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You will get now,” door negotiations and new BJP would become active to get Minister’s post.” 1 he said. political realignments, several support from the JJP, smaller Shiv Sena president / L; will sit across whether to pro- has the advantage with the Given the fractured verdict, sharing decided between the 1 L6 ceed in the matter or not,” numbers. a section of the BJP is con- bow coalition of non-Jat castes Sena and the BJP at a meeting ,-/ Chavan said, indirectly hinting In the new Assembly, the templating whether Chief following the violent Jat he held with BJP president M at the exploring the possibili- BJP remains the single largest Minister Manohar Lal Khattar protests of 2016 lies shattered Amit Shah and Chief Minister ty of extending support to the party and would stake its claim is the best bet at this point of to an extent this time around. Devendra Fadnavis in February Shiv Sena from outside. to form a Government. time to lead the party. His rain- Continued on Page 4 this year (ahead of the Lok time of seat-sharing, BJP power sharing in the new Chavan set the cat among the Earlier, when he was asked However, the biggest riddle Sabha polls) as the basis for Minister Chandrakant Patil Government. pigeons by saying, “The BJP has about the Opposition com- for the party would be to get power-sharing in the new had told us that his party had Chief Minister Devendra got lesser number of seats than bine supporting the Shiv Sena, the requisite numbers to get a Government. some difficulties. We under- Fadnavis — who addressed it had expected. They were say- NCP president Sharad Pawar majority in the 90-member Responding to a query as stood them then.” the media minutes after ing all things that they would get said, “People have asked us to House. In such a scenario, the to which of the two saffron “We cannot understand Uddhav did — said that he had more than 220/250 seats, etc. sit in the Opposition. The fledgling Jananayak Janata alliance partners would get the the difficulties of everyone. seen and heard what the Sena They (BJP leaders) were even thought of trying to get into Party (JJP) holds the key. Chief Minister’s post, Uddhav After all I have to run my party president had said. He sought talking about forming the power doesn’t even cross our The JJP — the surprise said at a news conference he and widen its base. Now let us to buy time by saying, “What Government on their own minds. We will work to expand package this election and the addressed at his “Matoshree” discuss everything in a trans- Uddhavji has said is correct. We strength. If they want to form a our base”. true inheritors of the legacy of residence, “Who will become parent manner with Delhi had decided on the formula. Government now, they will To another query, Pawar Jat leader Chaudhary Devi Lal the Chief Minister is an impor- leaders. Let Amit Shah come We would go by that...there is have to give the Shiv Sena its said, “We will not go with Shiv — would take a call on extend- tant question. Ahead of the Lok from Delhi. Let’s discuss the no ambiguity”. Fadnavis, how- pound of flesh. After the last Sena. NCP-Congress and other ing support on Friday. Sabha polls, we (Sena and BJP) issues with him,” Uddhav said, ever, chose not to elaborate on elections, the NCP had offered allies will decide together, the Government sources indi- had arrived at 50:50 seat and as he insisted on the BJP imple- the matter. unconditional support from the future course of action.” cated that Governor Satyadev power sharing formula. At the menting the 50:50 formula of On his part, Prithviraj outside. As result, the Shiv Sena Continued on Page 4 Narayan Arya would invite the # & '( # "3,$.134" R ! ut of the three sporting Ostars fielded by the BJP in the polls, only one managed to ,56$57". seats went to the Opposition, secure a victory for the party. but the saffron outfit did com- The BJP had fielded he result of the bypolls for paratively better in Uttar Commonwealth wrestling Tthe 51 Assembly seats in 11 Pradesh, where it managed to champion Babita Phogat from States, including politically retain seven out of 11 seats. Dadri, Olympic wrestling important Gujarat, Bihar and In Madhya Pradesh, medallist Yogeshwar Dutt ! Uttar Pradesh, came as wake- Congress wrested its tradi- from Baroda and former " up call for the BJP-led NDA on tional Jhabua Assembly seat national hockey team captain Monday. The BJP conceded from the BJP. In Rajasthan Sandeep Singh from Pehowa. ground to the Opposition in also, the Congress increased its All three were first-time can- Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, tally in the State legislature by didates. while its ally Janata Dal(U) suf- one after winning the Assembly Sandeep recorded his # fered a bloody nose in Bihar. bypolls to Mandawa, while MP maiden election victory from $ %#$& The BJP lost the prestigious Hanuman Beniwal’s Rashtriya Pehowa seat in Kurukshetra '( Satara Lok Sabha bypoll in Loktantrik Party retained the district and defeated Congress )* + Maharashtra. However, the Khinwsar seat. candidate Mandeep Singh , NDA ally LJP retained the The BJP and its allies had Chathha by a margin of 5,314 -$- Samastipur (SC) Lok Sabha held nearly 30 of the 51 votes. constituency. Assembly seats, while the ! In Dadri, Babita could In Gujarat, influential OBC Congress had won 12 and the secure only third place as an leader Alpesh Thakor, who rest were with regional parties. Fatima, who is a Rajya Sabha cornered by the SP. The BSP scheduled next year. While the Independent Sombir won the recently joined the saffron Among the States ruled by the member and also wife of con- which contested separately RJD won two seats, one each seat. Sombir polled 43,849 37,530 votes and Krishan !"#$#"%&' . party, lost to the Congress can- BJP and its allies, elections troversial SP leader and MP from the SP (unlike 2019 Lok seat went to All India Majlis-e- votes followed by 29,319 of Hooda secured 42,379 votes. - didate. The Congress and the were held for 11 seats in UP, from the constituency Azam Sabha alliance), scored a duck. Itehadil Muslimmeen of JJP’s Satpal Sangwan and The most “famous” BJP shared three seats each in followed by six in Gujarat, five Khan, has scored victory over The NDA in Bihar pre- Asaduddin Owaisi, the JD(U), 24,502 of Babita Phogat. celebrity candidate of the BJP the stronghold of the Prime in Bihar, four in Assam and two the BJP candidate. sented very poor show in by- and an Independent. But, in Olympic medallist — Sonali Phogat — who was . Minister and the BJP president. each in Himachal Pradesh and The BJP has won seven elections to five Assembly seg- Samastipur Lok Sabha seat, Yogeshwar failed to impress contesting from Adampur / The BJP also presented a Tamil Nadu. Assembly seats in UP with ments of the State, seen by NDA constituent LJP com- the voters as he was defeated against Congress’ Kuldeep O 1 dismal show in Bihar bypolls, SP candidate from one going to party of Apana some as the “semi-final” ahead fortably retained seat. by Congress’ Krishan Hooda Bishnoi also lost the election. , $ - where four of the five Assembly Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, Tazeen Dal (Sone Lal) and three seats of the Vidhan Sabha polls Continued on Page 4 by 4,840 votes. Dutt was polled Continued on Page 4 !R ! 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Vodafone totalled 19,823.71 63rd position and figured their vote through postal bal- The setback to the telecos All other submissions of crore, while Reliance among the world’s top 10 most lot. The Ministry of Law and came as the apex court upheld headed by Justice Arun Mishra. the telecom companies are Communications owed a total improved countries for the Justice has amended the the AGR definition formulat- The top court said that rejected and they have to pay of 16,456.47 crore. BSNL third consecutive time on the Conduct of Election Rules, ed by the Department of overall revenue has to be taken penalties and interests to DoT, owed 2,098.72 crore and back of faster bankruptcy res- 1961, allowing senior citizens Telecom (DoT) and termed as into account for determination the judges said. MTNL, 2,537.48 crore. olution and issuance of con- and person with disabilities in “frivolous” the nature of objec- of licence fees without “set An advocate, party to the Continued on Page 4 struction permits. the absentee voter list. tions raised by them. off”, as provided in the agree- The rise, which comes on The absentee voter refers to “The definition of gross ment. the back of a 23-spot jump last a vote cast by someone who is revenue is crystal clear in the “The same was defined to year, underscored the reformist unable to go to the polling sta- some countries, the voter is ers in India cannot cast postal agreement. How the adjusted simplify it to rule out the liti- credentials of the Modi gov- tion. Presently a postal ballot is required to give a reason for not votes. gross revenue to be arrived at gation, disputes, and account- ernment that is hard pitching available to Armed forces and going to the polling station, Postal voting is done only is also evident. It cannot be ing myriads. The submission India as an alternative invest- those assigned to poll duties. before participating in an through the “Electronically submitted that the revenue has raised that the term revenue ment destination to China. The poll officer will attest absentee ballot’, said EC Transmitted postal ballot not been defined in the con- has to be interpreted as the “India put in place four the absentee voter in the case officials. Papers (ETPB)” system, where tract. Once the gross revenue is consideration payable in keep- new business reforms during of senior citizens and person The Lok Sabha recently ballot papers are distributed to defined, one cannot depart ing with commercial and finan- the past year and earned a place with disability in the form passed a Bill to allow proxy vot- the registered eligible voters and from it and the very meaning cial parlance is what is intend- in among the world’s top ten 13A. “The system is designed ing for NRIs. However, domes- they return the votes by post. is to be given to the revenue for ed to be avoided. Raising of improvers,” World Bank said. to increase voter turnout. In tic migrants and absentee vot- Continued on Page 4 the agreement,” said a Bench such submission is a futile Detailed report on P10 !"#!$%&

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While the overall Air the AQI. the first week of November Thursday inaugurated the facil- clinics in large numbers has quality Index (AQI) was System of Air Quality now. ity for open-heart surgery also expanded healthcare facil- recorded at 318 micro gram Weather Forecasting & "The current Western dis- among others at Rajiv Gandhi ities on the secondary level, he per cubic (μgm-3), Mundka Research (SAFAR)'s weekly air turbance is feeble and precip- Super-Specialty Hospital in facilities for the poor. "The hos- said, adding that in the tertiary and Dwarka Sector 8 surpassed quality forecast stated that pol- itation is not excepting north- Tahirpur area of East Delhi. pitals were crowded with level, several multi-specialty the danger mark as the harm- lutants values are expected to west India, another Western The Chief Minister said, "I patients, and I used to appre- and super-specialty hospitals ful pollutants were recorded at shoot up after three days, disturbance is likely to affect am happy that so many facilities ciate the patience of those doc- have been constructed to pro- 576 and 420 respectively. though Friday's air quality the western Himalayan region are coming up in the Rajiv tors who used to deal with so vide adequate healthcare facil- Citing meteorological fac- index may show slight any unusual coughing, chest started to negatively influence by 28th October," Gandhi Super Specialty many patients at a single point ities in the city. tors as the main reasons behind improvement. discomfort, wheezing, breath- Delhi's air quality by drastical- As per the widespread sit- Hospital. I want to congratulate of time," he said. The chief minister further the slow dispersion of Situations in nearby places ing difficulty, or fatigue. Keep ly decreasing ventilation coef- uation, "The calm wind condi- all the people who have sup- Talking about expansion of said that a huge inflow of Suspended Particulate Matters of Delhi, instance - Faridabad, the windows close." "If the air ficients and thereby effecting tion and associated very stable ported us in initiating these health services in the city, he patients is a big challenge for (SPMs), pollution monitoring Noida, Greater Noida and conditioner provides a fresh air dispersion. atmosphere can lead to the facilities for the people of Delhi." said "Delhi has witnessed an the government as people are agencies clearly mentioned that Ghaziabad was also in the intake option, keep that closed. 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Then cornered this time with ," ! has been virtually wiped out in Taway from the halfway the party came out with a man- he “overconfident” and the BJP, the Congress, this election. mark in Haryana, but the ifesto, which promised loan T“overenthusiastic” the Indian National However, less than 12- party’s performance in the waiver to farmers and had Bharatiya Janata Party, which Lok Dal-Shiromani / *&# month-old Jannayak Janata State polls has made former something for other had set a target of winning “75 Akali Dal alliance, Party (JJP) emerged as a key CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda sections as well and this helped plus” seats in 90-member Jannayak Janta Party, player by winning 10 seats in a emerge stronger. In 2014 the party,” a state unit leader said. Haryana Assembly, failed to Aam Aadmi Party, 00 12 ' 90-member assembly. JJP’s Congress had won 15 seats but “Had the party high com- even secure a clear majority as Bahujan Samaj Party, party symbol incidentally is the this time it has won 31 seats mand given charge to Hooda the poll results on Thursday Loktantra Suraksha ‘Key’. under Hooda’s leadership. and Selja a few months before yielded a hung House. poll results. Party and Swaraj India in the Interestingly, the original After his party lost power the polls, Congress’s perfor- While most of the exit The BJP secured 40 seats, fray. "3,$.134" Sabha polls. The party got party INLD almost dimin- in Haryana in the 2014 polls, mance would have been even polls had predicted a comfort- Congress won on 31, JJP From 47 seats in 2014 State 28.42 per cent of the total ished, but the third and fourth the 72-year-old satrap had better,” he said. able victory for the saffron managed to grab 10 seats, Assembly, the BJP was restrict- he vote share of the ruling votes polled in the Lok Sabha generations of its founder and nothing going in his favour. Notably, Hooda party, the actual poll results Indian National Lok Dal and ed to 40 seats this time. The TBharatiya Janata Party election. Devi Lal survived The ruling BJP at the Centre retained his stronghold Garhi stood in stark contrast, and is Haryana Lokhit Party won one Congress recorded increase in (BJP) fell by a massive 22 per Haryana BJP President by winning their respective had made alleged irregularities Sampla-Kiloi in Rohtak with a seen possibly one of the most seat each and seven indepen- its previous election tally of 15 cent in the Haryana Assembly Subhash Barala and State seats. in the land deals during his comfortable margin. With this telling political dents were elected to the to 31 in the poll results declared polls, the results of which were Ministers, except two, lost the “I believe the keys are in tenure a major issue and the win, Hooda now has nine vic- embarrassments suffered by House. on Thursday. declared on Thursday. polls. the hands of the JJP,” Dushyant Congress veteran was tories under his belt, including the BJP in the recent past. Even as the BJP has failed The INLD which had The party secured over 58 Khattar retained his Karnal Chautala said earlier on grappling with the cases one against former deputy As the electors in Jatland- to emerge as a single largest managed to win 19 seats in per cent votes in the state in the seat with a comfortable margin, Thursday as counting trends against him. prime minister Devi Lal in the Haryana voted for a hung party, the saffron party is set to 2014 could register victory on Lok Sabha polls held five winning by 45,188 votes over clearly showed the BJP was set He remained at logger- Lok Sabha polls. assembly, the BJP failed to form the Government for the only one seat. SAD, which had months ago in May and his nearest rival Tarlochan to win less than half the 90 seats heads with the party’s state unit Hooda has been CM twice maintain its winning momen- second consecutive term in contested on two seats failed to won all the 10 seats. In this Singh of the Congress. BJP’s and the Congress making rapid chief Ashok Tanwar, who quit and an MP four times. tum in the state while its arch- Haryana, the political observers open its account. Assembly polls, it got 36 per outgoing Ministers Capt gains.” days after he was replaced by This time, the BJP fielded rival-Congress, apparently pro- say. Former Minister Gopal cent. Abhimanyu, OP Dhankar, Ram Dushyant Chautala, the Kumari Selja, weeks ahead of against him Satish Nandal, a duced a resilient comeback They say that the JJP with Kanda’s Lokhit Haryana Party Several Ministers in the Bilas Sharma, Kavita Jain, great grandson of the former the polls. former Rohtak district unit even after struggling due to fac- 10 seats in its kitty and seven won one seat while seven Manohar Lal Khattar-led gov- Krishan Lal Panwar, Manish deputy Prime Minister late Hooda, who had virtually president of the INLD, who tionalism and infighting in the independents will now play a independents won the ernment lost in the elections. Grover, and Krishan Kumar Devi Lal and grandson of jailed threatened to snap ties with the switched sides earlier this year. party. key role in the formation of polls. While the BJP managed to get Bedi, all ended up with humil- INLD leader OP Chautala, Congress, too was accommo- Hooda had defeated While both national parties next government in Even as BJP’s vote share 40 seats this time, it had won iating defeats. who led the newly dated and made state legislature Nandal twice, in 2009 and 2014 ended short of securing a Haryana. increased to 36.47 percent this 47 in the 2014 Haryana But BJP candidate and formed JJP in 2018 won from party leader, weeks before the from the constituency, and now majority in the 90-member The BJP and Congress time from 33.20 in 2014, the Assembly polls. Public Health and Engineering Uchana Kalan in Jind district elections, which some state lead- he inflicted a third shot. Haryana Assembly, the fledg- have already reached out to the BJP failed to repeat its 2014 The vote share of the Minister Banwari Lal won the by defeating sitting legislator ers admit to be a delayed move. Garhi Sampla-Kiloi came ling party-Jannayak Janta Party independents and the JJP, performance when it had won Congress, which has emerged Bawal seat. Prem Lata, 59, wife of former “However, both Hooda and into being 10 years ago after a led by former Member which came into existence after 47 seats on its own and went stronger than the last polls Also Health Minister Anil Union Minister Birender Selja aggressively picked up on delimitation exercise. Before Parliament Dushyant Chautala the split in Indian National Lok onto to form its maiden but is behind the BJP, is almost Vij retained his seat from Singh. JJP contested all 90 the issues like unemployment, that the constituency was emerged as a key player in the Dal last year. Government in Haryana. the same as it was in the Lok Ambala Cantonment. Assembly seats. law and order, agrarian crisis, known as Kiloi.

::: State Assembly polls, setting aside + 2 the remaining 18 seats for their ! " #$ % & ' )*+ From Page 1 allies.However, upon a request by Given the nature of power the BJP leadership, the Sena agreed From Page 1 matter upon merits and then ed as AGR on which licence fee roaming charges and PSTN struggle between the BJP and to contest less number of seats Holding that interest and aforesaid conclusion indicates would have to be paid to gov- pass- through charges. Shiv Sena, it will take some more (124) in the State Assembly polls penalty have rightly been levied frivolous nature of objections,” ernment. Other questions were, days before the leaders of the two as against 164 seats contests. Now on the telecom companies, the the bench said. The TDSAT exempted a “Non--refundable deposits, parties sit across and decide on the that the elections are over, the Sena bench made it clear that there As per the New Telecom large number of streams from Licence fee demand where power-sharing arrangement is harping on the 50:50 power would no further litigation on Policy 1999, telecom licensees the definition of AGR, like cap- spectrum is not granted, 3 4! between them. sharing arrangement.The Chief the issue and it would fix a time are required to share a per- ital receipts, bad debt, distrib- Income from interest & divi- While the BJP has gone to Minister’s post has been a bone of frame for calculation and pay- centage of their AGR with the ution margins to dealers, forex dend, Bad- debts written off, town saying that Fadnavis would contention between the BJP and ment of dues by the telecom government as annual licence fluctuations, sale of scrap and Liability written off, Inter-- (( 8733 be the next Chief Minister of the the Sena. companies. fee (LF). waiver of late fee. It also said corporate loan, Revenue under State, Fadnavis himself has repeat- Fadnavis has made it clear to “Once an amount of short- The 1999 policy came after revenue from non-core sources IP-1 Registration, Income from n a significant statement Congress Lok Sabha Leader edly said that he would come back the Sena that the top post, which fall has not been paid, it has to operators made a representa- such as rent, profit on sale of management consultancy ser- IAdhir Chowdhury on Thursday said that as the Chief Minister. Right from he occupies, would remain with carry 50 per cent of the penal- tion to Centre for relief against fixed assets, dividend, interest vices, Res Judicata, Levy of “Haryana Spirit” will form the basis of a Congress revival the day one of this election, the the BJP, but has offered to give the ty on defaulted amount, as steep licence fee which they and miscellaneous income interest, penalty and interest on in India. Shiv Sena has been projecting Deputy Chief Minister’s post to the agreed. Thus, we find no sub- had consistently defaulted since must be included while com- penalty”. Chowdhury’s statement came hours after Haryana Aditya Thackeray as its chief min- Shiv Sena (read Aditya Thackeray). stance in the submission that 1994 and an option to licensees puting a carrier’s AGR, deal- assembly pole results poured in showing improved per- isterial candidate. Such is the BJP’s stand that it does interest, penalty, and interest on to migrate from fixed licence ing a setback to telecos who formance of the tri-colour party. Sena leaders, including not want to share the Chief penalty cannot be realised. It is fee to revenue sharing fee was would have to shell out more The Behrampore Congress MP who also congratulated Uddhav, have repeatedly said that Minister’s post even on rotation- as per the agreement. In the made applicable in the year towards licence and spec- his party colleagues in Maharashtra—where the party in power sharing arrangement would al basis. facts and circumstances, we 1999. In addition, mobile tele- trum usage fees. alliance with the NCP has done better than expected win- be decided as per the formula The rotational basis proposed find no ground to reduce the phone operators were also The court had formulat- ning 99 seats--- said the BJP will now start horse-trading arrived at a joint meeting held at by the Shiv Sena is the post will same, considering the nature of required to pay spectrum usage ed 19 questions for consider- and muscle-flexing using the ED and CBI. Matroshri between the Sena pres- remain with one party for the first untenable objections raised on charges (SUC) for use of radio ation -- Definition of gross “There in Haryana special dhanteras (a shopping fes- ident, Amit Shah and Fadnavis on two and a half years, while it will behalf of the licensees,” the frequency spectrum allotted revenue, Discount and com- tival ahead of Diwali) will start in the form of purchasing February 18 this year when the be with another party for the bench said. to them. missions, Gains arising out of MLAs so that BJP can form the Government” in that state two parties formalised the sseat- next two and a half years. It said that no litigant can Telecos had moved the top foreign exchange fluctuations, he said adding those who will not fall in line will be arm- sharing pact for the Lok Sabha Sources in the Shiv Sena that be permitted to “reap fruits” on court against the Telecom Monetary gains on sale of twisted by the central agencies. polls. Uddhav would root for rotation- inconsistent and untenable Disputes Settlement and shares, Insurance claim in Irrespective of all this “Haryana Spirit” will form the Later on June 2, senior BJP al chief ministership when he stands and litigate for decades Appellate Tribunal’s (TDSAT) respect of capital assets, basis of Congress’s revival in future. leader and now State party presi- meets Amit Shah and Fadnavis to in several rounds which is not order which ruled that certain Amount of negative balance “Congress will definitely come back to power and dent Chandrakant Patil had sought discuss the power sharing arrange- so uncommon but is disturb- non-telecom revenues like rent, of pre-paid customer, Haryana Spirit will form it’s basis. The party workers clarity to the seat-sharing deal by ment in the new Government in ing scenario projected in very profit on sale of fixed assets, Reimbursement of infra- through out the country will be enthused and descend on saying that the BJP and Shiv Sena Maharashtra. The talks may take many cases. dividend and treasury income structure operating expenses, the streets with new inspiration,” he said. would contest 135 seats each in the place only after Diwali. “We have examined the would not (rpt) not be count- Waiver of late fee, Gains from '" &Q !%1222 !R ::: #!- & "& '( From Page 1 From Page 1 candidate and former Union The ETPBS has recorded a 60.14 per cent voting Samastipur seat fell vacant Minister Kantilal Bhuria won in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, high- upon the death of party’s sitting by margin of over 27,804 votes, er than that recorded in 2014 which was only 4 per- #"" 1#! % #!## MP Ram Chandra Paswan defeating BJP’s Bhanu Bhuria. cent. (brother of Union Minister The Congress had lost the Out of the total number of service voters in 2019, and LJP leader Ram Vilas seat to BJP in last year’s 10,16,245 were from Ministry of Defence; 7,82,595 From Page 1 and it would not like to change it the Opposition. “Who is opposing Paswan). Assembly polls when BJP’s GS from Ministry of Home Affairs (Central Armed Police Barely five months ago in the after one abrogation of Article 370? It’s BJP candidate Udaynraje Damor defeated Kantilal Forces); 3539 of Ministry of External Affairs and State Lok Sabha election, the BJP had result which is not as per its now the law of the land. Why are Bhosale, however, lost the sec- Bhuria’s son Vikrant Bhuria by Police 267. swept Haryana winning all 10 expectations. you (BJP) raising it” We are in sup- ond Lok Sabha bypoll from 10,437 votes. In Punjab, the seats. Now its vote share has Besides the Jats, the other port of it,” Congress leader Satara in Maharashtra to the ruling Congress emerged vic- dipped by over 20 per cent. caste which got alienated from the Bhupinder Singh Nationalist Congress Party torious in the bypolls to the Political observers here felt BJP in the election were the Dalits, Hooda kept saying in one meet- (NCP) candidate. The by-elec- Phagwara and Jalalabad #- !&!& that after playing the non-Jat card having significant presence in the ing after the other, blunting the tion in Satara Lok Sabha was Assembly segments on consistently over a period of five Kalka, Panchkula, Yamunanagar single most important issue of the necessitated after sitting MP Monday while Siromani Akali years and consolidating belt where the saffron party per- BJP in the elections. Bhosale, a scion of Chhatrapati Dal won Dakha seat by defeat- #$ # .#%, % other castes, the dominant caste formed below par as compared to As the number of religious Shivaji, quit the NCP and ing Congress candidate. (The voted “strategically” in this election the 2014 polls. minorities in terms of percentage defected to the BJP. The NCP Dakha seat fell vacant follow- giving the Congress and the JJP While Congress appointing is not that significant in the State, had fielded Shriniwas Patil, a ing the resignation of former 1 !# !%, significant seats in the Jat Selja as the State party president emotional and religious issues long-time friend of party patri- AAP leader and noted Supreme belt of the State at the cost of the from this belt could be a factor, which BJP calls as “nationalistic arch Sharad Pawar and a pop- Court lawyer HS Phoolka from From Page 1 BJP. this alone cannot explain it in issues” like verbal bashing of ular orator in the region. the State Assembly.) Adampur has been the fiefdom of the family of How angry the Jat voters were entirety. Pakistan, triple talaq, building of In Gujarat, the home State The ruling CPI(M)-led former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal and his son for their perceived marginalisation The BJP would be intro- Ram temple in Ayodhya etc were of Prime Minister Narendra LDF registered impressive wins Kuldeep Bishnoi was re-elected by a margin of 29,471 in BJP regime can be gauged that specting what went wrong here, not raised much in Modi and BJP president Amit at Vattiyoorkavu and Konni, votes. all the three prominent Jat leaders perhaps a combination of eco- the campaign in the run-up to the Shah, BJP and Congress shared the two strongholds of the Even the prominent turncoat candidates failed to of BJP — Ministers Capt nomic factors, failure to address polls. three seats each in the Congress headed UDF, while help the BJP to reach the majority mark. Ex-INLD leg- Abhimanyu and Om Prakash the concerns of the Dalit com- Despite the Prime Minister Assembly bypolls. OBC leader the Opposition front retained islators, who had joined the BJP before elections, Dhankar, along with State BJP munity, or identifying itself with and BJP president Amit Shah and BJP candidate Alpesh the Ernakulam seat of the five including Parminder Singh Dhull (Julana) president Subhash Barala, lost the the causes of the community hailing the performance of Khattar Thakor lost the by-election to Assembly seats in Kerala. Ramchander Kamboj (Rania), Naseem Ahmad polls. through a network of its own lead- and describing the fractured man- Radhanpur Assembly seat in Thiruvananthapuram Mayor (Ferozepur Zhirka), Zakir Hussain (Nuh) and In such a scenario, political ers. date as a victory, what is clear is Gujarat. Congress’ Raghubhai Prasanth, who contested at Nagendra Bhadana (Faridabad NIT) failed to win their observers said there could be What became clear in the that Haryana result is a wake-up Desai defeated Thakor by over Vattiyoorkavu constituency seats. thinking about a leadership elections was the fact that voters call for the BJP if it wants to con- 3,500 votes. Thakor, who won with a margin of 14,465 Another turncoat, Ranbir Gangwa won his reshuffle in the BJP with a Jat in the State clearly differentiated solidate its position in the State emerged as an OBC leader dur- votes against his nearest rival, Nalwa seat for the saffron patry. SAD MLA Balkaur leader replacing the Punjabi between a national or Lok Sabha where it came to power on its own ing the Patel quota agitation Congress party’s K Singh, who had switched sides to BJP before polls, fin- Khattar to change the political and election held five months ago and for the first time in 2014 in the and won the Radhanpur seat in Mohankumar, while KU Jinesh ished at poor third in Kalanwali (SC) Assembly seg- caste dynamics of the State. Of the Assembly polls and backdrop of Modi wave sweeping the 2017 polls on Congress’ Kumar won from Konni by a ment, where Shishpal Singh course, the riddle would be to find had different voting the entire country. ticket, later quit after differ- margin of 9,953 votes. of Congress registered victory by a margin of 19,243 a tall Jat leader and presently the preferences. Of course, the Modi wave ences with the State party lead- TRS won Huzurnagar against his close rival SAD’s Rajinder Singh BJP has none with three of the The BJP steadfastly made again swept the country as well as ership. Ruling BJP performed bypoll in Telangana against Desujodha. only popular faces of the party fac- abrogation of Article 370 a poll Haryana in May 2019 but in the better than its rivals in Assam the Opposition Congress. The Congress defectors and BJP candidate Vinod ing defeat in the elections. But issue in a State where the numbers interregnum of five years in the where it won three Assembly AIADMK won both Tamil Bhayana won from Hansi while another defector despite the mild shock, it would of ex-servicemen and serving per- State, factors like Government seats of four with one going to Nadu seats against DMK in Bachan Singh Arya, fielded from Safidon lost the polls. not be feasible for the BJP to sonnel in Army and paramilitary performance, economic crisis, AIUDF. In Himachal Pradesh Tamil Nadu. Former INLD Rajya Sabha MP Ram Kumar change its non-Jat centric social forces is quite high. But the issue caste consolidation, unemploy- also, BJP retained both the Ruling United Democratic Kashyap fielded by the BJP from Indri too recorded equations overnight and form failed to enthuse the voters as the ment, arrogant approach - all Assembly seats. In Madhya Party candidate Balajied Kupar a victory. new caste coalition. party had expected with local combined to bring down the con- Pradesh, Congress wrested its Synrem won the bypoll to Satish Nandal, who was the district president of Upsetting the settled caste issues like caste consolidation, fidence of the BJP. “It’s time to traditional Jhabua Assembly Shella Assembly constituency INLD, and was fielded from Garhi Sampla Kiloi by equations and tweaking it to its high unemployment rate and bet- rebuild…after Government for- seat from the BJP in the bypoll in Meghalaya by over 6000 the BJP against former Congress Chief Minister own advantage has been the USP ter remuneration for crops dom- mation,” summed up a senior for the constituency. Congress votes. Bhupinder Singh Hooda also lost the polls. of BJP for a while in several States inating the political discourse of party leader. !"#!$%& ! +! -

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Rather $57".973"8459$543#3#3 SCL Das, Joint Secretary in these were very difficult and ,56$57". boundaries of India or Pakistan ,3,3 the Union Home Ministry, and tough negotiations (with India) (physical and digital forms), lit- Mohammad Faisal, Pakistan keeping in view our hostile iFi and broadband erature, media items and aving the way for Indian pil- Foreign Office spokesperson relations with it,” Faisal Wdevices, flags and ban- objects including flags and - , Pgrims to undertake visit to and director general (South said. ners challenging territorial banners challenging the terri- O/ 1 the shrine of the Sikh religion’s Asia and SAARC), signed the He said that Pakistan has integrity of India or Pakistan, torial integrity of India or founder Guru Nanak Dev in agreement at the Kartarpur stuck to the points it proposed liquor and a host of other Pakistan or potentially dam- Pakistan, the two countries on Zero Point at the International in the start of the talks on the items have been put in the pro- aging to communal harmony Thursday signed a historic Border, fulfilling a long-pend- corridor. “Under the agree- hibited list for pilgrims visiting in the two countries (both in agreement on the Kartarpur ing demand of the Sikh com- a new low when India revoked Overseas Citizen of India ment, the corridor will remain Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in physical and digital forms) are ##* . corridor. The online registra- munity. the special status of Jammu & (OCI) card along with the open seven days a week from Kartarpur across the border. also banned for the pilgrims. EI" +F tion for the pilgrimage on por- The agreement will allow Kashmir in August following passport of their country, dawn to dusk. A total of 5,000 Except traditional kirpans, all Any goods for commercial 2 tal prakashpurb550.mha.gov.in Indian pilgrims access to which Pakistan downgraded according to a statement issued or so Indian Sikhs will arrive sort of knives are in the banned purpose for profit gain or com- started soon after agreement Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in diplomatic ties and expelled the by the Home Ministry in New every day and leave the same list. The pilgrims will not be mercial usage, as per applica- was signed. Pakistan where Guru Nanak Indian envoy. Delhi. Speaking to the media day. They (pilgrims) will have allowed to carry items in the ble laws, radio transmitters ! The corridor will connect Dev spent last 18 years of his Indian pilgrims of all faiths after the signing of the agree- to only bring their passport for negative list put on the newly not approved for normal usage, the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in life. and persons of Indian origin ment, Faisal said Prime their identity and it will not be launched portal prakashpurb satellite phone, objects made of India’s Punjab with Darbar The agreement was signed can use the corridor and the Minister Imran Khan had ful- stamped. India will share the 550.Mha.Gov.In, where pil- gold and silver, other than ! 3H Sahib at Kartarpur, just 4 kilo- after three rounds of tough travel will be visa-free. Pilgrims filled his promise and com- list of those visiting the grims will have to register ornaments for personal use or metres from the International negotiations despite bilateral need to carry only a valid pleted the corridor in a year. Gurdwara (Darbar Sahib online. for religious purposes, as per 6 ( Border, located at Narowal dis- relationship witnessing a chill passport while persons of “It was never simple to Kartatpur) 10 days before their Maps and literature with applicable laws, are also pro- )3 trict of Pakistan’s Punjab recent years. The ties touched Indian origin need to carry reach an agreement on the travel plan,” he said. incorrect depiction of external hibited for the pilgrimage. ##* . ' & < 044' 3 +J< $ & 3; 3 +;/3 ,56$57". Production) Subhash Chandra ;/! and Under Secretary of 5 ,56$57". Yojana (Char Dham seasons. Besides ephemeral slopes and may give rise to n a bid to give a fillip to pro- Defense for Acquisition and Highway Development streams, the major perennial large-scale landslides,” said the Imote defence manufacturing Sustainment of the United arth scientists from Indian Project) is being exe- stream, including river Ganga scientists as they called for its in India through joint ventures, States Ellen M Lord. EInstitute of Technology cuted by the Union may witness such critical issues. proper channelization to avoid 5 the US and India on Thursday Speaking on the occasion, (IIT), Roorkee have raised a red Ministry of Road Such adverse practices are the build-up of pore pressure. held a review meeting here. It Subhash Chandra said that flag over the Modi Transport and unendurable and violation of The report has recom- ##* .C was held under the aegis of the while DTTI has been an ongo- Government’s 12,000- crore Highways (MoRTH). It rules and regulations of the mended setting up a panel '( " Defence Trade and Technology ing process, both sides were pet project Char Dham aims to connect four river ecosystem needs to be comprising of locals and Initiative(DTTI)and the now poised to actually achieve Mahamarg Vikas Pari Yojana holy towns in assessed.” experts to monitor the project L M Defence Ministry said the two tangible outcomes. The shared (Char Dham Highway Uttarakhand Similar activities in the for sustainable development in countries are poised to achieve values that form the bedrock of Development Project) that them. The project is already —Badrinath, Kedarnath, upper reaches of Uttarakhand the region. tangible results. stable relations between the two aims to connect the four drawing flak from environ- Yamunotri and Gangotri. will cause siltation problem in To attain safer design dur- ,4. Giving details of the ninth sides have led to deepening of pilgrimage in the Uttarakhand’s mentalists, NGOs like Citizen The scientists came to major hydroelectric projects, it ing pre- and post-construction round of DTTI, set up some defence ties. The Indian fragile mountainous for Green Doon and locals who know about the violations after said. According to the scien- stages, efforts should be under- years back to foster trade in Government remains commit- eco-system. too have alleged serious viola- evaluating various stretches tists, no preventive and stabi- taken for better prediction of 3 +J< defence, officials said here a sig- ted to continually engage with In their study published in tion of green norms as well as along NH-58, from Rishikesh lization measures were under- extreme rainfall events and nificant achievement of the the US Government and facil- the latest issue of Current rampant cutting of hills mak- to Devprayag and took excep- taken after excavation. accordingly planning needs to P ( meeting was the signing of itate cooperation between the Science, the scientists said that ing the area prone to landslides. tion that in order to complete However, in a few road-cut sec- be done, said the report adding 4 3 ‘Statement of Intent’ with defence industries of both the 900-kilometer long all- T Siddique and SP Pradhan the project, the scientific stud- tions, gabion walls have been that the real-time monitoring ##* . respect to key deliverables in nations. Ellen Lord said, “the weather road project which from the Department of Earth ies/reports which ought to be constructed for stabilization; of slope movements should be " the near, medium and long US National Defence Strategy envisages widening of National Sciences, IIT, Roorkee too given topmost priority were but these walls are deformed done along highly vulnerable / 4' / terms. This will assist in bring- envisages strengthening Highway-58, is being executed echoed similar views warning being ignored. Observing that due to inadequate stabilization and risk sections. # ! ing sustained focus on some of defence alliances and partner- in complete violation of envi- that inadequately performed the excavated materials, includ- measures and maintenance. Also, in rockfall-prone sec- the projects and signal com- ships. The DTTI has now ronmental norms with several excavation without proper con- ing massive rock blocks, soil The scientists also tions, rock shed may be E JJ 3 mitment of both sides towards matured enough where its var- irregularities. sideration of eco sensitive ter- and debris have been dumped expressed concern at authori- designed to overcome acci- 1 continued collaboration on ied activities could be translat- Adoption of unscientific rain may lead to catastrophic in hairpin bends along the ties ignoring scientific norms in dents and frequent blockage of " mutually beneficial issues. ed into accomplishments.” methods, inappropriate dump- events as witnessed during the road, the report cautioned that handling percolation of water the highway and implementing The DTTI is part of the She added that the inter- ing of tones of mud and debris, Kedarnath disaster in 2013. “these dumps are interrupting which was allowed to be col- preventive measures like steel India-US Bilateral Defence face of the industry with DTTI excavation at steep angles, Launched by the Prime the natural channel of many lected in a roadside ditch. mesh to retain potential falling Cooperation and the meeting would provide necessary fillip allowing wrongful collection of Minister Narendra Modi in ephemeral streams and may “Such careless practices are blocks along with flexible bar-

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( 2#3. Bhegade from Maval (Pune), and Parinay Fuke from Sakoli ailing to live up to the hype (Nagpur) who was trounced by Fand hoopla created by it in Congress leader from eastern the run-up to the election that Maharashtra Nana Patole. it would post a thumping elec- The Shiv Sena ministers toral victory, the BJP-Shiv Sena who were defeated in the polls alliance on Thursday man- are: Vijaybapu Shivtare from aged to retain power in Purandar (Pune) and Arjun Maharashtra by either winning Khotkar from Jalna and or leading in 160 seats out of Jaydatta Kshirsagar from Beed. the total 288 seats in the State Most of these ministers, Assembly polls. including Pankaja, had faced From a combined tally of allegations of involvement in 185 seats that the BJP and Shiv scams made by the Opposition Sena had won when they con- parties in the past five years. tested the 2014 polls separate- % " , " The major victors in the ly, the ruling saffron alliance ,+ " ! Assembly polls were: Devendra partners were to set end up Fadnavis (BJP, Nagpur South with a winning tally of a max- victory. Lok Sabha polls, which saw the West), Aditya Thackeray (Shiv imum of 160 seats, which is 25 As was expected, the rebels BJP, Shiv Sena and their ally Sena, Worli), Ajit Pawar (NCP, seats fewer than the two parties belonging to both the ruling win 42 out of 48 seats. Baramati), Prithviraj Chavan had won in the previous BJP and Shiv Sena played a Interestingly, in the current (Congress Karad South), and Assembly polls. spoilsport for the two parties in Assembly polls, the BJP secured Ashok Chavan (Congress, On its own, the ruling BJP the polls. Admitting that the 25.69 per cent of total votes Bhokar), Santosh Raosaheb was poised to win a maximum presence of rebels in the fray polled, while the Shiv Sena Danve (BJP, Bhokardan), of 104 seats out of the total 164 had affected both the saffron mustered 16.50 per cent votes. Ganesh Naik (BJP, Airoli), seats it had contested, while the alliance partners, a senior BJP The younger Opposition party Dilip Walse Patil (NCP, Shiv Sena was expected a max- leader said in the evening that NCP polled higher percentage Ambegaon) and Chandrakant imum of 56 seats out of the he was in touch with at least 15 (16.72 per cent votes), while the Patil (BJP, Kothurd). total 124 seats it had contested winning rebels. Sonai Gandhi-led party secured Amit Deshmukh and in the polls. On his part, Chief Minister 15.76 per cent votes. Dhiraj Deshmukh, sons of late From the Opposition, the Devendra Fadnavis sought to In what came as embar- Chief Minister Vilarasrao NCP — which fared relatively play down relatively unimpres- rassment for the ruling saffron Deshmukh, were elected on a , % " ! better than it was expected sive performance of the BJP in alliance, at least eight BJP- Congress ticket from Latur thanks to mainly to the exten- the polls. “On the contrary to Sena Ministers in the Devendra city and Latur rural con- sive campaigning done by its the perception sought to be cre- Fadnavis Government bit elec- stituencies respectively. founder-president Sharad Pawar ated, our strike rate is much bet- toral dust. While Amit was elected for , % , " — had either won or was lead- ter what it was in the 2014 The biggest jolt that the the third time from Latur city ing in 54 seats out of the 121 Assembly. At that time, BJP had BJP-led Government suffered constituency, Dhiraj — making seats it contested in the polls, contested 260 seats and won was the defeat of late senior BJP his debut — won the polls from Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader The Yuva Sena leader is big win. by allowing malls and restau- while its senior ally Congress 122 seats which was 47 per cent leader Gopinath Munde’s Latur rural by a margin of Aaditya Thackeray, who made now likely to make his party, A pass out of the Bombay rants to be open all night. The was set to end up with a win- strike rate. In this election, we daughter and State Minister 1,18,000 voters – that too over history by becoming the first which was rooted in the 'sons Scottish School in suburban Shiv Sena-ruled ning tally 45 seats in the polls. contested 164 seats and won Pankaja Munde who was an interesting rival 'None Of member of his family to take of the soil' agenda and later Mahim, Aaditya is a graduate Brihanmumbai Municipal Among the smaller parties 103 seats which is 70 per cent trounced by her estranged The Above' option. poll plunge, has marked his embraced the Hindutva ide- in English Literature from St Corporation has approved the and independents, the Bahujan strike rate,” Fadnavis said. cousin and NCP’s Leader of Dhiraj Deshmukh secured arrival in Maharashtra politics ology, more inclusive and Xavier's College and has a proposal, which is now pend- Vikash Aghadi (BVA) had won The strike rate projected by Opposition in Legislative around 1,31,000 votes, while with a bang and is likely to broad-based. law degree from KC College. ing with the Chief Minister for one seat and was leading in two Fadnavis notwithstanding, the Council Dhananjay Munde in 26,800 votes were cast for play a key role in the next State In run up to the polls, he He has always managed to clearance. seats, while the All India BJP leaders, including BJP Parli constituency of Beed dis- NOTA. Shiv Sena’s Sachin Government and help expand conducted several roadshows, keep himself abreast of civic The young politician also Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen national president Amit Shah trict in Marathwada. Deshmukh, Maharashtra his party. foot marches and raised issues issues and concerns of youth sports a creative side like his bagged two seats. and the chief minister himself, The BJP’s other losing Navnirman Sena’s Arjun The 29-year-old next-gen like cutting of trees in Aarey in the State. The Maharashtra grandfather, father and uncle. The Prahar Janshakti Party had gone to town saying that ministers include: Anil Bonde Waghamare, and 12 other can- Thackeray, whom his party Colony and Mumbai's Government's decision to ban His grandfather, the late won 2 seats, while Krantikari the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance from Morshi (Amravati), Ram didates forfeited their election wants to be the Deputy Chief nightlife and said he wants to plastic is partly credited to his Bal Thackeray, who founded Shetkari Party, Samajwadi Party would win more 220 seats in Shinde who was defeated by deposits. Minister in the BJP-Sena make the constituency a campaign against the wide- the Shiv Sena in 1966, was a and Swabhimani Shetkari Party the State Assembly. The NCP President Sharad Pawar’s Interestingly, 18 of the 35 alliance Government, won "model of development". spread use of the material. cartoonist, an art shared by his bagged one seat each. Among premise was based on the fact grandnephew Rohit Pawar in sitting MLAs and Congress- with a thumping majority He also reached out to In a bid to attract young estranged uncle Raj Thackeray, the independents five emerged that the saffron alliance part- his maiden election from NCP leaders who had switched from Mumbai's Worli con- non-Marathi voters in the followers, he also proposed the the chief of Maharashtra victorious, while at least eight ners had established leads in Karjat-Jamkhed over either the BJP or the Shiv stituency. constituency to romp home a revival of Mumbai's nightlife Navnirman Sena (MNS). PTI independents were heading to 227 Assembly segments in the (Ahmednagar), Sanjay ‘Bala’ Sena were defeated in the polls.

48".-3634 !! ,-%68,& !- & # ' + 4 - ,.5 ",343@3,43,5 #'-%68,& $".43'B.73 438$5 "2" 74 .,%68,& 2 < ## "843B.'3@ .,%68,& & - $5B5,$43G3$,3B. , 6 #'-%68,& Mumbai: Former Maharashtra nominee in Ajit Pawar, nephew of NCP "3,$433,-3.7 #'-%68,& deputy Chief Minister and NCP the elections president Sharad Pawar, polled Mumbai: NCP leader B."5-3.7 #'-%68,& leader Ajit Pawar on Thursday held on 1,95,641 votes, while his nearest Dhananjay Munde on -3,3'318-.,3"4382,$5 - #'-%78 & won from the Baramati October 21. rival, Padalkar, bagged just Thursday said he was both 3'.33,3,438-3634 # ,-%68,& Assembly constituency by Ajit 30,376 votes. "joyous and pained", as he defeating his nearest rival by Pawar won The 60-year-old NCP leader took an unassailable lead over 3.B.73 438$5 "2" 7 .,%68,& over 1.65 lakh votes — the the seat in was followed by Vishwajit his cousin and Maharashtra "3B3,-4."B.43'$3'. 3"5# .,%68,& highest victory margin record- Pune district Kadam, who is the State BJP Minister Pankaja Munde in 33$.@32$$"3B"3543@ 6 " %68,& ed by a candidate in this election. for a sixth Congress working president, in Parli Assembly seat, which saw On the other hand, Shiv consecutive term. terms of victory gap. the two engage in recrimina- "3B3,B3 3,438 , .,%78 & Sena candidate Dilip Bhausaheb According to the Election Kadam defeated his nearest tion in a high-voltage contest. #3763,438 Lande won from the Chandivali Commission (EC) data, Ajit Shiv Sena rival Sanjay Vibhute He also thanked the people -3,3'""313,#"2'#37 , ,-%78 & constituency in north Mumbai Pawar defeated the BJP's by a margin of 1,62,521 votes in for his "unprecedented victory". -43$55-435 "634 , " %78 & by just 409 votes — the lowest Gopichand Padalkar by a mar- Palus Kadegaon in Sangli district On the other hand, Pankaja "343 victory margin posted by a gin of 1,65,265 votes. of western Maharashtra. PTI Munde dubbed her defeat was in the State Legislative Council someone in the family has "unexpected and inscrutable", said he contested the election been defeated," he said. but said she accepted the peo- on the issue of development, The NCP leader also said ple's mandate humbly. but, without naming anyone he will fulfil all the develop- 0= 0>>48 According to the trends one, he added that "dirty poli- ment-related promises made to made available by Election tics" was played by the ruling people in the next five years. Commission so far, the NCP party. Meanwhile, reacting to her leader secured 1.22 lakh votes He also observed that peo- defeat, Pankaja Munde said, "I as against 91,413 votes bagged ple of Parli backed him despite accept the mandate humbly. by his BJP opponent. Prime Minister Narendra This is an inscrutable result. I "The people of Parli have Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and did not expect the result, given ! # given me an unprecedented Chhatrapati Shivaji's descen- the developmental works car- victory. I thank them. Heavenly dant Udayanraje Bhosale cam- ried out during the past five Anna (referring to his father) paigning against him. years and the response I wanted to see me winning. "I am happy. But I am also received from people." How do I tell him that his son sad somewhere, being the elder The BJP leader, who was a has won and that too in Parli?" in the family. Whether they Minister in the first Devendra an emotionally-charged consider me as part of the fam- Fadnavis Government, said she Dhananjay Munde said. ily or not, the blood relation will analyse reasons behind The Leader of Opposition never breaks. I am pained that her defeat. PTI Q3 4)= 2 $ 7 $8% " 1 % " & P . & !& , " & " ! * Mumbai: In the newly-elected Varsha Gaikwad (Dharavi- 3 " ) 288-member Maharashtra Mumbai) also retained their Legislative Assembly, there seats. % Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief would be only 23 women, NCP MLA Suman Patil Minister Devendra Fadnavis Latur: The NOTA option has eleven of them sitting legislators. too retained her Tasgaon- defeated his nearest rival, secured second slot in the It is still an improvement over Kavathe Mahankal seat. Congress' Ashish Deshmukh Latur rural Assembly segment, the previous Assembly which The newcomer women leg- by a margin of 49,344 votes from where late Maharashtra had 22 women legislators. islators are Saroj Ahire (Devlali) from the Nagpur South West Chief Minister Vilasrao The sitting legislators who of the NCP, Lata Sonavane constituency, election officials Deshmukh's son Dhiraj is set to were elected on Thursday were (Chopda) and Yamini Jadhav Mumbai: Some prominent Pichad had joined the BJP few the Shiv Sena before the polls, said on Thursday. went to None Of The Above register a handsome victory in Manda Mhatre (from Belapur), (Byculla) of the Shiv Sena; Opposition leaders who had days before the election. He lost namely, Pandurang Barora and Fadnavis won from this (NOTA) option. his maiden poll outing. Manisha Chaudhari (Dahisar), Shweta Mahale (Chikli), joined the ruling BJP or Shiv to Dr Kiran Lahamate of the Nirmala Gavit, also lost the constituency for the third time, Fadnavis had won twice According to the trends Vidya Thakur (Goregaon), Meghana Bordikar (Jintur), Sena, including Cabinet NCP by 57,689 votes from elections from Shahapur and but with a reduced margin. from Nagpur-West seat in 1999 available till late Thursday Devyani Farande (Nashik Namita Mundada (Kaij), Mukta Minister Jaydutt Kshirsagar, Akole seat. Igatpuri, respectively. He had won from the seat and 2004. Following delimita- evening, Dhiraj Deshmukh, Central), Seema Hiray (Nashik Tilak (Kasba Peth); and have bitten the dust as the Interestingly, Lahamate Barora was an NCP MLA by 58,942 votes in 2014. tion in 2009, he contested and the Congress candidate, has West), Madhuri Misal (Parvati), Congress' Pratibha Dhanorkar Maharashtra Assembly poll was a BJP worker for many and Gavit a Congress legislator. Fadnavis secured 1,09,237 won from Nagpur South-West secured 1,35,006 votes (67.64 Monica Rajale (Shevgaon) and (Warora) and Sulbha Khodke results came in on Thursday. years and had been in the Former Minister votes while Ashish Deshmukh in 2009 and 2014. per cent). Bharati Lavhekar (Versova). (Amravati). Kshirsagar, fighting on Shiv camp opposed to the Pichad Harshvardhan Patil, who got 59,893 votes. Ashish Deshmukh had The 'None of the Above' All eight MLAs are from Two independents — Geeta Sena ticket, was defeated by his family. Irked with State BJP's switched sides from the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi fought the 2014 Assembly elec- (NOTA) has clinched 27,500 the BJP. Jain (Mira Bhayander) and nephew and NCP candidate decision to induct Vaibhav, Congress to the BJP so that he candidate Ravi Shende bagged tions on BJP ticket from Katol votes (13.78 per cent), rele- Congress MLAs Praniti Manjula Gavit (Sakri) have also Sandip Kshirsagar. Lahamate joined the NCP and could contest from his home 8,821 votes and BSP candidate and defeated his uncle, NCP gating other candidates in Shinde (Solapur City Central), won. Among 3,237 candidates, Vaibhav Pichad, son of for- won the election. turf, Indapur, lost to the NCP's Vivek Handle secured 7,646 leader Anil Deshmukh. He fray from the seat to inferior Yashomati Thakur (Teosa) and there were 235 women. PTI mer NCP Minister Madhukar Two MLAs who had joined Duttatray Bharane. PTI votes. As many as 3,064 votes later quit the BJP. PTI positions. PTI !"#!$%& ! +!

5 ) ) ! = *& % 3 + , ,56$57". ity and there is a significant drop in its said. Sonia had appointed Hooda the vote percentage. Claiming that the ver- Congress Legislative Party (CLP) he Congress-NCP alliance put up dict of Haryana is against the BJP, he leader which proved to be a game Ta good show in Maharashtra while also said all parties opposing the BJP changer for the party in Haryana the grand old party surprised the rul- must come together. which was struggling to maintain the ing side in Haryana by giving it a tough In Haryana, the Congress, which party's ground which ruled for maxi- fight and coming up with an increased failed to bag even one seat in the Lok mum number of years in the Jat dom- tally. As trends started pouring in, Sabha polls, won or was ahead in 31 inant state. Congress leaders started discussing of the 90 seats at stake compared to its While former Congress chief that had the party not given up mid- previous tally of 15. The BJP, which had Rahul Gandhi campaigned in both the way apprehending the loss to yet 47 seats in the outgoing 90-member States, leaders lost hope after the only another apparent 'Modi wave', it would house, won or was ahead in 40 seats. rally scheduled for Sonia to address have made a comeback in Haryana and The half-way mark is 46. was cancelled on the penultimate day together with regional parties wrested In Maharashtra, the BJP-Shiv Sena of elections early this week. power in Maharashtra. coalition was on course to retain Following the impressive results, In the first Assembly elections after power albeit with a reduced majority senior Congress leader P the BJP's triumph in the Lok Sabha with the opposition Congress-NCP Chidambaram said party workers Lucknow: Samajwadi Party on Thursday polls in May, the ruling party's electoral alliance putting up a good show. must believe that the BJP can be retained its Rampur assembly seat, which juggernaut met with some resistance Haryana Congress chief Kumari defeated in elections as calm and fell vacant after Azam Khan successfully in Maharashtra and Haryana with a Selja said people has rejected the rul- quiet patriotism can defeat muscular fought the Lok Sabha polls with his wife resurgent Congress performing cred- ing BJP and was ready to "embrace a nationalism. Taking a swipe at the BJP, emerging victorious by a margin of over itably in the northern State. new dawn of justice". Selja was Chidambaram, who is in ED custody 7,000 votes. "It is for the first time in five years appointed couple of months before the in a corruption case, said that miracles Khan's wife and SP candidate Tazeen " " , # #3% that people have voted against BJP in assembly elections when former Chief can happen if people shed their fear. Fatma won by defeating her nearest rival - ' % & P " , " Assembly relying more on local issues Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had "Congress workers must believe BJP candidate Bharat Bhushan. & # ! concerning them. BJP tried to mis- threatened to quit the party if Selja's that the BJP can be defeated in an elec- While Tazeen secured 79,043 votes, guide the voters in local elections by predecessor Ashok Tanwar is not axed tion. Calm and quiet patriotism can Bhushan got 71,327 votes. ,56$57". "Devendra Fadnavis ji and Shah said "I want to congratu- pitching national issues like Article 370 as party chief. defeat muscular nationalism," he said on Congress candidate Arshad Ali Khan Manohar Lal ji both were first late party workers across the and triple talaq. But onions selling at A confident Hooda said he will Twitter. He said he had asked his fam- got 4,182 votes while BSP's Zubair Masood espite the BJP's showing time chief ministers, they did country as in Modi-2, the first 70-80 per kg weighed more on the soon meet Congress president Sonia ily to tweet on his behalf. Khan secured 3,441 votes. Dnot upto the expectations not even have the experience as two elections have been won by electorates' minds than Article 370," Gandhi and top party leaders to strate- Elated over the party's perfor- In Gangoh, the BJP retained the seat in Maharashtra and Haryana ministers. And for 5 years they the BJP. The BJP-Sena yuti quipped a senior Congress leader. gise on forming the Government in the mance in the assembly polls in with its candidate Kirat Singh defeating his Assembly polls, Prime Minister kept working for people's wel- (alliance) has full majority in The party said the poll verdict in state. Sonia already spoke to Hooda Maharastra and Haryana, the leader of nearest rival Congress candidate Nooman Narendra Modi and BJP pres- fare and as a result people have Maharashtra and we won 3 per Haryana and Maharashtra is a moral and given him the go-ahead to work Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Masud. ident Amit Shah on Thursday again put their faith in them," cent more votes and emerged defeat of the BJP and what it stands for. towards forming the Government, Chowdhury Thursday said the so While the BJP candidate secured sought to outline the key pos- Modi said. as the biggest party in Congress' senior spokesperson they said. called "Modi magic" is fast waning. The 68,300 votes, Masud got 62,881 votes. itives even while asserting to "The political pundits who Haryana." Shah also referred to Anand Sharma said that BJP chief Amit "Former Haryana CM Hooda is result of the assembly polls in the two Samajwadi Party candidate Inder Sain form the Governments in both are analysing today's election various decisions of the central Shah's claim of victory in Haryana does already in touch with JJP and states will help to rejuvenate Congress got 57,374 votes while BSP candidate Mohd the States despite Haryana results, Haryana in itself is an government like ending special not hold as the party is short of major- Independents," a source close to him in the days to come, he said. Irshad got 32,276 votes. PTI throwing up a fractured man- exceptional win since these status to Jammu and Kashmir, date. days there have been less criminalizing instant Triple !"! B 0 Addressing BJP workers instances of winning again Talaq and giving rights to 40 ,* 0'* CD at the party headquarters in the after completing a 5-year term.. lakh residents of unauthorized ( evening, Modi pointed out Moreover, BJP's vote share in colonies in Delhi, indicating ; how the party scripted history Haryana went up to 36 per cent that the BJP's latest wins were ) "5,,3. $ '!"" in Maharashtra, where "for the from 33 per cent; it shows peo- an endorsement of these steps. first time in 50 years, a Chief ple's endorsement of Govt's Earlier, in his tweet, Shah he ruling AIADMK in Tami Nadu got enough # 9 Minister completed his full work," Modi said. said the (Manohar Lal) Khattar Treasons to celebrate 2019 Diwali with gaiety as five-year term" and the return Earlier, Modi tweeted: "I government in Haryana has it wrested two Assembly constituencies from its Bihar: Asaduddin of the party to power shows thank the people of Haryana made every effort for people's rivals in the bypolls held on October 21. Owaisi's AIMIM on ) 4 people reposed faith in the for blessing us. We will con- welfare under the central lead- The AIADMK candidates Muthamilselvan and Thursday tasted its maid- Devendra Fadnavis-led State tinue to work with the same ership of (Narendra) Modi. "I V Narayanan registered impressive wins from their en electoral success in Government. "Political stabil- zeal and dedication for the thank people for making the rivals, the DMK and the Congress candidates by Bihar. The ruling JD(U) Ahmedabad: The Opposition comeback after trailing in initial ity is a must for a state like state's progress. I laud the BJP the single-largest party impressive margins. The bypolls were necessitat- suffered a setback in Bihar Congress and ruling BJP won rounds, and defeated the BJP's Maharashtra," he added. efforts of hardworking and giving it another opportu- ed by the death of the DMK legislator Radhamani managing to win only three seats each in the bypolls to Jivraj Patel by over 6,400 votes. "Even before Diwali, the @BJP4Haryana Karyakartas nity to serve them," Shah tweet- (Vikravandi) and the resignation of H one of the four seats it six assembly constituencies in In Kheralu seat in Mehsana, way people of Haryana and who toiled extensively and ed. He congratulated Chief Vasanthkumar (Nanguneri) who was elected to the contested. Bypolls were held in five seats of Gujarat, the results of which the BJP's Ajmalji Thakor defeat- Maharashtra have put their went among the people to Minister Khattar and state Lok Sabha in the May 2019 general election. The which RJD won two and AIMIM one. The were declared on Thursday. ed the Congress' Babuji Thakor faith in BJP, I want to thank elaborate on our development party chief Subhash Barala. AIADMK was literally decimated by the DMK-led remaining seat was won by an Independent. The Congress managed to by 29,000 votes. them from the core of my agenda.". Shah said: In Maharashtra, Opposition Front in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. The results gave the once mighty RJD a wrest one seat away from the In Radhanpur seat, the BJP's heart," he maintained. BJP president Amit Shah BJP-Shiv Sena is going to form The party could win just one out of the 39 seats reason to smile, while Hyderabad MP Owaisi's BJP. Alpesh Thakor was defeated by Modi said the people have said the BJP has won the first the govt once again with major- in stake from the State. The AIADMK had lost 13 AIMIM gained a toehold in the state clinch- Congress turncoat MLAs the Congress' Raghu Desai by reposed faith in leadership of two elections in Prime Minister ity. We'll work even harder in out of the 20 seats it had held in the assembly where ing Kishanganj, a Muslim-dominated con- Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh over 3,800 votes. Fadnavis and Haryana chief Narendra Modi's second term. both states for the welfare of the by-polls were held along with the Lok Sabha elec- stituency. BJP rebel candidate Karnjeet Singh Zala, who contested on BJP In Lunawada, BJP candidate minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Addressing the party workers, people. tion. While the AIADMK candidate won the Dharaunda seat as an Independent. ticket, lost. Jignesh Sevak won against the Muthamilselvan defeated his DMK rival The JD(U) could win only Nathnagar The results take the Congress' Gulabsinh Chauhan Pugazhendhi by a margin of 44, 782 votes, the where its candidate Laxmi Kant Mandal Congress' tally in the 182- mem- by over 11,000 votes. party’s V Narayanan defeated his Congress oppo- beat Rabia Khatun of the RJD by little over ber House to 72, and that of the In Amraiwadi, the BJP's nent R Manoharan by 32, 312 votes. 5,000 votes. PTI BJP to 103. Congress's Jashu Jagdish Patel, who was trailing Patel defeated Zala from Bayad behind Congress' Dharmendra 2-< 22 seat in Arvalli district by a mar- Patel initially, managed to come gin of over 700 votes. back and won by over 5,500 Before the results were votes. 9 4304) () declared, Zala had accepted his Prior to the by-elections, the 2 3& ( -. #'- 33 / defeat and left the counting Congress held Radhanpur and 3.2$G ' centre. Bayad seats while the other #'- 4 4 In Tharad seat of four were with the BJP. ( 2#3. mere formality. ed by Udyanraje’s resignation 5 .4 Banaskantha, Congress candi- Congress snatched Tharad A two-time MP and for- from membership of Lok #'-L# ! F*I;; - 4! EI<Sikkim, 78- Sabha. , " >%FFF)*&#'- Tplayed by the BJP in Satara year-old Patil had polled Udayan’s defeat came as a H;I+< 3IEIH%+ IJ &,83 L Lok Sabha constituency failed 6,31,205 votes as against huge setback for the BJP which 4!# %J*+'&! - ! 2-3 descendent of Maratha warrior NCP and BJP respectively by using him like a trophy in #'- # - ,$3 Udyanraje Bhosale in Once a close associate of its campaign. HH Monday’s bypoll by a com- NCP chief Sharad Pawar, The BJP had made it pres- fortable margin. Udyanraje had quit the Pawar tige issue to ensure the victo- ) )34) )( (3 Though the results had — led party, resigned from ry of Udyanraje. So much so (&?-!' - - 1- not been formally declared, Lok Sabha and joined the BJP that both Prime Minister 3 *);+ % &#'- Patil was leading by 85,689 on September 14. Narendra Modi and BJP pres- / 1 votes over Udyanraje. The The Satara Lok Sabha by- ident Amit had campaigned 4 $ G% $G& 6 1 declaration of Patil’s was a election had been necessitat- for Udayanraje. H<*HH4 H*;* *I HE*J< 8 EH 439 ( 433 9 & & ."&&- A" / 2$G 7$G -./ B Patna: Ram Vilas Paswans Lok death of his father. lakh votes. 3 8 EH #'- Janshakti Party on Thursday Raj, whose father Ram The debutant polled B-B HIIF; retained the Samastipur Chandra Paswan had won 3,90,276 votes as against 6 - ;I*+< reserved Lok Sabha seat from the seat in the general elec- 2,88,186 secured by his I<+F; #'-L EJI;+ B where his nephew Prince Raj tions for a second consecutive Congress rival who had fin- E?=@ 3 *AB

) '32 recorded in the polls. from the elections, the first after Kumar said, in the Kashmir divi- abrogation of the state’s special status, ompleting the second tier of elec- sion, 128 blocks went to polls. The BJP because of continued detention of Ctions of Panchayati Raj won in 18, Independents in 109 and their leaders. Institutions in Jammu & Kashmir, Congress on one. The Jammu and Kashmir more than 26,000 electors on He said, Srinagar district wit- National Panthers Party (JKNPP) Thursday elected over 200 indepen- nessed the highest poll percentage of won in eight blocks and the Congress dent candidates while 81 candidates 100 per cent while southern districts in one, CEO said. belonging to BJP were elected to the of Shopian and Pulwama recorded The Congress candidate had filed post of Chairperson in the first ever lowest 85.3 and 86.2 per cents respec- nomination papers before the party Block Development council polls. tively in Kashmir Division. announced it would boycott the elec- After the successful completion of In the Jammu region, 151 blocks tions, sources said. polls, which witnessed record 98.3 per went to polls, with the BJP winning Out of 316 blocks, the elections cent voting, Chief Electoral Officer in 52 blocks, JKNPP in eight and for chairmanship of BDCs were con- Shailendra Kumar told reporters in Independents in 88. Results of three ducted on 280 blocks while 27 block Srinagar, "elections were held in 280 blocks are awaited, he said. councils were elected unopposed, he blocks on Thursday as twenty-seven There are thirty-one blocks in the told the press conference. The poll per- candidates were elected unopposed". Ladakh region, and the BJP won 11 centage for the 10 districts in the “In total, 217 Independents won. and Independents in 20, he said. Kashmir region was 93.65 per cent and . & & % " % The BJP won in 81 blocks,” he said, The Congress, the National 99.4 per cent for the 10 districts in the 1%& $ # & adding that a 98.3 per cent polling was Conference and the PDP stayed away Jammu region, he said. PTI + ! !"#!$%& + ! +! 0 2#%"% !21 - 9 ?$ - 9 9 )?,/'4+)' 3 / ; # ) *&' ! # # ' 3 # # ( 8 # PQ # 0 > > * ( , 4 1 ( @ 1+$ 4 ( 33 $ $ * he concept of critical thinking is not * > something entirely new. It has been 4 # Tenshrined in our ancient heritage and has made significant contributions to > 7 the development of Indian philosophy. For any concept to be accepted, its refutation # and evaluation were taken into account. 4 $ ( + ) # Reason used to be the sole means of know- * ) * @ 0 ing truth and falsity. Sutarka and kutarka were encouraged and debated. This made ) * * , < @ (* our ancient seats of learning intellectual- @ ) * ly far more advanced in their approach. * " 4 4 0 Such critical thinking, along with its unique ecosystem, was a fascinating expe- 4 < rience for scholars, who were attracted from + all over the world. 4 S ( It is a well-known historical fact that when the foreigners invaded India, one of ( *(4 their main targets were our great institu- ( 9 , 4 tions, in addition to those at Takshila and ( 4 + ! $ Nalanda. Besides impacting us politically, socially, culturally and economically, * # 1+$S they left a critical void of centuries in our ) 4 4 intellectual thought. Later, our education- 7 1 ) $ 2 )$3 al system became a victim of the colonial legacy of the British. Encouraging and 4 4 /6 /A inculcating creativity, logical thinking, rea- * ( B.C soning and a sense of inquisitiveness were ( more or less alien to the system we inher- in the career of an individual, a sudden agogy. Hence, the need is for a new look the draft National Educational Policy ited from them. The entire emphasis was change and a different pattern of educa- towards training of teachers. (NEP) has also drawn inspiration. on rote learning. Despite the realisation tion at that level may become difficult for Simultaneously, it has been observed Appropriate modifications to the curricu- @ of the deficiencies in the system and mea- absorption. It is, therefore, essential that our that at higher levels, following an approach lum have been suggested. According to # ) sures suggested by various experts and education system be integrated from the which integrates arts, linguistics, and research findings of a US-based partner- 0 education commissions over the decades, foundation stage onwards, in certain spe- humanities besides mathematics along with ship for 21st century, communication, col- change has been very slow. Even the per- cific core areas, which would encourage science and technology, leads to a deeper laboration, creativity and critical thinking, * 5C(BC centage of gross domestic product (GDP) thinking and inculcate a sense of enquiry learning. This promotes critical thinking known as the 4Cs, will be the core skills # invested in the education sector has and inquisitiveness. and one of higher order. Besides, it also required for 21st century education. It has 7 been abysmally low. Scientific evidence shows that 80 per leads to the development of problem-solv- been established that at the college and uni- Nevertheless, change was inevitable cent of the brain is fully developed by the ing and communication skills. Such a holis- versity levels, habits of mind, such as analy- ! % ! 1 and it became more than visible during the age of six, which indicates importance of tic approach for acquisition of knowledge sis, interpretation, precision and accuracy, 4 0 4 ) first two decades of this millennium. child care in an appropriate environment would be relevant in present-day context problem-solving and logical reasoning can )9> ( Today, we can compete with the best with stimulus to the brain. Here lies the as well as future. be as important as content knowledge itself. nations in the world in areas of electron- importance of school as well as pre- Work being done at the PMF for the At the same time, the question before ) ics, space technology, atomic energy, com- school education. Emphasis on foundation- acquisition of knowledge shows that mem- us is that with the advent of the fourth ) munication and digital technology — in al literacy and numeracy at the school as orising is like carrying the burden of books; industrial revolution and the arrival of the 4 4 $ ! its reach as well as penetration — besides well as pre-school levels is known to aid it does not have much meaning and does Internet of Things and Artificial such like other indicators of development. healthy growth of the cerebral cortex, an not even add to one’s knowledge unless one Intelligence (AI), what would be the + 4 * $ > ) There are, however, areas of serious con- area associated with such skills within the comprehends the content. In today’s class- future of critical thinking? In fact, a 4 % 0 cern as these positive developments can be brain. In this context, the most important rooms, so much of information is already restructured curriculum with focus on 21st ( attributed to the success of a handful of factor is the teacher, who has to be ade- available with the students that they do not century skills would be even more impor- institutions while a majority of them con- quately equipped with the latest pedagog- expect it from the teachers. Instead of tant for a comfortable interface with the 4 + 1+$ tinue to lag behind. ical techniques so as to ensure appropri- “what”, they need to be explained “why” fourth industrial revolution technologies. $ S * # .D( ( ( With more than 50 per cent of India’s ate development of the cognitive skills and “how”, which can satisfy curiosity of Emphasis on collaboration and team work population being in the younger age among youngsters in a sensitive manner. students and stimulate critical thinking. would still be essential so that in the hi-tech group, we can be termed as the world’s Accordingly, text books and exercises, The link between critical thinking and future, one can think critically as well as 9 # most youthful nation. As we talk of demo- which encourage correlation of concepts education is obvious as one cannot learn independently and not become entirely ) 0 4 4 graphic dividend, we should also assess the besides thinking and questioning, will have without thinking well. For comprehension subservient to AI. The draft NEP, with ref- 1+$ 4 ( extent we are equipping the youth to face to be designed. of content and clarity of concepts, it is, erence to school education, has made no the world and adding to the strength of the A report published by the International therefore, important that students ask ques- mention either of a reduction in the weight ( # 4 country rather than converting them into Labour Organisation (ILO) recently found tions. This is where lies the importance of of school bags or any happiness classes. On /CE/C ( a burden. For some reason, education at that India had a disproportionately low critical thinking. It consists of techniques the positive side, it has alluded to the use- # )* 1 all levels could not be given the priority it number of teachers for school-going chil- of sound and systematic reasoning as well fulness and introduced the concept of crit- deserved. It is good to see that it is now dren. While we do need quantity, the qual- as arguments and counter arguments, ical thinking in higher education. It is to ( 1 1+$ ) being realised and rectified. Our youth have ity of teachers is perhaps even more besides elements of deductive logic. Work be hoped that the final NEP will take into 7 @ ( to be strong personalities backed and devel- important. The ILO report also revealed books are now available, which help pro- account and focus on some of the issues 4 ( oped by a holistic educational system, that elementary school teachers have a crit- mote critical thinking skills. Irrespective of mentioned here so as to improve the lot of # 1+$ which is capable of giving them sufficient ical impact on the earning capacity of stu- the subject, the usefulness of such tech- our youth, so that they can significantly confidence and making them comfortable dents and, hence, the economy. Recent pro- niques has been tried and tested by contribute towards nation building. 1 -- ?$ ( 7 % with latest and futuristic technologies. nouncements, that we have a large num- experts in the stimulation of the brain. (The writer is a former Governor and 1+$ ) S " # But universities and institutions of ber of educated unemployables, may be a In the contemporary scenario, the a Senior advisor at the Pranab Mukherjee # ) ! 1+$ higher education being the very last rung result of poor quality of teachers and ped- importance of critical thinking in view of Foundation) 4 7 @ # 8 , 2 # ) R 1 .

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( ; . 7 4 4 < E > ( 7 4 4 2# ) 7 ! 3 ( 1 9 7 ) 7 -D/. 0 ( % 9 7 ) # * 0 4 4 4 P Q 0 he goal of crafting a $5 trillion economy > : 0 by 2025 is only achievable if rural India Tgrows by 12 per cent per annum. In spite 0 9 of increasing urbanisation in the last decade, the rural economy still contributes about 46 per cent ( to the national income. Once a predominantly 0 agrarian economy, now rural India is more diver- 7 sified, with the non-agricultural sector contribut- ( ing to about two-thirds of household incomes. 9 0 9 S More than half of the manufacturing and a majority of micro, small and medium enterpris- -D/. 9 es (MSMEs) are also operating from rural India. The reports of farmers’ distress, slow growth in ( rural wage rates and high unemployment fig- 4 4 1 ures indicate that the recent economic slowdown has affected rural parts of the country more than 9 urban areas. However, the recent heavy-lifting $ # " * F () on providing fiscal stimulus with corporate tax * ? ( cuts, repo rate slashes and cheaper loans to facil- P4 4 < itate recovery in the beleaguered property market and automobile sector, mainly benefit Q urban India, rather than rural India, as the econ- 4 4 ( omy there is mainly informal and transmission 0 S ( is not direct. India’s economic recovery depends on omy efficient, it also creates consumption (according to the World Bank), another impor- translating fiscal stimulus measures to enhanced demand in the short run, by putting money in tant aspect is the quality of jobs. A majority of consumption; investment; employment; output the hands of construction workers, painters, elec- the people working in agriculture have low pro- 0 P Q @ ( and exports in the rural areas. A good recov- tricians, masons and so on. As the private sec- ductivity, resulting in low incomes compared to $ 1 4 4 ery strategy is identification of growth engines tor is reluctant to invest in rural areas due to low .,$.3O 58,8. non-farm incomes. There is an urgent need to ( and concentration on a few actionable points to profitability, it should come directly from 458B54@ create more productive jobs and ensure skill 4 4 fuel them. The four engines of rural economic Government investments in construction of development to truly benefit from India’s : * growth are consumption, investment, employ- rural roads and housing in terms of the viabil- $5-5,$ 8, demographic dividend. ( ment and exports. ity gap in funding and housing subsidies. Export push: Most of the SMEs, livestock 0 Consumption growth at the bottom of the Public investment in rural infrastructure will 43, 73.,1 and horticulture sectors have a huge export 7 ( pyramid: The Indian economy is consumer-dri- in turn attract private investment with the G. 37 .272 growth potential, which also provides high pro- ( # 4 4 ven, with consumption contributing about 60 expected increased profitability being a major ductive employment for the rural youth and gen- per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). incentive. Budget announcements like the 53 245 8 erates more profits for the private sector. These As per a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report planned 100 lakh crore investment in infra- sectors also provide quality employment and titled Going for Gold, that was released in structure need to be placed on the fast track, with 5,"3,5$ absorb educated youth with higher labour pro- 0 February, the consumer market in the country special geographical targets within rural areas. 8, 2-.8,O ductivity in the post-harvest units, food process- was estimated at 110 lakh crore in 2018. A big push in investment in rural infrastructure, ing industry and export sectors. Domestic consumption has grown at the rate even at the cost of a higher fiscal deficit, is worth .,B5 5,O There is a need for identification of bottle- 0 * of 13 per cent in the last decade and although taking to thwart the negative sentiment in the necks in the export of these products — with a # it slowed recently due to the deceleration in the private sector. This investment as a share of the 5-78@5,O focus on logistics, food safety, global standards ( economy, it is expected to grow much faster in GDP has reduced to 29 per cent now from about 82-23,$ and quality issues — on a war footing to take : -DA6 the near future, given the bottom of the pyra- 40 per cent in 2008. In addition to public financ- advantage of the vacuum created in the global 7 4 mid population transition from the low-income ing, the Government has to provide a congenial 5P-84 supply chain by the trade war between America 4 0 * to the middle-income class. atmosphere and tax holidays in rural areas to and China. India needs to achieve 19-20 per cent Putting cash into the hands of these lower attract private investment. .,42437 export growth to be able to achieve its $5 tril- ! 4 # and middle-income families, together compris- Employment intensive sectors: The rural 3453 3188$ lion economy dream. ing 76 per cent of the households in the coun- economy is facing a serious structural problem. This means the country has to export a tril- # try, is one of the surest ways to pump-prime the Although the rural non-farm sector’s contribu- 458B54@ lion dollar worth of goods and services in the : 7 economy, with large multiplier effects spread- tion to the rural NDP (Net Domestic Product) 4351@. next five years. Although it is a big goal, but this : 4 4 ( ing across all sectors. increased over the last two decades, its contri- is doable if consistent efforts are made to make ) ? -D.A ? As a quick solution, priority must be given bution to employment creation is slow. The share .$5,.G.3.8,8G the economy competitive. F -DD. 4 4 ( to removing implementation bottlenecks of of the non-farm sector in rural NDP was 61 per India contributes to less than 2 per cent of 0 * > ) -D./ direct money transfer schemes. For instance, the cent, but its share in the rural workforce was just 1486" the world’s exports despite its 18 per cent share Prime Minister Kisan scheme, which aimed to 36 per cent, as per the latest Central Statistical in the global population and the added advan- # 5,1.,5 3,$ * 4 transfer 6,000 each to 14.6 crore farmers (who Organisation (CSO) data. This resulted in tage of the largest youth population in the world. are mainly lower-middle income households) increased unemployment among the youth. This 8,5,43.8, India has to use this population dividend to * 7 has been able to reach just 7.35 crore farmers structural problem has to be addressed with tax increase its economic power and to make it * 4 4 as of now. The low-income households can be sops for employment-intensive industries in 8,3G56 export-competitive through the use of technol- > ) 9 0 targetted through more emphasis on MGNRE- rural areas. The Government should identify and 3.8,3#75 ogy, enhanced productivity and upgraded value 1 ( GA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural promote at least one employment-intensive sec- chains. 7 # ( Employment Guarantee Act), as about 7.7 tor like textiles, leather, jewellery and food prod- -8., Overall, the Government and the private crore households are actively seeking employ- ucts in each of the 731 districts in cluster mode sector have to re-focus on rural areas to get out ment under this, as per the latest figures of the to provide necessary land, infrastructure and 8G257"5 of the current economic slowdown and push the 7 * * ? ( World Economic Forum, 2019 India report. logistics to attract the private sector to come and next decade of growth. Investment: Pumping money into invest- invest and create employment. (The writer is agricultural economist, ICAR- 2 3 ments in rural infrastructure not only creates Apart from the large quantum of jobs that Central Research Institute for Dryland durable assets in the long run to make the econ- need to be created (eight million per year, Agriculture) , 9uquutx yqx truvuu qtyqyurusquyy xuxqxu rusyu 56 vxu9@TQH9c sxuuyruqsxyuut

lasting pro-Government impression quality healthcare. senior Government officers and He was taken to Max Hospital the medical bureaucracy to monitor on the minds of poor families in both Though, the Government’s Ministers sitting in the State capital. where some preliminary treatment the effectiveness of the scheme. urban and rural areas before the 2019 endeavours to provide affordable For instance, recently, a tubercu- was done. Also, this incident happened general elections. The result was that healthcare to the needy are laudable, losis patient from Uttarkashi district But when the family was told because the health and sanitary infra- the NDA Government returned to the success of any welfare programme became critical and started vomiting about the cost of the treatment, they structure of the State has collapsed power at the Centre with a thumping depends largely on the role played by blood. He was rushed to a hospital in approached me for advice. I contact- resulting in a dengue epidemic. The 42-78654.,1 majority. the bureaucracy and in this case, the Vikas Nagar but it did not have the ed Vijay Dhasmana, Vice Chancellor hospitals are full of dengue patients 3,$34$ 845 While speaking on the first honesty of private hospitals and ben- infrastructure to handle the case. He of Jolly Grant Medical College, and and many people have died. This has anniversary of the AB-PMJAY on efit seekers. was then taken to the Doon Hospital, apprised him of the situation. happened due to the negligence of all 4 3 6 October 1, the Prime Minister flagged In the past, many such welfare which is part of the Government Consequently, the patient was admit- agencies concerned and the chief cul- - it as an employment generation tool schemes were ruined by graft and the Doon Medical College. Unfortunately, ted to a special room in the Jolly Grant prit is the Dehradun Municipal 3 for the next five years as it is expect- best example of this is the deep-root- he could not be admitted there as the Hospital, despite it being full of Corporation. $ o make a country of 130 billion ed to create around 11 lakh jobs for ed corruption that unfolded in almost Emergency as well as Intensive Care dengue patients also. Its sanitation employees don’t people a happy and healthy the youth. The Government’s endeav- all States in the National Health Unit (ICU) were both overflowing Shockingly, the AB-PMJAY card collect garbage on a regular basis, the > Tnation is a mammoth task that our is to make AB-PMJAY the best Mission. A huge amount of money with dengue patients. was not accepted by any of the private staff remains on strike on one pretext requires access to a robust healthcare healthcare scheme in the world with was looted by the medical fraternity He was then rushed to the hospitals in Dehradun, including the or the other and senior officers do not system, education, employment and the registration of 46 lakh people. Out and the bureaucracy all over the coun- Indresh Hospital and Medical College, Jolly Grant Medical College. The bother. $ industrial infrastructure. The other of this number, around 50,000 peo- try. which is a private hospital but was hospital staff told me that as per the Hopefully, the Central and State > element which is very vital in today’s ple have availed of the benefits of the Another case in point is the turned away due to the crowd of Uttarakhand Government’s guide- authorities concerned will take note scenario is the state of our environ- scheme outside their home districts. complete collapse of the health and dengue patients at the facility. At this lines (this is a BJP-ruled State), they of this and revamp the healthcare sys- >2 ment and the stability of natural There are two facets to the sanitary infrastructure in Uttarakhand juncture, his hapless family informed are not authorised to accept the card tem so that the beneficiaries of AB- - resources like water, air and soil. scheme. The first is to bring more due to the arrogance and lackadaisi- me and I contacted the Agriculture unless the patient was referred by a PMJAY do not have to rush from pil- A few of the NDA Government’s than 10 crore poor and vulnerable cal attitude of Government officers Minister of Uttarakhand Subodh Government hospital. lar to post to get treatment. There is pro-poor initiatives like the Pradhan families within its ambit by providing and public representatives. The prob- Uniyal, who arranged the man’s My question is, why the red also a crucial need to control the bur- Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), a cover of 5 lakh per family per year lem there is of systemic failure. First admission to the Doon Hospital’s tapism in emergency cases? All geoning population of the country as better known as Ayushman Bharat for secondary and tertiary hospitali- bureaucratic guidelines run counter emergency section late in the night. empanelled hospitals should be free no amount of welfare schemes and (AB), the Ujjwala Yojana for provid- sation. Second, the Government is to the objectives of the scheme and As he continued vomiting blood, the to admit patients because it is only facilities will be sufficient unless the 2 ing LPG connections and the Swachh going to upgrade 1.5 lakh primary bury the patient in mounds of red hospital staff told his family that he then that the objectives of the AB- numbers are effectively controlled. Bharat Mission (SBM) under which health centers by 2022 so that the tape. Second, is the insensitivity and needed intensive care as he was crit- PMJAY scheme will be achieved. (The writer is a retired civil % & individual toilets were built, made a needy can get comprehensive and lack of integrity among the doctors, ical. The Government could better use servant) *+!) 7 !"#!$%& ' 9 16

63 ".,18,9,56$57". ings is a shot in the arm for the “In starting business, India government that is battling to has improved just one rank ndia climbed 14 rungs in the engineer a quick turnaround in (from 137 to 136) and starting & ' IWorld Bank’s Ease of Doing the economy buffeted by weak business is very critical in a Business ranking to stand at the consumer demand and muted cycle of an industry. I will 63rd position and figured investment activity. GDP make sure that the (finance) & && % among the world’s top 10 most growth had slumped to a six- ministry and other govern- improved countries for the year low of 5 per cent in the ment departments will make ,56$57". The other parameters business, enough effort will be third consecutive time on the April-June quarter. enough effort to improve on where the country has done made to improve on this scale, back of faster bankruptcy res- In five years of the Modi that scale as much as we have inance Minister Nirmala well include trading across as it is a “very critical” in a olution and issuance of con- government, India’s ranking done on insolvency,” she told FSitharaman on Thursday borders, registering property, cycle of an industry. struction permits. has improved 79 places — reporters in New Delhi. said efforts will be made to fur- paying taxes, getting electric- “In GST, it is an ongoing The rise, which comes on from 142 in 2014 to 63 in 2019, India saw the biggest jump ther simplify Goods and ity connections and starting a process to understand where the back of a 23-spot jump last which is a record for a major in ‘resolving insolvency’ cate- Services Tax, and expressed business. the difficulties are...We are year, underscored the reformist economy. It has improved its gory, to 52nd rank from 108th, hope that it will help in further However, the improve- also looking at what were the credentials of the Modi gov- rank by 67 positions in the last on the back of implementation improving India’s ranking in ment in the remaining three glitches in using online filing ernment that is hard pitching three years. of the Insolvency and the World Bank’s ease of doing parameters — getting credit, of returns. So, GST is an ongo- India as an alternative invest- Prime Minister Narendra Bankruptcy Code, while its business index. protecting minority investors, ing process in improving. Even ment destination to China. Modi had last year set a target ranking improved substantial- India has jumped 14 places enforcing contracts — are not now for the next meeting, as “India put in place four to break into top-50 countries ly in ‘construction permits’ (to to rank 63rd out of 190 coun- impressive. Sitharaman said and when it happens, we want new business reforms during by 2020. 27th from 52nd) and ‘trading tries in the World Bank’s Doing that the effort will be now to to make sure that several steps the past year and earned a place The ranking is topped by across corders’ (to 68th from Business 2020 report on achieve the target to reaching are taken to simplify compli- in among the world’s top ten New Zealand. India’s ranking 80th). account of significant improve- within top 50 rank. ance,” she said. improvers for the third con- was behind Asian peers On registering property ment in resolving insolvency She added that as there is On income tax front, she secutive year,” the World Bank Singapore (2nd ranked), Hong India figured among the property where it was 154th. and paying taxes, India was and obtaining construction just one rank improvement in said: “At this stage, there may said in its ‘Doing Business Kong (3rd), Korea (5th), top 10 performers on the list for Meanwhile, Finance ranked a lowly 154th and 115th permits. the parameter of starting a not be much to say”. 2020’ report released on Malaysia (12th) and China the third time in a row. India Minister Nirmala Sitharaman respectively, though these were Thursday. (31st). The US was placed 6th is the only large country this said some categories such as improvements over the previ- two parameters — protecting result, reorganization has enhancing the country’s over- The improvement in rank- on the list. year to have achieved such a resolving insolvency, con- ous year’s ranks of 166 and 121. minority investors (from 7th to become the most likely proce- all competitiveness, the World significant shift. struction permits and trading The finance minister said 13th position) and getting elec- dure for viable companies as Bank said in its report. The economies that across borders, have shown a there can be an improvement tricity (from 22nd to 25th) — measured by Doing Business, While the competition to ' . O! showed the most notable lot of improvement. in registering property and and remained unchanged in increasing the overall recovery move up the ladder would improvement were Saudi She, however, said the getting electricity connections ‘enforcing contracts’ at 163rd. rate from 27 to 72 cents increase and become much Arabia, Jordan, Togo, Bahrain, ranking based on a survey of which are done at the state “Despite some challenges on the dollar,” the World Bank tougher, India is on the track to Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, two cities (Delhi and Mumbai) level. in the implementation of the said. be within top 50 of the Ease of @$./ China, India and Nigeria, in such a vast and diverse Promising to remove any reform - particularly regarding Prime Minister Narendra Doing business in the next year according to the World Bank. nation may not be adequately hitches, she also said the gov- court operations and the appli- Modi’s ‘Make in India’ cam- or two, Simeon Djankov, ! World Bank said India still representative and so in the ernment is working on improv- cation of the law by multiple paign focused on attracting Director of Development Washington: India needs a C. lagged in areas such as enforc- coming year Kolkata and ing the GST regime. stakeholders - the number of foreign investment, boosting Economics at the World Bank, fresh set of “bold reforms” in ing contracts where it was Bengaluru will be added to the Compared with last year, reorganizations in India has the private sector, manufac- told PTI in an interview in the next three to four years if New Delhi: India’s jump to the ranked 163rd and registering list of surveyed cities. India’s ranking deteriorated on been gradually increasing. As a turing in particular, and Washington. it wants to be among the top 63rd position on the World 50 countries with ease of Bank’s ease of doing business doing business, a top World ranking is a testimony to the ), Bank official said. remarkable improvement in the , 1 ,; ! The official’s remarks country’s business climate owing came as India jumped 14 to the series of reforms under- *;) A ! ) 43( places to take the 63rd posi- taken by the Narendra Modi-led R ##* . -1 . 7 %-865414.$& tion on the World Bank’s ease government, industry bodies ) 2#3. .( )' 1 of doing business ranking. and experts said on Thursday. . E+ H< E

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Fslashed India’s GDP growth slashed its 2019-20 GDP year, total new lending will marginally lower after a &# @>4;1 investment. forecast in the current fiscal to growth forecast for India to 5.8 amount to only 6.6 per cent of Bchoppy session on However, Fitch Ratings he country’s largest car- 5.5 per cent saying a large per cent from 6.2 per cent ear- GDP in the fiscal year 2019- Thursday, dragged by IT and New Delhi (PTI): The mutual fund industry has added 3.45 lakh slashed India’s GDP growth Tmaker Maruti Suzuki India credit squeeze emanating from lier, saying the economy was 2020, down from 9.5 per cent bank counters, amid mixed investor accounts in September, taking the total tally to 8.56 crore, forecast in the current fiscal to on Thursday reported 38.99 shadow banks has pushed eco- experiencing a pronounced in the previous fiscal year. results for the ruling BJP in amid volatile market conditions. In comparison, the industry had 5.5 per cent, saying a large per cent decline in consolidat- nomic growth to a six year low. slowdown which is partly relat- While an array of factors state polls. Lacklustre macro- added 4.8 lakh new folios in August and more than 10 lakh folios credit squeeze emanating from ed net profit at 1,391.1 crore Fitch, which had in June this ed to long-lasting factors. have contributed to the Indian economic cues and an adverse in July. Folios are numbers designated to individual investor shadow banks has pushed eco- in the second quarter ended year put India’s GDP growth at Moody’s had attributed the slowdown - including a down- judicial ruling against the tele- accounts. An investor can have multiple folios. nomic growth to a six-year low. September 30. 6.6 per cent for the fiscal year deceleration to an investment- turn in world trade, Fitch com sector also sapped risk According to data from Association of Mutual Funds in India, “Looking at the stress in the The company had posted a that began in April 2019, said led slowdown that has broad- believes that the severe credit appetite, brokers said. the number of folios with 44 fund houses rose to 8,56,26,244 at balance sheets of telecom play- consolidated net profit of the recent government mea- ened into consumption, driven squeeze has taken a heavy toll. After gyrating over 486 the end of September, from 8,52,81,222 at the end of August, reg- ers, it seems that government 2,280.2 crore in the same sures to boost economy includ- by financial stress among rural “NBFCs have faced a points, the 30-share BSE Sensex istering a gain of 3.45 lakh folios. The total folio count stood at 8.48 would likely step in and come period a year ago. ing a cut in corporate tax rates households and weak job cre- severe tightening of funding settled 38.44 points, or 0.10 per crore in July, 8.38 crore in June, 8.32 crore in May and 8.27 crore out with a practical solution Revenue from operations will gradually nudge growth. ation and said the growth will conditions over the past year cent, lower at 39,020.39. The in April. Market experts said the addition of folios suggested that either by waiving the penalty in the second quarter stood at The projection is lower pick up to 6.6 per cent in 2020- and a half. They have in turn broader NSE Nifty slipped 21.50 investors were undeterred by the market volatility. Besides, it indi- and interest or else extending 16,123.2 crore as against than 6.1 per cent that the 21 and to around 7 per cent sharply reduced the supply of points, or 0.19 per cent, to cated their understanding of the market risks associated in the mutu- payment over a period of time. 21,553.7 crore in the year-ago Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had over the medium term. credit to the commercial sector. 11,582.60. Telecom and bank al fund schemes. If not, then banks will be star- period, down 25.19 per cent, forecast in early October. GDP Last month, the Asian The auto and real estate sectors stocks came under selling pres- The number of folios under the equity and equity-linked sav- ing at more incremental stress MSI said in a regulatory filing. expansion will pick up to 6.2 per Development Bank and the have been particularly hit by sure after the Supreme Court ing schemes rose by 2 lakh to 6.18 crore at September-end as com- in their loan books from the sec- Sales volume during the cent in the next financial year Organisation of Economic NBFC credit rationing,” it said. allowed the Centre to recover pared to 6.16 crore at the end of the preceding month. The debt tor,” said Paras Bothra, president quarter under review stood at (2020-21) and to 6.7 per cent in Cooperation and Development Data from the RBI show dues of about 92,000 crore oriented schemes folios count went up by more than 92,000 to 67.67 of Equity Research, Ashika 3,38,317 units, down 30.2 per the year after, Fitch said. lowered 2019-20 growth fore- that the flow of new lending from telcos, increasing the lakh. Within the debt category, liquid funds continued to top the Stock Broking. cent as compared with same The Indian economy decel- cast for India by 50 basis points from non-bank sources was financial burden on them and chart in terms of number of folios at 17 lakh, followed by low dura- Sectorally, BSE bankex, period last fiscal. erated for the fifth consecutive and 1.3 percentage points to 6.5 down 60 per cent year-on-year their lenders. Interestingly, tion fund at 9.25 lakh. finance and telecom indices Net profit for the first half quarter in April-June, with per cent and 5.9 per cent, between April and September. Bharti Airtel emerged as the top Overall, mutual fund schemes witnessed a redemption of 1.52 fell up to 1.16 per cent. Energy, of the fiscal ended September GDP expanding by a meagre 5 respectively. Rating agency In contrast, banks’ lending has gainer in the Sensex pack, spurt- lakh crore last month as compared to an inflow of 1.02 lakh crore realty, consumer durables and was at 2,767.9 crore as against per cent, down from 8 per cent Standard & Poor’s has also low- held up well in recent months, ing 3.31 per cent. in August. The massive redemptions could be attributed to debt- healhcare indices gained up to 4,295.3 crore, down 35.55 per recorded a year earlier. This is ered its India growth forecast to mitigating some of the overall Other winners were RIL, oriented schemes, which saw an outflow of 1.58 lakh crore. Besides, 1.57 per cent. Broader BSE cent. the lowest growth outturn since 6.3 per cent from 7.1 per cent. credit supply shortfall. HCL Tech, Asian Paints, Tata equity mutual funds witnessed a net inflow of around 6,489 crore midcap and smallcap indices fell Revenue from operations 2013. On October 15, the However, bank lending could Steel and Tata Motors, which in September, the lowest in the last four months, due to profit-book- up to 0.39 per cent. in the first half stood at 34,862 “Weakness has been fairly International Monetary Fund not prevent a sizeable credit rose up to 3.12 per cent. ing by investors after a rally in markets following a reduction in Elsewhere in Asia, bourses crore as compared to 43,367.5 broad-based, with both domes- (IMF) slashed India’s GDP crunch in the first half of 2019. Top losers included Yes corporate tax. in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul crore in the corresponding tic spending and external growth rate projections to 6.1 Fitch said the success of the Bank, SBI and IndusInd Bank ended on a positive note, while period last fiscal. demand losing momentum,” per cent from the 7 per cent in inflation-targeting framework that cracked up to 5.76 per cent. Exchange Commission initiat- Meanwhile, India jumped those in Shanghai settled in the Sales volume in April- Fitch said. “The Indian econ- July, while World Bank had its adopted by the RBI in 2016 in Shares of Infosys also ended ed probe against the firm fol- 14 places to the 63rd position on red. Equites in Europe were September period stood at omy is being held back by a estimate for India’s GDP reducing inflation has been 2.36 per cent lower after Sebi lowing whistleblower com- the World Bank’s ease of doing trading higher in their respec- 7,40,911 units, down 24 per large squeeze in credit avail- growth for 2019-20 to 6 per associated with sharply rising and the US Securities and plaints. business rankings, riding high tive early deals. cent as against same period of ability emanating from non- cent. real lending interest rates since 2018-19. bank financial companies Fitch in a note on Indian mid-2018.

SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11661.65 11679.60 11534.65 11582.60 -21.50 Script Open High Low LTP CEATLTD 973.75 990.00 926.00 945.20 BEML 959.35 961.80 931.95 942.85 KTKBANK 72.00 73.40 71.40 73.15 SCHNEIDER 71.40 72.50 70.35 70.75 BHARTIARTL 353.95 376.35 325.50 372.00 11.65 AUBANK 695.95 697.75 661.00 679.85 IOC 144.95 144.95 141.00 141.35 DEEPAKNI 344.80 347.80 336.10 342.90 VGUARD 242.55 246.50 238.70 240.00 JCHAC 2090.00 2090.00 1950.35 1966.55 RELIANCE 1401.00 1441.40 1386.55 1434.60 42.20 BHARTIARTL 355.05 376.25 325.60 372.45 ISEC 310.50 351.50 310.50 335.10 FORTIS 137.55 140.65 136.00 138.70 MASFIN 742.75 764.00 715.00 725.00 JYOTHYLAB 177.35 177.65 172.00 174.30 EICHERMOT 20640.00 21188.55 20521.15 21129.00 607.80 INFY 650.70 653.10 632.05 635.40 LTTS 1509.85 1511.00 1442.00 1451.75 EQUITAS 101.10 101.20 97.00 97.65 MOIL 144.00 145.85 141.10 142.35 IFBIND 702.95 720.35 677.25 699.10 HCLTECH 1155.10 1159.00 1110.50 1118.90 23.75 YESBANK 51.20 52.60 47.45 48.30 M&M 591.90 595.00 579.00 582.50 SUNTECK 415.00 415.00 397.25 409.80 INDHOTEL 151.00 152.00 149.80 151.75 FINCABLES 376.00 383.25 374.50 376.75 TITAN 1364.00 1379.00 1350.65 1377.00 28.35 SBIN 277.00 277.65 248.80 262.70 LICHSGFIN 378.45 378.45 366.25 370.75 JAICORPLTD 85.25 86.00 82.00 83.90 IEX 146.30 146.30 136.95 143.00 EIDPARRY 167.35 169.40 165.05 167.65 ASIANPAINT 1778.00 1794.95 1753.05 1792.25 24.85 IBULHSGFIN 210.00 218.75 196.15 200.00 MPHASIS 925.10 962.00 830.00 932.90 BAJAJCON 247.00 250.00 233.75 238.20 MMTC 18.10 18.70 17.60 17.70 ALLCARGO 101.00 101.85 99.00 99.00 TATAMOTORS 133.00 135.15 130.50 134.15 1.50 MARUTI 7450.00 7480.00 7275.00 7390.40 BRITANNIA 3307.90 3340.60 3261.10 3298.70 RITES 290.05 291.80 274.50 276.35 RADICO 314.95 317.25 309.45 311.50 KRBL 230.50 230.85 226.75 230.50 ULTRACEMCO 4265.00 4330.00 4243.75 4292.95 41.65 RELIANCE 1400.05 1441.00 1386.75 1436.25 JUSTDIAL 647.40 660.65 640.00 642.50 SRF 2895.00 2895.00 2835.85 2846.70 JSWENERGY 68.00 68.20 66.70 68.00 CHENNPETRO 155.75 160.10 155.75 156.40 ICICIBANK 456.50 458.80 451.05 455.10 GODREJPROP 950.85 992.50 942.60 988.60 CADILAHC 246.30 250.35 243.70 243.90 METROPOLIS 1350.00 1370.00 1328.15 1341.55 MAHLOG 362.00 363.80 355.00 361.45 TATASTEEL 356.05 362.00 353.80 359.65 3.45 INFRATEL 257.15 258.00 234.55 237.45 UNIONBANK 54.10 54.40 50.50 51.45 APOLLOHOSP 1513.00 1540.80 1513.00 1535.00 GODFRYPHLP 1087.15 1090.00 1062.00 1072.30 DHANUKA 291.10 294.95 290.80 290.80 JSWSTEEL 215.20 225.10 215.20 224.05 1.35 BPCL 526.15 526.50 501.00 513.95 PVR 1800.00 1854.95 1790.80 1798.80 NMDC 108.00 108.20 105.05 105.35 GESHIP* 309.70 316.85 303.30 315.10 MAHABANK 11.55 11.55 10.60 10.72 ADANIPORTS 399.00 401.45 393.35 398.30 2.20 RBLBANK 264.40 266.70 246.80 251.90 ADANIPOWER 62.45 64.50 62.40 63.40 NATIONALUM 43.80 44.00 42.50 43.15 WESTLIFE 341.00 351.40 341.00 346.00 MAHSCOOTER 4472.00 4611.00 4470.00 4589.50 HINDUNILVR 2141.00 2150.00 2118.05 2143.90 10.65 IDEA 5.61 5.67 4.10 4.33 PFC 105.00 105.30 103.20 104.35 FORCEMOT 1052.30 1087.80 1050.00 1062.90 SHANKARA 331.40 331.45 331.00 331.45 BLISSGVS 140.00 140.00 137.10 138.60 UPL 600.00 606.50 595.10 599.95 2.95 RNAM 343.90 354.90 304.35 318.90 DRREDDY 2828.00 2850.00 2770.20 2825.60 RELINFRA 27.70 27.70 27.70 27.70 CCL 217.00 219.75 196.95 199.20 ITDCEM 40.95 43.60 40.95 42.60 TCS 2084.00 2099.00 2061.30 2078.35 8.25 TCS 2075.10 2099.00 2062.00 2082.20 SBILIFE 989.10 992.60 955.00 969.30 SHREECEM 19900.00 20443.95 19872.00 20310.95 GUJGAS 184.00 184.00 176.70 179.70 LT 1460.00 1467.00 1426.35 1435.95 4.15 HDFCBANK 1248.00 1254.55 1227.50 1235.95 HINDALCO 186.00 186.45 180.65 181.30 TATACHEM 618.00 621.00 607.70 612.65 SUDARSCHEM 388.00 388.00 375.00 376.80 BAJAJ-AUTO 3165.00 3201.00 3143.45 3171.40 8.75 BIOCON 249.90 250.40 241.35 244.95 GAIL 128.80 129.20 123.30 123.90 PFIZER 3270.00 3421.00 3266.90 3393.30 MAHLIFE 400.90 412.60 400.90 410.45 BAJAJFINSV 8129.95 8200.00 8035.00 8089.00 18.05 TATAMOTORS 133.50 135.10 130.70 133.45 NESTLEIND 15022.00 15022.00 14626.00 14677.20 BALRAMCHIN 160.05 161.70 155.70 158.10 GSKCONS 9087.05 9087.05 8978.00 9062.00 SUNPHARMA 405.00 407.75 398.70 406.10 0.90 INDUSINDBK 1332.15 1346.70 1272.25 1282.20 HONAUT 28964.30 29000.00 28828.40 29000.00 TORNTPOWER 280.70 281.80 274.25 278.40 GODREJAGRO 504.00 514.10 498.50 504.90 HDFC 2150.00 2174.20 2141.35 2146.00 3.05 LT 1459.00 1466.00 1426.80 1431.90 CONCOR 612.00 613.30 582.85 586.45 ITDC 350.00 355.20 339.05 341.00 RALLIS 165.00 166.90 161.00 162.95 KOTAKBANK 1619.90 1629.90 1597.55 1614.00 0.35 TATASTEEL 356.00 362.05 353.85 359.85 NAVINFLUOR 789.80 833.00 783.95 826.60 EDELWEISS 94.45 94.45 87.15 87.15 ENDURANCE 1004.40 1025.75 989.50 1002.65 DRREDDY 2839.75 2849.95 2770.00 2825.20 -1.50 AXISBANK 717.60 722.80 702.20 707.45 ABBOTINDIA 10906.35 11200.00 10906.05 11169.00 RAYMOND 599.00 612.25 594.10 600.50 WHIRLPOOL 2158.35 2181.00 2154.70 2155.00 TECHM 730.00 745.00 724.40 725.55 -1.05 GRASIM 743.10 743.10 668.15 706.55 BALKRISIND 838.00 853.00 831.90 835.35 WOCKPHARMA 269.95 276.00 264.00 268.60 ZYDUSWELL 1701.00 1755.00 1676.80 1694.00 VEDL 147.00 148.60 145.00 146.00 -0.25 HCLTECH 1160.00 1160.00 1111.90 1118.55 AMBUJACEM 198.45 199.05 194.50 197.40 TRENT 527.00 549.00 513.00 538.15 LAXMIMACH 3718.95 3783.45 3615.00 3633.00 JSWSTEEL 214.70 224.85 214.70 223.05 JUBILANT 573.75 578.20 545.40 569.60 EXIDEIND 183.70 183.70 175.20 176.20 ADVENZYMES 159.45 161.85 159.10 160.10 BAJFINANCE 4062.00 4080.00 4012.55 4029.80 -8.55 AUROPHARMA 478.00 483.20 466.70 469.15 GLENMARK 302.50 314.60 300.95 302.95 UBL 1351.00 1355.30 1326.00 1352.65 JSLHISAR 64.80 64.90 63.10 63.10 ICICIBANK 457.40 459.00 451.00 453.85 -1.25 JINDALSTEL 101.55 103.90 99.05 102.85 DMART 1905.00 1917.70 1878.30 1892.00 COCHINSHIP 343.45 360.00 341.40 357.40 KPRMILL 617.20 632.20 606.85 628.30 BRITANNIA 3312.00 3342.00 3260.25 3285.55 -9.15 NCC 56.30 56.70 53.25 53.55 LTI 1644.95 1669.30 1642.70 1659.25 ADANIGAS 147.00 148.45 145.15 145.60 UFLEX 196.30 201.20 193.45 195.30 MARUTI 7460.00 7475.00 7271.00 7399.40 -40.85 UJJIVAN 300.65 303.75 288.30 289.00 DISHTV 13.00 13.30 10.75 11.10 RVNL 24.25 24.25 23.40 23.60 CHAMBLFERT 160.20 160.50 156.35 158.80 ONGC 141.90 142.20 139.05 140.95 -0.95 BANKBARODA 92.95 93.55 88.00 89.90 ACC 1526.00 1539.90 1504.50 1520.00 SPARC 130.25 130.40 125.20 127.50 CUB 210.00 210.20 207.65 207.65 HDFCBANK 1248.00 1254.15 1226.35 1233.05 -8.55 TATAELXSI 720.00 761.95 718.05 756.45 SRTRANSFIN 1084.30 1092.25 1062.00 1069.70 KANSAINER 537.00 539.80 520.00 538.70 TATACOFFEE 77.40 79.10 76.95 77.40 NTPC 122.00 122.00 119.20 120.20 -0.85 PEL 1755.50 1759.00 1670.00 1723.70 SIEMENS 1651.10 1678.65 1624.00 1634.70 GICRE 250.00 255.05 242.75 248.45 NILKAMAL 1245.00 1245.00 1194.00 1198.85 STARCEMENT 94.25 95.00 93.55 94.95 HEROMOTOCO2730.00 2749.75 2650.00 2691.50 -21.40 ASHOKLEY 75.50 77.20 74.80 75.85 COROMANDEL 453.90 472.20 453.90 466.00 BOSCHLTD 14650.00 14822.10 14486.80 14500.00 MAHINDCIE 145.20 151.00 142.40 148.70 ASTERDM 125.00 125.45 124.10 125.10 ITC 252.60 254.00 247.95 249.05 -2.00 ADANIPORTS 399.95 401.35 393.65 399.35 SUNTV 519.40 523.50 514.00 520.30 CHOLAFIN 290.00 297.50 286.35 291.00 GSPL 215.00 215.00 208.00 208.70 ORIENTCEM 81.25 81.25 76.00 78.00 AXISBANK 719.95 723.00 701.55 708.85 -6.00 TV18BRDCST 23.55 24.25 22.50 22.85 PIDILITIND 1347.70 1367.00 1332.85 1363.05 KAJARIACER 563.00 563.00 543.00 547.95 LINDEINDIA 534.90 546.95 534.20 539.40 UCOBANK 11.98 12.00 11.61 11.72 POWERGRID 206.40 207.25 203.60 204.20 -2.05 HDFC 2146.00 2174.00 2141.10 2143.00 DELTACORP 197.90 198.95 192.50 196.35 DBL 405.55 419.75 402.00 406.30 SHK 147.95 147.95 136.35 138.85 HAL 712.05 721.40 712.00 717.90 CIPLA 455.00 456.00 443.55 447.95 -6.30 BAJFINANCE 4050.05 4081.45 4014.10 4024.25 GMRINFRA 19.95 20.45 19.60 19.90 GPPL 79.50 82.00 78.55 80.00 FINEORG 1929.35 1950.00 1901.00 1910.00 DBCORP 157.95 157.95 155.25 156.95 M&M 592.00 595.50 578.60 582.00 -9.85 ITC 252.80 253.95 248.05 248.95 POWERGRID 206.80 207.05 203.55 203.55 NOCIL 116.75 116.90 109.95 110.30 SUNDRMFAST 463.75 475.00 460.00 472.90 INOXWIND 36.20 36.90 34.50 34.85 ZEEL 245.00 245.50 236.30 237.95 -4.15 HDFCAMC 3118.20 3140.00 2981.05 3000.65 TATAGLOBAL 278.05 284.90 278.05 280.70 ASTRAZEN 2542.90 2573.20 2434.00 2454.60 ASHOKA 108.35 108.70 103.50 103.50 AEGISLOG 176.20 177.65 169.00 170.45 WIPRO 253.90 254.20 249.20 249.75 -4.60 PIIND 1375.00 1448.80 1375.00 1425.90 IRB 84.90 84.90 78.25 82.35 IPCALAB 945.25 983.30 944.55 969.55 WABAG 196.20 198.45 193.35 195.55 SHOPERSTOP 386.00 389.70 375.50 375.50 COALINDIA 210.00 210.00 204.40 205.00 -3.80 ZENSARTECH 186.35 191.05 185.20 188.55 STRTECH 149.00 149.20 143.20 145.30 APOLLOTYRE 184.15 184.40 180.85 181.85 IBULISL 61.50 63.60 60.90 60.90 SHILPAMED 269.00 280.90 269.00 277.00 BHEL 54.00 54.30 50.50 51.25 ORIENTELEC 184.45 190.30 178.50 185.50 ORIENTBANK 51.80 52.00 50.10 50.25 SYNGENE 334.45 334.45 326.35 330.00 HERITGFOOD 319.15 321.05 310.00 312.10 NESTLEIND 15019.00 15048.00 14625.85 14665.00 -318.00 EICHERMOT 20555.00 21188.00 20518.15 21080.95 INOXLEISUR 359.00 386.45 357.65 365.30 HIMATSEIDE 158.55 166.00 155.00 157.00 PERSISTENT 610.00 621.80 603.30 614.50 CENTRUM 23.00 23.05 22.50 22.95 IOC 144.65 144.95 141.00 141.35 -3.15 SANOFI 6119.00 6219.00 6119.00 6180.00 REDINGTON 119.90 122.15 112.20 113.35 IBVENTURES 96.90 99.40 93.60 94.65 JKTYRE 66.30 67.50 65.55 66.10 NETWORK18 22.90 22.90 21.45 21.65 HINDALCO 186.25 186.65 180.70 181.00 -4.10 VEDL 148.00 148.55 145.10 145.65 PNBHOUSING 459.85 470.00 440.50 446.70 GSFC 79.50 80.60 77.40 78.35 MINDAIND 356.00 372.00 353.95 371.40 TATAMETALI 591.00 591.00 564.90 572.20 INFY 650.00 653.20 632.00 635.00 -15.60 DLF 175.25 180.45 174.75 176.50 BATAINDIA 1784.00 1792.20 1771.50 1786.00 GHCL 223.00 224.50 212.00 213.05 TVTODAY 323.45 324.90 313.25 321.15 BAYERCROP 3375.00 3421.70 3327.55 3340.00 BPCL 525.90 525.90 500.65 512.90 -14.20 ESCORTS 656.30 667.30 643.00 648.90 GODREJCP 718.00 725.00 707.60 714.00 DCMSHRIRAM 399.45 411.15 387.70 394.45 HATHWAY 20.15 21.15 19.20 21.10 APLLTD 545.00 551.00 531.45 546.95 INDUSINDBK 1340.20 1347.85 1272.00 1285.00 -47.60 RAJESHEXPO 683.00 683.00 671.50 674.35 GLAXO 1500.00 1512.85 1459.80 1472.10 FINOLEXIND 609.70 614.95 599.00 602.25 NBVENTURES 74.65 75.60 72.75 74.40 GAIL 129.10 129.10 123.35 123.85 -4.80 JUBLFOOD 1521.00 1553.85 1521.00 1541.95 NAUKRI 2371.25 2371.25 2300.40 2313.55 VBL 626.70 643.00 623.70 628.60 CENTRALBK 17.00 17.55 16.95 17.10 SBIN 276.00 277.65 248.65 263.15 -12.30 ADANIENT 175.50 180.00 173.95 179.05 PRESTIGE 311.40 319.40 301.50 304.25 JINDALSAW 86.15 88.25 85.40 85.60 TAKE 112.65 112.85 110.10 110.80 YESBANK 51.20 52.55 47.45 48.45 -2.75 SAIL 35.40 35.75 34.20 34.35 PARAGMILK 157.50 157.65 145.60 148.60 BALMLAWRIE 182.10 184.05 181.90 183.00 RATNAMANI 915.00 915.20 908.65 910.00 GRASIM 743.00 743.00 663.45 695.85 -47.30 NBCC 36.05 36.25 34.25 34.45 AIAENG 1762.90 1762.90 1644.00 1647.65 BAJAJELEC 401.95 401.95 381.00 382.30 APLAPOLLO 1415.00 1415.00 1393.05 1393.90 INFRATEL 255.00 258.30 234.40 238.65 -20.70 HEROMOTOCO 2725.00 2746.80 2652.00 2696.50 OBEROIRLTY 496.00 502.60 487.05 499.45 NHPC 23.60 23.95 23.30 23.35 CENTURYPLY 165.00 166.00 161.30 161.45 TORNTPHARM 1685.05 1797.00 1685.05 1766.95 3MINDIA 21500.00 21887.45 21214.00 21214.00 NESCO 560.00 571.65 558.00 561.00 VSTIND 3925.00 3957.00 3888.55 3888.55 ZEEL 244.00 245.60 236.15 237.45 MFSL 433.00 433.00 414.35 415.85 GREAVESCOT 133.05 133.85 131.05 133.55 JSL 34.65 34.65 33.65 33.90 SUNPHARMA 404.30 407.60 398.65 406.00 HFCL 17.05 17.35 16.95 17.05 TEJASNET 73.90 76.20 69.00 73.55 BDL 294.00 297.90 290.10 290.10 DIVISLAB 1737.00 1769.65 1737.00 1767.00 ABFRL 209.45 209.45 202.00 202.85 KEI 540.95 542.00 535.45 538.30 TIMETECHNO 60.00 60.50 58.20 58.30 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE HDFCLIFE 610.00 619.10 608.20 615.75 HINDZINC 210.05 214.55 210.05 211.45 ESSELPRO 117.35 117.35 107.40 109.80 UNITEDBNK 7.43 7.46 7.00 7.10 NIFTY NEXT 50 28220.75 28291.60 27932.95 28045.25 -95.20 POLYCAB 803.25 837.00 795.00 823.00 GILLETTE 7888.35 8060.00 7808.95 7810.00 J&KBANK 32.40 32.40 30.75 30.95 CGPOWER 14.80 14.80 14.50 14.72 MOTHERSUMI 109.15 111.80 107.85 111.30 3.70 BAJAJ-AUTO 3185.00 3200.95 3145.90 3169.00 DCBBANK 181.05 181.95 175.05 176.50 SOBHA 436.55 447.60 430.25 432.00 CORPBANK 15.00 15.00 14.40 14.40 PIDILITIND 1335.00 1367.95 1331.50 1365.80 40.55 COALINDIA 208.00 209.80 204.45 205.20 SWANENERGY 106.10 106.90 104.00 104.10 NATCOPHARM 576.25 586.90 575.05 583.00 ERIS 420.00 434.95 418.00 429.55 SHREECEM 19888.50 20449.00 19791.90 20370.00 605.05 KOTAKBANK 1616.00 1629.50 1598.00 1613.40 THYROCARE 520.45 585.70 517.35 557.00 TIINDIA 370.00 373.00 369.15 370.00 INDOSTAR 183.25 192.00 181.15 182.00 ICICIGI 1322.90 1350.00 1319.45 1349.60 37.80 BANDHANBNK 558.40 586.00 558.40 570.45 LALPATHLAB 1461.10 1500.00 1460.00 1490.00 JMFINANCIL 74.65 74.65 73.05 74.25 SREINFRA 7.61 8.30 7.61 8.09 BANDHANBNK 561.00 585.80 559.50 571.00 15.30 NIITTECH 1495.00 1529.95 1426.00 1491.85 HINDCOPPER 39.45 39.70 37.10 38.00 JPASSOCIAT 2.50 2.50 2.25 2.28 SKFINDIA 2157.60 2162.10 2139.65 2140.75 DIVISLAB 1736.00 1779.05 1735.35 1766.80 31.45 INDIGO 1632.00 1690.80 1632.00 1668.00 WELCORP 145.45 146.85 143.20 143.70 INTELLECT 186.20 186.55 179.80 181.25 JKLAKSHMI 288.45 289.75 281.00 282.80 PAGEIND 22530.00 23098.95 22522.90 22914.50 391.60 TITAN 1362.00 1379.00 1351.00 1378.00 AMARAJABAT 662.10 668.00 653.15 656.10 MRPL 50.50 50.65 49.10 49.20 IOB 9.80 9.85 9.69 9.70 UBL 1338.50 1356.70 1324.00 1352.35 19.35 STAR 342.20 359.00 342.20 344.45 IDFC 32.80 32.80 32.00 32.35 IFCI 7.34 7.34 6.76 7.17 TCNSBRANDS 728.70 741.35 714.30 741.35 L&TFH 88.00 90.15 87.50 88.85 1.20 BAJAJFINSV 8128.30 8200.00 8045.00 8090.00 RCOM 0.67 0.70 0.67 0.68 CARERATING 543.00 560.00 540.00 544.55 GEPIL 702.50 713.30 695.20 705.75 HDFCLIFE 609.90 618.90 607.60 615.65 7.80 HINDUNILVR 2137.35 2149.60 2118.65 2144.50 PHILIPCARB 123.75 125.00 119.95 120.35 MEGH 51.40 51.40 49.75 50.00 APARINDS 509.00 529.15 501.00 523.00 DLF 176.05 180.45 174.70 176.55 1.60 TECHM 730.10 744.80 724.90 726.10 RPOWER 3.66 3.66 3.66 3.66 DHFL 18.50 18.60 18.45 18.45 KALPATPOWR 452.75 452.75 445.00 446.90 PGHH 11905.00 12000.00 11850.00 11989.20 84.05 HINDPETRO 306.30 309.00 298.10 299.80 NIACL 136.05 137.20 128.00 128.60 TRIDENT 59.00 59.70 58.75 59.05 ANDHRABANK 16.45 16.55 16.05 16.20 HINDZINC 210.00 214.90 210.00 211.40 1.40 ULTRACEMCO 4251.00 4329.15 4248.05 4314.55 SUZLON 2.71 2.79 2.58 2.60 SONATSOFTW 310.10 315.70 309.00 310.85 QUESS 466.00 473.60 461.00 461.00 ASHOKLEY 75.40 77.25 74.75 75.70 0.40 MANAPPURAM 158.70 169.40 157.30 165.05 BAJAJHLDNG 3680.00 3734.00 3657.85 3658.00 RELCAPITAL 15.50 15.50 15.50 15.50 REPCOHOME 285.50 288.50 276.05 276.05 GICRE 250.00 255.20 242.55 248.35 1.30 FEDERALBNK 84.00 84.00 80.40 81.00 OIL 169.60 169.60 163.40 167.50 SJVN 24.90 25.05 24.65 24.90 LAURUSLABS 352.65 352.65 344.65 344.65 INDIGO 1658.70 1692.35 1637.45 1661.65 7.10 MCX 1176.00 1184.95 1123.50 1127.55 ENGINERSIN 108.95 110.60 108.75 109.70 HSCL 75.00 75.95 74.00 74.15 SYMPHONY 1231.85 1240.50 1215.45 1221.70 MARICO 395.80 398.75 387.15 395.35 1.60 UPL 600.30 606.00 595.05 598.05 MOTILALOFS 620.00 623.00 601.00 615.50 FRETAIL 386.45 391.10 380.15 380.50 MAXINDIA 66.35 66.55 65.75 66.05 OFSS 3069.70 3080.00 3040.00 3065.65 10.35 BEL 114.95 116.25 112.70 116.00 FSL 51.50 51.50 49.40 50.25 KEC 272.05 273.90 270.40 270.45 BLUEDART 2361.20 2366.35 2288.00 2296.00 COLPAL 1565.00 1569.65 1540.95 1564.05 3.85 ASIANPAINT 1777.00 1794.80 1753.90 1790.75 HUDCO 35.60 35.90 34.85 35.40 RELAXO 529.20 541.85 529.00 541.85 JKCEMENT 1113.75 1118.10 1113.05 1113.10 PETRONET 270.00 270.95 266.05 269.75 0.55 MOTHERSUMI 109.50 111.80 107.85 111.45 LEMONTREE 56.35 61.05 55.95 58.45 SHRIRAMCIT 1338.00 1338.00 1322.65 1322.65 TVSSRICHAK 1798.00 1823.50 1771.80 1784.00 PFC 105.00 105.40 103.15 104.60 0.15 VOLTAS 710.40 721.00 696.15 706.70 DCAL 141.20 145.75 127.55 131.05 AKZOINDIA 2000.00 2042.90 1991.00 2000.00 WABCOINDIA 6127.15 6140.00 6085.00 6140.00 BAJAJHLDNG 3662.00 3734.00 3650.00 3666.65 4.10 CUMMINSIND 579.50 590.20 538.75 546.25 VIPIND 486.00 494.15 482.20 492.95 TIMKEN 790.00 794.15 767.55 767.55 FLFL 403.00 410.00 392.70 405.70 SOLARINDS 1050.15 1080.00 1050.15 1060.00 BERGEPAINT 491.35 494.60 486.25 488.90 0.55 ATUL 4225.00 4320.00 4188.40 4310.35 BBTC 1217.45 1235.75 1178.60 1185.45 CANFINHOME 390.25 393.00 385.10 385.50 NLCINDIA 57.40 57.45 56.00 57.15 CERA 2576.25 2583.60 2525.25 2535.65 AMBUJACEM 198.00 199.45 194.50 196.85 0.05 PNB 61.50 61.85 59.20 59.75 CIPLA 457.00 457.00 444.00 447.65 CROMPTON 264.70 265.20 251.10 254.50 SUPREMEIND 1204.95 1220.50 1204.95 1211.05 GMDCLTD 58.85 58.85 57.55 58.00 PEL 1755.00 1759.80 1668.55 1720.90 0.15 CASTROLIND 135.40 145.45 135.35 144.55 RCF 52.50 55.25 50.55 54.60 GAYAPROJ 123.05 129.00 123.05 129.00 PGHH 11975.00 12025.45 11909.00 11958.75 FDC 158.05 161.55 158.05 159.75 DMART 1911.10 1918.90 1878.20 1899.00 -1.75 NTPC 121.80 121.80 119.30 120.05 PCJEWELLER 35.65 35.75 33.80 34.40 JISLJALEQS 11.95 11.95 11.60 11.95 TTKPRESTIG 6139.90 6262.00 6051.75 6128.95 MAGMA 52.45 53.00 50.90 51.10 HAVELLS 660.00 678.65 655.00 671.05 -2.10 L&TFH 88.10 90.10 87.50 88.40 IGL 366.85 377.35 366.30 374.35 GODREJIND 405.00 407.95 400.00 402.95 PHOENIXLTD 730.00 735.55 728.00 733.35 CHOLAHLDNG 460.00 460.00 451.00 452.00 GODREJCP 718.00 725.80 707.55 712.70 -2.70 CANBK 194.70 194.70 184.30 187.60 RECLTD 138.00 138.10 133.25 134.15 AAVAS 1665.00 1670.90 1621.90 1625.00 CREDITACC 631.40 634.00 622.40 624.75 SUPRAJIT 182.00 186.30 180.40 180.75 DABUR 472.05 479.00 464.30 469.75 -2.00 ICICIGI 1323.45 1350.00 1321.65 1349.90 RAMCOCEM 753.60 759.75 740.00 759.25 DEEPAKFERT 98.45 104.00 98.45 100.60 TEAMLEASE 3009.20 3063.65 2964.70 3011.30 GET&D 186.80 186.80 182.25 182.50 ACC 1536.00 1539.85 1504.30 1519.35 -6.85 BANKINDIA 67.10 67.20 63.10 64.20 IBREALEST 50.95 51.75 49.45 49.85 ITI 83.35 83.75 80.65 81.15 BIRLACORPN 570.70 593.00 570.70 574.00 CARBORUNIV 307.85 307.85 299.15 299.60 BOSCHLTD 14620.05 14900.00 14500.00 14519.55 -81.60 M&MFIN 336.50 341.55 325.30 331.40 DABUR 473.45 478.75 464.55 469.15 JBCHEPHARM 358.40 358.80 321.70 331.40 VINATIORGA 2151.00 2153.85 2105.20 2115.90 SIS 930.00 948.50 924.20 940.10 LUPIN 736.50 741.70 723.65 730.65 -5.50 WIPRO 254.35 254.35 249.05 249.55 MGL 952.20 959.85 940.70 947.00 JAMNAAUTO 42.75 44.00 41.90 42.40 SADBHAV 140.00 140.00 134.70 136.45 LAKSHVILAS 16.30 16.30 16.30 16.30 NHPC 23.60 23.95 23.25 23.40 -0.20 TATAMTRDVR 59.50 60.50 58.60 59.75 VENKYS 1820.00 1824.65 1747.00 1753.65 BLUESTARCO 872.00 872.20 821.00 832.25 HEIDELBERG 188.05 189.60 186.50 189.40 SOMANYCERA 192.25 194.75 188.10 189.50 SRTRANSFIN 1086.00 1093.75 1060.00 1067.60 -9.95 HEG 1026.00 1049.00 991.05 997.40 PETRONET 269.20 270.70 266.00 269.05 DALBHARAT 815.00 842.40 806.10 809.75 CAPPL 379.05 383.00 375.70 379.10 EIHOTEL 175.15 179.00 174.35 174.35 ICICIPRULI 486.00 488.80 477.00 479.90 -5.30 HAVELLS 664.00 678.15 655.10 670.00 BOMDYEING 79.50 81.20 77.55 78.50 PGHL 4355.00 4438.00 4355.00 4416.35 FCONSUMER 24.25 24.30 23.30 23.45 GDL 94.15 94.15 93.00 93.25 AUROPHARMA 479.05 483.00 466.45 470.05 -6.00 PAGEIND 22550.00 23030.10 22550.00 22900.00 MARICO 394.85 398.00 387.45 394.65 ASTRAL 1140.00 1145.65 1130.00 1130.00 GUJALKALI 456.25 457.90 444.00 444.00 JSWHL 2762.00 2781.75 2750.00 2774.15 CADILAHC 245.90 250.35 243.50 244.70 -3.15 SPICEJET 117.45 118.00 114.00 114.55 INFIBEAM 43.50 46.75 43.50 45.70 ABB 1547.70 1547.70 1507.65 1517.70 ALKEM 1967.30 1975.00 1960.00 1975.00 GRINDWELL 602.30 605.40 600.00 605.30 NMDC 107.85 108.00 105.00 105.50 -1.70 INDIANB 142.00 142.00 121.00 123.70 BERGEPAINT 493.60 494.40 486.35 487.55 GALAXYSURF 1515.15 1549.00 1513.05 1535.85 VARROC 489.75 490.00 455.00 457.15 JAGRAN 58.00 58.20 55.25 56.70 MCDOWELL-N 621.50 624.80 606.20 609.70 -10.35 TVSMOTOR 462.95 467.40 450.65 460.20 MINDTREE 721.50 723.25 704.05 715.10 THOMASCOOK 116.50 119.15 115.05 116.00 TNPL 188.15 190.80 185.70 185.70 ECLERX 424.20 431.90 424.20 424.25 SBILIFE 991.40 993.95 954.65 967.60 -18.35 GRAPHITE 295.50 302.50 285.10 286.55 GNFC 200.65 210.00 199.50 209.10 CYIENT 425.95 425.95 400.00 406.10 OFSS 3047.25 3073.20 3040.20 3073.20 GULFOILLUB 875.45 875.45 851.00 851.00 IBULHSGFIN 210.00 219.00 196.05 201.70 -4.45 SCI 55.75 56.00 52.40 52.95 ADANIGREEN 87.90 87.90 85.20 86.10 IDBI 31.00 31.00 30.30 30.45 ALBK 26.30 26.40 25.55 25.90 MHRIL 220.00 220.00 214.40 215.50 SIEMENS 1673.50 1680.95 1623.00 1633.00 -40.20 GRANULES 117.50 125.80 117.00 124.35 CRISIL 1378.00 1403.00 1345.00 1351.10 IRCON 410.90 417.10 400.00 404.30 TATAINVEST 810.00 819.50 803.35 815.00 LAOPALA 174.60 176.25 173.85 174.45 PNB 61.60 61.85 59.15 59.80 -1.50 HEXAWARE 368.00 368.00 342.05 346.25 LUPIN 736.50 741.30 723.80 729.25 COFFEEDAY 31.00 31.00 29.00 29.00 SCHAEFFLER 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The maneuver delayed a allowed into the closed-door did not respond to requests for NATO defence ministers’ On arrival Thursday, he “The US decision to with- deposition with Laura Cooper, hearings.Lawmakers described comment. C meeting Thursday and Friday confirmed the meeting “will draw less than 50 soldiers from a senior Defense Department a chaotic scene. Rep. Debbie In 2000, the bodies of 58 S but Ankara risks little from its address the situation in the zone of attack was made after official who oversees Ukraine Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., clandestine Chinese immi- allies because of its strategic northeast Syria” where he said it was made very clear to us that policy, until mid afternoon. said she had just walked into grants were discovered in a 2 position, diplomats said. a Turkey-US “ceasefire” accord President (Recep Tayyip) The interview began the room when the Republican Dutch truck at the , The issue looks certain to struck last week had Erdogan made the decision to roughly five hours behind lawmakers blew past Capitol southeastern English port of overshadow the meeting in reduced fighting. come across the border,” he said. schedule, after a security check police officers and Democratic Dover. Two people Brussels, with Turkey isolated Diplomats, however, described US President Donald by Capitol officials, and ended staffers. 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AFP London: A march planned by The route of the march pro-Pakistani separatist will now reportedly end up at B 2 Dhaka:Sixteen people includ- groups on Kashmir to coin- Trafalgar Square instead, a ing the head of a madrasa cide with Diwali on Sunday requirement imposed due to were sentenced to death by a has been denied permission concerns of violence in the ; # # Bangladeshi court on Thursday by the UK authorities to wake of clashes at a previous for burning alive a teenage assemble outside the Indian demonstration by similar Qamishli (Syria): Kurdish US President Donald girl student for refusing to High Commission here. groups on August 15. forces in northeastern Syria left Trump has praised the agree- withdraw a sexual harassment A day after Prime The Metropolitan Police several positions along the ment reached in Sochi by complaint against him. Minister Boris Johnson told is yet to confirm the details of long border with Turkey Turkey and Russia and rejoiced The gruesome murder MPs in the House of the restrictions, but it followed Thursday, complying with a that US personnel were took place in April when a gang Commons that any kind of various interventions over the deal that sees Damascus, leaving the “long of killers poured kerosene over violence during such demon- last few days, including a Ankara and Moscow carve up blood-stained sand” of Syria, 18-year-old Nusrat Jahan Rafi strations was “wholly unac- diplomatic “note verbale” their now-defunct autonomous leaving just a residual contin- and set her on fire on the roof ceptable”, it emerged on from the Indian High region. gent behind “where they have of the madrasa in the south- Thursday that the groups Commission expressing safe- Russian forces have started the oil”. eastern Feni, some 162 kms behind the protest will have to ty concerns. patrols along the flashpoint The deal signed in the outside the capital Dhaka. steer clear of the Indian mis- On Wednesday, border, filling the vacuum left Black Sea resort by Syria’s two “They (convicts) will be sion area of Aldwych in cen- Conservative Party MP Bob by a US troop withdrawal that main foreign brokers gives hanged by neck until their tral London. Blackman had raised his fears effectively handed back a third Kurdish forces until Tuesday to death,” Women and Children “They will not be allowed of violence during the of the country to the withdraw to a line 30 Repression Prevention Tribunal to assemble outside the High weekly Prime Minister’s Moscow-backed regime of kilometres (19 miles) from the Judge Mamunur Rashid pro- Commission,” a mission Questions session in President Bashar al-Assad. border. AFP nounced the judgement. PTI spokesperson confirmed. Parliament. PTI &! .3?&

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its 108 little shrines and the stunning albeit florid Rani Ki Vav with images of the avatars of Vishnu are not just impressive because of the stonework but also because they survived. The irony was that many of the masons were from lower castes and could not visit the temples to admire their own work. Not just time but keeping in mind human destruction, one cannot help but praise the Archeological Survey of India for doing such a great job. The Rani Ki Vav in particular, which is also a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been extensively and painstakingly cleaned although maybe pro- tection for all the sites we visited from modern-day humans can be improved. In addition, while the ASI has done a great job restoring the sites, it is extremely difficult for visitors to find information about T 82 T. . ?" . ? their different aspects, particularly those related to ornate ones. The technology exists today for the ASI to make apps that can ) 2 explain individual parts of monuments to visitors whether they are the intricate jalis on the windows at Champaner’s Jami Masjid or the depictions of the avatars of 2# ! ' Vishnu at Rani Ki Vav. Also, it might not be a bad idea to have proper cafes where visi- .- R tors could grab a tea or a cold-drink as well # as a snack. Earlier this year, I had travelled to the Alhambra in Spain, the grand fort at # ' Granada, the capital of Andalus the once Islamic part of the Spanish peninsula and while it is impressive, coming from India, you know that there are equally good sites # in our country. In just two days I saw three amazing sites but clearly, also, pathetic marketing. Putting the Rani Ki Vav on our new 100 note might make some more people " R familiar with it, despite the awful lilac tinge of the note but nothing prepares you for the R three-dimensional brilliance of the site # 2 itself. But even Ahmedabad residents I met, who had travelled the world on holidays and / talked about visiting the (quite lovely) temples of Angkor, hadn’t bothered to take a two-hour drive down to see what sur- rounds them. Day three would be Talish’s last day with us. Until now we hadn’t found a great Gujarati food place as most highway restau- The rants served Punjabi food and at Patan we had tried a quite hideous Cheese ki sabzi, with actual chunks of Amul Cheese, I kid you not. But those who know Ahmedabad will tell you that if you want Gujarati food you go to Swati Snacks. And while this chain Gujarati began in Mumbai 60 years ago, it has become a staple of Amdabadi life in the 15 years it has been around in the city. Shaan towns and in villages, it doesn’t seem to deter Jhaveri who runs the restaurant in the city rulebreakers. Reaching late in the evening, told me that the restaurant is a place where we checked into our hotel, as the next day multiple generations can sit and enjoy was going to be a busy one. food together. After all, it is an important Expedition Our second day was to take us to part of culture. Sure, Gujarati food as we Modhera and Patan, sites around the indus- know it is primarily vegetarian but there is trial city of Mehsana. Several years ago, while also a vibrant eating culture in the city. And working for another publication, I had vis- there is some very good ice-cream too par- Patel, India’s first Home Minister and the ited the McCain foods factory where the ticularly at Shankar’s Ice Cream Library man who effectively formed the Union by Canandian company processes potatoes which in the humble opinion of a sweet- bringing in the 500-plus princely states into grown in the region into the french fries you toothed Bengali makes possibly the best of the nation. This 182-meter tall statue over- love to eat at fast-food restaurants. Again, this cold dessert in the country. looks another engineering marvel of mod- the fact that spectacular historical sites and Before that we had gone to the Patang ern India, the Sardar Sarovar Dam and it’s high-tech factories can exist a few kilome- Vali Gali in Ahmedabad’s Jamalpur district reservoir. tres apart is something that really makes in the old city. This area which was devas- The first thing you have to understand This brings us to the sites we visited, India unique, much more so than any other tated in 2002 still houses some of India’s about Gujarat is that it has always played a starting with Champaner. The major country in the world. Both the sites we vis- finest craftsmen, in this case kite makers. pivotal role in the history of the subconti- remains come from pre-Mughal times, ited — Modhera Surya Mandir and the jaw- Unfortunately in this lane, like so many other ujarat is hardly the first state in India nent. The Indus Valley Civilisation existed making them younger than some of the droppingly spectacular Rani Ki Vav — were such places across the country, the trade is you think of when you consider his- here and evidence of that is found in the other sites. But the location, particularly the built during the reign of Bhimdeva, the great dying out. Disinterest by the next genera- Gtory, culture and tourism. Sure, it ruins of Lothal, a port city in the Gulf of Pavagadh hill, is important as it is the only Solanki king, the latter for his queen tion and being swamped by Chinese imports runs an impressive advertising campaign Khambhat. Goods from India were traded mountain for miles around, giving com- Udaymati. is killing the profession. Watching a master with no less than Amitabh Bachchan pro- to European civilisations such as the Grecian manding views all the way into the fertile While Bhimdeva was to become a great kitemaker make a kite is amazing and while moting the Rann of Kutchh. It indeed grabs states, Egypt, Rome and crucially the plains of the Malwa region. This makes it conquering king later in his reign and the that narrow lane is not somewhere even an eyeballs but it is only while driving through Phoenicians, the major traders of the an obvious site to build a city and garrison. Solanki empire was to rule a swathe of west- urban warrior like the Hyundai Venue can the state that you recognise its historical and Mediterranean. The very existence of Lothal The hill has had a Kali temple that has been ern India comprising parts of modern enter, it is a place that you must visit in cultural significance. So when Hyundai is proof that the people of Gujarat have around in one form or another since even Gujarat, Sindh, Maharashtra and Madhya Ahmedabad, just like Rani Ni Hajiro near- invited The Pioneer to participate in the always been traders, thanks to the state’s vast before recorded history. The site was first Pradesh, his reign had an inauspicious start by where you find merchants selling hand- Great India Drive, the area that we were shoreline and sheltered ports. It is by no developed by the Chavda dynasty and it’s with the first raid of the notorious Mahmud made cloth and trinkets from all over the given to explore — Ahmedabad — was a bit means a recent occurrence. We discovered king, Vanaraj Chavda. He apparently named was inspired from Gujarat which was final- of Ghazni and the destruction of the first state. puzzling. I was disappointed since we were later that the great wealth of the Solanki the fort after his general Champaraj, ly conquered by Akbar and effectively Somnath Temple. On a side note, the colo- On the last day, I decided to bookend being flagged off from the Statue of Unity, empire and the Gujarat Sultanate came from although there are sources that say that the became part of India thereafter. nial British believed that the doors of the the trip by visiting the site of another famous which is a two-hour drive from Vadodara, trading. It led to the stunning architecture area got its name from the champa flower After visiting a strangely empty Somnath Temple adorned Ghazni’s grave Gujarati, but one who belongs to every hardly an ‘epic’ route. in the classical and medieval era. endemic to the region. The site, as we see Champaner, strange since the site is a and to curry favour with Gujarati merchants Indian. So much so that we all know him How wrong I was! During this drive, I The state got its name and identity from it today, is from the Gujarat Sultanate and UNESCO recognised World Heritage Site, they went to Ghazni’s gravesite, stripped the as the ‘Father’ of the modern nation state of discovered so much about the state. This the Gurjar tribe. There is genealogical evi- then known as Mohammedabad. It was the we drove to Ahmedabad past Vadodara. doors and brought them back to India only India. Once on the outskirts of the city, the tour reaffirmed the fact that driving isn’t just dence that they moved in from Central Asia capital of the region though it was moved Avoiding the new Expressway connecting to discover that the wood on the doors was- Sabarmati Ashram is now surrounded by the about the journey, it is a voyage of discov- or present-day Iran. Of course, genealogy back to Ahmedabad before Mughal Gujarat’s two largest cities and sticking to the n’t the sandalwood that they expected but city. Yet it remains an island of peace and ery. And the Great India Drive opened my is a very controversial path to take in today’s Emperor Humayun sacked the city (after his old highway, which is as fast and an equal- teak. These doors apparently still lie in the serenity in the midst of urban chaos. It is the eyes to a lot about Gujarat. I hope that my hypersensitive times but the Gurjars did give defeat by Sher Shah Suri and the loss of ly smooth road, the Venue’s great ride and Agra Armoury. The entire story of that and place where Mahatma Gandhi spent a journey of discovery lives up to its name and the state its name. The great wealth of the Delhi). The attack meant that the city was a good music system made the three-hour how Sardar Patel ordered the rebuilding of majority of his time from its inception in reaches the readers. region attracted immigrants and invaders for abandoned and today remains as the only drive quite comfortable. That said, I have the Somnath Temple can be the topic of 1917 and also the location from where he Joined by lawyer and amateur histori- millennia, not just Turkic and European example of a standing pre-Mughal Islamic come to believe that poor driving habits are another story. But maybe as penance for the began the famous Dandi March to protest an, Talish Ray, our route discovered histo- ones in the medieval and pre-modern city in India. This allows us to see how the what unify Indians, and with Gujarat destruction of the temple or simply as a show the Salt Tax the British had imposed. This ry, food and craftsmanship. It is wonderful times but also several kingdoms under the Islamic rulers of Gujarat incorporated the bizarrely not notifying the new Motor of might, Bhimdeva constructed some of the protest began the steady decline of the British to see the way that history and modernity Gupta clan. Although the first major skills of the state’s master craftsmen, show- Vehicles Act, helmet compliance by two most spectacular Hindu monuments in the Raj. It is a place, that I believe, every Indian can exist next to each other in India. We ‘Gujarati’ state was that of the Khichi ing a continuity to sites of the Solanki wheeler drivers was abysmal. While there eleventh century C.E which have survived should make a pilgrimage to once in their were flagged off from the Statue of Unity, Rajputs but historians doubt that the Rajput Empire three-four centuries older as well as were a disconcertingly large number of The intricately constructed sites, the lives. It was a great site to end the Great India the giant monolith of Sardar Vallabhbhai clans were identified as such back then. displaying how grand Mughal architecture CCTV cameras across the state, both in stepwell outside the Modhera temple with Drive at the home of the Greatest Indian.

on the windows, the column 5 ; < <6 structure in the prayer halls he only extant example of and arches give a great idea ork on the Sardar of Unity of Sardar Vallabhbhai ue at a height of 182 metres he Vintage Auto Museum located in a farmhouse Ta pre-Mughal Islamic city of how Islamic architecture in WSarovar Dam was Patel was announced by (240 meters including plinth) Ton the Ahmedabad ring road is a fascinating col- that survives in India, India evolved. The Nagina begun in 1961 and the dam’s Narendra Modi as Chief is the tallest in the world and lection built up by an avid car collector and cloth Champaner was founded in Mosque on the edge of the reservoir that fills in a vast Minister of Gujarat in likeness was designed by Ram merchant Pranlal Bhogilal. He acquired many vehi- the 10th century by Vanaraj site with its open topped area between the Vindhyachal October 2013. It took five Sutar. Visitors can travel in cles from India’s erstwhile princely states after the Chavda. But it was only after cenotaph is particularly bril- and Satpura ranges only years to complete and was high-speed elevators to a older Rajas died or when they fell on hard times fol- the capture of Champaner by liant. When Mughal Emperor topped out in 2017. The dam inaugurated on October 31, height of 135 metres and lowing the abolition of the privy purses. Even though Mahmud Begada in the Humayun sacked the city, is the worlds third-largest 2018. It is covered by 6,500 have commanding views of most of the vehicles might seem in decent condi- 1420’s that the city, as we several concepts were noted concrete dam and the water unpolished bronze plates that the dam and reservoir. An tion, but after Bhogilal’s demise, a few years ago, know it today, came into by his advisors. Aspects like from the reservoir provides are expected to oxidise over estimated 25,000-35,000 vis- many of the cars are not in a working condition. being. Mahmud renamed the the lattices became central irrigation to vast swathes of time to give it a ‘green’ look itors visit the statue daily, even However it is an amazing collection that any car buff city Mohammadabad and concepts of Mughal architec- Gujarat, Rajasthan and like the Statue of Liberty in though it is two hours drive will like and includes some very rare Rolls Royce, went on a construction spree ture as evidenced in sites like Madhya Pradesh. The Statue New York harbour. The stat- from Vadodara. including one in the ‘boat tail’ shape, a Hispano- building several mosques, Fatehpur Sikri. Champaner- Suiza extended wheelbase hunting vehicle that the four most notable ones Pavagadh has several other belonged to the Alwar royal family, several vintage that survive to this day are the interesting sites and local vil- ; << Mercedes and some stunning American vehicles Sheher Ki Masjid, Kevada lagers still call it home. The from the 1950’s and 1960’s that Bhogilal personal- Masjid, Nagina Masjid and Sat Kaman fortification on oth these sites were built by stepwell with 108 shrines. The ly used and drove. the Jami Masjid. The last is the Pavagadh hillside offers a Bthe Emperor Bhimdeva, a Rani Ki Vav as the name suggests one of the most spectacular great overview of the site and ruler of the Solanki empire and was built for (and according to old mosques surviving in the also great views of the plains considered examples of the legend, by) the royal consort, subcontinent. Begada of Malwa beyond. The site Golden Age of Gujarati rule in the Udaymati. It is one of the most used local Hindu was declared a UNESCO middle of the 11th century C.E. spectacular archaeological sites in and Jain artisans World Heritage Site in 2004. Even though some historians India and by far, the most stun- to build the speculate that both sites were built ning example of a stepwell in the mosques. as penance for the destruction of country. The walls are adorned The lattice the Somnath Temple by Mahmud with sculptures of the avatars of work of Ghazni early in Bhimdeva’s Vishnu and other Hindu Gods rule. The Modhera site also has an and Goddesses. The site was sand in what many believe was and visitors do not have access archaelogical museum that main- remarkably preserved and a deliberate act. This meant that to the full site. It was declared a tains several of the fallen sculp- remained untouched by any of the site was only discovered UNESCO World Heritage site in tures of gods from the pantheon the armies that raided the lands after independence and fully 2014 and an image of the Vav as well as other carvings. The sig- over the next 800 years because excavated only in 1958. Much features on the reverse of the nature of the site is it’s unique the Vav was covered by mud and restoration work is still ongoing new 100 note. !"#!$%& 7,

even the ragpickers, who, during the festival, are busy sweeping up the streets and picking the refuse outside people’s homes, instead of celebrating. Ironically, #MyAsliConnection campaign by Reliance Digital, conceptualised by 21N78E Creative Labs, nudges people to spend quality time with their loved ones %, during Diwali rather than spending end- less hours on social media or binge-watch- O )! '8+ "!P ?) ing web-series. There are also some campaigns that are ? ')" +! ()!")&P not just promoting an idea to initiate it " ! among people but are acting upon them 3 3< K too. A social campaign by 93.5 RED FM in collaboration with Feeding India, a development organisation that works on issues like hunger, malnutrition and food , $ wastage in the country, is making efforts 4 to curb hunger during this festive season. Under their #IssDiwaliNoPaetKhaali campaign, RED FM will ask its listeners to ! nominate their localities to host ‘happy fridges’ which will be installed by Feeding / India free of cost. / Nisha Narayanan, COO and director, RED FM and Magic FM, says, “Our country is dealing with serious issues of food > wastage and hunger. With festivities around the corner, it’s an opportunity to realise that there are many among us who are deprived of one of the basic necessi- ties. 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2#3. remained unchanged after India’s 3-0 whitewash of 3 : ndia captain Virat Kohli South Africa recently. Left- Iwas on Thursday rested arm spinner Shahbaz from the upcoming three- Nadeem, who picked up + match T20 series against four wickets on his Test Bangladesh while Mumbai debut against South Africa, 2#3. all-rounder Shivam Dube was not considered for selec- was rewarded with a maid- tion. election committee chairman MSK en call-up for his “phenom- Shahbaz, though, was SPrasad on Thursday said they are enal” exploits with the India not part of the original squad “moving on”, clearly indicating that veter- A team. against the Proteas, coming an Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not in their The prolific Sanju in as replacement for the scheme of things anymore. Samson and leg-spinner injured Kuldeep Yadav ahead His committee will instead focus on Yuzvendra Chahal returned of the Ranchi Test. Rishabh Pant, Dhoni’s natural heir, he said. to the side for the T20 Also finding a place in “This is our clear thought process that Internationals. the T20 squad was Mumbai post World Cup we are focusing on The 24-year-old Samson seamer Shardul Thakur Rishabh Pant only,” he said. from Kerala has played his while all-rounder Ravindra When the question on Dhoni’s future only T20I, against Jadeja was rested. in international cricket was repeated, the Zimbabwe in 2015. A regu- Rishabh Pant has been chief selector added, “I made it very clear lar in the India A set up, the natural heir to Mahendra post the World Cup that we are moving Samson has been rewarded Singh Dhoni, but Samson on. We are giving opportunities to young- for a good Vijay Hazare could now push him for a sters and see that they establish themselves Trophy season, having slot in the XI. in the side. amassed 410 runs in eight Delhi pacer Navdeep “With Rishabh Pant doing so well and $$!& ' & 0 innings, including a double- Saini was omitted on fitness even Sanju Samson coming into the side, + # century. grounds, paving the way for I am sure you must be understanding our M &N! % >! 9 All-rounder Hardik Shardul, who has played the thought process.” % >$ Pandya was not discussed in last of his T20Is in March Putting his weight firmly behind & # >! ' 1 1 the selection meeting as he 2018. Pant, Prasad said, “I have been very clear < ' underwent a surgery for a “Experienced pacer on this, that after World Cup we have start- back injury, paving the way Bhuvneshwar Kumar could ed backing Rishabh Pant. So we will still for the 26-year-old rookie make a comeback from back him (Pant) and see that he progress- P & % Dube’s inclusion in the injury in the next series es well. shortest format. (against the West Indies),” “Of course, he might not have the best $"33 fruitful discussion. He and the Dube pipped Vijay chairman of selectors MSK of the matches, the way we expect of him, rest of the directors assured us Shankar as the second Prasad said. but we can still only make a player by back- angladesh cricketers, led by that our demands will be met as choice all-rounder, primar- “Navdeep Saini was not ing somebody. So we are confident that he Bstar all-rounder Shakib Al soon as possible. Based on their ily based on his big-hitting " & &*5A@1A) & " !D. available, that is the reason will come out successful and that’s been the Hasan, have called off their strike assurance, we will start playing prowess. we picked up Shardul thought process post World Cup and we over pay and benefits after get- the NCL and attend the training Chairman of selection the past, Rohit Sharma will Thakur,” he added. are focusing on Rishabh Pant.” ting assurance from the country’s camp,” Shakib was quoted as say- committee MSK Prasad said, lead the squad in Kohli’s When asked about On Dhoni’s future, the former crick- board that all their demands will ing by ESPNCricinfo. “You can see, earlier we had absence. Chahal, he said, “With eter said that is purely his personal call. be met, putting their tour of India Shakib attended the meeting Hardik Pandya, then we also Apart from the three- regards to him, we wanted to “Going into domestic cricket, getting back on track. alongside other senior players tried Vijay Shankar. All of us match T20 series which try out Chahal and that’s the his touch back or thoughts about retire- The deadlock between the including Mushfiqur Rahim, agreed in unison that the starts in New Delhi on reason we are giving him so ment, everything is purely his personal players and Bangladesh Cricket Mahmudullah and Tamim Iqbal. role we have, he (Dube) fits November 3, followed by many opportunities.” decision. We’ve already laid the roadmap Board (BCB) ended after a two- The players added two more in very well. matches at Rajkot and T20 squad: Rohit Sharma for future, I’m sure you can see in the way hour long meeting which went demands to the 11 made on “He bats aggressively, Nagpur on November 7 and (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, KL we are selecting the teams.” on close to midnight on Monday, asking for a percentage his performances in the 10 respectively, Bangladesh Rahul, Sanju Samson, Wednesday. of BCB revenues and equal pay India A Series in West Indies will also play two Tests as Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, The truce means that the for women cricketers. and also against South part of the World Rishabh Pant(wk), Test team: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit team’s T20 and Test tour of BCB president Hassan did Africa in the ODIs (for India Championship, in Indore Washington Sundar, Krunal Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar India, beginning November 3, not commit anything on the A) was phenomenal. He has and Kolkata, from Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, will go on as per schedule and two latest demands but said the gone up by leaps and November 14-18 and Rahul Chahar, Deepak Saha (wk), R Jadeja, R Ashwin, Kuldeep players will be joining the original 11 will be fulfilled. bounds, a notch higher and November 22-26 respective- Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, preparatory camp today. Players had also demanded fresh we are convinced about it.” ly. The squad for the Test Shivam Dube, Shardul Ishant Sharma, Shubman Gill, Rishabh “A s Papon bhai (BCB boss elections in the players’ body and As has been the case in series against the neighbours " !2 *5AF !2D. Thakur Pant. Nazmul Hassan) said, it was a BCB agreed to that.