- ers and no followers. All countries of Asia have od. Unfortunately, this visionary initiative was not merely a talk shop but results in crucial under- ment of programmes, projects and campaigns to meet together in a common task.” The Asian blocked by mutual suspicions and mistrust. Had standing in critical areas of human endeavour         3  C     aimed at different areas in which humans oper- Relations Conference was clearly a visionary ini- it been pursued Iran’s place in the global com- across the world and certainly in Asia, it will be ate and interact.” tiative, which for several reasons has not been munity would have been different and relations useful to structure the diamond jubilee of the FO Significantly, we have no initiative of simi-  followed up in substance by the nations in Asia. between India, Pakistan and Nepal would have Asian Relations Conference into a set of very con- S lar profile in Asia, which fortunately does not have Perhaps a greater focus on the Asian iden- been much healthier. crete areas of cooperation. conflicts such as those in several other parts of tity and creating a region of mutual trust, con- Now that we are in the year of Mahatma This means that the next four years have F the world. But tensions are on the increase in the nected by common concerns and objectives, is Gandhi’s birth anniversary, India has a unique to be spent in adequate preparation by which F *" region, as manifested by the recent near collision C now extremely important. It would also be use- opportunity to give substance to the memory we not only ensure clarity in defining the areas  between the US and Chinese naval ships in the ful to recall that 40 years later in 1987, the of that world apostle of peace. It would be rel- where cooperation and constructive engage- South China Sea. Since Asia now has a growing @ Government of India held the Asian Relations evant to create a zone of peace on the Asian con- ment would be essential, but also involve major  remarkable initiative organised nuclear arsenal, it is extremely important that we Commemorative Conference, which also drew tinent and convene a follow up of the Asian Asian leaders such as the presidents of LM annually in Latin America by the serve the future of humanity by creating an @ participants from all across Asia. One of the major Relations Conference during its diamond Indonesia, South Korea and Kazakhstan, the F Global Embassy of Activists for atmosphere and philosophy of peace that guides @ outcomes of that conference was a consensus to jubilee year in 2022. There are, undoubtedly, prime ministers of Japan, Malaysia and  Peace (GEAP) is a conference enti- relations in this region. It was in recognition of coordinate energy policies across the continent. growing tensions which must be contained and Singapore and others in joining hands with tled, ‘The Peace Integration this challenge, which Mahatma Gandhi foresaw, As a result, with the initiative of a remarkable will need to be channelled in the direction of India as partners in the conference.  Summit’A with the acronym of CUMIPAZ. that India hosted the Asian Relations Conference Foreign Secretary, Muchkund Dubey, the Asian peace, good neighbourly conduct and friend- Perhaps the best way to get started with this  Earlier this week, the 2018 Summit was held in during March-April 1947, with leaders from all Energy Institute was established under the lead- ship. It would be extremely valuable to take the would be for a compact but diverse committee  Guatemala at which this writer delivered the across Asia as participants. ership of Dr Ali Shams Ardekani, later the Deputy example of CUMIPAZ and draw on the acad- to be set up which may be given the responsi- keynote address. What is particularly signifi- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, then the interim Foreign Minister of Iran, and this writer. emic community, forward-looking thinkers and bility of coming up with a clear plan of action to  cant about the GEAP is the fact that this body Prime Minister of undivided India, stated on @ The Asian Energy Institute, which was a activists in Asia and elsewhere who believe that be debated and discussed by all the stakehold- consists largely of academics and intellectuals, that occasion, “Asia is again finding herself ... network of energy institutions across Asia, took human society in the 21st century must relent- ers. Once a plan is in place then action can be F with a remarkable thinker Dr William Soto one of the notable consequences of the @@ up as its first challenge the development of a lessly pursue peace in this century. initiated perhaps by the middle of next year, Santiago, as the prime mover. The GEAP has European domination of Asia has been the iso- plan for a pipeline to transport the enormous Preparations should be taken in hand on which will allow three full years for an initiative very lofty objectives: “Work towards the lation of the countries of Asia from one anoth- quantity of surplus natural gas from Iran to Gandhiji’s birth anniversary in 2019 by the Indian of this nature, placing India at the centre of peace  improvement, welfare, happiness and peace of er...Today this isolation is breaking down Pakistan, India and later Nepal as well. This was Government with political leaders, captains of in Asia. Also, this will be held as a fitting tribute  the human family and Mother Earth, promot- because of many reasons, political and other- an extremely attractive option because Iran had business, academics and think-tanks across to Gandhiji’s vision and commitment, which has ing a global formation of the integral human wise...This Conference is significant as an found large reserves of natural gas, and the Asia to organise a major event that must have an even greater significance and relevance today.  being and the formation of activists for peace expression of that deeper urge of the mind and Iranian Government was willing to provide impact on the thinking and actions of societies (The writer is former chairman, K in the framework of universal values and prin- spirit of Asia which has persisted...In this attractive terms and low prices to Pakistan, across Asia so that we become a region of stable Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,  ciples, for the defense of Human Rights and the Conference and in this work there are no lead- India and Nepal for gas supply over a long peri- peace. In order to ensure that such an event is 2002-15)   "#$%&"#$%&   We are against the concept of drugs. I am Cultivation of poppy and opium should be against it (the proposal to grow opium) legalised. My uncle used to get opium as The IL&FS resurrection #   %  and Punjab will not do it. medicine from hospital. He lived a long life. —Punjab Chief Minister —Congress leader  CAPTAIN AMARINDER SINGH NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU     IL&FS has deep pockets and a strong capital base with good operational parameters. Its net assets are higher than net  liabilities. All it needs to tide over the temporary liquidity crunch is renewed confidence of its shareholders and investors @ yields retracing from 8.23 per cent last balance sheet by 38 per cent or %S    M week to 7.99 per cent on October 1. roughly 30,000 crore, bringing in        Three group companies of IL&FS are new partners for some projects and     CJX Supermen on stallions listed on the Indian bourses, name- the like. ly, IL&FS Investment Managers Ltd, At the core, IL&FS is an inherent-        IL&FS Engineering and Construction ly strong company with assets worth       &&) F #     / S  (     $    #   Company Ltd and, IL&FS 1,15,815 crore as of fiscal 2018, with '( M Transportation Networks Ltd. a standalone reported gearing ratio of    )        * %S    (  $                     Importantly, many mutual funds, 3.04 and a regulatory gearing ratio of nfrastructure Leasing & banks, insurance companies, non 2.30. It has umpteen profit-making       %    +    ,                (  Financial Services (IL&FS), banking financial companies (NBFC) subsidiaries like the Khed Sinnar                   @ 17th-century novel. Unfortunately, I have mis- Savarkar admired was Maratha emperor Baji originally promoted by HDFC, and housing finance companies, have Expressway, Amravati Chikhli placed this poster. It described Zia as a cham- Rao. There’s a statue of Baji Rao riding a horse Central Bank of India and Unit direct or indirect exposure to IL&FS. Expressway, Barwa Adda Expressway,     -          $ )      pion of the Muslim Ummah and the scourge with a spear in his hand in Pune. Trust of India in 1987, operat- Hence the National Company Fagne Songadh Expressway and oth-               F of Soviet communism. In 2003, painted Mashriqi, who entered politics in the 1930s ingI via 169 subsidiaries, special pur- Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) decision to ers. Thanks to the Narendra Modi dis-    *    $    .       posters showing Gen Musharraf riding a gal- by forming the quasi-fascist Khaksar Tehreek, pose vehicles and joint ventures, has allow the Government to take-over pensation, by choosing not to hide the         %         loping white horse, flanked by two fighter jets, rejected the intellectually robust ‘Islamic pioneered the infrastructure revolu- IL&FS and supersede the erstwhile 10 IL&FS issue by fraudulently ever- F @   ) /       %      appeared. I can’t recall what the text on these modernism’ of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and tion in more than one way, with path- member board, vide Article 241(2) of greening its loans, but by tackling the     %S 012    )        (  posters said. So where do all these images of Muhammad Allama Iqbal. JM Baljon, in his breaking projects such as the Zoji La the Companies Act 2013, is a prompt problem head-on, including ordering         Pakistani leaders on white horses keep com- 1961 book, Modern Muslim Interpretations, tunnel Pass, Delhi-Noida toll bridge, and timely one that saved the Indian an Serious Fraud Investigation Office week or so ago, I happened to come ing from? The roots of this tradition lie in a writes that Mashriqi visited Berlin in 1930 and GIFT, Gujarat International Finance financial system from any potential probe to get to the bottom of things, %S                 across a rather intriguing poster. While socio-political phenomenon which emerged met Hitler. Baljon quotes Mashriqi as saying Tec-City and umpteen others. LIC, cascading effects, limiting the collat- the confidence in money markets has         3   )        ( '! Adriving back from work in the evening, in South Asia before Pakistan’s creation in 1947. that Hitler’s Nazi movement inspired Mashriqi Orix Corporation of Japan and ADIA, eral damage, if any. The alacrity, deci- been restored.    )           * % I saw it wrapped around an electricity pole. It According to Markus Daechsel’s study of to form the Khaksar Tehreek. According to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, that siveness and sheer professionalism Needless to add, the big message               4      Hacked Facebook accounts are being sold on the had a photoshopped image of Pakistan Prime South Asia’s middle-class milieu, The Politics Daechsel, Mashriqi claimed that those Muslim hold 25.34 per cent, 23.54 per cent and with which the Modi Government for companies and investors from the                    ‘dark net’ days after the company admitted that 50 Minister Imran Khan in a sherwani and a of Self Expression, various Muslim and Hindu men of action were required who were unde- 12.56 per cent each in IL&FS, are took charge of IL&FS, is unmatched IL&FS issue is, not to go overboard   "         %  million of its users had been compromised. Media Jinnah cap. He was mounted on the back of a activists and thinkers — between the end of terred by wasteful intellectual and spiritual pur- today its top three shareholders. in Indian financial history. in “borrowing at the short end and   "       %         white horse. His left hand held the reins and the First World War in 1919 and the 1940s — suits — “a true believer who is willing to sever Congress president Rahul The current embattled state lending at the long end of the mar-                4    P#  reports speak of Facebook accounts being sold for as his right hand stretched forward as if he was were smitten by the idea of the Übermensch all ties to society at large and ready to become Gandhi, who has been tweeting which IL&FS finds itself in, thanks to ket”, as asset-liability mismatches can little as three dollars on this section of the Internet         Q 4         telling people (or the horse) where he was developed by the brilliant but controversial a soldier.” Such a man became Mashriqi’s Über- feverishly in the last few days, ques- gross mismanagement by the erst- be a vicious cycle. That said, those                    going. Over him flew a rather angry-looking 19th-century German philosopher, Friedrich mensch. tioning the need for any potential bail- while board, is a temporary one aris- indulging in fear-mongering by say- accessible only with specialised software. Brave new          P)         digital world, anyone? eagle. Apart from being unique, the intrigu- Nietzsche. The concept of the Übermensch is Not surprisingly, it was during this peri- out by LIC, has conveniently forgot- ing out of asset liability mismatch ing that IL&FS’ lenders will have to ing bit is that it is a continuation of a tradition complex. So to put it in the most simplistic od that photographs of Mashriqi gallantly rid- ten that it was under the erstwhile (ALM). In sharp contrast, the Lehman take a haircut of 15,000-20,000          )          introduced by Field Marshal Ayub Khan. terms, it is about an imagined man who, after ing a horse emerged. In the late 1930s, young Congress-led dispensation that LIC crisis in 2008, with Lehman filing for IL&FS issue raged on. es questions about ‘conflict of inter- crore in a bid to save it, are complete-  Q           %       P I have, in my collection, two posters which transcending and even rejecting the morality Islamic scholars Abdus Sattar and Ibrahim acquired significant stakes in IL&FS Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on September Coming back to the IL&FS fias- est’ plaguing credit rating agencies. In ly wrong. IL&FS has deep pockets,            7      were printed sometime in the early/mid-1960s of religion and the prevailing value systems, Chishti published a pamphlet called “Scheme”. in 2005, 2006 and, picking up as many 15, 2008, was one of the insolvencies. co, what triggered nervousness was a this entire issue, while the Modi strong capital base with good opera-            7          during the height of the Ayub Khan regime becomes an ‘overman’ (the Übermensch). In it they put forward the idea of a “Khuda as 19.34 lakh shares in 2010. The fact Hence, desperate attempts by a dis- default by IL&FS on repayment of a Government and the RBI showed tional parameters, net assets higher      Q Trouble for India (1958-69). One shows a profile of his face in Nietzsche believed that religious morality and Mard”. This Übermensch was to appear after that LIC pumped in 41,000 crore in jointed Opposition to draw parallels 1,000 crore short-term loan from exemplary nimble-footedness in lim- than net liabilities, and all it needs is, #     %S           ( front of a painting of the great Mughal prevailing human values limit the scope of Muslims would ‘cleanse’ themselves from with- 2007-08 and 35,000 crore in 2008- between IL&FS and Lehman, smack Small Industries Development Bank iting collateral damage, the credit rat- the renewed confidence of its share-                $                Emperor Akbar. According to Lawrence human creativity and intellectuality. in and ‘renew their mission for world domi- 09, with its outstanding exposure to of ignorance and a vested agenda to of India (SIDBI) on September 5, @ ing agencies had assigned investment holders and investors, to tide over the           3   # )    Ziring’s 1971 book, The Ayub Khan Era: Politics However, during the rise of radical nation’. The Khuda Mard had no issues in call- the Indian equity markets at a whop- discredit the Modi Government that 2018, followed by a series of defaults. grade ratings till as recently as August, temporary liquidity crunch.    3                  B         %  @ in Pakistan, 1958-69, Ayub was a great admir- German nationalism in the early 20th centu- ing people of other faiths, “worse than animals”. ping 20,0000 crore by January 2009, has been repeatedly praised by the The fact that in less than a month of @ 2018, which was then reduced to junk If push comes to shove, even sell- er of men such as Turkish nationalist leader ry, the idea of the Übermensch was adopted Sattar and Chishti issued maps, flags and an amidst the Lehman meltdown, is a likes of the IMF and the World Bank the IL&FS crisis and barely within 48 status by September 2018 in a classic ing a minuscule stake in one of its sub-      #        #                    %   Kemal Atatürk, the iconic French leader by racist German nationalists who described image of the Khuda Mard mounted on a white testimony to the fact that LIC used its for turning around the Indian econ- hours of the IL&FS Annual General knee-jerk reaction. sidiaries, from the umpteen profitable Charles de Gaulle and Emperor Akbar. Germans as a biologically and intellectually horse and standing on top of a globe. reinvestible surpluses to stabilise omy into the sixth largest, globally, Meeting that was held on September That the IL&FS group was over- ones it has in its kitty, can replenish                089:( F Ayub often explained himself as a ‘mod- superior race which was not (or shouldn’t be) Perhaps the only Muslim thinker who markets, then. from a fragile state it had been 29 this year, management take-over @R leveraged and rumoured to have its net worth and generate between 9;           "       ernist’ Muslim. So probably he used the above- circumscribed by the notions of convention- managed to comprehend Nietzsche’s philos- If anything, a series of measures pushed to in 2012-13. had been affected by the Modi borrowed between 10-18 times its 20,000-30,000 crore, giving it the fire-     3   )              mentioned poster to subtly equate his ideolog- al religious morality and universal human val- ophy outside the Nazi perceptions of the same, by the Narendra Modi Government Do note, the size of debt assets Government by October 1, 2018, equity, to fund its infrastructure pro- power to have the cash flows to ser-      %     "      ical disposition with that of Akbar’s, who, ues. This was a clear distortion because was poet and philosopher Iqbal. Bilquees Dar to instill confidence in the money under management of mutual funds speaks volumes of the current jects, most of which bring in returns vice its debt obligations, without ero-    (        089<        according to Dr Mubarak Ali’s Ulema, Sufis & Nietzsche’s atheistic concept of the Übermen- in her essay, “Perfect Man vs Superman”, in markets, which had seen commercial in India is over 18 lakh crore, with Government’s commitment to the over 20-25 years, was known to the sion in its core capital base.  %S  )              Intellectuals (1996), was one of the most “open- sch was not at all racist. German nationalists the August 2013 issue of Journal of English & paper (CP) yields rising by 20-40bps roughly 17per cent of that invested in millions of retail investors who have credit rating agencies. They simply And once market sentiment sta-  3     " P    Q +     ( @ minded” Muslim rulers of India. The other altered Nietzsche’s ideas to make the Übermen- Literature, writes that Iqbal was critical of for even top-rated issuers, in the after- NBFCs. Hence, IL&FS is simply too parked their money in debt funds that refused to even blink till things bilises, given its excellent track record     Ayub Khan poster shows the field marshal on sch a biologically superior race of Germans Nietzsche’s atheism, but appreciated his math of the IL&FS imbroglio, deserve big to fail. Again, IL&FS is a huge bor- invariably have some kind of exposure reached an inflexion point. in executing and financing some of -         * %    a white horse. He is wearing a three-piece suit inspired and led by a pure-blooded ‘Aryan’ who insight. Iqbal wrote: “Nietzsche’s mind was of praise. For instance, the interbank liq- rower accounting for two per cent of to IL&FS. Making things worse, IL&FS’ the toughest infrastructure projects in  and a Jinnah cap. The text in Urdu describes was uninhibited by conventional morality and a disbeliever, but his heart is a believer.” The uidity deficit was addressed by allow- the outstanding CP market, one per Do not forget that in a rather sim- borrowings were all repayable in the the country, IL&FS, with a new                =  %  )        )  ( N him as a soldier of progress and a man of vision. values. Adolf Hitler became such a man. idea of the Übermensch clearly inspired Iqbal’s ing banks to carve out 15 per cent cent of the debenture market and ilar incident in 2009 wherein a pro- short to medium-term of roughly board at the helm, should be able to Also in my collection is a similar poster of ZA Markus Daechsel writes that radical idea of the qalandar (and later, the holdings from their statutory liquid- roughly 0.7per cent of banking sys- moter, Ramalinga Raju of Satyam eight to 10 years. What abetted the continue to access the financial mar-            3    3     Bhutto. It shows Bhutto in a three-piece suit Hindu nationalists, such as Vinayak Savarkar, shaheen/eagle); ie a Muslim man who was a ity reserves, against the earlier 13per tem loans. Interestingly, despite the Computers was summarily removed @ asset liability mismatch was cost kets at competitive rates and get back            % P  N@O and Jinnah cap, riding a white horse. He is and Muslim activists, such as Inayatullah staunch individualist and then achieved the cent to meet liquidity coverage ratio sheer scale of numbers involved, the for defrauding and cooking up the overruns and inability to roll over to doing what it does best... (—)pow-                   pointing towards the sky. The text in Urdu Mashriqi, Ibrahim Chishti and Abdus Sattar state of ‘khudi’ after getting rid of the cobwebs (LCR) requirements, thereby boost- resilience of the Indian financial sys- company’s books. The erstwhile short-term obligations. However, as ering India’s superlative infrastructure       # =      )    describes him as a soldier of Islam — a kind Niazi, lapped up the Nazis’ understanding of of religious obscurantism and intellectual ing systemic liquidity by an addition- tem shone through, with Indiabulls Congress-led UPA Government back things stand now, on October 31, growth story with projects like the          %    =   )  of Saladin of socialism. the Übermensch. Thus, Savarkar rejected the lethargy to form a robust community of al rupees two lakh crore. Housing Finance raising more than then had allowed the entire Satyam @@ 2018, the new board will submit a res- -Nashri road tunnel project,  =  3              Q %  In the early 1980s, the intransigent Zia-ul- pacifism of Mahatma Gandhi and idealised the Muslims driven by a refreshed, dynamic and This, coupled with an open mar- 500 crore at 8.36 per cent via CP crisis to fester for seven long months olution plan to the NCLT. That could that is a befitting example of what                 ( Hindu nation and individual as having strong progressive Islam. Iqbal’s shaheen appears in market, and a Tata group company from January till July 2009, before involve monetisation of unviable political will under the Narendra Haq’s dictatorship (1977-88) published posters ket operation’s (OMO) announce-  %          $      of Gen Zia riding a white horse in his military physical qualities inspired by a ‘history’ of various places in Pakistan. And it was last seen ment of 36,000 crore for the month raising 3,488 crore via non convert- reaching a tentative solution, doing assets, reducing stakes in 25 odd pro- Modi dispensation has been able to  attire and charging towards a Soviet tank, Hindu conquest, and unhindered by rituals hovering over Imran Khan in the afore-men- of October by the Reserve Bank of ible debentures (NCD) for the first irreversible damage to the Indian jects being operated by the company, accomplish. )        ()     3 O almost like the eccentric Don Quixote charg- which neutralised the Hindu nation’s ‘inher- tioned poster. India (RBI), calmed the bond mar- time in 10 years at a rate of between financial markets in the bargain. possible Rights/NCD issues, raising (The writer is an economist and   %   )              ing towards a windmill in Cervantes’ famous ent’ masculine qualities. One such Hindu that (Courtesy: Dawn) kets, with benchmark 10-year bond 8.70-9.1per cent last week, even as the The IL&FS issue, however, rais- authorised capital, deleveraging the chief spokesperson for BJP, Mumbai) <0902    > P-                    ?  S    4  ?         @* )           092A    "                                Now that the Government has ple, but also has dealt a death blow on in religious practices. ing the shortest and the most intense                  %   taken over the reins, one expects that those who want to deny darshan of ) Shalini Gerald laser pulses that revolutionised laser            Q #      Sir — This refers to the editorial, “To the projects delayed and not complet- Lord Ayyappa to women. Chennai physics around the world, she did not            %   the rescue” (October 3). The ed would be completed, and as a This they do, harping on their con- L @ F have a Wikipedia page until the                  $        Government’s takeover of the key result, money would flow back to the demnable assertion that women are M Y Z  F F announcement. Earlier, an Italian sci- management of infrastructure lender company thus raising the prospects of unclean due to menstruation, a biolog- Sir — This refers to the editorial, entist at the CERN particle physics lab-                  ) ( R Infrastructure Leasing & Financial its survival. ical manifestation.  “Moment of pride” (October 4). Nobel oratory in Geneva had sparked contro-   B  )    (C     %   Services (IL&FS) raises hopes of its sur- Devendra Khurana They also conveniently forget that   Prize-winning scientist Dr Donna versy over his statement “physics was               )     vival and is the appropriate decision in Bhopal Parvati, wife of Lord Shiva for whom F Strickland’s breakthrough in laser is a built by men”. Strickland’s victory is an       %    PG-     )   ( the given circumstances. IL&FS is fac-      Shiva gave half of his body was also a moment of celebration for every apt answer to the role of gender in sci-                 G   (  ing an enormous debt worth 91,000 woman. YZ  women laureates. One cannot deny the entific accomplishments.             )    ( Palak Kwatra  crore and is facing severe liquidity cri- Sir — There can be no second opinion After all, the entire humanity owes   poor track record of gender gap or               Q %    sis. It is unfortunate that the checks and that the Supreme Court, by allowing its existence only to women and it is not  racial discrimination prevading the Ludhiana C B    09::    > P)          4   Q balances were not in place as a result women of all ages to enter the only inhuman and uncharitable but also  F Nobel Prize. ! "   # # #   $  %  of which IL&FS ran into this enormous Sabarimala temple, has not only upheld a blatant exhibition of ungratefulness KKMM  What’s more shocking is that even G debt because of loan defaults. the rights of women to enter any tem- to deny women their rights, including after Strickland’s work towards produc- 4954G:676 1

24P - < 40; 6 accorded by the 14th Finance 89 Commission to 50 per cent by < 15th Finance Commission. : H the State administration was The Government memo- gearing up for the massive dis- 8;<;= randum to the Commission RS Government’s plan to tribution of sarees at a cost of stated that backwardness of Tdistribute 95 lakh sarees 280 crores. The State =;1= Bihar implied extremely limit- I among the Telangana women Government was making prepa- 8: ed fiscal capacity of State on the occasion of rations for the distribution of the Government and it was “Batukamma” festival has been new cloths among women for ihar Government has urged markedly dependent on the grounded with the Election the past many months and the Bthe 15th Finance 89> Central Government to sup- Commission of India putting orders for the supply of sarees Commission for making some plement its limited revenue its foot down. Batukamma, to were placed with the handloom changes in its formula and receipts. More than three be celebrated from October 9 weavers across the State. About parameters for extending ment of 136 per cent, but at fourths of the total revenue to 17 is a festival of flowers, 50 lakh sarees were already kept financial assistance to the the same time the increment receipts are accounted for by which was being celebrated as ready in the district headquar- developing States including in shares of Punjab, central transfers. a State festival since the for- O@ ters while the remaining stocks Bihar so that the revenue Maharashtra, Kerala, “The quantum of such central mation of Telangana. were also being readied. receipts and grant in aid for Karnataka and Gujarat was transfers is projected by the The program was a great these States is increased. higher than Bihar. successive Finance @ hit last year as the Chief Briefing media about the “We have demanded that Commissions but the actual Minister K Chandrasekhar charter of demand submitted density of population should be transfers often fail to match the @ Rao’s Government justified the to the Finance Commission made a parameter instead of projections. There was a drop distribution of sarees saying H the attention of the apex court chairman NK Singh on total geographical area and in Bihar’s share of central taxes that its objective was to ensure that because of the early final- Wednesday evening, Deputy forest cover. Bihar’s density of which has seriously affected the that every woman in the State mid the continuing row ization of electoral rolls as many CM Sushil Kumar Modi, who population is higher in the development activities of State M was able to celebrate the Aover the electoral rolls of as 18 lakh youth will not be able also holds finance depart- country, 1,106 persons per sq Government and upset the “Batukamma” festival. Telangana, the Supreme Court to vote as they will attain the age ment, said that Centre has km, and it was a major con- delivery of required pubic ser- The election body has However in view of the on Thursday directed the of 18 years by January 1. conceded long pending straint in moving ahead for vices,” it stated. refused permission to the complaints that the sarees High Court to hear The counsel for petitioner demand of making 2011 cen- developmental projects because The memorandum said State Government for distri- sourced from Gujrat were not the matter on Friday and if any argued that because of the sus as basis for the panel’s rec- land acquisition is a major that in spite of the phenome- bution of sarees saying it vio- of good quality, the State irregularities were found it can early elections a large number ommendations instead of issue in densely populated non of widening regional dis- lated the model code of con- Government had decided to extend the date of publication of first time voters would be 1971 census which was prac- areas,” said Modi. parity, the successive Finance duct enforced in view of the ensure that only handloom of the final list of voters. deprived on their right to vote ticed till 14th Finance For disaster management Commissions have been reluc- forthcoming State assembly sarees made in Telangana by A division bench headed by as the electoral rolls were being Commission. too Bihar is getting less central tant to recommend higher elections. the weavers would be distrib- Justice AK Sikri also ruled that finalized much ahead of the Modi said the Bihar’s share in aid as against Maharashtra, devolution o poorer States, After the State Chief uted this year. the High Court had the powers original schedule. central taxes has been declin- Rajasthan, Odisha and Madhya including Bihar. Electoral Officer Rajath Kumar Similarly another pro- to stay the conduct of elections. After hearing the argu- ing since 12th Finance Pradesh. Despite the fact that “The protagonists of sought clarification on whether gram of distribution of checks On a petition filed by the senior ments the Supreme Court Commission and it has Bihar faces floods and drought ‘competitive’ federalism try to the caretaker Government can among the farmers under the Congress leader Marri directed that the High Court dropped to 9.66 per cent every year it received grant of justify this unfair distribution go ahead with the distribution “Rythu Bandhu” schemes was Shashidhar Reddy questioning should hear the petition along whereas the share of devel- only 2,591 crore in 2015-20 pattern by maintaining that of sarees, the CEC sent a com- also likely to meet the the early elections in Telangana with four other petitions oped States has been increas- while the State spent an addi- governance in poorer States is munication that it would be a same fate. and alleging irregularities in the already pending before it on the ing. Bihar got a share in cen- tional 3,796 crore on disaster weak and that they are inca- violation of model code of Taraka Rama Rao had said preparation of electoral rolls the same issue. tral taxes in 13th Finance management from its own pable of utilising the resources conduct. The CEC noted that that the second phase of dis- Supreme Court asked the Briefing the reporters later Commission 1,72,944 crore resources. transferred to them. This though the scheme was old, it tribution of cheques of 4,000 Hyderabad High Court to hear petitioner’s counsel Jhandyala which increased to  4,09,489 Bihar also demanded indeed is an unfair criticism, would amount to influencing per acre incentive to the farm- the case on Friday. Ravi Shankar said that a writ crore in 14th Finance increasing the State share in especially in the context the voters. ers will be held in November In his petition Marri petition would be filed in the Commission with an incre- divisive pool from 42 per cent of Bihar.” Rajath Kumar had sought first week. CEC sources said Shashidhar Reddy complained High Court in Hyderabad the clarification after the main that a decision will be taken on that a large number of genuine tomorrow. He said that the opposition Congress party the issue within a week. voters were deleted from the Supreme Court referred the objected to the plans of free The opposition Congress rolls and 65 lakh bogus names matter to the High Court only saree distribution. Congress had opposed the handing over were include in the voters’ list after it was satisfied with the peti- swung in to action after senior of the cheques to the farmers by in Telangana. He pleaded that tion. In case the irregularities Minister K Tarka Rama Rao the ministers of caretaker gov- without correcting the mistakes were found in the electoral rolls announced that the sarees ernment or the TRS leaders. holding the elections will not be the Supreme Court has autho- would be distributed on They suggested that it should correct. rized the High Court to delay October 12. be done by the State Counsel for the petitioner the publication of the final CEC’s directive came just as Government officials. Abhishek Manu Singhvi drew rolls beyond October 8. Mumbai: Amid the competing in Ayodhya has been one of the politics over Ram temple, the core issues of the BJP, which is Shiv Sena on Thursday an ally of the Shiv Sena. announced that its chief The Sena, which has $"- Uddhav Thackeray will visit resolved to go solo in the future Ayodhya after Dussehra to elections, has often targeted the reaffirm his party’s commit- BJP for "delaying" the construc- 1500 hectares of coffee plan- liminary assessment on the ment to the issue. tion of Ram temple in Ayodhya tations has been affected part of the planters point at The announcement came a despite having a majority. arnataka which produces badly due to landslides and 1,500 crore crop losses in day after Ram Janmabhoomi "The Sena has always cham- Kmore than 70 per cent of heavy rains. Kodagu, Hassan and Kottayam (Kerala): The Nair Trust chief Janmejay Sharanji pioned the cause of Ram temple the nation’s coffee is witnessing “The soft soil has been Chikmagaluru districts. Service Society (NSS), a body of Maharaj met Thackeray at the in Ayodhya. The BJP, despite a storm in the cup. The after- washed away in many areas “Kodagu suffered the Kerala's influential Nair party's headquarters Sena being in power for four years, has math of nature’s fury in our teams visited. Entire crops most as many estates have Community, Thursday said it Bhawan here. not yet fulfilled its commitment Kodagu, the coffee land, have been lost in many areas been destroyed. We don’t even would file a revision petition in Sharanji Maharaj invited of building a grand Ram temple destroyed coffee plantations making it a long-term know the condition of many the Supreme Court against its Thackeray to visit Ayodhya, there," Raut said Thursday. which has affected the pro- impact,” he said adding many plantations as they were cut order permitting women of all telling him that the trust need- Sharanji Maharaj said he duction and coffee growers areas would take around 10 off when roads got destroyed age groups to enter the Lord ed the Sena's assistance for the told the Shiv Sena chief that his are staring at a bleak future. years to grow new crops. He in landslides,” said Jairam Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala. construction of Ram temple, father late Bal Thackeray had The widespread destruc- said “Only the final damage who owns a plantation in Since the NSS had been a Shiv Sena sources said. contributed to the demolition of tion of coffee across the hill dis- assessment that is underway Sakleshpura in neighbouring party to the case from the Thackeray will announce the Babri Masjid (on December trict of Kodagu and part of will give us a clear picture of Hassan district. very beginning itself, it has the date of his visit to Ayodhya 6, 1992), he should now con- Chikkamagaluru has put the the loss, which could be more Seventeen of the 28 villages decided to file a revision peti- at the party's annual Dussehra tribute to the construction of farmers in hardship and than our initial estimate.” in Kodagu have been badly hit tion in the Supreme Court in rally to be held in Mumbai on the Ram temple there. With the requires many years to nor- According to coffee board by the disaster. “At least a 3000 the matter, NSS general secre- October 19, senior Sena leader Lok Sabha polls less than a year malise situation. sources many teams of experts people (mostly farm workers) tary G Sukumaran Nair said in and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay away, the pitch for contruction According to available are currently working in are still in relief camps in a statement here. Raut said. of Ram temple in Ayodhya has statistics Karnataka alone pro- Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru Kodagu,” he said. Nair termed as "disap- He said his party has been been intensifying lately within duced 2.22 lakh tonnes, or 70 making the assessment that While Karnataka’s share of pointing" the stand taken by the maintaining that only the Shiv the BJP, even as the matter is per cent, of the national pro- would help evaluate the quan- the Indian coffee sector stands Kerala Government and the Sena has the "courage" to build sub-judice. duction of 3.16 lakh tonnes in tum of compensation to the around 70 per cent, plantations Travancore Devaswom Board a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Senior Sena leader Arvind 2017-18. It’s followed by farmers. in Kodagu alone has a share of (TDB) that they would not file The Shiv Sena is of the view Sawant said that before the Kerala that contributes 20 For Coffee growers in 40 per cent of the national a review petition in the apex that if the Ram temple is not 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the per cent and Tamilnadu 5 five these parts it’s from heaven production. court against its verdict. constructed now, then it cannot NDA had given three assur- per cent to the national to hell situation. They are Kodagu alone produced Slamming the TDB over the be constructed ever, he added. ances to people -to abrogate production. worried over its long impact 19,550 tonnes of Arabica and issue, the NSS said the board, Thackeray had recently said Article 370 of the The preliminary damage on the economy of coffee 97,000 tonnes of Robusta in which is an independent body that the BJP would once again rake Constitution, construction of assessment has come up with growing which in turn affects 2017-18. managing Lord Ayyappa temple up the emotive issue of Ram tem- Ram temple in Ayodhya and a combined figure of 82,000 individual grower. CK Belliappa, secretary and 1200 other temples, has the ple in the run-up to the 2019 polls. to solve the Kashmir issue. tonnes of coffee beans BS Jairam, president of of Codagu Planters’ responsibility to protect customs Ram temple construction PTI destroyed in three southern Karnataka Growers’ Association said that the even and traditions of these shrines. States, with the maximum Federation said “but for some the preliminary assessment These temples are managed loss in Karnataka. heavy rainfall and related points at the worst ever loss of by using the offerings being According to Coffee landslides in the early 1960s, production. He says the farm- made by the devotees and not Board director of research Y we have never witnessed this ers are staring at the biggest using money contributed by the Raghuramulu in Karnataka’s kind of crop loss.” loss ever due to the fury Government, it said. hill district Kodagu alone According to him the pre- of rains. The NSS, which had joined as a party to the case in the apex court, also alleged that the State Government was showing unnecessary hurry in imple- menting the court order. This stand of the Government and board has forced the faithful to take neces- sary steps to protect their faith, it said. The NSS also urged the Government to take steps to amicably resolve the issue. His statement comes a day after the Government rejected the opposition demand to file a review petition in the apex court against its order and said it would implement the verdict in the coming pilgrim- age season itself. A high-level meeting of the TDB has also decided to make necessary arrangements for women pilgrims visiting the hill shrine when it opens for the annual pilgrimage season on October 16. The Sabarimala temple had restricted the entry of women belonging to the age group of 10- 50 as part of its age-old tradition. On October 28, a five-judge constitution bench, headed by the then Chief Justice Dipak IL Misra, lifted the ban on entry of women of menstrual age into the  shrine. PTI = ./0     2 schedule on 10th, 13th and 16th October and show their izbul Mujahdeen outfit complete disassociation and D ( Hhas threatened terrorist- resentment against it.” turned-BJP worker Farooq The arrest of JKLF chair- Ahmad alias Saifullah who man Yasin Malik and the recently filed nomination arrest of dozens of Hurriyat papers to contest urban local activists and youth and raids Srinagar: The authorities in Assembly Member at his official bodies election from capital on their homes, has been Jammu & Kashmir have barred residence at Jawahar Nagar in   Srinagar. Warning posters resented by JRL. Special Police Officers (SPO) to summer capital Srinagar against Farooq and several The State Government has be detailed on personal securi- September 28. The SPO also other contestants have gone formulated unprecedented ty of protected persons. The took away one licensed pistol of viral on social media sites. security plan for the smooth decision has been taken after an MLA. Security sources said Central relief of 2.50 on Farooq had earlier challenged conduct of upcoming Urban SPO decamped with huge cache since MLA was in Jammu, his Asky-rocketing petro prices Kolkata: A former IAS officer  militants to prove him wrong. Local Bodies (ULB) and of arms and ammunition from all seven PSOs had gone to their was less than peanuts for the was on Thursday interrogated The outfit’s unknown Panchayat elections in the State. a legislator’s official residence respective homes on leave, leav- toiling masses of the country, by the CBI in the Sharada chit “Divisional Commander Abu The plan covers safety and before joining Hizbul ing their weapons in a trunk at Bengal Chief Minister Mamata fund case. The former officer Umair Al Hizbi” has also issued security of both contestants and Mujahideen outfit. J-11 quarters at Jawahar Nagar. Banerjee on Thursday said was asked to explain a  warning to a political worker the voters in most sensitive The SPOs are working on On Thursday, Aijaz Mir asking the Narendra Modi Government order a few years Imran Zargar alias Imran Billa areas in Kashmir and else- monthly honorarium and their alleged that police officials Government to reduce oil ago that apparently favoured whom Hizbul Mujahideen where in the State. services are confirmed after involved in the investigation of prices by at least 10. the Sharada group. study halls. describes “a turncoat working The panchayat elections years of ‘satisfactory work’. the weapon loot case were “The Government is giving The former bureaucrat, The former official was at the behest of intelligence are being held on non-party The order to this effect was compelling the family members the people a small relief when then secretary in the Home asked to disclose the facts that agencies for helping different basis. Additional 400 compa- issued by Additional Director of his former PSOs to speak rising petroleum prices has Department was in charge of led to the stated order. He was candidates to win elections in nies of central security forces General, Security and Law & against him. The police have driven the market crazy. Every affairs when the Bengal asked to explain upon whose lieu of millions of rupees”. would be deployed in the State rder Muneer Ahmad Khan. not reacted to the allegation. item in the market: From food Government had issued a directions his department had Meanwhile, unknown per- over and above the security The ADGP ordered that no unit Mir was quizzed by Police & to other products of daily is on circular asking the State issued such circulars that final- sons attacked the residences of forces already stationed. or SSP shall deploy any SPO for NIA sleuths for at least three fire. A relief of 2.50 is but a libraries to keep newspapers ly benefited the Sharada group, two candidates in old Srinagar The ULB elections are PSO duties and all SPOs except straight days after commis- joke,” Banerjee said adding the of the Sharada group in their sources said. PNS city who are contesting being conducted in four phas- SPO drivers, presently attached sion of act by SPO by looting Centre would have done the Municipal elections for es from October 8 and with protected persons be arms. Around a dozen other least by reducing the price by a month ago. value to people’s lives and not Srinagar Municipal Panchayat elections in nine immediately withdrawn. PSOs deployed in MLA secu- at least 10 per litre. Attacking the Modi adds fear to it. In India we have Corporation (SMC) with petrol phases beginning November The Order observed that rity unit were also questioned “You (the Centre) have Government for making loud high regard for joint family sys- bombs last evening. 17. This would be a massive SPOs performing PSO duties at legislator's official residence imposed huge production cess promises but only adding to tem. But in such families the Unknown persons hurled a exercise to elect more than 39, with the protected persons last September 29. on petroleu driving the market people’s misery, Banerjee said members live with each other petrol bomb on the house of a 500 representatives. was not in accordance with Seven Police cops whose crazy,” Banerjee said adding a “instead of giving relief to the peacefully. But here you (cen- Bhartiya Janta Party candidate In an unprecedented move, the security norms as SPOs rifles were looted by SPO have reduction of 10 at this juncture people they are trying to ter- tre) are trying to create schism at Gojwara in old city. Reports the Government employees were not trained to perform been suspended. Officials said was the least the Government rorise the people.” among them.” said that the door of the house deployed on election duty PSO duties. they were suspended for their could have done. She was react- Referring to the encounter Attacking the Centre for of Shoukat Raja of Gojwara would be paid a month’s addi- A Special Police Officer callous attitude towards duties ing to the appeal made by deaths in UP and lynching of ruining the Indian economy area of old city caught fire due tional salary. (SPO) Adil Bashir Sheikh and put under investigation Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to minorities in other States she through demonetization she to the attack. Raja was not pre- The two main regional deployed as Personal Security net. The suspended police per- the State Governments to asked “why will the people be said “they imposed note bandi sent at his home at the time of political parties National Officer (PSO) of PDP legislator sonnel continued to remain reduce the oil prices propor- afraid of you?” adding “this which yielded nothing. It only incident. Conference and Peoples representing Wachi constituen- under police detention facing tionately after the Central relief. Government is only trying to filled the coffers of some In another incident Democratic Party have decid- cy in south Kashmir's Shopian series of questioning sessions Bengal had already rule by terror. “A true politicians and political unknown persons targeted car ed to boycott the elections as district, decamped with 07 AK by Police officials and sleuths reduced oil price by 1 about Government is one that adds parties. of an independent candidate they have asked the Central 47 rifles alongwith ammunition of National Investigation Nisar Chudisaz at Kaka Government to clear its stand of police personnel deployed for Agency (NIA) and other inves- Mohalla in Rainawari area of on the issue of Article 35-A and the security of the State tigating agencies. PNS old Srinagar. The car was take steps for its protection. (!)! parked outside his house and The Communist Party of India Security sources said that and was providing arms training its tyres caught fire. Nisar was (CPI) also decided not to par- two locals of Tekipora Lolab to local terrorists. He had Gopalganj/Patna: Two cops have been arrest- Baikunthpur police station on the intervening also not at home at the time of ticipate in the polls keeping in area in the district were returned home on vacations. ed in Bihar's Gopalganj district for allegedly night of September 30 and October 1, Gopalganj the incident. view the prevailing situation in detained on the basis of specific Sources said a pistol was selling seized liquor, a of the alcohol ban in Superintendent of Police Rashid Zaman said. On the other side, Joint the valley. input who after sustained inter- recovered on their disclosure. the State, a senior officer said on Thursday. SHO Laxminarayan Mahto and ASI resistance leadership (JRL), an Meanwhile, a Border rogation confessed to be Over The module was engaged The two policemen were arrested on Sudhir Kumar were interrogated and the truck amalgam of separatist political Security Force man was Ground Workers of Hizbul in providing logistic support to Wednesday following complaints by local resi- driver, Kanhaiya Sharma, was also arrested parties, comprising of Syed Ali detained along-with another Mujahideen. terrorists apart from luring dents that they saw a liquor-laden truck leave the from the neighbouring Saran district, the SP Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Faro person as Police busted an The arrested persons were more youth into militancy. said. and Yasin Malik called for a Over Ground Workers identified as Shakir Ahmad A case under relevant sec- Mahto and Kumar have complete shutdown in Jammu (OGWs) module of terrorist Wani and Ghulam Mustafa tions of law has been registered been placed under suspen- & Kashmir on October 8 to outfit Hizbul Mujahideen that Sheikh. and further investigation initi- sion. protest against the com- was operating in Lolab area of Sources said Shakir is a BSF ated into the matter. Zaman said it is suspected mencement of municipal and north Kashmir’s Kupwara. man who is posted in North East that liquor seized during an Panchayat elections. A state- operation was not shown in ment issued to media asked the records and later sold off people to “observe subsequent by the accused in collusion protest shutdown in their own with others. PTI respective areas as per the poll 8

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They could raise a develop permanent campus of failed to start actual construc- claimed that the construction sions of the Ford Motor company was mercial borrowing (ECBs) maximum of one-year over- IIM Ranchi at a cost of 400 tion of proposed 2,600 MW work has not been initiated so far valid for seven years, i.e. till EIA Notification, only three expected to hit the market within a year and they would seas loan by way of buyers crore. imported coal-based plant at in the absence of the power pur- October 24, 2018. years can be extended beyond soon, a senior official said on not be required to hedge the credit, repay it within 12 In a filing to BSE, NBCC Dahej in Gujarat even after get- chase agreement (PPA), the As per the EIA seven years whereas project Thursday. exposure. months and raise it again said it has “received a Letter of ting clearance seven years ago, panel did not rule out further Amendment Notification dated proponent has sought exten- Talking to reporters on The Reserve Bank of India thereafter. Award (LoA) of work from IIM an expert panel of the Union delay in work, saying it would be 14.9.2016, the validity can be sion of five years. Moreover, the sidelines of the launch of (RBI) on Wednesday relaxed The move comes at a time Ranchi to provide project man- Environment Ministry has put 48 months from the zero date. extended by maximum period three years’ extension can be new version of compact sedan policy on borrowing from when international oil prices agement consultancy for devel- on hold the company’s request A senior official in the of three years. Thus, the outer given only in cases where pro- Aspire here, Ford India, gen- overseas up to $10 billion have touched four-year high of opment of permanent campus to give it further extension on Ministry explained that the limit of the validity of EC is 10 jects have achieved substantial eral manager-parts, supply and external debt for working cap- $86 per barrel and the rupee (Phase-1 works) amounting environment clearance front. validity of the green nod given years. However, the project physical progress so that the logistics, R Kanakaraj said, ital needs amid depreciating plummeted to a low of 73 to the 400 crore (approx)”. The APDL had sought in 2011 was for five years, i.e. proponent has sought for extension will enable them to “Ford Motor and Mahindra rupee. dollar. NBCC, which is under the extending validity of environ- till 2016. As the environment extension of five years which complete balance works. 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Bruun Larsen cross, leaving Dortmund tance to Atletico. before the Argentina superstar grabbed his Spalletti's men as he pounced on Dries Mertens hit the bar and Atletico on six points apiece ahead of He has now been involved in 17 of second late on to seal victory. hesitant defending to net the win- for Napoli late on, but there their upcoming home-and-away meetings. their last 19 Champions League goals "After a few bad results it was impor- ner on the hour. was still time for Insigne to In Group D, American international scored at home, chipping in with 12 goals tant to do well today. Our response was very PSG rebounded from their 3-2 defeat nick all three points at the midfielder Weston McKennie hit an 88th- and five assists. good," said Barca coach Ernesto Valverde. by Liverpool with an attacking masterclass death as he slid to poke in minute winner as struggling Schalke Those performances can only boost Barca head Group B on six points against 1991 European Cup winners Red a cross from Jose edged Lokomotiv Moscow 1-0. the French star's hopes of winning the alongside Inter Milan, but Mauricio Star at the Parc des Princes. Callejon. Porto are joint-top with Schalke fol- Ballon d'Or. Pochettino's side face a vital double-head- Neymar curled in a sublime free-kick Antoine lowing a 1-0 win over Galatasaray cour- "It's not me who votes but I had a big er against PSV Eindhoven after failing to to open the scoring on 20 minutes, quick- Griezmann scored two tesy of Moussa Marega's second-half goal season," he said. collect a point from their opening two ly doubling his tally before Edinson Cavani, goals to lift Atletico in Portugal. "I'm very happy and proud of my sea- matches. Angel di Maria and Kylian Mbappe also Madrid, last season's son, there are still a few months to go so The Tottenham boss admitted Spurs found the target. Europa League winners, I2P we'll see." had few answers for Messi as his team was Former Germany international Marko to a 3-1 victory over Club Brugge 1 Diego Simeone hailed Antoine This was Atletico's first match at the left with an uphill struggle to reach the Marin popped up with a consolation for in Spain. Griezmann as the best player in the world Wanda Metropolitano in this season's tour- knockout stages. Red Star, with Neymar completing his hat- Arnaut Groeneveld cancelled after the Frenchman's double fired Atletico nament, 241 days before they hope to walk "He's a fantastic player," said Pochettino. trick from another stunning free-kick. out Griezmann's opener with a Madrid to victory over Club Brugge on out here again for the final on June 1.

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Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia next. then 20-9 to secure the opening game. ronacharya award-winning hockey "I think it (progress from Former national champion Sourabh The second game, however, turned out Dcoach Clarence Lobo expects the J Season one to five) is the same Verma, who had won the $ 75,000 Russian to be a close affair as Kim erased a 3-6 deficit Indian team to reach the semi-finals of  because you need to experiment Open in July and had qualified for the Indian and turned the tables, reaching 11-9 at the the FIH men's World Cup, to be held in @K with other footballing philosophies team at 18th Asian Games after recovering break. Bhubaneshwar later this year.  to strengthen the base. They need from injury, lost to Japan's Riichi Takeshita The Danish shuttler continued to move "I am sure that they (the Indian  an Italian, French or maybe a 21-19, 21-23, 16-21 to bow out of the tour- ahead and grabbed a healthy 16-12 advan- men's team) will enter the semi-finals.  Spanish or Portuguese to introduce nament. tage at one stage. But the experienced Once they enter the semis then it is any-  J J  them to other philosophies which Jayaram dished out a clinical effort as he Jayaram managed to draw parity at 19-19 body's game. They will enter the semis KF@K will help the ISL to grow," Pires, who led 6-0 at one point. However, Kim reduced and sealed the contest eventually. because we have got a fantastic team and M@ is a La Liga ambassador, said. have got a good coach," Lobo told FM However, the 44-year-old reporters here. @C remained optimistic about the The hockey World Cup will be held future of Indian football, provided La Liga side Girona FC and and E in Odisha's capital from November 28 the sport perfects the balance Australian A-League's Melbourne to December 16 and India are clubbed 2 between coaching and training. City FC played their pre-season @@ in Pool C with South Africa, Canada and New Delhi: S "I played in season one and friendly against Kerala Blasters FC Belgium.  there was a lot of passion among the in July. Pires emphasised that iddle distance runner and men's 800m Asian "We are playing in Odisha and that     F  players. I saw some good Indian tal- matches like these would help MGames champion Manjit Singh wants to show his is an advantage with the (home) crowd. JF ent out there. Indian clubs grow. mettle with a podium finish at next year's World We have got 8-10 players, who wont bog  "India has a good future ahead "It is a good start. Girona — I Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. down under the pressure. It's an advan-  but they need good academies, know it is not the best team in La "(My) next target is the Asian Athletics tage and motivation because we are play- coaching and training to move Liga — coming and playing its sea- Championships and the World Athletics ing in Odisha," reasoned Lobo, who KC forward. The mix of all these can son friendly against Kerala is great. Championships in 2019. The target will be to grab a started his coaching journey with his @@ lead to maybe an Indian playing in It can help Indian football. Get medal there and qualify for the (2020 Tokyo) Olympics employers, Tata Sports Club."This team KJ KM @ La Liga one day and that sort of some good teams here. And if and from there begin preparations for the Olympics", Singh told reporters here. is one the best teams and we have got MJ progress is very important for things go like this, 2-3 years down The Asian Athletics Championships will be held in April next year in Doha, while one of the best coaches (Harendra development of football," Pires the line we can expect top sides like the World Athletics Championships will also be held in the same city in September-October, Singh). You cannot get a better coach," OL said. Barcelona and Real Madrid." 2019. he insisted. Chennai: N  #--&  /5+. @  6-1, 2-6, 6-0.   S This is Osaka's second tour- @ aomi Osaka maintained her nament since she defeated Serena jorn Borg lookalike Stefanos Tsitsipas survived   Nstrong form since winning Williams in the US Open final on Ba mid-match meltdown to beat Australia's Alex the US Open by reaching the Sept 8. In the first last week, she de Minaur 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 on Thursday and reach China Open quarterfinals by got to the Pan Pacific Open the Japan Open quarter-finals. @J crushing Julia Goerges 6-1, 6-2 final in Tokyo. The 20-year-old Greek will face local hero Kei PANAJI: K on Thursday. Also, 2010 champion Nishikori for a place in the last four after the fifth @ J Osaka made a slow start, sav- Caroline Wozniacki beat Anett seed came through an absorbing contest in two YZ@ ing a break point and enduring Kontaveit 7-5, 6-4 and qualified hours, 20 minutes.  five deuces in the eight-minute for the WTA Finals, where she Elsewhere, second seed Kevin Anderson also  first game. But she broke will be the defending champ. advanced, while Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff Wimbledon and US Open finals so I have noth- @ Goerges' serve in the next game On the men's side, fourth- continued his dream run in Tokyo. ing to lose," said Gasquet.  @ F and raced to 5-0. seeded Fabio Fognini downed Wimbledon finalist Anderson ultimately Struff, who dumped out top seed Marin Cilic  Osaka won four consecutive Andrey Rublev 6-4, 6-3, Marton had too much in the locker for young Frances in the first round, produced a gutsy 7-6 (7/3), 6- [ points on Goerges' serve to open improvement is mental. Fucsovics of Hungary beat Marco Tiafoe, progressing with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 victory. 7 (2/7), 6-4 win over Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.  the second set and rolled on. In the quarterfinals, Osaka Cecchinato of Italy 6-4, 6-2, and The Protean, ranked ninth in the world, will The world number 56 next faces Denis @ When asked why she's risen will play Zhang Shuai, who came Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia face eighth seed Richard Gasquet in the last eight Shapovalov after the Canadian knocked out three- J[ into the top 10 this year, Osaka back from a set down to defeat defeated Fernando Verdasco of after he ousted Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/1). time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka late on   said: "I think my biggest third-ranked Angelique Kerber Spain 7-6(3), 6-4. "Kevin is a top 10 player and has been in the Wednesday.

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ighly sensitive people are too often perceived as weak or Hbroken. But to feel intense- ly is not a symptom of weakness; it is the characteristic of a truly alive and compassionate human being. Sensitivity is a temperament trait, not a medical disorder. So nothing is inherently wrong with you. It is not the sensitive person who is broken; it is society under- stands that has become dysfunction- al and emotionally incapacitated. Those who are at times described as being ‘too emotional’ or ‘complicated’ are the very fabric of what keeps the dream alive for a more thoughtful, caring, humane world. Never be ashamed to let your feelings, smiles and tears shine a light in this world. Sadly, though, many certified health practitioners don’t under- stand this because sensory process- ing sensitivity is a recent area of health research. Sure, highly sensitive people are more likely to have allergies or sen- sitivities to food, chemicals, medica- tion, and so forth. And they’re more prone to overstimulation, thus quicker to feel stress which can lead to other health issues. But sensitiv- ity in itself is not something that needs fixing. Maybe you blame your tears on dust in your eye during that cheesy TV commercial; or you sign up for the company fun run, even though you hate running and you know you’ll feel ashamed of how long your body takes to recover. But even if you grew up displaying your sensi- tivity with pride, it’s unlikely you escaped the cultural pressure moti- vating you to disguise your real self to fit the norms. You probably feel different and alone. But the truth is, you’re not. Many have experienced confusion in isolation before discovering that hordes of people have some idea of what it’s like to be you. They’ve felt the surge of power that comes from being supported by like-minded souls. And they want to pay it for- ward. The key whenever possible is to hang out with sensitive people who are already flourishing, or at least open to those possibilities. They understand not only how to man- age their sensitivity, but also how to wield its superpowers. They know what it’s like for you to feel endless- ly under siege, and they can offer firsthand experience and wisdom to help you make your sensitivities work in your favor. Successful sensitive types appre- ciate and relish the strengths of sen- sitivity, in themselves and others. If you’re feeling unsupported or mis- understood, find a sensitively knowledgeable coach, mentor, or community who gets you … and nurture that connection. The brain is a powerful filter that molds experiences and percep- tion. And when you don’t under- ways you’d never dream of judging always comfortable, but they trust you aren’t on a roller coaster. tions of reality. If you think the stand why you feel and behave in the others.  their bodies to guide them. If you Suppressing emotions to get a break world is a dangerous place, your ways you do, it’s easy to frame these Controlling your nagging inner ; have a habit of hiding from feelings from feeling anything at all. brain is wired to hunt for evidence as flaws. critic is essential to self-compassion. or passing the point of overwhelm, This self-protective mechanism of danger. If you believe it’s a lov- In truth, these “weaknesses” But contrary to popular belief, you  learn to recognize your body’s sub- might fool your conscious mind, but ing place, you spot more loving are simply your unmet needs and shouldn’t do so by relentlessly ignor- P; tle signs of overstimulation. it doesn’t fool your sensitive body. opportunities. What you focus on, unique gifts to nourish. In refram- ing it. Deep thinking is one of your  You’ll spend less time being This oozes into your health, your you get more of. ing your past and nurturing your gifts, so why not embrace that thrown out of balance, and more relationships, your career, every As a highly sensitive person, the present, you set yourself up for suc- power? Take control by hearing ; time swaying gently within your aspect of your life … or, it builds ten- more negative the environment, cess in your future. your thoughts without judgment nervous system’s range of optimal sion inside until something has to the more you suffer. But the oppo- As a highly sensitive person you (after all, there might be gems of themselves the same loving compas- more than it values sensitivity. We arousal. give. site is also true the more positive, are deeply compassionate. So much wisdom hidden deep) and then piv- sion that they’re naturally good at grow up hearing: “no pain, no gain; After a lifetime of being bom- Successful sensitive types let go the more you thrive. so that putting others’ comfort and oting to thoughts that trigger kinder giving others. It may feel selfish or survival of the fittest; life isn’t fair — barded by stimuli, it becomes sec- of the grasp for control. When you Your gifts of sensitivity include needs before your own is second and more loving emotions in your vain at first, but it’s not. If your crit- get used to it.” We admire those who ond nature to push sensitivity out of free the energy used to hold your- deep reflection and an instinct to see nature. On top of that, you’re body. From that better-feeling ical inner voice is devaluing who you show grit to prevail over their ter- the conscious awareness. Tuning self tight, you free the gifts of sen- all angles and consequences. But by often your own biggest critic. You place, you’re better able to choose are, answer back with self-kindness rible plights. out from relentless sensations, for sitivity that have been lost to you: being so deeply tuned in to details, push yourself hard, and then you actions to care for yourself and oth- … this is the antidote. Successful sensitive types tune example, so you can pretend you empathy, creativity, and heightened you’re easily overwhelmed and beat up on yourself when you miss ers. We live in a culture that values in to the physical sensations in their don’t give a darn. Toning down joy, to name a few. And you allow exhausted by unyielding stimula- the mark. You criticize yourself in Successful sensitive types show “take a painkiller and push on” far bodies; they accept that it’s not intense feelings (good and bad) so your true potential to blossom.

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      @  E   ove stories are getting a spin on television, this time by looking  DZ Lback at history, legend, myths F and epics. Welcome to the season of Das, who wrote, directed and edited Village  romance between Salim and H Rockstars, is currently looking for ways to raise Anarkali, which is being posited as funds, but is grateful for Assam government’s love across class divides, Radha and +R help. Krishna, which is about humanising “I have not heard anything from the (cen- divinity or Karn and Sangini, which tral) government yet, but we asked the Assam  is about the maturity of a relation- government for support and they have  ship that is an everyday story against promised 1 crore. I’ve heard that 33 per cent odds instead of an epic. of it will go in entertainment tax. So, around Reinventing history, Nitin Jai 67 lakh is the fund we will get as of now,” said L Shukla, creative director and produc- 5 Das, adding that she may look at private organ- er of the show, Dastaan-e-Mohabbat: isations in Assam or seek help via crowdfund- Salim Anarkali, says, “Their story has ven as filmmaker Rima Das hopes the ing platforms.  been told a number of times and a EIndian government will help her surmount Mundra has committed 10 lakh to her, lot has been written in books about monetary hurdles to begin the Oscar campaign while political party Asom Gana Parishad has   Emperor Akbar, his son Salim and for her Assamese film Village Rockstars, film- extended 5 lakh for the film. kaneez (maid) Anarkali, who some makers like Vetrimaraan and Manish Mundra She knows about the FPF, but is yet to apply   consider to be a fictitious character. are still waiting for government funds promised as there appears to be a “catch” in getting the F The journey of their separation is the to them. money.  crux of our story as nobody knows “They (central government) haven’t reim- FFI Secretary General Supran Sen said, what really happened. This curios- bursed us the promised funds for promotion- “The government has earmarked some amount, ity is what we seek to address, al expenses of Newton in our run-up to the but the unfortunate point is that the grant is drawing on several theories. It is a Oscars. It’s (been) more than eight months,” given only if the film makes the cut in top nine M classical cult romance for the view- tweeted Mundra, who produced the in the category.”  ers.” Rajkummar Rao-starrer under his Drishyam Sen said FFI plans to write to the govern- If you ask about the research that Films banner. ment to make some changes to the procedure goes into such kind of shows, he says, His tweet came after Assamese actor Adil as “the funds must be given at the first stage, “The Mughal era has so far been por- Hussain urged the government to release 5 not the last.” OP trayed as being extremely high- crore to promote Indie film Village Besides, one of the terms of @ B pitched, be it costumes, drama, Rockstars, the country’s official entry funding, as stated on the I&B P plots and war sequences. Yet that era to the 91st Academy Awards in the Ministry’s website, is that the has been very well documented. best foreign language film category. K decision of providing financial Both emperors Babar and Akbar Acclaimed Tamil filmmaker assistance would be based on wrote detailed autobiographies and Vetrimaaran says that after the gov- recommendation of a govern- kept a record of their reigns. But you ernment set up a promotional fund, ment-constituted expert panel. ; cannot find about the story of Visaranai was sent by the Film @ The panel would examine Anarkali or who she was. Just like proves love triumphs over all odds Federation of India (FFI) commit- information provided by the Jodhabai was fictitious. Such char- and will have an interesting reso- tee to the Oscars. @ filmmakers and also view the acters were probably deliberately left nance in times of honour killings of “The promotion game there is film before making recommen- out of empire records but are pop- inter-caste couples.” a totally different and not an easy dations to determine the finan- ular in folklore. So that area between By retelling known tales, the one for us. Initially, it was said that cial assistance a film gets under fact and fiction is interesting to work makers are trying to focus on con- the government will give a certain @ the scheme. 2 on as a storyteller. You can bring a temporary issues and set them amount to films participating in dif- Vetrimaaran, whose freshness of treatment only because against an old template with implic- ferent festivals. When we @ Visaranai deals with police bru- these stories have not been told. Our it correctives and lessons. While this approached them, we were informed tality and corruption, feels that aim is to bring a cinematic experi- may work on the TRP the money will be transferred to us a film that’s “anti-Indian” might 4 ence of such untold and eternal love charts, it is sad that once we submit the expenditure bills not get government funding. P stories. Salim and Anarkali have Indian television still and our bank details, after verifica- “This funding scheme will always been referenced against needs a reference point tion,” he said. eventually work as an illegitimate Mughal-e-Azam but we have gone to to justify contemporary “It has been three years, and offi- censor board of India. It would probe it layer by layer and at the realism. cials’ verification is still going on. It’s very appre- really help filmmakers if such a funding is real- human level.” ciable that their verification is so thorough,” said ly based on the criteria they’ve mentioned. But P Writer, director and produc- Vetrimaaran, possibly with a tinge of sarcasm. if there’s a hidden agenda in this funding ‘scam,’ L er Siddharth Kumar Tewary of In over 60 years that India has sent foreign I feel this will hurt a lot of serious and sensi- the show Radhakrishna, says, language films to Academy Awards, only three ble filmmakers,” he added. “Radha and Krishna is a divine love have made it to the nomination line-up — Monga, whose 2009 film Kavi was nomi- story and embodies the essence of Mother India, Salaam Bombay! and Lagaan. nated for Oscars’ Best Live Action Short Film true love. And in a bigoted world None has won. category, emphasised on the need for right dis- L that loves to operate within bina- Government support with funds and a year- tributor and a good PR strategy. M ries and rigidities, it is an eye- long outreach for Indian cinema in the US could “You need PR, advertising and screening opener and a treatise of human help in breaking the jinx, say experts. support, plus living costs in Los Angeles,” said  relationships and their In 2016, the then minister of Information Monga from the Hollywood hub where she is internecine conflicts. Larger and Broadcasting, M. Venkaiah Naidu had watching screenings as an Academy member. than life they may be, but also announced a Film Promotion Fund (FPF) to “You need to groom the market in the US true to life.” provide financial assistance for promotional for Indian films. It’s not overnight that we wake Shashi Mittal, producer activities to movies which would be selected in up every September thinking ‘Let's go to and writer of the show Karn competition section of a reputed internation- Oscars.’ We are already late. The government Sangini, has chosen to focus on social al film festival or were being sent as India’s offi- should have regular PR companies in the US L conflicts and feudalism that still cial entry to the Academy Awards under the for- doing this year-long outreach for Indian cine- plays out in modern India. Says he, eign film category. ma,” she added. \ “The show is extremely special to all Right after FFI’s selection, committee She also said that a solid and reputed  of us as it brings to light a new nar- chairman S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu unveiled American distributor to market a film in the rative of an epic like Mahabharata. Village Rockstars as this year’s pick, he cited US always helps.  Love triangles always call for a good “acute lack of funds” for promotions as a rea- Lagaan had Sony Pictures Classics as dis- narrative and we thought why not son why Indian entries haven’t made the cut. tributor. F probe a grey area and set one such According to Guneet Monga, a member of This is also why there was ‘brouhaha’ when  triangle in the backdrop of the epic the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and India did not choose The Lunchbox — which Kurukshetra war? Karn Sangini is the Sciences and associate producer of Norway’s had Sony Pictures Classics’ backing — as its offi- untold tale of Karn and Uruvi, who Oscar entry What Will People Say, a film needs cial entry to Oscars.   M stood by him, transcending class and anything between 3 crore and 5 crore for pre- Monga says that was a “big mistake.” social barriers. It’s a show that Oscars promotions. L

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Like the were great connoisseurs of food, their winters, his love for it being so intense wardrobe in C S Lewis’ famed fantasy series kitchens boasting of elaborate menus. that he would have it every day without Narnia, the doors at Monkey Bar will take Certain dishes which are unique to the fail till summer arrived. The satiating you to a new gastronomic world. place were developed by their khansamas pleasure of a simple khichdi is incompa- Outside is Delhi but inside is (chefs), and continue to be a secret that rable to any of the fanciest of dishes in Bengal’s capital Kolkata. a hole in the digestive tract. the royal families guard fiercely. best of the restaurants, especially when Food curator Iti Misra During the course of But even the commoners delight in you eat it sitting on a charpoy with the and head chef of Monkey the afternoon, we joked the unique food preparations and there winter’s sun rays kissing you among the Bar, Dheeraj Varma, fol- how common it is for the are certain staples which do not taste sim- banter of your family and loved ones. lowed the metro line of Bengali brethren to carry ilar even if you follow the recipe in any We do not simply get satiated with the eastern city from an analgesic in their bags other part of the world. the good old makka ki roti and sarson da north to south to come because they would A Rampuri knows what place taar- saag, as our saags are generally combined up with their Durga rather take the medicine tandoori holds in their hearts. Taar with meat. Every kitchen in winters has Puja special menu from than give up on the refers to the saalan (gravy) which has a waft of gobhi gosht, saag gosht or saag the streets. The grand beloved tele bhaja or fried single thread-like consistency that is not kofte being whipped up. Cauliflower festival street feast food. However, they avoid- supposed to break when transferred mixed with spinach is cooked in meat, emerged out of necessity. ed these pitfalls and kept the from the serving dish to your plate. Made similarly spinach in meat or spinach and During the five days of the menu limited to three mains of small, finely-chiselled cuts of meat, its meatballs, all of which are blended with festival, when the city stands still and seven starters, which are aroma in itself can make you hungry. aromatic methi herb and then eaten with only to celebrate, there is bare- good enough to fill one’s tummy. Eaten with freshly made huge tandoori makka ki roti. ly any food cooked at home. Their take on the Shoitan dim rotis, the size of which you won’t get any- No food talk can ever be complete And since the Durga puja or devilled eggs is to leave out where else, but was normal for us till a without the mention of a dessert. is largely women-driven, the potato layer and fill it with relative from a different city pointed out Rampuris’ very own sweet dish is fond- they get busy. So ven- keema instead, turning it that it’s a novelty. These rotis made in a ly called Gulaththi. The name may sound dors have opened up into a gastronomic wonder tandoor are crisp and thin with a whiff ridiculous, but the dish is completely out community feasts to for the meat lover. “We have of coriander which makes them unique. of the world. A very rich sweet dish, its take care of feeding not touched the Chitpur I remember during my growing up consistency lies somewhere between the their families. If the road Chicken rezala. It is years, natives who were settled far and traditional kheer and its overdone cousin mornings are about absolutely the same recipe away, during a visit would always enquire rabri, as Gulaththi is infused with milk, satvik bhog at the man- because the city has a loyalty if there was any waleema around the maava/khoya, sugar, lots of dry fruits and dap, evenings are about to old and inherited recipes. corner so that they could tuck garnished with a layer of Chandi ka warq high spirits and gastronomic This one comes from the area into taar-tandoori to their (silver foil) and another whole layer of dry indulgence. around Nakhoda masjid. The exiled heart’s desire. Why fruits (mostly cashews). It was a signa- From a wide array of choices, nawab of Oudh, Wajid Ali Shah, brought waleema (reception)? ture wedding dish till the last decade or Misra and Varma have picked up Beadon with him a retinue of cooks, who infused Because it was the only so. Still popular at weddings and social street’s fish roll to Vivekanand Park’s famous rich dishes with a certain delicacy and sub- standard dish for any gatherings, it is not commonly prepared Ghoogni, devilled eggs, Hing-er kochuri, tlety. The chicken curry is made with a few reception, though in households as it is quite heavy on the prawn dumplings from Tiretti Bazaar, spices and a lot of onion and ginger-garlic the pattern has stomach and one cannot have more than Moong daal pakodi chaat from Vardaan juice. You leave it on the stove for a long time changed overtime a bowl at a time. market, Pork momos from Elgin Road and so that the juice reduces and you follow up and people have Another dessert which is very rus- more. They also have a twist on the with cashew and poppy paste,” he said. He added other tic, earthy, seasonal as well as uncom- Darjeeling tea, the much-loved ripe guava recommended eating it with the classic teen options to the mon is the rasaawal derived from ras and Phuchka paani by making them into kona paratha of Kolkata. In this area, one menus now. Also, wale chawal. Made from ganne ka ras cocktails called Thaanda chaa, Piara peara can see kebabs being cooked on the street earlier weddings (sugarcane juice) and rice, rasaawal is and Puchka capiroshka. With the phuchka while you walk around. The Mughlai were generally generally eaten cold with hot milk water, they have used gondhoraj lebu (aro- paratha or flatbread stuffed with mutton and held during the day poured onto it. While some prefer it hot matic lemon), another speciality of the state, egg is about sinful generosity in a bite. and slow cooking this without milk. It is a local delicacy made and vodka, while the guava drink is paired However, they haven’t left the vegetar- dish overnight in a degh (huge fresh off ple have taken to it through generations. during bitter cold when sugarcane is in with tequila and the tea spiked with vodka ians high and dry. For them, there is the cooking pot) would lend it an aroma the iron grill It is made from white urad dal, milk and abundance. Slow cooked over a couple again. good old aloo sabzi and luchi, moong daal which when cooked in a house in a pres- kebabs have a taste that one can never for- desi ghee (clarified butter), tempered with of days on a traditional U-shaped chul- “People look for food on-the-go while pakodi chaat and kochuri. The College street sure cooker or even a pot would be dif- get. Anyone who has tasted the Rampuri onion and sabut mirch (whole yellow ha, it is a tedious process to cook it to pandal-hopping and visiting families. The Hing-er kochuri, a stuffed and fluffed fried ficult to attain. variant will drool at the mere mention of chilli) in desi ghee, and garnished with perfection. The real essence of joint metro line was the spinal cord for our menu. bread, will be served with sweet and sour Furthermore, one cannot miss out on seekh kebab. Made from minced meat finely-chopped ginger, green chillies and family system in India is at power play We started from Shobha bazaar and Bagh pumpkin curry. Unlike a luchi, the stuffing the yakhni pulao. Realms have already which is marinated with spices and then coriander. No daawat in Rampur is ever over here when duties change among bazaar, the northeast part of Kolkata. Iti for this is fennel seeds and asafoetida. This been written and said about the variety deftly put on each seekh or iron rod, these complete without this dal at the dinner family members to take care of the hot aunty had done her research and chose some recipe is inspired by Putiram Sweets, which of biryanis, and pulaos that our country are made the traditional way on charcoals table. cauldron of rasaawal and increase or street vendors and enterprises, which had has a decadal cult following. “It’s a go-to boasts of. However, the yakhni pulao of and dipped in ghee later, which gives We are partial to the urad family, con- decrease the firewood while churning the been around for a while like Nizaam’s. We place for college kids, who can get a mid- Rampur is one dish which is light and them a rich and smooth texture. As kids suming it in different forms and being simmering pot in the extreme cold. We tried the Kosha mangsho, a dry mutton dish, day or high-tea meal for 20,” he added. aromatic despite its flavorful richness. we used to compete over the number of equally fond of all of them. Uradgosht is have witnessed numerous such soirees at one place, Kolkata-style chilli chicken at Misra said the meal works for vegetarians The dish derives its uniqueness from the kebabs we could eat during family gath- another dal and meat combination which playing, or chatting around while our another and went to Nizaam’s for Kathi roll, who don’t eat onions during Navratri as well. meat broth into which a potli (bundle) of erings, when a traditional kebab wala was Rampuris relish. The fragrance of whole elders, both men and women, of the fam- which they created and still are patents of The pakodi chaat comes from a streetside spices and condiments are added, boiled hired and we huddled around him, black urad legumes cooked in meat, ily would take equal interest and pleasure its artisanship. All of these can be had then vendor in Vardaan market, who claims that till the flavour of green chillies, spices and without caring for the smoke entering our which is a little high on spices is what in such sojourns. and there and don’t need a sit-down format,” former British Prime Minister David broth work up their magic and the pulao eyes or the heat, or even the hot kebabs ideal lunches are made of. Best relished I can still go on about the aroma, said Varma. Cameron had loved it. His secret? He brings finally lands up on your plate. One can which would often burn our tongues. We with plain rice, it is a complete meal unto tastes and euphoric pleasure that we The restaurant is also lending its own fresh ground daal every morning and fries go on and on about this light on stom- would simply wait for our turn to dig into itself. derive out of some of our overly-loved spin on the food, just enhancing the taste it on the spot for connoisseurs. Even ach and hearty pulao which is again a sig- them or run away with our plate before One of the most popular dishes, Urad food items, but this small compilation with minor tweaks than changing the Gaggan Anand, the chef with the only nature dish at both the weddings and someone else pounced upon it. ki kaali dal ki khichdi, can be easily throws light on some specialties and grammar. With the ghooghni, the tangy yel- Michelin-starred restaurant in Asia, has funerals alike (now you do realise the Our vegetarian fare boasts of dal termed as our comfort food. This quin- peculiar food items associated with low pea curry which can be eaten with a shown his love for the savoury by posting depth of our love for food, even in death, straight from the kitchen of the Nawabs. tessential, simple and most widely-eaten Rampur, that have delighted generations bread or turned into a non-vegetarian about it on various social media. we don’t want to leave behind a bad taste). When it comes to a delicacy that is royal, rice preparation is a staple in every alike. It’s not just the taste and ingredi- broth with bits of mutton tossed in, they The restaurant will transform its inte- The next best thing this region offers eclectic and very simple, what comes to Rampuri household. With the arrival of ents that make any food pleasurable and have added a masala brioche. For those riors for 16 days as it started yesterday with are the seekh kebabs. While kebabs are mind is the shahi dal. It’s a wonder how misty mornings, households would be relishing but love, the company of peo- seeking nostalgia and also lighter tastes, their signboards indicating your next stop in common throughout the country these delicately a dish as simple as dal has been filled with the aroma of simmering pots ple, and the memories associated with it. version of the umami-ish food would take Kolkata, while artworks like the trademark melt in the mouth. 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I6             eenage sensation Prithvi Shaw announced his arrival in top-flight 5B49 JR @ F K Tcricket by becoming the youngest MKRKC C C Indian to score a Test century on debut, 949 headlining the home team's march to 364 JR  for four against West Indies on day one 459 M of the series-opener here. 5 RMM M Shaw (134 off 154) and Cheteshwar J F MC Pujara (86 off 130) laid the foundation for enturion Prithvi Shaw, who batted like one not a big score with a 206-run partnership Cappearing in his maiden Test, Thursday said he was after the early loss of K L Rahul (0). 286 also well prepared to play his first international game Skipper (72 not out off           against a better attack in testing English conditions. 137) and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane (41 Teenage sensation Shaw was named in India's off 92) then took the innings forward with @ KJ J squad for the final two Tests in England but did not a 105-run stand in the final session, @ J C ` get to make his debut in a series which the visitors lost putting India in the driver's seat before @ MM CMM 1-4. the latter was caught behind off spinner He made a dream debut against the West Indies Roston Chase.  MC J F MC in the series opener, scoring a sublime 134 and, at 18 Kohli looked set for another hundred @ CM C ` CCKC years and 329 days, becoming the youngest Indian to and was batting alongside Rishabh Pant reach three figures in his maiden appearance. (17 not out off 21) at close of play. Eighty "It was captain and coach's decision (of when to nine overs were bowled on day one with ?>&#""7 give me a game). I was ready in England as well but India scoring at 4.08 runs per over. 6 finally got the opportunity here," said the soft-spoken The West Indies, handed a big set- ;DF youngster after stumps on day one. back even before toss with the last-minute G "But it I was a great experience in England. They withdrawal of captain Jason Holder, &! made feel really comfortable. Virat bhai told me there looked ordinary at best on the field. GG1<!D"GG& is no senior or junior in the team. It was nice sharing Barring pacer Shanon Gabriel (1/66), !GG6I$! the dressing room with players who have played inter- none of the bowlers troubled the Indian ! national cricket for more than five years. Everyone is batsmen on a greenish surface which did FFF a friend now." not seem to do much. -+ He was expectedly nervous before the game but The opposition attack was far from getting to spend time with his senior teammates dur- threatening but due credit must be given F1<; ing the England series helped him approach his debut to Shaw, who batted like a seasoned cam- !$!J& paigner in his first match for India. His )!!F back-foot play off the pacers was a treat !"F to the eyes and when spinners were ? deployed, he was not afraid to use the long " handle. !!!G6 At 18 years and 329 days, Shaw 122 reached the milestone off just 99 balls, adding to a host of records he holds in G his blossoming career. He had earlier FIGURATIVELY - made waves by reaching three figures in !!" his first Ranji Trophy appearance and was  G*1<! the youngest to hit a century on Duleep !G* Trophy debut. I G In the process, Shaw also became the ++6 YKZCMCF second youngest Indian to score a maid- !M en Test ton after the legendary Sachin @YKZC @YMZCK !F Tendulkar. !!; Shaw, who was 75 not out at lunch,  D"F reached the three figures in the afternoon 4! session with a typical punch to the D" cover, the same way he got his first runs KRJ L  in international cricket. C More than half of his runs came CMC like "any other game". through boundaries, 19 in total.  His first runs came Unfortunately, Shaw fell at the stroke of off his typical back-foot tea, in what was a soft dismissal as he MR F punch and he never chipped one straight into the hands of leg- K K looked back from there, gie Devendra Bishoo. J  playing a top-quality He was not facing one of the best innings comprising 19 attacks but he gave ample evidence of his   fours. brilliance on way to a memorable hun-  "I was nervous at the dred. Pujara too looked at ease at the 0J 6Y start but settled down other end until he was caught behind off Z after I timed a few nice- debutant Sherman Lewis, missing out on M YM@ ly. After that, I didn't feel a 16th Test ton. ZYC the pressure that I felt at In the morning, Shaw, who became  JZ the start of the innings. the 293rd cricketer to represent India in RC  I like to dominate Tests, showed supreme confidence from crashing into the stumps. comfortable against the spin duo of bowlers and that is what ball one, on which he offered a watchful 0J  Shaw, however, continued batting Bishoo and Chase. I was trying to do, wait- leave. @@ YMZ with confidence and his first boundary The teenage prodigy collected two ing for the loose balls," he said. The Mumbaikar punched the second @ YMKZ@YCZ came in the second over bowled by fours off Bishoo in the 11th over and did Having scored a hundred on Ranji and Duleep ball he faced towards the cover bound- YCZ Keemo Paul, another back foot punch the same to Chase in the 20th over. He Trophy debut, Shaw did the same at the highest level. ary for a three, his first runs in interna-  towards the point boundary. also produced a delightful straight drive When asked, Shaw was modest about rising to the tional cricket, easing whatever nerves left R  He got more aggressive in Paul's fol- on way to reaching his half-century occasion timing and again. inside. C F lowing over, hitting him for three fours which came off 56 balls. "I don't know how I manage but whenever go in CC 1 Gabriel was clocking in the higher  as the pacer was duly punished for bowl- The West Indians looked listless on the middle, I try to play to the merit of the ball and 140kph but that did not faze Shaw.  JJ ing far too many looseners. After Rahul's the field as boundaries came at will for even in this game I went in with the same mindset. I Gabriel trapped his opening partner  dismissal, Shaw and Pujara gave the India. Their troubles had mounted did not try anything new thinking it is my first Test. Rahul in front with a sharp incoming 6 CMF innings a move on and did not look in even before the start of the game as Played the same way I have played India A and domes- delivery to give the West Indies an early  F@FC any sort of trouble. Holder pulled out with an ankle injury, tic cricket. breakthrough. Rahul was better off not      While Shaw punched and drove giving Kraigg Brathwaite a chance to lead "Having said that, there is a lot of difference if you taking the DRS as the ball was clearly effortlessly off pacers, he was equally the team. compare international cricket with the U-19 and domestic cricket. They come with a lot of strategies in international cricket. You face bowlers with a lot more pace. Sometimes you face serious pace in domes- tic cricket but here is a lot more variety and experi- ence," said Shaw who looked comfortable against 97@95*< Shanon Gabriel even though he was touching 150kph. The year could not have turned out better for Shaw, years ago. It is crazy. It is going to affect us because Pollard played Test cricket, who knows he could who led India to the U-19 World Cup title in New for most young West Indies players, the ultimate have developed as a good Test cricketer. Zealand, made his IPL debut before finally getting his ormer West Indies all-rounder Carl Hooper aim is sign a contract with an IPL side," he said. "But he stuck to the shorter formats. So we big break on Thursday. He dedicated the hundred to Fsays the lure of bagging an IPL contract has "So it would have a bearing on his availabil- are missing players. Evin Lewis just decided to his father, who raised him as a single parent after his hurt the Caribbean outfit in Test cricket as most ity for West Indies cricket including Tests," push back on a central contract. He is good mother passed way when he was just four. talented youngsters' "ultimate goal" is to play in Hooper said. enough to play Test cricket. So the shorter ver- "I never thought of making my India debut right the cash-rich T20 league. Owing to pay disputes and with the option sions of the game curtail our progress. Having said after the U-19 win. I took it match by match. It final- The past disputes between the players and the of playing T20 leagues around the world, the likes that, it would be unfair to blame the players for ly happened today. I dedicate this innings to my father. West Indies Cricket Board are well-documented of Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and making the choice (of playing IPL). We all want He has made a lot of sacrifice for me. I cannot even and the IPL has contributed to the team's travails Sunil Narine preferred playing the shorter formats. to be financially secure at the end of the day," said describe it now. in the longest format, feels Hooper. "The IPL is just a six-week window but we the 51-year-old from Guyana. "I was thinking about my dad, as he has sacrificed The veteran of 102 Tests and 10,000-plus have had situations where we have had someone Hooper cited another example which could a lot for me. Whenever I scored a hundred I thought international runs is back in India after 16 years like Sunil Narine, who picked up six wickets in hurt the Test team. of him and this is my first Test hundred, it's all for him." to commentate on the two-Test series. his last Test (in 2013), has not played for us again. "Someone like a Shimron Hetmyer, who has When asked what his father said to him before the "We should have seen this coming (IPL impact Same goes for Gayle and Kieron Pollard. had very good CPL, is highly rated. Now he can game, Shaw added: "He doesn't know that much about on West Indies cricket). T20 cricket is here to stay. "I am not saying they were finished products be picked up in the IPL next season and I would cricket. He just said 'go and enjoy your debut'. Play You got more leagues in play than what it was five in the longest format but at 26-27, let's say if EC hate to lose him to the IPL." like another game." I $!Q!(; a sweep shot off left-arm spinner Rameez defend the small total, thanks to Hossain at the crease, they Khan and the fielder at square leg took a a disciplined bowling show led were in a great chance to win ndia discard Naman Ojha's deplorable on- catch. The MP players started celebrating as ohit Jangra and Siddharth by pacer Jangra and left-arm the match. But the Indian Ifield behaviour stopped proceedings for Rana stood his ground. MDesai grabbed three wick- spinner Desai, who shared six bowlers gave nothing away and 20 minutes but couldn't stop Delhi from Umpire Rajeev Godara then walked up ets apiece as India eked out a wickets between them. did not allow Bangladesh bats- thrashing Madhya Pradesh by 75 run in a to square leg umpire Navdeep Singh and narrow two-run win over Bangaldesh were all out for 170 men score easy runs. group B encounter of Trophy after discussion asked for referral from the Bangladesh to enter the final of in 46.2 overs. Earlier, India did not have on Thursday. third umpire (match referee in this case). the Under-19 Asia Cup here on The duo ripped through the best of starts in their innings Batting first, Delhi scored 284 for 8 rid- After watching the feed, match referee Thursday. through the Bangladesh batting and had a batting slump in the ing on Nitish Rana's 98-ball-107 studded Nitin Goel ruled not out after which Ojha, Opting to bat in, India by claiming five out of their top middle overs with three wick- with 10 fours and three sixes. C  who has played a Test, ODI and couple of were all out for 172 in 49.3 overs six batsmen. ets falling in quick succession. Having already lost focus due to their T20Is completely lost it. with Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scor- Bangladesh were reduced D They had two good partner- captain's outbursts, MP could manage only ter-finals of the National championship. He wagged his finger at Godara with an ing with a 69-ball 37 while to 65 for five by the 20th over ships — one of 66 for the sec- 209 in 42.4 overs as part-time off-spinner The incident that marred the proceed- angry outburst questioning his competence Sameer Choudhary and Anuj but a 74-run partnership memorable victory. ond wicket between Jaiswal Lalit Yadav picked up five for 25. ings happened in the 28th over of the as first-class umpire. Match referee Goel had Rawat contributed 36 and 35 between Shamim Hossain (59) Bangladesh reached 139 and Rawat and another of 59 Delhi now have 22 points from seven innings. to enter the field as proceedings were halt- respectively. and wicketkeeper Akbar Ali for six and needed 34 runs from between Ayush Badoni (28) and games and look good to qualify for the quar- Left handed Rana, then on 26, played ed for close to 20 minutes. The Indians were able to (45) took them nearer to a 14.5 overs for a win. With Choudhary.

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