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Aby the Supreme Court, The Bill was passed with Reservation should also extend CBI Director Alok Verma on 165 votes in favour and 7 to private sector and constitu- Wednesday resumed office and against it. ion of an All Judicial ser- revoked most of the transfer The Bill was approved after vice, he said. orders issued by then director appointed by Rao to probe the the vigilance watchdog against the House rejected a motion ST and OBCs will not be legality of the Bill in view of the (BSP) said the Bill was moti- The Ninth Schedule to the (incharge) M Nageshwar Rao. case against Asthana. Verma. The CVC had earlier moved by Kanimozhi (DMK) touched by the amendment Supreme Court setting limit of vated by meeting of his party Constitution was introduced to Rao had transferred 13 Through a midnight order probed allegations of graft and supported by Left parties and Opposition parties should quotas at 50 per cent. chief and Samajwadi Party save land reforms law enacted officials, including those prob- on October 23, the against Verma under the mon- for sending it to a have supported the legislation Minister of State for Social head for a possible poll alliance by various States from being ing the corruption case against Government had sent both itoring of retired SC judge AK Parliamentary Select without any ifs and buts. Justice and Empowerment in Uttar Pradesh, which sends challenged in the courts to second-in-command Rakesh Verma and Asthana on leave Patnaik. The SC had during Committee for scrutiny. The changes in the Ramdas Athawale said he saw most MPs in the Lok Sabha. facilitate agrarian reforms. Asthana. They include Deputy pending an enquiry by the the hearing of Verma’s petition Against 18 members support- Constitution being made to nothing wrong in bringing a The Bill comes just four Anand Sharma (Congress) SP AK Bassi who was probing Central Vigilance Commission challenging the government ing, 155 opposed it and one provide the reservation will Bill to win election. months ahead of Lok Sabha said a Government “on depar- the case against Asthana to Port and appointed Rao as the inter- decision to send him on leave member abstained. hold scrutiny of the Supreme Congress and other polls and weeks after BJP faced ture lounge” brought the Bill Blair. Other officers probing im CBI director. Rao had termed some findings of the The Bill was approved after Court, he hoped. Opposition parties also raised the wrath of the upper castes after facing “befitting” defeat in Asthana, including SS Gurm ordered the transfers on CVC as “very uncomplimen- the House rejected 5 amend- Filling up of jobs reserved doubts over the move actually especially in Madhya Pradesh three States elections last and DIG MK Sinha, were also October 24. tary.” ments moved by Opposition for SC/STs and OBCs is an benefiting the deserving when, and Rajasthan following its month. transferred to Jabalpur and Meanwhile, Prime Minister During the meeting, members. The quota will be ongoing process, he said, they said, Government jobs are aggressive push to win over Derek O’ Brien (TMC) Nagpur respectively by Rao on Narendra Modi-led High Kharge is learnt to have point- over and above the existing 50 adding the Bill was an attempt drying and the economy is wit- backward classes and Dalits, charged the Government of October 24. Power Committee for Selection ed out that Verma should be per cent reservation to SCs, STs to benefit poor of general cat- nessing a jobless growth. and is being seen as an attempt bringing “Cheat India” A Sai Manohar, Joint of CBI Director met here late given a chance to defend him- and Other Backward Classes egory who have been deprived Questioning the criteria by the party to win over the schemes in housing for all, two Director, Special Investigation in the evening to take a call on self before the committee head- (OBCs). so far. defined to classify economically upper castes. crore jobs, doubling of farm team probing several major the fate of Verma. ed by the PM. Replying to nearly eight While Opposition parties backward classes in general Constitution envisages income and Rs 15 lakh for all cases, has been transferred by Chief Justice of India Kharge also demanded that hour-long debate in the Rajya questioned the motive behind caterogy as persons with annu- quota for socially and educa- citizens. Verma. Joint Director Policy Ranjan Gogoi’s nominee Verma lost 77 days of office due Sabha, Social Justice and bringing the legislation just al family income of Rs 8 lakh tionally backward classes While Kapil Sibal AK Sharma, also in-charge of Justice AK Sikri and Leader to the Government’s decision to Emowerment Minister four months before the gener- when income tax exemption besides SC and STs, but has no (Congress) equated the law to the anti-corruption wing, was of Opposition in the Lok send him on leave so he should Thaawar Chand Gehlot asked al elections, Law Minister Ravi limit is only Rs 2.5 lakh, they mention of economically weak- the “disruptive” demonetisa- transferred to Multi- Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge be compensated and a probe Congress how it would have Shankar Prasad used cricketing also asked why in the four-and- er section. tion, Praful Patel (NCP) said it Disciplinary Monitoring also attended the meeting at should be ordered on the implemented the promise it anology to justify the move say- half- years the Modi The amendment Bill seeks will deliver a “still born” baby. Agency by Rao. the PM’s residence at the Lok events of October 23/24 lead- made in its election manifesto ing ‘sixes are hit only in the slog Government did not bring to insert a clause in Sections 15 BSP’s Mishra termed it as Deputy SP Tarun Gauba Kalyan Marg. The commit- ing to the transfer of Verma. of giving reservation to poor of overs’ and said more such “six- women’s reservation Bill and and 16 of the Constitution. “fraud on the upper caste” had replaced Bassi after inter- tee will again meet on Kharge also demanded that general category but by amend- ers” are in the pipeline. one for reservation for SCs in A Constitution amend- while Manoj Kumar Jha of im director Rao’s orders and Thursday. a copy of the CVC report ing the Constitution. Several Opposition mem- promotion. ment Bill requires support RJD said it was “a mid night other officers Satish Dagar and Sources said the CVC against Verma should be given He said reservation to SC, bers raised doubts about the Satish Chandra Misra from at least two-thirds of robbery”. DIG V Murugesan were briefed Modi on the findings of to him, sources said.        $      

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The meeting on Gandhi to sort out differences on that his party would not be     Thursday will be chaired by the eight of the 48 Lok Sabha seats part of a Mahagathbandhan, tance from BJP and party chief Rahul Gandhi. The from Maharashtra on which the the speculated grand Federal Congress," he said. hief Minister Naveen Patnaik on er 10 years and spending of Clean Energy inclusive. Unfortunately, successive meeting is also expected to take two parties have not yet arrived alliance of Opposition parties Patnaik also ruled out CWednesday reiterated his demand of Cess in coalmining areas were among the Central Governments have ensured that a call on appointing Delhi PCC on a consensus. According to ahead of the 2019 elections. the speculations of another Special Category Status for before other suggestions made by the CM. Odisha remains at the bottom in tele- president following resignation AICC sources, both the “As far as the Cabinet reshuffle ahead of the the 15th Finance Commission here. He also sought Rs 8.24 lakh crore from intensity, railway network, banking and of Ajay Maken. Opposition parties have so far Mahagathbandhan is con- next elections. "There is no A meeting between the State the commission for the period 2020-25. highways compounded by neglect in The reluctance of Akhilesh decided to share 20 seats each. cerned, the Biju Janata Dal is thought on any ministry Government and the commission was "We have submitted a detailed mem- industrial corridor, coal royalty, drinking Yadav-Mayawati combine to Also present in the meeting not a part of it," Patnaik said reshuffle," he said in reply to held here in the presence of Patnaik, other orandum to the commission. I am hope- water and irrigation and cutting off funds include the Congress in the UP was Congress leaders while speaking to reporters reporters' query. Notably, a Ministers and senior bureaucrats of the ful that the commission will incorporate for Scheduled Areas and Kalahandi “mahagathbandhan” has irked Mallikarjun Kharge and NCP here.He reiterated the BJD's section of the Press had State and commission Chairman Nand all our suggestions and help in the rapid Balangir Koraput region," addedthe Chief the grand old party. Reports sug- leader Praful Patel. Both stand that the party would reported that a Ministry Kishore Singh. progress of Odisha," the CM said. Minister. gest that Congress may be left Congress and NCP had suffered continue to maintain equidis- reshuffle was on the cards fol- The CM, in a memorandum to the He said the State has achieved the "It is in this premise of historic out in the SP-BSP combination a drubbing in the 2014 Lok tant from the BJP and the lowing ouster of Damodar commission, also sought a special pack- highest poverty reduction in the country Central neglect and frequent natural that will set aside just two seats Sabha polls, winning only two Congress. "We will continue Rout and Pradeep Maharathy age of Rs 1,500 crore to build more cyclone - a 24.61-percentage points decline -- with calamities that my Government has been in its strongholds of Amethi and and four parliamentary seats with our policy of equidis- from the Cabinet. shelters and improve the disaster warning 80 lakh persons coming out of poverty in demanding Special Category Status for Rae Bareli. respectively of the total of 48 system in the State. the last decade. Odisha which will supplement our efforts In this backdrop, senior seats.Congress and NCP are Increasing tax devolution from 42 per He also said Odisha is the leading in transforming the State," he added. Congress leader Salman scheduled to start a mass con- ures” of the Central and State Sharad Pawar, Congress leaders cent to 50 per cent, making cess and sur- State in rural housing, completing a The Finance Commission is on a four- Khurshid said Congress’ will- tact programme - ‘Parivartan Governments. Separately, top Ashok Chavan, and Prithviraj charge as part of divisible pool, use of the record 20 lakh houses since 2014. day visit to the State to hold detailed meet- ingness to form an alliance Yatra’ - next week in leaders from both the UPA Chavan will lead a ‘Jan 1971 population as devolution criterion, "Our pace of transformation has been ings with the Government and discuss on should not be seen as its weak- Maharashtra to highlight “fail- partners including NCP chief Sangharsh Yatra’ next week. extension of GST compensation for anoth- remarkable and our growth has been the State's finances and other issues.  #  #& ()     &  &            !" businessman at Rs 3 lakh.    reaction to his resignation Government, the marginalisa- Then, he built a thatched house ranging between appreciation tion and invisiblisation of #! without PPT permission and * & ! ess than a decade after Shah and ridicule. around 200 million Indian stayed upto 2009. His family LFaesal was recruited to elite Faesal (35) was off-duty for Muslims at the hands of      and many other families are Indian Administrative Service a year to pursue a fellowship in Hindutva forces reducing them staying in the locality for the         (IAS) by topping the merit list Howard University in the US. to second-class citizens; insid- hile many Bangladeshi last 9 years. The residents have      as first Kashmiri, he announced He returned a week ago amid ious attacks on the special iden- Wfamilies have been stay- been issued Voter Indentity and he State Government on          to quit the coveted service in speculation about his intentions tity of the J&K State and grow- ing inside the Paradip Oil Aadhaar cards. The Paradip TWednesday extended the       protest against “unabated to quit the Government service ing culture of intolerance and Refinery boundary near Municipality has built a bridge deadline for submission of     killings in Kashmir and mar- to join the electoral politics. hate in the mainland India in Udaybata village for long, no for communication to the application forms for enrol- ginalisation of Indian Muslims”. Faesal topped 2009 civil the name of hyper-nationalism, action from the IOCL author- IOCL boundary. ment in the KALIA scheme He will elaborate his reasons services examination and I have decided to resign from ities have worried natives a lot. Bhanu Amity said that his Sources said some illegal from January 10 to 15. tion would begin on January 25 and future plans on Friday. arguably became the most cel- Indian Administrative Service,” The Bangladeshis, who grandfather had come to activities like trading of excise Chairing a review meeting and continue till February 5. It Former Chief Minister ebrated topper of the elite com- Faesal wrote on Facebook. have illegally occupied the Paradip in 1976. And they materials and gambling are on implementation of the was also decided there would Omar Abdullah hinted at petition. He became a youth He wrote, “I wish to remind IOCL land, have broken a por- were living at Ghanagalia slum, going on in the area. Some out- scheme at the State Secretariat be a third phase for submission Faesal’s joining politics while as icon and his performance was the regime that subversion of tion of the boundary wall at which is now inside the port siders are staying there for the here, Chief Minister Naveen of application for enrolment, if senior separatist leader referred to by Prime Ministers public institutions like RBI, Udaybata village side and going prohibited area. Later, his fam- two weeks. Why the refinery Patnaik directed the officials required. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq wished in their speeches in Kashmir. CBI and NIA has the potential outside through the way. ily was shifted to Udayabata vil- authorities have not taken any concerned to extend the dead- The Chief Minister asked his stance over killing of “To protest against the to decimate the Constitutional About 30 Bangladeshi fam- lage in 2000 with a plot 20× action against the illegal inhab- line. As per the decision taken the officials to ensure that not Kashmiris would guide his unabated killings in Kashmir, edifice of this country and it ilies have created a colony 15ft allotted in his name by the itants yet, many wanted to at the meeting, the second a single beneficiary is left out future course in politics. The and lack of any sincere reach- needs to be stopped.” there. An inhabitant named PPT. But he sold the plot to a know. phase submission of applica- of the farmers' scheme. people have offered mixed out from the Union Continued on Page 4   ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/

,**"  2** Q    %!; !))!) !! !"#%# India’s caste system is sure to be !)) ) hardened, said FPI general sec- &'% # retary B Ramchandra CST  0''; Voltaire. '     - )! He expressed apprehension that instead of doing away with !) he schedule of Prime ' the caste system, the TMinister Narendra Modi’s Government is encouraging it as visit to Balangir on January 15 a vote-catching device. Caste     has been finalised. :1 system has its ominous spell on Sources said Modi would society, he added. he 48-hour countrywide land at the recently-inaugurat- Let the Constitution of India Tstrike called by ten Central ed Veer Surendra Sai (VSS)     be suitably amended to ensure trade unions entered the second Airport in at 9:30 am socioeconomic and political jus- and last day on Wednesday Rourkela and Bonai of unions staged rail roko in cities of and based on the situation in their and then fly to Balangir by a heli- he Freethought Party of tice to each Indian citizen affecting normal life in several Sundargarh district. In Baleswar, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Though petrol pumps respective districts. copter. After inaugurating some TIndia (FPI) decried the through a policy of reservation parts of the State. Rourkela, protesters staged pick- Brahampur. and educational institutions Visitors have been forced to projects in the area, he would move of the Narendra Modi not based on caste but on lines However, in the twin cities eting near the Rourkela Steel While Garib Rath was halt- and banks remained closed, stay put at hotels as they are attend the BJP’s Swabhiman Government at Centre to pro- of real economic backwardness, of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Plant (RSP) and Bisra Chhak. ed at Bhubaneswar railway sta- private vehicles were seen on the unable to move out due to lack Samavesh at 11:45 am and then vide 10 per cent reservation in said an FPI release. the shutdown evoked a mixed Road blockades were held tion, Puri-Howrah passenger road. Some shop and business- of road communication. This leave for Kerala at 1:45 pm. jobs to the economically weak- Besides, it demanded a response. on National Highway-143 and was stopped by agitators in men also remained apart, closure of businesses This will be Modi’s third er sections (EWS) of the upper policy for one-child family, For the second consecutive 520 in Keonjhar district. The Baleswar. Palasa-Bhubaneswar Educational institutions establishments has brought dis- visit to Odisha in last three castes as this would further introduction of mixed PR day public transport including Baramunda and Badambadi passenger was also stopped by remained closed in several parts comfort for the travellers. weeks. Three days after the propel the caste system in India. system of election, no use of private buses were off the roads bus stands wore a deserted look protesters at Brahmapur railway of the State. Earlier, on Tuesday, Though police were PM’s Balanir visit, BJP presi- With 10 per cent reserva- surnames by individuals and bringing misery for the com- as buses stayed off roads in station. Six railway siding units the State Government had deployed in adequate numbers dent Amit Shah is scheduled to tion of jobs available on caste free registration of love mar- muters. Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. were shut down in Bonai. issued circular instructing there are no reports of any unto- visit Odisha on January 18 to line for the upper caste Hindus, riage across the country with Vehicular communication Train services were also However, the bandh evoked Collectors to take a decision on ward incident from any part of meet booth-level workers in 27 per cent for OBCs and 22 per offices at the gram panchay- was affected in Baleswar, affected as members of trade mixed response in the twin closure of schools and colleges the State. Cuttack. cent reservation for SC/STs, at level. $   #      -3))')*!!);3' # +, -    drainage channels.      ; He said a private firm had  0%% 0-  damaged the approach road to  -. / the area while constructing a he autopsy report of the TV sewerage system for its apart- Tartist Laxmipriya Behera ))) ment block. However, the firm alias Nikita confirms that the 28- 0'!) /  stopped the work after residents year-old married woman died !O lodged a complaint with the due to both internal and exter- ' M1 2  local police and the BDA, he nal injuries on her body caused     N added. due to falling from a height,     Association secretary police said here on Wednesday.         Prabir Mohapatra said the “We received the post-     ven 27 years after its cre- approach road connecting mortem (PM) report of the n the wake of the State Eation, the K-9B locality of Kalinga Nagar with NH-16 deceased yesterday and the Ibecoming one of the highest   the city’s Kalinga Nagar area is needed the attention of the report corroborates our findings source areas of human traffick- yet to see proper roads and a BMC. “The road is still kutcha. that the death was due to the ing in the country, Governor people have aided the traffick- sewerage system. Even movement of a motor- injuries caused for falling from a height,” said City DCP Ganeshi Lal on Wednesday ing to a considerable extent. He After many approaches bike on the road creates much Akhileswar Singh here. Nikita had died on Friday last falling from stressed on the importance of also narrated the achievements and long wait, locals have again dust. Plying of heavy vehicles the terrace of her parents’ house at Vihar here under combating the menace for a of the Odisha police in rescu- demanded that pucca roads have damaged the road,” he the Chauliaganj police station. She had fallen from the rooftop healthier society. ing and rehabilitating the miss- and a good sewerage system be added. reportedly after having a scuffle with her estranged husband Lipan Inaugurating a one-day ing persons especially the provided to them at the earli- Mohaptra said that the Sahu. conference on human traffick- minors. est. The locality, which was requesting them to provide us household wastewaters are BDA should construct the road While Lipan has been arrested and sent to jail, police have ing organised by the State Mission Shakti Director developed in 1991, now has the two basic facilities, pucca flowing on some of the roads now as houses had been built issued summons to his parents, who are also facing domestic vio- Crime Branch here, the Sujata Karthikeyan suggested more than 120 houses and roads and sewerage system, but due to lack of a sewerage sys- upon the land sold by it in 1991. lence charges. Lipan’s parents are now not at their Gopalpur res- Governor appreciated the suggested that members of three apartments. nobody has listened to us,” said tem, he said. A BMC official said a ten- idence and their whereabouts are not known, the DCP said. achievements of the Odisha SHG Groups and different field “We have approached the Kalinga Nagar K-9B Residents Dharl said though people der has been floated for con- Sources said Lipan’s parents have moved the High Court seek- police with regard to rescuing functionaries should be proac- Bhubaneswar Development Welfare Association president have built septic tanks behind struction of the approach road ing anticipatory bail. Notably, Nik ita after her marriage in and rehabilitating the missing tively involved in combating Authority and the Surath Kumar Dhal. their houses, still the area and the Odisha Water Supply November 2016 had moved out of her in-laws’ house and was persons especially the minors. the menace. They can help in Bhubaneswar Municipal Now, the roads have pot- becomes a mess during the and Sewerage Board would staying in Bhubaneswar with Lipan since August 2017. He cited the example from detecting such illegal activities Corporation many times, holes at different points and monsoon due to lack of look into the sewerage work. the Ramayana as to how the at grass-root level and migra- erstwhile greatest demon King tion, transfer, repatriation, (' ## Ravana had kidnapped “Sita transportation and above all $!!, Mata” and was eventually sexual exploitation of innocents    doomed. He also blended of can be stopped. )): *!# )'"% & * ''Q some mythological instances of A police manual for the Mahabharata. “Victim-Centric Investigation”   Sir, DGP Dr RP Sharma said was released by the Governor problem of human trafficking on the occasion.     Curiae. The appointment was I would like to bring to the attention of the authorities con- '** +# is a serious concern not only More than 150 police offi- necessitated after former Solicitor cerned and public that in Darjeeling a separate street was estab- from crime perspective but for cers, Public Prosecutors and he Supreme Court on General Gopal Subramanium lished for hawkers to do their businesses and it is one of the     Pratap Sahu has said that every the entire social fabric. This Labour and WCD TWednesday appointed for- stepped down from the post as tourists’ attractions there. After all, they also have to survive in political party should learn borderless organised crime Departments joined the pro- mer Solicitor General of India Amicus Curiae on November 30 this tough world facing many odds. The Bhubaneswar Municipal he All Odisha Kinner and from Rahul Gandhi and has preys on socio-economic vul- gramme. Some prominent Ranjit Kumar as the new Amicus due to certain unavoidable per- Corporation (BMC) authorities may consider creating a simi- TThird Gender Association requested all parties to have a nerabilities and helplessness NGOs also participated. The Curiae to oversee the various sonal reasons. Notably, the lar facility in our State capital as at present not only footpath ven- (AOKTA) has welcomed the five-per cent reservation for of human beings. He said that programme was supported by reform measures at the Supreme Court in July last year dors, several shopkeepers are also parking their two-wheelers on move of Congress president the third gender for the human trafficking is a serious the Ministry of Home Affairs. Temple in Puri. had directed the Shree Jagannath the already-narrow footpaths of the city even in busy areas. Rahul Gandhi for appointing upcoming elections. threat to the lives of poor and Crime Branch ADG Hearing a PIL filed by Cuttack- Temple Administration to imple- Shopkeepers have better wisdom than the hawkers and they need transgender activist Apsara Kinnar leaders Sweety impoverished communities. Santosh Upadhyay delivered based lawyer Mrinalini Padhi, a ment 12 proposals as part of dis- to avoid inconveniencing the pedestrians, who are also their cus- Reddy as a national general Sahu, Meera Parida, Sonam, Sharma said advent of the valedictory address and three-member Bench of the ciplinary reforms following alle- tomers, and also cooperate with the local administration by not secretary of the Mahila Kajal, Meeti and Sonali gave technology, increased mobili- gave away certificates of partic- apex court comprising Justices gations of exploitation of devo- using the footpaths as parking area for their vehicles. Congress. their blessings to Rahul ty, access to better modes of ipation to all the participants. AK Shikri, MA Shah and Abdul tees by servitors and mismanage- K Ravi, E-237, GGP Colony, Bhubaneswar-751025, Mob: Association president Gandhi for his decision. transportation and free flow of Nazir appointed the new Amicus ment at the 12th-century shrine. 9437616497  !"#$$P&!'! )   *       

cial benefits like the SCs and methodology, the Rangarajan classes deserve when the results Governments have neither the KCR and Modi formula short- farm loans, Patnaik is helping chance actor. Because he got a STs do have reservations in all committee had estimated the of the caste census, which administrative nor financial comings are overcome by the maintain repayment discipline good opening in Saaransh by domains. number of poor were 19% remains undeclared since 2011, capacity. Even if good imple- Odisha proposal called KALIA in the banking system. Loan Mahesh Bhatt, he became a It may be recalled that on higher in rural areas and 41% is finally released. mentation were possible, the (Krushak Assistance for waivers penalise honest farm- star. Nassiruddin is a million August 7, 2015, the Rangarajan more in urban areas than what Most shockingly, on the scheme would be a disaster. By Livelihood and Income ers who repay on time and then times better actor who brings committee had come up with was estimated using the Gini coefficient scale, India is guaranteeing a 50%-return on Assistance). Politically wise, look foolish when their neigh- life into his portrayals. So was a poverty report which added Tendulkar committee formula. quite infamous as a country all crops with no regard to Patnaik rightly pours scorn on bours (many of whom can Om Puri. Kher is a fortunate up almost 100 million more The standard methodolo- ignoring equity among its peo- domestic demand or exporta- loan waivers in the BJP and afford to repay), get loans writ- guy who has spoilt great movies people to an existing one. The gy to measure poverty was ple on the benefit distribution bility, this scheme encourages Congress-ruled States since ten off. Patnaik says that of the by playing badly as villain, committee had set a new first devised by an expert group fronts. It ranks 99th, and is production of unwanted, un- the biggest farmers with the 32 lakh cultivators in the State, joker and character actor in poverty line then: any rural headed by YK Alagh in 1979, worse-placed than Pakistan at exportable surpluses. Modi biggest loans are the biggest only the richest 20 lakh have countless movies. Take any of person earning Rs 32 a day, and which was further improvised the 136th position which never cared a hoot about the gainers. Small farmers and farm loans and they should not his laughter scenes; and one his urban counterpart making by an expert group headed by ensures better equality for its grand promise of helping out agricultural workers often have be the main beneficiaries of an would realise how bad he is as Rs 47 would not be considered DT Lakadwala in 1993. Now citizens, meaning there are not on the support price for farm no farm loans and get no ben- anti-distress programme. He is actor. Lately, he has turned a economically distressed. The with the new ‘Modibill' to only filthy rich and filthy poor; produce to help farmers survive efit. KALIA would provide a absolutely right, and the BJP Hindu fanatic and chosen to be $   earlier poverty line figure was accommodate the upper caste but there is an appreciable with dignity. cash grant of Rs 5,000 per crop- and the Congress should listen. a ‘Modi crony'. He speaks non- set at Rs 27 for rural and Rs 33 poor, every eight out of ten middleclass better than one Global experience proves ping season (Rs 10,000 per year *Lastly, the movie on sense at most events because of uddenly one fine morning, for urban India. So overnight, families would be found poor finds in India. The worst five that farm distress is best for double-cropped land) to 30 Manmohan Singh. Kher is a lack of knowledge about the Sthe Modi administration the Rangarajan report added to claim benefits. That means nations are South Africa, relieved by subsidising farmers lakh small and marginal farm- Modi-sycophant. Nassiruddin non-negotiable secular tone of declared an ‘out of the world' up 93.7 million more to the list the whole country is infested Namibia, Botswana, Suriname through cash transfers, not by ers. This rightly leaves out two Shah has assessed him just the Constitution. The scheme to help the upper caste of the poor assessed in the pre- with impoverished families liv- and Zambia. It is good to know subsidising crops. KCR’s lakh large farmers. The scheme rightly. It may be recalled the “Accidental Prime Minister” is poor. Perhaps, his advisors vious year by the Suresh ing in good houses with cars something called the ‘Gini Talangana model does exactly also aims to cover all tenants stance taken by legendary not only a rotten movie, it is whispered into his ears mad Tendulkar committee. The and motorcycles, owning five coefficient' which is a single this, proving that good eco- and sharecroppers who do the music maestro SD Burman, a conceived by sick minds to parameters: any family with an committees had been set up in acres of crop fields and spend- number aimed at measuring nomics can be good politics actual cultivation, and not royal blood genius from malign a great statesman who annual income of Rs 8 lakh or the backdrop of national out- ing nearly a whopping Rs the degree of inequality in an too. However, this model has absentee landowners. Tripura. All his life he never had saved India as Finance below is poor; owning less rage over the Planning 65,000 a month. The primary economic distribution among many shortcomings. It benefits In addition, KALIA would even thought of the great singer Minister under the leadership than five acres of agro land is Commission’s suggested pover- criterion for a group to avail masses. It is used to measure the biggest landowners the give 10 lakh landless house- Mukesh as one who had any of the greatest Prime Minister a destitute; and any family liv- ty line of Rs 22 a day for rural reservations, by claiming that how far a country's wealth dis- most, including absentee own- holds cash grants of Rs 12,500 skill to understand lilt and on record, Narasimha Rao. As ing in a house with a floor area areas. It had used a new the new amendment does not tribution deviates from a ‘per- ers who lease out their land. each. This aims to finance the voice control. Mukesh, as per PM, Manmohan Singh chose of 1,000 Sqft, no matter how methodology wherein a house- seek to include the upper castes fectly equal' distribution. While giving cash to farm starting costs of ventures like Burman, had simply no varia- to remain calm and quiet luxuriously finished, is a beg- hold was considered poor if it within the category of back- In his column owners, it fails to reach tenants rearing goats and poultry and tion of the voice. He never took because he knew too well that garly entity. These parameters is unable to save any money. ward classes, a term solidly ‘Swaminomics’ too, commen- or sharecroppers doing the producing mushrooms and him any of his films. Though it ranting and venomous rhetoric appear to be lunar or Martian. The method also included cer- defined through a number of tator Swaminathan S actual cultivation. It also fails to honey at home. Fishermen sounds ruthless and unrea- never yield desired results. Strangely, it is not mentioned tain normative levels of ade- judicial pronouncements, shall Anklesaria Aiyar has long benefit landless labourers, the would get this grant for nets sonable, it is a truth. Only Raj “Accidental Prime Minister” if one with a Mercedes car can quate nourishment, clothing, not be respected any more. It argued that even the ‘cash most needy. and allied equipments. This Kapoor promoted and kept best be banned. be found fit to claim benefits. house rent, conveyance, educa- is now clear that a 10%-quota grant' in KCR's Telangana is Naveen Patnaik of Odisha aims to especially benefit dalit him floating. The real music Thus, nearly the whole of India tion and, above all, a behavioral for the upper castes has the better than Modi’s ultra-high is known for uniquely inge- and tribal households that are wizards called Mukesh a very (The writer is a core mem- will now be categorised as determination of non-food potential to eat into the fair minimum support prices for nious ways of finding ways to most likely to be landless. poor version of Pankaj Mullick. ber of Transparency poor and be entitled to get spe- expenses. Based on this share of quota the backward crops, for which State solve problems of poverty. The By refusing to write off Similarly, Anupam Kher is a International, Odisha)

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But instead cleared by Sagarmala, said an processing Centre at has seized the buses. of receiving the copy and show- **  offical. Balaramgadi in Baleswar dis- hile the Union Despite repeated request to ing politeness, the bank author- The State Government has trict is pending. As Balaramgadi WGovernment in a spree to resolve the issue, the bank man- ity misbehaved and threatened     already sent the detailed project is a major fish landing centre, encourage the young entrepre- agement has become rigid to to auction the mortgage prop- reports (DPR) for both the pro- thousands of fishermen would neurs to start their own business auction the vehicles and accord- erties, alleged Dehury. n inordinate delay in jects, he said. While the be benefitted by the project. taking financial assistance from ingly the date was fixed for So having no other way, the Aapproval of Odisha’s port- Dhamra Port is active and Similarly, construction of a banks, the State Bank of India, December 28 last. borrower has lodged an FIR in based infrastructure projects commercial operations are fish landing centre at Bonai branch has shown apathy Having no other way, Bonai PS against the bank under the Sagarmala initiative going on a huge scale, the Chandrabhaga in Puri district towards a borrower. Dehury filed a petition in the authority. has worried both the investors Gopalpur Port is scaling up its is awaiting clearance of     Notably, Prime Minister The bank is not only Orissa High Court and hearing Though in between the and the State Government. construction activities for Sagarmala authorities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi putting the borrower in trouble the case, the court ordered the court deadline is over, no The State Government transforming it to a major Another major infrastruc- he change of name of the is scheduled to visit Balangir on but is also not following the bank management to provide an response from the bank has recently brought to the notice port. ture project needs attention of TBhainsapali railway station January 15 to inaugurate a instructions of the Orissa High opportunity to the borrower for been received. Due to this, the of Union Minister Shipping While is promoting Sagarmala authorities is de- to Bichhupali railway station on train from Balangir to Court. one time settlement and if it borrower is not only in panic Nitin Gadkari that several port- Dhamra Port, has invested in siltation of Satapada mouth the Khurda-Bolangir route, Bichhupali and address a pub- Sources said one Sunil fails, then the let the borrower but also incurred loss as the based projects of Odisha are Gopalpur Port. channels of the Chilika Lake. while bringing cheers among lic meeting. Dehury of Jakeikela village arrange a third party who will buses remain stranded for long now pending for approval Due to inordinate delay in Adverse tidal exchange villagers of Jharbalangir and DRM Jaideep under Boneigarh police station buy the seized vehicles. The HC days. under the Sagarmala initiative sanction of the infrastructure occurred due to the littoral Bichhupali, has trigged resent- Gupta and Patnagarh MLA has taken loans for 12 passen- asked the bank to end the Besides, the employees of for long time. projects, investors, Adani drift along the coast line is caus- ment among Bhainsapali locals. KV Singh Deo and his sup- ger buses in different times process by December 26. the buses are also jobless and Two major ports at Group and Shapoorji Palonji ing flow reduction and shifting A villager of Bhainsapali porters on Wednesday visited since 2009 from SBI, Bonei So while sending the copy facing a lot of constraints to Dhamra and Gopalpur, which Group, are also feeling the heat. of the lake mouth every year. said, “We will oppose the name the Balangir railway station branch. The loans of eight buses of the court order to the AGM, manage their families. In the have single rail lines, are in dire Besides, the proposal of Estimated sediment trans- change and stage demonstra- and nearby areas to take stock have been cleared and the rest SBI Stressed Asset Recovery meantime, Dehury is planning need of double rail lines for four-laning of the Haldipadar- port due to this is on the order tions on this issue demanding of the situation before Modi’s four buses are yet to be cleared. Branch, Sambalpur, by post, to move to the HC again to file movement goods trains. Gopalpur Road (18 km) is of 1,00,000 metric tonnes. to restore the old name.” visit. Initially, Dehury family was the borrower went to the SBI, a contempt case. O*!!   67)869          )O'" and each sector was covered by mon pochards (912,514), red    one team with expert members. crested pochards (11,528) and ' Nine sectors were in Sambalpur tufted ducks (9,966) are the !''   Forest Division, six each in main species spotted , the offi- Jharsuguda Division and cial sources said.     Wild Life Division. The winged guests started !    Total 68 people participated in arriving at the reservoir this )! he forest officials have spot- the census. Apart from the year a little late. A small num-    Tted more than 1,45,946 department staff, representatives ber of birds arrived in * Many people and social migratory birds of 92 species from various NGOs, students November due to late arrival of organizations are critical about he Khariar police are still to during a census conducted in from OUAT and Utkal cold. Since mid December, the ")' the callousness of the SMC stat- Tfind a clue in the case of a the Hirakud Dam reservoir University participated in the number started increasing. ing that the officials were not burglary that happened on near here. census to help the forest officials. Varieties of the colourful birds serious about the matter. Despite December 15 last in which the The arrival of winter water- According to the survey, in the reservoir have become     visit of Collector Samarth Verma criminals reportedly looted fowl this year has created a recorded at1,36,835 birds, the in the Hirakud reservoir on large numbers of lesser centre of attraction for the about a month back to the site, about 400 grams of gold and record. Last year 82 species had official sources said. January 6. The entire reservoir whistling ducks (32,670), tourists, including the local ncertainty prevails over no steps had been taken to sort cash of Rs 2 lakh. The victim, been spotted with count The census was conducted area was divided into 21 sectors common coots (16,978), com- residents these days. Ufunctioning of an electric out the problems, social work- Pradip Khamari, at a Press crematorium located at Rajghat er Subrat Panda said. meet on Tuesday alleged that in the city. It has been lying out The people feel that the cor- the police have not dealt with  ",!5 of order for about two months. poration should have taken the the case effectively.  # ' #  %'2" The electric crematorium, issue seriously and should have “No scientific team was first of its kind in western engaged any company or orga- involved in the investigation.    P $ Odisha, had been built with nization for its annual mainte- More than three weeks have / 0:%* ")#O )*#*' financial support from the nance. passed, but no progress has been & 3 2# *' # )&'" %0 ) )* ) Mahanadi Coalfields Limited Today people are facing a lot made," said Khamari. "It is !#))" '>) )*  (MCL), about three years ago. of problems for cremation. learnt that the police have a list got a new lease of life the amount in a special func-  #O))"* #?)# After formal inauguration, it was There is scarcity of firewood and of suspects, but no one has been after receiving Rs 1 lakh tion organised in Jatni-based ;!*#!); handed over to the Sambalpur whenever available, it is of high taken for interrogation," he donation from students Pragyan Sathi Shobhaniya ''"0'*)"  Municipal Corporation (SMC) cost. One has to spend around said. The iron hammer used to of Chennai for his kid- Shikshashram School. Others -' #!)*O3))"!#) for its operation and mainte- Rs 3,000 for firewood to cremate break the door has been taken ney transplantation in a who joined included Nirakar )"!& nance. a body, said a leader of the vol- from a construction site adja- private hospital of Beura, Gouri Singh, former But now for the second untary organization. cent to the house of Khamari. Bhubaneswar. Chairman of Jatni Municipality     1& time it is lying defunct for a long Poor people are finding it “People in my neighbour- L Bharath Kumar, and social activist Bibhuti 230:) time. difficult to arrange the fire- hood say someone well-known second year Law stu- Bhusan Mishra. The trust wants ' Earlier in December 2017, wood as the Forest Corporation to us are involved in the bur- dent from Dayawati to start 'Good Deeds' clubs in all -?)!" the crematorium was out of ser- has not opened any depot in the glary, but I cannot guess who he Law college, Delhi took schools and promote the culture -##*) vice for more than 50 days. nearby areas. is. I think a higher-level inves- up the initiative on behalf of of charity. *>) The electric coils of the The MCL had sanctioned tigation is required," said ! 'Good Deeds' initiative of 'Sri “Kidney treatment is high- ))&6@& machine are damaged and need Rs 1 crore for the electric cre- Khamari. Ramanuja Mission Trust', to ly expensive. I was completely #))! replacement, the SMC sources matorium. The State–run When asked, Khariar '0 collect Rs1,000 each from 100 frustrated having heard huge *'! said. The coils are not available Industrial Infrastructure police station IIC Sadanand members and donated Rs 1 expenses required for kidney !)"!' in the local market. Development Corporation Pujari said the investigation lakh for treatment of Pravas. transplantation and lost hope )) The civic body has initiated (Idco) was entrusted with the is on. "We have asked for the     Sushree Aishwarya, Trustee, for survival. However, this con- %1 *; the process to purchase new task of installing the electrical mobile transmission data of Daya Trust and L Bharat Kumar, tribution by students rebuilt my >)&)),) coils. Each coil will cost about Rs equipment. It was made oper- that area that will help us in ravas Ranjan Pradhan (34), visited confidence,” said Pravas. 3L%!#B& 50,000. ational in December 2015. our investigation," he said. a small farmer of Puri district, Bhubaneshwar and donated *'# P )! >)*' *!&          ,#& *') "#&

: When Gajapati MVI 1 41++44  E!) Basanta Mohapatra was in 5650/:1!3))!3*"!-  night patrolling, he seized !';)!)'!)) ,3 ! seven trucks for carrying over- %)&  33)**"   ? load sand. The RTO filed a case &%!3"!#!)!) O) O#') against those vehicle owners *)'3-  !''3**& '3 according to the Motor Vehicle ; 3)#30'' ! -; Act and handed over the case " 0! ) ,-'? #  , -    to the Paralakhemundi *&  - Tehsildar and the local police. undargarh District Additional District  27P4 1+8+  SEducation Officer (DEO) and mafias have increased Magistrate Laxmikanta Sethi Ranjan Kumar Giri was felic- Stheir illegal operations in said, “We will verify the docu- itated with a national award for Gajapati district of late. Even ments of the seized vehicles. If innovations in educational after repeated complaints, the it was overloaded with sand, it administration at New Delhi Revenue Department is acting was the responsibility of RTO recently. as a mute spectator. to seize the vehicles and file a Giri innovated manage- Illegal transportation of case according to the Motor ment of midday meal (MDM) sand in trucks and tractors is The mafias are sending The officials are complete- cles were off the road due to an Vehicle and Transportation through an SMS-based mon- going nonstop throughout the the sand to Andhra Pradesh in ly violating a Supreme Court all India trade union strike, Act,” adding, “We will enforce itoring system during 2017-18 year. It is alleged that the activ- broad daylight which makes it guideline by allowing illegal sand mafias, however, had not a team with the help of police while he was working as DEO ities are going on under the pretty clear about a nexus sand transportation to the stopped the transporting of to monitor the illegal land of Bhadrak. His areas of inno- very nose of the Revenue offi- between the Revenue officials neighbouring the State. sand from the Vamsadhara transportation and stop it com- vation were enhancing the cials and the police. and mafias. On January 8, when vehi- river of Kashinagar Block. pletely.” quality of MDM, management O  ,. % , 10"");"") 1 %  %  .'/'+ #0 1#   - % 0%  4&@# 3)  %  ,%  % 0% ,1% % %  +  (  the bag containing cash before &'+# # %&# speeding away from the spot. $/30/:% ?')!? # 0O1' nidentified miscreants on He was rescued in a criti- )3 3!!+) of MDM through SMS(ICT)     behind Reddy’s death is yet to /  UWednesday targeted cal condition and admitted to !'**) & 0) and ensuring accuracy and be ascertained, his family finance companies’ employees a nearby hospital. ;!" " ;''*.! transparency in MDM. farmer, N Prakash Reddy members alleged that he com-    and looted around Rs 4.3 lakh In a similar incident in Puri 0!>-'*)  %*)3" Giri’s innovation was first Aof Pattapur village under mitted suicide by consuming cash in Rayagada and Puri district, four to five bike-borne ))3&%)0)  implemented in Bhadrak dis- Sanakhemundi block in poison.     districts. miscreants allegedly looted Rs ')!#*!!!& trict and later in other districts Ganjam district, allegedly com- They alleged that he had The first incident was 3 lakh from the officials of a '3;'.  "# ;'0 of the State. mitted suicide by consuming taken Rs 50,000 loan from    reported from Rayagada dis- finance company at gunpoint 0);! '! ); "); Giri was felicitated by the poison on Wednesday. moneylenders for cultivating  trict, in which three unidenti- on the Kakatpur-Bajapur road. ?# ; *;?)  National Institute of Sources said Reddy had his land. However, he suffered fied miscreants attacked a Sources said the looters *& Educational Planning and gone on Tuesday to sell his crop failure and was under     finance firm staff near chased the officials and, after Administration in the presence paddy in the market; but when immense mental duress. Dhamalia in Kalyansinghpur in intercepting them, assaulted  1P21 $1    of Union HRD Minister he did not return home till late Unable to bear the trauma, he the afternoon and decamped them brutally before snatching 30/:'")O0";. )  Prakash night, his family members took the extreme step, they of Samasingha village under with Rs 1.3 lakh. the money at gunpoint. %!3C. %D;)))) Javadekar and Minister of started a frantic search for said. Kolabira block in Jharsuguda Sources said the staff was The company officials ''-* ';#)&0"*) Satyapal Singh. him. However, police and other district reportedly committed returning to the office after col- lodged a complaint with police >'?'0);! ' ))''" “It was my dream to get a Later, he was found dead officials are yet to reach the suicide by hanging himself lecting cash when the miscre- in this connection. On the ;&; ' ); ' ; national award; and, finally, near a farmland in the morn- spot for investigations. with a rope inside his house. ants intercepted him near basis of the FIR, cops launched " ;"; ; ' )) ' my dream came true,” said ing. In a similar incident on The deceased Yudhistir Mallik Dhamalia. They stabbed him a manhunt to nab the miscre- )'))'!)& Giri. Although the exact reason Sunday, a debt-ridden farmer (48) was a sharecropper. with a knife and snatched away ants. ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/   6

" % # #   "  "  (  '%!"# !'%+#  /0   ! #  0# "     > %    &  .    .' ;    1 JP leader Kamala Kanta : "      <   BPandey on Wednesday he Scheduled Caste Kalinga :  "   alleged that PC (percentage) TKalandi Kandara :        $  =/)    taking practice continues Baistamba Sangathan, an       unabated in Kandhamal district organisation working for the They have been known as oalmining operations with Government officials SCs in Odisha, urged for inclu- Baistamba since years as they Cresumed to normal at   >  demanding money from ben- sion of Kalandi Baistamba in perform as priests and do reli- mines in Ib Valley coalfields of eficiaries in different SC category. gious works. But the very title Mahanadi Coalfields Limited MCL could produce only 3,349 Ib Valley coalfields was from Government schemes. Speaking to mediapersons has been a reason why they (MCL) on Wednesday. tonne as against an average of the 21 MT capacity Lakhanpur He too alleged that benefi- in a Press conference held here have been deprived of the SC However, complete nor- 4.6 lakh tonne a day during the OCP, which suffered the stop- ciaries of the Pradhan Mantri on Monday, organisation pres- tag and the Government ben- malcy failed to return as coal past one week. page for more than a week up Awas Yojana (PMAY) are being ident Sudarsan Das said that efits, said Das. production in Talcher suffered Having an ambitious target to the third quarter, resulting given money only when they Kalandi Baistamba and “So we demand the State during the general shift as of 162.5 MT for the current fis- 0.4 million tonne less produc- agree to put up Biju Pucca Ghar Kandara Baistamba are Government to consider our contractors’ labours went on cal, the company had planned tion. Similarly, 13.7 MT Kulda Yojana logo in front of their Kandara by caste and belong to pleas and add Kandara strike again. for a record production of 100 OCP suffered working hour houses. the Dalit community, but the Baistamba in SC list,” said Das. With the day-long bandh MT from Talcher coalfields loss to the tune of more than He alleged Labourers are ple are being forced to go to disrupted and many schools Government has been consid- Among others, organisation of Tuesday, the negative growth alone to achieve the target, with five days, while its adjacent 2 being asked to pay Rs 1,000 to other States in search of work. have been closed due to scarci- ering them in the SEBC cate- members from several districts of company over last financial rest coming from mines in Ib MT Basundhara (West) suf- get job cards under the Pandey also alleged that ty of teachers. gory depriving them of bene- spoke and demanded the sta- year today plunged down from Valley coalfields. fered working hour loss of 14 MNRGEA. For this, many peo- medical services have been fits provided to the SCs. tus. 0.87 per cent to 1.3 per cent. However, major setback in days. )   :; " /%%  2 AA "2 ' that famous archeologist JD Khaja among other offerings. 3; Beglar who had visited Silao in The above validates the ori- !#) 1872-73 had written that the del- gin of Khaja to be Puri (Odisha)     3 ') icacy dates back to King and not Silao (Bihar), they claim. Vikramaditya. Much to the chagrin of peo- *! The documentation also ple of Odisha, the State Culture     cited folklores which claim that Department is unfazed by the      ' the sweet got its name from Lord development. Though it fter West Bengal got GI tag Buddha as he had said Kha Ja responded late to file its claim on     Afor Rasagola after a long after tasting the sweet. Since then Rasagola after West Bengal was to Trade Infrastructure for standoff with Odisha, now Bihar it is being called Khaja. granted GI tag for Banglar "''' Exports Schemes (TIES). It he Xavier School of Rural has got the same tag for sweet To make their claim firm, Rasogola, the department is yet also suggested for development TManagement (XSRM) delicacy called Khaja. the applicants made a compari- to challenge the decision of 1! of inland waterways and estab- would hold its annual RLLE The Geographical son with Kakinada Khaja of Chennai-based Intellectual lishment of a Exports (Rural Living and Learning Indications Registry at Chennai Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Property Appellate Board. 0'' Promotion Council. Experience) Mela here on has granted GI tag to Silao Khaja. Interestingly, the Odisha The UCCI also made many January 11 in which students Khaja, claiming to have origi- However, Odisha-based Government in 2016 had proposals for development of would put up stalls of various nated from Silao in Bihar, on researchers and historians argue granted industry status to     MSME sector, which con- States based on their respective December 11. The application that Khaja is as old as the Khaja as over 200 units are tributes 40 per cent to the RLLE locations. was submitted by Silao Khaja Jagannath temple in Puri. As per operational in Puri where at delegation of the Utkal export market, produces 45 As part of the RLLE, stu- Audyogik Swavalambi Sahakari Swatwalipi (record of rights) of during the Sandhya Dhoopa shrine. This apart, the chhappan least 1,000 people are engaged AChamber of Commerce per cent of manufacturing out- dents of rural management Samiti. the temple, the multi-layered (the evening offering to the bhog (56 types of delicacies in production of the crispy and Industry (UCCI) compris- put and has 30 per cent share went to different places to The traders’ body claimed sweetmeat is offered to the Lords deities) at the 12th century offered to the Lords) also has sweet. ing Ashok Chinchela and in the GDP and employed experience the diverse rural Sanjeev Mahapatra attended about 110 million people. livelihoods, and undertake var- the 15th Finance Commission The suggestions include ious activities like preparation @     )   )  meeting held here on Tuesday proper implementation of of a village report, working on and raised issues pertaining to CGTMSC scheme for adequate the development project with $%  industries in the State. credit flow to the MSMEs, the different organisations. !    " #"  Later, they submitted a making GST simpler, raising They also stayed in 45 vil- memorandum to commission GST registration thresh- lages, covering 12 States and     Set to the choreography of  "" Chairman NK Singh in favour old limit to Rs 40/50 lakhs, one Union Territory and dur- her Guru Ratikant and the of their demands. interest subvention for MSME ing the Mela they would ntardrishti, a beautiful beautiful music composition of For large-scale industries, at least for the first 3 years of putting up various artifacts Aamalgamation of dance Pradeep Kumar Das in $P  the UCCI appealed to the operation, 20 per cent manda- collected from the respective and music, a collaboration Raagamalika and Talamalika, commission to enunciate a coal tory purchase by PSUs from villages, unique food materials between Srjan- Guru her nuanced depiction of the  0%% 0- policy that would ensure sup- MSMEs, income tax holidays and food habits, attires and Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi various facets of Lord Rama in ply of coals to State-based for new MSME for five years, other cultural aspects, models Nrityabasa and Guru this devotional presentation igilance police on CCPs. “Even as Odisha has 24 social security for MSME sec- of village depicting the land- Kelucharan Mohapatra Odishi epitomized grace and poise. VWednesday caught per cent of the country’s total tor employees, skill develop- scape, development interven- Research Centre, was held here The final solo presentation Rayagada district’s Gorakhpur coal deposits and contributes 15 ment and technology upgrada- tions in the villages, slide of on Tuesday to commemorate of the evening was by Meera Circle Revenue Inspector (RI) of total coal production, yet tion and ease of doing business photos of rural India. Guruji's 93rd birth anniversary. Das. A senior disciple of Guru Prafulla Bauri red-handed Captive Power Plants (CPPs) through single window process At the end they would also It featured four Odishi Kelucharan Mohapatra, she while demanding and accept- here languish due to coal short- for MSMEs. perform a skit on a social recitals and a musical fusion to presented an Ashtapadi, from ing illegal gratification of Rs age, affecting productivity. The UCCI also urged the issue. conclude the evening. The pro- poet Jayadeva's Geeta Govinda, 1,000 from Jayadhan Gouda of Some are also on the verge of Finance Commission for allo- gramme commenced with an Sakhi he Keshi Mathana Tala Maligaon village for sub- closures,” argued the UCCI. cation of more funds for urban @   ,$$!) Odishi recital by Sushree Mudaram, a classic choreogra- It also suggested that the development, smart city and     Riddhi Bhattacharya, who pre- phy by Guruji, to Pt. = royalty and associated taxes other social welfare schemes      sented Jaya Mahesha, a prayer Bhubaneswar Mishra's soulful needs to be capped at around 40 like Swachh Bharat and Gramya      to Lord . Invoking the music composition. A befitting      per cent from the current level Bikash Yojana.      power and divine strength of conclusion to the evening's of 65 per cent to make exports The strength of the State   )  Lord Shiva, the dance piece was dance performances, Meera     of minerals competitive. economy depends upon the     set to the choreography of upheld the beauty of the clas- Allocation of more funds Central Budgetary support.        Guru Ratikant Mohapatra, to sical style, as choreographed by should be made for railways, The Raghuramrajan   Raag Ragamalika and Taal her Guru, by exploring with mission of verification reports ports and State highways. As Committee had expressed con- Talamalika. Bhubaneswar Mishra. The a Ram Bhajan, Sri experience and grace. in two mutation cases. Odisha has been a championing cern about Odisha the most This was followed by the dancer, Bharati Mishra pre- Ramachandra Krupalu The programme conclud- The official fee of a muta- State of exports over the last under Development Region in presentation of Arabi Pallavi, sented the fine composition of Bhajamana, composed by Saint ed with a scintillating musical tion case is Rs 20 only. decade, special allocations the country, mentioned the set to Raag Aarabi and Ekatali, Guruji, with technical prowess Tulsidas. Rajashri Praharaj, a jugalbandi of the flute and the His office-cum-residential should be provided in addition memorandum. a pure dance presentation, and a deep understanding of disciple of Ratikant Mohapatra, violin by Agnimitra Behera Government quarter at choreographed by the leg- the accompanying music and is an established soloist and and Srinibas Satapathy, two of Gorakhpur in the district was ,  ;      endary maestro Guru rhythm. recipient of Bismillah Khan the most prominent and reput- searched. He was arrested and  =     . ,  Kelucharan and set to the The highlight of the Yuva Puraskar of Central Sangit ed classical musicians of forwarded to court, informed  )      music composition of Pt. evening was the presentation of Natak Academy. Odisha. an official release.  '!2  +# Q0"'/ # ! !!2# #Q 2 4 "#% '&&# 0'!2 0'"    @            = B  7)  involved the incident.       )   Following the incident, he Mayurbhanj unit of the   )   he Town police on  ) Sarita had filed a complaint at TNesco Power Employees’    TWednesday arrested ten the local police station and Union extended its support to persons, including eight  &  P demanded security for her the two-day all India strike of   )    women, on the charge of    family. 10 central trade unions. ;   attacking the family members    Although the exact reason The Nesco union activists       of State team cricketer Sarita behind the attack is not clear, were seen demonstrating in    Meher and ransacking her res-     a police team led by Balangir SP front of the office of the Nesco idence. K Siva Subramani visited the SE on Tuesday and Wednesday. On January 5, some per- unhurt as she was not present residence of the cricketer to This resulted in disruption of Shukla, Debashis Behera, sons, including women, had in her house, her father, broth- take stock of the situation fol- official work there. A near Suman Mohanta, Manoj attacked Sarita’s residence at er and friend were injured lowing the attack. deadlock like situation was Patnaik, Pradeep Nath, Dinesh Teligothapada armed with during the attack. It was alleged Notably, Sarita is a regular created. Gupta, Ashok Sethy, Santanu sharp weapons. that residents of neighbouring player of the State women’s The agitators raised sever- Habda and Bijay Sahu. While Sarita escaped Baijayantipada village were cricket team. al demands like filling up Meanwhile, the two-day vacant posts, stopping con- bandh, it may be noted, threw tractual appointment, creat- only a partial impact in the bor- ing new jobs and regularising dering district. While the the metre readers etc. schools and colleges remained The demonstration was closed and buses were off the led by Jyotikrushna Behera road, many business institu- and other union functionaries tions were seen carrying on like Chandan Mohanty, Manas their activities as usual. ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/   7

C! &/"$$ '  0   #1 3"   #4 # 5".R   #Q   R    '5&  / 3   6 & 6 , he Opposition on TWednesday raised objec-   tions over the extension of the   The findings advocated Rajya Sabha session by a day putting up install bar screens s the Congress protested in without consensus and charged nion Housing and Urban on drains falling into the Ganga Athe Rajya Sabha on the Government with “bypass- UAffairs Minister Hardeep to prevent solid waste flowing Wednesday against the ing” legislative scrutiny before Singh Puri on Wednesday said into the river, river surface Citizenship Amendment Bill introducing Bills. The that 97 towns and cities along cleaning and waste disposal and said it had led to unrest in Government, however, main- the Ganga will be declared arrangements among others. the North-East threatening sta- tained the chair and the gov- open-defecation free by March bility and security, Home ernment has the right to extend 2019. The Ministry has also Minister Rajnath Singh told the the session. Proceedings were announced a special category  House the Bill is intended to disrupted leading to two of awards for these 97 Ganga pave way for Indian citizenship adjournments in the pre lunch towns under the ongoing 88+R to the persecuted religious session with several Opposition “Swachchh Survekshan 2019”. minorities from three coun- members including Congress Addressing a gathering at 4 tries. He also assured the gov- raising slogans and storming a workshop on ‘Solid Waste ernment was committed to into the well. Management in Ganga Towns”, "/) preserving the distinct culture The ongoing winter session within rights to extend the the government and the oppo- the Housing and Urban Affairs and identity of the North East. of the Upper House was to end session to discuss important sition on that matter. Minister said a total of 44   The Minister said he was on Tuesday but it was extend- issues. The debate on quota bill Sharma said it is the estab- Ganga towns have so far been aware of the concerns regard- ed by a day to take up the resumed in the afternoon ses- lished practice in Rajya Sabha declared open-defecation free. aking a dig at the Delhi ing the bill as well as miscon- %  %  %   Constitution (124th sion after Minister for Social that no bill be brought without “It is expected that all TGovernment’s decision to ceptions being spread about it Amendment) Bill to provide 10 Justice Thaavarchand Gehlot the scrutiny of parliamentary Ganga towns will achieve ODF put a condition of 50-50 shar- but would like to dispel the  , % ,1 ,  0. ,01 , per cent reservation in gov- introduced it in the morning committees but this was not status by March 2019,” the ing in operational losses in the apprehensions of the people of , %   ;%    ernment jobs and education for but din led to two adjourn- being followed. Sensitive bills minister said at the event. Metro Phase IV, Union Assam and the Northeast. the economical backward can- ments. are being brought bypassing He said the Government Housing and Urban Affairs He said it is not only for    +   % 0  didates among the general cat- Earlier, raising the issue of “legislative scrutiny” by the has accorded highest priority to (HUA) Minister Hardeep migrants from these states but ,. % ;%% % % , egory. extending the session when the present regime, he added. S R rejuvenate the Ganga through Singh Puri on Wednesday to “protect migrants of six The Lok Sabha passed it on House met for the day, Balasubramoniyan (AIADMK) its flagship programme, said that the Delhi minority communities from 1+ 0,% ,   01 Tuesday while it was to come Sukhendu Sekhar Roy (TMC) also obhjectedto the manner in Namami Gange. Government has such a three nations” and was applic- up the Rajya Sabha on cited Rule 12 of Rajya Sabha to which the session was “In this regard, the behavioural pattern that they able to the entire country. migration for long and wit- Rajbongshi, Chutia, Tea Tribes, Wednesday. state that the sitting can be extended. Ministry of Housing and Urban always create “hurdles”. Thousands of migrants nessed an agitation from 1979 Moran and Matak. Protesting against the extended by the Chairman Rejecting the Opposition Affairs (MoHUA) is supporting The Minister said that his from Western borders are to 1985 following which the He said the Government extension, the Opposition after making an announce- objections, Goel said members the Ganga towns in achieving officers are currently examin- residing in states like Gujarat, Assam accord was signed on has accepted the recommen- members said they were nei- ment in the House and the should have been concerned ODF status and effective solid ing the conditions imposed by Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya August 15, 1985. dations and Ministry of Tribal ther informed nor was their change being published in the about half of the 20 days of the and liquid waste management the Delhi Cabinet, while Pradesh and other states and He said the Centre has Affairs has placed it before consent taken for the move. Rajya Sabha Bulletin. session being washed out in through the Swachh Bharat approving the Phase IV of the the bill is for them too and taken concrete steps to imple- Parliament. While giving ST Besides Congress, the TMC He said there was no pandemonium. He also said Mission (SBM -Urban) and Delhi Metro on December 21 would be implemented in all ment the Assam Accord status to these communities it and the AIADMK cited rule announcement, no notifica- the decision to extend the the Atal Mission for last year. states and UTs, he said. including completing the task will be ensured that “interests, book to criticise the extension. tion and the Opposition on House was first taken at the Rejuvenation and Urban “We are committed to exe- The Minister said there of National Register of Citizens rights and privileges of the Deputy Chairman Tuesday protested against it BAC meeting and then the Transformation (AMRUT) cuting the Metro Phase IV. were reports of sporadic vio- (NRC) and has constituted a existing tribes there will be fully Harivansh said it may be con- adding a bulletin was published Chairman holding an informal respectively,” Puri said. After obstructing the project for lence from some parts in high level committee to protected,” he added. sidered his “personal lapse” in the night for extension of the meeting with leaders of oppo- According to the minister, four years, especially two years, Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya implement clause 6 of the The Citizenship Bill was and a “lapse in his under- session. sition parties. all Ganga towns have been they have sent some approvals, during the bandh called over Accord. The committee after passed by the Lok Sabha on standing” in not conveying at Anand Sharma (Congress) However, the Congress and directed to implement scientific but they have such a behav- the Bill, but the situation was consulting the stakeholders on Tuesday and was brought to the the time of adjourning pro- said no decision on extending other Opposition members solid waste management expe- iourial pattern that they always fully under control and protecting the interest of the Upper House on Wednesday. ceedings on Tuesday that the the sitting of the House was were not satisfied with the ditiously. create hurdles,” Puri said on the peaceful. local people will give its rec- The bill was originally intro- sitting of the House has been taken at the Business Advisory government’s response and Puri said the ministry has sidelines of an event. Singh informed the mem- ommendations within six duced in 2016 and was later extended by a day. Committee (BAC) meeting and stormed into the well. The also deployed the Quality Asked whether his bers he was in touch with the months. sent to the Joint Parliament Finance Minister and no time was allocated. Congress also demanded Council of India (QCI) as a Ministry will agree with the Chief Ministers of these States A Home Ministry appoint- Committee (JPC) which sub- Leader of the House Arun Asserting that responsibility Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s third party agency (TPA) for AAP Government’s condi- and would convene meetings ed committee has given its mitted its report on Monday. Jaitley and Minister of State for of running Parliament rests statement on the independent on-site assess- tions, Puri said, “Our Ministry soon. recommendations on grant of On the basis of the recom- parliamentary affairs Vijay with the government, Sharma Citizenship(Amendment) Bill ment to evaluate the actual on- will announce how we pro- Singh said Assam was fac- ST status to six communities of mendations of the JPC, a fresh Goel maintained that the Chair said it was for the first time 2019 and charged that it had ground situation in these pose to go. We are examining ing the problem of illegal Assam namely Tai Ahom, Koch Bill was introduced on Tuesday. and the Government were there was no dialogue between led to unrest in the North-East. towns. them (conditions).” $   7    , %   3+3+9 *#       6 R " "  +%       &      & 4      /    " 1 8           New Delhi: The Supreme sserting that no country is Court (SC) on Wednesday he Supreme Court he Supreme Court on Aimmune to the “existential errorism is becoming a commuted to life imprison- TWednesday rejected the TWednesday appointed threat” of terrorism, External Tnew form of warfare and it ment the death sentence Gujarat Government’s plea to senior advocate and former Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will keep growing like a “multi- awarded to bus driver Santosh maintain confidentiality of the solicitor general Ranjit Kumar on Wednesday said the need of headed monster” till nations Mane, convicted for killing final report of the Justice HS as amicus curiae to assist it in hour is to ensure zero tolerance continue to use it as a State pol- nine people in 2012, by mow- Bedi committee on 24 alleged a matter related to administra- towards terrorism and those icy, Army Chief Gen. Bipin ing them down in Pune. fake encounter cases from 2002 tion of Jagannath temple in using it as an “instrument of Rawat said Wednesday as he On January 25, 2012, Mane, to 2006 in the state and ordered Puri. convenience”. pitched for some control over a Maharashtra state transport that it be given to petitioners The apex court had on In an address at the Raisina social media to contain spread driver, had hijacked a bus and including poet and lyricist November 30 last year accept- Dialogue, Swaraj, touching on of radicalisation and terror- mowed down nine persons. Javed Akhtar. ed the request of senior advo- various geo-political develop- funding. He was awarded the death A bench headed by Chief cate Gopal Subramanium to ments, said India’s strength In an address at the Raisina sentence in 2013 by a sessions Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it was relieve him as amicus curiae in and success has been a force for Dialogue, India’s flagship con- court, which had termed Akhtar and veteran journalist the matter. global peace, stability and pros- ference on geopolitics, the Mane’s crime “rarest of rare”. BG Verghese, since During the hearing on perity and that it stands for a '   )     *    )'   +! Army Chief said there should Mane appealed the verdict in dead, who had set the “ball Wednesday, the issue of democratic and rules-based        " "  O+   - . be talks with the Taliban so as the Bombay High Court but in rolling” by filing petitions in the appointing a new amicus in the international order in which all ! 0  1 2   .% to bring peace to Afghanistan September 2014, the Bombay case, and the copies of the case arose before a bench head- nations thrive as equals. but asserted the engagement adding Pakistan has always HC upheld the death penalty. panel’s report need to be given ed by Justice AK Sikri. Sushma said India’s con- 3 6 P lenges facing the world, she also must be without any precon- kept the Taliban in its backyard. Mane’s laywer had urged to to them besides the state gov- The Bench requested sistent message has been that 96635 said that with unwavering belief ditions. Identifying social media court to acquit his client of the ernment. Kumar, who was present in the unresolved border issues can be 6 in multilateralism, India speaks In a clear reference to as a platform to spread radi- murder charges because he The bench, which also court, whether he would assist resolved bilaterally, when not just for itself but also for the Pakistan, Gen. Rawat said a calism and generate financial was “mentally unsound” when comprised Justcies L it as an amicus in the case. approached in the right spirit 6/ / / cause of justice, opportunity and “weaker nation” has been using resources for terrorism, the he committed the crime. Nageswara Rao and S K Kaul, Kumar agreed. and in an atmosphere free 96 prosperity around the world. terrorists as a proxy to put pres- Army Chief said time has come Mane’s lawyers then made clear however that it The Bench has posted the from violence and hostility. “For us, transformation is sure on other nations to come to put some control over it. approached the SC against was neither accepting nor matter for hearing on The comments are seen as a / /% not just a domestic agenda, it to terms with them, and “We see a different kind of conviction and argued that his rejecting the 221-page report of February 5. veiled reference to China with 600/9 6 is a global vision,” she said. warned against tolerating such radicalisation in Jammu and case be considered under pro- the committee at this stage. An advocate, who has filed which India has a lingering Talking about the chal- policy. Kashmir. My take is that ter- visions of Section 84 of the It said it would deal with an application in the court border dispute. /50/6 6 lenge of terrorism, she said “If this is going to happen, rorism is here to stay so long as Indian Penal Code, which this aspect later and directed seeking intervention in the Sushma also said India’s 630/>/ there was a time when India then there will be States that there are nations which are grants immunity to a person that the parties including the case, told the commitment to upholding ter- >/3696 would talk about terrorism, and will be funding the terrorists going to continue to sponsor who “commits a crime while state government file their Bench that person having ritorial integrity and sover- it would be treated as a law and and allowing them to move terrorism as a state policy. We being in a state of unsound responses or objections, if any, knowledge about Jagannath eignty remains unwavering.  order issue on many global around in the manner in which are seeing it happening in mind, thereby not knowing within four weeks from receiv- temple should be appointed as Delving into various chal- platforms. they want to move,” he said, Jammu & Kashmir,” he said the nature of the act.” ANI ing the report. an amicus.  #           & "*

 2 &  from countries with sizable Kashmiri temple architecture. Buddhist population like Japan “On the first floor, there is 8/  argely in a state of dilapi- and China to boost foreign another rectangular room   9336 60 Ldation, the 11th-12th tourist arrivals. flanked with open space. There 4/56 6//5 ; Century old Buddhist The massive image of are some Bodhisattva and 6 P655366 monastery Wanla Gompa Avalokitesvara standing on lamas stucco image and inner ussia on Wednesday said /8/5 96/93  housing 16-feet-high statue of lotus pedestal, facing towards walls completely decorated RIndia’s role in Afghanistan >//3039; 6 P/ Avalokiteshvara, the east having 11 heads in three with mural paintings which are is “indispensable” and compli- 6>566 Bodhisattva (prospective or direction and eight hands in represented to various pos- mented it for carrying out var- future Buddha) on lotus different postures, besides var- tures of Lord Buddha and pre- ious developmental initiatives. pedestal, in the cold deserts of ious murals of Buddha, life of Lord Buddha. The comments by Russian investment into economic Ladakh’s Wanla village is, final- Bodhisattvas and Mandalas are The wall of the Assembly Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei development, social stability,” ly, all set for a facelift. key attractions of this religious hall are decorated with mural Ryabkov about India’s engage- he said in response to a ques- The Government last site. Avalokite?vara or paintings of royal scenes, wheel ment in the war-ravaged coun- tion on India’s role in rebuild- month brought the Wanla Padmapani is a Bodhisattva of life, perching of Lord try came days after US ing of Afghanistan. Gompa complex in the list of who embodies the compassion Buddha and Budhisattva image President Donald Trump Indian efforts and that of national importance by issuing of all Buddhas and is revered by besides some mandalas,” said mocked New Delhi’s role in other countries in the area of a notification in this regard. Buddhists. the official. Afghanistan. material support to “The Archeological Survey of The monastery is located Surrounding the The Minister, currently vis- Afghanistan is an “indispens- India (ASI), under the Union near the Lamayuru Monastery Avalokiteshvara standing on iting India, was also critical of able one”, Ryabkov said at a Culture Ministry, will now and falls in the category of the lotus pedestal, white face bear- the US and some other coun- Press conference. start restoration work in this 108 monasteries which were prompting the Government to ing a golden colored crown tries for their tendency to dis- “Unfortunately, our colleagues ancient monastery constructed constructed during 958-1055 bring it under its fold. there are five “Dhyani-Buddha” play “raw power” in some in the US and some other on the top of a hill overlooking AD with the support of the The national tag would image in meditation posture. cases, without thinking of the countries are so much attached Wanla village,” said an official King of Ladakh. make this architectural marvel One of the important murals is consequences. to, what we describe as ‘raw from the Ministry. However, over the time, eligible for central government that of Rin-chen-znag-po “In all countries, where power’, military power, and The much-awaited move some of the mural paintings, fund. (Ratna Baitra), the great trans- we see domestic conflicts, the resort to military means, in has come at a time when the walls and wooden doors have “The front porch ceiling lator and philosopher in the issue of development is the some cases, without thinking Government is heavily pro- been badly damaged due to supported by wooden pillars beams and pillars are carved wooden sculpture which are region. He is said to have con- number one issue. Wars can be sufficiently of consequences moting Buddhist tourism in a snow and water percolation, and carved motives is in a frag- with Lord Buddha images and missing now. The wood work structed this Buddhist Gompa won, but peace cannot be of it... It itself becomes a desta- bid to attract more tourists neglect and maintenance ile state. Projected wooden frame for displaying small shows the influence of dedicated to Avalokiteshvara. ensured without any material bilising factor,” he said. ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/   9

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Ministers Omar Abdullah and manent closure” of the com- He said though the High Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday  + +  -,- % "There was some issues regard- take any responsibility for the pany alleging it of environ-     Court had ordered the plant be wondered why the Centre was ing the use of FB but I deleted BJP, which he joined in pres- mental pollution finds itself in 4D   shut down, the Sterlite manage- not initiating a dialogue with the he Trinamool Congress on everything after I was asked to ence of Union Minister a precarious situation following    ment approached the Supreme separatists in Jammu & Kashmir TWednesday expelled two of do so by the party. There has Dharmendra Pradhan. He met the disclosures made by Chief Court and got a favourable if Army chief General Bipin its sitting Lok Sabha MPs — been no problem thereafter. BJP president Amit Shah in the Minister Edappadi K    order October 1, 2010. “The Rawat could bat for holding talks Anupam Hazra of Bolpur and Still the party has decided to morning before joining the Palaniswami in the floor of the rioting by anti-Sterlite activists —TN Chief Minister arguments placed before the with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Soumitra Khan of Bishnupur level anti-party charges on me. saffron outfit, sources said. Legislative Assembly on at Thoothukudi resulting in Supreme Court by the then "We bat for talks with tal- — alleging “lack of democracy I wonder how the party Reacting sharply to Khan's Tuesday. Palaniswami told the police firing which claimed 13 manent closure of Sterlite. But DMK Government resulted in iban, autonomy for Tibet & and dynastic rule in Bengal”. explains anti-party activities." allegations senior TMC MP House that it was the DMK lives. The Vedanta Group had the DMK is behind all the Sterlite getting a favourable Tamil areas of Sri Lanka yet we Khan later joined the BJP. Hazra, a Shanitniketan Abhishek Banerjee said which had gave permission to approached the National Green problems associated with the order,” said Palaniswami. are unwilling to look at engage- Hazra who had developed professor, said there was no "Soumitra Khan is nothing the Sterlite for their first and Tribunal against the Sterlite. The root cause of all the He also disclosed that the ment or political initiatives in serious differences with district corruption charges against him. without the Trinamool second plants and also the 328 Government order and got a problems faced now was the DMK had told the Madras J&K. Why is our policy all TMC president Anubrata He went to add sarcastically, " Congress. He has no credibil- acres of land demanded by the favourable verdict. Though permission given for the oper- High Court that permission about "do as we say, don't do as Mandal was expelled on "I was not involved in Narada ity without the party. He can- company. Tamil Nadu Government ation of the Sterlite plant by the was granted after following all we do"? Engagement for Taliban, charges of anti-party activities, or Sharada chit fund cases, not win even from a single MK Stalin, EMK chief and appealed to the apex court then DMK regime on October the rules and regulations of the Operation All-Out for Kashmir," senior leader and Minister either." booth." Leader of the Opposition pleading for the cancellation of 14, 1996, without considering Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Abdullah tweeted. Partho Chatterjee said. Khan the more vociferous Asking as to "why he did demanded in the House that the NGT verdict the Supreme the conditions set by the Tamil Board. “This submission was Earlier in the day, Rawat “Anupam Hazra had been of the two MPs cited "lack of not raise these questions earli- the Government should adopt Court declined to alter the Nadu Pollution Control Board. filed by the DMK Government said there should be talks with indulging in activities which democracy and dynastic rule," er," Abhishek , who is also the a policy decision for the per- Tribunal order. While in power , the DMK has as a response to the PIL filed by the Taliban to bring peace in are against the ideals and prin- as his reasons for quitting his nephew of Chief Minister manent closure of the Sterlite This led Stalin to allege in not taken any stand against Vaiko, the MDMK leader, who Afghanistan, but asserted that ciples of the Trinamool party and joining the BJP. Mamata Banerjee, said "first ask Copper Plant at Thoothukudi the House that the Tamil Nadu Sterlite,” said Palaniswami, now is the strongest ally of the the engagement must be with- Congress. He had been carry- When reminded that the TMC him to win one election single- in the backdrop of the Supreme Government failed in taking quoting records and facts. DMK,” said the Chief Minister. out any preconditions. He was ing out anti-party activities on criminal charges were being handedly and then raise a Court verdict which refused to effective steps for the closure of The Chief Minister said the He further stated that it was speaking at the Raisina Dialogue the Facebook and other places. brought against him the leader point. This time the BJP will quash the order of the National the plant. Chief Minister DMK ruled the State during the DMK Government which — India's flagship conference on He was expelled from the party said "after I have quit the party win not a single seat from Green Tribunal to process the Palaniswami in his reply, 1996-1998. “Though many gave Sterlite the permission to geopolitics — in Delhi. "If the after this issue was raised before they are now trying to frame Bengal." reopening of the plant. rebutted all the allegations lev- Public Interest Litigations were lunch and operate the second Army Chief can advocate for our party chief Mamata me. They have already arrest- Meanwhile, a senior State The plant was shut down elled by the DMK leader and put filed during this period in plant. “The DMK Government talks with (the) Taliban then Banerjee,” said Chatterjee. ed my personal assistant non BJP leaders said six more TMC by a special order by the Tamil the ball back in the latter’s court. Madras High Court against also provided the company why different standards when it Refuting the charges false charges." MPs were waiting to cross the Nadu Government in May “We will take appropriate the plant, highlighting the facts with 328.54 acres of land for the comes to our own people?" against him, Hazra said, " Khan , said he was ready to hedge and join the BJP. 2018 following widespread legal steps to ensure the per- that pollution and industrial plant,” said Palaniswami. Mehbooba asked in a tweet. PTI .=$!5@&!/,="! % 7   )  4  .5 +94,6    #   4 

  "    Guwahati: Three Asom Gana their lives to protect the exis- Parishad(AGP) Ministers tence and identity of the resigned from the Assam Assam. We cannot disrespect  211 stated Manickavel as the head Cabinet on Wednesday, two their sacrifice by remaining in 0 of the Idol wing,” said T R days after their party exited the power when the Centre decid- Ramesh, president, Temple Government over the ed to go ahead with the bill. he Madras High Court on Worshippers Society. Citizenship Amendment Bill. "We tried our best till the TWednesday came down Manickavel succeeded in Agriculture Minister Atul last minute to convince the strongly on the Tamil Nadu solving many cases of idol Bora, Water Resources Minister Centre not to go ahead with the Government for its alleged thefts that has happened in the Keshav Mahanta and Food bill but when Union Home failure to provide minimum last five decades. The retrieval and Civil Supplies Minister Minister Rajnath Singh made basic facilities to AG Ponn of the statues of Raja Raja Phanibhushan Choudhury it clear that the Centre would Manickavel, the former Chola and his royl consort submitted their resignations not budge from its obstinate Inspector General of Police from a private museum was a to Chief Minister Sarbananda stand, we decided to withdraw who was appointed by the moment of crowning glory for Sonowal at the Janata Bhawan from the Government," he said. Court as officer on special him. The statues, more than (state secretariat) here, Bora Bora said, "We are with the duty for a period of one year to 1000 years old and command- told reporters after tendering people and will join in their probe the missing temple idols. the functioning of Manickavel ing millions of rupees for their his resignation. struggle to protect their inter- A division bench consist- and his team probing idol antique and artistic value were The strength of the BJP-led ests at all cost." ing of Justices R Mahadevan thefts from the temples in stolen from the Brihadeswara coalition Ministry, led by The AGP president also and P D Audikesavalu lam- Tamil Nadu. Temple at Thanjavur fifty years Sonowal, has been reduced to thanked the people and basted the Tamil Nadu There were serious allega- ago. 15, of whom 12 are from the expressed the party's gratitude        O5   * 0  " 2   .% Government for closing down tions by temple worshippers Following his re-employ- saffron party, including the for electing them in 2016 and the office used by Manickavel that the Tamil Nadu ment as officer on special Chief Minister, and three BPF said respecting their verdict, in Chennai as the head office Government was trying to clip duty, Idol Wing, some of the Ministers. they had joined the of the Idol Wing, Economic the wings of the Idol Wing as subordinate staff working in "The Centre's obstinacy Government with the BJP and Offences Wing, Tamil Nadu well as that of Manickavel. the department met the Tamil not to withdraw the bill forced the BPF. Police. “Last year the Tamil Nadu Nadu Police Chief with the us to take a decision to come "We respect and are grate- Manickavel had told the Government had transferred complaint that Manickavel out of the Government as we ful to the people of Assam for court on Tuesday that he has no Manickavel to the Railway was forcing them, to arrest cannot go against the interest giving us a chance to serve place to work in Chennai fol- Police and handed over the innocent persons under fake of the Assamese people," Bora, them," he added. lowing the shut down of the investigation of missing idols to charges. In an unprecedented who is also the AGP president, Asked what the chief min- office from where he was func- the CBI. But both the Madras move the officers held a press said. ister told them about the res- tioning for the last six years. High Court and the Supreme conference and blamed The AGP is a "party ignation, Bora said he talked The move by the top honchos Court quashed the State Manickavel for harassing formed by the blood of martyrs about constitutional safeguards of the State Police has paralysed Government’s move and rein- them. (shahider tez) who sacrificed in the bill. ) ) "  3!) Guwahati: The Krishak Mukti Gogoi said they will also Gogoi said. Chief Minister and other BJP Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and protest in all meetings and "We will not allow them to MLAs to hold any meeting or its 70 partner organisations on functions of Chief Minister hold any function, be it official official function in the state. We Wednesday vowed to not let Sarbananda Sonowal and or non-official, in the state. will show black flags wherev- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Everywhere, black flags will be er they go," he added. and Union Ministers enter MLAs in the State. shown," he added. Flanked by other leaders of Assam till the Citizenship "Till the time the bill is Obstructions will be cre- the groups, Gogoi said if the (Amendment) Bill 2016 was withdrawn, the Prime ated in their every function, Rajya Sabha passes the bill on scrapped. Minister, Central Ministers including political rallies for the Wednesday, then a "civil dis- Addressing a press confer- and other BJP leaders will not Lok Sabha polls, Gogoi said. obedience movement" will ence, KMSS leader Akhil be allowed to enter Assam," "We will also not allow the begin from Thursday. PTI 6)    

 0-, record time. Sharing about the project Kumar ucknow Metro on Wednesday com- Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Lpleted the successful trial run of the Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) said remaining section of the North-South cor- "Construction of Metro in a city like ridor. This is being seen by many techni- Lucknow has been a challenge in itself. In cal experts here and elsewhere in the a period of less than three years, LMRC country as yet another milestone for the has created a world record and has 23 km long corridor from the Chowdhary earned the distinction of being the fastest Charan Singh International Airport to Metro which has ever been implement- Munshipulia. ed so far. We today completed the suc- The Metro work is likely to be com- cessful trial run of the remaining section pleted by February 2019, much ahead of Nagar and Charbagh, LMRC (Lucknow of the North-South corridor," Keshav said. the initial deadline of April 2019. The Metro Rail Corporation) achieved numer- Lucknow Metro is a rapid transit sys- stretch will have 21 stations and the max- ous milestones. The execution became all tem serving the city of Lucknow in the imum fare will be Rs 60. Currently, it takes the more difficult as it was an extremely northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. around 90 minutes to reach from challenging urban environment. Construction of the line began on Munshipulia to the airport, but once the This operational portion was execut- September 27, 2014 with the 8.5 km route is operational, this distance will be ed in less than 3 years, making it the fastest stretch from Transport Nagar to Charbagh covered in 40 minutes, and people would ever metro project execution in the coun- Railway Station which began its com- get a respite from traffic congestion. try. LMRC is all set to achieve a similar mercial operation on September 5, 2017, While executing the 8.5 km 'Priority feat by completing the construction work making it the fastest built metro rail sys- Corridor' project between Transport of the remaining north-south corridor in tem in the country. ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/   E :") 6    1)!  -   0 ,3/8*  &:  O  P  Thanjavur (TN): DMK chief said when the late DMK patri-  0-, Mayawati and SP chief Akhilesh     M K Stalin on Wednesday said arch and his father M Yadav, put up in front of the SP the 'mystery' over late Chief Karunanidhi was hospitalised amajwadi Party chief State office said, ‘Satya pareshan  +   learnt that Shripad Joshi has Minsiter J Jayalalithaa's death last year medical bulletins were SAkhilesh Yadav on ho sakata hai, parajit nahin’ resigned from his post and I am persisted and asserted that if his issued to keep people posted on Wednesday said that he hoped (truth can be harassed, it can- he controversy over the awaiting details. However, the party was voted to power peo- the developments. that Prime Minister Narendra not be defeated) The hoarding Tdecision to revoke the invi- ABMSM will meet tomorrow to ple found guilty of causing her Jayalalithaa was DMK's Modi would learn the lesson of also carried the photos of Ram tation extended to English lit- elect a new President in his place”. demise would be put behind political rival and although affection and love from Taj Manohar Lohia and Dr BR terateur Nayantara Sahgal for Incidentally, Joshi’s tenure the bars. "we may not like her...She was Mahal during his visit to Agra. Ambedkar. the inauguration of an all India as the president of ABMSM Proper medical bulletins a elected by the people and she Akhilesh also stepped up Posters depicting the SP Marathi literary meet at was to end after next three were not issued on her treat- to the death of Jayalalithaa on was Chief Minsiter when she political campaign for his chief saying, ‘Hamare pass gath- Yavatmal reached a flash point months. Though the exact rea- ment and health condition, he December 5, 2016 after pro- passed away," he said. defence after teams of Central bandhan hai, BJP ke pass CBI’ on Wednesday, as Akhil son for his resignation has not said addressing people of a vil- longed illness. Reiterating his party's Bureau Investigation raided (We have the alliance, BJP has Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya been spelt either by Joshi him- lage here as part of the DMK's His comments come days demand for a CBI probe into several locations in the State for he hoped that Modi would CBI), also dotted several sites Mahamandal (ABMSM) self or the conclave organisers, state-wide outreach pro- after the commission raised her death, Stalin alleged the rul- probing a mining scam and remember the pain of farmers around the SP State office. President Shripad Joshi resigned the outgoing ABMSM is gramme of panchayats. several questions, including ing AIADMK was afraid of a indicated that it would probe growing potato, sugarcane and The SP-BSP gave a joint from his post in protest. understood to have been "Make a note, it will be my on why an angiogram was not probe by the Central agency as the role of the SP chief as he was wheat in nearby areas. statement against the BJP indi- Upset with the decision miffed with the manner in first task to find out who was performed on her during hos- "truths," would tumble out. the Chief Minister of UP when “UP was never so far from cating to jointly fight the inves- taken by the conclave’s local which the local organisers behind her death and put them pitalisation. Citing the ongoing Lashing out at both the the scam took place. Delhi that the country’s chief tigations by the CBI after the organisers— Yavatmal’s Dr V B revoked Sahgal’s invitation. in jail after the formation of probe by the commission into AIADMK and BJP led “Hope the PM returns from executive was unaware of the agency conducted raids early Kolte Sanshodhan Kendra Ani It may be recalled that on Government by the DMK," he the circumstances surrounding Governments at the Centre, he Taj Mahal after imbibing affec- plight of farmers and traders,” this month. Vachanalay to revoke the invi- January 6, the organising com- said citing the ongoing probe her death, Stalin said, said Tamil Nadu could grow tion and love from it” Akhilesh he said. BSP chief Mayawati had tation extended to Sahgal to mittee of the 92nd Akhil by a commission of inquiry The DMK leader who is only if the two incumbent tweeted hours before Modi’s Agra in the Brij region is spoken to Akhilesh over phone, inaugurate the three-day con- Bharatiya Maratahi Sahitya into the circumstances leading also the Leader of Opposition regimes were dislodged. PTI visit to Agra where the Prime the potato belt of Uttar Pradesh. assuring of her support and ask- clave beginning on January Sammelan revoking the invi- Minister is scheduled to launch Meanwhile, the Samajwadi ing him not to worry about the 11, Shripad Joshi — through an tation to English litterateur several development projects of Party launched a hoarding war CBI raids. email to the conclave organis- Nayantara Sahgal to inaugurate road widening, rail over bridge, against the possible interroga- Both parties are likely to ers — tendered his resignation the conclave on the ostensible drainage and sewage, drinking tion of party chief Akhilesh announce their pre-poll alliance from his post as the president ground that it had received water, defence corridor and Yadav by the CBI in the min- for Lok Sabha polls on January of ABMSM. Confirming the threats that there would be dis- health sector worth 3,000 ing scam. 15, the birthday of Mayawati development, Vidarbha Sahitya ruptions in the proceedings if crore. A hoarding with photos of and Dimple Yadav, wife of Sangh (VSS) President Manohar she attended the three-day The SP chief also said that Bahujan Samaj Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Mhaisalkar said: “Yes, we have conference. 5 "  9:;#  )   

Visakhapatnam: Gold biscuits inputs, intercepted two pas- made packets inside the cotton Secunderabad. worth 1.09 crore smuggled sengers travelling on the vests worn by them, the DRI A total of 3,314 grams of from Myanmar has been seized Guwahati-Secunderabad said in a statement. smuggled gold was recovered from two train passengers at Express on January 4 at the On being questioned, the from them, the release said. the railway station here, the Visakhapatnam railway sta- duo reportedly confessed that The two passengers and Directorate of Revenue tion. the gold was smuggled to India the mastermind involved in the Intelligence said here on On examination, it was from Myanmar and someone smuggling of the gold were Wednesday. found that they were carrying handed it over to them for arrested yesterday, the release It said that DRI officers, acting on specific intelligence gold concealed in specially onward transfer to added. PTI   5  2   .% 5     

      The Karnataka Government captained by HD n a major relief to the con- Kumaraaswamy has also Iservation efforts, the Union opposed building of any such Government dumped the pro- corridor in the Tiger reserve to posal to build elevated corridor facilitate night travel inside in the Bandipur National Park the corridor. and tiger reserve which falls While answering in Rajya under the Nilgiri bio sphere. Sabha to unstarred question Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State of environment, forest and climate change, said the State Government has also opposed any construc- tion or opening up of the road during night hours, which passes through Kerala has been insisting to animals were being run over Bandipur Tiger Reserve. He open the night travel in the between 2004 and 2007. categorically said there is no tiger reserve to connect Kerala, The JD(S)- Congress coali- such proposal to build ele- but environmentalists and gov- tion Government in Karnataka vated corridor in the ernment here had opposed any has opposed construction of Bandipur Tiger reserve. He such proposal stating that it the road or lifting of the nine- said” In fact, we have sug- would affect the flora and hour night traffic ban on NH- gested strengthening of the fauna. According to Karnataka 212, that passes through alternative route passing forest department statistics the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The through Thithimathi- night ban has reduced the acci- proposal to build four elevat- Gonikoppa-Kutta." He was dental death of wild animals. ed corridors, each 1-km long, responding to MP The existing traffic ban has on National Highway 766 by Veerendra Kumar, a Rajya been in effect since 2009 when the National Highway Sabha member, from Kerala the Karnataka High Court Authority of India as part of the who asked about the banned traffic flow after dark Bharatmala project had united Ministry's stand on the cor- while hearing a case pertaining activists under the banner of ridor proposal and its status. to roadkills, where at least 215 'Save Bandipur'. ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/   D 5'%*##5!+ !"#&!'()* $%  3'&!'()*( 8; 5,:8  . !* 1# # ;& &   &   %   #   ## &   +  , S     )*))*'? 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It has once again become fashionable to             P Q    +  deride the unitary impulse of the Indian 6                ( nation-state, which a responsible Indian  "         ?2!      ( political leadership post-1947 from Jawaharlal Nehru to Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi to PV            PQ  P  Q ( Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee to         1        Narendra Modi has in the main done a rea- implementation of the MS showcased. The manifesto The focus would be on agricul-               + sonably good job of preserving against the Swaminathan Commission promised to works towards a set- ture, aquaculture and export depredations of the proponents of an India that Report, a review of the UPA-era ting up a “pro-people judicial processing zones in the coastal  .                  is federal in the sense of being a conglomer- MNREGA scheme to make it system” with fast-track and spe- districts of Andhra Pradesh 5<$       ,52S             ation of sub-nationalities. This is not to argue more effective and timely com- cial courts apart from a massive while interior districts would be                    against functional autonomy for States of the pensation pay-outs for farmers jump in the appointment of judi- developed as textile hubs. Union which should certainly not be curbed suffering from natural disas- cial officers. A national health Cement and steel industries                   5   in any manner or indeed to suggest that the ters. In terms of a social justice %  %  policy with the focus on “moth- would take centre-stage in ear-                 S   ( subjects in the Central, State or Concurrent agenda, affirmative action for 1, %  ,  er and child” and enhanced marked geographies, ditto elec-    1 )          (  (     List be fiddled with. And, of course, the afore- and prevention of atrocities on %  %,, - connectivity through the build- tronics and pharmacy manu- 6                  mentioned political leadership and the polit- backward classes and women is ing of rural roads are the other facturing hubs in others. The ical parties they represent have on occasion highlighted but with nothing ,% 0 1 0 focus areas. On foreign relations commitment was to “put    P Q     !       played dirty for political considerations. The specific apart from the promise including those with neighbour- Andhra Pradesh on the inter-              S     1 )S dismissal of the EMS Namboodiripad to distribute caste certificates to   %  ing countries, the party will be national map” by making the Government in Kerala by the Nehru-led fisherfolk, ensure the shepherd guided by the principles of State a residuary global manu-              1 Centre in 1959, the turfing out of Karnataka’s caste is provided reservation %  % “peaceful co-existence, resolving facturing hub complete with tax #     (             SR Bommai Government in 1989 on Rajiv benefits under the SC category ,1 , 0+ territorial/other disputes through incentives.   ,52                 Gandh’s watch and more recently the and provide justice for Marathas , %  talks, self-interest, promotion Suffice it to say this federal                   ( Uttarakhand Government’s dismissal by the demanding a quota. Building of social, economic, cultural, circle will take some squaring. Modi regime in 2016 are prime examples of statues of Chhattrapati Shivaji  % , +  technological ties with all nations That, however, is not the issue.                 ( this mindset. Maharaj and Babasaheb and looking upon the world as After all, stranger bedfellows                3  ( But, on balance, the Centre must hold. For, Bhimrao Ambedkar just about %  ,1 one single family.” have been known in politics. But                 ,52S the very real fear of Balkanisation of India that rounds off the Shiv Sena’s nation- , , % 0 Telugu Desam Party: it is essential for these and other dogged the nation for, say, the first five decades al agenda, as it were. Focussed almost entirely on regional, non-Congress, non-             ,     ,52 "  after Independence, may have abated some- Trinamool Congress: % %  Andhra Pradesh (and BJP parties to work out specifics      S        .  what but there are new dangers to the coun- Welfarism, federalism and sec-  . Telangana), the hi-tech vision and present an intelligible set of             (      try’s unity and integrity in the 21st century and ularism dominated the mani- statement of the party commit- policy priorities nationally and one does not have to be a conspiracy theorist festo which focussed on promis- % . %, ted itself to the development of in terms of geopolitics rather           ,52       to acknowledge this fact. National and inter- ing roti kapda aur makaan (food, %% growth corridors in different than leave themselves to the ten-                 +$ !<  5+$ national issues have to be dealt with by the dress and shelter) and ushering sectors, a pilgrim corridor cov- der mercies of bureaucrats or the                   ( Union Government and the positions and in electoral reforms, transparen-  0  ,1 ering all major temples, rail whims of individual ministers in policies adopted on such matters impact the cy and a corruption-free India.   0 % , rapid transport system (bullet a putative federal front-run                   ( welfare, security and prosperity of all Indian National issues are dealt with trains), three international air- Central Government.      P Q      -        citizens. substantively though obviously %  ,1 ports, smaller airstrips in each It is worth iterating, in con-                   So, to get back to our original inquiry, if with a Bengal bias and the “spe- of the 13 districts of the State clusion, that the purpose behind a federal front of some description is in power cial thrust on the social and eco-  .   and development of port-based this exercise is not to imply that    5             6   ( at the Centre come May 2019, what can we nomic empowerment of minori-   %   industrial clusters for accelerat- regional players can’t have a        3  ,  2         expect? To ensure an empirical basis for any ties” was highlighted. “By imple- % % .1  ed economic growth of 10 to 15 viable national/world view or             "     such assessment, here’s a look at the 2014 Lok menting reservations for OBC per cent on an average over the national parties cannot be terri- Sabha poll election manifestoes of some ran- communities, 94 per cent of the 1 ,%  next decade. A water transport bly parochial. The point being !           .       domly chosen regional parties and what they Muslim population of Bengal has channel, running along the made is that it would behove have to say on national/international issues: been covered, who can now avail 0%  coast connecting all the major those with ambitions to rule the Shiv Sena: Nothing whatsoever on inter- the benefits of reservation under ,. % ports for shipment of products country to articulate a coherent national issues though the party’s advocacy of the OBC category.” Opposition developed in the clusters to the idea of India and its place in the  a hard line including coercive military action to jobless growth, SEZs, FDI in nearest port, would also be world, the sooner the better. against some of our neighbours is well-known. retail/insurance sectors and an made functional. The effort to (The writer, a senior jour- On national issues, with an understandable advocacy of state-control of attract private investment, both nalist, is a media consultant <  /         #   and very prominent Maharashtra skew, the prices, job creation by the state foreign and domestic, would be and commentator on contem-               party promised for the agriculture sector the and state-funding of elections are led by the party chief himself. porary affairs.)           *  +    S & = # . "! ) ))!')  (       ' !'*"  ,        ( '"!) !!'* #C%'*D"!'3 !)3; **) 33& )& 3;; !'*3         )!3 )) ,-;I) '3)!             ''"  )3)3 '"I!3& !)*           ( 3& 3& ?3& > *&          $  6 6/32> 604 9/ 4/3/ 66 6/ ,         K*  K 3 "# K " K '-)        #     (     ) -      $ !   ! , &  =   !  !.=,  # S                             .(             ( Q    !!!      *  +        $     /0/0  Sir — This refers to the editorial, Sir — This refers to the editorial,        1 “Quota politics” (January 9). It isn’t );L2*!MC> “Quota politics” (January 9). The surprising that there have been 6D&%> I33 Union Government’s approval of 2      #          mixed reactions to the Narendra %*!"*3N3!3I!) 10 per cent reservation for the      -             Modi Government’s proposal for 3'")*;!)3 economically backward class in                   ( 10 per cent reservation to the eco- *!#;*!!"?!: Government jobs and higher edu- nomically backward sections in the **4L*!!' cation institutions is a cruel joke                    ( general category. But wasn’t the !"!#) '?"))!') to remain in power. This will       2              Congress’ farmers’ loan waiver an **!& !;)?"))' come at the high cost of curtail-  *+     (            election gimmick too? The M*)!3 ing economic and social develop- Reservation Bill has been cleared ";#'*"' ; ment of the country. It seems no         (            2    by the Lok Sabha, and if the Rajya '466N *'03" !)335L Government can survive without   *+                  Sabha, too, passes the Bill, the !3)*& *!"!)I'3!)& ; reservation policies, which was                ) *+     Modi Government will have to %''"; ) !;  '  " 0 ")  introduced as a temporary mea- make sure that the benefits and aid !))!M!"*)) '!)3 3!& sure by the makers of the Indian                  reach those who truly deserve it. *& "**!) 1;I*!)))' Constitution. Our learned authors        2      *+        The Opposition has no other )!"!#);!)! '& wouldn’t have even dreamt that        )         # S  ( option but to ensure its support for !?!33&%'*' ; various parties would make it a        *+     "   3    the Bill. For those who lament the    )!  3  !'*;   permanent political tool to exploit development, they must under- the citizens of India for votebank.   -  4           .     ( stand that a nation like ours is The economically weaker       )      2   deeply rooted in a caste and reli- tory as the Indian cricket team   Test series (1-2) and later, it suf- sections need more opportunities                  ( gious system. Ours is a society that won its first ever series on fered a humiliating defeat at the to compete but in no case should runs on this ‘fuel’. Australian soil, beating the hosts. hands of England (1-4) in the Test there be reservation for anyone.          *+ 2      M Pradyu Indeed, it was a long wait and the Sir — This refers to the editorial, series. Reservations have led to more          2            ( Kannur spectacular performance, splendid “A toast to Test” (January 9). It was Surely, the Indian team has chaos than delivering on the so- "                 efforts, dedication and determina- a historic victory for India on shown resilience and has come called benefits. They must be     tion of the Indian players must Australian soil. The twin wins in back stronger. This is also a time abolished completely.  (     -        -   be appreciated. Hopefully, the Adelaide and Melbourne are proof to congratulate the Indian team’s Mahesh Kumar  *+ $  S              Indian cricket team will achieve of the unfaltering dedication and coach, Ravi Shastri, who managed Via email                     Sir — This refers to the editorial, many more feats like this. hard work done by the Indian the team admirably. “A toast to Test” (January 9). It was Mohd Umar squad. 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Both =( >             ( the films were telecast on the    BJ0       ,   =5 $S  S national channel soon after he >             #       passedM away. My father was a great admirer of                 Mrinalda’s films and he became my initial guide  %          to understand his thought-provoking art films H               ( that were based on contemporary political and               %   social issues of Bengal during the late 1960s and                early 1970s. Thanks to Doordarshan, many of   #          +  ,    his films like Ek Din Pratidin, Ek Din Achanak, Akaler Sandhane, Akash Kusum, Interview, Neel   IJ  IM          BC ,    Akasher Neechey and Padatik among others     3 BI /00J           were telecast over the years and exposed us lib-    43 -             ( erally to his worldview.  %   -   (5 $        And then finally one day I got the chance              ?  to meet the great master of our times at a dis-                 $   cussion in Nandan, Kolkata. I gulped whatev- 2              5 $ ( er he was saying to the listeners — about how       #       # ( he was amazed watching a European film,      < BB /00M  2     where the hero and the heroine were supposed  < B/ ?      )  5  ( to meet at a decided place, but the former did not turn up and, hence, the latter reached his            %   #   ( house and wondered if she should press the              /N /00L  calling bell or not. Sen described that never ever      ;      had he seen such beautiful fingers that played # 5 $S              around the calling bell but was unable to decide                  if it should be pressed or not. This scenario,      BNNB #  ;     according to him, spoke about the self-esteem  BNNB        5 $     and self-respect of a woman and played attempting his/her survival within it rather than ety was so real and penetrated multiple layers # 5 $      BNNI      around the conflict in her mind. asking the hows and whys. His protagonists of complexity. I was fortunate enough to min- ;   2    ;  S         In yet another case, Sen chose to describe learnt to compromise alright but within the gle with the pioneer of the Indian cinema once 5 $      /00B # 5 $       a scene from his own film. As per the sequence, everydayness of life. again when Aruna Vasudev, who has been the in a particular shot, one of his actors had to ask Sen did not restrict himself to making director of many film festivals, decided to hon- ;  S    /00L # 5 $S   ( his wife if she was involved in an extra-mari- films in Bengali, Hindi and English but made our Sen with the lifetime achievement award at    /0BL           (   tal relationship with another man. The actor films in Oriya (Odia) and Telugu like Matira the 10th Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and (  2               asked Sen if while coming on a motorbike to Manisha Oka Oori Katha. His films were high- Arab Cinema in Delhi in 2008. ?           ;  S    pick up his wife, after she had heard the bike’s ly applauded for the relatable human condition %,  . As he suffered ill-health after 2002, Sen       O /LL    /NL O    horn, he should strengthen his facial muscles and, therefore, won awards and prizes nation- could not direct any film but would attend the         )      to show the anger within him or not. Sen clear- ally and across the world, which included those 0   0% . Kolkata International Film Festival till 2011.   ;              ( ly advised him not to do so because any actor at Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Moscow, Karlovy  ,1 + When the Singur and Nandigram episodes took   /00L             ( could get just 90 or 99 marks out of 100 but Vary and Montreal film festivals. Retrospectives place in West Bengal, huge social and apoliti-   /IK   K00   .  /IK   ;   he/she cannot, by any chance, score 110 out of of his films have been shown in almost all major , % 0  %+; cal protests were reported from across the State,  /K0 100 while acting. This conversation depicted cities across the world. particularly in Kolkata. Sen was the front-run- how Sen was completely against overacting. His international acclaim also helped 0  . 0% ,1 ner of these marches on consecutive days, sid- #  ;  S          In those days, we saw how after the India earn a prestigious identity in world cin- %%+ , % 0 & ing with both the Leftist and neutral lobbies.           -   2   ( destruction of the Berlin Wall, East and West ema. Besides, Sen also served as the jury mem- For him, Singur was about people. Incidentally,     /0BL O          /00L O Germany came together. In this process, the ber at international film festivals like in ,     .; both the protest rallies happened at a time when 5 $(<              -  Germans discarded communism. Sen, howev- Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Moscow, Karlovy the 2007 Kolkata International Film Festival   ?       /0BL        er, came up with his own version of the narra- Vary, Tokyo, Tehran, Mannheim, Nyon, .  ,%  was on. Though Sen never became an active ?   +  5   #   ) ,     tion about the impact of the failure of commu- Chicago, Ghent, Tunis and Oberhausen. %   % member of any political party, he became a vic-   H %    , =,   nism through his film Mahaprithibi (World Finally, the golden moment dawned upon tim of petty politics. As long as he was alive, H    4   R   O +  4  $   Within, World Without). Sen was a Leftist but me when I got the opportunity to interview him.   %;  he never got his due and till his last breath, he 3 3  4O 3 O       never ever entered actively into direct politics. Mrinalda was in Delhi for the release of his book,  %  % was denied the highest civilian honour of the             Nor did he shy away from questioning its short- Always Being Born: A Memoir. Sen was very country, the Bharat Ratna award.          #           comings. close to my mentor and godmother, Aruna 0 .  ,, ,1 It was also shocking and unfortunate that Sen was a true master of craftsmanship Vasudev. It was, therefore, quite easy for me to during a committee meeting at the Kolkata    (              and tempered it to reflect his humanist con- approach the great master, who agreed to meet %0,% + International Film Festival, where noted film-       -  -    cerns. His cinematic language was acknowl- me for the interview. The best part of the con- maker Gautam Ghose, the chairman of the fes- 5       2       5  edged internationally as he always chose to por- versation with him was when he said, tival, proposed a retrospective of Mrinal Sen,           -   5   tray the narrative from a local, Indian perspec- “Whenever someone asks me about my age, I some authorities within the political circles did     %    < B /0BI      tive and not attempt a foreign grammar for the always say, I am one year older than last year, not think it necessary to honour him during                     heck of it. As his contemporary Ray was paint- and if they ask what was my age last year, I always his lifetime. Sen was the last representative of +  -                ing an urban India emerging out of the pangs say, one year younger than this year.” And he the greatest trio of Indian cinema that com-     5 $            of early nation-building in an uplifting man- did have an ageless mind. During the interview, prised Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Ritwik     %     < =/00B(0I>   ner, Sen never romanticised or universalised Sen did not fail to point out the mistakes in my Ghatak. An unmatchable story-teller, we have          the struggle. Rather he kept it stark. His every- way of conversation in Bengali. He had a rare lost the last of the Mohicans. day man, be it a job-seeker or a tribal, was a eye for seeking perfection in every detail. That (The writer is a Delhi-based film festival              ! product of the systems in place and was just perhaps explains why his observation of soci- curator and a freelance writer) 1  & 0  5=,! !'!                                                 

manufacturer to pull the product from and toys and in some cosmetics too. ing, manufacturing and recycling activ- the shelves and submit samples for test- The Government has to clamp down ities, continued use of leaded paint, ing to the Government labs, but the on those products that have higher than gasoline and aviation fuel. It is high time problem of lead exposure is still wide- the advisable limit of lead content. that we rein in its use. spread and hazardous to on’s health. Lead is a cumulative toxicant that The phasing out of lead from petrol    The gravity of lead exposure can increases in quantity in the body over is a major international public health be gauged by the fact that toxic lead the years and adversely affects multi- achievement but global consumption   (  &,,@B affects 1.5 to two million people in India ple body systems — neurologic, hema- of lead is still increasing because of high %*)") alone. Children are most vulnerable, tologic, gastrointestinal, cardiovascu- demand for energy-efficient vehicles. arlier this month, a food manu- especially those under six years of age. lar and renal. While children can suf- Yet another area of contamination is *)! facturer of a popular brand was The process of lead consumption by fer from permanent adverse health paint that is high in lead content. This '3!)) Epulled up by the Supreme Court humans is the most unfortunate: We effects, adults, when exposed to lead, can cause a long-lasting hazard to );*)'! for lead content in its noodles. The tend to confuse lead with essential ele- are at an increased risk of developing health for all age groups. Since leaded )3!&% court put a poser to the manufacturer ments like calcium and start using it to high blood pressure and kidney dam- paint is a continuing source of expo- 3;; as to why Indians, especially kids, must make bones, muscles and brain con- of the proverbial iceberg. Lead expo- Lead poisoning is one of the most age. Exposure of pregnant women to sure in many countries, the World eat noodles laced with lead. Earlier, the nections. Imagine what will happen if sure in India occurs from paints, common diseases of toxic environmen- high levels of lead can cause miscar- Health Organisation, along with the !3& O Food Safety and Standards Authority we allow a harmful substance to form canned food, old pipes in the drinking tal origin and accounts for about 0.6 per riage, still birth, premature birth, low United Nations Environment *! of India, too, had banned the specific the building block for a child’s body. water system, cosmetics, indigenous cent of the global disease burden. Lead birth weight and malformations. Programme, formed the Global ""%'*) brand of noodles after finding exces- Already, studies have confirmed medicine systems and battery and plas- is a naturally occurring heavy metal Lead has no essential role in the Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint. Its 03K!3 sive lead content in its product. Elevated the worst fears that Indian children tic recycling industry. found in the earth’s crust. It is soft, mal- human body and no safe level of expo- broad objective is to promote a phase- '!*!& lead levels in food products, especial- under 12 years of age have a mean Motor fuels, too, contribute to lead leable, melts at a relatively low temper- sure has been established so far. Even out of the manufacture and sale of ly those that are popular among kids, blood lead level (BLL) of 10 μg/dl, exposure levels. Given the wide area of ature, is easily moulded and can be blood lead concentrations as low as 5 paints containing lead and eventually %'*O should be unacceptable. This displays which is twice the level considered as lead exposure sources, one question combined with other metals to form μg/dl may result in decreased intelli- eliminate the risks involved with it. *)'!& the callous attitude of multinational cor- “action level” in the US. The poor IQ that comes to mind is: Where’s the alloys. Given these favourable proper- gence in children, behavioural difficul- Lead is a silent killer and its ever- )O" porations, which put profits and mar- of children due to such high levels of Government’s audit of all these possi- ties, it is widely used in many products ties and learning problems. Hence, pre- increasing presence is alarming. The ' ket share before health and well-being lead is resulting in a loss of $236.1 bil- ble sources? And if an audit is already such as lead-acid batteries for motor vention from exposure is important. Government needs to act fast and limit 3& of their consumers. lion (12.5 per cent of India’s GDP) in in place, why have we, the citizens, not vehicles, pigments, paints, solder, Apart from human health risk, our growing exposure to it. The appreciable stand taken by the economic productivity every year. The been made aware of the risks from lead stained glass, lead crystal glassware, environmental damage due to lead is (The writer is an environmental     apex court earlier may have forced the lead content in noodles is only the tip exposure? ammunition, ceramic glazes, jewellery, also occurring through mining, smelt- journalist)   ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/  < +4<-4 3)5L-! 6 4=   0 3*    +,  6 8 ")   !  GEECL MD & CEO Prasant he Government  Modi said. Tis eyeing around He called for conducive $1 billion (about      regulatory framework and 7,000 crore) from increasing the licensing period the sale of national    to make it viable to invest in the carrier Air India in    project. the next financial Investment from Essar Oil year, a Government  will be similar as the reserves official said.    for both are almost similar. The Government GEECL’s coal-bed methane will initiate the (CBM) block may hold as process of strategic  -,- % much as 6.63 Trillion cubic feet disinvestment of Air (Tcf) of shale resources, of India in the second hale gas may turn as a boon which about 1.7 Tcf can be half of 2019-20 and in Sto West Bengal’s investment recovered, he said. between it would map with a potential of 50,000 The Raniganj block has a work towards selling crore over the next several shale gas potential of 7.7 trillion some of its subsidiaries and fer the management control to SPV and will be utilised years but proper regulatory cubic feet (tcf), Essar officials monetise assets. private players. The buyer was towards lowering the debt bur- framework, environmental or had said earlier. Air India has a debt burden required to take over 24,000 den of the airline. social factors needs to be han- But, several experts have of 55,000 crore. In November crore debt of the carrier along The national carrier had in dled properly. flagged environmental and last year, a ministerial panel with over 8,000 crore of lia- September last year invited “In West Bengal shale gas social concerns in shale gas   credit in recent months and tion. headed by Finance Minister bilities. bids to sell its properties locat- and related sector offers an exploration. suggested that banks may be Representatives of the Arun Jaitley had approved However, the stake sale ed across India. investment potential of 50,000 An environmental NGO ommerce minister Suresh asked to encourage flow of export sector highlighted the transferring 29,000 crore debt failed to attract any bidders The airline had put up for crore and huge employment had urged the Government to CPrabhu on Wednesday credit to the export sector par- problems of pre-import under to a special purpose vehicle when the bidding process com- sale 28 flats in Mumbai, seven opportunity,” State Finance undertake research to explore urged the Finance Ministry to ticularly to MSMEs for gener- advance authorisation and (SPV) — Air India Asset pleted on May 31. flats in Ahmedabad, and two Minister Amit Mitra said on the link between fracking, make the process of refund of ating more employment. requested the Commerce Holding Company. In August 2018, the flats and an office space in Wednesday at FICCI organised groundwater resources and GST input tax credit online. "The commerce minister Minister to bring the notifica- “We are eyeing $1 billion Government had received Pune, besides several other Gas Industry in West Bengal. ‘land subsidence’ before auc- Prabhu, along with com- also urged to make input tax tion deleting the condition from the sale of Air India,” the Parliament nod for 980 crore properties across the country. Great Eastern Energy Corp tioning the the shale blocks. merce and revenue depart- credit (ITC) refund online to with retrospective effect. official told. equity infusion in Air India On December 27, the Civil (GEECL) and Essar Oil who A presentation made by a ment officials, met exporters to ensure that the export refund "Suresh Prabhu asked After a botched attempt to under a “turn around plan”. Aviation Ministry told the Lok are producing CBM in the West Bengal Pollution Control discuss the problems faced by is seamless and also transpar- DGFT and Department of sell Air India in May last year, Earlier this month, Parliament Sabha that the Government has Ranigunj belt had expressed Board official earlier said water the sector. ent and accountable," the state- Revenue, Ministry of Finance, the Jaitley-led panel in June approved a further 2,345 crore prepared a revival plan for Air interest in exploring and requirement is 11,000 to 15,000 Banking issues, like caution ment said. to look into it so that genuine decided to scrap the stake sale equity infusion into the airline. India. extracting shale gas and under m3 for one well (the estimate listing of exporters, third party/ As of November-end, Rs exporters are not harassed," the plan for the time being. It was The ministerial panel has A comprehensive finan- the new licensing regime is of the same order of 7-19 mil- third country exports and list 91,149 crore has been issued to statement added. decided to infuse more funds already cleared strategic sale of cial package, including transfer Government has allowed shale lion litres per well according to of items to be traded with exporters as Goods and Representatives from into the carrier and cut down Air India’s ground handling sub- of non-core debt and assets to exploration from CBM blocks. a field data from a US gas Iran, were also discussed. The Services Tax (GST) refund, Federation of Indian Export debt by raising resources by sidiary, Air India Air Transport a SPV, implementation of “GEECL had already field). finance ministry officials would which was 93.77 per cent of Organisations, Pharmexcil, selling land assets and other Services. Plans are afoot for sell- robust organisational and gov- announced to invest $2 billion Since the wells are hori- discuss the issues which were total claims with the tax author- Gems and Jewellery Export subsidiaries. ing another subsidiary, Air India ernance reforms by the board over next 10 years in shale gas zontal and multilateral, there is flagged in a meeting with banks ities. Promotion Council, The government had ini- Engineering Services. and differentiated business extraction. Given the opportu- high possibility of ground water on January 22, an official state- While Integrated GST Engineering Exports tially planned to offload 76 per The proceeds from sale of strategies for each of the core nity in existing blocks and contamination which may be a ment said. (IGST) refund process is Promotion Council and cent equity share capital of the subsidiaries and land and businesses of Air India, are part potential blocks investment concern for the people in the Prabhu also highlighted online, claiming of ITC refund Chemexcil attended the meet- national carrier as well as trans- building assets would go to the of the plan. could as high as 50,000 crore,” belt, the presentation has said. the declining trend of export still requires manual interven- ing.      % ## *%! &'+#2  "    "=;; & "# *+ # %' ##

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=> '''  % % >  * * 1 $    "?#@?   New Delhi (PTI): Private sector lender IndusInd 9=;; * .4-' 7&' Bank on Wednesday posted a marginal 5.2 per cent increase in net profit to 985.03 crore for the third     He expressed hope that the Mahadevan said the company quarter ended December 31, 2018. The bank had 18-km long Dwarka Expressway would install outdoor air pollu-   On the other hand, Yes Bank, money off the table at record lev- recorded a net profit of 936.25 crore in the usiness conglomerate would become operational by tion controllers in children’s Tata Steel Hero MotoCorp, ONGC, els, cut down the session’s gains. October-December quarter of last fiscal. BShapoorji Pallonji on the time the project is complet- play areas, common walkways, ontinuing its rising spree Bajaj Finance, NPTC, HCL Tech Besides, optimism ahead of Q3 Total income of the lender also increased to Wednesday announced its entry ed. “The NCR market has bot- garden areas, club house and for the fourth session, and TCS were the top losers, falling earnings of some bluechip compa- 7,232.32 crore during the October-December 2018 into the Delhi-NCR market and tomed out. We expect good trac- similar outdoor locations with- Cbenchmark BSE Sensex up to 3.07%. nies such TCS and Infosys, too, bol- as against 5,473.54 crore over the corresponding said it would develop a housing tion in this project,” Mahadevan in the project. reclaimed the 36,000 mark by Market started on a positive stered trading sentiments, acceler- period of the previous fiscal, IndusInd Bank said in project here with an estimated and added, “The estimated cost Mahadevan said the com- jumping over 200 points on note but took some caution ahead ating buying by retail investors. a regulatory filing. investment of 1,200 crore. of this housing project is around pany would launch two other Wednesday tracking positive cues of major quarterly results scheduled Meanwhile, domestic institu- The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined The project ‘Joyville 1,200 crore,” he told PTI on the housing projects in Gurugram from global markets on rising on Thursday, said analysts. tional investors (DIIs) bought to 1.13 per cent of the total advances during the third Gurugram’, spread over 18 acre sidelines. and Noida, but those would not hopes that the US and China “In totality, with expectation of shares to the tune of 698.17 crore, quarter of the current fiscal, against 1.16 per cent at land on Dwarka Expressway, will The group had bought this be under this platform. would strike a deal to end their a breather from the US-China while foreign portfolio investors the end of third quarter. However, net NP1As of the be developed by a USD 200 mil- land parcel from another real Outside this development trade tiff. meeting led the market to close on (FPIs) offloaded shares worth a net bank rose to 0.59 per cent in the quarter from 0.46 lion platform established by estate developer, BPTP Ltd, and platform, Shapoorji Pallonji Real Moreover, optimistic buying by a positive bias. Buying interest has of 553.78 crore on Tuesday, pro- per cent of the total assets. Shapoorji Pallonji, ADB, IFC the land is fully paid. The con- Estate is currently developing investors ahead of Q3 earnings sea- been seen across sectors led by pri- visional data showed. Sector-wise, and Actis. struction of the project will four projects. son supported the rally. vate banks, IT and FMCG; while the FMCG index surged the most $  2 D, 4 )2"'2  The group will develop 516 start soon and is expected to get The company has 80-90 The BSE Sensex after a gap-up PSU banks declined due to profit- by gaining 1.11%, followed by Bajaj Corp on Wednesday reported 8.93 per cent flats in the first phase of the pro- complete in four-and-half years. million square feet of develop- opening at 36,181.37, advanced fur- booking post recent gains,” said bankex 0.69% and realty index increase in standalone net profit at 60.09 crore for ject and is selling them in a price With the launch of this ment in the pipeline. Out of this, ther to the day’s high of 36,250.54, Vinod Nair, head of research, 0.66%. the third quarter ended December 31, 2018. The com- range of 58 lakh to 1.05 crore. project, he said, the company has it is launching 35 million sq ft before ending at 36,212.91, show- Geojit Financial Services. Oil and gas, metal, PSU and pany had posted a net profit of 55.16 crore in the The total units in this project launched development of 9.5 this fiscal, an equal number in ing a gain of 231.98 points, or Investor sentiment also got a infrastructure sector indices, how- same period of 2017-18. would be 1,500 in three phases. million square feet under the the next year and the rest in the 0.64%. The gauge had gained by boost after the World Bank pro- ever, ended in the red, falling up to Total income during the reported quarter went “We are entering into the Joyville platform. third year. The projects would be 467 points in the previous three ses- jected India’s GDP growth at 7.3% 1.74%. up 11.48 per cent to 236.94 crore as against Delhi-NCR which is the biggest This is the fourth housing developed across its product sions. in the fiscal year 2018-19, and 7.5% Furthermore, most Asian mar- 212.53 crore in the year-ago period, Bajaj Corp said real estate market in the coun- project under this platform. It is portfolio and in cities like The NSE Nifty also gained 53 in the following two years, attribut- kets ended in the green and in a BSE filing. try. We are launching a housing already developing housing pro- Mumbai Metropolitan Region points, or 0.49%, to settle at 10,855.15 ing it to an upswing in consump- European markets too were notably The company, which sells cosmetics, toiletries and project at Sector 102 in jects at Howrah-Kolkata, (MMR), Pune, Bengaluru, after shuttling between 10,870.40 tion and investment, traders said. higher in their late morning ses- other personal care products, said its board of direc- Gurugram,” Joyville Shapoorji Mumbai and Pune. Hyderabad, Kolkata, Howrah and 10,749.40. The bank said India would contin- sion. tors has recommended an interim dividend of 14 Housing MD Sriram Keeping the pollution level (near Kolkata), Delhi, Top performers that led the ue to be the fastest growing major Hong Kong’s Hang Seng per share of face value of 1 each. Mahadevan told reporters here. of the region in mind, Gurugram, Noida, Mohali. gains on bourses were Axis Bank, economy in the world. climbed 2.26%, Japan’s Nikkei ITC, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Market sentiment was buoyant surged 1.10%, Korea Kospi rallied HDFC, IndusInd Bank, HUL, largely in sync with a positive trend 1.95%, Taiwan’s index gained 1.83% 4'     HDFC Bank, Maruti and ICICI at other Asian bourses, supported by and Shanghai Composite Index was )+) ?: Bank, rising up to 2.94%. rising hopes that the US and China also up 0.71%. In European mar- New Delhi (PTI): MG Motor India, a Gujarat, MG Motor India said in a state-  9; ?  Infosys, the country’s second would reach a truce, traders said. kets, Paris CAC 40 rose 0.99%, wholly-owned arm of China’s SAIC Motor ment. MG Motor India president & man- largest IT services firm, rose 0.90% US President Donald Trump, while Frankfurt’s DAX gained Corp, on Wednesday said it would launch aging director Rajeev Chaba said, “Based New Delhi (PTI): Hero Electronix, the electronics and tech- after company on Tuesday said its on Tuesday, had said that talks with 0.96% in their late morning deals. a sports utility vehicle, Hector, in the mid- on the company’s global platform, the nology venture of the Hero group, on Wednesday announced board would consider a buyback Beijing on a trade deal were going London’s FTSE too gained 0.59%. dle of this year to kick off its journey in the Hector has been heavily re-engineered to foray into consumer products segment with plans to launch 10 programme and payment of special on “very well”. On Wall Street, the US Dow Jones country. The MG Hector will go in to pro- enrich product attributes and suit the artificial intelligence (AI) powered and connected devices in the dividend, among other proposals, However, selling towards the Industrial Average closed 1.09% duction in the second quarter of 2019 at the evolving preferences of the customers and next five years. The products will be across home automaton, at its meeting on January 11. fag end, as investors took some higher on Tuesday. company’s manufacturing facility at Halol, Indian road conditions.” automotive, health and entertainment domains, it said.

  SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 10862.40 10870.40 10749.40 10855.15 53.00 Script Open High Low LTP INDIANB 257.90 260.00 249.85 253.10 FORCEMOT 1633.00 1642.00 1606.00 1620.20 ALKEM 1961.45 1987.95 1961.45 1971.15 AXISBANK 652.35 672.05 652.35 671.20 20.30 RCOM 14.00 14.14 13.66 13.81 PFC 107.50 109.90 107.20 108.35 BOMDYEING 112.45 112.45 109.00 110.10 NILKAMAL 1461.85 1461.85 1444.05 1449.80 ITC 285.60 291.70 284.60 291.50 7.25 YESBANK 193.75 193.95 181.55 186.40 BIOCON 632.90 635.60 627.35 630.30 HAVELLS 674.50 683.70 673.00 681.95 PIIND 868.55 870.00 850.00 853.75 TATAMOTORS 181.50 183.60 180.20 183.55 3.60 GRUH 256.50 259.90 228.40 234.30 IDFCBANK 46.15 46.55 45.60 46.20 LICHSGFIN 486.00 486.00 472.90 476.10 HATSUN 674.00 690.00 669.65 674.65 UPL 758.00 767.00 753.45 765.00 12.80 INFY 684.90 689.80 664.55 675.85 ULTRACEMCO 3916.20 3934.00 3800.00 3820.00 NESTLEIND 11107.35 11276.85 11086.80 11252.20 MHRIL 206.00 208.00 205.15 205.65 HDFC 1962.00 1998.00 1962.00 1991.30 32.35 BANDHANBNK 480.50 488.00 450.00 454.35 NOCIL 162.55 170.05 162.55 168.80 CUB 197.55 198.35 188.80 191.40 TRITURBINE 109.35 112.75 108.60 109.45 EICHERMOT 19890.00 20397.75 19850.00 20345.00 300.35 TATASTEEL 488.50 497.15 475.50 479.35 GMRINFRA 16.30 17.00 16.20 16.85 SOBHA 455.10 486.90 451.25 479.60 SUDARSCHEM 351.00 354.05 348.00 350.35 IBULHSGFIN 816.00 824.70 806.00 824.20 11.65 AXISBANK 652.95 672.00 652.70 670.05 WOCKPHARMA 515.00 517.50 504.65 509.80 WHIRLPOOL 1425.90 1471.55 1425.90 1453.25 SHREECEM 16750.00 16750.00 16260.00 16359.75 INDUSINDBK 1580.00 1610.00 1548.00 1599.70 21.95 INDUSINDBK 1570.10 1610.00 1549.30 1600.80 MCX 746.20 757.10 739.20 748.80 JUBILANT 717.40 720.95 712.05 715.30 CARBORUNIV 366.20 368.85 363.95 364.50 BHARTIARTL 333.20 337.90 327.30 333.20 3.95 ITC 284.20 291.90 284.20 290.70 BALKRISIND 875.05 896.60 871.20 887.50 JSWENERGY 70.10 70.50 69.00 70.05 INDOSTAR 341.40 352.75 341.40 350.15 DRREDDY 2580.90 2610.90 2580.90 2597.90 27.40 TATAMOTORS 181.90 183.90 180.30 183.10 CGPOWER 46.05 46.50 45.05 45.25 JISLJALEQS 67.00 67.45 65.90 66.75 LAXMIMACH 5712.00 5750.00 5712.00 5736.20 SUNPHARMA 450.00 453.60 443.65 447.40 ADANIPORTS 384.00 384.00 373.30 377.40 ABBOTINDIA 7750.00 8150.40 7750.00 7990.45 SYMPHONY 1128.70 1140.15 1111.00 1125.30 HINDUNILVR 1777.50 1797.00 1773.40 1786.00 15.15 SBIN 306.00 306.95 300.85 305.05 IBREALEST 88.85 89.50 86.55 87.90 UBL 1419.90 1419.90 1378.25 1386.85 JKLAKSHMI 312.85 312.85 300.00 302.65 WIPRO 324.55 332.60 324.55 328.30 2.75 SUZLON 5.40 5.40 5.25 5.32 AJANTPHARM 1173.05 1190.00 1145.05 1158.20 NAUKRI 1625.55 1650.00 1610.00 1627.35 ZYDUSWELL 1323.45 1341.50 1314.45 1322.55 INFY 686.20 689.80 664.00 675.60 5.55 DHFL 232.00 233.00 223.00 226.90 BATAINDIA 1130.05 1152.40 1127.00 1148.95 KTKBANK 116.50 116.50 111.95 114.15 NESCO 470.00 481.00 470.00 479.55 TITAN 949.00 955.35 945.35 953.50 7.35 DELTACORP 266.00 272.90 259.25 262.05 BEL 91.30 92.65 90.20 92.15 EIDPARRY 221.55 227.80 218.50 223.45 UFLEX 272.00 272.05 267.65 268.25 HDFCBANK 2118.00 2121.35 2102.60 2116.80 13.80 ICICIBANK 382.10 383.35 375.90 382.00 RPOWER 30.50 30.65 29.25 29.75 TATACHEM 705.95 705.95 692.80 697.50 NETWORK18 40.35 40.35 39.25 39.75 KOTAKBANK 1237.35 1244.00 1228.10 1236.70 7.80 EDELWEISS 182.10 184.40 175.40 178.15 SPARC 187.05 191.80 185.10 186.45 EXIDEIND 274.00 274.00 258.30 260.00 GET&D 297.40 302.00 293.00 293.80 MARUTI 7460.50 7529.00 7414.00 7481.00 41.50 RELIANCE 1111.90 1116.00 1098.50 1108.40 HDFCLIFE 394.00 398.40 392.00 396.45 TATACOMM 543.00 546.00 517.55 519.60 RELAXO 750.15 757.00 734.20 735.60 ICICIBANK 381.65 383.55 375.60 382.25 2.10 ASHOKLEY 94.00 95.60 93.55 94.40 DRREDDY 2571.00 2610.00 2571.00 2603.90 WESTLIFE 384.15 392.05 381.00 383.10 SCHNEIDER 99.20 101.00 98.05 98.90 TECHM 694.20 701.40 684.00 692.80 2.95 IBULHSGFIN 814.20 824.10 806.40 819.95 PAGEIND 23075.00 23340.00 22810.00 23201.20 TATAINVEST 895.50 899.00 891.35 893.70 JSL 33.25 33.65 32.55 32.85 LALPATHLAB 952.75 959.00 941.00 947.85 RELIANCE 1112.00 1117.00 1098.70 1109.25 4.60 JPASSOCIAT 7.72 7.72 7.36 7.43 IBVENTURES 385.00 390.60 383.85 385.70 VIPIND 512.40 512.95 500.00 502.20 MINDAIND 325.20 326.10 313.90 317.05 REDINGTON 87.00 87.40 85.45 86.05 M&M 729.00 729.95 720.15 725.80 2.40 SPICEJET 83.00 83.50 80.30 80.85 LTI 1688.50 1770.00 1688.50 1749.80 KSCL 536.85 550.85 532.20 548.40 MINDACORP 150.60 156.00 149.40 149.90 FORTIS 139.55 139.85 138.15 138.85 ZEEL 453.10 461.65 445.80 452.00 0.35 MARUTI 7493.00 7525.00 7417.50 7465.85 SREINFRA 35.50 36.75 35.25 36.10 TORNTPOWER 263.50 265.80 258.80 261.85 PRESTIGE 225.50 230.00 219.50 225.30 IOB 14.90 14.90 14.55 14.63 POWERGRID 197.35 198.75 195.60 197.50 0.15 VEDL 197.90 198.00 192.10 194.70 SBILIFE 618.00 648.15 617.00 642.20 J&KBANK 37.50 37.80 36.70 36.95 GSPL 170.65 171.40 168.60 170.05 HIMATSEIDE 213.25 215.40 208.65 209.35 LT 1389.50 1393.55 1372.00 1383.00 0.80 TCS 1915.00 1919.00 1869.05 1887.80 GODREJCP 781.00 789.00 764.40 774.80 BHARATFIN 995.60 1016.15 984.00 1011.35 CROMPTON 230.15 231.85 227.10 229.00 ELGIEQUIP 247.45 256.85 247.45 250.30 BAJAJ-AUTO 2702.50 2710.00 2672.50 2693.00 -1.85 JINDALSTEL 158.95 158.95 149.35 151.80 CIPLA 516.00 516.85 507.90 510.80 COLPAL 1313.15 1321.50 1302.05 1303.80 PTC 91.85 92.10 89.65 90.70 ASTERDM 159.55 165.00 159.55 163.50 ASIANPAINT 1402.50 1414.00 1397.15 1400.00 -1.25 HINDPETRO 246.50 247.60 238.00 239.35 CUMMINSIND 850.35 863.80 845.20 860.00 SUNTECK 348.50 350.35 341.10 343.15 HUDCO 42.65 43.50 42.45 42.65 PGHH 9979.85 10000.00 9921.50 9953.45 NTPC 147.00 148.45 145.40 146.80 -0.15 JETAIRWAYS 244.00 246.60 241.20 243.95 TVSMOTOR 536.50 544.30 532.55 538.50 RCF 63.35 63.65 62.30 62.75 GREAVESCOT 120.05 122.50 119.90 121.70 SKFINDIA 1925.00 1939.95 1896.85 1934.70 SBIN 306.00 307.10 300.75 304.75 -0.55 IOC 134.20 134.20 131.45 131.80 APOLLOTYRE 230.55 230.65 223.10 224.10 CENTURYTEX 909.00 913.00 885.25 896.45 KANSAINER 462.40 462.50 451.00 453.95 ZENSARTECH 232.80 233.30 228.60 231.70 CHAMBLFERT 157.15 159.25 156.40 158.05 SUNPHARMA 450.50 453.65 443.70 447.15 -0.90 AUROPHARMA 750.00 758.30 742.50 756.25 ALBK 47.70 47.80 45.65 46.15 MRPL 72.80 72.80 70.85 71.40 VINATIORGA 1620.00 1620.00 1604.00 1613.35 MMTC 29.20 29.70 28.65 28.95 HINDALCO 208.50 209.25 203.10 206.00 -0.50 NMDC 92.90 93.35 90.80 91.40 TATAMTRDVR 96.20 98.00 95.70 96.95 TATAGLOBAL 215.00 216.50 210.70 212.60 AKZOINDIA 1764.05 1770.70 1741.50 1751.80 HINDALCO 208.90 209.10 203.25 205.65 JUSTDIAL 497.00 499.00 483.20 486.55 PHILIPCARB 206.60 206.75 203.70 205.05 ICICIGI 868.00 872.30 856.00 864.00 ENDURANCE 1210.00 1215.95 1192.95 1200.85 BAJAJFINSV 6460.00 6476.00 6365.00 6425.00 -18.05 JAGRAN 121.00 125.30 116.35 117.55 HEG 3698.00 3698.00 3625.00 3657.90 KPIT 207.55 209.75 205.80 207.85 KALPATPOWR 383.90 383.90 375.30 380.85 SHARDACROP 300.00 304.95 298.00 303.25 VEDL 197.95 198.00 192.00 195.05 -0.60 ASIANPAINT 1411.95 1413.50 1390.00 1402.90 MGL 903.00 915.00 892.00 896.80 NHPC 26.00 26.20 25.90 26.05 MAHABANK 15.60 15.80 15.21 15.29 INOXLEISUR 251.05 257.10 251.05 251.65 COALINDIA 234.20 234.85 231.80 232.45 -0.85 L&TFH 149.00 150.10 142.70 144.75 JAICORPLTD 114.50 114.85 110.80 111.55 MOTILALOFS 706.05 709.35 680.00 684.35 ADANIGREEN 40.65 41.25 40.50 40.75 CARERATING 988.00 988.00 980.00 983.15 TCS 1907.40 1919.00 1866.70 1884.60 -8.95 BHARTIARTL 330.50 340.00 327.45 335.15 BHARATFORG 472.00 478.65 470.05 476.75 CENTRALBK 35.95 37.20 35.60 36.95 DCMSHRIRAM 358.00 364.00 355.00 361.20 ASTRAZEN 1473.00 1494.40 1470.00 1482.50 BAJFINANCE 2546.00 2559.80 2510.00 2523.00 -14.05 HDFC 1965.00 1997.85 1965.00 1993.30 RECLTD 121.65 122.20 119.30 121.05 FRETAIL 462.85 463.55 451.70 454.80 BAJAJELEC 490.00 494.00 482.00 489.30 BIRLACORPN 573.65 578.90 565.10 567.30 GRASIM 840.00 844.30 826.50 831.50 -5.10 RELCAPITAL 221.60 223.25 214.30 217.00 WABAG 275.50 289.40 274.90 278.80 MFSL 438.30 442.00 436.80 439.55 COCHINSHIP 364.80 373.00 363.85 367.05 CYIENT 605.40 608.90 603.00 604.35 CIPLA 515.55 516.75 507.50 510.40 -3.25 JUBLFOOD 1250.00 1265.25 1226.05 1234.40 RALLIS 170.90 172.60 168.50 169.25 VENKYS 2380.05 2397.05 2352.00 2371.50 ADVENZYMES 170.50 175.90 170.50 172.75 TNPL 246.45 246.45 237.10 238.75 ADANIPORTS 382.00 382.00 373.30 376.35 -2.40 BAJFINANCE 2550.00 2558.50 2510.00 2525.10 INFRATEL 301.85 301.85 289.05 290.75 TEJASNET 211.40 221.30 211.40 217.80 DEEPAKNI 219.15 224.00 219.15 220.35 SOLARINDS 1043.45 1065.00 1031.30 1058.60 HCLTECH 947.00 948.55 932.30 936.25 -8.90 FEDERALBNK 95.25 97.40 94.50 96.65 PETRONET 219.50 220.85 213.20 214.35 BERGEPAINT 325.00 326.70 322.05 325.60 LEMONTREE 69.15 69.75 68.50 68.95 BLUESTARCO 610.05 616.80 609.30 613.50 JSWSTEEL 295.00 296.80 286.55 290.55 -3.35 BPCL 351.00 351.55 338.70 341.25 GUJFLUORO 949.00 974.70 940.00 951.15 CASTROLIND 151.35 152.20 150.25 150.80 GREENPLY 140.85 144.50 139.40 140.45 ERIS 682.15 688.65 675.45 683.75 ONGC 147.90 148.20 144.85 145.35 -2.10 PCJEWELLER 83.50 83.50 80.50 81.25 MANAPPURAM 96.05 97.30 94.55 95.50 IRB 161.40 161.40 154.90 156.50 HSCL 129.50 130.00 129.00 129.15 ECLERX 1061.15 1070.00 1045.00 1045.55 IOC 133.75 134.30 131.60 132.00 -2.00 LT 1393.30 1393.30 1372.70 1385.20 CHENNPETRO 282.30 282.85 266.85 271.50 AARTIIND 1486.00 1499.15 1467.50 1485.10 NATCOPHARM* 699.95 699.95 684.75 685.80 KRBL 293.10 295.20 288.20 291.60 HEROMOTOCO 2985.10 2985.10 2907.00 2925.00 -45.30 TATAELXSI 971.10 993.00 964.50 969.90 EQUITAS 121.20 123.30 120.35 122.55 HINDCOPPER 49.95 50.40 49.25 49.50 SWANENERGY 100.00 100.00 97.90 98.40 GULFOILLUB 830.00 833.50 820.00 825.90 INFRATEL 299.90 299.90 289.25 291.25 -6.70 M&M 725.60 730.00 720.65 726.10 JSLHISAR 84.05 86.00 83.10 83.70 CHOLAFIN 1206.05 1219.05 1186.00 1197.70 HAL 790.00 798.00 782.00 783.90 THYROCARE 553.00 553.00 536.30 544.80 TATASTEEL 488.95 497.30 475.25 479.20 -12.15 PNB 82.25 82.25 79.80 80.70 RAYMOND 817.25 820.00 796.45 806.55 SOUTHBANK 15.30 15.55 15.20 15.30 DCAL 239.00 243.50 236.40 241.90 GSKCONS 7444.45 7535.00 7444.45 7500.85 ULTRACEMCO 3917.00 3934.90 3800.00 3810.10 -106.20 KOTAKBANK 1243.50 1244.20 1229.45 1238.90 CEATLTD 1270.05 1278.25 1250.10 1258.30 ITI 93.25 93.25 90.55 91.00 FINCABLES 450.00 452.25 446.00 449.30 VTL 1079.05 1083.05 1068.60 1075.70 YESBANK 193.95 193.95 181.50 186.55 -5.80 BANKINDIA 109.80 109.80 104.20 105.50 IDFC 44.00 44.30 42.50 43.25 MERCK 3188.90 3279.65 3163.55 3241.30 LUXIND 1280.00 1280.00 1210.00 1222.25 FDC 172.95 173.45 172.25 173.15 TIINDIA 343.00 345.45 334.35 335.15 BPCL 351.00 351.50 338.00 340.00 -11.95 TITAN 950.00 955.15 945.40 952.50 SRF 2048.00 2058.05 2027.10 2035.30 ALLCARGO 110.00 113.00 108.80 109.70 HEIDELBERG 149.90 150.95 149.50 149.90 SOMANYCERA 365.20 369.20 359.50 366.40 GAIL 356.00 356.25 338.05 341.00 -13.60 GAIL 355.00 356.00 338.50 341.75 SUNTV 602.50 602.80 585.60 588.65 SHANKARA 531.10 531.60 516.40 519.40 PHOENIXLTD 575.20 578.05 574.25 576.75 EICHERMOT 19900.00 20389.95 19890.00 20277.75 LUPIN 847.95 847.95 830.60 836.65 AUBANK 617.55 633.00 616.10 628.35 NH 202.00 212.00 200.40 205.30 GUJGAS 660.40 663.25 657.00 660.50 HINDPETRO 246.00 247.65 238.00 238.15 -9.80 UNIONBANK 95.25 95.45 91.10 92.10 MANPASAND 86.60 87.10 84.25 85.10 PFIZER 2740.00 2750.00 2715.00 2738.90 ABB 1306.00 1311.85 1294.10 1300.80 MAHLIFE 392.00 395.25 390.00 391.30   BANKBARODA 124.00 124.50 121.50 123.05 ACC 1483.50 1483.50 1444.00 1455.85 AMARAJABAT 738.00 745.00 735.40 738.65 CENTRUM 36.00 36.40 35.00 35.15 SUPPETRO 202.95 202.95 199.45 200.50 RELINFRA 303.00 306.30 294.75 300.55 FSL 47.90 48.45 46.80 47.30 VOLTAS 542.65 542.65 531.95 535.85 VBL 820.00 822.00 801.70 813.35 JCHAC 1797.80 1814.00 1750.00 1776.60 DBCORP 177.05 187.60 177.05 182.65 PNBHOUSING 908.85 909.00 883.00 897.30 EIHOTEL 188.45 191.60 187.45 189.95 CRISIL 1620.00 1641.70 1620.00 1631.85 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE DBL 405.70 408.55 384.70 391.30 EMAMILTD 423.50 424.05 420.00 421.75 LAKSHVILAS 83.00 83.00 76.70 77.15 EVEREADY 182.30 182.30 180.60 180.70 NIFTY NEXT 50 27780.05 27818.90 27470.90 27683.50 -5.60 HFCL 24.20 24.30 22.75 23.00 INDHOTEL 142.65 144.45 141.50 142.25 TORNTPHARM 1820.00 1833.00 1819.60 1822.95 TVSSRICHAK 2456.05 2483.60 2443.15 2445.25 SBILIFE 615.00 649.75 615.00 648.00 35.50 BHEL 72.00 72.00 69.80 70.30 TV18BRDCST 38.00 38.30 37.45 37.75 JMFINANCIL 89.75 90.60 88.00 88.45 ASAHIINDIA 255.05 257.45 255.00 255.05 ICICIPRULI 326.45 339.90 325.05 339.70 15.25 DMART 1574.00 1607.90 1565.40 1590.50 JINDALSAW 82.40 83.50 81.00 81.75 IEX 165.00 165.75 162.00 164.35 AIAENG 1640.00 1655.00 1630.05 1646.95 DMART 1575.10 1610.00 1566.55 1607.85 35.45 RADICO 403.90 419.50 403.15 409.20 IBULISL 323.05 336.40 317.55 320.90 GUJALKALI 532.00 536.00 529.50 531.35 NBVENTURES 118.50 118.50 115.90 116.30 MOTHERSUMI 158.90 162.40 158.15 161.60 3.35 ZEEL 452.90 461.40 446.50 451.90 NAVKARCORP 51.25 52.15 50.00 50.80 GODREJAGRO 498.00 500.25 495.60 498.05 TEAMLEASE 2804.00 2804.00 2740.55 2787.45 HAVELLS 672.00 684.35 672.00 683.00 13.30 NCC 89.10 91.35 89.10 90.55 APOLLOHOSP 1258.00 1270.35 1250.05 1265.25 BASF 1518.05 1537.00 1510.00 1513.80 MAHLOG 503.05 507.00 503.00 504.60 SRTRANSFIN 1192.75 1217.00 1188.55 1215.10 22.35 IDBI 62.65 65.80 62.65 64.70 TATACOFFEE 98.50 98.90 97.15 97.65 TIMETECHNO 102.65 102.65 99.80 100.45 JKCEMENT 708.00 708.00 698.50 699.65 ASHOKLEY 94.20 95.60 93.35 94.55 1.50 NIITTECH 1121.00 1171.00 1121.00 1161.60 DIVISLAB 1467.05 1476.00 1460.00 1474.25 BOSCHLTD 19478.40 19575.70 19270.00 19432.70 STARCEMENT 102.80 103.75 101.70 102.25 AUROPHARMA 749.00 759.00 742.40 756.85 10.30 SADBHAV 234.40 239.95 220.90 222.85 SCI 45.70 46.55 45.15 45.55 NIACL 178.10 182.05 174.00 178.25 ESSELPRO 108.05 108.05 106.30 108.00 PEL 2320.00 2352.50 2310.00 2338.00 29.45 WIPRO 325.90 332.55 324.60 329.10 JAMNAAUTO 62.85 63.25 61.60 62.00 SUNDRMFAST 522.75 524.55 519.45 521.60 WABCOINDIA 6450.00 6450.00 6365.00 6385.85 DABUR 419.75 426.80 417.00 421.60 5.20 NBCC 62.95 63.30 60.80 61.60 GODFRYPHLP 921.00 921.00 893.85 904.50 TRENT 352.40 356.30 349.10 350.15 CERA 2694.00 2694.00 2615.00 2631.15 BEL 91.10 92.85 90.20 91.90 1.05 GODREJPROP 737.00 743.00 717.50 741.05 PERSISTENT 578.00 610.00 562.00 565.00 ITDCEM 116.50 118.75 116.00 117.05 LAURUSLABS 372.60 379.30 372.60 376.40 CONCOR 681.30 691.75 677.90 685.50 5.10 MPHASIS 927.85 928.60 896.90 904.00 MARICO 382.85 385.65 378.95 383.95 GODREJIND 542.20 542.95 533.95 539.25 TTKPRESTIG 7371.40 7519.90 7363.20 7477.15 OFSS 3588.50 3644.00 3584.30 3606.00 24.40 INDIACEM 91.40 91.45 87.55 88.30 CONCOR 679.85 690.60 677.70 682.50 PRSMJOHNSN 87.10 87.10 85.20 86.10 INOXWIND 75.80 76.40 75.25 76.15 MARICO 384.00 385.70 378.50 383.55 1.70 SAIL 54.95 54.95 52.05 52.25 IFCI 14.95 14.95 14.64 14.74 DHANUKA 410.00 420.00 401.15 414.85 KPRMILL 537.00 538.20 532.65 535.95 DLF 182.25 184.70 178.10 182.30 0.80 JSWSTEEL 295.50 296.35 286.80 290.60 ASTRAL 1157.95 1197.00 1157.95 1173.25 APLLTD 591.00 595.00 587.75 591.95 LAOPALA 217.35 219.80 217.30 219.05 BOSCHLTD 19360.00 19574.55 19270.05 19378.00 77.40 BEML 920.95 923.70 897.60 908.75 TATAMETALI 637.20 642.30 630.00 636.05 GPPL 96.55 97.00 94.85 95.10 CAPPL 383.00 386.00 380.00 383.60 HINDZINC 275.90 276.60 273.55 275.30 1.00 DLF 182.10 184.70 178.10 182.00 MEGH 57.15 57.60 56.35 56.65 ISEC 269.90 269.90 266.20 267.20 SHOPERSTOP 504.60 506.00 501.10 503.60 PGHH 9939.75 10024.95 9920.00 10000.00 21.55 CANBK 288.80 290.00 276.45 280.55 ENGINERSIN 125.60 126.05 123.65 124.95 GHCL 244.60 245.25 242.40 244.35 GALAXYSURF 1222.05 1225.00 1210.60 1223.75 BIOCON 632.70 636.00 628.40 630.45 1.30 ABFRL 209.40 212.60 207.45 210.80 DENABANK 14.10 14.20 13.80 13.95 VMART 2473.00 2505.00 2370.50 2379.60 BAYERCROP 4215.80 4264.75 4215.00 4230.40 IDEA 37.00 37.40 36.40 37.00 0.05 HEROMOTOCO 2990.00 2990.00 2910.00 2940.45 INTELLECT 223.25 226.85 220.00 222.15 THERMAX 1143.25 1155.00 1134.20 1139.60 FINOLEXIND 530.05 533.90 530.00 531.05 SIEMENS 1053.90 1064.35 1046.50 1053.50 1.20 ESCORTS 732.95 742.70 732.10 738.50 MINDTREE 829.90 838.50 819.50 823.05 BBTC 1310.00 1315.00 1295.30 1299.15 HSIL 235.00 240.30 234.50 239.10 GDL 119.00 120.50 118.60 118.80 ABB 1307.70 1314.25 1292.60 1300.00 0.60 ICICIPRULI 325.50 339.80 325.00 335.65 IDEA 37.00 37.35 36.45 36.95 SYNGENE 551.00 566.20 548.00 563.35 JBCHEPHARM 304.70 306.80 299.40 301.90 BAJAJHLDNG 2958.75 2964.10 2950.00 2951.95 BRITANNIA 3114.00 3119.85 3081.00 3090.00 0.45 UJJIVAN 285.50 291.90 283.00 285.90 DISHTV 40.55 41.15 39.35 39.85 TRIDENT 68.55 68.55 67.50 67.80 SANOFI 6150.00 6284.40 6122.00 6241.00 GRINDWELL 556.00 556.00 550.95 553.05 HDFCLIFE 392.70 398.45 391.50 394.65 -0.05 COALINDIA 234.35 234.85 232.00 232.95 BLISSGVS 169.35 172.45 166.90 170.45 ISGEC 5007.00 5149.80 5001.30 5035.90 QUESS 728.65 728.65 712.10 715.90 ORIENTCEM 81.00 81.40 79.00 80.40 ICICIGI 865.00 872.50 856.00 863.50 -0.70 DABUR 419.90 426.70 417.30 421.05 LINDEINDIA 693.00 705.00 681.00 688.10 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But he partial Government shutdown. made no mention of such a dec-  0  ) . )       ) 0 >  4  6 The US President called laration Tuesday night. 2    on Democrats to return to the Democrats have vowed to White House to meet with him, block funding for a wall, which 4 ,, three sitting days what steps it in favour to 297 against, a day saying it was "immoral" for they say would be immoral will take next if its Brexit deal after MPs "politicians to do nothing." and ineffective, and have called ritain's Government suf- is rejected by parliament next delivered another blow to Trump, who has long railed on Trump to reopen shuttered Bfered another setback week as appears likely. Prime Minister Theresa May by against illegal immigration at portions of the Government Wednesday as MPs voted to The contentious amend- voting to scupper a no-deal the border, has recently seized while border negotiations con- force it to announce within ment was passed by 308 votes Brexit. on humanitarian concerns to tinue. .*8 %   )  0      99 *     %       Q9 4 >  % %    n Israeli ex-Minister 4   -,- ment," Australia's Department Acharged with spying for   >  state-run Xinhua news agency of Home Affairs confirmed in the country’s arch-foe Iran reported. he UN has said an 18-year- a statement. The department has reached a plea bargain hina has developed an According to Liu, the ship- Told Saudi woman who fled said it would "consider this with prosecutors that will see Cadvanced compact size based OTH radar had greatly her family is a legitimate referral in the usual way, as it him serve 11 years in prison, maritime radar which can increased the range of area refugee and has asked Australia does with all UNHCR refer- the Justice Ministry said on maintain constant surveillance that the Peoples' Liberation to resettle her, Canberra said on rals". Wednesday. over an area of the size of India, Army (PLA) could moni- Wednesday, as the Twitter-led Australian officials have As part of the agreement, media reported Wednesday. tor."Relying on traditional tech- campaign to grant her asylum strongly hinted that Qunun's Gonen Segev will plead guilty The domestically-devel- nologies, our surveillance and edged towards resolution. request will be accepted. to serious espionage and trans- oped radar system will enable monitoring could only cover Rahaf Mohammed al- "If she is found to be a fer of information to the the Chinese navy to fully mon- about 20 per cent of our mar- Qunun was stopped by author- refugee, then we will give very, enemy, the ministry said in a itor China's seas and spot itime territory. With the new ities at Bangkok's main airport very, very serious consideration statement. A sentencing hear- incoming threats from enemy system, we can cover the whole as she arrived on a flight from to a humanitarian visa," health ing was set for February ships, aircraft and missiles area," he said. Kuwait at the weekend after minister Greg Hunt had said 11.The trial of Segev, who much earlier than the existing A senior member of Liu's running away from her fami- before the UN determination served as energy and infra- technology, the Hong Kong- team told the Post that the new ly, who she says subjected her was public. structure Minister from 1995 based South China Morning system would be a ship-based to physical and psychological Qunun's desperate tweets to 1996, opened in July but was Post reported, quoting the sci- OTH radar system. abuse. ricocheted across social media held behind closed doors, with entist who took part in China's The floating radar "will Thailand initially said it with the #SaveRahaf hashtag few details of the accusations Over-the-Horizon (OTH) radar increase our navy's information would deport her at the request drawing an outpouring of sup- publicly released. programme. gathering capabilities in critical of Saudi embassy officials, bar- port but also the bile of some Liu Yongtan, an academi- areas" including the South ring her from travelling on to hardliners in her native coun- cian of the Chinese Academy of China Sea, Indian Ocean and Australia where Qunun said try. She only joined the social  Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Pacific Ocean, he was quoted as she had intended to claim asy- media site at the start of this Academy of Engineering (CAE) saying in the Post. lum. month but has quickly racked Q9 from the Harbin Institute of China is not the only nation But armed with a phone, up more than 100,000 follow- Technology, is credited to have developing the technology. A she barricaded herself into an ers. , upgraded the China's radar major US defence contractor, airside hotel room and fought Phil Robertson of Human Beijing: Taiwan independence technology and developing an Raytheon, was granted a patent back — live-tweeting her fears Rights Watch said Qunun had supporters would be regarded advanced compact size radar in 2016 for a similar system.The of deportation in a campaign renounced Islam, which puts as "war criminals" if China was for the PLA Navy's carrier fleet Raytheon design involves a that swiftly galvanised inter- her at "serious risk" of prose- forced to intervene militarily to to "maintain constant surveil- transmitting vessel and sever- national support and prompt- cution in Saudi Arabia. retake the island, a Chinese lance over an area the size of al receiving ships with antennae ed a sharp U-turn by Thai offi- Her father and brother general warned. India," the Post reported. mounted on the deck. cials. Qunun is now in the care arrived in Bangkok on "Supporters of Taiwanese President Xi Jinping con- Radio waves are directed of the UN's refugee agency in Tuesday, but Qunun "refused to separatism must stop in time to ferred the country's top science into the sky by the transmitter Bangkok, which is processing see" them, according to Thai avoid disaster, repent and award, carrying a prize money to be collected by the receiving her case. immigration police chief return to the right path. of USD 1.116 million, to Liu ships, which then pass on the "The UNHCR has referred Surachate Hakparn, who has Otherwise they will become the and another military scientist, signals to aircraft carriers via Ms Rahaf Mohammed Al- been caught up in the interna- scum of the Chinese nation and Qian Qihu at an event in the satellite or airborne relays. Qunun to Australia for con- tional firestorm since Qunun's be condemned by history," said Great Hall of the People in According to a recent sideration for refugee resettle- arrival. He Lei. AFP Beijing on Tuesday for their report China had built an contributions. antenna five times the size of Qian was felicitated for set- New York. Chinese military, ting up the theoretical system which now has over USD 175 for China's modern defence billion annual defence engineering and contributions budget, is focussing on in creating underground developing heavy military nuclear shelter facilities, the equipment to compete.  <4 ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/ #8 0# # ' 0%# O        &   P $5;;,$4>   !&     ?/> >16   #  ?) &    &  #   "33! !3'"3   #   #    & !"3!)"         '!!& );L  any people might not have "!& ; known Sandeep Singh before )' Mthe film Soorma came along. ;" ' And now there are not many who don’t. For everyone has now seen or )3&  at least heard of Sandeep’s tragic !)"3 accident that shocked the country !;" # almost 12 years back. '" But heroes are born when they "3 same including rolls. overcome adversity. And the Indian According to Swiggy, the most- hockey star did just that by proving "&1'; 24. searched for food item appeared to be his mettle by staying optimistic and '"3! pizza, chicken, burger and cake. The most productive throughout out his life ;')' ordered dishes according to the app were journey till date. % %1% chicken biryani, masala dosa, paneer It wasn’t an easy journey back into "&%! butter masala, mutton biryani, chicken the Indian team for Sandeep but he  "' fried rice, tandoori chicken and dal kept pushing till he achieved it. So !!)" makhani. when asked, did you ever feel like giv- #3& ing it up all and resigning to your fate, )# "#$%&"%,*,*(%-"%.& when you were paralysed, he says, "3!) As per the Foodpanda survey, cities “Trust me, when someone says they like Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad have never given up ever in the jour- '!!&M '.%57 and Mumbai had the highest graph in ney of life, that’s completely dishon- terms of ordering food online. est because at some point or the other, OH  While chicken biryani again emerged an individual does admit defeat and "'*)) as the most-ordered dish in Hyderabad, stop trying at all. Even I had aban-  2 on the other hand, Delhiites order tikkas doned all hope and surrendered to my    !!')&%  . . and butter chicken the most. However, an fate. But, my elder brother, Vikram   ) emerging new trend observed in Delhi- (Singh) never left me and has always ven though food needs no reason NCR region was ordering hakka noodles been my inspiration. He kept me “This is my first association with   ) to be celebrated, but special 0 %   - along with chicken tikka. going.” a show and the concept of finding real   2 occasions and festivals always +    Swiggy observed how people are He believes in people who still life heroes propelled me. All of us have    add colour to our meals making making conscious efforts towards mind- choose to cross the line, be selfless and the potential to rise beyond the ordi- them perfect. 0   ful eating, and opting for healthy meals giving in their actions and accomplish nary and make a difference and that’s   EA survey by food ordering and deliv- and eco-friendly packaging options. Cities something exceptional in their way. what I believe.” )  ering app, Foodpanda, researched over  -  0, 0 , like Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai Former captain of the Indian The biopic, Soorma, on Sandeep’s    2 what is India ordering at special occasions, 11, % %,  appear on top when it comes to order- hockey team, Sandeep says that life was made featuring Diljit Dosanjh the most recent one being, New Year’s Eve. ing healthy food online. nobody can ever make you feel infe- in the lead. So while talking about a     The eve saw India celebrating the night  1 %  ; While Mumbaikars came big on rior without your permission. spurt in biopics these days, especial-     by ordering in vociferously. Well, biryani , %  1,  %+ milkshakes and burgers, sugar-free juices The real-life warrior is now ready ly those of sportspersons, he says,    turned out to be its favourite. As per the sur-     and fruit and vegetable salads got more to play an altogether different game. “There’s never a right time for biopics      I vey, more than 20,000 biryanis were ordered attention in Bengaluru. Sandeep will make his small screen to be made, whenever they are made and delivered to customers across India on 0, 1 + Soon-to-be-metros, and cities like debut with Roadies Real Heroes and is the right time starts. It’s more about     December 31, 2018. Adding to that, over 300 Vizag, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, were found quite excited to explore this arena. how many people get inspired by    biryanis were delivered in the last 30 min- 0-  , % , drooling over thaalis and sweets the The show is about finding such them and how in a way they affect utes leading to 2019. Other popular food most. While Vizag had chicken biryani interesting individuals and stories to them for not giving up on life, no mat-    items on the eve were Black Forest choco- and masala dosa the most, people in awaken the hero within through real- ter what the situation is. Biopics are   IP late cake, chicken rolls, burgers and fried rice. "#$%&"'(%)*+%%* Bhubaneswar relished rasgulla after their life stories of courage, honour and a great way to reach a wider audience L   :  An interesting observation brought As per the Foodpanda survey, it has meal. Dishes like chole bhature, rolls, bravery, offering them a platform to and bring to light the forgotten sto- into notice a customer from Mumbai, who been observed that Indians love to order chicken tikka were the comfort food of the emerge victorious. As a concept, this ries of the legends. Participation will ordered food as many as 22 times on the eve. biryani, burgers, shakes and ice-creams. Northern region whereas biryanis, burg- season completely resonates with increase once people appreciate the !  Customers from Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, There are different dish preferences ers and salads were big hits in southern what Sandeep personally follows and history of the sport.”  Bengaluru, Mumbai and Vizag were hooked for different times of the day. While India. hence, he says he’s happy to associate Interestingly, Sandeep says that he **)* on to the app. favourite breakfast turned out to be idli The top searches in western India with the show as a gang leader. was approached before for his film to 3*!' Another food ordering app, Swiggy and dosa, most loved lunch items hap- were food items like shakes, ice-cream, “For the last 15 years, no other be made in Punjabi but, “I refused as 3'  observed that desi or traditional Indian dish- pened to be biryani and shakes. paav bhaaji, whereas the eastern cities show has connected with the youth as I wanted my story to reach the mass- es seemed to rule the roost during the fes- A commonality between lunch and binged on chicken biryani, rasgulla and strongly by simply innovating and es. And a film made in Hindi would ) tive season. evening meals were shakes and ice- desserts. challenging the limits of action and have done that. I just wanted my life *) Some popular items were Laddu and creams, and has dumplings and pasta. The survey also observed that most adventure. It’s going to be an all-new story to remind youngsters to never "*& Karanji, that saw a whopping 400 per cent While the favourite dinner dish number of orders are made between 8 to experience, to find people who are lose sight of their goals and to never L>"33; increase during Ganesh Chaturthi the pre- turned out to be chicken biryani, the go- 9 pm, showing that dinner time is peo- inspiring. I am eager to explore some- give up — not only in sports but in all ))'& O vious year. to meal for late night hunger was also the ple’s favourite. thing I haven’t done before,” he adds. spheres of life.” *';*?! '*)"*&0O that if you inadvertently become Thief, she says, made it look very &,*  a witness to a crime, what does the “arthouse.” She adds, “But we );M #)& state infrastructure do to protect wanted to make a commercial you as a witness? film. Hence, Bombairiya also %' ;   “We, in this nation, till date, evokes a feeling of love-hate rela- ?;.; have not had a fruitful or well- tionship that we have with the ) ) ) implemented witness protection cities with live in. And here, it is -*&!)" "# act. Many a times the witness is with Mumbai.”  & only the one who is being preyed She says that the film is a “seri- .';') upon and considered as the final ous comedy,” which itself implies ! *46& culprit,” says Pia. an oxymoron. Isn’t it? So how did %'"3*)!)" !  - + 0  -  %%   She adds, “I wanted the story she bring together seriousness ->; ?))); to be much bigger than just a com- and comedy into one frame? +>) * ! #!'#'")3 edy and show something that’s She explains that we laugh at & relatable to the society and stands people when they are in crisis even *)) for a cause.” though we are aware of what they Hence, there are two broad are going through. This is because lines. First is Meghna, who is quite they are able to relate to them. magine. It’s a usual day, you Radhika Apte plays Meghna, who “self-absorbed” and having a bad “For instance, if someone falls   have lost your phone and you is a public relations manager and day as she loses her phone. And on a banana peel, it’s funny for us O   P Iinadvertently come across a gets embroiled in a series of in the midst of that self-absorp- but the person will get hurt crime scene and become a witness events after her phone gets stolen. tion, “she is forced to interact with (Laughs). It is about how we, as !  2+ to it. You are, in turn, then trapped Pia believes that the film is the world. On the other hand, she third persons, perceive such in a pool of circumstances where “reflection of our personalities” finds herself swimming in a much scenes where people are struggling *)L!M)!) you are considered to be the and a lot goes on in it. She says, larger pool of chaos.” with their daily lives. We are all )3!3)0; actual culprit eventually. How “It is complex and witty yet has a She says that making the film weird in our own way of looking .3;3 will you overcome such a situa- warm touch. People are describ- was a “vast game” as it needed a at the world. It’s somewhat laugh- *!!NL4E& tion? ing it as a dark comedy but it is lot of focus. “It unveils a new side ing at your own problems because L%0'' Director Pia Sukanya’s direc- nothing like that. There is a lot of with every scene like Russian at the end, you also relate to them.” torial debut film, Bombairiya, hope in it. It’s a very gentle and dolls. There is a clue in every shot. Talking about Bollywood and 3) starring Radhika Apte, Akshay hopeful satire. Hence, to build that level of its ever-evolving course, Pia says )!! Oberoi, Adil Hussain, and Shilpa She says that the film includes curiosity and the right balance, the that she is excited to see how !3 Shukla, brings something similar a huge cast of 54 actors, and yet script had to be written well.” things have changed to such an ')' to people’s conscience. It not only “each one of them shines. Even the Since the film shows only one extent in the industry. “We are hit- * projects what happens when one watchman, who has just one dia- day throughout the story, Pia ting the right chord today. Films !)" finds himself/herself under such logue in the film, has such an reveals that they used 40 different like Andhadhun, Newton, are circumstances, but also stands for important presence. I realised locations to shoot it and not even wonderful. There’s a feeling linked !;M) a cause of witness protection in how real it is and that even minor one of them was a studio. It was to such films that ‘Wow! What did ! I India. things can make a great differ- all at live locations and streets of we just watch!’ I feel that we have ;>' When the trailer of the film ence.” Mumbai, which was “extremely started getting that and most &)& was first released later in Pia reveals that she had got a tough.” importantly, filmmakers have * November, there was curiosity bit emotional when she first She lists a number of chal- started understanding the impor- among the audience as to what the watched the film during its screen- lenges that the film’s eight-month tance of it.” *3'; film wanted to say. ing upon realising that her first long shooting process went She adds that the level of craft !  Pia is glad to hear that the project has finally come alive. She through. She says, “We lost some that filmmakers have started )* trailer intrigued the audience. says, “There’s magic in that locations, the city rains wiped us touching is “incredible.” ')* She narrates how the film is a moment since in your first film, out, the climax location got lost “Our cinema is increasingly & ; “smart comedy that doesn’t have you have a lot to lose and give, and five days before its shoot. moving towards the realistic any slapsticks or abhorrent con- at the same time there is one con- the story came into shape. “The out a limb? You lose all your data Eventually, even after writing the theme. It’s not only music and !) tent, rather keeps one focussed.” dition — you can’t stop. No mat- nugget of the story came when and important information with script a number of times, impro- dance that makes Bollywood dif- !)* She says that it will keep people ter how tired you are, whatever Aarti told us how her phone got the phone. In that sense, the film visation was all that helped. You ferent, there are musicals even in 4L glued to the mystery that “unveils condition you are in, it’s a do-or- stolen on the streets of Mumbai is a very modern story.” The film think that everything is going the the Western film industry, like La  with every scene of the film.” die situation. You even give away and the thief who stole it never explores how three beings get con- way you had planned, but there La Land... but a Bollywood film is ") She says, “I realised this when your bone marrow if the need be.” switched it off. Since it was active, nected and their worlds collide are certain situations that always about the performance pitch,” "! I watched the film for the first However, she believes that she was able to negotiate with the with each other. “Amidst that, make you change the initial game.” she adds, saying that if people time with a live audience in a the- such is the beauty of the first film thief to track it. Meanwhile, there Meghna finds herself trapped in She explains that the title of want to see Indian cinema to !)& atre during its screening. In a way, for a director. was also another person who was a much larger story.” the film, Bombairiya, signifies a match the world stage, “so we L! !!*) I was also watching my film for She shares the first part of helping her.” Under the title itself, it reads, number of things. It contains the need our performances to be 3')* the first time, and I realised what their struggle that begun when That was where the spark of One witness, one hitman and one word, Bairiya, that “initially around reality rather than creat- ';))** a mystery it is. It’s a smart come- they had to write the screenplay the idea for this film was born. She bunch of idiots. Michael didn’t know the meaning ing some larger-than-life charac- '!' dy and the audience will realise it 27 times before executing the explains, “In today’s world, it She explains that story isn’t of. 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he closing ceremony of the 9th All DG Assam Riffles stressed on the TIndia Police Commando importance of conducting such events 01  2  Competition was held at the Karbi which foster competitive spirit, provide Anglong Sports Association Stadium in a platform to enhance professional Diphu, Assam yesterday. The event was skills and fine tune the Special Action attended by a number of senior Central drills which is an important aspect for  3 2 Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and State any team undertaking the Special Police Force officers. The event was Mission tasks. He also felicitated he chairman of the Offshore on the importance of preemp- graced by the Director General Assam Brigadier Arjun Segan, SM, DIG, TSecurity Co-ordination tive measures and coordination ==, -55) 0  #   -   Rifles Lieutenant General Sukhdeep ARTC&S for having conducted the Committee (OSCC) and the amongst various agencies dur- #               Sangwan, SM, as the chief guest. A cul- event efficiently. The Assam Rifles Director General Indian Coast ing disasters. tural programme showcasing the team won the prestigious trophy and Guard (DGICG), DG Rajendra Drawing attention to the North East was the main attraction of the ITBP and BSF teams secured the Singh, PTM, TM, underlined trans-boundary and the dynam- ata Power Delhi PV/grid level battery storage, distribution transformers, the event. Speaking at the occasion, the second and third positions respectively. the importance of oil explo- ic nature of maritime threats, TDistribution (Tata Power- distributed pole-mounted thus significantly reducing ration and the maritime sector that pose typical challenges, DDL) and the Norwegian storage is yet another emerg- the network augmentation in India’s march towards a Singh impressed upon the power technology company— ing technology that has the investment needed to support ‘bhavya and divya Bharat’. He stakeholders for a collective PIXII, have joined hands to potential to facilitate smart a fast-growing urban land- P$ 0"  1  !   also stressed upon the need for thinking and a co-ordinated explore the use of distributed optimisation of distribution scape. a safe and secure environment approach for achieving the aims pole-mounted storage for a ecosystems by ensuring vari- Speaking on the collabo- he Meet The Folks Events (MTFE) for exploration and production of offshore security. He resilient and sustainable dis- ous aspects of grid reliability. ration, Tata Power DDL’s Thas announced the first-ever con- activities to aid India’s quest for reviewed the progress on vari- tribution grid. The memoran- As a major distribution CEO, Sanjay Banga said, “At sumer tourism fest and exhibition— energy which extends farther ous ongoing projects and delib- dum of understanding company, Tata Power-DDL is Tata Power DDL, we are con- ‘Meet 2 Travel’, to be held at the Pacific and deeper. He was speaking at erated on various issues pertain- (MoU) for the collaboration in the process of integrating stantly looking for innovative Mall, Tagore Garden in New Delhi the 131st meeting of the OSCC, ing to offshore security, inter- was signed between the CEO Indian’s first 10MW of grid technologies to promote from April 5-7. Sharing the details on the held recently in Mumbai. agency coordination, surveil- of Tata Power-DDL, Sanjay storage to address grid stress smart sustainable solutions upcoming event, Vineet Gopal said, The chairman highlighted lance around ODAs and so on. Banga and the chief innova- situations and to compensate that can be integrated with “MTFE has covered four major aspects the impact of climate change He urged the stakeholders to tive officer of PIXII, Ole variability with renewable our grid and eventually with of the industry, where everyone can and stated, “With 14 depres- address the pending issues in a Jakob Sørdalen, on the occa- generation. As an extension the grids across the country. meet, connect and network with new travel companies, tour operators and sions and seven cyclones, the time bound manner with sion of the state visit of the to this effort, the company is We are excited to partner people and transact business. ‘Creating other stakeholders of the tourism indus- previous year had been a chal- urgency, so as to arrive at a logi- Prime Minister of Norway evaluating pole-mounted with PIXII to explore pole- Business Network’ is our tagline.” Meet try on a single platform over three days. lenging one. All the security cal end. He added, “While off- Erna Solberg, during the storage solutions to address mounted storage cost effec- 2 Travel (M2T), a unit of the MTFE, is “The exhibitors will get to meet and net- forces and other agencies have shore exploration is a national India-Norway Business the challenge of space con- tive solutions.” The chief providing a platform for the travel work with potential clients and cus- worked in cohesion to avert any demand for growing energy Summit 2019 in New Delhi. straints to bring a reliable and innovative officer of PIXII, companies to showcase their brand, ser- tomers and spearhead their business in major disaster during these nat- security, securing the offshore India is witnessing a a robust grid for customers Ole Jakob Sørdalen, added, vices and products directly to their the right direction. The event will take ural calamities.” Singh further areas is equally vital. Hence, as major revamp of its electricity and communities. With this “As a future oriented technol- clients. In today’s time, sourcing new place on weekends to ensure a higher emphasised the need to adapt an economically progressive generation system and distri- distributed storage, Tata ogy provider, we are very clients is one of the biggest challenges footfall,” she said. equipment, systems, operations peninsular nation, with proba- bution network. The country Power-DDL aims to reduce excited about the collabora- for organisations when the online trav- On the sponsorship front, Manoj and doctrines for climate bilities of maritime asymmetric is leveraging on renewable the strain on distribution tion with an innovation ori- el agents (OTAs) are taking up a major Babbar said, “This is a great platform for change and natural disasters. threats, an optimum balance has energy generation and transformers by smoothening ented organisation like Tata market share. M2T, the state-of-the-art the Tourism Ministry, state tourism Recalling the incident of listing to be brought out between the emerging smart grid tech- the daily electricity peaking Power-DDL. We are looking B2C exhibition, aims at providing help- boards, international tourism boards of the drilling rig Olinda Star off economics, productivity and nologies to make its energy cycle. The integrated system forward to contributing to a ful and successful solutions.” and others to come on board as spon- Kakinada and the grounding of security to ensure meeting the supply system smart and will also help reduce techni- greener, more cost-effective, Megha Mittal stated that with guar- sors to showcase their tourism products dredger Veera Prem off nation’s demand for both energy green. As a natural progres- cal losses and improve the and reliable grid together anteed return on investments and a 360° to consumers through cultural perfor- Karaikal, the chairman stressed as well as security.” sion from distributed solar asset health of feeders and with the company.” marketing strategy, M2T will bring mances.” ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/  <7 ,*3 "4 B         1   

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up uncapped Pieter Malan on standby for Elgar's opening batting ,$5?';1Q1;41;=:$ partner, Aiden Markram, who will undergo a fitness test on Thursday. Markram suffered a badly bruised right thigh while fielding during the second Test at Newlands and was unable to bat in the 1;,'$;='%%>'<%/; second innings. Malan, 29, has performed consistently as an opening batsman for the Cape Cobras franchise, scoring seven centuries during the  ++( Karan Johar, and Rahul, On the show, Pandya past two seasons. who was the more boasted about hooking up ndian cricketer Hardik restrained of the two in his with multiple women and   211  4  IPandya on Wednseday answers, has neither also how open he has been 1 - Pakistan selectors on Wednesday recalled fast bowler offered "regrets" in responded to the show about it with his parents. Mohammad Amir in a 16-man squad for the five-match series response to a show cause cause notice nor reacted to When asked why he against South Africa starting later this month. notice for his comments the criticism as yet. didn't ask women their The 26-year-old fast bowler failed to get a wicket in his last on women on a TV show, The duo had been name in a club, Pandya five one-day internationals, including three Asia Cup matches in which triggered a massive given 24 hours to give an responded by saying, "I September last year. outrage and might prompt explanation like to watch and observe He was left out of Pakistan's last series against New Zealand, the BCCI to bar players "I will have to check how they (women) move. but was redrafted for the one-day side on the back of good form 1 1   from such appearances. their explanations. At this I'm little from the black in the ongoing Test series in South Africa. Pandya and teammate point, I cannot commit side so I need to see how The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said there were five changes K L Rahul were on what action will be taken," they move." from the Test side, which is presently in Johannesburg preparing Wednesday issued show Chairman of the Criticism started com- for the third and final Test starting from Friday.   5 cause notices by the BCCI Committee of ing Pandya's way soon "Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Abbas and for their remarks on Administrators that runs after and it is learnt that he Yasir Shah have been replaced by Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib  ++ women which triggered a the BCCI, Vinod Rai said. was ticked off by the BCCI Malik, Hussain Talat, Usman Shinwari and Imad Wasim, respec- social media storm. Regret The 25-year-old top brass. tively," said a PCB release. he 'red ball boys' are still savouring the sweet after- and not apology was what Pandya had earlier posted According to a source, Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said the squad was selected Ttaste of a maiden Test series win in Australia but Pandya offered in his reply. 4      !6 $    O! a regret message on his his comments were with the World Cup — to be held in England from May 30-July for the 'white ball specialists', including veteran MS "I made an appearance !  P    !  -   Twitter page. deemed "crass and cringe- 14 this year — in mind. "While selecting the squad, we have tried Dhoni, it was business as usual as they hit the straps on the chat show where I "After reflecting on worthy" and might have a to maintain consistency, taking into consideration player perfor- at SCG on Wednesday. have made certain state- intent on my part to would be found offensive. my comments on Koffee bearing on whether Indian mances in white-ball cricket as well as looking ahead to the upcom- With the 2019 ODI World Cup on the horizon, ments without realising offend anyone or portray Rest assured I hold the with Karan, I would like to cricketers appear on "such ing ODI challenges, including the World Cup," he said. focus has firmly shifted to white-ball cricket with the that these could be disre- any section of the society BCCI in highest regard apologise to everyone con- non-cricket shows" after arrival of limited-overs' specialists here on Tuesday. spectful and offend sensi- in bad light," he added. and will exercise complete cerned who I may have this. India have a long white-ball season lined up ahead tivities of viewers for Pandya vowed never discretion and prudence to hurt in any way. "It will be considered of the marquee tournament in England this summer, which I am sincerely to repeat the behaviour. ensure that such incidents "Honestly, I got a bit whether players should *"1 with three ODIs in Australia and another five ODIs regretful," stated Pandya's "I made these state- are never repeated in carried away with the even be allowed to appear in New Zealand along with a three-match T20I series response. ments in the flow of the future," he said. nature of the show. In no on such shows which have there as well. "I would like to assure show and had not com- The show in question way did I mean to disre- got nothing to do with Australia then you that there was no prehended the extent to was 'Koffee with Karan', spect or hurt anyone's sen- cricket," a BCCI source ,. visit India for a malice or any sort of ill- which my statements hosted by film-maker timents. Respect." said. return leg of five ODIs and two  0 and eclipsed former India cap- T20Is, before the tain Bedi's tally of 64 wickets 2019 Indian onty Sidhu's fighting ton for Delhi in 1974-75. Premier League *8#" !, Jhelped Delhi reach 268 for 6 An employee of Indian season gets under- in 103 overs at stumps against Air Force, Aman, ended up way on March 23. Tamil Nadu on the third day of with 7/71 against Manipur in MS Dhoni, 4 ++ ty despite misfiring in the domes- brightest batting talents in the the Elite Group 'B' match at the the second innings to end the along with other tic Sheffield Shield this season. country, scoring a double century M A Chidambaram stadium. season with 68 wickets from 14 white-ball special- oung batting prodigy Will Off-spinning allrounder for Victoria last year. Tamil Nadu had made 432 innings at an average of 6.48. ists including YPucovski was parachuted into Marnus Labuschagne was retained But he has only played eight in the first innings, riding on Needing just a win to edge Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, the Australia squad for two Tests from the team that played the rain- first-class matches, and after that Abhinav Mukund's solid knock out Bihar, Uttarakhand secured Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dinesh Karthik and against Sri Lanka in a shock call- affected drawn Test in Sydney this double ton took a break from of 134. Sidhu's unbeaten 104 a massive innings and 56 run- Khaleel Ahmed, has joined up with the Indian team up on Wednesday, with veteran week, as was Travis Head. cricket because of a mental health (235 balls) helped the team win over Mizoram in here. Shaun Marsh and his brother Selectors kept faith with their issue. recover from 49 for 4 in Delhi's Dehradun. Uttarakhand On Wednesday, four members of the newly arrived Mitch dumped. pace attack of Mitchell Starc, Josh Burns, who has played 14 first innings. topped the table with 44 points bunch trained at the SCG. Dhoni, Dhawan, Jadhav and Also axed from the 13-man Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, Tests, has been knocking on the His 126-run seventh wick- with Bihar finishing second Rayudu went through the paces ahead of the first ODI squad after their humbling 2-1 with veteran Peter Siddle also door this season with et partnership with Lalit Yadav with 40 points. in Sydney on Saturday. series defeat to India were under- included. Queensland, while Renshaw has (65 batting) went a long way in The preparations will kick off in earnest from performing opener Aaron Finch National selector Trevor been unlucky not to get another blunting the Tamil Nadu $2   Thursday when the full squad holds it first training and middle-order batsman Peter Hohns said "there is no doubt the call-up until now, since his last attack. $-Hosts Saurashtra held session together since the home series against West Handscomb. India series produced some dis- appearance at Johannesburg in Meanhile in Indore, the upper hand after they Indies in November. In-form Joe Burns was recalled appointing results" and change was April. Andhra Pradesh recorded a reduced Vidarbha to 280 for 9 The quartet primarily took throwdowns as no spe- for the first time since the South needed, after four Tests charac- 2        Burns, Renshaw and 307-run win as Madhya on the third day of the Elite cialist bowlers from the squad were present for this Africa tour early last year and terised by the failure of any Pucovski will all play for a Cricket Pradesh imploded rather spec- Group A game in Rajkot. And optional session. could open the innings with rook- Australian batsmen to score a level," he said. Australia XI against Sri Lanka tacularly on the third day, slip- it was Saurashtra skipper While Dhawan and Rayudu prepared with both ie Marcus Harris, who did enough century. "They have been given a good ahead of the Tests in preparation. ping from 35 for 3 to 35 all out Jaydev Unadkat who led from the right and left arm throwdown specialists, Dhoni against India to keep his place. "Ultimately Aaron, Peter, opportunity, but have not pro- The first Test will be a day- (one batsman was absent hurt), the front grabbing six wickets worked in the indoor nets with assistant coach Sanjay But they face competition Shaun and Mitch have not pro- duced the scores we nefied." nighter in Brisbane from January losing six wickets while not conceding 56 runs. Bangar. Jadhav alternated between the two nets' from Matt Renshaw, who has duced the performances expected Pucovski was the shock call- 24, with the second in Canberra scoring a run. The hosts had posted 356 options. been handed another opportuni- of them with the bat at the Test up. The 20-year-old is one of the from February 1. Right-arm medium-pacer in their first innings and are K V Sasikanth (6 for 18) and D still 76 runs ahead and well on P Vijayakumar (3 for 17) course to take the crucial first wreaked havoc as the MP bat- innings lead. (  ( ) ) . ting line-up folded in just 16.5 Meanwhile, 41-time cham- overs, chasing 342 for a win. pions Mumbai, who are already   Indian Men's Hockey Team "Hockey India will short- Development Committee on out of quarter final reckoning, with results not going as ly be advertising and will Monday with an aim to build  $   2  defeated Chhattisgarh by 9 ndian men's hockey coach expected, Hockey India (HI) invite applications for the a "strong base" ahead of the -Bihar left-arm spinner wickets to record their first out- IHarendra Singh was on believes investing in the junior position of the Chief Coach of 2021 Junior World Cup and Ashutosh Aman etched his right win of the season at the Wednesday sacked from the program which will reap long- the Indian Men's Hockey the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. name in record books, sur- Wankhede Stadium. position following a disap- term benefits," HI said in a Team which will be returning "The offer (of junior head passing the great Bishan Singh The win meant that the pointing 2018 and offered statement explaining the rea- to training camp in February coach) has been made to Bedi as the highest wicket- multiple Ranji champions the task of helming the junior sons behind Harendra's axing. 2019 for the Sultan Azlan Harendra Singh for taking taker in a Ranji Trophy season avoided relegation to a lower squad by the national feder- The Junior World Cup- Shah Cup scheduled to com- charge of the Junior Men's after claiming his 65th scalp on Group. Chasing the 91-run ation. winning coach took charge mence from 23 March 2019. team commencing from the Wednesday. target, Mumbai resumed from Constant chopping and after India's medal-less show- "In the interim, the team camp slated to start in March Bihar defeated Manipur their overnight score of 77 for changing of coaches is a fre- ing at the Gold Coast will be overseen by Hockey 2019," HI said. by three wickets, while no loss and hit off the required quent phenomenon in Indian Commonwealth Games but India High Performance Harendra took the junior Uttarakhand sealed the lone 14 runs in the morning. hockey and Harendra, who was unable to change the Director, David John and team to the World Cup title quarterfinal spot from the Plate But they lost their opener was appointed in May, is the team's fortunes. current Analytical Coach, in 2016. As women's chief Group with a bonus point win Vikrant Auti (34) when the latest casualty. He has become India was also below-par Chris Ciriello," the statement coach, he had swapped places over Mizoram in the Plate team score was 79. The other the sixth coach to be sacked in the Asian Games in added. with Dutchman Sjoerd Group. opener Jay Bista (49 not out) in six years. Indonesia, settling for a The decision to reassign Marijne to join the men's The 32-year-old Aman then completed the proceed- "Though the year 2018 Bronze after going into the champions. They ended the the World Cup in Harendra was taken by the HI squad ahead of the August- achieved the feat when he ings in 24.2 overs along with was very disappointing for the tournament as the defending year with a quarterfinal loss in Bhubaneswar. High Performance and September Asian Games. trapped Manipur's Sagatpam Yashasvi Jaiswal (0 not out) at Singh lbw for his 65th wicket the other end. ""# $!#%(%$#) *# #%) +,-.,+/  <9 /;=;=<=$5 #43 3  2( 56+ 4 32 -  3 " (2  13  3+7 3

      ' er would not have :# &+ ;4*+  seen them maul f Thailand was big, India are faced with ,8   , -:.1 6A= Thailand the way a bigger test in hosts United Arab the did. IEmirates in the AFC Asian Cup here And that is a good sign for on Thursday, overcoming whom will Constantine's team, which will enhance its require them to play out of their skins. prospects of qualifying for the second Four days after creating a flutter with round of the tournament for the first time a stunning 4-1 drubbing of Thailand, India in over 50 years if it is able to win or at least are now looking an upbeat lot in the con- draw against the UAE. tinental showpiece. It is even better for the team that for $ 1      "      While the result against Thailand, who all his achievements over the years, Chhetri have three J-League players in their ranks, remains grounded. was no mean feat, it will be a bigger Minutes after coming off the bench 8 "  achievement if the Indians are able to put against Thailand, Jeje Lalpekhlua found the it across the hosts who are gunning for the back of the net, and so did young Anirudh title. Thapa. =-  "  Currently ranked 79th to India's However, the surprise package was 97th, the United Arab Emirates were rookie forward Ashique Kuruniyan, 4    placed as high as 24 in the FIFA chart Udanta Singh being the livewire down wide in January 2015. right. Udanta, in fact, set up a couple of uya Osako netted a quickfire double as for- Coach Stephen Constantine will goals including the inch-perfect cross Ymer champions Japan survived a scare to beat be pleased with how the second half from right flank, which Chhetri slammed Turkmenistan 3-2 in their opening game on against Thailand turned out. India  "'      P      B       home for India's second goal. Wednesday. not only managed to shut down a Chhetri and the FC Pune City winger The Blue Samurai reached the last 16 at last lethal Thai attack after being tied 1- OH!H$$5 =!2=2=!H#@!P had their eyes on goal whenever they were year's World Cup but had to fight back from a 1 at the break, but also threatened at on the ball and the direct running goal down at halftime in an absorbing the other end through quick transitions in $ $- 33' of the latter and the technique and Group F clash. attack. *)**;"'!! finishing prowess of the former left Turkmenistan captain Arslan That stupendous show earned India *0))) the opposition's defence helpless. Amanov put the plucky underdogs ahead three valuable points, a place on top of the )3B  B!) More of the could be expected after 26 minutes, unleashing a ferocious group and a goal average of plus three. ) "'& against a superior opponent in long-range drive that arrowed into the top "We have a very young side here and B#3'33 UAE. corner. they are excited. Of course, hosts UAE will "3&%I"3' India can expect the UAE to But Osako produced a smart turn and be a different game. They are a very good &I3  '& come hard at them after a 1-1 stalemate finish inside the box to equalise for Japan 10 min- side but they are just another team stand- 3'*)**;" against Bahrain in the tournament open- utes into the second half following sustained pres- ing in our way," said Constantine. *!;B0M)3" er. They wouldn't be satisfied with their sure from the four-time Asian champions. As far as the Indian team is concerned,      ! C 11D performances, especially in the attacking The Werder Bremen striker put Japan in Sunil Chhetri hogs the limelight wherev- "& third. It was the late goal by substitute front four minutes later, tapping into an empty er he goes, and the Blue Tigers will again B% )") Ahmed Khalil that saved them the blush- net after Yuto Nagatomo's dinked pass over goal- look up to him upfront. *& I))"3 B>?3)*& es. keeper Mammet Orazmuhammedow. It will not exactly be appropriate to say *;B0)& ;))'!3' Midfielder Ismail Hammadi is also a Ritsu Doan added a deflected third after 70 that Chhetri will be high on confidence  !#)E61 1 '!&+*>?* key player in UAE's scheme of things. minutes as Turkmenistan began to wilt. after his double strikes against Thailand, #3;)" )!& ** UAE will look to dominate the mid- But Ahmet Atayev swept home a penalty 11 which saw him go past Argentine super- 3)3!!3 !)33%)& field where Anirudh Thapa and Pronay minutes from time to ensure a nervous finish for star Lionel Messi in the goal-scoring chart   "       )4@'!*)" )33;*! Halder will come up against a tightly-knit Japan, who are now unbeaten in six matches since among active international players, because )&%%3!& ;B0)& unit. India will also be required to be vig- Hajime Moriyasu took charge after the World that is an ingredient the Indian talisman heavily dependent on Chhetri would not %!") B%*!;# ilant at the back as the likes of Ali Cup. never lacked. He is never overconfident, have experienced a 13-match unbeaten run !#*!NL44) )& ')"& Mabkhout and Ahmed Khalil are goal- The Japanese are seeking to make up for their though. on way to qualifying for the tournament. ))N N);3 *"3'3 scorers with predatory instincts in the Asian Cup flop four years ago when they lost on In a team sport like football, a squad Over reliance on the 34-year-old strik- "3!)">?*#& &B  attacking third. penalties to UAE in the quarter-finals. .+!; ( 3   1& 41+ 2  8 Lyon:  )  *  '  1! 30*%) I) 3) 6  :  4  - Salah said soon after receiv- Manchester City and Ivory "N 4'" "3M & ing his trophy in Dakar. Coast star Yaya Toure. % ;   )   3 4 " ") ohamed Salah com- "My thanks go to my The other male awards 4 ,,  )   ' ) ;  Mpleted a memorable family, my team-mates and went to France-born ")    )! ?M * #!#& " day for Egyptian football by my fans and I dedicate this Morocco coach Herve 1# )  **     #  auricio Pochettino retaining his African Player trophy to my homeland, Renard, the Mauritania  ';"3*!" Mhailed Tottenham's of the Year award in Egypt." national team, and ) " **)   ; " ) % growing maturity as Harry Senegal on Tuesday. It was an identical out- Moroccan Achraf Hakimi !)'**I!#*' Kane fired them a step clos- The 26-year-old come to last year when in the youth category. er to the League Cup final Liverpool star finished first Salah became only the sec- South African P6 ' M& "3 *)) M!#; with a 1-0 win over Chelsea with club-mate Senegalese ond Egyptian after 1983 Chrestinah Kgatlana was 3; ))'-)) in the semi-final first leg on Sadio Mane and Arsenal winner Mahmoud al voted Women's Player of !) 3   ' 3'  3 3 Tuesday. and Gabon striker Pierre- Khatib to be voted the best the Year and South Africa !3'!""#& Pochettino's side are Emerick Aubameyang the footballer in Africa. coach Desiree Ellis and the chasing their first trophy other finalists. Having defended his Nigeria national team were + 4 21  since winning the 2008 "I have dreamt of win- Player of the Year title, his the other female winners. Milan: 0# 3B3) League Cup at the expense ning this award since I was next goal will be to match The Goal of the Year 'B )     '' '  ' of Chelsea. a child and now I have the four straight wins in the award also went to 3!"0; *) Kane's first-half spot- done so twice in a row," )   competition by former Kgatlana.   *)))&3?) kick, awarded via VAR, set- 4 !       6      3  ' >  >   tled a hard-fought *""33)  ; encounter to keep this squad," final." !333!'*& )@4  Tottenham on course Pochettino said. It was another frustrat- , 8  &  *& ) 3?'* for a first League Cup "We played one ing night for Chelsea, who !! 3!"!) final appearance since of the best teams in recovered from a sluggish #   @Q '  CRP4 'D "  their 2015 defeat Europe. To win this start to dominate the second 4 ,  Bayern's sports director Hasan !& B0   3'  3  against the Blues. type of game is an half without turning their Salihamidzic at their winter training #''');B *)&3) That loss was one of amazing experience for us to possession into goals — a rench World Cup winning defend- camp in Doha. '!!) ;"#3 several missed opportunities be more mature." familiar tale of woe for Fer Benjamin Pavard will join Pavard's status skyrocketed last  3!3!)@Q3NL45(4Q for Pochettino to win the Pochettino challenged Maurizio Sarri's men. Bayern Munich from Stuttgart on a summer when the centre-back scored !'*3& first silverware of his Tottenham to finish the job "We deserved more. We five-year contract as of July 1, the the goal of the World Cup with a promising managerial in the second leg at Stamford played better than them and defending German champions stunning net-busting strike in a 4-3 $& + + 8 career. Bridge on January 24. were in control of the revealed on Wednesday. last-16 win over Argentina that set This was an important "Of course it is only half- match," Sarri insisted. Media reports in Germany put France on their way to the Russia Munich:  !;   33 3 step towards ending that time in the tie. We have only "I'm really disappointed the transfer at 35 million euros ($40 2018 title. !);!') drought. a little advantage," he said. with the result but really million) for the 22-year-old who Pavard has been at struggling VfB  3   3 3 0' "We were very compet- "It is going to be differ- happy with the performance. can play at right-back or centre-back. Stuttgart, who are currently third ) ,) ') *  ))3 ' itive. The effort was massive. ent in the second leg. We It is one of the most impor- "He is young and a world cham- from bottom in Germany's top flight, !'*  3)    0& B Whether or not we win have to show we can beat tant performances of the pion, so we are happy and proud to since 2016 after he joined from Lille )3'K M! titles, I'm so proud to have them there and go to the season for my team." have won over such a player," said *     2   for five million euros. )';BI)! * ')!))) 3!'*&B)3)  )""3&B !!)3  ;  ) 0 %! ''!# ' ( +0%# :"   3)    @6 ' ; "   !  ) ,) ) '   ! )3  ); ! !  4 ,  margin takes the match. >@4;>& Kyrgios, who was knocked out in 4 ++ now ranked 15, brought the momentum orld number seven Marin Cilic the second round at Brisbane last into the new year and is now in the quar-  )11 Wtested a knee injury with the best week, was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by friend orld number one ter-finals, where she will meet either Cuttack: .  -' "# -' possible result on Wednesday, but and fellow comeback candidate WSimona Halep's prepa- Belgian 10th seed Elise Mertens or I3 )3!)'" temperamental Nick Kyrgios' poor Bernard Tomic in an all-Australian rations for next week's Australian Open Estonian Anett Kontaveit. 3   ! 3  33  start to the season continued at the battle. suffered a huge setback on Wednesday American world number five 3 )''  ))& Kooyong Classic. Tomic ended his victory with a when she was bundled out of the Sydney Stephens was another casualty. !3!))'" Former US Open champion Cilic, flourish, sending over a sneaky serve International, along with fourth seed She narrowly escaped defeat @L#3@4#) & ) who led Croatia to a Davis Cup tro- on match point by hitting the ball Sloane Stephens. in the first round, and slumped phy in November, skipped last week's between his legs for a winner — a The Romanian hadn't played since out to Kazak qualifier Yulia )" !3P @&  )        Maharashtra ATP tournament to rest. move which totally caught Kyrgios off withdrawing from the WTA Finals in Putintseva 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-0, '!) ##;;) The wait was worth it as he post- er that will be used at the Australian guard. October with a herniated disc, and was meekly surrendering in the final ')*)*!3 ed a gritty 6-3, 4-6, 15-13 win over Open for the first time next week. "It was a lot of fun just to get back no match for fast-rising Australian set. !!&+3 !-') Kevin Anderson, recovering from 2- Under the rules, the first player to out there," the often edgy Kyrgios, who Ashleigh Barty, who scored the In other matches on 'I*'&!)!) 7 down in the new final-set tiebreak- win at least 10 points by a two-point has slipped to 51 in the world, said. biggest win of her career 6-4, 6-4. Wednesday, Switzerland's Timea )"30  )')# Halep, the reigning French Open Bacsinszky beat Australia's Sam '& champion and 2018 Australian Stosur 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 and will meet Open runner-up, had a bye Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus  22(8+  21  ,1*$;>6';='B  1'/$5 through to the second round, in the last eight. Milan:     **   '! meaning she heads to In the men's draw, third )'!'*)!!3)!)  ,  okay, It was a tricky match, stayed Melbourne Park for the open- seeded Argentine Diego )*))-)-";  tough mentally and got the job ing Grand Slam of the year Schwartzman booked his place in !"!')%)& ))* ndia's top singles player done," Prajnesh said, reflecting on the with just one game under her the quarters by beating Spain's  )'! '! ") !) )   IPrajnesh Gunneswaran over- win. belt. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in two "  -" )3    !  came a fighting Viktor Galovic in He will next face Spain's Enrique "It was a great match after sets. He will next face Japanese !'"NQ&%!"))** straight sets to move to the second Lopez Perez, ranked 213th. almost four months (since the last one). I qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka. 3   )!; )  #)   round of the Australian Open qual- Prajnesh had a breakthrough think I played a good level of tennis but I Veteran Italian Andreas Seppi is also ")!!!!) ifiers here on Wednesday. 2018 in which he made four had no inspiration in some important through to meet top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas   '! 3   > 46& % The left-handed sixth seed Challenger-level finals and won two points," she said. of Greece, while fifth seeded Alex De )'  " !)  )I  0*  Indian prevailed 6-4, 6-4 over the titles. He also came close to making "She played really well and deserved to Minaur set up an all-Australian last eight 3& * Croatian, ranked 228 as compared to his first ever Grand Slam main draw win. But I was also very close to winning. tie with Jordan Thompson. France's Gilles 3' )!)&  112 of his opponent. appearance at the French Open but Barty, who ended a breakthrough Simon will take on another Australian, "It was an average match, I played  * 5        missed out. 2018 with a WTA title in Zhuhai and is John Millman.