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EC who gave you this power? ED 2020 DEEPTIMANTIWARY Modi,Xi THERE IS apool of waterbehind NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 atthree their ramshackle homesonun- BIHAR ANANTHAKRISHNANG ‘Conductof PLAIN E ● meetings easy stiltsinKhagaria's Aguani. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 AndhraCM, ANANTHAKRISHNANG EC had NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN India EX That is where thesolitaryhand Principal Secy &RITIKACHOPRA revokedhis and China over the situation in pumpfor the community of 200 VOTINGTODAY NOTINGTHATthe “timing” of prima facie NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 name from eastern Ladakh have notyielded PRIME MINISTER stands. The waterhas turneda AndhraPradesh Chief Minister contumacious’ listofstar resultssofar on troops returning NarendraModi and poisonous green, with garbage No.of YSJagan Mohan Reddy’s letter THE SUPREMECourt Monday campaigners to their April locations —the sta- Chinese President Xi seats collected over the years and a PhaseII to ChiefJustice of India SA stayed the Election Commission tus quoante, before the startof Jinping areset to meet sheet of mosquitoes over itssur- 94 Bobde, complainingagainst General KKVenugopal on order revoking former Madhya the standoffinMay —but the eachother at three vir- face. Foryears, all thatthe Doms No.ofvoters Contesting Justice NVRamana, andthe Monday,however, declined con- Pradesh Chief MinisterKamal “Weare staying your order,” Indianestablishment is hopeful tualsummits this month herehaveasked from their morethan candidates state’s move to makeitpublic sent to initiateproceedings Nath’s name from the listofstar ChiefJustice of India SABobde, of “partialdisengagement”at cer- —ofthe BRICS, SCO, politicians is to at leastremove 2.85 cr 1,463 “couldcertainlybesaidtobesus- againstReddy forcriminal con- campaigners forthe Congress headingathree-judge Bench, told tain friction pointsinthe region. G-20. Ahead of these the waterand levelthe land, es- pect” in the wake of thelatter’s temptofthe Supreme Court. party in the stateAssemblyby- SeniorAdvocateRakeshDwivedi Sources said this is largely meetings, the twosides peciallyafter afive-year-old fell order to expeditetrialincases In alettertoAdvocate polls —elections to 28 seatswill who wasappearing forthe EC. supposedtotranslate into thin- will hopetodial down and drownedhere10years ago. MORE REPORTS againstlegislators, Attorney CONTINUEDONPAGE2 be held Tuesday. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ningoftroops massed by the the tensions somewhat. “Once, theycame and threw PAGE 9 twosides on the northand south CONTINUEDONPAGE2 banksofPangong Tso. Friction points also remain in Gograand since June, movement of troops HotSpring areas aftersome ini- and artillery by either side has THE WORLD AN EXPRESSINVESTIGATION PART THREE tial disengagement. onlyincreasedinthe region. Nov 3ishere: in Biden While sevenrounds of talks This move to effect some AT LEAST 22 KILLED Fraudwent on uncheckedeven as red at the levelofthe Corps thinningoftroops by either side AS GUNMEN STORM home town, nostalgia Commanderhavetaken place CONTINUEDONPAGE2 KABULUNIVERSITY flags were waved in Centre and state PAGE 12 and hope line up to vote FirstIndia-born minister in ABHISHEKANGAD THE Have started EXPLAINED RANCHI,NOVEMBER2 SCHOLARSHIP probe: Naqvi New Zealand, her father BUSINESSASUSUAL ON OCTOBER 31,barely48hours SCAM RACE FOR GUIDETOTRACKING after TheIndianExpress told him says ‘proud, not surprised’ BY UNNY THE WHITE THEU.S.RESULTS that official records had listed listofcomplaintsand redflags — ESHAROY HOUSE PAGE 11 180beneficiaries from his school from the Central Governmentto NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 forthe Centre’s pre-Matricschol- stateanti-corruption officialsto SHAJUPHILIP EXPRESS arship forminoritystudents, the school owners in Jharkhand — UNION MINIS- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, whentheBidenfamily movedout principal of Blue Bells in warning of fraudand forgerybya TER of Minority NOVEMBER2 Priyanca INTHEU.S. of Scranton,Pennsylvania.Later Jharkhand’s Ramgarhrushed to nexus of middlemen, school and Affairs Mukhtar Radhakrishnan regretting it, the Kearns patched the nearestpolice station. bankstaff,andstateemployees,to AbbasNaqvisaid ON MONDAY,when India-born up the wood carving in the bed “Wehavenot appliedfor any illegallydivertfunds from the na- Monday that Priyanca Radhakrishnan wasap- KARISHMAMEHROTRA furniturethatread“Joewashere.” minority scholarship...takeswift tional scholarship. ‘In touch the Central pointedasaMinisterinthe New ParavurinKerala's Ernakulam SCRANTON(PENNSYLVANIA), “Joe mayhavemovedout of action againstthose involvedin Mostofthem went un- with state’ Governmenthas Zealand Cabinetled by Prime district. NOVEMBER2 town but he didn’t shake this fraudulent activity,” wrote heeded. “initiated an in- MinisterJacinda Ardern, it wasa But it washardlyasurprise. Scranton off. Youdon’t spend MahendraVerma in his com- Over the lasttwo days, The vestigation” into “proud moment” forher father Foryearsnow,Radhakrishnan MARTY KEARNS’S familytook time in this cultureand then plaint at the stationinGola. Indian Express published the disbursal of scholarships for RRadhakrishnan, an IIT-Kanpur had been nudging his daughter over Joe Biden’s home in 1962, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Thiswasjustthelatestinalong CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 alumnushailing from North CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Fraud went on Development Corporation (JS- “I learnedwhat honour and still nostalgicfor the “good MDC), the implementing decency and courageand all days”between the 1950s and the findings of itsinvestigation agency,“the scholarship portal those things areabout at that 70s. When manufacturing and that trackedhundredsofappli- is notveryrobust”. Timing of Jagan letter suspect: AG kitchen table,” Biden said of his mining took ahit, so did the cations from 15 schools in six On September 2, he wroteto childhood home at avirtual families in town. Kearns grew districtsand showedhow mul- AdityaSSingh, Under Secretary, Ashwini Upadhyay, who had Ministertothe Chief Justice of ditiously. As youyourself have inal contempt of theSupreme event lastweek.“Wall Street up around conversations of tiple layers of verification, from Minority Affairs Ministry, about sought his consent to initiate India, Hon’ble Mr.Justice S. A. pointed out, thereare 31 crim- CourtofIndia,” he said. didn’t build this country. Hard- mine subsidence.Coal compa- the school to thestate level, the“technical” problems of the criminal contempt of courtpro- Bobde. The letter wasthen re- inal cases pendingagainstthe Upadhyay,inhisletterseek- working, decent middle-class nies had deserted town,taking failedtodetect the scam -- de- NSP that did notallowfor cross- ceedings againstReddy and the leasedtothe press by Sh. Ajeya Chief Minister,”hesaid. ing consent, had said Reddy’s people likethe folksherebuilt the columns holding up the spitecheckslikeAadhaar IDs verification at the statelevel. Chief Minister’s Principal Kallam,Principal Advisor to the “In this background, prima letteranditssubsequentrelease this country.” mines as well. Now, the town and fingerprints, and systems “Weare notable to see theac- Advisor Ajeya Kallam, Chief Minister, at apress confer- facie, the conduct of the said to themediaby Kallamatapress Astraight two-mile drive deals with collapsedlandand likeDirect Benefit Transfer (DBT) count numbers of beneficiaries, Venugopal said since the mat- ence on 10.10.2020. The Chief persons is contumacious. conference “scandalise the au- from Biden’s former home, sinkholes,along with mount- and the National Scholarship leaving little scope forcross ver- terispending before the CJI, it Justice is thereforewell aware However, what has to be noted thority of the Supreme Court TarunShah andJanak Patel, ingunemployment. Portal (NSP). ification,” Xaxa said. will notbeappropriatefor him of the natureofthe allegations is, that the entirecase of con- and the High Court” apartfrom workers at adistribution sitefor “I remember whatitwas On Sunday, Jharkhand Chief But thereisnoanswer to to deal with it. He did point out containedinthe said letter.” temptarises out of the letter “interfering with the courseof alarge American department liketowaitfor your father’s pay MinisterHemant Soren reacted howthe redflags were ignored. though that the conduct of “I amof theopinionthatthe dated 6.10.2020 written by the judicialproceedingsandthead- storeTJMaxx,stand outsidethe checkbyFriday,”said Parini, to the findings by ordering a Reddy and Kallam is prima fa- timing itself of the letter,aswell Chief Minister directly to the ministrationofjustice”. Scranton Community Center whose parentsmoved from probeand promising to revamp ‘Checks do not cie “contumacious” –wilfully as itsbeing placedinthe public Chief Justice of India and the He contendedthat“if this planning forNovember3. Italydrawn by coal.“That’s the the verification system. Chief happen’ disobedient or rebellious. domain through apress confer- subsequentpress conference kind of precedent were al- Theydiscussboxed lunches backgroundJoe came from. His SecretarySukhdevSingh said Writing to Upadhyay, ence could certainlybesaidto held by Sh. Kallam. The Chief lowed, political leaders would of Gujarati food that theywill father wasstruggling.”Biden’s verification “has been stopped” Former Chief Secretary Venugopal said: “I have care- be suspect, in the background Justice of India is therefore startmaking reckless allega- distributetotheir colleagues father movedthe familyto till the probeiscompleted. Tiwary did notrespondtore- fullygone throughthecontents of the order passed by Justice seizedofthe matter.Hence it tions againstjudges who do not when the group volunteers at Delawarewhen he losthis job. And yet, with the Centre quests forcomment on the ac- of your petition. Ifind that the Ramana dated 16.09.2020,di- would notbeappropriate for decide cases in their favour and the Centre’s polling station. Parini said the economic granting Rs 61 croreto tion takenafter the alertfrom objectionable statementshave recting pendingprosecutionsof me to deal with the matter.For this trendwould soon spell the Theyare union leaders with conditions in the town sank Jharkhand under the scheme for the Centrelastyear.BJP leader been made in aletterdated elected representativestobe thesereasons,Ideclineconsent death knellofanindependent the Pennsylvania Joint Boardof moreinthe years to follow. 2019-2020, the big question be- and Chief Ministeratthe time, 06.10.2020 written by theChief takenupand disposedofexpe- to initiateproceedings forcrim- judiciary”. Workers United.Almost half of “These places arehollowedout. ing asked nowisthis: Whywere Raghubar Das, and the then state their 1,400colleagues are Housessell fornothing. all the warnings ignored? WelfareMinisterLoius Marandi, Gujarati and in the union. Shah Healthcare is hard to get. One of these alerts came on did notrespond to requests for walksbacktohis apartment There’s no coal leftand it’s not July5,2019, when the Secretary, comment. SC stays EC orderonKamal Nath,panelsays willreply complex, wherehehas made coming back.” Union MinistryofMinority Following the NDA's defeat “Who has givenyou power Reacting to the develop- takenafter Thakur encouraged deliveredon13.10.2020”, was handwritten charts of the 600 The battle over the union Affairs, wrotetothe then in the statepolls, aJMM- to delistacandidatefrombeing mentsinthe court, an EC offi- the crowdatarallytochant passedwithout anynotice, Gujarati families who live there, vote in and around Jharkhand Chief SecretaryDK Congress-RJD government took astarcampaigner or aleader of cial said, "The Hon'ble Supreme “desh ke gaddaron ko goli without hearing from him. their citizenship status, and Pennsylvania will be keytoa Tiwary,warning of “repeated at- over last December. Sourcesin the party (under the law),” the Court is supreme. EC has been maaro…(gun down traitors)”, On October 13,hehad de- their voting status. “Thereare White House win thisyear. tempts to subvert”the NSP,es- the administration said the CJI asked him. givenanopportunity to file are- and Singh, in an interview, scribed Chief MinisterShivraj 100families leftthat we have to Twelve per cent of the state’s peciallyatthe verification stage Centre's letter was“forwarded DwiveditoldtheBench,also plyinthe matter,whichshall be claimedthattheShaheen Bagh Singh Chouhan “mafia” and makesurevoteonTuesday,” he workers areinaunion, the Wall of applications. to the WelfareDepartment”. comprisingJusticesASBopanna filedatthe earliest." protesters could “enter homes “milawatkhor”. said in Hindioutside his home. Street Journal reported. Norms forthe scheme, On Xaxa'scomplaintabout and VRamasubramanian, that The EC officialsaidNath's re- andrapesisters anddaughters”. Nath saidthe EC had issued Shah and Patel’s activism, Scranton leansDemocrat whichwas launched by the UPA the NSP,official sources said the hewouldfileareply. Hepointed movalasstarcampaigner dur- Appearing forKamal Nath, himnoticeonOctober21,aftera afterliving in the town for15 (BarackObama wonby12per Government in 2008, statethat portalcontains the phone num- outthatthematterhadbecome ing the election wasnot un- Senior Advocate KapilSibalsaid complaintbythe BJP,for al- years each, shows howmuch cent in 2012), but almostwent applications needtobeverified bers of applicants. “The verifica- infructuoussince campaigning precedented.Earlier this year, the Commission hadnotissued legedly violating the Model has changed in Scranton since Republican in 2016 (Hillary firstbydesignated nodal heads tion is justacall away,” theysaid. wasover. duringthe Assemblyelections anynotice to the Congress Codeatarally inDabra,Gwalior, Biden movedaway. Clinton wonbythree per cent). in schools who areregistered Therewereotheralerts,too. Having astarcampaigner in Delhi,the EC had removed leader before passingthe order. on October 18.This wasthe day This area has seen some of Itsneighbouring county, with district welfareofficers. The On July 22, 2019,the Jharkhand means that it is the political BJP leader Anurag Thakurand In hisplea, Nath saidthe poll hehadmadethe“item”remark the fastest-growing Hispanic Luzerne,isahot battleground, applications arethen checkedby Anti-Corruption Bureauwrote party that footsthe bill forex- Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma panel's October 30 order,"based againstImartiDevi,astate min- and Asiangrowthinthe coun- flipping from Blue to Redlast the district and statenodal offi- to the Principal Secretary penditureincurredduring can- fromthe party's listofstarcam- on acomplaint by Bharatiya isterand the BJP candidatefor try, at 376and 94 percent be- time. Vice President nominee cers before being sent to the (CabinetSecretariat) and vassing, notthe candidate. paigners. The decision was JanataParty againstaspeech the Dabra seat. tween 2000 and2010, Kamala Harris will visit that Minority Affairs Ministry, which Vigilance Department on acom- Brookingsfound. county Monday. verifies and uploads them on the plaint it had receivedabout In the 20th century, NSP before disbursal through “fake” beneficiaries. intothis as amatterofserious onlytill 2021. The Ministryisin bank whereChina has triedto before moving to Singaporein Scranton wasacollection of Battered by bias DBT. Referring to aletterfromau- concern.” the process of re-evaluating the mirrorthe Indian strength.This 1972 whereheworkedasaport European enclaves, all coming some earth on the road outside. On paper,the system is fairly thorities at Madrasa Alia Arabia scheme, whichwas launchedin is arecipe foraclash. Moreover, engineer.Hereturnedwith wife in forbooming coal mines. We thoughtitwould finallyget foolproof. But on the ground, in Ranchi's Kanke,whereteach- ‘Started probe’ 2008, and is likelytoconsiderre- in the harsh winter,with tem- Usha to settle in Chennai in Biden’s parentsand grandpar- done. But theynever came in- The Indian Express found the ers foundthatall 102students pre-Matricminoritystudents in structuring of finances, eligibil- peratures divingseveral notches 1999. ents’ generation movedinfrom side the village. Theythink we process being subverted at the listedasbeneficiaries for2019- Jharkhand afteraninvestigation ity norms and procedure, offi- belowfreezing point, sustaining Both their daughters were Ireland, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, areuntouchable. Theydon't firststepitself. 2020 were “fake”, the letter by The Indian Express revealed cials said. these positions is adifficult task born in India, but completed Ukraine, and the like—eachen- want to come near us,” says In severalcases, middlemen stated:“It is requestedthat the howthe moneywas being ille- foreither side,” the source said. school in Singaporebefore clave revolving around their Vipin Mallick, alocal resident. either convincedschool owners school education department do gallydivertedbyanexus of mid- LAC talks Priyanca movedtoMassey ownneighbourhood church. The Dom community is one or nodal officers to provide the the needful.” dlemen, bankand school staff, comes at atime when Prime NZ cabinet University in NewZealand to “When Joe says thingslike, of the 22 sub-castesamong NSP login IDs and passwords or “An inquirywas initiatedbut and stateemployees. MinisterNarendraModi and towardspolitics in NewZealand pursue acourse in Development that’s awholelot of malarkey,I DalitsinBihar,categorisedas usedfakeschoolletterpads to nothing came out of it,” said a Speaking to The Indian Chinese President Xi Jinping are whereshe had gone to pursue Studies. think backtomyfamilyinhigh Mahadalits. But even among the obtain them. Theyinvolved senior stategovernment official, Express afterchairing ahigh- likelytomeeteachother thrice her higher studies from “Priyanca madeher debut in school,” said JayParini, whose Mahadalits, the Doms are banking correspondentstoopen speaking on the conditionof levelmeeting to discuss the is- this month -- over video-confer- Singapore. In 2017,she went on politics when she contestedand mother wasfriendswith treated as the lowest rung -- at accountsofprospective benefi- anonymity. sue, Naqvi said: “Wehaveiniti- ence -- at the BRICS, SCOand G- to become an MP in Arden's got elected as theInternational Biden’s motherand babysat Aguani villageinParbattacon- ciaries using their Aadhaar cards Ranchi Deputy ated an investigation intothe 20 summits. Labour Party. Students’ Officer of the Massey Biden.Heremembersthe death stituency,for instance. Parbatta and fingerprintsbeforeapplying Commissioner Chhavi Ranjan matterand areinconstant touch “Atthe moment, China does “The postofMinisterwas not University StudentsAssociation. of aSyrianneighbour.The next is one of 94 seatsthatgoesto forscholarships on their behalf. said verification happens fre- with the stategovernment.” notappear to have anyintention totallyunexpected.Webelieved She decidedtostaybackinNew day, afeastfromthe neighbour- polls in Bihar in the second quently. “But if irregularities still Naqvi said the stategovern- to concede to India’s demand for that she would getsome greater Zealand, when senior leaders of hood landedonthe family’s phase Tuesday, with the RJD Officials point to anumberof happen, it is amatterofcon- ment has been asked to verify restoration of status quoante. role in the government, and the the LabourParty encouragedher front porch,including baklava, contesting in 56 seats, the BJP in reasons whythe scam slipped cern,” he said. the findings of The Indian Theyseemtobeconfident of Prime Ministerhad indicatedto to join the party,” said Italianmeatballs, and Ukrainian 46 and the JD(U) in 43. under the radar -- from con- JSMDC chairmanand Express investigation and “get sustainingthe redrawing of the her about it,” said Radhakrishnan. pancakerolls. In the village, thereisanar- nivance at the local leveltostaff WelfareDepartment secretary backtousassoon as possible”. LACthat theyhavedone unilat- Radhakrishnan, who is settledin “Sheishardworking and has Parini’sfather said to him at rowlane that leads to the shortage to difficulties in han- Amitabh Kaushal said: “I cannot “Once this is done, we will have erally. However, therehavebeen Chennai. excellent oratoryskills. We en- the man’s funeral: “Who needs shadedchaupal, with ahigh wall dling the NSP.Jharkhand's comment until Isee specific aclearerpicture,’’ he said. feelers from the other side that “Today, Ispoketoher after couraged andsupportedher de- the United Nations? We do it on both sides. “The land is WelfareDepartment, whichisin cases.” But JSMDC nominee di- The Indian Express found it is willing to thin down troops hearingabout her newrole. She cision to join politics in New right in Scranton.” ownedbyanuppercaste family. charge of the scheme, has been rector Iqbal Imam acknowl- that the scholarships, whichare at certain friction points. The is thrilled. She is the firstIndian Zealand. We allowedher to “Afterthe ’90s, Iwatched Theydon't likeseeing us,” without an in-charge of itsown edgedthat “thereare various is- disbursedfromfunds sanc- next Corps Commander level to become aMinisterinthe New move in the direction she my street go from amix of Mallicksays. since October 3, when Minister sues”. “Our roles have notbeen tionedbythe Union Ministryof talkshavenot been scheduled Zealand Government. But Ihave wanted to go,’’ he said. Italian and Irish to amix of Yet, it is notasifthe commu- Haji Hussain Ansari succumbed clearly designated, so checks do Minority Affairs, arebeing dis- yet. As and when it happens,this advisedher to notforgetthe In NewZealand, Priyanca Italian, Irish,Mexican, and nity has notmade strides it is to healthcomplications 10 days nothappen at our level. Since tributed to studentsand fake matter will be discussed,” said a familyevenwhile pursuing aca- will be Ministerfor Diversity, Indian,” said Parini, who is now proud of. Mallickpointstoeight aftertesting positive forCovid. the coronavirus outbreak,not beneficiaries in Jharkhand by source privy to negotiations be- reer in politics,” he said. Inclusion and Ethnic an English professor at young men standing behind Chief SecretarySukhdev muchishappening,” he said. middlemen who pocketashare tween the sides. Priyanca, 41,has been a Communities; Ministerfor the MiddleburyUniversity. him.“We fought to put them Singhsaid the“collaborative Asenior stateofficial of the money. India,the source said, will member of the Labour Party Community and Voluntary The town wasonce at the through school. Theyare all ed- connivance of various stake- summed up the situation: On Sunday, reacting to the continue to push forrestoration since 2006.“Her husband Sector;and AssociateMinister cutting edge of technology, ucated andhaveeitherpassed holders is acause of concern”. “Thereisjustnowill to act.” findings, Jharkhand Chief of statusquo anteand will not Richardson, aNew Zealand citi- forSocial Development and even namedthe ElectricCityfor class 10 or 12.Theyare the first “Manyschools arenot veri- Ultimately, it's lefttoahand- MinisterHemant Soren ordered agree to any“mutual equidistant zen who workswith an IT firm, Employment. The newCabinet runningthe nation’s firstelec- from our community in Aguani fied by the district. That is where ful of schools to take action on aprobe intothe “big scam’’ and withdrawal”. A“partial disen- joinedthe party recently. They will be sworn in on Friday. tric city trolleys.The newtech- to study.Evenadecade ago, we the problem lies. The forms are their own. Pastor Anil Chakor, assured action. gagement”, the source said, metwhen she wasworking nologies required robustlabour, usedtocollect wasted food from acceptedorrejected by the dis- chairman, AssemblyofGod “Wehad put anumber of would be in the interestofboth withanNGO forwomen sur- Nov 3ishere and Scranton wasprideful of its marriages. Without anyfood, trict administration. First, the Church School in Ranchi's safeguardstoensurethatthe countries fornow. vivors of domestic violenceand forget about it,” said Kearns. working-class grit. Labour sometimes even roadkill. But school owners themselvesneed Hutup, said theyhavesus- process is transparent and that Following the June 15 migrant workers. Theyhavede- “Wetookcareofeachother.” unions,astrongcoreof then, we became aware, and to verify,then at the district level, pendedthe school in-charge af- suchincidentsdon’t occur,in- Galwan Valleyclash, in which20 cidednot to have children forthe Intermixedwith Halloween America’s industrial revolution, stopped,” he says. and finallyitcomes to me. Ido terauthoritiescame to know cluding asystemofDirect Indian soldierswerekilledand sakeofPriyanca's politicalca- decorations, Biden’s neigh- gainedpolitical and economic This “awareness” did not random checks but thatisnot that he allegedly “stole the Benefit Transfer,stringent veri- the Chinese an unspecified reer,’’ said Radhakrishnan. bourhood nowcarries mostly clout, winning foundational comefromgovernmentinter- sufficient. Iamalso overbur- school’s letterhead and stampto fication of applications, scholar- number,Corps Commander Priyanca had lastvisited signs forhis namebut acouple worker protections. vention, but from the work of dened. We needamorerobust getthe UserIDand password ships through the National leveltalkssecured disengage- Kerala in July2019totakepart of yardsshowcasedprominent “Itwas amarkofpride to Bahishkrit Hitkari Sangathan,an system. We have oftenalerted from the NSP”. Scholarship Portal as well as ment at the spotofthe clash in rituals related to the deathof Trumpparaphernalia,too. In have ajob even when youwere organisation ledbySanjeev the concerneddistrict but there But at the same time, several linkingofAadhaar cards to these with forces of the twocountries her mother Usha, who diedin the final stretchasanation, split young,” 50-year-old Kearns said Kumar,anMBA graduatewho is no action,” said RajKishore schools sent complaintstodis- applications. But it seems some moving2km behind. Februarythat year. right down the middle prepares of his days working in kitchens returnedfromDelhi in 2005 to Xaxa, thestate nodal officer. trict officials onlyafter The people at averylocal levelhave But ever since, no substantial “Whenher mother washos- to vote tomorrowDemocratic or delivering the newspaper. Khagaria. Kumar is fighting elec- At the district level, officials Indian Express startedverifying found ameans to getaround disengagement has been pitalisedinChennai, Priyanca Presidential nomineeBiden has “The union culturecelebrated tions forthe firsttime from the pointed to astaff shortage.“In the beneficiaries. “Manyofthem this,” Naqvi said. achieved. As acountermeasure, stayed forseveral days at her made Scranton, wherehespent the worker.” neighbouring Khagaria seat for Ranchi, thereare onlytwo Block arenow desperatelytrying to “The process of verification Indian forces have occupied bedside. But she had to return the first10years of hislife, the Shah said he movedto the Plurals Party. WelfareOfficers when thereare distance themselvesfromthe is carriedout by the state. Forthe dominating heightsonthe south forameeting in London, and centrepiece of his campaign. Scranton from Vadodarabe- The Plurals Partyisheaded 16 morerequired.The rest of the scam fearing an investigation,” 2019-2020 scholarship disbur- bank of Pangong Tsoand the could notbepresent when her His tagline: Scranton versus cause his hardworkwas re- by LSEgraduatePushpam Priya work is seen by the supervisors. said adistrict official. sal, the Ministryhad sent back Chushul sub-sector. mother breathed her last,’’ said Park Avenue, referring to the warded with better jobs forhis Choudhary,who is the daughter We do checkthe authenticity In his police complaint, Blue 26,000 applications from In early September,China in- Radhakrishnan, adding that his Trumpbuilding. children, who areinmedical of JD(U) leader Vinod and reject forms when we find Bells principal Verma wrote: “I Jharkhand on grounds thatthey creasedtroop presence on elder daughter Manavi is settled Multipleadvertisements training and asoftwarecom- Choudhary andiscontesting anydiscrepancies,” said have gottoknowfrom...reporter were suspicious. Thestate gov- Finger 4ofthe north bank with in Canada and marriedtoa tout Biden’s Scranton values of pany. “Whenyou work here, from BankipurinPatna. Sangeeta Saran, District Welfare of Indian Express daybeforeyes- ernment reverifiedthe applica- India mirroring the strength. 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‘ATTEMPTEDTORECRUITNEWMEMBERS,RAISEFUNDS’ Murshidabadmadrasateacher IN THE DEBTS RECOVERYTRIBUNAL, SILIGURI 2Fnd loor,PCM Tower,2nd Mile, Sevoke Road, arrestedinal-Qaedacase:NIA Siliguri-734001, West Bengal FORM-IV [See Sub-rule (2A) of rule 5] SUMMONS UNDER SUB-SECTION SECTION 4OFSECTION 19 OF ACT, ties by agroup of jihadi terrorists forafew months,theyadded. READ WITH SUB-RULE (2A) OF RULE 5OF EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Abdul consisting of morethan 10 mem- The six held in Murshidabad THE DEBT RECOVERYTRIBUNAL (PROCEDURE) RULES, 1993 KOLKATA,DELHI,NOV2 Momin bers inspired by globallypro- have been identifiedasNajmus O.A. No. 56 of 2020 Mondal scribed terroristorganisation al- Sakib, Abu Sufiyan, Mainul IDBI BANK LIMITED .... APPLICANT THE NATIONAL Investigation Qaeda, who were planning to Mondal, Leu Yean Ahmed, Al VERSUS Agency (NIA) has arrested an carryoutanti-nationalandterror- Mamun Kamal and Atitur M/S. MOHINI MOHAN ENTERPRISE &OTHERS eleventh person in connection connection with the al-Qaeda istactivities at different locations Rehman, while thosearrestedin .... DEFENDANTS. with itsinvestigation intoanal- case of West Bengal and Kerala,” inIndia,including,butnotlimited Ernakulam areMurshid Hasan, Whereas, O.A. No. 56 of 2020 was listed before Hon’ble Presiding Officer on Qaedamodulethatwasbustedin the NIAsaidinastatement. to West Bengal,DelhiandKerala”. Iyakub Biswas and Mosaraf 08/09/2020. September in West Bengal’s According to theagency, The agency suspects that al- Hossen. Whereas, this Hon’ble Tribunal is pleased to issue summons/notice on the said Application under section 19(4) of the Act, (OA) filed against you for recovery of debts of Murshidabad district and Kerala. Mondal is ateacher in Raipur Qaedawastryingtogainatoehold Sixdays later,anotheraccused, sum of Rs. 22,39,790/- (Rupees Twenty TwoLakh Thirty Nine Thousand Seven The accusedwas identifiedas Darul Huda Islamia Madrasa in among Bengali-speaking labour- identifiedasShamimAnsari,was Hundred and Ninety only) (application along with copies of documents etc.Annexed). AbdulMomin Mondal,32, aresi- Murshidabad, and wasallegedly ersinKerala.Thegroupisbelieved arrested from hishome in In accordance with sub-section (4) of section 19 of the Act, you, the defendants are dent of Raninagar in involved in aseries of “conspira- to have been radicalisedand Nowdapara villageindirected as under :- Murshidabad.Hewasarrestedon torial meetings” convenedbythe sponsored by handlers basedin Murshidabad’s Jalangiarea. i)To show cause within 30 (thirty) days of the service of summons as to why relief prayed for Sundayforallegedly “tryingto re- members of the al-Qaeda mod- Pakistan. Barring two, all the accused should not be granted ; ii) Youare restrained from dealing with or disposing of secured assets or such other assets cruitnewmembersforthegroup” ule. “He wasalso trying to recruit OnSeptember19,sixof theac- areeitherdaily wage labourersor and properties disclosed under SL No. 3A of the original application, and also not to and raisingfunds. On Monday, newmembers forthe group and cusedwerearrestedin low-wage earners.One of the ac- alienate, dispose or transfer the said property to the third party,pending hearing and Mondalwasproducedinaspecial wasraisingfundsforfurtheringits Murshidabad, and three in cusedisacomputersciencegrad- disposal of the application for attachment of properties; NIA court that grantedthe inves- terroristactivities.Theresidential Ernakulam in an early morning uate, while another is pursuing iii) Youshall not transfer by way of sale, lease or otherwise, except in the ordinary course of tigationagencytransitremandto premises of the accusedperson raid. At the time, sources said the graduation in Arts. his business any of the assets over which security interest is created and/or other assets transporthim to NewDelhi. were searchedanddigitaldevices raids were based on intelligence In the firstraid, investigators and properties specified or disclosed under SL. No. 3A of the original application without the prior approval of the tribunal; “Abdul Momin Mondal (32) were seized,” the NIAadded. inputsthat suggestedthe group recoveredcountry-made pistols, iv) Youshall be liable to account for the sale proceeds realized by sale of secured assets or hasbeenarrestedfromRaninagar Accordingtothe NIA,the case waspreparing foranattack. The arudimentarybody armour,bat- other assets and properties in the ordinary course of business and deposit such sale of Murshidabad,WestBengal, in “pertains to anti-national activi- accusedwereunder surveillance teries,switches and firecrackers. proceeds in the account maintained with the bank or financial institutions holding security interest over such assets. NOTICE Youare also directed to file the written statement with acopy of thereof furnished to the applicant and to appear before Registrar on 18/12/2020 at 10.30 A.M. failing which the STATECOUNT KNOW ALL MEN by this presents that my clients, Sri Prasanta Kumar application shall be heard and decided in your absence. TOTAL CASES Saha and Sri Anup Saha have Given under my hand and the seal of theTribunal on this the 20th day of October,2020. inherited the business of Charial By order of the Tribunal Bazar F.L. OffShop jointly after 381608 demise of their father,Mritunjoy REGISTRAR Saha, situated at Mouza-Joy- To INCREASE DEATHS -Chandipur,J.L. No. 10, L.R The Defendants- KhatianNo. 891/1, Plot /L.R Dag 3957 6957 No. 670, measuring more or less 1) M/s MOHINI MOHAN ENTERPRISE,having its office at Chandan Chowra, Post Office 338075RECOVERED 2decimal out of 4decimal, holding Chandan Chowra, Police Station Kotwali and District Coochbehar,Pin-736165, within the No. 195/A, M.G. Road, Ward No. State of West Bengal :Proprietor-MANOJ DEBNATH Son of Sri Mohani Mohan Debnath, 8ofBudge Budge Municipality, 46,44,119 SAMPLES Kolkata -7000137, District South residing at Village-Chandan Chowra, Post Office Chandan Chowra, Police Station Kotwali 24 Parganas, which have been and Disrict Coochbehar,Pin-736165 within the State of West Bengal. TESTED TILL NOV 1 Passengers on aspecial train forrailway staffinKolkata on continuing since last 80 years 2) SMT RINKU DEBNATH,Wife of Sri Manoj Mohan Debnath, residing at Village- Monday.Atmanyplaces,commuters have protested, by generation uninterruptedly. Chandan Chowra, Post Office Chandan Chowra, Police Station Kotwali and District demanding they beallowedtoboard these trains. Shashi Ghosh Recently,myclients have come to learn that one Sasadhar Saha, Coochbehar,Pin -736165 within the State of West Bengal. COVID TOLL6,957 son of Abhay Charan Saha, is the recorded owner of the said land Recovery surge FINAL DECISION ON NOVEMBER5 and holding but neither Sasadhar IN THE DEBTS RECOVERYTRIBUNAL, SILIGURI Saha nor his legal heirs contacted with my clients with his/her/their 2Fnd loor,PCM Tower,2nd Mile, Sevoke Road, continueseven claim or demand of monthly rent. Siliguri-734001, West Bengal Railways plans to My clients have been enjoying the said property uninterruptedly since FORM-IV as active cases last 80 years and have become the [See Sub-rule (2A) of rule 5] owner of the said property by way SUMMONS UNDER SUB-SECTION SECTION 4OFSECTION 19 OF ACT, keep declining restartlocal trains of adverse possession holder.In READ WITH SUB-RULE (2A) OF RULE 5OF case of any claim, an objection is to be made before me within 10days THE DEBT RECOVERYTRIBUNAL (PROCEDURE) RULES, 1993 of publication of this notice failing O.A. No. 57 of 2020 which no claim/objection shall be EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE with 50% capacity IDBI BANK LIMITED .... APPLICANT entertained. KOLKATA,NOVEMBER2 Sanat Kumar Pal VERSUS said theyhad proposedthe re- Advocate ALIPORE POLICE M/s HRENTERPRISE &OTHERS COURTKOLKATA -700027. .... DEFENDANTS. WESTBENGAL’S Covid-19recov- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sumptionof suburbantrainserv- Ph. 9831686263(M) eryratecontinuedtoclimb up on KOLKATA,NOVEMBER2 icesto thestategovernmentear- Whereas, O.A. No. 57 of 2020 was listed before Hon’ble Presiding Officer on 08/09/2020. Monday, fuelled by record recov- lier but the latter decidedtoonly Whereas, this Hon’ble Tribunal is pleased to issue summons/notice on the said eries.Thedischarge rate wasupto RAILWAYAUTHORITIESarekeen resumeMetroservicesinKolkata. Application under section 19(4) of the Act, (OA) filed against you for recovery of debts of 88.59 per cent following the re- on resuming local train services AseniorRailwaysofficialsaid, sum of Rs. 28,93,794/- (Rupees Twenty Eight Lakh Ninety Three Thousand Seven covery of 4,085 patients. Dueto in West Bengalallowing 50 per “Wereassure the public and the Hundred and Ninety Four only) (application along with copies of documents etc. this riseinrecoveries, the state’s cent of passenger strength and stategovernment that we will Annexed). active caseloadhascomedownto ensuring that Covid-19safety starttheservicessoonandthefi- In accordance with sub-section (4) of section 19 of the Act, you, the defendants are 36,576.Therecoveryrate hasbeen protocolsarefollowedstrictly, of- nal decisionwill be takenon directed as under :- improvingsinceSince,October21, ficials said on Mondayafter a November 5. The idea is that we i)To show cause within 30 (thirty) days of the service of summons as to why relief prayed for and active cases have dropped meeting with topstate govern- runtheserviceswhilemaintain- should not be granted ; ii) To disclose particulars of properties or assets other than the properties and assets dailysinceOctober 27. mentofficials.Initially, they were ing the Covid safetyprotocols. specified by the applicant under SL. No. 3Aof the original application; OnMonday, thestate reported targeting to resume the opera- Initially, we areplanningtostart iii) Youare restrained from dealing with or disposing of secured assets or such other assets 3,957new cases and 57 deaths. tions with 10-20 percentofthe with 10 to 20 per cent of the nor- and properties disclosed under SL No. 3A of the original application, and also not to Thelatestfatalitiespushedupthe normal services whichwill be malservicesandthenescalateto alienate, dispose or transfer the said property to the third party,pending hearing and tollto 6,957. Abulkof thelatestin- slowlyincreasedto25per cent, 25 percent." disposal of the application for attachment of properties; fections (60.24per cent) and 41 theysaid. West Bengalhas been wit- iv) Youshall not transfer by way of sale, lease or otherwise, except in the ordinary course of deathswere recordedintheSouth Afinaldecisiononthe re- nessing protests amiddemand his business any of the assets over which security interest is created and/or other assets Bengalpandemicepicentrecom- sumption of local train services from the peopletoresume nor- and properties specified or disclosed under SL. No. 3A of the original application without the prior approval of the tribunal; prising Kolkata, itsthree neigh- will be takenatameeting with mal localtrain services. v) Youshall be liable to account for the sale proceeds realized by sale of secured assets or bouring districts, and Hooghly. the stategovernmenton On Monday, rail commuters other assets and properties in the ordinary course of business and deposit such sale Despite therecovery surge, November5.The localtrainserv- squatted on railway tracks in at proceeds in the account maintained with the bank or financial institutions holding security Kolkata’sactive caseloadclimbed ices were when lockdown was leastthree stations in Hooghly interest over such assets. backover7,000on Monday. announcedinMarch. district, demanding theybeal- Youare also directed to file the written statement with acopy of thereof furnished to the Of theotherSouthBengaldis- Chief SecretaryAlapan lowedtoboard'staffspecial' applicant and to appear before Registrar on 18/12/2020 at 10.30 A.M. failing which the trictsoutsidetheinfectionhotspot Bandyopadhyaysaidplanningre- trains. The blockades at Rishra, application shall be heard and decided in your absence. th withmore than1,000active cases, gardingticketing,routeselection Baidyabati and Sheoraphuli sta- Given under my hand and the seal of theTribunal on this the 20 day of October,2020. onlyPaschim Medinipur(1,813) andthenumberof trainswasbe- tions till noon halted themove- By order of the Tribunal registeredanincrease.Itdropped ing worked out and afinal deci- ment of at leasttwo staffspecial REGISTRAR intherest —PaschimBardhaman sion on resumption of the serv- trainsontheHowrah-Bandelsec- To (1,199),PurbaBardhaman(1,140), ices and the datewould be tion of the Eastern Railway,apo- The Defendants- 1) M/s HRENTERPRISE,having its office at Dewanhat, Coochbehar,Post Office Purba Medinipur (1,470), and takenafter ameeting with the lice officer said. Dewanhat, Police Station Kotwali and District Coochbehar,Pin -736134, within the State Nadia (2,101).Itisalso danger- stategovernment on The protesters complained of West Bengal :Proprietor-SRI MANAS DAS Son of Sri Haran Chandra Das, residing at ouslyhighinBankura,whichnow November 5. theywerenot being allowedto Village-Dewanhat, Coochbehar,Post Office Dewanhat, Police Station Kotwali and Disrict has 901patients. On Sunday, theRailways boardthe “near-empty” 'staff Coochbehar,Pin-736134 within the State of West Bengal. In NorthBengal, the situation also wrotealetter to the state special' trains. This comes two 2) Sri Haran Chandra Das,Son of Late Bisweswar Das residing at Village-Dewanhat, remainedalarmingwith andexpressed itsreadiness to days afterover100 commuters Coochbehar,Post Office Dewanhat, Police Station Kotwali and District Coochbehar,Pin - Darjeeling recording1,429 active resume suburban or local train triedtoforcetheirwayintoastaff 736134 within the State of West Bengal. cases), Malda(1,036),and services in the state. In the let- special train at Howrah station, 3) Sri Partha Das,Son of Sri Haran Chandra Das, residing at Village-Dewanhat, Jalpaiguri(1,020). In Coochbehar, ter, Eastern Railway Additional leading to ascuffle with railway Coochbehar,Post Office Dewanhat, Police Station Kotwali and District Coochbehar,Pin - active cases areupto960. General Manager AneetDulat policepersonnel. —WITHPTI 736134 within the State of West Bengal.

Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 WEST BENGAL THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER3,2020 Adhir tells Centre to raise Work to repair Durgapur issue of violence against Barrage gate yet to begin, Hindus in Bangladesh may take two more days

ited the siteduringthe dayand ENS&PTI State EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE asked whythe stategovernment KOLKATA,NOVEMBER2 Congress KOLKATA,NOVEMBER2 wasdelaying the repair work. president “Neither the stategovern- CONGRESSLEADER in the Lok Adhir Ranjan THE WESTBengal government ment nor itsirrigation depart- Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Chowdhury on Monday said it wastaking ment has got anyplanning. Two on Mondayurged the Centreto everypossible measuretorepair days have passed.Panagarhislo- take upwithBangladeshtheissue the damagetoasluicegateofthe cated nearby.Theyshould have of alleged “violenceagainst uptheissuewithBangladeshgov- Durgapur Barrage,but added calledthe Armyfromthereand Hindus” in that country. ernment as immediatelyaspos- that the repair work wasyet to fixedthe issue if theywereso Chowdhuryreferredtorecent siblesoasto preventfurtheresca- start. According to officials of the desperatetorepair the damage. media reports that claimedtem- lation," Chowdhurysaid in Damodar ValleyCorporation This is notthe firsttime that the ples were allegedly vandalised astatement. (DVC), whichoperates the bar- lockgatehas been damaged.But andHindufamiliesinBangladesh Temples at Nasirnagar in rage,theymay needtwo more little did the government learn. became“victimsof arsonandloot Brahmanbarhia district in days to startthe repairs. Ihavenot come heretodopoli- by fundamentalist forces.” Bangladesh were vandalisedon Sources said theauthorities tics, but to see thecondition of Themediareports saidatleast Sundayand over100 houses in were firsttrying to drythe river the people who areforcedtosur- 15 Hindutemples in Bangladesh theareabelongingto Hinduswere bed around Gate31, whichgot vive amid suchwater scarcity,” have beenvandalisedoverallega- looted, the media reportsaid. bent on Saturday, by diverting he said. tionsof“disrespect shown to Afterthe violence,which report- the waterflow. On Monday, state The Public Health Islamonsocialmedia”,triggering edly lastedforhours,twotemples government officials monitored Engineering Department has panic among the minority com- in adjacent Madhabpurin the situation even as the DVC arranged waterpouches and munityinsome areas. Habigunjalsocameunderattack, said the Mejia ThermalPower mobilewater treatment unitsfor “ItisreportedthatHindufam- the reportsaid. Six persons have Station would notgenerateupto areas affected by the water ilies inBangladeshhave beentar- been arrestedfortheirallegedin- BJP workers protestoutside BeliaghataPolice Station in KolkataonMonday. Partha Paul 1,000MegaWatt powerbecause scarcity.Water tankershave getedbyfundamentalistforces, volvementintheattackandpara- of the crisis. been providedinaffected blocks resulting in arson and other vio- military Border Guards BJP leader Raju Banerjee vis- in Bankuradistrict. lence as areprisal of the stand Bangladesh were deployed at takenbyour government. The Nasirnagar and Madhabpur MIXED RESPONSETO12-HOUR BANDH IN KALYANI Indian government should take Upazila headquarters, it added. 2Customs officials among Will ensure free and BJPprotestsagainstpolice, 4held by CBI in fraud case Customs &Central Excise, fair elections: Governor EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Kolkata, over allegations that the KOLKATA,NOVEMBER2 four persons had connivedand forged export-related docu- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE TMCcallsit‘cheappolitics’ THE CBI on Mondayarrested ments, passedoff thedocu- KOLKATA,NOVEMBER2 four persons, including aDeputy mentsasgenuine and obtained a Governor Commissioner of Police of large amountofduty drawback GOVERNOR JAGDEEP Dhankhar Jagdeep Nadiadistrict’sGayeshpurcityon Customs and aSuperintendent- againstfalse exportofgasketsto on Monday held ameeting with Dhankhar EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Sunday.The BJPhas claimedthat rank officer,inconnection with Bangladesh in 2014 in the name District Magistrateand KOLKATA,NOVEMBER2 BENGAL‘SAFEHAVEN’FORTERRORISTS:BJP victim BijoyShil wasits worker, twocases of fraud. of non-existent firms. Superintendent of Police of and waskilledbyworkers of the The twoarrestedofficials Another case, also registered Darjeeling district and said his The firstchallengeistoensure BJP WORKERSonMonday Kolkata:The BJP on Monday areharming thesociety and ruling party fordefectingtothe were identifiedasVikash Kumar, in December 2017,pertains to al- aim is to “ensurefreeand fair that free andfair elections are demonstratedoutsidepolice sta- hit out at the TMC govern- creating problemsfor saffron camp. The TMC, however, Deputy Commissioner of legations of exporting andat- elections in West Bengal”. held in West Bengal. Iwill as- tions across West Bengal to ment following the arrest of all of India.” has rejected the allegation and Customs, and Sandeep Kumar tempting to export atotal 240 “Functional at another work surethe people of the state that protestagainstthe murders of amadrasa teacher in His party colleagueand BJP raisedquestions about Shil’s po- Dikshit, Superintendent, MTsofRed Sanders valued station-Raj Bhawan, Darjeeling. Iwillgotoany extent,takeex- people who it claims were its Murshidabad district in con- national secretaryArvind litical affiliation. Customs. The other twoare Jyoti around Rs 100crore,through Siliguri CP Tripurari Atharva treme routes to ensurethat workers. The party has accused nection with the al-Qaeda Menon said, “WestBengal The Opposition party on Biswas, an exporter, andone N.S.Dock, KolkataPort, in 2016. calledyesterday and today elections areheld without any the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of case. The Opposition has become asafeasylum Mondayobserved a12-hour Sudhir Jha. The complaint wasregisteredby Darjeeling SP Dr Santosh violence." orchestratingthesekillings. party claimedBengal wasa forIslamic terrorists,many bandhinthedistrict’sKalyanisub- The arrestsweremade in the Customs &CentralExcise, Nimbalkar and DM ShriS The Governor hasbeen con- Union ministerBabulSupriyo “safe asylum forIslamic terror organisations have es- division,butitevokedamixedre- connection with acase thatwas Kolkata. All the arrested accused Ponnambalam responded. sistentlytargeting theMamata said killing people over theirpo- terrorists”. tablishedtheir networkin sponse. Some shops remained registeredinDecember 2017 on will be producedinacourton Emphasisedthat Political Banerjee-ledTMC government litical affiliationwas sickening. BJP national generalsecre- Bengal. MamataBanerjee’s shut,butthevehicularmovement acomplaint receivedfrom Tuesday, CBIsources said. Neutrality @MamataOfficialin over allegedly politicisingthe “FourteenBJPworkersfromWest tary Kailash Vijayvargiya appeasement politics has wasnormal as usual. functioning wasnon nego- the bureaucracyand policein Bengal have losttheirlives at the tweeted, “The NIA is doing a nowcreated athreat not “Ironical that same @BJP WB tiable," Dhankhartweeted on the stateand turning them into hands of Trinamool Congress wonderful job keeping India onlytoWestBengal but to who agitated todayinname of a Two killed as bus stand roof Monday. He is on amonth-long “political servants”. (TMC) workersinthe stateinthe safe. But their job is difficult. the entirecountry.” poordead manfromNadiawere visit to Darjeeling, whichbegan The TMC took adig at lastninemonths, starting from The Mamata government The TMC accusedthe BJP missingfromGoyeshpurwhen on Sunday,toassess the ground Dhankhar forhis remarks."I Januarytill11 Septemberthisyear. has adoptedpolarizing and of trying to “politicise the hisbodywasbroughthome&last collapses during accident realitiesinnorth Bengal. cannotsee whatisbothering #TMCStopPoliticalKillings. Are appeasement policies which matter”. ENS ritescompletedpeacefully. Family Speaking to mediapersons him. He said don't playwith fire. yousoscaredDidi[Chief Minister clear he had NO political affilia- Kolkata:Two persons were killed persons waiting at atea stall un- afterthe meeting, the Governor Icannotsee wherethe fire is. In MamataBanerjee]that youhave tion. Fake news of ‘BJP worker and twoothers criticallyinjured der the shed,policesaid. "Two of said, "This is the firsttime the return, Iwill tell him nottoplay to resorttosuchbrutality?” thing, she won’t sayanything.” ation here. Theyonlywant to dis- killed by TMC’ uncovered,” as the concreteroof of abus them were declared dead when DM and SP of adistricthave with his post. He has started he tweeted. Dismissing the accusations, ruptthe peaceful atmospherein tweetedTMC MP Mahua Moitra, stand collapsedinManicktala takentothe RG Kar Medical come to meetme. Ihavetriedto playing agame with his HispartycolleagueandUnion stateEducationMinisterandTMC the state. Butthe peopleofWest who representsthe district’s area hereonMonday, following Collegeand Hospital. Conditions makethem understand that posts...Playing the role of the ministerDebasree Chowdhury secretary-general Partha Bengal willnot getswayedby Krishnanagar constituencyin afreak accident, police said. of twoothers, takentodifferent publicservant cannotbepoliti- president of aparticularpoliti- said, “On one hand,Didi says that Chatterjeesaidthe saffron party cheap politics,”hesaid. Parliament. On Sunday, Moitra Around 4am, aspeedinglorry hospitals, were critical," an offi- cal servant.Asthe Governor,I calparty," said TMCsecretary thereispeaceinBengal,butonthe wastrying to disrupt peacein The latestdeathoverwhich had tweetedavideo in whicha hit aparkedbus, whichinturn cer of the AmherstStreetpolice have manychallengestoface. general Partha Chatterjee. otherhand BJP supporters have the state. the twoparties have clashedis woman she identifiedasShil’s hit apillar of the bus stand, they station said. The driverofthe been the victim of political vio- “Everyday the BJP is crying that of a34-year-old man found wifesays her husband did not said. The concreteroof of the bus lorry wasarrested, he added. lence. Now, Didi can’t see any- foul over the law-and-order situ- hanging in amangoorchardin have anypoliticalaffiliation. stand collapsed, injuring four PTI SALUTE THE SOLDIER

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TAMILNADU NEWSPRINT AND PAPERS LIMITED has introduced afacility that will allow Bidhannagar City Police Deputy Trafficofficials at the commissioner- KAGITHAPURAM -639 136, KARUR DIST. TAMIL NADU passengers landing at the city airportto Commissioner (Traffic) DhritimanSarkar atesaidthis facility would ensurelong Phone: 04324-277 001 (10 LINES) Extn: 4402/4568 book prepaid taxis through missedcalls. said on Monday. queues do notform at the prepaid taxi Email: [email protected] The commissionerate, whichmanages Earlier,passengers oftenhad to stand booths, and also prevent toutsfromap- NOTICEINVITING BIDS (NIB) trafficatthe airport, hopes this will pre- in long queues at the prepaid taxi coun- proaching passengers when theycome SI. vent queues at the prepaid taxi counters ters foranything between five minutes out of the airport. No. Descripion Due Date at the airport, and helppeople maintain Earlier, passengers oftenhad to to half an hour during the festiveseason “Passengers will have detailsofthe SupplyofIBR Pipe &Fittingsfor Hardwood 1. 24.11.2020 social distance. stand in longqueues at the or peak hours. According to officials, now taxi, whichwill already be booked.So Fibrelineareafor TNPL Unit-II MEP “Happytoinformyou all that passen- prepaid taxi counters. File whenapassenger givesamissedcall to even if theyare approached, theywon’t Manufactureand supply of Centrifugal Pumps for 2. Hardwood Fibrelinearea&CIO2 forTNPL Unit-II 24.11.2020 gers landing at Kolkata airport do not the designatednumber,his or her slot fall prey to touts,” said an official. MEP Biddersmay requestthe tender document at theabove address by Post/Mail. Detailed NIBmay be viewedinwebsites: www.tnpl.com/ www.tenders.tn.gov.in ‘Central agencies are exceeding DIPR/4085/Tender/2020 TNPL -Maker of bagasse based eco-friendly Paper JHARGRAM MUNICIPALITY jurisdiction to malign Kerala govt’ Sadhu Ramchand Murmu Sarani Bachurdoba: Jhargram Ph:03221-255098, [email protected] SHAJU PHILIP Notice Inviting e-Tender THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, [ABRIDGED] NOVEMBER 2 JM/06/20-21 PinarayiVijayan Memo No- 2538/4PW-15 Dt. 02.11.2020 WITH Afew key projectsofthe CPI(M)- Tenders are being invited by the undersigned from Bonafide ledLDF government in Kerala under Running /others contractors/ Agency for 11(Eleven) Nos. works the scanner of the ED and other central Vijayansaid asituation has arisen below 3.00 Lakh for different types of development works. Last date of submission of Application 12.11.2020 up to 3.00P.M. agencies, Chief MinisterPinarayi wherecentral probeagenciesare re- The details of above tender may be seen at the office Notice VijayanonMondaysaid that central in- sponsible foranalysingpolicies and board, Notice Board of D.M. Office, S.D.O.Office. vestigatingagencies probing the gold programmes of the stategovernment, N.B. PaymentsWill be made after receiving of funds. smuggling case are“exceeding their ju- whichisinnoway acceptable to those Sd/- risdiction to malign anddestabilise an who believe in democratic values and Executive Officer, elected stategovernment.’’ respect the Constitution. Some of these Jhargram Municipality Vijayantold the media that these agencies areencroachingintoexecu- agencies have exceededtheir author- tive powers of the stategovernment ityand theiractions areaclear viola- and the scrutinyofconstitutionalinsti- tion of the federal norms of the country. tutions, he said. “It is aviolation of their He said: “I don’t want to blame any ownjurisdiction andthereby an en- agency or anyofficial.But Iwant to croachmentonthe Constitution. This makeclear certain thingswhen profes- is undemocratic and unconstitutional sional standards generallyacceptedby and it cannotbeallowed. The state gov- investigative agencies arebeing sub- ernment will makenecessaryinterven- verted and investigations arebeing di- tions within the existing legal frame- verted to suit certain vested interests.’’ work,” he said. AfterVijayan’s former principal sec- Vijayansaid when the stateurged retary MSivasankar wasarrestedinthe the Centrefor acomprehensive probe gold smuggling case, the ED has intothe gold smuggling case, the state brought under itsscannerKerala-Fiber government had alegitimateexpecta- OpticNetwork (K-Fon) project and e- tion that the investigation wouldgo mobility project,earlier handledby through proper legal channels. “Some Sivasankar as the stateITsecretaryfor interventionsonpartofthese agencies the lastfour years. Besides, financial have cast doubt on whether our expec- transactions in ahousing project of the tations were misplaced. It looks likethe government, implemented withthe investigating agencies arefollowing a fundingofEmirates RedCrescent, is predeterminedpath scriptedbysome also being probed by central agencies. outside the agency.”

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Cartoons in our timesneednot be blunt BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL instruments.The message hastobeclear,not loud

GUARDED OPTIMISM EPUnny

Economic indicators suggestnormalisation of economic TO TWEAK AN Einstein quote, cartoons media warbetween twonewspaper barons mincedwords. The waythings aregoing,it should be made as simple as possible, but —Joseph Pulitzer, who pioneered itspublica- won’t be long before manypartsofEurope activities. But durability of the rebound is amatter of concern notsimpler. CharlieHebdo cartoons arelook- tion in 1895 in his NewYork World, and his have considerable migrant populations. The ing increasinglysimpler in aworld that is get- rival, William Randolph Hearst, who ac- cartoon readershipstherewouldincreas- EEN AGAINSTTHE depths to whicheconomic activity had plummetedinthe ini- ting thoroughlycomplicated.Since the sim- quired it afterthree years forhis NewYork ingly begin to look likeIndia’s or Sri Lanka’s tial phase of thenational lockdown, the sequential improvement in economic in- plestsolutiononoffer thesedaysissimpler Journal.The bulk of thecomics readership —mixed,varied, young. Even then, Charlie dicatorsoverthe pastfew months suggests that theprocess of normalisation of than the simplestofcartoons —single- wasthe growing migrant population. Hebdo mightmerrilycarry on but notmany Seconomic activities is well underway. As indicatedbyleading indicators, both ag- mindedterror—cartoonists mustwonder The expatstooktothe comics,then called will lookuptoit, justbecause it is European. gregatedemandand supplyhavewitnessedanimprovement with the easing of lockdown howtheygot themselvesintothis mess. And funnies, wherehand-drawncartoon charac- Younger cartoonists theworld over rethink notinterms of pulling punches but ters spokepithycolloquial English, handwrit- would look elsewhere. Theyface the predica- restrictions.However, onemustbecautiouswhileinterpretingthesenumbers.Forinstance, in terms of anew perspective. tenintospeechballoons.The lookand feel ment of having to makeimpossible choices large partsofthe high-contact servicessector suchasairlines, hospitality and tourism con- The Hebdo cartoon wasaready excuse, a wasinformal and non-intimidating, alto- and sharp distinctions —say between acom- tinue to lag the industrial sector,and their revivalinpartdepends on the successincontain- trigger forthe killings, notthe cause. gether inviting. Kids mimicked, parentsread passionatereligion and those who wield the ing the virus. Provocation could have come from cinema, TheFrenchweekly that sees out and families startedspeaking imperfect swordinits name. Theywould love Mike On the productionside, signalling acontinuing pickupinthe supplyside, the Nikkei’s writing, music, fashion or food. Organised itself as politically left English. The newspaper’s comics pagebe- Luckovichfor hisclassic on the 9/11attack manufacturing purchasing managers index, releasedonMonday, rose to 58.9inOctober — terror waitsfor acontextand the cartoon should have nothing against came an early facilitator of the migrant’s on the WorldTrade Centre. Luckovichdrew could easilyprovide it because it is the car- journeyinthe Land of Opportunity. the HolyQuran standinglikeatower and indicating the fastestexpansioninfactory outputinoveradecade. Similarly,the indexof toonist’s job to provoke, ridicule and offend. immigrants, but it has hurt True, these aresequential comics and not showedatinyairplane labelled“Islamic eight coreindustries in September wasalmostatthe same levelaslastyear,withcoal, elec- But is that all acartoon can do? them with the cartoon as a political cartoons of the kind Charlie Hebdo Terrorists”about to crash intoit tricity,andsteelswingingintopositive territory. Ontheconsumptionside,indicatingapickup The Frenchweeklythat sees itself as polit- blunt instrument. France has features. Getcloser home and you’ll find that Amidstthe soaring Islamophobia that fol- in demand, the goods and servicestax collections forthe monthofOctober rose to an eight- icallyleftshouldhavenothing againstimmi- asignificant Muslim the political cartoon worksfor themigrant no lowedthe terror strike, the messagecame month high of Rs 1.05 lakh crore—10per cent higher than collections over the same period grants, but it hashurtthemwiththe cartoon less.India’s corecartooninghasbeen political across, anything but loud but crystalclear,on population, most of them lastyear.While partofthisrise could be attributedtothe September 30 deadline forclaim- as ablunt instrument. France has asignificant and our cartoons have growninand around howuntrue these bigotsweretothe religion Muslim population, mostofthemimmi- cities backedbyjob-seeking migrants, includ- theyswore by.Inthe same vein, Art inginputtaxcreditandthereconciliationforbusinessesfor2019-20,thecontinuedriseine- immigrants. Agood many grants. Agood manyare believers and new are believersand new to the ing the cartoonists themselves. Mostofour Spiegelman did In the Shadow of No Towers waybillgenerationalsopointstowardsimprovementinactivity. Recentreportsalsosuggest to thehostculture, whichisusedtohandling prominent practitioners from Shankar to RK (2004), agraphic novelthat treatsalQaeda thatdemand forbothfour-wheelers and two-wheelers appears to be firming up. Sales for suchexcesses in acartoon with ashrug of the host culture,whichisused to Laxman andAbuAbraham to SudhirDarwere and the Pentagon with equal scorn. The mas- MarutiSuzuki,forinstance,stoodat1,63,656unitsinthedomesticmarket,up18percentover shoulder,apungent letter to theeditor or a handling suchexcesses in a expats. And theyhandledabigger,moreun- terrefusedtomakeachoice between terror the same period lastmonth.Similarly,HeroMotoCorp reportedaspikeindemand from ur- searing counter-cartoon. The settlers would cartoon with ashrug of the certain democracy than the post-war and astate that exploited it to undermine its banandsemi-urbanareas.Railway freightrevenuewasupinthefirsthalf of Octoberaswere take awhile to acquiresuchskills. Meanwhile, shoulder,apungent letter to European ones in France or West Germany. It ownproclaimeddemocracy. diesel sales,whichreportedly witnessedthe firstyear-on-year growth since February.This the artform would getsufficientlydemonised wouldn’t have been easy to cartoonthrough Charlie Hebdo has no suchhesitation.It in theireyes. Historically, this is asad betrayal the editor or asearing the Partition of the subcontinent that came takessideswithout asecond thought. It has sequential improvementineconomic activity is also reflected in preliminary resultsofcor- of the abidingbond between the immigrant counter-cartoon. Thesettlers withthe birth of the nation.And, when finally alegacyadvantage: The moodofWestern porates forthe second quarterofthe current financialyear,whichindicateaturnaround in and cartoon art. The Hebdo cartoonistisan- would take awhile to acquire thepolitylookedlikesettling down, came the Europe that breathedeasy afterthe defeat of performance afterthe collapse in the firstquarter. tagonising awilling natural readership. suchskills. Meanwhile,the Emergency and press censorship. At the best the Nazis. Founded in 1970, Charlie Hebdo’s Yet, this optimism needs to be tempered.For one, part of the recovery in economic ac- At the close of 19th century, the advent of times, cartoonists and their editors dealt artpracticecelebrates that WorldWar II mo- art form would get tivities can be tracedtothe ongoing festiveseason. Whether this momentum sustains, or of the comics coincidedwith the rise of the with amuch-layered, multi-ethnic,often ment whichchose unbridledfreedom over theextentto whichitsustains,beyond themonthsofOctober andNovemberremainsto be big American cities built by wavesofimmi- sufficiently demonised in touchy readership. In neighbouring Sri Lanka, allelse.The choice is no longerthat simple gration. Distinguishedcartoon historians like cartoonists have facedtougher times.Tocut —between an evil Hitler and liberating seen. Then, thereisthe possibility of asurge in COVID-19infections during the festivesea- their eyes. Historically,this Judith O’Sullivanhavedwelt at length on this. is asad betrayal of the the storyshort, outside the structureddemoc- armies. Right now, theworld’s mostpower- son, whichcould heighten risk aversion.Thiscoupledwithcontinuing incomeuncertainty Those who came in were struggling to pick racies of the West,the artpractice has coped. ful electorateisn’t making half as clear a could adverselyimpact the growth trajectorygoing forward, though itsimpact will be vis- up American English and theyfoundthe eas- abiding bond between the This is nottosuggest thatcartoonists choice —between aTrumpand his chal- ible with alag. iestlearning device —the comics in the immigrant and the cartoon mustfunction under aDamocles’sword and lenger.And no WorldWar IIIisinsight to sort newspapers, printed big and in colour. The art. The Hebdo cartoonist is turn out suitablyevasive and safestuff, which out matters and bring the much-needed very firstcomic character,YellowKid,cre- antagonising awilling the reader somehowfigures out. This is not clarity to thecartoonist. ated by RichardOutcault,was asensation the wayour predecessors functioned. The SCRAP THEINDEMNITY and got priceyenough to setoff alegendary natural readership. best of them neither trimmedthe picturenor [email protected]

Kerala Congress chief mustpay forhis rank misogyny

EXISTFOUL-TALK —ofthe kind that belongsinlocker-rooms —continues to en- joyindemnity in Indian politics. Nothing else explains whyMullappally AN AMERICAN STORY SRamachandran, aveteran leader of the Congress in Kerala, aformer Union minis- ternoless,wouldwantto counterawoman’stestimonybyshamingherasa“pros- titute”. It is this impunity that also emboldenedhim to discredit the charge that shewas Multiracial citizens like Kamala Harris will vote forarecognitionoftheirAmerica rapedbyseveralministersintheformerUDFgovernmentby insinuatingthatawomanwith “self-respect”would have diedrather than be assaulted severaltimes over.Ramachandran forked out an apology afteranuproar, but there is morethanawhiffofinsincerity to it.But BryanMonroe his remarks,undeniably, putthe Congress national leadership on test.Lastmonth,former WE CLAIM her as our own. We shareher bourhoods. It washardtobeofbothworlds. the weekendsand getintrouble forsneaking chief ministerofMadhya Pradesh Kamal Nath had gottenawaywith amurmur of disap- with you. But her storyisanAmerican story Still, in America, our diversity is our out of the house in high school. provalfromRahulGandhi,evenwhenhecalledImartiDevi,aDalitleaderandaformerparty —ofstruggle, changeand hope. strength, even though thereare manytoday We wouldjokethat we knewmoreabout colleague, an “item”. No doubt. Kamala Harris is aBlack trying to widen the cracks betweenus. For the customs, tastes and practices of white The question forthe Congress is this: If leaders likeNath and Ramachandran continueto woman. The US senator who is, perhaps, less those who grew up with multicultural back- America than theyknewabout ours. We had incur zeropolitical costfor rank sexistabuse, forusing language that demeans and dehu- than aday away from being elected as the grounds, with feet in both worlds, theysee to listen to their LedZeppelin and eattheir maniseswomen,forwieldingdecayingnotionsofhonourandrespectagainst victimsof sex- firstfemale vice-president of the United themselvesasAmerica, the embodimentof under-seasonedchicken at the soccer team States, wasborn in Oakland and raisedin what actuallymakes this countrygreat. potluck.We had to learn their traditions, but ual assault, what is itscredibility when it campaigns forjustice foraDalit teen rapedand Berkeley. She went to Howard University,a And that’s the America voters will be theyknewlittle about our lives, our habits, murderedinHathras?Thatisnot to saythatthisbrandof coarsenessislimitedonlytoCongress. historicallyBlackcollegeinWashington, D.C. choosing. A2015Pew Research Centersurvey our world. We’d go to the same schools and Itisendemicto Indianpolitics,andusedthoughtlesslyagainstwomen,especiallyfrommar- She is amember of Alpha Kappa Alpha of multiracial American adultsshowedthat wear the same clothes, but we’d still be seen ginalisedcommunities.Ramachandran’splatitudesaboutrapevictimstapintoalargercon- Sorority,one of the “Divine Nine” US Black while 59 per cent felt their backgroundsmade through an unfamiliar lens. sensus—fashionedbysociety,cultureandpolitics—thatsays thatacagedsexuality—owned sororities andfraternities.InAmerica, you them moreopen to other cultures, 55 per cent It didn’t seem fair.Our normal should by men and protected from other men —iswhat giveswomenworth. don’t getmuchBlackerthan that. said theyhavebeensubject to racial slursor have been justasvalid as the whitekids’nor- Theregularitywithwhichmenstoopto suchrhetoricisadirectoutcomeof genderinequal- But she is also achild of India. Her mother, jokes. About one in four (24per cent) have also mal. Still, we were the ones, in the eyes of Shyamala Gopalan Harris, wasborn in felt annoyedbecause people have made as- manywhiteAmerican adults with limited ityinIndianpolitics.Withappallinglevelsof representationof women,acrosslevelsandpar- Chennaiand mether father,Donald JHarris, sumptionsabout theirracialbackground,the expectations of Blackpeople, who were un- ties,thepublicsphere hasbecome,by default,amaleturf,wheretoxicspeech goeslargely un- an immigrant from Jamaica, duringaprotest “where-are-you-really-from” question. usual, or exceptional. punishedand where pieties of sexual dishonour go uncontested.But till acriticalmassof at the UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley, in the A2015 PewResearchCenter I’veknown Kamala formorethan 20 years We’reinthis country, we’reofthis coun- women politicians pushes backagainstthis cheap misogyny, national parties cannotafford early ’60s. survey of multiracial —webothlived and worked in theSan try, but still, in 2020, we don’t feel others think to sleepontheir watch. It is incumbent on them to detoxify the public space. The Congress Kamala and her younger sisterMayahad American adults showed Francisco BayAreainthe 1990s.Iwas an ed- that we arethis country. This, despite thefact must makesurethatthereare political consequencesfor Ramachandran’s floridloose talk amiddle-class upbringing in northern itor at the San Jose Mercury News,and shewas that, by 2045, the US Census predictsthat California but were notsheltered from the that while 59 per cent felt atalentedprosecutor anddistrict attorneyfor America willmorenon-white than white. —and thatshould be an example forother parties to follow. racial complexities of America in the ’70s, es- their backgrounds made the cityand countyofSan Francisco,later to It’s true thatKamala Harris identifies as peciallyassomeone who shared multiple them more open to other becomethe state’s firstattorney-generalof Black. And sheidentifies as Indian. But she cultures —Blackand Indian. cultures, 55 per cent said African-American (and Indian)heritage. firstidentifies as American. As American as But even in the BayArea, one of the most We areabout thesame age, with similar dosas and friedchicken. That’s the America DIAMONDFOREVER raciallydiverseregions of America—the pop- they have been subjectto circumstances as young Blackkids in that we live in now. On November 3, that’s ulation todayismorenon-whitethan whitein racial slursorjokes. About America. Both of our parentshad graduate all that should matter. mostofits major counties —the voices of degrees. This, too, wasnormal among many In her memoir, TheTruths We Hold (2019), Sean Connerysurvivedthe Bond persona to become one in four (24per cent) those of colour struggle to be heardoverthe have also felt annoyed of the Blackfamilies we grew up around. Like Kamala recalledher mother’s wordstoher: an all-time great actor pain of pastinjustices. Berkeley, forinstance, Kamala and Maya,myolder sisterand I “Don’t letanybody tell youwho youare.You hadahistoryof racial segregation,with redlin- because people have would oftenbethe only or one of justafew tell them who youare.” UNNY THEY SAID,you onlylivetwice. Sean Conneryshowedyou couldhaveas ing —the practice of banksrefusing to write made assumptions about Blackchildren in our classes, or on our sports mortgages in predominantlyBlackneigh- teams, or in one of manyextracurricular ac- The writer is an associateprofessor at Temple manylives as youwanted —asJames Bond, as areturning JamesBond, as a their racial background, bourhoods —dating backto1933and many tivities. In the ’70s and ’80s, we’d wear University in Philadelphia, and wasformerly sworn Scotsman, as “the man’s man” in akilt,asastar who chose his ownre- the ‘where-are-you-really- F areas having restrictive covenantsthatpro- Brittania jeans and watch Soul Train on theeditor-in-chief of Ebony magazine and tirement, and as the world’s mostfamous secret agentwhose suitactorsstrug- hibitedminorities from living in certainneigh- from’ question. Saturdaymornings. We’d go to cookoutson theeditor of CNN Politics digital gled to fill out till twodecades later.EvenIan Fleming, who created Bond,gaveitanew life—one starting from Scotland —impressedbyConnery. Did the manylives theactor had ledtill the point he blazedontothe screen in svelte suitsand skimpy swimwear,conquering villains and women alikewith panther-like grace and alicence to kill, inform the actor he would be?Connerydidn’t liketotalkabout NOVEMBER 3, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO it —eitherhis humble beginnings, or his journeyfrombeingamilkman, aNavyman, a labourer and acoffinpolisher,toabodybuilder,leadingtoaMrUniverse No.3finish, and ARMYPUMPS OIL Narengi, until their demandswerefulfilled. ABADANBATTLE films. However, partofthe Connerycharm, that wouldbecome inseparable from his Bond THE ARMY WASfirmlyonthe Assam scene, IRAQI FORCES MOUNTED newassaults on character,was to notreally lead life—that word again—by other people’s rules. When facilitatingthe flowofblocked crude oil from JANATA’SCALL Abadan’s eastern gates, as defenders of Iran’s he decidedhehad had enough of playing 007, across three decades, he movedontoroles Upper Assamwells to the Gauhati refinery THE JANATA PARTYurged oppositionparties largest oil refining city “fought with all their and takingoverthe maintenance of lawand and individuals “sharing itsperception” to might to stop the enemy’s advances”, war with moreshades of grey.Inanensemble castofunmatchables in The Untouchables (1987), order in the Dispur MLAs’ hostelarea. cooperatewith it in resisting the “anti-dem- communiques from Tehran reported. he wonhimself an Oscar. Pumping commencedafter a11-month halt ocratic policies” of Prime MinisterIndira But even diamonds arenot forever, and Connery’s alpha male charm, his love-them- forced by the agitation on the foreigners’ is- Gandhi’s government. In itsresolutiononthe NAM PANEL MEET and-leave-them Bond, and itsPussy Galorewomen, maynot have done as well in the sue. Whilethe resumptionofoil flow will politicalsituation, the national executive of THE NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES’ committee #MeToo era. Conneryhad to spend years accounting foradvocating hitting women, save the750-km-long Gauhati-Barauni the party regrettedthat Mrs Gandhi’s gov- of “goodoffices”onthe Iran-Iraq warmet in though with an “open-handedslap”, in a1975interview. He approved, though, of Daniel pipeline from the gelling of crude in winter, ernment had “nearly destroyed the material Belgrade. The meeting wasattendedbyfour it mighttakeafew days forthe Barauni re- and moral fibreofthe nation”.Itnotedthat foreign ministers —PVNarasimha Raoof Craig, whose Bond is more emotional.Craig is up next in hisfifth,and overall the 25th, finerytobefed,according to Oil India offi- the people had givenamassive mandate to India, IsidoroMalmierca of Cuba, Wilson Bond. He has promised No Time To Die is hislast. Connery, perhaps agreeingthat 90 is a cials. However, the AllAssam Students’ Union the Congress-I hopingtoget a“government Chakouli of Zambia and Josip Vrhovecof good agetocall it awraponalifelived well, would perhaps be swirling that Martini and and the All Assam Gana Parishad decidedto that works”. But all their hopes had been be- Yugoslavia. The meeting came to an endun- smiling thatsmile. His last,after all, waspropitiouslynamed NeverSay NeverAgain (1983). resistany attempt at crude oil flowbeyond liedbythe IndiraGandhi regime. expectedly,for reasons that arestill unclear.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER3,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Killed,maimed,jailed,sued,bullied and harassed in various other ways, journalists are undergrowing pressure acrossthe world. With the addition of ‘virtual violence’, threats facing the fourth estate are profound and many.” 7 THE IDEAS PAGE —DAILY STAR, BANGLADESH Outside the Quad The plural saffron Everyspoken or written word masked with Bipartisan agreementinUSfor overhaul of global order couldsee creation of anew leagueofdemocracies, ‘Hindutva’ is notthe viewofthe RSS, whichisthe with consequences forIndia’s economic prosperity and technologicalfuture civilisational conceptofHinduness

what seem likesemantic variationsinthe ideological lexicon. Forexample, many be- lieve that “Hindu” is asynonym for “Bhartiya”. He states that“theremay be some who have an objectioninaccepting this term. We do notobject to theyusing other wordsifthe content in their mind is RAJAMANDALA thesame”. Thecontent is moreimportant Rakesh Sinha than the container. by CRajaMohan Secularists have intellectuallycoerced the historical nuances of Hindus and THE VIJAYADASHAMI FUNCTION of the RSS Hindutva. This is evident from colonial-era AUSTRALIA’S PARTICIPATION IN the annual is notjustacustom—itisideologicallysig- censusreports, whichshowaseriousen- Malabar exercises, kicking offthis week in nificant. The Sarsanghachalak candidlycon- deavour by scholars to understand what it theBay of Bengal,marks theemergence of textualises the organisation’s worldview. meanstobeaHindu. In thesecondall-India the Quad as anew featureofthe Indo- The tradition is as old as the RSS itself. Mohan censusin 1881,JamesAustinBourdillon,the Pacific geopolitics. Although the recent de- Bhagwat’s Vijayadashami speechwill augur census superintendent, asked,“What is a cisions on itsconsolidation have all come afresh debateonvital issues of being Hindu, Hindu?” In 1911,LSSO’Malley, census su- in the final weeksofPresident Donald the Hindu nation and Hindutva. Earlier def- perintendent of Bengal and Orissa, found Trump’sfirstterm,the Quad is likelytoen- initions and interpretations of all three cat- suchexercisesfutile. The1921 census report dure, thankstothe strong institutional com- egories fell prey to discursive political de- of Punjab and Patiala mentionedRev.WW mitment in all four capitals —Canberra, bates whichlackedhistorical perspective. Wilkins’ understanding of being aHindu: Delhi, Tokyoand Washington. HinduMahasabha (HMS) leader VD “In fact, Hinduism is notareligion but a The question is no longer about the Quad’s Savarkar’s work, Hindutva (1923) wasthe group of religions in whichdiversereligious sustainability,but India’s abilitytotakefull firsttheoretical proposition on the issue. It beliefsare compoundedtogether.Nosingle advantageofthe possibilities afterthe US monopolisedsuccessive debatesonthese man can beascribedasthe originator of this elections to constructawide rangeofnew in- three categories since the colonial era. religion. Whatever religion wasprevalent in ternational coalitions. Despitemanyideolog- Savarkar drew thegeo-cultural boundaryof pre-historic time in India and whatever icalcontentionsbetween them,Republicans CRSasikumar Hindutva objectively. Contextually, it wasan changes wrought with the tide of civilisa- and Democratsagree on the needfor an over- attempt to safeguardHindusfrombecoming tion… should be considered as Hinduism.” haul of global structures to cope with the partofIndia’s deepening territorial and po- administration promote a“Clean Network” definitionallyorphanedgiven thecommu- Bhagwat conceptualisedHindu Rashtra emerging challenges. liticaldisputeswith China. Delhi also figured thateliminates untrustworthyvendors from nal challenges posedthrough conversions as an adjective forthe collective of Hindus. The likelychanges could envelop arange out thatitwas notpossiblefor BRICStocon- telecom systems, digital apps, trans-oceanic and bubblesofreligious nationalities. While Hesaid:“HinduRashtraisnot apoliticalcon- of old institutions likethe Five Eyes —the strain Beijing, since China wassomuchbigger cablesand cloud infrastructure. While it be- abrilliant text, Hindutvaisnot the sole deter- cept.” But he also leavesanunsaid question: Anglo-American alliancefor sharing intelli- than the other four members put together.As ganwith the targeting of Chinese suppliers minantof pastand presentHindutvaworld- Do the followers of Islamand Christianity, gence between theUS, UK, Canada, Australia India’s focus inevitablyshifted to the con- likeHuawei, Clean Networkisnow abroader view. The likes of Bipin ChandraPal, twomajor faiths in India,accommodatethe and NewZealand —and the G-7 grouping struction of a“multipolarAsia”, the Quad and effort to build securetechnology ecosystems Rabindranath Tagore and SRadhakrishnan cultural and civilisational journeyofIndia thatcoordinates Western policies on global itscentral role in constructing astable bal- among like-mindedcountries. as thinkers, and the RSS as amovement, from timeimmemorialordoestheir exclu- economic management. We could also see ance of powerinAsia became apparent. Britainissaid to be developing plans to have theirownimagination of Hindutva and sivism notallowtheir secularisation? the creation of anew League of Democracies That brings us intothe fourth phase in convene acoalition of 10 democracies, includ- the Hindu nation. The secularistdiscourse Exclusivism is incompatible with diversity that will address awide rangeofissues, in- India’s multilateralismthat is markedbythree ing India, that can contributetothe construc- disparaged this, whichisintellectuallyim- andassimilation.We have instancesof force- cluding the defence of shared values, com- features —the relative rise in Delhi’s interna- tion of secure5Gnetworksand reduce the moral and afraud on their part. fullyconvertedpeoplenotabandoningtheir merce, corruption, taxation,climatechange tional standing, the breakdown of the great current dependence on China.France and Secularists paintedHindutvaasamono- culturalandspiritualtraditions.However, ex- and digital governance. powerconsensus on economic globalisation, Canadahaveinvited India to join theGlobal lith and acceptedsemantic variations within clusivists considered suchtraitsasviolating The consolidation of the Quad reflectsthe and the breakout of the US-China rivalry. Partnership on artificialintelligence that now it, notphilosophical ones. This helpedthem “religiouspurity”.CELuard,superintendent politicalwill in Delhi to breakfreefromold Shaken by the aggressive Chinesestrat- includes 15 countries.The objective is to pro- to impose an imaginaryobjective on it — of CensusOperation in CentralIndia,1901, shibbolethsand respondtosecurityimpera- egy to weaken the US-ledpost-Wararchitec- mote responsible development of AI thatis majoritarian political exclusivism. They wrote: “It is notatfirstsight alwayspossible tives. The post-Quad eraopens anew phase ture, both Republicans and Democratsare ea- consistent withshared democratic values. drew parallels between Hindutvaand dis- to distinguish between aHindu and a in whichIndia, forthe firsttime, can help gertoreorder internationalinstitutions.The Oneofthe mostconsequential develop- credited concepts like racial purity and mi- Mohammedanwedding.”Thecensusreport shape global institutions. Trumpadministrationhas already soughtto mentsafter theUSelections will be thede- nority subjugation.Concomitantly, they of 1921 givesanotherinstanceof themerger Changing the worldwas indeed amajor imagine the Quad’s possibilitiesbeyondthe mandto reformtheglobaltradingsystemthat treatedtheRSS as an appendageofthe (now of tradition and religious practices: The theme of newly independent India’s aspira- defence domain. The invitation to India to join has been distortedbyChinese success in sub- dead organisation) HMS. In this context, Dudekula—acommunitynumbering71,612 tion in the middle of the 20thcentury.But the aFiveEyesmeeting earlier this month in verting it. If Trumpwins,his assault on the Bhagwat’s speech is aremarkable interven- people —performed shastrapuja on Bakrid, gapbetween Delhi’s ambition and impact Tokyooncommunications security came WorldTradeOrganisationcouldbefiercerthan tion to correct both sides of the contempo- as manydoonDussehra, and adoptedboth waslarge.Ifidealism wasthe hallmarkof amidstthe bipartisan calls in the US Congress now. To be sure, Biden has been supportive of rary debate. Hindu and Mohammedan names. India’s internationalisminthe 1950s, the forthe expansion of theforumand the inclu- multilateralism in general. But pressurefrom The RSS has neverbeen avotaryofa Hindutvaisapolitico-cultural response harsh politicsofthe Cold Warquicklydamp- sion of India. While an early expansion of the Trumpaswell as theworking classes and the theocratic state. Itsfounder,KBHedgewar, to Semiticpejoratives and theirprogramme enedit.Inthe 1970s, Indiaembracedthe rad- forum is notonthe cards, it appears interested progressives in his ownparty have compelled delineatedacivilisational concept. Hence, to impact thereligious demographyand un- ical agendaofaNewInternational Economic in developing wider circles of intelligence Biden to promise therewill be no return to an it has continued to evolve andassimilate. broken historical journeyofIndia.Savarkar’s Order,asthe leader of theNon-Aligned sharing and cooperation. ideologicallydrivenfreetrade policy. Hedgewar’s perspective wasinformed not work is apartofthis, but the ideological re- Movement and the Group of 77.The results The “Quad Plus” dialogue, whichbegan Biden has alsojoinedTrumpinempha- by the eventsofhis time but the longcivil- sponse has manystrands. The RSS, in thisre- were meagre. this spring at the initiative of the Trump sising the case foranAmerican industrial pol- isational and spiritualarc of Hindus. His gard,has acquired hegemony. The thirdphase beganwiththe end of the Administration, has variouslydrawn in Brazil, icy and “Buy American” strategy that could conceptofthe Hindu nation was, as aresult, Contemporaryscholars of the history of ColdWar, the collapse of theSovietUnion,the Israel, NewZealand, SouthKorea, and run counter to the WTOrules.AsDelhi em- notessentialist. Bhagwat contextualised ideas errintaking the definitions of the pe- emergence of the unipolar moment and the Vietnam forconsultations withthe Quad phasises asimilar agenda foritself in build- this with substantive philosophical argu- ripheryasthe coreofthe ideology. Washington Consensus in favour of globalisa- members on coordinatingthe responses to ingan“Atmanirbhar India”, it becomes im- ments. He aptlysaid that the identity of a Bhagwat has amessagefor the other tion.AndasIndia’sowneconomicmodelcol- the pandemic. Variations on this theme are portant to engagethe US on rewriting the Hinduiscommensuratewiththe universal side too: Everyspoken or written word lapsed, Delhi had no option but to temper its of considerable interesttothe Democrats. global trade rules. virtues of humanity and it accommodates masked with“Hindutva”isnot theviewof political ambitions,putitspolitical headdown, India is also engagedwith Japan and Australia Looking ahead to thenextUSadministra- and swallows diversities at the micro-level. theRSS, whichisthe civilisational concept focus on economic reform and prevent the in developing resilient supply chains to re- tion, the Quad could soon become routine Bhagwat stated that Hindu identity is not of Hinduness. And while the organisation worldfromintruding toomuchintoits inter- duce the reliance on China. and boring. The real excitement will beabout derivedfromparticularism:“‘Hindu’isnot is prepared to safeguardits plurality of nal affairs. While the imperative of growth de- Both Republicans and Democratsare Theconsolidation of the Delhi’s participationinthe sweeping re- thenameofsome sect or denomination, it ideas and practices, it cannotfall prey to mandedagreater engagement with the West, veering around to ideas of the “free world” Quad reflects the political arrangement of the global structures that will is notaprovincial conceptualisation, it is narrowideological battles. The RSS em- the fear of the USactivismon Kashmirand nu- coming together to setupnew international will in Delhi to break free have majorconsequences forIndia’s eco- neither asingle caste’s lineagenor the priv- braces thinkers and organisations who sig- clear issues sawDelhi turn to Russia and China coalitions to address the emerging challenges from old shibboleths and nomic prosperity and technologicalfuture. ilegeofaspecific language. It is that psycho- nificantlycontributetothe discourse but in search of a“multipolarworld” that could from China. President Trumphas proposed Unlikeinthe past, Delhi nowhas the re- logical common denominator whose vast it is notthe appendix of anyorganisation, constrain American power. TheBRICS forum the expansion of G-7 grouping to include respond to security sources, leverage and political will to makea courtyard cradledhuman civilisation, that living or dead. Our challenge multiplies withRussia, China,BrazilandSouthAfricabe- Australia, India, Russiaand South Korea. The imperatives. Thepost-Quad difference to theglobal order. whichhonours andencompasses innumer- withthe growing shadowofthe organisa- came emblematic of this strategy. Democratsare opposedtothe inclusionof eraopens anew phase in abledistinctidentities.”Earlier MS tion on policies, politics and the public. But Delhi soon found that differences with the Russia, andJoe Bidenhas promisedtocon- whichIndia,for thefirst Thewriter is director,InstituteofSouth Asian Golwalkar,inaninterview to theRSS daily politicaldiscourse cannotconfine the RSS US on Kashmir and nuclear issues were eas- vene asummit of major democracies soon af- Studies, National University of Singaporeand Motherland (1973), echoed asimilaridea — to itsnarrowlane. ing, thanks to George WBush’spolicies. But terhetakes charge. time,can help shape contributingeditor on international affairs “natureabhors uniformity”. Kashmir and the nuclear question became The lastfew months has seenthe Trump global institutions. for The Indian Express Moreimportantly, Bhagwat clarified The writer is BJP RajyaSabha MP Needed:Reinventing Nehru LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR A FRAUD IDEAS THIS REFERS TO thereport, ‘Manyways Congress mustworkonits inabilitytoframe issues in contextofstrong nation to dupe apoorstudent:steal IDs, lie ONLINE about source of funds, pocket mostofit- all officially'’(IE, November 2).Scamsare ONLYINTHE EXPRESS PurushottamAgrawal ahallmarkofacorruptsystem. But for theIndian Express investigationthecon- ● BENARASITHUGS GOINGBYREPORTS from Bihar, the dissatis- and missteps, including demonetisation and historicalmemories,whichare ultimatelyne- Nehruvian nationalism.The Nehruvian “idea spiracy by touts, school and bank officials ANDPAKISTANI faction with the Nitish Kumar government the abject surrender to China, areeither for- gotiatedin accordance with the kindoffuture of India” wasnot merelyatributetothe plu- and governmentofficials to siphon off POLITICS: seems quitepalpable. Putting the blame on gottenorforgivenas“themanissincerely try- vision, the “imagination” it is built upon. ralityanddiversityof Indiantraditionandcul- crores of scholarship moneyfrom RAHULTRIPATHI LaluPrasad’srule,invokingmemoriesof “jun- ing to save and, in fact, rebuild the nation”. Jawaharlal NehruwasoneIndian, who re- ture;moreimportantly, itwasavisionof asen- Jharkhand studentswould nothave gleraj”doesn’t seemto beworking forthe rul- Under Modi, the BJP has perfected theRSS’s flecteddeeplyonthesequestions.Hewasara- sitive,inclusive, justand, of course, strong and come to light. It also reflectsdigital di- ● THELONGWINTER ing combine.Onthe other hand, according to traditionallyeffective communication strat- tionalist,butneverdismissedemotions,senti- assertive nation.ThisiswhatNehruevocatively vide in the society,whereasupposedly recentsurveys,atleast70percentrespondents egy.ApartfromWhatsApp,thesupposedlyre- mentsand images associated with cultural termedasthe “discoveryofIndia”.Whatever better system of direct digital transfer OFAMERICANDISCONTENT: were satisfiedwith the NarendraModi gov- spectableandreliablemedialikeTVhavebeen memories.Hedidnotdoawaywiththeimage the votariesofidentity politics might say, the could be easilymanipulated forfraud. PRAVINPRAKASH ernment’shandlingof COVID-19,includingthe put in service to construct aregime of violent of Bharat Mata, but infuseditwithavision of ideaof anation,andimaginedorrealthreatsto LRMurmu, Delhi forced migration causedbythe lockdown. “debates” and shapea“lowinformation” and ademocraticandinclusiveIndia.Hewasclear it, continues to haunt popularconsciousness This reflects thesuccess of the BJP’s media a“low-expectationvoter”.TheCongressisnot thatwhile youcannot“live in thepast”, you even in post-industrial societies, nottotalk of WORK FOR PEOPLE www.indianexpress.com management.Itwillbewise to face the fact able to makeaserious dent in Modi’s popular cannotignore it either.Multi-levelplurality is apost-colonialsocietylikeIndia.At stake,then, thatModi has been able to convincepeople — appeal,despiteRahulGandhiconsistentlytalk- themostbasicfactof lifeinIndiaandanyfuture is the corecontent of the idea of India as ana- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Hand and mainlyHindus, but, mindyou, notmerelythe ing sense, arguing rationallyonissues of gov- imaginedby erasingthatpluralityisgoingto be tion.Tosaveand strengthen thatcontent, it is sickle’ (IE, November 2). Both the CPI(M) upper-caste ones—thataprocessof redesign- ernance, economyand national security. adisaster. Pakistanwas “taught” this lesson necessarytoreinventtheNehruvianapproach and the Congress appear to be facing an andefficiencyof thejudiciaryasaninsti- ing the nation is under way. The basic “mal- The fundamental reason forthis failureis within10years of itsexistence, though it re- to nation-building. It certainlydoesnot imply existential crisis in West Bengal. An al- tution has remainedunshattered since adies”,secularism—inwhatevermanner one the inability to put issues in aframework of fuses to learn. Ironically, we seem eager to fol- mimicry—that would turn history into liancethatwasnot a“politicaloptionbut Independence. Ourlearnedjudges’ im- defines it —and liberalismare “being taken preservingand strengtheningthe Indian na- lowthe same path now. tragedy, maybeevenafarce. anecessity” needs to emergeasaviable peccable character and conduct have careof”. Derisive worlds like“sickular” have tion. Even the humblestand mostdisadvan- “PluralityisadefiningfeatureofIndianna- The point is to “reinvent” the sense of the alternative to both the ruling TMC and beenbeyondquestion.Indiahasbeenfor- been put in circulation in asystematic way. tagedIndian, at some levelofconsciousness, tion,butitcannotbeanexcuseto tamperwith historical destinyofIndia that is so strong in the BJP by launching ajoint movement tunatetohavescholarly andenlightened Whilemostliberalanddemocraticvoiceshave is concerned with the security andfutureof the integrity of the nation”: This wasthe gist Nehru’s worldview. This idea has to live up to on ahostofissuesand shifting itsfocus minds adoring the title of justices in this discardedtheideaof agrandnarrative andem- India. Contrarytothe dominant liberal wis- of themessagethatNehruandPatelconveyed the challenges of the present moment. It has and concentrateonissuesthat affect the country. Indiacannotwaitforanappoint- bracedpoliticsof identity,Modihasgoneback dom, the days of the“nation”are notover. In unambiguouslyinthe fraught years from to be moreinclusive in nature,moreaccom- livesofcommonpeople. ment to go wrong before initiating the to theidea of nation in abig way, convincing fact,dueto theliberalobsessionwithpoliticsof 1947-1950.TheyrefusedtosendIndiantroops modative in approachand, at the sametime, SSPaul, Nadia processof institutionalisationof thesys- manythatIndia as anation is under grave cultural identities at the costofeconomic and to Kashmirunless the Maharajasignedthe moreassertive.IfIndia has to survive as asec- temofappointment of judges to the threat.“In suchasituation, ‘wethe nationalis- common social issues,questionsaround the Instrumentof Accessionandnippedinthebud ulardemocracywithvibrantinstitutions,there SYSTEMNEEDED higher judiciaryand continue with its ticIndians’mustnot cribaboutdifficultieslike nationhave comeback withabangalloverthe the designsofthe Nizam, while also putting is no other waybut to take the Nehruvian ap- glorious tradition of elevating the best pricerise, mismanagement of COVID-19 and world.Ithasbeentheoreticallyarguedthatthe down acommunistinsurgency with afirm proachtonation-rebuilding. THISREFERSTOthearticle,‘Officesatwar’ and the brightestinthe countrytothe otherdisasters.Letusstandby thePM instead nation is justan“imaginedcommunity”. hand. Nehru neverlostsightofwhat he called (IE, November 2). The enormous faith of high offices in the judiciary. of supportinghiscritics,”arguehissupporters. Indeeditis,andthatiswhyitisdisastrousto ig- “India’s destiny” —amajor role in shaping the Agrawalisawriter, historian and author of thepeopleofIndiainthequality,integrity, Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata Herein lies thesecret of Modi’s hold on nore the social and moral orientation of this future of theworld. WhoisBharat Mata?,anedited people’simagination. All his faults, blunders imagination. Amodernnation evolvesout of TheCongressseemstohavelosttouchwith collectionofwritingsonJawaharlal Nehru

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IRAMSIDDIQUE ED Aggressive GWALIOR,NOVEMBER2 campaignmay PLAIN E giveBJPedge ● INArecentvideo,BJPRajyaSabha EX memberJyotiyadityaScindiawas Newly-elected BJP RajyaSabha MPs in Lucknow. Express seen urging voters to press the WHAT MIGHT work forthe ‘panja’ —the Congress’s electoral ruling party in these MP by- symbol —while campaigning in polls is the aggressive cam- DabraconstituencyofMadhya paigning by senior BJP lead- BJP wins 9of11RS Pradesh.Hecorrectedhimself im- ers —fromUnion minister mediately, asking voters to press NarendraSingh Tomar to CELEBRATING ARIVER the button for‘kamal’ —the BJP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, seats;Cong strength symbol—but that moment cap- and former CM UmaBharati THE JALShakti Ministryunder GajendraSinghShekhawaton tured thepredicament facedby to incumbentstate Home Mondaylaunchedathree-day‘GangaUtsav’tocelebratethe both sides in the 28 seatsgoing to Government employees withelection material forpolling MinisterNarottamMishra. set to dip below40 “gloryofthe holyGanga”. As apartofthe event, actor Rajeev the bypolls on Tuesday. booths on the eveofpolls, in Indore. ANI They all held severalmeet- Khandelwal will launchthe second seasonof‘RagRag mein With Scindia, who joinedBJP ings with influential caste Ganga’, ashowthat traces various stories related to the river. after20yearsinthe Congress groups. While Chouhan re- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Varanasi lawyer The firstseason of the showwas aired lastyear.The event will alongwith25ex-CongressMLAs, sidedwith the British, leaving whereImartiDevi, initiallyseen frainedfromsharing adais NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 featureahostofprogrammes, including debates and dia- bringing down the KamalNath “JhansikiraniLaxmiBai”alonefol- astrailing,haswonsupportof the with JyotiradityaScindia,he told to approach logues,story-telling sessions, andperformances by the likes government,theoppositionparty lowing the Revolt of 1857,which business community following has announcedaslewof WITHTHEBJPwinningnineof the Allahabad HC of Kailash Kher,classical singer Revati Sakalkar,Kathak dancer has been seen as being fumbling eventually ledtoher death. some aggressive campaigning by schemes —CMKisan 11 RajyaSabha seatsonMonday, Vaswati Mishra, and Kabir cafe, apartfromreleaseof13short slightly inraisingissuesotherthan Butevenwiththeheavy-duty BJP.But a“strong” BSP candidate SammanNidhi, Ladli Laxmi, the ruling party’s strength in the NewDelhi: TheSupreme films related to the Ganga—all to be done virtually. “gaddari”—betrayal—byScindia round of campaign by Nath, inSantoshGaudislikelytoeatinto and Kanyadan yojna, among Upper House has gone up to 92 Court on Mondayasked and his team of legislators. Congress, whichlooksstrongin Congress votesinaseat that has others—whichthe BJP ex- while the main opposition Varanasi-basedlawyer While that line of betrayal — about six seats, is facingatough traditionallybeen withthe party. pectswill helpitinclose Congressissettodipbelow40for PrakashBajaj,who ques- GOING GLOBAL setout by the party —isseenas fight from the BJP in aregioncon- Aiming to wooDalit voters, contests. thefirst time. tioned the rejection of his having created an undercurrent sideredaScindiastronghold.With Nath has emphasisedthat the The BJP on itsown is still 31 SP-backednominationfor TAKINGAsteptowards enhancing its focus on international of sympathyfortheCongress,but Congress seen as being ahead in Constitutionof BRAmbedkarhad shortofthe halfway markof123 the RajyaSabha elections news,Doordarshan India has planneddedicatedprogramming it is unlikely to be enoughfor the reserved(SC)seatssuchasGohad provisionsforbypollsintheevent their knowledge,and that they in the Upper House, but with al- from UttarPradesh alleg- of 14 hours in the run-up to theUSPresidential elections. party.The party has 87 MLAs in and Ambha, Satish Shikarwar, its of death of asitting MP or MLA, had receivedlittle help from BJP, lies JD(U), whichhas five mem- ing aconspiracy by the re- Doordarshan has ropedin24experts,includingformer Indian the current House, and will have candidatefromGwalior-East, is “but these bypolls have been whichwas then in power. bers,andRamdasAthawaleof the turning officer to favour ambassadors to theUS, domain expertsand members of think- to win all 28 seatstoget to the likelytogiveatough fight to forced on us due to betrayal”. Meanwhile,counteringNath’s RepublicanPartyofIndia,theNDA the BSP,toapproachthe tankstodiscuss various aspectsofthe Americanelectionsand halfway markof115. MunnalalGoyal,oneof theformer In alateattempt to sway Dalit “gaddar” narrative,Scindia,for tallystands at 98.Adding the Allahabad High Court for the impact of the outcome on India’srelations with the US, also The BJP,with 107seats, needs Congress MLAs who switched votes, BJP releasedapamphlet whomthe bypolls would deter- AIADMK, whichhas nine MPs, redressal of his grievance. also what it will mean globally. Theprogrammes will startfrom only eight. sides. Notably, theSC-STpopula- withapictureofShikharwarshar- minehispositioninhisnewparty, and some parties from the AbenchheadedbyChief 6pmIndiatime on Tuesday,the dayAmerica votes. Nathhasrepeatedly reminded tion is about 21 to 28 percent of ing the dais withRishabh has pointedout that the 25 MLAs Northeast, the NDAtallyeasily Justice of IndiaSABobde votersintheGwalior-Chambalre- theelectorateinatleast 21 con- Bhadoriya, main accused in the hadlittleoptionbutto move to BJP, crosses 110. allowedhim to withdraw gion, whichaccountsfor 16 of stituencies, including Gwalior- 2018 caste violenceinGwaliorfol- as their demands forvarious de- Meanwhile, the Election his plea. ENS GOOD GOING these 28 seats, that“Chambal’s East.Inwhatcouldqueerthepitch lowing the Bharat bandh–three velopment worksintheir con- Commission on Monday an- bloodishot —anditwillneverfor- forCongress, the BSP has fielded members from Dalit community stituencies went unheardunder nouncedabypolltothe lone va- THE EFFICIENCY of the eight Department-Related getpeople who have betrayed 27 candidates, makingitatrian- were killedintheviolence.Acon- the “corrupt” Congress govern- cantseat in Karnataka on UP and one from Uttarakhand — ParliamentaryStandingCommittees of RajyaSabhahas been them”. This exhortation wasfol- gular contestonmanyseats. troversysoon arose, with family ment. Scindia has emphasised December 1, necessitatedbythe areretiringonNovember25, in- increasing.According to an analysis by the RS Secretariat, each lowedbyareminder thatthe Among the seatsfacing a members of the deceasedstating thatheisa“dog”loyalto his“mas- death of BJP MP Ashok Gasti. The cluding Congress members PL meeting of the eight committeeslasted2hours 10 minutes Scindia familyhad purportedly three-way contest in Dabra, thatthepicturewasusedwithout ters”, who arethe voters. BJP,which is in powerin Punia and RajBabbar. on averagein2019- 20.This is the firsttime that the average Karnataka,willwintheseatwhich Consequently, theCongress’stally time of these meetings has crossedthe 2-hour mark. As per willtake theparty’stallyto93be- will come down to 38 from 40. the analysis, it is an improvement of 55 per cent over 2018-19, Cong MLA who fore the Winter Session. BesidesPuri, those elected and an increase of 25 per cent compared to the averageoftwo ‘My calling is not photos, TheBJPstrengthwentupto 92 unopposed in UP areBJP's previous years. In 2017-18, theaverage time foreachmeeting defected to BJP afternineof itscandidates–eight Neeraj Shekhar, ArunSingh, was1hour 51 minutes, and for2018-19, it had droppedto1 in UP and one in Uttarakhand – Geeta Shakya, Haridwar Dubey, hour 25 minutes. titles... Iamanordinary BJP willbemade were elected unopposedon Brijlal, BLVarma and Seema Monday. In UP,one candidate Dwivedi; Samajwadi Party's minister if eachofthe Samajwadi Partyand RamGopal Yadav; and BSP's BSPwereelected unopposed. Ramji Gautam. workerand content with that’ elected:BSY Among those elected unop- In Uttarakhand, senior BJP Willgive10lakh posed from UP include Union leader Naresh Bansal wasde- RAJYASABHA MP JYOTIRADIYA This is aparty,inaway, ministerHardeep Singh Puri and clared elected unopposed. SCINDIA speakstoIRAM foundedbymygrandmother. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SP leaderRam GopalYadav. FULLREPORTON jobs even if it means SIDDIQUE on whyheconsiders Thereisasaying,“matbhed(dif- BENGALURU,NOVEMBER2 Elevenmembers —10from www.indianexpress.com himself aBJP worker,his experi- ferenceof opinion)honabohot za- ence in the Kamal Nath govern- roorihaiparmanbhed(difference ACONGRESS MLAwho defected withholding MLAs’ ment and his switchfromthe of hearts)nahihonachahiye.”...To to the BJP in July2019will be Congress to theBJP.Excerpts: me,it’sironicthatthepartymy fa- made aministerifelected again Ideologies opposite, ther spent 30 years in and the in the November 3bypolls, salaries:Tejashwi What is the mostimportant party Ispent 20 years in, how Karnataka Chief MinisterBS agenda forMadhya Pradeshin cometheydidn’tspeakallthelan- Yediyurappa has said. BSP-BJP alliancenot these bypolls? guage they arespeaking now... The CM This is an election forthe fu- had earlier PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA tureofMadhya Pradesh and its Is this in reference to youbeing promised possible: Mayawati PATNA,NOVEMBER2 people. ACongress government termeda‘gaddar’? ministerial po- wasputinplace18 monthsago,it THEEXPRESS Notonlythat, manymore sitionstoall 17 RJD LEADER Tejashwi Yadavon hadaChief Ministerwhowasself- barbs and taunts... It justshows Congress and MAULSHREESETH Mondaysaid he will implement centredandranacorruptgovern- INTERVIEW their duplicity... JD(S) rebels LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER2 hispollpromise of giving10lakh ment. Mr Kamal Nath achieved who helped jobs even if it meanswithhold- the impossible task of losing 30 Will your voters, who Karnataka the BJP form DAYS AFTER stating that her WITH ingthe salaries of thechief min- Yadav, Nadda per centofhis lawmakers within JYOTIRADITYA identifiedwith your secular CM the govern- party could even supportthe ister, ministers and MLAs. 15 months... SCINDIA image,beable to connect? ment in 2019. BJP to ensurethe defeat of Referring BJP RAJYA SABHA MP WhyamInotsecular if Iam The bypolls for Samajwadi Party's candidatein to thecriticism repeating he has given6lakh jobs Your pictures have been withtheBJP?Whyistalkingabout 15 seatswereheld in December Uttar Pradesh Legislative the RJD has during his 15-year rule. But he missing from hoardings and Hinduism notbeing secular? If 2019,inwhich13rebels were Counciland RajyaSabha elec- Mayawati facedoverits neversays allthese were contrac- the party manifesto.How yourself from earlierbeing youare talking about the aspira- fielded, and all but twowon tions, BSP chief Mayawati on performance tual jobs, notpermanentones,” oftendoyou interact with called Maharaj? tion of the majority of Indians, in- again. The bypolls forthe re- Mondayasserted that her party during its15- Tejashwitold the ‘Naukri Chauhan over poll strategies? All thesesobriquetsare apart cluding anumber of Muslims maining twoseats—RRNagar would neverform an alliance Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) and DECISION year rule, he Samwad’ programme. We havedecentralisedthesys- of my illustriouspastthat Iam who have supportedthe con- seat in Bengaluru and Sirain withthe saffron party as long as Samajwadi Party(SP) triedto 2020 said that some Referring to Tejashwi's prom- temamong all BJP leaders and proud of... Our familystarted in a struction of the RamMandir, Tumkur —are scheduledfor she is alive,asthe twoparties’ project themselvesasthe BIHAR people are ise,BJP president JPNadda on cadres. But Shivraj Singh ji and I small villageinSataracalled what’s wrong withthat? November 3. ideologies areincomplete stronger alternative to ruling BJP “stuckonthe stale Mondaysaid that “25-30 lakh” makeitapoint to talk everyday... Kanerkhe and my forefathers Campaigning forMunirathna contrast. in the state. pages of history,but we carefor peoplemigratedoutof Bihardur- My calling is notabout photos, ti- were the‘Patil’of thatvillage.Patil Isn’t it away to appeasea Naidu, acivil contractor-turned- “BSP’s ideology is basedon Speakingatanevent to wel- Bihar’sfuture”, and appealedto ingthepreviousRJDgovernments tles and lists buttoearn aplace in is essentiallythe sarpanch... That majority community? film producer contesting from R the mottobenefitfor all religions come former Congress MP Annu people to give him “one chance” and he shouldfirstanswer that. the hearts of the people. Iwas a wasourbeginning.Eventodaywe No,it’s not. If youtalk about RNagar,Yediyurappa said that and secularism, while BJP’s ide- Tandon to his party,SPchief to govern. Addressing apoll rallyat ministerintheCentralgovernment areconnectedto thesoil...Itisless something.. the path forwhich he had already sanctionedhuge ology is completely itsopposite. Akhilesh Yadavquestionedhow Speaking at on online event Sitamarhi, Nadda said, “These foreight years and did nothavea about royaltyand title,more has been pavedbythe Prime funds forthe RR Nagarcon- In suchascenario, BSP cannot both BSP and BJP have thesame of hisparty,hequestionedChief days our Tejashwi babu keeps lal-batti on my car.TodayIaman aboutbeingonewiththesoil.The Ministerand the Supreme Court stituency whichwill be utilised enter intoalliance with BJP in desire —ofdefeating the SP —to MinisterNitish Kumar’s assertion saying he will give 10 lakhjobs. ordinaryBJPworkerandIamvery Maharajbit is only200yearsold. whichconnectswith the aspira- by Naiduasaminister to carry anyelection anywhereinthe indicatethatthe twoparties are that he provided6lakh jobs dur- Youhaveforced25-25lakh peo- happy and contentwith that. tion of 99 per cent of all Indians, out development work. country,”Mayawatisaid. The coming together.Hesaid: “Both inghis 15-year rule compared to ple to migrateout of Bihar.Who Is it difficulttoadjusttothe BJP what is wrong with that? All the rebels who wonthe statement comes aday before BSP and BJP want Samajwadi RJD’s 95,000.“He (Nitish) keeps will answer that?” Youcall yourself acommon ideology andthe RSS after FULLINTERVIEWON elections have been inducted sevenAssemblyseatsinthe state Partytolose —their desireis BJP worker,isthat howyou see about 20 years with Congress? www.indianexpress.com intothe cabinetsofar. go to the bypolls, as both matching somewhere... Manjhi seeks probe into Paswan’s death, Chirag CHHATTISGARH BYPOLL claims Nitish ‘plot’ BJPbuoyed by JCC support in Jogi ‘family bastion’

positionBJP and ruling Congress anyreason to be with the party aresultofadealwiththeBJP.“The geon GambhirSingh. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA GARGIVERMA afterthe nomination papers of where the decision of supporting BJPraisedthe question on Jogi’s Politicalanalystsbelievethatin- PATNA,NOVEMBER2 RAIPUR,NOVEMBER2 Jogi’s son and daughter-in-law, Appeal to the BJP wastaken without any tribalstatus.Peoplehave theright fighting in Congress over holding Amit and Richa Jogi, were can- people of coregroup meetings,”the duo to knowwhatBJPisofferinginlieu ralliesandchoiceofcandidatemight NDAALLYHAM created aflutter THE BYPOLL in Chhattisgarh’s celledfollowing revocation of Marwahi to saidinajointstatement.However, of the support,”party spokesper- alienatethevoters,andeventhough on Mondaywith its leaderJitan Marwahi on Tuesday will see their castecertificates. vote against theJCCsaidthetwowerenot part sonRPSinghsaid. BJP does nothaveasolid base, the RamManjhidemandingajudicial manyfirsts —the firstelection in However, just aheadof theby- Congress: of the corecommittee. TheBJP,ontheotherhand,has supportfromtheJogismightmean inquiryintothe death of Union the stateamid the pandemic, the poll,the BJP has receivedashotin Amit Jogi While support from the Jogis welcomedJogi’s supportand ac- alotonthedayofelection.Whoever ministerRamVilasPaswanto un- Chirag Paswan, Jitan Manjhi firstsincethe formation of thearmwithAmitJogiextending mayfetch the BJPmanysympa- cusedthe Congressofbeingin- wins, experts believe,will notbe ravelthe “dubious role”ofChirag Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi dis- hisparty’s supporttothe saffron thyvotes,experts believe itwillbe sensitivetowards the family. with ahugemargin. Paswan. This prompted the LJP trict, and the firstwithout any party in astatement on October Marwahi to vote againstthe atough contestwith topleaders “Renu Jogi (Ajit Jogi’s wife) has The district will have 286 chief to claimitwasa“plot”by CM he wassickand hospitalised, member of the Jogi family, which 31,increasing the supporterbase Congress and teachthem ales- of the Congress throwing their been hurtbythese actions, and polling centers wheretrenches Nitish Kumar to discredit him sometimes to even inform him has held theseatsince 2001,be- of theBJPwhichhadalreadybeen son,” he said. weightbehind the party candi- hencesheisaskingpeopletofight have been dug forpeople to dis- throughanemotionalissuewhen about the LJPfounder’s condition ing allowedtocontest the “fam- making inroads in villages on a But some in the JCC areun- dateintheconstituency.Nineral- forher 'aatmasamman'(self-re- pose of their gloves aftervoting. election wasunderway. aftertalkingtodoctors. ilybastion”. booth level. comfortable with siding with the lies by ChiefMinisterBhupesh spect),” said formerCMand BJP “Wehavebeen preparing for Chirag, in an angry retort to Manjhi wanted to knowwho The bypoll in thereserved ST “The Congress chief minister BJP.Two of the four party MLAs, Baghelunderscoretheamountof leader Raman Singh. nearly amonth. We have had flag Manjhi,said the former CM orderedthe hospitaltonot issue constituencywasnecessitatedaf- andhispartymembershave been Devwrat Singh and Pramod effort theCongress is putting in While the Congress has and foot marches across the re- should ask PM NarendraModi regularhealthbulletinsof Paswan. terthe death of former CM and continuouslyinsulting my father Sharma,onSunday extendedsup- the bypolls to counterthe chance fieldedKKDhruw,an“outsider” gion and despitethe pandemic abouttheissue.PaswansaidModi Manjhi also claimedpeople were Janta Congress Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi that goes againstthe tra- porttothe Congress,calling Jogi’s of sympathyvotes. whoservedasthemedicalofficer areexpecting forapeaceful and usedtocall him up everyday to preventedfrommeetingtheDalit founder Ajit Jogi.Itisexpected to dition of the countryand basic decision “ridiculous”. “Afterthe On the JCC’s decision, the intheareaformanyyears,theBJP safeelection,” SP Suraj Singh inquireafter hislatefatherwhen leader whenhewas hospitalised. beaclosecontestbetweentheop- morality...Iappealtothepeopleof demiseof (Ajit)Jogi,we don’thave Congress has been quicktocallit has nominated local tribal sur- Parihar said.

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SECOND PHASE PATNA CONFIDENTIAL In Bhagalpur, aJDU-BJP snag In 94 seats today, RJD bets Left AHEADOFPhase-2polling in Bhagalpur, Mandal says in the clip. The RJD tweeted local channel Voice of Bihar playedaclip theclip,saying,“NDAisnopoliticalalliance, fromaconversationbetweenJD(U)worker it’saconspiracy”,andadvisedBiharistonot Chandan Kumar and sitting party MP Ajay touchthis “madhumakkhi ka chhatta (bee- Mandal about the latter “quietly” visiting hive)”.Later,Mandaltoldreportersthatthe Bhagalpur’sPirpaintiandcampaigningfor conversationwasreported“tod-madod-ke proves right; BJP hopes 2015 does Independent candidateAman Paswan. (twisted)”.BJP MP Nishikant Dubeytold “JD(U)shouldn’tsupportBJPunderanycir- Voice of Bihar, onlymeeting peoplemat- cumstance... We don’t careifthe RJD wins, ters,“notaudio/video,Facebook,Twitter....” Contesttough, but Mahagathbandhanfeels it hasanedgewithalliance workers‘in sync’ on theground RAGHOPUR DIPANKARGHOSE& Phase2Phase3 PHASE-2:PARTY &SEATS SANTOSHSINGH PHASEII KEYCONTESTS PATNA,NOVEMBER2 56 52 1. HASANPUR 43 46 7 7 IN THE 2015 Assemblyelections, when the TejPratapYadav,RJD; 3 Patna 36 6 8

Mahagathbandhanhad wonagainstthe BJP 13 102 24 LaluPrasad’sson 14 28 103 101 18 30 16 22 29 in Bihar at the peakofthe Narendra Modi 100 15 104 17 37 99 39 105 90 36 110 96 RajKumarRai,JD(U); 106 111 38 98 6 wave, NorthBihar had giventhe saffron party 82 95 4 107 3 112 99 109 116 81 94 97 108 80 SittingMLA 115 113 half of its43seats. Mostofthe 94 seatsvot- 125 79 117 120 114 4 124 139 seats 121 78 5 118 119 ing on Tuesdayare in NorthBihar.Aspartof 122 123 129 140 CPI

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186 LJP RJD 127 BJP 187 181181 182 141 148 183 (ML) 184 142 147 128 137 RLSP 149 JD(U) the NDA, the BJP is contesting 46 of them, 6 185 146 188 180 150 143

2. BANKIPUR CPI 145 177 144 151 152 CPI and the JD(U) 43. 153 154 Congress 175 172 151566 171 158 LuvSinha,Congress; 174 176 Thecontest is likelytobetough, with the 2 173 171 2015 ASSEMBLYPOLLS NDAbanking on EBC and women voters, and Actor-turned-politician 1 ShatrughanSinha’sson RJD JD(U) BJP INC the Mahagathbandhan on the combinedso- 4. RAGHOPUR cial base of the Congress and Left. The dark PushpamPriyaChoudhary,PluralsParty; 31 30 22 7 TejashwiPrasadYadav,RJD; horses could be the LJP,that has put up can- DaughterofJD(U)leaderVinodChoudhary LJP didatesin52seats, and the RLSP,with 36 LaluPrasad’ssonand 2 nominees in the fray —bothofwhichcould NitinNavin,BJP; CMnomineeofGrandAlliance SittingMLA end up hurting the NDAcombine. SatishKumar,BJP; Others Tejashwi’s biggestbet is along-awaited bridgeoverthe Ganga. Dipankar Ghose In the 2015 Assembly elections, 31 of sittingMLA,defeatedRabrionJD(U)ticket 2 these 94 seatshad been wonbythe RJD, 30 3.GOPALGANJ by the JD(U) and 22 by the BJP,while the SadhuYadav, BSP; 5. PARSA 6. MANER 7. MADHUBAN Congress and LJP had wonseven andtwo RabriDevi’sbrother Lalu familybastion has seatsrespectively. ChandrikaRai,JD(U); BhaiBirendra,RJD; RanaRandhirSingh,BJP; The JD(U) might be outofthe SubhashSingh,BJP; Formerministerandfather-in- Two-timesittingMLA SittingMLA SittingMLA Mahagathbandhan, but the RJD-ledalliance lawofLaluPrasad’selderson NikhilAnand,BJP; MadanPrasadSahu,RJD is confidentits newLeftpartners will fill the TejPratapYadav had CMs,what it wants AsifGafoor,Congress; Formerjournalist ShivjeeRai,Independent gap. The RJD setaside as manyas29seatsfor grandsonofex-CMAbdulGafoor ChoteLalRai,RJD the Left—six forthe CPI, four forthe CPM and 19 forthe CPI (M-L), countingonthe lat- from Tejashwi is vikas ter’s “veryhigh strikerate”.Ofthe 29 seats, 13 phase, is countingonaresurgence in areinthis phase. Begusarai. It wasonce known as “mini Despitehow latethe partnership was Moscow” or “Leningrad”, with the CPI win- But while the Yadavs see the crowds at stitched, it is seen as working well on the ningfromBegusaraiNorth forthe firsttime SANTOSHSINGH&DIPANKARGHOSE Tejashwi’s rallies as asign of return of “our” ground,with the RJD confidentthat itsgam- backin1957(itsfirstwin in NorthIndia). PATNA,RAGHOPUR,NOVEMBER2 rule,the desirefor “development” is palpable. ble on the transferability of Leftvotes will This time, as partofthe Having juststruggledacross the ricketypon- payoff.Though the Leftvote sharehas de- Mahagathbandhan, it is contesting from “RAGHOPURPEOPLEdonot just electanMLA, toon bridge, Satish Yadavsays,“WheneverI clinedfrom5.04% in 2005 to 3.51% in 2015,its Teghra, Bakhri (SC), Bachhwara, as well as theyelectthechiefMinister”—TejashwiYadav have to cross this bridge, my heartsinks. Ifear voters comprise acommitted cadre. This is twoseatsinMadhubani, and one in Purnea. underlinedashefiledhisnominationfromthe that it might fall anytime. Maybe, if Tejashwi one reason the RJD pushedfor an alliance Teghraseat is home to theCPI’s newicon, constituency,represented by Lalu Prasad in becomes CM, some work will be done.” with them and chose to letgoofthe HAM KanhaiyaKumar, and is settosee atriangu- 1995 and 2000,and Rabri Devi in 2005. The Raghopur Assemblyseat is estimated and VIP,though the Congress had wanted a lar contestamong theparty’sRam Ratan However, located by the banksofthe to have around 1.25 lakh Yadavs,with other larger gathbandhan.“Further,inapost-poll Singh, sitting JD(U) MLAVirendraKumar Ganga,Raghopur has little to showfor this as- castes waybehind —thereare 40,000-odd scenario, the Leftparties arethe leastlikelyto Singh (son of former advocategeneral Ram sociationwith successive CMs, exceptfor un- Rajputs, and around 20,000 SCs and 10,000 break away,” says an RJDleader,speaking Balak Mahto), and the LJP’s Lalan Kuwar(a interruptedpowersupply. In 2010,the Yadav- non-YadavOBCs. The LJP has put up acandi- from experience of the bitter parting BJP rebel). The latter twoare fighting forthe dominatedLalu stronghold chose the JD(U)’s date,RakeshRoshan,whichmightendupben- with the JD(U). same Bhumihar votes. SatishKumar,alsoaYadav, overRabri.Tejashwi efiting the RJD. Both the CPI (M-L) and RJD leaders say Pointing out that it washerethat Nitish wonin2015,andisupagainstKumarthistime. Thegiant-killerof the2010election,Satish theirworkers areinsync, as opposedto“the recentlymade his remark“baap se poochho”, Apartfromthefamilyname,Tejashwi,who Kumar,has been canvassing hardinthe seat fractured NDAcoalition”. “Thereistrust, as telling the crowdtoask theirfathers what is hoping to expand the RJD’s appeal beyond evenasTejashwicriss-crossesthestateshoul- well as the recognition of adesirefor change Rahul Gandhi,Tejashwi Yadavatarally. TheMahagathbandhanisconfidentthat the statehad before his time, Bhavesh Kumar caste to development,iscountingongoodwill dering the RJD campaign. ABJP worker out- in government. People have aspirations, are theLeftparties, contestingon13seatsinPhase 2, will fill the gapleftbyJD(U). PTI says,“VirendraKumarSingh seldom visited arisingoutof aproject sidearally by senior tired of Nitish Kumar and arelookingfor a the constituency afterbecominganMLA and to build a9.6-km leader Nityanand Rai viablealternative,” says aCPI (M-L) leader, is facing strong anti-incumbency.” He be- bridgebetween says,“The seat is diffi- claiming theyare notflusteredbythe BJP (M-L) givesacushion.” down and ASHA workers involved in Covid lievesthe CPI is ahead, though adding point- KachchiDargah cult but Satishji is a throwing allegations of Naxaland extremist The CPI (M-L) leader givesthe example work aresupporting the alliance. edly,“Therehas been hardlyany demand for (Patna) and Bidupur Phase2 maati putra (son of the Phase3 linksatthem. of Aurai, wherethe party went in with a Says Dipankar Bhattacharya,the CPI (M- Kanhaiyatocampaign here.” (Hajipur). Work on it Hajipur soil). He will emerge According to theleader,theyare even weak organisation. With twoYadav candi- L) general secretary, “Weare very encour- The CPM,the weakestamongstthe three beganin2015, when Patna victorious again.” In morepositive afterthe firstphase, where the dates in the race, it believesits Muslim nom- aged by the firstphaseand the momentum Leftparties with no win in 15 years, is con- Tejashwi wasthe 2010,Kumar had de- CPI (M-L)contestedeight seats(it is in the inee is ahead, with the help of the RJD. is onlygrowing. All these comments (bythe testingfromBibhutipur,Matihani,Pipraand deputy CM and held RAGHOPUR Phase1 feated Rabri by over fray in sixinthis phase). “Wehaveawinning “Muslims arethe largest blockhere, but since BJP) arenot making adifference on the Majhi, three of whichvoteonTuesday. the Road Cons- 1,300votes. chance in all of them, including Arrah, where Independence, onlyYadavs have been win- ground. The needfor changeissuchthat However, even the partyisaiming high,says truction portfolio. At Rustampur vil- we camefrombehind... In many seats, the ning,”the leader says,adding thatinmany none of this matters.” aleader,due to “thewinds of changeand the The bridgeisa lage, Lalit Kumar,30, a RJD contesting aloneisnot viable.The CPI urban areas, the poor hit hardbythe lock- The CPI, four of whosesix seatsare in this supportofother alliance partners”. godsend foranareawherepeople have long Kurmi likeCMNitish, says it would be sad if got by onboats,oratemporarypontoonbridge. Tejashwi wins despiteRaghopur’s state. “We “I take theboat to go to Patna to sell milk. areonly40kmfromPatna, but thereisnode- Hundredsofvegetable sellers do the same,” velopmenthere.LookatNitishKumar’svillage says Awadhesh Rai, adding that the fewin in Nalanda and see what he has done there.” FORMORELOGONTOINDIANEXPRESS.COM/ELECTIONS Raghopurwhoownfour-wheelersalsohave to However, inthissentimentfor“vikas”,there oftenload them ontoboats. is no patience forNitish even among others COVID-19UPDATE Thereisdiscontent on other issues too, gathered aroundhim. “Workdid nothappen ● WHO’S WHERE TODAY ● RALLYWATCH CASES IN 24 HRS*: giventhatRaghopur has stoodbythe RJD first herebecauseNitishdidnotlet ithappen.When familyfor years. Ravi Mahtocomplains of a Tejashwi is CM, of course he willhavetode- PM MODI IN SAHARSA, BEHIND 577 flourishing illicit liquor business. “Even police velop Raghopur...The government must areafraid of venturing intothis area,” he says. change.Andif Tejashwidoesnot work,wewill FORBESGANJ; TEJASHWI DEATHS: 4 PraveenSingh,astudent,remindsTejashwi throw himoutlikeRabriDevi,”says SanjaySah. RAHUL GANDHI IN KATIHAR, WHATISLAKADSUNGHA, PACE,PLAN of his promise once to live in Raghopur. Ramesh Singh, aBhumihar and usuallya TOTAL CASES: 2,18,118 KISHANGANJ; THETERMUSEDBYPM TOPROJECT “Instead,hewas hardly hereduringthefloods BJP supporter,saysthat Tejashwi might rally TEJASHWI YADAVIN MODIDURINGCAMPAIGN? ‘YOUTH, TOTAL DEATHS: 1,101 ortheCovidcrisis.”SinghgrantsthatTejashwi the Yadavs behind him but that doesn’t dis- ACTIVECASES: 7,036 might still win from the seat but says that will countdesire forsomeonenew.“Iwill decide BIHARIGANJ ENERGY’ be only duetothe caste combination. “If he is onthelastday,butmaybeitwillbegoodto see *BiharHealthDepartment(asof6pmonNov2) so sureofhis development plank, whydid he change.Whoknows,ifTejashwibecomesCM, notcontest from anyother constituency?” Raghopur might finallysee development.” Urea to dairy, an old industrial capital scripts arevival story

Putzmeisterboom placers. plants in locations that previouslyhad units IOC’s oil refineryatBarauni wasIndia’s takingthe totalto720 MW. HARISHDAMODARAN The newplant —whichcan produce running on naphtha and fuel oil, respectively, second afterAssam’sDigboi. It cameon Lastbut notleastisthe Barauni Dairy. BARAUNI,NOVEMBER2 2,200 metric tonnes per day(mtpd)ofam- and lying closedfor twodecades or more. stream in July1964with 1million tonnes With aturnoverofRs755.36 crore, it is not monia and 3,850 mtpd urea, as againstthe “The commercial operation datefor (mt) annual crude processing capacity,aug- justBihar’s, but also eastern India’s,largest BIHAR, FORlong, has been agraveyardofin- 600mtpd and 1,000mtpd capacity of thede- Gorakhpur wasoriginally February2021. But mented to 3mtin1969 and 6mtby2002. cooperative dairyunion. In 2019-20, the dustry. Thosesearching foraglimmer of funct unit —was earlier supposedtobeready due to Covid, thatwillnow be August, while On January30, afternearly 18 years, the IOC Deshratna Dr RajendraPrasad Dugdh hope, though, needn’t look beyond Barauni by May2021, 36 months from the dateofin- it is November-December forBarauni and boardapproved afurther expansion to 9mt Utpadak Sahkari Sangh, as it is called, made town in Begusarai district. BilledasBihar’s vestment approval. That schedule has been Sindri,” Gupta says. at an estimated costofRs13,779 crore. This Rs 499.03 crorepaymentsto1.32 lakh farm- “industrial capital” —voting forthe state somewhat upset, thankstothe disruptions Urea from these plantswould, thus, be project —entailing the setting up of anew 9 ers and procured 4.55 lakh kg per dayofmilk Assemblypolls hereisonNovember3—itis from Covid-19and the lockdown. available to farmers from next year’s rabi mt atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit, on an average. actuallywitnessingaresurgence of sorts. “TillMarch 21,wehad about4,000work- cropping season. HURL has even startedmar- the contract forwhichwas awardedtoL&T Barauni DairyisplanningtoinvestRs95.5 There’s no better symbolofthat than ers. Once the lockdown wasimposed, all keting its‘Apna’ urea brand in Bihar since HydrocarbonEngineering in April —istobe croreinwhatwill be the country’s biggest HindustanFertilizer CorporationLtd’s (HFCL) work stopped. The administration gave us February, by sourcing material from the pub- commissionedbyApril 2023. plant formaking indigenous milk products. ammonia-urea complexatBarauni, which permission to restartonApril 26, but most lic sector RashtriyaChemicals and Fertilizers. Equallysignificant is the Barauni Thermal The proposedplant will consume 2lakh shut down in 1999 and is nowbeingrevived workers (75% from Biharand the rest from ForBihar,the Barauni project’s revivalis PowerStation (BTPS). This coal-fired project, litres per dayofmilk to exclusively produce —throughabrandnewplantonthesame480 West Bengal, Jharkhand and other states) had no small thing. Itsannual production capac- too, came up in the early-Sixties, with five rasagulla, gulab jamun, peda, cham cham, acres land thathousedthe earlier project. At already left. We could resume onlyonMay 4 ity,at12.7lakh tonnes (lt), can meetamajor unitsof145 megawatt (MW) aggregategen- kalakand, misti dahi, raskadam,milk cake, Rs 7,043.26 crorecapital cost, it would be with the 600-700who had stayed backin partofthe state’s consumption/sales of 22.64 eration capacity being made operational be- khoa, paneer,lassi andplain dahi.The dairy Bihar’sbiggest industrial investment. the labourcamps here. As the lockdown lt in 2019-20. Neither Bihar nor Jharkhand tweenJanuary1963 and December 1971.All union is already using 70,000-80,000 litres “Construction is morethan 70 per eased, the worker strength rose to 1,900in has anyureaplants; the closestone at of them were retired by 1995-96. Units6 dailynow forproducing indigenous milk cent complete.Machineryorders are early-June, 3,500inJuly, 4,000in Augustand Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh is 490kmfrom and 7, of 110MWeachestablishedin1984- sweets under the ‘Sudha’ brand. already placed, and we willbeginpre-com- 5,000 since September,” adds Sinha. Barauni and 550 km from Sindri.Bothproj- 85, were takenupfor renovation and “Weare in discussions with the National missioning and commissioningactivity from Arun Kumar Gupta,managing director of Work is on in full swing at the Barauni ectswill getgas from GAIL (India) Ltd’s modernisation. DairyDevelopment Boardfor aRs70crore February,” says Sunil Kumar Sinha,general HURL,ishopeful of the projectbeing com- urea project site. Harish Damodaran Jagdishpur-Phulpur-Haldia pipeline. Aspur On December 15,2018, NTPCacquired loan at 6.5% concessional interestratefor 10 manager of HindustanUrvarak &Rasayan missionedbyDecember 2021.The company line, from Dobhi in Gaya,has already been BTPS from the Bihar StatePowerGeneration years under theCentre’s DairyProcessing & Ltd (HURL) in charge of theproject site —ajoint venture of Coal IndiaLtd,NTPC, laid till Barauni. Company. Today, notonlyare Units6&7run- InfrastructureFund. Since the land forthe that currentlyhas 5,000-plus workers, along- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), HFCL and urea complexesatGorakhpur (Uttar But Begusarai’s revivalstory —whose ning, anew 250 MW plant wasdeclaredop- project is available here, we can expect the side Sarens, Sanghvi and Escorts Fertilizer Corporation of India —isalso put- Pradesh) and Sindri (Jharkhand). These, like fruitswould accrue to whichevergovern- erational on March 1, this year.Another250 plant to be ready in two-three years,” stated Hydracranes, JCB excavators and ting up twoother similar-sizedammonia- Barauni, aregreenfield natural gas-based ment comes next —isn’t confinedtourea. MW unitisexpected to be addedby2021, aBarauni Union official. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Amid protests ‘SOLDIERS WITHOUT UNIFORM’ by Oppn, J&K saysold land Chushulcouncillor laws obsolete seeksmorefacilities ARUNSHARMA JAMMU,NOVEMBER2

AMID PROTESTS by opposition forvillagesalongLAC parties and manysections of the public in Jammu and Kashmir “inadequateattention” to vil- roads, telecommunication, elec- againstthe newland laws intro- NIRUPAMA lages on the LACinLadakh, and tricity.Ifthe government de- ducedbythe Centre, the Union SUBRAMANIAN the difference between his con- privespeople living on the bor- Territoryadministration’sspokes- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER2 stituency and Moldo, on the der of these things, theyare not personRohit Kansal on Saturday Chinese side,isstark. going to remain there, and that defended themove, sayingthat THE NEWLYelected representa- Stanzin said: “In Moldo, they will notbegood forsafeguarding manyofthese laws repealedor tive of Chushul constituency in have 5G networks–not onebut the territory,”Stanzin said. “We modifiedhadbecome“outdated” the Leh-Ladakah Autonomous twoorthree networks.There is arethe government's eyes and and“obsolete’’andwere even“re- Hill Development Council 5G even in other areas suchas ears there; our peoplenotice gressive’’ and “anti-people”. (LAHDC) has said that the gov- Dumtele, Demchok.Wecan see everything. People living at the While National Conference ernment mustprioritisedevel- their areas have 24x7 electricity. borderare the secondguardian leader and formerJ&K chief min- opment of villages on the Line of Theyhavedevelopedhydel forceofthe nation –theyare isterOmar Abdullah has accused Actual Control (LAC), as the peo- dams that provide powersupply soldiers without uniform.” the government of openingJ&K ple living thereare “second to these areas. We can see all this Aresident of Lukung village “for sale”,and said that the new SNOWBOUND guardianforce”ofthe country from Chushul. The peoplein in Chushul, on the banksof laws trytodoawaywithlandre- afterthe armedforces. Chushul aremaking do with a PangongTso, Stanzin said he forms that hadbeen hallmark of Aftersnowfall in Lahaul-Spiti region on Monday. ANI The 26 newmembers of Leh- fewhours of supply, and even had on manyoccasions triedto the erstwhilestate,Kansal main- LAHDC were sworn in on our 2G coverage is pathetic.” conveyseriousness of the situ- tainedthat the reality is “actually Saturday. TheBJP,with 15 mem- He said thereisinsecurity ation to theparty leadership. quitetothe contrary’’. bers, heads the council. The among people in the border vil- “But Igot acall from the BJP Citing an instance, he said After UP and In Germany, Congress has nine members, and lages.“Whenevertensionsflareup headquarters telling me that the whileAgrarianReformsAct,1976, Rahul should clarify if thereare twoIndependents. on the LAC, thefirstthing to go is border situation is being han- had already supersededthe Big Haryana, MP foreign secy Konchok Stanzin, who quit telephone connectivity,and peo- dledseparately;thatIshould LandedAbolitionAct,relevantpro- he retracted from 2019 BJP before the LAHDC election plegetcompletely cutoff,”hesaid. remain silent and notspeak visions of both laws have been in- considers law lastmonth and successfullycon- The government needs to de- about it at all,” said Stanzin, cludedinthe newlaws. raises LAC tested as an Independentfrom velop “smartvillages” on the LAC, who quit BJP afterthe party According to Kansal, thenew against love jihad Cong manifesto: Tomar Chushul, aforward area on LAC, he said. “It (a village) should have nominated another candidate laws were required since the en- stand-off on Sundaysaid therehad been all facilities –health, education, forthe election. tiregamutof earlierlandlaws was meantto serve an“oldagrarianru- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA HARIKISHANSHARMA RAJASTHANPASSES ral”, and manyofthesehad be- BHOPAL,NOVEMBER2 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 SHUBHAJITROY come “outdatedand obsolete”. THREEFARMBILLS NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 Poet Munawwar Rana booked The Centrehad on October 26 THE MADHYAPradesh govern- UNION MINISTER of Agriculture Jaipur:The Rajasthan amendedand notifiedland laws ment will makelegal arrange- and Farmers' WelfareNarendra AssemblyonMonday WITH AN eyeonChina and Paki- forthe UT and explicitlyomitted mentstocurbthe alleged prac- SinghTomar on Mondayattacked passedthree Bills to counter stan, Foreign SecretaryHarsh over remarks on Francekillings the protection earlier available to ticeoflovejihad in the state, Chief Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the farm laws enacted by the Vardhan Shringla on Mondaytal- its‘permanentresidents’.Theam- Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asking whether he has retracted Centre. The Bills were passed kedtohis German interlocutors would have done the same if endedlawsopenupurbanornon- said Monday.With this, Madhya from his party'smanifesto forthe by voice vote, whichtook about the multiplechallenges EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE somebodydrew caricaturesof his agricultural land forpurchase by Pradesh has becomethe third 2019 general elections. placeafter the opposition Indiaisfacingdueto thepandemic, LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER2 parentsordeities.Ranaispurport- outsiders,permitcontractfarming BJP-ruledstate to announce its Tomar's remarks came in re- BJP staged awalkout. “tensionsonournorthernborder” edly heardtelling the channel, “If on agricultural lands, provide for intentiontomakelegal provi- sponsetoatweet by Rahul, in TheBJPearlierobjectedto and the “ever-present menace of URDUPOETMunawwarRanahas someonemakes adisgusting car- settingupofanindustrialdevelop- sions against“love jihad”. whichhetaggedanews report the Bills, saying that the lan- terrorismonourwesternborder”, been bookedfor allegedlysup- toon of my father or mother,Iwill ment corporation, amongothers. Earlier,Uttar Pradesh CM whichappeared in The Indian guageusedpaintsthe Centre sourcessaidonMonday. Shringla, porting twoknife-wielding as- killthatperson.If someonemakes In effect, adozen land-related Yogi Adityanath and his Haryana Express on Monday and wrotein government “as if it is the whoisonavisitto Germany aspa- sailants who recentlykilledfour an objectionable and disgusting laws have been repealed: Big counterpartMLKhattar had Hindi, "Farmers of thecountry Pakistani government”. ENS rtof hisEuropetour,discussedthe peopleinFranceinprotestagainst cartoon of Indian Gods and Landed EstatesAbolition Act, made simila announcements. asked formarket,PMoffered a standoffalong the India-China caricaturesofProphet Rana says he never GoddesseslikeMotherSitaorLord 1950; CommonLands (Regul- Therewill be no jihad in the terrible recession." Line of Actual Control, it is learnt. Mohammed.Inaninterviewto promotedviolence,nor Ram, Iwill kill that person...” ation) Act, 1956; Consolidation of name of love,whoeverdoes such Sharplyreacting,Tomarsaid, ment is committedto the welfare In Berlin, he metGerman Zee News,the 67-year-old poetis justifiedthe Frenchkillings FULLREPORTON HoldingAct,1962;LandImprove- an act will be setright. Legal "Rahul Gandhishouldclarify of farmers, Tomar said agrarian FederalForeign Office’s minister purportedly heardsayingthat he www.indianexpress.com ment Scheme Act, 1972;Preve- arrangementswill be made for whether he has retracted from reforms whichwerepending for of stateNiels Annen on ntionof Fragmentationof Agricu- this,Chouhantold reporters. the 2019 Congress manifesto." long have been implemented Mondayand Jan Hecker, the lturalHoldings Act, 1960; He wasresponding to ques- Speaking to The Indian Express through the newfarmlaws. "The Foreign and Security Policy Assam ex-CM Alienationof LandAct,1995;Right tions on the issue afterattending overthe phone, Tomar said, "The Congress is anti-farmer,due to Advisor to theGerman TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE of Prior Purchase Act, 1936; J&K ameeting at stateBJP headquar- Congress party had amanifesto whichthe condition of the farm- Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Tarun Gogoi in Flood Plain(Regulation and Dev- ters hereonMondayevening. in whichitmentionedall these ers could notimprove even after twosides,itislearnt,had acon- CASES: RECOVERED:75,44,798 elopment) Act, 2005; J&K Under- “Lovejihad” is term usedby things, firsttheyshould have re- their 50-60 years' rule," he said. versation on the Indo-Pacific 245 hospital again groundPublicUtilities(Acquisition right-wing activists to referto tracted from their manifesto… The newlawshavegiven whereChineseaggression has DAYSSINCE 82,29,313 DEATHS:1,22,607 PANDEMIC Of RightsOfUser In Land) Act, the alleged campaignof Congress should notmislead freedom to farmers to sell their beenevidentintherecentmonths. BEGAN TESTS: 11,07,43,103 | DOUBLING RATE: 127.00** Guwahati: Aweek afterhis dis- 2014;,among others. Muslims forcing Hindu girls to farmers." produceand this will lead to the FULLREPORTON charge from ahospital post- FULLREPORTON convertinthe guise of love. Statingthatthe Modigovern- end of middlemen, Tomar said. www.indianexpress.com COVID-19recovery,former www.indianexpress.com Assam Chief MinisterTarun Gogoi has been admittedtoa MIZORAM ORDERS JUDICIAL ENQUIRY state-run facility again and put on ventilator supportashis health condition has deterio- Assam man dies in Mizoram custody, KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING rated, adoctor treating himsaid TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** on Monday. The 86-year-old Congress CM writestoShah over border tension ■ Maharashtra 16,83,775 5,369 0.33% 216.08 politician complainedofrest- ■ Karnataka 8,27,064 3,652 0.43% 169.02 lessness on Sundaynight, fol- terclashes betweenresidentsof Laskar's next of kin and asked dered ajudicialenquiryintothe lowing whichhewas takento ■ Andhra 8,25,966 2,618 0.33% 216.87 TNKrishnan RamanathanIyer ABHISHEKSAHA border villages of Assam and Chief SecretaryJishnu Barua and death. The man wasallegedly a the intensive careunit (ICU) of GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER2 Mizoram. DGP Bhaskar JyotiMahanta to drug peddler and we have found ■ Tamil Nadu 7,27,026 2,504 0.36% 200.44 Gauhati Medical Collegeand Sonowalinastatement said visit the border area and take asmall amount of heroin on his ■ Kerala 4,40,130 7,025 1.63% 44.07 Hospital (GMCH), superinten- ASSAM CHIEF Minister thatLaskarwas"abductedbythe stockofthe situation. person. Some locals had appre- dentofthe health facility Abhijit Violin Sarbananda Sonowalwrote to miscreantsfromLailapur Border Cachar SP BLMeena told The hendedhim on the Mizoram side *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculatedover7-daygrowth Sarmatold reporters here. Home MinisterAmit Shah on OutpostareaofCachar district". IndianExpress,"He (Laskar) used and handedovertopersonnel CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT Gogoi had firsttestedpositive Mondayafter aman hailing from The statement said that "follow- to collect wood from aforest from the Excise andNarcotics de- forCOVID-19onAugust25and 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY maestro Cachar district diedinthe cus- ing the sequel of boundaryrows along the border... As faraswe partment. He wasadmitted to wasadmittedtothe hospital the tody of Mizoram authorities af- alongAssam-Mizoram border, know, he wasincustody of the hospital becausehewas 1.50 7.65 47,231 next day. His health condition TNKrishnan terhewas allegedlyabducted Chief MinisterSonowalsent the Mizoram. Mizoram Police has in- weak.Noexternal inquiryhas NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: had deterioratedonAugust31 from the inter-state border. details of the incidentstoUnion formedustoday thathehasdied." been found on the body." 1.49 7.43 53,285 with asudden fall in oxygen sat- dies at 92 According to Assam officials, Home MinisterAmit Shah today". He addedthat Laskar did nothave Lalthangliana said the body Deathsasaratioof Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs uration level. He wasadminis- Intazul Laskar wasawoodcutter The statement, however, did acriminal recordinthe district. will be handedovertoAssam on positive cases (in %); numbertested recovering; more teredplasma therapyand be- without anycriminal record, notmention the contentsofthe Meanwhile, Deputy Tuesdayafter the completion of indicator of progress (in %);indicatorof recoveries for 14 days came stable later.Hewas in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak ARUNJANARDHANAN whileMizoramofficialsmaintain letter to Shah. Commissioner of Mizoram's the judicial enquiryand con- dischargedonOctober 25 after DataasonNovember1,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers CHENNAI,NOVEMBER2 he wasinvolvedinpeddling The CM has also announced Kolasib district, HLalthangliana, ducting the post-mortem. includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive undergoing treatment and was drugs.Hisdeathcomesweeksaf- an ex-gratia of Rs 5lakh to told The Indian Express,"Ihaveor- --WITHPTIINPUTS under observation. PTI LEGENDARYVIOLINISTTN Krishnan diedatthe ageof92in Chennai on Mondayevening. Though he wasingood health, Krishnan felt sudden un- GOANS'NIGHT PROTEST AGAINST INFRA PROJECTS easiness in the evening and died, said Ramanathan Iyer,a Chennai-based music event or- ‘This is not the land to destroy…we do not accept pollution’ ganiser who is close to Krishnan’s family. Iyer said they celebrated his birthdaylast tracks.“FortyMLAssitintheAsse- beingraisedandsomehadstarted month.“He washealthy.Evenin SMITANAIR mbly. Notonce have theydiscus- performing the traditional Kunbi recent days,hewas seen watch- CHANDOR,NOVEMBER2 NED Protestingto sedour issues.” Hisfriend Jimmy “dancing protest”. Christabelle ing videos of rasikas and his dis- Rodriques nodded. “Thegovern- Gomes,22,stoodwithherfriends. ciples wishing him ahappy BY 10.30 PM, Nossa SenhoraDe E protectenvironment ment has to listen. Policycan nev- “I want to sitathome and study. ● birthday,”Iyersaid. Honoured Belem church square in Chador, EXPLAI er be against people. These coal But disturbing informationon so- with severalawards, including Goa’sancientcapital,hadacrowd imports forAdani, Jindal and Ve- cialmediathatwe aregoingto lose the Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Padma of morethan 3,000 —mosthad MORMUGAO PORT Trust’sprojections for2030 saytheywant dantaoverlook our stateissues of ourbiodiversitymakesmeangry.” Bhushan and PadmaVibhushan, come to protestagainst the dou- to import51.6million tonnes of coal forAdaniGroup, JSW heritageand environment. The By 1.30 am, the deputy collec- Krishnan startedout as achild ble-trackingof railway lineswhich Group and Vedanta. Muchofthis will be transportedthrough burden to thestate’s ecology due tor, JyotiKumari, reachedthe site prodigy with help from his fa- Goans fear is towardsexpansion Goa to other states.Also,Shipping Ministryhas identified17 to this huge coal corridor is not and appealedtothe peopletore- ther and waslater seenasavet- of coal importsfromMormugao coal-backedpowerplants and22steel plantsas“potential even being discussed.” turn. She said thereisnopermis- eran as he beganaccompanying Port TrusttoKarnataka. clients” forthe port. The protests areagainstinfrastructure ViennaFernandes,62,thema- sion forthe protest. Her appeals legendarymusicians, including Aman said on thespeaker,“If projectsbeingdesignedtocarry this coal that isexpected to tronfroma500-year-oldheritage that the crowd’s demand that no Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, this is the pandemic,the urgency destroy ecological biodiversity.Railwayshaven’t got permis- home,stoodwithahelmet onher train “will cross today...has been Alathur brothers, Chembai is to stand here to safeguard the sions forlaying tracks in western Ghatsand has startedlaying head. “Thiscoal directlyaffects accepted” wasdrownedwith the Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar,MD futurefromabigger pandemic.” At the protestinChandor. SmitaNair them in the state, whichiswhen the Goans protested. me.The pollution has spoilt our crowdresponding, “Never.Say Ramanathan and Earlier thisweek,the South living.Iamforcedtocome out,” theywillcross never”. Abhijeet MaharajapuramViswanathaIyer, Western Railway startedlaying shesaid.“Theytellusthesecorpo- Prabhudesai,anenvironmentalist, to performances. Born in 1928 in tracksatavillage inGoa,leadingto tracksfrommidnightto5am.Iam crowdswelled.“Thiscrowdisnota have aculturetoprotect, we do expansion of cargo jetties offthe ratesare big.Thentheydonot askedherto give theorderinwrit- TripunithurainKerala, he had environmentalists groupscalling here, and hope my prayers hold votebank.This is history being notacceptpollution,” Vazsaid, state’s tworiver banks. know us, we arefromSalcettein ing and “tokeepthe projectin beenlivinginChennaisince1942. themidnightprotest. By11.30pm, methroughthenight.”Thecrowd, made. We do notwant our MLAs pointingto theinfrastructureproj- By1am,thecrowdhadstarted Goa. Thereisareason they call us abeyance”. Till 5am, no one He is survivedbyhis wifeKamala, the crowdbegan itssilent march mostlycomprising youth and th- to speakfor us. We areenough,” ectsatdifferent stages of govern- singingKonkanisongs.MLasfrom thefighting redde (fighting bulls). budged.The protesters have now and daughter Viji and son Sriram towardsthe tracks offChandor. ose who insisted to be called “vil- said Arvind Menezes from Aldo- ment clearance —four-laning of the Opposition triedtomakea Besides, thereisasenseofbroth- saidtheywantthecollectorto stop —bothare violinists. SandraD’Sa,aPhDscholar,had lagers”, hadadisagreement with nha, as he walked on the tracks. NH4A,double-trackingofSouth speechbut were packedoff. erhoodinGoa,we fighttogether.” givingclearanceto layingof tracks. FULLREPORTON her candle wrappedinarosary. political groups, asking them to PiedadeVaz held acandle. WesternRailway andapowerline ConstancioFernandes, 45, a By then, slogans of “Go Back FULLREPORTON www.indianexpress.com “Themessage wastooccupythe lowerpartyflags.Bymidnight,the “Thisisnotthelandto destroy; we through the western Ghats, and sailorfromLoutolim,stoodonthe Adani” and “Go BackJindal” were www.indianexpress.com Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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On ElectionDay and Night in the United States, watch the battleground states that will decide the next FAQs: Essential incumbent of the WhiteHouse. But barring alandslide forone of the candidates, do notexpect an early result. Election Day knowledge

states in the US. Florida swings betweenthe statepolls,and is widelyfavoured to win. But SHUBHAJITROY major parties —Democrat BillClinton carried EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE nopollhaspredictedthatTrumpwilldefinitely NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 the statein1996, Republican GeorgeWBush NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 lose. Nate Silver, perhaps the mostinfluential in2000and2004,DemocratBarackObamain of forecasters, remindedeveryone on Sunday THE ELECTION of the Presidentofthe United 2008and2012,andRepublicanDonaldTrump When do the pollsopen and close? that in his projection, the President has a10% States is consideredthe world’s mostconse- in 2016.The ‘Sunshine State’ is specialalsobe- IT VARIES from statetostate.The earliestthey chanceof retainingtheWhite House,not zero. quentialdemocraticexercise.Thisisespecially causeitisseenasabellwether state—except open is 6am, andthe latestthe close is 9pm He could have a2016moment again in the true of Election 2020 —asthe US is moredi- for1992,whenitsidedwithincumbentGeorge local time on November 3. India is between ElectoralCollege.Biden’sleadinPennsylvania, videdthanatany other time in itsrecent his- HWBush,Floridahasvotedwiththewinning 10½and 13½hoursahead, depending on whichaccording to some forecasts is the tip- tory,theplanetfacesanexistentialthreatfrom candidateineveryelectionfrom1964(Lyndon whereintheUSyou’relooking.However, early ping-point state, is 5points—“solid but not catastrophicclimatechange,newgeopolitical BJohnson) to 2016 (Trump). votinghasbeenopensincemid-September— spectacular”,accordingtoSilver. Pennsylvania forcesarethreateningto upendthe balance of InbeatingHillaryClinton,Trumpalsowon and by Monday night Indiatime, over 96 mil- and Florida will together give Trump49 globalpower, and aonce-in-a-century pan- Pennsylvania,Michigan,andWisconsin,albeit lionAmericanshadalreadycasttheirvotes,ei- Electoral Collegevotes, atallyBidencan over- demic has deliveredashocktoeconomies. with small margins. This time, analysts feel Duringthe early voting stage, campaign signs near apolling station in ther in person or by returnedmail ballots, ac- take onlyifhewinsallof theremaining4toss- Tomorrow, November 3, is amomentous Pennsylvania will be the “tipping point”. Pinellas CountyinLargo,Florida. Reuters cording to the US Elections Project. ups —Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona, day—forthe US and the world. Thecomplicationisthis:threeof thebattle- Wisconsin—anddoeswellinotherstates,too. AsElectionDay andNightunfolds,thebat- ground states —Pennsylvania,Michigan, and When will the votes be counted? Also, polling errors do happen —all fore- tleforthe270ElectoralCollegevotesneededto Wisconsin —will notbegin counting early TOTALELECTORALCOLLEGEVOTES:538 UnlikeIndia’s Election Commission, there casters were wrongin2016. Andnoone is rul- win the WhiteHouse will boil down to how votesuntilElectionDay, which meansitislikely is no federal body in the US thatruns theelec- ing out the possibility that Trumpmay seek President DonaldTrumpand his Democratic thatfinalresultsand projections will notbe tion or tallies the results. Eachstate runs the some sortof“illegitimate” path to victory, al- challenger,former Vice President Joe Biden, possible that night. But NorthCarolina and 212 270 125 election according to itsown rules. Although though that scenario has manymind-bog- performinwhatarecalledthe“battleground” Arizonahavebeguncountingballots,andthese SOLIDORLIKELY VOTESNEEDEDTO SOLIDORLIKELY moststatesallow electronic gling unknowns. or “swing”states. But thereisareal possibility states arelikelytobecalledonElection Night. DEMOCRATIC REACHWHITEHOUSE REPUBLICAN methods, paper ballotsare thatthe result of the election maybedelayed the norm across the coun- So,isfraud expected? —and that thereisnoclear winner until late Whyistheresuchuncertainty around the BATTLEGROUND STATES try. Ahead of counting Trumphasforlong,and onElectionNight.Along-drawn-outlegalbat- election? comes astagecalledpro- repeatedly,accusedthe tle mayfollowand, in the worstcasescenario, Muchoftheuncertaintystemsfromthefact WHATTHE POLLSARE SAYING cessing, whichinvolves DemocraticParty of fraud. potential violence and unrest in the streets. thatthe election is taking place in the middle checkingsignatures,verify- WHERETOWATCH Buthehasneverpresented Asyouwatchtheelection,lookoutforwhat of thepandemic,whichhaskilledover231,000 46% ing documentation, and anyevidence,andnearly all TEXAS THERESULTS happensinthebattlegroundstates—andkeep Americans, and fundamentallyaltered voting 38 48% perhapsevenscanning the commentators agree elec- in mind that the drama yousee mayactually behaviour and the contextofthe election. 3 ballots.Counting votes is a YOUTUBE:MostUSnews tionfraudisextremelyrare 48% organisations will run a lastlongerthan justone night. Alarge numberofvoters—over96million FLORIDA separate,andlater,process. in the US. Democratsand until Monday night in India —havevoted 29 46% Eachstate has itsown live stream. These otherTrumpcriticsarecon- Whyare battlegroundstatesimportant? through mail-in ballots and early voting (to NOV datefor starting in-person include NBC, CBS, and vincedthatheisraisingthe Battleground or swing states hold the key avoidthe crowds on November 3). Because of 49% or mail-in voting, deadline the nonprofit public bogey of fraudtoprepare ON GEORGIA 16 to acandidate’s fate.Theseare calledswing the time takeninreceiving, processing and 46% forreceiving the mail-in broadcasterC-SPAN. the ground to contestthe statesbecausetheyhaveahistoryofswinging countingthelarge numbersofpostalvotes(see ballots,processing the bal- CABLE: International electionresultif heappears 50% backand forthbetween the twomain politi- FAQs),andthefactthatprojectionsmaynot be NORTH 15 lots,andtabulatingvotes.To networks suchasCNN to belosing;indeed,Trump calparties,theRepublicansandtheDemocrats. possible in severalbattleground states, aclear CAROLINA 46% take twoexamples:In and BBC willrun live has refusedtocommit that To use an examplefromIndia,anAmerican winner maynot emerge on Election Night. CALLED 50% Arizona, mailingofballots shows. he would acceptthe result swing statewouldbelikethe stateofKerala— Election officials in swing states like ARIZONA 11 startedonOctober 7, they OTT: If youhavea if he doesnot win. BE 45% whichhas swung between the Leftand the Pennsylvania and Michigan have said they will be accepted until Disney+HotStar OntheDemocraticside, Congress in elections. hope to finish counting within three days. 50% Election Day, andcounting premium account, you fears have been expressed MINNESOTA* Swing states have populationsthat areal- The one wayone canhopefor aquickre- 10 41% hasbeen on since October can watchFox News Live. of voter intimidation and mostequallydividedpolitically. Presidential sult on Election Night is if one side wins by a 20; in Ohio, processing attemptsatmakingitdiffi-

COULD TWITTER:Will run alive candidates oftenfocusall their energies on landslide —racingto270,and making the 48% startedonOctober 6, mail- cult forsome groupsto NEVADA* stream on itsplatform. these states,sometimesskippingaltogether countingof votesinindividualstatesirrelevant. 6 42% inballots canbereceivedup vote. These include at- thesolidblue(Democratic)orred(Republican) Butitthatdoesnot happen,andTrumpde- to November 13 but they LOGONTO tempts atreducingtheeffi- states that areexpected to inevitably go one cides to contestthe outcome —his campaign mustbepostmarkedby INDIANEXPRESS.COM ciency of the US Postal wayorthe other. Both Trumpand Biden have has already prepared legal teams to fightin 50% November 2, and counting FORROLLINGUPDATES Service by Postmaster PENNSYLVANIA targetedthese states during theircampaigns. case of aclosecalland he loses by aslim mar- 20 44% willstart on November 3. General Louis DeJoy, a Americans do notvotedirectlyfor the gin—the courts willcomeintoplay. Trumpacolyte; making 46% President. Theychoosemembers of the Trumphasalreadysaidthathewouldwant OHIO Howand when will we knowthe winner? ballotdropboxes scarce in some states, etc. ElectoralCollege whothenmeetinDecember the Supreme Courttoplayaproactive role in 18 46% Thecountisnotofficiallyfinalisedforweeks and casttheirvotesbasedonhow themajor- caseof adisputedelection.Thehurriedconfir- —in2016, it took untilDecember.Whathap- Aren’t some elections forseats in Congress

DELAYED 51% ity of voters in their statehad voted. The num- mation of Justice AmyConeyBarrett to the MICHIGAN pens on ElectionNightisthatmajor TV net- happening as well? berofElectoralCollegevotesfor eachstate are Supreme Courtliterallydays before Election 16 42% worksand the AssociatedPress “call” the elec- Yes. Thirty-fiveseatsare up forre-election fixedonthe basis of itspopulation. Thereare Daywasaimedatafullnine-justicecourtwith BE tion in favour of one of the candidates —a in the Senate, wherethe Republicans have a 52% 538 ElectoralCollegevotes, and acandidate aclearconservative bias,whichTrumpwould WISCONSIN 10 projection basedonexit polls, interviews with 53-47majority.TheDemocratsthinktheyhave needs at least270 to enter the WhiteHouse. be hoping would adjudicateinhis favour. 42% voters, and trends—alegitimateexercise, and agoodchanceof takingcontrolof thechamber, Analysts identify 10-12statesasbattle- If ElectionNightdragsintodays andweeks anecessity in the US system. Theprojections but mostmedia organisations have been de-

COULD 45% grounds in US Presidential Elections. Forthe —followinglitigation—thesituationcouldbe- IOWA 6 arenot usuallycontested, and the candidate scribingthe situationasatoss-up.Electionsto electionofNovember 3, the toughestbattles comemessier,and apprehensions have been 47% projectedtohavelostconcedes the election. theHouseof Representativeswillbeheldinall arelikelytobefought in six of these. The Cook expressedabout alaw andorder situation. Thisyear,giventhepandemicandthehuge 50 states,and the Democratsare widelyex- PoliticalReportidentifiesArizona(11Electoral Thereisbeen no precedentofaPresident ■ Electoral CollegeVotes ■ Biden ■ Trump volumesof mail-inballots,thereiswidespread pected to holdontotheir majority.The ideal Collegevotes), Florida (29), Michigan (16), refusing to concede theelection. But Trumpis apprehension that aclear winner will not situation forthe Democrats will, of course, be Pennsylvania(20),andWisconsin(10),astoss- different —hehas neverconfirmedhewould CNNPOLLOFPOLLSTRACKINGAVERAGEPOLLRESULTSOFALLLARGE,MOST emerge on November 3oreventhe dayafter to win both Congress and the Presidency,but ups. Mostanalysts also throw NorthCarolina accepttheelectionresultif heloses,andthatis RECENTPOLLSINTHEUS.POLLRESULTSFROMNOVEMBER1ANDOCTOBER31 —unlessany onecandidatewinsinalandslide. even if Trumpgets another four years, adou- (15ElectoralCollegevotes) intothe mix. the reasonmanyfear thetransfer of power, ble majorityfor the Democratsinboththe ThebiggestswingstateisFlorida—itisalso should the contestbetightand Trumploses Solid/likely assessments by TheNew York Times *New York Times/Siena poll What arethe pollssaying so far? House and Senate will allowthem to putsig- amongthe mostsharply politicallydivided narrowly, maynot be peaceful. Bidenhasbeenleadinginbothnationaland nificant checks on the President’s powers.

CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD Impact of school closure on Malabar Navy Exercise: purpose, participants WhyisAustralia’sparticipation is necessary keeping Chinainmind”.Hesaid student learning, quantified KRISHNKAUSHIK important? “theQuad need notbeNATOinits formality, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 On October 27,following the 2+2 dia- in itspolitical congruence and as apost-war HOWMUCHhas theclo- year,students likelydid not logue with the US, Defence MinisterRajnath response” but it can “deternonetheless”. sureofschools inducedby gain as muchacademically PHASE 1ofthe Malabar NavalExercise kicks Singh said: “We… agreedthat upholding At awebinar on September 3, Chief of the Covid-19pandemic duringthe truncated 2019–20 offonTuesday, withparticipation of the rules-basedinternational order,respect- Defence StaffGeneral Bipin Rawathad said impacted studentlearn- school year,and likelylost Australian navy forthe firsttimesince 2007. ing the rule of lawand freedom of naviga- Quadis“agoodarrangement”,which“willen- ing? Astudy by American moreofthose gains due to the Alook at what the exercise is about,and why tion in the international seas and uphold- sure,thattheIndianOceanRegionandallother researchers,publishedlast PAPER extendedtime out of school. it is particularly significantthis year. ing the territorial integrityand sovereignty oceans around thereiscomplete freedomof week,has quantifiedthe The authors estimated that of all states areessential. Our defence coop- navigation,withoutfear of anyother nation impact, projected to the CLIP returning studentslikely What is MalabarExercise? Lastyear’sMalabar Exercise offthe eration is intendedtofurther these objec- singularly trying to dominatethe oceans”. end of the academic year. startedschool this fall (au- It is amultilateral navalexercise that in- coast of Japan. Indian Navy tives. Both sides welcomedAustralia join- While the projectionshave tumn) with approximately cludes simulated wargames and combat ing the forthcoming MalabarExercise.” Does India conduct anyothernaval been made forUSschools, NEWRESEARCH 63% to 68%ofthe typical an- manoeuvres. It startedin1992 as abilateral As the standoff in eastern Ladakhcontin- exercises with thesecountries? whichhavereopenedin nual learninggains in reading. exercise between the Indian and US navies. countries in the maritime security domain ues,theparticipationoffourlarge naviesfrom Overthelastfew months,theIndianNavy some states during the autumn,concerns Formathematics, theyestimatedthatthe Japan joinedin2015. This year the exercise and in the light of increaseddefence coop- theIndo-Pacificregionwillsendamessage to hasconductedanumberof PassageExercises around setbacks to learning areuniver- studentsstarted the autumn classes with will be held in twophases, the firstfrom eration with Australia, Malabar 2020 will China.Sourceshave mentionedthatearlier,it (PASSEX) with navies from Japan, Australia sal. In India, anumber of states have be- 37%to50% of the typical annual learning Tuesdayoff the coastnear Visakhapatnam, see the participation of theAustralianNavy”. wasthe possibilityof riling upChinathathad and the US. But those were basic exercises to gun to reopen or announceddates forre- gains. This reducedlearning wasnot uni- and the second in the Arabian Sea in mid- This will bethe second time Australia will preventedIndiafromexpandingtheMalabar increaseoperabilitybetweenthenavies,while opening school forsenior classes. versal; the researchers estimated that the November.Lastyear it washeld in early participate. In 2007,thereweretwo Malabar Exercise,and from Australia joining it. Malabarinvolvessimulatedwargames.Inlate The US study is publishedin topone-thirdofstudentspotentially September offthe coastofJapan. Exercises.The firstwas heldoff Okinawais- RearAdmiralSudarshanShrikhande,who September,the IndianNavyconducted PAS- Educational Researcher,ajournal of the made gains in reading. This year’s MalabarExercisehas been land of Japan in the Western Pacific —the retired in 2016 andhad headedNaval intelli- SEX with the RoyalAustralian Navy. American EducationalResearch The researcherssaidthese projections plannedona“non-contact-at sea” format firsttime the exercise washeld away from gence earlier,and had served as theDefence InJuly, IndiaconductedaPASSEXwiththe Association. It uses amodelthatassumes implythat educators and policymakers keeping Covid-19protocols in mind. Indianshores—and the second in Advisor at the IndianHigh Commission in UScarrierstrikegroupledbyoneof thelargest that school closures in spring 2020 func- will needtoaddress that manystudents September 2007,off Visakhapatnam, with Canberra (2005-08), saidthat “with the warships in the world, USS Nimitz. The car- tionedasanextendedsummerbreak,and aresubstantiallybehind academicallyas What is the difference this year? the Indian,Japanese, US, Australianand clearerenunciationoftheQuadinrecentfor- rier strikegroup had been passing through providespreliminaryprojectionsoftheim- aresult of extendedschool closures. Forthe firsttime in over adecade, the Singapore navies. eign ministers' meetinJapan, it would have the Indian OceanRegion aftercompleting a pact of theseclosures on student learning. ENS&AmericanEducational exercise will see the participationofall four The following year,Australia stopped been counterproductive to the objectivesof freedomofnavigation exercise in the South The takeaway: Compared to atypical Research Association Quad countries. In astatement lastmonth, participating.Japan became aregular par- statecraftnot to invite Australia”. He said the China Sea, whichChina is quitesensitive the Defence Ministryhad said that “as India ticipant only in 2015,making it atrilateral Quad “must, among other things, contribute about.Asimilarexercisewasconductedwith seekstoincrease cooperation with other annual exercise since then. to beingakey instrument of deterrencethat Japan Maritime Self DefenceForce in June.

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USA ActorEddie RACE FOR Results maybe 22killedafterIS delayed,butthat Hassellkilledin THEWHITE isnotunusual Texasshooting HOUSE gunmenstorm THE ACTOREddie Hassell, TRUMP HAS said the onlyway known forhis roles in the he would lose is if the election NBC show Surface and the ADAMNAGOURNEY was“rigged”, and that it 2010 film The Kids AreAll NOVEMBER2 would be “terrible” if votes Right,has diedafter a were stillbeing counted for“a KabulUniversity shooting in Texas, police ELECTION DAYisusuallyamo- long period of time” afterthe said. He was30. The ment of tension and release, of election. However, no presi- Attack took placeascampushosted shooting happenedearly angerand somebitterness, but dentialelection in recent years Sundayinthe Dallas sub- also the closurethat comes with has seen all votes being abookfair attended by Iranian envoy urb of GrandPrairie,police watching Americans choose counted on the dayofthe said. Apolicestatement their next president. election itself, and the results said officers respondedto But this campaign is in- areofficially declared days RAHIMFAIEZ& Mostofthe casualties areportofashooting and evitablyending on afar more later.OnElection Day, media KATHYGANNON were studentsand there found Hassell suffering disturbing note.These dyspep- organisations usuallycall the Hundredsofvehicles gather at TropicalParkinMiamiahead of acar caravaninsupportof KABUL,NOVEMBER2 fromgunshotwounds.He tic final days have been marked election in favour of acandi- Trump, on Sunday. AP were fears thetoll could wastaken to ahospital by threatsofviolent skirmishes dateafter acertain number of ISLAMIC STATEmilitantsin climb further withsome wherehewas pro- and street demonstrationsin votes arecounted,but even AfghanistanstormedKabul of the woundedsaid to nounceddead,police said. places likeBeverly Hills. Store that could be delayedinvery University on Mondayasit Arepresentative for ownersare putting plywood on tight contests.The much Trump supporters block highways hostedabook fair attendedby be in critical condition Hassell told Variety that their windows,anticipating are- largernumber of mailed-in the Iranian ambassador,spark- the shooting appeared to turn of this summer’s unrest. ballots this year due to the ing an hours-long gun battle and beconnectedto acarjack- President Donald Trumphas pandemic arealso likelytode- as tensions play out in the streets leavingatleast22dead and 22 government” gathered at the ing. Police said the motive made it clear that he will not laythe resultsbecause they wounded at the war-torn coun- campus, according to theSITE remainedunder investi- concedeevenifheappears to be take longer to count. Trumphas notcommitted to a try’s largest university. Intelligence Group, whichmon- gation, but that acar had losing—if, forexample, Florida RICKROJAS, peaceful transfer of power. Mostofthe casualties were itors terror online messaging. been takenfromthe scene tiltstoJoe Biden, the Democratic JENNIFERSTEINHAUER Sunday’s incidentscame two studentsand therewerefears The IS statement claimedonly of the shooting. AP presidential nominee. thatall the votes be counted on &EMMAGFITZSIMMONS days afteragroup of Trumpsup- the death toll could climb further twoofits fighters were involved, Speaking to reporters Sunday Election Day. “I don’t thinkitis NOVEMBER2 porters in Texas, driving trucks with some of the woundedsaid and postedtheir photographs, evening, Trumpvowedtomount fair that we have to wait along and wavingTrumpflags, sur- to be in critical condition. whichconflictedwiththe Afghan alegal challengeinPennsylvania period of time,” he said. VEHICLES WITH Trumpflags rounded andslowedaBiden- It wasthe second attackon authorities’reportofthree attack- SWITZERLAND even before allvotes were ‘Plan to declarevictory’ halted trafficonSundayonthe Biden has previously criticised Harriscampaignbusasitdroveon an educational institution in ers. The claim did notindicatethe WHOchiefto counted,whichcould take days Garden StateParkway in New Trumpfor notcondemning Interstate 35,leading to the can- Kabulinasmanyweeks. IS intendedtotargetthe Iranian as mail-in ballots continue to ar- Trumphas reportedlysaid Jerseyand jammedthe Mario hissupporters’actions. Reuters cellation of twoplannedrallies. The Taliban promptly issued envoy or thebook fair. quarantineafter rive afterthe election. that he plans to declare victory Cuomo Bridgebetween TheFBIconfirmedonSundaythat astatement denying theytook Lastweek,ISalso claimeda contactgetsCovid “We’regoing to go in the on election night if early returns Tarrytownand Nyack,New York. it wasinvestigatingthe incident. partinthe assault, whichcame brutal assault on atutoring cen- night of, as soon as that election show him in the lead. But while Another pro-Trumpconvoy in ence”drawn by PresidentDonald On Saturday, Trumptweeted as the insurgentscontinuepeace terinthe Afghan capital’s mostly THE HEAD of the World is over,we’regoinginwithour voters who turn out on Election Virginiaended in atense shout- Trump’s ownevent nearby. avideo of the incidentwith a talkswith representativesof Shia neighbourhood of Dasht-e- HealthOrganisationsays he lawyers,” Trumpsaid. Daytend to skew Republican, ing matchwith protesters as it As the nation races toward message, “I love Texas!” Kabul’s US-backedgovernment, Barchithat killedatleast24stu- will self-quarantine after The President, who has spent the majority of mail-in ballots approachedastatueofRobertE Election Day, the tensions and In NorthCarolina, aget-out- with the aim to help theUnited dentsand woundedmorethan beingidentifiedasacontact months undermining public con- have been castbyDemocrats, Lee in Richmond. acrimony surrounding an ex- the-vote rallyonSaturday ended States finallywithdraw from 100othersonOctober 24. of apersonwhotestedpos- fidence in the election system, meaningearly returnsmay not In Georgia, arallyfor traordinarilydivisive campaign, with the police using pepper Afghanistan. Later in theday,the Thepeace negotiations be- itive forCovid-19. Tedros said that he would also probably accuratelyreflectthe full vote. Democratswas cancelledshortly coming on the heels of asum- spray on some participants, in- Islamic Stategroup claimedre- tweenthe Taliban and the Kabul Adhanom Ghebreyesus mountlegal challenges in other Asked to comment on the re- before it wasscheduledtobegin mer of protests and racial unrest, cluding young children, and sponsibility forthe attack. government, known as intra- wroteonTwitter late states, including Nevada, because port in Philadelphia on Sunday, on Sunday, with organisers wor- arebleeding intoeverydaylife making numerous arrests. As theattackunfolded, stu- Afghan talks, were partofadeal Sundaythat he is “well and the governor thereisaDemocrat. Biden said, “The President is not riedabout what theyfeared and adding further uncertainty Organisers of the rallycalledit dentsandteacherswere seenflee- Washington signedwith the in- without symptoms” but Trumprepeated his desire going to steal this election.” NYT would be a“large militia pres- to an electoralprocess in which flagrant voter suppression. NYT ingthe partofthe campus where surgentsinFebruary. Theyare will self-quarantinein lawandjournalismschoolsarelo- taking place in the Gulf Arab “coming days,inline with cated, while hand grenades ex- stateofQatar,and areseen as WHOprotocols, and work plodedand automatic riflefire Afghanistan’s best chance at from home.”OnMonday, Trump suggests he will trytofire Fauci post-election could be heard. Scores of Afghan peace —though dailybloodshed the UN health agency’s special forces surroundedthe has continued. sought to dispelmisinfor- Fauci, the country’s leading hurt. It’s notagood situation,” Locka airportinthe Miami area, campus, shepherding teachers Afghan media reportedthat mation about Tedros’ self- REUTERS infectious-disease expert who is Fauci told The Washington Post on a“Fire Fauci” chant brokeout. and studentstosafety. abook exhibition wasbeing held isolation,writingonTwitter OPA-LOCKA,NOVEMBER2 director of the National Institute Friday. “Allthe starsare alignedin In response to thechant, The chaos subsidedasthe at the university and attended by that “contrarytosome in- of Allergy and Infectious thewrongplaceasyou go intothe Trumpsaid: “Don’ttell anybody, sun setoverthe Afghan capital anumber of dignitaries at the correct reports,” he has not US PRESIDENT Donald Trump Diseases, has takenissue with fall and winter season, with peo- but letmewait until alittle bit and the Interior Ministry’s time of the shooting. None of the testedpositivehimself. The suggestedearly on Monday that Trump’s repeated assertions that ple congregating at home in- afterthe election.” spokesman, Tariq Arian, said all dignitaries were reportedhurt. WHO is basedinGeneva, he mightseek to fire ahighlyre- theUSfight againstthe virus was doors. Youcould notpossiblybe Fauci is one of the mostpop- three attackers involved in the Iran’s semiofficial ISNAnews where casesare rising. AP spected member of his coron- “rounding the turn” when in fact positionedmorepoorly.” ular health experts in the United assault were killed. agency had reportedSunday avirus task force, AnthonyFauci, tens of thousandsofpeople are When Trumpdefendedhis States, afact that Trumphas The Islamic Stategroup said that Iranian Ambassador PHILIPPINES afterFauci further criticised Fauci is the US’ leading being infected daily. handling of the virus at alate- cited in the pasttoavoid getting it targeted newly graduated Bahador Aminian and cultural Typhoondeath Trump’s handling of the virus. infectious-disease expert “We’reinfor awhole lotof night campaign rallyatOpa- intotangleswith him. “judges and investigators be- attaché Mojtaba Norooziwereto tollrisesto16 longing to the apostate Afghan inauguratethe fair. AP AT LEAST16people were killedasTyphoon Goni Turkey pulls 2girls out of lashedthe Philippines over Hindu homes attacked in Bangladeshafter the weekend,and about 13,000shantiesandhouses rubble 3days after quake were damagedorswept rumours of allegedFBpost ‘slandering’ Islam away in the eastern island provincethatwasfirsthitby ASSOCIATEDPRESS Idil Sirin, Macron fortaking steps against sentimentsonSunday,the report local residentscarriedout arson theferociousstorm,officials IZMIR,NOVEMBER2 14,was PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA “inhumane ideologies”after a quotedQamruzzaman Talukder, attacksonhomes,includingthose said Monday. Goniblasted rescued. DHAKA,NOVEMBER2 teacher in Paris wasdecapitated officer-in-charge of Bangra Bazar of the twowho were arrested. intoCatanduanes province IN WHATone rescueworker AP forshowing caricatures of the Police Station, as saying. Askedwhatmeasurestheau- JohnnyDepp at dawn Sunday as asuper called“amiracle,” extraction THE HOUSES of severalHindu ProphetMuhammad, The headmasterofthe thoritieshavetakenagainsttheat- typhoon with sustained teams brought twogirls out alive families have been vandalised bdnews24.com reported. kindergarten and aresident of tackers, Mir said the administra- windsof 225kilometresper Mondayfromthe wreckageof Rescue workers clappedin and burnedinBangladesh’s The headmasterofakinder- nearbyAndikot village were the tion has swungintoaction. Depp loses libel hour and gusts of 280 kph. their collapsedapartment build- unison Mondayas14-year-old Comilla district over rumours garten school in Purbo Dhour twotobearrested. Qamruzzaman said the But the storm weakened ings in the Turkish city of Izmir, Idil Sirin wasremovedfromthe about an alleged Facebook post welcomedMacron’s action in a “Thesituation is under con- process to file acase over theat- case in UK over considerablyafter making threedays afteranearthquakehit rubble, afterbeing trappedfor 58 slandering Islam, according to a commentonthe post. trol now,”MdAbul Fazal Mir, tack wasunderway. landfall and shifteddirec- Turkey and Greece, killing85. hours.Seven hours later,rescuers media reportonMonday. As the rumours about the deputycommissioner of Cumilla Demonstrations against ‘wife-beater’ tion to spare the capital, Onlookers applaudedinjoy working on another toppled The households were van- Facebook postspread, tension district,told bdnews24.com af- France over caricatures of the Manila, before blowing out and wept with relief as ambu- building extricated three-year- dalisedand later setonfireon mounted in the area on tervisiting the area. Syed Nurul ProphetMuhammad have been claims in tabloid intotheSouthChinaSea.AP lances carrying the girls rushed oldElif Perincek,whose mother Sundayafter aBangladeshi man, Saturday, the reportsaid. Islam, Superintendent of Police, taking place in different Muslim- to hospitals immediately after and twosisters had been rescued who livesinFrance, allegedly Thepolicearrestedtwopeople has also visited the scene. majority countries, including their rescues. twodays earlier. praisedPresident Emmanuel on chargesofhurting religious Thedeputycommissionersaid Bangladesh, forseveral days. PANPYLAS LONDON,NOVEMBER2

JOHNNYDEPPlosthishigh-stakes libelcaseMondayagainsttheSun THE BRITISH JOURNALIST WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST tabloid newspaper forlabelling hima“wife beater,” as aBritish judgepointedto severalepisodes Robert Fisk, veteran foreign correspondent, dies in Dublin at 74 thathesaidshowedtheactor’sex- wifehad feared forher life. JusticeAndrew Nicolsaidthat 1989, described himasthe most beyond,covering almost every backedChristian militiamen andpopularityintheregionforhis the defendantshad proved that ZEINAKARAM celebrated journalist of his era. big storyinthe region, including slaughtered hundredsofoppositiontothe Iraq war—chal- what theypublishedwas “sub- BEIRUT,NOVEMBER2 “Fearless, uncompromising, the Iran-Iraq war, theArab- Palestinian refugees. Earlier that lengingtheofficialUSgovernment stantiallytrue”duringatrial in determinedand utterly commit- Israeli conflict,the warinAlgeria, year,hewas also thefirstforeign narrative of weapons of mass de- London over the summerthatin- VETERAN BRITISH journalist tedtouncoveringthetruthandre- the conflict in Afghanistan, journalisttoreportonthe scale of structionasitlaidthegroundwork cludedlurid accountsfromDepp Robert Fisk,one of the best- alityatallcosts,RobertFiskwasthe Saddam Hussein’s invasion of theHamamassacrein1982,when forthe 2003 invasion —and dis- and AmberHeardinwhicheach known Middle Eastcorrespon- greatestjournalist of his genera- Kuwait, the US invasion and oc- then-SyrianPresidentHafezAssad puting US and Israeli policies. accusedtheotherof abuse.Depp’s dentswho spent his career re- tion,” said Christian Broughton, cupationofIraq, the Arab Spring launchedawithering assault on Hewasoneof thefewjournal- lawyerssaid theywouldappeal. porting from the troubledregion managingdirectorof thenewspa- and Syria’s civil war. His report- the rebellious city in central Syria, ists who interviewedOsama bin Depp suedNewsGroup and wonaccolades forchalleng- per.“The fire he lit at The ing earnedhim awards, but also levelling entireneighbourhoods Ladenseveraltimes.AftertheSept Newspapers,publisherofTheSun, ing mainstream narrativeshas Independentwillburnon,”hesaid. invited controversy,particularly andkillingthousandsinoneof the 11,2011attacks andthe subse- and the newspaper’s executive diedafter ashortillness, his em- Born in Kent, in the United his coverage of the Syria conflict. mostnotorious massacres in the quent US invasion of Iraq, he trav- editor,DanWootton,overanApril ployer said Monday. He was74. Kingdom,Fiskbeganhiscareer on Fisk in asuburb of Damascus,Syria, in 2018.Hehas spent his Afearless, bespectacledand modern Middle East. elledtothe Pakistan-Afghan bor- 2018 articlethataccused him of Fisk,whose reporting often FleetStreetatthe SundayExpress. entirecareer reportingfromthe Middle Eastand has won cheerful personalitybristling “So sad to lose atrue friend der,where he wasattackedbya assaultingfellow actor Heard. sparkedcontroversy,died He went on to work for The Times, accolades forchallenging mainstream narratives. AP with energy,Fisk wasoften the and agreat journalist. The temple group of Afghan refugees. Fornow,the ruling dealsabig SundayatahospitalinDublin, wherehewas basedinNorthern firstreportertoarriveatthe of truthisgone,” said Marwan He later wroteabout the inci- blowtoDepp’s reputation that shortlyafter he wastaken there Ireland, Portugal and the Middle scene of astory. Chukri, director of the Foreign dent from the refugees’ perspec- could damagealucrative movie afterfalling ill at his home in the East. He movedtoBeirutin1976, and live from an apartmentlo- until his death. In 1982, he wasone of thefirst Press Centreatthe Information tive,describing his beating by career,whichhas seen theactor Irishcapital. The Independent, ayear afterthe country’s civil war cated on theLebanese capital’s From his base in Beirut, Fisk journalistsattheSabraandShatila MinistryinBeirut. refugeesasa“symbolof thehatred take thelead in severalpopular wherehehad worked since brokeout, and continuedto work famedMediterranean corniche travelledacross the Mideastand camp in Beirut, whereIsraeli- Fisk gained particularfame and furyofthis filthywar”. AP familymovies. AP

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST ECONOMY WATCH ARBITRARY,HIGHLEVYBREEDSINEFFICIENCIES: FINANCESECY AUCTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL COALMINING OCTOBER DATA Strong competition on ‘Customsduty:Needjudicious Day 1: Vedanta bid for Indicators hint at Odisha mine highest demand revival; use,hastobephasedoutslowly’ Acloser look at the regression juicesto mobilephones.InBudget ENSECONOMICBUREAU TOPBIDDERS AANCHALMAGAZINE dataofIndia’s imports of rawma- 2020-21, the government had NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 caution prevails NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 terials, intermediategoods,capi- hiked import duties on over 100 ANDTHEMINES taland consumer goods in the categories of productsacrosssec- THE FIRSTauction of coal blocks THE GOVERNMENT proposes to weightedaverageofimporttariffs tors, including certain food items, forcommercial mining waskick- VEDANTARESOURCES: Manufacturing PMI India Biz Resumption Index slowlyphase out the hikein during1990-2017shows thatwith furniture,footwear,householdap- startedonMonday, withfive Odisha’sRadhikapur 60 58.9 Customs duties leviedearlier for even 1per cent increase in tariff, pliances, parts of mobile phones, mines goingunder the hammer. West coal mine. 82.2 82.1

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40 84.4 protectionof domesticmanufac- the imports decline by around andtoys.Morerecently, inOctober, VedantaResourcesemergedasthe 80.8 83.3 80.3

79 turing.High, arbitraryCustoms $2billiononanaverage,thusmak- a5per cent Customs duty wasin- highestbidder forOdisha’s AURBINDOREALITY 20 duty ratesbreed inefficiencies ing acase forimproving the man- troduced on open cell —a RadhikapurWestcoalmine,offer- and Infrastructure: 0 and thereisaneedtohave“judi- ufacturingbase of the country, it keycomponentinTVpanel ing 21 percent revenue sharefor Takli Jena BelloraNorth

Sept 2019 Oct 2020 01 06 13 20 27 04 11 18 25 Note: Reading below 50 suggests contraction cious use” of Customs duty, AJAYBHUSHANPANDEY said.Intheexportbasket,thehigh- manufacturing. themine,whichhasestimatedre- and Takli Jena Bellora Oct Oct Oct Oct and above it indicates expansion Nov Sept Sept Sept Sept Source: IHS Markit Source: Nomura Finance SecretaryAjayBhushan FinanceSecretary estshareisofconsumer goods, TheFinanceSecretaryalsosaid servesof 312 milliontonnesof coal South coal mines in Pandeysaid. whichare manufacturedproducts, the government has movedto- withapeakcapacityof 6.0million Maharashtra. Power demand Petrol/diesel sales (% change, y-o-y, 2020) (in thousand tonnes) “... we willensurethat on the followedbyintermediategoods wardsplugging the loopholes for tonnesper annum. Customsdutyfront,we have avery items ranging from apples and al- and these twoattract highesttar- misuse in rules of origin forim- The auctions will include 14 HINDALCO: Chakla 20 8,000 12.1 Diesel 6,790 judicious use of Customs duty. monds to cellphone parts. iffsintheimportbasket,thusmak- ports.The earlier rules of origin morecoal blocks andare setto coal mine in Jharkhand. 10 6,000 6,942 Having arbitraryhigh Customs In itsresearch report on ing acase againstthe fact that would result in alot of misuse as continuetillNovember9,withthe 0 3.9 4,000 dutybreedsinefficienciesandthe Monday,StateBank of Indiaalso higher tariffs have notprotected unscrupulouselementswouldtry successful bidders to be an- YAZDANI -10 2,000 consumersaswelldomesticman- statedthatthecountryneedsto fo- theseindustries. “Othercountries to bypass the rules, whichinturn, nouncedbyNovember 11. INTERNATIONAL: 2,456 2,629 -20 Petrol -23.2 0 ufacturing suffer. So, what is re- cusmoreonincreasingproductiv- with muchlower tariffstructures wouldimpactdomesticmanufac- “Thefirstday of auctionof coal MarkiMangliIImine -30 Jan Oct* quired is areasonable amount of ity and less on importtariffs in its have built manufacturingbases, turing. “In the lastbudget,we mines forsale of coal sawstrong inMaharashtra. Jan Apr Oct *extrapolated from PSU retail sales Customs duty foralevel playing questfor Atmanirbhar Bharat. whichhavehelpedthem in their amendedthe Customs Act, new andhealthycompetitionamong Oct sales in units (Mumbai) On track field, and it has to also be phased “After2004,Indiasawrapidreduc- exports,” it said. rules of origin have comewhich thebidders,”saidagovernmentre- JMS MINING: Urtan No. of sale documents registered Freight loading Freight revenue outslowlyonceasectorhasdevel- tioninAHSWeighted Average(%) The government had levieda have become effective from lease, noting that the auction mine in Madhya Pradesh. (million tonne) (` crore, RHS) oped,” Pandeytold The across all product categories. 10 percentbasicCustomsdutyfor September this year and nowim- process forsome of the mines 7,929 125 12,500 6,377

6,068 10,405 5,811 5,668 10,728 5,225 4,902 4,483 100 10,000 Indian Express. Despite the reducedtariffs,India smartphones effective July2017 porters arebound to specifywhat lastedfor “3-4 hours”. 2,619 75 7,500 This marks adeparturefrom has one of the highestweighted oncoveredcellularmobilephones, is the value addition is happening Aurbindo Reality and Jharkhand, offering a14.25 per 5,000 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 ‘17 ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 50 the earlier stance as the govern- averagetariffsintheworldof man- andpartslikecharger, battery,key- so that theyhavetaken Customs Infrastructurewasthehighestbid- cent revenue sharetothe govern- 25 2,500

Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct menthasprogressivelyraisedim- ufacturers,comprising both con- pad, USB cable, whichwas later dutyexemptions.So,suchmisuse derfortheTakliJenaBelloraNorth mentfor rightstomine. With re- Source: Department of registrations and 0 106.5 108.07 0 stamps, Government of Maharashtra, Feb Oct portdutiesforanumberof manu- sumer and capital goods,” the SBI raisedto15percentin December. usedtohappen, whichusedtoaf- and Takli Jena BelloraSouth coal gard to MarkiMangli II minein Knight Frank Research 2020 2020 factured productsincluding reportsaid. The duty on TV sets wasraisedto fect domestic manufacturing, de- minesinMaharashtra,offeringthe Maharashtra, Yazdani Intern- television,mobilesandhousehold During 2004-2017,India’s 20 per cent from 15 percent in prive the domestic manufacturer government arevenue shareof ationalbidthehighestat30.75per 13-year high, while sales, too, appliances over the lastsix years. shareinglobal manufacturing in- December2017.InFebruary2018, from alevel playing field. So with 30.75percentforthemineswhich centrevenuesharing. JMSMining ENSECONOMICBUREAU improveddramatically. In itsprevioustenure,the NDA creasedby1.5 percentagepoints, Customsdutieswere hikedacross these things, domestic manufac- have reserves of 117.26 metric Pvt Ltd bid the highestfor Urtan NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 Electricitygeneration, a governmenthadengagedinatar- while China gaineda18per cent 46 items spanning imported turing,economywillmovefor- tonnes. Hindalco wasthe highest mineinMadhya Pradesh at 10.50 closeproxyforeconomicactiv- iffhiking spree covering over 400 share, the report said. brandedgoods ranging from fruit ward,” he said. bidder forthe Chakla coal mine in per cent revenue sharing. AREVIVAL of demand seen in ities, rose forasecond straight September apparentlygath- month in October,registering ered moresteam in October, a12.1percentyear-on-year(y- GSTCOMPENSATION SHORTFALL with asurge in certain early o-y)rise,against4.6percentin US ELECTIONS high-frequencyindicators,like the previous month. Diesel 2nd tranche: Centretotransfer manufacturing PMI, power consumptioninOctober rose WITHBIDENBETSANDTRUMPHEDGES,INVESTORSGETREADY generation, auto salesand rail 6.6 per cent. freight, and even fuel sales. Auto sales,too,zoomed in Four yearsafter Donald Trump’ssurprise Presidential victoryroiled markets, `6,000 cr to 16 states and 3UTs This lends some credence October,drivenbyfestive de- investorsare prepared forshort-term trading turmoil and major long-term to thenotionthattheeconomy mand.Mirroringtheimprove- policy shifts, according to a Reuters report cialwindowtilldateandtheloans maybehealingfasterfromthe ment in leading gauges, the ENSECONOMICBUREAU BORROWING raisedbythe Centre would be re- BIGGESTWORRY Covid-inducedshock thanan- NomuraIndia Business HOWTHE MARKETS NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 DONEAT4.42% leased on aback-to-backbasis to ticipated earlier.But analysts Resumption Indeximproved FORMARKETS: REACTED? states/UTs. warnthatthedurabilityof this to 82.4 in October,arise of 2.6 Theoutcomemostlikelyto ■ Asof02:04p.m.EST,the THE FINANCE Ministryon ■ This round of borro- This second round of borrow- rebound, seeminglyaidedby pointsfrom80.3inSeptember shakemarkets—atleastinthe DowJonesIndustrialAverage Mondaysaid it will transfer the wing wasdone at an ingwasdone at an interestof4.42 spilloverofpent-up demand and 73.6 in August. nearterm—isnoimmediate wasup225.46points,or0.85 second tranche of borrowing interestof4.42 per cent, percent, whichislower thanthe post-lockdown, can be estab- “However, it remains to be outcomeatall.Marketsfeara percent,at26,727.06 worthRs6,000croreforcompen- whichislower than the costofborrowings forthe states lished only if the momentum seenwhetherthismomentum contestedelection ■ EuropeansharesMonday sation shortfall to 16 states and 3 costofborrowings for andUTs,thusbenefitingthem,the outlasts the festiveseason. outlivesthe festival-ledactiv- UnionTerritoriesincludingAndh- the states and UTs, thus Finance Ministrysaid. The first WHAT WOULD BE recoveredfrom1-monthlows TheNikkeiManufacturing ity surge.Wealso remain cau- ra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, benefiting them, the tranchelastmonthwasborrowed GOOD NEWS? Purchasing Managers'Index tious on the potential reversal ■ TheSensexsettled143.51 Karnataka,PuducherryandDelhi. Finance Ministrysaid. at 5.19 percent. (PMI), compiledbyIHS of pandemic gains in Nove- Adecisivevictoryofeither points,or0.36percent,higher The Centrehad on October 23 The Finance Ministryhad last Markit, rose to 58.9 in October mber-December,asthefestive TrumporDemocratic at39,757.58.Brentcrude transferredRs6,000 croreto16 monthsaidtheCentrewouldbor- from September's 56.8. A season drawsdown,” Sonal JoeBiden,wouldbe pricesfelltoalowof$35.74 states and2UTs of Delhi and latest to optfor borrowing under rowfromthemarket andthenact reading over 50 indicates eco- VarmaandAurodeepNandiof goodnewsforstocks perbarrel,alevelnotseensince Jammu and Kashmir,takingthe the special windowand has been as an intermediarytoarrange nomic expansion. Man- Nomura said in areporton lateMay,laterrecoveringto totalborrowedamountunderthe includedinthe second tranche. back-to-backloans to paythe GST ufacturing output toucheda Monday. FE Source: Reuters tradeup1.69%at$38.58 specialwindowtoRs12,000crore. With this, 21 states and 3Union compensation shortfall of Rs 1.1 Puducherry has become the Territorieshaveoptedforthe spe- lakhcrore to stategovernments. What led to the 8.6% fall in RIL shares? HDFC Q2 net falls 27.5%

September and stole all the lime- tail arm in the wake of the Covid Experts saywhen shareprices Sept, Oct see strongestrecoverysince outbreak SANDEEPSINGH light with recordfund-raising of pandemic and lockdown. had hit over Rs 2,300per share, &GEORGEMATHEW over Rs 1.5lakh crorefromglobal manyfelt theyhad missedthe op- NEWDELHI/MUMBAI,NOV2 investorsintoits telecomand re- What is the wayforward? portunity to buy itsshares and so ENSECONOMICBUREAU PNB profit tail arms over lastsix months, the IsthesharpfallonMonday the forthem the current fall provides MUMBAI,NOVEMBER2 jumps 22% SHARE PRICE of Reliance sharp fall comes both as adamp- endofthe fairytale run of the the opportunity to enter the stock Industries —India’slargest com- ener forsome andop- scrip?Brokeragehouses forlong term gains. While some HOME MORTGAGEfirm HDFC NewDelhi: Punjab National panybyprofitability and market portunity forothers. don’tfeelso.Fundman- global investment firms like Ltd has reporteda27.56 percent Bank(PNB)onMondaysaidit capitalisation —fell sharplyby8.6 agers and analysts feel Macquarie have talked abouta42 declineinnetprofitforthequarter witnesseda22per cent in- per cent on Monday, bringing its What ledtothe sharp that since the stockwas per cent further downside in RIL endedSeptember 2020 (Q2) at crease in netprofittoRs totalmarketcap down by Rs 1.23 fall on Monday? richly valued, the weak shares, thereare some whofeel Rs 2,870 croreasagainstRs3,962 620.81crore forthe quarter lakhcrore (taking intoaccount The sell-offwas trig- quarterly resultsgavea since thereisnofresh trigger for croreinthe year-agoperiod. endedSeptember30oneas- both fullyand partlypaid shares), geredbythe weak sec- reasonformanytobook priceriseasmostoftheinvestment HDFCVice Chairman and ing of bad loans. PTI or$16.6billion,fromRs14.37lakh ond quarterresultsbythe com- profitsand that resulted intofur- deals have been announced, the CEO Keki Mistrysaid individual croreonFriday to Rs 13.14lakh panywith the netprofitfalling 15 ther decline of the shareprice as scripmayremainrangeboundand disbursementsduringthe quar- croreonMonday. per cent to Rs 9,567crore in the the dayproceeded. itcouldbeagoodtimeforinvestors terended September 2020 were and October 2020 have seen the Forastock that rose 170per September quarterdue to asharp to accumulateits shares. at 95 per cent levels of theprevi- strongestrecovery since the out- centfromlows of Rs 875inMarch declineinrefiningmarginsto $5.7 Does it throw open an Fullreport on ous year. break of the pandemic,” Mistry to hitahigh of Rs 2,368 in perbarrelandweaknessinthere- opportunity to invest? www.indianexpress.com “The months of September said in aconference call. BRIEFLY Expert committee rejects Dr Reddy’s Lastdatefor proposalfor remdesivir’sfull approval ECLGS:Nov30 ceptedbythe Central Drugs NewDelhi: The government ENSECONOMICBUREAU The panel’s suggestions StandardControl Organisation on Mondayextendedthe NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 come nearly twoweeks (CDSCO), would mean that India EmergencyCreditLineGua- wouldnotfollowtheUSdrugreg- rantee Scheme (ECLGS) for ASUBJECT expertcommittee afterthe US Food and Drug ulator’sleadingrantingremdesivir MSMEstillNovember30,as (SEC) under the nation’s topdrug Administration approved fullmarketingapproval.“Afterde- the scheme has failedto regulatorybodyhasrejectedapro- the drug as arecognised taileddeliberation,thecommittee reachthe target Rs 3lakh posal by Hyderabad-headquar- treatment forCovid-19 did notrecommend forgrant of croreofsanctions. teredDrReddy’s Laboratories to full marketing authorisation and grantfullmarketingauthorisation opinedthatapprovalforrestricted forantiviral remdesivir. nearly twoweeksafter the US emergencyuseof thedrugshould AdityaPurito Theexpertpanel’srecommen- FoodandDrugAdministrationap- continue,”statedtheSECinitsrec- joinCarlyle dations, whichsuggestthat India proved thedrug as arecognised ommendations on October 29. shouldcontinue withrestricted treatment forCovid-19. The minutes of the panel’s meet- NewDelhi: Former HDFC emergency use of the drug, come The recommendations, if ac- ingwere madepubliconMonday. BankMD&CEO AdityaPuri will join privateequity ma- jor Carlyle on investment opportunities across Asiaas UPI transactionscross 2bn/month in Oct asenior advisor. PTI CorporationofIndia(NPCI).The cash has forced usersand busi- ENSECONOMICBUREAU totalvalue of these transactions nesses to shiftprioritiestoon- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER2 stood at Rs 3.8 trillion, up from line payments nearly overnight. ‘Octjoblessrate Rs 3.2 trillion in September,the Forexample, in May, which risesto6.98%’ THE TOTALnumber of transac- datashowed. sawcomplete lockdown, the tions conducted on the Bharat As of October,asmanyas189 number of transactions done NewDelhi: Unemployment Interface forMoney-Unified bankswereusing the UPI plat- through UPI stood at 1,234.5 mil- rate in Octoberrose to 6.98 PaymentsInterface (BHIM-UPI), form developedbythe NPCI, lion transaction, while in June per centfrom6.67per cent known moresimplyasthe UPI compared to 141inthe corre- and July, whenlockdown meas- in September,asper the crossedthe 2billion transac- sponding month ayear ago. The ures were relaxed alittle, the Centre forMonitoring tions count amonth in October, platformhas seen tremendous number of transactions stood at Indian Economy. REUTERS according to the datareleased growth over the lasteight 1,336.9 millionand 1,497.3mil- by NationalPayments months as the limited use of lion, respectively. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,NOVEMBER3,2020 WATSON LIKELY TO QUIT TopAustralian all-rounder Shane Wa tsonhas decided to call time on his competitive cricket career after Chennai SuperKings' exit from the Indian Premier League. While Wa tson has not made anyofficial announcement,ithas been learnt that afterCSK ended 14 SPORT their IPL campaign on Sundaywith awin over Kings XI Punjab,the senior player told his teammates about the decisiontoretirefrom all forms of cricket. PTI

BRIEFLY POINTSTABLE ADCmarvel Team Matches Won Lost Pts NRR Sindhu‘retires’, MI 13 9418 1.296 DC 14 8616 -0.109 clarifiesnotfrom RCB 14 7714 -0.172 Delhibounce backafter 4losses in arow to beat RCBand take 2ndspot; Kohli’s team qualifies too KKR 14 7714 -0.214 badminton SRH 13 6712 0.555 Worldcham- KXIP 14 6812 -0.162 pion PV SYNOPSIS Hugecredit goes to Shikhar CSK 14 6812 -0.455 Sindhu cre- Rahane returns to form afterDC Dhawan, who scored a41-ball RR 14 6812 -0.569 ated astir on showbowling discipline 54.Hetook the attacktothe OrangeCap KL Rahul (670 runs) Mondayby posting "I opposition upfront, allowing Purple Cap KRabada(25 wkts) Retire" on so- Rahane to settle down. The two cial media SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY India stalwarts added88runs FINALPLAYOFFSPOT: SRH OR KKR? onlytofollow NOVEMBER2 and DC were home and dry. ● Delhi Capitals sealedsecond spot it up with alengthystatement declar- in the pointstable. Theywill face ingthat shewould actuallybesaying RIDINGONafine partnership between Mumbai Indians in Qualifier1and goodbye to "the negativity,fear,and Shikhar Dhawan and AjinkyaRahane, Delhi even if theylose that game, will geta uncertainty" triggered by theCOVID- Capitalsendedtheirfour-matchlosing processofcutting loose. He hit afabulous second chance to makethe final as 19 pandemic.The Olympic silver- streak to finish second in the pointstable. loftedcover driveoff Kagiso Rabada forafour theywill playQualifier 2. medallist, who is currentlyinLondon It givesthemthe leewayofanextragame before lifting Pateloverlong-on. Ashwin to work on her nutrition and recovery in the playoffs, as theybeat Royal made atimelyintervention. As forNortje, he ● RoyalChallengers Bangalorehave needs at the Gatorade Sports Science Challengers Bangalorebysix wicketsinAbu came backbrilliantlytomakeaserious im- also made it to theplayoffsand will Institute, startedher rather stunning Dhabi on Monday.RCB, too, qualified, pact with the ball. The wickets of awell-set be one of the teams contesting the postbysaying that the "DenmarkOpen thankstotheir better netrun rate than Devdutt Padikkal and the dangerous Chris Eliminator. wasthe final straw. IRetire". She was KolkataKnight Riders. Morris inside three deliveriesthwartedRCB’s ● The identity of their opponents referringtoher pullout from the event Afterposting 152/7,RCB had to take the progress in the slog overs. will be decided by Tuesday’s final due to the pandemic. "...I'm writing to- game deep to ensurethat theygothrough. Padikkal scored afinehalf-centurybut league game between MI and daytotell youthat I'm done...Not be- Theystayput on 14 pointsbut as DC sur- there’s one aspect of his game he would like SunrisersHyderabad. If the latter ing able to represent India in the passedtheirtotal in 19 overs, RCB’s netrun to look into. The left-hander occasionallyex- emerge victorious,theywill makeit, DenmarkOpen wasthe last straw," rate remainedabove KKR’s. poses his offstump while facing fast bowlers. or else KolkataKnightRiders will go Sindhu's note stated."Today, Ichoose Speedsters liketosee the stumps, forthey through.. to retirefromthis current sense of un- Rahane returns to form believe if they can see them, theycan hit rest.Iretirefromthis negativity,the Foraplayerofhis pedigree, Rahane had them. On Monday, Padikkal made room and ●LIVE constant fear,uncertainty.Ichoose to been going through alengthyform slump. triedtohit a152kphdeliveryfromNortje TUESDAY: SRH vs MI 7:30pm retirefromacomplete lackofcontrol Exclusion from India’s white-ball set-up af- over cover. over the unknown," she said. fected hisconfidence and this year,after He wasbeaten forpace and castled. Qualifier 1 makingthe switch from RajasthanRoyals Morris wasdone in by extrabounce. NOV5: DC vs MI 7:30pm wherehewas thecaptain lastterm, Rahane’s Nortje returnedwith three wickets, but 2DDCAemployees game time had been limited.Inthe previous it wasacollective effort by DC bowlers. contractcoronavirus five matches,hebarelymade anycontribu- Delhi’s AjinkyaRahanescored 60 off46balls, playingorthodoxcricket. BCCI/IPL Rabada wasexcellent forhis 2/30. Ashwin tion with the bat. His footwork looked ten- teasedthe batsmen and Daniel Sams, too, Chuffed with the The FerozShah Kotla premises is un- tative,his approachcagey. waspretty tight upfront before conceding 17 performance. We knew it was dergoinganotherroundof sanitisation Today, cominginatNo. 3after Prithvi opposition upfront, allowing Rahane to set- startwith. When he steppedout to an Axar runs in his final over. adoordie and we just drive aftertwo Delhi&DistrictsCricket Shawyet again fell cheaply, Rahane played tle down. The twoIndiastalwarts added88 Pateldelivery,hedidn’t time it properly.It Until the 15th over,RCB were going at un- focused on the win, not NRR. Association (DDCA) employees have assertive cricket.Heshowedintent with two runs and DC were home and dry. wasasimple catchatlong-on, but Nortje lost der sevenruns per over. AB de Villiers and The teams who won in the tested positive forCOVID-19, days be- fours in an over againstIsuru Udana. He his footing and droppedit. ShivamDubeuppedthe ante, but de Villiers latter half completely fore thestate unit'selections. However, sweptbeautifullyagainstYuzvendra Chahal DC showbowling discipline But Ashwin ensured that Nortje’s blem- wasrun out in the final over,trying to go for the elections forthe postoftreasurer and came down the trackagainstShahbaz Earlier AnrichNortje might well have ish didn’t provecostly. Kohli wasdroppedon an improbable second.Together,DCbowlers changed the scenario. It's a and four directorswillbeheld as per Ahmedtohit asix. Rahane scored 60 off46 droppedthe match, had Ravichandran 13,Ashwin removedhim on 29. The off-spin- restricted RCBtoaverychaseable total. really competitive schedule from November 5to8atthe balls, playing orthodoxcricket.When he Ashwin and Marcus Stoinis notbailedhim ner wastaking paceoff theball and one such BRIEF SCORES: Delhi Capitals 154for 4 tournament for sure.” Kotlapremises."Two employeesNeeraj triedtoplayanuncharacteristic reverse out.Inamust-win game to secure atop-two delivery forced Kohli to mistime again. The (Rahane 60,Dhawan54, Ahmed 2-26) beat Sharma and Pradeep Banerjee have sweep, he got out. spotfor theplayoffs, dropping ViratKohli skier went to Stoinis at deep mid-wicketwho RoyalChallengers Bangalore152 for7 SHREYAS IYER tested COVID-19 positive and have Huge credit also goes to Dhawan, who could have been costly. The RoyalChallengers grabbed it with both hands. (Padikkal 50, de Villiers 35,Nortje 3-33) by DELHI CAPITALS’ SKIPPER been advised18days of home quaran- scored a41-ball54. He took the attacktothe Bangalorecaptain had been circumspect to Following the reprieve,Kohliwas in the six wickets. tine.Theirofficeshave beenshutdown and entirepremiseswill be sanitised," DDCAjointsecretaryRajanManchanda told PTIonMonday.Heinformedthat Why Charlton’s dementia puts focus back on headers elections will be held as per schedule. "Theelections areonasper schedule and all kinds of health safetyprotocols first, Shearer wasmade to head aball –which tia. The four others areRay Wilson (diedin CardiffUniversity pointedto six cases of play- areinplace,"Manchanda said. MIHIRVASAVDA weighs close to 500gm–20times. 2018), Martin Peters (diedlastyear), Nobby ers in 60s developing dementia having played DELHI,NOVEMBER2 Immediatelyafter,hehad to take the same Stiles and Charlton’s brother Jack, both of foranaverage of 26 years. Four showedsigns testsagain. The result postheading showed whom diedthis year.The team’s manager, of CTE adding that the risk was‘extremely Balebacktowinning ALMOSTONE-fifth of the 260 career goals changes in the waythe brain communicated Alf Ramsey, also had dementia. low’ from playing recreational football. waysatTottenham Alan Shearer scored–the mostinEnglish with muscles and impulses took alittle Premier League history –came from head- longer to travel down the nerves. Is thereany evidence to suggestheaders Howdid the footballworld respondto GarethBale soared intothe air, con- ers,askill he practicedover100 times aday This, aUniversity of British Columbia re- increaseddementiarisk? thesestudies? nectedwith the ball and poweredit in training formorethan 20 years. search in 2018 said, happens The firstlink wasmade in In November 2015,the USAbecame the intothe net. It's takenmorethan Three years ago, Shearer,50, underwent a because the blood levels of pro- 2014.In2002, former England in- firstcountrytoban headersfor children

sevenyears but Bale wasTottenham's raft of tests–including an MRI –tocheckif teins associated with damage ED ternationalJeffAstle, diagnosed under-11tohelp reduce concussion. The match-winner again. And it had only heading the ball had causedany damageto One of England’s greatestfootballers to nerve cells increase after with dementia, diedaged59. move also helpedinreducinginjuries; required three minutes on the field for his brain. The testswereapartofBBC docu- Sir BobbyCharltonhas been diagnosed headingthe ball. Scientists say Medical experts told the coroner, since heading wasnot allowed, the ball was AIN the substitutetoclincha2-1 victory mentaryAlan Shearer:Dementia,Football and with dementia. Reuters more thaninamatch, it is the as per reports,that the damageto notloftedinthe air and thus, chances of

over Brighton on Sunday. Apartfrom Me, in whichheinvestigates thelink between repeatedpractice drills that PL Astle’s brain wasaresultofre- heads colliding or elbows being smashed the emptystadium, due to ongoing the sportand the syndrome. The one-hour cause greaterharm.The risk peated minortrauma, ‘probably significantlyreduced.

EX E● pandemic restrictions, this wasthe feature dugdeep into growing fearsworld- risk of Alzheimer’s, afour-fold increase in wasgreater among players causedbyheading aheavy leather In Februarythis year,England, Scotland type of moment Bale imaginedpro- wide thatheadingafootballincreasesthe risk motorneurone disease and atwo-fold in- from the older generations football’. In 2014,there wasare- and Ireland also barred players aged under- ducingonhis return to Tottenham af- of dementia and dying because of it. On crease in Parkinson’s”. since the balls usedthen were alot heavier. examination of Astle’s brain and it wasre- 12 from heading the ball during training. But terseven years. While Arsenal cele- Sundaycame the news that EnglandWorld This, the researchers concluded,was be- vealedhehad diedfromChronic Traumatic theycan still do that in games. Coaches use brated itsfirstleague win at Old Cup winner BobbyCharlton, regarded cause of the damage to the brain due to re- What made thoseballs heavier? Encephalopathy (CTE). softballs in training to develop aplayer’s Trafford in 14 years, thankstoPierre- England’s greatest, had developeddementia. peated heading of the football over aperiod The inner bladders were made of strong heading technique. Experts in Turkey,too, EmerickAubameyang's penalty, But as Shearer had learnt, the arguments of time. But it wasnot conclusive.Itisargued rubber while the outer layerwas formedof What is CTE? have recommendedthe same. ManchesterUnitedisreeling from its aren’t as blackand whiteashis stripes at that physical contact during amatch–like leather,with stitches cut out. These balls It is adisease that causes severe damageto However, with no conclusive evidence worststart to aseason in 48 years. Newcastle United,for whom he scored more an elbowtoplayers’ head –can also be afac- were particularly uncomfortable to play– the brain because of repeated head injuries linking headingtodementia,nouniform rule Onlyseven pointshavebeen collected than half of his goals. toralong with acombination of lifestyle and and especially head –inwet-weather con- and is linkedto memoryloss, depression and by FIFAexists. from itsfirstsix games of the league genetic factors. ditions as the leather would absorb the rain dementia.Formerboxers aremostcom- season, with no wins at home forOle Can playingfootball lead to dementia? water, thus becoming heavier.The newtype monlydiagnosedwith it, however, therehave Have players in India sufferedfromthis? Gunnar Solskjaer's 15th-place side Last year,the Guardian quoted aland- Howdoesheading the ball affect the wasintroduced1970World Cuponwards. been instances of CTE in manyothercontact LegendaryIndian striker PK Banerjee was “Firsthalf we neverturnedup,” markstudy by UniversityofGlasgow, reveal- brain? Incidentally, Charlton is the fifthplayerfrom sports likepro wrestling, mixed martial arts, diagnosedwith dementia before he passed Solskjaersaid afterhis 100thmatch ing that “former professional footballers are ScientistsatScotland’s University for England’s 1966 WorldCup-winning cam- ice hockey,rugby,baseball, Australian rules away this year.Thereare,however, no restric- in charge of United. AGENCIES three-and-a-halftimes morelikelytosuffer Sporting Excellence conductedvarious cog- paign, the lastmajor tournament with the football and, of course, football.A 2017 re- tions on players across all agegroups head- from dementia… five-fold increase in the nitive testsonShearerintwo parts. Afterthe old-style balls, to be diagnosed withdemen- search by University College London and ing the ball, in matches or duringtraining.

WOMEN’S T20 CHALLENGE No access to cricket on TV, now ready to play ‘live’: Chantamadvances

takenfor granted in countries wherecricket T20 WorldCup.Thailand’s coachisHarshal throughthe gap. Our (hers and her batting DEVENDRAPANDEY is amainstream sport-likeaturf pitch-have In Thailand, channels showing live Pathak,aformer cricketerfromPune. He in- partner’s)approachisdifferent,my planis(to) MUMBAI,NOVEMBER2 notbeen easilyavailable. Improving her game cricket are not available. We forms her nickname is Jean and describes hit through the gapand give herthe strike,” by switching on the TVtooproveddifficult. needed to buy an extra TV box to Chantam as an opener with asharpmindwho Chantam added. Whichexplains herchoice NOT MANY cricketcareers would stutter for “In Thailand,channels showinglivecricket receive the signal. Otherwise, it can bat at anyposition. of Mithali Rajand ViratKohliasfavourite wantof aTVset-top box-anadditionalsecond arenot available. We neededtobuy an extra was just highlights on social “Her game sense is immense and she reads Indian cricketers. one in the family.For NatthakanChantam TVboxtoreceive the signal. Otherwise, it was media platforms. They (family) matchsituations muchbetterthan others. At She lovesagood challengethough: like (pronounced: na-taa-kaan chan-taam), justhighlightsonsocial media platforms,” the same time, her strokesare world-class. English batter Danni Wyatt in full flow. “I Thailand's right-hand opening bat and pacer, Chantam told The IndianExpress. were confused because they don’t The fiftyshe scored againstPakistanbowling wanna see howaggressive she can bat trying to capturethe signal of acricketrelay- Everypiece of playing gear tooneededto know much about cricket or what brought her in the limelight,”Pathaksaid. The againstus,” the pacer told ICC, adding South ing-channelinBangkokbecame crucialwhen be imported-fromIndia, Australia or this Women’s T20 League means coachwould ensure the Thai team spent an African Lizelle Li’s quickbowling is another she felt the needtowatchwhat authentic Malaysia. “Weneededtoplaninadvance if we to cricket players. Itold them this extended stint at Pune's CadenceAcademy, source of inspiration. cricketatthe topmostlevel looked like. had to buy cricketequipment,” she added. is big, so they are excited for me” soaking in the skills. She admitstobeing pleasantlysurprised The AssociateNation player’s onlywin- when chosen forthe Challenger. “I could not dowintothe game were highlightson True calling NATTHAKAN CHANTAM Smartcricketer believe it because Idid notexpect to be cho- YouTubeand Facebook,whichshe soon Chantam startedplaying cricket with TRAILBLAZERS’ PLAYER Chantam’s farfromthe impetuous crick- sen. It wasalot of emotions when Ifirst outgrew.This week,the exuberant Thai will herschool team in her thirdgrade. “I did- eter who’ll use aggressive battingasthe best heardthe news.Iwas shocked, delighted, be on TV herselfaspartofBCCI’sWomen's n’t knowcricketbackthen. As asportsper- Allthiswhile,herparentswouldstayalit- me,”Chantam said.“My friendswere verycu- recourse andperishif thebig hitdoesn’tcome excited and nervous. Assoon as Irealised T20 Challenger tournament in UAE, ahistoric son, Iwas keen to trynew games and was tle boggledabout this newsport, even when rious. When Itriedasimple explanation that off.Chantamrespectsthe cricketingsingle,ro- that Iwould be joining IPL (Women’s firstfor the south-eastAsian nation. Suleeporn also in the basketballclub. However, at she setoff forDubai to play the BCCI tourna- youuse athin flat wood bat to hit the ball, most tating strikeand finding the gaps -signs of a Challenger), Iplannedfor mental and phys- Laomi wasthe firstThai to turn out forSydney some point, Ineededtochoose and Iknew ment. Her father is ateacher and mother a of them thought it washockey!” she laughs. wise and evolving cricketer. ical training justtobereadyfor the tourna- Thunderinthe Women’s Big Bash in Australia. cricketwas simplythe one,” says the38- hairdresser,and both earnestly sharedher en- She came up on the Indian board’s radar She told the ICC earlier,“In Powerplay, ment,” she said. The Indian tournament will welcome the games-oldThaiinternational. Talkingtothe thusiasm when she announcedshe was because of her batting performances against everyone (is fielding) inside,onlytwo outside. ●LIVE easy-smiling speedsterwith the disarming ICC’s officialYouTubechannel lastyear, pickedfor theevent. Indiaand Pakistan. Playing forThailand Aas So everywhere,(thereis) space forme. Big gap folded-hands greeting, commontoseveral Chantam described howthe Thai team lived “Theywereconfused because theydon’t partofaquadrangular series in Patna, forme.”She'dviewthe openspaces with a 4TH NOV: SupernovasvsVelocity 7:30pm Thai international athletes, as the 4-match thewholeyearroundinamassive housewith knowmuchabout cricketorwhat this Chantam had scored 80 againstthe Indian glint in her eye, though she’s known to send 5TH NOV: Velocity vs T’blazers 3:30pm event takesoff on Wednesday. Forthe 24- three bedrooms and trainedtogether,solidi- Women’sT20 League means to cricket players. bowlingattackand later anotherhalf-century some soaring as well. 7TH NOV: T’blazers vs Supernovas7:30pm year-oldfirst-timerinthe big league, things fying the bond among the players. Itold them this is big, so theyare excited for againstastrong Pakistanline-up at lastyear’s “My mentality is (to) hit forone run 9TH NOV: Finals(TBD) 7:30pm

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