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  672898)/   (  investors and lenders to prevent IL&FS would create liquidity % & defaults. crunch in the financial markets. he Government on "The confidence of the Approving the immediate   Tibetan card to its disadvan- TMonday seized control of    2 financial market in the credi- takeover of the IL&FS board by tage. India has barred the entry debt-trapped Infrastructure )-      bility of the IL&FS manage- six Government nominees, an      of the Karmapa to Rumtek Leasing & Financial Services    : ment and the company needs NCLT bench of judges MK monastery, the biggest Ltd (IL&FS), superseding its   6: to be restored," the Finance Shrawat and Ravikumar      monastery of the Kagyu sect board with one led by India’s 86   *260 Ministry said. Duraisamy said that the sus- that he heads fearing him to be richest banker Uday Kotak, 6  * The Government, it said, pended directors of IL&FS a Chinese agent. Earlier, he was and vowed to stop further loan       had approached the NCLT must henceforth cease to rep-     not allowed to even visit defaults. );<   after it was convinced that the resent the company anywhere. Sikkim, but the NDA This is only the second -     governance and management "After considering the  2898)/ Government had changed the time after Satyam Computer        change in IL&FS Group is very Government's case, we are of rules in 2017. Services Ltd that the )  *    necessary for saving it from the view that prima facie, this n a major setback to India, The Karmapa and CTA Government has taken control      "financial collapse". is a fit case to invoke Sections Ithe 17th Karmapa Ogyen have ostensibly colluded to of a private company board.   "Continuance of the pre- 241 (2), 242 of the Companies Trinley Dorje (32), who has sideline the Dalai Lama, the The Government in 2009 sent Board had become preju- Act and to declare that the fled to the US, is now negoti- tallest leader in the Tibetan superseded the board of -    );< dicial to the interests of the affairs of IL&FS were being ating with the Indian hierarchy, sources Satyam.        company and its members and conducted in a manner preju- Government interlocutors for said. The Mumbai-bench of     this management was affecting dicial to the public interest," the parity of status with the Dalai The Karmapa is staying at National Company Law - <   public interest because of its bench said. Lama and permission to visit sprawling farmhouse of a Tribunal (NCLT) approved six *   L   adverse impact on financial sta- The Government said in its the Rumtek monastery in Chinese couple in New Jersey directors, including Kotak         M bility and making capital mar- plea said that it had chosen to Sikkim. India has given polit- from April 2017 onwards. Mahindra Bank MD Uday  );<    kets so adversely affected," the intervene as it impacted the ical asylum to the Dalai Lama Although the Karmapa has Kotak, former SEBI chairman        Ministry said adding its prayer entire nation's economy. but the Karmapa was living on hinted at least twice that he will GN Bajpai and ICICI Bank  <?    before NCLT was to supersede The Government cited the a refugee card. come back to India but he has chairman GC Chaturvedi, to      26< the board of IL&FS and its sub- precedence of the 2009 The Karmapa is reported- not returned despite repeated takeover the IL&FS board. stitution by the new Board of takeover of erstwhile Satyam ly acting at the behest of the assurances to the Indian offi- This followed the Ministry Directors. Computers and urged the Central Tibetan cials. He has not specified a of Corporate Affairs moving fully committed to ensuring prayer to reconstitute the board capital markets, the banks and The Ministry said IL&FS bench to invoke the jurisdiction Administration (CTA) and his timeline and does not have any NCLT against IL&FS and its that needed liquidity is of IL&FS, observing that the financial institutions in the Group, which has assets of of Sections 241(2) and 242 of stand has irreversibly altered intention to return to India, subsidiaries, seeking a change arranged for the IL&FS from company's affairs were being credibility and financial sol- 1.15 lakh crore, is presently the Companies Act, 2013. over six decades long India’s Government sources said. of the board and management the financial system so that no conducted in a manner "prej- vency of the IL&FS Group is of facing tremendous debt pres- The sections provide for control of the company. more defaults take place and udicial" to the public interest. utmost importance for the sure and struggling to service the Union Government to Kotak was named as non- the infrastructure projects are The Finance Ministry in a financial stability of capital around 91,000 crore in debt approach the NCLT, and the executive chairman of the new implemented smoothly," the statement said the Government and financial markets. There is which is the outcome of its tribunal to pass orders to reg- board. The other directors Finance Ministry said in a found "serious corporate relat- an emergent need to immedi- "mismanaged borrowings in ulate the affairs of a company, approved by the NCLT are statement in New . ed deficiencies" in the IL&FS ately stop further financial the past". respectively, in a case where the retired IAS officers Malini "Restoration of confidence" holding company and its sub- defaults and also take measures Before the NCLT, the affairs of such company were Shankar and Vineet Nayyar, across markets and the finan- sidiaries and has ordered an to resolve defaulted dues to the Government said the IL&FS not in public interest. and veteran auditor cial system in IL&FS group "is SFIO (Serious Fraud claimants," it said. directors had failed to dis- Taking note of the Nandkishore. of utmost importance for the Investigation Office) probe into The company would charge their duties and that Government's arguments, the The move to take over financial stability of capital the alleged financial irregular- require a combination of mea- many mutual funds would col- bench held in its interim order IL&FS followed its recent and financial markets". ities in the NBFC. sures like asset sales, restruc- lapse if the company collapses. that the present case was a fit defaults roiling Indian markets. The NCLT allowed the "The restoration of confi- turing of some liabilities and a There were concerns that one to invoke the jurisdiction "The Government stands Union Government's interim dence of the money, debt and fresh infusion of funds by default by a large NBFC like of the above sections.  - &           '(   )%*       -)$            + , %                          /2*5/     !  ( . & -/8 --8*?@85282-/ 588@8  "#  rime Minister Narendra ?2<5-?2<5?-/8'58  "$ %        * PModi will unveil the 63-      /2*5/ foot-tall statue of peasant leader 2 -85O ?<<82/89))2@8)   & late Sir Chhotu Ram at his  $ aryana Government has native village Garhi Sampla in -/8 --8?<'8 2-)885)-8    Hsuspended HCS Sandeep on October 9.          Singh, who had last week On the same day, the Prime 5//?-5?2?-?685(  '      filed a defamation case Minister will also address a    ("   &&  2898)/ against Industries and public rally at Rohtak, which is      Commerce Minister Vipul considered as a stronghold of has geared up for the event at also join the celebrations of )'*     spate of incidents involving Goel. former Chief Minister Rohtak,” he added. four-year completion of the #++        Ashootouts and murder Sandeep Singh, sub-divi- . Union Minister Birender present Government in          shook the national Capital on sional magistrate (SDM) of “The State Government Singh, who is grandson of in an event to be held         Monday and its adjoining areas Kanina town of has received a confirmation Chhotu Ram had last year in on November 1.     & in matter of just 24 hours.                 had from the Prime Minister’s office announced that the statue will Recently, the Chief While a 31-year-old private                filed defamation case against and he will unveil the statue of be unveiled by Prime Minister. Minister Manohar Lal had     tutor was allegedly shot dead by Vipul Goel for allegedly using peasant leader late Sir Chhotu Recently, the INLD called on the Prime Minister in      two unidentified assailants in a 20-year-old-girl and a local happened due to a woman objectionable remarks against Ram on October 9,” said MP Dushyant Chautala had this regard at his residence in !"#$"% -   northwest Delhi’s Mahendra BJP leader’s security officer with whom he was in a rela- him during a grievance Haryana Minister of State for given an ultimatum to the . .     Park over an alleged “illicit” were injured. Save the BSF tionship. The deceased was redressal committee meeting Cooperation, Manish Grover, Haryana Government to unveil Manohar Lal had discussed -  /0. relationship on Monday morn- jawan who was arrested by known to a girl for more than held on September 20 in who is also an MLA from the statue by November 1. with the Prime Minister in $+"12   '   ing, another 34-year-old was police no arrests have been 10 years. The angle of person- . Rohtak constituency. Dushyant alongwith his party detail regarding the various      O shot dead at Taimoor Nagar in made yet. al enmity is not ruled out,” said SDM Sandeep Singh’s Grover, while talking to the workers had held protest out- new projects of which the        south-east Delhi by unidenti- According to Deputy the DCP. counsel Jasbir Singh Dhillon mediapersons said that the side Chhotu Ram museum in foundation stones would be   0 & fied person on Sunday night. Commissioner of Police (DCP) According to sources, had earlier said the former statue was installed earlier and Sampla and had alleged that the laid and also those which In another incident in North-West district Aslam Ankit was shot dead by two has filed a case under Sections we were waiting to get time Union Minister Birender Singh would be inaugurated to mark     &' Ghaziabad, a BSF constable Khan, the victim (private family members of a Muslim 500 (defamation) and 504 from Prime Minister to unveil and the State Government has the four-year completion of the   ('    allegedly gunned down his tutor), identified as Ankit, was student, with whom he was in (intentional insult with intent it. The Chief Minister and all failed to get time from the present Haryana Government "$)!) /  colleague in a fit of rage after shot dead around 8.30 am. a ‘relationship’. to provoke breach of the Cabinet Ministers will be pre- Prime Minister in the past on November 1. 50    a minor tiff with him at Braj “Ankit used to give private In Taimoor Nagar inci- peace). sent on the occasion. The nine months to unveil the stat- The Prime Minister will    *    Vihar locality, a police official tuitions. dent, residents protested Sandeep Singh is son of Prime Minister will also ue. laid foundation stones and    5  said. During our initial investi- against the murder of a 34- former Education Minister address the public on the occa- Meanwhile, the Cabinet inaugurate 12 projects includ-       In another two separate gation, Ankit’s family has year-old man identified as Bahadur Singh of Indian sion, he said. Minister Manish Grover said ing Kundli-Manesar-        & incidents of shoot-out in Delhi claimed that this might have Rupesh. National Lok Dal. “The State Government that the Prime Minister will expressway. -      !    " # #    

    2898)/ addition to the forfeiture of his orders of the court that has judiciary to direct the author- ing. He also desired that there changed for one particular ed to replace all the damaged    / pass or ticket, be punishable reached Railway Board also ities concerned to make efforts be a new rake and a dedicated train. The court, however, said windowpanes of the trains ny railway employee, and with imprisonment which may made it clear that the toilets in to ensure Naini-Doon Jan AC first class in the train. that the Railways can make within a period of one month %!   Anot just the Government extend to six months and with all the trains/coaches have to be Shatabdi Express runs daily and During the technical argu- extra efforts and do the from today,” said the court.  /2*5/ Railway Police (GRP), Railway fine which may extend to Rs cleaned after every two hours. at a desired timings. ment between the judges and requested changes. “We also On the issue of cleanliness, Protection Force (RPF) or the 500,” said Justices Manoj Interestingly such direc- Miglani sought that the top rail officials, the rail author- permit both the DRMs to get the DRMs assured the court aryana Education Minister Travel Ticket Examiners (TTE), Kumar Tiwari and Rajiv tives came to the fore after a train leaves Kathgodam for ities expressed their concern clarification from the that various circulars issued by HRam Bilas Sharma on can throw out passengers who Sharma last week posting the petition was filed by one Pankaj Dehradun in the evening and that the movement of certain Chairman of the Railway Board the Railway Board from time to Monday announced that the are either drunk or are creating matter for October 25, 2018. Miglani against the Indian leaves Dehradun for trains would be adversely in larger public interest,” the time are being followed in let- colleges and universities in the nuisance in the train. The Giving this directive to Railways seeking help of the Kathgodam in the early morn- affected, if the time-table is judges said. ter and spirit, as far as the state will be allowed to hold Uttarakhand High Court has ensure cleanliness on trains and DRM Moradabad AK cleanliness inside the bogies student union elections, albeit authorised “any railway ser- railway station premises, the Singhal and DRM Izzatnagar and outside the bogies are indirectly. vant” to take the action. court has also asked the Dinesh Kumar Singh vowed in concerned. “The Chief Minister has “If any person in any rail- Railways to ensure that train presence of the judges that the “We can take judicial given his approval for holding way carriage or upon any part compartments, bogies, coach- timings of the said train will be notice of the fact that, though the students body elections. of a railway is in a state of intox- es and platforms as well as rail- looked into and AC bogies of sincere efforts are being made These polls will be held before ication, or commits any nui- way stations are not dirtied ‘Ramnagar- Weekly by the Railway Administration, October 15,” said the Minister sance or act of indecency or through spitting. And this they Superfast Intercity Express’ but still the bogies from inside while talking to the mediaper- uses abusive or obscene lan- have to ensure within a period train would be replaced with- and outside are not cleaned reg- sons here. Sharma said that the guage, or willfully or without of one month ending October in 72 hours of the orders passed ularly. The platforms are also elections will be held in colleges excuse interferes with any last, the order said. on September 26. The DRM littered with garbage. The and universities set up before amenity provided by the The court has asked the Izzatnagar also agreed to Railway Administration has 2016-17 in Haryana. Notably, the Railway Administration so as railway magistrates to impose upgrade AC Ist Class coach of not taken any steps to remove Congress and INLD have been to affect the comfortable trav- a fine of not less than Rs 5,000 Ranikhet Express within a peri- the stray dogs from the plat- demanding that direct elections el of any passenger, he can be in their random checking in od of one month time. forms. Begging on the plat- should be held in the colleges or removed from the coach by any case any person is found vio- “The Railway forms is also a serious issue,” universities of the state. railway servant and shall, in lating the said orders. The Administration is also direct- observed the court. Continued on Page 4    ()  ( *+ *,-. 

             (   (  '   /) threw normal life out of gear. ing August 13 and 14 rains as other districts Shimla, Bilaspur, 1210.8 mm, 38 per cent more mm rain as compared to nor- )6/7)8' 0*  -  @'  6  Kangra received the high- several roads, power and water Hamirpur, Kullu, Mandi, Solan than normal, Hamirpur 1388 mal 458.2 mm rain, which is      ' 0    fter causing massive dam- est rainfall in Himachal supply had been damaged and Una witnessed above nor- mm, 29 per cent more than less than 43 per cent. * .&    *          Aage in Himachal Pradesh Pradesh this monsoon sea- badly due to landslides and mal rain this monsoon. Una normal, Kullu 775.9, 49 per Similarly, Chamba got just  *         &L?  in its last phase, the Southwest son, the Meteorological Centre flash floods triggered by heavy district experienced 1374.5 cent more than normal, Mandi 872.7 mm rain, which is 38 per                  Monsoon finally withdrew here said on Monday. rains. About 40 persons also mm rain this monsoon, which 1353.3 mm (24 percent high cent less than normal 1406.4           &  from Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh suffered a lost their lives during the mon- is 59 percent more than nor- than 1093.4 mm) and Solan mm, whereas Kinnaur wit- *           M6 Two spells of heavy to loss of Rs. 1479.29 crores this soon, the official added. mal, he said adding the entire experienced 1110.8 mm rain nessed just 180 mm which is                very heavy rainfall from monsoon, a state official said. Kangra district received Himachal received 917.4 mm (11 percent high than normal 32 percent less than normal  * .& August 13 to 14 and September The state bore a loss Rs. 2122.8 mm rains from June 1 rain which is 11 percent above 1000.1 mm). 264.2 mm rain. Sirmaur dis- 21 to 24 accompanied by 220.29 crores during heavy to September 30 which is 34 normal. However Lahaul and Spiti, trict received 1319.8 mm rain-        * snowfall in tribal Lahaul and rains from September 21 to 24, per cent more rain than nor- Besides Shimla witnessed Chamba and Kinnaur district fall, which is almost same to )6/7)8' 0 '  5     Spiti district wreaked havoc in whereas the rest of Rs. 1259 mal, he added. 807.1 mm rain, (27 per cent received less than normal rain. normal 1324.6 mm rain, the               various parts of the state and crores loss was incurred dur- Apart from Kangra, seven more than normal), Bilaspur Lahaul and Spiti got just 263.4 official added.   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He would also )6/7)8  6       K * 5 Hcontemplating to develop regions, development of farm has decided to organize a state Forests and Wildlife release a flier on birds of    K      "I   the site of Masani Barrage as tourism facilities and devel- level function of wildlife week Department in collaboration Bhindawas prepared by Forests '    &- 6      /) Golden Jubilee Nature and opment of lake and water body celebration at Masani Barrage with Earthwatch, an NGO, and Wildlife Department in  6   &6O    / 2   Zoological Park in the state. for birds, he said. in district on October has imparted training to the collaboration with NGO              he State level function to “About two lakh domestic The Masani Barrage is 5. The wildlife week is cele- local villagers situated around Earthwatch.      & Tcommemorate 150th birth and international tourists visit located about 60 kilometers brated in the first week of Bhindawas on use of Apart from this, quiz and anniversary of Father of Nation, the Delhi National Capital from Dhaula Kuan in Delhi October every year to sensitize water hyacinth in handicrafts. painting competitions with ' &    *' &   Mahatma Gandhi will be held at Region (NCR) and it is expect- and 40 kilometers from the society about importance The water hyacinth the theme of wildlife would )6/7)8-     /  $+"1"(  Ridge Maidan Shimla on ed that upon the development Gurugram on the Gurugram- for existence of wildlife. (Jalkumbhi) has become an also be organized to develop 2 <           Tuesday at 9.30 AM. of Masani Barrage as Nature Jaipur National Highway. , Forests obnoxious weed and thus men- the younger generation spe-       K0 0       Himachal Chief Minister and Zoological Park, about 20 Masani Barrage was con- and Wildlife Minister would be ace in management of cially the school children of           &-   Jai Ram Thakur will pay floral lakh tourists would visit structed by Haryana Irrigation the chief guest on this occa- including Sultanpur different age groups as future    8       <   tributes at the statue of Mahatma Masani Barrage Park annual- Department on Sabi river dur- sion. While Minister of State National Park and Bhindawas leaders in the field of wildlife              &5I+  Gandhi. Education Minister ly,” said an official spokesman. ing late 1970s near for Forests and Wildlife Karan in district Jhajjar, the week celebration. The win-          $+"1"(& Suresh Bhardwaj and other dig- Besides the development in district Rewari at national Dev Kamboj would preside spokesman said. ners of such competition at the nitaries will also pay tributes on of Golden Jubilee Nature and highway number eight. It is over the function, Minister of On the occasion, Rao district level would also be (    3 the occasion. Zoological Park, various facil- located on the Golden Triangle State for Public Health Narbir Singh would interact felicitated by the Minister, he )6/7)8  ?'J     K'*      Chief Minister and ities have been planned for this map of India connecting Delhi- Engineering Banwari Lal with the local village women added.   8 5    J'*85K     ? $ Education Minister will flag off $+"1  * L      &8   School Children Awareness Rally        & on Run against drug abuse from Ridge. The CM will also pay !     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A programme honour its promise of con- and the local rural bodies abuse as it neither had any PAmarinder Singh on and would again request him to     "#? $        will also be organized by Mandi ducting dope test on all the would have a high moral intention or blue print to Monday ordered the release of resolve it, keeping in view the             Mitra Mandal at Chotta Shimla elected male members of the ground to boost anti-drug contain the social malady post-matric SC scholarships state's dismal financial position       &-     N  / Tibetan Central School where Zila Parishad and Block campaigns as none of their and is groping in dark. On the for 2015-16 by the end of the in general, and for securing the O N. O    * O Chief Minister will be the chief Samiti and throw out all members would be suffering top of it, the party’s own month, with strict directives to future of SC students in par-           & guest. Gandhi Jayanti pro- found positive to ensure that from drug addiction,” he said. leaders heading anti-drug complete the entire process of ticular. grammes would begin at 8 am. our representatives are not The ball was set rolling campaign are peddling drugs. disbursement of the scholar- Regarding the issue of *'     & (  given to drugs. when the Chief Minister Capt Ironically, Grewal point- ship by the end of this year. making payment of scholar- )6/7)8-    : ON) B O  Reminding the state Amarinder Singh himself ed that the Congress has to The Chief Minister, during ships in case of drop-out stu- 6         9 /  /    Rural Development and announced that all the Punjab come to power in February a meeting following the com- dents, the Chief Minister asked       <     Panchayats Minister Tript Government employees 2017 poll on the poll promise pletion of audit of scholarship the Welfare Department to fol- J2<K      &-    2<O     Rajinder Singh Bajwa that he would undergo dope test of doing away with “drug disbursement for 2015-16, low the already prescribed         6  had announced that all aspi- while extolling the virtues of supply, distribution and con- warned of strict action against guidelines of the Government  &-          8?58? rants to rural bodies polls the test. “But suddenly, wis- sumption in four weeks only”. private institutions denying of India on this.        & would be subjected to dope dom dawned on him and the But till date, it has miserably admission to SC students on The Post-Matric O'  test, SAD’s former minister women employees were failed to identify the intensi- account of non-payment of Scholarship for SC is being &     ( ((' &  /2*5/ Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal exempted as amongst them ty of the menace, its socio- scholarships. implemented with Central ")B         "D *  said that the Government drug abuse is prevalent in economic dimensions and He asked the SC/BC assistance with the objective to B  '  <  J*B'

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 /2*5/ It was informed during ‘pothole free’ Haryana. Under plaints and resolve complaints Under Jagriti Yojana, ‘Safe the meeting that these phase-I, target has been set so that people will know that Gaadi Programme’ has been aryana has become the schemes and services are on that all districts and depart- how many complaints have launched for sensitization Hfirst state to provide one online platform with five ments would attain a four-star been resolved within time, he training of bus drivers and more than 400 services and features including online rating by October 31. Under added. conductors in the state. schemes on a single platform application, online status phase-II, all four-star rated Saksham Haryana was Haryana has become the first and across all citizen touch- tracking, proactive status districts would deploy also discussed in the meeting state to conduct extensive points including district head- SMSs, review dashboard and ‘Saksham Yuvas’ and depart- and it was informed that 18 gender based programme for quarters, subdivision and notifications to officials. As ment personnel to conduct a blocks have been declared promoting safer public trans- tehsil level centers. many as 79 Kendras out of road scan and file complaints Saksham after four rounds port. A target has been set to With Haryana’s achieve- total 115 are already opera- on Harpath by December 25. and 16 are near Saksham. A train 11,000 roadways drivers ment, there has been increas- tional and the remaining Similarly under Phase- target has been set to bring 80 and conductors from ing interest in Antyodaya would be ready by the year III, all districts would conduct per cent children to grade November, 2018 to June 2019, Saral model in multiple states end. an IEC campaign with the level competency in Hindi it was informed. across the country. This was The Chief Minister was mission to declare Haryana and Maths by 2019. A roadmap to turnaround informed in the meeting of apprized that Digital Haryana pothole free by January 2019. The Chief Minister was also Chief Minister’s Good workshops were organized in More than 23,000 com- directed that the government presented at the Governance Associates held all districts of the state to plaints were received on schools with less number of meeting. Roadways incurred under Chief Minister ensure effective implementa- Harpath of which 70 per cent students should be shifted to a loss of about Rs 680 crores Manohar Lal, here on late tion of Antyodaya Saral and have been redressed. These the nearby private schools. last year. Sunday evening. Finance Harpath schemes. During included 11,654 complaints This would reduce the resis- Under the ‘Shivdham Minister Capt. Abhimanyu workshops, more than 30 pertaining to ULB tance level. Navinikaran Yojana’, the Chief and Rakesh Gupta, Additional kendras were visited and Department, 7313 complaints For this purpose, a cate- Minister directed to speed up Principal Secretary to Chief interacted with more than of PWD department, 4,333 of gory level should be decided the work of construction of Minister were also present in 1,500 officials. Haryana State Agricultural so that expenditure of poor boundary walls and pave- the meeting. About three lakh citizens Marketing Board and 538 of students would be borne by ment of path up to all crema- The Chief Minister said have applied through this Haryana Shehri Vikas the State Government, he tion grounds and graveyards. that these are online facility new system. The average Pradhikaran. said. He directed the officers to centres which have been monthly footfall in Saral ! (          )(   )''  % )*( ''%+ On this, Manohar Lal It was also informed that take assistance of NGOs and established to reduce depart- Kendra at headquarters level (        directed to bring the com- the building and hardware social organizations in getting mental walk-ins. The aim is to is 3,975 whereas it is 1,422 in plaints on map so that people fabrication of ‘Haryana 100’ this work completed at the deliver all services and Antyodaya Saral Kendra at Antyodaya Bhawan at head- CM’s office, Ministers, everyone. would be able to know where project would be got com- earliest. schemes to people under one sub division level. Similarly, quarters level. Administrative Secretaries About Harpath, the meet- maximum number of com- pleted by January 2019. Manohar Lal also sug- roof so that they may not have the average monthly footfall The Chief Minister and Heads of Departments so ing was informed that a three plaints is coming from. Thereafter, the programme gested ensuring people’s par- to visit different departments in Antyodaya Saral Kendra at directed to give access of the that whatever action is being phase roadmap has been laid Colour coding could be used would be launched in April ticipation and CSR initiatives for different works, he said. Tehsil Level is 560 and 720 in dashboard to all officials in taken would be visible to out for achieving the status of to signify the pending com- 2019. in this work. , #-. / )0      /2*5/ conducted to finalize the party candidates for 10 Lok Sabha seats yeing 10 Lok Sabha seats in in Haryana, he said. EHaryana, the Aam Aadmi Earlier, this year, AAP’s con- Party has begun process for venor and Delhi Chief Minister searching probable candidates Arvind Kejriwal had announced for next year’s polls. that his party will contest on all The AAP has initiated the 90 assembly seats and 10 Lok process to shortlist the candidates Sabha seats in 2019 elections in for Lok Sabha polls and has invit- Haryana. ed applications from the gener- After tasting defeat at the al public. A search committee has hustings in the previous Lok also been constituted to shortlist Sabha polls from Haryana, the the candidates which will be fur- AAP had not contested the ther finalized after a public sur- October 2014 assembly elec- vey and decision of AAP’s cen- tions in the state. In the previous tral leadership. parliamentary polls held in 2014, “The party is geared up for AAP had lost on all 10 Lok Sabha Lok Sabha polls. Anyone can seats in Haryana and most of its submit an application to contest candidates had finished at fourth elections on AAP’s ticket. But the or fifth position. key criteria for selection of can- The AAP has promised to didates is that they should be improve schools, hospitals, elec- with clean image and without tricity facility and work for any criminal record,” said upliftment of farmers and weak- Naveen Jaihind, party’s state er sections, if voted to power in chief while talking to the medi- Haryana. apersons here. The party has been under- Jaihind said that the appli- taking ‘Haryana Jodo Campaign’ cations will be received through- in a big way to connect to the out October. After this, the general public besides strength- search will scrutinize the appli- ening party's base at the booth cations. A public survey will be level. ' 0            /2*5/

unjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has again called for Pa national drug policy to save the young generation, saying that a comprehensive formula was needed at the central level to effec- tively check drug abuse. Pointing out that he had been clamouring for such a policy since his previous tenure as the Chief Minister back in 2007, Capt Amarinder Singh welcomed the fact that the issue had taken cen- tre-stage due to the growing demand for opium cultivation by cer- tain states. States like Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were growing opium, for which they were finding a lucrative market in Punjab, he point- ed out, expressing angst at the ruination of his state’s young gener- ation. The Chief Minister said that he had taken up the issue of a nation- al drug policy with the Centre, and also raised it in the Chief Ministers’ conference. “A foolproof mechanism is needed to wipe out the scourge of drugs,” he said, underlining the need for a national policy to deal with the problem. “One state growing drugs, especially opium, and another not doing so is leading to an unacceptable situation in the country,” he added. The national policy could also address the need for cultivation of drugs needed for the pharmaceutical industry, said Capt Amarinder adding that the Centre should involve states and experts while formulating such a policy. The CM added that he was happy that this issue had again come up for discussion and expressed the hope that the matter would now be resolved once and for all. $                   /2*5/ incidents of paddy residue burn- ing are properly recorded o achieve zero paddy straw through satellite and the report Tburning in Punjab, the State of burning incidents should be Government has decided to shared with concerned admin- allot districts to various senior istrative secretaries, Deputy administrative secretaries for Commissioners and other relat- monitoring of the activities relat- ed officers. ed to stopping of crop residue A mechanism of 24X7 burning. receipts of complaints from The decision was taken in a public regarding paddy straw high level meeting on the issue burning will be setup. on Monday under the chair- All the youth clubs in the manship of Chief Secretary State shall be geared up to Karan Avtar Singh. spread awareness amongst farm- Singh asked all the officers ers against burning of paddy to take all possible measures to residue and pamphlets shall be ensure that there is no burning distributed in schools to make of paddy residue in the state. school children aware about Punjab Pollution Control the environmental issues and to Board (PPCB) chairman has further bring the matter to the been asked to ensure that all the notice of their parents.    ()  ( *+ *,-.   

       

From Page 1 and other students’ outfits will INSO, the student wing of protest against the State Haryana’s main opposition Government,” he added. party, Indian National Lok Dal The elections to students’ had even held several protests unions in colleges and univer- in the past over the demand of sities of Haryana have not students’ body polls in the been conducted for the last 20 state. years. These elections were Reacting to the govern- banned by the then Chief ment’s announcement, INSO Minister, , in 1996 in chief Digvijay Chautala said, view of the unruly and violent “We do not accept govern- behavior of some students ment’s decision of holding indi- group at that time. rect student union elections in Even as students’ union Haryana.” election remained a key poll “We demand direct elec- issue in Haryana, the ban was tions. The government should not lifted during the INLD as reconsider its decision by well as Congress regime in the October 4 otherwise the INSO past one decade in the state.    ()  ( *+ *,-.   

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 #$%   2898)/  2898)/ ly reaches and improves the lives of millions.  2898)/ crore (owned by Purvi Modi). deposits have been identified as he 2G Court pulled up CBI on Monday for delays our years after India rolled Senegal was another coun- The agency said the investi- Purvi Modi and her husband Tin providing Sanction for Prosecution of four IAS Fout the ambitious Swachchh try which, the WHO appreci- he Enforcement Directorate gators have got issued multiple Mayank Mehta, the ED said. officers in the Aircel-Maxis scam, who are co-accused Bharat Mission (SBM), aiming ated for recognising “the role of T(ED) on Monday said it has Letters Rogatories (judicial Five other overseas bank with former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the to have a toilet in each house- pit latrines and septic tanks in attached assets worth 637 crore requests) for legal formalisation of accounts, holding 278 crore, have chargesheet. Special Judge OP Saini asked CBI, why they hold besides making the coun- ensuring services for all.” of absconding jeweller Nirav Modi these assets and the action has been attached and they belong to submitted Chargesheet without obtaining the Sanction try open defecation free by next The new WHO guidelines and his family, including two come to fruition after three Nirav Modi, Purvi Modi and and directed CBI to provide it by next hearing year, the World Health set out four principal recom- apartments in New York’s iconic months of “close coordination” firms controlled by them. November 26. He also cautioned CBI that if failed to Organisation (WHO) on mendations including sanita- Central Park and another proper- between the Enforcement “During investigation it was provide the Sanction, the Court may take appropriate Monday initiated an almost tion interventions to ensure ty in UK, as part of the ongoing Directorate and its foreign coun- found that most of the money was action. similar move. It launched the entire communities have access action in the 13,400-crore PNB terparts. transferred to these accounts after In the July 19, submitted chargesheet, the CBI has first global guidelines on san- to toilets that safely contain credit fraud case. “The international coopera- FIRs were filed in this scam,” the charged former Finance Secretaries Ashok Jha and itation and health even as it excreta. “The full sanitation The agency said it has issued tion has bore fruit. This has result- agency said. Ashok Chawla in the illegal approval given to pitched for higher investments system should be undergo local as many as five provisional orders, ed in seizure and provisional A 19.5 crore worth flat in Malaysian firm Maxis to acquire the mobile phone and policy shifts to achieve the health risk assessments to pro- under the Prevention of Money attachment of jewellery, bank south Mumbai, owned by Purvi operator Aircel. Both these officers are now retired and goal of universal sanitation %        tect individuals and commu- Laundering Act (PMLA), for accounts and immovable proper- Modi, has also been attached as Ashok Chawla is now servings as NSE Chairman. Apart coverage by 2032.   '    % nities from exposure to excre- attachment of assets in London, ties worth 637 crore in India as part of the proceedings. from these two officers, two serving IAS officers Kumar “By adopting WHO’s new ta — whether this be from New York, bank balances in well as four foreign jurisdictions. The central probe agency, a Sanjay Krishnan and Deepak Kumar Singh were also guidelines, countries can sig- Global health body here. unsafe toilets, leaking storage Singapore and other countries, a The agency also seized dia- senior official said, also got issued charged as accused by CBI. nificantly reduce the 829, 000 Taking note of India’s move or inadequate treatment,” it flat in Mumbai and diamond mond jewellery worth 22.69 an Interpol Red Corner notice “You (CBI) should not have filed the charge sheet. annual diarrhoeal deaths due of taking the “challenge of said. studded jewellery that was shipped crore after getting them to India (global arrest warrant) against It is only increasing the pendency of the court. A lot to unsafe water, sanitation and ending open defecation to the “Without proper access, to India from Singapore. from Hong Kong in 23 shipments Aditya Nanavati, an accused and of time of the court has been wasted due to this,” Special hygiene. For every US $1 highest level,” the WHO said millions of people the world Two immovable properties in besides bank balance of 44 crore, employee of a Nirav Modi firm in Judge O P Saini said. invested in sanitation, WHO that under the Prime Minister’s over are deprived of the digni- New York that were attached are kept in an account in Singapore, the same case, for involvement in “Granting of sanction is under active considera- estimates a nearly six-fold (Narendra Modi) leadership, ty, safety and convenience of a worth $29.99 million (216 Crores in the name of a British Virgin alleged money laundering. tion of the government,” said senior prosecutor Sonia return as measured by lower the SBM (Clean India decent toilet,” said Dr Soumya approximately) a owned by Nirav Island based company has also Nirav Modi has been abscond- Mathur said. The Sanction for Prosecution has to be health costs, increased pro- Programme) is coordinating Swaminathan, Deputy Modi and another property been attached. ing after the emergence of the PNB recommended by the Finance Ministry and approved ductivity and fewer premature action across many sectors to Director-General for attached in UK is worth 56.97 The beneficial owners of these scam earlier this year. by DoPT. deaths,” said a statement by the ensure basic sanitation rapid- Programmes, WHO.  Q   ' $      4,5 * % !

   2898)/ due to attack of wild animals, charged to farmers as well as provide for appointment of "     cloud brust, hailstroms, natur- subsidy received from the District Level Grievance head of Rabi crop season al fire besides unseasonal and Centre and States — amount- Redressal Officer and creation Abeginning October 1, cyclonic rainfalls and lanslides. ed to 22,180 crore. As against of State and District Grievance  !     Gram Sabhas across the coun- The Government has also this, total claims to the tune of Redressal Cells for fast redres- try have been asked to inform decided to include perennial 15,352 crore were paid to the sal of grievances.  2898)/ establishments. They include  2898)/ Government over a media the farmers about the enrol- horticultural crops under the farmers. Non-loanee farmers can Mikhailovskaya Artillery report which, citing Reserve ment and benefits of Pradhan ambit of PMFBY on a pilot After the revised guidelines approach designated Common n an effort to give further Academy, Headquarters of ongress chief Rahul Bank of India (RBI) data, stat- Mantri Fasal Bima Yojan basis. of PMFBY, the Ministry Service Centres, banks and Iimpetus to time tested strate- Western Military District, St CGandhi on Monday said in ed that public sector banks had (PMFBY). The Gram Sabhas According to the min- expects the companies to insurance agents for insuring gic and defence ties, Army Petersburg and General Staff “Modi’s India”, demonetisation written-off over seven times the will also inform the farmers on istry, as many as 1.20 crore reduce premium rates, espe- their crops or directly enrol on chief General Bipin Rawat is in Academy and Headquarters meant “lining up and deposit- recovery amount in the last how they can insure their crops farmers have benefited from cially as the general cut-off date the portal. Those farmers who Russia for a week-long visit of a motorised rifle division at ing money in banks” for the four years. under the Scheme. the crop insurance scheme for enrolment has been avail short term crop loans starting Monday to discuss Moscow, officials said here on poor, while it was a “means of Between April 2014 and After tweaking the guide- during the Kharif season last advanced by 15 days for both from formal financial institu- the entire range of bilateral Monday. converting their black money” April 2018, the country’s 21 lines of the PMFBY to reach year and the Rabi season in seasons. As per the revised tions at concessional rates of military ties with his Russian India and Russia have for crony capitalists. Rahul state-owned banks ended up out maximum number of 2016-17 as compared to 1.62 operational guidelines, the interest are automatically cov- counterparts. His visit comes robust strategic and defence who has been continuously writing off 3,16,500 crore of farmers ahead of the assembly crore in 2013-14. There is a farmers get 72 hours to inti- ered under the Scheme. at a time when Russian ties and Russia is one of the attacking Prime Minister loans even as they recovered polls in five states due this year decline of over 42 lakh farm- mate individual claims against To ensure that more non- President Vladimir Putin will biggest weapons suppliers to Narendra Modi in recent days, 44,900 crore written off on a and Lok Sabha polls in 2019, ers who could not be benefit- the existing 48 hours. loanee farmers are insured hold summit level talks with Indian armed forces including has also alleged that crony cumulative basis — or less the Ministry of Agriculture ted from crop insurance This can be done through under the scheme, apart from Prime Minister Narendra tanks, missiles, warships, air- capitalists got their 3.16 lakh than one-seventh the write-off has asked the Ministry of scheme under PMFBY. In any of the channels provided various awareness activities Modi later this week to review craft and related equipment. crore debt written off using amount, the report said. The Panchayati Raj and the Stats 2016-17, over 5.73 crore under the Scheme and direct- being scheduled, the insur- their relations. Moreover, the armies to two public money. Congress president has often and Union Territories to farmers have insured their ly on the portal of PMFBY. In ance companies are given a tar- During his official tour, countries regularly conduct “Modi’s India — For targeted the Government over include this as an agenda. The crop while 3.33 crore farmers case of any grievance, the farm- get of enrolling 10 per cent Rawat is scheduled to meet joint exercises here and in Common Man: Notebandi- writing-of bad debts of indus- Ministry has come out with in 2013-14. In 2016-17, gross ers can access dedicated griev- more non-loanee farmers than senior military hierarchy of Russia to promote synergy line up and put your money in trialists and not of farmers. revised guidelines of PMFBY premium collections of insur- ance redressal authorities. the previous corresponding Russian armed forces and visit and jointmanship between the banks. All your details into The issue is also likely to be allowing coverage for crop loss ance companies - both Revised operational guidelines season. key military formations and two forces. Aadhar. You can’t use your own taken at the party’s working money. For Crony capitalists: committee meeting on Tuesday Notebandi-convert all your at Wardha in Maharashtra. black money to white. Let’s Rahul Gandhi will be at the write off 3.16 lakh crore using Sevagram Ashram in Wardha 1  O P.  ' common man’s money,” Rahul for the meeting and the Gandhi said on Twitter. Congress will take Mahatma The Congress leader also Gandhi’s message to all over the  '  2898)/ ings, people perceive it to be well. For instance, dohra was mucous fibrosis (OSF) in the submucous fibrosis, a com- proper details of constituents it hit out at the BJP-led NDA country. safer than gutkha, a banned found to be produced and sold younger age group which monly known condition in contains, so that the consumers ealth experts have drawn product in Uttar Pradesh, the in three major districts Jaunpur, might later progress to oral tobacco chewers, decreases the are aware of its adverse impact Hthe attention of the health experts in a study pub- Allahabad and Pratapgarh, the cancer, warned Vishwas salivary secretion, causes den- on their health as is being done Government towards the lished in the Indian Journal of health experts found after inter- Sharma and Ravi Kaushik from tal problems like stained teeth, in smokeless and smoking prod- ( 34" health threat due to a widely Medical Research (IJMR) said viewing vendors in the region.” ICMR-National Institute of periodontitis) as well as diges- ucts like tobacco items and consumed carcinogenic prod- as they called for making the Different varieties of dohra Cancer Prevention & Research, tive system problems and cigarettes , they suggested. uct called dohra — a mixture people aware about its health existed such as dry dohra (sukha Noida and Amrita Nandan intestinal cancer. The other authors were of areca nut (supari), catechu hazards. dohra), dry mulethi dohra from Society for Life Science More studies on this prod- Anshika Chandra and Ravi # -5#  (kattha), edible lime, pepper- Because of unawareness (sukha mulethi dohra) and wet and Human Health, Allahabad, uct need to be undertaken. As Mehrotra from WHO FCTC mint, cardamom and flavour- about its health hazards, its dohra (geela dohra) using dif- Ajay Kumar Shukla from this product increases the risk Global Knowledge Hub on ing agents — in the eastern consumption is on increase, ferent processing methods its Department of Botany, Ganpat of cancer, it needs to be com- Smokeless Tobacco, ICMR- Uttar Pradesh. they said. production,” they added. Sahay P.G. College, Payagipur, pletely banned. National Institute of Cancer Since, it is being sold in the In fact, the health experts There are evidence that Sultanpur. If not, at least, the product Prevention & Research, Noida market without any brand and said that it is being sold in dif- chronic use of this product is They explained that its should be sold in a packet with and DN Sinha from School of does not carry any health warn- ferent forms and local names as a major risk factor of oral sub- consumption leads to oral statutory warning sign and Preventive Oncology, Patna.           *   #    !"#   6.-78-9    2898)/         .     $ fell from 159.59 million ha in 2010-11 to   .     P 0     #   1  he India Meteorological <    157.14 million ha in 2015-16. 2  $ 2        TDepartment (IMD) will come As per the census data, small and mar- 1   , &   %$   out with a detailed scientific analy-    ginal holdings taken together (0-2 ha) con- sis of the 2018 monsoon season stitute 86.21 per cent of the total holdings New Delhi: Prime Minister industry cooperation, the joint that led to over 9 per cent less rain- in 2015-16 against 84.97 per cent in 2010- Narendra Modi and Uzbekistan statement said. fall. A preliminary scientific analy-  2898)/ 11. Their share in the operated area stands President Shavkat Mirziyoyev Both sides have agreed to sis reveals that the sea surface con- at 47.34 per cent in the current census as held comprehensive talks on hold joint military training ditions over the equatorial Pacific ore and more females are participat- against 44.31 per cent in 2010-11. Semi- Monday to broaden the scope of exercises in counter-terrorism (El Nino conditions) did not have Ming in the management and operation medium and medium operational holdings bilateral partnership and step up and cooperate in the field of any adverse effect on the perfor- of agricultural lands, as per the agriculture (2-10 ha) in 2015-16 were 13.22 per cent, cooperation in key areas such as military education and medi- mance of monsoon rainfall. The census for 2015-16 released by the Ministry with 43.61 per cent of operated area. defence and counter-terrorism. cine, it said. four-month-long southwest mon- of Agriculture on Monday. The census, The large holdings (10 ha and above) The two sides signed 17 They agreed to strengthen soon season officially ended on the water reservoir levels stands at their westward movement across however, showed a 1.53 per cent decline in were merely 0.57 per cent of total number pacts in the sectors of defence, cooperation between the law September 29. The IMD had fore- around 5 per cent higher than 10- central India. During the season, total operated area at 157.14 million of holdings in 2015-16 and had a share of agriculture, science and tech- enforcement agencies and spe- cast a normal monsoon but the year mean storages and 17 per cent 10 Low Pressure Areas formed, hectare as compared to 2010-11 data. 9.04 per cent in the operated area as against nology and space, among oth- cial services of the two coun- rain fall deficiency is recorded 9.4 higher than the storages of corre- out of which one system intensi- The census found out that the per- 0.71 per cent and 10.59 per cent, respec- ers, which was termed “historic” tries, including under the per cent this year. This is a second sponding period during 2017. fied into a Cyclonic Storm, one centage share of female operational hold- tively for 2010-11 census. by the Uzbek President. framework of the Uzbekistan- year in a row when monsoon “ If northeast region had into a Deep Depression and 4 into ers has increased from 12.79 per cent in Out of 146 million operational hold- The two leaders also dis- India Joint Working Group on ended with below normal rainfall. received normal rainfall, the all- Depressions. 2010-11 to 13.87 per cent in 2015-16. In ings, the highest number of holders cussed regional security, includ- Counter-Terrorism. On the other hand, the IMD India rainfall would have been 96 According to IMD, the resul- terms of operated area, the share of women belonged to Uttar Pradesh (23.82 million) ing the situation in Afghanistan, Both sides have also called on Monday attributed that 24 per per cent of the Long Period tant acreage is largely manifested increased from 10.36 per cent to 11.57 per followed by Bihar (16.41 million), and asserted that dialogue was for early finalisation of the cent shortfall of rains over north- Average (LPA). However, over by the good soil moisture distri- cent. Maharashtra (14.71 million), Madhya the only way to bring peace in Comprehensive Convention on east India, have led to deficient northwest India, central India and bution across the country. The average size of operational hold- Pradesh (10 million), Karnataka (8.68 the war-torn country. International Terrorism. monsoon (9.4 per cent) this year, south Peninsula, seasonal rainfall Adequate soil moisture available ing declined to 1.08 hectares (ha) in 2015- million), Andhra Pradesh (8.52 million), “We have had very com- Uzbekistan will also set up ended on September 30. During distribution was satisfactory and over northern parts of India may 16 compared to 1.15 ha in 2010-11, as per Tamil Nadu (7.94 million), Rajasthan prehensive discussions. We a defence wing at its embassy the period 1901-2017, only four well distributed as predicted, with help the Rabi crops during 2018- the provisional data. (7.65 million) and West Bengal (7.24 mil- have taken a long-term view to here, the statement said. years — 1992, 2005, 2009 and only marginal rainfall deficiency of 19. The cumulative rainfall across The Agriculture Ministry said the lion). deepen the strategic partner- Noting the importance of a 2013, the rainfall deficiency over 2 per cent, 7 per cent and 2 per cent the country for the overall season first census was conducted with reference In total operated area, the highest con- ship between the two coun- safe and secure regional envi- north east India was more than 20 respectively,” the IMD said. between June 1 and September 30 year 1970-71. The census is conducted tribution was from Rajasthan (20.87 mil- tries,” a statement quoted ronment for development and per cent. Also, the northeast As per data, Manipur (-58 per was recorded at 804 millimetre every five years to collect data on structural lion ha), followed by Maharashtra (19.88 Modi as saying. On his part, prosperity, the two sides agreed region, known for large scale cent), Lakshadweep (-48 per cent), (mm) against the normal rains of aspects of operational holdings in the coun- million ha), Uttar Pradesh (17.45 million Mirziyoyev said the strategic to work closely in addressing floods, did not witness significant Meghalaya (-40 per cent) and 887.5 mm, the report suggests. try. So far, nine censuses have been done ha), Madhya Pradesh (15.67 million ha) partnership with India is “one of threats and challenges to nation- floods during the season. Arunachal Pradesh (-31 per cent) The overall rainfall was 84 mm and this is the 10th in series. and Karnataka (11.72 million ha). the most important priorities” al as well as regional security. According to IMD, due to day recorded the lowest rainfall till fewer than normal. The month of “The total number of operational Among states, the highest increase in of Uzbekistan. Modi said a stable, demo- to day variability of rainfall has led September 30. Every second state June ended with a rainfall defi- holdings in the country has increased from number of operational holdings was in Defence has been an impor- cratic, inclusive and prosper- to floods in several parts includ- experiencing deficient rainfall is ciency of 5 per cent, which 138 million in 2010-11 to 146 million in Madhya Pradesh (12.74 per cent) followed tant aspect in the India- ous Afghanistan was beneficial ing Kerala, Himachal Pradesh from the northeast. increased to 6 per cent in July. In 2015-16, an increase of 5.33 per cent,” the by Andhra Pradesh (11.85 per cent), Uzbekistan ties. In this regard, for everyone. “The two coun- and Uttrakhand. Despite defi- IMD officials said that the sea- August, the rainfall deficit statement said. Rajasthan (11.12 per cent), Kerala (11.02 the two sides agreed to work tries have decided to have reg- ciency, the kharif crop sowing is son also witnessed formation of a increased to 8 per cent. The defi- Total operated area, which includes per cent), Meghalaya (10.9 per cent, closely to expand and strength- ular contact in this regard,” he higher by 2.6 per cent this year as large number of low pressure sys- ciency increased to 22 per cent in both cultivated and uncultivated area pro- Karnataka (10.78 per cent) and Nagaland en defence ties as well as defence said. PTI compared to the last year. Besides, tems over Bay of Bengal and September. vided part of it is put to farm production, (10.5 per cent).    ()  ( *+ *,-.    &'  % R ( ) !: ;/  

senting Wachi constituency in   !  # %    south Kashmir's Shopian dis- trict. he had joined the force   52*5 $       .  last year. Besides seven rifles he also decamped with licensed he authorities in Jammu & pistol of MLA who was in win- TKashmir on Monday sus- ter capital Jammu at the time of   2   pended seven policemen whose commission of act by the PSO. service rifles were looted from Sources said since MLA the official residence of a leg- was in Jammu, his all seven   before talks, rendering talks operations, the forces assault islator last week. The suspen- PSOs had gone to their respec- 52*5 unnecessary,” the leaders said. residents and damage their sion orders were issued on a tive homes on leave, leaving The JRL has also raised the properties. A warlike situation day when a Special Police their weapons in a trunk at J- he Joint Resistance issue of “human rights viola- exists in Anantnag, Bandipora, Officer (SPO), who looted the 11 quarters at Jawahar Nagar. TLeadership (JRL) com- tions” in Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla, Kulgam, Pulwama rifles, surfaced on social media Besides legislator Advocate prising Syed Ali Geelani, documented recently by the and Shopian districts," it said. sites along with a group of Ajaz Mir, around a dozen other Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and United Nations Commissioner The JRL said, “Jammu & Hizbul Mujahideen terrosists to PSOs deployed in MLA secu- Yasin Malik on Monday for Human Rights. Kashmir is not a territorial dis- announce his joining the ter- rity unit were also questioned released copies of a letter They said, “Lack of sus- pute between India and rosist group along with the by Police and NIA sleuths at they have addressed to UN tained attention by the inter- Pakistan. We would like to arms and ammunition. legislator's official residence chief Antonio Guterres ahead national community to this assert that it is primarily a The policemen have on Saturday (Sep 29). of his three-day visit to India. aspect of the disputed conflict question of the rights of the already taken into custody for The Police had also The separatists have urged and not calling India to peoples of the State of J&K and detailed investigation. Officials announced a cash reward of upon the UN Secretary account on this score, has only that resolution must be sought said they were suspended for two lakh rupees for capturing General to resolve the “dis- succeeded in emboldening its within the parameters of that their callous attitude towards deserted Special Police Officer pute” over Kashmir that armed forces, enjoying immu- definition as well. We urge you duties. Besides police, the (SPO) alongwith weapons. "remains on the agenda of the nity from law causing untold to take these points into con- sleuths of the National The PSO's act is being seen United Nations". misery for civilian Kashmiris sideration as you engage with .!   17 $ 8  ,  (     , 7    9     :  Investigation Agency (NIA) as highly motivated and “India’s refusal to talk was who are forced to live with the Government of India.” 0(   2   - and other investigating agen- unprecedented act in the past doing unimaginable harm not arbitrary arrest, imprisonment, On Sunday, Kashmir cies have also joined interro- nearly three decade history of only to Kashmir but to the torture and killings in their Centre for Social and  (  (   :?):- to the Centre will then be sent the country and assured ade- gation of the detained cops. terrorism in Kashmir region. entire South Asian region at a everyday lives.” Development Studies to Myanmar through diplo- quate central forces for the Security sources said their There have been several recent time during which intercon- “Indian forces continue to (KCSDS), a civil society group iometric technology will matic channels for action. Maoist-affected States. This cell phones have also been cases wherein SPOs and police nectedness culturally, eco- shower pellets and bullets headed by Prof Hameedah Bbe put to use to identify the The meeting was attended after the Bengal Government confiscated for investigation. personnel deserted Police force nomically and politically (often indiscriminately on the Nayeem invited UN Secretary- Rohingyas illegally staying in by Bengal Chief Minister raised the issue of a probable However, the case has not yet and decamped with service rifles termed globalization) is the unarmed civilian population. General to Kashmir and India, Union Home Minister, Mamata Banerjee, her withdrawl of central forces from been exclusively taken over by before joining the terrorist ranks. driving force in international According to estimates, more requested him to take up Rajnath Singh has said. Jharkhand counterpart the Maoist-hit Jangalmahal area. the NIA. Official statistics revealed relations,” the letter reads. than 16,000 people in Kashmir “Kashmir Issue with Indian The Minister, who was on Raghubar Das, Bihar Deputy According to sources the The SPO Adil Bashir who that 34 rifles and one pistol The leaders impressed have been seriously injured by authorities”. a two-day visit to Kolkata to Chief Minister Sushil Modi Centre had proposed to with- fled with seven rifles and a pis- have been looted, snatched or upon New Delhi to engage pellets while hundreds have KCSDS in a statement chair the 23rd Eastern Zonal and Odisha Finance Minister draw CRPF from Jangalmahal tol from the residence of a taken away by the terrorists with the separatist leadership been permanently blinded. 14 issued to media claimed that Council meeting, said the State Sashi Bhushan Behra. for election purpose in four Peoples Democratic Party besides SPOs and Policemen in Kashmir and with Pakistan percent of these victims are the group’s invite was respond- Governments had been asked There are about 40,000 States. The Bengal (PDP) legislator Aijaz Ahmad who deserted police force, in with whom India’s relations are below the age of 15," the letter ed by UN Secretary General’s to collect the biometrics of ille- Rohingya immigrants staying Government has registered a Mir’s Jawahir Nagar residence nine major incidents since also deteriorating by the day. reads. Office with a note of regret that gal immigrants so that the illegally in India. While a strong protest against the cen- in Srinagar stunned the secu- March 29, 2015. “We have a right to self-deter- “The campaign of sup- Antonio Gueterres won’t be data could be sent to the coun- majority of them stay in the tral move to withdraw central rity grid. Bashir has reported- The 24-year-old SPO mination. Delhi would like us pression through daily cordon able to accept the invitation try concerned. State of Jammu & Kashmir the forces from the State. ly joined Hizbul Mujahideen as Aadil Bashir Sheikh hails. to abdicate that responsibility and search operations owing to prior commitments “The State Governments Bengal BJP has repeatedly The Minister however his pictures while posing with from legislator's native before they talk. To cede to that (CASOs) has become a per- and pressing demands already have been asked to identify the accused the Trinamool assured central forces would be a gun along with other mem- Zainapora village. Mir is one demand would be to concede manent feature. During these scheduled during his visit. Rohingyas and collect their Congress Government of har- redeployed if there was a need, bers of the outfit including top of the youngest legislators in biometrics,” the Minister said at bouring the Rohingyas in sources said. The Home commander Zeenatul Islam J&K assembly and considered Home Affairs enhanced resignations through video ence of SPOs videos tendering the end of the meeting held at Bengal too. Minister also met Mamata have gone viral on social net- as loyalists of Mehbooba monthly honorarium for SPOs statements after three police resignations. One woman SPO Bengal State secretariat Singh also told in the meet- Banerjee for 20 minutes but working sites. A separate pic- Mufti. his father was killed by with different categories of personnel including one SPO from another south Kashmir Nabanna adding the data ing that Leftist ultras were one there was no comment on ture of the looted cache of arms terrorists in late 1990s. service period starting from were killed in south Kashmir's district Kulgam with 15 year reports thus sent by the States of the major security threats in what transpired. has also gone viral. The SPOs are low paid one year to 15 years with hon- Shopian district last week. service had also posted resig- Last Saturday, the Police and irregular recruits to State orarium ranging from 5,000 The police department nation video. Even one counter and NIA began in-depth inves- police primarly taskes to do to maximum 15,000 per denied it has received any for- insurgent SPO Uzair Billa from % $& tigation into the arms loot case. menial jobs at police stations month depending upon the mal resignations from SPOs. Srinagar outskirts posted his  *  The SPO was deployed as or assist counterinsurgency length of service as SPO. Even internet services were resignation video through Personal Security Officer operations. This followed after over snapped in Pulwama and social media networking sites  ;#<=> (PSO) of PDP legislator repre- Last week, the Ministry of four dozen SPOs tendered their Shopian district to scuttle influ- seeking apologies from public.    +   , <         *9/- ?   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/ ;1  9      &   &). " 8             (   6 of Pawar’s controversial com- ment, by thanking the NCP  8   n an attempt to put a lid on chief through a tweet and &  ; /B856 by it they decided to end their Ia major controversy over his taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi:  6 lives as they realised that purported remarks defending “I thank Shri @PawarSpeaks n a bizarre incident two their love was destined to fail. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, a former Defence Minister he Shiv Sena on Monday Ilovelorn teenagers burnt Sunday being a holiday they in the Rafale deal, NCP chief and veteran MP, for placing Tattacked Prime Minister themselves to death after went around together, had a Sharad Pawar said on Monday national interests above party Narendra Modi, saying before learning that they had fallen drink at an isolated spot late that he had not given a clean politics and speaking the the 2014 polls he had made a for the same girl. in the evening. Later they chit to Modi as had been truth. Dear @RahulGandhi, number of promises but those The incident in typical poured the petrol they had reported by the media and you would be wiser by believ- who ask about it now are film style has left Jagatiyal brought with them on each rooted for a JPC probe into the ing your own ally and a leader dubbed as "anti-nationals". town in Telangana in shock other and set themselves on issues relating to the deal. of Pawar Saheb’s stature,” Shah Hoping that the Election and disbelief. Jagatiyal deputy fire”, said the DSP. Speaking at a NCP rally at tweeted. Commission's announcement superintendent of police Initially the police had Beed in Marathawada region in Pawar’s daughter and MP of checking unethical prac- Venkat Ramanna told the suspected that they had killed Marathwada, Pawar responded had sought to clarify matters tices in polls does not become media on Monday that the each other after altercation to the criticism against him by saying that her father had a "hollow promise" like the two class mates of 10th stan- but subsequent investigations over his controversial remarks, been misquoted. “The thing ones made by political parties, dard in St John’s School K revealed that it was a case of by saying that he had not which he (Pawar) is being it warned that if people's tol- Mahinder and Ravi Teja com- suicide pact. thrown his weight behind the quoted that he has given a erance level breaches, they mitted suicide by pouring “Both the teenagers were Prime Minister as had been clean chit to Narendra Modi will revolt. petrol and setting themselves in depression for sometime. quoted as saying in the media. is not true. Those who are A country where the top on fire. “They were inspired They failed to realize that the He, however, hastened to add saying so have eithr not heard lawmakers lie after taking the by a recent Telugu movie films were made for enter- that he would not make alle- or seen his interview or they oath of office, the poll reforms RX100”, he said sharing the tainment and not to copy it in gations against any one as (  $          )O?7$  ), #     - are twisting it intentionally” and code of conduct in that findings of the investigation the real life. The families of “long as I do not have any proof Sule had a day after the con- country can only be called as into the incident of last night. the two boys failed to realize with me”. against any one. The -))/@8'5??<9-/ lowing Pawar’s purported troversy broke. "pretentious", the Sena said in According to the police the mental condition and the “When UPA was in Government may keep the 8?2?-:8 remark in a television interview “People conveniently chose an editorial in party mouth- Mahinder and Ravi, both 16, suicidal tendencies of the power, we had decided to technical details of the Rafle ))8*-?2 *2 -2B that the people had no doubts to ignore three things. One, piece 'Saamana'. were in depression for the last boy”, Venkat Ramanna said. purchase Rafle aircraft. But at aircraft as secret, but it should about Modi’s intentions in the there should be a clarification "State Election Commissioner few days after they realized He urged the parents to that the prices of the aircraft part with the information ?28&-/8*?@85282- minds of the people vis-a-vis about the price escalation of the J S Saharia has said he is of the that they were in love with the keep an eye on their wards and had not been finalised. The about the price of the aircraft,” B:88'-/8-8/2) the Rafle deal, there was a mas- jets. Two, he demanded a Joint opinion of cancelling the reg- same girl and they were also if they notice any unusual estimated cost of one Rafle he said. 8-) ?<-/85<)8 sive controversy in political cir- Parliamentary Committee to istration of political parties afraid that if their parents or changes they should immediately aircraft was 650 crore and Hitting out at the now rul- 55<-  858-6- cles across the country. conduct an inquiry on Rafale. that fail to implement promis- teachers knew about it, they take them to the counselors. the same aircraft has been ing BJP and then in the - /?)'5-9-/-/8 While NCP founder And, three, he talked about es made during poll campaign. would be punished and they After the incident on purchased at 1,660 crore by Opposition of adopting dual 2

 ):2?9 This will, in turn, provide cates not to seek fresh dates      $ %   Q speedy justice to the masses,” unnecessarily for cases and iminng to clear backlog of Pathak told The Pioneer in plead cases efficiently without Acases and provide speedy Lucknow on Monday. any delay.     1   justice to the people, the State The Law Minister said “It has come to our notice       Government will appoint over that the Government was that sometimes Government  ):2?9  %# "# 600 judges in district courts by committed to providing advocates unnecessarily linger #"!!%& %    the end of this fiscal. The speedy justice to the people cases by seeking fresh dates. We n an attempt to exert pressure &  ; /B856 bit and tried to take process of appointment will and therefore it had decided to are keeping an eye on those Ion the Narendra Modi and 2    care of him”, the start from November. set up 125 fast track courts and advocates who are known for Yogi Adityanath Governments 3 % !% #) uniformed policeman sit- kind hearted cop Law and Justice Minister 11 family courts. delaying cases,” he said. for early construction of Ram $  $! %!("% Ating under a tree trying his said. He said he was Brijesh Pathak said that there “We will also have 13 com- When asked about the gov- temple in Ayodhya, Mahant  &#&  ) % best to console a crying baby aware that the were around 2,500 posts of mercial adalats to deal with ernment decision to withdraw Ram Parhamans Das of Taspwi ( !# $ 4 %% % whose mother was writing an mother from a poor judges in the State of which commercial cases. Besides, all criminal cases against political Chhavni temple along with examination inside the centre family was forced to 630 posts were lying vacant. district headquarters will have leaders, Pathak said the process his disciples sat on an indefinite . + $ * has won the hearts of millions bring her child to “The process to appoint civil permanent lok adalats. was on and over 2,500 cases fast in Ayodhya on Monday. as his photo was gone viral on the center as nobody junior judges will start from The Government is also had been withdrawn. Mahant Das announced had been sorted out and only social media. was at home to take November and we expect that going to appoint 35 new chief “We have received over before the media that he would a small section of the minori- The photo of head consta- care of the baby. the appointments will be judicial magistrates by March 25,000 applications but only not consume any food or water ties was opposing it. ble Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, “The mother is a made by March next year so next year. All new adalats and political cases are being with- till the announcement for a “I have sent information retweeted and liked by thou- post graduate but that the newly-appointed appointments have been drawn after careful scrutiny. temple was made. about my indefinite fast to sands, was first shared by the dis- she could not get a judges are sent for training,” cleared by the Cabinet and Beneficiaries in this process The saint also slammed President Ram Nath Kovind, trict superintendent of police, proper job and now he said. ground work is being done to are leaders from all parties. the Bharatiya Janata Party gov- Prime Minister Narendra Mahbubnagar Rama Rajeshwari. While discharging his duty he she has decided to become a “We want to complete the give a final shape to the mis- Even political cases against ernments for ignoring Ram Modi, Chief Minister Yogi According to the SP the saw a young girl trying to con- police constable”, Rehman said. appointment process by this sion,” Pathak said. Bahujan Samaj Party, temple and said that after Adityanath and other persons head constable, posted at the sole a four month old baby cry- Mujeeb-ur-Rahman is a fiscal only. UP Public Services The Minister said that Samajwadi Party and promising it, they were now concerned,” he said. Moosapet police station was on ing for his mother. loving father of two children. Commission has initiated the the Government had also Congress leaders have been backing out. Recently, the Supreme duty at Boys Junior College, “Earlier I had seen the While his daughter was in process. Once the appoint- directed Government advo- withdrawn,” Pathak said. Mahant Das said that now Court has decided to hear the Mahbubnagar where the exam- mother leaving the baby in the high school final year, his son ments are made, we will have Muslims too wanted the Ram vexed Ayodhya title suit on day- ination for selecting police care of the girl. When he con- was studying medicine enough bench strength to temple and hence all problems to-day basis from October 28. constables was being held. tinued to cry I decided to do my in China. clear the backlog of cases. (  (      ()  ( *+ *,-. COMMENT & ANALYSIS    ()  ( *+ *,-. 

www.dailypioneer.com &*&./01&*0' Hedgewar: A native vision of nationhood /S     :             !**          G            /       Progressive law ical praetorian guard. The fortuitous availabil- changed unimaginably. The hitherto inviolable to the detriment of the RSS’ prestige. The situ- a famine in Bengal; the Mission later sent MS ity of Syama Prasad Mookerjee led to the for- Muslim personal law has been challenged by ation-based editing of Golwalkar’s speeches in Golwalkar to join Hedgewar after he founded mation of the Jan Sangh; his tragic death in Muslim women, who have got triple talaq (talaq- Print must be seen in this context. Given the RSS. Returning to Nagpur with his degree E S          R  S Srinagar consolidated the fledgling party’s *@825/)*2/O e-biddat) legally invalidated, and are now fight- Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s vituperative in 1917, Hedgewar decided to dedicate his life nationalist credentials, a legacy that transferred ing to ban polygamy, nikah halala and female attacks on the RSS, and his allusion that it did to the nation. He joined the Congress and as         *    to its remake, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). @-'85-@8--: ?2 genital mutilation. The state is standing by them; not participate in the freedom struggle, Bhagwat general secretary of the Nagpur Congress Unsurprisingly, Jawaharlal Nehru loathed -/85 2/ the days of inhumane orthodoxy are over. presented a stalwart who opposed British colo- Sewa Dal, helped organise the Non Cooperation                2/B both the RSS and the Jan Sangh because they Then, the politically dominant State of Uttar nialism from early childhood and rubbed Movement in 1921. He was arrested for sedi-         did not value his Western liberal worldview and )) ?2-/--2?- Pradesh has asked madrassas to incorporate the shoulders with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, BS Moonje, tion and jailed for one year. Later, he became < sought inspiration from India’s native ethos, national school curriculum in their teaching Subhas Chandra Bose, and Savarkar brothers. secretary of the Congress in Central Provinces.      0  &<   O    2*0 which was by definition Hindu. Like Sardar '5-'-82-/8 programme. It is a matter of time before par- As a student in the sixth standard, he threw Deeply influenced by Moonje, Hedgewar           L  M   Vallabhbhai Patel and BR Ambedkar, Nehru <588? -5**)8 ents decide what kind of education they want the sweets received on Queen Victoria’s 60th felt that the nation needed a vehicle, different          &  indu rashtra (nation) is not rajya understood that the RSS was not innately anti- the madrassa to emphasise in future. The inter- coronation day in the dustbin, saying slavery to from the Congress, which placed Hindutva as (state), though critics try to obfus- Muslim, but was astute enough to realise that 6/*9-'58 82-8 nal dynamics of the Muslim community, the British empire was nothing to celebrate and the basis of nationhood. The RSS was found-                  cate the issue. A state is a politi- painting it in such colours would give him the therefore, are destroying mental ghettos and dri- motivated children not to go to see the lights ed at a meeting in his home, where like-mind-  %     %        & co-legal entity; a nation is a civil- consolidated Muslim votebank, which kept his -)95-9/??''? 8 ving Muslims to build bridges with Hindu civil- on Nagpur Empress Mill as part of the celebra- ed people would gather for weekly meetings, '  52 :          isational, cultural, and psycholog- party in power for several decades. isation and Hindu India. tions. In the 10th grade, Hedgewar managed to which gradually evolved into the daily shakha. icalH entity, generally identified with an ancient RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat 65- /?)?2)  A return to the patronage offered to organise students of Neil City High School to The emphasis was on character building    :        or distinct geography linked to its people. addressed a complex range of political, social, Muslim orthodoxy by the Congress and other shout ‘Vande Mataram’ when the inspector vis- (vyakti nirman); the rest would follow.            & Hindus form the bedrock and mainstream of cultural, civilisational and psychological issues <5?85)B/)/?? secular parties is no longer possible. Hence, ited the classrooms. When investigations began Hedgewar and many RSS workers remained 9  *    '   J'  5   the Indian nation; a Hindu polity respects its that have crystallised with the ascent of the BJP 25668 /?)85 Muslim investment in such parties is no longer to identify the mastermind, he confessed to save in the Congress and participated in the free- minorities precisely because it is Hindu. This as India’s ruling and dominant political party in necessary. A Hindu India must seek to make this fellow students from trouble, and was rusticat- dom struggle under Gandhi’s leadership. In  8    K6 $+"N:       is true of both Hindu rashtra and rajya. 2014. At a three-day conclave titled, “Future of 9-/6)*2*/5 transition as painless as possible, especially as ed. He passed the metric exam from Pune as a 1932, he inspired the Jungle Satyagraha,             Keshav Baliram Hedgewar founded the Bharat: An RSS Perspective”, Bhagwat sound- the challenge of Islamic terrorism increases and private student under the Lokmanya Tilak wherein 6,000 persons cut jungle grass in defi-     &2        Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1925 ed the bugle of an ideological war at a modern- -):6 ??2.8 innocents have to be protected. Bhagwat’s Yojana. While there (1908), he threw a bomb ance of a Government ban, similar to the ban as an ideological alternative to the dominant day Kurukshetra, where none of his invited speech is a nudge in that direction. The deci- at a police post on Vijayadashami; he was arrest- on making salt. He was jailed for nine     &      Indian National Congress, to uphold the pri- opponents turned up. Round one to Bhagwat. 6/ /256? 8 sion to put Hedgewar at the centre of his out- ed but released because he was a student. months. Long a shadowy figure at the edge of         &       macy of Hindu civilisation and Hindus in India. Critics have questioned the reasons for the 2-/8 @5:5 reach was a necessary corrective. Most swayam- Tilak and Moonje sent Hedgewar to study historical consciousness, Bhagwat has done    (+           Though Hedgewar and many swayamsevaks outreach, linking its timing to the parliamentary sevaks have grown up under the shadow of MS at Calcutta Medical College and meet leaders justice to a visionary with formidable organ- joined the freedom movement under the aegis election of 2019. Some have taken his assurances 65?-/85 Golwalkar (guruji), who led the RSS for 33 long of the Anushilan Samiti and organise the rev- isational skills.            %      of the Congress, mutual distrust due to the that Hindutva does not and cannot exclude years and established it in northern India. Some olutionaries of Bengal and Maharashtra. During (The writer is Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial                Partition and murder of Mahatma Gandhi per- Muslims as an exercise in ‘Congress-isation’. The speeches made in the troubled Partition years his six years in the province, he helped the Museum and Library; the views expressed are          O  &    suaded the organisation of the need for a polit- issue is more complex. Some things have and thereafter have derailed the public discourse Ramakrishna Mission to provide relief during personal)                 &         &'(&'(          &6              0    Congress leaders and workers will go all out to The campaign which the Congress is doing with half G      &- 9 /   ? J9/?K       hold agitations from State and district headquarters truth and baseless arguments is almost sabotaging to grassroots level against the Rafale deal. Indian Armed Forces’ operational readiness. Sustain the dialogical tradition        %                     —Congress general secretary —Defence Minister     7               ASHOK GEHLOT NIRMALA SITHARAMAN India can no longer afford ideological/political intractability to plunge itself into further chaos. Leadership in every sphere   &      K    must learn to live together. Trust begets trust. Let the leadership show maturity and together let the nation move ahead :  <    K      session on the third evening, could the call of truth, my God, from :(                   & impress anyone, irrespective of his ide- moment to moment, and, therefore,      -  :           ological leanings. The responses were when anybody finds any inconsisten-     (                   & -   so clear, confident, and precise. There cy between any two writings of mine, Mosaic of all-embracing . was not even an attempt to bypass any if he has still faith in my sanity, he    /     *9B228 *     L*  < M   .*2&-1 query, no matter how intrusive it was. would do well to choose the later of       3.             &*      1F;   %%           0    On the lighter side, there was a the two on the same subject.” O            & relaxing moment when Bhagwat was When Bhagwat publically            )  *     P, attended a three-day outreach asked why the Sangathan Mantri of declared that his organisation had               J                      programme organised by the the BJP always came from the RSS? moved ahead of the ‘bunch of S           Q #   ." #      S            K          &?  Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh The ‘innocence’ afloat in the answer thoughts’ era, brought out a new ver-            &-  n his book, The Gandhi Reader: A although the Quran allowed violence, it (RSS ) in Vigyan Bhavan, New charmed everyone: “Because only sion and left out certain ‘thoughts’ that                  Source Book of His Life and Writings, prescribed non-violence as a duty. He Delhi. This 90-year-old organ- they ask us to provide one. If others did not appear relevant to present real-      # S       (    (                &/   IMahatma Gandhi wrote, “Politics, believed in the unity of all religions. He isationI wanted to put up before the make a request, we shall consider.” ities, it can logically be viewed in light            (                divorced of religion, has absolutely no not only helped in the establishment of nation — and all those opposed to it One may disagree and genuinely of the above quote of the Mahatma.               /                   meaning”. A commitment to religion was Jamia Millia Islamia University for the — its vision of and mission for the attempt to decipher the meaning and As individuals grow up, so do organ-                 fundamental to the Mahatma’s life, ideol- education of muslims, but also sent one of country. As I was to enter the precincts interpretation of the statement, but it isations. Not all of them, though. "                &?    ogy and work. Time and again he assert- his sons to study there. of the Vigyan Bhavan, media would be impossible not to be For every independent observer        &5   R #   ."           0  ed his identity primarily as a Hindu. While it is universally known that the reporters asked me why I was there. charmed by the manner of response and objective interpreter of India’s    1231     (      However, he had a pluralist conception of Bhagavad Gita had a great impact on his I answered, because I am keen to to an intrusive query. Was this the development initiatives, the decline of B   <       L         ,            #       O  &M?   *     religion, which for him, was a matter of mind, he had a very different interpreta- know more about this organisation. main reason for the absence of polit- the dialogical culture amongst politi- spirituality and social responsibility; rather tion of the religious book than most oth- They went ahead with a few more ical invitees who were afraid of being cians appears to be a big impediment       1231  4 5         (        & than institutional observance and dogmat- ers. According to him, it evinced the futil- queries, to which my simple response swept off their feet by Mohan Bhagwat in ameliorating the miseries of those     6         6   ic behaviour. ity of violence and material desires. The was that I was open to questions on face-to-face? still waiting at the end of the line for              7 5   566   ) * In 1927, he wrote in the Young India ideal of acting without any desire for result learning and education, not on poli- Politically and ideologically a better and dignified life. Gandhiji           that “In spite of my being a staunch (nishkama karma) influenced him pro- tics. Further, if any political party or unconstrained senior citizens, con- had warned in 1922 in a letter that # S                The murder of an Apple executive in the heart of Lucknow Hindu, I find room in my faith for Christian foundly and led him towards a life of phil- organisation organises such an inter- cerned about the national, social even if Swaraj comes now, four             "    by a police constable who shot him at point-blank range and Islamic and Zoroastrian teaching and, anthrophy. Gandhiji focussed primarily on action, and I am invited, I will attend, cohesion and religious amity, often things shall weigh heavily on our peo-    #              ( for allegedly not stopping his vehicle when flagged down therefore, my Hinduism seems to some to ethical instead of the metaphysical aspect and I am sure I would be a gainer. I recall how after Independence, caste ple and they would not get happiness.             S      be a conglomeration…It is a faith-based on of religion. According to him, “every for- am now a senior citizen but by learn- politics and politicisation of secular- He identified these four as —defects       P   S  Q by cops in the wee hours, has once again exposed the rot in the broadest possible toleration”. He defined mula of every religion has in this age of ing more wherever and whenever I ism was pursued by unscrupulous and intellectual advancement, the consensus that no politician should of elections, injustice, burden of our police system. While the Yogi Adiyanath Government Hinduism as a search after truth through reason to submit to the acid test of reason can is a part of growing up. politicians, who just could not think Ganga-Jamuni culture would never have rejected the invitation, they administration and treachery of the P*   !   8  9         ( has initiated punitive action, the incident shows the Uttar non-violent means. His faith in Hinduism and universal justice if it is to ask for uni- After spending three evenings lis- beyond somehow, or anyhow, win- have flourished in India. could have shown the courtesy and rich. His words have proved prophet-    Q # :          (           #      (( Pradesh constabulary does not have even basic training in did not hinder him from condemning sev- versal assent” (Young India, 1925). tening to the sarsanghchalak Mohan ning the next election. India had learnt much earlier courage to join and ask questions and ically accurate. eral Hindu customs and practices, such as Many great leaders around the world, Bhagwat, I was certainly a gainer in Those in their 20s around 1955 than other civilisations how to ‘live seek clarification. They missed the Gandhiji had warned in 1922 in    7   1;    the handling of arms — shooting at the tyres ought surely untouchability, child marriage and prohi- like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther my comprehension of India’s social, still recall how they were convinced together’ and respect diversities of              distancing morality and ethics from eco- his/her religion to incorporate the teach- sistent re-examining and introspection of influence people and win friends. It own ideas. The very essence of prac- and religious cohesion, but that was )?*) Adi Sankaracharya and Mandana ‘wealth without work’. At present,                     ( nomics and politics in his book Unto This ings of other great religions in his life. As one’s thought to ensure one’s pursuit of was a superb articulation — no ticed traditional secularism — equal never attempted. Misra, most of the self-proclaimed these two appear to be organically                         Last (1862). He later translated the book a law student in England, the Mahatma truth. Even the desired end does not carry unnecessary sentence, no jargon, respect for all religions — was swept Absence of transparency in pub- )-58?2* - secularists would look the other way. linked. Politics of confrontation >                 P   JPK     into Gujarati as ‘Sarvodaya’ (well-being of read the Bible and the life of Jesus inspired the connotation of winning but of persua- every word and sentence appeared under the carpet, Left-wing secular- lic life and reluctance on the part of They may even not be familiar with retards the advancement of the nation.   (              (  all) in 1908. Russian writer Leo Tolstoy’s him immensely. MN Srinivas, in his arti- sion which involves as much a question- duly weighted and whetted. Politicians ists emerged as the dominant intellec- politicians to know more about their '?)-2 these examples, as most of the cultur- Hence, every possible opportunity       1;     #S       '   6 J'6K P  D+  advocacy of non-violence in his theory of cle, ‘Gandhi’s Religion’, notes that the ing of the self as the other. of every shade and age, including the tual group that controlled institutions. opponents and their ideas and inten- ''85 -?68 al context of India, its philosophical must be utilised to the hilt to bring       0             Q      P ‘non-resistance to evil’ also left a lasting notion of returning love for hatred and Gandhiji’s ideas are more than relevant most die-hard critics of the RSS, Only those who thought alike tions have now reached a disturbing moorings and literature finds little people of varying political affiliations                 impression on Gandhiji. He also learnt good for evil enthralled him (Economic in today’s time. In a society still struggling would do well if they watch the three- could entry into the academia, oth- stage. We all witness it when place in school education. across the table, to sit together and talk    #+"#+  &        6*'882-2          :  S       from Tolstoy the ‘law of bread labour’ ie, and Political Weekly, June 24, 1995). The with communal tension and caste-based day visuals of the orator who estab- ers were declared communal and con- Parliament session is disturbed for However, it will be difficult for to each other. Even if no tangible gain                 everyone must do physical labour. suffering of Jesus for others had the violence, we need to hark back to his ideas lished an organic link with the audi- servative. Secularism of their interpre- weeks and months. The loss of mutu- 8)?5-2*-/8 anyone to ignore what Mahatma becomes visible, personal distrust and      (  :            & ?  Tolstoy used to work on his farm for greatest impact on Gandhiji and he later of ahimsa and satyagraha. On the issue of ence without any apparent effort. tation became the weapon to consol- al respect, unwillingness to listen to Gandhi had written in the Harijan of levels of debates would certainly rise                   (          R S               &  '6 %   eight hours a day, in spite of being a noble- incorporated this self-sacrifice (tapasya) cow protection which has resurfaced as a They could emulate gainfully on idate the Left hegemony in key insti- and interact with people with diver-  858 ?<-/? 8 April 29, 1933: “I would like to say to in ample measure. India can no man, a practice that the Mahatma imbibed in his philosphy of non-violence. 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Leadership in     # S    (      #S  ?              lishing the Phoenix Ashram (1904) in The Mahatma also appreciated the Hinduism to Satanism”. As we enter the have already done that. Many critics of the strongest pillars of the Indian the ‘secular’ Opposition. appearing to be consistent. In my every sphere — social, cultural, polit-                   South Africa where all the residents were Quran for its evolutionary view of religion. 150th year of the Gandhian era, let us not were also invited but they probably felt civilisation. They ignored prashna- They just forgot that the people search for truth, I have discarded ical — must learn to live together.         K     )28

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Symptoms include pain, popping, and a feeling that the digit is locking when you 9 /  '?2885/8)-/         bend or straighten it. ith the use of newer technologies that are evolving one  Carpal tunnel syndrome — a condition in can access minute body parts that would otherwise be       ;     which the median nerve is compressed as it pass- Winaccessible to a surgeon. Robotic assisted surgery es through a small area at the wrist known as (RAS) is one such technology that is gaining popularity in the ndia is the ‘cardiac capital’ of the world with a sig- timely detection and treatment,” Dr Naresh Trehan,  the carpal tunnel. Typing may bring out the Heathcare sector. Medical institutions are investing in it heavily while Inificant increase in heart disease over the last 15 Chairman, Medanta, Heart Institute, Trehan says. eart disease can be prevented symptoms of the condition like pain, tingling, doctors and clinicians are getting trained to become better skilled years. “Primary risk factors for heart disease include Dr Shobha Gupta, gynecologist & IVF specialist, Hwith lifestyle changes and living and numbness in the thumb, index finger, mid- at using robotics. This is because robotics does not just help sur- diabetes, smoking, blood pressure, alcohol consump- Mother’s Lap IVF Centre, points out: “Women with healthy. “First of all, quit smoking & dle finger, and inner half of the ring finger. gical staff access certain parts of the body more easily, but they also tion, poor diet, deranged blood lipids, physical inac- PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome) have a risk tobacco intake. Go for a complete body  Leaning too much on your elbows may help in reducing error. The RAS also reduces the invasiveness, which tivity, obesity, stress, anxiety & depression. If either of of heart attack four to seven times higher than check up once a year that includes BP, worsen cubital tunnel syndrome. Here the comes with conventional surgical procedures, thereby ensuring faster an individual’s parent is suffering from a heart disease, women of the same age without PCOS. Women with blood sugar, BMI, cholesterol levels & ulnar nerve is compressed where it passes recovery due to smaller incisions and lesser blood loss. Other ben- it increases the risk of the individual by 15 to 20% and PCOS may have a higher rate of miscarriage because calculate fat in your overall body. Take through tissue near the elbow called the cubital efits include lower chances of postoperative infection, less pain, great in case both parents are affected, the risk increases by of elevated levels of luteinizing hormones, insulin or medication on time. It is important to tunnel. Symptoms include pain, numbness, or cosmetic results and better post-operative immune function. The 30 to 40 per cent. Thus, early screening is crucial for glucose.” exercise at least 45 minutes a day — tingling in the ring or little finger. cost benefit is therefore proportional. brisk walking, cycling or any other  Looking down at an electronic gadget for One of the key advantages of RAS is that the need for the doc- >3>? physical activity. Reduce stress levels, long periods can lead to neck and back pain. tor to be physically present beside the patient is reduced. These surg-  talk to your friends & family members,”  It's the posture and the amount of time in eries can be performed with the doctor sitting thousands of km routine TMT (treadmill <6 Dr Anubha Singh, gynecologist from that posture that matters. away. The technology also reduces things like errors due to finger Atest) can only pick up Shantah IVF Centre, advises.  It can also irritate the occipital nerve tremors while significantly improving dexterity and ergonomics. artery blockages beyond 75%. tudies suggest a low level of cal- each contraction, calcium flows out A long & undisturbed sleep is where the spine connects to the base of the skull, The robotics arms and instruments can reach areas which are dif- People above 40 must under- Scium and Vitamin D in the blood of the channels to let the muscles to important. “To make up for the lack which can cause headaches ficult for humans to access due to the physical limitations of the go detailed tests such as cal- increase the risk of cardiac arrest. relax and lengthen again. As Vitamin of time in the day, people have start-  Treatments for hand or wrist conditions human arm, wrist and hands. Robotic arms have seven degrees of cium scoring by CT scan to Research suggests that dietary calci- D is an important prohor- ed to cut down on their sleep time. include taking a break from the offending activ- freedom, and provide the surgeon detect any abnormalities. um in the form of supplements but mone for intestinal calcium Giving up on sleep to chase ity; splinting; short-term use of over-the-  .  ##* $% %# with 360 degree access while sit- Cardiopulmonary resuscita- not calcium-rich food might have a absorption for bone min- one’s ambitions is touted as a counter painkillers exercises to stretch the ten-  % %# $" ting comfortably on the console. tion (CPR) chest compres- harmful impact on the heart. eralisation, its deficien- motivational boost but it is dons; and sometimes steroid injections. In the case of nerve and brain sion is done to revive the “Cardiac muscles require calci- cy also leads to the risk harmful for your heart.  If texting with your thumbs causes pain, .% $*#%&  * % surgeries, the use of robotics patient after a heart attack. um to contract and squeeze blood out of cardiovascular dis- Sleeping for less than 7-8 you need to use other fingers to text. Another #  $< allows surgeons to get to the Primary angioplasty is of the heart and in the arteries. eases, including hyper- hours isn’t good habit as it option would to be use a stylus. .# * %#"%%( microscopic areas using various the preferred option for heart Calcium flows in the muscle cells tension, heart failure & increases the risk of coronary  If you have hand deformity or pain, use levels of magnification. Another attack. In this, a balloon is through tiny channels and works as ischemic heart diseases,” artery disease,” Dr Rajeev voice commands, or use a fatter stylus to put less ( %4  &< benefit of RAS is that it allows the threaded into the affected a switch that allows each heart mus- Mohamad Yusuf N Shaikh, Rajput, senior consultant, cardi- stress on the thumb joint. (   &##*%#4 surgeon more time to perform blood vessel and inflated, cle fiber to slide past each other and founder, Kudrati ology, Indraprastha Apollo hospi-  To ease carpal tunnel pain, set up your % +&##%  #4 surgeries, as the doctor wouldn’t pushing the plaque blocking shorten to contract. At the end of Health Center, says. tals, New Delhi, advises. workstation so that your forearms are parallel have to physically twist and turn the artery to the sides of the to the floor, your wrists are straight and in line *! * # ) " to reach the nooks and crannies vessel. A stent or wire mesh with your forearms, and your elbows are  4 (   < during the surgery. This also tube is inserted into the 6 66>6 relaxed and bent at a 90-degree angle at your "  4 % * % lessens fatigue of the surgeon. artery to keep it open after at five servings of fruits (bright ones like berries) eart disease affects people with Diabetes twice as often. More waist. Robotics surgeries are angioplasty. Drug-eluting E& vegetables in a day. Limit the fat, sugar and salt Hthan 65 per cent deaths with Diabetes are attributed to heart  Using a vertical mouse places the hand in # (   $%" increasingly being used to cure coronary stents can help pre- in your diet. Intake of plant based diets like legumes and vascular diseases. And most of the times, this is silent. a less stressful position. And keep the mouse in  % #%""# snoring and obstructive sleep vent plaque buildup, pro- & seeds are good as they contain fibre, proteins, good A diabetic’s blood sugar levels are often high. 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It's helpful to raise the computer monitor so it's %" $ %&# " & cancer as well as hemangiomas, tion has benefited millions of should be taken in the overall context of dairy and  A—A1C, or hemoglobin A1C test: It measures average blood level with your eyes. Do the same with hand- lingual thyroid, floppy epiglottis, patients. Angioplasty is a sugar added to it. Lean meats like chicken and fish glucose over the past three months. It should be less than 7%. Your held devices by propping them on a few pillows. ( %##%#< # # elongated styloid processes minimally invasive proce- are also okay for the heart but should be consumed doctor may prescribe insulin is your HbA1c is more than 9.5%       #   %" %   (eagle’s syndrome) and cysts in dure in which the chest in moderation. Vitamin B12, if found deficient, at the time of diagnosis or more than 7.5% even after taking oral !  ( 4 - the lower throat. To treat cancer- doesn’t need to be opened, should also be supplemented. drugs. This test is recommended at least twice a year. ous or benign tumours of the thus, substantially reducing Synthetic sugars, aerated drinks, energy drinks,  B— BP: It must remain less than 130/80 mmHg. Checking BP oropharynx and supraglottis, pain, recovery time, and fruit juices without pulp are not good. So also are at every doctor's visit is essential. A person with diabetes will need transoral robotic surgery is increasingly being preferred. This type scarring. Some other options the processed foods and namkeens including fried medications if blood pressure is above this level. of robotic surgery eliminates the need for cutting the jaw, insert- include anti-platelet med- foods, especially those made using trans-fat and/or  C—Cholesterol. It is an important factor that affects the heart. ing feeding tubes, blood transfusions or tracheostomies which hap- ications, clot dissolving poor quality vegetable oils. Red meat is also high in The cholesterol that needs to be checked is the HDL, LDL and pens in traditional surgeries. This helps to improve quality of life drugs, and cholesterol lower- fat and calories and not heart healthy. the triglycerides. All of them should be within the specified lim- for patients post surgical operation. ing medications. Dietary fats, if consumed in large quantity, lead its. The optimal target is less than 100 milligrams per deciliter Then there is the reduced cost. While the expertise, as is the L& ?1  #   to increase LDL. Take eggs in moderation. Olive, (mg/dL) for LDL cholesterol. For HDL cholesterol, the recom- case for most cutting edge technologies, can be expensive, robot- -   (   #4  canola and sunflower oils are heart friendly. mended level is more than more than 40 mg/dL. Every diabet- ic assisted surgery significantly cuts down other costs. It can be used : !  -   G1    L& ? 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Here are a few simple Aacross India may suffer from mild the back and shoulder muscles. It also capita alcohol con- supplement their learning curve. back pain, which can develop into chron- comprises of an in-built portable USB sumption in India has home remedies that will help ic pain and later into hunchback, reveals charger for all your mobile devices, as well more than doubled   you feel better within a few a study conducted by Associated as specially engineered anti-theft from 2005 to 2016.It has days, says Chambers of Commerce and zippers. Supported by intensive increased from 2.4 litres in 2005 to 5.7 Industry of India research with inputs from spine litres in 2016 with 4.2 litres being con- '& ( Also know as Okra or Bhindi, Lady Finger is ROSHANI (ASSOCHAM). 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The massive  -   & 59,000 more. The mass prison break The facility in Donggala 7.5-magnitude tremor struck But four days on some happened after the powerful was set on fire and all 343 Friday and sent monster waves      remote areas are only now tremor sparked a wall of water inmates were now on the run, barrelling into the island of (   'A being contacted, medicines are that devastated the small city of Utami said. Sulawesi, leaving )6) -      running out and rescuers are Palu Friday. Most of the convicts were at least 844 dead in the seaside   '     struggling with a shortage of Ministry of Justice official jailed for corruption and nar- city of Palu and surrounding  .   heavy equipment as they try to Sri Puguh Utami said inmates cotics offences, she said. areas. AFP L:$M      reach desperate victims calling & out from the ruins of col- flattened trees, shards of con- people feared to be under- other choice, we must get lapsed buildings. crete, twisted metal roofing, neath one Palu hotel alone. food,” one man in Palu told     In response, President Joko door frames and mangled fur- Two survivors have been AFP as he filled a basket with    Widodo opened the door to the 1            #(  $ #-   % niture stretched out into the plucked from the 80-room goods from a nearby store. ),67!"6    dozens of international aid distance. Hotel Roa-Roa, Indonesia’s Meanwhile, Government     agencies and NGOs who are Humanitarian Affairs warned to fill a vast grave with the stacked with corpses wrapped Dazed groups of people search and rescue agency said, officials said some 1,200      lined up to provide life-saving that there were some 46,000 dead, with instructions to pre- in orange, yellow and black ambled over the wreckage, and there could still be more inmates fled at least three pris-           assistance. children and 14,000 elderly pare for 1,300 victims to be laid bags, an AFP reporter on the unclear where or how to start alive. ons in the region.        Officials fear the toll will Indonesians among those in to rest. scene saw. One-by-one they digging. Among them were Desperate survivors turned “I’m sure they escaped    &-   rise steeply in the coming days dire need — many in areas that Authorities are desperate to were dragged into the grave as three men looking for their to looting shops for basics like because they feared they would  '     and are preparing for the worst, aren’t the focus of Government stave off any disease outbreak excavators poured soil on top. younger brother. food, water and fuel as police be affected by the earthquake.       declaring a 14-day state of recovery efforts. caused by decomposing bodies, In Balaroa, a Palu suburb Rescuers are racing against looked on, unwilling or unable This is for sure a matter of life      emergency. 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A senior disaster man- Pakistani anti-corruption duct as Republicans and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won angladesh has postponed agement official told AFP in Acourt hearing graft cases Democrats quarreled over  68.2* the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize Bplans to begin relocating September that nearly three against the embattled Sharif whether the bureau would have for research into how the body’s Rohingya Muslims to a remote quarters of the project was family expressed displeasure enough time and freedom to hinese President Xi natural defences can fight can- !7 B % island, officials said Monday, complete, with the navy fast- on Monday after deposed conduct a thorough investiga- CJinping has greeted the cer, the jury said on Monday. amid staunch opposition to the tracking construction of shel- prime minister Nawaz Sharif tion before a high-stakes vote Maldives President-elect Unlike more traditional can be managed”. role in the body’s natural controversial idea among ters and evacuation centres. failed to appear before it in a on his nomination to the Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, forms of cancer treatment that In 1995, Allison was one of immunity to disease. refugees living near the No reason was provided corruption case. nation’s highest court. who defeated directly target cancer cells, two scientists to identify the Allison, 70, “realised the Myanmar border. for the latest delay. Accountability Court Judge The White House insisted pro-China incumbent Allison and Honjo figured out CTLA-4 molecule as an potential of releasing the brake Prime Minister Sheikh But the proposal to uproot Muhammad Arshad Malik it was not “micromanaging” the Abdullah Yameen, raising con- how to help the patient’s own inhibitory receptor on T-cells. and thereby unleashing our Hasina was slated to open the the refugees to a remote island warned that he may cancel new one-week review of cern in Beijing over its big immune system tackle the can- T-cells are a type of white immune cells to attack new settlement built to house that only rose from the sea in Sharif’s surety bond and issue Kavanaugh’s background but investments in the strategical- cer more quickly. blood cell that play a central tumours,” the Nobel jury said. 100,000 refugees on Bhashan 2006 remains unpopular in arrest warrants if the former some Democratic lawmakers ly located country in the Indian The award-winning dis- Char on October 3, despite the teeming Rohingya camps. premier failed to appear before claimed the White House was Ocean. covery led to treatments tar- warnings the silty strip was The island is one hour by the bench in the Flagship keeping investigators from China, which geting proteins made by prone to violent weather. boat from the nearest land but Investment case hearing. interviewing certain witnesses. has invested millions of dollars some immune system cells But a spokesman for violent storms make the jour- On the orders of President Donald Trump, in different projects in that act as a “brake” on the Bangladesh’s armed forces, ney by sea dangerous or some- the Supreme Court, the for his part, tweeted that no the Maldives, is weighing body’s natural defences which has overseen the $280 times impossible. National Accountability matter how much time and dis- its options in the country killing cancer cells. million-effort to transform the “It is cut off from the Bureau (NAB) had filed three cretion the FBI was given, “it as Yameen has been The Nobel Assembly said muddy islet into a habitable mainland. What if someone corruption cases against the will never be enough” for trounced by Solih, after announcing the prize in camp, said the opening cere- needs emergency medical 68-year-old three-time former Democrats trying to keep widely regarded as a pro-India Stockholm that the therapy mony had been delayed. attention?” said Rohingya com- Prime Minister. Kavanaugh off the Bench. AP leader. “has now revolutionised can- “We will announce a new munity leader Abdul Gowffer. cer treatment and has date soon,” Lieutenant Colonel The UN has insisted that fundamentally changed the Alamgir Kabir told AFP, with- any relocation to Bhashan Char way we view how cancer out providing further details. be voluntary. The controversial plan, first Local authorities have been floated in 2015, was already seeking to reassure refugees well behind schedule. that they will be safe on the Officials previously said island. “We are still working on they wanted to start moving it. We’re talking to the families,” refugees from overcrowded Bangladesh’s Refugee camps near the border with Commissioner Mohammad Myanmar to the island in June, Abul Kalam told AFP.   7    ()  ( *+ *,-.

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ahmat celebrates 150 years of worlds fill us with a sense of belong- Mahatma Gandhi’s birth with an ing. Gandhi belongs to everyone and Sextraordinary set of postcards in we must live by his ideals — these post- a box, created by India’s contemporary cards tell us this clearly. There is a fine artists which can be bought for 500. line between the real and the imagi- The commemoration unravels as a nary in history. You cannot extricate “secular cultural festival,” to celebrate one from the other, it is simultaneous, 150 years of Gandhi Jayanti. the process is continuous, in that way times collide, spaces collide and peo- *.11'1 ( &  ple stand out in memory. The postcards carry different artistes’ images of Gandhiji on one side (     and his words on religious fundamen- Since 1989, the Delhi-based .4- talism on the other. The postcards for Sahmat has offered a platform for the Gandhi Project 1994-95 are based artists, writers, poets, musicians, actors, on the Mahatma’s famous practice of and activists to create and present needed ecosystem for arts using inexpensive postcards to com- works of art that promote artistic free-   2- and support, and a new gen- municate with a vast number of peo- dom and celebrate secular, egalitarian eration of artists and cultur- ple. Artistes led by Ghulam values. Postcards for Gandhi was one 68    al practitioners, not only in Mohammed Sheikh organised a lino- of Sahmat’s first projects to engage a the arts but design, architec- print workshop at the M S University, large group of artists around a single  ture, crafts, and fashion. Baroda. theme. The artists’ works were shown The MASH FICA New “The significance of postcards for in exhibitions in six cities, all opening  :  Media award further sup- Gandhi lay in artists engaging with the on October 2,1993, on Gandhi’s birth- ports the development of concepts and symbols that the day. Each presentation included one   6  path-breaking new media Mahatma used to marshal leadership original work by each of the partici- projects. I am excited and of the National Movement — the pating artists, making six different      look forward to the launch charkha and swadeshi, for instance. exhibitions. All the works were avail- that commemorates a new The evocative works made strong able for purchase at a uniform price of    ' beginning for me. “ artistic statements against the right- 1,000 each. The works were also “My earliest intuitive wing politics of the time,” says cura- printed as postcards.  <  vision for this edition of the tor Ram Rahman who, along with “These strategies of simultaneous Kochi-Muziris Biennale to Vivan Sundaram and Shamshad exhibition and low cost for artists’ explore the possibilities for a Husain, expanded on Sheikh’s idea and works, no matter the artist’s stature, rt collector and patron non-alienated life has invited 100 artists across India to make reflected Gandhi’s egalitarian ethos. AShalini Passi hosted a remained with me. The need six different postcard-sized works that One work from each artist was also joint event with the Kochi to listen, think and learn reflected their understanding of reproduced as a set of postcards and Biennale Foundation (KBF) with each other, particular- Gandhi’s political leadership, philos- in a book, Addressing Gandhi, which at her home in New Delhi. In ly voices from the margins— ophy and relevance to contemporary included commissioned texts by his- the company of artists, gal- of women, of the queer com- India. torians, social scientists, art historians lerists, foreign dignitaries, munity, the oppressed castes, and artists that presented new schol- and other avid supporters of   ' arship on Gandhi’s life and work,” the arts, Passi launched her In the Sahmat series of postcards states curator Rahman. The present set new initiative — the Shalini for Gandhi, Atul Dodiya’s has a of 100 postcards, previously unpub- Passi Art Foundation. poignant and reflective presence. He lished, is being issued in 2018 in a box, The Foundation’s cura- presents the fragmented figure of plays with the feminine to juxtapose Sheikh’s Gandhi is another abstract to commemorate 150 years of Gandhi. tor, Dr Arshiya Lokhandwala Gandhi with satchel slung on his hip Gandhi in a novel way. Caur says, “ I mooring with a pair of slippers, spec- Animated by the urgent belief that (PhD, Cornell University) and his right hand holding the historic wanted to portray something different; tacles and a book all done in a muted art can propel change and that culture described the initiative as staff that became a symbol for the civil so I painted a rotund image of shade of greyish blue, which is firm- can reach across boundaries, Sahmat showing a commitment to movement. Kasturba holding a pink heart with ly entrenched in the figurative narra- has offered a platform for an expan- advocating a new aesthetic The figure of Gandhi has been Gandhi in it. While there are many tive tradition within Indian art. Sheikh sive group of artists and collaborators language within the Indian central to Atul’s work over the years paintings of Gandhi, Kasturba rarely concerns himself with the search for the assassination and you think of the to present powerful works of art that avant-garde, which collaps- who has used the Mahatma as a makes an appearance, I wrote her an indigenous art practice that reflects narrative that flows, of the life lived and defend freedom of expression and bat- es the hierarchical distinc- metaphoric symbol which questions name and split up the alphabets to cre- the diversity of human life and art. “In a feeling of belonging to a world of tle intolerance within India’s often divi- tions between art, architec- the notions of modernity and univer- ate an abstract tone,” says Caur whose art, painting came in the company of nether times. sive political landscape. ture, craft, design, and fash- salism. Atul establishes dialogues works reference Indian miniatures. poetry, overlapping and yet indepen- Nalini Malani’s image of Gandhi “Looking at the roots within our ion. between simultaneous moments in dent of each other. Images came from with the word “History” at the bottom classical and folk traditions, Sahmat With the objective of history and weaves into his imagery        many times, each flowing into the is full of memories and elegiac ele- has traced the evolution of our mod- broadening access to the the leitmotif of artistic modernity in Equally enticing is an image by other,” said Sheikh of his work and this gance. The postcards from these great ern consciousness through the nation- arts, the Foundation also Indian contemporary art. Bhupen Khakar — a linocut which is is what ensues. artists tell us that we can create visu- al movement and cultural intervention announced that it has estab- the stuff of history. Created in 1995 this Surendran Nair creates a thorny al memoirs from life and its incidents, by the Left, placing arts in the public lished an associated arts    is an impassioned Gandhi image with metaphor out of a single slipper with emerging simultaneously through jot- sphere — giving a platform for artists blog, MASH (My Art The second image worthy of his glasses and an abstract rendition nails, a pair of spectacles and a clock. tings, drawings and writings. The to evolve work with a political and Shalini), which features arti- N-/86822)8 scrutiny is Arpana Caur’s Gandhi. She of the charkha. Ghulam Mohammed The red gives us a direct reference to multiplicity and simultaneity of these social edge,” adds Rahman. cles on art, architecture, 9))8C')?58 craft, design, and fashion; highlights emerging talent in -/8288-? elhi-based fashion design- these disciplines; and Der Shelly Jyoti has taken engages in behind-the- ) -82-/2: Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings of scenes studio interviews with Swaraj to heart. Through her  < artists of the moment. The 2)852 art, which she expresses on Foundation will pioneer new textiles, she is perpetuating the initiatives and encourage 9-/8/ lessons that are mostly lost in woven. Buy it with the idea of experimental new practices ?-/85 today’s urban chaos.   /8))B.B?-   - 5:5      0 doing something for your coun- in the arts — including the She calls herself a researcher try alone,” she added. launch of a new award for '5-)5)B of Bapu’s ideologies and                  In one of her artworks, she New Media Art, in collabo- through her current exhibi- used 30 metres of hand-spun ration with FICA @?8 <5? tion, Revisiting Gandhi: The and hand-woven khadi mater- (Foundation for India Art of Shelly Jyoti (2009-18), she ial seeped with the residual Contemporary Art) — in -/85*2 O is exploring the will of the col- colours of ajrakh printing, and addition to its ongoing sup- lective, for which she uses the titled Residue, Reflections, port of contemporary art the whispers and signs of fish motif. Reproductions. “I placed lengths foundations and significant nature—with a spirit of free- It is an intro/retrospective of fabric under each sheet cultural events. dom and comradeship is that resurrects Bapu’s timeless before block printing the mate- As a patron of the Kochi vital. In both the exhibition philosophy of swaraj and swad- rial laid out on the studio tables. Biennale Foundation, Passi and the carefully designed harma in textile-based art- The marks on the sheets are the provided a platform for interactive spaces, I hope the works. The exhibition is outcome of the process of many prominent members of the incredible range of exhibit- inspired by the anti-imperialist prior works in progress, residue organisation, including ing artists and visitors will text Hind Swaraj written in from the left-over dyes. I hope trustees and the curator, to become active participants 1909. Jyoti examines elements to convey through this piece share their vision for the and co-producers of the of Gandhi’s critique of modern that the last decade of my life Biennale, which will open on Biennale as a shared knowl- civilisation, noting his empha- has been a period of intense December 12, along with the edge laboratory,” added sis on an evolved ethical and study on Gandhi as well as one Foundation's plans for aiding Dube. spiritual self for creating an of finding my own self, my own relief funds after the recent “After the floods that alternative perspective of a bet- dilemmas, introspections, self- disastrous floods in Kerala. devastated much of the state, ter world. transformation and of reading Curator for the fourth it has been deeply moving to “I am trying to draw the Vedic literature to connect to edition of the ‘People’s see the people of Kerala, but history and narrate the story of Gandhi and the endless ocean. Biennale’, artist Anita Dube also the country, come swaraj from the present per- I feel through this process I’m presented her approach to together and act. Sharing spective. If I needed to make a coming closer to comprehend- this large-scale project, as and making of art is an garment I would do it. In the ing and understanding my life well as an insight into the essential part of rebuilding exhibition, Khadi March, I and artistic journey,” she said. process of making such an and healing, and we hope made jackets and angrakhas as bulence in the water and togeth- series of films are good to keep conduct one’s life. “The religious duties towards the nation. The exhibition includes event materialise. Entitled Kochi Biennale Foundation installations to show that if the er, they make a collective his lessons alive for the audi- texts are an integral part of an “When we ask children what four new textile site-specific Possibilities for a Non- can aid in that effort in 30 crore urban population impact. When you walk into the ence. Her inspiration runs deep. Indian family. We all know they do on August 15 and installations, 30 new ajrakh Alienated Life, Dube's Kerala. This edition promis- sought even five metres of gallery, you feel that you have Right from 2009, she explored about self-control, self-duty and January 26, they say nothing, it’s artworks on khadi, multimedia Biennale asks how we can es to be the most socially and khadi, the demand it would cre- entered an aquarium. I made the importance of indigo, then respecting our elders. Gandhi a holiday. Gandhi had a quote spoken word poetry and short come together in times of politically significant yet. ate is unimaginable,” she said. ajrakh fishes on textiles for the Dandi march and khadi. reinforced what was the con- that instead of giving three film on making of swaraj and political difference and vio- We are so happy to share a “In this exhibition, it was that,” she said and added, “We Gandhi had said that the duct of life and got the masses paisas to weavers give them collectiveness. lence to find alternative ways glimpse of that project with important to show the idea of need to understand the idea of book Hind Swaraj is both — to understand. This led to moral three annas. It would give Revisiting Gandhi: The Art of living. you today, and convey the swadharma in our country and self-duty.” written by me and not written regeneration,” she said. swaraj to the spinners and of Shelly Jyoti (2009-18) will be Commenting on the potential for change that art the collective impact. 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offenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann is plotting to outsmart his idol Pep HGuardiola when Manchester City attempt to get their Champions League cam- paign back on track by winning in Germany on Tuesday. At 31, Nagelsmann is the youngest coach in Champions League history, and admits to being a keen student of Guardiola's methods. Now he hopes to thwart the Spanish master tactician in Hoffenheim's first home Champions League match in the club's his- tory. But in Sinsheim, City will be aiming to bounce back from their shock 2-1 loss at home to Lyon in their first Group F game. Hoffenheim drew their opener 2-2 at Shakhtar Donetsk. City beat Brighton 2-0 at home at the weekend to go top of the Premier League, but Hoffenheim's form is far shakier as they suffered their third defeat in six Bundesliga games on Saturday, losing 2-1 at home to RB Leipzig, who the ambitious Nagelsmann will 4( ,                 .:4% (      %7%   J*   +B                  $  %   coach next season. $  J* +   (  '               This is the first time Nagelsmann will go head-to-head with Guardiola, who coach Kovac. 1    .   2; coached Bayern Munich to three consecu- "Many people said we wouldn't lose a )   "! : 3(   ')   G6   tive Bundesliga titles from 2013 to 2016 game in the (Bundesliga) this season, but )   " 4! 3( before joining City. now it has happened in no time at all," he ' 31 :  ' 30;: 0;         added.  L  $N+     '       * Uncharacteristically for Bayern, they Madrid, Modric will line up '  )  L       Bayern Munich host Ajax in the leaked a late equaliser in a 1-1 league draw for a Champions League      Champions League on Tuesday with Niko with Augsburg last Tuesday, which was fol- tie without Cristiano 6    & Kovac needing to fix a leaking defence and lowed by the defeat in Berlin. Ronaldo, who was sold, or -        "I1  lack of finishing after yielding top spot in Nevertheless, a win over Ajax would Gareth Bale, who is injured.  '  )     the Bundesliga. boost confidence before Saturday's home Bale is the last, and he  L$+  6   The clash at Munich's Allianz Arena league match against Borussia would have been playing against %    L  2  & could well decide Group E after Bayern Moenchengladbach when they can aim to CSKA Moscow, had it not been for a thigh -   0       claimed a 2-0 win at Benfica in the open- make up the one-point gap behind new injury picked up on Saturday.       -   ing round a fortnight ago while Ajax won Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund. In other matches of the game day 2, /      J"E#K9 5  3-0 at Greek side AEK. Historically, there is nothing separating Italian champion Juventus will host New     J"1DK& Dauntingly for Ajax, Bayern have won Bayern and Ajax, who have three wins each, Boys in Turin without the services of U      the last 12 matches at home in the plus two draws, in their previous eight meet- posterboy Cristiano Ronaldo, who wil miss L  U    &U/ L Champions League's group stages. ings. the game beacuse of suspension.         However, the five-time European cham- Also in the other clash of same group,    &     '  )      pions finished the weekend second in the Manchester City will face tough challenge       & German league after crashing to a shock 2-   Luka Modric returns to the rom Spanish club Valencia, who are head- 0 defeat at Hertha Berlin on Friday after Luzhniki Stadium on Tuesday, the scene of ing into this game after losing to Juventus UL      &   being outplayed in the capital. Croatia's World Cup final defeat to France, in their first group game.  J   K&/ L   & "It is an important game against Ajax. not only as FIFA's best men's player but the Elsewhere, Lyon will face Shaktar 8       A win would make things easier for us going star of Real Madrid too. Donetsk, while back on winning terms  &9        into our next four games," said Bayern head For the first time in his six seasons at Roma will play against Viktoria Platen.      &U  ,9((9)3())  #1    3')93     *  (   ' New Delhi:                %            .9)9,93'(()9. &  -?:B? <      & $I     P   <   "$    ocal hero Kei Nishikori began his "$             < &     &  ?/ Lquest for a third Japan Open title by 9  *   '              thrashing countryman Yuichi Sugita 6- $+        & ebastian Vettel made clear on Monday 4, 6-1 to reach the last 16 on Monday.     %         Sthat he still believes he can win a fifth Third seed Nishikori failed to hit the              $+"1   world title this year despite sliding 50 heights that took him to the US Open     K   6 K points behind Lewis Hamilton after the semi-finals last month but still domi-     &"$ <    0  Russian Grand Prix. nated his Japanese Davis Cup teammate,    "1 <  2  Hamilton's victory, after Valtteri completing a one-sided victory with a $+"(&       $"   Bottas followed Mercedes team orders to fizzing backhand down the line after 81      "((1   let him take the lead, lifted the Briton fur- minutes.     * & ther clear of Vettel with five races remain- Earlier, three-time Tokyo finalist ing this season. Milos Raonic crushed last year's runner-  '        But the Ferrari driver insisted he has up Adrian Mannarino, the sixth seed Kuala Lumpur: <      5  ?  not given up hope despite seeing his in- taking a little over an hour to beat the       form rival reel off a fifth win in six races $  ?          Frenchman 6-3, 6-4.    L            .$ ( H#2           (G B H   to maintain his momentum as Ferrari 1'  $$  The big-hitting Canadian, who has             & U9     struggled to keep pace. slipped from number three in the world 5  ?  A? ?       "I go race by race," said Vettel. he fails to finish, or score points, and Vettel to his current ranking of 20th after a     3 Osaka, a rising star of tennis at just /         "Obviously, it's not getting easier if we lose wins. poor run of form, fired 17 aces in a dom-  ( US Open champion Naomi 20, plays unseeded American Danielle 2 /  &) L  /  points. Vettel was unexpectedly encouraged inant display. Osaka needed just 68 minutes to power Collins next.    U  /     & "But I still believe in our chances. Yes, by Ferrari's performance on Sunday Canada's Denis Shapovalov, who last into round two of the China Open with Former world number one ? L        it's not getting bigger, as I said, if you fin- when he followed Hamilton and Bottas. year made unwanted headlines after a dominant performance over Kazakh Wozniacki was similarly emphatic with $+$+ - ?  *          L ish behind, but who knows? "It's not entirely in our hands," he smashing a ball at an umpire and frac- qualifier Zarina Diyas on Monday. a 6-2, 6-3 demolition of Switzerland's %               "It takes one DNF (Did Not Finish) added. "We need a little bit of something turing his eye socket in a Davis Cup tie, Also safely through on Beijing's out- Belinda Bencic.            *  - ideally two! - and then all of a sudden to happen, but we need to make sure that bundled out seventh seed Chung Hyeon door hard courts is another reigning Wozniacki will play Croatia's    .  &?   things look different. we are always there. of South Korea 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Grand Slam champion, Australian Open unseeded Petra Martic in round two.         L       "I'm not wishing that on Lewis, but "If it's a third we can get, or a win, you Elsewhere, France's Benoit Paire winner Caroline Wozniacki. It was a case of seventh time lucky                you never know what happens, so we need need to get those places to make sure that beat Chile's Nicolas Jarry 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) With world number one Simona for another former number one, Garbine       &?   to stay on top of our game which maybe we do everything. while Japanese qualifier Yosuke Halep retiring from the tournament with Muguruza, as the Spaniard set up a  '                 we haven't been completely this weekend. "The rest, unfortunately, is not any- Watanuki upset Dutchman Robin Haase a back injury and Serena Williams meeting with Aryna Sabalenka of           "We must make sure that from where more entirely in our hands, but I still think 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 6-1. absent, Osaka and Wozniacki are among Belarus.    & we are now we focus on winning the last that if we win the next few races we can World number six Marin Cilic the favourites. Muguruza, who is now down in 15th races." put a lot of pressure on them and make heads the field at the Tokyo tournament, The Japanese Osaka, who is enjoy- in the world, made a fast start as she  ;      Hamilton's 50-point advantage is the something to happen. whose list of previous winners include ing a breakthrough season after stunning hammered Ekaterina Makarova 6-0, 6- New Delhi:    %   equivalent of two race victories worth 25 "It's not easy but I believe we still have Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, John Williams to win in New York, breezed 4, making the seventh match point count        '    /   J/K points, a lead he could relinquish only if a fair chance." McEnroe and Ken Rosewall. past a bewildered Diyas 6-4, 6-3. against the Russian.   1 /  8  &          *            '   50               & / L*  2  %" ( A#8 = 38         @  '          /  .  ; :    6   2     / .      @ '  &/  .  ; :  L 50        B 2   (  &  '  L  :                    2898)/ wrestling (2), rowing (2), boxing (1),     *   -:  /  judo (1), sport climbing (1).  -'8-B Jayaram, who had         -        eenage shooting star Manu Bhaker Bhaker, who had won Gold in reached the finals of $ 75,000  &<   L  )  Twas on Monday named as the flag- 10m air pistol at Guadalajara World huttlers Ajay Jayaram and Vietnam Open and $ 25,000        .    bearer of the Indian contingent for the Cup as well as Commonwealth SSourabh Verma will look White Nights on his come-   <    / & 3rd Youth Olympic Games to be held Games, will be among top medal con- to make a mark when they back after recovering from a   (  (     in Buenos Aires from October 6-18. tenders for India at the Youth spearhead India's challenge hamstring injury, will look to Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Olympics. at the Chinese Taipei World overcome the first round exits Milan:          President Narinder Batra announced Other medal contenders include Tour Super 300 tournament in the last couple of tourna-         during the send-off ceremony here that CWG and World Championship starting here on Tuesday. ments when he faces Japan's        I"   the 16-year-old Bhaker will lead the Silver medallist shooter Mehuli With two Super 750 Hashiru Shimono.         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Hockey Mehta said, "Youth Olympics is a good including P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth recovering from injury, will take on local D(  &   0    including 46 athletes, will depart for 5s has most number of Indian par- platform for athletes to familiarise with have decided to skip the $ 500,000 event this favourite Lee Chia Hao.       *   * L      <  Argentina on Tuesday to compete in ticipants with 18 (nine each in men's the Olympic values and the Olympic week. In women's singles, Sai Uttejitha Rao 0           &    13 sports during the prestigious event. and women's team) while track and Games environment at an earlier In their absence, former world No 13 Chukka will meet Chinese Taipei's Chiang                "It gives me immense pleasure to field has seven athletes. Other Indian stage. I urge our young team to see the Jayaram and former national champion Ying Li, Mugdha Agrey will play seventh seed            J@5K& announce the young athletes' partici- participants are: shooting (4), recurve Games as a medium for sporting and Sourabh will look to keep the tricolour fly- Soniia Cheah and Sri Krishna Priya        pation in the Youth Olympic Games. archery (2), badminton (2), swimming cultural exchange whilst giving their ing when they begin their campaign in the Kudaravalli squares off against another local  &  May the Indian flag fly high and our (2), table tennis (2), weightlifting (2), best performances." men's singles competition here. player Lin Ying Chun.    ()  ( *+ *,-. #( 7 ),! %!,'3 ,!-9 :    O  %   9     "+< "N  %   

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 6 Cesar Ferrando revealed the reasons for the suspension of ith a new head coach in the two players. Wplace, the Mumbai City "Two of our players have FC will look to start the fifth been banned -- Subrata Paul season of the Indian Super and Tim Cahill. Dhanachandra League (ISL) with a win when Singh is out injured and so has they take on Jamshedpur FC not travelled with the team. here on Tuesday. "Paul has a three match ban The coveted ISL crown has for the incident in the Super eluded Mumbai for the past Cup. Cahill has a three-match four seasons. suspension for an incident The 'Islanders' - as they are which took place for Millwall in fondly called -- had a particu- the England Second Division larly disappointing time last and tomorrow his ban ends," season. Ferrando told reporters at the But with new coach Jorge pre-match media conference. Costa taking over their reins, The coach, however, said they will look forward to an that he had a good squad. improvised show and change of "I have a good squad and fortunes at the Mumbai working very hard and not Football Arena in suburban having three players around is Andheri. no excuse," he added. Mumbai have Ferrando also said made several changes that the team needed to to their squad and balance both defence roped in Indian play- and attack. ers like Souvik "We dont have any Chakrabarti, Raynier style. Defend and attack Fernandes and s what we will play. If Subhashish Bose. you see Barcelona, its good Their notable foreign team in attack and defence. We acquisitions include Paulo have to balance both aspects," Machado (Portugal)and strik- added the Jamshedpur head er Rafael Bastos (Brazil). coach. With Bose, Mumbai have It will be Costa's first game strengthened their defence, in his new role and a win will which was a definite concern surely boost his and the side's last season, and also included confidence going ahead into the Romanian Lucian Goian, long tournament. Arnold Issoko (Congo), Souvik And according to Costa, it Ghosh and Anwar Ali. was important to focus on his With Senegal's Modou players. Sougou bringing his experience "It would be good if he to the table, Mumbai now have (Tim Cahill) can play. I am not a strong mid-field. that kind of coach who looks at If Sougou and Bastos fire in a player's absence. unison, Jamshedpur's defence "It is more important to will come under severe threat. work at my house - my house Mumbai are also expected means my players - and look at to display an attacking style of what we can do in the game," football, which was seen during Costa said. the pre-season campaign in Jamshedpur, who finished Thailand where they won three fifth on the points table last sea- games and drew one. son, also have a new head The hosts also have the coach -- Cesar Ferrando who solid Amrinder Singh and will also be aiming for a posi- Kunal Sawant to call upon as tive beginning. goal stoppers. But with two of his best Mumbai will heave a sigh of players out from the Tuesday relief as Jamshedpur's best bet, game, the others will have to Australian World Cup striker display something special, if Tim Cahill, and senior goal- they have to spring a surprise. keeper Subrata Paul will not Also, Mumbai have not feature in Tuesday's clash as won against Jamshedpur, hav- they have been suspended. ing drawn and lost a game in With these two stars miss- their two meetings last season. ing from the visitors' ranks, The hosts would strive hard Mumbai look to have the edge. to change the narrative this Jamshedpur FC head coach time around.